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221 Discourses on the Divine Authority, etc. of the Holy Scriptures (London: 1790); I am using the pagination in his Works. The preface is dated May 7, 1790 from Muswell Hill (III. IV). back 222 Samuel Stennett, Works, III, 54. back 223 Ibid., III, 2, 49. back 224 Ibid., III, 2f. back 225 Ibid., III, 18; cf. III, 31. back 226 Ibid., III, 23ff. back 227 Ibid., III, 26ff. back 228 Ibid., III, 30f. back 229 Ibid., III, 15. Bacon would be Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the English philosopher and author; Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was a mathematician and natural philosopher, the discoverer of the law of gravity; Locke was the early Deist. back 230 This reference and p. 31 of this same work are the only references in the works of Samuel Stennett as to prophesy being fulfilled in his time: thus it is not to him a major doctrine or an obsession. back 231 Ibid., III, 50. back 232 Ibid. back 233 Ibid., III, 131. back 234 Ibid., III, 3f. back 235 Ibid., III, 7ff.; Prideaux, op. cit., I, 271ff. back 236 Samuel Stennett, Works, III, 88f. back 237 Ibid., III, 53. back 238 Ibid., III, iii. back 239 Ibid., III, 56, 61-71. back 240 Evans died Aug. 9, and the sermon was preached Aug. 21 so with this lapse of time, I am sure the later was a funeral with the body not present. back 241 (London: 1791); The British Museum--Catalogue of printed Books also mentions a second edition in 1792. Cf. Ivimey, op. cit., IV, 277-280. back 242 The Mortality of Ministers . . . ., pp. 2, 8ff. Works, III, 305, 309f.). back 243 The Mortality of Ministers . . . .., pp. 2, 26f., 35f. Works, III, 317, 322). back |