ON

THE APOCALYPSE;

CRITICAL, EXPOSITORY, AND PRACTICAL:

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

University of Cambridge;

BEING THE

HULSEAN LECTURES FOR THE YEAR 1848.

BY

CHR. WORDSWORTH, D.D.

CANON OF WESTMINSTER;

FORMERLY FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE,

AND PUBLIC ORATOR OF THE UNIVERSITY.

Second Edition.

LONDON:

FRANCIS & JOHN RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE.

Μακάριος ὁ ἀναγιγνώσκων, καὶ οἱ ἀκούοντες τοὺς λόγους τῆς προφητείας, καὶ τηροῦντες τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ γεγραμμένα.

APOCALYP. i. 3.

Μακάριος ὁ τηρῶν τοὺς λόγους τῆς προφητείας τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου.

APOCALYP. xxii. 7.

Parum

APOCALYPSIS Joannis tot habet sacramenta quot verba. dixi pro merito voluminis. Laus omnis inferior est. In verbis singulis multiplices latent intelligentiæ.

S. HIERONYMUS ad Paulin. Ep. L. tom. iv. p. 574.

TO THE

STUDENTS

OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,

AND OF ALL OTHER SCHOOLS AND SEMINARIES

OF SOUND AND USEFUL LEARNING,

Are inscribed

THESE LECTURES

ON A BOOK PROVIDED BY THE DIVINE GOODNESS

FOR THEIR GUIDANCE, WARNING, AND ENCOURAGEMENT,

IN THE TRIALS OF THE LATTER DAYS.

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

In this Edition a Discourse is added "On the prophecy of St. Paul concerning the Man of Sin," which has also been published in a separate form, for the convenience of those who possess the First Edition of these Lectures.