Some observations on a book intitled An essay, &c. In the course of which the Lord Bishop of London's comparison of the more sure word of prophecy, &c. is defended against the objections made to it by the Reverend Messieurs Ashton and Cooke, Fellows of Eton-College; and their several solutions examin'd. In a letter to a country-schoolmaster. Part the first. In which is shewn, I. That the three Particulars to which this Author has objected in Mr. Ashton's Interpretation, are not peculiar to Mr. Ashton's, but common to the Bishop of London's with Mr. Ashton's. II. That the Opinions which he declares for and against are equally both, and each sufficiently, defensible in those three respects, notwithstanding the Force of the Objections which he so dextrously levell'd at one, but which, unfortunately, fell foul on the other. III. That the Impropriety of a Comparison, in any view, between Miracle and Prophecy, in this Instance, is made more apparent by this Author's manner of endeavouring to evad

People / Organizations

• Thomas Ashton (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1752.

Publication year

1752

ESTC No.

T174883

Grub Street ID

211955

Description

94,[2]p. ; 8°.

Note

Attributed to Thomas Ashton

With a final errata leaf.

Uncontrolled note

O copy has contemporary MS attribution: Mr. Ashton