THE

DIVINE ORIGIN

OF

PROPHECY

ILLUSTRATED AND DEFENDED.

THE DIVINE ORIGIN OF PROPHECY

ILLUSTRATED AND DEFENDED

IN A COURSE OF

SERMONS

PREACHED BEFORE

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,

IN THE YEAR MDCCC.

AT THE

LECTURE FOUNDED BY JOHN BAMPTON, M.A

CANON OF SALISBURY.

BY

THE REV. GEORGE RICHARDS, M. A.

VICAR OF BAMPTON; AND RECTOR OF LILLINGSTONE
LOVELL, OXFORDSHIRE; AND LATE FELLOW

OF ORIEL COLLEGE.

De divinatione, quæ eft earùm rerum, quæ fortuitæ putantur, præ-
dictio, atque præfenfio; id, fi placet, videamus, quam habeat
vim, et quale fit. Ego enim fic existimo; fi fint ea genera divi-
nandi vera, de quibus accepimus, quæque colimus, effe Deos.
Cic. de Div. lib. i. fect. 5.

OXFORD:

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, FOR THE AUTHOR ;

SOLD BY HANWELL AND PARKER;

AND F. AND C. RIVINGTON, AND T. HATCHARD, LONDON,

THE

DIVINE ORIGIN

OF

PROPHECY

ILLUSTRATED AND DEFENDED.