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[kk] The conjectures they bring to prove it 〈◊〉〈◊〉 very frivolous.] They say, that the Prophecy of Isaiah does not begin before the 6th Chapter; when, after 〈…〉〈…〉 said that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••ld his Tongue, he says, I heard a voice of the Lord, ••aying, wh•••• shall I send? In the second place they pretend, that what he says in the first Chapter concerning the desolation of Judah, does not at all agree with with the Reign of Uzziah, and therefore 'tis not the beginning of his Prophecy. Thirdly, we don't find, say they, in this Book the Life and Actions of Uzziah that were written by Isaiah, as we are informed in the Chronicles. Fourthly, Isaiah pro∣phesied also under Manasses, but there are no Pro∣phecies under his Name, that have any relation to the Reign of that King. Fifthly, the order of things frequently reversed as well in Isaiah, as in the other Prophets. Answer▪ To the first Ob∣jection we return this answer, That the Prophet does not say, he had as yet wrote nothing, but only that he tarried a long time without writing, and at last God commanded him to write. 'Tis belie∣ved, he wrote this in the last year of King Uzziah. To the second we reply, That he might foretel a future desolation, even at a time before it hap∣pened. 'Tis an easie matter to answer the third by saying, that the Book of the Actions of Uzziah mentioned in the Chronicles, is different from that of his Prophecies. In order to answer the fourth, it sufficeth to observe, that it is no where said, that Isaiah wrote those things which he prophesied un∣der Manasses. Lastly, as for the fifth, we say, that we ought not to expect a continued Historical style from the Prophets. On the contrary, their Prophecies are generally written without connexi∣on and order. Their was formerly another Pro∣phecy of Jeremiah mentioned by Origen, where these words were to be found, Appenderunt merce∣d•…•… m•…•…, &c. The Nazarens made use of it, as St. Jerome testifies in cap. Matth. 27.