God himself, by which means he saw all
things relating to a future State_, viz. _by beholding in God the
Architypal Ideas, of which all things created, and whatsoever is
reveal'd to us, are suppos'd to be Copies. Now_ Asal, _by conversing
with him, found, that the_ Mekoul, _i.e. what_ Hai Ebn Yokdhan _saw by
this sort of Speculation; and the_ Menkoul, _i.e. what_ Asal _had
learn'd out of the_ Alcoran, _and the Tradition of the Prophets_, did
exactly answer one the other, as a Copy does its Original.]

[Footnote 29: _Mahomet_.]

[Footnote 30: _Alcoran, Chap_. 2 and 83.]

[Footnote 31: _This is an Expression taken out of the_ Alcoran, _and is
design'd to express the Confusion which the Wicked shall be in at the
Day of Judgment_.]

[Footnote 32: _Alcoran, Chap._ 24 and 19.]

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APPENDIX.

In which the

AUTHOR'S NOTION concerning the Possibility
of a Man's attaining to the true Knowledge
of GOD, and Things necessary to Salvation,
without the Use of external Means, is
briefly consider'd.

By SIMON OCKLEY, M.A. _Vicar of_ Swanesey _in_ Cambridgshire.

_LONDON_, Printed in the Year, 1708.

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THE CONTENTS

Sec. 1, 2. _The Occasion and Design of this Discourse_. Sec. 3, 4, 5.
_God's way of teaching his People was by Prophets_. Sec. 6, 7.
_Prophecy not attain'd by any Applicatian or Industry, but depended
upon the positive Will of God_. Sec. 8. _And, consequently the_ Vision
of God, _or beholding the Divine Being, which is superior to
Prophesying, cannot be so attain'd._ Sec. 9. _That it was never
mention'd as attainable, nor the Search of it recommended by the
Prophet_ Moses, Sec. 10. _Nor any other Prophets that succeeded him_.
Sec. 11. _What was not enjoyed in the early Times of Christianity,
when the Gifts of the Spirit were more plentifully poured out,
cannot be expected now._ Sec. 12. _But such A Power, whereby a Man
might (without external Helps) attain to the true Knowledge of God,
and Things necessary to Salvation, was no where promis'd by our
Saviour_. Sec. 13. _Nor enjoyed by devout Persons in the first times
of the Gospel; which is prov'd from the Example of the_ Eunuch. Sec.
14. _And_ Cornelius. Sec. 15. _The whole Tenour of the Apostles
Doctrine forbids us to expect th