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THE BOOK OF ENOCH
THE PROPHET
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THE BODLEIAN LIBEARY

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BY THE LATE

KICHARD LAURENCE,

LL.D.

ARCHBISHOP OF CASHEL

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In the Authorized Version of the E^stle-^-Jttde,

we read the following words
" Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied
of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten
thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon
all, and to convince all that are ungodly among
them of all their ungodly deeds which they have
:

ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches
which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." ^

Modern research sees in the Epistle of Jude a
work of the second century
but as orthodox
:

theologians

accept

its

contents

as

the

inspired

utterance of an Apostle, let us diligently search the

Hebrew

Scriptures for this important forecast of the

second Advent of the Messiah.

In vain we turn

over the pages of the sacred Canon

Apocrypha can we trace one
the marvellous being to
^

whom

line

not even in the
from the pen of

;

uninterrupted immor-

Compare Book of Enoch

ii.