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THE

SACRED AND PROFANE

HISTORY OF THE WORLD

Connected,

FROM THE

CREATION OF THE WORLD

TO THE

DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE,
At the Death of Sardanapalus ;

AND TO THE

DECLENSION OF THE KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL

UNDER THE REIGNS OF AHAZ AND PEKAH.

INCLUDING

THE DISSERTATION ON

THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN.

BY

SAMUED SHUCKFORD, D.D.

Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty, George the Second

IN FOUR VOLUMES-VOL. II.

Fourth Edition,

REVISED, CORRECTED, AND GREATLY IMPROVED,

BY JAMES CREIGHTON, B.A.

ILLUSTRATED WITH A NEW AND CORRECT SET OF MAPS AND PLANS.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR W. BAYNES, 54, PATERNOSTER-ROW,

By Heney and Haddon, 12, Tabernacle-Walk.

TO THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

CHARLES,

LORD VISCOUNT TOWNSHEND,

Baron of Lynn-Regis, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, one of the Lords of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and Principal Secretary of State, &c. &c.

MY LORD,

YOUR Lordship's condescension, in permitting me to beg your patronage of what I now offer to the world, will not be surprising to those who have the honour to know your Lordship; for they agree in testifying your inclination to countenance and protect any clergyman, who endeavours to apply himself to studies suitable to his profession.

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