1 Aug 1815

Jug. True

No foundation in fact [...?] the period

6

Ch Preliminary Period

4

For the accomplishment of this his prediction, the prophet by those words of his—for those and those alone were all the words that bear upon this point, had taken time enough: for as long as the world lasted it could not be disfulfilled. From some consideration however, which the Biographer has not handed down to us, this was the very point of time MS alt. ‘or [...?] [...?] time’. at which the prophecy in question was expected to be, at the same time, fulfilled and disfulfilled, was at once they feared to receive its accomplishment and by it was hoped its refutation. The prophet and his prophecy was supposed by them to be a true one, or it could not have afforded a ground for the answer which they gave, and for the measures which were taken in consequence: at that same time it was moreover supposed by them to be false, or the measures could not be productive of the effect they aimed at of the security the production of which was the sole object which they had in view.