Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dissertations on the Prophecies of the Old Testament, Vol. 1 Tm: mercy of our Creator is mistaken for his desertion of us - some men delude themselves into notions that God is regardless of their acts, because he is compassionate and long-sufi'ering. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.