"The 2300 years do not end before the year 2132 nor after 2370. The time times & half time do not end before 2060. [...] It may end later, but I see no reason for its ending sooner. This I mention not to assert when the time of the end shall be, but to put a stop to the rash conjectures of fancifull men who are frequently predicting the time of the end, & by doing so bring the sacred prophesies into discredit as often as their predictions fail. Christ comes as a thief in the night, & it is not for us to know the times & seasons which God hath put into his own breast."
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An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture (1704), regarding his calculations "Of the End of the World" based upon the prophecies of Daniel, quoted in John A. Abrams, Look at the Moon! the Revelation Chronology (2007) p. 141. Modernised orthography in "The world will end in 2060, according to Newton", London Evening Standard (19 June 2007): — This I mention not to assert when the time of the end shall be, but to put a stop to the rash conjectures of fanciful men who are freque
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