Chapter IV.
The Eras of the Creation.
HAVING now got abreast of the practical chronology of Christendom, it will be convenient to direct my readers to the eras which have been assigned to the creation of the world, The figures, as will be seen, exhibit nothing but a series of disenchanting disparities. For instance we have
- I. 7388 B.C. according to the modern Grecians.[1]
- II. 7382 B.C.„ according to„ Josephus.
- III. 5829 B.C.„ according to„ Scaliger.
- IV. 5508 B.C.„ according to„ the ancient Greeks,
- V. 5499 B.C.„ according to„ Sextus Africanus.
- VI. 5411 B.C.„ according to„ Hates.
- VII. 4968 B.C.„ according to„ L’art de vérifier les dates.
- VIII. 4905 B.C.„ according to„ Nennius’ Historia.
- IX. 4004 B.C.„ according to„ the Bible margins from Usher.
- X. 3970 B.C.„ according to„ Sir John Skene.[2]
- XI. 3760 B.C.„ according to„ the present day Jews.
31. That the various eras could be more successfully investigated were there one standard for the computations is quite plain. Certainly if the age of the earth, as regards the origin of species, could be agreed on, it would act as a chronological trunk whence could branch the eras and
