It seems, 'prima facie', almost tantamount to a right of inferring the fulfilment of a prophecy in B., which it does not mention, from its entire failure and falsification in A., which, and which alone, it does mention.
Ib.p.

370.
'Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and dreadful day of the Lord.' Almost every page of this volume makes me feel my own ignorance respecting the interpretation of the language of the Hebrew Prophets, and the want of the one idea which would supply the key.

Suppose an Infidel to ask me, how the Jews were to ascertain that John the Baptist was Elijah the Prophet;--am I to assert the pre-existence of John's personal identity as Elijah?
If not, why Elijah rather than any other Prophet?
One answer is obvious enough, that the contemporaries of John held Elijah as the common representative of the Prophets; but did Malachi do so?
Ib.p.

373.
I cannot conceive a more beautiful synopsis of a work on the Prophecies of the Old Testament, than is given in this Recapitulation.

Would that its truth had been equally well substantiated! That it can be, that it will be, I have the liveliest faith;--and that Mr.Davison has contributed as much as we ought to expect, and more than any contemporary divine, I acknowledge, and honor him accordingly.