English Puritan & Reformed

A Consent of Scripture

Hugh Broughton (1549-1612) · 39,545 words · 176 min

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A CONCENT of Scripture, by H: BROVGHTON.

TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTIE PRINCE ELISABET, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, QVEENE OF England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith. &c.

T HE whole Book of GOD (most gracious Sovereign) hath so great an harmony, that every part of it may be known to breath from one Spirit. Al soundeth the same point: that by CHRIST the son eternal, we are made heirs of life: whom they that know not, abide always in wrath. Prophecyes in every age, the first larger, the later narrower, all briefly told, all for event fully recorded: these show the constancy of this truth. The like reuolutions are of Abraham, Jacob and his children together, of Shem house: & again to Iapheths sons, and all families: wherein the former be stamps of the later: so that in one speech, another thing also is spoken. These show the eye of JEHOVAH, and his spirit. The kinredes, places, and times, the lyghtes of narrations, are registered so profitably: that it should be a blasphemy to affirm any one to be idle. Our LORD his Fathers are recorded from Adam, by David and Nathan, to his Grandfather Eli: likewise they, after whom he is heir to the kingdom of David, Solomon's line so long as it continued: and afterwards they who from Nathan were heirs to Solomon's house. So other Families, who came all of one, as from them all come: they by Moses and the Prophets be plentifully expressed. In like sort the places of their dwellinges are clearly taught. The course of time is most certaynely observed: even to the fullness, the year of salvation, wherein our Lord died. Of which time the very hour was foretold by an Angel, not seven years before, but seventy times seven years. Dan 9. 24. To this all, other Hebrews and profane Greeks, bear witness strongly against them selves. These helps be stars in the Story. The frame of all this, with coupling of joints and proportion of body, will much allure to study, when it is seen how about one work all Families, Countries, and Ages, build or pull down: and find the kindness or severity of GOD. For this work I endeavored, to call ancient Hebrews and Greeks, to further the building of justice and peace, to come from Salem and Athens, to these ends of the earth, the possession of Christ: to speak in England the tongue of Eber and Iauan. This my pains, I humbly present to your Majesty.

Your Majesty's Subject, HVGH BROVGHTON.

To the Reader.

F OR the better understanding of DANIEL, who mentioneth large Kingdoms, and pictureth them: this Table of the North part will give some light: which showeth where NOE his sons dwelt, by the notes which you see at them. Those Families give names to great Realms, and are found in Greek Heathen writers: placed of them as in this Table. The Kings which DANIEL speaketh of are joined to their pictures. A short Chronicle is added: but the brevity will require diligence. A. B. C. D, printed in the Pictures, are expounded over the Bear, and placed in the Chronicle over the tree.

Iaphets sons.

			〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	I	Gomer, or Gamer, in the 70.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	II	Magog.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	III	Madai.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	IV	Iauan.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	V	Tubal.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	VI	Meshech.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	VII	Thiras.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .

Gomers sons.

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	VIII	Ascanas.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	IX	Riphath.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	X	Togarmah.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .

Iauans sons.

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	XI	Elisha.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	XII	Tarshish.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	XIII	Kittim.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	XIIII	Dodamin, or Rho.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .

Shem sons.

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	1	Elam.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	2	Asshur.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	3	Arphaxad.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	4	Lyd.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	5	Aram.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .

Arams sons.

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	6	Vs, or Aus.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	7	Chul.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	8	Gether.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	9	Mash.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .

Ioktans sons.

		〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 ,
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	10	Elmodad.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	11	Shalaph.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	12	Hatzarmaueth.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	13	Iatach.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	14	Hadoram.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	15	Vzal, or Auxal.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	16	Diklah.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	17	Obal, Ghobal.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	18	Abimael.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	19	Sheba.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	20	Ophir.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	21	Chauila, or Auila.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	22	Iobab.

Chams sons.

		〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	a	Cush.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	b	Mitzraim.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	c	Put.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	d	Canaan.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .

Cush his sons.

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	e	Seba.	Amongest these dwelt the sons of Nachor, Lot, Ketura, Ishmael, and Esau.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	f	Chauilah.		〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	g	Sabatha.		〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	h	Regmah.		〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	i	Sabtecha.		〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .

Regmah his sons

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	k	Sheba.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	l	Dedan.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 . 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .

Mitzraims sons.

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	m	Ludim.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	n	Anamim.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	o	Lehabim.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	p	Nephtuchim.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	q	Pathrusim.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	r	Casluchim.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 . 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	s	Caphtorim.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉	T	Philistim.	〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 .

         〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉
        
        ,
       
         〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉
        
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         〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉
        
         〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉
        
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The Preface, showing the sum of the Book, directions to the Reader, and the old reading of the Law and the Prophets.

THE holy writers have a perfect consent, in their doctrine of life eternal: which as from one mouth teach, how that standeth in knowing the true GOD, who is but one; and the sending of JESUS CHRIST. All Families were hereby to look for grace, in all Countries and Ages. Some special the holy Writers do mention, for the old world, and the world now. Ten of the first are Fathers, not only to our LORD, but to all Nations. They were all faithful, and should move their Chyldren to bear in their breasts VRIM and THVMMIM, Faith and Love. They had Abel an ensample of being faithful unto death for Christ, to find an eternal crown of life. Cain and his house warned them of their corruption, taken from Parentes, that they should look for regeneration. The destruction of the men that delyted in Cain's ways, whose bodies wrinkled by the deluge, whose spirits are in prison: These show that the eternal spirit of Christ, hath in long patience a • ust kingly anger. Of this old Worlde, the Writers old and new, teach the same. Their places are little mentioned: but our Fathers ages are wonderfully laid down by the heavenly Father, teaching us as babes be taught. Thrise they are reckoned: how old they were when they begat their son: how long they lived after: and how much those two numbers make. This showeth that the Story is penned for the simple and children. The sundry comparisons will occupy the wisest. The old Families of the world now, are set forth sufficiently. Sem keepeth in one line a name until he cometh, who is blessed forever: whose name none knoweth but him self. Unto Sem and his blessing all his Families, Iapheths and Chams were to look: they soon turned aside. For, buyldyng BABEL to make them selves a Shem or name, despising SEM, they found a Shame. Their tongues became seventy of one: their dwellynges were parted accordyngly: their whole state was a Confusion, and they perished forever, that repaired not to Shem Tentes. The first Families Moses nameth, and their places: which the Prophets describe where they dwelt, by their merchandize, as to Tyrus Eze. 27. or by their Wars. The Heathen kept still a memory of these first points, but full of fables. Coeum and Iapet, they bear in mind, whom they call the sons of the earth: Sem they forgot, and all above. The Families scattered from Babel, left their names upon their Countries, which yet abide in Greke writers. Their Wars general against the faithful, Moses prophesied, under Assur, and Cittim. The Prophets and Apostles record what fell out. Cities here, chiefly two for name are to be marked: the low IERVSALEM, (which the faithful still held, or looked to hold, until the LORD came) and the high IERVSALEM built by the GOSPEL everywhere, which Cittim or Italy, that destroyed the low, should labor always to besiege, till GOD sends his enemies a final destruction. The course of times with the Lord his nation was truly kept of the faithful and faythlesse. From the creation to Abraham's promise: thence to the coming from Egypt, to the foundation of Solomon's Temple, to the Captivity & burning of the Temple, to the return to build it: and thence to the death of our Lord. For every partition of these times, ancient consent of Hebrews and Greeks may be brought. I will labor to set forth all these points brefly, from the beginning, following the order of time measured by Stories of our Lord his kindred. The places of ancient dwellinges shall be joined in one Map, of the north part, when Chams house, Shem, and Iapheths, all three in Daniel fight with the ancient kingdoms against the blessed of Sem and kingdom of Christ. That Map was to be larger in breadeth then the quantity of this Book. In it Pictures are graven, only of the tyrannous kingdoms that Daniel speaketh of, who are consumed by the birth of our Lord, whereof the Romans are no part. For all the Image, and fourth Beast was to perish before the incarnation of Christ. Jews do conclude against us, against truth, and their own salvation upon that our error. Doubtless Rome in the ende reviveth their impiety, following their manners very near: whereby many have thought Daniel's Prophecy to blame the Romans. For playnnes and distinction herein, I will in a Map of another quantity set down Rome, and some other later names of Countries, with some ancient, as the story shall require: and compare also by most lively Pictures out of Scripture, the Romans with Daniel's Kingdoms. This whole Vew I call A CONCENT OF SCRIPTVRE, because it would show that. Through the book are other Titles touching time & person, for the present matter. And whereas I often compare briefly, later writers with former: to show the Reader how he him self may do that more at large: I lay down first in this Preface a table of the Jews, showing how they read the Prophets. Pharisees they are at this day, who keep a record of this: and of the Pharisees of old, for this much the Lord gave a testimony that they sat in the Chair of Moses. Elias in Thishi in the word PETARAH, recordeth this occasion, to have been the beginning of Petaroth: that when Antiochus Epiphanes forbade to read MOSES law ( which was the parted into so many Sections, as be Sabbothes in an year.) In stead of Moses they chose a part of some Prophet like unto it: which custom of reading they kept still, after their liberty restored to use Moses and his ceremonies freely. Before you come to that Table, I will here give direction for the reading of this Book, touching the two Tables conteynyng the Fathers ages, and certain other points. The number under the Father showeth what his age was when the Son set in that line was borne. The other numbers show his age at the Nephews birth over against it: or at the issue of the matter, noted in that line. Afterwardes you have sundry titles of their times parted: as Promise, Egypt, Temple, Division, Captivity, Seauens, whereupon the chief knottes stand. Also the times are noted by our Lord's birth, by the age of the Worlde, and sundry particular men, which the Reader may know in markyng what man famous in Story is against the first number. Moreover, touching the Column, understand that you shall be often to mark by the matter, that the sayings depend not upon the next above them, but upon those that be on the other Column oueragaynst them. A mark you have to note an vncertaynetie in the time of some Stories, that touch not Chronicle: this is the form of it. ‡ as in Hezron: but there the Corrector was deceived, who placed his birth near Joseph's death, though he was borne before Jacob came to Egypt. Other notes touching times, two of one kind show, either that the Narration is driven from the due time: and should look to the mark of the same form: or compareth one Kings reign with an others, as you oft shall find in Judah & Israel. Testimonies I cite short: and in one clause drawn from sundry, I name but one Author, when about that place I had named some other, for most of the matter there laid down. The common Latin translation, whose soever it is, I named it as the Title goeth, Jerome. Abbreuiations chiefly be these. b. for borne, d. for dieth, y. for years. Once faulty C. for Ch. Christ's. For other names, Antiochus Epimanes, and Epiphanes, Appian Archelaus, Artaxact, Athenaeus, Carthusianus, Clemens Alexandrinus in Stromatibus, Cedrenus, Dio. for Dionisius, Hal • carnasseus, Diodorus Siculus, Hystaspes, Elias Leuita, Epiphanius, Eusebius, Florus, Herodotus, Homer, Iliades Horace, Jerome, Josephus, Irenaeus, Justin the historiographer, Iuuenal, Massecheth, once faulty for Halacoth in Maymony, Nazianzenus, Pausanias, Plato, Plutarch, Polybius, Ptolemy in Almagesto, Rabbi Abraham, Sadaias, Strabo, Thucydides, Tully, Valerius maximus, Virgil, these be the most names, noted by abbreviations: other words shortly named, by the matter may be gessed at, or be so common, that everyone knoweth them.

Now I will return to speak of the ancient manner of reading Moses and the Prophets. S. James showeth Acts 15, 21. that Moses was of old time read in the Synagogue in every City every Sabbath, Maymony writeth of that in Volume I. Birchath Cohenim from Cha. 12. that Moses ordained that custom: and that Ezra renewed it after the return: and that in his time, (long before Antioch Epiphanes ) Lectiones of the Prophets were by him chosen out, agreeable in number and matter to the Lectiones in Moses. They beganin the Feast of Tabernacles, and in a year finished all. After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, they that would, having leave of the ruler of the Synagogue, spake upon those Scriptures. That we see was retained Act. 13, 15. I have set down their Sectiones, and Lectiones, as they part Moses, and have put forth their Petaroth at Venice by Bombergius in one Book.

THE LAW.	THE PROPHETES.
1	GENESIS. Chap. 1.	1	ESAY. Chap. 42. Verse. 5. to the 31.
2	chap. 6, 8. Verse.	2	Isaiah. 54, 1. 10.
3	chap. 12.	3	Isaiah. 40, 27. to the 16. of 41.
4	chap. 18.	4	2. Kings. 4, 1. to the 38.
5	chap. 23	5	1. Kings. 1, 1. to the 31.
6	chap. 25, 20.	6	Malachi. 1, 1. to the 7. verse of the 2. chapter.
7	chap. 28, 10.	7	Hosea. 7. to the 15. verse of the 12. chap.
8	chap. 32, 2.	8	Obadiah all. Also Hos. from 11. 12.
6	chap. 37, 1.	9	Amos. 2. to the 9. verse of the 3. chap.
10	chap. 41, 1. Da. 2.	10	1. Kings. 3, 15. to the ende of the chapter.
11	chap. 44, 18.	11	Ezekiel. 37, 15. to the 38. chapter.
12	chap. 47, 27.	12	1. Kings. 2, 2. to the 12.
13	EXODVS. Chap. 1, 1.	13	Isaiah. 27, 6. to the 14. verse of the 28. chap.
14	Chap. 6, 2. Verse.	14	Ezekiel. 28, 25. to the 30. chapter.
15	chap. 10, 1.	15	Jeremiah. 46. from 13. to the ende.
16	chap. 13, 17.	16	Iud. 4, 3. to the 6. chap.
17	chap. 18.	17	Isaiah. 6. all the chap.
18	chap. 21, 1.	18	Jeremiah. 34, 8. to the ende.
19	chap. 25, 1.	19	1. King. 5, 12. to the 13. verse of the 6. chap.
20	chap. 27, 20.	20	Ezekiel. 43, 10. to the ende of the chap.
21	chap. 30, 11.	21	1. King. 18, 1. to the 39. verse.
22	chap. 35, 1.	22	1. King. 7, 12. to the 26.
23	chap. 38, 21.	23	1. King. 7, 50. to the 21. verse of the 8. chap.
24	LEVITICS. Cha. 1	24	Isaiah. 43, 22. to the 23. verse of the 44. chap.
25	Chap. 6, 1.	25	Ieremi. 7, 6. to the 2. of 8.
26	chap. 9, 1.	26	2. Samuel. 6, 1. to the 17. verse of the 7. chap.
27	chap. 11, 1.	27	2. King. 4, 41. to the 20. verse of the 5. chap.
28	chap. 14.	28	2. King. 7, 3. to the 8. chapter.
29	chap. 16.	29	Ezekiel. 22. to the 23. chap. 15. verse.
30	chap. 19, 1.	30	Amos. 8. from 21. to the ende of the chap.
31	LEVIT. Chap. 30, 1.	31	Ezekiel. 44, 15. to the ende.
32	chap. 25, 1.	32	Jeremiah. 32, 6. to the 28. verse.
33	chap. 26, 3.	33	Ieremi. 16, 19. to the 14. ver. of the 17. chap.
34	NVMERI. Chap. 1.	34	Hosea. 2, 1. to the 22. verses.
35	Chap. 4. verse 31.	35	Iud. 13, 2. to the ende of the chapter.
36	chap. 8, 1.	36	Zach. 2, 14. to the 8. verse of the 3. chap.
37	chap. 13, 1.	37	Joshua. 2. all the chapter.
38	chap. 16, 1.	38	1. Samuel. 11, 14. to the 23. ver of the 12. chap.
39	chap. 19, 1.	39	Judges. 11. to the 34. verse.
40	chap. 22, 2.	40	Micah. 5, 6. to the 9. verse of the 6. chap.
41	chap. 25, 9.	41	1. King. 19, 46. to chap. 20.
42	chap. 30. 2.	42	Jeremiah. chapter 1.
43	chap. 33, 2.	43	Jeremiah. 2. from verse 3. to verse 26.
44	DEVTRON. Cap. 1, 1.	44	Isaiah. 1. verses 28.
45	Chap. 4, 3.	45	Isaiah. 40. to verse 25.
46	chap. 7, 12.	46	Isaiah. 49, verse 15. to the 5. of chap. 51.
47	chap. 11, 26.	47	Isaiah. 54. from 11. ten verses.
48	chap. 16, 18.	48	Isaiah. 51. from 12. to 12. of chap. 52.
49	chap. 21, 10.	49	Isaiah. 60.
50	chap. 26, 1.	50	Isaiah. 61. from 10. to 10. of chap. 63.
51	chap. 29, 10.	51	Isaiah. 55. to verse 9. of chap. 56.
52	chap. 31, 1.	52	Hosea. 14. frō verse 2.
53	chap. 32.	53	or Joel, from ver. 15.
54		54	or Sam. 2. the Psa 18.

As their Leape year fell, so they dealt with their three last Lectiōs, according to the number of their Sabbaths: as they did cast their year.

The Jew that readeth the Section now in the Jews Synagogue, beginneth with praising GOD, who chose Moses and the Prophets, and delyghteth in their most true words: likewise endeth praising GOD, who speaketh and perfourmeth: saith and stablisheth: so that no one word faileth. Then he prayeth for ELIAS to come, and for the kingdom of DAVID in CHRIST. If the Caytifes would read Mel •• hies last ende, and first oration of the New Testament, and try all the New Testament with the old, the Gospel with Moses, the Acts with the Kings, and the Apocalypse with all, they might see how ELIAS, and that kingdom of DAVID is come: And see that the perfourmauuce which they extol, is not clear, without the New Testament. Aud for an exposition of all their expositions, may they use the oration of the Angel delivered at their delivery from Babylon: Which I will translate agreeably to the Hebrew, that the Reader may see that, plainly at the first, to which through this Book he must have recourse. Dan 9. 24.

SEAVENTIE SEAVENS (of years) are cut out, for thy people, & for thy holy City: to consume wickedness, and to abolysh sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring righteousness everlasting, and to seal Vision and Prophet, and to show CHRIST the HOLY of HOLY. Know then and mark: from the outgoyng of the Word, to return and to build Jerusalem, unto CHRIST the governor, shall be seven sevens (of years) and sixty and two sevens: in th' other it shall be restored and builded, Streete and Wall: and troublous shall these times be. In that after the sixty & two sevens CHRIST shall be killed: and not for him self: thereupon the City and holy place shall be destroy, the GOVERNOVRS own people to come: and their ende shall be with a Flood: and at the ende of war, it shall have a final judgment to desolation. But he shall confirm the Testament for many the last Seven: when in HALFE THAT SEAVEN he shall ende the Sacrifice and Oblation. Afterwardes by an Army abominable he shall make a desolation: even till utter destruction and final judgment flow upon the desolate. And this much for the Preface.

A Concent of Scripture.

T He heavenly Concent of holy Wryters, who have penned for us the book of Truth, is needful to be known for to strengthen our Faith, that we may see a constant agreement in several ages, for matters often told in diverse partes and manner. Touchyng that, I labor in this Book to lay down certain principal heads drawn through the whole body of Scripture. The beginning ought to be from him who is A and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 , the beginning and the ende: who filleth all with his goodness. Thereof this is a true saying, and found intertaynement of all the faith full that GOD is one, and there is none but he. Of this, that is graven on the Gate of that first and great Commandment: Hear ISRAFL, JEHOVAH, our GOD JEHOVAH, is one. Whom if we love with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength: and hold them happy whose God JEHOVAH is, we must learn to know him aright. The name JEHOVAH importeth BEING, which the Eternal saith is his name. Under this name and nature, there be three, the Father, the Word, and the holy Ghost, and these three are one. The WORDE is the Son, and he is JEHOVAH, as John Cha. 12, 41. expoundeth Isaiah. 6, 9. The holy Ghost is JEHOVAH, as Paul expoundeth the same text of Isaiah, Acte. 28, 25. This name is opened thus: WHO WAS, WHO IS, WHO WILBE. The names IAH, & EHIEH, (I, AM) are of the same force. Though men's blind hearts cannot thus know God: The Scriptures are manifest, that teach the Trinity, and the holy Tongues of all ages so spake of God. Most plainly is that shown in the beginning & ende of our Lord his preaching. Mat. 3 1. & 28, 19. For that purpose God giveth him self a named ELOHIM: which is in meaning MIGHTY, in form plural, as Gramarians speak: which as Profane men speak it, by frame of language soundeth GODDES. God would never so speak of him self, unless he would have us to consider thereby the divine persons. For the form were dangerous, if necessity required not knowledge of distinct divine persons. The enemies grant a mystery in that form, with attributes plural: Ibn Ezra upon Psal. 11. who also citeth R. Iaphath, there.

This name hath also a form singular ELOAH, & a shorter EL. These forms singular are fit to teach, of the unity of Godhead: and likewise the other when the attributes speak of one, as ELOHIM, (GOD) he created. But to manifest distinct persons often do the • earmes joined speak in the number of many, as if I should say THEY God. Gen. 20, 13. They God caused 2. Sam. 7, 22. They God went.

e SHADDAI also doth God call him self MIGHTY, RICH, or ALSVFFICIENT: Though the Greke Divines retain not the letters, but • n a composition TZVRI SHADDAI, My rock is God. The Heathen of old heard of these names, and turned them to sundry God's. But Israel did not so. All faithful know that GOD is one, and the persons three: and that he regardeth all them, that feeke him in spir •• and truth: who is a spirit eternal, infinite, holy, just, and merciful. Vnsearchable are his judgments: but the open things are for us. GOD hath chosen us in CHRIST, before the world was made: and of eternity knew all his own works. In six days God made all creatures, Man last, and gave them a commandment: which how soon they brake Moses turneth to tell after mention of the Sabbath. The Lord rested the seventh day from creatyng, and appointed that day for holy rest: which the Fathers observed before Moses.

Now the man and his wife were both naked, & were not ashamed. Ouer them God gave his Angels charge: but some Angels stood not in the truth, nor kept their standing, but fell as Star • from heaven, and became an enemious company, and staunderers of God. In Hebrew Satan, & in the Grake Deuels. Of beasts the Serpent was subtilest: into whom Satan entered: spake to the woman against God, and his commandment: persuaded her, who drew the man also to break the commandment. Then they both became dead in sin. So from the beginning, as sone as man was, Satan was a liar and a murderer: and therefore marueyle not that the wrath of God is so vehement upon ADAM through all his generatiō:, because quickly sin was committed to the extremity. The circumstances show the spedines of it. Satan would omit no time: the woman if she had ben practiced better would not so sone have erred: their speech showeth that no Fruit had been eaten before. Doubtless the woman fell a Virgin: and if they had stood but a short time, the blessing of God had not been in vain for propagation. Above all reasons this must be considered, that the Redemption was to be shown presently upon the Creation. For that is the fyttest to move men to hold it: and God omitteth nothing that best helpeth to that. This should move all men to put no trust in them selves: for that Adam having once justice, and true holiness, did not lodge one night in honor, but became like the Beasts that perish. And the light that shyneth in darkness, moved men of all religions to hold this. For this opinion hath been everywhere received, that they fell the day of their creation. So the Jews generally hold. I heard never of one that was of another judgment: and yet many of them see not how fitly they say, for the Redemption by the seconde Adam. The Heathen Christians have held this from the beginning. The Gre • et Irenaeus, Chryostome, Theodorus, Theophylast, and Cedrenus age. They have a common sentence at this day, in speech of Adam: that in one day he was formed and deformed: by dryuing out of the Garden. What should I name Latins, as Augustine and Bernard? the simplest learned this much. Adam might better then Job curse the day wherein he was made and yet CHRIST is then promised a Redeemer. Therevpon Adam nameth the Woman LIFE: seeying how she redeemed from death should be the mother of Chyldren that by CHRIST might live forever. The affections of Chyldren to their Mothers should move them to know the truth of this point. I will once again in fit place repeat this: and hence to Christ his death will by years express the direct state of the Worlde, repeatyng these last points • of the speedy fall, and comfortable Redemption.

[illustration]
A MAP OF THE EARTH WITH names (the most) from Scriptures He Stretcheth the NORTH upon the Empty.
WHEREVPON ARE THE PILLERS OF THE EARTH SET. OR who laid the corner stone thereof, God hangeth y ^e earth upon nothing. Job

Adam his years. Adam falleth before the woman is called Eve:

130	Seth borne, Gen. 5, 3. And Christ is promised a destroyer of the Devils works.
235	105	Enos borne. Gen. 5, 6. * Sacrifice is a seal of justice given by faith. The faithful are called the children of God. John. 2, 12
325	195	90	Kenan borne. Gen. 5, 9.
395	265	160	70	Mahalaleel B. Gē. 5 * By Enos birth religion is sorowfully corrupted, through marriages with Cain's house the seventh from Adam. Jude
460	330	225	135	65	Iared B. Gē. 5.
622	492	387	297	227	162	Enoch B. Ge. 5
687	557	452	362	292	227	65	Mathuselah borne. Gen. 5, 21.
874	744	639	549	479	414	252	187	Lamech borne. Gen. 5, 25.
930	800	695	605	535	470	308	243	56	Adam dieth. Gen. 5, 5.
987	857	752	662	592	527	365	300	113	Enoch is taken away. Gen. 5.
1042	912	807	717	647	582		355	168	Seth dieth. Gen. 5, 8.
1056		821	731	661	596		369	182	Noah, B. Gē 5. 29. Tho. • . frō Adā
1140		905	815	745	680		453	266	84	Enos dieth. Gen 5, 11.
1235			910	840	775		548	361	179	Kenan dieth. Gen. 5, 14.
1290				895	830		603	416	234	Mahalaleel dieth. Gen. 5, 17
1422					962		735	548	366	Iared dieth. Gen. 5, 20.
1536	The patience of God abode 120 years, in which the spirit of Christ preached while the ark was in making, to the spirits now in prison. 1. Pet. 3, 19.	849	662	480	CXX years begin. Gen. 6
1556	869	682	500	20	Japheth B. Gen. 5, 32.
1558	871	684	502	22	2	Sem borne.
1651	964	777	595	115	95	93	Lamech D
1656	Mathuselah dieth, Gen. 5, 27.	969		600	120	100	98	The flood

Wor.	Noa.	Sem.	Flod.	Mans age is shortened half in half.	Noah prophesieth blessedness in Christ to Sem, and Iapheths, dweling in Salem. Gen. 9.
1658	602	100	2	Arphaxad borne. Gen. 11.
1693	637	135	37	35	Selah borne. Gen. 11.
1723	667	165	67	65	30	Eber B. * Babel is builded by the curse of Cham,
1757	701	199	101	99	64	34	Peleg B. * the house of Nimrod. Mich. 5, 6. Seuentie Families are distinguished into 70 languages. Ages borne. again halfed.
1787	731	229	131	129	94	64	30	Regu B.
1819	763	261	163	161	126	96	62	32	Serug B.
1849	793	291	193	191	156	126	92	62	30	Nahor
1878	822	320	222	220	185	155	121	91	59	29	Terah B. Gen. 11, 24.
1996	940	438	340	338	303	273	239	209	177	147	118	Peleg dieth.
1997	941	439	341	339	304	274		210	178	148	119	Nahor dieth.
2006	950	448	350	348	313	283		219	187		128	Noah dieth.
2008		450	352	350	315	285		221	189		130	Abram borne.
2018		460	362	360	325	295		231	199		140	10	Sarai borne.
2026		468	370	368	333	303		239	207		148	18	8	Regu di.
2049		491	393	391	356	326			230		171	41	31	Serug di
2083		525	427	425	390	360	Terah dieth.		205	75	65

Promise.	Abraham		Mans age the third . World. ☜ time is almost halfed.			Christ.
	76	The Promise is given, that CHRIST should be the son of ABRAM after the flesh. Gen. 12, 430 years before the Law. Gala. 3, 17. SEM in Canaan called Melchizedek king of Salem, a figure	2084	The Law which was 430 years after, cannot disannul the covenant, that it should make the promise of none effect. Gala. 3, 17. Senear serveth Elam: Ellasar & Tidal with them fall before Abrā: so do the same nations fight & fall by the Hebrews. Dā. 7 being 4 troublesome beasts, whose Images
	77
	78
	79
	80				1840
	81
	82	2090

After the PROMISE.	Abraham	Isaac		WORLDE.			Ishmael	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	83		of the son of God, blesseth Abram. Gen. 14. HAGAR the bondwomā an Egyptian, is given to Abram. Gen. 16, 2. ARPHAXAD dieth being 438 years old. Gen 11, 13 Just Lot fretteth at the ungodly. The curse of Cham unto Canaan here beginneth to appear, measure for measure: who mocked his Fathers nakedness: in whose posterity filthy nakedness brake out. An ensample of filthiness punished in everlasting fire is shown in the destruction of SODOM & GOMORA. ISAAC bor. Gen. 21, the seventh from Eber. They are not all children that are Abraham's seed. Ro. 9. but in Isaac shall thy seed be called. Gen. 21. ISMAEL & Hagar are cast out of Abraham's house. Gen. 21, 14. As then he that was borne after the flesh, persecuted him that was after the spirit: even so is it now. But what saith the Scripture? Cast out the servant, and her son, Gal. 4. 29. SELAH dieth bieng 433 years old. Gen. 11, 15. ISMAEL hath 12 Dukedoms in the land of Cush, in whom Sem ruleth Cham. Unto this time Ismàelites following Mahomet trouble the Churches for their Idolatry, & are described. Ap. 9. For near Euphrates: Turks & Ishmaelites, discōtent with Iambrel king of Babel, join force, & set upon EVROPE, then idolatrous. Cedremus, Volaterranus.	2901	Rome bears for arms 〈◊〉 one, cutting Christians: Ap. 13. as Cittī should Eber. Nū. 24. ISMAEL is borne. Gen. 16. It is written Abra. had two sons, one by a servant, another by a free woman: these are the two Testaments: Sina & Jerusalem. Gala. 4, 22. Faith was imputed to Abra. when he was uncircumcised: after received he the seal of righteousness of his former faith, that he should be the Father of the believing, circume • sed and vncirumcised: that righteousness might be imputed to them also. Ro. 4, 11. ABRAHAM and Ishmael are both circumcised. Gen. 17. 16. Moab & Ammon B. The childrē of just Lot vnawars. HERE begin the first manifest afflictions of Abraham's seed, by Ishmael the Egyptian by Hagar 400 year, before the coming from Egypt. Gen 15, 13. & Act. 7, 6. 400 years Abraham's seed was to be a soiourner in a land not theirs. that is, not Egypt only, but also first Canaan: unto which in the 4 age Israel should return, to hold it their own. These 4 are Kohath 1, Amram 2, Aaron, 3, Eleazar 4, who parted the Land. Ios. 14. Kohath was one of the 70, Gen. 46. he lived 133 • . Amrā 137, Moses 80, whē Israel came forth, all is but 350 in extremity. Wherefore in Egypt they could not be 400 years. 215 after the coming of Abraham into Canaan, but 70 souls of Abrahams loins go into Egypt. 215 years after that, 600000 valiant men come forth.
	84
10	85
	86
	87				1
	88				2
	89				3
	90				4	1830
	91				5
	92		2100		6
	93				7
	94				8
20	95				9
	96				10
	97				11
	98				12
	99				13
	100		*		14	1820
	101	1			15
	102	2	2110		16
	103	3	*		17
	104	4			18
30	105	5			19
	106	6			20
	107	7			21
	108	8			22
	109	9			23
	110	10			24
	111	11			25	1810
	112	12	2120		26
	113	13			27
	114	14			28
40	115	15			29
	116	16			30
	117	17			31
	118	18			32
	119	19			33
	120	20	‡		34	1800
	121	21			35
	122	22	2130		36
	123	23			37
	124	24			38
50	125	25			39
	126	26			40
	127	27			41
	128	28			42
	129	29			43
	130	30			44	1790
	131	31			45
	132	32	2140		46

After the PROMISE.	Abraham	Isaac		WORLDE			Ishmael	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	133	33	ISAAC is bound, & laid upon the Alter to be sacrifisced. Gen. 2, 29. So Christ was bound. Mar. 15. SARAH our mother D. being 127 Y. old. Gē. 33, whose daughters the faithful are. 1. Pet. 3, 6 REBECCA is married to Isaac Gen. 25. to Rebecca whe she had conceived by one, evē our father Isaac before the Children were borne: and when they had done neither good nor evil, it was said, The elder shall serve the younger. Rom. 9, as it is writ̄, Jacob I have loved, Esau I have hated. Mala. 1. SEM dieth being 600 years old. Gen. 11, 11. Of him many things are to be said, which are hard to be uttered, because we are dull of hearing. Heb. 5. GOD was not ashamed to be called the God of Sem. and Sem is the first in this honor. Gen. 9. JACOB & Esau are B. Gē. 25 the 22 generation from Adam, which 22 ages are compared to the 22 letters of the Hebrew tongue Epipha. in Ancorato the old Testament is parted accordingly into 22 books. Euseb. Naziā. Iero: the Apocrypha rejected: which were not know̄ whē the Masorites reckoned all the letters in the Prophets. Elia. Masoreth. Jacob toke his brother by the heel in the womb, & by his strength he had power with God. Hose. 12, 3. ABRAHAM dieth at the age of 175 years. Gen. 25. God was not ashamed to be called Abrahams God. Heb. 11. EBER dieth being 464 years old. Gen. 11, 17. the seventh frō Enoch: and not far inferior to him in	2141	Abraham shown his love in not sparing his only son: God shown his love in not sparyng his only son. Rom. 8, 32. The only woman whose whole age is recorded in Scripture. After Sarah's death Abrahā marrieth Keturah: and to his children by her giveth substance, and sendeth them forth into the East. Suach is of his sons, of whom cometh Bildad. Job. 2. These families, I think, are termed the Children of the East. Job. 1. Whereas the holy Ghost noteth Moses d • scription of Melchizedek: that he hath no mention of his father nor mother some think that Melchizedek cannot be Sem: because his father is mentioned. But they are deceived. For it is spoken, not of the whole Scripture: that he hath no else where a father, but of that particular text of Melchizedek. Gen. 14. Now who but Sem should be that most royal king, king of justice, sacrificer to the high God: even when Terah had fallen, with the rest to strange gods? who should be lykened to the son of God, and greater then Abraham, Heb. 7, 7, rather then Sem, to whom the son of God was promised? which therefore should be the fyttest to deliver the promise to Abraham. Besides, seeing that Iapheths sons fetch their religion from Salem. Acts. 2, whom God would persuade to fetch it from Shem tents: who should rule Salem, where God his Tabernacle should be Psa. 76, rather then Sem? Therefore tht Hebrews hold him Melchizedek,		47
	134	34			48
60	135	35			49
	136	36			50
	137	37			51
	138	38			52
	139	39			53
	140	40			54	1780
	141	41			55
	142	42	2150		56
	143	43			57
	144	44			58
70	145	45			59
	146	46			60
	147	47			61
	148	48			62
	149	49			63
	150	50			64	1770
	151	51			65
	152	52	2160		66
	153	53			67
	154	54			68
80	155	55			69
	156	56			70
	157	57			71
	158	58			72
	159	59			73
	160	60			74	1760
	1	61			75
	2	62	2170		76
	3	63			77
	4	64			78
90	5	65			79
	6	66			80
	7	67			81
	8	68			82
	9	69			83
	10	70			84	1750
	11	71			85
	12	72	2180		86
	13	73			87
	14	74			88
100	15	75			89
	16	76			90
	17	77			91
	18	78			92
	19	79			93
	20	80			94	1740
	21	81			95
	22	82	2190		96

After the PROMISE.	Jacob	Isaac		WORLDE.			Ishmael	Before our L. Bir. CHRIST.
	73	133	though he sought it with tears. For he found not the place of repentance: but said I will kill my brother. JACOB goeth to Laban, he seeth a ladder reach up into Heaven, and the Angels of God ascending & descending by it. Gen. 28, 12. Jacob fled into Aram and Israel served for a wife. Hos. 12. LEAH is given to Jacob instead of Rachel for his wife, Gen. 29, 23. IVDA is borne. Of him after Jereboam's withdrawyng of ten tribes, the fathful Hebrews as Mordecai, of Benjamin, Hest. 2. and Paul Act. 22, and all Tribes Rom. 1 are called Jews. Salvation cometh of the Jews. John. 4. Christ is the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Ap. 5. JACOB goeth from Laban, he wrestleth with the Angel, and is called ISRAELL. Gen. 32▪ 28. By his trength he had power with God: had power over the Angel: wept: & prayed unto him: the Lord God of Hosts is his strength. Hos. 12, 3. Jacob the Aramite peryshing Deut. 26, bought ground of Hamor Ge, 33 that possession Jacob gave to his son Joseph: & there was Jacob's well. There Jesus talked of the mountains and Jerusalem's worship: and of the true worshypers. John 4. IVDA his incest. PHARES is borne of Tamar his daughter in law. Gen. 38. Tamar cannot be Shem daughter, for she must be elder thē Jacob, if she were. ISAAC dieth. Gen. 35, the longest lyuer of any since Terah, that the strength of	2241	Esau or Edom his seed hated Jacob's: unto Herod who was an Idumean as Josephus writeth. CHRIST showeth Nathanael who is that Ladder. John. 1, 51. He found Jacob in Bethel: & there he spoke with us. Hose. 12, 4. Jacob would be content with meat & clothes So Paul. 1. Ti. 6 RVBENS prerogative in time turneth to Rachel's son, whō Jacob thought he embraced Gen. 48, 5. and Reuben is a punishment to Jacob for his necligence, in using Bilhah. Gen. 30 22. JOSEPH is borne. Gen. 30. Of Christ God spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, that the Lord should arise from Judah. Ebr. 7, 14. ESAU terrifieth Jacob. BENIAMIN. B. Rachel dieth at Bethlehem. Ge. 35, 18. When our Lord is borne there: and children killed: Rachel will not be comforted. That is, the mothers there: afflicted as Rachel was, when she called her son, Ben-oni her son of sor • w. Herod is a new Esau Mat. 2. JOSEPH is sold for a slave. Gen. 37, 2. 28. when he had been norished 17 years of his Father. When they thought evil against him, God disposed it to good: to save much people alive. Gen. 50, 20. The Patriarchs moved with envy sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him: and delivered him out of all his troubles. Act. 7. They held his feet • in the stocks, the counsel of the Lord tried him. Psal. 105, 18 JOSEPH expoundeth Pharaohs Dream. Gen. 41. 4 • .
	74	134
	75	135
160	76	136
	77	137
	78	138
	79	139
	80	140				1680
	81	141
	82	142	2250
	83	143
	84	144
170	85	145
	86	146
	87	147
	88	148
	89	149
	90	150				1670
	91	151
	92	152	2260		1
	93	153			2
	94	154			3
180	95	155			4
	96	156			5
	97	157			6
	98	158			7
	99	159			8
	100	160			9	1660
	101	161			10
	102	162	2270		11
	103	163			12
	104	164			13
190	105	165			14
	106	166			15
	107	167			16
	108	168			17
	109	169			18
	110	170			19	1650
	111	171			20
	112	172	2280		21
	113	173			22
	114	174			23
200	115	175			24
	116	176			25
	117	177			26
	118	178			27
	119	179			28
	120	180			29	1640
	121				30
	122		2290		31

After the PROMISE.	Jacob	Isaac		WORLDE.			Ishmael	Before our L. Bir. CHRIST.
	23	83	godliness. He was the longest lyuer of all that was borne after the Floodde, and none after BABELS building exceeded much half his years, for Peleg the longest had but 239 years. Gen. 11, 19. He was a great Prophet foretellyng the division of Tongues. Ebers name continued in Abraham's faithful posterity: who were called of Eber, Hebrews. Adams language remained with them unto the last Prophets: though near lost in Babel. ESAU taketh his wives of Canaan. Gen. 25, 34. &. 26, 46. Which were a grief to Rebecca: & displeased Isaac, therefore went Esau to Ishmael, & took his daughter Maalath to wife. Gen. 28, 8. ESAU sold his byrthright for a mess os red Pottage, therefore was his name called EDOM. Gen. 25, 30. LET no man be profane as Esau was, who for a portion of meat sold his Byrthright. Hebr. 12, 16. OF Esau, eyght Kings successively, & after that many Dukes together ruled: before Moses was king in Israel Gen. 36. GOD gave to Esau the lande of Seyr Gen. 36, and by his sword did he live. Gen. 27, 4. ISMAEL dieth being 137 years old. Gen. 25, 17. The only wicked whose whole age is recorded in the Law. JACOB stealeth the blessing from Esau, who shall in time break the yoke. Gen. 27. When Esau would have inherited the blessing he was rejected:	2191	the usual judgment of the Latins, and the ancient English writers doth so. The Grecians first resisted, being deceived by their Translation 700 years, between Arpharads birth and Abraham's: which Trnslation for a close purpose differed from the Hebrew, whereof to speak it would be a long and an hard speech. Though many hold that Abraham bre the name Hebrew, not of Eber, but of passing over Euphrates: of which opinion the Greke translators are: yet that cannot I allow, for these causes: An action common to many, as to change Soil over Euphrates: should not sone give a proper name. Besides a trop • should not be sought: when propriety standeth well enough Moreover: these two texts conclude plain: SEM was the Father of all the sons of EBER. Gen. to. CITTIM shall afflicte ASSVR, and EBER. Nū. 24. Here Moses calleth Israel to consider Sem: and to remember them selves named of Eber. If the Jews had considered Sem and Heber. how glorious they were: before Abraham had circumcision: the Epistle to the Hebrews would have persuaded them to leave Abraham's ceremonies: when Christ had confirmed the covenant for Many D • . 9 as well as for Abraham's seed Psal. 105, Beyng a sacrificer forever, after the order of Melchizedek: to whom all Famylies, before Abraham was, might have access.		97
	24	84			98
110	25	85			99
	26	86			100
	27	87			101
	28	88			102
	29	89			103
	30	90			104	1730
	31	91			105
	32	92	2200		106
	33	93			107
	34	94			108
120	35	95			109
	36	96			110
	37	97			111
	38	98			112
	39	99			113
	40	100			114	1720
	41	101			115
	42	102	2210		116
	43	103			117
	44	104			118
130	45	105			119
	46	106			120
	47	107	‡		121
	48	108			122
	49	109			123
	50	110			124	1710
	51	111			125
	52	112	2220		126
	53	113			127
	54	114			128
140	55	115			129
	56	116			130
	57	117			131
	58	118			132
	59	119			133
	60	120			134	1700
	61	121			135
	62	122	2230		136
	63	123		☜	137
	64	124
150	65	125
	66	126
	67	127	‡
	68	128
	69	129
	70	130				1690
	71	131
	72	132	2240

After the PROMISE	Jacob		WORLDE.			Joseph	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	123	the promise might appere: Job is much in his case, who being broken with sorrow, yet is restored to longer life of 140 years. Job. 42, 6 The famine beginneth through all the earth. Gen. 41, 54. &. 45, 6. JACOB goeth into Egypt. Gen. 47, with 70 souls. Deut. 10, 22. The Greke translators borrow five more frō the Chronicles: namely Suthelah and Tahan, Ephraim's sons: and Edē a nephew. To Manasseh, Machir a sou, & Galead a nephewe: to show how Joseph saw his children to the • age. Gen. 50. S. Luke followeth that. Act. 7. but few have marked it, whereby most thought the text coroupted. 17 Y. Jacob is kept by Joseph that shepherd: feeding Israel as meat is put into a babes mouth. JACOB dieth in Egypt, in his last will he foretelleth his sons of their estate, tearmyng them by sundry notes, & proph • sieth of Siloh: which is CHRIST. Gen. 49, to. Judah hath the prerogative, and is preferred before all the Tribes for gonernemēt, therefore the Maccabees were to blame to make Kings of their families. their punishment was to be Sadducees: and to be ouerthro wen by Antipater their own servant, & his posterity the Herod's. Jacob's will is an abridgement of his sons euentes: who speaking of Baracks victory under Naphtali: Why should he omit Tobi, if his matters had been true? or Judith under Simeon, whom he curseth for that cause, For which Judith blesseth him? Benjamin in Mordecai, and Hester, is famous: who saved the Jews	2291	Compare Joseph with Daniel. Both in hold, show skil of dreams: both their kings after 2 years dream: both their Magicians can say nothing: both they in haste are brought to their kings: both are demanded of their skill: both say it is not in their wisdome: but God by thē will show it to their kings: both thereupō ruled those kingdomes: both were before hand sent of God for the comfort of their brethren that should come after, to those countries. Joseph Jacob's son feedeth Jesus our Lord an infant in Egypt Math. 2. Thither Abraham went: thither Jacob to Joseph: and the Lord went with him. Thither went Joseph the son of Jacob: & t • ke our L. with him. When Israel was a child I loved him, & called my son out of Egypt Hos. 11 TO JACOB the worlds age is reckoned by 22 particular men, which are that to the Chronicle: that the 22 Hebrew letters are to the language. Afterwarde by greater sum • the bands of times doth God tie: But the knots are no less famous nor no less certain, until the Lord: death, then the accounts dependyng upon these particular men's ages. When Joseph's brethren saw that their Father was dead, they said, forgive the trespass of the servants of thy fathers God. Thy Father commanded before his death, saying Forgeue the trespass of thy brethren. To whom Joseph said: Fear not: for am I to you like God? I may not hurt you whose doings God ruled to common good. And he comforted them, & spake kindly unto thē. Gen. 50. If ye do forgive men their trespasses. your heavenly		32
	124			33
210	125			34
	126			35
	127			36
	128			37
	129			38
	130			39	1630
	131			40
	132	2300		41
	133			42
	134			43
220	135			44
	136			45
	137			46
	138			47
	139			48
	140			49	1620
	141			50
	142	2310		51
	143			52
	144			53
230	145			54
	146			55
	147			56
				57
				58
				59	1610
				60
		2320		61
				62
				63
240				64
				65
				66
				67
				68
				69	1600
				70
		2330		71
				72
				73
250				74
				75
				76
				77
				78
				79	1590
				80
		2340		81

After the PROMISE.		WORLDE.			Joseph	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	from the Heathen: Also in Paul: and his systers son, to whom all the world is beholden, who by an Heathen saved Paul from the Jews. Andronicus, Iunias, & Herodion, are also in the euenyng of times noble deuiders of spoils against Satan. Rom. 16, 7. SAMSON of Dan, is to the Philistines a Serpent by the way, an Adder by the path: biting the Horse heels, so that his rider shall fall back ward. Joseph is a fruiteful bough: two boughs: whereof ech do reach unto the wall: By reason of Manasseh and Ephraim: who not only make two Tribes, whereby they had officers double, and authority according: but also increased so in number, that Ephraī overmatched sone whole Tribe and thereafter had his portion of the Holy land. Compare with this Jacob's speech, the blessing wherewith Moses blesseth the children of Israel, who speaking of Joseph's two sons, as two Tribes: omitteth Symeō: because more thē twelve, neither he nor any Prophet reckoneth together. Simeon for evil behavior at that time was worthiest to be unnamed. Afterwardes Dan deserved most contempt, that first brought in Idolatry. Whē twelve Tribes be reckoned in Ap. 7, whereof two are for Joseph, that more thē 12 should not be reckoned, Dan is left out, in detestation of his Idolatry. Wherefore some thought, that the Antichrist should come of Dan. In truth he followeth that Idolatry, & by imtation is his son, but in propriety Abaddon Ap. 9, is of Cittim or Italy, Nū. 24, called in Hebrew Adey-obed. Who	2341	father will also forgive your trespasses. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, no more will your Father forgive your trespasses. Jesus praide for thē that crucified him, Father forgive them: for they know not what they do. Luk. 23, 34 When they heard Peter, they were pricked: and gladly received his words and were baptized: and the same day there were added 3000 souls. Act. 2 Stephen prayed for them that stoned him: Lord lay not this sin to their charge. Act. 7. And Paul cōscented to his death: and breathed threatenings against the brethren, yet the light of the Lord shined about him: & converted him, & he preached Christ. Act. 9. Forgeue ye one an other, as God in Christ forgave you. Eph. 4. HEZRON. 1. Chro. 2, 5. JOSEPH dieth in Egypt. being 110 Y. old. Gen. 50, 26. By Faith Joseph when he died, made mention of the departing of the Chyldren of Israel, and gave commandment of his bones Heb. 12, 22. His bones were buried in the lande of Promyse. The Fathers also were removed into Sychem, and were put in the Sepulchers that was bought for money of Hamor the Sychemite. Act. 7, 16. The archers grieved Joseph, and shot, & hated him. His Bowe abode in strength, and his arms had a golden might: through the God of Jacob whence he fed: from the stone of Israel The blessings of Jacob were stronger then the blessings of his fathers. Gen. 49.		82
			83
260			84
			85
			86
			87
			88
			89	1580
			90
	2350		91
			92
			93
270			94
			95
			96
			97
			98
			99	1570
			100
	2360		101
			102
			103
280			104
			105
			106
	‡		107
			108
			109	1560
			110
	2370


290




				1550

	2380


300




				1540

	2390

After the PROMISE.	Moses			WORLDE.			Before the birth of CHRIST.
			shall perish in the ende: at our Lord's appearing. 2. Thess. 2. AS Christ is the chiefest of Eber, when at his birth Cittim in Augustus afflicted, compelling Joseph and Mary to repair to their own to wne to be taxed: and under Tiberius crucified, even the King of glory: Reason would that the Kingdom by which the Lord was killed, should be continually punished, both with manifest and spiritual Plagues. The Empire of Rome, both by Paul, & by the Apocalypse, is discovered to afford Emperors open enemies. And after their destruction, a company making the corporation of the man of sin, pretending the power of Christ, & having horns like the lambes: yet practicing the beastly Emperors power: being Adonikam, standing up as if he were God. Ezra. 2, 13. Apoc. 13. Wherefore let none dream that he riseth frō Dan: whose Tribe was skattered a thousand years before the Popes supremacy. None of Israel forsake the idols of Egypt. Ezek. 20. Therefore God giveth over their children to the sword. Exod. 1. This is the only time since the Flood: that Satā might with most likelihood brag that he had ouercōe the whole earth. Satan, the accuser of the brethrē Job. 1. Apo. 12. goeth abont seeking whom he may devour. 1. Pet. 5. MOSES is borne. Ex • . 2, 2. The 7 generation from ABRAHAM, a new HENOCH, buried of God: a new NOAH: saved in the Ark 120 years a preaching to the world, and ever afterwards.	2291	GENESIS endeth in Joseph, conteynyng years 2369. The Book of Job, though it was written after Moses death: yet in order of time falleth out before Exodus. But Moses was to handle Abraham's blessing in Isaac and Jacob: of whom our LORD descendeth after the flesh. And not the other families of Abraham's seed by Keturah. Nevertheless where as God giveth Abraham a testimony of carefulness in teaching his house. It was good for us, to have holy monuments to register their religion: That doth the book of Job afford in 23 wise orations. Whereupon the Lord him self cometh moderator of the disputatiō. In the new Testament their speeches be often cited to most weighty purposes: and the whole book is a divine commentary upon Genesis. The children of Israel filled the land, and a new King arose that knew not Joseph, who vexed thē, and caused them to serve, and commanded the Midwiues to kill the male children: and whē thus he profited nothing, he charged his people to cast every man child that should be borne into the River. SATAN compasseth all the Earth. JOB in the land of Hus is sure that his redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand the latter man upon the earth. Job. 19, 25. JOB is of Abraham by Keturah: as may be gathered. He cannot be I • bab, who died some ages before Moses was king in Israel. He is said to be the rychest of the sons of the East: by which name the kindred of Madian is termed. Ind. 6

310




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			2400


320




						1520

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330
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			2420
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340


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						1500

			2430


350
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5					1490
	6
	7		2440

After the PROMISE.	Moses			WORLDE.			Hosea	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	8		Moses first received & wrote divinity, with prophetical authority. The book of the Lord's wars: in Sichons victory Nō 21, 14. was after the Law: and was some song made by Sichons favorers: yet true for an open action: & worthy citing: as Aratus Act. 17. Menander 1. Cor. 15. Epimenides. Tit. 1. Enoch his testimony, which S. Jude eiteth, is not frō a more anciant thē Moses: but as the doctors of Judah did frame for Enoch a long speech frō those short sayings that Moses writeth of Enoch. The like they at this day have, for Satan disputing at Moses burial: as S. Jude followeth. HOSEA doth Moses call Jesus, foreseeyng that he should bring the people into the land: & not him self. As JESUS CHRIST, not Moses • awe of us vnperformeable, bringeth us into the eternal rest. Nō. 13 Hosea was far frō covetousness. Ios. 19. To him Christ said, Ios. 1. I will not leave thee, nor forsak thee. To us. Eb. 12 MOSES visiteth his brethren. Act. 7, 23. BY faith Moses, when he was come to age, refused to be called the son of Pharaohs daughter, & chose rather to suffer adversity with the people of God, thē to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, esteeming the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward Heb. 11, 24. MOSES was faithful in all his house as a servant.	2441	he called Bildad of Suach Abraham's son, with the other disputers, his brethrē. Though Eliphaz be of Esau, and Elihu of Nahor, yet Job must far rather be of Keturah, and a token of God's testimony to Abraham for instructing his posterity. ELIPHAZ Job's fellow, is a Temanite: of Teman, of Eliphaz, of Esau, of Isaac, of Abraham: about the seventh frō Abrahā: elder then Job's father, if he speak of him self. Job. 15. by whose age we must conclude that Job cannot be many ages before Moses, the seventh in another line from Abrahā. HOSEA is born, the seventh frō blessed Ephraim. Thus his birth time is gathered. All the particulars of 480 Y. in 1. King. 6. are noted, saving 17 for Hosea: 110 frō the end of that he was borne. For so long he lived. So long lived likewise Joseph. The equality of age, draweth us to weigh the equality of the personages. Moab drove out the Giants Emims: and Ammon the Zamzūmims Deu. 2. Shem God not Camos did this. CALEB, B. in Eg. Aram, & Aminadab, D. Naassō, & Salmō B. MOSES age when he killeth the Egyptian, is recorded of S. Stephen to be 40 years. And of most lykelyhood so holden of the Hebrews in that time: otherwise the holy man would not have troubled men, and adversaries with a new matter: yet the later Hebrews of purpose differ, taking heed least they agree with us, where soever we have not express words. But the cause it self may urge thē, seeing God in his government useth most
	9
360	10
	11
	12
	13
	14
	15					1480
	16
	17		2450
	18
	19
370	20
	21
	22
	23
	24
	25					1470
	26
	27		2460
	28	‡	☜		1
	29				2
380	30				3
	31				4
	32				5
	33				6
	34				7
	35				8	1460
	36				9
	37		2470		10
	38				11
	39				12
390	40				13
	41				14
	42		‡		15
	43				16
	44				17
	45				18	1450
	46				19
	47		2480		20
	48				21
	49				22
400	50				23
	51				24
	52				25
	53				26
	54				27
	55				28	1440
	56				29
	57		2490		30

After the PROMISE.	Moses	Egypt		WORLDE.			Hosea	Before our L. bir • . CHRIST.
	58		But CHRIST is GOD, who made all. Nō. 12. Eb. 3. MOSES saw Christ the Angel, the God of Abrahā, Isaac, & Jacob, in the bush. Ex. 3. Deu. 33. MOSES taught that Christ should suffer by death to ouercōe death. Eb. 2. Death reigned frō Adam to Moses, Rom. 5. He that believeth not Moses, will not believe though one should rise frō the dead. Luk. 16. But whē Moses is read a covering lieth upon the Jews hearts. 2. Cor. 3, 14. Of Christ God spake to Moses: I send my Angel before thee: My name is in him. Exod. 23, 20. He is the ingraued form of God's person. Ebr. 1, 3. Jannes & lamb. cause to plagues. MOSES bringeth Israel out of Egypt, by the blood of a Lamb Exod. 12, 42. figuring the Lamb of GOD, which taketh away the sins of the world. John: 1, 29. The Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John. 1, 17 Nisan the 7, is hence the first. The Fathers were all baptized unto Moses, in that cloud, and in that Sea: & did all eat the same spiritual meat, and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of the spiritual Rock that followed them: & the Rock was CHRIST. 1 Cor. 10, 2, 3. The Fathers did eat Manna, a spiritual meat, bread frō Heaven: the Father giveth the true bread from Heaven, and giveth life unto the world. JESUS is the bread of life. John. 6, 31.	2491	plain numbers in men's ages and years most fit for the affairs. This business required the countenance of a stayed age, to make an agreement ber wene striuers. The peregrinatiō of the childrē of Israel which were soiourners in Egypt, was 430 Y. Those being expired, the self same day they departed. Ex 12. 40 Chams sonnesdelt with them as the Kites would have done with the carkeises of Abraham's sacrifices: but God judged the nation, and brought Israel forth with great substance: as Gen. 15, 14. There was not one feeble persō among thē: who were above six hundred thousand men, besides women & children. Levi his sons, their atyre, the Tabernacle, with Ark, Table, Altars, Candlestick sacrifices, these were a shadow & should cease frō use at Christ's death. Moses telleth that when they are to come frō Babylon, God will remember them of that to be his covenant. Leu. 26, 42. That falleth out in Daniel Dā. 9, 24. Then they might know the very hour of the ceremonies ended: Christ the body entering into the most holy, even the heavens. Eb. 9. Rome is called Egypt. Ap. 11 RACHAB borne. SICHON taketh Cities from Vaheb K. of Moab. Nō. 21. that Israel might take them frō Sichō. otherwise Israel might not medle with Moab. Deu. 2. Moses calleth human testimonies for these wars, takē in hand by a special purpose of God, the book of the wars of Jehovah. Mans age is brought to 70 years, Psa. 90. upon the misbelefe of the ten spies, and the people the seconde year. Nō. 13. Then was Caleb 40 year old.		31
	59				32
410	60				33
	61				34
	62				35
	63				36
	64				37
	65				38	1430
	66				39
	67		2500		40
	68				41
	69				42
420	70				43
	71				44
	72				45
	73				46
	74				47
	75				48	1420
	76				49
	77		2510		50
	78				51
	79				52
430	80		*		53
Exod. 12, 41. Since the coming frō Egypt.	81	1			54
	82	2			55
	83	3			56
	84	4			57
	85	5			58	1410
	86	6			59
	87	7	2520		60
	88	8			61
	89	9	*		62
	90	10			63
	91	11			64
	92	12			65
	93	13	‡		66
	94	14	‡		67
	95	15			68	1300
	96	16			69
	97	17	2530		70
	98	18			71
	99	19			72
20	100	20			73
	101	21			74
	102	22			75
	103	23			76
	104	24			77
	105	25			78	1390
	106	26			79
	107	27	2540		80

Since the coming from EGYPT.	Moses	Egypt		WORLDE.			Hosea	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	108	28	As Moses lyft up the Serpent in the Wildernes, so must the Son of man be lyft up. John. 3, 14. NAASSON dieth. Balaam speaketh of Christ: his Star: his Scepter. Nō. 24. The 40 y. in the wilderness, is named in Ex. 16. No. 14. Deu. 1. Ios. 5. Ne. 9. Psa. 95. Act. 13. By faith Phinehas stayed the Plague. He begat Ezra. Ez. 7. MOSES dieth. Deut. 34. HOSEA, Joshua, or Jesus of Ephraim, ruleth 17 Y. and executeth the curse Gen. 9. making Caanā a servant to Sem. The Sun stayed. Hab. 3. The Sun lost his light. Mat. 27. THE seventh year the Lande shall rest. Levi. 25. YF Jesus had settled the people in rest, then would not David after this, have spoken of another rest. We have a great Sacrificer, which is entered into heaven, even Jesus the son of God: Let us study to enter into that rest. Heb. 4, 8. JESUS dieth 110 Y. old. OTHONIEL of Judah judgeth Israel 40 Y. Iud 3, 11 40 Yeeres after the death of Jesus, Othoniel judgeth and reuēgeth the cause of Israel: as a rare Captain: not as a continual officer. The high counsel & ordinary officers wer to rule. whereof Otho. might be a special mā. OTHONIEL the vanquisher of Chusan showeth in good part that Judah is a Lyon for Shiloh: whom they obeyed not, nor drove out the Heathen as Christ that Shiloh commanded thē, but learned of the Heathens works, and served their Idols, which were their ruin. Psal. 106, 34.	2541	BALAAM speaketh of destruction to Amalek, Edom. Moab, Assur Cittim in the end OBED, coming to destructiō. By Cittim afflicting Heber, whose chief son Christ was: he meaneth chiefly Italy: whose first name was Cittim. With this agreeth Jerome. The Hebrews, Onkelos, Rashi, Ezra, Sadaiah, Isaac, Rambā, Bochai: who saith: he sealeth his prophecy in Abaddon Cittī: which is the power of Rome &c. as Paul doth. 2. Th. and Ap. 9. in Abaddō, &. 17. Balaam taught of a Beast: might teach that Beast. Ap. 11. who is that bad Abaddon. CALEB is 85 Y. old. Ios. 14. IVBILEES BEGIN. Thou shalt number seven Sabbaths of years unto thee, even 7 times 7 years: and the space of the 7 sabbaths of years will be 49 years. Then thou shalt cause to blow the Trumpet of the Jubiliee in the 10 day, the 7 month: even in the day of the reconciliation shall ye make the trumpet to blow, throughout all your lande. And ye shall hallow that year, even the 50 year, & shall proclaim liberty in the land to all the inhabitaunts thereof: It shall be the Jubiliee unto you, and ye shall return every man to his possessiō, & to his family. For it is the Jubiliee, & shall be holy unto you. Leu. 25. Seeyng every promise of God in Christ is yea and amen, the Jubiliee must be referred to Christ his death, sealing every phrophesie. Dan. 9. Therefore men are bound to mark the due accompt		81
	109	29			82
30	110	30			83
	111	31			84
	112	32	‡		85
	113	33			86
	114	34			87
	115	35			88	1380
	116	36			89
	117	37	2550		90
	118	38			91
	119	39			92
40	120	40			93
		1			94
		2			95
		3			96
		4			97
		5			98	1370
		6			99
		7	2560		100
		8			101
		9			102
50		10			103
		11			104
		12			105
		13			106
		14			107	Rest.
		15			108	1360
		16			109
		17	2570	☜	110
	1
	2
60	3
	4					Rest.
	5
	6
	7
	8					1350
	9
	10		2580
	11					Rest
	12
70	13
	14
	15
	16
	17
	18					1340
	19
	20		2590

Since the coming from EGYPT.	Othoniel	Ehud		WORLDE.			Chushan	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	21	*	BY this time the elders are dead in 42 years after the conquest. Here aboutes Moses house bringeth in Idolatry: for Jonathan the Nephew of Gerson the son of Manasseh was Priest to the tribe of Dan, until the transmigratiō of the land. That is, while the Ark was in Silo Iud. 18, 30. IN this age, though Phinehas were yet alive, they knew not God. Iud. 20. Gibeah destroyed 65000. They followed Baalim. God sold them to their enemies. SALMON begat Booz of Rachab, now holy. Eb. 11. S. Mat. citeth common records. EHVD of Benjamin a man lame of his right hand, judgeth Israel. 80 years Iud. 3, 30. DO not think that Ehud ruled 80 years, for so you should deceive yourself. Since the shortenyng of man's age to 70 or 80 years: none in Scripture is recorded to have ruled any thing near 80 years. Iosepth in Egypt was the last in all the Scripture that bare rule so long a season. But after the forty years mentioned under Othoniel, it was 80 years to the ende of Ehud’s affairs. IVDA and Benjamin having the first glory in defenders, Othoniel and Ehud revive the memory of Jacob's last speech, wherein they two are shown to be the holders of their soil, as a Lion, and a Wolf: until Shiloh come, even to the euenyng. Gen. 49. BENIAMIN had need of great comfort: after their great slaughter at Gibeah. They	2591	of Jubilees beginning: & to join the last to the L. death. The Hebrews red Moses for Ma ^na ses lifting na, to show Gerson Moses son: & their quick deadly fall: S. Jerome reverenced that: & layeth do wne there Moses for Manases, Mark the Ebrewe in Venice Print: and Jerome's translation there. Iud. 15, 30. CHVSAN risathaim king of Aram-naharaim oppresseth Israel 8 years. Iud. 3, 8. Because of sin I saw the tents of Chusan. Hab. 3. IN the Jubiliee they return to their possessions: by ouercommyng Chusan. Here the Ceremony and the History agreeth. Likewise in the seventh, whē Samuel ruleth: and in the 28 when our Lord dieth. Then we return to open recovery of Paradise: from which ADAM was driven Luk. 23, 43. Then was a resurrection for some turned once to dust: and that was a wonderful year: a time which the Lord had made. The Jews upon Leu. 25. write of singular blessings for that year which fall out in the year wherein our Lord died. in most strange & heavenly sort. Then the Lord having overcome death, was seen 40 days: and of 500 brethren at once: but never of any wickedmen: to whom the resurrection turneth not to glory & joy, but to shāe & woofulnes everlasting. 1 Cor. 15. Isaiah teaching of Christ showeth the notation of his name: and contriueth all to Christ his death, saying: The spirit of
	22
80	23
	24
	25
	26
	27
	28					1330
	29
	30		2600
	31
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90	33				1
	34				2
	35				3
	36				4
	37				5
	38	‡			6	1320
Rest	39				7
IVB.	40		2610		8
1	1
	2
100	3
	4
	5
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	7
	8					1310
	9
	10		2620
	11
	12
110	13
	14
	15
	16
	17
	18					1300
	19
	20		2630
Rest.	21
	22
120	23
	24
	25
	26
	27
Rest.	28					1290
	29
	30		2640

Since the coming from EGYPT.	Ehud		WORLDE.			Eglon	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	31	were then so active, that left handed they could sling stones at an hears breadth, and not fail. Iud. 20, 16. God delivereth them by one of Benjamin lame of his right hand. NOTE for Salmon, Booz, Obed, and Jesse, that they beget their sons being each one about Abraham's years when he begat Isaac. This moved them to think upon some special grace of God: though they had not since Judah Gen. 49. unto David 2. Sa. 7. a distinct personnamed, of whō our Lord after the flesh should arise. For their four ages, we have eyghteene from Korah to Samuel's sons. Mark howe Samuel cometh of Korah. IN this order. 1, is Korah, 2 Assir, 3 Elkanah, 4 Ebiasaph, 5 Assir, 6 Tachath, 7 Vriel, 8 Vziah, 9 Saul, 10 Elkanah, 11 Amasai, 12 Tzophai, 13 Nachath, 14 Eliab, 15 Ierocham, 16 Elkanah, 17 Samuel, the 18, Vasni or Joel. 1. Chr. 6. Note that the congregation gate them away from the Tabernaels of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And the earth swallowed them up, with their Families, and all the men that were with Korah. Nom. 16, 27. But the sons of Korah died not. Nom. 26, 11. Therefore they fled from their Father to Moses. Of them cometh Samuel: and the makers of certain Psalms, all of comfort. Israel is steyned with their works. Their foes Moab. & Amalek Nō. 25. Iud. 3. Ex. 17. are Lord's over them, yet God when they were in affliction hard their cry: and remembered his covenant. Psal. 106, 39.	2641	the Lord God is vpō me, thereforc hath the Lord annointed me: he hath sent me to preach good tidings unto the poor, to bind up the broken hearted, to preach liberty to the captives, and to thē that are bound, the openening of the prison, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Isa. 61. THE Lord showeth in Nazareth how he then preaching of the acceptable year of the Lord: did perform that in their hearng. And as for preaching the doctrine of saluatiō, the most holy was to be killed: even of his own: who would not know him: so they of Nazareth shown presently their inclination: who bearing witness to his gracious words, led him to an hill to cast him dov vne headlong Luc. 4. The term Iubal signifieth carrying, or a stream. This Jubiliee cannot be named of a Rams horn by the Hebrew: but of Iubal, a stream or drawing, as which leadeth us to C. death. EGLON Kyng of Moab, and with him Ammon, & Amalek oppresseth Israel 18 years. Iud. 3, 13. His name is a Calf, and so like a fat Calf he was: his slouenlike ende is an ensample for them whose God is their belly: whose belly God filleth with his hid treasure, who are of the world, and have their portion in this life. Psal. 17. Such a mōstter was Pt. Physcon, that ended the Iron leg of Egypt. Dan. 2. Athenaeus. SAMGAR killed 600 Philistines with a Goad, & helped Israel. Iud. 3, 31.
	32
130	33
	34
	35
	36
	37	‡
	38				1280
	39
	40	2650
	41
	42				Rest.
140	43
	44
	45
	46
	47
	48				1270
	49				Rest.
	50	2660			IVB.
	51				2
	52
150	53
	54
	55
	56				Rest.
	57
	58				1260
	59
	60	2670
	61
	62
160	63			1	Rest.
	64			2
	65			3
	66			4
	67			5
	68			6	1250
	69			7
	70	2680		8	Rest.
	71			9
	72			10
170	73			11
	74			12
	75			13
	76			14
	77			15
	78	‡		16	1240
	79			17
	80	2690		18

Since the coming from EGYPT.	Samgar, etc.	Gideon		WORLDE.			Sisera	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	1		The 40 Y. begin here, which after mention of Samgar, Jael, Deborah, Barak, are reckoned after Siseras overthrow. HERE the people would be choosing strange God's. Therefore shortly the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin King of Canaan: that the servant of servants should rule them, that forsook the blessed God of Sem: having tasted of such great salvation continually. Now their path failed: their villages failed: the warrior was at their gate: the noise of the Archer was among the drawing welles. Yet God gave that remnant of Canaan to the coragious Barak: the Lord made Deborah rule by the mighty Iud. 5. SAMUEL repeateth this story, and others about it saying: whē they forgot the Lord, he sold thē to Sisera, the Philistines, and the King of Moab. But they cried unto the Lord to deliver them. Also the Lord sent Ierubbaal, and Bedan, that is, Samson of Dan, Iephte, and Samuel, and delivered you from your enemies 1. Sam. 12, 9. Gideon, Barak, Samson, Iephte, David, Samuel, & the Prophets obtained promises, and received not the promise. GIDEON, or Ierubbaal: That Barley cake, of Manasseh Iud. 6. defendeth Israel. 40 years. Iud. 8, 28. Sancuniathon an old writer of Canaan, in Ierubbaals time, who wrote in that language, and was translated into Greke by Philo Byblios nameth one 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Ierombaal,	2691	A great Famine in Israel maketh Elimelech and Naomi go to Moab with their two sons, who married there, and died there also, Elimelech died, widow Naomi, after ten years returneth to Bethlehem Judah: and Ruth with her, a Moabite, widow to Machlon. This daughter, of Lot that blessed Abraham & left his country for him, Gen. 12, leaveth Parentes & country, to be covered under the Lord's wings. The Lord was her recompense Christ coming of her. Math. 1. O depth of wisdom, that Lots wine, or this want should be a means that Christ should come of him. SISERA chief Captain to Jabin king of Canaan oppresseth Israel 20 years. Iud. 4, 3. He had 900 iron Charets: & in Israel among 4000 was not a Shylde or Spear. Yet Deborah arose a mother in Israel, who stirred up Barak of Naphtali, to wrestle the wrestlynges of God, and to go like an Hart loused against Sisera and all his Charets. GOD would go before him: the Stars should fight: the waters of Mageddō the river Kishon should sweep them. Iud. 5. GOD providing a better thing for us, that they without us should not be perfect. Ebr. 11. MAGEDDONS field was fought by Barak wherein Sisera was over come. This victory at Mageddon that is the place of cutting in pieces is revived Apo. 16. by the like against the Antichrist, at the mount of Mageddō, whē lyghtnyng and voices are heard: which notably fell out this year 1588. against the 7 hilled
	2
180	3
	4
	5
	6
	7
	8					1230
	9
	10		2700
	11
Rest.	12
190	13
	14
	15
	16
	17
	18					1220
Rest.	19
IVB.	20		2710
3	21				1
	22				2
200	23				3
	24				4
	25				5
	26				6
Rest.	27				7
	28				8	1210
	29				9
	30		2720		10
	31				11
	32				12
210	33				13
Rest.	34				14
	35				15
	36				16
	37				17
	38				18	1200
	39				19
	40		2730		20
Rest.		1
		2
220		3
		4
		5
		6
		7
Rest.		8				1190
		9
		10	2740

Since the coming from EGYPT.	Abimelech	Gideon		WORLDE.			Madian	Before the birth of CHRIST.
		11	sacrificer to Jehovah 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 . This must needs be Gideon of any recorded in Scriptures, though he were not of Levi, Euseb. 1 Dem. NOTE upon this point, that of most ancient time Jehovah was pronounced, not Adonai but Jehovah: Therefore Pagnine and our learned men do better then the Pseudocatholiques, in pronouncing of it. It may be that the Heathen corrupting the term, the Jews might read it seldomer to keep it from their mouths. GIDEONS valiāt soldiers drinking without bowing down, is alluded unto in phrase. Psa. 110 He shall drink of the brook in the way: he shall lyft up the head. His faith staying upon things unseen is renowned. Ebr. 11. GIDEON had 70 sons by his wives, and Abimelech by a Concubine. ABIMELECH is King three years. Iud. 9, 22. TOLA of Issachar defendeth Israel. 23 years. Iud. 10, 1. HE hath no great matter recorded of him. Mark how God parteth his graces amongst the Tribes. He showeth some glory to all Leah's childrē saving Reuben & Simeon: None to her handmaydes: because Rachel was to have some equality frō whose own sons: & sonnes by her maid: Judges are stirred up. In Tola Issachar was a strong Ass: in whose days they rejoiced in their Tentes, and saw rest that it was good: being	2741	Mountayne, when the Dragon and the false Prophet had stirred Kings of the earth to sight with Shyppes higher thē hills: upon the waters where they were cut in pieces: thē flames of powder were seen, & thundering of Gunnes were hard: But chiefly wind and weather made the Papists stark mad: that Canaan can never recover their strength. So God hath cut them in pieces, that now the blind may see Babel fall. Curse Meroz O Lord, and all that favor Babel likewise destroy: but let them be as the bright Sun that love Jerusalem. Direct ELIZABET our Q. to build it: whom thou hast made a Lamp to all Israel through Europe. Let that cursed Canaan the servant of servants know him self a Beast. Amen. MADIAN oppresseth Israel 7 years. Iud. 6, 1. AMALEK assist, and the east, whō I hold Keturahs children. Oreb and Zeb are an ensample for God's fooes Psa. 83. This ABIMELECH slew all his brethren, saving Jotham: and is made King in Shechem. The Olive, the Fig tree, and the Vine: The former Judges which had the iwyce of grace, would not reign, but would have God their king: but the Bramble would, from whō a fire consumed the Cedars: Abimelech his brain pan is broken by a woman in Tebez. He biddeth his Page kill him out right Iud. 9, 54. David repeateth that: 2. Sam. 11, 21.
		12
230		13
		14
		15
		16
		17
		18				1180
		19
		20	2750
		21
		22				Rest.
240		23
		24
		25
		26
		27	‡
		28				1170
		29				Rest.
		30	2760			IVB.
		31				4
		32
250		33
		34
		35	‡		1
		36			2
		37			3	Rest.
		38			4	1160
		39			5
		40	2770		6
	1				7
	2
	3
260		1				Rest.
		2
		3
		4
		5				1150
		6
		7	2780
		8				Rest.
		9
		10
270		11
		12
		13
		14
		15				1140
		16
		17	2790

Since the comēing from EGYPT.	Jair	Tola		WORLDE.			Philistines	Before the birth of CHRIST.
		18	kept in the quietness which Gideon had gotten. IAIR of Manasseh defendeth Israel. 22 Y. lud. 10, 3. HE is thought to be called also Bedan, named 1. Sam. 12, 11. and 1. Chr. 7, 17. In Nomb. 32. There is a former Jair of Manasseh: & hath there cities called Chauoth Jair, after his own name. 1. Chr. 2. An other Jair: is son of Segub, which toke a wifein Gilead: by whō he held 23 Cities. This man is of posterity: as time well argueth, and had 30 sons and Cities. I cannot think Jair to be Bedan: for from his twelfth yere, Ammon afflicted Israel: and were not delivered: but by Bedan they were. ELY borne. IEPHTE of Manasseh the only Harlots son commended of God. Ebr. 11. ruleth 6 Y. Iud. 12. 7. He sacrificed not his daughter, but made her a perpetual virgin. Da. Cimchi in Thanah. IBSAN of Judah & of Bethlehem 7 year. Iud. 12, 9. He had 30 sons and 30 daughters, all married. Booz, he cannot be, by age: though many dream of that. ELON of Zebulon 10 Y. Iud. 12, 11. He hath no particular record of any exployte therefore we must refer his activity to such enemies as were named in general. I did put you partly in mind how God choseth these Captains with special regard to devide his blessings among the Tribes, whose Patriarchs by birth or behavior, or some other cause had not great inferiority.	2791	ISRAEL again worship the God's of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and the Philistines, therefore God gave them to the Philistines and the Moabites. Eyghtteene years the Moabites oppress them, unsubdued by Jair, until Iephte. The Philistines vnmighty hitherto since Othoniel afflict them unto Samson, & Eli: a little under Samger. OBED of Ruth, or such other godly, being the foundation of the state, make Israel acknowledge their sin. So God regardeth them. ABOUT Iephte his victory Samson is borne: and declared from God to be a revenger. IEPHTE citeth Sichons story: which citatiō Moses prepared. THE 300 years since the coming of Israel out of Egypt Judge. 11, 26. This place showeth that Hosea cannot have 28 Y. as the Jews in their history Cahalah think, which willfully disturb all. Besides that, S. Paul giving Saul 40 years. Act. 13, 21. leaveth to Hosea but 17 years of the 480 mentioned in the 1. King. 6. Note that the 40 Y. in the wilderness are joined as one time here, and else where, that a thing done in any part of it may be reckoned from the beginning. PHILISTINES oppresseth Israel 40 Y. Iud. 13, 1. IESSE B. Christ is of Jesse: Nazer, a goodly spring. Isa. 11. The town Nazareth alludeth unto that Luk. 2.
		19
280		20
		21
		22
		23
	1
	2					1130
	3
	4		2800
	5
Rest.	6
290	7		‡
	8
	9
	10
	11
	12		‡			1120
Rest.	13
IVB.	14		2810
5	15	*
	16
300	17
	18
	19
	20
Rest.	21	*
	22					1110
		1
		2	2820
		3
		4
310		5
Rest.		6
	1
	2
	3
	4					1100
	5
	6		2830		1
	7				2
		1			3
320		2	‡		4
		3			5
		4			6
		5			7
		6			8
Rest.		7			9	1090
		8			10
		9	2840		11

Since the comēing from EGYPT.	Abdon	Samson		WORLDE.			Philistines	Before the birth of CHRIST.
		10	ABDON of Ephraim 8 Y. His countinance & wealth in 70 knights of his loins is his praise. He showeth God's goodness in multiplying Ephraī. If he oppressed not, he repressed the Philistines: yet sone they here aboutes freshly oppress 40 Y. SAMSON of Dan judgeth his people 20 Y. Iud 16, 31. A Serpent to the Philistines: in the Foxes, Asseiaw, & house posts: the heels of that Horse whereupon 3000 Philistines rode, & fellbackward. Gen. 49. JACOB looked for God to be his salvation in Christ: who in death should overcome his enemies: and save him self. From Zora & Estaol Dans idolatry sprang, and from Ephraim's eleven hundred shekels: for which Israel suffered oppressors an hundred and eleven years: and Dalilas eleven hundreds of Sicles overthrew Samsō Upon whō at Zora & Estaol God's spirit came. ELY of Levi of Ithamar 40 years. 1. Sam. 4, 18. HE in zeal is unlike Phinehas of Eleazar: who killing the Fornicators, stayed the Plague, & received from God a covenant of peace. Nō. 25. Eli stayed not his sons from adultery: wherefore God brought death upon him & thē, with 34000 of Israel, and shame upon his house. SAMUEL borne. 1. Sam. 1 Anna was a Prophet, & spake of Christ 1. Sā. 2. whō Anna Panuels. D. saw. face to face. Mary followeth Annas song. Lu. 1. which helpeth much to know her meaning. Samuel is a new Moses: & cōparable to him in many points. Both of Levi, were kings 40 Y.	2841	Ephraim needed no glory: & yet for Joseph & Joshua's sake God would give them one Judge: Ephraī despised Manasseh: nothing regarding Jair for iudgshyp: nor his Cities nor sons: nor Gideon for discōfiture of Madiā & Amalek: nor Iephte for Ammō though for their lisping pride therein, 42 thousand smarted. Michas Idolatry frō mount Ephraim infecting Levi & Dan, might have humbled them: whereby they three have the last and least glory among the Judges: until their idolatry is by Samuel removed, after the transmigration of the Land. Also that Idolatry might be a great cause, that God gave up 4000 of Israel in a better cause to Benjamin's sword. That History is joined to Samsons death, to give a close warning of God's displeasure in Samson: & Eli: & in removing the Ark frō Syloh. Yet for due time is must be placed as I have set it: though great men old & new think otherwise. This one reason of many may serve: Phinehas was then alive: and about 90 Y. aged: In Chusans first yere, to have 266 years more by Samsons fall: it were strange. The Ebrews that gave him so many, spake as the phrase lieth, according to their manner, not as they think, in proper truth. So they make Naamah Noah's wife: and Dinah Job's: Tamar Melchizedek’s daughter: because in open phrase better men cannot be named▪ though in truth it cannot be so. So in Phrase Melchizedek continueth forever as GOD. In Zoar vpō Gen. 14. & Heb 7. So following the phrase in 18 several Scriptures of the Judges		12
	1				13
330	2				14
	3				15
	4				16
	5				17
	6				18
	7				19	1080
	8				20
		1	2850		21
		2			22
		3			23
340		4			24	Rest.
		5			25
		6			26
		7			27
		8			28
		9			29	1070
		10			30	Rest.
		11	2860		31	IVB.
		12			32	6
		13			33
350		14			34
		15			35
		16			36
		17			37
		18			38	Rest.
		19			39	1060
		20			40
	1		2870
	2
	3
360	4
	5					Rest.
	6
	7
	8
	9					1050
	10
	11		2880
	12	‡				Rest.
	13
370	14
	15
	16
	17
	18
	19					1040
	20
	21		2890

Since the comēing from EGYPT.	Eli	Samuel		WORLDE.			Before the birth of CHRIST.
	22		fought, killed kings, prated for Israel. Both their birth, educatiō, & cōfirmatiō had great notablenes: to show thē restorers of the state. Eli heareth twice from God, that his sons shall die in one day: that his house shall be Ichabod without glory forever: that a true one shall be set up even Sadoc, who is of Eleazar. Therin God again remembereth Phinehas Nū. 25. For whose sonnes necligēce God set up Eli, whose Achimelec is derived from Ithamar. 1. Chr. 24. & 1. Sā. 2 BARZILLAI B. is 80 Y. old whē Absalō rebelled 2. Sā 19. thē his strength was but sorrow. TRANSMIGRATION SAM. & Saul 40 y. Act. 13. Midras. Ps 24. & Cimchi Ps. 99. Samuel reviveth prophesying: which is the Horses & Charets of a Kingdom: and a recreation of the world: which thing appeareth, and so is termed, in the seventh age, when ELIAS under Jehoshaphat is taken up. DAVID the seventh sonne of Jesse, & 14 frō Abraham is borne in Bethlehem, where the Lord should be: whose dignity maketh the little town great. Mich. 5. Mat. 2. Since the Ark was taken and brought to Cariath Iarim the wooddy field from Syloh Ephratha. Psa. 132. until 20 years the Philistines were hard enemies. But then they fall and are oppressed for all the time of Samuel's sole government. 1. Sam. 7. Samuel waxing old, his sonnes Joel & Abiah ruled: but corruptly: thereupon Israel desired a King, not as Moses and the Judges were, but as the Heathen had. God appointeth SAVL of Bēiamin. 1. Sā. 9.	2891	and oppressors: For the whole time 339 years which is reckoned with the Judges or defendours. We have III years more: for Chusan 8, Eglon 18, Sisera 20, Madian 7, Ammon 18, Philistines 40, after a sort 450 Act. 13. even so Iosep. Ant. 8, 2. includeth the same accompt exactly in a greater sum, reckoning frō Moses dealing with Pharaoh to the foundation of Solomon's Temple 592 years for the 480. 1. King 6. This showeth the number Act. 13. to contain no fault: but plain heavenly wisdom: that in one word reckoneth all the Judges and all the troublers. MARKE what God hath done to Syloh. 1. Sā. 4. 34000 die. The Ark is taken: Hophni & Phinehas are killed, Eli breaketh his neck: his daughter in law nameth her child Ichabod no glory, and dieth. AS God hath done to Syloh: so will he do to Ierusalē. Jer • . Hytherto the Ark was in Ephraim. Now God despiseth Syloh the Tabernacle of Joseph: & choseth not Ephraim but Judah from whom Shiloh was to arise. Gen. 49. HERE Theoderetus may be cited upon Leviticus: what meaneth: Then shall the land rest & pay her Sabbothes; He saith, you shall be in your enemies land, for in Babylon they served 70 Y. Now from Saul's reign to the Captivity, are 490 years where in are 70 sevens. AS Israel despised God in Samuel to find Saul: so Judah despised Christ for Caesar. God giveth such Kings in wrath and removeth them in his anger. Hose. 13, 11.
	23
380	24
	25
	26	‡
	27
	28
	29					1030
	30
	31		2900
	32
Rest.	33
390	34
	35
	36
	37	‡
	38
	39					1020
Rest.	40
IVB.		1	2910
7.		2
		3
400		4
		5
		6
		7
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		9				1010
		10
		11	2920
		12
		13
410		14
Rest.		15
		16
		17
		18
		19				1000
		20
		21	2930
Rest.		22
		23
420		24
		25
		26
		27
		28
Rest.		29				990
		30
		31	2940

Since the coming from EGYPT.	David	Samuel		WORLDE.			Before the birth of CHRIST.
		32	DAVID is vncted in Bethleē: killeth Goliath: harpeth away Saul's feende: marrieth not Merob but Mical: shūneth Saul: to Gath, Moab, Ammon: wandering as Kedar. Psa. 120. RVBEN & GAD glory ouerthe Hagarims. 1. Chro. 5. 10. SAMUEL duth. Seder-lam. DAVID is vncted K of Judah in Hebrō at 30 yers as Christ was at his baptism. Many of altribes run to David: Though Isbosheth resisted him 7 Y. in the end he was killed, as he lived a man of shame. 2. Sā 4. DAVID vncted K at Jerusalem, exactly a thousand years before Christ was baptized: reigneth our Lord's years 32, 6. months. He tamed the Philist. at Perazim Esa. 28. Aram, Moab, Ammon, Edom, in him riseth that Scepter for all Seth’s sonnes. He dealt as a Lion ascending frō his pray. Gen. 49. CHRIST the Liō of Judah Apo. 5. is promised by Nathan to be of David's loins: who hath the keys of David's kingdom. Apo. 3. SALOMON B. of Bethseba, wife once to Uriah, of Canaan: now a possesion to David of Sem. David nameth that son NATHAN, who should be father after the flesh to the son of God. For Uriah's wife and life: Satan stirred grief in Tamar deflowered, Amnon killed after two years, Absalō arebel after 5 yere. His rebellion fell out somewhat before David's 40 Y. Barren Michals children, as Nephews which one bare, not she but Merob, to Adriel, are without partiality hanged. 2. Sam. 21. Blame not the Text. SALOMON 40 year	2941	SAVL saveth thankful Iabes frō miserable Ammō. Ionathā discomfiteth Philistines. Heb. 11. Saul will be a sacrificer, tender to Amalek, cruel to Ionathā, David, Levites, Gibeonites: wanteth an Ephod followeth a witch: seeth a Samuel: goeth to destruction. DAVID for his 40 years was a new Moses, or Samuel. He alludeth to Moses saying, He toke me as he did Moses frō many waters. Psa. 18, 16 This Patriarke & Prophet in holy Psames speaking by the spirit of God. 2. sam. 23. Mat. 18. taught his people the histories past, and the prophecies to come: which draw unto Christ: as if the matters were present. Christ he called his Lord. Psa. 110. The son in whom they that trust are happy. Psa. 2. Also after God had promised him Christ, he called him David: Beloved. Psa. 132. Mat. 3, 17. Moreover he spake of the Angels worshipping of him at his coming, of his body ordained for a Sacrifice: Zeal, for God's house▪ Hosanna cry, by Babes: conspiracy, by Herod and Pilate: betraying, by one of his Table: garments, lotted: words, Eli, Eli: bystanders flowting in words & gesture: drink, Gall: sacrificehood, figured by Melchizedek: resurrection, ascentiō, Gentyles belief: lastly, praying for Solomon the King, turneth his speech to Christ: Israelites are thorns: David's Kings bad: yet God's covenant constant. Of David's loins Fathers to Christ only Nathan, Salathiel, Pedaiah, and Zerubbabel, are in the Hebrew, for special purpose. ROBOAM borne.
		33	‡
430		34
		35
		36
		37
		38	‡
		39				980
		40
	1		2950
	2
	3					Rest.
440	4
	5
	6
	7
	8
	9					970
	10					Rest.
	11		2960			IVB.
	12					8
	13
450	14
	15
	16
	17					Rest.
	18
	19					960
	20
	21		2970
	22
	23	‡
460	24					Rest.
	25
	26
	27
	28
	29					950
	30
	31		2980			Rest.
	32
	33
470	34
	35
	36	‡
	37
	38					Rest.
	39					940
	40
		1	2990

THE HOUSE OF DAVID VNtill our Lord's days: both his natural line, and them after whom by right he was heir to the Kingdom.

DAVID.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Solomon.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Roboam.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Abia.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Asa.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Jehoshaphat.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Joram.
- These three & Jehoiakim killed for evil ruling S. Mat. omitteth.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Achaziah.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Ioaz.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Amaziah.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Ozias.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Ioatham.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Achaz.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Hezekiah.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Manasseh.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Amon.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Josiah.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Iakim, or Jehoiakim.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Iehoiachin, or Ie-Chonias.
  He ended Solomon's race: Ier. 22. Though Chonias were a signet upon my finger, I will pluck him thence. O earth, earth, earth: write him childless. For none of his seed shall sit upon the throne of David or bear rule anymore in Judah.
In that day I will pour upon the house of David the spirit of grace & prayer: and they shall look upon me, whom they perced (saith Jehovah) & they shall bitterly mourn for that, every family a parte: the family of Nathan, of David's house apart &c. Zach. 12. 10.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Nathan.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Mattatha.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Mainan.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Melea.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Eliakim.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Ionan.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Joseph.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Judah.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Simeon.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Levi.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Matthat.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Iorim.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Eliezer.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Iose.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Er.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Elmodam
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Cosam.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Addi.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Melchi.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Neri.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Salathiel.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Pedaiah.
- 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Zerubbabel.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Abiud.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Eliakim.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Azor.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Sadoc.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Achim.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Eliud.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Eleazar.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Matthan.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Jacob.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Joseph.
    The husband of Marie the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, who being to be holden Joseph's son by all law, was borne King of the Jews. That he acknowledged: Pilate granted: and the Jews could name none but Caesar to hinder his right. Before the star shown, and Herod sought one borne a King. Afterwarde a further Kingdom is shown. At that day when the half seven came: Dan. 9. that the son was sealed, or was made as a signet, Agg. 2. Cantic. 8. 6. Then he is called Christ, John. 1. 17. & having confirmed the Testament for many by his blood: when they looked that the Kingdom of heaven should appear: then is he made heir of all, over all powers in this world, and in that to come.
  Jehovah said to Aggei: Speak unto Zerubbabel Duke of Judah, saying: I will shake heaven & earth, and overthrow the throne of kings, (contained in the Image Daniel. 2. and beasts. Dan. 7.) At that day, saith Jehovah of hosts: I will take thee Zerubbabel the son of Salathiel. O my servant, saith Jehovah, & will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee saith Jehovah of hosts. The Apostles do 20. times record our L. to be of DAVID.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Rhesa.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Joanna.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Judah.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Joseph.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Semei.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Mattathias.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Maath.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Nagge.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Essi.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Naum.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Amos.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Mattathias.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Joseph.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Ianna.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Melchi.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Levi
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Matthat.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Eli.
  - 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Marie.
    Jesus promised to Eve, Noah, Sē, Ab •• han, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, David, Zo • o • bel, Marie, that truly beloved 〈◊〉 .

from EGYPT.	Temple	Solomon		WORLDE.		Jeroboam	Before the birth of CHRIST.
		2	Sal. was vncted K. vpō strife. So Joash and Ioachaz were. THE foundation of the temple is laid on Mount Zion, the shoulders of Benjamin, Deu 33. 480 years since Israel left Egypt. 1 Kin 6 Salomō being an holy Prophet must be holden to be in heaven. THE Temple wholly finished, wherein 7 years were spent. 1. King 6, 38. SALOMON prayeth and prophesieth of Daniel's times. Dan. 6, & 9. Fire falleth from heaven & burneth the sacrifices. The glory of the Lord filled the house: so that the sacrificers could not enter therein. So wàs it whē Tabernacle was set up. Exo. 40. God again appeared to Solomon, & confirmeth him, thereupon he began a Palace of 13 years work. Salomō excelleth all kings in womē, riches, & wisdom. Salo. one of the wisest of the sonnes of God falleth to Idolatry, & is corrupt, by the allurementes of the daughters of the sonnes of mē. Salo. reap̄teth: writeth the Proverbs and Ecclesiastes: showeth his people that all pleasure, wealth, and wisdom are but vanity, saving the fear of God. Salo. wrote his Songes in his old age, after he had built the tower of Libanus. Canti. 7. He reigned 40 Y. 1. King. 11. 42. ROBOAM reigneth over the two tribes 17 years. Three Y. Judah walked in the ways of David & Salomō. Sisak K of Egypt after that for their Idolatry with 1200 Chariots, 60000 Horsemen, and innumerable people frō Egypt, Succiim, Lubī, & Cush, cometh against Judah, and spoileth the Temple. 2. Chro. 12.	2991	480 Noah began the Ark. 480 to the 2 Temple. Ezra. 3. Ralbag vpō 1. Kin. 6. 480 thence to the last seven beginning: wherein Ch. built his Temple. THE Lamb is the Temple. Apo. 21. towards whō he that looketh in prayer shall be heard. The Christians are the Temple of God. 1. Cor. 3. Apo 15. NEBCHADNEZ. that burnt it, for 7 y. was mad. Dan. 4. Two Pillers Iachin & Boaz show, as Apo 3. that by truth we are steaddy as Pillers to serve God in his Temple. In this sort is expressed Apo. 15. the spiritual confirmation of the faithful against Pilate's Vicar, dryuyng thē through a sea of fire (as we have seen in Smithfeelde. The Temple was full of the smoke of the glory of God, & of his power, and no man was able to enter into the Temple till the 7 Plagues of the 7 Angels were fulfilled, such reverence the Christians stryke to the plagy & plagued Pseudocatholiks. Menelaus came to Chanaā in Salo. days, Clem 1. Strō. whereby David's 37 worthyest are auncienter then Achilles or Hector & such other. THE queen of Sheba shall condemn the Jews that would not hear a greater then Solomon. Mat. 12. IEROBOAM of Ephraī for Solomon's idolatry, and Roboās tyranny is confirmed K. over Israel: He ordained Alters, Feasts, and Sacrificers of his own head. Josiah is named 331 years before he was borne. The Prophet is killed by a Lyon for breaking God's commandment. Israel shall be shaken as a Reede & carried away.
		3
480	1	4
1. King. 6. Since the Temple.	2	5
	3	6
	4	7
	5	8
	6	9		*	Adams years at his death 930 are hence to our L. Byrth: who is the second Adam and the third Temple.	930
	7	10
		11	3000
		12
		13				Rest.
10		14
		15
		16
		17
		18	☟
		19				920
		20				Rest.
		21	3010			IVB.
		22				9
		23
20		24	☝
		25
		26
		27
		28				Rest.
		29				910
		30
		31	3020
		32
		33
30		34
		35				Rest.
		36
		37
		38
		39				900
36		40
	1		3030	1
Judah or Asas Kingdom, • wise called Israel.	2			2		Rest.
	3		Israel or Ephraim once is called Judah.	3
	4			4
	5			5
	6			6
	7			7
	8			8
	9			9		890
	10			10
10	11		3040	11

from the DIVISION.	Roboam	Abiam	Judah.	WORLDE.	Israel.	Jeroboam	Nadab	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	12		SISAK or Sesace is famous in Heath • n writers called Sesos of Diod. Sicul. by whom his great army in like sort is descr • bed at here we read, Bok. 1. lef. 35. ABIAM 3 Y. He slew five hundred thousand of Israel. ASA 41 year. 1. King. 15. He greatly cleansed his kingdom from Idolatry, and disgraced Maacha, his graceless Grandmother. IOSAPHAT borne. AS A made a law, that every one that sought not Jehovah thoulde die: Judah had peace ten years: Asa had. 500000 warriors, dicomforted Zerach with 1000000 of Cush & Lubim. Cursed Cham might not subdue blessed Shem sone. THE 36 year of Asas kingdom, 2. Chro. 16, 1. Baasa would have built Rama. Benadad hired by Asa spoileth his Country: Chanani blameth Asa: is put in Prison: after Benadads departure Baasa reneweth troubles to Asa, continuing it all his life. OMRI surmounted Jeroboam in wickedness. His statutes and all the manner of the house of Ahab in time and their counsels corrupt Judah. Mich. 6, 16. IORAM borne. He could not be 42 at Omries house ruin: much less could his son then be 42. Waigh the phrase, 2. Chro 22, 2. ASA falleth into a gout, which hold him unto his death. IOSAPHAT 25 Y. Rome Apo. 11. killeth martyrs	3041	Jereboam's hand withereth: The Alterrenteth a sunder. Al Israel's kings worship his Calves saving Sallum and Hosea. The Popes Idolatry Apo. 9. is in the like impiety and fall from Judah's Shyloh. Many things hence are taken, to reveal Rome in the Apo. NADAB of Ierob. 2 years. BAASA killed Nadab, and reigned over Isra. 24 year. He performed Achiahs words upon Jereboam's house. Jehu telleth him of the like for him self. At the besiege of Gibbethon Nadabs house perished: when Gibbethon is besieged doth Baasas house perish. Though Elah were not there fighting against the Philistines, but drinking in Tirza. ELIAS B. of whō the world wat not worthy. Ebr. 11. BENADAD this man's son remembereth this to Ahab, naming Baasa father to Ahab: that is predecessor in authority 1. Kin. 20. 34. So Jeconiah is father to Salathiel the son of Neri. Mat. 1. & Lu. 3. ELAH of Baasa 2 years. ZIMRI, Omri, & Tibni. Omri beginneth that famous 42 Y. not commonly marked, & is sole King. After 4 Y. in 31 of Asa. He built Samaria Aholibamah, and made her sister to Jerusalem Aholibah Ezeki. 23. Judah's Kings match to their ruin, with Jezebels house. ACHAB of Omri 22 years. CHIEL buildeth Jericho with the price of his eldest & youngest son, as Ios. foretold it should cost. ELIAS prophecieth. He was clothed in hear, fed by a	12
	13			13
	14			14
	15			15
Rest.	16			16
	17			17
		1		18
		2		19		880
*	1	3		20	*
20	2	☾	3050	21	1	☽
	3	*		22	2	*
Rest.	4				2
	5				3
	6				4
	7				5
	8				6
	9				7
	10				8	870
Rest.	11				9
IVB.	12	*	3060		10
10	13				11
	14				12
	15	*	‡		13
	16				14
	17				15
	18				16
Rest.	19				17
	20				18	860
	21				19
40	22		3070		20
	23				21
	24				22
	25				23
Rest.	26			1	24
	27	◃		2	1	▹
	28			2	2
	29		☜	3	3
	30			4	4	850
	31			5
50	32		3080	6
Rest.	33			7
	34			8
	35			9
	36			10
	37			11
	38	♓	‡	12	1	♓
	39				2
Rest.	40				3	840
	41	1	☜		4
60		2	3090		5

From the DIVISION.	Joram	Josaphat	Judah.	WORLDE.	Israel.	Ahab	Joram	Before the birth of CHRIST.
		3	clad in heary coats, and hath no rain in 42 months, persecuteth D. 1260 as Ahab did Elias, frō whose mouth fire d • uoureth the enemy, & an Earthquake killeth 7000, such as bow to the Beast. The martyrs slain seem again to be alive, as Eliseus hath a double portiō of the spirit of Elias taken up. Rome hating Elisabets Christian servants followeth Jezebel, drunk with the blood of Aaron and Elisabets sons. IORAM thrice viceroy and Roy 17, and 22, and 25 of Jehoshaphat, never prospered. He learneth by an Epistle from Elias of his heavy ruynes & sorrows for killing his 6 brethrē. Edom rebelled: and Esau brake Jacob's yoke. Gen. 27. Arabians carry away his wife and all his sons saving Achaziah. After two years tormentyng sickness he dieth. Achazia is in 42, being 22, & D. ATHALIAH the daughter of Ahab and Grandmother to Joash killeth the Kings seed, and reigneth 6 Y. 2 Kin. 11, 3. She had sons by another which she tendered, 2. Chr. 24. IOAS the natural son of Achaziah, being hyd in the Temple by his fathers sister 6 Y. is vncted King in the 7. 2. King. 11. and reig. 40 Y. His age & the womā that saved him argueth that he is not of Nathan's house. That forged Philoh which Annius hath, that endeth Solomon's house in Achaziah, must be detested, as drawing us to innumerable errors, against plain Scriptures, and to be ridiculous to all Jews cunning in the Prophets.	3091	Rauē, fed a widow, quicked her child, fasted 40 D. seeth a wind, earthquake, & fire, & by fire frō heaven burneth sacrifices, killeth Baalistes, & soldiers. John Elias, seeth heavē opened, whē our L. begā to preach 42 mōths or 1260 D. who feedeth the hungry, quickeneth the dead, hath a firenot to burn Samaria: but a gracious fire of judgment, bringeth Elias & Moses to him, is killed, ariseth, ascendeth, sendeth fire, Act. 2. & seuē Epistles. Apo. 2. ACHAZIAH 2 Y. • Kin. 22. IORAM the son of Ahab reigneth 12 year. 2. King. 3, 1. A great Famine 7 years is in Samaria, 2. King. 8. Note that Jehoshaphat is called King of Israel. 2 Chro. 21, 2. So Asa is called King of Israel. Both which places the 70 transate: Judah, least the strangeness should trouble the vulearned. The famous 42 y. ende. IEHV as word of God, is vncted king and reigneth 28 years. He slew Jezebel, Joram: 70 sons of Ahab, with 42 of Achaziahs brethren: his uncles sons. Two ways the 42 Y. ar • reckoned, one by the open phrase, another by comparing the two kingdoms. For in the 31 Y. of Asa, Omri is full King (4 Y. before he begā to reign) reckō by Judah thus. Asa 9 Y. Iosophat 25, Joram 8: all is 42. Or thus by Israel. Omri 6, Ahab 22, Achaziah 2, Joram 12: in all 42 Y. Now as Iorā of his 8 Y. had 4 common with Jehoshaphat: so in Omri his house 4 Y. must be likewise common to fathers & sonnes, as you may see, and 4 Y. sooner from Zimries death must you begin	6
		4		7
		5		8
		6		9
		7		10
		8		11
		9		12
		10		13		830
		11		14
70		12	3100	15
		13		16
		14		17		Rest.
		15		18
		16		19
	1	17		20
	2	18		21	1
	3	19		22	2
	4	20			3	820
	5	21			4	Rest.
80	1	22	3110		5	IVB.
	2	23			6	11
	3	24			7
	4	25			8
	5				9
	6				10
	7				11
	8	1 †		†	12	Rest.
		1		1		810
		2		2
90		3	3120	3
		4		4
		5		5
		6		6
	1			7		Rest.
	2			8
	3			9
	4			10
	5			11		800
	6			12
100	7		3130	13
	8			14		Rest.
	9			15
	10			16
	11			17
	12			18
	13			19
	14			20
	15			21		790
	16			22
110	17		3140	23

From the DIVISION.	Joas	Amaziah	Judah.	WORLDE.	Israel.	Jehu	Joachaz	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	18		who finding us unable to bring the right fathers of our L. and to reconcile S. Matthew & S. Luk: through our fault reject those must holy writers & religion. Io AS repayreth the Temple 2. Chro. 24. He falleth to Idolatry, & unthankfulness, after the death of Jehoiadah, John, or Barachias, who died 130 Y. old. 2. Cho. 24, 15. reviving the memory of Adam at Seth’s birth, of Terah at Abrahams, of Jacob entering into Egypt. ZACHARIA the son of Jehoiadah is stōed to death between the Temple and the Alter by K. Joash. Mat, 23 Syria spoileth Jerusalem. AMAZIAH Viceroy & Roy 29 years, 2 King 14. Joash is killed. Amaziah killeth 20000 of Edom: soldiers dismissed, kill & spoil Judah. Amaziah worshippeth Edōs God's. Joash overcometh Amaziah, robbeth the Temple: and diswalleth the City 2 Chr. 25. Amaz. is killed his son being but 4 y • old, whom some regent gonerned until he was 16 Now the whole body of Judah is sick, & they destroyed as Sodō▪ but for aremāt, Esa. 1. And this for Zach, his death. worse they are for our L▪ his death. Rō. 11. ROME is built by Romulus upon 4 hyllet, which are Palatinus, Capitolinus, Auentinus, & Exquilinus Seruius Tullus enlargeth it compassing within the walls three other hylles, which are Coelius, Viminali • , and Quirinalis. Galen, Plut. Liuy. Virg. Ovid. Dio. ha • dle these These are called seven heads in Apo. 17. THE kingdom of Judah	3141	the style of the holy story, seeming to be intricate lively expresseth the intricate state of these kingdoms: & in one some relieueth the Student. IOACHAZ 17 Y. Under him Chazael and Benadad perform Eliseus tears vpō Israel. Them Amos remēbreth. THE Olympiades, that is ganet, after 4 Y. ended used in Olympia: there are to be placed: if in Olympiad 202 the fourth Y. our L. died. But P • utarch in Numa saith truly, that they are nothing to be regarded: they are most uncertain & vnreconed of many hundred Y. until Xenophons time. IOAS of Ioachaz reigneth 16. years. 2. King. 13, 10. Under him old Eliseus dieth: who wrought miracles to turn Israel: In the waters of Jordan by Elias Cloake: and Naaman his Leprofie. Luk. 4. in the waters of Moab: in the waters wherein the axe swam: in the potage made healthy: in bread & cyle multiplied: in victuals procured to Samaria: in pūishing Gehazi with a Leprosy & 42 of Bethel by two Bears, in raising two frō death. IEROBO AM of Joash 42 years. 2 King. 14, 23. NABONASSAR king 424 years before Alexander died. Ptol. 3. His name near a thousand years was obscure: yet now Chroniclers make him a ground: though they cannot find who by Scripture he should be. About Mardocempad and Nabopolassar, like discentiō is. None of all their accounts in Ptol can be by scripture proved. Chaldean liars feigned them of purpose to obscure Daniel. Lachis gilty: as Israel. Mich. 1	24
	19			25
	20			26
	21			27
	22			28
	23	☾		☽	1
	24				2
	25				3	780
	26				4
120	27		3150		5
	28				6
Rest.	29				7
	30				8	•
	31				9
	32				10
	33	‡			11
	34				12
	35				13	770
Rest.	36				14
IVB.	37	‡	3160	1	15
12	38	1		2	16
	39	2		3	17
	40	3		4
		4		5
		5		6
		6		7
Rest.		7		8
		8		9		760
		9		10
140		10	3170	11
		11	*	12
		12		13
		13		14
Rest.		14		15
		15		16	1
		16			2
		17			3
		18			4	750
		19			5
150		20	3180		6
Rest.		21			7
		22			8
		23			9
		24			10
		25			11
		26			12
		27			13
Rest.		28			14	740
		29	*		15
160	1		3190		16

From the DIVISION.	States	Ozias	Judah.	WORLDE.	Israel-Judah.		Jeroboam	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	2		is 11 y. ruled by the states until Ozias first y. touched the 27 of Ierob. That fell out partly for his youth and partly because the states hated their K. as Israel did. Wherof Lachis is blamed for yielding up Amazias to thē that killed him. Many sorrows they suffered by their 4 last kings. IOEL prophesieth. OZIAS 52 yere. His first great works are said to be after his fathers death, to warn us that he ruld not with his father Two Y. before an Earthquake Amos telleth Aram of captivity to Kyr, and Ieroboā house of a ruin, & Judah to be captived: yet fully restored 〈◊〉 Christ, with Edom or all nations. Act. 15. ZACHARY showing the Jews destruction by Rome, (before which the Lord on mount Olivet told of Earthquakes to come) saith: ye shall flee, Jehovah standing on mount Olivet, as ye fled in Ozias days for the Earthquake. Before Amos, IOEL telleth of swarms of Caterpillars, like Horses & with Lions teeth, causing famine. The Locusts Apo. 9 (which arfensed as bard Horses, and with Lions teeth, and have Abaddon of Cittim, their King) cannot agree to any but to the Popes spiritualty: who strong by policy & wealth, denoured the fruits of other men's labors in moste of their kingdoms. IOTHAM b. 28 of Ozias. OZIAS yet cannot be in that Leprosy for sacrificing. Besides a long time he must needs have to conquer the Philistines strong towns: the Arabiās, in Gur-baal, and Meünim, and to humble Ammon: and to build his great works:	3191	IERO. recovereth Chamath to Judah in Isra. Here the only place is that his kingdome is called Judah. David wan Chamath, to Judah: & by Judah's right was he to fight for it. IONAS sent to Nineue, fled to Ioppe: hopeless to con • ert Nineue, until he had been 3 days & 3 nights in the Whales belly as Christ should be in the belly of the Earth. SIMON Bar Jonah likewise fled from the Heathen: until at Ioppe God altered him. Ac. 1 • PV L might be that repenting K. to whō God g • ueth power over Israel. Arā hitherto was mighter thē Assur. Heathē stories before Cyrus are but tales. Homer knew neither Nineue, Babylō, nor Ecbatanas wealth: else he would not have brought Thebas Agyptias for an example. Il. 10 Stra. 15. THE kingdom is by seditiō 22 Y. without a king, until 38 of Ozias, thē Zacharias reigneth the fourth from Jehu 2. K▪ 10. The Earthquake in Amos had in Israel his euentes. Here their state is told Ose. 1. to be Jezreel of Gomer the Harlet: and God breaketh the bow of Israel for the valley of Jezreel: whē Jehu's wicked house smarteth for Ahab's, as did his for Nabothes. Notwithstanding yet they be pitied Ruchama, & Apeople-Ammy, as the faithful heathen are Rom. 9. 1. Pet. 2. But they shall be vnpit • ied Lo-Ruchama, & No-People Lo-Ammy: as we were from Noes days, before God taught all nations to repent, and to seek David. Act. 27. ZACHARY 6 months. SALLVM 1 month. MENACHEM 10 years.		17
	3				18
	4				19	Israel called Judah
	5				20
	6				21
	7				22
	8				23
	9			Aram falleth. Assur riseth.	24
	10				25
170	11	‡	3200		26
	☾	1			27	☾
		2			28
		3			29	Rest.
		4			30	PVL.
		5			31
	‡	6			32
		7			33
		8			34	720
		9			35	Rest.
180		10	3210		36	IVB.
		11			37	13
	‡	12			38
		13			39
		14			40
		15			41
	*	16		1
		17		2		Rest.
		18		3		710
		19		4
190	*	20	3220	5
		21		6
		22		7
		23		8
		24		9		Rest.
		25		10		Jezreel born of Gomer.
		26		11
		27		12
	*	28		13		700
		29		14
200		30	3230	15
		31		16		Rest.
	*	32		17
		33		18
		34		19
		35		20
		36		21
		37		22
		38			1	690
☾	*	39		*	1	☽
210		40	3240		2

From the DIVISION.	Jotham	Ozias	Judah.	WORLDE.	Israel.	Pekachiah	Menachem	Before the birth of CHRIST.
		41	whereof some engines were, in force like Gunnes, to shoot arrows and stones. ESAY prophesieth. Of Christ he speaketh as an Evangelist: of heathen common weals, he showeth that their potentates that seem to be their stars shall fall as a Fig tree casteth her Figs, as in Apo. 6. the Romans do. IOTHAM 16 y. 2. Kin. 15 CHRIST fylleth the Temple with a smoke of anger: which to Salomō he filled with a gracious cloud. Seraphim with six wings crying holy, holy, holy, praise his justice, who ten times punisheth Judah: that will not yet see, until they be destroyed. Esa. 6. Mat. 13 Mar. 4. Luk. 12. John. 12. Act. 28. Rō. 11 The going to Babel, & the afflictions under Iauan: until the coming of Christ, the brightness of glory. Esa. 4. Ebr. 1, 3. All are shown in Iothās times. ACHAZ 16 yere. 20 Y. old when he reigned. ESAYS chyldrē are given for a sign. Sear-iasub & Mahersalal-chas baz. Esa. 7. and 8. Behold the children that God giveth to Emmanuel. Eb. 2. Achaz disdained the soft flowyng waters of Siloam, which in John. 9. wash blind eyes of one sent thither, to see Em̄anuel: Achaz hyreth Assur, who will ouerflowe the lande of Emmanuel. Esa. 7. EZEKIAS 29 y. Now 25 years old. (Under him Assur thaued & ouerfloowde, Em̄anuels land: taking 330 Talentes: and destroying many towns) He was to the Philistines a Cockatrise: as Ozias wat to them a Serpent, he obtained health frō ficknet. Eb. 11.	3241	About this time lived Homer, Hesiod, & Gyg, the first that was called Tyrannus. Clem. 1. Str. who reigned in Lydia: whose sonnet reigned unto Halys the river: where first settled the most of Iaphets house. Of him the lande is called Gog. Eze. 38. PEKACHIAH 2 year. PEK ACH hath part of the 51, but more of the 52 at the comparisons after will show. REZIN of Aram recovereth Eloth from Achaz: & when Pekach had killed 120000 of Judah both besiege Ierusalē: Achaz trembled: unstaid and unbelieving not willing so much as to demand of God for trial a miracle. Isaiah telleth of God's favor for David's house, that a virgin shall bear Emmanuel, as Mat. 1. who is a child and a son that beareth on his shoulders principality, a wonderful counselor, mighty God, father of eternity, prince of peace, of whose mystical large principality and peace in David's throne there shall be no end. Tiglath Pileser captiueth Galily, to be Lo-Ruchama till Christ beginneth to preach where Captiu • tie began. Esa. 9. Mat. 4. Pekach is killed by Osee. Aram captived to Kyr 56 y. after Amos foretold it. OSEEK▪ 9 y. in one sort, & again to the ninth after once he was removed. The kings of Assur are called for Isr. & Judah Iareb that is defender. Ose. 5. Osee sends Oylefor a present to So King of Egypt: to win his favor. Shalmaneser captiueth him. His first y. was the 20 of Jotham. His third in the second sort of govern̄ent, otherwiseh • s 12 was Hezekiah		3
		42			4
		43			5
		44			6
Rest.		45			7
		46			8
		47			9
		48			10	680
		49
220	☾	50	3250	1	☽
		51		2	1
Rest.	1	52			2
	2		The 1 of 10 calamities.		3
	3				4
	4				5
	5				6
	6				7
	7				8	670
Rest.	8				9
IVB.	9		3260		10
14	10		Achaz k▪ of Israel. 2. Ch. 28. Blame not the text: but learn.		11
	11				12
	12				13
	13				14
	14				15
	15				16
Rest.	16	1*		*	17
	17	2*			18	660
ACHAZ so young a Father as Elisabet an old mother, should have hoped in Emmanu • l of a virgin.	18	3			19	Vnpitied Lo-R •• h •••• b. as we once were.
	19	4	3270	1	20
	20	5		2
		6	Salman-asar King of princes. Os. 8. 10.	3
		7		4
		8		5
		9		6
		10		7
		11		8
		12		9		650
		13			1
		14	3280		2
		15			3
	1	16	The second and third of the ten calamities.	☽	4
	2				5	Loammi borne. Israel is no people.
	3				6
	4				7
	5				8
	6	*		*	9
Rest.	7
	8
260	9		3290

From the DIVISION.	Hezekiah	Manasseh	Judah.	WORLDE.	Emmanuel.		Before the birth of CHRIST.
	10		and to know his ende of life. Yet one fault caused an open denoūcing of captivity to his seed: serving Babels king. Esa. 39. Sanacharib loseth 185000. The last part of Ezek. 14. y. might be a rest: at Ralbag gathereth by 2. King. 19. Upon Hezekiah sickness the Sun goeth back 10 hours: 30 Y. after Achaz would not take a sign: also after Emmanuel was promised. After Emmanuels birth 30 y. on the tenth hour of a certain day in an year whē heaven opened John Bap. showeth Christ. The like reuolutiō of time st • rreth us to mark those matters. MANASSES 55 year. Under him Isaiah wat sawed to death. Talmud in Iebamoth lefe 49. That it touched Ebr. 11. They were cut with a saw. Of him doth Oecumenius understand it. Justin martyr also objecteth the same to Trypho. Manasseh was once worse then any Chananite, and is carried by Assur to Babel. Thē he repented. The K. of Assur now ruling, seemeth to be Asarcha-don, or Sardan. He is that Osnappar that sent more dwellers to Samaria: who were continual molesters of the Jews. Ezr. 4. Neh. 10. and lothed of them. John. 4. Babel at this time was of small reputatiō: dwelt in by strangers: the Palaces turned to watch towers, and brought to ruin. Esa. 23, 13. TIRKANA, K. of Cush or Ethiop may well be that Tearcon that Strabo showeth to have been of great power: Geogr. 15. where also he recordeth	3291	his first: his 7, the others fourth. Then is Samaria besieged. His ninth the sixth of Hezekiah. Then Gomer Israel beareth Loāmy. They might wish the Moūtaynes to fall on thē. Ose. 10. So might Jerusalem Luk. 23. for their destruction by Rome: and the profane Romans for persecutyng. Apo. 6. Herodotus in Egypt heard Sanacharibs story: but corrupted. Likewise of the Sun turned back: and of a King that was told from God how long he should live. Herod. 2. CYRVS is named long before he it borne, declared a destroyer of Babel: and deliverer of Israel a builder of Jerusalem, and vncted of God. Esa. 44. & 45. Here now Judah is saved in part for the Oil. That it Christ. Esa. 10. By Jehovah their God. Ose. 1. But Israel is skattered amongst the Heathē To Calach and Abor and the Cities of Madai. 2. King. 17. Further then Damascus who were carried to Kyr, Amos 7 and beyond Babylon. Act. 7. I agree with them that take Calach and Abor here for Colchis & Iberia as heathen name Countries, and with their observation out of Herodotus the oldest Greke story: who speaking of Circumcision used in Colchis, is thought therein to mean Israel skattered there. Abraham's sonnes multplying like as the stars are in number, might sone fill Togarmah, & Turks Countries: who now holding Circumcision, and retaining the names of Abrahā, Selyman or Solomon, Joseph, and such, show whence they come for great part: and join with Ishmael. Where
	11
	12
	13
Rest.	14
	15				1
	16				2
	17				3	630
	18				4
270	19		3300		5
Sanacharib or Sargon.	20				6
	21				7	Rest.
	22				8
	23				9
	24		‡		10
	25				11
	26				12
	27				13	620
	28				14	Rest.
280	29		3310		15	IVB.
		1				15
		2
		3
		4
		5
		6
		7				Rest.
		8				610
		9
290		10	3320
		11
		12	The fourth of the ten calamities.
		13
Asarchaddon, or Sardan.		14				Rest.
		15
		16
		17
		18				600
		19
300		20	3330
		21				Rest.
		22
		23
		24
		25
		26
		27
		28				590
		29
310		30	3340

from the DIVISION.	Amon	Manasseh	Judah.	WORLDE.			Before the birth of CHRIST.
		31	Nabocodrosor to have ben counted of the Chaldeās as famous as Hercules was to any▪ Before Pul Arā had greater fame thē Assur as we read in the stories of God's Book. Whereby we must judge that the late writings, supposed old, that make Assur the first of 4 Monarchs, and frō ancient time great, those deserve small credit. Since Pul, Assur pilde ma • y countries, & grew to be a tree, as Ez. 31 but novo they begā to fall. NAVM prophesieth of a ruin to Nineue, and Habakkuk of the Chaldeans to arise: who soue grew to be as great a Tree, Dan. 4. as Assur had been. That would the Jews then no more believe that Babel should master them: Then they believed Paul. Act. 13. citing Abakucks words, of God's wrath to make an ende of them. AMON 2 years. IOSIAS 31 y. Who wat named long before: when the Alter at Bethel rented. 1. Ki. 13. It may very well be that Manasseh the grādfather after his repentance, did think of that Prophecy, and saw that well might his nephewo perform it, after that Israel was captived. In the 8 y. of his kingdom, when he was a very child (yet he was Father to Eliakim ) thē he sought the God of David in his 12 y. he destroyed Idols, and brent Popel • ke Baalistes bones. In his 18 y. he kept a very solenne Passover. MOSES original that was hid in the Temple is read to Josiah, who weepeth at the prophecy of transmigration. Mathanias, or Tzedek. b. SOPHONY prophecieth.	3341	mark, that as for Idolatry they fell: so in Europe men falling from Christ by Idolatry, are punished then as th • y were by Assur, for the same sin: for they rising from Euphrates, Apo. 9. and 16. overthrow Rome or Babylon for worshypping of Images. Touchyng the stoying of the Sun, it was for that age whē Christ was promised to come of a Virgin, to the first King that did believe it, the same in force: that the Suns Eclipse was to the Centurion. Mat. 27. to make him acknowledge the Son of God. Consider now the malice and folly of the Heathen. Merodac king • f Babel sent to Jerusalem to demand of this matter. That in Scripture we learn Yet the Chaldean Astronomers would suppress all this: who in Ptolemy often mentionyng Eclipses about these times, pass over this miracle. The Grecians turn all to a wicked tale: That for Hercules birth the Sun made a longer night. Lucian. yet here their tale somewhat toucheth a truth. ELIAKIM, or Iehoiakīb. IOACHAZ, John, or Sallum borne. Elder then his eldest brother in reign. 1. Chr. 3. though in birth two years younger. IEREMY prophecieth. Jer. 1, 3. He laboreth to keep Judah from being carried to Babel, as into a wilderness, 40 y. before the third Captivity, that which followeth the Temples burning. To that looketh Ezek. 4. After that, three or fore years, he laboreth to keep the remnaunt in the land: but prevailed not.
		32
		33
		34
Rest.		35
		36				DAVID 〈…〉
		37
		38				580
		39
320		40	3350
		41
Rest.		42
		43
		44
		45	‡
		46
		47
		48				570
Rest.		49
IVB.		50	3360
16.		51
		52
		53
		54
		55
	1
Rest.	2
		1				560
		2
340		3	3370
		4
		5
		6
Rest.		7
		8
		9
		10
	‡	11				550
		12
350		13	3380
Rest.		14
		15
		16
		17
		18
		19
		20
Rest.		21				540
		22
360		23	3390

THE state of the forty years of IEREMIE is more largely handled in God's book, thē that every years story may be touched once in one line: wherefore I will so far break of the Chronicle, as to make some discourse of things falling out within it. All IOSIAS days IEREMY taught freely, that IERVSALEM should be as SYLOH. The king reformed his state, kept a most solenne Passover, and looked for captivity: but God rejourned it until his death. SOPHONY after reformation, warneth the kings sons of God's judgment, and blameth many for close Idolatry. On EGYPT they stayed, whose king NECHO killed at MAGEDDON, IOSIAS the vncted of JEHOVAH. That ZACHARY remembereth. Cha. 12. and showeth, that such shall be their mournyng for killyng of CHRIST: but to better comfort. Then Necho held CARCHEMYS against ASSVR, and displaced king IOACHAZ, carrying him into EGYPT, and placed ELIAKIM king in IVDAH, changing his name unto IEHOIAKYM. In the first year of Iehoiakym Jeremiah doth prophecy, that SALLVM or IOACHAZ shall not return from EGYPT but die there. Chr. 22. That NABVCHADNEZAR shall be king of BABEL: & TZEDEKIAS of IVDAH: that IERVSALEM shall be made as SYLOH. VRIAH is kylde, & IEREMY quit. His third year ending, and much of his fourth, is the first of Nebuchadnezzar. Then Jeremiah prophecieth that NECHOS Garrisons of CARCHEMYS, and all EGYPT shall be subdued by Nebuchadnezzar. The former presently took effect. Nebuchadnezzar cometh against Jerusalem, and Jeremiah telleth again more particularly of Nabuchadnezars power and kingdom to be great for seventy years: and of Jerusalem's desolation for seventy. Then Jerusalem besieged his taken, IEHOAKIM, DANIEL, ANANIAS, AZARIAS, and MISAEL, with others of the kings stock, are brought to BABEL. The king is sent home again, & made tributary to Nebuchadnezzar. The same year: and the next Jeremiah lamenteth Jerusalem. BARVC is his Scribe, readeth his Lamentations: which IEHOAKYM cut in pieces: thereupon God telleth that he shall be buried as an Ass. Three years Iehoakym served Nebuchadnezzar, the next herebelleth. Three years Daniel, Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bestow in Chaldean studies: having shown rare care and courage in straight obedience to MOSES ceremonies. When Iehoakym rebelled, then the other are found ten times better learned then the Chaldeans, by the king: and appointed of him to serve in his Court. So Esays prophecy is fulfilled. 2. King. 20. DANIEL had also skill in Visions and Dreams: whose case I compared before with IOSEPHS for time of showing skyll, for kings affection, for excellyng Magicians, for advancement to the maintenance of their brethren. Two year after he had shown the king the dexterity of his study, The king in one dream seeth how BABEL alone, MADAI and PARAS jointly, IAV AN first jointly, after parted, in EGYPT and BABEL should rule many Nations, & afflict EBER until the birth of our Lord, the king of all kings: as Esa. 9. This he saw in one Image, and forgot his dream. DANIEL saw the same: remembered it: taught it the king: is made a great man: preferreth Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, to be rulers in BABEL. Sone after the king setteth up a great Image: and casteth Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, into a Fornace of flaming fire, accused to refuse the worshypping of it. When they went into the Fire JEHOVAH went with them: and Nebuchadnezzar saw one like the son of God. By faith they quenched the force of fire. The king is amazed, maketh it death to speak amiss of their God: yet Iehoakym in Judah repenteth not, of oppression, & bloodshed, and sacrilege, and vnloyaltie. Jerusalem is again taken: Iehoakym bound first: at the last, cast away unburied, as an Ass deserved. IEHOIACHIN his son is now eyghteene years old, who was ten when HE (the Father) was made king: he was king three months: of him Jeremiah told, that none of his seed should sit upon DAVIDS throne, and that he should die chyldles. MATHANIAS his brother by general term of coosenage: His fathers brother properly, in successiō his son is made king by Nebuchadnezzar, as God told Jeremiah. Four yere Jeremiah laboreth to teach how nations must bear the yoke of BABEL: After Jeconiah and Mordochay were carried away. In his fourth year ANANIAS prophesieth falsely: that within two years God will break the yoke of the king of BABEL, and restore IECHONIAS home, and all that were carried with him: Jeremiah telleth Ananias that for his false prophecy he should die that same year: which death of his fell out as it was foretold. The same year Jeremiah writeth to Israel carried to Babel, that they should look for the ende of seventy years before they looked to return. Also, he sendeth to Babylon a prophecy of the fall of Babylon, larger then that in ESAY. Chap. 13. & 14. & 21. Or that in ABAKVK Chap. 2. and charged the bearer SARAYAS ruler of Menucha, who was sent from TZEDEKIA • to Babel that he should read the Prophecy at Euphrates: then should he tie it to a Stone, and cast it into the myddle of Euphrates, saying: Thus shall Babylon be drowned. The like are we taught, Apo. 18. touching ROME, called BABYLON in a mystery. Then a mighty Angel took up a Stone like a great Milstone, and cast it in • o the Sea, saying: with such violence shall the great city Babylon be cast and shall be no more found. As Jeremiah writes to Babylon to keep Israel in true patience, and hope of deliverance: so false Prophets in Babylon resisted him: One ACHAB and TZEDEKIAS, of whom he prophesieth that Nebuchadnezzar will make them an ensample, and a byworde of myserably cursed: burning them in fire. We may be sure so it fell out, because they stirred men to fall away from his obedience. He that spared not the Chaldeans, Dan. 2. would not spare them. Also in Babylon there was a man called SAMAIAH, who wrote to Jerusalem against Jeremiah, that he should be clapt up in Lytle-ease, for writing to Babel that their captivity should be long. IEREMY from God sendeth him a bitter answer: He calleth him a Neclemite: which is, a Dreamer. It may be his family came of NACHAM 1. Chr. 4, 19. and as he pretended, that the punishers of Jeremiah should follow Jehoiada: so might Jeremiah taunthim, that he was rather to be called a dreamyng Neclemite, then a Noah-like Nachamite: for of Nacham, (which meaneth comfortyng) had NOE his name. Gen. 5. Of him Jeremiah writeth, that in Babylon his family shall perish.

When Jeremiah had ben thus resisted, by false Prophets, God styrreth up Ezekiel to persuade the remnant by writing, that they should be carried to Babel. He was captived when Jeconiah and Mordecai were. His example, and the experience of two Captiuities might have warned them not to store up wrath: but to mark how Israel pylde by PVL, captived and pylde in part to straight slavery by Tiglath-Pel-esar, had full payment to bondage by Salman-asar. So Iudaht City already surprised twice by IEHOIAKYMS frowardness, was now past hope of ability to resist one set up a Conquerer for their sins, when they daily more and more provoked Christ against them. The thyrteth year after the solenne Passover, & fyndyng of MOSES original, EZEKIEL seeth the glory of God and Christ: also he seeth the ministry of the Angels, which in wit excel, in might are strong, in service vnweary, in quickness flit: them he saw in form of bodyed weightes, bearing in part the form of a Man, of a Lyon, of on Ox, of an Egle: they had also wings: and a voice was heard: of the blessed glory of JEHOVAH from his place. The Christians redeemed from the Heathen, have much the like. Apo. 4. Here were also wheels within wheels with fellyes full of eyes: whereby the creature ruled by an endless foresight, ought to be meaned. There appeared besides upon a Sapphyre throne the lykenes of a man, with the sight of fire myxt with the Raynebowes color. So Christ showeth him self afore the ende of ten Calamities named Esa. 6. Now Ezekiel in Table, Dyet, and lying on his Sides, betokeneth that Jerusalem by siege, and famyne, shall be taken: wherein note specially the time, applying a day to a year. Three hundred and ninety days represent so many years from the falling away by IEROBOAM. By so many years shall Jerusalem be destroyed, and left defolate. In the ende of them, when you are within forty of the last, on the other side, was Ezekiel to lie forty days for a new remembrance of the sin of IVDAH: who should be destroyed as aforesaid: and that when forty years should be accomplyshed in the preaching of Jeremiah, whom they so much despised. Famous would God have the pains of that his servant. The same time Ezekiel shauyng his head, and partyng the hear, showeth IVDAHS case. One part • he burnt with fire: another part he cut with a sword: the third part • he skattered into the wind. One part he bound up: and soon after • he brent also that part. So Israel should perish in besiege by famyne, pestilence, and such dispertion, and a small remnaunt for a while left with Gedaliah, should soon by Ishmael come to nothing. The next year again he seeth the glory of Christ, leaving the Temple, the Cherubim accompanying, and going to Mount Olivet. The like forsakyng of the Temple Christ shown with his Disciples in the days of his •• eshe. Mat. 24. But Judah knew not God in Christ, reconcyling the world unto him self. Thus the two years confute Ananias the false Prophet. In the seventh of Tzedekias Ezekiel telleth that Israel brought from the Wildernes into the PLEASANT LANDE, shall be brought again into the Wildernes of the Heathen. Note that to be the name of Canaan, the PLEASANT LANDE in Eze. 20. & Dan: 8 and PLEASANT Mountayne. Dan. 11, for Zion or Jerusalem. In that year Ezekiel calleth Tzedechias a profane bad man: and telleth of his abasing, & Ie-chonias advancement: & the Crown overturned, & that the Kingdōe shall be no more until HE cometh to whom it belongeth. He meaneth thereby CHRIST: who shall fit upon the throne of DAVID forever. Luk. 1. To this place of Ezekiel respected Nathanael, when he saith to the Lord: Thou art the Son of GOD: thou art the king of ISRAEL: acknowledgyng that he was come • o whom it belonged. In the yere of Rest, Servants were made free according to Moses: whom their Masters made bound again against the Law: thereupon Jeremiah telleth of their bondage.

In the ninth year of the second Captivity, that is since Jeconiah Mard • chai, and Ezekiel, were carried captives, and Tzedechias was made king: the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, Ezekiel is told in Mesopotamia that, Nabuchaduezar that very day in Judea laid siege to Jerusalem. Then God lykneth Jerusalem unto a pot seethyng full of flesh, until all be marde. Ezekiel's wife dieth: for whom he is forbid to mourn, as his people's sorrow for the children of Jerusalem should be greater then open mournyng might express. Notwithstanding all this, at Jerusalem little thought they that their City should be destroyed: and Jeremiah is in Prison, for saying that God would deliver Jerusalem into the hand of the king of Babel. First in straight prison. Cha. 37. after in the court prison, after that in a dungeon, thence is brought again to the court prison, wherein he tarrieth until the City is taken. In Tzedechias tenth year the Prophet buyeth a piece of ground of Chanameel his vnckles son, in token that after their carriage to Babel, there shall be for Judah a return, and policy to buy & sel. The same time he confirmeth the people in expectatiō of Christ: which covenant is stronger that the heavens order. The same year Ezekiel • prophesieth that Pharaoh king of Egypt (who had ben as a Reede to the house of Israel ) should be ouerrun, as before Jeremiah had told. Cha. 44. And in these times of siege, extreme sorrow befell in Israel by plague, famine, and sword. Fathers did eat their children, and children their fathers. Moses foresaw and foretold that. A greater desolation is after told, whe •• CHRIST is utterly denied by them. In the eleventh year of Tzedechias▪ the fourth month, the City is taken: Then Nergal, Sarezer & other Noble of Babylon enter into it. The Heathen make Nerighsarus one of the king • of Babel: a petty king well he might be under Nebuchadnezzar, but none o • the chief three, for whose reign only Judah should be in Babel. These Potentates of Babel executing the judgment of Christ, by the close assistanc • of his Angels, are perfourmers of that vision which Ezekiel saw in Tzedechias sixth year: when Angels like men come from the north Gate, the • another man marketh them in the Forehad that mourned for the sin • of the City, that they might be kept safe. That falleth out in Jeremiah, Bar ••• Abdemelech, and such godly. So in the spiritual fall from the faith to Idolatry, which the Apocalypse revealeth: An Angel cometh from th • East, and sealeth a great number: who makes seven Trumpeters agayns • king Abaddon. Now by night Tzedechias fled through the kings Garden▪ and through the gate between the two walls: and he went through th • fields: the Chaldeans overtook him at Jericho: brought him to Riblah, condemned him, slew his children before his eyes, and brought him to Babe • ▪ but he never saw Babel, being made blind before. This, Ezekiel wa • taught in Tzedechias sixth year, when he was commanded to prepare instruments of transmigration: and to change place before his people's ey •• on the day light: and in the night to go forth before them, and dygg • hole in a wall, and to bring those that beheld him through that hole: th •• he was to cover his own face, that he should not see that Land. Th •• the wheels of God's government appear full of eyes, that so accordingly ruled Tzedechias case. The nintenth yere of Nebuchadnezzar the first mon •• Nebuzaradan burned the house of IEHOV AH, the kings house, and all th • Nobles houses. Now we are come to the forty years Ez • . 4.

[illustration]
The Kingdoms that overruled the holy Hebrews
Babylō 70. years Medes & Persianes 130. Alexander state. 6. Magog & Egypt. 294. y ^e Image reigned 500 ye

[illustration]
Babel is a tree Dan: 4. as before Assur had been. Ezek. 31.
Nabucadnezer drivē from his Kingdom: liueing with beasts. 7. years restored to his honor. da. 4

from the DIVISION.	Jehoiakim	Josiah	Judah a Lioness.	WORLDE.	Babel, Golden head.		Nebuchadnezzar	Before the birth of CHRIST.
		24	Now I will return to Josiah times. Daniel Ananias, Azarias & Misael, were b. about Josiah solenne Passceouer, if 21 y. aged they served Nebuchadnezzar. In young years the youths manifested thē selves. Ioachaz made eldest, k 3. m • n. IEHOIAKYM reigneth by Necho 11 year. The first desolation of Jerusalem. Dan. 1. & 9. Jer. 26. The days of God's slaughter. Soph 1. The middle of the time. Aba. 3. The space frō Samuel to Nabuchad. and that frō Cyrus to Tiberius eightenth is the sam;, even seven seuenties. CHONIAS k. 3 months. TZEDEKIAS 11 yere. Sardan-pul loseth Assur. Belesis or Baltasar stirreth Babel to this victory, foretelling it from God. EZEKIEL prophecieth 30 years after the findyng of the Book of the law. This Rest is worthy marking. IERVSALEM is besieged. EZRA b. before Seraia dieth IERVS ALEM is taken, & the Temple burnt▪ then the visionie fire of Ezekiel taketh effect Cha. 10, 2. So Apo •• . whē Antichrist riseth, Christ frō him self the Alter casteth afyre against the profaners of Jerusalem. sent frō Heaven, Ap 3. Israel seeming to be dead bones shall return. Gog & Magog shall vex thē: so Iauā in Asia, for Gygs house now mighty in Croesus, is termed: Hence Gog & Magog is borrowed Apo. 20. Obadias telleth Edom's ruin, and a restoring to Jacob: to inhabit Chanaā from Sarepta to Separad. In the 25 y. of Ezekiel's captivity 14 y. after the city was stricken (That time, as the 18 of	3391	Herodotus in Euterpe somewhat harpeth vpō the story of Necho, that kilde Josiah at Mageddon: saying, that Nechos fought with the Syriās at Magdol, and overcame them. Moreover he recordeth that Necho heard a prophecy that his works should turn to the benefit of a Barbarian. That prophecy might be Jeremiah's NABVCHADNEZAR King of Babel, the lande of Nimrod, Mich. 5, 6. Where the Towrebuilding confounded the mother tongue into 70: his kingdom overthrew David's outward kingdom, and held Judah 70 y. in captivity from the first desolation, or Daniel's transmigration. There Daniel beginneth: and describeth the troublers of David's house until our Lord his birth. Them I have expressed in a Mapp, with the seats of Noes sonnes, whose Countries in Moses time repleni • hed, are called all the Earth. I suppose, that pains will ease him that delyghteth in that kind: and useth it from this place forward. Nabu. His kingdom is a Mountain destroying; a Lion with wings, coming out of a Sea: and the head of the Image. From hence in part Rome hath the Image of the Beast, the mouth of a Lion coming out of the Sea, and i • the Popes supremacy a Mountain of fire cast into the Sea. Also, hence Rome is called Babylon in a mystery. Apo. 17 Egypt after Jerusalem's si • gec, o • tended with Babel: against whom Ezekiel prophecieth in Chonias 11 y. Cha. 31. Thē also against Tyrus Cha. 26, 27, 28. again in Chonias 27. or Nabu. 34. Cha. 30.
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	‡ Epmenides b.	31				530
	1		The Lions devouring men. Eza 19.
370	2		3400
	3			That Egle Eza▪ 1 • . • ▪	But Phar • oah is an Egle. ver. 7.
Ezek. 4. in the	4	The first captivity.			1
	5			Babel is the land of Merchandize. Eza. 17.	2
	6				3
	7				4
	8				5	An Image is of gold, silver, brass, iron.
	9				6
	10				7	520
	11		He & Mar •• chai &c. are the cedar twigs Eza. 17		8
Rest.	The second captivity.	1	3410		9	IVB.
		2			10	17
		3	The basket of good Figs Ier 27		11
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		7			15
Rest.		8			16
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		10			18	Ba • sasar Daniel, may well be Belesus in Diod▪ Sic 3.
390		11	3420	Darius Madai is borne whē Nab maketh a K. in Judah▪ Dā 5.	19
From Israel's sin under Jeroboam 40 y. since Jeremiah preached E •• • .		The third captivity.			20
	427 y. from the Temples foundation.		The basket of bad Figs. Ier. 24.		21
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					26	Read for Jerusalem now Jeremiah's lament.
					27	500
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					36	Amasis k. in Egypt. Poly • r ••• friend, Herod. 3.
*					37	490
			Pisistrat •• ruleth Athens. Anaxā • rides Lacedemon.		38
			3440		39

IVDA			High Saints.	WORLDE.	Head, Lyon, Tree.		Nebuchadnezzar	Before the birth of CHRIST.
			Josiah was the middle of Jubiliee ) then Ezekiel seeth a city called JEHOVAH There. That Christ buildeth. Heb. 11. and Apo 27. Nebuchadnezzar after Egypt's fall, being at rest, dreameth of a great Tree cropped: bearing the heart of a beast seuē years. Daniel expoundeth it of Nebuchadnezzar, who after twelve months bosting proudly of Babels • uylding: & nothing reap̄ting for destroying the Temple, that seven years work: Falleth into a madness: so continueth seven years among beasts. After that he proclaimeth his shame, and God's glory But still • he holdeth Bel his God. Dan 4. The Chaldeans in Abydenus fragment record that he was blasted by some God: and spake of Babels fall, by the Persians: But the Aey-liars make the Babylonian God's offended the Authors of that: and will not record God's Prophets for Babels fall. The WORD is named Messias by an Angel. That is in Greke CHRIST. The time of his death shall be after seven seuenties. Into three partes he divideth these seuens: and joineth proper stories to the first and the last part: Seven of them from Cyrus first year, and permission to return to build Ieruslem. Esa 44, 45. & Ezr. 4, 12 shall pass before they shall have built it. Thence are sixty two seuens to the last seven, set a part for the Lord his preaching. Of that last seven the first part is past in silence: as for a preparatiō: that latter half doth Christ bestow in confirming the Testament for many: Beginning at his baptism: ending at his death.	3441	Then was Tyrus overthrown. From the destruction of Tyrus may speeches are borrowed Apo. 18. to assure us of Rome's fall Sone after Tyrus, Egypt is subdued. Euilmerodac taketh Jeconiah out of Prison Ier. 52. He and his son Belshazzar make up the rest to touch seventy In Bel • hazars first yere four beasts rising out of a Sea, Dā. 7. are the Images four Metalles. a Lion, Bear, Leopard and one ten horned. They being cast into fire, The son of man cometh to take a kingdom. Rome's empire is one beast compoūded of those 4. Amongst the fathers of Judah's families in Babylō, one is Adonikā: his name is A God-rising: his children are 666. Ezr. 2, 13 When the Pope reviveth the empire beast, & riseth as a God in the Church, falling to Babel: Then is he the beast horned like a Lamb. And 666 being a number attributed unto a mā, showeth a name expressing the usurping Vicar of Christ. DARIVS and Cyrus: Artaxast Prince. Daniel stoppeth Lions mouths. Eb. 11. The return is granted for building Jerusalem: hyndered somwat by Artaxast in Cyrus third. Then Messias, who should suffer, appeareth to Dan. Chap. 1. as when he had suffered: he was seen of Paul: contemning Stephen, having the counteneunce of the Angel, and his words from Dan. 9. But more alike doth he appear again to John Apo. 1. He is called Michael, the Archangel His Angel telleth of the Jews sufferinge until Epimanes death. ACHASVEROS the third K. and Xerxes the fourth. Dan. 11.		40
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				2		480
			Cyrus maketh Cr •• sus Tutor to Camb • ses.	3
			3450	4		Belshazzar She- •• ac Ier. • 5. That is, which kept a drunken Feast, drinketh Dan. 5. That Feast is mentioned in Atheneus 14, frō Berosus & Cresias, and in Her. 1. Strabo also (book 11) expoundeth Saca a Bacchus Feast: and recordeth a victory
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				9	of Cyrus by his enemies unsober banquetyng.
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IVB.			Here Cyrus dreameth of Darius Hyst. reign Her. 1.	13
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		only in Daniel is a dealer against the Jews. Try that, and it will appear.		21
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Babel falleth▪ by Shem Elā, and Iapheths Madai (an Angel helping.) Dan • , 6, & 9, 11. Both proclaim Shem God: & Cyrus buyldeth h •• ••• se. E •• . • . & 6.	Jerusalem shall be destroyed in the next age after our Lord his death Dan. 9. Th ••• Rome		A Ram is Paras. A Goat Buck Iauā. Da •		1
70			3470		2
	1		Here first the Greeks knew the Barbariā stories S •• . 15.		3
The first return. Gabriel's 70 sevens.	2				The Head, Lyon, Trees time is ended.
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	6
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	1			Sanballat B. who saw Alexander.
	2	*
	3		3480
	4		Thucid. Paus. & Athen. hold Greeks of no certainty.
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	6
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* Dari •• Artaxast. b.	2	*
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	4
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	6		3490

IVDA,	Gabriel's 70 SEVENS.	Michaels people.	WORLDE	Brest, Bear, Ram.			Before the birth of CHRIST. The son of man.
	7	3	Achasueros decreeth, that all Jews in his 127 countries should die in one day, because their laws differed frō the Heathen Mordecai, and Adossa, turn it on Haman the Amaleakite Num 24. and by faith do the Jews escape the edge of the sword. Ebr. 11. DARIVS Artaxast is king of Persia: of Assur Ezr 6. of Babylon. Neh. 13. He knew that God's wrath was upon his predecessors for hinderyng the Temple. In his second the Temple is taken in h • nde, is finished in his sixth Ezr. 6. In his seventh Ezra returneth with aucthoritte to imprison, amerce banishe, kill the disobedient to the Law: Taketh order to put away all women and their children of natient impure in Moses. That rule & Nehemiah's is a Book for the eues and swearers: Sin is a woman cast into a Bushel, pressed by Lead: and carried to Babel by two. Zach. 5. IERVSALEM is built by the seventh seven: and the Cloisters about the Temple: wherefore the Temple is said to be 49 year in buyldyng Clem. Str. 1. Eusebius, Joseph, Cedr. as the City: Abenezra upon Dan. 9. That was 46 from Cyrus third, when Daniel mourned for the hindrance of it: to which time we may refer that 46 yere. John. 2. Frō Cyrus third to the ende of the 62 sevens, & to the 7 wherein our Lord buyldeth his Temple. are y. 480. Cedrenus reckoneth out of Josephus from the seuē sevens end, to Jerusalem's destructiō, by the Romans 480 y. Whereby Josephus she weth how rightly in his age Gabriel's seuens were counted.	3491	Xerxes his name in Greek writing agreeth with this name Achasueros, as it is written in Hebrew, Est 10 yet that whole book argueth, that Achasueros to be rather his father: as Greeks set forth Darius Hystaspes. Well might Xerxes bear that his fathers name: so the other son Esters child (at the Hebrews well think) bare the name Darius. Xerxes stirreth Paras against Iauā, that Messias who hath his hands most pure may reward them, with quick & sharp dealing, according to their works for hindryng the building of his Temple, and putting his people in fear of death. AGGAI and Zacharias teache. Jehovah was with them; and the Word, and the Spirit. CHRIST shall come of Zerubbabel, who is of Nathan, and before that Temple shall be destroyed. Ag. 2. ZACHARY telleth of Babel to have been at a pit without water. Chaldeans were horns: Persians to them Smiths. Christ is an Angel, and Jehovah. Angels attend. Jesus signifieth him. The Temple and Jerusalem shall be builded It hath been vnwalled to show both God a fiery wall: and the number to come vncumpassable. The Candlestick hath two Olives which stand before the Lord of the whole earth. Therby the Church with full graces it meant. Al that testify the truth, Apo. 11. are for number & gracet termed hence. God's forecare, power, and speed, by his Angels, in diverse sortes for Judah at home, and in Babel is expressed by four Charets coming out of moūtaynes of Steele: and Horses
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	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7	4				430
	1		Read the book of Esther for this King.
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	4
	5
	6
	7	5
	1
	2
	3					420
	4		Many that saw Sal. Temple were yet alive. Ag. 2, 4.
	5		3510			IVB.
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	7	6
	1
	2	2 Return.
	3
	4
	5
	6					410
	7	7				To the walling of Jerusalem, Eliasib first stepped: and bylt at the Shepgate pool: & sanctified that portion. Ne • . 3. Here might well begin the miracle of the Angel making healthy the waters to all diseases for him that first stepped in John. 5, 2.
	1		3520
	2	3 Return.
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	4
	5
	6
	7	8
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	2
	3
	4		3530
	5		Neh. returneth to Artax. in his 32. Ch. 5. & 13.
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	7	9
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	2
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20 generations are frō Nathan to Neri, & frō David's death to the captivity 410 y. Zerubbabel and Mary make other 20. and frō Cyrus first to our Lord's birth are years 457 in S. Matthew but 10 generations. Those confute them that bring 557 years. Those men be stars.	7	10	3540

	Gabriel's 70 SEVENS.	IVDA, holy people.	WORLDE.	Brest, Bear, Ram.			Before the birth of CHRIST. The son of man.
	1		After this Artax. Only Darius Persa the last K. is named in Scripture: Neh 12, 22. Then was Iaddua high Sacrificer, who met Alexander. Joseph Ant. 11. Ch. 7, & 8. Ezra saw their whole times Ne. 12, 26 and wrote 1. Chr. 9. in Iochanās age, father to Iaddua. He was b. 50 years before Babel fell: for so long afore his father was k • lde. 2. k 25. wherefor they must stretch his age above Isaaes 180 y. that give Madai & Paras above 130 y. Nehemiah's a captaīe in Cyrus first writeth of their last Kings. Sanballat his adversary was great with Alexander. Halfe a score of several men lived from the time of Joakim father to Eliasib, to the ende of the Persians. Neh. 12. The Greeks exceedingly give too many years to Cyrus, Artaxast, & Achasueros. The reproving of them then is needful, seeing they thoulde disannul Gabriel's prophecy: and easily are they disproved. Fyrst by the age of Mordecai, Zerubbabel, Jesus, & them in Ag. 2, 4. And through Ezra and Nechemias. Confer Heathen. In Spart Anaxandrides it of Croesus age. His courageous son Leonides died against Xerxes. Her. 7. Polycrates wealth, (He was Amasis friend) In Socrates old age was granted Ismenias. Pla. Epimenides cited Tit. 1. adviseth Nicias of Niceratus for an Alter to an unknown God. Laertius. Act 17. The whole successiō of lives will disprove their deceiteful Olympiades: which made old Greeks and Latins to miss in 100 years.	3541	of diverse colors. The like for Horses i • in Apo. 6. Syria shall be plagued by Iauan, and Iauā Gog-Magog for Judah. Christ will come riding upon an Ass: shall be sold for thirty Sicles: He the shepharde shall be stricken, and the Apostles the she • pe shall be skattered: his side shall be pearsed: They shall mourn when they consider it. Act. 2. Apo. 1. The blind Jews at this day in the Talmud. Mass. Suchoth mean it of Christ the some of Joseph, The son of David, which was kilde: who asked of God life forever, and had it: and all the earth his possessions. They seeing will not see. Jerusalem shall be destroyed, the Lord's feet standing on Mount Olivet. There the Lord telleth the same thing. Mat. 24. A Jerusalem for all shall be built. This is the sum of Zacharias. Malachi in Greek Angel, endeth the Prophets. In him John the Baptist is once called Malachi: and again Elias in the end of his Prophecy. Mark beginneth with Malachi, or Angel: Gabriel with Elias in the first speech of the New Testament. So sweetly in spechet hath God joined the old & new Testament. They who hold the hid Apocrypha to be breathed by God's spirit, cannot hold this true. The late Hebrews reject them: for ska • t heard of them. In Hebrew they are not. The new Testament citeth thē not, otherwise then Homer or Demosthenes. The old Hebrews heard not of any of them, who in Ezdras age, toke order for preservation of every letter in the Prophets: & brought the whole sum to 805 380. Rab. Sad.
	2
	3
	4
	5
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	3		3550
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	5		Nicias of Niceratus is kilde. T • u. 7.
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	7	12
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	4					370
	5
IVB.	6		3560
20	7	13	Socrates d. Laertius.
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	2
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	7	14				360
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	2		3570
	3
	4
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	6
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	3					350
	4
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	6
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	2
	3
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	5
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	7	17
	1		3590

Gabriel's 70 SEVENS.	Judah, The Mountain.	WORLDE.	Grecia.	CHRIST.
2		Now the Angel goeth from Paras, and God nūbreth, weigheth, & divideth their power. Darius the Persian gave rewards for inuentors of new pleasures, and thereby he was not ware how he had sold his kingdom, until another was proclaimed to bear his Scepter Athen. He carried with him in Campe 350. Concubines. Diod. Sic. In him worthily the Silver is made dust. The Bear is cast into fire: and the Ram cast down. Dan. 2. 7. 8.	3591	Iauan by 6 yere ruleth Paras. And 6 yere more Alexander doth what he will. Then he dieth, and his house. His Captains part the spoil: four are chief. Perdiccas and Antigonus two of the four chief were in time killed by Ptolemy Lagi and Seleucus Nicator, the two other chief: who joined powers, and continual affinity. This much is in Daniel touching Iauan, in the Belly & Sides: Leopardes four heads, and Buck of sundry horns. The two standing Seleucus and Pto. make the two Legges & fourth Beast.
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4
5
6
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1
2
3
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6
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3			The Angel Dan. 11. disauthorizeth the Macabyes by 1. Ma •• 1, 7. way both diligently.
4		Judah, high Saints	GOG-North.	World.	South, Egypt.
5		Alexander toke order with Judah for token of subjection, that each sacrificers child borne that y. should be named Alexander. R. Abr. Alexander licenced Sanballat to build a Temple for Samaritans and falls Jews. The sons of Jesus of Iosadak had contracted affinity with thē. Those Ezra and Nehemiah's excommunicated. R. Abr. Therefore the Jews of Ierusalē might not use familiarity with thē. That religion doth our Lord confute John. 4. Alexander wrought troubles to Chadrach; countries about Judah, Damascus, Tyrus, Sidon, and Gaza to teach that God hath an eye vpō almen. Zach 9. Alexanders act are written by Plutarch, Diod. Sic. Arian, Curtius, & Justin.	SELEVCVS Nicat. He is that one of Alexanders Princes, mightier then the king of the South: and of greater dominion. Dan. 11. Appian writeth of all his house: and noteth him to be the mightiest of all Alexanders successors. When he slew Antigonus, Judea fell to be under him, because Antigonus had gotten it from Ptolemy. His kingdom is plainly spoken of in Ezekiel in Gog and Magog. Gyg is famous in Hero. Plat. Tul. Gyg-Pole & Gyg-Mount is no less: in Hom. & Str. Magog, or Hierapolis, or Bambyce is as much famous for the Idolatry to Derceto: Therefore these two names Gog & Magog plainly note Seleucus kingdomm: at doth Meshech, Tubal, Paras, Gomer,	Sele • cus Nicator his arms w • re an Ancore: but on his Image w • re gr •• ē Horns He built Antiochia. Str. where the faithful were first called Christians. Act. 11. to show that Christ was great over Gog.	PTOLEMY Lagi k. of Egypt: of him spake the Angel. Dan. 11. The king of the south shall be mighty. Diod: Sie. noteth that by special divine favor he stood. Human he was, and received his reward. He at the first gate Judea, entering into Jerusalem on the Sabbath as a friend: but dealt as a Beast with teeth of Iron. Thousands of Daniel's people carried he to the lande of Cham: and placed them in Garrisōs. Strabo Geogr. 17. reckoneth all the Ptolemyes until Egypt becometh under the Romans. The poseeritie of this Ptol • my claimed Chan • an, pretending that he helped Sel • ue •• on that conditiō, that the should be sure	320
6
7	20		IVB.
1			21
2
3
4
5
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1			310
2
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1
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	Gabriel's 70 SEVENS.	IVDA, Daniel's people.	Gog, Ironleg.	WORLD	South, Ironleg.	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	3		IN this age came up Sadducees: a sect that said there was no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit. Act. 23 The father of that sect was one Sadduc. This Sadd. was taught of Antigonus, to do as not looking for reward. He meant that goodness, for the virtue was to be followed. But the bad mistake • said he was taught to look for no recompense: and despised the power of the world to come. This sect, fearing to be stoned by the people, pretended to lean upon Moses: but not admittyng any exposition. R. Abra. Talmud Pirke Aboth, and Aboth R. Nathan. The Lord confuted them by the first Oration that ever God spake to Moses. I am the God of Abraham. Whereas God is not the God of the dead, but of the lynyng: Abraham must in Spirit live. Mat. 22, In the days of Malachi this wickedness was arysing, then stout woydes were spoken, that it was in vain to serve God: that the proud were blest: the wicked set up: the tempters of God delivered. To whom a day was told, that should burn them root and branch as stubble. Mal. 3 That now draweth on under Iauan, whē	and Togarmah. The Townet built through the East by the Prince of Magog, and bearing Greke names, all should teach us to mark Eze. 39 & Dan. 11. for his house falling by the time of the promise. At the last Seleucus conquered Lysimachus king of Thrace, once Croesus reign. Ptol. Ceraunus killed Seleu. ANTIOCHVS Soter K. He married his Fathers wife: which thing was infamous amongst the Heathen. 1. Cor. 5. She was called Apamea. Ant. Soter nāed the town Apamea after her name. Str. 12. By this Apame • he had a son and heir Antiochus Theos. Such is the breed of the fourth Beast: which goeth to destruction. Magas the brother of Ptolemy Philadelphus married a daughter of Soters: him Soter was: fain to help in wars against the brother. His son in law, claimed to be King of Cyren pau. in Att. Thereupon the • woe leg • began to knock one against the other: At the ende of times they agreed • and Berenice the daughter of Philadelphus was married to the King of the norths son Antiochus Theos, to make	3641	of it. But Selcucu • house pleaded that Cassander, Lysimachus and Seleucus did upon a common agreement conclude, when they overcame Antigonus that all Syria should be under Selcucus. Polyb. 5. Then the PLESANT LAND fell to be trodden continually of these two Legges. PTOLE Philadelphus. for him the 70 turned the Prophets into Greke. Much they altered: Yeres Gen. 5. and. 11. they feigned 1350 least the often̄ halfyng of ages should trouble the faithless. For persons, they fain to Sem one Caynan • another Caynan between Arphaxad, & Selah. Also they • ayne Joseph a third generation when Jacob came to Egypt, and Joseph had ben married but nine y. This moved them. They held in common speech from Gen. 10. that 70 tongues & families sprang by Chams curse: that thereupon Jacob's house went to Chams land with 70 souls: Deu, 32. That those 70 matched in value all families of the earth: that none might rule over
When Sel. placed Jews • remen in all the Cities which he built. Iosep. A •• . 12. Chap. 3. Christ wrought the mystery of salvation and glory over Gog: In that Jews were skattered among Iaphe •• sons: and Greke made a comēon language.	4
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IVB.	1		3660	‡ Menander writeth, that evil speech marreth good manners. 1, Cor. 15. Aratus writeth, that we are the kindred of God. Act, 17.
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	3		3690

	Gabriel's 70 SEVENS.	Judah, Stars of heaven.	Gog-horned	WORLD	Egypt-horned.	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	4		these Sadducees come to extremity. Dan. 8. The godly who wer • egrave; contrary to these, who said still, God marketh, hath all written in a Book for them that fear God, Mal. 3. Dan. 7. They did commonly use in this age the term of the WORLDE TO COME: at the wyng that therein stood the perfect blessing. R. Aba. & God comforted particularly the efflicted by the prince of Magog. Such as be written in his book: in that all which sleep in the dust shall rise: the just to glory everlasting, and the other to shame everlasting Dan. 12. Accordyng to that the Martyrs under Antiochus Epimanes (as the sones of Anna ) often mention the resurrection 1 Mach. & 2. Mach. & Iosippus. The Epistle to the Hebrews doth record properly their comfort: that they would not be delivered because they looked for the betterresurrection. Cha 11. Pharisees oppose them selves against the Sadducees in another extremity, & unskillfully. They said that Moses received another Law besides the written given by traditiō; whi • h from Joshua, Samuel, Ezra, and such, came to them. They	unity: but it would not stand. For Theos had a former wife, named Laodicea: who poisoned her Husbande, and stirred her sons to kill Berenice which in time they did; and a child of hers. The Angel foretold this: Heathen Appian & Justin record it. Christians should better mark it. Herein the two Legges of the parted Kingdom of Iauan joined in man's seed cleave no better together then Iron would with Clay. Nab. foresaw that, and we mistake it. SELEVCVS Callinicus is overcome by Ptolemy Euergetes: who spoiled his Country, and carried his Nobles to Egypt, as also the Angel foretold: Sel. dieth by a fall. Just. 27. SELEVCVS Ceraunus, and Antiochus Megas, both set upon Egypt: but the first soon died. After, Megas setteth vpō Grece, claiming that, his: which Sel • ucus Nicator wan from Lysimachus. The Consul of Cittim or Rome foyleth him. He spoileth the PLESANT LAND, and a Temple, where he is kilde. Strab. 16. Just. 32. Mach. SELEVCVS Philopater is that taxer that within few days is	3691	them rightly more then over all other. Zohar upon Ex. To avoid danger, by the king of Cham his land, though of Iauans seed, they altered the text. R. Abra. in Kabalah. PTOLEMY Philo. He set forth an huge army against Antioch • s Megas, who fought with another great army. Pol. 5. 3 Mach. 1. Antiochus is discomfited: that Berenices death might fully be revenged. Notwithstandyng, Philopator prospered not: but is killed by Cleomenes a banished king of Spart. Antiochus Megas prospered sundry times against Ptolemy Epiphanes the son: whom Philopater dying, bequethed to the tutelage of Rome. They compel Megas to be quiet, who placeth in marriage to Epiphanes one called. Dā. 11. Bath-Nasim, a daughter of special womanhood: Cleopatra, the glory of a Country, Thinking by the marriage to destroy his son in law. But the daughter favoreth the husband, and both favor Rome against him. Liuy. 37.
	5
	6
	7	23
	1
	2
	3
	4			230
	5
	6		3700
	7	33
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7	34		220
	1
	2		3710	IVB.
	3			23
	4
	5
	6
‡ The book of Jesus the son of Syrah is written: which many be used as the writing of a learned Jew, but not urged as faultles.	7	35
	1
	2
	3			210
	4
	5		3720
	6
	7	36
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6			200
	7	37
	1		3730
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7	28
	1
	2			190
	3
	4		3740

	Gabriel's 70 SEVENS.	Judah, Stars falling.	Gog-clayleg	WORLD	Egypt-clayleg.	Before the birth of CHRIST.
	5		were Bl • nd, leader • of Bl • nde. A third sect there was, called Esseni, like Monks. Plin. These three Shephardes was Christ to destroy. Zach. 11, 8. Epimanes abrogateth Moses: and confirmeth Heathenism in Judah. That held days 2300 Dan. 8. from 142 until full 148 of the Greciās. The ende was Cisleu 25. 1. Mach. 4. Maymon. Sederolam. Three years & an half before that, the Sacrifice was renoued: Thence begin two Accomptes for two destructions of Syria: One after days 1290: An other after days 1335. Dan. 12. Happy was Daniel's people that patiently abode to see God's dealing then. The dedication began upon that 25 of Cisleu. Our Lord was at it. Io • . 10 and then he showeth that he is Michael, one with the Father, and that none can take his Sheep from him: whē he standeth up for his people. With Epimanes is Antichrist compared. 2. Thes. 2. The Angel told the perticul • r state of Judas sufferings hitherto. Dan 11. and 12. His speech is an abridgment, or rather a key of Divine & human Greke Stories.	cut of: He is called the Foreman of the Cousnauat. He sent his son Demetrius to redeem from Rome, Epimāes: by whose means he was poisoned: and his son defeated. Epimanes sister, queen of Egypt had • woe somet Philometor and Physcon. They strove for the government. Epimanes, under pretence of defending right, inuadeth Egypt thrice: The seconde time only he lost his Laboure. The Romans called of the Angel, Cittim, send Popilius to stay him with a letter, commanding him to depart: he chafed: and turned his choller against the holy Covenant. To what extremity of sin was Judah come to, that one should draw them from God by terror, whom one letter might stay. The legende of Judith do the Rabbin's refer to this age in Col-bo, out of Hagadah. That she cuttyng of the head of the king of Iauan, frighted his Garrisons from Jerusalem: and caused the feast of Dedication. This they fain to deface the Greke writ of Judith: which though of long time it were used, can never be rightly defended.	3741	Of the Romans. Thrise in Daniel be the Romans spoken of: once, where the discomfiture of Megas is handled. Agayne where Shippes frō Cittim come against Epimane • . There they are rather helpers then hynderers to Judah. again, where by them Jerusalem is destroyed. Here they come up to be mighty: where the might of Grecia is at an ende. This time is called in Dan. 8. The ende of wrath, & the ende of the kingdom of Iauan: for hence by their neighbors courtesy, rather then by their own strength they reigned. The name Cittim is common to the Grecians, and to the Romans. Of Cittim Iauan his son Macetia or Macedon sprang. And the inhabitants of Italy came frō Achaia Portius Cato, Gaius Sempronius, Diōis. Hal. Ovid. in Fast. telleth that Italy was great Grece. Soudas in Latino showeth that Italj were before called Cetii. By the name of Cittim afflicting Assur: the former and later Cittim are meant.
	6
	7	39	Ant. Epiphanes causeth stars to fall. Dan. 9. So doth Antichrist. Apo. 8.
	1	Matathias.
Cornelius Taci • us recordeth that A ••• ochus Epiphanes labored to bring the Jews to the fashion of the Heathen: which from performyng he was •••• red by the Parthian wars. That badman testifieth, that the Angels words had their effect.	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7	40		Of Judah • misery in these times spake Isaiah. Chap. 4. and of Christ sone after to come. They be calde wise, who mark this state. Dan. 12.
	1
	2
	3	Judas Maccabeus.
	4
	5
	6
	7
	1
	2
IVB	3		3760
24	4		Antiochus Eupator, Dime • rius Soter.
	5
	6
	7	42
	1
	2	Jonathan.
	3
	4
	5
	6		3770
	7	43	Alexander false Ephiph. Demetrius Nicator.
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7	44		150
	1
	2		3780
	3
	4		Antiochus Theos: Trypho.
	5
	6
	7	45
	1	Simeon.
	2
	3			140
	4
	5		3790

	Gabriel's 70 SEVENS.	Leuies tyranny.	Gog-clayleg.	WORLD	Egypt-clayleg.	Before God taketh Emmanuel Zerubbabel in Mary
	6		SYMEON, as Judas and Jonathan made a league with Rome, and Spart. That pleased not God. All the brethrē died by sword. John, Simeon his son became a Sadducy, and made inquisition for all Pharisees, and did put them to death, and despised the sacrificehood. Aristobulus ware a crown as a King first of any Levite: then he kilde his brother Antigonus, and shortly died with torment of conscience, and vomityng of blood. His brother ALEXANDER reigned after him, and kilde 50000 of the Pharisees, being a Sadducy, rejected by them. ALEXANDERA his wife reigned after him. She bare him two sons, Hyrcanus & Aristobulus. Both strove for the kingdom a long time, and drew sundry Nations to their factions. Hyrcanus had partakers Antipater an Idumean, belonging to his fathers house, and Arethas King of Arabia. Scaurus, Pompey's legat • favored Aristobulus: but afterwards Hyrcanus altereth Pompey, who came with an h • ast to Jerusalem, and surprised the City on the Sabbath day, and placed Hyrcanus in	Alexander, Demetrius Nicators brother kilde Trypho: him self (as the former) is kilde, in wars against Parthia. Cleopatra Philometor bare to him, Antiochus Cuzicenus: and to false Epiphanes Ant. Theos kilde. To Nicator, Seleucus and Grypus. Nicator & Seleucus • he killed: would have poisoned Grypus: is compelled to poison her self. Grypus is troubled by Physcon, adnauncing one Alexander: but he sone altereth: and giveth Grypina to Grypus. Cuzicenus maryeth his other daughter Selene. The half brethren war, & their wyue • . Grypina killeth Selene, being captived: success altered, Cuzicenus killeth her, and vanquitheth Grypus. Ant. of Grypus dryueth him out: and for tyranny is kilde. Then reigned Antioch, of Cuzicenus who married his fathers wife: another Selene: was calde in floute Eusebes. And God 〈◊〉 him by Tigranes, whō Syria chose King. Lucullus a Roman • drove out Tigranes: & made K. Antioch Asiaticus of Eusebes: but Pompey suceeding, disanulled	3791	PHILOMETOR was kylde in wars against his son in law. Then his son succedeth not: but PHYSCON, who had been king of Cyren. This Phys. married Cleopatra, his natural syster, wife once to their brother. On the marriage day he kilde her son by Philometor: in time he doth loath her, and marrieth her daughter Cleopatra. Extreme cruelty he showeth to his people that made him king: and filleth all with blood and banishment. After banishing others, he fleeth with the Queen his wife: he sendeth for his eldest son from Cyren: and least Alexandria should make him king, he kylleth him. Therevpon the people cast down all Images of him: which thing he suspectyng to be done by his sisters procurement, kylleth his son by her, and caused him to be minced and brought to the mother as a dyshe of meat on her birth day. That Cleopatra the syster thereupon fleeth to
	7	46
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	4
Panuel, Simeon, Zacharias, Achim, Eleazar, Mathhat, Jacob, Ianna, Levi, Melchi. Matthat, as in Mat. & Luk. lived about these times, and taught many to look for the redemption of Israel.	5
	6			130
	7	47
	1		3800
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7	48
	1
	2			120
	3
	4		3810	IVB.
	5			25
	6
	7	49
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5			110
	6
	7	50	3820
	1			100
	2
	3
	4
	5
	6
	7	51
	1
	2
	3		3830
	4
	5
	6
	7	52
	1
	2
	3
	4			90
	5
	6		3840

	Gabriel's 70 SEVENS.	Leuies tyranny.	Gog-clayleg.	WORLD	Egypt.	Before SHILOH
	7	53	the Regiment, and Sacrificehood: and carried Aristobulus with his two sons Antigonus & Alexander captives to Rome. Thence sundry escapes they made, and moved war • es in Judah. Alexander moved covetous Crassus to surprise Jerusalem: who spoiled the Temple of 60 tūnes of Gold. Crassus & his campe were wholly overthrown at Charan by the Parthians: and Alexander was kilde by Scipio. Aristobulus the father favored by Julius Caesar, was poisoned by Pompey's side. Antigōus requested of Julius Caesar the kingdom of Judah; in which Pompey settled Hyrcanus. But Caesar bestowed it upon Antipator once Hyrcanus servant, an Idumean. After Caesar died, Antipater was poisoned by Malchus. Him Cassius slew. ANTIGONV Sholpen by Pacor king of Parthia, reigneth in Jerusalem. Hyrcanus • ntised to go to Pachor, it of him kept prisoner. Now HERODE escaped to Rome, there is proclaimed king of Judah: brought into the Capitol between Antonius and Octauius:	that, and ended the gouerament of Syria. Now Gog troubler of Israel, with his ewne sword found destruction and God sent sixfold Iudgementes, Plague, Blood, Rain, Hayle, Fire, Earthquakes. Also the Foules of the air be called to e • te their carcases. When they fall by Rome, novo prosperout: In time Rome hath the name Gog & Magog, & most of these punishments, in the Apocalypse. Skilful we ought to be to discern the proper Gog & Magog Eze. 38. from that spoken spiritually in a mystery. Apo. 20. The Greeks vpō Eze. 38. may stay the unstaid, who by Mesech Tubal, and Togarma mean • Cappadoceans, Armenians, Galatians, Iberians, known nations of Seleucus subjects. Now for Ezekiel's Earthquakes: Fyfty seven Earthquakes were in one yere, whē Romani & Poeni fought at Thrafimenus, yet Neither of them felt it. Them Arsaces robbed Gog of the East: and shortly Megas was made of little power in the west by Rome: then first growing to power, and quaking at his greatness, but nothing at all, at the	3841	Demetrius her son in law for help Physcon ouermatcheth him. Prolemy Latharus, hi • mother defeated him for a time, & made Alexander K. who killed his mother, and was banished. Than Lathurus reigneth. After Pt. Piper, is banished: his daughter Berenice married to Cybiofacte • of G • ypus: strangled that clown. Pompey helped Piper home. Piper kilde Berenice die • hsone Cleopatra his daughter reigneth & Dionys. He killed Pompey: & perisheth. Caesar useth Cleopatra: & begetteth Caesario. That strengthener of Egypt is also kilde. Antonius maryeth her: she stryuyng with him for a wager who could invent the costlier diet: did eat one of the two Pearls which she had, of an inestimable value, and would have eaten the other, if one Plancus had not held her hand. Pliny. 9. 35. Antonius and Cleopatra fight by Sea with Egypt, Arabia, Herod, Bactra, India, and the strength of the east against Italy. Italy overcometh	Greke is common. Tul. for Po •• Arch. Th. Apostles write i • that common tongue. Their words must be try •• by former A •• o • es: so they are clear.
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	6		Anna borne. Luk. 2.
	7	54		80
	1
	2		3850
	3
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	7	55
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	3			70
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IVB.	5		3860
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	7	56
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	2
	3
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	7	57
	1		3870
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	2			50
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	4		3880
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	7	59
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	2
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	5			40
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	Gabriel's 70 SEVENS.	Heavens kingdom.	Gog-dust.	WORLD	Egypt-Dust.	Before the coming of the son of man. CHRIST.
	1		when Domitius Caluinus, and Afinius Pollio wer • Consult. Then Virgil aegl. 4. wrote of a Chylde that should come from Heaven, and of a golden world. Many nations dealing now with Judah, learned the time and fame of the kingdom of Heaven. Herod brought home by Vencidius, and holpen by Sofius, taketh Jerusalem. Antigonus is brought to Antonius, and of him beheaded, as an enemy to the people of Rome. Herod is afterwards confirmed by Antonius and Cleopatra, rulers of Egypt. And so Egypt hath some part of the Imaget to •• , until our LORDE his birth: and the Maccabees that robde Judah of the regement: and left the Sacrifice hood, be rooted out by their sornauntes. Rā. Ban. upon. Gen. 49 SHILOH is come JESUS is borne: The WORD is made flesh: The Seed promised to Eve a virgin is borne of a virgin, and made under the law, to redeem us from the curse of the Law: The blessed God of Sem the king of justice and K. of peace, whom Sem resembled, at twelve years of age cometh	Earthquakes, a greater wonder. This Pliny noteth. Also when Tigranes was chosed King in Syria and Selēucus house perithed, an Earthquake destroyed 170000 men, and many Cities. Just. 40. That which Joel speaketh, of the darkenyng of the Sun: and Moon turned to Blood: Cimchi and Rambam expound of sorrows to Gog-Magog and Judah before the Lord's day cometh. And further D. Cimchi agreeth with Peter. Act. a. but know no more thē Caiaphas, what he spake. At Gog was plagued so was Judah frō the time of Chasmonay Machabes. Before Judah had been bout, and Ephraim furnished with bow against Iauan. But since, CHRIST brake both his stanet, Delight and Bynders. Whereas he had delyghted, and bound Judah with Joseph: Since, seeing they loathed him, he left the lost Sheep to poryth, that would need • be perishyng. Zach. 1 • . whom yet he pitieth. Math. 10. Zacharias & his Malachi John, begin the new Story. Luk. 1. The redemption by Christ should be (thought mere glorious) yet in many things • .	3891	them, to make Egypt's leg dust. They both kill them selves. Augustus kilde Cleopatra's Caesario: and Antony by Fuluia: Her sonnes by Anthony he spared and cherished as his cosins. After Alexāders death 294 y. Plat. 3. Clem. Strom. 1. this sea fight between them was fought. Aeneas Shylde is trymde with that victory. Am. 8. and snudry others do write of it. Cleopatra would needs before Egyptes fall show her pride, and prouo •• ed Anthony to make her Queen of Italy. Plut in Ant. Val. Max. Ovid. Her. Iuu. Zonaras. Sundry wars had Augustus after this, to quiet the world: But all from Parthya to England • by the time of our Lord his birth were content to have friendshyppe with the Romans. Read Stra. 4 & Flor. They do tax Bethle • m whē the bread of lyf • doth there appear. The king • son should be free: but Cittim was to afflict Ebus chiefest. Archelaus is banished to 〈◊〉
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The Sibyll writ which Virgil is thought to follow & La • tantius citeth, may well be made by some witty man, taught of a Jew. Or the Spirites otherwise might well speak of these times, what D •• iel taught plainly.	2
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	4
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	6		3910	IVB.
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IERVSALEM called JEHOVAH-There. Eze. 48 Apo. 21.

	Gabriel's 70 SEVENS.	Jesus		World
	2		14	into his own temple at Salem Ag. 2. apposeth at 12 y Doctors: after is a Carpender. Mar. 6. Beginning to be 30. Is baptized, manifested by the spirit, and by the father appointed the teacher, whom we must hear. When he teacheth, he reformeth the corruptions of the Doctors: teacheth fully what Moses shortly taught: Of the Gentiles election: of him self destroying by death, Satan's works, and Salems ceremonies. His miracles prove him to be GOD. His parables are after the Psalm 75. THE L. is baptized, in Tisri, seeing the fourth passover ended half a seven: when the lamb of God CHRIST is kilde, leaving Bread and Wine for the Lamb. He died the day that Satan murdered Adam in the beginning. Gen. 3. John. 8. and by death overcame him that had the power of death. Of Adams day agree Hebrews, Chaldeans, Arabians, Greeks, Latins, Barbarians, of all Religions and ages: and sundry Scriptures that may not be wrested. The Startuppe • that would not have Christ proclaimed heir of all, the first day of man, blaspheme that which they know not. Our first Mothers name might teach them that ancient way to the doctrine of life. The Sabbath wholly the Lord resteth, which Adam never saw wholly kept. Therein he finished that Ceremony. The first day of the week his resurrection maketh the Lord his day. Apo. 1. He appeareth forty days: is taken up into the Heavens, and sitteth on the right hand of the majesty in the highest, until he maketh his enemies his footestole. His openest enemies now, were the Jews that denied him, and the Romans, by whose policy he was crucified. The King was upon this to destroy the kings own Nation, City, and Sanctuary. Of that he foretold them, that their place should be desolate. Mat. 24. and of the proper token: when Jerusalem should be besuged of an host. Luk. 2 •• And referreth men to Daniel. 9. wherein Gabriel teacheth the full doctrine touching Christ, and of the destructiō of the Jews. The whole state spake the same, saying: if we let him go (by his resurrection they could not chose) all men will believe on him and the Romans will come and destroy our Place, and Nation. John. 11. Yet when Stephen said, that JESUS of Nazareth would destroy that Place: they held it blasphemy in another to speak so of their Place, though he had the countenance and words of the Angel Gabriel. Act. 6. The Lord closely limited the time, telling how that generation should not pass, until all those things should be performed. By the most men's accompt it was forty years: so it falleth a day for an yere, for misbeleeuing there surrection. Of the Romans speaketh Paul of the removing of the Empire, and of the sinful rising, in lieu of him. Of that mischief spake our Lord. Mat. 24. and the matter might tell that the City by which he was kilde, wasworthiest to be in this curse. Of this I will join here a narration, somewhat large: and after conclude in the doctrine of the kingdom.	3491	like that frō Egypt. Bochai upon Gen. 49. Mary is here greater then Moses sister. Elisabet Mary's cosen matcheth Elisabet the other Mary's cosen: for Judah and L •• ui it is alike. Here Joseph of Jacob feedeth a better ISRAEL in Egypt then the other did. Gē. 47. The godly in a synod conclude that Christ is now come: who was spoken of by the Prophets. By mistaking the time of Zacharyes ministry our Lord his birth is mistaken. For by a tale that he ministered in the feast of Tabernacles, John's birth is cast to Mydsommer, and the Lord's to six months after Tongues now build, at Salem.
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	5		31	The fullness of time the kingdom of heaven.
	6		32		Satan is tied for Christians a thousand years, that some Churches hold Christ, without Idolatry. Apo. 20.
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[illustration]
The Jmages metalles, in Daniel's sight ar beasts *
The Golden head is now a Lion the arms and breast are a bear setting up, on Government from 〈◊〉 East to three costs *
The Greeks are both these beasts first the state whole, and sone▪ after come to four chief. thence they of Magog and Egypt *

[illustration]
Here properly are they named that follow y ^e head & lion Babel
The Ram is the Kings of Madai and paras. The buck is the Kinge of Iauan. The horn betwixt his eyes is the first King Alexander. y ^e four are the four Cheife Kingdoms, one little horn is Antiochus Epiphanes *

ROME, BABYLON in a mystery, which crucified CHRIST. Apo. 11.

In the deluge of Jerusalem's destruction do ende Daniel's last sayings, touching order of time. Chap. 9, 27. His whole book conteyheth so long a warning given to the Jews, as GOD by Lamech gave to the old world, when he named Noah A special Comforter. But the Jews went in the misbelief of the old world. The Lord by these times had shaken not only the Earth, and earthly Emperors, but also the Heavens & the old Ceremonies, that figured the doctrine of the kingdom: that such as should not be shaken might be settled. Yet the Jews denying the true Messias, cleave to Bar-chozba, who said that he was Christ: for him they rebelled, though after he reigned two years and an half, they killed him. Talmud in Sanedren. Cha. Chelek. Pa. 93 & 97. Thereupon the Roman abominable infidels with force of desolation come to the mountain and place once holy: and work a final judgment upon it. Then Libanus did open the gates: fire brent the Ceders, the Fir, and Oke houled: when Nations warred against Jerusalem, took the City, rifled the houses, defiled the women. And now is the day of lively waters issuing from a Jerusalem from east to west: To which City they who will not come from all the families of the earth to worship the king JEHOVAH of hosts, their flesh, eyes, and tongue shall consume. Zach. 11. 14. according to this, after the fall of that Jerusalem God revealeth to John being in obscure Patmos: How the Romans will fight also against the heavenly Jerusalem: the glory of which he seeth most goodly. Concernyng the Romans: these two things he discovereth, the profane Emperors tyranny: and after their fall, the Popet double impiety poisoned with hypocrisy. The Stories of both, be most manifest of any Stories: and the Pseudo-catholics own testimonies will confirm the matter. That Rome is condemned in the beginning for banishyng John, all grant, that know Domitian. That Rome holdeth on to the ende, in the Cup of the last wrath it is evident: when the city shall perish which had the reign over the Kings of the earth. Cha. 16 & 17. Let us consider the state of Rome, and mark how sit arms it hath, in two beasts of small difference: both seven headed: in one horned like a Lamb: in a Woman, Locusts, and in the Serpent: whose power extremely is executed. Rome stood upon seven Hilles, and had the policy altered five t • mes before Casares, they make the fixed: After Emperors and Popes together, made a seventh, which after a sort should be an eyght. That power is noted by a beast of seven heads: whereupon the Angel expoundeth it of seven Hilles, & seven Kings. Any political state is in the Hebrew phrase calde a King, as Dan. 8, 21. Rome was infamous for cruelty ever since Romulus kylde his brother: but specially in the ten Persecutors and the Popes. The one beast the later hath for that, purple color. The beast Chap. 13. hath a clear note from famous stories. Whereas the Image of the Emperors in Daniel were a Lion, Bear, Leopard, & abeast with ten horns: Rome having subdued all those Countries, thereaftet is a Beast with ten horns, like a Leopard, footed like a Bear, mouthed like a Lion. Also the other Beast hath ten horns very fitly: both for the ten Persecutors, and ten Kingdoms that John foresaw should be under the Popo: and Steuchus doth pretely confess: and the Greke Scholiast foretold that it would fall out so. The kingdoms 1. of Spain and Portugal. 2. of Hungary. 3. of England. 4. of Denmark. 5. of Ruscia. 6. of Creatia and Dalmacia. 7. of Aragon. 8. of Bohemia. 9. Sueuia and Noruegia. 10. of Dacia: These Steuchus recordeth to have given their power to the Beast. For they paid tribute to the Pope, who calde his throne the Apostolic seat, & had the mouth of the Dragon. The Greke Scholiast speaketh most fitly upon this place: saying, that the ten Horns are ten Kings, which in the later times shall arise from the Roman power, among whom the A • tichrist shall rise. Areth •• was no Prophet, yet the playnnes of the matter caused him to say this much. And in these ten Kingdoms is revived a spice of the government of the people of Rome: Which then when John wrote had divided their Countries of Lieutenantshyppes into ten: as Srabo, who saw Iohnt days, lately had recorded Geo 17. This Empire notwithstanding their strength was overthrown for the Emperors filthy life, specially for kyllyng them that had the testimony of JESUS. For the Lord Jesus fought against them in justice and power, as riding on a white Horse, with a Bow, and Arrows sharp in the heart of the kings enemies. The holy Martyrs, who had hearts like Lions, they laid under the Aulter, stirred up the holy and just LORD, to judge and revenge their blood, upon those beasts that ruled the earth. They in patience, as Oxen sacrificed, yielding their blood, saw a just recompense of bloodshed. For all their profane Emperors almost (some somewhat favored Christians) brought their heads, with blood to the grave: as they came not up without great bloodshed. The vengeance of God was to them as a red Horse, with a rider having a great sword▪ and a commission to take peace from the earth: that men should kill one another. Famine in great wars is not greatly strange: but here scarcity exceeding plentiful did they see who were men in deed, a punishment of the Gospel rejected. Many learned men of the heathē noted the pitiful state: but had not the judgment of a man to know that for savage cruelty against the Gospel, this punishment was sent. The wise might see a black Horse sent from God, with a ryder having a balance weighing Corn, as Spice for dearth: though Oil and Wine, and some sustenance of the earth was granted by the patience of God. God's patience not being regarded, he sent among the Caesaret upon the persecution by Diocletian, threefold judgments to the Emperors, as sword, hunger, and death all together. They who with Eagles eyes, would come to see Christ his justice, might now behold a pale Horse▪ having death and hell ryding upon him. Then such slaughter made the Caesaret, and the Augusti, of them selves and of their people, that the Kings, and Dukes, and Earls, and every free man, and servant, were fain in all places to hyde them selves from them that favored Christianity, whom God made the stronger. The profane men for Idolatry felt such wrath as did Samaria, when Isra • h kingdom ended: when they well might say to the Mountaynes, fall upon us, and hyde us. Yea, they that thought them selves to be the Sun, Moon, Stars, Heavens, and Mountaynes of the Worlde, and to rule all Ilandes, are brought to such destruction, that the whole world as touching them is altered: The Earth is shaken, the Sun black the Moon bloody, the Stars fallen, the Heaven rolled as a roll, and every Mountayne and Island have such alteration of dwellers as if they were moved from their place. These speeches may fitly be applied to the times of Constantius and Constantine, the first Christian Emperors. The like tropes are in Esa. 34. of matters fallen out before these times: though most properly it will fall out, when upon the Popes utter destruction the whole world shall be ended. But once it must be meant touching the destrustion of the Empire.

CONSTANTINVS hating the idolatry of old Rome, made Byzantium the princes seat: called it NEW ROME, and endowed it with the privileges of OLDE ROME: and gave it also another name. CONST ANTINO-POLIS. The Empire being there placed, the OLDE ROME that in Italy was little set by, and by God's just judgment often ouerrun. For Alaricus and the Goths spoiled it, and so prevailed there, that they purposed to have named it GOTHIA. Genserieus and his Vandals rifled it, that they bestowed fourtene days in ransacking it. Odoacer with many nations surprise it, & reign there many years. But many more years doth Theodoricus with his Ostrogothes rule it. Totilas the Goth brent it, as Scipio did Carthage. Then Scipio spake verses of Homer: which Hector had forespoken of Troyes ruin. Polybius demaundyng of what City he spake: he said, of ROME: that the day should come, that it should be made like Carthage. That saying of Scipio is applied to Alaricus his time: it might be to Totilas, who brought ruinous Rome to an extreamer ruin. And so the city there was defaced. But when the PONTIFICALITIE is set up by the decree of GOD, then all Heathen from east to west worship the Pope no otherwise, then of old t •• e they did the Emperors: whereas if it had not been for the pontificalt • ie, ROME should never have been revived, but left a most filthy habitation of hogs. This Steuchus confesseth. So by the POPE the Beast that was dead, is made alive. Chap. 13. And that which. Cha. 17. for estimation once had been and after had not been, now again for estimation is: and the POPE rulyng over the Empire, maketh the seventh and the eyght Policy in ROME. To make that point more plain, of reuiuyng Rome by the POPES, we have a new vision. For they are a Beast with horns like a Lamb, and the mouth of the Dragon: who maketh the image of the former Beast to have life, spirit, voice, and worship of nations, with kylling the men, and confiscating their goods, that yield not to their joined power. Hereupon it hath been clearly shown by the Learned, that for Laws, Apparel, and Idolatry, the POPES are a lively image of the profane Emperors: with a religion more after Homer, then after the Scripture. Moreover to declare what should be meant by Horns like a Lamb: in the usurping Vicar of Christ, we have a certain name pointed at: whose frame and force will show the matter. Many men's names there be in the HOLYBOOKE, of fit marks for things that men conceive of God, or would find in them selves. And in the supposed barren places, as in Ezra great fertility of wisdom groweth. From thence hither God giveth us a number attributed unto a man, which will show us what man's name being opened for the force will utter the state of the Beast: and we should make more accompt of the golden wisdom herein contained, then SALOMON would of the 666 Talentes of Gold, which he receyned yearly. 2. Chr. 9, 13. The book of Numbers, as Jerome marked, containeth the mystery • of Arithmetique. For that Book Midrat Tillin ryghtly observeth great Religion contained, in the names that be therein: that they are not Egypticall, but fit for God's children. As doubtless they are apt touching notation for the first borne, recorded in the Heavens. Heb. 10. ELI-TZVR, GOD-IS-MY-ROCKE: TZVRI-SHADDAI, MY-ROCKE-IS THE ALSVFFICIENT, These show how the sum of Religion is contained in their names, whereby that nation would not soon understand the term ROCKE, Math. 16. of a bare man of Abraham's seed, nor join with POPES for the supreme Rock of the Church. The book of Ezra is much of the same kind: but in that age men had less regard to the disigent wisdom of their Fathers, as the Mid • a • also remembereth. Thence we have a name marked by a number: wherein both must be considered. The number ordained is 666: by which we find out a man's name fit for the woeful POPES. In Ezra Chap. • ▪ 13. it is written, The sonnet of ADONI-KAM were 666. Here then a name of a man by a number is shown: And what might his name mean? Adoni-kam, is by interpritation A God standing up.

What name can better agree with the POPE, the man of sin that speaketh with the mouth of the Dragon most tragically, I am a God upon the earth. The Pseudo-catholics them seluessay: the POPE is GOD upon the Earth. The POPE is Lord of Lord's, and hath the authority of the King of Kings over his Subiectes. And is not he then the only man to whom properly belongeth the name ADONI-KAM? Seeing he setteth up him self in the Temple of God, as if he were GOD. Antiochus Epiphanes who started from Rome and set in the Temple the Idole of Jupiter Olympius, did not so much exalthym self above God. The POPE began to stand up a Lord, when impudent Boniface gate the supremacy by the murderer Phoca • . But that mystery of iniquity wrought further to the quickenyng of the Beast, in that sad time of Gregory the third. For he to strengthen Idolatry, excommunicated LEO the Greek Emperor, putryng down Images, though he did that by the consent of council, upon the express commandment Exod. 20. That excommunication kindled sedition, which inflamed the Longobardiet against the Emperor.

After that he lost first the Exarchy of Rauenna, and in process of time the government of Italy. When the Longobardi increased styrres in Italy, and the Greke Emperors troubled at home, upon the former sedition for Images, were less able to help Italy & Rome: Charle • the great is moved to wars upon an injury done by Desiderius king of the Longobardie • to him self. And (as defenders prosper) He put Defiderius besides his own kingdom, and holding Italy then by that conquest: kept it still. This breach in the Empire came by the POPE, and his Idolatry. Charles the great gave much reuenwes to advance holy knowledge, being taught by English Alcoinus: and sundry of hi • posterity followed him. All their liberality the POPES labor to turn • from painful study, to superstition and their own power: And a • the last persuade the people, that they had authority over the Empire: and prescribe Idolatry through all the Empire: reuiuyng the old Beast.

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The State of Rome▪ for crucifying our Lord *
Babylon y ^• mother of fil •• y fornicatiō.
The empire Romania, the usurping vi • ar, y ^• belly god clergy, Satan's Throne. Ap. 8. 9. 1. 12. 13. 17 *

Now for the other point, the bearing of the NVMBER of his name: it is all one as to have a mark in hand or forehead, work or any profession: but that the allusion is fetched from Ezra. 2, 13. For as the sons of ADONIKAM make up the number 666: So they that be the POPES babes, and hold him to stand up as GOD in the Church, are said to have his names number. And for most clear condemning of Rome, mark who the Woman is that rideth upon the Beast. Apoc. 17. One running by may see. Any living when John wrote would grant Rome to be there condemned. In S. Jerome's days it was doubtless, the Greeks still are of that judgment: Rabanus and Albertus note how manifest it is: the Jesuits cannot deny it: but they shall strive against their ownselves. And that place is a key to opē a gate to the other visions: through all which Rome is condemned extremely.

From this BABYLON came Idolatry, which caused CHRIST to cast fire into the Earth. And though as it were seven Trumpets sounded all points of dealing and doctrine, men would not hear what GOD spake to the congregations. Full often did the Emperors badness (specially in Mauricius and Phocas ) cause hail and fire to be myxt with blood. The supremacy of POPES was a Mountayne of fire cast into the Sea. Their ceassyng to be Pastors maketh a Star fall from Heaven. Thereupon to the Church closely, as openly by Mahomet follow great harms. The Star fallen from Heaven, was an Angel of a congregation: his sedition is a Torch: his deadly corruptyng Scriptures is Woormewood making bitter waters. In a short time they that seemed to be as those in Gen. 37. 10. the Sun, Moon, and Stars, be much darkened. After this the Star that fell from the heavenly congregation, the Pope worketh strange things: by the Keys of the Pit he loosed out a smoke of heresies, that darkened Sun and Air: all brightness of Scripture. Thence ariseth his Clergy, which most lively is expressed. They be Locusts for their idle bellies, and troupes of loiterers: they be Scorpions for close poysonyng doctrine: And the Tayle is the Prophet that speaketh lies. They are for the Wars which they make, and strengthenyng of their own Authority: as Horses ready for battle: with wings of Charrets: with teeth of Lions, with habergions of Iron. For ouerrunnyng Magistrates, they have crowns of counterfeyte Golde: for private state in pretence: they have faces of men: for Cloysterkeeping & womanly life: and for many of woman sex, they have hear like women. These notes all agree most fitly to the Pseudocatholiques.

Now consider Moamed or Muchumet, whom God gave up to a blind mind, and effect in error, that by him Christians might see, what mischief might as well come by Popes supremacy. This Moamed an Ismaelite being a poor man, till he married a wydow wealthy and of high countenance: having the Fallyng sickness, whereby the wydow was sory that she matched with him, persuaded her by him self and others, that his fyttes were but atraunce: wherein he talked with the angel Gabriel. The woman made women believe that her husband was a Prophet: afterwards men by help of certain Haeretiques set the false Prophet forward. From Judaism, Arius, Nestorius, and his own brain, he frameth a doctrine. Much he was opposite to the Pope, as in polygamy against his Monachy: much in the same kind, as that he hath the Keys of PARADISE: as the Popes were then, somewhat talking of S. PETERS keys. Both had Keys of the Pit. He prevaileth so by force of his wild company, and guile deceyuing the simple: that before his death he winneth Arabia, and the countries about Enphrates. The sons of Ishmael ashamed of Agars name, borrow from Sara the term of Saracenes. The Pope was bolder, that taketh from God the title HOLYNES. His sons of darkness follow him that appropriate the name of Catholics, being but Psendocatholiques. Both in their deceyte increase much: the one by success in wars, and one point of plain truth: that Images might in no wise be worshipped. Th • other prospered by teaching a short way, supposed of Salvation, to know and fear God so far as an Idole did move to understanding and reverence. The Pope was mighty in causing Stars to fall from Heauē. Agarenet prevailed in conquest of the earth. These countries in speedy process were ouerrun, Phanicia, Palaestina, Jerusalem, all Syria, Persia, Armenia, Spain, Sicily, Crete, much of Italy, Calabria, and all Longobardia: even to Rome once great. But God would have there a throne for a vicar of Pilate's holiness: and Cittim to hold such Abadd •• until the ende. At the last thus the Turks join with them. When the Saracene • had conquered much they make five mighty Empires. In Spain, Libya, Egypt, Babylon, and Persia. Muchumet of Imbrael king of Persia having war against Babel and India: hyreth three thousand Turks, to whom one Tangolipex was general. They by name and place should rise from Togarma. In Herodotus the name Iyrkes is recorded: where the place somewhat argueth the men to be the same. These helping Muchumet, at last fell to a mutany, and to avoid punishment, shrunk to a place of great vantage for safety. Whom Muchumet seeking to repress, by vnheedines lost 20000 of his men: being angry, pulde out his Captains eyes, and threatened to put all the other Soldiers to open shame. The Soldiers fearing, fled to Tangolipex. Muchumet with all his power cometh against him: is kylde in the field, and Tangolipex proclaimed Sultan: (That is, Ruler) of all that Muchumet had. The term Sultan is in Daniel 3. That Israel was skattered near the Turks: I shown before. Thus from Euphrates, Saracenes and Turk • spring to have thousands of thousands: to be four Angels of God's wrath upon Idolaters, ready for hour, day, month▪ year: as Idolatry & other sins provoked God. As their conuersatiō, so their description is after the Pseudocatholiques rate. which through these find measure for measure. Their force is Horses: their courage is Lions heads. Their great desolation which they make, burning where they go, is Habergions, fiery blew and brimstony. Their might, and doing this upon a word, is fire, smoke, and brimstone, coming out of their mouths. Their false Doctor, guyding their rule, is the tail like a Serpent, that draweth as Papistry to the seconde death.

The Greke Emperors understood that for Idolatry they were punished: and by learned counsel did repress it vehemently: From Leo Isauricus to Theophilus: who could not abide any Picture to allure the mind: which ought to regard not shadows, but truth. Yet after his death Idolatry confyrmed in old Rome, came so to new Rome: that Saracenes Angels from Euphrates were let loose. This came from Papes turned to Popes: from Fathers to Deuels. The description of Satan the Dragon is therefore like the Roman power, with red color, seven heads and Diadems, and ten horns. Though Satan stryued by might and guyle: yet from the time of our Lord his death he was tied a thousand years from deceyuing generally. For Martyrs and other faithful that thousand years learned the life of Christ: and reigned with him. As for the faythlesse dead in sin, Satan was not tied to them, who would not be holy and happy, in knowing the first resurrection. But after a thousand years, Satan was let loose everywhere, and few found Martyrs that held clear the testimony of Christ. Gregory the seventh manifestly held the throne by Satan. And Urbanus that confirmed his decrees, was in the same condemnatiō. He no less besieged the holy city of Christians in all his proceedings, and became a mountain of Fyrein the mids of the Sea: Specially in kindlyng the Wars for Jerusalem: and causing that place to be counted still holy. There nygh 200 year fell the force of the West: whereby Emperors & Kings were weakened, to be under the Popes. Upon the same the Saracenes more hated the Christians of the east: When they marked our Idolatrous and superstitious conspiracies. So long sharp wars never were in the world, of such calamities to both sides. The places by old names, fall properly within the text: for plagy Antioch was built by that GOG Ezek. 38. And Jerusalem was called the Holy City: notwithstanding here the four quarters of the earth, & troublers of the Christians be meant. Now the Pope king Abaddon of Gyges sleight by man's help cannot be overthrown. But Michael that stood on the waters, & calmed the old Gogs waves, standeth and sweareth in like sort against him. Seven thunders declare the thunder of his power: seven Angels power upon the beast going to destruction, the last Plagues from seven Cuppes of God's wrath.

In quietness they have filthy Boils, in troubles less and more, their waters are turned to Blood. That holiness throne is vile in Satan's darkness, and for treachery they find burning affliction. For Idolatry still they from East and Euphrates myghtely prevail: and when they stir their Kings against us in the West: their three froggy spirits, that of imperial power, that of false prophecy, that of Satan's sleight: all three bring their Navy, and other force, as to the waters of MAGEDDON, to be cut in pieces. They shall feel the seventh Cup of wrath, and hear the seventh Trumpet: when Nations oppressed by them, learn skylfully to sing, HALLELV-IA: and with understanding can praise the Lord. Even the Lord must consume this bad king Abaddon of Cittim Italy in the ende, at his glorious appearing. As those Beasts in Daniel by the first coming of CHRIST into the world, were wholly consumed: for whom God sat on a fiery Throne: So the Beast compounded of those Arms, shall perish at the seconde: For whom a white throne of justice is openly revealed. By sentence thence the false Prophet POPE, and the Beast of his authority shall aye feel God's wrath until they both be cast to the Dragon into Brimstony fire. Even so, Amen. Holy and just are thy judgments O Lord, the king of the Saints.

After the destruction of Babylon, let us behold the salvation of Zion: which mountain the Lord's death lyftted above all Mountains: that all Nations might follow the Lamb upon it. At Jerusalem the Disciples received power from above: being together about an hundredth and twenty souls: to declare the great works of God, in raising his son from death. Then were Jews from all Nations under Heaven at Jerusalem. Saint Luke reckoneth them much after the countries, into which men were first scattered upon the confusion of tongues, for the building of Babylon: and according to the kingdoms that oppressed the faithful Ebrewet after Babels ruin by Sem and Iapheths posterity. The number of an hundred and twenty to speak to all Jews, that from far Countries came to Jerusalem: was fit to revive the story of their dispertion under Darius and Cyrus: when by decree of Madai and Faras the God of heaven was preached: Cyrus sent Judah to build Jerusalem: and Gabriel told what year, day, and hour, CHRIST should die. That Prophecy made them come that year to Jerusalem, to look for the kingdom of Heaven to appear. Then from Zion was the Law to go forth, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem, even when the most Holy by his death had confirmed the testament for many. The learning of salvation by Greeks hence first taught: was that dwelling of Japheth in Shem tents. Hytherto was that place glorious by the blessing of Sem, who under the persō of Melchizedek, was still alive in description. Gen. 14, 18. To which description the Jews were to look, that CHRIST might be known to be God the just king, heir of the world, faithful over his own house, a fynisher of Aaron's office, of all Sacrifice & Offryng, an eternal sacrificer by once offering him self. In this City they received power in a strong wynd, in fiery cloven tongues, were filled with the holy Ghost, and could speak to everyone in his own language. So the Jerusalem from above was to be built, that all nations might work in it, as contrariwyse by tongues not understood, the work was but Babylon a confusion: and men • kattered caused the name Synear: and were estranged from the Tentes of Sem: and life of God, without whom being their guide, they perish forever. Hence the Disciples went forth to teach how CHRIST was to suffer: to arise from death, and to give salvation to the world.

That work they performed by the strength of God: who confirmed their doctrine with signs, wonders, powers, and gifts of the holy spirit, according to his will. Some of these godly Angels soon did seal their doctrine with their blood: some later ended their goodly combat: some lived to see CHRIST come in his kingdom with power: when the word was fruitful in all the world: & that city was built by Fyshers of Galilee, which is called IEHOV AH-THERE.

Then Tongues, Nations, and people of all Kingdoms departed from the power of darkness, by faith and obedience to the kingdom of Christ, giving honor and glory for ever to the king euerlyuing, holy, vnuifible, God, only wise. Of the Jews there held still the faith an infinite number, termed by thousands 144 after their reckoning of many. These with us Heathen come to the feast of Tabernacles with Palme, crying HOSANNA, Salvation to God, and to the Lamb. This company of faithful s •• les, called to the blessed marriage of the Lamb, are a Jerusalem from Heaven. Apoc. 3. & 21. Ebr. 12. Though such glorious things be spoken concerning this city of God: the perfection whereof cannot be seen in this vale of tears, yet here God wipeth all tears from our eyes, and each blessing is here begun. The name of this City much helpeth Jew and Gentile, to see the state of peace. For this is called IERVSALEM: and that in Canaan hath Christ destroyed. This name should clearly have taught both the Hebrews not to look and pray daily for to return to Canaan: and Pseudocatholiques not to have fought for special holiness there. We live in this by faith, and not by eye sight: and by hope, we behold the perfection. Of this City salvation is a wall, goodly as Jasper, clear as Crystal. The foundations are in number twelve: of twelve precious Stones, such as Aaron ware on his breast: all the work of the Lambes twelve Apostles. The Gates are twelve, each of Pearl: upon which are the names of the twelve Tribes of Israel: of whose faith all must be, which enter in. Twelue Angels are conductours from east, west, north, & south: even the stars of the Churches. The city is square: of Burgesses settled for all turns. Here God sitteth on a Throne, like a Jasper and Ruby, comfortable and just. The Lamb is the Temple: that a third Temple should not be looked for to be built. Thrones twice twelve are for all the Christians: borne of Israel's twelve, or taught by the Apostles: who for dignity are Seniores: For infinite, are termed but four and twenty, in regard of so many Tribes and Apostles. Here the Majesty is honorable: as at the delyuery of the Law, from whose throne thunder, • oyces, and lyghtninges, do proceed. Here oil of grace is never wantyng: but burning with seven Lamps, the spirits of Messias, of wit & wisdom▪ of counsel and courage, of knowledge and understanding, and of the fear due to the eternal. Here the valiant patient, witty, and speedy, with sharp sight, are winged as those Seraphim that waited on Christ: when ten calamities, and utter destruction was • old for the low Jerusalem. They of this City are not as Israel, after the flesh, which would not see for all the wonders that our Lord did. But these redeemed by his precious Blood are full of eyes, lyghtened by Lamps, the glory of IEHOV AH, and beholding Christ through all the Prophets: a perfourmer of our faith, sealed of God: sealer of all vision, opener of seals for the stories of the Church. Here is the true light, where the saved-walk. Hither kingdoms bring their glory: Hither the blessed Nations carry their Jewels. This is a kingdom uncorrupted, which shall not be given to a strange and unclean people. They must be written in the book of the Lamb, and chosen of eternity, sanctified of God, which here be citizens. Through this there gusheth a stream better then the four in Eden: a stream of lively waters by belief in Christ, as those waters flowyng from Lebanon. Here is that Tree of life in the mids of the Paradise of God, with leaves to heal the nations, that will be cured, while it is said today: with twelve fruits, to give food continually: to such as feed also upon the h • d Manna: who after death, receive the crown of justice and life, the morning star, white clothing, and the white stone: wherein a name is written, equal to all the Law. Deut. 27, 2. The first state of the first Adam in the first Paradise was glorious: This is better. And as Moses began with the terrestrial, so the holy word endeth in the celestial: that to wheels full of eyes, may the writ of truth be compared. The full consent and melody of Prophets and Apostles: how their Harps are tuned on Mount Zion, it will fully appear in the full sight of peace: when our bodies are made conformable to Christ his glorious body in the world to come: and our eyes shall see the Lord in that Zion. For that coming, O thou whom my soul loveth, be like to the Roe upon the mountains. Amen, even so come Lord Jesus. Then we shall in perfect holiness worship thee: to whom the Angels always give holy worship: saying, praise, and glory, and wisdom, and thanks, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for evermore.

Amen.

Imprinted at London, for Gabriel Simson and William White.

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