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A08238	Chronologia sacra By the high ... Doctor Phil. Nicolai. lib. 2. de regno Christi. Shortly collected and augmented by Neils Michelsone. Cum priuilegio S. R. Maj. Newly translated out of the Germans and Dence tongue into English, by David Forbes. Pervsed, and accompanied with a short treatise and exhortation tending to repentance; Chronologia sacra. English	Nicolai, Philipp, 1556-1608.; Michelsone, Neils, ed. and trans.; Forbes, David, of Edinburgh.; Arthus, Gotthard, b. 1568.	1630 (1630)	STC 18572; ESTC S106265	30,699	106

the which tyme that Carolostadius wakned vp that great vprore with storming of images from whence proceeded in the Churches diversities of opinions Fourthly In the Revelation chap. 11. we reade of the two witnesses clothed in sackcloth who prophecied 1260 dayes and when 1260 dayes endeth then they shall bee killed by the beast and three dayes and an halfe ly vnburied but thereafter shall haue lyfe of the Spirit and ascend to the clowdes of Heaven and the enemies of the Evangell shall behold it then shall there be a great Earthquake which shall continue an houre in the which Earthquake the tenth part of Babylon shall fall By the two witnesses is vnderstood the old and new Testament which beareth witnesse of the trueth in murning weede and sackcloth that is vnder croces and persecution If wee will adde and lay together with this three and an halfe dayes or three and an halfe commoun yeares the heavenly houre namely 41 an and half yeares then is the summe 1305 then followeth it the beginning of this 1305 to bee Anno Christi 365 on the which tyme that Damasius Vrsicinus did contend to Rome for the Popedome which of them should bee Pope who carried a bloody warre in the holy house against others And then hath this sonne of perdition gotten his kingdome consecrated and anoynted vnto him by murther and shedding of much blood When wee begin from the foresaid yeare Anno Christi 365 to reckon to the 1260 then end they just Anno Christi 1625. Now how those two witnesse the Old and New Testament with all true preachers who hath holden with those two witnesses hath beene killed and rent it is eneugh knowne vnto all men for not onlie Papists but all other sects rent so on those two witnesse and so killeth them everie one to turne and revert them vnto his owne hereticall meaning which is eneugh knowne vnto everie true Christian but now most of all those two witnesses are now killed with their confederats in this 3 and an halfe yeares Namely from Anno 1625 vntill Anno Christi 1629. whereof the well learned man Master Meynelaus Poulsone Preacher to the Castell of Copemanhaven hath set out on our Dens tongue the foresaid Philippi Nicolai his words which likewise I will rehearse following in this manner Comment de regno CHRISTI lib. 2. capit 2. fol. 6. 196. sequent SEing now the holy BIBLE is translated in English French Dutch Dence and other tongues and languages and is vsed and reade with all diligence both of learned and vnlearned So vnderstandeth the Pope that Scotish English Fleames Dence Norwish Swedens Poles Bohemish and Vngarish with no deceate or subtilitie can bee brought againe vnder his power so long as the bookes of the old and new Testament haue the vpper hand and therefore he shall striue after also to take from these two witnesses all their prerogatiue and bring so to passe that they may haue no place in the Roman Church but to losse their shine altogether and by the permission of GOD seing Godlinesse is verie rare besides vs so can it lightly event that the Romish Antichrist shall haue once successe This proud and divelish victorie will continue three yeares and an half which is from the yeere 1625. vntill 1629 so long shall the Christian Kirk indure this persecution and shed her blood in great quantitie for confessing of the trueth and together in these tymes men shall see the bookes of the old and new Testament to be whole contemned and to ly as dead bodies in the streetes and they shall bee troade with feete yet some godly compassioners and the Evangelish true confessors shall not suffer them to be whole buried But thereafter from anno 1629 vntill anno 1670 the whole heavenly houre or fourtie one yeares and a halfe so shall kyth it selfe that the holy Scripture and holy minister calling with the two witnesses which is the old and new Testament shall powerfully come before againe and with great jubileren and especiall joyfull crying compasse about the godly and ascend vp into the clowdes of Heaven Apoc. 11. ver 12. this shall bee a great honour and glory and can not bee hindered This the Papists shall see and over all measure therethrough bee terrified seing they can not troade more the holy Bible vnder their feete neither turne the people with their anathemata or curse and cruell persecution from the diligent reading and godly meditation yea there shall be such a great Earthquake so that the tenth part of the great citie Apocal. 11. ver 13 that is the ten Kingdomes of the Papisticall dominions shall condiscend together namely the Germanians Hungarians Bohemians Polonians Swedens Dence Norwish English Scottish and French who shall be moved and shall knit themselues together and wholly denunce themselues off from the Papists yea they shall hold together with such a speciall zeale and that for the cruell persecution of the Christians as likewise for the cause of the vntolerable pride of the Romane Antichrist And shall fall in Italie or Welshland with mightie power and burne vp with fire that great Citie Rome great Babylon Revel 18. verse 8. That Babylons whoore can bee payed and get her right rewarde who tyrannouslie hath persecuted the spirituall members of Christs bodie Revel 17. verse 6. and drunke her selfe drunke with the blood of Saincts and blood of the Martyres of IESVS And that there can come such a reward vpon her as on Ierusalem who slew CHRIST IESUS himselfe and is come since the beginning on all persecuters of CHRISTS Church After this tyme is the heavenly houre 41 and an halfe yeares whose end are fulfilled anno Christi 1670. Heerewith it aggreeth with that which our foresaid author setteth in his exposition of the 12. chapter of Daniel lib. 2. de regno Christi pag. 121. saying It may bee that Anno Christi 1625. will come vp some new Motus and tumult that the Christistian Church will suffer cruell sorrowfull tempests againe but how it shall bee Daniel cleareth not except that which hee heareth of the Angel blessed are they that waiteth thereafter that is who are patient as yet vntill the 45 yeare are past Now everie one knoweth that patience is no wayes without crosses and sorrowes whereby may bee judged that Anno 1625 there will burst out a hole on a divelish and pestilentious byle which now Anno Christi 1596 when Philip Nicolai wrote this booke the enemies of the true Christians are making rype in their secret counsels and concealed pratickes that the Elect may be weary of those troublous times Wherefore of this ineluctabilis and future tyme of sorrows shall come on that tyme vntill the which wee haue as yet from this yeare 1579 28 yeare then should the soules of true Christians after the counsell of Daniel prepare theselues to patience and heerewith remember this cruell persecution shall not for ever indure but shall vndergoe within a short space and come to an