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A04970	A prophesie that hath lyen hid, aboue these 2000. yeares Wherein is declared all the most principall matters that hath fallen out, in, and about the ciuill and ecclesiasticall monarchie of Rome, from the rising of Iulius Cæsar, to this present: and which are to be done from hence to the distruction of it, and what shall ensue after that. As the liues and deaths of the emperors. The rising of the ecclesiasticall monarchie. The storie of the greatest enemies of them both with manie other notable accurrences [sic] concerning Germany, France, and Spaine. With the inuasion of the kings of the East.; Babylon is fallen	T. L., fl. 1595.; Legate, Thomas, d. ca. 1607, attributed name.	1610 (1610)	STC 15111.3; ESTC S108178	20,639	60

A PROPHESIE THAT HATH LYEN HID ABOVE THESE 2000. yeares WHEREIN IS DECLARED ALL THE MOST PRINCIPALL matters that hath fallen out in and about the Ciuill and Ecclesiasticall Monarchie of Rome from the rising of Iulius Caesar to this present and which are to be done from hence to the distruction of it and what shall ensue after that AS The liues and deaths of the Emperors The rising of the Ecclesiasticall Monarchie The storie of the greatest enemies of them both with manie other notable accurrences concerning GERMANY FRANCE and SPAINE With the inuasion of the Kings of the EAST LONDON Printed for NATHANIEL FOSBROOKE and are to be solde at the West-end of Paules Neere to the Bishop of Londons gate 1610. To the Reader DEere Christian Reader thinke it not strange I pray thee that Esdras the Scribe and Prophet of the Lord in the principallest of his bookes should be so little regarded Dani. 12.6.7.8 9.10 for Daniel the Prophet prophecying of these times foretelling the wonders that shold come to passe in them sayeth Esdras 12 37.38 That none of the wicked should haue vnderstanding but the wise shall vnderstand And therefore was Esdras commaunded to wright those vision which he saw in a Booke and hide them teach them the wise of the people whose hearts he knew were able to cōprehend the wayes of the highest for as god himself doth not shew his secrets to the vnwise Psal 25.14 so no more would he haue the wise to whome he sheweth thē to teach them but to the wise least the vnwise not being capable should spurne and barke against it wherefore he sayeth Math. 7 6. giue not holy things to dogges neither cast ye your pearles before the Swine c. And as wisedome is iustified of her Children Math. 11.19 only because it is wisedome and for no other respecte so the vnwise resist it because their tongues cannot taste it nor their stomackes digest it 1. Cor. 2 14.15 it being heauenly and they earthly who iudge things by earthly reason Therefore hath God seene it good to lock vp and hide his treasures and richest iewels in most secret places that the dilligent searchers for wisedome might onely finde them out and that fooles might be fooles as they please to be Prou. 2.3.4.5 though wise in their owne conceits The Booke of Wisedome which hath it name according to it nature who knoweth not with what vehemency it is resisted although it be the very flood of Salomons wisdome If Iohn The greatest that was borne of women Math. 11 and Christ his Lord the bridegroome were iudged of the vnwise children to be possest of diuels what maruell though Salomon and Esdras with other prophets and righteous men be blasphemously delt withall But the principall cause pretended is for that it was not found compiled with other scriptures in the Hebrew tongue for which cause they may aswell exclude some part of Daniel and the greatest part of the new Testament but they say it is full of lyes and was neuer cannonized darst thou say so Because the wisedome of the vnwise neuer cannonis'd it did the children of wisedome therefore neuer approue it If all be current that hath bene cannonized Then many deuils shall goe to heauen much falsehood shall stand for truth and if all be lyes that is not cannonized then much truth shall perish and many Saints goe to hell For some of the Epistles of the Apostles As the second Epistle of Peter and the two last Epistles of Iohn Iames and Iudes Epistles were for a long time not receiued generally and many hundred Saints were neuer cannonized By the Church of Rome wheras many vncleane lyers and murth erers were and darest thou blaspheme the truth and accuse it of lies for these causes If Charity did rule thy heart and wisdome gouerne thy minde thou wouldest labour to reconcile it with the other scriptures which if men be so disposed they may also cauill against But let men take heede what they doe let them not condemne that they know not nor call that a lye which they vnderstand not If I should say Saint Iohn spake vnaduisedly when he sayeth Iohn 21.25 There are also many things that Iesus did which if they had bene all written I suppose the world could not containe the bookes did I not belye the holy Apostle If time prooue that to be of God which I in my ignorant boldnes blaspheme and speake against shall I escape vnpunished by that truth let me therefore take heede and feare and as I may not take vpon me to affirm that I know not so let me take heede that I condemne not that which I conceiue not especially such holy writings wherein such great wisedome doth consist least for a words sake that I vnderstand not I depriue my selfe of a great benefit that I might enioy For if time prooue it to be of God as sure it will what shall I then excuse my selfe withall was not the Reuelation of Saint Iohn doubted of by many a great while is it not now receiued as a most deuine Prophecy So shal it be f●●nd in time that none of al the Prophets of ould did excell this Prophet Esdras nor see more secrets nor prophecie more plainely of Iesus Christ and of the misteries of the Gospell then he And also greater wisedome is not to be found in all Salomons writings then is in the book of Wisedome so much condemned why should we not iustifie the truth for it owne sake and not shake it off and take it vp vpon such colde and weake occasions If the maiesty and truth of the other Scriptures did not plead for it selfe Time also bringing foorth all the Hebrues Grecians Latinists and Cannonisers in the world could neuer make it good therfore let truth speake and wisdome vtter her voyce and let time bring foorth as they haue euer done and forbid them not and if thou be one of wisedomes children receiue it And although there be too many that dooth take vpon them to discouer prophecies whose falsehoods time will discouer yet there is a worke which is of God and that shall stand mauger the spight of all it enemies and let them that dare so boldly rage and rayle against it knowe that when the day doth declare it they shall be ashamed and wish they had held their tongues Thus I thought good to aduertise thee by the way least at the first sight of enuied Esdras thou shouldst be dismayed Enuied I say by enuious spirits but approued of God and of his holy ones I will say no more for him at this time he is at hand let him now speake for himselfe FINIS The contents of the Prophecie 1 THe liues and deaths of the Emperors 2. The rysing of the Ecclesiasticall Monarchie 3. The storie of the greatest enemies of them both with their principall actions and of their ouerthrow and ends 4. Of the three kingdomes