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A09841	A newe treatise of the right reckoning of yeares, and ages of the world, and mens liues, and of the estate of the last decaying age thereof this 1600. yeare of Christ, (erroniouslie called a yeare of Iubilee) which is from the Creation, the 5548. yeare. Conteining sundrie singularities, worthie of observation, concerning courses of times, and revolutions of the heauen, and reformations of kalendars, and prognistications: with a discourse of prophecies and signes, preceeding the latter daye, which by manie arguments appeareth now to approch. With a godlie admonition in the end, vpon the words of the Apostle, to redeeme the time, because the dayes are evill. By M. Robert Pont, an aged pastour in the Kirk of Scotland. The heades are set downe in certaine propositions, in the page following.	Pont, Robert, 1524-1606.	1599 (1599)	STC 20104; ESTC S114916	62,367	102

was to bee changed in a Monarchie And to indeed we finde into the foure Monarchies For the first two Babylonian Monarchies the former occupyed by the Assyrians and Medes the other by the Medes and Persians indured both but the space of 495. yeares The kingdome of the Greekes begunne by Seleucus N●cator lasted but the half space or lesse periode to witte about 245. yeares Rome was governed by Kings likewise by one of these lesse periodes to wit about 243. year The Concelles thereafter governed Rome by the space of an great period to witte about 462. yeares Thereafter indured the Monarchie of Emperours from Iulius Caesar the First to Valentinian the Third one of these great Periodes in whose time Rome was taken and sacked First by the Gotthes and thereafter by the Vandales And albeit smaller Kingdoms oftimes be not subject to great mutations yet they haue also certaine fatall periods of time wherin either they are changed from their former estate or els alluterly altered in new formes of governemēt For by the space of one of these great periodes Kings did raigne in Athenes By the like space flourished the common-wealth of Sparta But the Kingdome of the Troianes indured little more then one of the lesse or halfe great periodes Many like charges may be found in other Kingdomes who list diligently to reade the auncient Histories But in time of the last of the foure Monarchies according to the Prophecy of Daniel was raised vp that everlasting kingdome of the true Messas Iesus Christ which albeit it hath no end yet in time of it many changes and mutations haue fallen and are to fall out in the World both in the estate of the Church and of earthly policies Concerning the which wee haue set foorth in figure by the propheticall Spirite of Iohn in his Revelation in seaven Trumpets blowing by seaven Angels the whole estate of the Church vnder the kingdom of Christ every blast of trumpet conteining the space of one of those les periods to wit 245 yeares And likewise the troubles plagues that were to fall foorth in the world vnder the figure of other 7. Angels pouring our seaven Viols of the wrath of God vpon the earth and elements for not obeying the Gospel of Christ where-anent I wil remit the Readers to the profounde and learned Commentaries of IOHN NAPER vpon the Revelation wherein the accidents of evrie particular periode of time both in the one estate and in the other are set out at large It shall suffice for this shorte Treatise to haue poynted out these matters to prooue this our sixte proposition concerning the Sympathie of periodes of time even from the beginning of the World vnto the end thereof For with the last blast of the Trumpet of the seventh and laste Angel by all appearance the worlde is to take an ende as I minde to speake more particularlie in the seaventh last proposition There are also other periodes of times vsed in reckoning of the yeares of the world and of the right revolutions of the heaven whereof there be two that haue a special respect to Sabbaticall yeares as that which is called the great Cycle or period of the Iewes conteining the space of 6916. yeares which is made vp of 988. weekes of yeares and 141. Iubilees with a weeke of yeares It hath also 364 Cycles of the Moone and 247. of the Sunne and conteineth 13. periodicall Cycles of Dionysius By it the Iewes counte all their newe Moons week daies they suppose it reacheth to the begining of the world but they ar deceved in the space of 190. years alwaise this 1600 year of christ is the 5359 of that cycle for the year of the nativity of Christ was the 3760. year of the same The other cycle that hath respect to Sabbatical years is that which is cōmonly called the cycle or period of Dionysius cōteining the space of 532. years which is made vp by multiplication of the Golden number by the cycle of the Sun is cōteined 76 weeks of years And by it the Paschal termes were reckoned Now by taking vp of this matter wee see alwaies that there are many great hid mysteries in the nūber of 7. not only by counting Sabbatical years Iubilees but also in reckoning of periods of years as by the les period wherby Iohn reckoneth in his Revelation cōteining 35. weeks of years 5. Iubilees the greater period cōteining 10. Iubilees 70. weeks of yeares according to the reckoning of Daniel Moreover many of al the mysteries both of the Old New Testament bin cōprysed vnder the nūber of 7. As al the sacrifices for the most part wer offred by seavens as cōmonly by 7. bullocks 7. Rams or sheep which was observed amongst the people of God but also by Balaam that hyreling prophet as we read in the book of Numbers was also vsed by ancient imitation of the sacrifices of Gods people by the profaine Gentiles wheranent the Poet Virgil bringeth in Sibylla the prophetesse thus admonishing Aeneas when he was to consult the Oracle of Apollo Nunc grege de intacto septem mactare iuvencos Praestiterit totidem lectas de more bibentes Better it were seaven Bullockes now to take Without blemish a sacrifice to make Seaven chosen gymmers of the sheepe also According to the rite of times ago The principal feasts or solemnities of Gods people lasted 7. days and on the 8. daye were dissolved 7 dayes the people did eat vnleavened bread at the Passover Seauen weekes were counted betweene the Passeover and Pontecost Maniest Feastes were celebrated in the 7. 〈◊〉 And in a misery also the ark of Noah which was 〈◊〉 of the Church in the seaventh Moneth rested vpon the Mountaines of Ararat signifying the restauration of all things to be in the seaventh estate of the Church Likewise Wisedome hath builded her house with seauen Pillers By her house wee vnderstande the Church and by her seaven Pillers the gifts of the Spirite by which the Church is established The which albeit they be many yet principally they are comprehended vnder the number of seaven which also are figured by seaven burning Lampes and in Exode by the seaven graved Candle-stickes Likewise in Zachary the stone which is Christ hath seaven eyes that goe through the whole world Which is to be vnderstood of Christ lightning the world by these manifold graces of the Spirite Or as others expound it by the watching eies of Gods divine providence Many other like similitudes taken from the number of seaven may we gather out of the olde Testament as from a divine number and a number of perfection Likewise in the new Testament by the seaven Deacons which were elected by the Apostles may be signified a number of perfection And the wicked spirites also are numbred by seavens when it is said that Christ ejected out of Marie Magdalene seuen Devils And in an other place how when the

in all ages periodes of time the beginning of the Preaching of the Gospell yet continue in ou● daies For the end is not yet come And the estate of the Church is like to the selfe almost in all ages But by the blowing of the seaven trumpets alluding to the Iubil●es of the lewes we vnderstand the particular estate of every periode of time since the first Preaching of the Gospel as partly was declared before Of the which periodes wee are now into the seventh and last to wit in the beginning thereof which hath affinitie and similitude with the ende of the former sixt periode and blast of Trumpet Therefore ceasing now to make discourse in particular of the first foure blasts of the Trumpet wherin the first plague of haile fyre mingled with bloud doth signifie a certaine vnmeete temperature of colde and heate of men in receiving the Gospell with mingled bloudy persecution of the tyrantes of the earth And the seconde of the burning mountaine cast into the sea may signifie the greate persecutor Diocletian being last of these emperors with his fierie rage against the wavering multitude of christians of whō the third part were either destroyed or yeelded to his tyrannie The third trūpet likewise making mention of a greate star falling from heaven doth properly signifie Arius who with his bitter heresie against the divinity of the Son of God infected the pure fountains of the word of God And wher it is said that at the blaste of the fourth trumpet the third parte of the Sunne the Moone and Starres were smitten Wee vnderstand the light of the pure Gospel with the Ministers therof to haue bin in a great part obscured in that foure periode of time Of these things I say I wil not nowe intreate in particular but come to the last three blastes of trumpet conteining three woes that is three more fearefull plagues then the former So commeth the fift blast and first woe about the 1051. yeare of Christ wherein a greate starre falleth from heaven to whom was given the ●eye of the bottomlesse-pit out of the which arose a great and dark smoke and out of the smoke Locustes which are described at length in the text This starre I take vndoubtedly to signifie the Pope with his feyned keyes whereby he pretendeth to haue power to hinde louse not only in the earth but also to deliver mens soules out of Purgatorie with the smoke of false doctraine and the ●ocustes to signifie his corrupted Clergie and swarmes of Cloysters who are set foorth with their liuely colours properties that no man can deny to agree wel vnto them This star may also signifie Mahomet that false prophet with his corrupted Alcoran and 〈◊〉 of his secte Alwaies the remanent of this first 〈◊〉 ●et troubleth the world albeit this Antichristi●● and Papisticall kingdome in a parte hath gotten a great fal Therefore we come to the sixt trumpet which begouth to be blowen about the year of Christ 1296. wherein the foure Angels were loused from the floud Euphrates which is most conveniently interprete of the four great Mahometane nations comming from the East to witte the Arabianes Saracenes Turkes and Tartarianes with the infinite number of their Horsemen ay ready for battel with a furious and fyrie rage namly that bloudy Nation of the Turkes who now hath the dominion over the rest and over a great parte of the Earth This is the second woe whereof this day still we haue experience IOHN therefore sayeth hee saw these horses long before in a vision with them that sate vpon them having fyerie habbergeons and of Iacynth brimstome that of the fyery smoke brimstone the third part of men were killed which may wel signifie their goodnes artillery by the which devillish inventiō a great part of men of the world are daily murthered shutt out at their mouthes fyered at their tayles This plague then being one of the last plagues signifyed also in powring out of the sixt Viole vpō the great river Euphrates to dry it vp that is to take away all impediments to giue place in the wrath of God to the kings of the East to invade Europe ceaseth not this day to continue is appearant to continue with great rage this instant 1600. yeare certain years hereafter concurring with the threatning signes of the heavens whereof I haue already spoken And the cause thereof is evidēt Because as it followeth in the text The rest of men which are not already killed by these plagues repented not of their workes of their hands that they should not worship divels Idoles of God and of silver of brasse and stone and of wood which neither can see neither heare nor goe expressely damning the Papistes which yet remaine in their Idolatrie As also these repenteth not of their murthering of the Saints of God nor of their sorceries neither their fornications nor of their thieft In the which they and other feyned Christians amongs vs still are involved For the which causes followeth the third last woe with the blast of the 7. trumpet which begouth to blow about the 1541 year of Christ. But before this last woe fal out the Lord by the Angel of his covenant Iesus Christ of his great goodnes offreth to the world the book of his new Testament willeth the same to be preached by his Ministers with that to our great cōfort the true church is measured the elect ar marked so that Satan the tyrants of the world cānot hinder their salvation Thē finally commeth the last plague woe vpon infidels impenitent sinners suddenly vnlooked for when they with then head the divell shall passe with manie woes vnto everlasting torment but this shal not be till the second woe be vtterly consumed past with the dependances therof which a● signifyed in the seaventh blast by a wounderfull great Earth-quake with lighenings and voyces and thundrings with much haile The like whereof is repeated in powring of the seavent viole of Gods wrath where it is said also that the hail was great like talents that fell out of heauen vpon men so that th●y blasphemed God because of the plague of the haile it was so great By which figures the Spirite of God will vtter vnto vs the great destruction of his enemies with such as hold stil the beasts mark haue no grace to repente in these last daies For of before the thundring of Gods word called all men to repentance and to obedience of the Gospell with an amiable and loving voyce But now finally such as will not come out of Babylon nor repent their wicked lines by Gods just judgement are threatned with an other kinde of thundring to witte with horible punishmēt alluding by these similituds to the over throw of Sodome to the words of the Psalmist where he saieth vpon the wicked God shal raine snares fyre