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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16990	A letter to a friende, touching Mardochai his age which helpeth much to holde the trueth, for that chiefe prophecie of our saluation in Gabriels seuenties: which shew, that most exactly 490, yeeres after the angels speach, Christ the most holy should be killed, to giue life. Dan 9.23.	Broughton, Hugh, 1549-1612.	1612 (1612)	STC 3870; ESTC S114813	8,924	18

A Letter to a Friende touching Mardochai his age Which helpeth much to holde the trueth for that chiefe Prophecie of our saluation in Gabriels Seuenties which shew that most exactly 490 yeares after the Angels speach Christ the most Holy should be killed to giue life Dan. 9.23 1. Cor. 1.25 The foolishnesse of God is wiser then men Imprinted at London by Wil. VVhite in Cow-lane 1612. The Printer to the READER THAT the Letter following might better be vnderstood I requested the Authour that one speciall Text might be set before it as hee had translated it Daniel 9.24 I heard him affirme that none for skill in Hebrew would blame that Translation and though many differ it was not for ignoraunce of the tongue but by their conceite touching the matter drawing the words as they iudged of the whole cause Thus he translated that poynt which was Gabriels speach who came to Daniel praying at the time of the Euening offering or three of the clocke or ninth houre by Scripture phrase § For so he writeth in the letter at which houre 490. yeares after most exactly our Lord gaue vp the Ghost and told that at the beginning of his * So the author taught that euen the faythles Iew Aben Ezra vpon Dan. 9. beginneth the time from the word that came forth at Daniels prayer and endeth it when Christ is sealed And that the Iew though he could not cast the times particularly nor knew Christ to be the most Holy yet durst not depart from the proprietie of plaine wordes to peruert the speach of the liuing God be wished others that circumspection Such as begin end to that effect may not make here a certaine number for an vncertaine Prayer came foorth the word or answere from God which he came to shew and sayth thus Seauentie seauens of yeares are cut out for thy people and for thy holy Citie to consume wickednesse and to abolish sinnes and to make reconciliation for iniquitie and to bring righteousnesse euerlasting and to seale Vision and Prophet and to shew Christ the Holy of Holy Know and marke from the out-going of the Word to returne and to build Ierusalem vnto Christ the Gouernour shal be seauen seauens of yeares and sixtie and two seauens in th' other it shall be restored and built Street and Wall and troublous shall these times be In that after the sixtie and two seauens Christ shall be killed and not for him selfe thereupon the Citie and Holy place shall he destroy the Gouernours owne people to come their end shal be with a Flood and at the end of Warre it shall haue a finall iudgement to desolation But hee shall confirme the Testament for many the last Seauen when in Halfe that Seauen hee shall end the Sacrifice and Oblation Afterwardes by an Armie abominable hee shall make a desolation euen till vtter destruction and finall iudgement flow vpon the desolate And thus much for the Readers preparation to vnderstand the Epistle following To his good friend A. T. of Mardochai his age a light to Gabriels Seauenties YOV desire to know of mee in what age Mardochai lyued because you hold his times to helpe much the truth of Chronicle whereby sundry Bookes of the holy Prophets may better be vnderstood Your request is reasonable because you rightly iudge of the profite arysing by that knowledge For whereas the chiefe Prophecie in all the old Testament touching the time of saluation is obscured that of Dan. 9.24 and also Dan. 11. Ester Ezra Nehemiah Aggi Zachary by reason that men attribute neare 100. yeares more then common likelihood can suffer or some writers old and late will graunt to these men after Babel was taken I meane to Cyrus Cambyses Darius Histaspis and Xerxes They who hold Assuerus to be Xerxes who be the chiefest Patrons of that excessiue time if it can be shewed that Mardochai was in Captiuitie 63. yeeres must needes graunt that from Cyrus * Some giue Cirus but three yeeres that vnder Cambyses 7. to Darius Hystaspis 12. y. as Sedcrolam and Xerxes bu● 10. alnoe some more as in Clem. Alex. Cyrus hath y. 30. Cambyses 19. Darius Hystaspis 46. Xerxes 26. Their times before the surprising of Babilon viceroigne might well haue so much as other abridge from this but from Babylons fal 30 yeere must be their most surprysing of Babel to Assuerus end when yet Mardochai was somewhat actiue 30. yeeres agreeth more with the common course of life then 12● And that being setled touching yeares thence to Tiberius 18. yeare Some old Greeke accompt will very well agree with vs for Daniels Seauens to make vp 490. yeares Wherefore your iudgement carefull to know his times must be allowed and endeauour to satisfie your request must be vsed The Scripture wherevpon disputation of late groweth is this Ester 2.5 In the Citie of Shushan there was a certaine Iew whose name was Mordochai the sonne of Iair the sonne of Shimei the sonne of Kish a man of Jemini * The question herevpon ariseth whether Mardochai or Kish was of the Captiuity which had been caryed away from Ierusalem with the Captiuitie that was caried away with Iechoniah king of Iudah whom Nebuchadnezar king of Babel had caried away nourished Hadassa that is Ester his Vncles daughter for she had neither father nor mother and the Maide was fayre beautifull to looke on and after the death of her father her mother Mardochai tooke her for his owne Daughter To this text I thinke good to ioyne immediatly another touching them who were captiued with Iechoniah to shew that not only valient Men but also Women and Babes were then caryed captiue of which Babes Mardochai might be one Thus it is written 2. King 24.14 And he caryed away all Ierusalem and all the Princes and all the strong men of Warre euen ten thousand into captiuitie and all the Workemen cunning men so none remayned sauing the poore people of the land Now if none were left but the Poore of the earth Noble-women Children must needes be in the reckoning of the Captiuitie But let vs returne to the first text Ester 2.5 vpon which Scripture we must weigh what hath bin thought Of old time it hath bin holde● that Mar●●●●●● was of 〈◊〉 ●as cap●●●● and may be I hold it doubtlesse that Mardochai by this text was in the Captiuity The same held also the most auncient that it may appeare this opinion not to be new but holden constantly of long time the Father of TRVETH The Greeke additions to Ester plainely shew that in auncient time Mardochai was holden to be of Iechonias captiuitie for thus it is written Ester 11.2 Mardocheus the sonne of Iairus the sonne of Semei the sonne of Kish of the tribe of Beniamin had a Dreame a Iew dwelling in the citie of Susis a Neble man that bare office in the kings Court Hee was also one of the Captiuitie which Nabuchodonosor