Then were Ievves from all Nations vnder Heauen at Ierusalem Saint Luke reckoneth them much after the countryes into which men were first scattered vpon the confusion of tongues for the building of Babylon and according to the kingdomes that oppressed the faythfull Ebrevvet after Babels ruine by Sem and Iapheths posteritie The number of an hundred and twentie to speake to all Ievves that from farre Countryes came to Ierusalem was fit to reuiue the story of their dispertion vnder Darius and Cyrus when by decree of Madai and Faras the God of heauen was preached Cyrus sent Iudah to buylde Ierusalem and Gabriel tolde what yeere day and houre CHRIST shoulde dye That Prophecy made them come that yeere to Ierusalem to looke for the kingdome of Heauen to appeare Then from Syon was the Law to goe foorth and the worde of the Lord from Ierusalem euen when the most Holy by his death had confirmed the testament for many The learnyng of saluation by Grekes hence fyrst taught was that dwellyng of Iapheth in Sems tentes Hytherto was that place glorious by the blessing of Sem who vnder the persoÌ„ of Melchisedec was styl alyue in description Gen. 14 18. To which description the Ievves were to looke that CHRIST myght be knowen to be God the iust king heyre of the worlde faythfull ouer his owne house a fynisher of Aarons office of al Sacrifice Offryng an eternall sacrificer by once offeryng hym selfe In this Citie they receyued power in a strong wynd in fyery clouen tongues were fylled with the holy Ghost and could speake to euery one in his owne language So the Ierusalem from aboue was to be buylt that all nations myght woorke in it as contrariwyse by tongues not vnderstoode the worke was but Babylon a confusion and men â—kattered caused the name Synear and were estranged from the Tentes of Sem and lyfe of God without whom beyng their guyde they perysh for euer Hence the Disciples went foorth to teach how CHRIST was to suffer to aryse from death and to geue saluation to the worlde That worke they perfourmed by the strength of God who confirmed their doctrine with signes wonders powers and gyftes of the holy spirite accordyng to his wyll Some of these godly Angels soone dyd seale their doctrine with their blood some later ended their goodly combat some lyued to see CHRIST come in his kingdome with power when the worde was fruitefull in all the worlde that citie was buylt by Fyshers of Galilee which is called IEHOV AH-THERE Then Tongues Nations and people of all Kingdomes departed from the power of darknes by fayth and obedience to the kingdome of Christ geuyng honour and glory for euer to the king euerlyuing holy vnuifible God only wise Of the Ievves there helde styll the fayth an infinite number tearmed by thousandes 144 after their reckoning of many These with vs Heathen come to the feast of Tabernacles with Palme crying HOSANNA Saluation to God and to the Lambe This company of faythfull sâ—â—les called to the blessed mariage of the Lambe are a Ierusalem from Heauen Apoc. 3. 21. Ebr. 12. Though such glorious thynges be spoken concernyng this citie of God the perfection whereof cannot be seene in this vale of teares yet here God wipeth all teares from our eyes and each blessing is here begunne The name of this Citie much helpeth Ievv and Gentile to see the state of peace For this is called IERVSALEM and that in Canaan hath Christ destroyed This name should cleerely haue taught both the Ebrevves not to looke and pray dayly for to returne to Canaan and Pseudocatholiques not to haue fought for speciall holynes there We lyue in this by fayth and not by eye sight and by hope we behold the perfection Of this Citie saluation is a wall goodly as Iasper cleere as Crystal The foundations are in number twelue of twelue precious Stones such as Aaron ware on his brest all the woorke of the Lambes twelue Apostles The Gates are twelue each of Pearle vpon which are the names of the twelue Tribes of Israel of whose fayth all must be which enter in Twelue Angels are conductours from east west north south euen the starres of the Churches The citie is square of Burgesses setled for all turnes Here God sitteth on a Throne lyke a Iasper and Ruby comfortable and iust The Lambe is the Temple that a thyrd Temple should not be looked for to be buylt Thrones twise twelue are for all the Christians borne of Israels twelue or taught by the Apostles who for dignitie are Seniores For infinite are tearmed but foure and twenty in regarde of so many Tribes and Apostles Here the Maiesty is honorable as at the delyuery of the Law from whose throne thunder â—oyces and lyghtninges do proceede Here oyle of grace is neuer wantyng but burnyng with seuen Lampes the spirites of Messias of wit wysedome of counsell and courage of knowledge and vnderstandyng and of the feare due to the eternall Here the valiant patient witty and speedy with sharpe sight are winged as those Seraphim that wayted on Christ when ten calamities and vtter destruction was â—olde for the low Ierusalem They of this Citie 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 Lampes the glory of IEHOV AH and beholdyng Christ through all the Prophetes a perfourmer of our fayth sealed of God sealer of all vision opener of seales for the stories of the Church Here is the true lyght where the saued-walke Hither kingdomes bring their glory Hither the blessed Nations cary their Iewels This is a kingdome vncorrupted which shall not be geuen to a strange and vncleane people They must be written in the booke of the Lambe and chosen of eternitie sanctified of God which here be citizens Through this there gusheth a streame better then the foure in Eden a streame of lyuely waters by beliefe in Christ as those waters flowyng from Lebanon Here is that Tree of lyfe in the myddes of the Paradise of God with leaues to heale the nations that wylbe cured whyle it is sayd to day with twelue fruites to geue foode continually to such as feede also vpon the hâ—d Manna who after death receyue the crowne of iustice and lyfe the mornyng starre white clothyng and the white stone wherein a name is written equall 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 terrestriall so the holy worde endeth in the celestiall that to wheeles full of eyes may the writ of trueth be compared The full consent and melody of Prophetes and Apostles how their Harpes are tuned on Mount Syon it wyll fully appeare in the full sight of peace when our bodyes are made conformable to Christ his glorious body in the
from Babylon Which I wyll translate agreeably to the Ebrevv that the Reader may see that plainely at the first to which through this Booke he must haue recourse Dan 9. 24. SEAVENTIE SEAVENS of yeeres are cut out for thy people for thy holy Citie to consume wickednes and to abolysh sinnes and to make reconciliation for iniquitie and to bring righteousnes euerlastyng and to seale Vision and Prophet and to shew CHRIST the HOLY of HOLY Know then and marke from the outgoyng of the Worde to returne and to buylde Ierusalem vnto CHRIST the gouernour shal be seauen seauens of yeeres and sixtie and two seauens in th' other it shal be restored and buylded Streete and Wall and troublous shall these times be In that after the sixtie two seauens CHRIST shal be killed and not for him selfe thereupon the Citie and holy place shall be destroy the GOVERNOVRS owne people to come and their ende shal be with a Flood and at the ende of warre it shall haue a finall iudgement to desolation But he shall confirme the Testament for many the last Seauen when in HALFE THAT SEAVEN he shall ende the Sacrifice and Oblation Afterwardes by an Armie abominable he shall make a desolation euen tyll vtter destruction and finall iudgement flow vpon the desolate And this much for the Preface A Concent of Scripture THe heauenly Concent of holy Wryters who haue penned for vs the booke of Trueth is needefull to be knowen for to strengthen our Fayth that we may see a constant agreement in seuerall ages for matters often tolde in diuers partes and maner Touchyng that I labour in this Booke to lay downe certayne principall heades drawen through the whole body of Scripture The beginnyng ought to be from hym who is A and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the beginnyng and the ende who filleth all with his goodnes Thereof this is a true saying and founde intertaynement of all the fayth full that GOD is one and there is none but he Of this that is grauen on the Gate of that fyrst and great Commaundement Heare ISRAFL IEHOVAH our GOD IEHOVAH is one Whom if we loue with all our hart mynde soule and strength and holde them happy whose God IEHOVAH is we must learne to know him aright The name IEHOVAH importeth BEING which the Eternal sayth is his name Vnder this name and nature there be three the Father the Worde and the holy Ghost and these three are one The WORDE is the Sonne and he is IEHOVAH as Iohn Cha. 12 41. expoundeth Esay 6 9. The holy Ghost is IEHOVAH as Paule expoundeth the same text of Esay 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 mens blynde hartes can not thus know God The Scriptures are manifest that teach the Trinitie and the holy Tongues of all ages so spake of God Most playnely is that shewed in the beginnyng ende of our Lord his preachyng Mat. 3 1. 28 19. For that purpose God geueth hym selfe a named ELOHIM which is in meanyng MIGHTY in forme plurall as Gramarians speake which as Prophane men speake it by frame of language soundeth GODDES God woulde neuer so speake of hym selfe vnlesse he would haue vs to consider thereby the diuine persons For the forme were dangerous if necessitie required not knowledge of distinct diuine persons The enemies graunt a mystery in that forme with attributes plurall Aben Ezra vpon Psal 11. who also citeth R. Iaphath there This name hath also a forme singular ELOAH a shorter EL. These formes singular are fit to teach of the vnitie of Godhead and lykewyse the other when the attributes speake of one as ELOHIM GOD he created But to manifest distinct persons often do the â—earmes ioyned speake in the number of many as yf I shoulde say THEY God Gen. 20 13. They God caused 2. Sam. 7 22. They God went e SHADDAI also doth God call him selfe MIGHTY RICH or ALSVFFICIENT Though the Greke Diuines reteyne not the letters but â—n a composition TZVRI SHADDAI My rocke is God The Heathen of olde heard of these names and turned them to sundry Goddes But Israel did not so All faythfull know that GOD is one and the persons three and that he regardeth all them that feeke him in spirâ—â— and trueth who is a spirite eternal infinite holy iust and mercifull Vnsearchable are his iudgementes but the open thynges are for vs. GOD hath chosen vs in CHRIST before the worlde was made and of eternitie knew all his owne workes In sixe dayes God made all creatures Man last and gaue them a commaundement which how soone they brake Moses turneth to tell after mention of the Sabbath The Lord rested the seauenth day from creatyng and appoynted that day for holy rest which the Father 's obserued before Moses Now the man and his wyfe were both naked were not ashamed Ouer them God gaue his Angels charge but some Angels stoode not in the trueth nor kept their standyng but fell as Starreâ— from heauen and became an enemious company and staunderers of God In Ebrew Satan in the Grake Deuels Of beastes the Serpent was subtilest into whom Satan entred spake to the woman agaynst God and his commaundement perswaded her who drew the man also to breake the commandement Then they both became dead in sinne So from the beginning as sone as man was Satan was a lyer and a murtherer and therefore marueyle not that the wrath of God is so vehement vppon ADAM through al his generatioÌ„ because quickly sinne was committed to the extremitie The circumstaunces shew the spedines of it Satan woulde omit no tyme the woman if she had ben practised better woulde not so sone haue erred their speach sheweth that no Fruite had been eaten before Doubtles the woman fell a Virgin and yf they had stoode but a short tyme the blessing of God had not been in vayne for propagation Aboue all reasones this must be confidered that the Redemption was to be shewed presently vpon the Creation For that is the fyttest to mooue men to holde it and God omitteth nothyng that best helpeth to that This shoulde moue all men to put no trust in them selues for that Adam hauyng once iustice and true holynes did not lodge one nyght in honoure but became lyke the Beastes that perysh And the lyght that shyneth in darknes mooued men of all religions to holde this For this opinion hath been euery where receyued that they fell the day of their creation So the Ievves generally holde I heard neuer of one that was of an other iudgement and yet many of them see not how fitly they say for the Redemption by the seconde Adam The Heathen Christians haue helde this from the beginnyng The Greâ—et Ireneus Chryostome Theodorus Theophylast and Cedrenus age They haue a common
same kynde as that he hath the Keyes of PARADISE as the Popes were then somewhat talkyng of S. PETERS keyes Both had Keyes of the Pit He preuayleth so by force of his wilde company and guile deceyuing the simple that before his death he winneth Arabia and the countries about Enphrates The sonnes of Ismael ashamed of Agars name borow from Sara the tearme of Saracenes The Pope was bolder that taketh from God the title HOLYNES His sonnes of darkenes folow him that appropriate the name of Catholikes beyng but Psendocatholiques Both in their deceyte encrease much the one by successe in warres and one poynt of playne trueth that Images might in no wyse be worshypped Thâ—other prospered by teachyng a short way supposed of Saluation to know and feare God so farre as an Idole did moue to vnderstandyng and reuerence The Pope was mighty in causing Starres to fall from HeaueÌ„ Agarenet preuayled in conquest of the earth These countries in speedy processe were ouerrun Phanicia Palaestina Ierusalem all Syria Persia Armenia Spayne Sicily Crete much of Italy Calabria and all Longobardia euen to Rome once great But God would haue there a throne for a vicar of Pilates holynes and Cittim to holde such Abaddâ—â— vntyll the ende At the last thus the Turkes ioyne with them When the Saraceneâ— had conquered much they make fyue myghty Empires In Spayne Lybia Egypt Babylon and Persia Muchumet of Imbrael king of Persia hauyng warre agaynst Babel and India hyreth three thousand Turkes to whom one Tangolipex was generall They by name and place shoulde ryse 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 auoyde punishment shronke to a place of great vantage for safety Whom Muchumet seeking to represse by vnheedines lost 20000 of his men beyng angry pulde out his Captaynes eyes and threatned to put all the other Souldiers to open shame The Souldiers fearyng fled to Tangolipex Muchumet with all his power commeth agaynst him is kylde in the fielde and Tangolipex proclaymed Sultan That is Ruler of all that Muchumet had The terme Sultan is in Daniel 3. That Israel was skattered neare the Turkes I shewed before Thus from Euphrates Saracenes and Turkeâ— spring to haue thousandes of thousandes to be foure Angels of Gods wrath vpon Idolaters ready for houre day moneth yeere as Idolatry other sinnes prouoked God As their conuersatioÌ„ so their description is after the Pseudocatholiques rate which through these fynde measure for measure Their force is Horses their courage is Lions heades Their great desolation which they make burnyng where they goe is Habergions fyery blew and brimstony Their might and doyng this vpon a worde is fire smoke and brimstone commyng out of their mouthes Their false Doctor guyding their rule is the tayle lyke a Serpent that draweth as Papistry to the seconde death The Greke Emperours vnderstood that for Idolatry they were punished and by learned counsell did represse it vehemently From Leo Isauricus to Theophilus who coulde not abyde any Picture to allure the mynde which ought to regarde not shadowes but trueth Yet after his death Idolatry confyrmed in olde 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 lyke the Romane power with red coloure seauen heades and Diadems and ten hornes Though Satan stryued by myght and guyle yet from the tyme of our Lord his death he was tyed a thousande yeeres from deceyuing generally For Martyrs and other faythfull that thousand yeeres learned the lyfe of Christ and reigned with hym As for the faythlesse dead in sinne Satan was not tyed to them who would not be holy and happy in knowyng the first resurrection But after a thousand yeeres Satan was let loose euery where and few found Martyrs that helde cleere the testimony of Christ Gregory the seauenth manifestly helde the throne by Satan And Vrbanus that confirmed his decrees was in the same condemnatioÌ„ He no lesse besieged the holy city of Christians in al his proceedinges and became a mountayne of Fyrein the myddes of the Sea Specially in kindlyng the Warres for Ierusalem and causing that place to be counted styll holy There nygh 200 yeere fell the force of the West whereby Emperours Kinges were weakened to be vnder the Popes Vpon the same the Saracenes more hated the Christians of the east When they marked our Idolatrous and supersticious conspiracies So long sharpe warres neuer were in the worlde of such calamities to both sides The places by olde names fal properly within the text for plagy Antioch was buylt by that GOG Ezek. 38. And Ierusalem was called the Holy Citie notwithstanding here the foure quarters of the earth troublers of the Christians be meant Now the Pope king Abaddon of Gyges sleight by mans helpe cannot be ouerthrowen But Michael that stoode on the waters calmed the old Gogs waues standeth and sweareth in like sort agaynst him Seauen thunders declare the thunder of his power seauen Angels power vpon the beast going to destruction the last Plagues from seauen Cuppes of Gods wrath In quietnes they haue fylthy Boyles in troubles lesse and more their waters are turned to Blood That holynes throne is vile in Satans darknes and for trechery they finde burnyng affliction For Idolatry styll they from East and Euphrates myghtely preuayle and when they styrre their Kinges agaynst vs in the West their three froggy spirites that of imperiall power that of false prophecy that of Satans sleight all three bryng their Nauy and other force as to the waters of MAGEDDON to be cut in peeces They shall feele the seauenth Cuppe of wrath and heare the seauenth Trumpet when Nations opprest by them learne skylfully to syng HALLELV-IA and with vnderstanding can prayse the Lord. Euen the Lord must consume this bad king Abaddon of Cittim Italy in the ende at his glorious appearyng As those Beastes in Daniel by the fyrst commyng of CHRIST into the worlde were wholly consumed for whom God sate on a fyery Throne So the Beast compounded of those Armes shall perysh at the seconde For whom a whyte throne of iustice is openly reuealed By sentence thence the false Prophet POPE and the Beast of his auctority shall aye feele Gods wrath vntyll they both be cast to the Dragon into Brimstony fyre Euen so Amen Holy and iust are thy iudgementes O Lord the king of the Sainctes After the destruction of Babylon let vs behold the saluation of Syon which mountayne the Lordes death lyftted aboue all Mountaines that all Nations might folow the Lambe vpon it At Ierusalem the Disciples receyued power from aboue beyng togeather about an hundreth and twentie soules to declare the great workes of God in raysing his sonne from death
Casluchim 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 s Caphtorim 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 T Philistim 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Preface shewyng the summe of the Booke directions to the Reader and the olde reading of the Law and the Prophetes THE holy writers haue a perfect consent in their doctrine of lyfe eternall which as from one mouth teach how that standeth in knowing the true GOD who is but one and the sending of IESVS CHRIST All Families were hereby to looke for grace in all Countries and Ages Some speciall the holy Writers do mention for the olde worlde and the worlde now Ten of the fyrst are Fathers not onely to our LORD but to all Nations They were al faythfull and shoulde mooue their Chyldren to beare in their brestes VRIM and THVMMIM Fayth and Loue. They had Abel an ensample of being faythful vnto death for Christ to fynde an eternall crowne of life Cain and his house warned them of their corruption taken from Parentes that they shoulde looke for regeneration The destruction of the men that delyted in Caines wayes whose bodyes wrinkled by the deluge whose spirites are in prison These shew that the eternall spirite of Christ hath in long patience a â—ust kingly anger Of this olde Worlde the Writers olde and new teach the same Their places are lytle mentioned but our Fathers ages are wonderfully layde downe by the heauenly Father teachyng vs as babes be taught Thrise they are reckoned how olde they were when they begate their sonne how long they lyued after and how much those two numbers make This sheweth that the Story is penned for the simple and chyldren The sundry comparisons wyll occupy the wysest The olde Families of the worlde now are set foorth sufficiently Sem keepeth in one lyne a name vntyll he commeth who is blessed for euer whose name none knoweth but hym felfe Vnto Sem and his blessing al his Families Iapheths and Chams were to looke they soone turned asyde For buyldyng BABEL to make them selues a Shem or name despising SEM they founde a Shame Their tongues became seauentie of one their dwellynges were parted accordyngly their whole state was a Confusion and they perished for euer that repayred not to Sems Tentes The fyrst Families Moses nameth and their places which the Prophetes describe where they dwelt by their merchandize as to Tyrus Eze. 27. or by their Warres The Heathen kept styll a memory of these fyrst poyntes but full of fables Coeum and Iapet they beare in mynde whom they call the sonnes of the earth Sem they forgate and all aboue The Families scattered from Babel left their names vpon their Countries which yet abyde in Greke writers Their Warres generall agaynst the faythfull Moses prophecyed vnder Assur and Cittim The Prophetes and Apostles recorde what fell out Cities here chiefly two for name are to be marked the low IERVSALEM which the faythfull styl helde or looked to holde vntyl the LORD came and the high IERVSALEM buylt by the GOSPEL euery where which Cittim or Italy that destroyed the low shoulde labour alwayes to besiege tyll GOD sendes his enemies a finall destruction The course of times with the Lord his nation was truely kept of the faythfull and faythlesse From the creation to Abrahams promise thence to the comming from Egypt to the foundation of Salomons Temple to the Captiuitie burning of the Temple to the returne to buylde it and thence to the death of our Lord. For euery partition of these tymes auncient consent of Hebrevves and Grekes may be brought I wyll labour to set foorth all these poyntes brefly from the beginning folowing the order of tyme measured by Stories of our Lord his kinred The places of auncient dwellinges shal be ioyned in one Map of the north part when Chams house Sems and Iapheths all three in Daniel fight with the auncient kingdomes agaynst the blessed of Sem and kingdome of Christ That Mappe was to be larger in breadeth then the quantitie of this Booke In it Pictures are grauen onely of the tyrannous kingdomes that Daniel speaketh of who are consumed by the byrth of our Lord whereof the Romanes are no part For all the Image and fourth Beast was to perish before the incarnation of Christ Ievves do conclude agaynst vs against trueth and their owne saluation vpon that our errour Doubtles Rome in the ende reuiueth their impietie folowyng their manners very neare wherby many haue thought Daniels Prophecy to blame the Romanes For playnnes and distinction herein I wyll in a Mappe of an other quantity set downe Rome and some other later names of Countries with some ancient as the story shal require and compare also by most liuely Pictures out of Scripture the Romans with Daniels Kingdomes This whole Vew I call A CONCENT OF SCRIPTVRE because it would shewe that Through the booke are other Titles touching time person for the present matter And wheras I often compare briefly later writers with former to shew the Reader how he him selfe may do that more at large I lay downe fyrst in this Preface a table of the Ievves shewing how they read the Prophetes Pharisees they are at this day who keepe a recorde of this and of the Pharisees of olde for this much the Lord gaue a testimonie that they sate in the Chayre of Moses Elias in Thishi in the worde PETARAH recordeth this occasion to haue been the beginning of Petaroth that when Antiochus Epiphanes forbade to reade MOSES law which was the parted into so many Sections as be Sabbothes in an yeere In steade of Moses they chose a part of some Prophet lyke vnto it which custome of readyng they kept styll after their libertie restored to vse Moses and his ceremonies freely Before you come to that Table I wyll here geue direction for the reading of this Booke touching the two Tables conteynyng the Fathers ages and certayne other poyntes The number vnder the Father sheweth what his age was when the Sonne set in that lyne was borne The other numbers shew his age at the Nephewes byrth ouer agaynst it or at the issue of the matter noted in that lyne Afterwardes you haue sundry tytles of their tymes parted as Promise Egypt Temple Diuision Captiuitie Seauens whereupon the chiefe knottes stande Also the tymes are noted by our Lordes byrth by the age of the Worlde and sundry perticuler men which the Reader may know in markyng what man famous in Story is agaynst the fyrst number Moreouer touchyng the Columne vnderstande that you shal be often to marke by the matter that the sayinges depend not vpon the next aboue them but vpon those that be on the other Columne oueragaynst them A marke you haue to note an vncertaynetie in the tyme of some
when fourtie yeeres shoulde be accomplyshed in the preachyng of Ieremy whom they so much despised Famous woulde God haue the paynes of that his seruaunt The same tyme Ezekiel shauyng his head and partyng the heare sheweth IVDAHS case One part â—he burnt with fyre an other part he cut with a sworde the thyrde part â—he skattered into the wynde One part he bound vp and soone after â—he brent also that part So Israel shoulde peryshe in besiege by famyne pestilence and such dispertion and a small remnaunt for a whyle left with Gedaliah shoulde soone by Ismael come to nothyng The next yeere agayne he seeth the glory of Christ leauyng the Temple the Cherubim accompanying and goyng to Mount Oliuet The lyke forsakyng of the Temple Christ shewed with his Disciples in the dayes of his â—â—eshe Mat. 24. But Iudah knew not God in Christ reconcyling the worlde vnto hym selfe Thus the two yeeres confute Ananias the false Prophet In the seuenth of Tzedekias Ezekiel telleth that Israel brought from the Wildernes into the PLEASANT LANDE shal be brought agayne into the Wildernes of the Heathen Note that to be the name of Chanaan the PLEASANT LANDE in Eze. 20. Dan 8 and PLEASANT Mountayne Dan. 11 for Syon or Ierusalem In that yeere Ezekiel calleth Tzedechias a prophane bad man and telleth of his abasing Ie-chonias aduancement the Crowne ouerturned that the KingdoÌ„e shal be no more vntyl HE commeth to whom it belongeth He meaneth thereby CHRIST who shall fit vpon the throne of DAVID for euer Luk. 1. To this place of Ezekiel respected Nathanael when he sayth to the Lord Thou art the Sonne of GOD thou art the king of ISRAEL acknowledgyng that he was come â—o whom it belonged In the yere of Rest Seruantes were made free according to Moses whom their Maisters made bound againe against the Law thereupon Ieremy telleth of their bondage In the ninth yeere of the second Captiuitie that is since Iechonias Mardâ—chai and Ezekiel were carryed captiues and Tzedechias was made king the tenth month the tenth day of the month Ezekiel is tolde in Mesopotamia that Nabuchaduezar that very day in Iudea layde siege to Ierusalem Then God lykneth Ierusalem vnto a pot seethyng full of flesh vntyl al be marde Ezekiels wyfe dyeth for whom he is forbid to mourne as his peoples sorow for the chyldren of Ierusalem shoulde be greater then open mournyng myght expresse Notwithstanding al this at Ierusalem litle thought they that their Citie should be destroyed and Ieremy is in Prison for saying that God woulde deliuer Ierusalem 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 againe to the court prison wherein he tarieth vntyll the Citie is taken In Tzedechias tenth yeere the Prophete buyeth a peece of ground of Chanameel his vnckles sonne in token that after their cariage to Babel there shal be for Iudah a returne and policy to buye sel The same tyme he confirmeth the people in expectatioÌ„ of Christ which couenaunt is stronger that the heauens order The same yeere Ezekielâ— prophecyeth that Pharoah king of Egypt who had ben as a Reede to the house of Israel should be ouerrun as before Ieremy had tolde Cha. 44. And in these tymes of siege extreame sorow befell in Israel by plague famine and sworde Fathers did eate their chyldren and chyldren their fathers Moses foresaw and foretolde that A greater desolation is after told wheâ—â— CHRIST is vtterly denyed by them In the eleuenth yeere of Tzedechias the fourth month the Citie is taken Then Nergal Sarezer other Noble of Babylon enter into it The Heathen make Nerighsarus one of the kingeâ— of Babel a pettie king well he might be vnder Nabuchadnezar but none oâ— the chiefe three for whose reigne only Iudah should be in Babel These Potentates of Babel executyng the iudgement of Christ by the close assistancâ— of his Angels are perfourmers of that vision which Ezekiel saw in Tzedechias sixt yeere when Angels lyke men come from the north Gate theâ— another man marketh them in the Forehad that mourned for the sinnâ— of the Citie that they might be kept safe That falleth out in Ieremy Barâ—â—â— Abdemelech and such godly So in the spirituall fall from the fayth to Idolatry which the Apocalyps reuealeth An Angell commeth from thâ— East and sealeth a great number who makes seuen Trumpeters agaynsâ— king Abaddon Now by nyght Tzedechias fled through the kinges Garden and through the gate betweene the two walles and he went through thâ— fieldes the Chaldeans ouertooke him at Iericho brought him to Riblah condemned him slew his chyldren before his eyes and brought him to Babeâ— but he neuer saw Babel being made blynde before This Ezekiel waâ— taught in Tzedechias sixt yeere when he was commaunded to prepare instruments of transmigration and to change place before his peoples eyâ—â— on the day lyght and in the night to goe foorth before them and dyggâ— hole in a wall and to bring those that beheld him through that hole thâ—â— he was to couer his owne face that he should not see that Land Thâ—â— the wheeles of Gods gouernement appeare ful of eyes that so accordingly ruled Tzedechias case The nintenth yere of Nabuchadnezar the first monâ—â— Nebuzaradan burned the house of IEHOV AH the kinges house and all thâ— Nobles houses Now we are come to the fourtie yeeres Ezâ— 4. The Kingdomes that ouerruled the holy Ebrewes BabyloÌ„ 70. yeares Medes Persianes 130. Alexander state 6. Magog Egypt 294. y e Image reigned 500 ye Babel is a tree Dan 4. as before Assur had bene Ezek. 31. Nabucadnezer driueÌ„ from his Kingdome liueing with beastes 7. yeares restored to his honour da. 4 from the DIVISION Jehoiakim Josias Iuda a Lionesse WORLDE Babel Golden head  Nebuchadnezzar Before the birth of CHRIST   24 Novv I vvill returne to Iosias times Daniel Ananias Azarias Misael vvere b. about Iosias solenne Passceouer if 21 y. aged they serued Nabuchadnezar In youÌ„g yeeres the youths manifested theÌ„ selues Ioachaz made eldest k 3. mâ—n IEHOIAKYM reigneth by Necho 11 yeere The first desolation of Ierusalem Dan. 1. 9. Iere. 26. The dayes of Gods slaughter Soph 1. The middle of the tyme. Aba 3. The space froÌ„ Samuel to Nabuchad and that froÌ„ Cyrus to Tyberius eightenth is the sam euen seuen 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 yeeres after the findyng of the Booke of the law This Rest is vvorthy 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 Apoâ—â— vvheÌ„ Antichrist riseth Christ froÌ„ him selfe
the ryght hande of the maiesty in the hyghest vntyll he maketh his enimies his footestole His openest enemies novv vvere the Iewes that denyed hym and the Romanes by vvhose policy he vvas crucified The King vvas vpon this to destroy the kinges ovvne Nation Citie and Sanctuarie Of that he foretolde them that their place shoulde be desolate Mat. 24. and of the proper token vvhen Ierusalem should be besuged of an host Luk. 2â—â— And referreth men to Daniel 9. vvherein Gabriel teacheth the full doctrine touchyng Christ and of the destructioÌ„ of the Iewes The vvhole state spake the same saying yf vve let him goe by his resurrection they coulde not chose all men vvill beleeue on hym and the Romanes vvyll come and destroy our Place and Nation Ioh. 11. Yet vvhen Stephen sayd that IESVS of Nazareth vvoulde destroy that Place they helde it blasphemy in an other to speake so of their Place though he had the countenance and vvordes of the Angell Gabriel Act. 6. The Lord closely limitted the tyme tellyng hovv that generation should not passe vntyll all those thinges shoulde be perfourmed By the most mens accompt it vvas fourty yeres so it falleth a day for an yere for misbeleeuing there surrection Of the Romanes speaketh Paul of the remouing of the Empire and of the sinfull rysing in lieu of hym Of that mischiefe spake our Lord. Mat. 24. and the matter myght tell that the Citie by vvhich he vvas kilde vvasvvorthiest to be in this curse Of this I wyll ioyne here a narration somewhat large and after conclude in the doctrine of the kingdome 3491 like that froÌ„ Egypt Bochai vpon Gen. 49. Mary is here greater then Moses sister Elisabet Maries cosen matcheth Elisabet the other Maries cosen for Iudah and Lâ—â—ui it is alike Here Ioseph of Iacob feedeth a better ISRAEL in Egypt then thother did GeÌ„ 47. The godly in a synode conclude that Christ is novv come vvho vvas spoken of by the Prophetes By mistaking the tyme of Zacharyes ministerie our Lorde his byrth is mistaken For by a tale that he ministred in the feast of Tabernacles Iohns byrth is cast to Mydsommer and the Lordes to sixe monethes after Tongues novv buyld at Salem   3  15    4  16    5  17    6  18    7 68 19    1  20    2  21    3  22    4  23 3950   5  24    6  25    7 69 26    1  27    2  28   The last halfe seauen and the last Iubily The acceptable yeere the day of Saluation 3  29    4  30    5  31 The fulnes of tyme the kingdome of heauen   6  32  Satan is tyed for Christians a thousande yeeres that some Churches holde Christ vvithout Idolatry Apo. 20. IVB 28 7 70 33 3960  The Jmages metalles in Daniels sight ar beastes * The Golden head is nowe a Lion the armes and breast are a beare setting vp on Gouernment from 〈◊〉 East to three costes * The Grekes are boeth these beastes first the state whole and sone after come to foure chiefe thence they of Magog and Egypt * Here properly are they named that folow y e head lion Babel The Ramme is the Kinges of Madai and paras The buck is the Kinge of Iauan The horne betwixt his eyes is the first King Alexander y e foure are the foure Cheife Kingdomes one lytle horne is Antiochus Epiphanes * ROME BABYLON in a mystery which crucified CHRIST Apo. 11. In the deluge of Ierusalems destruction do ende Daniels last sayinges touchyng order of tyme. Chap. 9 27. His whole booke conteyheth so long a warnyng geuen to the Ievves as GOD by Lamech gaue to the olde worlde when he named Noah A speciall Comforter But the Ievves went in the misbeliefe of the olde worlde The Lorde by these times had shaken not only the Earth and earthly Emperours but also the Heauens the olde Ceremonies that figured the doctrine of the kingdome that such as shoulde not be shaken myght be setled Yet the Ievves denying the true Messias cleaue to Bar-chozba who sayd that he was Christ for him they rebelled though after he reigned two yeeres and an halfe they kylled hym Talmud in Sanedren Cha. Chelek Pa. 93 97. Thereupon the Romane abominable infidels with force of desolation come to the mountayne and place once holy and worke a finall iudgement vpon it Then Libanus did open the gates fyre brent the Ceders the Firre and Oke houled when Nations warred agaynst Ierusalem tooke the Citie rifled the houses defiled the women And now is the day of liuely waters issuing from a Ierusalem from east to west To which Citie they who wyll not come from all the families of the earth to worshyp the king IEHOVAH of hostes their flesh eyes and tongue shall consume Zach. 11. 14. accordyng to this after the fall of that Ierusalem God reuealeth to Iohn beyng in obscure Patmos How the Romanes wyll fight also agaynst the heauenly Ierusalem the glory of which he seeth most goodly Concernyng the Romanes these two thynges he discouereth the prophane Emperours tyranny and after their fal the Popet double impietie poysoned with hypocrisie The Stories of both be most manifest of any Stories and the Pseudo-catholikes owne testimonies wyll confirme the matter That Rome is condemned in the beginnyng for banishyng Iohn all graunt that know Domitian That Rome holdeth on to the ende in the Cup of the last wrath it is euident when the citie shall peryshe which had the reigne ouer the Kinges of the earth Cha. 16 17. Let vs consider the state of Rome and marke how sitte armes it hath in two beastes of small difference both seauen headed in one horned lyke a Lambe in a Woman Locustes and in the Serpent whose power extreamely is executed Rome stoode vpon seauen Hilles and had the policie altered fiue tâ—mes before Casares they make the fixt After Emperours and Popes togeather made a seauenth which after a sort should be an eyght That power is noted by a beast of seauen heades wherupon the Angel expoundeth it of seauen Hilles seauen Kinges Any political state is in the Ebrew phrase calde a King as Dan. 8 21. Rome was infamous for cruelty euer since Romulus kylde his brother but specially in the ten Persecutors and the Popes The one beast the later hath for that purple coloure The beast Chap. 13. hath a cleere note from famous stories Whereas the Image of the Emperours in Daniel were a Lion Beare Leopard abeast with ten hornes Rome hauing subdued all those Countries thereaftet is a Beast with ten hornes lyke a Leopard footed lyke a Beare mouthed like a Lion Also the other Beast