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death_n	body_n	die_v	life_n	17,544	5	4.8615	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01207	A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the 3 of Nouember 1594. intreating of the second comming of Christ, and the disclosing of Antichrist. : With a confutation of diuerse coniectures concerning the end of the world, conteyned in a booke intituled, The second comming of Christ. / Preached by Iohn Dove.	Dove, John,	1594 (1594)	STC 7086.5; ESTC S91767	27,513	64

yeares were behind If they take the middle for that which is intermedium whatsoeuer is betweene the beginning and the ending as commonly it is taken then it was the middle immediatly after the creation and the middle shall continue vntill the last consummation and in that sense the middle is not yet past but if they take it strictly as in Geometrie it is defined Medium est id quod aequè distat ab extremis that which is of equal distance betweene the beginning and the ending if the middle were but then past when foure thousand yeares were expired it is a necessarie demonstration that there could bee no lesse than foure thousande yeares to come after Christes passion because there must bee as great distance of time from the middle to the ende as was from the beginning to the middle Fourthly all the signes and tokens which go any distance of time before the day of iudgement are alreadie come to passe that now no signe can bee looked for but onely those which must be shewed immediatelie vpon his comming to iudgement But besides that the accomplishment and fulfilling of al these prophesies cannot shew vnto vs how neare it is to the ende we denie that all these tokens and signes are come to passe for there is yet one prophesie to bee fulfilled which is the last and generall conuersion of the Iewes That they must bee conuerted Saint Paule proueth by eight reasons The first is from the end of their Rom. 11. reiection which is not that they should perish but seeing the conuersion of the Gentiles be prouoked to emulation The second à minori if their fall be riches to the world how much more shall their reconciliation be life to the dead The thirde from the condition of the Patriarch Abraham if the first fruits be holy so is the lumpe if the roote so are the branches The fourth from Gods omnipotency which is able to receiue them againe The fift à verisimili if God ingrafted the wilde oliue contrarie to nature howe much more shall the naturall branches be ingrafted into their naturall oliue The sixt from the authoritie of Esay and Ieremie which affirme the same The seuenth from a distinction concerning the Gospell they are enemies for our sake but touching the election beloued for their fathers sake The eightreason is ab analogia as the Gentiles were first reiected for vnbeliefe yet afterward receiued so the time shall come when the reiected Iewes shall beleeue and so be receyued againe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and all Israell shall bee saued But that they shall be turned or conuerted so generally being in number so many in places so dispersed in religion so backewarde in one moment or a short time I thinke no man of iudgement will suppose much lesse affirme Lastly Henoch and Elias were the seuenth from Adam Henoch in generation Elias in computation of liues But there is a proportion betweene them and the ages of the world for as the death of the body raigned ouer these sixe Adam Seth Enos Kenam Mahaleel Iared but the seuenth which was Henoch neuer died but was translated and likewise in computation of liues Adam liued vnto Methusalem Methusalem vnto Sem Sem vnto Iacob Iacob vnto Amram Amram vnto Ahia Ahia vnto Elias which being the seuenth died not but was taken vppe so death must reigne ouer the world sixe thousand yeares and then shall bee euerlasting life But to this and such like their presumptions and humaine coniectures because they vrge vs with the answere of the Angell vriel I will refute them with the answere of the same Angel in the same place Weigh me the weight of the fire measure the blast of the wind 2. Esd 4 or call againe the day that is past but if no man borne can doe that howe shall thy vessell be able to comprehende the wayes of the most highest The Papists not directly but by a necessarie cōsequent take vpon them to point at not onely the yeare but rather the day and houre of the last iudgement For Sanders in one of his demonstrations holdeth that Antichrist after hee is reueled must reigne but three yeares and sixe monethes and then be destroyed fortie and fiue dayes before the comming of Christ which if it were true Antichrist beeing once reuealed it were no cunning to define the day and houre of the appearance of our Sauiour Christ which is a secrete not reuealed to the Angels in heauen This doctrine refuteth it selfe therefore I let it passe and come to the third poynt which sheweth howe farre wee may be bolde to determine of the propmquitie and neernes of the appearance of our Sauiour Christ The Angell Vriel sayeth to Esdras If I shoulde aske thee howe deepe dwellinges 2. Esd 4 are in the middest of the Sea or how great Springes are in the beginning of the depth or the stretching out of the Heauen or which are the borders of Paradise peraduenture thou wouldest say to mee I neuer went downe to the deepe I neuer descended downe into Hell nor clymed vppe into Heauen but nowe I asked thee of fire and wind and of the day whereby thou hast passed and from whence thou canst not bee separated and yet thou canst giue me no aunswere of them Howe then shall thy vessell bee able to comprehend the wayes of the highest Why should foolish man which is made of the Gen. 3. basest mould enter into the secretes of his God who is wise in heart mightie in Iob. 9. strength who remoueth the earth out of her place causeth the pillars thereof to shake commaundeth the sunne and it riseth not closeth vp the starres as vnder a signet createth Arcturus Orion and Pleiades and the climates of the South spreadeth out the heauens walketh on the Iob. 11. height of the Sea whose perfection is higher than heauen deeper than hell longer than the earth broder than the Sea Our sauiour Christ saith Watch ye therefore because ye know not what houre your Maister will come And to Mat. 24. that ende may we not knowe because wee should alwayes watch We are taught by the Scriptures that God hath two bookes and both of them are written for vs to read and in those bookes are contained al things concerning this argument which are either conuenient for vs to knowe or lawfull for vs to search The one is the booke of grace which is the volume of the olde and newe Testament though euer lying open yet sealed vp to many wise learned and discreete men of the world because reading they vnderstand not for they read as did the Eunuch the prophesie of Esay but it is very easie to be vnderstoode of all beleeuers Acts 8. for whose saluation it was written by the holy Ghost which is the finger of gods Exod. 8. hand The other is the booke of nature that great frame and engine of the worlde alwayes lying open to the view of naturall men and