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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
 4 Rest 80 1 22 3110  5 IVB.  2 23 ☞  6 11  3 24   7   4 25   8   5    9   6    10   7    11   8 1 † †12 Rest   1  1  810   2  2   90  3 3120 3     4  4     5  5     6  6    1 ¶  7 ¶ Rest  2   8    3   9    4   10    5   11  800  6   12   100 7  3130 13    8   14  Rest  9   15    10   16    11   17    12   18    13   19    14   20    15   21  790  16   22   110 17  3140 23   From the DIVISION Joas Amaziah Iuda WORLDE Israel Jehu Joachaz Before the birth of CHRIST  18  who finding vs vnable to bring the right fathers of our L. and to reconcile S. Mathevv S. Luk through our falt reiect those must holy writers religion Io AS repayreth the Temple 2. Chro. 24. He falleth to Idolatrie vnthankefulnes after the death of Iehoiadah Iohn or Barachias vvho died 130 Y. olde 2. Cho. 24 15. reuiuing the memory of Adam at Seths byrth of Terah at AbrahaÌ„s of Iacob entring into Egypt ZACHARIA the son of Iehoiadah is stoÌ„ed to death betwene the Temple and the Alter by K. Ioas. Mat 23 Syria spoyleth Ierusalem AMAZIAH Viceroy Roy 29 yeeres 2 King 14. Ioas is killed Amaziah killeth 20000 of Edom souldiers dismissed kill spoyle Iudah Amaziah vvorshippeth EdoÌ„s Gods Ioas ouercoÌ„meth Amaziah robbeth the Temple and disvvalleth the Citie 2 Chr. 25. Amaz. is killed his sonne being but 4 yâ—olde vvhom some regent gonerned vntil he vvas 16 Novv the vvhole body of Iudah is sicke they destroyed as SodoÌ„ but for aremaÌ„t Esa 1. And this for Zach his death vvorse they are for our L his death RoÌ„ 11. ROME is buylt by Romulus vpon 4 hyllet vvhich are Palatinus Capitolinus Auentinus Exquilinus Seruius Tullus enlargeth it compassing vvithin the vvalles three other hylles vvhiche are Coelius Viminaliâ— and Quirinalis Galen Plut. Liuy Virg. Ouid. Dio. haâ—dle these These are called seuen heades in Apo. 17. THE kingdome of Iuda 3141 the stile of the holy story seeming to be intricate lyuely expresseth the intricate state of these kingdomes in one some relieueth the Student IOACHAZ 17 Y. Vnder him Chazael and Benadad performe Eliseus teares vpoÌ„ Israel Them Amos remeÌ„breth THE Olympiades that is ganet after 4 Y. ended vsed in Olympia there are to be placed yf in Olympiade 202 the fourth Y. our L. died But Pâ—utarch in Numa sayth truly that they are nothyng to be regarded they are most vncertaine vnreconed of many hundred Y. vntyll Xenophons time IOAS of Ioachaz raigneth 16. yeeres 2. King 13 10. Vnder him olde Eliseus dieth vvho vvrought miracles to turne Israel In the vvaters of Iordan by Elias Cloake and Naaman his Leprofie Luk. 4. in the vvaters of Moab in the vvaters vvherin the axe svvam in the potage made healthy in bread cyle multiplyed in victuals procured to Samaria in puÌ„ishing Gehazi vvith a Leprosie 42 of Bethel by tvvo Beares in raysing tvvo froÌ„ death IEROBO AM of Ioas 42 yeeres 2 King 14 23. NABONASSAR king 424 yeeres before Alexander died Ptol. 3. His name neare a thousande yeeres vvas obscure yet novve Chroniclers make him a grounde though they caÌ„not finde vvho by Scripture he shoulde be About Mardocempad and Nabopolassar like discentioÌ„ is None of all their accomptes in Ptol can be by scripture proued Chaldean lyers fayned them of purpose to obscure Daniel Lachis gilty as Israel Mich. 1 24    19   25    20   26    21   27    22   28    23 ☾  ☽ 1   24    2   25    3 780  26    4  120 27  3150  5   28    6  Rest 29    7   30    8 â— Â 31    9   32    10   33 ‡   11   34    12   35    13 770 Rest 36    14  IVB. 37 ‡ 3160 1 15  12 38 1 ¶ 2 16 ¶  39 2  3 17   40 3  4     4  5     5  6     6  7   Rest  7  8     8  9  760   9  10   140  10 3170 11     11 * 12     12  13     13  14   Rest  14  15    ¶ 15  16 1 ¶   16   2    17   3    18   4 750   19   5  150  20 3180  6  Rest  21   7    22   8    23   9    24   10    25   11    26   12    27   13  Rest  28   14 740   29 *  15  160 1  3190  16  From the DIVISION States Ozias Iuda WORLDE Israel-Iuda  Jeroboam Before the birth of CHRIST  2  is 11 y. ruled by the states vntill Ozias first y. touched the 27 of Ierob That fell out partly for his youth and partly because the states hated their K. as Israel did VVherof Lachis is blamed for yeelding vp Amazias to theÌ„ that killed him Many sorovves they suffred by their 4 last kings IOEL prophecyeth OZIAS 52 yere His first great vvorks are said to be after his fathers death to vvarne vs that he ruld not vvith his father Tvvo Y. before an Earthquake Amos telleth Aram of captiuitie to Kyr and IeroboaÌ„ house of a ruine Iuda to be captiued yet fully restored 〈◊〉 Christ vvith Edom or all nations Act. 15. ZACHARY shevvyng the Iewes destruction by Rome before vvhich the Lord on mouÌ„t Oliuet told of Earthquakes to come sayth ye shal flee Iehouah standing on mouÌ„t
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
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