all these may be observed in our Scheme of Revelation and Summary of Daniel in one sheet of excellent use if well perused and frequently But for the matter of the four last chapters briefly handled Dan. 2. and Dan. 7. after the fourth Monarchy our Saviour explains Divinely many things as referring to the other Prophets from first to last chiefly respecting the said antient Predictions Covenants with wonderful exactness which the latter Prophets and New Testament confirm as they are so explained by Christs said Revelation Yet many allusions to other Prophets are made in that whole book to the Old Testament Dispensations both of the Camp of Israel in their Wilderness condion and when the Temple was built and to Rulers the 24 Elders and to Church Guides the four Beasts full of Eyes Rev. 4. to Ezekiels Vision ch 1. 10. and Es 6. to Zacharies two Olive Trees ch 4. the Witnesses Rev. 11. c. wherein we may note the passing of the handle of Christs Key as we may fitly call it by Promises and Incouragements as in our seventh Convincing Argument to their times of fulfilling in the 1000 years as the Souls beheaded and their fellow Servants and Brethren Rev. 6.9 10 c. are raised to Reign ch 20.4 6. which is a very weighty and useful consideration therein We only by the Abridgments mentioned in our Account p. 3. passed per Saltum as we said pag. 3. of Resur unto the twentieth ch referring Christians for the former part to ch 19. now almost fulfilled to Mr. Medes Commentary and Clavis chiefly but the Observation of Decem. 7. 1664. in the Prodr on Mr. Durhams book do explain many things from ch 5. to the end but note here that as Daniels twelfth ch is a Key to that Book so Rev. 17. to the times of the Beasts 1660 years as in our useful Observations where that and many other excellent matters respecting both books are set down Observ 7 8 9 10 11. next after the Tract upon Rev. 22.20 Thus we see the Holy Spirit so many wayes joyns Daniel and the Revolation both in times and things as was shewed in both Books through the 2300 years of the four said Gentile Monarchies from the falling of Davids said Tabernacle which points Unto us this consolation that God will be mindful of that covenant when the time comes as also of all the former whose Period is the same and their mercie in substance will be the same and it is no wonder it should be so long before that peoples reducement since their Sin was so great at first but especially at their last and longest and sorest Captivity when they had killed the Lord of life with so great a curse upon themselves and their Children Upon all which said confirmations and evidences Gods Design in Christs redemtion was at his first coming to be manifest to be the son of God in the flesh and to have a body given him Heb 10.5 as in both respects foretold by the Prophets when as God-man he by dying laid the foundation of all future good Reconciling both Jews and Gentles by his death Rom. 5.10 and meriting the salvation of all his Saints souls about An. Mun. 4000. but towards the end of the Sixth millennium at his 2d coming he shall powerfully destroy his great Visible enemies and bind Satan the 1000. years and raise the Saints bodies from the grave freeing the persons and outward conditions of his people and the the world and Creatures in it from the bondage of Corruptions as largly is explained Restit p. 44. 45. 46. c. and in the 4. last ch we shall here only farther observe Christs curious exactness that speaking of the beasts destruction at the time of his eminent breaking of the Serpents head at the first act of the Judgment he only saith these are the true sayings of God c. 19.9 but when he speaks of the promised mercies to the Fathers twice to be then fulfilled he saith ch 21.5 and chap 22.6 these words are both faithfull and true And also for the times in respect of the when he sets the mark 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is done at the renovation of all things ch 21.6 which before he had set Chap. 16 17. by a like great Voice from the Throne to shew their coincidence at the same time saying 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is done as from Ezek. 39.8 is remarkably explained N. B. page 61 62. of Restitut And for the quandiù how long it shall continue Christ set it down in an unparallell'd manner six times over to be 1000 years 3 of them absolutely 1000 years 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and then three times relatively 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 those those those thousand years Rev. 20. First of Satans binding v. 2 3. 2dly of the Saints first bodily Resurrection and Reign with Christ in the world v. 4 5. 3dly of the happy condition in that state 1. They are blessed 2. holy as the reason of that blessedness 3. Their security thereupon they shall not be hurt of the second death 4. Their great Priviledge then they shall be Priests of God and of Christ 5. In their supream Authority with Christ then they reigned with Christ 1000 years In such a wonderful glorious manner hath our Saviour determined the said time and state which is the Divine Millenniarism of Christ so exactly and curiously set before us by his Scriptures of Truth And lastly by the comprehensive usefulness of this book it refers to all parts all Holy Scriptures for first Christ explains the last times of the four Gentile Monarchies mistically contained in Daniel as we shewed from the beginning of the Kingdome of the Stone to the end thereof at ch 19. whose Chronology begin when Davids Tabernacle fell for the Sins of his natural Race and those said Gentile Kingdomes reach through the 2300 years of their continuance to the raising of Davids Tabernacle in Christ as the Son of Davids Reign with his Saints New Davids Covenant for his said Kingdome which that state of Israel was then grown up unto carries us back to the former Promises and Covenants to Abraham Isaac and Jacob respecting the renewed state of the Land and the New Jerusalem belonging to their Spiritual Seed and Noahs Type of the Ark sets forth the safety of the Saints in the end of the world by Christ their true Ark the Covenant for all Creatures signified by the Rainbow assures the worlds continuance and the accommodations of its fruitfulness and that chiefly for those times as following Prophets teach us his Prophesie of Shems and Japhets Posterity set forth of what Race mostly besides Proselites haply all along should rise as the Prophets after explain in both their double great Calls and how the Messiah from Adam Enoch Noah and all the rest should lineally descend who should restore his Saints with himself to a much more glorious and happy Paradise of God in that said state
21.5 in the beginning of both our last books and shall by Gods gracious assistance do in some other of the Epistles but especially as a pattern of all the rest in the Epistle to the Hebrews to manifest that Revelation Interpretation of all such said Parts of Scripture is the best and most sure Interpretation of them 5. It is manifest from the many Parallels in the Books of Daniel and the Revelation and of the admirable connexion of both First of the matters and things and secondly of their times or the Series and order of them both First from their many Parallels as 1. The manner of writing them both Rev. 1.19 first of the things which both of them had seen 2. of the things then in their own time as we observed in our Summary of Daniel pag. 3 4 5 c. And 3dly of the things that shall be afterwards c. where many things are set down suiting to one another and though Daniel set forth more generally and briefly all the four Monarchies chap. 2. and chap. 7. yet at the end of them in both chapters he shews the state of things to be in the 1000 years at the end of chap. 2. he sets down the beginning of the Kingdome of the Stone at v. 44 c. about Christs Ascention to continue for 1666 years which should break the Iron Roman Monarchy in that time and it self become a Mountain filling the whole Earth v. 35. when the time of the ten Kings ch 7. and the little Hornes time time and halfe a time viz. of the Beast or Antichrist haply the Turk also for there are many Resemblances of both c. shall be extinct and therefore in that ioyenth chapter he speaks of the first act of the Judgment of the great day to give the body of the Beast to the burning flame when he had also the Vision of Christs comeing in the Clouds to receive his universal and perpetual Kingdome in the world next after the Beasts Date of a time times and half a time are out explained by 42 moneths and 1260 dayes in Rev. 11. briefly in passing over the Persian v. 1 2. and running through much of the Grecian Monarchy in ch 11. to v. 36 he comes to the Roman at its height in Christs time and after in the primative Persecutions v. 36. and to the Popes v. 37 38 39. and so by the Saracens in that time of the end v. 40. and the Turks v. 40. that King of the North of whom as the second Woe-trumpet he proceeds to speak v. 41 42 43 44. to his end 45. about Christs appearance and so ch 12. setting forth the time of Christs appearance and Kingdome he gives farther explications of the times of the Beast v. 5 6 7. and those before it verse 4. and in reference to Christs said comeing ch 10. he had a Vision aforehand of his glorious person and so had St. John ch 1. and as the man in white Linnen ch 12. as the great High-priest declares the time viz. of that last Gentile Monarchy should be no longer than Christs appearance so Christ the same person swears the like Rev. 10 at the sounding of the seventh Trumpet which is the very same time see more in our Parallels of the Roman and Christs Monarchy from both Books And he that is able to make these and the like Parallels understandingly by Gods Mercy may soon prove very judicious in matters respecting the said happy state of the 1000 years so excellently set down by Christ farther to explain these last things in the 4 last ch of the Revel And 2dly there is a wonderful connexion of the Misterious times of Daniel with those of the Revelation succeeding them first the great Calender of 2300 years in ch 8. of Daniel misteriously given by Palmoni or the secret Numberer as it is opened v. 17. by him at the time of the end the Vision shall be and v. 19. in the last end of the indignation viz. against the Jews and v. 26. as a Key of both to be shut up for many dayes with many other Reasons in our Summary on that text which manifest it to be the measure of the times of the Gentiles Dominion and Israelites and Jews joynt Bondage which contains Daniels three Monarchies past and the Romans to Christ and thence by vulgar account 1700 years to Rev. 19 ch as in Restitut p. 26 27 28. until the ruine of the Beast and until Christs said Kingdome of the Mountain begins likewise in Daniels second Number of the 70 weeks from the execution of the Command in the 20th year of Artaxerxes Longimanns about Anno Mundi 3550. to build the City Jerusalem to Christs putting an end to sin by his death and bringing in everlasting Righteousness by his Resurrection and Ascention in the middle of Daniels last week making up 490 years when the God of Heaven set up the Kingdome of the Stone for its 1666 years and is also the period of Antichrists Date Rev. 13. ult to be found out by the Spirits Divine Wisdome in Daniel and St. Paul who saith the apperance of Christs comeing will destroy him 1 Thes 2.8 and this Number of Daniel proceeds iâ— connexion with the Revelation from Anno Dom. by vulgar account about 34. by adding the said Divine Number as I esteem it both wayes 1666. for the end of the Kingdome of the Stone then beginning that of the Mountain as v. 35. and also the end of the Beasts Date and so stands in connexion with Daniel in respect both of the former and latter times of Daniel and Revelation so suiting admirably each to other c. 3. For Daniels third Mistical Numbers connexion by a mark of taking away of Sacrifice and setting up the abomination of desolation chap. 12. to be found many hundred years after and yet when it comes after Adrians the Emperours driving the Jews from sacrificing about 130 years after Christ and Constantines about 312. that it so wonderfully should be ordered about 365 in Julian the Apostates time that by such an eminent hand of God as we shewed pag. 6. of Abridgm of Dan. of Parral p. 34. it should then be taken away ultimately as publick at least to which 365. by adding the before revealed to Daniel 1335. thence to the blessed times the said Revelation number of 1700 years to ch 20. is so by that wonderful connexion made up by both these beloved Servants of God and Christs so strange agreement in witnessing joyntly to both Divine books from the same Holy Spirit which is one admirable evidence of the said Truth witnessed by both And as to the excellent Divine Contrivance of the Book of Revelation in two Schemes to ch 19. as an explication of Daniels short Hints for the Times during 1666 years under the Kingdome of the Stone Dan. 2.24 from Christs Ascention to his descending again as pag. 26 27. of Restitut with other things observable in the order of it
that state which largely might be made thence to appear the Verb 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 also is of future signification answerable to the time and state of that Prophesie and some Fathers and even some Papists have so understead that time to be Christs second comeing of which much more might be said but this is to me above all I am sure Christ explains all these in this sence in the Revelation as our two last books if rightly understood do manifest I thought to have spoken of many things more in this Epistle so ordered by Christs holy Spirit as I find them to this purpose as in ch 11. many things of the sufferers and Covenants to Abraham Isaac Jacob and others but we have spoken of them partly in our Key p. 7 8 9 c and in our said last Books and of the Communion in the New Testament state then ch 12. which also we spoke of in the said Books and more in our Tract on Jer. 3.17 and because we have but a short Introduction in hand to our intended short Scheme if God will we will be satisfied with thus much at present to our present purpose The like exposition I have from Christs Revelation of what St. Paul saith of Christs first comeing and the first Resurrection of the Saints 1 Cor. 15. after he had risen above 1600 years before as their first fruits to sanctifie and effect their Resurrection afterwards at his second comeing v. 23. and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 deinde intends 1000 years after as Christ teacheth shall be the end which will be when he shall have put down all Rule and Authority and Power that is chiefly as Scripture witnesseth Ezekiels Gog and Magog and shut up Satan in the bottomless pit for 1000 years and after that destroy the last Gog and Magog Rev. 20.8 9. and cast the Devil into the lake of Fire and the last Enemy Death will be destroyed with the Author of it the first Soul Murtherer and sin the effect of his wickedness and also the matter for death to work upon will be taken away which are the destroying of death none remaining from thence in the world in the natural life but after the said 1000 years shall be that Mistery of the general Rapture which he speaks of v. 51 52. at the last Trump at his descending with a shout as also the same Apostle speaks at his last comeing which I believe from the same warrant he speaks of 1 Thes 4.15 16 c. as distinguishing his bringing with him all that sleep in Jesus which he had called the appearance of Christ with all his Saints before ch 3. ult from this last when those dead in Christ viz. all that departed in 1000 years before shall rise first then that is before the wicked at the last Trump then both which sorts are these our Saviour calls the rest of the dead that rose not till 1000 years after or till the 1000 years were finished v. 5. the first said Resurrection of the Saints is Rev. 20.4 5. as Christ there exactly distinguisheth both of them and this may be observed by humble and conscientious seekers to be resolved which Resolutions of these Texts I do upon good grounds believe shortly will be approved by Christ himself at his comeing and how matchless a Resolver that Revelation so called with a witness is and in some things with Daniel also such as rightly seek by it as they ought I doubt not but may more and more by their own Experience find and in the interim after all present gainsayings yet with declared willingness to give a Christian-like account to all serious persons c. I bless and magnifie the holy name of God my heavenly Father in Christ my gracious merciful Redeemer of the Lord the Spirit my Sanctifier Teacher to my great comfort and satisfaction of these and many like Divine Truths couched as he hath been pleased to lay them down in his holy Word for others I only here pray saying Blessed and Holy Trinity of Persons in the Unity of the Divine Essence open the eyes of thy faithful servants in these times to understand the holy Scriptures respecting that said world to come at Christs second comeing as our blessed Saviour after his Resurrection opened his Disciples understandings Luke 24.45 then to see the things before and at his first comeing and especially respecting his Death and Refurrection then newly past c. Amen We might here note hat strong confutation might be taken against Pelagian Arminian Popish Socinian Errours many others excite all to get true Grace as the best security of all good to that end lay aside worldly wicked projects in the world and keep close to God in the use of all good means and that Great Persons should kiss the Sun c. Psal 2. but we are forced now only to hint thus much FINIS