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A46359	The accomplishment of the Scripture prophecies, or, The approaching deliverance of the church proving that the papacy is the antichristian kingdom ... that the present persecution may end in three years and-half, after which the destruction of Antichrist shall begin, which shall be finisht in the beginning of the next age, and then the kingdom of Christ shall come upon earth / written in French by Mr. Peter Jurieu ... ; in two parts ; faithfully Englished from the new French edition, corrected and enlarged by almost a third part, with the explication of the visions of Daniel and the Revelation.; Accomplissement des prophéties. English	Jurieu, Pierre, 1637-1713.	1687 (1687)	Wing J1196; ESTC R6542	384,320	621

On the East three Gates on the North three Gates on the South three Gates and on the West three Gates In the description of this City we have every thing that is rich and precious all signifies its great Holiness excellent Vertues and perfect Peace for they are the substantial Goods and real Treasures of the Church It had a great high Wall by that is meant Divine Protection which shows also that 't is the Church upon Earth which is spoken of for the Church in Heaven hath no need of walls being out of the reach of Enemies And had twelve Gates We have observed before that the number Twelve is frequently to be met with in this description and that it is a sacred number because of the twelve Patriarchs the twelve Tribes and the twelve Apostles the Gates are the entries into this City and so denote the recalling of the Iews according to their twelve Tribes from that great dispersion they are now under The recalling of the Jews foretold That these twelve Gates have a particular relation to the People of the Iews is plain by what follows That on the twelve Gates were written the names of the twelve Tribes of Israel For by those Tribes of Israel we may not understand the Church of the converted Gentiles they have a distinct place in what remains of the description of the new Ierusalem So the twelve Gates at the four Cardinal points of the World East North South West are to the same effect as what God had said in another place I will call my Sons from far and my Daughters from the ends of the Earth I will say unto the North give up and to the South keep not back At every one of those twelve Gates are twelve Angels These are the twelve Apostles called Angels or Pastors who whether they shall be raised from the dead or no shall by their preaching and Doctrine guide the Iews to enter again into the Church and open the gate unto them For they are here described as Keepers of the Gates who both open and shut them V. 14. And the Wall of the City had twelve Foundations and in them the names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. The protection safety and the Wall of the Church depends on the foundations whereon she shall be built Those foundations are Articles of Faith and Christian Verities according to the Idea of St. Paul who saith there is but one Foundation which is Jesus Christ but on this foundation some build Hay and Stubble but others Gold and precious Stones ● Cor. 3. These precious Stones and this Gold signify Pure Doctrine as the Apostle doth sufficiently explain it These are the foundations of the Church which is built upon Truth The Prophet gives twelve for the number of these foundations because of the twelve Articles of Faith contained in the Creed on these foundations were written the names of the twelve Apostles because they were the persons who publisht the Gospel and maintained those Articles of faith by their preaching and by their blood The Holy Ghost in what follows describes these foundations and assigns a precious Stone to each of ' em V. 19. And the foundations of the Wall of the City were garnished with all manner of precious Stones the first foundation was Iasper the second Saphire the third a Chalcedony the fourth and Emerald V. 20. The fifth a Sardonyx the sixth Sardius the seventh Chrysolite the eighth Beryl the ninth a Topaz the tenth a Chrysoprasus the eleventh a Iacinth the twelfth an Amethist If we had leasure and time to spare we might compare the twelve Articles of the Christian Creed to those twelve Stones and see wherein every Article of Faith might symbolize with every Stone Supposing that the Holy Spirit had regard to the order in which the Church hath plac't the twelve Articles But I fear lest we should herein go beyond the intention of the Holy Ghost and deliver things rather curious than solid for the true design and scope of Figures and Mysteries is lost by stretching them too far I suppose the design of the Holy Spirit is only to show us in general how valuable and precious are the Christian Verities They who let go those Truths unto Hereticks and reckon the Secinian Heresies to be tolerable are far from esteeming them thus precious and do not sufficiently understand the worth and excellence of Truth I now return-to the description of the Heavenly Ierusalem i. e. of the Church in its last Period here on Earth V. 15. And he that talked with me had a golden Reed to measure the City and the Gates thereof and the Wall thereof V. 16. And the City lyeth foursquare and the length is as large as the breadth and he measured the City with a Reed twelve thousand furlongs the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal V. 17. And he measured the Wall thereof 144 cubits according to the measure of a man that is of the Angel. V. 18. And the building of the Wall of it was of Iasper and the City was pure Gold like unto clear Glass What it is to measure in a prophetical sense To measure is to make account of to esteem to reckon among things that are considerable Wherefore in the eleventh Chapt. St. Iohn was ordered to measure only the Temple and the Altar and those who worshipped there Not to value or make account of any but true Believers But for the outer Court it was said unto him Measure it not I have left it unto the Gentiles As to the outward part of the Church make no account of it for the Paganism of Antichrist and Popery shall be there establisht and shall reign for the space of 42. Prophetic moneths i. e. 1260 years Here the H. Spirit measures the Holy Ierusalem throughout not only the Temple and the Altar but the Court that was before abandon'd to the New Pagans and not only the Court but the whole City to measure the City the Gates thereof and the wall thereof 'T is to signifie that in this last Christian Church of the last Period every thing therin shall be Great and Good worthy to be esteemed and measured and reckon'd as things of value and consideration Men do not measure waste and barren Heaths sands and rubbish 't is not worth the while but Palaces and fruitfull grounds vineyards and orchards and the buildings of a City This is the mystery of the measure But observe the difference between the Circumstances of the first measure in the 11th Chap. and those of this second here besides those we have already taken notice of 1. That the first measure reacheth only to the Court and the Altar that was the Christian Church for the 3 first ages as hath been said but here the measure extends to All and even to the City which denotes the Primitive Christian Church to be very inconsiderable compared with the Church of this last Period 2.

an house that is on Fire and that is ready to Fall I have good assurance that in three or four years it will be rebuilt therfore expecting that I must suffer my self to be burned in it or to perish under its ruines I am near a filthy and poisoned water in a little time some one will come and cleanse the fountain and render it wholsome in the mean time expecting that let us drink of it A man must be besides himself that should argue after this rate no less must he be that shall reason as these cowards and Apostates do Within some years the Reformation shall revive waiting for that I will continue in a wicked Religion wherin I cannot be saved I will pertake it its Idolatry and basely suppress the truth of God within my breast A sin of a quarter of an hour is enough to destroy a man Eternally and shall it be thought that the Idolatry and most shamefull Hypocrisy of two or three years are venial crimes To betray a mans Conscience and the Truth by one single act deserves Hell and they flatter themselves that God will Indulge them in a treason continued in for several years they who reason after this manner have they any revelation from God that they shall live three or four years longer or that they shall have the leasure to repent and what will become of them if they dye in that treasonable state so far is the Hope that I give from being capable to make them continue where they are that nothing can be more effectual to make them quit it Their Possessions and profit is that which retains them could they be perswaded that in a few years they should recover them again it would not be so difficult to forsake them now The other scandal which I know hath been taken is concerning the Reign of a thousand years many Divines in this country have greatly murmured at it even so far as to threaten to complain of me I am sorry it is so for I should be glad not to displease my Brethren In the mean time I patiently expect what they will do in it and by waiting I shall know whether our Conducters intend to make new Articles of faith and whether Cocceanisme be become an intolerable Heresy M. Cocceius upon the 11th Chap of the Apocalypse proves this Reign of Christ upon earth by the same passages and the same arguments as I do Except that he refers not to this the thousand years of the Dragon being bound in the 20th Chap. Since my arrival in these Provinces I have fallen in with nothing of that famous Divine but in this article If I should have agreed with him in some others I should not be a shamed of it and I know not what trouble any one can give me for one only article of agreement with many Able Divines who are Good men and very orthodox But I would fain know what it is in this opinion that so much offends these Gentlemen Is it any thing contrary to any Doctrine of faith and which doth directly or indirectly strike at the foundation It is worth while to know that such as can produce a little of their own and labour usefully for the glory of God if they hate the Spirit of Licentiousness are not like to become slaves to certain prevailing opinions only on this account because they are prevailing I shall conclude by advertising the Reader that he will find this second Edition to be inlarged throughout the whole book especially as to what is Prophetical in the Apocalypse which was not explained in the first Edition It was believed that by showing a compleat system of all the Events foretold in that book we should give the more light to each of the several Visions for we shall find that every thing is well followed and that the order of the Prophecies is the same with that of the Events or for the most part is so THE TABLE OF CHAPTERS Of the First PART Chap. I. OF the seven Epistles to the Seven Churches That in all probability they are not Prophetical The Thoughts of Interpreters thereupon Pag. 1 Chap. II. An Explication of the Vision of the four living Creatures and of the twenty four Elders contained in the fourth Chapter Pag. 19 Chap. III. The Key of the Revelation This book is no other than a comment on what Daniel saith in the seventh Ch. of his Revelations touching the fourth Beast and the fourth Monarchy Pag. 28 Chap. IV. The System of the seven Seals and the seven Trumpets that denote the great events and bring the World to its end Pag. 36 Chap. V. The Explication of the Vision of the six first Seals according as it is in the sixth Chapter of the Revelation Pag. 44 Chap. VI. An Explication of the four first Trumpets which are the five degrees of the fall of the Roman Empire or the Soveraignty of Rome Pag. 55 Chap. VII An Explication of the Visions of the fifth and sixth Trumpet wherein are seen the Empires of the Saracens and Turks Pag. 65 Chap. VIII The Explication of the tenth Chapter of the Revelation Pag. 76 Chap. IX A short System of all the Events of the Church which are noted in the Apocalypse and first of all an Epitome of the Chronology Pag. 83 Chap. X. A short System of the Events fore-told in the Revelation concerning the Church as to the Historical part Pag. 94 Chap. XI Several things that all are agreed on in reference to Antichrist which will serve to clear up those wherein we are not agreed Pag. 101 Chap. XII The Characters of Antichrist which we are not agreed about The false Antichrist of the Papists Pag. 107 Chap. XIII What are the true Characters of the Antichristian Empire They are three Tyranny Idolatry and great corruption of manners That we must not look on Tyranny alone as the sole Character of Antichrist Pag. 119 Chap. XIV That the three Characters of the Antichristian Empire do perfectly agree to the Empire of the Papism Proofs out of History and Prophecies Reflections upon the Prophecy in the second Chapter of the second Epistle to the Thessalonians and upon the end of the Roman Empire Pag. 127 Chap. XV. An Explication of the Vision of the thirteenth Chapter of the Revelation and of the two Beasts that appear therein Pag. 139 Chap. XVI The Explication of the seventeenth Chapter of the Revelation where the Empire of the Papism is plainly described Pag. 156 Chap. XVII Babylon in the seventeenth and eighteenth Chapters of the Revelation is Roman-Antichristian and Papal and not Rome Pagan Pag. 163 Chap. XVIII More proofs that the Characters of the Antichristian Empire do agree to the Papism A Proof drawn from the fourth Chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy The translation of that passage amended Pag. 177 Chap. XIX That the term of Apostacy is not too big to express the Papism by that Apostacy signifies Rebellion and Idolatry why

consider the Papism as a Religion that confesseth one only God that worships J. Christ God co-eternal with the Father the Redeemer of the World that believes the resurrection the life everlasting Hell and the last Judgment The eye confounds these fair and great objects with the additions of popery And this confused and indistinct view makes the additions to be esteem'd as nothing and appear very inconsiderable on the account of that Christianity that lies at the bottom That therefore we may know the Papism and what name we ought to give it we must consider it alone by it self and as separated from the Christian Religion Then it is certain it will deserve the name of an apostacy or a formal revolt from the faith For do but look only on that Troop of second Gods of Pilgrimages Indulgences Masses Saints Patrons Intercessors she Saints Images Reliques Idols the bread that is worshipp'd pray'd to and before which men prostrate themselves This is a true Paganism and a formal apostacy from the Christian faith My fourth and last Observation to justify that the terms of Apostacy from the faith which the Apostle makes use of here are not too high but agree very well to the Papism is Apostacy especially signifies Idolatry Neh. 9.26 that Apostacy though the word ordinarily signifies all sort of rebellion yet when Religion is spoken of it particularly signifies Idolatry So when the Levites confess the sins of their Nation and of their Fathers they say they were disobedient and they rebelled against thee The septuagint renders it they departed from thee and fell into apostacy by which without doubt is meant the Idolatry of the Israelites For that was the sin that did principally draw down the wrath of God upon them And the septuagint also says of Ahaz that plunged himself into the Idolatries of the Heathens that he apostatized from the Lord with a great apostacy 2 Chro. 28. not that he did absolutely abandon the God of his Fathers 2 Kings 16.15 for he kept the brazen Altar to enquire of the Lord therewith God gives such an Idea of the popish Idolatry as seems very extravagant If all the Idolatry of the Church be called apostacy and deserves that name it is certain the Idolatry of the Papism may well be called apostacy And hereupon 't is worth the while to enquire into the reason why God speaks in so high terms concerning the Idolatry of the Papism He calls that Church the great Whore that makes the Kings of the Earth drunk with the wine of her fornication He saith she holds in her hand a Cup full of abominations and all this because of her Idolatry This looks as if it were very extravagant when applied to the Idolatry of the Papism For after all its false worship doth not appear to be any great matter the Church of Rome invocates Saints but besides that they are the friends of God she invocates them only in relation to God because he hath honoured them with his gifts She believes that the good things which are asked of the Saints are not obtained of them but because those Saints themselves do obtain them of God by their intercessions She prostrates her self before Images but the worship she gives them is relative and goeth up to their original And lastly it doth not appear that this popish Idolatry doth come near the Idolatry of the Heathens to which nevertheless the Holy Spirit hath not given such frightful names Here then are two things to be enquired into First why God gives us so odious an Idea of this popish worship Secondly why he speaks of it in higher terms then he doth of the heathen Idolatries As to the first question I answer that we need but plainly lay open the invocation of Saints their mediation their intercession and the adoration of their Images The invocation of Saints and their intercession ruins the fundamental Article of the exaltation of J. Christ at the right hand of his Father to see that there is nothing more Antichristian that doth more subvert Christianity and one of its principal Articles viz. that of the exaltation of Jesus Christ at the right hand of his Father This sitting at the right hand of his Father doth not meerly signify as is supposed an elevation to the glory and dignity of Soveraign Monarch of the Church It signifies also that perpetual assistance if I may use this term in that sense that perpetual action by which Jesus is always present with God his Father to speak to him in our behalf and to obtain of him all things that we stand in need of He assists at the right hand of God because that is the hand of glory and glory is for him The right hand also is the hand of good omen Therefore evil omens are called sinister ones i. e. very bad ones Now in this respect the assists at the right hand of God for us and therefore it is that sitting at the right hand is immediately joined with intercession Who is he that shall condemn It is God that justifies it is Christ that hath dyed or rather that is risen again who also sits at the right hand of God and makes intercession for us And elsewhere he is entred into the holy places with his blood newly shed and lives there that he may make intercession for us So that the honour of the exaltation of Jesus Christ consists in these two things First his royal dignity that exalts him above all the Church Second the glorious priviledge of continually assisting before the Father to be our Mediator These two great advantages belong to Jesus Christ in such a manner that they are incommunicable to every one besides This was what was typified by the high Priest who alone entred into the Holy of holies to present his incense there Whosoever therefore communicates these two advantages to the creature he destroys the article of the exaltation of Jesus Christ and consequently promotes an abominable doctrine The Papism destroys the two parts of the exaltation of J. Christ Now this is that which the Papism doth it destroys the exaltation of Jesus Christ by dividing it First of all it destroys his exaltation that is to say his royal dignity in giving him an Associate under the name of his Vicar who assumes as well as Jesus Christ the name of God Holy most Holy and Holiness For to make a Vicar for a King without his order and against his will is to give him a Rival Supposing therefore that this great office of Vicar of Iesus Christ be not according to God's intention it is certain that it is the highest of all encroachments on his right and authority and which deserves the odious names of apostacy and abomination Secondly It overthrows the mystery of his exaltation in giving Jesus Christ companions in his incommunicable priviledge of standing before the Throne of God The priviledge of assistikg before the Throne of

'T is S. Iohn that received the Reed in the 11th Chap. to measure the Temple and the Altar there was given me a Reed like unto a rod and the Angel stood and said rise and measure the Temple But here 't is an Angel that measureth an Agent of an higher order than the Apostle 3. Lastly S. Iohn hath only a rod given him a reed to measure with a weak Justrument and of little value but here the Angel measures with a Golden reed All which sets forth the great excellence of the Church in this last period that it should surpass even the Primitive Church as much as a city exceeds a Temple an Angel a man or a Golden Rod an ordinary cane or reed The city was built foursquare the square is an emblem of Rest because that figure of all others is most proper to keep firm which signifies the tranquility and immutable Peace of this Church The square also relates to the number Twelve which occurs so often in this description for 12 is a square number that shows three on all sides Three a number of perfection as well as seven to signifie that on what side soever you look upon this Church whether in regard of its Holiness or Knowledg or Peace or Glory she shall be every way perfect These are the four sides of the square Holiness Knowledg Peace and Glory and this Perfection she hath from the number Twelve viz. from the twelve Apostles He measured the City with the Reed 12 thousand Furlongs This is not to be understood of the circumference of her Walls or of their diameter or their Heighth but of the whole Body of the City taken together as a Cube that contains 12 thousand furlongs counting every thing There are 12 foundations which are the 12 Apostles or rather the 12 Articles of faith Every foundation answers to a thousand Cubits i. e. that every of the Apostles by his doctrine and preaching did increase the Church and contribute to its building and to the gathering of the saints in the same proportion which a foundation of one cubical foot or therabouts hath to a thousand furlongs This signifies the great Increase and multiplication of the Church The length the breadth the Heigth of the City were Equal that is it was in all accounts a perfect Cube throw a Die where you please it will alway find a place to rest So shall be the Church of the last period what ever Commotions may happen she shall not lose her rest nothing shall be able to destroy or hinder it Interpreters have no reason to make an objection here that a City that is as high as large would be a monstrous pile for every thing here is beyond the ordinary rules among men to signifie that this Holy Society shall not be governed as Humane societies now are Besides this the great Equality of this City in all its dimensions seems to me to denote that admirable Equality between all the Saints which shall take place in the seventh period of the Church not that all difference of Conditions shall be absolutely laid aside there shall still be superiors and Inferiors Rich and Poor some to Govern and others to obey but those great distances between mens conditions shall then be filled up by Charity and Love wheras now they are inlarged and widened by Pride and vanity Then he measured the Wall 144 Cubits Here is the number 144 which is sacred because of the number 12 which is its Root 't is easie to apprehend why the Wall is 144 Cubits 't is because it is raised upon 12 Foundations and the wall of the City had twelve Foundations Build upon twelve raise another number by multiplying this by it self and you make 144. for 12 is the square root of 144. Every building of the Church is raised upon the 12 Apostles and in its raising she is multiplied as in building upon 12 you make 144. and these 144 Cubits are not to be taken for the same thing with the 144 thousand who were marked which are the whole body of the Saints These 144 Cubits are in the walls of the City and not in the whole City This wall is that which gives protection to the City and the Church it is Truth and the Holy Ministry by whom that Truth is preached so that the 12 Foundations are the Principal Pastors with the Truths they teach viz. the 12 Apostles and the 144 Cubits are the whole Evangelical Ministry built upon the 12 Apostles as their first Teachers He measured the wall according to the measure of a man i. e. of the Angel that denotes that the Angel in giving to a wall one hundred forty four Cubits founded upon twelve hath therin followed the ordinary way of Computation among Arithmeticians who by multiplying twelve by it self make one hundred forty four And the building of the wall was of Iaspar and the City was of pure Gold like unto clear glass The distinction of men according to their different qualities is conveniently and commonly enough made by the Emblem of Metals men of low and base Spirits sunk into degeneracy and vice are well represented by Lead Iron is the Emblem of Cruel and hard-hearted persons who are void of Pity Brass doth well enough represent such as glitter and make a show of more than they are or have for Brass imitates the colour of gold but is short in value Silver is an Emblem of those who are in some sort vertuous but not in the first rank Lastly Gold is the Emblem of such spirits as are pure solid firm and truly vertuous This is that which the H. Ghost would teach us that the Church in this last Period shall be made up of such persons as are of sincere and approved piety of a vertue that is bright and solid therfore the City is said not only to be of Gold but of gold clear as Crystal Nevertheless as in every Church the Ministry ought to possess a more eminent degree of Christian vertues than others the wall which signifies the Ministry of the Church in the seventh Period is said to be of Iaspar and precious stones more valuable than gold V. 21. And the 12 Gates were of 12 Pearls every several gate was of one Pearl We have seen how the 12 Gates signifie the 12 Apostles the Guards Guides and Porters as it were of the Church we might easily discover a resemblance between the Apostles and Pearls but 't is sufficient to understand that the design of the H. Ghost is to show that these 12 Men are of an inestimable value All the riches of the world cannot be a sufficient price for 12 Pearls big enough to make 12 Gates of Cities and herewith we must know that when the spirit of God puts so high a price upon weak men like our selves when he calls them Iaspars and precious stones the Gates and Foundations of a City he doth not look upon 'em in themselves but considers them with that treasure