Sabbatism without Rent Notes explaining the Senſe. d The thousand Years are an entire Sabbatism without Rent Notes explaining the Senſe. a Undoubtedly Evenings and Mornings making Days are taken by the Spirit of God in Daniel from it self in Moses Leading the six Evenings and Mornings to the Seventh Day or Sabbath So these 2300 Ev. Morn lead to the great Sabbatism of the thousand Years Notes explaining Words. 1 The Beginning Notes explaining Words. 2 The End Notes explaining Words. 3 The World hath been generally supposed to consist of six Millenaries or Thousands answerable to the six Days of Creation and the Seventh thousand to be a Sabbath Notes explaining the Senſe. b According to general Computation an Objection may arise The sixth thousandth or Millenary wants two hundred forty one of the thousand To this may be Answered 1. Christ tells us the last time of the Tribulation of the Vials shall be shortned for the Elects sake when Philadelphia or the true Church shall be preserved from the Temptation that shall come on all the Earth 2. We know not what time may be after the thousand Years as in Recompence of that shortned Time Matth. 24. 22. Notes explaining Words. 4 The last end of Time Christ foretold shall be shortned Revel 20. 3. 8 9. Notes explaining the Senſe. c The Jews were too much naturaliz'd to those Heathen Countries that they needed many Call home to their own Notes explaining Words. 5 Dan. 9. 25. The Commandment going forth 6 Things given with great Life and in short as by the Art of Perspective Notes explaining the Senſe. d All those Calls were the Commandment going forth till all was finish'd by the Commandment of the God of Israel of Cyrus Darius Artaxerxes King of Persia Ezra 6. 24. Notes explaining the Senſe. e At the Word perfectly gone forth the seventy Weeks began viz. Artaxerxes his seventh Year Notes explaining Words. 7 Antiochus Epiphanes that Famous Tyrant over the People of God whose Tyranny is Related 1 Maccab c. 1 c. to his Death and by Josephus Notes explaining the Senſe. f The most eminent and renewed Trouble of those seventy Weeks was the Cruel Tyranny of Antiochus Epiphanes to which this Song now goes on Notes explaining the Senſe. a Although the Jews after their Captivity met with many Troubles and were a low Tributary Government as before declared by the Apple-tree Yet there was no Calamity from the days of Cyrus till Christ so renowned by Daniel's Prophecy and Explained by the Maccabean History and the History of Josephus provided by God on purpose as for that Tyranny of Antiochus Epiphanes and it s so Renowned that it might be a Type of Antichrist Notes explaining Words. 1 The Night of Adversity and Troubles Notes explaining Words. 2 Solomon's Temple was the Bed Notes explaining Words. 3 The Enjoyment of Christ By Night on my Bed I sought Him whom my Soul loveth I sought Him but I found Him not Notes explaining Words. 4 Who according to Daniel's Prophecy cast down the Sanctuary by his prophane Tyranny 1 Mal. c. 1. c. I will rise and go about the City in the Streets and the broad Ways Notes explaining Words. 5 The Temple so defil'd could not be used for Sacrifice But as Dan. foretold the Daily was taken away Dan. 8. 13. I will seek Him whom my Soul loveth Notes explaining Words. 6 The Multitude were corrupted by Fear and Flatteries according to Dan. 11. 31 32. Compared with the Maccabean History I sought Him but I found Him not Notes explaining Words. 7 The Priests whose Lips preserve Knowledge of which Judas Maccabeus was a Principal The Watch-men that go about the City found me I said saw ye Him whom my Soul loveth It was but a little I passed from them Notes explaining Words. 1 The Violence of the Tyranny of Antiochus was so great there was no publick Ministry But I saw him whom my Soul loveth Notes explaining Words. 2 Yet the Action and the Example was such and the Zeal for Truth and Resistance to that Corruption so bold that Christ soon appeared 1 Mac. c. 1. I held him and would not let him go Notes explaining Words. 3 Jacob wrestled with the Angel and would not let him go Gen. 2. 32. 28. c. Notes explaining the Senſe. a There is nothing so Remarkable in prophecy as the Re-settling Jerusalem after the Tyranny of Antiochus so that on that Account the Church is said to hold Christ and not to let him go till the Incarnation for notwithstanding the after Troubles of the Jews the Publick Worship of God was not disturbed till the very coming of Christ Vntil I brought him into my Mothers House Notes explaining Words. 4 The Body of Christ representing his Humane Nature He Calls a Temple John 2. 19. And into the Chambers of her that conceived me Notes explaining the Senſe. b There cannot be a more significant Representation of the Incarnation than of Christ brought into the House of the Churches Mother and into the Chambers of Her that Conceived the Church that is Eve the Mother of all Living from whom the Blessed Virgin descended and out of whose Chambers Christ came so peculiarly Notes explaining Words. 5 The Promise was especially vested in the Seed of the Woman of which Eve was the Mother Notes explaining Words. 6 The humane Nature of Christ was as private Chambers Notes explaining Words. 7 Christ began his Spiritual Reign in the Form of a Servant in the Preaching the Gospel Notes explaining Words. 8 In that Nature he Ascended on High I charge you O ye Daughters of Jerusalem by the Roes and by the Hinds of the Field That ye stir not up nor awake my Love till he please Notes explaining the Senſe. c There was no Offence of Christ so great at that time as not to wait the Messenger of the Covenant coming into his Temple and aright to prepare for Him who was as a Refiners Fire to Purifie the Sons of Levi to which the fore-nam'd Sects were such Enemies Notes explaining Words. 9 The Great Offence that at this time might provoke Christ was not waiting for the true Messiah and disacknowledging the true Signs of Him by those prejudic'd Sects among them viz. the chief Priests Scribes Pharises Sadducees and Sanhedrim of the Jews Notes explaining Words. 1 Seventy or seven Tens of Weeks making 490 Years Notes explaining the Senſe. a About the end of the sixty fifth of the seventy Weeks Christ was born Notes explaining Words. 2 Time is as it were Ambitious of the most noble Productions Notes explaining the Senſe. b The greatest Production Time can hitherto boast of is the Coming of Christ in the Flesh Notes explaining Words. 3 The Lord whom you seek shall suddenly come into his Temple But who may abide c. The Desire of all Nations so was the Reception of Christs Birth by the Angels the Shepherds and other holy Persons in the Gospel History Notes explaining the Senſe. c One of the greatest Mysteries of Religion is God Manifest in the Flesh Notes explaining Words. 4 Refine and exalt Nature unto a higher pitch Notes explaining Words. 5 Who can declare this Generation The Word was made Flesh John 14. 5. Notes explaining Words. 6 Schelom speaks in the name of the Saints Notes explaining Words. 7 Sing With Triumph Who is this that cometh out of the Wilderness Notes explaining the Senſe. a As nothing followed more fitly according to Daniel's Prophecy than the Incarnation of Christ Messiah on the troublous Times of Antiochus so all humane Wit and Phancy may be appeal'd to whether any thing can be more fitly express'd Notes explaining Words. 1 A Question of Holy Admiration Notes explaining Words. 2 In regard of the Solitude and
the melting Airs of thy sweet Voice Flow in my Ears no other hath my Choice Address me with thy Taking Physnomy None else Reports those Graces from my Eye But now our Vines begin to germinate The Fox-like envy does our Fruit regrate And fain would Ravage it But let us set And wrap that subtile Kindred in our Net Chorus How the All-seeing Spirit that Divines Things Future as the Past draws here the lines As they 're drawn after by the ready Scribe And the Tirshatha of the Royal Tribe Thus once and twice and once again the Voice The Captives Call'd e'er the Ha'vre de Poiz Of Just Obedience gain'd They lay entwin'd I' th' closer Fetters of a servile Mind Till this unweary'd Love thus sets them free From double Chains of their Captivity Then did the Temple Walls and City Rise But Fox-like Foes as Builders in Disguise So here the Royal Prophet Sings durst Enterlope Till by great Schelom's Care their envious hope Was vain That pair of Worthies then Restor'd The Temples Order and the Pillars shor'd Of Salem's Policy During their daies The Gladded Spouse thus Issues into Praise The Spouse The settled state of the Church under Ezra and Nehemiah The Circle is now Perfect my Love mine By Faith I claim and strait return the Line Into it self that I am His and While My State though low no Falseness does defile As in a Field of Lillies white and pure He takes Repast and does himself ensure To me Till all Dark Veiles and Shades shall fly And vanish off from the Inlightn'd Sky And himself visible shall lead the Day Though I Fore-see my Love sometimes away Provok'd by new Offence yet turn my Love Let not Thy absence a Desertion prove Be Thou like to the youthful Hart and Roe That cuts its hasty Motions to and fro So Traverse thou the Mountains that define Each side of Time as th' Equinoctial-Line Cuts into equal parts the Globe so steer Thy hasty steps around Times lower Sphere Those latter Gentile Times that just commence When Cyrus bears Messiah's Reference On this same mount of Time like Bethers Hill Lets passing and repassing see thee still Till Thou bright Morning Star without a Cloud Shall spread the Beams so bright no shade can shroud The Chorus Here part the Hemispheres of Times whole Globe Encompass'd with the Endless flowing Robe Of vast Eternity From Times first Spring Out of that Womb till Cyrus greatest King Of all the Gentile Race whom sacred Fame Records alone Crown'd with Messiah's Name Flow Years in thousands three hundreds twice two And unites fifty nine in plainest View Of numbred Numbers if we will allow As doth the Sacred Calendar a-vow Ezekiel's Fourty to draw out the length Of his three hundred ninety from the strength Of twelve Tribes parted into Two and Ten. Thus Reason doth inforce the Time to Ken Till Salem's Temple in new Measures seen Drawn by * Ezechiel's Man of Brass had been And further forty Years themselves had worn When Judah's Sin was now no longer born For Cyrus Type of Great Messiah's Grace Did now just introduce Times last half space From Cyrus draw Times second half 't will flow In thousands two and hundreds three a-row Measur'd by Daniel's Eves and Morns that shoot Days into Years as Prophets may compute And so the thousand Years of Sabbatism They reach when one bless'd State shall know no Schism Thus Eves and Morns at first made Days tâ—â—ice three Of the All-potent Work and then left free The Seventh for a Sabbaths sacred Rest Thus ran times East and thus shall run its West For the six thousandth almost spent in Toyl To th' Sevenths Rest the whole is but a Foyl If we half-witted then create a Doubt How the Sixth Millenary turns about When Merge yet hundreds two and forty one If us no other Answer can attone Doth not our Lord in Prophecy cut short The curtaill'd Fag of Time lest the Effort Of Evils then so strong should reach t' Affect With over-flowing Vials his Elect Then what 's the space of Time how ever short We must beyond the thousand Years Transport Lyes secret from created Minds but still May what was wanting to Times measure fill Now of these Eves and Morns th' first sev'nty five By these repeated Calls the Spouse retrive From foreign Lands become too much her own Which Daniel calls in brief this Word forth gone From hence the sev'nty Weeks Tyde strait along So lively's the perspective of this Song Wherein the Spouses troublous Times most swell In Black Epiphanes as now She 'll tell CHAP. III. The Spouse Antiochus Epiphanes Defiling the Temple and taking away the Daily Sacrifice is now set out in this following Canticle HOw quick the Night o'ertakes me yet in Bed I thought to find that Princely Loved Head Whom my Soul clasps in dearest Tyes but He Was thence withdrawn the Temple could not be Our Bed in this Black Time when violate By th' Bestial Fury of Antioch's Hate Our ravish'd Bed could then no longer ease My Thoughts so full of Anguish nor appease My boyling Heart one minute I start out From its now-loathed Shroud and search about The Streets and open'st Ways if in the Throng I meeting Him Remonstrate might my Wrong But Oh I found the Publick had betray'd Their Faith to th' Tyrant I no longer stay'd In such a Fruitless search the Watchmen I apply Who are in Trust such Questions to unty The sacred Guard my Love fix'd to their Bounds My quick Enquiries visit all their Rounds With this one Question Have ye seen the Him The Him whom my Soul Love's that only Him They durst not loudly Speak but silent Guides Of Truth they gave me unto him who slides Into my Chast Embrace Just as I mov'd From that so happy Watch Him my Soul lov'd I soon espy'd By Faith and Love I hold Arm'd with my Prayers strongest when most bold And Jacob-like my Love I 'de not let go Once from me more till he had Bless'd me so That humane Nature should the Temple be Where I might Worship His Divinitie Thus dwelt the Word in Flesh as in the House My Mother bred Poor Me Here me t'Espouse In Promise first he graciously did deign As private Chambers here His Mystic Reign In Servants humble Form began In this He climb'd A Glory yet not seen but duely tim'd For its Appearance While thus my Love rests Contented not to stir my Care contests A-new You Salem's Daughters by the Hinds And Roes o' th' Field Gentiles whom nothing binds But my Love's Power Which
the Heavens back again I bow In a serene and perfect Cloudless Day All shadows gone and darkness flown away Chorus The King Himself this brightest Morning Star By his own glorious Presence brings from far The Day so long Exil'd When He all Crowns Shall in his Kingdom swallow when the Frowns Of his bright Face as Thunder shafts shall send The Dark Kings with their Night to their black End So He ascends this Kingdom to receive And to return at time of Sacred Breve This in Parenthesis is interpos'd Amidst the Churches Praises and dispos'd On purpose so that thus the time made plain From Christs Ascension to 's Return again The flowing Cantoes might with Time keep touch And th' Churches various States fit Emblems couch First as its Spotless Apostolick state It self to Salvage Gentiles did dilate Of which how high the Sequent Emblems play Their Airs to listen is our next Essay The King goes on The sending down of the Holy Spirit Now when my Love my Hand hath form'd thee true To my own Image and I Thee endue By th' Holy * Paraclete sent down from Me As my Triumphant Bounty Ample Free With Gifts and Graces Oh Thy Fairest hue Thou Beauties highest point in this Review Dost spotless touch 'T is now thy Beauties clear Without a Blemish now Thou dost appear Like the first Church in Paradise compriz'd Which by the Serpent Fell Thou art repriz'd From th' Serpents Hand To stand see that thou choose Lest thy first Candlestick its Place should loose And now my Song of Love doth thee Enroll Into the state of Spouse Thy Nuptial stole My Gospel Graces are The Gentile wolds Come we 'll survey now which the Devil holds As Dens of Lyons and the Leopards mounts Although my Kingdom 's right by holy Counts From Canaans Mountains let us give them view Which lye within the Holy Lands purliew From Liban come my Spouse come thou with me From Liban come from Aman's Top look thee From Shenir's and from Herman's Brows with Eye Of Grace le ts look where Lyons Leopards lye The Chorus The Gentiles Call'd and becoming a Sister Church with the Jews First and after some Ages the only Church in view till the Jews Conversion Upon this Gracious prospect from the Hills The Sister-Church the following Cantoes fills The King goes on How soon I see a Sister Spouse arise So fruitful is the Favour of my Eyes How soon the Gentile Church that Sister-Spouse One Body with the Jews in my Love grows Thou art Adopted now one of the Eyes That does complete the Beauty its surprize My Heart transports as does that lovely Chain Which to the Head unite does thee retain In whole as by one Neck and still recalls Thy Name my Sister-Spouse which thee installs In Nuptial Rights so that thy Love enshrines Thy Beauty in my Heart 'bove richest Wines Which Sacrifices grac'd now out of date In this new Spoused Jew and Gentile State The Odours of thy Oyntments much excell The Spices that in Typic Unguents smell For Gifts and Graces are my Spirits Oyl To which most Fragrant Matter 's but a Foil The combed Cells which sweetest Honies fill Drop not the Pleasures Spouse thy Lips distill The staple Dainties of the Promis'd Land Honey and Milk are in thy Tongues Command The potent Flavors of Thy Vests confine Those fainter of the Mount Liban Chorus Thus Divine Influxes make the barren Wilds out-do An earthly Canaan and its Types out-go Its Doctrines Sufferings Graces all combine As sweetest Odours and the richest Wine For now the Jewish Spouse in silent shade Vales off this Song Ensuing Emblems laid Are in the Sister-Spouse Till all the Tribes First Two then Ten returning It describes So now the Gentile Church Great Israels Name Inherits as the onely Spouses claim But Fear Ingrafted Israel the fate Of native Branches Dread t' usurp the State Of Church so Catholick as if the Root Thou Bor'st from whence the Branches shoot And not the Root Bare thee a Branch at will Standing by Faith but pruned off if Ill. Or as without the Nat'ral Israel Thou Couldst be the Perfect Spouse Proud Fancies glow Thus in the Roman Breast Conceits its own Are Canoniz'd for Wise But Gents alone No more than Jews this Catholick can be Jews first split on this Rock and now Fear Thee Besides 't is now the Gentiles Times run deep While Jewish Church and State thus lye asleep Then in the Gentiles Times a Gentile Pest Will likely Rise a Gentile Church t' infest Of these Adopted Jews some false Christs Preach And Antichrists Supplants True Christ impeach The King Thou Gentile Church Thou Sister in a Spouse Thy whole Time in a Glance my Fore-sight showes A Garden Barr'd a Spring shut up a Fount That 's Seal'd throughout Thy Emblems I recount For when Seals open All my Kingdom strait Will open with Them But I patient wait Even till that Israel of which I come Joyning with Thee make up my Israels Sum That Time my Father set Successive seals Still therefore stay my Kingdoms just Appeals Each sealed Time I 'll Character to Thee Successions each in Order thou shalt see First Ephesus the Seat of Truth reveal'd Each Plant an Orchard of Pomegranates seal'd With Heavens Impress I depaint Chorus Then Truth did flow As if each Plant a Paradise would grow The King goes on Next Thee a Spicy Region I describe Where thrive where smell Spices of ev'ry Tribe Those of the Royalty those Popular All justly mix'd each in their Order are The Camphire meets the Spike Spike Saffron meets The Aromatic Reed with Odours greets The Fragrant Bark Sweet Frankincense indents With Myrrh the flavor'd Aloes joyns scents Chorus Thus Spices of Afflictions bitter Taste Bruis'd by the pondrous Pestel while they waste Into Perfumes give Smyrna's suffring Days Which lasted till the Christian Empire sways The King goes on 'T is then as if unseal'd I do allow Thy Gardens to stream out Thy Springs to flow As if a Fount of Gardens Thou A Mount of Wells That roll down with sweet streams of Liban's Smells The Winds that Fan thy Redolent Perfumes With Gales so brisk each point my Care Assumes First the stern North and then the softer South That all thy Spicy Atoms as from Mouth Of Arab's Gummy Land may blow I Joy In publick'st Graces when of pure Alloy All Virtues from thee I let out but In To Thee shut out the subtle streams of Sin Now cause That Man of Sin hath his sworn Time Before my Kingdom To turn back that slime Foul as the Serpents see thy Springs new barr'd Thy Fountain seal'd under Hermetic Guard Now Satan's Synagogue is creeping out Thy
But Heath and Sands Impov'rish'd Soil barren and thirsty Lands That barren Womb o' th' seven Headed mount Describe streaming with Fire as Etna's Fount His Legs supporting all with Marble rise Firm Certain Stable Steddy Pillar wise Fix'd on their Feet as stalls of Gold not Clay On which the Gentile-Image had its stay The very Papal Feet false to the weight They 're trusted with false to Proud Babel's height Thus Truth and pow'r Divine must needs endure Whose Ground-work as the Top is rich is sure Whereas when ever stuck those Feet of Clay Their Head of Gold to Ruine must betray His Port His Air His meen Majestick great As Liban's Cedars and their lofty Seat Such is the Grandez such the Reason sense Of all that 's from the Eternal Sapience When Papal Faith and Rites become the scoff Of Divine Wisdom and like Chaff huff'd off As sweetest Ambrose so His Mouth doth flow With Truth Heavens Eloquence His Praises grow Upon me quick so to a point I draw His Loveliness to Beauty's self gives Law This Salem's Daughters is my Love here end If you but lovely know you know my Friend But oh the Counter-Christ hath Dragons Jaws Who Poyson Vomits in his Feral Laws The Salvagest of Beasts his Form display Sin makes the Man in Him if Him you 'd say He 's one Deformity if that you know It 's He 'mong Thousands He himself doth show The Churches of the Reformation Thyatyra Sardis Philadelphia displayed according to this Earnest Search after the Beloved With what stupendious Art is here now drawn The Churches Reformation from its dawn Till the Twelve Hundred Sixty Days shall end On which th' Apostasy's permitted to extend It self Wherein the Church doth search about All Places Forms to find Her Loved out The Church indeed is One yet into Three Must from its various scites distinguish'd be I' th' midst of Antichristian Bowels Thyatyre Lyes paled round with Vive Comburian Fire That heats that Furnace where the Sovereign feels What in his lowest Members burns who steels Their Constancy even when They 're pil'd in Flames For Flames he to a Bed of Roses tames Hungary France others Thyatyra 's Rest Do now the cruel Ravages Attest Where Papal Rage may farther come He knows Who trys the deepest Reins of Things and shows The Blessed End but still conceal'd What may fall out e'er th' Morning Star reveal'd For at that Summons the whole Church shall fly To higher Things than now it can descry Sardis ascends to Splendor and would bear As high as if the Spouses Love were there It s undefiled Names does yet dissent Lest Acquiescing in what 's now prevent Those splendid Robes assur'd them when in white Heavens Armies shall attend the Bride Grooms Light Now Philadelph with smallest Humane strength Of Laws or Power supports the Restant length Of Time upon the Name the Faith the Word The Patience of her single loved Lord While Satan's Smyrna-Synagogue reviv'd Appears as 't were Antiquity retriv'd And fain would Bolt this Churches Open Door As if not Ancient and as if too Poor In Ceremonious Pomp in Mitred Names In Feasts in Fasts its simple Order blames With rigid Censure But Davidean Key That binds and looses Bars the lofty Plea Of Jurisdiction till Salem's state Approach so near as to compose the Bate Even Satan's Synagogue shall then sit low At Feet of Philadelph and Pray to know Whither the Churches Love is gone and all Unite to seek Him with Uncloven Call For though His peerless Person was agreed No Pontiffs claim allow'd yet how with speed To find This Synagogue from Sardis teem'd Disputed hard For in their Dream they deem'd Their Golden Dream that He already here As much as th' Spouse could hope did now appear To wait Him farther Factious discontent Gainst present Things did future Represent To hot Schismatick Brains But what follows now Shews This all Salem's Daughters disavow With whom the Synagogue submits to Philadelph For to the Spouse by Her Christ show'd himself And now the Philadelphian Intervall Enters Voices on High all Kingdoms call To Christ Dates of Apostate Times expire In one the Churches their True Prince enquire CHAP. VI. The State of the Church in the Philadelphian Interval or the Last Seventy Five Years of the Two Thousand Three Hundred THou Fairest of the Female Beautious Name We now our slumbring Sentiments disclaim And fain would know from thee whither is gone And whither is Retreat Thy Loved ONE Thou that so long thy searches hast maintain'd Canst guide us best for sleepy we restrain'd Our Home pursuits and our remainders marr'd O' th' present over-fond futures we barr'd Now we would seek with Thee with Thee be ONE In the Research where Thy Belov'd is gone Not Gones now my Belov'd as in my swoon When I had lost him so But He 's gone down Just now gone down into that Garden He Had left so long to the Apostasie The Spicy Beds He now returns to Left As cover'd wish Black Vapours and bereft Of their True Odour Now a new Repast He takes of Fruits after so long a Fast He now his Lillies gathers a new spring Of Graces Worship Truth in return bring Th' Approaches of his Kingdom so long veil'd By Antichrist and close his Servants seal'd His sealed now on Sion's Mount stand clear And with his Fathers written Name appear On open Fore-head Now I Him enjoy As singly with his Faith of pure Alloy And while His love in me is pleas'd to Rest He with himself as mine does me Invest Then He along the Beds of Lillies Feeds As of the Future Paradise the Seeds Chorus From Schelom Born now Hundreds Ten and Six A Nine of Tens and unites Seven Fix Our Philadelphs Beginning Interval Till the Worlds Kingdoms to the best King fall As in just Homage first proclaim'd his own At last together Build his Royal Throne And as while Salem's Ruines were restor'd From Babel's spoil Years Sev'nty Five were scor'd Of Old so many now exact do Flow To Salem New from Babel's Overthrow Babel the Mystic To Salem's Throne Seven Voices and as many Vials Grone In earnest Motion Those two Royal Towns Salem and Tirzah seat the many Crowns As the Metropoles and show unite In Schelom Twelve Tribes so long Bipartite Which now returning Philadelph adorne And match'd with it are in its Scutcheon borne So in this Landscaph the stream'd Banners play Before his Hosts Terrours with them Array Themselves Jehovah's Mighty Ones come down To Armageddons Plains and them Renown With Victory All these are so display'd That to the Apostolick First state layd And yet distinguish'd They may both ascend And Salem's Glory
Grace I stood so Fair That as a Princely Spouse with Royal Air Surround'd I Favour found And His Delight Is now to Honour me with Spousal Right Chorus A Description of the Supreme Kingdom of Christ under the Parable of Solomon's Royal Vineyard King Schelom had a Royal Vineyard plac'd So that Hamon's Name its Grandeur grac'd Princely Abundance that Great Name Imports This Schelom could not Grasp within the Efforts Of his own Eye though Greatest Wisest King With Caution therefore that each Farmer bring A thousand Silverings He Lets it out Thus to his State the Circle runs about The Fruits in Silver thus return'd supply By Right th' Expence of Schelom's Dignity The King While This some shade to th' Royal Vineyard gives That I call Mine as Paint gives to what Lives How Dark yet and how Dead are still the Lines How short of the Great Life For my True Vines With their whole Plat are always in my Eye Each Keeper that I place I will stand by And by my Eye Guide All No Errour shall So much as in a Point this State Appall For as my Saints alike my Vineyard keep So I Them All whose Eye 's ne're chain'd by sleep Chorus The Thousand then whole Glories perfect Sum To Thee the Great the Schelom True must Come Two Hundred without hazard Run Reward Those Thou acceptest as thy Vineyards Guard Now as the Parrity Aggrands the Rate So that no Loss can be Blesses the State How Royal is't that the chief Shepherds Ten Two as reward Communicates For when Old Salem's Priest-hood Decimate but one In Ten to a Community the Tone Of Bless'd Salem's Priests is stretch'd alike And to each Saint twice one in ten doth strike For when Ten Hundred to the King doth Rise Two Hundred to each Saint He doth demise For ev'ry Saint's a Priest and keeps the Vine Himself The Vineyard by an equall Line Rises from every Vine So the Reward Runs Equal to this Equal Priestly Guard This is Essential Glory yet Degrees May vary as in Light the Stars One sees The King Oh Thou that in the Gardens yet dost Dwell Which to Mount Paradise of God shall swell In Beauty and in Fruits Now Now that All Is thus prepar'd My Spouse I 'de hear thy Call Ecchoed by every Saint in Harmonie And then I Come I quickly Come to Thee The Spouse My Voice Lord Jesus Thou shalt hear thy Bride One Spirit Tunes to say with Holy Pride At such a Day Approaching Come yea Come As youthful Harts and Roes on Hills do Roame With Bounds so Quick that ev'ry where They'reseen Thou on the Spicy Mount without all screen Of shade be seen let no Dark Spot appear Unguilded by thy Lightning Quick each where So let the Redolency of thy Air Perfume each Point and no Ill Blast empair Those sweetest Breaths Now be there no Delay Haste thee Lord Jesus Come yea Come Away Thee to Annoint the Mount of Spices Grows And to an Endless Royal UNGUENT Flows THE EXPOSITOR'S CONCLUSION THough not in Babel's Land but Babel's Times This Sion's Song I sing As its sweet Chimes I Skill not to Tune High So the Repike Of untun'd Ears its True sounds back do strike With Disacceptance But One Decad more Of Years to Light springs Prophecies deep store Then will a New Composure soon Enflame Each Salem's Daughter to Rechant the same Then I Great Schelom's Humble Poet whom Contempt now Locks into a silent Tomb Shall by the Comment of those Brighter Days Rise better Understood and Crown'd with Bays This in Diviner Warmths I dare Predict And if before that Time My Soul 's Relic't Lye down On it This Epitaph let Sit IN PROPHECY ON SONG OF SONGS HE WRITT To Him be Glory by Jesus Christ for Ever Amen FINIS The end of the 70 years * At Cyrus his first year the same 3459 when began Daniels 2300 Even Morn and after 75 years of the words going forth the 70 weeks of years The same 33. and 34 years The beginning of the 1260 Days It is done It is done Christ says The Answer of all Notes explaining the Senſe. a Christ is plainly the Truth of what Solomon was the Shadow or Image And his Wives both Jewish and of the Gentiles most especially Pharaohs Daughter are fit Emblems of the Church Notes explaining the Senſe. b A Prayer for the Assistance of the Divine Spirit in so mystical a Book Notes explaining Words. 1 Solomon from the Hebrew Schelomoh Notes explaining the Senſe. c Allow this a Prophecy as undoubtedly it must as hath been set out in the Preface and it must be above all the Names of Prophecy in the world Notes explaining Words. 2 The great Pagan Prophetess suppos'd yet to foretell Christ Notes explaining Words. 3 Heathen Oracles struck dumb by Christ the Great Pan or Shepherd as Plutarch witnesseth Rev. 19. 9. Notes explaining the Senſe. d It runs from David to Christs Supreme Kingdom Notes explaining Words. 1 Holy Veils or Likenesses in Parables Notes explaining Words. 2 Make famous Notes explaining the Senſe. e The Song hath great Sense even where the Types are lowest and plainest Notes explaining Words. 3 Full of Sense Notes explaining the Senſe. f There is by the several words used My Love or Beloved by the Spouse my Love or Companion Spouse Sister Spouse by Christ and Persons of a Third or middle betwixt both and calling Christ the King a plain distinction of the Persons viz. The Spouse of the King the King the Chorus or Quire of Saints g The kisses of Christ's Lips are a most proper Emblem of David's time because David was so eminent a Prophet and King and the Pen-man of so excellent a Book of Scripture so full of Divine Truth as the Book of Psalms wherein are also so great discoveries of Christ's Kingdom Notes explaining Words. 4 or Quire Notes explaining Words. 5 Grieves with Notes explaining Words. 6 Rejoyces with Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth Notes explaining Words. 7 A rich Drink Notes explaining Words. 8 Flowes out Thy Love is better than Wine Notes explaining Words. 9 Mutual Discourses Because of the Savour of thy Good Oyntments Notes explaining Words. 1 Christ Dan. 9. 25. Notes explaining Words. 2 nam'd Notes explaining the Senſe. h This Symbol also of Oyntments is most proper to David God's Annointed whose Anointing with holy Oyl and to an Everlasting Kingdom is so often mention'd in Scripture from which Annointing Saul was rejected Now all this referrs to Christ the true Prince David or Messiah whom David though his Son in spirit calls Lord. Thy Name is as Oyntment poured out Notes explaining Words. 3 Small Motes flying from Bodies Notes explaining the Senſe. i An Emblem of which were those Songs of the Women Saul hath kill'd his thousands and David his ten thousands 1 Sam. 18. 7. k Solomon a Prince of Peace had this the great Glory of his Reign That he built the Temple elegantly here call'd Chambers viz. of Love and State l Wine is an Empharical Symbol or Representation of the Dedication of the Temple with those magnificent Feasts The remembring of the Love of Christ more than Wine implies Solomon's Fall into Idolatry and yet the sincere
The False Prophet so intimate to and united with the Beast speaks as a Dragon Notes explaining the Senſe. 1 Those three Churches make the Order of the Reformed Churches Notes explaining the Senſe. 2 It is not possible the state of the Reformation could be more notably described than by this Portraicture of Christ and the Churches harkning to it and seeking after Him This State shall last till the Year 1697 as is made out by the Line of Time Notes explaining the Senſe. 3 The one Church of the Reformation is Represented by three in regard of different Circumstances and especially different intervals of Time in which first Thyatyra then Sardis then Philadelphia have the ascendency successively and all with a Continuance near to the Glorious Kingdom of Jesus Christ Notes explaining the Senſe. 4 The Reformation of the Church of Thyatyra Rev. 2. 18. attended with Burnings alive Notes explaining the Senſe. 5 The Protestants of Hungary France and in other Popish Countries are the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the remaining sufferers till the Kingdom of Christ in every Eye to this Day * Revel 3. 24. Notes explaining the Senſe. 6 How far those Sufferings may spread over other Protestant Countries is known to God who knows the Secrets of all future Events Notes explaining the Senſe. 7 A certain Blessed End we know but what may fall out before is as to particulars concealed though we certainly know Then shall be a Church of Thyatyra of Sardis till the approach of Christs Kingdom Notes explaining the Senſe. 8 How much clearer and brighter shall Christianity and the knowledge of the Churches be when that Morning Star appears Notes explaining the Senſe. 1 Sardis is the state of the Protestant Churches where they are protected by States and Laws and so is ready to believe there is not to be a higher and a more glorious State of the Church in the World except its undefiled Names who look principally to the Appearance of Christ and bewail the Low State of the Church till then Notes explaining the Senſe. 2 Philadelphia rises out of the Suffering Saints in Thyatyra and those undefiled Names in Sardis who cannot be satisfied in any present state of the Church but wait for Christs coming It is settled upon the pure Laws and Ordinances of Christ resting upon the consent of Christians in that and in his Power and Favour working this brotherly Love of Christianity however it come to have the Favour of Princes and States also after it comes to its Interval Notes explaining the Senſe. 3 The Synagogue of Satan is that which rises out of the worst part of Sardis that contend hard for the old Antiquity not resting wholly on Gods Word and finding fault for want of Fasts Feasts Episcopal Power c. which is especially while the Church of Philadelphia is low and is not come to its proper Interval Notes explaining the Senſe. 4 The great Dispute hath been about Jurisdiction or the Power of the Keys Christ will resolve that by shewing this supreme Key of David 5 Philadelphia being as was said a Church that lyes scattered in the suffering Protestants of Thyatyra and the undefiled Names of Sardis its Door is endeavoured to be shut and not to be acknowledged by the Synagogue of Satan they are zealous for the Rites and Customs of the Primitive Church for the four first Centuries and would reduce all under pain of Excommunication and all severe Penalties to that Time not considering the Apostasie rose gradually from thence 6 But when Philadelphia comes to its proper Time Christ shows David's Key His Key of Supreme Jurisdiction and that Synagogue sits low and learns of Phidelph And All of the Reformed Churches seek Christ together Notes explaining the Senſe. 1 All Protestants agree concerning Christ the only Head and Supreme of his Church against Papal Tyranny but they differ'd where he was to be found whether in the present Order and Government of the Church or in a greater Glory of his Kingdom Notes explaining the Senſe. 2 It hath been look'd upon hitherto by too many as Faction and Schism to desire a greater Reformation of the Church than we see yet Notes explaining the Senſe. 3 When the Kingdom of Christ comes to be Proclaimed at 1697 it shall then be agreed by all the Reformed Churches to seek Him and wait for his coming in greater Glory Notes explaining the Senſe. 4 With how great Elegancy is Satan's Synagogue which gave the Elevation of the Apostasie in Smyrna again parallelled to that Over-zealous Contention to bring things in the Reformed Churches to that state again as the most perfect state whereas the Apostasie rose out of it but to show Christs Favour to all of the Reformation He brings these to acknowledge their Errour and to acknowledge also Christs Love to a Church settled by his Word and not by Antiquity which is here by this Song given in the Daughters of Jerusalem waiting so long to hear the Description of Christ's Person e'er they all agreed to seek him with the Philadelphian Church as we shall find they did agree in the following Chapter The Chorus by Salem's Daughters Whither is thy Beloved gone Oh thou Fairest among Women Whither is thy Beloved turned aside Notes explaining the Senſe. 5 Here is the very Worshipping of the sleepy Sardians even superstitiously fond of Antiquity at the Feet of Philadelphia express'd by owning her the Fairest of Women by seeking Christ with her as the True Spouse That we may seek Him with Thee Notes explaining the Senſe. 1 The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Revel 3. 2. the Things that remain are properly Express'd by Remainders in order to the Kingdom of Christ which were to be strengthned in Sardis as ready to dye My Beloved is gone down into his Garden Notes explaining the Senſe. 2 It cannot but be observed by every Thoughtful Reader that the Account the Spouse gives of Christ Return'd is just opposite to the State of the Apostasie before Chap. 5. to v. 9. To the Beds of Spices Notes explaining the Senſe. 3 Before Christ had come into his Garden as a Time past and then could not be found To Feed in the Gardens and to gather Lillies Notes explaining the Senſe. 4 He had Eaten and gathered c. and left all to other Beloveds Now He is again returned to the Beds of Spices and to gather Lillies I am my Beloveds Notes explaining the Senſe. 5 Before the Church had put off its Coat and wash'd its Feet and could not open to Christ now it saith I am my Beloveds This is in Revel c. 14. 1. the Servants of God having his Name on their Fore-head Notes explaining the Senſe. 1 Before the Church could not find Christ now Christ is the Churches 2 It is very observable ch 2. v. 16. These Words are us'd but in another Order then it is first said My Beloved is mine For in the Captivity the Church was under Judgment not under Apostasie So the first Remarkable was Christ Return'd to his Church in Mercy which thereupon cried out My Beloved is Mine Here the Church having been under Apostasie Expresses first its own Loyal Return to Christ I am my Beloveds And as that was the Triumphal Note of the Return from Litteral Babylon so now with this Remarkable Alteration it is taken up again as the Motto of its Return from Spiritual Babylon And He is mine Notes explaining the Senſe. 3 The constant Allusion of this