4      5      6   60   7 57     1  3870    2      3      4      5      6      7 58     1      2   50   3      4  3880    5      6      7 59     1  *    2      3      4      5   40   6      7 60 3890    Gabriels 70 SEVENS Heauens kingdome Gog-dust WORLD Egypt-Dust Before the coÌ„ming of the son of man CHRIST  1  vvhen Domitius Caluinus and Afinius Pollio vverâ— Consult Then Virgil aegl 4. vvrote of a Chylde that shoulde come from Heauen and of a golden vvorlde Many nations dealyng novv vvith Iudah learned the tyme and fame of the kingdome of Heauen Herode brought home by Vencidius and holpen by Sofius taketh Ierusalem Antigonus is brought to Antonius and of him beheaded as an enemy to the people of Rome Herode is aftervvardes confirmed by Antonius and Cleopatra rulers of Egypt And so Egypt hath some part of the Imaget toâ—â— vntyll our LORDE his byrth and the Machabees that robde Iuda of the regement and left the Sacrifice hood be rooted out by theyr sornauntes RaÌ„ Ban. vpon Gen. 49 SHILOH is come IESVS is borne The VVORD is made flesh The Seede promised to Eue a virgin is borne of a virgin and made vnder the lavve to redeeme vs from the curse of the Lavv The blessed God of Sem the king of iustice and K. of peace vvhom Sem resembled at tvvelue yeeres of age commeth Earthquakes a greater vvonder This Pliny noteth Also vvhen Tigranes vvas chosed King in Syria and SeleÌ„ucus house perithed an Earthquake destroyed 170000 men and many Cities Iust 40. That vvhich Ioel speaketh of the darkenyng of the Sun and Moone turned to Blood Cimchi and Rambam expounde of sorovves to Gog-Magog and Iuda before the Lordes day commeth And further D. Cimchi agreeth vvith Peter Act. a. but knovv no more theÌ„ Cayphas vvhat he spake At Gog vvas plagued so vvas Iuda froÌ„ the time of Chasmonay Machabes Before Iuda had been bout and Ephraim furnished vvith bovv agaynst Iauan But since CHRIST brake both his stanet Delight and Bynders VVhereas he had delyghted and bounde Iuda vvith Ioseph Since seeing they loathed hym he left the lost Sheepe to poryth that vvoulde needeâ— be perishyng Zach. 1â— vvhom yet he pitieth Math. 10. Zachary his Malachi Iohn begin the nevv Story Luk. 1. The redemption by Christ shoulde be thought mere glorious yet in many thingsâ— 3891 them to make Egypts legge dust They both kill them selues Augustus kilde Cleopatras Caesario and Antony by Fuluia Her soÌ„nes by Anthony he spared and cherished as his cosins After AlexaÌ„ders death 294 y. Plat. 3. Clem. Strom. 1. this sea fyght betweene them was fought Aeneas Shylde is trymde with that victory Am. 8. and snudry others do write of it Cleopatra would needes before Egyptes fall show her pride and prouoâ—â—ed Anthony to make her Queene of Italy Plut in Ant. Val. Max. Ouid. Her Iuu Zonaras Sundry warres had Augustus after this to quiet the world But al from Parthya to Englandâ— by the time of our Lord his birth were content to haue friendshyppe with the Romanes Read Stra. 4 Flor. They do taxe Bethleâ—m wheÌ„ the bread of lyfâ— doth there appeare The kingeâ— son shoulde be free but Cittim was to afflict Ebus chiefest Archelaus is banished to 〈◊〉   2     3     4     5     6     7 61    1   30 The Sibyll writ which Virgil is thought to folow Laâ—tantius citeth may well be made by some wittie man taught of a Iew. Or the Spirites otherwyse myght well speake of these tymes what Dâ—â—iel taught playnely 2     3  3900   4     5  ☞   6     7 62    1     2     3     4   20  5     6  3910 IVB.  7 63  27  1     2     3     4     5     6     7 64  10  1     2  3920   3     4     5     6     7 65    1     2 * *   3 1  1  4 2    5 3 3930   6 4    7 5    1 6    2 7 *   3 8    4 9    5 10 3940   6 11    7 12    1 13   IERVSALEM called IEHOVAH-There Eze. 48 Apo. 21.  Gabriels 70 SEVENS Jesus  World    2  14 into his ovvne temple at Salem Ag. 2. apposeth at 12 y Doctors after is a Carpender Mar. 6. Beginning to be 30. Is baptized manifested by the spirit and by the father appoynted the teacher vvhom vve must heare VVhen he teacheth he reformeth the corruptions of the Doctors teacheth fully vvhat Moses shortly taught Of the Gentiles election of him selfe destroying by death Satans vvorkes and Salems ceremonies His miracles proue him to be GOD. His parables are after the Psalme 75. THE L. is baptized in Tisri seeing the fourth passouer ended halfe a seuen vvhen the lambe of God CHRIST is kilde leauing Bread and VVine for the Lambe He dyed the day that Satan murdered Adam in the beginnyng Gen. 3. Ioh. 8. and by death ouercame hym that had the povver of death Of Adams day agree Ebrewes Chaldeans Arabians Grekes Latines Barbarians of all Religions and ages and sundry Scriptures that may not be vvrested The Startuppeâ— that vvould not haue Christ proclaymed heyre of all the first day of man blaspheme that vvhich they knovv not Our first Mothers name might teach them that auncient vvay to the doctrine of lyfe The Sabbath vvholly the Lord resteth vvhich Adam neuer savv vvholly kept Therein he finished that Ceremony The first day of the vveeke his resurrection maketh the Lord his day Apo. 1. He appeareth fourty dayes is taken vp into the Heauens and sitteth on
from Babylon Which I wyll translate agreeably to the Ebrevv that the Reader may see that plainely at the first to which through this Booke he must haue recourse Dan 9. 24. SEAVENTIE SEAVENS of yeeres are cut out for thy people for thy holy Citie to consume wickednes and to abolysh sinnes and to make reconciliation for iniquitie and to bring righteousnes euerlastyng and to seale Vision and Prophet and to shew CHRIST the HOLY of HOLY Know then and marke from the outgoyng of the Worde to returne and to buylde Ierusalem vnto CHRIST the gouernour shal be seauen seauens of yeeres and sixtie and two seauens in th' other it shal be restored and buylded Streete and Wall and troublous shall these times be In that after the sixtie two seauens CHRIST shal be killed and not for him selfe thereupon the Citie and holy place shall be destroy the GOVERNOVRS owne people to come and their ende shal be with a Flood and at the ende of warre it shall haue a finall iudgement to desolation But he shall confirme the Testament for many the last Seauen when in HALFE THAT SEAVEN he shall ende the Sacrifice and Oblation Afterwardes by an Armie abominable he shall make a desolation euen tyll vtter destruction and finall iudgement flow vpon the desolate And this much for the Preface A Concent of Scripture THe heauenly Concent of holy Wryters who haue penned for vs the booke of Trueth is needefull to be knowen for to strengthen our Fayth that we may see a constant agreement in seuerall ages for matters often tolde in diuers partes and maner Touchyng that I labour in this Booke to lay downe certayne principall heades drawen through the whole body of Scripture The beginnyng ought to be from hym who is A and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the beginnyng and the ende who filleth all with his goodnes Thereof this is a true saying and founde intertaynement of all the fayth full that GOD is one and there is none but he Of this that is grauen on the Gate of that fyrst and great Commaundement Heare ISRAFL IEHOVAH our GOD IEHOVAH is one Whom if we loue with all our hart mynde soule and strength and holde them happy whose God IEHOVAH is we must learne to know him aright The name IEHOVAH importeth BEING which the Eternal sayth is his name Vnder this name and nature there be three the Father the Worde and the holy Ghost and these three are one The WORDE is the Sonne and he is IEHOVAH as Iohn Cha. 12 41. expoundeth Esay 6 9. The holy Ghost is IEHOVAH as Paule expoundeth the same text of Esay Acte 28 25. This name is opened thus WHO WAS WHO IS WHO WILBE The names IAH EHIEH I AM are of the same force Though mens blynde hartes can not thus know God The Scriptures are manifest that teach the Trinitie and the holy Tongues of all ages so spake of God Most playnely is that shewed in the beginnyng ende of our Lord his preachyng Mat. 3 1. 28 19. For that purpose God geueth hym selfe a named ELOHIM which is in meanyng MIGHTY in forme plurall as Gramarians speake which as Prophane men speake it by frame of language soundeth GODDES God woulde neuer so speake of hym selfe vnlesse he would haue vs to consider thereby the diuine persons For the forme were dangerous if necessitie required not knowledge of distinct diuine persons The enemies graunt a mystery in that forme with attributes plurall Aben Ezra vpon Psal 11. who also citeth R. Iaphath there This name hath also a forme singular ELOAH a shorter EL. These formes singular are fit to teach of the vnitie of Godhead and lykewyse the other when the attributes speake of one as ELOHIM GOD he created But to manifest distinct persons often do the â—earmes ioyned speake in the number of many as yf I shoulde say THEY God Gen. 20 13. They God caused 2. Sam. 7 22. They God went e SHADDAI also doth God call him selfe MIGHTY RICH or ALSVFFICIENT Though the Greke Diuines reteyne not the letters but â—n a composition TZVRI SHADDAI My rocke is God The Heathen of olde heard of these names and turned them to sundry Goddes But Israel did not so All faythfull know that GOD is one and the persons three and that he regardeth all them that feeke him in spirâ—â— and trueth who is a spirite eternal infinite holy iust and mercifull Vnsearchable are his iudgementes but the open thynges are for vs. GOD hath chosen vs in CHRIST before the worlde was made and of eternitie knew all his owne workes In sixe dayes God made all creatures Man last and gaue them a commaundement which how soone they brake Moses turneth to tell after mention of the Sabbath The Lord rested the seauenth day from creatyng and appoynted that day for holy rest which the Father 's obserued before Moses Now the man and his wyfe were both naked were not ashamed Ouer them God gaue his Angels charge but some Angels stoode not in the trueth nor kept their standyng but fell as Starreâ— from heauen and became an enemious company and staunderers of God In Ebrew Satan in the Grake Deuels Of beastes the Serpent was subtilest into whom Satan entred spake to the woman agaynst God and his commaundement perswaded her who drew the man also to breake the commandement Then they both became dead in sinne So from the beginning as sone as man was Satan was a lyer and a murtherer and therefore marueyle not that the wrath of God is so vehement vppon ADAM through al his generatioÌ„ because quickly sinne was committed to the extremitie The circumstaunces shew the spedines of it Satan woulde omit no tyme the woman if she had ben practised better woulde not so sone haue erred their speach sheweth that no Fruite had been eaten before Doubtles the woman fell a Virgin and yf they had stoode but a short tyme the blessing of God had not been in vayne for propagation Aboue all reasones this must be confidered that the Redemption was to be shewed presently vpon the Creation For that is the fyttest to mooue men to holde it and God omitteth nothyng that best helpeth to that This shoulde moue all men to put no trust in them selues for that Adam hauyng once iustice and true holynes did not lodge one nyght in honoure but became lyke the Beastes that perysh And the lyght that shyneth in darknes mooued men of all religions to holde this For this opinion hath been euery where receyued that they fell the day of their creation So the Ievves generally holde I heard neuer of one that was of an other iudgement and yet many of them see not how fitly they say for the Redemption by the seconde Adam The Heathen Christians haue helde this from the beginnyng The Greâ—et Ireneus Chryostome Theodorus Theophylast and Cedrenus age They haue a common
Egypt to vvin his fauour Salmanasar captiueth him His first y. vvas the 20 of Iotham His thyrd in the second sort of gouerneÌ„ent othervvisehâ—s 12 vvas Ezekias  3    42   4    43   5    44   6  Rest  45   7    46   8    47   9    48   10 680   49     220 ☾ 50 3250 1 ☽    51  2 1  Rest 1 52   2   2  The 1 of 10 calamities  3   3    4   4    5   5    6   6    7   7    8 670 Rest 8    9  IVB. 9  3260  10  14 10  Achaz k of Israel 2. Ch. 28. Blame not the text but learne  11   11    12   12    13   13    14   14    15   15    16  Rest 16 1*  * 17   17 2*   18 660 ACHAZ so young a Father as Elisabet an olde mother should haue hoped in Emmanuâ—l of a virgin 18 3   19 Vnpitied Lo-Râ—â—hâ—â—â—â— b. as we once were  19 4 3270 1 20   20 5  2     6 Salman-asar King of princes Os 8. 10. 3     7  4     8  5     9  6     10  7     11  8     12  9  650  ¶ 13   1    14 3280  2    15   3   1 16 The second and third of the ten calamities ☽ 4   2    5 Loammi borne Israel is no people  3    6   4 ¶  ¶ 7   5    8   6 *  * 9  Rest 7       8      260 9  3290    From the DIVISION Ezekias Manasses Iudah WORLDE Emmanuel   Before the birth of CHRIST  10  and to knovv his ende of lyfe Yet one fault caused an open denouÌ„cing of captiuity to his seede seruing Babels king Esa 39. Sanacharib loseth 185000. The last part of Ezek. 14. y. might be a rest at Ralbag gathereth by 2. King 19. Vpon Ezekias sicknesse the Sunne goeth backe 10 houres 30 Y. after Achaz vvould not take a signe also after Emmanuel vvas promised After Emmanuels birth 30 y. on the tenth houre of a certaine day in an yeere vvheÌ„ heauen opened Iohn Bap. shevveth Christ The like reuolutioÌ„ of time stâ—rreth vs to marke those matters MANASSES 55 yeere Vnder hym Esay vvat savved to death Talmud in Iebamoth lefe 49. That it touched Ebr. 11. They vvere cut vvith a savve Of him doth Oecumenius vnderstand it Iustine martyr also obiecteth the same to Trypho Manasses vvas once vvorse then any Chananite and is caryed by Assur to Babel TheÌ„ he repented The K. of Assur novv ruling seemeth to be Asarcha-don or Sardan He is that Osnappar that sent more dvvellers to Samaria vvho vvere continuall molesters of the Iewes Ezr. 4. Neh. 10. and lothed of them Ioh. 4. Babel at this time vvas of smal reputatioÌ„ dvvelt in by strangers the Palaces turned to vvatch tovvres and brought to ruine Esa 23 13. TIRKANA K. of Cush or Ethiop may vvel be that Tearcon that Strabo shevveth to haue been of great povver Geogr. 15. vvhere also he recordeth 3291 his first his 7 the others fourth Then is Samaria besieged His ninth the sixt of Ezechias Then Gomer Israel beareth LoaÌ„my They myght vvish the MouÌ„taynes to fal on theÌ„ Ose 10. So might Ierusalem Luk. 23. for their destruction by Rome and the prophane Romanes for persecutyng Apo. 6. Herodotus in Egypt heard Sanacharibs story but corrupted Likevvise of the Sunne turned backe and of a King that vvas tolde from God hovv long he should lyue Herod 2. CYRVS is named long before he it borne declared a destroyer of Babel and deliuerer of Israel a buylder of Ierusalem and vncted of God Esa 44. 45. Here novv Iudah is saued in part for the Oyle That it Christ Esa 10. By Iehouah their God Ose 1. But Israel is skattered amongst the HeatheÌ„ To Calach and Abor and the Cities of Madai 2. King 17. Further then Damascus vvho vvere caried to Kyr Amos 7 and beyonde Babylon Act. 7. I agree vvith them that take Calach and Abor here for Colchis Iberia as heathen name Countries and vvith their obseruation out of Herodotus the oldest Greke story vvho speaking of Circumcision vsed in Colchis is thought therein to meane Israel skattered there Abrahams soÌ„nes multplying lyke as the starres are in number myght sone fill Togarmah Turkes Countreys vvho novv holdyng Circumcision and reteining the names of AbrahaÌ„ Selyman or Salomon Ioseph and such shevve vvhence they come for great part and ioyne vvith Ismael VVhere     11       12       13      Rest 14       15    1   16    2   17    3 630  18    4  270 19  3300  5  Sanacharib or Sargon 20    6   21  ☞  7 Rest  22    8   23    9   24  ‡  10   25    11   26    12   27    13 620  28    14 Rest 280 29  3310  15 IVB.   1    15   2       3       4       5       6       7    Rest   8    610   9     290  10 3320      11       12 The fourth of the ten calamities      13     Asarchaddon or Sardan  14    Rest   15       16       17       18    600   19     300  20 3330      21
the ryght hande of the maiesty in the hyghest vntyll he maketh his enimies his footestole His openest enemies novv vvere the Iewes that denyed hym and the Romanes by vvhose policy he vvas crucified The King vvas vpon this to destroy the kinges ovvne Nation Citie and Sanctuarie Of that he foretolde them that their place shoulde be desolate Mat. 24. and of the proper token vvhen Ierusalem should be besuged of an host Luk. 2â—â— And referreth men to Daniel 9. vvherein Gabriel teacheth the full doctrine touchyng Christ and of the destructioÌ„ of the Iewes The vvhole state spake the same saying yf vve let him goe by his resurrection they coulde not chose all men vvill beleeue on hym and the Romanes vvyll come and destroy our Place and Nation Ioh. 11. Yet vvhen Stephen sayd that IESVS of Nazareth vvoulde destroy that Place they helde it blasphemy in an other to speake so of their Place though he had the countenance and vvordes of the Angell Gabriel Act. 6. The Lord closely limitted the tyme tellyng hovv that generation should not passe vntyll all those thinges shoulde be perfourmed By the most mens accompt it vvas fourty yeres so it falleth a day for an yere for misbeleeuing there surrection Of the Romanes speaketh Paul of the remouing of the Empire and of the sinfull rysing in lieu of hym Of that mischiefe spake our Lord. Mat. 24. and the matter myght tell that the Citie by vvhich he vvas kilde vvasvvorthiest to be in this curse Of this I wyll ioyne here a narration somewhat large and after conclude in the doctrine of the kingdome 3491 like that froÌ„ Egypt Bochai vpon Gen. 49. Mary is here greater then Moses sister Elisabet Maries cosen matcheth Elisabet the other Maries cosen for Iudah and Lâ—â—ui it is alike Here Ioseph of Iacob feedeth a better ISRAEL in Egypt then thother did GeÌ„ 47. The godly in a synode conclude that Christ is novv come vvho vvas spoken of by the Prophetes By mistaking the tyme of Zacharyes ministerie our Lorde his byrth is mistaken For by a tale that he ministred in the feast of Tabernacles Iohns byrth is cast to Mydsommer and the Lordes to sixe monethes after Tongues novv buyld at Salem   3  15    4  16    5  17    6  18    7 68 19    1  20    2  21    3  22    4  23 3950   5  24    6  25    7 69 26    1  27    2  28   The last halfe seauen and the last Iubily The acceptable yeere the day of Saluation 3  29    4  30    5  31 The fulnes of tyme the kingdome of heauen   6  32  Satan is tyed for Christians a thousande yeeres that some Churches holde Christ vvithout Idolatry Apo. 20. IVB 28 7 70 33 3960  The Jmages metalles in Daniels sight ar beastes * The Golden head is nowe a Lion the armes and breast are a beare setting vp on Gouernment from 〈◊〉 East to three costes * The Grekes are boeth these beastes first the state whole and sone after come to foure chiefe thence they of Magog and Egypt * Here properly are they named that folow y e head lion Babel The Ramme is the Kinges of Madai and paras The buck is the Kinge of Iauan The horne betwixt his eyes is the first King Alexander y e foure are the foure Cheife Kingdomes one lytle horne is Antiochus Epiphanes * ROME BABYLON in a mystery which crucified CHRIST Apo. 11. In the deluge of Ierusalems destruction do ende Daniels last sayinges touchyng order of tyme. Chap. 9 27. His whole booke conteyheth so long a warnyng geuen to the Ievves as GOD by Lamech gaue to the olde worlde when he named Noah A speciall Comforter But the Ievves went in the misbeliefe of the olde worlde The Lorde by these times had shaken not only the Earth and earthly Emperours but also the Heauens the olde Ceremonies that figured the doctrine of the kingdome that such as shoulde not be shaken myght be setled Yet the Ievves denying the true Messias cleaue to Bar-chozba who sayd that he was Christ for him they rebelled though after he reigned two yeeres and an halfe they kylled hym Talmud in Sanedren Cha. Chelek Pa. 93 97. Thereupon the Romane abominable infidels with force of desolation come to the mountayne and place once holy and worke a finall iudgement vpon it Then Libanus did open the gates fyre brent the Ceders the Firre and Oke houled when Nations warred agaynst Ierusalem tooke the Citie rifled the houses defiled the women And now is the day of liuely waters issuing from a Ierusalem from east to west To which Citie they who wyll not come from all the families of the earth to worshyp the king IEHOVAH of hostes their flesh eyes and tongue shall consume Zach. 11. 14. accordyng to this after the fall of that Ierusalem God reuealeth to Iohn beyng in obscure Patmos How the Romanes wyll fight also agaynst the heauenly Ierusalem the glory of which he seeth most goodly Concernyng the Romanes these two thynges he discouereth the prophane Emperours tyranny and after their fal the Popet double impietie poysoned with hypocrisie The Stories of both be most manifest of any Stories and the Pseudo-catholikes owne testimonies wyll confirme the matter That Rome is condemned in the beginnyng for banishyng Iohn all graunt that know Domitian That Rome holdeth on to the ende in the Cup of the last wrath it is euident when the citie shall peryshe which had the reigne ouer the Kinges of the earth Cha. 16 17. Let vs consider the state of Rome and marke how sitte armes it hath in two beastes of small difference both seauen headed in one horned lyke a Lambe in a Woman Locustes and in the Serpent whose power extreamely is executed Rome stoode vpon seauen Hilles and had the policie altered fiue tâ—mes before Casares they make the fixt After Emperours and Popes togeather made a seauenth which after a sort should be an eyght That power is noted by a beast of seauen heades wherupon the Angel expoundeth it of seauen Hilles seauen Kinges Any political state is in the Ebrew phrase calde a King as Dan. 8 21. Rome was infamous for cruelty euer since Romulus kylde his brother but specially in the ten Persecutors and the Popes The one beast the later hath for that purple coloure The beast Chap. 13. hath a cleere note from famous stories Whereas the Image of the Emperours in Daniel were a Lion Beare Leopard abeast with ten hornes Rome hauing subdued all those Countries thereaftet is a Beast with ten hornes lyke a Leopard footed lyke a Beare mouthed like a Lion Also the other Beast
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