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A54594	The revelation unvailed, or, An essay towards the discovering I. When many Scripture prophesies had their accomplishment, and turned into history, II. What are now fulfilling, III. What rest still to be fulfilled, with a guess at the time of them : with an appendix, proving that pagan Rome was not Babylon, Rev. 17, and that the Jews shall be converted / by Samuel Petto.	Petto, Samuel, 1624?-1711.	1693 (1693)	Wing P1901; ESTC R33395	87,755	184

up suddenly some famous Instrument in the World to appear for his Interest Rev. 18. 1. so as the Earth will be filled with his Glory Also Christ's appearing in his Regal Dignity in greater Splendor Purity Brightness and Glory than heretofore on a white Cloud Rev. 14. 14 15 16. with a golden Crown and in his hand a sharp Sickle and here is speedily a Vial-Angel out of the Temple out of his pure Church applying it self to Christ having not only an expectation of but an extraordinary Spirit of Prayer crying to him for the reaping the Harvest of Babylon and it was done accordingly v. 16. so that this is an immediate forerunner of her Ruine 4. A Triumphant Song among the Saints for the Ruine of Rome or Babylon there Rev. 19. 1 2 3 4. This seemeth to be about the latter end of the sixth or beginning of the seve●th Vial near or in the time of preparation to Armageddon Rev. 16. 13 14. And it must ever be observed that the Effects of one Vial do oftentimes run into another Vial or last and continue after another Vial is begun to be poured out like the Scales of Fishes one partly covereth another 5. The Restauration and Return of the Jews and Israelites together with their Conversion as well as others Ezek. 37. under the Emblem of dry Bones living is signified the restitution of the Jews and by two Sticks one for Ephraim the Head of and often put for the Ten Tribes and another for Judah or the Two Tribes v. 16 c. is represented the recovery of all the Twelve Tribes of Israel and bringing them to their own Land v. 21. and this was never yet accomplished For when it is saith the Lord v. 22. I will make them one Nation upon the Mountains of Israel and one King shall be to them all and they shall be no more two Nations neither shall they be divided into two Kingdoms any more at all So that when this is made good all the Twelve Tribes the Body of them are re-united so as they shall never be separated any more and one King shall be over them David v. 24. and that is Jesus Christ for David was dead long before this Prophesie Few here yet know where the Ten Tribes are and the two are still scattered so that this never was accomplished to this day and therefore it must hereafter be fulfilled because God is true This then is certain That all the Twelve Tribes of Israel shall have a Possession of their own Land again and be under Conversion there some think they shall not be converted till after they are there Isai 61. 7. Jer. 31. 17. and 32. 41. Ezek. 37. 21 22 25. Am. 9. 14 15. Zech. 2. 12. So Rom. 11. 25 26. he saith the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in and so all Israel shall be saved So that in Gospel-times after breaking off the Jews for Unbelief yet there is a time when all Israel shall be saved And this will be compleated at the beginning of the seventh Trumpet Rev. 10. 7. The Way and Means of Israels return and Conversion will be partly Extraordinary by Impressions from the Lord like wind breathing upon them which will be to them as life from the dead Ezek. 37. 9 11 12. it will be a sudden unexpected thing a Nation to be born in one day Isai 66. 8. Their Call will be partly by Ordinary means the Preaching of the Gospel Jer. 31. 6 8 9 10 c. by Watchmen on Mount Ephraim Isai 52. 7 8. and 59. 20. Isai 60. 16. Thou shalt also Suck the Milk of the Gentiles Rom. 11. 25 26. The deliverer shall come out of Sion i. e. by Ministers out of Gentile Churches so he will turn away Ungodliness from Jacob. And the Faith of the Gentiles shall provoke the Jews to Jealousie and Emulation v. 11 12. possibly at the rising of the Witnesses Rev. 11. 11 12. Their first Conversion will not be by the personal appearance of Jesus Christ for that is not till the seventh Vial Rev. 16. 15 16. Behold I come as a Thief Mat. 24. 29 30. when they shall welcom him Mat. 23. 39. whereas they are converted before under the sixth Vial v. 12. and prepared as a Bride before the seventh Rev. 19. 7. to end As to the time some say before the Salvation of Israel the Pope and Turk shall be overthrown and destroyed And indeed a partial Fall of the Turk will be by the sixth Vial but their total Destruction is not till the seventh And the Mistake that the Fall of Rome will be by the fifth Vial I have disproved As to that great Question Whether Rome shall first be destroyed before the Calling or Conversion of the Jews I would not absolutely determine but consider the first Triumphant Song for Judgment upon Babylon is with various Hallelujahs Rev. 18. and Rev. 19. 1 3 4 6. which is an Hebrew word never before used in the Apocalyps and so importeth that the Hebrews are concerned and ingaged in the first Praises for the Fall of Rome and therefore the Hebrews seem to be Converted before without which they could not rightly shew forth these Praises Isai 43. 21 and this is in order of time after those things concerning its Destruction And the next thing is the Lamb's Wife which especially must be the Jews maketh her self ready Rev. 19. 7. Yea the Angel which filleth the Earth with his Glory near the downfall of Babylon Rev. 18. 1 2. seemeth to be the very same with that at the first restoration of Israel Ezek. 43. 2. And so why may not the Jews have some hand also with others in the Ruine of Rome Dan. 2. 34 35. 44 45. Zech. 12. 2 3 4 6. I know the Idolatry and Abomination of Rome have been agreat Stumbling-block in the way of the Conversion of the Jews But the special Gospel Manifestation and Divine drawings rending the Veil upon the Heart will be enough to remove all these Stumbling-blocks 2 Cor. 3. 15 16. Joh. 6. 44 45. Act. 2. 37 38. And that Rev. 15. 8. is not to be understood absolutely as if none entred into the Temple or pure Church state till all the Vials be poured out for all the seven Vial-Angels come out of the Temple and with pure and white Linnen v. 6. and so there was then a pure Temple that some yea many entred into but it must be understood Comparatively few enter in comparison of what shall enter at the latter Vials 6. A general Combination of Enemies against Jesus Christ and his Interest to their own Destruction After the Fall of Babylon some will survive to lament her burning Rev. 18. 9. and being of the same Spirit they were hence the Witnesses after their rising Rev. 11. 11. in such places may have Trouble and Sufferings from their hands and the watchword and warning to keep their Garments intimate danger then of spiritual Drowsiness Mat. 25. 1 c. and of

So Jesus Christ hath tenderly provided for the consolation of Christians in the latter Days for here is another a new Triumph for Victory over the Beast and the Destruction of Babylon Rev. 19 5 6 20. this after two Beast had been up and persecuted Rev. 13. and after some Trumpets had sounded and Vials were poured out upon Enemies Rev. 15. and 16. the first of which Vials v. 2. spake the Beast up before So that here is a double rejoycing one a long time after another and the latter upon the downfall of Babylon Here I must add that it is unscriptural to say as some do that the three Days and half R●v 11. should amount to as much as 1260 Days or be the same with the 42 Months as if the three Days and half were first to be turned into Prophetical Days i. e. Years and then every day in those Years to be turned into Years again such doubling is wholly unwarrantable We are not to teach the Spirit to speak there is a Mystery in the broken Numbers so often repeated else the three Integrums might have been more and so the 1260 Days might have been 1300 or 2000. And surely there is curiosity in adding half a Day or Year to three Years of the Witnesses lying dead Rev. 11. 9 11. it intimateth that there will be some reviving in that half Year or before a 4th Prophetical day is come about If a long time would be required for the strange Feats of the Antichrist talked of by the Romanists yet they who have so long persecuted why may they not at last slay the Witnesses in such a short time the way being prepared before and why may they not in some Street of the great City by a Spirit of Life from God suddenly be revived again To conclude this in all the 1260 Days of their Sa●kcloath-state the Witnesses Prophesie Rev. 11. 3. and so are alive whereas during the three Days and half they are in a death-state v. 7 9 11. and therefore the three Days and half are no part much less the whole of the 1260 Days I have proved divers Vials to be poured out long before the rising of the Witnesses and to the Vision of the Vials we must refer that vast change of Affairs in the Papacy by the late Reformation Quickly after passing of the second Wo the Kingdoms of the World become the Lords Rev. 11. 14 15. or then cometh the 1000 Years Rev. 20. in which I do not assert a l'ersonal reign of Christ upon Earth during that time but a more glorious State of the Church than before and then cometh the Day of Judgment v. 11 12 c. Quest 2. Whether the 1000 Years Rev. 20. must commence or begin from the Fall of Pagan Rome at Constance and expire at the Ottoman Empire Ann. 1300. A. Negatively the 1000 Years cannot take date from the Fall of Pagan Rome For 1. The Beast and false Prophet are cast into the burning Lake at the beginning of the 1000 Years Rev. 20. 10. Seeing the Dragon at their Expiration is cast into it where the Beast and false Prophet are therefore they were in before 2. The Dragon is bound during the 1000 Years that he doth not deceive the Nations Rev. 20. 3. whereas during the 1000 Years from the Fall of Pagan Rome about Ann. 300. the Dragon was not bound but loose and did deceive the Nations into the Corruptions and Abominations both of the Papism even in the height of it witness Hildebrand's Dictates and others and also of Mahumetanism which overspread and deceived the Nations in the times after An. 600. and before An. 1300. Yea not only so but a Scarlet-coloured Whore in that time persecuted the Church witness the Sufferings of the Albingenses and Waldenses and Bohemians Q. 3. Whether the Restoration and Conversion of the fews and Ten Tribes is still to be expected A. Affirmatively I assert that the restoration and conversion of the Jews and the Body or great Numbers of the Ten Tribes is still to be expected If the Prophesies and promises hereof had the beginning of their a●●omplishment in the Primitive Times if then there were the first fruits of them yet the principal the chiefest part the compleat fulfilling of them is yet to come For 1. All the Tribes the dry bones must live The two Sticks shall be one Stick one Nation and that in their own Land under David their King Jesus Christ when they shall be no more two Nations neither shall be divided into two Kingdoms any more at all Ezek. 37. 5 10 14 16 19 21 22 23 24 25. and they shall be converted v. 14. I will put my spirit in you This speaketh not of a Union of believing Jews and Gentiles under Jesus Christ but plainly of the Twelve Tribes of Israel for one stick is for Judah and the Children of Israel his Companions v. 16. and the other for Joseph the stick of Ephraim and for not only some but all the house of Israel his Companions this must comprise the Ten Tribes and these must all be united become one Nation v 19 22. in the Land in the Mountains of Israel and one King shall be to them all v. 22. and this is Jesus Christ v. 24. David my servant shall be King over them and they all shall have one Shepherd i. e. Jesus Christ for David was dead long before and David often is put for Christ Ezek. 34. 23 24 with Joh. 10. 11. Isai 55. 3. with Act. 13. 34. Hos 3. 5. Whereas they never yet were thus united under Christ in their own Land but are a divided scattered People to this day Therefore there is a time yet to come when they shall be thus united under Jesus Christ for God is true and no tittle of his Promise shall fail The like is declared in many other Prophecies 2. All Israel shall be saved Rom. 11. 26. and not only the Elect the spiritual Israel but plainly the Jews that Israel in distinction from the Gentiles v. 25. and after blindness or hardness happened to the Jews so as they were cast away and broken off for their unbelief v. 15 17 20. Therefore the Conversion of the Jews of multitudinous number of that Israel is to be expected It will be such as will be greater riches to the World to the Gentiles than their fall was v. 12. how much more their fulness There is then a time coming when there will be such a fulness of the Jews as will usher in the Conversion of a far vaster Numbers than in the first Ages of the Gospel as the how much more doth evidence Obj. But there is no probability that all or most of the Common People of the Ten Tribes were transplanted but only the Rulers and Rich and Military Men. A. I think every individual Person or Family was not carried away yet it is apparently untrue that only such a small number of them were transplanted See 2 King 17.

6 18 24 26. 41. and 18. 9 10 11. there were such vast numbers removed to various distant places v. 6. as it is said v. 18. there was none left but the Tribe of Judah only see v. 23. they bear the name of Israel And such multitudes were brought from far to people the Country and be placed in the room of them as are called Nations v. 24 26 41. Let it be granted that there must be a return answerable and the conversion of such a multitude as were transported and we need not desire more Obj. 2. All the Ten Tribes were in the Dominion of Cyrus and had liberty to return Ans 1. Dr. Lightfoot saith when Cyrus gave leave to the Jews after the 70 years captivity to return to their own country multitudes of them found themselves so pleasingly seated and by continuance of time rooted in Babylonia that they would not remove their habitation but fixed there There in time they grew to so great a Nation and distinct a people that they had a Prince of the captivity of their own blood over them and three famous Universities Nehardea Pombeditha and Soria Peter's lot fell here directs his Epistle to the dispersed Jews in Pontus Galatia Cappadocia Asia and Bithinia See Harmon p. 335. 2. They did not so return as to answer the Prophesie Ezek. 37. for then they must now be in their own land v. 22 23 25. which they are not Some of the Ten Tribes joined with Judah 2 Chron. 11. 17 18. When yet they were undoubtedly two Kingdoms And they are as really two Kingdoms still as they were of old against v. 22 23 25 26 28. yea in Gospel times we read Joh. 7. 35. of the dispersed among the Gentiles Therefore there is yet a time coming wherein they shall return to their own land and be converted Obj. 3. But the two Nations or Sticks became one under Zorobabel as a type and mystically under Christ and so Ezek. 37. was fulfilled Ans 1. That Ezek. 37. had any part or beginning of its accomplishment under Zorobabel is an assertion wholly groundless and so a bare denial of it is sufficient till there be proof of it By David often is meant Christ and not a type of him so as the first accomplishment of it was in the days of the Messiah long after Zorobabel was dead The Twelve Tribes or two Nations were never united under Zorobabel that I can find there might be some of them as there was 2 Chron. 11. 17 18. when yet they were two Kingdoms but the body of them returned not Zorobabel was not their Prince for ever as Ezek. 37. 25 28. there will be a time when they shall be in their Land and their Children and their Childrens Children for ever v. 25. 2. Ezek. 37. was not fulfilled in the first ages of the Gospel or at the first coming of Christ for as Mr. Greenhill well observeth then the Scepter should not have departed when Shiloh came Gen. 49. 10 If the Messiah were King in Israel King over both Houses united into one the Scepter did not depart but was advanced This will appear further by their being still scattered as here followeth Obj. 4. The Epistle to the Hebrews and that of Peter and James are directed not to the two Tribes only but to the Twelve Tribes that are scattered abroad Ans 1. This very objection evidenceth that even multitudes of the Twelves Tribes were still scattered in those Gospel times when the greatest number of Jews and Israelites were converted that hitherto have become Christians and they have had further scatterings since which sufficiently proveth that the Prophecies aforesaid and many others of like nature were not then accomplished they were not then united in their own land therefore there is a time yet coming wherein he that scattered Israel will gather him Jer. 31. 10. Ezek. 37. 21. 2. Those Epistles concerned not the Twelve Tribes in those primitive times only or chiefly in that age and the time now past but those Epistles to the Hebrews and of Peter and James are directed to all the Tribes and will be of use to them in the times yet to come when they shall be converted Obj. 5. Many of the Jews were converted in the Primitive times Act. 21. 20. and in Constantine's time and so Rom. 11. 26. was fulfilled Ans The conversion of Jews in those first ages of the Gospel do not answer Rom. 11. 26 for that was the time of their fall and blindness not of their fulness Those myriades then are but few in comparison of the time when all Israel shall be saved Also as then there were great destructions of the Jews by Titus and Adrian c. so Christ telleth us Luk. 21 23 24. That wrath should be upon them and they should be troden down of the Gentiles how long Vntil the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled and they are trodden down by the Turks until this day all which evidence that their conversion and glory could not be in those Primitive times but the time is coming when they shall say as Mat. 23. 37. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. But their Conversion is such a mystery as it will be as life from the dead Rom. 11. 15 25. hardly any first fruits or appearances of it before hand yet dry bones shall live and Jerusalem appear in her glory And now we see Scripture grounds still to pray for the downfall of Babylon and the coming of the glorious Kingdom of Christ and the restoration and conversion of the Jews yea of all the Tribes of Israel and we do not take the Name of God in vain nor deprave the Christian Faith but discharge an important duty therein A Postscript THE Title of my Book is The Revelation Vnvailed because it tendeth to free it from the aforesaid misinterpretations which Eclipse and darken this sacred Prophecy I know many are discouraged for searching into these mysteries by observing the mistake of Writers in the computation of times Whereas I account that one of the smallest matters in it self only it may prove great by its ill influence upon a Man 's own Spirit in the disappointment of his confidence and ones Enemies who seeing others error-as to time may promise themselves immunity from threatned Judgments and so may be hardened to their ruine and destruction I know the expectations of some eminent men are raised high of a destruction of the Beast or Rome about four or five years hence supposing that then will be the expiration of the 1260 days whereas I think those days expired some years since but that this was not the event to be expected upon their expiration If those worthy Men should suffer a frustration of expectation yet there is no cause for a prostration of their Spirits or for Enemies triumphing I do modestly not confidently hope for some glorious events within in this Age if not within few years but it is upon other