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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43282	Seder olam, or, The order, series or succession of all the ages, periods, and times of the whole world is theologically, philosophically and chronologically explicated and stated also the hypothesis of the pre-existency and revolution of humane souls together with the thousand years reign of Christ on earth ... : to which is also annexed some explanatory questions of the book of the Revelations ... : and an appendix containing some translated out of Latin by J. Clark, M.D., upon the leave of F.M., Baron of Helmont.; Seder olam. English	Helmont, Franciscus Mercurius van, 1614-1699.; Clark, J., M.D.	1694 (1694)	Wing H1394; ESTC R235336	106,660	246

and Hail signifie great Strife and Contention that arose among the Members of the Church within this Interval which indeed did very much injure and prejudice the tender Branches of Celestial and Divine Life among Christians as Iohn said the third part of the Trees were consumed with Fire and all the green * Grass Grass was burnt up Now by the † Trees Trees are not the stronger and as it were ●ounder Christians to be understood and by the Grass such as are more feeble and unsound And how exactly do these Predictions agree with the first Interval of the seven Trumpets viz. from the year of Christ's Nativity 214 to the year 474 For how miserably during all this time was the Church afflicted with the Debates and Controversies of divers Bishops and Presbyters that erred from the true Faith of Christ such as were Novatus Sabellius Samosatenus * Authors of Heresie Manes Arrius Donatus Macedonius Apollinaris Pelagius Nestorius Eutyches all these were so many principal Authors of Sects and Heresies within this Interval whose Heresies and false Opinions wherewith they broke the peace of the Church would be too tedious here to recite † Fire mixt with Blood And was it not Fire mixt with Blood when many of those Sects and Heresies killed others call'd Christians and their Brethren with the Sword Quest. 46. What ought we to understand by the great * The Mountain cast into the Sea Mountain cast into the Sea by which the third part of the Sea turn'd into Blood within the Interval of the second † The second Trumpet Trumpet from the year 474 to the year 734 Doth not this apparently signifie the Defection and Apostasie of many ●rom the Christian Faith which seemed like some great Mountain as the Roman Church was at that time And behold how this great Mountain burns with the Fire of Envy and Malice and tumbles into the Sea and turns the third part thereof into Blood involving a great part of the Roman Empire in Destruction War and Blood-shed as indeed it f●ll out For in the greatest part of this Interval much Blood was spilt insomuch that Rome was burnt and pillag'd about the year 550 by Totila and all Italy about that time was miserably wasted and destroyed by the Goths and Lombards are not all these most just punishments in●licted by God on the Roman Church for their Apostasie And that she lifted her self above all other Churches and set up her Bishops above all other Bishops of the World and this proud Usurpation of the Roman Bishops over others quickly began after the days of Zosimus Boniface the first and Coele●tine the first who assumed to themselves this P●eheminence and Authority over their Brethren a little mo●e than 400 Years after the Birth of Christ yet could not absolutely obtain it untill the Year 606 when Boniface the third was constituted the first Universal Bishop over all Churches by the Authority of Phocas who killed his Master the Emperor Mauritius and by villainy assumed his place Quest. 47. What may we understand by the great Star * What the great Star mean● falling from Heaven on the Rivers of Water and turning the Waters into Wormwood within the Interval of the third Trumpet viz. From the Year 734 to the Year 994 was it not a greater degree of Apostasie the great Star that fell from Heaven on the Rive●s signifying some evil Angel inspiring the Doctors and Preachers of the Roman Church with the worst and most pernicious Doctrines which Doctrines certainly were like to Wormwood for bitternes● And did not this evidently come to pass at what time the Bishops and Doctors of the Roman Church eagerly preach'd up the Pope's Supremacy and Jurisdiction above all other Bishops likewise they set up and established a multitude of humane Traditions as Masses to be said for the Dead that Men should be confin'd by an Oath or a Vow to a Monastical Life that Priests ought not to Marry with many more of the like nature Besides also within this Interval the Popes and Bishops of Rome did mightily promote the Adoration and Worship of Images and thus not without great reason was the third part of the Waters said to be turn'd into Wormwood and it is affirmed that many dyed by drinking those bitter waters But some there were preserv'd alive who did not drink of those bitter waters but of the pure Water of the word of eternal Life and sound Doctrine and indeed these were the Witnesses of God in those corrupt times such as were Adelbertus a French-Man Clement and Samson Scotch-Men with sundry others in divers Kindoms and Provinces of the World Quest. 48. How must we understand that the third part of the Sun Moon and Stars were smitten within the Interval of the fourth Trumpet viz. From the Year 994 to the Year 1254 Doth not this signifie that the Grandure and Majesty of Emperors and Christian Kings should be very much eclipsed within this Interval And did not this certainly come to pass when the Pope challeng'd to himself and proudly usurp'd Power and Authority over divers Emperors Kings and Princes in the whole Christian VVorld And indeed obtained it Gregory the seventh otherw●se call'd Hildebrand excommunicates an● deposes the Emperor Henry the fourth abou● the year of Ch●ist 1073. About the yea● 1100 Paschal the second ceases to recko● the date by the years of the Empire b●● contra●y to the ancient custom begins ● new Account from the Popes ex gr Sayin● in this year of th●s or that Pope instead o● this or that Emperor Pope Hadrian th● fourth bestowed ●reland upon Henry the se●cond King of England as a Gift for whic● the said Henry became tributary to the Pope● and every Family in the whole Kingdom wa● oblig'd to pay to the Pope one Penny per ann● Pope Alexand●● alias Barbarossa set hi● Foot upon the Neck of Fr●derick the Emperor Innocent the third takes care to constitute Otho Emperor and afterwards ex●communicates him I●hn King of Englan● was deposed by the Pope and as some affirm poyson'd at last by some o● the Pope's Emissaries Gregory th● Ninth Gregory the Ninth An. 1233. who was Pope abou● the year 12●3 said there wer● two g●eat Lights the Pope and the Em●pe●or the Pope like the Sun and the Em●peror as the Moon this so vexed the Em●peror that he call'd the Pope Antichrist Likewise about the year 124● Frederi●● was deposed by the Pope's Authority 〈◊〉 not all these Transactions wi●h many mo●● clearly explain to us the effects of the † The fourth Trumpet fourth Trumpet Quest. 49. What may we understand by the Star that * A Star falling on the Earth The fi●th Trumpet fell from Heaven to the Earth within the Interval of the fifth Trumpet to which was given the Key of the bottomless Pit and a●ter the bottomless P●t was opened there arose a smoake from thence c. And what may be thought the

Iohn ch 12. The Vision Ch. 12. Contemporary with ch 8. Synchronical or happening at the same Interval of time with the aforesaid Vision of the half Hours silence and the seven Trumpets And is not the Woman here describ'd the Church and her Male-Child the Life of Christ or the true Spirit o● Christianity brought forth in the New-Birth or Spiritual Regeneration And was not this Spirit or Life of Christ most clearly revealed and brought forth in those Primitive times for the space of 300 Years and more after Christ's Resurrection and Ascens●on into Heaven And is not that great red Dragon the Devil And are not his seven Heads seven Monarchies or Kingdoms orderly succeeding each other● whereof five were elapsed before I●hn's time And finally Doth not the Tail of this Dragon signifie the false Prophets even as that true Prophet had said The Pr●phet that teaches Lyes is the Tail Moreover this Tail drew the third part of the Stars of Heaven● and cast them on the Earth Doth not this signifie some great number of Professors of the Christian Religion but of little Stability who did not persist or remain in the Truth or Life of what they professed Quest. 65. What is signified by the Woman ●lying into the Wilderness Is it not a ce●tain solitary and obscure State the Church of God shall come into wherein the true Champions and Defenders of Christianity were very much dispersed and as it were in the Wilderness or hid in a Wood and making but little outward Show or Appearance and but little obvious to the external Observation as it was in the days of Elias who thought himself to be left alone but God told him he had 7000 who had not bowed the Knee to Baal Quest. 66. How much is that time of 1260 Days wherein the Woman fled into the Wilderness Doth it not contain 1260 common Years For in Scripture a day is sometimes taken for a year in a Prophetical or a Mystical Se●c● And doth not experience it self● and Ecclesiastical Histories conspicuously demonstrate for some Ages back that this solita●y and obscure State of the Chu●ch has been continued for above 120● Years already past and that by reason of Antichristian Darkness and Tyranny And doth not that time of 1260 Years expire at the beginning of the Interval of the Philadelphian Church which falls in the year of Christ's Resu●rection 1●6● o● in the year of his Nativity 1700 Therefore will not the afo●esaid time of 1260 Years begin ●t the year of Christ's Nativity 440 A●d indeed about the same time viz. 440 Years after Christ's Nativity the W●st●rn Empire almo●● totally fell together and in the Fall of it was divide● into ten le●ser Empires or Kingdoms which are called by Iohn the ten Horns of the Beast and these Horns miserably smote the Servants of God here and there dispersed Q●est 67. About what time shall Michael ●nd his Angels overcome the Dragon and his Angels A●d when will that Dragon and his Angels be cast down to the Earth and the Saints overcome them in the Blood of the Lamb and the word of his Testimony Will not that time be about the end of the 1260 Years afore-mentioned And that the Dragon shall be cast down from Heaven unto the Earth doth not this signifie that the Church is here pu● for Heaven and shall enjoy both outward and inward Peace and Tranquility and be f●ee from Calamities ●or a considerable time a●ter the ●erm of 1260 Years is expir'd And doth not the casting of the Dragon down unto the Earth signifie his power which he will have over Carnal Men and such only as are Earthly wise whereby he will cause horrid and detestable Wars to arise among them And finally will not the Church about this time appear going out of the Wilderness and Satan the Accuser of the Brethren be cast down that he may not accuse them of Heresie Sedition and other crimes of the like nature as he hath formerly done Moreover shall not this time during which the Church shall enjoy outward Peace remain for some time as it were about 70 Years whilest the remaining part of Mortals shall be exceedingly pressed with Wars and many and great Calamities Quest. 68. And shall not the Church after she is return'd ou● of the Wilderness and hath for a good season enjoy'd outward Peace and Tranquility fly the second time into the Wildernes● And is not this second ●light of the Church cl●arly enough describ'd v. 14 And wherefore is it said that in her second flight ●●e had two Wings of an Eagle given her unless it be to denote the v●locity or swiftness of her flight and return And therefore will no● the time of this second flight be of a short continuance viz. 1260 Days even as the ti●e of her first flight had been long and tedious to wit 1260 Years whereas i● both times had consisted of 1260 Years it would certainly have made the last flight of the Church to have happen'd within that most happy age of the World the future Millennium which is very absurd Moreover is not the time of this second flight viz 1260 Days the very same with that wherein the two Prophet● should Prophesie cloath'd in Sack cloth and the Holy City be trodden under foot Quest. 69. What is signified by that where the Earth helped the Woman and opened her Mouth and swallowed up the Flood which the Dragon cast out of his Mouth Is it not thus to be understood to wit that the Flood of the Dragon's Wrath fell on some other People and those as well Heathens and professed In●idels as Christians falsly so call'd that were only nominal and titular who made War one upon another that so the Church might with more ease and facility slip out of the Jaws of the Dragon CHAP. XIII QUest ●0 What is that Beast which Iohn saw arise out of the Sea having seven Heads and ten Horn● Doth not this Bea●t signifie the Body of 7 great Monarchies whereof 5 Heads we●e even then expired be●ore Iohn's time Revel 17. and two remained to come Moreover are not those which were already past before Iohn's time these ●ollowing that is to say the first the Egyptian M●narchy under which the Iewish Church or Israelitish People suffer'd much in times past and therefore the Subversion and Overthrow of Pharaoh and his Army in the red Sea is call'd in Scri●ture the wounding of the Dragon the second the Assyrian Monarchy ● under which the ten T●ibes were put ●n●o Exile the third the Babylonish M●narchy whereof Nebuchadnezzar was Head who led the other two Tribes Captive into Babylon and destroyed the Temple and City of Ierusalem the ●ourth the Monarchy of the Medes and Persians the fifth was the Graecian Monarchy whose Head was Alexander call'd the Great which five Heads or Monarchies fell before Iohn's time Therefore is not the sixth Head the Roman Monarchy which in Iohn's time only remained The seventh Head Quest.