Jehoiakim was See Broughtons consent of Scriptures Mores Tables carried to Babylon and sent home againe * Read Jer. 22. v. 18. 19. That Daniel and the rest were carried away Captives in the first yeere of Nebuchadnezzar That Jehoiakim rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth yeere of his reigne That Nebuchadnezzar came not against him till five yeeres after That the Chaldean Kingdome continued but 70. yeeres Which they seeke to wrest from the words of Jeremiah but in vaine Jer. 25. for though in the fourth of Jehoiakim he prophesieth of the just continuance of the Chaldean Kingdome untill the end of the 70. yeeres Captivity yet he saith not that the 70. yeeres Captivity began in the fourth of Jehoiakim for the Scriptures declare that they began not till the end of the reigne of Zedekiah which was eighteene yeeres after the said prophecy Thirdly because the Captivity of Jehoiakim as also of his sonne was but a particular Captivity of some few though I grant many Nobles were then carried away But the Captivity of Judah or the 70. yeeres Captivity was not the Captivity of a few or only of the chief but of the whole Land of Judah of Prince and people with the utter destruction of Jerusalem in the end of the reigne of Zedekiah Of this Captivity it is said So Iudah 2 K. 25. v. 21. was carried away out of their Land And Jehozadak 1 Chr. 6. v. 15. compared with 2 K. 25 v. 18. the sonne of Seraiah went into Captivity when the Lord carried away Iudah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar Thus Iudah was carried away Captive out Jer. 52. v. 27. of his owne Land And the word of the Lord came unto Jer. 1. v. 1 2. Jeremiah in the dayes of Iehoiakim unto the end of eleventh yeer of Zedekiah unto the carrying away Ierusalem Captive in the fifth moneth What words can plainer expresse the time when the Captivity of Iudah began Them that had escaped from the sword carryed 2 Chr 36. v. 20. 21. he away to Babylon where they were servants to him and his sons untill the reigne of the Kingdome of Persia to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Ieremiah untill the Land had enjoyed her Sabbaths for as long as shee lay desolate she kept Sabbath to fulfill three score and tenne yeeres See here the 70. yeeres desolation must be fulfilled from this Captivity in the end of Zedekiah Fourthly because if Jehoiakim were carried away captive in his third yeere then must Jeconiah's Captivity be in the ninth yeere of Nebuchadnezzar For â— Chr. 36. v. 59. Jehoiakim reigned eight yeeres after that and his sonne Ieconiah three moneths and ten dayes But this is contrary to the Scriptures which say directly that Nebuchadnezzar tooke Iehoiachin alias Ieconiah 2 K. 24. v. 12. in the eighth yeere of his reigne And Ieremiah saies in the seventh yeere Jer. 52. v. 28. Fifthly because in the last chapter of Ieremiah where the severall Captivities are reckoned up there Jer. 52. v. 28 29 30. is no notice taken of the Captivity of Iehoiakim nor of the Captives at that time carried to Babylon being none but a few children chosen out of certaine of the children of Israel and of the Kings seed Dan. 1. v. 3. 4 and of the Princes such as had ability in them to stand in the Kings Palace and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans Whereas the Captivity of Zedekiah is there and also in the 39. Chapter and in the latter booke of the Kings and Chronicles largely related as being the grand and most remarkable Captivity The Captivity of Iudah From the beginning of the Captivity of Babylon unto the Commandement to restore and to build Jerusalem againe are 152. yeeres FOR 2 Chr. 36. v. 21 Jer 25. v. 11 c. 29. v. 10. Dan. 9. v. 2. The Captivity continued 70 yeeres The next yeere after being the first yeere of King Cyrus Israel returned from Captivity Ezra 1. v. 1 They began to build the Temple in the second Ezra 3. v. 8. yeere of the said Cyrus And it was finished in 29 yeeres after which was the sixth yeere of King Darius the son of Hystaspes C. 6. v. 15. Of this Temple it was prophecied that the glory thereof should be greater then of the former which was Hag. 2. v 9. not in respect of the beauty in building but because of the presence of the Messiah our Saviour who John 18. v 20. should teach therein Artaxerxes in the end of his seventh yeer which Ezra 7. v. 8. 11 was 52 yeeres after the finishing of the Temple sent Ezra and gave him Commission to restore and to build Jerusalem againe Here began the 70. weeks revealed by the Angel Gabriel unto Daniel Dan. 9. v. 21. 24 The said times accompted are 152 yeeres Reasons why it cannot be admitted that Daniels 70. weeks should be accompted from the first yeere of King Cyrus The one is because the Angel saith expressely that the 70. weeks must be accompted from the going forth of the Commandement to restore and Dan. 9. v. 25. to build Jerusalem which Commandement was not given forth by Cyrus for the Commission of Cyrus twice rehearsed by Ezra was onely Ezra 1. 6. to build the Temple And though it be also true that Cyrus gave Commandement to build Jerusalem yet Esa 44. v. 28. c. 45. v. 13. he gave not Commandement to restore Jerusalem Whereas that Commandement which the Angel spake of was both to restore and to build Jerusalem This was given forth by Artaxerxes in the seventh Ezra 7. v. 11. yeere of his reigne As may be seene by the tenour of Ezra his Commission For Ierusalem was then restored when the Lawes were taught and Religion established and it was then built when Magistrates and Iudges were set therein Without Religion Ierusalem could not be restored without Magistrates it could not be called a City To settle both these Ezra onely received authority and had Commandement The other reason is because the Assertors of this opinion when they come to particulars doe grossely rend in sunder all Histories especially of the Persian Monarchy and are forced to build on their own phansies As That Cyrus after he took Bahel Broughtons Advertisement of corruption pag. 11. See Mr. Mores Tables reigned but three yeeres Cambyses after his fathers death foure But Mr. More will have it that Cambyses reigned with his father sixe yeeres and one after his fathers death Both alike true For if Cyrus and Cambyses reigned so short a time how could Cambyses the Prince of the Kingdome of Persia withstand Dan. 10. v. 13. compared with v. 1. the building of the Temple 21. yeeres as the Scriptures affirme and are so understood even by Mr. Broughton himselfe Broughton ibid. That Darius the sonne of Hystaspes
sirnamed Ahasuerus hindered the building of the Temple who See Broughtons consent of Scripture Anno Mun. 3560. And Mr. Mores Tables is generally acknowledged to be the finisher * Joseph Antiqu l. 11 c. 4. Func fol. 65. Bucholz pag. 34 Sir W Ral Hist l. 3. c. 5. Sect. 3. Ezra 4. v. 6. therof and whose great favour and liberality unto the Jewes is not onely set forth in the Book ef Esther but also in prophane histories And though it be true that in the beginning of the reigne of Ahasuerus they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Iudah and Ierusalem yet this accusation was so farre from hindering the building of the Temple that it procured from Darius alias Ahasuerus a Decree for the speedy finishing thereof C. 6. v 1. unto v. 13. That Artaxerxes mentioned in the seventh of Ezra was the same Darius mentioned before in the Broughtens Advertisement and Consent sixth chapter in whose reigne the Temple was finished But this cannot be For Ezra ending his story of Darius in the sixth chapter begins his seventh thus Now after these things in the reigne of Artaxerxes King of Persia c. Which words shew plainly that he spake of another King and of things done long after Darius Besides in the seventh yeere of Artaxerxes Ezra had Commission to set Magistrates Ezra 7. v. 8. 25. and Iudges over the people which could not be the next yeere after the finishing of the Temple unlesse we will suppose that Zerubbabel the Governour and Hag. 1. v. 1. Zech 4. v. 6. Ieshua the High-Priest and the other Magistrates did all die together on a sudden as soon as the Temple was finished That Xerxes hindered the building of the Temple Broughtons Advertisement pag. 12. 13. That Artaxerxes Longimanus was brother to Xerxes whom all Histories with one consent declare to be his sonne That he reigned but 36. yeeres that Artaxerxes Mores Tables Mnemon reigned 11. yeeres with his father and 10. alone and infinite such like absurdities Neither can they excuse themselves because of the diversity of Writers touching the time of these Kings For the best and soundest Writers doe not differ and that which is and hath from time to time beene generally received must be taken for truth But Vincent Ler. contra Haeres c. 3. these follow none at all and cannot so much as find one pur-blind Author to countenance their inventions And therefore they doe cautiously omit the particular accompt of Daniels 70. weeks An Object But Mr. More tels us that Daniels 70. weeks must needs begin at the very end of their 70. yeeres captivity Mores Tables pag. 94 95. or else the analogie of their 70. yeeres captivity and 7. times 70. yeeres liberty could not stand and also the comfort were not so forcibly brought by the Angel if there were any meane time betweene the end of their captivity and the beginning of their liberty Resolved To resolve this we must know that An analogy is a proportion similitude or resemblance which one thing hath unto another Now that any intervenient time can destroy an analogie is a meere paradoxe For in matter of proportion and similitude neither time nor place are considerable Betweene the Paschall Exod. 12. v. 3. 21. Luke 23. v. 33. Lamb in the first Passeover and the passion of Christ the Lamb of God there was a true analogy yet there interceded 1552. yeeres Betweene the lifting up of the Serpent in the Wildernesse and the lifting up of the Sonne of man there was a true Numb 21. v. 9. John 3. v. 14. analogy yet there interceded 1512. yeeres Betweene Jonas his being three dayes and three nights Jona 1. v. 17. Matth. 12. v. 40 in the Whales belly and the Sonne of man his being three dayes and three nights in the heart of the earth there was a true analogy yet there interceded about 820. yeers Between Christs suffering and the signes now administred in the Lords supper there is a true analogy yet the time since He suffered is more then 1600. yeeres Therefore it is manifest that the analogy betweene Judah's 70. yeeres Captivity and Daniel's 70. weekes may well stand though the weeks doe not immediately begin in the end of the Captivity Nor does any meane time betweene the Jewes Captivity and their liberty diminish the comfort thereof more then the 46. yeeres till the Israelites were peaceably possessed of the Land of Canaan diminished their comfort of being freed from Egypt the house of bondage From the commandement to restore and to build Jerusalem againe unto the death and passion of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST are 490. yeeres FOR It is expressely declared unto Daniel that from Dan. 9 v. 25. the going forth of the Commandement to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah The Prince shall be 7 weeks so long it was before the Reformation could be fully perfected Religion established and 62 weeks which make 69. weeks and Verse 26. 27. after 62. weeks in the week following which added to the said 69. maketh full 70. weeks shall Messiah So Numb 14. v. 34. So Ezek. 4. v. 5 6. So Dan. 10. v 13 So Revel 2. v. 10. be cut off and He shall confirme the Covenant c. Now accompting each day for a yeere as the Scriptures doe frequently 70. weeks do amount unto 490 yeeres The full time from the Creation of Adam unto the death and passion Which Ezek. might happily intend by 4000 Cubites c. 47. v. 3 4 5. of our Lord and Saviour IESUS CHRIST is 4000 yeeres and 10 dayes A particular proofe of the times from the beginning of the Captivity of Babylon unto the death and passion of our blessed Saviour IESUS CHRIST whereby the former computation as also many places of the Scriptures are cleared The first Monarch of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar reigned 45 yeeres Comp. 2 K. 24. v 12. with c. 25 v. 27. Jer. 25. v. 1. He began to reigne in the end of the fourth yeere of Jehoiakim King of Judah In the beginning of his tenth yeere which was 2 K. 24. v 7. Dan. 2. v. 1. 28. 36. Joseph Antiqu. l. 10 c 7 11. the second yeere of his reigne after he vanquished Pharaoh Nechoh Daniel told and expounded his dreame The Captivity of the Jewes began in the beginning 2 K. 25 v. 8. Jer. 52 v. 12. 27 of the nineteenth yeere of his reigne or as it is Ier. 52. v. 29. in the end of the eighteenth yeere From the finding of the booke of the Law in the 2 K. 22. v. 3. 8. 18. of Iosiah unto the last carrying away of the Jewes into Captivity in the three and twentieth yeere Jer. 52. v. 30. of Nebuchadnezzar are 40. yeeres which was the Ezek 4. v. 6. time of the iniquity of the house of Iudah Evilmerodach reigned 30 yeeres Melancthon l. 2. Chron. de 1. Monarch
potissimum in Chronicis credendum Lyra in Gen. 15 v. 13. Beza in Act. 7. v. 6. yeeres Which was by their father Jacob Prophetically implied in this word Descend yee or Get you downe the letters whereof in Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifie 210. Gen. 42. v. 2. These 210. yeeres may be thus set forth in particular Kohath with his father Levi came into Egypt Gen 46. v. 8. 11 Exod. 6. v. 18. unto whom Amram was borne about 60. yeeres after Amram was 70. yeeres old when Moses was C. 2. v. 1. 2. 10. C. 6. v. 20. Epiphan l. Ancorat borne unto him Moses was 80. yeeres old when he conducted Compare Num. 10. v. 11. 12. c. 13. v. 26. with Deut. 2. v. 14. c. 34. v. 7. the children of Israel out of Egypt The time of the ten plagues of Egypt is the same with the latter part of the eightieth yeere of Moses Exod. 7. vers 7. And it is necessarily concluded Exod. 7. v. 19. to c. 12. v. 29. from those many testimonies of Moses his being in the Wildernesse 40. yeeres Wherefore Saint Stephen Joseph Antiqu. l. 2 c. 6. Acts 7. v. 30. did not there intend a full and compleat expiration of 40. yeeres as he did before verse 23. The said times accompted are 430 yeers which are mentioned Exod. 12. v. 40. 41. But when the Scriptures speak of 400. yeeres as Beza annot in Acts 7. v 6. Gen. 15. vers 13. and Acts 7. vers 6. The accompt is to be taken from the birth of Isaac From the departing of the children of Israel out of Egypt unto the laying of the foundation of Solomons Temple are 480. yeeres FOR Moses remained in the Wildernesse 40 yeeres Deut. 2. v. 7. Psal 95. v. 10. Amos 5 v. 25. Acts 7. v. 36. 42. c. 13. v. 18. From the Covenant that God made with Abraham saying IN THEE SHAL Gen. 12. v. 3. Acts 3. v. 25. Gal. 3. v. 8. ALL NATIONS BE BLESSED upon which he departed from Ur of the Chaldees unto the giving of the Law Exod. 19 v. 1. 18 c. 20. v. 1 in Mount Sinai are 430. yeeres and almost three moneths But the Apostle Gal. 3. v. 17. leaveth out the moneths as an imperfect number Ioshua in the 7 yeere after the death of Moses Comp Deut. 2. v. 7. 14. with Josh 14. v. 7. 10. divided the Land of Canaan and after that governed 10 yeeres which the Scriptures call a long time in respect of Joshua's age and may Josh 13. v. 1 c. 23. v. 1. be proved by deducting the evident and certaine numbers out of the 480. yeeres mentioned 1 King 6. vers 1. Othniel judged Israel 40 yeeres Judg. 3. v. 11. Under whose government Israel served the Lord Josh 24. v. 31. Judg 2. v. 7 10. all the dayes * Which were 17. yeeres according to the Hebrewes others say 20. C. 3. v. 6 7 8 9 10. of the Elders who had seene the great workes of the Lord But when the Elders were dead they fell to Idolatry and much wickednesse till at last the Lord sold them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim King of Mesopotamia by whom being eight yeeres grievously oppressed they cried unto the Lord and the spirit of the Lord came upon Othniel their Judge and he delivered them Note that when the Scriptures say the Land had Judg 3. v. 11. rest 40. yeeres and Othniel died it is not to be understood that the Land was in peace 40 yeeres together under Othniel but that the Land had rest or peace unto the end of 40. yeeres from the decease of Joshua Or untill the fortieth yeere of Othniels Ad annum quadâ—agesâ—inum Jâ—n Trem. government But in what yeere before the fortieth the peace began the Scriptures expresse not So understand Judg. 3. v. 30. c. 5. v. 31. c. 8. v. 28. Ehud with the Vacancy 80 yeeres Judg. 3. v. 15. 30. Eglon K. of Moab oppressed Israel 18 yeers Neer the C. 3. v. 14. end of which oppression as some suppose but more Levi ben Gerson Func fol 35 Calvis pag. 241 probably neere the end of Ehuds Judgeship when through long peace and plenty God the giver of all goodnesse was forgotten the execution of justice wholly neglected and every man did that which was Judg. c. 17 18 19 20. 21. right in his owne eyes were those dayes wherein the Scriptures say There was no King in Israel Shamgar was a deliverer but no Judge for the C. 3. v. 31. Scriptures neither mention that he judged nor that the Land had rest in his daies Deborah 40 yeeres C. 5. v 31. The 20. yeeres wherein Jabin King of Canaan C. 4. v. 2. 3 4. mightily oppressed Israel were at that time when Deborah judged Gideon alias Ierubbaal 40 yeeres C. 6 v. 32. C. 8. v. 28. Presently after the death of Deborah Midian oppressed C 6. v. 11. to the 33. Israel and though Gideon a mighty man of valour was in the first yeere of their oppression otherwise there could not be forty yeeres in his C 8. v. 28. daies by the Lord in speciall manner called to the government and had the Lords promise that he should save Israel from the hands of the Midianites yet untill the seven yeeres oppression which God C. 6. v. 1. 34. C. 7. v. 9. 22 23 had appointed were finished and untill the spirit of the Lord came upon him he did not deliver them Abimelech 3 yeeres C. 9. v. 22. Tola 23 yeeres C. 10. v. 1 2. Iair 22 yeeres Verse 3. In the end of the fourth yeere of Jair the Philistines C. 10. v. 7 8. C. 11. v. 29. and Ammonites began to vexe and oppresse Israel which they continued 18. yeeres untill the Lord raised up Jephthah to deliver them Iephthah judged Israel 6 yeeres C. 12. v. 7. About 34. yeeres after that Sihon King of the Num. 21. v. 24 25 26. c. 22. v. 2. compared with c. 33. v. 38. 48. Amorites had fought against the predecessor of Balak the sonne of Zippor King of Moab and had taken all his Land even unto Arnon Israel smote Sihon and all his people and possessed his Countrey which was in the last yeere of Moses From whence unto Jephthah were but 266. yeeres current yet by adding the yeeres of their owne possession unto Sihon's whose right they had by the Law of Conquest Jephthah did justly say that they had dwelt in or Judg. 11. v. 26. possessed those Countries three hundred yeeres Ibzan 7 yeeres C. 12. v. 8. 9. Elon 10 yeeres Verse 11. Abdon 8 yeeres Verse 13. 14. Samson 20 yeeres C. 16. v. 31. The Lord delivered Israel into the hand of the Philistines C. 13. v 1. 5. C. 15. v. 20. 40. yeeres Whereof 20. were fulfilled under