A LITTLE VIEW OF THIS OLD VVORLD IN TVVO BOOKS I. A Map of Monarchy Wherein the state of the World is represented under Kings with their entrance Reign and Ends from King Saul to King Charls II. An Epitomy of Papacy VVherein is discovered the rise of Anti-christ with the Entrance Reign and Ends of the Popes of Rome for 740 years till the Pope was fully declared to be the Anti-christ A Work fitted for the Press Five years agone and now published by Tho. Palmer Pastor of a Church of Christ in Nottingham LONDON Printed for Livewell Chapman and are to bee sold at his Shop at the Sign of the Crown in Popes-head Alley 1659. To the Council of State of the Common-Wealth of England Honourable Worthies THe Lord God Almighty is the original of all Created beings and his glory is the great end he is carrying on both in Earth and Heaven Wisdome Grace and Power are the Essence of God and from himself he made and governs the whole Creation independently and none can say Why hast thou done thus There is some parity between a Saints Soul-state and the true Church-state Darkness and bondage precedes light and comfort sufferings goe before rest Abrahams true Seed are in AEgypt they pass the red Sea and wander in a houling Wilderness before they can possess the promised Land of Canaan and all these former dealings of God with his people in Covenant were written for examples and types for us upon whom the ends of the world are come Jehovab hath not usually made great promises to his people and inriched them with his Free Grace but he hath brought them to live upon him by faith for the performance of the word that went out of his mouth yet as God saw the state of future times he was pleased still to discover and fore-tell to his suffering Saints the enemies fall and the Churches advance and glory in this world The state both of the Jewish and Christian Church as to their sufferings union and glory were fully represented in Daniels Visions and Johns Revelations When Jesus Christ was in the Flesh hee was frequently Preaching and in Parables representing the Churches suffering and raised estate and after him the Apostles taught the same things The Prophets and Apostles spake not only of the Churches future sufferings under the Beasts false Prophet the Dragon and the Whore but God was pleased also to compute and measure the time of Saints sufferings to their promised Redemption In Christs fore-telling the events of time after his Resurrection hee gives not his Disciples the number of years but leaves with them several fore-going signs of their promised Redemption that both by computation of time and by signs the Saints might the better finde the time of the Beasts reigns and the appearing and Kingdome of Jesus Christ. Indeed Chronologies are imperfect and I judge the very year of the Beasts fall and Churches deliverance cannot be asserted by man yet I humbly conceive that both from computations and signs God hath begun his Churches deliverance in these Nations The Churches Restoration is as fully promised as her afflicted state fore-told and when the Dragon and the Whore have had their time of tyranny over the Saints why should we not certainly beleeve and look for promised rest If you please here to take a view of the Kings of the Earth and examine Antichrists plots and practices they have fulfilled the Word of God by the mouthes of his Prophets and answer them exactly as face answers face in a Glasse Great Senators I may be bold to say God hath honoured England above all the Nations of the earth and you above many Sons of men in making use of you to begin and prosess your resolutions for the establishment of Truth and Holiness in these Lands it was only the Lords free mercy that brought and hath continued the Gospel in England above any Country and Kingdom in Europe and may we not upon that ground beleeve that appearing and kingdom of the Son of Man promised shall here begin and from hence run from Nation to Nation till all the Vials of Gods Wrath be poured out upon the Churches enemies that great voyce out of the Temple in Heaven be fulfilled saying The Kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever Truely the night is not yet past and the Lords work in your hands is attended with great difficulty yet you shall ever have a Pillar and a Cloud to guide and defend if you keep your eye upon them I think I may say God now calls you to an unwonted work the bringing in of the New Heavens and New Earth wherein dwelleth righteousness which is the Kingdom of Saints in this World Carnal Counsellours and worldly Politicians know little of the Lords designs at this day and will doe as little in his work God is now staining worldly glory God is now fulfilling promises to his Son and his Saints and none but the Spiritual-wise understand the work before you I beseech you look much to God hearken after the teaching and light of the Spirit in the Churches of Christ and so act that you may render up your account with joy not with fear This is the end and all of my desires in this little peice I humbly present you with who shall rejoyce to bee found serviceable in his generation to promote the great design of Jesus Christ and shall abide Your Honours real and faithful Servant in my Lords Work Tho. Palmer From my Lodging upon London Bridge the 4th Mon. 1659. To all that beleeve and look for the Kingdom of Christ and glory of the New-Testamen-Church in this World Precious souls IT was the providence of my dear Father when he took me from more rough imployment in the Warrs of England to call me to preach the Gospel of Light in a dark corner which was not without success and comfort to my soul and refreshing to many at home and abroad but after a little time Satan raised so great opposition against some few painful Servants of the Lord who with my self joyned freely to preach the Gospel on week-days from Town to Town where we were invited by any of the Lords people that after the continuance of this course for about two years and some light especially in the order of the Gospel brake forth the Parish Ministers shut the doors of the Comman Meeting-places against us and by degrees put an end to those fruitful and blessed exercises My more publick Ministration of the Gospel being so prevented and my preaching in my Parish-relation by the same spirit of Antichrist made very ineffectual that young Converts were staggered about Church-order and many Christians drew back It was upon my heart to imploy my spare hours to prepare something for the Presse and preach in Print when I could not preach in other mens Pulpits
I was for some time unresolved of a Subject to write upon but seeking to the Lord in Prayer God set the sence of the old Dragons and the Whore of Babylons long-continued Tyranny over the Saints much upon my soul and I judged it was now a time seasonable and a Work necessary afresh to take a view of this old World under Monarchical Tyranny in States and under mystical Babylons usurpations over the Church of Christ. In the time of the Jewish Church-state and for some time after the New-Testament-church-state was begun Daniels four parted terrible Image and his four monstrous Beasts had all their answerable times and terms that with Christs Incarnation Johns Serpent or Dragon with seven Heads and ten Horns the Heathen Roman Empire was entered the stage of this World and acted like himself But as this Beast grew weak and fell in power the great Whore Mystery Babylon took her opportunity to get up and rides that Scarlet-coloured Beast to this day Since the Pope or Papacy hath ridden the Dragon or earthly Monarchy the Whore hath made great use of the Kings of the Earth to exercise her bloudy cruelty upon the Saints that have owned and sought those priviledges where-with the Lord Jesus Christ hath made them free What the Dragons and the Whores time and Tyranny hath been is not unknown to many Saints and light will break forth more and more to the perfect day Large and vast are those Volumes which have been written upon these four great Empires of the World and the Papacy of Rome but these for the greatest part have been written in strange Tongues and are in the studies of great Scholars to little Spiritual use When Nebuchadnezzar had taken Jerusalem and setled the Empire of Babylon in himself his desires were to know what after should come to passe in the latter daies His mind being thus busied he had a Vision of a great and terrible Image whose head was of Gold his brest and arms of Silver his belly and his thighes of Brasse his leggs of Iron his feet part of Iron and part of Clay a stone cut out without hands smote the Image upon his feet and brake them to peeces that no place was found for them and the stone that smote the Image became a great Mountain and filled the whole earth This Vision was revealed from the Lord to Daniel and by Daniel to King Nebuchadnezzar wherein is presented the future state of the world from that time to the Kingdom of Christ or Kingdom of the Stone and end of this old World From that time the world was to bee under the successive government of four Kingdoms of which Babylon was the first And in the days of these Kings shall the God of Heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed but it shall break in pieces and consume all these Kingdoms and it shall stand for ever The Lords revealing this dream and the interpretation of it to Nebuchadnezzar caused that Heathen King to give glory to God as God of gods and greatly honoured Daniel as honoured of the Lord to reveal the secret I may hence infer it s now a work becoming the Lords people to be inquiring after light in this Prophecie and be saying to the Lords Watch-men as those of Sier Watch-man what of the night watch-man what of the night that is how much of the time of these four Kingdoms are run out or what remains yet to be fulfilled of them when the fifth Kingdom is to begin and the watch-men may answer The morning cometh also the night that is the morning for Saints and the night for sinners It was a mercy that the Lord should have this Prophecie as a ground for faith and prayer to his people but God hath abundantly fore-told the suffering state of his Church under these four Kingdoms hath by his Prophets and Apostles which are now so plain that Saints doe run and â—ead them God Omniscient fore-seeing the need saints would have of support under so long â—â—me of sufferings gives a further discovery of these four Kingdoms to the Prophet Daniel in the first year of Belshazzer King of Babylon In this Vision these â—â—ur Kings or Kingdoms are represented â—nder four monstrous Beasts and these â—â—eat Beasts which are four are interâ—â—eted of four Kings which should arise â—â—t of the earth and for a support to the â—â—rds people the Angel also further adds â—â—at the Saints of the most High shall â—â—ke the Kingdom and possess the Kingdom for ever even for ever and ever The Babylonian Monarchy the Median and Persian Monarchy and the Grecian Monarchy are three of these four Kingdoms expresly sonamed by and to Daniel And the fourth Beast which was dreadful and terrible and strong exceedingly can be no other than the Empire of Rome Time hath now interpreted who the fourth Beast is but Daniels fourth Beast and the Apostle Johns Dragon arâ— one and the same and generally understood to represent the Roman Monarchy Earth and Sea Corruption and Confusion was the original of these Kingdoms and I may as truly say Pride and Contention are the support of earthly Kings and Crowns For the sake of Saints I have gathered this Compendium of these four Kingdoms of Babylon Media and Persia Greece and Rome out of large anâ— vast Volumes to give light into Daniel Visions and Johns Revelations They that with serious thoughts shall read these few pages and run down the line of Monarchy in the several Beasts reigns do noâ— need Spiritual light to discover what implacable enmity hath at all times run the veins of Kings against King Jesuâ— and his Saints The Popes and Prelacy had the same original with earthly Monarchy and no less an enemy to the intrest of Christ and his Saints the Papacy is a Beast arising out of the earth as well as Monarchy yet hath Horns like a Lamb but speaks as a Dragon This Whore hath not only drunk but hath been drunken with the bloud of Saints and the Martyrs of Jesus as well as Monarchy and the time is now near that the Saints shall have commission from the Lord Jesus Christ King of Kings and Lord of Lords not only to give Babylon bloud to drink but to reward her double according to her works in the Cup which she hath filled fill to her double I say this time is near in the whole and in part begun in England I say again and again this is my faith That the hour of Gods Judgements is come to turn the waters of his indignation upon his Churches enemies Beleevers have the Word Covenant and Oath of the erernal God for all this they have the ingagement of the faithful Almighty God that cannot Iye and why should we not expect it Surely the work is upon the wheel that turns fast and nothing but Voyces and Thunders and Earth-quakes nothing but shakings
and changes and over-turnings can bee expected in Churches and States till he come and be lift up whose right alone it is to rule as King of Saints and King of Nations As yet the Lords people see little into this great Mystery of the Prophets and if you find slips and failings in my Computations of years or application of Prophecies cover them or correct them in love considering my love to Christ and his Saints hath ingaged me in this Work and as yet it is neither dark nor light I confesse the whole Book is little more than a Transcript of Divine and prophane Histories in all which I have been faithful to God and Men which Mite I now cast into the poor Saints Treasury and if the Lord Jesus Christ shall make it a seasonable word of truth to Saints it will bee the comfort and crown of him who waites and prayes for the promised Redemption of Sion T. P. A MAP of MONARCHY LIB I. ALL the dealings of God with man are works of wonder As the Lords electing Love hath been cast upon a few of old Adams children to evidence the freedome and riches of his grace So the infiniteness of his Almighty power is manifest in his guidance preservation and protection of these chosen ones through the oppositions and difficulties they meet with in this world For the sake of these was Christ promised Laws Ordinances and Government given For the first 2000. years sin reigned and there were few persons whom the Lord approved of as godly About which time the Lord singled out Abraham and made a special Covenant with him and his seed after his faith Abraham had one Isaac descending from him Isaac had but one Jacob coming out of his Loynes but from Jacob came the twelve Patriarchs I will omit many passages of Gods providence in those times yet it 's manifest that the Church of God then was contained in one Family and though Jacobs Family had in it seventy souls at his going into Egypt amongst themselves these were onely under houshold-Government The time of Israels bondage until their full deliverance was 430. years all which time till neer the end Israel in civil things were under the Government of the Kings of Egypt But when Israels oppressions brought them to their prayers the Lord heard their cries and made provision for their deliverance by the hand of Moses to whom the Lord gave the Government of his people Israel as Judge I cannot here let pass the glorious appearance of God in the multiplying of these people that in the Land of their sad afflictions and hard bondage the number of seventy souls entering Egypt were multiplied to six hundred thousand and 3000. and 550. men of War besides the Tribe of Levi. The Lord now having made good his promise to Abraham in so great a measure that from a Family they were increased into a Body Politick or Commonwealth For the well-ordering of whom God in his wisdom gave to them a sweet fatherly Government under the name and title of Judge many or most of which were Prophets and High-Priests elected by the people not to have a violent proud arbitrary or absolute dominion over them but to minister justice and guide them by the counsel of God Under this happy Government the Lord blessed this people about 450. years It is too manifest that upon the corruptions of some in Government the people would not be satisfied until they had cast off that Government the Lord had given them and blessed to them and would have a King to Judge them like all the Nations This Heathenish request sadly grieved good Samuel and much displeased the Lord yet God in his unsearchable wisdom having great designes to accomplish in the world granted Israel their desires though to be a scourge and a curse to them and commanded Samuel to tell them what oppressors and Tyrants these Kings should be to them And Israel groaned wofully under this Kingly Monarchical Government for about 517. years which ended with the last and great Captivity in Babylon but upon their restauration and return they again set up the Government by Judges according to the institution of God and so continued it many of which Judges ruling after the Captivity as before were High-Priests Now as Kingly Monarchical Government hath been most general in the world and these Kings and Emperours implacable enemies and bloudy persecutors of Christ and the interest of the Saints yea and such as have been the great instruments of the Devil to keep down or keep out Christ from his Kingly Monarchical visible Government over the Saints and Churches which God the Father hath promised to him and conferred upon him I will therefore spot a little Paper and spend a little time to run down the line of Monarchy to give a touch upon the enterance reign and ends of some Kings Emperours and Kings again in the latter times I will begin with the Kings of Israel at their ending I will come to Daniels four Kings and fall in with the Histories of the Kings of England until that name was taken away at White-hall West-minster The Map of Monarchy WHen nothing but a King would Saul content Israel Samuel caused all the Tribes of Israel and all the People to gather to Mizpeh where they chose Saul the son of Kish for chief Captain This was a free election of the People and no secret combination of any party Yet I cannot but note the modesty of the young man seeming to judge himself unfit for so great an honour and high trust hid himself from the Crown If we may judge affections by actions Saul sought the Asses with more desire then a Kingdom And possibly if he had continued in his Native imployment his life might have been longer and his sin less But being now lift up to the Throne Saul ruffles in the world and did something while God was with him yet when the Lord took from Saul the spirit of Government and courage he fell into gross wickedness in the life-time of Saul David was anointed King over Israel I will not insist upon the vile practices of this ungodly man which came to miserable end for not finding a man willing to separate his distracted soul from his miserable body he fell upon his own sword and became his own executioner But this I must further add the lusts of Saul cost Israel dear for he spent much treasure spilt much of their bloud and reigned with Samnel 40. years about Anno mun 2888. For the wickedness of Saul the Lord rejected him took away the spirit of Government he had and commanded Samuel to anoint David the son of Jesse when Saul had reigned but a few years yet David was not set upon the Throne until
reign of the Kingdom of Persia 3435. The Monarchy of Media and Persia. MEdia and Persia are two Regions in in Asia Media is limitted on the East with Parthia on the West with Armenia on the South with Persia on the North with the Caspian Sea The chief Cities of old in this Country were Laodicea Appannia Rhaga Tauris Persia is bounded on the East with the River Indus on the West with the Persian Gulf on the North with the Caspian Sea on the South with the main Ocean Persia hath 10. several Provinces and many Cities of which as chief were Persepolis Casbin and Susis Media and Persia were distinct Kingdoms but were united under Cyrus King of Persia which after became the second Monarchy This Kingdome is signified by the breast and arms of Silver in Nebuchadnezzers image But in regard Cyrus was the chief King and Monarch and yet the taking of the Kingdom of Babylon is given to Darius King of the Medes it 's necessary to reconcile this in the first place Darius of the Medes call'd Cyaxares the son of Astyages or as Daniel nam'd him Ahasuerus the eighth King of the Medes being old and having no son and withal finding his Souldiers unconstant to him Darius gave Mandana his daughter unto Cyrus King of Persia who was his sisters son and joyned him in the Government with him and so united the Kingdoms of Media and Persia but how long time they reigned together is not certain Darius called to his help Cyrus his son in law and at that time won the most mighty City of Babyon and so brought the Empire to Media and Persia. This Victory is given to Darius as the chief in Government and aged about 62. years who it's thought lived not passing one year after this Victory and then Cyrus came to be sole Emperour of Persia where began the second Monarchy Historians agree not about the Kings of Persia neither for number names or times of their Reigns neither need we much to seek after them sith now the Computation of times falls into Daniels Numbers Therefore I will forbear to set down any of them but refer the Reader to a further view of these in the Annotations I give upon Dan. 9. But all Writers with one consent agree That Alexander son of Philip King of Macedon made War against Darius and overcame him in three Battels where Alexander took Darius his Mother his Wife and Children but Darius himself was murthered by his own Souldiers in flying to save himself So the Empire of Persia had its end and was translated to Grecia The Monarchy of Grecia GRrecia or Greece is a Country in Europe bounded on the East with the AEgean Sea the Hellespont on the West Italy and the Adriatique Sea on the North with Mount Hemus on the South with the Jonian Sea Greece is parted into Provinces Peloponnesus Athalia Epirus Albania Macedonia Migdonia and Thracia Peloponnesus is in compass 600. miles and rounded with the Sea only it joyns to the main Country by a neck of land of five miles in breadth 1. Peloponnesus contains five Countries and many Cities of which were Lacedemon in Laconia and Corinth 2. Achaia contains seven Countries and beautified with many Cities of which was famous Athens in Attica Thebes in Boetia Delphos in Phocis Lepanto in Lacris 3. Epirus was famous amongst other things for Mount Pindus 4. Albania 5. Macedonia had also Countries and Cities This Province was famous for the Birth of Alexander the great 6. Migdonia this Province hath many Cities of which are Apollonia Neapolis and Thessalonica 7. Thracia in which are the famous Cities of Adrianopolis and Constantinople Grecia continued a Kingdome for the reign of 22. Kings to Alexander the great who became Monarch of the World Alexander son to Philip King of Macedonia in the 7. year of his reign fully overthrew Darius of Persia and brought the Empire to Grecia and after reigned Monarch 5. years some say 7. years It is said that Alexander reigned 12. years but it 's supposed 12. years as King of Macedon not as Emperour of Grecia But Alexander going to Babylon there died of an Ague others say of Poyson at 30. years of age However in this sickness perceiving he should dye He called his servants such as were honourable and had been brought up with him from his youth and parted his Kingdom among them whilst he was yet alive Of which the chief are these four Seleucus had Syria Ptolomeus Egypt Antigonus Asia the less and Cassander had Macedonia All these put Crowns upon themselves and each affecting Soverainty over the rest they soon fell to great and continual Wars amongst themselves but the main conflicts were between the Kings of Syria Egypt call'd by Daniel The Kings of the North and South Dan. 11. This was the third Kingdom represented in Nebuchadnezzer's image c. and in Daniel vision by c. But amongst all these I will only mention the Race of the Syrian Kings as most sit for us to consider and giveth the most light to understand the 11. Chap. of Daniel Syria hath on the East Euphrates on the West the Mediterranean Sea on the South Palestine or Canaan and on the North Cilicia and other parts of the lesser Asia This Country is thought in part or in whole to be the very place of Paradise the Garden of Eden Syria contains three Provinces 1. Phoenicia lying upon Canaan where are these Cities Ptolomais Sarepta Sidon Tyrus 2. Province is Coelosyria the chief City of which was Damascus the Royal seat and of these Kings of Syria Scriptures speak much The 3. Province is Syro-Phoenicia whose chief Cities were Beritus Aleppo or Sabab Biblis Tripolis and Antiochia There was also Palmyra which was a City and Province The Kings of this Country were as follows Seleucus Nicanor was the first King of Syria and reigned 32. years 2. Antiochus Soter 19. years 3. Antiochus Theos 15. years 4. Seleucus Gallinicus 20. years 5. Selences Ceraunius 3. years 6. Antiochus Magnus 36. years 7. Seleucus Philopater 12. years 8. Antiochus Epiphanes son to Antiochus Magnus succeeded his brother Seleucus and is the vile person Daniel speaks of Dan. 11. 21. and that wicked root Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes son of Antiochus the King and he reigned in the 137. year of the Kingdom of the Greeks 1 Mac. 1. 10. On the 15. day of the month Casleu by the Romans November in the 145. year of the Grecian Kingdom they set the abomination of desolation upon the Altar and burnt the books of the Law 1 Mac. 1. 54. c. Joseph Antiq. 12. lib. 7. chap. Dan. 8. 9. to 12. Thus Antiochus prevailed against the Jews and fulfilled the word of the Lord spoken by Daniel but the Lord again appearing in mercy to a few of his own people who had kept themselves from the abominations of those evil
times and deeply mourned over the sins and sufferings of their brethren and especially the woful desolations of the Temple and worship of God gave them a glorious deliverance from the Armies of Antiochus and liberty again to restore the pure worship of God This news being brought to Antiochus he was astonished and lying down upon his bed fell sick with grief and in his trouble lamented his cruelty against the Jewes whom he destroyed without cause acknowledging the just hand of the Lord was upon him for it So giving order for the education of his son he died in the 149. year of the Kingdom of Grecia and in all reigned 12. years 9. Antiochus named Eupater succeeded Antiochus Epiphanes his father in the Kingdom and reigned two years 10. Demetrius son of Seleucus came from Rome and gathered an Army whereby he surprized Antiochus in his Palace and reigned in his stead 9. years 11. Alexander the son of Antiochus Epiphanes got an Army and came against Demetrius who had slain his brother Eupater and possessed the Kingdom and in a set battel Alexander overthrew the Army of Demetrius where he also was slain and Alexander sat upon the Throne When Alexander was now established in the Kingdom he sent Embassadours to Ptolomy King of Egypt to make a league of amity with him and to give him Cleopatra his daughter to wife Ptolomy King of Egypt seemed to rejoyce in the motion and appointed Ptolomais to be the place of their meeting for to accomplish the Marriage which was done with great glory But both these Kings hearts were to do mischief and according to Daniels Prophesie they spake lies at one Table for Ptolomy went about through deceit to get Alexanders Kingdom and joyn it to his own 12. In the 165. year Demetrius Nicanor son of Demetrius who was overcome by Alexander came out of Crete with an Army against Alexander but Ptolomy King of Egypt having by deceit got into many of Alexanders Cities left Garisons therein and in the mean time offers a league with Demetrius and to give his daughter Cleopatra to him whom he had given before to Alexander which was done Thus Ptolomy quieted Demetrius and so took the opportunity to set the Crown of Asia and Egypt both upon his own head When Alexander heard of this he came with his Army out of Cilicia and made War with Ptolomy but was worsted and flying into Arabia Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexanders head and sent it to Ptolomy but Ptolomy died the third day after and so Demetrius came to the Crown in the 167 year of the Kingdom Demetrius Nicanor came thus to the Kingdom yet injoyed little peace for Tryphon who had been of Alexanders party finding Demetrius his Army murmuring against him set up Antiochus the son of Alexander and lav sore upon Sinialcus the Arabian to deliver young Antiochus that he might reign in his fathers stead At last Tryphon got Antiochus Crowned and drawing unto him many Souldiers who were discontented from Demetrius won Antioch and so got much power All this was done in policy by Tryphon for when opportunity served he kill'd Antiochus and set the Crown upon his own head by this means Demetrius was full of trouble all his days and going with his Army towards Media to get help to fight with Tryphon Arsaces King of Persia smote his Host and took Demetrius prisoner in the year of the Kingdom 172. 13. Antiochus Sadetes son of Demetrius the King gathered a great Army in the Isles of the Sea to recover his Kingdom from Tryphon He came up in the 174. year at which time most of Tryphons forces left him and joyned with Antiochus Tryphon seeing troubles coming upon him fled to the City Dora where Antiochus laid siege against him with an Army of 120000. foot and 8000. horsemen and beset the Town by Land and Sea But Tryphon got away and went by Sea to Oethosias and the King pursued him At this time Antiochus brake his Covenant with the Jews and made War upon them where Judas was slain Yet John his brother pursued the Victory and gave an utter overthrow to the Army of Antiochus How long Antiochus reigned is not left certain but he is thought to reign 3. years 14. Antiochus Pius 12. years 15. Demetrius Nicanor 4. years 16. Alexander 2. years 17. Antiochus Gryphius 29. years There now arose much strife amongst the Nations which continued about 10. years but the Syrians to end the strife amongst the Princes chose Tygranes King of Armenia to govern them who reigned about 18. years And now the Syrian Monarchy being thus weakened through strife and division Pompey the Roman General came up with an Army overcame Tygranes conquered Syria and brought all in subjection to the Roman Empire about Ann. mund 3902. A View of the Roman Empire THis Empire had it's Original from Rome as is well known Italy is a Country in this part of the World called Europe and lies thus Italy is rounded with the Ionian and Adriatique Seas except towards France and Germany from whom it is parted by the Alps. This Region was distinguished into four parts 1. Hesperia 2. Latium 3. Ausonia and 4. Oenotria Of all the Cities wherewith Italy was beautified Rome had the first place and became Mistress of the World This City is supposed to be founded by Romulus and Rhemus in the reign of Hezekiah King of Judah about Ann. mund 3230. This City in her glory spread her lines to the compass of 50. miles But this City felt the fury of the Gaules and by them was laid in heaps So that now Rome standeth lower upon the Bank of Tiber and is drawn into narrower bounds This Empire hath according to Daniels Prophesie differed greatly from the other three and in nothing more then in the several changes of Government yet as the Lord described to Daniel this fourth and last earthly Kingdom in several parts and properties it is apparent that no City or Empire of the World hath answered the Vision like this of Rome Daniels fourth beast is described with 10. horns but John in the Revelation having a Vision of the same beast saw him with seven heads and ten horns where the Holy Ghost there interpreteth the seven heads to be seven mountains and the ten horns ten Kings Both which time hath proved true in Rome First Rome in her plantation was built upon seven hills which are thus named and numbered 1. Palatinus 2. Capitolinus 3. Viminalis 4. Aventinus 5. Exquilinus 6. Caelius 7. Quirinalis Secondly Rome hath been eminent for seven changes in the Government of the Empire every of which in their time had Supreme Authority 1. By Kings 2. Consulls 3. Decemviri 4. Dictators 5. Tribunes 6. Senate 7. Emperours or Caesars But though ambition and avarice did cause these changes in the Roman State yet the word of the Lord