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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15859	Speculum Christianum or, A Christian suruey for the conscience Containing, three tractates of that eminent, graue, and learned diuine, maister Hierome Zanchius. 1. Of the end of the world. 2. Of the perseuerance of the saints. 3. A summarie abridgement of his protections. Englished for the good of Gods church, and for a warning to wicked and impenitent men. By H.N.; Speculum Christianum. English	Zanchi, Girolamo, 1516-1590.; Nelson, Henry, fl. 1614.	1614 (1614)	STC 26121A.7; ESTC S111786	125,039	404

the Father hath reserued in his owne power Mat. 24. Of that day and hower c. A certain Bishop also in Augustins time by name H●sychius did seeme to hold That although none could know of the day and hower of the Lords comming as the Lord had ●a●d yet a set time and space of yeares might bee limited from the comming of Christ in the 〈◊〉 ●ntill his second comming and therefore 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Christians to finde out this time And of this point he writ to Augustine To. 2. Ep. 79. Besides other places of Scripture which he abused for this opinion that place of Daniel cap. 9. of 70. weekes was one For that place might be vnderstood of the time intermediate betweene the comming of Christ in the flesh and his second comming or at least by proportion it might be collected That as from the time of the formes prophecy of Daniel vntill the first comming of Christ there went betweene 70. weekes of yeares so likewise from the time of the first comming vnto the second there should interpasse 70. weekes of yeeres From thence therefore there might be gathered the certaine time vntill the end But Augustine teacheth that the place of Daniel can in no wise be vnderstood of the second comming of Christ Hee that listeth let him reade the other Testimonies of scripture which Hesychius abused for the 〈◊〉 of his opinion and then let him reade Augustines answeres to the seuerall places Epist ad Hesychium 80. To that which the Lord spake to his Apostles Act. 1. It is not for you to know the times and seasons c. this answere Hesychius returned That only was spoken to the Apostles for hee would not haue them to know for that hee would not haue them witnesses of the consummation of the World but onely of his Passion and Resurrection but yet his will was that else wee should acknowledge the time of the end of the world And to this effect he wrested euen that answere of Christ to the Pharisees wherein hee reprehended them saying You know how to discorne the outward appearance of the skie but you know not the time of your visitation This Bishop did interpret this sentence of the time of the second comming of CHRIST whereas Christ spake of his first comming Summarily Augustine concludeth That by no place of Scripture it can bee gathered when the time of the end of the world shall be or that Christians may make inquirie seeing it is written and spoken to all It is not for you to know the times or that it can be knowne of any mortall man seeing it is written Of that day and houre that is of the Lord returne no man ●noweth So Grogorius Papa from the corrupt conditions of his time and the strange wonders seen in his age was often accustomed to say That his Age was not farre distant from the end of the world But hee likewise was much deceiued Now I proceed to the men of our owne Age. Many and those learned and religious men haue thought ●●though no ●●t time can be appointed betweene the first and second time of Christ yet by probable co●●●ctures it may howsoeuer be known and discerned The thing itself hath not yet declared whether their opinion be 〈◊〉 or ●● but such as long after succeed vs shall vnderstand whether these deuout learned men were erroneously led yea or no. For my part I doe onely endeauour to prooue that these coniectures alledged by them were very weake and so by them that no proofe or determination can bee made of the end of the world We will produce the principall and examine them The first coniecture of these men is taken from 6000. yeares wherein they say the world shall endure For the Hebrewes haue left written in their bookes specially in the 〈◊〉 that this was the praediction of Elias the Prophet The world to continue 6000. yeares 2000. vaine 2000. the Lawe 2000. the Messiah and if any time came short of them it was wanting for our sinnes Irenaeus likewise lib. 5. cap. vi● concludeth That the world shall continue onely 6000. yeares and hee collected this his commentation not from the Hebrewes but from the proportion of sixe daies wherein the world was created after which six daies was the Sabboth that is the day of rest This indeed saith he is both a narration of things past and a prophesie of things to come For one day signifieth a thousand yeeres as the Scriptures doe testifie and 2. Pet. 3. One thousand yeeres before the Lord are as one day Therefore as the World was consummate in the Creation thereof within the compasse of six daies and then Rest so in the end thereof it shall bee consummate within the space of six 〈◊〉 yeeres then shall follow true and perpetuall rest Also Lactant Firmianus it 7. c. 14. saith That the World shall bee consummated in the compasse of 6000. yeeres and he borrowed this opinion together with Irenaeus euen from one and the same fountaine Which said opinion touching the durance of the World for 6000. yeeres many likewise entertained of many wherevpon also Gregorius Papa to ● in c. 9. 〈◊〉 1. Reg. col●●● 1415. The world saith hee was created in six daies and shall be determined in six Ages They adde further That the 6000. yeeres shall not be fully complete and that partly they confirme by the prophecie of Elias partly by the speach of Christ Mat. 24. Vnlesse those da●es should be shortened c. For although he there speake of the ruine of Hierusalem yet likewise they contend that it may be vnderstood of the time of the consummation of the world Seeing these things stand so say they 2000. were before the Law 2000. after the law and that according to the computation of the Hebrewes and of 2000. vnder the Messiah are now run ouer 1560. and there is in remainder 440. and of them also some shall bee substracted therefore that the world cannot endure longer at the furthest then about 400 yeeres This is their first coniecture But who may not see how infirme it is First Elias hi● prophecie whervpon they relye 〈◊〉 not authenticall Indeede it is auaileable against the Iewes who doe admit that prediction to proue that the Messiah is come seeing there bee now run out 5560. yeares but for demonstration of the end of the world it auailet● nothing at all Likewise the ratiocination of Irenaeus and Lactantius is too-too infirme and feeble therefore iustly doth Augustine confute it Besides I say it is against the worde of God For the Lord saith That none can surely know when the end of the world shall be As for that day c. If then this their sentence touching 6000. yeares were true we might easily know when the end of the world would be but this were against the word of Christ Therefore this opinion of 6000. yeares for the world to endure is vntrue The second coniecture is collected from the foure Monarchies of the world