from Babylon Which I wyll translate agreeably to the Ebrevv that the Reader may see that plainely at the first to which through this Booke he must haue recourse Dan 9. 24. SEAVENTIE SEAVENS of yeeres are cut out for thy people for thy holy Citie to consume wickednes and to abolysh sinnes and to make reconciliation for iniquitie and to bring righteousnes euerlastyng and to seale Vision and Prophet and to shew CHRIST the HOLY of HOLY Know then and marke from the outgoyng of the Worde to returne and to buylde Ierusalem vnto CHRIST the gouernour shal be seauen seauens of yeeres and sixtie and two seauens in th' other it shal be restored and buylded Streete and Wall and troublous shall these times be In that after the sixtie two seauens CHRIST shal be killed and not for him selfe thereupon the Citie and holy place shall be destroy the GOVERNOVRS owne people to come and their ende shal be with a Flood and at the ende of warre it shall haue a finall iudgement to desolation But he shall confirme the Testament for many the last Seauen when in HALFE THAT SEAVEN he shall ende the Sacrifice and Oblation Afterwardes by an Armie abominable he shall make a desolation euen tyll vtter destruction and finall iudgement flow vpon the desolate And this much for the Preface A Concent of Scripture THe heauenly Concent of holy Wryters who haue penned for vs the booke of Trueth is needefull to be knowen for to strengthen our Fayth that we may see a constant agreement in seuerall ages for matters often tolde in diuers partes and maner Touchyng that I labour in this Booke to lay downe certayne principall heades drawen through the whole body of Scripture The beginnyng ought to be from hym who is A and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the beginnyng and the ende who filleth all with his goodnes Thereof this is a true saying and founde intertaynement of all the fayth full that GOD is one and there is none but he Of this that is grauen on the Gate of that fyrst and great Commaundement Heare ISRAFL IEHOVAH our GOD IEHOVAH is one Whom if we loue with all our hart mynde soule and strength and holde them happy whose God IEHOVAH is we must learne to know him aright The name IEHOVAH importeth BEING which the Eternal sayth is his name Vnder this name and nature there be three the Father the Worde and the holy Ghost and these three are one The WORDE is the Sonne and he is IEHOVAH as Iohn Cha. 12 41. expoundeth Esay 6 9. The holy Ghost is IEHOVAH as Paule expoundeth the same text of Esay Acte 28 25. This name is opened thus WHO WAS WHO IS WHO WILBE The names IAH EHIEH I AM are of the same force Though mens blynde hartes can not thus know God The Scriptures are manifest that teach the Trinitie and the holy Tongues of all ages so spake of God Most playnely is that shewed in the beginnyng ende of our Lord his preachyng Mat. 3 1. 28 19. For that purpose God geueth hym selfe a named ELOHIM which is in meanyng MIGHTY in forme plurall as Gramarians speake which as Prophane men speake it by frame of language soundeth GODDES God woulde neuer so speake of hym selfe vnlesse he would haue vs to consider thereby the diuine persons For the forme were dangerous if necessitie required not knowledge of distinct diuine persons The enemies graunt a mystery in that forme with attributes plurall Aben Ezra vpon Psal 11. who also citeth R. Iaphath there This name hath also a forme singular ELOAH a shorter EL. These formes singular are fit to teach of the vnitie of Godhead and lykewyse the other when the attributes speake of one as ELOHIM GOD he created But to manifest distinct persons often do the â—earmes ioyned speake in the number of many as yf I shoulde say THEY God Gen. 20 13. They God caused 2. Sam. 7 22. They God went e SHADDAI also doth God call him selfe MIGHTY RICH or ALSVFFICIENT Though the Greke Diuines reteyne not the letters but â—n a composition TZVRI SHADDAI My rocke is God The Heathen of olde heard of these names and turned them to sundry Goddes But Israel did not so All faythfull know that GOD is one and the persons three and that he regardeth all them that feeke him in spirâ—â— and trueth who is a spirite eternal infinite holy iust and mercifull Vnsearchable are his iudgementes but the open thynges are for vs. GOD hath chosen vs in CHRIST before the worlde was made and of eternitie knew all his owne workes In sixe dayes God made all creatures Man last and gaue them a commaundement which how soone they brake Moses turneth to tell after mention of the Sabbath The Lord rested the seauenth day from creatyng and appoynted that day for holy rest which the Father 's obserued before Moses Now the man and his wyfe were both naked were not ashamed Ouer them God gaue his Angels charge but some Angels stoode not in the trueth nor kept their standyng but fell as Starreâ— from heauen and became an enemious company and staunderers of God In Ebrew Satan in the Grake Deuels Of beastes the Serpent was subtilest into whom Satan entred spake to the woman agaynst God and his commaundement perswaded her who drew the man also to breake the commandement Then they both became dead in sinne So from the beginning as sone as man was Satan was a lyer and a murtherer and therefore marueyle not that the wrath of God is so vehement vppon ADAM through al his generatioÌ„ because quickly sinne was committed to the extremitie The circumstaunces shew the spedines of it Satan woulde omit no tyme the woman if she had ben practised better woulde not so sone haue erred their speach sheweth that no Fruite had been eaten before Doubtles the woman fell a Virgin and yf they had stoode but a short tyme the blessing of God had not been in vayne for propagation Aboue all reasones this must be confidered that the Redemption was to be shewed presently vpon the Creation For that is the fyttest to mooue men to holde it and God omitteth nothyng that best helpeth to that This shoulde moue all men to put no trust in them selues for that Adam hauyng once iustice and true holynes did not lodge one nyght in honoure but became lyke the Beastes that perysh And the lyght that shyneth in darknes mooued men of all religions to holde this For this opinion hath been euery where receyued that they fell the day of their creation So the Ievves generally holde I heard neuer of one that was of an other iudgement and yet many of them see not how fitly they say for the Redemption by the seconde Adam The Heathen Christians haue helde this from the beginnyng The Greâ—et Ireneus Chryostome Theodorus Theophylast and Cedrenus age They haue a common
Emperours open enemies And after their destruction a company making the corporation of the man of sinne preteÌ„ding the povver of Christ hauing hornes like the lambes yet practising the beastly Emperours povver being Adonikam standing vp as if he vvere God Ezra 2 13. Apoc. 13. VVherefore let none dreame that he riseth froÌ„ Dan vvhose Tribe vvas skattered a thousand yeeres before the Popes supremacie None of Israel forsake the idolles of Egypt Ezek. 20. Therefore God geueth ouer their children to the sworde Exod. 1. This is the only time since the Flood that SataÌ„ might with most liklihood brag that he had ouercoÌ„e the whole earth Satan the accuser of the brethreÌ„ Iob. 1. Apo. 12. goeth abont seeking vvhom he may deuoure 1. Pet. 5. MOSES is borne Exâ— 2 2. The 7 generation from ABRAHAM a newe HENOCH buried of God a new NOAH saued in the Arke 120 yeeres a preachyng to the worlde and euer afterwardes 2291 GENESIS endeth in Ioseph conteynyng yeeres 2369. The Booke of Iob though it vvas vvritten after Moses death yet in order of tyme falleth out before Exodus But Moses vvas to handle Abrahams blessing in Isaac and Iacob of vvhom our LORD descendeth after the flesh And not the other families of Abrahams seede by Keturah Neuerthelesse vvhere as God geueth Abraham a testimonie of carefulnes in teaching his house It vvas good for vs to haue holy monumentes to register their religion That doth the booke of Iob afforde in 23 vvyse orations VVhereupon the Lord him selfe coÌ„meth moderator of the disputatioÌ„ In the nevv TestameÌ„t their speaches be often cited to most vveighty purposes and the vvhole booke is a diuine commentarie vpon Genesis The chyldren of Israel filled the land and a nevv King arose that knevv not Ioseph vvho vexed theÌ„ and caused them to serue and coÌ„maunded the Midvviues to kil the male children and vvheÌ„ thus he profited nothing he charged his people to cast euery man child that sholde be borne into the Riuer SATAN compasseth all the Earth IOB in the land of Hus is sure that his redeemer liueth and that he shal stande the latter man vpon the earth Iob. 19 25. IOB is of Abraham by Keturah as may be gathered He can not be Iâ—bab who died some ages before Moses was king in Israell He is sayde to be the rychest of the sonnes of the East by which name the kinred of Madian is tearmed Ind. 6           310                                         1530           2400                  320                                         1520           2410                  330          ☜                               1510           2420      ‡            340                         ‡                1500           2430                  350        1       2       3       4       5     1490  6       7  2440    After the PROMISE Moses   WORLDE   Hosea Before the birth of CHRIST  8  Moses first receiued vvrote diuinitie vvith propheticall authoritie The booke of the Lords vvarres in Sichons victorie NoÌ„ 21 14. vvas after the Lavv and vvas some song made by Sichons fauourers yet true for an open action vvorthy citing as Aratus Act. 17. Menander 1. Cor. 15. Epimenides Tit. 1. Enoch his testimony vvhich S. Iude eiteth is not froÌ„ a more anciant theÌ„ Moses but as the doctors of Iuda did frame for Enoch a long speach froÌ„ those short sayinges that Moses vvriteth of Enoch The like they at this day haue for Satan disputing at Moses buriall as S. Iude folovveth HOSEA doth Moses call Iesus foreseeyng that he shoulde bryng the people into the land not him selfe As IESVS CHRIST not Moses â—awe of vs vnperformeable bringeth vs into the eternal rest NoÌ„ 13 Hosea vvas far froÌ„ couetousnes Ios 19. To him Christ said Ios 1. I wil not leaue thee nor forsak thee To vs. Eb. 12 MOSES visiteth his breathren Act. 7 23. BY fayth Moses when he was come to age refused to be called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter chose rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God theÌ„ to enioy the pleasures of finne for a season esteeming the rebuke of Christ greater ryches then the treasures of Egypt for he had respecte vnto the recompence of the reward Heb. 11 24. MOSES was faythfull in all his house as a seruant 2441 he called Bildad of Suach Abrahams sonne with the other disputers his brethreÌ„ Though Eliphaz be of Esau and Elihu of Nahor yet Iob must far rather be of Keturah and a token of Gods testimonie to Abraham for instructing his posteritie ELIPHAZ Iobs felovv is a Temanite of Teman of Eliphaz of Esau of Isaac of Abraham about the seuenth froÌ„ AbrahaÌ„ elder then Iobs father if he speake of him selfe Iob. 15. by vvhose age vve must conclude that Iob caÌ„not be many ages before Moses the seuenth in an other line from AbrahaÌ„ HOSEA is born the seuenth froÌ„ blessed Ephraim Thus his byrth tyme is gathered All the particulers of 480 Y. in 1. King 6. are noted sauing 17 for Hosea 110 froÌ„ the end of that he vvas borne For so long he lyued So long lyued lykevvyse Ioseph The equalitie of age dravveth vs to vveigh the equalitie of the personages Moab droue out the Gyants Emims and Ammon the ZamzuÌ„mims Deu. 2. Sems God not Camos did
thinges vnseene is renovvmed Ebr. 11. GIDEON had 70 sonnes by his vviues and Abimelech by a Concubine ABIMELECH is King three yeeres Iud. 9 22. TOLA of Issachar defendeth Israel 23 yeeres Iud. 10 1. HE hath no great matter recorded of hym Marke hovv God parteth his graces amongst the Tribes He shevveth some glory to al Leahs childreÌ„ sauing Ruben Symeon None to her handmaydes because Rachel vvas to haue some equalitie froÌ„ vvhose ovvne sonnes soÌ„nes by her mayde Iudges are stirred vp In Tola Issachar vvas a stroÌ„g Asse in vvhose dayes they reioyced in their Tentes and savv rest that it vvas good beyng 2741 Mountayne vvhen the Dragon and the false Prophet had styrred Kinges of the earth to syght vvith Shyppes hygher theÌ„ hilles vpon the vvaters vvhere they vvere cut in peeces theÌ„ flames of pouder vvere seene thundering of Gunnes vvere hard But chiefly vvynde and vveather made the Papistes starke mad that Canaan can neuer recouer their strength So God hath cut them in peeces that novv the blynde may see Babel fall Curse Meroz O Lord and all that fauour Babel likevvise destroy but let them be as the bright Sunne that loue Ierusalem Direct ELIZABET our Q. to buylde it vvhom thou hast made a Lampe to all Israel through Europe Let that cursed Canaan the seruaunt of seruauntes knovve hym selfe a Beast Amen MADIAN oppresseth Israel 7 yeeres Iud. 6 1. AMALEK assist and the east vvhoÌ„ I holde Keturahs chyldren Oreb and Zeb are an ensample for Gods fooes Psa 83. This ABIMELECH slevve all his breathren sauing Iotham and is made King in Sichem The Oliue the Figge tree and the Vine The former Iudges vvhich had the iwyce of grace vvould not reigne but vvoulde haue God theyr king but the Bramble vvoulde from vvhoÌ„ a fire consumed the Cedars Abimelech his braine pan is broken by a vvoman in Tebez He biddeth his Page kil him out right Iud. 9 54. Dauid repeateth that 2. Sam. 11 21.      12     230  13       14       15       16       17       18    1180   19       20 2750      21       22    Rest 240  23       24       25       26       27 ‡      28    1170   29    Rest   30 2760   IVB.   31    4   32     250  33       34       35 ‡  1    36   2    37   3 Rest   38   4 1160   39   5    40 2770  6   1  ☞  7   2       3      260  1    Rest   2       3       4       5    1150   6       7 2780      8    Rest   9       10     270  11       12       13       14       15    1140   16       17 2790    Since the comÌ„ing from EGYPT Jair Tola  WORLDE   Philistines Before the birth of CHRIST   18 kept in the quietnes vvhich Gedeon had gotten IAIR of Manasses defendeth Israel 22 Y. lud 10 3. HE is thought to be called also Bedan named 1. Sam. 12 11. and 1. Chr. 7 17. In Nomb. 32. There is a former Iair of Manasses hath there cities called Chauoth Iair after his ovvne name 1. Chr. 2. An other Iair is sonne of Segub vvhich toke a vvifein Gilead by vvhoÌ„ he helde 23 Cities This man is of posteritie as tyme vvell argueth and had 30 sonnes and Cities I can not thinke Iair to be Bedan for from his tvvelfth yere Ammon afflicted Israel and vvere not deliuered but by Bedan they vvere ELY borne IEPHTE of Manasses the only Harlots son commended of God Ebr. 11. ruleth 6 Y. Iud. 12. 7. He sacrificed not his daughter but made her a perpetual virgin Da. Cimchi in Thanah IBSAN of Iuda of Bethleem 7 yeere Iud. 12 9. He had 30 sonnes and 30 daughters all maryed Booz he cannot be by age though many dreame of that ELON of Zabulon 10 Y. Iud. 12 11. He hath no perticuler recorde of any exployte therefore vve must referre his actiuitie to such enemies as vvere named in generall I did put you partly in mynde hovv God choseth these Captaynes vvith speciall regarde to deuide his blessinges among the Tribes vvhose Patriarkes by birth or behauiour or some other cause had not great inferioritie 2791 ISRAEL agayne vvorshyppe the Goddes of Aram Sidon Moab Ammon and the Philistines therefore God gaue them to the Philistines and the Moabites Eyghtteene yeeres the Moabites oppresse them vnsubdued by Iair vntyll Iephte The Philistines vnmighty hitherto since Othoniel afflict them vnto Samson Ely a lytle vnder Samger OBED of Ruth or such other godly being the foundation of the state make Israel acknovvledge their sinne So God regardeth them ABOVT Iephte his victorie Samson is borne and declared from God to be a reuenger IEPHTE citeth Sichons story vvhich citatioÌ„ Moses prepared THE 300 yeres since the commyng of Israel out of Egypt Iudg. 11 26. This place sheweth that Hosea cannot haue 28 Y. as the levves in their historie Cahalah thinke which wilfully disturbe all Besides that S. Paul geuing Saul 40 yeeres Act. 13 21. leaueth to Hosea but 17 yeeres of the 480 mentioned in the 1. King 6. Note that the 40 Y. in the vvildernes are ioyned as one tyme here and els vvhere that a thing done in any part of it may be reckoned from the beginning PHILISTINES oppresseth Israel 40 Y. Iud. 13 1. IESSE B. Christ is of Iesse Nazer a goodly spring Isa 11. The tovvne Nazareth alludeth vnto that Luk. 2.      19     280  20       21       22       23      1       2  Â