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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

he shall quicken us and in the third Day he shall raise us up and we shall live in his Sight What can be here signified by two Days but two thousand years● as in Psal. the 90. as in 2. Pet. 3.8 And therefore by the third Day he plainly means that Sabbatick Millenium of the World wherein he and all the Saints were to be raised up to live intirely a thousand years neither to dye any more but to ascend into the celestial Country when the Millenium o● thousand 〈◊〉 is fi●i●hed Now Osea lived in the fourth Millenium and therefore when said after two days c. he had respect to the seventh Millenium but compare this Prophesy with that of Daniel concerning 2300 years and thou shalt plainly perceive that both extend unto the Sabbatick Millenium 9● But because those 1335 Days Dan. 12.12 contain 1335 years to wit the whole time of the Apostacy after the Apostles to the beginning of the Millenium therefore from 2300 years 1335 years are deducted and the remainder 965 contains the time from the beginning of the Babylonian Captivity to the beginning of the Apostasie after the Apostles and therefore subtracting 556 from 965 there remains 409 years the time from the Resurrection of Christ to the beginning of the Apostasie to which add 33½ from the Nativity of Christ to his Resurrection the sum is 442 years and an half ●rom the Nativity of Christ to the beg●nning of the Apostasie 95. Add to this Number 442 1260 years mentioned in the Revelation the sum is 1702 years from the Nativity of Christ to the end of the first Period of the Reign of Antichrist 96. The second Period of 1290 years in Daniel extends 30 years further that is from the Birth of Christ to the year 1732. 97. The third Period of the reign of Antichrist extends 45 years further which is 1335 years viz. to the year of Christ's Nativity 1777. 98. Therefore the year 1777 from the Nativity of Christ ends the reign of Antichrist and the four Monarchies and all the Kingdoms of the World and from that very year begins the reign of Christ and of the Saints over the whole Earth 99. But 't is uncertain whether this present Epocha or date from the time of Christ's Nativity in the Flesh commonly received among Christians be true or no for Usher thinks the Vulgar Epocha to fail of the true Epocha about four years 100. Also the great Coversion of the Gentiles by the preaching of the Gospel in its purity and efficacy must preceed this happy Millenium of the World and then will follow the Conversion of the Iews to the Christian Faith to wit from the year 1702 unto the year 1777 but 30 years from the ye 1702 unto the ye 1732 have respect to the Conversion of the Gentiles then 45 years from the year 1742 unto ●777 do in a special manner respect the Restoration Conversion and return of the Iews into their own Country 101. But from the year of Christ's Nativity 652 to the year of Christ 1702 are prepar'd and gather`d unto God and the ●amb 144000 Saints which are the first Fruits for as the Feast of the first Fruits under the Law was kept 50 days before the Feast of Autumn so also now the Feast of the first Fruits preceeds the Feast of Autumn 50 years 1. But the time of the ●uture Millenium seems to have been prefigured to Abraham in the Sacri●ices which God commanded him to offer Now God commanded Abraham to take a Hei●er of three years old a Goat of three years old a Ram of three years old with a Turtle Dove and a young Pigeon Now suppose the Turtle Dove to be one year old and the Pigeon twenty days old the days of all those years according to the prophetick Style signifie years and all being added together make up 3620. Admit also that Abraham saw this Vision when he was 83 years old which was the year of the Wo●ld 2120 according to the aforesaid Chro●ology the number 3620 being added to the number 2120 makes up 5740 the year of the World when the Millenium will begin 2. In the future Millenium all the Saints that ever lived since the beginning of the Wo●ld will be rais'd up to live a Holy and Blessed Life upon Earth for the space of a thousand years Dan. 12. Hos. 6. Revel 20. 3. This Resurrection of all the Saints to Life is the first Resurrection expresly so call'd by the Apostle Iohn Revel 20.5 4. In this first Resurrection the Saints are raised to Life in a Carnal and Terrestial Body not such as we now have but such as Adam had in Paradise before he had eaten the Fo●bidden Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and such a Body likewise had Christ wherein he suffer'd Death for all Mankind 5. Therefore there is a twofold Resurrection of the Saints the first is in a carnal and Terrestrial Body in which they shall all live for the space of a thousand years The second is that in which that Carnal and Terrestrial Body after the expiration of a thousand years shall not dye but be changed in a moment or in the twinkling of an Eye into a Spiritual and Coelestial Body and ascend into Heaven even as Christ ascended into Heaven after his Resurrection from the Dead 6. Of which twofold Resurrection of the Saints the Apostle Paul speaks clearly in 1 Epist. to the Corinth Chap. 15. That is not first which is Spiritual but that which is Natural and then that which is Spiritual as we have born the Image of the Earthly and we shall also bear the Image of the Heavenly But we shall not bear the Image of the Earthly in the Body in which we now live viz. of the ear●hly Adam as he was after the fall but in the first Resurrection we shall bear the Image of the earthly in the future Millenium living such a Blessed and Holy Life as Adam ●ould have lived if he had not sinned ●hen at the end of the Millenium we shall not dye but be changed and this Mortal shall put on Immo●t●lity and this Corruptible Incorruption 7. Yet the Body of the first Resurrection may be said in some sence to be Mortal and Corruptible not that it shall ever dye or be corrupted but because in respect of a spiritual Bo●y it is as it were Mortal and Corruptible that is at least not beyond a possibility of dying or being slain by external violence if God were so pleased even as the Body o● Christ suffered Death which notwithstanding in it's own Nature cou'd not dye 8. And that the Saints shall be raised to Life in a Carnal or Natural Body appears from that which Paul said speaking of himself and others we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed and this Mortal shall put on Immortality Paul therefore expected to be raised up to Life in a Body of Flesh in the future

preceding Lives but then they shall never hunger nor thirst any more neither shall the Sun or the heat thereof touch them for the Lamb who is in the midst of the Throne shall feed them and lead them to Fountains of Living Water and God shall wipe away all Tears from their Eyes And doth not this State belong to that place in the Revelations ch 21 and 22 And are not both States the same both that which is here and that which is there described which will be the State of such as have attained to the Resurrection before described Quest. 40. Wherefore is that number o● 148000 which is the 12000 of every Tribe of Israel distinguished from that great mul●titude as well of Iews as of other Nations who shall hereafter obtain the same kind of Reward Is it because those 14400● Rev. 14.4 are the ●●rst Fruits who will have the chiefest place in the first Resurrection of the Dead and after the first Fruits will follow a great Multitude of God's Elect of all Nations every one in his order as it shall please God to ordain it according to the determination of his infinite Wisdom for doth not Paul say positively That every one shall be raised in his own order and therefore all are not to be raised up or recall'd unto life at once even as Men now do not come into the World all at once but in a successive order one after another according to their proper Generations best of all known to God Quest. 41. Will not all the Saints of God or first Fruits Prophesyed of and all others that follow aferwards attain this first Resurrection from the Dead within the sixth Interval viz. from the Year after Christ's Resurrection 1666 to the Year 2000 And so all live compleatly 1000 Years after their first Resurrection before the end of the World the whole Age of the World containing 7000 years Whereas if any of them should be raised before the sixth Interval the end of the World would come before that Age o● a 10●0 years which they were to live which is contrary to the Scriptures And was not this Mystery prefigured by the Sabbath under the Law which began in the evening or in the latter part of the sixth day and which was also shadowed out by the Manna which was to be gathered on the sixth day but on the seventh day it was unlawful to gather any Manna Quest. 42 Who are those four Angels whom Iohn saw standing on the four corners of the Earth to whom power was given to hurt the Earth and the Sea which yet they could not do 'till that number 144000 was sealed Are they not Angels in a proper sence to whom power is given from God to execute his most Holy and Righteous Judgments on the Earth And may not those corners of the Earth peradventure signifie four parts of the World Ex. gr Asia Europe Africa and America whereof each may have his Angel And what are those four Winds or Spirits which the four Angels aforesaid withheld What are the Winds or Spirits by which Restriction the Earth was to be hurt Whether or no by these four Winds or Spirits good Angels may not be meant and by the 4 first evil Angels And thus doth it not appear that different parts of the World have their proper A●gels as well good as evil attending them one contending against another The good to benefit Men the evil to injure them even as Men have lived either well or ill And are not these good or bad Angels sent and appointed as Guardians and Governours over them CHAP. VIII QUest 43. What is to be understood by that half Hours The half Hours silence Silence and by those seven Trumpets which the seven Angels sounded successively at the opening of the seventh Seal Moreover whether or no the seventh Seal might not begin at Christ's Resurrection for otherwise would not the seven Woes and P●agues of the Trumpets happen in that most blessed Age the Sabbath of the World which is very absurd and contrary to the words of Scripture in the Revelations when as The seventh Trumpet the seventh Trumpet will bring us unto the 1000 years Reign of the Saints as is very evident from Revel chap. 11. v. 1 16 17 18 19. And will not every Trumpet have an equal and distinct Interval of time Which seven Intervals of the Trumpets and half hours silence added together do they not make up 2000 years from the Resurrection of Christ Now if it appears from the best computed Chronology that the seventh Trumpet commences at the year of Christ's Resurrection 1740 and reaches to the year 2000 after his Resurrection so as to contain the space of 260 Years and will not every one of the seven Trumpets contain the same space fo years viz 26● and so the whole time of the Trumpets will contain 1820 years which substracted from 2000 the remainder will be 180 the number of years that ought to make up the half hours silence And it was upon a good reason that Iohn said that space of silence was as it were half an hour for he did not term it a precise or just half hour for a precise or j●st mystical half hour is 166⅔ because an intire mystical hour is 333⅓ But this term of Year exceeds that precise half hour by 14 common Years which are of small moment viz. about two Minutes and a little more Quest. 44. Do not the Effects or Historical Events compleatly concur with the aforesaid Intervals of the Semihorary silence and the 7 Trumpet for if to that time of silence which lasted as it were half an hour we add 1●0 Years from Chri●●'s Resurrection which from his Nativity makes 214 may not all that time be call'd a time o● silence as to the inward State of the Church tho' she did suffer some Persecution outwardly for within that time did not the Angel offer much Incense with the Prayers of Saints as Iohn declared notwithstanding the hard Debates that arose about the year 198 between certain Bishops about the time of celebrating the Passeover for that was in a manner little or nothing in comparison of those great Calamities which afterwards invaded the very Heart of the Church And within the space of 200 Years after the Birth of Christ there was a time of great inward Peace and Tranquility among true Christians even when they were outwardly pressed with grievous Persecution and in those days there was a signal Zeal of Piety and Devotion and their Prayers flowed from the Hear● assisted by the Holy Ghost witness Ter●ulli●n who lived at that time Therefore those dead and empty Forms of P●ayer drawn from Books and appointed to be read● was not as yet known to the Church Quest. 45. What may we under●●and by the Hail † What the Hail was and Fire mixt with Blood and sent u●on the Earth at the sound of the first Trumpet Doth not the Fire

Millenium that shou'd not dye but be changed 9. It appears also that when the Millenium is finished Gog and Magog shall gather themselves together against the Saints to slay them which certainly they cou'd never attempt to do if they did not live in a Body of Flesh. 10. This is more largely con●●●●'d i● that the Saints even until 260 years after the beginning of the Millenium shall marry and propagate Children for the State of Matrimony and procreation of Children is not beneath the dignity of the future Millenium for Ad●m in his Paradisical State before the fall had a Wife and tho' he had not sinned wou'd have known his Wife and have begotten Children 11. But that the Saints do for some time in the aforesaid Millenium contract Matrimony and beget Sons and Daughters appears from Isaiah Chap. 65. where the Inhabitants of this of this New Heaven and new Earth are pr●mised that they shall build Houses and in●●●ite them plant Vineyards and ear the F●●●t of them they shall not labour in vain ●or bring forth in fear for they are th● Seed of the Blessed of the Lord and their Off-spring with them yea in the same Chapter 't is affirm'd of the Sinners who shall live in the Millenium that they shall live to an hundred Years nor shall any die in Infancy and the days of the Saints shall b● as the days of the Tree of Life for so hereto●ore that place was read by the Fathers that is they shall live a thousand Years and then shall not die but ascend into Heaven in a Body changed which Adam would have done if he had not sinned 12. Now that new Heaven which will be c●ea●ed in the future Millenium will be only new in respect of their excellent natures 13. Ioseph's Bl●ssing by his Fa●her Iacob which belongs to the said Millenium clearly demonst●ates th●t they should marry and beget and bring up Children Gen. 49 2● 26. For among ●●her Blessings which he had he wa● also blessed with the Blessings of the B●easts ●nd the Womb which have a respect to Wives and Mothers whose Blessings also oug●t to reach to the utm●st bounds of the everlasting Hills viz. to the second Resurrection when this Body of Flesh shall be changed into a Spiritual Body and being thus changed shall ascend into the everlasting Hills that is into the highest Heavens 14. Therefore those Words of Christ that in the Resurrection of the Dead they do not marry nor are given in Marriage but are equal to the Angels are to be understood of the second Resurrection but not of the first because certainly in th● first Resurrection they shall not be equal to to the Angels but as Adam was in Paradise before the Fall 15. And hitherto may be referred those wo●ds of the book of Wisdom 3.43 Blessed is the Barr●n and Und●fil●d who hath not known the Sinful Bed for she shall have Fruit in the Visitation of Souls 16. Now all the Sons Daughte●s of the Saints in the future Millenium are the Souls of all the Saints that ever have liv'd in a carnal Body since the beginning of the World and finally raised up to Life in a ●ody of Flesh and bo●n of Fathers and Mothers into the Wo●ld for none shall enjoy the Reward and Blessedness of the ●uture Millenium but such who have lived an holy Life on Ea●th from the beg●nning of the World Moreover Christ called this Resurrection of the Saints unto Life regeneration 17. And therefore all Saints that enjoy the Millenium shall then be born into the World in a carnal Body and shall have Fathers and Mothers according to the Flesh. 18. Nor will this seem strange or incredible to any one after it is clearly demonstrated from Scripture that we have all lived several times in a Body of Flesh yea for many years and Ages of years 19. This Truth being once demonstrated and granted in a manner all the Mysteries and things dif●icult to be apprehended of the future Millenium will be most easily understood for the Ignorance of the Souls being born again and returning to Life in a body of Flesh hath mightily obscur'd the Mystery of the future Millenium and in a manner all other Mysteries of the whole Christian Religion which indeed when the said new Birth or carnal Regeneration is demonstrated will display themselves and appear with a wonderful sweetness facility and evidenc● of Truth 20. First therefore it shall be demonstrated by certain Arguments drawn from Scripture that the same Souls after the death of the carnal Body were again raised to Life and born of Parents in a Body of Flesh. 21. First this is proved from the express Words of Christ himself who called Iohn Baptist Elias yea affirmed him to be Elias himself Matth. 11. Mark 9.12 and declared him also to be the same that was to come But that where Iohn denied that he was Elias is to be understood of the Mystery of 1045 Years couch't under the name of Eliah which also signifies the strong and mighty God for that Dispensation or Ministration of Iohn answers not to to the name of Elias but the name of Iohn which signifies Grace but when he shall be born again into the World that Dispensation will most excellently suit with the name of Eliah 22. Secondly 'T is proved from that passage of St. Paul to the Romans where discoursing of the unbelieving Iews he affirms that they shall after many Ages believe in Christ and finally be reunited to their natural Root but the force of the Argument concludes in behalf of those Souls who were unbelieving in the Apos●les days which after certain Ages were to believe in Christ after the fullness of the G●ntiles was converted to the Christian Faith which Conversion of the Iews we yet expect 〈◊〉 Earth even of those who were unbelieving in the Apostles days for all the Iews which are natural Branches shall be saved and their Hearts shall be opened and that too before the beginning of the Millenium 23. Thirdly 'T is proved from Matth. 23.35 compared with the 2 Chron. 24.22 where Christ a●●irms that those very Iews who were contemporary with him in the Flesh had kill'd Zacharias the Son of Baruch c. But this Wickedness was committed in the days of King Ioas more than eighty Years before Christ's Incarnation * See Matth. 21.35 c. compare here-wit● 2 Chron. 24.22 But if any should affirm that this was not their own but their fo●e-Father's Crime and imputed to them because they were led by the same Spirit of Iniquity and Impiety I answer This cannot destroy the force of the Argument because according to the R●ghteous Ordinance of God the Sins of the Fathers are not imputed to the Children beyond the third or fourth Generation even when the Children are led by the same Spirit and follow the same steps of their Fathers But be●cause many Generations have interven'd between that Wickedness and the

the second Face is of a Man therefore the number 666 is the number of a Man to wit containing 666 Years from the Year sin●e Christ's Nativity 1036 to the Year 1702 for about the said Year 1036 the second Beast whose number is here computed Ascended out of the Earth vix in the time when Gregory the seventh flourish't who Exalted himself above the Emperor 2 Seeing the Intrerval of every Seal except the seventh contains 333 Years hence it appears that from the Death and Resurrection of Christ to the first part of the Millenium there are about 2000 Years and therefore from Christ's Death and Resurrection to the end of the World there are about 3000 Years which confirms the aforesaid Chronology the same is also confirmed by the Intervals of the Trumpets 3. Now whereas the Interval of each Trumpet is 260 Years this doth not seem to want a mystery for so many days as it were doth the Infant remain in his Mothers Womb and in Esdras the Lodging Rooms or Chambers of the Soul are likened to the Womb of a W●man because then exactly in 260 Years the Soul is recall'd to live again in a Body of Flesh as it were at the sound of the Trumpet of God himself therefore the Interval of every Trumpet is 260 Years to which if 73 Years be added for the age of M●n in a Body of Flesh the sum will be 333 Years aforesaid 4. Mor●over God out of his great Goodn●ss and Wisdom has so decreed that Men should not live altogether and at one time a thousand Years compleat in the corrupt ●tate of a Carnal Body and it stands with the justice of God that they shall live the said thousand Years by parts for by the frequent Death of Men Mankind is better provided for and their Benefit and Advantage consulted for thus God often cuts off Men to plant and ingraft them anew Whereas if Men should at once live a thousand Years compleatly in the State of Corruption they would so degenerate that their Repentance and Salvation wo●ld be far more difficult 5. But if any shou●d demand to what purpose God should call his Saints to live in a Terrestrial and Carnal Body a thousand Years and whether it were not better for them and more desirable to them to remain with God in the Heavens I answer God knows better than we what is most conducive to our Profit and Advantage And therefore the Saints ought to live a thousand Years on Earth partly that they may receive a visible Reward from God in the sight of the Wicked and Ungodly to their greater shame confusion and Condemnation and partly and indeed chiefly that they may be prepared and quali●ied in that Millenium or thousand Years of Life to obtain so much and so great Glory as they shall be invested with when they shall ascend Bodily into Heaven A FEW QUESTIONS BY Way of Exposition ON Each Chapter of the Revelations of St. Iohn Wherein little or in a manner nothing except what pertains to the History is positively concluded but all are left to the free and Impartial Iu●gment and Ezamination of the lovers of Truth CHAP. I. QU●st 1. What may we understand by the seven Churches of Asia By Churches seven States of the Vniveersal Ch. to whom Iohn wrote Whether seven Churches then in being Or rather whether they were not seven States of the Universal Church from the time of our Saviour Christ's Resurrection to that so famous and noted time of the Restoration of all things called in sundry places of Scripture a Sabbath And in the old Testament prefigured under the common Sabbath of Days and Years Which if Iohn had intended of particular Churches then in Being why did he confine himself to a septenary Number● were there not in Asia more than seven Churches Again seeing he termed that which he wrote unto them a Prophesie which hath respect to the time to come this doth not seem to agree so well with certa●n particular Churches then in being as with the Universal Church understood by seven States or Conditions this Church was in for the space of 2000 Years and seeing a septenary number is a mystical Number whether or no this doth not seem to be adapted to the Mystery of the seven Spirits Stars or Angels Quest. 2. Who are we to understand by the seven Angels of the seven Churches Whether are they Presidents or Pastors or Angels properly so called having distinct Administrations over those Churches For it appears from D●niel and other places of Scripture that they were set over Kingdoms and Nations as God`s Vicegerents Why not then over Churches Seeing they are call'd mi●●●t●●ng Spi●its sent out to minister t● all those who shall be Heirs of Salvation He● 1.14 And Heb. 2.5 it is 〈◊〉 unto the Angels he hath not as y●t put in subjection the World to come Whether or no this doth not intimate that this present World is subject to Angels but the World to come only subject to God and Christ And lastly seeing the Kingdoms of this World have their Ages and periods of time the Church will likewise have her Ages and Periods And why may not peculiar Angels be understood to preside and govern in particular Ages of the Church appointed and ordained by the most high to execute that Function CHAP. II. QUest 3. Whether or no the interval of the Church * The Church of Ephesus from the year 1● to the year ●●● since Christs Resu●rection of Ephesus according to the a●ores●id Hypoth●sis will not contain 33●● years from the Resurrection of Christ and in like manner the Church of Smyrna the same and so understand o● the rest except the Church of Laodic●a concerning which it may be qu●stioned whether it doth no● belong to the interval of the Church of Philadelphia For in respect of its State and Condition where●of Iohn gave an excellent description it extends to the Sabbath of the World Then whether the Church of Laodicea will no● have the same interval of time with it tho● it be not the same with the said Church but widely different from it Who are to be understood by the Church of Laodicea ● but certain luke-warm professours of the Christian Religion having a great notion and profession of the truth but possessing in a manner nothing of the Life and Power of it And doth not this clearly appear from the signification of the Words Philad●lphia and Laodice● For Philadelphia signifies the love of the Brethren including certain Christian Virtues but Laodicea imports as much as popular Justice which for the most part is in a manner none at all● Furthermore by the same Reason th● whole interval of two thousand years may be distributed into six equal parts● whereof each will contain 333 years and ⅓ of a year Whether is it not more consentaneous to reason that those intervals of the Churches be equally divided if the Historical events of them do better agree with these

of 1000 Years after ●he ●ate of 1000 years to one Watch of the Nig●t as it is P●al 90. v. 4. each Watch consisting of thre● hours and 12 hours making ●p one intire Night or Day CHAP. XIX QUest 93. What is that multitude of People whom Iohn saw in ●eaven crying ●allelujah Salvation and Glory a●d Honor and Power to our Lo●d God Do not these signi●ie that ●ast Multi●ude which shall be Converted as well of Iews as of Gentiles over the whole Globe of the Earth under the Interval of the sixth Seal and the seventh and last Trumpet together with the Saints raised to Life again under the seventh Trumpet Therefo●e in the same hour of 2●●½ years viz. f●om the year of Christ's Nativity 1●0● to the year 2●33 or from the year of His R●●u●rec●ion 1666 to the year 2000. Will not the City Babylon be destroyed and t●e City or Church of God Glori●●●●y ●●ilt Whether or no that very hour is not that which is ●aid Rev. ● 8.● to be the hour o● Tr●al or Tem●ta●ion which sh●ll come over the whole ●arth from w●●ch● viz. f●om the Dan●●r a●d Evil of this ●our God hath p●omised to preserve t●e Church of P●●●ad●●phia aforesaid Quest. 94. What i● the Marriage of the Lamb which I●●n 〈◊〉 to come at t●e ●●me af●●●●aid And again what is that ●●pper of the L●m● to w●●ch whoso●●●r were called were Blessed v. 7 9 Do not both the Marriage and Supper of the Lamb denote the first Resurrection of the Saints unto Life among whom all Matrimony with the carnal use of it shall cease among Men and Women agreeable to Christ`s saying that in the Resurrection they neither Marry nor are given in Marriage But the Souls of the Saints are Married to the Lamb remaining in the mean time pure and chast Virgins Quest. 95. Doth it not clearly appear from chap. 18. v. 14 15. that the Army of the Lamb was to use no carnal Weapons For their Captain whom they followed Arrayed in white Garments and on white Horses will smite their Enemies with a Sword proceeding out of his Mouth And what are those white Horses which the Saints shall have Are they not pure Bodies Bodies of the first Resurrection above-cited CHAP. XXI QVest. 96. What is that Angel which Iohn sa● coming down from Heaven having the Key of the Bottomless Pit and a great Chain in his Hand who lay hold of the Dragon that old Serpent which is the Devil and Satan and bound him for a thousand Years Is not this Angel Christ But whethe● he shall descend corporally in his Glorified Body or only Spiritually I leave to be farther determined Quest. 97. Do not the 1000 Years six times mention'd in this Chapter signifie 1●00 Years properly so call'd And did not that Sabbath of Days and Y●ars made under the Law pr●●igure this Sabbath of the World to be in the seven thousandth year of it even as the six preceding thousand Years of the World were figur'd out or typified und●r the six Work-days And do not ●hese places of Scripture Psal. 90. v. 4. 2 Pet. 3. v. 8 r●late unto the mystery of 1000 Years put for a day And have not the Prophets prophesied of many great and glorious things touc●ing this ●amous time or gl●rious day of the Lord Also doth not that of Psal. 92. w●ere 't is treated of the Sabbath relate also unto that renowned tim● Moreover is not that day the same whereof Es●ias prophesied saying The Light of o●e day shall be as the Light of seven Days and the Lord alone shall be exalted and magnified in that da● B●sides also not only the more Learned among the I●ws but many also of the Fathers among the C●ristians in the Primitive Ag●s of the Church have declared and asserted their Faith and Hope concerning this Glorious Sabbath and Millennium to come wherein all t●e Saints being recalled from De●th unto Li●e shall lead a most Ble●●ed and also a most Holy L●fe upon Earth in the firm Belief and Perswasion wher●o● t●ey rejoyced and triumphed in the greatest Suff●rin●s and Dang●rs of this mortal Li●e Quest. ●8 Shall not all the Saints that ever lived ●rom the beginning of the World whethe● they w●re killed for the Testimony of God o● died ● natura● Death be raised up to live a Corpor●al Life in the fu●ure Millennium And is not this Resurrection som● part of the Saints Reward both of sma●l and gre●● according to Rev. 11. v. 13. and E●●d 20. v. 2. Quest 9● Shall not the Saints when they shall be rais●d to Life have Bodies of ●lesh not indeed su●h as Men now have but far more excellent such as was Adam's Body whilest he lived in the Earthly Paradise before the Fall and such also as was the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ before his Death which Bodies of the Saints shall at length in the end of the seventh Millennium be changed into Spiritual Bodies in which they shall ascend into H●aven to meet the Lord And did not Paul touch upon that Mystery 1 Cor. 15. saying As we have born the Imag● of the Earthly Adam viz. as he was before the Fal● we shall also bear the Image of the Heavenly now glorified in the Heavens And did not the Prophets prophesie of such a Resurrection and especially Hosea and Daniel Dan. 12. v. 2. Hos. 6. v. 2. and finally doth not Paul 1 Cor. 15. plainly describe the s●ate of a two-fold Body the first indeed natural and then after the Expiration of the Millennium and the end of the Worlds Ages is come a Spiritual Body but that is not first which is Spiritual b●t that which is Natural and then that which is Spiritual and is not that Reward one of the Promises of Christ in that Age when he shall come in the Glory ●f his Father Quest. 100. And as the Iews Sabbath began in the end or evening of ●he sixth day will not also this most blessed Sabbath o● the World begin in the end of the sixth Millennium to wit b●fore the sixth Milennium of the World is expired And seeing the whole time of this Worlds duration seems to be a Week consist●ng of 7000 Yea●s th●re woul● be no Rem●inder of Years af●er the end of the Millennium if this h●ppy Age of 1●●0 Years did not commence b●●ore the 6●00 Years were expired And that th●re is some Remaind●r of Years after the Millennium plainly appears ●rom the Revelations which Iohn calls a little Season Rev. 20 v. 3. Now wh●ther or no that little Season may not contain 260 Years making that most happy Age of the World to begin about t●e year of the World 5740 and of Christ's Resurrection 1●4● I leave to be determined by ●ny on● to w●om God shall vouchsafe to open these things by a purer Chronology Quest. 101. How shall the Saints be raised up again to live a Corporeal Life on Earth seeing Matrimony and carnal Conjunction of Male and Female shall cease whether all

to be the Author and Crea●or ●f al● things Page 17. ad med Expl. L●● none inferr from th●se words as if when God m●d●●an Gen. 1. He did not at once endue him with 〈…〉 three degrees making up one en●ir● Soul of Man and a●●o what the high●st and most noble to wit the principle of the divine Life out of the Azi●utick System Page 19. ad fin Expl. Adam's Body as originally made by God was not gross and thick as it became afterwar●s by Sin It was originally Or Heb. i.e. Light but after his Fall it became Y● r i. e. a Skin but within the thick gross Body called Skin Gen. 3.21 the true lucid Par●disiacal Body li●th hid and will not appear until the Resurrection of the Dead Page 24. Expl. The Author only delivers this Hypothetically th●re●ore l 6. dele c●rtainly and read may signifie The Fi●tieth year hath a respect to another great M●st●ry which is the opening the 50 Divine Gates of Binah i. e. The Divine Intelligence which shall be fully done at the Resurrection of the Dead and beginning of the Thousand Years Page 25. at the beginning Explic. and Emend Cain was but to be avenged 7 Fold and Lamech 77 Fold all which Punishments might have been performed on them both according to the Hypothesis of the Revolutions within the Ages of this World in order to the Melloration and Restitution of them and all elect Souls belonging to them Page 25. Line 16. Expl. and Emend D●le on Earth Where note that these so many Worlds viz. 5214● do not respect humane Souls that have lived or shall live on Earth within the compas● of the Ages of this World but other Souls belonging to following Worlds Page 29. l. 22. for by but read but by Page 30. ad m●d Explic. and Emend The 42 Sojournings o● the People of Israel seem to have a nearer respect unto the Spiritual Travel o● the Souls of Men out of Satan's Kingdom of Darkness into the Kingdom of the dear Son of God as ●or that other it seemeth more remote and ●●reign but if it be true what Iewish Mystick Write●● 〈◊〉 that the ●aw was given in 70 Languages and in 7● S●nces it i● possible that may be one of them Page 36. ad med Emend Where the number of Years from Adam to Christ's Resurrection is frequently in this Treatise comput●d to be 〈◊〉 proce●deth ●rom the taking the words in Da●● 9.27 the midst of the Week in a strict lit●ral Sence but the Hebrew word in Dani●l signifieth the dividing the We●k which may be understood of the last Year of the last Week not complea● bu● current therefore it is most probable that the Years from Adam to Christ's Resurrection are 4000 ●urrent and ●rom that to the end of the World 3000 Years Page 39. l. 2. Correct 333⅓ is 1 ●●2 of 4000 Years there●●re 333⅓ multiplyed by 12 pr●duceth 4000 Years Page 42. l. 17. Correct as above in p. 36. Page 50. l. 12. at the Margin for 356 read 556 and for 400 read 409. Page 52 53. Correct the number 1777 it should rather be 1774½ because the middle of the last Week of Daniel as is said needs not be strictly taken but for the last Year of the Week currant according to which Chronogical Account the first Period of An●ichrist's Reign will expire about the Year from Christ's Birth 1700. Page 54. l. 18. For 652 read 1650 and for 1702 read 1700. Note whether the first Fruits mention'd Revel ch 14. have not a relation to 144000 Saints that shall be raised from the Dead as a first Fruits and appear with Christ before the general Resurrection of the Saints is worthy of further enquiry Page 55. l. 15. Emend and Explic. That the Saints shall be raised up to Life in a Carnal and Terrestrial Body must not be understood such as we now have as is well said lin 16. but such as Adam had in Paradise which being compared with such Bodies as we now have may be said to be Spiritual and yet may well he allowed to be capable of a far greater degree of Spirituality● after the 1000 Years are expir'd when they shall ascend together with Christ into the Heavens But it is not to be supposed that the Saints raised up in their Bodi●s such as Adam had shall eith●r need or use the Meats and Dri●ks of this World or the Light and I●fluence of the Sun Moon and Stars● for it is most probable that Adam ne●ded none of these things in Paradise for that supply'd him all that he needed Page 57. l. 5. Correct That place of Scripture 1 Cor. 15.51 seemeth not proper to be understood of Paul or any of the deceased Saints but of the Saints th●● shall be found living in Mortal Bodies at Christ's coming without us in his glorified Body the word we being put for they by an ordinary figure called Enallage Personae The Saints the Gog and Magog's Army shall attempt to slay shall not be the raised Saints but the other Saints that shall live in the 1000 Years and have not as yet attain'd the Resurrection and such Saints shall marry and have Children But it is improper to think that the raised Saints shall marry to wit as Men now do and have Children by Women but the manner how Adam would have propagated his Kind is best to leave to a further opening for many think it is apparent ●rom Scripture that Adam before the Fall was Male and Female in one Body and so would have encreased without Distinction of Sex Page 58 59 60. Correct That Marrying Building Planting c. shall belong to the Saints not raised within the Thousand Years ought to be granted but is no wise proper to grant it to the raised Saints whether their Resurrection be called first or second for it seemeth to contradict the words of Christ and the Divine Order of things But all the time of the Thousand Years new Conver●s and Saints will be added to the Church daily by the preaching of the Gospel who without dying or sleeping will be changed and the mortal and corruptible Body shall put on Immortality and Incorruption Moreover that the deceased Saints shall obtain the Resurrection of the Body by being born of Women as Men are now born into the World must not be granted for not Earthly and Mortal Women whether married or Virgins but our Heavenly and Immortal Mother Ierusalem from above shall bring us all forth and the deceased Saints generally as her Children with respect to the Resurrection or Regeneration of our Bodies at the time appointed as she hath now brought us forth and all the Saints with respect to the inward Resurrection and inward Regeneration of our Souls And only Christ shall be our Heavenly Father and Ierusalem from above our Heavenly Mother with respect to the Resurrection of the Dead and therefore the Children of the Resurrection in Scripture are called the Children of God but shall not be the Children of Men