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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44277	Apokalypsis anastaseōs The resurrection revealed, or, The dawnings of the day-star about to rise and radiate a visible incomparable glory far beyond any since the creation upon the universal church on earth for a thousand yeers yet to come, before the ultimate day of the general judgement to the raising of the Jewes, and ruine of all antichristian and secular powers, that do not love the members of Christ, submit to his laws and advance his interest in this design : digested into seven bookes with a synopsis of the whole treatise and two tables, 1 of scriptures, 2 of things, opened in this treatise / by Dr. Nathanael Homes.	Homes, Nathanael, 1599-1678.	1653 (1653)	Wing H2560; ESTC R4259	649,757	646

as often as I can deliver my selfe from the prejudice of singularity and save my labour in doing things well done to my hands I shall here also put learned Mr. Huet and Mr. Mede in the Van and after them to my power I shall bring up the Reare For they have well cleared as I conceive many things and corrected some versions punctations and obscurities of both these chapters which had need enough afore any solid inferences can thence bee safely made As for any thing considerable in the eighth chapter to our matter in hand it may be touched occasionally as we go on with these and other Scriptures § 2 The whole eleventh chapter saith Mr. Huet concerns the state of the Jewes under the three last humane Monarchies viz. the Persian Grecian and Roman The twelfth containes the Jewes deliverance the first mention of the Romans is in the thirtieth verse of the eleventh chaper For the ships of Chittim alias Kittim shall come against him therefore he shall be grieved and returne and have indignation against the holy Covenant so shall he doe he shall returne and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy Covenant Which v. Mr. Huet paraphrastically readeth thus For the Navy of the Romans shall come against him Antiochus Epiphanes alias Epimanes being rather furious then fair for fear of whom he shal be forced to retire from Egypt and by the way shall execute his fury upon the Jewes the refractory Jewes assisting him For saith Mr. Huet in his exposition of this thirtieth verse whereas the Romans aide sent under the conduct of Popilius are called ships of Kittim alias Chittim it is for that originally they came of Kittim who was one of the Sons of Javan Gen. 10.4 from whom not onely some parts of Grecia but all Italy did originally spring Ancient Records declaring how Latinus transported the Citians from the Greekish Islands into Italy The which is the rather probable all antiquity concluding the Italians originally to spring from Graecia And ships of Kittim are here mentioned rather then people of Kittim 1. For that the arrivall of the ships onely in the Haven of Alexandria drove Antiochus from Egypt without any other hostility the Souldiers being never landed 2. For that the history of the Roman greatnesse beginning from these times the Lord would have his people at once discerne the rise and ruin of their last and great oppressor which he doth by citing Balaams unwitting prophesie Numb 24.24 That the SHIPS of KITTIM should afflict ASSUR translating it into a province and also should afflict HEBER the JEWES sacking their City and scattering their people on the face of the earth and yet in the end shall perish for ever the Ancient of dayes casting this fourth Monster into the streames of fire and restoring the dominion to his owne people So that the wise-hearted Jewes might know that when the Romans came against Antiochus the vile that their last oppressor was at the doores who yet should perish for ever But first Antiochus must finish his Scene who is yet in this vision upon the stage of power acting his fury against the Jewes of which a touch in the former verse now followes more in v. 31. And Arms shall stand on his part they shal pollute the sanctuary of strength and shal take away the daily sacrifice and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate Which Mr. Huet thus paraphrastically readeth Wherein that is as afore in executing his fury on the Jews having other power to assist him he shal defile the holy Temple and trample under the strong holds of Sion and shal destroy the Ordinance of Gods daily worship placing in the Temple an abominable Idoll causing desolation where it comes Upon which he comments thus In the which attempts against Jerusalem besides his confederates among the Jewes he had other forreigne Captaines assisting herein who indeed were the speciall actors of these Tragedies as Philippus Andronicus Apollonius 2 Machab. 5.22 23 24. men of insatiable cruelties who having taken the Fort of Sion they fortifyed it against the Jewes and committed miserable massacres without either respect of Sex or age 1 Machab. 1.35 also polluting the Temple First By the blood of Innocents slaine before the Altar Which being a sanctuary of refuge from blood was polluted by the effusion of it 1 Machab. 1. ver 37 39. compare 2 Chron. 23.14 Secondly By their presence in the Temple who were strangers to God and his Religion Acts 21.28 Thirdly By medling with holy things and touching the consecrated places and vessels Fourthly by disannulling the ordinances of Gods daily Worship interdicting the holy Assemblies of the Temple 1 Maccab. 1.45 and commanded the Jewes to sacrifice in every City vers 51. And lastly placing the abominable Idoll Jupiter Olympius in the Temple and his sacrifice on the Altar of the Lord ver 54. called there the abomination of desolation Abomination by a propheticall phrase Jer. 32.34 Idolatry being most abominable to God Jer. 1.13 And of desolation because Idolatry brings desolation upon the good Jewes in grief on their spirits upon the bad that fel to Idolatry in plagues upon the land In these sore desolations and destructions by madde Antiochus a great triall of mens hearts appeared as it followes in verse 32. And such as doe wickedly against the Covenant shall be corrupt by flatteries but the people that doe know their God shall be strong and doe exploits Which Mr. Huet in his way of paraphrase renders thus In which tryals many of the Jewes shall be corrupted by faire speeches to deny their religion but such as are faithfull with God shall gather courage and cleave to their religion Whereof in his Commentary he gives us a briefe account Diverse Jewes saith hee revolted from the faith and joyned with him against their brethren as Menelaus who was guide to Antiochus in robbing the Temple and was more outragious against his Brethren then the very Gentiles themselves 2 Macca 5. ver 15. and ver 23. Jason who entred the City with a thousand Souldiers and made havocke of his Country-men Also Alcimus who contrary to his Oath betrayed his brethren and aided Bacchides 1 Maccab. 7.5.16 besides multitudes of inferiour ranke In the 33. and 34. verses followes the event And they that understand among the people shall instruct many yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame by captivity and by spoile many dayes Now when they shall fall they shall be holpen with a little helpe but many shall cleave to them with flatteries Which paraphrase-wise M.H. renders thus Yea such of them as have the knowledge of the law shall instruct and incourage their brethren in these sufferings yet many of them shal suffer the sword fire bondage and spoile for many daies Yet in this distresse this shall be holpen by the courage of some zealous of religion yet among them many of false and treacherous hearts shall be joyned Which in his

my suppliants that is that call upon my name even the daughter of my dispersed shall bring mine offering That is shall worship me in a right manner such as I shall require which verse plainly speakes of the Jews almost in every word as in that My suppliants beyond the river of Ethiopia and expounding it EVEN the daughter of my dispersed there The Hebrewes in their Chalde paraphrase translate 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ethiopia by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 India and elsewhere they call it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hind 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hid for Hind which answers to the Latine Indi Indians and to the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Subduer or Conquerour of India * Qui suit Bacchus saltem est Bacchi Epithe●on apud Graecos Sic Graeci appellant Indicum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and to our English who say India and Indians where Rab. Menasse Ben Israel saith in his book de spe Israelis multitudes of Jews are There are to speak distinctly three opinions touching Ethiopia and the river beyond it 1. That this Ethiopia signifies Egypt which is beyond the river Nilus which riseth in Ethiopia and flowes thence unto Egypt To which A Castro contributes this that the Hebrew name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chus that is Ethiopia doth not signifie Aethiopian Sub-Aegyptian that is Ethiopia under Egypt as they call it which is now called Abyssia where Prester John reigneth but Arabia in which among others the Madianites lived who in the Scriptures are called Ethiopians And for this he quotes Psal 74.14 Thou brakest the head of the Leviathan in peeces speaking of the drowning of Pharoah and the Egyptians in the red sea and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the WILDERNESSE Hebr. desolate places which the old Latine Jerome and the Septuagint translate To the people of the ETHIOPIANS For Chus the son of Cham who gave the name to Ethiopia with his sons viz. Seba or Saba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabtecha Gen. 10.7 fixed his habitation between the Persian and Arabian gulfe or red sea This Tract therefore is called Ethiopia that is Arabia in which is the RIVER GIHON flowing out of Paradice and the river TRAJANUS and the Lake Sirbonides and the Arabian gulfe But by the leave of so learned a man it is most certaine that both the Ethiopiaes as Plinie Ptolomy Strabo Herodotus and letter writers distinguish * Plin. l. 5. c. 4. and c. 8. Ptol. l. 4. c. 7 28. Strab. l. 1. Herod expedit Xerxis contra Graecos naming them the Easterne and Westerne Ethiopia or the Asiaticke and Affrican Ethiopia which distinction of Two the Scripture hints by their several characters neighbours or circumstances when they name either Ezek. 29.10 and c. 30.4 Amos 9.7 Nahum 3.6 Zeph. 3.10 The Affrican again distinguished into superior alias interior and inferior alias exterior Ethiopia I say all the Ethiopiaes are called in the Hebrew by the name of Chus The second Opinion of many other learned understands here Aethiopiam sub Aegypto id est Ethiopia under Egypt in Affrica to wit Abissia for this was near to the Iews and by that name well known to them and so the Affricans and all inhabiting with them were beyond the rivers of Ethiopia in respect of Iudea and Egypt And so may be here understood all the Countries beyond the Sea viz. the Brasilians Peruvians Mexicans and all the West Indians The third opinion which A Castro much favours understands here the East Indies unto Iaponia and China For Tigris and Euphrates are here called the rivers of Ethiopia which slide first by or through Chaldea where Nimrod the son of Chus reigned then by or through Mesopotamia and after through the midst of Arabia which sometimes in Scripture is called Chus that is Ethiopia beyond which rivers lies all Asia and India unto the Sinae And therefore as well Vatablus as the Chalde Paraphrase inclines to expound this of the Indians as if Indian-Ethiopia were here meant whence the Sabeans are as well Indians as the Persians Arabians and Abyssines as Pererius asserts out of Beroaldus and Dionysius on Gen. 25. ver 5. And indeed Seba and Havilah the sons of Chus dwelt towards India so that Cyril Theodoret and Procopius calls the Country of Sabea by the name of Indian-Ethiopia The sum of all to draw all three opinions into one harmonious head is this that the Prophet Zephany intends that all the Iewes and Israelites dispersed into the remotest Countries over the face of the whole earth they and their neighbours there innumerous multitudes should be converted unto Christ For the Iewes did deem the Ethiopians the utmost borders of men according to that extremique hominum Morini And Christian writers count the more Eastern Ethiopians of the same ranke with the Indians as they account all to be Indians that are the remoter people of the world that live in any wealthy condition But yet withall the wise Prophet expresseth that generall meaning so as that neatly he alludes unto and mindes us of it as an anchor of hope the carrying away captive of the Iews through Arabia unto Babylon and dispersing them into all the Countries of the East part of whom as a first fruites once Cyrus returned and sent back to Jerusalem The lump Christ will restore afore the world ends Nor doth the phrase of bringing offerings to the Lord signifie lesse then the Iews and yet not prejudice the glorious Christian state of the Church integrated of Iewes and Gentiles A Rule how to understand Levitical phrases in describing the Christian glorious state to come we speak of as intended by all the prophesies we produce For take this for a Rule for this and all other like places of that nature though in Moses time it was taken according to the letter to signifie material Leviticall Sacrifices yet in after times not only the Apostles of the New Testament but the Prophets of the Old by offering and offerings and sacrifices and altars c. did signifie unto us spirituall oblations compatible and correspondent to the GOSPELL Psal 50. ver 14. OFFER to God thanksgiving and pay thy vowes c. ver 23. Whosoever OFFERETH praise glorifieth me Psal 51.17 The SACRIFICES of God are a broken spirit Psal 141.2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as INCENSE and the lifting up of my hands as the EVENING SACRIFICE Hos 14.2 Take away all iniquity and receive us graciously so will wee render the CALVES OF OUR LIPS with a multitude of more instances which might be given And therefore no wonder if the language of the new Testament be to the same tune Rom. 12.1 OFFER or PRESENT to God your bodies as a living SACRIFICE Mark 12.3 To love the Lord with all the heart and with all the understanding c. and to love ones neighbour as ones selfe is more then all WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS and SACRIFICES Heb. 9.22 23.