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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

time of Christ's Incarnation and many more be●ween the Murther of Abel and that time therefore those very Iews had divers times lived in the World before that time yea Cain who killed Abel lived at that time Now That the Fathers of those Iews did kill the Prophets is true for all the Prophets which were killed were either killed by the Fathers of those Iews but in the space of four Generations or by those very Iews themselves 24. Fourthly 'T is proved in that Christ affirms that those very Iews to whom he spoke whilst in the Flesh had killed the Prophets O! Ierusalem Ierusalem said he that killest the Prophets and stonest them that were sent unto thee how often would I have gathered thee but thou would'st not 25. Fifthly it is proved in that St. Paul 1 Thess. 2.15 affirms that the same Iews killed Christ and the Prophets 26. Sixthly In that Christ in his Parable af●irms those Husband-men to have ill treat●d the Servants of the Lord and at last killed the Son himself 27. Seventhly from Christ's Parable of La●ourers hired and sent into the Field some in the Morning others at the third Hour others at the sixth Hour others at the ninth Hour others were called at the eleventh Hour but they who were called at the eleventh Ho●r stood all the Hours of the day idle in the Marke● By those Labourers who were called in the eleventh Hour the Gentiles are to be understood who were called into the Church of Christ by the Minstery of the Apostles after Christ's Resurrection By those who were called in the Morning and at other Hours of the day the Iews are understood the Morning is the beginning of the Wo●ld ●nd therefore certain Iews who lived in the Apostles days liv'd from the beginning of the World and laboured twelve Hou●s in the Field some laboured nine others six three c. And when the Evening came th●y all received a Peny the Gentiles were made equal with the Iews the Iews mu●mur●d but without reason for the Gen●i●es ●h●t believed in Christ and laboured in the Field had done as much and some of them more in the last hour than the Iews had done in the whole day for they had done but little before Christ's Incarnation and Passion and many of them did not labour without grudging therefore Christ said of them Many are call●d but few are chos●n 28. ●ighthly 'T is proved from the Words of P●ter 1. Epist. Chap. 3. v. 18.19 For the same Souls or the same Men who lived before and perished in the Flood liv'd also in Bodies of Flesh upon the Earth when Ch●ist ●u●fer'd Death in the Flesh who being mortified in the Flesh was quicken'd in the Spirit and poured out upon Men a more abundant Life of Grace after he arose from the Dead and then indeed by the ministery of his Life and Grace he preached to those Souls who from the beginning of the World were detain'd in Prison and in Chains of Darkness under the Power of Satan which Souls notwithstanding wer● restor'd to Life in a Body of Flesh to hear the Gospel Pr●ached For the Gospel is not preach'd to Souls that live out of the Flesh but to such as live on Earth in Bodies of Flesh Iohn 1.9 Iohn 3.11.17.59 Luke 2.14 29. 9 ly 'T is proved from the Words of Peter where he affirms in his 1 Epistle Chap. 4. vers 6. that the Gospel was preached to the Dead That they might be judged as Men in the Flesh and therefore they who in time past were dead lived again in the Flesh that they might live to God in the Spirit 30. 10 ly 'T is prov'd in that Christ preached that the Hour should come and was already come in which the Dead should hear the voice of the Son of God and they that hear shall live Whereby the Dead he means not only the Spiritually Dead but such as are naturally Dead also who were to live again in the days of Christ that they might hear the Gospel and in hearing might believe and in believing might have eternal Life 31. Proof 11. St. Paul in his Epistle to Romans ● 25 affirms that Redemption is made in Christ Jesus to the remission of Sins past in the patience and long suffering of God Now the aforement●oned Sins are all the Sins committed by all Men from the beginning of the World 32. Proof 12. Christ is said to have reconciled us to God by his Death even when we were enemies to him and to have born our Sins in his Body on the Cross which he could not have done if we had not lived some time before the Death of Christ. 33. Prof 13. Christ dyed for all Men as well for those that had been dead from the beginning of the World as for those who were then alive and therefore the Efficacy of his Sacrifice extends unto all that have ever lived from the beginning of the World that they might repent and obtain forgiveness of their Sins If they would but believe in Christ and obey his Commandments for the time to come And how absurd is that opinion that Christ should suffer Death for all that dyed since the beginning of the World and yet that the greatest part of them should be wholly ignorant of so great Grace and Favour neither should ever taste of the Fruits of the said Grace after the Death of Christ 34. Proof 14. Christ hath affirmed that all Sins should be forgiven exc●pt the Sin against the Holy Ghost but there were no Sins committed against the Holy Ghost before the Death of Christ. 35. Proof 15. Paul said God winked at Men in the times of ignorance but then he called all to Repentance Therefore he called those also to repent whom he hath formerly winked at ever since the beginning of the World 36. Because otherwise the Patience and long Suffering of God cou'd not be explained for God forbore with much long Suffering the vessels of Wrath c. And the great long Suffering of God allowed much time for Repentance because in the sight of the Lord a thousand years are but as one day 37. Proof 17. Peter in his second Epistle Chap. 3 said God did not come on purpose to execute his tremenduous judgments in the conflagration of the World because he is long suffering and wills all to come to Repentance and therefore the long Suffering of God bears with Men almost two thousand years after the death of Christ before the beginning of the Millenium an● three thousand years before the last Judgment and Conflagration of the Wo●ld which three thousand years are with the Lord but as three days Now to what purpose did God grant Men so long a time But that such as had not lived a thou●and years from the beginning of the World might have the same time to live in a Body of Flesh before the end of the World that they might at last repent and in case they did not repent should be justly punished

Ieziratick World and being thus devested they at length grew into this Grosness Death and Stupidity which they now suffer 50. And therefore our Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ after he came into the Flesh in the likeness of sinful Flesh was to be c●u●ified in Golgotha which is the place of Scu●●● or Sepulchres by which is typically signif●●● this Asiatick VVorld or VVorld of Fabrication● that so in this place of Death he ●●g●●●vercome Death it self who is our Saviour and Prince of Life yea Life it self which that he might do by the Ordination of divine VVisdom he was to die in a Body of Flesh and then to rise again in the same Body in which he died that he might become the first Fruits of the Resurr●●tion of the Dead and his B●dy being Glorified and Immortalized might at length glori●ie and immortalize the Bodies of Saints in which Bodies they shall live and reign with Ch●ist for ever in the Heavens 51. Therefore this Asiatick VVorld is to be again converted and reduced into the Superiour and excellent Ieziratick VVorld that all its parts may be re-united to these antient Souls whereunto in times past they belonged that so at length the Souls and Bodies may be purified in this VVorld from all dreggs of Sin and Death as in a refining Furnace of Affliction and Suffering and lastly eternally glorified in a indissolvable incorruptible union of both Body and Soul 52. And then indeed the natural and animal Body will be changed into a Spiritual Body which is far nobler yea all this gross and material VVorld where Death and Stupidity so wonderfully reigns will be rendred full of Life and Spirit 53. And yet this great and truly wonderful change and conversion of all even the vilest things of this Asiatick VVorld may not be suddenly and altogether but by parts and in various Successions of Ages according to the predestination of divine VVi●dom 54. Therefore the Ages of VVorlds i● respect of human Intellect are truly infinite and innumerable and that not only in regard of things to come but in regard of things past 5● Moreover this Asiatick VVorld hath had its existence ●or many more Ages than we Mortals are able to number 56. Therefore this Asiatick VVorld wherein we live must be distinguished into many and various VVorlds as a Whole is distinguished into its parts beyond the reach of Mortals understanding 57. But those particular Asiatick VVorlds are most commodiously distinguished in respect of the Years whereof they consist 58. Now every particular Asiatick World consists of seven Thousand Years which make up as it were one week consisting of seven days 59. For a thousand Years with the Lord are as one Day and one Day as a thousand Years as it is in the 90th Psalm and confirmed by the Apostle Peter in hls second Epistle ver 3. 60. And the seventh Millenium or seventh Thousandth Year of each VVeek of the World is the Sabbath of this VVorld 61. Therefore this World of ours consists of Seven Thousand Years whose seventh Millenium is the Sabbath or Sabbatism of this our present World as it is in Heb. 4. 62. And indeed that Sabbath of days which God commanded the Iews to observe was a Type or Figure of this Mystery the same also was that of the Sabbath of Years Months and VVeeks which in times past God likewise command the Iews to observe 63. Now whereas every fiftieth Year comprehending seven weeks of years was a year of Iubilee wherein every Captive was to be set at liberty and every one to return to his own Family House and Posses●●on this certainly signifies fifty thousand years which contain seven weeks of Worlds therefore in the fifty thousand year or end of every seventh World many Souls are to be saved and reconciled to God by Christ which as yet could not obtain Salvation in the preceding weeks or VVorlds but suffered for their Impieties by the most just Judgmnet of God the execrable torments of Hell Fire 64. Others there are whos● Sins God doth pardon in this World for the sake of Christ such as are Sins of Ignorance and all others of which Men sincerely repent but there are some whose Sins are n●i●her forgiven in this World nor in that which is to come and yet are forgiven in some third World and lastly there are others which are not remitt●d till the ●ourth and so on even to a seventh according to the most just Judgment o● God nay far beyond a seventh even to the seventy seventh thousand year the Remission of ●ome very notorious and wicked Sins seems to be deferred that ●s not less than eleven weeks and such a kind of a Sinner that wicked Lamech seemed to be who predicted of himself his to Wives that Vengeance should be taken on him seventy seven fold that is as it seems 77000 Years But on Cain who was not so wicked Vengeance was to be taken but seventy fold which is 7000 Years to wit the whole time of this World 64. Then if one day with the Lord be as a thousand years by the same reason one year i.e. 365 days will be as 365000 years which Period of 365000 years ●eems to be some vast Age comprehending about 52142 Worlds within which space of time whatsoever is of humane kind on Earth will doubtless be converted unto God Nevertheless the Asiatick VVorld doth not cease to be upon this account because the parts of the Asiatick World are continually multiplied by reason of the continual Multiplication of other VVorlds to wit the Ieziratick and Briatick whereof we have already made mention 66. Therefore they err extreamly and conceive too unworthily of God yea do not righ●ly know nor consider the na●ure of him who think the punishments o● the damned are to be perpetrated to all Eternity without any end or termination For the very nature of God is Love it self according to the express words of the Apostle Iohn and finally because the nature of God is unchangeable therefore he did necessarily love all his Creatures and that constantly and unchangeably too nor could he absolutely hate any thing that ever he created and because love is of the nature of God himself and whatever he operates or doth in relation to his Creatures even when he most severely punishes them for their Sins proceeds all from Love therefore God loves his Creatures in the most miserable and wretched state and condition they can exist in and therefore cannot but benefit them and so at length bring them out of misery Therefore all the punishments which the most just and truly tremenduous Justice of God inflicts on Sinners are t●ue effects and real tokens of his divine Love towards them the most certain end and design of all which is the Redemption and Deliverance of those Sinners ●rom all their Sins and Punishments inflicted on them for Sin and their final Glorification and Restoration to Justice and Holines● which is apparently confirmed by St. Iohn

happen'd in the same Intervals of time yet many of them were attended with different consequences others with very ●ike Events as will appear from the ensuing ●ines Quest. 29. Wherefore did Iohn say at the opening of every of the ●our first Seals that he heard one of the Beasts say * Come see why Come and see except it were to shew us that the Interval of every Seal the seventh only excepted comprehends the space of a mystical Hour viz. 333⅓ Years For is not the Face of some Animal stirr'd up or awaken'd in every Mystical Hour which may be therefore said to be on the Watch Veni● vide Come and s●e Quest. 30. If the Events which were to come to pass and are in great measure elapsed from the time of our Lord's Ascension to this present day do better answer to the Intervals of 333⅓ Years assigned to each of the first six Seals than to any other whatsoever doth not this elegantly prove the truth of the said Intervals Quest. ●1 What may we understand by Iohn's Vision of a White Horse and him that sat thereon who held a Bow in his Hand and went out at the opening of the f●●st Seal conquering and to conquer Is not he † He that sat thereon that sat thereon our Lord Jesus Christ And doth not the * The White Horse white Horse mean h●s Ministers arayed in the white Robes of Righteousness and inward Holiness bringing the Gospel unto Men viz. the glad Tidings o● P●ace † What was the Bow in his Hand and doth not the Bow in his Hand signify the Power and Energy of his Heav●nly Gospel and Doctrine Which Gospel indeed in those Primitive times Conquer`d many thousands of Men and subjected them to the Obedience and Faith of Christ. From the Year of Christs Bi●th 366 And moreover did not this pu●e and exceeding prevalent Dispensation of the Gospel remain on Earth at least the space of 333 Years and ⅓ after ou● Lords's Ascension or from his ●●carnation 366 which Interval indeed reacht beyo●d Constanti●e and his Sons nay beyond Iulian the Apostate Iordan Valens Valentinian and indeed the power and purity of the Evangelical Doctrin did still prevail in the World notwithstanding the sottish Superstitions foolish Traditions and wrangling debates of some concerning Arrius and his Disciples Quest. 32. What may we understand by Iohn's Vision of a red Horse What the red Horse is at the opening of the second † The second Seal Seal Is it not Soldiers and Captains of Armies and such as stir up terrible Wars in the World to the shedding o● much Blood and who is he that rides upon this red Horse * He that rides upon the Horse but some great Angel or Daemon who by God's permission inspires and prompts Men to Bloody Wars which Wars doubtless came chiefly in those parts of the World where the Gospel had been Preached and were sent by the most hol● God as a Just Punishment on Men for dispising the Gospel And indeed they who delivered the faithful Servants of God to various kinds of Death in the first Interval because they believed in God and Christ are slain themselves together with their Children by others in the second Interval God punishing the Iniquity of the Fathers u●on the Children even to the third and fourth Generation Besides do not the events or historical effects plainly answer to this second Interval to wit from the Year of our Saviour Christ's Resurrection 333 to the 666 or from the Year of his Birth 366 to the Year 700 for within that Interval of time was not the whole West●rn Empire miserably torn and at last almost totally erased and aboli●hed in the said Interval Moreover also Rome her self as it were ●he Empress of the World was often taken and after some Revolutions she was burnt within the same Interval b●t the chief Authors of these terrible Wars wer● the Go●hs Vandals Hunnes and Persians with th●i● Kings and Leaders Then about the latter end of this Interval viz. about 600 and odd Years after the Birth of Christ comes Mahome● with his follow●rs who were at that time call'd Saracens and these indeed were the Authors of dreadful W●rs in many places Quest. 33. What ●s to be understood by Iohn`s Vision of a black What he ●lack Horse was● ●or●e and him that sat thereon holding a Balance in his Hand when the third Seal was to be opened Is not te●rible Famine hereby signified and indeed that which is natural an● exte●nal as well as that which is spi●it●al an● internal And indeed both ●f these compleatly happened within the third Interval of time to wit from the year of Christ's Resurrection 666 to the year 1000 as the History of those times do clearly evince for in this Interval there was a great Spiritual F●mine or Want of the Celestial Bread of Life and the time of this Interval was the same with that of the Church of Pergamus above recited within which Interval God promised to feed the Faith●ul with hidden Manna Rev. 2.17 for all that whole Interval was full of Ignorance in the extremity of Darkness and very few famous Men flourished in it Lastly as to what pertains to natural or outward Famine that indeed in a manner continually attends horrid and bloody Wars Quest. 34. What is meant by the * The pale Horse pal● Horse and him that sate thereon whose name was Death whom Hell followed having power to kill with the Sword with Famine and with Death and with the Beas●s of the Earth which was to come to pass when the four●h Seal † The 4 th Seal open'd was opened Doth it not seem to be the whole and entire Body of all the Wick that have gone before with Addition of many others For what doth the killing with the Sword signifie but W●r Scarcit● and Famine And was no● Death which was the name of him that sat thereon the Devi● himself whom Hell followed Lastly what is signified by the Beasts of the ●arth but foul and unclean Spirits or Terrestrial Demons which miserably beguile and deceive the Ignorant and Unthinking Mobile with their Cheats and Delusions For in Holy Writ the Devil and unclean Spirits are called Beasts of the Field or Beasts of the Earth as it is said of the Serpent in Genesis that he was more subtile than any Beast of the Field which doubtless could not be understood of common Beasts Moreover doth not the event or Historical effect apparently answer this Inter●val viz. from the Year * From the year of the Resurrection 1000 to 1333. o● Christ's Resurrection 1000 to the year 1333 within which time the foulest Superstitions and most detestable Idolatry abounded among Christians falsly so called also the Pride Covetousness and Luxury of the Antichristian Clergy within this Interval exceeded all bounds besides many damnable Opinions and Here●ies were preached and published by the Antichris●ian Emissaries to wit the

from 〈…〉 Explic. It ●●s well th 〈…〉 tion●d of ●a●c c. is s●●d ●xpre●l● 〈…〉 not to be 〈…〉 time the A●t●●r as ●●p●●r 〈◊〉 ou● o● his own M●nu●crip●s ●●d Paper● 〈…〉 stion ne●●●iv●ly 〈◊〉 a pos●●ive an 〈…〉 That Isa●c was 〈…〉 the Woman whi●h Christ 〈◊〉 w●en ●e c●use i● th● Fl●sh and t●at ●or 〈…〉 To 〈◊〉 I●aa● ●●s the promis●d 〈…〉 Ch●ist 〈◊〉 into that mos● 〈…〉 Un●●● wi●h himself is ●o ●ay 〈◊〉 I●●ac ●●com● Chri●t and so wa● 〈◊〉 own S●vi●ur b●t that is a●●u●●d fo● Is●ac ●o ●ll ●●●●r Men need●d an●ther to ●ave them from thei●●i●● and t●a●●t●●r was Chris● 2. It is the Tes●im●n● of 〈…〉 t●at all M●n d●s●●nded o● A●am ●●r●st 〈◊〉 have sin●ed and t●●r●f●re I●aac as we●● as A●raham and Ia●●● ●●●ve sinned so●e ●ime ●r ●the● but if Isaac ●●d ●●en Chr●st to wit the Man Christ th●n Ch●ist h●d d●●d ●●r his own Sin● but Christ died not for his 〈◊〉 that ●ver a● any time ●e h●d for he ne●●●●a●●●ny Sin D●n ● 2● compared with Isaia● 53.5 1 Cor. 15.2 2 Cor. 15.21 3. Isaac was to be saved justified and pardoned by Faith in the Man Christ but Isaac was not to believe or have Faith in himself 4. That promised Seed of the Woman that descended out of the Loins of all the Fathers in a straight Line of Succession from Adam to Christ and from Eve to Mary was no part of the defiled Nature of Man tho' it was conveyed or transmitted thro' them that had been defiled with Sin as David and Solomon were great Sinners and yet their Seed was conveyed and transmi●t●d through them And this is easie to understand how an holy and undefiled Seed or Principle can pass through them that have been defiled and be no more defiled therewith than how the Sun-Beams can shine on an unclean place and not be defiled ther●with Now that the Seed of the Woman so conveyed and transmitted from Adam to Christ was never defiled with Sin and so was no part of the fallen Nature of Man is clear because to signifie his Primitive Purity and Holiness he was conceived of the Holy Ghost and born of a Virgin and not after the ordina●y manner of Humane Generation And it is written of him Thou hast loved Righteousness and hated Iniquity c. Psal. 45.7 5. That of our Nature which Christ assumed if it had been defiled at any time with Sin how could it have been cleansed o● how could it ●leanse other parts of Man's Nature that had been defiled by Sin For it is the clean that cleanseth the unclean and the cleansing must begin in that which is clean that is the Root and Original to cure● and cleanse that which is unclean and by ●aith in the promised Seed of the Woman all they who were saved from the beginning of the World were cleansed and sanctified But if it be enqui●ed was this Seed of the Woman conv●yed from Adam to the Man Christ the Seed of Christ or only a Bodily Seed or Principle To this it is answered● That the hig●er degree of the Soul of Christ was not that Seed that was conveyed through the Loins o● Abraham and David to wit that degree of his Soul called the Spirt and Mind in Hebrew Ruach and Neshamah for that was in Heaven and came down from Heaven when the Child Jesus was conceived in the Womb of the Virgin as Christ himself said Ioh. 6.38 For I came down from Heaven not to do my own Will but the Will of him that sent me This was not the Godhead of Christ but that Superiour or Higher degree of his Soul called Ru●ch and Neshamah but the inferiour degree or Animal part called N●●h●sh in Heb. may be well allowed to have been in that Seed of the Woman which Christ assumed together with the Bodily Seed and Principle of Christ's Body and tho' it was conveyed and transmitted through all these Generations from Adam to Christ mentioned in Luke ch 3. yet that is not in the common sense of the word Revoluti●n because R●●olution in the common sense of the word used by M●●tick Writ●r● is used to signifie the returning of the Souls of deceas●d Men to live again in other Bodies of their Posterity or Kindred But when a Man begets a Son and the Soul of his Son comes out of ●is Loins as it is said the Souls of Iacob's Children came ●ut of his Loins that is not called Rev●lution in the common sense of the Mys●ick Writers Beside that Souls revolved are sa●d to suff●r t●e Bodily Pains and Affliction● that the Body suffers into which it revolveth and Death also and therefore the S●●l of Christ did not after this manner revolve for then he would have often died whereas Christ died but once and having once died he dieth no more Death● hath no more Dominion over him Rom. 6.9 Nor is there any cause to suppose that Isaac's Soul needed any Revolution more than the Soul of any ●f the holi●st Men for these holy Men being perfected in Faith Love and Holiness according to the H●pothesis of the Revolutions after Death need no Revolution but rest in perfect Peace and Joy until the Resurrection of the Dead But what is the mystery of these 76 or 77 Generations from Adam to Christ described by Luke Chap. 3. i● best to leave to God's further opening and no● t● intrude in●o things not s●en P●g●● 119 120 121 122. Emend That the two Witn●s●es shall be M●ses and Elias that shall be slain and ris● again from ●he De●d I find to be the opinion of some of the A●cie●ts particularly of H. Cozi●s ●●t they who did not h●ld t●at Opi●ion did not think they s●●uld be born again of Women but that they sh●●●d c●m● and s●ffer in these very Bodies wherein they ●ormer●y ●●v●d and should rise again But these two Wi●nesses sh●ll n●t 〈◊〉 M●s●● and Eli●s as some s●y or 〈◊〉 and E●●●s as o●hers sa● it is certain that they sh●ll be ●wo excellent and eminent Serv●nt● of G●d endu●d wi●h such a Prophetick and w●nd●r w●●●i●g ●pirit as M●ses and Elias had No● 〈…〉 appear that any of the deceased Sai●ts ●h●ll by 〈◊〉 be b●rn ag●in of Women ●ut they sh●●l ●e immediately raised up by the power of God a●d Christ. Pag● 122. ad ●i●em ●●●nd a●● 〈◊〉 That the S●in●s shall be ra●sed up t● live and reign with Christ on ●r over the ●●rth● is no●●o be understood as i● th●y should n●ed or 〈…〉 the Meats or Drinks o● the Ea●●h or any 〈◊〉 E●r●hly Convenience● b●t t●a● the●●hall appear ●o ●h● S●ints not yet 〈…〉 livi●g 〈…〉 Animal 〈◊〉 to their great 〈◊〉 and h●v● that Rule and Government over ●●l t●e E●rth that the Angels now have i● clear from Heb. ● 5 1 Cor. 6.2 Page 125. ad ●in●m Emend That the Church of 〈◊〉 shall ●ollow t●e latter part of the Thousand Yea●s is n●●●●o●able but rather that it shall be contemp●rary 〈◊〉 th● Church of Philadelphia for some