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A02024	Little Timothe his lesson: or, A summary relation of the historicall part of holy scripture plainely and familiarly comprized in meeter, for the helpe of memory, and instruction of the ignorant in the writings of God. By E.G. Mr. in Arts, and practitioner in physicke for the Kings hospitall of St. Bartholomew, in the city of Glocester.	Graile, Edmond, b. ca. 1577.	1611 (1611)	STC 12171; ESTC S117271	36,912	121

but fire could take no hold Another dreame then vexed him cap. 4 which Daniel did vnfold And eke the state of future times cap. 7 of Monarchs Crownes surprising Of Christ precisely he diuines and of the deads arising But Babels king restored back from beasts made better end cap. 4 Next him raign'd Euilmerodach euen Ieconiahs friend To him succeeded Balshazzar who in his drunken feast Did neither God nor 's people spare cap. 5 for blasphemy and iest Till fingers writing on a wall dazling his very sight Did so his countenance appall was neuer man so fright This writng Daniel expounds and so without delay That night Darius all confounds and tooke his Crowne away Section 20. VVHen now full seuenty yeeres were spent in their Captiuity King Cyrus Proclamation sent for their deliuery Zerubbabel doth them retire with all the Temples treasure Cap. 1 And full commission to repaire the ruines at their pleasure cap. 4 But crafty foes did plot apace the Lords worke to withstand By flattering speech vnto their face and letters vnder hand Yea Hammans hatred cankered had made an vtter riddance Had not Queene Ester ventured cap. 3 her life for Iewes deliuerance Then Haggai also Zacharie Cap. 5 their slacknesse doe reproue And shortly after Malachi their lacke of zeale and loue cap. 6. 15. So was the Temple finished by Duke Zerubbabel Cap. 2 And Nehemi with patent sped the walles to build as well Which he perform'd for all the hate cap. 6. 15 of enemies prophane Tobiah wicked Sanballat and worse Samaritane Cap. 4 And then he kept a solemne feast whereat the Law was read Cap. 8 And seal'd a couenant with the rest their God to serue and dread cap. 10 Next Kings and Dukes the Maccabees as stories doe recite Did rule them but the Monarchies still top't them by their might In such subiection did they mourne foure hundred yeeres and od Vntill Messiah Christ was borne true Man and very God The Dukes of Dauids stocke after the returne out of Captiuity 1 Ieconias Ier. 52. 2 Shealthiel Hag. 1. 3 Zorobabel 4 Reza 5 Ioanna 6 Iudas Hyrcanus 7 Ioseph Primus 8 Abner Semei 9 Eli Mattathia 10 Azar Mahat 11 Nagid Artaxad 12 Haggai Eli. 13 Maslot Naum. 14 Amos Syrac 15 Mattathia Siloath 16 Ioseph Secundus 17 Ianna Hyrcanus This Ianna was slaine by Antiochus Epiphanes king of Syria who tyrannized ouer them vntill Mattathias the high Priest armed and incouraged his sonnes against him who draue him out of the countrey and successiuely raigned in his roome The Princes and Kings of the Family of the Maccabees 1 Iudas Maccebeus the sonne of Mattathias raigned 5. yeeres 2 Ionathan an other sonne 19. yeeres 3 Simon a third sonne 8. yeeres 4 Iohannes Hyrcanus 31 yeeres 5 Aristobulus his sonne 1 yeere 6 Alexander Ianneus 27 yeeres 7 Alexandra his wife 9 yeeres 8 Hyrcanus her sonne succeeded but Aristobulus his younger brother rebelled and made warre against him wherefore Hyrcanus sent Embassadours to Pompey the Romane captaine for aid Pompey came to Ierusalem subdued the Rebels gaue the gouernment and Priesthood to Hyrcanus and caried Aristobulus with his two sonnes Alexander and Antigonus captiues towards Rome Alexander escaped by the way and returned and got part of Galile but was taken againe by Gabinius and afterward put to death at Antioch by Scipio the father in law of Pompey Antigonus was set at liberty by Iulius Caesar after the battle betweene him and Pompey But comming into Iewry hee dealt cruelly with his old vncle Hyrcanus the high Priest cutting off his eares and banishing him into Parthia for which cause hee was taken againe and executed at Antioch by Antony Herods Lieutenant in Iewry Herod also sent for Hyrcanus out of Parthia and put him to death and so came the family of the Maccabees fully to an end and the kingdome of Iewry was established to Herod and his heires The posterity of Herod THe kingdome or prouince of Iewrie was giuen by Iulius Caesar to Antipater of I dumaea the father of Herod in recompence of the faithfull and good seruice which he did him in Egypt in the time of his warres and danger there 1 Herod the sonne of Antipater called Herod the great was made King by the Senate of Rome and raigned 37. yeeres He pulled downe the Temple that was built after the Captiuity and built another after the patterne of Salomons wonderfull richly and stately He put to death Aristobulus and Alexander his sonnes vpon suspition of Treason 2 Archelaus another of his sonnes ruled Iudea nine yeeres 3 Herod Antipas another sonne gouerned Galile he beheaded Iohn Baptist 4 Plilip another sonne gouerned Ituria 5 Herod Agrippa the sonne of Aristobulus who killed Iames and was eaten vp of wormes Acts cap. 12. Agrippa his sonne mentioned with Bernice his sister Acts 5. being a child was caried into Syria and the Romans tooke the gouernment of Iewry againe into their owne hands as in former time A briefe supputation of the yeres and times from the Creation of the World vnto the birth of Christ collected out of Iunius according to the Scriptures Genesis 5. ADam being 130 yeeres old begat Sheth Sheth at 105 yeeres old begat Enosh Enosh at 90 begat Kenan Kenan at 70 begat Mahalaleel Mahalaleel at 65 begat Iared Iared at 162 begat Henoch Henoch at 65 begat Methushelah Methushelah at 187 begat Lamech Lamech at 182 begat Noah Noah at 502 begat Shem In his 500. yeere he begat Iaphet for thus Iunius readeth it out of the Hebrue brother to Iapheth the elder Gen. 10. 21. Genesis 11. Shem at 100. yeeres old begat Arphachshad This being two yeeres after the flood which came in Noahs sixe hundreth yeers it followeth that he was begotten in the fiue hundred and second yeere of Noah Gen. 11. vers 10. Arphachshad at 35. begat Shelah Shelah at 30. begat Heber Heber at 35. begat Peleg Peleg at 30. begat Reu. Reu at 32. begat Serug Serug at 30. begat Nahor Nahor at 29. begat Terah Terah at 70. began to beget children saith Iunius and at 130. begat Abram This plainely appeareth for Terah was 205. yeeres old when hee died in Haran Gen. 11. 32. and Abram going out of Haran shortly after was but 75. Gen. 12. 4. Now diduct the sonnes age out of the fathers and there remaineth 130. to Terah at Abrams birth Abraham at 100 yeeres old begat Izhaak Izhaak at 60. begat Esau and Iaakob Iaakob being 130. yeeres old goeth down into Egypt Gen. 47. 9. Iaakob died 17. yeeres after his comming into Egypt Gen. 47. 28 Ioseph died 53. yeeres after his father Iaakob Gen. 50 Moses was borne 60. yeeres after the death of Ioseph Moses was 80. yeeres old when hee stood before Pharaoh Exod. 7. 7. The Tabernacle was reared the second yeere after Exod. 40. 17. Moses died 40. yeeres after the departure out of Aegypt and 39. after the Tabernacle erect Deut. 1. 3.

Gods iudgement did beginne his kingdome rent in twaine Iudah alone and Beniamin did to his heires remaine The other Tribes in number ten from their allegeance fell Set vp a king and nam'd him then the King of Israel Samaria held the throne Roiall on which he ruled them But Iudahs seate Imperiall was faire Ierusalem And there did Rehoboam raigne when Shishak rob'd the Temple Cap. 12 And next him his sonne Abiam Cap. 14 the worse for his example Then Asa then Iehosaphat both good and godly kings c. 15. 14. For reformation sauing that c. 22. 43. they let alone some things Section 15. Kings of Israel MEane while in Israel Nebats sonne Cap. 12 King Ieroboam raign'd An arch-idolater and knowne by withered hand he gain'd cap. 15 Nadab his sonne King Baasa king Elah and king Zimri Did for the Crowne each other slea cap. 16 so likewise did king Omri But his sonne Ahab with his wife that cursed Iezabel Did worke such villany and strife and to such fury fell That good Eliah fled for feare Cap. 17 who was by Rauens fed Who rais'd the widowes sonne so deare who laid Baals Prophets dead Cap. 18 By whom king Ahab warning had But words did nought preuaile Nor famine not yet Benhadad who strongly did assaile Samaria yet for all that he killed Naboth iust Cap. 21 And after got Iehosaphat cap. 22 to serue vnto his lust For crossing which poore Micaiah was in the dungeon cast But Iosaphat in battle saw proud Ahab slaine at last His sonne tooke place when he was dead cap. 1 euen wicked Ahaziah And after him was Ioram head as then did good Eliah cap. 2 In firy charret take his flight to heauen and in his place His spirit did on Elisha light with speciall power and grace To worke great miracles as by cap. 4 the increased oile was proued And by Naamans leprosie cap. 5 which strangely he remoued And by the plenty prophecied cap. 7 in staru'd Samaria which th' infidel that said he lied to his small comfort saw cap. 9 But Iehu did this Ioram quell and raigned in his steed He slew also vile Iezebel cap. 10 Baals Priests and Ahabs seed His wicked sonne Iehoahaz cap. 13 succeeded and the next Was his sonne Ioash either was by Arams armies vext Section 16. Kings of Judah IN Iudah next Iehosaphat cap. 8 did his sonne Ioram raigne Then Ahaziah then vp start Athalia who had slaine All the Kings sonnes that she could catch young Ioash scap'd alone Cap. 11 By helpe of friends who did him fetch and placed on the throne Gods house decai'd he did repaire Cap. 12 and left king when he died Amaziah his hopefull heire cap. 14 then Ioel prophesied Vzziah Amazia'hs sonne cap. 15 was strooke with leprosie As he did raigne and then began Isaiahs prophesie Iotham a Prince of Gods behest succeeded next Vzziah Cap. 16 And after him Ahaz that beast Cap. 18 and then raign'd Hezekiah Section 17. Kings of Israel NExt vnto Ioash Israels king cap. 14 did Ieroboam raigne To Niniue now did Ionas bring Gods message not in vaine Then did Hosea take his text and Amos prophesie Cap. 15 But Ieroboam dead the next was his sonne Zacharie Whom Shallum slew in open sight and raigned in his steed But Menahem did him requite and in his seat succeede Then Pekahia Men'hems sonne did weare the Crowne vntill His Captaine Pekah seaz'd thereon and did his Soueraigne kill Nor had this Pekah raigned long but he receiu'd his doome Hoshea did reuenge the wrong and raigned in his roome In his time did Salmanaser Cap. 17 besiege Samaria strong And tooke Hoshea prisoner and led with him along All Israel into Syria where they did still remaine And planted in Samaria of his Assyrian traine Whom God by Lions did molest for their blinde superstition Which made them get an Ebrue priest to mend their bad religion Section 18. Kings of Judah THus leauing Israel dispossest le ts now returne againe To Iudah whom the Lord had blest with Hezechias raigne Against him proud Saneherib Cap. 18 sent railing Rabshekee Who to his cost was answered cap. 19 and caus'd with shame to flee Now was the Prophet Micah heard and Nahum but we finde Cap. 20 That this good king from death preseru'd to Babel is too kind Next him his sonne Manasse raign'd cap. 21 a wicked cruell king Vntill he was in Babel chain'd but thence God did him bring Ammon his sonne the next in row was for Idolatry Slaine of his seruants and as now Habakuk did prophesie Then yong Iosiah Ammons sonne a worthy Prince and zealous cap. 22 Made such a reformation as was and will be famous Now Ieremiah Trumpet-like cries out and Zephaniah cap. 23 But Necho's men in battle strike and slea good king Iosiah His sonne Iehoahaz the Crowne obtain'd but raign'd not long For Pharaoh Necho put him downe and chain'd with fetters strong And plac'd his brother in his roome Iehoiachim by name Who Babels vassell did become for three yeeres space with shame And then rebelling brought againe great Nabuchadnezer With all his huge and warlike traine who tooke him prisoner And bound and caried him away with whom to Babylon Ezechiel and Mordecai and Daniel are gone With other moe of roiall seed yong Iechoni alone Was left behind in 's fathers steed to sit on Iudahs throne Nor sate he long but Babel doth his Souldiers stout command To fetch him and his treasure both and chiefe men of of the Land His vncle Zedekiah plac'd was in his roome and crowned Who likewise did rebell at last but Babels king so frowned Cap. 24 That vp against Ierusalem the fowerth time he came And by strong siege so starued them cap. 25 that warriours fled with shame King Zedekiah also fled but Chaldees quickly caught him And that due iudgement might be had cap. 25 They vnto Riblah brought him And slew his sonnes before his face and then put out his eies And chained him with all disgrace that else they could deuise And so to Babel they returne with prisoners and with pray The Temple after that they burne and take all thence away Yea burnt the Palace faire and rich which Solomon did build And all the goodly houses which Ierusalem did yeeld Section 19. BEing now at Babel fast in hold cap. 1 the finest wits were sought Of captiue children to be school'd and Chaldea learning taught There Daniel among the rest did to such ripenesse come That when a dreame the king opprest and Wisards all were dumbe cap. 2 The dreame forgotten he disclos'd which was an Image great Of metals different compos'd from head vnto the feet This made the king much to admire him and his fellowes all Yet three were cast into the fire cap. 3 for that they would not fall Before his image hugely trimme

pure and bright aray And was exhorted to be glad against her mariage day Ierusalem new holy great cap. 21 from heauen downe descending God and the Lambe there hold their seat it lightning and defending The forme is ech way fower square the matter gold and pearle The Citizens more noble are then earthly Lord or Earle Twelue gates there are for entrance wide the Porters Angels stout A wall most high on euery side doth compasse it about The weight of glory there reseru'd can no mans tongue impart Eie hath not seene eare hath not heard nor enter can mans heart There is no sorrow paine nor care no want of cloth or foode No filth no darkenesse curse nor feare no want of any good There is of life the tree and spring cap. 22 the store-house of all treasures There Saints triumph there Angels sing in paradise of pleasures There liu's our head let vs not slacke but euer watch and pray Our Sauiour will come quickly backe euen so come L●●d away Sine fine sit laus Deo Certaine briefe notes collected out of late and approued writers for the better vnderstan ding of the booke of REVELATION SAint Iohn receiued wrote this Apocalyps or Reuelation of the mysteries of God when hee was in Patmos Patmos is an Iland lying in the Aegaean or Grecian Sea which diuideth Asia from Europ whither he was banished by Domitian the persecuting Emperor of Rome about the yeere 96. The seuen Churches to which he wrote were seuen famous Cities of Asia the lesser and Greece where the Gospell was planted The seuen Seales THe first is referred to the times of the primitiue Church wherein Christ by his Apostles and Ministers subdued nations to the obedience of the Gospell Acts 2. 41. The second is referred to the time of the cruell persecutions vnder the bloody Emperours Caligula Nero Domitian and the rest vntill the time of Constantine who comforted the Church The third shewing the plagues of Famine Pestilence and Warres that followed the contempt of the Gospell is referred chiefely to the times of the Gothes Hunnes and Vandals And these plagues come on Horsebacke noting the generality or dispersion of them into many countries The fourth some make to signifie a part of the plagues fore-mentioned but more probably it signifieth Antichrist as King Iames is of opinion See more in the description of Antichrist following and more at large in that Christian learned and magnanimous premonition of his Excellent Maiestie prefixed to his Apology for the oath of Alleagiance The fifth sheweth the safe estate of them that haue suffered for the truth being vnder the altar of Gods protection The sixth sheweth great alterations and commotions of states and kingdoms the Diuell stopping the course of the Gospell and Christ preseruing his in all corners of the earth Cap. 7. 2. The seuenth sheweth the effect of the Diuells rage namely the springing vp of heresies the fall of ministers and teachers the height of corruption and abomination in the Pope and Turke The 7. Trumpets BY these God proclaimeth open warre with the world but his elect are still in safe estate Cap. 8. 3. The foure first trumpets shew the hatching of heresies and errors and the increase of them after the first 300. yeares The three last shew the full growth and diuellish power of them in the Pope and Turke to the affliction of the Church and the finall iudgement and torment of Atheists and Papists denounced by three woes Cap. 8. 13. A Description of the Church SHe is called a woman Cap. 12. First because without Christ her husband she is weake and can do nothing 2. By coniunction with Christ she bringeth forth children vnto God 3. Because her loue affection is alwaies set on Christ her husband She is cloathed with the Sun of righteousnes Christ Iesus She treadeth on the Moon that is contemneth the world and earthly things She hath a crowne of twelue starres that is the doctrine of the Gospell garnished with the Ministry of the twelue Apostles She laboureth of child namely and first of all Christ Iesus the heire of all and then of his members in all ages the destruction of whom the Dragon did and doth stil watch Cap. 12. 4. A Description of the Diuell HE is called a Dragon Cap. 12. 3. for his cruelty and malice and a red Dragon for his thirst and greedy desire after blood His 7. heads shew his manifold sleights and subtilties His ten horns shew his great and dreadfull power His seuen Crowns signifie the victories he hath gotten His taile of ambition lust and couetousnesse reacheth to Heauen and brusheth downe the third part of the stars that is many of the ministers from their glorious firmament to the earth of shame and obscurity verse 4. This Dragon was chained a thousand yeares Cap. 20. 2. These yeares the learned do account frō the 36. yeere after the birth of Christ for then the Diuell began to bee madde because the Iewes being cast off the Church of the Gentiles began to increase by the power of the Gospell preached vntill the time of Pope Hildebrand or Gregory the seuenth who was a wretched coniurer familiar of the Diuell and therefore a fitte instrument at hand for the Dragons diuellish and persecuting purposes which with rage and eagernesse hee executed during the time of the seuen Vials the last seuen plagues A description of the first Beast HE is called a Beast Cap. 13. 1. and signifieth in scripture a monarchy somtimes Dan. 7. 17. The reason is for the tyranny of it He is said to rise out of the Sea that is out of the boyling and broyling of heathē nations did the great citie the Queene of the nations or Roman Monarchy arise to tyrannize ouer the Church of God Cap. 12 15. His seuen heads signifie the seuen gouernments of Rome namely Kings Consuls Decemviri Dictators Tribuni militum Emperors and Bishops Which last was not then come when Saint Iohn wrote Cap. 17. 10. His ten heads signifie tenne Kings that is great power large dominion and command His ten crowns signifie many victories but in that they are on his hornes and not on his heads it sheweth he preuailed more by his power then by subtilty contrarily the Dragon whose heads are said to bee crowned Or as petty Kings vse to weare their crownes on their hats in token of homage they ow so this beast on his horns in token of subiection to the dragon of whom he receiued his throne and authoritie Cap. 13. 2. The Description of Antichrist obserued by the learned to be foure times fully and definitelie set downe in this Booke Cap. 6. 8. FIrst by a pale horse hauing death for his rider hell for his conuoy and power ouer the fourth part of the earth or Europe to kill with the sword and with hunger or the famine of the word as the black horse did by corporall famine and by beasts as Locusts and frogs Cap.