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A11372 Wonderfull prophecies from the beginning of the monarchy of this land hidden vnder the parables of: Three young noble-men in a fiary fornace. A chast wife, and two old fornicators. The idol Belus and his dragon. Daniel in a den amid lyons. Their agreement with canonical prophecies: also in temperate defence of the apocryphals annexed to the canon of the Scriptures. Together with an essay touching the late prodigious comete; how farre forth the præsages thereof doe accord with such prophecies, as are found to pertaine to these our times. By all which, the discrete and wise in heart may gather touching things to come, what is forewarned vnto men; as for the general and publique, so also for their priuate and particular. By Robert Salter. Salter, Robert, fl. 1626. 1626 (1626) STC 21630; ESTC S112138 36,819 56

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Sauiour Bee yee not called Rabbi Math. 23. for one is your Master euen Christ goeth on thus Nec alius docuit Mosen c. Neither was there saith hee any other that taught Moses by Iethro nor Cornelius by Peter his Elder nor Peter by Paul his younger For by whom soeuer Truth is spoken it is deliuered by the guift of him who is the Truth it selfe And this same also and almost in the same words doth he repeate in his second booke and 18. Chapter touching the Doctrine of Christianity affirming that it is the dutie of euery good Christian to know that wheresoeuer Trueth is found as well in Profane Authors as in Sacred yet it is to bee referred to the breath of our Lord and Maister Christ Iesus from whose alone spirit all Trueth doth proceede And so when in these Truth is to bee found whether after the Letter or in the Mystery then in respect of the fountaine whence it springeth it is to bee receiued for Certaine without any Conditionate Admission of Magis Minus more or lesse trueth in the one of them then in the other Secondly I say that Trueth being so found in them it is not to bee beleeued Vnius cuiusque linguae par est et eadem virtus m●do par sit eadem pietas Cor. Agrip. de Cabala that the Spirit of God hath so confined it selfe to any one Language of the Man more then other that the Aire of the words being but Signes should bring any credit to the Trueth of the Things signified Or if any will needes haue that it doth why then may wee not rather beleeue that for as much as the things of Trueth deliuered in these Apocryphals pertaining principally to the Church of Christians from that time shortly approaching and not to the Mosaical now declining were by the speciall instinct of Gods Spirit dictated in the Mouth of the Pen-men in such language of the Gentiles as was ordeined to bee the instrument of conueighing the Doctrine of Christ at hand to bee reuealed to all the world Isa 28.11 1. Cor. 14.21 Therein to the very Letter fulfilling the Prophecie as the Apostle rendreth it with other tongues and with other lippes will I speake vnto this people And euen in that it selfe intimating to the people of the Iewes that as they were now by the pleasure of God made subject to the Gentiles in body so they should in minde submit themselues to bee ruled by that forme of Doctrine which was in the Gentiles language to bee made Authentical vnto them And this may wee bee the rather induced to beleeue in that wee finde the first miraculous confirmation of the Euangelical Doctrine of Christ Act. 2. after his full Glorification to bee in this same kinde namely the Sanctification and Consecration of Languages vnto that Ministery Yet notwithstanding all that hath beene saide in defence of these Apocryphals I doe neuerthelesse humbly desire so to bee vnderstood that it is farre from mee so much as in the least shadow of my thoughts separately to parallel them to the Holy Scriptures which haue from the beginning and euermore beene by the whole Church acknowledged Canonicall and Authentique whether for Measure of spirit or Light of iudgement or Authoritie of bynding power 2. Tim. 3. or finally for sufficiencie of Doctrine to make the man of God perfect c. Yet may it bee no disparagement to those pure fires of Holy Scriptures that these Apocryphals be to them taken Coniunctim as the Golden Pot Exod. 16. to the Manna laide vp therein or as the Vehicula which Physicians doe vse in the applying of their Medicines whereby their richest Antidotes are brought to a more vniuersall benefite for the whole body of the Man or as the steely Armour of the Lode-stone which is altogether impotent of its owne seperate strength to worke Magneticall Attraction Howbeit fitted duely to that inualuably precious Gem doth by copulation multiply the virtues thereof to dispart it selfe into a much greater Orbe and with more powerfull rayes How justly this that hath beene saide is applyable to these Apocryphals I leaue to the Aestimate of their deserts which haue laboured in some parts of them not vnthriftily their worke is their crowne and the Sterres thereof shall be multiplyed dayly vnto the day of Consummate Retribution The Apocryphals of Daniel THat which by mee hath hitherto beene saide serueth first to remoue the Obiections which praeiudice had laide to the charge of those Mysticall writings which doubtlesse had neuer beene so Constantly Reuerently and Relligiously preserued in one and the same closet with the Sacred Scriptures had not the Diuine Prouidence specially wrought and beene pleased to shine forth therein And so in the second place this serueth also to purchase a respectiue Attention to that which is therein contained and that we labour and vse meanes that the same may be Reuealed vnto vs in regard of the great benefite resulting The speciall part I haue chosen for the present to speake vnto is the Auctary of Daniel Which appeareth to me whether for the necessity of knowledge of the Trewth implyed in it either for the Amplitude of th' Extent of it or lastly or the Height of the Spirit by which it was dictated to aduow vnto it selfe place in the former ranke First therefore whereas wee finde the Name of Daniel adfixed vnto it whether it be literally after the Author thereof the Pen-man of the Canonicall Prophecie Certainly the matter therein contained doth acquite it selfe not vnworthy the name of so Glorious a Prophet Or if it bee Parabolically according to the Resemblance of the Subiect to that of the former The Communion of the Name and Adiection of it vnto that other doth no way impaire the Honour and selfe-sufficiencie of that Gracious Canonical Prophecie As will appeare by that which followeth But what if in a Mystery we vnderstand the Name of Daniel giuen vnto it from the Abstract of the Name it selfe without any Reference to any person in Concrete And so the Name intimating the Manner of Gods working in his iudgements Daniel 1. The iudgement of God Or God is iudge according to those times in the which the Seueral parts of this Prophecy were to be fulfilled In trewth when I behold the gracious vnity in Spirit betwixt the workes of God of this kinde in the times before this Prophecy Deut. 32. Iud. 2. 2 Sam. 24. Psa 90.106 Ioel. 2. Iona. 2. Luc. 18. 2. Pet. 2. 1. Tim. 1. as Moses speaketh of them The Lord will iudge his People and be compassionate over his Seruants And as we finde it often repeated by the Prophets successiuely and in the times as they ensued after this Prophecy as they are spoken of by our Sauiour himselfe and his Apostles after him I am wholly possessed with Persuasion and ample Assurance that this Name of Daniel giuen to this Auctary is Principally according to the letter Apocryphal
that is to say A couert and shell wherein the Nature of Gods Iudgements then to ensue were Mystically enclosed For this Auctary albeit that it is found dispersed into diuers Sections as Namely the Additional to the third Chapter of the Canonical Prophecy and the XIII and XIV chapters as they are added to the end of the Canonical Prophecy yet by the Coherence and dependency of them one on the other it appeareth to be one continent Prophecy reporting in Angelical Language the State of the Church and Faithfull from those times to the End of times vnder the Type of the Babilonian Captiuity of the Iewes the onely faithfull Church at that time manifest in the world And distributeth it selfe into IIII. distinct Passages or Periods very regardable Namely Dan. 3. I. A DIVINE PROTECTION of three Religious young men in a fiery Fornace Dan. 13. II. A IVDICIALL DELIVERY of a chast wife distressed by Calumny of II. old Fornicators III. An INGENIOVS CONFVTATION and Conviction of an IDOLATROVS CVLTVRE Dan. 14. IV. A IVST RETRIBVTION executed on a tumultuous People Vbi 5. BRVTISHLY conspiring against their FAITHFVLL RVLER sent them from GOD. And into such IV. Periods are the Times of the world thence ensuing exactly reduced as appeareth by the Explications of other Prophecies Canonical The first Period is of the Martyrdome of three young men VVHerein the first Circumstance is of these III. Noble men And they walked in the middest of the flame which if they bee taken figuratiuely A Definite number for an Indefinite Then is it to bee taken for that competency of witnesses that should spring vp with one voice confessing the Trewth of God in his Administration and Prouidence That in the mids of all the Tumults and vexations of the world it is directed wholly to the worke of his Mercy and Loue to the Man in Christ by his Spirit comforting and confirming them Secondly if wee consider them Typically it is to bee taken for the three Lawes Natural Mosaical and Euangelical which in the mids of all the Frowardnesses of worldlings Al the workes of the Lord blesse ye the Lord c. doe by a sweete and melodious vnicent publish the prayses of the Creator to bee testified by the voice of the whole frame of the Creature and parts thereof Thirdly if taken Mystically it putteth vs in minde of the present and ready Assistance wee injoy in the Person of the Manhod of God by his Offices of Prince Priest and Prophet in the Administration of his Prouidence ouer all his creatures for our seruice and good In assurance whereof hee doth not faile to rayse vp vnto his Church in all Tentations and Pressures faithfull ones of all these sorts namely Princes Priests and Prophets from time to time representatiue of himselfe Ap. 1. walking in the middest of it Fourthly if taken after the the manner of Parabolical History it doth report vnto vs vnder the Notation of the names of these three young Men the threefold differences of Men as they are descended from their first fathers after the Deluge Iapheth Enlarged Chananiah Gratified with favour frō God Europe wholly The greater part of Asia Indies East and West South-Pole Lands Shem. The name Azariah The helpe of God Cham. Burnt with heate Mishael God is with-drawn Chananiah answering to the name of Iapeth the eldest brother whom according to the Prophecie of his Father Noah vpon his name it should please God to Gratifie with Largenesse of Earthly Dominion namely the greatest part of the whole Habitable and to coinherite with the Blessed Shem in the Heauenly Possession Azariah answering to Shem the second brother who was also according to his name to bee as the Name of Helpe from God vnto the Generations of both his Brethren Mishael answering to Cham the youngest who according to his name also was by the burning of his Fathers displeasure Excomunicate from any Society and confined to a seruitude vnder the Church of Shem and Iapeth whereby God might be thought to haue withdrawne himselfe from him These in the mouth of Azariah the holy Shem vnto whom the blessing as is aboue saide was most peculiarly alloted in his issue the Messiah are summoned to beare witnesse to the praises of Gods who had beene alwaies a present Helpe to himselfe and would now receiue into fauour his elder Brother Iapheth as hee had promised and also returne and draw vnto him his yongest whereof the forlorne seede of Cham had no Argument of Hope Which applicataon is to me the more approoued in that Azariah representing the People of the Iewes sprung from Shem and chiefe Author of this holy Hymne doth name himselfe in the second place onely after Chananiah his brother Iaphet elder then himselfe according to Nature though inferiour in calling according to the Blessing And this song fulfilled in the Iewes who being now againe brought into a fornace of Captiuity vnder the Babilonians Ps 81. as they had before beene vnder the Aegyptians are made the Preachers of Gods Trewth by their Dispersion throughout the world And the Nations thereby prepared and brought more flexible to entertaine the Mystery of their Reconcilement to God by Christ shortly to be reuealed Fifthly and lastly Prophetically it beareth thus That whereas the Nation of the Iewes the onely now-visible Church of God were to be as the comnon threshing floore or fornace of Affliction wherein the Peoples round about them should expresse their furyes yet the trew Iewes Rom. 2. whose Circumcision is not Outwardly of the flesh according to the Letter but inwardly of the Heart and according to the Spirit should be comforted by the Sensible Notice of Gods gratious care ouer them in their Reliefe from People of all sorts whether of the Iewes in Azariah Azariah Ananiah Publique Professors of God according to his written word or of the Gentiles in Chananiah such as though far of yet had some Light of the Trewth wherein they reioyced themselues and shewed Gratitude vnto the Iewes the bringers of it vnto them by the benefite of whose inclination the Iewes were permitted freely their Sabbaths and Iubilees and other Religious Rites among foreine Nations and vncircumcised People where they were scattered Gozan Chalac Habor 2 R 17. Act. 7. euen as far as Goesanum Colchis and Iberia and the inland parts of Armenia most remote from their owne Countrey and as the blessed Martyr St. Stephen saith beyond Babilon Or lastly Mishael of those Libertines and Pagans in Mishael such as for their profanenesse hauing beene by the hand of God smitten into furies with Nebuchadnezzar are compelled to proclaime their owne shame and Gods glory though still persisting Incendiaries to the whole world besides Then Azariah stood forth and prayed opening his mouth in the midst of the fire 1. Pet. 1.7 4.12 The second Circumstance is of a Fiary fornace which representeth vnto vs that fire whereof the