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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

this City as the Roundness and Orbicular Form of the Earth d●notes its voluble and unconstant State and Condition together with Mortals that dwell therein Quest. 115. Will not certain other Holy Souls descend into Bodies in the Millennium who Lived not before on Earth in the preceding Ages of the World Quest. 116. Wi●l not the Rate or Proportion of the Holy City compared to the whole Earth be as 52 is to 12 assigning to each De●ree of the Terrestrial Globe above 60 Miles and under 61 which is the Proportion that one Week bears to a whol● Year Moreover doth not the whol● Age of this World from the Beginning to the End seem like a Week And doth it not seem worth a Sober and Modest Inquiry what Mystery may be couched u●der the Similitude of these two Proportions Quest. 117. Shall those who Inhabit this City need the use of Meats and Drinks Or what shall be their Food Shall it not be such Food as Adam Eat in the Earthly Paradise before the Fall Quest. 118. Are not those words of Revel 21.23 And the City shall not stand in need of the Light of the Sun nor of the Moon to be understood according to the Letter For although the Sun Moon and Stars shall then Shine and Impart their Vertues and Influences to other Animals or living Creatures yet the Saints of the first Resurrection shall not seem to stand in need of their Light or Vertue FINIS AN APPENDIX CONTAINING Some Emendations and Explanations of divers Passages in the two foregoi●g Treatises out of the Autho●'s Original Manuscripts and Papers Friendly Reader IT was thought fit to let thee know that the following Emendations Corrections and Explanations are according to the mind of the Author as appeareth out of another Copy of his Manuscript and his other Papers that have been faithfully preserved it is therefore probable that the Author himself upon his second Thoughts which are commonly the more solid hath himself corrected divers things in these Treatises which ought not to be charged upon him as any blame but rather in so doing to deserve praise But it is most certain that divers considerable Mistakes have crept into the printed Copies bo●h Latin and English by the unskilfulness and in advertency of the Transcribers through whose Hands the Original Copy hath come The which Original Cop● I can assu●e thee Reader I have seen in a Latin Manuscript many years ago but who the Author is is not easie to judge For divers reasons best known to himself he thought it not convenient to make his Name known to the World as many worthy Authors of B●oks have concea●ed their Names The Reader is ●urther to be advertised that some words in this printed English Copy here corrected are the Errors of the Press incident to all Books It must needs be confessed that many things in these Treatises especially in the former will seem strange and surprizing to many because of their cressing the common Notions and Sentiments generally received both in Philosophy and Divinit● so called But what-ever Truth or Untruth may be in these things that may seem to many most incredible it is the Readers wisdom not to be hasty to judge so as to conclude ●or or against without mature Judgment and a good Understanding as Plato called by some the Divine Philosopher well said Non est sapientis de obscuris de●erminare i. e. It is not a wise Man's part to determine of things obscure or unclear to his Understanding The Authors Modesty and Discretion is to be commended ●ho for the most part profes●eth but to handle these things Historically or Hypothetically not Dogma●ically nor Positively his design being as it manifestly appeareth to give some hints of the Mystick Learning of the Iew● and of other Christian Mystick Writers to ordinary and vulgar Scholars that had not heard of such things so much perhaps as by Fame and also to such sincere Christians as have a real Divine Hunger and Thirst begot in them after a greater degree of the Living Knowledge of God and of Christ and the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God so far as they are traceable in the Holy Scriptures as God shall be pleas'd to work by his Holy Spirit to give the Understanding of them For tho' the Iews in great part are blinded especially as concerning the true Messiah yet in many things it is acknowledged by Pious Christian Writers that their ancient Mystick Learning containeth many things not only very agreeable to Christian Doctrine but very conducing to help us to understand many places of Scripture in the New Testament as well as in the Old And if sincere Christian Professors did but well understand the great Advantage and Help that the Iewish M●stick Learning with which this Author seemeth to have been in good measure acquainted doth afford to convince the Iews of the Truth of Christianity so as to enable and furnish them to right them with their own W●apons they wou'd be more willing to read with an Impartial Mind such Books as would help them in such ●ort of Learning few of which sort as yet if any are extant in the English Language The second Treatise added unto the first was done by the same Author It is hoped that it will be favourably received and entertain'd by the Reader the rather that it is proposed only by way of Qu●ry● yet so far explanatory as in many things at lest it may by the blessing of God be made serviceable to the better understanding many things in the Book of the Re●elations further than what they have formerly known by the help of other Commentaries The Emendations and Explicati●ns in the first Treatise follow PAge 10. ad fin the Explication The Author is not so to be understood as if because he hath an Allegorical Sence of Christ's Flesh and Blood Allegorically and Figuratively so understood as the Scripture aboundeth with such allegories and figurative Speeches as Water Wine Milk Honey Oyl Marrow and Fatness that therefore he did not sincerely believe that Christ's outward Flesh was real Flesh and his Blood real Blood which he gave for the Life of the World the which Body and Blood of Christ tho' it is not to be received by the Mouth as Papists say yet spiritually by Faith it is fed upon by all sincere Christians And in this sence to eat Christ's Flesh and to drink his Blood is sincerely to believe that Christ gave His Body of Flesh to be broken for u● and His Blood to be shed for us for the Remission of Sin by which sincere Faith whereof Christ is the Work●r we partake o● the Life and Spirit of ●hrist that is the Soul 's immediate Nourishm●nt Page 16. ad med Expl. Let none misconstrue the Author because he only expresly nameth G●d and Ch●ist to be the Author and Original of the Creation as if he did not understand the Holy Ghost who is one and the same God with the Father and the Son

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