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A91434	The visions and prophecies of Daniel expounded: wherein the mistakes of former interpreters are modestly discovered, and the true meaning of the text made plain by the words and circumstances of it. The same also illustrated by clear instances taken out of histories, which relate the events of time, mystically foretold by the holy prophet. Amongst other things of note, touching the two witnesses, the New Jerusalem, the thousand yeers, &c. Here is propounded a new way for the finding out of the determinate time signified by Daniel in his seventy weeks: when it did begin, and when we are to expect the end thereof. Very considerable, in respect of the great stirs and tumults of this present age wherein we live. / By Thomas Parker of Newbery in Berkshire, and now pastor to the church at Newbery in New-England.	Parker, Thomas, 1595-1677.	1646 (1646)	Wing P480; Thomason E320_10; ESTC R200569	99,078	159

by the glorious and holy mountain he erected his Kingdom oppressing the Waldenses Verse 31 32. But shortly he shall come to his end the yeers 1260 being expired CHAP. 12. VErse 1. And at that time shall Michael stand up That is Christ Apoc. 12.7 and it shall be a time of trouble the time of the sixth seal seventh trumpet seventh vyall Apoc. 16.18 and at that time thy people shall be delivered For now shall be the Kingdom of Saints wherein they shall dwell in safety their enemies rooted out in the space of 45 yeers Verse 12. and the elect remnant of them converted Joel 2.32 Verse 2. Many That is all Rom. 5. or because then many shall rise to life and many to shame Thus the generall resurrection is compounded with the last plague on Antichrist Verse 12 13. Apoc. 11.18 Sect. 16. Concerning the times or years set down Apoc. 11. and 12. and 13. Dan. 7. and 12. c. IN this businesse three things are to be orderly dispatched First we must search out the Characters of the beginning and ending of these years Secondly we must shew that it is possible needfull yea required that by the Characters of their beginning and ending we should search out their accommodation Thirdly I will endeavour to accommodate them by the direction of their Characters according to the measure of knowledge wherewith the Lord hath hitherto been pleased to enlighten me The Characters of their beginning are these The beginning of the two witnesses to prophesie in sackcloth Apoc. 11.3 the beginning of giving up the holy City into the hands of the Gentiles or Nations to be troden under feet Apoc. 11.2 The beginning of removing the daily sacrifice and of secting up the abomination to make desolate Dan. 12.11 The beginning of the working of Antichrist Apoc. 13.5 6. Dan. 7.25 and of his rising among the ten horns Dan. 7.8 Apoc. 17.12 the fall or casting down of the heathen Dragon and begining of the Dragons flood by way of revenge and of the womans being in the wildernesse and the beginning of subversion of the Christian Emperours Apoc. 12.5 6 8 13 14 15. But in speciall I urge foure Characters of the beginning of these years three whereof are set down together Apoc. 12.13 14 15 16. The first the utter extinction of the Dragon in the heathen Emperours v. 13. The second the flight of the woman the Christian Church into the wildernesse of spirituall and temporall desolation v. 14. The third the rising of the Flood of the Northern Barbarians v. 15. The fourth the beginning of Antichristian Idolatry The Characters of their ending are these To accomplish to scatter the power of the holy people Dan. 12.7 An end of Antichrists raign in changing the Laws and wearing out the Saints of the most high Dan. 7.25 Apoc. 13.5 6. The rising of the Church from under the persecutions of the beast Apoc. 11.3 7 11. The beginning of the Kingdom of the Saints and of new Jerusalem Dan. 7.25 26. Apoc. 11.11 12 13 14 15. The ceasing of the conculcation of the holy city Ap. 11.2 The ceasing of the Two Witnesses prophecying in Sackcloth Apoc. 11.3 The ceasing of the desolation of the Church Dan. 12.11 and of the Womans hiding in the wildernesse Apoc. 12.6 14. The bringing in of everlasting righteousnesse defaecation and purgation of the Saints Dan. 9.24 And concerning the time of the end of forty five years after the foresaid years it is said Dan. 12.13 But go thou thy way till the end be for thou shalt rest and stand up in thy lot at the end of the dayes I come now to the second point intended to shew that it is possible needfull yea required that by these Characters we should search out the accommodation of the years But here a great difficulty doth arise which in the first place must be removed For our Saviour in his answer to the Apostles asking the time of the restoring of Israel saith that It was not for them to know the times and seasons which the Father hath put in his own hands Act. 1.6 7. Whereby he seemeth to signifie that the exact time and year of the restoring of Israel that is of the beginning of the Kingdom of the Saints and destruction of Antichrist is hidden and unknown and not to be made manifest to man If this be so then either the foresaid years are not determined for the bringing in of this effect contrary to that which hath been shewed or else they are so at least proposed in Scripture that yet they shall never be searched out nor known by man untill the end is fully come Again Matthew 24.36 our Saviour having spoken of the last time wherein the Enemy shall be destroyed and the Kingdom of the Saints arise verse 29 33. subjoyneth But of that day and hour knoweth no man no not the Angels of Heaven but my Father onely Which is also farther amplified and confirmed by that which followeth v. 37. For as the dayes of Noah so shall also the coming of the Son of man be For as in the dayes before the Flood they did eat and drink c. and knew nothing till the Flood came and swept them all away so shall also the coming of the Son of man be Which the Apostle Paul confirmeth also 1 Thess 5. 1 2 3. But of the times and seasons Brethren ye need not that I write unto you For you your selves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night For when they shall say Peace and safety then shall come upon them sudden destruction Whereunto may be added that which is said of the last afflictions of the Church Psalm 74.9 We see not our signs there is not one Prophet more nor any with us that knoweth how long Lastly the uncertainty of the time is made by Christ an argument to stir us up to watchfulnesse Luke 12.40 Be ye therefore ready also for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not So Mark 13. verse 35. Watch ye therefore for ye know not when the master of the house cometh at Even or at Midnight or at the Cock-crowing or at the Morning lest coming suddenly he finde you sleeping And what I say unto you I say unto all Watch. So Matthew 24.42 Wake therefore for yee know not what hour your Master will come For answer unto these Scriptures I say as followeth First to Act. 1.6 7. that it was not for the Apostles or any of that age to know the time of the restoring of Israel yet neverthelesse it is for them to know it that live in the last age The Father also hath reserved it in his own power howbeit in respect onely of superiour ages from which he purposed to conceal it not in respect of the last age whereunto he purposed to reveal it So in like manner it was not for Daniel to search and understand the time two times and a half at the

shewed Now if Idolatry came in between 380. and 400. then about 390. And Syricius did all this about the year 390. I make little matter that I cannot set down the precise year thereof exactly seeing Syricius began but about five years before to be in the seat of the Pope and the holy Ghost seemeth not so much to look at the niceties of numbers as alwayes to expresse the few broken pieces but looketh especially at the perfect and round number which is the number decadical and so the number 390. may be set down for the beginning of that which happily in some degree began three or four years before See Corn. a Lap. upon Ezek. 29.12 3. The years begin at the coming in of the Barbarians which are the primitive ten horns And as Arrianisme came to its strength about the year 360. so the Barbarians began at that time effectually and successively to break in upon the Empire judgement answering unto sin The Persians made the first onset and in the issue took away five Provinces from the Roman Empire and the bank being thus broken down Ammianus the whole flood of the Barbarians followed after from about the year 364. After the year 378. there followed a cessation of the Arrian Heresie and Persecution and therewithall a cessation of the irruptions of Barbarians for about ten years and then the Antichristian Heresie and Idolatry succeeding from about the year 390. the inundation of the Barbarians came in afresh again with a new and stronger beginning So that from this time forward it could be no more interrupted but continued and increased untill the Empire of the West was utterly dissolved ●alvis Cropl●ad ann 89. For the cruell Barbarians from the North came in irresistibly upon Britainy from about the year 390. and horrible intestine wars following in the residue of the Empire and making way for these Barbarians and also for the rest about five years after namely from about the year 395. the Gothes and all the other Barbarians followed and entred into the whole Empire irresistibly So having divided the Empire into the ten Kingdoms they corrupted the Church more then before and lastly subjected their Kingdoms openly unto Antichrist and to his Laws So then the effectuall irruption of the Barbarians beginning at 360. and again afresh at 390. do also from the former term set a beginning to the years 1290. and from the latter term set a beginning to the years 1260. Now that the years must begin at the coming in of the Barbarians and dissipation of the Empire it may appear from these considerations 1. It is very probable That Antichrist arose in the coming in of the Barbarians and dissipation of the Empire So expresly Serez the Author of the French History a man indifferent and impartiall and of whom we have no cause to think that he looked at any other end in his Discourse but onely the reality of the thing in it self without respect to the Accommodation of the years And thus he writeth fol. 2. Damasas Syricius Anastasius Innocentius Sosimus and Bonifacius Bishops of Rome lived there one after the other amidst the confusions of the Empire and even at Rome whereas the Emperors were seldom seen so as the absence of the Emperors troubled to withstand the Barbarians the miserable state of the time which forced Christians to flye to their Bishop for counsell and comfort in their confused afflictions laid the foundation of their authority then small being tyed to their charges and subject to the Emperours command But it grew by degrees untill it came to the height of this Soveraign and Absolute power so as in the end they have prescribed Laws to the Emperours Kings and Christian Princes A necessary Observation both for the truth and order of this History to understand rightly both the time and means of their rising In the first age the Bishops of Rome durst not shew themselves being persecuted and imprisoned and martyred by the Emperours Since Constantine the Great their authority began in the dissipation of the Empire it increased especially under Pipin and Charls the Great Again at the year 514. thus the same Author writeth The Pope of Rome thrust himself forward amidst these confusions and ruines of the Empire recovering that which the Emperours had lost 2. Antichrist is the little horn and he rose at the same time together with the ten horns in low and dark beginnings and the Primitive ten horns were the Northern Barbarians Dan. 7.8 It is true he is said afterward Verse 24. to arise after the ten Horns but this may be said in respect of the open and more perfect degree of his Kingdom 3. The Beast or Antichrist is said to receive his Kingdom at one hour together with the ten horns Apoc. 17.12 4. The flood of the Dragon which doth signifie the inundation of the Northern Barbarians is expresly set after the womans flight and coming to her fixed seat in the state of the Wildernesse wherein she is to sit down and to be hidden the space of all the foresaid years the time two times and half So therefore the flood of the Barbarians cannot precede the years and can ascend at most but unto a state of coexistende therewithall as being in order ranked after them and begun in events in order of nature praeexistent though not happily of time 5. The seventh head is Antichrist and he ariseth into his Kingdom gradually as the sixth head falling under the Barbarians giveth way and place unto him See Apoc. 17.10 Thus the Emperours the impediment of Antichrist is gradually removed that Antichrist may gradually succeed 2 Thess 2.8 According to this way thus we may settle the terms of the years 1290 Beginning at the year 360 do end together in the year 1649. 1260 Beginning at the year 390 do end together in the year 1649. 490 Beginning at the year 1160 do end together in the year 1649. 575 Beginning at the year 1075 do end together in the year 1649. 390 Beginning at the year 1260 do end together in the year 1649. 1. The 1290. Dan. 12.11 2. The 1260. Dan. 12.7 Apoc. 12.6 14. 3. The 490. Dan. 9.24 4. The 575. Dan. 8.14 There are numbred 2300. of mornings and evenings But because in Scripture-use there is a morning and evening for the day time and a morning and evening for the night time Exo. 29.41 30.8 Lev. 23.5 Num. 9.3 5 11. Exod. 12.6 and 29.39 Psal 30.5 6. Therefore it may be that four of those 2300. do concur to make up one day and so 2300. mornings and evenings may make up 575. full dayes which in use Propheticall are 575. years And so this number may onely comprehend the times of the most perfect raign of Antichrist described in that eighth chapter beginning from the year 1075. when first Hildebrand took occasion to exalt himself effectually above the Emperour and promulged effectuall Decrees concerning the unmarryed estate of the

truth knowledge shall be multiplied on the earth in the last time Verse 5. Behold two others These seem to be the types of the two witnesses asking of Christ who is that man clothed with fine linnen the knowledge of these mysteries in the last time to be revealed Verse 7. After a time two times and halfe a time a time is a yeer Dan. 4.20 which in propheticall use containeth 360. dayes whence three times and an half do contain thrice 360. dayes and also one half part thereof that is dayes or in use propheticall yeers 1260. as it is expresly declared Apoc. 12.6 14. and when he shal accomplish to scatter the power of the holy people all these things shall be finished This is to shew that the end of Antichristian persecution shal be at the end of the 1260 yeers Verse 9. And he said go thy way Daniel for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end Therefore the foresaid mysteries especially those about the times of Antichrist God intended to conceal and hide for a certain time and only to reveal the same in the last time And unto this place our Saviour seemeth to have respect when he saith That no man knoweth the day and hour not so much as the Angels of heaven but the Father only Mat. 24.15 36. and when he saith It is not for you to know the times which the Father hath put in his own power Act. 1.7 wherefore Christ exhorted the present age that they would be watchfull because they knew not the time of the end forasmuch as it was to be hidden from the former ages least the long distance of the time being known should hinder the duty of watchfulnesse But in the time of the end whereof see Chap. 11.40 it seemeth that it is to be revealed Not unto the world on whom the end shall come as a thief in the night especially the last part of the last time but unto the Saints which by the propinquity of the time shall be stirred up to watchfulnesse Napier saith a little otherwise affirming that our Lord speaking of the hiding of the last time speaketh of the day properly so called not of the yeer which he saith is to be revealed But the Author of the key Apocalypticall doth insinuate upon chap. 5. that the mystery of the times was not revealed to our Lord himself as man before his Ascension and that therefore he spake thereof as of a thing to be unknown But he addeth that after his glorification he received of the Father the knowledge of this mystery and revealed it by his servant John unto the Church Let the Reader consider all and hold that which is most right Verse 10. Many shall be purified made white and tried to wit many of the witnesses of truth by the persecutions of Antichrist Chap. 11.35 but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand For they which have not received the truth with love shall think the Antichristian lies to be reall truths 2 Thes 2. Dan. 11.32 and in the time of the end they shall be secure as in the dayes of Noah Mat. 24. but the witnesses of truth and the reformed Saints shall understand the mystery of Antichrist and the time of the end also Verse 11. And from the time that the dayly sacrifice shall be taken away and the abomination of desolation set up That is from the time when first the true Doctrine and worship instituted by the Son of God shall begin to be removed and Heresle and Idolatry shall begin to be solemnly set up in the Christian Church making it desolate spiritually and temporally shall be 1290 dayes by 30 dayes this number exceedeth the 1260. whereof Verse 7. and therefore they must begin 30 yeers before the same Verse 12. Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the 1335 dayes In this space of 45 yeers there will be the spring of the glorious state of New Jerusalem the Summer thereof shall follow after in the heavenly and immutable condition The resurrection of Daniel and consequently of all the dead is described in the next verse So v. 2. Apoc. 11.18 and 20.11 12. Sect. 19. Concerning the numbers of the yeers THere are two wayes to accommodate the yeers I will propose both and leave the Reader to determine The first way Either the very dark and weak begining of the signes mentioned do set the term of beginning to the years or else the more evident open and perfect state thereof The weak and dark beginning of the signes was before the year 400. the more evident open and perfect state thereof about the year 600. I know no other way but these two For the former way these Arguments do stand 1. Immediatly after the rising under Constantine the persecution of the Dragon forced the woman into her place in the Wildernes which must especially be the Arrian persecution and she came to her place in the state of a Wildernes Spiritual through Arrianisme especially about the year 360. and afterward through Antichristianisme especially from about the year 390 and therefore here we may six the beginning of the time two times and half according to Apoc. 12.13 14. 2. The years begun at the time when the true Doctrine and Worship is solemnly taken away and Heresie and Idolatry making the Church a Wildernes set up Baron ad an 359. num 110. ad annum 360. num 1. Dan. 12.11 This was done by Arrianisme about the year 360. Baron annal Gildas Hist the seeds of Antichrist and Antichristianisme then also hiddenly concurring The Church was in the way of flight and separation gradually before but came not through Arrianisme to her place in the state of a Wildernes untill this time as hath been said and therefore here may fitly be the beginning of the greater Number to wit 1290. But about the year 390 the Doctrine and Worship was solemnly corrupted by Antichrist and Antichristianisme set up and Idolatry then and not before had its beginnings and therefore here may fitly be the beginning of the lesser Number to wit the years 1260 or time two times and half Syricius seemeth to have bin the first Antichrist signified by the Star that fell from Heaven Apoc. 8.10 from whence as it is most probable the decretall Epistles first began who arrogated and made great way for Dominion over all Churches Mornae Myst pag. 50 51. Tit. cult sanct n. 7. 10. p. 90 93. Tit. Imago p. 78. and first established the Law of an unmarried estate among the Clergy which is the Character of Antichrist and Antichristianisme Dan. 11.37 and brought in the commemoration of Saints into the office of the Church after the manner of the Heathen Worship and thereby encouraged the invocation of Saints which together with other Idolatry began to be in use between the year 380. and 400. as Mr. Perkins in his Problems hath clearly