The Right Reckoning of Years and Ages of the World, Proposition 1
OF THE DECAYING ESTATE OF THE worlde this instante, 1600. yeare of Christ.
FIRST PROPOSITION.
That the most sure reckoning of the age of the worlde, is by Sabbath's of yeares; and they that count, not considdering the same, are in an errour; and that by iust account this 1600. yeare from Christ his birth, is from the beginning of the worlde, the 5548. yeare.
IN The beginning (as the Spirite of God recordeth by MOYSES) after that the Lord in sixe dayes,Gen. 2. … had created the Heaven & Earth, with all the furniture thereof, Hee rested vponupon the seventh day; Therefore hee blessed it, and hallowed it. Exod. 2…. 11.This is also repeated in the fourth Commandemente, for the perpetuall observation of that daye; and because the number of seauen, by that reason is a sacred nomber, and most meete for al kinde of reckoning: It was ordained also in the lawe, that amongst the people of God,Leuit. 2…. everie seventh yeare should be holden holy: wherin the land should rest frō labor; so that therin there shuld neither be sowing of cornes nor cutting of Vine-yardes: That libertie should bee granted vntounto servantes, and that it should be called a yeare of rest vntounto the Lorde. And by like reason it was also institute, that the Israelites should number vntounto them seaven Sabbathes of yeares, conteining 49. years; & immediatlie in the beginning of the 50. yeare thereafter, the trumpet of a Iubilee should be blowne, the 10. day of the seuenth MonethMonth (whereon fell the solemnitie of reconciliation) proclayming libertie to all the inhabitantes of the lande, so that everie man might returne to his owne possession; as at more length is set foorth by MOYSES in the law. Now, albeit that the law specifyeth, that these Sabbaticall yeares, and Iubilees should be kept by the people of Israel, when they were come in the Land which the Lord was to giuegive them, & obtayn rest therin (because they could not wel keep the same before that time) yet the reason of this sacred reckoning, proceeding by the number of sevens, hath a grounde in the naturall Lawe, which was before the written Law of MOYSES, and the ensample of GOD himselfe, who was before all Lawes. And thereby, wee may well gather, that this Sabbaticall reckoning, hath respect even to the beginning of the world; and is to be counted even from that first Sabbath, wherin the Lord rested from all his workes. So that as God rested the seventh day of creation, in like manner, the Sabbaticall yeares, and yeares of Iubilee, should proceede from that beginning: For MOYSES himselfe, who wrote the holy historie, from the creation of the worlde to his dayes, knew well ynough, the just reckoning of these Sabbaticall yeares, and by the Spirite of Prophecie, also hee knew what time the people should obtaine peaceable rest and possession of the Lande of Chanaan, that then they might begin to reckon by these Sabbatical years and yeares of Iubilee. For an evidence whereof, wee finde by just reckoning, which hereafter is to be sette downe, that the 6. yeare of the governement of IOSVA, wherein the Israelites obteined peaceable possession of the Lande, the same being devided amongst them, was a Sabbatical yeare: and also the complete 49. yeare of a Iubilee: So that from the creation, vntounto that time, there wil be 357. Sabbathes of yeares, and 51. Iubilees, And the next yeare thereafter (which was the 7. yeare of IOSVA) will be found a just beginning, from the which forward, the people reckoned both their Sabbaticall yeares, and yeares of Iubilee: whereupon it followeth, that this manner of counting, by Sabbaticall yeares, is the most sure reckoning of the yeares and ages of the World, and may wel be deduced & brought to this present yeare, commonly counted the 1600. from the birth of Christ. In the which reckoning, wee hauehave to proceede after this manner. First taking an fixed yeare out of the Scripture, being surely a Sabbaticall yeare, for an fixed stay or ground: and then reckoning from the same backe, to the beginning of the Worlde: and like wise forward, to the yeare of the Nativitie of Christ; and so consequently, to this presente yeare. These stayes or rootes of time, in Greek are called Epoche, & in Latine, Aera temporum. And wee shall take the ground therof for our present reckoning out of the 28. chap. of the Prophet IEREMY, where he reckoneth the first yeare of K. Zedekiah (wherein Hananiah the false Prophet, prophecyed against him) to be the 4. year of Sabbath or week of years. So that the 4. year of Zedekiah by his reckoning, was a Sabbatical year, & also the 11. yeare. Next, we hauehave to remember, that the coū ting of these Sabbatical yeares, after the Law of Moyses is from the tenth day of the seventh Hebrew MonethMonth, called Tishri, which answereth for the most part to our September; and not from Ianuarie, which beginneth our yeare: By reason whereof, the one halfe of the Sabbaticall yeare preceedeth the beginning of our yeare, and the other halfe, or little more, followeth after. Therefore it is, that some reckoning with the Iewes, from Tishri, or September, count a year more then others, that reckon from Ianuary. But because the count made from Ianuary, comprehendeth the most parte of the Sabbaticall yeare, I. with the most number of Christian reckoners follow it. Thirdly, by this reckoning, wee suppose the Worlde to hauehave bene created in this seaventh MonethMonth called Tishri, which then probably was the first MonethMonth of the yeare: albeit it was institute thereafter, at the departing of the Israelites out of Aegypt; that Nisan, Exod. 1….or the MonethMonth of Abib (aunswering for a greate parte to our March) should be the first MonethMonth. Now, comming to our counte, let vsus take the elleventh yeare of ZEDEKIAH (which being a Sabbaticall yeare, was called the yeare of desolation, because from it begouth the captivitie of Babylon) and let it be the ground of our reckoning. That yeare (I saye) counting back, was the 3360. yeare, from the creation of the world, which being divided by seavens, hath for the quotient number (as the Arithmetickes tearme it) 480. Sabbathes of yeares, & no superabundant od years. And to prooue historicallie, this to be a just reckoning of the yeares of the Worlde, by particular count of the Scripture, wee hauehave first from the creation,Gene 6. 7. 11. 12. 15. to the floud of NOAH: 1656 yeares. Then from the floud, to the promise made to ABRAHAM,That to Exod. 12. 367. yeares. And from the departing of the Israelits out of Aegypt 430.Gal. 3. years. And frō the departing to the buylding of the Temple by SOLOMON 480,1. King. 4. yeares: And last, from the buylding of the Templ…, to the elleventh yeare of ZEDEKIAH 427. yeares: The whole summe of these yeares collected, come justly to 3360. years. Now to trie other reckonings, which hauehave not respect to Sabbaticall yeares not to bee right, let vsus take for example, the supputation of them, who suppose ABRAHAM to hauehave beene borne the 130. yeare of TERAH his father, (& not as the Scripture speaketh) in the 70. yeare. By that count we must adde to the former reckoning, 60. yeares moe. And so the 11. yeare of ZEDEKIAH, would be from the creation the 3420. yeare: which yeares, being divided by seavens, there will remaine after the division, conteining 488. Sabbathes of yeares, 4. superfluous and odde yeares. And so aggreeth not that the 11. year of ZEDEKIAH, should be a Sabbaticall yeare, as I hauehave proven it to be by reckoning of the Prophet IEREMY. An other example. Supposing, as some others do, that the children of Israel remayned in Aegypt, the whole space of 430. yeares, whereas by our former count (which may be verifyed by Scripture) their remayning there, was onelyonly 215. yeares. By this their rekconing, we must adde other 215 yeares to our former count, and so the 11. yeare of ZEDEKIAH would be the 3575. yeare, from the beginning of the world. Nowe dividing the number by seaven, there will remayne after the division of 510. Sabbathes of yeares, 5. odde yeares, whereby we may vnderstand that reckoning not to be right. The like wee may perceiue in all other reckonings, that bring not the 11. yeare of ZEDEKIAH, to a juste Sabbaticall yeare, with out any superfluous odde yeares. And so for the backe reckoning of yeares, to the beginning of the worlde, & from it, to the 11, yeare of Zedekiah, we hauehave not onelyonly the just reckoning of Sabbaticall yeares, but also the Scri…ures for our warrant. And for further confirmation, the agreement of the Sabbatical yeares, & yeares of Iubilee, with the 6. yeare of Iosua, from the which, the Israelites made that reckoning as was declared before. That yeare being from the Creation, the 2499. yeare. As also, by this our counte, the yeare of the promise made to Abraham being of the world, the 2023. wilbe found a Sabbaticall yeare. And likewise the year of the birth of Moyses, being the 2373. yeare. And this much for the back-reckoning. Now to count forward, from this our staie of time, to …, the 11. yeare of Zedekiah, being from the creation, the 3360. yeare: first we shall adde thereto, the 70. yeares of the captivilie of Babylon (which we reckon from the 11. yeare of Zedekiah, being the yeare of desolation) and so there will bee 3430. yeares, from the beginning of the World. The which yeares, we shall take for our second stay or roote of reckoning, to wit, the first yeare of the raigne of Cyrus; wherein libertie was proclaymed to the people to returne, this 3430. year of the world, divided by seavens hathin the quotient 490. Sabbathes, or weekes of years, leaving no odde yeares. And the quotient againe, being packed by seavens, hath justlie 70. Iubilees of years, and there remaine no odde yeares, nor oddes weekes of yeares. So this 3430. yeare of the world is a most per…fite stay of time, and roote or grounde to reckon vponupon. And hath as manie Weekes of yeares, as the 70. weekes mentioned in Daniel (whereof wee are to speake) hauehave of yeares, that is, 490. which laketh not a mysterie. Then to goe forwarde with this our second staying of time, I holde with some of the best learned, that from this first yeare of Cyrus, to the Nativitie of Christ, are 518. yeares, and from the creation of the World, 3948. yeares, by adding to 3430. these 18 yeares. And so the yeare immediatly preceeding the birth of our Saviour Christ, to be a Sabbatical yeare, conteining in the q…otient 524. weekes of yeares, and leaving no odde years. Nowe to prooue the forwarde reckoning to be right, we shall take two warrandes out of the Scripture, the one out of the ninth Chapter of Daniel, and the other out of the …. Chapter of Iohn his Revelation. As to the former out of Daniel, it was revealed to him by the Angel that talked with him, that 70. weekes of yeares were determined, or (as the Hebrew word properlie signifyeth) decided and cutte in partes concerning Danie…l his people, and his holy Citie: And thereafter the Angell divideth these 70. weekes, in seauen weekes, and 62. weekes, and finallie in one weeke. It is out of question, that this Prophecy is ment of the returning of the people of Israell, from the captivitie of Babylon, and of the building againe of the Cittie of Ierusalem, after the captivitie, and it cannot bee without a speciall cause, that the Angel divided the first seven weekes of years, from the 62. weekes, and finally speaketh, of the laste weeke of the seaventy, by the self. I therefore thus take it vp, that as there was foure diverse liberties graunted to the people, at foure severall times, so this prophecie hath respect to them all, and divideth the time according thereto. The first libertie was granted by Cyrus, in the first yeare of his raigne, over the Babylonians, wher of mention is made in the first of Ezra. The second libertie to proceede in building of the Temple (which worke was impeded a certaine time) was given by Da…, called Longimanus, whom Ezra in his fourth Chapter nameth King of Persia. The third and fourth liberties, were graunted by Artaxerxes the Great, the one to Ezra, and the other to Nehemia. As wee reade in Ezra the 7. and in Nehemiah, the 2. Chapter. Nowe where it is said in Daniel, that from the going out of the Comma…dement, to bring againe the people, and to builde Ierusalem vntounto Messiah the Prince; there should be seaven weekes, and 62. weekes, and that after 62. weekes, Messiah should be slaine, &c. Of these weekes, I take the first seaven to begin immediatly after the first libertie, graunted by Cyrus to the people to returne, and to end at the 6. yeare of Darîus, who in the second yeare of his raigne, gaue new libertie to build the Temple, which was finished in his sixt yeare. And this is called the going forth of the commandement, to bring againe the people, conteining the space of 49, yeares, which make an Iubilee. The other 62▪ weekes of yeares, I take to beginne betweene the two liberties graunted by Artaxerxes, the one to Ezra, in the 7. yeare, and the other to Nehemia, in the 20. yeare of his raigne: To wit, the beginning of these 62. weekes, to be the 14. yeare of the King Artaxerxes, and to ende the 28. yeare of our Saviour Christ his age. The which two last liberties, concerne the maintenance of the service of GOD, in the Temple of Ierusalem, being alreadie builded, and the building againe of the Cittie and Walles thereof, by moyen of Nehemiah, and his assisters: For the Angell maketh a distinction, betweene the bringing againe of the people, and bulding of the Temple, ascribing there to the first seaven weekes; and betweene the building againe of the Cittie, and inhabiting therein, which he ascribeth to the other 62. weekes. Then, I saye, having the beginning and endings of these weekes so distinguished▪ there will bee founde an intervall of time betweene the end of the seaven weekes, and beginning of the 62. weekes, conteining the space of 63. yeares, that is, 9. weekes of yeares, the which space and interruption of yeares, is most probably meante by the Angell, where hee sayeth, seven weekes, and 62. weekes …ere decided or cutte in partes, concerning the bringing againe of the people on the one part, and the building of the Cittie and Walles thereof, on the other parte: so that there is a discontinuance of time, betweene the one and the other. As toward the last weeke of these 70 weekes of Daniel, it is to be reckoned from the 28. yeare of Christ his age, as may be taken vp by the text, wherein it is said, that after 62. weekes, Messia… should bee slayne. And a little thereafter, that hee should confirme the covenante with manie for one Weeke: and in the middest of the Weeke, shoulde make the Sacrifice and oblation to cease. The which thing, Christ accomplished indeed, by offering his owne precious bodie, in sacrifice, about the middest, or neere the ende of this last weeke of Daniel, which endeth in the 35. yeare of Christ his age. And as to the confirmation of the covenant, it is meant (no doubt) of the Preaching of the Gospell, which hee begouth neere the middest of this last weeke, about the 31. yeare of his age. Now to come to the yeare before the birth of Christ, we must take off 35. yeares; which will be fiue weekes of yeares: and so there will remaine of the 70. weekes of Daniel, 65. weekes, which make 455. yeares, and adde thereto, the 63. yeares, interlaced betweene the 7. weekes, and 62. weekes: The summe of yeares then, from the first yeare of Cyrus, or from the captivity to Christ, wil come justlie to 518, yeares, as I set downe in the beginning of this reckoning, and adde these 518. yeares, to 3430. yeares, which was our ground and second staie of time: The whole summe of yeares, from the creation, to the birth of Christ, are 3948. yeares. Nowe wee hauehave further to verifie this forwarde reckoning, from the captivitie to Christ to be iuste, and agreeable to the trueth, which I sha… do, both by reason and count of Sabbatical years, and yeares of Iubilee; and also by Scripture, and beste approoved Histories of these times. First, for Sabbaticall reckoning, it is manifest that Daniel hath respecte thereto, in the count of his 70, weekes, which make 10 Iubilees of yeares counte. Now it was proven before, that the 3430. yeare of the Worlde, endeth in an Iubilee, to witte, counting 70. Iubilees from the beginning, and 490, Sabbathes of yeares, which is the same number that Daniell comprehendeth in his 70. weekes, to wit, 490 single yeares, so that there bene as manie years in this Periode of Daniell, as were weekes of yeares from the beginning of the World, to the beginning of his reckoning. And seeing he counteth by Sabbathes of yeares and Iubilees, his count vponupon 490. yeares, muste needes follow immediatly the other reckoning of 490 weekes of yeares, from the beginning of the world: & so must proceed from the 3430. yeare of the World, & consequently, from the first yeare of Cyrus. Secondly, we hauehave to remember the seconde authoritie which I alleadged out of the 8. Chapter of the Revelation, for the second warrant of Scripture, to confirme this our reckoning. In that Chapter, mention is made of seaven Angels, to whome seaven Trumpets were given by God to blow, and to declare thinges that were to fall out in the World thereafter. The blowing of Trumpettes (being figuratiuely spoken) hath respect to the blowing of the Trumpets, at the ende of every Iubilee, as is mentioned in the Law, the 25 … Chapter of Leviticus, whereby it may be gathered, that the distinct times wherein these Trumpets, figuratiuely were blowen, (that is, the Angels and Ministers of God declared, his will concerning the estate of the World, & his Church therein, after every Trumpet blowing) were yeares of Iubilee: For Iubilee taketh the name from Trumpets, & we know that the Preaching of the word of God is also figured by blowing of Trumpets, Esay 27. and 58. And in the beginning of that 8. Chapter of the Revelation, it is declared, that at the opening of the seaventh seale of the closed booke of the counsell of GOD, the first Angell prepared him to blow his Trumpet. Now, the opening of the seaven seales of the Booke, signifyeth (as all godly writers expone it) the revelation and declaration of the hid counsels of GOD, which was when he sent his beloved Sonne in the worlde, first to Preach the Gospell by himselfe, and his Apostles, and thereafter, by the lawfull Pastours and Ministers of his VVorde, declarers of his holy will vntounto the world: the space of opening of these seales, as they were seaven in number, so everie Seale opening, comprehendeth the space of seaven yeares. And the first seavent year of the first Seale, is the last weeke of the 70. weekes of Daniel, called, The fulnesse of time by Paule: Gal. 4.wherein the Gospell begouth first to bee preached. From the which counting by seauens; we finde the opening of the seauent Seale, to fall vponupon the 71, yeare, after the birth of Christ, as likewise the blowing of the first Trumpet: & consequently, the 70. yeare, to compleate a Iubilee of yeares: whereanent, who would know further, let them reade that learned and divine worke of IOHN NAPER, in the exposition of the Revelation, the 5. 6. 7. 8. & 9. propositions. Now having found the 70. yeare of Christe, to be the 49. and last yeare of Iubilee: let vsus count backe from the 71. yeare of Christ, to the first yeare of Cyrus, by Iubilees, and we shall finde by our former reckoning, the space of 588. yeares, which make 12. Iubilees compleete, and leaue no odde yeares. For the 70. weeks of Daniel, make ten Iubilees, and the 63. yeares interjected betweene the 7. weekes, and 62. weekes, together with 35. years, that are betweene the end of the weekes of Daniel, & the 71. year of Christ, being joyned together, mak… 98. years, & two just Iubilees. So that they ar 12 Iubilees in the whole, frō the 3430. year of the world, to the 71. yeare of Christ. And from the beginning of the VVorlde, to that 71. yeare 82. Iubilees: Yet further to make this reckoning good by Histories of the time: we finde by count of the Kings of the Persian and Babylonian Monarchie, by Megasthenes (corruptly called Metasihenes) the Persian Historiographer, whervnto Philo the the Iewe, in his Chronologie aggreeth, counting by the yeares of the Hie-Priestes, and governours of the house of David, to witte, from Iehosua the Hie-Priest, & Zorobabel Prince of Iuda, and first Governour after the Captivitie; that betweene the first yeare of Cyrus, and the first yeare of Alexander the Great, conquerour of the Persian and Babylonian Empire, were 191. yeares: VVhereof, 49. yeares are reckoned from the first of Cyrus, to the 6. yeare of Darîus Long…manus, who was the seconde that gaue libertie to build the Temple, as was declared of before: For Cyrus raigned 22. yeares, Assu… rus Pris…us 20. yeares. Then there was the inter-reigne of one yeare: Then adde to those 6. yeares of Darîus, they make vp these 49. yeares. And from the 6. yeare of Darîus Longimanus, to the 14. of Great Artaxerxes, called Mnemon, are 63. yeares: thus reckoned. Darîus reigned yet 31. yeares, Darîus Nothus 19. yeares, adde 13. of Artaxerxes, the summe is 63. years. And from Cyrus, 12 yeares. So there resteth, from the 13. of Artaxerxes, to Alexander, 79. yeares thus reckoned. Artaxerxes, yet raigned 42. yeares, Artaxerxes Ochus 26. A…ses 4. and Darîus the last, vanquished by Alexander, 6. yeares. The summe is 79. yeares completing the 191. yeares before mentioned. Now least any should derogate the authoritie of Megasthenes and Philo, in counting of these yeares of the Persian Monarchie: I will affirme (for my part) them to be most authentick of all that I hauehave read, whatsoever be said against them. And that they are to be prefer…ed to all the Greeke authors, who are of light credite, and full of Fables; as I intende to declare at large, in my more ample discourse. For as to Combyses, whom they make one of the Persian Monarches, if wee reade diligentlie the latter parte of the 10. Chapter of Daniel, wee shall finde him to hauehave bene Prince of Persia onlie, who ruled that Kingdome in place of his father Cyrus, hee being occupyed in the Scythian warres. And that this Cambyses was an enemie to the Church of God: And as for Xerxes, whom they count for an other, albeit hee invade Grecia, with an huge armie, yet we reade never that he did raigne in Babylon, but in Persia, in the daies of Darîus Longimanus. It resteth then, to go forwarde, with the yeares betwene Alexander and Christ: And by our counte, they must be 327. yeares, which are to be reckoned after this manner. From the beginning of the Empire of Alexander in Asia, after that hee vanquished Darîus, to the beginning of the Kingdome of the Greekes, by Seleucus Nicanor, after the reckoning of the Iews, are 18. years, as Iosephus Scaliger proveth in his fifth booke, De emendatione temporum. And from the beginning of the kingdome of the Greekes, to the Macchabees, are 145. years, as we hauehave in the first book of the Macchabees, the secōd Chapter. And the Macchabes ruled, as witnesseth Iosephus, in his Antiquities 127. years. And after them, King Her…de raigneth …7. yeares complete, neare the end of whose raigne, Christ was borne. Ioyne those yeares together, and they will make vp, from the beginning of the Empire of Alexander to Christ, just 327. yeares: And adding thereto, 191. yeares, betweene Cyrus and Alexander, the summe wil be 518. yeares, according to our first counte. The same may be prooven by the Astronomicall calculation of Piolemee, who in the ende of his thirde Book, reckoueth from the decease of Alexander, vntounto the raigne of Augustus Caesar 294. yeares. And hee counted the beginning of Augustus his raigne, from the time that hee begouth to raigne himselfe alone, after his victorie against Antonius: who slew himself in Alexādria, So we must separate the yeares that Augustus ruled with Antonius, from the reste of his Empire, which were fourteene yeares, as Iosephus and the Romane Histories beare record… and hee raigned 56. yeares. Nowe Christ was borne in the 42. year of his raigne: So joyning 27 years of the Empire of Augustus, and 6. yeare of Alexander, his Empire, to the 294. mentioned by Ptolemee: The sūme from the beginning of Alexander to Christ, will be 327. yeares, as of before. I hauehave insisted the longer vponupon this reckoning, because of the greate varietie amongst writers, namely, concerning the Monarchie of the Persianes and Kings thereof: Alwaise I thinke, I hauehave proven sufficientlie our reckoning by Sabbatical yeares, & yeares of Iubilee to bee juste: yet there remayneth one scruple;Lib. 4. … 26 wher as Iosephus writeth in his Antiquities, that that King Herode besieged Ierusalem in the third year of his raigne, and that then there was a great scarsitie of victualles, because of the Sabbaticall yeare: which appeareth not to stande with our counte, to make the 37. yeare of Herode, to be a Sabbaticall yearte: But we muste vnderstande, that Iosephus meaneth not that the third yeare of Herode was a Sabbaticall yeare, but the second yeare which preceeded, which made the scarsity in the third yeare following. So our counth oldeth just, that the …7. yeare of Herode, was a Sabbaticall yeare; at the end whereof, Christ was borne. For Herode lived till about the Passeover therafter, making the beginning of his reigne, to hauehave bene in Ianuarie, when he was made King at Rome. To this also aggreeth the counte of the great Cycle of the Iewes, who reckon the yeare that our Saviour Christ was borne, to hauehave bin the first of their Semitah, that is, of the Sabbaticall week. Now then wee hauehave the just reckoning of the yeares of the VVorld vntounto Christ, to be 3948. yeares. And this yeare of Christ 1600. to be from the beginning, the 5548. yeares. In the which counte of yeares (albeit by an other manner of reckoning) I agree with the learned Iosephus Scaliger, & some others more auncient then he. And as to others, I finde onelyonly Erasmus Reynoldus, Peucerus and P. Crusius, with some others that follow their reckoning, to hauehave had some apparant respecte to the Sabbaticall yeares, counting to Christ, 3962. yeares, but they will bee two weekes of yeares, over our calculation, and so will not agree in the yeares of Iubilee. Others, whosoever they be, that holde no counte of the Sabbaticall yeares, are further out of the way, as they that reckone to the birth of Christ, 3944. yeares, leaue odde after division by seavens, three yeares. And likewise they that count 3974. years. And so is to be seene in others, who commonlie are further from the marke, in not following the direction of Sabbaticall yeares, which being thus justlie taken vp, make a stronge bulwarke against the obstinate Iewes. For it being knowen by the weekes of Daniel, that the just count therof, endeth about the time when Christ suffered vponupon the Croce, they are convict, will they, or will they not to know, that he is, of whome the Angell speaketh vntounto Daniel, who was appoynted of God his Father, (as the text beareth) to finish iniqui…, to seale vpsinnes, and reconcile wickednesse, and to seale vp visiones and prophecies, bringing in ever lasting righteousnesse; and consequentlie, he is the moste holie anoynted, and that true Me…ias promised to their fathers. And that in vaine that miserable Nation so manie hundreth yeares looketh for an other.