A Scripture Line of Time, Treatise · Part 2 · Section 5 – Errata
SECT. V.
WHerein it is proved, the ſealing ſo intermatched with the inner Temple and Altar meaſured, with the Witneſſes in Sack-cloth, and with the Woman in the Wilderneſs; and the three firſt Trumpets (in which the Efficacy of the ſealing entered) intermatched with the Gentiles treading the outer Court, with the Dragons perſecution of the Woman, at her firſt flight into the Wilderneſs, muſt according to Hiſtory, begin the whole Time, Times, half Time, the Gentiles forty two Months, the 1260 of the 1290 Days, when the daily Service, Dan, 12. 11. was taken away, and the Witneſſes and the Womans 1260 Days altogether at 437, and ſo move forward till the fourth Trumpet, when the Beaſts forty two months began at 475.
THat I may ſettle the beginning of the 1260 Days, &c. aright; the Contents of this Section muſt be anſwered, and made good in the Body of the Diſcourſe within it: I muſt endeavour theſe five things then to attain that End by theſe Enquiries.
1. How far the ſeven Seals had brought down Time from Enquiry 1 our Lord's Reſurrection to the firſt of the ſeven Trumpets, muſt be diligently enquir'd and ſettled, ſeeing one follow on the other.
2. The Importance of the ſealing the Sevants of God after the ſeven Seals open'd, and the conſpiring of that Symbol with the Retirement of the Worſhippers within the Temple, the Witneſſes under Sackcloth, and the Woman into the Wilderneſs, muſt be determin'd and ſettled; for the Sealing's Efficacy begins All, even the very Trumpets which could not ſound till the ſealing over.
3. The Scope and Intention of the Trumpets is to be carefully eſtimated in the ſtrict Attention to the Emblem it ſelf; and ſeeing the firſt four and the ſixth diſplay upon third part of Men, what third part of Men it is they play upon, muſt be found: for the Trumpets play upon that Third of Men runs along the whole Line we are upon; and why all this Play upon a Chriſtian Empire?
4. It muſt be duely reſearch'd, what the Symbols of the three firſt Trumpets convey to our notice, to what Time Hiſtory directs us, that we may find their Effects.
5. It muſt be juſtly ſtated, what the Dragon means, and how his Perſecution of the Woman can agree with the Explanation of the Trumpets, ſeeing both muſt be at the beginning of the Line, becauſe then was the Womans firſt Flight into the Wilderneſs, which was at the firſt of the 1260 Days.
Now if all theſe can be rationally according to this Prophecy, and the Argument of Hiſtory reſolv'd, ſo as to unite with the Gentiles forty two Months, and all of them to determine the beginning of this Line to be at the beginning of the Trumpets ſounding; and both to be at Ann. Dom. 437, and to reach in the three firſt Trumpets to the Beaſts riſing, at 475; then that will be done which ought to be done: for by neceſſary Conſequence, the Line muſt end at 1697.
I begin with the firſt; viz. to enquire, How far the ſeven Seals open'd had brought down Time from our Lord's Reſurrection to the firſt of the Trumpets ſounding: for the Trumpets muſt needs follow upon the Seals, as is moſt apparent.
Now, ſince it is very evident, the Reſurrection of Christ begins the whole courſe of Apocalyptical Time, I know not what can be more demonſtrative of any point of Time, than to find the Prophecy by the moſt lively Pictures, and Emblems to draw the courſe of Events from a Time given, as from the Reſurrection Ann. Dom, Vul. 33, to a Time given, viz. to the Trumpets ſuppos'd to be Ann. Dom. Vul. 437. that is from the Reſurrection the Apocalyptical Epoch or Time beginning 404 Years.
Now what could more congruouſly, and even undeniably, follow the Reſurrection, than Chriſt riding out in his Majeſty and Glory in the univerſal preaching of the Goſpel by an Apoſtolical Miniſtry, and thereby claiming his Kingdom according to the firſt Seal opened?
What follows more uninterruptedly upon that than that warlike ſett of Emperours, and upon the red Horſe of War, arm'd with a great Sword given them; viz. Veſpaſian, Titus, Trajan, Hadrian, reſpecting eſpecially the Deſolations of the Jewiſh Nation, according to the Prophecy, Dan. 9. ult. which was perfectly fulfill'd by the laſt of theſe nam'd Emperours, according to the ſecond Seal.
Can any thing more juſtifiably follow this Train of Emperours, than the grave, juſt, rational Succeſſion of the Antonines, or cloſe with greater Eſclatt and Renown than in Alexander Severus, ſo fam'd for Juſtice, that the Ballances are moſt worthily put into his Hand, and by a Voice from the Throne in the midst of the Beaſts, the whole Scheme is directed upon the Church, and the Half-Time fix'd from the Reſurrection to the Apoſtacy or taking away the Daily Service of God; under the Type of the Wheat, Barly, Oyl, and Wine, the Materials of Sacrifice, the Type of the Chriſtian Service; all which are the Reſult of the third Seal opened?
Who can deny, that a Chain of ſalvage Emperours preſs'd upon the Heels of Alexander, in whoſe Equipage, Famine, Peſtilence, the Sword attended, and was moſt fitly given with the Device of Hell and Death waiting upon the diſmal Pomp of theſe Beaſts of the Earth in the fourth Seal.
Is it poſſible to overſee the Perſecution rais'd by Diocleſian, that ceaſed not by the ſpace of ten Years, in which all the Chriſtian Blood ſhed by the Pagan Emperour was ſumm'd up; Is it, I ſay, poſſible to overſee this in the fifth Seal, the Emblem of which is the Cry of the Souls under the Altar?
No more can it be denied, That that great Shake of the Power of the Spirits of the Air above, and of the Heathen Idolatrous Powers below, is admirably pourtrayed in the ſixth Seal opened.
After which, we find an induſtrious Delay to the ſeventh Seal in the new ſealing; and the ſeventh Seal, when opened, did moſt leiſurely produce the very ſounding of the Trumpets; for firſt, There was the ſilence of half an hour, a ſhort and imperfect Time indeed, but it ſtay'd the Effect of the Sealing; for not till that half Hour paſt, the Trumpets were deliver'd to the Angels. After that there was a ſolemn Service of Chriſtian Religion, ſignifying the daily Service yet continuing, and upon the Acceptance of it a ſecond demoliſhing of Paganiſm by Theodoſius Defeat of the laſt Rallyings of it; by Eugenius and Argobaſtis; after Julian and other Heathenizers upon his Prayers.
Now from that Time, or Theodoſius the Great's Death, within a Year after, at 395, or near it, all Hiſtory dates the Declination of the Weſtern Empire, and Prophecy agreeably denotes the Angels preparing to ſound, in the many Impreſſions upon the Empire by foreign Invaſions upon it, yet reſpiting the very date of their Sound from the Time Theodoſius died to 437, or 404 from the Reſurrection, ſomewhat above forty Years, but according to the Half time exactly before obſerv'd, at Alexander Severus's death, An. Vulg. 237, or 202, from the general Epoch, the Reſurrection, with this half 404.
Let us now Review the wonderful Conſent and Harmony between the Relation of Hiſtory in Things ſo undoubted, as to be incumbred with no Controverſie, and the Schemes of this Prophecy, the one keeping hand in hand with the other, in ſuch an even, uninterrupted, and juſt ſuceſſion, and courſe of Time, as does abundantly prove this Line, and its Beginning, ſo far as is neceſſary in this firſt particular, to be at 437, and conſequently its End at 1697: All which have been more fully Treated, and are here only ſumm'd up, to make the Perſpective the clearer and more entire.
I come now to the Second Enquiry, viz. into the Importance Enquiry 2 of the Sealing; wherein theſe two things will deſerve our particular Examination.
1. What the moſt natural and ready ſignifications of Sealing are, and which is here to be choſen, as moſt agreeable with the other Symbols of the Worſhippers Retir'd into the Secret of the Temple, the Witneſſes Sackcloth, the Woman in the Wilderneſs, upon the Gentiles Treading the Outer Court.
2. When the Efficacy of this Sealing began; for that leads the Time of the Trumpets, even as the Trumpets fix the Time of the Sealings Efficacy.
As to the Firſt; it is to be known, that Sealing imports three things;
1. Secrecy, and Retirement from general and ordinary obſervation. Thus the Servants of God, by the Antichriſtian, Apoſtatical Times coming on, are hidden; no eye but the eye of God, or of men inlightned by him, could diſcern all of them: The Diſguiſe put upon them by Antichriſtians caſting them out for Gods name ſake, their Retiring from the common corruption of Publick Worſhip, their mourning for the Gentiliſme brought in, and the Kingdom of Chriſt not appearing, their not being ſuffered to meet as a Church, a Body, or Congregation of Saints, and the Glory of God and Chriſt not ſhining out yet upon them, brought them into the Secreſie of a ſealed condition, immur'd them within the Temple, and at the Altar of Incenſe, cas'd them in Sackcloth, and ſcatter'd them as into a Wilderneſs; ſo that at length the Serpent himſelf could not find them; and all this from the beginning of the firſt Trumpets ſound, at 437, till 1697, more or leſs.
2. Sealing intends Security and Preſervation; Thus Treaſures are ſealed up in Safety, and defended from violation and rapine; thus the Servants of God are ſafeguarded by their Sealing, the Temple being the Secret of Gods Preſence, their Sackcloth Prophecy arm'd them, as by vertue of the Sealing, with a mighty power of Miracles, and Fire going out of their Mouths to deſtroy their Adverſaries; the Church, even in the Wilderneſs, is depoſited in a place prepared by God for her, that ſhe might be fed: and all to this purpoſe, That they might, though they might ſuffer in the common Calamity of the ſeveral Trumpets, yet not be hurt in their true Eſſential Glory by the Dragon, but that they ſhall Reign when He is Bound; nor ſo ſhut up, but that the Temple ſhall be opened, &c. nor be ſo overcome by the Beaſt, but that they ſhall Riſe again, aſcend to Heaven in a Cloud, their Enemies beholding them with terrour, and appear in Mount Zion with the Name of God written in legible Characters on their Foreheads, and at laſt, in an innumerable company, cloath'd in white Robes, and Palmes in their Hands, and the Church it ſelf, as the Bride, the Lambs Wife, be admirably Glorious.
3. Moſt immediately, and cloſe to the purpoſe of the preſent Symboll, Sealing ſpeaks Delay, and Eſtoppage from a preſent Expoſal or publick Shew. And thus the Symbol of ſealing is provided to claſpe and indent with the former Symbol of the Seals; for the whole Symbol is taken from ſealing the Book of Chriſt's Kingdom, Dan. 12. 4. till the end: when therefore at the ſixth Seal opened, the Empire became Chriſtian, the manly Birth was caught up to the Throne of God, the Dragon was cast down, and a Song of Victory ſung upon it, immediately this ſealing followed to ſtay this Glory, and as it were to arreſt its Appearance: it was therefore hid from hurt, becauſe the Glory did not appear to be hurt, during the time, times, half a time, according to the Oath of Chriſt; immediately therefore, in purſuance of the former Symbol, the Servants of God are ſeal'd, the Worſhippers worſhip not in an open, but reſerv'd Temple; the Witneſſes do not enjoy, but prophecy, and that in Sackcloth; the Woman flies to her cloſe Receptacle in the Wilderneſs; and even in purſuance of this ſame Symbol, the ſeven thunders are ſeal'd, as we ſhall ſee, Cap. 10.
And all this to that very purpoſe, that the Beast may have his time, times, till the Morning of the half-time, when in Declaration of the Right of Chriſt, even then to take the Kingdom, becauſe the half-time was entred, as the third Day was in the Morning of Chriſt's Reſurrection, the Thunders began. But that the Beast might have his whole half-time alſo, the Thunders were again ſeal'd down.
For were not the Kingdom of Christ thus under Seal, its Brightneſs would immediately conſume the man of Sin and his Beſtian Kingdom, as will be ſeen at the end of the 1260 Days, viz. Ann. 1697, in the firſt appearance of Chriſt's Kingdom, and more fully at the Appearance it ſelf 75 Years after.
Let us now inquire when this ſealing had its Efficacy, and we ſhall find it hath its Efficacy diſtinguiſhingly, as to the fixing its Epoch, or Beginning, at the firſt of the first Trumpet, and ſo on, during the whole Time of the first and ſecond Trumpets, until the falling of the Star in the third Trumpet; So that the Trumpets and the ſealing neceſſarily begin together, as they ought.
For we find it is thus expreſly determin'd to the firſt of the firſt two Trumpets; for nothing that was hurt in thoſe two firſt Trumpets, viz. the Earth, nor the Sea, nor any Tree, was to be hurt till the ſealing paſt: And why was it ſo? but that the Seal might have its defenſive Vertue on the ſealed; which Defence was certainly as early as the hurt, elſe it could not defend. It is expreſly continu'd all the firſt and ſecond Trumpet by naming the Earth, Sea, and Trees; for all theſe were hurt in the two firſt Trumpets. But the Fountains are not nam'd, nor the Sun, &c. not becauſe the ſealing did not continue; for we find the expreſs mention of it, riſing within the Time of the firſt woe Trumpet, Revel. 9. 4. as of a thing ſuppos'd to have continued all along.
But becauſe the Spirit of God would lead us to the new date of Time, viz. the Beaſts forty two Months, negotiated by the event of the third Trumpet, or the Imperial Star falling; which Star, as all Hiſtory knows, fell at 475, immediately on which, the Beast in prophetical Account ſucceeded, as the eighth King. So that then, in the very ſpace of the third Trumpet thoſe Months began, and the fourth Trumpet ran upon that new Line of the forty two Months, concurrent with the 1260 Days, and ſo forward, till Both end at 1697: the one as Time of the Moon, or Months; the other as Time of the Sun, or Days: by which we know alſo when the 1260 days began; viz. by computing and adjuſting the Lunar Time of forty two months to the Solar Time 1260 days. If the months began ſo famouſly at 475, The days, that both may end together within time, times, half a time, muſt begin thirty eight Years before, or at 437, as hath been before intimated, ſo as to be plainly underſtood, but ſhall be fully proved.
Now becauſe of all this, the Spirit of God comprehends only what pertain'd to the firſt two Trumpets within the expreſs ſecurity of not being hurt; viz. the Earth and Trees of the firſt Trumpet, and the Sea of the ſecond Trumpet, till the Servants of God were ſeal'd, Revel. 7. 2, 3. ſhewing plainly, that then the Efficacy of the ſealing began: where firſt, the Earth, and all green things were hurt in the firſt, and the Sea in the ſecond Trumpet, and as it were, to hint the Beaſts forty two months, falling within the third Trumpet, and ſo going on in the fourth; There is no mention of the ſecuring the Fountains, nor the Lights of Heaven, until the Servants of God were ſeal'd; which the Beaſt could not yet ſurrogate for, being in his Infancy till a Star fell to the Earth, Revel. 9. 1. which, by all Count, was at the Time Phocas gave Univerſality to the Biſhop of Rome.
Then Rome ſeems to be again enlightned, not long before the Mahometan Hegire, when the Locuſts came forth; and therefore then Divine Judgment purſues by three woe Trumpets, becauſe then the ſurpriſe of the Kingdom of Chriſt, by the cheat of Antichriſt reigning, more appear'd.
But after another concurrent date of Time, viz. the Five, and five Months of the Locuſts, Revel. 9. 15. 10. given new in the fifth Trumpet, the ſealing is there mention'd again; and in the ſixth Trumpet, where the Hour, Day, Month, and Year of the Horſemen began, there is a parallel Symbol of Secreſie and Security with the ſealing, viz. the true Worſhippers crying out from the Altar of Incenſe, where they were hid, Revel. 9. 13. within the firſt of which, viz. of the Locuſts, fell in the Beaſts intimate Time, or Seaſon, with his Number 666, as ſhall be ſhewn, Revel. 13. ult.
Now, by all theſe the Spirit of God does interpoint and diſtinguiſh the beginning of the Lines of ſeveral Times, that fall in with the great entire Line of the 1260 Days; and notes when they began; which new Lines, do ſome way or other note when that great Line began, and when it ſhall end; viz. by the Proportion thoſe other Lines, however beginning after, hold to it; all joyning with it, when they are once begun: and by that Proportion, The Beginning muſt be 437, and the end of it 1697, as ſhall be ſhewn upon all of them. Wherein alſo the Time remark'd with the Voices of the ſeven Thunders ſeal'd, will admirably ſhew it ſelf at 1517, when the laſt 180 Years, or Half-time, began; at which Time the Diviſion of ſo many States from Rome firſt appear'd alſo. And the End of all at 1697, will declare it ſelf.
So ſtrongly, although requiring ſtrict Attention and Obſervation, hath God ſecur'd the fixing of this Line, both in its Beginning and End, as ſhall be all along by Gods gracious permiſſion to proceed, made evident.
I ſhall but juſt ſalute the Third Enquiry, and finiſh the firſt Point diſcours'd, viz. its Beginning: And becauſe it joyns in aſſuring this Beginning, I muſt, as I ſay, ſalute it.
And this Third Enquiry is to Reſearch what is the meaning Enquiry 3 of this Grand Apocalyptical Symbol, the Trumpets.
Now from the general Uſe, and univerſal Signification of a Trumpet, as an Alarm to War, and the diſmal conſequences of it, theſe Trumpets certainly ſignifie the ſame, as appears by the courſe of the Trumpets; for every Trumpet calls to ſome War, and the ſeventh to the Battel of Armageddon; They are therefore ſo many loud Sounds of the Indignation of God upon thoſe againſt whom the Sounds are Directed.
Theſe two firſt Trumpets then, as beginning at 437, ſummon the Barbarian Nations to fall on, on all parts of the Empire, as they had began to do, by the vertue of the Angels preparing themſelves to ſound. About this time, Genſericus the Vandal-King took Carthage, the Hunns over-ran the upper and lower Pannonia, (now called Hungary) Thrace, and Illyricum; the Brittiſh Provinces ſoon after fell into the Hands of Strangers and Barbarians. Thus the Glory and Greenneſs, the Flouriſh and Verdure of the Roman Empire, was univerſally blaſted by the Hail and Fire mingled with Blood of the first Trumpet, running every way. At the ſame time, no Green of true Chriſtianity was unblaſted by the Apoſtacy, and Rome it ſelf, as a great Mountain burning with Fire, was thrown into the Sea, that is, it had been indeed taken under Honorius, in the preparation to Sound, and immediately recover'd: But now, at the Second Trumpet, it was made the Ball of War, in a continual Taking and Retaking for many years after; ſo that the Flames of War from ſeveral Parts of the World, and the People of it compar'd to a Sea, congregated about it, and in the midſt of the fearful Broil, the Imperial Starr, Auguſtulus, the laſt Emperour, fell.
From hence therefore we obtain the clear Agreement of Time with the Symbol of the Firſt three Trumpets, as their Blaſt fell upon the third part of men, the Figure of the Roman Empire, in Agreement with the Dragon, or Roman Emperours drawing down the third part of the Starrs with his Tayl. Revel. 12. 14. Where all Interpreters underſtand that Imperial Power. Now at the very time of the Barbarous Nations, coming like the Gentiles into the chief Reſidences of the Chriſtian Religion, is the Symbol of the Apoſtacy of the Gentiles, treading the Holy City and Court, and the Dragon Rev. 11. 2. c. 12. 13. 14.perſecuting the Woman, juſt now taking her flight into the Wilderneſs, fairly made out, both as to Similitude and Time.
But that the Miniſtration of the Trumpets may anſwer the Miniſtration by the Servants of God in his Church, at the Seals opened; beſides this Semblance of the Trumpets with War, Holy Writing leads us to another, viz. the Sacred uſe of Trumpets in the giving of the Law, Exod. 19. And they were inſtituted by God to call the Congregation of the Servants of God together, which was now not into Publick, but in Private at the Altar of Incenſe; There was alſo the Feaſt of Trumpets, on the Firſt Day of the Seventh Month, joyn'd with the Reading of that Law, upon which follow'd the Solemn Faſt, on the Tenth Day, Levit. 23. 23, &c. and Numb. 29. 2. Thus by theſe Trumpets, the Witneſſes began their Prophecy, and Teſtimony for the Commandments of God, and Doctrine of Jeſus, and in Sackcloth and Faſting. Theſe Prophets and Watchmen blew the Trumpet according to the charge laid upon them, Ezek. 32. v. 1, &c. And according to this Blowing the trumpets, the Camp, the Congregation, the Woman the Church, made its motions in the Wilderneſs, according to Numb. 10. v. 1, &c. So admirably does this Symbol agree with the Gentiles forty two Months of treading the Holy Court, with the Worſhippers at the Altar of Incenſe, with the Witneſſes Prophecy in Sackcloth, and the Womans Flight into the Wilderneſs, as on Eagles wings, in regard of Divine Providence, as well as of the Roman Eaſtern and Weſtern Empire Apoſtatizing.
And how fitly does the whole Apocalyptical Time anſwer the Jews Feaſt of the Paſſover at the Reſurrection of Chriſt, united with the Feaſt of Weeks, at the giving of the Spirit, and John's being in the Spirit when he receiv'd the Revelation: and then follows the Interval of the Seals opened, like that Interval of Feaſts, till the day of blowing the Trumpets, and the Faſt, or Sackcloth; after which, follows the Triumphant Feaſt of Tabernacles, ſo celebrated Numb. 29. by the Ennumeration of every Day's Services, like the cleanſing of the Sanctuary, by the ſolemn Obſervation of it at the reſtoring Jeruſalem, Ezra 3. 4. in Image of the New Jeruſalem; and Nehemiah 8. after the Feaſt of Trumpets, with Olivebranches, Pine, Myrrh, Palm-branches, ver. 15. like dwelling in a Garden of Eden, and in Reſemblance of the Palms, Revel. 7. 9. and as a prophetical Emblem of the Paradiſe of God, Revel. 2. 7. c. 22. 2. compar'd: according to all which, the Prophet Zechar. ſo diſtinguiſhly proclaims in that wonderful Prophecy of the Glory of Chriſt's Kingdom, Zech. 14. this Feaſt of Tabernacles, v. 16. and as if it were the entring a Caution againſt underſtanding that, as the True Feaſt of Tabernacles, Nehem. 8. 4. A ſolemn Faſt follows, as it were irregularly upon it, Nehem. 9. to ſhew, the True Feaſt of Tabernacles was not yet come, but a long Mourning to intervene. And how excellently do the ſeven Thunders uttering their Voices, agree with the Trumpets ſounding ſo long? For towards the latter Time of the ſixth Trumpet, and at the laſt 180 Days beginning, the Goſpel Law was given in theſe Thunders, like thoſe of the Law, Exodus 20. v. 28.
Thus all things concurring, even to Miracle, or a Demonſtration of the Almighty Wiſdom and Power of God, I cannot doubt, I have fix'd upon the true Epoch, or Beginning of the Line of 1260 days, at 437, and ſo upon the end of it at 1697.
Let it then be certainly apprehended by all that love Chriſts Remark on the whole.Kingdom, what God hath ſo determin'd ſhall come to paſs, and that He the Lord will haſten it in its own Time, He will work, and none ſhall let it; The Iſraelites went out of Egypt to a Day, at the 430 years end of their ſojourning, and no ſinful Exod. 12. 41.unſenſibleneſs that God would deliver them by Moſes, or their other ſins could interpoſe: Chriſt wrought Redemption at the very night of the Fulneſs of Time, viz. at the middle of the laſt half Week, and no unworthineſs of the Age could Dan. 9. 27.hinder it, though never ſo great: ſo nothing ſhall hinder the Riſing of the Witneſſes and their Aſcenſion at the 1260 days, Revel. 11. 9.Ten years hence, no though there ſhould be Three dayes and a half, not only ſignifying the intimate Time, as hath been declared, but a Bluſh, a Recollection, a drawing the whole Time paſt again in little at the end: For no Appearances, how great ſoever, ſhall ſurpriſe the Divine Decrees upon Time; Nullum tempus occurrit Regi. There may be a deep Reſhrouding Chriſtianity, at leaſt in ſome Parts; The Iſraelites ſlavery ſate cloſeſt upon them when their Redemption was ſo nigh. We ſee what a change was begun 1517, by thoſe ſeven Thunders, when all was one Night piece; and the Voice ſo little from Man, and wholly from Heaven; much more at 1697.
We ſee how at this day the Turkiſh Power, that hath been ſo long the Terrour, Scourge, and Woe of the World, call'd Chriſtian, Falls when God pleaſes; their ſtrong Holds are like the firſt ripe Figs, that fall into the Mouth of the Eater. Their Nahum. 3. 12.Warlike People are as Women. This is a viſible Pledge God will be ready with all things elſe; the Tenth of the great City falling, and that Turkiſh woe paſſing away, when his Witneſſes ſhall riſe Revel.. 13. 11.
Our Duty is to ſtand ſtill, to be in our Station of Subjection to the Powers that are over us, and to ſee the Salvation of God, and He, that put it into the Hearts of Princes to agree, and give their Power to the Beaſt, untill His words ſhall be fulfill'd, will alſo put it into their Heart to agree to do, what ſhall then be to be done by his Appointment. Our right ſenſe of which, and ſuitable Obedience to our Prince, will be an Honour to Chriſtianity, to our Hearing and Reading this Prophecy and a Safety to our Souls, (if it ſhould not be, as it is moſt likely to be, and we have the Royal Promiſe it ſhall be, and I much hope it in theſe Nations, even according to this Prophecy) to our Concernments in this World.
And thus I have brought to a Point the Beginning of this Line, at 437, which is the Foundation of all, and accordingly we ſhall find the whole going on to 1697.
The End of this firſt Point, ſettling the Epoch or Beginning of this Line of 1260 Dayes.
ERRATA.
PAge 20. Line 3. for ſixth read ſeventh. p. 23. 6th line before the laſt, for Witneſſes read Woman. p. 24. l. 15. As every Leap-Year we double February 24, to equal the Suns Year to our Account. p. 58. l. 1. blot all of. p. 64. l. 14. read Myrtle.