Visions and Prophecies of Daniel Expounded, Prophecy 3
The third Viſion or Prophecie of Daniel, Chap. 8.
The Controverſal Part.
ABout the precedent Beaſts and horns deſcribed in the Viſion, there is no Controverſie; and therefore I deſcend unto the little horn, which hath been hitherto (for ought I know) according to the letter expounded of Antiochus Epiphanes. But that it is not ſo to be expounded, I prove by theſe Arguments.
1. The little horn that magnified himſelf unto the South, and Eaſt, and pleaſant Land, is by parallel compariſon the ſame little horn that rooted out the three, Chap. 7.8. Now that little horn (as it is moſt evident) is Antichriſt or the Pope of Rome, belonging to the Romane kingdom; and therefore cannot be Antiochus.
2. This little horn ariſeth when the tranſgreſſors ſhall come to the full, and in the end of the Grecian Empire, Chap. 8.23; whereas Antiochus was in the midſt, and far from the time of the great and full degree of the tranſgreſſors.
3. The horn here ſpoken of, is in reſpect of his beginnings called a little horn: whereas Antiochus was not ſo lowe at firſt, as to be called a little horn. For (to uſe the words of judicious Graſerus de Antich. p. 76.) Antiochus, in reſpect of his Parentage, and Condition of Fortune which he had thereby, was ſo great, even from his Infancy, that then in the world known unto us, there was ſcarce another to be compared with him; being the undoubted ſon of Antiochus the great, and after Seleucus Philopater his elder brother, right Heir of the kingdoms of Aſia, Babylon, and Syria.
4. Becauſe this horn is ſaid to wax very great, in compariſon of the former horns, Verſe. 9: whereas Antiochus (although he was great from his beginning) yet did not attain unto a condition greater then his fathers. Concerning which let the words of Graſerus be obſerved, proceeding in the place before alleadged. He never had full poſſeſſion of the whole kingdom of his father Antiochus the great, which he poſſeſſed before the Romane War: the ſinews of War alſo failed him not once. And as for that which Junius alleadgeth concerning his taking of Egypt; if that were true, yet it would little help his cauſe, ſeeing it is manifeſt that his father Antiochus did not leſſe exploits againſt Egypt. Indeed Antiochus Epiphanes did the ſecond time invade Egypt; but with ſuch a ſucceſſe; that he got more diſhonour then honour thereby. Neither in other Wars was he ſo happie and fortunate, that therein he might be ſo far preferred above his Anceſtors. In ſum, Antiochus Epiphanes had little or nothing more then the meaner ſort of the Kings of Syria. Thus far Graſerus.
5. How did Antiochus Epiphanes ſo excellently magnifie himſelf unto the South, and to the Eaſt, and to the pleaſant Land? How unto the Eaſt; foraſmuch as he was ignominiouſly put to flight and expelled out of Perſia in the Eaſt, by the Citizens of Elemais? How againſt the South; ſeeing in both his Expeditions againſt Egypt, Noutler. Cron.he was at laſt ſhamefully repulfed: the firſt time, by the Captains of Ptolomaeus; the ſecond time, by the Ambaſſadour Popilius? And how unto the pleaſant Land; foraſmuch as after his Inteſtine cruelty on the Jews, his Princes and Armies were in Judea overthrown and put to flight by the Jews and their Captain Judas Maccabaus?
6. The acts of this little horn are extended to the time of the end, Verſ. 17, and of the laſt wrath, Verſ. 19; whereas Antiochus Epiphanes died long before the Birth of Chriſt.
7. In the judgement of a learned Author, the Two thouſand three hundred days mentioned Verſ. 14, are unappliable to Antiochus Epiphanes. And Pererius ſheweth out of the firſt Book of Maccabees, that Antiochus his Perſecutions began in the yeer of the Grecian kingdom 143, and ended in the yeer 148, 1 Mac. 1.21.22. and 4.41, 52. Perer. in Dan. pag. 509, 510.which could not be longer then ſix full yeers; and therefore it cannot fill up exactly the meaſure of Two thouſand three hundred days, which ſpace containeth ſix yeers, three months, and twenty days. For the three moneths and twenty days would overabound. Pererius, to ſalve this difficulty, ſaith, that the yeers Two thouſand three hundred may be extended to the death of Antiochus, which was in the next yeer following. But according to the words of Daniel, and the drift of the interpretation of the authors of this opinion, the foreſaid yeers Two thouſand three hundred muſt not end in the death of Antiochus (although if they ſhould, yet the difficulty of exact accommodation would ſtill remain) but in the ceſſation of perſecution and calamity of the Church, and in the purgation of the Sanctuary, Verſ. 13, 14; which being referred to the Jews in the time of Antiochus, came to paſſe exactly in the yeer of the Greek Empire One hundred fourty eight, as hath been ſaid, and cannot be extended to the yeer following.
Having ſhewed that this little horn is not Antiochus Epiphanes, now I will adde a few Arguments to prove that it is Antichriſt or the Pope of Rome.
Firſt, becauſe it is deſcribed in a parallel deſcription with the little horn, Chap. 7.8, which muſt of neceſſity be Antichriſt, as hath been proved.
Secondly, becauſe it is a general and conſtant Apoſtacie, and in the time of the end, which is ſaid under this little horn to come to paſſe, Verſ. 12.17, 19, 26. Adde to this, that it is deſcribed with phraſes attributed to Antichriſt elſewhere, as Verſ. 24, with Ch. 11, 36. and 8.11.12; therefore it is the Antichriſtian Apoſtacie, and the little horn under whom it is, Antichriſt.
Thirdly, the deſcription of the little horn is parallel with the deſcription of the vile perſon, Chap. 11.21, whom we have ſhewed to be Antichriſt. Compare Chap. 8.9, with Chap. 11.21, 22. and 8.17, 19, with 11.35. and 8.9, 10, 24, 25, with 11.23, 24, 25, 33, 34. and 8.11, 12, with 11.31. 32.
Fourthly, becauſe the Apoſtacie under this little horn, is called foreign, Verſ. 12, tranſgreſsion; and in the next verſe, where it is asked how long the ſaid tranſgreſſion ſhould laſt, it is called foreign, The tranſgreſsion making deſolate; which is the ſame with foreign or foreign, Chap. 11.31, and 12.11, The abomination making deſolate, which is manifeſtly to be underſtood of the Antichriſtian abomination; and therefore the little horn is Antichriſt, under whom it is.
Fifthly, the little horn is here interpreted in ſuch a deſcription as is not agreeable to any other, but unto Antichriſt; as that he is joyned with fulneſſe of the Tranſgreſſion or Apoſtaſie, verſe 23, and that he worketh rather by policie and craft, then by ſtrength; and by peace marvellouſly deſtroying the holy people, Verſe 24, 25. Laſtly, all the other parts of the deſcription will moſt proportionately and moſt congruouſly agree unto Antichriſt, as may be ſeen in the Expoſition.
The third Viſion or Prophecie of Daniel, Chap. 8.
The ſecond Part, containing the Expoſition.
THe Ram heavie loaden with Wool, and fleſhy, doth ſignifie the Perſian Monarchy, Verſe 3, 20, repreſented by a Silver breſt and arms, Chap. 2.32, in reſpect of riches, wherewith being loaden and made ſlowe, at length it became a ſpoil to the kingdom following. It is ſaid that this Perſian Ram had two horns, which were high; it is ſignified by two arms, Chap. 2.32, which are the two firſt, proper and principal kingdoms of the Empire, the one of the Medes, the other of the Perſians, Chap. 8.20. It is added, that one of the horns was higher then the other, and the higher came up laſt. For Cyrus of the Perſians came up after Darius of the Medes; and being higher then he, united the Dominions of both into one entire Monarchy; ſo of two, it raiſed up one Dominion, Chap. 7.5. This Perſian Monarch is ſaid to puſh Weſtward, Northward, and Southward, Verſ. 4. Southward, unto Egypt, Ethiopia, and Lybia: Northward, to the Pontick Nations: Weſtward, unto Helleſpont, and the Iſles of the Mediterranean Sea. His irreſiſtible and ſucceſſeful power is declared in the next words: Firſt, in Winning; for no Beaſts might ſtand before him. Secondly, in Holding; for none could deliver out of his hand. Thirdly, in Diſpoſing of the kingdoms won and held according to his pleaſure; for he did according to his will, and became great.
The Goat of Grecia, Verſ. 5, 6, 7, 8, 20, 21.
THe Goat more nimble, ſwift and potent then a Ram, exceeding in reſpect of luſt, doth ſignifie the Greci… Monarchy. Notable for celerity of Atchivements, and exceſſe of Luxury, in eating, and drinking, and luſt: for theſe cauſes, repreſented by the belly and thighs of the Image, Chap. 2, and by the ſwift and nimble Leopard, Chap. 7. This Grecian Goat is ſaid to come from the Weſt, that is, Macedonia; and on the face of the whole earth, that is, over all the Perſian Empire: and touching not the ground, to note extraordinary celerity of Warlike Inundation. For in the ſpace of about ſix yeers, the Perſian Empire was ſubdued. The notable horn between the Goats eyes, is the firſt King in the Greek Monarchy, Alexander the great, Chap. 8.21. He is fixed between the eyes of the Monarchy, becauſe encompaſſed with ſage Counſellours, as it were the eyes thereof, excellent in wiſdom and counſel, beyond any that came after in the ſame Empire. This the Hiſtory doth ſhew. So that the greathorn between the eyes, doth note the conjunction of counſel and ſtrength for the atchievement of the Conqueſts. The Conqueſt of the Perſian Monarchy is elegantly declared inthe two next Verſes, ver. 6,7. The Perſian Monarchy is preſented before him as a Ram heavie with Wool and fleſhineſſe, made ſlowe and unweildy with multitude of Riches, Countreys, Souldiers. And the Ram is alſo repreſented, ſtanding againſt him, not running, as Alexander, to note his ſlowneſſe, want of courage; intentin rather to defend then offend. He is alſo repreſented ſtanding by the River, which may either ſignifie the River Euphrates, about which the Perſian Ram reſided, encamped, and prepared for defence: or elſe the River, that is, the multitudes and Nations in the Perſian Monarchy, as Revel. 17.2, 15, by which the Perſian Monarch ſtood, lingring, as truſting to his multitudes for defence, and ſtanding or incumbred therewithal. Againſt this Perſian Ram, the Grecian Goat maketh aſſault: Firſt, he is ſaid to come againſt him, in relation (as I ſuppoſe) to the ſlower preparations of Philip King of Macedonia: then to run unto him, in the ſwift and ſpeedy Marches of his ſon Alexander the Great; and in the heat of his ſtrength (as the Oraginal expreſſeth) becauſe Alexander marched towards him as with great ſpeed, ſo with great ſtrength, not cooled by any doubtings or fearfulneſſe, but enlivened and made vigorous by the furious heat of courage and undaunted reſolution. This Verſe 6. Thirdly, he is ſaid to come neer the Ram: for after coming by ſlowe preparations, and running by quick and furious Marches, Alexander did at laſt draw neer to the huge Armies of the Perſian Ram. Fourthly, being come neer, he is ſaid to be moved againſt him, that is, forthwith, without lingring and delaying, to have his courage and choler ſtirred up to Battel. Darius was a delaying Captain, and fearful; but Alexanders heat and reſolution could not endure dilation. Fifthly, he is ſaid to ſmite the Ram, by overthrowing the Perſian Armies in Battel. Sixthly, the next degree of proceeding conſiſteth in breaking his two horns. For the Armies being overthrown in Battel, forthwith the Perſian horns and kingdoms came under his dominion. Seventhly, it is added, that there was no power in the Ram to ſtand againſt him: to note, that the Perſian Monarch after overthrow, repaired frequently his Armies, reſtored Battel, but ever fell more and more. Eighthly, it is added, that he caſt him down to the ground; to note an utter extinction of the Perſian kingdom, after various and ſundry overthrows. Ninthly, he ſtamped upon him, that is, after full Conqueſt, crowed, inſulted, triumphed. Laſtly, it is ſaid, that there was none that could deliver the Ram out of his power; to note an overthrow not onelyonly of the Perſian kingdom, but of all helps and neighbours adjacent; yea, and Alexander alſo afterward proceeded to the conqueſt of the Countreys all about. Theſe are the ten degrees of the proceeding of the Grecian kingdom in the conqueſt of the Perſian, each one following the other in nature and deſcription; and the truth of all this, is abundantly witneſſed by Hiſtories. It is added, Verſ. 8, that therefore the Goat waxed exceeding great, as having ſubdued ſo many Countreys, and joyned them to the kingdom of Macedonia. But when he was at the greateſt, his great horn was broken, Verſ. 8. For Alexander, in the midſt of his ſtrength, youth, power and greatneſſe of dominion, ſuddenly, beyond the opinion of men, periſhed, Chap. 11.4; and in place thereof, four horns came up to the four windes of heaven. For Philippus Aridaeus took poſſeſſion of Macedonia in the Weſt: Amigonus of Aſia in the North: the Seleucidae of Syria and Babylon in the Eaſt: the Lagida of Egypt in the South.
Antichrist of the Romane Empire, Verſ. 9, to the end.
ANd out of one of them] That is, from the northern parts of the Macedonian horn.
Came a little horn] That is, Antichriſt; not in reſpect of natural or political derivation, but onelyonly in reſpect of local proceeding from out of the ſame place and Countrey which formerly was the horn of Macedonia. By the leave and ſpecial agreement of the Greek Emperour, Antichriſt did locally come forth with all the weſtern Troops againſt the Turks and Saracens, thence to advance himſelf to the South, and to the Eaſt, and to the pleaſant Land, as it is following in the next words.
But it may be ſaid alſo, and haply more probably, that the Pope proceeded out of one of them, becauſe he came out of the Romane kingdom, which here for brevity ſake may be comprehended under thoſe four horns: and upon this ground, that after a hundred yeers, when theſe four horns had not yet come to the midſt of their duration, the Romanes having ſurpriſed one of them, did afterward joyn with the reſt remaining, in the dilaceration and diviſion of the Greek Empire. So in the end of their kingdom Antichriſt doth ariſe, Verſ. 23, becauſe in the end of the Romane kingdom, which in reſpect of its primitive ſtate came into the number of thoſe four horns, concurring in the dilaceration of the Greek Empire.
2. Obſerve that he is ſaid to ariſe from a little one: ſo ſignifieth foreign, that is, from lowe, obſcure, and ſcarce diſcernable beginnings, as Chap. 7.8. He came to maturity in Hildebrand, after the yeer 1073, or thereabout. His Wars followed: The firſt againſt the Turks and Saracens, beginning anno 1096: The ſecond againſt the Saints, from after anno 1160, breaking forth into perfection, anno 1209.
3. Coming forth or locally proceeding from the Northern parts of the Macedonian horn, from Conſtantinople by Nicea in the North parts of Aſia, he is ſaid to wax great unto the South, unto the Eaſt, and to the pleaſant Land. Herein his War againſt the Turks and Saracens is fully comprehended; againſt whom his firſt aſſault was from Nicea in the North, Paul. Aemyll.to Lycia, Pamphilia, Cilicia, being directly the Southern bounds of Aſia. There Solymannus the Turkiſh King was ſubdued. His ſecond aſſault was from thence Eaſtwardly, even to Edeſſa and Euphrates: Syria ſubdued: Caſsianus the ſecond Turkiſh King there vanquiſhed. His third aſſault was from thence unto the pleaſant Land, Judea: there the third Mahumetan King, the Egyptian Caliph, was overcome. Thus he ſubdued three Kings; thus orderly he puſhed to the South, to the Eaſt, and to the pleaſant Land, Chap. 7.8.
Or thus: He grew up to the South, by puſhing againſt the Saracens in Afrike, anno 1087, with wonderful ſucceſſe. Sigonius. Then to the Eaſt and pleaſant Land ten yeers after, in the Wars before deſcribed.
4. His ſecond War againſt the Saints is thus deſcribed, Verſe 10; as that he waxed great even to the hoſt of heaven; that is, the Chriſtian Church: That it caſt down of the hoſt of the ſtars to the ground; that is, of the Waldenſtan Proteſtants, partly by open War, immediately ſucceeding the War againſt the Turks; partly by inteſtine Perſecution. A million of men was devoured in this War. It is added, that, being not content to caſt them down, after conqueſt he ſtamped on them, to note his crowing, triumphing, and inſultation over them. Compare Ap…. 12.3, and Chap. 13.3, 4. Apoc. 11.9, 10.
5. His riſing up againſt Chriſt himſelf is thus deſcribed, as that he magnified himſelf even to the Prince of the Hoſt that is, See Joſh. 5.14, 15.unto Chriſt the King and Saviour of his people, Chap. 7.25. and 11.36. and 10.21. and 12.1. and 8.25. Apoc. 1.11. and 17.14. The manner of this preſumption is declared in the words following, Verſ. 11. For by him the daily Sacrifice was taken away; that is, the true Doctrine and Worſhip of God according to his Word. ¶ And the place of his Sanctuary was caſt down] That is, his reſidence to be worſhipped; abominations being advanced into his place. All this was done foreign, from him, that is, from his counſel, inſtigation, and Pontifical Decrees, immediately executed by Chriſtian Princes and Eccleſiaſtical Superiours. See Chap. 11.31.
6. The general Apoſtacie of the Chriſtian Church by his procurement, is deſcribed in the next words, Verſ. 12. ¶ And the hoſt was given up against the daily Sacrifice into tranſgreſsion] And the hoſt, that is, the general part of the Chriſtian Church, as the word is uſed, Verſ. 10. Rev. 12.3. ¶ Was given up against the daily Sacrifice] That is, the truth of Doctrine and divine Worſhip. ¶ Into tranſgreſſion.] Or, by tranſgreſsion; that is, into Apoſtacie, even to the ſetting up of the abomination or tranſgreſſion of deſolation, as Verſ. 13. Chap. 11.31. Images, canonized devils, breaden god. ¶ And it caſt down the truth to the ground] That is, the truth of the Goſpel, the holy Covenant, Chap. 11.22, 30. ¶ And it practiſed and proſpered.] Whereby is ſignified a continuation of the Chriſtian Church under the Antichriſtian Apoſtacie, to the oppreſſing of the truth and profeſſors of the ſame.
An Explication of the Explication added about Antichriſt, Verſ. 13, &c. Verſ. 23.
VErſe 15, Daniel, ſignifying by Type the Witneſſes of Truth in the laſt time, is firſt moved to ſeek for the meaning of the Viſion; and thereupon Gabriel appeareth in the ſimilitude of a man, being ſent at the voice of Chriſt, ſounding from the River Ulai; which ſignifieth the unſealing of this and other myſteries to the Saints of the laſt time (for unto Daniel himſelf they were to be unknown, Chap. 8.26, 27 and 12.4, and to all other before the laſt time, Acts 1.7. Matth. 24.36; onelyonly to Daniel, as in a Type, an explication is given, to be fully perfected in the Antitype, the later Saints, who were alone to underſtand the ſame) and unto theſe the myſteries were to be unſealed in the meaning, as here unto Daniel typically in the bark of words, and at the voice, that is, the command of Chriſt, ſounding as from the River Ulai, ſo from among the multitudes, Tongues and People, over whom he eſpecially reigneth in the Romane Empire, Revel. 17.15, 2. Chriſt alſo ſignifieth the Revelation by his Angel, Revel. 1.1; and Michael, the great Prophecie, by the miniſtery of an Angel in the ſimilitude of a man, Dan. 10. And at the preſence of the Angel, Daniel is terrified and falleth into a deep ſleep, as proportionably the Saints of the laſt time, to whom theſe myſteries are diſcovered under the Antichriſtian Perſecutions: but he is revived, as they alſo have been and ſhall be, and he is told that the Viſion is of events to be fulfilled in the laſt time, the laſt wrath, the time of the end, Verſ. 17, 18, 19.
The Ram is interpreted as before, Verſe 20, and the Goat, Verſe 21. His great horn, and the four ſucceeding, Verſ. 22, but not in the ſtrength of the great horn, Alexander the Great; alſo as before.
Verſ. 23. ¶ And in the end of their kingdom, when the tranſgreſſors ſhall come to the full] That is, when the Chriſtians revolted into Idolatry, ſhall come to the fulneſſe of their Apoſtacie. For the Tranſgreſſors are here called foreign, in relation to the foreign the Antichriſtian tranſgreſsion making deſolate, Chap. 8.12, 13, by which the Chriſtian Church began to be made deſolate ever ſince the beginning of the One thouſand two hundred and ſixty yeers; but the Apoſtacie or Spiritual deſolation came not toward fulneſſe or perfection, till about the time of Hildebrand, after which time the greatneſſe of Antichriſt here ſpoken of, aroſe, and the encreaſing himſelf by his two Wars.
¶ And a King ſhall ſtand up] This is, Antichriſt, hiddenly with the Barbarians, Chap. 7.8. Apoc. 17.12, openly after them. He came to maturity in Hildebrand, and afterward.
It followeth, ¶ Of an hard or fierce countenance] That is, of a proud and imperious look, not onelyonly in relation to the Saints, but alſo to the Princes of the earth. In reſpect of whom it is ſaid, Chap. 7.20, that his look was more ſtout then his fellows, as being proudly imperious and tyrannical alſo unto them.
¶ And underſtanding dark ſentenoes] That is, dark and profound ſubtilties, ſuch as the Pope and his Clergie-men profeſſe, in their Philoſophical ſpeculations and queſtionary Theologie. ¶ And his power ſhall be mighty] That is, after the time of his maturity; which came to paſſe in Hildebrand after, anno 1073. ¶ But not by his own power] Becauſe his power did mediately conſiſt in the power of the Chriſtian Princes voluntarily ſubjected unto him, Apoc. 13.3. and 17.17.
¶ And he ſhall deſtroy wonderfully] Beyond all former example. See Chap. 11.24, 25, 26. The truth hereof is manifeſt by the Hiſtory to the full. ¶ And ſhall proſper] For he muſt ſtand One thouſand two hundred and ſixty yeers, Apoc. 11.2, 3. Dan. 12.7. ¶ And ſhall practice] To wit, by Military Expeditions and cunning devices. ¶ And ſhall deſtroy the mighty] That is, the Turks and Saracens, as Chap. 11.25, 26. ¶ And the people of the holy Ones.] That is, the Waldenſes, in a ſecond War equal for greatneſſe to the former, and immediately ſucceeding.
Verſe 25. ¶ And through his policie alſo he ſhall cauſe craft to proſper in his hands] For by craft and policie he brake down the Waldenſes, and Princes of the Covenant; as it is expounded Chap. 11.23, 24. ¶ And he ſhall magnifie himſelf in his heart] By exalting himſelf above Secular Kings and Magiſtrates, Chap. 7.20. and 11.36. ¶ And by peace he ſhall deſtroy many] For under pretence of Peace, he entred by flatteries into the Waldenſian Countries, and made incomparable havock and deſtruction by his Harpyes the Monks Inquiſitors, Chap. 11.21, 23, 24, 33. In peace alſo he deſtroyed them, becauſe in cold blood and times of peace, by courſe of unjuſt Laws, and not of Wars. ¶ He ſhall alſo ſtand up againſt the Prince of princes] That is, Chriſt Jeſus, Prince of the kings of the earth, Apoc. 1.5, by ſubverting his Inſtitutions, and ſetting up his own abominations. So it is expounded, Chap. 8.1…, 11. and 11.37, 38, 39. ¶ But he ſhall be broken down without hand] That is, without the hand of man, and by the onelyonly power of God Almighty. The phraſe is expounded, Chap. 2.44, 45. See 2 Theſſ. 2.8. Dan. 7.19, 22. Chap. 12.1. Apoc. 17.4. and 19.19, 20, 21.
A Queſtion is aſked, Verſ. 13. How long? And the anſwer is Verſe 14, To the evening and morning Two thouſand and three hundred.
The Two thouſand and three hundred of mornings and evenings, are juſt half ſo many compleat days, to wit, One thouſand one hundred and fifty days: and days are yeers. See in Luthers Life.If theſe begin from the yeer 360, together with the yeer 1290, Chap. 12.11, they will end at 1510, when by Luther the Sanctuary began to be purged; and becauſe of the round number, that yeer may be pointed at rather then 1516 or 1517. Although from Damaſus, the firſt Pope that entred in after the manner of an Antichriſt, to wit, from 367, the One thouſand one hundred and fifty yeers will expire preciſely at 1517. But becauſe two evenings are according to Scripture to every compleat day, Exod. 12.6, and proportionably two mornings alſo; and forenoon is morning, and afternoon is evening, Exod. 29.39. Dan. 9.21; and alſo the evening of the night, to wit, the fore-part thereof, Pſal. 30.5, 6, and morning, Exod. 14, or later part thereof; and ſo after this manner, Four mornings and evenings will compleat one day. Hence another way of accommodation will ariſe, by numbring the days or yeers according to the fourth part of the Two thouſand and three hundred, and ſo the yeer will be 575. And if the particular ſtate and acts of Antichriſt deſcribed in this Chapter, are in this number circumſcribed, the greatneſſe of Hildebrand the Pope, and his riſing above the Emperour, beginning in 1075, as Calviſius declareth, from thence Five hundred ſeventy and five yeers will preciſely run out before the yeer 1650, which is the firſt yeer of the great Purgation oſ the Sanctuary, according to the way of accommodation, as ſhall be ſhewed upon Chap. 12.7, 11, 12.