Christ Under the Law, Text (2 of 3)

Christ Under the Law · Text (2 of 3)

p. 25Nor may we think, he offereth, Any thing to Men, but what he Heartily deſireth, they ſhould take, and enjoy. For, he bids us, not to eat the bread, of Him, that hath an evill eye: Saying, Eat and Drink, When his Heart is not ſo. And he, that hateth Hypocriſie, ſo much in Others: Sure will hate it more, in himſelf. and He that ſweareth, he hath no Pleaſure, in the Death of a Wicked man, but that he Turn, and Live: is very Active alſo, in the uſe of means, to turn him; and Reall in it. Deviſing meanes, that his Banſhed alſo, may not Periſh, but return to him.

And as, It is Said, He doth not afflict from his Heart: ſo, when ever he doth afflict, or puniſh, his Greateſt Enemies, As Moab, Ammon, Edom; yet he doth it Weeping. So, his Heart doth mourn for Moab: and his Bowels yearn: and are Pained for him. And his fugitives ſhall flee to Zoar, As his Father Lot, from Sodom. And the Heifer of 3 year old, may allude to the Covenant made, with Lot and Abraham (as the Turtle and the Pigeon) in Gen 15. 9. As the Lot, or Veile, in Eſay 25, To Gen. 13. 14. And he pitties Edoms Widows and Children; As the Daughters of Zelophehad, Though their Father Dyed in his Sin. And ſo he Wept, over Jeruſalem. And in Judgment, ſtill remembreth Mercy. As his Throne is White; and yet the World will run away. And ſo, we ſhall All: except he ſtay, and Turn us.

p. 26And as the Law requireth, that the King (even when he ſate, upon the Throne of his Kingdom) ſhould Write out the Law, and read it, and keep it, All his dayes: that he might not exalt himſelf above his Brethren; but might ſo, prolong his Kingdom: So

When he was Brought, In Great Solemnity, to ſit upon the White Throne of his Kingdom, in the Revelation: He biddeth it be Written, As a moſt True, Saying of God: Behold, I make All things New.

A very ſweet, and Precious Promiſe: Which we ought to plead, and preſs; when ever we finde, our Hearts Old: or the Old man, ſtirring, or abiding in us.

And, it may mind us, of That ſtrict Injunction (on their coming, to enjoy their Promiſed Land) to Break down All Idols, Groves, and Temples: with High Places, and Images: and what ever, was, or might be, any meane, or Inclination, to Idolatry, or Superſtition. So that They might follow none, of the Old manners, of the Land before them: In Worſhip of Their Gods: or of the True God in their manner.

For, the Lord, declares himſelf As Strict, or more, in Manner of his Worſhip, then in Matter. Or as Jealous, in the Matter of the 2d Command, or more, then in the Firſt, Which hath not, That note of Jealouſie, which the 2d hath.

And yet This alſo, ſpringeth from Love: Being as the Apoſtle expreſſeth it, a Godly Jealouſie: Leaſt having Eſpouſed us to one husband, We ſhould wander, to the flocks of his Corrivals. And for This alſo, we are bid to call Wiſdom, our Siſter; that ſhe may preſerve us, from the deceiving flattering Spirit.

And Chriſt, hath alſo undertaken All This; to God and Man, alſo. So to Declare, the True, and Right way, of worſhipping, the Only True God; that There ſhall be, No more Idol, or Superſtition. As in Eſay the 2d. And the Idols he ſhall Ʋtterly Deſtroy. Which is alſo Promiſed, as well as commanded, in the firſt, and ſecond Commandement. For ſo, the Words, in Hebrew, are promiſſive, in the Future: rather then Imperative. Thou ſhalt not have; Or Worſhip, Any Other God. Or me, in any other way then I preſcribe. And ſo the Pſalm repeateth it. Open Thy Mouth wide, and I Will fill Thee. O that thou wouldeſt Hearken: And Thou ſhalt have no ſtrange God.

We are come to Chriſts Peculiars; and his Proper Work. As Heyr of the World: As the Seed of Ab. and the 2d Adam. As the Firſt, was in the Image of God; and Therefore, made to Rule. Let us make man in our Image, and after our Likeneſs; and let Them have Dominion. As if This, did only follow, That.

And though the Prophets call it, the Kingdom of God; and Matthew, the Kingdom of Heaven: Yet it is a Kingdom on Earth. And ſo, the Pſalms, and Daniel, plain enough. For, God doth Reign in Heaven ſtill; and ſo he will, upon Earth: but In, and By, and Through a man. And therefore, he hath Given Chriſt, All Judgment: Becauſe he is the Son of Man. For, God will Judge us by our Peers. And He hath Given Earth to Men.

And though the Baptiſt, and our Saviour, and Apoſtles, preached, that the Kingdom was at Hand, or Coming: Yet, it was not Come. And Chriſt doth never call himſelf a King, Till his 2d coming. Then, the Son of Man, ſhall ſend, His Angels: (which before, he calls, his Fathers Angels: and the Holy Angels:) to gather out of His Kingdom. And, the King ſhall ſay, Come ye Bleſſed: and the King ſhall ſay, Go ye Curſed.

p. 27And, he had a Taſt, of This Kingdom, at his Transfig: As he ſaid, Some ſhall not taſt of Death, Till they ſee, the Son of man, coming, in His Kingdom.

And from That Time, Forth, he ſpake, of That, Kingdom, As beginning, In them. But when, They looked, that it ſhould appear: he hinted firſt, that he muſt take a Long Journey, to receive his Kingdom: and after a Long time, come again. And at length he plainly told them, that the Kingdom was offered Them, (To Thee, O Daughter of Zion, ſhall the Kingdom come: the Firſt Dominion:) But ſhould Then, be Taken, From Them; and be Given, To A Nation (ſome peculiar Nation; as in Moſes, and the Romans:) which ſhould bring forth, Its Fruits. When They, ſhould be ſcattered, and Trodden down by the Gentiles: and not a Stone, left, upon a Stone; in all Their Glorious Temple.

And when, They asked, the Signs, of Thoſe things; and of His coming: and of the End of the World: He gave them Signs, of the 2 firſt: and confeſſeth the Laſt was Hidden. But addeth, When you ſee, Theſe Signs, of the Son of man, coming, Lift up your Heads with Joy, O Jews; For your Redemption commeth (or Return:) and Then, the Kingdom of God is Coming; at the very door. Till then, he bid us ſay: Thy Kingdom Come: and Thy Will, be done: in Earth, as it is in Heaven.

And that it meant, a Kingdom, on Earth alſo: we may learn, in the Church Chatechiſms, of Edward 6th, with Notes, on the Lords Prayer, and Creed; of the Catholique Church, and Communion of Saints.

And yet, His Kingdom is Spirituall. To command, the Spirits of men; and other Spirits. For, If I, by the Spirit of God (which was Then, as the Little Finger:) caſt out Evill Spirits; know, that the Kingdom of God is among you.

And now, is Salvation; and the Kingdom, of our God, and of Chriſt, Come: For, the Accuſer, of our Brethren, is caſt out.

And for a Type, of This alſo. Coming from Transfig. he caſt out the Foul Spirit; which his Miniſters, could not. And yet, he left them Power, Over All Ʋnclean Spirits. But they met, with one, they could not Tame.

3 Evangeliſts, agree in One: but give it 3 Epithets. As if Sathan, alſo, muſt have, His Trinity. The Dragon, Beaſt, and Falſe Prophet. In the World: In the Temple: and our Heart alſo. The Man of Sin; The Old Adam; with the Serpent (and Eve) or Falſe Prophet, in Paradice.

But All muſt out; when he commeth, to Walk, in his Garden: At the Cool, or Evening of the World. As, he came, From the Holy Mount; as Peter calls it; ſpeaking of his Power, and Coming: which they joyn, with his Kingdom. As Paul to Tim.

And when he came, from the Holy Mount: the People left Conteſt, and Run, and Salute him. As, All Kingdoms, ſhall: at his Coming, From the Mount. Where he now is, But Receiving his Kingdom.

And the Pſal For the Afflicted, tells us, When the Lord ſhall Build up Zion, he ſhall appear in his Glory. When the Peoples are Gathered together: and the Kingdoms, to ſerve the Lord.

But may we hope, to finde, when this ſhall be? In the Great, and Good things of the Bible? With the Meek and quiet Spirit of Chriſt: and Prayers of his People? For, it ſearcheth All things: Yea, the Baths, and Hidden things of God. And in them of Old, it ſearched Times, alſo: And ſo it may do now, in the Goſpel-Times.

Our Saviour Called all the People p. 28Only Twice (To ſhew, what makes a Chriſtian: what Free:) Moſes Twice, or Thrice. To hear the Law: To Conſecrate the Levits (by Their Hands in Ordinati…n) and to ſee the Spirit, on the 70 Elders: and the Well of Beer. Gather the People; I will give them Water. As the Rain in Solomons Prayer; and That Spirit, Given, In Communion; with ſupply of Every joynt.

And when 2 of the People, Propheſied, in the Camp; and Joſuah Cryed, My Lord forbid them; Moſes ſaid, O that All the Lords People were Prophets: and that he would put his Spirit on them All. For you may All Propheſie: Or elſe you ſhould not All be bid to Begg it; Above All Other Gifts.

And when he came to dye, he called Ioſuah (by Gods Command) to Give him a Charge; and in ſight of all the People, he ſaid to Him: Be Strong, and of Good Courage; for Thou muſt Go with this People; into the Land which the Lord hath ſworne. And the Lord is He, that Goeth, before thee: He will be with thee: and He will not Fail thee; nor Forſake thee. Which is 5 times repeated: As it hath 5 Negatives, in the laſt of Hebs.

And Moſes wrote this Law; and gave it, to the Prieſts, and All the Elders of Iſrael. (Whence, the Elders alſo, Taught the People. As the Princes of Jehoſaphat.) And Moſes commanded them, ſaying,

At the end of 7 years: In the Solemnity of the year of Releaſe: In the Feaſt of Tabernacles: Thou ſhalt read, This Law, before All Iſrael: in their Hear…ng.

Gather the People together: Men and Women, and Children; and thy Stranger; in thy Gates: that they may hear, and learn; and Fear the Lord their God.

That This lay, not only upon Joſuah; with Thoſe then preſent; is agreed by All: and the Talmud, maketh it, the peculiar work of their King: (He might Sit, and read (as none elſe:) but if he Stood; it was Better: As K. Agryppa did: when he read, and wept, at That, of a Brother King, before.) and that it muſt be Read, in their own Language. And in Nehemiahs Time, They gave the ſence, and Helped them to underſtand the Reading. And the Law requireth All to be Gathered; that All may Hear, and Learn, and Fear the Lord.

And that this Gathering, reached to their W…rſt Captivities; appeareth by the Promiſe, in the former Chapter; To Gather them From All their ſcatterings. Which is Preſſed in Pſal. 106. and Promiſed, to be, with a Great Trumpet, of Releaſe: in Eſay 27. and 43. 54. and 56. And of Davids Branch, as a King, In Jer. 23. and 31, 32, 33. Ezec. 37. Mic. 4. Zeph. 3. Zech. 10.

And that Joſuah took, it for a Great Command: and did his beſt, to practiſe it, appears in Neh. 8. 17. Relating To the Solemn Meeting, at Sechem; Famous in Ab. and Jacob (when it was the Firſt Fruits, of the Gentiles, Circumciſed:) and in Judges, and Joſuah.

And in Zeph. God promiſeth, to Gather All Nations, and Kingdoms: and Then, he will Pour out his Spirit; and a Pure Language: to ſerve him with one Sechem. As Alluding, To Their Ʋouching the Lord at Sechem. And That Verſe, hath All the Hebr Letters; with other things, the Jews obſerve.

And here, we Fix, One Foot, of the Compaſſe. Hoping Chriſt, will alſo, make This Good: which Joſua did, and Nehem. Gathering All the People; and Strangers alſo: Reading the Law: and helping them to Ʋnderſtand it: and to fear the Lord. In the cloſe of 7 years: In the Solemnity of the year of Releaſe: In the Feaſt of Tabernacles. Or In gathering p. 29of All the Fruits of Harveſt. As they had, the Firſt fruits of Barly, in the Firſt-fruit Omer (on the 3d day, After the Paſs. which is paſt in Chriſt) and of Wheat, in Pentecoſt: the Firſt Fruits of the Spirit: in Act. 2. But we now expect, the Greateſt Feaſt, of Tabernacles, and Releaſe. At the cloſe, of 7 years, or 2555 (which is 7 times 365) or 2520 which is 7 times 360.

And As 2555 years After the Fall, did bring them out of Aegypt, into Canaan: So did 2555 more, bring the Chriſtians to Reign at Jeruſalem: in 1100 of Chriſt.

And From Jeroboam Scattering Iſrael, Till about 1600. And From Ahab, To 1650. And from Edoms Revolt, and Iſraels Firſt Captivity, So many years, come up to 1666.

And Elijah's Gathering Iſrael, and Jehoſaphats Judah, may be Types of That, which ſhould be 7 years After: As the 7 years Famine, 7 Prophetick years, before the Great Releaſe. As the Widow g…ther land again (a Type of Their Return:) And Gehazi was Freed from his Leproſie (the Type of Iſraels Plagues) for elſe, he could not ſtand and ſpeak with the King: As he did, for That Widow.

And as Jeſabel killed Naboth, and his Sons in Jeſreel; So did Athaliah, ſlay the Seed Royal in Judah. But Joaſh (or the man that Deſpair'd) was brought up, and Repaired, the Houſe of God. As a Type of the Great Reſtoration; at the cloſe of 7 years. As he came In the 7th year. By Jehoſhebah, the Lords Oath: and Jehojadah, the Lords Knowledge: and Zechariah, the Lords Remembrance. As the Song of Zech ſaith, The Lord Remembred his Oath (the name of Zech. and Elizab.) As His Horn of Salvation to the Houſe of David; and His Light; allude to 2 Cron 21. of That firſt Captivity; and Elijahs Letter, To Jehoram: Reigning 8 years.

And our Saviour, Ends, That Generation, At the Death of Zech. ſlain between the Porch and the Altar. And the Arabians, and Philiſtines, carried Judah, Captive; and Hazael Iſrael: As Eliſha foretold, in 2 Kings 8.

And though Jehoabaz was a wicked King; yet Praying, God reſtored Iſrael, and Raiſed up a Saviour; and brought them back from Captivity. As a Type, of Their Return: in the cloſe of the 7 years. For it was, After Joaſh came up, in the 7th year.

And this was foretold and Typified, by Jonah (Come with me, My Jonah, my Dove: and As a trembling Dove, or Jonah, from Aſſyria.) and by Moſes ſong cited in 2 Kings 14. and Pſal. 135. As Joaſh came, 135 years, After David and the Temple: where the Court, in which the K. did Read, was 135 Cubits.

And when Joaſh had ſlain Zech. the ſame Hazael, that oppreſſed Iſrael, Carried Judah Captive. And in Amaziah; Jeruſalem was Sackt: and its Wall broke down; and Treaſures, Carried Thence, with Hoſtages.

Ʋzziah might be a Leper, about 7 years: and that might Type the ſad confuſions, which ſhould come, by mixing, the Prieſts, and Royal Office, in the Machabes, and Chriſtian Times alſo.

The Macedonians, Roſe, about Thoſe times: with the Greek Olympiads: a little before Rome; and Nabonaſſar, in Babylon; whom ſome make the ſame with Salmanaſſar; who ſacked Samaria, much about 120 years befor… the firſt Captivity To Babylon.

We may begin, the 7 years, at Any of Theſe (being Near together:) and they may end, within 2555, or 2520. For, the Trumpet of Releaſe, founded on the 10th of the 7th Month: and the Tabernacles, at the 15th. But the year was not Out, Till the Law began again: p. 30About the Great Hoſanna, cloſing the Tabernacles. Which is called the End of the year, in Exod. 23. and 34. and Deut. 31.

Sodom was brought back, by Ab. in the 14th year: or 2d 7th. And when I bring back Thy Captivity, then I will bring back Sodom alſo, thy ſiſter: and Samaria.

As the 2 wives of David (at Ziglag) or of Jacob, who ſerved twice 7 years: and Then, had Joſeph; who was Bound, as long: and Then, Foretold, the 7 years Famine; After 7 of Plenty. The Ark was a Captive, To the Philiſtines, 7 years; and Then was brought home at Wheat Harveſt: or at the Tabs. And Eſter was taken into the Royal Houſe, in the 10th month, of the 7th year.

And David was Perſecuted 7 years; or Reigned 7 years and an half, at Hebron: before he got Jeruſalem, From the Jebuſites; who Trod it down, (as their name in Hebr,) Till He Took it. As a Type of the New Jeruſalem. And then he made the Solemn Feaſt, to All the People: and diſmiſſed All, with Bread and Wine, and fleſh. Although it be not called, the Feaſt of Tabernacles.

As Solomons Dedication was, In the 7th Month, and Dayes of Tabs. with his Solemn Feaſt. After 7 years, and 6 Months of his Temple. As a Type of that to come, in 7 Prophetick years, and 6 Months After. Which end, about the year of Chriſt, 1700. But Davids 7 years, and half, about 1666.

And Nehemiah kept the Feaſt of Tabernacles, and Releaſe, As it had not been, From Joſuahs Time. As Neh. 8. 17.

And to Clear this by the Numbers in Daniel and the Revelation. 1260, or 1290, and 1335, are Dayes, or Years: As H…urs, of ſignal Faſts, & Feaſts in the Jewiſh year. As firſt, They Faſt, on the 10th of the 1…t, For M…riams Death; and of the 2d for Elies, and his Sons; with the Ark Taken: Shadowing the Church: As the P. Lambs Tyed up, and Tryed on the 10th (Which we call, The Day of Tryal:) ſlain on the 14th: in Hour of that year, 333.

As there were 333 Dayes of Hamans Lots; From the 13th of the 1ſt. To the 13 of the 12th which was alſo, the Annual Feaſt for Nicanor ſlain, as Haman, at Purim; the 14th and 15th of the 12th: and there were, 333 Dayes, between the Day of Tryal, and the 13th of the 12th month, called Adar.

Pentecoſt, the 65t of the year: and 65 more, To the Great Doom, of not Entring into Reſt; and Burning, Both Temples (the 9 or 10 of the 5th) we call it Dooms Day. Which was 65, before Tabs. As the Palms, or Hozanna, was 65, before the Feaſt of Dedication: on the 25 of the 9. As the Faſt, on the 10 of the 7, was 65, before the Deſolation: on the 15 of the 9. As the Faſt for the Seige on the 10 of the 10, was 65 before the Laſt of Purim. Thus the Paſſeover was 52 Dayes Before Pentecoſt, the 52d After Paſs. As the Faſt, for Jeroboams Sins, was 50 Dayes, before Doomſday; the 52d before the Feaſt of Trumpets.

And Nehems New Jeruſalem was finiſhed, in 52 Dayes (as weeks of a year) or 1260 Hours, which are Dayes. 52. ½.

As 1290 Hours, come up to Noon, of 54 Dayes. Signal To the Jews, For Reading the Law, in 54 Sections. As the City, was Burnt, 54 Dayes, before the Feaſt of Trumpets. And their annuall Faſt, for Aarons Death, was 54 Dayes before the 24, or 25 of the 6 month: For Creation (in the Talmud) and the 2d Temple, in Hag: As for Finiſhing the City, in N…h. 6. 15. But he was at Jeruſalem 3 dayes, before he began to work: and ſo, 54, or 55, Dayes: which make 1290, or 1335 Hours. As the Feaſt of Trumpets was ſo many Hours, After p. 31the Day before the City Fired: in the laſt of Kings.

As Pentecoſt was 1335 Hours After the firſt of the Day of Tryal: which was, 1290 Hours, before the Preparation to Pentecoſt: which was 1260 Hours from the Preparation, to the Paſſover: which was the firſt of Hamans Lots, and Plots againſt the Jews; As Eſter 3. 12.

1260 Dayes, are 3 years, and 6 Months: Ending, at the 7th For Releaſe of Hirelings (Deut. 18. Eſay 16.) Or, beginning the year in the 7th month (As it did, in Civils,) They come out, in the 1ſt month, or 1ſt Paſs. As 1290 Days, in the 2d month, or 2d Paſſover:

And brought up, the 3. years Tithes and Offerings: with One of the Solemn Confeſſions, and Doxologies, in Deut. 26. And the other came, with the Firſt Born, and Firſt Fruits of Wheat; in the 3d. Month: about the Pentecoſt. Which was 1335 Dayes From the ſaid year, ſo beginning, in the 7th Month: As 1335 Hours From the 1ſt Hour of the Day of Tryal: But 1260 Hours, From the Preparation to the Paſs-over.

And for Years. The Ark was at Zion, in 1260: and the Temple was 1290: Or 1335; From the Firſt Deſolation of the Flood. As Nehems New Jerus; about 1260, from Jacob; or 1290, from Joſeph, in Aegypt: or 1335 from Jacobs Flight To Laban.

As the Dedication, in the Macabs, was juſt 1335, from Aegypt, or the Golden Calf: and 1290, from Their Setling in Canaan: or 1260, From their Firſt Bondage, of 7 or 8 years, To Meſopotamia (Typing Theſe 7. Prophetick years; as 70. years, in Babylon: and 70 more To Nehemiahs Times:) And juſt 1260 years, before the Chriſtians Took Jeruſalem: A Type, of the New Jer. to come.

And for Dayes alſo; The City, was Profaned, by Antiocbus, but 1260 Days or 3 years, and half. The Temple was clenſed, by Judas; and Antiochus Dead, in 1290 Dayes. Azotus Taken, and All cleared, in 1335. As the Machabes, and Jacob: Cap.

But Eupator, got the Tower of Zion; and Nicanor Swore to Burn the Temple: So that All, was not, Fully Cleanſed, Till He, was ſlain: in 2300 Dayes; from the Firſt Profanation. As in Dan. 8.

2300 Dayes, are 6 years, and as many Dayes As From the 15 of the 9th Month (when the Temple was Profaned) To the 13 of the 12th For Nicanor ſlain: As Haman before. And 2300 Hours come to the Evening Sacrifice, of the 96 Day (in which Time, the Sun cometh, from the Vernal Equinex, To his Higheſt Apogeum:) As, From the City Taken, by the Caldees (on the 9th of the 4th month;) To the Great Feaſt of Tabernacles on the 15 of the Seventh.

And in Lunar Months: 2300 days, are 6 years, and 6 Months. Coming to the Great Day of Creation, or Finiſhing the 2d Temple: and Nehems New Jerus: the 25 of the 6 Month. Or, To the Beginning of the 7th with its Feaſt of Trumpets; and Solemn Releaſe; and Feaſt of Tabernacles: kept by Nehemiah.

So that 2300 Dayes, are a Piece of the Law of Releaſe: which was a part, of the 4th Command; For the Lords Sabbath. Which may be, the Sum, of All the Second Table: As we ſaw before.

And From the Blood of Righteous Abell (or Firſt Bondage, of the Church of God:) To the Coming out of Aegypt. Or, From the Great Declenſion of the Church In Jareds Time (as his Name imports) To Davids Zion: Or from Enochs Birth, To Solomon: or from Enochs Tranſlation To Joſiah: Or from the Flood, To our Saviour: there were much about 2300 years.

p. 32And from Jehojackims Captivity, Till about 1680 of Chriſt. As from the Chaldean Sack, To 1691, or there about: 2300 years.

And to clear our way by Daies, and Howers, of the Jewiſh year. Pliny ſaith, The Firſt conſent of Nations, was in Letters: and the 3d in Hours. Which are firſt, in Daniel, at Bab. Whence the Grecians had, the Pole, and Gnomon, with 12 parts of the Day: in Herodotus. And of Hours, the Magi ſpeak to Seleucus, Founding Seleucia: in Appian. And Semiramis Column, was of 24, to above 144. As Hours of a Day, and a week. L…edaemon had a Sun-Dyall from Thales; or one of His Scholers; as old, as Cyrus. And Plato ſpeaks of Dayly Prayer, in a Temple, for about the 3d part of an Hour. And Homers Works were parted (in Piſiſtratus) by 24. As Hours of the Day: and Letters of the Alphabet. Which made the Famous Charm (in Zon…ras) that coſt, ſo many lives: As Names had ſuch, or ſuch, Letters.

Time was firſt parted (they ſay) about Phoroneus: whom they call the Firſt Man. Whence, the Forum, Pharos, and perhaps the name of Pharoh, came. His Neece, or Siſter, …, was the Great Iſis, or Iſa: Woman, Wife, and Sara. Great, in Aegypt, much about the time of Iſis, Gathering up, the 24 pieces, of Oſyris. the Sun and Moon, with 24 Hours.

From H…o…, the Light: Or, their Horus. Son to Oſyris; or Mizraim (the Son of Ham; or Hammon) and the 12th from Adam. As was Chuſh, in Suſiana: and Javan in Jonia. Whence, 12 Ancient Gods (as Agamemnons Sacrifice) 12 Signs, 12 months: 12 Digits of Sun and Moon; with 12 Hours of Day and Night. As Egypt, had them, parted by the Urine of their Cynocephalus, or other Living Hour-Glaſs: So the Jews; Chaldeans; Grecians; Romans: All Nations.

Julians Hymns ſpeak, As if Plato, learned Numbers, From Heaven. Which a Great Man, expounds, by the Moons moving 12 Degrees a Day. But if, her Hourly Motion, be Equal, to her Diameter: (or Seldom leſs, then 47, to 48 As Albategnus:) Then, As Day and Night, by the Sun, Moving 2 Diameters; So Hours are made, by the Moon; moving 24 of Hers, To 2 of the Suns. And This became the Common Proportion, to the Sun and Moon, of Metalls: Gold and Silver.

And if Ptolomies, & Lansbergius, Obſervations, be True; the Suns Diameter, is 24 times Bigger then the Earths: Or elſe the Square of This, is, 24 times in the Great Circles Area. So that Hours, may come, From Thoſe Proportions, of the Sun: or Earth, About the Sun. As Job ſaith, God Sealed up the Sun; that it cannot Riſe: and Turneth the Earth about. And yet, the Sun may have eſpecial Times, of Standing ſtill, or Solſtice, As in Joſuah: Or of Turning, at the Tropick, in Hezekiah.

So the Tropicks, are about 24 Degrees from the Aequator: As the Polar Circles, From the Pole. And the Winds, in Vitruvius, 24. As in M…nilius 12. And Ariſtotle names Eleven. But in Charlemagn, They were almoſt Thrice as many.

The Ancients Moulded All, by 12, or 24. The Great Amphiction Counſel, of 12 Counties: with double Votes; or 24 As Aeſchines. The Eleutherolacones, 24 Towns. As the Jonians: 12 in Greece, and 12 in Aſia. So, the Achaeans; 12 Cities: and 24 perſons, in their Councel, at Higheſt. When Dieus preſſed, 24 might be delivered up; They quitted place, and fled to the Romans.

Who had 12, and 24: in Vulturs, Augurs, Faſces, Flamens, Tables of their Laws; and other things: from the 12 Tribes, of the Old Tuſcans; or Grecians p. 33akin to the Jews, in Machabes:) with 12 Gods, Trying Mars: As 12 Men, Oreſtes, and Others, in Areopagus. And 12 Labours of Hercules; As the Sun in 12 Signes, and 12 Hours.

Rome was Built, 24 years After the Firſt Olymp. and had 24 Gates: 24 Pariſhes: 24 Cardinals: 24 Articles. And How they parted, their Aes, and Eſtats; As their Dayes; by 12: is obſerved, by Galen: in a Place worth Reading.

Brittain had 24 Flamens (with their Watchers:) and as many Biſhops; by 12 and 12. As in the Popes Letters, to Auſtine. And the Laws, permitted Mariage; and required, Oaths of Fealty; at 12 years age: with Juries of 12. and 24 Aldermen.

Moſes ſaith, God Parted out the Heavens, to the Nations (and They parted them by 12, or 24.) And again, When he Parted, the Sons of Adam, he ſet their B…unds, As the Sons of Iſrael: which were 12. As 12 Light Hours, After 12 Dark: As the Elder Brothers.

For, Time began, with Evening; before Morning: As in Divers Nations. And is counted by Nights: As Sevenights, and Fortnights, with Engliſh (who are Hebrews) Calling Night, Even, to the Day: As Firſt it was: and ſo, is ſtill; about the Equator.

Their Span, had 12 Digits: and the Cubit 24. As 240 Greſs, or 400 Cubits, made the Furlong; and 24 Furlongs an Hours way; they called …ech. Whence our League, or Leaſh; of 3 Miles.

Eſay ſaith, God Spanned out the Heavens: which were parted, by 12: As Their Span. And David Saith, Thou haſt made my Dayes as a Palm: or Tap: of 24. as Barley Corns: which being ſooneſt ripe, was Meaſure, to their Meaſures. An Heb word, akin, to That they uſe, for Thoughts, and Hayrs. As the Engliſh ſay, a Thought more or leſſe: and To an Hayr, or Hayrs bredth: and Cutting Hayr, is as old as Hours, in Pliny.

And from Barly Corns, To Digits, and Inches. 12 Inches a Foot. As 24 the Rule, or Regle (Foot in Heb:) 24 Foot, the Perch: as Stafford: and 24 of Hen. 8. in the Exchequer.

24 Blancks, a Perit: 20 Perits a Droit. 24 Droits a Mite: and 20 Mites a Grain. 24 Grains a Penny: and 20 Pennies an Ounce (of 24 Scruples:) and 12 Ounces, a Pound.

But the Hebrew Pound, 1200 Gerahs: 120 Drams (of 60 grains) or 60 Sheckles. Whence the Engliſh Skales.

6 Obbols, made the Attick: 12 the Heb▪ Dram: and 24 their Shekle: and their Selang, as the Engliſh Shilling, or 12 d. and 24 Aldermen.

3000 Shekels made the Talent, which was ſtill 6000 Drams: But Double to the Grecian. So that an Attick Talent of Gold, as the Sun, to the Jewiſh Moon; of 360l. As Days in their year.

And if Paul of Times (at Areopagus) do allude to That of Moſes: Then are Times alſo parted, as the Sons of Iſrael, by 12.

Jacobs hand on Eſau's heel (in Ezdras) the beginning of a New World. As One of the 12 the Jewes record, for Doubling the Old; as they ſpeak. He was from Noah, the 12th. and Born 12 years after the Death of Arphaxad: the 12th from Adam. As we ſaw Chuſh; Mizraim, and Javan.

And as Eber (or Ever) had Jer… ah, the Moon: with 12 Brethren (as 12 Months, or 12 Hours of Night, in Hazar Maveth:) So, Jacob, 12 Sons of Light: as Iſhmael 12, of Darkneſs. And at all Great Changes, of the World, we ſee a ſignal 12. or 24.

As Sodoms 12 years Bondage: as hours, of Darkneſs; Before the Light, with Ab. Who had the Seal and Promiſe of Iſaak, at 24: Or 99, from p. 32duplicate page p. 33duplicate page p. 3475. His Eldeſt Nephews, Iſhmaels 12 (As Eſaus) before Jacobs.

From Aegypt, 12 Tribes: 12 Fountains: 12 Stones, in Jordan: 12 more at Gilgali: and at Eball.

God Appointed 12 Princes; and Then, 12 Par…ers: to Divide the Land. And who made me a Judge, or a Divider?

David, was the 12th from Jacob; and the 24th from Noah. Then, a Giant had 24 Digits. And his Laſt Battle, with Abner (Father of Light) deſtroyed 12, on either ſide: with 360: for Dayes, and Hours alſo. To make a New World: at His New Jeruſalem. And Time Paſſed away, Ʋpon Him, and All Kingdoms (As 1 Cron. 29, 30) As, Time Paſſeth away, at the 7th Trumpet: before the New Jeruſalem.

And for Watches, of 3 Hours. Samuel ſpake to Saul, of 3 Dayes, 3 Men, 3 Kids, and 3 Loaves. David had 3 Brethren with Saul (who had 3 Sons, Slain together:) hid himſelf 3 Dayes; and then bowed, 3 times, to Jonathan; and had 3 Sons of Serviah; with 3 other Worthies: 3 years of Famine, and 3 Dayes of Peſtilence; which he Choſe, before 3 Months War, or 3 years Dearth. Abſalon was baniſhed 3 years, and had 3 Sons; and 3 Darts, in his Heart.

Elijah Stretched, on the Child, 3 times; and bid them pour water thrice, on his Altar. Which had 12 Stones, and 12 Barrels, of Water. And Eliſha, ploughed, with 12 Yoak of Oxen; and himſelf with the 12th.

Ezra, from Ahava, the 12th Day: with 12 Prieſts, and 12 Levites: offering 12 Bullocks, and 12 Goats, at Jeruſalem.

Nehemiah's Time had 12 Elders; and 12 Levites; keeping Watches, in Reading, Singing, Praiſing, and Praying. Whence haply, Watching to Pray. And comparing him, with Zech. we may find, 12 Gates; in his New Jeruſalem, on the 24th of the 6th Month: As His Covenant, on the 24th of the 7th. As Daniels Great Viſion was the 24th of the firſt. Zechs the 24th of the 10h: Haggies the 24th of the 6t, and 24th of the 9th: From this Day I will Bleſs you. As the 2d Temple was Founded, on the 24th; and afterwards clenſed, on the 25th of the 9th; in Hag…y and Machabes.

Our Saviour, wi…h the Doctors, at 12 years: had 12 Diſciples: 12 Baskets, and 7 Loaves: for 7 Dayes, and 12 Hours: and healed an iſſue of 12, and Raiſed one of 12 years. Which may allude To the 12 hours of Darkneſs: As the 12 years of Sodoms Bondage: which may be Types, of 12 Prophetick years before His Coming, To fulfill That of Ab. and Melchizedeck: Bleſſing him, by the Moſt High God, Poſſeſſor of Earth, as of Heaven before. As our Saviour, (when he exulted in Spirit) and the 24 Elders; or Preſidents, of All the 24 Hours. At the Trumpet of the 7th Month in Rev. 11. For, Every month began with Trumpets: But the Feaſt of Trumpets did begin the 7th, For Atonement, Releaſe, and Tabernacles.

The Jews, Holy things, in 12, and 24. The Common Title, of their Bibles, is, The 24. And the Firſt, hath 12 Great Sections; As the laſt, 12 Little Prophets.

And the Prieſts, had 24 things from God: and offered, 24: or 12 Cakes, in 24 halves, Dayly. And the Shew-bread, was in 12, of 24 Omers. As 24 Leviticus. 12 Holy Garments, had 12 Pretious Stones, in Ouches. K… hath, 24, Cities: Or Levi, Twice 24. As the Little Sections of Geneſis.

The Temple Courts, 24 Cubits high: and either walk, had 24 Pillers; of 12 Cubits, round: As the Brazen Sea, had 12 Oxen: and Both Temples. (As Ezekiels) 12 Little Chambers; on either ſide: As Day and Night, had 12 hours apiece.

p. 35Their Laſt Altar, 24 Cubits. As they took, Ezech 43: of 12, and 12. Though ſome, of 12, by 12; or 144: As the Walls, of the New Jeruſalem: With 12 Gates, 12 Pearls, 12 Fruits. The Woman in the Sun; with the Moon; and 12 Stars: As Joſephs Dream, of Sun and Moon and 12 Stars.

All the Standers (or their Repreſentatives.) As the Prieſts, and Levits, with Nethinims: Singers, Porters, or Watchers (at 24 places) in 24 Courſes: by David: from Noah, the 24th.

The Camp and Levits, Under 4 Standards; as the 4 Watches. And our Saviour, walked on the Sea, at the 4th Watch. As the Roman Times, had 4 Watches; both of Day, and Night; in Cenſorinus.

Firſt, about Camillus Time, we find their Hours, in Livy. Watches, in their Ancient Laws, and Hiſtories. As Scipio, came to Trebia, the 4th Watch. Hanibal, for Tarentum, at the 4th Watch. Antiochus, fled To Sardis, by Midnight: and to Apamea, by the 4th Watch. Craſſus jeſted at Dejotarus, Building in the 4th Watch: or 11th Hour of his Life.

The Little Watches, had but 3 Hours, a piece. (Though ſome contend for 4; and a Middle Watch, in Judges:) As, our Saviours Twelve Hours, parted, at the 3d, and 6t, and 9th. And ſo, the Watchers (which is Daniels word:) Cryed, Holy, Holy, Holy, Thrice: As 3 Hours, in a Watch. But Antient Copies, have it, 9 times: the ſquare of 3: and both, were Sacred, to Others alſo; For their 3 Graces, and 9 Muſes.

And, as 1 and 2, make 3: and 3 more, 6 (or twice 3:) So the Sum of Theſe 3, differs, from the next 3, by 9. and the 3d 3, maketh 24. As the 3d from it, 42 (which is 24, Turned) 24, and 42, make 66. As the 7th 3: 60. and the 8th, 69. For, the Summes, differ All by 9. And They are, Up and down (or forward and backward) the Same figures, 0. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. As in this Table.

1. 2. 3. = 06.

4. 5. 6. = 15.

7. 8. 9. = 24.

10. 11. 12. = 33.

13. 14. 15. = 42.

16. 17. 18. = 51.

19. 20. 21. = 60.

And ſuppoſing Numbers, to be Lines. As, there are, but 4 Simple Chords (as 4 Watches:) So, but 8, Simple Arks: As the parts of Day and Night, are Arks in Heaven. And as 4, is the Firſt, of All Sonares (as its Name in Heb.) So is 8, of Cubes: which may All be Reſolved, by 8: As Sonares by 4. And as 4 and 8, make 12 (which is 3 times 4:) So, 3 times 8, make 24: As Hours, in All the Watches: Arks, of Heaven. Which are All, eaſily parted by 3 (which is to Slice, in Hebr.) As Each Ark, is made, of 3, differing, leſſer Arks: or Sides, of a Triangle. Which may alſo, be repreſented, by 3 Points; As a Chord, by 2.

And if we find, the Proper ſound, of All theſe Characters; and give them Proper Names: We may expreſs, All Perſons, Things, and Motions (with their Moods and Times) In an Eaſy way of Speaking, and Writing. With an Alphabet, of Natures plaineſt Characters (As Points, for Spirits, and Vowels: Chords, for the 4 Liquids, and Simple Bodies: As Archs, for Mixt, or M…es: which may be made, Aſpirate, Or Animate, by a Point or Spirit, in them.) and of Things alſo: To be Known, by Characters; expreſſed, by Proper Sounds.

But to the Jewiſh Watches. As the Leſs, had 3 Hours apiece, ſo the Greater 6. and ſo, the Greateſt Harmonies, are made by Halves, and Quarters, p. 36to their Wholes: As Eights and Fifts, and Thirds, in Muſick. And, As Day, or Night, had 4, of 3 a piece; So Both together, 4 of 6 apiece. As the 4 Corners, in 6 Sides, of a Cube. To be reſolved, by 6 alſo: As by 8.

Divids, Solomons, and Nehemiahs, Day, was Parted, by 4 Parts. And ſo, the 4 Watchers, had 6 wings apiece: which made up 24. And ſo their Tap, or Palm, had 24 parts, in 4 Digits: of 6 apiece: and their Cab, had 24, in 4 Logs: and 24 Logs, made their Seah: 3 Seahs, their Bath (or Epha) 6 Hins; or 10 Omers. As 10 Ephas, made their H…mor; or an Aſſes Load: or Attick Corus. Whoſe Dragm, was 6 Obbols; and their Cadus, or Amphora, 12 Congii; Choes: and the very number of Cad, in Hebr is 24.

The Temple Walls, 24 in Hight: to 6 Cubits breadth. And of 4 Kinds of Death; They had 6, For ſtrangling; and Thrice 6, for Stoning.

And in Sacrifice, God took 6 Parts. The Cheek and Breaſt, and Shoulder; For the Upper Regions; and the Reins, and M…w, for the Lower: with The Midriff; As the Firmament; Between the Upper, and the Lower Waters. As Pſal. 148.

Our Body, the Little World. Our Foot, the 6… part of our Hight: As our Cubit, the 4th. Our Head, the Heavens Ab…ve: with all its Sphears: in Circles of the Cerebellum. Our Jawes Open As the Horizon; between the 2 Hemiſphears. And Jamb, is akin, to the Hebr Jom, a Day (as Jam, Now: and I am, in the Preſent Tence.) Our Ears, akin to Years: and the Heb. Years, akin to Teeth: or Shinne. Whence our Chin: and Shin. And the Feweſt Teeth, are 24; with 4 Watchers; Higher then the Reſt. As 4 Sabbaths, of the Month; with 24 Dayes. And Time, is Kept, in our Temple Pulſes: called Tempora.

Here alſo, the 7 Spirits, before the Throne (As 7 Planets:) in our 7 Nerves. As the 7 Lamps, of the Candle-ſtick; before the Oracle: with its Cherubins of Glory, Shadowing the Mercy-Seat. As our Eyes, with their Rain-bows: the Throne of God, and Chriſt: in the little Pupill, of our Eye, they called Elſhon: or the Little Man of the Eyn. As Taking in, the Viſible Species, at that Pinhole, of the Dark Cloſet. And the Species may be Direct (and not Reverſed) As Our Eyes ſee them. But in One Eye, at Once: almoſt demonſtrative.

Our Heart, the Earth beneath: with its Sphear, of Waters, in the Pericardium: and of Ayr, in the Lungs. With a mutual Tide, of Light and Darkneſſe, in Reſpiration: and the Hears Diaſtole. Like the Altar of Incenſe, before the Veile: With 12 Cakes of Shew Bread; Made of 24. As our Heart, is Circled, with 12 Ribs, on either ſide (and 7 of them, Better then the reſt:) and 24 Rackets, of the Back: as 7 Spondils, in the Neck. And the ſame Heb words, are Thoughts, of our Heart; and Branches of a Tree (which is alſo, the Back-bone, or Spinal Marrow) and for Sprouts of the Earth.

Our Bowels, The Waters under the Earth. And their Name, akin, to the Waves of the Sea: and their Off-ſpring, As the Gravel thereof (as Eſay 48.) and their Yearings, or Yarnings, As the Tides of the Sea. With a Conſtant Circulation, of Blood, and All Humours; for Intermitting …eavours.

This Region, hath our Stomach: As the Fire Altar, in the Lower Court, and Laver. For, the Prieſt came (As our Saviour, and Every Child) by Water; and by Blood: and the Spirit, in the Blood. So that Here alſo, were All the 3 Witneſſes, on Earth; As thoſe in Heaven.

And the 7 Metalls, or Planets, of p. 37the Lower Heaven: In Our Spleen, Liver, Gall (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Above the Sun of our ſtom: As Venus, Mercury, the Moon, below it:) Bladder, Reins, and Teſticles. Theſe Teſtes, draw down Fire, From our Heaven Alſo.

6 Bowels. One Duodenum (or 12 Digits:) and the Ilia, 12 Times as Long. Their many Folds, and Yarnings, are the Scripture ſhadow, of Gods Manifold Bowels; akin to the Womb alſo. The Bowels, are as Many Cubits, as Hours, and Watchers, in a Day: or Dayes, in a Month. As in Theon: long before the Italian, of our Bodies Symmetry.

Merſennus Rules for Reſpiration, and Others, for our Pulſes, in an Hour; may ſhew it poſſible, to reckon Times, as Canaan did, by the Flowings of Jordan. Which had its, 3 Regions, and Seas, alſo. Merom, the Ʋpper Waters; As our Brain; Above the Firmament. And Kinſereth, the Harp and Heart, beneath. And S…dam, Their Secrets: in Heb. As the Greateſt Secret, in Nature: and Grace alſo. When we ſee, the Return of Sodam, and its Great Myſteries: with Thoſe of Eſter. The Miſterious Daughter of Hades: akin to the Moon: and Myrtils: and to Him, among the Myrtils, in the Bottom: with the Grim Horſes, Speckled and white, in Zechary.

Tides are Turned, at 6 Hours, in the Great Ocean: As the Sun and Moon: at the 4 Cardinal Points. Diſtant, 6 Hours apiece: As the Trepicks 6 Months. And the Solſtices. As the Poets make Proſerpina, 6 in Heaven, 6 in Hell.

And 6, is the Number of Change and Motion: As 7 of Reſt. And That, For Earth, As This, for Heaven alſo. For, the I…ws diſtinguiſh the Watches, on Earth, and Heaven: by Differing time. and themſelves Diſpute, whether the Little Watches had 3 or 4 hours apiece. And (to end the quarrel) They had Either; or Neither: at ſeveral ſeaſons.

For, the Little Watches, of their ſhorteſt Day, had but 2 hours and half: and their Longeſt, 3 and an half: which was ſignal with Them alſo, for daily ſacrifice, and for the Paſſeover: at 3 hours and half, from Noon. As in the Talmud. 3 and half, is half 7: and their Service, was at a 7th hour: as the morning Sacrifice, at the 2d 7th, or 14th hour; and the Evening, at the 3d 7th, or 21ſt. But the 9th Hour of the Day, from Morning: the Hour of Prayer, and the Great Minha.

For, although the Morning was for Seeking, (as its Heb Names, imply) yet Evening, was for Finding, God, in all the Bible. Who appeared, at the Evening Sacrifice: the Time of Feaſting. As the Marriage Supper; and the Supper of the Lamb (or the Paſſover:) with the Lords Supper: As in Primitive Times: much rather, then at Dinner: or in Morning. Which was M…urning Time: and for Judgement: as Evening for Mercy. As if God, would come, and ſhew his Mercies, more, in the Cloſe, or Evening, of the World, then in the Morning: which he choſe for Iudgements.

So, to Sodom, Aegypt, Corah, Dathan, and Abiram: ſo, to Iſrael, alſo, divers Times. As at the Peſtilence, in David. Who ſaith,

My Rebuke, is in the Morning: Chaſtened every Morning: As the Scholler; called up to School. And in the Morning, I will cut off the Wicked. and in the Morning, the Righteous ſhall have Dominion over them: and when thou awakeſt, Thou wilt deſpiſe their Image. And haſt thou conſidered the Morning Spring: which I made, to ſhake the wicked out of the Earth? As the black Clouds, by the Morning Light, as Job 38. and Rev. 2.

p. 38Eſay ſaith, The wicked ſhall not know, the Morning of their Iudgement. For, the Bridegroom, comes at Midnight; and the Fooliſh Virgins Cry, in the Morning Watch. As at the Red Sea. Zephany ſaith, He bringeth his Judgements, to Light in the Morning.

And the Scripture calls, for Judgeing in the Morning: or before the Judges Head, or Heart is Clouded. As the Iews expound, That ſaying of Solomon: Wo to Thee, O Land, where Princes Eat in the Morning: when they ſhould be Praying: or Judging.

Which may lead us up, To the Firſt Judgement. Which they place at the 2d Morning, of Creation: When the Lord did Judge his Own Acts, of the Day before. (As Examine your ſelves in Bed, and he ſtill:) and That Judgement, did Separate the Waters, on the Right Hand, and Left. Sending ſome Down: and Taking Others Up: Above the Firmament. As the Firſt Emblems of Election and Reprobation. As the Goats of Seir (the Goat) and Lambs of Rachel, the Sheep (as in Heb:) with Her Benjamin; or S…n of the Right Hand: As Leah, the Left. But, at the Paſſover, the Goats were accepted; as the Sheep: and ſome, at all New Moons, and Solemn Eeaſts: for Sin-offerings.

But the Firſt Judgement, was about, the 40th hour, of Creation, or 42. As That Number, is, For Judgements, and Puniſhments, in all the Bible. As 40 Stripes, and 40 Dayes, and 40 years, and 42 Months, or 42 Manſions. As 42 Children, by the Bears of Eliſha. And 42, is 6 times 7; or 7 times 6; and ſo the Great Criſis of 6 and 7, which is, Reſt and Motion. As Fine Twined Linnen, called Six (in Heb.) Doubled, on the Tabernacle Door: or Turned.

Every 6 hours, Turn the Sun and Moon, at Cardinal Points, or Quarters of Heaven: called Spirits in Heb. As if Angels, ſtood, at the 4 Quarters of Heaven, or 4 Corners of the Earth: as 4 Watches, and 4 Winds: Turning the Hour Glaſs of Time. Which is but a change, and flux of Mite, which is Motion; or Mites, or Moats (in Heb. The Ʋppermoſt part of the Duſt:) As Skie doth alſo ſignifie, in that Language.

As if All, the Tides of Time, and the Ocean, were but Turning an Hour-Glaſs: of the Moon and Earth: about the Guilt Rundle of the Sun. And as One goes up, it empties out the Moats, or Sand, or little Tinning atomes (in Hebr) To the Other. So that, When the Moon is higheſt, the Earth is fulleſt, or the Waters Higheſt, in the Sea: Or its Central Fire, makes it like a Boyling Pot, whoſe water leaves the bottom. as the 64th of Eſay, with Iob, and the Pſalms.

6 hours, Turn the Sun and Moon: and 4 times 6, Turn Light into Darkneſſe. Which was firſt Done, at the 25t… hour, of Creation. And 25, is the Lower Root, of 666. That great number of Change, and Motion; to the Sun, Moon, World, Church, and All: as anon.

6 times 6 hours, bring up the Sun, of the 2d Day: and 10 times 6 the 3d. Which Turneth downwards, at the 65t and 66 (the ſignal Number in the Jewiſh year of 24 and 42.) 6 times 6 is 36: and 10 times 36, or 360 Hours, bring up the Full Moon: and ſo many Dayes, the Full Year: To the Eaſtern Nations. Aegypt added 5 Days: and at length, 6 Hours. And this became the Julian year: which Caeſar had from Aegypt. 1461 Aegyptian years (of 365 Dayes) make 1460 Julian. Which they called the Great Cynick, or Sothiack year: As at the Do…-ſtar. This was juſt 200 more then 1260: which is 3 and an half 360.

Months, in the Eaſt, had 30 dayes apiece: and ſo we finde 150 Dayes, in the 5 firſt Months, of the Flood: and p. 391260 Days, in 42 months. But they ſay, that if the New Moon were ſeen in the 30th Day; It was counted for the firſt, of the Month following. But of late, the Jews go by Mean Motions: and account 59 Dayes, For 2 Months. Short of the True Middle Motion, by an Hour, and about 29 minutes.

And though they found a way, to reconcile their Lunar months, To the Solar year: we need it not. For, God hath bounded out our way, by Dayes: when Ever the year began. For, the firſt 14th Day, was the Paſsover: and 15th the Feaſt of Unleavened Bread (for 7 Days more:) and 16th, for the Firſt fruit Omer: and the 50th next, was Pentecoſt. And the Feaſt of Trumpets, was the firſt: Atonement, the 10th: and Tabernacles, 15th, of the 7th month of their year, when Ever it began. Which From Aegypt, was about the New Moon, next the Vernal Equinox: which muſt be Paſt, they ſay, before the Paſsover. But we need not diſpute it. Though it might be cleared, by their beſt Authors: and by Anatolius, and Euſebius: As of late, by Petitus.

With the Roman Yoak, (they ſhunned ſo, by Crucifying Chriſt) They were forced, To the Julian Form alſo. Yet they kept their Feaſts, by Moons: and made them Tables, much like Ptolomies. In other things, they could admit the Julian year: and the rather, becauſe the 6 odd Hours, in ſingle years, did keep their Equinox, at a Cardinal point; or one of their Great Watches.

But others, kept the 6 odd Hours, Till they made a Day: and ſo, the 4th year, was Biſſextile: from the 6t Calends of March (or 24th of February) Doubled. That the Dayes of the week, or Feriae, might keep their wonted letters, in the Common Cycle.

And there is Greater Harmony, by Julian years in 4. then ſeemeth to be known, to them that firſt uſed it.

For, as the 4th Watch of Creation, brought up the Firſt Light; and the 4th Day, the Firſt Sun; and the 4th Week, the Moon, to meet the Sun again: ſo, the 4th Year, brings them to meet in the ſame Day of the Week: and is not 2 minutes, more or leſs, then 14 dayes, above the Jubilie of 49 Moons. Which ſtill return, To the ſame Day of the Week.

And 8 years, have 3 minutes more, then a full month of Weeks, above▪ 98 Moons: Or a day and half, with 41 minutes, leſs then 99. So that, in 8 ſcore years, they want, but one day, and one Hower, of meeting; as before: and in 1600 years, but 10 days, and 10 Howers.

So that, meeting, on the 11th of May, and 10 Houers, after noon, in the Firſt of Chriſt: They met again, in 1601: the Firſt of May, juſt at noon.

And parting, the years of Chriſt by 4 (and ſo, the Julian Period, After 9, or rejecting 9:) The Remainder ſheweth how long, the year propoſed, is After a Biſſextile: And the Quotient ſheweth, that the Sun and Moon met, ſo many fortnights, from their former meeting, As there be Ʋnits, in that Quotient.

Which being added, To the year propoſed; and All divided by 7: The Remainder, is the Day, of the Week, for the Firſt of May (And by conſequence, for the 2d of Octob. 3d of Ap. and July: 4th of Septemb and Decemb. 5th of June: and 6th of March and Novemb.) For the year propoſed: And, for the firſt, 8. 15. 22. and 29. of January following: and ſo forward, in the next year alſo.

But if nothing remain, at this Diviſion, by 7, The firſt of May (and every Day aforeſaid) is the 7th Day, of the Week; the Jewiſh Sabbath.

Thus, we get the Days of the Week, for 2 years together: and the Mean p. 40Synods, and Luminations. Which are Equall; and may differ, from the Viſible, by 14 Hours: or as much, as the Longeſt Day, at Jeruſalem: The Great Sun Dyall, To the World.

And for Eclipſes alſo. The Moons Latitude, is much alike in 4 years: and the Suns Anomaly, returns, in 4 years. And 4, Julian years, have juſt 1461 Days: As the Great Egyptian Soth, had 1461 years.

But if any chooſe another way of Epact. The Arabick Lunar year, is juſt, 10 dayes and 21 hours, leſs, then the Solar: of 365 dayes, 5 hours, and 48 minutes. But the Common Julian, Greater, then 12 Moons; by 10 dayes, 10 hours, 10 halfs, and 10 minutes. And the Lunar month, about a day and half, half hour, and quarter, more, then a month, of 4 Weeks.

And though the Lunar year, is thus, too long, by 10 or 12 minutes, yet it ſuits the Julian: which is ſo much alſo, too long. So that, the Equinox, is changed, from Evening to Morning, in 65 years. Which may be one, of many reaſons, for the 65 days of the year, in Canaan: which Ptolomy placeth at 65 degrees of Longitude.

And a Great man did make the Suns Radius, 64, or 65, times bigger then the Earths. And many make the Moons Greateſt (or Mercuries Leaſt) diſtance, to be 65, of the Earths Radij. And the Suns Mean Diſtance, 1288; and Greateſt, 1334 (or 1335.) As Longom…nt. Which is but 2 more then twice 666: or 1332. or half 65 more, then 20 times 65.

And before the Flood, 2 were born, at 65 (Good Enochs Father, and Son:) One After it. Eber, at Arphaxads 65th.

Twice 65, is 130. and 130 Hours of Creation, brought up Adam; As 130 years Seth▪ Set, in Abels room; As Tabernacles, After Pentecoſt, 130 days. And in 130 years, the Equinox, changeth an whole day: As 12 Howers, in 65 years.

Seth at 130, and Enos in 235 (which make 365:) and Then, they began to Proclaim the Nune of Jehovah (as in Exod. 34.) in a way of Churches. And the Paſchall Lambs (to repreſent the Ch:) were ſet apart, and Tryed, on the 10th Day of the Firſt month: Whoſe Noon is Hour 234, 235. And 235 Moons, do make the common Cycle, which they call, the Golden Number: of 19 years, or Moons 235. Which, bring the Synod, To the Same Day again. But He, that uſeth the former Rule, hath little want, of other Cycles.

Enos, at 235: and his Sonn, at 325 (which is 235 Turned:) and as, 235 Hours, Tyed up the P. Lambs: So 325, came, to the morning Sacrifice, of the Paſsover. So that Theſe 2, repreſent the mourning Ch. of God (which is ſtill counted, but as Sheep for ſlaughter:) As the name of Kainan may intimate. As Kain, and his Son Irad, the Beaſt, or Kine, in our Engliſh Hebrew.

Kainan, Mourning: Mahalael, Bleſſing God: At his Fathers 70. Type of all the 70, through the Bible. As 70 Hours, To the Great Minha, of the 3d Day. Which beginneth, with the Jubilie, of 49 Hours: 7 by 7 (Return and Reſt: Which are both, in the Word Sabbath.) And the firſt 3d day of Creation, brought up the firſt Living things, as Herbs (Thy Dew is the Dew of Herbs: and the Earth ſhall caſt out her Dead:) and Thence it might be the day of Reſurrection: As for cleanſing the Leper (on the 3d and 7th) and Defiled, by the Dead. For, After 2 dayes, he will revive us, and the 3d will quicken us.

And the Firſt, Fruit Omer, was Heaved up, on the 3d Day, after the Paſs-over. (As Chriſt, Raiſed, on the p. 413d day; and its Evening Sacrifice at 70 hours: As Mahalael, 70 years, after Kainan.

One of them was Born 1260 years, the other 1332, before the Flood. One dyed in the year 1235, and the other 1290. the Times of the Mourning, and Rejoycing, Churches of God; in all ages.

The Firſt Fruit Omer, on the 6th Day, After the P. Lambs Tyed: As Adam came up, on the 6th Day of Creation. And the Morning Sacrifice of the 6th Day, was at Hour 135: As the Evening of the 8th (For Circumciſion and the Chriſtian Sabbath) was at Hour 187.

And from Pentecoſt, To the Great Hozanna, Days 135. As 187, in all, To the Great Atonement. And 187, between the Vernall and Autumnall Equinox: in Hipparchus and Ptolomy. As 187, in the Great Feaſt of Aſuerus, in Eſter: and 187 Chapters in the Pentateuck. And the Temple Courts, 187 Cubits, and 135. Mahalaels name in Heb is 136. and his Son Jared, was born, 135, and lived 187, After Kainan. And as 70 H…urs, are ſignall, in the 3d Day, and 70 Days, in the 3d month, for Pent: ſo 90 Hours for noon of the 4th Day (which was firſt to the Sun at Creation) and 90 days, bring up the 4…h month: and 90 years brought up the 4th man, Kainan: At his Fathers 90. So the 8th, Methuſela, begat Lamech, at 187: and Lamech Noah, at 182. which is twice 91. As 182, and 187, Hours, are Morning and Evening Sacrifice of the 8th Day, for Reſt, or Noah.

Kainans Death, from Lamechs Birth, 361: as his Birth, before Methuſela, 362: and twice 365, before Noah; 365, before Jareds End. And as Lamech, lived 777; So Kainan, was twice 666, before the Flood; 669 After Enochs 365. As Mahalaels Death, before the Flood, 365. And ſo, from the Flood, or Arphaxads Birth, To Abraham in Canaan, 365. As the Jews reckon their Veines, and Negative Precepts. As Days, in a year: and Hours, before the morning of the Firſt Fruit Omer. Which was 135 Hours after the day of Tryall. Which began 1335 Hours before the Morning Sacrifice of Pentecoſt (1260 Hours after the Preparation to the …aſsover; or Firſt of Hamans Lots:) And at Pentecoſt, the Lambs and Great Peace-Offerings of the Church, were Heaved up: with the Firſt Fruits of Wheat: an Emblem of the Churches Riſing, in ſo many dayes or years: As in Daniel, and the Revelation.

And now, ſeeing all theſe Harmonies, to meet, in Holy Enoch (who was Heaved up, as the Firſt Fruit Omer, After as many years, as Hours, To its Morning: or Days in a year: and begetting his Son, at 65, as days to Pent and many other 65, in the Jewiſh year.) And the next came up, at 187, as Days, before Atonement: and between the Vernall and Autumnal… Equinox:) We need not doubt to begin, our Great Jewiſh year, at Enoch: and to go forward, To all the Feaſts, and Faſts, of their year: Till at length, we come, To the Greateſt Feaſt, of Tabernacles and Releaſe: which we are ſeeking.

Though it be not eaſie to fix the ſeaſon of Creation: which is not agreed, in the Talmud: but ſome place it, At the Great Day, of the 2d Temple, and the New Jeruſalem, in the latter end of the 6th month. And they have a kinde of Tradition, as if Adam found his Firſt Days ſhortning, and the Sun Declining. As the Pſalm for one afflicted, cryeth, Thou haſt ſhortned my Days; and I am like a ſhadow, that Declineth. As Adam; At his Fall. Which many place, about the Great Faſt of Expiation.

As if, the Fall of the Leaf, in Autumn, p. 42were an annuall Emblem of Adams Fall (and eating of the Tree, from which, the Leaves Then fall:) and the Floods Riſing, at that ſeaſon, were as Natures Weeping, over the Fall: or waſhing us with Tears. As our Bluſhing (at the ſence of Guilt) may ſeem the voyce of Nature, waſhing us with Blood: or crying, Somewhat Now is Done, that muſt be waſht with Blood: and without it, N… Remiſſion.

The Flood, was At the ſeaſon, of the Sun in Aquarius: Then about the Winter Solſtice: juſt at Methuſelas Death. As his Name in Heb: His Death a Dart, or Deluge. And he Dyed, at 969 years. As Hours, to the Morning Watch of the 41ſt Day of the year, at which, they ſay, he was Dead: When Noah was bid to fill the Ark.

Which began, at His 480 year (As the Temple, at 480, from Moſes Ark:) and of the World, 1536. As Hours 1536, come juſt, To Pentecoſt: As 480, To the laſt, and Great Day, of Ʋnleavened Bread.

The Flood, was in the year, 1656: and Hours 1656, come juſt, to the 70th Day: very like to make Great Changes.

There were 40 Days of the year, before the Death of Methuſela; or filling the Ark: and 40 days of Rain: and 40 days of Decreaſe, before the Raven.

40 Days, are Hours 960. As Methuſala and Noah, lived, to the laſt, of twice 960 years. And again, there were 960 years, between the firſt and 2d Ark, at Shiloh (Peace and Reſt:) a Type of Jacohs Shiloh:) 45 from Egypt, 430 from the Promiſe, 365 from the Flood; which began, 120 years after the Ark, and mans day of 120 years.

As ſome make the Equinox to Change a day, in 120 years: As from Moſes Ark of Bulruſh, To the Flood of Jordan, when and where he dyed. As 120 Shekles of Gold, in His Tabernacle. 120 Cubits, in the Temple Porch. 120 Prieſts; and 120 Trumpets: at Solomon. Who had 120 Talents, Given him; and offered, 120000 Sheep at his Dedication. As 120 Levits of Note, in David: and 120 Chriſtians, in Acts the 1ſt. As 120 men of the Great Councel in Ezra: who came in 120 dayes, from Babylon; which had, 120 Provinces, in Daniels time. So the Jews, had 120 Days, from the Day of Tryall, To their Doomſday (As 120 years of Tryall, before the Flood:) and 120 days from Doomſday, To the Profanation of the Temple, on the 15th of the 9th. As from the Laſt of Pentecoſt, To the Great Faſt, 120.

3 Times 120, makes 360; 3 and half, 420; and 3 of theſe, or 3 and half 360, make 1260: the Time of the Ch Driven, or Trodden by the Beaſt. As at firſt, the Beaſts Reigned, till Adam came up to govern them. Which wasnot till 120 Hours: or 5 Days: As between the Day of Tryall, and the Firſt Fruit Omer.

And as the firſt Ark began, 960 years, before the 2d was fixed, at Shiloh; ſo the Flood began, 960 years, before the Flood Kiſhon, ſweeping Jabin, or Siſera, before Barak and Debora. Types of the Churches Reſt, in the 83d Pſalm: and 84 Hours, are 3 days and half. And Barak may allude, To the Flood, in That, of Kiſhon; the Ancient Flood: (O my Soul, Thou haſt Trodden down ſtrength!) And Eſay ſaith, You make a Ditch of the Old Pool: but regard not Him, that made it Long agoe.

And again, 960 years, between the 2d Temple, and the 2d Ark, which Flitted, 40 years, in the Wilderneſs, from the 20th day of the 2d month; As the firſt Ark floated, on the ſame day of that month, through the 40 days of Rain: and 3 times 40 more (as the 2d Ark, 40 years, from the Philiſtins) before it reſted on Ararat. (As Thoſe, p. 43that flew Senacherib: Compared to the Flood, in the 8th and 17th of Eſay:) upon the 17th of the 7th month: which came to be, the 3… of Taberna…les. As if God would hint, his Churches Reſt ſhould Come, about the Time, of the Feaſt of Tabernacles.

That 17th day, of the 7th month, did end the firſt 150 dayes of the Flood: and 150 Days have Hours 3600: As ſeconds, in an Hour. And 3600 years, come from the Mourning Church, at Enos or Kainan, To our Saviour: Or from Abrahams Call to Canaan (whence we may begin the Churches Flittings in Tents and …abernacles:) To the year of Chriſt 1670, or 1675. And if That be the 3d of Tabernacles, Then, its Firſt, is about, 1666.

Firſt the Raven (or Evil ſpirit, ſent or caſt out, of Heaven, or the Church, as in Revel 12. and Luke 10. 18.) and Then, the D…ve, both went, and came. As the Good Spirit, on our Saviour, Coming out of Jordan: As the Firſt Baptized Noah, did from the Flood. And the Olive branch (which muſt be Green, or elſe no ſign of the Floods decreaſe: for it might have Swum from the very firſt may ſhew us the ſeaſon of the year: as Luke 21. 30.

About 292 days of the Flood: or year; as others reckon it. And Terahs 70, was 292 years After the Flood: and ſo the Jews account Abraham came and Lived with Noah 58 years, as the number of Noah.

And Thus the Promiſe to Abraham or his coming to Canaan, was, as many years, from Enochs Son; as Hours, from the day of Tryall, To Pent. and from the Flood, or Arphs. Birth, as many years as Hours, To the Firſt Fruit Omer: or as Days, in a year: Or in the Flood, if its months were Lunar. But if each, had 30 days (as the firſt 5) It was more then 365 days: from the 17th in the 1ſt year, to the 27th, of the 2d month, in the 2d year.

Which was much about 1332 hours, of That 2d year; as it was, 1332 years, After Kainans Birth. And Enochs Tranſlation was about the middle: Or as near 666, After Kainan, as before the Flood: juſt twice 666, from Kainan.

And Enochs Birth, was 1326 (and ſo, but 6, leſs then twice 666) before Abraham. Who recovered Sodom, by 3 perſons, and 318 En…chs. in Heb. or Catechiſts. As about 318 years of Eber (who was 666, After Noah: and about twice 666, After Mahalael:) and twice 666, After Enochs Son, Methuſelah.

The 4 Kings Conquered by Ab: As Types of the 4 Great Watchers, on Earth: or 4 Monarchies. Of Shinaar, or Babylon. Elam, M…des and Perſians. Elas Sar, the Prince of E…as, or Greece. And the 4th, was Head of the Gentiles or Gojim in Heb. which may be Romans: though there were, eſpecial Gojim, at the Sea of Sodom; and Galilce of the Gentiles. As Haroſheth of the Gentiles: in Joſuah.

The 12 years Bondage, are 4320 days, or years: which added to the Floods 1656, do make 5976. As the Preparation to the Sabbath of 7000: As the Suns Apogeum comes about, in 7000 years: and 5976 want but 24 of 7000.

Abrahams Viſion, hath the Pigeon and Turtle, (as Abraham and Lot, the Good Jews and Gentiles) unbroken, in the breakings or diviſion of the Bullock (a Script▪ emblem both of Egypt and Babylon, with its K. eating Graſs as an Ox:) and of the Ram, or Medes and Perſians in Dan. and the Goat, for the Grecian Monarchy. The Fowls, Chaſed by Abraham, may note the Romans: famous for Ravens (in the Punick Warr) and Eagles; as in Daniel and our Saviour. As the Babylonians were, for Doves; in their Enſigns; and letters about Doves necks. As, fly from the Dove of the North: and as a Trembling Dove, or Jonah, from Aſſyria: p. 44Which alſo, worſhipped the Dove, as That, which kept Semyramis: or Semyrian, Kept by the Dove.

And Abrahams Viſion, had All Beaſts, and Birds, for ſacrifice. And Divers Nations learned ſuch a way of Covenants and Luſtration. Cutting a Bullock (as in Jeremy) with a Ram, and Goat alſo, in Greece. And the Macednians bowed To the Goats Hans, in Juſtine and Plutarchs Pyrrhus.

And the Heifer of 3 years old may denote 1080 years, (as Dayes of 3 years; and Clakins, of their Hours) As years from Abraham, To the Fall of the firſt Monarchy: and Riſing of the 2d. (at the 7th year of Joaſh: or in Amazi…h:) Or of Rome, and Nibonaſſar; with the Greek Olympiads, in Ʋzziah.

3 times 3 years, are 3240 Dayes, or years: From Babel Built, To the Chriſtians Taking J…ruſalem. Or from the Covenant made with Abraham, or the Birth of Iſaak, To Ottoman: and the firſt Roman Jubilie. So alſo, From M…ſes, To Theſe Dayes.

Abraham ſaw his Seed, ſhould be gotten out, by many Plagues (As Sara, was Recovered Thence, by Plaguing Pharaohs Houſe:) and at Sun-ſet: the very ſeaſon of their coming out, as Gen. 15. 17. Deut. 16. 6.

They were called up, at Midnight, after the Paſsover: but got not out, of Aegypt, till the next Sun-ſet: at Hour 360. bringing up the Full M…on, (as Dayes 360, the Full year) and That was Afterwards, the ſeaſon, of the Firſt Fruit Omers Reaping. Which was Heaved up, As They were; and Chriſt was to be. And ſo they carried up the Bones, of Joſeph and the Patriarchs: as Acts 7.

From Ramaſes, they came to Succoth (Tabernacles) and Then to Etham: in the 3d ſtation. As our Saviour ſaid, I Walk to day, and tomorrow, and the 3d day, I ſhall be Perfect. As David alſo: Then, I ſhall be Perfect. Which is Faham, in Heb. There they ſaw the Glory of God, in his Cloud and Piller: Promiſed, to every Cotage on mount Zion: and to All her Churches (which are therefore many) in Eſw 4. This might be Minba time, of the 3d Day, from Aegypt, or at Hour 430. As it was year 430.

They Paſt the Red Sea, upon the 21ſt of that Month (the Laſt and Great Day of Unleavened Bread:) wch began at hour 480. As the Temple, at year 480. and was Dedicated, in the 7th month Ethanim, and Tabernacles: as alluding, both, To Succoth, and E…ham.

The Red Sea in Heb, might be called Red, from the Great Trade for Mimum, and Vermilion; at a Port of it: in very ancient Authors: or from Erythrus, that ruled in the Ilands: where Edom never was. Though once his borders reach to Fzion-geber, on that Sea. But Iſrael did Compaſs Edoms Land, and might not tread upon it: which was ſo remote from This Sea, that the Prophets ſay, His Cry ſhould reach unto it, at his Fall. But Edom is a Glutton, as Adam, in the Orientall tongues: whence E…o and Eat, in many Languages. And though Edon. may be Red alſo, yet improbable, to name That Sea: which reached unto India; in very many Authors.

From This Sea, they came to Sur, or Sure, on the 22d day: and in 3 days more, To Marah (Bitter and Rebellion) much about Hour 666; or noon of the 28th day. At Elim 12 Fountains and 70 Pſalms. Which grow by Bowing: as their Heb name, Tamar. As ſhe, that grew Fruitful in her old age. As Pſalm 92: the Righteous flouriſh as Tamar, in the Hezrons of God. They bear much fruit in Old age: as Tamar did, before Aegypt; to encourage them. And Malachy ſaith, Judah loveth the Daughter of a ſtrange God (as a Cananite p. 45in Geneſis) wherefore God will cut off, Er and Oneh, in One day.

David might remember That of Tamar and Hezcon: when he read, how the women, Bleſſed, his Grand-mother, ſaying, Let thy Houſe be As Tamars ſeed, To Judah. A ſtrange Emblem of the Church, by the ſeed of the Father: while ſhe tarried for Shelah, Shil…h.

From Elim To Sin (on the 15th of the 2d month: as from Aegypt, on the 15th of the firſt) and There they Sin again: by murmuring: Till the Manna came, upon the 3d day, after the Time for the 2d Paſſover: As the Firſt Fruit Omer, on the 3d day, After the firſt Paſſover. And the Law, was at the Time of …entecoſt.

The Golden Calf was in the 4th month: Then they faſt, for Breaking the Tables. And the Caldees, broke up the City, on the 9th of the 4th month.

In the 5th month, They Faſt again for the Heavy Doom, of not Entering into Reſt. Which they reckon the Day of Both Temples Burnt. Or Doomſday.

In the 6 …, they Faſt again, for the Judgements on the Evil Spies. And the 7th began with Trumpets: yet they Faſt again, upon the 3d, for Iſhmacl. But the 10th is the Great Faſt: for Adams Fall (as is thought) when the Sun declined and Day ſhortned, Till the Flood. And thence, increaſed again, and at their leaving Aegypt, the Sun was in Aries (Horned, as the Aegyptian Hammon) at the Vernal Equinex.

And Moſes promiſed, that God would make their Days, As the Days of Heaven. Which Increaſed, till the Height and Heat of the Sun, and ſin, and wrath (which are all, in the Hebr Hamma.) brought a flood of fire, upon their City and Temple, about the Height of the Summer Sun.

And at That Tropick, Their Sun Turned again, (as in Amos 8. And at Hezekiahs ſickneſſe, and our Saviour… Death:) and Declined, as their Dayes ſhortned (as Iſalm 102) Till the Autumnal Equinox: and Great Renewing of the year: or Reſtitution of All things (Acts 3d.) At the Great Releaſe, and Feaſt of Tabernacles: which we ſeek and Expect.

They Entred Canaan, on the 10th of the firſt month, (As Ezech. ſaw the New Jeruſalem upon the 10th of the 1ſt month) the very day, for ſetting apart, the Paſchal Lambs. Its Noon, is hour 234 (as before in Enos, and the Golden Number:) And it was, 234 years, after Jacobs Death.

We may begin the Great year (we diſcuſſe) At This Entering Canaan: or Their Leaving Aegypt. Or the firſt Rearing of the Tabernacle: on the firſt Day of the year. On which, the Earth appeared Dry, to Noah: and Hezekiah began to Cleanſe the Temple (as Ezekiel is Commanded:) and Ezra began to come from Babylon, the firſt day of the year. Flee out of Bobylon, make haſt, and look not back: leaſt you partake of her Plagues: and Remember Lots Wife.

But Ezra came not to Jeruſalem, till the firſt of the 5 …. the Annual Faſt for the Death of Aaron: whom Ezra was to ſupply: and with Nehemiah, To repair the City; Burnt, in that very month in which they came up Thither from Babylon. And then he purged the people: which was finiſhed, on the firſt day of the 2d year, From Babylon: As the Tabernacle was Reared, on the firſt of the 2d year, from Aegypt.

1530 Hours of the year came to the Preparation Evening before the Pentecoſt: beginning at Four 1536: As Noahs Ark began in year 1536. And ſo many years, from Egypt, come to the Great Pentecoſt in Acts 2d. As is more diſcuſſed, in The N…w Iſland. p. 46Where is moſt, or All, or more then All, This Book.

And there can be, but 66 more Days, To the Great D…om: on the 9th or 10…h of the 5…h Month. For, They aſſign it, to both thoſe days. And it might be at Evening, between them both

66 days, have 1584 Hours: and 48 more (for the day, Before, and After) make but 1632. So that the Great D…om, Cometh, in 1632 Hours, or Years, After the Great Pentecoſt in Acts 2d. Which was certainly, before the End of the 34th of Chriſt. Although we do not yet, fix his Birth: but That it may be, 2 or 3 years, before the Common Account. And we Therefore uſe to ſay, About, ſuch, or ſuch a year

And by this account, The Great D…om will be, About the year of Chriſt, 1665: or at moſt, 1666. Which is 1632 years, After the Great Pentecoſt, in His 34th, or ra…her 33d; Which is moſt generally agreed, for the year of His P…ſſion: and the Great Pentecoſt, in Acts 2d.

But I rather look for the Feaſt of Tabernacles: Which was, As many Hours, After the Burning, of Both Temples: As Theſe, were, After Pentecoſt. And I ſuppoſe, the Burning of That City and Temple, by the Romans (within 40 years, After the Great Pentecoſt, in Acts 2d) To be the Fiery Tryal, or Doomſ-day, foretold in divers places.

Ezech. and other Prophets ſay, God would deal Worſe, with I…rael, then with other Nations▪ and our Saviour ſaid, the D…om of That City, ſhould be Worſe, then Ever was, or ſhould be more. Which yet Daniel ſeems to place▪ At Their Ri…ing again, About the Great Feaſt of Tabernacles, now coming. Which will be, a Fiery Tr…al: and a Day, or Hour, of Great, and Sore, and Quick Temptation.

As the Jews Tradition is, that before their Feaſt of Tabernacles, God doth ſit in Jud…em…nt, on the Dead of That Year. And ſo the uſe to Faſt (as ſome now) to know, Who Muſt Dye that Year, by their Shadows or Ghoſts: as Job, and the Pſalms.

Which yet often call, for all the World, to leap, and dance, and ſing, at the Coming of Chriſt, to Judge the World. For, Loe he Cometh! He Cometh! to Judge the World. And His Throne is White. And yet All run away; and call to the Mountains to fall, and Cover them: As I ſhall do: If He be not very Gracious; Which I hope he will.

And the rather, becauſe he promiſeth to gather All Tongues, and Nations, to ſee his Glory: and When he Calleth all Nations, and Kingdoms, to receive his Doom, in Zeph 3d. He Promiſeth the Holy Ghoſt and Fire: with a Pure Language (but to a Poor People:) that they may Al… ſerve him with one Conſent, or Sechem, as before. Which I wiſh, and beg, and long for, more, then Firing, Any Place, in all the world.

And for this Great Feaſt of Tabernacles, we may proceed, by Dayes, and Hours, of the Jewiſh year: As we did before for Pentecoſt: or the Great Doom. Which was, As many Dayes, After Pentecoſt, As Before Tabernacles.

And We may begin, That Great Year, At any Great and Noted Time; Before, or After Egypt: But Rather, Before. For in Egypt, They ſeem to be, as the P Lambs, Tyed up before the Paſſover.

They reckon Amram, Born at 65, from Jacobs going Down (As Pentecoſt was 65t Day of the Year:) and 65 years more, To Aaron. Who dyed a little before the Great Doom, in the 5t month, or 65 Dayes, After Pentecoſt.

And about Aarons Birth, they place the Cruel Edict, of ſlaying the Male Children: 84 years before their p. 47Coming out; and 84 Hours, are juſt, 3 dayes and Half: Or the Time between the Day of Tryall, and the morning of the Paſſe-over; which was Paſt, before their Coming out. As if the Wrath of God, did Paſſe over them, To the Aegyptians: Before their Coming Thence. At the day of the Firſt Fruit Omer: and they paſſed not the bounds of Egypt, or the Sea, Till about the Laſt Day of Unleavened Bread.

Which was, 45 Days, before Pentecoſt: As 45 years, before their ſetling in Canaan, or Calebs Hebron, in Joſh. 14. and 45 is half 90 (the 4th of 360:) and 90 Hours are juſt the Noon of the 4th Day. And the 4th of Creation was the Firſt of the Sun and Moon; the 2 Faithful Witneſſes, in Heaven, as the 89th Pſalm.

From That 45th year After Egypt, we may begin Their Pentecoſts; or from the firſt Sabattical year in Canaan: As many years, from Egypt, As the Day of Pentecoſt, is Dayes; from That on which, They came, from Egypt.

And ſo many years After Enoch, As there are Hours, in the year, To Pentecoſt, or its Preparation Day, which began at Hour 1512; and ended at 1536, as before.

For Enoch, was, 669, before the Flood; which was 292 before Abraham (or his Fathers 70:) and 75 more To his Call, or Coming to Canaan: and 430 more, To their Coming out of Egypt, and 40 more, to Canaan: ſo that 6 more, make up 1512: the firſt Hour of the Preparation To the Pentecoſt. And if Abraham were Born After his Fathers 70, There may be, as many years, from Enoch, To their Entering Canaan, As there were Hours, To the firſt or laſt of Pentecoſt: beginning at 1536, and Ending, in 1560.

And to go forward. From the Firſt Pentecoſt in Canaan, To the Firſt Born ſtopped by Jeroboam: were as many years, As Hours from the firſt of Pentec To the Cloſe of the 23d Day of the 3d month (on which They ſtill Faſt, for That of Jeroboam:) 456. Which is alſo, the more remarkable, becauſe the Plots of Haman held againſt the Jews, Till That very day, of the 3d month, Eſt. 8, 9.

And From Jeroboam, To the Captivity, there were as many years as Days in a year: or Hours From That 23d of the 3d To the 9th of the 4th: on which They Faſt for the City Taken: as in Kings and Jeremy. Which was, from the firſt of Pentecoſt, as many Hours, As years, from the Firſt Pentecoſt; To that Captivity: about 860.

In the ſame month, They Faſt again, for Breaking the Tables of the Law; 430 years After the Promiſe; and for Burning the Law, by Antiochus, 430 years from the City Taken: and 430 Hours are about 17 Days; and their Faſt, is on the 17th Day of that Month.

In the 5t Month, They Faſt for Aarons Death: which was followed, by Arad, Taking them Captive: and by Fiery Serpents: Till the Brazen Serpent Healed Them. As Chriſts Death was followed, by the Roman▪ Sack, and Firing the 2d Temple; on the Day of their Heavy Doom: and of Firing the Firſt Temple.

Which was but a Type or Shadow, of the 2d Fired, much about 666 years After the firſt: and about 1536 years After their Entring Canaan. As Pentecoſt was 1536 Hours of the year: and the 9th of the 5t month, 1536 Hours Afthe firſt Hour; and the 10th, 1536 Hours After the Laſt Hour, of Pentecoſt.

Upon the 3d of the 7th, they Faſt again for Gedaliah, and the 70, ſlain, by Iſhmael. A plain Type of the Turk, or Saracen (whom They call Iſhmael) who Took Jeruſalem, from the Chriſtians, p. 48on the very 2d Day of That 7th month (in Bapt. Grammay, and others.) As they Faſt the 3d.

The 15th of That 7th month, muſt begin the Great Feaſt of Tabernacles; and it can be, but 1600 Hours After the Day of Doom, or Burning of the Temples: and it Therefore muſt be, within 1600 years (if an Hour be As a year) After the City Sacked, in 69, or 70, of Chriſt. As the Blood of the Vintage (before the Tabernacles) in the Revel ran out, 1600 furlongs, from the City; which was then Sacked.

And if it were Burnt, in the very morning, of the 9th Day, of the 5t month, yet Tabs muſt come, at 1669, or 1670. And it ſeemeth, to begin ſooner. As the Sack, was rather, on the 10th then 9th, and ſo nearer, To the Tabernacles.

For they ſay, it was, the very ſame Day, and ſame Courſe (as the old H…b Ode:) on which the Firſt Temple was Burnt; and That, was the 10th Day; As Jer 52. 12. Though the City Burnt, 2 or 3 days before, as 2 Kings 25.

And ſuppoſe, it were, the very Firſt Hour, of the 9th day; yet there can be, but 22 days, of the 5t month, and 30 days of the 6 …; and 15 more, to the Cloſe of the firſt of Tabernacles. When they firſt began their Dancing, and Joy, of Pouring out Waters. Though the King did not begin to Read, the Law, Till Afterwards (As the Law Commanded it;) At the Cloſe of the year, and Feaſt of Tabernacles. As our Saviour did not appear at That Feaſt, in John 7. Till the Latter End. In the Laſt and Great Day of the Feaſt; He ſtood, and Cryed, O Every One that Thirſteth.

22, and 30, and 15, Dayes, are 67: which are Hours 1608: and by This account, the day of Tabernacles, muſt begin 12 Hours, or Years, before 1678; which is juſt 1666. If we rightly account it, by the Hours of the Jewiſh Years.

We may Confirm This, by all the Cubits, Shekles, and other things, in the Bible. As firſt, the Verſes and Sections of the Pentateuch: in the Mazoreth.

Geneſ…s hath 12 Great Sections (as the year 12 months) and 50 Chapters, as the Lunar year, hath 50 weeks (as 50 Days between the Paſſover and Pentecoſt:) and 1534 verſes: As the year had Hours, To the evening ſacrifice before the Pentecoſt: and as the World had years, To the firſt Command and model of the Church, in Noahs Arke (as we ſaw before) 120 years before the Flood.

Exodus hath 11 Sections (As the year, had 11 months, After That in which they came out:) and 40 Chapters, As 40 years, between the Exodus, and Canaan: and 1209 Verſes, As hours from the Paſſover (at which they came out) To the morning of Pentecoſt: and ſo many years there were, from the Ark to Jephta: or from the Flood, To David: Or from Joſephs Death, To Ezra, or Nehemiah.

Leviticus hath 10 Great Sections (as of Ten…hs for Prieſts and Levits: And the Law was Given at Pentecoſt, 10 months before the End of the year:) and 52 ſmaller: As Pentecoſt was the 52d day from the Paſſover: and Nehemiahs New J…ruſalem, in 52 days (as weeks of a Solar year:) and 859 Verſes: or twice 430. As years, from the Flood, to the Ma…riage of Iſaak. Or From the Promiſe, To the Law: and from Thence to David: or from entring Canaan, To Solomon; or from the Ark at Shiloh, to the Temple: or from Thence To the Captivity: and 430 more, To the Machabes.

Numbers hath alſo 10 Great Sections, (as 10 days to the Tryal of the P Lambs: 10 weeks To the Cloſe of Pentecoſt: p. 49or 10 months, To the Great Dedication, in the Machabes:) with 66 little Sections, which they call Sethume Secret: with the flittings, of the Ark, and Camp, Through the Wilderneſſe (its Heb name) in 1288 verſes: as years, of the Church, in the Wilderneſſe: As in Daniel 1290. And ſo many Hours bring up 54 days: As from the day of Tryal, to Pentecoſt: or Preparation To it. And from Pentecoſt, To the day of Aarons Death: and Thence, To the Great day of Creation: or of the 2d Temple, and the New Jeruſalem, in Hag. and Neh. who began the 54 Law Lectures, for 54 days.

Deuteronomie hath 1055 verſes: as Hours, from the firſt Omer Heaved, unto Pentecoſt: or years, from Abrahams Father To David: or from David, To our Saviour: or from our Saviours Death, (and the Great Pentecoſt, in Acts 2d) To the Chriſtians, Reigning in Canaan.

All the Chapters of the Pentateuch, are 187: As Hours To the Ev. ſic. of the 8th day, for Circumciſion, and the Chriſtian Sabbath: and as dayes, To Atonement; and between the Vernal and Autumnal Equinox. of years again, in the Temple Courts.

All its little Sections, are 669, as Hours To the Ev. Sac. of the 28 h, or 4th 7th day: the laſt of the month of weeks. as years, from Enochs Tranſlation, To the Flood; 669.

All its verſes, 5945: As years, to the Preparation, To the Great Sabbath of 7000 years. In which alſo, the Suns Apogeum, cometh about, To the ſame point, it had, at firſt.

Shall we come to the Numbers in the Heb. Alphabet? when God did firſt write the Law, as it is in Exodus, he left out, Teth, the firſt letter of their Only word for Good: As hinting, that He gave them Laws, at firſt, Not Good: as in Ezckiel.

Afterwards he repeated it (as in Deut) with Teth added: and a ſpecial Emphaſis, upon the word of Good. That it may be Good, or well, with Thee, and Thy Children, &c.

And the 9 firſt Letters, of that Alphabet (wch end in Teth) are Units; and do make 45: as years, from the Law, To the Ark, at Shiloh: or Caleb at Hebron, Joſ. 14.

The 9 next letters, are Decimals: and make 450. as years, from the Law, To the Ark at Zion: and the firſt New Jeruſalem; when David came from Hebron: Or from Calebs being there (or the Ark at Shiloh) To the Temple finiſhed

The 4 laſt, are Centenaries; making K. R. S. T (or Chriſt) and 1000. As years, from the Temple finiſhed, To Chriſt. who was, from the latter end of Moſes, 1460 years, (As in the Great Ae…yptian Sot…, or Julian Cycle, before:) But from Aegypt, and the Law, He was juſt 1495 years: as the Number of the Hebr Alphabet, by which God wrot the Law, at Horch. where Moſes was, about 1495 years after Enoch: and 1495 years before our Saviour.

The final letters (often in the Mazoreth) do make 3500. As years, of the World, To Nehemiahs New Jeruſalem: or his meeting with Ezras Great Counſel or firſt Mazoreth. Or from Seth, To Alexanders being at the Temple, (or Babylon Taken by Him, or Nicanor, and his Greek Era, in the Mach:) or from Enos, To the Conteſt of the Great Antiochus with Aegypt, Dan. 11. Or from Kainan to Hircanus, who began the Kingdom in the Machabes. Or from Mahalael, to Pompeys ſack of Jeruſalem. Or from Jared, to our Saviour. Or from Sem, to the Chriſtians at Jeruſalem. And from the Birth of Jacob, to the very days in which we live. And the Jews (as Eſd…as) make Jacob, the beginning of a new World.

p. 50And thoſe Laſt Letters, which are only Final, may lead us, to the very laſt Days, of the Laſt Times; as Paul to Tim.

And that God intended ſomewhat of Times alſo, by thoſe Letters which himſelf uſed, may be probable, from very many words, in Scripture.

As the Word, for a year, doth make 355, as Days in a Lunar year: and with their uſual Article, 360, as Days of their Solar year: and ſo its Common Plurall in Conſtruction, Shene, 360. for, it hath 2 Plurals: as Maſculine, for Solar; and Feminine, for Lunar years. And as the Full Moon came, in as many Hours, as the year had days, ſo, the Word for Moons and Months, is in number 362, if its M final, be but 40. But if 600, it is then, as many, as the Scripture owneth for Many Days. As Joſ. 23. and 1 King. 18. 1. Where yet, it was, but about 3 years. which is the Loweſt Number, they uſe, in their Plurals: who have a Duall for 2. Which might be preſſed, on them for 3 perſons, in the plural Elohim: As all Grammers, have 3 perſons, in their Verbs: and Theirs, hath All its words in 3 Claſſes; As the 3 Sons of Noah; filling all the World.

And the number of Noah, is 58, as They ſay, he lived years with Abraham in number 243, or 248. as Hours into the Evening, After the Lambs ſet apart: as Abrahams Family. As years from Abraham, To the Bondage in Aegypt. But if M finall, be Here 600, Then Abrahams Name, hath as many, as the years, between the 2 Arks; of Moſes, and Noah: whoſe Ark, is Tebeth (802.) And much akin to the Month, in which Eſter, was taken, into the Royal Houſe: which was the 10th. as Noahs Ark reſted; and the Mountain Tops appeared; in the 10th of Tebeth.