worlde, and fohid! comming of 
Chriſt, a comfortableaud mo#t ne- 


celfarie Diſcourſe; for theſe miſerable 
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- f0 eſcape gre fraxc that ſhal come: and that 


ye may ſtand TOR ſonne of man, . 


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Haunſel, dwelling in Paules Church- : 


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. Hathbrightly ſhining ſhewdit ſelfe with golde glitering beame, 
What hap to earth it doth portend,the God of Gods dooth knowe: 
Lind when awe tire ſpl once approch,the effetts rbiſclues ſpal ſhow, 
But if mans wit can.any deale forſee what ſhall enſue, . 
It ſhal not be offence for mee, ſuche thmges by ſearche to viewe 
This is that Starre, which to the Citie ſmall of Dauid King, 
The three wiſe men ſometime from out the Eaſt ard thither bring, 
And that which once whi Chriſt was borne didleade the with bis lght.,. 
Returning now declares that Chriſt returnes agayne in might, 


Wherefore you bleſſed crue of Sainftes,and Gedlje men , be glad, 


e1nd bloody tjrant Herode ſtand m feare andb then ſad. 


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- ofallchriſtans. And both tendro ſhewe, that whether a,,p, +? 

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- the ſaluation of our ſoules in the kingdome of Chriſt, wee | <7 

5 maynot beinour callingseither ydle; cateleſſe, orſecure. I 

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” | 5 Cambjſes, for temporall proſpetitie,then'the warnyrig of "2 

8 = Ckrilt, foreternalt happineſſe, Wherebyir comes to paſſe b 

5, that wehaue comanly fayre bodye$;But deformed ſoules: 4 

"= muche goods, bur lirtle goodnes.and gloriotis wee ſeeme' 

- anthefGght of men outwardly ,bur odiousinwardlyin the ., .._.. . 

— &yjcsof God. Foritis harde to fynde a mani (fayth Aritotle,) rift bb.2. 3 

1 Whiche iu proſperitie is not proude ,diſaaynefull,and arrogant: of en, Ad, oY 

1 whiche ſort are they ,-whome ftrength-, whome riches hots codettemy -. il 

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— alted.' eAnd ſo enjoying theyr hartes. deſyre,' they are of 

4 de , that no aduerfitie can hurt them, And what is' 

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the fatteſt Oxe 1s readyeſt for {langhter, and the felici- 
tic of fooles , is theyr owne geſtrudtion', For how ſodamely 
Azo they conſume,vaniſhe and come to fearcjul end? "JeA,CHEN 48 
a areame are they,when one awaketh. 

As our Sauiour thought the dodtrine agaynſt ſecuri- 
tie, moſt profitable for his Diſciples, and all mankinde: 
So hath his faythful ſeruantthe Author of this booke, 
ſuppoſed the ſame moſt neceſlarie to bee ſpoken of , in 
theſe miſerable dayes: , Andthis was the-cauſe and ende 
wherefore this Treatiſe was firſt written namely , that by 
reciting the ſignes and tokens of dangers imtninente, 


and of the worldes deſtruction , he myght drawethe wic- 


ked from ſecuritie, and driue them too a care of godly- 
nefle and yertue. A godly, zealous , and ſcarned woorke, 
and grateful, no doubte, toall good men... Hippocrates 
forewarned the Grecia»sof a grecuous plague , whiche 
was nygh at hande, and for his good admonition he was 
honoured as Herc#/es , and qbeyed as God . : The 4- 


thenias for telling them of the perils, which they were like 
tofallinto, erected to Beroſus a-goodlye Image, with a. 
golden tongue . The Gretians to Hippocrates, and the - 


Athenian; to Beroſuswereneuer ſo bounde, as all Chriſti- 
ans to Scheltco, for-this learned booke . For herein the 
tokens of the ruine, nat of one Citie , as of eArhens nor 


of one Countrie, as of Greece-, but of altheworlde, are 
ſet downe, And here may be ſcene the wayes too preuent-: 
thedeſtrucion not of body alone, as were thoſe of Hps. 


pocrateSand Bereſus, but of body and ſoule , from cuer- 


laſting payneinthepit of hell. So that. more cauſe hane .. 
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Lordihuppes wil vouchſafe:and becauſe it was wel accepted ©... © 

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. . outthe worlde,themoſtholy and chaſtdaughteroF 
Sion , andentirely beloned ſpouſe of Ieſw Chriſt 
; the Sonne of Gad King ofall Kinges , 
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224 mime, for the lacke of thy kinde & louing 
husband : Which notwithſtading thou 
art blacke and browne by reaſon of the 
extreme heatof theSunne ,and light of 


God the father; towhich(as yet)thou can{tnot approche,: 


yet onely,with al his hart embraceth thee as his freind, for 


Airenes,pecreles: & as his wife,for beauty;furpaſſing. For 


thy -blacknes, by his holy ſpirite , he hath'turned into 
beautifulnes,8& thyynſcemaly ſpottes of finne, by his; pre- 
cipusblogd, arenowhittſcone, and/by his holy ſpiriteHe 


hath woriderfully adorned thee within ; and endued thee 


- with the holy Ghoſt,and the ſcale of beleefe, ſothat nowe 
.thou canſt not doubt but thathe is both faythfull,and fas 
- uours thee with allhis harte- , And yetit greatly greeues 

thee, thatthy glory whichthouwiſheſt for , thy comfort 
whiche thou hopeſt for , andthy king & bridegrome for 
whome thou ſolookeſt & longelt for, is ſo long from thee 
And no marueyle:forit is the propertie, ofa faithful loner, 
notquietly to beare the abſence,but ardently to deſire the 
preſence the-pleſaunt fpeach-, and toning embracynpes 
of her belou=d And yetmoſtof al it greeues thee to ſee the 
ſhameleſſe boldneſſe of - chat abominable trumpet the. 
whoore of Babylon;which bluheth not to cul her (elfe the 

.onely ſpouſe of thy Chriſt, and to call thee aq harlot : to 

boaſte of herexternall beautie, and to caſt in thy teeth thy 


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outwarde deformitie:to-bragofher antiquitie, fatne ;apd 
gloryous eſtate,and to tel: thee of thy nouelty , pouertic, - 
- and miſeric , Hence it commeth, that thouartno.where - 
inquictfrom ſuch tauntes and chidings,noxthy members 
any whereſafe from her bloody perſecution, Hence ir-is, 
that beforethe worlde, which 1s the So of this, naughtie 
huſwife; thouart contemned , hated and afflicted : and. 
ſheeas the Queene of heauen is adored, loued: and-ad- : 
uaunced: with her haue all nations commited fornica- 
tion, andthe kinges of the earth haue, become frantike 
with the Idolatrous wine of her poyſoned doctrine, Ang . 
hence commeh thy {deepe.ſighings,thy mourneful coſe . 
tenaunce , and theintollerable vexation of minde,which | 
thouart in.Henceitis, thatthou canſt not bemerry,But E 
comfort thy ſelfe, faint not. (thou beloued of Chrilte)for ,,  , 2} 
thy husband for thy ſake hath. made her naughtines to be * re 7S f 
- knowen and ſhee which was loned. ,.is nowe-haxeds and . | 
hay wp for herexternall faireneſſe , isnowe - become 
 odious for her ſpirituall filthineſſe . Haue patience there- 
fore butalitle while, aud thou ſhalt ſee herto be of none 
 accompr-: for thy louer.in whome.thoy. delightelt ſhall _ 
. bring her to. ſuchſhame,as ſhe ſhal not beablsro ſhew her .. 
y "On of hell, when thou ſhalt be ip glory. with-thy. be» | 
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| racks, ( whiche nowe. 1s many wayes knoywen. too all | 
theworlde) hath had to doo, ſince firſte. ſhe leſt ro 
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1y (after he had. ſcene an Angell flying thorowe the mid(t 
ofheauencrying wirha loude voyce, Woe, Woe, Woe, to 
the inhabitantes of the. carth) fromthe other voyces of 
thoſe three Angels which were yet toſonnd, the th An- 


cam, 


earth which, was thefall ofthe Popes holynes, from ce- 
leſtiall too earthly thinges, and having the keyes,not of 
heauen, nor of Peter , (as he dothyainely boaſte) bur of 
the bottomleſſe pit, the pitofhell, Which when he hal 
opened , there came out great abindariceof Lociſtes frt- 
tothe carth,and had for theyrking , one whoſe narne was 
in Hebrue Abadden, in Greeke Apolhen . To this wicked 
| kingdid that whooreof Babylon plight her fayth , ioyne 
-her ſelfe, and altered the name of the Empyre, ſothat at 

h the flouriſhing eſtate of the olde-Empyre vaniſhed, 


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and he becamethe chiefe among all Chriſtian kinges, Bur | 


-whathappened afterwarde ? Theſe Locu/es, to wit, that 
infinite and horrible crewe of idlePÞrelates, pricſtes and 
Friers with theyr abhominable, king the pope of Rome, 

(whom Pa»! dooth call, the ſoonne of perdition) aſceni- 
ded from hell , ' and-brought with them, not the pure 

doarineof Gods woorde, but the poyſonedleflons of 

-dinels, and ſo by the filthy ſmoke of all falſe opinions, ob- 
{cured the Sonne of righteouſneſle , & infefed the whole- 

ſome ayere of Chriftes Goſpel, But now woulde you haue 

them better deſcribed ? They are for theyr intollerable 
prideand threatnings , like -ynto horſes , prepared too 
the bartfiile :womens hayre they haue', becauſe ' they 
are indealingslight, in behauiour wanton : Lyons teeth, 
for theyr crueltie,ſhieldes,as it were of iron, tonoate their 
obſtmacie* in wordes they ſeemed; curteons, and there- 


fore they had thefaces of meti;but in deede they prooued 


villainous', and therefore in theyr tayles they had the 
ſting of Scorpions . Theſe made a noyſe , as it were of 
many wings, which tioted the fame of the Popes holines. 
Andthey had powerto hirt,and yet nor all th ages bi 
onely men :'andyetnot al men, but thoſewhich had 'n6 
the marke of Godin theyrforcheades : and yetthey could 
not plague at theyr pleaſure, but in certayne moneths, 
and thoſe not in Winter,.butin Somer. So thou ſcelt O 
daughter ofSien, pureand ynſpotted Virgin, too _ 
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f pheſiezis become Rume(thatis, violence orcrueltie )' hath | 
f || coupled herſelfe with whome ſhe hath played the harlot,and Lab libs” © 
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Ns woordes of thy beloued, which 'gane his Apoſtels-too vn- 

it derſtand, that afore his comming , ( meaning afore he 

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"S farher\the ſounde of the Goſpel as it were by a Trumpet, atab i, 
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it, andrthis childe of Peraition by the finall ende of all thinges, 

"i and his-famous comminge, vtterly aboliſhed , Whiche 

re thinges tothy comfort thou mayelt perceaue too bee come 

of topaſſealready, even about the ſixth houre -or middle of 

"Y the ſixt day, or ſixthouſande yeare of the worldes creati- 

7% on, Thouſeett howe the voyce of the Goſpell hath ſouſ- 

we dedin allquarters of the world? : thou ſeelt howe that ſonne | 
te of perdition withthe whore of Babi/on: firtinge yppon a . 
= purpled and bloddy beaſt;zis by the breathof Gods woorde Apocil7e 


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ah - that ſhe might perſecute, and ſuch titles, that ſhe was ho- 
he nored asa Goddeſle , and renerenced as the Queene of 


gf heanen : ) thou ſeeſt 1 ſay,, whome they did -honoure as a 
XY Queene how they do hatefor a ' Queane : and whome 
Tf they did reucrence lyke a Goddefle ,, howe they renounce 
a as the greateſtcnemie'to godlyneſle : and whome they did 


4 | Þy an ignorant zeale inritch with all thynges, that myght, 
he cauſe her to be in theſight ofall men glorious , howe they 
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of Chriſte. Whiche God graunt as they in mouthes con- 
elſe to fauoure thee, ſo in manners they may expreſſe 


Chriſtianitie : and as they ſpeake' well , ſo at no time. 
they may be ſeduced eyther by the vayne pleaſures of this. 


woorlde, or by ſubtile ſnares of the diuell from louing thee, 


Whereforetriumphe nowe thon daughter of Sion , retoyce. 
daughters of Hieruſalem, thon daughter of peace reioyce;. 


For beholde thy husbande thy king will come, thy ſawiour 


will come to thee , and that certaynely, and ſhortly hee. 
wyll come, but not. poorely and like a ſervant, asafore, 


bur like a Soueraygne , lyke a King ofall. Kynges., in ma- 
zeltic triumphing , in muche glorye , accompanyed' wyth 
Archangels ,and all the hoaſt of heauen, in the cloudes he 


wyl come, that{o he may be reuenged vppon his enemies, 
and headlong caſt that harlot , and thar king of Locuſtes. | 


the ſonne of perdition , the image of. the beaſt and falſe 


Prophet , into that burning fornace: of vnquencheable. 


fyre. : but his chiefeſt. comming. ſhalbe to drawe thee 
ynto him, and too bring thee into his bedchamber , where 
all forqwe and ſighyng layde appart , thou ſhalt enioye 


the pleſaunt ſpeache , and ſweete imbracementes of thy belos 
ued, andſhalt be beautified with all celeſtiall benefites which. 


bone Heſs appaynted. for thee, ſence the beginning of the 
worlde, ; F. -56s | 
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gratefall vnto thee,nor better recreate rhee, in theſe thy 
troubles, then too learne ſome certayne tokens , and leare 
infallible tidings of thy husbandes | returne . The conſides 
ration whereof, hath cauſed me for thy comfort, by writing 
too place before your eyes ſuch vndoubted fignes of his 
coinming, athough I wyll-nottzke vppon we tootell: the 
very houre, day, and yeare,(which is knowen t00 God as 
Jone ) that eaſily you wyl belecue and perſwade your ſclfe, 
thaticwillnotbe long afore he come. : This day will he: 


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and therefore his comming muſt needes be nygh, Theſe and 
ſuche like thinges you ſhal perceyue to bee | handled; in this 


elle |  booke. WhereI haucerred, amend the fault , and forgeue 

me the maker : (for to your indgement I ſubmicte, mee) whiche 

his is the onely thingel defire , after I haneobtayned your car- 

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0 wine promiſes. and threatnivgs, notwythlanding 
BY that rhe worlde and hypocr tres. ( placing all res 
EREES AF /igion in externall behauionr and ceremonies 

OSNZeS)P binke the contrary . "Becauſe from that , do. ſprm 

all /mmes, sf do ubting both of God, and in God, and all wickedneſſs 
els whatſ»ener : ſothat wee may well affirme , Miſtruft to bee the 
cauſe of all enils, For who ts there ſo extremely madde , that wil- 
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eternall fire which is prepared for the the Diuell and his An- 
| a.Cor.5, gels: Or to thoſe wooraes of Paule,where he ſazerh; Wee mult all 
io appeare before the tribunal ſcate of Chriſte , that euery one 


goodorbad . Mherefore of theſe may certainly be gathered, 
ſenere and horrible threat es, which ftubbornely reſiſt his commann- 


leeners ſhoulde line after the fleſh, or mers after the fleſh , ſhoulde 


dye. eAndof this wee haue a manifeſt example in that rich man, 


ment, By whiche no doubt he would: ſignifie, that they woulde more 
than Moſes and the Prophetes, And therefore what marneyle 


when he flowed with ſuch abundanceof al chmges , yet nothing 
at all fauouretth poore Lazarus,lying miſerably before him ? And 
therefore , becauſe be was withont fayrh and charite , being depar- 

zed from this world, as caſt hedlong imto hell. 
And as this wnbeleife is the very ffring of ſine and of 
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28 may bare away thoſe thinges, whiche he hath in his bodye. 
$i * done, according to that whiche he hath committed , bee it. . 


that none of them beleene ether the ſweete promiſes of God , or . 
dementes, and doo not obey them, For it cannot be that eyther be- 
be beleeners; becauſe , not beleeuers, but lyners after the fleſh, ſhall 
crating of Abraham , that he woulde ſend Lazarus to his fiue.. 


brethren, to warne them, leſt they. came into that place of tor=. 
efteeme the auithoritie of Tazarus , comming fromthe dead. 


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of our ſinnes', promiſed too vs, through the merites of Chriſte **'* al 
the ſoune of God ) 1s the Linely fountayne in Chriſte , "by phe wet het 3 
helpe of the holy ghoſt , of loue both of God and our ney; gu 2% 
bour, and is (at one woorde) the cauſe of all ſpirituall good, Wor "y 
whiche followeth her as neceſſaryly as heate avoth fire; Becanſe POET 
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| ghoſt ſtirre vp im them like motions to him ſelſe, But yet alas, greas 


tnfirmitic and weakeneſſe is inthe fzythfull , although regene- 
rate, ſo thatnot ſeldome they ſtandeindoubt of Gods pro- 
miſes , and therefore hane great neade of proppes , too keepe' 
them from fallmg : for wee are more delyghted wth apparant 
ard preſent thinges , thanwith future and inuifible , For natu- 
rally ,theſe thmges which are obieft unto vs, doo more mone our Heby.1 1. 


ſenſes, than thoſe whiche are of faith , whiche is the ſubſtance of Faithw bat 


things to be hoped for,an argument of thinges not appearing, 

whoſe litle Fparke ſometime appearethin vs, and is muche too bee 

raiſed by the woorde of God, that it may the more increaſe. , and 

gvicken our dead members with : theheate ofthe haly Ghofte, 

eAlſo in our greateſt temptations , and mo#t cruel perſecution, 

the Dinell, togeather with our vile fleſhe, bring great doubtes ms 

to our mindes , of the promiſes of God, efpecially when we be- 

bolde the wngodly to line in this worlde in al Pleaſere,, totheyr 

bertes defire , royjwlly : which thinge that ki»gh prophete Dauid Plal73. 
is his Pſalmes dooth atlarge and plainetly tedche v1 \ And there- 
fore the miſeries of this hife,are the more eaſle borne, » hen wee 

doo as it were beholde the ende of them before our ever , Of 

which it commerh , that to the godly ( trueh therking them 

ſelues to wander mm this woorlde, not to line m theyr owne Coun- 

tre) the remembrance - of theſe exile is pleaſant,' ard . is a 

great comfort in all mjſeries , 19 thigke that by atath ; jr that laſs *% 
comming of Chriſt, at the le; gth,they ſhall hane a moſte free entya. 

ncemto that celefliall Fliers-ſalem ſweete andeternall C #%r:trey,, 

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- to the oninerſall ixdgement , before whiche inthe rume of this 
'- wretched worlde, ſhal in a moment appeare the reſurreftion of 


the fleſhe, anda ſodayne change of al men lumg , So that all 
miſtruſt and vabeelieſe, the Quagmyre of allmaner of wyc- 
theaneſſe..(in mhiche mane lye mgreat ſlumber ', and ſleape 
ſecurely, may earneſily be caſt away , true fayth in dinine pro 
miſes may bee raiſed , our hope of atteyning an happye life , and 
delterance from all troubles ., may 6m nouriſhed , and we the 
wore vigilant : leaſte vppon 4 ſodame that great day of the Lorde 
(horrible to the vngodly , but too the godly comfortable) we 
awares oppreſſe vs , andthe Fpouſe finde vs. ſober , wiſe, and pre« 
pared to the feaft , not without oylein our Lampes. For his coms- 


tketh great haſt., and will not (as manye ſuppoſe ) linger, 


Wer fore, in this litle morke [ hae determined by ſomes 


enident places of the Scripture ,. firſt to proxe , that there ſhalba 
one day a generall deſtrattion of this woorlde , andat vuiuerſall 
and laſt indgement of our Lorde Ieſus Chriſte the Sonne of God, 
#n whiche all the promiſes of Godl ſhall too the vitermoſt bee ful- 
filed, ard his great threates ſhall take effet . Then by the 
teftimonies of holy Screrure, wee wil ſuewe that the age of this 
worlde- ſha) not bee more then ſixethouſande. yeares + and that the 
ſoxt thouſand ( in whiche wee nome line , whoſe time 15 more thant 
balfe conſumed ) becauſe efintollerable wickedneſſe and ſhameleſs 


_ ſecuritie of men, ſhallnotbe fully finiſhed . Andto this ſnalbe 


added certeine finguler ſignes , by courſe of time and yeares, 
wonderfully agreeing wh the Inclinations. of the Starres ( if. 
eredit may be gener to Mathematicians ) which thinges notwiths 
Panding [referre tathe indgenent of the Church , and Doftors- 
of more diſcretion . Laſt of all , certayne proofes ont of Scripture 
ſhalbe brought of the manner of Chriſtes commiag \, and. of the 
effett of thelaſt indgement : with an exhortation of watcheful- 
meſſe,for that maſt ior fullcomming of our bridegrome. ca 


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can: fo. much as.in-iinagination be conceyucd /, although 
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titive, it1s onely.done-for theyr ſakes whiche are choſen in- 
briſt; whoſe number þeing full rhe. worlde of neceſſitie 
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all other creatures(as faint Paw faith ſabie& ro the ſame Pan” 
corruption) deſires! debneravre from-euill, And'therefore ©. 
that this vniuerſall worlde may beibrought to his /fortmer 
integritic, it mutt: ofneceſſitie be conſutned and _ . 
with fireinthe comming of the Lorde, as Eſay witnefleth , = 
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following the deuiſes of theyr owne imaginations ſiraur- gitations of © 
grrsaltogeather, and ignorant in Scripture, haue had- very prophane phie 
many prophane cogitations of the worlde. Ariſtotle the [gſophers come 
Prince of 0h ary , dreameth that the worlde neuet cernuge the 2 
had beginning' becauſe (as he ſaith) the gods in this infinite worlds ay = 
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deedes, bee they good or bad. And Chri/f faith: Aarnerle 
'not at this, for the day wil come ,in which all whiche are in the 
granes , ſpal heare the voyce of the ſan of Goa, and thoſe whiche 
bane done wel, ſhall come foorth to the reſurrettion of lyfe , but 
thoſe whiche haue done exill, to the reſurrettion of 1n:igement , 
To this purpoſe may be recited other infinite places of h9- 
ly Scripture and alfothe Creede of the e4pojtcls Nicene 
& Athanaiian, But I pray you, what auayleth &eligr-n,tayth 
hope,and thar great patience of Chri/#1ans1n al theyr trou- 
bles, and cruell perſecurions, it this doctrine of the con- 
ſummation of the world,8& of the comming of the Lord, 
with that which belongeth thereunto, (which of al others 
maye moſte abſurdly be thougt) were but a vaine imagi- | 
nation of the Propheres of Chriſt of the «Apoſtels, and'ot al The teStims- 
the Aartyrs inthe Churhe,when as no cauſe can be ſuppos nies of the 
ſed, 12s 0 might driue them to the loſing of theyr tame, Propheres of 
theyr goods, and their life? So that truth is ſoplayne & ap- Chriſt, and 
parant, that a godly and wel diſpoſed mynde makes that 4 A4paſt: lr,com- 
{urc argument of the worlds decay. For theſe godly men, firmed by the 


Toby. xs. ; 


of al others in the world moſt miſcrable, ſuffered thoſe 41:04 of mars 


greuous and direfull thinges , not for the hope of vayne 7y7,, 

glory or deſire of riches; but for the loue of Chrsf,through 

the ſecret motions of the heh Ghoſt, perſwading them ſel- | 
nes thatin Chr:ffewas hid the ——_ of true riches, and he's Z 
eternalglory .. Wherefore it behoueth vs vodoutedly to if the vs < 
thinke theyr dodtrine to be true and'celeſtiall, and not to © boſe "I 
procedetromtheyr owne brayne but to bedelivered vnto $7 

them by Chri/and his: h2y ſpirit; and the” rather, becauſe | 
Chriſt ofhicm ſelfe doth ſay , thathe is the truth, and the Atictoriticef 
lyfe : and thathe telleth vs fromthe boſome of his father: Chriſte, and 


and the fatherfaith-{in preſenceofthe three apoſtels)from ,,, Ys ' 


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; wasbapriſing hym.This coeternall ſonne of God, word of 1, 2 


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to.a Chriſtian man,then that the world(his ful time beein 
expyred, the prouidence of God theeternalt father fo die 

. poſing the ſame) ſhakpaſſe away: and that Chriſt ourLord: 
fhal come in the cloudesof heauen,;to the laſt & yniuerſal. 
tudgement, 


| The holy Prophets likewiſe have by diuineinſpira- 
Froofe from tion foretolde many thinges, of the comming of Chriſt in- . 
prophefie. thefleſhe, ofhisdoGtrine death, and reſurreftion, alſo of 


the change of Empyres , and of the ruine of many townes, . 
alwhich are fully come to paſſe: ſo that nowe they may. 


ſceme not by cuent to haue foretolde, butto have drawen- 


Eſaie .g..11. true and certayne hiſtory of theſe thinges . Howe lively 
55, 40.53. Eſa doth expreſſe the natinitie , perſon , doarine , mis 


racles death and reſurre&ion of Chriſte , itis wel knowett- | 


q vnto al, though but meanely red in. the -Scroprores. Like: 
* Daviel.2.7. wiſe Daniel in many places ſeemeth not to have pro- 
- #.9.1:. pheſied, butorderly to haue written thinges already done: 

of the continuall alterations of Empyres , ' and of: the 
Dame! the comming of Chriſte , that welzhee may bee: called” the 


great Hi- orecathiftoriographer, Now what ſhalt we fay;fith in theſe * 


Poriographer and al otherthings theyr Propheſies have raken effe&z 
| and ſith by one and the ſame fpirite they haue ſignified 


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himſclfe to be aneternall kingofall kinges&princiallities =_ 
that thoſe ought notto be finiſhed ? Yes vndoubtedly: {6 Bates cs = 
that he ſhal putal kingdoms of the world vnder his feet, &. ariel. 2. * 
ſhal hewe them asaſtonne which is cut fro the mountain, J 
Heappeared vnto king Nabzcedonoſer, without handss. 4 
brufing that great image which offered it {clfe vnto the 

king in his ſleepe vnder which , according to the interpres 

ratio of Daniel were figurcd al the Empyres of the world. 

And the ſame heautly Prophet by the {ame ſpirit.did fore-. Daziel, > , 
tel, that God would rayle vp an everlaſting and perpetuall- 
kingdom,which all the ſaints of God afteriudgement ſhal. 

poſleſſe worlde withoutende . Now whatletis there, why 

by like certaintie thoſe thinges ſhal not be fulfilled , which. 

haue ben ſpoken afore, of the deſtrucion of this wotlde, 

and eternall gouernement of Chriſt?ſith that kingdome is 

xerpetual and not to be ouerthrowen, prepared for the. 

Lertes of God from ecuerlaſting,as faith and chriſtianrell» © , 


eternal pleaſure not.chaungeable: and ofhis powergwhich 
ofnothing created the world,nothing is wanting, Where 
fore of theſe things none except either a mad man, or poſ- 
ſeſſed with ſomeeuil ſpirite, canrayſe any doubr, 

Beſides,theeternal iuſtice of Godthe righteous tudge p,,, -. frown # 
dooth- greatly exaR, thateuery manſhould be rewarded ,,, ;,.  ,. 
according to his deſertes Ofwhich muſt needes be gathe- (-, , T5 2X 
red that theſtate of good men muſt be glorious ; ofwic:. ' ; 
ked,moſt miſerable, Which commeth to paſle cleane con- 
trary in this wretched: worlde where moſt commonly 
good and wel diſpoſed perſons are- with troublestor- _ 
mented, with baniſhment puniſhed,wythlofſe of goodes  .'', '\ 2 
empoueriſhed;arid with al-miſeries onctwHelte Giitthe I 
wickedare with delitious farenionriſhed,with goods enri-. 4 
ched,with offices preferred, and for auQthorytic honored: 3 Plates. 7 "4 
as Dauid in theſe words doth bitterly c6playne : fy feere * Wo7ek.” 4 
were abnoff gon , and my treadings had welnigh ſlipr, And why?” 
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T1 was pretned at the wicked, when [ [awe them in ſuchs. proſpe> 
. ritie:for they are innoperyl of death , but are luſtie and ſtrong: 
They laboare not hke other men, neyther are they plagued liks 
other folke : and therefore pride compaſſeth them as dooth a 
chayne:andthey haue put on the Garment of crueltie : Theyr 
enes are ſwollen with fatneſſe, and they do what they liſt ; They 
marre others, and ſpeake marueylonſly , yea they blaſpheme the 
oft higheſt. And alitle after: Beholde , theſe ungodly _ 
in the world andenriche them ſelues greatly : and [ ſayde, then 
haze [clenſed myne harte m vaine,and waſbed my handes in in- 
nacencies Al the day long hane Ibeen puniſhed, and chaftened 
exery morning : yea and 1 had almeſt ſayde enenas they: but 
lo, then ſhow/de F hane condenmed the generation of thy chilare, 


And therefore there muſt of neceſſ:tie bean ctherlyfe af- 


ter this, in whiche according to the iulte.iudgement of 
god, every man muſt receiue eternal & worthy recom- 
pence for theyr woorkes,-bee they gaod or bad : cternall 
glory,or eternal infamie : euen as Dazid alſo in the. ſame 
Pſalme ,tothe comforting of hym ſelfe and the Chxrche, 
telleth vs in theſe woordes: Ther thought 1 ro wnderſtand 


this but it was to barde for me, vntull I went into the ſanttuarie. © 


of God then vnderſtode I the ende of theſe men . Namely, how 
thou haſt ſet thems inſlipperie places , and wilt make thens fall 
downe into deſolation . O how ſodamely do they conſume,vaniſh, 
and come to a fearefull ende,yea enen as a dreame are they when 
one awaketh : Lorde when thou rayſeſt the dead, thou wilt des 
'ſpiſe theyr image. And be ſides eſpecially it agreeth tothe di 
vine juſtice, (afteral good woorkes or bad-commirted in 
this body)and all bodyes knytwith theyr ſoules , do ryſe,, 
and receyue that which they haue deſerued . Which thing 


£aſtEſay molt playnely.dooth fignificin chis manner; A/ fee: . 


ſhal came to worſhip before my face, ſaith the Lorde ic. .o And: 
they ſhal came foorth,, and {ce the dead bodyes of wngn y velbieine 


have done wickzdly again nr: :theyr morms ſhalyot dye , and - 


their fire ſhal not be extizgwiſhed, cc , And Tob in -playpne 


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7, KB Prophets and Apoſtelr, through the inttin& of the holy jr,ch, 

af= MW Ghoſ,hehathreaueledtouching theendeof the | worlde, 

of thereſurre&ignofrhe fleſhe;, the laſt indgement of Chriſt - - ' + + +> + 
N- the. cternall life of the godly and the eternalldeathe of; .:\ 1. in 


all ' thewicked, which is to- come, ſhall fo certainelie comes, 
ne | asnothingought to be more certaynevntd vs:, notwith- 


2, | ſtandingthatmansreafon,and thedodtrine of the Phite-| <43-M 
nd | ſophers cannot ſufficiently conceyue the ſame, Forithe be, " 
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ſh, filed:howe can we otherwiſe thinke, butthattheſe things : 
128 which of theruine of the worlde zand of.Chrytes-eternall - 
des Iyngdoang revealed vnto-vsof our moſtmighticandbleſe. 
cd God, multlikewiſe come too. paſle + Eſpecially {ith all» 
in F which hathbeenſpoken,wastonoother end ſpoken, bue- : 
ſe, {| toproue.this ::and the. ſummed \ (fr/tiar Religion won ; 
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be. Which demonſtration going btfore, andtrue: teſti- 
»d, || monies of holy Scripture, in my- indgement may:{utfice ; 
/e - | bothtotheſtrengtheningof our fayth , and:curting-of:: 
wid © aldoubting of thatnoble comming of (rife 'ovr Lotde. 
me. {| toiydgement , of thecnd of this ſinnfulworld, of the gja>., | 
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Ain& Auguſtine, and many moe of anti- 
. in ts quitie, togeather with moſt learned men 
hisxti, booke & x81 of-our time, and my marſters, excellently 
againſt Ma, (i MI ſcene inatl things, Philp Helarithern, and 

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Bihehew. iy COR iudgement Afoderator of 'Groningame, 
Chrosy, haue ben ofthis opinion, that that Prophe/ie of Ehas, con-" 


cerninng the worldes continuancefixe thoufande-yecares' 
is without all-doubr true and tobe credited ; Not with- 
ſtanding that propheſic isnotto be read in the holy Scrip- 
tute butinthe bokes of the Rabirer,as inthe firſt chapter, 
and firſt booke' Abodazars , Allo inthe fourth part of 
the Thalmndicianworke ,in the Savhedrin booke, and1alt. 
Chapter ofthe ſame and otherplaces; where that 'is alle- 
ged of the Rabinesfor the true ſaying of E/ras;TheE wootds 


arc theſe': Two thouſande Vine , two thouſand the Law wwe 


Eparprophe:thoaſands Chrife. And for our finer which are mary and 


'marueylons ſome yeares which are wanting, ſhal not be expired.” 
-Bywhich ſaying, the wolrde is notably diyided into 
three ages, or ſpeciall courſes, and dooth ſhewe both. 
when Giriſte ſhoulde come,and how long the ſtate of this” 
worlde ſhould continue. Two thouſand yeares was the | 
worlde without any Lawes , ordeyned expreſlly by the | 
worde of God. which becing' finiſhed , os and 


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ſtiruted by the woordeof God. But about the middle age The time - _ 
ofthe world, when as-three thouſande yeares were palt, whenfiliar . 
to wit, ih the time of /s{apbat king of [uda , and eAchab didpropheſie 3 
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kingof //-ael ,did this diuine Prophet ytter this Propheſie: 
by which he did ſignifie- the true and certayne tyme of 
Moſes gouernement, and of the comming of the CAes- 

' fasor ſonne of God, which ſhould maniteit himiſelfeypreach 
and be crucified:of the Iewes, And he ſhewed , that al- 
moſta thouſand yeares didremayne, before Chryt ſhould 
come and the Geſpe/ begin too be preached, and about 

fe twothouſande yeres after his comming the worlde ſhould 
n = peryſheaudcome to nought, Now fith according to this 
ly | Propheſeof Ear, Thecucnt hath proouedtwo thouſand 
id FF ycresto haue benpaſt before Circamcaſor, and manite- 
id | RingtheLaw, &twothouſandalſoto haue paſſed, when 
ze, | Chrife came (forvyatil the thyrtye yeare of Chriſtes age 
n- | atwhich time /ob» did prepare the way to the Lord, and 
es" | Chriſte began to accompliſhe the wil of his father, didthe 
h- | forththouſandecontinue)itis to be thought yndoubted- 
p- || ly,thatnoweinthe olde age of the worlde,the cuent will 
Tr, | anſweare too his Propheſic : and thatasinthe myddle 
of | andflouriſhing ſtate ofihe worlde, God caryed Elyas by 2 
aſt. | afirychariotinto heauen , ſoin the ende and vaniſhing xj; , fewe 
lc- F rimethereof, he willexalt vs with him felte into the oe- gr pp om = 
ds | ſtiathabiration; of which no doubt. Elias was a figure cu, of the 4 
wo {| conſtituted of God, But(asElzas laith ſome yeares ſhalbe was _— 
mad ring For the Lorde God becauſe of wickednefle ſhal 
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his co:nminy'; fo that fixe thouſande yeares' may 
to | not fully bee expyred . Which propheſic was vttered by 

Xh, | E#«:,throughthe holy Ghoſt, andis no fiction -of the 

his Rebirer, a5 are manythinges inthoſe Talmudician bookes 

the ' & may in my judgement be confirmed by the anſweare 

the 'N of Yrizithe Angel vntothe demaundes of Eſdras , al- Ei 
though Hierome and thoſe _— folowe him, doubt * far. ts 


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> heteof Bit Theodor Brblinbder ici the explication.of EL 
" Big... dras his dreame, doth ſay; that Hatrome did rather itnis 
4 7 #- fate the raſhneſle of theTewes, thawprobable reaſon; And 
- cerniny he {9 by many-moſt playneatgumentes., this fourth 
fourth, booke booketo be'E/aras owne booke;Propteticaland deuine! 
b of Eſdpas. 


| (beranſe it moſt-playnly tellethof- the vaigne '\ aud: chiefeſ?, 
taw full and encrlaſting kingdowe of: Jeſus Chrite, andalſo. of 
the refuſall-of the [ewes & conner/ion'of the [ſraclites:wnto. 
Ghrit the Lord) be deſpifed of the! blindedifptlagugue of the 


wiour: and alſo adaerlt;; rhat this bookess. yet extant” in; the 
Hebrue tongue ,, and was tranſlated ont of: the ſame .., "To 


The anſwrear Of Whether that which is to come, excecde the time'paſtz) 


Eſdras... 


overcome the fmnke., and the ſhowre the drops,or otherwiſe.  ' 


Nowe indge of- the continnanoe of the worlde , Eu en as firſt 
- the ſmoke vanquiſpeththe: fire: and the drops the ſhomre.:- fo 
. the yeares of the time paſt. ,' ſpal exceade the time: nitliche is to 


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1 ; The time Tes, it is euident that Eſraslyued abonethe' third thou. 
Ry - thotfandyearevare: conſumed:. : VWhenefere,wedoo fee 
this Propheſie marutelyontſly: to-agree-with-that-ob Eher, 

-andtheend of the world rebemmgh athand.-/.  /:-- 


that a thouſand yeares with. Gadzishur as oneday: & alſo 


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Jewes , which doo wilfuliy. ſet them ſelnes! agaynſt rhayr Sas 
this E/dras (dematiuding- of (Uriel the Angell 5 whether. 
the time paſt, be greater than the. tine that is too.come, - 
of Vrielco, The Angel -dooth canſweare. by two:fimilitudes- ;:and. 
 Cdoothſhew vntohimfirſtea:burning fornace, and after-. 
ward,a watry cloud,and ſayth: 4ſarke whether the fire doo . 
To whom Eſaras ſaith,7 ſee the Lord,that a very great ſmoke + 
doorh paſſe away, I ſee alſo; a great -. howve.to come powring. 


downe : but. afterwarde 1 percemme the flame to onercome the. . 
ſmoke , and the dropes the ſhowr.e ., Then ſayth the Angel, 


com? But nowe , according to the :comapuration-of :yea« 


b when Eſdra;fandand fiuethouſandyeareafter theworlds creation, & 
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d | andhautperſwaded themſctues, chat;from this number 
;h ofdayes; thatiaying of Elras. was . borrowed: whiche me 
e: |. thinkesistrue. Foreueras;: God in'ſixedayesmadeal 

te {| thinges,avdreftedtheſcuenth: ſoby the miniltrie' ofhis Cf 
ffs wordin this ifs within the compaile of fix thouſand yeres. Conieftwng, © = 
of he willgather bis Churche ,with which inthe ſeuenth he from the ſixe 
ay wil celebrate and kcepe holy his euerlaſting Sabborh. dies of crea= > 


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EY. ae/ftroxthe world, + | ;þ F203; 
1, MW - «Although inall the: ſacred Scripturethere: beno place 
tz) a5 touching thedeterminatio:of any certaynetime:,more 
nd. agreceingwith E544 propheſie, thea thar anſireare of Vriel 
er- 8 wnito Eſtras,yet wil we prouc the ſame to be moſt true, by 
avo | thingsalreadypait by the ſtate of thinges preſent & other 
: | tok6s,as hereafter in theyr place orderly thalbe ſhowz:ney=. 
oke | theriivittobedoubted, but that bythe certoyn/pronidece 
»*$ | predeftinatis,&wiſedome of God al things for his} glory, 
the. # &theſatetic of bis Church be maruciloufly maintained;8 
cl | tofarre other purpoſe than anymmican imagine Andithers 
firſt | foremnderthechicfe hiſtories ofthe oldeTeſtimentywe fe 
fo} ourmoſtbleſſetl and myghtieGod cohauc hidden great 
* 10 F myſheries, to:betypes;figures ;and-fhadowes ofthe life, 
ea- j deathireſurreRtion;&raigneof Chriſt: astheſtoryof 4672+ 
ou | bamroffering of {ſa4c,of /oſephthe Parriarche, of the Grajer 


,&'f Serpent.of Sempſin ; Dazid, fouar the Prophet, which was (., ;-.i © 
wo threedayes intheibdllyofa Whale: And ſo likewiſe ſome ;. ”o-1 


fce | otherlearned manvery probablyhane reafoned;, that: E- Eyoch by 5 E 
res, Y no bring from:44amtheſcrentht;was a figure! of the pole YI 
- | lftindgement, andofonr aſcending into heauen., Fot rin wi 
ſe, euen-as the--corriorall: dearth becauſe of - firme- forctbly &Taam, 3 
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*, Church, to wyt, ouet {dam:Seih,Encs, Kevavs Mahabditl | 
. and/ared,; but ypon the ſcuenth, which was Exech, could 
; exerciſe no force or power at all: ſo likewiſe by the-ſpace 
- offixethonſand yeares,which time the world ſhall endure, Þ 
- death ſhal beare a ſwaye, but in the 'ſeuenths thouſande = 
% 3 whichſhalbethe beginning of the celeſtial andenerlaſting 
-* qo” life, hisforceand ſting ſhalbe loſt, he ſhal be ytterlyabolt- fol 
b - ſhed. To which thing /#das in his Epiſtle had reſpe&, thi 
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foretel! of the laſt iudgement, Which iudgmentis giuen of 
£: Elias that heſhould beatipe & figure of his ownpro- 
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” Fnechiz ge. 12. computation of yeres, was the ſeuenth after Adam, For. 


it is reported, that next ynto Adam was CHMerhuſalah:next. 
to Mcthnſalah, Semgto Sem, Tacob;to Iacob, Amrarto Am- 
ram, Ahia:8& to Ahia Elias the prophet, Now ifthis acc6pr. 
of Elias bealtogeather true (as mauy doconie&ure)there.. 
ts no doubt but the lord god would in his wonderful wor- 
kes declared to hisSainRes 8& choſe, haue many ſecret my- 
Keries, that in the conſideration of them; we might be in-. 
famed with deſire of the celeſtiall 8 moſt bleſſed life. Here. 
letvs coſider,that before the ſeuen thouſande yearey wee. 
fhalbe taken vp, to meete the Lorde in the cloudseuen' as . 
I Elias by a firy Chariot and horſes ,was lifted vp to heauen : 
* Thelafte Finally alſo the Exargeliſtes and eApoſtels cal the time. 
E  bozre or lat- fromChriftes incarnation vntil the end of the worlde;' the- 
' gerdajer, Waſthoure,orlaſt times .S, Peter ſaith:Chrift was manifeſted * 
| 4.Pet 1,20 inthe laſt times *» And to the' Hebruer Pants iwriteth: 
b- Hebr.g. Chr-ſt once was offered in the ende of the\ world , Neither - 
| Whythe isthistimeoftheeFpoſtels therefore called the laſt, by- 
E  Apoſtel; cal - cauſe that certainely the end of the world was theathand 
 ledrhey HÞutbecauſe according to Ehas diltributionitwastheteaſt * 
EF dajyerche ofthiethree ages of the world: which (without aldoubt) 
4s dger, they reſp<Red, Neyther is it to bedeemed, thar' this pro- 
© _ phefiewasvnknowen tothe butratherthat by renelation {} 
of the holy Ghoſt, it was fingularly renued :and _—_— ; 


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Wepgaoioges of which al Propheſies 8 viſions by Clriftes | | ."* 

fulfilled}theLaſt times & houre.Theſe.now be 

the OY conieQures,by which Thaue ſtudied. 


de to proue, (and haue fatiſfied my ſelfe)that this world ſhal:. 

ng not continue aboue the | OTE EA yeares, Now: 3 
{1- folow thoſe things,by which. Imeane rolhew.thatthe fine: «... 
ay INTER yeareſhal nothe Gs | v3 : 
of 1612-21 4 

o-. 8 Let Cap: Ze | | 

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or. Thatthe worlde ſhalt: not! 

wap _ . endureſixethouſand yeares,.. 

e. AVILA j | oo | 

my - "PD Owe - that the ſixththouſandeyeare- | 

or 5a} 7. |ſhalbe.ſhortened ,, itis aparant., and- 

= VR! maye bee.proucd.for orders ſake firit 

in- "IJ thoſe. woordes of Elias the pro- 

ere. AP + =. ag relited in-this manners. - 

7ee \ "FB And for. our fmnes whichs are many, and. E 

2s. —CR pervcilous A ſome yeares whichare Ways; * - 8 
en; W; et be expired. Whiche woordes doqnot muche, we 4 

ne. is nthoſe of (brit, where he. fayth, And excepr 2.2 

he- dayes were ſnortoned Cr jt Hot ys bat qt e Math. 246 E 


2d iN olellet ſake, they ſoalbr, excof, And although. 
his. aduenture the Lord doth'-properlye;{j as he po the. ho ; © 0 1 NR 
= aud- onerthroweof Hier»ſa/em, (as-may eaſily be ga-- "IM 
y- thered bythe circumſtances of thatplace)yet 6-4 i ſeme.. _— 
nd thathe woulde ſpeake the ſame alſo ofthe. vtter deſtru-. E 
id Rion of - this' world ,- becauſe inthat - placghe' gpeth :,- AY 
x} | - <rtayne and maſt euident ſignes thereof; (of -whiche.  _ - # 
" hereafter moreatlarge)and alſadovth foretell both. Ga 

; Keouerthrow of Hirrnſa/ap, and by.a certayne confu-. - 
ſion of woordes, ofthe mls, ek rudtion: lo ws 


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> thatwhich is to folowe, Lperſuadeimp {lite} 3haraſwell day, 
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E Coniefture Others by probable reaſon endeuoure to.proue the ſame; u 
LJ, A cox. through con(ideration of the Sabaorh day, which is a true rx 
7 fuutution 0 figure of theeternall Sabbath .FoFin the Lawe 1t was. pre- 
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Chriſte -diarforetcH ſhoulde'goe-before the colummae, 
3 tiofiofthe wotld: /rhiat by thetrw&mby the . gjpte'cer 
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poſenril” by whithe@l other tokens both'goingafore 5-and fol 
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w_ rokensof iis conithing , Thewoordes of Chriſttelling/vs: 
| Howe t6 kniowve when the Goſpelis preached, are theſe: 
b Ard this: Gofpellof the kmnodomie ſhalbe preached througb:the 
E Math, 24. Jumnerfall move for fwI6fe to Hl nations,and then ah ebs 
E ._  etdetronie Bywhichwordsthofonneof God Chrittdgatl 
playnely reache thitabout thetic oftheworldesdoſtrusl 
Rionithe rtye'3:eomfortabledoarineof Chrilt ſhould by | 
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Prophets; atorethattime , And Chriltfaids 755at in thoſe - 
dayes ſnonld aryſe many falſe Prophets audby ſaying themſelues 
ta be Chriſte ſhanld ſeduce many nowewharismore euident ' 
inthefeourgdayes +Hathnorthe true; & finvere dofrine 
of thefite: pardoning of our fiauesby Cliriſt;lye hid theſe 
many yeares;& vnderthe tiranme-ot:Annchirilt; maruey- 
louſly becn obſcured:2& the /Popearrogantlyraunted him 
&lfetobeChrift, orat leaſt bis vicar. ? What promiſing-of 
patdpning/finnes;& redeeming foulesoutottheyr fayned 
Pargatdri6 by theyrwiricked Bulles & blalphenous Maftes 
Whit Idojatricinworſhippirigandimpuatjcinreceiuing = 
Ehriſt in the ſacrament? Finally, wbatdibersand-diuctiſh 
ſyperſtjtzonsbaue.bren praftifed; ſowebis/knowne ws ©... - 
amen, that I negdenotte reckenthenuAud now agayne 2 
kyxbevnſpcakable grace and mercy of God:we'ptaynely ...- : 
jutfuch aclearehightofthegoſpelto ſhineonerithe *' 3 
whole worlde, thatinfpite of the: Druet#andalthis 'adhe- 
xents, itcaſtes hisbedmes over alnations;Andtherefors - bo 
whatother thirig ſiffl wee looke-for;:birt as'Chriſte (Ui oo 2 
Sorexel}aFodainedownfallofthis wrixchedwortd?For:if Pf 2 17 
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RNs men, weſhal findethatGodhath alwayesfos ., *. 3 
-lowedthe.cnfampleof a righteous Indge, whicho aforo >” ,  , | —Y 
:hecondempnea man for hisoffences, withiftaccuſc him ** dathfeft .v 
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we may turriete theLord by.xepentanceand lyue;Firfrive 
haye a:notable; cxample. liercotin:Noer! preactiing,/by Gen,s.>, 
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- ſhe, Atthe lengthmanyyeares, being ſpent, our mercy; 
fulfather Godalmightie , ſent firſt /#bx Bapri,after hym, 
Chriſt his onely: begotten ſonne, then the eApoſtchs ;too 
.cal them to.Repentance, audto open theway to ſaluation 
in Ciriff , promiſedafore bythe prophets, then perfours 
med, and willing to bereceyued ,ifthey woulde imbrace- : 
hym. But thiey were ſo farre from belecuing them: , that 
.theyr preaching they loathed, 7ob»they be headed ; Chriſt 
wer.crucified;; and the Hpoftelr eyther byſhamefull death 


cruelly murdered ,or at leaſt, by ill intreating myſerably 
famous citie 'of ſo: infamous 2people 5 by the. Romua- 


theirenimics, and odioustoaltheworlde: which'ſhame 
of theirs, and ſubuertion of theyr citie(as:Dantel afore-8& 


there fore (as Oroſucs witneſſeth,) the earth opened,and 


Grincof Paw tend, teaching that the wicked ſonne-of | 

. perdition ſhould be diſceuered;, and by the ſpirite:of the 
mouth of God defaced 8 afterward by the glorious cont 
mingof the ſon of God veterly deſtroyed/; Nowe' who ts 
that (ame deſperateſonneſictingin the Temple, as: God 
himſcdlfe, itisealy.to be knowen, & how by the Py 


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. and hath: of tong-/ time: continued the B5-3p of ' Rome, 
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grable crucltie alrogeather abobihed ; but alſo/thar rhe. 
whole aiiel 'vniuer{alkworlde:y: forall ſinnes commytted 


fincethebegimiyngÞbe ad wcondemnedtioes 
ternal;rotmentes? -betauſe wickedly they. hane;conteme 


ncd the grace-of 'Gedofftredynto them continually. and 
witfully refuſed to ratthe fwectnoſſe of the GoFÞr{iand fot- 
fakerheir finbevandwitkbdnefſe;byrepentaneeers) ot 
- :Befides; Chryihhth geiico many ethefiſigoesandtot Oforber 


kens of hixcommyngsiasirunior 


warres;famine;pelti- thmgs folow. 


 lence,carthquakes ard har countrey ſha) riſcagainſtcoii-. ivp the prea- 
rrey,and thatcrue) perſecution (halbeexerciſed :alfo ; that ga þ hoe 


i thoſedayesibbibeſi 


K*o! Alwhichcitonor betokens 3 lmnleficthe' 


gnesin the Stevre, foo; Bechrartts, Goſpel. 


mngef Math. 24. 


en;aarnotbefignes: becauſ1 mes;thaſc aforefayd 
hon ye andtherefore 
aefthen'ſchies,canotbe fignevtBut whenal tboſteuyls 
munediatelypaſecrtbeprexchingodfthe@r ial; hine dome 
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promogt; 65th many t imes. hauc ben. marked inthis our 
age..Neyther wyLI calto mind the iudgement 'of Aſtrone- Aſcteors. 
avers,and ch eifalt divines,vppon that 


gether,asthe very metſenget & warner of Godscomming appeared = 
roiudgement;: & the rather becauſe it ſeemed to be obthe Anu. 1572, 
- Eme nature & qualitie with that which foretold the birth and 2 572. 
of Chriltthe king of the ewes, vato the Wiſe men . AlſoI 

wil in. {fence paſlpguertheRtrangeFarthquakes, which in Zarthquakes 
our dayes hane happencd in many places(as of lateat Fer ; 
$4ariain Ttalia)&inFrieſiand:; thee nature of which ſoyle is 

kaſt ſubic&tto the ſame. But I beſcechyouletvs call too 

our remembrance, tho& euils,which as yet we doas it 

ere behold, & haue taſted, notheard: of, doſee withour |. ..__.. 
eyes, & tq;Qur great:griefe ſuffer them continually. What Plg%e. * 
agreeuouspeſtilence and plague theſe many yeares, both Peſtrience, 
with ys, &inother places hath raigned/, and-tyrannically 
Mothexulroueral perſons, and bring very many roo theyr 
.&raucs,8 accordingtothe rs A A EI Rs. 
&s$igopinion,tharitwil & muſt cominucyctaiooyeares) = 
wyl dilpatch many. moe? Whatalangdearthof Corne: & nzg;y,e> 
,greatſcarſitic ofalthings? What amultitudein the: cauſe nd - 


Pf Religion haueſuffered theloſſe of life &liuing? viftuals. 


Ac x des, _— ooo Perſecutions 
avjnfinire company: hauczricrudll fght:beehe miſer AD 


Nayrneand mugdered, in/France, H/amders, and  Priſeland? yg 1... 
: .. Byt Iamtroubled; andthar greatly, tothinkeonand CEA 
;recite:the'calamities whiche-Friſc/and by ftraunge-and 


anaccuſtomed overflowing of waters hath felt; Eſpes "es 2 


All; by therwolatter.,whencof the que hagpenedtirithe wer flowinges 


,was of ſuch agreatdepth, asalmoſtitmightbe called-the - + 
«Fr1ar: Floed..The othenchanceilinamoredaugarduzapd The Frifaed 
twaorler time, three dayes afore the feat of, Bartholyuew Floon,"*** 


- 
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Feuker21y , tylled a Ap Ay ra atvheyr witientles,at rhe vow 

*,. +  ringofthe Seaandſaltwators, Wherefore let vs giue credit 

ynto thoſe wordes of Chrilt , and let them be vrito vs for 

molt certaine tokens ot the fodainecommingofour Saut- 

our to-iudgernent,. | (EiBt6: BL ATION EL 23 (hots EIOD 

Wa 0 _ theſe _ fignes of RE of 

| : world, and of his ouerthrow :bycauſe we playnely per- 

—— {7 cane all thinges daulye-to waxe wodrle ad worſs; Fd 

andwarſe;.- decreafe in-theyrvertne. The! ayre is oftehtimes:corniprs 

- - *: - ſometime with entimely ſhowers; ſometime-withi wnproz 

> frabledryneſſenow withto much colde-;ndwe withien 

treame hear, The fruitefulneſſe of the fietde is not fuck 

as it hath /beene aforetime. Riches and'ſ{ubſtance wee- fee 

par ra _ le ys ny men: wee 

| percciue to be: multiplied; burtheyt. patrimonie 18 

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ef. the poore, commeth to paſſe, that tnany Great men, and Lordes, 


| bendealtheircogitations tothe opprefſing of their poore 
4 hr HP or bring —_ 

"DIA. LOR, mentobeggery,andbytheexampleof Pharao, mall 
|  forgettheir We appoynted of Got, toliue; not: for-the defence of 
. ze, thegoodpuniſiment ofthewicked;and preſervation of 
_ = ,_ Juſtice, burto:themſelues, and to:pamper theyr bellyes 
'**_ . withigaodqheare,and theyrbarckes-withv braue appaitlh, 


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bright Siluer, or glittering Golde:, | But] doonot ſpeake 
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dpq aaRthingsnenefiery.tor of theconiman 4," 
weale, and forthe converſationof theyr Eſtates, whiche © --1 -- + +. 3 
thinges without al controucrbe ; the woord of God doth --::--+- * E | 
allowe thera 49 have, Nowe:tisnotio bedoubted;yfith Þ, 1s 


g GOIN 
taps Butthole Phargoos,with the ſodapnedeſiruttivokthe From Para 
werlde; al be oterwhelined ,euen asthar Phargoin per= "97 ©xampie:\, * 
ſecutingthe people of Iſrael, (which fora time he had Exod! 411, 
with greeuous yoke of flaueric opprefied was with all his | 
hoak drowngdinths:xd ſea, The reaſon. 15:not: valike's 
heisa figure, apdihofarc Godisnowg,wbich ther wasy 
ready to dehuer: ls: people: iftrom calamitic, and to'take 
revenge 0nthewicked for they crueltye.: . -, ot 12: 

; An othergreatargutnent of the! woldes: conſurnmati- 
on, is, beeaule al-gpod Artsiand learhinghaucthelt tewe 
yearey beene contemned pandVpiuctfitics and ſchoples 
and {cholaſticall diſcipline: «whiche are the cauſes! and 
fountaynes of knowledge? almoſt in euery place. come to God [cnt the . | 
decay, For Godin thisdaſt age hath ſhewed his fingus rr4e bg lr.of Þ 
lar and marueylpus-good will :towardes: mankinde ©e5 (earning. be; 3 
ipceially (inthat ſo great barbarouſnefle of:our predecefs forerheprege = 
rs ,whenal artes,and liberal learning was hid; and ching of the ” 
knowen to fewe,theLatine tongue polluted, ſmal cunning Goſpeſs 
in the Greeke) by rayſing 'vp ſome. , as Val/a,eutgrica's, 
Eraſmus, Helantthon ,and others:,which with greatftudy 
2nd paynes haue brought allſcienccs' and knowledge-of 
the tongues too theyr purities- and delyteredvnto:ves 
morecaſic way too-the attayning the knowledge 
ofthemall : bywhich. almoſt-all Enropeis fer free from 
Foy per oaa RW rey ar. 
od hat.geuenys-luch hadpesto' the yadertiamdang - 
of the Scripmre,byand by he feton fire theBeacomoftrue 
doctrine, which ofal other gifts and graces of Godt and 
ought to-beimbracedas chieteſt, - ro naar 


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x : by which theyſare brought'to ſuche 
pouertie,or almoſt beggery, that theyr Wiucsand Chil- 


-  drenawlt be enforced to line-ypon almes, But- what 


wenn of this - miſerie- ?/ Is riot! that intollerable 
tearing and. ſpoyling of Charche! goodes the chifeſt?' 
Isit _ tobe im ynto- thoſe Magiſtrates , whoſe 
carcis ſuch quer ,tharthey wilnotaſtowe them 


Candance of woellywattir lent happily by poſe 
fig niuch, theygaſtof couctoulaelſe, the root of aleaiſ- 
chicte,/and fodelire more? orel;-fal into riotouſneſe 

and fo become Epicure: es? Orifthaxit be notin theirmind 


| Romilrs R le daimagine themſclues ta-be ſuch Lordes of body 


foule, as wasof latethatRomiſhe Tyrant: , This may 
aig withour-off:nce: be:coniectured, although it 

ET hither their inſatiable 'defite of worldlye pto- 

* notion, which by.riches , without yertue. may be gotten, 

1s therpetc from whichſo.digclihfiyir dooth proceede, 

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8 Now wharremaynerh, but thar wecertainly ED <Y 
7 


giahſehut;rhar theſe pane and edt fin 
& ſtimoniesofGods greardiſpleafiire ſr Ko vs 2 
& ng his Miniſters, whoſe contemprz he RRFHan ek  Contemps of 2 
halynefſe,noriwy] forhis iuſtice;uffer anyirime, when the mmiſtery © 
IC nifokintiferieeandphguesthat bocuetywhete, doolitw  . _. 
le intorec AndabthoSimuicet GolEhriltfaid beſoreythiae "off wa 
U afcerthe: preaching of the Goſpel /dcftrition ftivinge + 
le folowe: lhope the ty meis ſofarre ſom: being! deferred; 
nm. thatirwylſ ao nv87-Borik.carnotbe. but 
thatebey noptiefc of & Fomkd berhure='W hich! cok) 
Foot be. ehoſe daycs'ofbaibarenfueſſe;ant ſy 
G Ar em or ym mee ee into) were _ 

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neſt , and to yuipholalniofi-winhoue tomroMicht., ? 
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| fgain?t the girrual prideygutew through araineopinion of tors 
. dinelſpzeale I Ar todiing | he auttheritic oforhes 
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| pad thole men, througha faygned ſhewe of ſimplicitie, ts B 
' be moſt commended, whiche of all other for-impieticy : "2 
ought moſt to be diſprayſed , For crafty and deceittull, | q 
arc wyſe: couctous,good husbandes : prodigall, liberall; 
andriche men aredeemed)! the beſt men, Theſe haue pro- 
motions, and though by wicked. meanes they attayne 
| themzyet dives clarus erity fortis, inſtus,ſapiens , etiam & Rexe 
et quicquid , volet. as Horaceſayd: The rich man (hal be no- Horace, 
, ble, valiant, upright,wyſe,yed and a king, and what he wil, Serm.2. 
GET OR Fn ' Andan other. 


—— kD 
Hoo * 
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FIR 


Aurea nunc Here ſunt ſzeulaplurmus auro  Ondltb.2, 
' Pentt honos,auro conicilttatur amor, de Arte. 
eAnro pulſa fides,auro venaliainra, - amaudi 


Arurum lex ſequitur,mox ſme lege pudor, 
_ .- And Horaceinanother place 


Sciicet vxorenmgcum dote fidemque, amicor, | Horaceh t; 
Et genus et formam Regina Pecunia donat.. - ': Epi, 


Now are the braue and golden dayes, Þ. 
Nowe fame with golde we gayne : * 
Hol pojoe can ſhew vs many wayes, 
Y ens :auourtoattayne. 
By -golde wehere the Muſick fiweete, 
| _ Andlaweswe buye with golde: 
_ | Law ſeekes for gold,&ſtraight(ynmieete) 
bk. Our name by itisſolde. | 
_} Yeawyfewythwealth, & fayth & friends, 
 ]- _ Andkinnewithcomely hue: 
Doth mony Madam, Prince & Queene, | 
> + Moſtmortallmenendue; - \ 


| = * And Boetius: | WW 
Urde habeant turaeſt paucis,ſed oportet habere, _ Booting Abs = 
Ber ſcelus atque nefas,pauper vbique iacet, ante Proſet. - E 


\ [How they do get, few folkes docare, -S of 
But riches haue they muſt, "33 J 


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By hooke,or crooke we dayly ſee, _ 
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— = Of th Jrcondcomming Chit, _—_— 


Theſe andithe like vcies have poets atid-Philoſophers in 
* their dayeswhen wickednies did but ſpring,as them ſelues .f. wh 
haueteſtified)reprehended. And thertoreis our Lord God hu! 
earneſtly to be deſired that al theſe euils by his ſpeedy tot 


comming,;may haue 4tiend.Foralthough al maner of wic- the 
kednefſe inthis age, haue aſcended marucilous high, yet be. 
_ arethey notſo'cometo the top, but that more ſtraung vn- (N 
_ gratiouſneſſe, and wondertnldeceites and more horrible þ 


- confuſions in common weales through euill-gonernment 
of ths, may to the griefe & vexation of good men be ſcene, 
 thaneuer were, For we ſe continually, tharmany thraugh 


\ +. * »theircogging, prating pride, and fatterie-: withourt-all e 
-: honeſty, learning ,or Chriſtianitte,in hope of profite and of] 
_ + prefermentprickte thereunto, beat theyr braynes, and anc 


bende all thei ftudies, to be'gratious in theyr 7 by which WA. 


© +, *.7 ſtinchiefeſtplace aboue other men . By which it 'com« exp 
+; meth to paſſe, tharfot a time they are wel accepted, ener. the 

: - alaobet. ED ERROR - | fide 

But good Princescan ſmelthem out.andwil baniſh them. Col 

theyr company , perſvading them felues;that thar friends the 

7 O07 RR ſhip is notof continuance, whoſcendeand ground is not- the 
itionts  Ehefertingforth &increaſc of vertue. Wherlqreitis to be Juſt 
Prixces - Wilbed, thatal Chriſtian Princes woulde carefully commit ſam 
Mah. = theſe woordsof Chriſtto.continual remembrance, faying |. wit! 
'/*: TYonuſual know them by their fruite. Do: men gather of Thornes, right 
Grapes,or [igges of Thiſtel And agayne'.1nanghty Tree ca- Care 


not bring foorth ſruite. For thoſe words of 'Chrift aretq be. ger: 
ynderſtood not enely of Falſe Prophets; bar alſo of at men, | ned 


and eſpecially of fuch as beare authoritie, And therefore OF 4 
ought a go6od Prince thus to reaſon with himſelfe : What ſper 


+:  , goodneſſe may be loked forar theyr hands,whoſe delight xs 
b- > wu he hath alwayes bet\from theyr yourh in wickedneſſe $ How yes, 
 preferment of canit bee: Sith vnto' Aa viſe nature not regenerate with fore 
* the wicked. Gods holy ſpirit,a wicked cuſtomeand celight ,as it were | Þefc 
| an other nature, is'adioyned ? Ts this mixture commens aug 


Þ dable( Nay truely : ibto this dipeliſhe behaujour : dg | 
| $i $i an | 


p14 


and honour (whicheſeldome make ys-better ) be linked, 


. whatcanbelooked forels,but euen a ar monſters, 


hurtful toalmen, and exccrable betore God ? accordyng 
to that: Aperiue miſero nihil eſt dum. ſurgtt in alum , For 
their great. preferment, is the greateſt puniſhme that may 
be. - And whether that: {compo argru 23500 
(Nulla fides , pretaſg, viris, qui caſtra ſequumter, 
Venaleſg, mani © ib1 fag, vbi maximamerces,) 
(No faith, nor feare of God haxe they, 
which doo the warres purſue: . 7 

Their hands are gener to ſeland ſpoyle, 
. their game they cal therr due,) + Cot ed 
of L#cane , ſpeaking of Warriours brought yp in ſpoyles 
and wickednefle , bealtogeatherfalſe ; which vndoubted- 
ly we belceue, hauynglcarned the ſame by reading , and 


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i 3% ys 6. ela Lag *: 4« - ph , : WY G . , f 
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Lacar.li.s. 


experience, to be true + and yet inthis place; we confeſle The prefer. 
the ſame to be ſpoken ſomewhat Hyperborically. Be- 72ent of the 


| ſides, how can they be profitable to their Princes ,to their wicked, DYin- 
Countrey faithful , and careful of keping<iuſtice , and gh the mi- _ 


the Lawes, which in al theic life haye-been faithleſſe te ſerie ofthe 
the king of kings, andſo farre fromacare of keeping; of £947. 


Juſtice, that they neuer had any -fure knowledge of the 
fame? What agreement or good mixture can fire haue 


. withwater? Hotneſſe with coldneſſe ? Equitie with vn- 


righteouſneſſe? Howe can it be, thatmen ſhould haue a 
care.of that: countreys proſperitie, inwhich they areſtran- 
g=5;and is.nottheir natiue ſoyle? Againe,can men drow- 
ned in voluptyuouſneſſe(whoſe ſtudy 15,querere,vt abſumat, 
& abſumpta-requirere certant : To ſeeke that they maye 
Tpende, and ftrine to finde that naughtily is ſpent: 
Axprogor werAcuTor, ambitious; and louers of them (el- 
ues,) with honeſtie preferre the Princes proſperitie .;be- 
fore their priuate profite, and the common weales good, 
before their owne gaine? So that'to place theſe men/in 


aughorine, is it nottoyeeldethe ſimple ſheepetothe cru- 
eticofrauenyng wolucs? Thee mep,0 VertROuSPrinees, 
At 2 TE4% (i 


F, ut. 


ids. t, 


Fait. 


» Of the ſecond Commingof Chrift. | | 
' © U7 theJecond'Commung of-Chriſs. 
- 


(if ſtories of al tymes:were noted) ſhould appeare of al 


troubles, the authours, in euery common weale,the ouer- Pi 
throwers of euery kingdome, alwayesbetrayers of their 47 
Princes, as might be prooued by many examples, and de; 


thoſe notfarrefetcht, were it my. mynde to freight my 

booke with Hiſtories. Wherefore, O ye Princes and Ru- rat 
lers of the earth , which deſire ( as in deede you ought ) to thi 
be the parentes of your people, vſe greater heede, & more He 
ind gementin chooſing them, which either ſhalbe of your bu 


counfaile, or beare auRthoritte in your names: for the er, 
common felicitie dooth moſt redound to your glorye, 

Andal{o be you alwayes redy and prepared, then to geue ter 
an account of your ſteward(hip, when the king of kinges Kif 
(whoſe vaſſal is every Monarche) ſhal come + of whoſe © hy 
ſodaine commyng, out of the woord of God, hereI geue ſtr 
true and certaine tokens . For if then he ſhaleſpic his be- ſel, 


loucd ſheepe (of which, if but'one be found , which was ret 
Luke, 16 loſt, the whole troupe of angelles reioyce ) by your neg- wi 


ligence and fault, to be commytted as a pray to Woolues W 
and wicked beaſtes, euyl ſhal it be with you: and then de 
withoutal doubt in his rage, he-wyl caſt you headlong: pet 
into hel and extreme darkenefſe,” The almighty God by the 
his holy fpiriteand grace, graunt vnto al good Princes, a £ 
and their Counfaylours, wiſedome and prudence froma- 6 

boue, that in deede they may be the good lightes , both 7 


in cſtabliſhing thatwhich is profitable for their people, wit 
and executing of Iuſtice : and preſerue,defend;and keepe La 


them,and al hisele& from vtter deſtruRion, tothe glory in] 

of his name,and felicitic ofhis Church Amen, cha 

Finally alſo, ont of the ſeuenth Chapter of Daniel, a hat 

Dw.7. notable conieure ofthe ſodaine commyng ofthe ſonne eni 


of God, may betaken, ' Forinthat Chapter be deſcri- fro 
bed foure Monarchies of theworlde, and where, and in foe 
what nation they ſhal be from tyme to tyme, vntyl the oth 


 reſurrefion of the dead , By which, the endes of the ages fior 
ofthis world; may after aſort be noted, .. Bur theſe Mo- kin 


warchies 


- 


narchies being deſtroyed, there ſpal fprivg (faith Daniel ) 4 
mighty keingdome , mightier then thoſe immediately before it, 
and ſbal chanrge the religion of Chriite , and ſhal hane woon- 
derful ſucceſſe , and ſnal wage batailewith holy men. 

Nowe, whatkingdome he vnderſtandeth,it is appa- 
rant by theeuent, wiuch is, the Turkiſh Empyre, But (as 
the Prophet ſaith ) Putabit quod poſſit mutare rempora. &c. 
He ſnalihwke that he 5 of power to alter t;mes, and lawes: 


er foal be weakened , and come to nonght . 

Theſe wordes do plainly yenough declare, that an al- 
teration ſodainely ſhal be in thoſe dayes, when the Tur- 
kiſh Empire dooth come tothe higheſt , and promiſeth 
hym ſelfe an everlaſting dominion over al the world, And 
ſraightway ſhal that moſte comfortable daye ſhewe it 
{lfe, in which the ſonne of God fhal raiſe the dead, and 
render to his Church, life \, and cternal glory: butthe 
wicked he ſhal caſt headlong into euerlaſting tormentes, 
With this Propheſic, let vs compare the times of our pre 
deceflors, and our owne togeather , and we ſhal _— 
perceiue the Turke to have prevailed mightily again 
the Chriſtians , and to pofleſſe not orely al 4/a, but alſo 
agreat peece of Europe, And (that1 may vſe thewoords 


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yy Laftantine) Vere voranit omnem terram , leges nonas ta- Epit 0.dinina, 


Pg 


wit: That is, The earth in deede he hath denonred , newe 
Lawes he hath flabliſhed, the common Weale « to hym ſelfe 


impropriated , the name and ſeate of the Empire he hath. 


—_— . Alſowhatſuccefle within theſe fewe yeares he 
hath 


from the king of Spaine, Twrernm -: and (as Theare)what 


foeuer he hath enjoyed hithertoin Africa, is taken from 


others : and as yet heis inarmonr, with al warlike proui- 


fion,with ſhip and ſouldiour, prepared againſt the Spaniſh: 
king, and threatneth vtter deſtruQtion to al the wo 
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ad, itis wel knowen, A great partof Hungaric he 
enioyeth: From the Vererrans, he hath taken Cypres: now 


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Of the ſuc- 
ceſſe of the 


but indsement ſhal come , and he ſpatbe taken away , hi pow- T UaTRE, 


it, rempublicam ſnam fecit , nomen Impery ſedemg, muta- inFlit. ca.11. 


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- 3 Of the ſecond commyngofs Criſt, | 


Andtherefore wedoo plainly perceiue, the ſtate of theſe 
tymes, marucilouſly to anſweare vnto the Propheſie of 
Daziel.And itappeareth(it by probable rcaſonsany thing 
may of likelyhood be gathered) that the Turke , through 
the cluil diſcentions of people, and continual warres of 
Princes,to.the ouerthrow of the Goſpel, by the Papes ſet- 
tyng on, wyl ſubducal kingdomes . Bur Lttuſt the Lord 
God by his ſpeedy commyng, wyl bring to nought theſe 
endeuqurs of Turkeand Pope,apgainſt his Church,and wyl 
caſt that beaſt with the licle horne,which hath mightily ins 
creaſcd , and althoſe vngodly and dragoniſh kingdomes 
ariſing from the ſea,and that falſe Prophet, into that For- 
nace which burneth witk fire and brimſtoke. RE 


Chap. 4. 
C LAany reaſons, and probable con- 


icturesfrom the courſe of tyme,  -, 

I SI Itherto by meane diligence, Thaue re: 
F4- #1 cited thoſe forctokens of the endu+ 

SD ryng of tymes , whiche Chriſte hath 


»/Ataughtvs, And alſo I haue ſhowen 


Je } ; . 
 ÞIUNL2Z2f other fignes and conicures. out. of 
NES 


W/A2D | Gods woorde, and condition of the 
=— tymnethatnoweis, by whiche we may. 


knowe the oldeneſſe , and ſodainefiniſhing of tymes , te 
whiche, when they cometo paſſe, the Lorde commauny 
deth vs. to looks backe, and lyft vp. our heades,”- For 
thereby.che Lorde God declareth his moſt ardent good 

_ wyltowardes vs, inthathe woulde not ſfigaifie the day, 
and houre, but foreſhzwed the tokens going immediate- 
 lybeforethe fame, Andtherefore ith by theſe it is oa 


Q... a comfortable diſcourſe. 24: | 
& | mifeſtthatitisthe expreſſe willof our.Saujour-, that out. 

FE ofthe written woorde of Chriſt, we ſhould withall dyly- 

g gence ſearch out the laſt time ofour redemption : I 

h doubt not but-I ſhall-doo a good dede; and- gratefull 

f both toGodand his Churche, ifT vtterfoorth ſome co- 

= gitations of myne, fetchr fromthe courſe of time , yet 

d agrecingtothe holy Scripture, for the proofe of this 0- Noteths 


e intor+ about the ſpeedy concluſion of time, Not that | 

f | inthat minde "has Ithinke theſe too bee Demon- ang oo: Th 
” trations, which through a neceſsitie of that whiche Ah, 
Ss to come, muſt nedes bee but as probable thingesfo long phe? NOTE 
- tobe imbraced, till wee learne more certayne , And; iy 


monſtration,. 


therefore in theſe and in like thinges, I ſubmit my ſelfe; 

to the better judgement of the Churche and of the lears oy: pre 
ned; andIperſwade my felfe , that theſe-and other ſin- 
gular Prognoſtications which followe , whereby ſome» 
whatnigherTapproche,then as yetThauedonne,to ſhew 
the ſodayne comming of the Lorde,ſhal bee ſofarrefrom 
terryfiyng of the godly, that the confideration of theſe 
) thynges wyl-be molt pleaſauntand comfortable. 
Bur.yetItake. not vyppon-mee{ as afore alſoIhaue prote- 
ſted )to know the day , which Chriſt ſayeth himſelfe, hee 
dooth not knowe. ( as he like a man beareth'the office of 
an appoſtle.) For the fignes foretolde we may know, but 
not the day. and houre : not the very moment of his 
comming, but the tokens of that moment do we ſearche 
out; as farrefoorth as itis lawfull for man'fo todoo. 

The holy Scripture every where maketh ſome collation 

betweene the firſt Adam the ſinner.and the ſonneof God 

Chriſt our Saujour the ſecond Adam : alſo betweenie the Rem. x; 
flood,8& the vtter onerthrow of the world, cuen as Chriſte /-Cor! 5 
dooth ſignific in theſe woordes: Et erit ficwt indiebus Noe E: 
&c, Andit ſhalbe as in the dayes of Noe.: &c. Whetefore Math, 2 7. 
Ifelfirſt into this conſideration, and afterwardes from. | 
onetoanother,into thoſe which enſue; : whether the 

tunes palt in-equalitie of the ſame number anſweared 

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k..4 ww YE OO wwe ru 9D 9»Y +7. a . 3 +'C 


F Trbnb of» cOfthe ſecond ovaming of Garift, | 

4 AAC 411 , \ | 4 G 
Cbreft. alike. For the Lord God hath ordeyned all thinges'by a || 
Fromthe fingular &cucrlaſting wyſedome: & experiencedoth teach | 


birth of Iſaac by a certayne concurring of the itarres, that in ſuch chings 


vntl Chriſte a great likeneſſe of tymes is woont oftentimes too. hap- 


2000 yeres, pen,asinthe byrth of Iſaac , andof his offering , which is 
Fromths Aafigureof Chriit, thereis a great conſent ofthe tymes 
creation of For from Iſaac, vntil Chritte were two thouſande yeares 
theworld va fully expyred . Bur when from Adam orderly yntill 
tilche Flood theflood we do conſider the yeares of the generations 
1656. yeres. of all the Fathers, and gathzrthem al into one ſumme, 
> ayplicati: laying aſide the falſe computation of Exſcbrws , and 0+ 
onofthe thers following the Greeke tranſlation of the ſeuentie 
rme of Af) Interpreters) from the firlt yeare of the worldes founda- 
ſer goucern- tiontothe Flood, are judged to be a thouſand, ſixe huns 
ment, of the dred,fiftic and ſixe yeares, Fromthis number, the yeares 
delmerie of of Chriſtes byrth, vato this preſent yeare a thouſande 


the [ewes hue hundred, ſeuentie and five , doo differ eightie'and 
from the oneyearc,iftruely that number werefilled , But Idonot 
handeof thinke. the worlde (hal continue ſo long, that the latter 
Pharao,of tymeſhould in number exceed the former,for many con» 
the ouer- 1eRures which folowe : but whatmay come to paſſe the 


throw. of the Lord knoweth. | 

Tewes and Likewiſe Moſes is a figure of Chriſt: That maruey- 
deſtruftion lons deliuering of Iſrael by Moſes, out of the handes of 
of Hieruſa- Pharas,is a figure of the viorye of Chriſt , which on our 


lem with behalfe he hath by his death on the Croſſe and refurre- 
the tme Cionfrom thedead,obtayned agaynſtthe diueland death 
when and the whole gouernement-of Moſes, isa ſhadowe of . 


Chrift came Chriſtes kingdome : the oucrthroweof the Iewes and 
imtothis deſtruction of Hieruſalem , 


worlle 149: Of the worldes ouerthrowe . And here weeſhall ſee 2 
wonderful conſent and agrecing of times : that ſoo by _ 
thinges palt we may looke for the cuent of thinges too 
come, vndoubtedly by the ſingular prouidence , coun« 
faile , and ordinaunce of God, For no other reaſon 
canTrender, fich Icannot perfivade my felfe , that theſe 

thinges can by chaunceſo wonderfully agree ”” 


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p- hundred,and nine yeares.Now if the yeares from the Na- ;he Lawe, 
is eitic of Chriit vnmil chis time , in which Chriſte began a- vill che 

_ gaineto be borne tothe worlde, and to be brought into Narinirie of 
EN thelightas it were through the preachyng of the Goſpel, Chriſt.1 506. 
ill by Lzther, and other famous men, were numbred, they ry5 he birth 
ne are in ſummea thouſand,fiac hundred, and ſeuentecne. of Chriſt vs 
Ee, Againe,from the departure out of: e-£gypr,vntil the death ;;1/the brimp= 
py of Chriſt, the yeares are accounted to be a thouſand, fiue ing of the 
tie hundred, fourtie and two, And this rumber aiſo dooth Goſpel mito 
12 marucylouſly agree with that general perſecutionin Ger- J;jght by Lute 
_ manic , made by Charles the fift and the Pepe, which haps Kan Ijl7, 


— pencd inthe yeare,athouiaud,fiue hundred,fourti andſc- yeres, 


ide pen.:Sothattheſe numbers of yeare beeing compared to F;75 he rome 
nd geather, wil befound not much to differ in quantitic of 2;yg our of 
10t number. . : / eEpypt Un- 
—_ But from theſe poore mentions, Iwyll goe higher too ;y/;3e death 


5n. | thoſe — ;which eſpecially doo agree to our purpoſe. ,fChri/2, 
the |} Jes maniteſt, tharMoſes gouernement, vntil the laſt de- ; ,,2 yore 
| AruQion of Hreruſulem by Titxs, did ſtandin all, onethou- 5 he birth. = 
ey- fand five hundred;eyghty and three yeares. Neitherisitto , f Chriſt ons * 
. of 8 Þ< doubtedofany, but that that deſtruction and waſting ;;/ the cynell 
zur WM (of H:croſalers (is a manifeſt figure of thelaſtruine of the perſecution 
_- wotid And therfore dooth our Lord ſpeake of theſe things ,* Þr;/ftians 
ath Coyeather,, and:faith : 7 hoſe dayes were like the dayes of ;,, che daies of 
: of | Neeinreſpe&tofmanners, and the fecuritie of mans life, C4,-1:5 the 
ind || Noweatlength,what ſhalwe gather of theſe things? That fift.1 547. 
ken || thetermeofthe worlds deſtru&ion ſhould agree with the py,9; 14: ſer 
c 2 || fxmernumberofyecaresof Moſes gouernement? Which gonrernement 
by nottheſonneofan | rout | . \ebicfeſt Monarch » \'aS varl che dew 
= was Freryſalemsr but the fonne ef: God., much inightier fruftun... of a 
un. | "all Emperoxrs an cuerlaſting king can bring to-naught, Hiernſaltns © 
Cu Which thing Melantthox ſeemeth playnely to poynt at in by Titns. YN 
\els || thelife of Peſparior,inhis ADP: 7 6 the like _— iS 7 583: yeares 
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chiefc it ſigne of Chriſtes comming, to witt,the preaching 7720 
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innttion of yeareof our Lord.1 5 8.3,jnthemonethof May there ſhal haps | fhalb, 
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of the 'Sumnt;in the twentie degree of T awrus , about the head Wl hic 

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ward the twelfe. Here (faith he)wmnſt-wewatch:and 1 thinks it © 1ntoC 

hs meecte that al earthly cogitations be caſt of |, leaſt wee bee des bouet 
PREM froze d beeing whready:; for this great coninntun wu of all,ube © thor,” 
Pks laſt which hal happen in the ende of Watri:T rigors. aud'wairy i Tawle 
Trivam Trigon ſhal hane ar endt and bermrnedinto fierie Trigan, Ne Das i! 
a RE ther any more in the ſpace of eight hiidred yeares, theendofwaj Oeth t 
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canſe at that tyme , fine thouſand yeares were not expired. But 
now the operationof this great coniunttzon continringthe num- 
ber ſhal tend to fixe thonſaud yeres: which agreeth with the holy 
prophet, affirmyng that rhis world ſhould ftande ſrxe thouſande 
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moſt fonre bundyed yeres, which is plaine againſt that propheſie. 
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frolegers, y 2x Bagh (5prian : which alſo by his Latine ver-" 
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_ Erpoſt quingentos rurſus ab orbe datos, 
Ottogeſimus ottauns mirabilis annus 
Ingruet ,is ſecum triſtia fata feret, 
' Sinonhoc annototas malus occidet orbis: 
: $1 non in nihillum terra fretumque ruet: 
Cunita tamen munds ſurſum ibunt atque retorſum 
Imperia,c} luftus undique grandis erit, 
In Engiſhe thus; 
When after Chriſts-byrth there be expyrd- 
Ofhundreds,fifciene / pan 64 ary andeyghr, 
Then comes the tyme of daungers to be fearde, 
Andall mankind with doloures it ſhal freighr, 
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- If SeaandLandethen periſhe nedecaie:. 
| Yet Empyresall, andkingdomes alter ſhall, 
C . Andmantoeaſe him ſelfeſhall haueno way. 
Now by this it appeareth how the number of yeares of 
Moſes gouernment, which endured a thouſaud,fiue hun- 
dred, cyghtye and three yeares, and of this yeare, a thou- 
fand, fine hundred,eyghtie and foure,(in whoſe beginning}. 
that prodigious coniun&ion of the Planets in the ende 
of watrie 77ygou doth happen,) agree together: ſo that the 
quantitie and number of thetymes foretolde, the ſignes. 
and ſtarres feemeto agree together, and without al doubt- 
topretende the ſame thing, In like maner may-we bryng. 
foorth other compariſons of tyme,which by reaſon of) ike. 
enentes, agree together woonderfully, 'Of whiche this. 
-oneisnotof leaft weyght To wytt;, the ſame tymefrom 
the natiuirie of Chriſt, vntilthequerthrowe of Hieruſalem: 
Is ME 3 ets , 'when Luther firſt of all ſet him; 
ſelfe agaynſt the Popes [ndulgences, and beganneto preach; 
the Goſpel, to this yeare eyghtie and eight: in whiche zOr& 
boutthe ſame, by this marueylons-ioimyng together of 
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* thedeſtrutionofHieruſalem , are. numbred ſeuenticand ?il/the defirmat 
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tie andeyghtyeare, are accounted ſeuentie and ane.;Fhe J<4res : 
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yeares which cameſincethat general perſecution,-yntill #9 the birth 
the eightic andeight yeere , were:compared:iiwe ſhall ſee of Ghriſt ot- © 
alſo, thatin number ofyeares , they do not much: differ, til! bis faſt 
of: For betweene Chriſtes byrth , and his preaching , there preaching . 


wth wasthirtie yeares:: and ſo to his.death , 33 yearess and 59 geares, 
10U- ſomewhat more. Butfrom that ſeuentiene yeare,whenhe #79 41s birthe- E 
ning: Goſpel begonneto ſbineagayve, vntillthe faurtie;andfixe 70 bis death * 
nde yearein all, when Charles rhe Emperonr began.to ame hym 23 yeares., 
tthe ſelfc agaynſt the ſtates of the Empyre zſo toabolyſh the do- Frozve pres 
ones. Qrine of Chriſt,are numbred twentieand viengycares.A- ching ofthe 


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r/ng. rlalem, there was fourte yeates. Aid ffom'thatgenerall cher wwril 
like. perſecution, which happened in the fourtie andfixthyeare the perſecn- 7 
this: vntillthe eyghtic and fixeyeare,areaccounted fointieyen- ting of the | 
from res:whichis the middle yeare-betwene:the.eyghiie foure, [me 57 
falem: when that exceeding ſiraupgenviting tagetberoftheR/a- Charles 


thin, wersſhal appeare;, and urns nat") EE hiclitime he Ems 
reach: that coniun&ion ſhall take his Full torte. © >; or fo! perony ave 


thicbyrch-of Chriſt; andin the 
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both which ſand fiuehundred:onlyrhat firſt, from this laſt; which is to 
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[{. TFogeather, © _- Toonfefſemyklfenottobe skilful in Aſtronomie,,-al- 
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ame-conſtellation of the ſtarres , according to the opini- 
. on of Cyprian Leountins , did come, that of thoſe two paſt, 
+ wemay the-better iudge of that molt ioyfull comming of 
the ſonne of God, toal his ele&, and may certaynly per- 
{wade our ſelues, that he wyll make haſt , and comeſhortly, 
and wyth ſpecde: and alſo let vs conſyder that tyme ,in which 
.the ſame conſtellation ſhal appeare againe , which -was twilſe 
afore , andin multitude of yeares (as is aboue ſayd) is like 


: -thoſe paſt, : 

! When the godly about Chriftes tyme dyd ſee that the ,, f the oa 

; FB goucrnementſhould be taken, not onely from the ſtocke of _- YO 

v Daxid, butalſo from the [ewes , and tranſlated to ſtrange -, | fe imte'Þ 

f mlers,to wit, to the houſe of Antipater the [dumite , no ,,_ feſh 

is doubte they ſuppoſed that Chriſtes comming into the fleſhe, : 

9 was then at hande,and the rather they did ſo thinke, becauſe 

bh Jacob the Patriarche had long afore propheſied, that the ſcep- Gene.49, 

A ter ſhould nat be taken, from Inda , nor the captayne from bee- 

I tweene his feete, wntil Silo came, or he which was tobe ſent, And _ 

” alſo thoſe ſeucntie weekes of Daniel, drew well to an end, Davy. 

is | whiche becing expyred , the Ruler of the people ſhould (hew 

& | hiniſclfe. Neyther did that vadoubted hope deceiue the 

af | | godly: for the ſonne of God Chritt ar that tyme tookeour 

r- Þ} fichhe-vpon hym truly and in deed, he was a ſacrifice for our 

1C ſinnes,and roſe from death for our deliueraunce, ſo that thoſe 

i- Propheſics were fully expyred, and tooke their effe&t, And 

J- thatthen al the /ewes thought their CA/e/ias ſhould be borne, 

y- WW which they dreamed ſhould be a mighty Aonarch, and rule 0- | 

z£& I uverrhe world, Sueronins Trangquillas doth enidently ſhew inthe _— 

mn lyfte of Veſpa/an,the fourth Chapter, Of the" cont ; 

"Ge Likewyſe ſaint Paule dyd foretell a moſt certayne argu- 771g of Awe |? 
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at Þ mentofthe comming of the ſonne of perdition . For in ##chrif. 
c< PF thetimeof Pax, there were ſome in ſo wicked an'opinion, 
ne | thattheythought the comming of the Lordeeuen then-to 
e- {| benyghathand: whom Paul endetioureth to bring from 
} thaterrar, teaching that the Lorde ſhould not come, — 
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that wicked man anenemietoGod , were firſtrenedled}, and 


thathe ſhould not be reycaled , Except firit that auncient , 

and preſent Empire of Rowe were vtitcrly aboliſhed . Whiche l; 

: . thing he doth fignific in theie wordes., ſaying: He orely _ 
Þ which keepeth, lot him halde preſently vntill he be taken away. & tl 

F #Theſ.2. then that wiched man ſhalbe diſcloſed. Hierome toloweth the R 
E ſame ſence,wryghtingvnto A/gafiain this manner; Qoecanſa p 

" Hlierome ft,coc.Thatis ,7 ou krowe very well, rhat the carſe is , that. Am ct 
 wnto Alzaſia tichriſte nowe preſently,commeth not . He wyll not. playnely ſay, m 
EF - that the Romane Empire muſt be deſtroyed , whiche the gouerne- _ 
| noars thereof ſuppoſe ſhall continue for ever, Whereof it 1s. , that ar 
{| according to.lohns Rewelation,, inthe foreheadof that purpled. tt 
j8 Harlot, there is wruten a name of blaſpherae,of Enerlaſting bo 
[ Rome, For if he had playnely ſayde , Antichrifte ſhal not come, u) 
id except firſt the Romane Empire be aboliſhed, a mt cauſe there: _ 
'# 97ght aryſe of perſecuting. the Eaſt Church w hiche then-was, And: "a 
| alitle after he ſayth:T he Romane empire whiche zowe. keeperh. -n 
t all Nations in ſubiettion, muſt be onerthrowen,and then ſhall An-. mr 
[ Tort ales tichriſte come the fountame of iniquitie.The ſame ſenſe dooths by 
| Fdftantine, 77#anobſeruein his Treatiſe of thereſurreftion of the: eq 
_ ' fleſh,and LaFarrtins,inhis ſeuenth booke, and 25.chapter of _ 
| Inſtitutions. | at rs 
18 But.if we wouldecomparethe propheſie of Pal with: Bis 
| Charks. rhe thedeedes of Charles the great, we ſhall fynde that! prophe-: Lis 
\__ Greate, fieinthoſe dayes marueiloſly to haue taken. effect, . and: be 
6 - then the auncient Empyre of:the Romans , altogeather. too: H, 


haue come to naught, and the title of the Empyre, which-was: ®. 
the image of the beaſt; to be tranſlated-vnto the Frenchmen, 8. on 


7 Germanes, and afterwardes by. litle and litle eſpecially - to- H, 
E. : haue come to the Pope of Rome , which at that tyme began. thi 
: Planting, playnely to ſhewe him ſelfe tobe very- Artichriſt, and that lan 
| Krarz.2, gamnable chylde . Becauſe he was not onely content to. be N, 


4,19. Tours , or the head of the vninerſal Churche (as. Phecar: the 
| Gang4inu before, aboue two hundred: yeares had appoynted'him) eſp, 
i 06.4. but alſo the Lord of Lordes. For Charles nowe beeing an-: 

J 8oynted and crowned Emperour by the Pope ;( w— 


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- had luckely ouercome Deſiderins king of the Lorgobardi- 
ans, which ambitiouſly ſought the Emperourſiyp of all /ca- 
lie) and afterwardes his ſonne Loxodicus Pius, from whence 
alſo he receyued that name, to be called Lodonicke the Godly 
the Kowans graunted vnto him the gouernement both of 
Rome ,and ot many other prouinces: and this hath Raphae!, 
Pelateran in the aces of Prpin,and of the Experonrs faythfully 
committed to poſterities by wrighting . So the powerand 
malice of the Biſhops increaſing by litle and litle, the whole 
worlde came yndcr theyr ſubicction, and all Emperoxrs, Kings, 
and Princes became as it were their Cents or(as I may ſay) 
theyr Vaſlals:and they yetin name, the ſcruauntes of ſlaues: 
butin deedeasit were chiefe Monarchies of all Kyngs, fer- , ,, 
uyngattheyr beckes, Of theſe we haue a notable teſtimo- , 
nie of that moſt noble and wootthy Salſburga» Archby. ; -* 2. hors 
ſhap Eberharaxs , which about the yeare of our Lorde, 1240. Engel Kar 
4nthe open counſfailes of the King, is reported to haue Jo oe | 
ſpoken theſe wordes enſuing : Flamines ill Babilonie regnare | POO 
cupunt, &c, That is, Thoſe Babilonian Prieftes deſire toraigne falss 
equals they canuat abyde : they will not leane of vntill they hane <7 p > 
trodden all things under theyr feerte ,and ſit on the temple of God, © * J. 
and be exalted aboue all that whiche is worſhipped . The deſire of 
riches, and thirit for preferment , is vnſatiable , The more you 

ine to a couetous man, the more he gapesr, Shewe your finger, and 
he will deſyre the hande, Through hberty wee are all the woorſe. y 
He whichi the ſeruant of ſeruantes, coneteth robe Lords of A deſcyiptis 
Lordes, asifhe wonlde be God him ſelfe-, | The holy aſſemblies of Ants_ ; 
«nd meetings of his brethren, yea of his Lordes, he condemmeth. chriſte, 
He isin feare, leafthe be compelled to gine an acccompt of 
thoſe things , which daily he doth more and more agaynſt the 
fawes , He ſpeaheth wonderfull thinges , as if be were God, 
Newe deniſes are in his minde whereby he may impropriat 
the Empyre to him ſelfe , He chaungeth lawes , his owne he 
eftabliſheth , he abuſeth , he ſpaylerh , aeceyneth, ſlajgeth. This 

man of perdition, whichis called Antichrifte, in whoſe forehead 

it is written, Iam God andcanmot erre + He ſateth in the 
Hu, temple 


temple of God, and beareth ſway far and wyde. But asit is in holy 


Shal underſtande, all the ungodly ſhal do wickedly , and ſhall nog 
perceive, And alitle after, Komarni maie/tas populi, ec. The Mas 
ieſtic of the Romane people , whiche ſometime ruled the whole 
world, is taken fromthe earth, and the empire is returned into 
Aſia, Agayne, The Eaſt ſhal beare ſway, the Weſt ſhalbe in ſub- 
zettion, The kingdome ſhalbe augmeted,the chiefe power of thmges, 
by many ſhalbe ſcattered,denided diminiſhed, [wyl not ſay,torne:ci= 
will diſſemtion for ener is ſowen, neyther ſhal we perceme the ende of 
bloody bat tayles.T he emperonr is a vaine appeliation or name, and 
#s.onely a ſpadowe, Ten kinges are togeather which haue dinided the 
worlde, ſometime the Empire of Rome, not for the defence, but def< 
truttion of the ſame .&c. 

Finally alſo, even as the Pope in power and auchoritie- 
hath. increaſed , ſo likewiſe in blaſphemies and impictie - 
| hath he abounded, inſomuch, thar at levgth he hath: vſur-. 

| ped the power of God, inuerted the face of al true Religion, 
The blaſphe- & defiled the ſame with his fylth : whichthing no wyſe man.. 
wors arro: can deny. Therefore doth he ſytin the Temple of God 
gar of the chalenging to hym ſelfethe authoritie of the higheſt : and . 
wicked Pope. as Paul ſpeaketh, boaſting him ſelfe to. be God, as may be 
| proued by the Decrees and Decretals of the Popes, it any. 
manthinke we ſay not the truth. Heare what his moſt im- . 
| pudent fauourers-on his behalfe haue reported : 7 he Pope 
bs: (lay they) #s called asit were wonderfull, from Pape the Inter- 
J veftion of wonderyng : becanſe he is Chriſtes Vicar and Goasr, 
whoſe the fulneſſe of the earthis, And Tohn Andy .Vpon this- 


- he pope 7s... aiftns eſt quaſipater patrum, &c. The Pope is called as it mere 
in al;yea the father of al fathers Jhaning onely the fulneſſe of power , Allo - 
we Divell - Th,,uas of Aquine ſayth , that in ſpiritual matters , and tem- . 


e-Difl,44. Ata woord,they make him a Mungrell; as partly God ,and 
partly man , ds cal him the Spouſe of the Churche , The 
mother of the faythful, which canrot erre , whoſe voyce is To 

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word Pope, in the procme of--C/emert ſpeaketh thus :- Papa-; 


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wenty,cnen as Peter was and therefore that he is the chiefeſt Inag 0: 
whoſe wyckedneſſe, as the murders of Samſon, thetheft of 
the Hebrues,and adulteric of /acob areto be iudged of none: 
for there is one and the ſame ſeate ({ay they ) both of God 
and the Pope. The Popes wyllis ſayde to be a heauenly wyll, : 
and therefore is of powerto chaunge the nature of thinges, . we 
toapply that ynto one, which belongeth to an. other , and 
ofnothing to make ſomewhat. Are not theſe and ſuchelike 
Rules of the Canoniſts , formally recited , marueylous _ 
thynges? which with blaſphemous and wycked lippes ,vnder 
the Popes perſon, accordingto Davie!s propheſie , ſpeake 
agaynſt the God of Gods, And as the Occidentall En-. 
pyreof this Pope, in the tyme of Charles the Great, was di- 
vided from the Orientall; ſo lykewyſe the Empyre at Cor-  _ 
ftantinople , whych ſometime was called alſo the Oriental! Dinifien of 
Empyre of Rome , afterwardes was greatly diminiſhed by /he Empire _ 
the great 7rke and Sara/ins, whoſe power afterward increa- of Kome. 
ſed more and more, and that myghtily , Afterwarde, alitle 
before the raigne of Caro/xs Caluns, Couſin to. (barles the 
Great , the Tartarian Turkes, by occaſion they were res 
queſted to aſsiſt the Per/ians agaynſt the Saraſims , obteyned 
 AlleA/a:andtheſeembracingthe. Mathematicallſe&, at the 
length cam e to be of great power. Sothat theſe two wice- 
ked and eAtichriſtran kingdomes tooke theyr beginnyng, 
when the Romarne Empyre in Phocas tyme and Heraclins, 
was impayred:andin the raygne of Charles the Great , the 
-Empyre. almoſt ſubuerted , they dayly more and .more . 
mightily jycreaſed in this weake and diuided kingdome, 
whoſe feete were become partly -of yron;, and partly of 
carth . Afterwarde , by lyes , backſlydyngs, and ſlaughter, 3 
(which are the properties ofentichr;ſtans) theyr ruling-The propers: 
and Religion was confirmed, and the Saintes of God, by ties of Athy 
mingling earthly wyth heavenly thynges , were vexed : as chriſtians. .. 
Hiſtoriographers , and the Chromcles of John eAnentine ... 0 
every whefe doo wytneſſe ; and therefore both. of them I 
bythe gloryous comming of the Lorde , ſhall be abo-. 
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5 - If therefore to the conſolation of all the godly , and 
T deep» confirmation of our fayth , the holy Ghoſt hath had a 
Chriſtero Y-<at care to deliver vnto vs by the Prephers., certayne 
. toreſignes ,. by whiche myght be coniectared., when the 
commyng of Chriſte in the fleſh was nygh at hande : whoſe 
comming ſhoulde yet before the worlde, be baſe and very 
ſimple, and ye: of ſufficient Power to ſaue our ſoules 
from the heauie curſe and diſpleaſure of God . Andif 
the holy Ghoſte hath beene ſo carefull in geuing 
tothe Churche , and the choſen of God , certaine ſignes 
.and tokens of- the comming of Antichriſte , no-doubte he 
did the ſame, that the better they might ſhunne and for- 


g agement, 


helpe of Gods worde,} And therefore hath the holy Spirite 
of God ben the more diligent to ſhewe too the Churche 
many and manifeſt ſignes of the Lordes commyng too 
tudgement , that ſo he myght driue vs from all ſecuritie 
of this lyfe , and wake vs out$of the deepe fleepeof our 
deadly finnes , leſtby the ſpeedie comming of the Lorde 


ons, with whiche the Churche is continually vexed, wee 
myghthaue a ſure truſtand confidence in the mercye of 


laſt preaching before his death , through a greatgood 
wyll gaueys many fignes , and carneſtly charged vs , .ta+ 


tokens imminent, we ſhoulde carefully and readily attende 
; the comming of our Bridzgroome . For that comming, 
We. too all the godly and: choſen of the Lorde, ſhalbe toyfull 
LTbe ende of and comfortable , In whiche the Sonne of God ſhal-ap- 


_ " wh 4 of imſelfe to his foes terrible, tovs comfortable ; to them 
Pres.  ſeuere, gentle tovs: to them a Judge and Condemner, 


and 


ſake all his vntrue teachinges and blaſphemies , by the- 


tojudgement , we ſodainly peryſhe : and that in all afflidi- | 
God. And therefore the ſonne of God hym ſelfe in the - 


king his parable from the Fig eree , that beholding thoſe 


[he ſeconde pearein power mightie, in glorye wonderfull ., and ſhewe 


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and deſtroyer, to vs an affured friende and defender: ſo ; 
that he ſhal-recompenſe them with fire continually among 
the Diuels,but ys he ſhall rewarde with his fauoure perpetu- 
all,inthe ſocietie of Angels, and celcſtiall habitation. And 
therefore dooth /oe/ callthat day ofthe Lorde, a-great day, foel.2, 
andtetrible (to the wycked,) when all from the wortdes cre- 


ation, ſhalbe made to. ſtaude before the tribunall ſeate of 
God. 


AboueThaue ſhewed , that the cheifeſt ſigne of the e briefere; 
comming of the ſonne ofman , was the preaching of the herſalof rh 
Goſpell , whiche Par/ termeth the ſpirite of the*Lordes forementios. 
mouth. -AlſoI haue declared howe that figne is- evident ned rokens, * 
in theſe daies , and that Antichriſte by the breathe of the 
mouth ofthe Lorde, is ouerthrowen and ſtrangled with 
Linnen , as Sibyl-Erithrea ſpeaketh (thatis, with inter- 
pretations of holy ſcripture , inprinted 1m Paper made of ,,,, 
Linnen) itis manifeſt toall godly men z andinſtructed in * * © 
true Religion , Nowe what. other thing remaineth but 
the conſummation of the worlde, and that gloryous com- 
ming ofthe Eorde, by whiche that wicked and damned ſonne 
ſhalbe abolyſhd;, according to Chriſtes woordes ? Hitherto 
thatconiunGtion of al planets which was a litle before the 
byrth of Chriſte and in the time of- Charles the great ,. in the 
beginning both of the Twrkes tyrannicall dominion, and 
the Popes Autichriſtian Religion , whiche ſhall inſue very 
ſhortly,doth belong . As if theLorde would ſay : beholde the 
cheifeſ ſigne of my comming : according to my promiſe,. 
the preaching of the Goſpel is come alteadye, you ſee the. 
power of Aztichriſke ty ſworne cnimieis greatly weake- 
ned, nowe ſhall ye ſee the ſignes in heauen, whiche foretolde 
my former comming in the fleſhe, and the comming of 

my aduerſarie, by whiche you may gather my comming, 
whereby Twill vtterly aboliſhe his # as gquernement, 

and abandon him from the godly , tothat Eottomleſſe 3 

pit of hel, And therefore take you heede , and be circum - «® 

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- thercan we doubt;ſith the ſtarres are of the LordeG 
ted for ſfignes vnto vs)but that that marueylous coniunction 
of the Planets dooth forſhewe a wonderful & incredible altes 
ration of al things.And what other change may we loke for, 
pray you, buteuenthe vtter deſtruQtion of the world,and the 
triamphant appearing of the Lorde? For the ſfixe thouſande 


yeare,which is the laſt day,draweth to the euenyng : courſe of 
times,and theyrforetolde agreement, declare the endeto be 
at hand : the preaching ofthe Goſpel ſhineth, the Pope of 
Rome by the breath of the Lord peryſheth , and we areinre- 
ligion cold,carcleſſe, and contemne his preachers, which the 
Lorde God cannot ſuffer long to goe vapuniſhed . Alſo-this 
feareful inclination of the Starres , the dayly talke of warres, 
the direful ciuil contentions, the lamentable diſfſention in 
Religion, the great plagues, the miſerable hunger, the ſtrange 
tempeſtes, the wonderful riſings of the Sea, and other 
fignes, which many times haue com after the prea- 
ching of the Goſpel, and dayly doo more and 
more increaſe, are outof all doubtthe 
euident ſignes of the worldes ſpeedy 
ouerthrowe, and haſty com- 
ming of our Lorde Iefus 
Chriſte the ſonne of 
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after the Apoſtles tymes,vntylithe 
laſt iudgement, 


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ther very ſweete and probable 

1} conecuresofthe ſodaine coms 
ming of the Lord to iudgment, 

I} which containe many and pro- No | 
fitable inſtruRions, and wyl be *-* fate of 
woonderful and ſiraunge per- ©9779" Peas 


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\ chaunce tomany, for the {nal In 
| DS conſideratio they haue ofthem: Plays Wh 
-which 1t they were wel wei ;ght bring vs intoa ,..- *. * 
whic y we eighed, mig gyv liie, Arifted, 


great admiration of Gods pronidence. Itis wel knownto ,. * 
al the learned,and not doubred,but that al governments, } ww f x y 
according to the princes of Philoſophie, Platoes and Ari. 739 J98 
feotles doctrine, haue their certaine concluſions ,. 'Andit 
may be for truth, that euery five hundred yeares, there 
happen wonderful alterations both in Religion,and com- 
.mon weales: as there appeared three in Moſes kingdome. 
For from the commyng out of Egypt,vntyl Sa/omor,there 
was aboutfiue hundred yeares : from thence, vnto the 
captiuitie of Babylon, other fiue hundred : and from the 
9 returnyng, vntothelaſt ſubucrſion , fine hundred moe: 
I -Which laſt periode dooth greatly agreewith thoſe ſeuen 
weekes of Dariel, becauſe they arc in number foure hun- _ 
dred,foure ſcore,and tenne yeres. And therfore by a briefe £h 24 "_ 
* marking of thetymes and things brought to paſſe, we wyl " ene” 
makeiteuident, that the laſt fiue hundred yeares from the / « wy Dat 
ApotHertyme,, fully ſhalbe expiredin this Monarchie of ©7999 
thePope, which now threatneth a greatruine, and per- Tepes 
claunce, an vtter downefalabout the'cighty eight ang + © fe © 
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there happe- 
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table thing in 
enery commo 
weale. 

Three nota= 
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ons in the Tee 
Wiſh common 


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: Apoca. I3, 


 ohnthe 


Emnangelſt. 


Exnſebas. 


Train the 
Emperor 
ay Hot - from whom, for cauſes enſuing , I wyl begin to reſiterhree; 
H tg "* 
which pappe- jn the Emvire,which differ one fro the other,according to 


wedmihs 


bhandred 


nienty three yeare, the former inclinations of the ſtarres, 
and otherenſuing, forcſhewing direfulthings , cuen vatil 


- theſtxt thouſand & one hundred yere, Which Monarchie 


is called of /ohnin his Rexelation, rhe image of the beaſt, by 
reaſon ofa certainelikeneſſe it hath with the olde Monar-= 
chie,which by the like tirany againſt the Chriſtians, 8 ma- 
ner of goucrnment by their eccleſiaſtical ſenate,8 by their 
ſecular power(as they ſay)to the ſatisfying of their minds, 
inoppreſcing the Chriſtian veritie , throughal the world 
they dooexcrciſe , Sothat by a great and infallible ſuppo- 


. ſition, it may be gathered, thatthe noble comming of 


the ſonne of God 1s nigh at hande: ſith the preaching of 
the Goſpel riowe goeth before, by which this Monarchie 
hauing his auRhoritic from the Drago,at length ruinous 
beginnerh to ſtoupe , but cannot vtterly be aboliſhed, ac- 
cording to Paules. dodrine, vntil the Lord come for alto- 
gether . For by hiſtories we know /ob» the euangelift to 
hauc lyued longer time than any of the Apoſtels, and too 
haue written his Goſpel at Ephe/#s, and afterwarde when 


aSnone of the Appoſtels were,no,not many dayesafore li- 


uyrigitis wel knowen, that he was fent of Domitian into 
the Iland Pathmes, where he committed his Reuelation to 
writing, and that wasabout the dayes of Trara» the Ent- 
perour , which the hundred yeare from Chriſtes Natiuitie 
b-cing adopted by Ner#a, came tothe Emperial throne 


rotable chaunges and alterations, both in Religion, and 


the true account of yeares, but fiue hundred yeares a peece 
Now theſe hundred yeares from the birth of Chriſt, 


eaves from ynto the time of Traian , beeing expyred ſoftrange 
the natiutie things and miraculous both in the Churche and common 
of Chrift v- weales happened, as from the beginninge of the world, 
til the dayes ſych and ſo great neyther,haue neyther ſhall come too 
. ef Traignthe paſſe, except only inthe comming of theLorde, at what 
Ezyera. tyme heſhal calthe dead before his — 

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the whole vigratious worlde may be brought vntoperpe 
tnal ſhame,& the vertuous:to euerlaſtyng glory. For firlt 
ourLord and Sauiour Chriſt was borne ofa virgin, perfe&t 
man, the Mcſias promiſed to the Patriarches. the ſonne 
of one ſubſtance with his eternall F:ther, by whom God 
hath madeof nothing, althinges ,both in heauenaboue, 
and incarth below , and re:lcemed mankind whiche was 
fallen, from ſinne and wickedneſſe : torinthe bzhalfeof 
ysall, he hath ſuffred a moſt reprochfull death vpon the 
Crofſlc , tothe cnd that Death , and the Dinel being van- 
quiſhed, hemightryd all beleeuers from eternall d. ath, 
and thc intollcrable yoke of Satan, He hath allo riſen like a 
conquerour in glory from the dead , & aſcended 1nto hea- 
uen , that he myght prepare a way for vs to his almiglty 
father, whoſe anger by his righteouſneſſe he had appealed 
and reconciled hym vntovs. | 

Finally alſo,at the feaſt of Pertecof,God miraculouſe 
ly, and without meane (according asit was long afore 
promiſed by the Prophetes) did powre out his holy ſpirit 
ful of all graceand goodneſſe, vpon his Apoſtles, that in 
al nations they might be able to glorifeGod, and ine- 
uery language declare their meſſage of glad tidings: which 


maugrethe Diuel and his adherents,(notwithſtanding the 77, 
outragious crueltie of Nero and Domrtiar,) was by the a- p 


poſtles preached , 
worlde. 

I minde not to proſecute euery thing perticularly 
whiche hath happened in common weales from the byrth 


of Chriſte , vnto the hundred yeare after the ſame, at 


whiche tyme Traiaz firſte receaued the Emperiall Dia. 
deme , leaſte by that meanes , ( contrary to my pur- 
poſe, ) I enter into the diſcourſe of too long and te- 
dious a hiſtory , Amongſt other thinges, thoſe 'wootdes 


foreſpoken of Chriſte and the Prophetes , touching the 
ouerthrowe and vtter deſtruction of the Tewes and ' 
2 are fulfilled : and alſo vnder Traian the+ 


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of Nero. 


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| rioninreligio Emperour there happened a great alteration in religion; 
” which happe - For although the Empyre was of Rome, yet was not the 
F medin the 
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Traianthe 
Emperour 10 


Roman but 4 
Spaniarde 


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Emperourea Roman borne, buta Spaniard, and adopted 
tothat dignitie, by Nerxa, whiche was a Roman, And 
therefore by theſe it playnly doth appeare, that the Apo- 
ſtles being dead,there was now a newe face of the Ghurch, 
and thatnothing ſo beautitullas the former, & alſo a new 
ſtate of Empyre preſignifted of/oh» in his Reuelation, be- 


cauſe that 7raza was the eyght trom the ſeuenth,who was - 


Neraa , whiche was the ſeuenth from Nero, the laſt of the 
ſocke of (ſars, from whom /+h» beginneth to number 
the ſeuen kings,which were the (cuen heades of the Beaſt, 
And therefore he ſayth : Be/tia quam viaiſts, furt, & non eff: 
that is, The beaſt whiche thou ſaweſt,was,ct- is nat:that is, The 
Romane Empyre is, but notſuche an Empy re, as that was 
which came of the ſtock of Ce/ar:;& decaicd when Nerwa 
dyed. And noweinthe time of Domirzar, of thoſe ſeuen, 
fiuewere dead : butthe ſeuenth which was Nero, was not 
yet come. And Cum venerit, oportet eit brene tempus manere, 
wee dinimperare : When he commeth, he muſt tary a ſhort time, 


& gonerne but awhile : whichalſo came to paſſe, becauſehe. - 


raigned but one yeare and three monethes, But Traian 
was the cight,a Sparuiarde,no Roman borne,and adopted 
by the ſeuenth. Wherfore to the purpoſe ſaith the Avgelto 
Tohn in this manner: Beſtia que erat ,The beaſt whichwas,to 


' wit, the Roman Empyre, & en e/#,and is nor the Roman, 


buta RomanſpaniſheEmpyre, #s oftauns erit, he ſhallbe the 
epht from Nero, & e ſeptems eſt, and 15of the ſenenth, towit, 
adopted of Nerna, 

Wherfore becauſe of this alteration in the Empyre,and 
mournefull countenaunce of the Church, by reafon that 
her chiefe Rulers and Apoſites were dead, wewyll here be- 
gin to account the firſt five hundred yeares, euenvnto the 
dayes of Heraclins, and Phocas, whiche chauncedin the 
604.and 602.yeares from Chriſts Nartiuitie. About which 


« >a 


time Boxi/ace the thirde 'was confirmed yniuerfal _ 


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of alltheworlde, and manifeſted the forerunner of Anti- Popes 
chriſt, as likewiſe Gregorie the Great, not many yeares be= 
| fore had pronounced of the Patriarche of Conſtantinople, 
| which ambitiouſly ſought to be Primate, or chicte Biſhop 
ofthereſt , About this time the. Romane Empyre was 
much eakened, and the Turke began to be of power. T_T 
, This firſtperiode may well bereferred tothe Churche of ©7497 6" 
£ Chriſt, in whoſe beginning as it were,ſhe ſuffred a moſte © hiefeſt m_ 
* greeuous perſecution ofthe Romane Empyre, that cruell £7 ** of oy 
x and bloudie beaſt,and had many Godlie and earned men, !*%% my 
. whicheentred moſt daungerous and continuall conflictes the —_— F 
: for the ouerthrowe of hereſies, and yet notwithſtanding Boniface the, 
s by litle andlitle many Ceremonies were brought into the #77"? m_ 
, Church, by which at length ſhe was marueilouſly polluted of Amichrif 
. the chiefeſt bringer of thoſe Ceremonies into the Church The ba Conde 
, was Wy — Boniface by the -helpe of Pho- ens _ 
CAS ainely declare him ſel heh in 11 the ſecond: 
_ yd plainely im ſelfe to be Antichriſt in fue bndred+ | 
: From this tyme, vntill the raigne of Hemrie the fourth, )©47** afied" 
, we recken the ſecond Periode of fiue hundred yeares: in Chriſtes ne © © 
" which all papiſticall ſuperſtition, Idolatrie, blaſphemie, ###* al (ee 
- orders of Monkes, power ofthe Pope , with the chiefe Se- 799777 ſi 
1 nate of Cardinals,dyd aboue meaſure increaſe, and inthe perſtit1o, ido X 
vs tyme of Heyry, that impietie came to rypenes, euen asalſo tatrie & With 
afterward did the Turkes tyrannie and blaſphemie . Be- {e4e5 came - 
* fore , abouta two hundred and fiftie yeares, numbring !9 p*7/etiror. = 
hes from Phocas theEmperour, which alſo haue theirend, to The Pope te 
» wit,in the daies of the Emperors,the Pope of Rome was li ©<7/e4* obe 4 
cenſed to beaciuil magiſtrate receiued his chiefe authori- 4* inil mas "oo 
P tic from Prpive.and afterwards from Charles the great, and £ rfirate, 
at Lodoxike the godlie,and was indued with many proninces, 
xg and adorned with.double power, or with both Swordes: 
Wa both of ruling the Spiritualitie (as they Tay ) and Laytie: 
whiche he obteyned vnder the pretence of Rc ligion : and 
h therfore /ohn in his Reuelation geveth to this Beaſt, two 
hornes like ynto the Lambe, About whiche tyme;both the- 


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Turkiſhs Enpyre(asin his placeitisſayd;dayly increaſed, 


4 was deuided intothe Oriental and Occidentall Empyre 
Ebb + Ce ro © notwith{tanding the Occideatal Empcroures 1n re- 
: P-' ſpe&toftheother , had full Power to create, and confirme 
what Byihopes they woulde. Butin the tyme of Henry the 
fourth,thatorder was altogeather chaunged: becauſe the 
Byſhops atthe length had brought ynto them {clues all 
wer and auchoritic, both of ordayning and chooſing 
Bilhops & Emperours too, and made anew Eccleſialticall 
or Cardinal Senate , to the whiche was giuen ful power, 
to choſe whom they would to the Papacte, the Pope bzing 
dead, andreſerued to themſclues al auRhoritie of choo+ 


” vor Henry the 
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Pope and his 
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Plondus 
Kranz.li.5, ambition &mightic power of the Pope,did for th2main 
Cape7s teining of his Emperiall auRthoritie , according to the 
Waat hape- -cree- of his father Henry the blacke, though inother 
| ned inthis thinges hedid ouermuche-ſubmir him {elfeto the Popes 
| ſecondeand .Shoritie, Henrythe fourth, ſtoutly (as becamea good 
| fhirdperied Emperaur)reſfiſt For vhichel afterwarde Pope Hlde- 
| #4 Ire par- þ,aude,otherwiſe called Gregorie the ſeuenth , a wicked & 
— viewlarly infanous Magitian, didexcommunicatehim, and rayſed 
|  Rowends the greatand greeuous warres agaynſt him by others, 1n lo 
chapter mM- muche that diſplacing hym, he choſe anew Emperour 
 _megiatly fol- \\med Ralfe, xo whomhe ſenta crowneof Golde , with 
E:. lowing. this inſcriprion ; Perradedut Petro, Petrus Draderna Rudols 
k. The laſt Pe- pho . Butar length vanquiſhed by Henry, hauing loſt his 
» nid. righthand, hediedmiſcrably. / 

| In thethirde But Herry beyng dead , whenas nowethe ſeconde 
| period of fie Period of five hundred yeares , from thetyme of Phocas 
' hundred «ag perfefly finiſhed , the vagodly Pope by his crafte 


 fulautthority father) al his defire, So that that diuine Reuclation of /oh»: 


24 and th: olde Romane Empire continually decayed, and. 


ſing and crowning Emperours, Againſtthis vnſpeakable | 


yeares the and ubtilrieasthe beginning of his raigne , obteygned- 
Pope had exfily of Henry the fifth, (roo wicked aſonnefor fo godly a: 


 rodowhat gigfally take effe& becauſe thatimage ofthe beaſt with 
 & lifted. twohornes , doth excerciſe all thepower of the _ 


neſtly doth keepe the maner of the Gentiles inal kinde cf 4p9c-!#+. 


7 are ons, 36 


beaſt,and calleth al kings his ſonnes and lanes, and ear- 


Tdolatrie, only hanyng altered the name of things. Laſtly 
alſo, tothis Image of the beaſt by the Dragon (bicauſe he 
ſpeaketh like a Dr:gon ) that powers geuen, that he may 
quicken the other image of the beaſt,that is, this Germa- 
nical Empire, which rather ought to be termed aſhadowe 
of the olde Empire , than an image of the ſame . Forthe 
Popedid geue life to the image ot the beaſt, by k:iseleRi- 
on, For vvleſſe the Pope did confirme the eleftion, none 
was worthy of the name of an Emperour. Therfore vnder 
the pretence of the keyes of the kingdome of heauen, this 
yngratious felowe hath marueilouſly abuſed this power 
of the Dragon : which power, nowe by the preaching of 
the Goſpel, through the grace of God, dooth threaten an 
ytterand laſt deſtru&ion: whoſe longeſtterme of five hun- : 
dred yeares, about the yeare,athouland ſixe hundred (or -4290.7%00g 
therabout) 15 fully finiſhed. Wherfore(ſith this damnable _ 
child,and the image of the beaſt, with the Dragonin that ,-- 
np wickednes, mult be cut of, and caſt headlong into' 

el: )a greatand infallible argumentis it, andagreeing 
toGods woorde, and tothe courſe of tyme, thatthiscer- 
taine computation of yeares,doth ſignific the Lords come 
myngto be yery nighathand, | 


Chap, 7. 
« Of things paſt already, things to 


come are marucilouſly gathered. 


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came thechicfe Monarch ofal the worlde, raled'al kings, 
and obteyned al authoritic of choſing Biſhops. Alſo how 
that third Periode of fiue hundred yeares, about the yeare 
of our Lord,one thouſand and fixe hundred ſhould be fuls 
ly perfethatſo without al doubt,we may looke for a new 
Metamorphoſis of theſe things, if things to come, may wel 
be gathered of things paſtalready. And what other, I be- 
ſcechyou,can welooke for,but euen that which was ſeene 
and heard of /oh» in his Rexc/ation, from hym which ſate 
on the Throne among the foure & twenty Elders, ſaying: 
Behold, I make al things new,a new heauen,a new earth,behold 
the Tabernacle of Gel with men , and he ſhal dwel with then, 
and they ſhalbe his peeple,and he ſhalbe a God with them, enen 
their God. But when thoſe vngodly Decrees & blaſphemics 
which the Romares, from the fifry ſeuen, vnto the thou- 
ſandeone hundred yeare (in al thetyme that Herr the 
fourth raigned) by a litle and litle broughtin,are conſide- 
red,and withal compared with our dayes, we ſhal findeal 


thoſe things cotinually to haue had (as it were peculiarly) - 


theirfive hundred yearesa peece. Wherfore,in my iudge- 


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ment,by the tymes paſt, and ſtate of things preſent, Iam 
the es; , tothinke the ful and perfe&ende of 
al vngodlyenfſe to beyery nigh at hand ,after which ſhal 
enſue that perpetual and euerlaſting worlde, in which 
the Lord God ſhalraigne and rule in truth , and mercy, 
forcuer. | 

Inthetymeof Herry, (as out of Hiſtories we gather, 


Decretap theſe Decrees of the Biſhops were publiſhed: firſt , that 


the Emperors ſhould haue no authoritie to choſe biſhops, 
nor Pope: for whiche cauſe, the Senate of Cardinalles, 
which had the ſame power, was inſtituted 8& preferred to 
great honour. Then alſo they tooke ypon-them to chuſe 
and refuſe Emperours,at their pleaſure, as plainely appea- 
red by He!debrandes ele&ing of Rodolph , and diſplacing of 
Hemy. Moreouer,vnderthis Emperour,that horrible ido- 


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| ' theLawesof Popes were gathered and ſet foorth by one 
| Axon, B. of Carno:. And therefore no doubte, but theLorde 
| Godalſo athis certaine time , wyl bring to nought, cut 
of,aud:by his comming to iudgement, to the. perpetuall 
taweof alPapiles, yreryabolitealthar impicticand 
| wyckednefle, whichthe:Dyuel by bis myniſters, tothe re- 
| roche of God hath cauſed, increaſed, and confirmed. 
For we hauccxamples bothin-the people of the Tewes, 
and Gentiles, Forwhen as theyr ſuperſtition, and obſti- 
nate vngodhineſle was come to perteftion, then ſprang vp 
thetruedoQrine and preaching of the Goſpel, bywhiche 
theyr falſe doctrine was reproued: yet in the meane while 
'throughtheiuitand horrib!e diſpleaſure of God agayuſlt 
| - them, moſt greenqufly were they plagued : cuen as alſo 
| -happenedto the Iewes, by Hieruſalems deftruction, and 
| alſotoother nations, and laſtly tro Rome, -in the miſcra- 
 - | Hleſpoylingofthe Gotherand Yandolles. 


Burifthe tyme ſince the preaching ofthe Goſpel were | 


welmarked, .weſhallſce moſt euident beginnings of the 
Fuineand ouerthrowe of the Pope, and papacie, whiche 
.perchaunceeytherſhall goe 41 thelaſtendoftyme,or 
els inthat thirde-ſpace of fiue hundred yeares, or ſome» 
. what after ,'by the Lordes comming ſhall come to ought, 
. SodooTperſwademy ſelfe, thynke you what you wyll,at 
:youre pleafure,and yer take heede ye thinke not falſly. Bur 
.Ffin otherplaces Terre, the matter 1s not great, For itis 
certayne outofthewoordeof God, thar thiserrour ſhall 
notlong continue. For Chriſt is the very trurhand can- 
'.noterre, Butletvsnoate what hath happened, and dayly 
doth happen among Chriſtians in this our age. , - and 
playnely.andenidently we ſhal ſeeal thyngs(foreſpoken) 
. tohancanddayly to cometopaſle, about thisvety tyme 
. of fue hundred yeares, For we haue a notable example 
. hereof inthe EleRors,and ſtates of he Em precywhicheis 


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| ampaired,and dinandus the Emperour,maugre the Pope,andforeuer dife 
| eakeged ve- anulled that Decree of the Catdinals,forthe confirmation 
þ rie mxche. ' of hisele&tion. Howe(Tbeſedcheyon)hathi Lotharing'a Gus. 
F Anne] 558. ' fm Cardinatin France, and Orerielin/ another Cardinal 
Jn Germanic in Belgia, for al theyr Cardifiafſhypþs; 'pretiatled; itheyr 
| rhe ſtates &:Habouringto confirme the Popes aufthoritit;andto bring 
eleftors, baxc' in the Spaniſhe Inquiſition?Haue not the Frenchmen,lnd 
refaſed to PBelgians;by thatmeane rather tebUlled 'agaynſtthemriand: 
obey the Po- caſt from'their ſhoulders thatintolkerable yoke of the Pg. 
| pesprocee-. pes bondage? By whiche-no doubt it iseuident, thatthe 
. dinges,and in ſpace of fyye hundred yeares in which the Cardinals bare 
France, the the ſway,ts nowe paſſing,and wilſhortly be expired;euen.: 
Frezchmens astheother pecuithe and idolatrous dodrine rnd 
alſs. ftes, is well; and totheir perpetual praiſe/batiſhedout of. 
£1. adni- the dominions of many good kinges,andprinees; © © -© 
ti0u.r0 Prix= And noweye princes dealt wiſely, and with indgement. 
Ces. conſider, howe that Antichriſt of Rome hath moſt ſhame-. 
An admoni- fully abuſed your auRhoritie ,, tothe {tiÞpreſſing of the 
1108 to [ud truth,and perſecuting of innocentrs:Beare'taminde howe 
Les,  Jongyouhaue beene Miniſters andflaues to that blovdye 
Pfal,2, *beaſtin crucifying Chriſt againein his members. Beleat=. 
ned ye Iudges of the earth, be ſory for theſe things: Serve 


the Lorde in feare,& rewyce with trembling, Forthe horrible- * 


day of the Eord hangs vpon your ſhoulders: Therefore kifſe 
the Sonne , leaſt be be angry, & ſoyeperyſo:wher his fury ſhalke 
Euntt:,Chre, Ont a little k yndled:blefſtd are all = which truſt inthe Lore. 


Noweinthar{poken already , and other perticular. 


Lawes, the number of fiue hundred yeeres beſo rygtitly 
fylled, what ſhal we tndge of the whole bodye of al the Po- 
pes Decrees? whiche afterwardeby.{#ov Byſho of Cannot, 
(after whom Graties folowed?Yin theyeare- of the Lord, 


one thouſand nientiethree,atthe commanndementofthe. 


Pope, was truely colleRed in onebooks agit were by imi. 


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Farms MaAer other Noble men, herd the Ciuil Law — wes E 
imoanorder,aud made thoreof a-new booke, But howe 
withabſurdiues i:number infinite; and blaſphemies not 
tobevttered;thoſedecrees ofthePope, doofilthely de- 
face thiwoortd of G94, none of aryght iudgement is ig- 
neraunt, And:;yet alas theſe haue had more auchority 
now many. years, than the very immutable woord & will 7h, Popes 
ofGad:Whiche things although they doo agree very J:crees cleng 
wel togeather,:yetforthe ignoraunts/ſake , wewy! proue contrary to 


De crees of . 
the Pope, 


the/amebpth' by a-Canon of holy Scripture, & the Popes the words © 
Decrecs,manifeltly contrary betweene themſclues . Paule , f God, * 
ſaith to Timothie : Spiritus diſerte dicit , fore. &c, That is ;| Tay. PL 
The ſpite faith playnl, thatin the latter mes ſome hall de. OO 
Pant fromthe fanihr, hftenyng too falſe ſpirices , and tor the do- = 
Grinq of Dinels,, by the bipocriſia of vaine ſpeakers , whoſe VL 
 canſcrenoes are ſeared with anhot yron : they forbyd: to marry, 
they tommanude ta abſtane from mates which are created 
" of.God tobe gaten of the, faythful , and of thoſe which kuowe 
® tha txyeh, with thanks falne fſe. Anda litle- before h2taught: 1.Tim,z. 
* A Biſhop m1u/t be the huſband of ene wife, To theſe woordes 7.Pars 
© ofthe Apoſtle the Dzcrees of Popes are cleane oppoſite, 4/7. 2, 
e whiche too, forbyd Byſhops, pricſtes, and al the Clergie A decree 
ta marry with this interdiRion , that if they doo ſoo, ofrhe Pope 
ie they,muyRt bee remoyed fromthe Ecclefialticall callyng, 4gayn/t the 
te. MW 2nd; which is more,,.if they haue alreadye contrated marriage of 
ſe Matjmanie, without. any-reſpeC of irregularſhip , they miniſters. 
'P mult be ſeparated, and ſhalbe compelled by the: Ordy- 
5 natry.'s and. remedies of Excommunication , too refuſe 
ir. theyr,wines, &c, By whiche it is apparant, that the Pa- 
ly | pilleyarethoſe, whichin, thelatterdayes thoulZe depart 
"of From.the fayth.and by the:Diuels pronoking, vnder hy- 
t, | -Pocriſic, and which manyofthe chicfeſt of them haue nord 
A vnderthe doke of ouermuch chaſtitie, forbid pure and. ' 
he- | chaſte Matrimonie , which the holy. Ghoſt doath ſingu-. 


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The Popes 


fpl.tobe catenwith thankesgening. And yet notwithſtan- 


Þ& Decrees re. ding, theſe (as1 ſayd before) Decrees of Popes, although 
wrrexced be. they bee cleane contrary to the wil of God, hauc had 
fore theworg moreautthoritic among men, then theeternall woorde 


of God, 


of God, Becauſe thoſe , although in deede wicked and. 
vngodly, yet haue ben called Holy and Catholique,, and 
they which hane ben conuerfant in them, aur. chiefe ma« 
ſters and docourswere counted; to whome the facted. 
Scripture was moſt vnſaueie, So that. to..take_an honeſt 


Tuns,1 6, 


If the Pope. 


 doowas diſhoneſtie, and mare diſhoneſtie, then eyther: 
openly to vſe a Concubine; ar ſecretly to commir .adylte- 


6 = | —_ rie, Alſo on the fryday tocate ficſhe ,was a great ſinne and: 
hriff ,_ then. ereſie t and yetonthat day to followe drunkenneſſe' and: 


who ts . 


\ Their impuritie. 


Tarnalitie, wasno ſhame, burhighly commended ; Like-. 
wiſe to: heare-the blaſpemous Maſle., tooreverence arr. 
idolatrous peece of bread, and to-carry the ſame about: 
with.a pompous proceſsion, was no impietic. z but good: 
| Religion t andyetto celebrate the Supper of theLord ſo< 
berly,according to his inſtitution, was no godlineſſe,bur - 
great abomination . Ata woord; the doQtrineof-Chviſt; 
2 good and godly. conuerſation , was of them ſuſpeRed: 
aserronious - and yet forſooth'theyr diveliſhDecrees,and: 
damnable docrinewas holy, and nothing pernitious, 
, great pictie: their hypocrſic, great holy+ .' 
nefſe; theyr damnable Ceremonies was the dinine ſeruice- 
afGod , So that al Chriſtian religion was vtterlye bani« 
ſhed, and no token of the true-ſerujce of Gad: coulde be: 
ſeene: But now in the yeare of the Lord a thouſandefive- 


Anno .1 593. hundred, nientic and three, aſter Chriſtes birth, whichis. 
Ann. 5555. the fine thoaſand five hundred; ard fifth yeare after the. 


.. Gods woord , and the meritesof, 


woorlde was made , that- expiring af-fwe hundred yeares. 


draweth nygh , in w hich theſe Decrees af Papes 4 pom 
togeather by publike authoritie , to the. gen defacig of- 


ſhal haue'theyr- 


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bouttbttne Galbe char ynverll CT the 
world,and glorious comming oftheLord * er 
theſe PopilhNebreesſhalcometonought,! thejuſÞ 

entof. God, asertonins.and'blaſph bee 
caſtintoeternal fire , becauſe they haye vickedhy bined 
athetrueinterpretations of the propheticsi-2d Apo-  v\ 
KolicaltScriptures,and' amelly martyred tha Ikearned Mi- -...- 
—_ 5k ons re _ oo Reſjhion's Yn- DI 

ubredly that: number : in 

tnannierasthe others fpoken of before, —_— ie] 
amelike thing: the Prognoſtications: of the protege o_ | 
way be gathered, by that which is ſpoken)takvtheyrefſe®: 
abaur the ſame time. The preaching ofthe Goſpel and 
athertokens mentionedof Chtiſtis xbnni6 before & ths 
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>, Is the yeare ofthe. worlde, fiite thouſabde, : 
{ oy fue: hundred. , fftic: and fue :::dooth it: 
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effi: Meaſire CR 


doubt. Andyctalthelothibaes + bychohicownpre 
.blewyſedoineand providadeet are kepp /pefted inthe 
nctheyr ccrrapnomeatſird {dnl avitiber{!For- 43a bya//agtion.of | 


.certayne meaſbte::( as-iftwere!); hath: Sr ea Ni earerldes \_.4 
like a romide- Globe in'theryUlte';Clo that DOway ite os Þ 
.can fall): the which cho whoſe: Fir mattient*6f he En -oþ 
dooth compaſſe , andinthe ſpace oftwen e-and'Toife = 
houresis carryed. roundeabout thiſhnys;!! i He har! e Namber c0a j// 
appoyntedaicertayud-andiuſt riturber'6Pal Ahyrges-2tD pdered inthe I 
| *Wyt; the. foure ſeaſons of the Year, - -anditheyr tt N - ſeaſons of the * 
. -thes, dayes; thecertayine bourgs: of eerie Gigs; the peare,chc, © 
-nates: ofcucry: hourey; and Tatar WII Are < chdi> of 
__ tales I A::cofitayne) ficenkpritienſitile c nfit'8tlife. 
Searresanddumbersamony/rhem felues'Not'2sth6igh 
the Statres: avUcartwbers! without: 1Defiiſter 686), Ta. 
 Tnnganjpthangto pled ARR, 


= O04 bs 


*Od © 
ry 
”y 
Þ 
'S 


+ SSP 
dot a 


Frhe Starres: ; 
hg 3, they repreſent be. 


mas mes: ax p-rnp 
of God, Becauſe GodisnotaGodofconfu- 
Gon,rhathe can doallthings: at his pleaſure, bya certaine 


do; buthe is aGodeforder 


| ſeruer of or- 
os der got A god; 


Ws z Although hetyeth nat; byni felfe 
>. thereto, thathewyllnot,or cannot alteritwhen Ins:glory 
by hisſecrercounſagle,and the afegarde ofthe;Churchro: 


[SENS the ſame. For inthe ſtaying aud; going backedf the 


þ -.divinemyrades, be ſhownth th ohne Andyer 
ay] eng, Fhs ogronenc ofGod, 

. 4nd predeſting! ay ra by:acertayne meaſure 
EE 


ghingesz0-comeare forelcenc; becauſe Art,as nigh as 
may be,immitgteth Godand ature; Nea, andtheſe.cxcel- 
| o oVess Pimteand Hriferis; doo place alluryſedorne, 
; Finwe" Ns © AÞd-vertue, inthe:proportion of number: 
ſlice ef ho for Vercaod lattice they.ſetin'the middle, by whiche, 
”  betwene wo *9EUcIVeE man 1sgenen'hisawne, by a double equalitic, 
andis meakinnd by a proportion «qr egg Geo- 
MIITIE: M397 -j1 
f3: "Nowe;/fichencethiy inflaune mmocleroftbeyeareecf 
the warlde doth. ſocraftly corhprehend inir ſelfealthoſe 
thinges mentioned before , as-from.the 
Hales in this laſt age, inlike:cuantitic, and ſo per- 


ExXTremenh 


1 ns) pt _ Gedthe-maker and go- 

proportionablc:agreeing 
na mage — ( a$itwere by the handle) leade vs ton 
ar aaa ig" 


£3 5 
FIToTh 


thinges creaced, rom whichehe 


| RARE In the tyme Of 4/pa and Exokins ngebdoia ig | 


begining of 
pptares:(as hereatrer 1riore playnely we  þ 


ende 


oe tac? —_ w bh dh. ad Lad _ 


. 'beingſetwithoutany re{pe& of proportions, doo dif- 


E: ep 
p ® 
L of 4 


* 4 comfortable a/conrfe.”' *-4 
ende'of al thinges : eſpecially in asmuche as the dyre. -- 
full Deſtinies-, the Starres, and dampnable- Decrees of 
Popes doofulfill the whole number of fine hundred yea- 
res, So that T truſt , that the comming ofthe ſonne of 
God toiudgement,wyl ſhortly enſue, in whicheall impie- 
tie,lying,and doving of wrong, through the tyrannye of 
Antichriſt, the diuel and his members, ſhalbe taken away: 
and theeuerſaſting kingdome of Chriſte in truth and e- 

-Quitic,ſhalbe confirmed: that ſo to euery one ſhalbe genen 
his rewardeither goodor bad according to the trne Geo- 
metrical proportion, which is the rule of Iuſtice ia God, 
.to whom al beleeuers in Chriſte are like, E: 

But that the more plainely theſe thinges may be vnder- 
Noode, itmuſt bee knowen what weecall Arithmeticall 
proportion, and Geometicall, according to iuſtice : and 
alſo how theſe two proportions are perfealy contayned 
inthisyeare ofthe world.55 55. which in theyere 95- en- 
ſeuing, ſhalbe the yeares ſince the worldes foundation, A> +, » finieis 
tithmetical proportion, is when as three or moe numbers of Abielinas” 
fer by equall oddes,as. 7.2. 3. 4.5, Here-continually one OY "En 
number differs from the other but in vnitie, as alſo. 2. MY 
4-6,8.10, in which one differeth from another, by the 
number oftwo, And therefore we {ce inthe fifth number, - 
whichisthe laſt , an Arithmeticall proportion too bee Mſelantth, in 


; contayned, becauſe it hath init this excellencie , that it Epit. fo- + - 


coprehendeth in it ſelfe,& that fitly,al vnities,of which all Phr. 

other numbers do conſiſt, be they euenor odde, to the 

which,no naturall,be he neuer ſo talkatiue, can attaineby Arithmetical 
numbring. This Arirhmetical proportion,eFr5fotle alcri- proportion 
beth to the -exchaungeable Tuftice . For euen as ceuery kke tothe 


number playnly dooth differ froother inequal ſumme:ſo exchaungea- + 


agreatequalitiethere muſt bee betweene the ware and Be w/tice. 
theprice,leaſt while one is iniuried, the other by his loſſe Exobangea- 


FF avddamage becomeritch. /ieinſlice, 


The Geometrical proportionis whenas three. or moe - 
T7 4 | Li ſunumes 


o 


: SRD 


ſummes being ſet , weconſider not the difference ofnum: 
bers, but marke the equalities of proportion. For euen 
as. 5. referred to 50, hath the proportion of quantitie, 
ſohath. 50, to 500. andas. 50. to 500: ſo 50oto 5000 
all whiche are inthe proportion of. 10, Bur Plato ſayde, 
that this G-zometricall proportion can doo muche bothe 
; betweene God and man : and that the ſtate ofa common 
A common 1yjealeisthen belt, when itconſilteth of a Geometricall 
weale is then e£qualitie , which appoynteth perſons, and ordeyneth of - 
beſt gouer- tices , accordyng to the greatneſſe and worthineflſe of 
wed when a gyftes., and beitoweth rewardes to woorthye perſons, 
Geom:trical yhercof itis well called of thePhiloſophers,a diſtributiue- 
Proportion if Taſtice. Forexamples fake : As the gouernyng ofa ſhyp, 
obſcrued. 15 not committed to any man, but vnto hin: which is skil-' 


In Gorgia, 


Diftribtive f,11.. andforhis cunnyng , and well guidyng thereof, he. 


Tſtice. receiueth a better ſtipend then other whiche are vnſkifull: 
ſoalſsto a vertuous, cunning, iuſt, conſtant, and graue 
hs is frees Priſon ,the adminiſtration of the common Weale is to 


to beare au. ÞE committed , and withall awoorthy honour : leaſt by 


; ' _ thecommon weale be = to deſtruction. 


Alſo in the affaires of priuate perſons., this Geo- 
metricall equalitie is to be obſerued . For a greater ho- 


nour and reuecrence is due to the magiſtrate , then. 


toan other man: to our parentes , then to ſtraungers: 
Galat.6: toanoldeman, thento ayoung : toa learned, then to 


an ignoraunt. Alſo we ought more entirely.to loue our 

- wyuesandchildren, then other folkes : as likewyſe accors. 

No Arithme dyng tothe doctrine of Pave weſhoulde more make of, 
tical proper. and cheriſh thoſe of the houſholde offayth, then ſtrangers 


tion obſerued from the Churche. 


aworg meu. Butalas, we tootoo well doo know , thatnoequality 
; accordyng to the. Arithmenicall Proportion is kept at- 

all , no not of hoſe whiche are accom pted the moſt holy  Þ} . 
-among the members of Chriſt, and in the ſame greatly. U 
 delighting them ſ{elues ; as though then they _ 

; the | 


"  mOrtheſecont comming of (brit, 


agouernement whiche is rude , wycked, and tyrannicall, 


'"« comfortable diſeowſe. 42 1 


the beſt Chriſtians, if they leada ciuil and politike lyfe 
without any publike reprehention , The whiche as its 
rare, ſo it is much to be commended: becauſe to doo ſo 
is t he propertie of a good citizen. But it followeth not ; 
by and by that they are good Chriſtians , becauſe they Ore male be 
are good Citizens, For godlyneſſe , humanitie, bounte- 4 good ſub. 
ouſneſle, fidelitie,vprightneſle and true religion, ſtrech far- !*ti,and yet 
ther then doo outward behauiour, the rule of the lawe #9 4 g994 
and hypocriſie . For the true diſciple of Chriſt beeing of Chriſtian. : 
one minde and meaning with his maſter Chriſte , will -1#7%e Chris 
beſo farre from enriching him ſelfe-by impoueriſhing an-/{ia. 

other , and by hiding that which may hurt his neigh- 

bour, that by no meanes hewil preferre his owne pri- 

uate proſperitie , before the common profit of others: 

and rather wil forgoe lyfe and lining _ + 1 _ 

whichts not ſcemely for any man, mucheleſſe for him ,, .: 

which is by calling holy, and profeſſion a Chriſtian. __ - 
Good God howe farrefrom this mindeand purpoſeare-,,,,z ,, 
moſtofour byersand-ſcllers eſtraunged ? For as: yet we ,,,,' 1.,1.,, 
talke not of thoſe which arewellknowen to bee deceipt-,;,, ,;. 0-14 
full faythleſſe, abhominable, and common vſurers, but 5, ,,1..._ 
of ſu ch as in ſight of al men ſeemeand be accompted hos ceſſine gaines 
neſt,and good Citizens, For cuen theſe doo perſwade ,,.; 4.7 
themſclues that they deale vprightly , if onely they SWC ,,olawfil 
true meaſure.for theyr money -: not conſidering at all 1... 20 ſet 
that to take exceſsiue gaynesis to doo wrong , and alto- ,, wnreaſs- 
geather againſt juſtice : nor conſidering that it is all , leprice, and 
one inreſpe& ofequalitie (from which all iuſtice dooth ,, [elby falſe 


ſpring ) toſertoo greataprice, and to el by falſe weights 11,77 24 
meaſure, 


and meaſures: by whiche reaſon , the vnequalnefle ' 0 

price and ware, may woorthely bee called vniuſt and 
falſe meaſure: for ifit were demaunded of them whether 
it weremeeteto bring himinto the right way , whiche is 
out ofthe way? or to ſhowe him the ready waye whiche 
1s altogeatherignorant of the ſame?orifhe were not much 
to be blamed, which ſceing his neighbour goe aſtraye, 
L.1, wyl 


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wy] without callyng him backe, let him goe on forwarde? 
Iam ſure they wyll confeſſe both him too bee a noughtic 
man,and this no honeſt man for his laboure. And yet 
forſooth itisa falſe opinion which wearein, when, from 
a generall propoſition, we cometoa particular, contrary 
to theyr minds, In deed it is more agreableto juſtice , not 
to hurt a man by the purſe, or loſſe of goods then to ſhew 


Cicera.hi, 3. thinke thatſaying of Cxcers to be moſt true,: Quum quid 


underſtand the ſame. And moreouer he ſayth, S: vituperande 
ſunt qui reticuerunt,quid de his exiſtimandum eſt , qui orationis 
vanitatem adhibuernunt? Thatis : If they are to be diſprayſed 
which heepe a thing cloſe, what ſhal we thmke of thoſe whiche- 
haue vſed vayne woordes? Andtherefore ſayth Swach very. 


doth fiine fticke berweene the buyer and the ſeller. 


tion of inſtice becing in face impudent , and in behauiour egregious 
neglefied iy Paraſites, are exalted to great honour, and glorious of-. 
woſte comme ices; when as men famous, as wel forlearning , as Re- 


defaced; or vnworthelye diſgraded tor ſome lyght  of- 
fence ; as happined to Be/rzarins , who by [iſtmian loſt 
* bringes pre: DiSeyes : For darkeneſſe cannot abyde the lyght , and. 
| ferment. bolde ignorance through her marueilous impudencie 
| Quintl 4, 2, dooth ſetter ſelfe agaynſt learning and knowledge, For 
os Mm as Qzintilian dooth witneſle, Qyo quiſquis minus valet hoc ſe 
; STI» <fTO- G_ magis 


' Frurnr mot 
_ Feewertne, 


Ee -* =» 


b:- >. Vx "gh EINE ARE we Kot Sis OE"; wr” Win hes WC ioad4 
. : RR 4 8. Sally nf T + & ("Fey : 
econd comming of { bri, 7” 
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hym the ready way which knowes it not, But I pray you, 
Whats the cauſe of theſe ſiniſter opinions? ſith the reaſon. 
15 al one,and nothing more agreeing with juſtice , Truely . 
ſelfcloue couetouſneſſe , and an ouer great. care of this 
life, from-which Chriſt carneſtly dooth call ys, Butler vs. 


CH MMO LC LOCE 2 XX H?@ SV RY 


Ofc. quiF1a ſciat.cfc. It is not the pgrt ofa playne, ſmple,ingenions,. 
Mic #nnscent and honeſt man , but Lg of a (ubtil,vile - wiely , des $ 
ceit ful,malitions, crafite; and double dealer, for his owne profits . 


ſake ts hide that which he knoweth, from any man which ſhould - 


Syrach, 27, wel: As anayle inthe wall fticketh faſt betweene two ſtones, ſo. 


The Geomo: Likewyſe much lefſe is the Geometricall proportion-: 
tricalpropor.. Keptin this wicked world, For the wicked and vnlearned.. 


weales, © ligion, beeytherin Court condemned, or of Sycophantes.. 


of =o 


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' wedooaddeat the leaſt haue. ſuch about them , whoſe. 


_ wy 5 be Fea WE co WW " 2  wW - x: (þ « 


notwithſtanding his adutrſarye that ſonne- of perditi- Antichriſt 


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maps attollere , et dilatare conatur :The leaſt of power , the 
moit ambitious. And agayne, Quo minus ſapiunt , minus 
habent pmdoris: The more foole the more impudent ., Nowe 
therefore, ſith among the learngg, or (as Plaro ſayrh) a-. 
mong Philoſophers, the contrary doth happen, no mar. 
ueile if the vnlearned haue them in contempt, Yet Plato 2A 
would have it otherwiſe in his common Weale , where PlatodeRe: 2 
eyther Philoſophers ſhoulde beare the ſway, or thoſe pab./i.s. , 
which ruled ſhoulde be learned in Philoſophie, or (which 


counſayle they myght vie and folow . Moreouer, ſith the 
Lorde God, for hiseleQes ſake (for whoſe cauſe al-things p,,f,ment 
are kept (hath created al'thinges: it foloweth out of the ,j,; 0 che 
woorde of God , and his diujue Tuſtice that all thinges godbie, if In» 
inthe worlde, are due vnto the ele and godly not too ice were = 
the wicked and reprobate. But it falleth out farre other- kept, not too 
wiſcin the worldf, where the wicked doo flowriſhe in i- ;þ,e wicked. 
ches.,and are preferred : but the godlye doo periſhe with. 
pouertieandare left as a pray of theyr enemies. 
 Alfo Chriſt theonely begotten ſonne of the euer- (Tvift com. 

laſting God, whiche is the maker both of heauen and” * ,. 
earth, and Lord of Lordes, hath witneſſed of him felfe TEAR y F 
thatinthis worlde he had not wheare to hyde his heade but poery Foy 
was before the woldea very abie&,and made w A + 
moſt odious death , euen the death of the Crofle . Yet 


on , ſitteth (as God) in the temple, ruling with two adored as > 

Swordes flouriſhing in ryches, power, and glory ,and is God, 

with al reuerence called our Holy Father , and whrihip- 

ped as the Deputie of Chriſt himſelte, And therefore by 

theſe we playnely perceiue,that in this worlde no Geome- 

tricall equalitie according too the diſtributine Tuſtice, g 

(whichis the beſt ) is any wheare obſerued.. Bur yet (ſith ©*fortes to 2 

God is1uſt)al.kynde of Tuſtice neceſſarily to all mult bee the off efſed.; 2 

extended,ſo thattothe worthy ,al things muſt bee giuen /* 5 world, ... 

but from the wicked,all things which falſely they hane ta-- "Zo 
oh Th - ken. "i 


ken to them ſelues,and abuſed , to the moleſting of the 
godly,(bal vtterly be taken away. Wherefore needes mult 
there be another lyfeafterthis, and therefore for thoſe 
reaſonsalleged we ſer down, that the Lord god doth fore- 
ſhew to the ſtudions by this double proportion, or equa- 
litieofaumber, acertayn finiſhing of things, withan wvter 
deſtrution of this wicked world, and withall hevndoubs 
tedly doth geue vs tovnderſtand, and ſignifies the begin- 
ning of the buyldinga newe of the eternall kingdome of 
Chriſt,which with ypright iudgement, and by equalitie 
incuery reſpe&, he willeſtabliſhe perpetually and make it 
.endure world withoutend. 


(ap.10. 
C Of thenumber of fiue, the frue- 


fold fourme,and of the Grecke letter y. 


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ts Ie * $4 RR HIRE ' HE SES Cu Og SR ag F , 9 e 
” s «7 , Ph 3 = y . , $ 
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Ith by that whiche is vttered 
$| wee haue ſhowen , -that cuery 
/|fyuc hnndred , and euery, 50, 
—LS]ycare ., there doo commonly 
FN happen ſome [ſingular altera- 

v 5 tions in the Churche » and 

UL JAR common Weales , it folow- 
ES &.eth very likely , that the cigh- 
}z> tie eight yeare noweat hande, 


7 whiche is the yeare of the 
wootlde. 5550. ſhalbefully perfe& : to whiche , if but 
fiue wereadded, it commeth to paſſe (as a litle before it 
isſayd ) that the wholenumber, in the ye are. 93 . wyll 
beproportionable, according to A rithmeticall and Geo- 
metricall equalitie And therefore they doo ſeeme teo 
prelage yato. vs a golden worldin deede, and euctlaſtng 

SR to 


t % 


| to come, in whiche all the juſtice of God ſhalbe fulfyl” 


led , and haue her full ſtrength., and vertue . YerT 


do not denye, burtitis my ſaying , thattheloweſt number 
of fiue from the firſt 8 laſt, doo offer vnto vs many things 
agreeing very well to our purpoſe-: eſpecially fith whiche 
hath bcene ſayde ſo meete inone, and many thinges els 
both in the Byble, and Sybilian Oracles are to be tounde 
ke ynto them : all whiche wee playnly ſee, are grounded 
in the perperuallordinaunceand prouidence of God, not 
by chaunce, | 


Ofthenumberof, 5. is framed the fiuefolde fourme, Quiz]. 8. 
whiche' of all other , ( as Qzirian recordeth) in ſet- cap.3. 


tyng of treees , maketh the fayreſt Orchyarde y.and is 
ſuche, as how ſoeuer one beholdeth the {ame, itis dire& 


and ſtrayte, Then isa thing ſayde to be fiucfolde , or 


of five manner of wayes, when the diſpoſition there- 
of is ſuche , as-two partes thereof, togeather. with the 


thyrd ofan other ſort, oppoſiteto them {clues by equal . 
ſpace , dooſeeme(howe ſocuer you turne your felfe ) 


to haue the fourme of fiue , or this letter V, by which the 
Latines do. note five . But yf fyue- in number: were 
ſetdowne byother figures , or by the ſame,orinlyke or- 
der vnderneath, they doo repreſent the Greeke lettery, 
and. the Latine X' whiche doth fignifie tenne ... From 
thence Ithought, ſith in the forementioned proportia- 


nable-number of yeares, the number of fyue 1s lowelt, 
and befides-dooth-repreſent theſe two letters, from: 


whiche alſo. by an equalitie of Geometricall proportion. 
it gocth forwarde by the diſtaunce of tenne , 1 thought 
Tay, whether this alſo dyd ſignifie any ſynguler thynge 


Greeke 


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: 3 £ 3 es +7 12. 0 RO 
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woorthy to be marked ? Forthe Greeke letter y, is the letter y. Ap, ©: 
fyri{tletter in thename of Chriſte, yausog. and-Tohnin the 13. 3 
Kemelation by X$s, commmauudeth all of vnderſtanding Of the tyme 7 
to count the comming of the Beaſte riſing from the » hen Antr-7 
earth, and hauyng the two hornes of the Lambe, whiche chriſt 


are ſixe hundred ſixtic ſixe yeares :'ſo fignificant-are theſe come. I 


= 


E 5 ; #'s 4 ; 
= 4 44 + & + av f 4 | 
W1 7 i dt - < Ped ef / # 9 


.Greekeletters . Butinthe - 
wger teacheth,that the account of fixe hundred ſixtig fixe 
reares muſt begin, when Iohn ſaw his reuelation about 


eo # "#X - 
#4 % "RY 


byrth. of Chriſt the. 97, yeare: .ſo.that roothe filling 

of thefirſt hundred yeare from Chriſtes Natiuitic three 
yeares be wanting. If therefore theſe yeares were added 

555. toanhundred, andthey added to the number of the 
—- * Beaſtes name, 666, and three yeares were taken-from 
the firſt hundred , weeſhall hauethe yeare ofthe Lorde 

to be, 763. which was the. 13, yeare of Pipines raigne 

about whiche time Pine graunted-ynto the Pope, his 

chiefe power and auQhoritie, contrary to the minde of 

Leo Iſanricas, whom. the papiſtes extremly did hate for 

caſting theyr Images out of his temples, &therefore they 

called him, Uxorquary ov or enemie toimages. Therefore by 

theſe letters we knowe thetime of the comminge of the 

3 beaſt whith two hornes like ynto the lambe:cuen as Herry 
| Of che words Bullinger doth procecute the ſame moreatlarge, and pro- 
I 'wArae neth the ſame bySihy/s Oracles. Moreouer when we count 
| Xgitsog al markes of the letters in this name yptisorif(as it isin Sz- 
Gyls verſes)E. be added, we ſhal playnely finde,thatintheſe 
alſo the beginning of the time when the kingdome of 
Chriſtſhould be preached,8 alſo the beginning of the fal. 
of Antichriſt,cuen as in the former his coming was ſignt- 
- fied. Althe Greke letters ,in this name ,exprefſe the num- 
I > Hog ber. 1485. Now if the yeares which come from that yeare, 
i140. inwhich Teſus by his reſurreRion from the dead ,and al- 
® centioninto- heauen , had declared him ſelfe too bee 
Chriſt the king of the Iewes, and the ſonne of the eter. 
nall God, were compared to this time, when L=ther and 

_ otherlearned men did by the pure Euangelicall Doc- 
' trine ofthe free remiſsion of ſinnes in Teſus Chriſte , drine 
m—_ the groſſe darkeneſle of papiſticall ignoraunce, and 
 madethe ſonne of righteouſneſſe Ieſus Chriſt our Lorde, 


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ſhalthe yeare of our Lorde, athouſande, finehundred, 
eighteencariſein whiche, and afterwarde, many leathed '-' 7. The 
men beganne to ſet them ſelues againſt the darkeneſſe of #7 where 
Papiſtes, Nowe , becauſe this loweſt number of fiue , a Luther and 
rfe& Arithmetical; to thar Geometrical proceeding 9/47 learned "MW 

b a fiuefolde,and very gondly fourme,dooth as itwerein 7” _ $- 
colours, place before our eyes,the Greeke letter y. which 6d again : 

is the firlt letter-in the name and office of our eternall the pope, and 
King , and alſo being a litle turned , repreſenterh the brought his. 
Crofle, thatis , the badge and noble figne of Chriſte, 7 #14197 t8 
whoſe laſt letter of the Nominatiue caſe , 1s X. By thoſe the 

thinges I fal into this conſideration , that about theſe 

tymes foretolde , the commyng of the:Lorde to iutge- 

ment”, is. preſignified-, by whiche hee ſhalt fhewe hym 

ſelfe to all the worlde , to be, Chriſtethefonne of God, 1 
promiſed to the Fathers, afrerwardeſeene of the Tewes, 1 
whom they did abhorre, and at length crucifie, whoſe to- 
ken (according to the iudgement of the Fathers, and Si- 

byls Prophefies ) alſointhe commyng'of the'Lordefo al' 

the faithful , (hal bee like a comfortable Trumper, but 

in the ſight of the Lorde , a rroo opp , of fhunbling = g 
 blocke to the wicked. That this is no vaine imagina- Names genus 
tion, 'although irbee no certaine demonſtration , ma- according to 
nyſuchlikereafons/and examples caliſe meto/ thinke fy.” tHe nature of © 
For inmany places of the Seripture we often finde, that” 726,07 things, | 
the Lorde hath beene greatly deliglited m peuyng them,” Abrams, _4 
either by plainewoordes, or ſecrete providence, fitteand Abraham, 
proper names, by whom it hath plealedhym, forthe glo- /ohn, - * 
ry ofhis name; to beltowe ypon His Churthe any grea 


| t' [eſis what, * "0 
benefite, | Heroof'is| {bran calle of God ; <Abrahar, (rift what, 4 
ani the foterimmer of the ſotine'bf God"; calle, 72hr, - 
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| Dani what. 
Daniel: what 


Babylns 
what. 


name, according to hisoffice-; andwas called 
thatis, Annoynted, annoyntingys with his holy 


Chriſt., Wherefore letitnot ſceme firaunge vato-vs , if 


' thoſe kexers, ythedipine prouidence of God:,doo cons 


taine many and great miſteries within them, For theLard 
God,bya certaine incomprehenfible prouidence, not ac- 
cording to mans wiſedome, or foreknowledge of things 
rocome, dooth gouerne the thoughtes and tongues. of 


.”- men, that many men, and Cities, in which the Lord God 


wyl ſheweither his ſingular fauour,and marieilous works 
of mercy, or his anger and heauie _—_ ure, ſhould re- 
ceiue fatal names acgprdingly. | ; 


_ And. therefore by this reaſon it came to paſſen no. 


ny ors king Dauid; which {ignifyeth wel*beloued,' 
nei recclue a proper name; asallothe Prophet Navie!, 
arLs ow rag arr mtr in him: 

_ Hen: oorth his Gngalardndoeile many 
 wayes, andin - his ſecret judgement/concernyng the. 
Empires of the world,and their ends,and of thetwocoms 


myngsof Chriſt : thefirſt, vile in theilcth : ET 0TH. vie. 


Rorious,toiudgement, : 

' So likewiſe Babylon receyned a Fte name , but in 
a diuers:xeſpe&e;, not onely becauſe that: in her there 
was made a confuien of tongues; but eſpecially, b& 
cauſe of the confoundyng ofmanners;, andiwickedneſſe 
of Religion , and Idolatrig togeather,..: Wherefore at' 
thelengthit vitcrly came to nought, andthertis become: 


-  .Þ,v-.:\ amereconfuſion indeede , of al-Beaftes and Serpentes. 
ES - | -— 95 ek By acontrary.cnde Hieruſalens tookeher-name , becauſe 
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terward thee did furiouſly delpiſe, Ihawbeard mareouer; 
of Melanthorwhich allo ina certaine booke he did Piibe 
liſh, that that name Emzds; a towne of the Qriental Fri/iz, 


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agreethto'that citiein:thefe our dayes., the id Era Enunes , Sth» 
harhabundauy dar ts this, that he bath mirgcu- ;, 
louſly kept vs a ( $tem a. 

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mode ſubtilties of the Diuel . God grauntwe may 
uer to the ende inal truth,and fimplicitie of hart, and that 
this natural falling , may firmelybevpholden and ſtayed, 
leaſt otherwiſe it pretendeaneuyl fortune, and ſo wee be Rome, 
called nolonger Emaar, thatis, conſtant in the truth, but 
——_ thatis, Babylonians : whiche thing God _ 
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"— fata, tus completo nomine copent, 
Thyende, thy name fulfild, and fates | * | 
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her tion, ,Cpuftancie,and continuance, isnoted: 
Becauſe by noyl Fortyneit thalbe weakened, hero ſhal- 
be nolamentation, no ſorow,, no death : but perfeRioy, 
great myrth,andalilgendued withal{piritual riches, and 
euerlaſting : ofwhich, the faithfulincthe commyngeof the 
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KOI apndent Writers hauc.afcri 


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lowes. Foriathar yeareof their life, dyed Eakes ;: "Blelt# Lnthir, 


h |]. @4hon;Marty, and other excellent meninalages:"avalls Melenthon, 
l; Eraſmus is thoughtto habe leftthiis worlde,ih the ſeabnitie P. Mar 

- yeare of his age, -But whether the Jike yeares' be fatalts  Eraſmns.. 

A althe world, as theyareto particular men {weleateites' 
the indgement of others. "Yerit theſe thinges'tneri6ieu 
e ned, for acertaine likeiproportion of ruinbers;"doo'ms 
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Golden number to the yeare goth} before; were taken aiwityben 
one which is the beginnyng of the number and the Golden nuin- 
ber of this yeare dooth remaine , andſo in the other two follow 
ing, and no ſurther , Avdtherfort in the jeare. 77. the fieric 
Element ſraltrie his force,and breede diſſntion and warres, 
And gfaine ji the yoare, 7.4, 4 greenous peftulence hal dyfgatch 


 wery — Andin the eare 79. againe hal come 'grons ſcar- 
of all- 


fitie wits, Fmaally he ſaide , becauſe 19 .i the highe#t 
Golden number, it ſbalbe found , that that number from the 
70. yeare (when this firſt agreement beganne ) counting. 19. 
hal aiit wereby a finger, poynt unto the. 88. yeare, For from 
the. 50 .,yearr;$0 the, 88; ſo many yeares come betweene: abouit 
hich time (according to the opinions almoft of al Mathemati- 
Sian very direful and miſerable thinges ſhal come to paſſe. 
Becauſe , by good experience he boldly ſaide , that the Lorde 
God, maker and keeper of al order , did orderly by a certaine 


eunmber, meaſure, and uijett ofthe Starter rule and gouerne 


thewhole Firmament of heauzn. - | 
And therefore, becauſe of thefe thinges whiche haue 


' been Gn doo wel yenough and ſufficiently knowe, 
that the 


kingdome of God is-at hande: let ys lifte vp 
Gur heades to heanen':-let: ys contemne/all worldelye 
thivges-: letenerymancalt away fecuritie, and defiteof 


| oe by whoſe mriceinentes ; the: mynde is ſuppreſ- 


2d ; leteuery.manframehym ſcfeto learne' what is good 
and godlyneſſe: lethym prepare hym ſelfe to theCrofle: 
let hym-proficein good woorking;,:in trie calling/vpon 
the nameoftheLorde, and put enthearmour d kde | 
ouſneſſe, that f the aducvlaric chalenge- ys into combite; = 
we may bynoflatterie, by noforce ;by:no terroun;; byte 
trmentesbedrawen andpluckt away from Chriſt The 
almightyGodbepreſentwithvs continually with hisdi- 
tlineaftiftance; and defeiide'vs etiermote againſt al the . 
of theDiuel/ bypich kerb being ſom 2. 

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worldeand him which caſt the mighticſt from their ſears 
of Maicttic ,and exalted the humble ,' andirurned Em- 
pyres athis pleaſure, Alſo heceſhal declare him felfe 
to bee the ſonneof God, coequalindyetiewich God his 
eternal Father : ſo thatthen the courſe of thinges ſhalbe 
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= Nopooremantheregwocalfe chute notcruetyrancone, (inuh WW. 4þ 
Noſcruantvile,no maiſter proade,ſuperiour there is none - + = | 
... No on King may there be found, nor captaine braue and tous,” WM. Þ 
ſtateis one,al menare like;ofal the SainRes throughout. =. 1 
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a8} tite of the learned, and-you did 
Sz |-Engliſhe for theprofiteof yourze= 
Vi} lous Countrymen fgnorauntins 
the . Latine-tongue; haue: concey- 
ued a better.:opinion -of mecand 

| NL my. knowledge, theweyther Idoo 
looke for , 'or 'in deede-is : requiſite -.. For I ſeenoſuche. 
gyftes in my ſ{clfe, as-you treendlydoo aſcribe vato © me, 
and Iexceedingly do: wiſhetohauc . Iwoulde in deede: (ifin; 
the ſetting foorth. of that woorke :,_ I had followed the' 


counſayle of Horace , who; commendeth rather a diffterring 
than araſhedooing of thinges), I would , Tay, haue wrir- 
ten the ſame more plainely , copiouſly , and orderly , than 
Idyd:but it was, with me as wyththoſe, whiche hauing 
found-a goodly and pretious. thing -cannot without im- 
parting the ame to others, long keepe it ſecret, that o 
togeather they may enioy 'the fame , and retoyce , For 
many things arcinthis Booke, 'whicife ſure I am , I neuer 
read, and ascertayne I neuer hearde” ofanie . And there- 
. fore as'euery man commends his owne, foin myne opi-- 
_ nion, for theinuention , minewere-commendable .*Thence 
itwas that thoſe. thinges whiche patticularly I had-pon-" +: 
dredin my minde ,-and-gathered confuſdly inthe ſpace + 
of three- monerhes, T coulde not chuiſe,- bur, generals 
ly For: the commoditie of-all -Chriſtians';, -eſpecially tor. 
the comfort of our 'Churche , 'then- viſited with the 
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- pencil} commodir IF" by farre Ren repenting A 
- *my- publiſhing RE - "that-I greatly -reioyce. and * 
-prayſe God therefore-, ' which by the mouth of Babes. 
FIT haue his glory tp hee. let; 
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There bewhiche reie&e that. faying: of Ebes; cancere. 

ning; the” 7xe thoufande yeares- of the 'warldes: continu». 
ance; and they :; & gamers had: vied Bs woardes. for an. 

- argument; although not principal. oo nat ſo. great- 

he therefore - account: of - my' Boyke , Whoſe woordes. 

\ hath made me the more deepelyand throughly too con-' 
Kder of this marcer :- in fludic whereof many. diuine,. 

and. Celeſtiall; cogirations. came. into.my.minde;,. whiche. 

asT have es to: ſoine godly, and learned 'men in fa-. 
eiliar talke (who exceedingly: dao like them ) ſoT can- 
notchuſe but impart them tao you, beethg mine aſſured, 
freends, both to . confirme. our freendeſhippe., and; tao. 
encreaſe our fayth about the eternal <4 a of: als. 
mightie God;'.. And that was it which made. mee. we 
weverc: togeather., to demaynde. when you woulde. re>. 

- ime, and-ſince your:departure to wyſhe the ſame , But- 
forthatl ſee, : which. I am ſary. ta; heare., by your lerters,. 
thatyou.be ontofall hope to returne by Emder: into 5 
laxde”, T will nat let-to-vnfolde- that- by by writings whic 
Fc woordes 1 was manded. toq,haue. vttered: ,.if-wee - 
night have meecte  that-is ,, as-T\maye.-for my buſy-. 
elle tc ace che. woordes of Elizs, I will ror e- 

= he' provfe, as were not his too bee red, yet: that. 

* . _ winche-T bringe foorth .ithalbe cuident , that Ns bags 

2% Ty +: *pinionof the fixe thouſande.yeares ofthe worlde, -is.not : 
ES noo Sg ok but alſo: credible,confirmed- by the reſti- - 
” monie Sy pended inthe wordes of the . 

nuſtical obſerving ths trus once ofthe ns 


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” -ealilyperceaue nyfteries” 
eaſy preg mines WE YA m The begitt» 
-ning ofthe worlde,vntil the neon ofthe: Hynes © - ; 
alſo many ſtorics of the olde Teltatnent, are Types and ts 
guresofthingesrocome, So that we. nay well. &', that 
- +the Lorde God ' (ith whome 'no'tyme is t0'come zand. 
all thinges whiche ſhoulde bee,” \WerEendoubtedlic inch ; 
creation of tyme preſent , and afore his _ Eyes, F; woulde - 
foorthwith that the beginning of allthyns Ide-bes 
'the'fignifiing of ſome thihge :; that'fo, the beginhning- 
niiddle , and end, annfiveating tothe firſtigheandlalt,, 
. andthe framing of the worlde; thoulde .neete "rogear her - 
in one, and breake of as if they were but-one And” that 
theſe chinges arcſo,T minde (by a compatifon of 'thinges 
-donnecuery thouſande yeares in the Chutrche ,* with th 
 woorkesineuery day-ofthe woorldes ceation Ybricflye too . 
ſhery in thisEpiltle, reds. I cannor, becing, ſer nh Þ 
-buſineſſe, att = 
Among Gther thinks firayghr after the bex 
fayeth CHoſer ; The earthwas voyde, & ec, This, ics 
| dooth woonderfully aunſiveareto tothe ftare of” 4 4 . 
_ andhispoſteritie, which by the breaking and Gifobeyin 'fne- 
coinmaundements of God, became earthly deſtitute gf all 
goodnefſe andin darkeneſſe for want of his grace” .- Not- 
withſtanding, through his wonderfull mercy, God 
promiſe of the ſeede'of rhe woman. to 'corme” whiche. was: -. 
Chriſty ,created anewe' lightn Ad oefootatedt thee dre - 


__ inthe poſteritie of Sth, from thechildren_ of dais...” 2 


ein the progenic of Cir. Thee thinges' 1 Were cn 
pros ny ain yeares, after the mannier ofthe creati 
t 


rſt day , whenlight was made,and darkeneſſe ſeparare&.” 5 
4 —_ 4 


fromthe fame, &C. 
Pit. 


For where a diviſion. is made, 
| Minton «.millenarie, there. 
of. mA "Porarochs ths ſonnes. 
nd.the e daughters of men ,, the Hea- 


*then ; Secon! e8.,:bythe floode: Thirdly ,. of 
par etna atthe Fong 


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__afcerwardeadiuiſion-was made , £265 the Element of wa- 
ter, from the water abouc the firmamepte, in the ſecond day. 
WF ofcreation + For Noe and. his: famylic beeing thenthe .'] 
£ [7 | Charche , were. ſeperated from. the wicked warlde ; and : Fo 
00 Sette confulion,of tongues ,. A.diuiſion of Nations was , 
E +. e. 
; ... But as. the third day, God ſeparated the waters, and ; 
3- the earth., and made. the. earth-.to-bring foorth greene.- 
Hearbes:and ſeede.: ſo likewiſe in- the thirde.millenarie of 
-theworlde, by toomiible ſi ignes- of the ſacred conenant made: 
coll 'eAbraham , and many yeares after, by the : ſo- 
-Jemne. publyſhing. of his commaundementes in Monnt - 
p'., theLorde God, madea ſeperation of . wauering, 
ub win, ond; vng ppodjymen, ys wes, of waters _ 
dne.groy om the carth;fruitefull, and- greene. | 
earbes and. ſeede hy wy 1s; , from ag 1na64 the. } 
choſen and -holy people of God my whichehee (2s. the ſa» * | 
d.yerſcs doo wired: ) -in thoſe dayes- before, all Na-. | 
| Kions had: eaaruglouſiys adorned. and bleſſed. with many - 
- godly. Patnarches hetss ;;.Pricftes,, Captaynes 'and- 
ges with Daxidarid Solomon, that ſo they mightaboue al : 
ple Houriſh in weldooing, ormight be, js rypein da 
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| wasIcfus Chriſt the onely >egottenſo! offeth _—_ 
- - Sunne ofour Juſtification, and the-bri  heneieaiohe Fatbes, Os 12s 
* þ to appeare,which by lys eterpall: SE 5 EM 
4  clearnefleofthe Stars of Heauien,, whiche are: ſaly. ' * => - 
and DoRours of the Churche, cauſed theMoone,thar I hos ENS 
Church, toſhine in the nyght, thatisto:the Gentiles ſirting. FEA 
indarkeneſſe. Here more would beſayde, which 1 paſſe-ouer- 
- in ſilence, becauſe I muſt be ſhort auing them to your pt & 
g., uate confi deration.: 
| _*- ThattheLorde Godthefife day did create fondiye and $ 
divers kindes ofliuing creatures, of foules and fiſhes m'the * - 
raging Seaand Aire , that very aptly/ageethwith the fire 7 
milleparie of this troubleſame worlde , which is Er \. 
by the prophets ,anidin the Revelation torke'Sea. Boris + © 'J 
that, were many dragoniſhe auRorities arifing from cre! WO 
like monſtrous and greedy Whales, to the perſgcutin WS 
deuouring of good fiſhes, which are true ſeruantes of | fd, WY i”; 
Likewiſe jathe ayre were many faules, thar-1s filthy herefies, _ i 
ſkemingthrough pretence ofbolzenſſeto flie agitwere ious. _ 
heauen.. Finally at length, that king of Loceſtes, that dz [es 
ſonne with his horrible crue of Locsſftes aſcended zutotHell, 
and obſcured the ſonne ofrighteouſnefſe w s Ct m3 or | 
: Einally alſo the creation-of the firs dajnclonebfoges 6.75 
bly. anſweare in- a ſpiritual ſence to; rhe ſixth «piles —_ 
paric of the worlde , For as the Lord Godthe fixth day, crea-". - 4 
ted all the beaſtes ofthe Earth, according to theyr kinde, {0 - .Þ 
in theſixt thonſandeyeare, what by the tiueliſbe rraditions: _ 
ofthe turke , and the. poyſonederronrs of the'Popeg the: 
whole worlde became hill ard beaſilys ora — $ 
out knowledge,arid ſauage*'ithont vnderftanding . 
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ae Eg ile darkeneſſe ofthe Popes Religion, and hath inflas - 
J: mm man tho true ighe of his cuerlaſting -trueth }, that 
fayth inChriſtsyherein thisworld - + 


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Ul, asirwere maſters of allthinges , -ſhatt 
deenioy thecucrlaſting EY 
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chro ones 11 0prapaedbecr regen -5of 
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