heareth tvvise from God that his sonnes shal die in one day that his house shal be Ichabod vvithout glory for euer that a true one shal be set vp euen Sadoc vvho is of Eleazar Therin God againe remembreth Phinehas NuÌ 25. For vvhose soÌnes necligeÌce God set vp Ely vvhose Achimelec is deriued from Ithamar 1. Chr. 24. 1. SaÌ 2 BARZILLAI B. is 80 Y. olde vvheÌ AbsaloÌ rebelled 2. SaÌ 19. theÌ his strength vvas but sorovv TRANSMIGRATION SAM Saul 40 y. Act. 13. Midras Ps 24. Cimchi Ps 99. Samuel reuiueth prophecying vvhich is the Horses Charets of a Kingdome and a recreation of the vvorlde vvhich thing appeareth and so is tearmed in the seuenth age vvhen ELIAS vnder Iosaphat is taken vp DAVID the seuenth soÌne of Iesse 14 froÌ Abraham is borne in Bethleem where the Lord should be whose dignitie maketh the lytle towne great Mich. 5. Mat. 2. Since the Arke vvas taken and brought to Cariath Iarim the vvooddy fielde from Syloh Ephratha Psa 132. vntyll 20 yeeres the Philistines vvere hard enimies But then they fall and are oppressed for all the tyme of Samuels sole gouernement 1. Sam. 7. Samuel vvaxing olde his soÌnes Ioel Abiah ruled but corruptly thereupon Israel desired a King not as Moses and the Iudges vvere but as the Heathen had God appoynteth SAVL of BeÌiamin 1. SaÌ 9. 2891 and oppressours For the vvhole tyme 339 yeeres vvhich is reckoned vvith the Iudges or defendours VVe haue III yeres more for Chusan 8 Eglon 18 Sisera 20 Madian 7 Ammon 18 Philistines 40 after a sort 450 Act. 13. euen so Iosep Ant. 8 2. includeth the same accompt exactly in a greater suÌme reckoning froÌ Moses dealyng vvith Pharaoh to the foundation of Salomons Temple 592 yeeres for the 480. 1. King 6. This shevveth the number Act. 13. to conteyne no fault but plaine heauenly vvisedome that in one vvorde reckoneth all the Iudges and all the troublers MARKE vvhat God hath done to Syloh 1. SaÌ 4. 34000 die The Arke is taken Hophni Phinehas are killed Ely breaketh his necke his daughter in lavv nameth her childe Ichabod no glory and dyeth AS God hath done to Syloh so vvil he do to IerusaleÌ Iere â Hytherto the Arke vvas in Ephraim Novv God despiseth Syloh the Tabernacle of Ioseph choseth not Ephraim but Iudah from vvhom Shiloh vvas to arise Gen. 49. HERE Theoderetus may be cited vpon Leuiticus vvhat meaneth Then shal the land rest pay her Sabbothes He sayth you shal be in your enemies land for in Babylon they serued 70 Y. Novv from Sauls reigne to the Captiuitie are 490 yeres vvhere in are 70 seauens AS Israel despised God in Samuel to finde Saul so Iuda despised Christ for Caesar God geueth suche Kinges in vvrath and remoueth them in his anger Hose 13 11.     23      380 24       25       26 â¡ Â Â Â Â Â 27       28       29     1030  30       31  2900     32      Rest 33      390 34       35       36       37 â¡ Â Â Â Â Â 38       39     1020 Rest 40      IVB.  1 2910    7.  2 â      3     400  4       5       6       7     Rest  8       9    1010   10       11 2920      12       13     410  14     Rest  15       16       17       18       19    1000   20       21 2930    Rest  22       23     420  24       25       26       27       28 â    Rest  29    990   30       31 2940    Since the comming from EGYPT David Samuel  WORLDE    Before the birth of CHRIST   32 DAVID is vncted in BethleeÌ killeth Goliath harpeth avvay Sauls feende marieth not Merob but Mical shuÌneth Saul to Gath Moab Ammon vvandring as Kedar Psa 120. RVBEN GAD glory ouerthe Hagarims 1. Chro. 5. 10. SAMVEL duth Seder-lam DAVID is vncted K of Iuda in HebroÌ at 30 yers as Christ vvas at his baptisme Many of altribes run to Dauid Though Isbosheth resisted him 7 Y. in the end he vvas killed as he liued a man of shame 2. SaÌ 4. DAVID vncted K at Ierusalem exactly a thousande yeeres before Christ vvas baptised reigneth our Lords yeeres 32 6. moneths He tamed the Philist at Perazim Esa 28. Aram Moab Ammon Edom in him riseth that Scepter for all Seths soÌnes He delt as a Lion ascending froÌ his pray Gen. 49. CHRIST the LioÌ of Iuda Apo. 5. is promised by Nathan to be of Dauids loynes who hath the keyes of Dauids kingdome Apo. 3. SALOMON B. of Bethseba wyfe once to Vriah of Canaan now a possesion to Dauid of Sem. Dauid nameth that sonne NATHAN vvho shoulde be father after the flesh to the sonne of God For Vriahs vvife and lyfe Satan stirred griefe in Thamar deflovvred Amnon killed after tvvo yeres AbsaloÌ arebel after 5 yere His rebellion fell out somvvhat before Dauids 40 Y. Barren Michals children as Nephevves vvhich one bare not she but Merob to Adriel are vvithout partialitie hanged 2. Sam. 21. Blame not the Text. SALOMON 40 yeere 2941 SAVL saueth thankfull Iabes froÌ miserable AmmoÌ IonathaÌ discomfiteth Philistines Heb. 11. Saul vvylbe a sacrificer tender to Amalek cruel to IonathaÌ Dauid Leuites Gibeonites vvanteth an Ephod folovveth a witch seeth a Samuel goeth to destruction DAVID for his 40 yeeres vvas a nevv Moses or Samuel He alludeth to Moses saying He toke me as he did Moses froÌ many waters Psa 18 16 This Patriarke Prophete in holy Psames speaking by the spirite of God 2. sam 23. Mat. 18. taught his people the histories past and the prophecies to come vvhich dravv vnto Christ as if the matters vvere present
the Alter casteth afyre agaynst the prophaners of Ierusalem sent froÌ Heauen Ap 3. Israel seeming to be dead bones shal returne Gog Magog shal vexe theÌ so IauaÌ in Asia for Gygs house novv myghty in Croesus is tearmed Hence Gog Magog is borovved Apo. 20. Obadias telleth Edoms ruine and a restoring to Iacob to inhabite ChanaaÌ from Sarepta to Separad In the 25 y. of Ezekiels captiuitie 14 y. after the citie vvas stroken That time as the 18 of 3391 Herodotus in Euterpe somvvhat harpeth vpoÌ the story of Necho that kilde Iosias at Mageddon saying that Nechos fought vvith the SyriaÌs at Magdol and ouercame them Moreouer he recordeth that Necho heard a prophecy that his vvorkes should turne to the benefite of a Barbarian That prophecy might be Ieremies NABVCHADNEZAR King of Babel the lande of Nimrod Mich. 5 6. VVhere the Tovvrebuilding confounded the mother tongue into 70 his kingdome ouerthrevv Dauids outvvard kingdome and helde Iudah 70 y. in captiuity from the first desolation or Daniels transmigration There Daniel beginneth and describeth the troublers of Dauids house vntil our Lord his byrth Them I haue expressed in a Mapp vvith the seats of Noes soÌnes vvhose Countries in Moses tyme repleniâhed are called all the Earth I suppose that paines vvil ease him that delyghteth in that kinde and vseth it from this place forvvarde Nabu His kingdome is a Mountaine destroying a Lion vvith vvinges comming out of a Sea and the head of the Image From hence in part Rome hath the Image of the Beast the mouth of a Lion commyng out of the Sea and iâ the Popes supremacie a Mountaine of fyre cast into the Sea Also hence Rome is called Babylon in a mystery Apo. 17 Egypt after Ierusalems siâgec oâtended vvith Babel agaynst vvhom Ezekiel prophecieth in Chonias 11 y. Cha. 31. TheÌ also against Tyrus Cha. 26 27 28. againe in Chonias 27. or Nabu 34. Cha. 30.      25       26       27       28     Rest  29       30      ⡠Epmenides b. 31    530  1  The Lions deuouring men Eza 19.    370 2  3400     3   That Egle Eza 1â â But Pharâoah is an Egle. ver 7.  Ezek. 4. in the 4 The first captiuity   1   5   Babel is the land of Merchandize Eza 17. 2   6    3   7    4   8    5 An Image is of gold syluer brasse iron  9    6   10    7 520  11  He Marââchai c. are the cedar twigs Eza 17  8  Rest The second captiuity 1 3410  9 IVB.   2   10 17   3 The basket of good Figges Ier 27  11  â  4   12    5   13    6   14    7   15  Rest  8   16    9   17    10   18 Baâsasar Daniel may wel be Belesus in Diod Sic 3. 390  11 3420 Darius Madai is borne vvheÌ Nab maketh a K. in Iuda DaÌ 5. 19  From Israels sinne vnder Ieroboam 40 y. since Ieremy preached Eâââ  The third captiuity   20   427 y. from the Temples foundation  The basket of bad Figges Ier. 24.  21       22       23       24       25       26 Reade for Ierusalem now Ieremies lament      27 500      28     3430  29       30       31       32  *     33       34       35       36 Amasis k. in Egypt Polyârâââ friende Herod 3. *     37 490    Pisistratââ ruleth Athens AnaxaÌârides Lacedemon  38     3440  39  IVDA   High Sainctes WORLDE Head Lyon Tree  Nebuchadnezzar Before the birth of CHRIST    Iosias vvas the middle of Iubilee then Ezekiel seeth a citie called IEHOVAH There That Christ buildeth Heb. 11. and Apo 27. Nabuchadnezar after Egypts fal being at rest dreameth of a great Tree cropt bearing the hart of a beast seueÌ yeres Daniel expoundeth it of Nabuchadnezar vvho after tvvelue monethes bosting proudly of Babels âuylding nothing repeÌting for destroying the Temple that seuen yeeres vvorke Falleth into a madnes so continueth seuen yeres among beastes After that he proclaymeth his shame and Gods glory But styll âhe holdeth Bel his God Dan 4. The Chaldeans in Abydenus fragment recorde that he vvas blasted by some God and spake of Babels fall by the Persians But the Aey-lyers make the Babylonian Gods offended the Authors of that and vvill not recorde Gods Prophetes for Babels fall The WORD is named Messias by an Angel That is in Greke CHRIST The time of his death shal be after seuen seuenties Into three partes he deuideth these seuens and ioyneth proper stories to the first and the last part Seuen of them from Cyrus first yeere and permission to returne to buylde Ieruslem Esa 44 45. Ezr. 4 12 shall passe before they shall haue builded it Thence are sixty tvvo seuens to the last seuen set a part for the Lord his preaching Of that last seuen the first part is past in silence as for a preparatioÌ that latter halfe doth Christ bestovv in confirming the Testament for many Beginning at his baptisme ending at his death 3441 Then vvas Tyrus ouerthrovven From the destruction of Tyrus may speches are borovved Apo. 18. to assure vs of Romes fall Sone after Tyrus Egypt is subdued Euilmerodac taketh Iechonias out of Prison Ier. 52. He and his sonne Belshazar make vp the rest to touch seueÌty In Belâhazars first yere foure beastes rising out of a Sea DaÌ 7. are the Images foure Metalles a Lion Beare Leopard and one ten horned They being cast into fire The son of man coÌmeth to take a kingdome Romes empire is one beast compouÌded of those 4. Amongst the fathers of Iudahs families in BabyloÌ one is AdonikaÌ his name is A God-rising his children are 666. Ezr. 2 13 VVhen the Pope reuiueth the empire beast riseth as a God in the Church falling to Babel Then is he the beast horned like a Lambe And 666 being
Come and see A CONCENT of Scripture by H BROVGHTON TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTIE PRINCE ELISABET BY THE GRACE OF GOD QVEENE OF Englande France and Irelande defender of the fayth c. THE whole Booke of GOD most gratious Soueraigne hath so great an harmony that euery part of it may be knowen to breath from one Spirite Al soundeth the same poynt that by CHRIST the sonne eternall we are made heyres of lyfe whom they that knowe not abide alwayes in wrath Prophecyes in euery age the first larger the later narrower all briefly tolde all for euent fully recorded these shewe the constancy of this trueth The lyke reuolutions are of Abraham Iacob and his children togeather of Sems house againe to Iapheths sonnes and all families wherein the former be stampes of the later so that in one speach an other thyng also is spoken These shew the eye of IEHOVAH and his spirite The kinredes places and tymes the lyghtes of narrations are registred so profitably that it shoulde be a blasphemy to affirme any one to be idle Our LORD his Fathers are recorded from Adam by Dauid and Nathan to his Grandfather Ely likewise they after whom he is heyre to the kingdome of Dauid Salomons lyne so long as it continued and afterwardes they who from Nathan were heyres to Salomons house So other Families who came all of one as from them all come they by Moses and the Prophetes be plentifully expressed In like sort the places of their dwellinges are cleerely taught The course of time is most certaynely obserued euen to the fulnes the yeere of saluation wherein our Lorde dyed Of which time the very houre was foretolde by an Angell not seauen yeeres before but seauentie tymes seauen yeeres Dan 9. 24. To this all other Ebrewes and prophane Grekes beare witnesse strongly agaynst them selues These helpes be starres in the Story The frame of all this with coupling of ioyntes and proportion of body will much allure to study when it is seene how about one worke all Families Countries and Ages buylde or pull downe and finde the kindnes or seueritie of GOD. For this worke I endeuored to call auncient Ebrewes and Grekes to further the buylding of iustice and peace to come from Salem and Athens to these endes of the earth the possession of Christe to speake in Englande the tongue of Eber and Iauan This my paynes I humbly present to your Maiestie Your Maiesties Subiect HVGH BROVGHTON To the Reader FOR the better vnderstanding of DANIEL who mentioneth large Kingdoms and pictureth them this Table of the North part will giue some light which sheweth where NOE his sonnes dwelt by the notes which you see at them Those Families giue names to great Realmes and are found in Greeke Heathen writers placed of them as in this Table The Kings which DANIEL speaketh of are ioyned to their pictures A short Chronicle is added but the breuitie will require diligence A. B. C. D printed in the Pictures are expounded ouer the Beare and placed in the Chronicle ouer the tree Iaphets sonnes    ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã I Gomer or Gamer in the 70. ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã II Magog ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã III Madai ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã IV Iauan ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã V Tubal ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã VI Meshech ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã VII Thiras ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Gomers sonnes ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã VIII Ascanas ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã IX Riphath ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã X Togarmah ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Iauans sonnes ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã XI Elisha ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã XII Tarshish ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã XIII Kittim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã XIIII Dodamin or Rho. ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Sems sonnes ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 1 Elam ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 2 Asshur ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 3 Arphaxad ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 4 Lyd. ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 5 Aram. ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Arams sonnes ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 6 Vs or Aus ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 7 Chul ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 8 Gether ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 9 Mash ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Ioktans sonnes   ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 10 Elmodad ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 11 Shalaph ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 12 Hatzarmaueth ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 13 Iatach ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 14 Hadoram ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 15 Vzal or Auxal ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 16 Diklah ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 17 Obal Ghobal ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 18 Abimael ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 19 Sheba ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 20 Ophir ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 21 Chauila or Auila ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã 22 Iobab  Chams sonnes   ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã a Cush ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã b Mitzraim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã c Put. ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã d Canaan ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Cush his sonnes ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã e Seba. Amongest these dvvelt the sons of Nachor Lot Ketura Ismael and Esau ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã f Chauilah  ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã g Sabatha  ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã h Regmah  ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã i Sabtecha  ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Regmah his sons ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã k Sheba ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã l Dedan ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Mitzraims sons ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã m Ludim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã n Anamim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã o Lehabim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã p Nephtuchim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã q Pathrusim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã r
Casluchim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã s Caphtorim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã T Philistim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã The Preface shewyng the summe of the Booke directions to the Reader and the olde reading of the Law and the Prophetes THE holy writers haue a perfect consent in their doctrine of lyfe eternall which as from one mouth teach how that standeth in knowing the true GOD who is but one and the sending of IESVS CHRIST All Families were hereby to looke for grace in all Countries and Ages Some speciall the holy Writers do mention for the olde worlde and the worlde now Ten of the fyrst are Fathers not onely to our LORD but to all Nations They were al faythfull and shoulde mooue their Chyldren to beare in their brestes VRIM and THVMMIM Fayth and Loue. They had Abel an ensample of being faythful vnto death for Christ to fynde an eternall crowne of life Cain and his house warned them of their corruption taken from Parentes that they shoulde looke for regeneration The destruction of the men that delyted in Caines wayes whose bodyes wrinkled by the deluge whose spirites are in prison These shew that the eternall spirite of Christ hath in long patience a âust kingly anger Of this olde Worlde the Writers olde and new teach the same Their places are lytle mentioned but our Fathers ages are wonderfully layde downe by the heauenly Father teachyng vs as babes be taught Thrise they are reckoned how olde they were when they begate their sonne how long they lyued after and how much those two numbers make This sheweth that the Story is penned for the simple and chyldren The sundry comparisons wyll occupy the wysest The olde Families of the worlde now are set foorth sufficiently Sem keepeth in one lyne a name vntyll he commeth who is blessed for euer whose name none knoweth but hym felfe Vnto Sem and his blessing al his Families Iapheths and Chams were to looke they soone turned asyde For buyldyng BABEL to make them selues a Shem or name despising SEM they founde a Shame Their tongues became seauentie of one their dwellynges were parted accordyngly their whole state was a Confusion and they perished for euer that repayred not to Sems Tentes The fyrst Families Moses nameth and their places which the Prophetes describe where they dwelt by their merchandize as to Tyrus Eze. 27. or by their Warres The Heathen kept styll a memory of these fyrst poyntes but full of fables Coeum and Iapet they beare in mynde whom they call the sonnes of the earth Sem they forgate and all aboue The Families scattered from Babel left their names vpon their Countries which yet abyde in Greke writers Their Warres generall agaynst the faythfull Moses prophecyed vnder Assur and Cittim The Prophetes and Apostles recorde what fell out Cities here chiefly two for name are to be marked the low IERVSALEM which the faythfull styl helde or looked to holde vntyl the LORD came and the high IERVSALEM buylt by the GOSPEL euery where which Cittim or Italy that destroyed the low shoulde labour alwayes to besiege tyll GOD sendes his enemies a finall destruction The course of times with the Lord his nation was truely kept of the faythfull and faythlesse From the creation to Abrahams promise thence to the comming from Egypt to the foundation of Salomons Temple to the Captiuitie burning of the Temple to the returne to buylde it and thence to the death of our Lord. For euery partition of these tymes auncient consent of Hebrevves and Grekes may be brought I wyll labour to set foorth all these poyntes brefly from the beginning folowing the order of tyme measured by Stories of our Lord his kinred The places of auncient dwellinges shal be ioyned in one Map of the north part when Chams house Sems and Iapheths all three in Daniel fight with the auncient kingdomes agaynst the blessed of Sem and kingdome of Christ That Mappe was to be larger in breadeth then the quantitie of this Booke In it Pictures are grauen onely of the tyrannous kingdomes that Daniel speaketh of who are consumed by the byrth of our Lord whereof the Romanes are no part For all the Image and fourth Beast was to perish before the incarnation of Christ Ievves do conclude agaynst vs against trueth and their owne saluation vpon that our errour Doubtles Rome in the ende reuiueth their impietie folowyng their manners very neare wherby many haue thought Daniels Prophecy to blame the Romanes For playnnes and distinction herein I wyll in a Mappe of an other quantity set downe Rome and some other later names of Countries with some ancient as the story shal require and compare also by most liuely Pictures out of Scripture the Romans with Daniels Kingdomes This whole Vew I call A CONCENT OF SCRIPTVRE because it would shewe that Through the booke are other Titles touching time person for the present matter And wheras I often compare briefly later writers with former to shew the Reader how he him selfe may do that more at large I lay downe fyrst in this Preface a table of the Ievves shewing how they read the Prophetes Pharisees they are at this day who keepe a recorde of this and of the Pharisees of olde for this much the Lord gaue a testimonie that they sate in the Chayre of Moses Elias in Thishi in the worde PETARAH recordeth this occasion to haue been the beginning of Petaroth that when Antiochus Epiphanes forbade to reade MOSES law which was the parted into so many Sections as be Sabbothes in an yeere In steade of Moses they chose a part of some Prophet lyke vnto it which custome of readyng they kept styll after their libertie restored to vse Moses and his ceremonies freely Before you come to that Table I wyll here geue direction for the reading of this Booke touching the two Tables conteynyng the Fathers ages and certayne other poyntes The number vnder the Father sheweth what his age was when the Sonne set in that lyne was borne The other numbers shew his age at the Nephewes byrth ouer agaynst it or at the issue of the matter noted in that lyne Afterwardes you haue sundry tytles of their tymes parted as Promise Egypt Temple Diuision Captiuitie Seauens whereupon the chiefe knottes stande Also the tymes are noted by our Lordes byrth by the age of the Worlde and sundry perticuler men which the Reader may know in markyng what man famous in Story is agaynst the fyrst number Moreouer touchyng the Columne vnderstande that you shal be often to marke by the matter that the sayinges depend not vpon the next aboue them but vpon those that be on the other Columne oueragaynst them A marke you haue to note an vncertaynetie in the tyme of some
Stories that touch not Chronicle this is the forme of it â¡ as in Hezron but there the Corrector was deceyued who placed his byrth neare Iosephes death though he was borne before Iacob came to Egypt Other notes touchyng tymes two of one kynde shewe eyther that the Narration is dryuen from the due tyme and shoulde looke to the marke of the same forme or compareth one Kinges reigne with an others as you oft shall fynde in Iudah Israel Testimonies I cite short and in one clause drawen from sundry I name but one Author when about that place I had named some other for most of the matter there layde downe The common Latine translation whose soeuer it is I named it as the Title goeth Ierom. Abbreuiations chiefly be these b. for borne d. for dyeth y. for yeeres Once faulty C. for Ch. Christes For other names Antiochus Epimanes and Epiphanes Appian Archelaus Artaxact Athenaeus Carthusianus Clemens Alexandrinus in Stromatibus Cedrenus Dio. for Dionisius Halâcarnasseus Diodorus Siculus Hystaspis Elias Leuita Epiphanius Eusebius Florus Herodotus Homer Iliades Horace Ierome Iosephus Ireneus Iustin the historiographer Iuuenal Massecheth once faulty for Halacoth in Maymony Nazianzenus Pausanias Plato Plutarch Polybius Ptolomy in Almagesto Rabbi Abraham Sadaias Strabo Thucidides Tully Valerius maximus Virgil these be the most names noted by abbreuiations other wordes shortly named by the matter may be gessed at or be so common that euery one knoweth them Now I wyll returne to speake of the ancient maner of readyng Moses and the Prophetes S. Iames sheweth Actes 15 21. that Moses was of olde tyme reade in the Synagogue in euery Citie euery Sabbath Maymony writeth of that in Volume I. Birchath Cohenim from Cha. 12. that Moses ordeyned that custome and that Ezra renued it after the returne and that in his tyme long before Antioch Epiphanes Lectiones of the Prophetes were by him chosen out agreeable in number and matter to the Lectiones in Moses They beganin the Feast of Tabernacles and in a yeere finished all After the readyng of the Law and the Prophetes they that woulde hauing leaue of the ruler of the Synagoge spake vpon those Scriptures That we see was reteyned Act. 13 15. I haue set downe their Sectiones and Lectiones as they part Moses and haue put forth their Petaroth at Venice by Bombergius in one Booke THE LAVV. THE PROPHETES 1 GENESIS Chap. 1. 1 ESAY Chap. 42. Verse 5. to the 31. 2 chap. 6 8. Verse 2 Esay 54 1. 10. 3 chap. 12. 3 Esay 40 27. to the 16. of 41. 4 chap. 18. 4 2. Kinges 4 1. to the 38. 5 chap. 23 5 1. Kinges 1 1. to the 31. 6 chap. 25 20. 6 Malachi 1 1. to the 7. verse of the 2. chapter 7 chap. 28 10. 7 Hosea 7. to the 15. verse of the 12. chap. 8 chap. 32 2. 8 Obadiah all Also Hos from 11. 12. 6 chap. 37 1. 9 Amos. 2. to the 9. verse of the 3. chap. 10 chap. 41 1. Da. 2. 10 1. Kinges 3 15. to the ende of the chapter 11 chap. 44 18. 11 Ezekiel 37 15. to the 38. chapter 12 chap. 47 27. 12 1. Kings 2 2. to the 12. 13 EXODVS Chap. 1 1. 13 Esay 27 6. to the 14. verse of the 28. chap. 14 Chap. 6 2. Verse 14 Ezekiel 28 25. to the 30. chapter 15 chap. 10 1. 15 Ieremiah 46. from 13. to the ende 16 chap. 13 17. 16 Iud. 4 3. to the 6. chap. 17 chap. 18. 17 Esay 6. all the chap. 18 chap. 21 1. 18 Ieremiah 34 8. to the ende 19 chap. 25 1. 19 1. King 5 12. to the 13. verse of the 6. chap. 20 chap. 27 20. 20 Ezekiel 43 10. to the ende of the chap. 21 chap. 30 11. 21 1. King 18 1. to the 39. verse 22 chap. 35 1. 22 1. King 7 12. to the 26. 23 chap. 38 21. 23 1. King 7 50. to the 21. verse of the 8. chap. 24 LEVITICS Cha. 1 24 Esay 43 22. to the 23. verse of the 44. chap. 25 Chap. 6 1. 25 Ieremi 7 6. to the 2. of 8. 26 chap. 9 1. 26 2. Samuel 6 1. to the 17. verse of the 7. chap. 27 chap. 11 1. 27 2. King 4 41. to the 20. verse of the 5. chap. 28 chap. 14. 28 2. King 7 3. to the 8. chapter 29 chap. 16. 29 Ezekiel 22. to the 23. chap. 15. verse 30 chap. 19 1. 30 Amos. 8. from 21. to the ende of the chap. 31 LEVIT Chap. 30 1. 31 Ezekiel 44 15. to the ende 32 chap. 25 1. 32 Ieremiah 32 6. to the 28. verse 33 chap. 26 3. 33 Ieremi 16 19. to the 14. ver of the 17. chap. 34 NVMERI Chap. 1. 34 Hosea 2 1. to the 22. verses 35 Chap. 4. verse 31. 35 Iud. 13 2. to the ende of the chapter 36 chap. 8 1. 36 Zach. 2 14. to the 8. verse of the 3. chap. 37 chap. 13 1. 37 Ioshua 2. all the chapter 38 chap. 16 1. 38 1. Samuel 11 14. to the 23. ver of the 12. chap. 39 chap. 19 1. 39 Iudges 11. to the 34. verse 40 chap. 22 2. 40 Micha 5 6. to the 9. verse of the 6. chap. 41 chap. 25 9. 41 1. King 19 46. to chap. 20. 42 chap. 30. 2. 42 Ieremiah chapter 1. 43 chap. 33 2. 43 Ieremiah 2. from verse 3. to verse 26. 44 DEVTRON Cap. 1 1. 44 Esay 1. verses 28. 45 Chap. 4 3. 45 Esay 40. to verse 25. 46 chap. 7 12. 46 Esay 49 verse 15. to the 5. of chap. 51. 47 chap. 11 26. 47 Esay 54. from 11. ten verses 48 chap. 16 18. 48 Esay 51. from 12. to 12. of chap. 52. 49 chap. 21 10. 49 Esay 60. 50 chap. 26 1. 50 Esay 61. from 10. to 10. of chap. 63. 51 chap. 29 10. 51 Esay 55. to verse 9. of chap. 56. 52 chap. 31 1. 52 Hosea 14. froÌ verse 2. 53 chap. 32. 53 or Ioel from ver 15. 54 Â 54 or Sam. 2. the Psa 18. As their Leape yeere fell so they dealt with their three last LectioÌs accordyng to the number of their Sabbathes as they did cast their yeere The Ievv that readeth the Section now in the Iewes Synagoge beginneth with praysing GOD who chose Moses and the Prophetes and delyghteth in their most true wordes lykewyse endeth praysing GOD who speaketh and perfourmeth sayth and stablisheth so that no one worde fayleth Then he prayeth for ELIAS to come and for the kingdome of DAVID in CHRIST Yf the Caytifes would reade Melââhies last ende and fyrst oration of the new Testament and try all the new Testament with the olde the Gospel with Moses the Actes with the Kinges and the Apocalypse with all they myght see how ELIAS and that kingdome of DAVID is come And see that the perfourmauuce which they extoll is not cleere without the new Testament Aud for an exposition of all their expositions may they vse the oration of the Angel delyuered at their deliuery
 140    49 1620  141    50   142  2310  51   143    52   144  â  53  230 145    54   146    55   147  â  56       57       58       59 1610      60     2320  61       62       63  240     64       65       66       67       68       69 1600      70     2330  71       72       73  250     74       75       76       77       78       79 1590      80     2340  81  After the PROMISE    WORLDE   Joseph Before the birth of CHRIST    from the Heathen Also in Paul and his systers sonne to vvhom all the vvorlde is beholden vvho by an Heathen saued Paul from the Iewes Andronicus Iunias Herodion are also in the euenyng of tymes noble deuiders of spoyles agaynst Satan Rom. 16 7. SAMSON of Dan is to the Philistines a Serpent by the vvay an Adder by the path byting the Horse heeles so that his rider shall fall back vvarde Ioseph is a fruiteful bough tvvo boughes vvhereof ech do reach vnto the vvall By reason of Manasses and Ephraim vvho not only make tvvo Tribes vvherby they had officers double and authoritie according but also encreased so in number that EphraiÌ ouermatched soÌe vvhole Tribe and thereafter had his portion of the Holy land Compare vvith this Iacobs speache the blessing vvhervvith Moses blesseth the chyldren of Israel vvho speaking of Iosephs tvvo sons as tvvo Tribes omitteth SymeoÌ because more theÌ tvvelue neyther he nor any Prophet reckoneth together Symeon for euyl behauiour at that time vvas vvorthiest to be vnnamed Aftervvardes Dan deserued most contempt that first brought in Idolatrie VVheÌ tvvelue Tribes be reckoned in Ap. 7 vvherof tvvo are for Ioseph that more theÌ 12 shoulde not be reckoned Dan is left out in detestation of his Idolatrie VVherefore some thought that the Antichrist shoulde come of Dan. In trueth he follovveth that Idolatrie by imtation is his sonne but in proprietie Abaddon Ap. 9 is of Cittim or Italy NuÌ 24 called in Ebrevv Adey-obed VVho 2341 father vvil also forgeue your trespasses But if you do not forgeue men their trespasses no more vvil your Father forgeue your trespasses Iesus praide for theÌ that crucified hym Father forgeue them for they knowe not what they do Luk. 23 34 VVhen they heard Peter they vvere pricked and gladly receyued his vvordes and vvere baptised and the same day there vvere added 3000 soules Act. 2 Steuen prayed for them that stoned him Lord lay not this sinne to their charge Act. 7. And Paul coÌsented to his death and breathed threatninges against the brethren yet the lyght of the Lord shined about him coÌuerted him he preached Christ Act. 9. Forgeue ye one an other as God in Christ forgaue you Eph. 4. HEZRON 1. Chro. 2 5. IOSEPH dyeth in Egypt being 110 Y. olde Gen. 50 26. By Fayth Ioseph vvhen he died made mention of the departyng of the Chyldren of Israel and gaue commaundement of his bones Heb. 12 22. His bones vvere buried in the lande of Promyse The Fathers also vvere remoued into Sychem and vvere put in the Sepulchers that vvas bought for money of Hamor the Sychemite Act. 7 16. The archers greeued Ioseph and shot hated him His Bovve abode in strength and his armes had a golden might through the God of Iacob vvhence he fed from the stone of Israel The blessinges of Iacob vvere stronger then the blessinges of his fathers Gen. 49.  82       83  260     84       85       86       87       88       89 1580      90     2350  91       92       93  270     94       95       96       97       98       99 1570      100     2360  101       102       103  280     104       105       106     ⡠ 107       108       109 1560      110     2370                  290                                         1550           2380                  300                                         1540           2390    After the PROMISE Moses   WORLDE    Before the birth of CHRIST    shall perishe in the ende at our Lordes appearyng 2. Thess 2. AS Christ is the chiefest of Eber vvhen at his birth Cittim in Augustus afflicted compelling Ioseph and Mary to repayre to their ovvne to vvne to be taxed and vnder Tiberius crucified euen the King of glory Reason vvoulde that the Kingdome by vvhich the Lord vvas killed should be continually punished both vvith manifest and spirituall Plagues The Empire of Rome both by Paul by the Apocalyps is discouered to afforde
Christ he called his Lord. Psa 110. The sonne in vvhom they that trust are happy Psa 2. Also after God had promised hym Christ he called him Dauid Beloued Psa 132. Mat. 3 17. Moreouer he spake of the Angels vvorshipping of him at his comming of his body ordeyned for a Sacrifice Zeale for Gods house Hosanna cry by Babes conspiracie by Herode and Pilate betraying by one of his Table garmentes lotted vvordes Ely Ely bystanders flovvting in vvordes gesture drinke Gall sacrificehood figured by Melchisedec resurrection ascentioÌ Gentyles beleife lastly praying for Salomon the King turneth his speach to Christ Israelites are thornes Dauids Kinges bad yet Gods couenant coÌstant Of Dauids loynes Fathers to Christ onely Nathan Salathiel Pedaiah and Zorobabel are in the Ebrew for speciall purpose ROBOAM borne      33 â¡ Â Â Â 430  34       35       36       37       38 â¡ Â Â Â Â Â 39    980   40      1  2950     2  â     3     Rest 440 4       5       6       7       8       9     970  10     Rest  11  2960   IVB.  12     8  13      450 14       15       16  â     17     Rest  18       19     960  20       21  2970     22       23 â¡ Â Â Â Â 460 24     Rest  25       26       27       28       29     950  30       31  2980   Rest  32       33      470 34       35       36 â¡ Â Â Â Â Â 37       38     Rest  39     940  40        1 2990    THE HOVSE OF DAVID VNtill our Lords daies both his naturall line and them after whom by right he was heire to the Kingdome DAVID ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Salomon ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Roboam ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Abia. ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Asa ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Iosaphat ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Ioram These thre Iehoiakim killed for euill ruling S. Mat. omitteth ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Achaziah ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Ioaz ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Amaziah ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Ozias ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Ioatham ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Achaz ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Ezekias ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Manasses ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Amon. ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Iosias ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Iakim or Iehoiakim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Iehoiachin or Ie-Chonias He ended Salomons race Ier. 22. Though Chonias were a signet vpon my finger I will plucke him thence O earth earth earth write him childles For none of his seede shal sit vpon the throne of Dauid or beare rule any more in Iuda In that day I wil powre vpon the house of Dauid the spirite of grace prayer and they shall looke vpon me whom they perced saith Iehouah they shal bitterly mourne for that euerie familie a parte the familie of Nathan of Dauids house apart c. Zach. 12. 10. ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Nathan ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Mattatha ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Mainan ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Melea. ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Eliakim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Ionan ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Ioseph ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Iuda ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Simeon ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Leui. ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Matthat ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Iorim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Eliezer ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Iose ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Er. ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Elmodam ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Cosam ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Addi ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Melchi ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Neri ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Salathiel ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Pedaiah ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Zorobabel ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Abiud ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Eliakim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Azor. ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Sadoc ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Achim ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Eliud ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Eleazar ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Matthan ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Iacob ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Ioseph The husband of Marie the mother of our Lord Iesus Christ who being to be holden Iosephs sonne by all law was borne King of the Iewes That he acknowledged Pilate graunted and the Iewes could name none but Caesar to hinder his right Before the starre shewed and Herod sought one borne a King Afterwarde a further Kingdome is shewed At that day when the halfe seauen came Dan. 9. that the sonne was sealed or was made as a signet Agg. 2. Cantic 8. 6. Then he is called Christ Ioh. 1. 17. hauing coÌfirmed the Testament for many by his bloud when they looked that the Kingdom of heauen shoulde appeare then is he made heire of all ouer all powers in this worlde and in that to come Iehouah sayd to Aggei Speake vnto Zorobabel Duke of Iuda saying I will shake heauen earth and ouerthrowe the throne of kings coÌteined in the Image Daniel 2. and beasts Dan. 7. At that day saith Iehouah of hosts I will take thee Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel O my seruant saith Iehouah wil make thee as a signet for I haue chosen thee saith Iehouah of hostes The Apostles do 20. times record our L. to be of DAVID ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Rhesa ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Ioanna ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Iuda ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Ioseph ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Semei ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Mattathias ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Maath ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Nagge ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Essi ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã
Then were Ievves from all Nations vnder Heauen at Ierusalem Saint Luke reckoneth them much after the countryes into which men were first scattered vpon the confusion of tongues for the building of Babylon and according to the kingdomes that oppressed the faythfull Ebrevvet after Babels ruine by Sem and Iapheths posteritie The number of an hundred and twentie to speake to all Ievves that from farre Countryes came to Ierusalem was fit to reuiue the story of their dispertion vnder Darius and Cyrus when by decree of Madai and Faras the God of heauen was preached Cyrus sent Iudah to buylde Ierusalem and Gabriel tolde what yeere day and houre CHRIST shoulde dye That Prophecy made them come that yeere to Ierusalem to looke for the kingdome of Heauen to appeare Then from Syon was the Law to goe foorth and the worde of the Lord from Ierusalem euen when the most Holy by his death had confirmed the testament for many The learnyng of saluation by Grekes hence fyrst taught was that dwellyng of Iapheth in Sems tentes Hytherto was that place glorious by the blessing of Sem who vnder the persoÌ of Melchisedec was styl alyue in description Gen. 14 18. To which description the Ievves were to looke that CHRIST myght be knowen to be God the iust king heyre of the worlde faythfull ouer his owne house a fynisher of Aarons office of al Sacrifice Offryng an eternall sacrificer by once offeryng hym selfe In this Citie they receyued power in a strong wynd in fyery clouen tongues were fylled with the holy Ghost and could speake to euery one in his owne language So the Ierusalem from aboue was to be buylt that all nations myght woorke in it as contrariwyse by tongues not vnderstoode the worke was but Babylon a confusion and men âkattered caused the name Synear and were estranged from the Tentes of Sem and lyfe of God without whom beyng their guyde they perysh for euer Hence the Disciples went foorth to teach how CHRIST was to suffer to aryse from death and to geue saluation to the worlde That worke they perfourmed by the strength of God who confirmed their doctrine with signes wonders powers and gyftes of the holy spirite accordyng to his wyll Some of these godly Angels soone dyd seale their doctrine with their blood some later ended their goodly combat some lyued to see CHRIST come in his kingdome with power when the worde was fruitefull in all the worlde that citie was buylt by Fyshers of Galilee which is called IEHOV AH-THERE Then Tongues Nations and people of all Kingdomes departed from the power of darknes by fayth and obedience to the kingdome of Christ geuyng honour and glory for euer to the king euerlyuing holy vnuifible God only wise Of the Ievves there helde styll the fayth an infinite number tearmed by thousandes 144 after their reckoning of many These with vs Heathen come to the feast of Tabernacles with Palme crying HOSANNA Saluation to God and to the Lambe This company of faythfull sââles called to the blessed mariage of the Lambe are a Ierusalem from Heauen Apoc. 3. 21. Ebr. 12. Though such glorious thynges be spoken concernyng this citie of God the perfection whereof cannot be seene in this vale of teares yet here God wipeth all teares from our eyes and each blessing is here begunne The name of this Citie much helpeth Ievv and Gentile to see the state of peace For this is called IERVSALEM and that in Canaan hath Christ destroyed This name should cleerely haue taught both the Ebrevves not to looke and pray dayly for to returne to Canaan and Pseudocatholiques not to haue fought for speciall holynes there We lyue in this by fayth and not by eye sight and by hope we behold the perfection Of this Citie saluation is a wall goodly as Iasper cleere as Crystal The foundations are in number twelue of twelue precious Stones such as Aaron ware on his brest all the woorke of the Lambes twelue Apostles The Gates are twelue each of Pearle vpon which are the names of the twelue Tribes of Israel of whose fayth all must be which enter in Twelue Angels are conductours from east west north south euen the starres of the Churches The citie is square of Burgesses setled for all turnes Here God sitteth on a Throne lyke a Iasper and Ruby comfortable and iust The Lambe is the Temple that a thyrd Temple should not be looked for to be buylt Thrones twise twelue are for all the Christians borne of Israels twelue or taught by the Apostles who for dignitie are Seniores For infinite are tearmed but foure and twenty in regarde of so many Tribes and Apostles Here the Maiesty is honorable as at the delyuery of the Law from whose throne thunder âoyces and lyghtninges do proceede Here oyle of grace is neuer wantyng but burnyng with seuen Lampes the spirites of Messias of wit wysedome of counsell and courage of knowledge and vnderstandyng and of the feare due to the eternall Here the valiant patient witty and speedy with sharpe sight are winged as those Seraphim that wayted on Christ when ten calamities and vtter destruction was âolde for the low Ierusalem They of this Citie are not as Israel after the flesh which would not see for all the wonders that our Lord did But these redeemed by his precious Blood are full of eyes lyghtened by Lampes the glory of IEHOV AH and beholdyng Christ through all the Prophetes a perfourmer of our fayth sealed of God sealer of all vision opener of seales for the stories of the Church Here is the true lyght where the saued-walke Hither kingdomes bring their glory Hither the blessed Nations cary their Iewels This is a kingdome vncorrupted which shall not be geuen to a strange and vncleane people They must be written in the booke of the Lambe and chosen of eternitie sanctified of God which here be citizens Through this there gusheth a streame better then the foure in Eden a streame of lyuely waters by beliefe in Christ as those waters flowyng from Lebanon Here is that Tree of lyfe in the myddes of the Paradise of God with leaues to heale the nations that wylbe cured whyle it is sayd to day with twelue fruites to geue foode continually to such as feede also vpon the hâd Manna who after death receyue the crowne of iustice and lyfe the mornyng starre white clothyng and the white stone wherein a name is written equall to all the Law Deut. 27 2. The first state of the first Adam in the first Paradise was glorious This is better And as Moses began with the terrestriall so the holy worde endeth in the celestiall that to wheeles full of eyes may the writ of trueth be compared The full consent and melody of Prophetes and Apostles how their Harpes are tuned on Mount Syon it wyll fully appeare in the full sight of peace when our bodyes are made conformable to Christ his glorious body in the