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A89794	Napiers narration: or, an epitome of his booke on the Revelation. Wherein are divers miste[r]ies disclosed, touching the foure beasts, seven vials, seven trumpets, seven thunders, and seven angels, as also a discovery of Antichrist: together with very probable conjectures touching the the [sic] time of his destruction, and the end of the world. A subject very seasonable for these last times.; Plaine discovery of the whole Revelation of Saint John	Napier, John, 1550-1617.	1642 (1642)	Wing N153; Thomason E144_7; ESTC R212729	11,334	23

which was betwixt the yeare of Christ 70. and 77. the Text saith At the opening of this seale there was silence in heaven about halfe an hower even so at that time Gods Church had peace a little while Rol. Well Sir now in the next place tell me what you understand concerning the seven Trumpets mentioned in the eighth and 9. Chapter Nap. I understand those seaven Trumpets mentioned in those Chapters and the seaven Vials mentioned in the 16. Chapter to be all one Rol. How doth that appeare Nap. It appeareth to bee so in that they are both of them the seaven last plagues as also in that they agree in their principall termes the second Trumpet with the second Viall the third Trumpet with the third Viall and so that thereby wee may assuredly conclude that both those Trumpets with those Vials and also the rest of the Trumpets with the rest of the Vials respective in purpose meaning time and in all other circumstances to be one and the selfe same thing Rol. And when did the seaven Trumpets or seaven Vials begin Nap. The last of the seven seales and the first of the seaven Trumpets or Vials begin both at once in An. 71. Rol. How doth that appeare Nap. This appeareth evidently for even by the Text Chap. 8. the seaventh Seale being opened that very hower the seaven Angels received their Trumpets to blow for having said in the first verse and when hee had opened the seaventh seale there was silence in Heaven about halfe on houre he subjoyneth immediately verse 2. And I saw the seaven Angels c. receive their seaven trumpets and further after he hath shewed verse 5. how Christ powred out the fiery coales of his wrath in revenge of the blood of his Saints which doubtlesse was upon Ierusalem which shed it incontinent he subjoyneth verse 6 and 7. that then the seaven Angels prepared themselves to blow and the first blew his Trumpet c so therefore justly at this destruction of Ierusalem in Anno Christi 71. make we both the last Seale and the first Trumpet or Viall to begin Rol. And how many yeares doth every Trumpet or Viall containe Nap. Every Trumpet or Viall containeth the space of 245. yeares which is the just space of 5. Jubilees and that this 71. yeare of Christ and consequently the first yeare of every the other Trumpet or Viall was Jubilee you may consider by the discourse of Josephus Scaliger de emendat temporum Rol. But Sir I pray tell me what you conceive these seaven Trumpets or seaven Vials doe signifie Nap. I doe conceive them to signifie the seaven Ages that were then to come to the worlds end and I am the more confirmed to believe they do so for that I find in Histories that great mutations of Empires fol owed the end of these 245. yeares one after another as for example In the yeare of Christ 71. Jerusalem was destroyed by Titus and Vespasian this was the yeare that Jesus Christ procured the revenge of his blood and the blood of his Saints upon the Synagogue of the Iewes Secondly 245. yeares after which was in the yeare 316. Constantine the Emperour of Rome transported the Imperiall Seat from Rome to Constantinople and in Rome Pope Silvester began the Papisticall Kingdome and Italy was left as a prey to the Goths and Vandals who destroyed Rome and subdued all Italy slaying and spoyling great and small even every third man Thirdly 245. yeares after that is in Anno 561. or therabouts Totila King of Goths burned Rome and usurped the Dominion thereof Fourthly 245. yeares after that is in Anno 806. Charlemaigne received the new Empire of Germanes and Romanes Fiftly 245. yeares after that is in Anno 1051. Zadok began the first dominion of the Turkes Sixthly 245. yeares after that is in the yeare 1246. Otoman began the first Empire of the foure Nations Mahometans 7. Lastly 245. yeares after that is in the yeare 1541. arose our true Professors against the Kingdome of Antichrist so then for conclusion you see that every Trumpet or Viall endureth 245. yeares Rol. Then Sir it seemeth by this account that this seaventh Trumpet or Viall which we are now under is not to end till the yeare of Christ 1786. shall the world continue so long thinke you Nap. No I doe not think that the World shall continue so long because it is said Math. 24.22 that for the Elects sake the time shall be shortened Rol How long doe you thinke the World shall continue or can you conjecture when the day of Judgement shall be Nap Although it bee said in Mark 13.32 that the day or Judgement and houre therof none doth know but the Father onely yet let none be so base of judgement as to conclude thereby that the yeare or age thereof is unknowne to Christ or unable to be knowne any wayes to his servants wherefore I tell you it appeares to me that betwixt the yeare of Christ 1688. and 1700. the said latter day shall fall Rol. I pray Sir let me heare your grounds for this your conjecture Nap. In the 14. of the Revelation there is mention made of seaven Angels which are all one with the seaven Thunders mentioned in the 10 Chapter and every one of the first three thundring Angels as I may call them containe a Jubilee and then the foure last all at once compleateth the day of Judgement by which it appeares to me that the day of Judgement shall fall about that time Rol. But I pray you Sir speake more particularly of these things and first shew how it appeares that the seaven Angels and the seaven thunders are all one Nap. If wee doe but confer the tokens or the seaven Angels with the tokens of the seaven thunders we shall find them to agree for first in Ch. 10. at the comming in of the 7. thunders Christ doth offer the open book of his truth so Ch. 14. the first of the 7. Angels bringeth the everlasting Gospel and openly preacheth out the same Secondly in Ch. 10. Christ by the mighty voyce of his Word as a roaring Lyon in the mouthes of his Preachers proclaimed the truth then came the 7. thunders so also Ch. 14. the voyce of Gods heavenly Elect is here as a mighty souund of Waters and as thunder then came the seaven Angels so that you see in respect of the harmony betwixt them wee may conclude them both to be one Rol. Well Sir and how doth it appeare that every one of the first 3. thundring Angels containe a Jubilee Nap. After the Custome both of the Levits and Prophets who divide all great dates by Iubilees and small dates by weeks of yeares wee judge most apparantly this last Age to bee divided by Iubilees and so every thunder or Angel of these 3. that are said in the Text Ch. 14. v. 6.8.9 to pretend Gods great Harvest to containe a Iubilee which is 49. yeares Rol. And how doth it appeare that the foure last

thundring Angels all at once compleateth the day of Iudgement Nap. In the 14. Chapter verse 14. and 16. it is said that the fourth thundring Angel which is Christ himselfe enters actually into his great Harvest to gather up his Elect at the warning of the fifth Angel even Gods holy spirit ver 15. like as contrarily the sixt thundring Angel executor of Gods fierce wrath mentioned vers 17. and 19. is admonished and warned by the seventh Angel commander thereof to cut downe and 〈…〉 the Vines of the earth in the winepresse of Gods 〈◊〉 and so by these foure last Angels or Thunders 〈…〉 Christ himself and by his whole ministring Angel● 〈◊〉 the figure of these last Angels all the 〈…〉 of Gods harvest and latter Iudgement is accomplis●●● Rol. And when did the first of the three first 〈◊〉 Iubile begin Nap. Even as I said before the last of the seven s … and the first of the seven Trumpets began both at once in the yeare of Christ 71. so in like manner the last of the seven Trumpets and the first of the seven thunders began both at once in the yeare of Christ 1541. Rol. What moves you to think it beginneth that yeare Nap. In the 11. Ch. v. 15. it is said that at the blast of the 7th Trumpet the Kingdome of the World becommeth Christ his Kingdome that is then the Kingdome of Antichrist all other prophane Kingdoms shall fall and Christ his Kingdom shall be spred and inlarged over all and this can no other way come to passe then by the preaching of the Evangel which was of new opened up and preached at the comming of the first Angel whom the Text saith to have an everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell upon the earth which Angel as I said before is manifest to be the first of the seven thunders therfore it followeth consequently that the new restoring of the Evangell the seventh trumpet or Viall and the first thunder or thundring Angel come all at once even in Anno Christi 1541. About which yeare God stirred up openly his first Ministers and servants Luther Calvin Melancthon and others ver 6.7 to preach out during all this Iubile the perfect verity of the Gospel publikely which before was hid and obscured under the Antichristian Reigne so that now the true Church lurketh no more but Gods truth to all the world is made apparant by these Ministers teaching them according to the Text to feare God onely and leaving all other superstitious worshipping to give glory onely unto him Rol. And when did this first of these 3. Iubiles end Na. If you reckon you shall easily find that it ended in Ann. Christi 1590. And then came the second of the seven thundring Angels ver 8. declaring even presently the horrible fall and decay to become of that figurative Babylon and great Antichristian City about which time to wit the end of the first Iubile and beginning of the second God hath shewed marvellous indices that the Empire of Rome and Papisticall Kingdome shall shortly fall the Antichristian and Spanish Fleet is destroy'd the late King of France Duke of Guize and his Brother Papists and Committers of the Parisian Massacre all murthered by other a Protestant now made King of France so that before the end of this Iubile God willing Rome and the whole Papisticall Kingdome thereof shall be ruined Rol. And what yeare shall this second Iubile end Nap. In the yeare 1639. Rol. And what followes upon that Nap. After that comes the third Iubile or the third thundring and threatning Messengers openly and loudly threatning that if any be now that doe worship or reverence that Antichristian Empire or that receive the old superstitious marks thereof on their foreheads or on their hands the same shall drinke of Gods wrath so that in this third Jubile the Ministers and Messengers of God shall God-willing have only the latter dregs of that Romish seat to admonish and threaten by open intimation that if any be in whose hearts the reverence of that ruined Empire or if any now be marked with Chrisme or Crosse on hand or head he shall be tormented eternally in the fire of Hell Rol. Well Sir now I see plainely that if we add to 1639. 49. yeares then according to your account the day of Iudgement appears to fall about 1688. I had not thought it could have bin so plainly proved by Scripture Nap. I doe assure my selfe that all the prophesies of the latter day shall be knowne and manifested to Gods Church before Christ come to Iudgement and if we doe conferre all prophesies and propheticall figures thereof together wee shall find them come so neere to that time that verily the matter is wonderfull Rol. I pray Sir proceed on to doe it Nap. First as touching the Cimball of the Saboth it is thought by the most learned that the six dayes of labour weekly observed doth meane and beare the simball of 6000. yeares that mankind shall endure the travells and cares of this world and that is confirmed by Peter who speaking of the day of Iudgement noteth that a thousand yeares shall bee as one day in Gods sight and a day as a thousand yeares and so consequently the sixe dayes of worke to represent sixe thousand yeares after the which sixe thousand yeares of worldly cares and travells then shall come our eternall Saboth and rest in the glory of Heaven signified by the seaventh dayes rest for that truely there is no institution apointed by God to Moses which besides the civell commodity had not also a spirituall figure and sure it is that no figure agreeth more consonant with these sixe dayes of work and seventh day of rest then the present miseries of this world and eternall Saboth hereafter secondly agreeable to the former there is a sentence of the house of Elias reserved in all Ages bearing these words the world shall stand sixe thousand yeares and then it shall be consumed with fire two thousand yeares voyd or without Law two thousand yeares under the Law and two thousand yeares shall be the dayes of the Messias and for our offences which shall be manyand great shall these yeares lacke which shall lack thus farre saith Elias Now the terme of these sixe thousand yeares doth expire about the 2000. yeare of Christ which terme both by the said saying of Elias and by Christs owne saying in Mathew appeareth to be shortned and therefore thirdly by Daniell wee shall aproach neerer that terme for he in his 12. chap. intreating both of the first Resurrection which is the Resurrection from the Antichristian errours and of the second Resurrection which is the generall resurrection from the dead such an Angell as afterward appeareth to Iohn Rev. 10. teaching him concerning the latter day doth here apeare to Daniel swearing solemly a terme of propheticall dayes to every one of those questions doubled of by the Prophet of which the greatest terme is expressed to

Antichrist is mysticall cloaked under the name of godlinesse and as in the Popes Myter was wont so also in the whore of Babylons forehead is written a Mystery Rev. 17.5 oppugning Christ and his truth under the outward shew and profession of Christian Religion he must be called most holy when indeed he is most wicked he cals himselfe the servant of servants when in truth hee makes himselfe the King of Kings Fourthly it is said 1 Tim 4.3 that the Antichrist speaking lies through hypocrisie shall forbid to marry and shall command abstinence from certaine meats and so doth the Pope under hypocrisie and lying pretext of chastitie and abstinence forbid all his Clergie to marry and to eat flesh in Lent or on Fridayes Fifthly it is said 2 Pet. 2. that Antichrist shall denie the Lord that bought them and through covetousnesse shall with faigned words make merchandiz● of Christians yea and shall sell their soules as it is said Revel 18.13 so hath the Popes Clergie brought in Pardons and Indulgences whereby they promise remission of sinnes and the Kingdome of Heaven privily and in effect therby denying Christ to be their onely Redeemer and so have they through covetousnesse under faigned pretext of Religion made merchandize of poore Christians selling by such divellish wayes even their soules to the Divell Sixthly the Antichrists comming saith Paul is by the comming of Sathan with all power and signes and lying wonders in all deceivablenesse So hath the Pope advanced his credit in deceiving the simple sort by his faigned fables and alleadged Miracles of the Legendary and by such juglings as they use and no marvell when as Platina and others affirme 22. Popes came to the Popedome being abominable Necromancers And thus have I shewed you how the notes of Antichrist in Scripture and properties of the Pope doe agree together Rol. I pray likewise shew the contrarieties betwixt Christ and the Pope First Christ came so soberly and meekly that he would not have broken a bruised Reed but the Pope came proudly overwhelming the most mighty Empires hee changed the Kingdome of France from Chilperick the lawfull King to Pipin the Popes Confederate Secondly Christ would not worship the Divell to gaine all the Kingdomes of the world but 22. Popes bound themselves slaves to the Divell for ever to bee made Popes as testifieth Platina and other unsuspected Writers Thirdly CHRIST cast the Merchandize out of the Temple But the Pope establisheth the Merchandize in the Temple to sell his Pardons Masses and Indulgences Fourthly Christ washed his poore Disciples feet but the Pope maketh the most mightie Emperours to kisse his feete Fifthly Christ honoured Marriage at Cana in Galile had some married Apostles and commanded them to marry that could not live chast but the Pope forbiddeth his Clergie to marry though they were never so filthy Whoremongers Sixthly Christ forbiddeth Whordome But the Popes were seven of them Whore-Mungers and erecters of Brothel houses and Pope Joane was a Whore and died with child in open Procession and these are named in their owne Histories Seaventhly Christ paid Tribute to Caesar But the Pope bereft the Emperour both of Lands and Tributes within Italy Eighthly Christ had not so much money of his owne as to pay his Tribute But the Popes propriety is said to bee eighteene thousand Duckets every day And Pope John of Anjou left in store 25. Millions of gold 9. Christ misliketh the observing of dayes moneths and yeares But the Pope commandeth to observe his Festivals and Holidayes Tenthly Christ is the onely Mediator betwixt God and Man But the Pope makes and canoniseth his Saints whom he cals Mediators betwixt God and us Eleventhly Christ had not whereon to repose or rest his head But the Pope hath store of Townes Castles and Princely Pallaces Twelfthly Christ forbids much babbling and vaine repetitions in our Prayers But the Pope commandeth to repeat over your Prayers and to say five Pater Nosters and five Ave Mar●a's Thirteenthly Christ teacheth a Religion wholly in spirit and void of all externall Ceremonies except his two Sacramentall Seales But the Pope hath constituted a Religion consisting wholly in bodily Rites ●nd full of externall Superstitions Fourteenthly Christ was crowned with a Crowne of Thornes But the Pope is crowned with a threefold imperiall Crowne Fifteenthly to conclude Christ shed his blood once that we might reigne spiritually But the Pope sheds our blood dayly that he might reigne temporally Rol. There be some other things which I could desire to be resolved in but at this present time will not permit and therefore giving you many thankes for what you have done I take my leave of you for this time Nap. The Lord be with you FINIS