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A08238	Chronologia sacra By the high ... Doctor Phil. Nicolai. lib. 2. de regno Christi. Shortly collected and augmented by Neils Michelsone. Cum priuilegio S. R. Maj. Newly translated out of the Germans and Dence tongue into English, by David Forbes. Pervsed, and accompanied with a short treatise and exhortation tending to repentance; Chronologia sacra. English	Nicolai, Philipp, 1556-1608.; Michelsone, Neils, ed. and trans.; Forbes, David, of Edinburgh.; Arthus, Gotthard, b. 1568.	1630 (1630)	STC 18572; ESTC S106265	30,699	106

a Christian should desire and seeke after recommending this vnto the event of tyme seing there is no surer interpretation and clearing of Prophecies as when they are fulfilled O everlasting good GOD the spring of all wisedome and grace inlighten our spirits and darke vnderstanding with the light and clearnesse of thy godly wisdome with the spring and fire of fervent charitie that in vs all worldly vanities lustes of the flesh and spring of pryde may bee extinguished and quenched by the holy lampe of thy light and that wee may rejoyce in our onelie and most excellent Iewell that thou hath given vs namely our onely Saviour and Redeemer and bee true obeyers all the dayes of our lyfe yea in the midst of death to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be praise and Glorie for ever Amen FINIS Qui paenitentiae dulcedinem libat Sacrificium pro peccatis libat A BRIEFE TREATISE AND EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE MATH Chap. 3. verse 2. Repent for the Kingdome of Heaven is at hand IN this booke we may see the long patience and suffering of GOD towards his owne people the Iewes who in the last tymes of their visitation did send his owne Sonne the Saviour of mankynd and that of the seede of Abraham to stretch foorth his hands and armes to saue and imbrace the remnant of the lost sheepe of the house of Israel but when they did contemne Gods Fatherly visitation and were offended with CHRIST IESUS had crucified the King of Glorie as lykewayes thereafter did persecute in the same manner all his disciples Apostles and servants of GOD then GOD left them and gaue them over vnto themselues and did begin his mercifull calling with the Gentiles who were strangers and aliants from the house of Israel By whose visitation likewise wee may learne of the mercie and justice of God for those Gentiles of Asia and East-landish Dominions haue had their owne tymes of GODS mercifull visitation but after many sinnes committed together with the persecution of saincts and contempt of the word GOD hath removed his Candlestickes from them and hath given them over vnto vanities and lyes and is gone from them and now in this last houre and tyme of the world it hath pleased him to erect his Church and candlesticke within this Nation And there fore O happie and thryse happie are wee if wee will acknowledge the tymes of our mercifull visitation and day of our calling for the LORD of glorie is standing at the doore of our soules and within this Nation wee haue had our owne tymes where GOD hath knocked long with the hammers of his Word and appearantly seing the word is contemned and beareth no fruite in mens consciences and conversations that GOD is departing from vs vnto another people and yet streatching foorth his armes and calling vnto him all true Christians who will turne vnto him and repent them of their sinnes for certainly there is no sinne which hath abounded in those forraine Churches but those and more doth abound besides vs and giue the Church and Sainctes of GOD within this Nation bee not persecuted with publict Tyrants yet let the wise Christian see how shee is persecuted rent and divided within her selfe which doeth prognosticate a fearefull departure of our kynd GOD and a terrible judgement to hang over our heads and would to God I say that our judgement bee not worse of all if we take not heede in tyme Therefore let vs bee wise and learne of the figge tree and of these tokens to prepare our selues for our Bridegroome the LORD IESUS second comming in the clowdes Iohn the Baptist a forerunner of the Messias the first trumpet of the Ghospell is heere crying out according to the Prophecie of Isaiah Prepare the wayes of the LORD make his pathes streight against the first comming of the Messias Amend your liues for the Kingdome of grace is at hand and is to bee offered in the LORD IESUS to everie true penitent and belieuer of the Ghospell Now in those dayes our onely high Priest and Prophet is crying vnto vs and learning vs by the Parable of the figge tree in the Ghospell that the Kingdome of glorie is at hand Mat. 24.32 And that wee should lift vp our heads working our salvation in feare and trembling waitting for the day of the LORD for he beeing the first trumpet of the Ghospell in those dayes his onely matter and aime was in respect of the great defection and diversitie of religion amongst the Iewes as likewise their true worship of God was turned into a Pharisaicall and selfe loue of themselves therefore hee was busie preparing the first way and comming of the LORD and importing vnto them a Kingdome of grace to bee at hand and therefore did exhort them vnto repentance that they might enter and goe in into that Church militant heere on earth by this Kingdome of grace now to bee offered and reveiled vnto them in the Messias that thereafter they might bee found worthie against the second comming of the Lord to enter into the Church triumphant and Kingdome of glorie .. Our Iohn the Baptists and preachers in our tymes haue greater occasion yea all preaching stooles whatsoever being now the last trumpets of the Ghospell haue matter enough to cry out in those words Repent for the Kingdome of Heaven is at hand even that Kingdome of glorie where the Messias is not in his first comming in the lykenesse of a servant and in the basenesse of his flesh to offer more the Kingdome of grace and mercie in errecting a Church militant heere on earth as in the dayes of Iohn the Baptist But now certainly comming in his second comming in the clouds convoyed of all the Angels and trowpes of HEAVEN as a powerfull judge in full majesticall glorie to rander everie man according to his workes where grace and mercie shall cease to bee more offered and where all happie Saincts and blessed Elect who were partakers of that Kingdome of grace in the Church militant heere on earth shall bee gathred in that triumphant and glorious Church in the Heavens for ever O blessed and thryse blessed is that soule who findeth and approveth himselfe by the touchstone of repentance to bee a member in this Kingdome of grace and Church militant heere on earth hee shall be preferred and linked so fast vnto this blessed happinesse and endlesse joy of all Saincts also that no creature in Heaven nor in earth no the gates of hell can separate him from it Therefore how diligent should wee bee to imbrace this Kingdome of grace in these latter tymes seing the world is suncken into meere sinne and vanitie and all abhominations haue taken vpper hand yea all signes and tokens prophecied in Scriptures are fulfilled so that there resteth nothing except onely the signe of the Sonne of man comming in the clouds to judge the world and take acompt of our actions and which wee may as sure expect daylie to come as wee are

the which tyme that Carolostadius wakned vp that great vprore with storming of images from whence proceeded in the Churches diversities of opinions Fourthly In the Revelation chap. 11. we reade of the two witnesses clothed in sackcloth who prophecied 1260 dayes and when 1260 dayes endeth then they shall bee killed by the beast and three dayes and an halfe ly vnburied but thereafter shall haue lyfe of the Spirit and ascend to the clowdes of Heaven and the enemies of the Evangell shall behold it then shall there be a great Earthquake which shall continue an houre in the which Earthquake the tenth part of Babylon shall fall By the two witnesses is vnderstood the old and new Testament which beareth witnesse of the trueth in murning weede and sackcloth that is vnder croces and persecution If wee will adde and lay together with this three and an halfe dayes or three and an halfe commoun yeares the heavenly houre namely 41 an and half yeares then is the summe 1305 then followeth it the beginning of this 1305 to bee Anno Christi 365 on the which tyme that Damasius Vrsicinus did contend to Rome for the Popedome which of them should bee Pope who carried a bloody warre in the holy house against others And then hath this sonne of perdition gotten his kingdome consecrated and anoynted vnto him by murther and shedding of much blood When wee begin from the foresaid yeare Anno Christi 365 to reckon to the 1260 then end they just Anno Christi 1625. Now how those two witnesse the Old and New Testament with all true preachers who hath holden with those two witnesses hath beene killed and rent it is eneugh knowne vnto all men for not onlie Papists but all other sects rent so on those two witnesse and so killeth them everie one to turne and revert them vnto his owne hereticall meaning which is eneugh knowne vnto everie true Christian but now most of all those two witnesses are now killed with their confederats in this 3 and an halfe yeares Namely from Anno 1625 vntill Anno Christi 1629. whereof the well learned man Master Meynelaus Poulsone Preacher to the Castell of Copemanhaven hath set out on our Dens tongue the foresaid Philippi Nicolai his words which likewise I will rehearse following in this manner Comment de regno CHRISTI lib. 2. capit 2. fol. 6. 196. sequent SEing now the holy BIBLE is translated in English French Dutch Dence and other tongues and languages and is vsed and reade with all diligence both of learned and vnlearned So vnderstandeth the Pope that Scotish English Fleames Dence Norwish Swedens Poles Bohemish and Vngarish with no deceate or subtilitie can bee brought againe vnder his power so long as the bookes of the old and new Testament haue the vpper hand and therefore he shall striue after also to take from these two witnesses all their prerogatiue and bring so to passe that they may haue no place in the Roman Church but to losse their shine altogether and by the permission of GOD seing Godlinesse is verie rare besides vs so can it lightly event that the Romish Antichrist shall haue once successe This proud and divelish victorie will continue three yeares and an half which is from the yeere 1625. vntill 1629 so long shall the Christian Kirk indure this persecution and shed her blood in great quantitie for confessing of the trueth and together in these tymes men shall see the bookes of the old and new Testament to be whole contemned and to ly as dead bodies in the streetes and they shall bee troade with feete yet some godly compassioners and the Evangelish true confessors shall not suffer them to be whole buried But thereafter from anno 1629 vntill anno 1670 the whole heavenly houre or fourtie one yeares and a halfe so shall kyth it selfe that the holy Scripture and holy minister calling with the two witnesses which is the old and new Testament shall powerfully come before againe and with great jubileren and especiall joyfull crying compasse about the godly and ascend vp into the clowdes of Heaven Apoc. 11. ver 12. this shall bee a great honour and glory and can not bee hindered This the Papists shall see and over all measure therethrough bee terrified seing they can not troade more the holy Bible vnder their feete neither turne the people with their anathemata or curse and cruell persecution from the diligent reading and godly meditation yea there shall be such a great Earthquake so that the tenth part of the great citie Apocal. 11. ver 13 that is the ten Kingdomes of the Papisticall dominions shall condiscend together namely the Germanians Hungarians Bohemians Polonians Swedens Dence Norwish English Scottish and French who shall be moved and shall knit themselues together and wholly denunce themselues off from the Papists yea they shall hold together with such a speciall zeale and that for the cruell persecution of the Christians as likewise for the cause of the vntolerable pride of the Romane Antichrist And shall fall in Italie or Welshland with mightie power and burne vp with fire that great Citie Rome great Babylon Revel 18. verse 8. That Babylons whoore can bee payed and get her right rewarde who tyrannouslie hath persecuted the spirituall members of Christs bodie Revel 17. verse 6. and drunke her selfe drunke with the blood of Saincts and blood of the Martyres of IESVS And that there can come such a reward vpon her as on Ierusalem who slew CHRIST IESUS himselfe and is come since the beginning on all persecuters of CHRISTS Church After this tyme is the heavenly houre 41 and an halfe yeares whose end are fulfilled anno Christi 1670. Heerewith it aggreeth with that which our foresaid author setteth in his exposition of the 12. chapter of Daniel lib. 2. de regno Christi pag. 121. saying It may bee that Anno Christi 1625. will come vp some new Motus and tumult that the Christistian Church will suffer cruell sorrowfull tempests againe but how it shall bee Daniel cleareth not except that which hee heareth of the Angel blessed are they that waiteth thereafter that is who are patient as yet vntill the 45 yeare are past Now everie one knoweth that patience is no wayes without crosses and sorrowes whereby may bee judged that Anno 1625 there will burst out a hole on a divelish and pestilentious byle which now Anno Christi 1596 when Philip Nicolai wrote this booke the enemies of the true Christians are making rype in their secret counsels and concealed pratickes that the Elect may be weary of those troublous times Wherefore of this ineluctabilis and future tyme of sorrows shall come on that tyme vntill the which wee haue as yet from this yeare 1579 28 yeare then should the soules of true Christians after the counsell of Daniel prepare theselues to patience and heerewith remember this cruell persecution shall not for ever indure but shall vndergoe within a short space and come to an

that passeth all vnderstanding in which the soules of the Saincts doe rest with thee O Kingdome of everlasting blesse where thou O LORD the hope of all Sancts art and the diademe of their perpetuall glory rejoycing them on everie side with thy blessed sight In this Kingdome there is infinite joy mirth without sadnesse health without sorrow life without labour light without darknesse felicitie without abaitment all goodnesse without evill where youth floorisheth that never waxeth old life that knoweth no end beautie that never fadeth loue that never cooleth health that never diminisheth joy that never ceaseth where sorrow is never felt complaint is never heard matter of sadnesse is never seene nor evill successe is never feared for that they possesse thee O LORD which art the perfection of their felicitie Oh deare brother into this verie moment of life whereon dependeth all eternitie why should wee delay our repentance when I looke vnto the world with my spirituall eyes I wonder to see how the most part of men wearie themselues in vanitie and in the triffle of worldly things neglecting this Heavenly treasure and Kingdome of all happinesse why doth not rather now all men in the last moment of tymes runne after this Kingdome in buying this pure and tryed gold of CHRIST IESUS It is a lamentable and inward griefe of true Christians to see almost the whole world so busied and exercised in buying straw in Egypt where as they could buy fine gold with lesse labour and at a lower pryce is it not now tyme for worldly men to follow the doctrine of CHRIST and sell all that ever they haue to purchase this Kingdome and the example of Paul who esteemed all the world as dung in respect of this Iewell and Ignatius who saith fire gallows beastes breaking of my bones quartring of my members crushing of my bodie all the torments of the Devill together let them come vpon me so I may injoy this treasure of Heaven and Augustine who was content to suffer torments everie day yea the verie torments of Hell it selfe to haue this joy Oh how few considreth this Kingdome of Heaven to bee at hand and how many are they who bestow their tyme in vanitie pleasures and delyts of the world so that men all most are bent to wickednesse and abhomination which is an infallible token that destruction is imminent and the Kingdome of Heaven is at hand and seing all tokens and prophecies are fulfiled in the Scripture whereby it is most certaine that the day of the LORD is at hand so is the hardnesse of the heart and wickednesse of mankynde likewise a true token and a note of imminent destruction as is evident by all examples of the holy Scripture how it hath beene the forme of worldlings and reprobate persons to harden their hearts and double their sinnes against the day of vengeance So was it in the dayes of Sodome Gomorrah who could not bee warned of Lots exhortations but hardned their hearts and doubled their iniquities Iudas wicked resolution could not bee changed by his masters forewarning presently before his imminent destruction neither the Iewes would take heede vnto all the prophecies or plagues hanging over them but hardned their hearts against all exhortations preachings promises and thundrings made by Prophets proceeding in such an excesse in sinne and defection from GOD hard before their vtter ruine and destruction executed by Titus And when we conferre to these former examples those of our dayes and latter times how mercifully and abundantlie is GOD warning and crying vs to repentance and amendement of life by faithfull Preachers of his Ghospell But who heareth and repenteth where is the worldly and avaritious man who hath amended his life and turned from his avarice or where is the prodigall man who hath left his prodigalitie and is clothing the naked and feeding the hungrie or where is the proud and ambitious man who is become humble and lowlie or where is the false vsurer and deceatfull man restoring it againe vnto the poore with Zacheus in the Ghospell but rather all sinnes are prevailing in their highest degrees drunkennesse adulterie pryde and avarice especially are become so vsuall and followed of all men that they are rather accoumpted vertue than vice so that the Elect of this age may now sigh and cry out with that holy Martyre Policarpus O Domine in quaenam tempora nos reservasti O LORD what perrilous sorrowfull and miserable times lettest thou thy Elect liue in those dayes what tyme or age in the world since the creation of Adam hath more sinne and wickednesse abounded or what time hath there beene in old whereinto charitie and trueth hath beene so cold and wholly departed from the hearts of men as now in those dayes and if the ground of election were not sure what a hard thing is it and a matter of great difficultie for a Christian soule to attaine vnto the worke of his calling and persevere in true faith and obedience into those dangerous and latter times seeing how rare they are to bee found who by a godly life and conversation sheweth a good example to others and the Devill hath got such victory in this age that he hath almost all dominions and powers of the world vnder him as Ambassadours yea most of all creatures are verie instruments for inlarging the Kingdome of Sathan who certainly goeth about like a roaring Lyon seeking whom hee may devoure seing hee feareth his hellish torments draweth soone to a beginning and therefore striveth with all diligence if it were possible to lead and carie all soules borne on the earth vnto endlesse perdition and destruction with him will wee looke vnto all the estates of men both ciuill and eclesiasticall from the rich Monarch vnto the poore beggar from the learned doctor and prelate vnto the lowest deacon from the aged father vnto the verie infant wee shall see now in those dayes the hearts of Kings moved and induced more by Ambassadours of Sathan than by the counsell of the godly imbracing rather the counsell of subtill and treacherous Achitophell who standeth after the destruction and ruine of a Commonwell than the counsell of the old wise favourer of land and policie and that in those last times How pittifull a thing it is to see such a consort of traitours to intrude themselues in the companie of potentats and superior estates who by their deceiving prctaickes haue brought to passe such fearefull events in whole Europ as miserable experience by losse of life wife children and goods hath proued vnto many thousands within those few yeares begone Behold how nobles and men of State how their hearts and eares are locked vp from the cryes of the poore and repell their cryes without helpe as the stony rockes repelleth the vaves of the Sea without sence looke vnto the lower estate of men thou shalt finde nothing more to abound than pryde in imitating the footsteps and forme of apparell of noble men