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             DANIELS
          
           WEEKES
           .
        
         
           AN
           INTERPRETATION
           of
           part
           of
           the
           Prophecy
           of
           DANIEL
           :
        
         
           BY
           JOSEPH
           MEDE
           ,
           late
           Fellow
           of
           
             Christs
             Colledge
          
           in
           CAMBRIDGE
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             M.
             F.
          
           for
           JOHN
           CLARK
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           under
           S.
           
             Peters
          
           Church
           in
           
             Cornhill
             .
          
           1643.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           DANIELS
           VVEEKES
           .
        
         
           THE
           
             Weeks
          
           of
           
             Daniel
          
           are
           a
           Divine
           Chronology
           of
           the
           Time
           which
           the
           Sanctuary
           ,
           with
           the
           Legall
           Service
           ,
           should
           continue
           ,
           when
           it
           should
           be
           restored
           after
           the
           Captivity
           of
           Babylon
           .
           During
           which
           time
           ,
           also
           the
           City
           of
           Jerusalem
           it self
           should
           be
           re-inhabited
           ,
           and
           the
           walls
           thereof
           rebuilded
           ;
           and
           some
           Lxij
           .
           weeks
           after
           that
           began
           to
           be
           ,
           should
           Messiah
           the
           Redeemer
           be
           anoynted
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           cut
           off
           and
           rejected
           of
           his
           own
           :
           For
           which
           ,
           when
           the
           whole
           Lxx.
           weeks
           (
           the
           time
           allotted
           )
           should
           expire
           ,
           their
           Sanctuary
           and
           City
           should
           again
           be
           razed
           ,
           and
           their
           Common-wealth
           utterly
           dissolved
           .
        
         
         
           
             
               Vers.
               24.
               
               Cap.
               9.
               
            
             
               Seventy
               weeks
               are
               allotted
               for
               thy
               people
               ,
               and
               for
               thy
               Holy
               City
               ,
               to
               finish
               transgression
               ,
               and
               make
               an
               end
               of
               sinnes
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               reconciliation
               for
               iniquity
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               in
               everlasting
               righteousnesse
               ,
               and
               to
               fulfill
               vision
               and
               prophecy
               ;
               and
               to
               anoint
               the
               MOST
               HOLY
               .
            
          
           
             
               SEventy
               Weeks
               are
               determined
               or
               allotted
               :
            
             ]
             That
             is
             ,
             The
             Holy
             City
             shall
             again
             be
             restored
             ,
             and
             Lxx.
             weeks
             of
             yeares
             are
             allotted
             and
             limited
             for
             the
             continuance
             thereof
             ,
             and
             thy
             people
             with
             it
             :
             and
             that
             for
             this
             end
             ,
             that
             during
             the
             standing
             thereof
             ,
             the
             Messiah
             ,
             according
             to
             vision
             and
             prophecy
             ,
             may
             come
             to
             expiate
             sinne
             ,
             and
             be
             anointed
             in
             his
             Kingdome
             .
          
           
             The
             word
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             here
             translated
             
               determined
            
             or
             
               allotted
            
             signifies
             properly
             
               to
               be
               cut
               ,
            
             or
             
               cut
               out
               ,
            
             and
             so
             may
             seeme
             to
             imply
             such
             a
             sense
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Angel
             had
             said
             to
             
               Daniel
               ,
            
             Howsoever
             your
             bondage
             and
             Captivity
             under
             the
             Gentiles
             shall
             not
             altogether
             cease
             ,
             untill
             that
             succession
             of
             Kingdomes
             ,
             which
             I
             before
             
             shewed
             thee
             ,
             be
             quite
             finished
             :
             yet
             shall
             God
             for
             the
             accomplishing
             his
             promise
             concerning
             the
             Messiah
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             
               cut
               out
            
             of
             that
             long
             terme
             and
             certain
             limited
             Time
             ,
             during
             which
             ,
             the
             Captivity
             of
             Judah
             and
             Jerusalem
             being
             interrupted
             ,
             the
             Holy
             City
             and
             Common-wealth
             in
             some
             measure
             shall
             again
             be
             restored
             ,
             and
             so
             continue
             till
             Lxx.
             Weeks
             of
             yeares
             be
             finished
             .
          
           
             Here
             I
             distinguish
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Times
             of
             the
             Holy
             City
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             Jerusalem
             :
             For
             the
             Holy
             City
             is
             so
             called
             of
             the
             Temple
             as
             the
             principall
             part
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             Time
             of
             the
             restitution
             thereof
             ,
             to
             be
             reckoned
             from
             the
             Time
             the
             Temple
             was
             builded
             .
             But
             by
             Jerusalem
             is
             understood
             (
             as
             appeares
             in
             the
             next
             verse
             )
             the
             externall
             buildings
             and
             wals
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             which
             were
             not
             restored
             ,
             till
             some
             time
             after
             the
             Temple
             and
             Sanctuary
             was
             finished
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             impletion
             ,
             all
             are
             now
             agreed
             ,
             That
             the
             Beginning
             of
             these
             Weeks
             is
             to
             be
             reckoned
             from
             some
             Restoring
             ,
             either
             of
             the
             Temple
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             the
             second
             ,
             third
             ,
             or
             sixt
             yeare
             of
             the
             Raigne
             of
             some
             
               Darius
               ;
            
             or
             of
             
             the
             City
             in
             the
             seventh
             or
             twentieth
             yeare
             of
             some
             
               Artaxerxes
               ,
            
             Kings
             of
             
               Persia
               .
            
             But
             it
             cannot
             be
             from
             
               Darius
            
             the
             first
             sirnamed
             
               Hystaspis
               ;
            
             for
             then
             they
             would
             come
             out
             long
             before
             the
             Birth
             of
             Christ
             .
             Nor
             from
             the
             first
             
               Artaxerxes
            
             sirnamed
             
               Longimanus
               ,
            
             for
             he
             was
             an
             hinderer
             of
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             forbad
             the
             building
             thereof
             ,
             
               Ezra
               cap.
               vers.
               11.
               ad
               finem
               .
            
             Nor
             from
             the
             second
             
               Artaxerxes
            
             sirnamed
             
               Mnemon
               :
            
             for
             so
             they
             would
             far
             over-reach
             the
             Destruction
             of
             Jerusalem
             .
             Therefore
             it
             remaines
             that
             they
             be
             counted
             from
             
               Darius
            
             the
             second
             ,
             sirnamed
             
               Nothus
               ;
            
             in
             the
             second
             yeare
             of
             whose
             raign
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             after
             a
             long
             interruption
             ,
             began
             to
             revive
             .
             
               Ezr.
               4.
               v.
               24.
               
               Hag.
               c.
               1.
               
               &
               2.
               Zachar.
               c.
               1.
               &c.
            
             and
             in
             the
             sixt
             yeare
             of
             his
             raign
             was
             finished
             ,
             
               Ezra
               6.
               ver.
            
             15.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             these
             Lxx.
             Weeks
             are
             the
             time
             allotted
             for
             the
             continuance
             of
             the
             Holy
             City
             ,
             and
             therefore
             must
             they
             last
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             it
             lasted
             ,
             and
             end
             with
             the
             end
             thereof
             :
             but
             this
             cannot
             be
             ,
             unlesse
             we
             fixe
             their
             
               Epocha
            
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             
               Darius
               Nothus
               .
               Ergo
               .
            
          
           
             Which
             in
             the
             event
             is
             most
             true
             .
             For
             from
             
             the
             third
             yeare
             of
             
               Darius
               Nothus
               ,
            
             when
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Temple
             (
             by
             the
             incitement
             of
             
               Haggai
            
             and
             
               Zachary
            
             renewed
             the
             year
             before
             )
             was
             now
             confirmed
             by
             a
             new
             Edict
             from
             the
             King
             to
             be
             finished
             ,
             unto
             the
             Destruction
             of
             Jerusalem
             by
             
               Titus
               ,
            
             are
             exactly
             490
             yeares
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Lxx.
             Weeks
             of
             years
             fully
             compleat
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Artaxerxes
                   Longimanus
                   
                     died
                     (
                     saith
                  
                   Diodorus
                   li
                   .
                   11.
                   )
                   Olymp.
                   88.
                   4.
                   
                     that
                     is
                     —
                  
                
                 
                   An.
                   Olympiadico
                   352
                
                 
                   
                     Mens.
                     Novembri
                     ,
                  
                   or
                   thereabout
                   ,
                   for
                   Winter
                   was
                   entred
                   .
                   
                     Thucyd.
                     lib.
                  
                   4.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Ergo
                     Xerxes
                  
                   (
                   who
                   raigned
                   next
                   after
                   him
                   one
                   year
                   
                     (
                     ex
                     eod.
                     )
                  
                   dying
                   —
                
                 
                   An.
                   Olympiadico
                   .
                   353
                
                 
                   Mens.
                   Nov.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Sogdianus
                  
                   also
                   who
                   succeeded
                   
                     Xerxes
                  
                   reigning
                   but
                   seven
                   Months
                   .
                
                 
                   Anno
                   Olymp.
                   eodem
                   .
                
                 
                    
                
                 
                   M.
                   Maio
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Darius
                     Nothus
                  
                   his
                   
                     Ann●
                     .
                  
                   1.
                   begins
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   Annus
                   2.
                   
                
                 
                   Anno
                   Olympiad
                   .
                   354.
                   
                
                 
                   M.
                   Maio
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Annus
                   3.
                   
                
                 
                   Anno
                   Olympiad
                   .
                   355
                
                 
                   M.
                   Maio
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             In
             this
             third
             yeare
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             end
             of
             this
             Olympiadicall
             yeare
             ,
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             
               August
            
             (
             as
             may
             be
             supposed
             )
             came
             
             forth
             the
             Edict
             of
             
               Darius
               ,
            
             some
             ten
             moneths
             after
             
               Zorobabel
            
             and
             
               Ieshua
            
             had
             begun
             to
             renew
             the
             work
             the
             yeare
             before
             ,
             
               Hag.
            
             1.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
             And
             so
             much
             time
             (
             halfe
             thereof
             being
             Winter
             )
             may
             well
             be
             allowed
             for
             their
             enemies
             ,
             to
             hear
             of
             the
             work
             ,
             to
             goe
             see
             and
             do
             their
             best
             to
             hinder
             it
             ,
             when
             they
             could
             not
             ,
             to
             write
             and
             send
             unto
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             searching
             of
             the
             Rolles
             ,
             and
             obtaining
             a
             new
             Edict
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Destruction
                   of
                   
                     Ierusalem
                  
                   by
                   
                     Titus
                     ,
                  
                   I
                   take
                   as
                   granted
                
                 
                   Anno
                   Olymp.
                   845.
                   finiente
                   ,
                
                 
                   846.
                   ineunte
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Edict
                   of
                   
                     Darius
                     ,
                  
                   as
                   is
                   shewed
                
                 
                   Anno
                   Olymp.
                   345.
                   finiente
                   ,
                
                 
                   356.
                   ineunte
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Distantia
                
                 
                   490
                
                 
                   490
                
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Account
               by
               yeares
               of
               Nabonassar
               ex
               Canone
               Ptolomaei
               Astronomico
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     last
                     yeare
                     ,
                     or
                     year
                     of
                     
                       Neroes
                    
                     death
                     
                       (
                       Iune
                       9.
                       )
                    
                     in
                     
                       Ptolomies
                    
                     Canon
                     answers
                     to
                     
                       An.
                       815.
                       
                       Nabonass
                       .
                       Ergo
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     yeare
                     of
                     
                       Ierusalems
                    
                     Desolation
                     (
                     2.
                     years
                     after
                     )
                     is
                     concurrent
                     with
                     —
                  
                   
                     An.
                     817.
                     
                     Nabonass
                     .
                  
                   
                     finiendus
                     in
                     Augusto
                     .
                  
                
                 
                 
                   
                     The
                     first
                     of
                     
                       Darius
                       Nothus
                       ,
                       in
                       Canone
                       Ptolomaei
                       ,
                    
                     answers
                     
                       An.
                       325.
                       
                       Nabonass
                       .
                       Ergo
                       ,
                    
                     the
                     third
                     year
                     of
                     
                       Darius
                       ,
                    
                     is
                     concurrent
                     with
                     —
                  
                   
                     An.
                     327.
                     
                     Nabonass
                     .
                  
                   
                     Ordiendus
                     à
                     Decembri
                     praecedent
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Differentia
                  
                   
                     490
                  
                   
                      
                  
                
              
            
             
               Notwithstanding
               all
               this
               ,
               
               I
               had
               rather
               begin
               the
               Accompt
               from
               the
               sixt
               year
               of
               
                 Darius
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               Moneth
               
                 Adar
                 ,
              
               when
               the
               Temple
               was
               quite
               finished
               (
               for
               then
               it
               first
               began
               to
               continue
               ,
               and
               not
               till
               then
               )
               although
               the
               Destruction
               of
               Jerusalem
               will
               then
               fall
               out
               three
               years
               and
               an
               half
               sooner
               ,
               namely
               ,
               when
               the
               last
               week
               is
               but
               half
               run
               out
               .
               And
               what
               if
               it
               do
               ?
               The
               Angel
               ,
               as
               I
               conceive
               ,
               tels
               us
               so
               much
               in
               the
               last
               verse
               ,
               when
               he
               sayes
               ,
               
                 That
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 a
                 Week
                 the
                 Sacrifice
                 and
                 Oblation
                 should
                 cease
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 City
                 be
                 made
                 desolate
                 .
              
               But
               how
               will
               the
               Prophecy
               be
               made
               good
               ,
               if
               the
               
                 Seventieth
              
               Week
               be
               not
               compleat
               ?
               I
               answer
               ,
               It
               should
               be
               observed
               (
               though
               it
               useth
               not
               to
               be
               )
               that
               the
               Angel
               reckons
               not
               by
               single
               yeares
               ,
               but
               by
               Weeks
               .
               If
               he
               had
               said
               ,
               there
               should
               be
               490.
               years
               to
               the
               
                 Excidium
              
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               then
               indeed
               to
               make
               good
               the
               prediction
               ,
               the
               
               City
               and
               Sanctuary
               must
               have
               been
               destroyed
               the
               last
               year
               .
               But
               when
               he
               sayes
               ,
               there
               shall
               be
               Lxx.
               Weeks
               allotted
               for
               the
               continuance
               of
               the
               Holy
               City
               ,
               it
               is
               enough
               if
               it
               be
               made
               desolate
               in
               the
               seventieth
               week
               :
               For
               if
               those
               who
               reckon
               by
               yeares
               ,
               when
               the
               yeare
               designed
               answers
               the
               event
               ,
               will
               not
               stand
               upon
               the
               compleatnesse
               of
               months
               and
               dayes
               ;
               nor
               those
               who
               reckon
               any
               thing
               by
               dayes
               ,
               upon
               the
               compleatnesse
               of
               houres
               and
               minutes
               :
               no
               more
               in
               the
               Angels
               reckoning
               here
               by
               weeks
               ,
               if
               so
               the
               number
               of
               the
               weeks
               be
               compleat
               ,
               are
               the
               parts
               of
               a
               week
               to
               be
               exacted
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     time
                     of
                     the
                     Destruction
                     of
                     
                       Ierusalem
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     before
                     —
                  
                   
                     An.
                     Olymp.
                     845
                     Mens.
                     6.
                     
                     August
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     If
                     the
                     third
                     of
                     
                       Darius
                    
                     began
                     about
                     
                       May
                    
                     or
                     
                       June
                       ,
                       Anno
                       Olymp.
                    
                     355.
                     then
                     the
                     sixt
                     year
                     of
                     his
                     raign
                     begins
                     in
                     
                       May
                    
                     or
                     
                       June
                       ,
                       An.
                    
                     358.
                     
                     But
                     the
                     latter
                     part
                     thereof
                     in
                     
                       February
                    
                     or
                     
                       Adar
                       ,
                    
                     when
                     the
                     Temple
                     was
                     finished
                     ,
                     falls
                     in
                     —
                  
                   
                     An.
                     Olymp.
                     359.
                     
                     Mens.
                     12.
                     
                     Feb.
                     
                       or
                    
                     Adar
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Distantia
                  
                   
                     Anni
                     486
                     Mens.
                     6.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     That
                     is
                     just
                  
                   
                      
                  
                   
                     69
                  
                   
                     Weeks
                     and
                     an
                     half
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             
               The
               Accompt
               by
               years
               of
               Nabonassar
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     time
                     of
                     the
                     Destruction
                     of
                     
                       Jerusalem
                       ,
                    
                     as
                     before
                     —
                  
                   
                     An.
                     817
                     Nabonass
                     .
                     M.
                     6.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     If
                     the
                     third
                     year
                     of
                     
                       Darius
                       Nothus
                       ,
                    
                     were
                     for
                     the
                     first
                     and
                     greatest
                     part
                     concurrent
                     with
                     
                       An.
                       327.
                       
                       Nab.
                    
                     as
                     is
                     afore
                     shewed
                     ;
                     then
                     his
                     sixt
                     year
                     (
                     in
                     like
                     manner
                     for
                     the
                     first
                     and
                     greatest
                     part
                     )
                     must
                     concur
                     with
                     
                       An.
                    
                     330.
                     
                     But
                     the
                     head
                     of
                     the
                     Nabonassarean
                     year
                     ,
                     being
                     then
                     about
                     the
                     5.
                     of
                     
                       Decemb.
                    
                     the
                     latter
                     end
                     of
                     this
                     sixt
                     year
                     in
                     
                       Adar
                    
                     or
                     
                       Feb.
                    
                     will
                     fall
                     in
                     —
                  
                   
                     An.
                     331
                     Nabonass
                     .
                     M.
                     12.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Distantia
                  
                   
                     Anni
                     486
                     Menses
                     6.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Verse
               25.
               
            
             
               Also
               know
               and
               understand
               ,
               that
               from
               the
               going
               forth
               of
               the
               Commandment
               to
               cause
               to
               Return
               and
               to
               Build
               Ierusalem
               ,
               unto
               MESSIAH
               the
               PRINCE
               ,
               shall
               be
               sevens
               of
               Weeks
               ;
               even
               threescore
               and
               two
               Weeks
               ;
               the
               Street
               shall
               be
               built
               again
               and
               the
               Wall
               ,
               even
               in
               a
               strait
               of
               times
               .
            
          
           
             
               FRom
               the
               going
               out
               of
               the
               Commandment
               ]
            
             I
             take
             not
             this
             
               Epocha
            
             to
             be
             that
             of
             the
             whole
             Lxx.
             Weeks
             ,
             but
             a
             second
             Root
             of
             another
             ,
             
             and
             lesser
             period
             of
             time
             comprehended
             in
             them
             ;
             whose
             Beginning
             was
             to
             be
             after
             the
             Lxx.
             were
             begun
             ,
             and
             the
             end
             before
             they
             should
             be
             ended
             .
             The
             Root
             of
             this
             second
             Computation
             is
             described
             to
             be
             a
             time
             when
             two
             things
             should
             be
             done
             :
             A
             Commandment
             should
             go
             forth
             both
             to
             cause
             to
             Returne
             and
             also
             to
             Build
             ,
             not
             the
             Temple
             (
             for
             that
             should
             be
             done
             before
             )
             nor
             some
             few
             houses
             onely
             ,
             but
             the
             whole
             
               Area
            
             or
             Street
             and
             the
             Walls
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             which
             should
             then
             be
             re-edified
             ,
             though
             in
             a
             strait
             of
             Times
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             such
             a
             time
             ,
             when
             a
             Commission
             to
             cause
             the
             people
             to
             return
             and
             re-inhabite
             ,
             should
             be
             seconded
             with
             another
             ,
             to
             build
             the
             Wall
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             and
             the
             Plot
             within
             the
             Wall
             .
             For
             by
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             here
             ,
             I
             understand
             properly
             that
             circuit
             bounding
             out
             the
             limits
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             whereon
             the
             Wall
             was
             builded
             ,
             and
             anciently
             used
             to
             be
             marked
             out
             with
             a
             Plough
             earing
             a
             furrow
             round
             about
             .
             By
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             which
             implies
             a
             broad
             place
             ,
             I
             understand
             the
             
               Area
               ,
            
             or
             Plot
             of
             ground
             within
             ,
             whereon
             the
             houses
             were
             to
             be
             builded
             .
             From
             such
             an
             
               Epocha
               ,
            
             and
             a
             Commission
             
             thus
             characterized
             as
             ye
             have
             heard
             ,
             must
             this
             second
             computation
             be
             reckoned
             .
          
           
             
               Vnto
               MESSIAH
               the
               PRINCE
               ]
            
             that
             is
             ,
             unto
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Luke
               23.
               2.
               
               Mark
            
             15.
             32.
             or
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Angell
             styles
             him
             ,
             
               Luke
            
             2.
             11.
             
             There
             is
             no
             exposition
             ,
             no
             interpretation
             of
             any
             passage
             in
             this
             Prophecy
             could
             seem
             so
             harsh
             ,
             but
             I
             would
             be
             content
             to
             admit
             it
             ,
             rather
             then
             yeeld
             that
             by
             MESSIAH
             the
             PRINCE
             here
             named
             ,
             should
             be
             meant
             any
             other
             then
             CHRIST
             our
             LORD
             and
             Redeemer
             .
             For
             I
             am
             perswaded
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             Israel
             in
             the
             Gospel
             (
             and
             from
             them
             the
             Apostles
             took
             it
             )
             had
             no
             other
             place
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             whence
             they
             did
             or
             could
             ascribe
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             and
             Messiah
             unto
             him
             they
             looked
             for
             ,
             but
             only
             from
             this
             of
             
               Daniel
               .
            
             For
             there
             is
             no
             other
             Prophecy
             in
             all
             the
             Old
             Testament
             besides
             this
             ,
             where
             that
             Name
             is
             directly
             given
             him
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             way
             of
             type
             .
          
           
             
               Shall
               be
               sevens
               of
               weeks
               ,
               even
               Lxij
               .
               weeks
               ]
            
             The
             numerall
             word
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             I
             have
             here
             translated
             distributively
             ,
             understanding
             by
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               Hebdomadae
               septenae
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             many
             seven
             
             Weeks
             ,
             or
             as
             our
             English
             handsomly
             expresseth
             ,
             Sevens
             of
             Weeks
             :
             the
             sense
             to
             be
             as
             if
             the
             Angel
             had
             said
             ,
             As
             the
             whole
             time
             limited
             for
             the
             continuance
             of
             the
             Holy
             City
             from
             the
             first
             beginning
             to
             the
             last
             ending
             ,
             consisteth
             of
             many
             Sevens
             of
             Weeks
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             Lxx.
             Weeks
             :
             So
             from
             this
             after-Epocha
             here
             mentioned
             unto
             MESSIAH
             ,
             should
             be
             likewise
             
               Sevens
               of
               Weeks
               ,
               (
               plures
               septenniorum
               hebdomades
               )
            
             even
             
               Sixty
               two
               Weeks
               of
               yeares
               .
            
             For
             as
             in
             Lxx.
             are
             ten
             Sevens
             of
             Weeks
             ;
             so
             in
             Lxij
             .
             are
             ix
             .
             times
             seven
             wanting
             one
             ,
             and
             that
             little
             want
             makes
             no
             matter
             ,
             there
             being
             eight
             whole
             sevens
             besides
             in
             that
             number
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             see
             in
             that
             which
             follows
             ,
             examples
             of
             the
             like
             .
             The
             Hebrews
             want
             those
             numbers
             which
             the
             Grammarians
             call
             Distributive
             or
             Divisive
             ,
             
               Terni
               ,
               quaterni
               ,
               quini
               ,
               seni
               ,
               septeni
               ,
               &c.
            
             which
             they
             most
             what
             supply
             by
             repetition
             ,
             as
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               septem
               septem
               ,
            
             but
             not
             alwayes
             ,
             as
             may
             appear
             2
             
               Sam.
               18.
               4.
               
               And
               all
               the
               people
               came
               out
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               ad
               centum
               &
               millia
               .
            
             i.
             
               centeni
               &
               milleni
               ,
            
             by
             hundreds
             and
             by
             thousands
             .
             1
             
               Kings
               18.
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 Obadiah
                 hid
                 the
                 Prophets
                 of
                 the
                 LORD
              
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 quinquaginta
                 
                 viros
                 in
                 spelunca
                 ,
                 id
                 est
                 ,
                 quinquagenos
                 ,
                 by
                 fifty
                 in
                 a
                 Cave
                 .
              
            
             Gen.
             6.
             19.
             
             
               Of
               all
               flesh
               thou
               shalt
               bring
               into
               the
               Ark
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               duo
               ,
               i.
               bina
               ,
            
             Twoes
             ;
             and
             therefore
             afterward
             
               c.
               7.
               ver.
            
             9.
             it
             is
             doubled
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             two
             and
             two
             :
             yet
             of
             clean
             Beasts
             whereof
             he
             was
             to
             take
             seven
             ,
             there
             is
             an
             odde
             one
             .
             To
             these
             I
             adde
             
               Ezra
               1.
               v.
               9
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 This
                 is
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 the
                 vessels
              
               (
               to
               wit
               ,
               of
               the
               House
               of
               the
               LORD
               which
               
                 Cyrus
              
               by
               the
               hand
               of
               
                 Mithredath
              
               numbred
               unto
               
                 Sheshbazzar
              
               Prince
               of
               
                 Iudah
                 )
                 thirty
                 Chargers
                 of
                 gold
                 ,
                 a
                 thousand
                 Chargers
                 of
                 silver
                 ,
                 twenty
                 nine
                 knives
                 :
                 thirty
                 Basins
                 of
                 gold
                 :
                 silver
                 Basins
                 of
                 a
                 second
                 sort
                 ,
                 foure
                 hundred
                 and
                 ten
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 vessels
              
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               (
               not
               
                 mille
                 ,
                 a
                 thousand
                 ,
              
               but
               
                 millena
                 (
                 Tremel
                 .
                 per
                 millia
                 )
                 Thousands
                 ,
              
            
             to
             wit
             ,
             almost
             three
             thousand
             wanting
             but
             one
             hundred
             .
             Otherwise
             if
             we
             translate
             it
             as
             a
             Cardinall
             number
             [
             a
             thousand
             ]
             the
             summe
             will
             far
             exceed
             the
             Parts
             .
             For
             it
             follows
             in
             the
             next
             words
             ,
             
               
                 All
                 the
                 Vessels
                 of
                 gold
                 and
                 of
                 silver
                 were
              
               5400.
               
            
             But
             unlesse
             the
             last
             number
             be
             taken
             divisive
             ,
             the
             particulars
             
               *
            
             make
             but
             2500.
             wanting
             one
             .
             Nor
             do
             I
             see
             how
             this
             difficulty
             would
             otherwise
             be
             solved
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             whether
             these
             examples
             be
             sufficient
             to
             make
             probable
             the
             Translation
             which
             I
             have
             given
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             affirm
             ;
             let
             others
             judge
             .
             I
             propound
             it
             to
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             learned
             ,
             who
             can
             do
             it
             ,
             without
             whose
             approbation
             I
             shall
             not
             satisfie
             my self
             .
             Yet
             thus
             much
             I
             am
             sure
             of
             ;
             that
             if
             this
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             which
             we
             are
             wont
             to
             translate
             
               seven
               weeks
               ,
            
             could
             be
             well
             bestowed
             ,
             the
             chiefest
             difficulty
             were
             taken
             from
             this
             Prophecy
             .
             For
             the
             
               Threescore
               and
               two
               Weeks
            
             alone
             counted
             from
             the
             
               Epocha
            
             here
             named
             ,
             so
             well
             befits
             the
             distance
             from
             thence
             to
             CHRIST
             ,
             that
             the
             event
             seemeth
             to
             argue
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             be
             there
             fixed
             ,
             and
             not
             reckoned
             from
             any
             other
             Beginning
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             that
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             should
             be
             a
             generall
             expression
             of
             what
             in
             the
             Lxij
             .
             Weeks
             is
             after
             more
             particularly
             determined
             ,
             may
             seem
             probable
             for
             these
             reasons
             .
             1.
             
             Because
             the
             Angel
             ascribes
             no
             proper
             event
             unto
             them
             ;
             but
             having
             presently
             named
             the
             Lxij
             .
             Weeks
             ,
             makes
             no
             farther
             reckoning
             of
             those
             other
             ,
             but
             follows
             and
             dwels
             upon
             these
             only
             ,
             as
             though
             the
             other
             were
             implied
             and
             contained
             
             in
             them
             .
             2.
             
             Those
             who
             count
             them
             for
             Xlix.
             years
             ,
             and
             continue
             the
             Lxij
             .
             Weeks
             from
             the
             end
             of
             them
             to
             make
             up
             Lxix
             .
             Weeks
             in
             all
             ,
             can
             give
             no
             sufficient
             reason
             why
             they
             should
             be
             thus
             separated
             and
             divided
             asunder
             .
             For
             that
             which
             the
             followers
             of
             
               Funccius
               ,
            
             (
             who
             reckon
             from
             
               Artaxerxes
               Longiman
               .
               )
            
             assign
             to
             be
             done
             in
             seven
             Weeks
             of
             years
             (
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             during
             all
             that
             time
             Jerusalem
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Cities
             of
             Judah
             were
             building
             and
             repairing
             )
             is
             grounded
             neither
             upon
             Scripture
             ,
             nor
             other
             Story
             ,
             but
             pure
             and
             meer
             conjecture
             .
             
               Scaliger
            
             finds
             
               (
               Nehem.
               cap.
               13.
               6.
               )
            
             That
             
               Nehemiah
            
             returned
             again
             to
             
               Artaxerxes
            
             his
             Court
             ,
             in
             the
             32.
             year
             of
             his
             raign
             ,
             and
             thence
             supposeth
             that
             the
             building
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             about
             which
             he
             was
             sent
             ,
             was
             finished
             but
             the
             year
             before
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             be
             the
             determination
             of
             those
             
               seven
               Weeks
               ;
            
             there
             being
             then
             49.
             years
             expired
             from
             the
             time
             the
             Lxx.
             began
             at
             the
             Building
             of
             the
             Temple
             under
             
               Darius
               Nothus
               .
            
             But
             to
             make
             this
             good
             ,
             he
             is
             fain
             to
             raise
             the
             
               Epocha
            
             of
             the
             Lxx.
             so
             high
             in
             the
             raign
             of
             
               Darius
               ,
            
             that
             they
             end
             before
             the
             destruction
             of
             Jerusalem
             .
             
             Besides
             ,
             he
             seems
             not
             to
             be
             aware
             ,
             that
             these
             seven
             Weeks
             are
             by
             the
             Text
             to
             be
             counted
             from
             a
             time
             ,
             when
             a
             Commission
             came
             out
             to
             cause
             to
             return
             and
             to
             build
             Jerusalem
             ,
             and
             not
             from
             the
             time
             of
             building
             the
             Temple
             .
             Nor
             does
             it
             follow
             ,
             
               Nehemiah
            
             staid
             so
             long
             there
             ,
             therefore
             the
             City
             was
             till
             then
             in
             building
             :
             Nay
             ,
             what
             if
             the
             Text
             rightly
             construed
             ,
             imports
             not
             that
             
               Nehemiah
            
             in
             the
             32.
             year
             of
             
               Artaxerxes
            
             returned
             to
             the
             Court
             ;
             but
             rather
             that
             obtaining
             new
             leave
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             came
             then
             to
             Jerusalem
             the
             second
             time
             ,
             whence
             he
             had
             been
             long
             absent
             ?
             For
             the
             particle
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               Cap.
               13.
               ver.
            
             6.
             seems
             not
             to
             be
             taken
             rationally
             for
             
               [
               Quia
               ]
            
             but
             discretively
             for
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               id
               est
               ,
               [
               Sed
               ,
            
             But
             ]
             as
             
               Ezra
               4.
               3.
               2
               Sam.
               16.
               18.
               
               Gen.
            
             4.
             8.
             and
             so
             that
             Text
             of
             
               Nehemiah
            
             to
             be
             read
             after
             this
             sense
             ,
             
               And
               in
               all
               this
               time
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               I
               was
               not
               there
               ;
            
             But
             
               in
               the
               32.
               yeare
               of
               Artaxerxes
               ,
               &c.
               
               I
               came
               to
               the
               King
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             into
             his
             presence
             ,
             to
             ask
             new
             leave
             ;
             which
             after
             a
             little
             waiting
             he
             obtained
             .
             Nor
             is
             it
             very
             credible
             ,
             that
             the
             time
             he
             first
             set
             the
             King
             ,
             
               cap.
               2.
               ver.
            
             6.
             should
             be
             twelve
             years
             .
          
           
             If
             therefore
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             be
             granted
             to
             be
             a
             
             generall
             expression
             of
             what
             the
             Lxij
             .
             Weeks
             more
             particularly
             determine
             ,
             the
             way
             whereby
             it
             may
             be
             translated
             to
             such
             a
             sense
             is
             as
             I
             have
             before
             represented
             :
             yet
             is
             it
             not
             the
             only
             one
             ;
             I
             can
             adde
             two
             wayes
             more
             :
             as
             first
             this
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               seven
            
             useth
             ,
             we
             know
             ,
             to
             be
             taken
             indefinitely
             for
             
               plurimi
               ,
               multoties
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Thus
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             would
             without
             any
             anomaly
             or
             novelty
             at
             all
             ,
             signifie
             indefinitely
             
               [
               Many
               Weeks
               ]
            
             if
             it
             might
             seem
             probable
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             passage
             of
             reckoning
             by
             definite
             numbers
             ,
             some
             numerall
             word
             may
             be
             taken
             indefinitely
             .
             The
             sense
             would
             be
             all
             one
             with
             that
             I
             have
             followed
             .
             
               viz.
            
             As
             the
             whole
             time
             limited
             for
             the
             continuance
             of
             the
             Holy
             City
             consisted
             of
             many
             Weeks
             ,
             even
             Lxx.
             Weeks
             :
             So
             also
             this
             lesser
             period
             contained
             therein
             ,
             from
             the
             
               Epocha
            
             mentioned
             unto
             MESSIAH
             ,
             shall
             be
             a
             time
             of
             Many
             Weeks
             ,
             even
             Lxij
             .
             Weeks
             .
             Another
             way
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             somewhat
             harsh
             ,
             might
             be
             this
             .
             The
             Hebrew
             Nouns
             of
             Cardinall
             numbers
             do
             somtimes
             
               substantivare
               ,
            
             signifying
             their
             numbers
             
               in
               abstracto
               ,
            
             like
             those
             Greek
             Numeralls
             ,
             
               Monas
               ,
               Dyas
               ,
               Trias
               ,
               Tetras
               ,
               Hebdomas
               .
            
             So
             
               Gen.
               
               cap.
               7.
               10.
               cap.
            
             8.
             12.
             we
             have
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             &
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             i.
             
               hebdomas
               dierum
               .
               Exod.
            
             34.
             29.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Decas
               verborum
               ,
               Decalogus
               .
               Gen.
            
             17.
             12.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Filus
               ogdoadis
               dierum
               .
               Ioshua
            
             14.
             2.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Novenarius
            
             or
             
               Enneas
               tribuum
               .
            
             If
             they
             be
             Substantives
             
               in
               statu
               constructo
               ,
            
             were
             they
             not
             ,
             or
             may
             they
             not
             be
             so
             
               in
               absoluto
               ?
            
             In
             the
             third
             Chapter
             and
             29.
             
               ver.
            
             of
             
               Damel
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               in
               absoluto
               ,
            
             seems
             to
             be
             a
             Substantive
             having
             an
             Adjective
             joyned
             with
             it
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
             which
             we
             translate
             
               [
               one
               seven
               times
               .
               ]
            
             If
             this
             therefore
             may
             be
             admitted
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             in
             our
             Text
             of
             
               Daniel
            
             will
             sound
             
               per
               Ellipsin
               conjunctionis
               Hebdomades
               &
               Hebdomas
               ,
               Weeks
            
             and
             a
             
               Week
               ,
            
             the
             sense
             being
             all
             one
             with
             the
             former
             ,
             saving
             that
             one
             Week
             is
             implied
             as
             singular
             from
             the
             rest
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             that
             which
             the
             Angel
             afterward
             mentions
             
               ver.
            
             27.
             
             If
             it
             were
             pointed
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             consonants
             it
             might
             be
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             no
             great
             question
             but
             it
             might
             be
             translated
             
               Weeks
            
             and
             a
             
               Week
               .
            
          
           
             But
             if
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             must
             needs
             import
             some
             limited
             time
             of
             49.
             years
             ;
             I
             would
             rather
             choose
             to
             count
             the
             Lxij
             .
             Weeks
             from
             the
             
             same
             
               Epocha
            
             with
             them
             under
             
               Artaxerxes
               Mnemon
               ,
            
             then
             from
             the
             end
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             yet
             leave
             as
             probable
             a
             conjecture
             to
             be
             made
             of
             what
             was
             done
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             those
             who
             follow
             
               Funccius
            
             from
             the
             other
             
               Artaxerxes
               ,
            
             do
             use
             to
             give
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             sometimes
             considered
             ,
             whether
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             translated
             
               seven
               Weeks
               ,
            
             those
             
               seven
               Weeks
            
             might
             not
             be
             applyed
             as
             
               rotundus
               numerus
            
             to
             those
             
               Fifty
               and
               two
               dayes
               ,
               Nehem.
            
             6.
             15.
             where
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             
               
                 So
                 the
                 Wall
                 was
                 finished
                 in
                 the
                 25.
                 day
                 of
                 the
                 Moneth
                 Elul
                 in
                 fifty
                 two
                 dayes
                 ;
              
            
             somewhat
             more
             indeed
             then
             
               seven
               Weeks
               ,
            
             yet
             short
             of
             
               seven
               &
               an
               half
               ,
            
             and
             so
             not
             regarded
             in
             accompt
             by
             
               Weeks
               .
            
             If
             this
             could
             be
             ,
             then
             the
             reason
             of
             the
             Angels
             division
             of
             weeks
             into
             7.
             and
             62.
             would
             be
             because
             of
             divers
             kinds
             of
             Weeks
             understood
             ;
             the
             first
             of
             dayes
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Wall
             of
             Jerusalem
             should
             be
             finished
             :
             the
             second
             of
             years
             ,
             from
             thence
             unto
             the
             Messiah
             .
             If
             it
             seem
             impossible
             or
             unlikely
             that
             the
             Wall
             of
             the
             City
             should
             be
             repaired
             in
             so
             short
             a
             time
             ,
             and
             therefore
             those
             words
             ,
             (
             according
             to
             
               Iunius
               )
            
             to
             be
             meant
             of
             setting
             up
             the
             doors
             and
             bars
             only
             :
             I
             could
             say
             first
             ,
             that
             
             the
             Wall
             was
             not
             new
             builded
             from
             the
             foundations
             ,
             but
             repaired
             upon
             the
             old
             ruines
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             speedy
             dispatch
             thereof
             was
             taken
             for
             a
             wonder
             ,
             even
             by
             the
             Jews
             Enemies
             ,
             who
             thereupon
             (
             saith
             the
             Text
             )
             
               
                 perceived
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 their
                 God
                 :
              
            
             So
             that
             ,
             were
             there
             no
             worse
             scruple
             then
             this
             ,
             it
             were
             easily
             answered
             ;
             nor
             would
             examples
             
               *
            
             be
             wanting
             to
             parallel
             with
             it
             ,
             such
             as
             might
             make
             it
             seem
             at
             least
             possible
             .
             As
             that
             strange
             and
             speedy
             building
             of
             the
             Walls
             of
             
               Athens
            
             by
             
               Themistocles
               ,
            
             after
             that
             
               Xerxes
            
             had
             demolished
             them
             ,
             reported
             by
             
               Diodor.
               Sic.
               lib.
            
             11.
             
             Yea
             ,
             to
             come
             more
             near
             to
             the
             thing
             in
             question
             ,
             
               Iosephus
               lib.
               6.
               c.
               13.
               
               De
               Bell.
               Iud.
            
             tells
             us
             ,
             That
             
               Titus
               ,
            
             dividing
             the
             work
             amongst
             his
             Army
             ,
             begirt
             
               Ierusalem
            
             in
             three
             dayes
             space
             ,
             with
             a
             Wall
             of
             thirty
             nine
             Furlongs
             ,
             and
             thirteen
             Bulwarks
             to
             hinder
             the
             Jews
             excursions
             from
             within
             ,
             and
             all
             relief
             from
             without
             .
             What
             the
             materials
             were
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             ,
             but
             he
             sayes
             it
             was
             a
             thing
             beyond
             all
             belief
             ,
             and
             might
             have
             seemed
             to
             be
             a
             work
             of
             some
             Moneths
             .
             But
             leaving
             this
             digression
             ,
             let
             
             us
             see
             the
             computation
             and
             impletion
             of
             our
             Lxij
             .
             Weeks
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Computation
               and
               impletion
               of
               the
               Lxij
               .
               Weeks
               .
            
             
               FRom
               the
               seventh
               yeare
               of
               
                 Artaxerxes
                 Mnemon
                 ,
              
               when
               
                 Ezra
              
               had
               Commission
               
                 to
                 cause
                 to
                 Return
              
               and
               carry
               with
               him
               ,
               as
               many
               of
               the
               Jews
               as
               would
               to
               Jerusalem
               ,
               
                 Ezra
                 c.
                 7.
                 ver.
                 7.
                 
                 &
              
               13.
               
               And
               from
               the
               twentieth
               year
               of
               the
               same
               
                 Artaxerxes
                 ,
              
               when
               
                 Nehemiah
              
               obtained
               leave
               to
               build
               Jerusalem
               the
               City
               of
               his
               Fathers
               Sepulchres
               ,
               
                 Nehem.
              
               2.
               
               From
               both
               these
               Commissions
               ,
               though
               thirteen
               years
               distant
               the
               one
               from
               the
               other
               ,
               are
               by
               divine
               disposition
               unto
               MESSIAH
               the
               PRINCE
               
                 threescore
                 and
                 two
                 Weeks
                 ,
              
               from
               the
               first
               of
               
                 Solar
                 ,
              
               from
               the
               latter
               ,
               of
               
                 Lunar
              
               years
               .
               For
               Lxij
               .
               weeks
               ,
               or
               434.
               
               
                 Lunar
              
               years
               ,
               are
               lesse
               then
               so
               many
               
                 Solar
                 ,
              
               as
               much
               as
               is
               between
               the
               seventh
               ,
               and
               twentieth
               of
               
                 Artaxerxes
                 :
              
               which
               admirable
               concordance
               I
               cannot
               impute
               to
               chance
               ;
               but
               ascribe
               to
               
               divine
               providence
               ,
               so
               ordering
               it
               of
               purpose
               ,
               that
               these
               two
               
                 Epocha's
              
               and
               Commissions
               ,
               
                 To
                 cause
                 to
                 Return
                 ,
              
               and
               ,
               
                 To
                 build
                 Ierusalem
                 ,
              
               might
               be
               as
               one
               and
               the
               same
               .
               And
               as
               the
               
                 Lunar
              
               year
               is
               contained
               within
               the
               
                 Solar
                 ,
              
               and
               by
               it
               ordered
               and
               directed
               ;
               so
               is
               the
               Period
               here
               from
               
                 Nehemiahs
              
               Commission
               to
               Build
               the
               City
               ,
               contained
               and
               reduced
               to
               that
               from
               
                 Ezraes
              
               Commission
               to
               cause
               the
               people
               to
               return
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               last
               of
               these
               Weeks
               according
               to
               prediction
               was
               Christ
               our
               Lord
               anointed
               .
               In
               the
               beginning
               whereof
               exactly
               ,
               between
               the
               first
               and
               second
               Passeover
               after
               his
               Baptisme
               ,
               (
               when
               his
               Harbinger
               
                 Iohn
              
               had
               now
               finished
               his
               Message
               ,
               and
               was
               cast
               in
               Prison
               (
               a
               time
               precisely
               and
               purposely
               noted
               in
               the
               Evangelicall
               Story
               )
               he
               first
               began
               to
               preach
               in
               
                 Galilee
              
               the
               Gospel
               of
               the
               Kingdome
               ,
               ordained
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               proclaimed
               himselfe
               to
               be
               the
               MESSIAH
               .
               
                 
                   After
                   Iohn
                   was
                   put
                   in
                   Prison
                   ,
                
                 saith
                 
                   Mark
                   1.
                   14.
                   
                   Iesus
                   come
                   into
                   Galilee
                   ,
                   preaching
                   the
                   Gospel
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdome
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   saying
                   ,
                
                 
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                   {non-Roman}
                
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   time
                   is
                   fulfilled
                   ,
                
                 (
                 i.
                 the
                 
                 last
                 week
                 of
                 the
                 sixty
                 two
                 weeks
                 is
                 come
                 )
                 
                   and
                   the
                   Kingdome
                   of
                   God
                   is
                   at
                   hand
                   .
                
                 
                 From
                 that
                 time
                 (
                 saith
                 
                   Matthew
                   ,
                   c.
                
                 4.
                 17.
                 )
                 Jesus
                 began
                 to
                 preach
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 
                   Repent
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Kingdome
                   of
                   heaven
                   is
                   at
                   hand
                   .
                
              
               This
               was
               that
               day
               whereof
               Christ
               himself
               said
               at
               
                 Nazareth
                 ,
                 that
                 that
                 Scripture
                 was
                 fulfilled
                 :
                 The
                 Spirit
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 is
                 upon
                 me
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 hath
                 anointed
                 me
                 to
                 preach
                 the
                 Gospel
                 to
                 the
                 poore
                 ,
                 &c.
                 and
                 to
                 preach
                 the
                 acceptable
                 yeare
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 Luke
              
               4.
               
               This
               the
               time
               and
               place
               whence
               S.
               
                 Peter
              
               reckoned
               the
               beginning
               of
               Christs
               Prophecy
               in
               his
               Sermon
               to
               
                 Cornelius
                 :
                 That
                 word
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 which
                 was
                 published
                 throughout
                 all
                 Iudea
                 ,
                 and
                 began
                 from
                 Galilee
                 after
                 the
                 Baptisme
                 which
                 Iohn
                 preached
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               Acts
               10.
               37.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               third
               year
               of
               this
               Week
               (
               two
               years
               and
               an
               half
               after
               he
               began
               his
               Prophecy
               ,
               and
               three
               years
               and
               an
               half
               after
               his
               Baptisme
               )
               being
               made
               our
               Priest
               ,
               he
               offered
               himself
               upon
               the
               Crosse
               a
               Sacrifice
               for
               sinne
               ,
               was
               dead
               ,
               buried
               ,
               and
               rose
               again
               :
               Then
               ascended
               up
               into
               heaven
               to
               be
               installed
               ,
               and
               to
               sit
               at
               the
               right
               hand
               of
               God
               from
               thenceforth
               to
               raigne
               untill
               he
               hath
               put
               all
               
               his
               Enemies
               under
               his
               feet
               .
               But
               you
               will
               say
               ,
               This
               was
               all
               performed
               four
               years
               before
               the
               434.
               years
               (
               which
               is
               sixty
               two
               Weeks
               of
               years
               )
               were
               expired
               :
               I
               answer
               as
               before
               :
               The
               Angell
               reckons
               not
               by
               single
               yeares
               ,
               but
               by
               Weeks
               ,
               the
               last
               whereof
               should
               be
               Messiahs
               Week
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               shewed
               it
               to
               have
               been
               .
               If
               the
               Angel
               had
               said
               ,
               There
               shall
               be
               434.
               years
               unto
               MESSIAH
               ,
               then
               to
               make
               good
               the
               prediction
               MESSIAH
               must
               have
               been
               anointed
               the
               last
               yeare
               .
               But
               when
               he
               sayes
               ,
               There
               shall
               be
               Sixty
               two
               Weeks
               unto
               MESSIAH
               ;
               it
               is
               sufficient
               he
               was
               anointed
               the
               last
               Week
               .
               But
               how
               this
               Week
               will
               at
               length
               be
               compleat
               ,
               we
               shall
               see
               in
               the
               next
               verse
               .
               But
               first
               let
               us
               demonstrate
               our
               Computation
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Ezra's
               Commission
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Darius
                       Nothus
                    
                     died
                     (
                     saith
                     
                       Diodor.
                       lib.
                       13.
                       )
                    
                     in
                     the
                     same
                     yeare
                     ,
                     but
                     a
                     little
                     while
                     after
                     the
                     Composition
                     of
                     the
                     
                       Peloponesian
                    
                     war
                     ,
                     (
                     which
                     was
                     in
                     
                       May
                       )
                       Olymp.
                    
                     93.
                     4.
                     that
                     is
                  
                   
                     An.
                     Olymp.
                     372
                     .
                     finiente
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Ergo
                     ,
                     The
                     first
                     of
                     
                       Artaxerxes
                    
                     begins
                     about
                     
                       August
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     concurres
                     with
                     —
                  
                   
                     Anno
                     Olymp.
                     373.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     seventh
                     of
                     
                       Artaxerxes
                    
                     with
                     —
                  
                   
                     Anno
                     Olymp.
                     379.
                     
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 N.
                 B.
              
               If
               
                 Artaxerxes
              
               had
               began
               before
               
                 August
                 ,
              
               the
               number
               or
               date
               of
               his
               raign
               must
               have
               altred
               either
               in
               or
               between
               the
               first
               and
               fifth
               Moneth
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               both
               of
               one
               year
               ,
               
                 Ezra
              
               7.
               as
               also
               the
               first
               and
               the
               ninth
               ,
               
                 Nehem.
                 c.
                 1.
                 c.
              
               2.
               
            
          
           
             
               Christs
               Prophecy
               .
            
             
               Christ
               our
               Lord
               was
               Baptized
               
                 Anno
                 Olympiadico
                 805.
                 ineunte
                 ,
              
               about
               the
               Feast
               of
               Expiations
               ,
               in
               the
               seventh
               Month
               
                 Tisri
                 ,
              
               six
               Months
               after
               
                 Iohn
              
               began
               to
               baptize
               ,
               and
               in
               that
               year
               
               naturall
               and
               politicall
               ,
               which
               began
               in
               the
               15.
               of
               
                 Tiberius
              
               towards
               ending
               ,
               but
               was
               the
               16.
               when
               he
               was
               baptized
               .
               For
               
                 Iohn
                 ,
              
               I
               suppose
               ,
               began
               to
               preach
               and
               baptize
               in
               the
               first
               Month
               
                 Nisan
                 ,
              
               (
               when
               the
               Summer
               was
               before
               him
               ,
               and
               not
               when
               the
               Winter
               was
               to
               enter
               )
               in
               the
               15.
               year
               of
               
                 Tiberius
              
               which
               ended
               
                 August
              
               following
               .
               Now
               
                 Iohns
              
               imprisonment
               was
               a
               year
               after
               the
               Baptisme
               of
               Christ
               ,
               namely
               ,
               between
               the
               first
               and
               second
               Passeover
               after
               it
               ,
               as
               is
               clear
               and
               evident
               by
               the
               Euangelicall
               Story
               ,
               
                 Iohn
                 c.
                 2.
                 23.
                 c.
                 3.
                 22.
                 
                 &
                 Chap.
              
               4.
               
               The
               Beginning
               therefore
               of
               Christs
               Prophecy
               ,
               which
               began
               at
               the
               imprisonment
               of
               
                 Iohn
                 ,
                 Mark
              
               1.
               14.
               was
               
                 Anno
                 Olympiad
                 .
              
               806.
               about
               the
               end
               (
               I
               suppose
               )
               of
               the
               same
               Month
               
                 Tisri
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 Septemb.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     beginning
                     of
                     Christs
                     Prophecy
                  
                   
                     An.
                     Olymp.
                     806
                     .
                     Mens.
                     7.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Time
                     of
                     
                       Ezra's
                    
                     Commission
                  
                   
                     An.
                     Olymp.
                     379.
                     
                     Mens.
                     7.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Differentia
                  
                   
                     An.
                     427.
                     
                     M.
                     o.
                     61.
                     weeks
                     cōpleat
                  
                
              
            
             
               From
               hence
               
                 Mens.
              
               7.
               begins
               the
               last
               week
               :
               wherefore
               the
               Passion
               of
               Christ
               ,
               at
               the
               Passoever
               ,
               
                 Mens.
              
               1.
               firmly
               fixed
               by
               Chronologicall
               
               Characters
               in
               the
               19.
               of
               
                 Tiberius
                 ,
                 Anno
                 Olymp.
                 808.
                 
                 Aerae
                 Christian
                 .
              
               33.
               (
               that
               is
               agreeable
               to
               the
               received
               Tradition
               but
               three
               year
               and
               an
               half
               after
               his
               Baptisme
               )
               will
               fall
               to
               be
               in
               the
               third
               year
               of
               the
               week
               ;
               which
               is
               wholly
               to
               be
               compleat
               ,
               
                 Ann.
                 
                 Aerae
                 Christ
                 .
              
               37.
               when
               the
               813.
               
               
                 Anno
                 Olymp.
              
               shall
               be
               begun
               and
               current
               in
               
                 Septemb.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Verse
               26.
               
            
             
               And
               after
               the
               threescore
               and
               two
               Weeks
               shall
               MESSIAH
               be
               cut
               off
               ,
               and
               
                 [
                 they
                 ]
              
               none
               of
               his
               :
               Wherefore
               the
               Princes
               people
               to
               come
               shall
               destroy
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               the
               Sanctuary
               ,
               and
               the
               end
               thereof
               shall
               be
               with
               a
               flood
               ,
               and
               unto
               the
               end
               of
               Warre
               desolations
               are
               determined
               .
            
          
           
             
               ANd
               after
               the
               threescore
               and
               two
               Weeks
               shall
               ,
               &c.
               ]
            
             That
             is
             ,
             when
             the
             
               Threescore
               and
               two
               Weeks
            
             aforesaid
             shall
             expire
             ,
             and
             be
             fully
             compleat
             ,
             (
             for
             so
             the
             word
             
               [
               after
               ]
            
             supposes
             they
             must
             be
             )
             
               MESSIAH
               shall
               be
               cut
               off
               ,
            
             not
             onely
             from
             the
             living
             ,
             by
             the
             death
             he
             should
             suffer
             upon
             the
             Crosse
             (
             for
             that
             was
             a
             little
             before
             )
             but
             from
             being
             any
             longer
             the
             
             King
             and
             Priest
             of
             that
             People
             ,
             they
             refusing
             him
             to
             be
             theirs
             ,
             and
             he
             casting
             off
             them
             from
             being
             His
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             words
             following
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               And
               they
               none
               of
               his
               :
            
             For
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             conjunction
             
               Vau
            
             may
             couple
             
               similia
               tempora
               ,
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Et
               non
               erit
               ei
               populus
               ejus
               ,
            
             or
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               And
               they
               shall
               be
               none
               of
               His
               .
            
             And
             for
             the
             Verb
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             that
             it
             signifies
             not
             onely
             a
             cutting
             off
             from
             life
             ,
             but
             also
             from
             reigning
             as
             a
             King
             ,
             or
             from
             being
             a
             Priest
             ;
             See
             for
             the
             first
             ,
             1
             
               Kings
               c.
               2.
               ver.
               4.
               &
               chap.
               9.
               ver.
               5.
               2
               Chron
               ch.
               7.
               ver.
               16.
               
               Ier.
            
             33.
             17.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               
                 There
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 to
                 David
                 a
                 man
                 to
                 sit
                 upon
                 the
                 throne
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Israel
                 :
              
            
             All
             which
             have
             reference
             to
             2
             
               Sam.
               c.
               7.
               ver.
            
             16.
             
             For
             the
             second
             ,
             cutting
             off
             from
             the
             Priesthood
             ,
             1
             
               Sam.
            
             2.
             33.
             to
             
               Eli
               ,
            
             
               
                 And
                 the
                 man
                 of
                 thine
                 whom
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 cut
                 off
                 from
                 mine
                 Altar
                 .
                 Ier.
                 33.
                 18.
                 
                 Neither
                 of
                 the
                 Priests
                 ,
                 the
                 Levites
              
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 shall
                 a
                 man
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 before
                 me
                 ,
                 to
                 offer
                 burnt
                 offerings
                 ,
                 &c.
                 and
                 to
                 doe
                 Sacrifice
                 continually
                 .
              
            
          
           
           
             
               The
               Computation
               and
               Impletion
               .
            
             
               From
               the
               seventh
               year
               of
               
                 Artaxerxes
                 Mnemon
                 ,
              
               at
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Commission
               granted
               to
               
                 Ezra
                 ,
                 (
                 Anno
                 Olympiadico
              
               379.
               as
               is
               already
               shewed
               )
               unto
               the
               fourth
               year
               after
               Christs
               Ascension
               
                 (
                 Anno
                 Olymp.
                 813.
                 
                 Aerae
                 Christianae
                 Dionysiacae
                 37.
                 )
              
               are
               Lxij
               .
               weeks
               of
               years
               ,
               or
               434.
               years
               fully
               compleat
               and
               expired
               .
               The
               next
               year
               after
               ,
               was
               Christ
               divorced
               and
               cut
               off
               from
               the
               Jews
               ,
               and
               they
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               cast
               off
               from
               being
               His
               people
               ;
               which
               may
               appear
               thus
               :
            
             
               Christ
               suffered
               upon
               the
               Crosse
               ,
               
               rose
               from
               the
               dead
               ,
               
               and
               ascended
               into
               heaven
               .
               The
               Holy
               Ghost
               descended
               at
               Pentecost
               ,
               3000.
               converted
               ,
               more
               added
               ;
               the
               Apostles
               forbidden
               ,
               but
               cease
               not
               to
               preach
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
               So
               this
               year
               ends
               about
               
                 September
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               number
               of
               Disciples
               much
               increased
               :
               
               Deacons
               chosen
               ,
               and
               
                 Steven
              
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               
                 Act.
                 6.
                 1
                 ,
                 2
                 ,
                 3
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
             
               
                 Steven
              
               doth
               great
               wonders
               and
               miracles
               .
               
               The
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               number
               of
               Disciples
               increaseth
               so
               ,
               that
               a
               great
               company
               of
               the
               Priests
               were
               obedient
               unto
               the
               Faith
               .
               The
               Elders
               and
               people
               rage
               ,
               and
               about
               the
               end
               of
               the
               yeare
               was
               
                 Steven
              
               martyred
               ,
               
                 Acts
                 c.
                 6.
                 ver.
                 7
                 ,
                 8
                 ,
                 9
                 ,
                 10
                 ,
                 11.
                 cap.
                 7.
                 ver.
                 1.
                 ad
                 finem
                 .
              
            
             
               Great
               persecution
               against
               the
               Church
               at
               Jerusalem
               .
               
               
                 Saul
              
               makes
               havock
               ,
               
                 Acts
                 c.
              
               8.
               whereupon
               the
               Disciples
               were
               scattered
               through
               the
               Regions
               of
               Judea
               and
               Samaria
               ,
               every where
               preaching
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               
                 ver.
              
               4
               ,
               5.
               
               Of
               whose
               successe
               the
               Apostles
               being
               informed
               ,
               send
               
                 Peter
              
               and
               
                 Iohn
              
               to
               Samaria
               ,
               to
               lay
               hands
               on
               the
               new
               converts
               ,
               
                 ver.
              
               14.
               which
               done
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               way
               preaching
               the
               Gospel
               in
               the
               villages
               of
               Samaria
               ,
               they
               returned
               againe
               to
               Jerusalem
               .
               
                 ibid.
              
            
             
             
               Those
               which
               were
               scattered
               upon
               the
               persecution
               of
               
                 Steven
                 ,
              
               
               proceed
               further
               ,
               and
               travelled
               as
               farre
               as
               
                 Phoenice
                 ,
                 Cyprus
              
               and
               
                 Antioch
              
               (
               having
               by
               the
               way
               preached
               the
               Gospel
               to
               the
               Jews
               at
               
                 Damascus
              
               (
               how
               came
               they
               there
               else
               ?
               )
               
                 Cap.
              
               11.
               
               Which
               
                 Saul
              
               hearing
               of
               ,
               gets
               letters
               thither
               ,
               to
               bring
               those
               he
               should
               find
               there
               of
               that
               way
               unto
               Jerusalem
               .
               But
               in
               his
               journey
               himself
               was
               miraculously
               converted
               and
               baptized
               ,
               &c.
               
               
                 Peter
              
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               was
               gone
               again
               from
               
                 Ierusalem
              
               by
               
                 Lydda
              
               unto
               
                 Ioppa
                 ,
              
               where
               he
               remained
               all
               this
               yeare
               at
               the
               house
               of
               
                 Simon
              
               the
               Tanner
               .
            
             
               The
               next
               year
               after
               
                 (
                 Anno
                 Aerae
                 Christianae
                 38.
                 
                 Anno
                 Olympiadico
                 813.
                 )
              
               according
               as
               was
               foretold
               ,
               
                 That
                 after
                 threescore
                 and
                 two
                 Weeks
                 were
                 ended
                 ,
                 MESSIAH
                 should
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 none
                 of
                 his
                 )
              
               when
               Christ
               had
               now
               one
               whole
               Week
               of
               years
               tendred
               himself
               unto
               his
               own
               people
               ,
               and
               they
               not
               onely
               refused
               
               him
               ,
               but
               first
               by
               crucifying
               the
               Lord
               himself
               ,
               and
               after
               that
               by
               persecuting
               his
               Messengers
               sent
               unto
               them
               ,
               had
               made
               themselves
               unworthy
               of
               everlasting
               life
               :
               
                 Peter
              
               was
               taught
               by
               vision
               ,
               that
               the
               Gospel
               of
               the
               Kingdome
               should
               be
               preached
               unto
               the
               Gentiles
               ,
               and
               accordingly
               sent
               to
               preach
               it
               to
               
                 Cornelius
              
               a
               Centurion
               of
               the
               Italian
               band
               ,
               
                 Acts
              
               10.
               
               And
               here
               begins
               the
               
                 Epocha
              
               of
               the
               Rejection
               of
               Israel
               ,
               and
               the
               Calling
               of
               the
               Gentiles
               ,
               which
               S.
               
                 Paul
              
               speaks
               so
               much
               of
               
                 Rom.
              
               11.
               
            
             
               True
               it
               is
               ,
               the
               cutting
               off
               of
               Christ
               by
               death
               was
               before
               the
               last
               week
               was
               compleat
               ;
               but
               the
               cutting
               him
               off
               from
               being
               King
               and
               Priest
               of
               the
               Jews
               was
               not
               untill
               after
               it
               was
               ended
               .
               Or
               if
               this
               cutting
               off
               here
               mentioned
               may
               not
               be
               extended
               to
               any
               other
               cutting
               off
               then
               by
               Death
               ;
               yet
               the
               other
               part
               of
               the
               copulative
               sense
               ,
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               
                 [
                 And
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 none
                 of
                 His
                 ]
              
               was
               not
               fulfilled
               untill
               the
               whole
               Week
               was
               ended
               .
            
             
               
                 Wherefore
                 the
                 PRINCES
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 &c.
                 ]
              
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               ,
               
                 Populus
              
               MESSIAE
               
                 venturus
                 ,
                 i.
                 futurus
                 .
              
               The
               People
               that
               should
               be
               the
               people
               of
               Messiah
               the
               Prince
               ,
               when
               Israel
               was
               
               rejected
               ;
               so
               the
               Hebrews
               call
               
                 seculum
                 futurum
                 ,
              
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               ;
               whence
               
                 Mark
                 10.
                 ver.
                 13.
                 
                 Luke
              
               18.
               30.
               
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
               
                 Eph.
              
               2.
               7.
               
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
               According
               to
               which
               notion
               ,
               
                 Apoc.
              
               1.
               4.
               
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               .
               
                 Vid.
                 Psal.
                 71.
                 18.
                 
                 Esay
                 27.
                 6.
                 
                 Esay
              
               44.
               7.
               
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               ,
               
                 Vulgat
                 .
                 ventura
                 &
                 quae
                 futura
                 sunt
                 .
              
               Thus
               I
               construe
               the
               Text
               ,
               and
               understand
               by
               
                 Populus
                 principis
                 futurus
                 ,
              
               the
               people
               of
               the
               Romane
               Empire
               ,
               where
               Christ
               was
               principally
               to
               have
               his
               Church
               and
               Kingdome
               ,
               whilst
               Israel
               should
               be
               rejected
               .
               
                 Cornelius
              
               therefore
               the
               first
               Gentile
               converted
               was
               a
               Romane
               Centurion
               .
               S.
               
                 Paul
                 ,
              
               who
               is
               called
               the
               Apostle
               of
               the
               Gentiles
               ,
               went
               not
               beyond
               the
               bounds
               of
               the
               Empire
               .
               This
               was
               that
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               whereof
               Christ
               said
               ,
               
                 Matth.
              
               24.
               
               That
               before
               the
               Destruction
               of
               Jerusalem
               ,
               
                 the
                 Gospel
                 should
                 be
                 preached
              
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               ,
               as
               
                 Augustus
              
               is
               said
               
                 Luke
              
               2.
               1.
               to
               have
               taxed
               ,
               
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
                 {non-Roman}
              
               ,
               according
               as
               the
               Romanes
               themselves
               used
               to
               call
               it
               
                 Imperium
                 Orbis
                 Terrarum
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               Antichrist
               ,
               who
               was
               to
               sit
               in
               the
               Temple
               or
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ,
               sits
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               this
               Empire
               :
               whence
               it
               appears
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               ,
               which
               Christ
               should
               have
               ,
               
                 *
              
               after
               Israel
               disclaimed
               
               him
               ,
               should
               chiefly
               be
               in
               it
               .
               This
               People
               therefore
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               Israels
               stead
               to
               be
               the
               People
               of
               Messiah
               the
               Prince
               ,
               should
               destroy
               the
               City
               and
               Sanctuary
               with
               such
               a
               Destruction
               as
               should
               like
               a
               Flood
               overwhelme
               the
               whole
               Nation
               ,
               and
               as
               an
               unresistible
               torrent
               ,
               break
               down
               and
               wash
               all
               away
               before
               it
               .
               All
               which
               we
               know
               they
               did
               .
            
             
               
                 And
                 unto
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 Warre
                 Desolations
                 are
                 determined
                 ]
              
               That
               is
               ,
               untill
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Fourth
               Kingdome
               of
               the
               Gentiles
               ,
               whose
               last
               period
               is
               that
               Time
               times
               and
               half
               a
               Time
               ,
               whereof
               it
               is
               said
               
                 Dan.
                 7.
                 ver.
              
               21
               ,
               22
               ,
               25.
               
               
                 That
                 Antichrist
                 
                   the
                   eyed
                   and
                   mouthed
                   Horn
                   should
                   make
                   War
                   with
                   the
                   Saints
                   ,
                   and
                   prevail
                   against
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   shall
                   be
                   given
                   into
                   his
                   hand
                   untill
                   a
                   Time
                   and
                   Times
                   and
                   half
                   a
                   Time
                   :
                
              
               Untill
               the
               end
               of
               this
               
                 War
              
               the
               Jewish
               Desolations
               are
               determined
               .
               But
               of
               this
               more
               in
               the
               next
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             
               Verse
               27.
               
            
             
               Neverthelesse
               he
               shall
               confirme
               a
               covenant
               with
               Many
               one
               week
               :
               and
               in
               half
               a
               week
               ,
               
                 being
              
               
                 *
              
               a
               Desolater
               he
               shall
               cause
               the
               Sacrifice
               and
               oblation
               to
               cease
               ,
               and
               that
               
                 being
              
               over
               a
               wing
               of
               Abominations
               ,
               and
               untill
               the
               finall
               time
               ,
               (
               even
               that
               which
               is
               determined
               )
               it
               shall
               continue
               upon
               the
               desolate
               .
            
          
           
             HEre
             the
             Angell
             tels
             us
             what
             should
             be
             be
             done
             in
             the
             last
             Week
             ,
             both
             of
             the
             first
             Computation
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             second
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             last
             of
             the
             Lxx.
             and
             the
             last
             of
             the
             Lxij
             .
             And
             of
             this
             first
             ,
             as
             comming
             first
             in
             time
             .
          
           
             
               Neverthelesse
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               he
               shall
               confirme
               a
               Covenant
               with
               Many
               one
               Week
               ]
            
             That
             is
             ,
             though
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Jewish
             Nation
             should
             be
             cast
             off
             ,
             end
             be
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             None
             of
             the
             people
             of
             the
             MESSIAH
             ,
             yet
             for
             one
             whole
             week
             he
             should
             offer
             himself
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             gather
             many
             of
             them
             into
             the
             Covenant
             of
             the
             Gospel
             :
             and
             this
             Week
             was
             the
             last
             Week
             of
             the
             Threescore
             and
             two
             Weeks
             ,
             which
             ,
             as
             I
             shewed
             before
             ,
             was
             wholly
             spent
             in
             preaching
             
             to
             those
             of
             the
             Circumcision
             .
             This
             therefore
             is
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             a
             
               Prolepsis
               ,
            
             lest
             
               Daniel
            
             might
             think
             that
             none
             of
             his
             people
             should
             enter
             into
             the
             Covenant
             under
             Messiah
             .
             These
             Many
             therefore
             are
             that
             Remnant
             whereof
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             speaks
             
               Rom.
            
             11.
             
             
               That
               ,
               though
               Israel
               were
               cast
               off
               ,
               yet
               was
               there
               
                 A
                 Remnant
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 election
                 of
                 grace
                 ;
              
            
             and
             therefore
             he
             limits
             the
             hardnesse
             
               happened
               unto
               Israel
               ,
            
             by
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             as
             not
             being
             universall
             .
          
           
             
               And
               in
               half
               a
               Week
               ,
               being
               a
               Desolator
               ,
               he
               shall
               cause
               the
               Sacrifice
               and
               offering
               to
               cease
               ]
            
             A
             Desolater
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             a
             word
             which
             otherwise
             much
             troubleth
             the
             Translator
             ;
             but
             being
             thus
             made
             a
             
               suppositum
            
             or
             Nominative
             case
             to
             the
             verb
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             (
             which
             hath
             no
             other
             near
             it
             )
             it
             both
             much
             clears
             the
             sense
             ,
             and
             retains
             its
             propriety
             of
             signification
             .
             Nor
             is
             the
             Postposition
             of
             the
             Nominative
             case
             to
             the
             verb
             against
             the
             use
             of
             the
             tongue
             ;
             nor
             the
             trajection
             here
             so
             great
             ,
             but
             the
             Latin
             will
             admit
             the
             same
             order
             of
             the
             words
             ,
             
               viz.
               Et
               abolebit
               sacrificium
               &
               munus
               ,
               atque
               erit
               super
               alam
               abominationum
               Desolator
               :
            
             Or
             ,
             
               Et
               abolebit
               sacrificium
               ,
               &
               munus
               ,
               qui
               erit
               super
               alam
               abominationum
               ,
               Desolator
               .
            
             
             Howsoever
             the
             Translation
             be
             ,
             this
             week
             the
             Angel
             now
             speaks
             of
             ,
             is
             the
             last
             of
             the
             Seventy
             which
             should
             be
             but
             half
             run
             out
             ,
             when
             the
             Temple
             and
             City
             should
             be
             destroyed
             ,
             and
             the
             legall
             service
             made
             to
             cease
             .
             For
             if
             we
             reckon
             (
             as
             I
             think
             we
             should
             )
             the
             Seventy
             Weeks
             from
             the
             sixt
             year
             of
             
               Darius
               Nothus
            
             (
             when
             the
             Temple
             was
             finished
             )
             the
             Destruction
             thereof
             by
             
               Titus
            
             will
             fall
             out
             (
             as
             is
             shewed
             )
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             last
             Week
             ,
             the
             whole
             half
             thereof
             ,
             from
             the
             beginning
             till
             then
             ,
             having
             bin
             spent
             in
             warlike
             preparations
             and
             exploits
             ,
             which
             ended
             with
             the
             burning
             and
             desolation
             both
             of
             City
             and
             Sanctuary
             .
          
           
             Of
             those
             who
             end
             the
             Seventieth
             Week
             compleatly
             with
             the
             Destruction
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             some
             seem
             so
             to
             understand
             this
             first
             part
             of
             the
             verse
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             
               one
               Week
            
             here
             mentioned
             were
             the
             last
             of
             the
             Seventy
             ,
             and
             the
             confirmation
             of
             the
             Covenant
             to
             be
             therein
             ,
             to
             respect
             only
             the
             first
             half
             thereof
             ,
             wherein
             Christ
             made
             good
             his
             Covenant
             of
             preservation
             to
             the
             beleeving
             Jews
             ,
             namely
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             would
             explain
             it
             )
             by
             sending
             
               Cestius
               Gallus
            
             President
             of
             
               Syria
               ,
            
             in
             the
             middle
             or
             fourth
             
             year
             of
             the
             last
             Week
             ,
             about
             seven
             dayes
             to
             environ
             Jerusalem
             with
             an
             Army
             ,
             for
             to
             be
             that
             sign
             and
             watch-word
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Gospel
             of
             the
             near
             approaching
             Desolation
             thereof
             ,
             
               Luke
            
             21.
             20.
             that
             so
             those
             which
             were
             in
             
               Iudea
            
             being
             warned
             ,
             might
             flee
             into
             the
             Mountains
             (
             of
             
               Arabia
               Petraea
            
             to
             
               Pella
               )
            
             and
             deliver
             themselves
             from
             those
             dayes
             of
             vengeance
             and
             wrath
             upon
             their
             people
             .
             And
             in
             the
             other
             half
             of
             the
             Week
             which
             remained
             ,
             he
             should
             cause
             the
             sacrifice
             and
             offering
             to
             cease
             by
             sending
             
               Vespasian
            
             with
             that
             second
             and
             fatall
             Army
             which
             should
             bring
             those
             wofull
             and
             vengefull
             Desolations
             upon
             them
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             phrase
             of
             Confirming
             a
             Covenant
             (
             if
             the
             rest
             suted
             well
             )
             it
             would
             be
             no
             straining
             to
             interpret
             it
             ,
             to
             be
             meant
             of
             preservation
             and
             exemption
             from
             a
             common
             calamity
             :
             For
             we
             have
             the
             like
             speech
             
               Gen.
            
             6.
             17
             ,
             18.
             where
             God
             having
             said
             to
             
               Noah
               ,
            
             that
             he
             would
             destroy
             by
             the
             Flood
             every
             thing
             
               that
               breathed
               upon
               the
               earth
               ;
            
             addeth
             ,
             
               But
               with
               thee
               will
               I
               establish
               my
               Covenant
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               come
               into
               the
               Ark
               ,
               thou
               and
               thy
               sons
               ,
               and
               thy
               wife
               ,
               and
               thy
               
               sons
               wives
               with
               thee
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Thus
             much
             of
             the
             Week
             and
             Half
             Week
             :
             But
             for
             the
             Desolater
             who
             should
             cause
             the
             sacrifice
             and
             oblation
             to
             cease
             ,
             whether
             and
             how
             it
             may
             be
             applied
             to
             Messiah
             himselfe
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             construed
             ,
             we
             shall
             better
             understand
             when
             the
             next
             is
             expounded
             .
          
           
             
               And
               that
            
             [
             being
             ]
             
               over
               a
               wing
               of
               Abominations
               ]
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             I
             think
             literally
             rendred
             ,
             as
             was
             the
             former
             .
             If
             any
             man
             would
             also
             have
             the
             order
             of
             the
             words
             precisely
             kept
             ,
             and
             therefore
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               i.
               
            
             Desolater
             to
             keep
             his
             station
             here
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Hebrew
             ,
             he
             may
             render
             the
             words
             thus
             ,
             
               He
               shall
               cause
               the
               sacrifice
               and
               oblation
               to
               cease
               ,
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               And
               [
               commanding
               ]
               over
               a
               Wing
               of
               Abominations
               [
               be
               ]
               a
               Desolater
            
             or
             
               make
               Desolation
               ;
            
             The
             sense
             is
             yet
             the
             same
             :
             Or
             thus
             ,
             
               And
               over
               a
               Wing
               of
               Abominations
               [
               shall
               he
               be
               ]
               who
               makes
               Desolation
               :
            
             All
             of
             them
             requiring
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             that
             so
             common
             
               Ellipsis
            
             of
             the
             Verb
             Substantive
             ,
             which
             in
             some
             expressions
             of
             this
             language
             is
             perpetuall
             .
             Now
             for
             the
             construing
             and
             expounding
             this
             and
             the
             rest
             which
             remains
             of
             this
             verse
             ,
             I
             have
             alwaies
             in
             mine
             eye
             that
             part
             
             of
             the
             Prophecy
             of
             our
             Saviour
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             
               Mat.
               24.
               
               Mark
            
             13.
             where
             he
             so
             expresly
             referres
             to
             this
             of
             
               Daniel
               ,
            
             with
             an
             unwonted
             caveat
             not
             to
             passe
             it
             over
             sleightly
             ,
             
               Let
               him
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               that
               readeth
               ,
               understand
               :
            
             which
             admonition
             ,
             as
             it
             implies
             the
             speciall
             need
             we
             have
             of
             our
             Saviours
             Key
             to
             unlock
             it
             ;
             so
             it
             may
             seem
             to
             intimate
             that
             neither
             the
             Lxx.
             before
             ,
             nor
             the
             ordinary
             construction
             of
             their
             Rebbies
             then
             ,
             had
             hit
             the
             meaning
             of
             this
             Scripture
             .
             Wherefore
             S.
             
               Luke
            
             relates
             not
             here
             (
             as
             
               Matth.
            
             and
             
               Mark
            
             do
             )
             our
             Saviours
             words
             
               verbatim
               ,
            
             but
             exegetically
             ;
             of
             set
             purpose
             (
             so
             I
             am
             perswaded
             )
             expounding
             this
             place
             of
             
               Daniel
               ,
            
             as
             will
             appear
             by
             that
             which
             follows
             .
          
           
             
               Over
               a
               Wing
               of
               Abominations
               ]
            
             
               *
            
             That
             is
             ,
             An
             Army
             of
             Idolatrous
             Gentiles
             .
             Even
             the
             selfe
             same
             which
             S.
             
               Luke
            
             saith
             
               Chap.
               21.
               
               Ierusalem
               shall
               be
               trodden
               down
               of
               the
               Gentiles
               ;
            
             who
             also
             expoundeth
             
               Wing
            
             by
             
               Armies
               ,
            
             putting
             in
             stead
             of
             those
             words
             of
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             [
             
               
                 When
                 ye
                 shall
                 see
                 the
                 Abomination
                 of
                 Desolation
                 spoken
                 of
                 by
                 Daniel
                 the
                 Prophet
                 ,
                 stand
                 in
                 the
                 holy
                 place
                 ]
              
               these
               ,
               
                 When
                 ye
                 shall
                 see
                 Ierusalem
                 compassed
                 with
                 Armies
                 ;
              
            
             and
             in
             both
             it
             follows
             ,
             
               Then
               let
               them
               
               which
               be
               in
               Iudaea
               flee
               into
               the
               mountains
               .
            
             The
             word
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Wing
             is
             of
             the
             Verb
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             (
             but
             once
             found
             in
             the
             Hebrew
             Scripture
             )
             which
             signifies
             according
             to
             the
             Chaldee
             and
             Arabick
             ,
             
               To
               gather
               together
               :
            
             besides
             ,
             in
             the
             Arabick
             ,
             
               circundare
               ,
            
             to
             environ
             or
             compasse
             about
             ;
             Both
             significations
             sute
             well
             to
             an
             Army
             ,
             and
             the
             latter
             ,
             that
             which
             beleaguers
             and
             begirts
             a
             City
             or
             Fort
             besieged
             .
             Had
             S.
             
               Luke
            
             any
             reference
             to
             this
             ,
             when
             he
             speaks
             of
             Jerusalem
             
               compassed
               with
               an
               army
               ?
            
             The
             metaphor
             also
             of
             a
             Wing
             leanes
             most
             this
             way
             ,
             whether
             we
             consider
             their
             figure
             and
             motion
             being
             stretched
             out
             ,
             or
             their
             posture
             when
             Birds
             of
             rapine
             sit
             couring
             over
             their
             prey
             .
             I
             will
             not
             say
             ,
             the
             Romane
             Eagle
             was
             here
             aimed
             at
             ,
             though
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             is
             used
             ,
             not
             onely
             for
             
               Ala
               ,
            
             a
             
               Wing
               ,
            
             but
             for
             
               Alatum
               &
               Volatile
               ,
            
             a
             Fowle
             or
             Winged
             Creature
             .
             It
             is
             sufficient
             that
             neither
             the
             nature
             nor
             name
             of
             a
             Wing
             is
             strange
             or
             unaccustomed
             to
             an
             Army
             .
             But
             how
             (
             will
             you
             say
             )
             will
             an
             Army
             of
             Abominations
             be
             made
             an
             Army
             of
             Gentiles
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             The
             Scripture
             in
             many
             places
             calleth
             Idols
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Abominations
             ,
             that
             
             is
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             :
             So
             the
             Egyptian
             Idols
             ,
             
               Exod.
               8.
               ver.
               26
               ,
               &c.
            
             are
             called
             ,
             The
             Abomination
             of
             the
             Egyptians
             .
             
               Ezek.
            
             7.
             20.
             
             The
             Jews
             are
             said
             to
             have
             made
             the
             Images
             of
             their
             Abominations
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               (
               Ier.
            
             7.
             20.
             to
             have
             set
             up
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             )
             that
             is
             ,
             their
             Idols
             in
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
             So
             2
             
               Kings
               23.
               
               Ashtaroth
            
             is
             called
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             the
             Abomination
             of
             the
             
               Sidonians
               ,
               Cemosh
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             the
             Abomination
             of
             the
             
               Moabites
               ;
            
             but
             
               M●lcom
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             the
             Abomination
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             
               Ammon
               .
            
             Wherefore
             1
             
               Kings
            
             11.
             5
             ,
             7.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             is
             by
             the
             Seventy
             thrice
             Translated
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             a
             thing
             manifest
             ,
             we
             are
             to
             observe
             further
             ,
             That
             the
             Scripture
             useth
             also
             to
             expresse
             and
             imply
             under
             the
             names
             of
             the
             Gods
             ,
             the
             Nations
             themselves
             which
             worshipped
             them
             .
             The
             Lord
             threatned
             to
             
               
                 scatter
                 Israel
                 among
                 the
                 Nations
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 they
                 should
                 serve
                 other
                 Gods
                 day
                 and
                 night
                 ,
                 Gods
                 ,
                 the
                 works
                 of
                 mens
                 hands
                 ,
                 wood
                 and
                 stone
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 neither
                 they
                 nor
                 their
                 Fathers
                 had
                 known
                 :
              
            
             That
             is
             ,
             they
             should
             serve
             them
             not
             
               religiously
               ,
            
             but
             
               politically
               ,
            
             in
             as
             much
             as
             they
             were
             to
             become
             
               Slaves
            
             and
             
               Vassals
            
             to
             Idolatrous
             Nations
             ,
             
             even
             such
             Idolaters
             ,
             as
             neither
             they
             nor
             their
             Fathers
             had
             ever
             heard
             of
             .
             Let
             it
             also
             be
             considered
             whether
             that
             of
             
               David
               ,
               1
               Sam.
            
             26.
             19.
             be
             not
             to
             be
             expounded
             after
             the
             same
             Trope
             :
             
               
                 They
                 have
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 driven
                 me
                 out
                 this
                 day
                 from
                 abiding
                 in
                 the
                 inheritance
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 Goe
                 serve
                 other
                 Gods
                 ;
              
            
             
               i.
            
             they
             have
             driven
             me
             to
             serve
             a
             Nation
             of
             another
             Religion
             .
             Yea
             ,
             
               Ezra
            
             9.
             14.
             fitly
             to
             our
             purpose
             ,
             The
             Strangers
             with
             whom
             the
             people
             of
             Israel
             had
             contracted
             affinity
             ,
             are
             called
             expresly
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             The
             people
             of
             Abominations
             ,
             which
             the
             Seventy
             render
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               The
               people
               of
               the
               Lands
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             Gentiles
             .
             And
             where
             we
             reade
             in
             the
             first
             verse
             ,
             
               
                 The
                 people
                 of
                 Israel
                 ,
                 &c.
                 have
                 not
                 separated
                 themselves
                 from
                 the
                 people
                 of
                 the
                 Lands
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 Abominations
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               It
               is
               the
               same
               phrase
               with
               that
               of
               
                 Moses
                 ,
                 Cattell
                 after
                 their
                 kinde
                 ,
                 creeping
                 things
                 after
                 their
                 kinde
                 :
              
            
             That
             is
             ,
             the
             severall
             kinds
             of
             cattell
             &
             of
             creeping
             things
             :
             so
             the
             people
             of
             the
             Lands
             according
             to
             their
             Abominations
             is
             ,
             the
             severall
             kinds
             of
             Idolaters
             of
             the
             Lands
             about
             them
             .
             And
             thus
             we
             have
             shewed
             ,
             that
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             the
             Wing
             of
             Abominations
             ,
             is
             as
             much
             as
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
             an
             Armie
             of
             people
             of
             Abominations
             ,
             That
             is
             ,
             of
             Gentiles
             and
             Worshippers
             of
             Idols
             .
          
           
             But
             who
             is
             this
             Desolater
             ,
             or
             Maker
             of
             Desolations
             ,
             who
             should
             command
             over
             this
             Wing
             of
             Abominations
             ,
             and
             bring
             these
             Gentiles
             against
             the
             Holy
             City
             ?
             ℟
             The
             words
             in
             the
             Originall
             stand
             indifferent
             to
             be
             applied
             either
             to
             the
             Romane
             Generall
             ,
             or
             Messiah
             ;
             but
             I
             could
             not
             render
             them
             so
             indifferently
             :
             For
             if
             I
             render
             them
             ,
             
               And
               in
               half
               a
               Week
               a
               Desolater
               shall
               cause
               the
               sacrifice
               and
               offering
               to
               cease
               ,
               and
               that
            
             (
             being
             )
             
               over
               a
               Wing
               of
               Abominations
               ,
            
             Or
             ,
             
               Over
               a
               Wing
               of
               Abominations
            
             (
             shall
             he
             be
             )
             
               who
               makes
               desolation
               ;
            
             This
             Desolater
             would
             then
             seem
             to
             be
             some
             other
             then
             Messiah
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             Romane
             Generall
             :
             But
             render
             them
             as
             I
             doe
             ,
             
               And
               making
               desolation
               ,
               or
               being
               a
               Desolater
               ,
               He
               shall
               cause
               the
               sacrifice
               and
               offering
               to
               cease
               ,
               and
               that
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Or
             ,
             
               He
               shall
               cause
               the
               sacrifice
               and
               offering
               to
               cease
               ,
               and
               [
               commanding
               ]
               over
               a
               Wing
               of
               Abominations
               ,
               be
               a
               Desolater
               :
            
             either
             way
             of
             these
             ,
             they
             will
             have
             reference
             to
             MESSIAH
             the
             Prince
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Person
             meant
             in
             the
             words
             immediately
             before
             ,
             
               [
               He
               
               shall
               confirm
               a
               Covenant
               with
               many
               one
               Week
               .
               ]
            
             And
             this
             I
             most
             incline
             to
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             Person
             spoken
             of
             may
             be
             the
             same
             throughout
             ,
             and
             a
             reason
             also
             appear
             of
             that
             additament
             ,
             That
             this
             Desolater
             should
             be
             over
             an
             Army
             of
             Abominations
             :
             For
             if
             a
             Forein
             Generall
             were
             onely
             meant
             ,
             what
             needed
             this
             Addition
             ?
             what
             other
             Army
             could
             such
             a
             one
             lead
             ,
             but
             Gentiles
             ?
             But
             that
             Messiah
             himselfe
             should
             command
             over
             an
             Army
             of
             Idolaters
             ,
             this
             needed
             a
             speciall
             intimation
             .
          
           
             And
             surely
             the
             Romane
             Army
             ,
             though
             an
             Army
             of
             Abominations
             ,
             was
             in
             this
             service
             the
             Army
             of
             Messiah
             :
             So
             the
             Parable
             aiming
             at
             this
             Prophecy
             tels
             us
             
               Mat.
            
             22.
             7.
             
             When
             the
             King
             heard
             how
             spitefully
             they
             entreated
             his
             Messengers
             who
             came
             to
             tell
             them
             ,
             the
             Wedding
             whereunto
             they
             had
             been
             bidden
             ,
             was
             ready
             :
             
               
                 He
                 was
                 wroth
              
               (
               saith
               the
               Text
               )
               
                 and
                 sent
                 forth
                 HIS
                 Armies
                 and
                 destroyed
                 those
                 Murtherers
                 ,
              
            
             
               and
               burnt
               up
               their
               City
               .
            
             Whence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             comming
             of
             this
             desolating
             Army
             of
             the
             Romans
             is
             called
             the
             comming
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               Iames
               5.
               
            
             
               
                 Weep
                 and
                 howl
                 ye
                 rich
                 men
              
               (
               he
               writeth
               to
               Jews
               )
               
                 for
                 the
                 miseries
                 that
                 shall
                 
                 come
                 upon
                 you
                 ;
                 for
                 you
                 have
                 heaped
                 up
                 goods
                 for
                 the
                 last
                 dayes
                 ;
              
            
             That
             is
             ,
             (
             according
             to
             
               Oecumenius
               )
            
             when
             the
             end
             of
             your
             State
             is
             a
             comming
             and
             the
             Romanes
             shall
             spoil
             you
             of
             all
             :
             which
             is
             expressed
             in
             the
             eighth
             verse
             by
             Christs
             comming
             ;
             
               
                 Be
                 ye
                 patient
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 untill
                 the
                 comming
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
              
            
             (
             he
             speaks
             to
             the
             beleeving
             Jews
             whom
             the
             rest
             persecuted
             )
             and
             in
             the
             next
             ,
             
               
                 Stablish
                 your
                 hearts
                 for
                 the
                 comming
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 draweth
                 nigh
                 ;
              
            
             He
             meaneth
             (
             saith
             
               Oecumenius
               )
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             So
             he
             takes
             that
             of
             
               Iohn
               ,
            
             
               
                 If
                 I
                 will
                 that
                 he
                 stay
                 till
                 ▪
                 I
                 come
                 ,
              
            
             that
             is
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             till
             the
             Destruction
             of
             Jerusalem
             .
             And
             proves
             that
             this
             comming
             of
             Christ
             is
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Excidium
               Hierosolymorum
               ,
            
             by
             that
             of
             
               Malachi
               Cap.
               3.
               
            
             
               
                 Behold
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 shall
                 come
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 shall
                 abide
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 his
                 comming
                 ?
              
            
             And
             thus
             would
             I
             understand
             that
             
               Heb.
               10.
               37.
               
               For
               
                 yet
                 a
                 little
                 while
                 and
                 He
                 that
                 shall
                 come
                 will
                 come
                 ,
              
               and
               will
               not
               tarry
               .
            
             Messiah
             therefore
             himself
             seems
             to
             be
             that
             Desolater
             here
             meant
             ,
             who
             should
             command
             over
             an
             Army
             of
             Abominations
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             to
             destroy
             
             the
             City
             and
             the
             Sanctuary
             .
          
           
             Thus
             it
             appears
             our
             Saviours
             citation
             in
             the
             Gospel
             is
             not
             of
             the
             very
             words
             of
             
               Daniel
            
             in
             this
             passage
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             sense
             onely
             summarily
             expressed
             ;
             and
             that
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             expounded
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               The
               Abomination
               ,
            
             or
             
               Abominable
               Army
               ,
            
             over
             which
             he
             should
             be
             ,
             who
             should
             
               make
               desolation
               .
            
             As
             for
             the
             Seventy
             ,
             or
             whosoever
             else
             (
             for
             S.
             
               Hierome
            
             doubts
             )
             translated
             this
             Book
             ,
             if
             their
             Translation
             here
             were
             originally
             as
             we
             now
             have
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             translated
             thither
             out
             of
             our
             Saviours
             words
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             they
             seem
             to
             have
             accommodated
             the
             place
             ,
             though
             of
             unlike
             construction
             and
             circumstance
             of
             sense
             ,
             unto
             two
             other
             places
             ,
             
               Chap.
               11.
               31.
               Chap.
            
             12.
             11.
             where
             some
             such
             kinde
             of
             Abomination
             is
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             likewise
             the
             participles
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             :
             But
             in
             all
             three
             of
             them
             ,
             not
             well
             understanding
             what
             subject
             these
             participles
             included
             ,
             they
             contented
             themselves
             onely
             to
             expresse
             by
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             or
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             a
             generall
             relation
             of
             desolation
             in
             the
             abstract
             ,
             which
             might
             be
             diversly
             interpretable
             ,
             
             otherwise
             it
             is
             not
             possible
             by
             any
             alteration
             of
             the
             points
             to
             expresse
             their
             Translation
             
               verbatim
            
             out
             of
             this
             place
             ,
             unlesse
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             were
             
               in
               statu
               constructo
               ,
            
             as
             it
             is
             not
             .
          
           
             
               And
               untill
               the
               finall
               time
               (
               even
               that
               which
               is
               determined
               )
               it
               shall
               continue
               upon
               the
               desolate
               ]
            
             Here
             I
             have
             chosen
             to
             translate
             the
             verb
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               continue
               ,
            
             as
             the
             
               Targum
            
             renders
             it
             ,
             
               Ier.
               c.
               7.
               19.
               &c.
            
             42.
             18.
             and
             the
             Vulgar
             here
             
               perseverabit
               ,
            
             as
             a
             metaphoricall
             signification
             taken
             from
             a
             continued
             pouring
             of
             water
             .
             It
             is
             the
             Feminine
             Gender
             ,
             and
             therefore
             to
             be
             referred
             to
             a
             Feminine
             
               suppositum
               ,
            
             which
             I
             take
             to
             be
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               Ala
               :
            
             This
             wing
             of
             Abominations
             ,
             that
             is
             
               metonymice
            
             the
             Desolation
             wrought
             by
             it
             ,
             or
             forein
             possession
             brought
             in
             by
             it
             ,
             should
             continue
             upon
             the
             Desolate
             ,
             untill
             the
             finall
             time
             which
             was
             determined
             should
             be
             accomplished
             .
             Or
             those
             Gentile
             people
             of
             the
             Romane
             Empire
             ,
             by
             whom
             Jerusalem
             was
             destroyed
             ,
             should
             continue
             their
             dominion
             and
             possession
             either
             of
             the
             place
             or
             desolate
             inhabitants
             once
             thereof
             ,
             untill
             that
             finall
             time
             be
             accomplished
             .
             Whether
             this
             or
             that
             sutes
             best
             ;
             the
             
             meaning
             in
             S.
             
               Lukes
            
             language
             is
             thus
             expressed
             ,
             
               
                 The
                 Iews
                 shall
                 be
                 carried
                 captive
                 over
                 all
                 Nations
                 ,
                 and
                 Ierusalem
                 trodden
                 down
                 of
                 the
                 Gentiles
                 ,
              
               untill
               the
               times
               of
               the
               Gentiles
               be
               fulfilled
               :
            
             That
             is
             ,
             (
             as
             was
             said
             before
             )
             untill
             the
             Monarchies
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             should
             be
             finished
             .
             For
             these
             Times
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             are
             that
             last
             period
             of
             the
             fourth
             Kingdome
             prophecied
             
               *
            
             of
             
               a
               Time
               Times
               and
               half
               a
               Time
               ;
            
             at
             the
             end
             whereof
             the
             Angel
             swears
             unto
             
               Daniel
               ,
               ca.
               12.
               7
               
               That
               God
               should
               accomplish
               to
               scatter
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Holy
               People
               .
            
             This
             is
             that
             Fulnesse
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             which
             being
             come
             ,
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             tels
             us
             ,
             
               
                 The
                 Deliverers
                 shall
                 come
                 out
                 of
                 Sion
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 Israel
                 shall
                 be
                 saved
                 .
              
            
             And
             the
             Angel
             in
             the
             
               Apoc.
            
             10.
             6.
             renews
             the
             same
             oath
             to
             S.
             
               Iohn
               ,
            
             which
             he
             sware
             before
             to
             
               Daniel
               ,
            
             
               
                 That
                 when
                 these
                 Times
              
               (
               N.B.
               )
               
                 should
                 end
                 and
                 be
                 no
                 longer
                 ,
                 the
                 mystery
                 of
                 God
                 should
                 be
                 finished
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 declared
                 to
                 his
                 servants
                 the
                 Prophets
                 .
              
            
             Amen
             .
          
           
           
             
               Appendix
               .
            
             
               ALthough
               I
               think
               ,
               that
               precisenesse
               of
               dayes
               is
               not
               to
               be
               much
               stood
               upon
               ,
               when
               the
               events
               and
               their
               times
               do
               in
               the
               whole
               answer
               to
               Prediction
               :
               yet
               have
               I
               been
               so
               curious
               as
               to
               enquire
               ,
               whether
               the
               Desolation
               of
               City
               and
               Sanctuary
               (
               to
               be
               in
               the
               middle
               of
               the
               seventieth
               Week
               )
               were
               fulfilled
               to
               a
               very
               day
               or
               not
               ?
               And
               as
               I
               think
               ,
               I
               have
               so
               found
               it
               ,
               very
               near
               ,
               if
               not
               altogether
               .
            
             
               For
               
                 Anno
                 Iudaico
                 3344.
                 
                 Aerae
                 mundi
                 Scaligerianae
              
               3533.
               (
               the
               year
               the
               Temple
               was
               finished
               )
               
                 Neomenia
                 Tisri
                 ,
              
               according
               to
               the
               Jews
               Calender
               ,
               fell
               upon
               the
               9.
               of
               
                 September
                 Calendarii
                 Iuliani
                 ,
                 Feria
                 1.
                 
                 Cyclo
                 Solis
                 12.
                 
                 Litera
                 Dominic
                 .
              
               G.
               
            
             
               
                 Ergo
                 Neomenia
                 Adar
              
               was
               
                 Febr.
                 4.
                 Fer.
                 2.
                 
                 Cyclo
                 Solis
                 13.
                 
                 Lit.
                 Dominic
                 .
              
               F.
               So
               the
               3.
               of
               
                 Adar
              
               (
               the
               day
               whereon
               the
               Temple
               was
               finished
               ,
               
                 Ez.
                 6.
                 15.
                 
                 )
              
               will
               be
               the
               6.
               of
               
                 February
                 .
              
               From
               whence
               to
               the
               8.
               of
               
                 August
                 ,
              
               (
               whereon
               the
               Temple
               was
               fired
               ,
               and
               two
               dayes
               after
               consumed
               )
               are
               exclusive
               182.
               dayes
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               halfe
               a
               year
               
                 ad
                 unguem
                 .
              
            
             
             
               But
               this
               year
               (
               according
               to
               the
               Judaicall
               Calender
               )
               was
               
                 Annus
                 Embolimaeus
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               had
               two
               
                 Adars
                 ;
              
               which
               of
               them
               the
               Scripture
               meaneth
               ,
               is
               doubtfull
               .
               But
               the
               
                 Neomenia
              
               of
               the
               second
               
                 Adar
              
               was
               
                 March
                 5.
                 
                 Feria
              
               4.
               
               So
               the
               3.
               day
               of
               this
               
                 Adar
              
               was
               the
               7.
               of
               
                 March
                 :
              
               From
               whence
               to
               the
               8.
               of
               
                 Septemb.
              
               (
               the
               day
               whereon
               the
               City
               was
               fired
               )
               are
               exclusive
               184.
               dayes
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               day
               or
               two
               too
               much
               .
               But
               it
               is
               more
               then
               probable
               that
               the
               Jewish
               Calender
               was
               not
               in
               
                 Darius
              
               his
               time
               so
               exact
               ,
               nor
               the
               Moons
               motion
               so
               well
               known
               ,
               but
               the
               New
               Moon
               might
               sometimes
               anticipate
               the
               beginning
               of
               their
               Months
               a
               day
               or
               two
               .
            
             
               Howsoever
               those
               who
               begin
               their
               reckoning
               from
               the
               2.
               year
               of
               
                 Darius
                 ,
              
               as
               
                 Scaliger
              
               doth
               ,
               cannot
               from
               the
               24.
               day
               of
               the
               6.
               
               Month
               
                 (
                 Sept.
                 16
                 )
              
               (
               which
               the
               Prophet
               
                 Haggai
              
               names
               
                 (
                 cap.
                 1.
                 v.
                 ult.
                 )
              
               for
               the
               day
               whereon
               the
               work
               began
               )
               shew
               their
               compleat
               Seventy
               Weeks
               so
               exactly
               terminated
               upon
               any
               event
               remarkable
               during
               the
               whole
               time
               of
               the
               War
               .
               For
               as
               for
               the
               destruction
               of
               Jerusalem
               it self
               ,
               they
               come
               not
               near
               by
               whole
               years
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Of
               the
               opinion
               of
               Funcius
               .
            
             
               
                 FVncius
              
               his
               computation
               of
               the
               Lxx.
               weeks
               from
               the
               seventh
               of
               
                 Artaxerxes
                 Longimanus
              
               (
               whence
               to
               Christs
               Passion
               he
               finds
               just
               490.
               years
               )
               hath
               three
               great
               and
               unavoidable
               inconveniencies
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               it
               ends
               the
               70.
               
               Weeks
               (
               which
               by
               the
               text
               were
               allotted
               for
               the
               Holy
               City
               )
               long
               before
               the
               times
               of
               the
               holy
               City
               were
               fulfilled
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               this
               
                 Artaxerxes
              
               might
               not
               be
               
                 Artaxerxes
              
               the
               Hinderer
               of
               the
               Building
               of
               the
               Temple
               ,
               but
               that
               second
               
                 Artaxerxes
              
               that
               gave
               Commission
               to
               
                 Ezra
              
               and
               
                 Nehemiah
                 ,
              
               they
               are
               fain
               to
               bestow
               the
               names
               of
               
                 Ahasuerus
              
               and
               
                 Artaxerxes
              
               mentioned
               
                 Ezra
              
               4.
               upon
               
                 Cambyses
              
               and
               the
               counterfeit
               
                 Tanioxarces
              
               or
               
                 Smerdis
              
               (
               whom
               others
               call
               
                 Sphendates
                 )
              
               the
               
                 Magus
                 ,
              
               without
               any
               ground
               in
               Scripture
               or
               prophane
               History
               ;
               nay
               ,
               against
               probability
               .
               For
               if
               
                 Ahasuerus
              
               be
               
                 Cambyses
              
               (
               as
               by
               order
               he
               should
               be
               )
               and
               
                 Artaxerxes
              
               be
               
                 Smerdis
              
               the
               
                 Magus
                 ,
              
               how
               will
               that
               businesse
               in
               the
               daies
               of
               
                 Artaxerxes
                 ,
                 Ezra
              
               4.
               7.
               befit
               the
               7.
               
               Months
               raign
               of
               
                 Smerdis
                 ?
              
               Or
               if
               preposterously
               (
               as
               some
               will
               have
               it
               )
               
                 Ahasuerus
              
               be
               
               that
               
                 Smerdis
                 ,
              
               what
               needed
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               so
               precisely
               to
               mention
               the
               Beginning
               
                 *
              
               of
               his
               raign
               ,
               if
               he
               raigned
               but
               seven
               Months
               in
               all
               ?
               Secondly
               ,
               Neither
               
                 Cambyses
              
               nor
               
                 Smerdis
              
               can
               be
               
                 Ahasuerus
                 :
              
               For
               
                 Ahasuerus
                 ,
                 Esther
              
               3.
               7.
               
               (
               and
               why
               should
               we
               feign
               any
               other
               
                 Ahasuerus
              
               of
               
                 Persia
              
               then
               the
               Scripture
               describeth
               ,
               and
               so
               diligently
               distinguishes
               from
               
                 Ahasuerus
              
               the
               
                 Mede
                 ,
              
               as
               if
               there
               had
               been
               then
               no
               other
               ?
               
                 Esth.
                 1.
                 1.
                 
                 )
              
               raigned
               at
               least
               twelve
               years
               ,
               whereas
               
                 Cambyses
              
               raigned
               but
               seven
               years
               ,
               and
               
                 Smerdis
              
               but
               so
               many
               months
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               They
               cannot
               shew
               how
               69.
               
               Weeks
               ,
               or
               62.
               
               Weeks
               added
               to
               7.
               
               Weeks
               ,
               (
               for
               they
               have
               no
               other
               way
               )
               are
               determined
               upon
               Messiah
               the
               Prince
               ;
               since
               they
               out-reach
               his
               Nativity
               ,
               and
               end
               7.
               years
               before
               his
               Passion
               (
               which
               was
               in
               the
               19.
               )
               and
               therefore
               3.
               years
               at
               least
               before
               
                 Iohns
              
               Baptisme
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               the
               15.
               of
               
                 Tiberius
                 .
              
               Wherefore
               neither
               beginning
               nor
               ending
               ,
               neither
               part
               nor
               whole
               of
               the
               sixtieth
               and
               ninth
               Week
               can
               point
               us
               out
               any
               time
               of
               the
               manifestation
               of
               Messiah
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         FINIS
         .
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A70569e-150
           
             The
             Temple
             was
             now
             finished
             in
             4.
             years
             ,
             which
             argues
             it
             was
             well
             forwarded
             before
             ,
             and
             much
             I
             suppose
             in
             the
             daies
             of
             liberty
             under
             
               Darius
               Hystaspis
               :
            
             For
             I
             take
             him
             to
             bee
             that
             
               Darius
            
             mentioned
             
               Ezra
            
             4.
             5.
             and
             never
             to
             have
             hindred
             the
             building
             ,
             but
             permitted
             the
             Jews
             to
             goe
             on
             as
             their
             poverty
             would
             suffer
             them
             ,
             which
             was
             but
             slowly
             
          
           
             *
             
               
                 30
              
               
                 1000
              
               
                 29
              
               
                 30
              
               
                 410
              
               
                 1000
              
               
                 2499
              
            
          
           
             Wheresoever
             besides
             in
             Scripture
             Seven
             weeks
             are
             mentioned
             the
             words
             are
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             or
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             *
             That
             renowned
             Palace
             and
             Court
             of
             
               Nebuchadnezzar
               ,
            
             within
             which
             were
             those
             
               Pensiles
               Horti
               ,
            
             was
             finished
             (
             saith
             
               Josephus
               )
            
             in
             fifteen
             dayes
             .
             
               Antiq.
               Judaic.
               li
               .
               10.
               c.
            
             11.
             in
             the
             Latine
             
               c.
            
             13.
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             I
             would
             take
             that
             
               Iohn
            
             3.
             frō
             the
             13.
             
               ver.
            
             to
             the
             21.
             to
             be
             the
             Evangelists
             owne
             words
             interposed
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             words
             of
             Christ
             to
             
               Nicodemus
               .
            
          
           
             Anno
             Aerae
             Christian
             .
             33.
             
          
           
             I
             begin
             &
             end
             these
             yeares
             in
             
               Tisri
               ,
            
             or
             
               Septemb.
            
             that
             so
             they
             may
             agree
             with
             that
             time
             of
             the
             Cōmission
             granted
             to
             
               Ezra
               ,
            
             which
             I
             before
             supposed
             to
             have
             been
             about
             that
             month
             
          
           
             Anno
             Aerae
             Christian
             .
             34.
             
          
           
             Anno
             Aerae
             Christian
             .
             35.
             
          
           
             Anno
             Aerae
             Christian
             .
             36.
             
          
           
             Anno
             Aerae
             Christian
             .
             37.
             
          
           
             *
             whilest
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Or
               ,
            
             making
             desolation
             ,
             he
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             *
             Auth.
             op.
             imperf
             .
             in
             
               Mat.
            
             hom
             49.
             initio
             hanc
             expositionem
             ad
             Petrum
             refert
             .
             Hoc
             &
             Petrus
             ,
             inquit
             ,
             apud
             
               Clementem
            
             exponit
             .
          
           
             *
             Dan.
             7.
             
          
           
             *
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Ezra
             4.
             6.