C A P.11. e'elationofthe Apoca1ypfc. 353 ofaccounting, by which the moneths are reduced to weeks , and the number oftWo hundredninetyfour yeers is made up, doth not number the fourth part of the dayes ; we therefore judge, that the veers are to be reckoned up, one by one, and that fo many are to be fet down, as there are dayes in thefe moneths, which agreeth perfectly with the cuftomof Daniels Week. Thirdly, we muff obferve, that thefe are no Iulianyeers ; for thefe tWoandforty moneths only do make a thoufand tWo hundredand three- fcore dayes. But fo many Iulianmoneths do make a thoufand tWo hun- dred feventy eight dayes andmore; So that-they come them 18.dayes and a little moreof the Iulianyeers,and fo many yeers are wanting in a thoufand two hundred threefcore dayes, if you take each of the yeers for to make up a thoufand two hundred threefcore Iulian yeers. What kinde of moneths then doth the _Angel ufe in this place? Not inch as are reckoned by moneths, nor Iulian yeers, but onely Fgyptian,each of which confifts of thirty dayes.And he thought belt to have the yeers numbred after theorder that is ufed in this na- tion only , as the which fhould kill the Prophets ofGod, and in the ftreets ofwhich great City they fhould lie trodden under foot and unburied , to their reproach , ofwhich we fhall read after in V.8. After the account of thefe moneths, wehave before afgned thirty dayes to everyone ofthofe five moneths,Chap.a. Fourthly, we mutt not begin this computation,either from the paf- lionofour Lord, or from any other time, that went before the writing of this book.For this is forbiden in this Book,as we have divers times advertifed fomuch, out ofthole words , IWillfheW theeWhat things mug be done hereafter, Chap. 4. 1. Neither muff we begin it prefent- ly from the time that this Bookofthe Revelationwas made.For next unto that, do the d»elling in heaven , the clothing With the Sun, the CroWn of twelve Stars, andthe trampling upon the Moon follow, Ch. 1a.1. For that firlt molt holy Church did glifter with all this glo- ry, or elle truly we fhall no where finde to what times to afcribe it. Now this fpace of42. moneths is of another fafhion, namely, filch as is moll agreeable to a moll= defertwildernefs,fackcloth,a filthy,un- pleafant and wofull deformity. As touching the Wildernefs,the words are exprefs, thisßgne Wasfeen in heaven,Where afrerWards theDragon WagedWar When he Was thrußdoWn headlongfrom thence,ch.a a .7. &c. Now-what fhould the Dragondo in heaven,but lie in wait to deflroy the womans childe,when (he was about to be delivered?Whence al- f9 was it that the woman fied,if;fhe were in the wildernes beforeher delivery ?
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