(967) There is no need to record the ambition of the Priefls, -the ty-ran- nyof the Romans, the inhumanity, and incivility of Herod, and the .Governours, and that which is far greatefl of all, the abdicatior, and rejeftionofthe whole nation, for fo many generations, to this day, all which do-of necefiity carry ir, that this fall and conflant felicity ofthe godly, which the Angel fpeakes of icì this place, can- not beof thofe times. Howmuch more cauteloufly Boththe holy Spirit fpeake, which ,calleth all that joy, but a fn.all and little helper. as before? in. Chap. I I. 34. . A certaineGodly and learned man, loth thinke théfe yeares arc FJV1,.j t_ to be numbred, and to be counted from the overthrow of Ierufábm j-buss, lib. by rim and Vefpafian,they are ofChrift t.fromwhich beginning, r!c icraf the firfl. account fallen into the ycare 1361. at which- tint , the School of Prag.,e was founded by Charles Kingof Bohemia, and did begin to refill, and openly to gainfay the erro! rs and tyranny of Antichrifl:: The fecond, endeth in the year 1406. vhen a more deer light of the Gofpe! brake forth, -fo as the Angell here doth pronounce him bleflkd, that fhall over-live there fira feeds of the Gofpel, brought into light againe. But we have declared already, that Titus indeed, did defDroy the City, and the Temple, and made a lamentable havock of the people, fo as for a time, they were conllrained to leave off their Mrotticali _worfhip; yet notwithflanding he brought not the laft:giving over of facrificing,which onely the Angel maketh theft time of the be- ginning. Befides, the knowledgeo the Gofpel is a bleffed thing for all times and ages : but the Angel doth fpeak of a certaine ipeeiall fe- licitie and bleffedneffe, which (hall come unto the godly, befides that iáward,joy -oftheSpirit. Otherwife, the noting, and marking :out ofcertaine.dayes were in vaine, neither werethe promifed joy, of fo great worth-andmoment, iftheSaints did enjoy it alwayes alike. I do nor, brethren; bring forth their judgements, and refute them any way, or to carpe at them, for I reverence their Codly labours, and dohonour their great learnings.and knowledge in Chrifl Jefus: But that no opinions fhouldbe any hinderance, and prejudiciall to the truth, which.I am lure, they would have as well as L As if the truth lay hidden in the bowels of a hard flint, and cannot be gotten oat, but by much dafhing, and many boowes; yet notwithflanding, i am follicitous, and very fcrupulous herein, leaf.}, by fruiting the Done,.
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