CH ÁP.5, Ecpiflleto the The/Jalemans. VI &J,.. ¡ ,9?,_ time and feafon of artfls ¡ ft comrnì g is ana noo /l Gods fe- erets ; knowne to no man, nor pofii ble to bee known e by Scripture Reu elation s. Where comes iu1ly to bee taxed, the curi®facie fhould F'e. I fay ? or licentious boldneffe of fuch as haue in this point prefumed to haue an eie, where the Lord hath no tongue, to inquire into this ferret ; and vpon inquwrie, prefumptuoufly to determine of the rime of Chrtas fe- cond comming, and of the end of the World. All Ages baue beetle pefiered with fuch wits ; diuerting mens mindes, from preparation to meet the Lord, to vaine fpeculat'ions of things vnreucaled, and therefore vnpro. btable. Amonga Philofophers fcrious contemplatours of the Worlds fabrique, the originals,, courfe and flare thereof, fpecially the Mathcmatitians, and Star - gazers, as the Prophet calls them,too vpon them to determine the qucflion ; as Tully faith, they conceited, c il/lagnom quondam A+rrirm, agreatYeare, wherein all the Starres flrould returne co thcor:iginall Gte,and pofirion ; when that Yeare came, fhould be the end. Álacrobirbs calculates his Ycare to conGfl: of fifreene thoufand Sun - yeares : Shers of the fame Heretic, allow it thirty fix thoufand un-yeares. They haue calculated belikc the Natiuity of the World, as they vie to doe of men; and tlierby found out amongt the S arses, what wee cannot fl ode in Scrip - tures, thepre ci fe time of the end of r4;. world. Amongfi Iewes, the prophetic of Elias, as they fay, the Thisbire, as we, the counterfeit, goes current ; al- lotting to the continuance of the World,.lix thoufand ycares,Sex ert nt Annoram n illia iarsirw muncai.Dcso milli,: inane :Do mtilir/ lex: D to millia t;hrifha ; poffea finis : From them, itfeemes, Leffantirs and Hieromereceiued Lvc4ax.dediHixs chat errou& ;. and haue added their explication, to make jrrm.1.74.4 it more plaufible. The t th ufand yeare is not yet abfolued ; that -time once expired, the confummatron usuf}.needes be ; and the re1}oringof all things to a bet tel
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