In this BOOK is the FIGURE OF THE Dividing the Land of ISRAEL AMONG The Tribes of ISRAEL, (That is, among those that have the Faith of Israel) when their Captivity is returned; that is to say, after they are brought up out of their Graves, and that employed Men have cleansed the Land aforesaid of all the dead Bones of all the Warriors of the World: Wherein is the Figure of the bigness of the Priest's Portion, and Temple therein; And of the Levite's Portion; And of the City Jehovah Shammah, wherein Christ and his Saints shall reign 1000 years; And of the Ground for food for them that minister in the City, which shall be chosen out of all the Tribes of Israel; measured out by the square Root of 121; And of Prince Jesus his Portion, that shall be in the Land of Israel; And of the bigness of the City New Jerusalem, which cometh down from God out of Heaven when the 1000 years aforesaid are ended; which is known by the square Root of 120, as may be seen in the square Figure of 10000 Furlongs also herein included. And all or most of the Signs of Christ's coming explained in Verse; with other Mysteries, by the aforesaid Author.  
LONDON, Printed in the Year 1688.   

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The figure of the dividing of the land of Israel according to Ezekiels prophesy when the Captivity thereof shall be returned    

〈…〉,   city plan 
A Ground Platt of two Glorious-Cityes that shall be HEREAFTER  
The one Jehovah Shammah according to Ezek. 48.35. and Revel. 20.9  
The other New Jerusalem according to Revel. 21. u2.9.10 etc.  
Note that the Great lines in the Figure do signify the Gate-streets; The other lines which lead into the Gate-streets are Lesser streets: And all the white places do signify buildings, Courts, etc.  
A SQUARE OF 10000 FURLONGS  
O Daughter, take good heed, incline and give good ear, Thou must forget thy kindred all, and father's house most den●● And in the 16th. verse of the Singingpsalms it also saith thus:  
Instead of Parents left, (O Queen thy chance so stands) Thou shalt have Sons whom thou mayst set, as Princes in all I 〈◊〉 And they that think this Psalm to be meant of Christ, and his Church, because New Jerusalem is called the Bride, Lamb's wife, Rev. 21.9, 10. I think, have but little discerning in this matter. For if Prince Jesus give a gift of inheritance, Ezek. 45.7, 8. Ps. 16.10. to any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons, it shall be their posset by inheritance: But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, than it shall be his to the year of libe●● after, it shall return to the Prince, but his inheritance shall be his sons for them. Now this Prince, Expositors, 〈◊〉 modern and ancient, saith Greenhill in his Exposition of Ezekiel, is Prince Jesus, who is called King, and Prince, 〈◊〉 27.24, 25. one shepherd, vers. 24. John 10.16. And the servants of this Prince, are members of the Bride, the 〈◊〉 wife aforesaid, for they are faithful, Psal. 101.6, 7. but not sons, as aforesaid. For these sons which are to receive the Inheritance, prophesied by Ezekiel, chap. 46.16, 17, as aforesaid; He was not to see, till he had made his Soul an offering for sin. But the promise is, that when he had made his Soul an offering, etc. then he should see his seed, Isai. 53.10 Seeing therefore that Christ, the Head of the Body, the Church, Col. 1.18. shall have a wife and children, it cannot be denied, but that the Body, his Members, shall have wives and children; and to this agree the words of the Prophets. Psal. 128. Psal. 1.3. Ezek. 27.25, 26. And that they shall have houses, and lands, see Ezek. 45.1, 4, 5. chap. 48. Isai. 54.1, 3. chap. 45.18. Jer. 31.38, 40. And then will be fulfilled Christ's promises which he made in his Sermon in the Mount, and no good thing wanting to those that lead a godly life, Matth. 5.3, 8, 12. Psal. 34.10. And the Jews shall have a Temple to worship God in; Into which, no stranger uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel, saith the Lord God. And the Levites that are gone away far from him, when Israel went astray after their Idols, they shall also bear their iniquity: yet they shall be Ministers in the Temple, having charge at the gates of the house: They shall slay the burnt-offering, and the sacrifice for the people. But the Priests the Levites, the Sons of Zadock, that kept the charge in God's sanctuary, when the children of Israel went astray from him. They shall enter therein to offer unto God, the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God. Ezek. 44.9, 15. Now this that is written by Ezekiel, is not contradicted by Paul, 2 Cor. 3. For Paul doth not speak there of the Law being done away, but of Moses glory in the shining of his face being done away. And he there prefers the Gospel ministered by him and Timothy to the Saints of Corinth, which was made known by them, (not with Ink in Tables of Stone, as the Ten Commandments were written, which Moses was the Ministrator of) above the law, for that their Gospel was written in the fleshy tables of their hearts with the Spirit of the living God, they being enriched by him in all wisdom, utterance and knowledge; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in them, Mark 16.15, 17, 18. So that they came behind other Churches in no gift, Acts 1.3. 1 Cor. 1.1, 2, 5, 7. Of the like import also is the 7th. Chapter of the Hebrews, which prefers the Priesthood of Christ, before the Priesthood of Aaron. Because Christ was made a Priest with an Oath, but Aaron without an Oath. Christ, by reason of Eternal life, hath an unchangeable Priesthood; but Aaron, by reason of death, had not. Therefore (as in the 12th. verse) the Priesthood of Christ being put above (the Greek word is Metathesis) the Priesthood of Aaron. There is made of necessity a preferrence of the Law belonging to Christ's Priesthood, the new Covenant spoken of, chap. 8.18. which is above the Law belonging to Aaron's Priesthood? ver. 11. What shall I say more in confirmation of this Doctrine, Christ preached it up in his first Sermon in the Mount; Think not, said he, I am come to destroy the Law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil it by my doing and teaching. For I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle, shall in no-wise pass from the law to be observed, for (the Greek word is an) all the Law shall be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least Commandments, which the Law commandeth to be done, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them lest Commandments, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, said he, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees in teaching the Law, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard, said he, that it was said by them Scribes and Pharisees of old time, Thou shalt not kill: and whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgement. There was all that they taught about killing. But I say unto you, said Christ, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgement. Which is as much punishment as they taught for killing their brother without a cause. And whosoever shall say unto his brother without a cause, Racha shall be in danger of the counsel: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of Hell-fire. Therefore, said he, if thou bring thy gift to the Altar, to be offered by the Priests, and there remember'st that thy brother hath aught against thee: Leave there thy gift before the Altar, and go thy way: first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift, Matth. 5.1.17.24 And in his Sermon in the Temple, probably his last Sermon that he preached there, He said unto the multitude and his disciples, The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe of Moses' law, that observe and do, Matth. 23.1, 2, 3. I think I have spoken enough of this matter at this time, I therefore will give an answer to them that would know the Signs when the times of the restitution of all things shall begin.  

IF you would know of me some Signs, when Jesus Christ will come  
To the valley of Josaphat, and give to Men their doom.  
When Sion's City's built so large, as by me is set down;  
And that the Lord therein doth dwell, which is her chief renown.  
And that the Saints are divine born, do eat and drink the best:  
Adorned like Kings, do judge the World: with Seed by wives are blest.  
Then I'll you tell what I have read shall happen before then,  
War, Plague, Famine, Fear, Pit, and Snare, shall thin the World of Men.  
Heaven powers do shake, the Sun turns black, the Moon blood, and I find,  
Heaven Stars do fall like Figs from trees, shaked with a mighty Wind.  
The Mountains melt, Mount Ol'vet cleaves to East, West, North, and South,  
Such as fight Christ are killed by the two-edged sword of his Mouth.   

Before those glorious times begin, wherein the Saints always  
In holiness without fear serve, their God both night and day.   

The Mountains of Isr'el yield fruit, and food doth grow upon  
The hills, and dales, and valleys, and upon the Mount Zion.  
The Son of Strengths, with twelve times twelve thousand chaste ones appears,  
Whose presence in that Holy place, is gained by the tears  
Of those that weeping to Zion that Mount do ask the way,  
And there a Covenant with the Lord do make to last for ay.  
These hundred forty four thousand are men bought from the Earth,  
In whose mouths there was found no guile, and therefore they go forth.  
With the Lamb wheresoever he goes, and they have also right,  
To be before God's Throne, and there to serve him day and night.  
And many such are then in Heaven, when Rome shall be no more,  
And Hallelujahs sing to God for judging that great Whore.  
These first-fruit men are clothed with Robes long, pure, trim, white, and fine,  
Procured by the blood of God, and they as Stars do shine.  
But lo, a Dragon great and red doth wait, Christ to devour;  
But then the Son unto God's Throne is caught up that same hour.  
And then in Heaven a fight is fought by Mich'el and his Men,  
Who throw the Dragon down from thence, not to come there again.  
For neither Satan nor his Spirits are able to prevail,  
'Gainst Mich'el and his Angels bold, which make them for to quail.  
The field they win by the Lamb's blood, and by his Test'ment-word:  
Which makes them careless of their lives, not fearing Satan's sword.  
When as that Satan sees himself cast down upon the Earth,  
Then he against the Isr'elites in malice marcheth forth.  
But they from him do flee as fast, as Eagles with great wings;  
Then he on the Sea-sand doth stand, and thence a Sea-flood flings,  
After them in their flight, that so he may cause them be drowned,  
But his intent prevented is by a gulf in the ground.   

Before Jehovah Shammah's built, where Christ and Christians dwell,  
A thousand years 'fore New Salem comes down from Heaven I tell.  
A Nor-west King of Japhet's line, doth march and conquer Babel,  
Roma, Palestine, Egypt, and rules Phut, and Cush the Sable.  
Paras, Gomer, Mesheth, Tubal, the Togarmites', and Gaul,  
With all the Nations under Heaven upon this mighty Ball.   

The Princes of Europe burn Rome, the last Pope he is slain,  
Whose wondered at by the whole World, because he lives again.  
And ope● his mouth in blasphemies, and proves an angry rod,  
To those that will not worship him in that same house of God,  
That placed at Jerusalem is, the Holy City called,  
For in a part of that same house, as God he is installed.  
Where he doth sit and vaunt himself, above all Gods to be:  
And the false Prophet, fire and stars, makes t' come down from the Sky.  
And other Miracles he doth, the Nations to deceive,  
For he an Image makes to speak, that they a mark receive,  
In their right hand or else forehead, for therein doth he fix,  
To be seen the print of his name, Six hundred sixty six,  
To honour him as God it is, that killed was with sword,  
And so fall from the God of Gods, and Christ his Son and Word;  
If not, they killed must be with Sword, this is it that he saith,  
And then it will be manifest, who patience hath and faith.  
But whoso takes the mark of him, that killed was with sword,  
Shall drink the wine of God's fierce wrath, this is God's Angel's word.  
And from Gog's mouth goes like a Frog, doth Wonders not the least,  
For he over dried Euphrates brings, the Kingdoms of the East,  
Unto Jerus lem, not Rome, where Gog Magog will dwell,  
For to the first, not to the last, that Flood's an obstacle.  
And there, in Mauzim he adores a strange God, which his Sire,  
Ne'er knew with gold and precious stones, provoking God to ire,  
Whom he regards not, but Women he lusteth after much,  
And to ascend above the Stars, in heart his thoughts are such.  
And to change Times and Laws, his thoughts are fixed much upon,  
And he hath power to do so till three years and half be gone.  
In all which time he makes to cease the daily sacrifice,  
And heads an Host 'gainst Jesus Christ, when he comes from the Skies.  
O Lion raised from thy dark house, which hast the snorting horse,  
To stand against the chiefest Prince, this is not thy best course;  
For he with six Plagues will the strike, Blood, Pestilence, and Fire,  
Brimstone, Hailstones, and great Flood-rain, as tokens of his ire.  
Then dead Kings from the Earth shall speak this Speech to thee in scorn,  
How art thou fallen, O Lucifer, from Heaven, thou Son of Morn?  
Lo thus the fierce-looked Man that was so prudent, mighty, and,  
Would fight against the King of Kings, is broken without hand.  
After that he was grown great, in twenty three hundred days,  
Was beaten by the Cedar-branch, and so has lost the Bays.  
For he an Army hath that throw stones with a Sling full well,  
The Sword can't hurt them, and they are called, chosen, faithful.  
And then the Lord an Egypt-flood doth make there with broad streams,  
Wherein no Galley goes with Oars, nor Ship sails in those Leams.  
And then a whirlwind, with great rain, and hailstones fly so fa●●  
The tackle are loosed, that they cannot strengthen the Mast.  
There's an end of the Ships of Chetham, that afflict Ashur and that afflict Eber, etc.   

Two Prophets two and forty months oppose the Man of sin,  
Who is the eighth, and of the seventh sort, chiefest ruler in  
The City Rome, 'fore it is burnt, and wept over by Kings,  
Saying alas, when Heaven is glad, and Hallelujah sings.  
In Cuds they preach, where Christ our Lord Jesus was crucified;  
And their words true believed by few, by signs are justified:  
For if that any man will hurt them in their Prophecy,  
By fire that comes out of their mouth, thereof they're sure to die  
And they have power to hinder rain twelve hundred sixty days  
And to turn waters into blood if the World won't God praise  
And they also the Earth can smite with Plagues both great an● small,  
Whilst that Euphrate's Angels fight with head and tail and all.  
By their Horses, whose heads are like the heads of Lions fierce,  
Out of whose mouths go fire and smoke, and brimstone that 〈◊〉 pierce  
Those men that have not God's seal in their foreheads, 〈◊〉 that will  
Persist in thefts and sorceries, and the Saints seek to kill.  
An hour, a day, a month, a year, these Angel's power doth last,  
And they the third part of bad men into death's lap do cast.  
And five months' power 'fore this is given to Locusts for to sting  
Such wicked men with grievous pains, but not to death th●● bring,  
After the third part of the Sun is smit, and eke the Moon,  
And eke the Stars, that one third part of all their light is g●●.  
Which Plague succeeds the Wormwood-drink, that killeth many men,  
And the  Mountain cast i'th' Sea, precedeth that Pl●●●● then  
The third part of the Sea proves blood, that one in three do dy●  
As well in Ships, as those that in the bottom thereof lie.  
And before this fire Hail and Blood are cast upon the Earth,  
Which burn the third of trees and grass, and so gins a dunk  
Which doth increase to such a price, I think I reckon well;  
Barley is for a Noble sold, Wheat one pound a Bushel;  
And Oil proves scarce, and Wine proves scant, God's 〈◊〉 none can control;  
Because the Drunkard can't get Wine, he than gins to b●●●.   

When these Prophets have said and done what they ought s●● and do:  
Then he that was' live, dead, and lives, doth kill them like foe.  
And they dead are not put in Graves, that all men may th●● see;  
Who'f late were sad, but then are glad, 'cause from them th●● are free.   

John then and there doth prophesy 'fore Nations, Kings, 〈◊〉 People,  
In the Choir which his Reed laid out, and Pope-Gods 's in 〈◊〉 Steeple.  
For he that said what if I will, he tarry till I come,  
Will make it known he still doth live, and 'tis believed by s●●●  
For Heylin his Geography doth to this purpose say,  
John went alive into his Grave, and there himself did lay.  
As Page five hundred thirty seventh doth witness, where 〈◊〉 said  
Some learned Men do think he sleeps, and that he is not d●●●   

Now of the seven last Plagues I tell, that are to Angel's g●●●  
By one of the four Seraphims, chief Ministers in heaven;  
Whose office it is night and day the service to begin,  
In the Temple of that fashion Moses Temple was in.  
With a great Vessel made of Glass, and other things I count,  
Which Moses saw when he with God was on the bur●● Mount.  
But whilst the Angels take the Plagues, the strength of them is so,  
In the Temple where they are given, no Man can therein go.  
Then Moses, and Christ Jesus sing, and many more accord,  
Thou only art holy, O God, who fears not thee, O Lord.  
For then God with a great voice bids the seven Angels go forth,  
And pour the Vials of the wrath of God upon the Earth.  
The first comes then, and a noisome and grievous Sore doth fall  
Upon the Men that on the Man of Sin, as God do call.  
The second Vial makes the Sea as dead Man's blood to be,  
Then every living Soul doth die that is in the great Sea.  
The third Angel's Vial doth make waters to drink not good,  
For in the Fountains and Rivers, they're turned into Blood.  
The fourth Angel's Vial doth make the Sun scorch Men with fire,  
Yet they blaspheme the Name of God, and from Sin don't retire.  
The fifth Angel's Vial doth make the Pope-God's Kingdom dark;  
And pain doth make them gnaw their tongues, yet they goodwill not work.  
The sixth Angel's Vial doth make Euphrate's River dry,  
That the East Kings in Mageddon may be there instantly.  
The seventh Angel's Vial doth make a great Earthquake and Hail,  
That City's fall, and Talon stones hit men, yet they do rail.   

But before this, The Isr'elites and Jews shall ask the way  
To Palestine and Zion Hill, and be found there that day.  
When Magog's force, more swift than horse, shall make that Land to tremble,  
And some to run, for fear o'Gun, and i'th' desert assemble.  
For Magog grows exceeding great, as I do understand,  
Toward the South, and to the East, and to the pleasant Land.   

And when six thousand years are come since God the World did build;  
That the great Sabbath is begun, my Signs are all fulfilled.   
Which Verses I mean in the plain literal sense. And although Astronomers declare in their Books that one Star is bigger than all the Globe of Earth and Water, yet I believe them not. For, that John in his Revelation speaking of things that must be hereafter, Rev. 4.1. which he saw in a Vision in Heaven, when he was called up thither to that purpose, saith thus, That lo there was a great Earthquake, and the Sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the Moon became as blood, and the Stars of heaven fell unto the Earth, even as a Figtree casteth her green Figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together, and every Mountain and Island were moved out of their places. And the Kings of the earth, and the great Men, and the chief Captains, and the mighty Men, and every bondman, and every freeman hid themselves in the dens and rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hid us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand? Rev. 4.1, 2, 3. chap. 5.1, 6, 8. chap. 6.12, 17. which Scriptures in the plain literal sense plainly confute that opinion. And here I challenge any Astronomer whatsoever to render any other meaning hereof (if he can) than the plain literal meaning. But if he be not able, then let him believe what is therein written in the book that God gave to the Lamb, chap. 5.1, 7. chap. 6.12, 17. which agrees with Christ's words, Matth. 24.29, 30. Luke 21.25, 27. and with Isai. 13.10, 11. and Joel 2.31. And if so many Stars fall to the earth, as there fall green figs to the earth from a fig tree when she is shaken with a mighty wind, than multitudes of Stars will fall to the earth; and probably some of them which are of the first magnitude. For according to Bagwell, in his Mystery of Astronomy, which is highly praised by John Booker and five others, he tells us that a Star of the first or greatest magnitude, of which there are 15, that every one of them is 107 times bigger than all the Earth. Of the next degree 46, each of them 87 times bigger than all the Earth. Of the third sort 208, every one of them 22 times bigger, etc. Of the fourth sort 280, 54 times bigger, etc. Of the next degree 221, 36 times bigger, etc. And of the least sort 55, which are set down to be every one of them 88 (I suppose he meant 8) time's bigger than all the Earth. John Seller in his Atlas Coelestis, of the 6 degrees aforesaid saith thus of them, According to Ptolomy's computation, they amount to 1022. Pliny he saith, reckons them 1600, and the absolute number of all the Stars to be innumerable, at least by humane calculation. And according to Tycho, and Boyer, a Star of the first magnitude is (compared to the Earth) as 68 to 1. That is, 68 times bigger than the Earth. A Star of the second magnitude, is as 28½ to 1. The third sort for greatness, as 11 to 1. The fourth as 41 to 1. I suppose he meant as 4 to 1. The fifth as 1/18 to 1. And the sixth as ⅓ to 1. That is, three times bigger than the Earth. See I pray how they differ. Bagwell aforesaid saith thus also, that some other of the ordinary Stars are much bigger than the whole compass of the Earth, and that the least of all the Stars in that heaven, are bigger than the Moon. Believe him who will, but I will not. For I read in the Scripture of Truth, that God said let there be Lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. God then made two great Lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made also the stars, and set them in the firmament of heaven, Gen. 1.14, 15, 16, 17. Which foresaid Scripture enlighteneth my understanding to believe that the Sun or Moon are bigger than any of the Stars. And if there be such a number of Stars, and that they be so many Worlds as Cardinal Cusanus, and Jornandus Brunus affirm (This is set down in the Book (said to be made by Bishop Wilkins, to prove that 'tis probable, there may be another habitable World in the Moon) they will so cover the Earth, that the Kings of the Earth, etc. shall not need to say to the Rocks and Mountains, Fall on us, and hid us from the face of him that sitteth upon the Throne. When they are then hidden with so many Worlds, probably some of them 107 times bigger than all the Earth. And if their say be true, it will be impossible for the Kings of the Earth and their Armies to make war against Christ and his Armies, which they will do; as God's word declares. Rev. 19.9, 11, 19 And concerning the Sun's bigness, it is so great, as a great Astronomer told me at Greenwich, that it is impossible, if his words be true, that the Moon should shadow all the Sun from all the Earth at one time, as Tycho affirms it cannot do; but he is therein contradicted by the supposed Bishop aforesaid, who saith, That the Diameter of the Moon, for the most part, appears to be bigger than the Sun's; and also saith, That Tycho is therein singular, being opposed by Keplar, and all other Astronomers; I say it is impossible that she should totally eclipse the Sun, if she be less than the Earth 45 times, as Atlas Coelestis saith she is, and that the Sun is many Millions bigger than the Earth, as the Astronomer aforesaid saith he is.  
And now Countryman, what dost thou think of this bigness? The Astronomers laugh at thee for thinking that the Sun is no bigger about than thy Cartwheel: I will tell thee what I think; and that is, That it is not so much about as the Nave of the Wheel. But they tell us, that his distance proves him to be vastly bigger than the Earth: Why so, Countryman? there's no reason for them to say so; for Lights appear biggest when they are farthest off. I remember that the Fields men in Dullingham Field thought that they had seen a Scare-fire, that is, an House in flames of fire, when it was nothing else but a Candle shone through the glass upon the top of the Lord Gor●e's Chamber in Stechworth, a mile or two off. And thou mayest take notice, that the Sun shows bigger when he rises and sets, than at noon time of the day, when he is at the highest and nighest to us. And thou mayest take 〈◊〉 Hat, and prove this plainly. Suppose the hole of thy Hat wherein thou puttest thy head, doth signify the round Earth. If thou measurest from the place right against the knot of thy Hatband, to that part of the verge of the Hat that is nighest the knot, that part of verge is nearer the knot than the other part of the verge is that is farthest of from the knot: As for example; Suppose the hole in thy Hat be 8 Inches over, and the verge of thy Hat be 4. If thou measurest from the knot aforesaid, to that part of the brim that is nighest to it, it is but 4 Inches: but if thou measurest to the farthest part of the brim, it is 12. Now suppose the Earth to be round like a ball, as it is, if the Waters be measured with it, and that it is about 8 thousand English miles thick, as I shall afterwards demonstrate it is, if I have occasion to write again of this subject. The Sun must needs be 8 thousand miles farther off from thee when he is right under thy feet, than when he is right over thy head, as he doth so move in 12 hours' time to those that live under the equinoctial line, and the Sun must needs be 4000 miles nearer at high noonday when he is right over thy head, if he be but 10 miles off then, than when he is at rising or setting; And although there is not 4000 mile's difference to us that live in 52 latitude, yet there is about 2000 mile's difference. Now I speak of the Sun's being about 10 miles distant from the nearest place of the Earth to those; because I read in the Scriptures of Truth, That the whole Earth was of one language, even of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journied in the East Country, that they found a Plain in the land of Shinar (I remember that I have read of a Caliph of Babylon that drew a mighty great circle upon the Plain of Shinar, I cannot now spare time to look in my books to find it, that I may tell you the bigness thereof, because the Printer must have that I now write to day, and I must make all the hast I can to go into the Country a while to mind my husbandry there. Therefore bear with me a little, if the things I writ now be not well digested) and they dwelled there. And they said one to another, Go too, let us make brick, and burn the● thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they said, Go too, let us build us a City and 〈◊〉 Tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us solemnize us a name before we be divided abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the City and the Tower, which the children of men builded. And the Lord said Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language, and have begun to do this that they intended, neither will they desist from their advice, for they will complete those things they spoke of in the work. Gen. 11.1, 3, 7. if I hinder them not. Therefore the Lord did there confound their Language, and the name of the City therefore was called Babel, that is, i● words at length, Babylon, i. e. confusion. ver. 9 And now Astronomer, or whosoever thou be'st, that thinkest Heaven o●●● their heads is above 10 miles from the Plain of Shinar, show me any other meaning of this Scripture, if thou canst? 〈◊〉 not, I pray thee, the word of God be to thee (as it was to them whose wisdom God threatened to destroy) like a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this I pray thee: And he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed. Isai. 29.11. Take pains I pray, and open the seal, and mind more what it saith, than what the Coperni●●● say: For they would make thee believe that the World that thou livest upon, turns round 21600 miles in 24 hours and though thou shootest an Arrow upright, that will not leave thee, for that the Air that is about the Earth is attracted to thee, (I wonder how we come to have the Winds blow this way and that way then, seeing they allow●● no Coops (for Orbs they will not allow the Ptolomeans) to coop the Air to the Earth;) yea, they will make th●● believe, if thou wilt part with thy wits, that though thou be'st 47 degrees from a Star that is in the North or So●●● part of the Heavens, which are round, farther off at one time than they are at another; yet that Star is not elevate to the sight by thy approach towards it, because of the vast distance, as they tell thee, that is between thee and th●● Star. For that though thou be'st whirled upon the poles of the ecliptic from North to South, and so from So●● to North 31560207 miles round about the Sun, as Atlas Coelestis saith that the circuit of her Sphere is; yet thate not considerable, by reason of the vast distance of them Stars from the Earth, which as Atlas' Coelestis aforesaid 〈◊〉 thee is 142746428 Semidiameters of the Earth, and therefore the circumference of that Sphere is 3589053046●● miles. And so will they set thy wits at a distance from thee. But that they may not be believed, I will speak the distance that is betwixt them. Bagwell aforesaid saith, that the distance of the Sun from us is 4169955 〈◊〉 and ⅔. Thou seest he lays it down to ⅓ of a mile, as if he had measured it with a meet pole. And he saith 〈◊〉 that it is 166 times bigger than the Earth. The Astronomer aforesaid said many millions, that is (at least) thirty hundred thousand times bigger than all the Earth; and the other said 133 times. I'll tell you of a bigger wonder 〈◊〉 this, if their words be true; I have it in Atlas Coelestis, in the 5th. Table, showing the true magnitude of the 〈◊〉 Stars, that is, of one of the greatest, and one of the least, viz. Sirius, and Alcor, supposing the apparent Dia●● of Sirius to be 18″ of Alcor 4″, according to the distance in the Copernican Hypothesis, maintaing the Parallax 〈◊〉 by the Earth's motion not to exceed 10″, and imagining the Diameter of the Annual Orb to be such as upon 〈◊〉 Principles it is stated to be, according to Keplar. The Diameter of Sirius contains Diameters of the Earth 12●● Lo! hath he not out done the Astronomer of Greenwich? For Keplar, whom Bishop Wilkins admired for his Sk●● Astronomy, tells us, that Sirius his Diameter contains the Earth 12550 times; That is, the breadth of that round ●● is one hundred millions and four hundred thousands of miles. For 12550, multiplied by 8000, the Diameter of 〈◊〉 Earth produceth 100400000 aforesaid, and the circumference thereof is 315542857 miles. So that to go round a●● it at 20 miles the day, 'twill take 43225 years. And the distance of Sirius aforesaid is 142 millions 746 thousand 〈◊〉 Semidiameters of Earth, which is 570985712000 miles. What reason is there to believe any of them, by r●●● of the distance between them? It is, saith Bagwell, from the Earth to the Sun 4169955 miles, as aforesaid. ●●las Coelestis saith 5021896 miles; but Atlas Coelestis nor Bagwell do prove that the Sun is 4169955 miles from Earth that I can find in their books, Bagwell tells us therein, that the Diameter of the Earth is 6872 miles, 〈◊〉 that I allow; and he saith, she casteth a shadow 74602 miles: That I allow not; and he tells us moreover, 〈◊〉 above or beyond that shadow, there can be no darkness, but a continual light round about the World: If it be●● then the Earth cannot cause darkness to the Moon, as he saith it doth, because the Moon is distant from the E●●● as he saith in his book 160426 miles, and so out of the power of her shadow. I do not speak this as if I tho●● that the Earth being between the Moon and the Sun, is not the cause of her eclipse or darkness, but to show th●● that the Astronomers say is not Gospel. But how doth he prove that the Earth doth cast a shadow 74 02 〈◊〉 These Rules following, saith he, will give satisfaction. 1. Note, saith he, that the distance of the Sun fro● Earth is 4169955 miles. 2. The Diameter of the Earth is 6872 miles 3. The Sun's distance I divide by Earth's Diameter, and find the Quotient to be 614: and so many times the Diameter of the Earth reaches up 〈◊〉 Sun. 4. I proportion by the compass the Diameter of the Earth, in a figure the length of a Barley corn (or 〈◊〉 part of an Inch:) which being divided by 3, makes 204 Inches; and that being divided by 12, comes to 17●● 5. I choose a plain level just of that length, namely 17 Foot; upon which, at one end, I place the figure 〈◊〉 Earth; and at the other end thereof, I set a light in proportion to the Sun. 6. The same light being at th● 〈◊〉 from the figure of the Earth, makes the shadow thereof to be 11 times the length of the said Diameter. 7. I multiply the said Diameter, which is (as abovesaid) 6782 miles, by 11, and that produceth 74602 miles; which is the length of the said shadow, and may well cause so great a darkness as night itself to our sight, notwithstanding the greatness and glorious light of the Sun, as he saith. To this I reply, That if a plain level be chosen of 17 Foot, upon which, at one end, be placed the figure of the Earth inflamed almost round about, as the Moon is, (as a round ball will be that is hung over a brisk fire) as we may perceive it is at all times, especially when she is in the full. I say then, That that round figure casteth not a shadow 11 times the length of the Diameter of the figure, but only according to the Diameter of the figure not inflamed. And from hence I argue, that if the Moon were as far from the Earth as the Stars are, suppose 10, 20, 50, or 100 miles, she would not be darkened or eclipsed by the Earth at all; but it may be that her distance is but ⅔, or ¾ from the Earth, of their distance. If I be asked why I reckon it, or rather guests it to be but 10, 20, 50, or 100 miles from the Earth to the Stars, which Bagwell aforesaid saith is so far distant, that it is 116000000 of miles. And, if it were possible, he saith, that a Stone should be let fall from thence, of that bigness and weight, as it should be continually a falling 150 miles an hour, until it should fall to the Earth, it would be 88 years, 3 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 5 hours, and 20 minutes, falling down from thence to the Earth. Tycho Brahe saith, that to the starry Firmament is 14000 Semidiameters of the Earth, which is 56000000 miles, or thereabout, which is but half the distance. Albategnius saith 19000 Semidiameters; Keplar a Copernican 142746428 Semidiameters of the Earth, which is about 570985712000 miles, which is no less than 10196 times bigger than Tycho Brahe reckons it to be: There's a swinging Sum, Ten thousand one hundred ninety six times bigger than Tycho Brahe declares! Thomas Hill in his book of the Sphere, saith, That the Earth compared unto Heaven, is as a point: yea, so little in comparison, he saith, as a Pepper-corn unto a Circle of a thousand paces compass. For if the Earth, saith he, were of any sensible greatness, a man should not see the half of Heaven. And how greater the Earth should be, by so much the lesser should a man see the half of Heaven. I allow of what he saith, if the sight of our eye did not fly, as it doth, in a bowed line; but it doth, for that some years ago the Moon did rise totally eclipsed, when the Sun and Moon were both above the Horizon, and that the Moon began to recover her light at the lower part of her, being next our Horizon, and therefore under the Earth: And this was seen by myself, William Gorham of Cambridge, and J. Hands, (that made the book called Astronomia Christallina, who supposed the Earth to be the Centre of the World, and that it turned round about upon its own Axis every 24 hours, and by that means he supposed the starry Sky to be , and that the Planets did move from West to East upon the Poles of the Ecliptic; an opinion to me more probable than that of Copernicus, for by this opinion every 69 miles nearer the Pole raiseth a degree) which could not have been seen by us, if our sight had run to them in a straight line. And that which is to be seen at Greenwich Stairs puts the matter quite out of dispute concerning the sight of the eye: For if you stand upon the Garden-stairs, when the Tide is down, at a low water, and look over the River, you cannot see the  feeding in the Marsh, by reason that the bank of the River intercepts your sight; neither can you see the house wherein the Ferryman lives, nor the top of the Chimney when the Tide is down, as aforesaid: But when the Tide is up, than you may see the chimney, and the house, and the door of the house, which commonly stands open, and the ground upon which men walk when they go into the house, and the  feeding, yea a Dog may be seen then in the Marsh (if there be one) by them that stand upon the Stairs aforesaid, as I was told in the Boat by one of them that brought me from thence, when I had been there to make an observation concerning what was told me of this matter. Neither could Satan have shown Jesus upon an exceeding high Mountain, (he was too subtle to undertake to show the sight of them in a valley) all the Kingdoms of the World, and the glory of them, which he did do, Matth. 4.8. if Christ's sight did not then fly to those places in a bowed line. For probably the Mountain whereon he was set, was Mount Nebo, not far from the place where he was baptised, as others think. See for this Fuller's Pisgah Sight of Palestine, and that is not (nor any Mountain in Palestine) one mile high; and if he was shown all the Kingdoms aforesaid there in a straight line from his eye, it requires a higher Mountain to stand upon, than is needful to do it upon a Mountain that is midway of the Kingdoms aforesaid. Now the length of the Kingdoms aforesaid in that day, was from the East-Indian Ocean to the West of Spain. 1 Maccabees 1.3. chap. 8.1, 3, 4. Dan. 2.39, 40. chap. 7.23. which is 103 degrees at 69 miles to a degree, according to the part of the circle that is made upon the 10000 square Furlongs. And to see from thence to them two places aforesaid, the Mountain must be 2153 miles high, as may be seen in that Figure, or else he must look 430 miles under the Earth, according to that Figure. And thus is Hills' Argument aforesaid answered, or any Argument against my drawing the Circle of the Earth so big, and the Moon, Sun, and Stars so near it. I therefore conceive it is better to heed holy Scriptures, than to hearken to what they say: Now the Scriptures of Truth tell us, That God made all the Stars, Sun, and Moon, in one day. Gen. 1.14, 19 Whereas in making the Earth and Waters, with their appurtenances, he wrought part of the first day, all the third day, all the fifth day, and all the sixth day; as may be seen in that chapter. I conclude therefore, that they are not so many Worlds as Cardinal Cusanus and Jornandus did hold. And concerning them Lights aforesaid, Judg. 5.20. saith, That the Stars in their run fought against Sisera. And if they did run, they did not stand still, as the Copernicans affirm. Joshua knew that the Sun was in his race, and the Moon in her walkings, or else he would never have commanded them to stand still. Josh. 10.12. So that that day was as long as two, Eccles. 46.4. Hezekiah did believe that the Sun did move forward, and that he could go backward, according to the word of the Lord, Isa. 38.8 I therefore conclude that they do move the fixed Stars in Heaven, (which probably is one of the three Heavens, 2 Cor. 12.2.) run round about the Earth 366¼ times in one year, the Sun 365¼ (little more or less) either of them. Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury, according to the law that God hath given them, Psal. 148.6. Luna half so many times as there be Tides in a year; All of them, except the fixed Stars, move one while toward the North, and another while towards the South, sometimes nearer, and sometimes farther from us, as it were in a screw line, not compelled with Strings, as the Ancients did think, or with Wheels, or some such device to make Epicycles and Eccentricks, nor turned about by Angels, as others imagine, but as Fishes move in the waters, as I have read some suppose. The Jews did probably think that they were living creatures, because they burned incense to them. And Rev. 9.1, 2. tells us of a Star's sliding down to the Earth with the key of the bottomless pit, which he opened; and that doth strengthen my judgement that they are so. I did intent to have made Observations concerning the Figures of Copernicus, Tycho, and Ptolemy, showing the difference of these Astronomers positions of the Planets, and how that RANNEW's Figure is to be preferred before them: but I have not now time and Paper. But I will say thus much, That I bear no ill-will to any man's person, but I am troubled to see men's Writings make the Word of God of none effect in these matters, and so hinder men's believing the Scriptures in other things. Farewell courteous Reader.  
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