JW ".'■:•■ Ha* ■K M0* - rf *« * "* *<«**, PRINCETON, N. J. ft Collection of Puritan Literature. Division Section Number C- V Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Princeton Theological Seminary Library http://www.archive.org/details/sacredchronologiOOdrak Sacred Chronologic, Drawn by Scripture Evidence aUalong that vaft body of Ttme, (containing the fpace of almoft four thoufand Years; From the Creation of the WORLD, to the Pallion of our BlelTed SAVIOVR. By the help of which alone, fundry Difficult Places of W«" ^ unfolded: and the meaneft Capacity may im- prove that holy Record with abundance of delight and pro- fit • being enabled thereby to refer each feveral Hiftone and material PafTage therein contained to its proper Time and Date. '■Ry% V.^M.V i Pet. i. io, ii. 0* Which Salvation thel'ropbets have enquired and fetched diligently, J Who vrophefted of the Grace that Jbould come unto you. S Jch&TkZorlb*tm***ertfTim the Spirit of Chrifi Which W ZtlZdU fignifie, When it teflifed before-hand the firings of Chrifcandtbe glory that Jbould follow. LONDON, Printed by jMmes and Jofepb Mox**> for %A" Bn » sfi > atthc inntca y 4a no f the Wk in Popes-head Alley. ° 1648. My much Honoured Fa- To tie Worfbipfnll gJ ther Roger Drake, Efquire. My Honoured Uncle Tbo. Burnett , Efquire. Worshipfull and much Honoured, » T snot the def re of Protection (the commonTheam of ftich Ep-flles ) hut fence of dutie and the bond of gratitude puts me upon this Infcription* Truth needs no Fair on, Err our defe> ves none* To reave there* fore fuch complements ; My dejigne in this Prologue is a thankfull acknowledgement of that great debt brought upon me ~h e *ch of you , which 1 can never fatisfie. To the one I owe ( under the deareft C ^panl' on of my Life ; to both my Name and Tofterity. Vnworthy were I either of life or name 3 should I not endeavour (according 10 mypoore model) to perpetuate their being and memorie, to whom I am an e- ternal debtour for both. This only were motive enough to extort a public k acknowledgement. But I cannot fm 'other in filence an other Favour (shall 1 fay not inferiour to either of the former* Gods vleffing upon pcore and unworthy indeavours may make it farre fit- prioar) that in the I a ft great turne of my Life, wherein I feemed unto many afigne and a wonder, by relinquishing that Honourable Vrofejfon of Phyfick, to attend upon an higher Calling (though very mean inthe eyes of the World) neither of you did interpofeto di- vert me from that defigne, though carnal arguments were not want- ingto have made each of you improve your utmofi Ksiuihoritie for the ftijlingof fuch a motion inthe very birth. 1 am not ignorant under what extream contempt anddifcouragementthe ^Mini fiery lies atprefent : Nor can 1 be fo ftupidas not to apprehend how my own credit lies at the fake, as if Confcioufnes of inabilitie in the pra- ctice of Phjfc k made me dhrejfe to the function of the dM,inifter?e m F*r the anjwering of which cavil I am not very folic: tous, butwif li *Z l y Epi'ftlc Dedicatory fahli this point lay my credit at their feet who excel in that ficuL itiboik at home and ahead, and upon formrtrya! made, know be fl w hat to judo e. But certainly hadconfeioufnes of inahtlitie diverted me ^omPhi^, I should have hadbutvoy poor encouragement to the t%tivfterie\ which as it is far more difficult than Phyfick or any other Fa-ultie in its own nature, fo confidenng the infinite d.fcouragements both from without and wit bin, I had little ground to hope it would ■prove more eafie or advantages than the practice of Phyfick, efpe- ciailyfince this and other callings gain much credit and profit by faith- fulhes and diligence- but the JVliniJhry never loofes more with the world thanwhen its exercifed with mofl pains and faithfulnes. For t*> own part, as the former pompe andfpfendour of the C erg" did not intice me, fo the pre/ent outward bafemjf thereof doth not difi couraame; but fi/encing ail carnal Objefrons, Idefire to be faith- ful! unto )im that hath called me, and Jo to walk in this waighty tm- 'floyment, as -it lafi {though Gods mercy) I may give up a comfort a, 1>U account j for which I begge your earnefi Prayers, and reft, 7 our.duti&ill and loving Son from mv Study and Nephew, - &$$& K.ogekDrakb. THE PREFACE. S all the Promifes, Proprieties, Ceremonies* Genealogies, &c. hadafpecial reference unto lefm Chrifti as their body, center, end, acconi- plisher; fo doth this our C^ rono ^°V e -> which be- gins in the firft and ends in the fecond^^w?: To him we defire to conduct the Reader , and there to leave him, even with Chrift ; who is the only aim, hope, and reft of all true Believers. The defigne of the Authour was as much as may be, to find out Truth,for his own fatisfa&ion, and to clear up truth unto the mean- eft capacities, who by the help of this poor little peece, may in the Call; of an eye finde out almoft infinite Truths, which without the helpe of thefe parallel Tables will haply puzzle the beft Chronolo- gers, and be almoft impoffible for meaner capacities to collect by their own induftry. By this it will appear, that innumerable (and that moft folid) confequences may be enforced from Scripture grounds, which yet appear not in the furface of the Text,but may be digged out of the Mine of the Scriptures by pious ftudy and induftry. And in a word, By vertue of this helpe, thou maieft read the whole Scri- pture with abundance of delight and profit, as being able to referre every remarkable paffage to its proper time and Date. Who knows not how neceftary Chorografhj and Cbronologie are to ///- B ftcry> T H S P R F F A C S. ifw,fromwWch,if you abftiaS Time and Place, it feems to be wMfoutHeadorTail, and founds more like a Fa tie then a true Sanative., ... r . . For tliv better undemanding and impro% mg the enfuing Chrom- W,/ Tables, know that the A>™ or CompafjTe, by which wee fteere fin meafuring that valt boay of Time , from the Creation untoChtift ) is the lives of the Patriarchs, Kings and Gophers, as thev lv (ingle or parallel togethei : (which indeed are well filled, by learned *Ufc£ Til Dayflarojihe Narrating afterwards, the years of captivitie and Daniels feventy weeks of y eers , which we fully beleeve do expire with the death of Chi.fi. Every page contains feven weeks, that is nine and forty y ears , in which, where thelivesarefingleorthin, wenotethe focceffion of hern , two threeorfourtimesinthefame page." yearn fe^W*^ &&miVk is noted five times, one hundred and ^7» of his life being paft before any Patriarch is ,oyncd as parallel with him In the next columne to their lives, ( e.tner fingle or parallel) are noted the Sabaticat years, or the weeks of the word, the letter m beingafhxedtothetopof thecolume. and in the fam colume, J imme D diately under the letter [J] are | no ed Ac iubiliesof the Wotld; and afterwards of <;«*«, winch tun pa- all with the Jubilees'of the World. In the thnd co ume noted at the top with tt* letter [»T] you have the years of the World, ma Se d huS7nI twefyTe- of Gods patience to the old World fpokc of in Oe«. 6. ,. is noted page »j.m* diftinfl co- lume to page if. then follows a new AZra or Penod of time from the Flond, which hapned A»»« 1/57. and page j«. a New period of the Promife, and another of Cncumcifion in the feme page: andpage 4 5. is noted the ,£" of the LamborPaiTe- over : a 8 ndin the next page the A-ra of Canaan entred. Page S4 . is noted the £r* of Salomon, Temple: and page 55; *c Ira of the divif.on, when the Kingdom was rent horn Salomon in Rebotoham, and ten Tribes were given to lerotoam. All the c feven periods of time, (bef.dcs that of the Ow»/«» ■) are famous in Scipturej and are noud diftinclly in their fcveral column^ as THE PREFACE: they fall in one after another , being prefixed before the columncs ot the Patriarchs, &c Befides thofe three great jEraes or Periods, fo famous in prophane Cbrotologi^ namely, j£ra Olympic*) Vrbis condiu & Nal>oHdJ/artf, noted page 59. and 60. Thefe things being preraifed, it will not be difficult for the Rea- der to finde out, in what year of the World, or in what year of thofe famous Periods,any remarkable paflage fell out in Scripture : yet the better to help the Reader, I have given him 3 view of alto- gether in the enfuing draught. t^idam Setb Enos Kenan Mahalakel Jared Enech Methnfala* Lantech Noah Sbem tsfrpbaxad Selah Eber Teleg Rett Seruz Nabor Terab Abraham Ifaack Jacob jfofepb Void Mefis *3 # I05 70 6$ I62 65 187 182 502 loo 30 34 3° 3 2 3° 29 w 100 60 9l no 59 12° 130 2 35 3*5 46© 622 6tj 874 1056 ij 5 8 1658 r<593 1723 1757 1787 1819 1849 1878 2008 2108 2168 225P 2369 2428 2548 B 2 Joshuab rns tRSFJcs. i \ Joshunh Othniel Ehud and Shattigar ^Deborah (jideon Tolah J*" Jephtah Ihjan Sl&n Jbdon Sam/on Eli Samuel and Ssut David Solomon Vivifion Csptiviti* Daniels we$* Adde to theft the/Jw«/««" **"> mentioned in the Scripture. w , fromth fl ^»k«c FW— "Sfe'jgS v fromifi — -n»f 422-.— 207a Circumcijion - 29 — -- 2 1 °7 Vaffeover 4PI 2508 £>**«. 40 -.-2548 7/ potheticall fyllogifm .If Adam were an hundred and thirty yeers old when Seth was born, then he was an hundred and thirty five yeers old when ^was five yeers old. Adam was an hundred and thirty yeers old when Seth was born, Ergo, he was an hundred thirty and five years old when Seth was five yeers old. The minor or antecedent is exprefs in Scrip - * ture, THE PREFACE. ture, onely its noted under the phrafe of begetting; whence we may probably gueiTe, that -^4 dam begat at the beginning of his hundred and thirtieth year, and Seth was born about the end of the fame year,- and fo for the reft of the Patriarchs. Now to prove that all the perallel lives of the Patriarchs arefet right,fubftracl the yeers of the Son out of the Fathers age in the fame line, and the remainder will be the juft age of the Father, when he begat that Sonne. To take the former inftance of Lamechs birth, the entrance of (^anaan, the Foundation of SolomonsTempkj and the divifton or rending ofthetenTrihes from Rehoboam. For by virtue of thefe Tables you may in the caft of an eye know in what yeer of any of thefe periods,any memora- ble accident fell out; If you can but tell in what yeer of a Patri- arch, King, Pricft or Prophet it hapned. To inftance in lofiahs, PafTeover, which was kept in the eighteenth yeer of his reign -, at which time alio Ezekiehioxxxvy yeers begin,mentioned E^ekiei/\,6.. and end with the fourth or laft captivitie in the three and twentieth yeer of Nehnchadne^ar, Ier.^i, 30. fee page 62. f. you sball find it fell out three thoufand three hundred feventy and nine yeers from the Creation ; one thoufand feven hundred twentie and three yeers after the Floud y one thoufand three hundred and one yeer after the Promife 3 THE FREFJCS. fromife- one thoufand two hundred feventy and two yeers after the Circumcifion,- eight hundred feventy and one yeer after the PuTeover- eight huudred thirty and one yeers after the entrance into Canaan; three hundred ninety and one yeer after the founda- tion of the Temple; and three hundred fifty and five yeers after thedivifion. Mow to prove that lofiabs PalTeover hapned in thole very yeers of the fore-named periods,fubftraft the latter and letter number from the greater number immediately foregoing, and you have thejuft fpace of time between it and the Mrd immediately preceding, which mayafiure you they ftand right. To clear this by the former inftance, lofiahs PalTeover hapned three hundred fit- tie and five yeers after the divifion : this may be proved by ocular demonftrationfrom the feveral weeks of yeers, or ten yeers f pa- ces of each period reaching unto that date rightly obfervedand reckoned, and fo may all the reft: In which you may be further confirmed by fubftrafting the lelTer period out of the greater im- mediately fore-going, which leaves the juft diftance between thofe two periods: Subftraftthen three hundred fiftie and five out of three hundred ninetic and one, there reft thirtie fix yeers between the Temple and divifion. Again, fubftraft three hundred mnetie and one out of eight hundred thirty and one, there reft foure hun- dred and fourtie yeers between Canaan entred and the Temple founded. Yet further, fubftraft eight hundred thirty and one, out dfeishthundredfeventyandone, there reft fourty veers between Canaan entred and rheParfeover : and three hundred ninety and one out of eight hundred feventy and one, there reft four hunared and eighty yeers between the Pafchal Lamb and the femple foun- ded, i Kings 6.1. A very memorable period, and of great ufe in (acred Chronology. A^ain fubftraft eight hundred feventy and one out of one thou- fvnd two hundred feventy and t wo,there reft four hundred and one veers between Circumcifion and the PalTeover. And if yet you fubftraft one thoufand two hundred feventy and two, out or one thoufand three hundred and one, there reft twenty nine veers between the Promifc and Circumcifion. Subftraft yet fur- ther one thoufand three hundred and one, out of one thoufand r h e preface. feveh hundred twenty three, there reft toure hundred twenty two veers between the Rood and the Prom.fe made to Abraham Laft- fv (ubftraa one thouftnd feven hundred twenty three out of three h'mand three hundred feventy nine, there reft one _ houfand fix hapned Jlnno mundi, 1657- currant but I reckon hele great periods by compleat veers, whieh periods are oexadly noted m ev v pa-e,asupon ftria examination thou shalt find they failnot one yealn obfcrving their true diftances one from another Con- fit then, but the Table of thofe great periods fet down for thy eafe h" fecond page of the Preface, and then to prove the true fite of wi find he uftdiftance of yeas between each of them o pan- K obfe ved ; as will not onely difcover their truth^ but alfo breecf n thee abundance of delight and profit. And in truths but one leer in any of thefe parallels be fet falfe a 1 that fol ow after- it in the fame connexion, mud needs be falfe alto. By thcte Ta- bles thou mayeft perceive that Shim, <.Ar?ha X ad ***<*%*? (thou "h moft probably sbem) any of them might be *<**«- K every of them lived beyond the birth otldmael , and oneo -hem namely ^«' out-lived Ahrahambuff Now* W was no born till after Melchizedecknn Atfaham, and that Sab? (ome veers. In a word, almoft infinite varieties of Trdth C w th eafe Y be found out by the help of thefe Tables, which without them wouldbe very difficult for the bed Chronohgurs to fat On r ethiP° more I cannot pane without honourable mention "he three QcU, multiplied one by the other. The whole Pei.od pofe it to be a fohd body rf^J^^££feS length twenty eight, wnich is the circle oitiieMi n - , nineteen, which is the circle of the Moon or the ff to N*«g. Theth ckucfs fifteen, which is the circle of thelnd.a, m. Mute plv twentv eight the length, by nineteen the bred* ; arft» Sua of both thefe ^.ve hundred thirtie two, the PjWfi*! M THS PRCFACS. by fifteen the thicknefs, the total is fcven thoufand nine hundred and eighty, the Julian Period. The uie of it is excellent in Cbrono* logie\$ox by it alone being lightly (et, you may find out the yeer ohhe world, or any or allot the three fjeks: And the three Q- */*/ being given, you may find any yeer of the world, or of the Xmiiin Period. C^W^// r uppofeittobegin feven hundred ilxty fouryeers before the Creation. Thercafon is, becaufe they take it for granted, th it our Saviours Conception or Birth, hapned Anno/ as tne Y ma y ^ out me £ " ,pa&, by multiplying the golden Numberhy eleven,and dividing it by thirty the common age of the Moon, the remaineraiter di- vifion is the Epaff, and if nought remain then the Epaft is thirty. For example, This yeer of our Lord being 1646. the Gol- den Number is thuteen, which multiplyed by eleven, the Product is one hundred forty three, and this being divided by thirty, there reft twenty three, the Epaff for this yeer, according to the Julian Account. In like manner to find out the three Cycles ; Suppofe for prefent our Saviour was born Anns Mundi, $949> add to it the yeer of our Lord, 1 646. and 764. the date of the Julian Period be- fore the worlo began, the total is 6359. which yeer ot the Julian JVwWruns now parallel with the prefent yeer of our Lord, 1646. and with the prefent yeer of the World, 5595. according to the former fuppofition- Now to find out the three Cycles; Divide fix thoufand three hundred ninety five, the preient j«//4« Tenod by twenty eight, your reminder is three. Again, divide it by nine- teen, your remainder is thirteen : Once more divide it by fifteen, your remainder is fourteen ; fo that you have three for the C)^ e °f the THE P R EF AC S. theSunne; thirteen for the Cycle of the Moon, and fourteen for the£)^ of the lndittion this prefent yeer, according to the ordi- nary account. Now becaufe we conceive that our Saviour was born, An.Mundi 3919. ending, thirtie yeers fooner than the ordi- nary account ; we muft of necelTity either alter the three Cycles* or begin the date of the Julian "Period thirty yeers focner than the or. dinary Account, namely, four hundred ninety four yeers before the Creation: which as ltiseafie andfafe, foits warranted by the example of the bed Chronologers, who alter thed?te thereof, as themfelves think beft. Nor is there any abfurdirie in it (lo they keep to that date they fet themfelvesj fince this Period is not Nam* ral, but Artificial: which is one reafon 1 note it not in my Ckronii logical Tables. Let us then take it for granted,that our Saviour was born Anno 'Periodi Int. 4713. Let the yeer of our Saviours Birth be what it will in regard of the age oi the World ; whether 3949- or 3919. or any other, be Cure to fallen it and make it run parallel with the four thoufand (even hundred and thirteenth yeer of the Julian^Period, and the three <>/Ue which immediately followed our Saviours Births As alfo if you *vid€ that week of the World in whi< hour Saviour was bom, by T which makes a week orycers, the Quotient is (till eighty as before: whence you may certainly conclude they are all lightly let. The fame reaion is there of any veer week. 01 ]ultk* of the world, which by this means may in fike manner be proved w thnoleffe certainty then delight, by any who hath but f- much skill in <^lritkmetkkasvti\\ inablehimto add. iu L fti^a,m;ilTiplv,aV,d divide. This Urr-ejvrir.vbeiuff.cientforthenghtundeiltandingand ufeofthe Tables, the benefit whereof thou wilt better value by thy own experience inihe ftudy of typology, then I have either leifure or pleafure to inftrucl thee. What truth thou findft in them, own it as a beam of Light fent from the onely Fountain of Truth : what errors, excufe and pardon ihem in the Author, who did his honeft indeavour with no mean pains to find out Truth, though he neither can nor dare exempt himfelf from the common condition of man, namely to be fubjed to error: nor doth he defire thee any further to tiuft'him in this particular, then he is ;bletomake good from folid Stnpturc grounds every parcel and link of this Qhronoh- gical chain, from the firft to the fecond otf^w, with whom he leaves thee, as the onely center of reft and happinefs ; and who, after all the labours and fufferings of his people, will give them E- tcrnal Reft, and Immortal Glory. POSTSCRIPT. &V-j£5- B«3 POSTSCRIPT: JSSwSB€ Reader may haply think me overconfident in my offer- II B tions about Points fo intricate and controverfal : T* |||Mj? which 1 shall anfwer onely thus much, Fhfl, that the crowds ut>en which I buiid,upon feriom and impartial confederation, fiem to me irrefragable • befides the harmony of ali the Parcels one with another, an dtfpe daily the pe>fe* cenfent of the f event ie yeers captivity, andDwklsweeks with the weeks of the World. Second- ly, for the fuperjlmauve : if the foundation fail not, 1 have rea- fon to be confident thereof Jince its evident both by ocular *T)e- monftration, and by the common Principles of ^Arithmetics by which it may be proved a* firmly and clearly, as any fumme or total may by examiningthe particulars; yet do 1 not pre fume to bind any by my poore judgement, but he may by the help of the feT able s fol- low what date he pleafe, by adding or fubflr ailing the jufl diffe- rence ofyeers between his and my s£\Z- For example, He who be- leevs Abraham wo* bom when Terah woa feventie yeers old, Let him fubpaB fixtie yeers outofmydate */ Abrahams birth, and he hath the jufl yeer of the World, according to his own account. t^Again, he who beleevs the Promifewas made to Abraham, being feventy five yeers old, Let him add five yeers to my date of the World, and he hath his own account. So of the reft. Its Truth I feel, and shall be willing to learn of any, nor defire further to be credited than Truth shall bear me out* D I F- DIFFICVLTIES IN SACRED CHRONOLOGIE, Controverted bt the LEARNED- s Hem was neither Noahs firft-born nor youngcft Son ,as ap- pears by comparing gen. 9. 24. and 10. 21. He was born then when Noah was (""not five hundred but ) five hundred and two yeers old, as appears by the birth o^Arphaxad i (jftn.11.io. Noah was fix hundred and two yeers old two yeers after the Floud : At the fame time Shem was one hundred yeer old : fubftrucl: one hundred out of fix hundred and two, there reft five hundred and two, the juftage of Noah when Shem was born. ]aphet was the eldeft, Shem the fecond, and Cham rhe younoeft, (jenejis 9. 24. Onely Shem is firft named for dignity* Gwejis 2. ThePromifewasmadeto Abraham \n Vr' % and not in Ha» ran ; when he was feventy year old, and not feventy five.Th rt it was not in Bar an but in Vr, appears by Acls 7.2,3. that it was not when Abraham was feventy five yeer o!d, is as evident -, becaufe be was but feventy five yeers old at his departure from Haran^ where yet he dwelt till his Fathers death, rAffs 7. 4. Gen. 12. 4. Whence by the way, note that Abraham was born (not the feven- tieth, but; the hundred and thirtieth yeer otTerabat thefooneft. He was feventie five yeer old when Terah was two hundred and five yeer old at his death; fubftraft feventie five out of two Differences in f acred Chronol^ ore &c. two hundred and five, there reft an hundred and thiitic, thejuft age ofTerah when Abraham was born. *.Sjbraham then was not Teraks firft born, but is named fir ft fas shem was) for dignitie, gen.n. 26. Now to prove the Promife was made when Abra- ham was ft venrie yeers old; Note that the ljraelttes went out of figppt (precifely to a night) at the end of f< m 'hundred and thirtie veers £aW. 12.40,41. All which time Abraham and his feed fo- journed in ftra ge Lands, and were affli&ed. Foure hundred yeers of this his Teed was afojourner. gen. 15. 13. that is^lfaack andhisPofteritie.^^/7.^. Ifaack was born ( and fo began to fo- joumj when Abraham was an hundred yeers old. The four hun- dred yeers then began at the end of ^r^w/ hundredth yeer,and end at the going out of Egypt > at which time alfo the four hundred and thirty yeers expire ; and therefore muft begin thirtie yeers be- fore the foure hundred yeers, that is, thirtie yeers before uibra* ham was an hundred yeer old. Subftracl then thirtie out of an hun- dred, there reft feventic, thejuft age of Abraham when the Pio- mife was made to him in Vr : Whence its further evident the Pro- mife was made to him at Spring ; namely, the fourteenth or fif- teenth day of the Moneth Abib. They who begin the four hun- dred yeers at Isbmaels mocking, befides a plain errour, leave us at great uncertainties, fince there is no Scripture-evidence at all when Ishmael mockcM/aack ; and (uppofing (as they would) five yeer after lfaacks birth, it makes but a difference of five yeers, and the ALra of the Promife five yeers later. 3 . Concerning the .'Era or beginning of the Babjlonish cap- tivity. Note there were foure captivities : Firft, in Netu- chaJnemars firft yeer which concurred with the third and fourth yeer dijehoiakm, )er. 25.1. and Daniel 1 . 1 . The fecond, in the feventh yeer of Nebuchadne^ar. The third, in the eighteenth yeer of Nebuchadae^ar. The fourth in the twentic third yeer of Nebuchadnezzar, }er. 5 2. 28, 29, 30. The Nations were to ferve him, his fonne and his grand-child, ]er> 27. 7. That is, Nebuchad- nezzar, Evdmeyodach^nd Belshazzar. I fee not then why the firft captivitie should not begin the feventie yeers, at which time di- vers of the Prrnces, and part of thenoly VeflLls were carried to Babjlonj ^Differences in f acred Cbronologie, Sihlon Van. i. 2, 3. The deflation of lerufalem, Dan. 9. 2. then began ; as alfo of the whole land, and was at Laft accomplished unHcr the fourth captivity after the death of Gedaltah ■ fo that the whole land lay waftc not above fourty feven yeers, God m mercy fo moderating that great affliction of his people. They who begin thecaptivityatthe carrying away of lechonias, muftofnccefime conclude, that iome of the VeiTels and Prince, were held captive a- bove feventy yeas. And they who begin it not till the eleventh of Zedtkmh, oa likewife agJinft the words of the Prophet, j*r. 29.10. *fao foretold but feven.ie veers captivitie to them that Were carri- ed away with \ech*iat> of" which indeed about feven or eight yeers were paft when they came to Babylon Jer. 25. 1. and 27. 6, 7. and Daniel 1.1.3. , , . . f _ . , 4. Theercateft controverfie isaboutthe beginning of Darnel, ftvSftv weeks. Had not profane Chronology contradicted, none I think would have doubted but that the feventy weeks or yeers be- 2 an when the feventy yeers of captivity ended, but the great diffi- culty is how to reconcile facied and profane Chronology To me the Scripture feems tocarrie it ftrongly, that the feventy weeks immediately followed the feventy yeers : which method, ccord- ingiy I have followed in this C^nologie, and that upon thefe gl °i U . n From the aaeofthofe who (aw both Temples finished, Ez- ra 3. 12. compared with Haggai 2. 3. Suppofc they were but ten veer old Jzedekiah, captivity : add to that at lean toy two veers of the feventy yeers captivity , beginning eight yeers before, and to this an hundred and eleven yeers, from tbe firft x>f Orm, to the fixth of Darius A^W.when the fecond Temple was finished. Theft men muft be at lean an hundred eighty and three veers old, and fo exceed the age ot IJaack. } 2. Itappearsfurther from the age orchis Father^ was (lain by Nebuchadnezzar in the eleventh yecr ojl^hab, jiwiwent intoiptivitie, 1 fi*W* « 4 , ^ Su ^ZZ Ezra to be a poHfmma proles, and that he was earned qapt^e m Smothersbdlyintheeleventh controverted hj the Learned, him at leaft fixty two yeers old at the end of the captivitie • f and according to fonie fixty nine yeers old) after which he lived at leaft to the twentieth cf ^Artaxerxes zMnemon, as is evident by his be- ing prefent at the dedication of the wall Nehem. 12. 36. For the building whereof, Nehemiah got leave of this King in the twentieth yeer of his Reign, iV#/, to thefix'b of T), which yetby profane Chronologic is an hun- dred and twelve yeers. And in truth the Olympiads thcmfelves, by which Hiftorians meafured the raigns of their Kings, are much doubted and queftioned byVlutarch in the very beginning otnis Numap.60'B, 4. From the anfwerofthe Angel qabriel to Daniel, Dan.g.i^. Forfirft, the Angel coming to inftrud Daniel, certainly would fpeakto Daniels apprehenfion : But Daniel could underftand this command to build Jerufalem to proceed from no other King but Cyrus, being well acquainted with the Prophefie of Efaj about him /and had not Daniel undoubtedly underftood it thus 5 he might well have objected to qahriel. I underftand thus much indeed, that feventy weeks after the going forth of the commandment, cMeffias shall accomplish our redemption: but unielTc you fur- ther iatisfie me at what time precifely and from what King this De- cree shall be ifliied forth,I am little or nothing the wifer. To clear it by another fu ppofed inftaace 5 shouid theSpirit of God reveal to any that precifely 4 oyeers after the mine of Antichnft theTurk shall be deftroyecf.-unlcfs he be pleafed withal to reveal in what yeer Anti- chrift shall b&defti oyed ; I could neither inform my felf nor others direflly when the Turk shall he mind. So it was in this cafe. The An°el came not to deceive Daniel, but to inform him. Secondly, to move from the Text that this muft needs be the command of t> rul The words in the original run thus. Underftand that f torn the goino forth of the word to caufe to return and to build Jcruialem, Iv.fhfe woid, a* in Eipbil fignifies properly to caufe to re- turn. From hence thfnlaiguc; That Decree which at once com- manded the captivity to return and to build leru/alem, that and that controverted by the Learned* bhelybe^m Daniels feventy weeks. But there was ho Decree of any Kin", but onelyofO^ that at once commanded both thefe. £^,norindeed could £U»/we differ from them occafionally in the raigns of the Kings,who fome- timesraigna few yeers with their Fathers, fometimes begin not their raign till after their Fathers deceafe fas in the ChronoUgie it felf, we shall make plainly appear, and defire no further to be credi- ted,then we bring Scripture grounds for every branch of our Chro- nology) I fay, thefe five eight and two yeers being added together, make fifteen yeers, which being fubftracled from fixtie, there reft fourtie and five yeers, the juft difference between their and our date of the Babylonish Captivitie: The Captivitie falling with us, five andfourty yeers later then with them, and their date of our Saviours death falling thirty yeers later then with us, Both which being added togerher, make up 7 5. yeers, the fpace froin the firft yeer of Q^/hisuniverfal Monarchic, and the 10. yeer oi^Artax- erxes Longlmanus, from which yeer to the death of Chrift, they reckoii49o. yeers, and others reckon from they, yeer of the fame o4 rt axe rxes, "who they fuppofe gave Commitfion to NdemJ- ah 3 in the twentieth yeer of his Raign, Nehemiah, 2. 6. 8. " '- That Difficulties in f acred Chronologit. Our return ~7 iTheir re- f.om capti-S34*>6Jturn 45. vitie. An.M. >j lyeersfbne Thence to the \ then ours 1 o of yirta.y-i . To the 1 o erxes Lcngi-\ ^ oi Artax- manus. erx. Lor,?. © Thence to the 2 end of Da»i-^ 4-9° '342 1 74 >45>c To the end of Daniels, 70. week?. _ Total ] 3 9 S 5 Out of which, fubftracl 3 yeers and a half from Daniels laft half There refts 3982. the yeer of the World , in which our Savi- fufFered ac- Our rcturne from captivi- ty. An. M. Thence to the" 6. of 'Darius Nsthus. ■34^6 no Their return 4$.? yecrs fbonerS 3421, then ours. ^ Thence to the? fixthofZ>4- y no. rins Nttkus.\ uor els weeks, 3 Total "J 4030 About which yeer or 4027. (if the half week be fubftraded) our Saviour fuffered, if their account be week right : and therefore to make it even with our account, fubftracl: the former 75. which contain the 45. yeers diffe-jcording to Ckro rence about the cap-.nologers , being tivitie, and 30. yeers juft thirtie yeere difference , about later then our ac- Chrifts death, and count, which fals three yeers and ajout 39? 1 ' half for the lad half week.There reft juft 3952.beingtheyeer of .the world, in which according to us our Savior differ- ed. According to fbmethef*^. yeer:, should reach but to the feventh yeer of Artaxerxes Long rhence to the? end cf 490 niels weeks, ^j Total ] 4066 About which time,, they who beginne Daniels weeks at the 6. of 'Darius, should make the definition of lernftlem-, to fall out ; or at leaft tAnno Mundi^o 6 3 .currant; (uppofing it hapned in the midft of Daniels laft week, but t he for- mer in. being fubftra- 6ted ( the parcels thereof are 45. yeers Jifferencc,ofthe cap- ivitie. 30. yeers diffe- rence, of the death of Chrift, and 36. yeers Thence to the? end of Dani-> 490. els 70. weeks, j Total ] 4021. Out of which fiibftrad 3. yeers & a half forDrffl.lalt halfweek.there refts4© 1 8 currant, in which yeer of the world Chrift should fuffcr according to them who beginDaniels weeks at the lixth of 'Darius, when the Temple was fi- nishedjout ofwhich4oi8 (ubftrad 66. yeers, (the parcels whereof are3o.y. difference about Chrifts death, and 3 6. yeers after, to the deftru&ion of le- rufalem) There refts 3952. the juft yeer of the world in which Chrift fuffered ifter Chrifts'death tolaccording to our account. :he deftrudion of Ie-\ With them, if 'Daniels rufalem ) together,|weeks immediatly fuccee- with gyeers andahalfjdedthe captivity, our Sa- fer the laft half week'viour should differ An.m. 3907. ("as is evident by adding 490. to 3420.) that is. 4 3. yeer fonerthen world, in\vhich cur] our date j if you fubftrad from 39 10. being the to- tal, the 3. yeers and a halt foiDaniels laft half-week That as before. There refts juft 3952. the yeer of the iaviour fuftcred, cording to our count. ac- ac- csntro'verted hy tht Ledfned. that is the twentieth yeere of his raignc with his father, Uit the tenth yeer of his foleraigae. '.But how improbable this opinion is lettheimpartiall Reader judge, and that becaufe Artax. Longim, was an enemy to the lews and hindrcd the building of the Temple £^44.7.23. which to make good I argue thus. There were but three Kings of Perfia who had the name Q^^Artaxerxes. Firfl o/- hafieras the Husband of Queen Befler^ mentioned Ezra 4.. 6. and in the book of Hefler: he was the fame with Xerxes: with this mans raigne the date ofDattiels weeks cannot agree. Secondly In the twelfth yeeer of his raigne he plotted with Hamatt the mine of the ]ews, He/ier^.S. Thirdly, heraigned not full twenty one veers j whereas its apparent that he who gave Nebemiab commif- iionraigned at lead thirty two yeers, Neb. 13.6. Thefecondwas ^Artaxerxes Loagi matins fonne to Xerxes mentioned as before, £*. 4. 7-bywhofe means the building of the Temple was hundred till the raignc of Darius Notbm,Ezra 4. 23 . 24. But before his dayes(I mean before his twentieth yeer) who gave Nebemiab commifsion the Temple was builded,as is evident, Ak£. <5. 10, 1 1. and 13 .4.9. where exprelte mention is made both of the Temple, and the chambers of Gods houfe. And therefore Nehemiabs commifsion muft needs be given by Artaxerxes Mnemon who was the third of that name, and together with Darius Netbxsfiis father was pioufly affected towards the lews and furthered the building of theTemple, Ezra 6, 14. and after the Temple was built, hegavecommfflion to Ezra in the feventh yeare of his raigne, E%ra 7. 1. and laftlyto Nebemiab in the twentieth yeer of his raigne. Its remarkable of this man as well as ofQrus that he gave, Firft com million to build the Temple, Ezra 6. 14. Secondly to return part of the captivity Ezra 7.13. Thirdly to build the City i\A^/^/(according to them) 1 1 1. Thence to the end of Daniels controverted by the Learned* Daniels feventy weeks [490] [Totall 4066] out of which Tub- ftract for three yeeers and a half of Daniels laft week ,• and thirty fix yeers from the death of Chrift to the deftru&ion oijerufaiemfm all 39. and a half] There refts juft [4027Jcurrant,theyeere in which according to their fupputation our Saviour] Chrift should fuffer , which yet they affirm to be Anno Mundi 3982. The main ground of which errourarifeth from the miftaking of the true date of A- brahamsb'uth, as I have formerly shewed. Another errour arifing from the miftake of Abrahams birth, &c.is the mifdating of the three famous JfLraes or Periids of time, narnely, *ra olj/mpica, Vrhis condita^ and ftcps of their beginning out of the Old Teftament. Firft therefore, 1 we muft take for granted that thofe three great *raes or periods fall together within the fpacc of thirty ycers. Secondly, that they fall within fuch a precife diftance the one from the other, that he who kiiuwsoneofthem, may infallibly find out the other two. Thefe x wo poftuUt* being granted (which I think both fides cannot but aflent unto ) I shall pitch upon *ra NabunaJ/aris the lajft period of the three ; of which there is very probable evidence in the Old Te- ftamentby comparing profane hiftory with facred : and if profane hiftorians reckon the raignes of their Kings right.the evidence is ir- vefragable.Note then that Berodach^atitt Merodacb BaUdan^mcn* tioncd 2 Kings 20.1 2: and !?/*>' 39. 1. in the feventhyeer of bis rule over Babylon* fent Letters and a prefent unto He^ekiab. The occa- lion whereof was the wonder of the Sunnes going ten degrees backwards for the confirmation of Heqekiahs faith about his recovery. Now the Babylonians being great Aftronomers could not but take efpeciall notice of the Sunnes retrograde motion : and withallhearingthatit was upon occafion of He^ekiabs ficknelle, as may appear by comparing 2 Kings 20 1 2. with 2 C^ r01tt 3 2 «3 l • he could not but fend Letters to Hezekiah to enquire about the ground thereof. Thefe Letters were fent in the feventh yeere of Merodacb Baladansmgno. which ran parallel with the fifteenth of Hezekiah^ as is evident by the promife of adding fifteen yeers to He* hiahs life, 2 Kings 20.6. which fifteen yeers being fabftra<5ted from twenty nine yeers., the fpace of Be^ekiahs raigne, 2 Kin* 18.2. leave juft fourteen yeers, in which fourteenth yeer therefore both Hezekiabs recovery ,and the ruine of Sennacherib fell out •, Cod de- livering both the King, Church and State in the fame yeer, 2 Kin. 18. i3.accoidingtohispromife2 KJn.io.6* Let it be granted then that the fifteenth of Hezekiah and the feventh of ^Herodach Ba- Udun ran parallel. The great queftion now is how long before this time«tfr<* Nabonafaris began.Before this Baladax>therc raigned over Babylon, 1)M*hs , altas Dilulorus five yeers ; before him Chin^rus and "Toms, five yeers ; before them Najfius twoyeers; and before this laft, NabonaflZr raigned fourteen yeers, who in the beginning of his raigne did infiitute this Mpocha, commonly called ndiu being fix yeers before*that, falls out Anno Mundi 3 25 2 in the fifth yeer of jotbam : and *ra Ipbiti or Qlimpea (beginning 24 yeers before *ra Vrbis QonditaJhWs in with the thirty third o$Vzziak 3 Anno Mundi \ 228. according to my account; the difference of both which accounts that it may the more eafily be obfer ved, I have fet them both toge- ther in the eniuing draught, t Olympic*. ~2 Bird 24. 3d. Suppofe then it were but eight at night when Chrift appeared, its apparent that it was two houres after Sun- let ( though others thinke it was farre later J and fo could be no part of the firft day of the week, if the firft day of the weeke end at Sun-fet. But lohn {ayes expreflely that the Evening of the fi>ft day of the weeke Chrift appeared^ lohn 20. 19. whereas the firft'dayof the weeke was paft two houres before, with them who begin the firft day at Sun-fet. Nor can this argument be .folidly evaded by thofe who fay 3 that here John reckoned the day after the Roman account from mid-night to mid-night. For firft , ( granting the Romanes reckoned fb ) it will be a very hard taske for them to prove that John intended here to follow their accunt , and F we difficulties in /acred Bhronologk^ we an as cafily deny [it as they affirm it. Secondly, as feare fcattcred the Apoftles at our Saviours death , fo probably confcience of the Lords Day made them keepe Co late together , ( otherwife they had been fafer from the Jewes danger , being a- fundcr than together, which was the ground they now shut the doores upon themfelves y John 20. 19.) This is further confirmed by their meeting again the Lords Day following, ver/e 26. as alfo by -Pauls preaching on the firft day of the weeke till midnight , Afts 20. 7. And though his Sermon might be longer then or- dinary , becaufe he was to leave the Difciples of T r o- a s yet the ground of his preaching that evening was the confcience of the Lords Day, nor did hee probably begin his Sermon till after the celebration of the Lords Supper, ? which in thofe times was at night, 1 Cor. 1 u 2o y 2i .and after Supper fin imitation of our Saviour) though this cuftome hath ceafed with us, for the moft part (as vrell as dipping in Baptijme ) becaufe of the in- conveniency of meeting fo late, efpecially in many pla- ces where the people live further off from the place of AlTembly. And I think either place or time doth binde, unlefse there be an exprefsc command for it* Otherwife we should be bound to receive the Lords Supper in an upper roome, as well as after Sup- per. By all hath beene (aid appears very probably, that the latter as well as the former Evening is part of the Chriftian Sabbath. Let who will interpret John to fpeak after the Roman account, I muft crave liberty to adhere to that rather then the Jewish account, efpe- cially flnce 'Paul himfelf hath confirmed this interpre- tation by his own practice, *~A&. 20. 7. And why ihc time of the day may not be altered as well as the ctntroverted hy the Learned* the (day it felf : and that by the fame authority, I fee no cleare evidence to the contrary. Nor fee I any convincing ftrength in that mainc argument fo much infilled upon. The firft day of the weeke is the Chriftian Sab- bath j Evening and morning are the firft day of the week; Srgo, Evening and morning are the Chriftian Sabbath. For firft grant the whole Syllogifme, it makes not againft us. For fince the Evening is put for night and the morning for day, our Chriftian Sabbath Sill begins at Evening if it begin at midnight, and fo ftill Evening and morning are the Chriftian Sab- bath. Secondly, to the dMajor we anfwer that the denomination is taken a <^Hajore parte, and there- fore the Chriftian Sabbath is truly faid to be the firft day of the weeke, and contra-, becaufe the greateft part of it ! falls on the firft day of the week. Thirdly, we deny the Minor if affirmed de p?*- fente as the termes carry it' in their fence. We deny not but before Chtifts Refur region the day began in the Evening about Sun-fet*but our Saviour after his Refiirrec"lion altered the houre of the day , as well as the day of the week, as hath beene proved. Nor do I conceive it fuchan inconvenience to affirme that the fix or nine houres from the end of the Jewish to the beginning of the firft Chriftian Sabbath were fuffered to lapfe and be vacant upon fo ex- traordinary an occafion, and every Lords Day after- wards to begin at midnight or the morning watch : and upon this ground r l'aul might preach till Mid- night, though he difcourfed afterwaids till break of Day, A&s 20. F 2 Nor ^Difficulties in /acred Chronologie, Nor need it feeme more ftrangc, that Chrift should change the houre of' the day, than the day of the wecke. If the beginning of the yccre was changed upon a farre lefle occafion, Exodus 12. 2. why may not the beginning of the day bee chan- ged upon a farre greater occafion.' That Chrift might change it no man doubts ; that he did change it, we have proved by Scripture evidence drawne from two pregnant examples. Onely, I leave it in medio to every indifferent mans judgement and con- feience, whether the Lords day begin at Sun fet, or midnight , or at the precifc minute of our Saviours Refurre&ion which is uncertain : onely with this p ro- z-i/o that at what houre foever we begin it , it muft laft the fpace of twenty foure houres, namely, a naturall day as well as any other day. In this as well as other cafes where we want cleare Scripture evidence , we muft fuffer every man to enjoy his owne judgement and confeience fo he be not a Stickler to make a Party and cauie Divifions in the Church. What a madneile were it for me becaufe I judge the Lords day begins in the Everting or mid- night,to feparate from thofe who differ from me in opinion, and make a Church onely of fuch as are of my judge- ment : I wish this were nor too frequent in thefe times amongft Gods owne People. Otherw'ifc how comes it to paffe that one Church cannot hold us be- caufe we differ fn judgement about Church Govern- ment; efpecially when no fubfeription is urged , nor approbation of the Presbyterial Government: and upon the like conditions wee would not ftickc to joyne with them , were their way ftablished by Authority as ours is/ The bare fetling under a Government is no appro- bation of it 5 Co we fubferibe not to it nor be forced under "mntnverted by the Learned* under it to praclife any thing, contrary to our coftfci- ences. But I rauft crave pardon for this digreflion,' which I ventured upon the rather to perfwade fome erring Brother into the way , and that if poiTibly we mbht all unite in one heart and one way, though haply we cannot in one judgement , nor one principle : and I mull: confefle this whole feclion doth not fo pro- perly belong to a difcourfe of Chronology ,• yet it may give further occaflon to the godly learned to feeke out the truth in this as well as in other parti- culars: which the Lord give us all grace to doe in love, gentlenelTe, and humility. Since I have tranfgrefsed thus farre I thinke my felfe bound to adde this caution , lead weake or ill af- fected perfonsj should hence take occafion to cur- talize the Lords day, and faciilegioufly to robbe him of his due, beginning the Lords day haply at Sun-rifing 3 and ending it at Sun-fet. i wish too many did not worfe, fpending the day it felfe in finne and vanity , as if that of all dayes in the week were a time of liccntioufneiTe. The Jewes formerly had a faying , Let my Souh be in their cafe who begin the S abb aih with them of the ValleYj and end it -with them in the Mountain e: intimating thereby that they thought them in the heft condition who begin the Sabbath fooneil,and end it lateft. When-evei the Lords Day begins, certainly an antecedent preparation is neceitary, and they doe much wrong their owne fouls, who by bufymgtbcmfelves in worldly imployments late over night do indiipofe them- felves for the Lords Day following., and are fitter to deep then to attend upon Gods fervice. Yet if I might prefume to gueile, t should be apt to thinke, that either at mid-night or about three of the clock in the morning the Lords day begins. The Difficulties In f acred ChronologU\ The Fiift of thefe I ground upon "Taut* preach* irig till midnight, Acts 20. 7. probably becaufe the Lords Day lafted (o long, which feemes the mere likely becaufe in the fame verfe he (ayes he was to depart on the morrow, which morrow in verfe 11. is interpreted to be breake of day, and this all know is before Sunne-rifing : where then I pray should that morrow begin unlelTe it were immediately after midnight > or about three in the morning/ And at this time we reckon the day to begin at midnight as is apparent by the houres of the day> for with us the twelfth houre of the day is at noone> but with the Jews it was at Sun-fet. If we fay the Lords day begins about three in the morning it may well agree with the time of our Saviours Refurre&ion who is exprelTely faid to rife if** that is in the fourth and laft watch of the night, as is evident by Mark 16. 9. compared with Mark 13. 35. for the night was divided into twelve letter houres and foure watches , each con- taining three houres a piece. In like fort the day had Twelve lelTer and foure greater houres. Thus our Saviour is faid to be crucified about the fixth houre Luke 23. 44. but about the third houre Mark 15. 25. that is about twelve of the clockc which ended the fixth lelTer houre and be- gan the third greater houre : fc that between three and fix in the morning our Saviour rofe , and there- fore fome make this time of his Refurre&ion to be the beginning of the Lords day , as well as his Re- furre&ion to°be the ground or occafion of the Lords Day. But thefe differences may eafily be reconciled by charity. 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W. u 529 J 459 354 I 264 ,194 I 129 99o 460 355 2d5 195 j 130 r /K«. 59° 591 461 356 266 196 131 592 462 357 267 197 132 593 463 358 268 198 133 594 464 359 269 199 134 595 596 465 360 270 271 200 201 135 136 85 _ a 466 361 597 467 362 272 202 137 598 468 363 273 203 138 599 469 364 274 204 139 600 470 365 275 205 140 600 601 471 $66 275 206 141 ^? 602 (So 3 472 473 307 277 207 142 — 35 ■fojr. 368 278 208 M3 604 474 369 279 209 144 605 475 370 280 210 145 606 476 371 281 211 146 607 477 372 282 212 147 6c 8 478 373 283 213 148 609 610 479 480 374 284_ E£l_ 149 150 — 87 610 37 5 285 215 611 481 376 285 216 151 612 482 377 287 217 152 ■ 1 6 4** 37* H »4 702 572 4*7 377 307 242 80 15 Jubi. 703 573 468 378 308 243 81 16 704 574 4*9 379 309 244 82 17 705 575 470 380 310 245 83 18 706* 57* 471 38I 311 246 84 19 707 708 577 578 472 473 582 383 312 313 247__ 248 85 86 20 IOI 21 709 589 474 384 314 249 87 , 22 710 580 475, 385 315 250 88 23 710 7U 5?i 47* 386 31* 251 89 24 712 582 477 387 3i7 252 90 25 713 5*3 478 388 318 253 9i 26 714 715 584 585 479 480 389 390 319 320 254 255 92 •7 102 93 28 716 586 481 391 321 25* 94 29 717 587 482 392 322 257 95 3° 718 588 483 393 323 258 9* 3i 719 589 484 394 324 259 97 32 720 590 485 395 1325 260 98 33 720 721 722 591 592 486 487 396 1326 261 262 99 100 34 35 x ±l. j 397 i3 2 7 723 593 488 1398 J228 263 101 3* 724 594 489 J399 [329 264 102 37 f-» i7^5 595 490 j 4 00 .330 265 103 38 726 59* 491 Uci '331 266 104 39 727 597 492 402 I332 267 105 40 728 598 493 J403 '333 494 '4°4 334 268 269 106 41 104 729 599 107 42 730 6co 495 405 ,335 270 ic8 43 1 731 60 1 496, 406 I336 271 109 44 732 \602 497 407 '337 272 no 45 733 603 I498 '408 338 273 III 4* 734 604-499 I409 ,339 274 112 47 735 605 $co 410 340 275 113 48 105 H Ada* 10 Adam 735 737 738 73? 740 741 7_4_2_ 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 , 7 5o 751 752 753- 7 54 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 7*3 7*4 7*5 7** 7*7 768 169 770 771 772 773 774 775 77* 777 Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. 77« 77P 780 781 782 783 784 Soft. ,606 60-7 608 6c9 dio 611 612 613 614 *I5 616 *17 618 619 620. 621 622 623 624 62$ 626 627 628 629 630 621 62,2 *33 *34 *35 *37 638 *39 640 641 642 *43 *44 *45 645 *47 ' 648 *49 65o 651 652 *53 *54 Enos. 501 502 503 504 505 506 S07 508 509 5io $11 5i2 513 5i4 5i5 5i6 517 5i8 5i9 520 5_2I_ 522 523 524 525 525 527 528 529 53° 531 532 533 534 53* 537 538 539 540 54i 542 c 43 544 545 54* 547 548 549 Kena ,4*1 412 413 4*4 415 416 J4J7 '418 J4I9 420 J421 422 J423 .424_ 425 42* 427 428 429 43° 43 1 .Mahallared Enoc- Merh. S. W. 432 433 434 435 43* 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 44* 447 448 449 450 45i 452 453 454 455 45* 457 458 '459 34 1 276 114 | 49 , 15 342 277 ii5 5o jut,. 343 278 116 5i 344 279 117 52 345 280 118 53 740 34* 281 119 54 347 •348 282 28~3 120 55 106 121 5* 1349 284 122 57 j35o 285 123 58 35i 286 124 59 352 287 125 60 353 288 126 61 354 355 289 127 62 107 290 128 *3 750 35* 291 129 *4 15 3,57 292 130 *5 Jubi. 358 293 131 66 359 294 132 67 360 295 133 68 3* 1 3*2 , 29(5 134 69 108 ! , 297~ 135 70 3*3 298 13* 71 3*4 299 137 72 3*5 500 138 73 760 2.66 301 139 74 2,61 302 140 75- 368 3*9 303 304 141 76 109 , 142 77 370 305 *43 7« 37i 306 144 79 372 307 M5 80 373 308 146 81 374 309 147 82 37_5_ 37* 310 148 83 no ,770 311 149 84 377 312 i5o 85 378 313 151 86 379 3'4 152 87 380 3i5 H3 88 381 316 154 bp 382 383 317 318 155 90 in 156 9i 384 319 157 92 780 385 320 158 93 386 321 159 94 2,87 322 160 95 388 323 161 9* V i*9 324. 1*2 97 112 S Adam Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. XI Adam.Seth. 6$6 557 785 785 787 788 789 790 7pr_ 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 805" 807 808 809 810 811 8l2_ '815 814 815 8i5 817 818 819, 820 821 822 823 824 825 l£l 827 828 829 830 831 832 83.J 658 659 660 661 662 662, 664 66$ 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 6j_$_ 676 677 78 67 9 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 6$ i 692 697, 694 69$ 696 691 698 699 700 701 702 705 Enos-Kaia.Mahal.Iared.Enoc. Meth. S. W. 552 553 554 555 m 557 558 559 550 561 $62 $64 565 $66 $67 568 569 $7o_ $71 572 573 574 575 575 577 578 579 58o 58i 582 583 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 SS-3 46b 390 325 163 ! 98 \6 461 391 326 164 i 99 Jubi. 462 392 327 165 100 ' 45-3 393 328 1 66 IOI 464 394 329 167 102 465 395 330 i53 103 790 465 457" 395 331 ji59 104 113 397 332 170 105 458 398 333 171 io5 469 399 334 172 107 470 400 335 173 108 47i 401 33 \ 854 855' 724 ■ — — 725 619 529 459 460 394_ 395 232 233 167 i58~ 122 620 53° 8 5 d 726 621 53* 461 39<> 234 169 857 727 622 532 462 397 235 170 858 728 623 533 463 398 236 171 859 ' 729 624 534 464 399 237 172 860 730 625 53 '-> 465 400 238 173 860 861 862 731 732 626 627 537 4^5 J401 239 240 £74_ 175 123 467 402 863 733 628 538 468 403 241 175 864- 734 629 539 459 404 242 177 865 735 5;o 540 470 405 243- 178 866 736 631 54 1 471 406 244 179 85 7 737 632 542 472 407 245 180 858 86? 7 5 _8_ 739 133 543 544 473 408 246 247 181 182 124 474 409 870 740 635 545 475 410 248 183 870 871 74 1 036 545 476 411 249 184 872 742 637 547 477 412 250 185 873 - 743 638 548 478 413 251 186 874 744 639 549 479 414 252 187 Lmech 875 ^45 640 55o 480 481 4*5; 416 253 2 54 188 189 1 O 20a 125 - 876 746 641 55i 877 747 642 552 482 4*7 255 190 2 N> 878 748 643 553 483 418 256 191 4" 879 749 544 554 484 419 - ?57 192 5 880 750 645 55* 485 420 258 193 6 I ?8o 88j 751 752 646 55* 486 421 259 194 7 - 282 ^47 557 487 422 260 195. 8 126 Sacred CHROTSI'OLOGIE. *3 Adam.Seth. Enos.Kena. Mahal. Iared-Enoch.McthXamec. S. 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'607 ]6c8 \6o9 $10 61 1 612 6 11- 614 61$ 616 617 618 619 620 6*21 '622 !^ 2 3 624 (52$ 626 627 l5a8~ 629 630 631 632 633 *2±. 535 636 6-H 638 639 640 641 537 5*8 539 540 541 542 543 ^5 44 545 545 547 548 549 55o 472 473 474 47 5 476 477 478 [ 479 480 1 732 733 734 735 735 '37 738 739 740 741 742 '43 744 745 642 643 644 64$ 646 55i 552 553 554 555 55^ 557_ 558 559 $60 55i 552 5^3 5^4_ 55$ $66 567 $63 $69 570 57i 572 57 3 574 57 5 575 647 577 548 J S78 6\9 !579 55o |58o 6$i 581 652 '582 653 |5«3 654 |584 555 k S8$ 310 311 312 ?!3 3'4 3i5 3Jl 317 318 319 2 1320 483 321 484 322 485 323 486 j'324 487 488 489 49o 491 49JL 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 00 oi 02 03 04 o5 o6_ 07 08 09 10 II 12 325 325 327 328 329 33° 331 332 333 334 335 335 33 7_ 338 339 340 34i 342 343 344_ 345 346 347 348 349 350 352 353 354 *55 356 357 353 Meth 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 255 257 258_ 259 260 261 2*2 263 264 255 255" 267 268 269 270 271 272 Lamec. S. 1 58 19 59 J* bl 60 6\ 62 53 64 W. 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 29* J 34 65 66 67 63 99 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 1L 19 80 81 82 83 84 8± 86 87 88 89 90 9i 92 •93 94 95 96 91 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 ! io5 940 1 135 136 950 19 Jubi. 137 '" 960 138 970 139 ! 140 980 Sethi Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. ** Seth. Enos.Kena.MaliaI.Iared.Enoch.Meth.Umec. S. W. 851 1A6 6 $6 586 521 ,359 ,294 107 | 20 852 747 657 587 $22 360 361 295 108 \Jubi. 853 748 658 588 523 296 T09 854 749 t$9 589 524 362 297 no 855 750 660 1 $90 525 3*3 298 III 855 75i 661 i 59i 526 364 299 112 857 |7J2_ 858 753 662 : 592 527 3*5 300 301 II3 ™4~ 141 663 j 593 528 859 7 54 664 594 529 302 ii5 860 1755 665 595 53° 303 116 990 861 755 M6 596 53i 304 117 862 757 667 597 532 305 118 863 7 58 66B 598 533 306 119 864 86$ 759 669 599 534 535 307 308 120 142 760 670 600 121 866 75i 671 601 53* 309 122 867 762 672 602 537 310 123 868 76-3 673 603 538 311 124 869 7*4 674 604 539 312 125 870 7*5 675 605 540 313 12-6 IOCO i 871 872 166 161 676 677 606 607 54i 314 315 127 143 20 Jvbi. 542 128 873 168 678 608 543 316 129 874 I69 679 609 544 317 130 87 5 77o 680 610 545 318 131 876- 771 981 611 546 319 132 877 772 682 612 547 320 133 878 72JL 683 613 548 321 134 ifao" '879 774 684 614 549 322 135 880 775 685 615 55o 323 136 10 10 881 77* 686 616 551 324 137 882 777 687 617 552 325 138 883 778 688 618 553 326 139 884 779 689 619 554 327 140 |885 J836 780 781 690 691 620 62T 555 328 141 i45 556 329" 142 887 782 692 622 557 330 143 \888 783 693 623 558 331 144 J889 784 ,890 785 694 624 559 332 M5 695 625- 560 333 146 1020 891 ,78* {96 626 56i 334 147 892 1787 893 ;788 697 627 562 335 148 146 698 ?a8~ 5*3 335 149 894 ,789 (99 629 564 337 150 '895 |7fo 700 630 565 338 i5i 896 ,751 701 631 566 339 152 897 j/£2 702 632 * 6 l 340 153 898 753 703 633 568 j 34i i54 Z99 9H 704 634 569 342 J55 '147 }'■ Enoch was a moft emi- nent man for hoi inefle. Had this priviledge with E/ias, nor to fee death, Gen- $. 22, 23. Heb.n.S. He was the feventh from ■Adamaad a Prophet, Jude verfe 14. was born about the beginning, and Was tranfated at the end of a Sabbarkal year : and Iaftly, lived on earth juft as many years as there are dayes in the vear. Serh. All the ten Patriarchs from Adam to Noah, were Progenitors of all Nations, as well as of our Lord and Saviour Jetus Chnft : to as the ftockofmankindeafcendedin a ftraight line for ten Generations toge- ther, and about the 500th year of Noah began to fpread it felf into .three £ reatbranchesinNoahsthreeSons,whowerethe Fathers of all Nations . fall the reft of the World but only thofe four with their wives being drownedin theFloud, nor any other childe of Noah recorded in holy writ but only thofe three.) *.«»:-• , ^ n ^^ „„ Its a very probable and charitable opinion of Divines, that all the na- tural Progenitors of the Lord Jefus were faved. Noah was contemporary with i5.Patnarchs,d.before,and p. alter tLe Floud : He dyed two years before the birth of Abraham . 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Sacred CBRONOLOGIE. Ken**. *9 Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. Kcna. 852 85? 854 855 855 857 8 5 8_ 859 860 861 862 863 864 8 6$ 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 8/5 876 877 8r8 8 7 _p 880" 881 882 883 884 885 88 6_ 887 888 889 890 8yi 892 8w? 894 895 895 897 898 899 Mahal IaredMeth.Lamcc.Noah- S. W. ,7 17 ,490 718 '491 719 .492 720 -493 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 (793 794 \13A 797 798 ;798 1734 800 735 I801 '730 802 737 721 J494 722 495 723 . 496 724 A91 725 498 726 '499 727 ;5co 728 j$oi 729 !$o2 7Joj5o5__ 731 '504 732 l5o$ 733 |5o6 507 508 509 510 803 804 805 ■738 i739 740 806 J741 807 .742 808 743 809 J744_ 810 '745 811 812 8,3 814 174* •747 748 1749 8i5 !75o 816 j7ji_ '752 817 818 819 53 i7 54 820 J755 821 756 822 '757 «23_ J7j8_. 824 "759 825 825 827 828 829 1760 761 J762 763 900 830 76$ 511 512 513 514 515 5i<* ILL 518 519 §20 521 522 523 $24 525 :$26 |527 |528 529 530 $11 532 535 534 53 5 536 537 538 3°3 1 304 |3°5 5306 '307 1308 ;3°9 310 311 312 313 3H 3i5 JU£ '317 318 319 •320 321 322 33- 324 32$ 326 327 328 329 33° 331 :332 ,333 334 .335 336 137 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 i 350 35i 121 24 122 Jubi. 123 124 J180 125 126 127 169 128 129 130 131 132 133 I34 135 170 1190 13* 137 I38 139 140 P41 j*7i . 142 143 144 I2CO 135 24 146 'fubi. H7 148 ,172 149 150 151 152 153 154 1210 155 173 _ 156 157 JI58 JI59 160 161 J162 174 J163 m 1 1220 Ji6$ |i66 • m . ii68 ii69 175 Kenan. Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. 20 Kena 901 902 903 904 9°k 907 908 909 910 Mahal I831 J832 ,833 | 8 34 |8 3 5 '.836 \ 8 JL I858 I839 840 841 842 843 844. "845 846 847 848 849 850 *JL "852 353 854 855 856 857 8_58_ "859 860 861 862 865 864 86j_ ' 266 807 868 869 870 871 8y_2 873^ 874 873 Bl6 Iared 766 767 768 169 77o 771 772- 279 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 785 784 785 7-8 6_ 787 788 789 790 791 792 7PB_ 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 8C9 810 811 812 813 814 Meth 539 $40 54i 542 543 544 HJ 546 547 548 549 55o 55i 553 554 555 555 557 558 560 56i 5*2 5*3 5^4 565 $66_ $6i 568 569 570 57i 572 573_ 574 575 576 577 578 579 53o_ 581 582 583 584 58$ 586 587 Lamec .Noah . S. W. 352 170 25 353 171 Jubi. 354 172 355 173 355 *74 1230 357 175 358_ 359 176 177 176 360 178 361 17 362 l8o 363 l8l 3*4 182 355 366 183 . i8 4 ~ 127 1240 367 185 368 186 369 187 370 188 371 189 372 373 19.9. 191 178 374 192 375 193 T:6 194 1250 377 195 25 378 196 Jubi. 379 380 197 198 179 381 199 382 200 383 201 384 202 335 203 386 387 2 °4_ 205 180 1260 388 205 339, 207 390 208 391 209 392 2IC 393_ 211 181 394 7]1 395 213 396 214 1270 3?7 215 3?8 216 399 217 400 218 182 Mahal- 21 Sacred CHRQNOLOG1E. Mahal 880 881 3 884 885 886 .Iared.MtthXaitiec.Noah. S. W- 887 888 889 800 1 892 B ll 894 895 81$ 816 817 818 819 820 82I_ 822 823 588 589 590 4°3 59 1 401 402 404 592 4°5 593 ,406 594 427 595 i4°8 596 4o9 824 1597 i4i° 411 412 413 414 825 |598 826 599 827 J600 828 '601 829 ;602 830 '603 831 [604. 832 ,605 833 \6q6 834 !<5o7 835 ! 6o8 836 609 837 :<5io 838 611 839 .612 840 !<5i3 841 ,614 "842 '61$ 843" 61^ 844 617 845 618 846 619 847 620 848 621 849 622 8$o 623 851 624 852 ',625 853 626 8 $4 1627 855 '62B $$6 '629 ? 57 63 858 djl 8$9 ',632 8 do ;633 861 634 862 63$ 863 63$ 4i5 416 4n 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 235 237 238 239 26 Jubl 240 241 242 243 244 24$ 429 430 43i 432 433 434 435 43<> 437 438 439 440 441 442_ 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 247 248 249 2$0 251 252 253 [254 255 \2S6 257 258 259 260 184 1280 1 1290 135 186 1300 26 Jubi. 187 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 188 189 1310 1320 Iafcd. Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. 22 Iared.MethXamec.Noah . S. W. 864 637 450 268 27 865 638 45i %6 9 Jubi. 866 639 452 270 867 640 45? 271 868 80 641 454 272 642 455 273 ' 870 871 643 644 456 457 274 190 1330 275 872 64$ 458 276 873 646 459 277 874 647 460 278 375 648 461 279 876 649 462 280 877 650 463. 464 281 282 191 878 65i 879 652 465 283 880 653 466 284 1340 881 654 [467 285 882 655 468 286 883 656 469 287 884 657 47o 288 289 192 885 658 471 886 659 [472 290 887 660 473 291 888 661 474 292 889 662 47 5 293 890 663 476 294 1350 891 664 477 478. 59JL 296 193. 27 892 J665 jubi. 893 \666 479 297 894 667 480 298 895 '668 481 2 99 896 '669 482 300 897 '670 483 301 898 ! 67i 484 §02 303" 194 899 672 485 9co 673 w 304 1360 901 674 487 305 902 605 488 206 905 676 489 307 904 677 49^ 308 905 678 {491 3_o9_ 195 906 679 492 310 907 680 493 311 908 681 494 312 9C9 682 495 313 • 910 683 496 3*4 1570] 9ii 684 497 315 i 91a 6S5 l 4 c8 316 196 1 Iared. 23 Sacred CHR QNOLOGIE. Iared.Meth.Lamec.Noah. S m 913 914 91$ 916 917 918 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 687 688 689 690 691 6c 2 694 69$ 696 697 698 69.9 499 13*7 500 J318 5oi 319 $02 |3 2 ° 503 3- 1 504 J322 927 506 507 508 §09 510 511 $12 70c 928 70I 929 7°2 930 7°3 931 7°4 932 7°5 513 515 5i6 517 518 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 33 339 28 Jubi, 197 11380 198 1390 Iared- Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. 24 Iared.Meth.LamecNoah. S. w. 962 >735 548 355 29 ' 73* 737 738 739 740 549 55o 55i 552 553 367 358 3*9 37c 371 fubi. * 74i 742 554 555 372 37 3 204 743 55* 374 1430 744 557 375 745 558 37* 74* 559 377 747 5*o 37« 748 5*i 379 380 20$ 749 |5*2 750 [563 381 751 |5*4 382 752 5*5 3 0, 3 753 15*5 384 1440 7 54 **7 385 755 755 558 5*9 385 206 387 7 57 570 388 7 58 |57i 389 7 59 572 390 7*0 573 391 7*i i 574 392 7*2 *7 5 393 207 7*3 57* 394 J1450 7*4 577 395 29 7*5 578 395 \Jubi. 166 579 397 7*7 580 398 768 58i 399 7*9 582 400 208 _ \ 770 583 401 771 584 402 772 585 403 773 586 404 1450 774 587 405 ■ 775 588 405 77* 777 589 59o 407 408 209 778 591 409 119 592 410 780 593 411 781 594 412 - 782 595 413 ! 783 59* I414 210 1470 K Noah. *5 Merh.Lamec.Noah- S- 597 1415 %*. 598 416 JWl 509 417 5oo '418 601 I419 \6o2 420 Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. w. ^790 ; 6o3 421 211 <5c4 '422 [792 [605 '423 I793 P 0< ^ ,4 2 4 794 i^°7 425 795 608 420 f96 \ 6o 9 !427 I 797 ; 6io 4_28_ [798 |6ii [429 1709 012 '430 {8co |6i3» 431 [801 <5i4 ;43 2 ,802 \6i$ ,433 S803 \6i6 434 [804 _ 6J_7_ 43l_ [805 ,6i2 ^435 !3o6 '619 ! 437 807 '620 '438 J808 621 J439 |8c9 622 '440 ;3!o '623 ;44i lii_ 62 4 ' 442 812 625 443 813 '626 '444 814 527 !445 815 628 '445 816 6:9 447 817 630 44 8 8 18_ 631 449_ 819 632 450 (820 (f 33 451 ,821 635 '452 [822 635 '453 823 636 454 824 637 4 55 €25_ 6^8_ 4_5J_ 826 639 457 827 640 458 828 641 J459 829 642 460 830 643 461 831 644 462 832 645 4<53 212 1480 1.190 13 214 1 500 30 Jubi. 15 2l6 151 1217 Meth .833 834 835 835 837 838 8$9_ 840 841 842 843 844 845 8 4jL 847 848 849 850 851 852 i 8 Jl_ '854 855 S$6 857 858 8$o 86o_ 861 862 863 864 865 266 267 868 869 870 871 '872 '873 874 87 5~ 876 877 |878 [879 >88o 881 Lamcc.Noah.CXX.Shem. S. 66,6 647 648 649 '650 6Si 652_ 653" 654 ,65 5 656 |657 658 659_ '65o \66\ 662 663 664 66$ 4H 465 466 467 469 47" 471 472 473 474 47 5 476 477 478" 479 480 481 482 483 of Iliad J pa 666 J4 8 4. 667 i^',8 5 CXXi 663 669 670 671 672 673_ 674 67 5 676 677 678 679 68o_ 681 682 683 684 5 685 63 7_ 688 689 690 591 £92 593 694 486 487 488 489 490 l49j_ 492 493 494 495 49° 497 4£l 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 10 20 506 5°7 [508 t 5c9 '510 5ii 512 [Juki 218 1520 1 530 219 - 154° 221 Shcm 1 2 3 30 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 i5 5o; 31 I I Jubi. 222 1560 223 J *24 Meth. . , Sacred Q H R O N O L O G I E. 2.6 890 891 892 893 894 *9J_ 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903" 904 905 905 907 908 909 910 j9H 912* 913 914 915 916 917 73° 918 731 919 732 920 733 921 734 922 ,735 923 73<* P24 ,737 925 J73 8 926 ,739 927 ,740 928.741 929 742 93° 743 .702 J703 |7°4 ,705 |7o5 ,707 7 08 'j7°9~ .710 .712 t?*3 :7i4 ■ 71$ ,715 ,'717 7i8 i7ip ,720 721 722 723" 724 725 726 727 728 729 514 515 516 517 5i8 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 ?2? 527" 528 529 530 531 ,32 5j3_ i534 535 53* 537 |538 !539 .'540 |S4»- 542 ,545 544 545 546 547 548 549- 55o j 55i 552 553 554 555 555 557 558 559 $60 $61 II 12 \ju5i. *3 40 5o 60 70 80 14 15 16 _LZ_ 18 19 20 21 22 23 ,,% 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 3<5 37 38 39 40 4i 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 5o 5i ,52 53 54 55 $6 57 58 $9 32 1570 Meth.LamccNoah.CX3C.Shem. S. IV. 882 I695 513 883 ',696 884 697 885 [698 886 '699 887 700 888 701 225 226 i58o 227 1590 '^HS-iit ^ sofG °d s patience to the old world began .(.Gen. tf. 3 with the 480. year of Noahs Jifc. * That Sjiein was born, not when Noah was 500. but 502. year old, See in the ?«£ tace : compare Gen. 5. 32. and 11. iq. 228 229 ] \ 11600 I 32 Jubi. 230 i,5io '231 K 2 Al«h. -, ^^firftmonetb Ecclefiaftical, namely Abib or Kifimj- wftrtrs r \ ] Tnarf oar March: t beirfeventhu,onethEthamm orTifr^our fot the nioft part our Mar cu i earbeeinnin r> att he Verna^ as theirCi- September, (their Ecclefiaftical jear bee inning ^ ^ vil year at the Autumnal JjgS^^SOTffi^ Gregorian fc- venthofMarch and September j .But ^7^^^ Q( |ober, be- rh*V\t*Ah*wa& Aflflo Mufti* ferfy* k the beginrtingbf the year, \ Vhf.7 davofthefecondmoneth,thatls aboutotir 2; or 28.% namely tts 17. day otttieieco ^ of £ cccmber ofOSober, Gen 7 11. ™Y*2to for forty dayes together: that is ^^^^^^f'^^^^^^^Ltn^ dafes of the third moneth. ^^^^^efitBe^. or >l, of Oftobe*, at the Autumnal C H iiilinftifflljrmnwow| c6nt3itied pirt f two of our ^oby^io^ was th P rea{bn rf their months,and aiwaye ithim [ °^' ^ eec ^ d t Hrte6nth month add&l [Veader] or [Mehfis MM ^fl~ addd one day toflte after the ^a^nte of y^ ( *W ^ < c*r year every Leap year) ""P^^^toBw wWs- a year contains iheirtwelvemonths ^Pft^^i^S^ tfSuoh & Flood fell ordinarily 3 tf j.andfomctinics ffJ/Fi J£8k hti $. i6 S 6, becauk outprecifely ^^^J^ffj^^, « >s evident by this year runs F^ 1 ^ 1 ^ f X ftn otvary : bat this dHferett* **jr thetext 3 Gen.7.ii.fromw b KhI^ eafilvbereconciled.SuppofeNoahs60o^De a r w k^tvthe comp/ffeof Noahs earsOt thew ijWfaiftXfc but that the 600 year o N«hto"« theWer end it Sdh tf h d . vf ^fWfo' ftSSSS* oat ft. the *** of Noahs ,l r7 whfehh fl&cleat againft the Scripture^.,.**, ttk I thought ^W^SE^yhSette^ufekhk^Ui**^^ ve^SSSyetba ^^»™»^%XthSii!tly(^*^M latnech dyed five years before his f athet Methu W*. ^ Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. V Vleth.Lamec Noah.CXX-ShemFloud.Arph. s. FT. 93i ' 932 5 44 '45 5^2 563 60 61 33 Jubi. 933 ' 146 564 62 1620 934 " '47 565 63 935 r 48 566 64 935 ' ?49 567 05 937 ' 938 ' ISO ?5i 568 569 66 61 232 939 ' 752 570 9° 68 940 753 571 &9 941 754 572 70 942 755 l 573 7i 943 75^ ; 574 72 k 1630 944 94~5 7 57 5-7 5 73 ! ^46 753" 576 74 | 94<> |7 59 577 75 I 947 j7 638 639 i 136 3_6_ 37 J_£ 242 2 9 " >•* ______ . 137 640 138 40 3 8 I - ^4i \*19 39 it «* 642 JI40 40 1 L 643 ! 4i 4* 644 i 142 42 7 I7CO 645 6*6 143 M4 43 , 2A2 34 -» 44 9~ Jubi. 647 '45 45 • _. 643 146 46 11 649 147 47 12 650 148 5o 4* '3 651 149 49 4 4 652 *53 150 50 I5__244 -51 51 \6 654 «52 52 il 18 1710 655 153 53 656 »54 54 19 65" '55 55 20 658 156 56 21 659 157 57 22 245 NOih. Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. 2 9 Noah.Shem- FIoud.Arph. Selah. EberPeleg. A \7. 660 158 60 58 23 2.5 661 159 59 24 - 7«^. 662 160 60 25 66$ 161 6\ 25 664. 152 62 27 I720 66$ I63 (1 28 666 667 164 165 6\ 6$ 29 30 Ebty ■ 246 662 166 66 3* 1 $ 669 167 ft . 32 2 ? 670 168 70 68 33 3 r 671 169 6p 34 4 ^ 572 170 70 35 5 • 111 674 171 172 71 3* 37 6 7 247 72 I73O o75 17? 73 38 8 576 174 74 39 9 £77 175 75 40 10 678 176 7^ 41 1 1 679 177 77 ft 12 62c 62 1 178 80 78 79 ,43 44 J 3 14 248 179 082 180 80 45 15 683 i3i 81 46 16 584 182 82 47 17 I740 685 183 »3 48 18 626 184 84 49 »9 687 688 185 ! 85. 86 50 20 21 249 186 1 689 187 87 £T 2 22 690 :88 90 83 53 ^3 691 1S9 2 9 54 24 { 692 190 9o 55 25 j 693 191 9i 56 26 j 6c 4. 6q$ 192 92 57 58 27 23 | 250 i75'o, ^3 93 1 i 3~5 i 696 ip4 p4 59 ^9 7«y/- 691 195 95 60 >° 69 8 195 9* 61 31 i 699 | 197 97 62 32 700 j 198 ICO 98 63 33 ! 701 7C2 l A9_ 2CO 99 64 6$ H Pet m 251 1 i ICO ^5 r$. j 703 201 IOI 1 66 3^ 3 : J ~C4 2C2 |102 67 V 3 ~ ! 1 i?66j 70$ 203 , 1o 3 68 .2 4 ^ 7 o5 204 i^4 69 19 5 7C7 205 105 70 4° 5 708 206 , 106 71 4i 7 2$2 ' Koah- ^° Sacred CHRONULOG1E. Noah.Shem .FloudArphSelah.^bcr.Pde^ Ren- 3. W. Mcth. Sacred CHRONOLOGIE, 31 Noah.Shem.Floud.Arph.Se!ah Eber. T'eleg. Reu. Scrug-Nahor. s. If. 758 256 156 121 91 57 1 27 1 37 759 257 1 157 122 j 92 58 28 Jubi. 760 258 160 158 123 j 95 59 29 761 259 159 124 94 60 30 762 260 I60 125 5 95 61 3i 763 261 l6l 126 9 6 62 32 Serug 764 262 162 127 | 91 63 _33__ -t 260 1820 16$ 263 163 i28| -9$ 64 34 2 t 755 204 I64 129 [ 99 6$ 35 5 y 767 265 165 130 100 66 36 4 ? 768 266 166 131 j 101 61 37 5 1 769 267 fc<57 132 1 102 68 38 6 770 268 170 168 103 69 39 7 771 772 269 270 169 *34 | 135 \ 104 105" 70 71 4i 8 9 261 170 - 773 271 171 \%6 ! 106 72 42 10 774 272 172 j 137 ! 107 73 43 1 1 1839 775 273 173 138 j 108 74 44 12 776 274 *74 139 109 75 45 *3 777 275 175 140 no 16 46 H 778 1276 176 hi III 11 47 15 262 779 J277 177 142 112 78 48 16 | 780 '278 180 178 143 113 79 49 17 j 781 1279 179 144 114 80 50 18 j 782 280 180 145 115 81 5i 19 783 ia8* 784 282 181 146 U6 82 52 20 182 147 117 83 53 £1 S1840 785 1**3" 786 284 ■ 183 184 148 ! 118 84 85 54 , 55 22 2.3 263 | 149 \ ll 9 787 285 185 ISO |I20 26 56 24 788 286 186 151 *2rt 87 57 25 789 287 187 152 |I22 88 58 26 790 288 190 188 153 I123 89 59 27 791 289 189 154 i*4 90 60 28 792 '290 190 155 125 9i, 61 29 264 1 793 ;2 9i •" 191 i5<5 [126 ?2 62 30 Nahor 1850 794 '292 192 157 12,7 93 ^ 31 1 9 795 | 2 93 193 158 128 94 64 32 2 ? 37 j 196 J294 194 i59 129 95 65 33 3 T I TUOl< 797 295 195 160 130 96 66 34 4 \l 798 296 196 161 131 91 61 125 5 " 799 297 200 197 198 162 133 U 8 _ 99 68 69 N ! 6 265_ 800 298 37 .7 801 299 199 164 134 ICO 70 38 ,8 802 3©o 20b ji65 If* IOI 71 39 9 8c3 804 3 °5 502 201 202 [166 \ l6 l 136 i 137 102 103 72 73 40 ,10 41 11 1 i36c j 805 303 | 203 168 138 104 74 42 12 806 304 204 litfp 139 105 L 75 43 13 266 Noal Sacred CHRONOLOGIfi. Noah 807 808 809 810 811 812 815 814 8i5 816 817 818 819 820 82T 822 823 824 825 826 827_ 82T 829 830 831 832 833 334 835 835 837 838 839 840 8 4L 842 843 844 845 Shem 30S '306 307 |3o8 ;s°9 310 312 313 3*4 3*5 ■M6 317 '318 210 Floud.Arph.Sclah 20$ ,»70 206 207 208 209 210 2 L1 212 213 214 15 216 220 847 8 4 8_ 849 850 851 852 85? 854 855 3 X 9 320 321 1322 ,3 2 3 ;3 2 4 |3 2 5 326 '327 ,328 329 .33° 331 33 2 "333 |334 .335 33* 537 '338 339 |34° 341 342 ,343 ■344 345 346 230 240 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 347 348 349 3 34 30 3* jw/< 3* 37 ?3 39 40 '274 41 42 1920 43 44 45 46 47 ;27 5 48 49 $0 51 5* 1930 53 54 275 . 55 55 57 53 59 60 > 61 277 80 ic<5o' Noah. 34 "^^"CHRONOLOGIE. Ebcr. Peleg. ReuSerug-Nahor.Terah.Abrah. S. Vi [12 83 1 40 Ilg 84 \Jubi. "4 85 115 86 1 116 87 ■ 117 88 118 89 281 119 90 120 91 121 92 1970 122 93 123 ! 94 124 95 125 1 96 282 126 1 97 ■ 127 j 93 128 99 129 ' 100 130 ic 131 102 1980 132 133 103 283 104 134 105 135 106 135 ic7 137 168 138 109 »3S>;. no 284 140 SIT f " 141 h 142 1113 H3 114 i-14 115 145 116 H6 M-7 J117 118 1 285 1 148 119 120 121 122 123 2000 1 40 124 286 \Jvhu 125 126 127 128 129 130 \Airt V^I III 287 Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. 3? Shem-Floud.Arph 452 '453 [454 455 45^ 457 4ji. 459 460 461 462 463 4*4 4£$_ 466 467 468 469 470 47i 472 552 354 355 ?56 357 s#p__ 3$8_ 359 360 3*1 362 3*3 364 3*5 .Selah. Eber. 317 287 318 288 319 289 320 290 321 291 322. 292 323 . 29J_ "324 294 32$ 295 325 295 327 1297 2,;8 298 '329 2 99 ,37° 473 474 4?5 47* 477 478 479 380 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 166 3*7 368 3*9 1370 [371 '311 "373 i374 375 375 377 378 379 380 33i 1382 383 #4 1325 385 330 300 jsai IgjM 332 :3 C2 333 3°3 334 3°4 ,335 3°5 335 306 : 337_,3°_7_ ,338 308 339 '3°9 ,340 310 •34i 3i « 342 ;3 T 2 343 3i3 344 :3H '345 &S '34* |3 J * 347 3 X 7- 348 3*8 349 l3 T 9 Rcu- 223 224 ,225 225 .227 (228 J229 '.230 J23I 232 •233 '234 .235 J 2 3j_ ,237 I238 239 Serug.Terah-Abrah.Sarah. S. W. 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 132 133 134 '35 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 H5 145 147 148 149 150 210 J 1 5 1 II "152 1V3' :.{-: 1387 390 '3 g 8 I389 '.39o J391 I392 '393 494 ,394 495 l? 95 49* 39* 497 397 498 400 (398 499 399 500 1 '400 350 351 352 135? 3 54 1355 35* 357 |358 359 360 361 362 3*3 3*4 365 32 1_ 322 323 324 325 326 327 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 .19 20 154 155 15^ 157 158 1 59 1 60 161 221 J162 222 J163 223 1164 224 ji6$ 25 h_66_ 167 168 109 170 171 172 [73 J 74 175 176 177 178 179 226 27 28 229 220 41 2010 ijubi 288 9 10 Sara, 11 1 12 13 14 l$ 16 •17 18 19 20 21 22 "23" 24 25 25 27 28 _ 2 9_ 30 3 1 32 33 34 35 J* 37 38 39 40 4 1 42 43 44 45 4* 47 9 290 1020 2030|_ 13 14 15 \6 17 18 I9 _ o I 2 23 ^4 25 291 202 27 28 ?'9 30 31 53 34 35 3* 37 4» 3 3 49 he 50 40 ■ 040 '93 2c$o 41 ; JubL 194 Shelf!- Sacred CHRQNOLOGIE. Sarah- Prom. Khm.Circ S. [V. 41 42 42 Jubi. 2060 43 44 45 46 4 7 295 48 49 50 5i 52 207© 53 54 296 55 $6 57 58 59 60 Prom 6t 297 62 ^ 2080 ** -~j 64 9 <*5 3 66 fc> 61 -£* 68 O 258 69 70 IO 71 72 2C90 73 74 7 5 ' By9_ 16 I I(hn- 11 1 O 78 2 ? 79 '3 S* 80 ! 20 4 £ 81 5 * 82 1 6 O g 00 2IOO 8 3 1 42 84 8 3 'fubj. 8$ 9 --3 85 10 K> 87 III 88 [12 J VV\ 89 I12. Circa JOI Shcm. r The promife was made to Abraham being (not 7 J. but) 70. year old when be was in Ur s (not in Haran) as is proved from Aas.7.2,3. See the fecond Difficulty in the Preamble. Ifaack was born in a year of jubilee, andprecifely 30. year after the Promiie : An efpecial type of Chrift, who in his thirties year entred up- on his Prophetical Office. HislovewasfuchtoRebeckab,thatheis not recorded to have any wife or concubine but only her. As Chr.ft,iotae, was obedientto his father even unto the death, though he had ftrength e- noughtoreftft, bein^ (as is fuppofed) about that time between twenty and thirty year old, (Gen. 22. 0,10.) yea, by fome he is thought to have been then above thirty year old. His very name (figmtying laughter) fhews the great joy (hall come unto the Church by Chrift, who for our fakes was a man of forrowes and wept often, but is never recorded in Scri- pture to laugh. And whether Abrahams laughter upon the promiie or Ifaacksbirth (Gen. 17.17.) (as a type of Chrift) werenothisreioycingto leeChriftsday, (Joh.8.56*.) (atleaftinpart) L leave it to the mdgement of the Godiy learned. Sarah is the only woman whofe age is mentioned in Scripture, Gen. 2.5.1. Broughton. Ifaack being forty y . old marricth Rebeckah three years after his Mo- thers death. Gen.25. 20. Shem. 17 Shem. 5 5 o 55i 552 553 554 555 551 557 55» 559 5 do 5*i $62 5^_ 5*4 5*5 $66 5*7 568 5*9 57o Sacred CHRQNOLOGIE. 571 572 573 574 57 5 57* 577 Floud-Selah Eber. 415 1385 41* .'17 4l8 419 420 4-21 422 4*4 124 425 426 427 428 429~ 430 43i 432 433 460 470 Abrah Sarah Prom 90 I 30 578 579 580 58! 582 5«3 584 585 $86 587 588 589 590 $9i 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 480 385 I387 •'388 ,389 39° 392 393 394 395 395 397 39 8_ 399 400 401 402 4°3 404 405 49° 500 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 4iT~ 414 415 41* 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 42* 427 428 429 43° 431 432 433 100 101 102 103 104 10$ \o6 107 108 109 no III 112 114 115 116 117 n8 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 12F' 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 13* 137 138 139 140 l JL 142 143 144 H5 146 147 , 4 8 92 93 94 95 9*_ 97 98 99 roo 101 102 103 104 105 io5 107 108 109 no 111 112 113 114 115 n* 117 118 119 120. 121 122 123 124 12T 12* U27 Gen. 231 40 5o 60 10 20 Ifhm- Circ 14 . i5 \6 17 18 19 20 21 1 22 ! 23 . 24 ; 25 ; 26 I 28 ! 29 30 31 I 3.2 ft 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 JUL 42 43 44 45 4* 47 jL A9 5o 5i 52 53 54 55 Ifack. S. l*«*k. 43 3 £J 4 " ; 5 fe 6 w 302 9 10 n 12 T i '4 15 id 17 18 19 20 2I~ 22 23 -4 ^5 20 27 w. 2IIO 3°? 304 305 3° 40 28 29 30 3 1 32 33 54 55 3* ^7 40 41 I 2120 2130 214: •30* .307 5* 42 57 43 58 44 59 45 do 4* 1 61 47 \ 62 j 48 2150 Jubi. 308 Shem. That Shem might be Melchizedek is probable enough, fince he lived to the i co.year of Abrahams life : whereas that fight (Gen. 14.) hapned be- tween the 7$, and 85". year of Abrahams life. Gen. 12.4. and k6. 3. SuppofeRebeckah were but if .y. old when Kaack married her/he could not beleffe then ii2.y.oid whenjacob fled to Laban,as appears by adding ao.y . after her marriage to Jacobs birth, and 77. years of Jacobs life when he went to his Uncle, to the age of &ebeckah when fhewas married. In all probabiiitie fbe dyed betore Jacobs \o years lervice expired, elie at his return (fee muft needs be 13 1 y. old, and 5 y. older than Sarah her mother in law was at her death. Abraham died not till Jacob was if. year old: which explains that place Heb, 11 . $> . how Abraham dwelt with Ilaack and Jacob. Eber was the fevent^ from Enoch (as Enoch was from Adam,) yet witk this difFerencc,thatEnoch was the (eventh from Adam inclufively jEbe^r the {eventh from Enoch exclusively, but the fourteenth from Adam,as Ifaack was the feventh from Eber andthe one and twentieth from Adam, an e- f pecial type of Chrift, and the childe of the Promiie, Gal. 4. 28. Heb .11.17. 18. All thefe (if I may fo call them) were Sabbatical perfons, Enoch being the laft or the firft feven, Eber of the fecond, and ifaack of the third : pro- bably he was not far inferiour to Enoch in GodlineiTe. His name conti- nued in Abrahams pofterity , wno of bim were called Hebrews. Adams Language remained with them until the laft Prophets, though neer loft in Babel. Eber lived 4 years after Abrahams death, and was the longed liver of all that were born after theFloud. vid. Brougbton. M Shem. 3* Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. ,Shem.Floud.Eb«.Abr3hrrom.lfhmC irculfaacklucob- S. W^ 599 600 434 i 1 435 1 49 50 80 63 64 5o 49 5° 44 436 1 437 1 5i 52 05 66 51 52 ^160 458 i 53 67 53 439 ' 54 68 54 , 44£_ ! 441 55 $6 69 70 55 55 509 4.42 157 71 57 510 443 158 72 53 ,444 '445 159 160 99 73 74 60 59 60 Jacob] '446 447 161 \6f 75 76 61 1 62 2 I 310 2170 448' • 3 77 ? ! * 1449 164 7« 64 4 ?N 45° i65 79 65 5 !45i 166 80 66 6 452 167 81 67 7 520 ' 453 168 82 68 8 454 1455 169 «3 84 70 *9 70 9 311 ... - 170 100 10 (456 171 85 7i 11 '457 172 85 72 12 2180 i458 173 87 73 *3 459 174 88 74 '4 460 175 «9 75 J5 A61 90 76 16 312 462 91 77 17 53° 4*3 92 80 78 [11 464 n 79 I 1 ? no 94 95 96 80 '20 81 21 82 122 2190 m 91 98 83 '23 S»3 " 84 ,24 99 100 85 25 86 26 54° 120 101 102 103 104 135 90 1 87 ,27 88 28 89 129 9° \%° 91 31 3H 106 92 32 220c 107 93 33 44 108 94 '34 >£/ 109 95 35 no 96 36 in 315 FiOlKl Ifhmael the only wicked whofe age is recorded in the Law, Gen,af. 17* Broughton. Probably Jacob married the fame year he came to Laban, namely when he. was 77 years old : elie if we fiippofe he married not Leah till the end of his 7 years fervice, he rauft be 84 years old before he married,and alio muft be conceived tohave a dozen children in 7 years fpace. Nowfuppofing he was 77 years old at his marriage, grant him but every year a child : Le- vi his third Son was born when Jacob was 80 years old j And this only- probable ground have I of Levi his birth at that time: his age lee Exo.<5.i<£, Efau being 40 y ears old marrieth his two firft wives, Gen.26.3 <\. and was at leaft 77 yeai sold when he married his third wife, nc.mely Mahalath the daughter of Ifhmael, Gen. 28.9. upon occafion of Jacobs going to Laban in the 77 year of his age, as fhall afterwards be cleared: and both the bro- thers being twins,who fees not but Efau muft needs be 77 years old at leaft if he married not Ifhmads daughter till Jacob was 77 years old? That Jacob was 77 years old when he travelled to his Uncle Laban, may be thus cleared. Jacob was 130 years old when he ftood before Pharaoh, Genefis 47.9. at the fame time Joleph was 39 years old, Genefis 45-. 6. 11. compared with Genefis 41. 46. 29. 30. ^3, ^4. which ap- pears thus : -He was thirty years old when he expounded Pharaohs dreams, Gen. 41.46'. The years of plenty were 7, and as many of fa- mine, verie 29,30. 73, 74. of the fame chapter : ofthefe 14 years the 7 years of Plenty 3 and two years of Famine were paft when Jacob came to ./Egypt, Gen.45.rf.11. which added together make 9 years, "and thefe added to Jo- fephs 30 years make 39 years, the juftageof Jofeph when his Father was 130 years old : fubftract now ^p out of 130, there reft 9 1 years, the ju ft age of ]acob when Jofeph was born. Laftly,outof 91 fubftrad 14 years , the time of Jacobs fervice at the birth of Jofeph,Gen. 30. 25,26. compared with Gen.31,41. there reft jy year,the juft age of Jacob when he came to L^ban. M 2 Floud. 3? Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. Floud-P rom.IfhmCircS Ifaack 55o 130 $60 570 140 150 i53o 112 113 114 n5 116 117 llL "9 120 121 122 123 J124 125 127 128 129 130 131 132 733 134 135 135 137 IOO 160 no 120 130 590 170 140 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 10? 106 107 10$ 109 no in 112 113 114 "5 116 117 119 1 20 121 122 123 124 12$ 126 127 |I28 ,129 130 131 132 [133 134 135 138 139 lacob-Levi. 39 I 40 4» 42 43 45 A6 47 48 46 5o $1 52 53 54 55 55 57 J 8 _ 59 60 61 62 *3 64 65 140 141 142 143 144 H5 146 6(5 67 68 69 70 7i 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 IP 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 S. 45 Jubii 316 W. 2210 317 2220 318 319 2230 320 2240 Levi 1 2 3 4 5 6 321 322 2 2$0 45 PJoud- From the 17 to the jpof Jofeph, Jofephs brethren lay under the guilt of that great fin of felling their brother, and that without remorfe, namely forthef,iact;of22years,Gen.42.2i,2?. lofenh beino 1 7 year old is fold For a Have, (Gen. 37 2.) Nourrfbeth his Father Jacob asmany years in £gypt, together with all his family, Gen. 47.t2.andio(ifever any) made requital to his Parent , according to that rule, 1 Tim. 4.5;. . \V ithin the (pace or 210 years Jacobs poftenty mcreaied trom leventy fouls to fix hundred thoufand and more, Gen 46. 27. compared with Exod. 12. 37. a clear evidence ofthefaithfulneffc of Gods Promile, Gen. 13.16. ^i^-Deut. 10.21. and the mighty power of Faith, Heb. 11. 11,12. To evide nee this, note, from the Promife made to Abraham being 70 year old, to the going out of i£gvpt are 430 years, Exod. 12. 40. Gai. 3. 17. of this to Ifaacks birth are 30 years, thence to Jacobs birth, 60 years, thence to the sojn»irtoi£gvpt T30 yeais j all which being added together make 220 years, which being fub (traded from 430, leave 210 years, the juft time of the Ilraelites fojourning in iEgypt, where they increafed lo mightily. Jacob ?ceth from Laban being 97 years old, after 20 years hard fervice Gen. 31. 38. About the fams time he wreftleth with the Angel, and is cal- led Ifrael. Gen. 32.24. 28. About this time alfo Deborah Rebeckahs nurfe dyed, and could not well beleffe than 147. year old at her death. Suppofe her but 1 ^ . 5 eir old when Rebeckah was born, and Rebcckah but 1? year old when fhe was married to Ifaack,fhc was then thirty years o'd at Rebeckahs marriage: to this ad 20 years after the marriage before Jacob was born, Gen. 2f . 20. 2.6. and <)7 years more the age of Jacob when Iw. went from Laban : Adde all thefe together, it makes 147 years, the leaft age of Deborah when Trie dyed : and probablv fhe might be o!der,for no man knows how long Ja- cob dwelt at Shechem ; as alfo at Succoth, Gen. 33. 17. 19. as alfo how long he flayed at Bethel before her death : for at Shechem he bought laifd, and at Bethel after his journey from Shechem he built an Altar, Gen. 3 <;. 6, 7. and there Deborah died and was buried: no doubt a Godly and very ancient Matron ; She out-lived Sarah at leaft 20 years. Ifaack (though born of almoft dead Parents) liveth the longeft of any after Terah,that the ftrength of the Promile might appear, Gen. 3 J. 28. Rom.4. 157.20. Broughton. Fioud. 4^ Sacred CHRQNOLOGIE, FlondProm Cirolfaack 147 600 148 150 i-9 180 151 152 '53 154 155 155 157 610 i?8 160 »59 190 160 161 162 1 5 3 id 4 165 155 157 620 153 170 169 2CC 170 171 172 174 175 177 530 178 180 179 i 210 | 180 640 1 220 1}C lofeph. S. Jr. 4< Jul!- FJoud, f Gen.46.2.6. only 66 perfons went down hito jfcgypt : ft muft be under* flood only of Jacobs pofterity that went with him at that time. Vc;fe27. All the loules were 70, namely by adding Jacob himfelf, to- gether with Jofeph and the two fons of Jofeph, who were already in j£- oypt, and deicended virtually in their Father Jofephbis ioyns , but were both begot and born in i£gy pt ; nor could the eldeft of them be above p yeers old when Jacob came into £gy pt . Ads 7.14. They are made to be 75 foules. Luke herein following the Septuagintjwho borrow five out (iChron.7.) that were the children of Manafllh and Ephraim, whom Jofeph lived to lee as. his third Generation, which as an efptcial bleffing is noted ia the Original with a great MEM, Gen. 50.23. Broughton, Floud. ■ •" ' ' " > — At. Sacred CHRQNUUUu^. filoud.PrOm.Circ.Iacob.Levi.Ioreph. S. W- . .126 * 6 \ 45 . 47 1 [2.7 57 46 7m*/'/. 6*c 220 | 200 ] .28 39 [40 4 1 5* 59 60 6\ 47 1 48 49 5o [42 62 5i i 13° 2310 ■71 — 1 143~ t* 52 144 64 53 14S 65 54 146 147 66 61 55 56 660 210 68 69 57 58 33 r _ _ 240 70 7i 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 59 60 61 62 *3 64 65 66 3Ji_ 2320 ■ 67 670 250 220 79 80 81 <58 69 70 82 83 7i 72 333 2330 ! i 84 73 85 74 86 75 87 76 88 77 680 23O 89 9o 78 79 334 -TT 91 92 80 81 2340 1 93 82 ^ 94 83 95 84 96 85 86 33J_ j i 4- 690 , 91 98 99 88 240 S? o 100 89 101 90 102 91 > •■> 103 '104 92 93 336 47 Juki J Flo«c Some would have the CKldi* en of Ifrael to-foj©ttm in &gy pt 430 years which is clear againft the A p'O ftM e, Gal. 3. 17. a-^fe-aliocontradided by _ the Genealogy ofthe Patriarchs lives, who went down into and came up out of Agy pt . Gen . 46 . 1 1 . KoMth was born before- tfee gor- ing into JEgy pt. Now fuppofe him but Bcvvly boi'n at that time ; hils life and the lives of other Patriarchs added together will not come neer 4$o.y . as is evident by the enfuing draught. Kohath lived, Exod.<5. 18. 13 j Ami-am Exod. 6. 20. 13,7 Mofes to the Exodus 3 Exod. 7. 8, 8b Total — 3 jo. y. which falls fat fliovt of 430years:and in truth they fojournedin Agypt but 210 yea; ,as I have for- merly fhewed. The 430 years then begin at Abrahams iirft removal out of Ur of the Chaldees. That place therefore E.od. 12. &>• is well reqdred by the Tranflators : The fojourning of the Children of Mrael whb dwelt irf /Egypt &c. and not whiles they dwelt in i£gy pt, was 430 years ; to which' (for explication) the Septuagint adde well, Who fojournedin Agypt, and in the Land of Canaan; for the greater part of thofe 430 years they lojourn- ed in Canaan and Haran, (at leaft ibme of them ) audit is remarkable here, that Parents are laid to lojourn in their children, (for under the children of Ifrael in this place, are included Abraham, Ifaack and Jacob) as in other places the children are faid to do what their parents did, Heb. 7. 9,10. Rom. 5.12. and thus we all finned in our Grandfather Adam. The fpace between Jofeph and Mofes is unparcelled, and omitted in Scripture,yet by collection may thus be proved to be fpyears. From the Promife to the Law is juft 430 years : all the parcells of which great funt ' fall From the Promife to Ifaacks birth 30 Thence to Jacobs birth tfo- Tbence to jofephs birth pi Thence to jofephs death no Unparcelled c$> Thence to the going out of iEgypt 80 • Totall- — 430 years, the juft fpace be- tween the Promife and the Law, or the going out of ^Egypt : out of which iftl e 55 years Void fhould be iubffradfed, there would bejuft 571 years from the Promife to the Law. N Floud. ■f- ^S^5Sevi.Iofeph.Voyd. ft IT. Floud. Mofes was born uo year after the Promtfe, AnnoMundi 2428, which is thus proved, He was 80 year old when he was lent to Pharaoh to bring thepeopleout of i£aypt,Exod. 7.7. at which time alb the date ot the Prcrrufe, ( a very Famous and Memorable #ra) expired, Exod.t 2. 40 and Gal. 2.17. (for the Law fell out but 50 dayesaftei theExodas, rTamelyatPentecoftorWhitfuntide.) Subftract now 80 years out of 430 there reft 2 50 years, the juft year ot the Promif e^n which Moles was born. Aaron beinp three year older than Mofes, Excd 7.7. was born An Mundi 242c. and the u 7 year of the Promife : by which it appears that there are but 56 year Void ; but in this we follow other Cbronologers who » recson Void to Mofes his birth: and could we direftly tell the jeai ot Levi his birth, the Void fpace of years fitould be reckoned from his death, and not from Wepbsdeceafe. And its eafie to prove that he out-lived Joieph itf. years at Ieaft,and fo the void fpace from his death to Aarons birth is at mot but 40 years/The a^e of Levi was ^.years : Exod.6.16. . _ Mofes was born 3 50 year after the Promiie,pftNoahs life after theFloud: the feventh from Abraham, as Abraham was from Eber, Eber from Enoch, and Enoch from Adam, Jude verfe 14. A new Enoch buried of God A new Noah, A preaching to the world, 120 years and ever afterwards He brfl received and wrote Divinitie with Prophetical authority. Hee ipent 4° years in Pharaohs Court ,40 years in a private life,and 40 year in governing the people ofGod in the WiidernelTe, He was one of the three great Ra- fters, and failed twice forty daves. Thethree who fafted forty dayes a- peece were Mofes the giver of the Law, Elias the reftorer of the Law, and Chriftthefulfillerof the Law. Broughton. • N 2 Floud. 43 Sacred CHRQNOLOGIE, Flwd.rrom-Circ.Voyd.Aaron-Mofes* S. w. f 33 ) 49 34 JW. 35 33 : l$o 37 300 38 220 39 344 j? . " ' 40 s 4i 42 43 44 4$ 2410 760 46 47 — - 345 i §10 4J 340 49 50 5i 52 53 345 2420 54' 55 55 Aaron 770 57 1 3-20 58 2 35° i 59 3 ^/o/>/ ( 1 4 I 347 .... - r 5 2 2430 5 3 7 4 8 5 9 6 10 7 780 - — ■ 11 12 8 348 JL 330 9 •- 260 *3 14 15 \6 10 11 12 13 2440 17 H 18 19 15 349 _. 16 20 17 79° 370 340 21 22 23 itf 19 20 24 21 1 *5 22 350 '2450 Floud. The birth of Jofhuah fell out Anno Mundi %W- 3 V year after the Pro- mife He was 27 year younger than Moles ; For proof of which, note, that from the going out of Agy ft to the founding of Solomons temple arc pr-cifely 480 years, x King. d. 1 of which the parcels eypreiiy noted 1 A Scnptureare 3 fortyyearinthe\Vilderne{re 3 2c,pyen-sof the Judges; Ely, Saul, and David, forne years apeece; four years of Solomons rargn : all which Jammed up together make four hundred fixty three years, wfaifcb tali 17 years fhortofthe 480 years: Thefe 17 years muft of neceihty be the fpace ot Tofhaahs governmentythough they be unparcelled in Scripture, as without which the 480 years from the Lambe to the Temple cannot be madeup. Grantthenthat Jofhuah governed juft 17 years, (for the tore* mentioned parcells I (hall make good hereafter by peece-meal, only tor prelent I defire the Reader to credit me in them.) Its evident that the 17 year of his government runs parallel with the no or laft year olms lite, Toft) 24 20 His government began immediately after the death of Moles, who dved juft 4oyears after the gOftig out of Agypt, 17 years after whole death lofhuahdyed, namelv 57 years after the going out .of JEgypt,and 487 year after the Promife. ' S ibftrad then 1 10 years out of 487, there reft 3 77 year, in which year of the Promife running parallel with Auno Mundi 247 j, Jofhuah was born. Caleb was 15 year younger then Jofhuah, and 42 year younger than Mofes. He was born 392 year after the Promife, Anno Mundi 2470 which is thus provedtHis fourtieth year ran parallel with the fecond year after the coin* out of ;£gvpt, at which timehewasfent from Kadefh-Barnea to efpiethe Land of Canaan, Jofh.14. 7. compared withDeutr. 2. 14 and therefore he was juft 38 year old at the going out of i£gypt : Subftrad 38 years out of 430thejuftdate of the Promife at that time, there reft 392, the juft date of the Promife at Calebs birth, which year of thePfomite runs parallel with Anno Mundi 2470. This is further ptooved by his age, 7 year after Canaan was entred Jo(h. 14. 10. his 85 year ran parallel with the 4* 7 year of the Promife. Subftraft then 8 $ from 477, there reft 392. the juft year of the Promife when Caleb was born. [ 3 Fioud. 44 Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. Yloud.Prom.Circu.Aaron.Mofes.Iofo.Caleb._ 5. w. 16 23 , 5o 27 24 \jubil. 28 25 29 26 30 27 I lo/h- 800 3* 1 28 1 ,5o 32 ! 29 2 gs*. ' " : 580 ir\ 30 j 3 34 31 4 35 32 5 2460 36 33 1 6 37 54 7 38 35 8 39 3^ 1 9 j 352 40 37 I 10 810 41 3« 11 390 360 42 43 44 39 40 41 12 14 45 42 1$ .Caleb, 2470 4* 43 16 17 1 2 353 47 44 48 45 18 3 49 46 19 4 50 47 20 5 820 5i 48 21 6 370 52 49 22 7 400 53 5o 5i 23 8 354 H 24 9 ** 52 25 10 2480 5* 53 26 11 57 54 27 12 58 55 28 13 59 56 29 ; J 4 60 57 30 ! ! * 355 2^o i 61 58 31 1 l6 380 62 59 32 j 17 410 63 64 60 61 33 34 1 18 •» 6$ 62 35 ; 20 2490 66 63 3* 1 " 6l 64 65 37 38" ! 22 | 2 3 356 ' 68 69 66 39 . 24 70 61 40 25 840 71 68 4i 26 39° 72 69 42 27 420 73 70 43 28 I 74 7* 44 29 357 Ftoud. 1,4, lived orobablv about the time that the IfraeHtas were m iEgypt Job '' ve ff° proceed out of Abrahams family,) as may appear, put- and >s though to proceed o jj hJs mention 1 made MMg» ^ fcave a „ Eye at ^ ods S?t«rcoStolth^oc k s,E X oda 7 .audNumb. 2 o^ Bildad probably cane of Start, Gen.^.z.EliphazofTeman, Gen. 3 o. ji.bothofAbraham, Floud. AS Sacrc Mofes d CrfRONOLOGIE. Floud.rrom.Circu Aaron. .lolh.Caleb-Pafover. £. ^ , ' 75 7* gW 5i 2500 f f '75 • 77 7 3' 74 46 ! 47 3 1 1 3^ • \fubi-L 50 fubi. > 1 78 75 ■ 48 » • ! 1.9 80 I 7* 77 49 ' 5» 3-4 *5 | 850 1 81 78' 79 80 5r . 52 5? 37 38 1 Ttdrun Exod 9*2 1 1 400 490 82 93 i 1 u 85 8r 82 54 55 3* 40 ,12.3. 40. 2510 26 83 56 4 1 87 84 57 42 88 89" 85 58 4S_ 44 359 85 59 90 87 60 45 860 9i 88 | 61 46 Uio 92 89 62 47 440 93 90 63 48 10 94 9$ 96 9i 92 9% 04 <55 66 49 5o 5i 360 2520 91 94 67 52 98 95 68 53 99 9 79 54 100 97 70 55 870 IOI 98 71 56 420 102 103 S9 _ ICO 72 73 57 "58- 3G1 450 20 104 IOI 74 1 59 1 lo* 102 75 do 2530 106 ro3 75 6\ 107 104 77 62 108 W5 , 7« 63 ■ 109 io<5 79 80 I 64 65 362 HO 107 ' 880 490 UI 112 ic8 109 81 82 ] 66 61 460 113 114 110 in 83 84 68 69 30 115 112 85 70 2540 117 113 86 71 72 36J_ 114 87 us Ii5 ' 88 73 119 n5 89 74 120 117 9° 75 890 440 121 122 118 9 1 119 9^ 76 77 470 12.3? 1 1 "•<•■ 93 entred 78 f 40 304 Floud. The $2 Jubilee of the world (according to cur account) fell out in the atfjwtek of years: anlv.cring thereby at once both t'^cNu;'. I weeks and dayes in one year, w rich contains ^2 weeks and gd'j daj -fubilee of the work! runs parallel with, the fir ft Jubilee oi 1 yen* tring Canaan at the end of the 52 jubilee, in a Sabbatical year. There is fome difficulty to reconcile that Text, Ads 13. 20. with the times of the judges .: the time of the Judges -tuic, in tie bo( dges| from Jofhuahs death to the laft of Samfom is but 299 years, as anyl who have but ordinary skil in Arithmttick may fee by adding the federal years of their feveral Governments together. Adde totheie4oyearsoi government, 1 Sam. 4. 18. the total is but 339 years, and falls far ihort of 450 years, which the Apcftle reckons upon in the foregoing ten. To iaive which difficulty, note firft, that the years of the Judges rule (for Samuels government is included in Sauls raign, Acts 13. 21.) are 3 39. fecondly, that the A pottle (probably according to the minde of the Septuagint)iuper- adds to theie the years wherein the lfraeiites were crufhed by their oppref- fors, which in truth are not difti net from jbut included in the years of the Judges rule : yet being added as diftind from them, make up preciieiy 450 years, according to the A poftles account, Ads $3,20. as may appear by what follows. They were opprefkd 1 ByCufban. Jud.3.8. 8 a'ISyMoSB. Jiid.3.14. 18 3 By Jabin. Jud.4.3. 2 ° 4 ByMidian. Jud.tf.i. 7 5 By Ammon. Jud.10.8. 18 6 BythePhiliftims. Jud.13.1. 40 Total in. to which adde the years of the Judges government to the laft of Ely .3 3 9 . TheSummeis 470. the juft account of the Apoftle 'Ads 13.20. But that the whole time of the Judges rule cannot contain 450 years is evident by what follows g 1 , From the Lam b to Canaan . 40 2 Thence to Jofhuahs laft 17 3 Thence(fuppofe)toElieslaft 4^0 4 Thenceto the laft of Saul and David 80 5 Thence to Salomons fourth in which the Temple was founded. 4 TotaUis 591 fo that by this reckoning, from the Lamb to the Temple fhould be 5,1 y. contrary to clear Scripture, 1 Kings 6.1. Subftrad therefore that 1 1 1 years in which the lfraeiites were opprelTed, There reft 480 y. the juft (pace from the e;oingout of iE^ypt, to the founding of Solomons Temple. Whence I cleerly conclude", that thofe 1 1 1 years muft «ceds be fupeifluous, and were included in the rule of the Judges. i O Floud. 4* Floud rrom Sacred SSto!ta.G-Caleb.Pafov .Canaa.Othmel^ Jubil CHRONOLOCIE. s 900 480 910 450 49° ( 94. 1 1 95.2 I 9M ; ? T 4 ' ! 99- 6 ; 100. 7 J "101. 8 102. 9 103. 10 104. 11 .05.12 106. 13? |io8. 15 109. \6 110. 17 79 80 81 82 8? 84 85 460 920 500 5° 10 255Q I 5 Jnbu 3*5 2$6o %66 do 470 930 480 $10 ,94° Othni 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 367 257° 70 368 3 d 80 40 49< 12 ! 3 14 15 15 17 _if_ 19 20 21 22 23 24 25_ "26 27 28 29 3° 3 1 32 3^9 2580 3^0 250< 37 : floud, We Brians 1 ■ tnuft not think that EW ruled go years j for face the thortctog of » life to 70 or 80 years, (Plal.po.io.) in the time of Moles, noneever ruled lo lone, (only jofeph is recorded to continue in authontie 8a years.) But rhe meaning is, that after the expiration of Othniells government it- was 80 years to the end of thuds aftairs : part of which alio included rhe government of Shamgar. Broughton. Its remarkable that the jubilees of Canaan (according to our account: run parallel vyith the jubilees of the World. Nor need bny be icmpled that we reckon the firft jubilee of Canaan (running parallel with tM fi lubilee of the World) to fall out in the jiye.r alter 1 anaan was entred, (whereas a lubilee in the largeft extent contains at moft but jo years corn- pleat ) fince the date of their lubilees was reckoned not by the Eccleiiafti- calyear (beginning in Spring when they entredinto Canaan) but by the civil y ear which began in September or Autumne immediately iucceeding their entrance into Canaan, namely 6 months after : fo as about ^oat* after Canaan entredmuft be reckoned as utterly lapfed in refpect ot tbfc firft lubilee of Canaan,wbi cb began the Autumne following their entrance not in the Spring ot that Sabbatical year, in which oreciiey theyentred Canaan. For as the Iubileesof the World, foaifo the lubuees of Canaan begin in Autumne. Levit.25.9. That battel fought Iud .20. could not probably fall out later then the 43 of Ehud, though it bee recorded per ^*n*ty9 in the end 1 f the Iudees ' My ground is becaule Phineas was present at it, Jud.20.i8. who being at leaft 20 y. old when he flew Zimri and Cozby (otherwiiehe was not capable of bearing arms) atthis time muft be above 120 year old, which age was rare in thofe times. They who place this Hiftory accord- ing to the order of Narration, after Samfons death, muft of neceflity make pfineas to be above 330 years old : which how probable, I leave to the judgement of the impartial Reader. 47 c ed CHRONOLOGIE. $20 90 50 33 34 35 S3 1 i 1 j 3* 3' i 3?_. ■ 372_ 1 40 Ehu.i- 1 /h<> t 1 1050 500 2 550 iOO 60 3 1 6 373 ■ 7 8 9 10 -"to 510 1 1 12 $4° iic ; 70 I? 14 15 1* 17 18 19 20 375 — _, , 21 91 520 22 5 So 1 20 80 23 24 2 5 25 27 '376 28 29 3° 580 530 ' 3i 32 i 5 c'o I co 33 — \ . 34_ 377 | 35 j 3^ 37 1 38 : ■ 20 i 1 40 1 41 37a w. 2000 52 \jMbi. 26lO ■ .. Z6zc : 2^30 Floud. ■**?r- •'r irir— * jj Ij '** i i > t i ii i . Saaed GHRONOLOGIE. 48 rloud.rromCirc.Pafov.Cana.EhtiiiDcbor. J". m >■ 540 | j 42 <4 2 j 570 l4 o 100 43 44 45 ■ JubiL 16<;0 - 1 46 S3 .. " ! i 1 47 40 V9 : Jubi. ! 49 Juf>2 5o ■fub2 ICOO 5i 550 52 580 ,5 ° I no 53 54 1 j §5 380 J 2660 1 I 56 j . 5-7 f / 53 59 60 IOIO , 59° 500 61 62 38l • •itfO 120 63 t I ■ 64 (55 ' 1 1 267 66 97 j 68 j 69 70 , 382 ■ i ! I1020 600 570 j {I7O I 130 7i 72 73 74 1 1 75 2680 76 77 383 1 1 1 ; ! 78 1 79 1 ., 80 Debor 1030 fe*o '580 1 1 1 2 ' ~ — i .180 140 ! ? 334 I 1 f - 1 ! 5 - •'26^0 ! 6 i * 1 8 3 \ 9 » j • 10 385 \ FIouj 49 Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. ,. s. Floiid.rrom.Circu.Pafov.Cana.DefcorGidcon. S. W. Flond. Sacced CHRONOLOGIB. Floud.ProniCirc.Pafov.Cani.Gide5.Abim.Toiah.Iair. 1090 61 o 640 IIOO 240 :6$o 200 680 * ;2$a 1110 210 660 690 II ■ o '200 7 C 1130 6 o 220 270 20 21 22 25 24 25 _26_ 27 '47«£ 28 ] 30 [4/M^ 3 1 32 J?_ 34 35 3* 37 38 .28.2 F*. 3 b 1 2 3 230 710 680 280 240 {5* 4 12750 393_J 55 {Juki \9A 3P5 396 12 J 3 14 15 \6 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 JW- Jud I I ilO,2. ! 2 2760 2770 397 398 2780 27FO, 1399 I 5° -t*-- £ld5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 F!oti& HowtheHiehPriefts Officefell fromElemrtothelineof Itbainar is .mcenain i tariv for their fmfutl compliance under the corrupt times of the 1ud"s- GodSgb chaftde them wi& this temporal toft. For Ely (who llmwftBhPr.eft) cameof Ithamar, not of Eleazar and Phineas, as is ^ H.ntbv fe roofterity,TChron.2 4 .3 «. Ahimelech there mentioned, J ^^nof'Ehar/thefonot Animelech (whom Doeg Clew at the 7!mJr.f S».i\ iSam 21.11.18.) the fon of Ahitub the brother of 5" f, 5* T ' tLefonofPhineas.thefonof EH the High Prie« /inieofTfr'ael .Sam 2., 4 .Nowthat Ahimelech mentioned i Chron. Z i e % refl f fc J." to t of the fons of Ithamar But God again for'El.esSullindulaence makes his Honle anlchabod, without glory: fetsupa fenful HignPrieft in Zadoc who is of Eleazar, and therein agam remembreth Phinefs , Numb. a,, iji fee 2 Sam. z. 35- compared with 1 Kings a. 47. F l oud , Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. 52 Floi!d.From.Cire.Pafov.Canaa.Abdorv.Samf5EIi. S. W. -' ' 7 l \ 8 famffl il\ j aJg. 1 1 ».**• IIpO 77O 740 540 JOO 2 9 4 •> 6 ejvb 4.07 2850 m 57 8 9 10 n ! 6 'Jib 7.^/. iacc 12 408 750 i? • ' 7&0 3 5° 310 14 15 id 17 18 2800 19 409 | 20 Eli. 1 >4- 1 I2IO 790 7fo 350 320 1 6.3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 410 2870 8 _ 9 JO IT 1220 ?* | . I 77o ! .— f»4 I 4 rr l . 800 [37° |3 3° 1 1$ 2 Koud. The lives of thofe four, namely Salmon, Boaz, Obedand JeiTe,Ruth4 # 21,22. contained about 400. year: .md for their four Ages we have 18 aoes from Koran to Samuels foos,(i Chron 6.22. i 8 ) or there about. The fons of Koran then dyed not, Numb. 26. 11 . but fled from their Father to Moles. The Government of Samuel and Saul, are reckoned as one, Acts 13.20, 2\. yet fo as Samuel is thought to ]udgethefii:it20year, and Saul to rule the laft 20 year, which make up that 40 year mentioned by the Apoftlerand accordingly I have let them both together. From the entrance into Canaan to the birth of David, are $66 year, and yet but four Generations, namely, Salmon, Boaz,Obed, and JeiTe, Ruth, 4.2i,22.andMatth.i.5' 3 <5. Salmon could not be more then $9 years old when Canaan was entred. For iuppole him nineteen years old at the comming out of JEfey pt, ( had he been but one year older he had dyed among thole that were numbred from 20 year old &c. Numb. 26. 64. 6 j. Compared with Numb, 14.29.) ne fhouM then be 79 year old when tl ey en- tred Canaan. And being probably the heir of the Houfe,he was not borne in bis Fathers old age, who dyed m'the WilderneiTe. But fuppofe him to bebornafter2©yearvvandringinthe Wildernefle ; he was then 20 year old at the entrance into Canaan ; about which time fuppofe Rahab was ijf vear old. He is thought to beget Boaz of Rahab about the end of Othni- els Government, that is 5 7 year after the entrance into Canaan,being him- felf at that time 77 year old upon the former (uppofition of his birth in the WilderneiTe. If he were born in jfcgypt, he could not be lefle than 9? year old at Boaz his birth. Suppofe now From Canaan entred to the birth of Boaz f 7 Thence to Obeds birth 107 Thence to ]efTe his birth 102 Thence to Davids birth ico Total ^66 the]uftfpaceoftime between the Entrance of Canaan and the birth of David. No wonder then Jeffe went for an old man at the conqueft of Goliah, 1 Sam. 17.12. when he was at leaft an hundred year old at Davids birth. By all which may be ga- thered that Naomi her fojourning hapned under the Government of Oth- niel, and that Obed was born in the times of Deborah, and Jeffe about the beginning of jephthahs government, or the end of jairs Government, and that unhappy war with the Benjamites hapned a good while before the dayes of Deborah, Phineas being then alive, Jud. 20. 28. who was not pro- bably lefTc than 20 year old when he flew Zimri and Cozby ; and fuppofe he lived an hundred year after that (being about the fortieth year of their journying in the WifdernefTe) his life could reach but the 43 year of Ehuds Government : in whofe time therefore, or in Othnicls that war hapned. rloud. < bic:e d CHRONOLOGiE. n Floud.Prom.Circ-Pafov.Cana. Eli. Sam.£ 4 5 4i7 I*S 6 2920 17 7 d 18 8 I 19 9 S 1 io Saul. 10 £ 21 1 » i 127 ' 1 , 22 1 2 . 12 I 418 828 f 23 3 ,• — 9 ~ * ifyo 420 380 24 25 25 27 28 4 5 6 7 8 1.4 1 ,i§ s ilo J" 17 ? ;i8 2930 29 9 19 ! 419 30 IO [SO "a 31 II '21 I22c 860 830 I430 390 32 12 33 13 34 14 J22 F3 ,24 1 35 i5 !25 \ ' 1 3* 15 26 420 2940 Flwd. * David is annointed King overall Ifrael, e*ac% a thoufand years before our Lard Cbrift luftered and cntred into bis Kingdom of glory, Luke 24. ■z'6. He raigned juft our Loids age over a)lHrael,namely 32year rfmonths, or 33 year currant; 2 Sam. 5. 5. and was an elepecial lypeof ourblefled Saviour. Its remarkable of little Benjamin, who by bis tin was brought to 600 men only, Jud. 20.47.48. yet by Gods blefling was afterwards increafed to almo ft 60000 men of War, toward the end of Davids raign, as ftands recor- ded by Ezra, 1 Chron. 7.7.9. 11. and that *** inthreeo * hi& pofteritie, for all the Tribe of Benjamin was not numbred by ]oab, 1 Chron. 21 . 6. yea, 2 Chron.14.8. they were encreafed to 280000 fighting men^nd 2 Chon.17. 17,18. there were 380000, in the dayes of Afa and Jehofaphat. In the plains of Moab,the greateft number of them was but 45600. But afcer that great blow (probably upon their repentance) they mightily encreafed out of a fmal handful : Sinne brings low , but God upon our repentance can quickly encxeafe^and make our latter end better than our begining. ^ Floud, < Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. 54 . - 1 1 ilium . ■ .-. Floiid.PtomCircPafov.C ana. Sam. < 37 ■ Saul-Dav.K. So!om Temp- -5*. 17 27 _ 60 8| 38 18 23 ft Jubil. 39 19 29 40 20 30 K\ 1290 3 32. 2| . 840 440 : 14- 4; Sjub 421 jl. J70 40 _ j , ■ 35- 5| 36. ^ 37. 7 38. 8? 39- Pi 2950 59 Juki. 40.10.$ 41. II* 8jub 422 1300 *! 42.12 850 Ho 1 450 410 44.14 45. f '5 '46.16 47_ij 48.18 ] _____ 423 2960 49.19 50.20 51.21 1310 52.22 860 53-23 890 4^0 420 1 54.24 55-25 4_ 2 i_ - _ J 1 56-26 2970 57.27 58.28 59.29 60.30 61.31 62.32 425 1320 | 1 870 1 63.33 900 (470 4? 64.34 66.36 2980 I 67.37 | 68.38 426 . • ^9-19 > 1 1 1 7 0.40 1 Solo » 1 133c ■> 880 1 3 l S 2 •1 3 1 910 1 .4SO ( 44° I 4 Temp] r 1 1 5 lA.'K.« "427 Floud. Probably about the 39 of* Solomon ending, Jehojadah that famous Prieft was born; which is thus proved. He was 130 year old at his death, 2 Chron. 24.15. He was alive the 23 of Joafh, 2 Kin. 12.6,7. Now iuppole nehad lived three year longer to the 2$ of Joafh ending, (for after his death the King tell to Idolatry, murdered his fon, and fell into many evils, 2 Chron. 24.17 — 2j.) Joafh his 2? year ran parallel with the 156 year after the Temple founded. Subftraft 13Q out of 156, there reft 2d year from the Temples founding ; attheendof which Jehojadah was born. Ityoupro- tract Jchojadahs life to the 39 of Joafh ( which is the utmoft ) then he was born in the fourth year of Rehoboam, and 40 year after the Temple foun- ded, as appears by iubftra&ing 130 his age, from I70 3 the Ata of the Tern* pie at his death, upon the laft fupuofition. Jofiah was prophefied of about 329 years before he was born, 1 Kin, 13. 2. preiently upon the Divifion. Its remarkable of all the Kings of Hrael,that the age of none of them is noted, when they came to the Crown, there being not one Godly King among them all : and but two that aie not branded for cleaving to the fins of Jeroboam, to wit Shallum and Hofhea, 2Kin.i5. 13. ij.and 17. 1,2. They were all fo naught that God thought not their Nativity worth the noting, which yet was wont to be celebrated, Gen 41.20. Mark tf. 21. Floud. Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. 55 FJoud-Prom.Circ.Pafov.Cana.Temp,Divif.S olom. fohob-Ierob ] r~ ":9" 12 j I 3 1 39 40 2 ■: 3 *ftfoj "1 4i 4- l 5 i 2 Ml s'j 1 1 I * 1 * il 7 » 4 t'44J 1 * ) Q 2. "" Flood loram the fonneof fttfefaphat was twice V'cerovj firft in the 17 Near of lehofa- plia-, as appears by comparing 2 Kin- 1 • 17- with 2 kin. 3. i- wtierethe firft year of Ie- horam Ahabs fon concurs with the 18. year of lehofaphat, and the lecond year of Ieho- ram the fon of lehouphat. Hence I argue, if rhe iecond of iehoramKing of ludah con- curred with the eighteenth of lehofaphat: then his firft veer inuft needs concurre wuh rhe 17 of lehofaphat : vet at that time he was bur Viceroy, his Father living 8 or £ year after his firft admifiion ro the Crown. And this may wve rhat difficulty » 2 Chron- 2112. HowE'ias could fend a Letter ro this Iehoram, The anfwer is eafv. Ieho- ram was made Viceroy in the firft year of Ahaziah Co* of -.hah which ran parallel wirhrhe 17 of lehofaphat a year or two at leaft before Eliao hi^ Tranfarion, 2 Kin.i.?. Now being a wicked wretch and fearing therefore to be dif- inherited, he might rake advan'age in his Fathers abfence ('who pro- bably made him Viceroy upon occafion of fome expedition abroad ) to cur off all his brethren, thereby to make the Kingdom furc unro himfelf, 2 Chron.21.4. whereupon E!i- .1: oght fend him that fharp letter 7 he being fodefparare as none durft venture to reprove him by word of mouth, 2 Chron. 21. 12- 15 He was the fecond time Viceroy in the 22 year of lehofaphat which concurred with :be fifth of iehoram fon to Ahab, 2 King.8. 16*. which indeed was the firft of his eight \ears raign, for he raigned bur four compleat years after his Fathers death. Ahaziah and Iehoram Kings of Ifrael be- gan both toraign before their Father Ahabs death, rhe one in the n, the other in the 18 year of Lehofaphat, which run parallel with the 20 and 21 of.^hab. The two battels between Ahab and Ben - hadad hapned about the ninereerrh or twen- tieth year of Ahabs raign, ao is evident by I Kin?, 22. 1.2. 2 Kin- > 8. 2 5, 2'. and p. 29 compared, fhew twj.s the end of the 1 1 ,,and the begin- ning of the 1 2, of ,oram that If hoafh King of ludah was bora. z Uiron- 22. 2. Ahaziah is faul to be 42 Flottd.PromCirc. ^afov-Cana.' temp Div ; d\. 1 ,1010 ] | 1 580 54° , 100 1 1 ! 70 1440 S ] 990 ! 1020 $50 $5o no 80 1450 1000 - 1C30 600 $60 120 90 1460 IOiO ) 1 040 610 S/o 150 ICO 1470 1020 1050 620 580 40 IIO 1480 Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. ltab.Iehof.AhaxilehorJchor.Ahazi. Athal lehu-Iehoa- s. FT. 8 9 j. Son to Sjnlo I* 5 Ah »b. ,*»»•>• ' 6 * 0.1 to ,- on f> eno' a- i '.'h r *m hat, ! , bJ 'l "V 62.11 JubiL t wice tb (5 of s 3090 o 7 /lceroy. eboli- 1 i 8 IE 1^. 9 z ■ 9 1 3 4 10 1 1 r 442 Ufa <5 12 * -<5 »3 ih 14 s8 i5 I l 9 16 -4^r f 20 I 17 * *l e "or. i 3100 21 i is ! 2 : i-S 2 4< 62 ftif. , , , 22 19 v, 2? 3 a 20 3" 4 i 2' 21 22 23 24 2* 4 5 7 8 s : \Ieho 2 3 4 r ii/m 444 — "*""""' 10 5 § a 3110 11 7 | -4fe{] 12 8 f At hat Jehvi. 1 i 1 « i 2 1 2 : 3 1 3 i 4 ( 4' 14J_ ^ 5 ! 5 lehoa iChron. n 21. tt. , ' 1 » i 8 2 ? 3120 i 9 ►• 5 •„ 10 11 4 5 446 — 1 12 5 13 7 14 8 15 9 16 10 17 11 447 3130 I 18 ! 12 19 | n 20 | 14 21 ? 15 22 16 1 23 17 1 1 1 24 18 448 Floui. FloiidI > romCirc.Pafov-Canaa.Temp,Divir. 42. year old when he began roralgn- This the learned refer ro the Kingdom ot'Omri, which hood 42 years when Ahaxiah began to raign, being then himielf but 22 year old, 2 Kin. 8.26- otherwife we muft make the youngeft ion older than hi* Fathers Chron. 21. 20. and 22- 1- In the Original it runs thusj Ahaziahwasa fan 0(42 year in his Kingdom. What if we fhou^d fay that in old rme> the age of their Kings waswiir. in figures,not in words at length: and To through the caie!efneffe of the Scribes the letter Mem (T;gnifying 40) might eafcly be put for the letter Caph-, which fgnifies but 20. Who knows not that change of like letters is fami- liar with the Hebrews ? andfuch a miAakc is cafy. ' ic6o 630 I590 150 — J 120 1490 IC70 1 1040 540 5oo I 60 130 1500 1 10-50 6$o 610 1080 170 660 620 180 140 I$IC ! J 'io6o iopo' 150 I$2( 3 I107C nool j 670 '630 I^G J - ■ i6e i Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. $8 lJm.Ioalh.IoahaT.lehoa.Amazi.teob. A lC -~ K.oUft.K.ofllt. 64-12; IK 25 l * 16 20 Jvbu 27 21 2 g 22 7 16 2 I™ — ' 17 1 3 t 1 1x8 14- [if s 20 6 I21 1 7 22 1 8 23 1 9 .454 24 25 26 3 10 1 11 | 12 318 27 ' 13 28 H :y iS 1 16 4SS Cfn Floud. The Kingdom of Iudah was governed 1 1 years by ftates,without a King, namely from rhe 1 5 to the 2? of Lroboam,the firft where- of concurs with rhe 29 of Amaziah, and the laft with the nrft of Wziah, 2 Kin. 14. 23. and 15- i- where he is a!fo called Azariah. from the 29 or Jaft of Amaziah to the firft of Vzziah intcrceed 1 1 years ccmp!ear,in all which fpace no King fwayed rhe Sceprer of Iudah, nor indeed was Vzziah capable of it (unlciTe by a Proteflour) being but four or five year old when his father Amaziah dyed. The kingdom of Ifrael by fedition was as long again as Iudah without a King, namely fiili 22 years, from the laft of Jeroboam to the raign of Zacharias ; the firft running pa- rallel with the 1 5, and the laft with the 38 of Vzziah. This Zachariah was the fourth of Iehu his generation? whereby the promife of God was made-good unto Iehu, 2 K ing- le. 30. and 15-12. God bringing this fourth fon of Iehu to the throncnotwithftanding all impediments that lav in the way for 22 year together- No intervening difficulties can make Gods promife abortive, though for a while Gods providence may feem to croflfe his promife. With us Chrift fuffered in the firft year of the 182 Olympiad: with others in the laft year of the 202 Olympiad- The diffe- rence is 21 Olympiads , or 84. glymp^k years currant. 1 he ground of which diffe- rence is this. Thev begin the Olympiads $4 vearbefore ns,andexrend Chrifts pafi:on 30 year after us. Both which added toge- ther make juft 84 years, or 21 Olympiads, the juft fpace wherein we differ from them- The reafon whvwe thus differ from them bath teen formerly noted- ploud-T'romCirc.Pafov.Canaa.Temp.Divif 153° 1080 1110 i$4o 680 6.\o 1 1090: :2o '690 ! I5 50 20O 650 1ICO 1130 i$6c t^o 700 660 I 1 1 o 1 140. 7 10 210 170 180 220 670 230 n?o :4c. 190 200 Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. 59 rcrob.Vzzia-2achShall.Mera. S. W. Oljmp, 17 18 r n ontbs.pon'!'. \Jubil. 19 20 21 . {IpO 22 2 3 i \ 3?" n* 24 25 26 V%zj. 2 7 1 1 *L 28 2? \ 3 29 3- 1. 50 At . i!7_ .,..*-. — , *%■■,£■ : — — - — 3 1 $' 3200 32 6 6\ 33 1 Jubi. 34 8 35 3* .1 137", 37 58 11 458 12 39 i? 4- >4 4i 15 16 17 3210 18 J 4J9_ ....... 1 — ' 19 20 21 22 2 3 24 j 25 i 4 ekah,nainelyattWDer - .-.) and rook up- r al out the 5 ' 1 At pted by the people he 12 of Aha2 Canaa.Temp.Dlvrf. 1580 1130 1 lioo 730 ; 4 < 4* [O n 49 Pe^*. 2Kin. cr - 5o 1 N ! 5?- r ! r w -, C. Utka. 1 "~2 j 444 ! — 1 * <*) ; 3£ 4m 335 4g 1 6 7? j 7«w. ■ .1 7g* 83 ! I47«- 4^? \ — - 7._ ~H lo ^ 9 1 103, 10 k 12° ' I? 11 12 8 5$ 14 13 ' %i6q s. I* 14 j 16 15 Aba% 466 1 — -— ~^ v~ Id* 1 g* 9 18 17 2 - S" 19 ji 3 ? CM P. 20 154 r jo 5 1 I« k 2 L— 7 3 1 46? 8 4 3?7 jfe^e, 43 Ji4 f Pii £4! 1 1 IS \6 4 * 4.3 i. 1 *3 7 *-4* ^1^ > 1 (^.S a 7,d 1 1 e,7 4# 1 1 14 1 R a Ftoud From the Divifion of the Tribes toMcchiahs cipnvity are j ift 3 90 f. noted by the Prophage 4 c:yettheievera\yeatsof tnei Leyeial raign* iu nmedupmake*9,$ towliichaudtue n y.lnrerrcgnunyue tlftdeatnoj * maziab ; the total U 404,even ,4 ye*« ^ ore than tl5 L e i™? het refined anon: which difference is tbasteconaled. Diverse* the Kings began to ra^ni,*, or 3 year before oacirfatuers death, which may eafily iwaliow UP The1ike ^y be laid of the Kings of Ifrtel , the years of wbofefevcral raiRnsfumrncdiip.ire 241 : .yetti e 9 or L ft year or Holta (t elaft King of Ifrfe ) falls oat 258 years after the Pivifion, 17 year later than r»e former reckoning. It therefore you add* 1 1 24 . , the tarn of all their reigns, tne *i V earsInt?rreenuiiafterthedeat6ofJerobdamtne fecond ai.dthe ieveu years of Interregnum, or tyranny under Hoihea .-, the total is 270 yeare; and 12 year more than the date of tne Kingdom of Ifrael: which difference of twelve years over-Plus arileth from a fuppofal that every King raigned fo many years compleat, as are afligned him in Scrir»fure,whereas divers of them raigned but lo many years cu rraot, and one began to raign two or th.eeyeSs before his Fathers death, to wit ]ehoa(hfon of Jehoahaz. But the connexion and linking together of their feverairaips according to * fcri ta e, eives the precife date ot both Kingdoms : fo that the Kingdom of If -acl laded after the Oivifion, 258 years,and the Kingdom of Judah 3 v o C Nor can Ezekiels * 90 year be made out , nnleffe by a right connexion of the 5yriarehies.of both Kingdoms according to Scripture, evidenced m this Chronologic by ocular Demonftration. Hezekiahs 14 year is a Reft or Sabbattical year, as appears by their eat- ine in rt that which ore vv of it felf , 2 Kin. 19.29. and the year following was a fubilee after the account of forrie i and lo the meaning of that fignm^ght be this, ThatnotwithftandingSenacherib had foplundredtheCountrey, and that inatime wherein for twoyears .together thejhad no Seed-time, yet God both did and would to bleffp the earth , that of its own accord, without their labour, it ftiould bring enough to maintain them for two years together and longer, namely till the third years Harveft came in. 2 Kin 18. t?. Senacharib was overthrown in the X4year of Hczekiah, and 20. 6. Hezekiah recovered at the fame time. Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. 6x Floud-Pro m i6$o n.CircPaiov.CanS.TempDi-f. Hezekiahi Manaf. Si W. Olvn?. -5o 1 1 So 1 1210. .780 1740 '30O 1640 1I90 ( I220 790 270 :$o 510 1^5° I200 1230 1800 1660 9. 8 10. 9 1 1. 10 12. 11 13.12 14*1.5 Jfi5-*4ffi' o 19. IS n ^3 3 20.19 5 ^* 9 22.21 ?- 3 6"* T? 4-0 '3290 . 1 5 Jv- 15 16 17 280 320 1210 1240 810 1670 ? 22.22" ^24.23 3 - - 23.25° .^27.26 : A £ 28.27 . 29.28 'Manaf 4.7 2 2?~ 47 1 j -, 18 3300 66 I Jubi. 290 770 330 i$Ju 3^ 4*M 5* 6 7_47 3 "8 9 10 11 12 13 ! 4_ 474 15 15 20 3310 [300 1220 I2$0. jo ,?eo 940 >9 20 1 3 ■ 4 5 :$ '7 ^8 3320 47 5 7* 353° 23 24 25 26 Floud. U\m\*t was it y . olg fffepn 1* began to raign. 2 K1n.23.31 and raign- edbat ? months. "his younger Brother Jebojacbim who . imu .ediatcly iuo cccdcd him, was 25 y. old when he began toraigmveri. 3 6,and after that reckonningWoftzy. older than bis eider brother. How can this hold nood? AoV lehojakimsage is there reckoned in m his elder brokers 2eath'in JEeypt, J Kin.23.34.till which time he raigned as Viceroy. Or clfewemuf lay that JeboaVztboudb the younger, was by Us bathers Will or the election oi'the people preferred to the Crown before J ehoja- kim bis elder brother : As Solomon was by Gods election, 1 Kin.a.i y.and Abiiah by Rehoboams election, 2 Cbron. 11.20. 22. and 12.16. Broughton makes Tehoiakim the elder brother. Haply his brother was preferred be- fore hirn for his wickednefTe, which might make Jofiah dii-inhem hlm a yet afterwards by the favour of Pharaoh he afpired to the Crown, a Cbron. 3<5,4- That Ezekiel reckons from jofiah his Parle over is apparent by Ezek. 1. T 3 z. that 3oy.running parallel with the j y. of Jebojakims Captivity) be- ing iuft \o y.diftantfrpm ]ofiahsPaiTeover,incMiveIyc 0J p * Floud, ^■^■i»Wil I I II I I — ■ - Sacred CHRONOtOGIE. 6% Fioud.Prom ^^afov.Cani.Tehip.Divif.Manaf.Amon.Iofiah.Ter.&Ez. S. W. Olym idsoi 12^0 123O !jo 790 ,350 ,29 •310 |3o 33> 1^9°! 3 tl #1 37" 38 39- 320 40 4i 42 40 y. 68. 1*5 Jvbu 1240 1270 840 '800 360 1700 12$0 iJ7ioi 850 810 37c 330 \i6ot ,1290 4-3 44 45 4$ 47 51S 53 54 55 " /n Ezra. How ihall tl ; d , em./cs he reconciled ? Anlw. V, c muft conceive there was a double liSthe firft in Babylon, of thole who gave in their names to en" up,.o,?c of who* afterwards repented through carnal tears lov o the world ard eale, &c. who are therefore branded, i Cnron^.zj.Utneis uporacconfid ration went up and fo were reentered at JoUm. C an emblem ol our times in which many teemed very forward, lutZvL c iallcn back to errours Sec. forgett.ng (if not (le.ght.ng) their i ^arements to God and man. L , , » Its obfcrvablethat the total of both Reg.fters (tends recorded as cou',1 ntncl v y^o Ezra l.o*. and Neh. j.66. God will not loole one Yet obiervc that each Regifter lummed up tolls far (hort of the for- me? total affi ned.Ezraz.^. For Ezr.es regifter fummed up in all the pare e sVmormts but to z 9 sT 8 , and Nel cmiahs to ;io 3 i both which fall F.rih , tofa^o, which therefore muft be made up , by the refidue of the P.efts.nd iiraehtes.who could not finde out their Genealogy, Ezra 2 .„. I. the catalogue of their fervanrs and beafts born reg.fters agree, lave only in the Singers, whereof the latter Regifter bad 4 J more than the for- mer. Ezra2 6c.comparedw.rhNeh.7-<57. . , Yet beware weeenfure not all that ftayed,forfome might be forced to ftav through poverty, others becaufe they were in publ.ck implement and did the Church more fervice there then had they been at Jernfalem, as Daniel and c.tl crs. But there can be no fuch pleafor negled to come out of fone! the world and fpiritual Babylon unto Chnft and the Church, Re ir's1uahcrrcmdrkablcthatdiversofthofewhocameupwithZemU^ be', as heads of the people, did in their own perfons lubfcr.bethat moft folemneCovena,u,Weh.io.,4.M';^ 7 ', l8 ' 1 »> 20 ' 27 - a , n , dverf -3-V r 9 V,^ 1 Which you cannot immagine tobe leffe then z 3 year old apecce, e He they were not cauabieof bea^ngarms.muchcffcofbeingheads oyer the peo- ple Atieaftvofthem are° mentioned in the fore-quoted place that is Lrnpon half of the leads or Commanders and probably th .eto.e (if we may gue* by proportion) half of the people who came up with Zerub- bab-Uwrclivea Staking of that Covenant. Hence it will 1 follow, th t if the Pcrf.an Months reigned each of them lo long as HgfaeoV - ter would make us btlceve, and upon whom Chronologcrsbflild toJ- terthe true Ate of Darlcls weeks,then about twenty thoutar.d ot thepco- ple who afcendod with perubbabel lived to fee above tooyears apecce, whereas inMoies liis tite.Plal.po.fourlcorey.was counted avcry great Sawed CHRONOLOGIE. -loud.Prom.CircPafov.Cana.Temp.Divif.Dan.To.w. S. W. Olym 64 72.20 1880 1890 1460 1430 1470 1440 1030 99° 550 1040 510 65 Jubii:^o 66 61 69 70 10 71 72 73 74 75 7* 77 11 78 $20 |79 80 1000,065 1900 1480 l45o I£I© io$o 1460 1940 1920 IOIO 57° 1060 1470 5o5 20 Ju 206 16 11 3540 81 82 83 84 i2_|5°7_ 85~ 85 37 53° yo 91 13 540 92 93 94 95 9* 97 98 14 78 79 80 20 J« 508 355o, 71 81 Jnbi. 82 1020 58© 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 15 55© 106 107 108 109 no in 112 itf'Sil 509 356° 510 ;57° 83 84 86 87 66 Floud* . \ which hew probable, let any indifferent Reader judge. Suppofethe Covenant were taken in the ?oyear or Artaxerxes Mnemon, whichisthe J . cimeimagina.blc,Neh.2.i.aiid y.i^.lince it was the 20 y. of this King, before; Neucmiah was (cut as Gov ernour, arid under whole Govern- ment thcCovenant was taken. From the rirft return out of Captivity to the 20 or" Artaxerxes Mnemon, (according to I featfaen Authors) palled at leaft X44 years, to which add 20 y . of their age v. ho returned, the total is 164 y. And yet fo old they muft be ifjpropfijine i nftorians count the raigns of the Periian Monarchs right : which how contrary to the Scriptures ? Certain- ly had Cbronologers been as diligent in iearch of Scripture as in tumbling over old heathen fables, they had never left both us and themfelves in inch perplexity as now they have done about the true date of Daniels Weeks. But no wonder if they wander and ftumble in their paths,who chofe to fol- low the candle-Lf ,ht of Heathens rather than the cleer Sun-fbine of Scri- pture, and will bring that golden Standard ro their Lesbian rule. More of this iec in the Difficulties following the Preface, namely in the fourth Dilficultic. Yet their lying Olympiads are contradicted not only by Scripture, but alio by fome of the honeficr heathen; witnelTePlutarch,who in the begin- ning of his Numa affirms that Numa was 40 y . old currant when he entrcd upon the Kingdom. 2. That he was born on that very day on which the City of Rome was built 3 and lo his age runs parallel with JEva U.C. 3 . The fame Author averts that Numa was created King in the third y. of the 16 Olympiad, which therefore muft run parallel with the 40 y. of V. C. atleaft in feme part of it. 1 o all which add Alfteds confeilion in his Thefaur. Chronolog. p. 212. (though a maintainor of the truth of Hea- then Olympiads contrary to Scrip£ure)that Numa was contemporary with Hezekiahj Its apparent rhat the \6 Olympiad fell out in Hezehahs raign according to our date,ai ,d that the date of their Olympiads muft needs be falce who begin them 54 V before curs. And for my part i had rather beleevc one honeft heathen fpeaking with Scripture, then ten thoufand of them fpeaking again ft it. Nor can I but wonder that Chriftian Chrono- logers (lioiild lay that for a foundation (I mean the ufual date of the Olym- piads) which is lb much qaeftioncd by Plutarch an honeft Heathen. Cer- tainly the building cannot be firm which leans upon fo lardy a foundation. The ground of mif dating the Olympiads hath been formerly proved to be that grand miftake irbout the date of Abrahams birth : to which I muft re- fer the Reader, There yet remains one feuplc , namely how the feveral raigns of the Perfian Kings can be reconciled with our date of the Perfian Empire. For by the computation of their ieveral raigns the Periian Monarchy held about 200 y. but after our account it lafb but i2 TpTo -L^- i$cc< — 140 20 H7 21 a^ 9$ -*"—- 1 . 590 148 H9 *5o 97 ~. 196 s J$JC Hi 1 <4° 1110 1070'^e 1 i*3 154 §2 $lfl V 98 __ ~| J5§ T 1*3 §tf*s iS7 itt 99' too ip7-- 1 161 23 5i3 1 I'loii- nolo- allows him but 43 7- of "s fole raign, but confeiTcs that the for- mer f o v be raigned with Darius Nothus his father, who at the beginning of his rLn alTumed Artax.into the fellowship ot his Kingdom,p.i 7 i. We accept rAlftedscotifefBdD a and thence infer,tha.t as Darius co-opted Ar- tax II, the other Perfian Kings in the very beginning of their raigns might ailume their ions and grandchildren into the tellowih.p o their King- domes. That Darius did io (beiides theteilimony of Alfted) is evident by Scripture,E2T.5.*4. clfe how could the Temple be hmihed by the Decree of Darius and Artax.had not Artax.raigned with his father Darius,in whole tfy the Temple was tiniihed? Thus Cyrus might affumeCambyies: Da- viu^ Hyftaipis might aflume Xerxes, and he Artaxerxes Longimamis his fon at the lame time. Longimanus might aflume Darius Nothus, and he Artax. M ncmon , as is conffft. Then grant that Darius Ochus . raigncd o y . with Artaxerxes Alnemon, Arlames and Gxbmannus raigned out : theu full times lolely ;their feveral years fummed up might makeaooy. though the Wcbies rightly linked together extended the Perfian Monarchy but to 12(5 y . Ah! that this is no°new thing may appear by the Synarcmes of the Kings of Iirael and ]udah compared together : of which above.By th. slinking oftheSynarcfiies together iacred and profane Chronologie ay be r ceiled, Daniels W eeks^taUi. and y ecw ^dl that it was rot finiihed till the 6 y . of Darius Nothus,E*ra 0.1 5. A, thus Sup- poie Cambyfes raigned 2 y . with Cyrus,and jy.fone : Darius Hyftafpis ? ,6 , and with him as contemporaries Xerxes or Ahaluerus and Artaxerxes [oneimanus .(though upon tne luppoiition ^^ fl «?^2 mlrlmt) Darius Hv ftalpis his $6 y .reached within the 3 laft of ^axetxes S™ . and Co you have from the fir ft of Cy ras his umverfa Monar- in '■he iv.ot bis icaeraiM,Duitnep 01 u»iyg»w«.» «.--—--» j the ,'la^ years o(Lon2imanus and the firft of Darius Nothus, 4 y.more, which adid to the former 43 j . make mil 4 7 V • from return out of Capti- i ! c to the finding ofthelcYond Temple. To which 477. add jrfy.of A ta^ Mnemonsrnign 5 (whereofi 3 y-after Darius Nothus his death, IO w h Ochus and » alone) 13 y . of Darius Ochus alone, 4 of Arfames, and TcfS mannus 3 , 3 inall Wy. the total is juft laoy. according to our due of the Perfian Monarchy. , „ * But why labour I in vain for a reconciliation with them who will not a- R reew-thL,fincemySWhies croffe their Hiftory: nor can I agree whin •em.finc* their Chronologie i^ofles Scripture? An 1 if we g6 but to common fence and reafon, Is it probable the Fern- an Sacred CHRONOLOGIE, <58 Floud.Prom.CircPafovCana.Temp.r >ivif.Dan-7o-w- 162 V .5. 74-22 If. Olym. 100 j i$$o 1520 H20 1080 < 540 163 164 JM i<55 3630 166 101 161 1 58 24 5i9 22 /« 5io 1 69 170 102 17i 1980 1560 1*30} 1130 1090 S$o 172 173 174 *7$ 2$ $*0 3*4° I03 . 17$ 177 178 I04 620 179 180 181 1990 157° 1 44° ~66q 182 26 521 105 — ~- 1140 1100 183 184 185 3^50 i8<5 73 io5 187 Jnbi. 188 630 i8g 87 190 191 522 22 Ja 1 ■ ! 107 20C0I 1 tpa 1580 i55o 1 1 50 IIIO 070 195 194 ic8 195 \j$6 28 6n $66° j , — 1 }W ! | 1 198 * 109 540 199 1 ■ 200 201 ) 201c 202 ! 110 1 56 J 116c 1 1 1 2C 680 : 2C 5 29 !iM 1 — 159c — 204 ;20$ 1 3070 I206 j .111 '207 I 1 '*o8. 1 JA^o 209 1 1 I 210 $• "s~5 112 FiOL T 2 an Ki n^who^aliotfed in estfe** I Q**y s and wet* fo mightily addled toCcres Bacchus and Venus fhould raig nor live fo long as is affirmed by HeithenAuthours? I deny not but the 1 wd might beftow upon Art:x. Mnemon a prerogative of fipgular preservation from great dangers, oW I iics,ana a prSberous raign, in regard o his and his Fathers great and ■ , 1 ar affedion to the Chiuxh 3 V.z L -.6.and -.But to beieeve that in fo much B ale hefhouFcfraign 62y.and lively. (asPJbtarch reports upon mi ft) I avail -ouktfc it canfeifte enter into mv CreedL and may give jUfto f. Olysr. *5> II i7 5-2i! , I 212 \JubilS 213 FlodS. 7° Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. Ftoud.Pfom.Circ.Pafov.ani.TcmpDivif.Dan.70w. S. W. Olymp. 260 ^5.24 3070 261 Jubil 1620 262 io*$o. 1 1220 1180 740 263 264 26$ 266 3 8 533 267 24-> 258 710 259 270 2060 271 1S30 272 1660 1230 II9Q 750 2 71_39 134 274 27$ 275 HI 278 720 279 280 40 53$ 20po W40 281 282 283 284 285 1^70 12 40 1200 7^0 285 • 287 41 sss_ 288 730 289 290 24-7« 2ioe 291 i5$o 292 1680, 125 i2io'77o 293 i — 1 , 294 42 537 295 296 740 297 298 299 300 2U0 3°* 43 538 i55o 302 i 1690 126c 1220 7 3o 303 304 30$ 306 307 308 44 $J? 3730 3740 37 ?© Jubi. 376o I2 5ll 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 37/0; Flood. Sacred CHRONOLOGIE. FloudPromCirc .Pafov.Canaa.temp.Divi( Um.70 w'. S. W* 'Olyn* 2120, 1670 1700 |2i30i 7 50 1270 1230 19° 77.25 Jubil] 1680 17 10 1280 309 310 in 312 313 314 316 |257"- 3*7 3i3 l6o I319 320 321 137 $40 3780 138 \ l 39 1240 ,800 322 46 J541 I .£4£. 323 324 2140 1720 . iI290II250 jO I. J 770 325 326 227 328 329 47 |54 2 2150 3790 3.30 331 3-32 395 334 335 141 142 143 ■3800! 336 48 i543_ ; I* \. 337 T W x 33 [144 339 ?4° 34 1 ! I7 20 I700j .i300T2^o 820.I 343_49_ »344 345 U<5 357 348 . 790 349 vsL£L 351 I216 . 352 353 554 355 35^ 357 5i 544 145 17 lo\ I174 1 3 10 127° 830 *8io 54? 146 H7 54^ 3820 148 71 Flouil- ■ »■ » II I " « 72 Sacred CHRONOLOGIC, rrOTfdvProm.Circ.Pafov.Ona5,Tcmp.Divi(.nm.7ow. .?. W. Olym. ,358 |7_8.a5| 14? Flond- far better take in Summer, not fo hard put to it dri r th lmf*cadd Soar Saviour being baptized precifelyat tb.time 4. lmigntaaa,iu4Lu , iaTO ° t h e co mmon opinion be bapti- of the year he was born, muft ff^^^^^^ men judgt. ze d in the depth of ^2liS#^ thus, He w & as That Chnft was born about Auauft or bept ^«iP > thirtie year old at his Baptiime,L^e 3. a 3 t^J^J^ S an fea| y.oreompleatly )*.# "-mStf ^.tffi&*hftf out t, and by theVropheaeor uaoiu,.^" £■«£-*•, cf March Its mani f cft rom the laft Pafieover, falling out about tte end a Ma* : fo might hooly anfwer the type by ?«ch^s TM ^ Its a pious conjedufe of Divines that < ^ .^ pnvld , at : am ., ltt God of purpofe concealed the time of *£ n ]L tm Atigu^i^^#j>»«* thrifts birtb as he did the bodieotMo- tfintltm f,J>i,TiperioAv,gvdu, fid en- fes isweU&re-feeiafibow it would ha< e cm In ipfh m:nfi Auguf* - «***"* ££ ZU ro &£&*», ta had it £££3- * *"" "*" bC On!vieTJ; U S"ft is the t.ue Mdchizecck, being without Mother as Only Jelusv.ni.rc ujc ieirVimit haeinnine ot endtof daves : Gcd )W khour Father as Man and w.t.out be mn , ^^ A clear tefbmome of his D. a >n t,t , H d a^ ro v J ^ Prophet TeremiahaPrieftar.d 1'ronhct, lo f //-ekicl ; bat. ni-.ci . >y a- ce t Ch iitwas botfcKine Priced Prophet : whicbd.gmtie yet h£ :on- fegfa Smekrenpon his people,^ them ftmt*ri.Kni^^ l», * Wet^noth the Conception anAHrth of Ctf tft in ore columne. He v-^bornatthebe.inningofatbbatica year 1 rrar,ed-..telv for * gg , , l„hilrearcordiH«toovAco«nt:yer.thcv«arof the Lord isrecfoftwl ra- &« from his Conccpuon.which j p kibly fill ou«(.iout our Lady d U li ■ ■ » .»■». . , ^ypJE. 71 Swcd CHRQNOLOGIE. yioud-Prom-Circ. Pafov.Cana.Tcmp Divif. Dan. 70 w. , IvCir,- ff. ^ lip. \ .407 ,C. B."!9-27 r 4c 8 7«^i 850 409 » 4io £ 1 1 J<2 S??Q I77 1 ? 4U psj' 4.1 2 | ! _ i8co HZf |||TC 890 413 59|J 414 2>' I* 4 ' 27/* 1 l^g ^ lie O <"» 4 • 5 3 * l r^3c - 4I * « f 417 ^ * 85o 4I * 5T^ 419 . <2 S 420 60 3 555 I 54 | g?JO 1810 1780 1380 1340 poo 42? g- 4^ SI 15$ 424 $ i 42? fj -850 425 3 i T 55 427 #1 555 ! >-. .J. 11 — 1 qp— - 428 ' .1 - 870 42-9 43Q ld"7 B?4© 1790 - 43* 43? 1820 *$?° 1550 910 433 1 ,^-- — ^1 434 5s 435 " 557 168 i 39c 43^ - 49 r /«#. 438 1 59 88p 439 440 ?~7*« ?250 . 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V^S t ftvc3t&ehwisSTabbatl«! year, his fecond you wUUlmoft. *cj jcd . , «tktru" y iu orkin&an that dotft redeem &, £.!,*. • it in the laft y. of Daniels or ;o iw_ „rt»d*» whereof I lei mc to itinthelaftv. of Dan ids « £ W» ^ewdaan, whereof I vcfarc ^ifFrr from him areforroerly rocnttonca, tne wu e u»i- & ^ ? nS™ iud»»croent and then let him pick and chufe. to the Readers judgement, *uiu v Lr^-dink? to our account the Utterally RlftM that propheae, Ila. 6.1.1, z. by pae.ierui.^ uo H tie in a year of Jubilee, Neither lofeph nor Mary did lineally defcend from SoloiW Ubcg mons race, and dyed childcleiie iJ"^ 8 ^ fuccc(non in thj Kitfg$*$ ^ by nat^al ^™^&?^ r T„o proper name, tfatfnife "oners out or Fnlon, In tffl Our Lord being about joy . , <*d,*13 bapttacd.of Jobn,ln JordanXu*..?, * 2$ in'Auturone,not in Spring. ( r . CMffa his death cai&d fte dayly Sacniicc to ceaic u» tk iw 6 -157 3.2 80.28 4-3 \JulriL 458 5-4 174 , 900 ■ 459 \5o> 6.5 7-5 2270 4.61 8.7 , 1820 462 55 _9^8_55r 10.9 \2ju '71 1 850 1420 i38o'94o 463 454 I i. IO 455 12. II $°V- 455 ^7 i'3.I2 I4.I3 in 44$ IS-H gig 459- 57 1 0.1 5 552 \rjn 2280 1830 47° g m*L 47T , .£» '«-!''; 472 «r iy.i8 : 18 53 1430 1-350 9fr 473 r^ 20.19 474 ; a 1. so 475 » a2.-a.1j 475 <58"^ 23.22 $53 is** < » ; 477 5 24.23 ■4-. 8 ^ 25.24 T 7 ^ ^20 479 a. 2-'3'2$, I 480 J27.2.5J ' 2290 i?4o 481 482 28.17' 29.28 1*1 1870 1440 1400 9 4?3 59 30.29 554 — ' 4*4 31.30, 435 32.31 3950 aSS 33.32 no *8i 487 34-33 \ Juki. 88 . 9^ 489 49°' 7 '^ 55.5 Xfk 182 1 . i I F I N I S. • \ \ .. ■■*