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ofthe Prophefie of A

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‘Concerning the day of Can 1 s -r s fccond
Commmg,  e

(tn the third Chapter of the fecond

TLE.

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(4) F that which St. Peter

here. defcribeth were
’ foretold by the old pm-
phets,then mutt Saint Peter
be fo expounded, as it may
be {hewen in them,and agree
with them.

ch1,
of Chrifi to judgement , and
the Apafiles of our Lordand

the reflauratim then pramifed, itiheirzg alfa confirmed Z}:

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Vcrfee  

Verfe 3,4 .
le;j‘.“,»tleeY‘hoth hy [ewes and C hri-

  

i ‘ tu,__éi§e'e3l‘Ger2,tilesf,)‘et imhe luff

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  fhozjla’ come thofe, who

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tiihlhing after their lozzme de-
fires (or hammers) ,/hould deny

M any fetch pramife (b) of that
Tab} of C hrzfi , fztjing, Where Z3‘

' r-the premi/e (C) ofi his com-

tmz;eg.3 Where 1):‘ the new hen»
, were ezmlieenz earthjau talk of?

whichiChri{t was to come
Kingdomet

(5) Itake
, plying thatt

Pramife here for

, fomewhat

thinke that I am.-

condemning the op
be neere upon the b
fiian Apofia-fie , (
times 5 ) and that
within thefe time
not the like reafo

 9;

Fex,:J?pwfaet'er it were then he» r

and deride the expetizztion of

0 be the meaning, wfzs.
1}: the promife ofhtir cumming .3 Nerz/erthelej]i:we1oioh far 4 new
_hetwen and a new earth, according
,(Reader)in the appli
erre ; but be not thou unchati

n of the fitft Authours

1 . ~ ,
2' (5) This iaiapg-tTov TQJV :«;,uu'_o.'.;::',
3 or left day-es , fhould feem to

chtifhaccotding to that of
Saint ‘Paul, I Tz'm.4. I #72‘: the-

lbe the time of the C hut-e.
ches Apofiafie under Atari» *

later times fame jhafl depart
firam the feitb,giving headte-
fpirits oferraur ,4/ed doélrizzes»
of demons. For as the times,»

22iel$’Kingd0mes were the
lalt times in general], during

,and found his Church and’
So the latter times of the
— being the period of a time, times,
in the wicked home {houlcl “dom
l times of the lafi times, or lafi tim

fourth Kingdoms,

es in fpeciall.

res plromgfléz, the aémithefls im- A’
7 he fcoflers fa} , Where-_

of the fourth and Iafi of De. ‘

‘and halfe ta time,where- f
ineere, are the latemoft f

tohirpromife. But here is
cationivherein thou maili
table

of crying down at» .

in thy cenfute, not
For although the crying dovvne and
inion of the Chiliezfls, will be Found to
eginning of the times of the Antichri-
which I fuppofe to bee called the lafi
the utteributying ofthat opinion falls
s : yet thou muff know, firfl, That there is

  truth ,,



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‘v truth, and ofthofe, who led by their authority, take
tterwa-rds , without further examination, for an errour.
. Secondly,To fcoffe, is one thing,and barely nottotbe.
tleeve, is another. Thirdly, it is one thing to deny a pro-l t

(3)

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mife fimply, and another to deny and quefiion the manner
thereof :as alfo, to re}1:e& a truth fincerely propounded,
land when it is entangled with errours , as that of the later

hcbilieff may feem to have been.
. Verfe 4.pars altem. ‘
The reaftm of tbtii‘ their um.-

liefe éeizrg, éecaufe they ima-
:gi22e,tlaere /mt/9 22e=veryet,fizzce
the creation of the world, éem
may example offuch as defiru£ii-
tamzzza’ change enfuing it , as
third: the cumming of C hrzfi

Touching the ]'ewes,and the
nion amongft them in the
later times _, I find amongfi
the Doétors of the Gemam,

(which was finifhecl about

W

auldée. For _/aim the F4. 5.00.. yeers after Chrifi) a
zfbergfell aflcep ( fay theflevezz
/inc: Adam died , afl things
/mrve tontinuecl as they were
fram the éeginnincg qf the Cre-
ation. 7 ‘berefare t/oe e.~cpeE?az‘ti.
:02: of any fuck change oftbe
vrtrorldvjrziid the flare qf things
itbereirz (.25 uppofed) is tvainl
anc1_fzritJol’o2/at, and never to ée
fulfil/ed.

nW'upn ninth rm nwn 11:
:*x::: n~.wx:>‘>n -nave N‘7N

{tare of the world , and the
dayesof Mefliah,but in‘re-
gardof the bondage under
the kingdoms of the Gen»

efing the more ancient opi-
nion and tradition of the renovation of the world. After

this time there app
:1 fed’: of the followers 0

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hich at length was greatly advanced by the auth
. A 3

lemzecl‘

it af-

impeachment of this opi— '

or gloffi of their Talmud, A
tenet of one R. Samuels, we '

That there was to be no clif- -
ference between the prefent t

tiles onely-'5 thereby 0pp0- 1 "

eares to have been amongfl the Jewes 1
f the opinion of this R .Samuel, v
orityof '

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  fenfe and tneaning is the {elfe fame with that here of the
’ (coffers: All -thifigf (fay they) eom‘z'mte,ax: they were from the

’ f0ll0vvers;as one called Dtufifiri 'DirJ‘.17 creli nevi, proving

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Philofophy of Artflotle , (wherein he was admirably skil--‘

worlds renovation to be in the dayes of Meliiahg and that
upon this ‘ground, Qgtod mzmdm retinet é’ fegzaitztr eaxzftte-
itudifiemfuttflg which faying he adfcribeth to fame other
Rabbins of the fame opinion before him , which for the

hegimzizzg ofthe cr-eation. Neverthelefie r;4.ém Ez.m,who li-

thers did) the contrarygszthere are extant certain difcour-
fes and ttaétates amongfl them, purpolely wtittenofthisl
argumcr. t, and confuting the opinion of Ramham and his

the neceffity of the renovation of the world, and direfied
againft cttp.z9.lih,z.of./Maimanides his lbtore Nehothim...
Anothetby R.lfzmk Aharhinel, 'D'!n5.N nwbvnn Opera .Dei,,
(out of Pjal.6 5.5.) wherein all the arguments brought a-
gainft the renovation are confuted. And no doubt there
are more ofthelikc nature,which we know not of.

Verfe 5,6. ;'
But thafe who fuppofe thia‘ (5,,
e,-Q,-0 o,g;W’]g ;) that there hath
zwvernyet any fuch tie/tmfiikan
or change heft:/Zen the create?
022, and thence tomlmle ,, there.
inter [hall fztth ever he - theyi

‘Br

weigh and cortflt/er ‘not, thef
%u72i7,'erfal/etelucgfe in th erime qf
Noah, (when the L‘tlVfl?S laid;

upon the ereaturefar mam‘ fizz 

learned Maimonit/65 , who having drunk too deep of the 4

full)became a champion againit the opinion of o the.

ved not long after Meimonides, maintained fiill(as alfo 0-»: V

M

water,viz. that of the great

(5)

firft falemnly‘ toohe pl.ace,);
“ hrought at at lthe cleftrmfitcon, f o ~‘,

a like change upon the world‘

for the degeneration of the
lcreatzere; As their at thefecond‘
hcomming ofChrifl.r [hall he for
the refiazcration and a.reno=vati-

on of the fame in the glorious
liberty of the children of God.
For the heavens were of old’,
aneltheglolze of the earth, con-

fifiifig PW"tl)l  !l]J\oLTO§) Of

cleepganclpartly ( Jn’ z'JIJ7o:.'z‘o§ )4
clouds ancl_flooel.'gates of heat.
meclhyuthe word 0fG0cl: By the 5 H¢””°dW‘3 3 JV}. vhocov , 5W6’?

the world which“ then wat,,he- d6!’ fhfl P1‘€P0fifi0n 3 I fUP"
ing overwhelmed with water, ' POE‘ S-PW’ by his '”‘7J*¢T@‘

Noah: lzfe, in the feconcl‘

tainsof the great deep hroken PIRCC Of G9”?/l5~ alledged

up-, fieverf. 18 . and the wa- t

z~ers»3 8; 2'‘! .and all diedi

Vcrfc 7 ;

A E’"l¢t"l5lJl'€ heacvens and the earth

(i.e.thc7 world)“ which ianow-,l

rrrr U

_rvr-—¢v

amongft Cd) wateralto wit, the (d) An}, f0met.im'es fignifiés« :
iinte-r,‘ amongftpr in themiclfllr

rvenltangingahout it,.afl fra..\0f;aS hifritwercr :91; Mice : Sow

mbgct, mm,-r. (N 5‘, Ufi ,;\dfT.,.1,,, ) irtfulac. Hovvfoevcrevve rcn-A-»

perifloedg as it is written Gen, I mcens the fuperitnut water, 7
7.11 ,feq. in the 6oo.yeere-of’; vvh1ch t'ogethe:r wxth that of _

the fea,or great dcep,concur-- ;
moneth, in the feventeenth clay red to the dI'OWfl'.iflg. of the g
of themonth were all thefozm- world , as appcares by the" 

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- l fore the ledge of the worldfznd
. the haafii cf’ the fourth lheafl t

i

y dingto the prophefie of Dani-
e ‘ el,.ca'tp.7 .wh_afaw dfi€7‘]flt’€tlI7¢

V ' Efay,cap.6 6. who faith ofthet

= day, That the Lorelfhetll come 
f withfire, tmd with his chariots
' lihe 4 whirlwind; to render his
- emger zvithfury ,and his re. A

.(i.e. by his {word of firefiv
" J‘:£.m-tr) the Lord would plead
with allfiefh, and the flair: of r

A Butwheredi I me22tioned(faith

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A A thy thefame word are heft in t
V f’care,refer'ved imtofire (e) at .

the day of judgement tmdper.
ditian of ungodly merz,aetor-

zfltting and cumming forth he- '

hurried therewith : And of

(e) From this proportion
which the judgement l to
come by fire, hatghfpnto that E
which was by wafhflg the‘
deluge, I renew calls l.t‘b.Z'lll-
oium ignis, lih. 5 .c.2 9. jitx.te
edit.Fewrdentii.
‘ ‘W

halves with flames offiré : And i
that h} fire and h} his fword,

the tLord[hzzll he meets)’. S0 41..

helm M cm at-were‘, and all the
proud, and all that doe wicked»
ly [hell he flithhle, which at the
eomming of that day (f) Ihall
he heir/at up. A t

Verfe 8.

fin Malachy cap.4. That the ‘V M
great and terrihle day Ihall

(F) Itmay be it is ofthisi;

day that the Prophet Eféty al- 
fo fpcaks, cep.9. 5 . where he i “

faith, that the battell of the

Saint Peter) the day of judge-

H‘,-

mezet, left yem/fight mqtahe it

A-.
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Meffiah fbould not be as the
Whettell of the A mzrriour , with

i fbr

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‘ rm fbort blot)/,0’/‘It day of few confufecl ‘noife , andgarmenft
\ homes, I would not, Beloved, rolledin élood; em with bar-
tlnwe you ignorant , tlmt one ’ ningandfuel/offire.Forthe
‘day (g) zritlotlae Lord is as a  old Prophets for the moi-it
itlzoujanclyeers zanda tlaozlfand part {peak of the comming
of Chrifi indefinitely 85in ;

‘years no one day.
general], without that diftinétion of fit{’t and fecond corn-
ming, which the Gofpelout of Daniel hath more clearly
taught us: And fo confequently they fpake of the things
to be at Chrifts comming indefinitely and all together;

and what befits both alike , may be applyed unto both.
i (g) Thus I expound the-fe words by way of pre-occuw
pation or premunitiombecaufe they are the formall words

i of the Jevvifh Doétots, when they fpeak of the day of

judgemengor day of Chriit, as Saint ‘Peter here dothfuizs.
‘exam 115:: t*’::"'q7:'t “mks tan mm dies Dez'S.B. [font mills nnni-.
And though they Life to quote that of the ninth Pfalme,
(mille zmni in ocztlis mix at alias lzeflzrnns) for Confirmation
thereof, yet are not the fe words formally in the Pfztlme».
So the t S'aintPeter in this paffige feems rather to h ave had

W refpeét to that common faying of the Jewes in this argu-

ment,than to the words of the Pfaltne 5 where the words
(one clajwitlo the Lord is» as a. tlaozofanrl years)a.re notgthough
the later part of the fentence (rt tlJ0£t_fz1nol.)'eeres .45 one day)

it, for a confirmation of the former. 2. The (E: words are
commonly taken as an -argument ,why God fhonld not be
e ~ B

J

i thought

which we who are now more fully informed by the Reve~ .
lation of the Gofpel, ofa twofold comtning, mutt apply it
. each of them to his proper time : thofe thingswhich be-l
. fit the {late of his firft comming,nnto it 5 and fnch things

as befit the Rate of his fecond contming , to the fecond-5 W

rt'iay.allyude thither 5 as the Jewes aifo were wont to bring 

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tthought {lack in his promife (which folio
’vc1'f*: But the firi’: Fathers took Ltottnerwzfiz sand bcfides,
tit proverb it not : forthc queflion us not, Wlletliérthc

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100060. years are in the cyesof God no more than one
day is to us, and fo it would not {earn Iong; to God, if the

 judicious confide: it , v.vh-ether this paifige fo prone to
 be taken in the expofiuon 1 have gwen ,yca and-alledgcd

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ffamtc time of the Apacz;/yps..o The pretence againfk this Er
 ifilc wa»s,that. it vyamcd the teftimonic of allegation by

dftbc féirfl Fathers. But (Dies Domz'm'_fiwt mi//ed azzni) (lug-
‘fled both by Iufiiiz /I4ar.fyr and Ireizdtm, is not Out Of the

finch words,‘ but out of the Epifllc of P*ez.er , who apply- 1

 dflélfd. Kvfid ; COUfidCT it...
   Verfe 9.

%i./ind though tbtlxzday ée clafer.
:%ed,yet 13’ {/93 Lord not /1451:
.~:;a;2ce:;rnlng My promife, _(.1-5..
tlflmet men atflount‘/Z£1c£v.I2ej]€,4~5»
 lam’ atlserea’ /aid’ purpofg or %
:2-meant 72€’L'€7‘ to performe z't}::‘
17’é'2'&;tt the-tcaufe of this delay , £5«
‘%5l2is lung zarfikrivg (3) towards

1

Z}r1in.t11 Pfalm , as they make for granted, (for there are nofi

ws intI1cnexr 7

. time be Iongorfhorc in refpeét of God abut whethcrit be 
. ‘long or (hort in refpeét of us; otherwiofc not I-ooo. but

{day of judgment fhouldtbe defeated tilltlmn. 3». Lfitthe  

;to.tha.c pustpofgwere not form: part ofa motive to maze- A
ifoticall ..».~s'mi-Chilia_[fs(whereof Eufaéim,,»vhom»twe trufl A
fwasnonc of thelcalt) t0 be fo willing and ready to quc- _o
t>£’cion the authority of this Epifilcgas they did alfo at the o

bah itzetotbcday of judgm=cnt,whi,ch he calletha Dies Da- 

(42 Saint Pettoer f-‘peaks and 
bwmtcs in this E-piflle to his. ;

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ling that an) ‘lhould perifh at

that day, hut that the whale 224-
' tint: fhould tome unto repen-
tance ,(b) »nvhich,5if that day
fhould fttrprize them in their
yzmhelzefe , muff inevitahly pe-
‘rifh with the raft of the ene-
i mics of Chrifl,

 refreflring

Refp. But it

Verfe 1 o. ‘

But at for the manner QF the

A

.-eamming of this great day of i

brethren the Jcwes , as ap.-ti;
pcares by the firft vetfe of

this chapter. l

(5) So the fame Saint Peter
in his ‘éfirlt publike Sermon
to his Nation in the Term

ple,after the fending of the .
Tholy Gholt»"( A3. 3.1 9,@'t. ) t
_' exhorts them to repent and

be converted sis re‘ c/gem-mabfiu Tali ahapréas évtffl‘, for the wafh- ’
A ing away of their rfiunes ,that fo (6’nwca.‘r)-thofe times of
and refiit-ution of all things which God had
 {poken by the mouth of all his holy Ptophetsmight comet,

which till then were to be fufpended.

Objeft. But God could have haltcned the Iewes icon-
 verfion, if it had pleafed him. ‘

flood with the oeconomy of Gods juftice, '
- when the jewes had rejc-éted Chri{t,theit cxpiation, to
V‘ grant them this grace,untill they
time of pennance for all the finsof their Nation , even
from the firfl: time they werea people , untill the laft dc-
flruétion of Hierufalem. For fince they would none of
their pardon and attoncment by Chrift, (with tefpeét un-
to whofe comming God had fo long f pared them; for all
their expiation by facrifice looked unto him) God would

not bate them an lace of the judgment they had merited, *
but would vifit all the former finnes of their Nation up- 1
on them ,from the golden Calf'e,untill their crueifying,
and fin-‘ally rejeéting of their M effiah.

lhould have fulfilled 2

B2

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(Io)

ithe Lord,,it [hall he fctcldenly

1-: and yztnawareS,w:t a thief: in w
the night , in which the rhea-F

‘ vens ( c_) with ya erachling (c) \/Vhatthefc Heavens are,
noife offire jhall1oaj]eraway,and and why I render co:;»;_é-Lt the
the gu{XeT:'ae  or hoflf  them 1 hofi ofthenz 5 and how this
[hall melt with fervent heat; ronflagrationis to beunder-
the earth alfot and the worlzes ; flood , I will fhevv when 1
thereof [hell he hurned. {have done my Paraphrafe.

Verflx 1,1 2 . Seeing then that all thefe things [hall

 hedrflol-ved, what manner of perfons ought we to he,“
 in all holy con-verjation and ocllinefle, to make our
r fel-ves fireqzroof; arzdfttch as may ahide the day of re-

fining .3 no namely hecornmeth thofie who hyfizith looh

 for,and haflen the ramming of the day of theLord,

wherein the heavens heing on fire fhall he olved ,
and the hofi‘ of them their withferrvent heat, For our
ltfe and conrverfittian Ollght to he fittahle to our faith,
and we are [0 to walha as  that were alwayes prefent
which hy faith we loch for. y

Verfe I 3. But this conflagration ended , (whatfo.
erzter thofeftoflers fay , who gweffion the prornife of
Chrifls fecond comrning ; wee looh according to his
promife Efa.65.8z 66. fora new hearven anda new
earth, (that is,a new and refined {late of the world)
wherein rigl2teoafnty]e [hall dwell, according 45' the
fame Prophet faith cap.o'o.2o,zI. A The Lord fhall
he thine everlafling light, and the dayes of thy moctr.

A ning [ha ll he ended, thy people alfo fhallhe all righte.

ens , they lhall inherite the land,;yor earthgfor eryey-_
Vcrf.r4,r 5, 1 6. Wherefore helflfljed ( feeing that

ye look for fttth things at his comming) he diligent

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delay thereof to hefalvation. Even as our heloved hro.
therPaul»alfo (one of the Apoflles of ourL oral,who con-
firmeth thefe words of the holy Prophets‘) according to
the wifdomegiven untohim, hath written unto you;
enforcing the like exhortation unto holineflé of life,
from this our faith and experience of the Lord Ic-
fus his appearing to judgement, nihich we now males
untoyou : viz. Heb. 1 2.1 4,2 8,29. As alfo in all his
Epift/ets,_{peahing in them ofthefe things,viz*.Rom.
2-.4.co1l~.cum verf. 5“,6,7.8t 1 Cor.1.7,8.8c 3.13.
2 Cor. 5.9,1o,1 I .in initio, 8: 7.1. Phil.1 . IO. 8:
:.v...15,1 6. 85 cap.3.1o... Co1o{T.3.4,5 . 1 Thefliz .
12. 8: 3. 13. denique 5.23. 2 Thcfll 1. 3', Ir.
 1- Tim.6.I4,I 5.. Tit.z.12,13_.,. o l ~ l

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How this Conflagra tion of the world’,
whereof 8. Water {peaks , an d efpeci—-
t   ally of the Heawrzs, is to b:c

E Or refolution of this que fiion, Imuft premife
fomehthings, totmakehthe way thegfetokthe
more cafic; t A r = r , l t "t   "   
‘ 13.1. That theold Hebrew» -language wherein

the Scripture fpeaks,.there is no one word tpi‘cx4-4
preflé the compages of the fuperiourand infifcri-5
our bodies, which we call undus, butithe fe twpé

that ye may hcfouncl in him in peace, without f pot and h 
hlamelcffland account the long-fujfering of Gocljn the 3

words earvcnande Eartb*(37'1N\ 1:m:w) joynedjtdt-t

,.,_._.

B 3 andg 2

(.132 l E

l and putetogether,onely'fo that when Saint Peter

r by that generall deluge ; and the creatures be-4

-faitll (the VVorld that then was , erifhed by wa-
ters 5 but the Heavens and earth t at are now, are r
refetved to firez) He might as well have faid ac-
cording to his meaning , The Heavens and the
Earth which then were, perifhed by wat-ers,as the
world that now is fhall by fire. For the words‘
Heaven and Earth joyned , imply no more in the
one (according the Scriptures notion) than the
fingl-e word Mandzes or World cloth in the other,l
being applyed to the hiliory of the great deluge :
as alfo, a New heaven and a New earth is the fame 3
notion with that in our expreflion ,where we fay
a New World 5 that is to fay, N we rerumfaciesma-g
em remm caisditio 5 which we_ otherwhile apply to
very {mall , and even particular and domeflicall‘
changes , when we lay‘, Here is a new V\/orld;
which the Hebrew would or might exprelTe,Here ‘
is a new Heaven and a new l:arth.

2 . That it is not like that any other World, or
Heaven and Earth ,’fhall perifh by fire, than fuch-
a one as heretofore perifhed by water : for fo the
azetitlae/is importeth, 'uiz.The Vs/orld , or Hea-l
ven and Earth that then was ,peri[hed by water ,
the Heaven and Earth which now is , is referved

perifhed byewater was no other than the fubluna;
ty world ;'the Heaven whereof is that which we
u call Ayre,but the Scripture Heavengwhich fublu-
nary heaven, together with the earth , was marred; '1

longinggrtot them both either wholly delh'u&ed,or ‘

A »marv.el-3

for a defivtuvétion by fire. Now the world which

l

V__-.-~—....____

‘ .,.u- mnv

(*3)

marvelliouflyt corrupted from that they were be-
fore: fuch a World thercfore,and no other Hea-

ven and Earth , {hall undergo the fecond deluge A

of fire for re Ilauration, which before fuflered the

deluge of water for corruption. V  
3. Obferve alfo,for the better underflanding

of Saint Peters meaning ,That the word S‘6t)(_éiat,.

which we in this place are wont to turnElements,..,

is not like to be underfloor! in the notion of the
Greek Do€tors,whofe termes and notions the
Scripture ufeth not,bu~t other-wife divideth the

W’0/‘/‘éi-C Nay Further,in' this place it cannot be for-

underfloocl ,for that the Hebrew divifion of the
V.Vo-rld into«~ Heaven and Earth is here exprefled,
and the sotxéra diP(l;.D§})Ul{il€d fromthctn both.But:

when the whole world isdividcd into Heaven...

and Earth er’: 73:iirw ,9 «:5 afgitwy by Earth is meant the-
Eanlaezzg/oée-,wl1it:th Saint Peter faith is J5 {M76-
a'u_:e.¢Z70br,.$ll'1(Zi fo the water and earth are both inclu-
ded in the {ole name of Earth :~In Heaven the
Ayre is inclucled". Thus three of the Phyficall‘

Elements are bcfi0wed.The fourth is the Fire: 
but thisis that which is to burn the smxeict. ,and for»,

none of the <;2>’3Ce3at to bee burnt. And; if any of
t.l‘1efe Elements. could be exemptede-from thistdi-~
vifion into Heaven and Earth, befides the Fire,
‘viz. the Aire,yet could not that, not anyofthem;

alone be s-o:;(si3a. in Saint Peter: For gorxtfta notes»

morethan one. It muft neeclstherefore bce,that»
smxefa here meaneth fomething elfe. Bet us fee-—
i=fwe~ can finde out what it is. Markthen Saint Pa».-
fzfffi =O1‘ICi€1', 5: Evpattoi  s'o:.X_t«7at, than yii  ‘Ia?’ E4'ct’u'/Z‘? ipya 2

1.

,,’.:.-—.......

(I4)__i

B y which -correfpowhdcnce it fhould ‘feeme that
Swxeim efhould be fome furniture belonging to c‘a2?- I

{um,as nz Ema are the buildings 8: whole furniture
ofcreatzeres belonging to term 3 which furniture
of both , but efpecially that of the Heaven the
Scripture 'calls Dunn‘ the hop of them , Gen.2.I.
The heavens and the earth were fizeijhed , ‘Drain’ .531
and all the hoflf ofthem: LXX . '5Joc'o'[A@‘ a:’ufi§1f. Vulg.
Omatm eomm. Nay , feeing the whole world is
nothing elfe but the heaven and the earth , and
What is contained in them, (i.e.) exereitmeomma:
and feeing heaven and earth are both here di-
flinétly named, and 793 Em put for the hot’: of the
earth 5 it muff needs be that s'c:;:e7ac, named as di-
fliné} things from all three, fhould note the hot}
Of 7164116”: And fo the meaning of Saint Perm
fhould be, when he «faith 51 zupewai :9 taxed, as ifhee
had félid, 51 Evpau/oz‘  golxévdb 1% 5u;>ctyii , I‘/J3 /J6’(l’ZJ€l7S (0261
the hafz’: thereof’; or 7:2 an ‘aunt? sazxcie, as he (ayes, y-ii )9‘
5.0 new’; i’p;a, the*earth and the worhes zhereirz. But
how, will fome man fay, fhould svIXe7d- come to
have this notion?I anfwer thus,The Hebtewverb
N3? fign ifieth, in ordim mz'litarz'flo , imedo, and fo
anfwets to the Greek verb s1ax';>La:, which is expoun-
ded, év rrcéifee &g4;,ipa,wa.e, LC. in erdizze militmri imedo,
Vide Seap.ex E tjmolog. Accordingly the LXX.
render the Hebrew N23‘ r:.5e5z7a£v7c,.w,z, i.e. in prescien-
Bufio, inflmfia acie fio. NOW if the verbc N21‘ fig-
nifie thefame with the GTCCk?El%:3.Why may not
the Hebrew Noune N:n*(wl1ich we tutnc exam’-

tus)be tendered sozpgravg the I-lelleniflstbr G reckifh
Jewes’. as in other words {'0 here following the

Etymo- V

A of Chaldee. The paffages which this Ramhm

(ts)

 Etymology from mix», and having eye more to
their owne native language ,than to the ufeof
Greece. ltwould be long to {hevv in how tmny
words they, andthe Greek Scriptures written ac=
cording to their Dialeét, ufe notions which the
Greek ufed not; (_w'z..) rcfpeéting fotne confor-
mity or other intheir owne Tongue.‘ '1 he works
of the learned; in {acted Criricifme are of late
full of fuch oblervati0ns,wherehy many difficul-
tl(*S‘3flCl ohfcurities in Scripture become cleare
and eafie. Neverthelelle the Gentile-Cireekes
themfelves ufe «;:';¢@ and ga'?;r;ti} (which come of
thefame verbe s‘?i';§J) in the fame {enfe we plead
for,=w'2:.for ordo militam, Military array 5 why
may not than the He!/enzfls (lo the * Greek [ewes 1* see the
are called) doe lb with Sblxtiolflabfiflg for the ety- ‘ 5f{f{““f
mology every way as fit , feeing alfo they are 0- t v’;*f“,‘f§’1§_},
'therwil‘e wont to permute fignifications from vi- anmaftare

" ‘ . , _ ! turn-:d.m-
cmtty of found. dmm M

—_....-.—-

lgoixeliav I contend for, I will aclde what I have met yGWé-
with to that purpofe . S c/aickardus, a learned Pro- 

feffor of the Oriental] Languages at Taéingemin ‘

his Bekinath /agzepperuflaimfi frag. 4 4.11:: th difcovered i
out 0fRamézms',i0t 1?.“ Mofcs £2512 Nachmzms Pre-l»  
face in Perufche batmrotb, twollpallages taken out 1
of the Chaldee Copy of the Wifdome of Satoman, “
which that llaééi had feene : whereby the {aid
Schickard proveth againfi Saint Ierome , that‘tl)e
Greek is not the originall, but was tranflated out

quoterhthence are cap .7 . 5 ,6,7. and patrol the 8 .
C J "And

.»_..a-an.-u..u .. .. ....a..,....y .~ -nu-»«cgéuflIn.. -u rjs. .- -..u. an - ur~ V -la-‘pg.’ . rs ’
-v - -- -a-- u ......._.._....-—....-..-....~.. ........—~-.....- «..-.. ..-. r ~....._..........

pm-

For a further confirmariondof this notion of qtggbgntur .

(I6)

'  Ihave

fine:
looked in
>rh': Pre-
face of

i  £{('/Zx’2£3(1,"l1,

s where I

= found
thofe
Chaldcc

_~ paflhgcs
Lmenttom

V; ncd,which
_ tlteliahbin
tranflateth
t into He-
.brcw, and
7 for-the
“Chaldee
[which ar;-.

”' fwcreth to

évépvycfav

v  solxeirav

;he renders
i 717175 3773
mm:

J

And again,«verf.t7:18,19,2o,2t. In the lalimosf ,

which quotations, becaufe there is in the Greek

évigyemv sozxaiav , I gteedily looked what word in =

the C haldee anfwered here to su:Xe'%'ap , which I
found to bee t~1f\‘:>‘V.‘J,wl1icl1 thofe who have skill
know to fignifie the Planets. , 1 2 . fignes or con»
flellations of Heaven,as being the fame with the
Hebrew *1'\15‘.‘r2. Erttxéat therefore here are Stats
and Planets,which I {hall not need prove to bee
the hoft of the Ethereall Heaven : yea , and per-
haps too rwztn and ::t:"\‘7\r.3 are derived of the verb
‘71Nire, as s-ozxtiap is of s-elm». Now wee know the

Scriptures make mention of three Heavens 5 firft, a
the Ayre or fublnnary Heaven: fecondly , the r T
Etherealland {tarry Heaven: thirdly, the Heaven: l

of gl_ory_, or Empyreall Heaven. Every of thefe
Heavens have their hoft or army: the hoftofthe
heaven of glory, or the third ,are the Angels and
blefled Spirits :the hoft of the Ethereall heavens
are the Stars and Planets :the holl; of the Aereall,

or fublunaty heaven, are either vifible, as the

clouds of heaven, mam a"~&5vpau%” , and other me-
teors,as alfo the tell: of the creatures rnanfioning
therein, as the fowls of the heaven, mam? 79 aupa.;;'.-
or invilible ,-viz. the wicked Spirits and Devils,

whofe Prince Sathan, is called the Prince of they ,

power of the A;vre,Epl2.2,2 . and" his hoft xx>a‘,L¢a;tpraIi7'a;rg;,

a‘ swim qftlae world, i.e. the fublunary world ; and .

‘ml wtauyanggi vii; rarorneidt E9 117: éarugatioxc ,’ Wtiktd fpi...

traits in /J€d‘2'J€i21)7pla6‘€S , viz. in the loweft or fub- H

lunary heavens , Ephef. 6. 12. And whether Saint

Paul,Gal.a;..,8, 9.. and Cal'.2.3L,é,‘c. includes not "
fame I

 

. (I7)

forneofthofe under his s‘o13?5<=& ml :«.o'a.ux , I cannot
aflirnte : let the learned further confider it, when
namely he fpeakes to Gentiles; and of Gentiles,
and not jews. -  

Having hitherto prepared the way, let us now
come clofer home to 5. Peter, whole words evi-
dently import,that fome of thefe imz-z2ens,or all

t [of them,fhall fuffer a conflagration at the day of

Chrill. Not allof them , fen’ whoever put the
Ennpyreallheaven into thattecltoninga And for

, the Ethereall heaven, he that conlidereth the fu-

pereminent nature and immenfity thereof, and

~ 7 ofthole innumerable bodies therein, in regard of

which the whole fublunary world is but a point or
center; and that it no way can be proved that ever
thofe bodies received any curfe for mans fin,or
contagion by the worlds deluge, or that any ene-
mies of God dwell in them to pollute them: he
that conlidereth this will not eafily be induced
to beleeve that the fire of the day of judgement
{hould burne them . It remaineth therefore that
the fublunary heavens onely , with their smxéota
are to be the fubjeét of this conflagration .

Thefe Iaewvem (faith Saint Peter) 2.uer3mnmu,i.e.
folvemtur, and their gor;.(_€3'ot {hall melt with fervent
heat: It is a Metaphor taken from the refiningof
me tails, gum'gngJI;g1«yun1'rn' at pzrrifirmtur : fo that

‘ 51 5:15;/.uai 77119:?//.l»‘_«.«'ol M/.°.’r;:'o'o;*'.r7.l.l, i3 33 lTlU’Ch 33  igi2e_

ad/aiéito corgflagraéuntur. This to be the meaning
of Avfhlawvw appears,becaul'e Saint Peterhitrrfelfe
interprets folvi to be liquefieri. For having in the
tenth verfe  S'DlXeid. 7tL~f}:':ovvruJ , (LE3) f0l‘U€'?¢tZl?”,

2 { he

V.

. .. no ---v--98"’ W-Q! *

<18)

‘ -0 . .  .~
  he tn the twelfth verfe repeatrngtt f3y€S,sv:x>:—m

mmm, (L2,) liquefimt.5 Now melting is for re-
fining and ‘,pU1’if}_'iI1g.‘ Nor is the word 7IUKgé,u£Uo1
ayerfe from this notion, the LXX .ufing 7ru9<'W~fDr
the Hebrew ?}‘‘-.3’' as in the Plitlms morethan once:
The words bf the Lord are 415 refined /z‘lrver, LXX,
'cfpju'e1or 7re7rvpa:u,"-/«'0:/3 P_/(11.1 2. and {O ClfC'VVll(’l'€. But

when the fublunary heaven {hall be thus refined,

even the Ethereall lights of the Srarres , ofthe
Sunne and Moone, (Sac. will appeare to tbofe on
earth much more glorious than now they doe, as

fenclingtheir rayes through a purer Medium; fo

that all the world to us~ward ‘(hall be as it were re-
newed. e

As for 'm1p§Aeu'amI'zw (or pzzfling away) verfe to. it

is an Hcbraifme,rfignifyingjany change,0r going
ofa thing from the {tare wherein irwas, and an-—

fwers tothe verb nlvn, which fignifieth both tram]?-
. ire and permztrari,as T3‘) in Chaldiatgifme doth.
And Sc/Mia’/er notes t that Pfalme 102,. the Ara.

. bickg for 155117 muméurztur, hath'm‘13S7z'v trzmfi.

bunt. In the twelfth yverfeit is expotrnded by
}‘.U31la'ov7wI , but Aussie-wm I have already {ht-wed is
commuted with vnméaurm 5 they therefore all three
of them fignifie one and the fame thing 5 and I
fee no reafbn why wee lhcmlds imagine a greater
amphafis in 7rd9€7~W'W7IU for an utter abolition in the
deflruétion by fire, than is be Fore implyed in aims-
tmm, when he fpake ofthe deflruéfion by water:
57-fm xJa'ptI§)' (1:??t’]ZH.t) t7J&ocrz 2¢grr:s;cA'.~a3‘el; cZ;:m’M7o.. 7 l

. o ‘But what {hall become of the invifihle hoof}

which I natned as part of the some?» of this fublu:

nary 4

( I9)?

nary hC3VCl'l , '1/1.2». [hOfC vmdh{.coc7n(gi 737; rwavneiecg, the

. fwere : Though the operation of the fire [hall

army of wicked and uncleane fpirits : fhall the
fire of the lafl judgement touch rhefe? 1.33.

not be upon them to burne them , yer (hall they
allb lhffer by this fit-ry judgement ,rbeing thereby
to be exiled and dejefied from thofe highmanfi-
ons,ancl bellowed in fome lower place: for fo
that of male feemeth to imply, The Angels (faith
be) which kept not their firs? eflate , hzttlleft their
own (or p1‘()_p:‘r) hahimnozz, he hath refewued to (be
bound with) everlzzflieg chaines crfdzmlwefle, at the 
jzmlrgement of the great day. Vide Pifcanin hunc 
locum. 
And this leemes to me to he the molt literall i
and unforced expofition of this defcription of «
Saint Peter ,of the hezruen and earths conflagra- 
tion at the day of Chtifi , and [0 to he preferred F
before any other. 4 i
But if :1 Prophetimll Prraine or fclleme mayhere :

be admitted ,there is anorheteway of explicati-,
on, which yet in the conclufibn will come to thei

fame purpofe the former did , although the way.
thereto be not the lame. And certainly our S;z.-l
viour in the Golpel defcribing the commingof _
this day ,ufeth a~Propheticall expteflion : The 
S mme (faith he) [hell he darkened, and the Mame 
[ha/I rzatgivue her light , and the Starrest jhzr./I Fzzfl 
from hewuen, zmdthe powers of heaven flu/llhejha- 
hen: Forilithis be takentlherally, vrhitherlhall l
the flames fall from hea}ven~,whiCh’ are either as

bigge , or many times bigger than the glube of”

nuan--—-ww

C 3 V the‘ 

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the earth , where {hall bee roome for_them2 if;
fuch a fcheme there be fuppoled in Saint Peters
defcript-ion, the explication may be after this‘

manner. F  

Mundw, or the World, (to omit other particu-
lar exceptions) is according to the Scriptures
huf'e,either Alandm continent, or fllzmdzts conten-
tux, (give me leave to ufe thofe termes for di-
fiinfiion fakeg) By Manda: cantmezzs I meant‘:
the compages and frame of the Phyficall heaven
and earth , wherein the ref’: of the creatures are
contained : By Manda: eontenms , the Ptate or
body of the inhabitants or Kingdomes of the
earth. Now to whatfoever the notion ‘of Man-
day is appliable , there is alfo fuppofed to bee
an heaven and earth, as being the names and
parts whereby the Scriptures exprefle the
World. The been/en then of this Pvlitim/1 World
is the foveraignty or foveraigne part thereof,
whofe hofi and ftarres are the powers ruling in
the World: In the higheft place Gods and Ida/:3
next, I(z'z<zgs, Primes‘, Peeres , Cazmfellours , Md-
giffmtes , and other fuch lights fhining in the
Firmament. And at fuch a meaning and no
other (it being an Oriental! notion) may aime
(for ought I can fee) that fuppofed fafiuous

{tile of Sapam‘ King of Per/ixz to Conflezzztius the
. Empetour ; Rex Kegum Sapares , frater fold‘ (7 In.

22¢», pemiceps (Le. focius) fidemm ,Ca22‘/iaeztio fra-
tri fdlutem. But: to goeon :_Eartb is the Pezzm-i
try or mlgus bomimmz , together with the terre-

  fltiall creatures ferving the ufe of man : Of

fuch

t of t e Lordet upon all Nations, and hot fury upon,

—:-—.—.—F

W (ax)

fuch an Heat/en,as this is,the Lord {peaketh in!
‘the Prophefie of Haggai, cap.2.verf.6. ret once ?

I

it of a little while, and I will [halee all Natiozes-,1

againe verfe 2r. 1'' willjhalee the heavens and the
earth , and I will overthrow the throne of King.
domes, and I will defiroy the firength of the King.
domes of the Heathen , éc. Of fuch an heaven
and earth fpeaketh Ieremy, chapter 4.ver{e 23.
I hehela’ the earth , anal it was without forme and ‘
void, ( min mm ) and the heavens , and they had
no light : ruizs. as if the VVOt1d were turnedein-»i
to the old Chaos againe Gefiefis chap.1. See:
the ref’: which followeth. Of fuch Heavens
and Earth fpeaketh the Lord in E fay, chapter 5 I .
verflt 5,1 6 . namely, of the Heavens and Earth of t
the VVOr1dl, or Rate of Iftael. I am (faithtl1c)‘
the Lora’ thy Goal 3 who divide?! the flea, (to wit,
the Red feta) whenthe waters thereof roared 5 the,
LortlofHofz’_s tit hit‘ name: And put my Word (i.e.
my Law ) in thy mouth , and covered thee in the
fhadotv of my hand, (i. e. proteaed thee in thy
march to Canaan) that I might plant the Hea-
vens , and lay the foundation of the Earth ,( i.e..
make thee a Rare , and build the into a a Political!
Worldh ) and fay unto Sion, thou art my people,
Of fuch a kinde of Heaven fpeakes the fame
Pro het,ehapter 34.ver{.2,o,,5t. The indignation;

‘all their Armies , (fit. And all the Hoff of Heaven
fhall hoe dijfoltued ,antl the :Heavens jhall he rolled‘
together at a [troll , and ytheir hofi [hall fall tdowne,‘

t l _ as

up-—.__

and the defire of all Nations jhall come. And 

(22)

at the leafefalletlo offfrom the Vine, and en’ zz_)"a[~
“ling figge from the figge-tree. For my [word flmll
be bathed in Heaven : Behold it [ball come dawzae

on Idumea,.(/9’e. See the tel’: ., and know that this
deihrutéticuntof Etiom "is prophefied ofin no lefle
hyperbolieall a flraine by 0/mdiab , and Ieremy

1 chapter 49. from vetfe 7. to 22. I:'zec‘l7.35.verfe

4. and 2 5.12.. which ‘I note, lei} any man won-
dering at the /Jyperéo/e of this of Eflz} , fhonld
E-i]i[]k."€ it applyable eonely to the day of judge-
ment. And that fuch fchemes as thefe were
ufuall to the Nations of the Orient, may ap-
peare not onely by the Chymicall Phylofbphy
derived thence, (which makes heaven and earth
anydfiatres inevery thing) but from the teflimo—
ny of Alofes Jbiaimanidest, w110‘:moreyNe:’Jaelu'm
part.2.azp.z9.) affirmes that the Arabians in his
time in their vulgar fpeech , when they would
exprefle that a man was fallen into {home great
calamity GI‘ adverfity, ufed to fay , Cwlum ejusfm
per terram ejus c'eeia’z't : Compare Lament.2.l‘. No

~quefl‘ion thefe fchemes were as famifiar to them

as our Poets flraines and expreffions are to us,
though of another genius : Ours are borrowed

A from fa bles , fiories , places 3thCil'S more , from

the frame of the world, the Sunne, Moon, Stars,
-and Elements,8cc.

If fiich a notion of (Jaelum and ‘Term may
have place in this place OF Peter

a «bee not uttering at Prophefie borrow a Poeticall

flraine) it may eafily appeare what Heaven and
Earththe fire at Chrifts fecond commingfhall

burn

, (and why may

that twice repeated paflage ,

heaven wee fpeake of
Andof fuch heavens and gazygc-id. as thefe , it mat-t

rtereth not though

“depraved :In the

‘ neither of the former
e but will needshavc‘ the

:3

been

‘_.___’___‘______“_______,,_,. .__.,.......-—  n- w--5 4-...-.--....».., 

burne up and confume,'z2i:s. the Heaven and the
earth of the contained world, fuchras.r.thofe

which the former judgement by water over 

whelmed and deflroyed 5 the World of wicked
flares and men , high ones and low ones , Prin-
ces and Pezants , man and beaft .3, according to
life} 2. II , I7.
(which the ancient jewes interpreted of the day
of judgement) T/ae lofiintfle of mm flmll ée enm-
eel dam2e,a72a’ the iaauglatinefle ofmen float! be made

1 lam, and the Lord alone [ball bee exalted that

fe are part of the hoflrof

day : Am! the Idols ( the
) hee floall‘ utterly aéolifb".

We underll and an abfolute de-

llruétion ( =w'z.tof fo much as {hall bee burned-9

' as was in the deluge of Noah. ...And {'0 likewife

of the earth and workes thereof. But whereas
by the univerfa ll deluge , though otiely the Mun-
dus contemus perifhed , yet notwitlrflanding the
Mundus cominem was therewith corrupted and
defltuétion of fire it {hall bee
iotlrerwife 5* for the world of wicked ones being
deflroyed, the Heaven and the Earth which con-
raimed them {hall bee purged and refined ,for the
righ teous to dwelltherein. This expolition I put
but in the fecond place, becaufewhere the proper
fen {e of the letter may
any other. . t A -
To conclude , ifesanyt there yet bee , whom
expolitions can fatisfie,
lite and burning here'fpo-
D<- " ken-

Set: the

be kept, I preferre it before ’

ter times.

Apnflalie ~
ofthe la- V

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A {hall it not bee in the beginning_,butend there
of; the beginning being but a deiiruétion of the

; tion5 and then Saint Peters words ,verfe 13. to

“J eledhyfihre, rzeverthele/] e he-fbre that [ball he , we [ooh
fore new Heaven and at New Earth ( i.e.. a new
% \/Votld or 1-eftauration) to precede thié‘ ehelit-£012,

‘ Peters chiefefi {cope in this palIIzgt*5 not with

at t at,which feeme to fpeake onely of fuchafire,’

ken of ,tohee thatiiihcreby the World is to BEE
utterly annihilated; I could anfwer, that the day

of judgment is a thoufand yeates; andthis fire,-i

thOUgh « it bfi CO bée ée 5:-L£~iry tipteyfql, ii} lhdrt dd} , yct

enemies of Chtilfi, and the Kingdotne of 2E§a.tl1an,
and then arefiautation : The end, a defitluéiion
of the whole creature it felfe by utter annihila-

bee confirued after this manner; That honvjbequer
the H emvem‘ and the earth [hall at length hear 0].

according to hair promife, Efay 6 5.86 6
But fueh an expofition, methinkes , would not
fuit fo well with that which I take to bee Saint

the words of the holy Prophets hee pninteth

which fhould precede an refiauration ,and not of
that which fhciuld caufe’ an utter abolition ofthé
\/Vorld : And as concerning fuch an utter abo-
lition of the whole frame of Heaven and Earth,
after the Oeconomy of the Redemption and vi-
ctory of Chrifl: thall bee finiflaed, it fecmeth to
«nice a myftcry which hath no bottome. How.
foever, 1 and not pcirfwaded this place of Saint
Peter fhould meane any fuch thing. Thofe pa£-
fages , I06 14. I2‘-. Pfalme 102. 26. and Apae,

20.1 I. may feeme to bee of ‘mere moiment;

.1; Anti

Age ‘t - v; .1 J. -A‘

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And if any fuck annihilation {hall bce,itftands

< more with rcafon it rifhould bee by the immedi-
  are power of Goahwithoutrthcinflzrument ofany.

creature ,than by fire; and that hee   who at: firfi
brought it our of nothing witheut any crea-
__ tures help,fhould reduce it to no- '
thing again without the help
of any creature.

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