to that Text in Heb. ix. 26. which fays that now once in the end of the World, bath be appeared to put away Sin, &c. These things I fay if duly confider'd make the matter Evident, and appear undeniable that we are got into the very laft of the laft Days.

But thirdly, The Day of the Lord must certainly be near at hand, as will further appear if that Opinion be true, which has been efpoufed and profeffed by fome great, learned, and good Men: That as the Lord was fix Days in creating of the World, (which he could have created in a Moment if he pleafed) fo be will be fix Days in ruling or governing of the fame, or fix thousand Tears, adding a thousand Years to a Day, a thousand Tears with the Lord being but as one Day. And that therefore it was that the Lord was fix Days in creating of the World, that this Myftery might be fhadowed out by it. And that as the feventh Day was fanctified to be kept (or one Day in Seven) as holy, or Sabbath of Reft unto the Lord; to be a Figure or a Tipe of the great Sabbothtins of the thousand Tears, or that glorious Reft which remains for the People of God; to begin and continue throughout the Kingdom of Chrift with the Saints, when their fix Days Labour and Trouble fhall be ended. And if fo, then this glorious Time, which I have been speaking of muft certainly be near. For according to the common Account, there does not remain three hundred Years for to compleat the fix thoufand from the Creation, ere this bleffed Millenium, or the thousand Tears is to take Place; and therefore it cannot be long before the firft Branch or fpiritual Glory of Chrift's Kingdom muft begin. Befides all this, if the Account be true, which fome latter

Writers have given us, that have more diligently obferved, and found out fome Miftakes in the former Calculation, who affirm that we are now got very near to the Expiration of the fix thousand Tears from the Creation, then muft this time certainly be at hand. But let the matter be taken in either of these Confiderations, if duely weighed, the Coming, Glory, and Kingdom of Chrift cannot be far off, with refpect unto the firft Branch of it.

Again fourthly, This glorious Day will appear to be very near, from the Confideration of that Scripture Line of time, drawn throughout both the Old and New Teftament: We read in Dan. xii. 6, and 7. (after the Queftion was asked) how long hall it be to the End of thefe Wonders? The answer was by the Man cloathed in Linnen (who fwore with his Hands lifted up unto Heaven) that it should be for a Time, Times, and a half; when he hall have accomplished to fcatter the Powers of the Holy People, all thefe things fhall be finished. That is when Antichrift fhall have filled up the Measure of his Iniquity ; and the Children of God fhall have filled up the Measure of their Sufferings. For these are to run Contemporary; the time of Antichrift reigning, is the time of the Saints Sufferings, as they begin, fo they will end together. And both thefe are comprised within the Limits of the time, times, and a half, as agreeing with what is expreffed in the twelfth of the Revelations, Verse 6. And the Woman (that is theChurch) fled into the Wilderness, where he had a Place prepared of God, (the Lord had prepared a Place for her Safety, though in a Wildernefs) that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threefcore Days. This one thou

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fand two hundred and fixty Days is the fame with the time, times and half; as may be feen in Verfe 14. And to the Woman was given two Wings of a great Eagle, that he might flee into the Wilderness into ber Place; where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a Time, from the Face of the Serpent, which otherwife would have deftroyed and fwallowed her up by the Flood. Well! Here we see the Church of God is kept, during the time of Antichrift's Reign, though in a Suffering State. Which Thumbly conceive is the fame with the forty two Months of the Witneffes prophefying in Sackcloth. And the HolyCity fhall they tread under Foot forty two Months Rev. xi. 2. And in v. 3. I will give Power unto my two Witneffes, and they shall prophefy a thoufand two hundred and threefcore Days cloathed in Sackcloth. So that from the whole it doth appear, that the Time, times and half, both in Daniel and Revelations, is the fame time with the one thousand two hundred and fixty Days of the Churches being in the Wildernefs, the forty two Months for the Holy City to be trodden under Foot; and the two Witneffes prophefying in Sackcloth. It doth evidently appear alfo, that thefe forty two Months, in which the holy City is to be trampled under Foot, is the time of Antichrift's reigning, as in Rev. xiii. 5. And there was given unto him a Mouth Speaking great things, and blafphemy; (this certainly muft be Antichrift) and Power was given unto him to coutinue forty and two Months. In which time the Witneffes prophefy in Sackcloth, in a Mourning State, whilft the Church is in the Wilderness.

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