his is the ftate

Now when there fhall be Earthquakes the Romans and grievous Thunderbolts, Claps of Thun=fore Auguftus ys, when Caf der and Lightnings, Blafts upon the Land, robb'd the and Madness of ravening Wolves, Slaughhe Earthquakes ters and Plagues amongst Men, as well as in'd Trallis, roaring Bulls, of quadruped Beafts and land many Cities Cyprus, and in borious Mules,Goats and Sheep, the plow'd

ewith Temple.

e Inland of

Land fhall be neglected and left untill'd, and Fruits will be wanting, and many Men will become licentious, and rob Temples; then the Tenth Generation of Men fhall appear, when he that thunders and shakes The Doctrin of the Earth fhall destroy the Zeal for Images, Chrift deftroy'd and fhake the People of Rome, which is featmagc-worship. ed on feven Hills; a vast quantity of Riches will perish and be burnt in the Conflagration of the City, and then bloody Drops fhall defcend from Heaven, and the infinite number of Men in the whole World fhall wixt Cafar and in anger flay one another; and in the SediPompey, and tion God fhall fend Famine, and Plagues, Anthony and Auguftus: Or and Thunderbolts amongft Men, who judge ather, the Wars the Juft without Juftice: There fhall be a then Emperors Want of Men in all the World, fo that if and Conftantine. any one fees the Footstep of a Man upon the Earth, he will wonder,

The Wars be

betwixt theHea

Then the great God, who lives in Heaven, fhall fave every where the religious Men; and then shall be Peace and profound Knowledg, and the fertile Earth shall produce again much more Fruit; it fhall not be divided, nor brought into Bondage; every Harbour and Port fhall be free to all Men, as they were formerly: And then

God

God fhall make a wonderful Sign, a Star This is the Sta fhall shine very like to a fhining Crown, at Chri's Birt or the Light being very glorious, appearing in a clear which appear Sky for many Days.

to Conftantine

Diocletian's

by

ten by the Empe

Then he will fhew the Crown that is given to the Victors in Combats, for then shall be the great Age of ftriving to get into the The Age of the Heavenly City, and he who hath the Glory Martyrs in of Immortality fhall be a Difpenfator of it time. The fi to Men: Then all People fhall ftrive for Perfecution w immortal Rewards by a famous Victory, be the fes, a for there any one may buy a Silver Crown rors of Rome. without Shame; for Chrift, who is pure, will appoint juft Rewards for thefe, and crown them who are try'd. But he will give an Eternal Reward to the Martyrs: who continued their Fight to Death, and to the Virgins who run their Course well. He will give an Eternal Reward, that is See Rev. 7. th laid up for them, and to them, who do Ju- the feal'd fe ftice; to all Men, and to all forts of Gen- and Gentiles tiles who live holy Lives, and to them that white Robes. know one God, and to them that love Matrimony and abftain from Adultery he will give rich Gifts, and Eternal Hope. Every Soul of Men is the Gift of God, and it is not lawful for Men to defile it with all Wickednefs *. This is the Strife, thefe are the Fights, of Phocylides, these the Rewards, this is the Gate of Life, and the Entrance into Immortality, which the Heavenly and Juft God hath appointed as a Reward of human Victory; and they

is the Reward

with Palms an

Here fome &

many Verfes

but they inter

rupt the Sence therefore reje

'em.

The Martyrdoms continued till Conftantine's

were then happy

led.

who receive the Crown with Honour fhall enter into Heaven by it.

But after this Sign hath appear'd in all the World, Children fhall be born greytime, and they headed; great Afflictions fhall happen to that liv'd till the Men, Famines, Plagues, and Wars, change Church was fet- of Seasons, mourning, and many Tears. Alas! how many Widows fhall miferably After the Fourth lament their Children, and shall bury their Century theNorhern Invafions Relations Bodies with their Limbs in the brought all thefe Earth, the Mother of all, they being defiled by Blood and Duft!

Miferies.

Mahomet, with

is Saracens.

he Return of

O very timerous Men of the last Age, grievously wicked, and Fools! not confidering, that when the Tribes of Women do not produce Children who fhall conquer the Tribes of Women, the Harvest of Men fhall be very great, (that is, a Deftruction fhall be near) and there will be no Confent in Doctrines when fome Deceivers arife in the World with great Fame, as Prophets, and then fhall Belial come, and do many Wonders amongst Men; then shall be a deftruction of holy Men, who were elect and faithful: And there fhall be a depopulation of these Hebrews, and a great Vengeance will pursue them.

When the ten Tribes of the Jews fhall rehe fees, who turn from the Eaft, feeking the People first fhall con whom the Affyrian Prince deftroy'd, who les (the Turks) are of the fame Generation, thefe fhall dend they again

er the Gen

all be conquer'd by the Turks, because their Empire must laft till the Millen

jum.

stroy

ftroy the Gentiles, but they fhall again reign over the faithful elect Hebrews, tho' very valiant Men, conquering them as they did formerly, because their Kingdom must continue to the end of the World.

He that is above all, the Infpector of ail, who lives in Heaven, fhall cause all Men to be as it were in a Sleep, and cover their Eyes from seeing. Happy are the Servants whom their Mafter coming, fhall find waking : Let all watch for him, always expecting him with waking Eyes, for he shall come in the Morning, or Evening, or the middle of the Day: He fhall certainly come, and it fhall happen as I have declar'd; he fhall furprize them fleeping, when he comes from Heaven. Then all the Stars will appear in the middle of the Day to all Men, with two Comets, the time hastening; and then the Thesbites directing his Celestial Chariot from Heaven, defcends on the Earth: And he fhall fhew to the World three Signs of the end of Life. Woe to those Women who fhall prove with Child in those days, and to them that give fuck to young Children, and to them that inhabit on the Waters, and to them who fhall fee that Day: For a great Darkness shall cover all the World, from East to West, North and South. Then fhall a great Ri-The three Signs ver of burning Fire defcend from Heaven, Darkness, the and confume every place, the Earth, and fiery River from great Ocean,and fmaller sky-colour'd Seas, Heaven, and the Ponds, Rivers, and Fountains, and the implacable

of Elias are, the

two Comets.

placable Hades, and the utmost part of
Heaven. Then the Heavenly Stars fhall
melt into one mafs, and into a rude figure;
for all the Stars which appear at Sea fhall
fall from Heaven, and all the Souls of Men
shall gnash with their Teeth, being burnt
in the River with Sulphur and vehement
Fire upon the hot Soil: All things shall be
cover'd with Ashes; then all the Elements
of the World fhall be useless, the Air,
Earth, Sea, Light, the Heavens, Night and
Day; the Birds fhall no more fly thro' the
immenfe Air, nor the Fish swim in the Sea,
nor a laden Ship be carried on the Waves
nor fhall the Oxen be directed to plough
the Fields; the Winds shall not make any
noife in the Trees, but all things shall be
melted into one mafs, and collected into
a pure body. When the incorruptible An-
gels of the Immortal God fhall come, Mi-
chael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel, who
knowing what evil Actions every one has
done in time past, they shall bring the Souls
of Men out of the airy Darkness, to Judg-
ment at the Throne of God, who is Immor-
tal, and the Supreme, for there is only one
Incorruptible, he that is Omnipotent, who
is the Judge of Men. And then the Hea-
venly God fhall restore to the Dead their
Souls, Breath, and Speech, and Bones fitted
to each Limb, and Flesh upon Flesh, and
Nerves, and Veins, and Skin, and Hair up-
on the Skin as formerly: All these fhall be
immortally joyn'd together, and the living

and