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ted, 'which muft continue in that Church till the Millennium; tho' in the Weftern, in fome parts, it fhall be reform'd.

Then shall rife a holy stock of Righteous the Reformation Men, who will obferve the Counfels and in Europe, anno 7517. Law of the fupream God, who will honour the Temple of the great God, by Libations and Fumes and holy Hecatombs, with Sacrifices of fat Bulls and Rams without blẹmish, and the first-born of Sheep, with multitudes of fat Lambs, offering them devoutly, as holy Hecatombs, on the great Altar, and dividing 'em according to the juft Law of the most High. They being happy, fhall inhabit Cities and rich Lands; they fhall be Prophets fet over others by the immortal God, and they fhall occafion great Joy to all Men; for God has given to them alone wife Counfels, Faith, and a good Underftanding, who do not worship, thro' vain Errors, the Works of Men, made of Gold, Brafs, Silver, or Ivory, and the Idols of Wood, Stone, dead Gods, or Pictures The Greek urch worship drawn to the Life by Chalk or Vermilion, Pictures of which Men worship who are led by vain Counfels, but they lift up to Heaven their pure Arms and Hands, and every Morning, when they rife from Bed, they purifie their Skins by washing in Water, and worship God, who is always great and immortal'; and afterwards their Parents, and after that, the most excellent amongst Men: They are mindful of holy Wedlock; nej

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ther do they use impure Sodomy, as the Phænicians, Ægyptians, Latins, large Greece, and many Gentiles of other Countries, as the Perfians, Galatians, and all Afia ufe, tranfgreffing the holy Laws of the Immortal God by many Tranfgreffions; for which reafon the Immortal hath brought upon all Men Mischief, Famine, Loffes, Grief,Wars, Plagues, and painful Tears; because they would not honour after a holy manner the immortal Father of all Mankind, but worship'd Idols; and things made by their own Hands were ador'd, which the fame Perfon threw away, hiding 'em for Shame in the Clefts of the Rocks.

When the new King of Agypt fhall reign, the feventh in his own Country, and be reckon'd as one of the Grecians Kingdom, which the neighbouring Macedonian's fhall add to their Empire,

Note, That Badjazet firft conquer'd Macedonia; the second King of it was Solyman; the third Mahomet; the fourth, Amurath II; the fifth, Mahomet II; the fixth, Bajazet II; the seventh, Sely mus III, and he conquer'd Ægypt A. D. 1517, at which time the Reformation began. And then this holy Nation are the Proteftants who rejected the European Idolatry at this time; and Selymus is thus reckon'd the feventh of the Grecian Emperors in Macedonia, and a new King in Ægypt.

a great King shall come as a fierce Eagle, Selymus. out of Afia, who fhall cover all the Earth with Horse and Foot, and fhall beat down

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no Injury, but to

all Things, and fill all Places with Mifery
and he fhall overthrow the Kingdom of
Agypt, and carry away all the Riches as
he departs thro' the
great Sea.

Note, That Selymus conquer'd Syria and Paleftine before he came into Egypt, and flew the Mammalukes Princes; and he took Grand Cairo, and fent all its Riches by Sea to Conftantinople. This Story of Selymus's Conqueft of Egypt confirms the former Interpretation, that he was the feventh Emperor in Macedonia. And by this Hiftory the time of the Reformation is evidently declar'd by this Sibyl, which is a great evidence that Providence defign'd it, and approv'd the rejection of the Worship of Saints and Images.

And then they fhall adore on their bare This is an Ad- Knees, on the fruitful Earth, the Great monition to the God and Immortal King; and then all the avoid Covetouf-Idols made by Mens Hands fhall be connefs, and to do fum'd by Fire; and then God fhall give burn the Idols, great Joy to Men: For the Earth, and and worship God only: And the Trees, and great Flocks of Cattle, fhall Chriftian true give true encrease of Wine, and sweet Worship is reprefented by the Honey, and white Milk, and Bread-corn, Jadaic Sacrifi- which is most acceptable to Men.

But you, O Mortals! of a various and evil Mind, leave Covetoufnefs, turn to God and appeafe him, Sacrifice to God an hundred Bulls, and the firft-born Lambs and Goats, but entreat him the Immortal God, who will be merciful, for he is the only God, and there is not another; and follow Righteoufnefs, and do no Injury to others,

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for the Immortal commands thefe Things to poor Mortals.

But do you avoid the Anger of the Great

Wars after the

God, when a Destruction by a Plague fhall The Plague and come upon all Men, and they fhall fuffer Reformation. Punishment by a horrible Slaughter; and when one King fhall captivate another, and take away his Land, and one Nation fhall destroy another, and the Governours their People, and all the Princes fhall fly into another Land, and change their Native Countries.

Note, This Prophefie relates to the Wars in. Germany, in the time of Charles the fifth, who conquer'd the Proteftant Electors, and took them Prifoners, as well as the French King. And a great Plague happen'd in Germany, 1541, and at Conftantinople alfo, and there were Perfecutions of the People for their Religion in France, and England, and Wars in France afterwards, and King Charles the fecond drove out of his Country. This does represent the State of Affairs in Europe in one or two Centuries after the Reformation: Mutabitq; homines tellus; this may relate to the French Proteftants.

And a Barbarian then ruling, fhall deftroy all Greece, and fhall rob that rich Land of all its Riches, and fhall come against it while they ftrive about their Silver and Gold (and then the love of Riches fhall do much Injury to Cities.) In a ftrange Country they all shall lie unbury'd, and the Vultures and wild Beasts of the Earth fhall devour their Carcafes: And when all

things are done, the large Earth fhall confume the Reliques of the Dead, and it shall all be unplow'd and unfow'd, by which Defolation will declare the Wickednefs of innumerable Men. In a great length of time, in Years to come, there fhall be no need of Bucklers, Breastplates, Darts, and divers forts of Arms; neither shall Wood be cut from the Oaks to burn.

Note, This is the miferable State of Greece fince the Reformation; the Inhabitants drove into Europe, and utterly deftroy'd, and Solyman the Turk then (1531) invaded Hungary, Auftria, Stiria, Carinthia; but Charles the fifth forc'd him to retire, and the old-fashion'd Armour of Shields, Darts, and burning Wood, us'd in Sieges, was laid afide.

And then God fhall fend a King from The Arms of the the Eaft, or Sun, who fhall make all the Sophi of Perfia is, the Sun on the Earth to ceafe from War, by killing fome, Back of a Lyon. and making Leagues with others: And he

The Jews return to Judea.

fhall not do all these things by his own Counsel, but confiding in the Decrees of the Great God, which are good.

Note, This is the fame Eastern Prince, as the Perfian, who will come like Tamerlane, and conquer the Turks, and unite the Chriftian Princes, and thereby make way for the return of the Jews, according to the Decree of God, by which he will be excited to this War.

And the People of the Great God fhall come loaded with great Wealth, Silver and

Gold,