Europes VVonder: OR, THE TURKS Overthrow. Contained in a PROPHECIE, Written by that famous Divine PAƲL GREBNER. TREATING Of those strange Mutations yet expected; as the destruction of the Turkish Empire, the ruine of the Popish Hierarchy; with the Conversion of the Jewes, and their restauration to their ancient Inheritance in the Holy Land, and of the Universal Reign of the Gospel of Christ upon Earth. WITH A great Victory lately obtained against the Turks, by His Maje­sty the King of Great Brittain's Royal Navy, under the Com­mand of the Right Honourable the Lord G. Montague: The entring of the famous Port of Guienne, the taking of the strong Fort of Agria; & the coming in of the Knights of Mal­ta and Venecians to the assistance of the English Fleet; with a brief Narrative of their Bloody Fight, and the chief parti­culars thereof.

HAGƲE. Printed by John Brown, 1661.

Europes Wonder: OR, THE TURKS Overthrow.

FOrasmuch as there are many that hath desired a Relveation of things to come, i [...] hath been my best endeavour to searc [...] the Manuscrips of several Learned Authours, whereby it might move us all wit [...] Repentance, to meet God in these grea [...] mutations and changes He is likely to bring upon us in this Land, for our unbelief and unstableness in Reli­gion; so that we have great cause to desire of God, from the bottom of our hearts, to reform us from these Heresies, Sects, and Schismes, which do at this time too much abound amongst us, and to suffer the Scripture to be our Rule, and the Holy Ghost our Guide, both in Faith and Religion.

And to this end and purpose, I have taken the pains to collect several Prophesies of Paul Grebners, a laborious De­vine, [Page 2] an acute Phylosopher, and a witty Poet; so that in the Library of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge, are several excellent Epigrams of his, of the Conversion of the Jewes, of the destruction of the World by fire, of the ruining of Rome, and of the last Judgement; which Epigrams I finde translated out of Latine into English.

First Of the burning of the World by fire.
AS the first World did first by Lust offend,
whose burning rage to such a heigth did win,
That God to quench the same a Flood did send,
Oh Drunkenness, the second first Worlds sin,
The course of Vice that Element must end,
which is opposed to that which did begin.
In every thing Gods justice we may spie,
As Flouds drown Lust flames Drunkenness must die.
2. Of the ruine of Rome.
FLy faithful Christians from the Sea of sin,
who hate the Whore, and the two horned Beast;
Fly, fly, in time before their griefs begin,
least as their pleasure, so their plagues you taste:
When once the Lamb that Victory doth win,
he of Fat things will make his Flock a feast:
Who is she sowed, so shall she reap those evils
O [...]ce the Worlds-Mistress, now a Cage of Devils.
3. Of the Conversion of the Jews.
THe Gospel once being preached in every place,
to Lands of which our Fathers could not tell,
And when the Gentiles all are drawn to Grace,
which in the New Jerusalem should dwell;
Then shall the stubborn Jewes the Truth embrace,
from which with such disdain they did rebel:
Who first the Law, last shall the Gospel have,
Christ whom he first did call, shall last receive.
4. Of the last Judgement.
THat threatned time which must the World appaul,
is that all may amend by Signes fore shown,
Wars rumour'd are, the Gospel preach'd ore all,
the Jewes convert, the Antichrist is known,
Devils rage, Vice reigns, Zeal cools, Faith fails, Stars fall,
all sorts of Plagues hath the last Trumpet blown:
And by prodigious Signes it may plain appear,
That of the Son of Man the time drawes near.

Thus by this great Divine, living in the mistiest time of Popery, it may plainly appear, that it was a received Opini­on, That the total destruction of Rome and the conver­sion of the Jewes, should conclude the end of the World: There was also another Prophesie of the Times found in writing in the Church of St. Dennis in France, by the Sexton of that Parish, as he was digging in a place to erect a Monument, or Fabrick, for the Lord Teligni: He gave it unto the Popes Nuncio, who rewarded him with 200 Dol­lers, for his pains: From him, it was sent to the Cardinal of Bruges, who presented it unto the young King Lewis the 13. It was written in Parchment, and wrapt in Lead in the form of an Heart Numerical Figures are placed on the side, sig­nifying in what year of our Lord every Accident should come to pass.

Anno Christi. The Prophesie runs thus:
1661. The heat of War doth Italy surround,
1665. Let Christs pasture be one, his sheep and ground,
1666. Gods wrath and terrour doth the world confound,
1667. But few that God doe reverence.
1678. A Prince shall rise of eminence.
1686. Asia doth tremble, Europe shake.
1693. Now is a general Earthquake.
1699. All Nations Gods knowledg partake.
1700. Rivers are dried every where.
1710. Pastors and Church only are.

[Page 4] By this Prophesie, great Troubles must arise in Italy, within this small time, cruel Wars afflicting every State thereof, which must be preparations to the utter destructi­on of the chief City of Rome, But Rome it self can never be destroyed, unless Protestants lay aside their unnecessary civil Contentions, which may come to them, against their wills, in the year 1665. After which, great commotions are like to arise in Europe, until a Noble Christian Hero [of Royal Blood] arise, who shall quench those evils, by im­ploying Christians in Martial exercises against the Turk.

And about this time, Two hundred thousand Turks are in the Field, with an intent to invade Germany; they have already some part of Hungaria in possession, of which you shall hear more largely hereafter.

Now there hath been, and is yet, continual contentions and massacres amongst the Turks, the Jannizaries eluding and despising the young and weak Emperour, which terri­fied the Mustiva and the Bassas sore, because they had this Prophesie. That as a Mahomet did win Constantinople, so a Mahomet should lose it again to the Christians.

However things go for the present, yet in the year 1658, will be fatal both unto the Turk and the Pope, utter ruines, and the beginning of the comparative felicity of the Church of God, as may be further manifested by another Authentique Prophesie, which was found in the Study of Justus Lipsius, wherein was thus written:

Six thousand years from Virgins birth expired,
six hundred after that acquired,
The famous Ninety eight year shall come on,
full of great contention:
This year the Turkish hateful Race shall rue,
Rome shall a Fable prove, not true;
Then shall be tost all Kingdomes of the World,
and into a new Kingdome hurld,
[Page 5] That into all Coasts Christ his Word may spread,
and be alone the Peoples Head.

In order to a beginning of this great work, we hear, that there is now lately a great defeat given to the Turks, by His Majesties Navy, the manner whereof was thus:

As the Lord General Montague was sailing with a consi­derable Fleet on those Seas, he was by a sudden and violent storm driven to Harbour: By that time he had remained there the space of an hour, the storm ceased, and knowing where he was, immediately endeavoured to find entrance into the Port of Guienne, in which place lay a great number of Turkish Galleys, who very resolutely resisted him: But after a tedious and cruel conflict between both parties, and a great number of Turks slain, General Montague took the afore-said Port, with the loss of two Ships, of which most of the Men were saved, having sunk and fired of the enemy to the number of 80 Galleys, and hath since taken Agria, a strong hold in Hungaria; to the strengthning and mainte­nance of which, divers of the Knights of Malta are come to assist the English, with whom are joyned great Armies of Greecians, Venecians, and Hungarians: Time will soon ma­nifest their proceedings.

The consideration of this may teach Men Humility in Prosperity, carefulness to know God, and keep his Commandements; seeing every Plant he hath plan­ted shall be pluckt up, and nothing can be permanent but by his favour and protection.
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