[Page 1] FRom the Creation of ADAM unto the ceasing of NOAH'S Flood, are 1656. yeeres.

FOR,

Adam was 130 yeeres old when he begat Seth. Gen. 5. vers. 3.

Seth at 105 yeeres begat Enos. Verse 6.

Enos at 90 yeeres begat Cainan. Verse 9.

Cainan at 70 yeeres begat Mahalaleel. Verse 12.

Mahalaleel at 65 yeeres begat Jared. Verse. 15.

Iared at 162 yeeres begat Enoch. Verse 18.

Enoch at 65 yeeres begat Methuselah. Verse 21.

Methuselah at 187 yeeres begat Lamech. Verse 25.

Lamech at 182 yeeres begat Noah. Verse 28. 29.

Noah was 600 yeeres old when the Flood was upon Ch. 7. ver. 6. the earth.

THE waters of the Flood began in the sixe C. 7. v. 10. 11. C. 8. v. 13. hundred yeere of Noah's life, in the se­cond moneth, the seventeenth day of the moneth, and were dried up in the sixe hundred and one yeere, in the first moneth, the first day of the moneth. So that the Flood continued ten moneths and thir­teene [Page 2] dayes; which being the same with the sixe hundreth yeer of Noah, are not to be accompted.

The said times accompted are 1656 yeeres.

From the ceasing of NOAH 's Flood unto ABRAHAMS departing from VR of the Chaldees, are 362. yeeres.

FOR,

Shem Noah's sonne, begat Arphaxad 2 yeeres after Ch. 11. vers. 10. the Flood.

Arphaxad at 35 yeeres begat Salah. Verse 12.

Salah at 30 yeeres begat Eber. Verse 14.

Eber at 34 yeeres begat Peleg. Verse 16.

Peleg at 30 yeeres begat Reu. Verse 18.

Reu at 32 yeeres begat Serug. Verse 20.

Serug at 30 yeeres begat Nahor. Verse 22.

Nahor at 29 yeeres begat Terah. Gen. 11. v. 24.

Terah at 70 yeeres begat Abraham. Verse 26.

From Abraham's departing from Vr of the Chaldees, unto the departing of the children of Israel out of Egypt, are 430. yeeres.

FOR,

Abraham going forth from Ur of the Chaldees Gen. 11. v. 31. c. 12 v. 4, 5. Be­za in Act. 7. v. 2. 4. 6. came unto Haran, alias Charran, in Mesopotamia, where he dwelt 5 yeeres; and so (leaving his father Terah) was 75. yeeres old when he departed thence into the land of Canaan.

Note, that as in the loines of Adam all men sinned; Rom. 5. v. 12. Heb. 7. v. 9. 10. and as in the loines of Abraham the Levites paid tithes: So the children of Israel in Abraham went forth from Gen. 12. v. 6. 9. 10. Ur of the Chaldees towards Egypt, and passed thorow the land of Canaan, journeying still towards the South, untill they came into Egypt.

Isaac was borne unto Abraham when he was 100. C. 21. v. 5. yeeres old, and in the 25 yeere after his de­parture out of Haran.

Isaac was 60 yeeres old when Rebekah bare C. 25. v. 26. Jacob.

Iacob, alias Israel, went into Egypt with all Gen. 32. v. 28. C. 47. v. 9. his family, when he was 130 yeeres old.

The children of Israel were in Egypt 210 Joseph. ben Go­rion de Stat. Macca. Et Hebr. pleri (que) omnes, quibus potissi­mum in Chroni­cis credendum. Lyra in Gen. 15 v. 13. Beza in Act. 7. v. 6. yeeres. Which was by their father Jacob Prophe­tically implied in this word, Descend yee, or, Get you downe; the letters whereof in Hebrew [...], signifie 210. Gen. 42. v. 2.

(These 210. yeeres may be thus set forth in particular.

Kohath with his father Levi came into Egypt: Gen 46. v. 8. 11 Exod. 6. v. 18. unto whom Amram was borne about 60. yeeres after.

Amram was 70. yeeres old when Moses was C. 2. v. 1. 2. 10. C. 6. v. 20. Epiphan. l. An­corat. borne unto him.

Moses was 80. yeeres old when he conducted Compare Num. 10. v. 11. 12. &c. 13. v. 26. with Deut. 2. v. 14. &c. 34. v. 7. the children of Israel out of Egypt.

The time of the ten plagues of Egypt is the same with the latter part of the eightieth yeere of Moses, Exod. 7. vers. 7. And it is necessarily concluded Exod. 7. v. 19. to c. 12. v. 29. from those many testimonies of Moses his being in [Page 9] the Wildernesse 40. yeeres. Wherefore Saint Ste­phen, Joseph. Antiqu. l. 2 c. 6. Acts 7. v. 30. did not there intend a full and compleat expiration of 40. yeeres, as he did before, verse 23.)

The said times accompted are 430 yeers, which are mentioned, Exod. 12. v. 40. 41.

But when the Scriptures speak of 400. yeeres, as Beza annot in Acts 7. v 6. Gen. 15. vers. 13. and Acts 7. vers. 6. The accompt is to be taken from the birth of Isaac.

From the departing of the children of Israel out of Egypt unto the laying of the foundation of Solomons Temple are 480. yeeres.

FOR,

Moses remained in the Wildernesse 40 yeeres, Deut. 2. v. 7. Psal. 95. v. 10. Amos 5 v. 25. Acts 7. v. 36. 42. &c. 13. v. 18.

From the Covenant that God made with Abra­ham, saying, IN THEE SHAL Gen. 12. v. 3. Acts 3. v. 25. Gal. 3. v. 8. ALL NATIONS BE BLESSED, (upon which he departed from Ur of the Chaldees) unto the giving of the Law Exod. 19 v. 1. 18 &c. 20. v. 1 in Mount Sinai are 430. yeeres and almost three moneths: But the Apostle Gal. 3. v. 17. leaveth out the moneths as an imperfect number.

Ioshua in the 7 yeere after the death of Moses Comp Deut. 2. v. 7. 14. with Josh. 14. v. 7. 10. divided the Land of Canaan; and after that governed 10 yeeres, (which the Scriptures call a long time in respect of Joshua's age) and may Josh. 13. v. 1 &c. 23. v. 1. be proved by deducting the evident and certaine numbers out of the 480. yeeres mentioned, 1 King. 6. vers. 1.

Othniel judged Israel 40 yeeres. Judg. 3. v. 11.

Under whose government Israel served the Lord Josh. 24. v. 31. Judg 2. v. 7 10. all the dayes Which were 17. yeeres ac­cording to the Hebrewes; o­thers say 20. C. 3. v. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. of the Elders, who had seene the great workes of the Lord; But when the Elders were dead, they fell to Idolatry, and much wickednesse: till at last the Lord sold them into the hand of Chushan-Risha­thaim King of Mesopotamia: by whom being eight yeeres grievously oppressed, they cried unto the Lord, and the spirit of the Lord came upon Othniel their Judge, and he delivered them.

Note, that when the Scriptures say the Land had Judg 3. v. 11. rest 40. yeeres, and Othniel died; it is not to be un­derstood that the Land was in peace 40 yeeres to­gether under Othniel, but that the Land had rest or peace unto the end of 40. yeeres from the decease of Joshua; Or, untill the fortieth yeere of Othniels Ad annum qua­d [...]ages [...]inum. J [...]n. & Trem. government: But in what yeere before the fortieth the peace began, the Scriptures expresse not. So un­derstand Judg. 3. v. 30. c. 5. v. 31. &c. 8. v. 28.

Ehud with the Vacancy 80 yeeres. Judg. 3. v. 15. 30.

Eglon K. of Moab oppressed Israel 18 yeers. Neer the C. 3. v. 14. end of which oppression, as some suppose; but more Levi ben Ger­son Func. fol 35 Calvis. pag. 241 probably neere the end of Ehuds Judgeship, when through long peace and plenty, God the giver of all goodnesse was forgotten, the execution of justice wholly neglected, and every man did that which was Judg. c. 17, 18, 19, 20. & 21. right in his owne eyes, were those dayes, wherein the Scriptures say, There was no King in Israel.

Shamgar, was a deliverer, but no Judge; for the C. 3. v. 31. Scriptures neither mention that he judged, nor that the Land had rest in his daies.

Deborah 40 yeeres. C. 5. v 31.

The 20. yeeres wherein Jabin King of Canaan C. 4. v. 2. 3, 4. mightily oppressed Israel, were at that time when De­borah judged.

Gideon alias Ierubbaal 40 yeeres. C. 6 v. 32. C. 8. v. 28.

Presently after the death of Deborah, Midian op­pressed C 6. v. 11. to the 33. Israel: and though Gideon, a mighty man of valour, was in the first yeere of their oppression (otherwise there could not be forty yeeres in his C 8. v. 28. daies) by the Lord in speciall manner called to the government, and had the Lords promise, that he should save Israel from the hands of the Midianites: yet untill the seven yeeres oppression (which God C. 6. v. 1. 34. C. 7. v. 9. 22 23 had appointed) were finished, and untill the spirit of the Lord came upon him, he did not deliver them.

Abimelech 3 yeeres. C. 9. v. 22.

Tola 23 yeeres. C. 10. v. 1, 2.

Iair 22 yeeres. Verse 3.

In the end of the fourth yeere of Jair, the Phi­listines C. 10. v. 7, 8. C. 11. v. 29. and Ammonites began to vexe and oppresse Israel, which they continued 18. yeeres, untill the Lord raised up Jephthah to deliver them.

Iephthah judged Israel 6 yeeres. C. 12. v. 7.

About 34. yeeres after that Sihon King of the Num. 21. v. 24, 25, 26. &c. 22. v. 2. compared with c. 33. v. 38. 48. Amorites had fought against the predecessor of Balak the sonne of Zippor King of Moab, and had taken all his Land, even unto Arnon; Israel smote Sihon and all his people, and possessed his Countrey: which was in the last yeere of Moses. From whence unto Jeph­thah were but 266. yeeres current; yet by adding the yeeres of their owne possession unto Sihon's, whose right they had by the Law of Conquest, Jephthah did justly say, that they had dwelt in or Judg. 11. v. 26. possessed those Countries three hundred yeeres.

Ibzan 7 yeeres. C. 12. v. 8. 9.

Elon 10 yeeres. Verse 11.

Abdon 8 yeeres. Verse 13. 14.

Samson 20 yeeres. C. 16. v. 31.

The Lord delivered Israel into the hand of the Phi­listines C. 13. v 1. 5. C. 15. v. 20. 40. yeeres: Whereof 20. were fulfilled un­der Samson, and 20. under Eli.

Eli Judge and Priest 40 yeeres. 1 Sam. 4. v. 18.

Observe here, that from the death of Joshua un­to Broughtons Ad­vertisement, pag 65. 67. Samuel are 339. yeeres: whereof the times of oppression and afflictions of Israel were 111. yeeres: which added together according to the Jewes man­ner of speaking, make 450. yeeres. And therefore Saint Paul saith, that God gave the Israelites Judges Acts 13. v. 20. [...], quasi. after a sort 450. yeeres.

Samuel and Saul 40 yeeres. See Expositours upon Acts 13. v. 21. 1 Sam. 6. v. 1. C. 7. v. 2. 15. C. 8. v. 1. 5. C. 11. v. 7. C. 27. v. 1. 7.

To wit, Samuel alone about 27. yeers; with Saul a­bout 10. yeers; Saul after Samuels death about 3. yeers.

David reigned 40 yeeres and 6 moneths. 2 Sam 2 v. 11. C. 5 v. 4. 5. 1 K. 2. v. 11. 1 Chr. 3 v 4. &c. 29. v. 26. 27. 1. King. 6. v. 1. 2 Chr. 3. v. 2.

Solomon having reigned 3 yeeres and 6 moneths (in the end of the foure hundred and four­score yeere after Israel came out of Egypt, in the second moneth of the Legall yeere) began to lay the founda­tion of the Temple, which was finished in the seven yeeres and sixe moneths. As appeares, 1 King. 6. [Page 14] vers. 1. 37. 38. But the sixe moneths are there left So 2 Sam. 5. v. 5. comp. with 1 K. 2. v. 11. So 2 King. 24. v. 8. compared with 2 Chr. 36. v. 9. So Gen. 5. v. 32 compared with C. 11. v. 10. out, as the Scriptures oftentimes do imperfect num­bers.

The said times accompted are 480 yeeres; Which are mentioned, 1 King. 6. vers. 1.

From the laying of the foundation of Solomon's Temple, unto the beginning of the Captivity of Babylon are 430. yeeres and 10. dayes.

FOR, Solomon after the laying of the foundation of 1 K. 11. v. 42. 2 Chr. 9. v. 30. the Temple reigned 36 yeeres and 6 moneths.

Presently after the death of Solomon, upon the 1 K. 12. v. 1. 4. 11. 19, 20, 21. 2 Chr. 10 v. 1. 11. 19. &c. 11 v. 1. 12. Josh. 15. v. 63. c. 18. v. 11. 28. 1 K. 11. v. 13. 32. c. 12. v. 20. 2 K. 17 v. 18. rough answer of his sonne Rehoboam, ten Tribes re­belled and made Jeroboam King over Israel; but the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin followed the house of David; which, because they had their possessions mixed, are sometimes accounted as one Tribe.

Note, that Israel was then carried away into Assyria, 1 K. 17. v. 6. &c. 18. v. 11. and placed in Halath, and in Habor, by the river of Go­zan, and in the Cities of the Medes; but 46. yeeres after, they were driven thence, dispersed, and so broken, that they were not a people. As Isaiah fore­told in the third yeere of Ahaz King of Iudah, which Isa. 7. v. 1. 8. was three score and five yeeres before it came to passe.

Manasseh 55 yeeres. 2 K. 22. v. 1. 2 Chr. 33 v. 1.

Amon 2 yeeres. 2 K. 21 v 19. 2 Chr. 34 v. 21

Iosiah 31 yeeres. 2 K. 21. v 1. 2 Chr. 33. v. 1.

Iehoahaz, alias Iohanan, alias Shallum, 2 K. 23. v 31. 1 Chr. 3. v 15. 2 Chr. 36. v 2. Jer. 22. v. 11. Comp. 2 Chr. 36. v. 2. with v 5. 3 moneths.

He is called the first borne, because he first suc­ceeded in the Kingdome: but his brother Iehoiakim was the elder by two yeeres.

Iehoiakim, alias Ioakim, alias Eliakim, 2 K. 23. v 34. 36 1 Chr. 3. v. 15. 2 Chr. 36. v. 4, 5 11 yeeres.

Under Pharaoh Nechoh he reigned eight yeeres, 2 K. 23. v 34. 35 &c. 24. v. 1. Dan. 1. v. 1, 2. Joseph. Antiqu. l. 10. [...]. [...]. and under Nebuchadnez zar three yeeres, but in the said third yeere (which was the eleventh yeere of his reigne in Ierusalem) he rebelled and the Lord gave him [Page 21] into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 2 K. 24. v. 8.

Iehoiachin, alias Ieconiah, alias Coni­ah, 1 Chr. 3. v. 16. 2 Chr. 36. v. 9. Jer. 22. v 24. &c. 37. v. 1. 3 moneths and 10 dayes.

To wit three moneths and ten dayes alone after his Comment. vulg. in 2 Chr. 36. v. 9. fathers death, being then at the age of eighteene: But with his father he reigned ten yeeres before, and began his reigne at eight yeeres old.

Note, that the Scriptures expresse Iehoiachins Jer. 52. v. 28. Captivity to be in the seventh yeere compleat of Ne­buchadnezzars reigne: or, when the seventh yeere was 2 Chr. 36. v. 10 expired: or, in the beginning of his eighth yeere. All 2 K. 24. v. 12. which point at one and the same time.

From his Captivity the Prophet Ezekiel takes his Ezek. 1. v. 2. &c. 8. 20. 24. 26. 29. 31. 32. 40. v. 1. Ezek. 1. v. 1, 2. 2 K. 22. v. 3, 8. accompt.

The fifth yeere of his Captivity was the thirtieth yeere after the finding of the booke of the Law, in the eighteenth of King Iosiah.

Zedekiah, alias Mattaniah, 11 yeers. 2 K. 24. v. 17. 18. 2 Chr 36 v. 11. Jer. 52. v. 1. Jer. 37 v. 1. Jun. & Trem. in 1 Chr. 3. v. 16.

He is called the sonne of Ieconiah, not by nature, for he was his Unkle; but by succession in the go­vernment.

So Ahab was sonne to Baasha, 1 King. 20. v. 34. Broughtons Ad­vertisement. pag. 51. 59. 61. compared with c. 15. v. 19, 20. So Salathiel was sonne to Jeconiah, 1 Chr. 3. v. 17. Matth. 1. v. 12.

From the revolt of Ieroboam unto the siege of Ie­rusalem, in the ninth yeere of Zedekiah, are 390. 2 K. 25. v. [...]. [Page 22] yeers: which were the yeeres of the iniquity of the house Ezek. 4. v. 5. of Israel; for some of the Israelites who were mix­ed with the Tribe of Judah, remained untill this time.

In the end of his reigne Jerusalem was taken. 2 K. 25. v. 2. 3. 8.

Here began the Captivity of Judah 2 K. 25. v. 4. to v. 22. 2 Chron. 36. v. 17. to v. 21. Jer. 1. v. 3. &c. 52. v. 27. (commonly called the Captivity of Babylon) with the utter destru­ction of Ierusalem.

The said times accompted are 430 yeeres and 10 dayes.

From the beginning of the Capti­vity of Babylon unto the Comman­dement to restore and to build Jeru­salem againe, are 152. yeeres.

FOR, 2 Chr. 36. v. 21 Jer 25. v. 11 &c. 29. v. 10. Dan. 9. v. 2.

The Captivity continued 70 yeeres.

The next yeere after, being the first yeere of [Page 26] King Cyrus, Israel returned from Captivity. Ezra 1. v. 1

They began to build the Temple in the second Ezra 3. v. 8. yeere of the said Cyrus, And it was finished in 29 yeeres after, which was the sixth yeere of King Darius, the son of Hystaspes. C. 6. v. 15.

Of this Temple it was prophecied, that the glory thereof should be greater then of the former; w ^ch was, Hag. 2. v 9. not in respect of the beauty in building, but because of the presence of the Messiah, our Saviour, who John 18. v 20. should teach therein.

Artaxerxes in the end of his seventh yeer, which Ezra 7. v. 8. 11 was 52 yeeres after the finishing of the Temple, sent Ezra, and gave him Commission to restore and to build Jerusalem againe.

Here began the 70. weeks revealed by the Angel Gabriel unto Daniel. Dan. 9. v. 21. 24

The said times accompted are 152 yeeres.

From the commandement to restore and to build Jerusalem againe, unto the death and passion of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST, are 490. yeeres.

FOR,

It is expressely declared unto Daniel, that from Dan. 9 v. 25. [Page 31] the going forth of the Commandement to restore, and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah, The Prince, shall be 7 weeks (so long it was before the Reformation could be fully perfected & Religion e­stablished) and 62 weeks (which make 69. weeks) and Verse 26. 27. after 62. weeks, in the week following (which added to the said 69. maketh full 70. weeks) shall Mes­siah So Numb. 14. v. 34. So Ezek. 4. v. 5, 6. So Dan. 10. v 13 So Revel. 2. v. 10. be cut off, and He shall confirme the Covenant, &c. Now accompting each day for a yeere (as the Scriptures doe frequently) 70. weeks do amount unto 490 yeeres.

The full time from the Creation of Adam, unto the death and pas­sion Which Ezek. might happily intend by 4000 Cubites c. 47. v. 3, 4, 5. of our Lord and Saviour IESUS CHRIST, is 4000 yeeres and 10 dayes.

The first Monarch of Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar reigned 45 yeeres. Comp. 2 K. 24. v 12. with c. 25 v. 27. Jer. 25. v. 1.

He began to reigne in the end of the fourth yeere of Jehoiakim King of Judah.

In the beginning of his tenth yeere, which was 2 K. 24. v 7. Dan. 2. v. 1. 28. 36. Joseph. Antiqu. l. 10 c 7 &. 11. the second yeere of his reigne, after he vanquished Pharaoh Nechoh, Daniel told and expounded his dreame.

The Captivity of the Jewes began in the begin­ning 2 K. 25 v. 8. Jer. 52 v. 12. 27 of the nineteenth yeere of his reigne; or, as it is, Ier. 52. v. 29. in the end of the eighteenth yeere.

From the finding of the booke of the Law in the 2 K. 22. v. 3. 8. 18. of Iosiah, unto the last carrying away of the Jewes into Captivity in the three and twentieth yeere Jer. 52. v. 30. of Nebuchadnezzar, are 40. yeeres; which was the Ezek 4. v. 6. time of the iniquity of the house of Iudah.

Evilmerodach reigned 30 yeeres. Melancthon. l. 2. Chron. de 1. Mo­narch pag. 165. Sleidan. l. 1.

Belshazzar in the beginning of his foureteenth yeere was slaine; so that he reigned but 13 yeeres compleat.

Of these three Ieremiah speaks, c. 27. v. 6, 7.

Note, that when Cyrus the Persian overcame A­styages King of the Medes, (whom Daniel Dan. 9. v. 1. calleth Ahasuerus) Darius, alias Cyaxares, sonne of the said Astyages, took upon him the Kingdome: but finding his souldiers to forsake him, and having Joseph. Antiqu. l 10. c 12. Xenoph de in­stit. Cyri. l. 1. & 8. no issue male, he forthwith gave his daughter in marriage unto the said Cyrus (sonne of Cambyses the Persian, and Mandana the sister of Darius) and joy­ned him in the government, who was prosperous in Dan. 5. v. 2. 30. Ezra 1. v. 1. Isa 45. v. 1. warres, took Babylon, where he slew Belshazzar in his drunkennesse, delivered the Jewes from Capti­vity, subdued many Nations: and was

The first Monarch of Persia.

Darius reigned with Cyrus 1 yeere after Xenoph. l. 8. Sleid. l. 1. Belshazzar was slaine.

Of this Darius speaketh Ezra, c. 6. v. 14. and Dan. c. 6. v. 1. And of their joynt-reigne, v. 28. &c. 8. v. 3. & Isa. 21. v. 2. 9.

In respect of which joynt-reigne Darius is said to Dan. 5 v. 30. 31 Jer. 51. v. 11. Isa▪ 13. v. 17. Melancthon. l 2. chron. de 2. Mo­narch. pag. 10. Sr. W. R. Hist. l. 3. c. 3. Sect. 5. Dan. 9. v. 1. take the Kingdome of the Chaldeans, or Babylon; though indeed Cyrus was onely in that action: and Darius was by him made King over the Realme of the Chaldeans.

Cyrus after Darius his death 15 yeeres.

The building of the Temple went forward two yeeres, but from the beginning of the third yeere Ezra 4. v. 24. Dan. 10. v. 1, 2. 4. 13. of Cyrus (accompting from Darius his death) Cam­byses withstood it, and caused it to cease 21. yeeres: which was, untill he himselfe died. Allowing there­fore eight yeeres unto him with Smerdis the Mage, it is plaine that he hindered the building in his fa­thers absence 13. yeeres; Whereunto adding those two yeeres, when it went forward, the time of Cy­rus his reigne after Darius, was 15. yeeres.

Cambyses when his father Cyrus invaded Scy­thia, Herodot. l. 3. Grimston Estat. in the Chron. of Persia, Sect. 1. 6 was appointed King according to the custome of the Persians, which was, to leave the nearest in bloud to rule in the Kings absence; In which Expedition Cyrus was at length slaine, and then Cambyses reigned alone 7 yeers and 5 moneths.

Ezra calleth him Artaxerxes, alias Artahshashte, Ezra 4. v. 7. 11. 23. which was then a generall name unto the Kings of Persia, as Pharaoh to the Kings of Egypt, Caesar to the Roman Emperors, and at this day Sophi to the Persian. Beda de 6. aetat. mundi. Constant. Phryg. fol. 162. Buchol. pag. 33. Isaacs. fol. 132. Euseb. chr. fol. 53. D. Melancth. l. 2. Chron. de 2. Mo­narch. p. 3. Aeli­an. hist. l. 12. c. 43. Grimst. l. d. Sect. 8.

Smerdis the Mage reigned 7 moneths, which time is usually added to Cambyses.

Darius sonne to Hystaspes King by election, sir­named Artaxerxes Ahasuerus, reigned 36 yeeres.

Of whom Ezra 4. v. 5, 6. (where he is called A­hasuerus) v. [...]4. &c. 5. v. 7. &c. 6. v. 14. (where he is called Artaxerxes) v. 15. 22. (where he is called King of Assyria) Hag. 1. v. 1. Zech. 1. v. 1. &c. 7. v. 1.

He was the husband of Queen Esther, alias Hadassah. Esth. 2. v. 7. Func Chron. fol. 65. Esth. 1. v. 1. compared with 1 Esdras 2. v. the last, and c. 3. v. 1, 2.

Xerxes sonne to Darius, in the fifth yeere of his Of whom, Dan. 11. v. 2. reigne went with an innumerable host against the Grecians; but after many battels, in the end of his Herodot. l. 7. 15 yeere, was utterly overthrowne both at Sea and Land, and brought into such contempt, that pre­sently Bucholz. pag. 36. 38. upon his returne into Asia, he joyned his son Longimanus in the government, wholly giving him­selfe Vict Strigel. Schol hist. in Melancth. l. 2. Chron. unto lust and cruelty, and sixe yeeres after was slaine by his Unkle Artabanus.

His last sixe yeeres are the same with his sons, and therefore not to be accompted. Hist. x Ctesiae Persicis. Euseb. chr f. 56. Melancth. l d. pag 4. Christoph. Hel­vic. fol. 17.

Artaxerxes, sirnamed Longimanus, 40 yeeres.

Of whom Ezra 7. v. 7. Neh. 2. v. [...]. &c. 5. v. 14. &c. 13. v. 6.

In the end of his seventh yeere he gave Ezra his Func. Comment. in Chronol. l. 2. Bucholz. p. 40. Neh 2. v. 1. 8. 13 &c. 4. v. 1. 3. 7. 8. 13. to v. the last. Commission; and then began Daniels 70. weeks.

And in his twentieth yeere he gave Nchemiah Commission to repaire some houses, and to build [Page 36] the wals of Jerusalem; which accordingly was exe­cuted, although (as it was foretold to Daniel) the Dan. 9. v. 25. street was built againe, and the wall, even in trouble­some times.

• Xerxes
  Hist ex Ctesiae Persicis. Christ. Helvic. fol. 18. Isaacs. Chron. fol. 140.
  • sons to Artaxerxes, reigned severally 9 moneths.
  • Sogdian alias Secundian

Darius Nothus 19 yeeres. Sleidan. l. 1. Grimst. l. d. Sect. 1. & 12. Bucholz. pag. 43

Artaxerxes Mnemon 40 yeeres. Euseb. Chron. fol. 57. Melancth. l. d. pag 4.

Darius Artaxerxes sirnamed Ochus Metasthenes. Aelian hist. l. 2. c. 17. Melancth. l. d. ib. Func▪ Chr. f 73. Sleidan. l. 1. Grimst. l. d. Sect. 1. & 13. 26 yeeres.

Arsames, alias Arsaces, alias Arses, Beda. l. d. Meta­sthenes. Func. Chr. f 74. Helv. ib. Grimst. l. d. Sect. 1. & 13. 4 yeeres.

Darius, whose first name was Coloman­nus, Beda. l. d. Meta­sthenes. Func. Chr. f. 74 Hel­vic ib. Grimst. l. d. Sect. 1. 13. & 14. alias Codomannus, reigned 6 yeeres.

Of whom Neh. 12. v. 22. Joseph. Antiqu. lib. 11. cap. 7.

This Darius was in three battels vanquished 1 Mac. 1. v. 1. Joseph. Antiqu. l. 11 c. ult. Aelian hist. l. 8. c. 7. & l. 12. c. 43. Justin. l. 11 Sleidan. l. 1. Grimst. l. d. Sect. 14. by Alexander the Great.

An Object. One Argument Mr. Broughton brings, wherewith (as he conceives) he disproveth al computations but his owne; and it is drawne from the ages of Zerub­babel, Jeshua, Mordecai, Ezra, and Nehemiah; which See Broughtons consent of Scripture. (saith he) must be stretched beyond all likelihood, if the Kingdome of Persia continued above 130. yeeres.

Resolved. As to Zerubbabel. Jeremiah tels us, That Jehoi­akim, alias Jeconiah, was brought forth of prison in Jer. 52. v. 31. 33, 34. the 37. yeere of his Captivity, which was the 26. yeere of the Captivity of Judah; and did eate continually before the King of Babylon, untill the day of his death: which admit to be two yeeres after; then were 28. yeeres of Judah's Captivity passed. Salathiel, alias Matth 1. v. 12. 1 Chr. 3. v. 18, 19. Shealtiel, was the sonne of Jeconiah by succession: Salathiel begat Pedaiah, Pedaiah begat Zerubbabel.

Now admit, that Salathiel immediately after he succeeded Jeconiah, begat Pedaiah, and that Pedaiah at 24. yeeres also begat Zerubbabel, (which probably was not sooner) then was Zerubbabel 18. yeeres old in the first yeer of King Cyrus, and 48. when the Tem­ple was finished, in the reigne of Darius Hystaspes.

As to Jeshua. He was the sonne of Jozadak, alias Ezra 3. v. 2. 1 Chr. 6. v. 14, 15. 2 K▪ 25 v. 18. 21 Jehozadak, the sonne of Seraiah, the chiefe Priest, who was slaine by Nebuchadnezzar. Now admit that Jehozadak was ten yeeres old when he was carried into Captivity, and that 30. yeeres after he begat Jeshua; then was Jeshua 40. yeeres old in the first yeere of Cyrus, and 70. when the Temple was fi­nished.

As to Mordecai. Admit that he was five yeeres Esth. 2. v. 6. old when he was carried away Captive with Jeco­niah, then was he 122. yeeres old in the 12. yeere C. 3. v. 7. of Ahasuerus, when the two daies of Purim were by the Decree of Queene Esther made feastivall; after C. 9. v. 1. 32. which should he live eight yeeres, he then died at the age of 130. which was not unlikely in those 2 Chr. 24. v. 15 times.

As to Ezra. Admit that he was five yeeres old when his father Seraiah the chiefe Priest was slaine, then was he 170. yeeres old in the 20. of Artaxerxes Longimanus, when he read and instructed the people in Neh. 2. v. 1 &c. 8. v. 3. 13. the words of the Law: after which, should he live ten yeers (though peradventure he lived not one yeer) he then died at the age of Isaac 180. yeers old. And what unlikelihood is there but that God for the good of Gen. 35. v. 28. his Church might as well preserve Ezra unto this age, as he did Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar to a far Moses Aegyptius in suo Misna, ut citatur l. 2. chr. Genebr. greater, whom the Jewes affirme to have lived 300. yeeres?

Nor will it further extend the age of Ezra to shew, that Ezra went into the Chamber of Johanan, and that he wrote the Books of the Chronicles in [Page 39] Johanan's time. For Johanan, alias Ionathan, was the sonne of Iehoiada, the sonne of Eliashib, the sonne of Ioi­akim, Neh. 12 v. v. 10 11. the sonne of Ieshua. Now admit each of these to be begotten in the thirtieth yeere of their fathers age, (observing what we spake before concerning Ieshua) then was Iohanan borne in the fifth yeere of Artaxerxes Longimanus; and so Ezra might very well in the beginning of Artaxerxes his eighth yeere go into the chamber of Iohanan, who was then about Ezra 10. v. 6. three yeeres old. And what hinders but that he might write the sonnes of Levi, the chief of the fathers, Neh. 12. v. 23. in the Booke of the Chronicles, even untill the dayes of Iohanan, seeing he lived in the 20. of Artaxerxes, at which time Iohanan was 15. yeeres old?

But if Mr. Broughton may prevaile, the said Priests shall be much more forward in procreation. For he will allow but 87. yeeres from the Captivity of Ze­dekiah See Broughtons consent of Scripture. unto the 7. of Artaxerxes. Whence it follows, that though ten yeeres be granted to Iehozadak at the time of Captivity, yet every one of them must begin to beget children before 19. yeeres old, other­wise Iohanan could not be borne when Ezra came to Ierusalem.

True it is, Nehemiah saith, that the Levites and Priests were recorded unto the reigne of Darius, but by Neh. 12. v. 22. whom this was done, he tels not; it is plaine, not by Ezra, for he wrote but untill the dayes of Iohanan. 1 Chr. 9. com­pared with Neh. 11. And though Nehemiah concludes, these were in the daies of Joiakim, and in the dayes of Nehemiah the Governour, and of Ezra the Priest, the Scribe; yet it C. 12. v. 26. cannot be understood, that they were all of them [Page 40] in every one of their daies, for that is impossible: but that all of them were in all their daies; some in the daies of Joiakim, some in the dayes of Ezra, some in the daies of Nehemiah.

As to the age of Nehemiah. Admit that he was 25. yeeres old when he came to Jerusalem, and lived unto the end of the Persian Monarchy, he was then Neh. 2. v. 11. 130. yeeres old when he died, which is nothing un­likely. Func. fol 74.

Thus we have the continuance of the Persian Kingdome unto 210. yeeres, and probably the ages of Zerubbabel, Ieshua, Mordecai, Ezra, and Nehemiah; without the diminution of the one, or stretching of the other beyond reason.

The first Monarch of Grecia.

Alexander the Great, after the full over­throw Justin. l. 11. Bacholz. pag. 53. of Darius, reigned 7 yeeres.

Upon his death-bed he parted his Kingdome a­mong 1 Mac. 1. v. 6. 9. Dan. 11. v. 5. to the 30. his servants, such as were honourable; who all after his death put Crownes upon themselves, and soone fell into warres one against another. Of whom the chiefest were foure: Seleucus King of Sy­ria, Joseph. Antiqu. l. 12. c 1. Justin. l. 13. Sleidan. l. 1. Dan. 7. v. 6 c. 8. v. 8. 21, 22. &c. 11. v. 3, 4. Ptolomeus of Egypt, Antigonus of Asia the lesse, and Cassander of Macedon. And of these the two former excelled in power: between whom what leagues and conflicts should be, Daniel foretold un­der the names of The King of the North, and the King Dan. 11. of the South. For Syria lieth Northward, and Egypt [Page 41] Southward, from Judea. The whole chapter is para­phrased by Joseph Hall Bishop of Exceter.

Note, That the Grecian Kingdome Func. fol. 75. Bucholz. pag. 56 so often mentioned in the Books of the Maccabees, began 13 yeeres compleat after the death of Alex­ander the Great.

Antiochus sirnamed Epiphanes, sonne of Dan. 8. v. 23. &c 11. v. 21. 1 Mac. 1. v. 10. 2 Mac. 4. v. 7. Joseph. Antiqu. l. 12 c. 5. Antiochus King of Syria, a King of fierce countenance, a vile person, that wicked root, after his brother Se­leucus was dead, began to reigne in the end of the 137 yeere of the Grecian Kingdome.

On the eighth day of the fifth moneth in the 141. Dan. 8. v. 11, 12 13. 1 Mac. 1. v. 13, 14. 15. 21. to the end of the ch. &c. 2. v. 6. to the 16. Joseph. Antiqu. l. 12. c. 7, 8. yeere, the transgression of desolation began, and the daily sacrifice decaied by the grosse idolatry of those, who (with the licence of Antiochus) joyned them­selves to the Heathen, and were sold to do mischief. And in the 143. yeere, he took Jerusalem, polluted the Sanctuary, hindered, and afterwards forbad the daily Sacrifice, and compelled the Jewes to all man­ner of ambition. Whom Mattathias the Priest for 1 Mac. 2. v. 1. 19 to the 48. & v. 66. 70. &c. 3. v. 1, 2. Joseph. l. d. c. 8. some times couragiously and prosperously resisted; but he quickly deceasing, Judas Maccabeus (accor­ding to his appointment) rose up in his stead, and became both the Captaine and Governour of Ju­dea, in the end of the 146. yeere of the Grecian King­dome,

Antiochus having then reigned 9 yeeres.

Iudas, sirnamed Maccabeus, was slaine in 1 Mac. 9. v. 3. 18 Joseph. l. d. c. 9. & 19. the end of the first moneth of the 152. yeere, having governed 5 yeeres and 1 moneth.

In the second yeere of his government on the 1 Mac. 4. v. 36. 10 [...]he 60. five and twentieth day of the ninth moneth, in the 148. yeer, he finished the cleansing of the Sanctuary, and restored the daily Sacrifice. So that from the time that the transgression of desolation began, and the daily Sacrifice decaied, unto the cleansing of the Sanctuary, and the full restoring of the Sacrifice, are 6. yeeres 3. moneths, and 17. dayes; which containe those 2300. dayes revealed unto Daniel. Dan. 8. v. 13. 14. 1 Mac. 12. v. 48. &c. 13. v. 12. 23. compare c. 11. v. 19. 20. with c. 13. v. 41, 42. Func. Chr. f. 83. Bucholz. p. 79.

Ionathan the High-Priest, was taken prisoner▪ and slaine in the end of the 169. yeere, having gover­ned 18 yeeres.

Simon the High-Priest, and Prince of the Jewes, 1 Mac. 13. v 42 &c. 16. v. 14. 16 Joseph. Antiqu. l. 13. c. 11. & 14 was treacherously slaine in the 11. moneth of the 177. yeer, having governed 7 yeers and 11 moneths.

Iohn, sirnamed Hyrcanus the High-Priest, 1 Mac. 16. v. 23 24. Joseph. Antiqu. l. d. d. c. 15. & 18. governed 31 yeeres.

Aristobulus, who was the first that Crowned Joseph. l. d. c. 19 himselfe King of Judea, reigned 1 yeere.

Alexander, sirnamed Ianneus, 27 yeeres. Ioseph. l. d. c. 20 & 23.

Salome, whom the Greeks call Alexandra, Ioseph. l. d. c. 24. the wife of the said Alexander, reigned 9 yeeres.

Aristobulus, compelling his brother Hyrcanus Ioseph. l. 14. c. 1 & 8. the High-Priest, to submit unto a private life, took upon him both the Kingdome and Priest-hood; but in the third yeere of his reign he was taken prisoner by Pompey, and carried to Rome.

Presently after, Gabinius the Romane Generall, Ioseph. l. d. c. 10. vanquishing Alexander the son of Aristobulus, ere­cted five seats of Justice; The first at Jerusalem, the second at Gadar, the third at Amatho, the fourth at Jericho, the fifth at Saphor in Galilee, and so changed the Kingdome into an Aristocracy; which was im­mediately Ioseph. l. d. c. 11. interrupted by Aristobulus, who escaped from Rome, but was soone taken by the said Gabini­us, and againe sent back.

Aristobulus reigned (including the time of his Ioseph. ibid. Captivity) 3 yeers and 6 moneths

Afterwards the said Aristocracy continued Ioseph: l. d. c. 15. schol. illustrat. 15 yeeres and 6 moneths.

Antipater by Julius Caesar made Governour of Judea, in the end of the third yeere Ioseph. l. d. c. 15. & 17 schol. illustrat. Func. Chr. fol. 89. of his government placed (his two elder sonnes) Phasaelus over Jerusalem, and Herod over Galilee.

Phasaelus and Herod, when they had go­verned Joseph. l. d. c. 25. fchol. illustr. Func. chr. ibid. 3 yeeres, were displaced by the Parthians.

Antigonus, sonne to Aristobulus, by the Parthi­ans Ioseph. l. d. c. 24. & l. 15. c. 1. schol. illustr. Func. Chr. ibid. made King, reigned 5 yeeres.

Herod before named, was by the Romanes decla­red Joseph. l. 14. c. 26. & 28. l. 15. c. 1. & l. 17. c. 10. Func. Chr. f. 91. King of Judea, and by their help o­vercame Antigonus. After which he was sirnamed the Great, and reigned 34 yeeres.

Of whom Matth. 2. v. 1. to the 19. Luke 1. v. 5.

He was nine yeeres and sixe moneths in repairing Iosoph. Antiqu. l. 15. c. ult. Bucholz. p. 128 Zerubbabels Temple; which was in building (inclu­ding the times of interruption) 29. yeeres. Solomon's was built in seven yeeres and sixe moneths. Now adde these three summes together, and according to the Jewes manner of speaking, (which they fre­quently used for memory sake) The Temple was in John 2. v. 20. building 46. yeeres.

Our Saviour Iesus Christ was borne in the Ioseph. l. 17. c. 10 Func. Chr. f. 91. beginning of the 34. yeere of Herod.

And in the beginning of the 42. yeere of Augu­stus, Euseb. Chr. fol. 69. D. Beda. l. d. Polan. Synt. Theol. l. 6. c. 27. Baron. apparat. ad Annal. Eccl. Chemnit. Harm. Evangel. c. 8. Luke 2. v. 1. Gen. 49. v. 10. accompting from the death of his predecessour Julius Caesar.

At that time Augustus made a Decree that all the world should be taxed.

Note, That when Jacob said, the Scepter shall not depart from Judah, untill Shiloh come, It is not [Page 45] to be understood that the Crowne should continue in the Tribe of Judah from the time of the said Pro­phecy untill Christs comming. For before David Calvin. institut. l. 1. c. 8. Sect. 7. the Prophecy tooke no effect; And after Zedekiah, even untill the Maccabees (excepting onely Zerubba­bel Neh. 5. v. 14. 15 Ezek. 21. v. 25, 26, 27. Genebr. Chr. l. 1. and Nehemiah, who yet were no Kings, nor ab­solute Governours) it is altogether uncertaine who ruled in Judea: and from the Maccabees untill Christ, it is manifest the supreme authority was not in the Tribe of Judah. The true sense thereof is, That af­ter Davids reigne, in whom the Prophecy first took effect, The Scepter, that is, the right and just title un­to Comment. vulg. in 1. Matth. the Crowne, should not depart from the Tribe of Iudah untill Christ came; which is clearely proved Matth. 1. v. 1. to the 17. by Saint Matthew. But at our Saviours birth or com­ming the Jewes were not onely dispossessed of the Baron. apparat. ad Annal. Eccl. Chemnit. Harm. Evangel. c. 2. Crowne, but also had lost the very right and title thereunto, by swearing fealty unto King Herod not long before: and so Iacobs Prophecy was fully ac­complished.

Archelaus succeeding his father Herod, reigned Matth. 2. v. 22. Ioseph. Antiqu. l. 17. c. 10. & 13. Gerhard. Comment. in Harm. Evang. c. 10. Ioseph. l. d. c. ult. 3 yeeres, but was then degraded by Augustus Caesar, and made President onely of halfe Herod's Kingdome; the other halfe was divided be­twixt Herods two other sonnes, Philip and Antipas. Seven yeeres after Augustus confined the said Arche­laus for his Tyranny unto Vienna a City of France, where he died.

Herod, sirnamed Antipas, and Philip, [Page 46] at the aforesaid division of Herod's Kingdome, were by Augustus made Tetrarchs, the former of Galilee, Luke 3. v. 1. the latter of Iturea, and of the Region of Trachonitis.

This Herod beheaded Iohn the Baptist, and was by our Saviour termed a Fox, for his deceit and trea­chery: Matth. 14. v. 1. Whom Saint Mark, using the phrase of his owne people, calleth a King; And in respect of his Mark▪ 6. v. 14. 26. Luke 9. v. 7. &c. 13. v. 32. power and greatnesse it is, that the Scriptures place him before his elder brother Philip.

Our Saviour Iesus Christ was crucified when Ioseph. Antiqu. l. 17. c. 13. & l. 18. c. 3. schol. il­lustr. Func. Chr. fol. 91. 92. Herod the Tetrarch had governed 29 yeeres, and a­bout 3 moneths.

And in the eighteenth yeere, about the begin­ning Euseb. Ch. f. 71. Beda. l. d. Gene­br. chr. l. 2. Ba­ron. Annal. Ec­cles. f. 101. & 169. Gualterius Tom. 2. Ioseph. Antiq. l. 18. c. 3. of the fourth moneth of Tiberius Caesar, who succeeded Augustus, having reigned 57. yeere.

And in the seventh yeere of Pontius Pilate, Gover­nour Func. Chr. f. 92. Isaacs. pag. 184. of Iudea.

The age therefore of our Saviour Ignat. ad Trall. Niceph. Hist. Eccles. l. 1. sub finem. Polan. Syntag. Theol. l. 6. c. 18. Baron. Annal. Eccles. 169. Gordon. Lesinor. Chr. Tom. 2. Apparat. c. 4. was 33. yeeres and about three moneths.

And may be thus set forth in particular.

Upon the expiration of the 30. yeere of His age, Luke 3. v 21. 22, 23. comp. with Numb. 4. v. 23. 30. 47. Matth. 4. v. 12. 17. Mark. 1. v. 14. Chemnit. Harm. Evangel. c. 17. &c 22. Ioseph. Antiqu. l. 3. c. 10. Scalig. de emen­dat. temp. l. 6. Chemnit. Harm. Evang. Prolog. c. 3. Levit. 23. v. 5. 6 10. 11. comp. with Deut. 16. v. 1. 9, 10. Genebr. l. 2. Chemnit. Harm. Evangel. c. 45. He was baptized and entred into His Ministery; though He did not publikely shew Himselfe, till Iohn was cast into prison, which was almost a yeer after.

Neither can any inconvenience follow from the season of the yeere, that Christ should then go into the river Iordan to be baptized For in Iudea there is very little winter, and that onely in October, and the beginning of November. And the Scriptures tell us, that on the second day after the Passeover, which was the 16. day of the moneth Abib alias Nisan, and is with us the 27. of March, a sheafe of the first fruits of Harvest was offered.

The first Passeover after His Baptisme was about the end of three moneths, Iohn 2. v. 13. 23.

The second Passeover is expressed, Iohn c. 5. v. 1. where the word Feast, by way of eminency is put for the Passeover, which was the chiefest feast of the Jewes. So Matth. 27. v. 15. So Iohn 4. v. 45. compared with c. 2. v. 23. So c. 11. v. 56. So c. 12. v. 1, 2. So c. 13. v. 1. 29.

The third Passeover, Iohn 6. v. 4.

The fourth Passeover, Iohn 13. v. 1. On the Eve Mark. 15. v. 42. John 19. v. 31. 42. August. de Trin. l. 4. c. 5. whereof Our Saviour was crucified, which the Jewes call the Preparation day; And was the 25. day of March, on which day He was also conceived in the wombe.

From whence these particulars are manifest.

1. That from the beginning of the Captivity of [Page 48] Babylon, unto the first of King Cyrus are 70. yeeres; from thence unto the end of the 7. of Artaxerxes Longimanus are 82. yeeres; which added together, make 152. yeeres. And from thence unto the death and passion of Our Saviour, are 490. yeeres, or, as the Angel informed Daniel, 70. weeks; In the end of Dan. 9. v. 24. which last yeere of the said 490. Our Saviour was crucified.

2. That neere the midst of the last week of the said 70. Our Saviour entering into His Ministery, be­gan Dan. 9. v. 27. John 4. v. 23. Matt. 27. v. 51. Mark. 15. v. 38 to cause the Sacrifice and the Oblation to cease, but by His death He did utterly abolish them; which was signified when the vaile of the Temple rent in twaine.

3. That neere the 25. day of December, and most August. in Psal: 132. & de Trin. lib 4. 2. Chrysost. in c. Lucae. 1 v. 29. Niceph. Hist. Eccles. l. 1. c. 12. Paul Oros. l. 7. c. 7. Genebr. l. 2. Ba­ron. Apparat. ad Annal. Eccles. sub finem. Chemnit. Harim. Evangel. c. 8. Gordon. Lesinor. Chr. Tom, 2. in apparat. probably on that day Our Saviour was borne.

Lastly, That from the Creation of Adam, unto the birth of Our Saviour, are 3966. yeeres, 9. moneths, and 10. daies. Unto which 9. moneths and 10. daies, adding the 5. dayes before the Creation of Adam, Gen. 1. v. 23. Exod. 12. v. 2. compared with c. 13. v. 4. Beda de ratione Temp. c. 28. & 40. Polan. Synt. Theol. l. 5. c. 7. and then accompting 9. moneths and 15. dayes from the 25. of December backwards, It is evident that the world began on the 10. day of March, when the Sun entereth into Aries, and makes the Equinoctial.

Soli Sapienti DEO, sit laus & gloria in omne aevum. Amen.