II. We willnowdifcovcr^according to their ru-

lers and ldea^% laid down^fome certain fecrets of the i^nt7>^^of Angels and Gfw//.,which are deliverei bjT K. KapolyChomery'k. AhiudanyHoh\z Agrippa which are the four that have written the molt of this 5ubjeft of^y. We have formerly (hewed; Bow the Scars
L «f
*62 The Temple of Wiidome. Book I
I rche conftellation called C/jr/'«t ^/go/5 being Verti- cal! to Greece^ did forefhew the defolation of it.The like We obferved in the other Stars^when they were Verticall tothisKingdome5and (oretold Jo^« Etnp- p^jMr. Errington and Mr. Flnd^ that in 1660. The King would again come and enjoy his own the 29^'^ oiMay
Thus a little before the Temple of Jen/pto was burntj and utterly confumed b'j Nabucadnezar^ *\t wasobferved, that eleven of the StarSjthat were the nioft Verticall to it, compofed for a pretty while together, thefe live Letter^,
which being joyncd together, made up this word, (reading it from the North toward the WefVj Hik: fchkhj which fignifieth, torejeB and forfaks without any mercy ; and the number of three of them added together^amounteth to four hundred twenty three, which is the fpaceoftime, that this ftatelypiece of Building had flood. In like, manner, a licde before the Jews faw their Scepter caft down to the ground, and their liberty carried Captive nno SabyioTf^ five .Stars were, for along time toge- ther^ obferved tocor.pofe thefe Myfticall Letters, a word which l7gniii:th ^^^ Natq;
Breal^j Caft Down^'dud to j ^^ J Drive
out. And the number
ofyears that the Jfj^'i/^ Kingdome had lafledfrom Saul to the Deplorable King Zedechias. Neither arc the Jewes the only people, who have been advcrtif- ed, by this C^leitiai Wricingj of the miferies that
wer
Stars had compofed thefc
4;hrec letters, which make
B o o K I. The Temple ^/ Wifdome. 1 63
were to befall them; Butall the other Nations of the World might have read in the Heavens in like manner, the evils that have happened unto them ; as we have proved.
Thus the Perfians^ or Afjyrians^ who were the mine ofthe Monarchy of the Jews, faw the Period of their own Empire, afcer that foure of their Vertical
I ^
up the Number two hun- O-"""^^ *-
dred and eight, which
was the time of the Duration of this Monarchy which was founded by Cyrm.
The end of the Grecian Empire waslikewife fore* (hewed, by foure Starrs, which made
4 2CO So
Up the Verb ^--g «^ CT^ Tar ad-, which Cig- nitieth , to f j J Divide: andthac
in this won- * ^ ^^^^"''^ . derfull Manner <>
as that the very fame Letters did produce aifo the number of years that this Monarchy lafted, which toorv beginningjat the time that Alexander the great fubdued the laft Varim,
That of the Athenians hiied but 490. years; which is the Number of thefe three letters, which foure Stars, thac were vertical ro this place^ did compofe; O— T OW ^^ Ifarar'^ which lignifieth, ^;2- ^1 I 4^ guitiis Affici. Befidcs thefe
O ' foure Scars, faith Kabbi Cho-
mer^th^it were four other obfervcd alfo^which made up two D D Caphs-j I know no: why^though faith he unlelTe it be, that thefe letrersareFatall, andof fad Omen. \ fliall add my Conjedure here, that pofTi- bly thcj might point out thefe two names, Cecrop^
L 2 and
, 64. ^*« Temple g/Wifdome. Book I.
and CodruSjVjhich are the names of chofe two Kings under whom this powerfull Monarchy had its rife
and fall.
The Konmne Confulate could not maintain its Pow- er beyond the Term of 500. years: becau(e thac thefe bounds were determinately periixed to it, in this Book^oii ^ngds by eight vercicall Scars, which composed this word,
which bear this fenfe 3 (H ASi ^ J and
The Monarchy o^Juliiis C^far^ which was built up- ontheRiiJneoftheec>«/'«/^J^^5 as this alfo waSjUpon the Ejeaion of the Kings, was very neer of the fame Continuance; and the end ofit was in like manner prefiixedby fix Stars, which made up thefe Three
Letters, q^ O-TT 09Q f''T' J^^'x!" ^^Z''"
fies , to 1
whereof O O*^""^ ^-^is 502.
But that we may produce fomcthmg, concerning thing yet to Come, K-Cho7iier alTures us,rhat it is now. a good while fuice^that this Writings ofAngels hath pointed out the declaring of two great Empires of the Eaft. The firft is, 'hat of theT/^r^i jovcr which there are obfervedfeven venical Stars, which be- ing read from the Weft to i he Eaft, f forit would I e agieatblefling, to fee the ruinc of this Empire J make up this word, Caah, which lignifieih , tobe
nO^^ BatteredjeeblejUnguJjkin^y §•§ } andrr/z»?/«:5to^«f«'^. Buc
now feeing it maybe doubted at what timn this Em- pire fliall be reduced to this extremity; the fame let- ters do clearly refoive rhisdoubt. Eorthe middle letter, which is ^/ff^. Which in number fifrrJfietb oh ftanddh nlfo for one iboufand^ as the reji of the letters alfo