| Anni mundi. | Patriarches. | | Especial pointes of the sacred historie of Gods Church euer visible. | Schismes and infidelitie. | Canonical Scriptures. |
| a The first yeare & first weeke. | Adam the first man, of whom al mankind is propagated. | | a Creation of heauen and earth, and al thinges therin, in six dayes. Gen. 1. Man last created was made lord of al corporal creatures of this lower world, & placed in paradise. Gen. 2. For transgressing Gods c&obar;mandment Adam and Eue were cast out of paradise. But by Gods grace repenting had promise of a Redemer. Gen. 3. Cain the first borne became a husbandman, Abel next borne, a shepheard. Gen. 4. | | Genesis conteyneth the historie of the visible Church, from the beginning of the world to the death of Ioseph in the yeare of the world. 2340. |
| b 130. | Seth borne. | | God respecting Abels sacrifice, and not Cains, Cain killed Abel. Gen. 4. | Cain wentforth from the face of our Lord; begane a new city opposite to the Citie of God. Gen. 4. v. 16. |
| c. 235. | Enos borne. | | Seths children and other faythful were called the sonnes of God to distinguish the true Church from the wicked citie begune by Cain. Gen. 6. |
| d 325. e 395. f 460. g 622. h 687. i 874. | Cainan Malaleel Iared, Enoch, Mathusala. Lamech. | | In the dayes of Enos begane publique prayers of manie assembling together (besides Sacrifice, which was before) Gen. 4. v. 26. Enoch a Prophet pleased God in al his wayes. None borne in the earth like to Enoch. Eccli. 49. v. 16. | His generations in the right line to Lamech, who flew him, are these, without notice of time when they were borne or dyed: Enoch, Irad, Mauiael, Mathusael, Lamech. Gen. 4. v. 17. |
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| k 930. | | | k Adam dyed at the age of 930. yeares. Gen. 5. v. 5. To whom Seth succeded chief Patriarch. And so in the rest. |
| l 987. | | | l Enoch in the yeare of his age 365. was sene no more: because God tooke him. Gen. 5. v. 24. Enoch was translated that he should not see death. Heb. 11. v. 5. | Some declining from God, and match&ibar;g in mariage with Cains race begate those monstruous men huge of stature, most wicked & cruel called giantes. Gen. 6. v. 4. |
| m 1042. | | | m Seth dyed in the yeare of his age. 912. |
| n 1056. | Noe bor. |
| o 1140. | | | o Enos dyed anno ætatis; 905. |
| p 1265. | | | p Cainan dyed, an æt. 980. |
| q 1290. | | | q Malaleel dyed, an. æt. 895. |
| r 1422. | | | r Iared dyed, an. æt. 962. |
| s 1536. | | | s Noe the preacher of iustice, forewarned al men that except they repented, God would destroy them with a floud. |
| t 1556. | Sem bor. And the next two yeares Cham, & Iaphet. | | And by Gods commandement built an Arke (or shippe) wherin himself, & his familie, with other liuing creatures, were preserued from drowning. |
| v 1651. | | | v Lamech dyed (before his father) in the yeare of his age, 777. |
| w 1656. | | | w Mathusala dyed, an. æt. 969. immediatly before the floud, as semeth most probable. |
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| x 1656. | | | x The same yeare of the world, 1656. the 17. day of the second moneth Noe with his three sonnes his wife, and their wiues, in al eight persons, and seuen payres of euerie kinde of cleane liuing creatures, and two payres of vncleane entered into the Arke. And presently it rayned fourtie dayes and nightes together. Wherby al liuing creatures on the earth out of the arke were drowned. Gen. 7. | Al Cains race, with other wicked infideles were vtterly destroyed, by the floud. Gen. 7. |
THE END OF THE FIRST AGE, AND BEGINNING OF THE SECOND.
| y 1658. z 1693. a 1723. b 1753. | Arphaxad borne the sonne of Sem. Cainan. * Sale, Heber, | | The whole earth being couered with water, Noe with his familie, and other liuing creatures remained in the arke twelue monethes and ten dayes (a iust yeare of the sunne) then coming forth built an altar and offered sacrifice. Which God accepting blessed them for new increase. Gen. 8. & 9. | | * Not affirming but supposing that Cainan was the sonne of Arphaxad, we place him here: and Sale 30. yeares after. |
c 1787. d 1817. e 1850. f 1879. g 1908. h 1979. | Phaleg. Reu. Sarug. Nachor, Thare, Abraham borne. | | c Heber consented not to the building of Babel. And therfore his familie kept stil their former language, which thenceforth for distinction sake, was called the Hebrew tongue. He liued to see Abrahams father. And Noe, Sem, Arphaxad, Phaleg, and other most godlie men liued some part of Abrahams time, who was neuer corrupted in fayth, nor religion. | Nemrod the sonne of Chus, and nephew to Cham, about three score yeares after the floud, by force and sutteltie drawing manie folowers, begane a new sect of infidels. And afterwardes was the principal auctor of building the towre of Babel. Where the tongues of the builders were confounded, & so they were separated into manie nations, about 130. yeares after the floud. Gen. 10. v. 25. |
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| i 2054. | | | i By Gods commandment, Abraham at the age 75. yeares hauing bene much persecuted for religi&obar;, went forth of his countrie Chaldea. Wherupon his father Thare went as farre as Haran, in the confines of Mesopotamia. And Lot went further with him into Chanaan. Which countrie God then promised to geue him. and to multiplie his seede, and therin to blesse al nations. Gen. 11. v. 31. & 12. v. 1. & 7. | After Nemrod his sonne Belus reigned in Babylon, about the yeare of the world. 1871. which was 215. yeares after the floud. And after him his sonne Ninus beginning to reigne about the yeare 1936. set vp idolatrie, causing his father to be honored as the great God, called Belus Iuppiter: & his grandfather Nemrod, otherwise called Saturnus, or Sator deorum, the father of goddes. |
THE END OF THE SECOND AGE, AND BEGINNING OF THE THIRD.
| k 2055. | | | k By occasion of famine in Chanaan, Abraham went into Ægypt with his wife, and Lot. Gen. 12. v. 10. |
| l 2056. | | | l They returned into Chanaan, became very rich: and God renewed his great promises to Abraham. Gen. 13. |
| | | m Lot [amongst others] being taken captiue, Abraham with three hundred and eightene men rescued them al. Wherupon Melchisedech offered sacrifice in bread & wine: blessed Abraham, & receiued tithes of him. Gen. 14. |
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| n 2064. o 2065. | | | n Sara long barren perswaded Abraham to take her handmaid Agar to wife. | o Agar conceiued & brought forth a sonne, who was named Ismael. Gen. 16. |
| p 2078. | | | p Circumcision was instituted, that Abraham, and his sonnes, & al the men of his familie might be distinguished from others. Gen. 17. Sodom and Gomorrha with other cities were burnt with brimstone. From whence Lot was deliuered by Angeles. Gen. 19. |
| q 2079. | Isaac, borne. | | q Sara conceiued and bare a sonne called Isaac, Gen. 21. |
| r 2104. | | | r Abraham by Gods commandement was readie to offer Isaac in sacrifice, but was stayed by an Angel. And former promises were renewed. Gen. 22. | Ismael attempting to corrupt Isaac in maners (which S. Paul calleth persecution. Gal. 4.) was cast out of Abrah&abar;s house together with his mother. Gen, 21. v. 29. And neuertheles had twelue sonnes, al dukes before Isaac had anie issue, which S. Paul noteth. 1. Cor. 15. v. 46, First that is natural, afterward that which is spiritual. |
| s 2116. | | | s After the death of Sara, Abraham maried Cetura, by whom he had six sonnes. Gen. 25. |
| t 2119. v 2139. | Iacob & Esau. borne. | | t Isaac maried Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel, sonne of Nachor Abrahams brother. Gen. 24. |
| w 2154. | | | w Abraham dyed at the age of 175. yeares. Gen. 25. |
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| x 2216. | | | x Isaac blessed Iacob thincking him to be Esau. Gen. 27. |
| y 2217. z 2224. a 2225. b 2226. c 2227. d 2230. | Ruben. Simeon. Leui Iudas. Dan. [li. Nephtha Gad. Aser. Issachar. Zabulon. Ioseph: b. | | y Iacob going into Mesopotamia to flye the danger of his brothers threates, saw in sleepe a ladder reaching from the earth to heauen. Ge. 28. And being there he serued his vncle Laban seuen yeares for his younger daughter Rachael, receiued Lia the elder; and serued other seuen for Rachael. And six more for certaine fruict of the flockes. Gen. 29. & 30. | Esau also had much issue, and prospered in the world. But his progenie, as also Ismaels, & al Abrahams of spring by his last wife Cetura were excluded from the promised enheritance, & other blessinges. Gen. 25. v. 5. & 6. & ch. 28. v. 4. & 14. |
| e 2236. | | | e Iacob returning from Mesopotamia wrestled with an Angel, & was called Israel. Gen. 32. & 35. v 10. |
| f 2246. | Beniamin. bor. | | f Rachael dyed, and was buried in Bethleem. Gen. 35. v. 18. & 19. |
| g 2247. | | | g Ioseph was sold, and caried into Ægypt; & shortly after cast into prison, where he interpreted the dreames of two Eunuches. Gen. 37. 39. & 40. | Apis king of Argiues, of Iupiters race, going into Ægypt, taught the people to plant vines, and make wine, to plow with oxen, and to sow & reape corne, was made their king and after his death honored in the forme of an oxe, for their great god. S. Aug. li. 18. c. 5. de ciuit. |
| h 2259. | | | h Isaac dyed, at the age of 180. yeares. |
| i 2260. | | | i Ioseph interpreting king Pharao his dreames, and geuing wise counsel to prouide for the scarsitie to come, was made ruler of Ægypt. He then maried, & had two sonnes Manasses, and Ephraim in the seuen yeares of plentie. Gen. 41. |
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| Anni. m&ubar;di. | The line of Leui. | The line of Iudas. | The sacred historie. | Schismes aud infidelitie. | Scriptures. |
| Caath. | Phares. |
| | | k Iacob sent his tenne s&obar;nes into Ægypt to bye corne. Where they were threatned as suspected spies, and one was kept in prison, til they should bring their brother Beniamin. Gen. 42. | As people increased, so idolatrie was multiplied, and innumerable goddes feaned and serued with supersticious rites in al heathen nations. Amongst which first the Assirians, and at last the Romanes held the principality, others in respect of them were of lesse powre, or of shorter time, & as it were dependentes of them: as S. Augustin obserueth. li. 18. c. 2. de ciuit. | Iob either of the progenie of Nachor, or as semeth more probable of Esau, liued the same time; in which the children of Israel were pressed with seruitude in Ægypt. Himselfe writte the historie of his affliction in the Arabian tongue which Moyses translated into Hebrew. |
| l 2269. | | | l They returning into Ægypt with Beniamin in their companie, Ioseph first terrified them, afterwards manifested himself vnto them. And sending for his father and whole kinred, they al went into Ægypt. Gen. 43. 44. 45. & 46. |
| m 2286. | Amr&abar;. | Esron. | m Iacob blessed and adopted the two sonnes of Ioseph, preferring Ephraim the younger before Manasses. Gen. 48. prophecied of al his twelue sonnes; and in Iudas of Christ. Gen. 49. v. 10. And then dyed. |
| | | n Ioseph buried his father in Chanaan, and nourished his bretheren with their families, as their patron & superior. Gen. 50. v. 18. |
| o 2340. | | | o He dyed at the age of 110. yeares. Gen. 50. After his death the Superioritie of the children of Israel descended not to his sonnes, but to his bretheren and rested in Leui the third brother liuing longest of al the twelue, to the age of 137. yeares. Exodi. 6. v. 16. whose genealogie is there declared to shew the descent of Aaron and Moyses. | About this time was Atlas the great Astronomer brother of Prometheus, grandfather to Mercurius the elder, whose nephew Mercurius, otherwise called Trismegistus, the master of moral philosophie must nedes be a good while after Moyses. S. Aug. li 18. c. 39. de ciuit. Also Cecrops the first king and builder of Athens, was in Moyses time, after him Cadmus built Thebes and the first that brought letters into Grece, more ancient than manie Panimes goddes. S. Aug. li. 18. c. 8. &c. | The booke of Exodus conteyneth the affliction and deliuerie of the children of Israel, & precepts of Gods law. |
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| p 2401. | Aaron. borne. |
| q 2404. | Moyses borne. | Aram. |
| | | r Moyses an infant of three monethes was put in a basket on the water, & taken thence by Pharaos daughter, nurced by his owne mother, and brought vp in Pharaos court. Exod. 2. |
| s 2244. | | | s At the age of fourty yeares he went to his bretheren to comfort them. Where killing an Ægyptian that oppressed an Israelite, he was forced to flee into Madian. Exod. 2. |
| t 2484. | | Aminadab. | t After other fourtie yeares God appeared to Moyses in a bush burning & not wasting. Sent him into Ægypt with powre to worke miracles, & to bring the children of Israel out of that bondage. |
| | | v Pharao and the Ægyptians resisting were plaged with tenne sundrie afflictions. At last the Israelites were deliuered, and Pharao with al his armie drowned. Exo. 3. to. 15. |
THE END OF THE THIRD AGE.
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THE BEGINNING OF THE FOVRTH AGE.
| Anni. m&ubar;di. | Highpriests. | The line of Iudas. | The sacred historie. | Schismes and infidelitie. | Scriptures. |
| | | w The law was geuen in Mount Sina the fifteth day after their going out of Ægypt. Exod. 19. 20. | In the absence of Moyses the people forcing Aaron to consent, made & adored a golden calfe for God. Exod. 32. |
| x 2485. | | | x The tabernacle, with al thinges perteyning therto, was prepared in the first yeare, and erected the first day of the second yeare of their abode in the desert. Exod. 40. | | Leuiticus conteyneth the Rites of Sacrifices, Priestes, Feastes, Fastes, and Vowes. |
| Aaron. | | y In the same second yeare Aaron was consecrated Highpriest, and his sonnes Priestes, for an ordinarie succession: Moyses remayning Superior extraordinarie during his life. Leuit. 8. | Nadab & Abiu offered strange fire in sacrifice and were burnt to death. Leuit. 10. | Numeri, so called because in it are numbered the men of twelue tribes able to beare armes, also the Leuites deputed to Gods seruice about the tabernacle, and the mansions of the people in the desert with other thinges happening in the 40. yeares of their abode there |
| | | z Balaam a sorcerer hyred by Balac king of Moab to curse the Israelites, was forced by Gods powre to prophecy good things of them. Num. 22. 23. 24. a Moyses and Aaron doubting that God would not geue water out of a rock to the murmuring people, were foretold that they should dye in the desert, and not enter into the promised land. Num. 20. | Chore, Dathan, & Abiron with manie others murmuring & rebell&ibar;g against Moyses & Aaron were partly swalowed aliue into the earth others burnt with fire from heauen. Num. 16. |
| 2523. | Eleazar | | b Aaron dyed in the mount Hor, and his sonne Eleazar was made Highpriest. Num. 20. |
| 2524. | | | c Moyses repeted the law, commending it earnestly to the people. Then dyed, and was secretly buried by Angels in the valley of Moab. Deut. 34. | Al nations generally besides the Iewes, seruing many false goddes, those thought themselues most religious that were most supersticious, & studious of art Magike, Nigromancy & the like. And euerie countrie yea almost euerie towne & village had their peculiar imagined goddes, as S. Athanasius discourseth, Orat. contra idola. | Deuteronomie is an abridgement and repetition of the law, conteyned more largely in the former bookes. |
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| | | To whom Iosue succeded in temporal gouernment his spiritual remayning in the Highpriest Nu. 27. v. 20. d Al the children of Israel that came forth of Ægypt aboue the age of twentie yeares dyed in the desert except two, Iosue & Caleb. Num. 26. v. 64. 65. |
| | | e Presently after Moyses death Iosue brought the people ouer Iordan into Chanaan. Iosue. 3. And in the space of seuen yeares conquered the land. Iosue. 6. &c. | | The booke of Iosue, is the first of those which are properly called Historical, declaring how the Israelits conquered & possessed the land of Chanaan, it conteyneth, the historie of 32. yeares. |
| f 2531, | | | f And diuided the same amongst the tribes. Iosue. 13. |
| g 2533. | | Naasson. | g The tribes of Ruben Gad and half Manasses hauing receiued enheritance on the other side of Iordan, Num. 32. v. 33. and now returning thither made an altar by the riuer side, which the other tribes suspecting to be for sacrifice, and so to make a schisme, prepared to fight against them: but they answering that it was only for a monument; al were satisfied, Iosue 22. | The Romanes otherwise most prudent acco&ubar;ted al inuenters of artes, conqueroures of countries, & al atchiuers of great explotes at least after their deathes to be goddes. And not only men, but also manie other thinges were held for goddes. |
| h 2556. | | | h Iosue at the age of 110. yeares dyed. Iosue. 24. v. 29. & had no proper successor. |
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| i 2556. | Phinees. | | i Eleazarus the Highpriest dyed the same yeare, Iosue. 24. v. 33. And his sonne Phinees succeded. |
| | | k After the death of Iosue the people were afflicted by forreine nations, God so permitting for their sinnes, but repenting he raised vp certaine captaines, who were called Iudges, of diuers tribes without ordinarie succession, to deliuer & defend the countrie from inuasions. These were in al fourtenne in the space of nere 300 yeares. | | The booke of Iudges sheweth the state of the people of God the space of nere three hundred yeares after the death of Iosue, when they had sometimes temporal gouerners of diuers tribes, some times none. |
| l 2564. | | | l Othoniel the first Iudge, of the tribe of Iuda, deliuered the Israelites from molestation of the king of Syria. He gouerned (comprehending also the intermission) fourtie yeares, Iudic. 3. v. 11. | Neither did it suffice their phancies to c&obar;mend themselues and their goodes to the protection of few goddes but diuers thinges: yea and the same thinges according to diuers state to diuers goddes, and goddesses. As S. Augustin noteth. li. 4. c. 8. de ciuit. that they thought it not sufficient to c&obar;mend their landes & possessions to one god, or goddesse, but the fieldes to one, mo&ubar;taines to an other, little hilles to an other, valleys, or medowes to an other. Likewise their corne not al to one, but the sede newly sowne to one, beginning to brewerd to an other, when it riseth & beginneth to haue knottes to an other, when it bladeth to an other, when the eare springeth to an other, when it is ripe readie to be reaped to an other. And so without end more and more vaine goddes were imagined by the diuels suggestion, who so deluding men brought them to eternal ruine. |
| m 2588. | | | m Aod of the tribe of Beniamin the second Iudge, killed Eglon king of Moab, and so deliuered Israel, and slew tenne thousand Moabites. Iud. 3. v. 20. 29. |
| | | n Samgar a husbandman the third Iudge, killing six hundred Philisthimes with the culter of a plough defended Israel. Iudic. 3. v. 31. He with Aod, and the times, wanting iudges, gouerned seuentie fiue yeares. |
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| o 2663. | Abisue. | Salmon. | o Barach by direction of Debora a prophetesse, fighting against Sisara, chiefe captaine, of Iabin king of Asor, Iahil a stout woman slew the same captaine, striking a naile in his head, Iud. 4. They gouerned 38. yeares. |
| p 2701. | | | p Gedeon confirmed by miracles that he was sent of God ouertherw the Madianites, and deliuered Israel, gouerning fourtie yeares. Iudic. 6. 7. 8. |
| q 2741. | | | q Abimelech the base sonne of Gedeon vniustly vsurping auctoritie, killed his seuenty bretheren one only escaping, but within three yeares was hated of his folowers, and slaine by a woman. Iud 9. |
| r 2744. | | | r Thola defended the countrie from inuasion of enimies three yeares. Iud. 10. |
| s 2767. | Bocci. | | s Iair a potent noble man defended the people twentie two yeares. Iud. 10. v. 3. |
| t 2789. | | Booz. | t Iepte first reiected but afterwards intreated by the ancientes of the people, fought for them and ouerthrew the enemies. And vpon an vndiscrete vow offered his daughter in sacrifice. Iud. 11. |
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| | | v He killed in ciuil warre fourtie two thousand Ephraimites, and gouerned six yeares. Iud. 12. |
| w 2795. | | | w Abesan a fortunate good man ruled in peace seuen yeares. Iudic. 12. v. 9. About this time Booz of the tribe of Iuda maried Ruth a Moabite: by whom the right line of Iudas descended by Phares to Dauid. Ruth. 4. v. 18. &c. | The people in this time of peace fel againe to idolatrie. For which God suffered the Philistimes to afflict them. Iud. 13. The tribe of Dan, set vp idolatrie, Iud. 18. | The booke of Ruth amongst other mysteries sheweth the genealogie of Dauid, of whose sede Christ was borne. |
| x 2802. | | | x Ahialon gouerned likewise in peace tenne yeares. Iud. 12. v. 11. |
| y 2812. | | Obed. | y Abdon an other nobleman gouerned eight yeares Iud. 12. v. 13. |
| z 2820. | Ozi. | | z Samson from his birth a Nazareite of admirable streingth did manie heroical actes, killed manie Philistimes in his life, & more by his owne death. He gouerned twentie yeares. Iud. 13. v. 5. &c. ch. 16. v. 31. | A hainous crime being committed in the tribe of Beniamin and not punished, the other Israelites made battle against them & being themselues also great sinners lost manie men in two conflictes, but in the third the tribe of Beniamin was almost destroyed. Iud. 19. v. 20. |
| a 2840. | Hei, otherwise Zaraias. | Isai, or Ie&esset;e. | a Heli of the stocke of Aaron by the line of Ithamar was Highpriest and gouerned Israel fourtie yeares. 1. Reg. 4. v. 18. |
| b 2880. | Maraioth. | | b Samuel (whose mother being long barren had presented him an infant in the temple, according to her vow) was a Nazareire and a prophet from a child. 1. Reg. 1. & 3. And after the death of Heli, gouerned the people of Israel before Saul twentie yeares. And with him twentie yeares more. | About the yeare of the world. 2830. Troy was taken and destroyed by the Grecians. In which battel were Agamemnon, Vlisses, Achilles, Nestor, & many others not in dede so renowmed for anie vertues or factes of their owne, as Homer, Horace, Virgil, Onid, & others by poetical libertie & flatterie sette them forth. But most follie appeareth in that the citie of Rome was afterwards commended to those goddes, which were taken in Troy, not able to defend them selues from inuasion and spoile. S. Aug. li. 1. c. 3. ciuit. | The foure bookes of kings shew the state of the Church from the first kinges of Gods people to their captiuitie. And the two bookes of Paralipomenon do repete briefly some thinges written before, partly adde thinges omitted in other bookes |
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| Anni m&ubar;di. | Highpriests. | Kinges of Iuda. | The sacred Historie. | Schismes and infidelitie. | Scriptures. |
| c 2900. | Achimelech or Amarias. | Dauid b. | c By the importunitie of the people to haue a king, God appointed Samuel to annoint Saul. 1. Reg. 10. who at first gouerned wel, but afterwards declining from God was deposed, & Dauid annointed by the same prophet Samuel. 1. Reg. 16. Yet Saul was not actually depriued of the scepter so long as he liued. 1. Reg. 31. |
| d 2920. | Abiathar, or Achitob. | Dauid king. | d Dauid king & prophet ruled his kingdom as a right patterne of al good kinges: made the booke of Psalmes ful of al diuine knowlege, prepared meanes for building the temple, ordained diuers sortes of musitians, and reigned fourtie yeares. 2. Reg. totus. 2. Par. 23. &c. | | The psalmes written by Dauid, a summarie of al holie Scriptures. |
| e 2960. | Sadoc. | Salomon. | e Salomon excelling in wisdom, prospered in this world. 3. Reg. 3. &c. |
| f 2964. | | | f He built the temple and adorned the same with al excellent furniture requisite for Gods seruice: disposing alin order, as Dauid had ordained. |
THE END OF THE FOVRTH AGE.
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THE BEGINNING OF THE FIFTH AGE.
| g 2972. | | | g The temple being finished in seuen yeares, was then dedicated most solemnly, with exceding deuotion of the king, and al the people with ab&ubar;dance of sacrifices And afterwardes the same king Salomon writte three sapiential bookes. The Prouerbes, Ecclesiastes & the C&abar;ticle of Canticles. But in his old age fel from God, and it is vncertaine whether he dyed penitent or no. He reigned fourtie yeares. 3. Reg. 11. | Ieroboam the first king of the tenne tribes made a wicked schisme, setting vp two golden calues in Bethel and Dan: which most of the people serued as their goddes. He reigned 22. yeares. 3. Reg. 12. After him were these kinges of diuerse families of the same tenne tribes. Nadab sonne of Ieroboam reigned two yeares 3. Reg. 14. | The Prouerbes. Ecclesiastes. Canticle of Canticles. |
| h 3000. | Achimaas. | Roboam. | b King Roboam leauing the aduise of ancientes and folowing young counselers, offended the people: and his seruant Ieroboam was made king of tenne tribes: only Iuda & Beniamin remayning to him. He reigned seuentene yeares. 3. Reg. 14. v. 21. | Basa of the tribe of Issachar reigned 24 yeares. 3. Reg. 15. Ela two yeares. 3. Reg. 16. |
| i 3017. | | Abias. | i His sonne Abias reigned wickedly three yeares. 3. Reg. 15. v. 2. | Zambri but seuen dayes. 3. Reg. 16. v. 15. Amri. 12. yeares wherof Thebni reigned in ciuil warre against him three yeares. v. 22. Achab maried Iezabel a Sidonian, and serued Baal, reigning 21. yeares. 3. Reg. 10. &c. Ochozias reigned two yeares. 3. Reg. 22. v 52. |
| k 3020. | Azarias | Asa. | k Asa a good king destroyed idolatrie, and reigned 41. yeares. 3. Reg. 15. v. 10. |
| l 3061. | Iohanam. | Iosaphat. | l Iosaphat gouerned the kingdom wel 25. yeares, 3. Reg. 22. v. 42. & 43. sauing that he ioyned affinitie with Achab king of Israel, and with Iezabel. 2. Paral. 18. v. i. |
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| m 3086. | Ioiada. | Ioram. | m Ioram reigned wickedly eight yeares. 4. Reg. 8. v. 17. & 18. 2. Paral. 21. v. 5. & 6. The three next are omitted by S. Mathew. | | Elias Elizeus and diuers other Prophetes preached, & did manie miracles in the kingodm of Iuda and Israel, not writing any particular bookes. |
| n 3094. | | * Ochozias. | n By the euil counsel of his mother Athalia, Ochozias gouerned wickedly one yeare, & was slaine by Iehu together with Ioram king of Israel. 4. Reg. 8. v. 27. & ch. 9. v. 27. 2. Paral. 22. v 3. & 9. | Ioram twelue yeares. 4. Reg. 3. Iehu killed Ioram and Iezabel, destroying the whole house of Achab reigned 8. yeares. 4. Reg. 9. & 10. |
| o 3095. | | | o Quene Athalia murthering the children of her owne sonne the late king, vsurped the kingdom six yeares. 4. Reg. 11. v. 1. |
| p 3101. | Zacharias. Sadoc. or Iothan. | * Ioas. * | p The youngest sonne of Ochozias called Ioas being saued from the slaughter, was made king by meanes of Ioiada Highpriest, and Athalia slaine 4. Reg. 11. v. 4. He gouerned wel during the life of Ioiada. But afterwards fel to idolatrie, & caused Zacharias the Highpriest and sonne of Ioiada to be slaine. 2. Paral. 24. v. 22. And shortly after the sameking was trecherously slaine when he had reigned 41. yeares. 4. Reg. 12. v. 20. & 2. Paral. 24. v. 25. | Ioachaz reigned. 17. yeares. 4. Reg. 13. Ioas reigned sixtene yeares. 4. Reg. 13. v. 10. Ieroboam 41. yeares. 4. Reg. 14. v. 23. Zacharias reigned but six monethes. 4. Reg. 15. v. 8. Sellum but one moneth. 4. Reg. 15. v. 15. Manahem reigned 10. yeares. |
| q 3142. | Sellum Helcias | Amasias. | q Amasias beginning wel did some good thinges, 4. Reg. 14. v. 3. But after the spoile of the Idumeans he worshipped their idols. 2. Paral. 25. v. 14. And reigned 29. yeares. ibidem. | 4. Reg. 15. v. 17. Phaceia two yeares. 4. Reg. 15. v. 23. Phacee reigned 20. yeares. 4. Reg. 15. v. 27. |
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| r 3171. | Azarias | Ozias, or Asarias. | r Ozias sometime reigned wel, 4. Reg. 15. v. 3. but afterwards presuming to offer incense on the altar was repelled by the Highpriest, & presently strooken with leprosie, and cast out of the temple and citie. He liued after that he was king. 52. yeares. 2. Par. 26. v. 16. | Osee reigned nine yeares. 4. Reg. 17. The kingdom of Israel hauing stood aboue two hundred and fifetie yeares was subdued by the Assirians & much people caried captiue into Assyria. 4. Reg. 17. v. 6. | In the dayes of king Ozias was Isaias the Prophet. Likewise Osee: Ioel: Amos: Abdias: and Ionas. |
| s 3223. t 3239. | Vrias. | Ioathan. Achaz. | s Ioathan a godlie king gouerned a great part of his fathers time, and after his death sixtene yeares. 4. Reg. 15. 2. Par. 27. t Achaz a wicked king, after manie benefits receiued from God, fel to idolatrie, reigning sixtene yeares, destroyed holie thinges, shut vp the temple, and peruerted manie of the people, 4. Reg. 16. 2. Paral. 28. | The Grecians euerie fourth yeare set forth enter ludes in honour of Iupiter Olimpius, wherof begane the count of Olimpias, about the yeare of the world 3247. And after six Olimpiades, that is, 24. yeares. Rome was built. | Micheas prophecied in the reigne of Ioathan: the former prophetes yet liuing. |
| v 3255. | | Ezechias. | v Ezechias a most godlie king aduanced true religi&obar;, which was much decayed. He recouered health being mortally sicke, which was confirmed by miracle in the sunne returning backe: and made a Canticle of praise with thankes to God, and reigned 29. yeares. 4. Reg. 18. 2. Paral. 29. 30. 31. 32. | New inhabitantes being sent from Assiria into Iurie, mixed their paganisme with the Israelites religion, made manie wicked, and detestable Sectes. 4. Reg. 17. v. 29. | Nahum and Habacuc prophecied after the captiuitie of the tenne tribes. |
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| w 3284. | | Manasses | w Manasses for his great sinnes was caried captiue into Babylon, where he repented and was restored to his kingdom: he reigned & liued in captiuitie 55. yeares. 4. Reg. 21. 2. Par. 33. | | About this time happened the historie of Tobie, who liued in al 102. yeares. Tob. 14. v. 2. |
| x 3339. | | Amon. | Amon reigned euil two yeares. 4. Reg. 21. 2. Par. 33. | | Sophonias prophecied in the reigne of Iosias king of Iuda. |
| y 3341. | | Iosias. | y Iosias a very good king purged the Church of idolatrie, repayred the temple, celebrated a most solemne Pasch, was slaine in battel by the king of Ægypt, (which al the people much lamented, especially Ieremie the prophet) when he had reigned 31. yeares. 4. Reg. 22. 23. 2. Par. 34 35. | In the time of Numa the second king of the Romanes, Pithagoras taught transmigrati&obar; of soules from one bodie to an other. | Ieremie also begane to prophecie be&ibar;g a child in the dayes of Iosias, & continued in the captiuity of the two tribes. Baruch was his Scribe and also a Prophet. |
| z 3372. | Zaraias | Ioachaz, or Iechonias. | z Ioachaz otherwise called Iechonias, reigning but three monethes was caried into Ægypt (where afterwards he dyed 4. Reg. 23. v. 34.) and Eliakim, otherwise called Ioakim, his brother was made king: Who in the third yeare of his reigne was caried into Babylon. 4. Reg. 23. v. 34. 2. Par. 36. v. 4. 5. and with him Daniel, and the other three children. Dan. 1. Shortly after which time happened the historie of Susanna. Dan. 13. And the same Ioakim after his reigne of three yeares, liued other eight yeares in captiuitie. 4. Reg. 24. v. 1. 2. Par. 36. v. 4. & 5. | | Daniel begane to prophecie also verie young in Babylon, and continued after the relaxation from captiuitie. |
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| a 3383. | | Ioachin, otherwise Iechonias. | a Ioachin called also Iechonias, sonne of the former Iechonias, or Ioachaz, reigned but three monethes & was caried into Babylon & with him Ezechiel the Prophet and others. And his vncle Matthanias, otherwise named Sedecias was made king who reigned eleuen yeares. 4. Reg. 24. 2. Paral. 36. | A certaine captaine picking a quarel apprehended Ieremie and by consent of principal men, cast him into a dungeon the king not knowing therof. 4. Reg. 25. Iere. 37. 38. | Ezechiel prophecied also in the captiuitie, in the countrie nere to Babylon. |
| b 3394. | Iosedech. | | b In the eleuent yeare of Sedecias when king Iechonias the younger was prisoner in Babylon, Ierusalem was taken, the Temple destroyed, and the people caried captiue into Babylon, 4. Reg. 25. 2. Paral. 36. | Ismael killed Godolias the gouernour, and others. 4. Reg. 25. Iere. 41. |
| | | In the meane time Daniel was in singular great estimati&obar; both with the faithful people, and Paganes, and was aduanced to auctoritie as also by his meanes the other children, for which they were enuied and persecuted but were miraculously protected. Dan. 1. ad 7. & 13. 14. | Manie Iewes fled into Ægypt and fel to idolatrie, resisting & contemning Ieremies admonitions to the contrarie. Iere. 42. 43. 44. |
THE END OF THE FIFTH AGE.
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THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTH AGE.
| Anni m&ubar;di. | Highpriests. | The line of Dauid. | The sacred historie. | Schismes and infidelitie. | Scriptures. |
| c 3418. | Iesus sonne of Iosedech. | From the captiuitie, the Iewes had no kinges: but the line of Dauid continued in these persons from Iechonias to Christ. Salathiel. | c In the captiuitie by diligence of the prophetes, manie Iewes had great zele in true religion. And about the 24. yeare of the captiuitie Assuerus otherwise called Astiages, made Esther Quene, and wicked Aman seeking to destroy al the Iewes in those partes, was himself hanged on the gallowes which he had prepared for Mardocheus. Esther. 7. & c. | When the Monarchie came to the Chaldees by the powre of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, there was greatest confusion of manie goddes, and of al kindes of idolatrie. | The historie of Esther Mardocheus and Aman written in the booke of Esther in the captiuitie. |
| d 3420. | | | d Euilmerodach deliuered Iechonias (or Ioachin) from prison, and enterteyned him as a prince. 4. Reg. 25. v. 27. |
| e 3464. | | Zorobabel. | e Baltazar being slaine, Darius king of Medes & Persians possessed Babylon: & Cyrus succeding Darius, released the Iewes from captiuitie, and gaue licence to Zorobabel, & Iesus to reduce the people into Iurie. 2. Paral. 36. v. 22. 1. Esd. 1. | And great dissention among the more lerned Grecians. For the Pithagorians put their chief happines, or Summum bonum, in the immortalitie of the soule. The Stoiks in moral vertues The Achademikes c&obar;ceiued much of pure spirites, as Angels, but could affirme nothing. The Peripatetikes placed the consummation of al, in the aggregation of spiritual, corporal, and worldlie prosperitie. The schismatical Samaritanes opposed against the building of the temple. 1. Esd. 4. | Esdras write the relexation of the Iewes from captiuitie. And Nehemias the reparation of Ierusalem. |
| f 3465. | | | f The Iewes being returned into Ierusalem sette vp an altar and offered sacrifice. 1. Esd. 3. v. 2. |
| g 3466. | | | g The next yeare they begane to build the temple. 1. Esd. 3. v. 8. |
| h 3469. | Ioachin. | Abiud. | h Artaxerxes (otherwise called Cambyses also Assuerus) forbade to perfect the temple. And Iesus the Highpriest returned into Babylon. 1. Esd. 4. v. 7. |
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| i 3470. | | | i Daniel vnderstood by vision that Christ should come within seuentie wekes which make 490. yeares from the perfecting of the temple, & the walles of Ierusalem. Dan. 9. v. 25. |
| k 3490. | Eliasib. | | k Aggeus & Zacharias the prophets exhorted to build the temple. 1. Esd. 5. | | Aggeus. Zacharias. |
| l 3500. | | | l Iudith killed Holofernes, either about this time, or in the dayes of Manasses before the captiuitie. Præfat. Iudith. | | Iudith, either here, or before the captiuitie. |
| m 3502. | | Eliacim. | m The temple being perfected Malachias (who is supposed to be Esdras) exhorted to offer sacrifice with sinceritie. Mal. 1. & 2. | The Saduces acknowleging only the fiue bookes of Moyses reiected al other Scriptures, and denied the resurrection. | Malachias. |
| n 3508. | | | n And Nehemias brought the kings Edict for the reparation of Ierusalem. 2. Esd. 2. |
| o 3509. | | | o Esdras, Nehemias and others labored in repayring Ierusalem, but were often interrupted. 2. Esd. 3. | The Scribes expounded holie Scriptures sophistically. |
| p 3530. | Ioiada. | Azor. | p About this time the citie was wel repayred with three walles. 2. Esd. 3. & 7. And so by the iudgem&ebar;t of some expositers, the count of seuentie wekes begane, according to the prophecie of Daniel. ch. 9. v. 26. | The Pharises were precise in the letter corrupting the sense, making large hemmes of their garments, often washing themselues, and the like. |
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| q 3594. | Ionathan. Iaddus. | Sadoc. | q Nehemias returning from Persia (or Chaldea) into Iurie found thicke water, for the fire, which Ieremie had hid in a deepe caue. 2. Mach. 1. v. 20. & 23. |
| r 3644. | | | r Alexander the great honored Iaddus the Highpriest. Ioseph. li. 11. c. 8. Antiq. |
| s 3689. | Onias. Simon. Priscus. | Achim. | s Onias a most zelous godlie Highpriest. 2. Mach. 4. was persecuted by Simon a churchwarden, slaine by Andronicus a courtly minion, v. 34. And after his death prayed for al the people. ch. 15. v. 12. |
| t 3700. | Eleazarus. | | t Iesus the sonne of Sirach writte the booke of Ecclesiasticus in time of this Simon Highpriest, as semeth ch. 50. v. 24. & 25. | Sanaballat a Grecian obtayned licence for his sonnein law Manasses, the Apostata highpriest, to build a temple in Garizim. Ioseph. li. 11. c. 8. Antiq. | Ecclesiasticus conteyneth manie moral precepts, and is a storehouse of vertues: and holie mysteries. |
| v 3720. | Manasses an Apostata. | Eliud. | v The seuentie two Interpreters being sent by Eleazarus Highpriest to Ptolomeus Philadelphus king of Ægypt translated the Hebrew Scriptures into Greke |
| w 3750. | Onias. Simon. | | w An other Iesus (Nephew of the former) translated Ecclesiasticus into Greke. Prolog. Eccli: | Ananias an other false pretender built an other schismatical temple in Ægypt. |
| x 3810. | Onias. | Eleazar. | x Philo the elder writte the booke of wisdom in Greke. S. Ierom in pref. | In the time of Onias the second, his brother Iason obtayned for money to be highpriest. | The booke of wisdom is also replenished with much doctrine of vertue, and of diuine mysteries. |
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| y 3825. | Mathathias. | | y Antiochus Epiphanes persecuted the Church most cruelly, like as Antichrist wil doe nere the end of the world. 1. Mach. 1. v. 11. & 2. Mach. 5. 6. 7. |
| z 3846. a 3847. b 3853. c 3869. | Iudas. Machabeus. Ionathas. Simon. | Mathan. | z In defence of the Church Mathathias and his sonnes with others made warres, killed, and ouerthrew al their enemies, aduanced religion, clensed the t&ebar;ple, & deliuered the people from persecution. 1. Mach. 2. &c. 2. Mach. 8. & seq. | Antiochus set vp the abomination of desolation wherof Daniel prophecied. ch. 9. After Iason folowed more vsurpers of the Highpriesthood. Menelaus. | The bookes of Machabees conteine the historie of the Iewes from Alexander the great to the time of Ioannes Hyrcanus highpriest, aboue two h&ubar;dred yeares. |
| d 3878. | Io&abar;nes. Hyrcanus. Aristobulus. | Iacob. | d After the warres, the Iewes in Ierusalem writte to the Iewes in Ægypt, exhorting them to kepe the feastes, and other rites, as they were obserued in Iurie 2. Mach. 1. & 2. | Lisimachus. Alcimus. |
| e 3847. | Alexander. Hyrcanus. | Ioseph the husband of the most B. Virgin. Marie. | e Pompeius the great taking Ierusalem subdued the Iewes to the Romanes. He entered into the holy place, called Sancta Sanctorum, there prophaned holie thinges, caried away Aristobulus (who had bene Highpriest) prisoner, & confirmed Hyrcanus in his place. After whom Cassius also spoyled the temple. S. Aug. li. 18. c. 45. de ciuit. |
| f 4000. | | | f S. Iohn Baptist was borne of Elizabeth, who had bene long barren. |
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| Antigonus Anaelus. | Iesvs Christ. | And six monethes after, Christ our Saviovr was borne, of the B. Virgin Marie, in Bethleem; circumcised, adored by the Sages, and presented in the Temple. When king Herod reigned in Iudea. | Herodians held opinion that Herod was Christ, the Messias, whom the Iewes had long expected. |
| g 4001. | Aristobulus. | | g Ioseph fled with the child & his mother into Ægypt, and Herod murthered the innocent infantes. | But Christ the Sonne of God coming into this world cut of al these, & other old sectes. And from time to time cutteth of al hæresies, that rise against his Church. |
| h 4006. | Simon. Mathias. | | h Returning from Ægypt they dwelt in Nazareth. |
| i 4012. | Iosephus. Iozarus. Eleazar Iosue. | | i Christ at the age of twelue yeares remayning in Ierusalem vnknowen to his parentes was found the third day in the temple amongst the Doctors. |
| k 4030. | Annas Ismael. Eleazar Simon. | | k S. Iohn Baptist preached and baptized in Iordan. Of whom Christ amongst others, was baptized, and fasted in the desert fourtie dayes. | | The first holie Scripture of the new Testament was S. Mathewes Gospel written about the yeare of Christ 41. And the last was S. Iohns Gospel the yeare 99. |
| l 4034. | Caiphas. | | l Christ crucified, redemed mankind; arose from death; ascended to heauen; & sending the Holie Ghost planted his perpetual visible Church. |
The end of the sixth age, and of the old Testament.
