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Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London
Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London by William Bridge, late preacher of the word of God at Yarmouth.Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London by Willam Bridge, late preacher of the word of God at Yarmouth.
London: printed for Nath. Crouch, 1668
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Sermon 4: The two Witnesses, their Testimony.Sermon 4: The two VVitnesses, their Testimony.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But then they lie in Sackcloth 1260 days, —what's that? That is 1260 years, a day being put for a year, as it is ordinary in Scripture.
But then they lie in Sackcloth 1260 daies, —what's that? That is 1260 years, a day being put for a year, as it is ordinary in Scripture.
And if you ask, When doth this time begin, or end, that we may know where we are?
I answer: If you can find the beginning from whence this time doth commence, you will soon find the end: —now these 1260 days or years, are all one with the 42 Months (spoken of before) that the Gentiles shall tread down the holy City: They are all one with the 42 months of the Beast. Take a day for a year, and 42 months come to 1260 years; take a day for a month, and then 1260 days comes to 42 months.
I answer: If you can find the beginning from whence this time doth commence, you will soon find the end: —now these 1260 daies or years, are all one with the 42 Months (spoken of before) that the Gentiles shall tread down the holy City: They are all one with the 42 months of the Beast. Take a day for a year, and 42 months come to 1260 years; take a day for a month, and then 1260 daies comes to 42 months.