Resolved. To resolve this, we must know, that An analogy is a proportion, similitude, or resemblance, which one thing hath unto another. Now that any intervenient time can destroy an analogy, is a mere paradox. For in matter of proportion and similitude, neither time nor place are considerable. Between the Paschal 1Lamb in the first Passover, and the passion of Christ the Lamb of God, there was a true analogy: yet there interceded 1552. years. Between the ⟨p. 30⟩lifting up of the Serpent in the Wilderness, and the lifting up of the Son of man, there was a true 2analogy: yet there interceded 1512. years. Between Jonah his being three days and three nights 3in the Whales belly, and the Son of man his being three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, there was a true analogy: yet there interceded about 820. years. Between Christs suffering, and the signs now administered in the Lords supper, there is a true analogy: yet the time since He suffered is more then 1600. years. Therefore it is manifest, that the analogy between Judah's 70. years Captivity and Daniel's 70. weeks may well stand, though the weeks do not immediately begin in the end of the Captivity.
Resolved. To resolve this, we must know, that An analogy is a proportion, similitude, or resemblance, which one thing hath unto another. Now that any intervenient time can destroy an analogie, is a meere paradoxe. For in matter of proportion and similitude, neither time nor place are considerable. Betweene the Paschall 1Lamb in the first Passeover, and the passion of Christ the Lamb of God, there was a true analogy: yet there interceded 1552. yeeres. Betweene the ⟨p. 30⟩lifting up of the Serpent in the Wildernesse, and the lifting up of the Sonne of man, there was a true 2analogy: yet there interceded 1512. yeeres. Betweene Jonas his being three dayes and three nights 3in the Whales belly, and the Sonne of man his being three dayes and three nights in the heart of the earth, there was a true analogy: yet there interceded about 820. yeers. Between Christs suffering, and the signes now administred in the Lords supper, there is a true analogy: yet the time since He suffered is more then 1600. yeeres. Therefore it is manifest, that the analogy betweene Judah's 70. yeeres Captivity and Daniel's 70. weekes may well stand, though the weeks doe not immediately begin in the end of the Captivity.
- 1Exod. 12. v. 3. 21. Luke 23. v. 33.
- 2Numb. 21. v. 9. John 3. v. 14.
- 3Jona 1. v. 17. Matth. 12. v. 40
