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The Angel gently rebukes this Over-Inquisitiveness of Daniel, very much as Christ did a like Inquisitiveness of the Disciples concerning the same Matter, when he said to 'em, 'Tis not for you to know the Times and Seasons, that the Father hath put in his own Power.—I think there can be no doubt but that this Space, of a Time, Times and Half of the Church's great Trouble, about the End of which Daniel enquires, is the same with that Time, Times and Half, that is spoken of Chap. vii.25. and Rev. xii.14. as the Time of Antichrist's Reign, and the Church's being in the Wilderness; and not merely the Time of the Church's Troubles by Antiochus Epiphanes. But we see, when Daniel has a mind to know particularly when this Time would come to an End, he is bid to go away, and rest contented in Ignorance of this Matter: For, says the Man clothed in Linen, THE WORDS ARE CLOSED UP, AND SEALED, 'TILL THE TIME OF THE END. That is, very plainly, the Matter that you enquire about, when the End of this Time, and Times and Half shall come, shall not be known, but kept a great Secret, 'till the Time of the End actually comes, and all Attempts to find it out before that shall be in vain. And therefore when a particular Divine appears, that thinks he has found it out, and has unsealed this ⟨p. 131⟩Matter, and made it manifest with very manifold and abundant Evidence, we may well think he is mistaken, and doubt whether those supposed Evidences are truly solid ones, and such as are indeed sufficient to make that Matter manifest, which God has declared should be kept hid, and not made manifest before 'tis accomplished. Mr. Lowman's own Words in his Preface, p. 24, 25. are here worthy to be repeated: It will (says he) ever be a Point of Wisdom, not to be over-busy, or over-confident in any Thing, especially in fixing Periods of Time, or determining Seasons; which it may be are not to be determined, it may be are not fit to be known. It is a Maxim, of greater Wisdom than is usually thought, Seek not to know what should not be revealed. Such are many future Events. The precise Time of our Saviour's coming to Judgment, was not revealed, because not fit to be revealed. The Uncertainty of his Appearance was of greater Service to preserve a Care of Religion, than the Revelation of it would have been: For the Uncertainty itself gives many useful Exhortations;

The Angel gently rebukes this Over-Inquisitiveness of Daniel, very much as Christ did a like Inquisitiveness of the Disciples concerning the same Matter, when he said to 'em, 'Tis not for you to know the Times and Seasons, that the Father hath put in his own Power.—I think there can be no doubt but that this Space, of a Time, Times and Half of the Church's great Trouble, about the End of which Daniel enquires, is the same with that Time, Times and Half, that is spoken of Chap. vii.25. and