Concerning the Roman Empire

I find by our Trigonicall table Calculated by the great pains and In­dustry of I. H. which he Extracted from the Caroline tables of T. S. Published in 1663. That Jesus Christ was Born under the ☌ ♄ ♃ in that Pious Sign ♓ [one of the House of Pious ♃] but he Established his most pure Christian Religion under the ☌ ♄ ♃ in that Pious Sign ♐ Sagittarus, [the other House of Pious ♃] and under the Sixth Trig­onicall Revolution of the ☌ ♄ ♃ since the Creation of the World And it came into my Heart that as the Lord made Mans and Finished his work on the Sixth day of the Week, and rested on the Seventh day, even so he was pleased to Establish the true Christian Religion, and to Finish the Settlement thereof, by the Death of his Dear Son Jesus Christ, under the ☌ ♄ ♃ in that diurnall and Pious Signe ♐ that happned under the Sixth Trigonical Revolution thereof since the Creation of the World (to bring all belevers into a spiritual way of Worship and to purifie them) who said it is Finished, and then gave up the Ghost, John, the 19.30. And after his resurrection he likewise entered into his Eternal Sabbath of Rest, And whereas Jesus Christ, made choice of Twelve Apostles to convert Sinners to Rightoueness, so it is probable that the Lord will convert many of the greatest infidels to the true Christian Faith under the ☌ ♄ ♃ that will hap­en after their Twelth ingress into that Piou Signe since the birth of Chist (in or near the Year 1782) to perfect a Reformation in the World [through the Spirit of Grace within] for this great Apostolick [Page 4] Number 12 is [by wise Men] called Divine, so that it seems very like­ly, that the Pope of Rome (if not also some other unconverted Monarchs) may under the conjunction of that great Apostolick numb [...] [...] [...]her totally overthrown or else converted through so me Judgmen, tto the true Christian Faith, for the Lord Respects number, and order, and a very good Reason may be given, why Christ made Choice of the Number of Twelve Apostles.

The Number 1728 is by wise Men counted fatal, to which when any City, or Common Wealth hath attained; it shall afterwards Decline: Now whereas the true Christian Religion and Spiritual way of Worship was not fully Established 'till the Death of Christ (who said if I go not away the Comforter will not Come unto you John 16.7.) therefore if we add 32. [the Number of Christ's Age when he died] to 1728, the totall will be 1760. which is the Year, wherein [by this Rule] the true Christian Religion will by some means begin to decline in power, but whether by the slothfullness of the Professors thereof or by some great persecution I am not sensible of▪ But if it should so happen I conjecture the Lord will visit his People again; and animate and quicken them by his Spirit within, and drop down some sweet Celestial influences from the supernall stellary powers under the aforesaid ☌ ♄ ♃ in that Pious Signe ♐ that will hap­pen in or about the Year 1782. wherefore let them praise the Name of the Lord: for his Name alone is Excellent, his Glory is above the Earth, and Heaven. Psal. 148.13.

And whereas the Roman Empire was Established about 45 Years be­fore the coming of Christ, therefore if we substract 45 from the aforesaid Number 1728. the Remainder will be 1683. about which Year [by this Rule] the Roman Empire should have begun to Decline in Power, And [...]ndeed I suppose it was sorely shaken, and the inhabitants possesed with fears that very year when the Turkish. Army Besieged Vienna, and I believe that Number would have been more Effectual upon that Empire if the Turkish Empire had not been Established under the ☌ ♄ ♃ in [...] which was the signe Opposite to the signe ♌ wherein the three Conjunctions of ♄ and ♃ happned in 1682 and 1683. which gave the Tukish Army a terrible Repulse according to my Ensuing Discourse.

Concerning the Turkish Empire.

THis present Empire of the Turks was cheifly Established by Othomarn in 1289 under the ☌ ♄ ♃ in the airy signe ♒ And therefore after ♄ and ♃ in 1682 and 1683 had made their Conjunctions in that lofty Regal high Spirited signe ♌ [the signe opposite to ♒] the Turkish A [...]my was Vanquished and by a terrible Repulse at the Siege of Vienna, were forced to fly away, and in or about the Year 1742. The two superiour Plan­ets ♄ ♃ will again be in ☌ in the fiery signe ♌ under which it is prob­able that the Turkish Army, will again have a very terrible Repulse; and that [Page 5] that Empire will then be more wofully shaken, because that conjunction will be after they have made their third Enterance into ♌ (the Number three being counted a most powerful Number,) But if the Turk be not then driven out of his Empire, perhaps the Lord may be pleased to give him a Pietious Visitation of his Love under that famous ☌ ♄ ♃ in that pious signe ♐ that will happen in or about the Year 1782 [before mentioned] it being the Conjunction of the 12 ingresse of the two Superious into that pious signe▪ since the Birth of Christ, and then if that present Turkish Emperour harden not his Heart, he may be Blessed for ever­more; for it is written I will give thee for a light unto the Gentiles that that thou maist be my salvation unto the end of the Earth Isaiah 49.6. These Turks were at first a small People, and were Driven out of several places but at length they settled and (by the permission of God) Wonderfully encreased and prospered.

I. M. In his Catastasis Mundi wrote that Ottoman first Founded the Turkish Empire in the Year of Christ 12 [...]9 and that if Saturns greatest Years [465] be added to 1289. it will make 1754 therefore said he, this Monarchy seems to stand Firm and Stable no longer than unto the Year of Christ, 1754 which indeed agrees with my aforesaid Computations; for 1754 is a Year which is under the ☌ ♄ ♃ in 1742.

The Number 666 is the great Tabuler Number of the Sun, the most Renouned Planet of Majesty; which is as a King or an Emperour a­mong the Stars.

This soler Table is wisely Com­posed of 36 Figures placed squarewise and all the Figures in every Row and overthwart, do strangly amount, to 111 which multiplied by 6 the product will be the great Tabuler Number of the Sun and of his astrall Emperial Majesty, Wise Men have accounted this Table and Number of great vertue and E­essuacy and have said that the most high created all things by Number Weight and Measure.

Behold this strange Table and ad all the Numbers together and you will find the total to be 666.

This great solar Number of Majesty 666 may be thus applyed to the Num­ber of the beast, 666 [mentioned in in Reve. 13.18.] and the Number of [Page 6] his Name. for this Terrible Beast arose out of the Turbulent sea or unstable Element of water of the Nature of the Lowest Planet, the Moon, but he soon became magnificent and entered into terrestrial Glory and Splendour [compareable to the Glory and Majesty of the Celestial Sun, which God hath Ordained to Rule as a King or an Emperour among the stars] and therefore all the World wondered after the beast: and I suppose John himself, did not beleive nor expect, that this cruel Imperial Seven-headed Beast, would ever Personally appear in such a Prodigious shape to Rule over Men or Saints, as he saw him in the vision, but rather mysti­cally in Man, therefore this Number of the Beast is also the Number of a cruel Imperial Man: And as this horne Crowned cruel Imperial Beast was Mystically to appear in a cruel Imperial Man, viz, in some Man of Sin, and to Reign in that unity, as a King of Kings in Earthly Glory and Splendour, Comparable to the admirable Glory and Majesty of the Astral King or sublime Celestial Sun so by his terrestial Glory and Magnificence he Merited the Like Regal and Imperial Name of Majesty, whose Number is 666 And by his Imperial Majesty and Dragonish fury he made War, with the Saints, and overcame them And therefore he also merited the Name of Antichrist, which is agreable with the Name of Blasphemy Written on his Heads: so that his Name is according to his evil Nature is [and may not improperly be called] Antichristain Majesty or The great and mighty, Blasphemer, who Metaphoritally, was a terrestrial Sun whose number is 666. Note. this cruel Bea [...]t may also Externally be understood, and the first Beast as well as the Second may be called Antichrist, though the S [...]cond seemes cheifly to merit the said Name

John Napier, L. of Marchiston, conceived this Number of the Beast 666 to be the Greek Name λατεινος (for the Grecians made their Letters Numurals) which being thus placed and the Numbers cast up, the total will be the aforesaid Number 666 and he said λατεινος is not only the Name of a Man but tha Name of the first Beast The Man which he meaned was King Latinus, and and the First Beast he said was the Latin Empire.

Now it is very Observable that the Christian Religion, began to spring up about the 15th. Year of Christ, and was Established under the great Conjunction of ♄ & ♃ in that Pious Regal & Fiery sign ♐ Sagitarius, the House of Pious ♃ under which Conjunction, it pleased the Lord to work Wonders and to bring to pass many Miraclonus and wonderful Changes.

And it is also very Observable that in the Year, 1603. there happened another great Conjunction of ♄ and ♃ in the First face of the same Pious, Regal and fiery Signe ♐, near the Scorpious Heart [a star of the second magnitude] of the Nature of Mars and pious Jupiter, Under which (according to my best Computation) there sprung up a certain Religion and a precious people in the North of England, appearing with Wonderful Zeal, in whose Hearts, the fear of God was placed and the Mighty Power of God was felt, working spiritual changes, condemning pride and secret-sinns, leading many into states of humility and into the true spiritual Worship, which Religion did not much spread it self for many Years.

And in the Year 1642 there happened a Conjunction of ♄ ♃ in that Pious and watery Signe ♓ [the other House of Pious ♃] under which Pious Conjunction, the said Religion wonderfully prospered and the Zeal of the said People was quickned and much admired, and their Pious conversasions were sufficient tokens to demonstrate that their Teach­er was Divine and spiritual and the said Religion began to overspread the Kingdom of England, to the Admiration of many People, and to make a powerful entrance into diverse other Kingdoms and Nations.

Moreover it is very Observable that in the Year, 1663 there happened a­nother Famous Conjunction of ♄ and ♃ In that Pious Regal and Fiery Signe ♐ Sagittarus, which may not improperly be called a great Con­junction, because it passed out of a watery Signe, into a Fiery: under which Famous Conjunction, The said Religion, Flourished and more and more, overspread the Kingdom of England and more Powerfully took place in diverse other Nations, so that as the said Religion Sprung up at first under the ☌ ♄ [...] in that Pious constellation: even so it hath prospered and flourished under this same.

But many Slighting the day of Gods pretious visitation to their Souls went out of their first tenderness and departed from the Power of God liness and became slothful and sleepy Resting, only in forms and forma­lities endeavouring to comprehend Divine Mysteries (which are Chiefly Reveled through divine and Spiritual Judgments) from whence differences and Distractions arose so that in the Year 1677 and 1678 when ♄ was trans­iting the Signe ♊ [the signe opposite to that pious sigine ♐] and in ☍ and ☌ ♂ therein, the discords about the said Religon were very Great and Publick to the World and arose into a very high station of contention, and great distractions appeared, to the grief of many souls and they became subject to the Contentious Planets, and aspects causing [Page 8] the said Religion to appear infamous (which at the Begining was beau­tified with Holiness) to the Great dishonour of God, and the impros­perity of the said people in Grace and spiritual things.

And in the Year 1682 and 1683 there happned to be no less then 3 Conjunctions of ♄ and ♃ in that lofty high spirited Regal and Firey signe ♌ Leo, (there happening a great Commet in one of the said Years which also succeeded that terrible Commet in 1680) under which three Conjunctions in this Lofty and high spirited signe, the discords about the said Religion Strangly encreased, and lofty Disputes arose (according to the Nature of the constellation) and they went into Divisions and separations especially about the Year 1692 and 1693 when contentions ♄ had took possession of that pious Sign ♐ and from thence had 3 times vexed Pious ♃ with his three Oppositions who was then very weak in ♊ and like one turned out of his own habitation into a Wilder­ness, weeping, whilst his Malicious enemy possessed the House of his joy and glory and Fought against him wit [...] his own Weapons, ah poor ♃ despised, and Forlorne, many Pious souls here on earth have sorely greived (if not Mourned) because of thy Deso­lation and exile, but wait a little patiently, for thy next happy Conjunction with ♄ in thy own Pious habitation (which will happen in or about the Year 1722) that thou Maist plead With thy Enemy for Dealing so Malicously with thee.

Moreover in or about the Year, 1702 the two superiour Planets ♄ and ♃ will make their conjunction, in that hotspirited Fiery sign ♈ [the house of furious and Fiery Mars and the ascendant of England] under which Conjunction it is probable there will arise in England, many hot and Furious disputes [according to the Nature of the constellation] about some Principles of the said Religion (for ♃ contends wit [...] ♄ about Religion, in what sign soever he is in conjunction with him) so that I fear, the lord will suffer the Distractions to be greater in England, espcially about the Year, 1707 or 1708 when Contentions ♄ transits the sign ♊ [the sign opposite to that pious sign ♐] and that some secret controversies will again be made publick to the World, unless the Lord either by a miracle he pleased to put a stop to it or many that are lofty and contentions descend into the Antient station of Humility and therein abide waiting for the Spiritual appearance of Christ in whom are hid all the treasures of Wisdom and knowledge Coloss. 2.3. for the Wise-Virgins are usually contented with their Spiritual enjoyments till through their Experiences a Right understanding of divine M [...]steries is given. Note, though the Wise Virgins (under [...]his Conjunction) may be batte [...]ed by the Foolish with much force and subtility about the said Yrar 1707 or 1708 Yet I conjecture they will begin and End Victoriously.

Again it is Observeable that in or about the Year 1722 or 1723 the two superiour Planet ♄ and ♃ will be again in conjunction in the same pious Regal and Fiery sign ♐ (under which the said Religion Cheifely arose) under which I believe and Conject­ure the Lord [the the great Governour of Nature and of all Celestial motions of the Sphears and planets] will prune his Vine and cut of many of the superfluous lofty Branches, which have not yet cast down their worldly Magnificence, nor said thou art worthy O Lord to Receive glory and Honour and power, Reve. 4, 11. and he, will dresse it and beautify it again in the sight of other professors and make it [Page 9] more famous, and will Raise up a more ardent Zeal in and among the Wise Virgins, and work a Reformation through the Spirit of Grace within: Now shall ♃ that was so much Grieved, Despised and Forlorne, in or about the Year, 1692 or 1693, begin to Triumph over his Adversary, and to Recover his lost fame, and Renown and the Wise Virgins will begin to hold up their heads and appear again in beauty, this is the appointed time wherein the Lord will begin to consolate the Afflicted and he hath determined to do mighty things before the Conjunctions of the two Superiour Planets, (which are as the Lords Instruments) have made their Departure out of the Fiery Trigon into the Earthy, for ever since the Creation of the World, it hath pleased the Almighty God, to effect the most Re­markable and most Eminent Changes here o [...] Earth, and gradually to bring to pass the greatest wonders under the Conjunctions of the two Superiour Planets in the fiery trigon (we being now under the 8 trigonicall Revolution incompleat and imperfect since the Cre­ation of the World) and when their Conjunctions [an hundred Years hence] have made their departure out of the Fiery trigon into the Earthy, they will not make their Appearance in the fiery trigon againe 'till many hundered Years are Expired.

But under this Conjunction of the two Superiours, about the Year 1737 or 1738, when ♄ begins to make another transit through the airy Sign ♊ Gemini [which is the Signe opposite to ♐] the Lord will suffer the Foolish Virgins to contend again with the Wise, and one with another because of their Darkness and Disobedience, therefore let the Wise Virgins be armed with his power that they may then be preserved in peace for God hath ordained a time to E­very purpose under Heaven Ecclesiastes. 3.1.

But that which is most Remarkable is this, that in or about the year 1782 the two Superiour Planets ♄ and ♃ will make another Famous Conjunction in that Pious Regal and Fiery Signe ♐ which will be the Conjunction of their Twelfth ingresse into that Pious Signe since the birth of Christ (the Number Twelve being by wise Men cal­led divine) under which Conjunction and great Apostolick Num­ber (I Conjecture) the Lord will do very great things and per­fect a Reformation in the World and gather his People into a more perfect unity and Confound the foolish Virgins, who are apt to give [Page 10] offences to the Wise by which they are lyable to that Wo which Christ Proclaimed when he said Wo to that Man by whom the offence Cometh Matth. 18.7.

I shall now make a great leap over many yeares to come and sha [...]l only mention one event more, which may be Remarkable to posterity: about 300 years hence the Conjunction of the two Superi­our Planets ♄ and ♃ will make their ingress into the airy trigon & into the Sign ♊ [which is opposite to that Pious Signe ♐ under which the said Religion arose] under whose Conjunction & Conjunctions in the Signe ♊ the Lord, who hath given Motions to the admirable wheels of Nature hath preordained by their circulations, to let in a very great flood of afflictions upon the Professors of this Religion, for a Tryal of Their Faith, and a Grievous persecution (I Conjecture) will arise to overthrow the said Religion or to drive the professors thereof in­to Obscurity and Desolation, and the Induction of strange herisyes will be known (unless the great Governour of Celestial motions Miraculously prevent it, Therefore all that professe the said Re­ligion in these our Days ought to prise the day of Gods Visitation and love unto their Souls, while the storms are not so Great, and as Wise Virgins to make their progresse towards the Lord out of pride and Sins that they may appear as lights to many that are in Darknes, and let them praise the Lord for Discovering that Blessed principle of Light, to them in their Days, who also works by the constellations and heavenly Bodys, as well as by his Spirit in man.

Of the Four Principal causes of Religious Differences.

1. The First cause is from Suspition Without Knowledge, from whence false Judgments are given and unsavoury offences; corupt­ing and severing the Christian unity.

2. The Second cause proceedeth from disobedience to the Word and Spirit of God, through which the loftiness of the Heart continues and the Rich are Respected above the Poor, by which the ardency of affections may be cooled and disunity take Place.

3. The Third cause, is for want of Divine Manifestations through which many Scripture expressions cannot be Comprehen­ded nor understood, from whence Differences in Opinions may often arise.

[Page 11]4. The Fourth cause proceeds from a Contrariety in nature, for every ones Nature is not alike, some Natures being very much dif­ferent and Incongruent, from whence arise diverse crossings and offences: And the cheife cause of contrariety in Nature is from the Circumrotation of the admirable wheels of Nature (which move through the Preordination of the great and wise Creator) in which he hath Fixed many l [...]ght bright and Admirable bodys (through which the Heavens Declare his Glory psal, 19, 1.) which being of Diverse Natures, do through their Daily & incessant Motions and preordi­nate circulations, cause a mixture of influences in the Supernall Regi­ons of the air, from whence proceed the love and enmity in his crea­tures here below, who hold a congruency or incongruency of Natures among themselves, for if the Planet that Governs the Oriental Angle at the Birth of any person be located in a place opposite to the Place of any other Planet that governs the Orientall angle (at the time of anothers birth the two Persons through a contrariety in Nature, will (to Admiration) very often Disagree especially if the Planet be either ♄ or ♂.

Though many know not the Reason why this is written and Pub­lished, yet if they, Rightly apply it, it may do them much good.

I shall shall now proceed to give my Astrological Judgments for this present Year 1700.

THE positions of the Heavens at the time of the Suns, ingresse in­to the First Minute of the Vernall Equinoctial Signe ♈ seeme [Page 12] to be wholly for Peace, and that England, will not be Molested, nor encumbered with warrs but will this Year be in a state of much felicity, yet from some other positions of the Planets I am somewhat afraid of some Estival disturbances, especially in Ireland, though the greatest troubles in Ireland I doubt will be in 1705 But Ho'lland and Scotland seem to be pretty free from Martial disturbances till 1710 or 1711 but perhaps France may next year be threatned by a Forreigne enemy.

The Clergy seem to be much dissatisfyed in their minds, and to set themselves in opposition against some other professors: The Planet ♄ is now making his long Voyage through the watery Signe ♓ along with the ☋ which either this year or the next may cause some per­turbations and distractions, Bloodshed and much Mischief in many places Especially in Cilicia, Galatia, Normandy, and in Egypt, the higher, and perhaps France, and Particularly Paris may in some measure par­ticipate of their portended Mischief, and there may also much Con­troversy and debates arise concerning sects and the appearance of some new heresy may take place. In January, the Planet ♄ goes out of ♒ into ♓ and perhaps some unusual sight may then appear in the air: I expect the apparition of some comet within three or four yeers.

About the year 1702. or 1703. (after ♃ hath made his next con­gresse with ♄ in the fiery Sign ♈ [the ascendant of England] and also after ♄ hath moved pretty far therein, we shall best know whether there will be Wars or Peace in England, if we can but escape a brush then, we may be happy and long rest under the enjoyment of Peace and Tranquility: Sed O Anglia timeo ne multi hostes tune Existerent in te aut Contra, te Ergo cavit [...] vos incolae & praecipūe cum tempus ad veniat sed utcunque quaedam magnae Mutationes tunc expectentur vel subito postea, and where­as the ☋ is exalted above ♄ in the Ninth house, it Signifies the Death of old Men and of Monks and of Religious Men: also ♄ applying to the ☋ at the time of the Suns vernall ingresse portends some scarcity of the Fruits of the earth yet by some other positions wheat seems to be indi­fferent Cheap, all the latter half of the year, But the Positions of our Summer ingresse very much threaten Miscarryages to Women with Child.

The Kings and Princes of Europe, will this quarter be meditating about the sea Affiairs, and sometimes about the Religion of their sub­jects, but they appear in great Splendour during the vernal and estival quarter, yet seem to be some way Displeased and disturbed in the Autumnal Quarter.

Per Coacervationem propositionum Dialecticae.