The suruey of popery vvherein the reader may cleerely behold, not onely the originall and daily incrementes of papistrie, with an euident confutation of the same; but also a succinct and profitable enarration of the state of Gods Church from Adam vntill Christs ascension, contained in the first and second part thereof: and throughout the third part poperie is turned vp-side downe.

The fourth age.

The fourth age, from the comming out of Egypt, vntil king Salomon beganne to build the temple, containeth 480. yeres, hereof this is an euident demonstration.

Moses gouerned the Israelites in the wildernesse, the space [ 40] of 40. yeeres after they came out of Egypt Deute. 1. verse 3. and Deut. 29. verse 5.

Iosue and Othoniel iudged Israel 40. yeres Iud. 3. v. 11: [ 40] for Iosue was ouer them 32. yeeres, and Othoniel 8. some giue but 18. yeres to Ioshua, and the rest to Othoniel; but that skilleth not much, because it is certaine, that from the death of Moses till the death of Othoniel, were 40. yeeres compleate, which no writer doth or can deny, for holy writ hath so reuealed.

Ehud or Shamgar the son of Anath iudged the Israelites [ 80] fourescore yeres Iud. 3. verse 30, 31. but of these 80. we must ascribe 18. to the inter-raigne, in which time Israel was in bondage to Eglon king of Moab Iud. 3. verse 14.

Deborah and Barak iudged Israel 40. yeres Iud. 5. v. 31 [ 40]

Gedeon iudged the Israelites 40. yeres Iud. 8. ve. 28. but [ 40] in this time the Midianites oppressed them 7. yeres Iud. 6. v. 1 for feare of which ennemies, the Israelites made them dennes in the mountains and caues, & strong holds Iud. 6. ve. 2. This Gedeon is termed also Ierubbal Iud. 7. vers. 1. Iud. 8. ve. 35

Abimelek iudged 3. yeeres Iud. 9. verse 22. [ 3]

Thola the sonne of Puah iudged 23. yeres Iud. 10. verse 2 [ 23]

Iair iudged 22. yeres Iud. 10. verse 3. from this time the [ 22] Israelites were afflicted with the Ammonites and the Phili∣stines for the space of 18. yeres together Iud. 10. verse 7, 8. [ 18]

Iephtee iudged sixe yeeres Iud. 12. verse 7. [ 6]

Abesan or Ibzan iudged 7. yeeres Iud. 12. verse 8, 9. [ 7]

Elon iudged Israel 10. yeeres Iud. 12. verse 11. [ 10]

[ 8] Abdon iudged the Hebrewes 8. yeres iudg. 12. vers. 13, 14

[ 20] Samson iudged 20. yeres Iudg. 16. ver. 31. his wife De∣lilah betrayed him, and deliuered him into the hands of the Phi∣listines, who put out his eies, bound him with fetters, and made him to grinde in the prison house: but in the end, when they cal∣led him out to make them pastime, and to be a laughing stocke to them; he pulled downe the two pillers of the house, and so with the fall of the house, killed more Philistines at his death, then he had slaine in all his life before Iudg. 16. ve. 18, 21, 29, 30, 31.

[ 40] Eli the priest iudged Israel fortie yeares 1. Sam. 4. ve. 18.

[ 40] Samuel and Saul reigned fortie yeeres Act. 13. verse 21.

[ 40] Dauid raigned ouer Israel fortie yeeres 1. King. 2. ve. 11.

The whole summe of yeeres is 477.

The partiall summes of the yeeres be these;

• 40
• 40
• 80
• 40
• 40
• 3
• 23
• 22
• 18
• 6
• 7
• 10
• 8
• 20
• 40
• 40
• 40

477

Make addition, and this will be the summe 477.

To these we must adde three yeares of king Salomon, be∣cause in the fourth yeere of his raigne hee beganne to build the temple, and so the whole number will be 480. to which must be added one moneth and one day. This summe is confirmed by the testimonie of holy Writ, in thefe expresse termes; in the 480. yeere (after the children of Israel were come out of the

land of Egypt) and in the fourth yeere of the raigne of Salomon ouer Israel, he built the house of the Lord 1. King. 6. ve. 1. A∣gaine, it is thus written; so Salomon began to build the house of the Lord in Ierusalem, in the second moneth, and the second day, in the fourth yeere of his reigne, 2. Para. 3. verse 1. and 2.