Knovvledge of the times: or, the resolution of the question, how long it shall be unto the end of wonders. By John Tillinghast, a servant of Jesus Christ.

Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.

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A TABLE OF The most material things handled in this Book.

Part I. HAndling some things of more general con∣cernment as to the whole discourse.

Chapter 1. Shewing the justifiableness of the en∣quiry, p. 1. to 9
Chap. 2. Proving, That the mystical Numbers of Daniel and the Revelations, do hold forth a certain, definite, and determinate time, p. 9. to 14
Chap. 3. Clearing and confirming our General distinction, That the end of the Beasts tyranny relates to one time, the end of the Fourth Monarchy to another. p. 14. to 21

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Part II. COmputing the time of the Beast, and shewing where the limited time of his tyranny ends.

Chap. 1. Discussing some things of more general concernment, as to this particular. Question.
- Sect. I. Stating the Question, and shewing the ground we are to go upon for answering it, viz. The forty two Months, the one thousand two hundred and sixty Days, wherein these differ, and why the one num∣ber reckons by months, the other by days, p. 21, 22
- Sect. II. Proving, that both days and months are Prophetical, p. 23
- Sect. III. Shewing, that the forty two Months, the one thousand two hundred and sixty Days, signifie one and the same time, and also begin and end together, p. 24, to 28
Chap. 2. Disproving the sundry false beginnings of this Epock.
- Sect. I. That the forty two Months, the one thousand two hundred and sixty Days, are not to be begun with the time of Constantine the Great, p. 28. to 37
- Sect. II. That they are not to be begun with the year four hun∣dred forty two, p. 37, 38
- Sect. III. That they are not to be begun with the time whenPage [unnumbered]Boniface was made universal Bishop by Phocas, p. 39, 40
Chap. 3. Stating and confirming the true beginning.
- Sect. I. The true beginning fixed Anno Dom. three hun∣dred ninety six. This to be the true is proved by two Reasons.
  - 1 Taken from the Harmony of mystical Num∣bers.
  - 2 From the eminent Apostacy about this very time. p. 41, to 48
- Sect. II. A third reason of our beginning taken from the de∣vastation of the Roman Empire. Two things proved.
  - 1 That our account is to begin from the time this devastation began.
  - 2 That this was in the aforesaid year, p. 48, to 56
Chap. 4. Proving and confirming yet further our fore-going beginning.
- Sect. I. A Fourth Argument of our beginning taken from the time of the rise of the Beasts Horns, wherein is shewed, First, When the Horns began to appear; Secondly, That the rise of the Horns must necessa∣rily be a little while after the rise of the Beast, p. 56, to 61
- Sect. II.
  - An Objection made, Daniel saw the rise of the little Horn after the rise of the ten.
  - Here by way of digression is discoursed of Daniels Page [unnumbered]Little Horn, and it is proved, That Daniels little Horn cannot signifie Mahomet, or the Turkish power, p. 61. to 69
  - Here also occasionally Daniels King of the North, and King of the South, chap. 11. is discoursed of, p. 69. to 77
- Sect. III. Proving, That by Daniels Little Horn cannot bee meant William the Conqueror, taking in with him the whole Norman Race of Kings sitting on the English Throne, nor Charls Stuart the last of that Race, p. 77. to 83
- Sect. IV. A returning to the Objection, to which answer is gi∣ven, p. 83. to 89
- Sect. V. Three Arguments more to prove our beginning.
  - 1 Taken from the great likelihood there is of the Witnesses lying dead at this day, which thing the aforesaid beginning doth necessarily infer, p. 89
  - 2 Taken from the visibility of those very things at this day, which the Scripture hath fore-told us shall occur within the last three days and a half of the one thousand two hundred and sixty.
    - Five things are instanced in, which the Scripture hath fore-told shall happen within that time, all which are visible at this day, p. 90, 91, 92
  - 3 Our beginning may not be fixed either higher or lower, therefore must be as it is stated, proved. p. 92. to 98

Part III. COmputing the time of the Fourth Monar∣chy.

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Chap. 1. Of Daniels two thousand three hundred days.
- Sect. I. That the two thousand three hundred days do not belong to the time and Story of Antiochus E∣piphanes; where is shewed at large that Antio∣chus Epiphanes cannot be he of whom so much is spoken in Daniels Prophecies, p. 98. to p. 120
- Sect. II. Proving, that the Little Horn, spoken of Dan. 8. signifies the whole Body of the Roman Mo∣narchy, p. 120. to p. 127
- Sect. III. Shewing, that the two thousand three hundred days are not to be understood of half so many years, but signifie so many years compleat, p. 127. to 133
- Sect. IV. That the two thousand three hundred days are not to be begun with the first year of Cyrus, p. 133. to 137
- Sect. V. Shewing two things:
  - 1 That Darius the Mede, of whom Daniel speaks Chap. 5.30. did not belong to the Babylonian Monarchy, but the Persian, p. 137. to 142
  - 2 That the first year of Darius the Mede, and the first of Cyrus the Persian, are one and the same year, p. 142. to 152
Chap. 2. Wherein, in order to a more full clearing up of the fore-going account, viz. of two thousand three Page [unnumbered]hundred days, are Daniels seventy weeks discus∣sed.
- Sect. I. That the Seventy weeks do not relate to New Testament-times, p. 152. to p. 161
- Sect. II. That the Seventy weeks are not to be begun with the Decree of Cyrus, p. 161. to 183
- Sect. III. That they are not to be begun with the Decree of Darius, Ezra 6.6, 7.8, &c. p. 183. to p. 193
- Sect. IV.
  - That they are not to be begun with the Decree of Artaxerxes, in the seventh year of his reign, Ezra 7.11, 12, 13. p. 193
  - That they are to be begun with the twentieth year of Artaxerxes, when Nehemiah received his Commission to build Jerusalem, Nehem. 2. p. 194. to 198
- Sect. V. That the Seventy weeks end with the Passion of Christ, p. 198, 199
- Sect. VI. A resolution of sundry knots about Daniels Se∣ven weeks, his Sixty two weeks, his one week, and his half week, p. 200. to 217
- Sect. VII. An Objection against our ending of the Seventy weeks, answered, p. 217. to 225
Chap. 3. Wherein enquiry is made into the number of Page [unnumbered]the years that passed betwixt the first of Cyrus, and the twentieth of Artaxerxes, when Nehe∣miah received his Commission to build Jerusa∣lem.
- Sect. I. Disproving the grounds of that Opinion, which cuts this time much shorter than it should bee, p. 225. to 251
- Sect. II.
  - Proving, That that Artaxerxes, from whom Ne∣hemiah received his Commission, was him whom the Greeks call Mnemon, p. 251. to p. 281
  - In order to the clearing this, is shewed, That that Darius who advanced the Temple-building, could not be Darius Hystaspes, p. 253. to 281. nor Darius Nothus, p. 259. but was Darius called by the Greeks Longimanus.
  - Here Zecharies seventy years are opened, p. 260. to p. 274
- Sect. III.
  - Proving, that the time betwixt Cyrus first, and Artaxerxes twentieth, was exactly one hun∣dred forty seven years, p. 281. to. p. 290
  - An Objection from Dan. 12.1, 2. That but four Kings did reign in the Persian Monarchy after Cyrus, answered, p. 290. to p. 298
- Sect. IV.
  - Something discussed about our Christian Epock, p. 298. to p. 305.
  - The computation of the whole, p. 306, 307, 308.

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Added by way of Appendix.

1 A general Rule for the right understanding of Prophecies, together with a more full opening the great Mysterie of Daniels Little Horn, p. 311. to p. 320
2 A particular Clause in our Discourse about the times, opened, from p. 328. to 331
3 Some Conclusions touching Christs King∣dom, &c.

FINIS.

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