ECF were on the whole YEC

[DignifiedResponse]

Denis Petau (aka Dionysius Petavius; Jesuit historian & theologian) (August 21, 1583 – December 11, 1652) -

 

"... Quocirca annos ab orbe condito ad aeram Dionysianam fluxisse credimus 3983. Quam opinionem nostram alteri quoque ante nos in mentem venisse postea comperimus. Munsterus enim in Computo Hebraeorum, pag. 7. cum varias de mundi conditu sententias percenset, Carolum quendam Bouillum ait annos numerre 3984. Intervalia porro ita describimus. Ab orbis initio ad Diluvium anni 1656. A Diluvio ad Abraami ortum 292. Hinc ad Israelitarum migrationem ex Aegypto, anni 505. fiunt ab orbe condito ad Exodum anni 2453. Deinceps ab Exodo Salomonici Templi Fabricationem, annos numeramus 520. ubi communi ab sententia necessario discedimus. A conditu Templi usque ad laxatam Babylonicam servitutem, anni 474. Hinc ad Christum, 536. Fiunt ab orbe condito ad Christi Natlem, anni completi 3983. cum mensibus tribus: it ut Natalis in 3984. incurrat, si annorum caput ab Annorum repetatur. ...

 

... Diximus Natalem Christi communem ex ratiociniis nostris incidere in annum mundi 3983. ... [left hand column to right hand column] ... Natalis vero Christi 3983. exiens sin est ut mundi conditum ad Autuminum referas, indidemque annos ordiare, mundus quidem anno 730. creatus est; Christus vero anno 3984 ineunte natus. At si annorum caput in Januarias Kalendas conferas, mundus creatos erit anno exeunte 730. Christus anno 3983. natus, itidem exeunte. ..." - Dionysii Petavii Aurelianensis, E Societate Jesu; Opus De Doctrina Temporum, auctius in hac, Nova Editione, Tomus Secundus: in quo Temporum ... Disputantur, tum Doctrineae usus atque fructus Chronico Libro traditur. Antwerpiae, Apud Georgium Gallet. M. DCCIII. (1703).; Caput VI. De conditu mundi, & annorum inde ad nos numero, ac putandi varietate. autumno creatum esse mundun; page 10 - https://books.google.com/books?id=lDxkAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Louis Cappel (aka Ludovicus Capellus, Ludovici Capelli) (15 October 1585 - 18 June 1658) - page 249 - (Many copied chronological tables have listed Cappel as saying “4005”, but this is not the case, and according to his own work, he said, “4066-4069” (4067 avr.) from the Creation to the birth of Jesus Christ, and “4100-4104” (4102 avr.) to the death of Jesus Christ, 33 ½ years later, and “4172” to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem.) -

 

"... [Chart] [6th Column] (Anni Mundi.) 4066-4069 [9th Column] HERODES M. sub quo Christus natus est, R. annos 37. ..." - Lud. Cappelli, Chronologia Sacra, A Condito Mundo ad Eundem reconditum per Dominum N. I. Christum, atque inde ad ultimam Iudaeorum per Romanos Captivitatem deducta. Ex Sola Scriptura Sacra perpetua serie concinnata, certis και τηαίοις ex ea deductis, quantum fieri potest firmissime comprobata. Aliquot Tabulis, cum earum probationibus comprehensa. Parisiis, Apud Edmundum Martinum, via Iacobaea, sub Sole aureo. M. DC. LV. (1655). Cum Privilegio Regis. A.; page 249 - https://books.google.com/books?id=f_anqup4n1EC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

"... [Chart] [6th Column] (Anni Mundi.) 4100-4104 [9th Column] Antipater Herodia F. a patre cotam Varo accusatus in carcerem conjicitur, & mox necatur. DOMINUS N. IESUS CHRISTUS, sub finem anni ultimi Herodis natus, vixit annos 33 cum dimidio. ..." - Lud. Cappelli, Chronologia Sacra, A Condito Mundo ad Eundem reconditum per Dominum N. I. Christum, atque inde ad ultimam Iudaeorum per Romanos Captivitatem deducta. Ex Sola Scriptura Sacra perpetua serie concinnata, certis και τηαίοις ex ea deductis, quantum fieri potest firmissime comprobata. Aliquot Tabulis, cum earum probationibus comprehensa. Parisiis, Apud Edmundum Martinum, via Iacobaea, sub Sole aureo. M. DC. LV. (1655). Cum Privilegio Regis. A.; page 250 - https://books.google.com/books?id=f_anqup4n1EC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

"... in qua secundus Darii Nothi annus est undi annus 3682: annus autm quo eversa est Ierosolyma, sive septuagesimus a Christo nato annus, est mundi 4172, aquo se deducas 3682, restant anni 490 intermidii ..." - Lud. Cappelli, Chronologia Sacra, A Condito Mundo ad Eundem reconditum per Dominum N. I. Christum, atque inde ad ultimam Iudaeorum per Romanos Captivitatem deducta. Ex Sola Scriptura Sacra perpetua serie concinnata, certis και τηαίοις ex ea deductis, quantum fieri potest firmissime comprobata. Aliquot Tabulis, cum earum probationibus comprehensa. Parisiis, Apud Edmundum Martinum, via Iacobaea, sub Sole aureo. M. DC. LV. (1655). Cum Privilegio Regis. A.; page 274 - https://books.google.com/books?id=f_anqup4n1EC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Giovanni Battista Riccioli (17 April 1598 – 25 June 1671) (Jesuit & Italian Astronomer) –

 

"... [Table] Nos ex Hebraica, & Vulgata. - Anni

 

A Mundi exordio ad finem Diluvii. - 1656

a Diluvii fine ad Sacrificium Abrahae, & Dei repromissionem iuratam de benedicendis Gentibus omnibus in semine Abrahae, qui est Christus. - 506

a repomissione dicta ad Exodus. - 430

ab Exodo ab fundamenta Templi. - 580

a fundam, Templi ad Captiuit. solutam. - 476

a Captiuit soluta ad Christum. - 536

Summa - 4184. ..." - Chronologiae Reformatae et ad certs conclusiones redactae, Tomus Primus, continenes doctrinam temporum, auctore R. P. IO. Baptista Ricciolio, Ferrariensi, Societatis Ieus, Illustissimi Collegii Parmensis Nobilum Convictoribus Dedicatus, (Geminis. est. unus. odor.) Bononiae, M.DC.LXIX. (1669). Ex Typographia Haeredis Dominici Barberii. Superiorum permissu.; page 292 [PDF 316] - https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_-_hf-N4eY-kC#page/n316/mode/1up

 

"... [Table] II. Tabula Annorum Mundi, usque ad Epocham CHRISTI.

 

(Anni) 4184 (Auctores) Nosex Vulgata, * Hebraica editione. ..." - Chronologiae Reformatae et ad certs conclusiones redactae, Tomus Primus, continenes doctrinam temporum, auctore R. P. IO. Baptista Ricciolio, Ferrariensi, Societatis Ieus, Illustissimi Collegii Parmensis Nobilum Convictoribus Dedicatus, (Geminis. est. unus. odor.) Bononiae, M.DC.LXIX. (1669). Ex Typographia Haeredis Dominici Barberii. Superiorum permissu.; page 292 [PDF 317] - https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_-_hf-N4eY-kC#page/n317/mode/1up/

 

"... Caput II. De probabiliore numero Annorum Mundi, usque ad CHRISTUM, tuxta Hebraicam, & Vulgatum editionem, & determinis, intra quos certo consistunt.

 

CONCLUSIO II.

 

Ex Historica Divina Secundum Vulgatuam, & Hebraicam editionem, & Humana probabilius est, ab initio Mundi ad initium Epocha Christi fuisse Annos 4184. Cerum vero est non fuisse in hac hypothesi plures quam 4330. Nec pauciores quam 3705.

 

I. Prima pars Conclusionis pendet ex probatis iam libro 6. ubi cap. I. ostendimus ex Vulgata, & Hebraico Codice, colligi ab exordio Mundi as Diluvium, absolutum annos 1656. & a fine Diluvii ad ortum Abrahae annos 302. & cap. 3. ac 5. ab ortu Abrahae ad Repromissionem a Deo factuam Abrahae, quando ipsum vidit promptissimum ad sacrfificandum Isaacum annos 125. & cap. 6. a Repromissione facta Abrahae, iurataq; a Deo, usque ad Exodum annos 430. atque; adeo ab ortu Abrahae ad Exodum fuisse annos 555. sed a Diluvii fine ad dictam Repromissionem annos 506. & cap. 8. ab Exodo ad fundamenta Templi Salomonici annos fuisse 580. & c. 9. a fundamentis Templi Salomonici, ad ejus excidium per Nabuchonosorem annos 425. At libro 5. cap. 7. & lib. 6. cap. 11. ab hoc excidio ad solutam per Cyrum Captivitatem fuisse annos 51. ideoque a fundamentis Templi ad Captivitatem solutam, fuisse annos 476. & eodem lib. 5. c. 7. a solutione captivitatis ad communem Epocham CHRISTI fuisse annos 536. Sanctis igitur annis praedictis, ut vi- [CHART] des in hoc laterculo, euadit summa ab initio Mundi ad Epocham Christi annorum 4184. supponendo minus periculum errandi esse si Anni numerati in Historia, utrque summantur pro integris, aut defectum in aliquibus compensari fere ex aequo per aliorum excessum in aliquot mensibus, & diebus.

 

[CHART]

 

[Events followed by "Anni"]

 

Ab initio Mundi ad finem Diluvii - 1656

inde ad Repromissionem Abrahae - 506

hinc ad Exodum - 430

ad Exodo ad fundam. Templi. - 580

a fundam. Templi a Captivit. solutam. - 476

a Captivit. soluta ad Christum. - 536

Summa - 4184. ..." - Chronologiae Reformatae et ad certs conclusiones redactae, Tomus Primus, continenes doctrinam temporum, auctore R. P. IO. Baptista Ricciolio, Ferrariensi, Societatis Ieus, Illustissimi Collegii Parmensis Nobilum Convictoribus Dedicatus, (Geminis. est. unus. odor.) Bononiae, M.DC.LXIX. (1669). Ex Typographia Haeredis Dominici Barberii. Superiorum permissu.; page 293 [PDF 318] - https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_-_hf-N4eY-kC#page/n318/mode/1up/

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John Lightfoot (29 March 1602 – 6 December 1675) -

 

"... He [Jesus Christ] was born in the year of the world 3928, about the close of September ..." - The Whole Works of the Rev. John Lightfoot, D.D., Master of Catherine Hall, Cambridge. Edited by the Rev. John Rogers Pitman, A.M.; Alternate Morning Preacher at Belgrave and Berkeley Chapels; and alternate Evening Preacher at the Foundling and Magdalen Hospitals. Volume I. Containing the various prefaces, &c. of former editions; indexes of places, subjects discussed, Talmudic and Greek words; together with a tract, entitled "Battle with a Wasp's Nest." London: Printed by J. F. Dove, St. John's Square: Sold by Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; W. Clarke, New Bond Street; Rivington's, St. Paul's Churchyard, and Waterloo Place; Baynes and Son, Paternoster Row; R. Priestly, High Holborn; Lloyd and Son, Harley Street; J. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place; R. Baynes, Paternoster Row: J. Parker, Oxford: Deighton and Sons; and J. Hatt, Cambridge. MDCCCXXV (1825).; page 218 (right hand column) - https://archive.org/stream/wholeworksjohnl00lighgoog#page/n344/mode/1up

 

"... Fulness of time, why so called; it denotes Christ's birth, which was anno mundi, 3928, &c. iv. 97. ..." - The Whole Works of the Rev. John Lightfoot, D.D., Master of Catherine Hall, Cambridge. Edited by the Rev. John Rogers Pitman, A.M.; Alternate Morning Preacher at Belgrave and Berkeley Chapels; and alternate Evening Preacher at the Foundling and Magdalen Hospitals. Volume I. Containing the various prefaces, &c. of former editions; indexes of places, subjects discussed, Talmudic and Greek words; together with a tract, entitled "Battle with a Wasp's Nest." London: Printed by J. F. Dove, St. John's Square: Sold by Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; W. Clarke, New Bond Street; Rivington's, St. Paul's Churchyard, and Waterloo Place; Baynes and Son, Paternoster Row; R. Priestly, High Holborn; Lloyd and Son, Harley Street; J. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place; R. Baynes, Paternoster Row: J. Parker, Oxford: Deighton and Sons; and J. Hatt, Cambridge. MDCCCXXV (1825).; page 229 (right hand column) - https://archive.org/stream/wholeworksjohnl00lighgoog#page/n355/mode/1up/

 

John Lightfoot is also to have said that the beginning was anno mundi 3960, but this is not the case, but what he said was that the year of Christ's crucifixion was 3960 from the beginning, which if taken into account of John Lightfoot's calculation of A.M. 3928 + 33 1/2 years for Jesus' life, from birth until death, would come to about 3960. -

 

"... Upon this day was the blowing of Trumpets, Levit. XXIII. 24. and persons were sent out to give notice of the beginning of the year, on this day began the year of the world 3960. in the middle of which year, Christ was Crucified. ..." - The Works of the Reverend & Learned John Lightfoot D.D. Late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge. The Second Volume, In two Parts. Part I. containing Horae Hebraicae & Talmudicae, Hebrew and Talmudical Exercitations upon the four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, some Chapters of the Epistle of S. Paul to the Romans, and the first Epistle of the same Apostle to the Corinthians, translated into English. Published by the Care and Industry of John Strype M.A. London, printed by William Rawlins, for Richard Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCLXXXIV (1684). Chap. VII., Verse. II.; page 544 - https://archive.org/stream/worrever02ligh#page/n586/mode/1up/search/

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Jose Ben Halafta (2nd Century AD) – (see also Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont (baptised 20 October 1614 – 1698 or 1699 ) - http://www.digital-brilliance.com/kab/karr/VanHelmont/fmvhSOlam.pdf ) -

 

"... 59. Mille enim anni sunt apud Dominum ut dies unus, & dies unus ut mille anni, ut habetur in Psalmo 90. & confirmatur a Petro Apostolo, Epistola 2. 3.

 

60. Septimum vero uniuscujusque Septimanae mundi millenium, istius mundi Sabbatum est.

 

61. Ergo & hic quoque noster mundus annis constat septem mille, cujus quoque Septimum millennium mundi nostri est Sabbatum, aut Sabbatismus, prout habetur Heb:4. ..." - Seder Olam, sive Ordo Seculorum, Historica; Enarratio Doctrinae, Anno 1693.; page 19 [PDF 25] - https://archive.org/stream/ned-kbn-all-00002452-002#page/n25/mode/1up/

 

"... quae masculum peperit, immunda fuit 7. die & die octavo masculus ille circumcidebatur, die autem hic octavus glorificationem corporis mortalis transactis 7000. annis, hoc est, in principio millenii octavi clare significat. ..." - Seder Olam, sive Ordo Seculorum, Historica; Enarratio Doctrinae, Anno 1693.; page 24 [PDF 30] - https://archive.org/stream/ned-kbn-all-00002452-002#page/n30/mode/1up/

 

"... 84. Vera autem mundi chronologica, quae in scripturis habetur, annos continet a mundo condito ad Christi Salvatoris cru- [page 30-31] cifixionem --- 3996 1/2

 

a Christi crucifixo ad ejus finem annos ---- 3003 1/2

 

h.e. a mundi initio as finem annos integros ---- 7000.

 

85. Quod autem Christus Salvator crucifigendus esset & a morte in vitam revocandus in sine quarti millenii a condito mundo variae rationes clare evincunt. I. Analogia 6 Dierum fabricationis mundi cum 6 milleniis ipsius mundi, miranda enim analogia, primu dies cum primo millenio concordat, secundus cum secundo, tertius cum tertio, quartus cum quarto, quintas cum quinto, sextus cum sexto, & septimus denique, qui Sabbati est, cum septimo mundi millenio, quod Sabbatum quoque est mundi. ..." - Seder Olam, sive Ordo Seculorum, Historica; Enarratio Doctrinae, Anno 1693.; pages 30-31 [PDF 36-37] - https://archive.org/stream/ned-kbn-all-00002452-002#page/n36/mode/1up/

https://archive.org/stream/ned-kbn-all-00002452-002#page/n37/mode/1up/

 

"... fuerat diei festi tabernaculorum, nam per regulam trium ut 7000 anni ad 3996 ita 365 dies ad dies 208, si autem dies 508 continet dies sex mensium, ab aequinoctio vernali ad diem 22 septimi mensis, hoc est, dies 187 & 21, qui simul conficiunt dies 208.3. Confirmatur hoc ipsum ex divisione temporis a mundo condito ad Christi resurrectionem, tradita libro. 2. Esdrae cap. 34., facta est autem haec divisio in duodecim partes, quarum partium decem cum dimidio partis elapsea essent, cum Esdrae Prophetae ista tradebat angelus, quam quoque divisionem temporis Christus fecit in duodecim horas a condito mundo & illud ipsum tempus quo esset in carne duodecimam horam appellavit, dicens Judaeis, am non sunt duodecim horae in die, operamini, quo ad diem habetis, clare innuens istud tempus fuisse duodecimam horam a condito mundo. Quot annos vero hora diei aut noctis contineat ex Psalmo isto mystico 90 plane habetur versu 4. mille anni in conspectu tuo dies hesternus & ut vigilia noctis; Vigilia autem noctis continet 3 horas, si ergo mille anni ut vigilia noctis, sive ut 3 horae, una hora erit tertia pars mille annorum h. e. anni 33 1/3 Chrsitus autem a morte resurrexit in fine horae duodecimae quod 3996 annis a condito mundo respondet, nam 333 per 12 multiplicatus dat numerum 3996. Et certe nulla alia divisio convenire potest tempori Esdrae, cum [page 32-33] illi angelus ea annunciaret, haec autem divisio optime respondet, decem enim partes cum dimidio annos faciunt 3496, cum ista angelus annunciaret hoc est 500 annos ante mortem Christi & 56 annos post captivitatem. Et ideo locus iste Esdrae lib. 2. Cap. 7. v. 28 29 de 400 annis ab eo tempore ad mortem Christi legendus est 500. ..." - Seder Olam, sive Ordo Seculorum, Historica; Enarratio Doctrinae, Anno 1693.; pages 32-33 [PDF 38-39] -

https://archive.org/stream/ned-kbn-all-00002452-002#page/n38/mode/1up/

https://archive.org/stream/ned-kbn-all-00002452-002#page/n39/mode/1up/

 

"... verum nimirum tempus ab exordio captivitatis ad mortem & resurrectionem Christi, a mundi autem exordio anni 3996 1/3. ..." - Seder Olam, sive Ordo Seculorum, Historica; Enarratio Doctrinae, Anno 1693.; page 35 [PDF 41] - https://archive.org/stream/ned-kbn-all-00002452-002#page/n41/mode/1up/

 

"... 87. Sequuntur nunc ut particularis uniuscujusque periodi chronologia e Scripturi exhibeatur. Periodos autem a condito Adamo ad mortem & resurrectionem Christi invenimus elle sex, nimirum.

 

Ab Adamo ad diluvium sunt anni. --- 1656

Deinde ad Nativitatem Abrahami. --- 381

Deinde ad exitum Israeilis ex Aegypto --- 505

Deinde ad fundamentum Templi --- 480

Deinde ad Captivitatem Babylonieam --- 418

Deinde ad mortem & resurrectionem Chritsi --- 556

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3996 ..." - Seder Olam, sive Ordo Seculorum, Historica; Enarratio Doctrinae, Anno 1693.; page 36 [PDF 42] - https://archive.org/stream/ned-kbn-all-00002452-002#page/n42/mode/1up/

 

"... Periodus a condito Adamoi ad mortem Christi sit annorum 3996 1/2. quod supra probatum est. ..." - Seder Olam, sive Ordo Seculorum, Historica; Enarratio Doctrinae, Anno 1693.; page 37 [PDF 43] - https://archive.org/stream/ned-kbn-all-00002452-002#page/n43/mode/1up/

 

"... 89. Porro ex Chronologia praedicta anni a condito mundo ad Captivitatem Babylonicam sunt 3440. ut in margine exhibetur, quibus si addantur 2300, ille anni ab angelo Danieli traditi Dan. 8. 14. per dies [page 40-41] prophetice designati, conficiunt numerum annorum 5740, a condito mundo, ad quem annum, cum adventum sit, Sanctuarium purgabitur, hoc est, incipiet felix illud Sabbati millenium, addito deinde millenio praedicto & 260 annis porro additis, conficitur numerus 7000 annorum, qui constituunt integram totius hujus mundi aetatem a condito Adamo ad finem, Anni autem 260 praedicti sunt parvum illud tempus a Johanne in Apocalypsi memoratum cap. 20 quod exordium suum capit post transactum millenium, et ideo ipsum millenium Sabbaticum incipit 260 annos, prius quam sextam mundi millenium finiatur.

 

[Numerical Chart (Right hand column)]

1656

381

505

480

418

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3440

2300

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5740

1000

260

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7000 ..." - Seder Olam, sive Ordo Seculorum, Historica; Enarratio Doctrinae, Anno 1693.; pages 40-41 [PDF 46-47] -

https://archive.org/stream/ned-kbn-all-00002452-002#page/n46/mode/1up/

https://archive.org/stream/ned-kbn-all-00002452-002#page/n47/mode/1up/

 

"... Animae, quae a primordio mundi veniebant in mundum, duodecimam suam & ultimam revolutionem habebant circa annum M. 3996. ..." - Seder Olam, sive Ordo Seculorum, Historica; Enarratio Doctrinae, Anno 1693.; page 76 [PDF 86] - https://archive.org/stream/ned-kbn-all-00002452-002#page/n86/mode/1up/

[DignifiedResponse]

John Bunyan (November 30, 1628 – August 31, 1688) -

"... [page 424; lefthand column] Chap. II.

Ver. 3. 'And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.'

The seventh day did signify ...

... or the keeping of a sabbath, 'to the people og God:' ver, 9 read also ver. 4-11. Which sabbath, as I conceive, will be the seventh thousand of years, which are to follow immediately after the world hath stood six thousand first: for as God was six days in the works of creation, and rested the seventh; so in six thousand years he will perfect his works and providences that concern this world. As also he will finish the toil and travel of his saints, with the burthen of the beasts, and the curse of the ground; and bring all into rest for a thousand years. A day with the Lord, is as a thousand years: wherefore this [left column to right column] blessed and desireable time is also called 'a day,' 'a great day,' 'that great and notable day of the Lord,' Ac. ii. 20. which shall end in the eternal judgment of the world. [page 424,456] ...

... [page 456; lefthand column] Adam therefore, as a type of Christ, reigned in the church almost a thousand years. The world therefore beginning thus, doth shew us how it will end; namely, by the reign of the second Adam, as it began with the reign of the first.

These long-lived men therefore shew us the glory that the church shall have in the latter day, even in the seventh thousand years of the world, that sabbath when Christ shall set up his kingdom ..." - The Works of John Bunyan. with an Introduction to each Treatise, Notes, and a sketch of his life, times, and contemporaries. Volume Second.; Experimental, Doctrinal, and Practical.  Edited by George Offor, Esq.; Blackie and Son: Queen Street, Glasgow; South College Street, Edinburgh; and Warwick Square, London. MDCCCL. (1850); pages 424,456 (respectively) - https://books.google.com/books?id=uYYxAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Aegidius Strauch II (aka Strauchius) (21 February 1632 - 13 December 1682) -

 

"... Summa annorum ab orbe condito usque ad passionem Christi 3961 ..." - Dissertation Chronologica, de Aetate Mundi, quam in Inclyta Academia Wittebergensi, Sub Praesidio, Tri Plurimum-Reverendi, Amplissimi atquw Excellentissimim Dn. Aegidii Strauchii, S. S. Theol. Doct. Mathew. Infer. Prof. Publ. nec non Historiarum Substituti celeberrimi, Dn. Patroni, Praeceptoris ac Hospitis Sui summe devenerandi, placidae disquisitioni subjicit ad diem 24. Dececmbr. cIɔ Iɔc LXII. (1662). in Auditorio Majori, Henricus Hieronymi. Wittebergae, Typis Christiani Schrodteri, Acad. Typ. Anno M.DC.XCI. (1691).; page [PDF 8] - https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_LUrx7fcd41oC#page/n8/mode/1up

 

"... intervallum inter Epocham mundi conditi & Christi, quod non nisi 3949. ..." - Dissertation Chronologica, de Aetate Mundi, quam in Inclyta Academia Wittebergensi, Sub Praesidio, Tri Plurimum-Reverendi, Amplissimi atquw Excellentissimim Dn. Aegidii Strauchii, S. S. Theol. Doct. Mathew. Infer. Prof. Publ. nec non Historiarum Substituti celeberrimi, Dn. Patroni, Praeceptoris ac Hospitis Sui summe devenerandi, placidae disquisitioni subjicit ad diem 24. Dececmbr. cIɔ Iɔc LXII. (1662). in Auditorio Majori, Henricus Hieronymi. Wittebergae, Typis Christiani Schrodteri, Acad. Typ. Anno M.DC.XCI. (1691).; page [PDF 14] - https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_LUrx7fcd41oC#page/n14/mode/1up

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Friedrich Spanheim the Younger (1 May 1632 – 18 May 1701) -

 

"... Ep. IX. From the beginning of the government of the Maccabees to the birth of Christ, 161 years. Total number of years 4004. ..." - Ecclesiastical Annals from the Commencement of Scripture History to the Epoch of the Reformation, By Frederick Spanheim, D.D. Professor of Divinity in the University of Leyden in which the Geography of Palestine is summarily described, and the Sacred History, the propagation and vicissitudes of Christianity, the several Councils and eminent writers, and the increase of rites and ceremonies and the innovation of the church of Rome in each century, are succinctly narrated. Translated, Compressed, and Illustrated with Notes, the Elements of Chronology, and Chronological Tables, By the Rev. George Wright, incumbent curate of Nun Monckton, and curate of Askam Bryan, in the county of York. Cambridge: Printed by J. Smith, Printer to the University, for T. Stevenson; C. & J. Rivington, Baldwin & Cradock, and Hatchard & Son, London; and A. Barclay, York. M.DCCC.XXIX (1829).; page 3 - https://books.google.com/books?id=wxYuOoB1D1cC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

"... TABLE OF THE NINE EPOCHS ... IX. From Judas Maccabeus to the birth of Jesus Christ ... (number of years) 163 (A.M.) 4004 (Julian Period) 4714 ... Total ... 4004 ..." - Ecclesiastical Annals from the Commencement of Scripture History to the Epoch of the Reformation, By Frederick Spanheim, D.D. Professor of Divinity in the University of Leyden in which the Geography of Palestine is summarily described, and the Sacred History, the propagation and vicissitudes of Christianity, the several Councils and eminent writers, and the increase of rites and ceremonies and the innovation of the church of Rome in each century, are succinctly narrated. Translated, Compressed, and Illustrated with Notes, the Elements of Chronology, and Chronological Tables, By the Rev. George Wright, incumbent curate of Nun Monckton, and curate of Askam Bryan, in the county of York. Cambridge: Printed by J. Smith, Printer to the University, for T. Stevenson; C. & J. Rivington, Baldwin & Cradock, and Hatchard & Son, London; and A. Barclay, York. M.DCCC.XXIX (1829).; page 30 - https://books.google.com/books?id=wxYuOoB1D1cC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) -

 

"... Thence (u) to the first Year after the Birth of CHRIST ... Which was the Year of the World - 4009. ..." - Animadversions upon Sir Isaac Newton's Book, intitled The Chronology of ancient Kingdoms amended. By Arthur Bedford, M.A., Rector of Newton St. Lee in the County of Somerset, and Chaplain to the Haberdasher's Hospital at Hoxton, near London. London: Printed by Charles Ackers in Great-Swan-Alley, St. John's-street; and Sold by R. Knaplock at the Bishop's-Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard; F. Fayram at the South Enterance of the Royal-Exchange; and J. Hooke at the Flower-de-luce in Fleet-street. MDCCXXVIII. (1728); page 147 - https://archive.org/stream/animadversionsup00bedfuoft#page/147/mode/1up

 

"... From the Year of CHRIST 1, to the Year 1689 is - 1688 ..." - Animadversions upon Sir Isaac Newton's Book, intitled The Chronology of ancient Kingdoms amended. By Arthur Bedford, M.A., Rector of Newton St. Lee in the County of Somerset, and Chaplain to the Haberdasher's Hospital at Hoxton, near London. London: Printed by Charles Ackers in Great-Swan-Alley, St. John's-street; and Sold by R. Knaplock at the Bishop's-Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard; F. Fayram at the South Enterance of the Royal-Exchange; and J. Hooke at the Flower-de-luce in Fleet-street. MDCCXXVIII. (1728); page 171 - https://archive.org/stream/animadversionsup00bedfuoft#page/171/mode/1up

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Humphrey Prideaux (3 May 1648 – 1 November 1724) -

 

"... This Year in which Christ was born is according to the exact Computation (that of Archbishop Usher) the four thousandth from the Creation, which falls in exactly with the time, where an old Tradition of the Jews placeth the beginning of the days of the Messiah: For (z) it faith, that the World was to last six thousand Years, of which two thousand Years were before the Law, and two thousand Years under the Law, and the last two thousand Years were to be under the Messiah. This Tradition is said to be of great Antiquity, and is still retained with great Veneration among that people as one of the most authentical of this sort. ... [page 922-923] ... However since the Jews give such credit thereto, as to place it among the most Authentic of their Traditions, it serves against them, first to prove the time when according to their own doctrine the Messiah was to come; 2dly, to convict them of this gross and most perverse infidelity, in that whereas Christ having been born in the four thousandth year of the Creation, from which according to their Tradition the time of his appearance was to begin, they have now suffered above seventeen hundred Years to pass, and have not yet acknowledged him. In answer hereto (b) they confess, that the four thousandth year of the Creation was the time, from whence the days of the Messiah were to begin, and that this was the very time which was pointed at by the Prophecies of the old Testament for the time of his coming; but (b) say, that the fulfilling of them hath been delayed by reason of their Iniquities. But this is contrary to a general received doctrine among them. For they (c) hold, that when God foretels them of evil to come, he doth not always bring it to pass; For on repentance of sinners he often repents of the evil denounced against them; (d) as in the case of the Ninevites, and remits his threats, and pardons the offenders. But that when he foretels good things to come, he never fails of their performance. And for this reason (e) in the Trial of a Prophet, if the good which he foretels be not exactly accomplished, but not so in a prophecy of evil Things: For they say, that God often abates of his threats, but never of his promises. ..." - The Old and New Testament connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations, from the Declension of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah to the Time of CHRIST. By Humphrey Prideaux, D.D. Dean of Norwich. Part II. Volume. IV. The Eleventh Edition. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, and H. Lintot. MDCCXLIX (1749).; pages 922-923 - https://archive.org/stream/oldandnewtestam02pridgoog#page/n411/mode/1up/

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