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One of the first to give an explanation with definiteness was Eobert 

 Fleming in " An Epistolarj^ Discourse," 1701. From the prophetical 

 periods, he predicted the years 1794 and 1848 as times of revolution 

 and crisis; and he gave the year 2000 as the latest ending of any of 

 the periods. The tendency of later writers has been to narrow down 

 these wide limits. 



Note D. — On the number 1727 of the principal soli-lunar cycle, 

 in relation to other periods and numbers in Scripture. The Jubilee is 

 the year following the completion of a period of seven weeks of years, 

 or 49 -)- 1 = 50. Similarly, the year following the close of this cycle 

 is the 1728th, which is the cube of 12. This is the number made so 

 prominent in Revelation in the description of the New Jerusalem, the 

 cubical city; its length, breadth and height being equal, and each side 

 12,000 furlongs, making a cube of 1728 thousand million. Thus the addi- 

 tion of a year to the cycle, or its jubilee year, brings it into correspon- 

 dence with the mystical number of cubical perfection in the New 

 Jerusalem. 



This remarkable relation we may only note at present; because to 

 go further would open up a discussion of the historical positions of the 

 termini of the various cycles, which is beyond the scope of the present 

 paper. 



31 Dec, 1904. 



