CHAPTER V.—DISCOVERY OF NEW MUNDANE CYCLES.

1. Mr. Cuninghame’s discovery of the mystical signification of the seventy years’ captivity—Its connection with the era of the French Revolution—Confirmed by the sentiments of the modern Jews—Prediction of Rabbi Joseph Crool—Prediction in the Hebrew Tract “Explanation of the Times,” published in 1794—The latter prediction not fulfilled—Hope concerning Israel 111

2. Mr. Cuninghame’s discovery of seven streams of time, of seventy jubilees each, in the true system of chronology—This test wholly inapplicable to any other system—His discovery of five streams of time of different Jubilean periods—Utility of his “Fulness of the Times” where these discoveries are developed—Notice of his more recent works 113

3. Various cycles which enter into the true system of chronology—Mr. Cuninghame’s discovery of the _trinal fraction_—Its explanation and application by an Algebraic formula—Original form in which it was discovered—Its superiority to the formulæ of the _figurate numbers_—Remarkable instance of its application to Scriptural and other numbers, and to lunar and solar cyclical numbers—Mr. Cuninghame’s definition of the trinal fraction the most correct—The series deduced from its formula possesses curious properties 115

4. Application of the theory of the trinal fraction to the discovery of the meaning of the _Number of the Beast_ in the Revelation of John—Proof that the number 666 is the number of a Man—Its indication of _spiritual_ and _secular_ dominion—of tyranny and persecution—Recent efforts to raise the Beast again to power—A warning to Protestants 119