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