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	Fifth Monarchists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fifth Monarchists were a group of believers in a geopolitical theory which maintained that four other world rulers had already come and gone according to the prophecies of the biblical Book of Daniel (2: 44).
		Fifth Monarchists believed that the timing of the events of the Interregnum were significant because the calendar year of 1666 loomed large on the near horizon.
		The Fifth Monarchist were horrified at the establishment of Cromwell's Protectorate and plotted to overthrow the regime.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fifth_Monarchists (885 words)

	The Fifth Monarchy
		Fifth Monarchists regarded the civil wars and the beheading of King Charles I in 1649 as a necessary prelude to the Millennium.
		The abrupt dissolution of the Nominated Assembly and the establishment of Cromwell's Protectorate in December 1653 was seen as a betrayal by the Fifth Monarchists.
		In 1657, a Fifth Monarchist plot to overthrow Cromwell was discovered and the ringleader Thomas Venner imprisoned.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /glossary/fifth-monarchy.htm (514 words)

	English Dissenters: Fifth Monarchists or Fifth Monarchy Men
		The Fifth Monarchy Men or the Fifth Monarchists were a quasi-political religious movement which was prominent from 1649-1661.
		The Fifth Monarchy Men were a radical religious movement that used both social and political pressure to affect their message and vision of a new religious "Golden Age".
		The Fifth Monarchy Men were able to influence the election of a number of 150 delegates to the Barebone's Parliament (July-December 1653) which had been called by Cromwell to fill the void left by the Rump Parliament which Cromwell had dissolved earlier in 1653.
	www.exlibris.org /nonconform/engdis/fifthmonarchists.html (1940 words)

	Thomas Harrison 1606-60
		Harrison influenced the nomination of several Fifth Monarchists and Welsh Saints to the Assembly, and he sat himself as one of five co-opted members.
		Like other Fifth Monarchists, he called for the continuation of the Anglo-Dutch War, believing that it was part of the violent process that had started with the civil wars and the beheading of King Charles, and would lead ultimately to the overthrow of the Antichrist (the Pope) and the reign of Christ on Earth.
		With his uncompromising Fifth Monarchist beliefs, Harrison came to be regarded as a dangerous opponent of the Protectorate.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /biog/harrison.htm (1340 words)

	Loughborough University
		Millenarians speculated that England would become a theocracy; a Fifth Monarchist petition of 1649 found them triumphantly predicting 'the advancement of Jesus Christ, the inlargement of his kingdome'.
		For many radicals who had believed in, and, indeed fought for, 'The Good Old Cause', the Commonwealth years were a betrayal of their godly ideals.
		Fifth Monarchists were often outspokenly critical of the ruling parties, increasingly highlighting the missed opportunities, incompetent government and corrupted purpose of England's rulers.
	www.lboro.ac.uk /departments/ea/longrestoration/Panels/Panel4/Panel4.htm (597 words)

	Pepys' Diary: Fanatics
		For one such as Pepys, who prized the traditions of the church he was brought up in, “fanatic” was a term of clear opprobrium.
		“The Fifth Monarchy Men or the Fifth Monarchists were a quasi-political religious party active from 1649-1661.
		The reference is based of the Old Testament (Daniel 2: 44) of a prophesy in a dream by King Nebuchadnezzar.
	www.pepysdiary.com /p/666.php (521 words)

	Milton: Tetrachordon: Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Fifth Monarchy is the last of the kingdoms foretold in Daniel 2:44, generally understood as the reign of Christ in the millenium.
		Fifth Monarchists, a militant sect of Milton's time, expected the coming of Christ and the beginning of the fifth monarchy in the immediate future.
		Many radical sects besides Fifth Monarchists also expected the millenianal reign of Christ imminently.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~milton/reading_room/tetrachordon/parl/notes.shtml (266 words)

	World Turned Upside Down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The gentry and merchants who dominated Parliament were generally not democrats, but individuals interested in protecting their property from the arbitrary actions of a monarch and from the tyranny of the “mob” (read common people).
		The Fifth Monarchists called upon the elect to remove hindrances to Christ’s rule immediately, and this included existing rulers.
		Such advice was not, in Cromwell’s opinion, encompassed in promises of religious toleration, and he used the army to put down Fifth Monarchist disturbances.
	www.cofc.edu /~mccandla/355outline7.html (395 words)

	Milton and Radical Sects
		Fifth Monarchists believed that Christ would soon return to reign on earth as a literal monarch; they rejected all earthly authority but that of King Jesus, and intended to help usher his kingdom in by violence if necessary.
		Fifth Monarchist ideas were influential in the parliamentarian army; the sect disappeared after unsuccessful uprisings in 1657 and 1661.
		Grindletonians were followers of Edmund Grindal, a moderate Puritan who served as a chaplain to Edward VI and, after exile during the reign of Mary I, became Bishop of London and helped revise the Book of Common Prayer.
	www.tcnj.edu /~graham/RadicalSects.htm (1609 words)

	The Millennium and its significance for the English Church (Part 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The fifth and final empire which would consume the rest was the reign of God.
		Even though twelve Fifth Monarchists were part of Cromwell’s 1653 Barebones Parliament (Named such after a member called Praise-God Barebone), the Parliament of saints was replaced by the immediate or direct rule of Cromwell.
		Though involved in a number of plots including attempts to overthrow the Government, the Fifth Monarchists were finally defeated morally and militarily in the Monmouth Rebellion in1685, an attempt to kill Catholic sympathiser James, Duke of York.
	www.rcnz.org.nz /resources/fnf/a127.htm (1917 words)

	Dr. Ken Johnson
		Johnson also seems to have completely overlooked Ivimey's statement that the quotation of Knollys was given to explain the views of the "Fifth-Monarchy." The Fifth Monarchy Men were a radical political-religous group who attempted to replace the British Parliament and establish the rule of Christ on earth through political reform and even force if necessary.
		Fifth Monarchists were seen as traitors, and several leaders were executed.
		Fifth Monarchists by no means held to a personal coming of Christ prior to the Millennium, nor Christ's taking of the Church to heaven.
	www.geocities.com /lasttrumpet_2000/timeline/johnson.html (2126 words)

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		Luther had interpreted this chapter in general terms as depicting the physical tribulations accompanying the rise of the "ungrateful and the despisers of Gods Word."29 Dent went further by associating most of the seals with specific events in history.
		He predicted that the martyrs crying out under the fifth seal would be joined by those "martyred and slaine for the truth.
		Although the Fith Monarchists later reinterpreted his work, Foxe was no millenarian, and his Acts drew upon prophecies such as the sayings of Merlin, the Sibylline oracles, and Turkish predictions, placing him outside the realm of interpretation dealing expressly with the Revelation.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /journals/EH/EH34/ehlers34.html (4682 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Commonwealth of England
		Fifth Monarchy Men, who opposed all "earthly" governments, believing they must prepare for God's kingdom on earth by establishing a "government of saints".
		Despite greater toleration, extreme sects were opposed by the upper classes as they were seen as a threat to social order and property rights.
		Included a hard core of Fifth Monarchists who wanted to be rid of Common Law and any state control of religion.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Commonwealth_of_England (1342 words)

	Eduard Bernstein: Cromwell and Communism (13. Offshoots of Popular Movement) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Supporters of the “Fifth Monarchy” – we should say nowadays the Republican doctrinaires – agreed with others similarly disposed to meet on April 9th in Mile End, armed themselves, and provided with arms and ammunition for others, and to call on the people to stand up for the hoped-for “Kingdom of God”.
		An “anarchist” movement by Levellers, Anabaptists, “fifth monarchy” men, etc., against the newly established constitution, was likewise nipped in the bud.
		In the case of the “Fifth Monarchy” men important differences have also to be recognized.
	www.marxists.org /reference/archive/bernstein/works/1895/cromwell/13-conspiracies.htm (4288 words)

	Commonwealth & Protectorate
		The dissolution of the Rump effectively ended England's brief experiment with republican government: it was a military dictatorship until (after a brief period of virtual anarchy) monarchy was restored in 1660.
		A vocal minority of Fifth Monarchists even wanted to re-institute Mosaic Law, and run England on the model of Biblical Israel.
		The Fifth Monarchist army commander, Robert Overton was arrested for planning a military uprising against Cromwell, and the radical republican, Major John Wildman soon joined him in prison.
	history.wisc.edu /sommerville/361/361-29.htm (3003 words)

	History Undergraduate Modules: HI312, Topic 8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		L.F. Solt 'The Fifth Monarchy Men: Politics and the Millennium,' in Church History xxx (1961).
		Cohen 'The Fifth Monarchy Mind: Mary Cary and the Origins of Totalitarianism,' in Social Research, 31 (1964).
		Burrage 'The Fifth Monarchy Insurrections', in English Historical Rev., 1910 on microfilm.
	www2.warwick.ac.uk /fac/arts/history/undergrad/modules/hi312/topic8 (276 words)

	The Quakers
		Authority of all kinds, whether monarchical or priestly, was swept away by an upsurge of secular and theological individualism.
		Levellers and Diggers, Ranters and Muggletonians, Fifth Monarchists and Millenarians: these and many others flourished in proportion to the discomfort of the old order.
		Following an uprising of Fifth Monarchists, a wide-ranging clampdown was launched against all those sects thought to be subversive and dangerous.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/w/walvin-quakers.html (7068 words)

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		The forcible dissolution of the Long Parliament (the Rump) in April 1653 by Cromwell and the army, and the establishment of a nominated (Barebones) parliament was seen by many religious extremists as a step towards a "new age." This was especially true for the Fifth Monarchists with whom Cromwell was associated closely at this time.
		This association was the result of Cromwells friendship with General Harrison, a known Fifth Monarchist, as well as the Lord Generals appointing of several members of the sect to the Barebones.
		He was critical of the Fifth Monarchists, whose prophesies were "fit to be [put in the] Koran." Marvells final plea to Cromwell, "the angel of our Commonwealth," was to continue healing yearly the "troubling water" around England as he had done thus far.49
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /journals/EH/EH34/creed34.html (5229 words)

	Religious dissent in Wales 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Fifth Monarchists were determined to prepare for the glorious event when there would be a democracy of the saints.
		Vavasor Powell supported new groups of Fifth Monarchists in Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, convinced that the time of earthly kings was over, and prepared to take arms in support of Cromwell.
		As Powell and the Fifth Monarchists became less influential they lost individual members to Quakerism.
	history.powys.org.uk /history/common/dissent3.html (254 words)

	From Sunday to Sabbath: Puritan Origins of Sabbatarianism
		Fifth Monarchists were a diverse group of Christians who looked for the soon-coming kingdom of God on earth (the fifth monarchy of Daniel 2).
		A Fifth Monarchist, though not a revolutionary, his favorite scripture was Revelation 11:15, "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever" (KJV).
		One fifth of the English clergy, 2,000 ministers, refused to sign.
	www.wcg.org /lit/law/sabbath/sun-sab1.htm (7501 words)

	Barton Is at it Again
		Ashcroft quoted is best known as the slogan of a radical religious sect of the 17th century English Revolution, the Fifth Monarchy Men.
		The Fifth Monarchists took their name from the biblical prophecy in the Book of Daniel that four successive monarchies would precede the coming of an eternal kingdom.
		"The Fifth Monarchists", writes B. Capp, the leading scholarly authority on the group, "were a political and religious sect expecting the immanent Kingdom of Christ on Earth, a theocratic regime in which the saints would establish a godly discipline over the unregenerate masses and prepare for the Second Coming".
	www.members.tripod.com /candst/bartagn.htm (2000 words)

	Sabbath and Sectarianism in Seventeenth-Century England
		It is also the story of the remarkable persistence of a revolutionary religious belief powerful and convincing enough to survive the Restoration and continue into modern times.
		The Saturday-Sabbath gradually became institutionalized in a nonconformist sect in which the ideological foundation was sufficient to unite men who on political grounds should have been the most bitter of enemies, including Fifth Monarchists, millenarians, neutrals, and Royalists alike.
		That those men and their followers could amicably join forces after the Restoration is testimony to the power of religious ideas which might overshadow the political affiliations of the civil war.
	www.brill.nl /product.asp?ID=2252 (245 words)

	Tarpley B1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Fifth Monarchists were radical millenarians, believing that the Second Coming and the Rule of the Saints were close at hand - some thought as close as the Barebones Parliament convened under the Commonwealth in 1653.
		Some Fifth Monarchists in the Barebones Parliament wanted to re-impose the Mosaic law in place of the English common law, and wanted a Sanhedrin of the Saints to assume state power.
		Other Rota members included Milton's close friend Cyriack Skinner, the economist Sir William Petty, the intelligence operative Sir John Wildman, the Fifth Monarchist Thomas Venner (who had led and would lead abortive uprisings in London), the diarist Samuel Pepys, and Andrew Marvell, poet and member of Parliament.
	www.abjpress.com /tarpb1.html (7338 words)

	ENGLISH DISSENTERS: Sabbatarians
		James was accused of being a Fifth Monarchy Man on marginal charges at best, but he became an object lesson of the Governmental anger.
		Jessey became associated with the Fifth Monarchy Men until the Restoration (1660).
		There was a close relationship from 1650-61 between Sabbatarians and the Fifth Monarchist movement.
	www.giveshare.org /churchhistory/sdb/englishdissenters.html (2548 words)

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		One group, called the Fifth Monarchists (after Nebuchadnezzar's dream of Daniel 2, in which God's Kingdom is portrayed as the fifth and greatest of a prophesied series of world-ruling kingdoms or ``monarchies''), stressed the literal millennial reign of Christ on earth.
		The most radical Fifth Monarchists hoped to pave the way for that reign by overthrowing the King.
		The king feared that groups like Fifth Monarchy Men and Baptists were a threat to his government, especially after Fifth Monarchist Thomas Venner and a group of fifty armed men terrorized
	graceandknowledge.faithweb.com /sdb.html (4581 words)

	English Dissenters: Sabbatarians
		Jessey became associated with the Fifth Monarchy Men until the Restoration(1660).
		Belcher was a bricklayer by profession and itinerant preacher with Fifth Monarchist leanings.
		There was a close relationship from 1650-1660 between Sabbatarians and the Fifth Monarchists movement.
	www.exlibris.org /nonconform/engdis/sabbatarians.html (2590 words)

	Street Corner Society - Quaker pages - Glossary
		Quakers made the abolition of tithes one of their main issues in the last years before the restoration (Hutton, 47).
		A radical republican member of parliament and leader of the Fifth Monarchist uprising in 1660.
		A leader of the Levellers, he was older than most and brought to the movement his experience in radical city politics and the struggle for religious toleration.
	www.strecorsoc.org /quaker/glossary.html (3862 words)

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