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p._n 45._o in_o euseb_n graec._n p._n 6._o 6._o de_fw-fr isid_n &_o osirid_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n p._n 375._o f._n f._n he_o quote_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v the_o mark_n of_o apis_n probable_o out_o of_o those_o two_o and_o forty_o mystical_a book_n of_o hermes_n which_o contain_v the_o ritual_n of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n mention_v by_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n unless_o possible_o he_o do_v not_o mean_v a_o book_n but_o a_o tradition_n father_v upon_o hermes_n like_o those_o mention_v by_o manetho_n manetho_n vind._n ign._n poemand_v c._n 3._o 25._o ib._n c._n 3._o 17._o de_fw-fr mund._o opif._n p._n 5._o e_o strom._n vi_fw-la p._n 633._o ap._n euseb_n pr._n eu._n xv_o 20._o artap_n ap_fw-mi eus_n pr._n eu._n ix_o 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ap_fw-mi eus_n b._n pr._n eu._n l._n 10._o p._n 37._o a._n and_o from_o he_o stephanus_n nat._n hist_o v_o 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n porphyr_n ap_fw-mi euseb_n pr._n eu._n l._n 9_o p._n 31._o b._n pr._n eu._n l._n 10._o p._n 40._o b._n pr._n eu._n four_o 16._o p._n 156._o d._n d._n thus_o it_o appear_v from_o the_o abrupt_a beginning_n of_o many_o of_o philo_n work_n that_o they_o be_v design_v to_o continue_v other_o though_o of_o different_a title_n so_o st._n luke_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v his_o gospel_n his_o second_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d write_v no_o doubt_n at_o the_o same_o time_n and_o intend_v to_o continue_v the_o same_o history_n where_o his_o gospel_n leave_v it_o so_o josephus_n after_o his_o antiquity_n immediate_o subjoin_v his_o life_n as_o have_v already_o be_v observe_v by_o the_o most_o learned_a dr._n isaac_n vossius_fw-la and_o after_o his_o life_n his_o book_n against_o appion_n yet_o so_o as_o that_o his_o life_n and_o his_o two_o book_n against_o appion_n keep_v their_o distinct_a title_n none_o ever_o mention_v any_o more_o than_o twenty_o book_n of_o his_o antiquity_n except_v cassiodore_n who_o reckon_v two_o and_o twenty_o diu._n lect._n c._n 17._o no_o doubt_v the_o two_o odd_a book_n be_v those_o against_o appion_n so_o that_o it_o seem_v his_o life_n though_o add_v as_o a_o appendix_n to_o his_o twenty_o book_n yet_o do_v not_o increase_v the_o number_n so_o 〈◊〉_d antiochenus_n three_o book_n admetus_n autolye_a be_v not_o ancient_o call_v the_o three_o book_n as_o it_o be_v now_o but_o by_o a_o proper_a title_n libre_fw-la de_fw-la temporibus_fw-la ad_fw-la autolyc_a as_o appear_v from_o lactantius_n diu._n inst_n l._n 23._o and_o it_o plain_o begin_v with_o a_o new_a address_n as_o if_o design_v a_o new_a argument_n so_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n protreptick_a paedagogus_fw-la and_o stromat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d carry_v on_o the_o same_o design_n so_o eusebius_n book_n de_n martyribus_fw-la palaestinae_fw-la plain_o connect_v with_o the_o end_n of_o the_o eight_o book_n of_o his_o ecclesiastical_a history_n yet_o so_o as_o not_o to_o disturb_v the_o account_n of_o his_o ten_o book_n of_o that_o whole_a work_n so_o the_o same_o eusebius_n three_o book_n against_o marcellus_n ancyranus_n and_o two_o de_fw-fr ecclesiasticâ_fw-la theologiâ_fw-la belong_v plain_o to_o the_o same_o work_n so_o the_o seven_o book_n of_o lactantius_n of_o divine_a institution_n have_v every_o one_o of_o they_o distinct_a title_n but_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o book_n of_o lucifer_n calaritanus_n be_v most_o remarkable_a they_o be_v all_o design_v as_o part_n of_o the_o same_o work_n write_v continued_o and_o intend_v to_o be_v present_v at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o the_o emperor_n constantius_n yet_o no_o continuation_n of_o any_o one_o number_n of_o book_n or_o title_n there_o be_v two_o in_o defence_n of_o athanasius_n one_o de_fw-fr regibus_fw-la apostaticis_fw-la another_o de_fw-fr non_fw-fr conveniendo_fw-la cum_fw-la haereticis_fw-la another_o de_fw-fr non_fw-fr â—arcendo_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la delinquentibus_fw-la and_o last_o one_o de_fw-fr eo_fw-la quòd_fw-la moriendum_fw-la set_v pro_fw-la dei_fw-la filio_fw-la i_o have_v be_v the_o more_o particular_a in_o these_o instance_n because_o as_o the_o observation_n be_v useful_a so_o i_o have_v not_o find_v they_o common_o take_v notice_n of_o joseph_n c._n appion_n l._n 1._o p._n 1042._o b._n 1043._o f._n &_o apud_fw-la eus_n pr._n eu._n x._o 13._o from_o who_o theophilus_n antiochenus_n account_n of_o that_o same_o number_n from_o the_o same_o authority_n be_v to_o be_v correct_v l._n iii._o add_v autolyc_a cxliii_o for_o cxxxiu_o and_o lactantius_n who_o usual_o follow_v theophilus_n in_o his_o chronology_n have_v cxl_o neglect_v the_o small_a number_n diu._n inst_n four_o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d porph._n ap_fw-mi eus_n pr._n eu._n l._n 9_o p._n 31._o d._n appian_n punic_n init_fw-la chron._n l._n two_o num._n euseb_n 971._o menander_n &_o laetus_n ap_fw-mi cl._n alex._n strom._n 1._o p._n 326._o jamblich_n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr pythagor_n porphyr_n vit_fw-mi pythag_n plutarch_n solon_n &_o de_fw-fr isid_n &_o osirid_n clem._n al._n strom._n 1._o p._n 303._o in_o tim._n init_fw-la ap._n euseb_n chr._n gr._n p._n 6._o cont._n appion_n l._n 1._o p._n 1036._o antiq._n xuj_o 11._o p._n 563._o e._n cont_n appion_n l._n 1._o p._n 1038._o a._n theodoret._n therap_n two_o bibliothec._n l._n two_o chaeremâ—n_fw-mi ap_fw-mi joseph_n c._n appion_n l._n 1._o p._n 1057._o b._n osarsiph_n ap_fw-mi maneth_n jos_n c._n appion_n l._n 1._o p._n 1054._o a_o tisithen_n ap_fw-mi chaeremon_n joseph_n ib._n p._n 1057._o b._n joachim_n &_o melchi_n after_o his_o assumption_n into_o heaven_n clem._n alexandr_n strom._n 1._o p._n 343._o c._n lysimach_n ap_fw-mi joseph_n cont_n appion_n l._n 1._o p._n 1058._o g._n so_o eupolemus_n derive_v hierosolyma_n quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ap_fw-mi eus_n pr._n eu._n ix_o vid._n selden_n de_fw-fr diis_fw-la syr._n syntagm_n 1._o c._n 2._o &_o buxtorf_n st._n matth._n xxiv_o 51._o ap._n hesiod_n theogon_n in_o euseb_n gr._n p_o 6._o in_o euseb_n gr._n p._n 6._o &_o the_o pr._n eu._n ii_o p._n 44._o c._n voice_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr mist_n egypt_n &_o chald._n chald._n joseph_n c._n appion_n l._n 1._o 1046._o e._n lucian_n de_fw-fr lap_n in_o salut_n s._n hieronym_n adv_fw-la rufin_n plutarch_n de_fw-fr fort._n alexand._n l._n 1._o p._n 328._o a._n porphyr_n vit_fw-mi pythag._n p._n 208._o claudian_n mam_n de_fw-fr stat._n anim._n l._n 11._o c._n 3._o 3._o laert._n l._n 111._o platon_n p._n 78._o b._n the_o same_o athenaeus_n say_v concern_v gorgias_n and_o phaedon_n deipnos_n l._n xi_o c._n 15._o p._n 505._o 2._o 507._o b._n b._n clem._n al._n str._n 1._o p._n 304._o d._n d._n eupolem_fw-la ap_fw-mi eus_n pr._n eu._n l._n ix_o fragm_n ap_fw-mi stob._n eclog_n phys_n &_o lactant._n diu._n inst_n two_o 15_o 16._o 16._o express_o own_v by_o cicero_n ep._n ad_fw-la varron_n ante_fw-la quaest_n academic_n &_o macrob._n saturnal_a l._n 1._o c._n 1._o artapan_n apud_fw-la euseb_n pr._n eu._n ix_o 27._o p._n 432._o d._n joseph_n ant._n two_o 5._o joseph_n ant._n twelve_o 15._o xiii_o 6._o xx_o 8._o bell._n jud._n seven_o 30._o vid._n selden_n the_o success_n in_o pontif._n hebr._n l._n two_o c._n 8._o ap._n euseb_n pr._n eu._n i._n 10._o p._n 39_o c._n ib._n p_o 40._o b._n philo_z bybl_n ap_fw-mi eus_n pr._n eu._n l._n 9_o ap._n euseb_n pr._n eu._n l._n 10._o p._n 39_o c._n vid._n porphyr_n de_fw-fr antr._n nymphar_n philo_z ap_fw-mi euseh_n pr._n eu._n l._n 9_o de_fw-fr allegor_fw-la homer_n plutarch_n de_fw-fr audiend_n poet._n the_o l_n &_o osirid_n p._n 355._o 358._o procl_n theol._n plat._n lib._n 1._o c._n 4._o macrob._n somn._fw-la scip._n l._n 1._o c._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ap_fw-mi euseb_n ib._n p._n 38._o b._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ib._n ib._n aristotle_n anonym_n ap_fw-mi phot._n cod._n ccxlix_o ccxlix_o agatharchides_n diodor_n sicul._n bibl._n l._n 1._o theoph_n simocatta_n ap_fw-mi phot._n cod._n lxv_o lxv_o ap._n plutarch_n de_fw-fr plac._n philos_n l._n four_o c._n 1._o 1._o diodor._fw-la sic._n bib._n l._n 1_o 1_o diodor._fw-la sic._n bib._n l._n 1_o 1_o senec._n nat._n quaest_n four_o 2._o 2._o senec._n nat._n quaest_n four_o 2._o 2._o senec._n nat._n quaest_n four_o 2._o 2._o senec._n nat._n quaest_n four_o 2._o 2._o lucret._n l._n vi_fw-la vi_fw-la mela._n l._n 9_o diodor._fw-la sic._n bibl._n l._n 1._o solon_n plutarch_n in_o solon_n &_o de_fw-fr isid_n &_o osirid_n pythagoras_n clem._n alex._n strom._n 1_o diodor._fw-la sic_fw-la bibl._n l._n iii._o ap_fw-mi euseb_n pr._n eu._n l._n two_o plutarch_n solon_n p._n 92._o 96._o aelian_a de_fw-fr animal_n xv._n 2._o herodot_n melpom._n mela._n 14._o 8._o plin._n n._n hist_o v_o 18._o aelian_a anim_fw-la seven_o 2._o eupolemus_n ap_fw-mi eus_n pr._n eu._n l._n ix_o §._o 40._o ap._n joseph_n ant._n twelve_o 2._o ant._n xi_o 8._o cont._n appion_n l._n 1._o p._n 1036._o f._n
true_a sanchoniathon_n nor_o will_v any_o supposable_a mistake_n of_o philo_n in_o translate_n he_o serve_v to_o bring_v he_o off_o in_o so_o gross_a and_o design_v instance_n concern_v his_o neighbour_n and_o the_o famous_a person_n now_o mention_v for_o they_o concern_v thing_n not_o word_n and_o expression_n thing_n very_o notorious_a not_o only_o of_o probable_a or_o conjectural_a evidence_n §_o xxix_o i_o can_v therefore_o but_o think_v this_o author_n counterfeit_v purposely_o with_o a_o design_n of_o confront_v the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o scripture_n but_o who_o be_v the_o impostor_n whether_o philo_n byblius_n or_o porphyry_n that_o i_o confess_v i_o can_v easy_o determine_v i_o confess_v i_o shall_v rather_o charge_v it_o on_o porphyry_n the_o abuse_n of_o the_o name_n of_o philo_n as_o well_o as_o that_o of_o sanchoniathon_n be_v it_o not_o for_o that_o only_a testimony_n of_o athenaeus_n and_o i_o have_v give_v my_o reason_n why_o i_o shall_v otherwise_o have_v think_v it_o 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principle_n do_v so_o if_o i_o may_v venture_v to_o guess_v in_o a_o matter_n that_o afford_v no_o better_a argument_n than_o guess_n i_o shall_v suspect_v that_o josephus_n book_n against_o appion_n be_v the_o occasion_n of_o engage_v philo_n on_o this_o subject_a what_o josephus_n have_v there_o produce_v in_o defence_n of_o the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v very_o probable_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d allude_v to_o by_o philo._n i_o can_v think_v any_o other_o be_v mean_v because_o josephus_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o first_o that_o engage_v in_o that_o dispute_n he_o do_v not_o intimate_v in_o the_o least_o that_o any_o have_v engage_v in_o it_o before_o he_o and_o because_o the_o time_n be_v so_o short_a between_o josephus_n and_o philo_n that_o there_o can_v hardly_o be_v any_o new_a occasion_n for_o any_o one_o else_o to_o undertake_v that_o cause_n that_o josephus_n have_v so_o very_o late_o and_o so_o accurate_o defend_v for_o josephus_n write_v his_o book_n against_o appion_n immediate_o after_o his_o antiquity_n and_o his_o life_n in_o the_o thirteen_o year_n of_o domitian_n because_o he_o dedicate_v these_o also_o to_o the_o same_o epaphroditus_n who_o be_v put_v to_o death_n in_o the_o year_n follow_v and_o philo_z seem_v to_o have_v write_v under_o hadrian_n beside_o the_o fame_n of_o josephus_n with_o all_o wellwisher_n to_o learning_n and_o the_o eminent_a capacity_n he_o serve_v in_o both_o among_o his_o own_o countryman_n and_o in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o vespasian_n add_v no_o doubt_n a_o great_a authority_n to_o what_o come_v from_o he_o and_o recommend_v it_o to_o the_o read_n of_o all_o curious_a person_n not_o now_o to_o mention_v the_o attestation_n of_o the_o emperor_n and_o of_o king_n agrippa_n and_o of_o other_o learned_a man_n heathen_n as_o well_o as_o other_o among_o who_o himself_o reckon_v julius_n archelaus_n and_o herod_n f._n and_o this_o very_a testimony_n of_o hecataeus_n which_o it_o seem_v so_o gravel_v philo_n have_v be_v produce_v and_o insist_v on_o in_o this_o very_a work_n by_o josephus_n f._n which_o will_v therefore_o make_v it_o very_o probable_a that_o this_o work_n of_o philo_n byblius_n against_o the_o jew_n be_v design_v in_o answer_n to_o josephus_n against_o appion_n §_o xxx_o which_o be_v suppose_v i_o consider_v further_o that_o josephus_n in_o that_o same_o work_n have_v principal_o insist_v on_o the_o testimony_n of_o phoenician_n and_o egyptian_n c._n for_o prove_v the_o antiquity_n of_o his_o own_o nation_n as_o of_o those_o who_o have_v best_a reason_n to_o know_v they_o but_o the_o phoenician_n most_o of_o all_o â—_o as_o be_v near_o according_o he_o appeal_v not_o only_o to_o their_o writer_n that_o be_v extant_a but_o their_o write_a record_n their_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v preserve_v to_o that_o very_a time_n this_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o particular_o move_v philo_n byblius_n as_o be_v himself_o a_o phoenician_n and_o who_o may_v very_o 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to_o have_v their_o nation_n which_o have_v former_o be_v despise_v as_o barbarous_a now_o to_o pass_v among_o the_o nation_n which_o be_v famous_a for_o wisdom_n and_o the_o rather_o because_o this_o way_n of_o mysticize_v the_o poet_n for_o the_o greek_n into_o a_o systeme_n of_o philosophy_n be_v already_o take_v up_o by_o the_o stoic_n and_o the_o other_o dogmatical_a philosopher_n who_o be_v concern_v for_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o receive_a religion_n against_o the_o atheist_n and_o epicurean_o and_o sceptic_n who_o have_v take_v great_a advantage_n from_o those_o fable_n for_o expose_v they_o who_o have_v withal_o be_v herein_o imitate_v by_o the_o egyptian_n who_o have_v allegorize_v isis_n and_o ostris_n and_o all_o their_o own_o most_o ancient_a history_n from_o who_o the_o alexandrian_a jew_n seem_v willing_a to_o differ_v as_o little_a as_o be_v possible_a according_o laertius_n b._n who_o write_v not_o long_o after_o take_v they_o into_o that_o number_n and_o endeavour_v 7._o ash_n be_v able_a to_o give_v some_o account_n of_o they_o though_o on_o the_o ill_a information_n of_o clearchus_n the_o peripatetic_a so_o also_o numenius_n before_o he_o §_o xxxi_o but_o there_o be_v also_o other_o thing_n that_o contribute_v hereunto_o about_o the_o time_n of_o which_o i_o be_o speak_v one_o be_v the_o attestation_n of_o some_o oracle_n receive_v among_o the_o heathen_n themselves_o which_o also_o commend_v they_o for_o that_o very_a cause_n wherein_o they_o differ_v from_o the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n such_o be_v that_o produce_v by_o st._n justin_n martyr_n not_o long_o after_o the_o time_n of_o philo_n as_o give_v by_o a_o heathen_a deity_n to_o a_o heathen_a enquirer_n 12._o so_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n may_v possible_o in_o this_o case_n make_v the_o devil_n speak_v against_o his_o own_o
divide_v we_o understand_v the_o divide_v the_o whole_a for_o the_o party_n to_o pass_v through_o or_o the_o divide_v the_o back_n whence_o the_o notion_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o apostle_n to_o look_v into_o the_o entrail_n or_o the_o divide_v the_o fat_a to_o god_n part_n to_o be_v burn_v not_o reserve_v it_o to_o themselves_o of_o which_o the_o famous_a story_n of_o prometheus_n among_o the_o heathen_n theogon_n which_o be_v suppose_v most_o proper_o to_o belong_v to_o the_o case_n of_o cain_n §_o xl._o it_o be_v also_o further_o usual_a in_o those_o precedent_n who_o our_o pretend_a author_n seem_v to_o emulate_v in_o forge_v this_o work_n to_o begin_v their_o antiquity_n with_o a_o philosophical_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o have_v moses_n who_o translation_n by_o the_o lxxii_o very_o probable_o first_o set_v the_o rest_n upon_o it_o so_o have_v berosus_n c._n as_o appear_v by_o what_o we_o have_v from_o alexander_n polyhistor_n out_o of_o his_o first_o book_n so_o manetho's_n in_o his_o book_n sothis_n the_o same_o it_o shall_v seem_v with_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o which_o be_v contain_v his_o theologia_n another_o name_n of_o the_o mystical_a account_n of_o those_o first_o original_n and_o it_o may_v be_v the_o same_o with_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mention_v by_o suidas_n and_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v also_o the_o beginning_n of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d history_n thus_o therefore_o philo_n also_o think_v it_o convenient_a to_o begin_v his_o sanchoniathon_n with_o a_o philosophical_a but_o mystical_a account_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n and_o here_o also_o the_o egyptian_a notion_n have_v general_o obtain_v i_o have_v show_v how_o berosus_n and_o the_o phoenician_n come_v to_o pretend_v to_o they_o i_o have_v also_o show_v how_o the_o doctrine_n even_o of_o moses_n come_v to_o be_v take_v into_o they_o but_o it_o seem_v to_o have_v be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o egyptian_n to_o father_n all_o their_o art_n and_o monument_n and_o sacred_a constitution_n on_o hermes_n thence_o so_o many_o thousand_o book_n ascribe_v to_o he_o in_o jamblichus_n chald._n nor_o be_v it_o only_o take_v up_o by_o they_o it_o be_v usual_a in_o those_o time_n to_o father_n the_o monument_n of_o a_o sect_n on_o the_o first_o author_n of_o it_o thus_o the_o golden_a verse_n and_o other_o work_n among_o the_o pythagorean_n ascribe_v to_o pythagoras_n who_o yet_o be_v say_v to_o have_v write_v 3._o nothing_o and_o that_o with_o a_o design_n that_o his_o disciple_n may_v not_o read_v but_o live_v according_a to_o his_o injunction_n thus_o plato_n discourse_n father_v on_o socrates_n who_o yet_o disow_v b._n his_o be_v the_o author_n of_o many_o thing_n there_o attribute_v to_o he_o thus_o d._n zoroastres_n work_n keep_v secret_a among_o the_o disciple_n of_o prodicus_n a_o shrewd_a suspicion_n of_o their_o be_v forge_v by_o they_o and_o this_o modish_a way_n of_o those_o time_n be_v in_o all_o likelihood_n the_o occasion_n of_o so_o many_o supposititious_a work_n forge_v by_o the_o primitive_a heretic_n under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o apostle_n so_o also_o ix_o enoch_n be_v own_v by_o the_o babylonian_n for_o the_o author_n of_o judicial_a astrology_n and_o other_o art_n and_o science_n be_v pretend_v to_o have_v be_v reveal_v to_o his_o son_n mathuselah_n by_o a_o angel_n be_v in_o all_o likelihood_n the_o occasion_n of_o forge_v the_o prophecy_n of_o enoch_n and_o those_o discovery_n pretend_v in_o it_o by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o it_o also_o appear_v that_o the_o book_n of_o mercury_n favour_v the_o same_o account_n of_o the_o fall_n of_o those_o angel_n 16._o because_o the_o babylonian_n and_o egyptian_n both_o pretend_v to_o the_o same_o tradition_n at_o heliopolis_n but_o in_o no_o sort_n of_o write_v be_v this_o more_o frequent_a than_o in_o their_o 1._o dialogue_n which_o be_v the_o form_n general_o observe_v in_o these_o pretend_a work_n of_o mercury_n and_o i_o can_v tell_v but_o these_o same_o tradition_n of_o the_o heliopolitanes_n be_v so_o far_o countenance_v by_o the_o jew_n themselves_o as_o their_o own_o reveal_v religion_n will_v give_v leave_n the_o account_n of_o moses_n expedition_n into_o aethiopia_n and_o several_a other_o thing_n much_o for_o his_o advantage_n be_v take_v by_o artapanus_n from_o the_o heliopolitanes_n 5._o and_o greedy_o follow_v by_o josephus_n which_o show_v no_o ill_a understanding_n among_o they_o so_o also_o do_v the_o jew_n choose_v that_o place_n above_o all_o other_o 30._o to_o build_v their_o egyptian_a temple_n of_o onias_n i_o mean_v at_o the_o heliopolitane_a leontopolis_n in_o contradistinction_n to_o leontopolis_n that_o be_v the_o head_n of_o a_o distinct_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o be_v there_o any_o heed_n to_o be_v take_v of_o the_o rabbin_n who_o place_v it_o in_o alexandria_n though_o i_o believe_v 8._o by_o alexandria_n they_o mean_v the_o whole_a egyptian_a colony_n of_o jew_n in_o opposition_n to_o their_o colony_n in_o other_o country_n xli_o this_o egyptian_a philosophy_n therefore_o be_v that_o which_o be_v ingredient_n in_o most_o of_o the_o receive_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o least_o be_v pretend_v and_o conceive_v to_o be_v so_o how_o different_a soever_o the_o account_n be_v which_o be_v pretend_v from_o that_o same_o original_a therefore_o philo_n byblius_n also_o think_v it_o fit_a to_o take_v it_o into_o his_o pretend_a sanchoniathon_n and_o because_o he_o have_v find_v it_o father_v on_o author_n who_o so_o little_o agree_v concern_v the_o particular_n of_o it_o where_o it_o be_v to_o be_v have_v and_o who_o must_v therefore_o some_o of_o they_o be_v certain_o mistake_v it_o be_v therefore_o necessary_a to_o pretend_v to_o some_o very_a certain_a mean_n of_o information_n according_o he_o also_o pretend_v to_o the_o write_n not_o the_o pillar_n of_o taautus_n or_o mercury_n which_o by_o the_o way_n make_v it_o suspicious_a that_o he_o 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be_v desire_v more_o for_o the_o conviction_n of_o it_o at_o this_o distance_n of_o time_n and_o loss_n of_o original_a monument_n §_o xlviii_o nor_o can_v i_o see_v that_o this_o discovery_n will_v in_o the_o least_o injure_v the_o cause_n for_o which_o those_o pious_a as_o well_o as_o learned_a person_n have_v be_v concern_v who_o have_v hitherto_o make_v use_n of_o this_o author_n for_o expound_v or_o confirm_v some_o historical_a or_o philosophical_a passage_n of_o scripture_n if_o there_o be_v any_o of_o these_o heathen_a antiquity_n that_o can_v either_o pretend_v to_o the_o age_n of_o the_o scripture_n or_o to_o that_o even_o domestic_a evidence_n of_o be_v genuine_a there_o may_v then_o be_v some_o pretence_n for_o reconcile_a or_o confirm_v some_o passage_n of_o the_o scripture_n by_o they_o for_o their_o use_n who_o do_v not_o grant_v the_o advantage_n of_o the_o sacred_a writer_n above_o their_o own_o in_o regard_n of_o their_o divine_a inspiration_n but_o we_o never_o hear_v of_o any_o of_o those_o heathen_a account_n of_o thing_n mention_v in_o the_o scripture_n before_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o lxxii_o put_v they_o into_o a_o emulation_n then_o it_o be_v that_o berosus_n and_o manetho_n and_o menander_n and_o laetus_n first_o make_v and_o publish_v their_o inquiry_n no_o mention_n of_o the_o chaldaean_a xisuthrus_n nor_o of_o the_o egyptian_a hyesi_n nor_o of_o abraham_n nor_o moses_n nor_o the_o general_a deluge_n in_o ctesias_n or_o xenophon_n or_o herodotus_n or_o any_o of_o those_o more_o ancient_a certainly-genuine_a writer_n when_o they_o do_v publish_v they_o the_o very_a record_n pretend_v for_o they_o make_v they_o suspicious_a of_o forgery_n they_o be_v pretend_v only_o from_o sacred_a pillarâ—_n extant_a in_o adyta_fw-la and_o these_o very_a pillarâ—_n challenge_v in_o several_a place_n yet_o not_o accessible_a by_o any_o who_o have_v be_v desirous_a to_o convict_v they_o but_o the_o scripture_n be_v only_o then_o translate_v the_o original_n be_v extant_a long_o before_o in_o book_n accessible_a and_o intelligible_a by_o any_o who_o have_v the_o curiosity_n to_o learn_v their_o tongue_n i_o do_v not_o insist_v on_o the_o translation_n pretend_v to_o have_v be_v in_o plato_n time_n because_o i_o find_v no_o better_a argument_n for_o it_o than_o guess_v that_o plato_n have_v some_o thing_n from_o the_o sacred_a write_n which_o i_o believe_v he_o have_v not_o beside_o that_o such_o a_o supposition_n be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o much_o better_o attest_v story_n of_o aristaeus_n concern_v the_o translation_n perform_v by_o the_o command_n of_o ptolemy_n philadelphus_n i_o rather_o choose_v those_o more_o ancient_a instance_n of_o theopompus_n the_o historian_n and_o theodectes_n the_o poet_n who_o have_v see_v and_o understand_v these_o book_n of_o the_o jew_n before_o the_o translation_n of_o philadelphus_n as_o we_o be_v assure_v by_o demetrius_n phalereus_n in_o aristaeus_n 2._o beside_o that_o even_o the_o book_n of_o daniel_n one_o of_o the_o late_a of_o they_o be_v yet_o show_v to_o alexander_n the_o great_a if_o we_o may_v believe_v josephus_n 8._o so_o that_o even_o from_o the_o greek_n we_o have_v as_o early_a evidence_n of_o their_o be_v know_v as_o we_o have_v of_o their_o be_v inquire_v after_o or_o of_o their_o be_v in_o a_o capacity_n to_o understand_v they_o and_o there_o can_v be_v no_o reason_n to_o expect_v early_o beside_o the_o repugnancy_n of_o those_o other_o nation_n to_o each_o other_o and_o of_o the_o different_a author_n even_o of_o the_o same_o nation_n f._n be_v certain_a argument_n that_o they_o do_v not_o write_v from_o the_o same_o uniform_a and_o true_a record_n as_o the_o jew_n who_o all_o agree_v in_o the_o same_o book_n as_o josephus_n observe_v and_o for_o the_o pentateuch_n that_o of_o the_o samaritan_n must_n in_o all_o likelihood_n have_v be_v receive_v from_o they_o before_o the_o time_n of_o the_o lxxii_o both_o because_o the_o samaritan_n be_v before_o that_o so_o exasperate_v by_o the_o jew_n as_o that_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a they_o will_v receive_v any_o such_o thing_n from_o they_o and_o because_o it_o shall_v seem_v the_o prophet_n be_v not_o then_o collect_v by_o the_o jew_n that_o they_o may_v have_v be_v deliver_v to_o they_o and_o because_o they_o still_o preserve_v it_o in_o the_o old_a hebrew_n character_n not_o in_o that_o which_o be_v afterward_o introduce_v by_o esdras_n upon_o all_o these_o account_v it_o can_v be_v think_v reasonable_a either_o to_o oppose_v these_o heathen_a account_n to_o the_o scripture_n or_o to_o think_v that_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v make_v more_o creditable_a in_o the_o scripture_n because_o it_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o consent_n of_o so_o exceptionable_a authority_n i_o have_v rather_o show_v that_o the_o occasion_n of_o their_o agree_v in_o philosophical_a matter_n be_v rather_o their_o imitate_v and_o allow_v the_o authority_n of_o moses_n and_o make_v he_o the_o standard_n of_o their_o several_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o may_v indeed_o be_v of_o use_n for_o show_v historical_o how_o that_o part_n of_o moses_n be_v actual_o understand_v from_o those_o time_n wherein_o these_o heathen_a account_n be_v first_o produce_v but_o can_v be_v of_o no_o far_o use_v for_o show_v either_o the_o sense_n of_o moses_n or_o how_o the_o ancient_a first_o deliverer_n of_o his_o doctrine_n do_v actual_o understand_v he_o than_o as_o these_o thing_n may_v be_v infer_v or_o presume_v from_o the_o actual_a sense_n of_o those_o late_a time_n wherein_o these_o heathen_a antiquity_n first_o appear_v errata_fw-la pag._n 4._o marg._n l._n 4._o init_fw-la marg._n l._n 17._o can._n p._n 28._o l._n 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 32._o l._n 15._o asclepius_n p._n 43._o l._n 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o a_o u._fw-mi but_o a_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o first_o tail_n cut_v off_o p._n 47._o l._n 7._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 48._o l._n 27._o jasher_n p._n 57_o marg._n l._n 3._o lon_n 1._o 12._o p._n 58._o l._n 27._o disposal_n p._n 59_o l._n 15._o diphye_n p._n 60._o marg._n l._n 5._o sozo_n p._n 61._o l._n 5._o v._o c._n p._n 65._o l._n 25._o be_v p._n 78._o l._n 10._o in_o ptolemy_n p._n 91._o l._n 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d daleth_fw-he for_o resh_n p._n 98._o l._n penult_n they_o p._n 112_o l._n 7._o fictitious_a p._n 116._o l._n 13._o hycsi_fw-la finis_fw-la n._n ix_o ix_o so_o theodoret._n therap_n ii_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n and_o so_o his_o translator_n but_o i_o have_v rather_o correct_v he_o from_o eusebius_n who_o he_o transcribe_v who_o in_o two_o place_n where_o he_o have_v occasion_n to_o cite_v this_o same_o passage_n agree_v with_o himself_o and_o yet_o differ_v from_o theodoret._n so_o therefore_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o oppose_v sanchoniathon_n writing_n in_o the_o phoenician_n to_o the_o greek_a translation_n of_o he_o by_o philo_n byblius_n and_o refer_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o what_o follow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o to_o sanchoniathon_n mention_v before_o pr._n eu._n l._n 10._o x._o 9_o and_o then_o there_o will_v appear_v no_o footstep_n of_o any_o etymology_n of_o his_o name_n yet_o bochart_n give_v a_o likely_a etymology_n for_o that_o purpose_n which_o if_o it_o hold_v will_v show_v at_o least_o a_o design_n of_o philo_n byblius_n in_o give_v he_o that_o particular_a name_n *_o eusio_fw-la pr._n eu._n l._n 10._o 31._o a._n x._o 9_o 485._o theodoret_n therap_n ii_o xi_o o_o hirami_n ant._n viii_o 2._o p._n 259._o ed._n gene._n xii_o o_o c._n app._n l._n 1._o p._n 1043._o vid._n joseph_n ant._n viii_o 2._o cont._n appion_n l._n 1._o theoph._n antioch_n l._n 111._o ad_fw-la autolyc_a pr._n eu._n l._n 9_o p._n 31._o b._n chron._n l._n 11_o in_o it_o tertul._n de_fw-mi pal_z c._n 2._o ubi_fw-la salmas_n &_o à _fw-fr cerda_n eus_n pr._n eu._n x._o 9_o p._n 485._o 486._o macrobius_n in_o somn_n scip._n 11._o 19_o oros_n l._n 1._o chron._n con._n egypt_n sec._n xvii_o p._n 522._o edit_fw-la lip_n eus_n chron._n herodot_n l._n 1._o c._n appian_n praef._n diox_n halicarn_n l._n 1._o philo_z ap_fw-mi steph._n baâ—â—_n philo_z byblius_n ap_fw-mi eus_n pr._n eu._n l._n 9_o 31._o d._n athen._n deipnos_n l._n 3._o for_o the_o pythagoraean_n see_v tim._n locr_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o the_o platonist_n plato_n himself_o the_o rep._n l._n 3._o v._n s._n hieronym_n adv_fw-la ruff._n l._n 1._o see_v the_o word_n of_o porphyry_n in_o eus_n pr._n eu._n l._n 9_o x._o 9_o theodoret_n therap_n 11._o 11._o §._o 36._o 36._o therap_v 11._o 111._o from_o eus_n pr._n eu._n x._o 9_o 9_o cont._n