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verum_fw-la deum_fw-la colimus_fw-la evictisque_fw-la erroribus_fw-la &_o infandis_fw-la ineptiis_fw-la
this_o reply_n quis_fw-la nescit_fw-la vocabulum_fw-la omnis_fw-la passim_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la ambiguae_fw-la esse_fw-la significationis_fw-la &_o rarissime_fw-la absolute_a accipi_fw-la plurimis_fw-la vero_fw-la locis_fw-la restringi_fw-la ad_fw-la subjectum_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la agitur_fw-la ut_fw-la apud_fw-la mosem_fw-la gen._n 41._o cum_fw-la famem_fw-la super_fw-la vniversam_fw-la orbem_fw-la invaluisse_fw-la scribâ—t_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la de_fw-fr aliqua_fw-la orbis_fw-la portione_fw-la intelligendum_fw-la esse_fw-la fatentur_fw-la theologi_fw-la quid_fw-la abstat_fw-la igitur_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la cum_fw-la deus_fw-la dâ—cituâ—_n inundasse_fw-la vniversam_fw-la terram_fw-la totam_fw-la terrâ—m_fw-la habitatam_fw-la &_o omma_fw-it haebitatae_fw-la telluris_fw-la animalia_fw-la intelligamus_fw-la who_o be_v so_o ignorant_a as_o not_o to_o know_v that_o the_o word_n all_o be_v every_o where_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n of_o a_o ambiguous_a signification_n and_o very_o seldom_o put_v absolute_o in_o most_o place_n it_o be_v restained_a to_o the_o subject_a matter_n as_o in_o gen._n 41._o when_o the_o famine_n be_v say_v to_o prevail_v over_o the_o whole_a earth_n divine_n understand_v it_o of_o some_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n what_o shall_v hinder_v but_o that_o the_o same_o may_v be_v understand_v in_o this_o case_n of_o the_o flood_n and_o the_o destruction_n of_o all_o creature_n this_o be_v most_o certain_a from_o the_o holy_a scripture_n that_o all_o mankind_n those_o in_o the_o ark_n except_v be_v destroy_v by_o the_o flood_n for_o the_o occasion_n thereof_o be_v thus_o express_v in_o genesis_n and_o god_n see_v the_o wickedness_n of_o man_n be_v great_a upon_o the_o earth_n and_o that_o every_o imagination_n of_o the_o thought_n of_o his_o heart_n be_v only_o evil_a continual_o and_o the_o lord_n say_v i_o will_v destroy_v man_n who_o i_o have_v create_v from_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o again_o all_o 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we_o say_v he_o do_v this_o to_o compliment_v the_o jewish_a and_o to_o rob_v the_o english_a nation_n of_o the_o spirit_n behind_o be_v he_o not_o oblige_v to_o do_v it_o for_o his_o deserve_o honour_v and_o most_o ingenious_a major_n a._n as_o he_o call_v he_o p._n 126_o or_o shall_v we_o say_v that_o he_o only_o separate_v the_o dregs_o for_o his_o ingenious_a major_n a_o i_o be_o sure_a he_o have_v be_v very_o disingenuous_a in_o his_o translation_n for_o he_o have_v not_o only_o abuse_v his_o major_n but_o his_o reader_n also_o nay_o tacitus_n himself_o tacitus_n say_v that_o the_o jew_n do_v effigiem_fw-la animalis_fw-la quo_fw-la monstratore_fw-la errorem_fw-la sitimque_fw-la depulerant_fw-la penetrali_fw-la sacravere_fw-la which_o place_n he_o thus_o translate_v they_o likewise_o consecrate_a the_o effigy_n of_o a_o ass_n for_o be_v their_o guide_n to_o the_o water_n where_o they_o satisfy_v their_o thirst_n whereas_o tacitus_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o a_o ass_n unless_o animal_n be_v latin_a for_o a_o ass_n and_o whereas_o tacitus_n say_v they_o consecrate_v a_o animal_n in_o penetrali_fw-la that_o be_v their_o holy_a of_o holies_n he_o omit_v that_o word_n the_o lie_n be_v so_o great_a that_o the_o ingenious_a major_n can_v not_o swallow_v it_o for_o my_o part_n i_o can_v conjecture_v why_o he_o shall_v only_o translate_v two_o three_o and_o omit_v the_o other_o but_o that_o he_o conceive_v the_o part_n untranslate_v will_v have_v spoil_v his_o project_n for_o there_o be_v a_o palpable_a contradiction_n in_o tacitus_n which_o render_v his_o account_n fabulous_a in_o the_o part_n untranslate_v tacitus_n say_v aegyptii_fw-la effigy_n venerantur_fw-la judai_n sola_fw-la ment_fw-la the_o egyptian_n worship_n image_n the_o jew_n abhor_v they_o tacitus_n also_o add_v judaei_n nulla_fw-la simulachra_fw-la habent_fw-la in_o urbibus_fw-la nedum_fw-la in_o templis_fw-la the_o jew_n have_v not_o grave_v image_n nor_o idol_n to_o be_v see_v in_o their_o city_n much_o less_o in_o their_o temple_n the_o contrary_a whereof_o we_o find_v in_o the_o translation_n of_o mr._n blount_n as_o also_o in_o tacitus_n pag._n 132._o abraham_n and_o moses_n seem_v first_o to_o institute_v religious_a worship_n and_o both_o of_o they_o be_v well_o skill_v in_o egyptian_a learning_n which_o give_v â—ecasion_n for_o some_o to_o think_v that_o moses_n and_o the_o jew_n take_v divers_a of_o their_o custom_n from_o the_o egyptian_n as_o for_o instance_n their_o circumcision_n because_o herodotus_n say_v that_o the_o phaenician_o and_o syrian_n in_o palestine_n whieh_o must_v be_v the_o jew_n since_o none_o else_o use_v it_o in_o palestine_n take_v their_o circumcision_n from_o the_o egyptian_n as_o also_o say_v he_o they_o confess_v the_o fame_n themselves_o nor_o do_v josephus_n deny_v as_o much_o answer_n we_o know_v nothing_o for_o certain_a concern_v the_o institution_n of_o divine_a worship_n but_o from_o moses_n and_o from_o he_o gen._n 4._o ver_fw-la 26._o we_o learn_v that_o man_n begin_v to_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o day_n of_o enos_n that_o be_v the_o number_n of_o family_n increase_v in_o the_o day_n of_o enos_n they_o appoint_v more_o public_a place_n for_o god_n service_n in_o which_o at_o set_a time_n they_o may_v together_o and_o in_o a_o more_o solemn_a congregation_n worship_v their_o great_a creator_n this_o be_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o chaldeo_fw-la interpreter_n and_o approve_v by_o our_o present_n most_o reverend_a archbishop_n in_o his_o discourse_n of_o idolatry_n p._n 40._o josephus_n in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o antiquity_n chap._n 4._o say_v that_o for_o seven_o generation_n man_n persevere_v in_o worship_v the_o true_a god_n and_o have_v a_o regard_n to_o virtue_n but_o in_o process_n of_o time_n man_n degenerate_v and_o forsake_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o institution_n of_o their_o ancestor_n if_o this_o seem_v otherwise_o to_o mr._n blount_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o since_o p._n 17._o he_o positive_o affirm_v that_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o five_o book_n of_o moses_n be_v write_v by_o another_o hand_n after_o his_o decease_n that_o moses_n be_v institute_v in_o the_o egyptian_a learning_n we_o ready_o grant_v he_o be_v account_v but_o some_o of_o the_o gentile_n a_o egyptian_a priest_n but_o the_o same_o can_v be_v affirm_v of_o abraham_n josephus_n be_v very_o plain_a when_o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o antiquity_n chap._n 9_o he_o assert_n that_o the_o egyptian_n learn_v all_o the_o knowledge_n they_o have_v in_o arithmetic_n and_o astronomy_n from_o abraham_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o abraham_n come_v into_o egypt_n he_o teach_v the_o egyptian_n astronomy_n and_o arithmetic_n of_o which_o they_o be_v ignorant_a before_o so_o that_o the_o knowledge_n of_o these_o science_n come_v first_o from_o the_o chaldean_n to_o the_o egyptian_n and_o from_o they_o to_o the_o greek_n whether_o moses_n and_o the_o jew_n take_v circumcision_n from_o the_o egyptian_n have_v be_v a_o subject_a of_o great_a dispute_n the_o well_o know_a place_n in_o herodotus_n seem_v to_o i_o to_o say_v so_o much_o although_o our_o late_a great_a critic_n bisnagius_n in_o his_o exerc._n hist_o critic_n p._n 119._o will_n by_o no_o mean_n grant_v it_o grotius_n in_o his_o annotation_n on_o the_o one_a book_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o christ_n religion_n cite_v herodotus_n at_o large_a and_o charge_v herodotus_n with_o report_v a_o untruth_n he_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o that_o herodotus_n say_v that_o the_o jew_n confess_v that_o they_o learn_v the_o rite_n of_o circumcision_n from_o the_o jew_n but_o he_o say_v herodotus_n do_v they_o a_o injury_n in_o say_v so_o tantum_n vero_fw-la abest_fw-la say_v grotius_n ut_fw-la judaei_n fassi_fw-la sunt_fw-la unquam_fw-la ab_fw-la aegyptiis_fw-la se_fw-la accepisse_fw-la hunc_fw-la ritum_fw-la ut_fw-la contra_fw-la aperte_fw-la dicunt_fw-la aegyptios_n ab_fw-la josepho_n didicisse_fw-la circumcidi_fw-la it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o truth_n that_o the_o jew_n shall_v confess_v that_o they_o receive_v this_o rite_n from_o the_o egyptian_n that_o on_o the_o contrary_n they_o bold_o affirm_v that_o the_o egyptian_n learned_a circumcision_n from_o joseph_n and_o for_o this_o grotius_n in_o the_o place_n cite_v refer_v to_o authority_n what_o mr._n blount_n write_v concern_v josephus_n the_o historian_n be_v of_o no_o moment_n josephus_n in_o the_o 8_o book_n of_o his_o antiquity_n ch_n 4._o cite_v this_o place_n of_o herodotus_n he_o cite_v the_o same_o place_n also_o in_o his_o first_o book_n against_o apian_a neither_o do_v he_o deny_v in_o those_o place_n what_o herodotus_n affirm_v but_o be_v altogether_o silent_a of_o which_o silence_n bisnagius_n exerc._n hist_n crit._n p._n 120._o give_v a_o good_a account_n because_o say_v he_o josephus_n have_v long_o before_o express_v his_o opinion_n of_o the_o original_a of_o circumcision_n lib._n 1._o antiq._n c._n 11._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n command_v that_o the_o posterity_n of_o abraham_n shall_v be_v circumcise_v that_o they_o may_v keep_v themselves_o a_o part_n and_o separate_v from_o all_o other_o and_o josephus_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n lib._n 1._o c._n 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d abraham_n be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a when_o isaac_n be_v bear_v who_o be_v circumcise_v the_o eight_o day_n and_o the_o same_o custom_n be_v continue_v for_o the_o circumcision_n of_o child_n after_o the_o same_o number_n of_o day_n from_o which_o it_o necessary_o follow_v that_o josephus_n his_o opinion_n of_o circumcision_n be_v very_o different_a from_o that_o of_o herodotus_n he_o say_v the_o jew_n have_v it_o from_o the_o egyptian_n josephus_n say_v they_o have_v it_o from_o god_n and_o that_o they_o may_v be_v distinguish_v from_o other_o nation_n and_o consequent_o circumcision_n be_v among_o the_o jew_n long_o before_o the_o egyptian_n have_v it_o so_o that_o mr._n blount_n may_v just_o
so_o much_o assistance_n in_o this_o point_n it_o be_v to_o be_v lament_v that_o such_o a_o person_n shall_v give_v any_o countenance_n to_o so_o great_a a_o error_n pag._n 142._o canon_n elibertinus_n 61._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la post_fw-la obitum_fw-la uxoris_fw-la suae_fw-la sororem_fw-la ejus_fw-la duxerit_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la fuerit_fw-la fidelis_fw-la per_fw-la quinquennium_fw-la cum_fw-la a_o communione_fw-la abstinere_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la ostendens_fw-la manere_fw-la vinculum_fw-la matrimonii_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la jam_fw-la diximus_fw-la in_o canonibus_fw-la qui_fw-la apostolici_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la qui_fw-la dvas_fw-la sorores_fw-la duxerit_fw-la aut_fw-la fratris_fw-la filiam_fw-la tantum_fw-la clericus_fw-la fieri_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la this_o mr._n blount_n have_v out_o of_o grotius_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o belli_n and_o he_o thus_o translate_v it_o if_o any_o one_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o wife_n marry_v her_o sister_n and_o 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unblamable_a that_o he_o be_v not_o agreeable_a to_o himself_o his_o rule_n p._n 137._o be_v that_o penal_a law_n be_v strait_o to_o be_v tie_v to_o the_o express_a letter_n of_o the_o law_n if_o this_o be_v true_a he_o have_v transgress_v his_o own_o rule_n in_o his_o reduction_n and_o inference_n from_o this_o canon_n which_o be_v pure_o penal_a the_o great_a punishment_n in_o the_o old_a canon_n law_n be_v excommunication_n as_o duarenus_n have_v it_o in_o his_o body_n of_o the_o canon_n law_n and_o the_o same_o be_v assert_v by_o petrus_n de_fw-fr marca_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr concordia_fw-la by_o widdrincton_n in_o his_o apology_n for_o prince_n by_o richerius_n in_o his_o book_n of_o ecclesiastical_a authority_n and_o other_o who_o be_v repute_v most_o learned_a in_o the_o roman_a communion_n this_o punishment_n be_v inflict_v on_o incest_n homicide_n adultery_n and_o other_o grievous_a crime_n st._n austin_n in_o his_o first_o book_n contra_fw-la advers._fw-la legis_fw-la &_o prophet_n say_v that_o to_o be_v excommunicate_v be_v gravius_n quam_fw-la ferro_fw-la puniri_fw-la quam_fw-la flammis_fw-la consumi_fw-la quam_fw-la feris_fw-la subjici_fw-la it_o be_v a_o great_a punishment_n than_o to_o be_v behead_v than_o to_o be_v consume_v by_o fire_n than_o to_o be_v throw_v before_o wild_a beast_n to_o be_v devour_v tertullian_n in_o his_o apol._n sect._n 39_o call_n it_o censura_fw-la divina_fw-la god_n censure_n summumque_fw-la futuri_fw-la judicii_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la ita_fw-la deliquerit_fw-la ut_fw-la a_o communicatione_n orationis_fw-la &_o conventus_fw-la &_o omnis_fw-la sancti_fw-la commercii_fw-la relegetur_fw-la the_o excommunicate_v of_o a_o man_n and_o separate_v of_o he_o from_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o public_a prayer_n and_o the_o holy_a communion_n and_o the_o holy_a assembly_n be_v a_o representation_n of_o the_o final_a judgement_n of_o condemnation_n at_o the_o last_o day_n this_o be_v religious_o to_o 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conclude_v this_o subject_a but_o consider_v two_o thing_n relate_v thereunto_o and_o that_o one_o serve_v for_o the_o better_a illustrate_v what_o have_v be_v already_o write_v and_o the_o other_o discover_v the_o great_a disingenuity_n of_o mr._n blount_n i_o shall_v try_v my_o reader_n patience_n a_o little_a long_o whilst_o i_o lay_v they_o down_o in_o order_n the_o first_o be_v this_o there_o be_v several_a learned_a man_n in_o the_o world_n who_o prefer_v the_o greek_a version_n of_o the_o 70_o before_o the_o present_a hebrew_n which_o they_o account_v as_o a_o copy_n not_o a_o original_a and_o whereas_o the_o contrary_a hypothesis_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o our_o answer_n to_o that_o place_n of_o the_o 18_o of_o leviticus_n ver._n 8._o which_o be_v the_o principal_a place_n in_o the_o whole_a controversy_n i_o think_v it_o convenient_a to_o wave_v this_o privilege_n and_o to_o join_v issue_n upon_o the_o contrary_a hypothesis_n i_o shall_v therefore_o lay_v down_o the_o argument_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o oracle_n and_o subjoin_v a_o answer_n pag._n 139._o the_o translation_n of_o the_o bible_n in_o queen_n elizabeth_n be_v reign_v print_v anno_fw-la dom._n 1599_o read_v that_o of_o leviticus_n after_o this_o manner_n thou_o shall_v not_o take_v a_o wife_n with_o her_o sister_n during_o her_o life_n to_o vex_v she_o in_o uncover_v her_o shame_n upon_o she_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v very_o suitable_a to_o the_o greek_a translation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o the_o prohibition_n run_v upon_o these_o term_n or_o contain_v these_o condition_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v not_o take_v a_o wife_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o her_o sister_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d during_o her_o life_n because_o it_o will_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o vexation_n to_o she_o but_o she_o be_v dead_a all_o those_o inconvenience_n expire_v with_o she_o and_o so_o it_o may_v probable_o be_v imagine_v cessante_fw-la ratione_fw-la cessat_fw-la prohibitio_fw-la answer_n this_o case_n of_o marry_v two_o sister_n be_v much_o agitate_a in_o the_o primitive_a time_n the_o apostolical_a canon_n and_o the_o council_n of_o eliberis_n be_v sufficient_a proof_n hereof_o in_o the_o time_n of_o st._n basil_n this_o question_n be_v controvert_v especial_o between_o he_o and_o one_o diodorus_n or_o by_o one_o under_o his_o name_n as_o appear_v out_o of_o st._n basil_n epist_n 197._o and_o as_o great_a brag_n be_v then_o make_v as_o now_o by_o mr._n blount_n and_o this_o oracle_n be_v then_o carry_v about_o as_o a_o trophy_n over_o that_o eminent_a father_n the_o excellent_a reply_n st._n basil_n make_v may_v make_v we_o cease_v to_o wonder_v why_o grotius_n do_v not_o cite_v it_o to_o be_v sure_a his_o silence_n be_v a_o sufficient_a shield_n for_o mr._n blount_n we_o will_v therefore_o translate_v what_o be_v there_o write_v and_o pass_v over_o the_o original_a which_o be_v very_o long_o because_o say_v he_o the_o writer_n of_o the_o epistle_n by_o corrupt_a argumentation_n have_v endeavour_v to_o induce_v man_n into_o the_o commission_n of_o so_o grievous_a a_o sin_n
all_o the_o old_a paraphrast_n call_v shilo_n the_o messiah_n the_o targum_fw-la of_o jerusalem_n render_v it_o express_o until_o the_o time_n when_o king_n messiah_n shall_v come_v jonathan_n render_v it_o until_o the_o time_n when_o messiah_n shall_v come_v onkilos_fw-la until_o messiah_n come_v who_o be_v the_o kingdom_n the_o talmud_n also_o reckon_v shilo_n among_o the_o name_n of_o the_o messiah_n hoornbeck_n write_v of_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o jew_n reckon_v the_o concurrence_n of_o divers_a rabbi_n to_o this_o interpretation_n and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n morney_n du_fw-fr plessis_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o christian_a religion_n cap._n 27._o all_o which_o authority_n assure_v we_o that_o the_o ancient_a jew_n understand_v this_o prophecy_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o that_o this_o be_v no_o imagination_n according_a to_o a_o fantastic_a cabbala_n as_o be_v wicked_o suggest_v the_o truth_n of_o this_o exposition_n be_v confirm_v by_o the_o word_n which_o follow_v to_o he_o shall_v the_o gather_n of_o the_o people_n be_v for_o this_o be_v the_o same_o character_n by_o which_o he_o be_v declare_v to_o abraham_n in_o thy_o seed_n shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v he_o be_v signify_v also_o by_o this_o character_n in_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n in_o that_o day_n there_o shall_v be_v a_o root_n of_o jesse_n which_o shall_v stand_v for_o a_o ensign_n of_o the_o people_n to_o it_o shall_v the_o gentile_n seek_v and_o his_o rest_n shall_v be_v glorious_a as_o also_o in_o the_o prophet_n micah_n the_o mountain_n of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v establish_v on_o the_o top_n of_o the_o mountain_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v exalt_v above_o the_o hill_n and_o the_o people_n shall_v flow_v unto_o it_o and_o thus_o the_o blessing_n of_o judah_n be_v plain_o understand_v judah_n thou_o be_v he_o who_o thy_o brethren_n shall_v praise_v thy_o hand_n shall_v be_v in_o the_o neck_n of_o thy_o enemy_n thy_o father_n child_n shall_v bow_v down_o before_o thou_o now_o this_o blessing_n be_v to_o make_v way_n for_o a_o great_a this_o government_n be_v not_o to_o fail_v until_o there_o come_v a_o son_n out_o of_o judah_n loin_n great_a than_o he_o for_o whereas_o judah_n dominion_n reach_v only_o to_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n the_o dominion_n of_o he_o who_o come_v out_o of_o his_o loin_n shall_v be_v over_o the_o world_n all_o nation_n shall_v serve_v he_o see_v then_o that_o this_o exposition_n be_v not_o only_o according_a to_o the_o ancient_a jew_n but_o according_a to_o the_o scripture_n themselves_o how_o great_o have_v mr._n blount_n err_v in_o affirm_v that_o this_o exposition_n be_v occasion_v by_o the_o introduction_n of_o sect_n among_o the_o jew_n page_n 158._o as_o for_o the_o messiah_n be_v of_o the_o line_n of_o david_n this_o be_v no_o general_a opinion_n for_o how_o then_o can_v any_o have_v imagine_v herod_n the_o great_a to_o have_v be_v the_o messiah_n answer_n if_o this_o way_n of_o argue_v be_v good_a there_o be_v no_o general_a opinion_n concern_v any_o thing_n leo_n modena_n in_o his_o history_n of_o the_o present_a jew_n p._n 249._o acquaint_v we_o that_o the_o 12_o article_n of_o their_o belief_n be_v that_o the_o messiah_n be_v yet_o to_o come_v and_o modena_n pag._n 247._o say_v that_o this_o be_v one_o of_o those_o article_n which_o be_v general_o believe_v by_o all_o jew_n without_o contradiction_n yet_o isaac_n vossius_fw-la p._n 226._o of_o the_o sibilline_a oracle_n tell_v we_o ne_fw-fr nunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la inter_fw-la judaeos_fw-la desint_fw-la qui_fw-la herodem_fw-la pro_fw-la messia_n admittant_fw-la there_o be_v not_o want_v now_o some_o among_o the_o jew_n who_o affirm_v that_o herod_n be_v the_o messiah_n be_v there_o any_o opinion_n more_o general_a than_o that_o of_o the_o existence_n of_o god_n yet_o some_o philosopher_n have_v deny_v it_o have_v there_o not_o be_v some_o prodigy_n in_o nature_n who_o deny_v that_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n as_o motion_n yet_o nothing_o can_v be_v more_o evident_a aristotle_n in_o his_o metaphysic_n dispute_v against_o some_o who_o deny_v that_o it_o imply_v a_o contradiction_n for_o the_o same_o thing_n to_o be_v and_o not_o to_o be_v at_o the_o same_o time_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d yet_o i_o presume_v most_o man_n think_v the_o contrary_a to_o be_v a_o general_a opinion_n in_o a_o word_n this_o method_n of_o argumentation_n use_v by_o our_o author_n be_v very_o ridiculous_a for_o what_o tully_n in_o his_o book_n the_o nat_n deorum_fw-la speak_v be_v very_o manifest_a nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la absurdum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la dixerit_fw-la aliquis_fw-la philosophorum_fw-la nothing_o contain_v so_o great_a a_o absurdity_n but_o some_o philosopher_n or_o other_o will_v contend_v for_o it_o pag._n 158._o how_o can_v josephus_n fix_v that_o character_n upon_o vespasian_n as_o he_o who_o shall_v restore_v the_o empire_n and_o glory_n of_o israel_n to_o who_o all_o nation_n shall_v bow_v and_o submit_v unto_o his_o sceptre_n answer_n josephus_n seek_v the_o favour_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o he_o be_v kind_o use_v by_o they_o so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o so_o strange_a he_o shall_v interpret_v oracle_n in_o favour_n of_o vespasian_n none_o of_o the_o jew_n beside_o he_o do_v so_o philostratus_n say_v that_o apollonius_n tianaeus_n be_v familiar_a with_o vespasian_n and_o he_o indeed_o apply_v the_o oracle_n of_o the_o messiah_n or_o king_n promise_v to_o vespasian_n but_o he_o be_v a_o vain_a sycophant_n a_o magician_n and_o in_o this_o very_a ridiculous_a but_o notwithstanding_o their_o flattery_n vespasian_n be_v of_o another_o mind_n he_o be_v persuade_v that_o the_o oracle_n do_v belong_v to_o one_o of_o the_o jewish_a nation_n and_o of_o david_n family_n wherefore_o he_o make_v it_o his_o business_n to_o destroy_v the_o whole_a race_n of_o that_o family_n as_o eusebius_n inform_v we_o lib._n 3._o cap._n 11._o and_o 12._o page_n 158._o i_o do_v not_o read_v that_o the_o jew_n harbour_v any_o such_o exposition_n during_o their_o captivity_n under_o nabuchadnezzar_n albeit_o that_o the_o sceptre_n be_v at_o that_o time_n so_o depart_v from_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n that_o it_o be_v never_o resettled_a in_o it_o more_o answer_n i_o have_v already_o make_v it_o plain_a that_o the_o authentic_a paraphrast_n of_o the_o jew_n understand_v it_o in_o this_o sense_n as_o also_o god_n holy_a prophet_n our_o author_n take_v for_o grant_v that_o there_o shall_v always_o be_v a_o king_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n until_o the_o come_v of_o the_o messiah_n which_o be_v not_o affirm_v by_o the_o prophecy_n we_o ready_o acknowl'dge_v that_o judah_n be_v not_o a_o kingdom_n till_o the_o come_v of_o the_o messiah_n for_o there_o be_v no_o kingly_a authority_n in_o judah_n before_o david_n nor_o after_o zedekiah_n unless_o you_o perhaps_o count_v the_o macchabee_n of_o who_o tribe_n there_o be_v some_o dispute_n as_o du_n plessis_n morney_n assure_v we_o c._n 29._o of_o his_o book_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o christian_a religion_n or_o herod_n who_o be_v a_o idumaean_a the_o mean_v therefore_o of_o the_o prophecy_n be_v not_o that_o judah_n shall_v have_v a_o king_n till_o the_o messiah_n come_v or_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o cease_v to_o be_v a_o kingdom_n but_o that_o it_o shall_v not_o cease_v to_o be_v a_o state_n a_o body_n politic_a have_v power_n of_o government_n within_o its_o self_n until_o messiah_n come_v wherefore_o the_o seventy_o for_o sceptrum_fw-la a_o sceptre_n translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o ruler_n not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o king_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o governor_n shall_v not_o fail_v to_o be_v in_o judah_n it_o shall_v not_o cease_v to_o be_v a_o government_n although_o it_o have_v no_o king_n of_o that_o title_n it_o can_v be_v say_v that_o the_o sceptre_n depart_v from_o the_o pole_n whether_o the_o elector_n of_o saxony_n or_o prince_n of_o conti_n enjoy_v it_o and_o to_o this_o purpose_n episcopius_n in_o his_o institution_n true_o assert_n nec_fw-la dubitandum_fw-la quin_fw-la respublica_fw-la ista_fw-la quando_fw-la ei_fw-la praecrant_fw-la levitae_fw-la hasmonâ—i_fw-la aut_fw-la herodes_n idumaeus_n aut_fw-la quicunque_fw-la alius_fw-la eamque_fw-la ex_fw-la legibus_fw-la &_o more_a populi_fw-la regebant_fw-la respublica_fw-la semper_fw-la manserit_fw-la populi_fw-la judaici_n eaque_fw-la nomenclatura_fw-la ubique_fw-la venerit_fw-la ut_fw-la ex_fw-la historia_fw-la temporum_fw-la manifestum_fw-la est_fw-la it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o that_o it_o be_v the_o republic_n of_o jewry_n when_o the_o hasmonean_a levite_n preside_v or_o herod_n the_o idumean_n or_o whosoever_o else_o govern_v according_a to_o the_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o people_n of_o jewry_n this_o republic_n so_o long_o continue_v and_o it_o have_v that_o denomination_n as_o be_v manifest_a out_o of_o history_n
the_o forecited_a honor._n du_n plessis_n in_o the_o 29._o c._n positive_o and_o true_o affirm_v quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sanhedrin_n seu_fw-la juces_n 70._o quos_fw-la r._n moses_n hadarsan_n ante_fw-la adventum_fw-la messiae_n non_fw-la destituros_fw-la dicebat_fw-la sub_fw-la assyriorum_n jugo_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la macchabaeorum_n principatu_fw-la persevere_v abant_fw-la the_o sanhedrin_n or_o 70_o judge_n who_o rabbi_n moses_n hadarsan_n assert_v shall_v not_o cease_v till_o the_o the_o come_v of_o the_o messiah_n continue_v under_o the_o bondage_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o the_o government_n of_o the_o macchabee_n he_o also_o add_v in_o ipsa_fw-la captivitate_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la judaei_n suum_fw-la reschgaluta_n id_fw-la est_fw-la principem_fw-la exulum_fw-la ex_fw-la tribu_fw-la juda_n exque_fw-la ipsa_fw-la davidis_fw-la stirpe_fw-la quod_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la historiae_fw-la testantur_fw-la the_o jewish_a historian_n testify_v that_o when_o they_o be_v in_o captivity_n they_o have_v their_o prince_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n of_o the_o family_n of_o david_n and_o yet_o mr._n blount_n contrary_a to_o all_o these_o authority_n peremptory_o say_v that_o the_o sceptre_n in_o the_o captivity_n under_o nabuchadnezzar_n so_o depart_v from_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n as_o that_o it_o be_v never_o resettled_a in_o it_o more_o a_o plain_a argument_n he_o have_v not_o well_o consider_v reveal_v religion_n which_o so_o ignorant_o he_o impugn_v pag._n 159._o other_o prophecy_n be_v either_o general_a and_o indefinite_o express_v as_o to_o the_o time_n of_o their_o accomplishment_n or_o inexplicable_a from_o their_o obscurity_n or_o uncertain_a as_o to_o their_o authority_n such_o as_o be_v the_o week_n of_o daniel_n which_o book_n the_o jew_n reckon_v among_o their_o hagiographa_n or_o sacred_a but_o not_o canonical_a book_n answer_n the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o prophet_n daniel_n which_o express_o point_n at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o messiah_n come_v and_o concur_v with_o our_o jesus_n be_v very_o considerable_a the_o prophecy_n in_o the_o 9th_o of_o daniel_n ver_fw-la 24_o 25_o and_o 26._o seventy_o week_n be_v determine_v upon_o thy_o people_n and_o upon_o thy_o holy_a city_n to_o finish_v the_o transgression_n and_o to_o make_v a_o end_n of_o sin_n and_o to_o make_v reconciliation_n for_o iniquity_n and_o to_o bring_v in_o the_o everlasting_a righteousness_n and_o to_o seal_v up_o the_o vision_n and_o prophesy_v and_o to_o anoint_v the_o most_o holy_a ver._n 25._o know_v therefore_o and_o understand_v that_o from_o the_o go_v forth_o of_o the_o commandment_n to_o restore_v and_o rebuild_v jerusalem_n unto_o the_o messiah_n the_o prince_n shall_v be_v seven_o week_n and_o threescore_o and_o two_o week_n the_o street_n shall_v be_v build_v again_o and_o the_o war_n even_o in_o troublous_a time_n ver._n 26._o and_o after_o threescore_o and_o two_o week_n shall_v messiah_n be_v cut_v off_o but_o not_o for_o himself_o and_o the_o people_n of_o the_o prince_n that_o shall_v come_v shall_v destroy_v the_o city_n and_o the_o sanctuary_n and_o the_o end_n thereof_o shall_v be_v with_o a_o flood_n and_o unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o war_n desolation_n be_v determine_v ver._n 27._o and_o he_o shall_v confirm_v the_o covenant_n with_o many_o for_o one_o week_n and_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o week_n he_o shall_v cause_v the_o sacrifice_n and_o oblation_n to_o cease_v and_o for_o the_o overspread_a of_o abomination_n he_o shall_v make_v it_o desolate_a even_o until_o the_o consummation_n and_o that_o determine_a shall_v be_v pour_v upon_o the_o desolate_a this_o prophecy_n be_v clear_o mean_v of_o the_o messiah_n because_o here_o we_o have_v not_o only_o his_o name_n but_o his_o suffering_n and_o the_o account_n of_o his_o suffering_n not_o for_o himself_o but_o the_o people_n the_o ancient_a jew_n understand_v this_o place_n of_o the_o messiah_n hoornbeck_n to_o this_o purpose_n tell_v we_o that_o r._n 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essence_n and_o no_o impediment_n in_o his_o manner_n of_o operate_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o have_v nothing_o coeval_fw-fr with_o he_o he_o need_v no_o material_n to_o work_v on_o no_o adversary_n to_o withstand_v he_o and_o then_o have_v lay_v down_o aristotle_n opinion_n as_o to_o the_o necessary_a existence_n of_o matter_n out_o of_o his_o first_o book_n of_o natural_a auscultation_n thus_o reason_n against_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o matter_n be_v as_o necessary_o existent_a and_o as_o unbegotten_a as_o god_n himself_o and_o if_o god_n out_o of_o this_o eternal_a matter_n can_v make_v any_o thing_n it_o be_v manifest_a that_o the_o same_o god_n can_v make_v something_o out_o of_o nothing_o for_o the_o same_o contradiction_n if_o there_o be_v any_o will_v be_v as_o much_o in_o the_o oneas_fw-la the_o other_o this_o observation_n be_v of_o great_a value_n and_o pull_v up_o by_o the_o very_a root_n all_o the_o hypothesis_n of_o aristotle_n ocellus_n lucanus_n 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axiom_n receive_v by_o all_o men._n for_o if_o some_o real_a and_o material_a be_v must_v be_v presuppose_v by_o indispensable_a necessity_n without_o which_o god_n can_v not_o cause_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v then_o god_n be_v not_o independent_a in_o his_o action_n nor_o of_o infinite_a power_n and_o absolute_a activity_n which_o be_v contradictory_n to_o the_o divine_a perfection_n vain_a therefore_o be_v this_o oracle_n of_o our_o author_n of_o the_o world_n eternity_n or_o which_o be_v all_o one_o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o real_a matter_n coaeval_fw-fr with_o god_n pag._n 216._o now_o it_o be_v very_o much_o that_o this_o author_n ocellus_n lucanus_n who_o for_o his_o antiquity_n be_v hold_v almost_o a_o cotemporary_a with_o moses_n if_o not_o before_o he_o shall_v have_v so_o different_a a_o sentiment_n of_o the_o world_n beginning_n from_o that_o which_o moses_n have_v methinks_v if_o moses_n be_v history_n of_o the_o creation_n and_o of_o adam_n be_v the_o first_o man_n have_v be_v a_o general_a receive_v opinion_n at_o that_o time_n ocellus_n lucanus_n who_o be_v so_o ancient_a and_o so_o eminent_a a_o philosopher_n shall_v not_o have_v be_v altogether_o ignorant_a thereof_o answer_n what_o origen_n observe_v of_o celsus_n lib._n 4._o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o he_o object_v ignorance_n and_o illiterature_n to_o christian_n whereas_o he_o himself_o be_v a_o great_a ignoramus_n in_o history_n in_o make_v hesiod_n ancient_a than_o moses_n who_o be_v much_o ancient_a than_o the_o trojan_a war._n the_o same_o i_o have_v observe_v of_o mr._n blount_n who_o in_o his_o oracle_n have_v object_v the_o same_o to_o a_o learned_a clergy_n and_o yet_o be_v far_o more_o absurd_a in_o his_o chronology_n relate_v to_o ocellus_n lucanus_n than_o celsus_n be_v in_o the_o case_n of_o hesiod_n hornius_n in_o his_o historia_fw-la philosophica_fw-la lib._n 3._o c._n 11._o make_v ocellus_n one_o of_o pythagoras_n his_o scholar_n exit_fw-la ejus_fw-la discipulis_fw-la qui_fw-la ante_fw-la platonem_fw-la floruerunt_fw-la architas_n philolaus_n ocellus_n lucanus_n among_o his_o scholar_n who_o be_v before_o plato_n be_v architas_n philolaus_n parmenides_n mr._n selden_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la naturae_fw-la &_o gentium_fw-la lib._n 5._o c_o 11._o exit_fw-la pythagoreorum_fw-la schola_fw-la vetustissimus_fw-la author_n ocellus_n lucanus_n in_o the_o school_n of_o the_o pythagorean_n be_v that_o most_o ancient_a author_n ocellus_n lucanus_n and_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n our_o most_o famous_a man_n bishop_n pearson_n and_o bishop_n stillingfleet_n the_o elder_a account_n i_o can_v find_v of_o he_o in_o diogenes_n laertius_n be_v in_o the_o life_n of_o archytas_n tarentinus_n who_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o plato_n say_v that_o when_o he_o come_v to_o lucania_n he_o meet_v with_o some_o of_o the_o posterity_n of_o ocellus_n and_o that_o what_o commentary_n he_o have_v meet_v with_o of_o empire_n law_n sanctity_n and_o the_o generation_n of_o all_o thing_n he_o send_v to_o he_o this_o then_o be_v the_o great_a antiquity_n that_o can_v be_v pretend_v for_o ocellus_n which_o if_o grant_v to_o be_v true_a yet_o he_o come_v several_a century_n short_a of_o moses_n yet_o with_o all_o due_a submission_n to_o so_o great_a authority_n i_o have_v some_o reason_n to_o think_v this_o may_v be_v a_o mistake_n for_o the_o write_n of_o ocellus_n savour_n nothing_o of_o pythagorism_n he_o philophize_v without_o regard_n of_o number_n and_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o peripatetic_n he_o use_v the_o word_n antiperistasis_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o any_o of_o the_o ancient_a philosopher_n no_o not_o in_o plato_n and_o some_o accurate_a person_n assure_v we_o that_o aristotle_n be_v the_o inventor_n thereof_o neither_o can_v i_o think_v what_o scaliger_n in_o his_o 28._o exercit._fw-la affirm_v concern_v plato_n antiperistasis_n can_v invalidate_v this_o presumption_n as_o to_o the_o dialect_n in_o which_o it_o be_v first_o write_v i_o can_v affirm_v nothing_o for_o certain_a it_o be_v extant_a both_o in_o the_o attic_a and_o doric_a in_o the_o latter_a those_o of_o the_o italic_a family_n always_o write_v as_o architas_n tarentinus_n timaeus_n locrus_n and_o other_o and_o it_o be_v suspicious_a that_o this_o book_n be_v first_o write_v in_o the_o polite_a attic_a and_o afterward_o to_o conciliate_v some_o authority_n it_o be_v change_v into_o the_o obsolete_a doric_a but_o i_o leave_v this_o to_o the_o critic_n and_o make_v use_n of_o better_a argument_n although_o i_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o this_o method_n be_v frequent_o make_v use_n of_o by_o gerhard_n vossius_fw-la and_o particular_o in_o the_o 12._o and_o 13._o chap._n of_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr philosophia_fw-la in_o the_o case_n of_o that_o great_a physician_n aretaeus_n the_o cappadocian_n plutarch_n lib._n 2._o of_o the_o opinion_n of_o philosopher_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o world_n be_v make_v by_o god_n and_o if_o we_o respect_v its_o nature_n it_o be_v corruptible_a