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〈◊〉_d understand_v of_o dispute_n or_o argue_v the_o case_n whence_o the_o disputative_a or_o controversial_a divine_n be_v also_o call_v poleâ—…icall_a vision_n vi._n which_o be_v the_o vision_n or_o prophecy_n of_o the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n which_o reach_v from_o the_o second_o verse_n of_o the_o eleven_o chapter_n to_o the_o end_n of_o daniel_n 2._o and_o now_o will_v i_o show_v thou_o the_o truth_n that_o be_v now_o will_v i_o declare_v unto_o thou_o thing_n to_o come_v in_o a_o plain_a intelligible_a way_n touch_v the_o kingdom_n of_o persia_n and_o grecia_n and_o also_o the_o roman_a empire_n not_o resemble_v the_o first_o to_o a_o bear_n or_o ram_n the_o second_o to_o a_o leopard_n or_o goat_n and_o the_o three_o to_o a_o monstrous_a beast_n with_o iron_n tooth_n but_o deliver_v the_o matter_n without_o any_o prophetic_a aenigm_n or_o parable_n you_o shall_v hear_v from_o i_o the_o bare_a truth_n in_o easy_a and_o vulgar_a word_n behold_v there_o shall_v stand_v up_o yet_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o both_o the_o guttural_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v lose_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d turn_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o can_v easy_o allow_v that_o from_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o assuerus_n or_o xerxes_n the_o medo-persian_a king_n afterward_o may_v be_v call_v assueri_fw-la or_o xerxes_n and_o i_o will_v also_o add_v that_o according_a to_o grotius_n his_o way_n of_o criticise_v cyaxares_n the_o father_n of_o darius_n may_v more_o easy_o be_v derive_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o by_o cast_v away_o only_o the_o first_o guttural_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o retain_v the_o second_o and_o by_o sound_v the_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o late_a as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o will_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o then_o by_o detract_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d into_o the_o forego_n syllable_n for_o more_o easy_a pronunciation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v cyaxares_n the_o real_a father_n of_o this_o darius_n and_o only_o the_o suppose_a father_n of_o astyages_n from_o the_o mistake_n of_o the_o heathen_a historian_n and_o we_o be_v the_o less_o to_o wonder_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v have_v the_o same_o force_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v sometime_o when-as_a bochartus_n note_v that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sometime_o have_v so_o as_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o whence_o thrax_fw-la be_v derive_v as_o he_o will_v have_v it_o wherefore_o xerxes_n be_v the_o same_o with_o assuerus_n and_o artaxerxes_n but_o xerxes_n again_o with_o a_o prefix_v of_o art_n which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o persian_a word_n as_o bochartus_fw-la note_n and_o make_v by_o transposition_n of_o letter_n from_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o of_o the_o same_o signification_n with_o it_o viz._n illustris_fw-la magnificus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o herodotus_n and_o hesychius_n render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gasper_n sanctius_n may_v have_v say_v well_o in_o the_o sense_n above_o limit_v and_o artashasta_n may_v be_v but_o the_o same_o xerxes_n or_o assuerus_n under_o a_o disguise_n namely_o of_o the_o abovementioned_a honourable_a title_n prefix_v and_o sound_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d more_o soft_a and_o let_v go_v the_o force_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o it_o and_o suffer_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n as_o if_o it_o be_v first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o a_o insignificant_a termination_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o that_o honorificent_fw-la title_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prefix_v to_o it_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v go_v as_o needless_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o harsh_a the_o sound_n also_o be_v as_o clear_v without_o it_o it_o become_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o as_o assuerus_n be_v xerxes_n before_o so_o this_o artaxerxes_n the_o great_a magnificent_a xerxes_n or_o king_n of_o persia_n as_o cambyses_n certain_o think_v himself_o when_o he_o have_v add_v egypt_n to_o the_o persian_a empire_n and_o other_o so_o account_v he_o and_o herodotus_n in_o his_o six_o book_n express_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wherefore_o we_o will_v thus_o far_o assent_v to_o gasper_n sanctius_n that_o assuerus_n or_o xerxes_n either_o open_o or_o in_o disguise_n either_o this_o name_n or_o darius_n as_o usual_o the_o name_n of_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n be_v either_o seleucus_n or_o antiochus_n be_v the_o name_n or_o title_n of_o the_o king_n of_o persia_n after_o cyrus_n but_o artaxerxes_n the_o more_o frequent_a of_o the_o two_o insomuch_o as_o darius_n who_o be_v vanquish_v by_o alexander_n be_v as_o grotius_n have_v note_v call_v artaxerxes_n by_o jacchiade_n but_o the_o first_o that_o bear_v that_o name_n for_o eminency_n seem_v to_o be_v cambyses_n ezra_n 4._o 6_o 7._o which_o may_v be_v paraphrase_a thus_o ver._n 6._o for_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o ahasuerus_n that_o be_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o xerxes_n or_o the_o persian_a monarch_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o empire_n etc._n etc._n ver._n 7._o namely_o or_o that_o be_v to_o say_v for_o so_o will_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v in_o the_o day_n of_o artaxerxes_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o great_a xerxes_n viz._n cambyses_n that_o immediate_o succeed_v cyrus_n who_o enjoy_v the_o persian_a empire_n not_o pass_v two_o or_o three_o year_n and_o therefore_o the_o day_n of_o cambyses_n may_v well_o be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o persian_a empire_n write_v bishlam_n mithridath_n tabeel_n etc._n etc._n this_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v a_o easy_a and_o natural_a sense_n of_o this_o perplex_v passage_n in_o ezra_n when_o i_o do_v not_o know_v any_o body_n of_o the_o same_o mind_n with_o i_o but_o look_v after_o into_o vatablus_n i_o find_v his_o short_a note_n to_o be_v tempore_fw-la artaxerxis_fw-la be_v est_fw-la assuerus_n so_o that_o assuerus_n be_v but_o a_o general_a expression_n for_o a_o xerxes_n or_o monarch_n of_o persia_n at_o large_a but_o the_o person_n be_v determinate_v in_o artaxerxes_n by_o who_o cambyses_n as_o be_v so_o early_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o persian_a empire_n be_v natural_o understand_v and_o if_o this_o may_v satisfy_v the_o reader_n my_o play_v so_o long_o above_o in_o word_n have_v also_o so_o grave_a a_o example_n therein_o as_o hugo_n grotius_n himself_o i_o hope_v will_v the_o better_o be_v excuse_v from_o be_v repute_v pedagogical_a trifle_a see_v grotius_n upon_o ezra_n 4._o 6._o ver._n 27._o call_v the_o come_n of_o christ._n if_o any_o one_o doubt_n whether_o the_o roman_a army_n come_v to_o destroy_v jerusalem_n be_v one_o come_v of_o christ_n let_v he_o read_v dr._n hammond_n upon_o matth._n 24._o 3._o that_o citation_n out_o of_o john_n 21._o 22._o where_o peter_n ask_v jesus_n and_o say_v lord_n what_o shall_v this_o man_n do_v speak_v of_o the_o belove_a disciple_n john_n jesus_n answer_v if_o i_o will_v that_o he_o tarry_v till_o i_o come_v what_o be_v that_o to_o thou_o this_o citation_n i_o say_v be_v clear_a and_o unanswerable_a and_o must_v needs_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n to_o take_v vengeance_n of_o the_o jew_n for_o it_o be_v not_o sense_n to_o understand_v it_o of_o so_o little_a a_o time_n as_o to_o the_o
the_o true_a servant_n of_o god_n who_o will_v never_o suffer_v they_o to_o be_v tempt_v above_o what_o they_o can_v bear_v which_o be_v but_o for_o a_o moment_n work_v for_o we_o a_o far_o more_o exceed_a and_o eternal_a weight_n of_o glory_n while_o we_o look_v not_o at_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v see_v but_o at_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o see_v for_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v see_v be_v temporal_a but_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o see_v be_v eternal_a even_o to_o the_o time_n of_o the_o end_n that_o be_v to_o the_o time_n of_o their_o end_n for_o god_n have_v set_v his_o time_n wherein_o these_o affliction_n of_o his_o church_n shall_v end_v as_o bound_v all_o human_a affair_n by_o his_o power_n and_o providence_n so_o that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o respiration_n to_o his_o people_n from_o these_o extremity_n of_o affliction_n and_o therefore_o there_o be_v put_v a_o end_n to_o this_o affliction_n of_o his_o church_n because_o it_o be_v foresee_v that_o another_o will_v begin_v as_o it_o be_v intimate_v to_o we_o by_o what_o follow_v according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o be_v yet_o for_o a_o time_n appoint_v the_o vulgar_a latin_a have_v it_o quia_fw-la adhuc_fw-la aliud_fw-la tempus_fw-la erit_fw-la because_o there_o will_v be_v yet_o another_o time_n namely_o of_o persecution_n of_o the_o church_n of_o god_n viz._n under_o the_o roman_a empire_n pagan_a and_o pagano-christian_a wherefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o elliptical_a speech_n as_o be_v observe_v above_o v_o 27._o which_o verbatim_o be_v thus_o to_o be_v render_v because_o yet-again_a at_o the_o time_n appoint_v subaudi_fw-la there_o will_v be_v a_o persecution_n of_o my_o people_n or_o church_n viz._n under_o the_o roman_a empire_n who_o succession_n begin_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n for_o hitherto_o be_v describe_v from_o vers_fw-la 21._o the_o reign_n and_o feat_n of_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n but_o that_o now_o the_o time_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n succeed_v both_o the_o mention_n of_o a_o time_n and_o time_n and_o half_a a_o time_n ch._n 12._o 7._o and_o those_o other_o number_n there_o vers_n 11._o that_o point_n to_o they_o and_o that_o vast_a gap_n that_o will_v be_v betwixt_o antiochus_n his_o time_n and_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a mention_v v._n 2._o may_v sufficient_o assure_v we_o to_o which_o you_o may_v add_v that_o the_o passage_n here_o from_o the_o greek_a empire_n to_o the_o roman_a in_o the_o next_o verse_n be_v as_o distinct_a and_o plain_a as_o from_o the_o persian_a to_o the_o greek_a vers_n 3._o and_o the_o like_a great_a success_n and_o prosperity_n express_v in_o both_o in_o that_o of_o both_o king_n it_o be_v say_v and_o he_o shall_v do_v according_a to_o his_o will_n *_n which_o therefore_o can_v be_v understand_v of_o antiochus_n whence_o they_o that_o will_v drag_v what_o follow_v of_o the_o prophecy_n to_o that_o scope_n be_v fain_o to_o run_v back_o and_o apply_v the_o same_o thing_n that_o be_v predict_v before_o and_o so_o make_v the_o prophecy_n to_o tautologize_v beside_o many_o thing_n be_v most_o wretched_o distort_v and_o very_o weak_o and_o faint_o accommodate_v to_o the_o person_n of_o antiochus_n which_o calvin_n be_v sensible_a of_o apply_v all_o to_o the_o roman_a empire_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n after_o antiochus_n his_o death_n to_o the_o come_n of_o christ._n in_o which_o beside_o that_o many_o thing_n be_v dilute_a or_o force_v he_o leave_v a_o vast_a gap_n as_o well_o as_o those_o other_o viz._n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o gospel_n to_o the_o resurrection_n which_o make_v the_o prophecy_n less_o worthy_a of_o that_o pompous_a preface_n to_o it_o viz._n the_o prefatory_a vision_n ch._n 10._o as_o i_o note_v above_o wherefore_o there_o can_v be_v no_o doubt_n with_o they_o that_o consider_v the_o matter_n but_o that_o this_o prophecy_n of_o the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n do_v not_o only_o here_o pass_v from_o the_o greek_a empire_n to_o the_o roman_a upon_o the_o death_n of_o antiochus_n and_o the_o vanquish_a of_o perseus_n the_o last_o king_n of_o macedonia_n by_o aemylius_fw-la paulus_n and_o turn_v his_o kingdom_n into_o a_o roman_a province_n but_o that_o the_o prophecy_n continued_o go_v on_o though_o in_o general_a stroke_n through_o the_o whole_a series_n of_o time_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n or_o general_a resurrection_n and_o that_o as_o there_o have_v hitherto_o be_v prediction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o literal_o or_o historical_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o persian_a and_o greek_a kingdom_n and_o more_o particular_o of_o those_o two_o part_n thereof_o the_o kingdom_n of_o syria_n and_o egypt_n where_o the_o real_a gest_n of_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n be_v foretell_v and_o be_v but_o only_o as_o other_o historical_a part_n of_o scripture_n draw_v to_o a_o typical_a sense_n so_o whatever_o follow_v touch_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n have_v a_o plain_a historical_a meaning_n and_o be_v so_o to_o be_v understand_v till_o its_o utter_a dissolution_n so_o that_o there_o will_v be_v no_o room_n leave_v for_o such_o a_o chimerical_a antichrist_n as_o some_o of_o the_o father_n have_v fancy_v and_o other_o have_v be_v either_o themselves_o such_o child_n or_o will_v have_v other_o to_o be_v such_o as_o to_o believe_v they_o wherefore_o bid_v adieu_n to_o hugo_n grotius_n and_o lay_v aside_o all_o the_o fancifull_a and_o chimerical_a crotchet_n of_o mistake_a antiquity_n i_o shall_v clear_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o remain_a part_n of_o this_o prophecy_n of_o the_o scripture_n of_o truth_n as_o follow_v 36._o and_o the_o king_n shall_v do_v according_a to_o his_o will_n and_o shall_v exalt_v himself_o and_o magnify_v himself_o above_o every_o god_n this_o may_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o roman_a empire_n at_o large_a and_o the_o word_n be_v render_v thus_o then_o shall_v a_o king_n do_v according_a to_o his_o will_n shall_v have_v all_o thing_n go_v prosperous_o according_a to_o his_o desire_n by_o king_n understand_v here_o as_o it_o be_v elsewhere_o in_o daniel_n a_o state_n or_o kingdom_n which_o be_v here_o the_o roman_a upon_o the_o expiration_n of_o the_o greek_a empire_n macedonia_n be_v conquer_v by_o the_o roman_n of_o which_o perseus_n be_v the_o last_o king_n contemporary_a to_o antiochus_n who_o daniel_n foretell_v to_o reign_v ch._n 8._o in_o the_o latter_a time_n of_o the_o greek_a kingdom_n and_o therefore_o the_o roman_a be_v very_o fit_o here_o suppose_v to_o succeed_v it_o after_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n the_o rest_n of_o his_o successor_n be_v take_v no_o notice_n of_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o all_o but_o one_o after_o xerxes_n be_v pass_v by_o in_o the_o persian_a empire_n and_o this_o roman_a king_n or_o kingdom_n be_v say_v to_o magnify_v himself_o above_o every_o god_n in_o that_o the_o roman_n by_o sacred_a charm_n call_v out_o the_o god_n of_o those_o city_n they_o conquer_v and_o so_o as_o it_o be_v lead_v they_o captive_a to_o rome_n see_v my_o synops._n prophet_n book_n 2._o ch._n 10._o and_o shall_v speak_v marvellous_a thing_n that_o be_v blasphemous_a against_o the_o god_n of_o god_n that_o be_v the_o officer_n of_o this_o roman_a power_n shall_v do_v so_o namely_o against_o christ_n jesus_n himself_o who_o be_v true_o god_n as_o well_o as_o man_n and_o therefore_o the_o god_n of_o god_n and_o yet_o be_v he_o in_o word_n and_o deed_n most_o despiteful_o use_v by_o they_o and_o crucify_v and_o how_o the_o god_n of_o of_o god_n viz._n the_o god_n of_o israel_n be_v despise_v by_o the_o roman_n a_o man_n may_v collect_v from_o that_o great_a wit_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n marcus_n cicero_n and_o one_o of_o the_o best_a man_n of_o they_o who_o yet_o speak_v but_o contemptible_o of_o the_o religion_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o unworthy_a of_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o roman_a name_n and_o empire_n and_o insult_v over_o their_o nation_n as_o less_o befriend_v by_o the_o god_n because_o they_o be_v vanquish_v and_o subject_v to_o the_o roman_n if_o a_o person_n of_o his_o quality_n go_v so_o far_o in_o reproach_n to_o the_o god_n of_o israel_n what_o will_v other_o of_o less_o sagacity_n and_o morality_n blurt_n out_o see_v his_o oration_n pro_fw-la flacco_fw-la and_o shall_v prosper_v till_o the_o indignation_n be_v accâ—…mplished_v for_o that_o that_o be_v determine_v shall_v be_v do_v and_o yet_o they_o shall_v prosper_v notwithstanding_o this_o their_o villainy_n towards_o christ_n and_o bloody_a persecution_n of_o his_o member_n wherein_o he_o be_v again_o reproach_v and_o blaspheme_v till_o the_o determine_a time_n of_o this_o rage_n run_v out_o and_o that_o the_o empire_n become_v christian_n which_o be_v certain_o determine_v to_o be_v
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