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forsake_v of_o god_n to_o unite_v themselves_o against_o a_o strong_a and_o common_a enemy_n before_o he_o have_v break_v divers_a of_o they_o second_o josua_n though_o sure_a of_o divine_a assistance_n yet_o use_v the_o uttermost_a skill_n of_o a_o wise_a leader_n as_o sometime_o by_o ambuscadoe_n stratagem_n and_o show_v of_o fly_v so_o by_o surprise_n and_o night-marche_n and_o by_o pursue_v his_o victory_n three_o in_o the_o passage_n between_o josua_n and_o the_o gibeonite_n the_o doctrine_n of_o keep_v faith_n be_v excellent_o teach_v take_v away_o all_o perfidious_a cunning_n of_o equivocate_a or_o crafty_a distinction_n it_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o have_v a_o case_n afford_v better_a pretence_n to_o go_v off_o they_o be_v hivites_n of_o who_o destruction_n god_n have_v give_v express_a commandment_n they_o counterfeit_v in_o word_n and_o deed_n deliberate_o to_o deceive_v and_o lie_v in_o the_o very_a point_n touch_v the_o person_n to_o be_v covenant_v with_o they_o be_v detestable_a idolater_n and_o as_o long_o as_o they_o live_v be_v the_o memory_n of_o israel_n error_n and_o iosua_n oversight_n to_o be_v so_o overtake_v and_o to_o be_v a_o scandal_n to_o israel_n josua_n may_v say_v he_o covenant_v not_o with_o the_o gibeonite_n but_o with_o stranger_n and_o have_v no_o commission_n but_o a_o former_a express_a law_n to_o the_o contrary_a yea_o and_o the_o people_n mutine_v about_o it_o etc._n etc._n all_o notwithstanding_o josua_n dare_v use_v no_o evasion_n to_o start_v from_o the_o oath_n of_o the_o lord_n wherein_o he_o be_v bind_v not_o to_o man_n so_o much_o as_o to_o god_n it_o be_v a_o great_a sin_n to_o call_v god_n to_o witness_v a_o lie_n and_o so_o make_v he_o a_o deceiver_n but_o we_o call_v he_o to_o be_v our_o surety_n yea_o we_o call_v he_o to_o judge_n and_o so_o make_v he_o false_a in_o witness_v in_o undertake_v our_o faith_n and_o
vain_a to_o be_v curious_a about_o these_o king_n see_v diodorus_n vary_v from_o herodotus_n and_o eusebius_n from_o both_o neither_o do_v late_a writer_n know_v who_o to_o follow_v the_o king_n from_o chencre_n or_o tuoris_fw-la or_o proteus_n be_v agree_v upon_o of_o which_o according_a to_o eusebius_n acherres_n be_v next_o who_o reyneccius_n think_v to_o be_v vchoreus_fw-la in_o diodore_n founder_n of_o memphis_n but_o then_o timaus_n can_v be_v the_o great_a osymandias_n as_o he_o also_o judge_v for_o there_o be_v more_o than_o eight_o generation_n between_o they_o contrary_a to_o diodorus_n touch_v osymandais_n mercator_n make_v he_o the_o husband_n of_o acencâ—eres_n daughter_n to_o orus_n second_o and_o find_v vchoreus_fw-la the_o eight_o from_o he_o but_o i_o will_v pass_v over_o these_o inextricable_a doubt_n etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o cherre_v after_o eight_o year_n of_o acherres_n succeed_v fifteen_o year_n armeus_a five_o year_n ramess_v sixty_o eight_o year_n which_o two_o last_n be_v the_o danaus_n and_o egyptus_n speak_v of_o by_o the_o greek_n who_o make_v danaus_n expel_v egypt_n become_v king_n of_o argos_n in_o greece_n but_o reyneccius_n believe_v not_o armeus_n to_o be_v danaus_n though_o their_o time_n agree_v but_o rather_o think_v he_o be_v meris_fw-la which_o make_v the_o great_a lake_n myris_n 3600_o furlong_n compass_v and_o fifty_o fathom_n deep_a to_o receive_v nilus_n overflow_n for_o store_n when_o water_n be_v scarce_o §_o 4._o ameraphis_n succeed_v his_o father_n forty_o year_n then_o sethosis_n fifty_o year_n to_o who_o some_o ascribe_v improbable_o the_o famous_a act_n of_o great_a sesostris_n in_o he_o begin_v the_o dynastie_a of_o the_o zarth_n or_o general_n which_o title_n five_o only_o hold_v ramase_n succeed_v sixty_o year_n mistake_v for_o sesostris_n the_o second_o amenophis_n succeed_v forty_o year_n andemenes_n twenty_o six_o year_n tâ—uoris_fw-la the_o last_o zarth_n seven_o year_n who_o some_o make_v proteus_n who_o son_n remphe_v succeed_v but_o i_o doubt_v neither_o father_n nor_o son_n be_v king_n §_o 5._o many_o other_o name_n of_o the_o egyptian_a king_n be_v find_v scatter_v as_o tonephersobis_n senemue_n or_o senepos_fw-la banchistis_fw-la thulis_fw-la in_o suidas_n who_o ask_v scrap_n the_o devil_n who_o be_v or_o shall_v be_v so_o mighty_a as_o he_o be_v answer_v first_o god_n and_o then_o the_o word_n and_o then_o the_o spirit_n which_o three_o be_v one_o and_o join_v in_o one_o all_o three_o who_o power_n be_v endless_a get_v thou_o hence_o frail_a wight_n the_o man_n of_o life_n unknown_a excel_v thou_o cedreus_fw-la have_v the_o same_o and_o give_v this_o king_n as_o great_a antiquity_n as_o the_o indies_n cite_v a_o book_n call_v little_a genesis_n which_o word_n little_a alone_o argue_v impostor_n beside_o the_o frierly_a stuff_n he_o cite_v out_o of_o it_o his_o list_n of_o old_a egyptian_a king_n here_o set_v down_o be_v not_o worth_a writing_n out_o neither_o the_o king_n name_v by_o other_o vaphre_n and_o sesac_n will_v lead_v we_o into_o a_o fair_a way_n a_o while_n the_o first_o be_v solomon_n father-in-law_n according_a to_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n and_o eusebius_n the_o second_o eusebius_n call_v smendis_fw-la with_o who_o he_o begin_v the_o twenty_o first_o dynastie_n who_o entrance_n be_v find_v about_o the_o twenty_o of_o solomon_n reckon_v from_o neco_n death_n in_o the_o four_o of_o jehojakim_n king_n of_o judah_n upward_o as_o from_o the_o five_o of_o rehoboam_n wherein_o he_o plunder_v the_o sanctuary_n but_o enjoy_v that_o sacrilege_n as_o do_v joas_n and_o craseus_fw-la not_o one_o year_n for_o the_o king_n from_o sesac_n to_o necho_n i_o choose_v the_o greek_a historian_n for_o eusebius_n be_v out_o by_o fail_v to_o keep_v the_o reckon_n between_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o israel_n §_o 6._o chemmis_n or_o chembis_n succeed_v sesac_n fifty_o year_n and_o build_v the_o great_a pyramid_n who_o base_a be_v seven_o acre_n square_a and_o six_o high_a which_o diodore_n see_v one_o thousand_o year_n after_o in_o augustus_n day_n câ—abreus_n or_o cheops_n succeed_v fifty_o year_n and_o then_o cephrenes_n fifty_o six_o both_o builder_n of_o pyramid_n for_o their_o sepulcher_n mycerinus_n his_o son_n six_o year_n as_o the_o oracle_n have_v threaten_v for_o his_o open_v the_o idol_n temple_n which_o his_o predecessor_n have_v shut_v it_o may_v be_v chemmis_n have_v learn_v their_o vanity_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o thereupon_o shut_v the_o temple_n up_o reyneccius_n give_v he_o fifty_o year_n bochoris_n or_o banchyris_n by_o suidas_n succeed_v forty_o four_o year_n then_o sabacus_n a_o aethiopian_a but_o herodotus_n omit_v both_o and_o have_v asychis_n who_o decree_v the_o debtor_n dead_a body_n shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o will_n of_o the_o creditor_n till_o the_o debt_n be_v pay_v anysis_n succeed_v he_o and_o both_o can_v be_v but_o six_o year_n then_o come_v the_o former_a aethiopian_a who_o reign_v fifty_o year_n scripture_n call_v he_o zonaras_n sua_fw-la with_o who_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n make_v a_o vain_a league_n against_o salmanassar_n they_o say_v he_o leave_v his_o kingdom_n and_o return_v into_o aethiopia_n to_o avoid_v his_o god_n commandment_n to_o kill_v all_o the_o priest_n of_o egypt_n such_o be_v their_o zeal_n to_o their_o priest_n §_o 7._o sethom_n succeed_v in_o the_o twelve_o of_o hezekiaâ—_n and_o five_o of_o senacherib_n when_o assur_n and_o egypt_n contend_v which_o shall_v rule_v or_o serve_v hezekiah_n though_o fix_v special_a confidence_n in_o god_n hold_v it_o fit_a to_o make_v a_o league_n with_o egypt_n by_o his_o people_n rely_v more_o on_o egypt_n than_o on_o god_n egypt_n promise_v much_o but_o only_o furnish_v he_o with_o some_o treasure_n send_v to_o hire_v arabian_n which_o be_v intercept_v herodotus_n tell_v we_o a_o tale_n of_o sethom_n pray_v to_o vulcan_n his_o god_n for_o aid_n against_o the_o assyrian_n who_o lie_v before_o pelusium_n and_o he_o send_v mouse_n which_o gnaw_v their_o bowstring_n and_o strap_n of_o their_o armour_n which_o make_v they_o depart_v his_o reign_n functius_n resolve_v to_o be_v 33_o year_n give_v no_o reason_n yet_o upon_o search_n i_o find_v it_o within_o one_o yeâ—r_n by_o divide_v the_o year_n from_o rehoboam_n 5_o to_o jehâ—jakims_v four_o among_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n give_v each_o his_o set_a time_n and_o the_o remainder_n to_o sethom_n chap._n xxiii_o of_o manasses_n and_o his_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o manasses_n son_n of_o hezekiah_n succeed_v be_v twelve_o year_n old_a and_o reign_v fifty_o five_o year_n of_o who_o idolatry_n and_o extraordinary_a wickedness_n see_v 2_o king_n 21._o and_o 2_o chron._n 33._o of_o his_o put_v the_o reverend_a prophet_n isaiah_n to_o death_n with_o a_o wooden_a saw_n be_v eighty_o year_n old_a eusebius_n epiphanius_n isidore_n and_o other_o confirm_v his_o captivity_n in_o babel_n his_o repent_v prayer_n reformation_n and_o death_n see_v 2_o chron._n 33._o merodach_n have_v love_v his_o father_n may_v more_o easy_o be_v persuade_v to_o restore_v he_o §_o 2._o egypt_n after_o sethom_n be_v miserable_o distract_v with_o civil_a dissension_n two_o year_n then_o ill_o reform_v by_o a_o government_n of_o 12_o prince_n of_o which_o 11_o fall_v out_o with_o the_o 12_o the_o be_v by_o he_o subdue_v and_o the_o kingdom_n usurp_v which_o anarchy_n diodore_n put_v after_o sabacus_n omit_v sethom_n contrary_a to_o herodotus_n these_o twelve_o for_o a_o monument_n of_o their_o government_n make_v a_o labyrinth_n near_o the_o lake_n maris_n which_o heroclus_fw-la prefer_v to_o the_o chief_a pyramid_n which_o excel_v diana_n temple_n diodorus_n report_v it_o the_o work_n of_o marus_n or_o menide_n five_o generation_n before_o proteus_n or_o the_o trojan_a war_n and_o reyneccius_n take_v he_o to_o annemenes_n as_o he_o do_v amenophis_n to_o be_v amasis_n and_o sethom_n to_o be_v actisanes_n but_o he_o be_v deceive_v for_o the_o time_n we_o be_v now_o in_o show_v we_o amasis_n be_v anisis_n actisanes_n sobacus_fw-la and_o marus_n one_o of_o the_o 12_o governor_n which_o make_v this_o work_n whereto_o serve_v the_o 12_o great_a hall_n in_o it_o etc._n etc._n psamniticus_n one_o of_o the_o 12._o cast_v out_o by_o the_o rest_n upon_o a_o oracle_n as_o herodotus_n tell_v the_o tale_n which_o diodore_n believe_v not_o hire_v power_n out_o of_o caria_n and_o jonia_n with_o which_o he_o overthrow_v his_o fellow_n and_o rule_v alone_o 54_o year_n say_v hierom_n which_o mercator_n divide_v 44_o alone_a and_o 10_o before_o according_a to_o eusebius_n and_o to_o make_v the_o reckon_a fall_n even_o with_o the_o year_n from_o the_o 5_o the_o of_o rehoboam_n and_o the_o 4_o the_o of_o jehojakim_n we_o must_v confound_v the_o last_o of_o the_o 15_o ascribe_v to_o the_o 12_o governor_n with_o the_o first_o of_o psamnitius_fw-la he_o first_o entertain_v amity_n with_o the_o greek_n displease_v his_o soldier_n â—ith_o prefer_v his_o mercenary_n
be_v attend_v with_o more_o than_o one_o woman_n abroad_o except_o they_o be_v drunken_a which_o dispensation_n woman_n be_v ashamed_a to_o claim_v §_o 6._o jerusalem_n in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o jehojakim_n be_v besiege_a by_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n with_o his_o father_n and_o notwithstanding_o the_o assistance_n of_o neco_n king_n of_o egypt_n force_v jehojakim_n to_o become_v his_o vassal_n and_o take_v daniel_n and_o his_o fellow_n hostage_n but_o haste_v home_o not_o intend_v there_o to_o stay_v neco_n come_v with_o such_o disadvantage_n so_o far_o from_o home_n in_o a_o country_n which_o love_v he_o not_o beside_o his_o father_n death_n call_v he_o to_o possess_v his_o own_o before_o he_o seek_v other_o man_n but_o the_o next_o year_n which_o be_v nebuchadnezzar_n first_o and_o neco_n last_o they_o fight_v on_o the_o bank_n of_o euphrates_n where_o neco_n fight_v his_o last_o and_o nabuchadnezzar_n recover_v all_o syria_n pausanius_n succeed_v neco_n but_o inferior_a in_o valour_n he_o think_v to_o restore_v jehoahaz_n his_o prisoner_n and_o cast_v out_o jehojakim_n but_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o the_o contrary_n jehojakim_n also_o rely_v on_o the_o egyptian_n till_o nabuchadnezzar_n force_v a_o tribute_n on_o he_o so_o he_o submit_v quiet_o three_o year_n in_o his_o four_o year_n it_o seem_v that_o jeremiah_n be_v first_o imprison_v tyrus_n hold_v out_o against_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v in_o his_o seven_o year_n besiege_v and_o in_o his_o fourteen_o year_n take_v for_o she_o captivity_n be_v limit_v to_o seventy_o year_n and_o her_o siege_n be_v thirteen_o it_o be_v divide_v from_o the_o main_a by_o a_o deep_a broad_a channel_n excel_v in_o store_n of_o ship_n which_o nabuchadnezzar_n want_v and_o every_o wind_n bring_v supply_v from_o foreign_a part_n so_o that_o it_o fear_v neither_o force_n nor_o famine_n but_o god_n that_o have_v threaten_v tyre_n send_v a_o king_n impatient_a of_o resistance_n to_o undertake_v such_o a_o piece_n of_o work_n to_o stop_v a_o vast_a channel_n in_o the_o sea_n use_v thereto_o the_o wood_n of_o libanus_n not_o far_o off_o and_o the_o ruin_n of_o old_a tyre_n with_o the_o toilsome_a labour_n of_o many_o thousand_o of_o man_n wherewith_o he_o prevail_v at_o length_n but_o the_o wealthy_a citizen_n flee_v by_o sea_n to_o crect_n and_o leave_v little_a wealth_n for_o booty_n therefore_o the_o lord_n promise_v they_o egypt_n see_v ezek._n 29.18_o 19_o jehojakim_n upon_o what_o occasion_n be_v uncertain_a whether_o mutiny_n among_o the_o soldier_n or_o rumour_n of_o the_o egyptian_n come_v against_o nabuchadnezzar_n renounce_v his_o subjection_n but_o be_v present_o subdue_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o slay_v and_o his_o son_n jehojakim_n or_o jeconias_n put_v in_o his_o place_n and_o after_o three_o month_n remove_v to_o babylon_n and_o mattanias_n his_o uncle_n establish_v in_o his_o stead_n and_o call_v zedekiah_n who_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o subjection_n in_o his_o four_o year_n he_o go_v to_o babel_n about_o some_o business_n wherein_o it_o seem_v he_o be_v not_o satisfy_v for_o upon_o his_o return_n he_o begin_v to_o practice_n with_o the_o neighbour_a prince_n of_o moab_n etc._n etc._n what_o year_n johanan_n the_o false_a prophet_n oppose_v jeremy_n nabuchadnezzar_n hear_v of_o zedekiah_n practice_n come_v in_o the_o dead_a of_o winter_n and_o besiege_a jerusalem_n and_o though_o the_o year_n follow_v he_o raise_v his_o siege_n to_o meet_v hophra_n herodotus_n yet_o upon_o the_o egyptian_n abandon_v his_o enterprise_n he_o return_v and_o give_v the_o city_n no_o rest_n till_o he_o break_v it_o up_o zedekiah_n escape_v in_o the_o night_n through_o a_o vault_n under_o the_o earth_n be_v yet_o overtake_v etc._n etc._n and_o his_o eye_n be_v put_v out_o he_o be_v carry_v into_o babel_n but_o see_v it_o not_o as_o ezekiel_n foretell_v ch._n 12.13_o this_o be_v the_o eleven_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n and_o eighteen_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o year_n after_o the_o temple_n be_v burn_v the_o four_o hundred_o thirty_o first_o year_n after_o the_o building_n what_o follow_v be_v write_v 2_o king_n 25._o jer._n 39_o &_o 52._o the_o history_n of_o the_o world_n book_n iii_o part_v i_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n unto_o philip_n of_o macedon_n chap._n i._n the_o time_n from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o assyrian_a fall_n §_o 1._o the_o connexion_n of_o sacred_a and_o profane_a history_n §_o before_o the_o grecian_a olympiad_n and_o the_o eastern_a date_n from_o nabonassar_n the_o course_n of_o time_n have_v no_o beat_a path_n as_o after_o it_o have_v more_o certain_a mark_n yet_o from_o ierusalem_n destruction_n the_o former_a with_o the_o succeed_a age_n be_v more_o clear_o discern_v in_o their_o connection_n the_o harm_n which_o some_o have_v find_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o overgrow_a monarchy_n do_v preserve_v their_o name_n which_o otherwise_o may_v have_v be_v forget_v but_o can_v show_v the_o year_n of_o such_o a_o king_n in_o which_o any_o thing_n express_v in_o scripture_n be_v do_v neither_o can_v any_o certainty_n be_v gather_v from_o the_o late_a king_n of_o the_o assyrian_n etc._n etc._n if_o nebuchadnezzar_n reign_n have_v not_o be_v precise_o apply_v to_o the_o year_n of_o jehojakim_n and_o zedekiah_n hence_o have_v we_o the_o first_o light_n to_o discover_v how_o to_o connect_v sacred_a and_o profane_a history_n for_o iudah_n seventy_o year_n captivity_n begin_v under_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o end_v the_o first_o of_o cyrus_n direct_v we_o backward_o and_o forward_o this_o first_o year_n of_o cyrus_n be_v join_v with_o the_o first_o of_o the_o fifty_o five_o olympiad_n and_o that_o he_o reign_v twenty_o three_o year_n before_o his_o monarchy_n and_o seven_o after_o be_v apparent_a and_o give_v they_o four_o hundred_o and_o eight_o year_n between_o troy_n fall_n and_o iphetus_n restore_v the_o olympiad_n we_o may_v arrive_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o true_a grecian_a antiquity_n for_o other_o nation_n let_v st._n augustine_n be_v trust_v §_o 2._o the_o seventy_o year_n of_o babylonian_a captivity_n be_v our_o chief_a mark_n of_o direction_n we_o be_v to_o inform_v ourselves_o true_o therein_o some_o begin_v from_o ieconias_n captivity_n eleven_o year_n before_o zedekiah_n cite_v ezek._n 40.1_o beraldus_n judge_v that_o it_o begin_v the_o first_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o four_o of_o joakim_n cite_v 2_o chron._n 36._o and_o dan._n 1._o matth._n 1.11_o but_o can_v thus_o make_v it_o good_a wretched_a porphyry_n scoff_v at_o st._n matth._n 1.11_o not_o know_v iosias_n son_n have_v divers_a name_n as_o epiphanius_n show_v the_o wretch_n affirm_v the_o book_n of_o daniel_n be_v write_v long_o after_o his_o death_n at_o or_o near_o the_o time_n of_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n who_o eusebius_n apollonius_n etc._n etc._n have_v answer_v and_o the_o seventy_o interpreter_n translate_v it_o out_o of_o hebrew_n one_o hundred_o year_n before_o that_o jaddus_n the_o highpriest_n also_o show_v the_o book_n to_o the_o great_a alexander_n etc._n etc._n true_a it_o be_v the_o jew_n ascribe_v it_o to_o esdras_n and_o equal_v it_o not_o to_o the_o prophet_n but_o put_v it_o among_o the_o hagiograph_n or_o holy_a book_n which_o be_v daniel_n psalm_n job_n proverb_n canticle_n ruth_n lamentation_n ecclesiaste_n hester_n nehemiah_n and_o chronicle_n our_o christian_a council_n and_o father_n acknowledge_v it_o canonical_a and_o our_o saviour_n who_o cite_v no_o apocrypha_fw-la cite_v it_o as_o a_o proof_n exceed_v all_o §_o 3._o that_o the_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n begin_v at_o ierusalem_n destruction_n not_o ieconias_n captivity_n be_v clear_a jeremiah_n himself_o explain_v himself_o and_o daniel_n cite_v by_o some_o to_o the_o contrary_n compare_v chap._n 25.9_o 11_o 12._o with_o chap._n 29.10_o where_o in_o the_o first_o place_n he_o express_o begin_v the_o captivity_n of_o seventy_o year_n at_o ierusalem_n destruction_n and_o thereof_o certify_v the_o captivity_n in_o the_o second_o place_n so_o also_o it_o be_v understand_v by_o themselves_o 2_o chron._n 36.19_o 20_o 21._o so_o dan._n 9.2_o the_o seventy_o year_n refer_v to_o ierusalem_n desolation_n §_o 4._o touch_v the_o king_n reign_v in_o babylon_n those_o seventy_o year_n and_o the_o time_n of_o each_o help_v we_o a_o little_a to_o the_o time_n before_o or_o after_o neither_o it_o seem_v be_v most_o of_o their_o act_n worth_a recording_n for_o as_o nebuchadnezzar_n latter_a time_n be_v either_o in_o delight_n or_o madness_n so_o his_o posterity_n grow_v slothful_a as_o son_n who_o father_n have_v purchase_v enough_o to_o their_o hand_n yet_o let_v we_o consider_v of_o man_n opinion_n therein_o and_o judge_v as_o we_o see_v cause_n the_o sure_a opinion_n be_v they_o which_o follow_v the_o scripture_n which_o name_v only_a nabuchadnezzar_n evilmerodach_n and_o balthasar_n and_o jeremy_n which_o seem_v to_o limit_v the_o dominion_n of_o babel_n to_o father_n son_n