remember_v many_o founder_n of_o the_o city_n but_o livy_n will_v have_v it_o the_o work_n of_o romulus_n etc._n etc._n of_o his_o beget_v birth_n and_o education_n plutarch_n say_v it_o be_v probable_a that_o amulius_n come_v arm_v to_o rhea_n which_o occasion_v the_o tale_n of_o marce_z as_o the_o nurse_n the_o child_n by_o some_o harlot_n occasion_v the_o tale_n of_o a_o wolf_n for_o harlot_n of_o old_a be_v call_v wolf_n halicarnassus_n tell_v we_o of_o the_o like_a report_n they_o have_v of_o cyrus_n nurse_n by_o a_o bitch_n and_o semiramis_n by_o bird_n so_o of_o his_o end_n they_o say_v he_o be_v take_v away_o in_o a_o storm_n of_o thunder_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v probable_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o senator_n remember_v also_o by_o livy_n but_o as_o many_o author_n speak_v of_o great_a lightning_n and_o thunder_n that_o day_n so_o it_o may_v be_v he_o be_v slay_v by_o it_o as_o be_v anastasius_n the_o emperor_n and_o emperor_n carus_n halicarnassus_n say_v they_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v remember_v near_o to_o truth_n which_o say_v his_o citizen_n slay_v he_o etc._n etc._n plutarch_n report_v of_o his_o conquest_n of_o a_o few_o mile_n about_o he_o not_o worth_a the_o speak_n of_o if_o the_o follow_a greatness_n of_o rome_n have_v not_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v remember_v he_o reign_v 37_o year_n first_o alone_a then_o with_o tatius_n and_o after_o his_o death_n single_a till_o he_o be_v slay_v numa_n a_o man_n unknown_a to_o romulus_n succeed_v more_o priest-like_a etc._n etc._n well_o resemble_v rome_n latter_a day_n which_o fall_v from_o emperor_n command_n into_o subjection_n of_o a_o prelate_n swell_v by_o degree_n from_o a_o sheephook_n to_o a_o sword_n wherewith_o victorious_a to_o excessive_a magnificence_n it_o fall_v to_o luxury_n and_o be_v unfortunate_a in_o defensive_a war_n be_v drive_v again_o to_o betake_v himself_o to_o the_o crosier-staff_n chap._n xxi_o of_o hezechiah_n and_o his_o contemporary_n §_o 1._o hezechiah_n at_o 25_o year_n old_a succeed_v about_o the_o end_n of_o achaz_n 14_o year_n in_o the_o 3_o d_o of_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o reign_v 29_o year_n his_o first_o work_n testify_v his_o pious_a zeal_n in_o open_v the_o temple_n shut_v up_o by_o his_o ungracious_a father_n and_o reform_a religion_n etc._n etc._n comp._n 2_o chron._n 29_o and_o 30._o with_o 2_o king_n 18._o it_o be_v uncertain_a whether_o he_o do_v this_o in_o his_o father_n time_n or_o in_o his_o sole_a government_n as_o i_o rather_o think_v he_o invite_v also_o the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o the_o passover_n which_o the_o generality_n scorn_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n the_o israelite_n which_o scorn_v to_o celebrate_v their_o deliverance_n out_o of_o egypt_n fall_v into_o a_o new_a servitude_n wherein_o they_o continue_v to_o this_o day_n for_o salmanasser_n son_n of_o tyglath_n hear_v that_o hosea_n king_n of_o israel_n practise_v with_o so_o king_n of_o egypt_n against_o he_o come_v and_o after_o three_o year_n siege_n win_v samaria_n and_o carry_v the_o ten_o tribe_n into_o assyria_n and_o media_n and_o place_v other_o in_o the_o land_n these_o late_a assyrian_n and_o persian_a king_n follow_v be_v the_o first_o we_o find_v mention_v both_o in_o profane_a and_o sacred_a book_n and_o therefore_o must_v serve_v to_o join_v the_o time_n of_o the_o old_a world_n with_o that_o follow_a see_v none_o but_o prophet_n have_v write_v otherwise_o than_o fabulous_a of_o former_a time_n true_a it_o be_v that_o cyrus_n and_o some_o persian_a king_n bear_v the_o same_o name_n in_o scripture_n and_o profane_a story_n but_o of_o other_o the_o diversity_n of_o name_n have_v breed_v question_n of_o the_o person_n as_o whether_o salmanasser_n in_o scripture_n be_v nabonasser_n in_o ptolemy_n and_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v nabopolassar_n both_o which_o point_v bucholcerus_n out_o of_o good_a mathematic_a observation_n have_v well_o prove_v for_o by_o they_o it_o appear_v that_o from_o nâ—bonasser_n to_o chrisâ—_n be_v seven_o hundred_o forty_o six_o year_n which_o agree_v also_o to_o salmanassar_n which_o be_v prove_v for_o that_o the_o space_n between_o merdocenpadus_fw-la and_o nabonassar_n be_v find_v the_o same_o between_o merodach_n who_o be_v mardocenpadus_fw-la and_o salmanassar_n functius_n that_o as_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o samaria_n to_o that_o of_o jerusalem_n be_v 133_o year_n so_o in_o ptolemy_n the_o same_o time_n be_v find_v between_o nabonassar_n and_o nabopolassar_n the_o eight_o year_n differ_v in_o ptolemy_n be_v before_o the_o win_n of_o samaria_n spend_v in_o his_o reign_n §_o 2._o hezekiah_n have_v deny_v the_o tribute_n to_o senacherib_n which_o have_v be_v covenant_v with_o tiglath_n his_o grandfather_n acknowledge_v his_o fault_n and_o labour_v to_o purchase_v his_o peace_n by_o three_o thousand_o talent_n of_o silver_n and_o thirty_o of_o gold_n by_o senacherib_n intend_v to_o set_v down_o the_o condition_n with_o his_o sword_n send_v from_o lachish_n where_o he_o lay_v and_o invest_v jerusalem_n etc._n etc._n where_o vengeance_n from_o heaven_n destroy_v so_o many_o thousand_o for_o their_o master_n blasphemy_n who_o also_o drink_v a_o cup_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n from_o his_o own_o son_n §_o 3._o hezechiah_o his_o sickness_n prayer_n recovery_n and_o sign_n thereof_o 2_o king_n 20._o his_o lamentation_n say_v jerom_n be_v for_o want_v of_o a_o son_n of_o who_o the_o messiah_n may_v spring_v his_o entertain_v the_o babylonian_a ambassador_n and_o vainglory_n therein_o reprove_v yet_o according_a to_o humane_a reason_n he_o think_v fit_a to_o entertain_v they_o familiar_o come_v to_o congratulate_v his_o recovery_n with_o present_n be_v one_o which_o have_v weaken_v the_o assyrian_a his_o great_a enemy_n by_o seize_v upon_o the_o kingdom_n of_o babylon_n of_o which_o he_o have_v be_v lieutenant_n under_o senacherib_n who_o son_n weak_a in_o understanding_n and_o molest_v by_o his_o elder_a brethren_n give_v he_o opportunity_n to_o usurp_v babylon_n as_o belochus_n have_v deal_v with_o sardanapalus_n thus_o belochus_n forty_o eight_o year_n tiglath_n pilesar_n twenty_o seven_o salmanassar_n ten_n senacherib_n seven_n esarhaddon_n ten_n the_o three_o last_o be_v contemporary_n with_o hezechiah_n §_o 4._o hezechiah_n contemporary_n in_o media_n after_o arabaces_n and_o sosarmus_n according_a to_o eusebius_n be_v medidus_n forty_o year_n cordiceas_fw-la fifteen_o year_n then_o follow_v deioces_n fifty_o four_o phraortes_n twenty_o four_o cyaxares_n thirty_o two_o astyages_n thirty_o eight_o and_o cyaxares_n two_o according_a to_o xenophon_n metasthenes_n in_o anneus_n and_o diodorus_n out_o of_o ctesias_n differ_v much_o from_o eusebius_n who_o mercator_n will_v fain_o reconcile_v but_o in_o vain_a in_o athens_n four_o of_o the_o four_o ten_o year_n governor_n in_o lidea_n candaulus_n slay_v by_o gyges_n who_o succeed_v chap._n xxii_o egyptian_a king_n from_o moses_n to_o hezekiah_n §_o 1._o the_o egyptian_n at_o this_o time_n contend_v with_o the_o assyrian_n about_o sovereignty_n give_v the_o occasion_n to_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o the_o country_n which_o have_v flourish_v so_o long_o of_o cham_n osiris_n and_o orus_n and_o the_o rest_n with_o their_o dynasty_n till_o israel_n come_v out_o of_o egypt_n we_o have_v hear_v and_o be_v to_o proceed_v from_o thence_o not_o regard_v the_o idle_a catalogue_n of_o name_n of_o king_n set_v out_o by_o herodotus_n and_o dyodorus_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n who_o for_o the_o most_o part_n be_v but_o vice-roys_n or_o steward_n like_o joseph_n and_o such_o as_o be_v the_o sultan_n in_o late_a age_n for_o first_o we_o may_v not_o believe_v that_o the_o number_n of_o generation_n we_o speak_v of_o be_v above_o eighty_o from_o abraham_n to_o the_o persian_a empire_n whereas_o we_o know_v there_o be_v but_o forty_o two_o generation_n to_o our_o saviour_n christ_n especial_o consider_v many_o of_o they_o be_v of_o about_o forty_o year_n continuance_n we_o must_v therefore_o proportion_v the_o number_n to_o that_o of_o other_o country_n according_a to_o the_o time_n and_o esteem_v the_o rest_n but_o regent_n who_o yet_o rule_v as_o king_n of_o which_o sort_n there_o may_v be_v many_o as_o may_v be_v well_o conceive_v in_o reading_n w._n archbishop_n of_o tyre_n who_o show_v that_o there_o be_v the_o caleph_n elhadech_n supreme_a over_o egypt_n under_o who_o the_o sultan_n rule_v as_o king_n make_v war_n and_o peace_n yea_o supplant_n one_o another_o without_o the_o calephs_n privity_n as_o fall_v out_o under_o elhadech_n under_o who_o san._n be_v sultan_n and_o yet_o chase_v away_o by_o dagon_n and_o upon_o his_o death_n recover_v again_o without_o the_o great_a caleph_n hand_n who_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n only_o attend_v his_o state_n and_o delight_n in_o his_o palace_n which_o manner_n of_o rule_v by_o vice-roys_n the_o author_n judge_v to_o have_v be_v from_o the_o ancient_a king_n of_o egypt_n §_o 2._o it_o be_v
performance_n he_o have_v already_o give_v his_o son_n demetrius_n a_o hostage_n and_o four_o hundred_o talent_n great_a be_v the_o joy_n at_o the_o conclusion_n but_o the_o aetolian_n be_v dissatisfy_v and_o the_o baeotian_o still_o favour_v the_o macedonian_n some_o also_o fear_v the_o roman_n will_v prove_v the_o worse_a neighbour_n not_o know_v the_o roman_n design_n against_o antiochus_n but_o to_o prevent_v all_o bad_a rumour_n quintius_n at_o the_o istinian_a game_n proclaim_v freedom_n from_o garrison_n and_o liberty_n of_o their_o own_o law_n to_o the_o corinthian_n phocian_o locrian_n eubaean_o achaean_n of_o pithiotis_n magnetians_n thessalian_n and_o perrhubians_n which_o the_o greek_n applaud_v with_o exceed_a thanks_o he_o also_o send_v to_o antiochus_n by_o his_o ambassador_n then_o present_a require_v he_o to_o keep_v from_o the_o free_a city_n of_o asia_n and_o restore_v to_o ptolemy_n and_o philip_n what_o he_o hold_v of_o they_o and_o not_o to_o pass_v into_o europe_n with_o a_o army_n chap._n v._o of_o the_o roman_a war_n with_o antiochus_n and_o his_o adherent_n §_o 1._o seleucus_n nicanor_n slay_v by_o ptolemy_n cerannus_n anno_fw-la 4._o clymp_n 124._o antiochus_n soter_n his_o son_n succeed_v nineteen_o year_n to_o who_o berosus_n the_o chaldaean_a dedicate_v his_o assyrian-history_n which_o be_v notorious_o falsify_v by_o friar_n annius_n he_o neglect_v revenge_v his_o father_n death_n who_o have_v so_o love_v he_o that_o he_o give_v he_o stratonica_n his_o own_o wife_n be_v sick_a for_o she_o antiochus_n the_o god_n as_o the_o flatter_a melesians_n call_v he_o for_o free_v they_o from_o timarchus_n the_o tyrant_n succeed_v fifteen_o year_n his_o first_o wife_n be_v laodice_n to_o who_o he_o take_v also_o bernice_n the_o daughter_n of_o ptolemy_n philadelphus_n king_n of_o egypt_n and_o so_o compound_v the_o war_n between_o they_o but_o fall_v into_o the_o hatred_n of_o laodice_n she_o poison_v he_o for_o it_o when_o her_o son_n seleucus_n callinicus_n be_v ready_a to_o reign_v she_o also_o murder_v bernice_n and_o her_o son_n two_o or_o three_o year_n after_o ptolomy_n death_n but_o the_o brother_n revenge_v it_o ptolemy_n philodelphus_n son_n of_o ptolemy_n the_o first_o king_n of_o egypt_n after_o alexander_n begin_v to_o reign_v with_o his_o father_n and_o continue_v forty_o year_n he_o be_v first_o derive_v from_o alexander_n successor_n which_o make_v league_n with_o rome_n and_o his_o offspring_n the_o last_o of_o those_o royal_a family_n they_o root_v out_o he_o set_v at_o liberty_n all_o the_o jew_n which_o his_o father_n make_v slave_n in_o egypt_n and_o send_v rich_a gift_n to_o god_n temple_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o request_v of_o eleazar_n the_o book_n of_o holy_a scripture_n and_o seventy_o two_o learned_a hebrew_n to_o translate_v they_o into_o greek_a to_o furnish_v his_o library_n in_o alexandria_n of_o which_o genebrard_n think_v jesus_n sirach_n be_v one_o who_o jansenius_n prove_v then_o live_v josephus_n antiq._n li._n 12._o c._n 2._o report_n one_o aristaeus_n write_v the_o history_n thereof_o seleucus_n callinicus_n begin_v his_o reign_n with_o his_o father_n murder_n which_o cost_v his_o mother_n life_n she_o be_v slay_v by_o ptolomaeus_n evergetes_n in_o revenge_n of_o his_o sister_n who_o invade_v seleucus_n but_o be_v call_v home_o by_o domestic_a trouble_n seleucus_n perceive_v himself_o not_o belove_v of_o his_o subject_n seek_v not_o to_o gain_v they_o by_o merit_n but_o by_o force_n prepare_v a_o great_a fleet_n against_o they_o whereon_o all_o his_o hope_n rely_v which_o god_n overwhelm_v in_o the_o sea_n and_o himself_o hardly_o escape_v his_o subject_n hope_v he_o will_v become_v a_o new_a man_n in_o commiseration_n offer_v he_o their_o service_n which_o so_o revive_v he_o that_o he_o raise_v a_o army_n against_o ptolemy_n who_o overthrow_v he_o which_o make_v he_o send_v for_o aid_n to_o his_o brother_n antiochus_n hierax_n or_o hawk_n for_o he_o care_v not_o on_o who_o he_o prey_v who_o be_v but_o fourteen_o year_n old_a and_o be_v extreme_a ambitious_a before_o he_o come_v seleuchus_n make_v peace_n with_o ptolomaeus_n but_o have_v no_o peace_n of_o his_o brother_n who_o overthrow_v he_o but_o short_o after_o overthrow_v himself_o by_o eumenes_n king_n of_o pergamus_n son_n of_o attalus_n and_o force_v to_o fly_v away_o be_v take_v up_o in_o capadocia_n by_o artamenes_n who_o design_v to_o betray_v he_o which_o make_v he_o take_v his_o wing_n to_o egypt_n where_o ptolemy_n know_v his_o perfidious_a nature_n imprison_v he_o whence_o escape_v by_o mean_n of_o a_o harlot_n he_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o thief_n who_o murder_v he_o seleuchus_n at_o this_o time_n go_v to_o subdue_v the_o bactrian_n and_o parthian_n be_v take_v prisoner_n by_o arsaces_n founder_n of_o the_o parthian_a kingdom_n who_o yet_o release_v he_o but_o return_v home_o he_o break_v his_o neck_n by_o a_o fall_n from_o his_o horse_n after_o twenty_o year_n 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1_o king_n 14._o and_o 1_o chron._n 11._o but_o in_o his_o five_o year_n sesac_n of_o egypt_n who_o favour_v jeroboam_fw-la teach_v he_o how_o weak_a fortification_n be_v where_o god_n watch_v not_o the_o city_n sesac_n bring_v with_o he_o the_o libyan_n cusit_n of_o arabia_n and_o succaean_n which_o be_v not_o the_o troglodit_n speak_v of_o by_o pliny_n and_o ptolemy_n as_o junius_n judge_v these_o be_v 600_o mile_n from_o the_o best_a of_o egypt_n and_o be_v in_o the_o 22_o d_o degree_n north_n from_o the_o line_n too_o far_o for_o such_o a_o occasion_n the_o succaeans_n be_v rather_o arabian_a egyptian_n as_o the_o ichthyophagy_n in_o ptolemy_n between_o the_o mountain_n alabastrine_n and_o the_o red-sea_n when_o this_o powerful_a sesâ—c_n wan_a jerusalem_n and_o other_o city_n of_o juda_n and_o add_v to_o the_o spoil_n of_o they_o the_o temple_n and_o
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
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