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
heathen_n concern_v god_n 31_o 8._o heathenism_n and_o judaism_n when_o destroy_v 32_o 9_o satan_n last_o refuge_n 33_o chap._n vii_o of_o noah_n flood_n §_o 1_o 2_o 3._o god_n forewarn_v of_o it_o neither_o ogyges_n flood_n nor_o that_o of_o deucalion_n nor_o that_o of_o the_o umbri_n be_v noah_n 34_o 35_o 3_o 4._o some_o record_n of_o the_o universal_a island_n noah_n flood_n supernatural_a ibid._n 6._o no_o need_n of_o new_a create_v water_n what_o the_o cataract_n of_o heaven_n be_v ibid._n 8_o 9_o 10._o noah_n memory_n among_o the_o heathen_a his_o ark_n be_v of_o sufficient_a capacity_n rest_v upon_o the_o hill_n taurus_n 36_o 37_o 38._o chap._n viii_o the_o plant_v of_o nation_n noah_n son_n which_o the_o elder_a 45_o §_o 1._o whether_o shem_n or_o ham_n elder_a than_o japhet_n ibid._n 2._o all_o history_n must_v yield_v to_o moses_n lord_n of_o the_o first_o age_n be_v of_o the_o issue_n of_o ham._n 45_o 3_o 4._o of_o the_o isle_n of_o the_o gentile_n of_o gog_n magog_n tubal_n and_o mesech_n 46_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o berosus_n fiction_n gomer_n and_o togarma_n settle_v in_o the_o east_n of_o the_o other_o son_n of_o japhet_n of_o ascanes_n and_o riphath_n gomer_n elder_a son_n of_o the_o four_o son_n of_o javan_n 47_o 48_o 49._o 10._o cush_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o ham_n be_v in_o arabia_n 50_o 11._o mizraim_n chief_a planter_n of_o egypt_n 52._o 12._o the_o bound_n of_o canaan_n his_o eleven_o son_n where_o situate_v ibid._n 13._o the_o son_n of_o cush_n 54_o 14._o the_o issue_n of_o mizraim_n 55_o 15._o sem_n posterity_n 56_o chap._n ix_o the_o beginning_n and_o establishment_n of_o government_n 58_o sect._n 1._o of_o regal_a absolute_a and_o regal_a temper_v by_o law_n 59_o 2._o the_o approve_a sort_n of_o government_n 60_o 3._o the_o good_a government_n of_o the_o first_o king_n ibid._n 4._o the_o original_a of_o nobility_n 61_o chap._n x._o of_o nimrod_n belus_n and_o ninus_n 62_o sect._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o nimrod_n first_o sovereign_n after_o the_o flood_n build_v ninive_n establish_v the_o babylonian_a monarchy_n 63_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o of_o ninus_n and_o belus_n in_o who_o time_n image-worship_n begin_v the_o first_o idolater_n 64_o 65_o chap._n xi_o of_o ninus_n semiramis_n and_o belus_n ibid._n book_n ii_o from_o abraham_n death_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o solomon_n temple_n which_o be_v 1525_o year_n 67_o chap._n i._n the_o time_n of_o abraham_n birth_n and_o order_n of_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n ibid._n sect._n 1_o 2_o 3._o some_o successor_n of_o semiramis_n and_o of_o the_o birth_n of_o abraham_n 68_o 4._o terah_n beget_v abraham_n in_o his_o 130th_o year_n 69_o 5_o 6_o 7._o answer_n to_o several_a objection_n about_o abraham_n age._n 70_o 71_o 8._o the_o assyrian_a time_n regulate_v by_o abraham_n history_n ibid._n 9_o amraphel_n probable_o be_v ninias_n 72_o 10_o 11._o arioth_n king_n of_o alassar_n tidal_a king_n of_o nation_n 73_o 12._o chedorlaomer_n chief_a of_o the_o four_n 74_o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n from_o cham_n to_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o israelite_n 75_o sect._n 1._o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o history_n ibid._n 2._o i_o be_o begin_v his_o reign_n in_o egypt_n after_o the_o flood_n anno_fw-la 191._o ibid._n 3._o the_o dynasty_n be_v not_o king_n but_o vice-roys_n 76_o 4._o cham_fw-mi and_o mizraim_n or_o oris_n ibid._n 5_o 6._o osiris_n reign_n guess_v at_o typhon_n and_o hercules_n their_o reign_n 77_o 7_o 8._o busiris_n or_o orus_n reign_n rathoris_fw-la succeed_v his_o sister_n 78_o chap._n iii_o israel_n delivery_n out_o of_o egypt_n 79_o sect._n 1._o israel_n captivity_n and_o moses_n birth_n ibid._n 2._o city_n of_o egypt_n in_o scripture_n ibid._n 3_o 4_o 5._o moses_n preservation_n and_o education_n pharaoh_n and_o his_o army_n drown_v and_o moses_n passage_n miraculous_a 80_o 81._o chap._n iu._n §_o 1._o the_o israelite_n journey_n from_o the_o red_a sea_n to_o sinai_n 83_o 2._o of_o the_o amalekite_n midianites_n kenites_n and_o of_o jethro_n ibid._n 3._o when_o the_o law_n be_v give_v 84_o chap._n v._o §._o 1_o the_o story_n from_o receive_v the_o law_n to_o moses_n death_n 84._o 2._o the_o offer_v of_o the_o twelve_o prince_n the_o passover_n and_o jethro_n departure_n 85_o 3._o israel_n journey_n from_o horeb_n to_o kades_n 86_o 4._o their_o unwillingness_n to_o return_v they_o remove_v to_o zin_n 87_o 5_o 6._o they_o turn_v to_o the_o north._n ibid._n 7._o of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o lord_n battle_n and_o other_o lose_a book_n 88_o 8._o moses_n spare_v lot_n issue_n 89_o 9_o the_o midianite_n and_o moabite_n corrupt_v israel_n ibid._n chap._n vi_o of_o the_o border_v nation_n of_o other_o renown_a man_n and_o of_o iushua_n acts._n 90_o sect._n 1._o how_o the_o border_a nation_n be_v prepare_v to_o be_v enemy_n to_o israel_n ibid._n 2_o 3._o of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o canaanite_n and_o moabite_n of_o the_o midianite_n amalekites_n and_o ismaelite_n 91_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o prometheus_n atlas_n pelasgus_n deucalion_n hermy_n aesculapius_n when_o they_o flourish_v 92_o 93_o 94_o 95._o 8._o of_o joshua_n othoniel_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n 96_o chap._n vii_o sect._n 1_o 2._o of_o the_o phoenician_n kingdom_n and_o the_o invention_n of_o letter_n 99_o 3_o 4._o the_o king_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n from_o jeroboam_n to_o achab._n 101._o chap._n viii_o the_o history_n of_o the_o syrian_n border_v their_o tribe_n on_o jordan_n 103_o chap_n ix_o memorable_a thing_n from_o joshua_n to_o jeptha_n 107_o chap._n x._o the_o war_n and_o destruction_n of_o troy_n 114_o chap._n xi_o of_o samson_n eli_n and_o samuel_n 117_o chap._n xii_o of_o saul_n the_o first_o king_n of_o israel_n 120_o chap._n xiii_o of_o david_n and_o his_o condition_n under_o saul_n his_o reign_n overthrow_v the_o philistine_n and_o hadadezar_n his_o trouble_n last_o act_v his_o vast_a treasure_n his_o cotemporary_n 126_o chap._n fourteen_o of_o solomon_n anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la 2991._o his_o building_n and_o glory_n send_v a_o fleet_n to_o ophir_n his_o fall_n write_n and_o cotemporary_n 133_o chap._n xv._n solomon_n successor_n to_o jehoram_n rehoboam_n impiety_n punishment_n end_v and_o cotemporary_n abija_n succeed_v rehoboam_n asa_n succeed_v abija_n israel_n unhappy_a under_o her_o prince_n jehosaphat_n succeed_v asa._n his_o cotemporary_n 136_o chap._n xvi_o of_o jehoram_n and_o ahaziah_n jehoram_n reign_v alone_o ahaziah_n perish_v with_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n 143_o chap._n xvii_o athaliah_n usurpation_n and_o government_n for_o 6_o year_n 149_o chap._n xviii_o of_o joash_n amaziah_n and_o their_o cotemporary_n the_o death_n of_o jehojada_n and_o apostasy_n of_o joash_n zachariah_n murder_v by_o joash_n the_o death_n of_o joash_n who_o be_v succeed_v by_o amaziah_n who_o be_v overthrow_v by_o joash_n and_o afterward_o slay_v an_fw-mi interregnum_fw-la in_o judah_n of_o amaziah_n cotemporary_n and_o of_o sardanapalus_n 153_o chap._n xix_o of_o uzziah_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n the_o end_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o life_n of_o the_o olympian_a game_n jothan_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n achas_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n 165_o chap._n xx._n of_o italy_n and_o rome_n foundation_n the_o aborigines_n the_o latin_a king_n till_o aeneas_n a_o trojan_a of_o the_o blood_n royal_a the_o beginning_n of_o rome_n romulus_n birth_n and_o death_n 171_o chap._n xxi_o of_o hezekiah_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n his_o deliverance_n his_o sickness_n and_o recovery_n king_n in_o media_n in_o his_o reign_n 175_o chap._n xxii_o egyptian_a king_n from_o moses_n to_o hezekiah_n many_o of_o which_o be_v only_a regent_n or_o vice-roys_n 177_o chap._n xxiii_o of_o manasses_n who_o succeed_v sethon_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n his_o bondage_n and_o enlargement_n the_o messenian_a war_n 181_o chap._n xxiv_o of_o ammon_n josiah_n and_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n 187_o book_n iii_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o philip_n of_o macedon_n 197_o chap._n i._n from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o assyrian_a fall_n the_o connection_n of_o sacred_a and_o profane_a history_n the_o babylonish_n captivity_n several_a opinion_n concern_v it_o nebuchadnezzar_n victory_n and_o action_n 197_o chap._n ii_o the_o persian_a greatness_n how_o it_o grow_v 204._o chap._n iii_o cyrus_n the_o first_o persian_a monarch_n he_o take_v babylon_n his_o last_o war_n his_o decree_n for_o building_n god_n temple_n his_o two_o son_n and_o three_o daughter_n 206_o chap._n iu_o the_o persian_a affair_n from_o cyrus_n to_o darius_n 110_o chap._n v._o darius_n the_o son_n of_o histaspes_n his_o action_n and_o death_n 212_o cahp._n vi._n xerxes_n emperor_n of_o persia_n his_o vast_a army_n oppose_v by_o leonidas_n burn_v the_o temple_n of_o athens_n the_o peloponesian_o beat_v his_o fleet._n his_o army_n be_v soon_o after_o vanquish_v
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