216_o chap._n vii_o the_o greek_a affair_n from_o the_o persian_a war_n to_o the_o peloponesian_n 221_o chap._n viii_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n with_o the_o condition_n of_o athens_n and_o sparta_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o alcibiades_z his_o victory_n his_o depose_n 224_o chap._n ix_o matter_n concur_v with_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n and_o some_o time_n after_o 230_o chap._n x._o cyrus_n the_o young_a his_o expedition_n into_o persia_n and_o the_o great_a service_n of_o xenophon_n 232_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o greek_a affair_n under_o the_o lacedaemonian_n command_v 237_o chap._n xii_o of_o the_o flourish_a condition_n of_o thebes_n from_o the_o battle_n of_o leuctra_n to_o that_o of_o mantinaea_n of_o the_o peace_n that_o succeed_v a_o comparison_n between_o agasilaus_fw-la and_o the_o roman_a pompey_n 241_o book_n iu_o chap._n i._n of_o the_o macedonian_a kingdom_n from_o philip_n father_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a to_o the_o race_n of_o antigonus_n 247_o chap._n ii_o 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check_v with_o wish_v he_o not_o to_o marry_v with_o the_o queen_n till_o he_o be_v sure_o the_o king_n be_v dead_a who_o then_o bequeath_v she_o to_o he_o the_o senate_n upon_o these_o occasion_n decree_n war_n and_o send_v ambassador_n to_o require_v satisfaction_n or_o to_o denounce_v it_o which_o perseus_n slight_v call_v the_o roman_n greedy_a and_o insolent_a command_v they_o to_o depart_v this_o present_a heat_n be_v too_o much_o he_o want_v constant_a resolution_n which_o he_o neglect_v in_o hope_n of_o peace_n §_o 6._o rome_n have_v now_o fair_a occasion_n of_o war_n with_o macedon_n which_o though_o it_o have_v be_v long_o seek_v yet_o the_o preparation_n for_o war_n be_v to_o seek_v and_o the_o want_n of_o it_o help_v to_o sound_v the_o disposition_n of_o greece_n which_o they_o solicit_v by_o ambassador_n with_o better_a term_n than_o threaten_n though_o they_o dare_v not_o but_o promise_v aid_n to_o they_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
and_o grandson_n to_o qualify_v this_o i_o see_v no_o necessity_n except_o profane_a author_n be_v constant_a and_o probable_a in_o more_o succession_n which_o they_o be_v not_o josephus_n reckon_v five_o cite_v berosus_n but_o far_o otherwise_o than_o do_v jerom_n etc._n etc._n anius_n metasthenes_n name_v five_o of_o which_o the_o three_o last_o be_v brethren_n but_o neither_o he_o nor_o the_o rest_n can_v qualify_v jeremiah_n §_o 5._o scaliger_n opinion_n be_v here_o handle_v and_o disprove_v begin_v the_o seventi_v year_n from_o iechonias_n transportation_n and_o give_v evilmerodach_n but_o two_o year_n balthasar_z one_o of_o which_o he_o make_v four_o spend_v in_o his_o protection_n and_o make_v he_o a_o son_n of_o nebuchadnezzar_n daughter_n but_o as_o ieremiah_n speech_n of_o evilmerodach_n raise_v up_o jeconias_n argue_v long_a time_n so_o his_o speak_v express_o of_o nebuchadnezzar_n son_n in_o the_o succession_n so_o daniel_n employ_v in_o so_o high_a a_o place_n by_o the_o king_n and_o after_o fall_v to_o a_o private_a life_n can_v not_o have_v be_v forget_v of_o he_o in_o two_o year_n or_o less_o scaliger_n also_o find_v one_o nabonidus_n after_o balthasar_n and_o give_v he_o seventeen_o year_n and_o make_v he_o darius_n medus_n who_o other_o make_v the_o same_o with_o balthasar_n to_o make_v good_a berosus_n who_o scaliger_n his_o chief_a patron_n herein_o forsake_v his_o ground_n be_v one_o out_o of_o daniel_n 5.31_o where_o darius_n be_v not_o say_v to_o win_v but_o receive_v the_o kingdom_n make_v no_o strong_a conclusion_n etc._n etc._n his_o other_o be_v out_o of_o megasthenes_n in_o eusebius_n call_v nabonidus_n a_o mede_n but_o i_o find_v it_o not_o and_o if_o i_o do_v i_o will_v little_o regard_v it_o consider_v his_o other_o improbable_a report_n with_o it_o beside_o the_o opinion_n agree_v hardly_o with_o scripture_n which_o say_v the_o kingdom_n shall_v be_v divide_v between_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n so_o that_o either_o darius_n be_v not_o nabonidus_n or_o else_o bethink_v we_o what_o persian_a share_v with_o he_o nay_o both_o the_o nation_n make_v the_o empire_n as_o daniel_n ram_n show_v and_o the_o greek_n call_v the_o war_n make_v by_o xerxes_n the_o war_n of_o the_o mede_n so_o that_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o chronologer_n hold_v darius_n partner_n in_o cyrus_n victory_n be_v not_o well_o condemn_v §_o 6._o lyra_n and_o other_o who_o hold_v those_o only_o name_v in_o scripture_n to_o have_v reign_v in_o babylon_n during_o those_o seventy_o year_n i_o esteem_v more_o comformable_a to_o reason_n for_o the_o year_n of_o their_o reign_n it_o be_v clear_a that_o evilmerodach_n begin_v to_o reign_v 2_o king_n 25.27_o jer._n 52.31_o in_o the_o thirty_o seven_o year_n of_o iechonias_n captivity_n from_o which_o deduct_v zedekiah_n eleven_o year_n when_o the_o city_n be_v take_v there_o remain_v twenty_o six_o of_o the_o seventy_o how_o to_o distribute_v the_o other_o forty_o four_o to_o the_o succeed_a king_n be_v not_o so_o needful_a as_o long_o as_o the_o total_a sum_n be_v certain_a yet_o i_o will_v be_v bold_a to_o conjecture_v as_o other_o have_v do_v give_v to_o belthasar_n seventeen_o year_n with_o josephus_n so_o there_o remain_v twenty_o seven_o of_o which_o one_o may_v be_v take_v away_o for_o the_o first_o of_o darius_n so_o twenty_o six_o remain_n for_o evilmerodach_n beside_o josephus_n all_o that_o confound_v balthasar_n and_o nabonidus_n give_v he_o seventeen_o year_n and_o daniel_n be_v grow_v out_o of_o balthasar_n knowledge_n who_o yet_o have_v serve_v he_o his_o three_o year_n argue_v some_o long_a time_n between_o that_o evilmerodach_n reign_v some_o good_a time_n be_v probable_a by_o iechonias_n favour_n under_o he_o and_o some_o of_o great_a judgement_n have_v give_v he_o twenty_o three_o year_n and_o more_o may_v be_v give_v as_o well_o as_o that_o §_o 7._o touch_v the_o action_n of_o these_o king_n nebuchadnezzar_n former_a year_n be_v victorious_a in_o his_o nineteen_o year_n he_o win_v jerusalem_n and_o proud_a tyrus_n esa._n 23.15_o the_o same_o year_n egypt_n be_v next_o aim_v at_o as_o the_o fair_a mark_n but_o the_o petty_a nation_n about_o judah_n who_o desire_v the_o ruin_n thereof_o be_v to_o be_v make_v sure_a for_o fear_v of_o incommode_v his_o return_n from_o egypt_n if_o he_o succeed_v not_o all_o these_o ill_a neighbour_n which_o imagine_v to_o gain_v by_o iudah_n fall_n as_o tyrus_n have_v and_o have_v follow_v the_o camp_n as_o raven_n be_v sudden_o oppose_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n as_o the_o lord_n have_v threaten_v and_o bring_v into_o the_o condition_n judah_n be_v in_o esa._n 16.14_o §_o 8._o nabuchadnezzar_n have_v free_v the_o coast_n behind_o he_o through_o syria_n and_o arabia_n leave_v neither_o friend_n to_o egypt_n nor_o foe_n to_o himself_o able_a to_o give_v impediment_n to_o his_o proceed_v or_o retreat_n he_o present_o take_v it_o in_o hand_n and_o according_a to_o our_o three_o great_a prophet_n have_v a_o victorious_a conquest_n of_o egypt_n although_o some_o good_a author_n follow_v herodotus_n and_o diodore_n extenuate_v it_o to_o a_o ravage_n without_o conquest_n and_o that_o apries_n or_o hophra_n their_o king_n be_v slay_v after_o in_o a_o insurrection_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o amasis_n choose_v to_o succeed_v but_o herodotus_n and_o diodorus_n be_v herein_o contradict_v by_o such_o authority_n as_o force_v our_o belief_n as_o esa._n 20.4_o 5_o 6._o jer._n 43.10_o and_o 44_o and_o 46.25_o 26._o so_o ezek._n 29.20.30_o and_o 32.31_o so_o that_o junius_n who_o in_o one_o place_n take_v hophra_n enemy_n to_o be_v amasis_n and_o his_o fellow_n yet_o on_o jer._n 44.30_o he_o confess_v the_o egyptian_a priest_n have_v abuse_v herodotus_n josephus_n also_o herein_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v believe_v report_v egypt_n conquest_n and_o slay_v of_o the_o king_n by_o nabuchadnezzar_n who_o appoint_v another_o in_o his_o stead_n all_o which_o be_v consonant_a to_o the_o prophet_n §_o 9_o nebuchadnezzar_n victory_n after_o the_o conquest_n of_o syria_n more_o enlarge_v his_o dominion_n than_o his_o former_a for_o beside_o the_o conquest_n of_o egypt_n we_o be_v bind_v to_o believe_v he_o conquer_a phut_n and_o lud_n and_o other_o nation_n as_o it_o seem_v even_o to_o mauritania_n hitherto_o egypt_n have_v flourish_v fifteen_o hundred_o eighty_o year_n but_o from_o henceforth_o forty_o year_n under_o a_o viceroy_n and_o be_v long_o after_o in_o recover_v strength_n but_o never_o to_o her_o ancient_a glory_n esa._n 19.11_o ezek._n 29.13_o etc._n etc._n §_o 10._o nebuchadnezzar_n action_n be_v diverse_o date_v some_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n who_o first_o year_n run_v with_o part_n of_o iehojakim_n three_o when_o daniel_n be_v carry_v captive_a another_o date_n be_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o empire_n which_o be_v after_o the_o conquest_n of_o egypt_n as_o his_o dream_n dan._n 2.1_o which_o can_v not_o be_v the_o second_o year_n reign_v consider_v the_o three_o then_o be_v up_o of_o daniel_n before_o he_o stand_v before_o the_o king_n as_o also_o that_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v yet_o no_o such_o king_n as_o he_o be_v when_o daniel_n declare_v the_o dream_n etc._n etc._n after_o the_o conquest_n of_o egypt_n ninive_n which_o rebel_v be_v destroy_v by_o he_o as_o nahum_n foretell_v who_o prophecy_n go_v between_o the_o destruction_n of_o egypt_n and_o ninive_n §_o 11._o nebuchadnezzar_n last_o time_n be_v find_v only_o in_o daniel_n as_o his_o building_n in_o babel_n cap._n 4.27_o wherein_o he_o glorify_v so_o much_o and_o no_o marvel_n if_o iosephus_n report_n out_o of_o berosus_n be_v true_a of_o a_o orchard_n support_v by_o arch_n as_o high_a as_o mountain_n rear_v in_o fifteen_o day_n but_o his_o overvalue_a his_o own_o greatness_n abase_v he_o as_o low_o and_o the_o lord_n for_o his_o presume_v to_o erect_v a_o image_n to_o be_v worship_v to_o his_o dishonour_n who_o he_o have_v before_o acknowledge_v cast_v such_o contempt_n upon_o he_o as_o never_o befall_v such_o a_o man._n for_o after_o the_o lord_n have_v convince_v he_o by_o the_o miraculous_a cool_n of_o his_o furnace_n and_o by_o a_o second_o dream_n warn_v he_o and_o give_v he_o one_o year_n respite_n he_o have_v human_a sense_n take_v from_o he_o etc._n etc._n upon_o his_o restore_n augustine_n and_o other_o hold_v he_o save_v §_o 12._o evilmerodach_n succeed_v in_o who_o nineteen_o year_n end_v the_o forty_o year_n of_o egypt_n desolation_n and_o now_o break_v the_o babylonian_a yoke_n under_o amasis_n their_o king_n this_o fall_v out_o while_n astyages_n the_o mede_n grandfather_n to_o cyrus_n hold_v war_n with_o evilmerodach_n and_o have_v the_o better_a which_o embolden_v egypt_n astyages_n die_v in_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o evilmerodach_n and_o leave_v the_o mede_n and_o persian_n in_o arm_n against_o evilmerodach_n who_o also_o they_o slay_v §_o 13._o a_o conjecture_n how_o it_o may_v be_v