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against_o paganism_n §_o 4._o honorius_n make_v paganism_n capital_a then_o be_v satan_n bind_v chap._n vii_o the_o millenium_fw-la yet_o to_o come_v be_v a_o dream_n of_o wake_v men._n §_o 1._o the_o millenaries_n shift_v of_o aera_n ape_n of_o mahometan_n and_o papist_n alsted_n boreal_a empire_n §_o 2._o mr._n meed_n principle_n overthrow_v the_o faith_n and_o placit_v of_o the_o ancient_n christ_n will_v not_o come_v to_o convert_v but_o destroy_v the_o jew_n satan_n bind_v synchronize_v with_o the_o downfall_n not_o of_o mahometanism_n but_o gentilism_n §_o 3._o america_n though_o ancient_o inhabit_v yet_o unknown_a to_o the_o ancient_a church_n and_o therefore_o implicit_o only_o comprehend_v in_o her_o faith_n hope_n and_o charity_n §_o 4._o the_o millenaries_n impious_a and_o uncharitable_a conception_n touch_v the_o gogick-war_n their_o triumphant_a church-militant_a §_o 5._o christ_n will_v find_v more_o faith_n in_o america_n than_o in_o this_o upper_a hemisphere_n §_o 6._o satan_n chain_n shorten_v in_o the_o low_a not_o lengthen_v in_o this_o upper_a hemisphere_n chap._n viii_o that_o satan_n lose_v will_n not_o be_v till_o the_o dawn_v of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n problematical_o discuss_v §_o 1._o elect_a gather_v into_o the_o air_n over_o the_o valley_n of_o jehoshaphat_n chancell_v not_o all_o eastward_o but_o all_o towards_o that_o valley_n §_o 2._o the_o elect_a secure_v satan_n re-enter_v and_o drive_v his_o old_a demesne_n the_o wicked_a destroy_v as_o rebel_n actual_o in_o arm_n believer_n try_v as_o citizen_n by_o the_o book_n of_o conscience_n and_o book_n of_o royal_a law_n §_o 3._o gog._n revel_n 20._o a_o great_a multitude_n than_o will_v meet_v before_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n when_o prophecy_n be_v to_o be_v expound_v literal_o when_o figurative_o §_o 4._o the_o ottoman_a army_n be_v not_o this_o gogick_n §_o 5._o the_o fire_n of_o the_o last_o conflagration_n carry_v infidel_n into_o the_o abyss_n the_o goat_n be_v cast_v into_o it_o after_o they_o be_v convict_v by_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n white_a throne_n new_a heaven_n and_o earth_n flame_n of_o fire_n divide_v §_o 6._o they_o that_o be_v in_o christ_n rise_v first_o but_o infidel_n be_v first_o judge_v the_o objection_n from_o their_o be_v in_o termino_fw-la §_o 7._o the_o jew_n septimum_fw-la millenarium_fw-la be_v the_o eternal_a sabbath_n the_o day_n of_o a_o tree_n isa._n 65._o 28._o the_o text_n paraphrase_a chap._n ix_o the_o force_n of_o the_o general_a argument_n from_o prophecy_n urge_v §_o 1._o prophetic_a event_n demonstrate_v the_o reveiler_n infinite_a science_n §_o 2._o and_o omnipotency_n §_o 3._o the_o divine_a original_a of_o the_o gospel_n §_o 4._o christ_n circumstantiate_v old_a prophecy_n of_o jerusalem_n fall_n §_o 5._o when_o her_o fall_n be_v most_o unlikely_a §_o 6._o precognition_n demonstrate_v pre-existence_n chap._n x._o the_o demonstration_n of_o power_n §_o 1._o christian_n glean_n exceed_v pagan_n vintage_n §_o 2._o christian_n story_n of_o undoubted_a pagan_a of_o dubious_a credit_n §_o 3._o pagan_a miracle_n mis-fathered_a §_o 4._o rome_n prosperity_n whence_o §_o 5._o wonder_n among_o gentile_n for_o the_o fulfil_n of_o prophecy_n §_o 6._o for_o the_o punishment_n of_o nation_n ripe_a for_o excision_n §_o 7._o empire_n raise_v miraculous_o for_o the_o common_a good_a chap._n xi_o the_o deficiency_n of_o the_o false_a character_n of_o true_a miracle_n §_o 1._o heathen_a wonder_n unprofitable_a §_o 2._o of_o a_o impious_a tendency_n §_o 3._o not_o above_o the_o power_n of_o nature_n §_o 4._o moses_n and_o the_o magician_n rodd_n into_o serpent_n §_o 5._o the_o sun_n stand_v still_o and_o go_v back_o the_o persian_a triplasia_n §_o 6._o darkness_n at_o our_o saviour_n passion_n §_o 7._o christ_n resurrection_n the_o broad-seal_a set_v to_o the_o gospel_n chap._n xii_o the_o supernatural_a power_n of_o salvific_a grace_n §_o 1._o the_o church_n triumph_v over_o the_o school_n §_o 2._o christianity_n lay_v the_o axe_n to_o the_o root_n §_o 3._o the_o rule_n imperfect_a before_o christ._n §_o 4._o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o school_n be_v without_o life_n and_o power_n §_o 5_o real_a exornation_n before_o verbal_a encomium_n christian_n religion_n be_v appeal_v to_o the_o bar_n of_o common_a reason_n etc._n etc._n the_o first_o book_n it_o be_v moral_o impossible_a that_o the_o apostolical_a church_n shall_v delude_v the_o world_n with_o feign_a miracle_n or_o story_n chap._n i._n the_o content_n the_o age_n wherein_o the_o apostle_n flourish_v be_v sufficient_o secure_v against_o the_o imposture_n of_o empiric_n by_o its_o knowledge_n in_o physics_n ignorance_n in_o natural_n the_o mother_n of_o superstitious_a credulity_n the_o darkness_n at_o our_o saviour_n crucifixion_n compare_v with_o that_o at_o romulus_n his_o death_n heathen_a record_n of_o the_o darkness_n of_o christ_n passion_n sect._n 1_o how_o easy_o how_o certain_o will_v the_o fraud_n have_v be_v 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6._o epist._n 16._o request_v from_o he_o a_o account_n of_o his_o uncle_n death_n that_o he_o may_v in_o his_o history_n transmit_v to_o posterity_n the_o memory_n of_o so_o brave_a a_o exploit_n a_o little_a before_o he_o in_o year_n and_o not_o behind_o he_o in_o sagacity_n after_o nature_n footstep_n flourish_v mithridates_n king_n of_o pontus_n who_o name_n to_o this_o day_n be_v famous_a in_o dispensatories_n regum_fw-la orientis_fw-la post_fw-la alexandrum_fw-la magnum_fw-la maximus_fw-la the_o great_a of_o all_o the_o eastern_a king_n after_z alexander_z the_o great_a so_o potent_a as_o he_o hold_v the_o roman_n in_o play_n 40_o year_n and_o in_o his_o ruin_n involve_v almost_o the_o whole_a east_n and_o north_n l._n florus_n appianus_n etc._n etc._n have_v 25_o province_n under_o his_o dominion_n and_o understand_v as_o many_o language_n as_o well_o as_o the_o native_n so_o that_o he_o answer_v all_o ambassador_n in_o their_o mother_n tongue_n agellius_n noct_v att._n l._n 17._o c._n 17._o ingentis_fw-la
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after_o the_o captivity_n speak_v hebrew_n be_v manifest_a from_o the_o testimony_n of_o josephus_n in_o his_o antiq._n judaic_n lib._n 11._o 5._o where_o he_o have_v this_o story_n that_o nehemiah_n as_o he_o be_v walk_v before_o susa_n the_o metropolis_n of_o persia_n overhear_v certain_a stranger_n as_o they_o be_v travel_v towards_o the_o city_n discourse_v among_o themselves_o in_o hebrew_a and_o draw_v towards_o they_o he_o ask_v from_o whence_o they_o come_v they_o answer_v he_o from_o judaea_n and_o inform_v he_o in_o what_o bad_a state_n the_o jewish_a affair_n be_v which_o bad_a news_n be_v the_o occasion_n of_o his_o look_v so_o heavy_o as_o the_o king_n take_v notice_n of_o it_o yea_o that_o the_o vulgar_a understand_v it_o at_o their_o conquest_n by_o titus_n be_v manifest_a from_o josephus_n speak_v to_o they_o in_o the_o name_n of_o caesar_n in_o hebrew_n that_o not_o only_o the_o captain_n of_o the_o rebel_n but_o the_o vulgar_a may_v understand_v he_o bel._n jud._n 7._o 4_o itaque_fw-la josephus_n ne_fw-la soli_fw-la joanni_fw-la haec_fw-la intimarentur_fw-la sed_fw-la pluribus_fw-la constitit_fw-la ubi_fw-la exaudiri_fw-la possit_fw-la &_o mandata_fw-la caesaris_fw-la hebraico_fw-la sermone_fw-la disseruit_fw-la 2_o the_o greek_a into_o which_o the_o hebrew_n text_n be_v translate_v be_v the_o common_a tongue_n of_o most_o of_o those_o nation_n into_o which_o the_o jew_n be_v disperse_v and_o to_o all_o of_o they_o the_o badge_n of_o their_o subjection_n to_o the_o grecian_a empire_n and_o the_o then_o common_a key_n as_o latin_n be_v afterward_o and_o be_v now_o in_o the_o western_a part_n of_o the_o world_n to_o all_o province_n to_o unlock_v their_o mind_n to_o one_o another_o in_o natural_a commerce_n so_o that_o without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o that_o they_o must_v have_v interdict_v themselves_o of_o fire_n and_o water_n that_o the_o jew_n by_o that_o time_n the_o law_n be_v translate_v have_v upon_o this_o account_n gain_v the_o 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pag._n 141._o to_o bring_v this_o so_o much_o dispute_v point_n among_o those_o who_o too_o much_o or_o too_o little_a learning_n make_v mad_a to_o the_o capacity_n even_o of_o idiot_n the_o belgic_a church_n in_o england_n express_v to_o the_o life_n the_o state_n of_o the_o jewish_a in_o the_o dispersion_n as_o to_o their_o perfect_a understanding_n their_o own_o and_o our_o tongue_n what_o dutch_n be_v to_o they_o hebrew_a be_v yea_o be_v to_o the_o jew_n and_o what_o greek_n be_v to_o the_o jew_n inhabit_v the_o siro-grecian_a empire_n that_o be_v english_a to_o the_o dutch_a with_o we_o and_o i_o think_v it_o be_v a_o easy_a thing_n out_o of_o one_o congregation_n of_o they_o to_o single_a out_o more_o than_o aristaeus_n report_v eleazar_n to_o have_v cull_v out_o of_o one_o whole_a tribe_n able_a without_o hesitancy_n variance_n or_o mistake_v to_o turn_v their_o belgic_a bible_n into_o english_a and_o in_o as_o short_a a_o time_n as_o that_o translation_n be_v complete_v in_o 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