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17._o c._n 17._o ingentis_fw-la
five_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n in_o spite_n of_o the_o natural_a dyscrasie_n of_o that_o monster_n and_o the_o temptation_n to_o a_o early_a apostasy_n which_o a_o absolute_a sovereignty_n lay_v before_o he_o vid._n tacit._n a_o 15._o and_o who_o be_v himself_o as_o much_o a_o philosopher_n in_o the_o inward_a of_o his_o soul_n as_o in_o the_o outward_a habit_n of_o his_o beard_n and_o gown_n as_o much_o a_o moralist_n in_o practice_n as_o contemplation_n and_o precept_n as_o the_o great_a humanist_n of_o france_n the_o lord_n nountaigne_n essay_n l._n 1._o c._n 32._o have_v more_o than_o essay_v to_o vindicate_v he_o to_o have_v be_v against_o dion_n calumniation_n xiphil_n è_fw-fr dione_n nero._n pag._n 519._o ground_v upon_o tigellinus_n and_o his_o party_n report_n who_o to_o have_v his_o enemy_n and_o slanderer_n be_v seneca_n honour_n tigellinus_n be_v a_o person_n of_o so_o filthy_a and_o calumniate_a a_o tongue_n as_o dion_z himself_o but_o three_o page_n before_o he_o 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his_o go_v out_o of_o the_o senate_n as_o refuse_v to_o give_v his_o vote_n for_o the_o condemnation_n of_o agrippina_n upon_o the_o barbarous_a motion_n of_o her_o unnatural_a son_n and_o his_o not_o appear_v at_o those_o funeral_n solemnity_n wherein_o divine_a honour_n be_v confer_v upon_o that_o court_n drab_n poppaea_n a_o person_n of_o that_o divine_a presence_n and_o discourse_n as_o his_o friend_n be_v confident_a he_o will_v have_v thunderstruck_a the_o senate_n and_o nero_n himself_o if_o they_o can_v have_v persuade_v he_o to_o have_v stoop_v so_o far_o from_o the_o contempt_n of_o death_n as_o to_o plead_v for_o his_o life_n and_o make_v his_o defence_n in_o which_o point_n through_o his_o belief_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n of_o which_o he_o be_v discourse_v with_o demetrius_n the_o philosopher_n at_o that_o instant_n he_o be_v of_o so_o well_o a_o compose_a mind_n as_o he_o do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o change_v countenance_n except_o it_o be_v to_o a_o more_o cheerful_a aspect_n at_o the_o news_n of_o his_o condemnation_n tacit._n l._n 15._o illic_fw-la à _fw-la quaestore_fw-mi reperitur_fw-la laetitiae_fw-la propior_fw-la and_o while_o his_o life_n be_v breathe_v out_o at_o the_o vein_n of_o both_o his_o arm_n he_o spend_v not_o his_o breath_n in_o effeminate_a lamentation_n but_o in_o discourse_n upon_o that_o endless_a life_n to_o which_o he_o assure_v himself_o he_o be_v haste_v and_o call_v the_o quaestor_n who_o be_v send_v to_o see_v his_o execution_n look_v here_o say_v he_o young_a man_n we_o be_v pour_v out_o this_o offering_n jovi_fw-la liberatori_fw-la to_o god_n redeemer_n i_o pray_v god_n divert_v the_o omen_n but_o very_o thou_o live_v in_o such_o time_n as_o it_o be_v very_o behooveful_a to_o get_v thy_o mind_n fortify_v against_o all_o temporal_a evil_n by_o such_o example_n of_o constancy_n as_o thou_o see_v i_o set_v before_o thou_o §_o 2._o but_o i_o go_v about_o to_o number_v the_o star_n in_o attempt_v to_o reckon_v up_o all_o the_o philosopher_n then_o flourish_v when_o the_o christian_a philosophy_n be_v first_o commend_v to_o the_o world_n i_o will_v therefore_o cease_v the_o further_a prosecution_n of_o that_o point_n and_o glance_n at_o their_o dogmata_fw-la the_o divine_a axiom_n they_o deliver_v touch_v divination_n by_o augury_n and_o prophetical_a theology_n where_o that_o i_o may_v avoid_v tedious_a repetition_n i_o shall_v in_o a_o manner_n confine_v myself_o to_o the_o collector_n of_o the_o opinion_n of_o other_o tully_n who_o though_o himself_o a_o augur_n not_o only_o deride_v divination_n by_o bird_n by_o dream_n by_o oracle_n etc._n etc._n but_o evince_v the_o vanity_n of_o they_o by_o chrysippus_n his_o reason_n affirm_v in_o general_a that_o they_o be_v the_o production_n of_o superstition_n which_o disperse_v through_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o world_n take_v occasion_n from_o humane_a imbecility_n have_v almost_o oppress_v all_o man_n mind_n and_o tyrannize_v over_o they_o ut_fw-la verè_fw-la loquamur_fw-la superstitio_fw-la fusa_fw-la per_fw-la gentes_fw-la oppressit_fw-la omnium_fw-la ferè_fw-la animos_fw-la atque_fw-la hominum_fw-la imbecillitatem_fw-la occupavit_fw-la the_o divinat_fw-la l._n 2._o pag._n 265._o 1._o in_o particular_a he_o explode_v divination_n by_o dream_n from_o several_a instance_n of_o one_o that_o be_v to_o run_v in_o the_o olympic_a game_n dream_v he_o see_v himself_o overnight_o carry_v in_o a_o chariot_n draw_v with_o four_o horse_n which_o one_o interpret_v to_o signify_v that_o he_o shall_v win_v the_o prize_n because_o of_o the_o horse_n swiftness_n another_o that_o he_o shall_v lose_v it_o because_o he_o have_v see_v four_o swift_a creature_n before_o himself_o of_o another_o who_o dream_v he_o see_v a_o eagle_n that_o portend_v thou_o shall_v win_v quoth_v one_o augur_n for_o that_o be_v the_o swift_a bird_n thou_o shall_v lose_v say_v another_o for_o the_o eagle_n pursue_v all_o other_o bird_n and_o be_v herself_o pursue_v by_o none_o therefore_o she_o be_v always_o hindmost_a quae_fw-la est_fw-la ista_fw-la ars_fw-la conjectoris_fw-la eludentis_fw-la ingenio_fw-la a_o quicquam_fw-la significant_a nisi_fw-la acumen_fw-la hominum_fw-la ex_fw-la similitudine_fw-la aliqua_fw-la conjecturam_fw-la modò_fw-la huc_fw-la modò_fw-la illuc_fw-la ducentium_fw-la pag._n 2._o 64._o what_o be_v this_o else_o but_o the_o art_n of_o a_o guess_a witty_o shift_v off_o his_o want_n of_o wit_n what_o do_v those_o interpretation_n signify_v but_o man_n quickness_n of_o wit_n from_o some_o resemblance_n or_o other_o draw_v their_o conjecture_n sometime_o this_o way_n sometime_o that_o 2._o divination_n by_o oracle_n he_o deride_v as_o fasten_v by_o imposture_n upon_o thë_n divine_a spirit_n motion_n id_fw-la certe_fw-la magis_fw-la est_fw-la attenti_fw-la animi_fw-la quam_fw-la furentis_fw-la hoc_fw-la scriptoris_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la furentis_fw-la adhibentis_fw-la diligentiam_fw-la non_fw-la insani_fw-la pag._n 251._o when_o their_o be_v mostwhat_a give_v in_o verse_n speak_v they_o to_o be_v the_o result_n of_o humane_a industry_n and_o their_o ambiguity_n father_n they_o upon_o person_n provide_v for_o save_v their_o own_o credit_n let_v come_v what_o will_n partim_fw-la falsis_fw-la partim_fw-la casu_fw-la veris_fw-la ut_fw-la fit_n in_fw-la omni_fw-la oratione_fw-la saepissimè_fw-la partim_fw-la flexiloquis_fw-la &_o obscuris_fw-la ut_fw-la interpres_fw-la egeat_fw-la interpret_v &_o ipsa_fw-la sor_n referenda_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la sort_n partim_fw-la ambiguis_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 252._o they_o be_v sometime_o false_a sometime_o true_a by_o chance_n as_o it_o frequent_o fall_v out_o in_o all_o kind_n of_o discourse_n sometime_o so_o equivocal_a and_o obscure_a as_o the_o interpreter_n need_v a_o interpreter_n and_o the_o question_n what_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o respond_v be_v hard_a to_o answer_v than_o the_o question_n which_o be_v put_v to_o the_o oracle_n and_o sometime_o so_o ambiguous_a etc._n etc._n such_o as_o that_o which_o herodotus_n report_v apollo_n to_o have_v give_v to_o croesus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d croesus_n halym_n
tune_n be_v not_o the_o work_n ambubaiarum_fw-la of_o every_o trivial_a ballad-singer_n but_o of_o mind_n well_o set_v and_o perfect_o harmonious_a a_o blind_a fortuitous_a concourse_n of_o such_o variety_n of_o herb_n can_v never_o have_v produce_v so-well-ordered_n a_o salad_n temper_v to_o the_o taste_v of_o all_o savoury_a palate_n see_v the_o wise_a philosopher_n be_v so_o far_o from_o a_o general_a consent_n one_o with_o another_o as_o not_o one_o of_o their_o school_n agree_v with_o but_o contradict_v itself_o euseb._n de_fw-fr praep_n evang._n demonstrate_v how_o the_o school_n of_o plato_n jar_v with_o its_o own_o dictate_v symphoniam_fw-la &_o consensum_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la commendat_fw-la per_fw-la antithesin_n monstrat_fw-la â_fw-la ethnicae_fw-la philosophiae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d adeò_fw-la ut_fw-la invalescente_fw-la opinionum_fw-la varietate_fw-la &_o re_fw-la pugnantiâ_fw-la alii_fw-la in_o sectus_fw-la divisi_fw-la hostilibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d decertarent_fw-la alii_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d laudarent_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o thence_o commend_v the_o symphony_n of_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n from_o the_o untunableness_n of_o gentile-philosophy_n with_o itself_o insomuch_o as_o through_o the_o prevail_a of_o various_a and_o repugnant_a opinion_n some_o be_v divide_v into_o sect_n contend_v with_o hostile_a hatred_n and_o other_o grow_v to_o that_o pass_n as_o they_o will_v affirm_v nothing_o but_o turn_v sceptic_n chap._n ix_o gospel-history_n agree_v with_o old_a testament-prophesie_a §_o 1._o christ_n appeal_n to_o the_o prophet_n §_o 2._o the_o primary_n old_a testament-prophesy_n not_o accomplishable_a in_o any_o but_o the_o bless_a jesus_n jacob_n '_o s_z shilo_n gentile_n gather_v sceptre_n depart_v at_o the_o demolish_n of_o their_o king_n palace_n §_o 3._o by_o consent_n of_o both_o party_n not_o till_o the_o gentile_n gather_v child_n to_o abraham_n of_o stone_n gentile_n flock_v to_o christ_n standard_n §_o 4._o sign_n of_o sceptre_n be_v departure_n price_n of_o soul_n pay_v to_o capitol_n not_o former_o pay_v to_o caesar._n mat._n 17._o 25._o explain_v §_o 5._o jew_n pay_v neither_o tithe_n nor_o this_o polemoney_n to_o any_o but_o their_o own_o priest_n before_o vespasian_n who_o make_v judah_n a_o vassal_n to_o a_o strange_a god_n such_o as_o their_o father_n know_v not_o §_o 1._o no_o less_o harmonious_o do_v gospel_n history_n fall_v in_o with_o old_a testament-prophecy_n touch_v the_o messiah_n his_o lineage_n of_o the_o house_n of_o david_n psal._n 132._o 12._o act._n 2._o 30._o his_o mother_n a_o virgin_n st._n mat._n 1._o 22_o 23._o his_o place_n of_o birth_n bethlehem_n mat._n 2._o 5_o 6._o of_o education_n nazareth_n st._n mat._n 2._o 23._o that_o from_o his_o dwell_n there_o he_o may_v be_v know_v to_o be_v the_o branch_n natzar_n a_o name_n give_v the_o messiah_n isai._n 11._o 1._o jer._n 23._o 5._o zachar_n 6._o 12._o etc._n etc._n of_o retreat_n from_o herod_n cruelty_n egypt_n st._n mat._n 2._o 15._o hosea_n 11._o 1._o of_o his_o great_a converse_n during_o his_o ministry_n galilee_n of_o the_o gentile_n mat._n 4._o 14._o isa._n 9_o 1_o 2._o the_o time_n of_o his_o ministry_n half_a seven_o year_n or_o the_o half_a of_o a_o prophetic_a week_n dan._n 9_o 27._o so_o scaliger_n de_fw-fr emendatione_fw-la pascha_fw-la christi_fw-la the_o specific_a miracle_n for_o confirmation_n of_o his_o doctrine_n heal_v sick_a restore_v sight_n to_o the_o blind_a leg_n to_o the_o lame_a etc._n etc._n st._n mat._n 11._o 4_o 5._o isa._n 35_o 6._o isa._n 61_o 1._o christ_n appeal_v to_o his_o work_a miracle_n by_o the_o rule_n of_o prophecy_n his_o be_v betray_v by_o one_o of_o his_o familiar_n one_o that_o do_v eat_v of_o his_o bread_n judas_n st._n john_n 13._o 18._o psal._n 41._o 9_o the_o price_n he_o be_v sell_v at_o thirty_o penny_n the_o field_n name_n that_o be_v buy_v with_o that_o price_n of_o blood_n the_o potter_n field_n st._n mat._n 27._o 7_o 8_o 9_o for_o which_o the_o evangelist_n quote_v jeremy_n though_o the_o text_n be_v in_o zachary_n chap._n 11._o 13._o because_o the_o 10_o 11_o 12._o chapter_n of_o zachary_n be_v a_o part_n of_o jeremy_n prophecy_n not_o commit_v to_o write_v till_o after_o the_o captivity_n and_o then_o annex_v to_o the_o former_a chapter_n of_o zachary_n as_o other_o man_n psalm_n be_v insert_v among_o david_n and_o agur_n proverb_n annex_v to_o solomon_n as_o that_o jewish_a proverb_n import_v the_o spirit_n of_o jeremy_n rest_v on_o zachary_n hammonds_n annotat._n heb._n 8._o 9_o the_o flight_n and_o dispersion_n of_o the_o apostle_n st._n mat._n 26._o 31_o 56._o zach._n 13._o 7._o his_o crucifiction_n betwixt_o two_o theives_n st._n mar._n 15._o 27_o 28._o isa_n 53._o 12._o his_o buffering_n st._n mat._n 26._o 67._o 27._o 29_o 30._o isa._n 50._o 6._o his_o vinegar_n his_o gall_n st._n john_n 20._o 28_o 29._o st._n mat._n 27._o 34._o psal._n 69._o 21._o the_o divide_v of_o his_o vesture_n the_o cast_a lot_n for_o his_o seamless_a coat_n st._n john_n 19_o 24_o 25._o psal._n 22._o 18._o the_o pierce_a of_o his_o side_n their_o not_o break_v of_o his_o leg_n as_o they_o do_v they_o that_o be_v crucify_v with_o he_o st._n john_n 19_o 36._o exod._n 12._o 46._o psal._n 34._o 20._o zech._n 12._o 10._o psal._n 22._o 16._o etc._n etc._n as_o these_o thing_n be_v foretell_v of_o the_o messiah_n so_o they_o be_v in_o every_o title_n fulfil_v in_o the_o bless_a jesus_n i_o appeal_v now_o to_o all_o man_n of_o common_a sense_n to_o judge_n whether_o man_n of_o dislocate_v understanding_n can_v have_v carry_v the_o matter_n so_o eavenly_a as_o the_o evangelist_n do_v here_o make_v their_o gospel-relation_n as_o well_o wrought_v wax_n to_o take_v the_o perfect_a impression_n and_o seal_v of_o old_a testament_n prediction_n present_v jesus_n of_o nazareth_n wear_v that_o very_a coat_n of_o arm_n which_o the_o prophet_n have_v blazon_v for_o the_o christ_n so_o as_o the_o word_n which_o 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