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death_n of_o gedaliah_n which_o happen_v in_o this_o month_n and_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o total_a disperse_v of_o the_o remnant_n leave_v in_o judea_n jer._n 41.1_o etc._n etc._n that_o of_o the_o ten_o for_o nebuchadnezar_n siege_n which_o be_v lay_v against_o jerusalem_n in_o the_o ten_o day_n of_o this_o month_n 2_o king_n 25.1_o jer._n 52.4_o all_o which_o occasion_n of_o these_o solemn_a assembly_n that_o of_o the_o seven_o month_n except_v be_v such_o as_o may_v suggest_v to_o the_o babylonian_n that_o this_o people_n assemble_v together_o yearly_a to_o lament_v their_o good_a success_n and_o prosperity_n let_v we_o lay_v all_o together_o and_o where_o we_o want_v a_o determinate_a rule_n conjecture_n whether_o the_o premise_n consider_v it_o be_v a_o thing_n likely_a that_o the_o
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not_o to_o be_v begin_v with_o the_o decree_n of_o cyrus_n p._n 161._o to_o 183_o sect._n iii_o that_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v begin_v with_o the_o decree_n of_o darius_n ezra_n 6.6_o 7.8_o etc._n etc._n p._n 183._o to_o p._n 193_o sect._n iu._n that_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v begin_v with_o the_o decree_n of_o artaxerxes_n in_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n ezra_n 7.11_o 12_o 13._o p._n 193_o that_o they_o be_v to_o be_v begin_v with_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o artaxerxes_n when_o nehemiah_n receive_v his_o commission_n to_o build_v jerusalem_n nehem._n 2._o p._n 194._o to_o 198_o sect._n v._n that_o the_o seventy_o week_n end_n with_o the_o passion_n of_o christ_n p._n 198_o 199_o sect._n vi_o a_o resolution_n of_o sundry_a knot_n about_o daniel_n seven_o week_n his_o sixty_o two_o week_n his_o one_o week_n and_o his_o half_a week_n p._n 200._o to_o 217_o sect._n vii_o a_o objection_n against_o our_o end_n of_o the_o seventy_o week_n answer_v p._n 217._o to_o 225_o chap._n 3._o wherein_o enquiry_n be_v make_v into_o the_o number_n of_o the_o year_n that_o pass_v betwixt_o the_o first_o of_o cyrus_n and_o the_o twenty_o of_o artaxerxes_n when_o nehemiah_n receive_v his_o commission_n to_o build_v jerusalem_n sect._n i._o disprove_v the_o ground_n of_o that_o opinion_n which_o cut_v this_o time_n much_o short_a than_o it_o shall_v be_v p._n 225._o to_o 251_o sect._n ii_o prove_v that_o that_o artaxerxes_n from_o who_o nehemiah_n receive_v his_o commission_n be_v he_o who_o the_o greek_n call_v mnemon_n p._n 251._o to_o p._n 281_o in_o order_n to_o the_o clear_v this_o be_v show_v that_o that_o darius_n who_o advance_v the_o temple-building_n can_v not_o be_v darius_n hystaspes_n p._n 253._o to_o 281._o nor_o darius_n nothus_fw-la p._n 259._o but_o be_v darius_n call_v by_o the_o greek_n longimanus_fw-la here_o zecharies_n seventy_o year_n be_v open_v p._n 260._o to_o p._n 274_o sect._n iii_o prove_v that_o the_o time_n betwixt_o cyrus_n first_o 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