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this_o than_o other_o case_n bring_v before_o they_o as_o they_o apprehend_v the_o great_a interest_n of_o the_o empire_n to_o be_v more_o concern_v in_o this_o than_o in_o other_o the_o trial_n of_o the_o title_n to_o that_o crown_n which_o the_o eastern_a prophecy_n make_v promise_n of_o cost_v more_o blood_n than_o have_v be_v shed_v in_o umpiring_a the_o title_n of_o all_o other_o crown_n so_o that_o upon_o this_o account_n the_o tumult_n in_o judea_n occasion_v that_o severe_a scrutiny_n of_o what_o the_o church_n report_v as_o will_v have_v dash_v she_o out_o of_o countenance_n have_v those_o report_n be_v false_a and_o have_v render_v it_o impossible_a for_o she_o to_o shuffle_v any_o thing_n into_o the_o story_n of_o christ_n which_o will_v not_o abide_v the_o severe_a test._n this_o medium_fw-la we_o have_v see_v attest_v under_o the_o hand_n of_o secular_a historian_n of_o that_o disaffection_n to_o christian_a religion_n as_o it_o can_v not_o but_o be_v far_o from_o their_o 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in_o the_o examination_n of_o st._n paul_n at_o his_o attachment_n calculate_v the_o order_n of_o nero_n process_n at_o his_o argument_n and_o draw_v this_o conclusion_n that_o nero_n as_o we_o say_v christen_v his_o own_o child_n first_o first_o inform_v himself_o of_o what_o most_o near_o concern_v his_o own_o interest_n by_o propound_v interrogatory_n of_o the_o same_o importance_n with_o that_o question_n of_o lycias_n 3._o those_o expression_n in_o the_o prediction_n of_o the_o fortune-teller_n in_o suetonius_n ut_fw-la destitueretur_fw-la &_o destituto_fw-la ei_fw-la etc._n etc._n they_o tell_v nero_n that_o after_o he_o have_v be_v desert_v of_o his_o own_o subject_n and_o deprive_v of_o the_o imperial_a crown_n the_o crown_n of_o judea_n shall_v be_v set_v upon_o his_o head_n and_o with_o that_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o the_o world_n be_v so_o exact_o like_o the_o language_n of_o the_o prophet_n foretell_v that_o the_o great_a shepherd_n must_v first_o be_v smite_v and_o his_o 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to_o be_v not_o of_o god_n will_n as_o st._n austin_n de_fw-la haeresibus_fw-la affirm_v hermes_n to_o have_v think_v the_o ineffable_a word_n to_o be_v filius_fw-la benedicti_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o bonae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la the_o son_n of_o the_o bless_a god_n and_o his_o good_a will_n upon_o which_o st._n austin_n thus_o flout_v the_o pagan_a quaerebas_fw-la pagane_n conjugem_fw-la dei_fw-la audi_fw-la mercurium_fw-la abjiciatur_fw-la quaeso_fw-la ex_fw-la cord_n tuo_fw-la impura_fw-la pravitas_fw-la conjux_fw-la dei_fw-la bona_fw-la voluntas_fw-la est_fw-la thou_o demand_v of_o what_o wife_n god_n beget_v his_o son_n let_v mercury_n answer_v thou_o cast_v i_o pray_v thou_o impure_a pravity_n out_o of_o thy_o heart_n the_o wife_n of_o god_n be_v his_o own_o good_a will_n of_o that_o he_o beget_v his_o son_n in_o the_o express_n of_o who_o eternal_a generation_n though_o the_o gentile_n speak_v not_o by_o rule_n as_o we_o do_v yet_o they_o blunder_v out_o our_o sense_n and_o 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to_o get_v his_o son_n be_v antigonus_n head_n strike_v off_o and_o yet_o live_v after_o that_o five_o day_n as_o long_o as_o our_o herod_n live_v in_o all_o after_o he_o have_v receive_v his_o deaths-wound_n 4._o though_o he_o do_v not_o in_o terminis_fw-la say_v that_o this_o herod_n be_v eat_v up_o of_o worm_n yet_o he_o concur_v with_o st._n luke_n in_o sense_n in_o lay_v down_o the_o most_o proper_a symptom_n of_o that_o malady_n ex_fw-la intimis_fw-la praecordiis_fw-la dolour_n ventris_fw-la tormina_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o very_a first_o symptom_n of_o herod_n the_o great_a his_o mortal_a disease_n which_o josephus_n himself_z mention_n and_o the_o symptom_n of_o that_o distemper_n that_o be_v cause_v by_o the_o worm_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o name_n which_o st._n luke_n the_o belove_a physician_n give_v to_o they_o that_o eat_v up_o herod_n which_o riverius_n specify_v prax_fw-la med_a l._n 10._o dolour_n in_o ventre_n morsum_fw-la &_o erosionem_fw-la repraesentans_fw-la a_o grief_n in_o the_o belly_n represent_v bite_a or_o gnaw_v express_v thus_o by_o senertus_n pract_n med_a l._n 2._o par_fw-fr 2._o sect._n 1._o cap._n 5._o symtomata_n vermium_fw-la morsus_fw-la &_o vellicatio_fw-la in_o abdomine_fw-la and_o by_o duretus_n upon_o hollerius_n de_fw-fr vermibus_fw-la in_o josephus_n his_o own_o word_n tormina_fw-la in_o alvo_fw-la nay_o such_o gripe_a and_o erosion_n of_o the_o inward_o be_v so_o signal_n indication_n of_o worm_n that_o the_o same_o word_n vermina_fw-la which_o signify_v worm_n donec_fw-la eos_fw-la vitâ_fw-la privarant_v vermina_fw-la saeva_fw-la expertes_fw-la opis_fw-la ignaros_fw-la quid_fw-la vulnera_fw-la vellent_fw-la luc._n lib._n 5._o until_o the_o worm_n that_o breed_v in_o their_o undefiled_a wound_n kill_v they_o signify_v also_o that_o kind_n of_o gripe_v in_o the_o bowel_n which_o