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fuit_fw-la regiscunctatio_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o this_o behalf_n also_o this_o stay_n of_o daniel_n be_v profitable_a to_o the_o king_n that_o he_o may_v be_v more_o desirous_a to_o hear_v the_o truth_n oecolampaid_n pelli_fw-la this_o use_n the_o king_n may_v make_v thereof_o but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n which_o move_v daniel_n quest._n 21._o v._n 16._o in_o what_o sense_n daniel_n wish_v this_o dream_n to_o the_o king_n enemy_n daniel_n shall_v seem_v herein_o to_o pray_v against_o the_o will_n of_o god_n which_o have_v so_o decree_v against_o nebuchednezzar_n and_o beside_o it_o may_v be_v think_v against_o charity_n to_o wish_v such_o thing_n unto_o those_o who_o he_o know_v not_o who_o may_v some_o of_o they_o be_v better_o than_o nabuchadnezzar_n 1._o some_o think_v therefore_o that_o daniel_n by_o this_o speech_n only_o show_v the_o great_a calamity_n which_o shall_v befall_v he_o such_o as_o we_o use_v to_o say_v a_o man_n wish_v to_o his_o enemy_n bull_v 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in_o commentar_n 4._o but_o it_o be_v more_o than_o a_o civil_a salutation_n for_o indeed_o daniel_n desire_v averti_fw-la tam_fw-la horriâ—ilem_fw-la poenam_fw-la à _fw-la regis_fw-la persona_fw-la such_o a_o horrible_a punishment_n to_o be_v turn_v away_o from_o the_o king_n calvin_n whereupon_o polanus_fw-la also_o note_v that_o we_o shall_v even_o pray_v for_o our_o enemy_n as_o daniel_n do_v for_o nabuchadnezzar_n who_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o the_o people_n of_o god_n and_o hold_v they_o in_o captivity_n 5._o but_o daniel_n herein_o go_v not_o against_o the_o decree_n of_o god_n for_o he_o thus_o pray_v praesupposito_fw-la beneplacito_fw-la divino_fw-la presuppose_v if_o it_o be_v god_n good_a pleasure_n dyon_n carthus_n so_o also_o pintus_fw-la he_o know_v dei_fw-la minis_fw-la &_o promissionibus_fw-la haerere_fw-la svas_fw-la conditione_n that_o certain_a condions_a be_v annex_v to_o the_o threaten_n and_o promise_n of_o god_n jun._n for_o otherwise_o daniel_n in_o vain_a 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nimroth_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v the_o same_o who_o of_o foreign_a writter_n be_v call_v belus_n for_o this_o belus_n be_v the_o first_o that_o bring_v in_o idolatry_n julian._n as_o cyril_n say_v and_o so_o be_v nimroth_n for_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o most_o of_o the_o idol_n of_o the_o gentile_n take_v their_o name_n from_o bel_n as_o the_o first_o founder_n of_o they_o as_o belial_n or_o baal_n the_o god_n of_o the_o sidonian_n beelzebub_n the_o god_n of_o ekron_n beelphegor_n the_o god_n of_o the_o moabite_n numb_a 25._o baalsamen_fw-la the_o idol_n of_o the_o carthaginian_n as_o augustine_n say_v so_o than_o it_o may_v well_o stand_v togethet_n judic._n that_o nimroth_n and_o belus_n 14._o be_v both_o the_o same_o man_n as_o be_v more_o at_o large_a show_v elsewhere_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o babylon_n 2._o and_o see_v ninus_n be_v the_o captain_n and_o chief_a of_o the_o giant_n they_o may_v be_v assistant_n unto_o he_o in_o build_v of_o the_o tower_n of_o babel_n and_o he_o a_o tingleader_n unto_o they_o 3._o it_o may_v also_o very_a well_o agree_v that_o nimroth_n or_o belus_n lay_v the_o first_o foundation_n of_o babylon_n which_o be_v enlarge_v by_o semiramis_n 4._o and_o afterward_o when_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n leave_v babylon_n &_o make_v ninive_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o their_o kingdom_n by_o this_o mean_v babylon_n be_v decay_v and_o lie_v waâ—t_o which_o last_o of_o all_o be_v re-edify_v and_o beautify_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n appâ—on_n who_o as_o josephus_n out_o of_o berosus_n write_v in_o these_o five_o work_n add_v to_o the_o buildiug_v of_o babylon_n 1._o he_o repair_v the_o old_a city_n and_o the_o temple_n of_o belus_n 2._o then_o he_o build_v a_o new_a city_n adjoin_v unto_o it_o 3._o he_o compass_v each_o of_o they_o with_o three_o wall_n for_o defence_n with_o tower_n and_o gate_n 4._o then_o he_o build_v a_o most_o sumptuous_a palace_n next_o unto_o the_o palace_n of_o his_o father_n and_o finish_v it_o in_o 25._o day_n 5._o he_o make_v certain_a artificial_a rock_n and_o mountain_n with_o orchard_n and_o garden_n upon_o they_o to_o satisfy_v the_o desire_n of_o his_o wife_n who_o be_v a_o median_a desire_v to_o see_v such_o hilly_a prospect_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o her_o country_n because_o nabuchadnezzar_n then_o have_v so_o enlarge_v and_o beautify_v the_o city_n he_o make_v himself_o the_o builder_n of_o it_o quest._n 37._o of_o nebucadnezzars_n pride_n in_o say_v which_o i_o have_v build_v for_o the_o house_n of_o the_o kingdom_n nebuchadnezzars_n pride_n diverse_o appear_v 1._o because_o he_o think_v that_o by_o his_o own_o power_n and_o strength_n he_o have_v raise_v those_o great_a building_n as_o though_o by_o his_o own_o wit_n and_o strength_n he_o have_v attain_v unto_o that_o power_n &_o riches_n to_o be_v able_a to_o compass_v such_o great_a work_n whereas_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o psal._n 126._o 1._o except_o the_o lord_n build_v the_o house_n they_o labour_v in_o vain_a that_o build_v it_o calvin_n 2._o he_o consider_v not_o how_o to_o compass_v such_o a_o great_a work_n innumerorum_fw-la pauperum_fw-la facultates_fw-la exhausit_fw-la he_o have_v waste_v the_o substance_n of_o a_o number_n of_o poor_a and_o weary_v their_o body_n oecolamp_n 3._o he_o rob_v his_o father_n and_o ancestor_n of_o their_o due_a praise_n who_o have_v build_v much_o before_o he_o he_o take_v all_o to_o himself_o polan_n 4._o then_o he_o show_v his_o contempt_n against_o god_n as_o though_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v have_v now_o make_v babylon_n invincible_a as_o he_o think_v quis_fw-la inde_fw-la i_o posset_n deijcere_a who_o can_v cast_v i_o out_o of_o it_o no_o not_o god_n himself_o lyran._n jun._n 5._o then_o he_o add_v further_a he_o build_v it_o not_o for_o god_n honour_n but_o his_o own_o he_o neither_o respect_v god_n glory_n nor_o the_o good_a of_o the_o commonwealth_n but_o his_o own_o fame_n and_o magnificence_n osiand_n calvin_n 6._o whereas_o the_o septuag_n read_v as_o he_o walk_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o temple_n eudoxius_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o king_n will_v have_v be_v count_v for_o a_o god_n oecolampiad_n 7._o but_o the_o king_n great_a security_n appear_v herein_o deambulat_fw-la otiosus_fw-la he_o walk_v idle_o as_o though_o in_o such_o a_o great_a kingdom_n there_o have_v be_v no_o business_n for_o he_o and_o he_o muse_v of_o nothing_o but_o his_o own_o greatness_n pelican_n 8._o nemo_fw-la interrogat_fw-la etc._n etc._n â—pse_fw-la primus_fw-la suâ—_n encomia_fw-la decantai_fw-la no_o man_n ask_v he_o any_o question_n he_o first_o sound_v out_o his_o own_o praise_n wherein_o he_o bewray_v his_o vanity_n and_o selfelove_n oecolamp_n quest._n 38._o v._n 28._o what_o manner_n of_o voice_n it_o be_v which_o come_v down_o from_o heaven_n 1._o the_o lord_n deal_v with_o nabuchadnezzar_n by_o degree_n first_o he_o speak_v unto_o he_o by_o dream_n then_o by_o the_o voice_n of_o his_o prophet_n and_o see_v he_o be_v not_o move_v 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of_o desolation_n stand_v in_o the_o holy_a place_n 2._o the_o abomination_n of_o desolation_n which_o be_v in_o antiochus_n time_n foreshow_v dan._n 8._o 13._o &_o 11._o 31._o they_o shall_v pollute_v the_o sanctuary_n etc._n etc._n and_o set_v up_o the_o abominable_a desolation_n be_v take_v in_o that_o sense_n which_o be_v the_o abominable_a idol_n of_o juppiter_n olympius_n which_o be_v set_v up_o upon_o the_o altar_n as_o appear_z 1._o macc._n 1._o 57_o and_o josephus_n also_o write_v that_o he_o cause_v the_o sanctuary_n to_o be_v call_v the_o temple_n of_o juppiter_n olympius_n lib._n 12._o antiquit_n c._n 7._o the_o like_a meaning_n of_o the_o same_o word_n be_v also_o insinuate_v here_o 3._o the_o hebrew_n word_n shakutz_fw-fr abomination_n be_v peculiar_a to_o idol_n as_o 1._o king_n 11._o 5._o milcom_n be_v call_v shakutz_n the_o abomination_n of_o the_o ammonite_n the_o abomination_n then_o and_o abominable_a thing_n be_v most_o proper_o understand_v to_o be_v some_o 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falseness_n of_o antichrist_n be_v detect_v by_o the_o preach_n of_o henoch_n and_o elias_n the_o jew_n shall_v be_v convert_v unto_o christ_n and_o until_o that_o time_n this_o desolation_n shall_v be_v etc._n etc._n but_o that_o conceit_n of_o henoch_n and_o elias_n preach_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n have_v no_o ground_n neither_o shall_v the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n be_v defer_v so_o long_o unto_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n the_o jew_n conversion_n be_v expect_v but_o their_o city_n and_o temple_n shall_v never_o be_v restore_v again_o for_o that_o will_v hinder_v their_o conversion_n unto_o christ._n 3._o wherefore_o out_o of_o this_o place_n rather_o it_o may_v be_v conclude_v that_o this_o overthrow_n of_o the_o city_n which_o be_v here_o speak_v of_o shall_v be_v the_o beginning_n of_o their_o final_a and_o perpetual_a desolation_n which_o may_v thus_o further_o appear_v 1._o this_o be_v testify_v in_o other_o place_n of_o the_o scripture_n that_o a_o final_a 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his_o own_o power_n he_o can_v not_o cause_v lightning_n and_o tempest_n see_v this_o question_n handle_v more_o at_o large_a hexapl._n in_o exod._n c._n 7._o qu._n 15._o 5._o whereas_o then_o it_o be_v say_v that_o antichrist_n shall_v bring_v down_o fire_n from_o heaven_n and_o cause_v a_o image_n to_o speak_v though_o some_o understand_v these_o thing_n mystical_o 63._o bull_v as_o i_o have_v show_v else_o where_o yet_o it_o may_v literal_o also_o be_v understand_v for_o in_o the_o pope_n legend_n such_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v find_v that_o their_o canonize_a saint_n be_v say_v to_o have_v raise_v tempest_n walk_v upon_o the_o sea_n and_o cause_v image_n to_o speak_v such_o thing_n their_o legend_n story_n be_v full_a of_o and_o at_o the_o tomb_n of_o their_o saint_n to_o the_o which_o simple_a people_n come_v in_o pilgrimage_n they_o make_v they_o believe_v that_o many_o blind_a receive_v their_o sight_n many_o come_v lame_a return_v hole_n and_o sound_a yea_o they_o imagine_v the_o dead_a to_o be_v raise_v out_o of_o their_o grave_n 6._o and_o these_o strange_a thing_n so_o far_o as_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n can_v extend_v be_v do_v very_o for_o even_o such_o thing_n be_v wrought_v by_o the_o operation_n of_o satan_n among_o the_o heathen_a as_o claudia_n a_o vestal_a virgin_n to_o prove_v her_o chastity_n do_v stir_v a_o ship_n alone_o by_o tie_v her_o girdle_n to_o it_o and_o tucia_n a_o other_o virgin_n of_o the_o same_o order_n do_v carry_v water_n in_o a_o sive_fw-la from_o the_o river_n tiber_n to_o the_o capitol_n plin._n lib._n 28._o c._n 2._o but_o many_o of_o their_o strange_a work_n be_v but_o feign_v and_o counterfeit_a miracle_n such_o be_v those_o forenamed_a which_o they_o fable_n to_o be_v do_v at_o their_o saint_n tomb_n so_o that_o though_o all_o the_o foresay_a miracle_n mention_v by_o hyppolius_fw-la pererius_n subscribe_v shall_v be_v wrought_v by_o antichrist_n yet_o many_o of_o they_o some_o true_a some_o forge_a have_v be_v practise_v in_o the_o papal_a church_n that_o in_o this_o behalf_n we_o need_v go_v no_o further_o to_o seek_v antichrist_n 6._o controv._n that_o antichrist_n come_v shall_v not_o be_v defer_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n this_o be_v the_o general_a opinion_n of_o the_o romanist_n that_o antichrist_n shall_v reign_v but_o 3â—_n year_n and_o a_o half_a and_o then_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v slay_v so_o bellar._n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr rom._n pontif._n c._n 4._o and_o the_o rest_n do_v concur_v with_o he_o therein_o lactantius_n also_o seem_v to_o favour_v this_o opinion_n who_o think_v that_o the_o come_n of_o antichrist_n shall_v be_v in_o extremis_fw-la mundi_fw-la temporibus_fw-la in_o the_o last_o time_n of_o the_o world_n lib._n 7._o c._n 16._o but_o this_o opinion_n can_v not_o stand_v with_o the_o scripture_n 1._o the_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n begin_v to_o work_v in_o s._n paul_n time_n even_o than_o a_o way_n be_v prepare_v for_o antichrist_n if_o 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other_o can_v a_o man_n in_o our_o age_n such_o as_o this_o so_o good_a and_o so_o just_a be_v find_v the_o jew_n therefore_o hope_v that_o he_o shall_v obtain_v a_o most_o large_a empire_n shall_v thus_o say_v unto_o he_o we_o will_v all_o obey_v you_o for_o we_o acknowledge_v you_o to_o be_v just_a above_o all_o the_o earth_n all_o we_o hope_v to_o obtain_v salvation_n by_o you_o etc._n etc._n gregory_n also_o in_o his_o time_n seem_v to_o favour_v that_o fancy_n quia_fw-la judaizare_fw-la populum_fw-la compellet_fw-la ut_fw-la ritus_fw-la mosaicae_n legis_fw-la revocet_fw-la etc._n etc._n because_o he_o shall_v compel_v the_o people_n to_o judaize_v that_o he_o may_v revive_v the_o rite_n of_o moses_n law_n and_o bring_v the_o jew_n in_o subjection_n unto_o he_o he_o shall_v cause_v the_o sabbath_n to_o be_v observe_v etc._n etc._n lib._n