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affirmation_n that_o the_o god_n be_v all_o good_a and_o lover_n of_o virtue_n chap._n 13._o wherefore_o though_o in_o other_o point_v they_o and_o we_o do_v differ_v yet_o to_o overpass_a they_o in_o this_o great_a controversy_n now_o in_o hand_n i_o ask_v they_o what_o god_n we_o must_v worship_v the_o good_a the_o bad_a or_o both_o nay_o herein_o we_o must_v take_v plato_n a_o assertion_n that_o hold_v all_o the_o good_a to_o be_v good_a no_o bad_a one_o of_o they_o why_o then_o this_o worship_n be_v the_o god_n â—…or_n than_o it_o be_v the_o god_n and_o if_o they_o be_v bad_a their_o godhead_n be_v go_v this_o be_v true_a and_o what_o else_o shall_v we_o believe_v then_o down_o go_v the_o b_o opinion_n that_o affirm_v a_o necessity_n of_o appease_v the_o bad_a god_n by_o sacrifice_n and_o invoke_v the_o good_a for_o there_o be_v no_o bad_a god_n &_o the_o good_a only_o if_o there_o be_v must_v have_v the_o worship_n without_o any_o other_o partaker_n what_o be_v they_o then_o that_o love_n stage-play_n and_o to_o see_v their_o own_o crime_n thrust_v into_o their_o honour_n and_o religion_n their_o power_n prove_v they_o something_o but_o their_o affect_n convince_v they_o wicked_a plato_n opinion_n of_o play_n be_v show_v in_o his_o judgement_n of_o the_o expulsion_n of_o poet_n as_o pernicious_a and_o baleful_a to_o a_o honest_a state_n what_o god_n be_v they_o now_o that_o oppose_v plato_n in_o defence_n of_o those_o play_n he_o can_v endure_v that_o the_o god_n shall_v be_v slander_v they_o can_v endure_v unless_o they_o be_v open_o deface_v nay_o they_o add_v malicious_a cruelty_n to_o their_o bestial_a desire_n deprive_v t._n latinus_n of_o his_o son_n &_o strike_v he_o desire_v with_o a_o disease_n marry_o when_o they_o have_v do_v as_o they_o please_v than_o they_o free_v he_o from_o his_o malady_n but_o plato_n very_o wise_o for_o bad_a all_o fear_n of_o the_o evil_a power_n &_o confirm_v himself_o in_o his_o opinion_n fear_v not_o to_o avow_v the_o expulsion_n of_o all_o these_o politic_a absurdity_n from_o a_o firm_a state_n all_o those_o filthiness_n yâ—_z those_o god_n delight_v in_o and_o this_o plato_n do_v labeo_n make_v a_o semy-god_n even_o that_o c_o labeo_n that_o hold_v that_o sad_a black_a labeo_n and_o bloody_a sacrifice_n do_v fit_a the_o evil_a god_n &_o mirthful_a orgy_n the_o good_a why_o then_o dare_v plato_n but_o a_o semigod_n bold_o debar_v the_o god_n themselves_o the_o very_a good_a one_o from_o those_o delight_n which_o he_o hold_v obscaence_n and_o unlawful_a these_o god_n nevertheless_o confute_v labeo_n for_o they_o show_v themselves_o cruel_a and_o barbarous_a against_o latinus_n not_o mirthful_a nor_o game-some_a let_v the_o platonist_n that_o hold_v all_o the_o god_n to_o be_v good_a and_o in_o virtue_n the_o fellow_n of_o the_o wise_a and_o affirm_v it_o a_o sacrilege_n to_o believe_v other_o of_o they_o let_v they_o expound_v we_o this_o mystery_n we_o will_v say_v they_o mark_v we_o well_o we_o 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horace_n his_o carmen_fw-la seculare_fw-la say_v it_o be_v a_o common_a opinion_n that_o some_o god_n be_v worship_v worship_v lest_o they_o shall_v hurt_v and_o other_o from_o protection_n plutarch_n say_v that_o king_n and_o prince_n do_v offer_v sacrifice_n to_o these_o great_a daemon_n to_o avert_v their_o wrath_n which_o be_v always_o most_o perilous_a porphery_n say_v that_o state_n need_v sometime_o offer_v to_o the_o devil_n to_o appease_v they_o from_o hurt_v their_o corn_n cattle_n or_o horse_n for_o sure_a it_o be_v quoth_v he_o that_o if_o they_o be_v neglect_v they_o will_v become_v angry_a and_o do_v man_n much_o mischief_n but_o lawful_a worship_n they_o have_v none_o and_o this_o the_o divine_n not_o the_o vulgar_a only_a do_v hold_v allow_v sacrifice_n to_o be_v offer_v they_o but_o that_o they_o must_v not_o be_v taste_v of_o de_fw-fr abstinent_a animat_fw-la they_o lib._n 2._o c_o labeo_n porphery_n in_o the_o say_a book_n allow_v no_o live_a creature_n but_o fruit_n flower_n honey_n and_o meal_n to_o be_v offer_v to_o the_o god_n above_o so_o use_v the_o ancient_n and_o so_o shall_v it_o be_v say_v theophrastus_n and_o pythagoras_n will_v never_o suffer_v creature_n to_o be_v kill_v for_o sacrifice_n but_o blood_n and_o slaughter_n be_v expiation_n for_o the_o devil_n and_o porphery_n elsewhere_o say_v that_o the_o low_a the_o god_n be_v the_o sad_a sacrify_v they_o require_v the_o earth-god_n and_o hell-god_n love_v black_a cattle_n the_o first_o upon_o alltar_n the_o latter_a in_o grave_n and_o pit_n of_o such_o as_o hold_v 3._o kind_n of_o reasonable_a soul_n in_o the_o god_n in_o airy_a spirit_n and_o in_o man_n chap._n 14._o all_o reasonable_a ah_o creature_n say_v they_o be_v threefold_a god_n man_n devil_n the_o god_n the_o high_o than_o the_o devil_n last_o man_n the_o first_o have_v place_n in_o heaven_n the_o second_o in_o the_o air_n the_o three_o on_o the_o earth_n each_o with_o his_o change_n of_o man_n place_n have_v difference_n 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socrates_n have_v attendant_a upon_o he_o be_v it_o be_v as_o his_o friend_n &_o forbid_v he_o to_o proceed_v in_o any_o action_n which_o it_o know_v will_v not_o end_v prosperous_o now_o there_o he_o plain_o affirm_v that_o this_o be_v no_o god_n but_o only_o a_o airy_a spirit_n handle_v plato_n doctrine_n rare_o concern_v the_o height_n of_o the_o god_n man_n meanness_n and_o the_o devil_n middle_a interposition_n but_o this_o be_v thus_o how_o dare_v plato_n deprive_v not_o the_o god_n for_o they_o he_o acquit_v from_o all_o touch_n of_o human_a affect_n but_o then_o the_o airy_a spirit_n of_o their_o stage_n pleasure_n by_o expel_v of_o poet_n unless_o by_o this_o act_n he_o mean_v to_o warn_v man_n soul_n how_o ever_o here_o encheyn_v in_o corruption_n yet_o to_o detest_v the_o unpure_a
progress_n to_o show_v the_o proceed_n of_o both_o 〈◊〉_d city_n in_o their_o course_n heavenly_a and_o earthly_a the_o generation_n of_o japhet_n the_o 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o first_o that_o be_v record_v who_o have_v eight_o son_n two_o of_o which_o have_v seaâ—…es_n further_o three_o the_o one_o and_o four_o the_o other_o so_o that_o japhet_n have_v in_o all_o 〈◊〉_d son_n now_o cham_n the_o middle_a brother_n have_v four_o son_n one_o of_o which_o have_v â—…re_o and_o one_o of_o these_o have_v two_o which_o in_o all_o make_v eleven_o these_o be_v reckâ—…_n the_o scripture_n return_v as_o to_o the_o head_n say_v and_o chush_fw-mi beget_v nimrod_n 〈◊〉_d a_o giant_n upon_o the_o earth_n he_o be_v a_o mighty_a hunter_n against_o the_o lord_n whereâ—…_n it_o be_v say_v as_o nemrod_n the_o mighty_a hunter_n against_o the_o lord_n ah_o and_o the_o beginâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d his_o kingdom_n be_v babylon_n and_o b_o oreg_n and_o c_o archad_n and_o chalame_fw-gr 〈◊〉_d â—…and_v of_o seimar_n out_o of_o that_o 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son_n enlarge_v wonderfulâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o great_a city_n niniveh_n which_o be_v call_v after_o his_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nivie_v of_o ninus_n but_o assur_n the_o father_n of_o the_o assyrian_n be_v none_o of_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nes_n but_o of_o the_o progeny_n of_o sem_fw-mi noah_n elder_a son_n so_o that_o it_o be_v eurâ—…_n some_o of_o sem_n son_n afterward_o attain_v the_o kingdom_n of_o this_o great_a 〈◊〉_d go_v further_a than_o it_o and_o build_v other_o city_n the_o first_o of_o which_o 〈◊〉_d niniveh_n of_o ninus_n from_o this_o the_o scripture_n return_v to_o another_o son_n 〈◊〉_d mizraim_n and_o his_o generation_n be_v reckon_v up_o not_o by_o particular_a 〈◊〉_d by_o seven_o nation_n out_o of_o the_o six_o whereof_o as_o from_o a_o six_o son_n 〈◊〉_d philystiym_n which_o make_v up_o eight_o thence_o it_o return_v back_o aâ—…_n chanaan_n in_o who_o cham_n be_v curse_v and_o his_o generation_n be_v comprise_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o all_o their_o extent_n relate_v together_o with_o some_o city_n thus_o casâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d into_o one_o sum_n of_o cham_n progeny_n be_v one_o and_o thirty_o descend_v nâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d remain_v to_o recount_v the_o stock_n of_o sem_fw-mi noah_n elder_a son_n for_o the_o â—…ns_n begin_v to_o be_v count_v from_o the_o young_a and_o so_o upward_o graâ—…_n he_o but_o it_o be_v somewhat_o hard_a to_o find_v where_o his_o race_n begin_v to_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ted_v yet_o must_v we_o explain_v it_o some_o way_n for_o it_o be_v chief_o pertain_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d read_v it_o g_o unto_o sem_fw-mi also_o the_o father_n of_o all_o the_o son_n of_o heber_n and_o elâ—…_n of_o japhet_n be_v child_n bear_v the_o order_n of_o the_o word_n be_v this_o and_o 〈◊〉_d bear_v unto_o sem_fw-mi and_o all_o his_o child_n even_o unto_o sem_fw-mi who_o be_v japhets_n elâ—…_n thus_o it_o make_v sem_fw-mi the_o patriarch_n unto_o all_o that_o be_v bear_v 〈◊〉_d â—…ocke_n whether_o they_o be_v his_o son_n or_o his_o grandsonne_n or_o their_o 〈◊〉_d or_o their_o grand_a son_n and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n for_o sem_fw-mi beget_v not_o heâ—…_n be_v the_o first_o from_o he_o in_o lineal_a descent_n for_o sem_fw-mi beside_o other_o beâ—…_n â—…t_n he_o canaan_n canaan_n sala_n and_o sala_n be_v heber_n father_n it_o be_v not_o â—…g_v then_o that_o heber_n be_v name_v the_o first_o of_o sems_fw-mi progeny_n and_o before_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nes_n be_v but_o grandchild_n to_o his_o grandchild_n unless_o it_o be_v that_o 〈◊〉_d hebrew_n have_v their_o name_n from_o he_o quasi_fw-la heberewe_n as_o it_o may_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v call_v hebrew_n quasi_fw-la abrahewe_v of_o abraham_n but_o true_a it_o be_v they_o be_v call_v hebrew_n of_o heber_n and_o israel_n only_o attain_v that_o language_n and_o be_v the_o people_n wherein_o god_n city_n be_v both_o prefigute_v and_o make_v a_o pilgrim_n so_o then_o sem_fw-mi first_fw-mi have_v his_o six_o son_n reckon_v and_o four_o other_o son_n by_o one_o of_o they_o and_o then_o another_o of_o sem_n son_n beget_v a_o son_n 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〈◊〉_d many_o of_o their_o son_n because_o they_o grow_v up_o and_o go_v to_o dwell_v in_o other_o country_n and_o yet_o can_v not_o people_n whole_a land_n themselves_o for_o why_o be_v bâ—…_n two_o japhet_n eight_o son_n progeny_n name_v three_o of_o cham_n four_o and_o two_o of_o sems_n 〈◊〉_d have_v the_o other_o no_o child_n on_o we_o may_v not_o imagine_v that_o but_o thâ—…_n do_v not_o grow_v 〈◊〉_d into_o nation_n worthy_a record_v but_o as_o they_o be_v ioyâ—…ed_v themselves_o with_o other_o people_n l._n vives_n and_o ah_o the_o what_o those_o place_n be_v in_o greekâ—…_n eusebius_n pamphilus_n and_o josephus_n 〈◊〉_d who_o 〈◊〉_d also_o agree_v with_o what_o we_o need_v we_o will_v take_v thence_o the_o reader_n may_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o â—…est_a in_o themselves_o for_o they_o be_v common_a book_n the_o field_n of_o semar_n be_v in_o chaldea_n in_o it_o be_v build_v the_o tower_n of_o babel_n b_o oreg_n the_o hebrew_a be_v arach_n but_o thus_o the_o seventy_o 〈◊〉_d archad_fw-mi the_o hebrew_a be_v accad_n which_o they_o say_v be_v nisibis_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d d_o 〈◊〉_d thaâ—…_n of_o 〈◊〉_d for_o there_o be_v another_o 〈◊〉_d one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nâ—…ue_a â—…wards_n that_o of_o assyria_n pliny_n call_v nâ—…s_n be_v niâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d standiâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d tygrâ—…_n and_o lie_v towards_o the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…o_o say_v 〈◊〉_d also_o diodorus_n call_v it_o nina_n and_o say_v that_o ninus_n belus_n his_o son_n build_v it_o and_o that_o there_o be_v nâ—…er_a city_n since_o so_o â—…arge_a within_o the_o wall_n their_o height_n be_v one_o hundred_o foot_n they_o brâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v go_v side_n by_o side_n upon_o easy_o their_o compass_n be_v four_o hundred_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ghty_a 〈◊〉_d and_o
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they_o omit_v that_o if_o any_o of_o they_o have_v give_v such_o privilege_n to_o some_o man_n in_o honour_n of_o their_o god_n that_o they_o may_v save_v their_o life_n by_o take_v sanctuary_n in_o such_o or_o such_o a_o temple_n where_o neither_o rape_n nor_o slaughter_n shall_v have_v any_o power_n or_o place_n l._n vives_n be_v a_o offer_v injury_n saluste_n in_o his_o conspiracy_n of_o catiline_n speak_v of_o the_o ancient_a remission_n manner_n of_o the_o roman_n give_v they_o this_o commendation_n that_o they_o increase_v by_o pardon_v b_o marcus_z marcellus_n there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o the_o claudii_n in_o rome_n the_o one_o noble_a arise_v from_o that_o appius_n claudius_n that_o upon_o the_o expulsion_n of_o the_o king_n come_v from_o regillum_n family_n unto_o rome_n and_o there_o be_v choose_v senator_n and_o his_o family_n make_v a_o patriot_n the_o other_o be_v plebeian_a or_o vulgar_a but_o yet_o as_o powerful_a as_o the_o first_o and_o as_o worthy_a as_o suetonius_n in_o the_o life_n of_o tiberius_n do_v testify_v and_o of_o this_o late_a this_o man_n of_o who_o augustine_n here_o write_v be_v the_o first_o that_o be_v call_v marcellus_n as_o plutarch_n write_v out_o of_o possidonius_fw-la now_o i_o wonder_v at_o this_o great_a error_n of_o so_o great_a a_o historiographer_n and_o one_o that_o be_v most_o exact_a in_o the_o roman_a affair_n for_o there_o be_v claudii_n marcelli_n a_o hundred_o year_n before_o but_o he_o of_o who_o we_o speak_v be_v 〈◊〉_d time_n consul_n for_o the_o second_o time_n he_o be_v create_v consul_n because_o the_o election_n be_v corrupt_v he_o discharge_v it_o not_o now_o if_o one_o reckon_v right_a he_o be_v five_o time_n consul_n first_o with_o cornelius_n scipio_n in_o the_o war_n of_o france_n wherein_o he_o take_v 〈◊〉_d spoil_n from_o virâ—…domarus_n the_o french_a king_n and_o those_o be_v the_o three_o and_o last_o war_n which_o the_o roman_n have_v wage_v with_o so_o many_o nation_n and_o under_o so_o many_o 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liâ—…_n lib._n 25._o marcellus_n enter_v upon_o the_o wall_n and_o look_v over_o all_o the_o city_n stand_v at_o that_o time_n 〈◊〉_d and_o goodly_a be_v say_v to_o have_v shed_v tear_n partly_o for_o joy_n of_o this_o so_o great_a a_o conquest_n and_o partly_o for_o pity_v of_o the_o city_n ancient_a glory_n the_o overthrow_v of_o the_o athenian_a navy_n the_o wrack_n of_o two_o great_a army_n with_o their_o captain_n so_o many_o war_n and_o rich_a king_n and_o all_o that_o before_o he_o to_o be_v in_o a_o moment_n on_o fire_n come_v all_o into_o his_o mind_n at_o once_o this_o be_v also_o in_o ualerius_n maximus_n de_fw-fr humanitate_fw-la e_z nay_o he_o have_v a_o care_n livy_n as_o before_o marcellus_n by_o a_o general_a consent_n of_o the_o captain_n forbid_v the_o soldier_n to_o violate_v any_o free_a body_n leave_v they_o all_o the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…or_a spoil_n which_o edict_n contain_v the_o assurance_n of_o the_o say_v free_a woman_n from_o death_n and_o all_o other_o violence_n as_o 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the_o barbarous_a inhumanity_n of_o those_o d_o man_n for_o who_o villainous_a act_n the_o god_n be_v to_o be_v appease_v be_v it_o never_o so_o great_a can_v not_o possible_o do_v more_o hurt_v than_o that_o filthiness_n which_o be_v act_v as_o tend_v to_o their_o appease_n because_o that_o in_o this_o the_o god_n will_v not_o be_v reconcile_v unto_o they_o but_o by_o such_o mean_n as_o must_v needs_o produce_v a_o destruction_n of_o the_o goodness_n of_o man_n mind_n in_o lieu_n of_o their_o prevent_v the_o danger_n imminent_a only_o over_o their_o body_n nor_o will_v these_o deity_n defend_v the_o city_n wall_n until_o they_o have_v first_o destroy_v all_o goodness_n within_o the_o wall_n this_o pacification_n of_o the_o god_n so_o obscene_a so_o impure_a so_o wicked_a so_o impudent_a so_o unclean_a who_o actor_n the_o roman_n diss-enabled_n from_o all_o magistracy_n e_o and_o freedom_n of_o city_n
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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o barbarian_n observe_v i_o with_o reverence_n and_o amazement_n and_o none_o dare_v withstand_v i_o think_v they_o shall_v war_v against_o the_o god_n who_o confirm_a son_n they_o hold_v i_o b_o numitors_n daughter_n numitor_n be_v son_n to_o procas_n the_o albion_a king_n and_o elder_a brother_n to_o amulius_n but_o child_n be_v thrust_v by_o his_o brother_n from_o his_o crown_n he_o live_v private_o amulius_n enjoy_v the_o crown_n by_o force_n and_o fraud_n numitor_n have_v lausus_n to_o his_o son_n and_o rhea_n or_o ilia_n syluia_n to_o his_o daughter_n the_o boy_n be_v kill_v the_o daughter_n make_v abbess_n of_o the_o vestal_n by_o amulius_n mean_v by_o colour_n of_o religion_n to_o keep_v she_o from_o children-bearing_a who_o notwithstanding_a have_v two_o son_n romulus_n and_o remus_n by_o a_o unknown_a father_n as_o be_v aforesaid_a that_o it_o be_v altogether_o unlikely_a that_o the_o god_n revenge_v 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and_o fever_n be_v at_o rome_n so_o that_o by_o these_o two_o deity_n iniquity_n and_o victory_n the_o first_o beginning_n the_o war_n and_o the_o latter_a end_v they_o with_o the_o conquest_n rome_n empire_n be_v enlarge_v infinite_o while_o jove_n keep_v holiday_n in_o the_o capitol_n for_o what_o have_v jupiter_n to_o do_v here_o whâ—…e_v those_o which_o they_o may_v say_v be_v but_o mere_o his_o benefit_n be_v worship_v iâ—…ed_v and_o account_v for_o direct_a deity_n and_o part_n of_o his_o essence_n indeed_o 〈◊〉_d shall_v have_v have_v a_o fair_a good_a hand_n in_o this_o business_n if_o that_o he_o be_v call_v â—…eraignty_n as_o well_o as_o she_o be_v call_v victory_n but_o if_o that_o a_o sovereignty_n be_v but_o a_o mere_a gift_n of_o joves_n then_o why_o may_v not_o victory_n be_v so_o too_o both_o will_v be_v 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v so_o if_o the_o roman_n do_v not_o worship_v a_o dead_a stone_n in_o the_o capitol_n bâ—…_n the_o true_a king_n of_o king_n and_o lord_n of_o all_o domination_n both_o in_o earth_n and_o heaven_n l._n vives_n iâ—…_n a_o kingdom_n so_o say_v homer_n in_o diverse_a place_n the_o reason_n why_o the_o roman_n in_o their_o appointment_n of_o several_a god_n for_o every_o thing_n and_o every_o action_n will_v needs_o place_v the_o temple_n of_o rest_n or_o quiet_v without_o the_o gate_n chap._n 16._o but_o i_o wonder_v much_o that_o the_o roman_n appoint_v particular_a god_n over_o every_o thing_n and_o almost_o every_o motion_n agenoria_n that_o stir_v man_n to_o action_n stimula_n a_o that_o force_v they_o forward_o b_o murcia_n that_o never_o go_v out_o of_o her_o pace_n and_o as_o c_o pomponius_n say_v make_v man_n slothful_a and_o disable_v they_o from_o action_n strenua_fw-la that_o make_v man_n resolute_a unto_o all_o which_o god_n and_o goddess_n they_o offer_v public_a sacrifice_n and_o keep_v solemn_a feast_n be_v to_o dispose_v d_o of_o quiet_a the_o goddess_n of_o rest_n she_o they_o only_o vouchsafe_v a_o temple_n without_o port_n collina_n but_o allow_v she_o no_o public_a honour_n at_o all_o in_o the_o city_n whether_o be_v this_o a_o sign_n of_o their_o unquiet_a and_o turbulent_a spirit_n or_o that_o those_o who_o have_v such_o a_o rabble_n of_o divell-god_n no_o worship_n and_o reverence_n shall_v never_o come_v to_o enjoy_v that_o rest_n whereunto_o the_o true_a phsition_n invit_v we_o say_v learn_v of_o i_o that_o i_o be_o meek_a math._n 11._o 29._o and_o lowly_a in_o heart_n and_o you_o shall_v find_v rest_n unto_o your_o soul_n 29._o l._n vives_n stimula_n a_o this_o may_v be_v horta_n that_o in_o her_o life-time_n be_v call_v hersilia_n romulus_n his_o wife_n call_v horta_n of_o exhort_v man_n to_o action_n labeo_n her_o temple_n be_v never_o shut_v to_o signify_v stimula_n
this_o reason_n will_v we_o find_v a_o easy_a way_n to_o persuade_v all_o such_o as_o have_v not_o harden_v their_o heart_n to_o be_v of_o our_o opinion_n l._n vives_n honour_n a_o for_o you_o see_v say_v tully_n marcellus_n have_v renew_v the_o temple_n of_o honour_n the_o which_o qu._n maximus_n build_v long_o before_o in_o the_o ligurian_a war_n de_fw-fr nat_n de_fw-fr lib._n 2._o temple_n there_o be_v one_o temple_n in_o rome_n both_o to_o virtue_n and_o honour_n which_o c._n marius_n build_v but_o it_o be_v in_o diverse_a pertition_n for_o one_o room_n may_v not_o serve_v they_o both_o as_o the_o college_n of_o priest_n answer_v marcellus_n in_o his_o eight_o consulshippe_n the_o old_a roman_n sacrifice_v bareheaded_a unto_o honour_n but_o cover_v to_o all_o beside_o plut._n prob._n of_o the_o worship_n of_o one_o god_n only_o who_o name_n although_o they_o know_v not_o yet_o they_o take_v he_o for_o the_o giver_n of_o felicity_n chap._n 25._o for_o if_o man_n weakness_n observe_v thus_o much_o that_o felicity_n can_v not_o come_v but_o from_o some_o god_n and_o that_o this_o be_v perceive_v by_o those_o that_o worship_v so_o many_o god_n who_o therefore_o will_v call_v he_o that_o they_o think_v can_v give_v it_o by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o thing_n itself_o know_v no_o other_o name_n he_o have_v this_o prove_v sufficient_o that_o jupiter_n can_v not_o give_v felicity_n who_o they_o worship_v already_o but_o only_o he_o who_o they_o worship_v under_o the_o name_n of_o felicity_n so_o then_o be_v it_o confirm_v that_o they_o think_v felicity_n can_v not_o be_v give_v but_o by_o a_o god_n that_o they_o know_v not_o well_o seek_v but_o he_o out_o then_o and_o give_v he_o his_o due_a worship_n and_o it_o suffice_v cashier_v this_o return_n of_o innumerable_a and_o as_o unnecessary_a god_n nay_o devil_n let_v not_o that_o god_n suffice_v the_o worship_n who_o gift_n be_v not_o sufficient_a hold_v not_o i_o say_v that_o god_n for_o a_o sufficient_a giver_n of_o felicity_n who_o felicity_n be_v whole_o insufficient_a but_o in_o who_o be_v it_o sufficient_a in_o the_o true_a and_o only_a god_n the_o giver_n of_o all_o felicity_n serve_v he_o it_o be_v not_o he_o that_o they_o call_v jove_n for_o if_o it_o be_v he_o they_o will_v never_o stand_v seek_v this_o gift_n of_o another_o who_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o felicity_n beside_o they_o will_v not_o do_v joves_n honour_n that_o wrong_n as_o for_o to_o count_v he_o as_o jove_n be_v count_v a_o adulterer_n a_o with_o other_o man_n wife_n and_o a_o unchaste_a lover_n and_o ravisher_n of_o b_o fair_a boy_n l._n vives_n a_o adulterer_n a_o which_o joves_n foul_a adultery_n be_v the_o poet_n common_a song_n as_o which_o alcmene_n adultery_n leda_n &c._n &c._n b_o fair_a boy_n as_o of_o ganymede_n of_o who_o hereafter_o of_o the_o stage-play_n which_o the_o god_n exact_v of_o their_o servant_n chap._n 26._o but_o these_o be_v fiction_n a_o of_o homer_n quoth_v tully_n transfer_v human_a affect_n unto_o the_o god_n i_o have_v rather_o they_o have_v transfer_v divine_a affect_n unto_o us._n this_o grave_a man_n indeed_o be_v much_o displease_v with_o the_o unseasonable_a fiction_n of_o those_o time_n ay_o but_o why_o then_o do_v the_o wise_a and_o most_o learned_a man_n of_o all_o the_o roman_n present_a stage-play_n write_v they_o and_o act_v they_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o their_o god_n and_o as_o part_n and_o point_n of_o their_o religion_n here_o tully_n exclaim_v not_o against_o poetike_a fiction_n but_o against_o the_o old_a ordinance_n and_o will_v not_o the_o ordainer_n exclaim_v too_o and_o say_v why_o what_o do_v we_o our_o god_n entreat_v we_o nay_o force_v we_o upon_o pain_n of_o destruction_n to_o exhibit_v they_o such_o thing_n as_o honour_n punish_v the_o neglect_n thereof_o with_o severity_n and_o show_v themselves_o please_v in_o the_o amendment_n of_o that_o neglect_n that_o which_o i_o will_v now_o relate_v be_v reckon_v as_o one_o of_o their_o most_o virtuous_a and_o memorable_a deed_n b_o titus_n latinus_n a_o rustike_a history_n housekeeper_n be_v warn_v in_o a_o dream_n to_o bid_v the_o roman_a senate_n restore_v the_o stage-play_n because_o upon_o their_o first_o day_n of_o presentation_n a_o offender_n carry_v out_o and_o whip_v to_o death_n before_o all_o the_o people_n have_v sore_o displease_v the_o god_n that_o do_v not_o love_v such_o sad_a spectacle_n but_o be_v all_o for_o mirth_n and_o jollity_n well_o he_o neglect_v to_o tell_v the_o senate_n this_o but_o be_v warn_v again_o the_o next_o night_n neglect_v it_o again_o sudden_o his_o son_n die_v and_o the_o three_o night_n he_o be_v warn_v again_o upon_o pain_n of_o a_o great_a mischief_n he_o not_o dare_v as_o yet_o to_o reveal_v it_o fall_v into_o a_o sore_a and_o horrible_a disease_n and_o then_o have_v impart_v it_o to_o his_o friend_n they_o counsel_v he_o to_o open_v it_o to_o the_o senate_n so_o he_o be_v carry_v to_o they_o in_o his_o coach_n and_o have_v tell_v his_o dream_n grow_v welâ—…â—…an_a instant_n and_o go_v home_o on_o his_o foot_n the_o senate_n be_v amaze_v with_o his_o miracle_n renew_v the_o play_n with_o treble_a charge_n who_o see_v not_o now_o that_o see_v at_o all_o how_o villenous_o these_o devil_n abuse_v those_o man_n that_o be_v their_o slave_n in_o force_v these_o thing_n from_o they_o as_o honour_n which_o a_o upright_a judgement_n will_v easy_o discern_v to_o be_v obscaenity_n c_o from_o this_o slavery_n can_v nothing_o deliver_v man_n but_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n through_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n in_o those_o play_n the_o god_n crime_n that_o the_o poet_n feign_v be_v present_v yet_o by_o the_o god_n express_a charge_n be_v they_o by_o the_o senate_n renew_v and_o there_o do_v the_o stageplayer_n act_n produce_v and_o present_v jove_n for_o the_o very_a whoremaster_n in_o the_o world_n have_v this_o be_v false_a he_o shall_v have_v be_v offend_v at_o it_o but_o take_v deligh_v as_o he_o do_v to_o have_v villain_n invent_v upon_o he_o who_o will_v serve_v he_o that_o will_v not_o serve_v the_o devil_n be_v this_o the_o founder_n enlarge_a and_o establisher_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n and_o be_v he_o not_o more_o base_a and_o abject_a than_o any_o roman_a that_o behold_v he_o thus_o present_v can_v he_o give_v happiness_n that_o love_v this_o unhappy_a worship_n and_o will_v be_v more_o unhappy_o angry_a if_o it_o be_v not_o afford_v he_o l._n vives_n fiction_n a_o of_o homer_n say_v tully_n i_o approve_v not_o homer_n for_o say_v that_o jove_n do_v take_v up_o ganymed_n for_o his_o form_n and_o person_n this_o be_v not_o a_o just_a cause_n to_o anger_n laomedon_n but_o homer_n feign_v transfer_v humane_a affect_n unto_o the_o god_n i_o have_v rather_o he_o have_v transfer_v they_o to_o we_o which_o of_o they_o to_o flourish_n to_o be_v wise_a witty_a and_o memorative_n a_o most_o grave_a sentence_n tax_v their_o impious_a superstition_n that_o proportion_n god_n attribute_n unto_o our_o frailty_n suppose_v he_o as_o testy_a crabbed_a cruel_a envious_a proud_a contentious_a arrogant_a inconstant_a final_o as_o wicked_a as_o ourselves_o be_v it_o not_o better_a to_o elevate_v ourselves_o unto_o the_o height_n of_o his_o divine_a virtue_n cic._n tusc._n quest_n b_o titus_n latinus_n this_o history_n be_v mention_v by_o cicero_n de_fw-fr divinat_fw-la out_o of_o fabius_n gellius_n &_o caelius_n it_o be_v also_o in_o livy_n lib._n 2._o val._n max._n lib._n 4._o aul._n gell._n macrob._n lactantius_n it_o fall_v out_o in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o city_n cclii_o consul_n m._n minutius_n and_o a_o sempronius_n some_o call_v the_o man_n larinus_fw-la lactantus_n call_v he_o tiberius_n arinus_fw-la c_o from_o this_o slavery_n allude_v unto_o that_o exclamation_n of_o paul_n rom._n 7._o wretched_a man_n that_o i_o be_o who_o shall_v deliver_v i_o from_o the_o body_n of_o this_o death_n the_o grace_n of_o god_n through_o jesus_n christ._n of_o the_o three_o kind_n of_o god_n whereof_o scaevola_n dispute_v chap._n 27._o it_o be_v leave_v in_o memory_n that_o scaevola_n a_o their_o learned_a high_a priest_n dispute_v of_o three_o kind_n of_o god_n that_o be_v teach_v by_o author_n one_o by_o the_o poet_n one_o by_o the_o philosopher_n one_o by_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o city_n b_o the_o first_o sort_n he_o say_v be_v but_o foolery_n much_o of_o their_o doctrine_n be_v fictious_a the_o second_o disagree_v from_o a_o politic_a state_n have_v much_o superfluity_n and_o diverse_a inconvenience_n for_o the_o superfluity_n it_o be_v no_o great_a mater_fw-la for_o it_o be_v a_o say_n among_o man_n superfluity_n hurt_v not_o but_o what_o be_v the_o inconvenience_n to_o deny_v open_o that_o hercules_n aesculapius_n castor_n and_o pollux_n be_v god_n for_o the_o philosopher_n teach_v
himself_o be_v slay_v by_o his_o foe_n hand_n there_o be_v no_o mean_n for_o one_o man_n to_o escape_v but_o by_o yield_v to_o the_o foe_n so_o much_o of_o the_o empire_n as_o now_o to_o this_o day_n they_o possess_v make_v a_o bargain_n not_o altogether_o so_o bad_a as_o hadrian_o be_v but_o take_v a_o e_z middle_a course_n between_o two_o extreme_n so_o that_o terminus_n his_o stand_v out_o with_o jove_n be_v but_o a_o unlucky_a sign_n and_o foolish_a augury_n see_v that_o hadrian_o will_n julian_n rashness_n and_o f_o jovians_n necessity_n all_o make_v he_o give_v room_n to_o they_o the_o roman_n that_o be_v of_o discreation_n observe_v this_o well_o but_o they_o can_v not_o overturn_v the_o inveterate_a idolatry_n wherein_o the_o devil_n have_v bind_v the_o city_n so_o fast_o and_o they_o themselves_o though_o hold_v these_o thing_n vain_a think_v notwithstanding_a nature_n shall_v have_v that_o divine_a worship_n allow_v she_o which_o indeed_o be_v the_o true_a god_n only_o peculiar_a under_o who_o she_o be_v at_o command_n these_o serve_v the_o creature_n rather_o than_o the_o creator_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v who_o be_v bless_v for_o evermore_o this_o god_n help_n be_v need_v to_o send_v 1._o some_o godly_a man_n to_o suffer_v death_n for_o the_o true_a religion_n and_o thereby_o to_o take_v away_o these_o erroneous_a illusion_n from_o the_o world_n l._n vives_n mar_n a_o his_o nation_n the_o roman_n both_o for_o their_o valour_n and_o their_o original_n from_o mars_n his_o son_n so_o many_o of_o the_o writer_n call_v diverse_a roman_n martial_a mâ—…nded_v b_o hadriaâ—…s_n hadrian_n fourteen_o emperor_n of_o rome_n adopt_v by_o trajan_n who_o he_o succeed_v but_o envy_v his_o father_n glory_n among_o other_o he_o give_v the_o persian_n back_n armenia_n mesopotamia_n and_o assyria_n which_o trâ—…an_n have_v win_v from_o they_o by_o conquest_n set_v euphrates_n as_o bounder_v to_o the_o empire_n and_o call_v home_o the_o army_n eutrop._n lib._n 8._o 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a_o great_a the_o rest_n of_o the_o titan_n reneve_v thâ—…_n force_n and_o chase_v jove_n and_o all_o his_o friend_n into_o egypt_n the_o first_o be_v call_v the_o titan_n war_n thiâ—…_n the_o giant_n g_o inconstancy_n thus_o far_o tully_n h_z such_o as_o lactantius_n dislike_v this_o derivation_n of_o superstitious_a and_o religious_a derive_v religious_a of_o religo_fw-la to_o bind_v because_o they_o be_v bind_v to_o god_n superstitious_a of_o superstes_fw-la alive_a because_o they_o be_v of_o the_o false_a religion_n which_o be_v profess_v in_o the_o life_n of_o their_o ancestor_n lib._n 4._o of_o religion_n and_o read_v gellus_n lib._n 4._o but_o tully_n do_v not_o confine_v the_o name_n to_o those_o pray_v fellow_n but_o say_v it_o be_v of_o large_a use_n afterward_o in_o other_o superstitioâ—…_n respect_n ay_o in_o awe_n in_o the_o book_n de_fw-fr nat_n dear_a and_o de_fw-fr divinat_fw-la it_o be_v plain_a that_o tully_n
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saluste_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la catiline_n c_o gowned_a right_o goâ—…d_v â—…ith_o serâ—…_n for_o all_o age_n and_o sex_n there_o ware_a gâ—…nes_n d_o assaracus_n grandsire_n to_o anchises_n father_n to_o 〈◊〉_d of_o who_o come_v aeneas_n of_o he_o julus_n of_o he_o the_o alban_n king_n and_o of_o 〈◊〉_d they_o roâ—…lus_n e_z 〈◊〉_d this_n be_v touch_v the_o revenge_n of_o troy_n that_o their_o country_n that_o burâ—…ed_v troy_n shall_v be_v subdue_v by_o a_o progeny_n of_o trojan_n so_o say_v the_o aenead_n 〈◊〉_d ille_fw-la argos_n agamemnoniasque_fw-la mycenae_n 〈◊〉_d aâ—…cidem_fw-la genus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d acâ—…li_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d troiâ—…_n &_o templa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d minerva_fw-la the_o tower_n of_o argos_n he_o shall_v undermine_v and_o wrack_n pelides_n that_o great_a son_n of_o thou_o revenge_a â—…roy_n and_o pallas_n wrong_v shrine_n phthia_n be_v achilles_n his_o native_a soil_n a_o town_n in_o phtheias_n a_o part_n of_o macedoniae_n he_o be_v larissa_n broâ—…ght_v up_o tho_o at_o larissa_n and_o therefore_o call_v larissaeus_n though_o phithia_n and_o larissa_n be_v both_o in_o achaia_n as_o else_o where_o i_o will_v make_v plain_a as_o also_o that_o the_o argive_a tower_n be_v call_v larissa_n phthia_n in_o macedonea_n be_v subdue_v by_o l._n aemilius_n after_o he_o have_v overthrow_v persâ—…_n micaenae_fw-la â—…nae_fw-la be_v in_o argolis_n as_o mela_n testify_v and_o from_o thence_o the_o kingdom_n be_v transfer_v to_o â—…gos_n l._n mummius_n conquer_v it_o together_o with_o all_o achaia_n argos_n be_v near_o mycenae_n say_v argos_n mâ—…_n the_o kingdom_n be_v the_o argive_n from_o inachus_n to_o pelops_n dxliiii_o year_n euseb._n juâ—…_n higiâ—…us_n say_v that_o virgil_n err_v in_o these_o verse_n for_o he_o that_o conquer_v argos_n do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d â—…hrow_v pyrrhus_n so_o that_o he_o will_v have_v the_o middle_a verse_n take_v out_o but_o servius_n say_v 〈◊〉_d
company_n from_o man_n and_o his_o light_n that_o make_v the_o sun_n &_o moon_n from_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n then_o have_v the_o citizen_n of_o this_o heavenly_a region_n do_v just_a nothing_o in_o do_v any_o thing_n for_o attain_v this_o celestial_a dwell_n see_v that_o the_o other_o have_v take_v such_o pain_n in_o that_o habitation_n of_o earth_n which_o they_o have_v already_o attain_v especial_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n call_v we_o as_o sin_n citizen_n to_o that_o eternal_a dwell_n and_o have_v a_o kind_n of_o resemblance_n with_o romulus_n his_o sanctuary_n by_o which_o he_o gather_v a_o multitude_n of_o people_n into_o his_o city_n sanctuary_n through_o hope_n of_o impunity_n l._n vives_n this_o have_v be_v ah_o the_o old_a book_n read_v hoc_fw-la si_fw-la fieret_fw-la sine_fw-la marte_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o this_o can_v have_v be_v do_v without_o mars_n make_v it_o run_v in_o one_o sentence_n unto_o the_o interogation_n city_n b_o every_o man_n the_o latin_n be_v make_v free_a denizen_n of_o old_a and_o from_o they_o it_o spread_v further_o into_o italy_n over_o po_n over_o the_o alps_n and_o the_o sea_n claudius_n caesar_n make_v many_o barbarian_n free_a of_o rome_n affirm_v that_o it_o be_v the_o ruin_n of_o athens_n and_o lacedaemon_n that_o they_o make_v not_o such_o as_o they_o conquer_v free_a of_o their_o city_n afterwards_o under_o emperor_n that_o be_v spaniard_n african_n and_o thracian_n whole_a pâ—…ovinces_n at_o first_o and_o afterwards_o the_o whole_a empire_n be_v make_v free_a of_o rome_n and_o whereas_o before_o all_o be_v call_v barbarian_n be_v but_o the_o greek_n now_o the_o roman_n be_v lord_n exempt_v themselves_o and_o afterward_o the_o latin_n and_o all_o the_o italian_n from_o that_o name_n but_o after_o that_o all_o the_o province_n be_v make_v free_a of_o the_o city_n only_o they_o be_v call_v barbarian_n which_o be_v not_o under_o the_o empire_n of_o rome_n and_o thus_o do_v herodian_a spartianus_n eutropius_n and_o late_a historiographer_n use_v it_o so_o the_o river_n rhine_n have_v two_o bank_n the_o neither_o of_o they_o be_v roman_a the_o further_a bank_n barbarian_a claudianus_n o_o 〈◊〉_d doluit_fw-la rhâ—…nus_fw-la quá_fw-la barbarus_fw-la ibat_fw-la quod_fw-la â—…e_fw-la non_fw-la geminis_fw-la frueretur_fw-la iudice_fw-la ripis_fw-la o_o how_o rhine_n weep_v on_o the_o barbarian_a shore_n i_o haâ—…_n both_o his_o bank_n be_v not_o within_o thy_o power_n c_o and_o be_v there_o not_o many_o nation_n be_v make_v free_a of_o the_o city_n many_o of_o the_o chief_a man_n of_o those_o nation_n be_v make_v senator_n though_o they_o never_o see_v rome_n no_o more_o than_o a_o many_o that_o be_v citizen_n how_o far_o the_o christian_n shall_v be_v from_o boast_v of_o their_o deed_n for_o their_o eternal_a country_n the_o roman_n have_v do_v so_o much_o for_o their_o temporal_a city_n and_o for_o human_a glory_n chap._n 18._o why_o be_v it_o then_o so_o much_o to_o despise_v all_o this_o world_n vanity_n for_o eternity_n when_o as_o brutus_n can_v kill_v his_o son_n be_v not_o enforce_v to_o it_o for_o fear_v his_o country_n shall_v loose_v the_o bare_a liberty_n true_o it_o be_v a_o more_o difficult_a matter_n to_o kill_v one_o child_n then_o to_o let_v go_v those_o thing_n which_o we_o do_v but_o gather_v for_o our_o child_n or_o to_o give_v they_o to_o the_o poor_a when_o faith_n or_o righteousness_n bid_v us._n earthly_a riches_n can_v neither_o bless_v we_o nor_o our_o child_n with_o happiness_n we_o must_v either_o loose_v they_o in_o this_o life_n or_o leaâ—…e_v they_o to_o be_v enjoy_v after_o our_o death_n by_o one_o we_o can_v tell_v who_o perhaps_o by_o those_o we_o will_v not_o shall_v have_v they_o no_o it_o be_v god_n the_o mind_n true_a wealth_n that_o make_v we_o happy_a the_o poet_n rear_v brutus_n a_o wealth_n monument_n of_o unhappiness_n for_o kill_v his_o son_n though_o otherwise_o he_o praise_v he_o natosque_fw-la pater_fw-la fera_fw-fr bella_fw-la moventes_fw-la ad_fw-la paenam_fw-la patriá_fw-la pro_fw-la libertate_fw-la vocabit_fw-la infaelix_fw-la utcumque_fw-la ferent_fw-la ea_fw-la fata_fw-la minores_fw-la his_o son_n convict_v of_o turbulent_a transgression_n he_o kill_v to_o free_v his_o country_n from_o oppression_n hapless_a how_o ere_o succeed_a time_n shall_v ring_n but_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n he_o give_v he_o comfort_v vicit_fw-la amor_fw-la patriae_fw-la laudumque_fw-la immensa_fw-la cupido_fw-la conquer_a by_o his_o country_n love_n and_o thirst_n of_o prey_n e_z the_o two_o thing_n that_o set_v all_o the_o roman_n upon_o admirable_a action_n so_o than_o if_o the_o father_n can_v kill_v his_o own_o son_n for_o mortal_a freedom_n and_o thirst_n of_o praise_n both_o transitory_a affect_n what_o a_o great_a matter_n be_v it_o if_o we_o do_v not_o kill_v our_o son_n but_o count_v the_o poor_a of_o christ_n our_o son_n and_o for_o that_o eternal_a liberty_n which_o free_v we_o from_o sin_n death_n and_o hell_n not_o for_o human_a cupidity_n but_o for_o christian_a charity_n to_o free_a man_n not_o from_o tarquin_n but_o from_o the_o devil_n and_o their_o king_n and_o if_o torquatus_n another_o roman_a slay_v his_o own_o son_n not_o for_o fight_v against_o his_o country_n but_o for_o go_v only_o against_o his_o command_n be_v general_a he_o be_v torquatus_n a_o valorous_a youth_n and_o provoke_v by_o his_o enemy_n yea_o and_o yet_o get_v the_o victory_n because_o there_o be_v more_o hurt_n in_o his_o contempt_n of_o authority_n then_o good_a in_o his_o conquest_n why_o shall_v they_o boast_v who_o for_o the_o law_n of_o that_o never-ending_a country_n do_v forsake_v only_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v never_o so_o dear_a as_o child_n namely_o earthly_a good_n and_o possession_n if_o furius_n camillus_n after_o his_o banishment_n camillus_n by_o his_o â—…ngratefull_a country_n which_o he_o have_v save_v from_o be_v oppress_v by_o the_o valorous_a veian_o yet_o will_v deign_v to_o come_v to_o free_v it_o the_o second_o time_n because_o he_o have_v no_o better_a place_n to_o show_v his_o glory_n in_o why_o be_v he_o extol_v as_o have_v do_v great_a matter_n who_o have_v perhaps_o suffer_v some_o great_a disgrace_n and_o injury_n in_o the_o church_n by_o his_o carnal_a enemy_n have_v not_o depart_v to_o the_o church_n enemy_n the_o hereâ—…es_n or_o invent_v some_o heresy_n against_o it_o himself_o but_o rather_o have_v guard_v it_o 〈◊〉_d far_o as_o in_o he_o lay_v from_o all_o the_o pernicious_a invasion_n of_o heresy_n because_o their_o be_v no_o a_o other_o place_n to_o live_v in_o unto_o eternal_a life_n though_o there_o be_v other_o â—…gh_o to_o attain_v human_a glory_n in_o if_o scaevola_n when_o he_o see_v he_o have_v fail_v to_o kiâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o sore_a foe_n to_o rome_n and_o kill_v another_o for_o he_o to_o make_v a_o peace_n scaenola_n with_o he_o â—…t_v his_o hand_n into_o the_o fire_n that_o burn_v on_o the_o altar_n say_v that_o rome_n have_v a_o multitude_n such_o as_o he_o that_o have_v conspire_v his_o destruction_n and_o by_o this_o speech_n so_o terrify_v he_o that_o he_o make_v a_o present_a peace_n with_o they_o and_o get_v he_o pack_v why_o shall_v any_o man_n talk_v of_o his_o merit_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n if_o he_o lose_v not_o his_o hand_n but_o his_o whole_a body_n in_o the_o fire_n for_o it_o not_o by_o his_o own_o choice_n but_o by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o persecutor_n if_o curtius_n to_o satisfy_v the_o oracle_n curtius_n that_o command_v rome_n to_o cast_v the_o best_a jewel_n it_o have_v into_o a_o great_a gulf_n and_o the_o roman_n be_v resolve_v that_o valour_n and_o man_n of_o arm_n be_v their_o best_a jewel_n take_v his_o horse_n and_o armour_n and_o willing_o leap_v into_o that_o gape_a gulf_n why_o shall_v a_o man_n say_v he_o have_v do_v much_o for_o heaven_n that_o shall_v not_o cast_v himself_o to_o death_n but_o endure_v death_n at_o the_o hand_n of_o some_o enemy_n of_o his_o faith_n see_v that_o god_n his_o lord_n and_o the_o king_n of_o his_o country_n have_v give_v he_o this_o rule_n as_o a_o certain_a oracle_n fear_v not_o they_o that_o kill_v the_o body_n but_o be_v not_o able_a to_o kill_v the_o soul_n if_o decii_n the_o two_o decii_n consecrate_v themselves_o to_o their_o country_n good_a &_o sacrifice_v their_o blood_n as_o with_o prayer_n unto_o the_o angry_a god_n for_o the_o deliverance_n of_o the_o roman_a army_n let_v not_o the_o holy_a martyr_n be_v proud_a of_o do_v any_o thing_n for_o the_o partake_a of_o their_o eternal_a possession_n where_o felicity_n have_v neither_o error_n nor_o end_n if_o they_o do_v contend_v in_o charitable_a faith_n and_o faithful_a charity_n even_o unto_o the_o shed_n of_o their_o blood_n both_o for_o their_o brethren_n for_o who_o and_o also_o for_o their_o enemy_n by_o who_o
compare_v shall_v be_v in_o the_o gift_n of_o any_o of_o they_o nor_o can_v their_o state_n and_o hight_v compare_v with_o the_o baseness_n of_o a_o earthly_a kingdom_n in_o respect_n of_o they_o be_v a_o sufficient_a cloak_n for_o their_o defect_n in_o not_o be_v able_a to_o give_v it_o because_o forsooth_o they_o do_v not_o respect_v it_o no_o what_o ever_o he_o be_v that_o consider_v the_o frailty_n of_o man_n nature_n make_v a_o scorn_n of_o the_o momentary_a state_n of_o earthly_a dominion_n he_o will_v think_v it_o aâ—…_n unworthy_a injury_n to_o the_o god_n to_o have_v the_o give_n and_o guard_v of_o such_o vanity_n impose_v upon_o they_o and_o by_o this_o if_o that_o according_a as_o we_o prove_v sufficient_o in_o the_o two_o book_n last_o pass_v no_o one_o god_n of_o all_o this_o catalogue_n of_o noble_a and_o ignoble_a godâ—…_n be_v fit_a to_o behold_v the_o bestower_n of_o earthly_a state_n how_o much_o less_o fit_a be_v they_o all_o to_o make_v a_o mortal_a man_n partaker_n of_o immortality_n beside_o because_o now_o we_o dispute_v against_o those_o that_o stand_v for_o their_o worship_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o life_n to_o come_v they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v worship_v for_o those_o thing_n which_o these_o man_n erroneous_a opinion_n far_o from_o all_o truth_n have_v put_v as_o their_o propriety_n and_o thing_n peculiarly_a in_o their_o power_n as_o they_o believe_v that_o hold_v the_o honour_n of_o they_o very_o useful_a in_o thing_n of_o this_o present_a life_n against_o who_o i_o have_v speak_v to_o my_o power_n in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d precedent_a volume_n which_o be_v thus_o if_o such_o as_o adore_v iwentas_fw-la flourish_n in_o uâ—…or_n of_o youth_n and_o those_o that_o do_v not_o either_o die_n under_o age_n or_o pass_v it_o with_o the_o â—…fes_n of_o decrepit_a sickness_n if_o the_o chin_n of_o fortuna_n barbata_n her_o servant_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ll_v of_o hair_n and_o all_o other_o be_v beardless_a then_o just_o may_v we_o say_v that_o thus_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ese_n 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nymph_n be_v merry_a 〈◊〉_d not_o call_v they_o faciles_fw-la pleasant_a or_o kind_n because_o they_o be_v soon_o move_v to_o laughter_n but_o beâ—…use_v they_o be_v soon_o appease_v and_o easy_a to_o be_v entreat_v faciles_fw-la venerare_fw-la napâ—…s_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o his_o georgikes_fw-gr to_o adore_v the_o gentle_a napaeae_n and_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n be_v man_n call_v geâ—…_n â—…iles_v what_o may_v be_v think_v of_o varro_n opinion_n of_o the_o god_n who_o deal_v so_o with_o they_o in_o his_o discovery_n of_o they_o and_o their_o ceremony_n that_o with_o more_o reverence_n unto_o they_o he_o may_v have_v hold_v his_o peace_n chap_n 2._o wâ—…_n be_v ever_o a_o more_o curious_a inquisitor_n of_o these_o matter_n than_o varro_n a_o â—…re_o learned_a inventor_n a_o more_o diligent_a judge_n a_o more_o elegant_a divider_n or_o a_o â—…act_a recorder_n and_o though_o he_o be_v not_o eloquent_a yet_o be_v he_o so_o documentaâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d sententious_a that_o to_o read_v his_o 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that_o place_n of_o scripture_n speak_v after_o the_o separation_n of_o the_o light_n and_o darkness_n and_o god_n see_v the_o light_n that_o it_o be_v good_a 21._o of_o god_n eternal_a unchanging_a will_n and_o knowledge_n wherein_o he_o please_v to_o create_v all_o thing_n in_o form_n as_o they_o be_v create_v 22._o concern_v those_o that_o dislike_v some_o of_o the_o good_a creator_n creature_n and_o think_v some_o thing_n natural_o evil_a 23._o of_o the_o error_n that_o origen_n incur_v 24._o of_o the_o divine_a trinity_n notify_v itself_o in_o some_o part_n in_o all_o the_o work_v thereof_o 25._o of_o the_o tripartite_a division_n of_o all_o philosophical_a discipline_n 26._o of_o the_o image_n of_o the_o trinity_n which_o be_v in_o some_o sort_n in_o every_o man_n nature_n even_o before_o his_o glorification_n 27._o of_o essence_n knowledge_n of_o essence_n and_o love_n of_o both_o 28._o whether_o we_o draw_v near_o to_o the_o image_n of_o the_o holy_a trinity_n in_o love_v of_o 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mouth_n though_o i_o behold_v the_o reason_n in_o my_o heart_n but_o howsoâ—…_n almighty_a god_n the_o creator_n of_o all_o nature_n the_o helper_n and_o rewarder_n of_o all_o good_a will_n the_o just_a condemner_n of_o the_o bad_a and_o the_o ordainer_n of_o both_o want_v not_o a_o prescience_n how_o to_o fulfil_v the_o number_n of_o those_o who_o he_o have_v destinate_a to_o be_v of_o his_o city_n even_o out_o of_o the_o condemn_a progeny_n of_o man_n distinguish_v they_o not_o by_o their_o merit_n for_o the_o whole_a fruit_n be_v condemn_v in_o the_o corrupt_a 〈◊〉_d but_o by_o his_o own_o grace_n free_v they_o both_o from_o themselves_o and_o the_o slavish_a 〈◊〉_d and_o show_v they_o what_o â—…ee_v bestow_v on_o they_o for_o each_o one_o now_o acâ—…ledgeth_v that_o it_o be_v not_o his_o own_o desert_n but_o god_n goodness_n that_o have_v free_v 〈◊〉_d from_o evil_a and_o from_o their_o society_n with_o who_o he_o shall_v have_v share_v a_o just_a â—…nation_n why_o then_o may_v not_o 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angel_n and_o man_n can_v with_o their_o pervesnesse_n disturb_v god_n providence_n chap._n 27._o and_o therefore_o the_o offend_a angel_n and_o man_n no_o way_n hinder_v the_o great_a work_n of_o god_n who_o be_v absolute_a in_o all_o that_o he_o will_v his_o omnipotency_n dâ—…tributeth_v all_o unto_o all_o and_o know_v how_o to_o make_v use_n both_o of_o good_a and_o bad_a and_o therefore_o why_o may_v not_o god_n use_v the_o evil_a angel_n who_o he_o have_v deseruedâ—…y_o condemn_v for_o his_o evil_a will_n and_o cast_v from_o all_o good_a unto_o a_o good_a end_n permit_v he_o to_o tempt_v the_o first_o man_n in_o who_o he_o have_v place_v a_o upright_a will_n and_o who_o be_v so_o estate_v that_o if_o he_o will_v build_v upon_o god_n help_n a_o good_a man_n shall_v conquer_v a_o evil_a angel_n but_o if_o he_o fall_v proud_o from_o god_n to_o delight_v in_o himself_o he_o shall_v be_v conquer_v have_v a_o reward_n lay_v up_o for_o his_o uprightness_n of_o will_n assist_v by_o god_n and_o a_o punishment_n for_o his_o perverseness_n of_o will_n in_o forsake_v of_o god_n trust_v upon_o god_n help_n he_o can_v not_o unless_o god_n help_v he_o yet_o follow_v it_o not_o that_o he_o have_v no_o power_n of_o himself_o to_o leave_v this_o divine_a help_n in_o rely_v whole_o upon_o himself_o for_o all_o we_o can_v live_v in_o the_o flesh_n without_o nourishment_n yet_o may_v we_o leave_v the_o flesh_n when_o we_o list_v as_o they_o do_v that_o kill_v themselves_o even_o so_o man_n be_v in_o paradise_n sin_n can_v not_o live_v well_o without_o god_n help_n but_o yet_o it_o be_v in_o his_o power_n to_o live_v bad_o and_o to_o select_v a_o false_a beatitude_n and_o a_o sure_a misery_n why_o then_o may_v not_o god_n that_o know_v this_o before_o hand_n permit_v he_o to_o be_v tempt_v by_o the_o malicious_a wicked_a spirit_n not_o be_v ignorant_a that_o he_o will_v fall_v but_o know_v withal_o how_o double_o the_o devil_n shall_v be_v overthrow_v by_o those_o that_o his_o grace_n shall_v select_v out_o of_o man_n posterity_n thus_o god_n neither_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o future_a event_n neither_o compel_v he_o any_o one_o to_o offend_v but_o show_v by_o succeed_a experience_n both_o to_o man_n and_o angel_n what_o difference_n there_o be_v between_o presume_v of_o one_o self_n and_o trust_v unto_o he_o for_o who_o dare_v say_v or_o think_v that_o god_n can_v not_o have_v keep_v both_o man_n and_o angel_n from_o fall_v but_o he_o will_v not_o take_v it_o out_o of_o their_o power_n bâ—…_n show_v thereby_o the_o badness_n of_o their_o pride_n and_o the_o goodness_n of_o his_o own_o grace_n the_o state_n of_o the_o two_o city_n the_o heavenly_a and_o the_o earthly_a chap._n 28._o two_o love_n therefore_o have_v give_v original_a to_o these_o two_o city_n self_n loveâ—…_n contempt_n of_o god_n unto_o the_o earthly_a love_n of_o god_n in_o contempt_n of_o one_o self_n to_o the_o heavenly_a the_o first_o seek_v the_o glory_n of_o man_n and_o the_o late_a desire_v god_n only_o as_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o conscience_n the_o great_a glory_n that_o glory_n in_o itself_o and_o this_o in_o god_n that_o eâ—…alteth_v itself_o in_o the_o own_o glory_n this_o say_v to_o god_n my_o glory_n and_o the_o lifter_n up_o of_o my_o head_n that_o boast_v of_o the_o ambitious_a conqueror_n lead_v by_o the_o 3_o lust_n of_o sovereinty_a in_o this_o every_o one_o serve_v other_o in_o charity_n both_o the_o a_o ruler_n in_o counsel_v and_o the_o subject_n in_o obey_v that_o love_v worldly_a virtue_n in_o the_o potentate_n this_o say_v unto_o god_n i_o will_v love_v thou_o o_o lord_n my_o strength_n and_o the_o wise_a man_n of_o that_o follow_v either_o the_o good_n of_o the_o body_n or_o mind_n or_o both_o living_n 1_o according_a to_o the_o flesh_n and_o such_o as_o may_v know_v god_n honour_v he_o not_o as_o god_n nor_o be_v thankful_a but_o become_v vain_a in_o their_o own_o imagination_n and_o their_o foolish_a heart_n be_v darken_v for_o hold_v themselves_o wise_a that_o be_v extol_v themselves_o proud_o in_o their_o wisdom_n they_o become_v fool_n change_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o incorruptible_a god_n to_o the_o likeness_n of_o the_o image_n of_o a_o corruptible_a man_n and_o of_o bird_n and_o fourfooted_a beast_n and_o serpent_n for_o b_o they_o be_v the_o people_n guide_n or_o follower_n unto_o all_o those_o idolatry_n and_o serve_v the_o creature_n rather_o than_o the_o creator_n who_o be_v bless_v for_o ever_o but_o in_o this_o other_o this_o heavenly_a city_n c_o there_o be_v no_o wisdom_n of_o man_n but_o only_o the_o piety_n that_o serve_v the_o true_a god_n and_o expect_v a_o reward_n in_o the_o society_n of_o the_o holy_a angel_n and_o man_n that_o god_n may_v become_v all_o in_o
generation_n be_v draw_v out_o along_o to_o the_o deluge_n from_o the_o name_n of_o his_o son_n enoch_n who_o be_v name_v before_o all_o his_o other_o posterity_n and_o yet_o when_o seths_n son_n enos_n be_v bear_v the_o author_n do_v not_o proceed_v downward_o to_o the_o flood_n but_o go_v back_o to_o adam_n in_o this_o manner_n this_o be_v the_o book_n of_o the_o generation_n of_o adam_n in_o the_o day_n that_o god_n create_v adam_n in_o the_o likeness_n 12._o of_o god_n make_v he_o he_o male_a and_o female_a create_v he_o they_o and_o bless_v they_o and_o call_v their_o name_n adam_n that_o day_n that_o they_o be_v create_v this_o i_o hold_v be_v interpose_v to_o go_v back_o to_o adam_n from_o he_o to_o reckon_v the_o time_n which_o the_o author_n will_v not_o do_v in_o his_o description_n of_o the_o earthly_a city_n as_o also_o god_n remember_v that_o without_o respect_v the_o account_n but_o why_o return_v he_o to_o this_o recapiâ—…ulation_n after_o he_o have_v name_v the_o a_o 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a_o mighty_a kingdom_n of_o itself_o and_o make_v great_a war_n upon_o assyria_n and_o overran_a much_o of_o it_o if_o we_o may_v give_v credence_n to_o their_o book_n of_o god_n second_o promise_n to_o abraham_n that_o he_o and_o his_o seed_n shall_v possess_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n chap._n 18._o so_o abraham_n at_o the_o seventie_o five_o year_n of_o his_o own_o age_n and_o the_o hundred_o forty_o five_o of_o his_o father_n leave_v charra_n and_o take_v lot_n his_o brother_n son_n with_o he_o and_o sara_n his_o wife_n and_o come_v into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n even_o unto_o a_o sichem_n where_o he_o receive_v this_o second_o promise_n the_o lord_n appear_v unto_o abraham_n and_o say_v 1â—…_n unto_o thy_o seed_n will_v i_o give_v this_o land_n this_o promise_n concern_v not_o that_o seed_n of_o he_o whereby_o he_o be_v to_o become_v
small_a that_o he_o that_o discern_v they_o as_o they_o fly_v must_v have_v a_o sharp_a eye_n but_o when_o they_o alight_v upon_o the_o body_n they_o will_v soon_o make_v themselves_o know_v to_o his_o feel_n though_o his_o sight_n discern_v they_o not_o super_fw-la exod._n by_o this_o creature_n origen_n understand_v logic_n which_o enter_v the_o mind_n with_o such_o sting_n of_o undiscerned_a subtlety_n that_o the_o party_n deceive_v never_o perceive_v till_o he_o be_v fetch_v over_o but_o the_o latin_n nor_o the_o greek_n ever_o use_v either_o cynipe_n or_o snipe_n nor_o be_v it_o in_o the_o seventy_o either_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gnat-like_a creature_n say_v suidas_n and_o such_o as_o eat_v hole_n in_o wood_n psal._n 104._o the_o hebrew_n and_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n read_v lice_n for_o this_o word_n as_o josephus_n do_v also_o d_o horsefly_n or_o dogge-flies_a the_o vulgar_a read_v fly_n only_o e_z grasshopper_n the_o field_n plague_n much_o endamage_v that_o part_n of_o africa_n that_o border_v grasshopper_n upon_o egypt_n pliny_n say_v they_o be_v hold_v note_n of_o god_n wrath_n where_o they_o exceed_v thus_o f_z groan_v under_o perfracti_fw-la perfractus_fw-la be_v thorough_o tame_v praefractus_fw-la obstinate_a g_o passove_a phase_n be_v a_o pass_v over_o because_o the_o angel_n of_o death_n pass_v over_o the_o israelite_n house_n &_o smite_v they_o not_o hence_o arise_v the_o paschal_n feast_n hieron_n in_o mich._n lib._n 2._o not_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o suffer_v as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v from_o the_o passion_n in_o matth._n h_o who_o name_n in_o hebrew_a josuah_n and_o jesus_n seem_v all_o one_o iâ—…s_n both_o be_v salvation_n and_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o josedech_n in_o esdras_n be_v call_v josuah_n ay_o who_o son_n mat._n 1._o a_o 〈◊〉_d all_o the_o course_n of_o the_o gospel_n christ_n be_v especial_o call_v the_o son_n of_o two_o abraham_n or_o david_n for_o to_o they_o be_v he_o chief_o promise_v k_o à _fw-la non_fw-la fando_fw-la and_o therefore_o iâ—…_n great_a fellow_n that_o can_v speak_v be_v sometime_o call_v infant_n and_o such_o also_o as_o stammer_v 〈◊〉_d their_o language_n and_o such_o likewise_o as_o be_v express_a dolt_n and_o sot_n in_o matter_n of_o learning_n defective_a will_v challenge_v the_o name_n of_o great_a artist_n philosopher_n and_o divine_n finis_fw-la lib._n 16._o the_o content_n of_o the_o seaventeenth_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n 1._o of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o prophet_n 2._o at_o what_o time_n god_n promise_v concern_v 〈◊〉_d land_n of_o canaan_n be_v fulfil_v and_o israel_n â—…ed_v it_o to_o dwell_v in_o and_o possess_v 3._o the_o prophet_n three_o meaning_n of_o earthly_a â—…lem_n of_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n and_o of_o both_o 4._o the_o change_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n anâ—…â—…uels_n mother_n a_o prophetess_n and_o a_o type_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d church_n what_o she_o prophesy_v 5._o the_o prophet_n word_n unto_o heli_n the_o priest_n â—…g_v the_o take_v away_o of_o aaron_n priestâ—…_n 6._o the_o promise_n of_o the_o priesthood_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d and_o their_o kingdom_n to_o stand_v eternal_o â—…ed_v in_o that_o sort_n that_o other_o promise_n of_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nded_v nature_n be_v 〈◊〉_d kingdom_n of_o israel_n rend_v prefigure_v â—…all_a division_n between_o the_o spiritual_a â—…ll_n israel_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ises_n make_v to_o david_n concern_v his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fulfil_v in_o solomon_n but_o in_o christ._n 〈◊〉_d â—…phecy_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o 88_o psalm_n 〈◊〉_d â—…s_v of_o nathan_n in_o the_o book_n of_o king_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diverse_a action_n do_v in_o the_o earthly_a jeâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d the_o kingdom_n differ_v from_o god_n 〈◊〉_d to_o show_v that_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o word_n conâ—…â—…he_v glory_n of_o a_o other_o kingdom_n and_o anâ—…â—…g_v 11._o the_o substance_n of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n who_o 〈◊〉_d christ_n in_o the_o flesh_n who_o only_o have_v power_n to_o 〈◊〉_d â—…e_a soul_n of_o man_n from_o hell_n 12._o â—…her_n verse_n of_o the_o former_a psalm_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o who_o it_o belong_v 13._o whether_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o promise_a peace_n may_v be_v ascribe_v unto_o salomon_n time_n 14._o of_o david_n endeavour_n in_o compose_v of_o the_o psalm_n 15._o whether_o all_o thing_n concern_v christ_n &_o his_o church_n in_o the_o psalm_n be_v to_o be_v rehearse_v in_o this_o work_n 16._o of_o the_o forty_o five_o psalm_n the_o trope_n and_o truth_n therein_o concern_v christ_n and_o the_o church_n 17._o of_o the_o reference_n of_o the_o hundred_o and_o ten_o psalm_n unto_o christ_n priesthood_n and_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o unto_o his_o passion_n 18._o christ_n death_n and_o resurrection_n prophesy_v in_o psalm_n 3._o et_fw-la 40._o 15._o et_fw-la 67._o 19_o the_o obstinate_a infidelity_n of_o the_o jew_n declare_v in_o the_o 69._o psalm_n 20._o david_n kingdom_n his_o merit_n his_o son_n solomon_n his_o prophecy_n of_o christ_n in_o salomon_n book_n and_o in_o book_n that_o be_v annex_v unto_o they_o 21._o of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n after_o solomon_n 22._o how_o hieroboam_n infect_v his_o subject_n with_o idolatry_n yet_o do_v god_n never_o fail_v they_o in_o prophet_n nor_o in_o keep_v many_o from_o that_o infection_n 23._o the_o state_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n unto_o both_o their_o captivity_n which_o befall_v at_o different_a time_n diverse_o alter_v judah_n unite_v to_o israel_n and_o last_o both_o unto_o rome_n 24._o of_o the_o last_o prophet_n of_o the_o jew_n about_o the_o time_n that_o christ_n be_v bear_v finis_fw-la the_o seventeen_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n write_v by_o saint_n augustine_n bishop_n of_o hippo_n unto_o marcellinus_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o prophet_n chap._n 1._o thus_o have_v we_o attain_v the_o understanding_n of_o god_n promise_n make_v unto_o abraham_n and_o due_a unto_o israel_n his_o seed_n in_o the_o flesh_n and_o to_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o earth_n as_o his_o seed_n in_o the_o spirit_n how_o they_o be_v fulfil_v the_o progress_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n in_o those_o time_n do_v manifest_a now_o because_o our_o last_o book_n end_v at_o the_o reign_n of_o david_n let_v we_o in_o this_o book_n proceed_v with_o the_o same_o reign_n as_o far_o as_o be_v requisite_a all_o the_o time_n therefore_o between_o samuel_n first_o prophecy_n and_o the_o return_v of_o israel_n from_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n in_o babylon_n to_o repair_v the_o temple_n as_o hieremy_n have_v prophesy_v all_o this_o be_v call_v the_o time_n of_o the_o prophet_n 7._o for_o although_o that_o the_o patriarch_n noah_n in_o who_o time_n the_o universal_a deluge_n befall_v and_o diverse_a other_o live_v before_o there_o be_v king_n in_o israel_n for_o some_o holy_a and_o heavenly_a prediction_n of_o they_o may_v not_o undeserued_o be_v call_v ah_o prophet_n especial_o 4_o see_v we_o see_v abraham_n and_o moses_n chief_o call_v by_o those_o name_n and_o more_o express_o than_o the_o rest_n yet_o the_o day_n wherein_o samuel_n begin_v to_o prophecy_n 16_o be_v call_v peculiar_o the_o prophet_n time_n samuel_n anoint_a saul_n first_o and_o afterward_o he_o be_v reject_v he_o anoint_a david_n for_o king_n by_o god_n express_a command_n and_o from_o david_n loin_n be_v all_o the_o blood_n royal_a to_o descend_v during_o that_o kingdom_n continuance_n but_o if_o i_o shall_v rehearse_v all_o that_o the_o prophet_n each_o in_o his_o time_n successive_o presage_v of_o christ_n during_o all_o this_o time_n that_o the_o city_n of_o god_n continue_v in_o those_o time_n and_o member_n of_o he_o i_o shall_v never_o make_v a_o end_n first_o because_o the_o scripture_n though_o they_o seem_v but_o a_o bare_a relation_n of_o the_o successive_a deed_n of_o each_o king_n in_o his_o time_n yet_o be_v consider_v with_o the_o assistance_n of_o god_n spirit_n will_v prove_v either_o more_o or_o as_o full_o prophecy_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v as_o history_n of_o thing_n past_a and_o how_o laborious_a it_o be_v to_o stand_v upon_o each_o peculiar_a hereof_o and_o how_o huge_a a_o work_n it_o will_v amount_v unto_o who_o know_v not_o that_o have_v any_o insight_n herein_o second_o because_o the_o prophecy_n concern_v christ_n and_o his_o kingdom_n the_o city_n of_o god_n be_v so_o many_o in_o multitude_n that_o the_o disputation_n arise_v hereof_o will_v not_o be_v contain_v in_o a_o far_o big_a volume_n than_o be_v necessary_a for_o my_o intent_n so_o that_o as_o i_o will_v restrain_v my_o pen_n as_o near_o as_o i_o can_v from_o all_o superfluous_a relation_n in_o this_o work_n so_o will_v i_o not_o ommit_v any_o thing_n that_o shall_v be_v real_o pertinent_a unto_o our_o purpose_n l._n vives_n call_v a_o prophet_n the_o hebrew_n call_v they_o seer_n because_o they_o see_v the_o lord_n in_o his_o prediction_n or_o prefiguration_n of_o any_o thing_n with_o
the_o eye_n of_o the_o spirit_n though_o not_o of_o the_o dull_a flesh_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o scripture_n call_v a_o prophecy_n a_o vision_n and_o nathan_n be_v call_v the_o seer_n 1._o king_n the_o greek_n sometime_o use_v the_o name_n of_o prophet_n for_o their_o priest_n poet_n or_o teacher_n adam_n be_v the_o first_o man_n and_o the_o first_o prophet_n who_o see_v the_o mystery_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n in_o his_o sleep_n then_o follow_v enoch_n noah_n abraham_n isaac_n jacob_n and_o his_o child_n moses_n etc._n etc._n yet_o be_v not_o these_o reckon_v among_o the_o prophet_n for_o none_o of_o they_o leave_v any_o book_n of_o the_o vision_n but_o moses_n who_o book_n concern_v ceremony_n sacrifice_n and_o civil_a order_n also_o but_o these_o be_v all_o figure_n of_o future_a thing_n nor_o be_v those_o the_o prophetical_a time_n as_o those_o from_o samuel_n be_v wherein_o there_o never_o be_v prophet_n want_v whereas_o before_o god_n speak_v but_o seldom_o and_o his_o vision_n be_v not_o so_o manifest_a as_o they_o be_v from_o the_o first_o king_n unto_o the_o captivity_n wherein_o be_v four_o great_a book_n of_o prophecy_n write_v and_o twelve_o of_o the_o small_a at_o what_o time_n god_n promise_v concern_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v fulfil_v and_o israel_n receive_v it_o to_o dwell_v in_o and_o possess_v chap._n 2._o we_o say_v in_o the_o last_o book_n that_o god_n promise_v two_o thing_n unto_o abraham_n one_o be_v the_o possession_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n for_o his_o seed_n in_o these_o word_n go_v into_o the_o land_n that_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o and_o i_o will_v make_v thou_o a_o great_a nation_n etc._n etc._n the_o other_o of_o far_o more_o excellence_n not_o concern_v the_o carnal_a but_o the_o spiritual_a seed_n nor_o israel_n only_o but_o all_o the_o believe_a nation_n of_o the_o world_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d shall_v all_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v etc._n etc._n this_o we_o confirm_v by_o many_o testiâ—…_n 12._o now_o therefore_o be_v abraham_n carnal_a seed_n that_o be_v the_o israelite_n in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d promise_n now_o have_v they_o town_n city_n yea_o and_o king_n therein_o and_o god_n 〈◊〉_d be_v perform_v unto_o they_o in_o great_a measure_n not_o only_o those_o that_o he_o 〈◊〉_d sign_n or_o by_o word_n of_o mouth_n unto_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n but_o even_o 〈◊〉_d â—…so_o that_o moses_n who_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o the_o egyptian_a bondage_n or_o any_o 〈◊〉_d he_o unto_o this_o instant_n have_v promise_v they_o from_o god_n but_o the_o proâ—…â—…cerning_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n that_o israel_n shall_v reign_v over_o it_o from_o the_o 〈◊〉_d egypt_n unto_o the_o great_a euphrates_n be_v neither_o fulfil_v by_o josuah_n that_o worâ—…_n of_o they_o into_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n and_o he_o that_o divide_v the_o whole_a aâ—…_n the_o twelve_o tribe_n nor_o by_o any_o other_o of_o the_o judge_n in_o all_o the_o time_n after_o 〈◊〉_d be_v there_o any_o more_o prophecy_n that_o it_o be_v to_o come_v but_o at_o this_o instant_a 〈◊〉_d â—…ected_v and_o by_o a_o david_n and_o his_o son_n solomon_n it_o be_v fulfil_v indeed_o and_o 〈◊〉_d â—…gdome_n enlarge_v as_o far_o as_o be_v promise_v for_o these_o two_o make_v all_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ations_n their_o servant_n and_o tributary_n thus_o then_o be_v abraham_n seed_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o settle_v in_o this_o land_n of_o canaan_n by_o these_o king_n that_o now_o no_o part_n of_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ly_a promise_n be_v leave_v unfulfil_v but_o that_o the_o hebrew_n obey_v god_n â—…ements_n may_v continue_v their_o dominion_n therein_o without_o all_o disturâ—…_n in_o all_o security_n and_o happiness_n of_o estate_n but_o god_n know_v they_o will_v 〈◊〉_d use_v some_o temporal_a affliction_n to_o excercise_n the_o few_o faithful_a therein_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ad_v leave_v and_o by_o they_o to_o give_v warning_n to_o all_o his_o servant_n that_o the_o nation_n 〈◊〉_d â—…erwards_o to_o contain_v who_o be_v to_o be_v warn_v by_o those_o as_o in_o who_o he_o 〈◊〉_d â—…llfill_v his_o other_o promise_n by_o open_v the_o new_a testament_n in_o the_o death_n of_o 〈◊〉_d l._n vives_n bâ—…â—…id_v hierome_n epist_n ad_fw-la dardan_n show_v that_o the_o jew_n possess_v not_o all_o the_o land_n 〈◊〉_d promise_v they_o for_o in_o the_o book_n of_o number_n it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v bound_v on_o the_o south_n by_o the_o salt_n sea_n and_o the_o wilderness_n of_o sin_n unto_o that_o river_n of_o egypt_n that_o run_v into_o the_o sea_n by_o rhinocorura_n on_o the_o west_n by_o the_o sea_n of_o palestina_n phoenicia_n coele_n syria_n and_o cylicia_n on_o the_o north_n by_o mount_n taurus_n and_o zephyrius_fw-la as_o far_o as_o emath_n or_o epiphania_fw-la in_o syria_n on_o the_o east_n by_o antioch_n and_o the_o lake_n genesareth_n call_v now_o tabarie_n and_o by_o jordan_n that_o run_v into_o the_o salt_n sea_n call_v now_o the_o dead_a sea_n beyond_o jordan_n half_a of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o reuben_n &_o gad_n lay_v and_o half_a of_o the_o tribe_n of_o manasses_n thus_o much_o hierome_n but_o david_n possess_v not_o all_o these_o but_o only_o that_o within_o the_o bound_n of_o rhinocorura_n and_o euphrates_n wherein_o the_o israelite_n still_o keep_v themselves_o the_o prophet_n three_o meaning_n of_o earthly_a jerusalem_n of_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n and_o of_o both_o chap._n 3._o wherefore_o as_o those_o prophecy_n speak_v to_o abraham_n isaac_n jacob_n or_o any_o other_o in_o the_o time_n before_o the_o king_n so_o likewise_o all_o that_o the_o prophet_n speak_v afterward_o have_v their_o double_a reference_n partly_o to_o abraháms_n seed_n in_o the_o flesh_n &_o partly_o to_o that_o wherein_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v in_o he_o be_v make_v coheir_n with_o christ_n in_o the_o glory_n and_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n by_o this_o new_a testament_n so_o then_o they_o concern_v partly_o the_o bondwoman_n bring_v forth_o unto_o bondage_n that_o be_v the_o earthly_a jerusalem_n which_o serve_v with_o her_o son_n and_o partly_o to_o the_o free_a city_n of_o god_n the_o true_a jerusalem_n eternal_a and_o heavenly_a who_o child_n be_v pilgrim_n upon_o earth_n in_o the_o way_n of_o god_n word_n and_o there_o be_v some_o that_o belong_v unto_o both_o properly_z to_o the_o bondwoman_n and_o figurative_o unto_o the_o free_a woman_n for_o the_o prophet_n have_v a_o triple_a meaning_n in_o their_o prophecy_n some_o concern_v the_o earthly_a jerusalem_n some_o the_o heavenly_a and_o some_o both_o as_o for_o example_n the_o prophet_n a_o nathan_n be_v send_v to_o tell_v david_n of_o his_o sin_n and_o to_o foretell_v he_o the_o evil_n that_o shall_v ensue_v thereof_o now_o who_o doubt_v that_o these_o word_n concern_v the_o temporal_a city_n whether_o they_o be_v speak_v public_o for_o the_o people_n general_n 12_o good_a or_o private_o for_o some_o man_n knowledge_n for_o some_o temporal_a use_n in_o the_o life_n present_a but_o now_o whereas_o we_o read_v behold_v the_o day_n come_v say_v the_o lord_n that_o i_o will_v make_v a_o new_a covenant_n with_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n not_o according_a to_o the_o covenant_n that_o i_o make_v with_o their_o father_n when_o i_o take_v they_o by_o the_o hand_n to_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n which_o covenant_n they_o break_v although_o i_o be_v a_o husband_n unto_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n but_o this_o be_v the_o covenant_n that_o i_o will_v make_v with_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n after_o those_o day_n say_v the_o lord_n i_o will_v put_v my_o law_n in_o their_o mind_n and_o write_v it_o in_o their_o heart_n and_o i_o will_v be_v their_o god_n and_o they_o shall_v be_v my_o people_n this_o without_o aâ—…l_a doubt_n be_v a_o prophecy_n of_o the_o celestial_a jerusalem_n to_o who_o god_n himself_o stand_v as_o a_o reward_n and_o unto_o which_o the_o enjoy_n of_o he_o be_v the_o perfection_n of_o good_a yet_o belong_v it_o unto_o they_o both_o in_o that_o the_o earthly_a jerusalem_n be_v call_v god_n city_n and_o his_o house_n promise_v to_o be_v therein_o which_o seem_v to_o be_v fulfil_v in_o salomon_n build_v of_o that_o magnificent_a temple_n these_o thing_n be_v both_o relation_n of_o thing_n act_v on_o earth_n and_o figure_n of_o thing_n concern_v heaven_n which_o kind_n of_o prophecy_n compound_v of_o both_o be_v of_o great_a efficacy_n in_o the_o canonical_a scripture_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o do_v exercise_v the_o reader_n of_o scripture_n very_o laudable_o in_o seek_v how_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v speak_v of_o abraham_n carnal_a seed_n be_v allegorical_o fulfil_v in_o his_o seed_n by_o faith_n in_o b_o so_o much_o that_o some_o hold_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o scripture_n foretold_v and_o effect_v or_o
effect_v without_o be_v foretold_v that_o intimate_v not_o something_o belong_v unto_o the_o city_n of_o god_n and_o to_o be_v refer_v unto_o the_o holy_a pilgrim_n thereof_o upon_o earth_n but_o if_o this_o be_v so_o we_o shall_v tie_v the_o prophet_n word_n unto_o two_o meaning_n only_o and_o exclude_v the_o three_o and_o not_o only_a 〈◊〉_d prophet_n but_o even_o all_o the_o old_a testament_n for_o therein_o must_v be_v nothing_o peâ—…_n to_o the_o earthly_a jerusalem_n if_o all_o that_o be_v speak_v or_o fulfil_v of_o that_o have_v a_o farâ—…_n reference_n to_o the_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n so_o that_o the_o prophet_n must_v needs_o 〈◊〉_d but_o in_o two_o sort_n either_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n or_o else_o of_o both_o 〈◊〉_d i_o think_v it_o a_o great_a error_n in_o some_o to_o hold_v no_o relation_n of_o thing_n do_v in_o the_o â—…res_v more_o than_o mere_a historical_a so_o do_v i_o hoâ—…d_v it_o a_o c_o great_a boldness_n in_o 〈◊〉_d that_o bind_v all_o the_o relation_n of_o scripture_n unto_o allegorical_a reference_n and_o therefore_o i_o avouch_v the_o meaning_n in_o the_o scripture_n to_o be_v triple_a and_o not_o twofold_a only_o this_o i_o hold_v yet_o blame_v i_o not_o those_o that_o can_v piâ—…ke_v a_o good_a spiritual_a sense_n 〈◊〉_d of_o any_o thing_n they_o read_v so_o they_o do_v not_o contradict_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o history_n but_o what_o faithful_a man_n will_v not_o say_v that_o those_o be_v vain_a say_n that_o can_v belong_v 〈◊〉_d to_o divinity_n nor_o humanity_n and_o who_o will_v not_o avow_v that_o these_o of_o which_o 〈◊〉_d speak_v be_v to_o have_v a_o spiritual_a interpretation_n also_o or_o leave_v they_o unto_o those_o 〈◊〉_d interpret_v they_o in_o that_o manner_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d prophet_n a_o nathan_n after_o david_n have_v send_v vriah_n to_o be_v slay_v in_o the_o front_n of_o the_o battle_n 〈◊〉_d marry_v his_o widow_n bersabe_n b_o in_o so_o much_o hereupon_o they_o say_v that_o so_o much_o be_v leave_v out_o â—…g_v the_o act_n of_o the_o jewish_a king_n because_o they_o seem_v not_o to_o concern_v the_o city_n of_o 〈◊〉_d that_o whatsoever_o the_o old_a testament_n contain_v or_o the_o new_a either_o have_v all_o a_o sure_a this_o 〈◊〉_d unto_o christ_n and_o his_o church_n at_o which_o they_o be_v both_o level_v c_o great_a boldness_n as_o 〈◊〉_d â—…d_v with_o great_a rarity_n of_o spirit_n yet_o keep_v he_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o history_n unuiolate_a for_o oâ—…â—…l_o these_o relation_n be_v vanity_n and_o each_o one_o will_v sâ—…rue_v a_o allegory_n out_o of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d to_o live_v and_o believe_v as_o he_o list_v and_o so_o our_o faith_n and_o discipline_n shall_v be_v utter_o conâ—…â—…herein_o i_o wonder_v at_o their_o mad_a folly_n that_o will_v fetch_v all_o our_o form_n of_o life_n and_o religion_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ories_n entangle_v they_o in_o ceremonious_a vanity_n and_o proclaim_v all_o that_o contraâ—…_n heretic_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ange_a of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o priesthood_n of_o israel_n anna_n samuel_n mother_n a_o prophetess_n and_o a_o type_n of_o the_o church_n what_o she_o prophesy_v chap._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d â—…ogresse_n therefore_o of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n in_o the_o king_n time_n when_o saul_n be_v reâ—…ued_v and_o david_n choose_v in_o his_o place_n to_o possess_v the_o kingdom_n of_o jerusaâ—…â—…im_n and_o his_o posterity_n successive_o signify_v and_o prefigure_v that_o which_o 〈◊〉_d not_o omit_v namely_o the_o future_a change_n concern_v the_o two_o testament_n 〈◊〉_d â—…d_v the_o new_a where_o the_o old_a kingdom_n and_o priesthood_n be_v change_v by_o 〈◊〉_d and_o eternal_a king_n and_o priest_n christ_n jesus_n for_o heli_n be_v reject_v saâ—…_n make_v both_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o judge_n of_o god_n and_o saul_n be_v reject_v daâ—…_n 3._o â—…hosen_v for_o the_o king_n and_o these_o two_o be_v thus_o seat_v signify_v the_o change_n 〈◊〉_d of_o and_o samuel_n mother_n anna_n be_v first_o barren_a and_o afterward_o by_o 〈◊〉_d â—…odnes_n make_v fruitful_a seem_v to_o prophesy_v nothing_o but_o this_o in_o her_o song_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ing_n when_o have_v bring_v up_o her_o son_n she_o dedicate_v he_o unto_o god_n as_o she_o 〈◊〉_d say_v my_o heart_n rejoice_v in_o the_o lord_n my_o horn_n be_v exalt_v in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…y_a mouth_n be_v enlarge_v on_o my_o enemy_n because_o i_o rejoice_v in_o thy_o salvation_n 〈◊〉_d holy_a as_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v no_o god_n like_o our_o god_n nor_o any_o holy_a beside_o thou_o 2._o 〈◊〉_d â—…ore_o presumptious_o let_v no_o arrogancy_n come_v out_o of_o your_o mouth_n for_o the_o lord_n be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…f_a knowledge_n and_o by_o he_o be_v enterprise_n establish_v the_o bow_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…ee_v break_v and_o guird_v the_o weak_a with_o strength_n they_o that_o be_v full_o be_v hire_v forth_o for_o hunger_n and_o the_o hungry_a have_v pass_v the_o land_n for_o the_o barren_a have_v 〈◊〉_d seâ—…en_n and_o a_o she_o that_o have_v many_o child_n be_v enfeoble_v the_o lord_n kill_v and_o 〈◊〉_d bring_v down_o to_o the_o grave_n and_o raise_v up_o the_o lord_n impoverish_v and_o enritchâ—…_n humble_v and_o exalt_v he_o raise_v the_o poor_a out_o of_o the_o dust_n and_o lift_v the_o beggar_n from_o the_o dunghill_n to_o set_v they_o among_o prince_n &_o make_v they_o inherit_v the_o seat_n of_o glory_n he_o give_v vow_n unto_o those_o that_o vow_v unto_o he_o and_o bless_v the_o year_n of_o the_o just_a for_o in_o his_o own_o might_n shall_v no_o man_n be_v strong_a the_o lord_n the_o holy_a lord_n shall_v weaken_v his_o adversary_n let_v not_o the_o wise_a boast_n of_o his_o wisdom_n nor_o the_o rich_a in_o his_o riches_n nor_o the_o mighty_a in_o his_o might_n but_o let_v their_o glory_n be_v to_o know_v the_o lord_n and_o to_o execute_v his_o judgement_n 9_o and_o justice_n upon_o the_o earth_n the_o lord_n from_o heaven_n have_v thunder_v he_o shall_v judge_v the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o shall_v give_v the_o power_n unto_o our_o king_n and_o shall_v exalt_v the_o horn_n of_o his_o anointed_n be_v these_o the_o word_n of_o a_o woman_n give_v thanks_n for_o her_o son_n be_v man_n mind_n so_o benight_a that_o they_o can_v discern_v a_o great_a spirit_n herein_o then_o mere_o humane_a and_o if_o any_o one_o be_v move_v at_o the_o event_n that_o now_o begin_v to_o fall_v out_o in_o this_o earthly_a process_n do_v he_o not_o discern_v and_o acknowledge_v the_o very_a true_a religion_n and_o city_n of_o god_n who_o king_n and_o founder_n be_v jesus_n christ_n in_o the_o word_n of_o his_o anna_n who_o be_v fit_o interpret_v his_o grace_n and_o that_o it_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o grace_n from_o which_o the_o proud_a decline_n and_o fall_v and_o therewith_o the_o humble_a adhere_v anna._n and_o be_v advance_v as_o this_o hymn_n say_v which_o speak_v those_o prophetical_a word_n if_o any_o one_o will_v say_v that_o the_o woman_n do_v not_o prophecy_n but_o only_o commend_v and_o extol_v god_n goodness_n for_o give_v her_o prayer_n a_o son_n why_o then_o what_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o this_o the_o bow_n of_o the_o mighty_a have_v he_o break_v and_o guird_v the_o weak_a with_o strength_n they_o that_o be_v full_o be_v hire_v forth_o for_o hunger_n and_o the_o hungry_a have_v pass_v 〈◊〉_d the_o land_n for_o the_o barren_a have_v bear_v seven_o and_o she_o that_o have_v many_o child_n be_v 〈◊〉_d have_v she_o be_v barren_a bear_v seven_o she_o have_v bear_v but_o one_o when_o she_o say_v thus_o b_o nor_o have_v she_o seven_o afterward_o or_o six_o either_o for_o samuel_n to_o make_v up_o seven_o but_o only_o three_o son_n and_o two_o daughter_n again_o there_o be_v no_o king_n in_o israel_n at_o that_o time_n to_o what_o end_n do_v she_o conclude_v thus_o he_o shall_v give_v the_o power_n unto_o our_o king_n and_o exalt_v the_o horn_n of_o his_o anoint_a do_v she_o not_o prophesy_v in_o this_o let_v the_o church_n of_o god_n therefore_o that_o fruitful_a mother_n that_o gracious_a city_n of_o that_o great_a king_n be_v bold_a to_o say_v that_o which_o this_o prophetical_a mother_n speak_v in_o her_o person_n so_o long_o before_o my_o heart_n rejoice_v in_o the_o lord_n c_o and_o my_o horn_n be_v exalt_v in_o the_o lord_n true_a joy_n and_o as_o true_a exaltation_n both_o be_v in_o the_o lord_n and_o not_o in_o herself_o my_o mouth_n be_v enlarge_v over_o my_o enemy_n because_o god_n word_n be_v not_o pen_v up_o in_o strait_n d_o nor_o in_o preacher_n that_o be_v teach_v what_o to_o speak_v i_o have_v rejoice_v say_v she_o in_o thy_o salvation_n that_o be_v in_o christ_n jesus_n who_o old_a simeon_n in_o the_o gospel_n have_v in_o his_o arm_n and_o know_v his_o greatness_n in_o his_o infancy_n say_v lord_n 2._o nâ—…w_o lâ—…ttest_v thou_o thy_o servant_n depart_v in_o
absolute_a security_n from_o all_o incursion_n of_o hostility_n the_o place_n therefore_o 〈◊〉_d this_o promise_a peace_n be_v to_o have_v residence_n be_v eternal_a it_o be_v that_o heavenly_a â—…alem_fw-la that_o freewoman_n where_o the_o true_a israel_n shall_v have_v their_o bless_a aâ—…_n the_o name_n import_v jerusalem_n a_o that_o be_v behold_v god_n the_o desire_n 〈◊〉_d reward_n must_v bear_v we_o out_o in_o godliness_n through_o all_o this_o sorrowful_a â—…ge_n l._n vives_n hierusalem_n a_o that_o be_v hierome_n say_v it_o be_v first_o call_v jebus_n then_o salem_n three_o jerusalem_n and_o 〈◊〉_d aelia_n salem_n be_v peace_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v unto_o the_o hebrew_n jerusalem_n jerusalem_n the_o vision_n of_o peace_n this_o be_v that_o salem_n wherein_o melchisedech_n reign_v joseph_n and_o hegesip_n it_o be_v call_v aelia_n of_o aelius_n adrian_n the_o emperor_n that_o repair_v it_o after_o the_o destruction_n by_o titus_n in_o emulation_n of_o his_o ancestor_n glory_n the_o gentile_n call_v it_o both_o solymae_fw-la solymi_n and_o jerusalem_n some_o draw_v that_o solymi_n from_o the_o pisidian_n in_o lycia_n call_v of_o old_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o from_o the_o solymi_n a_o people_n of_o pontus_n in_o asia_n who_o perish_v as_o eratosthenes_n write_v with_o the_o peleges_n and_o bebrician_n eupolemus_n as_o eusebius_n say_v derive_v the_o name_n solymi_n from_o solomon_n quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d salomon_n temple_n and_o some_o think_v homer_n call_v it_o so_o but_o josephus_n lib._n 7._o say_v it_o be_v call_v solyma_n in_o abraham_n time_n and_o when_o david_n have_v build_v a_o tower_n in_o it_o the_o jebuzites_n have_v take_v it_o before_o and_o fortify_v it_o it_o be_v name_v hierosolyma_n for_o the_o hebrew_n call_v a_o fortification_n hieron_n but_o it_o be_v rather_o call_v jebus_n after_o it_o be_v call_v salem_n then_o before_o for_o it_o be_v hold_v that_o melchisedech_n build_v it_o and_o he_o call_v it_o salem_n and_o the_o canaanite_n who_o king_n he_o be_v dwell_v therein_o and_o he_o be_v otherwise_o call_v the_o just_a king_n say_v hegesippus_n for_o so_o be_v he_o name_v after_o his_o father_n yet_o hierome_n de_n loc_n hebraic_n &_o add_v damas._n say_v that_o salem_n be_v not_o jerusalem_n but_o another_o city_n in_o the_o country_n of_o sychem_n a_o part_n of_o chanaan_n where_o the_o ruin_n of_o melchisedech_n palace_n be_v yet_o to_o be_v see_v as_o the_o memory_n of_o a_o most_o ancient_a and_o magnificent_a structure_n i_o omit_v to_o relate_v whence_o strabo_n derive_v the_o original_n of_o jerusalem_n out_o of_o moses_n for_o strabo_n be_v never_o in_o chanaan_n i_o omit_v those_o also_o that_o say_v that_o jerusalem_n be_v luz_n and_o bethel_n bethel_n be_v a_o village_n long_o after_o it_o as_o i_o say_v before_o of_o david_n endeavour_n in_o compose_v of_o the_o psalm_n chap._n 14._o god_n city_n have_v this_o progress_n david_n reign_v first_o in_o the_o type_n thereof_o the_o terrestrial_a jerusalem_n now_o david_n have_v great_a skill_n in_o song_n and_o love_a music_n not_o out_o of_o his_o private_a pleasure_n but_o in_o his_o zealous_a faith_n whereby_o in_o the_o service_n of_o he_o and_o the_o true_a god_n in_o diversity_n of_o harmonious_a and_o proportionat_a sound_n he_o mystical_o describe_v the_o concord_n and_o unity_n of_o the_o celestial_a city_n of_o god_n compose_v of_o diverse_a particular_n al_n his_o prophecy_n almost_o be_v in_o his_o psalm_n a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o whereof_o that_o which_o we_o call_v the_o book_n of_o psalm_n or_o the_o psalter_n contain_v of_o which_o b_o some_o will_v have_v they_o only_o to_o be_v david_n that_o bear_v his_o name_n over_o their_o title_n some_o think_v that_o only_o they_o that_o be_v entitle_v each_o peculiarly_a a_o psalm_n of_o david_n arâ—…_n his_o the_o rest_n that_o be_v entitle_v to_o david_n be_v make_v by_o other_o and_o fit_v unto_o his_o person_n but_o this_o our_o saviour_n confute_v his_o own_o self_n say_v that_o david_n call_v christ_n in_o the_o spirit_n his_o lord_n cite_v the_o hundred_o and_o ten_o psalm_n that_o begin_v thus_o the_o lord_n say_v unto_o my_o lord_n sit_v thou_o on_o my_o right_a hand_n until_o i_o make_v thy_o enemy_n thy_o footstool_n now_o this_o psalm_n be_v not_o entitle_v of_o david_n but_o to_o david_n as_o many_o more_o be_v but_o i_o like_o their_o opinion_n best_o that_o say_v he_o make_v all_o the_o 150._o entitle_v they_o sometime_o with_o other_o name_n and_o those_o pertinent_a unto_o some_o prefiguration_n or_o other_o and_o leave_v some_o other_o untitule_v at_o all_o as_o god_n please_v to_o inspire_v these_o dark_a mystery_n and_o hide_a variety_n all_o useful_a how-so-eve_a into_o his_o mind_n nor_o be_v it_o any_o thing_n against_o this_o that_o we_o read_v the_o psalm_n of_o some_o great_a prophet_n that_o line_v after_o he_o upon_o some_o of_o his_o psalm_n as_o if_o they_o be_v make_v by_o they_o 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the_o author_n of_o the_o psalm_n and_o affirm_v that_o the_o jew_n never_o make_v question_n of_o it_o before_o origen_n time_n but_o all_o both_o write_v and_o believe_v 〈◊〉_d david_n write_v they_o all_o but_o when_o origen_n begin_v with_o rare_a learning_n and_o delicate_a wit_n to_o draw_v all_o the_o prophetical_a say_n of_o the_o old-testament_n unto_o christ_n already_o bear_v he_o make_v the_o jew_n run_v into_o opinion_n far_o contrary_v the_o position_n of_o their_o old_a master_n and_o fall_v to_o depâ—…ing_v of_o the_o scripture_n in_o all_o they_o can_v yet_o be_v there_o some_o hebrew_n afterward_o that_o hold_v as_o the_o ancent_n do_v that_o david_n be_v the_o only_a author_n of_o all_o the_o psalm_n some_o again_o hold_v that_o he_o make_v but_o nine_o and_o that_o other_o prophet_n write_v the_o rest_n viz._n some_o of_o the_o son_n of_o corah_n ethan_n asaph_n or_o idythim_n those_o that_o have_v no_o title_n they_o do_v not_o know_v who_o they_o be_v only_o solomon_n they_o be_v the_o work_n of_o holy_a man_n they_o say_v marry_o rabbi_n solomon_n that_o impudent_a rabbine_n make_v ten_o author_n of_o the_o psalm_n melchisedech_n abraham_n moses_n the_o son_n of_o chora_n david_n solomon_n asaph_n jeduthim_n and_o ethan_n but_o origen_n ambrose_n hillary_n augustine_n and_o casâ—…_n make_v david_n the_o author_n of_o they_o all_o unto_o who_o james_n perez_n agree_v confirm_v it_o for_o the_o truth_n by_o many_o argument_n read_v they_o in_o himself_o for_o the_o book_n be_v common_a i_o 〈◊〉_d hieromes_n word_n to_o sophronius_n and_o cyprian_n concern_v this_o point_n let_v this_o suffice_v at_o this_o 〈◊〉_d c_o to_o david_n so_o be_v the_o greek_a indeed_o but_o i_o have_v hear_v diverse_a good_a hebraician_n sâ—…y_v that_o the_o hebrew_n use_v the_o dative_a case_n for_o the_o genitive_n d_o as_o the_o reign_n 1._o king_n 11._o whether_o all_o thing_n concern_v christ_n and_o his_o church_n in_o the_o psalm_n be_v to_o be_v rehearse_v in_o this_o work_n chap._n 15._o i_o see_v my_o reader_n expect_v now_o that_o i_o shall_v deliver_v all_o the_o prophecy_n concerâ—…_n christ_n and_o his_o church_n contain_v in_o the_o psalm_n but_o the_o abundance_n 〈◊〉_d rather_o than_o the_o want_n hinder_v i_o from_o explain_v all_o the_o rest_n as_o i_o have_v 〈◊〉_d and_o as_o the_o cause_n seem_v to_o require_v i_o shall_v be_v too_o tedious_a in_o recite_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fear_n to_o choose_v any_o part_n lest_o some_o shall_v think_v i_o have_v omit_v any_o that_o 〈◊〉_d more_o necessary_a again_o another_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o testimony_n we_o 〈◊〉_d be_v to_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o psalter_n so_o that_o though_o all_o 〈◊〉_d affirm_v it_o yet_o nothing_o may_v contrary_v it_o lest_o we_o shall_v otherwise_o seem_v â—…ch_n out_o verse_n for_o our_o purpose_n
like_v a_o parcel_n of_o some_o poâ—…â—…hose_v â—…hose_z intent_n concern_v a_o theme_n far_o different_a now_o to_o show_v this_o testimoâ—…_n one_o in_o every_o psalm_n of_o the_o book_n we_o must_v expound_v the_o psalm_n 〈◊〉_d to_o do_v how_o great_a a_o work_n it_o be_v both_z other_o and_o our_o volume_n wherein_o we_o 〈◊〉_d do_v it_o do_v express_o declare_v let_v he_o that_o can_v and_o list_v read_v those_o and_o there_o â—…ll_v see_v how_o abundant_a the_o prophecy_n of_o david_n concern_v christ_n and_o of_o his_o church_n be_v namely_o concern_v that_o celestial_a king_n and_o the_o city_n which_o he_o build_v l._n vives_n like_a e_o parcel_n centones_n be_v piece_n of_o cloth_n of_o diverse_a colour_n use_v any_o way_n on_o the_o centones_n back_n or_o on_o the_o bed_n cic._n cato_n maior_n sisenna_n c._n caesar._n metaphorical_o it_o be_v a_o poem_n patch_v out_o of_o other_o poem_n by_o end_n of_o verse_n as_o homero-centon_a and_o uirgilio-centon_a diverse_a make_v by_o proba_n and_o by_o ausonius_n b_o retrograde_a poem_n sotadicall_a verse_n that_o be_v verse_n backward_o and_o forward_o as_o musa_fw-la mihi_fw-la causas_fw-la memora_fw-la quo_fw-la numine_fw-la laesa_fw-la &_o laeso_fw-la numine_fw-la quo_fw-la memora_fw-la causas_fw-la mihi_fw-la musa_fw-la sotadicall_a verse_n may_v be_v turn_v backward_o into_o other_o also_o as_o verse_n this_o jambick_a pio_n precare_fw-la sure_fw-mi caelestum_fw-la numina_fw-la turn_v it_o numina_fw-la caelestum_fw-la sure_fw-mi precare_fw-la piâ—…_n it_o be_v a_o pâ—…ntameter_n they_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o wanton_a verse_n as_o quintilian_n say_v invent_v say_v strabo_n or_o rather_o use_v say_v diomedes_n by_o sotades_n who_o marshal_n call_v gnidus_n some_o of_o augustine_n copy_n read_v it_o a_o great_a poem_n and_o it_o be_v the_o fit_a as_o if_o one_o shall_v pick_v verse_n out_o of_o some_o great_a work_n concern_v another_o purpose_n and_o apply_v they_o unto_o his_o own_o as_o some_o centonist_n do_v turn_v uirgils_n and_o homer_n word_n of_o the_o greek_n and_o trojan_a war_n unto_o christ_n and_o divine_a matter_n and_o ausonius_n turn_v they_o unto_o a_o epithalamion_n of_o the_o forty_o five_o psalm_n the_o trope_n and_o truth_n therein_o concern_v christ_n and_o the_o church_n chap._n 16._o for_o although_o there_o be_v some_o manifest_a prophecy_n yet_o be_v they_o mix_v with_o figure_n put_v the_o learned_a unto_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o labour_n in_o make_v the_o ignorant_a understand_v they_o yet_o some_o show_n christ_n and_o his_o church_n at_o first_o sight_n though_o we_o must_v at_o leisure_n expound_v the_o difficulty_n that_o we_o find_v therein_o as_o for_o example_n psal._n 45._o my_o heart_n have_v give_v out_o a_o good_a word_n i_o dedicate_v my_o work_n to_o the_o king_n my_o tongue_n be_v the_o pen_n of_o a_o ready_a writer_n thou_o fair_o than_o the_o child_n of_o man_n grâ—…_n be_v pour_v in_o thy_o lip_n for_o god_n have_v bless_v thou_o for_o ever_o gird_v thy_o sword_n upon_o thy_o â—…high_n thou_o most_o mighty_a proceed_v in_o thy_o beauty_n and_o glory_n and_o reign_v prosperou_o 45._o because_o of_o thy_o truth_n thy_o justice_n and_o thy_o gentleness_n thy_o right_a hand_n shall_v guide_v thou_o wondrous_o thy_o arrow_n be_v sharp_a most_o mighty_a against_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o king_n enemy_n the_o people_n shall_v fall_v under_o thou_o thy_o throne_n o_o god_n be_v everlasting_a and_o the_o sceptre_n of_o thy_o kingdom_n a_o sceptre_n of_o direction_n thou_o love_v justice_n and_o hate_v iniquity_n therefore_o god_n even_o thy_o god_n have_v anoint_v thou_o with_o oil_n of_o gladness_n above_o thy_o fellow_n all_o thy_o garment_n smell_v of_o myrrh_n aloe_n and_o cassia_n from_o the_o iâ—…ry_a palace_n wherein_o the_o king_n daughter_n have_v make_v thou_o glâ—…d_n in_o their_o honour_n who_o be_v so_o dull_a that_o he_o discern_v not_o christ_n our_o god_n in_o who_o we_o believe_v by_o this_o place_n hear_n he_o call_v god_n who_o throne_n be_v for_o ever_o and_o annoynâ—…d_v by_o god_n not_o with_o visible_a but_o with_o spiritual_a chrism_n who_o be_v so_o barbarous_o ignorant_a in_o this_o immortal_a and_o universal_a religion_n that_o he_o hear_v not_o that_o christ_n name_n come_v of_o chrisma_n unction_n here_o we_o know_v christ_n let_v we_o see_v then_o unto_o the_o type_n how_o be_v he_o father_n then_o unto_o the_o son_n of_o man_n in_o a_o beauty_n far_o more_o amiable_a than_o that_o of_o the_o body_n what_o be_v his_o sword_n his_o shaft_n etc._n etc._n all_o these_o be_v tropical_a character_n of_o his_o power_n and_o how_o they_o be_v all_o so_o let_v he_o that_o be_v the_o subject_n to_o this_o true_a just_a and_o gentle_a king_n look_v to_o at_o his_o leisure_n and_o then_o behold_v his_o church_n that_o spiritual_a spouse_n of_o he_o and_o that_o divine_a wedlock_n of_o they_o here_o it_o be_v the_o queen_n stand_v on_o thy_o right_a hand_n her_o â—…lothing_n be_v of_o gold_n embroider_v with_o diverse_a colour_n heaâ—…e_o oh_o daughter_n and_o 〈◊〉_d attend_v and_o forget_v thy_o people_n and_o thy_o father_n house_n for_o the_o king_n take_v pleasure_n in_o thy_o beauty_n and_o he_o be_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n the_o son_n of_o tyre_n shall_v adore_v he_o 〈◊〉_d gift_n the_o rich_a man_n of_o the_o people_n shall_v â—…ooe_v he_o with_o present_n the_o king_n daughter_n 〈◊〉_d all_o glorious_a within_o her_o clothing_n be_v of_o wrought_a gold_n the_o virgin_n shall_v be_v bring_v after_o she_o unto_o the_o king_n and_o her_o kinsfolk_n and_o companion_n shall_v follow_v she_o with_o joy_n and_o gladness_n shall_v they_o be_v bring_v and_o shall_v enter_v into_o the_o king_n chamber_n instead_o of_o father_n 〈◊〉_d shall_v have_v child_n to_o make_v they_o prince_n through_o out_o the_o earth_n they_o shall_v remember_v thy_o name_n o_o lord_n from_o a_o generation_n to_o generation_n therefore_o shall_v their_o people_n give_v â—…ks_n unto_o thou_o world_n without_o end_n i_o do_v not_o think_v any_o one_o so_o besot_v as_o to_o think_v this_o to_o be_v mean_v of_o any_o personal_a woman_n no_o no_o she_o be_v his_o spouse_n to_o who_o it_o be_v say_v thy_o throne_n o_o god_n be_v everlasting_a and_o the_o sceptre_n of_o thy_o kingdom_n a_o sceptre_n of_o direction_n 〈◊〉_d haste_n love_v justice_n and_o hate_a iniquity_n therefore_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n have_v anoint_v 〈◊〉_d â—…ith_n the_o oil_n of_o gladness_n before_o thy_o fellow_n namely_o christ_n before_o the_o christiâ—…_n for_o they_o be_v his_o fellow_n of_o who_o concord_n out_o of_o all_o nation_n come_v this_o queen_n as_o a_o other_o psalm_n say_v the_o city_n of_o the_o great_a king_n mean_v the_o spiritual_a zion_n zion_n be_v speculation_n for_o so_o it_o speculate_v the_o future_a good_a that_o it_o be_v to_o receive_v and_o thither_o direct_v it_o all_o the_o intention_n this_o be_v the_o spiritual_a jerusalem_n whereof_o we_o have_v all_o this_o while_n speak_v this_o be_v the_o foe_n of_o that_o devilish_a babylon_n hight_v confusion_n and_o that_o the_o foe_n of_o this_o yet_o be_v this_o city_n by_o regeneration_n free_v from_o the_o babylonian_a bondage_n and_o pass_v over_o the_o worst_a king_n for_o the_o best_a that_o ever_o be_v turn_v from_o the_o devil_n and_o come_v home_o to_o christ_n for_o which_o it_o be_v say_v forget_v thy_o people_n and_o thy_o father_n house_n etc._n etc._n the_o israelite_n be_v a_o part_n of_o thiâ—…_n â—…tty_a in_o the_o flesh_n but_o not_o in_o that_o faith_n but_o become_v foe_n both_o to_o this_o great_a 〈◊〉_d queen_n christ_n be_v kill_v by_o they_o and_o come_v from_o they_o to_o b_o those_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ever_o see_v in_o the_o flesh_n and_o therefore_o our_o king_n say_v by_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d in_o another_o place_n thou_o have_v deliver_v i_o from_o the_o contention_n of_o the_o people_n 〈◊〉_d i_o the_o head_n of_o the_o heathen_a a_o people_n who_o i_o have_v not_o know_v have_v serve_v 44._o 〈◊〉_d assoon_o as_o they_o hear_v i_o obey_v i_o this_o be_v the_o gentile_n who_o never_o 〈◊〉_d â—…rist_n in_o the_o flesh_n nor_o he_o they_o yet_o hear_v he_o preach_v they_o believe_v 〈◊〉_d â—…astly_a that_o he_o may_v well_o say_v as_o soon_o as_o they_o hear_v i_o they_o obey_v i_o for_o 〈◊〉_d â—…es_v by_o hear_v this_o people_n conjoin_v with_o the_o true_a israel_n both_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o spirit_n be_v that_o city_n of_o god_n which_o when_o it_o be_v only_o in_o israel_n bring_v 〈◊〉_d â—…hrist_n in_o the_o flesh_n for_o thence_o be_v the_o virgin_n mary_n from_o who_o christ_n 〈◊〉_d our_o manhood_n upon_o he_o of_o this_o city_n thus_o say_v another_o psalm_n c_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ll_v call_v it_o our_o mother_n zion_n he_o become_v man_n therein_o the_o most_o high_a have_v found_v 〈◊〉_d be_v this_o most_o high_a but_o
take_v and_o the_o temple_n destroy_v 26._o the_o roman_n be_v free_v from_o their_o king_n and_o israel_n from_o captivity_n both_o at_o one_o time_n 27._o of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o prophet_n who_o book_n we_o have_v how_o they_o prophesy_v some_o of_o they_o of_o the_o call_n of_o the_o nation_n in_o the_o decline_a of_o the_o assyrian_a monarchy_n and_o the_o roman_n erect_v 28._o prophecy_n concern_v the_o gospel_n in_o osee_n and_o amos._n 29._o isaiah_n his_o prophecy_n concern_v christ._n 30._o prophecy_n of_o micheas_n jonas_n and_o joel_n correspondent_a unto_o the_o new_a testament_n 31._o prophecy_n of_o abdi_n nahum_n and_o abacuc_n concern_v the_o world_n salvation_n in_o christ._n 32._o the_o prophecy_n contain_v in_o the_o song_n and_o prayer_n of_o abacuc_n 33._o prophecy_n of_o hieremy_n and_o zephany_n concern_v the_o former_a theme_n 34._o daniel_n and_o ezechiells_n prophecy_n concern_v christ_n and_o his_o church_n 35._o of_o the_o three_o prophecy_n of_o agge_n 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have_v be_v miserable_a how_o as_o the_o psalm_n say_v shall_v they_o sing_v the_o mercy_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o ever_o 88_o then_o which_o song_n nothing_o very_o shall_v be_v more_o delightful_a to_o that_o city_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o love_n of_o christ_n by_o who_o blood_n we_o be_v deliver_v there_o shall_v be_v perfect_v be_v at_o rest_n and_o see_v because_o i_o be_o god._n because_o there_o shall_v be_v the_o most_o 45_o great_a sabbath_n have_v no_o evening_n which_o the_o lord_n commend_v unto_o we_o in_o the_o first_o work_n of_o the_o world_n where_o it_o be_v read_v and_o god_n rest_v the_o seven_o day_n from_o all_o his_o work_n he_o make_v and_o sanctify_v it_o because_o in_o it_o he_o rest_v from_o all_o
fol._n 709._o hose_n his_o prophecy_n fol._n 714._o herod_n the_o king_n fol_n 737._o heretic_n profit_v the_o church_n fol._n 742._o i_o ianus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 116._o julianus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 191._o jovianus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 191._o jovinian_n death_n fol._n 231._o john_n the_o anchorite_n fol._n 233._o israel_n what_o it_o signify_v fol._n 614._o judah_n his_o blessing_n explain_v fol._n 615._o infant_n why_o so_o call_v fol._n 618._o justice_n to_o be_v perform_v in_o his_o life_n only_o fol._n 626._o inquisition_n make_v by_o the_o lord_n how_o it_o be_v take_v fol._n 631._o india_n what_o be_v be_v fol._n 656._o inachus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 659._o io_o who_o she_o be_v fol._n 660._o isis_n who_o she_o be_v ibid._n ixion_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 680._o iphigenia_n who_o she_o be_v fol._n 696._o jonas_n the_o prophet_n fol._n 713._o joell_n the_o prophet_n fol._n 714._o israel_n who_o be_v so_o call_v fol._n 714._o joel_n his_o prophecy_n fol._n 716._o idumaea_n where_o it_o be_v fol._n 718._o job_n whence_o he_o descend_v fol._n 739._o julian_n the_o apostata_fw-la fol._n 745._o judgement_n day_n when_o it_o shall_v be_v fol._n 793._o john_n bapt._n life_n like_v unto_o the_o life_n of_o elias_n fol._n 831._o incredible_a thing_n fol._n 879._o innocentius_n his_o miraculous_a câ—…re_n fol._n 883._o l_o labeos_n who_o they_o be_v fol._n 70_o law_n of_o the_o twelve_o table_n fol._n 78_o lycurgus_n his_o law_n ibid._n law_n what_o it_o be_v fol._n 80_o l._n furius_n pylus_n a_o cunning_a latinist_n fol._n 90_o lycurgus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 379_o lawful_a hate_n fol._n 503_o lyberi_n how_o it_o be_v use_v by_o the_o latins_n fol._n 615_o lupercall_n what_o they_o be_v fol._n 674_o liber_n why_o so_o call_v fol._n 675_o labyrinth_n what_o it_o be_v fol._n 680_o linus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 688_o laurentum_n why_o so_o call_v fol._n 690_o latinus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 692_o labdon_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 698_o m_n manlius_n torquatus_n fol._n 37_o marius_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 93_o marius_n his_o happiness_n fol._n 94_o marius_n his_o cruelty_n fol._n 95_o metellus_n his_o felicity_n fol_n 96_o marius_n his_o flight_n ibid._n marica_n a_o goddess_n ibid._n mithridates_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 98_o megalesian_n play_n fol._n 58_o mettellus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 135_o man_n how_o he_o sin_v fol._n 212_o mercury_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 272_o moon_n drink_v up_o by_o a_o ass_n fol._n 384_o man_n form_v fol._n 492_o maspha_n what_o it_o signify_v fol._n 633_o moses_n his_o birth_n fol._n 665_o minerva_n who_o she_o be_v fol._n 668_o marathus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 673_o minos_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 677_o minotaur_n what_o it_o be_v fol._n 679._o medusa_n who_o she_o be_v fol._n 683_o musaeus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 988._o mycenae_n why_o so_o call_v fol._n 690._o mnestheus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 697._o melanthus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 699._o micheas_n the_o prophet_n fol._n 713._o micheas_n his_o prophecy_n fol._n 776._o man_n desire_v four_o thing_n by_o nature_n fol._n 751._o man_n what_o he_o be_v fol._n 755._o miracle_n relate_v by_o augustine_n fol._n 883._o n_o nasica_n prohibit_v sit_v at_o play_n fol._n 47._o neptune_n pprophecy_n fol._n 108._o numitor_n and_o his_o child_n fol._n 112._o nigidius_n figulus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 201._o nero_n caesar_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 225._o ninivy_n the_o city_n fol._n 576._o number_n of_o seven_o signify_v the_o church_n perfection_n fol._n 625._o nabuchadonosors_n war_n fol._n 709._o naum_n when_o he_o live_v fol._n 718._o ninivy_n a_o figure_n of_o the_o church_n fol._n 734._o nature_n primitive_a gift_n fol._n 755._o o_o optimates_fw-la who_o they_o be_v fol._n 91._o olympus_n what_o mount_v it_o be_v fol._n 569._o osiris_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 662._o ogyges_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 668._o oedipus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 686._o orpheus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 688._o ozias_n the_o prophet_n fol._n 713._o origen_n opinion_n of_o the_o restauration_n of_o the_o devil_n to_o their_o former_a state_n fol._n 657._o p_o palladium_n image_n fol._n 4._o phoenix_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 9_o 〈◊〉_d bishop_n of_o nola._n fol._n 17._o people_n how_o they_o be_v style_v fol._n 35._o priest_n call_v galli_n fol._n 57_o pericles_z who_o he_o be_v fol._n 67._o plato_n account_v a_o demi-god_n fol._n 73._o priapus_n a_o god_n fol._n 75._o pomona_n a_o goddess_n fol._n 77._o patriot_n and_o the_o people_n divide_v fol._n 83._o porsenna_n his_o war_n fol._n 84._o portian_a and_o sempronian_n law_n ibid._n posthumus_z who_o he_o be_v fol._n 98._o prodigious_a sound_n of_o battle_n fol._n 100_o plato_n expel_v some_o poet_n fol._n 74._o pyrrhus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 133._o pâ—…s_n war_n fol._n 145._o piety_n what_o it_o be_v fol._n 183._o pompey_n his_o death_n fol._n 231._o plato_n his_o riddle_n fol._n 286._o pluto_n why_o so_o call_v fol._n 289._o plato_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 303._o porphyry_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 319._o plotine_n who_o he_o be_v ibid._n proteus_z who_o he_o be_v fol._n 374._o pigmy_n what_o they_o be_v fol._n 582._o prophecy_n speak_v to_o heli_n fulfil_v in_o christ._n fol._n 628._o psalm_n who_o make_v they_o fol._n 640._o psaltery_a what_o it_o be_v fol._n 641._o philo_z who_o he_o be_v fol._n 649._o pelasgus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 659._o phoroneus_n why_o call_v a_o judge_n fol._n 660._o prometheus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 665._o pandora_n who_o she_o be_v fol._n 666._o phorbus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 667._o 〈◊〉_d and_o helle_n who_o they_o be_v fol._n 〈◊〉_d â—…_n 〈◊〉_d the_o winged-horse_n fol._n 684._o perseus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 687._o portumnus_n what_o he_o be_v fol._n 689._o picus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 690._o pitacus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 710._o periander_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 711._o ptolemy_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 731._o philadelpus_n why_o so_o call_v fol._n 732._o pompey_n his_o war_n in_o africa_n fol._n 736._o proselyte_n what_o he_o be_v fol._n 740._o peter_n accuse_v of_o sorcery_n fol._n 746._o purgatory_n not_o to_o be_v find_v before_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n fol._n 857._o paul_n word_n of_o the_o measure_n of_o fullness_n expound_v fol._n 897._o propagation_n not_o abolish_v though_o diminish_v by_o sin_n fol._n 907._o r_o romans'_n judgement_n in_o a_o case_n of_o life_n and_o death_n fol._n 31._o roman_n greedy_a of_o praise_n fol._n 32._o roman_a order_n fol._n 73._o roman_a priest_n call_v flamen_fw-la fol._n 76._o romulus_n a_o god_n fol._n 77._o rome_n take_v by_o the_o gall_n fol._n 93._o roman_a theatre_n first_o erect_v fol._n fol._n 47._o rome_n salutation_n fol._n 86._o rome_n punish_v offender_n fol._n 84._o roman_a government_n threefold_a fol._n 91._o remus_n his_o death_n fol._n 113._o romulus_n his_o death_n fol._n 127._o regulus_n his_o fidelity_n 223._o radagasius_n king_n of_o the_o goth_n fol._n 229._o roinocorura_n what_o it_o be_v fol._n 600._o repentance_n of_o god_n what_o it_o be_v fol._n 632._o rabbi_n salomon_n opinion_n of_o the_o author_n of_o the_o psalm_n fol._n 641._o rhadamanthus_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 700._o roboam_v folly_n ibid._n rome_n second_v babylon_n fol._n 702._o rome_n imperious_a babylon_n fol._n 763._o s_o syracuse_n a_o city_n fol_n 11._o sack_v of_o a_o city_n fol._n 12._o scipio_n nasica_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 45._o sanctuary_n what_o they_o be_v fol._n 49._o scipio_n who_o they_o be_v fol._n 66._o scipio_n which_o be_v brother_n fol._n 68_o sedition_n between_o great_a man_n and_o people_n fol._n 79._o sabine_a virgin_n force_v fol._n 80._o sardanapalus_n last_o king_n of_o the_o assyrian_n fol._n 86._o sardanapalus_n his_o epitaph_n ibid._n sylla_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 93._o sylla_n and_o marius_n his_o war_n ibid._n sylla_n his_o cruelty_n fol._n 98._o sempronian_n law_n fol._n 109._o saguntum_n what_o it_o be_v fol._n 138._o salve_n war_n fol._n 145._o sertorius_n his_o death_n fol._n 149._o scaevola_n his_o fortitude_n fol._n 179._o silver_n when_o first_o coin_a fol._n 181._o socrates_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 300._o school_n of_o athens_n fol._n 319._o scripture_n speak_v of_o god_n according_a to_o our_o weak_a understanding_n fol._n 565._o saul_n reiection_n a_o figure_n of_o christ_n kingdom_n fol._n 632._o solomon_n a_o figure_n of_o christ._n fol._n 634._o zion_n what_o it_o signify_v fol._n 643._o sotadicall_a verse_n what_o they_o be_v fol._n 642._o sycionian_o first_o king_n fol._n 657._o semiramis_n who_o she_o be_v ibid._n sarpedon_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 677._o sphynx_n her_o riddle_n fol._n 686._o stercutius_n who_o he_o be_v fol._n 691._o swing_v game_n fol._n 698._o sangus_n who_o he_o be_v ibid._n sibyl_n who_o they_o be_v fol._n 703._o sage_n or_o wise_a man_n of_o greece_n fol._n 710._o
osiris_n king_n horus_n and_o diverse_a other_o of_o the_o god_n reign_v before_o he_o our_o scripture_n say_v that_o nembroth_n be_v the_o first_o king_n and_o reign_v at_o babylon_n b_o until_o perverse_a hesiod_n in_o his_o opera_fw-la &_o dies_fw-la saign_v five_o age_n of_o mortality_n which_o place_n he_o begin_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o god_n do_v first_o of_o all_o make_v man_n in_o golden_a molde_n celestial_a their_o habitation_n be_v in_o saturn_n reign_n man_n the_o world_n afford_v such_o this_o virgil_n ovid_n and_o other_o do_v imitate_v the_o first_o age_n the_o golden_a one_o they_o say_v be_v under_o saturn_n without_o war_n or_o will_v to_o war_n humanity_n be_v lock_v in_o unity_n neither_o be_v man_n contentious_a nor_o clamorous_a these_o be_v call_v saturnian_a day_n the_o next_o age_n silver_n under_o jove_n than_o war_n begin_v to_o buffle_v so_o do_v her_o daughter_n care_n hate_v and_o deceit_n the_o three_o brazen_a war_n hurl_v all_o upon_o heap_n and_o quass_v life_n and_o blood_n the_o four_o of_o the_o halfgod_n hero_n who_o think_v they_o love_v justice_n yet_o their_o bosom_n harbour_v a_o eager_a thirst_n of_o war_n the_o first_o iron_n wherein_o mischief_n go_v beyond_o bound_n and_o limit_n and_o all_o misery_n break_v their_o prison_n assault_n man_n fortune_n open_a deceit_n open_a hate_n open_a war_n slaughter_n vastation_n burn_n rape_n and_o rapine_n all_o open_a violent_a and_o common_a e_o unless_o unless_o the_o god_n be_v so_o impudent_a that_o they_o will_v sell_v that_o unto_o man_n as_o a_o benefit_n from_o they_o which_o have_v the_o original_n from_o another_o man_n will_n and_o so_o require_v thanks_n of_o they_o as_o though_o it_o be_v there_o gift_n when_o it_o be_v rather_o the_o gift_n of_o another_o one_o interpreter_n understand_v not_o the_o figure_n rap_v entire_o out_o what_o come_v first_o on_o his_o tongue_n end_n and_o upon_o that_o as_o upon_o a_o marble_n foundation_n lord_n what_o a_o goodly_a building_n he_o raise_v concern_v sell_v and_o the_o power_n of_o devil_n man_n affect_n and_o many_o good_a morrow_n even_o such_o like_a as_o this_o in_o foundation_n be_v much_o of_o our_o philosopher_n and_o schoole-divines_a trattle_n for_o all_o the_o world_n what_o wonderful_a matter_n do_v they_o wring_v out_o of_o such_o or_o such_o place_n of_o aristotle_n or_o the_o scripture_n as_o indeed_o they_o never_o can_v true_o understand_v o_o happy_a builder_n that_o upon_o no_o foundation_n but_o only_o a_o mere_a smoke_n can_v raise_v such_o goodly_a building_n as_o be_v hold_v absolute_o sky-towring_a so_o elegant_a and_o so_o durable_a of_o the_o statue_n of_o apollo_n at_o cumae_n that_o shed_v tear_n as_o man_n think_v for_o the_o grecian_n misery_n though_o he_o can_v not_o help_v they_o chap._n 11._o notwithstanding_o that_o there_o be_v many_o of_o these_o war_n and_o conquest_n that_o fall_v out_o quite_o against_o those_o god_n like_n the_o roman_a history_n itself_o to_o omit_v those_o fable_n that_o do_v not_o tell_v one_o truth_n for_o a_o thousand_o lie_n shall_v give_v clear_a proof_n for_o therein_o we_o read_v that_o the_o statue_n of_o apollo_n a_o cumane_a in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o roman_n war_n again_o the_o achaian_n and_o b_o king_n aristonicus_n do_v persist_v four_o day_n together_o in_o contiunall_n weep_v which_o prodigy_n amaze_a the_o soothsayer_n they_o hold_v it_o fit_a to_o cast_v the_o statue_n into_o the_o sea_n but_o the_o ancient_n of_o cumae_n dissuade_v it_o and_o show_v they_o that_o it_o have_v do_v so_o likewise_o in_o the_o war_n both_o against_o c_o antiochus_n and_o d_o persâ—…us_n testify_v also_o that_o both_o these_o war_n succeed_v fortunarly_a unto_o rome_n the_o senate_n send_v their_o gift_n and_o oblation_n unto_o the_o statue_n of_o apollo_n and_o then_o the_o soothsayer_n have_v learned_a wit_n answer_v that_o the_o weep_v of_o apollo_n be_v lucky_a to_o the_o roman_n because_o that_o e_z cuma_n be_v a_o greek_a colony_n and_o that_o the_o statue_n tear_n do_v but_o portend_v mishap_n unto_o the_o country_n from_o whence_o it_o come_v namely_o unto_o greece_n and_o soon_o after_o they_o hear_v how_o aristonicus_n be_v take_v prisoner_n and_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o apollo_n woe_n show_v in_o his_o tear_n and_o as_o touch_v this_o point_n not_o unfit_o though_o fabulous_o be_v the_o devil_n trick_n plain_o discover_v in_o the_o fiction_n of_o the_o poet_n diana_n be_v sorry_a for_o camilla_n in_o virgil_n and_o hercules_n weep_v for_o the_o death_n of_o pallas_n and_o it_o may_v be_v that_o upon_o this_o ground_n numa_n in_o his_o great_a peace_n give_v he_o he_o neither_o know_v nor_o seek_v to_o know_v by_o who_o bethink_v himself_o in_o his_o idleness_n unto_o what_o god_n he_o shall_v commit_v the_o preservation_n of_o the_o roman_n fortune_n never_o dream_v that_o it_o be_v only_o the_o great_a and_o almighty_a god_n that_o have_v regard_n of_o these_o inferior_a thing_n and_o remember_v himself_o that_o the_o god_n that_o aeneas_n bring_v from_o troy_n can_v neither_o preserve_v the_o estate_n of_o the_o trojan_n nor_o that_o of_o the_o lavinian_n erect_v by_o aeneas_n into_o any_o good_a continuance_n he_o think_v fit_a to_o seek_v out_o some_o other_o to_o join_v with_o the_o former_a be_v go_v with_o romulus_n to_o rome_n and_o that_o be_v afterward_o to_o go_v at_o the_o destruction_n of_o alba_n either_o to_o keep_v they_o from_o run_v away_o or_o to_o help_v they_o when_o they_o see_v they_o too_o weak_a l._n vives_n apollo_n a_o cumane_a king_n attalus_n at_o his_o death_n make_v the_o people_n of_o rome_n heir_n to_o his_o kingdom_n of_o which_o aristonicus_n his_o brother_n bastard_n son_n get_v possession_n before_o they_o aristonicus_n hence_o grow_v there_o war_n in_o which_o licinius_n consul_n and_o priest_n be_v send_v as_o general_n who_o aristonicus_n over-came_v m._n perpenna_n the_o next_o year_n consul_n hear_v of_o crassus_n his_o fortune_n come_v with_o speed_n into_o asia_n and_o have_v overthrow_v aristonicus_n and_o force_v he_o into_o stratonica_n through_o famine_n he_o force_v he_o to_o yield_v and_o so_o send_v he_o to_o rome_n in_o this_o war_n nicomedes_n mithridates_n ariarathes_n and_o pylemanes_n king_n of_o bythinia_n pontus_n cappadocia_n and_o paphlagonia_n favour_v the_o roman_n achaia_n only_o assist_v aristonicus_n b_o king_n aristonicus_n death_n this_o weep_v of_o apollo_n happen_v in_o the_o consulshippe_n of_o appius_n claudius_n and_o m._n perpenna_n as_o julius_n obsequens_n fragm_n lib._n de_fw-fr prodigiis_fw-la in_o these_o word_n affirm_v app._n claudius_n and_o m._n perpenna_n be_v consul_n p._n crassus_n be_v slay_v in_o battle_n against_o aristonicus_n apollo_n statue_n weep_v four_o day_n the_o prophet_n presage_v the_o destruction_n of_o greece_n from_o whence_o it_o come_v the_o roman_n sweat_n offer_v it_o sacrifice_n and_o bring_v gift_n unto_o the_o temple_n thus_o far_o obsequens_n the_o weep_v of_o a_o statue_n portend_v misfortune_n to_o those_o that_o it_o favour_v as_o upon_o the_o weep_n of_o juno_n sospita_n at_o lavinium_n consul_n l._n aemilius_n paulus_n &_o cn._n bebius_n pamphilus_n follow_v a_o great_a pestilence_n so_o say_v lucan_n of_o the_o prodigy_n in_o the_o civil_a war_n indigâ—…tes_fw-la flâ—…uisse_fw-la dâ—…os_fw-la uâ—…bisque_fw-la laborem_fw-la testatos_fw-la sudore_fw-la lares_fw-la the_o patron_n god_n do_v weep_v the_o city_n pain_n the_o sweaâ—…ng_n lar_n record_v c_o antiochus_n king_n of_o syria_n conquer_v by_o l._n cornelius_n scipio_n brother_n to_o africanus_n livy_n antiochuâ—…_n at_o large_a decad._n 4._o d_o perseus_n some_o write_v xerxes_n but_o it_o be_v better_a perseus_n son_n to_o philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n who_o l_o aemilius_n paulus_n conquer_v in_o a_o few_o hour_n in_o the_o second_o macedonian_a war_n plutarch_n in_o aemilius_n his_o life_n and_o other_o e_z cumae_n the_o chalcidian_o and_o the_o cumaean_o strabo_n lib._n 5_o be_v people_n of_o greece_n sail_v into_o italy_n with_o a_o great_a navy_n and_o land_v in_o campania_n there_o build_v a_o city_n the_o cumaean_o captain_n be_v hippocles_n the_o chalcidian_o megasthenes_n these_o agree_v among_o themselves_o that_o the_o one_o people_n shall_v inhabit_v the_o town_n and_o the_o other_o shall_v name_v it_o and_o so_o they_o do_v it_o be_v call_v cumae_n and_o the_o inhabitant_n be_v chalcidian_n of_o this_o cumae_n virgil_n have_v this_o verse_n aenead_n 6._o cumae_n chalcidicaque_fw-la levis_fw-la tandem_fw-la superastitit_fw-la arâ—…_n and_o light_n at_o last_o on_o the_o chalcidian_a tower_n this_o city_n say_v strabo_n be_v the_o most_o ancient_a city_n both_o of_o all_o italy_n and_o sicily_n how_o fruitless_a their_o multitude_n of_o god_n be_v unto_o the_o roman_n who_o induce_v they_o beyond_o the_o institution_n of_o numa_n chap._n 12._o nor_o can_v rome_n
and_o rhetoric_n call_v it_o all_o by_o the_o name_n of_o grammar_n b_o than_o thereâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d that_o it_o be_v otherwise_o not_o free_a for_o suppose_v it_o have_v not_o sin_v but_o because_o then_o it_o be_v â—…m_v the_o burden_n of_o all_o crime_n from_o all_o evil_a custom_n and_o be_v no_o more_o molest_v by_o the_o 〈◊〉_d invasion_n of_o vice_n c_o he_o be_v the._n they_o be_v both_o only_a from_o god_n d_o in_o paradise_n parâ—…_n paradise_n â—…asure_v and_o delight_n man_n be_v place_v in_o earthly_a paradise_n have_v great_a joy_n corporal_o 〈◊〉_d great_a spiritual_o for_o without_o this_o the_o body_n be_v painful_a rather_o than_o please_a 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o fountain_n of_o delight_n which_o be_v sad_a what_o joy_n have_v man_n in_o any_o thing_n e_z 〈◊〉_d envy_n immediate_o succede_v pride_n by_o nature_n for_o a_o proud_a man_n so_o love_v himself_o â—…eves_v that_o any_o one_o shall_v excel_v he_o nay_o equalise_v he_o which_o when_o he_o can_v avoid_v â—…es_n they_o whence_o it_o come_v that_o envy_n â—…itts_v chief_o among_o the_o high_a honour_n 〈◊〉_d the_o people_n favour_n do_v not_o always_o grace_v the_o prince_n alone_o swetonius_n say_v that_o caliâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d the_o mean_a some_o for_o that_o the_o people_n favour_v they_o other_o for_o their_o form_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o devil_n envy_v man_n hold_v of_o so_o high_a a_o place_n and_o this_o envy_n bring_v death_n 〈◊〉_d â—…d_n f_z fit_a for_o he_o say_v supper_n genes_z ad_fw-la lit_fw-fr that_o the_o devil_n be_v not_o permit_v to_o 〈◊〉_d other_o creature_n but_o this_o that_o the_o woman_n may_v learn_v that_o from_o a_o poisonous_a creaâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d nothing_o but_o poison_n pherecides_n the_o syrian_a say_v the_o devil_n be_v cast_v from_o heaâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o their_o chief_n be_v ophioneus_n that_o be_v serpentine_a g_o subject_a the_o devil_n take_v the_o serpent_n body_n and_o therefore_o be_v the_o serpent_n hold_v the_o most_o subtle_a creature_n of_o all_o as_o augustine_n say_v upon_o genesis_n h_z sociall_n love_n necessitudo_fw-la be_v oftneâ—…_n take_v for_o love_n and_o kindred_n then_o for_o need_n or_o necessity_n ay_o deceive_v he_o adam_n be_v deceive_v in_o 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o think_v he_o have_v a_o good_a excuse_n to_o appease_v god_n wrath_n withal_o in_o say_v that_o he_o do_v it_o to_o gratify_v his_o fellow_n and_o such_o a_o one_o as_o god_n god_n have_v ordain_v to_o dwell_v with_o he_o of_o the_o quality_n of_o man_n first_o offence_n chap._n 12._o but_o if_o the_o difference_n of_o motion_n to_o sin_n that_o other_o have_v from_o the_o first_o man_n do_v trouble_v any_o one_o and_o that_o other_o sin_n do_v not_o alter_v man_n nature_n as_o that_o first_o transgression_n do_v make_v he_o liable_a to_o that_o death_n torture_n of_o affect_v and_o corruption_n which_o we_o all_o feel_v now_o and_o he_o feel_v not_o at_o all_o nor_o shall_v have_v feel_v but_o that_o adam_n he_o sin_v if_o this_o i_o say_v move_v any_o one_o he_o must_v not_o think_v therefore_o that_o it_o be_v a_o light_a 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o commit_v in_o eat_v of_o that_o fruit_n which_o be_v not_o a_o hurtful_a at_o all_o but_o only_o as_o it_o be_v forbid_v for_o god_n will_v not_o have_v plant_v any_o hurtful_a thing_n in_o that_o delicate_a paradise_n but_o upon_o this_o precept_n be_v ground_v obedience_n b_o the_o mother_n and_o guardian_n of_o all_o the_o other_o virtue_n of_o the_o soul_n to_o which_o it_o be_v good_a to_o be_v subject_a &_o pernicious_a to_o leave_v leave_v with_o it_o the_o creator_n will_n and_o to_o follow_v one_o own_o this_o command_n then_o of_o for_o bear_v one_o fruit_n when_o there_o be_v so_o many_o beside_o it_o be_v so_o easy_a to_o observe_v and_o so_o short_a to_o remember_v chief_o when_o the_o affect_v oppose_v not_o the_o will_n which_o follow_v upon_o the_o transgreâ—…on_n be_v the_o more_o unjust_o break_v by_o how_o much_o it_o be_v the_o easy_a to_o keep_v l._n vives_n noâ—…_n a_o hurtful_a of_o itself_o b_o the_o mother_n god_n lay_v nothing_o upon_o his_o creature_n man_n or_o angel_n as_o if_o he_o need_v their_o help_n in_o any_o thing_n but_o only_o desire_v to_o have_v they_o in_o obedience_n to_o he_o thence_o be_v the_o rule_n obedience_n be_v better_a than_o sacrifice_n hierome_n upon_o the_o eleven_o chaper_fw-fr of_o jeremy_n verse_n 3._o cursedis_fw-la the_o man_n that_o hear_v notthe_a word_n of_o this_o contract_n not_o for_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o nation_n say_v he_o nor_o the_o wrong_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nor_o the_o leisure_n of_o the_o sabâ—…th_n but_o for_o obedience_n it_o be_v that_o god_n be_v israel_n god_n and_o they_o his_o people_n likewise_o in_o isai._n chap._n 44._o augustine_n write_v a_o work_n call_v de_fw-fr obedientia_fw-la &_o huâ—…_n what_o â—…e_n have_v say_v here_o he_o repeat_v often_o contra_fw-la advers._n leg_n &_o proph._n l._n 1._o &_o the_o bâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d that_o in_o adam_n offence_n his_o evil_a will_n be_v before_o his_o evil_a work_n chap._n 13._o but_o evil_a begin_v within_o they_o secret_o at_o first_o to_o draw_v they_o into_o open_a disobediâ—…ce_n afterwards_o for_o there_o have_v be_v no_o evil_a work_n but_o there_o be_v a_o evil_a will_n before_o iâ—…_n and_o what_o can_v begin_v this_o evil_a will_n but_o pride_n that_o be_v the_o begin_n 10._o of_o all_o â—…rme_n and_o what_o be_v pride_n but_o a_o perverse_a desire_n of_o height_n in_o forsake_v he_o to_o who_o the_o soul_n ought_v sole_o to_o adhere_v as_o the_o beginning_n thereof_o to_o make_v the_o self_n 〈◊〉_d the_o own_o beginning_n this_o be_v when_o it_o like_v itself_o too_o well_o or_o when_o it_o 〈◊〉_d itself_o so_o as_o it_o will_v abandon_v that_o unchangeable_a good_a which_o ought_v to_o be_v more_o delightful_a to_o it_o then_o itself_o this_o defect_n now_o be_v voluntary_a for_o if_o the_o will_n remain_v firm_a in_o the_o love_n of_o that_o superior_a firm_a good_n which_o give_v it_o light_n to_o see_v it_o and_o zeal_n to_o love_v it_o it_o will_v not_o have_v turn_v from_o that_o to_o take_v delight_n in_o 〈◊〉_d â—…fe_n and_o thereupon_o have_v be_v come_v so_o a_o blind_a of_o sight_n and_o so_o b_o can_v of_o 〈◊〉_d that_o either_o c_o she_o shall_v have_v believe_v the_o serpent_n word_n as_o true_a or_o 〈◊〉_d d_o he_o shall_v have_v dare_v to_o prefer_v his_o wife_n will_v before_o god_n command_n 〈◊〉_d to_o think_v that_o he_o offend_v but_o e_o venial_o if_o he_o bear_v the_o fellow_n of_o his_o life_n â—…pany_n in_o her_o offence_n the_o evil_a therefore_o that_o be_v this_o transgression_n be_v noâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d but_o by_o such_o as_o be_v evil_a before_o such_o eat_v the_o fordidden_a fruit_n there_o can_v bâ—…â—…ill_v person_n fruit_n but_o from_o a_o evil_a tree_n the_o tree_n be_v make_v evil_a against_o nature_n for_o it_o 〈◊〉_d become_v evil_a but_o by_o the_o unnatural_a viciousnesse_n of_o the_o will_n &_o no_o nature_n can_v be_v â—…praved_a by_o vice_n but_o such_o as_o be_v create_v of_o nothing_o and_o therefore_o in_o that_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d it_o have_v it_o from_o god_n but_o it_o fall_v from_o god_n in_o that_o it_o be_v make_v of_o nothing_o 〈◊〉_d â—…n_n be_v not_o make_v nothing_o upon_o his_o fall_n but_o he_o be_v lessen_v in_o excellence_n by_o â—…ing_v to_o himself_o be_v most_o excel_v in_o his_o adherence_n to_o god_n who_o he_o â—…g_v to_o adhere_v to_o and_o delight_n in_o himself_o he_o grow_v not_o to_o be_v nothing_o but_o 〈◊〉_d nothing_o therefore_o the_o scripture_n call_v proud_a man_n otherwise_o f_z â—…es_n of_o themselves_o it_o be_v good_a to_o have_v the_o heart_n aloft_o but_o not_o unto_o one_o 〈◊〉_d â—…hat_o be_v pride_n but_o unto_o god_n that_o be_v obedience_n inherent_a only_o in_o the_o humility_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ility_n therefore_o there_o be_v this_o to_o be_v admire_v that_o it_o elevate_v the_o heart_n and_o in_o â—…is_n that_o it_o deiect_v it_o this_o seem_v strange_o contrary_a that_o elevation_n shall_v 〈◊〉_d and_o dejection_n aloft_o but_o godly_a humility_n subject_n one_o to_o his_o superior_a and_o 〈◊〉_d â—…bove_n all_o therefore_o humility_n exalt_v one_o in_o make_v he_o god_n subject_a â—…de_v the_o vice_n refuse_v this_o subjection_n fall_v from_o he_o that_o be_v above_o all_o and_o â—…es_n more_o base_a by_o far_o than_o those_o that_o stand_v fulfil_v this_o place_n of_o the_o 73._o 〈◊〉_d have_v cast_v they_o down_o in_o their_o exaltation_n he_o say_v not_o when_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v deject_a afterward_o but_o in_o their_o very_a exaltation_n be_v they_o 〈◊〉_d their_o elevation_n be_v their_o ruin_n and_o therefore_o in_o that_o humility_n be_v so_o 〈◊〉_d in_o and_o commend_v to_o the_o city_n of_o god_n that_o be_v yet_o pilgrim_n upon_o earth_n â—…hly_o extol_v
by_o g_o christ_n the_o king_n thereof_o and_o pride_n the_o just_a conâ—…en_n by_o holy_a writ_n to_o be_v so_o predominant_a in_o his_o adversay_n the_o devil_n and_o 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o very_a thing_n the_o great_a difference_n of_o the_o two_o city_n the_o godly_a and_o â—…ly_o with_o both_o their_o angel_n according_o lieth_z most_o apparent_a god_n â—…ing_v in_o the_o one_o and_o self-love_n in_o the_o other_o so_o that_o the_o devil_n have_v not_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nkinde_n to_o such_o a_o palpable_a transgression_n of_o god_n express_a charge_n but_o 〈◊〉_d will_v and_o self-love_n have_v get_v place_n in_o they_o before_o for_o he_o delighâ—…_n 5._o which_o be_v say_v h_o you_o shall_v be_v as_o god_n which_o they_o may_v soon_o have_v 〈◊〉_d obedience_n and_o coherence_n with_o their_o creator_n then_o by_o proud_a opinion_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ere_v their_o own_o beginner_n for_o the_o create_a god_n be_v not_o god_n of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d by_o participation_n of_o the_o god_n that_o make_v they_o but_o man_n desire_v more_o 〈◊〉_d and_o choose_v to_o be_v sufficient_a in_o himself_o fall_v from_o that_o all-sufficiâ—…_a â—…en_n be_v the_o mischief_n man_n like_v himself_o as_o if_o he_o be_v his_o own_o â—…d_n away_o from_o the_o true_a light_n which_o if_o he_o have_v please_v himself_o with_o â—…ght_n have_v be_v like_o this_o mischief_n say_v i_o be_v first_o in_o his_o soul_n and_o 〈◊〉_d draw_v on_o to_o the_o follow_v mischievous_a act_n for_o the_o scripture_n be_v 18._o 〈◊〉_d pride_n go_v before_o destruction_n and_o a_o high_a mind_n before_o the_o fall_n the_o 〈◊〉_d â—…s_v in_o secret_a fore_o run_v the_o fall_n which_o be_v in_o public_a the_o first_o be_v 〈◊〉_d fall_n at_o all_o for_o who_o take_v exaltation_n to_o be_v ruin_n though_o the_o defect_n 〈◊〉_d â—…e_a place_n of_o height_n but_o who_o see_v not_o that_o ruin_n lie_v in_o the_o express_a breach_n of_o god_n precept_n for_o therefore_o do_v god_n forbid_v it_o that_o be_v do_v ay_o all_o excuse_n and_o avoidance_n of_o justice_n may_v be_v exclude_v and_o therefore_o i_o dare_v say_v it_o be_v good_a that_o the_o proud_a shall_v fall_v into_o some_o broad_a and_o disgraceful_a sin_n thereby_o to_o take_v a_o dislike_n of_o themselves_o who_o fall_v by_o to_o much_o like_n themselves_o for_o peter_n sorrowful_a dislike_n of_o himself_o when_o he_o weep_v be_v more_o healthful_a to_o his_o soul_n then_o his_o unsound_a pleasure_n that_o he_o take_v in_o himself_o when_o he_o presume_v therefore_o say_v the_o psalm_n fill_v their_o face_n with_o shame_n that_o they_o may_v seek_v thy_o name_n o_o lord_n that_o be_v that_o they_o may_v delight_v in_o thou_o and_o seek_v thy_o name_n who_o before_o delight_v 83._o in_o themselves_o and_o seek_v their_o own_o l._n vives_n so_o ah_o blind_a lose_v their_o light_n b_o cold_a lose_v their_o heat_n c_o she_o shall_v here_o she_o lack_v her_o light_n be_v blind_a and_o see_v not_o d_o he_o shall_v here_o he_o want_v his_o heat_n and_o be_v cold_a in_o 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to_o which_o he_o be_v lead_v like_o a_o sheep_n to_o the_o slaughter_n and_o like_o a_o lamb_n when_o it_o be_v clip_v he_o be_v silent_a neither_o threaten_v those_o that_o smite_v he_o nor_o reproach_v those_o that_o reproach_v he_o all_o hail_n thou_o example_n of_o obedience_n gentleness_n mansuetude_n and_o modesty_n impose_v by_o thy_o father_n unto_o our_o barbarous_a brutish_a ingrateful_a impious_a mankind_n h_z you_o shall_v be_v fulfil_v thy_o mind_n proud_a woman_n advance_v thyself_o to_o the_o height_n what_o be_v the_o uttermost_a scope_n of_o all_o ambitious_a desire_n to_o be_v a_o god_n why_o eat_v and_o thou_o shall_v be_v one_o o_o thou_o fondeâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d of_o thy_o sex_n hope_v thou_o to_o be_v deify_v by_o a_o apple_n ay_o all_o excuse_n no_o pretence_n no_o show_n no_o imaginary_a reason_n of_o justice_n will_v serve_v the_o turn_n for_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n justice_n can_v be_v blind_v but_o the_o more_o colour_n that_o one_o lay_n upon_o guilt_n before_o 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feast_n in_o apuleius_n shall_v be_v eternal_a as_o the_o day_n follow_v the_o night_n because_o i_o calm_v the_o tempest_n and_o guide_v the_o ship_n through_o the_o stormy_a sea_n the_o first_o fruit_n of_o who_o voyage_n my_o priest_n offer_v i_o g_o isis_n in_o egypt_n they_o picture_v she_o with_o horn_n herodot_n diod._n sycul_fw-la some_o say_v she_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o saturn_n and_o rhea_n who_o be_v marry_v to_o her_o brother_n osiris_n that_o be_v juno_n to_o jove_n other_o called_z her_z ceres_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o greek_a because_o she_o invent_v husbandry_n and_o sow_v of_o corn_n and_o those_o call_v osiris_n dionysus_n some_o call_v she_o the_o moon_n and_o osiris_n the_o sun_n for_o diodorus_n will_v not_o have_v io_n to_o be_v inachus_n his_o daughter_n servius_n say_v isis_n be_v the_o genius_n of_o egypt_n signify_v the_o overflow_a of_o nilus_n by_o the_o horn_n she_o bear_v in_o her_o right_a hand_n and_o by_o the_o bucket_n she_o have_v in_o she_o leave_v the_o plenty_n of_o all_o human_a necessary_n indeed_o in_o the_o egyptian_a tongue_n isis_n be_v earth_n and_o so_o they_o will_v have_v isis_n to_o be_v in_o aeneid_n 8._o h_o she_o come_v out_o of_o ethiopia_n whence_o egypt_n have_v all_o her_o learning_n law_n policy_n religion_n and_o oftentime_o colony_n send_v from_o thence_o of_o the_o time_n of_o jacob_n and_o his_o son_n joseph_n chap._n 4._o balaeus_n be_v the_o ten_o king_n of_o assyria_n and_o messappus_fw-la a_o otherwise_o b_o call_v cephisus_n but_o yet_o both_o these_o name_n be_v by_o several_a author_n use_v for_o one_o man_n be_v the_o nine_o of_o sycionia_n and_o c_o apis_n the_o three_o of_o argos_n isaac_n die_v be_v a_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o year_n old_a leave_v his_o son_n at_o the_o age_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n the_o young_a jacob_n belong_v to_o god_n city_n
and_o the_o elder_a to_o the_o world_n the_o young_a have_v twelve_o son_n one_o whereof_o call_v joseph_n his_o brother_n sell_v unto_o merchant_n go_v into_o egypt_n in_o their_o grandfather_n isaac_n time_n joseph_n live_v by_o his_o humility_n in_o great_a favour_n and_o advancement_n with_o pharaoh_n be_v now_o thirty_o year_n old_a for_o he_o interpret_v the_o king_n dream_n foretell_v the_o seven_o plenteous_a year_n and_o the_o seven_o dear_a one_o which_o will_v consume_v the_o plenty_n of_o the_o other_o and_o for_o this_o the_o king_n set_v he_o at_o liberty_n be_v before_o imprison_v for_o his_o true_a chastity_n in_o not_o consent_v to_o his_o lustful_a mistress_n but_o flee_v and_o leave_v his_o raiment_n with_o she_o who_o here-upon_a false_o complain_v to_o her_o husband_n of_o he_o and_o afterward_o he_o make_v he_o viceroy_a of_o all_o egypt_n and_o in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o scarcity_n jacob_n come_v into_o egypt_n with_o his_o son_n be_v one_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a as_o he_o tell_v the_o king_n joseph_n be_v thirty_o nine_o when_o the_o king_n advance_v he_o thus_o the_o 7._o plentiful_a year_n and_o the_o two_o dear_a one_o be_v add_v to_o his_o age_n l._n vives_n messappus_n a_o pausanias_n name_v no_o such_o say_v leucyppus_n have_v no_o son_n but_o chalcinia_n mesappus_n one_o daughter_n who_o have_v perattus_fw-la by_o neptune_n who_o his_o grandfather_n leucippus_n bring_v up_o and_o leave_v enthrone_v in_o his_o kingdom_n eusebius_n say_v mesappus_n reign_v forty_o seven_o year_n if_o 〈◊〉_d be_v mesappus_n then_o doubtless_o it_o be_v calcinias_n husband_n of_o who_o mount_n mesappus_n in_o boeotia_n and_o mesapia_n otherwise_o call_v calabria_n in_o italy_n have_v their_o name_n virgil_n make_v he_o neptune_n son_n a_o tame_a of_o horse_n and_o invulnerable_a aeneid_n 7._o b_o cephisus_n a_o river_n in_o boeotia_n cephisus_n in_o who_o bank_n stand_v the_o temple_n of_o themis_n the_o oracle_n that_o teach_v deucalion_n and_o pyrrha_n how_o to_o restore_v mankind_n it_o run_v from_o parnassus_n through_o the_o country_n of_o boeotia_n and_o the_o athenian_a territory_n and_o mesappus_n either_o have_v his_o name_n from_o this_o river_n and_o that_o 〈◊〉_d or_o they_o have_v they_o from_o he_o or_o rather_o most_o likely_a the_o mount_n have_v his_o name_n and_o he_o have_v the_o river_n because_o it_o run_v through_o his_o native_a soil_n c_o apis_n he_o be_v not_o in_o pausanias_n apis._n among_o the_o argive_a king_n but_o among_o the_o sycionian_o and_o be_v there_o so_o rich_a that_o all_o the_o country_n within_o isthmus_n bear_v his_o name_n before_o pelops_n come_v but_o eusebius_n out_o of_o the_o most_o greek_n seat_v he_o in_o argos_n of_o apis_n the_o argive_a king_n call_v serapis_n in_o egypt_n and_o there_o adore_v as_o a_o deity_n chap._n 5._o at_o this_o time_n do_v apis_n king_n of_o argos_n sail_n into_o egypt_n and_o die_v there_o be_v call_v serapis_n the_o great_a god_n of_o egypt_n the_o reason_n of_o the_o change_a his_o name_n sai_z varro_z be_v this_o a_o dead_a man_n coffin_n which_o all_o do_v now_o call_v b_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d also_o in_o greek_a so_o at_o first_o they_o worship_v at_o his_o coffin_n and_o tomb_n ere_o his_o temple_n be_v build_v call_v he_o at_o first_o sorosapis_n or_o sorapis_n and_o afterward_o by_o change_n of_o a_o letter_n as_o be_v ordinary_a serapis_n and_o they_o make_v a_o law_n that_o who-soev_a shall_v say_v he_o have_v be_v a_o man_n shall_v die_v the_o death_n and_o because_o that_o in_o all_o the_o c_o temple_n of_o isis_n and_o serapis_n there_o be_v a_o image_n with_o the_o finger_n lay_v upon_o the_o mouth_n as_o command_a silence_n this_o be_v say_v varro_n to_o show_v they_o that_o they_o must_v not_o say_v that_o those_o two_o be_v ever_o mortal_a and_o d_o the_o ox_n which_o egypt_n be_v wondrous_o and_o vain_o seduce_v e_o nourish_v in_o all_o pleasure_n and_o fatness_n unto_o the_o honour_n of_o serapis_n because_o they_o do_v not_o worship_v he_o in_o a_o 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o call_v serapis_n but_o apis_n which_o ox_n be_v dead_a and_o they_o seek_v 〈◊〉_d and_o find_v another_o fleck_v of_o colour_n just_a as_o he_o be_v here_o they_o think_v they_o have_v get_v a_o great_a god_n by_o the_o foot_n it_o be_v not_o such_o a_o hard_a matter_n â—…deed_o for_o the_o devil_n to_o imprinte_v the_o imagination_n of_o such_o a_o shape_n in_o any_o cow_n fantasy_n at_o her_o time_n of_o conception_n to_o have_v a_o mean_a to_o subvert_v the_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o the_o cow_n imagination_n will_v sure_o model_n the_o conception_n into_o such_o a_o form_n as_o g_o jacob_n ewe_n do_v and_o his_o she_o goat_n by_o see_v the_o party-colored_n stick_v for_o that_o which_o man_n can_v do_v with_o true_a colour_n the_o devil_n can_v do_v with_o apparition_n and_o so_o very_o easy_o frame_v such_o shape_n l_o vives_n at_o a_o this_o time_n diodorus_n lib_n 1._o recite_v many_o name_n of_o osiris_n as_o dionysius_n serapis_n â—…e_v ammon_n pan_n &_o pluto_n tacitus_n argue_v serapis_n his_o original_n say_v that_o some_o think_v he_o to_o osiris_n be_v aesculapius_n the_o phisitian-god_n and_o other_o take_v he_o for_o osiris_n egypt_n ancient_a est_fw-la deity_n lib._n 20._o macrobius_n take_v he_o for_o the_o sun_n and_o isis_n for_o the_o earth_n te_fw-la serapim_v nilus_n 〈◊〉_d marlianus_n to_o the_o sun_n memphis_n veneratur_fw-la osyrim_fw-la nilus_n adore_v thou_o as_o serapi_v aâ—…_n memphis_n as_o osiris_n some_o hold_v serapis_n the_o genius_n of_o egypt_n make_v it_o fertile_a and_o abundant_a his_o statue_n say_v suidas_n theophilus_n archbishop_n of_o alexandria_n take_v down_o in_o the_o time_n of_o â—…odosius_a the_o great_a this_o god_n some_o call_v jove_n some_o nilus_n because_o of_o the_o measure_n that_o he_o have_v in_o his_o hand_n and_o the_o cubite_fw-la design_v the_o measure_n of_o the_o water_n and_o some_o joseph_n some_o â—…y_n there_o be_v one_o apis_n a_o rich_a king_n of_o memphis_n who_o in_o a_o great_a famine_n relieve_v all_o alexandria_n at_o his_o proper_a cost_n and_o charge_n where-upon_o they_o erect_v a_o temple_n to_o he_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o keep_v a_o ox_n therein_o for_o a_o type_n of_o his_o husbandry_n have_v certain_a spot_n on_o his_o back_n and_o this_o ox_n be_v call_v by_o his_o name_n apis._n his_o tomb_n wherein_o he_o be_v buâ—…ed_v be_v remove_v to_o alexandria_n and_o so_o himself_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o apis_n be_v call_v sorapis_n and_o afterward_o â—…pis_fw-la alexander_n build_v he_o a_o goodly_a temple_n thus_o much_o out_o of_o suidas_n and_o the_o like_a be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d eccles._n hist._n lib._n 11._o the_o argive_n king_n say_v eusebius_n prep_n lib._n 10_o out_o of_o aristippus_n his_o â—…ry_n of_o arcadia_n lib._n 2._o call_v apis_n build_v memphis_n in_o egypt_n who_o aristeus_n the_o argive_a call_v sarapis_n and_o this_o man_n we_o know_v be_v worship_v in_o egypt_n as_o a_o god_n but_o nimphodorus_n amphipolitanus_fw-la de_fw-la legib_fw-la asiatic_n lib._n 3._o say_v that_o the_o ox_n call_v apis_n die_v be_v put_v into_o a_o â—…ffin_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o greek_a and_o so_o call_v first_o sorapis_n and_o then_o serapis_n the_o man_n apis_n â—…s_v the_o three_o king_n after_o inachus_n thus_o far_o eusebius_n b_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o deuâ—…_n of_o flesh_n therefore_o pausanias_n porphyry_n suidas_n and_o other_o greek_n call_v he_o not_o sorapis_n but_o sarapis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o chest_n a_o ark_n or_o a_o coffin_n c_o temple_n of_o isis_n and_o osiris_n be_v bury_v at_o nâ—…a_n as_o some_o think_v say_v diodorus_n lib._n 1_o a_o city_n in_o arabia_n where_o two_o pillar_n be_v erect_v for_o monument_n one_o for_o she_o and_o another_o for_o he_o and_o epitaph_n upon_o they_o contain_v their_o act_n and_o invention_n but_o that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o priest_n hand_n may_v never_o come_v to_o light_v for_o fear_n of_o reveal_v the_o truth_n and_o dear_o must_v he_o pay_v for_o it_o that_o publish_v it_o this_o god_n that_o lay_v his_o finger_n on_o his_o lip_n in_o sign_n of_o silence_n hight_v harpocrates_n varro_fw-la de_fw-fr ling_n let_fw-mi lib._n 3._o where_o he_o affirm_v that_o isis_n and_o serapis_n be_v the_o two_o great_a god_n earth_n and_o heaven_n this_o harpocrates_n harpocrates_n ausonius_n call_v sigalion_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v silent_a pliny_n and_o catullus_n mention_v he_o often_o when_o they_o note_v a_o silent_a fellow_n and_o his_o name_n be_v proverbial_a plutarch_n lib._n the_o â—…s_n &_o osyr_n say_v he_o be_v their_o son_n get_v by_o osiris_n upon_o