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of_o this_o battle_n and_o that_o thereunto_o he_o use_v the_o help_n of_o cyrus_n then_o precedent_n of_o persia_n so_o xenoph._n and_o josephus_n faith_n when_o darius_n do_v extinguish_v the_o empire_n of_o babylon_n adiutus_fw-la à _fw-la cyro_fw-la he_o be_v assist_v by_o cyrus_n and_o this_o be_v most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o scripture_n which_o make_v the_o mede_n the_o chief_a in_o this_o siege_n isa._n 13._o i_o will_v stir_v up_o the_o mede_n against_o thou_o and_o jer._n 51._o 11._o the_o lord_n have_v raise_v up_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o mede_n so_o that_o the_o chief_a authority_n and_o power_n be_v in_o the_o mede_n but_o the_o dexterity_n in_o expedit_v of_o this_o business_n and_o in_o use_v that_o stratagem_n in_o divide_v the_o river_n be_v ascribe_v unto_o cyrus_n 3._o
the_o victory_n than_o be_v special_o ascribe_v unto_o darius_n though_o it_o be_v achieve_v and_o obtain_v by_o cyrus_n skill_n and_o valour_n for_o these_o three_o reason_n as_o hierome_n brief_o express_v they_o ordâ—_n aetatis_fw-la propinquitatis_fw-la &_o regni_fw-la servatus_fw-la est_fw-la the_o order_n of_o age_n of_o affinity_n and_o of_o the_o kingdom_n be_v keep_v 1._o darius_n be_v now_o not_o only_o 40._o divinat_fw-la year_n old_a as_o cicero_n say_v but_o 62._o year_n old_a cyrus_n be_v a_o young_a man_n 2._o he_o be_v cyrus_n great_a uncle_n his_o grandfather_n astyages_n brother_n and_o beside_o as_o some_o think_v his_o father_n in_o law_n 3._o and_o now_o the_o chief_a dominion_n be_v in_o the_o mede_n from_o who_o it_o be_v translate_v after_o darius_n death_n by_o cyrus_n to_o the_o persian_n 48._o quest._n of_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o babylonian_a war_n 1._o heaodotus_fw-la think_v it_o be_v only_a cyrus_n ambition_n and_o immoderate_a desire_n of_o enlarge_a 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have_v war_v against_o the_o mede_n who_o have_v then_o the_o chief_a dominion_n and_o therefore_o darius_n to_o prevent_v he_o first_o set_v upon_o babylon_n 4._o but_o what_o cause_n soever_o move_v they_o the_o special_a stirrer_n and_o instigator_n to_o this_o battle_n be_v the_o lord_n himself_o as_o jerem._n 14._o the_o lord_n have_v break_v the_o rod_n of_o the_o wicked_a and_o the_o sceptre_n of_o the_o ruler_n and_o jerem._n 51._o 11._o the_o lord_n have_v raise_v up_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o mede_n 5._o for_o the_o lord_n be_v provoke_v by_o the_o sin_n of_o babel_n and_o therefore_o bring_v this_o desolation_n and_o destruction_n upon_o they_o which_o sin_n be_v these_o 1._o their_o cruelty_n and_o oppression_n isa._n 14._o 6._o which_o smite_v the_o people_n in_o anger_n with_o a_o continual_a plague_n etc._n etc._n and_o they_o be_v not_o only_o cruel_a towards_o other_o nation_n but_o special_o against_o the_o people_n of_o god_n when_o they_o 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the_o time_n of_o alexander_n be_v then_o a_o city_n of_o great_a riches_n and_o power_n 2._o some_o to_o wind_v themselves_o out_o of_o this_o straight_a do_v make_v a_o allegory_n of_o these_o prophetical_a prediction_n who_o hierome_n just_o reprehend_v in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o the_o 13._o c._n of_o isa_n for_o if_o still_o upon_o every_o doubt_n and_o objection_n man_n shall_v fly_v unto_o allegory_n there_o will_v be_v no_o certainty_n of_o any_o thing_n 3._o calvin_n to_o dissolve_v this_o knot_n say_v that_o babylon_n be_v subdue_v twice_o once_o by_o cyrus_n and_o darius_n the_o mede_n then_o afterward_o by_o darius_n hystaspis_n by_o the_o help_n of_o zopyrus_n when_o 3000._o of_o the_o noble_n be_v hang_v up_o and_o many_o other_o put_v to_o the_o sword_n but_o although_o this_o second_o take_v of_o babylon_n be_v more_o cruel_a and_o grievous_a than_o the_o other_o yet_o neither_o at_o this_o time_n be_v it_o final_o overthrow_v as_o be_v before_o show_v 4._o 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persian_a monarchy_n for_o they_o make_v but_o four_o king_n of_o persia_n cyrus_n cambyses_n assuerus_n darius_n and_o general_o hold_v that_o the_o persian_a monarchy_n continue_v not_o above_o 50._o year_n whereas_o beside_o these_o there_o be_v evident_a mention_n make_v of_o artaxerxes_n or_o artashasht_v and_o of_o the_o 32._o year_n of_o his_o reign_n nehem._n 5._o 14._o but_o to_o remove_v this_o doubt_n ab._n ezra_n will_v have_v assuerus_n and_o artaxerxes_n to_o be_v all_o one_o yet_o r._n moses_n make_v they_o two_o sundry_a king_n and_o so_o think_v that_o there_o be_v five_o in_o all_o so_o well_o the_o rabbin_n agree_v together_o 2._o there_o be_v a_o other_o chronicle_n which_o annius_n viterbiens_fw-la have_v set_v forth_o under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o ancient_a writer_n berosus_n manethon_n metasthones_n philo_n who_o number_v but_o 8._o king_n of_o the_o persian_n and_o give_v unto_o that_o whole_a empire_n 191._o year_n but_o as_o in_o other_o thing_n that_o 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in_o the_o holy_a place_n etc._n etc._n c._n 24._o 15._o s._n luke_n thus_o report_v the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n when_o you_o see_v jerusalem_n besiege_v with_o soldier_n then_o understand_v that_o the_o desolation_n thereof_o be_v near_o c._n 21._o 20._o and_o they_o be_v call_v the_o wing_n or_o army_n of_o abomination_n because_o they_o be_v infidel_n and_o stranger_n from_o god_n thus_o junius_n polanus_fw-la pererius_n caietan_n and_o before_o they_o augustine_n epist_n 80._o ad_fw-la esychium_fw-la pintus_fw-la add_v further_o that_o this_o wing_n or_o extension_n of_o abomination_n may_v be_v interpret_v extensio_fw-la vexilli_fw-la exercitus_fw-la romani_fw-la the_o spread_a of_o the_o banner_n of_o the_o roman_a army_n even_o in_o the_o temple_n this_o exposition_n be_v very_o probable_a and_o to_o good_a purpose_n but_o yet_o not_o so_o fit_a and_o proper_a as_o may_v appear_v by_o these_o reason_n 1._o s._n luke_n speak_v of_o the_o compass_v of_o jerusalem_n with_o soldier_n but_o jerusalem_n be_v not_o that_o holy_a place_n which_o the_o other_o evangelist_n speak_v of_o and_o murk_n add_v c._n 13._o 14._o when_o you_o shall_v see_v the_o abomination_n of_o desolation_n stand_v where_o it_o ought_v not_o but_o the_o soldier_n compass_v or_o besiege_v the_o city_n stand_v where_o they_o ought_v and_o use_v to_o stand_v and_o beside_o whereas_o the_o other_o evangelist_n add_v speak_v of_o by_o daniel_n the_o prophet_n luke_n have_v not_o those_o word_n so_o that_o it_o seem_v he_o speak_v not_o of_o that_o abomination_n of_o desolation_n express_v by_o the_o other_o but_o of_o a_o other_o sign_n and_o forerunner_n of_o their_o desolation_n the_o compass_v of_o the_o city_n with_o soldier_n which_o christ_n have_v tell_v they_o of_o before_o chap._n 19_o 43._o where_o he_o use_v the_o like_a word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o shall_v compass_v thou_o about_o and_o here_o he_o say_v when_o thou_o shall_v see_v jerusalem_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d compass_v with_o soldier_n 2._o if_o they_o understand_v the_o soldier_n enter_v and_o invade_v the_o temple_n that_o be_v do_v diverse_a time_n before_o for_o pompey_n take_v the_o â—â—tie_n and_o enter_v into_o the_o temple_n with_o his_o soldier_n so_o do_v crassus_n after_o he_o and_o rob_v the_o temple_n and_o carry_v away_o the_o golden_a vessel_n afterward_o archelaus_n pollute_v and_o defile_v the_o temple_n and_o slay_v nine_o thousand_o jew_n in_o a_o commotion_n oecolampad_n pelican_n ex_fw-la joseph_n but_o these_o be_v not_o sign_n of_o imminent_a destruction_n 3._o beside_o they_o be_v admonish_v when_o they_o see_v this_o abomination_n stand_v in_o the_o holy_a place_n to_o fly_v into_o the_o mountain_n but_o when_o the_o soldier_n have_v take_v the_o city_n and_o invade_v the_o temple_n and_o set_v it_o on_o fire_n and_o make_v havoc_n of_o all_o it_o be_v then_o too_o late_o to_o fly_v all_o their_o misery_n be_v already_o past_a 4._o polanus_fw-la before_o 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true_a that_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n be_v never_o more_o ruinate_v deface_v and_o spoil_v then_o since_o it_o have_v be_v under_o the_o command_n and_o obedience_n of_o the_o pope_n by_o the_o goth_n vandal_n lombard_n and_o other_o 4._o but_o that_o rome_n shall_v be_v utter_o desolate_a and_o bring_v to_o a_o final_a ruin_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o divine_a pprophecy_n of_o the_o revelation_n which_o make_v the_o city_n with_o seven_o hill_n to_o be_v the_o seat_n of_o antichrist_n as_o be_v show_v in_o the_o former_a controversy_n 9_o control_v that_o the_o papist_n antichrist_n and_o the_o jew_n messiah_n shall_v come_v together_o hippolytus_n who_o opinion_n herein_o pererius_n follow_v thus_o write_v of_o antichrist_n potissimum_fw-la gens_n hebraeorum_n prae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la antichristo_fw-la chara_fw-la erit_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o nation_n of_o the_o hebrew_n shall_v be_v before_o all_o other_o most_o dear_a unto_o antichrist_n and_o one_o shall_v say_v unto_o a_o other_o can_v a_o man_n in_o our_o age_n such_o as_o this_o so_o good_a and_o so_o just_a be_v find_v the_o jew_n therefore_o hope_v that_o he_o shall_v obtain_v a_o most_o large_a empire_n shall_v thus_o say_v unto_o he_o we_o will_v all_o obey_v you_o for_o we_o acknowledge_v you_o to_o be_v just_a above_o all_o the_o earth_n all_o we_o hope_v to_o obtain_v salvation_n by_o you_o etc._n etc._n gregory_n also_o in_o his_o time_n seem_v to_o favour_v that_o fancy_n quia_fw-la judaizare_fw-la populum_fw-la compellet_fw-la ut_fw-la ritus_fw-la mosaicae_n legis_fw-la revocet_fw-la etc._n etc._n because_o he_o shall_v compel_v the_o people_n to_o judaize_v that_o he_o may_v revive_v the_o rite_n of_o moses_n law_n and_o bring_v the_o jew_n in_o subjection_n unto_o he_o he_o shall_v cause_v the_o sabbath_n to_o be_v observe_v etc._n etc._n lib._n