in_o that_o felicity_n that_o both_o he_o and_o the_o city_n shall_v be_v free_a from_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v hence_o know_v this_o for_o that_o the_o shadow_n of_o the_o sun_n in_o ahaz_n his_o dial_n shall_v go_v back_o ten_o degree_n and_o so_o the_o king_n recover_v have_v by_o esaias_n direction_n lay_v to_o the_o wound_n a_o plaster_n of_o dry_a figs._n sect._n 4._o mcrodach_n king_n of_o babylon_n have_v hear_v that_o hezechiah_n be_v recover_v from_o that_o sickness_n and_o he_o send_v he_o letter_n congratulatory_a and_o present_v by_o ambassador_n unto_o who_o hezechiah_n show_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v brave_a and_o costly_a in_o his_o treasury_n this_o deed_n of_o he_o be_v full_a of_o arrogancy_n and_o glory_n be_v so_o displease_v to_o god_n that_o he_o send_v his_o prophet_n isaiah_n to_o tell_v he_o that_o because_o he_o have_v do_v this_o very_a thing_n it_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o all_o those_o thing_n shall_v be_v carry_v 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son_n and_o azrica_n the_o ruler_n of_o his_o house_n and_o elkana_n who_o be_v next_o to_o the_o king_n and_o the_o isralitos_fw-la beside_o have_v take_v captive_a two_o hundred_o thousand_o woman_n and_o child_n of_o judah_n and_o a_o infinite_a booty_n and_o carry_v all_o to_o samaria_n then_o this_o oded_a who_o be_v there_o go_v out_o to_o meet_v the_o victorious_a army_n come_v in_o tell_v they_o that_o that_o deed_n be_v not_o acceptable_a to_o god_n who_o have_v suffer_v the_o jew_n to_o be_v kill_v for_o their_o wickedness_n who_o wife_n child_n and_o good_n they_o take_v away_o and_o spoil_v contrary_a to_o all_o right_a and_o therefore_o they_o shall_v follow_v his_o advice_n to_o carry_v their_o captive_n back_o again_o for_o fear_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n grow_v hot_a upon_o they_o these_o thing_n he_o speak_v to_o azaria_n berechia_n ichizkiah_n and_o amosa_n the_o commander_n in_o chief_a who_o present_o tell_v the_o same_o to_o their_o company_n and_o cause_v they_o to_o bring_v back_o their_o prisoner_n and_o restore_v all_o the_o booty_n as_o sacred_a lest_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n shall_v rage_v against_o they_o which_o thing_n they_o do_v with_o so_o great_a devotion_n and_o affection_n that_o they_o send_v back_o those_o that_o be_v naked_a clothe_v and_o set_v they_o that_o be_v weak_a upon_o beast_n after_o that_o they_o have_v well_o refresh_v they_o nahum_n the_o prophet_n chap._n xxiv_o nahum_n the_o elkeshite_v so_o call_v of_o elkesis_n a_o small_a village_n in_o galilee_n which_o st_n hierome_n write_v be_v show_v unto_o he_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o simeon_n as_o epiphanius_n write_v he_o foretell_v the_o destruction_n of_o nineve_n and_o the_o ninevite_n who_o before_o as_o i_o have_v tell_v you_o persuade_v by_o the_o prophet_n jonah_n have_v obtain_v pardon_n from_o god_n upon_o their_o repentance_n he_o prophesy_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o hezekiah_n the_o king_n as_o st_z hierome_n will_v have_v it_o at_o the_o last_o he_o die_v in_o his_o own_o country_n and_o there_o be_v bury_v the_o life_n of_o the_o prophet_n jeremiah_n chap._n xxv_o section_n 1_o jeremiah_n the_o prophet_n benjamin_n ieremiah_n father_n be_v of_o the_o priest_n that_o be_v in_o anathoth_n in_o terra_n benjamin_n be_v the_o son_n of_o halchiah_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n a_o priest_n of_o anathoth_n he_o prophesy_v as_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o pprophecy_n from_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o josiah_n the_o son_n of_o amon_n king_n of_o judah_n to_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n who_o then_o be_v lead_v away_o to_o babylon_n after_o jerusalem_n be_v take_v with_o the_o remnant_n of_o judah_n as_o jeremiah_n have_v constant_o foretell_v by_o god_n command_n which_o thing_n occasion_v he_o great_a trouble_n for_o he_o be_v both_o lay_v in_o iron_n and_o cast_v into_o a_o prison_n and_o a_o most_o nast_a dungeon_n and_o yet_o by_o all_o these_o duress_n his_o undaunted_a spirit_n can_v not_o be_v 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as_o soon_o as_o it_o touch_v his_o bone_n the_o man_n revive_v and_o stand_v upright_o he_o die_v the_o fourteen_o day_n of_o junè_n as_o oswald_n write_v the_o life_n of_o the_o prophet_n amos._n chap._n fourteen_o amos_n the_o prophet_n be_v as_o he_o say_v himself_o a_o tekâ—aite_n and_o the_o father_n of_o esaias_n the_o prophet_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o epiphanius_n although_o the_o hebrew_n deny_v it_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o difference_n in_o 1_o in_o amoz_fw-mi es_fw-ge 1_o spell_a the_o name_n 1_o name_n amos_n am._n 1_o he_o of_o a_o shepherd_n become_v a_o prophet_n and_o be_v call_v and_o choose_v by_o god_n from_o feed_v flock_n of_o sheep_n to_o feed_v and_o teach_v the_o flock_n of_o israel_n he_o execute_v the_o office_n of_o prophet_n when_o ozias_n or_o azarias_n be_v king_n of_o judah_n and_o jeroboam_fw-la son_n of_o joas_n be_v king_n of_o israel_n and_o that_o be_v when_o sardanapalus_n rule_v over_o the_o assyrian_n and_o procas_n silvius_n over_o the_o latin_n i_o can_v sin_v in_o what_o year_n of_o azarias_n who_o rule_v over_o judah_n two_o and_o fifty_o year_n he_o begin_v to_o prophesy_v or_o to_o what_o year_n of_o hieroboam_n who_o reign_v two_o and_o twenty_o year_n his_o ministry_n of_o prophecy_n last_v but_o i_o be_o sure_a of_o what_o i_o say_v see_v that_o vzziah_n that_o vzziah_n ozias_n succeed_v his_o father_n amazias_n in_o his_o kingdom_n in_o the_o twenty_o seven_o year_n of_o hieroboam_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o amos_n himself_o say_v that_o he_o prophesy_v when_o azias_n and_o hieroboam_n be_v king_n that_o he_o end_v his_o pprophecy_n within_o the_o remain_v two_o year_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la when_o the_o son_n of_o amazia_n the_o priest_n slay_v he_o as_o i_o will_v show_v you_o by_o and_o by_o and_o this_o i_o be_v willing_a to_o premise_v that_o all_o may_v understand_v that_o i_o have_v a_o good_a cause_n why_o i_o write_v the_o life_n of_o amos_n before_o the_o live_v of_o esaiah_n hosea_n zachary_n and_o 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be_v lead_v captive_a it_o be_v not_o set_v down_o in_o the_o scripture_n neither_o have_v i_o read_v in_o any_o writer_n what_o answer_n hieroboam_n make_v to_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o amos_n or_o what_o affection_n he_o carry_v towards_o amos_n because_o of_o they_o but_o this_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o amos_n that_o amazias_n the_o priest_n when_o he_o have_v send_v those_o that_o shall_v tell_v these_o thing_n to_o hieroboam_n go_v to_o amos_n and_o charge_v he_o with_o threat_n that_o he_o shall_v go_v out_o of_o samaria_n and_o fly_v into_o judah_n and_o there_o prophesy_v and_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o foretell_v any_o thing_n as_o a_o prophet_n in_o bethel_n because_o there_o the_o golden_a calf_n be_v worship_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o ancestor_n and_o the_o king_n court_n be_v settle_v there_o to_o these_o word_n amos_n make_v answer_v that_o when_o he_o be_v not_o a_o prophet_n not_o the_o son_n of_o a_o prophet_n but_o a_o herdsman_n who_o gather_v sycamore_n fruit_n he_o be_v call_v by_o god_n who_o command_v he_o that_o as_o a_o prophet_n he_o shall_v tell_v his_o people_n israel_n thing_n to_o come_v and_o that_o therefore_o he_o bid_v amaziah_n hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n who_o tell_v he_o that_o because_o he_o have_v forbid_v he_o to_o tell_v israel_n and_o the_o family_n that_o worship_v strange_a god_n thing_n to_o come_v his_o wife_n shall_v be_v make_v a_o harlot_n in_o the_o city_n and_o his_o child_n die_v by_o the_o sword_n and_o that_o the_o enemy_n shall_v divide_v among_o themselves_o the_o land_n that_o he_o possess_v and_o that_o he_o shall_v die_v in_o a_o pollute_a land_n and_o that_o israel_n shall_v be_v lead_v captive_a out_o of_o their_o own_o land_n nor_o have_v i_o find_v this_o write_v what_o answer_n amazias_n the_o priest_n make_v to_o these_o thing_n but_o this_o epiphanius_n write_v that_o amaziah_n son_n slay_v he_o knock_v amos_n in_o the_o head_n with_o a_o club_n because_o he_o have_v prove_v that_o he_o close_o steal_v two_o golden_a heifer_n and_o that_o amos_n be_v carry_v into_o his_o own_o country_n be_v yet_o alive_a where_o he_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v among_o his_o ancestor_n oswald_z who_o write_v a_o book_n called_z the_o story_n of_o martyr_n in_o the_o day_n of_o clante_n the_o great_a say_v that_o he_o be_v strike_v through_o the_o temple_n with_o a_o leaver_n by_o vzziah_n king_n of_o israel_n the_o last_o day_n of_o march_n and_o that_o be_v half_o dead_a he_o be_v carry_v into_o his_o own_o country_n and_o there_o bury_v the_o life_n of_o the_o prophet_n obadiah_n or_o abdias_n chap._n xv._o obadiah_n the_o prophet_n be_v a_o sichemite_n of_o beththaca_n near_o the_o sea_n as_o epiphanius_n write_v he_o also_o have_v lest_o upon_o record_n that_o he_o be_v the_o three_o captain_n of_o the_o fifty_o man_n who_o be_v send_v to_o elias_n by_o abazias_n king_n of_o israel_n for_o when_o abazias_n have_v fall_v 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he_o have_v humble_o beseech_v elias_n that_o he_o will_v have_v mercy_n upon_o he_o and_o his_o man_n he_o pardon_v they_o and_o this_o three_o captain_n as_o epiphanius_n maintain_v be_v this_o abdias_n who_o life_n we_o write_v he_o also_o write_v that_o have_v relinquish_v the_o estate_n or_o rank_n in_o which_o the_o king_n have_v place_v he_o he_o follow_v elias_n and_o become_v his_o disciple_n and_o that_o have_v endure_v many_o thing_n he_o be_v preserve_v by_o he_o and_o hierome_n write_v that_o this_o be_v that_o abdias_n as_o the_o hebrew_n think_v who_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o ahab_n feed_v a_o hundred_o propher_n in_o cave_n which_o story_n that_o it_o may_v the_o berter_n be_v understand_v i_o mean_v to_o report_v more_o full_o elias_n by_o god_n command_n have_v tell_v ahab_n that_o it_o shall_v not_o rain_v upon_o the_o earth_n for_o three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a together_o a_o little_a while_n after_o he_o first_o go_v to_o the_o brook_n kerith_n and_o afterward_o to_o sarepta_n a_o city_n of_o sidon_n lest_o he_o shall_v be_v slay_v by_o ahab_n in_o the_o three_o year_n god_n send_v he_o to_o ahab_n to_o give_v rain_n unto_o the_o earth_n now_o upon_o the_o drought_n there_o follow_v such_o a_o famine_n that_o at_o the_o last_o ahab_n who_o think_v elias_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o great_a mischief_n be_v constrain_v have_v divide_v the_o land_n and_o appoint_v one_o way_n to_o abdias_n steward_n of_o his_o house_n himself_o take_v the_o other_o way_n to_o seek_v out_o water-spring_n that_o the_o horse_n and_o mule_n and_o labour_a cattle_n may_v not_o perish_v for_o thirst_n so_o it_o fall_v out_o by_o god_n providence_n that_o elias_n meet_v abdias_n on_o the_o way_n who_o
have_v he_o in_o such_o veneration_n until_o epiphanius_n his_o time_n that_o they_o pray_v in_o that_o place_n and_o with_o the_o dust_n which_o they_o take_v out_o of_o the_o sepulchre_n they_o both_o heal_v the_o bite_n of_o asp_n and_o drive_v the_o crocodile_n out_o of_o the_o river_n oswaldus_n have_v record_v that_o he_o be_v at_o tahpanhe_n the_o first_o day_n of_o may._n the_o life_n of_o the_o prophet_n baruch_n chap._n xxvi_o baruch_n the_o prophet_n be_v the_o son_n of_o neriah_n he_o be_v servant_n and_o assistant_n to_o hieremiah_n the_o prophet_n in_o take_v the_o book_n from_o he_o at_o god_n command_n wherein_o god_n denounce_v the_o evil_n that_o shall_v come_v upon_o they_o that_o go_v not_o out_o of_o the_o city_n jerusalem_n to_o nabuchadnezzar_n king_n of_o babylon_n and_o the_o good_a thing_n that_o shall_v befall_v they_o that_o go_v and_o in_o read_v in_o the_o temple_n on_o the_o fast_a day_n to_o all_o the_o people_n that_o be_v come_v to_o jerusalem_n our_o of_o the_o city_n of_o judah_n there_o be_v extant_a a_o book_n which_o be_v not_o the_o very_a same_o he_o write_v then_o as_o may_v be_v conceive_v by_o the_o time_n and_o place_n for_o the_o former_a book_n be_v take_v in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o ichoiakim_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o in_o the_o five_o year_n in_o the_o nine_o month_n when_o a_o fast_o be_v appoint_v at_o jerusalem_n it_o be_v read_v in_o the_o temple_n and_o when_o it_o be_v cut_v in_o piece_n by_o king_n ichoiakim_n and_o throw_v into_o the_o fire_n it_o be_v copy_v out_o again_o by_o this_o same_o baruch_n in_o the_o same_o word_n and_o more_o at_o god_n command_n while_o the_o same_o hieremias_n dictate_v or_o certain_o it_o be_v deliver_v he_o by_o hieremiah_n but_o this_o that_o be_v extant_a be_v say_v to_o be_v write_v by_o this_o baruch_n and_o to_o be_v there_o read_v by_o he_o to_o jeconias_n the_o son_n of_o joackim_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o to_o all_o the_o people_n that_o be_v carry_v captive_a into_o babylon_n so_o that_o this_o be_v write_v late_a concern_v that_o former_a we_o have_v speak_v sufficient_o in_o the_o life_n of_o the_o prophet_n hieremiah_n and_o when_o this_o be_v read_v they_o all_o weep_v fast_v and_o pray_v unto_o god_n but_o when_o the_o other_o be_v read_v they_o send_v money_n that_o they_o gather_v as_o every_o man_n estate_n will_v bear_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o they_o that_o be_v there_o to_o buy_v sacrifice_n entreat_v they_o that_o they_o will_v both_o offer_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o all_o the_o people_n and_o beseech_v god_n that_o he_o will_v grant_v a_o prosperous_a life_n to_o nebuchadnezzer_n and_o his_o son_n balshazar_n and_o afford_v they_o favour_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o nebuchadnezzer_n and_o his_o son_n that_o they_o may_v live_v and_o make_v their_o prayer_n before_o god_n against_o who_o they_o have_v offend_v and_o who_o wrath_n be_v not_o yet_o pacify_v they_o exhort_v they_o also_o that_o they_o will_v take_v order_n that_o the_o book_n which_o they_o have_v send_v shall_v be_v rehearse_v upon_o holy_a day_n in_o the_o temple_n the_o rest_n of_o his_o word_n be_v spend_v in_o detestation_n of_o the_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n which_o they_o have_v commit_v &_o reckon_v up_o the_o evil_n with_o which_o they_o be_v right_o press_v there_o be_v also_o in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o hieremias_n book_n a_o letter_n wherein_o as_o a_o prophet_n of_o god_n he_o do_v foretell_v the_o captive_n of_o jerusalem_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v bring_v to_o babylon_n by_o nebuchadaezzar_n the_o king_n of_o babylon_n and_o exhort_v they_o that_o when_o they_o be_v there_o they_o shall_v not_o worship_v the_o god_n which_o they_o shall_v see_v but_o the_o true_a god_n now_o baruch_n be_v of_o such_o familiarity_n and_o acquaintance_n with_o hieremiah_n that_o when_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v take_v and_o the_o people_n lead_v away_o to_o babylon_n with_o zedechias_n and_o the_o great_a man_n he_o tarry_v with_o those_o which_o out_o of_o several_a country_n return_v to_o judah_n and_o dwell_v there_o at_o the_o command_n of_o nebuchadnezzer_n the_o king_n gedaliah_n be_v governor_n and_o after_o gedaliah_n be_v slay_v and_o the_o remnant_n have_v entreat_v hieremiah_n to_o inquire_v of_o god_n whether_o they_o shall_v go_v into_o egypt_n or_o no_o and_o he_o have_v tell_v they_o by_o god_n command_n that_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o go_v they_o say_v god_n do_v not_o forbid_v this_o but_o that_o baruch_n be_v one_o who_o move_v he_o against_o they_o and_o because_o they_o do_v not_o obey_v god_n command_n the_o commander_n bring_v hieremias_n and_o baruch_n by_o force_n into_o egypt_n with_o the_o rest_n and_o there_o as_o i_o suppose_v he_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v the_o life_n of_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n chap._n xxvii_o section_n 1._o ezekiel_n a_o prophet_n and_o a_o priest_n be_v the_o son_n of_o buzi_n he_o prophesy_v at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o hieremiah_n but_o with_o this_o difference_n that_o hieremias_n begin_v to_o prophesy_v in_o the_o thirteen_o year_n of_o josiah_n king_n of_o judah_n but_o he_o in_o the_o five_o year_n after_o jechoniah_n be_v lead_v away_o to_o babylon_n and_o hieremias_n continue_v prophesy_v till_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o zedechiah_n wherein_o he_o be_v take_v and_o little_o more_o than_o so_o but_o ezekiel_n unto_o the_o fourteen_o year_n after_o the_o city_n be_v spoil_v which_o he_o call_v the_o five_o and_o twenty_o after_o he_o himself_o be_v lead_v away_o which_o that_o it_o may_v more_o easy_o be_v understand_v and_o the_o life_n of_o ezekiel_n better_a know_v i_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o fetch_v the_o order_n of_o time_n and_o thing_n a_o little_a more_o from_o the_o bottom_n sect._n 2._o ichoiakim_n after_o his_o father_n josiah_n be_v slay_v who_o reign_v thirty_o one_o year_n 2_o chro._n 36._o and_o after_o ichoahaz_n his_o brother_n who_o reign_v only_o three_o month_n be_v lead_v into_o egypt_n be_v make_v king_n of_o judah_n in_o his_o brother_n stead_n by_o nechokin_n king_n of_o egypt_n jehoiakim_n die_v in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n leave_v ichoiakim_n who_o be_v also_o call_v jechoniah_n the_o heir_n to_o his_o kingdom_n this_o ichoiakim_n in_o the_o three_o month_n of_o his_o reign_n when_o the_o city_n be_v vanquish_v and_o the_o temple_n spoil_v be_v take_v and_o lead_v away_o to_o babylon_n with_o his_o mother_n wife_n and_o eunuch_n and_o a_o great_a many_o more_o and_o among_o these_o ezekiel_n now_o begin_v to_o prophesy_v in_o babylon_n as_o himself_o say_v in_o the_o five_o year_n after_o ichoiakim_n be_v take_v that_o be_v in_o the_o five_o year_n of_o zedechias_n who_o be_v place_v in_o his_o stead_n by_o nebuchadnezzer_n the_o king_n and_o zedechiah_n be_v take_v in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o cast_v into_o bond_n to_o these_o eleven_o year_n of_o zedechiah_n wherein_o ezekiel_n be_v now_o captive_a if_o we_o add_v the_o other_o fourteen_o after_o jerusalem_n and_o zedechiah_n be_v take_v we_o shall_v find_v five_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o that_o five_o and_o twenty_o be_v the_o year_n of_o his_o captivity_n unto_o which_o he_o continue_v all_o his_o prophecy_n and_o therefore_o ezekiel_n do_v not_o prophesy_v in_o judah_n but_o in_o babylon_n and_o foretell_v first_o that_o other_o captivity_n which_o befall_v when_o zedechiah_n as_o i_o have_v say_v be_v king_n of_o all_o the_o people_n because_o of_o their_o wickedness_n both_o old_a and_o new_a all_o which_o god_n show_v unto_o he_o though_o do_v by_o they_o not_o in_o babylon_n he_o speak_v of_o their_o deliverance_n also_o he_o begin_v to_o prophesy_v in_o the_o six_o year_n after_o jehoniah_n be_v take_v and_o carry_v to_o babylon_n and_o that_o in_o the_o four_o month_n and_o the_o five_o day_n a_o year_n after_o that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o the_o six_o year_n on_o the_o five_o day_n of_o the_o six_o month_n god_n appear_v to_o he_o and_o bid_v he_o fasten_v his_o eye_n upon_o the_o way_n which_o look_v towards_o the_o north_n which_o when_o he_o have_v do_v he_o behold_v a_o image_n the_o image_n of_o jealousy_n at_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o altar_n in_o the_o very_a entrance_n of_o the_o temple_n of_o jerusalem_n which_o the_o inhabitant_n worship_v that_o by_o this_o their_o villainy_n they_o may_v even_o drive_v god_n away_o from_o they_o this_o be_v a_o great_a wickedness_n but_o he_o show_v they_o another_o great_a than_o this_o he_o bring_v he_o into_o the_o court_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o bid_v he_o dig_v through_o the_o wall_n when_o he_o have_v do_v this_o there_o appear_v a_o door_n by_o which_o when_o upon_o god_n commandment_n he_o have_v go_v in_o he_o see_v upon_o the_o wall_n the_o picture_n of_o
year_n of_o darius_n and_o the_o book_n that_o be_v entitle_v by_o his_o name_n &_o reckon_v among_o scripture_n contain_v many_o more_o verse_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o book_n at_o god_n bid_v he_o charge_v the_o jew_n who_o be_v new_o return_v out_o of_o babylon_n that_o they_o will_v return_v to_o he_o and_o so_o at_o last_o he_o will_v return_v to_o they_o and_o that_o they_o will_v not_o live_v as_o their_o forefather_n have_v do_v who_o have_v contemn_v the_o command_n of_o the_o former_a prophet_n who_o persuade_v they_o from_o their_o wickedness_n to_o a_o holy_a course_n of_o life_n that_o they_o will_v not_o lie_v but_o speak_v the_o truth_n to_o their_o neighbour_n that_o they_o will_v judge_v true_o and_o friendly_a that_o they_o will_v not_o devise_v evil_a in_o their_o mind_n against_o their_o neighbour_n that_o they_o will_v not_o love_v a_o false_a oath_n forasmuch_o as_o these_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o god_n hate_v these_o thing_n if_o they_o will_v do_v that_o they_o shall_v receive_v all_o thing_n that_o they_o have_v sow_v with_o increase_n and_o abundance_n he_o foretell_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n to_o jerusalem_n upon_o a_o she_o ass_n and_o the_o price_n of_o his_o betray_n god_n show_v he_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o josedec_n the_o high_a priest_n stand_v before_o his_o angel_n and_o satan_n stand_v at_o his_o right_a hand_n to_o withstand_v he_o who_o when_o god_n have_v rebuke_v he_o signify_v by_o the_o angel_n that_o his_o sin_n be_v pardon_v by_o the_o change_n of_o his_o apparel_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v become_v a_o judge_n if_o he_o will_v observe_v his_o commandment_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o darius_n in_o the_o four_o day_n of_o the_o month_n that_o be_v of_o november_n some_o among_o who_o be_v sarasar_n and_o regemmelech_n have_v send_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o ask_v the_o priest_n and_o prophet_n whether_o they_o shall_v weep_v and_o fast_o in_o the_o five_o month_n for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v as_o they_o have_v do_v already_o in_o former_a time_n and_o for_o many_o year_n now_o god_n bad_a zacharias_n be_v inspire_v and_o move_v with_o a_o prophetic_a spirit_n to_o ask_v of_o the_o people_n of_o the_o country_n and_o of_o the_o priest_n whether_o they_o have_v fast_v to_o god_n these_o seventy_o year_n in_o which_o they_o have_v be_v out_o of_o their_o land_n when_o they_o keep_v a_o fast_a the_o five_o and_o nine_o month_n or_o when_o they_o eat_v and_o drink_v to_o he_o god_n declare_v by_o these_o word_n that_o their_o fasting_n dinner_n &_o supper_n be_v not_o acceptable_a to_o he_o because_o they_o be_v not_o join_v with_o work_n of_o bounty_n and_o mercy_n as_o he_o have_v wish_v they_o by_o former_a prophet_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o he_o be_v move_v against_o they_o have_v scatter_v they_o abroad_o into_o all_o country_n he_o prophesi_v also_o many_o other_o thing_n which_o be_v beside_o my_o present_a purpose_n he_o foretell_v also_o to_o josedec_n as_o epiphanius_n say_v that_o he_o shall_v have_v a_o son_n that_o shall_v serve_v as_o a_o priest_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n and_o to_o salathiell_n how_o he_o shall_v have_v zorobabel_n there_o be_v some_o as_o hierome_n say_v that_o will_v have_v this_o to_o be_v the_o zacharias_n who_o christ_n affirm_v in_o matthew_n to_o have_v be_v slay_v betwixt_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o altar_n but_o epiphanius_n refer_v this_o to_o zacharias_n the_o father_n of_o john_n the_o baptist_n in_o his_o life_n and_o write_v how_o that_o this_o man_n be_v very_o age_v die_v in_o judaea_n and_o be_v bury_v near_o aggaeus_n the_o prophet_n the_o life_n of_o the_o prophet_n esdras_n chap._n xxxiii_o esdras_n the_o prophet_n and_o scribe_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n be_v the_o son_n of_o saraias_n he_o as_o himself_o say_v be_v a_o captive_n when_o artaxerxes_n be_v king_n of_o babylon_n and_o he_o begin_v to_o prophesy_v in_o the_o thirty_o year_n almost_o after_o jerusalem_n be_v destroy_v he_o make_v mention_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o prophesy_a of_o malachias_n the_o prophet_n who_o nevertheless_o be_v say_v to_o be_v bear_v after_o the_o people_n be_v bring_v back_o again_o from_o captivity_n and_o therefore_o he_o must_v be_v conceive_v to_o have_v foretell_v this_o as_o be_v move_v with_o a_o prophetic_a spirit_n but_o because_o we_o write_v the_o life_n and_o act_n of_o esdras_n we_o must_v keep_v the_o order_n of_o the_o time_n as_o long_o as_o we_o can_v in_o set_v they_o down_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o cyrus_n king_n of_o the_o persian_n in_o which_o the_o seventy_o year_n of_o the_o captivity_n foretell_v by_o hieremiah_n be_v fulfil_v by_o his_o grant_n this_o esdras_n go_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o build_v the_o temple_n with_o zorobabel_n the_o governor_n and_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o josedeck_v and_o other_o that_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o go_v after_o they_o but_o how_o long_o he_o be_v there_o it_o be_v uncertain_a for_o he_o come_v afterward_o 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