great_a now_o the_o dead_a do_v bury_v the_o dead_a this_o blood_n cry_v so_o loud_o that_o rachel_n hear_v it_o in_o the_o grave_a and_o rise_v to_o execute_v the_o funeral_n 2.18_o jer._n 31.15_o mat._n 2.18_o in_o rama_fw-mi be_v there_o a_o voice_n hear_v lamentation_n and_o weep_v and_o great_a mourning_n rachel_n weep_v for_o her_o child_n and_o will_v not_o be_v comfort_v because_o they_o be_v not_o but_o why_o rachel_n and_o why_o shall_v this_o voice_n be_v hear_v in_o rama_fw-mi note_v here_o the_o situation_n of_o rachel_n tomb_n out_o of_o the_o arabic_a nubian_n geographer_n at_o verò_fw-la bethlehem_n locus_fw-la videlicet_fw-la ille_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la natus_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la 115._o geograph_n arab._n nubiens_n clim_n 3._o part._n 5._o p._n 115._o distat_fw-la ab_fw-la hierosolymis_fw-la sex_n millibus_fw-la passum_fw-la &_o è_fw-la media_fw-la via_fw-la ista_fw-la habetur_fw-la sepulcrum_fw-la rachel_n matris_fw-la joseph_n &_o benjamin_n filiorum_fw-la 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i_o know_v be_v but_o accident_n of_o one_o or_o both_o 4._o hippoc._n de_fw-fr victûs_fw-fr ration_n lib._n 3._o sect_n 4._o the_o dysenterie_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v and_o the_o worse_a therefore_o especial_o in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o dropsy_n be_v of_o that_o kind_n which_o from_o the_o fashion_n of_o the_o inflammation_n be_v call_v ascite_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d signify_v as_o galen_n say_v to_o hypocrates_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o low_a region_n of_o the_o belly_n comprehend_v between_o the_o navel_n and_o the_o genitals_o there_o the_o inflammation_n be_v and_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o the_o tradition_n say_v therefore_o the_o dropsy_n be_v of_o that_o kind_n which_o i_o say_v and_o of_o a_o malignant_a state_n there_o be_v nothing_o make_v the_o matter_n look_v so_o like_o a_o judgement_n as_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o this_o putrefaction_n of_o the_o genitals_o may_v very_o possible_o be_v a_o accident_n of_o the_o dropsy_n this_o kind_n especial_o if_o it_o be_v not_o it_o may_v be_v otherwise_o natural_a enough_o and_o you_o may_v hear_v of_o it_o in_o hypocrates_n and_o in_o the_o very_a same_o word_n use_v by_o josephus_n here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aphoris_n lib._n 3._o §_o 7._o aph._n 21._o and_o yet_o you_o shall_v see_v how_o this_o tradition_n have_v improve_v itself_o under_o the_o christian_n hand_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 488._o chronicon_fw-la alexand_n p._n 488._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v and_o herod_n be_v strike_v with_o a_o grievous_a dropsy_n the_o whole_a state_n of_o his_o body_n corrupt_v and_o the_o worm_n crawl_v out_o thus_o he_o depart_v this_o life_n receive_v a_o just_a vengeance_n of_o that_o murder_n which_o he_o commit_v upon_o the_o child_n in_o bethlehem_n for_o our_o saviour_n
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the_o lamb._n our_o clothes_n put_v off_o we_o lie_v our_o selve_v down_o and_o take_v our_o rest_n and_o to_o die_v in_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n phrase_n 57.1_o isa_n 43.17_o &_o 57.1_o be_v but_o to_o lie_v down_o in_o our_o bed_n and_o when_o thy_o day_n shall_v be_v fulfil_v say_v nathan_n to_o david_n and_o thou_o shall_v sleep_v with_o thy_o father_n so_o indeed_o we_o read_v it_o as_o we_o may_v but_o the_o original_a be_v and_o thou_o shall_v lie_v down_o with_o thy_o father_n 2_o sam._n 7.12_o so_o asa_n the_o king_n coffin_n be_v call_v a_o bed_n 2_o chron_n 16.14_o and_o our_o forefather_n in_o their_o saxon_a tongue_n style_v a_o bury_v place_n legerstoƿ_n or_o place_n to_o lie_v down_o in_o as_o in_o the_o law_n of_o king_n canute_n numb_a 3._o in_o the_o case_n of_o natural_a rest_n it_o be_v not_o the_o whole_a man_n only_o the_o earthly_a part_n fall_v asleep_a the_o soul_n be_v then_o most_o awake_a the_o body_n be_v night_n be_v the_o soul_n day_n our_o better_a 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apparent_a in_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o eie-witness_n that_o we_o have_v place_v it_o where_o it_o shall_v be_v only_o diodorus_n dissent_v whether_o by_o a_o error_n in_o the_o text_n or_o by_o misinformation_n one_o or_o other_o it_o be_v likely_a for_o we_o must_v not_o forsake_v all_o these_o to_o lean_a to_o one_o the_o reason_n of_o his_o error_n may_v be_v because_o in_o sine_fw-la these_o two_o river_n meet_v and_o become_v one_o and_o the_o same_o ninus_n therefore_o be_v set_v upon_o tigris_n not_o as_o diodorus_n upon_o euphrates_n nor_o upon_o the_o river_n lycus_n as_o m_n nicolas_n fuller_n in_o his_o miscellanea_fw-la who_o for_o that_o opinion_n cit_v all_o those_o almost_o who_o we_o have_v introduce_v for_o the_o contrary_a add_v also_o ammianus_n marcellinus_n a_o author_n as_o he_o say_v beyond_o all_o exception_n which_o we_o deny_v not_o only_o this_o we_o have_v find_v that_o both_o he_o and_o the_o rest_n be_v by_o fuller_n in_o this_o matter_n misinterpret_v as_o he_o that_o diligent_o read_v shall_v be_v ready_a to_o testify_v for_o the_o situation_n thus_o much_o for_o the_o circuit_n and_o compass_n thereof_o the_o prophet_n jonah_n describe_v it_o to_o be_v a_o great_a city_n 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jonae_fw-la 3._o even_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n of_o three_o day_n journey_n diodorus_n say_v that_o the_o side_n thereof_o be_v inaequilater_n the_o long_a side_n contain_v 150_o furlong_n in_o length_n the_o short_a 90._o according_a to_o which_o dimension_n of_o the_o part_n the_o whole_a circuit_n must_v be_v 480_o furlong_n which_o divide_v by_o eight_o set_v off_o for_o the_o quotient_a 60_o the_o number_n of_o english_a mile_n measure_v the_o compass_n of_o this_o city_n the_o word_n of_o diodorus_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n where_o the_o author_n have_v discourse_v upon_o the_o immense_a and_o ample_a circuit_n of_o ninus_n add_v that_o the_o founder_n fail_v not_o of_o his_o purpose_n for_o after_o he_o say_v he_o never_o any_o erect_v the_o like_a city_n whether_o we_o respect_v the_o greatness_n of_o the_o compass_n or_o the_o stateliness_n of_o the_o wall_n for_o the_o wall_n be_v in_o height_n one_o hundred_o foot_n and_o so_o thick_a that_o three_o chariot_n may_v ride_v upon_o the_o breadth_n together_o he_o add_v also_o that_o the_o wall_n be_v beset_v with_o a_o thousand_o and_o five_o hundred_o tower_n each_o of_o they_o erect_v to_o the_o height_n of_o two_o hundred_o foot_n so_o far_o diodorus_n who_o after_o age_n may_v for_o ever_o gratify_v for_o this_o precious_a monument_n of_o antiquity_n which_o he_o alone_o seem_v to_o have_v preserve_v for_o the_o illustration_n of_o that_o which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o scripture_n more_o than_o once_o inculcate_n concern_v this_o vast_a and_o mighty_a ninive_n that_o city_n of_o babel_n and_o this_o of_o ninive_n by_o a_o fatal_a vicissitude_n hold_v up_o the_o assyrian_a monarchy_n till_o the_o time_n of_o daziavesh_a the_o mede_n and_o cyrus_n the_o persian_a it_o suffer_v many_o overthrow_n before_o it_o receive_v its_o last_o two_o famous_a the_o one_o by_o the_o irruption_n of_o the_o river_n tigris_n which_o at_o a_o inundation_n break_v out_o upon_o the_o wâ—ll_n and_o throw_v down_o twenty_o furlong_n thereof_o which_o destruction_n notwithstanding_o the_o stream_n of_o interpreter_n run_v otherwise_o yet_o let_v the_o learned_a inquire_v whether_o it_o be_v not_o plain_o foretell_v by_o the_o prophet_n nachum_fw-la in_o those_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v and_o with_o a_o inundation_n pass_v by_o he_o shall_v make_v a_o full_a end_n versu_fw-la nachum_fw-la c._n 1_o versu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d septuag_n chronologie_n seem_v to_o deny_v this_o interpretation_n but_o each_o man_n must_v consider_v that_o the_o time_n of_o this_o prophet_n or_o his_o prophecy_n be_v not_o determinate_a by_o any_o authority_n of_o antiquity_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o modern_n can_v be_v but_o conjectural_a that_o the_o river_n make_v this_o ruin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diodorus_n be_v a_o pregnant_a witness_n the_o second_o destruction_n be_v undertake_v and_o end_v by_o nebuchadonosor_n the_o king_n of_o babel_n as_o the_o jew_n in_o their_o chronologie_n testify_v so_o rabbi_n saadias_n upon_o the_o prophet_n daniel_n and_o indeed_o this_o city_n be_v too_o great_a to_o be_v destroy_v at_o once_o be_v as_o we_o have_v say_v 60_o mile_n in_o compass_n the_o reader_n at_o the_o first_o sight_n may_v judge_v it_o incredible_a affricanus_fw-la he_o shall_v say_v twelve_o thousand_o see_v joha_n leo_fw-la affricanus_fw-la be_v not_o alcaire_n in_o egypt_n at_o this_o day_n extant_a to_o correct_v his_o unbelief_n a_o place_n as_o buntingius_fw-la have_v note_v no_o less_o in_o circuit_n and_o so_o populous_a that_o there_o once_o die_v of_o the_o plague_n in_o one_o day_n twenty_o thousand_o the_o prophet_n jonah_n write_v that_o in_o the_o city_n of_o ninive_n by_o the_o testimony_n of_o god_n himself_o be_v more_o than_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o person_n which_o can_v not_o discern_v between_o their_o right_a hand_n and_o their_o left_a if_o there_o be_v so_o many_o child_n then_o at_o the_o proportion_n the_o inhabitant_n be_v almost_o innumerable_a the_o tomb_n of_o ninus_n be_v almost_o as_o admirable_a as_o the_o city_n but_o of_o that_o in_o his_o life_n it_o may_v now_o be_v say_v of_o ninive_n which_o once_o be_v of_o a_o great_a city_n in_o strabo_n magna_fw-la civitas_n magna_fw-la solitudo_fw-la the_o great_a ninive_n be_v the_o great_a be_v her_o ruin_n for_o now_o the_o rejoice_a city_n that_o dwell_v careless_o that_o say_v in_o her_o heart_n i_o be_o and_o there_o be_v none_o beside_o i_o how_o be_v she_o become_v a_o desolation_n a_o place_n for_o beast_n to_o lie_v down_o in_o every_o one_o that_o pass_v by_o she_o shall_v hiss_v and_o wag_v his_o head_n zephan_n 2.15_o against_o this_o city_n prophesy_v jonah_n nachum_fw-la zephanie_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n false_o call_v mosall_n and_o at_o that_o place_n nestorius_n his_o sectary_n have_v take_v their_o shelter_n that_o heretic_n of_o constantinople_n condemn_v by_o a_o synod_n at_o ephesus_n etc._n etc._n bel._n arbelitis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ir._n bel._n next_o unto_o adiabene_n be_v arbelitis_n so_o call_v from_o the_o most_o ancient_a city_n arbela_n which_o notwithstanding_o what_o strabo_n have_v say_v of_o the_o son_n of_o athmoneus_n i_o will_v diligent_o derive_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ir_z bel_n that_o be_v the_o city_n of_o belus_n who_o be_v no_o doubt_n the_o first_o founder_n thereof_o after_o the_o death_n of_o nimrod_n at_o arbela_n be_v that_o bloody_a battle_n between_o darjavesh_n and_o the_o great_a alexander_n for_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o world_n as_o the_o common_a tale_n go_v but_o arrian_n in_o the_o description_n of_o this_o expedition_n affirm_v the_o contrary_a from_o the_o testimony_n of_o two_o eie-witness_n ptolemaeus_n and_o aristobulus_n add_v that_o the_o battle_n be_v pitch_v at_o gaugamela_n the_o same_o thing_n plutarch_n have_v observe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scaliger_n give_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o mistake_n because_o say_v he_o arbela_n be_v famous_a and_o therefore_o better_o deserve_v to_o carry_v away_o the_o credit_n of_o such_o a_o victory_n than_o gaugamela_n a_o poor_a obscure_a village_n which_o before_o he_o arrian_n have_v say_v significans_fw-la solinus_n arrianus_n in_o expeditione_n alexandri_fw-la strabo_n lib._n 16._o geog._n scaliger_n in_o lib._n de_fw-fr emendatione_fw-la temporum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gaugamela_n intestina_fw-la cameli_fw-la significans_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gaugamela_n say_v he_o be_v no_o city_n but_o a_o village_n and_o but_o a_o little_a village_n the_o place_n no_o way_n
olympiad_n so_o 313_o add_v 1360_o make_v up_o the_o sum_n of_o 1673_o which_o deduct_v out_o of_o 3391_o the_o year_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o mede_n there_o remain_v for_o the_o epoch_n of_o this_o babylonish_n monarchy_n 1718._o wherefore_o from_o hence_o we_o must_v begin_v to_o reckon_v the_o act_n life_n and_o succession_n of_o these_o king_n of_o ashur_n we_o begin_v therefore_o with_o the_o first_o to_o wit_n nimrod_n nimrod_n annus_fw-la mundi_fw-la 1718._o ante_fw-la christ_n nat._n 2230._o cycle_n of_o the_o sun_n 18._o cycle_n of_o the_o moon_n 12._o nimrod_n nimrod_n be_v the_o son_n of_o chus_n and_o he_o the_o son_n of_o cham_n for_o so_o say_v moses_n and_o chus_n beget_v nimrod_n and_o go_v forward_o describe_v the_o man_n to_o be_v a_o mighty_a hunter_n so_o famous_a that_o it_o become_v a_o proverb_n to_o say_v even_o as_o nimrod_n a_o mighty_a hunter_n before_o the_o lord_n the_o text_n plain_o show_v that_o this_o nimrod_n be_v a_o king_n when_o it_o say_v that_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o kingdom_n be_v babel_n the_o same_o also_o in_o the_o same_o word_n declare_v that_o he_o be_v a_o babylonish_n king_n so_o that_o our_o monarchy_n be_v begin_v at_o babel_n by_o nimrod_n in_o that_o he_o be_v call_v a_o mighty_a hunter_n aben_n ezra_n expound_v it_o in_o the_o better_a part_n but_o for_o that_o he_o be_v reprehend_v by_o ramban_n who_o affirm_v that_o he_o be_v indeed_o a_o hunter_n but_o not_o to_o procure_v god_n altar_n offering_n as_o the_o other_o suppose_v because_o it_o be_v say_v he_o be_v a_o hunter_n mighty_a before_o the_o lord_n but_o he_o be_v call_v a_o hunter_n because_o he_o be_v so_o indeed_o but_o not_o so_o only_o but_o a_o oppressor_n too_o his_o continual_a conversation_n with_o bruit_n beast_n change_v his_o humane_a disposition_n into_o a_o barbarous_a and_o agrestick_a behaviour_n and_o the_o privilege_n of_o dominion_n which_o he_o have_v long_o use_v over_o the_o beast_n he_o begin_v to_o usurp_v over_o men._n so_o ralbag_n expound_v he_o begin_v say_v he_o to_o be_v mighty_a that_o be_v say_v the_o rabbin_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d parash_n noach_n because_o he_o begin_v to_o hunt_v after_o domination_n or_o principality_n 〈◊〉_d fol._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o rabbi_n in_o the_o same_o place_n say_v that_o he_o be_v call_v a_o mighty_a hunter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o he_o be_v mighty_a to_o hunt_v man_n and_o to_o subdue_v they_o under_o he_o don_n isaac_n abarbinel_n intimate_v a_o reason_n of_o man_n subjection_n to_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v because_o he_o make_v himself_o a_o mighty_a hunter_n of_o beast_n and_o subdue_v they_o the_o son_n of_o man_n see_v that_o bear_n and_o lion_n be_v subdue_v before_o he_o with_o all_o their_o might_n they_o also_o for_o fear_n of_o he_o submit_v to_o he_o it_o appear_v therefore_o by_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o the_o hebrew_n that_o this_o nimrod_n be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o babylonish_n kingdom_n and_o that_o by_o a_o tyrannical_a kind_n of_o absolute_a power_n he_o subdue_v the_o world_n to_o this_o new_a kind_n of_o government_n among_o the_o greek_n hear_v what_o epiphanius_n have_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n other_o have_v say_v as_o much_o some_o have_v think_v this_o nimrod_n to_o be_v ninus_n other_o to_o be_v belus_n both_o unadvised_o for_o that_o nimrod_n be_v not_o ninus_n justin_n approve'_v out_o of_o his_o author_n trogus_n pompey_n for_o it_o be_v say_v he_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o monarchy_n till_o the_o time_n of_o sardanapalus_n 1300_o year_n but_o he_o reckon'_v that_o begin_n from_o ninus_n but_o we_o have_v prove_v before_o that_o the_o epoch_n of_o this_o kingdom_n comprehend_v 60_o year_n more_o and_o therefore_o can_v begin_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o ninus_n but_o 60_o year_n before_o which_o 60_o year_n must_v be_v restore_v to_o some_o king_n before_o ninus_n 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