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45.6_o thus_o we_o see_v how_o moses_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v in_o exod._n 12.40_o and_o consequent_o to_o account_v the_o 430._o year_n of_o this_o period_n for_o the_o dwell_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n who_o dwell_v in_o egypt_n be_v 430._o year_n that_o be_v their_o peregrination_n or_o their_o dwell_n as_o stranger_n and_o so_o the_o greek_a translate_v which_o the_o apostle_n also_o confirm_v in_o act._n 13.17_o their_o dwelling_n i_o say_v as_o stranger_n begin_v from_o the_o time_n that_o abraham_n leave_v his_o kindred_n and_o his_o father_n house_n as_o already_o have_v be_v prove_v for_o though_o this_o people_n be_v not_o call_v israelite_n in_o abraham_n time_n â_o â_o but_o afterward_o b._n n._n b._n yet_o because_o they_o proceed_v out_o of_o abraham_n loin_n and_o do_v evermore_o boast_v of_o he_o as_o their_o father_n and_o because_o he_o also_o the_o thing_n which_o moses_n aim_v at_o be_v the_o first_o in_o their_o generation_n who_o sojourn_v in_o a_o 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which_o i_o also_o think_v he_o have_v quest_n but_o if_o this_o account_n be_v true_a quest_n how_o must_v we_o understand_v the_o 300._o year_n in_o judg._n 11.26_o where_o jeptha_n say_v that_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n dwell_v in_o heshbon_n and_o her_o town_n and_o in_o aroer_n and_o her_o town_n and_o in_o all_o the_o city_n that_o be_v along_o by_o the_o coast_n of_o arnon_n three_o hunded_a year_n by_o which_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v gather_v that_o jeptha_n judge_v not_o till_o 300_o year_n after_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n come_v out_o of_o the_o wilderness_n into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n at_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n and_o if_o the_o time_n from_o thence_o thither_o be_v 300._o year_n then_o must_v the_o time_n from_o the_o come_n out_o of_o egypt_n to_o the_o temple_n be_v more_o than_o 480._o for_o from_o the_o first_o year_n of_o jeptha_n to_o the_o four_o year_n of_o king_n solomon_n be_v 175._o year_n which_o add_v to_o the_o 40_o year_n of_o the_o wilderness_n and_o to_o the_o 300._o after_o that_o to_o jeptha_n do_v make_v in_o all_o 515._o but_o i_o answer_v that_o these_o 300._o answ_n year_n be_v not_o to_o be_v reckon_v from_o moses_n death_n but_o from_o the_o time_n mention_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o jeptha_n narration_n ver_fw-la 16._o where_o the_o word_n be_v but_o when_o israel_n come_v up_o from_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n from_o whence_o to_o the_o day_n of_o jeptha_n be_v 306._o year_n which_o 6_o odd_a year_n jeptha_n omit_v it_o be_v not_o great_o material_a to_o account_v they_o so_o precise_o thus_o do_v luther_n understand_v the_o place_n junius_n broughton_n and_o other_o broughtons_n observation_n be_v this_o note_v say_v he_o that_o the_o 40_o year_n in_o the_o wilderness_n be_v join_v as_o one_o time_n here_o that_o thing_n do_v in_o sundry_a part_n of_o it_o be_v reckon_v from_o one_o beginning_n or_o as_o a_o late_a writer_n answer_v about_o 34_o year_n after_o that_o sihon_n king_n of_o the_o amorites_n have_v fight_v 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mistake_v by_o the_o scribe_n and_o put_v for_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d which_o be_v but_o three_o hundred_o or_o else_o that_o saint_n paul_n reckon_v as_o they_o do_v who_o reckon_v the_o year_n of_o the_o oppressor_n so_o as_o they_o add_v they_o to_o the_o year_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o not_o include_v they_o as_o for_o the_o first_o 4._o beroald_n lib._n 3._o chronol_n c._n 4._o it_o may_v be_v grant_v be_v it_o not_o that_o all_o copy_n have_v 450._o for_o we_o do_v not_o know_v say_v beroaldus_n of_o any_o copy_n either_o greek_a or_o latin_a which_o have_v 350_o but_o as_o the_o ordinary_a read_n be_v 450._o and_o therefore_o we_o can_v think_v either_o that_o there_o be_v a_o fault_n in_o the_o scribe_n or_o that_o after_o the_o apostle_n time_n some_o one_o or_o other_o scripture_n other_o master_n perkins_n think_v so_o in_o his_o harmony_n of_o scripture_n take_v in_o hand_n to_o correct_v the_o text_n according_a to_o their_o understanding_n of_o the_o book_n of_o 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be_v not_o bear_v in_o padan-aram_n but_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o so_o likewise_o act_v 7.14_o where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o joseph_n send_v and_o call_v his_o father_n and_o all_o his_o kindred_n threescore_o and_o fifteen_o soul_n and_o yet_o indeed_o there_o go_v but_o threescore_o and_o ten_o of_o they_o at_o that_o time_n into_o egypt_n gen._n 46.27_o and_o so_o again_o exod._n 12.40_o where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o sojourn_v of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n who_o dwell_v in_o egypt_n be_v four_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o in_o egypt_n after_o jacobs_n go_v thither_o above_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o year_n and_o therefore_o in_o that_o it_o be_v say_v and_o the_o land_n have_v rest_v forty_o year_n the_o meaning_n may_v well_o be_v that_o the_o land_n have_v rest_n to_o the_o end_n of_o forty_o year_n to_o wit_n count_v the_o forty_o year_n from_o the_o death_n of_o joshua_n to_o the_o death_n of_o othniel_n and_o so_o 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16_o g_z 5_o 6_o  _fw-fr 17_o f_o 4_o 6_o  _fw-fr 17_o a_o 6_o 7_o  _fw-fr 18_o g_z 5_o 7_o  _fw-fr 18_o b_o 7_o 8_o  _fw-fr pethaniah_n the_o 19_o course_n 19_o a_o 6_o 8_o  _fw-fr 19_o c_z 1_o 9_o  _fw-fr 20_o b_o 7_o 9_o  _fw-fr bilgah_n the_o fifteen_o course_n 20_o d_o 2_o 10_o  _fw-fr 21_o c_z 1_o 10_o  _fw-fr 21_o e_z 3_o 11_o  _fw-fr 22_o d_o 2_o 11_o  _fw-fr 22_o f_o 4_o 12_o  _fw-fr 23_o e_z 3_o 12_o  _fw-fr 23_o g_z 5_o 13_o  _fw-fr 24_o f_o 4_o 13_o  _fw-fr 24_o a_o 6_o 14_o  _fw-fr 25_o g_z 5_o 14_o  _fw-fr 25_o b_o 7_o 15_o  _fw-fr jebezekel_n the_o 20_o course_n 26_o a_o 6_o 15_o  _fw-fr 26_o c_z 1_o 16_o  _fw-fr 27_o b_o 7_o 16_o  _fw-fr immer_n the_o sixteenth_o course_n 27_o d_o 2_o 17_o  _fw-fr 28_o c_z 1_o 17_o  _fw-fr 28_o e_z 3_o 18_o  _fw-fr 29_o d_o 2_o 18_o  _fw-fr 29_o f_o 4_o 19_o  _fw-fr 30_o e_z 3_o 19_o  _fw-fr 30_o g_z 5_o 20_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 31_o a_o 6_o 21_o  _fw-fr chap._n xxi_o of_o the_o reign_n of_o tiberius_n and_o of_o the_o beginning_n and_o 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other_o author_n make_v manifest_a and_o as_o be_v also_o among_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o israel_n yet_o that_o it_o be_v so_o among_o the_o roman_n or_o that_o two_o be_v emperor_n together_o till_o aurelius_n antonius_n his_o time_n we_o do_v not_o find_v now_o augustus_n we_o know_v dye_v as_o velleius_n dion_n and_o all_o other_o testify_v when_o sextus_n pompeius_n and_o sextus_n appuleius_n be_v consul_n on_o the_o nineteenth_o day_n of_o august_n in_o the_o 59_o julian_n year_n and_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n 47_o 27_o there_o therefore_o we_o must_v begin_v the_o first_o year_n of_o tiberius_n who_o reign_v 22_o year_n seven_o month_n and_o seven_o day_n and_o die_v when_o cn._n proculus_n and_o pontius_n nigrinus_n be_v consul_n on_o the_o 26_o day_n of_o march_n in_o the_o 82_o julian_n year_n and_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n 4750._o by_o which_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o passion_n of_o christ_n must_v necessary_o be_v in_o some_o year_n after_o the_o 74_o julian_n year_n and_o before_o the_o 82._o by_o orosius_n his_o account_n it_o must_v be_v in_o the_o 75_o julian_n year_n for_o sejanus_n perish_v in_o the_o 76_o julian_n year_n as_o can_v be_v deny_v &_o according_a to_o orosius_n christ_n must_v suffer_v before_o the_o fall_n of_o sejanus_n for_o in_o his_o seven_o book_n and_o four_o chapter_n we_o read_v that_o when_o tiberius_n have_v hear_v what_o pilate_n relate_v to_o he_o of_o the_o death_n and_o resurrection_n of_o our_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n and_o that_o thereupon_o tiberius_n will_v that_o the_o senate_n shall_v canonize_v christ_n for_o a_o god_n the_o senate_n will_v not_o but_o stand_v against_o it_o and_o so_o say_v he_o do_v sejanus_n who_o show_v himself_o a_o great_a enemy_n to_o the_o christian_a profession_n whereupon_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o a_o edict_n be_v make_v for_o the_o root_n of_o all_o christian_n out_o of_o the_o city_n thus_o say_v orosius_n and_o therefore_o by_o he_o christ_n must_v suffer_v not_o one_o jot_n late_a than_o the_o 75_o julian_n year_n in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n perion_n 4743_o when_o m._n vinitius_n and_o c._n cassius_n be_v consul_n in_o who_o consulship_n epiphanius_n also_o set_v christ_n passion_n but_o this_o be_v false_a as_o appear_v not_o only_o by_o the_o several_a passover_n mention_v by_o saint_n john_n after_o christ_n baptism_n to_o the_o day_n of_o his_o death_n but_o also_o by_o the_o silence_n of_o other_o author_n and_o therefore_o the_o testimony_n of_o orosius_n concern_v sejanus_n can_v stand_v good_a for_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o story_n he_o must_v have_v it_o from_o they_o who_o write_v before_o he_o but_o that_o he_o have_v not_o for_o tertullian_n make_v no_o mention_n of_o it_o nor_o eusebius_n and_o yet_o they_o speak_v how_o tiberius_n will_v have_v have_v christ_n canonize_v for_o a_o god_n by_o the_o senate_n when_o pilate_n have_v relate_v to_o he_o the_o passion_n and_o resurrection_n of_o christ_n i_o find_v indeed_o that_o sejanus_n like_o another_o haman_n do_v earnest_o endeavour_v and_o desire_v it_o of_o the_o emperor_n that_o the_o whole_a nation_n of_o the_o jew_n may_v be_v root_v out_o as_o eusebius_n relate_v out_o of_o philo_n the_o jew_n and_o from_o hence_o sure_a it_o be_v that_o orosius_n mistake_v himself_o and_o apply_v that_o to_o the_o christian_n after_o christ_n passion_n which_o be_v pertinent_a to_o the_o jew_n before_o christ_n passion_n tertullian_n say_v christ_n be_v baptize_v in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o tiberius_n and_o crucify_v in_o the_o fifteen_o when_o the_o two_o gemini_fw-la be_v consul_n this_o be_v in_o the_o 74_o julian_n year_n epiphanius_n make_v christ_n about_o 29_o year_n old_a when_o he_o be_v baptize_v and_o name_v junius_n silanus_n and_o silius_n nerva_n to_o be_v consul_n then_o which_o be_v one_o year_n soon_o than_o the_o consulship_n of_o the_o gemini_fw-la which_o two_o gemini_fw-la albeit_o they_o be_v consul_n but_o in_o 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to_o uphold_v it_o his_o ground_n be_v in_o esay_n chap._n 61.2_o concern_v the_o acceptable_a year_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o christ_n be_v to_o preach_v which_o i_o say_v be_v a_o mistake_a ground_n for_o though_o it_o be_v true_a that_o christ_n indeed_o proclaim_v that_o year_n in_o the_o sense_n that_o the_o prophet_n mean_v it_o and_o in_o the_o first_o year_n after_o his_o baptism_n when_o he_o preach_v at_o nazareth_n show_v that_o it_o be_v come_v as_o we_o read_v in_o luke_n 4.19_o yet_o that_o he_o therefore_o preach_v but_o one_o year_n be_v such_o a_o extreme_a mistake_n that_o it_o be_v a_o wonder_n any_o who_o have_v read_v the_o gospel_n shall_v not_o see_v to_o avoid_v it_o origen_n err_v much_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n for_o lib._n 4._o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d cap._n 1._o thus_o he_o say_v anno_fw-la &_o aliquot_fw-la mensibus_fw-la docuit_fw-la he_o teach_v one_o year_n and_o some_o odd_a month_n which_o be_v also_o false_a for_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o the_o baptist_n begin_v not_o to_o preach_v and_o baptize_v until_o the_o fifteen_o year_n of_o tiberius_n luke_n 3.1_o and_o that_o christ_n be_v present_o put_v to_o death_n after_o john_n begin_v be_v very_o just_o deny_v for_o he_o must_v increase_v say_v john_n but_o i_o must_v decrease_v john_n 3.30_o which_o word_n john_n speak_v after_o there_o have_v be_v one_o passeover_n since_o the_o baptism_n of_o christ_n john_n 2.23_o beside_o which_o the_o same_o evangelist_n express_o name_v two_o more_o the_o last_o whereof_o be_v that_o in_o which_o christ_n suffer_v as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o john_n 6.4_o and_o chap._n 13.1_o but_o of_o the_o passover_n more_o shall_v be_v speak_v by_o and_o by_o among_o late_a writer_n the_o great_a part_n go_v along_o with_o eusebius_n who_o make_v choice_n of_o the_o eighteen_o year_n of_o tiberius_n for_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n passion_n scaliger_n more_o right_o be_v for_o the_o nineteenth_o year_n and_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n 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at_o babylon_n than_o this_o follow_v and_o be_v annex_v as_o the_o condition_n of_o his_o promise_n namely_o that_o they_o seek_v he_o for_o as_o junius_n render_v that_o text_n when_o you_o shall_v call_v upon_o i_o that_o you_o may_v or_o go_v away_o return_v and_o pray_v unto_o i_o then_o will_v i_o hear_v you_o jer._n 29.10.12_o which_o when_o daniel_n consider_v he_o pray_v earnest_o to_o god_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o people_n even_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o darius_n and_o be_v tell_v by_o the_o angel_n gabrel_n not_o only_o that_o his_o prayer_n be_v hear_v but_o also_o that_o the_o lord_n have_v decree_v a_o spiritual_a deliverance_n for_o his_o church_n which_o at_o the_o time_n appoint_v and_o mention_v in_o the_o seventy_o week_n shall_v be_v accomplish_v by_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n who_o daniel_n call_v the_o messiah_n as_o may_v beseen_v at_o large_a in_o the_o nine_o chapter_n of_o his_o prophecy_n but_o to_o return_v again_o to_o gaffarel_n and_o his_o 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overcome_v mark_n anthony_n from_o whence_o all_o the_o time_n after_o to_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o titus_n be_v ninety_o and_o nine_o year_n and_o at_o that_o i_o end_n laus_fw-la soli_fw-la deo_fw-la finis_fw-la
jeremiah_n that_o nebuchadnezar_n yoke_n must_v not_o be_v endure_v 70_o year_n but_o that_o within_o two_o full_a year_n it_o must_v be_v break_v which_o story_n be_v at_o large_a set_v down_o in_o the_o 27_o and_o 28_o chapter_n of_o jeremiah_n and_o by_o scaliger_n refer_v to_o the_o first_o year_n of_o zedechia_n who_o indeed_o suppose_v it_o to_o be_v the_o four_o year_n after_o a_o year_n of_o rest_n of_o which_o i_o see_v no_o reason_n because_o the_o whole_a scope_n of_o the_o four_o and_o thirty_o chapter_n do_v demonstrate_v that_o year_n to_o be_v a_o year_n of_o rest_n when_o nabuchadnezzar_n lay_v his_o siege_n against_o jerusalem_n which_o we_o know_v to_o be_v the_o nine_o year_n of_o zedechia_n and_o ten_o day_n of_o the_o ten_o month_n jer._n 52.4_o now_o this_o be_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n 4124._o on_o the_o seven_o of_o january_n feria_fw-la tertia_fw-la at_o which_o time_n the_o nine_o of_o zedechia_n be_v still_o run_v on_o and_o be_v not_o end_v till_o about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o four_o month_n next_o after_o nabuchadnezzar_n therefore_o begin_v to_o beseige_fw-fr jerusalem_n on_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o january_n in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n 4124._o which_o year_n be_v sabbathicall_a from_o the_o autumn_n before_o till_o the_o autumn_n thereof_o and_o be_v that_o sabbathicall_a year_n in_o which_o the_o jew_n let_v their_o servant_n go_v free_a in_o the_o begin_n thereof_o thereby_o encourage_v they_o to_o fight_v against_o the_o chaldean_n who_o then_o be_v come_v into_o the_o confine_n of_o judea_n 34.1_o ser_fw-mi 34.1_o and_o fight_v aga_v the_o city_n thereof_o jerusalem_n not_o except_v but_o have_v not_o yet_o lay_v their_o siege_n against_o it_o for_o that_o be_v not_o until_o the_o time_n before_o mention_v how_o long_o this_o continue_a before_o the_o egyptian_n come_v with_o a_o army_n to_o succour_n zedechia_n by_o raise_v this_o first_o siege_n be_v not_o express_v 37.5_o jer._n 37.5_o but_o that_o they_o come_v and_o that_o the_o siege_n thereupon_o be_v raise_v be_v certain_a this_o when_o the_o jew_n perceive_v and_o see_v that_o the_o chaldean_n be_v go_v from_o they_o to_o fight_v against_o the_o egyptian_n 37.10_o jer._n 37.10_o they_o take_v their_o free_a servant_n again_o into_o bondage_n vain_o persuade_v themselves_o that_o the_o chaldean_n will_v come_v back_o no_o more_o which_o prove_v far_o otherwise_o for_o nabuchadnezzar_n have_v put_v to_o flight_v the_o army_n of_o pharaoh_n return_v again_o to_o jerusalem_n and_o on_o the_o four_o day_n of_o may_n in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n 4125._o renew_v his_o siege_n against_o it_o end_v it_o viz._n by_o reckon_v first_o 390._o and_o then_o forty_o day_n ezek._n 4.5.6_o for_o these_o put_v together_o do_v make_v 430._o &_o end_n on_o the_o eight_o day_n of_o july_n they_o must_v therefore_o begin_v on_o the_o four_o of_o may_n in_o the_o year_n next_o before_o that_o year_n in_o 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