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contrary_a make_v no_o account_n of_o what_o the_o heathen_a esteem_v and_o confine_v themselves_o to_o the_o rhapsody_n of_o the_o eight_o book_n which_o go_v under_o the_o title_n of_o the_o sibylline_a oracle_n be_v deceive_v think_v they_o to_o be_v the_o ancient_a sibyl_n and_o consequent_o the_o testimony_n of_o neither_o heathen_n nor_o christian_n be_v not_o strong_a enough_o to_o authenticate_v they_o in_o as_o much_o as_o the_o former_a have_v charge_v they_o with_o forgery_n and_o the_o late_a who_o make_v account_n of_o they_o be_v circumvent_v and_o their_o design_n to_o bring_v they_o into_o credit_n prove_v ineffectual_a upon_o this_o account_n that_o according_a to_o the_o civil_a 8._o maxim_n the_o consent_n of_o he_o who_o be_v mistake_v be_v null_a second_o st._n paul_n neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o recommendation_n attribute_v to_o he_o but_o some_o apocryphal_a writer_n who_o impiously-bold_a take_v his_o name_n upon_o he_o to_o 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〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o his_o intention_n have_v be_v to_o tell_v we_o that_o saint_n irenaeus_n declare_v the_o apocalyps_n rather_o then_o to_o give_v we_o to_o understand_v that_o according_a to_o the_o declaration_n of_o that_o great_a martyr_n st._n john_n see_v his_o apocalyps_n not_o only_o under_o domitian_n but_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o that_o prince_n or_o to_o express_v it_o in_o his_o own_o term_n towards_o the_o end_n of_o his_o reign_n but_o with_o this_o little_a distortion_n of_o the_o word_n of_o eusebius_n st._n hierome_n in_o his_o catalogue_n express_v their_o true_a sense_n say_v etc._n domitian_n in_o his_o fourteen_o year_n raise_v after_o nero_n the_o second_o persecution_n john_n banish_v to_o the_o isle_n of_o patmos_n write_v the_o apocalypse_n which_o justin_n martyr_n interpret_v and_o irenaeus_n so_o that_o we_o must_v not_o with_o 3_o cardinal_z baronius_n give_v that_o interpretation_n to_o his_o discourse_n as_o if_o domitian_n have_v begin_v his_o reign_n fourteeen_n year_n after_o nero._n for_o though_o it_o be_v indeed_o true_a since_o nero_n die_v the_o ten_o of_o june_n 68_o and_o domitian_n come_v into_o his_o brother_n place_n on_o the_o eighteen_o of_o september_n 81._o thirteen_o year_n three_o month_n and_o eight_o day_n after_o the_o unfortunate_a end_n of_o nero_n and_o consequent_o about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o fourteen_o year_n yet_o be_v it_o not_o the_o intention_n of_o st._n hierome_n to_o acquaint_v we_o what_o number_n of_o year_n have_v pass_v between_o the_o reign_n of_o domitian_n and_o that_o of_o nero_n but_o that_o domitian_n in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n which_o be_v the_o twenty_o seven_o after_o nero_n death_n raise_v the_o second_o persecution_n against_o the_o church_n so_o that_o it_o be_v inconsiderate_o do_v of_o he_o who_o translate_v the_o greek_a version_n of_o sophronius_n the_o ancient_a interpreter_n of_o st._n hierome_n catalogue_n into_o 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till_o the_o year_n 191._o and_o the_o twelve_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o marcus_n with_o who_o he_o seem_v to_o imagine_v that_o rome_n and_o the_o whole_a world_n shall_v perish_v for_o instance_n in_o the_o three_o book_n page_n 27._o he_o have_v write_v that_o rome_n shall_v become_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o village_n which_o he_o have_v do_v in_o imitation_n of_o the_o apocalypse_n chap._n xvii_o verse_n 16._o and_o chap._n xviii_o verse_n 8._o and_o chap._n nineteeen_o verse_n 3._o open_o threaten_v it_o with_o a_o final_a destruction_n by_o fire_n say_v in_o the_o second_o book_n page_n 14._o rome_n seven-hilled_a people_n god_n shall_v shake_v and_o fire_n of_o much_o wealth_n shall_v destruction_n make_v snatch_v up_o by_o vulcan_n ravenous_a flame_n and_o page_n 20._o by_o a_o sad_a fate_n there_o shall_v be_v three_o will_v lay_v rome_n desolate_a all_o man_n shall_v in_o their_o house_n be_v destroy_v by_o cataract_n of_o fire_n 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who_o found_v their_o prayer_n on_o other_o motive_n to_o wit_n those_o which_o have_v be_v represent_v already_o whereof_o there_o be_v not_o any_o one_o compatible_a with_o purgatory_n such_o as_o it_o be_v at_o this_o day_n imagine_v to_o be_v chap._n xlv_o that_o the_o testimony_n produce_v by_o jodocus_n coccius_n for_o the_o opinion_n of_o purgatory_n be_v also_o defective_a there_o be_v somewhat_o much_o of_o the_o same_o nature_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o that_o great_a collection_n which_o jodocus_n coccius_n canon_n of_o juliers_n rather_o out_o of_o a_o scrupulous_a then_o judicious_a diligence_n make_v of_o all_o manner_n of_o piece_n good_a and_o bad_a for_o he_o cite_v we_o among_o the_o liturgy_n name_v by_o cardinal_n bellarmine_n those_o which_o be_v attribute_v to_o st._n peter_n st._n mark_n and_o st._n matthew_n those_o of_o milan_n of_o the_o mozarabe_n goth_n and_o armenian_n as_o also_o the_o counsel_n of_o arles_n vaison_n and_o valentia_n which_o speak_v only_o 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1_o cor._n 13._o 7._o 13._o rom._n 8._o 20._o matth._n 10._o 16._o tertul._n loco_fw-la ciâ—to_fw-la ibid._n matth._n 3._o 16._o luke_n 1._o 78._o tertul._n loc_n citat_fw-la semo_n sangus_n simon_n magus_n lib._n 3._o c._n 26._o catech._n 4._o de_fw-fr civet_fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 18._o c._n 42._o in_o ezech._n l._n 10._o c._n 33._o epist_n 104._o lib._n 5_o advers._fw-la cels._n cels._n tatian_n say_v that_o he_o dedicate_v his_o three_o book_n of_o the_o chaldaic_a history_n to_o antiochus_n soter_n who_o begin_v hisreign_a in_o the_o year_n of_o rome_n 472._o or_o the_o 472._o after_o the_o death_n of_o cyrus_n phâ—cai_n lib._n 10._o of_o the_o same_o opinion_n be_v plutarch_n de_fw-fr pythiae_n orac._n i_o lib._n 1._o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la lib._n 3._o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la lib._n 2._o lib._n 7._o ad_fw-la finem_fw-la lib._n 1._o p._n 7._o 7._o αδαμ_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 2._o p._n 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n 1._o p._n 8._o the_o hebrew_n letter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d produce_v but_o 41._o lib._n 1._o p._n 12._o lib._n 2._o p._n 58._o lib._n 1._o p._n 10._o lib._n 1._o p_o 9_o 11._o 7._o p._n 53._o lib._n 1._o p._n 11._o lib._n 2._o p._n 14._o 17._o 18._o 3._o p._n 34._o 49._o lib._n 3._o p._n 22._o lib._n 3._o p._n 26._o ibid._n lib._n 5._o p._n 41_o 43_o 44._o 49._o lib._n 8._o p._n 57_o lib._n 2._o p._n 15._o lib._n 5._o p._n 41._o lib._n 5._o p._n 46._o lib._n 5._o p._n 41._o lib._n 8._o p._n 57_o lib._n 8._o p._n 57_o lib._n 8._o p._n 59_o lib._n 8._o p._n 66._o appar_fw-la sacr._n verbo_fw-la sibyllarum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apoc._n 18._o 8_o 21_o lib._n 2._o annal._n 15._o marcus_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o year_n 121._o and_o lucius_n in_o the_o year_n 128._o lib._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ga'en_v de_fw-fr praecogn_n post_fw-la c._n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strom._n lib._n 6._o p._n 136._o baron_fw-fr appar_fw-la 19_o sixt._n sen._n bibl_n lib._n 2._o possevin_n appar_fw-la &_o bib._n sel._n lib._n 2._o c._n 71._o lib._n 17._o c_o 20._o psal_n 147._o 19_o 20._o joh._n 4._o 22._o act_n 14._o 16._o act_n 17._o 30._o rom._n 3._o 1_o 2._o rom._n 9_o 4._o rom._n 10._o 19_o isai_n 44._o 28._o and_o 45._o 1._o paedag_n l._n 1_o c._n 2._o p._n 80._o strom_n l_o 7._o 695._o 702._o 3._o lib._n 3._o c_o 2._o strâ—_n l._n 3_o p._n 450_o &_o lib_n 4_o p_o 550_o padag_n l._n 3_o c._n 3._o ibid_fw-la c_o 11_o strom._n lib_n 1._o p_o 280._o 309._o 18_o 19_o lib_n 6_o 636_o 63â—_n 48_o strom_n lib_n 1._o p_o 304._o 5_o p._n 548._o lib._n 1._o p._n 307._o p_o 310_o p_o 311._o lib_fw-la 5_o p_o 615._o lib_fw-la 6_o p_o 662_o lib_fw-la 1._o p_o 324._o p_o 325._o p._n 326._o p._n 327_o p._n 328._o p._n 332._o p._n â—43_n â—ib_fw-la 〈◊〉_d p._n 428._o p_o 349._o lib_n 4_o p_o 529_o lib._n 4_o p._n 488._o lib._n 5._o p._n 564._o lib._n 6._o p_o 637._o 638_o 639._o p._n 649._o p._n 650._o 51_o 54._o lib._n 7._o p._n 706._o 47._o lib._n 6._o p._n 667._o p._n 669._o lib._n 7._o p._n 730._o p._n 748._o p._n 676._o paedag._n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o strom._n l._n 5._o 549._o 549._o pag_n 688._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n pag._n 690_o 91._o pag._n 692._o p._n 695._o p._n 696._o p._n 647._o can._n 53._o p._n 698._o p._n 696._o p._n 678._o 678._o in_o this_o placeis_n insert_v a_o discourse_n of_o 20._o line_n concern_v st._n john_n his_o baptism_n death_n and_o the_o defeat_n of_o herod_n advers._fw-la cels._n lib._n 1._o euseb_n hist_o lib_n 2._o c._n 23._o hieron_n catal._n antiq_n lib._n 20._o cap._n 2._o oros_n lib._n 7._o c._n 6._o phil._n 1._o 13._o 3._o 8._o 4._o 22._o de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 6._o c._n 11._o tacit._n annal_n 15._o jo._n 8._o 44._o lib._n 4._o aeneid_n 10._o baeotic_a lib._n 4._o lib._n 1._o cap._n 6._o lib._n 1._o 4._o 6._o &_o 10._o lib._n 13._o 17._o lib._n 7._o c._n 33._o 13._o cap._n 13._o antiq._n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o apol._n &_o legal_a exhort_v ad_fw-la autolyc_a lib._n 2._o apud_fw-la orig_n l._n 7._o in_o peregrino_n &_o pseudomanti_n lib._n 34._o c._n 5._o cap._n 7._o de_fw-fr var_fw-mi â—â—ist_fw-mi l._n 12_o c._n 35._o strom._n 1._o lib._n 2._o 1._o 6._o tivoli_n tâ—veron_n orig_n l._n 8._o c._n 8._o constantine_n the_o great_a in_o his_o oration_n to_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o saint_n follow_v pausanias_n in_o that_o he_o maintain_v that_o the_o erythraean_a sibyl_n be_v at_o delphi_n but_o he_o leave_v he_o again_o when_o with_o diodorus_n siculus_n he_o call_v she_o daphâ—â—_n saint_n cyril_n in_o his_o first_o book_n against_o julian_n place_n the_o erythraean_a sibyl_n under_o the_o 9_o olympiad_n and_o distinguish_v she_o from_o herophila_n who_o he_o make_v to_o flourish_v in_o the_o 17._o olympiad_n strom_n 1._o p._n 304._o 323._o 323._o noct._n attic_a lib_n 1_o c_o 14._o 14._o servius_n in_o aeneid_n lib_n 6._o suidas_n verbo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tres_fw-la libros_fw-la à _fw-la sibylla_n erythraea_n romam_fw-la allatos_fw-la ait_fw-la sive_fw-la sub_fw-la tarquinio_n sive_fw-la sub_fw-la consulibus_fw-la itaque_fw-la sibi_fw-la non_fw-la constat_fw-la lib._n 4._o diony_n l._n 4._o val._n max._n l._n 1._o c._n 1._o lactant._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 6._o ex_fw-la fenestella_n lib._n 4._o lib._n 23._o lib._n 2._o quamvis_fw-la sedecies_fw-la denis_fw-la &_o mille_fw-la peractis_fw-la annus_fw-la praetere_fw-la jam_fw-la libi_fw-la nonus_fw-la eat_v august_n de_fw-fr civet_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 18._o cap._n 53._o cap._n 54._o idem_n epist_n 201_o 2._o 53_o 54_o 67._o de_fw-fr promis_fw-fr l._n 3._o c._n 38._o cod._n theod._n lib._n 16._o tit_n 10._o c._n 15._o 16_o 17_o 18._o dion_n lib._n 46._o sueton._n in_o caesare_n plutar._n in_o caesare_n cicer._n de_fw-fr divin_n lib._n 2._o dio._n lib._n 54._o in_o octavio_n cap._n 13._o dio._n lib._n 57_o tatit._fw-la annal._n 6._o sam_n 2._o annal._n 15_o dio._n lib._n 6._o suet._n in_o noâ—…on_n see_v in_o lucian_n the_o supposititious_a oracle_n advance_v in_o favour_n of_o alexander_n abonotichites_n and_o peregrinus_n notorious_a cheat_n epiph._n haeres_fw-la 26._o call_v she_o barthenos_n colos_n 1._o 20._o philo_z biblianus_n from_o sanchomathon_n a_o reritian_n call_v the_o saturno_n euseb_n praep_v l._n 1._o c._n 20._o bibl._n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 8._o c._n 23_o 24_o 26._o de_fw-fr promise_n l._n 3_o c._n 38._o orat._n ad_fw-la sanct._n coet_n c._n 18._o lib._n 1._o p._n 8._o ibid._n p._n â—1_n ibid._n de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la â—_o 18._o c._n 23._o de_fw-fr promis_fw-fr l._n 3._o c._n 6._o 14._o from_o the_o â—7_n of_o novem._n in_o the_o year_n 711._o to_o the_o 29._o of_o august_n in_o the_o year_n of_o rome_n 767._o de_fw-fr divin_n l._n 2._o c._n 110._o cap._n 111._o cap._n 112._o c._n 12._o aiqui_fw-la in_o sibyllinis_fw-la ex_fw-la primo_fw-la versu_fw-la cujusque_fw-la sententiae_fw-la primis_fw-la literis_fw-la illius_fw-la sententiae_fw-la carmen_fw-la omne_fw-la praeiexitur_fw-la the_o same_o thing_n may_v be_v say_v of_o the_o verse_n which_o zosimus_n attribute_n to_o the_o sibyl_n and_o for_o the_o same_o reason_n tertul._n de_fw-fr bapt._n c._n 1._o optat._n l._n 3._o august_n de_fw-fr civ_o dei_fw-la l._n 18._o c._n 23._o tit._n 3._o 5._o psal_n 36._o 9_o 9_o servius_n upon_o the_o nine_o eclogue_n say_v that_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o cremona_n have_v entertain_v the_o force_n of_o brutus_n cassius_n and_o anthony_n augustus_n overcome_a anthony_n give_v away_o their_o land_n but_o he_o be_v mistake_v since_o that_o donacton_n have_v be_v make_v ten_o year_n before_o the_o war_n against_o antâ—ony_n ecl_n 9_o georg._n l._n 2._o ecl._n 1._o 1._o for_o that_o augustus_n bear_v in_o sept._n 23._o 691._o be_v then_o in_o the_o 22_o year_n of_o his_o age_n donatus_n in_o virgil_n life_n write_v that_o cicero_n have_v see_v his_o bucolic_n but_o it_o be_v more_o likely_a he_o take_v from_o the_o recovery_n of_o his_o estate_n occasion_n to_o write_v they_o two_o year_n after_o cicero_n death_n as_o when_o he_o say_v in_o the_o 6._o of_o the_o aeneidâ—…_n longa_n â—tas_fw-la mean_v a_o thousand_o year_n j._n o._n o._n to_o keep_v close_o to_o virgil_n it_o shall_v have_v be_v render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d virgil_n have_v indeed_o say_v our_o crime_n out_o of_o a_o reflection_n that_o he_o and_o all_o those_o who_o have_v precede_v the_o consulship_n of_o pollio_n have_v be_v under_o the_o iron-age_n and_o participate_v of_o the_o crime_n thereof_o thereof_o saturn_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 17._o 17._o marcellus_n who_o death_n be_v bewail_v by_o anchises_n in_o the_o six_o book_n of_o the_o aeneid_n die_v in_o the_o year_n of_o rome_n 731._o ec._n 4._o aen._n 6._o gal._n 4._o 4._o metam_fw-la l._n
doubt_n these_o word_n be_v to_o be_v read_v in_o his_o time_n in_o the_o history_n of_o the_o jewish_a war_n but_o at_o present_a there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n to_o be_v find_v and_o the_o falsification_n as_o to_o that_o particular_a have_v lose_v its_o credit_n with_o the_o same_o observance_n of_o civility_n and_o sincere_a deal_n which_o make_v we_o concern_v ourselves_o many_o time_n where_o we_o have_v least_o to_o do_v be_v it_o that_o paulus_n orosius_n a_o spanish_a priest_n who_o have_v read_v in_o josephus_n that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o claudius_n about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 46._o izates_n king_n of_o 2._o the_o adiabenian_o have_v with_o his_o mother_n helen_n embrace_v the_o jewish_a religion_n that_o the_o say_a princess_n be_v come_v to_o jerusalem_n to_o adore_v in_o the_o temple_n and_o to_o offer_v sacrifice_n act_n of_o devotion_n proper_a only_a to_o judaisme_n have_v contribute_v very_o much_o to_o the_o relief_n of_o the_o city_n then_o hard_o put_v to_o it_o by_o the_o famine_n must_v needs_o infer_v thence_o that_o have_v be_v convert_v to_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n she_o have_v make_v very_o great_a contribution_n towards_o the_o 6._o relief_n of_o the_o necessitous_a christian_n in_o jerusalem_n but_o there_o need_v no_o more_o to_o refute_v this_o mistake_n then_o first_o the_o magnificent_a sepulchre_n of_o helen_n a_o monument_n which_o the_o jew_n the_o implacable_a enemy_n of_o the_o church_n will_v never_o have_v suffer_v to_o be_v erect_v to_o the_o memory_n of_o a_o christian_a princess_n so_o near_o jerusalem_n second_o the_o palace_n which_o be_v know_v in_o jerusalem_n as_o well_o by_o her_o name_n as_o that_o of_o monobazus_n her_o husband_n three_o the_o obstinate_a continuance_n of_o her_o grandchild_n in_o that_o city_n when_o besiege_v by_o titus_n after_o the_o general_a retreat_n of_o the_o christian_n to_o pella_n there_o have_v not_o any_o thing_n be_v hear_v of_o this_o mistake_n till_o the_o five_o age_n at_o the_o beginning_n whereof_o orosius_n write_v and_o so_o i_o return_v again_o to_o these_o of_o the_o second_o as_o it_o have_v happen_v on_o the_o one_o side_n that_o the_o excessive_a desire_n of_o advance_v the_o credit_n of_o the_o true_a religion_n engage_v some_o in_o considerate_a christian_n to_o feign_v of_o the_o jew_n such_o thing_n as_o be_v not_o true_a so_o want_v there_o not_o those_o on_o the_o other_o who_o think_v themselves_o oblige_v to_o do_v the_o same_o office_n to_o the_o pagan_n and_o thence_o come_v the_o supposititious_a letter_n write_v under_o the_o name_n of_o lentulus_n to_o tiberius_n concern_v the_o stature_n and_o beauty_n of_o our_o saviour_n and_o other_o from_o pilate_n concern_v his_o death_n and_o whereas_o st._n paul_n have_v during_o his_o abode_n at_o rome_n bring_v 22._o the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n even_o into_o the_o prâ—â—torium_n and_o gain_v to_o christ_n some_o of_o nero_n retinue_n it_o give_v many_o occasion_n to_o imagine_v that_o the_o paquet_n must_v needs_o rather_o then_o to_o any_o other_o be_v direct_v to_o seneca_n a_o man_n learned_a grave_a and_o by_o profession_n a_o stoic_a that_o be_v the_o sect_n that_o come_v near_o in_o appearance_n to_o the_o persuasion_n of_o the_o christian_n thence_o start_v up_o the_o opinion_n of_o his_o pretend_a familiarity_n with_o st._n paul_n and_o the_o letter_n which_o it_o be_v report_v he_o write_v to_o he_o the_o passion_n to_o christianize_v so_o great_a a_o man_n have_v prevail_v more_o on_o the_o refine_a wit_n of_o st._n hierome_n to_o make_v he_o a_o place_n in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o saint_n and_o to_o authenticate_v his_o pretend_a letter_n though_o write_v in_o latin_a bad_a enough_o than_o the_o roughness_n of_o their_o stile_n and_o the_o little_a gravity_n they_o discover_v have_v hitherto_o have_v power_n to_o have_v they_o as_o it_o be_v but_o just_a proclaim_v counterfeit_v let_v we_o not_o therefore_o expect_v a_o more_o 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