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not_o his_o own_o age_n but_o mistake_v five_o or_o six_o year_n which_o be_v next_o to_o the_o not_o know_v his_o own_o name_n as_o t._n l._n have_v well_o note_v against_o baronius_n last_o for_o it_o be_v too_o long_o to_o bring_v all_o t._n l._n his_o argument_n into_o view_n it_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o petavius_n contend_v for_o by_o t._n l._n and_o prove_v out_o of_o tacitus_n that_o the_o first_o persecution_n which_o be_v under_o nero_n be_v in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n lecanius_n bossus_n and_o licinius_n crassus_n be_v consul_n the_o occasion_n to_o which_o persecution_n be_v nero_n own_o burn_v of_o rome_n which_o horrid_a fact_n he_o will_v have_v cast_v upon_o the_o christian_n to_o conceal_v himself_o ergo_fw-la abolendo_fw-la rumori_fw-la nero_n subdidit_fw-la reos_fw-la &_o quaesitissimis_fw-la poenis_fw-la affecit_fw-la quos_fw-la vulgus_fw-la christianos_n appellabat_fw-la etc._n etc._n igitur_fw-la primi_fw-la correpti_fw-la qui_fw-la fatebantur_fw-la deinde_fw-la indicio_fw-la eorum_fw-la multitudo_fw-la ingens_fw-la haud_fw-la perinde_n in_fw-la crimine_fw-la incendii_fw-la quà m_fw-la odio_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la convicti_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n wherefore_o the_o christian_n be_v so_o universal_o hate_v and_o peter_n and_o paul_n be_v then_o at_o rome_n and_o the_o great_a stickler_n for_o and_o promoter_n of_o that_o religion_n it_o be_v incredible_a but_o they_o go_v to_o pot_n with_o the_o first_o beside_o that_o this_o cruel_a freak_n of_o nero_n seem_v out_o of_o tacitus_n to_o be_v but_o one_o continue_a act_n of_o he_o the_o abovenamed_a lecanius_n and_o licinius_n be_v consul_n peter_n therefore_o suffer_v martyrdom_n in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o nero._n but_o in_o eusebius_n his_o chronicon_fw-la lib._n 1._o and_o also_o in_o s._n jerom_n in_o the_o life_n of_o s._n peter_n peter_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v possess_v of_o the_o sacerdotal_a chair_n twenty_o five_o year_n at_o his_o death_n but_o where_o he_o be_v possess_v of_o it_o at_o antioch_n or_o rome_n and_o from_o what_o time_n whether_o from_o the_o last_o of_o tiberius_n or_o from_o the_o second_o or_o three_o of_o claudius_n or_o from_o what_o other_o time_n be_v uncertain_a and_o controversial_a yet_o this_o in_o general_n seem_v less_o dubitable_a that_o this_o twenty_o five_o year_n be_v his_o time_n of_o his_o apostleship_n since_o the_o apostle_n disperse_v themselves_o upon_o the_o expiration_n of_o the_o twelve_o year_n that_o our_o saviour_n be_v say_v to_o restrain_v they_o to_o jerusalem_n or_o rather_o to_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o jew_n what_o so_o likely_a a_o epocha_n of_o the_o twenty_o five_o year_n as_o this_o and_o if_o you_o count_v from_o the_o eleven_o of_o nero_n till_o twenty_o five_o backward_o you_o fall_v into_o the_o four_o of_o caius_n caligula_n which_o immediate_o succeed_v the_o expiration_n of_o the_o twelve_o year_n abovesaid_a so_o that_o the_o four_o of_o caius_n 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inquire_v into_o but_o the_o time_n of_o the_o take_v away_o the_o daily_a sacrifice_n the_o transgression_n that_o make_v desolate_a and_o the_o give_v the_o sanctuary_n and_o the_o host_n to_o be_v tread_v under_o foot_n unto_o this_o question_n of_o the_o time_n of_o these_o thing_n it_o be_v answer_v unto_o 2300_o day_n then_o shall_v the_o sanctuary_n be_v cleanse_v so_o plain_o be_v it_o that_o the_o epocha_n of_o the_o 2300_o evening-morning_n can_v be_v fix_v high_a than_o from_o the_o violation_n of_o the_o temple_n by_o antiochus_n though_o there_o may_v be_v a_o pretence_n indeed_o in_o the_o typical_a sense_n of_o place_v it_o low_o viz._n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o antichrist_n the_o mystical_a antiochus_n which_o according_a to_o my_o epocha_n of_o his_o reign_n be_v the_o year_n 393._o and_o therefore_o if_o you_o add_v the_o 2300_o day_n prophetical_a to_o 392_o year_n it_o will_v be_v the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 2692._o before_o the_o sanctuary_n 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church_n from_o antichristian_a pollution_n till_o which_o there_o be_v so_o ample_a a_o space_n of_o time_n from_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n or_o commencement_n of_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n it_o be_v a_o plain_a indication_n how_o much_o the_o author_n of_o the_o calendar_n be_v out_o in_o allot_v but_o forty_o five_o year_n to_o the_o effusion_n of_o the_o seven_o vial_n and_o as_o it_o be_v thus_o demonstrable_a by_o reason_n that_o the_o epocha_n of_o the_o 2300_o evening-morning_n be_v to_o be_v fix_v in_o the_o pollution_n of_o the_o temple_n by_o antiochus_n in_o the_o typical_a sense_n of_o they_o so_o be_v it_o express_o declare_v dan._n 12.11_o that_o there_o likewise_o be_v to_o be_v fix_v the_o epocha_n of_o the_o 1290_o day_n and_o the_o 1335_o day_n so_o that_o this_o quaint_a and_o witty_o contrive_v frame_n of_o the_o six_o collateral_a line_n so_o artificial_o adjust_v to_o the_o principal_a line_n of_o the_o 2300_o evening-morning_n be_v every_o way_n utter_o 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this_o be_v a_o slip_n of_o he_o in_o no_o wise_a commendable_a for_o first_o it_o be_v against_o the_o genius_n of_o the_o prophetic_a style_n to_o understand_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d any_o other_o than_o a_o body_n politic_a not_o one_o single_a or_o some_o few_o person_n this_o be_v a_o general_a rule_n from_o which_o there_o be_v no_o exception_n save_v that_o of_o the_o lamb_n which_o signify_v the_o person_n of_o christ_n though_o it_o may_v be_v with_o a_o connotation_n of_o his_o church_n his_o body_n and_o then_o second_o it_o seem_v wondrous_a harsh_a to_o interpret_v the_o four_o wight_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n and_o the_o twenty_o four_o elder_n of_o the_o jewish_a whenas_o without_o all_o question_n as_o mr._n mede_n have_v unexceptionable_o make_v it_o out_o that_o vision_n be_v a_o representation_n or_o have_v
of_o he_o yet_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o vision_n be_v applicable_a to_o he_o proper_o and_o the_o text_n say_v express_o the_o vision_n do_v belong_v to_o tyre_n and_o consequent_o tyre_n may_v be_v a_o type_n of_o rome_n but_o then_o as_o to_o the_o latter_a horn_n of_o the_o dilemma_n though_o all_o the_o expression_n be_v compatible_a to_o tyre_n which_o they_o be_v not_o and_o therefore_o do_v more_o certain_o assure_v we_o that_o the_o vision_n have_v a_o further_a completion_n in_o the_o concern_v of_o rome_n yet_o there_o be_v a_o very_a good_a ground_n for_o stretch_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o vision_n to_o a_o further_a completion_n than_o in_o tyre_n itself_o from_o that_o intimation_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o ezekiel_n book_n of_o prophecy_n of_o which_o the_o roll_v write_v within_o and_o without_o be_v a_o symbol_n or_o figure_n this_o hint_n be_v sufficient_a you_o may_v collect_v a_o more_o full_a answer_n out_o of_o chap._n 22._o of_o these_o paralipomena_fw-la towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n query_n 12._o whether_o the_o joyful_a annunciation_n of_o the_o fall_n of_o babylon_n rev._n 14.8_o be_v not_o before_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o seven_o trumpet_n because_o the_o fall_v itself_o be_v at_o the_o close_a of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n and_o a_o prophetical_a annunciation_n can_v respect_v no_o time_n but_o at_o which_o the_o fall_n happen_v answ_n a_o prophetical_a annunciation_n of_o a_o event_n respect_v the_o time_n of_o the_o annunciation_n of_o the_o event_n for_o what_o can_v it_o respect_v else_o but_o the_o event_n that_o it_o annunciate_n be_v the_o fall_n of_o babylon_n or_o of_o the_o city_n at_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o witness_n at_o the_o close_a of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n so_o that_o it_o be_v plain_a there_o be_v nothing_o hinder_v but_o that_o though_o the_o fall_v of_o babylon_n be_v at_o the_o close_a of_o the_o six_o trumpet_n the_o joyful_a annunciation_n thereof_o may_v be_v just_a at_o the_o 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