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A36046	A clear and learned explication of the history of our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ taken out of above thrity Greek, Syriack, and other Oriental authors, by way of Catena: by Dionysius Syrus, who flourish'd most illustriously in the tenth and eleventh centuries. And faithfully translated by Dudley Loftus, doctor of the laws, Master in chancery, and judge of Their Majesties Court of Prerogative in Ireland.	Dionysius Exiguus, d. ca. 540.; Loftus, Dudley, 1619-1695.	1695 (1695)	Wing D1524; ESTC R221210	116,956	162

not stick to the Body of the Heaven that is to say The Sun the Moon Mars Mercury Bell that is Jupiter Balti which is Aphrodite Saturu who is Cheon and from the Twelve Signs of the Zodiack in Heaven Aries Taurus the two Images which are Gemini Cancer Leo Spica that is Virgo Spicifera Libra that is a Ballance Scorpia the great Image that is Sagittary Capricorn Aquarius Pisces and we say that the Seven proceed from East to West and Twelve from West to East with the Body of Heaven which turns as the Circumference of a Wheel round about the Earth and the Earth being fixed as the Center of Heaven as a Ball blown up and a Grain of Millet in the midst of it And they attribute the days of the VVeek to these seven Planets the first day of the VVeek to the Sun the second to the Moon the third to Mars the fourth to Mercury the fifth to Jupiter the Preparation to Aphrodite that is Venus the Sabath to Saturn And moreover the Astrologers denote the Parts of Man also by the Planets to the Sun is attributed the Brain to the Moon the Skin to Mars the Blood to Mercury the Nerves and Veins to Jupiter the Bones to Venus the Flesh to Saturn the Hair and as to the Twelve Signs they say That they are Types of the Twelve Months and some of them are Males and some of them Females and every one of them dispose one of the parts of Man according to the VVill of God Aries disposeth the Head the Heifer the Neck the two Images the Hands Cancer the breast Libra the side Virgo the Loyns and back Leo the Belly Scorpio the Testicles the great Image the Leg Aquarius the Thighs Capricorn the Knees Pisces the Feet These things we have Transcribed here from the Error of the Chaldaeans to the end that none of them who are furnished with Reason may be led Captive after their Errors or rely on their Stories Julian the Heathen saith That this History of the Star is not true because Astronomers have not spoken thereof in contradiction to whom we Answer Behold the Stars have sometimes appeared upon great occasions as those which are called Lances Beames Comets therefore it was not beside order that by the good pleasure of God an unusual Star should arise at the Nativity of our Saviour and should be the Herauld when perhaps one of the Angels was Constellated and appeared to the Wise-Men only and when they proceeded was seen as the Pillar of the Cloud was to Israel so was the Star to the Wise-Men Again they said his Star and not the Star for as much as his Star did imply with a Star the person whose it was for a Star is of naked Signification and the Wise Men came to Christ that they might see him and Adore him as God and offer Gifts unto him as to a King And Herod the King heard and was troubled because he was of a strange Nation and received from Augustus the Kingdom of the Jews Unjustly he was greatly troubled and moved when he heard the report of the Birth of a King for he hoped that he had Power in the Land and was afraid least they might put him to Death and take his Kingdom Moreover he was troubled for the multitude of the Wise-Men and the Majesty of their Persons and for that in the Metropolis to Wit in the Mother of Cities they had proclaimed a King and did not inquire meerly after a King but after the King of the Jews And all Jerusalem with him Why was she troubled at the coming of a Saviour because she was unwilling to be saved she turned her face from a Redeemer By the Name of Jerusalem he signifies the Inhabitants thereof for they were troubled yet such was their Sottishness that they did not so much enquire after their Redeemer as after the Wise-Men it was troubled also as when he entered thereinto upon an Ass and that was because it envied him but as yet they shewed not their Envy for they produced Testimonies in his behalf as this That he was to be born in Bethlehem And he Assembled all the Chief Priests and the Scribes of the People that is he Assembled them all and not a part that he might not fail as to the place where he was born And he asked of them where Christ was to be Born The Wise-Men Asked concerning a King and Herod with the Priests concerning Christ from the Questions of the Wise-Men made to the Chief Priests he Learned this or from this that he had heard from those who read the Prophets that Christ was to Arise and when he saw the Wise Men he understood that he was a King and because Herod and his Councellours were troubled he did not accuse the Wise Men nor did he say unto them how is it that ye proclaim another King besides me And if he be born to the Jews what are ye concerned in the discovery of him And if ye say true shew me his Star But he dissembled that he might take him by a Wile And they said in Bethlehem Judah for they did not contest against the Interrogatory for they expected the coming of Christ and they Revealed him opportunely and alleadged the Testimony of Micah in that behalf Others say That they made the discovery out of their Envy that he might put him to death and it is manifest from hence that they did not make the Discovery concerning the King of the Edomits and others but concerning the King of the Jews Others say they being not as yet filled with Envy did reveal him because they were well pleased his Nativity should be heard of Others because they were at last to reveal him according to that From whence Christ cometh we know not and so they revealed unto them and from the Number of Weeks which the Scribes computed and from this The Scepter shall not depart from Judah and for that Herod governed as a King when the Scepter departed they knew that the time of his birth was come Also thou Bethlehem of Judah art not That is in him thou art magnified and honoured and the Nations come from the Ends of the Earth to see the Manger and the Cave wherein he was born For he shall feed my People Israel Those he calls so who beleive whether Jews or Gentiles according to Pauls interpretation Not all those who are of Israel are Israel therefore he calls the Gentiles Israel but did not so declare concerning them at the begining that the Jews might not be offended and if he were to arise from Bethlehem wherefore was his conversation in Nazareth and did the Jews forget We say that he did not conceal but reveal the Prophecy for in Nazareth he was conceived and at the time of his Nativity his Mother went up to Bethlehem and he was there for the space of Forty days and Simeon and Hannah proclaimed him in the Temple and when the Jews took no

Death but Crucifie him that they might give out concerning him that he was a Seducer and Blasphemer therefore deserv'd to be Crucified and for that Crucifixion was a Reproachful Death they cryed Let him be Crucified Moreover That they might bring him under the Curse of the Law Cursed be every one that hangeth on a Tree and altho they did fulfil this out of an Evil Conscience yet Divine Dispensation confirm'd that by their Mouths what he had foretold he would bring to pass that He should dye the Death of the Cross Moreover As the Crucifying of him was the Cause of many Evils so the ingeminating of the Word Crucifie Crucifie was a great indication of their Fury He took Water and washed his Hands V. 24. For he was brought to a streight by the Commotion of the People against him because of his Words which imported that Christ was Innocent therefore he called for Water and Washed that by the Washing of his Hands he might signifie the Purity of his Intentions from being guilty of this Judgment which was beyond the Law of Righteousness yet Pilate was culpable because he appeared to be Pusillanimous Pilate proved guilty of Christ's Death and Timerous had respect to persons and was willing to please the Jews for he might justly have suffer'd him to have escaped from them if he had pleased as the Centurion permitted Paul to go his way for he also knew it was a Commotion Tumult yet would not therefore permit the Jews to put him to Death But some say Pilate durst not set him at Liberty because they said he made himself a King but it behoved him to have enquir'd whether he had found in him any kind of Rebellion whether he had provided any Ammunition whether he had Rais'd Souldiers Now since he discover'd no such thing and was induced to have respect to Persons Christ did not free him from Guilt it is certain therefore that his Fault was a sluggish Weakness or softness of Temper Others say That forasmuch as he saw that his Wife had sent unto him and the Jews were stirred up against him he knew not to which Party he shou'd encline and being thus brought into Doubts and Shame he shou'd according to the Custom then in use amongst them have freed Jesus for every Feast they let loose a Prisoner Pilate was a Type of the Gentiles who were not guilty of the Blood of Christ for tho' he were of the Gentiles it behov'd the Jews to Repent by reason of what Judas said I have Sinned and for that he hanged himself as also for the Dream of Pilate's Wife for the Washing the hands of Pilate himself for his Prayer in their behalf Father forgive them and for the Miracles which were wrought on the Cross His Blood be upon us That is to say let his Judgment be Avenged on us if we have not justly deliver'd him unto thee Moreover They say that even sensibly in matter of Fact and Reality this sticks unto them for the Smell of Blood continually Reeks from them Furthermore O Jew if he did offend wherefore dost thou draw his Blood on thy self and shew'd that he is blameless forasmuch as thou hast drawn his Blood on thy own Head Again they drew Blood on themselves and their Children and engaged for the Infidelity of their Children and that Rebellion should stick unto them but our Saviour did not confirm the Sentence upon them but receiv'd as many of them as Repented as Paul the Pharisees and very many of those who believed in Judea And Scourged Jesus with a Whip Here again Pilate Condemned himself for though he cou'd not save him 't was not lawful for him to Scourge him but this he did to gratifie the Jews and that he might place a favour on them This Scourging of him fignifies that he commanded and they bound him to a Pillar and Lashed him with Whips Again this was the Law with the Romans that he that was to be Crucified must first be Scourg'd with Whips which he practis'd with our Lord whom he Scourg'd and then deliver'd him over Then the Souldiers of the Governour That is to say the Executioners who Ministred under him went to the Pretorium in which Caesars Image stood and wherein was drawn together the Army The whole Band That is to say the Company of Roman Soldiers And they took off his Garments This is the Mystery as the Sheep was before the Shearers and the Shearers fleeced the Sheep of his Wool he taking off his Garments disgraced Principalities and Power for as the first Adam was Naked among the Trees so the Second Adam was left Naked in the place of Judgment And they put on him a Scarlet Robe When a King or Emperor of the Romans was inaugurated these Five Things were done unto him 1. He was Cloathed with Purple Robes 2. A Diadem of Pearls was put on his Head 3. A Scepter of Gold was put in his Hands 4. His Ministers fell on their Knees and Worshipped him 5. They Saluted him saying Hail our King And because they said that the Cause of his Death was Treason against Caesar therefore in this deluding manner did they put on him this Purple Robe and set on his Head the Crown of Thorns and made him hold in his Hand a Reed and Worshipped him saying Hail King of the Jews for behold now thou art made King of the Jews as thou soughtest to be and as Pilate called thee This Coat called Clamys had no Seam and one of the Kings Dedicated and gave it to God and the Temple in Jerusalem 't was Dyed in the Blood of a Fish called in the Latin Tongue Murex Garments dipped in this Blood yield two different Colours in two different places in the Light of the Sun it appears Purple but in the Shade Scarlet and not as some say that the Figuration thereof was Purple and the ground Scarlet But John instead of a Clamys saith Purple These were placed in the Temple and were bestowed by the Aegyptian and Grecian Kings on the Kings of the Macchabees these the Priests fetch'd from the Temple and presented them to Pilate and said Behold the Purple which befits him seeing that driving at the Kingdom he Rebels against Caesar Some say That this Coat was given by the Grecians to Jonathan Machabeus Others say That this Garment wherewith the Soldiers enroabed him was brought by the Priests from the Temple and did so because they fear'd he should fail to dye and therefore brought this Robe from the Temple and Cloath'd him therewith that if any thing should happen in hindrance of his Death they might have said He cannot be saved because he touch'd the Holy Vestment being no Priest and it 's certain that the Law requires he should dye Others say This happen'd by Divine Providence for seeing they were to strip the Altar of his Father he sent a Garment to cover it Furthermore They Cloathed him with a Clamys of Scarlet for