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the_o flesh_n bear_v of_o a_o virgin_n §_o 4._o plato_n falter_v under_o the_o burden_n of_o vulgar_a error_n a_o man_n from_o god_n whence_o multiplicity_n of_o god-saviours_n pagan_a independency_n their_o mutual_a indulge_v one_o another_o §_o 5._o not_o many_o but_o one_o mediator_n the_o result_n of_o the_o heathen_n second_o thought_n plato_n sentence_n entence_v by_o platonic_n nothing_o can_v purge_v but_o a_o principle_n st._n john_n gospel_n in_o platonic_a book_n the_o christian_a premise_n yield_v their_o conclusion_n deny_v by_o gentile_n plato_n sentence_n under_o the_o rose_n chap._n v._n none_o of_o their_o local_a saviour_n be_v able_a to_o save_v §_o 1._o their_o white_a witch_n impede_v in_o do_v good_a by_o the_o black_a lucan_n hag_n more_o mighty_a than_o any_o of_o their_o almighty_n §_o 2._o none_o of_o their_o saviour_n soul-purger_n §_o 3._o porphiry_n vote_n for_o one_o universal_a saviour_n not_o know_v in_o the_o heathen_a world_n altar_n to_o the_o 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the_o content_n chap._n i._n the_o universal_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n a_o good_a evidence_n of_o the_o gospel_n legitimacy_n §_o 1._o the_o inconquerable_a force_n of_o universal_a tradition_n §_o 2._o no_o danger_n of_o be_v over-credulous_a in_o our_o case_n §_o 3._o reason_n interest_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n §_o 4._o we_o have_v better_a assurance_n that_o the_o evangelical_n write_n and_o history_n be_v those_o man_n offspring_n who_o name_n they_o bear_v than_o any_o man_n can_v have_v that_o he_o be_v his_o repute_a father_n son_n §_o 5._o the_o sceptic_a can_v prove_v himself_o his_o mother_n son_n by_o so_o good_a argument_n as_o the_o gospel_n have_v for_o its_o legitimacy_n §_o 6._o bastard-slips_a graft_v into_o noble_a family_n the_o sceptic_a in_o religion_n be_v a_o leveller_n in_o politic_n chap._n ii_o the_o suffrage_n of_o adversary_n to_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o church_n §_o 1._o pagan_a indictment_n show_v what_o be_v find_v christianity_n in_o 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by_o the_o church_n and_o lay_v down_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v from_o the_o beginning_n hold_v forth_o as_o a_o point_n of_o that_o doctrine_n which_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n preach_v and_o therefore_o not_o wrongfathered_a upon_o they_o be_v manifest_a from_o those_o quotation_n out_o of_o pagan_a author_n who_o affront_v it_o upon_o that_o very_a account_n and_o only_a reason_n because_o it_o be_v christ_n doctrine_n celsus_n from_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o ophiani_n heretic_n who_o worship_v the_o serpent_n as_o bestow_v upon_o our_o first_o parent_n the_o knowledge_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n a_o gift_n which_o god_n envy_v they_o as_o they_o blasphemous_o speak_v object_n that_o christian_n contrary_a to_o that_o faith_n which_o they_o profess_v worship_v another_o god_n than_o the_o creator_n of_o all_o thing_n to_o wit_n the_o serpent_n or._n con._n cels._n 5._o 16._o as_o celsus_n do_v here_o confess_v that_o that_o doctrine_n which_o our_o bible_n exhibite_v 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that_o office_n by_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n the_o roman_a power_n ordain_v of_o god_n over_o the_o jew_n to_o this_o josephus_n give_v his_o suffrage_n ant._n l._n 18._o c._n 3._o and_o 6._o valerius_n gratus_n take_v the_o high_a priesthood_n from_o annas_n and_o give_v it_o to_o ishmael_n a_o while_n after_o he_o bereave_v ishmael_n of_o it_o and_o bestow_v it_o on_o eleazar_n but_o depose_v eleazar_n after_o he_o have_v enjoy_v that_o honour_n a_o year_n and_o set_v up_o joseph_n surname_v caiaphas_n in_o which_o office_n he_o leave_v he_o when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o his_o own_o and_o of_o which_o caiaphas_n hold_v possession_n till_o vitellius_n governor_n of_o syria_n turn_v he_o out_o and_o put_v in_o jonathan_n at_o what_o time_n he_o receive_v order_n from_o tiberius_n to_o conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o artabanus_n so_o near_o the_o death_n of_o tiberius_n as_o pilate_n who_o vitellius_n turn_v out_o of_o office_n and_o send_v at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o rome_n to_o 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menneus_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o herod_n rise_n who_o die_v leave_v it_o to_o lysanias_n his_o elder_a son_n murder_v about_o seven_o year_n after_o by_o m._n antony_n at_o the_o instigation_n of_o cleopatra_n but_o m._n antony_n and_o cleopatra_n have_v leave_v the_o stage_n lysanias_n the_o son_n of_o the_o murder_a prince_n enter_v upon_o his_o father_n estate_n by_o the_o permission_n of_o augustus_n during_o who_o time_n zenodorus_n lord_n of_o the_o town_n and_o territory_n of_o paneas_n farm_v the_o demesne_n of_o lysanias_n and_o pay_v a_o very_a great_a rent_n for_o they_o not_o only_o permit_v the_o trachonite_n to_o play_v the_o robber_n and_o to_o infest_v the_o merchant_n of_o damascus_n but_o himself_o receive_v part_n of_o the_o booty_n with_o they_o augustus_n upon_o complaint_n hereof_o commit_v the_o whole_a country_n of_o trachonitis_n batanea_n gaulonitis_n and_o auramitis_n to_o herod_n late_o create_v king_n of_o jewry_n that_o he_o may_v quell_v the_o robber_n and_o bring_v the_o country_n into_o order_n leave_v unto_o lysanias_n nothing_o but_o the_o city_n abila_n of_o which_o he_o be_v the_o natural_a lord_n whereof_o and_o of_o the_o adjoin_a territory_n he_o be_v afterward_o create_v tetrarch_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o tetrarch_n of_o abilene_n which_o he_o enjoy_v till_o about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o tiberius_n for_o his_o tetrarchate_n be_v not_o dispose_v of_o till_o caligula_n give_v it_o to_o herod_n agrippa_n josep_n antiq._n 18._o 19_o 13._o from_o lysanias_n the_o city_n of_o his_o residence_n and_o from_o whence_o his_o tetrarchate_n be_v call_v abilene_n be_v style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o the_o phoenician_n abala_n scal._n in_o notis_fw-la eusebeanis_n chron._n ex_fw-la ptolomeo_n §_o 7._o there_o be_v one_o passage_n in_o josephus_n which_o have_v find_v the_o great_a wit_n work_v enough_o to_o reconcile_v it_o to_o sacred_a chronology_n and_o give_v a_o better_a ground_n for_o vossius_fw-la his_o distinction_n of_o tiberius_n his_o reign_n with_o augustus_n and_o alone_o than_o i_o elsewhere_o meet_v with_o as_o seem_v to_o force_v upon_o we_o either_o the_o reject_v of_o josephus_n his_o authority_n or_o the_o conclude_v that_o st._n luke_n calculate_v tiberius_n his_o year_n from_o tiberius_n his_o colleagueship_n with_o augustus_n the_o place_n of_o josephus_n antiq._n 18._o 8._o be_v this_o at_o this_o time_n die_v philip_n the_o brother_n of_o herod_n in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o tiberius_n his_o empire_n after_o he_o have_v just_o and_o prudent_o manage_v his_o tetrarchate_n thirty_o seven_o year_n the_o knot_n this_o if_o herod_n have_v be_v dead_a thirty_o seven_o year_n in_o the_o twenty_o of_o tiberius_n and_o our_o saviour_n but_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n in_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o christ_n thirty_o seven_o fall_n in_o tiberius_n his_o twenty_o second_o and_o by_o that_o acount_n he_o must_v be_v bear_v two_o year_n after_o herod_n death_n at_o which_o philip_n his_o son_n enter_v upon_o his_o tetrarchate_n if_o in_o solution_n hereof_o it_o be_v say_v that_o josephus_n reckon_v the_o year_n of_o tiberius_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n alone_o but_o st._n luke_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o colleagueship_n with_o augustus_n that_o will_v make_v christ_n thirty_o seven_o fall_n in_o tiberius_n his_o twenty_o and_o give_v room_n to_o date_n his_o birth_n about_o half_a a_o year_n before_o herod_n death_n for_o if_o christ_n be_v thirty_o year_n of_o age_n in_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o from_o his_o colleagueship_n with_o augustus_n he_o must_v be_v thirty_o two_o and_o almost_o a_o half_a at_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o from_o his_o reign_n alone_o and_o by_o consequence_n thirty_o seven_o at_o the_o twenty_o of_o tiberius_n alone_o five_o add_v to_o christ_n thirty_o two_o make_v he_o thirty_o seven_o and_o five_o add_v to_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o make_v his_o empire_n twenty_o year_n old_a but_o then_o we_o contract_v a_o worse_o snarl_v and_o must_v be_v force_v to_o date_n our_o saviour_n baptism_n before_o pilat_n presidencie_n which_o so_o palpable_o contradict_v st._n luke_n give_v this_o as_o one_o of_o the_o character_n of_o the_o time_n of_o christ_n baptism_n that_o it_o be_v when_o pontius_n pilate_n be_v precedent_n of_o judaea_n as_o we_o break_v the_o evangelist_n head_n in_o thus_o plaster_v josephus_n and_o yet_o we_o need_v not_o with_o scaliger_n here_o whole_o reject_v the_o authority_n of_o josephus_n but_o rather_o salve_v it_o by_o suppose_v that_o the_o number_n twenty_o in_o josephus_n be_v falsify_v by_o the_o inadvertency_n of_o the_o transcriber_n and_o shall_v be_v twenty_o two_o at_o least_o as_o scaliger_n himself_o write_v it_o out_o of_o josephus_n twice_o in_o less_o than_o two_o line_n if_o the_o printer_n have_v not_o serve_v he_o as_o the_o scribe_n serve_v josephus_n canon_n isag._n 309._o which_o i_o suppose_v he_o have_v because_o otherwise_o scaliger_n argument_n be_v not_o cogent_a for_o the_o twenty_o second_o of_o tiberius_n concur_v with_o our_o saviour_n thirty_o seven_o even_o according_a to_o st._n luke_n account_n who_o reckon_v christ_n thirty_o full_a at_o the_o begin_n of_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o as_o scaliger_n himself_o with_o strenuous_a reason_n assert_n the_o emend_v lib._n 6._o de_fw-la natali_fw-la domini_fw-la ad_fw-la canon_n isag._n l._n 3._o pag._n 306._o and_o be_v manifest_a from_o the_o text_n itself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o beginning_n to_o be_v of_o the_o age_n of_o thirty_o year_n which_o no_o man_n in_o common_a speech_n can_v be_v say_v to_o do_v till_o he_o be_v thirty_o complete_a the_o difference_n of_o which_o phrase_n from_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v begin_v the_o thirty_o of_o his_o year_n be_v so_o manifest_a as_o every_o schoolboy_n understand_v it_o beside_o the_o incongruousness_n
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