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find_v to_o be_v a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o and_o three_o thousand_o and_o six_o hundred_o 2_o chron._n two_o 17._o in_o solomon_n reign_n the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n become_v yet_o more_o famous_a and_o flourish_a hiram_n king_n of_o tyre_n hold_v great_a correspondence_n with_o he_o and_o kimchi_n after_o he_o dr._n lightfoot_n 311._o lightfoot_n lightfoot_n chorograph_n decad_n on_o st._n mark_n c._n 6._o §_o 2._o p._n 311._o understand_v by_o 2_o chron._n viij_o 2._o that_o hiram_n give_v city_n to_o solomon_n in_o his_o own_o land_n who_o place_v israclites_n in_o they_o and_o he_o in_o like_a manner_n give_v city_n to_o hiram_n in_o galilee_n 1_o king_n ix_o 11._o in_o confirmation_n of_o the_o league_n between_o they_o the_o letter_n which_o pass_v between_o solomon_n and_o hiram_n 254._o hiram_n theoph._n add_v autâ—lyc_a l._n 3._o p._n 254._o be_v extant_a in_o the_o time_n of_o josephus_n and_o from_o his_o time_n down_o to_o theophilus_n antiochenus_fw-la hiram_n bless_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n that_o make_v heaven_n and_o â—arth_n 2_o chron._n two_o 12._o 1_o king_n v._o 7._o which_o show_v that_o he_o have_v a_o true_a notion_n and_o sense_n of_o religion_n and_o tyre_n be_v a_o place_n of_o great_a trade_n and_o commerce_n ezek._n xxvii_o from_o whence_o the_o jew_n be_v afterward_o sell_v to_o the_o grecian_n joel_n iii._o 6._o there_o be_v no_o place_n of_o great_a traffic_n nor_o that_o send_v out_o more_o colony_n or_o great_a or_o into_o more_o distant_a part_n of_o the_o world_n and_o therefore_o none_o can_v be_v more_o proper_a to_o establish_v a_o correspondence_n with_o from_o whence_o religion_n may_v be_v better_o propagate_v the_o queen_n of_o sheba_n come_v to_o see_v the_o glory_n of_o solomon_n kingdom_n 1_o king_n ix_o 10._o and_o bless_v the_o lord_n his_o god_n chap._n x._o 9_o who_o according_a to_o 6._o to_o joseph_n antiq._n l._n â—_o c._n 6._o josephus_n be_v queen_n both_o of_o egypt_n and_o aethiopia_n his_o wisdom_n be_v every_o where_o magnify_v ard_n there_o câ—me_v of_o all_o people_n to_o hear_v the_o wisdom_n of_o solomon_n from_o all_o king_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o have_v hear_v of_o his_o wisdom_n chap._n four_o 34._o all_o the_o earth_n seek_v to_o solomon_n to_o hear_v his_o wisdom_n which_o god_n have_v put_v in_o his_o heart_n chap._n x._o 24._o his_o dominion_n be_v exceed_o great_a he_o reign_v over_o all_o the_o king_n from_o the_o river_n euphrates_n even_o unto_o the_o land_n of_o the_o philistine_n and_o to_o the_o border_n of_o egypt_n 2_o chron._n ix_o 26._o the_o trade_n and_o correspondence_n of_o the_o israelite_n with_o foreign_a nation_n be_v mighty_o advance_v in_o his_o time_n their_o trade_n extend_v as_o far_o as_o tarshish_n and_o ophir_n tarshish_n
to_o himself_o thereby_o the_o great_a master_n of_o decency_n have_v not_o think_v it_o always_o improper_a for_o man_n to_o commend_v themselves_o either_o because_o they_o suppose_v some_o occasion_n may_v require_v it_o or_o because_o it_o be_v a_o more_o usual_a thing_n in_o ancient_a time_n when_o man_n life_n and_o manner_n be_v more_o natural_a and_o sincere_a and_o they_o often_o speak_v as_o they_o think_v both_o of_o themselves_o and_o other_o yet_o we_o no_o where_n find_v man_n speak_v so_o free_o in_o disparagement_n of_o themselves_o as_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n which_o show_v that_o moses_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o inspire_a writer_n little_o regard_v their_o own_o praise_n or_o dispraise_v but_o write_v what_o god_n be_v please_v to_o appoint_v it_o be_v a_o thing_n indifferent_a to_o they_o so_o god_n may_v be_v honour_v whether_o they_o lose_v or_o gain_v in_o their_o own_o reputation_n by_o it_o but_o what_o we_o read_v of_o moses_n num._n twelve_o 3._o that_o he_o be_v very_o meek_a above_o all_o the_o man_n which_o be_v upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o be_v the_o only_a commendable_a character_n that_o moses_n give_v of_o himself_o may_v be_v translate_v that_o he_o be_v the_o most_o afflict_a man_n according_a to_o the_o marginal_a read_n and_o if_o he_o mention_n his_o own_o meekness_n he_o mention_n also_o his_o great_a anger_n or_o heat_n of_o anger_n exod._n xi_o 8._o and_o his_o be_v very_o wroth_a num._n xuj_o 15._o but_o if_o moses_n have_v not_o have_v more_o respect_n to_o truth_n than_o to_o his_o own_o reputation_n he_o will_v never_o have_v leave_v it_o upon_o record_n that_o he_o so_o often_o decline_v the_o message_n and_o employment_n which_o god_n appoint_v he_o to_o undertake_v exod._n iii._o 11_o 13._o &_o four_o 1_o 10_o 13_o 14._o and_o that_o god_n be_v angry_a with_o he_o upon_o other_o occasion_n and_o for_o that_o reason_n will_v not_o permit_v he_o to_o enter_v into_o the_o promise_a land_n 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that_o they_o can_v be_v alter_v and_o falsify_v and_o a_o new_a system_fw-la of_o law_n introduce_v instead_o of_o they_o without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o people_n govern_v by_o they_o or_o any_o remembrance_n of_o it_o leave_v among_o they_o no_o material_a alteration_n can_v be_v make_v in_o law_n which_o be_v of_o continual_a use_n and_o which_o concern_v every_o man_n interest_n but_o they_o must_v be_v take_v notice_n of_o and_o discover_v by_o such_o as_o shall_v find_v themselves_o aggrieve_v by_o such_o alteration_n but_o this_o be_v less_o practicable_a among_o the_o jew_n than_o among_o any_o other_o people_n 1._o because_o the_o distinction_n of_o their_o tribe_n and_o the_o genealogy_n which_o
the_o height_n of_o their_o pride_n and_o blasphemy_n and_o the_o people_n of_o judah_n in_o the_o extremity_n of_o danger_n and_o despair_n isai_n xxxvii_o at_o the_o prayer_n of_o isaiah_n the_o sun_n go_v back_o ten_o degree_n for_o a_o sign_n to_o king_n hezekiah_n of_o his_o recovery_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o babylon_n send_v ambassador_n to_o inquire_v of_o this_o wonder_n 2_o king_n xx_o 11._o 2_o chron._n xxxii_o 31._o it_o be_v impossible_a there_o shall_v be_v any_o mistake_n in_o miracle_n of_o this_o nature_n which_o have_v the_o same_o evidence_n that_o those_o of_o moses_n himself_o have_v have_v the_o joint_a testimony_n of_o a_o whole_a people_n to_o prove_v the_o truth_n of_o they_o isaiah_n prophesy_v of_o cyrus_n by_o name_n 1._o name_n joseph_n an_o it_o quit_v l._n 11_o c._n 1._o two_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n before_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o his_o prophecy_n and_o foretell_v the_o re-building_n of_o the_o temple_n a_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n before_o it_o be_v demolish_v the_o expression_n be_v so_o plain_a and_o full_a that_o as_o st._n jerom_n 44._o jerom_n â—ieron_fw-gr ad_fw-la 〈◊〉_d c._n 44._o observe_v the_o history_n of_o cyrus_n by_o xenophon_n be_v a_o admirable_a comment_n upon_o this_o prophecy_n of_o isaiah_n that_o say_v of_o cyrus_n he_o be_v my_o shepherd_n and_o shall_v perform_v all_o my_o pleasure_n even_o say_v to_o jerusalem_n thou_o shall_v be_v build_v and_o to_o the_o temple_n thy_o foundation_n shall_v be_v lay_v thus_o say_v the_o lord_n to_o his_o anointed_n to_o cyrus_n who_o right_a hand_n i_o have_v hold_v to_o subdue_v nation_n before_o he_o he_o shall_v build_v my_o city_n and_o he_o shall_v let_v go_v my_o captive_n not_o for_o price_n nor_o reward_n say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n isai_n xliv_o 28._o &_o xlv_o 1_o 13._o and_o this_o cyrus_n himself_o though_o a_o heathen_a prince_n be_v so_o sensible_a of_o that_o he_o acknowledge_v it_o in_o his_o proclamation_n which_o he_o put_v forth_o for_o the_o building_n the_o temple_n thus_o say_v cyrus_n king_n of_o persia_n all_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o earth_n have_v the_o lord_n godâ—_n of_o heaven_n give_v i_o and_o he_o have_v charge_v i_o to_o build_v he_o a_o house_n in_o jerusalem_n which_o be_v in_o judah_n 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 23._o ezra_n i._n 2._o and_o the_o same_o prophet_n who_o foretell_v the_o empire_n of_o cyrus_n the_o persian_a foretell_v likewise_o that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n shall_v be_v destroy_v by_o the_o mede_n isai_n xiii_o 17._o which_o be_v prophesy_v of_o too_o by_o jeremiah_n jer._n li._n 11_o 28._o and_o this_o be_v the_o more_o remarkable_a 2._o remarkable_a see_v sir_n w._n râ—_n leigh_z l._n 3._o c._n 2._o §_o 2._o because_o though_o darius_n medus_n conquer_v babylon_n yet_o he_o die_v soon_o after_o and_o cyrus_n succeed_v he_o the_o fame_n of_o cyrus_n who_o be_v at_o the_o take_n of_o babylon_n but_o general_n of_o his_o army_n so_o obscure_v the_o name_n and_o memory_n of_o darius_n that_o historian_n have_v take_v no_o notice_n of_o he_o though_o he_o be_v find_v mention_v by_o the_o scholiast_n upon_o aristophanes_n who_o say_v that_o a_o darius_n who_o be_v before_o he_o who_o be_v father_n of_o xerxes_n give_v name_n to_o the_o piece_n of_o coin_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o must_v be_v darius_n medus_n so_o much_o better_a be_v transaction_n know_v to_o the_o prophet_n beforehand_o than_o to_o historian_n afterward_o the_o judgement_n which_o be_v to_o befall_v divers_a other_o nation_n be_v also_o foretell_v by_o isaiah_n and_o describe_v by_o particular_a circumstance_n the_o destruction_n of_o nineveh_n 11._o nineveh_n joseph_n antiquit_fw-la l._n 9_o c._n 11._o be_v foretell_v by_o the_o prophet_n nahum_n a_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o year_n beforehand_o the_o prophet_n jeremiah_n foretell_v the_o conquest_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o the_o captivity_n of_o the_o jew_n by_o he_o in_o so_o remarkable_a and_o solemn_a a_o manner_n that_o it_o be_v notorious_a to_o all_o the_o neighbour_a nation_n for_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o deliver_v prophecy_n by_o some_o visible_a sign_n as_o well_o as_o in_o word_n he_o send_v bond_n and_o yoke_n to_o the_o king_n of_o edom_n and_o to_o the_o king_n of_o moab_n and_o to_o the_o king_n of_o the_o ammonite_n and_o to_o the_o king_n of_o tyrus_n and_o to_o the_o king_n of_o zidon_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o messenger_n which_o come_v to_o jerusalem_n from_o these_o several_a king_n unto_o zedekiah_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o foretell_v that_o all_o these_o nation_n shall_v serve_v nabuchadnezzar_n and_o his_o son_n and_o his_o son_n son_n jer._n xxvii_o 3_o 7._o and_o the_o jew_n put_v he_o in_o prison_n for_o this_o prophecy_n where_o he_o be_v keep_v when_o nabuchadnezzar_n take_v the_o city_n and_o set_v he_o at_o liberty_n and_o when_o the_o chaldaean_n have_v raise_v the_o siege_n by_o reason_n of_o pharaoh_n army_n which_o be_v come_v to_o the_o relief_n of_o jerusalem_n jeremiah_n tell_v the_o jew_n that_o pharaoh_n army_n shall_v return_v into_o egypt_n without_o effect_v any_o thing_n and_o that_o the_o chaldaean_n shall_v come_v again_o and_o take_v the_o city_n and_o burn_v it_o with_o sire_n jer._n xxxvii_o 5._o he_o likewise_o prophesy_v against_o egypt_n which_o the_o jew_n make_v their_o refuge_n and_o sanctuary_n and_o point_v out_o the_o very_a place_n where_o nabuchadnezzar_n will_v pitch_v his_o tent_n by_o take_v great_a stone_n and_o hide_v they_o in_o the_o clay_n at_o the_o entry_n of_o pharaoh_n house_n tahpanhe_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o man_n of_o judah_n declare_v that_o his_o throne_n shall_v be_v set_v upon_o those_o stone_n and_o he_o shall_v spread_v his_o royal_a pavilion_n over_o he_o jer._n xliii_o 9_o 10._o and_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o his_o prophecy_n concern_v pharaoh_n chap._n xliv_o 30._o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o 169._o in_o herodot_n enterp_v c._n 169._o herodotus_n the_o prophet_n jeremiah_n be_v oppose_v and_o contradict_v by_o several_a false_a prophet_n who_o prophesy_v deceitful_a and_o flatter_a delusion_n to_o the_o people_n persuade_v they_o that_o no_o evil_n shall_v come_v upon_o they_o of_o who_o jeremiah_n foretell_v that_o hananiah_n shall_v die_v that_o same_o year_n in_o which_o he_o vent_v his_o false_a prophecy_n chap._n xxviii_o 16_o 17._o and_o that_o ahab_n the_o son_n of_o kolaiah_n and_o zedekiah_n the_o son_n of_o maaseiah_n shall_v be_v take_v captive_a by_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o slay_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o people_n of_o judah_n and_o roast_v in_o the_o fire_n chap._n xxix_o 21_o 22._o and_o thus_o distinct_o foretell_v the_o time_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o death_n of_o those_o false_a prophet_n he_o vindicate_v his_o own_o prophecy_n which_o be_v at_o first_o so_o unwilling_o believe_v beyond_o all_o contradiction_n but_o that_o which_o seem_v most_o strange_a and_o be_v most_o object_v against_o in_o the_o prophecy_n of_o jeremiah_n be_v his_o prophecy_n concern_v the_o death_n of_o zedeckiah_n for_o in_o this_o 12._o this_o â—â—â—â—ph_o 〈◊〉_d l._n 10._o 〈…〉_o ezâ—â—_n 12._o he_o and_o ezekiel_n be_v think_v to_o contradict_v each_o other_o jeremiah_n prophesy_v in_o jerusalem_n at_o the_o same_o time_n when_o ezekiel_n prophesy_v in_o babylon_n and_o concern_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o jeremiah_n prophecy_n be_v send_v to_o the_o captive_n in_o babylon_n and_o ezekiel_n to_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n but_o jeremiah_n say_v thy_o eye_n shall_v behold_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n and_o he_o shall_v speak_v with_o thou_o mouth_n to_o mouth_n and_o thou_o shall_v go_v to_o babylon_n yet_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n o_o zedekiah_n king_n of_o judah_n thus_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o thou_o thou_o shall_v not_o die_v by_o the_o sword_n but_o thou_o shall_v die_v in_o peace_n and_o with_o the_o burn_n of_o thy_o father_n the_o former_a king_n which_o be_v before_o thou_o so_o shall_v they_o burn_v odour_n for_o thou_o and_o they_o will_v lament_v thou_o say_v ah_o lord_n for_o i_o have_v pronounce_v the_o word_n say_v the_o lord_n jer._n xxxiv_o 3_o 4_o 5._o but_o ezekiel_n prophesy_v in_o these_o word_n i_o will_v bring_v he_o to_o babylon_n to_o the_o land_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n yet_o shall_v be_v not_o see_v it_o though_o he_o shall_v die_v there_o ezek._n twelve_o 13._o now_o these_o two_o prophet_n write_v of_o the_o captivity_n of_o zedekiah_n reckon_v up_o all_o the_o circumstance_n of_o it_o between_o they_o in_o such_o a_o manner_n as_o that_o they_o be_v believe_v to_o contradict_v each_o other_o and_o thereby_o the_o expectation_n and_o attention_n of_o the_o people_n be_v the_o more_o excite_a to_o observe_v the_o fulfil_v of_o their_o prophecy_n jeremiah_n say_v that_o he_o shall_v see_v the_o king_n
they_o be_v forsake_v of_o all_o their_o former_a hope_n of_o the_o redemption_n of_o israel_n by_o he_o luke_n xxiv_o 21._o which_o before_o they_o have_v imagine_v to_o themselves_o be_v to_o be_v perform_v by_o his_o raise_n himself_o from_o that_o meanness_n to_o a_o throne_n not_o by_o his_o restore_a himself_o to_o life_n again_o after_o he_o have_v be_v bury_v three_o day_n the_o notion_n which_o the_o jew_n have_v of_o a_o resurrection_n be_v only_a that_o of_o the_o last_o day_n john_n xi_o 24._o and_o whatever_n be_v say_v of_o any_o other_o resurrection_n they_o look_v upon_o it_o to_o be_v mean_v only_o in_o allusion_n to_o that_o they_o question_v one_o with_o another_o what_o the_o rise_n from_o the_o dead_a shall_v mean_v they_o understand_v not_o that_o say_n and_o be_v afraid_a to_o ask_v he_o mark_v ix_o 10_o 32._o the_o apostle_n therefore_o and_o other_o disciple_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v credulous_a or_o forward_o to_o believe_v the_o resurrection_n of_o christ_n from_o the_o dead_a that_o they_o be_v not_o only_o inquisitive_a and_o careful_a not_o to_o be_v impose_v upon_o but_o they_o be_v exceed_o diffident_a the_o woman_n that_o go_v to_o the_o sepulchre_n be_v so_o far_o from_o expect_v to_o find_v he_o rise_v from_o the_o dead_a that_o they_o carry_v with_o they_o a_o preparation_n of_o spice_n to_o embalm_v his_o corpse_n mar._n xuj_o 1._o and_o not_o find_v the_o body_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n they_o be_v much_o perplex_v at_o it_o not_o remember_v the_o word_n which_o jesus_n have_v speak_v to_o they_o concern_v the_o resurrection_n till_o the_o two_o man_n who_o stand_v by_o they_o in_o shine_a garment_n have_v put_v they_o in_o mind_n of_o they_o luke_n xxiv_o 4.8_o but_o when_o they_o return_v from_o the_o sepulchre_n and_o tell_v all_o these_o thing_n to_o the_o eleven_o and_o to_o all_o the_o rest_n their_o word_n seem_v to_o they_o as_o idle_a tale_n and_o they_o believe_v they_o not_o verse_n 9_o 11._o and_o mary_n magdalen_n herself_o though_o she_o have_v see_v this_o vision_n yet_o go_v to_o they_o with_o this_o complaint_n they_o have_v take_v away_o the_o lord_n out_o of_o the_o sepulchre_n and_o we_o know_v not_o where_o they_o have_v lay_v he_o jo._n xx_o 2._o then_o peter_n run_v unto_o the_o sepulchre_n and_o stoop_v down_o behold_v the_o linen_n clòth_v lay_v by_o themselves_o and_o depart_v wonder_v in_o himself_o at_o that_o which_o be_v come_v to_o pass_v luke_n xxiv_o 12._o st._n john_n run_v to_o the_o sepulchre_n at_o the_o same_o time_n and_o go_v into_o it_o see_v and_o believe_v but_o he_o declare_v that_o as_o yet_o they_o know_v not_o the_o scripture_n that_o he_o must_v rise_v again_o from_o the_o dead_a jo._n xx_o 8_o 9_o marry_o magdalen_n stand_v without_o still_o weep_v and_o complain_v to_o the_o two_o angel_n who_o ask_v she_o the_o cause_n they_o have_v take_v away_o my_o lord_n and_o i_o know_v not_o where_o they_o have_v lay_v he_o v._o 13._o and_o again_o to_o our_o saviour_n himself_o not_o know_v he_o but_o suppose_v he_o to_o have_v be_v the_o gardener_n sir_n if_o thou_o have_v bear_v he_o hence_o tell_v i_o where_o thou_o haste_v lay_v he_o and_o i_o will_v take_v he_o away_o v._o 15._o and_o after_o she_o be_v herself_o convince_v of_o the_o resurrection_n when_o she_o tell_v his_o disciple_n they_o believe_v not_o mark_v xuj_o 11._o when_o our_o saviour_n appear_v to_o the_o two_o disciple_n in_o the_o way_n to_o emaus_n he_o find_v they_o reason_v and_o talk_v together_o of_o all_o those_o thing_n which_o have_v happen_v and_o they_o be_v sorrowful_a at_o the_o thought_n of_o they_o and_o when_o he_o inquire_v the_o reason_n they_o give_v he_o such_o a_o account_n as_o show_v the_o doubtful_a and_o despond_v apprehension_n they_o have_v of_o their_o present_a condition_n insomuch_o that_o he_o answer_v they_o with_o a_o severe_a rebuke_n o_o fool_n and_o slow_a of_o heart_n to_o believe_v all_o that_o the_o prophet_n have_v speak_v 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