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consulatu_fw-la fi_n or_o rather_o vi_n it_o intimate_v the_o consulate_a of_o vinicius_n in_o which_o the_o tax_n begin_v these_o correspondency_n i_o say_v fall_v in_o with_o the_o ingenious_a conjecture_n of_o t._n l._n about_o these_o time-eaten_a name_n make_v they_o seem_v to_o i_o not_o at_o all_o rash_a nor_o trifle_v but_o to_o have_v their_o weight_n and_o therefore_o i_o think_v fit_a not_o to_o omit_v they_o see_v his_o recensio_n cap._n 6_o &_o 7._o four_o from_o the_o year_n when_o augustus_n be_v the_o seven_o and_o agrippa_n the_o three_o time_n consul_n to_o the_o consulship_n of_o vinicius_n and_o alfinius_n when_o the_o middle_a tax_n begin_v be_v twenty_o eight_o year_n complete_a but_o that_o year_n of_o his_o seven_o consulship_n be_v the_o year_n in_o which_o he_o be_v first_o call_v by_o the_o vote_n of_o the_o senate_n augustus_n as_o dion_n tell_v we_o lib._n 53._o which_o they_o intend_v as_o a_o most_o magnificent_a title_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o dion_n phrase_n it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n augustus_n signify_v something_o more_o than_o man_n as_o he_o intimate_v and_o this_o very_a year_n be_v the_o epocha_n of_o the_o anni_fw-la augustorum_n his_o four_o argument_n therefore_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o authority_n of_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n who_o express_o write_v in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o which_o the_o genuine_a sense_n be_v that_o our_o lord_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o twenty_o eight_o year_n when_o the_o command_n first_o go_v out_o after_o caesar_n octavius_n be_v call_v augustus_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o tax_n of_o the_o people_n which_o therefore_o must_v be_v mean_v of_o this_o middle_a tax_n decree_v after_o he_o have_v the_o title_n of_o augustus_n confer_v upon_o he_o else_o it_o be_v not_o the_o first_o tax_n he_o command_v or_o decree_v and_o this_o show_n that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o 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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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the_o apocalypse_n be_v unexceptionable_o true_a chap._n xxxv_o three_o objection_n from_o a_o considerate_a hand_n the_o first_o against_o our_o make_v the_o three_o time_n and_o a_o half_n the_o forty_o two_o month_n and_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o day_n to_o be_v the_o same_o time_n the_o second_o against_o owned_a affirm_v the_o euphratean_a horseman_n to_o have_v subdue_v the_o eastern_a roman_a empire_n with_o fire-gun_n the_o last_o against_o our_o make_v the_o egyptian_a year_n to_o consist_v only_o of_o three_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o day_n in_o arithmetica_fw-la apocalyptica_fw-la but_o in_o apocalypsis_n apocalypseos_fw-la of_o three_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o five_o with_o answer_n to_o all_o three_o the_o first_o objection_n every_o day_n in_o the_o forty_o two_o month_n signify_v a_o year_n make_v in_o the_o whole_a twelve_o hundred_o seventy_o seven_o year_n at_o least_o there_o be_v real_o in_o every_o year_n not_o three_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o but_o three_o 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which_o be_v god_n and_o this_o be_v so_o palpable_a a_o truth_n and_o the_o fitness_n of_o look_v upon_o this_o inhabit_a earth_n as_o one_o great_a city_n so_o obvious_a that_o those_o itinerant_a sophist_n of_o old_a or_o those_o more_o modern_a that_o care_v not_o to_o be_v tie_v to_o any_o one_o particular_a political_a body_n yet_o have_v be_v look_v upon_o by_o themselves_o to_o be_v and_o so_o vulgar_o style_v by_o other_o viz._n cosmopolitae_fw-la citizen_n of_o the_o world_n and_o philo_n judaeus_n express_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o this_o world_n be_v that_o great_a city_n as_o it_o here_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._o 19_o and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o aggregate_v as_o it_o be_v of_o all_o the_o city_n of_o the_o world_n appear_v from_o the_o same_o place_n where_o the_o city_n of_o the_o nation_n be_v mention_v together_o with_o babylon_n the_o great_a and_o last_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o that_o tripartite_a conflux_n in_o 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at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o six_o verse_n of_o rev._n 20._o whenas_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v prefix_v before_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d immediate_o twice_o before_o and_o after_o intimate_v any_o such_o mystery_n as_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o have_v a_o different_a signification_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o other_o place_n and_o denote_v symbolical_o a_o endless_a steady_a eternity_n there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d v._o 2._o not_o have_v any_o such_o mystery_n in_o it_o so_o that_o it_o may_v seem_v a_o trifle_n with_o the_o text._n answ_n that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d