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history_n of_o himself_o §_o 7._o of_o noah_n balaam_n etc._n etc._n avouch_v by_o secular_a writer_n chap._n x._o the_o adversary_n force_v upon_o very_o great_a disadvantage_n to_o their_o own_o cause_n by_o reason_n that_o they_o can_v not_o for_o very_a shame_n resist_v the_o evidence_n bring_v in_o defence_n of_o sacred_a history_n §_o 1._o christ_n accuse_v of_o work_v by_o the_o prince_n of_o devil_n that_o accusation_n withdraw_v in_o open_a court_n and_o this_o plea_n put_v in_o against_o he_o that_o he_o make_v himself_o a_o king_n and_o therefore_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o caesar_n §_o 2._o petty_a exception_n rebound_v upon_o the_o head_n of_o their_o framer_n §_o 3._o the_o modern_a sceptick_n half-reason_n too_o young_a to_o grapple_v with_o old_a prescription_n §_o 4._o christ_n work_n god_n seal_v to_o his_o mission_n §_o 5._o the_o present_a age_n as_o able_a to_o judge_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o those_o work_n as_o that_o be_v wherein_o they_o be_v do_v §_o 6._o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d septuagint_n send_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o evil_a angel_n chald._n indeed_o which_o of_o his_o creature_n can_v god_n more_o proper_o make_v use_n of_o to_o be_v the_o executioner_n of_o his_o wrath_n than_o evil_a angel_n and_o yet_o the_o destroy_a angel_n be_v call_v the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n 2_o samuel_n 24._o 16._o the_o hangman_n be_v the_o king_n officer_n be_v this_o therefore_o a_o good_a or_o bad_a angel_n it_o be_v that_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o smite_v herod_n as_o both_o st._n luke_n style_v this_o apparition_n and_o josephus_n conformable_o unto_o he_o to_o proceed_v now_o in_o his_o story_n therein_o the_o blewness_n of_o the_o wound_v this_o messenger_n give_v he_o be_v apparent_a both_o upon_o herod_n soul_n and_o body_n for_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o perceive_v this_o ill-boding_a angel_n he_o be_v strike_v to_o the_o heart_n with_o grief_n ex_fw-la intimis_fw-la praecordiis_fw-la indoluit_fw-la and_o his_o belly_n with_o 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expound_v the_o field_n by_o mich._n 4._o 10._o thou_o shall_v dwell_v in_o the_o field_n thou_o shall_v go_v to_o babylon_n i_o do_v not_o mean_v it_o be_v carry_v into_o babylon_n but_o hide_v together_o with_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o altar_n of_o incense_n by_o jeremy_n 2_o maccab._n 2._o 4._o a_o authority_n which_o though_o ingenious_o confess_v by_o the_o writer_n to_o be_v but_o humane_a will_v with_o unbyast_a person_n outweigh_v the_o word_n of_o the_o whole_a tribe_n of_o cabalist_n and_o that_o the_o ark_n be_v restore_v be_v further_a manifest_a because_o the_o return_v from_o captivity_n do_v direct_v their_o worship_n towards_o it_o in_o ver_fw-la 7._o we_o will_v worship_v at_o his_o footstool_n whether_o of_o these_o opinion_n be_v of_o hard_a digestion_n that_o those_o purify_a son_n of_o levy_n new_o come_v out_o of_o the_o furnace_n of_o affliction_n shall_v offer_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o fool_n not_o consider_v what_o they_o say_v shall_v sprinkle_v god_n with_o 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