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loe_o here_o a_o crowd_n of_o circumstance_n so_o certain_o foretell_v of_o the_o messiah_n as_o that_o the_o jew_n find_v nothing_o to_o except_v against_o they_o so_o signal_o fulfil_v in_o our_o jesus_n that_o nothing_o can_v be_v far_o needful_a to_o confirm_v their_o truth_n and_o three_o incompatible_a to_o any_o other_o person_n for_o that_o i_o may_v not_o here_o repeat_v what_o i_o have_v already_o say_v that_o no_o man_n will_v have_v choose_v to_o undergo_v those_o hard_a term_n which_o be_v declare_v in_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n to_o belong_v to_o the_o messiah_n it_o be_v contrary_a to_o humane_a nature_n to_o desire_v to_o lead_v a_o poor_a and_o miserable_a life_n and_o then_o die_v a_o painful_a ignominious_a death_n unless_o it_o be_v in_o prospect_n of_o some_o great_a advantage_n
se_fw-la trahentes_fw-la rebellarunt_fw-la sueton._n in_o vespas_fw-la c._n 4._o tacit._n hist_o l._n 5._o 7_o of_o bethlehem_n from_o thou_o shall_v spring_v messiah_n the_o son_n of_o david_n r._n salomo_n jarchi_n in_o mich._n 5.2_o chald._a paraph._n 8_o a_o continual_a throng_n of_o miracle_n midrash_n cohele_v in_o eccles_n 1.11_o r._n hadarshan_n in_o ps_n 74._o raymund_n pug._n fid_fw-we p._n 610._o vide_fw-la comment_n in_o c._n 8.5.1_o num_fw-la 1._o 9_o heal_n our_o disease_n our_o master_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o name_n of_o the_o messiah_n shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la leprosus_fw-la de_fw-la domo_fw-la rabbi_n it_o be_v say_v sure_o he_o take_v upon_o he_o our_o infirmity_n and_o heal_v our_o sickness_n gem._n sanhedr_n cap._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sec_fw-la 36._o that_o the_o messiah_n be_v to_o open_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o blind_a we_o be_v tell_v midrash_n in_o ps_n 146._o 10_o reproach_v &_o reject_v esa_n 53.2.3_o on_o which_o place_n r._n moses_n alsheid_n say_v thus_o behold_v our_o doctor_n of_o happy_a memory_n conclude_v with_o one_o mouth_n that_o this_o be_v speak_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o messiah_n as_o they_o receive_v from_o their_o ancestor_n the_o son_n of_o david_n shall_v be_v a_o stone_n of_o stumble_v and_o a_o rock_n of_o offence_n to_o the_o two_o family_n of_o israel_n r._n jehud_o a._n vide_fw-la coch._n in_fw-la dvos_fw-la tit_n talm._n p._n 210._o gloss_n talm._n tract_n sanhedr_n c._n 11._o mornaeum_n de_fw-fr christian_n relig._n c._n 30._o 11_o he_o must_v suffer_v that_o the_o messiah_n of_o the_o jew_n shall_v suffer_v death_n be_v so_o express_o deliver_v by_o the_o prophet_n that_o they_o who_o dream_v of_o a_o messiah_n who_o shall_v sway_v the_o sceptre_n and_o subdue_v nation_n under_o they_o be_v force_v to_o invent_v a_o double_a saviour_n messiah_n ben_n joseph_n to_o be_v slay_v and_o messiah_n ben_n david_n who_o reign_n be_v to_o be_v glorious_a upon_o earth_n targum_fw-la in_o cant._n 24.5_o &_o 7.3_o talmud_n in_o massech_v succa_n c._n 5._o sol._n jarchi_n in_o esa_n 24.28_o kimchi_n in_o zach._n 12.10_o 12_o his_o side_n be_v to_o be_v pierce_v r._n sol._n on_o the_o place_n speak_v thus_o our_o rabbin_n have_v expound_v this_o of_o messiah_n ben_n joseph_n who_o be_v to_o be_v slay_v vid._n lib._n succa_n do_v hachalil_n chamisha_n 13_o his_o resurrection_n of_o which_o ps_n 16.9_o be_v expound_v in_o midrash_n tehillim_n and_o for_o which_o the_o example_n of_o jonah_n be_v allege_v menasse_n b._n israel_n de_fw-fr resur_n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o 14_o at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n that_o the_o ancient_a rabbin_n do_v understand_v this_o psal_n of_o the_o messiah_n will_v appear_v from_o r._n jonathans_n targum_fw-la from_o midrash_n tehillim_n in_o psal_n 2.7_o &_o 18.36_o r._n moses_n hadarshan_n in_o gen._n c._n 18.1_o 15_o the_o shadow_n of_o the_o law_n the_o law_n which_o thou_o at_o present_a learn_v shall_v be_v vanity_n compare_v to_o that_o law_n which_o be_v to_o be_v deliver_v in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n r._n hizkiah_n apud_fw-la raym._n p._n 608._o our_o doctor_n of_o happy_a memory_n conceive_v that_o israel_n shall_v afterward_o receive_v another_o law_n as_o former_o they_o do_v immediate_o from_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n auctor_fw-la sepher_n ikkarim_n l._n 3._o c._n 19_o our_o rabbin_n say_v of_o sacrifice_n they_o shall_v all_o cease_v except_v those_o of_o prayer_n and_o praise_n midrash_n in_o num._n 13._o vide_fw-la r._n hadarshan_n in_o gen._n 41.49_o jonathan_n sup_v esaiam_fw-la 12.3_o raymund_n pug._n fid_fw-we p._n 608._o 16_o the_o conversion_n of_o the_o gentile_n the_o gentile_n shall_v be_v save_v after_o the_o war_n with_o gog_n and_o magog_n r._n david_n kimchi_n in_o esa_n 49.6_o which_o they_o expect_v before_o the_o come_n of_o their_o messiah_n the_o whole_a world_n shall_v be_v one_o church_n according_a to_o that_o of_o zeph._n 3.9_o that_o they_o may_v all_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n with_o one_o consent_n bereschith_fw-mi rabath_n on_o these_o word_n on_o that_o day_n will_v i_o build_v the_o tabernacle_n of_o david_n etc._n etc._n 17_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n then_o shall_v the_o spirit_n of_o prophecy_n reside_v among_o the_o people_n so_o that_o our_o son_n and_o our_o daughter_n shall_v prophesy_v according_a unto_o that_o of_o joel_n 2.28_o r._n saadia_n gaon_n in_o sepher_n haemunoth_n c._n 8._o sal._n jarchi_n in_fw-ge es_fw-ge 44.2_o 18_o celsus_n who_o call_v the_o prophesys_n of_o the_o old_a test_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la orig._n l._n 7._o p._n 333._o &_o p._n 338._o he_o speak_v thus_o of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 19_o phlegon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n in_o celsum_n p._n 69._o 20_o the_o ejection_n of_o devil_n out_o of_o man_n and_o beast_n and_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n in_o celsum_n p._n 376._o the_o attestation_n of_o the_o christian_n through_o divers_a century_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_a mart._n dial_n cum_fw-la tryph._n p._n 302._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n in_o celsum_n p._n 20._o subjecta_fw-la est_fw-la nobis_fw-la tota_fw-la vis_fw-la daemonum_fw-la tertull._n apol._n c._n 23._o sec_fw-la 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n contra_fw-la hieroc_n c._n 1._o p._n 514._o vide_fw-la iren._n l._n 2._o p._n 215.218_o justin_n mart._n p._n 45.247.302.311_o origen_n in_o celsum_n p._n 7.20.34.53.62.124.127.334.337.376_o minut._n fel._n p._n 31._o tertull._n apol._n c._n 23.25_o ad_fw-la scap._n c._n 2.4_o cypr._n ad_fw-la demetr_v firmic_n p._n 19_o &_o p._n 40._o theodoret._n the_o curand_n gr._n off_o ser_fw-mi 3._o p._n 55._o 21_o they_o provoke_v their_o adversary_n to_o try_v the_o truth_n of_o what_o they_o say_v veni_fw-la &_o cognosce_fw-la vera_fw-la esse_fw-la quae_fw-la dicimus_fw-la cypr._n epist_n ad_fw-la demetr_v sec_fw-la 12._o tertull._n apol._n c._n 23._o edatur_fw-la hic_fw-la aliquis_fw-la etc._n etc._n 22_o to_o make_v their_o sense_n judge_v velure_n ipsis_fw-la quos_fw-la colis_fw-la crede_fw-la aut_fw-la si_fw-la volueris_fw-la &_o tibi_fw-la credere_fw-la de_fw-la teipso_fw-la loquetur_fw-la audiente_fw-la te_fw-la qui_fw-la nunc_fw-la tuum_fw-la pectus_fw-la obsedit_fw-la videbis_fw-la sub_fw-la manu_fw-la nostra_fw-la stare_v vinctos_fw-la &_o tremere_fw-la captivos_fw-la quos_fw-la tu_fw-la suspicis_fw-la &_o veneraris_fw-la ut_fw-la dominos_fw-la certè_fw-la vel_fw-la sic_fw-la confundi_fw-la in_o erroribus_fw-la tuis_fw-la poteris_fw-la quando_fw-la conspexeris_fw-la &_o audieris_fw-la deos_fw-la tuos_fw-la quid_fw-la sint_fw-la interrogatione_fw-la nostra_fw-la statim_fw-la prodere_fw-la &_o praesentibus_fw-la licet_fw-la vobis_fw-la praestigias_fw-la illas_fw-la &_o fallacias_fw-la svas_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la celare_fw-la cyprian_a epist_n ad_fw-la demetr_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_a dial_n cum_fw-la tryph._n p._n 311._o vide_fw-la ap._n 2._o p._n 45._o dictis_n non_fw-la stetis_fw-la si_fw-la oculi_fw-la vestri_fw-la &_o aures_fw-la permiserint_fw-la vobis_fw-la tertull._n apol._n c._n 23._o 23_o they_o appeal_v to_o their_o own_o knowledge_n of_o it_o daemonas_fw-la de_fw-fr hominibus_fw-la expellimus_fw-la sicut_fw-la plurimis_fw-la notum_fw-la est_fw-la tertull._n l._n 2._o ad_fw-la scap._n haec_fw-la omne_fw-la sciunt_fw-la plerique_fw-la pars_fw-la vestrum_fw-la minut._n p._n 31._o 24_o to_o hundred_o of_o live_a witness_n haec_fw-la omne_fw-la tibi_fw-la de_fw-la officio_fw-la suggeri_fw-la possunt_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la eisdem_fw-la advocatis_fw-la qui_fw-la &_o ipsi_fw-la beneficia_fw-la habent_fw-la christianorum_fw-la licet_fw-la adclament_n quae_fw-la velint_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o cujusdam_fw-la notarius_fw-la cum_fw-la à _fw-la daemone_n praecipitaretur_fw-la liberatus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quorundam_fw-la propinquus_fw-la &_o puerulus_fw-la &_o quanti_fw-la honesti_fw-la viri_fw-la de_fw-la vulgaribus_fw-la enim_fw-la non_fw-la dicam_fw-la aut_fw-la à _fw-la daemoniis_fw-la aut_fw-la à _fw-la valetudinibus_fw-la remediati_fw-la sunt_fw-la tert._n ad_fw-la scap._n c._n 4._o 25_o they_o offer_v upon_o pain_n of_o death_n nisi_fw-la se_fw-la daemonas_fw-la confessi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la christiano_n mentiri_fw-la non_fw-la audentes_fw-la ibidem_fw-la illius_fw-la christiani_n procacissimi_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la fundite_fw-la tertull._n apol._n c._n 23._o 26_o and_o make_v those_o very_a daemon_n confess_v that_o they_o be_v cheat_n and_o devil_n ipsis_fw-la testibus_fw-la esse_fw-la eos_fw-la daemonas_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la verum_fw-la confitentibus_fw-la credit_n minut._n p._n 31._o vid._n lact._n l._n 2._o c._n 15._o 27_o that_o when_o the_o heathen_n can_v not_o by_o their_o charm_n &_o exorcism_n the_o christian_a by_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n can_v eject_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_a p._n 45._o dial._n cum_fw-la tryph._n p._n 311._o ecce_fw-la aliquis_fw-la instinctu_fw-la daemonis_fw-la percitus_fw-la effertur_fw-la insanit_fw-la ducamus_fw-la hunc_fw-la in_o jovis_n o._n m._n templum_n vel_fw-la quia_fw-la sanare_fw-la homines_fw-la jupiter_n nescit_fw-la in_o aesculapii_n vel_fw-la apollinis_fw-la fanum_fw-la jubeat_fw-la utriuslibet_fw-la sacerdos_n dei_fw-la svi_fw-la
in_o the_o church_n for_o divers_a century_n the_o confirmation_n of_o this_o second_o argument_n the_o result_n of_o these_o particular_n four_o arg._n 4_o those_o miracle_n which_o christ_n and_o his_o apostle_n wrought_v in_o confirmation_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n be_v a_o most_o signal_n demonstration_n of_o its_o truth_n and_o certainty_n as_o will_v appear_v if_o we_o consider_v 1._o the_o design_n on_o which_o our_o saviour_n come_v into_o the_o world_n for_o it_o be_v requisite_a that_o he_o who_o come_v to_o baffle_v and_o pull_v down_o the_o devil_n kingdom_n shall_v show_v his_o power_n over_o those_o evil_a spirit_n which_o uphold_v it_o needful_a it_o be_v that_o he_o who_o teach_v the_o world_n to_o slight_v and_o to_o detest_v those_o heathen_a deity_n which_o have_v so_o long_o obtain_v in_o the_o world_n and_o have_v confirm_v it_o in_o their_o service_n by_o seem_a miracle_n 8._o vid._n not._n in_o cap._n 9_o num_fw-la 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o prediction_n gift_n of_o 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be_v to_o confess_v that_o they_o be_v do_v by_o christ_n since_o nothing_o but_o the_o evidence_n of_o fact_n can_v tempt_v his_o most_o malicious_a enemy_n to_o use_v such_o slight_a evasion_n and_o to_o confess_v as_o do_v the_o pharisee_n and_o the_o chief_a priest_n that_o christ_n do_v miracle_n so_o many_o and_o so_o powerful_a that_o if_o he_o have_v be_v let_v alone_o 11.48_o joh._n 11.48_o all_o man_n will_v have_v believe_v on_o he_o the_o wise_a heathen_n as_o 3_o celsus_n 4_o porphyry_n 5_o hierocles_n and_o 6_o julian_n confess_v the_o thing_n 7_o pilate_n who_o live_v upon_o the_o place_n where_o his_o disciple_n tell_v we_o that_o all_o his_o miracle_n be_v do_v and_o who_o pass_v sentence_n on_o he_o give_v such_o a_o large_a account_n to_o tiberius_n both_o of_o the_o wonder_n of_o his_o life_n and_o death_n and_o resurrection_n as_o make_v the_o emperor_n 8_o propose_v he_o to_o the_o senate_n as_o one_o fit_a to_o be_v admit_v among_o the_o roman_a go_n and_o this_o 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4.24_o &_o 18.16_o &_o 9.35_o galilee_n and_o all_o the_o city_n and_o village_n of_o judea_n preach_v the_o gospel_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o heal_v all_o disease_n and_o all_o sickness_n among_o the_o people_n he_o 19.2_o he_o mat._n 12.15_o &_o 15.30_o &_o 19.2_o heal_v many_o that_o be_v sick_a of_o divers_a malady_n all_o the_o disease_a throughout_o syria_n great_a multitude_n yea_o all_o that_o can_v be_v 4.40_o be_v luke_n 4.40_o bring_v unto_o he_o he_o 1.34_o he_o mark_v 1.34_o cast_v out_o many_o devil_n and_o 8.16_o and_o matt._n 8.16_o heal_v all_o that_o be_v possess_v of_o the_o devil_n and_o then_o they_o add_v that_o there_o be_v many_o other_o 20.30_o other_o john_n 20.30_o sign_n which_o jesus_n do_v which_o be_v not_o write_v by_o they_o from_o which_o compendious_a repetition_n of_o they_o we_o may_v well_o infer_v his_o miracle_n be_v more_o than_o they_o be_v able_a to_o recount_v particular_o or_o more_o than_o they_o think_v needful_a so_o to_o do_v five_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chrysost_n st_o peter_n shadow_n heal_v all_o that_o be_v afflict_v with_o evil_a spirit_n throughout_o all_o jerusalem_n and_o all_o the_o city_n round_o about_o it_o their_o very_a sepulcher_n be_v instrumental_a to_o the_o work_n of_o so_o many_o and_o such_o apparent_a miracle_n that_o as_o their_o enemy_n be_v force_v to_o confess_v they_o so_o christian_n do_v often_o 14_o plead_v they_o with_o the_o great_a confidence_n they_o be_v such_o as_o conquer_a and_o amaze_v the_o conjurer_n 19_o act_n 19.18_o 19_o such_o as_o prevail_v with_o the_o magician_n to_o burn_v their_o book_n and_o make_v confession_n of_o their_o practice_n and_o own_o that_o doctrine_n though_o with_o the_o hazard_n of_o their_o life_n which_o pronounce_v they_o guilty_a of_o contract_v with_o the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n 3_o these_o wonder_n be_v perform_v by_o christian_n throughout_o all_o place_n of_o the_o world_n in_o which_o the_o gospel_n do_v obtain_v and_o flourish_v st_n 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emperor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lucian_n hunuch_n p._n 160._o &_o p._n 161._o 104_o flourish_v most_o quaeritur_fw-la saepe_fw-la cur_n tam_fw-la multi_fw-la sunt_fw-la epicurei_n cic._n de_fw-fr fin_fw-fr bon._n l._n 1._o multi_fw-la postea_fw-la defensores_fw-la &_o nescio_fw-la quomodo_fw-la two_o qui_fw-la auctoritatem_fw-la minimam_fw-la habent_fw-la maximam_fw-la vim_o populus_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la facit_fw-la idem_fw-la l._n 2._o p._n 87.88_o &_o p._n 89._o dicitur_fw-la philosophus_fw-la nobilis_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la graecia_n &_o italia_n sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la omnis_fw-la barbaria_n commota_fw-la est_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d laert._n l._n 10._o p._n 712._o vide_fw-la p._n 721._o 105_o the_o abettor_n of_o they_o do_v accord_v the_o best_a epicurus_n una_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la &_o ea_fw-la quidem_fw-la angusta_fw-la quam_fw-la magnos_fw-la quantaque_fw-la amoris_fw-la conspiration_n conjunctos_fw-la tenuit_fw-la amicorum_fw-la 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de_fw-fr cur_n gr._n off_o serm_n 2._o p._n 33._o 113_o a_o heathen_a emperor_n as_o to_o be_v write_v clamabat_fw-la saepius_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la quibusdam_fw-la sive_fw-la judaeis_n sive_fw-la christianis_fw-la audierat_fw-la &_o tenebat_fw-la idque_fw-la per_fw-la praeconem_fw-la quum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la emendaret_fw-la dici_fw-la jubebat_fw-la quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la fieri_fw-la non_fw-la vis_fw-la alteri_fw-la ne_fw-la feceris_fw-la quam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la usque_fw-la adeo_fw-la dilexit_fw-la ut_fw-la &_o in_fw-la palatio_fw-la &_o in_fw-la publicis_fw-la operibus_fw-la praescribi_fw-la juberet_fw-la aelius_n lamp_n de_fw-la alex._n severo_fw-la hist_n august_n leyd_n ed._n p._n 577._o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n the_o content_n prolegomena_n in_o order_n to_o the_o demonstration_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o lord_n 1._o that_o the_o apostle_n do_v present_o attest_v the_o thing_n 2._o this_o attestation_n can_v not_o be_v 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