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 unknown_a god_n whether_o god_n or_o goddess_n §_o 4._o the_o unknown_a god_n §_o 5._o great_a pan_n the_o all-heal_a his_o death_n §_o 6._o of_o their_o many_o lord_n none_o comparable_a to_o the_o lord_n christ_n to_o we_o but_o one_o lord_n chap._n vi_o god_n the_o light_n man_n reliever_n §_o 1._o plebeian_n light_n mistake_v for_o the_o true_a all-healing_a light_n jove_n and_o vaejove_v mythology_n a_o help_n at_o a_o dead_a lift_n §_o 2._o wisdom_n beget_v of_o god_n man_n helper_n the_o father_n darling_n §_o 3._o make_a man._n sibyl_n maintain_v as_o quote_v by_o father_n come_v short_a of_o scripture-oracle_n §_o 4._o virgil_n out_o of_o sibyl_n prophesy_v of_o christ._n the_o sibylline_n bring_v to_o the_o test._n tully_n weak_a exception_n against_o the_o sibylline_n §_o 5._o sibyl_n song_n of_o god_n redeemer_n the_o eternal_a word_n the_o creator_n apollo_n commend_v christ._n local_a saviour_n explode_a chap._n vii_o man_n heal_v by_o the_o stripe_n and_o oracle_n of_o god-man_n §_o 1._o jew_n hide_v face_n from_o christ._n great_a hero_n great_a sufferer_n the_o expiatory_a painfulness_n of_o their_o passion_n §_o 2._o humane_a sacrifice_n universal_a §_o 3._o not_o in_o imitation_n of_o abraham_n porphyry_n miscollection_n from_o sancuniathon_n humane_a sacrifice_n in_o use_n in_o canaan_n before_o abraham_n come_v there_o and_o in_o remote_a part_n before_o his_o fact_n be_v know_v in_o chaldea_n before_o abraham_n departure_n thence_o §_o 4._o it_o be_v the_o corruption_n of_o the_o old_a tradition_n of_o the_o woman_n seed_n heel_n bruise_v their_o sacred_a anchor_n in_o extremity_n §_o 5._o the_o story_n of_o the_o king_n of_o moab_n and_o edom_n vulgar_o mistake_v different_a from_o amos_n his_o text._n king_n of_o moab_n offer_v his_o own_o son_n the_o fruit_n of_o the_o body_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o soul_n §_o 6._o what_o they_o grope_v after_o exhibit_v in_o christ_n blood_n §_o 7._o man_n saviour_n be_v to_o save_v man_n by_o deliver_v divine_a oracle_n hero_n cultivate_v the_o world_n by_o art_n and_o science_n §_o 8._o gospel-net_n take_v in_o small_a and_o great_a the_o apostle_n become_v all_o thing_n to_o all_o man_n how_o chap._n viii_o the_o gospel_n calculate_v to_o the_o meridian_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n §_o 1_o in_o its_o type_n §_o 2._o its_o ceremonial_n fall_v at_o christ_n foot_n with_o their_o own_o weight_n the_o nest_n of_o ceremony_n pull_v down_o that_o law_n not_o practicable_a §_o 3._o moses_n his_o moral_n improve_v by_o christ_n by_o better_a motive_n moses_n faithful_a christ_n no_o austere_a master_n law_n for_o child_n for_o man_n for_o the_o humane_a court_n for_o conscience_n christ_n clear_v moses_n from_o false_a gloss_n §_o 4._o it_o be_v fit_a that_o christ_n shall_v demand_v a_o great_a rent_n have_v improve_v the_o farm_n st._n mat._n 5._o 17._o explain_v christian_n virtue_n a_o mirror_n of_o god_n admire_v by_o angel_n st._n mat._n 7._o 26._o urge_v the_o sanction_n of_o the_o royal_a law_n §_o 5._o st._n paul_n notion_n of_o justification_n by_o faith_n only_o explain_v it_o imply_v more_o and_o better_a work_n than_o justification_n by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n judaisme_n have_v lose_v its_o salvific_a power_n much_o give_v much_o require_v the_o equity_n and_o easiness_n of_o christ_n yoke_n discord_n in_o the_o academy_n none_o in_o christ_n school_n chap._n ix_o gospel-history_n agree_v with_o old_a testament-prophecy_n §_o 1._o christ_n appeal_n to_o the_o prophet_n §_o 2._o the_o primary_n old_a testament-prophecy_n not_o accomplishable_a in_o any_o but_o the_o bless_a jesus_n jacob_n shilo_n gentile_n gather_v sceptre_n depart_v at_o the_o demolish_n of_o their_o king_n palace_n §_o 3._o by_o consent_n of_o both_o party_n not_o till_o the_o gentile_n gather_v child_n to_o abraham_n of_o stone_n gentile_n flock_v to_o christ_n standard_n §_o 4._o sign_n of_o sceptre_n be_v departure_n price_n of_o soul_n pay_v to_o capitol_n not_o former_o pay_v to_o caesar._n mat._n 17._o 25._o explain_v §_o 5._o jew_n pay_v neither_o tithe_n nor_o his_o pole-money_n to_o any_o but_o their_o own_o priest_n before_o vespasian_n who_o make_v judah_n a_o vassal_n to_o a_o strange_a god_n such_o as_o their_o father_n know_v not_o chap._n x._o more_o sign_n of_o the_o sceptre_n be_v departure_n §_o 1._o covenant-obligation_n void_a they_o return_v to_o egypt_n etc._n etc._n §_o 2._o temple-vessel_n profanation_n revenge_v of_o old_a not_o now_o regard_v §_o 3._o titus_n and_o vespasian_n reward_v for_o their_o service_n against_o the_o temple_n §_o 4._o judah_n god_n deaf_a to_o all_o their_o cry_n §_o 5._o they_o curse_v themselves_o in_o call_v upon_o the_o god_n of_o revenge_n §_o 6._o jewish_a and_o gentile_a historian_n relate_v the_o watchword_n let_v we_o depart_v §_o 7._o jacob_n thus_o expound_v not_o by_o statist_n but_o the_o apostle_n chap._n xi_o the_o prophecy_n of_o daniel_n septimanes_n and_o haggai_n second_o house_n not_o applicable_a to_o any_o but_o the_o bless_a jesus_n §_o 1._o porphyry_n and_o rabbi_n deny_v daniel_n authority_n the_o jew_n split_v their_o messiah_n §_o 2._o the_o unreasonableness_n of_o both_o these_o evasion_n §_o 3._o daniel_n prophecy_n not_o capable_a of_o any_o sense_n but_o what_o have_v receive_v its_o accomplishment_n in_o our_o jesus_n §_o 4._o daniel_n second_n epocha_n §_o 5._o christ_n the_o desire_n of_o all_o nation_n fill_v the_o second_o temple_n with_o glory_n §_o 6._o that_o temple_n not_o now_o in_o be_v §_o 7._o the_o conclusion_n of_o this_o book_n book_n iii_o the_o argument_n 3_o we_o have_v as_o good_a ground_n of_o assurance_n that_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n and_o doctrine_n contain_v in_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n be_v do_v and_o deliver_v according_o as_o they_o be_v therein_o relate_v as_o we_o have_v or_o can_v have_v of_o the_o truth_n of_o any_o other_o the_o most_o certain_a relation_n in_o the_o world_n 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 pagan_a court_n §_o 2._o christian_n precept_n and_o example_n civilise_v the_o court_n of_o heathen_a emperor_n §_o 3._o pliny_n information_n concern_v christian_n to_o trajan_n §_o 4._o what_o it_o be_v in_o christian_n that_o maximnus_fw-la hate_v they_o for_o chap._n iii_o the_o substance_n of_o christian_a religion_n as_o it_o stand_v now_o in_o the_o gospel_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o book_n of_o its_o adversary_n §_o 1._o the_o effigy_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v hang_v out_o where_o it_o be_v proscribe_v §_o 2._o hierocles_n attempt_v to_o outvie_v jesus_n with_o apollonius_n have_v present_v to_o the_o world_n the_o sum_n of_o evangelical_n history_n §_o 3._o more_o ape_n of_o christ_n than_o apollonius_n §_o 4._o christ_n doctrine_n may_v be_v trace_v out_o by_o the_o footstep_n of_o the_o hunter_n who_o pursue_v it_o chap._n iu._n every_o article_n of_o the_o apostle_n creed_n to_o be_v find_v
six_o her_o eye_n more_o narrow_o upon_o emergency_n there_o as_o thing_n of_o high_a state-concern_a in_o respect_n of_o that_o then_o famous_a eastern_a prophecy_n of_o one_o to_o arise_v at_o that_o time_n in_o judea_n who_o shall_v be_v king_n of_o the_o universe_n §_o 4._o at_o that_o time_n when_o the_o erection_n of_o a_o universal_a monarchy_n be_v according_a to_o that_o prophecy_n expect_v appear_v person_n of_o a_o more_o lordly_a spirit_n among_o the_o roman_n than_o any_o former_a age_n have_v bring_v forth_o caesar_n and_o pompey_n '_o s_o ambition_n spring_v from_o this_o prophecy_n the_o then_o great_a spirit_n court_v the_o jew_n favour_n and_o use_v mean_n that_o they_o may_v be_v that_o oriundus_fw-la in_o judaea_n §_o 5._o the_o art_n which_o the_o roman_a candidate_n for_o the_o universal_a monarchy_n use_v to_o bring_v the_o world_n into_o a_o opinion_n that_o they_o be_v design_v by_o heaven_n to_o something_o extraordinary_a julius_n his_o dream_n his_o cloven-footed_a horse_n his_o mule_n his_o triton_n his_o press_v to_o have_v the_o title_n of_o king_n because_o the_o sibyl_n have_v prophesy_v one_o at_o that_o time_n will_v be_v king_n of_o all_o the_o world_n the_o father_n quotation_n of_o sibyl_n vindicate_v §_o 6._o augustus_n have_v his_o education_n among_o the_o velitri_fw-la who_o have_v a_o tradition_n of_o the_o tendency_n with_o the_o eastern_a prophecy_n that_o one_o of_o that_o city_n shall_v obtain_v the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n the_o roman_a prodigy_n before_o his_o birth_n his_o mother_n atia_n conceive_v he_o by_o apollo_n her_o snake-mole_n nero_n '_o s_o bracelet_n atias_fw-la dream_n of_o her_o entrail_n nigidius_n his_o prognostication_n the_o prediction_n of_o the_o thracian_a priest_n his_o father_n vision_n cicero_n '_o s_o dream_n §_o 7._o tiberius_n his_o omen_n scribonius_n '_o s_o prediction_n livias_n crest_a chick_n the_o altar_n of_o the_o conquer_a legion_n his_o dye_n cast_v into_o apon_n '_o s_z well_o galba_n '_o s_o mock-prophecy_n §_o 8._o titus_n and_o vespasian_n '_o s_o motto_n amor_n &_o deliciae_fw-la in_o english_a the_o desire_n of_o the_o nation_n the_o prodigy_n of_o mars_n his_o oak_n the_o gypsy_n prediction_n dirt_n cast_v by_o caligula_n into_o his_o shirt_n the_o dog_n bring_v a_o man_n hand_n the_o oracle_n of_o the_o god_n of_o carmel_n his_o cure_v the_o blind_a and_o lame_a etc._n etc._n chap._n x._o the_o more_o open_a practice_n of_o soar_a spirit_n in_o grasp_a at_o the_o judean_a crown_n their_o hope_n to_o obtain_v it_o and_o as_o to_o some_o of_o they_o their_o conceit_n of_o possess_v it_o §_o 1._o cleopatra_n '_o s_o boon_n beg_v of_o m._n antony_n deny_v herod_n '_o s_o eye_n bloodshot_a with_o look_v at_o the_o eastern_a prophecy_n §_o 2._o vespasian_n jealous_a of_o titus_n the_o eastern_a monarchy_n the_o prize_n contend_v for_o by_o both_o party_n in_o the_o jewish_a war_n mild_a vespasian_n cruel_a to_o david_n '_o be_v line_n §_o 3._o domitian_n jealous_a of_o david_n progeny_n genealogy_n metius_n pomposianus_n his_o genesis_n and_o globe_n his_o discourse_n with_o christ_n kindred_n about_o christ_n kingdom_n clancular_a jew_n bring_v to_o light_n trajan_n put_v to_o death_n simeon_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n for_o be_v of_o the_o royal_a line_n §_o 4._o gloss_n upon_o the_o eastern_a prophecy_n under_o adrian_n involve_v the_o empire_n in_o blood_n jewry_n in_o desolation_n fronto_n tax_v benumb_v nerva_n for_o connive_v at_o the_o jew_n chap._n xi_o st._n paul_n apology_n before_o nero_n be_v in_o answer_n to_o some_o interrogatory_n put_v to_o he_o through_o the_o suggestion_n of_o his_o adversary_n touch_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o eastern_a prophecy_n ex._n gr._n be_v not_o this_o jesus_n who_o thou_o preach_v to_o be_v rise_v again_o from_o the_o dead_a that_o jesus_n of_o nazareth_n who_o you_o call_v king_n of_o the_o jew_n §_o 1._o tertullus_n his_o charge_n against_o st._n paul_n a_o ringleader_n of_o nazarites_n lysias_n his_o interrogatory_n be_v not_o thou_o that_o alexandrian_n egyptian_n nero_n put_v in_o hope_n of_o that_o kingdom_n which_o st._n paul_n preach_v christ_n to_o have_v obtain_v poppaea_n nero_n minion_n disciple_n slink_v away_o §_o 2._o why_o st._n paul_n style_v nero_n a_o lion_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n the_o lion_n courage_n quail_v at_o st._n paul_n apology_n nero_n after_o that_o trust_v more_o to_o his_o art_n than_o gypsy_n prophecy_n §_o 3._o st._n paul_n appearance_n within_o nero_n '_o s_z quinquennium_fw-la pallas_n foelix_fw-la his_o brother_n and_o advocate_n out_o of_o favour_n in_o nero_n '_o s_z three_o festus_n hasten_v st._n paul_n '_o s_z mission_n to_o rome_n the_o jew_n his_o trial._n §_o 4._o nero_n not_o yet_o a_o lion_n in_o cruelty_n but_o in_o opinion_n judah_n '_o s_z lion_n st._n paul_n '_o s_o doctrine_n try_v to_o the_o bottom_n before_o nero_n despond_v a_o apology_n for_o this_o pilgrimage_n through_o the_o holy_a age_n its_o use._n chap._n xii_o as_o no_o age_n be_v less_o like_a to_o be_v cheat_v than_o that_o wherein_o the_o apostle_n flourish_v so_o no_o generation_n of_o man_n be_v less_o like_a to_o put_v a_o cheat_n upon_o the_o world_n than_o the_o apostolic_a and_o primitive_a church_n §_o 1._o the_o apostle_n and_o primitive_a church_n veracity_n evince_v by_o their_o choose_n death_n rather_o than_o a_o officious_a lie_n to_o save_v their_o life_n pliny_n '_o s_o testimony_n of_o they_o §_o 2_o 3._o they_o hide_v not_o their_o imperfection_n nor_o the_o truth_n to_o please_v party_n or_o to_o avoid_v the_o world_n take_v offence_n the_o offence_n which_o heathen_n take_v at_o some_o gospel-passage_n §_o 4._o all_o false_a religion_n make_v lie_v their_o refuge_n pagan_a forgery_n §_o 5._o papal_a innovation_n found_v on_o lie_a legend_n sir_n thomas_n moor_n upon_o st._n austin_n gregory_n turonensis_n and_o simeon_n metaphrastes_n devout_a liar_n the_o story_n of_o the_o baptist_n '_o s_z head_n book_n ii_o the_o argument_n as_o they_o can_v not_o nor_o will_v not_o delude_v other_o so_o they_o be_v not_o themselves_o delude_v person_n or_o man_n of_o crazy_a intellect_n but_o propound_v to_o the_o world_n a_o religion_n so_o every_o way_n fit_v to_o the_o dictate_v of_o common_a reason_n of_o the_o most_o refine_v philosophy_n and_o of_o pre-existent_a religion_n as_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o they_o to_o have_v frame_v have_v they_o not_o be_v of_o perfect_a memory_n and_o sound_a mind_n the_o content_n chap._n i._n the_o gospel_n correspondency_n with_o vulgar_a sentiment_n §_o 1._o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o humane_a soul_n untaught_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o christian_a creed_n in_o the_o article_n touch_v the_o unity_n of_o the_o godhead_n his_o goodness_n justice_n mercy_n the_o existence_n of_o wicked_a spirit_n §_o 2._o the_o resurrection_n and_o future_a judgement_n death_n formidable_a for_o its_o consequence_n to_o evil_a man_n 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