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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 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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 no_o fence_n against_o this_o fear_n prove_v by_o example_n §_o 3._o in_o hope_n of_o future_a good_a the_o soul_n secret_o applaud_v herself_o after_o virtuous_a acts._n this_o make_v the_o flesh_n suffer_v patient_o chap._n ii_o reason_n nonpluse_v help_v by_o religion_n acquiesce_v in_o her_o resolution_n §_o 1._o man_n supremacy_n over_o the_o creature_n the_o reason_n of_o it_o not_o cognoscible_a by_o natural_a light_n §_o 2._o yet_o general_o challenge_v even_o over_o spirit_n who_o man_n command_v to_o do_v what_o themselves_o disgust_v §_o 3._o the_o way_n of_o creation_n a_o mystery_n reason_n puzzle_v to_o find_v it_o out_o can_v but_o conjecture_v §_o 4._o divine_a revelation_n touch_v both_o acquiesce_v in_o as_o soon_o as_o communicate_v scripture-philosophy_n excel_v the_o mechanic_n plato_n commendation_n §_o 5._o nothing_o but_o the_o god_n of_o order_n grant_v can_v secure_v state_n from_o anarchical_a parity_n and_o club-law_n §_o 6._o heathen_n assent_v to_o the_o reason_n of_o both_o assign_v by_o scripture_n chap._n iii_o natural_a conscience_n echo_v to_o christian_a moral_n §_o 1._o a_o dispraise_n to_o dispraise_v virtue_n or_o praise_n vice_n the_o comick_n liberty_n restrain_v §_o 2._o how_o the_o worst_a of_o man_n become_v to_o be_v repute_v go_n §_o 3._o man_n be_v deify_v for_o their_o virtue_n vice_n ungod_v go_n §_o 4._o stage-god_n hiss_v at_o the_o infamy_n of_o player_n the_o original_a of_o mythology_n chap._n iu._n christian_n religion_n concord_n with_o the_o high_a philosophical_a notion_n §_o 1._o divine_a knowledge_n communicate_v from_o the_o church_n to_o travel_a philosopher_n our_o religion_n elder_a than_o heathenism_n by_o heathen_n confession_n §_o 2._o christian_n article_n imply_v in_o pagan_a philosophy_n position_n man_n happiness_n through_o communion_n with_o god_n and_o conformity_n unto_o god_n §_o 3._o this_o conformity_n and_o communion_n effect_v by_o god-man_n god_n manifest_a in_o
as_o assert_v by_o the_o church_n in_o those_o write_n which_o oppose_v christian_n religion_n §_o 1._o maker_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n §_o 2._o his_o only_a son_n §_o 3._o conceive_a by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n of_o the_o virgin_n mary_n §_o 4._o suffer_v under_o pontius_n pilate_n etc._n etc._n §_o 5._o rise_v again_o the_o three_o day_n §_o 6._o ascend_v into_o heaven_n thence_o etc._n etc._n §_o 7._o the_o holy_a ghost_n §_o 8._o holy_a catholic_n church_n etc._n etc._n chap._n v._n the_o truth_n of_o the_o gospel-history_n attest_v by_o secular_a writer_n §_o 1._o old_a antagonist_n do_v not_o persist_v in_o the_o denial_n of_o any_o point_n of_o gospel-history_n save_v that_o of_o christ_n resurrection_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o deny_v it_o prove_v the_o truth_n of_o it_o §_o 2._o josephus_n his_o story_n of_o john_n baptist_n accord_v with_o gospel-history_n §_o 3._o his_o text_n in_o testimony_n of_o jesus_n vindicate_v from_o the_o exception_n of_o vossius_fw-la etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o josephus_n his_o date_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o baptist_n story_n fall_v in_o with_o gospel-chronology_n §_o 5._o the_o story_n of_o herod_n herodias_n aretus_n artabanus_n philip_n lysanias_n in_o josephus_n tacitus_n suetonius_n time_v to_o sacred_a chronology_n §_o 6._o the_o twin-priesthood_n of_o annas_n and_o caiphas_n at_o christ_n baptism_n and_o passion_n clear_v §_o 7._o the_o date_n of_o philip_n the_o tetrarch_n his_o death_n chap._n vi_o the_o date_n of_o christ_n birth_n as_o it_o be_v assert_v by_o the_o church_n maintain_v by_o scripture_n §_o 1._o christ_n homage_v by_o the_o magi_n early_o after_o his_o birth_n §_o 2._o christ_n bear_v and_o baptise_a the_o same_o day_n of_o the_o year_n §_o 3._o god_n will_v have_v the_o church_n observe_v the_o day_n of_o christ_n birth_n the_o priestly_a course_n the_o character_n of_o it_o which_o from_o the_o first_o institution_n by_o solomon_n to_o the_o last_o and_o fatal_a year_n of_o the_o second_o temple_n stand_v be_v never_o interrupt_v §_o 4._o the_o calculation_n of_o these_o course_n lead_v we_o to_o the_o conception_n and_o birth_n of_o the_o baptist_n and_o our_o saviour_n §_o 5._o christ_n baptism_n and_o john_n ministry_n in_o the_o same_o year_n of_o tiberius_n reign_n point_n out_o the_o same_o thing_n objection_n answer_v §_o 6._o the_o tax_n of_o all_o the_o world_n ill-confounded_n with_o that_o of_o syria_n chap._n vii_o josephus_n his_o suffrage_n to_o the_o evangelist_n in_o the_o substance_n of_o their_o history_n of_o christ._n §_o 1._o he_o appropriate_v the_o compellation_n christ_n to_o our_o jesus_n speak_v of_o the_o church_n growth_n in_o a_o gospel-stile_n §_o 2._o describe_v christ_n disciple_n by_o evangelical_n character_n give_v the_o evangelist_n reason_n why_o other_o do_v not_o embrace_v the_o gospel_n §_o 3._o he_o peremptory_o assert_v christ_n miracle_n how_o he_o come_v to_o a_o certain_a information_n thereof_o appion_n and_o justus_n will_v have_v find_v it_o out_o if_o he_o have_v proceed_v here_o upon_o presumption_n and_o uncertainty_n §_o 4._o he_o describe_v christ_n miracle_n after_o the_o evangelical_n model_n §_o 5._o and_o affirm_v they_o to_o have_v be_v such_o as_o the_o prophet_n have_v foretell_v the_o touchstone_n of_o canonical_a history_n §_o 6._o he_o assert_v christ_n resurrection_n with_o all_o its_o circumstance_n chap._n viii_o josephus_n confirm_v st._n luke_n history_n of_o herod_n agrippa_n §_o 1._o he_o paint_v he_o in_o evangelical_n colour_n as_o the_o jew_n favourite_n as_o a_o prodigal_n as_o much_o in_o the_o tyrian_n debt_n and_o therefore_o displease_v with_o they_o etc._n etc._n §_o 2._o he_o date_n his_o death_n according_a to_o st._n luke_n st._n james_n martyr_a in_o the_o three_o a_o famine_n at_o rome_n in_o the_o second_o and_o three_o in_o judaea_n in_o the_o four_o of_o claudius_n §_o 3._o he_o describe_v his_o death_n after_o st._n luke_n style_n two_o acclamation_n immediate_o after_o the_o second_o he_o be_v strike_v by_o a_o messenger_n of_o death_n a_o owl_n §_o 4._o angel_n assume_v what_o form_n the_o divine_a mandat_fw-la prescribe_v evil_a angel_n god_n messenger_n §_o 5._o herod_n the_o great_a die_v of_o the_o like_a stroke_n josephus_n give_v the_o natural_a symptom_n of_o agrippa_n disease_n §_o 6._o a_o digression_n touch_v st._n paul_n thorn_n in_o the_o flesh._n chap._n ix_o other_o secular_a witness_n to_o the_o truth_n of_o sacred_a history_n §_o 1._o phlegon_n of_o the_o darkness_n and_o earthquake_n at_o christ_n passion_n §_o 2._o thallus_n his_o mistake_v that_o darkness_n for_o a_o eclipse_n §_o 3._o the_o record_n of_o pagan_a rome_n touch_v that_o and_o other_o occurrence_n §_o 4._o the_o chronicle_n of_o edessa_n though_o apocryphal_a yet_o true_a julian_n prohibition_n of_o the_o use_n of_o secular_a book_n in_o christian_a school_n his_o testimony_n §_o 5._o moses_n his_o history_n of_o joseph_n attest_v by_o pagan_n §_o 6._o his_o 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 atheistical_a exception_n against_o particular_a point_n of_o religion_n a_o hydra_n head_n yet_o they_o all_o stand_v upon_o one_o neck_n and_o may_v be_v cut_v off_o at_o one_o blow_n by_o prove_v the_o divine_a original_a of_o religion_n book_n iu._n the_o argument_n 4._o the_o divine_a original_a of_o sacred_a writ_n be_v as_o demonstrable_a as_o the_o be_v of_o a_o god_n from_o the_o infinity_o of_o wisdom_n express_v in_o its_o prophecy_n and_o of_o power_n in_o its_o miracle_n the_o content_n chap._n i._n the_o be_v of_o a_o deity_n demonstrate_v §_o 1._o the_o existence_n of_o a_o deity_n demonstrable_a from_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o world_n the_o composition_n of_o humane_a body_n §_o 2._o the_o garden_n of_o the_o earth_n do_v not_o fall_v by_o chance_n into_o so_o curious_a and_o well_o order_v knot_n the_o ingenuity_n of_o bird_n sing_v the_o wisdom_n of_o their_o maker_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o the_o heaven_n declare_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n chap._n ii_o the_o author_n 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afterward_o suffer_v he_o by_o their_o judaize_v to_o
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