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it_o tekel_n thou_o be_v weigh_v in_o the_o balance_n and_o be_v find_v want_v peres_n thy_o kingdom_n be_v divide_v and_o give_v to_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n dan._n 5._o vers_fw-la 18._o to_o 29._o 9_o thus_o will_v daniel_n have_v cure_v babel_n but_o she_o be_v not_o cure_v by_o he_o howbeit_o belshazzar_n be_v more_o kind_a to_o daniel_n then_o to_o himself_o then_o most_o great_a prince_n be_v to_o god_n best_a prophet_n that_o reprove_v they_o for_o he_o command_v and_o they_o clothe_v daniel_n with_o scarlet_a and_o put_v a_o chain_n of_o gold_n about_o his_o neck_n &_o make_v a_o proclamation_n concern_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v the_o three_o ruler_n in_o the_o kingdom_n in_o that_o night_n be_v belshazzar_n the_o king_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n sâ—aine_n and_o darius_n the_o median_a take_v the_o kingdom_n be_v about_o threescore_o and_o two_o year_n old_a dan._n 5._o vers_fw-la 29_o 30_o 31._o for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o bestow_n of_o a_o scarlet_a robe_n of_o court_n holy_a water_n or_o of_o real_a honour_n in_o great_a measure_n upon_o god_n servant_n that_o can_v cover_v a_o scarlet_a sin_n in_o prince_n the_o stain_n of_o blood_n can_v never_o be_v wash_v off_o nor_o the_o cry_n of_o the_o oppress_v blow_v away_o though_o the_o whole_a element_n of_o water_n wind_n &_o air_n be_v at_o their_o command_n without_o the_o tear_n and_o sigh_n of_o the_o oppressor_n who_o heart_n can_v be_v cleanse_v without_o repentant_a prayer_n jerusalem_n sigh_n and_o tear_n in_o her_o sorrow_n have_v sink_v too_o deep_a into_o the_o almighty_n ear_n to_o be_v expiate_v without_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o many_o sorrowful_a heart_n and_o contrite_a spirit_n throughout_o babel_n israel_n be_v a_o scatter_a sheep_n the_o lion_n have_v drive_v he_o away_o first_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n have_v devour_v he_o and_o last_v this_o nabuchadnezzar_n king_n of_o babylon_n have_v break_v his_o bone_n therefore_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n the_o god_n of_o israel_n behold_v i_o will_v punish_v the_o king_n of_o babylon_n and_o his_o land_n as_o i_o have_v punish_v the_o king_n of_o assyria_n and_o i_o will_v bring_v israel_n again_o to_o his_o habitation_n etc._n etc._n jer._n 50._o vers_fw-la 17_o 18_o 19_o thus_o israel_n be_v revolve_v from_o god_n consequent_a will_n to_o his_o antecedent_n &_o babylon_n from_o his_o antecedent_n to_o his_o consequent_a will_n and_o for_o the_o speedy_a execution_n of_o both_o part_n of_o this_o his_o will_n for_o israel_n good_a and_o babylon_n hurt_n the_o persian_a monarchy_n be_v with_o such_o speed_n erect_v 10_o but_o some_o happy_o will_v here_o demand_v wherein_o the_o similitude_n mention_v by_o jeremie_n between_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n and_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n punishment_n do_v consist_v senacharib_n
miscarriage_n must_v be_v refer_v for_o brevity_n sake_n to_o other_o treatise_n only_o to_o shut_v up_o this_o exemplification_n of_o the_o prophet_n assertion_n verify_v in_o peculiar_a sort_n in_o hungary_n what_o example_n of_o divine_a justice_n either_o more_o pregnant_a or_o more_o durable_a be_v ever_o manifest_v in_o judea_n than_o be_v to_o be_v see_v every_o morning_n for_o more_o than_o twenty_o year_n together_o in_o the_o field_n of_o moacz_n where_o the_o horse_n and_o his_o royal_a rider_n king_n lewis_n find_v a_o miserable_a grave_n before_o they_o be_v quite_o dead_a but_o where_o the_o bone_n of_o such_o as_o be_v slay_v in_o that_o unfortunate_a battle_n lay_v unburied_a in_o such_o abundance_n as_o do_v exhibit_v a_o woeful_a spectacle_n to_o every_o christian_a passenger_n eye_n from_o the_o year_n 1526._o until_o the_o time_n of_o 4._o busbequius_fw-la his_o embassage_n to_o constantinople_n how_o long_o after_o i_o know_v not_o which_o be_v upon_o the_o marriage_n between_o king_n philip_n and_o queen_n mary_n about_o the_o year_n 1555._o the_o christian_a hungar_n of_o those_o time_n after_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o late_a mention_a king_n have_v as_o just_a cause_n to_o insert_v that_o lamentation_n into_o their_o liturgy_n as_o jeremie_n have_v to_o take_v it_o up_o the_o anointed_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v take_v in_o their_o net_n of_o who_o we_o say_v under_o his_o shadow_n we_o shall_v be_v preserve_v alive_a among_o the_o heathen_a lamentation_n 4._o 20._o as_o full_a a_o interest_n in_o that_o complaint_n of_o the_o psalmist_n as_o the_o ancient_a jew_n have_v during_o the_o time_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n or_o antiochus_n his_o rage_n the_o dead_a body_n of_o thy_o servant_n have_v they_o give_v to_o be_v meat_n unto_o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o heaven_n the_o flesh_n of_o thy_o saint_n unto_o the_o beast_n of_o the_o earth_n their_o blood_n have_v they_o shed_v like_o water_n &_o there_o be_v none_o to_o bury_v they_o ps_n 79._o 2_o 3._o the_o pitiful_a woman_n of_o judea_n do_v eat_v their_o child_n when_o titus_n besiege_v jerusalem_n the_o woman_n of_o hungary_n no_o less_o merciful_a as_o may_v be_v presume_v than_o other_o christian_a woman_n be_v bury_v their_o child_n alive_a lest_o their_o timorous_a outcry_n may_v bewray_v the_o place_n of_o their_o abode_n or_o latitation_n when_o soliman_n and_o his_o furious_a hellhound_n do_v so_o greedy_o hunt_v after_o their_o life_n the_o people_n of_o hungary_n will_v not_o take_v example_n from_o the_o misery_n which_o have_v befall_v judea_n nor_o break_v off_o those_o sin_n which_o bring_v this_o misery_n upon_o they_o god_n grant_v the_o prophet_n and_o seer_n of_o this_o kingdom_n eye_n to_o discern_v and_o this_o whole_a people_n one_o and_o other_o patient_a heart_n to_o hear_v those_o sin_n whether_o of_o practice_n or_o opinion_n discover_v which_o threaten_v the_o like_a judgement_n unto_o this_o land_n as_o have_v befall_v the_o kingdom_n of_o hungary_n one_o of_o the_o most_o flourish_a kingdom_n in_o the_o christian_a world_n within_o a_o few_o year_n before_o its_o ruin_n finis_fw-la finis_fw-la nec_fw-la dictis_fw-la erit_fw-la ullus_fw-la bonos_fw-es si_fw-la cum_fw-la actus_fw-la ab_fw-la urbe_fw-la daunius_n hostili_fw-la teucris_n urgentibus_fw-la heros_fw-la vix_fw-la pugna_fw-la absistit_fw-la simile_n dicetur_fw-la asello_fw-la quâ—m_fw-la pveri_fw-la laeto_fw-la pascentem_fw-la pinguia_fw-la in_o agro_fw-la ordea_fw-la stipitibus_fw-la duris_fw-la detrudere_fw-la tendunt_fw-la instantes_fw-la quatiuntque_fw-la sudes_fw-la per_fw-la terga_fw-la per_fw-la armos_fw-la ille_fw-la autem_fw-la campo_fw-it vix_fw-la cedere_fw-la &_o inter_fw-la eundum_fw-la saepe_fw-la hic_fw-la atque_fw-la illic_fw-la avidis_fw-la insistere_fw-la malis_fw-la omnia_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la rerumque_fw-la simillima_fw-la imago_fw-la est_fw-la credo_fw-la equidem_fw-la sed_fw-la turpe_fw-la pecus_fw-la nec_fw-la turnus_n asellum_fw-la turnus_n avia_fw-la atavisque_fw-la poteâ—s_fw-la dignabitur_fw-la heros_fw-la aptius_fw-la hanc_fw-la speciem_fw-la referat_fw-la leo_fw-la quem_fw-la neque_fw-la tergae_fw-la ira_fw-la dare_v aut_fw-la virtus_fw-la patitur_fw-la neque_fw-la sufficit_fw-la unus_fw-la tendere_fw-la tot_fw-la contra_fw-la telisque_fw-la obstare_fw-la sequentum_fw-la hieron_n vida_n poet._n lib._n 2._o 2._o et_fw-la hic_fw-la quidem_fw-la omnium_fw-la morbus_fw-la est_fw-la trium_fw-la generum_fw-la quae_fw-la proposui_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la scilicet_fw-la qui_fw-la secundum_fw-la corpus_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la sapiunt_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la secundum_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la creaturam_fw-la sicuti_fw-la est_fw-la anima_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la neque_fw-la secundum_fw-la corpus_fw-la neque_fw-la secundum_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la creaturam_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la de_fw-fr deo_fw-la falsa_fw-la existimant_fw-la eo_fw-la remotiores_fw-la à _fw-la vero_fw-la quo_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la sapiunt_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la reperitur_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o facto_fw-la &_o condito_fw-la spiritu_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la creatore_fw-la qui_fw-la enim_fw-la opinatur_fw-la deum_fw-la verbi_fw-la gratia_fw-la candidum_fw-la vel_fw-la rutilum_fw-la fallitur_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la haec_fw-la inventantur_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la rursum_fw-la qui_fw-la opinatur_fw-la deum_fw-la nunc_fw-la obliviscentem_fw-la nunc_fw-la recordantem_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la est_fw-la nihilominus_fw-la in_o errore_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la tamen_fw-la haec_fw-la inveniuntur_fw-la in_o animo_fw-la qui_fw-la autem_fw-la putant_fw-la ejus_fw-la esse_fw-la potentiae_fw-la deum_fw-la ut_fw-la seipsum_fw-la ipse_fw-la genuerit_fw-la eo_fw-la plus_fw-la errant_a quòd_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la deus_fw-la ita_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la nec_fw-la corporalis_fw-la creatura_fw-la nulla_fw-la enim_fw-la res_fw-la omnino_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la seipsum_fw-la gignat_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr trinit_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 1._o 1._o in_o the_o 5._o book_n section_n 3_o 1_o 1_o mittamus_fw-la animum_fw-la ad_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la aeterna_fw-la sunt_fw-la miremur_fw-la in_o sublimi_fw-la volitantes_fw-la rerum_fw-la on_o nium_fw-la formas_fw-la deumque_fw-la inter_fw-la illa_fw-la versantem_fw-la &_o providentem_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la quae_fw-la immortalia_fw-la facere_fw-la non_fw-la potuit_fw-la quia_fw-la materia_fw-la prohibebat_fw-la defendat_fw-la à _fw-la morte_fw-la ac_fw-la ratione_fw-la vitium_fw-la corporis_fw-la uincat_fw-la senec._n ib._n whether_o for_o thus_o say_v he_o fall_v under_o the_o censure_n of_o muretus_n in_o his_o annotation_n upon_o this_o place_n i_o refer_v it_o to_o the_o judicious_a reader_n impie_fw-la stulta_fw-la veterum_fw-la opinio_fw-la deum_fw-la voluisse_fw-la quidem_fw-la à _fw-la primo_fw-la omne_fw-la immortalia_fw-la facere_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la potuisse_fw-la propter_fw-la materiae_fw-la vitium_fw-la quasi_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la cetera_fw-la omne_fw-la ita_fw-la materiam_fw-la condiderit_fw-la ac_fw-la procrearit_fw-la deus_fw-la recte_fw-la lactaâ—â—tius_fw-la idem_fw-la materiae_fw-la fictor_fw-la est_fw-la qâ—i_fw-la &_o rerum_fw-la materia_fw-la constantium_fw-la constantium_fw-la qui_fw-la scholas_fw-la regunt_fw-la in_o id_fw-la nobis_fw-la exploratum_fw-la reliquerunt_fw-la tale_n esse_fw-la conditionalis_fw-la propositionis_fw-la naturam_fw-la sive_fw-la conditionem_fw-la ut_fw-la existente_fw-la falso_fw-la quod_fw-la antecedit_fw-la &_o etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la subsequitur_fw-la possit_fw-la remanere_fw-la vera_fw-la conditionalis_fw-la pasq_fw-la c._n 1._o ad_fw-la ronvere_n fol._n 65_o though_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o a_o angel_n from_o heaven_n to_o preach_v any_o other_o gospel_n than_o paul_n have_v preach_v and_o impossible_a likewise_o for_o any_o angel_n of_o heaven_n to_o be_v accurse_v yet_o s._n paul_n conditional_a proposition_n be_v true_a if_o a_o angel_n from_o heaven_n shall_v preach_v any_o other_o gospel_n he_o shall_v be_v accurse_v in_o like_a manner_n this_o supposition_n or_o conditional_a if_o any_o thing_n can_v take_v beginning_n from_o itself_o it_o shall_v be_v infinite_a be_v true_a although_o both_o these_o position_n be_v false_a first_o that_o any_o thing_n can_v take_v beginning_n from_o itself_o second_o that_o any_o thing_n which_o have_v beginning_n can_v be_v infinite_a and_o this_o only_o be_v absolute_o true_a that_o which_o true_o be_v without_o all_o beginning_n be_v absolute_o infinite_a infinite_a idem_fw-la absolutum_fw-la quod_fw-la et_fw-la deum_fw-la dicimê°_n non_fw-la cadit_fw-la in_o numero_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la alio_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o coelum_fw-la sint_fw-la plura_fw-la aut_fw-la duo_fw-la aut_fw-la alia_fw-la &_o diversa_fw-la sicut_fw-la nec_fw-la coelum_fw-la est_fw-la idem_fw-la absolutum_fw-la ut_fw-la coelum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la à _fw-la terra_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la idem_fw-la absolutum_fw-la est_fw-la actu_fw-la omnis_fw-la formae_fw-la formabilis_fw-la forma_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la forma_fw-la esse_fw-la extra_fw-la idem_fw-la quo_fw-la enim_fw-la res_fw-la est_fw-la eadem_fw-la sibiipsi_fw-la forma_fw-la agit_fw-fr quòd_fw-la autem_fw-la est_fw-la allerialia_n est_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la idem_fw-la absolutum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la omnis_fw-la formae_fw-la forma_fw-la est_fw-la igitur_fw-la idem_fw-la absolutum_fw-la principium_fw-la medium_n &_o finis_fw-la omnis_fw-la formae_fw-la &_o actus_fw-la absolutus_fw-la omnis_fw-la potentiae_fw-la cusan_a de_fw-fr genes_n dialog_n pag._n 128._o 128._o lib._n de_fw-fr ente_fw-la &_o uno_fw-la uno_fw-la ex._n 3._o 14._o 14._o cum_fw-la primum_fw-la ingressus_fw-la academiam_fw-la sueris_fw-la occurret_fw-la tibi_fw-la parmenides_n qui_fw-la unicum_fw-la