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which_o he_o himself_o draw_v upon_o this_o ground_n run_v foul_a upon_o his_o author_n josephus_n while_o he_o assign_v the_o beginning_n of_o gratus_n his_o presidency_n over_o judaea_n to_o the_o three_o year_n of_o tiberius_n his_o reign_n alone_o which_o josephus_n fasten_v to_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o mention_n immediate_o after_o his_o come_n to_o the_o crown_n and_o three_o manifest_o contradict_v st._n luke_n for_o while_o he_o place_v the_o beginning_n of_o gratus_n his_o government_n anno_fw-la tiberii_n 3_o christi_fw-la 21._o see_v that_o gratus_n continue_v that_o his_o government_n cleven_a year_n he_o be_v force_v to_o place_v the_o beginning_n of_o pilate_n regency_n in_o the_o fourteen_o year_n of_o tiberius_n his_o reign_n alone_o and_o of_o christ_n thirty_o second_o that_o be_v two_o year_n at_o least_o after_o christ_n baptism_n upon_o his_o hypothesis_n when_o as_o the_o evangelical_n text_n say_v express_o that_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o john_n baptism_n pontius_n pilate_n be_v governor_n of_o judaea_n in_o the_o fifteen_o year_n of_o tiberius_n current_n the_o fifteen_o of_o his_o reign_n alone_o not_o his_o twelve_o for_o annius_n rufus_n be_v precedent_n of_o judaea_n when_o augustus_n die_v and_o his_o successor_n valerius_n gratus_n continue_v precedent_n eleven_o year_n who_o if_o he_o begin_v as_o vossius_fw-la think_v in_o tiberius_n his_o three_o alone_a tiberius_n his_o twelve_o alone_a must_v be_v expire_v long_o before_o pilate_n enter_v upon_o the_o government_n vossii_n chron._n saer_n pag._n 231._o anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 16_o tiberius_n aequum_fw-la ac_fw-la augustus_n imperium_fw-la habere_fw-la incipit_fw-la 19_o augustus_n moritur_fw-la incipit_fw-la tiberius_n regnare_fw-la solus_fw-la 21_o gratus_fw-la fit_a judaeae_fw-la procurator_n pag._n 232._o 30_o christus_fw-la baptizatur_fw-la 32_o grato_fw-la succedit_fw-la pontius_n pilatus_n 33_o christus_fw-la crucisigitur_fw-la this_o learned_a man_n 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to_o give_v a_o form_n of_o law_n to_o their_o action_n as_o be_v that_o person_n without_o who_o previous_a juridical_a sentence_n pilate_n will_v not_o have_v proceed_v against_o our_o saviour_n so_o it_o perfect_o reconcile_v the_o evangelist_n without_o put_v we_o upon_o the_o miserable_a shift_n of_o crowd_v pilate_n and_o caiaphas_n or_o caiaphas_n and_o annas_n into_o one_o joint_a habitation_n 4._o notwithstanding_o that_o annas_n though_o depose_v be_v adhere_v to_o by_o the_o faction_n as_o the_o lord_n be_v high_a priest_n in_o conformity_n to_o which_o notion_n st._n luke_n call_v he_o high_a priest_n as_o moses_n in_o compliance_n with_o vulgar_a apprehension_n style_v the_o moon_n one_o of_o the_o great_a light_n though_o she_o be_v the_o least_o of_o those_o god_n have_v set_v in_o the_o firmament_n yet_o caiaphas_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o john_n ministry_n and_o at_o the_o passion_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v indeed_o the_o lawful_a high_a priest_n as_o be_v put_v into_o 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menneus_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o herod_n rise_n who_o die_v leave_v it_o to_o lysanias_n his_o elder_a son_n murder_v about_o seven_o year_n after_o by_o m._n antony_n at_o the_o instigation_n of_o cleopatra_n but_o m._n antony_n and_o cleopatra_n have_v leave_v the_o stage_n lysanias_n the_o son_n of_o the_o murder_a prince_n enter_v upon_o his_o father_n estate_n by_o the_o permission_n of_o augustus_n during_o who_o time_n zenodorus_n lord_n of_o the_o town_n and_o territory_n of_o paneas_n farm_v the_o demesne_n of_o lysanias_n and_o pay_v a_o very_a great_a rent_n for_o they_o not_o only_o permit_v the_o trachonite_n to_o play_v the_o robber_n and_o to_o infest_v the_o merchant_n of_o damascus_n but_o himself_o receive_v part_n of_o the_o booty_n with_o they_o augustus_n upon_o complaint_n hereof_o commit_v the_o whole_a country_n of_o trachonitis_n batanea_n gaulonitis_n and_o auramitis_n to_o herod_n late_o create_v king_n of_o jewry_n that_o he_o may_v quell_v the_o robber_n and_o bring_v the_o country_n into_o order_n leave_v unto_o lysanias_n nothing_o but_o the_o city_n abila_n of_o which_o he_o be_v the_o natural_a lord_n whereof_o and_o of_o the_o adjoin_a territory_n he_o be_v afterward_o create_v tetrarch_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o tetrarch_n of_o abilene_n which_o he_o enjoy_v till_o about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o tiberius_n for_o his_o tetrarchate_n be_v not_o dispose_v of_o till_o caligula_n give_v it_o to_o herod_n agrippa_n josep_n antiq._n 18._o 19_o 13._o from_o lysanias_n the_o city_n of_o his_o residence_n and_o from_o whence_o his_o tetrarchate_n be_v call_v abilene_n be_v style_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o distinguish_v it_o from_o the_o phoenician_n abala_n scal._n in_o notis_fw-la eusebeanis_n chron._n ex_fw-la ptolomeo_n §_o 7._o there_o be_v one_o passage_n in_o josephus_n which_o have_v find_v the_o great_a wit_n work_v enough_o to_o reconcile_v it_o to_o sacred_a chronology_n and_o give_v a_o better_a ground_n for_o vossius_fw-la his_o distinction_n of_o tiberius_n his_o reign_n with_o augustus_n and_o alone_o than_o i_o elsewhere_o meet_v with_o as_o seem_v to_o force_v upon_o we_o either_o the_o reject_v of_o josephus_n his_o authority_n or_o the_o conclude_v that_o st._n luke_n calculate_v tiberius_n his_o year_n from_o tiberius_n his_o colleagueship_n with_o augustus_n the_o place_n of_o josephus_n antiq._n 18._o 8._o be_v this_o at_o this_o time_n die_v philip_n the_o brother_n of_o herod_n in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o tiberius_n his_o empire_n after_o he_o have_v just_o and_o prudent_o manage_v his_o tetrarchate_n thirty_o seven_o year_n the_o knot_n this_o if_o herod_n have_v be_v dead_a thirty_o seven_o year_n in_o the_o twenty_o of_o tiberius_n and_o our_o saviour_n but_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n in_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o christ_n thirty_o seven_o fall_n in_o tiberius_n his_o twenty_o second_o and_o by_o that_o acount_n he_o must_v be_v bear_v two_o 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twenty_o year_n old_a but_o then_o we_o contract_v a_o worse_o snarl_v and_o must_v be_v force_v to_o date_n our_o saviour_n baptism_n before_o pilat_n presidencie_n which_o so_o palpable_o contradict_v st._n luke_n give_v this_o as_o one_o of_o the_o character_n of_o the_o time_n of_o christ_n baptism_n that_o it_o be_v when_o pontius_n pilate_n be_v precedent_n of_o judaea_n as_o we_o break_v the_o evangelist_n head_n in_o thus_o plaster_v josephus_n and_o yet_o we_o need_v not_o with_o scaliger_n here_o whole_o reject_v the_o authority_n of_o josephus_n but_o rather_o salve_v it_o by_o suppose_v that_o the_o number_n twenty_o in_o josephus_n be_v falsify_v by_o the_o inadvertency_n of_o the_o transcriber_n and_o shall_v be_v twenty_o two_o at_o least_o as_o scaliger_n himself_o write_v it_o out_o of_o josephus_n twice_o in_o less_o than_o two_o line_n if_o the_o printer_n have_v not_o serve_v he_o as_o the_o scribe_n serve_v josephus_n canon_n isag._n 309._o which_o i_o suppose_v he_o have_v because_o otherwise_o scaliger_n argument_n be_v not_o cogent_a for_o the_o twenty_o second_o of_o tiberius_n concur_v with_o our_o saviour_n thirty_o seven_o even_o according_a to_o st._n luke_n account_n who_o reckon_v christ_n thirty_o full_a at_o the_o begin_n of_o tiberius_n his_o fifteen_o as_o scaliger_n himself_o with_o strenuous_a reason_n assert_n the_o emend_v lib._n 6._o de_fw-la natali_fw-la domini_fw-la ad_fw-la canon_n isag._n l._n 3._o pag._n 306._o and_o be_v manifest_a from_o the_o text_n itself_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o beginning_n to_o be_v of_o the_o age_n of_o thirty_o year_n which_o no_o man_n in_o common_a speech_n can_v be_v say_v to_o do_v till_o he_o be_v thirty_o complete_a the_o difference_n of_o which_o phrase_n from_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v begin_v the_o thirty_o of_o his_o year_n be_v so_o manifest_a as_o every_o schoolboy_n understand_v it_o beside_o the_o incongruousness_n
for_o ever_o a_o fire_n of_o eternal_a vengeance_n such_o as_o that_o whereby_o god_n destroy_v sodom_n and_o her_o sister_n so_o as_o she_o may_v with_o as_o much_o reason_n expect_v that_o the_o lake_n of_o sodom_n shall_v become_v firm_a land_n again_o and_o grow_v into_o a_o pleasant_a plain_n like_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n and_o the_o captivity_n of_o those_o city_n be_v return_v from_o that_o sulphury_a abyss_n that_o captivate_v they_o as_o she_o can_v look_v for_o the_o return_v of_o that_o her_o captivity_n as_o another_o of_o their_o prophet_n forewarn_v they_o ezek._n 16._o 55._o to_o these_o prophecy_n josephus_n relate_v when_o john_n the_o captain_n of_o the_o rebel-jew_n have_v answer_v josephus_n who_o titus_n employ_v as_o his_o interpreter_n to_o persuade_v they_o to_o yield_v that_o jerusalem_n be_v god_n city_n and_o therefore_o invincible_a i_o confess_v reply_v josephus_n i_o deserve_v to_o be_v severe_o punish_v for_o attempt_v to_o persuade_v you_o to_o 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