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torment_n to_o they_o do_v ever_o any_o of_o the_o heathen_a juggler_n with_o all_o their_o art_n of_o magic_n extort_v such_o plain_a confession_n from_o they_o do_v they_o thus_o force_v they_o to_o desert_n not_o only_o their_o possess_a body_n but_o their_o temple_n too_o and_o to_o exert_v their_o power_n unto_o the_o ruin_n of_o themselves_o and_o and_o the_o amendment_n of_o those_o soul_n they_o have_v ensnare_v or_o will_v the_o christian_n thus_o appeal_v unto_o the_o sense_n and_o experience_n of_o their_o most_o subtle_a adversary_n will_v they_o provoke_v their_o trial_n and_o boast_v of_o their_o continual_a triumph_n over_o satan_n kingdom_n throughout_o all_o the_o world_n and_o can_v they_o by_o those_o mean_n prevail_v upon_o the_o world_n and_o daily_o gain_v new_a proselyte_n have_v not_o the_o evidence_n of_o truth_n confirm_v their_o say_n annotation_n on_o the_o 7._o chapter_n 1._o the_o come_n of_o elias_n to_o prepare_v his_o way_n this_o the_o jew_n put_v among_o the_o previous_a sign_n of_o their_o messiah_n r._n abraham_n ex_fw-la seder_n olam_fw-la in_o lib._n juchas_fw-es p._n 12._o maimon_n in_o hil._n mel._n c._n 12_o s_o 2._o kimchi_fw-la ad_fw-la c._n 4._o mal._n before_o the_o come_n of_o the_o son_n of_o david_n elias_n shall_v come_v to_o declare_v his_o advent_n faith_n the_o gloss_n in_o hieros_n pesach_n fol._n 30.2_o vide_fw-la lightf_n in_o matt._n 17._o 11._o 2_o he_o be_v to_o come_v into_o the_o world_n before_o the_o sceptre_n do_v depart_v from_o judah_n which_o prophesy_v the_o targum_n do_v apply_v to_o the_o messiah_n &_o shilo_n be_v by_o onkelos_n interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o jonathan_n &_o the_o jerusalem_fw-la targum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o cabalist_n do_v also_o so_o interpret_v it_o because_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o their_o computation_n make_v the_o same_o number_n with_o the_o letter_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n 358._o and_o rabbi_n johanan_n ask_v the_o name_n of_o the_o messiah_n they_o of_o the_o school_n of_o r._n shila_n answer_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a unto_o what_o be_v write_v until_o shilo_n come_v coch._n in_o dvos_fw-la tit_n talmud_n p._n 359._o now_o that_o the_o sceptre_n do_v depart_v from_o judah_n before_o the_o desolation_n of_o jerusalem_n their_o great_a rabbin_n do_v assure_v we_o our_o rabbin_n have_v deliver_v that_o 40_o year_n before_o the_o temple_n be_v destroy_v judgement_n of_o life_n and_o death_n be_v take_v from_o they_o and_o of_o pecuniary_a cause_n in_o the_o day_n of_o rabbi_n simeon_n l._n sanhedr_n hier._n &_o dine_v mammonoth_n and_o when_o the_o roman_n have_v expel_v the_o sanhedrim_n out_o of_o their_o palace_n at_o jerusalem_n they_o put_v on_o sackcloth_n and_o cry_v out_o woe_n to_o we_o for_o the_o sceptre_n be_v remove_v from_o judah_n etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o our_o shilo_n be_v not_o come_v talm._n hieros_n tract_n sanhedr_n and_o epiphanius_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o kingdom_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d herodianorum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o sceptre_n be_v now_o depart_v be_v confess_v by_o kimchi_n on_o these_o word_n the_o child_n of_o israel_n shall_v abide_v many_o day_n without_o a_o king_n and_o without_o a_o prince_n hos_fw-la 3.4_o for_o these_o say_v he_o be_v the_o day_n of_o the_o captivity_n which_o we_o at_o present_a suffer_v have_v no_o king_n nor_o prince_n in_o israel_n but_o be_v subject_n to_o heathen_a potentate_n 3_o before_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o temple_n the_o lord_n who_o you_o seek_v shall_v sudden_o come_v to_o his_o temple_n mal._n 3.1_o this_o â—ord_n say_v kimchi_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o r._n jose_z who_o see_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n say_v the_o time_n of_o the_o messiah_n be_v now_o come_v that_o the_o prophecy_n of_o malachi_n concern_v the_o messiah_n be_v far_a evident_a from_o those_o expression_n which_o style_v the_o person_n mention_v lord_n the_o angel_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o the_o desire_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o speak_v of_o a_o elias_n to_o prepare_v his_o way_n that_o his_o come_n be_v not_o be_v defer_v 2000_o year_n be_v clear_a from_o these_o expression_n behold_v he_o come_v sudden_o 4_o at_o the_o completion_n of_o the_o week_n of_o daniel_n that_o the_o week_n of_o daniel_n comprehend_v only_o 490_o year_n the_o jew_n confess_v whereas_o it_o be_v write_v that_o 70_o week_n be_v determine_v for_o the_o cut_n off_o of_o the_o messiah_n we_o be_v by_o he_o to_o understand_v 490_o year_n auctor_fw-la beth._n israel_n r._n saadias_n gaon_n aben_n ezra_n apud_fw-la raymund_n pug._n fid_fw-we p._n 237._o r._n moses_n and_o r._n selomo_n apud_fw-la morn_n de_fw-fr christ_n relig._n c._n 29._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joseph_n antiq_fw-la jud._n l._n 10._o c._n 12._o so_o that_o in_o his_o opinion_n the_o 70_o week_n be_v then_o conclude_v and_o that_o of_o which_o he_o prophesy_v be_v come_v to_o pass_v there_o be_v who_o so_o interpret_v the_o 70_o week_n of_o daniel_n as_o to_o conceive_v that_o at_o the_o end_n of_o they_o the_o messiah_n shall_v appear_v to_o make_v they_o lord_n of_o all_o thing_n and_o this_o do_v animate_v the_o jew_n in_o their_o rebellion_n against_o the_o roman_n they_o still_o expect_v under_o the_o great_a misery_n that_o their_o messiah_n will_v appear_v to_o save_v they_o manasse_n ben_n israel_n de_fw-fr termino_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la p._n 175._o 5_o who_o then_o impatient_o expect_v their_o messiah_n hence_o so_o many_o false_a christ_n and_o false_a prophet_n 1._o herod_n herodiani_n christum_fw-la herodem_fw-la esse_fw-la dixerunt_fw-la tertull._n adv_o haeres_fw-la c._n 45._o 2._o dositheus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orig._n in_o celsum_n l._n 1._o p._n 44._o 3._o barchocheba_n ille_fw-la messiam_fw-la seipsum_fw-la pronuntiabat_fw-la auctor_fw-la schalschelet_n hakkabalah_n vide_fw-la drusium_n de_fw-la tribus_fw-la sect_n be_v l._n 3._o c._n 4.6_o 4._o vespasian_n who_o by_o the_o flattery_n of_o josephus_n be_v induce_v to_o destroy_v the_o line_n of_o david_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n hist_o eccl._n l._n 3._o c._n 12._o joseph_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la jud._n l._n 7._o c._n 12._o 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joseph_n de_fw-fr bell._n jud._n l._n 2._o c._n 23._o with_o many_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joseph_n antiq._n jud._n l._n 20._o c._n 6._o and_o this_o make_v they_o so_o forward_o to_o rebellagainst_a the_o roman_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joseph_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la jud._n l._n 7._o p._n 967._o 6_o that_o ancient_a prophecy_n percrebuerat_fw-la oriente_fw-it toto_fw-la vetus_fw-la &_o constans_fw-la opinio_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o fatis_fw-la ut_fw-la eo_fw-la tempore_fw-la judaea_n profecti_fw-la rerum_fw-la potirentur_fw-la id_fw-la judaei_n ad_fw-la
state_n and_o their_o denial_n of_o all_o future_a punishment_n and_o from_o their_o false_a conception_n of_o the_o rise_n and_o fatality_n of_o sin_n that_o these_o opinion_n be_v destructive_a to_o the_o service_n of_o a_o deity_n and_o the_o concernment_n of_o religion_n that_o they_o receive_v opinion_n which_o destroy_a morality_n this_o prove_v from_o their_o mistake_n and_o error_n 1._o touch_v the_o duty_n and_o concern_v of_o love_n &_o charity_n to_o their_o neighbour_n and_o second_o touch_v the_o law_n of_o chastity_n justice_n and_o of_o truth_n heathen_a philosophy_n prove_v ineffectual_a not_o only_o to_o reform_v the_o world_n but_o the_o professor_n of_o it_o the_o wickedness_n of_o their_o life_n the_o account_n and_o reason_n of_o it_o theresult_v of_o all_o in_o confirmation_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n §_o 1._o but_o that_o which_o be_v the_o crown_n of_o all_o and_o indeed_o potissima_fw-la demonstratio_fw-la a_o most_o convince_a evidence_n of_o the_o 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