- - -·· Pm&:4• , ThatGooil. \ SI the Scepter,was a thing could not be fore.. fc~l'le: I ....... fqr lufiah was not the elder Brother, and it wa·s longfirft before it was brought topaffe;therefore MtJfts couldnot1"ee it by any thing thenprefent : and befides that)he fhouldnot onlyhtL1Jethe scept tcr, but hee fhould have it tillshilo come, that is, Chrifl I efm,whiehwas about two thoufandyeeres after : Like unto this,1reade not ofany prophefies amongfi: other Nati.ons. Moreover, theprophefieofI erichoJ that he that Il{j~t;,·td.ult. diduegin t9 build it ag~ine,fhould lay the foundation Df it inhis elde.ft fonne, and Jet up the gates of it in theyoungefr, we finde truly fulfilled, I King. I 6. !aft. . . · So likewife the propbeue ofIojiah, it was a di- 1l\l11g. 'l·r,~,J· fiinttprophefie; youhaveitin I King.r3.I,2,3. where the P~ophet comesfrom the Lord,andcryeth,Ob .A/tar,A!ttt.r,heholdaChildfh4Ube borne,Iojiah ~Jn4me, &c. he names the-veryman_ that fhould performe it. .· The like is theprophefie ofcyr~~&, long before CyruJ was borne,Th~u he fhouid d'eliver the Iert'ts and takeoff the yoke oftheircaptivitie,&c, ' So likcwifc come to theprophefies of Daniel, theprophefte of the foure Monarchies you fee howparticularit was: Daniel, he livedbut in the two firfi,whicbwere theChaldeanand Perftan Mo– narchie;itwas not po!lible,byany thing that was then done, that be f11ould have beene abie to fee- , ) the fucceffion: yet then,afrer therp,was the:Grcci- , A:n.)and then the RomanMonarchie. · · ! 'S-o likewife·the propheGe.Gf the Captivitk, '' · I E 2 · feventie
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