66 Parsl. Secli. Cap. i. Membr. XVII.

II. Avctoh. Scripiithunc \ibmmF/ra.c.VU,27.28.VIII. 1 sr.IX. <r.i 1.12. A r cw/i?72ejusdenotatauxi-lium,quodipfinonfineomine impofitum eft ,fiqui-dem ecciefice&reipublicce Judaiccc, extremum ad-flidfce,auxiliumtulit. Fuit facerdos primarii ordi-nis, c VII. 11. X. f.infignisque/^/Vrfec/orjC.VII.6. icfiltm Scrqjts, fummi pontificis, c. VII. 1-5.a Nebucudnezare occifi, 2 Reg. XXV. 18. nnon autem irnmediatus, fed mediatus, nam aliasanno Artaxerxis longimani XX. annos CXLII.habuiflet, fi modo illo tempore, quo Seraja occi-fus, unum annum natus fuiHet. Quod autem He-brceis in more pofitum fit, nepotes &pronepotesfilios dicere, ex facris abunde liquet pandectis.Regis Pcrfice, Artaxcrxis longiniani, indultu, anno-que VII. regni ejusjudceam adiit,ut ltatum ecclefice

. & politice pienius conftituerct, Efr. VII. 8-27.vid. EVSEBIi Chron p. m. 132. & propterea finedubio diverfus abilloeft, cujus fit mentio Neh.XII. r. nam ille ante annos LXX. cum Serubabele& Jofua iub Cyro in Judceam venit. JOSEPHVSquidem Antiqv. $ud. L. XI. c. V. refcrt, XerxemEfram &Neherniam inJudaeam mififle, quod autemhoc a vero prorfus alienum fit, liquct exNehem.XII. 6. Nam Nehcmias Artachfaftamannoimpc-rii XXXII. adiit, Xerxes autem annos tantum XXI.1 ceptrum tenuit Hebrceis alter Mofes appellatur,& merita ejus circa aiferendum canonem facrumefle infignia, nullus eft, qui ignoret.

III. Arg vmentvm. Dcicribit hifloriam li-berationis e captivitate populi Judaici, in cujusmentione pofterior fubftiterat iiber Chronico-rum. Sive. enarrat magnce Judccorum partis re-duclionem prioremin Judceam, tcmpliftrucluramCyro imperante fufceptam, fub Abafvero & Ar-tacbfafta impeditam, & Dario fceptrum tencnte

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