[1] Wehavethoughtgoodbrieflytonotethechiefeventsofpasttimes, andtogivethelineageofourSaviorfromthebeginning, withthesuccessionsofcertainkingdomsoftheworldandoftheirrulers, fortheinstructionofposterity, , firstwewilladdressawordtocertaindullcavilers, whoaskwhatneedthereisofrecordingmen’slivesanddeaths, orthevariouschanceswhichbefallthem; orofcommittingtowritingthedifferentprodigiesofheaven, earth, andtheelements? Now, wewouldhavesuchpersonsknowthatthelivesofgoodmenintimespastaresetforthfortheimitationofsucceedingtimes; andthattheexamplesofevilmen, whensuchoccur, arenottobefollowed, , theprodigiesandportentousoccurrencesofpastdays, whetherinthewayofpestilence, orinotherchastisementsofGod’swrath, , thatifeverthelikeshallagainoccur, menmaypresentlybetakethemselvestorepentance, , therefore, amongmanyothers, Moses1, thelaw-giver, setsforthinthesacredhistory, theinnocenceofAbel, theenvyofCain2, thesincerityofJob3, thedissimulationofEsau4, themaliceofelevenofthesonsofIsrael5, thegoodnessofJosephthetwelfth, thepunishmentofthefivecitiesintheirdestructionbyfireandbrimstone, totheendthat6wemayimitatethegood, andcarefullyturnfromthewaysofthewicked; andthisnotonlydoesMoses, butalsoallthewritersofthesacredpage, who, bycommendingvirtue, andholdingupvicetodetestation, , therefore, nottobeheeded, whosaythatbooksofchronicles, especiallythosebyCatholicauthors, areunworthyofregard; forthroughthem, whateverisnecessaryforhumanwisdomandsalvation, thestudiousinquirermaybeabletoacquirebyhismemory, apprehendbyhislearning, andsetforthbyhiseloquence.
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