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Nor was he mistaken in the conjecture he made; for Herod got his
army together, out of the anger he bare him for his threatening him with
the accusation in a public court, and led it to Jerusalem, in order to
throw Hyrcanus down from his kingdom; and this he had soon done, unless
his father and brother had gone out together and broken the force of his
fury, and this by exhorting him to carry his revenge no further than to
threatening and affrighting, but to spare the king, under whom he had been
advanced to such a degree of power; and that he ought not to be so much
provoked at his being tried, as to forget to be thankful that he was acquitted;
nor so long to think upon what was of a melancholy nature, as to be ungrateful
for his deliverance; and if we ought to reckon that God is the arbitrator
of success in war, an unjust cause is of more disadvantage than an army
can be of advantage; and that therefore he ought not to be entirely confident
of success in a case where he is to fight against his king, his supporter,
and one that had often been his benefactor, and that had never been severe
to him, any otherwise than as he had hearkened to evil counselors, and
this no further than by bringing a shadow of injustice upon him. So Herod
was prevailed upon by these arguments, and supposed that what he had already
done was sufficient for his future hopes, and that he had enough shown
his power to the nation.
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