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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt:... others' frenzy. Niger's removal relieved them from apprehensions aa to the dissolution of their power. There was, however, no class of the people for whose destruction a pretext was not devised. Those with whom any of them had formerly been at variance were pat to death: and against those who had given them no umbrage in time of peace, charges suitable to the occasion were invented. The man who held no intercourse, with them was suspected of pride; he who approached with freedom, of treating them with contempt; he who courted them, of treachery. The same punishment awaited the most trivial, as well" as the greatest allegations--death; and none escaped, but those whose safety lay in the utter meanness of their birth or fortune. '2. The Roman generals, looking on the dissensions of their enemies as a godsend, were anxious to march against Jerusalem, and urged the point on Vespasian, who was now lord supreme; observing, "that Divine providence was their ally, in that their enemies were turning one against the other. There might, however, be some sudden change, and the Jews, either wearied with these intestine broils, or repenting of their crimes, might quickly return to unanimity." To these remarks Vespasian replied, that "they greatly erred in their views of what ought to be done, and were anxious to make a theatrical, though dangerous, display of their prowess and their arms, without due regard to their advantage and safety. For, should they immediately attack the city, the effect would be to reunite their opponents, and induce them to turn their forces in full strength against them: whereas, by waiting awhile, they would have fewer to contend with, as many would be consumed in the sedition. God was a better general than he, and was...