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 led to cry ancy in silencing all the heathen oracles at his birth, i which the Pagaa au:hors took great notice and is related, that the oracles of Apollo was often vard to complain of the Hebrew child that was born "Wo is me; lament with me, for the bur of giving answers to them who addressed my tars, is now taken from me.

Q. What became of Ilerod after his persecuting Christ in bis infancy, and slaying the children in Jethlehem

A. He wore out a niiserable life, and was in con- Unual fear of his own wife and sons, who he after- ards cruelly murdered. He fell into grief and des- ration, by reason of a loathsome and incurable dis- juse, of which he died; having attempted to stab imself, but was prevented by the by-standers.

Q. Do yon remanber what is said to have be- ome of Archelaus, bis eldest son, who was a terror Joseph when he returned from Egypt?

A. He being left king by his father Herod, yet ugustus would not coufirm the succession, but io. cad of king, made him governor only of the fourth jart of his dominions; and afterwards seizing on all s estata, he was banished into France, where he ied miserably.

Q. What became of Herod Antipas, brother to rehelaus, who put Jobn Baptist to death, and scoff- d at our Saviour when he was brought before him?

A. Herod with his concubine, before our Savi. ur's passion, were both deposed by the Emperor ejus, upon accusation of Agrippa, his nearest king- han, and contumelously banished into France, and terwards into the desert places of Spain, wher: hey wandered about in great misery, abandoned of il men, and ended their wretched lives.