“ At Christ’s birth the temple at Rome dedicated to the god Pan fell to the earth, and when it was built, the Romans addressed to the oracle Apollo, to know how long it should endure, who answered till a virgin should bring forth a child, which they judged impossible therefore they believed that their temple should last eternally. ”

“ At that time a soldier of the seditious took a flaming fire brand, and cast it through the golden window into the temple, and others set fire to the doors, and after the gold grew hot, the temple began to burn, and immediately the whole fabrick was in a flame, and the holy of holies was laid open to all there present. ”

“ Jerome writes that when the virgin fled with her son into Egypt that all the images of the gods tumbled from their altars to the ground; and that the oracles, or answers, which these gods, or their devils used to give them ceased, and never answered afterwards.
⁠The first year of Christ’s birth, there were many strange things that happened in Germany and in Rome, and a terrible eclipse of the Sun. ”

“ Now their was no temple after the holy of holies was burnt Titus entered it and saw the glory of it, and said, I well perceived that this is no other than the house of God, and the dwelling place of the king ot heaven : the God of heaven, who is God of this house take vengeance on the seditious whose hineous deeds have brought this evil upon themselves, and this holy place.
⁠On September the seventh, Titus commanded all the lower city to be set on fire, and assaulted the upper city, breaking over their fences, and destroying all before them with fire and sword ”

“ And Jehonanan and Shimeon were sent prisoners to Rome, with seven hundred of the Jews; the book of the law, and purple vail of the sanctuary were taken in triumph to Rome. About that time neither sun nor moon were seen for fifteen days, as Christ foretold, Matth. ”