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Show The finft Bookeiof thefirstpare - Cuavi6,§8; ----- i SA BPE Tors brngiowafl T Se i -* CHarzSs. Veall thefe are againe vanifhed # for the inuentions of mortall men arenolef he willaceept them at.any time,and vponany conditions: interrupting byhis vigilatit endeuoursall offer of timefull returne towards God; by laying thofe great blockes: of rugeed pouertie,& defpifed contemptin the narrowpaflage leading to his diuine prefence. But as the minde of manhath twoPorts, the.orie alwaies frequented bythe-en: trance ofmanifold vanities ; the other defolate and ouer-growne.withgrafle,by which mortall than themfelues. The Fire,which the Chaldxans worfhiped fora God, énter our.charitablethoughts and diuine contemplations: fo hath that ofdeath a doy- about thefame That Heathenifme and Indaifineafter many wounds, were at length time under IVLiAN miraculonfly confounded. is crept into cuery mans chimney, which the lacke of fuell ftarueth, water quencheth,and want ofayie fuffocateth ‘Umpiter is no more vexed with Junses ieloufies, Death hath perfwaded him to chaftitie,and herto patience ; and that T#me which hath devoured it felfe;hath alfo eaten vp boththe Bodies and Images of himandhis: yea theirftately Temples of ftone and durefull Marble, The houfes and _fumptuousbuil. dings erected to Baa/,can no where befoundvponthe earth,nor any monument of tha glorious Temple confecrated to Diana. There are none nowin Phoenicia, that lament the death of Adomis;nor anyin Libya,Creta,Theffalia,or el{ewhere,that can aske cout faile or helpéfromJupiter. The great god Paw hath broken his Pipes, Apotoes Pricftsare become {peechleffe,and the Trade of riddles in Oracles, with the Deuills tell ing mens bleand twofold opening: worldly miferie pafling by the one, worldly profperity by the other:at the entrance of the one we find our fufferings and patience to attend vs:(ail whichhaue gonebefore vs to prepare ourioyes) at the other ourcruelties, couetouf: £0 neffe, licentioufneffe,iniuftice, and oppreffions (the Harbingers. of moft fearefulll and terrible forrow)ftaying for vs.Andas the Deuill our moft induftrious enemie was ever moft diligent : fo is he now more laborious thaneuer;the long day of Mankind draws ing faft towards an euening,and the Worlds Tragedie and time neere at an end. Cuar. VII. fortunes therein,is taken vp by counterfait Egyptians,and coozeningAftrologers. Of Noaus Floud. But it was long ere the Deuill gaue way to thefe his oner-throwes and difhanours: ESETSEOfact Oeoh) NE for after the Temple of Apol/oat Delphos (one ofhis chiefe Manfions ) was manytimes tobbed,burnt,and deftroyed;yet by his diligence the fame was oftenenriched, repay-# S. -31. Of Gods fore-warning : andSome humane teftimonies : andfame doubting red, and reedified'againe,till by the hand of God himfelfe it receiued thelaft and vte fubuerfion.For it was fitft robbed ofall the Idols and Ornaments therein by theEu- touching the trath of No Aus Flond, ban Pyrates:'Secondly,by the Phlegiansveterly fackt : Thirdly,by Pyrrhas the fonne ofAchilles: Fourthly, by the Armie of Xerxes :Fiftly, by the Captainesof the Pie cenfes : Sixtly, by Nero,whocarried thence fiue hundred brazen Images:all which wett Le F this deftruction it pleafed God to giue warning vato Nosh: who ( faith : \) Iofephus) fearing to perith amongthe ref, Secedems cum [uis ix aliam region 1ufiphbxcas new made,and therein againe fet vp at the common charge. But whatfoeuer was gathe- j nem migranit:He departéd withhis children,trauailed into another Region. red bétweene thé time ofNero and Conitantinethe Chriftian Armie made {poile of,defacing as muchas thetimepermitted them ; ‘notwithftandingall this,it was againe glerioufly rebuiltjand fo remainedtill fuchtime as Jw/ian the Apostatafent thitherto know the fucceffe ofhis Parthian enterprife,at whichtime it was vtte ly burnt and confumedy withfire from Heatien ; and the Image of Upolo himfelfe,and all the reft ofthe Idol therein,molten‘downe and loft'in the earth: ~The like ftcceffehad the Lewesin the fame Zulians time; when by his permiffion they afembled themfelues to rebuild the Temple of leruflem: for while they were bufied to'lay the foundations,their buildings were ouerthrowne by an Earthquake, and many thoufands ofthe Iewes'wete otierwhelmed with the tuines,andothers flaine, and {cat AtMar23, tered by Tempeft and Thunder: though 4m. Marcelliaus reportit more fauourably fot SAp.4e the Tewes,afcribing this to thenature of that Element. For, faith hee, 4/ypins andthe Rulet oftheProvince ofhidea,being by. lian bufied inthe reedifying ofthisTempls flaming Ballsoffire iffuing'neere the foundation, and oft confuming the Workemen! madethe efiterprize fruftrate, araESATT Ue iC §. 1X. Nes Deuill,becanfe hee cannot play vpon the open Stage ofthis World (as imthofedayes,)and being ftill as induftrious as cuer, findesit more for his aduatitage to creepe into the mindes ofmen sand inhabiting in the Temp? of their heavts;oworkes them'toa more effetuall adoration ofhimfelfe than euer. Fo whereas hee firfttaught them to facrificeto Mon fers,;to dead Stonescut into faces Beafts, Birds;:and other mixt Natures y henow fets before them.the high and fining Tdoll of gloriesthe All-commanding Image ofbright Gold. Hetels them that truth thie Coddeffe ofdangers:and oppreffions:that chaftitieis the enemie of Ntttre, Sclalt ly,that as allvertue(in generall)is without tafte;fo pleafurefatisfieth anddelighteth¢ uery fenfe: for true wifedome(faith he}is exercifed in nothingelfe,than in the obtay' 1ing of power toopprefie,and ofrichesto maintaine plentifully our worldly delights: Andifthis 4rch-Politician find in his pupils any remorfe, any feeling or feare of Go ‘®uture Iudgement,he perfwades them that God hath fo great neede ff Andof thefe Giants from whom Nosh withdrewhimfelfe, Rerofus wriLE teth in thisindnner; That they exceeded in all forts of inhumane and vanao tacl wickedneffe, and that they were contemptores & religtonts & Deorum:cont emuners of a religion and ofthe Gods :among which mightie men({aith Berofus.) viewserat qui Deorum, Aera ntior <> prudentior cunctis,crc. buic nomen erat NOAH, There was one more wife and rewerchcing the Gods thanthereft,wholename was N o 4H: who with his threefons Sem, Iaphetis,and Cham,and with their Wiues, and the Wife of oeah, (namely, Tétea thegreat,Pandora,Noela,and Noez/a )-preferucd themfelues in the Arle.This arke God commanded Noah to prepare: .4zd Godfayd vntoN.a. H, Make thee an Arke of Pine- trees : thou[balt make Cabines in the Arke, aud halt pitchit within,and without with Pitch. For God made Noah to know,that afi endofall Aecfh was at hand, and that the graties of the rebellious andcruell Generations were alreadyfathionedin the Cloudes,which 40 fooneafterfhould fwallowvp & couer all lining creatures, which breathed in the Aire; Noah and hisfamily excepted. But this vniuerfall.craue ofwaters,andgenerall Deluge hath not beene receiucd by all: for diuine teftimonies doe not perfwade all naturall men to thofe things, to which their ownereafon cannot reach: Duwi obnoluta in obfcure veritas latet: whil# the> Lathan Prefidl truth lieth vorapt up in obfcuritie. Many there are who haue difputed againft the yni- /a/areligs Of the laff refuges ofthe Denill to waintaine his Kingdome. 4 ofthe FilooftheWarlds uerfalitic of this ouerflowing,and haue iudged that this Floud of Wosh fell but.in.fome particularplaces and Kingdomes : moued{oto thinke,becaufe in elderages there haye beene many otherFlouds (as they fuppofe) ofthat nature. Hereof Nicholas. Damaféenws writeth in this manner, as his words are cited by Jofephus, Ei fuper Minya- _ 50% m excelfas mons in Armenia,qui Baris appellatur, in quo multos confugientes fermy.¢ft iet diluuy tempore liberatos,c> quendamfimulin Arca dewechum in huius wertice hefiffe, ligno- CAP-dy : rumg, reliquias multa tempore comferuat as, quifortalfe ts fait, de quo ckiaus Moses IndxorumLeotflator feribét :thus farre this Author. Thereis (faithhe ) aboue Minyada or the Countrey of Minye ) aw exceeding high Mowntainein Armenia,calledBarés : oawhich tt us reported,that een haning fledtbither, were[ued in the tim, of the. Deluge: aaa that one was carried in an Arke, and refled upon the top ofthe Mountaine, whereon there ve= mained a long time afier certaine pieces thereofsand this might bce the fame, of which Moses the Law-giner of the lewes maketh mention, And of this opinion wente ofmens foules,t™ Ale® » > : DAhe |