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Show ~TheecohdBaleOPHOpar Cuar.2.§Te Guae.i. Guy we know ofperformed by Abraham, Andas for other things belonging tohis Storie, and ofhis fonnes,and.ofhis Nephews E/awand lacob, as they are regiftred by 4Mofes,be~ caufe itis not our purpofe,citherto ftand igus? Likewile onthepart ofCheden/aomer we the uld find ho gre at Y bates he knowing the weakenefle of this people,had raifed fuch a world rare n at cate fa whombyany Lieatenant,with {mall forces hemight haue fubdued, For the per bat vpon things generally knowntoall Chrifiiané, norto repeate whathath beeneelfewhete alvea inheritance ofthatlittle Countrie,was not fufhcient to counteruaile onc inion ths ¢ a gés offo huge an armie.How{mall then muft his valour haue be ¢ nu 5W Bo Mitr mightie preparations effected no morethan the wafting of that Valle},wherein hele the ci Gent 4,17. ties ftanding,taking no one ofthem; but returned well contented with a few Rs A s, and the pillage-of the Countrie,although he had brokentheir armiein the .: d: Ss the Scriptures doenotof this inuafionluppofed fo great/make any fear ft a i but compofe the two armies,as equally matchr, faying they were foure kings ae i aes ii yea,ifthe place beliterally expounded, we fhall find that Abrahamflew all the fe kings, of which great flaughter no Hiftorie makes mention ; Neither will thereigne of Ninias dy {poken; nor to preuent ourfelues in things that mayhereafterin! due place be remembred, ,. wee paffe them herein filence, And becaufe inthis Storie of Abraham andhi s pofteritie, there is much mention of Egypt : by which it. appeares' that euen. in the flourithing kingdome; it will not be amiffe inthe time of Abrakamtwasa fetledand next place to fpeake fomewhatof the antiquities and firftkings thereof: 10 who liuedfoure or flue yeares longer,permit that he fhould haue died fo foone: neither would Hiftories haue forgotten the mannerof his death,ifhehadfo ftrangely perithed in Syria.Whereby itappeares, ‘that thefe foure kings were not the famethat they are commonly thought:nor their forcesfogreat as opinion hath madethem. It maytherefore wellbe true,that thefe kings werefuch as manyothers,who in that ag ecarried the fametitle: Lords and Commanders cuery one of his owne company, bh he carried forth asa Coloniefecking place whereto fettle himfelfand them,as was theyfual! manner ofthofetimes. 4 Neitherisit improbable,that Chedor/aomer lead ing a troupe of Perfians, fome people outof Shinaarjand Tidal others gatheredout of fundryplaces, w Araraplel might confort together,andmake the weakeft ofthe Countrie whichlay about them,to pay them tribute. Whofoeuer will confider the beginning ofthefirft the mannerofdifcoueries,conquefts and plantations,in booke of Thucydides, with the infancie ofGreece ; or the manner ofthe Saracens invading That Amraphel and hisaffociates were {uch mafiner of Commanders;it may feemethe mor likely, by the floathful! qualitie: of Wisias then reigning in Af/yria: whofevnmanlike temper wasfuch,as mighr well giue occafionto fuch vndertaking fpirizs,as wanted the imploiments whereunto they were accuftomed inthe reigne ofSemiramis,ratherto feeke aduentures abroad, thanto remaine at home vnregarded:whilft others more vaworthy than themfelues, were aduanced.If the con{ent of the whole ftreeme of writers vponthis place tothe Text;to the authoritie whereofall humane make this conie@ture difagrecable reafon muft fub{cribe, then we may hold ourfeluesto the foimer coniecture,that Amraphel was Niniaé: & that the power of his Anceftors being byhis floath decayed, he mi ghtwellbeinferiourto the Perfiat Che- 40 dorlaomer : ovifthis doenot fatisfie,we mayfay that Amraphelwasan Vaderki ng orSé trapa Cuan il Ofthe Kings ofAxgypt fromtheaft peopling ofit Floud, to the time ofthe deliuerie ofthe I/raelites from thence. 30 7 ( as‘it feemes ) Cham with man | Of his iffile and followers / hauing doub tic of Egypt before the Eloud) cam tleffe knowne the fertilie thither and tooke poffeft}on of the Countrie: inwhich they built' many Cities : and began thekingdome one hundrednintie oneyeeresafter the deluge. The Sdancient Gouernouts of this King domie till fach time as Jack ted Egypt, are fhewne in the Table foll owing. Aa. Mundi.) Andi, 1g. 352. 613. ofhis Mother;whomhe hated as an viurper of his right. But if it were poffiblethat ina cafe Not concerning any mans Saluation, & wherein therefore none Sreat paines,all'mighterre : then can Ithinke cared to take chat the opinion, Thathath thofe foure Kings were leaders of Colonies fent ont of the Countries named in the Text,and not Kings 0! the Countries themfelues,is mont confonant bothto the condition Bffaole tothe Scripture.Andhereto adde that Chedorlaower feemes rather called than King of Perfiz:and that Aridch (whofe kingdomeyndoubtedly was betweene?)" ria and Arabia)hauing beeneaman ofaction, onbaing worthy mans fonne, was Very? well pleafed,to giue paflageand aflitance,to thefe Gaptaines ae pettic Kings, Thele& fuch like things here to vrge; were but with circumftancesto adorn a fuppofition,# hich either mayftand without them,or ific mut fall, On it:e{pecially confidering.that : is yaworthy to hauecoft PA beftowed YP' itish ormy intent te y L hg imploy any, more time in maxis tt good but to Icaueit whollyto the Readers pleafure.to oranyother;ifhe find any thar low any, of thefeopir nion thall feeme better than thefol 0! fe.But af what Countri 5 >s people focuer thefe foure were Kings, this exped ition is the onely publique action oe We | Zphee Orus. 620, Se/ofiris the great. Sefoftris the blinde. 735 768. 4 782. 820. ofShinaar, vader Ninias; who may be fuppofed to have had his Lemperiall {eat in his Fathers Citie Ninene:and to hane preferred it before shizear and Babylon the, Citle after the Seener §: I. 20.4 briefe ofthe names and times of thefir Rings ofAigypt swith a note ofthe caufes ofdiff culty in refoluing ofthe truth ix thefe points africa and Spaine, with almoft'as manykings as feuerall Armies: or the proceedings ofthe Spaniards in their newdifconeric s,paflages,and conquetts in the weft-Jndies:may eafily perceine,thatit was ders ofColonies to receiue title fromthe people whomthey neither vnufual,for the leaconducted : nor to make alances together,and breakethem againe,difturbing fometimes one the othe r,fomtimes x9 helping in purfuit ofa conqueft. ofthe Eiftorie ofshe World. 2497. $32. 84r. | Bufiris or Oris the fecond: Actachere or Therimutis, or Meris. Rathoris or Athoris: Chencres drowned in the ted Sea: »icurity,manifeft ceeding great iudgement,and fle truth cannot be found. ForSaint incomparable diligence, who quities,and had read the had bookes of > omi mittted the fucceflion of the Varro, which noware loft, yet Egyptian Kings: which he would n ot beene more not haue don,ifthey had vncertaine than the Sicyoxtans, whom doubtleffe they weremo hee temembreth, than re whont am Story,was the ambiti glorious. One great occafion ofthis obfcurity in u on ofthe Prieft \ s:who,to magnifie their Antiquities, the Ezyp; rds(which Were Reco filled the th £ Hames ofmany in their hands)with many leafings, and recounted vnto of fuppofed Kings, Kings, that neuer reigned. What ground they had forthefeftrangers it fhall app Care anon. reports Sure it is; that the magnificent workes and |