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Show Thefecond Boke ofthefirftpart Cuar.3 §.4, Cuara.§.ds commandedothers of his peopleto execute his formerintent; and p ublikely, or howfoeuer,to deftroy all the male Hebrew children borne within his dominions. Egyptias offering violencetoone‘ofthe oppreffed Hebrewes, thotied by compafion; i refpedt'ofhis brother, anidftirred vp by difdaineagdintt the othet;in the contentiomhe Nowbefides the doubts, which Pharaoh had of the multitudes of the Hebrewes, the greateft part ofwhomhee mighthaveaffured, by affoording themthe iuftice, which flewthe Eeyptiaw: Soone after which facfinding adifpofition in fome of his own Nae euery King owethto his vaffals, and the reft hee might haueimployed or fent awayat tionto accufe him,for whofe defence hehad thus greatly endangeted his ownélife: by theordinaiceatd qduice of God,whofe chofenferuant hee was; he Aedinto Arabia Pes trea,thenext bordering Country to Egypr > where wandride all alonesas a man left amd forfaken,in a placevnknowne vato hin, as'among a Nation ofbarbarous ftrangers. and whoinfuture times vvere the ireconcileable enemies-oft he Hebremes sit pleated God: - his pleafure ; /o/ephws gineth anothercaufe ofhis rage againtt them,namely,That it was prophetically deliuered him by an Egyptian Prieft,that among the Hebrews there fhould bebornea childe ; who growing to mans eftate, fhould becomea plague and terrour to his whole Nation. To preuent which,(and prefuming that he couldrefift the ordinance of God,by a meane,contraryto the lawes ofheauen and ofnature) he ftretched outhis Exd.5.10. bloudy and mercileffe hand to the execution ofhis former intent. The fame preuenti on Herod long after practifed,whenfearing the fpirituall Kingdo meofCérift,as if it fhould haue beene temporall,he caufed all the male children at that time borne,to beflaughtered. Andthat Pharaoh had fomekinde offoreknowledge ofthe futur e fucceff e, it may be gathered by thefe his owne words, in the tenth verfe ofthe fift ofExedus : Come, le vs worke wifely with them, lef they multiply; andit come to palfe, that ifthere be warre the doyne themfelues (working'the greatcft things by the weakefiworldly meahes)ro makethe wat 1o fewtheep,de the affifting ofthe Daughters OfRugue/ the! aaadianite an oecafion what by: toiprouide hima wife ofoncofthofe;éea facherin law, that fed hint and fuftainedhit inaGduntry nearelt Epypr; fittefbro retartiefio teriacent betweene Egypt and /udza, throu d daughter ofthis tyrant, was that great Proph et and Minifter of24 Gods maruellous wvorkes taken out ofNilus, being thereinto turned off. in an Arke of reedes, a fucking and powerleffe infant. And this Princeffe hauing beheld the childehis formeand beauty,thoughbut yetinthe blouth, not onely preferucit,andcaufe it to be foftered;fo pierced her compaffion as thee did medas her owne,and vvith equall careto the but commanded that it fhould beefteefonne ofa King nourifhed. And for memorythatit was her deede, thecalled the childe taken out,to Wit, out of the vvater : or afterJ ephusMofes,asit were, extratlus or crepes and Glyeas Moy avoyce ex reffing water, and Hifes,as muchtofay,as that which is drawne out oe water Oo oe ce taken (Clemens Alexandrinus yvas ofopi nion, that a9 eS r ife Seek i er, into the Arke of Reedes;& that Arnerans his ate VY. PicaeSeige ioe 30 Asada pred by rekf atthe char ge ofPharaohs daughter, and by aot of lol voderitandingtaught and inftru@ed = quem yeni 3 Tis Prentibus Algyptiorum hie > 4 guibu (A s PosT Philes vite Moyfi. ht ; aeeaaa princely education , appointing oner him wife mafers of the Eoyptians for his infira ilerss Thereby (fay lofephus and Phile )he became excellently learned in all the doctrine ofthe Exyptians 3 whichalfo the Martyr Stephen inth Mofes was learned in all the wifedeme ofthe Egypt efeuenth ofthe Abs ara ; And as it was,or at leaft fo much thereofas Six ians. Which wifedome or {api rice> fuch S Senenfis hath ; e reigne ofJo i an Sene hiancaddedie e tween the death of 4/o/es,and the ie Hen Mofes vyas i ,afterwar ; feng yByshe Oa Tae ;and how a daughters,of AEthiopi«, wh x patC t Ctr r om hee ee tha so hath his ref Tha returne Sate : os of Mofes, ‘Howafter the end of thatwarre, rlis ifting 50 ne intwo ptpre hel cioee Mefes us .e skil t in 4fr ful! cau ono two emo fed Ima my,mem re the one increafed ges to bee ing ory;the e caufed for rauce : "v1 twotings; whereofhe getful gaue the one,to wit, e his wife Tharbis,referuing th that of obliuion, t@i nee, after the hada while¢ the other ofmemory for himf elfe; which ring offorgetfulvvorne aieFy vyithout dangerre ,the beganto neglea the] turned into a But leeuin a 5 g "aie 8nd nem: Itistrue, that about the 49.yearc of Adofes Aus age, vvhen hee beheld 28 Egpian 30 as‘aKing's fonne;oran adopted childe ofigrear Pharaebs danghtre humble fhepherds fitting at a niountaines footya keeper and:com# beaftsonly. et tdianhee conhi v. aares.And thouch(< inthe ftoryofazo/eslife obferueth { care ofthofe hocks, cai red ro-his charge,but that he exe sthers in thar Paftoralb kad: {olivary Defart he enioyed himf rate frome and the troublefomeaffairesithereof, heepanéhiarey perfectin himfelféallchofe knowledgesiwhereofhisiva groundsand principles: thefame Authoralfo i t tently. prepare hinrfor the execution ofthe Principalivp,whichhe aft Eftenim\faith Philo)ars Paftoralis; quali pretavians ad nigenre, boc et ad resins Winta BUD, gre, Metifsimt, Quemadmodnin bellivo/s , ercenb feign ‘wemarionibus, 30 eXpertentininfenisgued postewin militia Cr bello perfec? 2 OFuti® prabentibas| rates ty, tana belli yuan | Stempore. Minera pncfecharD i weltPetoris, baber guide dats firaile cue veanoin ubditis's ideog, Reges Connors 1947 Pia07es PoP loram.n0n CORTEA L bor Gratia , The art of becpino (be {a EWE Aw introdacloyy exercife Onta rpbome,namely: the rule oner mes the riafta fore-handexercifethemfelues in hunting, they willaccomplifh in warfare: thofe £ locke Euen'es whrlike natures doe be: vou wilde beats thofe thinos, which aftey foordineinavber, wherein totraine them. felucs, both in time of warre andofpeace. But ti bt ofgentle cartel, hatha kinde of refemblance untoa Kinglyruleouer fubieds therefore; Kites avefliled |bepherdsof thes Mle Bshi eef OfMo of bi sflyyingod out of F,IPE 5 an d :th € opif nioe ns of cer opia ts marriage there: Philo his taine ancient Hiffarians of bis warrt ofPererius ofthe Bookes ofGenelis nd lob. Mis;iudgement of bisZ Peflorall life j : andthe tell vs of ten 1 ch hee wasto leade whereitr God held him,till the occafion wvhith God pref wherethe glory of the world thineddeattamidtt motintainois De of God, which thineth moftjcouered him oués)atid appeared vn alfovnto our enemics, anafight againf? vs.and oct thems ont ofthe Land. But wefee,and time hath told itvs from the beginning, how God derideth the wifedome of theworldly men,when forgetting the Lord ofall power, they rely on the inueations of their owne moft feeble,and altogether darkened vnderftandin g. For euen by the hands ofthe dearely beloue cofthe Hiflorie ofthe World, people, not in way of reproch, beir honour. 9 ) Phat'ddo/es,in this tine of his abode iuppofeth, I cannot iudge of ir; bec dare I fub{cribe toP. azadiaw, vwrore thie Bookelof Pob 3 as' Pererivs Pehougsht! that 0b was at that t it Mofes W avigvvrote the Booke of Gexze/is [ cannot denythe coniccture, That bythe e 5 nple of Jobs parnthce he mig érewes : and by the promifesos God to abraham) Uf tanceof their delinery from the Egyptianflauery, and ofthe Land tained. it ai were f Sih ht by Coc |