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Show aia - liev.ad Dz, CAGU5 The JecondBeoke ofthefir) par + - Gsdar, Gs ment ;,feuer continuingat oneftay, nor being the fame fo longas while on mayefay, Now. Likewife,vvhatfoeuer is confu med.i n the longeft continuanceof tim sthe-fame in every fhouteft piece of time faffer decay;neither doth anythingabide in one flag Vaacl Deifold natura que vere eff eth :id enim quod {ubfiflit., now habet alignd> » Sd /win eft. Cetera que createfant, etiam, videntur elfe, won funt, quia aliquande non fuer wnt, ¢ pote/ rur[nw non e(Jé, quod xonfuit siti theon e and onclymature of Goa, whith truly ts ; fir hee hath kis being ofhim/elfe, and not{rom any thing without him. Other thing athat specs ated, although theyfeeme tobe, Jet theyar e not sorfometimes.the ymere not : andth at which hath not beene, may-azaine want being. Andwv vith this, in re{pe&of the. Diuine nature, g gr antrum waturavmbra eft, aut inanis, antfallax; The whole mature of things 1 bat 4 {oadow., either empty or decett{ull sin-com-lt parifonofwhom (faith Efay) all Nations areas Nothing, Jefle than nothin g, and vanity, meere ,Of the tenne plagues vvherewith the Egypti ans were ftruck en, the firft was ging the Riuers into bloud: God punif hing them by thofe waters,into which by. chan. their Fores fathers had throwne,and in whichthey: brewes..To whichthis place ofthe Reuelhad drowned the-innocentchildren of the He. ation may beefi tly app! yed:4nd Iheardth Angel ofthe rater[47 Lord, thou art tuft, which art, and which walk. and bolV, becauje thon haft indged thefe things ;for theybed the bloud of thy Saints and Py ophets,ana thouginen them bloud to drinke, therefore bul The reft ofthe plagues by Frogges,Li ce,Flyes, orftinging Wafpes their Cattaile ; by, leprous Scabb ; by the death oft? es;by Haile and Fire; by Grath oppers; by Darknelle; after vvhich Pharaoh forbad Mofes his prefence: mouedthe hardned heart ofthe ynbeleeuing ing.na longer,than the paine and peril] lafted;till fuch orne,and the firft-borne ofall his time Nation perithed. He then, while as his owne fil he fearedhisowne ; e. oom on remember God perforce)ftood Vponnocondition: vvherasbeore,he firltyee ded but tothe departure ofthe men, then of the men;wome ete enG their, beaftiall;bur he Was nowcontent for the prefent, that n,and chilthe J/raelites 1ould not onely,departvvith alltheir own,butwith a part ofthe Siluer,Gold,and ole of his owne peoples ofv vhich (the feate being len paft) hee fuddainly repented 4S purfuitafter them proued... For when. him, a euery one ofthe Hebrewes had (according tos direétion from Mofes receiued)flainea Lambe,vvithout {pot Epiphant,1. GottHeres. or blemith, for the «fe O4Er(2 Saci " of:meant cleane on pe,pol €and linterne ofthand vnf{potted Saviour, )and with the bloud thereof e doores;the Angel of Godinthe night {moteelte i. j dees *y Egypt, fromthe fonne ‘ing, to that of the Beggar andSlave: pes € children ter ie the, i[racli lracli tes tes excepted. bess Pa h terrible ivtdg emet ofae neiagpet ¢ thaneucr amazed,yee God , Pharath lded,as before is faid;: rian aiti tpptanine)did to their departure... The Eajp: in.after-times imitate this svf{ec colouring with blond,which eyrthe 1 ia te the//: th ; f ' ee oe the Paffeo * uer s afcribing an exceeding : erefore ney didnot onely, vertue to the Red Colour s.ati marke their Sheepe and Cattel l, but their Trees bearing Tult,to.preternethemfrom , lightning and other harme ME AG HN SE s s, um be Vi Of Pharaohs pux,fuie Seccgtho tele Of t the Yraclites kes:sand Oftheiri Ow, whenthe o ri 7 tawyards the palfiace RedSea, fo farve# va, WE + Peobeth pleowererem oued, and onthe;> fae N& by God hee : nathan atheir way, (hisSi a)n heareg t being hat dt himas well of the eningalter {o many Bi Hono utloft, as of thefhame te Ca amities and Plaoy fhoiles of hie wants es ; sts } ' ich the fhoiles of his people.and in ‘ Ja8ues.in fifferin the depart wil defpight ofhimfelf l e ee sompanies of Souldiers in :ep e, And hauing eae sc befor read a eth ineffe, he conful ted is timegreatly bites were like'té také. Hee with himfelfe, what way kn the Irae: Counticy, of the ps Bases pa as ps fhorteft and fairest paflage was Seccel the a 7 ability ofhisAllingpepeeeYetevery Strong. and a vva re faneera s lies, he fufpetted that Mof es meant tofinde fome cike exceeding iiouhtainons and of | ey otdha, and there,becaufe the tudes'of Woiome Countreywas nenn,Cl Idteen, n and and Cat Creetelsec Childr and r 40f was peftrth ered with multi l, eae hees,tho ughtha t it impesofi bl:fo e Uracti tes tO Cite} Carn§.s. of the Hiftory of the World, efcapehimthat way. Inthe meane-while hauing gathe ui red togeth er all the Chariots of Egypt , and 600. ofhis owne, and Capta incs ouer them shee determined to fet Vpon Ex0d.14.7. theminthe 2laines ofGofen, Whichway foeuer they. turned them{elucs, For.it vvast he ancient mannerto fight inthofe Cha riotsarmedavith broadiand fharpesioo ks on both fides,in fathion like the Mowers Sythe. Which kiade offight in Chariots, but not hoo= ‘ked,the Brittaines fed againt the Roman es,wvi Hite they. made the Warre forth e Conquefbofthis Land) Ofthis ArmyofPharaoh, lofeph usvaffirmeth's that-it confified lofiofwantsn3 «4 5.6000.Horfe, and 20000.Foot 3 Which , wereit true; thenit cannot bee doubte d. but that Phareoh intended long before to affaile the Hebremsat their departutesor to deftroy themiin Gefen ; and refufed them paflage,till fuch timeas hee had Ptepared an Army, ro fetonthem. For,as itis written in the firt to of Exodus, hee doubted two things; eisher that'the#ebrewes mightioyne themfelues to his multiplied,as they were,might leaue his feruic enemies within the Land 3; or being fo ejand gettheméElues thence ar thei plea: fures Burthé plagues:which'God griev ed him withall, enfore't him at this time-t o gine anaflent'to their departure : percha nce fore. running his intents But were iz otherswife; and-vofepbas partial inthis affiire, yet by the words ofthe Next it appcareth,thathegathered all the Chariots of Egypt, which could not bee déneiin hafte,.£or Mofes made rxod'r ap but thtee dayes march, ere Pharaoh was at his heeles;andyet the latt day-he went teene miles: which, in fo hor a Count on fix: rey, andto driue their Cattell and Sheepe wvith theinspefteted with'a world of Wome n and Childrefi,wasamarch witnefling thedread 20 Ofa powerfull Enemyat hand: ,;Now,as Mofesy mightiehand; andthat-God guided his vnderf well. knew-thathee went out vvith 2 tandin git all his Enterprizes : { he lay nor fill imthe ditch cfying for Kelpe s but viine the vnderftanding vvhic h God had giuenhimssheeleft nothing ynperforme d becomming @ Wafe man 5/and a valiant and skilfulb Conducer 3 aS byall appeared. his'actioas and: counfailes fromthis day-to his death, well When: Azofes perceitedthat-Phurz0h was enrag ed againft him, 8 Cémarded him not to daretoccome thénceforthinto his prefen exer,he appointedagencrall Affembly orReacezafter thathé-had Warned reel ofthePa/f? de-ve TerritoryofGofewya Cityftanding indifferent us ofallthe Hebrevps at Ramafes in the torecéine fromall partsiofthe Counrry The thedifperfed Hebrewes': and gaue comma tertitocy ndement, that enery Family fhould bring of Goa was" With them fich ftore as they had ofDow, knowing then that Pharaoh wasion foote, and Pafte, not ftaying to make it into bread: or and onhis Way towards them. ‘Which' done; :¢. aCobal and hauing confidered the great ftreng th ofPharaohs Horfe- men & Chariors, ofwhich ofthi: City, ag kind of defence Mofes was ytrerly vnpro vi ded(though,as it is Written,the J/raeli tés went oe 1m vp armed): he marched from Ramefes Eaft-ward, campedat Saccoth ; ywhich hee performed.on towards the Defarts of Etham, and in- Nie the fifteenth day of the Moneth Absb, £x0d.i3. Which Monethfrom thattime forward they ivere commanded to account as the firft Monethiofthe yeare. Whetherin forme r timés they had beene acenftomed to. begin their yeare in fome other Moneth, following go recalled by Azo/es.to the rule of their Fore- the manner ofthe Egyptians,and were nowp ¥0d.23.16: Gh fathe had,and retained,another beginning oftheir rs, itis yncertain.Certaineit is,that they 34,22 politickeyeare, which was not nowabrogated,but'rather by fome folemnities there unto annexed,was confirmed,andftil conti « nued in vfe. Whereforein referring things done, or hapning among them, vnto the beginning,middeftor ending ofth¢yeare; that yeareis notto be neglected, Concerningth diftinétionof the Sacred,and the Politike enum the whole forme of their yeareslike enoughitis ber of dayes in euery Moneth and thatMofes himfelfein forty year${pace, didfufficiently inftrué the Priefts,to whofécai nion holds) was giuen in truft: but that any-r e the ordering thereof(as common opiuleof publike,before the captiuity ofBabylon, I donot frarhing: their Kalendar; was made fides Now becaufetimie and motion 50 begin'together,irwill not, thinkesbe any great breach oforder, to fliew heere at their firft fetting forth, what vvas the forme of the Hebrew yeare: with the difference betweene them and other Nations in ordering the accompt oftime, t 5.V 1. |