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Show T he[econdBookeof the ifr Stpart 258 Cpa r.5.9.8 eens: ofwhichthatpart called Canticum Canticorum,oncly remaineth, 1 .Kings 4.3 2. " with this diuers others ofSa/omons works haue perifhed,as his Booke of the natty ww Trees, Plants, Beafts, Fifhes,8c. 1.Kings 4.33. with the reft remembredby Origen,le/ephis,Hiee rome, Cedrenus, Citcus Afculanus, Picus Mirandula, andothers. . Of thefe and other Bookes many were conflimedwith the fame fire, wherewith Ne buchadzezzar burntthe Temple of Hierufalem, ‘But let vsireturne. thither. where wee left. §. VIIE Of Mofes his paring the iffue of Lot: and of the Giants in thofe parts ; and of Schon™ andO eg. POLIS Hen Mofes had palt Arnzon,he incamped onthe otherfide thereof at Alario, a e\\ Sie) oppofitero the City ofWebe;leauing the City.of Atidian on theleft hand, & fa ©)\\W/X attempting nothing vpon'the Afeabites on that fide.For A4oab didatthis time Deut, s-v.9.8 10,11,& 12. Sy S @inhabite on the South-fide ofArzom;hauing loftall his ancient andbef Ter>"S vitory, which was nowinthe pofleffion of Sehon the Amorite.For Mofeswas commanded by God not to moleft Atoab, neitherto prouokethemto battaile,Godha uing giuen that Land tothe children of Zot sthe fame which was anciently poflelt bythe Emims, whoweremen of great {tature,and comparable to thofe Giants called Amelins, or the fonnesof 4ac. God alfocommanded A4o/es to {pare the Ammonites, becaufe they likewife were defcended ofzot-whohad expelled from thence thofe Giants, which the Ammonitescalled Zamzummims, For it feemeth thatall that part, efpecially tothe Fatt of fordan, cucnto the Defert ofdrabia,as well onthe Welt,as on the Eaft-fide ofthe Mountaines ofGiles wasinhabited by Giants. Andinthe plantation of the Land romifed, the i/raelites did not at any timepafle thofe Mountaines to the Eaft of Béfaz, butlefetheir County torhem,asin the defcription following ismade manifeft. We find alfo,that as there welt many Giants both before and after the floud: fo thefe Nations,whichanciently inhal ted both the border of Canaan and the Landit felfe,had among them many Families of3 Giant-like men. Forthe Azakims dwelt in Hebrow, which fometimes was called the City Tofisw.rz.c, Of Arbah, which Arbahin Jofuais called the father ofthe Ax.akims ; andthe greatelt maa IQV.I5, of the Anakims. There hadalfo beene Giantsin the Land of the Afeabites,called Emims andtheir chiefe City was Aroer or 4r, nectethe Riuerof Argzox, Tothe Giants ofthe Rephaims, the Ammonites gauethe name ofZamzammims ;whichwere of the fame anc ent Camaanites :and their chiefe City was Rabba, afterward Philadelphia. They wercallo called Zuzims, whichis asmuchto fay,as Vivi robuftihorrendig, Gigantes; Strong men" Searefull Giants, who inhabited other Cities ofHam, or Hom, inthe {ame Prouince, Notfarre to the North of Avoer. NowAofs hauing paft 4rnon,and being en camped at Abarim; and hauing(as befor) 8 fenttoSehoz,as he had doneto Edom.to pra ya paflage through his Countrey, was ae it. For Sehon being made proudb y his former conqueft vpon Yaheh the AMoabite; W he Nation the Amorites efteemed bu: tasftra ngers and vfurpers, (them{elues being of # : fonnes ofCamaan,and the Atoabit esof Lot) refufed to gtalit U/rael anyentrance that w2y. and withall prepared to encount er Afofes with as much {peed as he could, becaule gfe encamped in the Countrey ofhis new conquefts,to wit,the Plaines of 44o4b,the aay fortieth and laft Manfion: which Méofes watted tell. Towards him' therefore hafting himfelfe,with the multitude of his peop!e,an4 e where Schon with his children and people were they encountred each other at en broken and difcomfited: and the vito fo purfued by Afofes, as few or none of the dmorit Women andChildren of the Amorites, which es e{caped, Healfoflaughtered all A he found in Effebon, and all the other 4 « ties, Villages,or Fieelds ; they being ofthe race of Canaan,asthole of Bafan allo were Deut.r,¥,8, defcended of Emorens or Amoreus : for Mofés calleththe Bzfanites al{o Amorites. AD his though//rae/ might now haue takenaready way time,and after this victory atthe bankes of Jordanand paflage into Judea : being aue :yer he knewit to be perillous t© se fo great a part ofthat Nation of the Amorit Bean or Traconitis:and therefore he led es on his backe,asinhabitedall the Rear ding fttength and {ature : and the onelyon his Army toinuade Og : a perfon of Gian manof marke remaining of theancient ¥™" Cuar.s.§.9. ofthe Hiftory ofthe World, ofthofe partsyand whoat that time had 60.Cities walled and defenced: lying betwyeene the Mountaine of Hermoxz (which Mountaine,faith 446/es, the Sidoniexsc all Shirion, and the Amorites Shenir,) andthe Riuer of sardam. And it befell vnro the King ofBa/zu( who attended. aso/es commingat Edrei)asit did vnto Sihen: for heand his fonnes perifhed, and all his Cities were taken and poffett.. After this, A¢ofes with-drawing himfelfe backe 2gainetothe Mountaines of 4barim,left the profequution of that warre vnto /zir the fonne of Mana/fe : who conquering the Eaft parts of Bafam, to wit, the Kingdome of4rg96,cuen vnto the Nationsof the Ge/furiand Aachati,60.walled Cities : called the fame after his owne name Hawoth Jair: of allwhich conquefts afterward the halfe Tribe of ro Manaffe poffeft the Northpart as farre as Edrei, but the Eaft partthat belonged to sihoz the Amorite, with the Mountaines of Gilead adioyning, was gitien to Renbex and ynto Gad, §. TX. Of the troubles about the Atadianites, and of Mofes his death. @eIKGR Bterthefe victories, and while 7/rae/ foiourned inthe valley of DANG dianites and Moabites ( ouet both which Nations ir {eemeth AZozb, the Mathat DFO <2 of the Moabites then commandedin chiefe)fought,accordingto Ba/ac King the aduice of 20 SLED Balaam, both by alluring the Hebrewes tothe loue oftheir perfwading them to honourand ferue their Idols, to diuide daughters, and by them borthin Loueand Reli- gion among themfelues : thereby the better both to defend their owne them,as alfoto beate them out of Moab; and the Couftreys adioyning. intereft againft TheIfraclites as they hadeuer beeneinclined, fo were they noweafily perfwaded to thefe euill courfes, and thereby drew on. themfelues the plague of peftilence, whereof 24000,perfons : befides which punifhment of God, the moft ofthe there perithed offenders among the Hebrewes, were by his commandement put tothe Sword, or other violent deaths ; Nuri 25. v.95 after this, when that Phineas the fonne of Eleazar had pierced the bodies of Zimri, a Prince ofthe Simeonites, together with Coshi adaughrer of one ofthe chicfe ofthe Mi30 dianites,the plagueceafed, and Gods wrath wasapp eafed. |For kindnefle of his all-powerfulnefle; refpe@ting the ardent zeale fuchwasthe love and of Zimri (who being achiefe among the Hebrewes, became of Phineas in perfequuting an Idolater ) as he torgaue thereft of 4/rde/, and ftayed his hand for his fake. In this valley it was that Mofes caufedthe people to be numbr ed the third time : and there remained of able menfit tobeare armes, 60x 730.0f whichas his he appointed r2000.tobeachofen out, to inuade the Cities of A¢idiaw laft enterprile, xy um, t6, v.¢ § , who together with the Moabites practif ed with Balaam to curfe Ufrael: andafter that fought to. allure them (as before remembred ) from the worthi p of the true God, to the feruice of Beth= Peor : and to the reft of their barbarous Idolatry. Ouer which compan ies of 12000. Niuwave 40 AZofes gancthe chargeto Phineas,the fonne of Eleazar the high P. rieft : who flew the fiue lof.c.t3.v,24, Princes of the Midianites,which were,orhad lately beene,the vaflals of Schon,as appeareth by Jofuah. Thef fine Princes of the Midianites flaine by Eleazar, were at this time but the vaflals ofsehow the Amorite, to wit, Ewi, Rekem, Zur, Hur,and Reba, the Dukes e of schox faith Jofuab. He flew alfoall the men,ma le-children, and women: fauing fuch as SPARES hadnot yet vied the company of men, but thofe they faued, and difpierft them among : And Afofes hauing now liued 1 20-yceres,making both his owne weakenefle of bodY Deut,z1,ve. knowne tothe people, andhis vnability to trauaile:andal fo that he was forewarned of hus end by the Spirit of God : from whom heere ceiued anew commandement to af Ddut.3r-v.2) 5° cend the the children of Yraeltoferuethem. Mountaines of Abarims,and thereon to render vp his life: ernment in /of#a: whom hee perfwaded with moft linely Hehaftned to fettle arguments to profe¢ Conqueft begun, affuring him of Gods fauour andaffiftance therein: And {pent thefe his later dayesafter the Conqueft of Og and sebom, King of the Ain therepetition and expofition of the Law, (oraniteration ofthe Law,according to Saint Augufine ) vfing both arguments, Prayers, and threats ynto the people: Aug.l,4de Which he often repeated ynto them; thereby to ee then in knowledge,loue,feare, ar Late andferuice,of the all-powerfull God : Heblefled the rwelue Tribes, that ofSimeon ex- rs cepted,with morites, feuerall and moft comfortable bleffings : prayfing the gteatneficand goed Deut, 336 neffe |