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Show 2925 nceSenet The fecond Booke of thefirst part i emained Wi Cuar.7.§.4cf-4. Emperour, butthe memoryof his impicty : foin Saint Hit- fespin their former Paneas, - fo oe5ta i Lalla enmeant ritory adioyning by-the Eafe ancient name. Of this City was= at - ao ~ l, ne sbloudy iffue, by. touching the hemme of his an _ ee - : NicephobS6Ry e afcerward,as fhee wasa woman of great wealth +9 ear ee =~ . ' ; oodnefle, and no leffc gratefull for the fame, as Ex/e jus. an ! icep sol P : eae aoe Statues tobe caft in pure Copper : the one reprefenting Cree = ae Fe moulded :the other madelike herfelfe, kneeling at his te "3 ing ¥P e - 5a a tofepbusin wards him. Thefe fheemounted vpon twogreat - - cf tn: (aithBuf the booke of whichfhee placed by.a Fountaine neere her owne houfe.: both w 10 i : their ; firft perfectii on,cuen to his & rae remainedin i ownetim ime e : whichhi whic hitmielfe had feene, ene, w who chat Pil che linc " inthe Raigne ofCoa/antine the Great. Burin the yeare after Chrift 363.that Mon: Teint fer ialiae Apoftata, caufed that worthy Monument tobe caft downe, and defaced : fetFountaine cal-'¢ Pondaine al a v the like of his owncin the fameplace : which Image of his was with i fire ftom led Phil di H 7 brokeninto fitters:the head,body and other parts,fundered and {cattered,to the pe rails mat reat admiration of the people at thartimeliuing. The truth of thisacc identis alfo con fonCaer a by ooo which chaffe being carried Sozomenus Salaminius, in his fift booke and twentieth Cha pter- . . ~ . This iCity built by the Danites}was neere theioyning together ' of thofe two Rites, } : ede vader ‘ground which arifing from the{prings of Jor and Dan,thetwo ; appatant Si of I was ta veaTina foyle excceding fruitfull, andpleefane 5 for; asitis written, Zw ees 18. it is a place > gaine at Pani bans where- -%which doth want nothing that isintheworld. Inthe fields belonging to this Citie it was or Dany Saint acknowledged to be the Sonneof God: whereupo Gated iti that red; Twes Peter Petrus, chfuper hancChrif? Petram,cyc. After this City receiued thenit was anfweChrsflian faith, byiit'is'conie- raeitroii it was honoured witha Bifhopsfeate : anditrannethe fame fortune with the reff) forit this Fountaine was after taken and retaken by the Sarace and Chrift called Phiala, ians : vader Fulch the fourth King from whence Of** Hierufalem, and afterthe death ofGodfns, rey of Bullion, the King of Damafius wreltedit Jovand Dan fromthe Chriffians.and (hortly after by them againei t was recouered, Laftly, nowitree eel ‘heir maineth withall that part of the Worl d fubie@edto the Turke. TB Of Capernaum, and the Cities ofDecapolis, Mongthe remarkable Cities within this Tribe,Capharnanm e of our faluation': accordi The peohle that walked in darkneffe, bane feene-a ng to that horable Prophecy of et bret light: they shat dwelt in the Lanat the (hadaw of death, wponthem hath the Licht (bined, : Capharnaain was feated on Jordaneven whereit entreth into the Sea of Galilee : 10i / excellonpanidrichfoyle: ofwhofedeftruion Chrifthimfelte prophecied inthefé Meie And.thon Caphernaum which d art lifted up untoheanen, halt be brought downe to Hieh, Oh which shetwed the prideand gteatneffeof tharCit y: forit was one ofthe principall a tits\ofDAedpolis, andthe Metropolis of Galilee. And althoug h there were fomemat : of this Gities magnificencein Saint Eieromes time, as himfelfe confelfeth ; irbeitig a arcafonable Birgeon Towne: yetthof e that haue fitice, and longfince ; ; feene it, flertedidenb, e Mand Saliniac affirme; thati:r then confifted but offix poore ; #5"ns Fifh hous, . er-m The Region often Princip: Math t tion oftea mentioned.andin all Cities called Decapolitana or Decapelis, is inthis defcrip4 arke Saint Mathew; Marke and Like al{o a. foree " 7. ¥ no agr " eement " amo ! hoe ng the Cofm : fet? ographers, wh at proper limits it had:remembted,but and fo Plénie himic™ Nigercsvient. Confeflethifor Adat izes i Mew l5°» raring Cafiuein Cafio rss ; Plalsecs. {cription it imbracet Spt and Car a ; by W h Phenicia, a pattof hd Cele/yria; all Paleflina,anabi Opotera City Plinie'al{o makesir large: d Indes. peti ftand Veingin rnrhe e of e four the soars arrobe fituiar ae oy at nae Citi Pa te ‘edtowards Arabia: to es of Which it taketh m een wit, firft thefe tht¢e, Da lefjria, watered 4? area, then Phil me "roel a epets (which was firtt call ppd Amo Pints, *#bbab, bal, before Before: fometime Wifa;built (as is faid ) by ? Bacohus, i 4 memory. of his Nurfe,who died therein, anciently knowne by the nameof Berhfa; fo rthe fixehe fette th Gadara ( hot that Gzd2rain Calefjria, which was alfo called #tioch and Seleucia: ) but. which P/aze'in this place meaneth,featedon a n highhill,neere it 4S Gadara in Bafan, the Riu er of Hieromaix, This Riuer Ortelivs takesto be the River Zzbve * which boundéth é4d and Mana{eh over Jordan: but he miftaketh it: for Hierimsaix fale th into, the Sea of Gaij/ ce,betweene Hippos and Gerafa; whereas /2boc entreth the fame S ea betweene Ephron and Pham uet.Forthe {euenth he name th * Hippos, or Hippiora City {0 called ofa Colonie of Horf emen there gar-* piinie kat rifond by Heréd; on the Eaft-fide ofthe Galilean Sea; defcribed h creafter in the Tribe ofHilpiod Xo Aanalfe ouer Jordan. For the eighth PeLz, bien, ' J for whichis called B mtissand Rerehice, feared laterran reades "inthe South border of the Region oner fordan, calleedalfo Perea, which 7p-? For theninth Gelafa,which Hippicion, or. Lofephus takestobe Gerafa ‘ and Gerafaisfound in Calefyrea afeobives, Hege ippus, 4nd telius tales 5 Stephanus : but by Prolomie( whom I rather follow) in? heni zhby' Io . . themfortwo cis. Thetenth ar: lait, Plinie Cities name th Cazathz,and fodoth Swetonivs-and Stephanus, whic tn Volaterran calls Gamala, but Hegefiopus rightly Canila,a City in the Region ofB thofe two Hills on whichir is feated, haute the fhape ofaé/am ouer/ordaw.{o called sbecaufe Camell. But, the colle@ion. thefe ten Cities, whereof this Reci of gion tooke name; is better gathe ted out of Bro Breidenbachand Saligniac, which makes them to be thefe ; ¢.sfarea Philippi, and chard, Aor, before remembred,Cedes Nephtalim , Sephet, Corazin, Caph arnau 72, Bethfatda, lotapata; 20 berias, and Seythopoles, or Bethfan. Forallot Tiher Authoursdifa gtee herein, and giue no reafon fortheir opinion. One pla ce of the Ewangiliff Saint a 4athey makes . it manifett that this Region called Decapolitana, wasall that Tiaa betw: cene Zidog, andthe Sea of Galilee, For thusitis written:fad he departed again and came Dhto'the Sea ofGalilee, through the midde ¢ from the cogfts OfTyrws apd Ztdon, ft was bounded by Damafeusand Libanus onthe Nort of the coafts ofDecapolis: fo that ir !h.: bythe Pheniciay Sea, betive Zidow atid Ptolomais onthe Welt : by the Hills ene of Ge/bo bythe Mountaines Tracones, other wile Herinon, Sanit and Bethfan o othe South : and } and Galaad.on the Eaf t: from Eaftto Welt the Whole breac{th of the Holy Land : and from the Northwhito.chis South, neerethe fame diftarnee, which may be each the way forty Englith miles, ee ne e e ae fT. -V. is nottheleat: {oof A tearemembred by the Euangelifts. This City had the honour ofChrifts ie ~™ three yeares:: whofor that time was'a Citizen thereof,in whichhe firft preache and taught the do@trin ed Amana, faith stephanus,or as $™ of the chie y of the Ammonites, kno wne by the nam Pro:Prole 00?hiladel hi pba fe Cit sie ne rather, becaufe it was Cuar.7.war of theFiftorie ofthe World: gaueit this later and new name.) Then oa thot Of Hamath, Vt to looke backe'acainet > Libanus,thereis {eated n exe the foorthereofthe «7 he Septia4, of which'(as they fay) the Countrey ad doyning g vus Calle th Catpa thiti x, and dmathertifis.: 3 lacobus *" Zeigler: Nirek, Wrarded Regio ti set borcalea ‘tribus Nop Oe os thali, per mon tim J) a" City 6F* tammath 6: taketh namie? the fame' which Libanny; ay Math 16f-2.26-0. 59; Chamm ath, ext. V.22 ufy, Trachones. The Coii Of Jtires, faith hee; containe y Dar, in the firk.: of! chron, é. 6. Chakiing ch the' North parts ofntte the 14.8, Chammath-Ich ude, 40 Tribe of Nepthali, along the Motint Libavas as luz usren Ges Gu le ir, w to Tratho- fo for further dsttinGion there fs added wes. But herein fol lowing Sivabo, whe dally Tratbowinis Note @ (in Ifrael that it was of ald belonging to Ind, 4, thoug! ted in Ifrael, thar 1s,inthe Kingdoié dturea, hee miftakes the {at of the ten ‘Tribes, e of rhis Region : and {o the other Chayizth, beifig in 5)ria Soba, a Zeigl h doth AseFeérfory For itdeed er, 13 were Lturea ( which Hegee™*? a fippus calls Perea,andG: Tyrin s, Bace, ar )the fame w ith Trac enit ic, Yet Traconitis it felfe is farre more to the Ealt than Haz math in Nephtalim : for Traconjp faria Philippi; and the is lyeth betweene Ge Mo¢ untaines Trachowes.: whi ch the Hebrewes call Gilead: Hammath or Chammathis and this 7 Hieririe {eated na : + fa, it onm= micth thatthis miftaking pt ew by vader Ce/grea, towards the Sea Welt-ward , And ItlC O- nichhis‘C eomanpe: confounding Emath ot Hamath beyond the Mountaines 77, achones, tt 1¢ great in Calefyriz, 6) vine Wheve Which-5 Hieromie vpon Amos : v7 $0 Hammath or Hamath ripfy there is Ment. call : the leffer in Phenicig, aud Neph talim, which } 1ee Calleth Epiv for this amwasath or in bur Tran hani a: the grea Emath, which 2 Chron. 3. 3- is fl ation Hamsath,andnor that which is com monlycalled seemcs'toxts it fe t farre from thé from : diftin@ion North border of Cansanin Syria theotherin N ephthalin, hough Milky Bevoaldur veiebing - Soba) is-remem= Pikerome; vathe t follow the opinio: of Zeiger bred in Numb ; ers 34. vere8. and Numbers 13. ver; 22.and in Exeki-/ 47,16, Ia the fithtotwhich places it bord ereth the Land ofpromife, thefe being the Words Beam Adddur Horyou{b allpoint (chat is, act ordrawalline) oasis véme Antiochis, 4s indeed it cannot eafily bee sufi with on of Hama th aboue méHitionied, ed, thar either O16 6F Other df thefeis cither Antiochia or Epi 4, howbeit thatthe fathe City which lofixa 19 3§- is called Chemmath, and placed in"weypthalim, was alo called Chamath whence tye Word Haniat and Emath, were framed} ig bee gathered partly becaufe the other Hamash, 2 chron, 8,may 3- for dillin aflisy gtioni called :chamath Teba, as chis ( as jt may (eeme ay *32+) by fo/-2 was Chamath Dov, to Hamath : 1n Ff 3 the |