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Show The fecond Baoke'of the firpart C YH AP,] 3.9.8, CHa P.13,§.8.°oftheHiflorie oftheWorld, ia of Jo/ua,as thalkbe hereatter prouéd. But, where Saint Lake rch irfing the words of Saint Paw/,wrote 3 50.yeers(aith Lather the Scribe in the t nfcription being decci. ued bythe affinitie of thofetwo Grecke words, whe rofthe one fignifieth 300.8the Codoman an{wereth, that thefe 480.yeeres, 1 Reg.6.1..mutt begin to be reckoned sot in the beginning, but inthe endingof their iourneying from Egypt,which he makes to be 25.yeeres after the beginning of Orhoniels gouernment ; from whenceif wee caft the y.ceres of the Iudges, with the yeeres of feruitude (which fummmes according to hisaccount, of which we hauealready {poken,make 397-yeeres)and foto thefe yeeres adde the 4.0.0f Samuel, and Saal, andthe 40.of Dauid,and the 3.0f Salowoz, weefhall haue the'iuft other400.wrote Tetracofiotsfor Triatofiowigoo.yecres.for 300. yeere 3 Na 450.for 13. Lud.t5.11. 350. This he feeketh'to ftrengthen by many arguments:to ¥ hich opinion Sezminhis ayeat annotations adherethyA contrary iidgement to this hath Codom m: where La therand bexa begin at Mofes.death,hetakes his account from the death of Jofwa,and fromthence tothe beginning ofSamuel he makes $3 Ouyeers:to wit of the Ywdges(not reckoning Samp/ons yeers)319.and of yeeres of fervitude and affliction vnder. fran. 7 i Wie peared sacs Ante gets,r11.The reafon whyhe doth not: réckon Samp/ans twenty yeeres, o isolen becaufe heyy thinkes that they were part of the 4 o.yeeres,in whiclithe Phils (HAS Are e {aid to have oppreffed Ifrael. For itis plaine,that duringall samp/en stime they were Lordsouet fumme of 480. yeeres. Neitheris it hard (faith hee) that the agpus 1 Reg.6.1.fhould be vnderftoodegre/sionts non incipientis fed finite, the yeereeprefsionts, of their comming out of Egypt ( forfo it is in the originall )or the yeere after they came out of Egypt, may well be vnderftood for the yeereafter they Were come out thence;thatis, a after they had endedtheir wandring fromthence. Forfo wee finde that things which © were done 40.yeeres after theyhadfet foot out of.Egypt,are faid to hauebeen (as T haue faid ) 3 r9.yeeres,which two fummesput together make 43 0.y¢ eres,And Whereas Saint Pas/nameth 45 0.yeeres, he findes 20, yceres to make vp Saint Paul number, to haue beene {pent after the death of lofua by theSexiors, before the Cap. tiuitie ofCafban,orthe election ofOrbonielwhich 30 "eers added to 43 oumake4§o, according to Saint Pa#l.To approouethis time ofthe Elders. heciteth two places of to Scriptures, namely the 24.0f Jofuasatid the fecond of Jndges, in each of which ple Ces itis written, that Uraclferned the Lord all the dayes of lothua, azd all the dates fy) the Elders that oue-liued Tofhua:{oas tothefe times-of the Elders, Codoman giueth 20. yeeres,which makeas before 45 0.according to S.Paul. Neither would itbreed anygreat difficultie in this opinion,if heere alfo the o.yeers ofthe Sexiors between Jofisa and Othouiel,fhould be denied. For they which denic thefe yeeres, and make Othoniels 40.to begin prefently vponthe death ofZo/wa,asin the beginningofthis reckoning,they haue 20.yeeres leffe than Codoman,fo toward the end of it(whenthey, reckon the-yeeres ofaffliction apart fromthe yeeres ofthe Zadges ) in the number of Sampfons yceres, andofthe 40.yeeres ofthe Philiftims opprefsing the AUfraclitesshey haue 20.yeeres morethan CodemanFor they reckon thefe 40. yeeres of opprelsion 7 fe all ofthema-part from Sampfors 20.but Codeman, a Sis . . faid,makes Sampfons 20.t0 beso4 the one halfe ofthe 4o:0fthe Philifhios opprefsions; fo that ifthe 20.yeers ofthe Ste wiors,be not allowed to Codoman then he mayreckon(as the letter of the Text feemes to inforce)that the Philifims in any Inter-regnum, before Sampfon iudged Iftacl,rex the Ifiaelites 40.yeers befides the 20.while Sampfon was their ude; & fothe peck ning will come to 450.yeers between the end of Zofwa, and the beginning of i though weadmit not ofan Tater-regnum ofthe Seniors bet weene Iofua and orhanid For, ifthetimes of their affliGion be fummed,they make 111 syeeres,to which oe adde the yeeres of the dndges,which are 339 .wee hauethe iuft {imme of 450° i this computation either one Way orother, may feeme to be much more probabis thantheirs that correct the Text,although we fhould admit oftheir correction me of,& readwith them 359. for 450. For whereas they conceiue that this time of 35° yeers,is to begin immediately,or foone afterthe death ofa7 ofes: certainly the place of S.?aul doth euidently teach the contrary,though it be receiued for truc chat there Vas witiumfcriptorisin thereft. Forthefe be Saint Panls words: And about tht ee of fortieyeeresGod[uffered their manners inthe wilderneffe s Aud he destroyedfest? a tions in the Land ofCanaan, and dinidedtheir Land tothem by lors. Then afterwar? kane vntothem Indges about 450. yceres, untothe time of Samuel the Prophet.So% in the cighteenth verfe he {peaketh ofMofes and ofhis yeeres' {pent in the fie Tof.t4.%6 neffe,then in the nineteenth verfe he commeth vntothe that he deftroyedfeuen Nations in the land of Canzen; aéts of Jofwz; which . és and diuided their Lang" thembylot.In the twentieth verfe it followeth; then afterward heegaue gees" nee 45 ote765.0 andtherefore to reckon from the death of Mofes,is Wiaee oe Alees meaning,to farre as my weake voderftanding can pierce it. Theone inconlt" nience of any waight In opinion of Codoman touching this placein the : Lat it oly feemes he miththeaccount , r.Rep.6.11 d there 45 o-yeerseee. were Pt between the endof Jofa@andthe beginningForifindee ofsamuel,certainlyU heeds be much morethan 480.yeeres between the beginning of the Iie heying tromEgy pt,& the foundationof the Temple byS#/omen. Totl done in their going out of Egypt, as. P/a/.r14. Wher Yrach came out of Egypt, lordan wes drinen backe, & Deut .4.45 .Thefeare the teftimonies which Mofes Spake-when they came out of Egypt. Andthus farreit {ecemes wee may. very well agree with Codemax, for theinter pretation of the 4b exitu, to be as much as quum exiniffent, orab exitu finito: for if Deut.4.45.doe well reade gaum exiniffent, forin exitu, as it feemes that herein } 1€¢ doth well, why maynot wee alfojto auoid contr adi¢tionin the Scripture, expound ab exits Iftael.So then ofthe Iudges, befides the 111 ayeeres of fernitude,Codoman reckoneth 29 be Yuavne extuiffent ? Thenext pointto be cleered, is howtheir tourneying fhould be faid'not to haue had end vntill the 25.yeere after the victory of Othoniel. Tothis Codoman an{wereth, that then it hadnoend til whenall the Tribes had obtainedtheir portions,which happened not yntill this time:at whichtime the Danites at length feated themf{elues,as 18. For doubtleffeto this time the ex edition may moft conuenien itis declatly! be re 14.18.33 ferred. Andthus without anygreat inconuenience to him appearing, doth Codomaz reconcile the account ofJephra,and S.Paxd,with that inthe firft of Kings,c.6. Nowwl nere~ as itis faid that the expedition ofthe Danites was whentlnere was no KinginIffael:to this Codoman anfwereth,that it is not neceflar y that wee fhould fuppofe that Orhowie/ li. 1¢dall thofe 40. yeeres offeft, of whic!n dud.3.1 . fo that by the 25.yeere after his viss ° Ctory,eith ‘hee might haue beene dead,or at leaft,as Gideon did, he might haue tefufed ? all fouera gnty,and foeither wayit might truly be faid thar at this time (to wit,the 25. fter Orhoniels victorie)there was no King in Ifrael. This opinion of Codoman, if as confonant to other Chronologers groundingtheir opinions on the plaine Text,where it is indifputable,asit is init felfe round enough andcoherentymight perhaps be receiued as good: e{pecially confidering,that the {peeches of S. Paw haue not otherwifefoundany interpretation,maintaining themas abfolutelytrue. >in fich mans heras they found,andare {et downe. But {eeing that he wanteth all helpe ofauthority, wemay iuftly fixpect the fuppofition wherupon his opinion 925 the confent of many Authors would hardly fuffice to is grounded, it bein g fuch makevery probabl €. For who hath told Codoman, that the conqueft of Lai/h, bythe Tri be of Dax, was performed in the flue and twentieth yeere of Orhoni ? Or el what other probabilitie hath hee than his owneconiccture, to fhewthat Orhoni did el fo renouncethe officeofa ludgeafter fiu e and twentyyeeres,that it might then betr uely faid there was no King in Ifraeljbu eye t ry man didthat which was good in his owneeye s2 Nowconcet ning therehearfa of the ll Law b y Mofes, and the {topping of Tordap, I htindeed be properlyfaid to hauebeet ne, when Ifrael came out of Egypt; t King Edwardtl 1¢ firft was cro wned when heecameout of theholy urnies with their accidents com monly takename fromthe plac e either they tend. But I thinke that hee can finde no fuch phrafe of | s limitteth a iournie byan accident,or{fa ith by conuerting theprohen Iordany turning back, I{rael came out of} ypt. Indeed moft vnproCtions cémencedlong after, fi om an expediti on finifhed King Edward at his arrivall out of Pal eftina,d id winne rlile. How may we I uethat enterprize performed fo ifion of the Land ( which followedthe conqueft at the iourT time ofthe departureout of E; ypt ?Orwho oft ftrange,that the moft notable account of time, ferui g as the one1¢ ages in facréd Chronologic,fhould not take nam e an d beginning Nn2 from |