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Show Lhe Jecond Bookeof the first part Cuar.r6,§.6, yeares afligned Cinrae7. ofthe Figforie ofcho World. Stay to this King;which I verily beleeuetohauc bin fomeerro: ofthepy thoughI findit not corrected among otherfuch ouerfights: for 1 know no Author int, 1 that Becaufe it was often fignified varohiny in his diteamesjby the god which was worlhip~ ned Mrerinks with a {hort life,as is before fhewed. the Priefts:in. Zgypt, which rather than to-dosherefitned gives himfo many, yeares,aud Reineccins himfelf takes notice of the Oracle,that threat. ‘ ; Boschorusis placed next vnto Mycerinus by Diodore,who {peakes No moreof him than this,phat he was aftrong manof body,& excelling his predeceffors in of by divers Authors, as onethat louediuftice; and nay be taken wit.Heis fpoken for that Banchyris, WhOm-Swiaas commends in that kind : Enfebius reckons 4.4.yeeres ofhis 1 eigne, After Boccherus,one Sabacus ane# thiepian followes, in the Catalogue ofDiodore: but Cettaine ages after him.Herodoras, quite omitting Zocchoras, hath Afychis ; who madéa fharpe law(as it was then held) againft bad debtors, that their dead bodies fhouldbe in 10 the creditors difpofition,till the debtwere paied. This A/ychis madea Pyramis of brick, mote coftly and faire,in his owne iudgement, than any ofthofe thatthe former Kings had raifed. Befides this Afychis, Herodo tus placeth one Anyfis, ablin dem an, before the ethiopian. Thereignes of thefe two are perhap s thofe many ages, whichthe Eopti4ns,to magnifie their antiquities,accounted betweene Boccl orwssa nd him thatfollowed andfo Reineogivs hold,that thefe two kings,between them long doth Famctius, {6 long doth lengthenthis time,holding it vnprobable thatthe both did gouerne.Ifanyman would reignes of two kings fhouldhauebin fo foone fpent;hee may docit by taking them.Butall this could make but fixe yeetes; fomeyeares from Sethon of Pfamsmiticns, and, adding them toeither ofthefe. To adde vnto thefe, without fubtracting fromfome o- ther, would breede a manifeft inconuenienc e : forafmuch as part of Sefac his reigne, vkingr4.25. mutt haue beenein thefifth of.Reho boam, as alfo the laft of Pharae Neco wasth S.ChromIaw.2 e fourth OFTehoiakim, and the firht of Nabuchadnezzar. For mine owne part I like it better to allow fixe yeares onely to thefetwo kings,thanto lofe the witnefle of Herodotus, who, concur ring herein with the Scriptures,doth fjPeak ofSeamacheri pedanThebes,thar his reigne{hould be neither léne'ho r profperous, ‘valeffe Heflew all his kit dome. Surely, thefe Egyptian gods were ofa ftrangequaliti¢, thatfo ill rewarde d their (eruatits , and inuited kings to doethem wrong. Well might the Egyptians ( as theylikewife did) worthip Dogs as godsjwhentheir chiefe gods hadthe propertie of Doos. which loue their Matters thebetter forbeating them. Yet towharend the Pitefts fhould haue feizned this tale,I cannottell; andtherefore I thinkethat it might bé fome full old man, whodeeing his Realmein danger of an inuag cule for his: departurd out ofit, and with-di the beginning of Sethenoutot place,and makeit Jater than the death ofSennacheri b.In regard ofthis agreementofHerodotus with the Scriptures, Iam the more willing to hold with hitn, in his Zgyptian3o kings. Otherwife it werea matter ofno great enuie,to leaue both Afychis and Anyfs out ofthe roll, which were eafily done,by Placing sefac lower,& extending his lifeyet fixe yeares further,or more,(ifthe like abridgement thal be required ofP/awemiticm his reigne) intotheyeares of Rebaboam. Of Sabacusthe c&thiopian, who tooket he kingdome from Anylis,itis agreed bythe mott,that he reigned fiftie yeares.He wasa merciful] Prince, not punifhing all capitall offences with death, but impofing bonda whofe toyle he both got much wealth intoge and bodilylabour vpon malefactors ; by hire,and performed many workes,of morevhis owne hands, letting outtheir feruice to fe than pompe , tothe fingularbenefittof the Countrey.Zonoras calls this King Swasthe Scriptures call him so, Hofea,t he laft of//rael,madea leaguewith him againtt Salmana/Jarlittleto his good : forthe King4o Vvas more richthan warlike,and Eepplia# therefore his friendthip could not titefrom deftruction. preferuethe //7- It feemes, that the enctoching thefe tunes; the victories ofT4zlathpower.of the 4/jrian, grewterrible to Egypt about Phalaffarsand Salmanaffar,bauing Syria,inthe Tergne ofthis eatenfo farre into one king So.or Sabacus. Yea, perhaps it was in his dayes( 0! nis Teignc in the fourth of Menahem)that rhul himfelfdid make into Paleitibegan the firftentrance na. This caufed $9to animate the halfe fubdued people , againft their Co querours;burthe helpe which he and his Succeflorg aue them ; cherihs Embaflador comparedthe Epyptd ffaint, that Se" an fuccourto abrokenwasfo ftaffe of Reede.' Su indeed hadHa/eafound ityand fuch. Ezehig might /haue. found: .it,had he not b {upported by theftrong ftaffe of him, It fappeareth by the words. of Rabfake that ruleth.all, Nations: with a. rodde okyr thatthe Opinion was gréat in Juda, 8)b}442 forces, for Charrets and Horfe-,men\, of th bur this power, whatfoeuerit was;g Freres8 Heclewthile, for the defence OfcRgype it felfe which So left \ Diadorns uccefiorshauing DOW fulfilled the fiftie Yeates! of his reigne. Bene a orus hauc both onstale,fiom thé relation ofEgsptiag Priefts; concerning t Parture ofthiskingfayingthar he lef; the Country;8e willin gly retired into eal Deve into <4¢hiepia, where he 10had beenebredinhisyouth. What if one thor Wwent,was-none otherthan Arabsawher tion ofthisman)raifed an Armieagaint S ythatthe veebiopizinto which he athe king( perhaps :ae the inftiga- 1, when'he meatit to invade' Ev ypr? within.two or threeyeares afterBut > I will nat uble myfalf with fuch enquitie. This Thold, that So,or Sebarws,was notindec thiopiaa foriw histimé lined the Prophet E/ay,who.mentioneth the: Ntiquitieof Ph shonfe) ‘butonely fo furnamed for his education,and becaufeiffuine f igdom from 4nyfis; who was his oppolite- The quieriar le forme of "at; his holding the kingdome fo long without an Arm yothercircime es arsue no leffe, But whether finally hee betooke'a priate ife) or whether"he Went'his' life and kingdome at 26 once, being now very oldyitistiniethar we tes him, and {peake ofSerhon his next Succeflorwho is omitted by: Déedoresbut rememb red by:He} odetus, by a fare token of his having beene king, aes bites tito viowe dosasdwbho bs warre:at which time Sethon was King of.Eeypt.Lwillnot theref ore adde yeares vntothefe ob{cure names 5 for by adding yntothefe men three years,wefhall thruft §2i §, Vv. T Ue OfSethon who reignea with Bzckia andfided with him azainft Sennacherib, AHe Sirf yeareof Sethons reigne falls intorhe twelfth ofExekia, vwhich was thé fiftofSe asacherib. Te wasiatroublefome ageand full ofidang er ; the two great kingdomes of, CAifyria andokgypt, beeing then ingaged tin'a Ware, the iffad 3° whereofwas to deterniine, whetlier of themfhouldrule or feture. The Afjrian had the bettermen of Warte 5 the 2ypptian better prouifion of neceflaries:? the Afjri5 More Subiedts..the Egyptian, more Friends:; and amongthe newconquered halfe Subies ofAffar marty that were Egyptian in heartsthough vf/wréarin outward thew: Ofthisilan fort were Ezekga,and his peoples who;kn ow 1owmuch ie concerned Pharae.to protedthem againfthis owne great Bnemy, preferre d thé fiiendthip of fo heateand.mightyq Neéighbout,bef ore the feriiceofa terriblesyet farrere moued King, But herein Wasereat differences between Edrki«andhis Subie@s :Forthe good King, Axinghis efpeciall confidence inGod., held tharcourfe ofpolicy, which ‘hé thought moft likely to.turnétothe benefit ofhis Conntty': the multitude of 7edea, looking' » diNtO the faire hopes which this: Fepptian leacue promifed,' werepuffedvp withvaink Sonceits,thinking that all:wasfafe;and tharnow they fhouldinorneedto feare any more oft 101¢ inturies, which theyhad:fuffered by the Afpriasis.s andfo beéame forgetfull of Od > taking. counfaile bit not of him. The Prophet B/ay complained muchof this pre! r/2y.30.x: Hmption sSiuing the people ofludato yaderftand ;» That the Egyptia ns were men} ana 708 Bod, and their Horfes fefbyandnor pirit peecatance,andthar .Affup Should sthat'Godhimfelfe fhould defend UraelVpon Efay.31- daid the Pro phetythey He vanity fallby the' fmordsbut not of ‘man. As for the Egyptians ©. and theyfball helpoin vdinextheir firengeh sto fitfill; # a ; According to. the Prophets:words:it.caitie to palle. Forin OresY that. Was. heldat:Zoan all manetof contentment andaff the treaty uF Confedearance was given' to the Temes, by. Scthen:orhis Agents, who filled'themwith fach reports, of Horfes and Chirietesbas they did agp loake(as Efzy faith )vatothe holy one of Irae, nor feekdonta the Lordi rfy 311. ord / Epctasmpifes. . J ~ : AE be ver After a whil ‘ ¥3Scwake ned themoiit ofthefe dreams; near s he was, did feemn farre off, being vnready, PE Was Mof-necdfilia Tr may: feem/thatihe purpofed, rather to makePale. » 28)?the tage, whereon this creat W arre fhouldbe actedsand-was not withoMatthe Aorie ITA usand femes, 3 ‘y cakeding t :éne anotlier; 3 fhould yeeld vnto him a FEce3 faire fOr +1 E et Sethon ethhon th. i whee fn. 8 by eighbohiry as. |