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Show Thefecond Bookeof thefrit parte Cuarié.§7 ‘% --- Cuar27§.t. ti faireaduantageouer both. Yet he fought with monic ; forhe fent Horfes: and C Hels Jaden wvithtreafure; to hirethe Aratianswhom Efaycalletha people that cannit profi, Fy 39 prea Thele Arabians did not profit indeedes for(befides that it feemes by the famé place of Efay,that therichtreafures mifcarried,and fell into theenemies liandsbefore any helpe appeared from Tirhaca,)allthe {trong Cities of Jndaw ere taken by Sennacherib, except Libua, Lachis,and Ierufalem it felfe,which werein fore ditt refle, till the fwordof God, and not of Man, defeated the Affyrian, who did goe, for feare, to his Tower, thacis, hee fled to Ninew e,where he wasflaine. Concerningthis expedition ofSenwacherib,Herodotus takes | oned in the Scriptures jnot as aking of Egypt,but as a friend to that Coun. trie,or at leaft an enemyto Seanachersb,in the war laft {poken of ; the Athiopians (45 they are englifhed) ouer which he 1 cigned,being indee de on they, fuppofe aright,that Ewfebius hath miftaken one Chafites or Arabians. HereupKing for another; Put whereas they think,that this Tarachus or Tirhaka,is placed inthe roome of ‘Sethon,and therefore giuc to Sethow the twentic yeares of Tarachns, them to haue etted' onthe other hand,Forthise4¢h¢opian (as he is called) began1 hold his Reigne ouerEgypr, by Exfebins his roaccompt,after the this notice death ofSenmacherib and of Exekia,in the firft yeere of Manaffes King ofada. Therefore he,or his yeeres, hauen o reference to Sethon, 4 37 Herodo their Countrythat,Sezhon being Valcazs Prieft ,bemoaned himfelfeto his god, Who by dreame promifed to fend him helpers;thathereup on Sethon withfuch as ollow him,(whichwere -men,fhop-keepers,& thelike) marched towards wouldf that a great multitcrafts Pelafium'and ude offield-mice entrin g the Campe ofSennacherib by night, did fo vp inthe Temple ofVulcanholding aMoute in his hand,withthis in{cription: Let him, that holds mefer the Egyptian Priefts,wherein howfaire they {waru ue God, Such was the telationof ed from the truth, being defirous to 49 magnifie their ownKing,it mayeafily be perccieds It feemes that' this Imageofse. thon wasfallen down,-and thetale forgotten in Diodorus his time, or elfe perhaps; the Priefts did forbearetotell it him(which caufed Zewes vvas then well knowne to the vvorld,whe himto omit it)for that the nationofthe reof cuerychilde could hauetold, how muchfalfehood had beenemingled with the truth. tus forgetsto tell how long Sethon reigned 5 Functins peremptorily, citing no author,noralleadging reafon for it,fets him down thirty three yeates ; many omit him quite;and.theythat name him,are notcarefull toexamine his continuance. In this cafe, I follow that tule which I propounded vnto myfelfat the firft,for meaturing the reigns ofthefe Egypti | an Kings. The yeares which paffed fourth ofJeboiekins, 1 fodinide among the Egyptians,from the fift of Rehobosm, vito the that gluing to euery one the proportion allow ed vnzo himby the Authorin whom heis found, the:reft is to be conferred vpon him whofe lengthofreigne is ee s that is,ypon this Sethon. By this ac20 compt I find the thirty three yeares,that are fet downe by Funtlins,toagree very necre- ly,ifnot precifely,with the time of Sethons reigne; there fore I conforme inyOwl reckoningto his, though I could be content to haueit oneyeare leffe. Thereafon ofthis computation I {hall render more at large, whea' Whetenpon it hath much dependance, and whéreI _atribe ‘at the time of Pfammiticus, into thecourfe of this Hiftorywill fhortly bring me,the £gyptian affaires growing nowto be interlaced with the matters Wefind this hiftorie agreeableto the Scriptures, thus farre forth 3; That senmacherib king ofthe Afjrians and Arabians,{0 Herodotus callet h him : the Syrians, or peraduenture fomebord ofIdda,to whichie is meete that I returne. erers Vpon Sjr14,being meantby made Warrevpon Egypt, and was miraculon the name ofArabiaws)lined inthisage, fly driuen home. As for that exployt the Mice,and the great pleafure that of a/can did vntothis Priet ; happyit vvas (ifShan 30 vverea Prieft)that hetookehis god nowin gooda moode. Forwithin three or foure ycares before this, all the Prieftsin Egypt fo {hould MFTTc AAU) fees <3 et Cu AP, XX V if hae bin flaine, ifa mercifill king had not{pared their liues,asit Of Manafles and his (Contemporaries. ‘ turne vvas not enoughto ferue vvere halfe againftthe gods will. herfore this laftood as an exmple, that might ftir vp the Egyptians to pitty, fecing that their devotion, which had lafted fo long Mageaa et did bring all the Prictis into dangeroffiicha bad reward.Rather I thinke; thatbefore, this Image did reprefent Seanécherié himfelfe,and thatthe Moufe inhis Egyptian manner ofexprefling things)thehand, fignified Hicroglyphically (as was the thamefull iffueof his terrible expedition, oF ae deftruction ofhis Ariniejb the vengeance of God, thewedy meanes vvhich came,no man knew-from wvhence.For vpon this vngodly king, was indeed'a very good mo 40 Cueto piectie,Butthe Embleme, togetherwvith the Temple ofVu the chiefe Temple in that-Towne wvherethis (being perliaps Image waserected) lcan mightgitie oecalion to fucha fable. the Deuill helping to changethe truth lars iar God night be £9 ed ofhis-honour. Sethoxfindings him fel Yer that vve may notbellie the f.; Ean Adelie rae Deuill Thold itvery tively, that sae 5 + Mop apis orany to 1 nied ee fpeae the like need : yet which ofthem had obtained fuccour by tl like iracle # Surelythe Efygia. Tewescucn {uch ofthemas moft were giuen to hikers) are basebia afhained of the confidencewhich they repofed ia the Charets t ,becanfe hey werd many, anait the Horfenen, bLecanferbey were veryflrong «had it ofEg fending thofe Horfe. men and Charets, was bef ta thernithar isehamitn ftead oF49 hiiee sini ae fe d hindaad chem 800d lucke, or elfe (for thefealfo aiadan phiastaaidesad a tO ns iets eo fome Onyon or Cat.Howfoeuer it Was doubtlefethe 2 . a of np 3 Peck which Laid, They(hall be all afbamed.of the veop) Propnecie of E/ay shea sbeyeied, p ofthepeoplethat 4 cannot profit themnor but [ball be» a lh, belpe, nor do thems je : <4ame, Wheeke Dare nrefting andal foarepe, ach. Such is commonly t iffue ‘of- humane wifrapa fecure ecom y VPON ; ose prouifion that it felfe hz aee and in need of God, itwill 'no longer ehath made, He will'n 5, feeme omethere icreate whotake Seehon tohaye bin f : fet downe by F a re of Ea/cbine,vider ee * Tarachus.the ethiopian sand therforethe twenty yeates which are ginento Tarach us, theyallowto thereigne of Sethon. Thefe haue well obfer ued,that Tarachns the -£thio. Penis menti ofit's That it was purpoled again{t Egypt,where the men of warre ,being offended with Sethon theit King, who had taken away theirallowance,refu fedto beare armes in defence of him & tg gnaw the bowes,quiuers, and ftraps ofhis mens armou day to flie away. in.all hafte, finding themf{elues difar r, that they vverefainethenext med.In memorie hereof ( faith He. rodotus\theftatue ofthis Kingis fet ofthe Hiftorie of the World, abit : ee The wickedwe(fe ofManaifes. 14 imsprifonm ent, Repestante, avd] Death cs Bb Anaffe, the Sonof Ezekia, forgetting' aC tie ofhis Father and 1é the profperitie which followed him, fetthepie S Vp, repaired, adornedatid w/ 9) furnifhed, allthe Altars, Br 40 i ‘Temples, and high Places, in which OVA! bs the Diuell was bythe Heathen vvorthipped. Befides,he himfelfe BX\ [a ie efteemed the Sunne, the Moone,and the Startes,with allthe Hoite & eV) \9) OF Heanen,as gods, and worthipped them: and of all his a¢ts'the Din moft abominable vas; that he burnt his Sons fora Sacrifice to the ledtl - feat Sac oe a agin ee oe Sacrinceto the Diuels. ee \ : ee : 2 rt° gee himfelfe toall kinde ofWitchcraft andSotcetie,accompanied & main= s -_ nat had familiar Spirits, andalliforts of Enchanters :-befides, he fhed fo Seah as lerafalem wasxeplenifhed thetewith, from cornerto corner, Prophet abominations,yvhen of ~ See he beaneneenesaes a eae Sectna? ee 10 Was alfoofthe kings race,8casthe lemes affirme, the Bother WeeLBW TafMeron. x de "ae, ne caufedthe I Topher neere vato theFountaine of Silae to befawne in fun fofemacat. ee SabenOddén faw,in the cightieth yeere of his life sa cruelty more barbarous & rertwinde Pat, ri sFONS than hath beene heard of, The Scriptures Cis confirmed by Epiphanins.idore,Eufebiniand indeede are filent hereofyet the re others,too many.to reheatle,and 2 chren.33,11; '0g00d to be fufpected, Thercfore the Lord brought vpon them. the Cuptaines of the : Heehah the Kings.of Athuv, which tooke Manatle, andi put' him insfetters, and bound hinets heise: cutie hiBabel: Wherea Aen.fter heshad ; Carried himto ‘ twenty yeerés eachas 4 lich captiue,and+'s-4hA difp oyle d of I Poyled ofall honour andh ‘hope yettoohis his:: heart ope; ; yett hearyYy reperepenta ntannceceand con- ; tinuall |