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Show The,firflBooke ofthefofpa t Cuar.2.§.9. Cuap.2.§.9. Nowbelides thofe notable markes, Euphrates andTigris, the betterto find'the way whichleadeth to the Country of Edea, we are to take for guides thefe two. confiderations (to wit ) That it lay Haftward from Cazaanand Judea; andthat it was of all other and the next vato it Eaftward alfo was-4rabiathe Defart , both whichin refpect ofthe infertility could not bee Edew , neither haue any of the -4rabians any fuch Riuers , as ate expreft to runoutof it : Soasit followeth of neceflitie,that Eden mutt be Eaftward, and beyond both Arabia Petra, and Deferta. But becaufe Eden is byMofés namedby itfelfe, anid bythe fertility;& the riuers only defcribed, we mutt {eeke it in other Ser tures , and whereit is by the additions ‘ofthe neighbour Nations betterdefcribed. In the Prophet //ay I find it coupled and accompaniedwithother adjacent Countries, i Ie. e7ve, Ifa, 3700 12. thefle words, fpokenin the perfon of Senacheribby RazsaKeH: Hane the £gods of the. Wations delivered them, which my Fathers haue defroyed, as GoSan,andHaran, cResEPH, 4ndthe children of Eptn , which were at Telaffar ? and in Ezechiel , where he proCap.27-verf-a3.phecieth againft the Tyrians: They ofHaran , and Ganuch, and Eden,the merchants of She- tie of Terfedon (built or enlarged by Nebachodonozor,now called Balfara) thence fent vpall cheferich merchandifes by boatto Babylon,from whenceby the bodyofEuphrates,as farre as it bended Weftward,and afterward by a branch thereof, whichreacheth within three daies iourney of Aleppo, andthen ouer Land they paftto Tyre, as they did afterward to Tripoly,(formerly Hieropolis)and thence to Alexandretta, as aforefaid. Nowthe Merchants of Canneh, which Ezechiel ioyneth with Eden, inhabited ro farre vp the Riuer,andreceiued this trade from Arabia and India, befides thofe proper commodities which themfelues had,and which they receiued out of Perfia, which borderedthem. S.Hierome vnderftandeth by Canneth,Seleucia, whichis feated vpon Euphrates,where it breaketh into foure heads , and which tooke that name from Se/ewsus, who madethereof a magnificent City. Hiero/olymitanusthinkesit to be Ctefiphon:but Ctefiphonis feated downe low vpon Tigris,and Canneh cannot be onthatfide,I mean on the Eaft-fide of Tigris ; forthen wereit out of the Valley of Shinar. Pixie placeth piigd.évc.aé; the Sehenite vpon Euphrates,where the fame beginnethto be foordable, whichis to- But to auoid confufion,wee mutt vnderftandthat therewere two Edens,one ofwhich ley 49 called -4wenis, otherwife Conuallis , or thetraG of Chamath, where Affyriais ioyneth to Strabo, ward the borderof Syria, after it leaueth to bee thebound of Arabiathe Defart, and where the Riuer of Euphrates reflecteth from the Defart of Palmirena:forthefe people 20 Of Canneh (afterward Schenite) inhabited both borders of Euphrates, {tretching themfelues fromtheir owne Citie of Canneh in Shinar Weftward along the bankes Arabia the Defart , & where Ptolomie placeth the City of Averia : & the third is knowne bythe name of Domus Edenis, or Celefyria,otherwife Vallis caus , or the hollow Valley, becaufethe mountaines ofLibanas and Antilibanus , takeall the length of it on bothfides, of Euphrates,as far asthe Cityof Thapfacus,where Pto/omy appointed the Foords of Euphrates: which alfo agreeth with the defcription.of the S¢hemite by Strabo, whofe strabap.r6; wordsarethefe : Mercatoribus ex Syria Seleuciam Cc Babyloniameuntibusiter eff per Sche~ nites; The Merchants which trauaile/romSyria to Seleucia awd Babylon, take their way by the andborder it : for Coclein Greekeis Cauain Latine. But this is not that Edew, which we feeke : neither doth this Prouince lye Eaft from Canaan, but North, and fo ioyneth vnto it, as it could not be vnknowne tothe Hebrewes. Yet > becaufe there isa little Citie therein called Paradife, the Lewes beleeued this Calefyriato be the fame which Atofes defcribeth. Forthe fame caufe doth Hopkins in his Treatife of Paradife reprehend peroaldus, in that he confound eththis Eden , with the other Eden ofParadi/e ; though,to 3a giueBeroaldwshis right , I conceiuethat he led the Way to Hopkins , andto all otherla- Schenites. Therefore thofe whichtake Canneh for Charran.; doe much miftakeit. For Gia, 3% Charran,to which Abraham came from Vrin Chaldza(called by God) ftandethalfo in Mefopotamia;not vponEuphratesit felfe,but vpon the Riuer of Chaboras, whichfal. lethinto Euphrates : and the Metchants of Charranarediftinétly namedwith thofe of 30 Canneh in Exechiel (as) They ofHaran,ana Canneh,and Eden,the merchants of Sheba, Appar, and Chilmad were thymerchants.Wherefore Charran,which is fometime called Charre, &Haran, &Aran, is but the fame Charran of Mefopotamia; &whenitis written Aran, ter Writers , fauing , That hee fayled in diftinguifhing thefe two Regions , bothcalled Edew : and that he altogether mif-underftood two of the then itis taken for the region of Mefopotamia: or Avan flusiorum,the Greek word (Me- foure Riuers (to wit) ?i/on and Gehow, as fhall appeare hereafter. Nowto finde out Eden 5 Which (as Mofestea lopotamia) importing,a countrybetween rivers : for A4¢/os in Greeke,is Medina in La- cheth vs ) lay Eaftward fromthe Defarts, where he wrote, after he had pafied the Red Sea , wee mutt confider where tine, and Potames , fluwius; and whenit is written Haran or Aran, itis then taken for the Cityit felfe,to which Abraham camé from Vr(as aforefaid,) For Strabo in the de{cription'ofArabia,giueth that tract ofland from the borders. »f Coelefyria,to the edge of \ {elopotamia,to the Schenite,who alfo inhabited on both fides of Euphrates,é& were thofe other Countries are found whichthe Pro- phet //ay and Ezechiel ioyneth withit. For (faith Es a IAH) Goan. Haran, ana Ree 23.feph, andthe children of Eden , which were at Telafjzr . Alfo Exechielioyneth Haranwith Eden , who, together with thofeof Sheba , Afbur, andx Chilmad ,werethe Merchants LitS } . os ‘ that traded withthe Citie of Tyre, whichwasthen (faith EZECHIEL oak Se ) the Mart of the4o "- : people for many Ifles. And it hath ever beene the cuftome, thatt he Perfians conucyed their Merchandifeto Babylon » and to thofe Cities vpon Euphrates , and Tisris , and fromthence tranfPott een portedther m into Syria > NOWSoréa, and to the Port ofthe Aediter+ €a : as In ancient times totheCitie of Tyre, afterwardto Tripoly, and nowto Aleppo , trom whencethey imbarque thematthePort ofAlexandretta, in f the Bay of Isjoi HS now d siazce, Exechiel in the defcription of the magnificence of Tyre, ofthe exceeding trade that it had with all the Nations ofthe Eaft, as the onely towne of that part of the world, reciteth both the people with whom they ha 1 merce , and alfo W hat commodities everie Countrie yeelded : andhauing count ea {euc rall "copie and Countries, headdeth the particular trade, which each of them ex erciied : They were thy merchits (faith the Prophet ) iaif forts of th afb ¢, and of breydércd yy orkes fine linnen, corral. king fthe Merchants ofshi b Words : TH erch with the chief riches Which Per) <and Rasmah, and wha and rus F : ' . . a 4 aG cB iappenbiagi t kinds they traded, } Sof Sheba ce» Réamwah we re thy merchants » they ocerv ; €s, OF Arabia which bord and with allprecious fones andg eld. Now thef Aral ia Felix Yyeeld = & beca uf Sheba & Raamabh both vent fiich Spice, {we et ea, called the Perfiam Gwilfe, there ‘mymes, and Pearles; as their own 4.1 of{pices,and plenty ofgold. The better to conuey, thefe commodities to that great Mart ofTyre,the ShebansorArabians entred by the mouth ofTigris,and from the Ci: ba,Afbur, and Chilmad,were thy merchants, Ge. the Prophet Amos remembreth , where he diuideth syria into three Prouinces,wherecap.t.verf-1. Of, thefirft hemaketh Syria Damsafceme , or Decapolitan sthe {econd partis that Val = and (withall) hauing trade withtheir Neighbours ofIndia,had fromthem alfo all forts the moft beautifull and fertile. Firft then in refpect offitation, thenext Countrytoin. dea Eaftward was Arabia Petrea.but inthis Region was Mofes himfelfe when he wrote; of the Eiiftory ofthe World. in' after-ages accounted of thefe Arabians which inhabite Batanea,& the North part of a 1 s . Dp » ~ 40 the Defarts,ftretching thermfelues toward the vahabited folitude‘a of I almirena, which lyeth between Sy1 ia,and Arabia the Defart.So as thef of Cannch lay inthe very highwayfrom Babylonto Tyre, & were neighbours (indifferent) to Charran and to Eden: and therefore they are by the Prophet Ezechiel coupled together, They of Haran , and Cannch, & Eden, Ge. But S.Hierome madea good interpretation of Canneh, or Chalne, by Seleucia: for Seleucia was anciently called Chalanne(witnelfe Appiam,) and fo Raba- $0 wis Maurws callethit in his Commentaries vpon Genefis ; the name by timeand mixture oflanguages being changedfrom Chalne or Canneh, to Chalanne:: of which name there are two other cities. {tanding in I riangle with Seleucia,é almoft the next vnto it, (as )Thelbe-canne,& Mann-canne,theone alittleto the Welt of Seleucia, & the other Opp ite vnto it,where theferiuers of Tigris and Euphrates are ready to ioyne. Therefore, which of shefe the ancient Cannewas, (being all three within the bound of the valley Shinar) it is vncertaine : but it isanote as well of theimportance of the place, as of the certain feate thereof, that fo manyother cities did retaine a part of the name in fo manyz ufter. Neither is it volikely that thefe additions of Thelbe and Mannto the Word Canne,were but ro make rence betweenethe Eaft andthe Welt, or the greaterand the Ic fe Canne,or bet en Cannethe old andthe new: which additions todiftinguith cities by,are ordinary in all the Regions, of the World, Nowof the other city ioyned with Eden, as Haranor Chasrad 5 St. Hierome on the tnd. D 3 * ny intries yeciace ‘<A dwdges |