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Show --- .§.10.4.6 Thefirstfirst Cua P.7 for tyyeeres after the Floud,(accordingto Berofuss ) and thatthe worke of Babel latte d labor antibur GyeinGenecaccordingto Giyc AS) Hominibus in ca perficienda totis 40.annts inca(]nme out,that it was 170, fals it account which By it. tofinif 4o.yeeres Gonefis he Menlabonring in vaine yeeres after the Floud,erea Colonie was fent into Eaft India ; which granted(the one be. ing the maine body,and the other buta Troupe taken thence)it can hardlybe beleeued, that Stawrobates could haue exceeded Semiramis in numbers : who beingthen Emprefle ofallthat part ofthe world,gathered the moft ofNations into one bodie. seca Thefourth Argumentfrom diners confiderations in the perfon of Noan. Poe isno way probable, that Neh, who knew the world before the floud, & had liued therein the long time of 600 yeeres, wasall that {pace 130.yeers after the loud,without any certaine habitation: No,it will fall out,andbetter agreewith rea- fon,that Nimrod was but the condudter ofthofe people by Noah deftined andappoit- tedto fill andinhabit that middle part of theearth andthe Welterne world; ( which trauailes Woah put ouer to youngand able bodiesJandthat Wesh himfelfe then couered with many yeeres, planted himfelfe in the. fame place which Godhadaffignedhim: which was where he firft came downeoutof the Arke from the waters: for it is Witten, that after Noah came downe out of the Arkehee planteda V ineyard, and becameait Husbandman : whofe bufineffe was to dreffe and manurethe earth; and not to range ouer fo'many parts of the world, as from Armenia into Arabiafelix, where hee fhould (ifthe tradition be found) haue left certaine Colonies : thence into Africa towards Tri ton ; theninto Spaine,wherethey fay he fettled other companies, and built Cities af terthenames ofWoels and Nocg/a his fonnes wiues : from thenceinto /ta/ie,wherethey fay hee found his fonne Cham the Saturne of Egypt,who had corrupted the peopleand fubiects of Gemerin his abfence : with whom Noah ( as they make the ftorie ) hadpatience for threeyeeres; but then finding no amendement,they fay he banifht him out of Italie.Thefe be butthe fancies of Berofs Annianus,aplaine imitation of the Greciat fables. For let cuery reafonable man conceiue, whatit was to trauaile farre in fich 4 forreft as the World was,whenafterfo great a rotting ofthe earth by the floud, the f famelay wafteand oner-growne for 130,01 1 40.yeeres,and whereinthere couldhard- ly be foundeither partor paflagethrough which menwere able to creepe for woods, bushes and bryars that in thofeyeereswere growne vp. And there are fo many reafons, prouing that Woah neuer cameinto maar, as we need notfulpec his paffage into Italie or Spaiue: For the valley ofhie Noah, who was Fa ther ofall thofe Nations, aman reuerenced bothfor his authority. knowledge expe rienceand pietie, would neuer haue permitted his children and ifftes to hattevndertt ken that ynbeleeuing prefmptuous workeof Babe/, Ratherby his prefence and preut lent perfivafions he would haue boundtheir hands fromfo vaine labouts,, & by thealtp thoritywhich hereceiued euen from God himfelfe,hee would haue held theminthat awfull fubiection,as whatfoeuer they had vainely conceiued or feared, yetthey dutt not hauedifobeyed the perfonall commandement ofhim,who inthe lasing had? kinde ofRegall authority ouerhis children and people. Certainel Noah knew right well, that the formerdeftruction ofmankinde was by themfelues ees through cruclticand difobedience : eoanaghiy power Wasas oe in ult God,and to raifey building again(this them lay, Cuar.7.§.10.f.7. vof the Hiftory of the World, adioyning:to-vedusiand held alfd apart ofChaldea for'atime x for Abraham inhabited Wrz tilkhe was thence calledby:God;andwhethér they were ofthe Sonnes ofiotlan.or ~ ofdll she rethaicertainenumber.( Cham ard his»iffue onely excepted.) that Woah kepe with himfelfdeitdannotibe knowne. Of which plantation'? (hall {peake.at largein the rac' Eshem aid Bs) e2ostiw bos ebiow Chapter following: , Nowanothet ecafon whichimooues meq beleoueshat Nosh ftayed inthe Eaht far4- way from all thofethat:cameinto Shiwash,»is} that Mofes alothi ndvin-any word! take mehtion.ofNedsanall the ftorylofthe Hebrewesjoramengdnyobthale Nations which contended with them.And Weah,being the Fatherofallanrankindézand the chofen fer_qeliatt-ofGodjwaseoo principall a perfoultaberither forgotten opntgltGedshad hénot (ittxefpectofhis age and wedrifomecxpenenct of the svonlds) Wid ravene him(elfe; and-retted a part withhis beft-beloucdining himfelfe sothe ferui¢oand.contemplation ofGod andhtauenly thingsjafcer he had diteed his children to theirideftined:portions: Forhe landedina warme and fertile fojle,: wherehee planted his Vineyatdy-and droftthe.earth;after whichjand his thankeuauine to CaP fatzificeyhee is not témienibred in the Sctiptures, becatife howyasfo faire awaytrotn-choNations ofwhich Mofes wrote:which were the Hebrewes chiefyand their'enemies andbordeters. ' chy f. Wabi Wae3e 3: Ofthefenfele(fe opinion of Ax ws the .Coniveentor upon Burosvaiwhe fivds diners mon viplaces wherethe Arke refed ss the Gafpian and:Gordiezn hils wish are él three hundred mules afunder,andal/ofome place ofScythia. T tetaineth Adwthat We exatnine the ArsumentsS authorities of Frier Aznivsswho in Ihis Commentaries Vpoh bevo/as and' ets, labouréth maruailoully to prone; tliat thedrke ofNoah tetted vpoti the Armenian aines called Ca/py:iwhich mountaines feparate Armedfrdin the vpper Media anc equally belone to, both. ‘And becatife allhis'Auchours{péake of thé ihountaines Gordie'he Harkrno other thiftto vnitié thefe opinions,but by vniting thofe farie-diftant ‘mountaings together. To efféd which,hee hath found no‘bther ‘invention, than‘to ‘charge thofe mehwill ‘etrour; which Haue go carcfillyoiférfeene,plinted, amd publithedPtolimsies Geostaphie th which they ate reoitab.afeyg altogether diffenéred: ‘For that Taft edition of areptasbby; fers"thele hills fire deorees (which makes tliree hundred Englifh milesSafinder. "Aadcertaindy.ifwe looke into thofe moreancitnt copies ofWiNivovcans anothers Ave thal ‘find nothing inthem to helpe 4anius withalls for in tote the m f 0/4 ftand fench deerees to the att ofthe Cordiziwhich make 420. miles: A fe Authours ‘by whofe authotitie Annris Trengtheneth himfelfe, Diadorus whe loweth, giveththis ndgment'vpon thein in the likedifpite git negligentiéfed yegno~ Died.Le,3. rumfitas tenorantia,Theyhaueall ev we vente, bit through ipno= rance ofthefituation of Kinedon , toproue that thé 4rke ofWoah qo ftood on the mountaines of Arimeaiachebéginné ch'thie antiquity of the Scythians : and to'proue the faric he citett 5 Portias Cato, aitowerhthats § o.yeeres be-cato déorigh foré Nizus.the earth was With waters, G32 Scythia Sagarenatuis mortale Ptsprimas genus: and that in Scythia the; mortal gen was renewed, The fame' Authoit alfo teacheththat the %br2 before m rho Were fo called, becaufe faued from Dencalions ficid-Ywere the Sones of tl ion of the Stythians. Ex bys werifeLanve cum Dy r1M, co Gallis progenitoribus Vmbrorum: Fromthefe Sythians, a prouocation of God to fayon thent © Mine, fot a more tharpe affli@ion. Wherefore, etal iis probabilitie, thtt 5 there is nono probabilitic, t! he faith ¢hat Td wiv 5 came wil Vonbri® Andasaitte." z i the Prinze antiguitie of off f mus take the Preewith Aspias;that thofe Reg alled Seythia and now ‘Tartavia, and by fore Writers Sarmatia,' Afiatica, were amongthe firft peopled? and they held the grea till Winns time. Alfo Plinie- called ‘the Vmbrs which 7413-444 vidertrit part of teft' ne tf 2, 4 moft ancient Nation,who defcended of caosbbongheeeteythlenumbers worltopln)vaderNtmatorthotevnwoenseriekseea teftimonyof Adethadius Bifhop of Tyre for curra Leaders ofthe people after their encreafe (towit) wi ; | : -e three = pan bnca We sof which WVimrod commanded the ifftes ofChara loclan one eeepand: ee Thi opinion I cannot indge of, alti oy 0a OF Sem, andSuphene ofIaphet. 1M" wotlds plantation, couldochecheei outs buéthatfogreat a. worke #8 HF Orae fonnes ofSem: lochan, Hauilah, oe Gp rica of ee tohaued ; Thereft ofSems iffues . f Hel ie eclaliy noted auc anthee E4ft India. had. alfo the Regions Of Perfiaand the oth adioynit r Mand with the Galli the prozenitours of the inis femper' Scythis tribuitur, Certainely, the Scythiens. And herein truely Ta- > Scyhians. "Now that' whi s oureth "is to ‘prooue that thefe anCient Scvthians (meanine the Nephew 5 of Woah ) did firft inhabite thatRegion ofthe aines, on whichthe 4rkerefted ; and confeffing that thisgreat fhip was grotinArmenia,he faineth a nation ofSeythtans called Araxea,taking name of the moun~ tain, Araratncerethe Riner ofAvaxes.And becatife - Author Cato helpeth wees 3 Q - . |