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Show oan a Cuar.7.§.10.f.15, Thefir]t Booke ofthefir(hpart 108 CuaP.8:9.1: of the Hiftory of the World, 2 th to thisledge ‘sledge of of high Hils , cuenfrom high Hils pronCilia to Pe-: > arat. Butas3 Plivzé giveth of Tawrus :and.as the Huls of France and Germanic are name the Caiicafis wt ee tse : ad all betweene Franceand Spaine the Pyrenes : and in re the Valley ofshinaer in 79.and 80. And therefore Armenta lyeth from Shinaar North. was Ararat theegcenera des:: fo {0 was 4 the Ades j : i i ofHils om i continuation for2 : eeorekcuigion, noatherwife rowine.than ich Mo/es & hem:the diuer é Be 3 haesries, WALE §For in thelte g, name which gaue them;the« 3 é , In [cripturts ne minima differentia omitti debet »nam fragali fermones, fillabe, apices, er punctiata dinina Scriptura plenafuntfenfibus. Ta the s criptures the leaft thei rinnthelike sedi ‘deri div ers Regions and diversPsatCountries. diuidi and bordering theitir diuiding Sea; gan and Mediterraw the Gibraltar, by entreth wtich Seay callthe ot doe we d agri and yetwhere it watheth the Coatts of Carthage, and ouer againtt it ‘ itig ca ke : begum + betweenedtalie and Greece 5 Joninm:: trom Venice to Durazzo, -Aariaticum tweene Athens and. Afia, Aegeum : betweeneSeflus and Abydus, Helle[pont :and afterward Pontus, 5 Propontis, yeand Bofphorus. Andyasin thefe, fo isthe Ocean to the North-caftts part of Scotland called Deucaledonycum sand onthisfide, the Brittaine Sea: to the Eaft, : sort the Germane atid Baltick, and then the Frozex. Fora final end of this queftion we mutt appeale tothat Tudge,which cann o erre,cuea tothe Word ofTtuth; whichin this place is to be taken and followed according to the plainefenfe : {eeing it canadmit neither diftinction , norother conftruction tha the words beareliterally, becaufethey are vfed to the very fameplain purpoleof adefcrip. tion,and the making,ofa true and precifedifference of places.Surelywhere the fen cis plaine ( and being fo vnderftood,, it bringeth withit no fubfequent inconuenience ot contrarietie ) we oughtto be warie, howwe fancie to ourfelues any newor ftrangeex- pofition; And( withal!)torefolue ourfelues, that euery word (as aforefaid) hathhis2 weight in Gods Booke. Andtherefore we mutt ref}pectand reuerence the teftimonies ofthe Seripturesthroughout ; in fuch fortas S. Anguftine hath taughtvs touchingthe Gofpell.of Curisr Lsvs (vvhichis ) Nequs aliter accipiat ( quod narrantibws Difcipu Lis Chriflt ), in Euangeliolegerit, quam(i ipfam manum Dei , quam in proprio corporegeftt« bat,confpexerit;That no man otherwifetake or underfland that which hereadeth in the Gofpel (the Difciples of Christ hauing writtenit)than ifbe hadfeene the very band ofthe Lordwhich he bare in his owne body, fetting it downe, Gra.oar.t.as The vyordes thenof-Mofes yvhichendthis difpute, are thefe: And as they wentfrom the Eaft,theyfound a Playne inthe land of Shinaar, and there they abode: yvhich prooueth vvithout controuerfie, that Wémrod,and all with him,camefrom the Eaftinto shinaar;}° andtherefore the Arke of Noah vefted and tooke land to the Eaft-ward thereof, Forvve muft remember,thatinall places yvherefoeuerA4o/es maketh a difference ofCountries, he alwaies precifely nameth toward vvhat quarters of the worldthe fame wverefeated: weft, ninetic fiue degrees fromthe Eaft; and if Armenia had beene but North; yer ir haddiffered fromthe Eaft one wholequarter ofthe Com pafles But Gregorie and Hie rome warnevs difference maynot beomitted :for chery {pecch ; fyllable , note , or accent , andpoint in dinine divin Scriptures are replenifbed with their meanings, And therefore feeing Mofes teacheth ys that theichildren of Woah came from the Eaft,wemay notbeleeue W riters ( oflittleay. thority) who alfo fpeake by heare-fay and byreport, v# fertar 3 Ut dicitur, as Lerofis and Nicolaus Dawsafcenns, determining herein without any ex: mination of the Text at D 1 ° all ad-tienture. Butthisis infallible true, that Shimaarlyeth Wet fromthe pl ace where the ArkeofNoshrefted after the floud y/and thereforeit firt found grotitid in the Eaft fromwhencecame the fiitft knowledge ofall things. The Eaft parts werefirft ciuill, whichhad woz himfelfefovan Inftructer : and direétly Eaft from Shiviar in the fame egree of 35.are the greateft grapesandthe beft Wine. The great Armies alfo which ouet-topped in numberthofe Millions ofSemiramis,proue,that thofe parts werefirft plan= ted. And whereastheother opinionhath neither Scripture nor!Reafon futhicient : for my felfe1 build on his wordes whoiin plainetermes hath told-vs , that the Sonnes of Noah came out ofthe Eaftinto Shivaar , and'there they.abode. "And therefore:did the ArkereftonthofeEafterne¢\Mountaines, called by one generall name Tanrws} and by Mofes the Mountaines'of Ararat,andnot on thofe Mountaines of the North-weftas Bg« rofus firft fained ; whommoft part ofithe Writers haue followedtherein, It was , Lfay, inthe plentifull warmeEaft where vb refted;where hee plantedthe Vine; where hee tilled the ground Sc lined thereon: Phetnit. vero Noiacu O aericulture fadinm, i Qutitra- Glandzi ¢ omninm Peritifsimns efferdicitans ob eampyr etn{ua ipfisis lingua lsu-ApaMma rit (hos eff ) telaris vir appeRatur celebratufG, eft; Theftudie of Husbandrie leafed NOAH (faith the excellent learned mamArras Mowrawys)iz the knowle doe Crorderofapbich st tsfaidthat No Anexcelled all menand therefore wrasihe called in hisown e languape aman extrcif ed inthe earth. Which alfo {heweth,that hewasnb Wander ters*and thathe troubled not himfelfe withthe contentions, beginningsagaine in the world; & amongmen, ° 3° but ftayed in his def tined! places, andinthat part ofthe world, where hee-wias firtt deli. uered out ofthe and mankind, prifon oftheutrke,whereinto Godhead cominitted him,to preféri te him as vvhere he teacheththe plantation of /oé?az, henameth Sepbar , aMountinthe Eaft: Gen. 16, 36 Gem4.16. Genius, where he remembteth Cains departure from the prefence of God,headdeth:4ad Cain Ofthe firft planting of Nations aftertheEloud; andofthe Sonnes of awelt in the land of Nod towards the Eaft-fide ofEdew:And vvhen he defcribeth the Tents Nown, Swe wy? Hay aid bor we x, by whom atid Habitations of Abraham after hee departed from Seebem, hee vfeththefe vvordes: Afberwards remoouing thence vutoa Mountaine Eaft-ward from Bethel, hepitched his Tents: hauing Bethel on the weft-fide, and Hai on the Eaft : andafterward inthe ninth Verfe of , the fame Chapte r,it is vvritten.;dnd ABRAHAM wentforth iourneying towards the south: Kreeh.78.6, alfovvhen Ez«chiel prophecied of Gog and Magog, he fheweththat thefe Natious of Tv Matth. 12.4. SOMANVETE of theN orth quarters:and ofthe Queene ofSaba it is written, that/he came aoe fromthe South to vifit SALOMON: And the Magz ( or wifemen ) came ont ofthe Eaft to offer prefents unto Chrift, Andthavall Regions, andthefe trauailes yvere precifely fer downe vponthe points of the Compaffe and quarters ofthe world, it is moft Edenwas due Eatt from Iudea , Saba South from Hierufalem : the vvay manifeft : fot from Berbilto Egppedivedtly South « and the Calefjrians,the Tubalines and Magopi Regions directly, North from Paleflina, and fo ofthe reft. But Armenans inhabited the ia anfwereth not tothis defcription of Shinaar by Méofes. Forto come out of Armenia and to atriuei f that Valley of Bedylonia pis notaio : vito the Eaft as" urnying from the Eaft, norforncere the North: for-drmeniai the earth was repeopled. Pe sae '§. E, whethe? Si aM and Ham meieclder than Ds pines Woon) F thefe'Sonnes of Noh which waste eldéft, there is a queftion made. Saint (SH\\ Angufline chtéenied shim For the eldef?, Wrap forthe fetond', and laphet for Aug. de the yongelt': atid herein the opinions OF WriteiS-are diners. But this weDe» 4 finde cuety where in: the Seriptures'? andielpecially in' Aso/es'y thar there Was neueranyrefpect given ta tHewdelt in yeerts| bur in ver tue jas by ‘the examples Of Hexock | Abraham; tatob; and'David', is made manifere: Taatew wordes;this is the oro} ground ofthe controuérfie; Fhe Lavine tranflation:) and {othe Grweva| hath conuer© thi Seay a . ted this Scriptiire of Gewefis there) 9 3 P. inthefe; wordes Mme : P ths Site Malfo the Father ofall the Soanes of Hexen, and eldbrother of Lo0ba es pr, were childrén borne Bit Iiniius, the Weft ofthe Northit felfesandwe muft not fay of Mt fes vvhofehands theholysto Ghoft direged )that he erred teto cele.a nd that he knew 00 aerecing withthe Seprmazintiiplacetit che tame wordes in this Wanher: 70S HEM alfa nall,and the N orth part thereofin forty fiue; andthofe Gordiean Mountaines vvhere borne "Sothe tranfpofitien ofthe word (cldér') tnade this difference: Forif thé word one:Put Babylonia.an dthe valley ad it beene'as plaine for lephet, as it is by thefetranflations for Shem. (Now ('theimarter being-othtnvife indifictent } fecing-Gods bleffings ‘are not'tyed to firftand - : Faftfrom Weft. Forthe bodyof Armenig ftandethin fortiethree desrees Septent rio- " it was fippofed a o Arkerelted,ftand in fortic OF SPinaar ave {icuatedin thirtie fiue-and ence betweeng Baftand Wet CH) f gj malite f e difiel- th : - ;-_ *sisno een ana- and the Gerdéean ‘Mountaines ftand in 750 degrees; aM the Father of allthe'sons of HeseR 5» aod brother-ofLapin? thecldest fonne, were} children (elderhad followed-tier Tdphet)as itis in the Vulgartranflacton placed beforeit, then ' K ou |