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Show ~ Thefof Bookeofthe firllpartCuar.d.§,10.4) nS vs,thata4o/es married the daughter ofJethro Prieft of Midian or AMdedian which ftanding onthe North Coaft ofthe RedSea,oueragaintt the bodyof £¢ ype san dncere E/ 0n-Gaber,whete Salomon provided his Fleet for Jadia, in the Region of Edom, may well be teckoned asa pait of Arabiasas the Red Seais called Sinus Arabicus, For Edum ea loys neth to the Tribe of Jada by the North, to Arabia Petraa by the Eaft, tothe Atediterran "by the Weit,and to the Red Sea by the South-eaft. Andif wee marke'the waywhich Moféstooke when heleft Egypr,and conducted Irael thence, it will appeare that he vw as noftrangepih 4radia;in the border whereof, and in Arabia it {elfe, hee had formerly lived tortie yeercs 3 where it feemeth,that befides his carefall bringing ypin. Egypt, he was inftructed by verhre inthe Egyptians learning, For Tofephws confefferh, and Saint Stephen confirmeth,that he was learnedin all the wifedomeof the Egyptians But onthe o-10 therfide this Text makes much againft Jofephws,whereitis written in Exedus the fecond Therefore Mofesfledfrom Pharao, aed dwelt in the Land of Madian or Midian ,and notin «Athiopia-Andin thethird Chapter itis as plaineas words can exprefl e, in what Region Madian was,whereit is writtenwhen Mofes kept the(beepe of lethrohis Father in Law Priest ofMadian,c> draucthe Elocke tothe Defart,and came tothe Monutaine of Godia Ho. reb, Nowthat Mount Hore' is not in Atiopia,cuery Infant knoweth. And if we may beleeue A¢g/¢s himfelfe, then was not the Wife of Mofes purchafed in that..manner which /o/epasreporteth Cuar.8.§.10.4: 4.965 Ofthe Hiftorie ofthe World. upon theeand upon thy Riners,and Twill makethe Land ofEgypt viterly wafte anddefelate . fromthe Towre of Senench , euen tothe borders of the blacke-Moores : yvhich laftwords fhould hawe beenethus conuerted: From the Towre of Sedeneh to the borders of the Chu- fitesor Arabians :betweene whichtwo is fituated all Egypt: Forto fay, from the borders of Sexereh to the Asthiopians hath no fenfe atallesenenchit Celfe being the border ‘of £gypt,confronting and ioyning toc£thiopia,or the Landofthe blacke-Moo res. So'as if. Nabuchodonefors conquett had beéne but betweene Seuenehand the border ofEthiopia, it wereas much tofay, anddid cxprefle no other victory thanthe conqueft of all that Land and Countrey,lying betweene Middlefex and Buckingham, where both the Coun1° tries ioyne together; orall the North parts of Emgland,betweene Barwick and Scotland: for this hath the fame fenfe withthe former,if any man fought to exprefleby thee wo bounds,the Conqueft ofEngland : Barwick being the North border ofEngland, as Sene= #eb or Syéne isthe South boundof Egypt, feated in Thebaida which toucheth Aithiopia, But by the words ofEzechiel it app eth tharvabuchodonefor neuer éntred into arly part of #tbiopiaalthough the Septuagint the' Vulgar the Geneva,and all other(ih effect) hane written ethiopia for Chafh, ( which was for betraying her Counwey and Friends)neither had thee the name of Tharbés,but of Sippora,or Zippora : neither was thee a. Negro, bity a Madianiteffe:, And as.God worketh the gteateft things by the fimpleft.meanes ; {0 it pleafed him froma. Shepheard t6call Mofes, andatte r him:Dawid, and by them to deliuer his people firft and laft., For Mo/2s, fitting by a Well (as.difconfolateand a ftranger) defendedthe daughters ofRegae/ from the other thepherds, and drew them Water to. water their fheepe: vpon which occafion(by God ordained) he was entcttained by Jezbve, Countries. whole Daughter he married:and.not forany betrayi ng of Townes ot Fromhence alfo came Jethroto Atofesat Rephidime,not farce ftom-Idamea,and finding theinfupportable gouernment offucha multitude, hee.aduifed hitnto diftribute.this weighti¢ charge,and to make Gouernours and Tudges of euery Tribe andFamilie.And)" if dethro ad beencan Acthiopian,it had beenea farre' progrefl e. for. him to haue pafled through all Egypt with the Wife and Children ofAde/ es,and to haue found Mofes inthe bord tOf dumea : the Eeyptians hating Mofesandall that of AMofes through Arabin Petree (Whichioynethto Madiazfauoured-him, But thepafling ) proueththat Mofes was well acquainted in thofeparts, ia witch the fecond time he wandred forty yeares , anddid by thefe late trauailes of his, teeke to inftrnd one true God, before he brought them tothe the children of //raelin the knowledge of nourifhed vp with themilke of Idolatry,and Land ofplenty& reft, Forhefoundthem obftinate in the Religion ofthe Heathers ee Peete eit plants could not be bowed or declined,either byperfwaftonot Paria f e rae = iid or inde ae om* ve~e'ae te : wemec Si dubs : branch 1 e ced ap grafted their Commandements. > » agreeable to his owne defire, and Gods Laftly,this opinion Of lofephwe is condemned b he reprehendeth Apolinarts; who Y Augiflinus Chrifamenfis: where allo auowed Wes that Mofes bad married both qharbss and Sephora : Wis owne words haue thi babui(fe Mofes,cre.Apollinaris.2 Sbeginning : atemtitur etiam Apollinaris duas-uxores Aoth nat perceine:thefe things faine Ufo lyethsin 4ffirming that Mofeshad two wines and wit Zephoras Dadghtertothe P taken for, Acthiepia beyondE Pritfl or Prefident of atadian: and that AMadian canviot bee SPF S Ceing the fame that Unatheta for it 48 manifeft cher the vvife of Motes ®" y > a L Another place aoa ‘eee of Ezechi. cl,cap.30.ver/.o.in the like manne r miflake ris A Ndas the former, fois this place of Ezechiel m ed : In diesli, by being in this:fort conuer® J sad, contercndamActhionie conn ah delakes Lanse 244 até ila ere eitrt WCE MI BBRCH A pacte? fiacntiam :\Which place is thus turned in En s:Ipthat day [ball there Meffengers goeforth from me in fb Fale lege Noa. tl Moores_ajrata..Now-the Latine for({hips) hath the Greeke word 1 res Lov Trireme which are 7Gailies of thre ankes, and not fhips. But thatin this place the Tranflation fhould haue.beene(as.in the former) amended by vfing the word Chub or Arabia for let biopza orthe blackeM Ores, Cuery man may tee which meanely vynderftandeth the Gea 77 ofthe World, knowing, that but of Eoypr into Aethiopia there neede no Gallies no? Ships! no'moré than to pon in fiFerfbire : Aethiipia being the' conterminate Region, > 3. rd . * 32nd not-d inide d fo ma ch as by a Ritier! Thereforein this place of Ezechie i l hat fiom Ecvpt n Ar ; Nabuchodonofor {hold fend Gallies alongft the coaft ‘bf ny mightbee tranfported into'Arabiethe Happy and the ng wearifome match ouerall Egypt and the Defart of Pharan which hichan A hereby furprife them vnawares in their fecurity and cenfidence. For OfAethsopia,he needed neither Gal- Ito it : being allor and firme Land with Egypt, and né o+ s parted from another; and if hee had'4 tom it,than one In-land ‘auc rowed vp theRiuer but forpleafure , hee could not haue donc it+ for the #ws (tumbling ouer high and fteepy Mountaines) called Catadupe Nili, were at ady obferuéd;thefonnes of enery father feated themfeliies as neey j cy could, Gomer and his fonnés in 4/2 th ¢ leffe; Jawan and his fons e.and the Ilands adioynine: Shemin Perfia and Eatt ward. ircn of Chufh frot he R er of € chon th fypontome orhér conticuat yntoi ,28 nd f j sith +} lid yaNa S2btecbal with th - Feit did Sothe Sons & Grand. i hers firft feate) inhabited ypoe the Nimrod and Hauilah on the one {i ¢, and e other fide.Andto concludéina w ord, i peace,or othe inethto ‘Arabia s{o farre Chryfe MLBLIS and mbréd in the Chapter tL I. : hah, ChuCome thhexpsundedfarethiopiaExecki, 29.1 o0y Ne as Chufa is by the Septudginpconuerted Aethiopia,and the wifeofAfofes:there . , mwordent Arab oreFor calledeth: re theconqueft opifa:fo.in : . etsrab,435 % ofNabuchodon ay oforis by Acthiopia z are tor Pid written of Ezéchiel WIN , it is manifelt that Nabuehodonof or ve is never ia eS MODiMs see Boh old re Maithy (faith: Bxechicl, Asécbicl, {peaking (peaks ofE the the perfon peri ofeee this great A/fyrian A jt comy : ute vpte é sy taking j ap) LAs Chup for A thiopias is the vvord Acth/opie #Y Cyvhere ir is {6 ynderftood) quite ‘out Ken for another. 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