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Show Cuar.8.9.12.+6.7, ee 130 Cu av.d.§.12.f.02, of the Hiflorteofthe World, ofthe Greekeletter Delta, whichis the forme ofa. Triangle, That branch; which ran toward the N orth-eaft and imbraced the Sea,next ynto the Defarts of surand Pharan.had §. VI. Ofthe words ofMofes,Getis1 d.V.vltimo,wherenpon Pererius grounded his opinion. onit the City of Pelufiaw,where Sexasherib was repulfed : The other branch : which tga Perérids drawes this Argumentout of the laft Verfe of thetenth of Genefis, And out ofthefe were the Nations diuided after the flond: Que fignificatur talem diniffonem nonfuiffe ante diluuium; By whichit appeareth (faith Pererins) that there was no fach dinifion beforethe Floud ; which hec alfo feeketh to confirme out of the eleuenth of Genefis, becaufethe diuifion oftongties was the caufe of the difperfion of the people, This cdfequence,quefienificatur,crc feemeth td me very weake: The Textit felfe rather teacheth the contrary : For ont ofthe/e (faith Mofes) were the Nations dinided in the earthy after the Flond ; inferting,that before the Floud the Nations were diuidedout of others, though after the Floud out ofthefe onely. But whatfocuer fenfe may bee gatheredfrom this place, yet it can no way be drawnetothetimes before the Floud,or to anyPlantation ordiuifion in that age: for ifthere were noneelfe among whomtheearthcould be diuided after the Floud, but Noahs Sonnes, wherein doththat neceflary diuifion con yeeldedit felfe to the Salt-watertowards the North-eaft, is beautified by that famous City of Alexandria: The vpper part of Egypt is bounded betweene Memphas and Syene neeree£thiopiasand hadthe nameofThebatds,ofthat ancient C ity of Thebes; which(ace cording to Homer) was adorned with 100.Gates : and therefore called Cinites centum portarwm; and by the Greeks Diofpolis; inthe Scriptures No-bamon,which fignifieth multitudes of Inhabitants, exceeding belicfe, Jo/ephus cals Egypt Merfin of Mizraim:and«= 4c7. Phut the third fonne of Ham tookethe next portion ofLand to his brother Mizraim and inhabited Lybia: whofe people were anciently called Phutci,(faith lofephysyand Pliny mentioneththe RiuerPhat in Mauritaniaswhich Riuerfrom the Mountain A¢le(known b-#60%3 to the Inhabitants bythe nameof Dyré)he maketh to bediftant the {pace of two hundred miles. Jt alfo appearethin the thirtieth Chapter ofEzechie/,that Pht, Chufh & Lud were costermini and A ffociates with the Egyptians. troulethe planting ofthe World before it ? And whereasit is alleaged thatthe confii- .XTH. fion offpeech was the caufe ofthis difperfion ; itis true that it was fo for thatprefent; butifBabel had never beene built,norany confufion of Languagesat all,yetincreafe of Ofthe elewerfonnes ofCanaan,thefourthfonne ofHam. people and time would haue enforced a farther-offand general! Plantation : as Bers/is fayes well, that when Mankinde were exceedingly multiplyed, 44 comparandas noudly Sedes nece/sitas compellebat , They were drinen by nece{sitie tofecke new Habitations, For we finde(as it is before faid) that within 300. yeeres after the Floud , there were gathered togetherinto two Armies, fuch multitudes as the Valley about Baby/en could not have fuftained thofe numbers,with their increafe,for any long time ; all 4/fa the greaterand the leffer; all Scythia, Arabia, Paleflina, and e£gypt, with Greece,and the Iflandsthereof; Mauritaniaand Lybia, being alfo at thattime fully peopled. And ifwee beleeue Bera/u, then not onely thofe parts ofthe World,but(within 140.yeares after the Floud)spaint, Italie and France were alfo planted : much morethen may we thinke,thatwithin 1656 yecres before the Floud,in the time ofthe chiefe ftrength ofMankind,they were replenifhed with people.Andcertainly feeing all the World was ouerflowne,therewerepcos" plein all the World which offended. +. VIT. A conclufion, refoluing ofthat which is moit likely, touching the gyptian Antiquities: with 5 Somerehat of Pht (another Sonne ofHam) whichpeopled Lybta. Herefore,forthe Antiquitie ofthe ev yptiams,as I doe not agree with Aercatorno! indge withthe "#/gar,which giuetoo much credit tothe cAgyptians Antiquities:!0 T doe notthinke the rt oftheir Antiquities fo fabulous ,as either Pererins or othtt men conceiucit. But rather incline to this, that c£gypt being peopled before dhe! tol. Ofthe bounds ofthe Land of Canaan: with the mames ofhis eleuen fonnes: Anaan(the fourth fonne of Ham) poffeft all that. Region called by the Romanes Palestina; inthe Scriptures Gal:lea, Samaria, and /udea; in the lattertimes known é by the name ofthe Holy. "Land and iurie: the limits whereof are precifely fer downe by Adofes, Genefis the tenth, Then the border of the Camaanites was from Zidox as thoucoef to Gerar until Azzah,and as thougoeft unto Sodome and Gomorrha, and Admab, and Zeboim,eaen vnto Lafba. Now howfocuerthefe wordsof the: Hebrew Text (4s rhs 30 goe/?) be conuerted, Azofes meaning was that Gerer was the Southbound ofCamaax,and Zidow the North;Sedome & Gomorrhathe Eaft,and the other Cities named ftood on the Frontiers thereof. For Gerar ftandeth ina right Line from Gaza in the way ofEgypt, the vttermoft Territory of Cazaen Southward:and this was properly the Landof Caraat Nowthefons of Cazaan which pofleft this Country,and inhabited fome part ofthe borders thereof,were in number eleuen : 1. Zidon, 2. Heth or Chethus. 3. lebufi or Iebufens. 4. Emori or Emorens or Amoreus 5. Girgefbi or Girgefens. 6.Hens or Chisens. 7. Arki or Harkews. S. Seni or Siness. 9. Araadi or Aruadeus, Floud,and 200.or 300. yeeres,more or lefle after Adam,there might remainevatothe eae Z ene fome Monumentsin Pillars or Altars ( offtone ormettall ) ofes er Kings or Gouernours + i 7 i ift < : of their Kings after the Floud Stasi eee ene added tothe Litt tne 0 € 10, Zemari or Samarens,or Tzemarens, 11, Hamathi or Hamathens,or Chamathans. sings the Floud,in fix g timeoutofthe vanitie of glory,or by {om Corruptio n in theiralter Priefts)f omething beyongthe truth might be inferted. And thar the memoryofAntiquitie wasin fuch fort preferued, Bero/ws affirmeth it ofthe Chaldeat's and fo doth Epicenes. For they both write,thatthe vfe ofLettersand the ArtofAft nomie was knowne tothe Babylonians 3634. yecres before evaeers Conquett: ane this report dumius findeth to agree and reach tothe time ofEmech, who was borne 193 Here.Euterpe yo Herodotus affirmes that ithad once thename of Thebais, Of whichthe moft renowned were the Hethites,Gergefites, Amorites; Henites, lebufites; and Perizzites : which Perizzites were defcended of Zamari or Saimarewsjor from fotne nis. 50 OFFhis yeeres before theFloud,and wrote ofthe Worlds deftru@ion, both b Water and Fires Sickel Dinarapoueemsntcaymuvokowen, : mkof Chrif his commingin iudgement, as Saint sude hath witnefted. Put leauitg ao. : eyPt. It is agreed by all, thatit was peopled by 44%", Beingdiuid oe Egypt from Egyptus the fonneofBelas , as aforclay hervan Ska. leascalle 1th eee post oo Memphis of Nicopolis to the Jat sir Far e. ae Criour Egypt ; furnamedalfo Delp, : becaufe the! ie branches of Wi/ws breaking afunderfrom one body ofthe River , gaucitthe fo": _ \ ‘ = . T. 11 Ofthe portions of Lidon and Heth. Idonthe firft borneof Camaan , built the famous City of Zidomin Phanici, Which afterwardfell in partition to the Tribe of Affer: for Affer, Zabulon,and Nephtalihad at part of the ancient Phenscia diftributed among them; butthe Aférstes could net obtaine Zidonit felfe. ; M 3 The |