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Show Thefinft Bookeofthefritpart Cuar.r0.§3 vnderftand Wifibés and Nénene to bee one City : fo do Strabo andStephanas confoundit with Charran,butall mittaken. For Wifibts,Accad,&& Charran are diftinct places, Though T cannot deny sccedene to bee a Region of Me/opotamia, the fame which Arias Montenu out of S.Hierome cals Achad : and fo doe the Hebrewes alfo call Nifibis,which feemethto bethe caufe ofthis miftaking. As forthe City of Erec, which the Sep‘wagint call Orech S. Augufline,Oreg,and Paguinus,Erec,this place Junius vnderftands for Aracca in Swfana: but thereis alfo a City in Conagena called Arace: and indeede likelihood of nameisio certaine proofe,withouttheafliftance of other circumftances. Concerning the third City (called Chalneb) fome takeit for Calinifis :of which Aw. Marcellinus. Saint Hiereme takes it for Seleucia; Hierofolymitanus for Ctefihon : others doe thinkeittobethe 4graaivpon Euphrates , defttoyed and razed bythe Perfians, Butlet, Mofés be the Moderatorand Iudge ofthis difpute, who teacheth vs directly, that thefe Cities are not feated in fo diuers and diftant Regions ; forthefe be his words : Avathe beginning of bis Kingdome ({peaking ofNimrod) was Babel,Ercch, Accadawa Chaluch, inthe Land ofShinaar:{o as in this Valley of Shinaar, or Babylonia, or Chaldea (being all one) we muft fiadethem. And therefore I could (ratherof the twoythinke with 7 "iterbienfis, that thefe foure made but one Baby/on,than that they were Cities farre remoued, andia feuerall Prouinces, did notthe Prophet-Amos precifely diftinguith chalne trom Baby. lon. Goe you (faith Ames) to Chalne, and from thencegoryou to Hamath,and then to Gathif the Philiftims. The Geena tranflation fauouring the formeropinion ,to fer thefe Cities, outof Shizaar, hatha marginall note expreffingthat Shinaar was here named: not that all thefe Cities were therin feated,but to diftinguith Babylon of Chaldea,from Babylon Egypt :butI findelittle fub{tance in that conceit. For fureT am, ‘that in the beginningin ofNimrods Empire there was no fach Babylon, norany City atallto be found in Eoypt: Babylon ofEgypt beingall one with the great City of Cairo, whichwas buile foneafter, not farre from the place where ftood we mphis the ancient City, but not fo ancient as3 oe vpon Eaphrates. Now that Chalacis fituate in the Valley ofShinaar ,it hath beene ormerly proued in theChapter offaradife.Soas for any argument that maybe brought tothe contrary from the remote fituation ofthefe three Cities from Bbylam, vvee my reag inour opinion, That Nimrod, Belus, and Ninus, yvere diftin@ and ficcetliue}? gs. sro} gt of ELiv . that Ashit built Vrfor the Chaldees, POLES probable ont of Efay 23.13. Owas of Nimrod: ini ‘itere different dim : Tay 4/r,atd touching ofWriters phuichin a : sikoah tet g the beginning cf thatgreatftate of Babylon and Affjria:a controut : fic ey difputed withoutany direét proofe, conclufion, or certainty: roa to a* "Ww hom,where the Scriptures are filent, the voyce of Reafon haththebeltp ring)8 the interpre t: on ofZwminist j ‘ : eon! pretati s is moft agreeable svvho befides all neceffary cot -- doth = dif-ioynethefenfe ofthe Scriptures therein,nor confufe the vider Maing thercor. For in this fort hee conuerteth the‘Hebrew Text: Eratcxim prin Ciptum rermi eis Babel oy E, ech. nbi . Affprié VOL in AUJTEAR procefit Pa Chalneh j,. fe 1»& Accad, earicauit. Nineuen &s(vvhicly ; 2 : in terra Shinaavis : > teria bit a 8 Kno dome wes Babel, and Erech,and dec, detieh coe sa) Fr the bngitiwinng: of hisi KOE forth ofthisland inthe Affvicaed aay Ne Chalnelt in tite' land of Shitiaar : and bee we" Jé wh tBtO Al/yria, and built Ninewe.S inthis places 00 forany: perfon,but for the Region OfAffpria o as luming takes Afr sth ee e ne its Forcertain Sorcertainly, beforeit: tf ifpriast land beingfo called:in Mo/fes time,"" ly. theother conftrncti on,¢(whereth e word xodffur -_ the fonne of Sem) doth notanfwert the Bookes of Genefis butis : he reftofthat Familie heisfilent..Anon after he. numbreth the fonnes of Ham, ofwhich Chu/b was the eldeft: andthenthe fons ofChufh and. Mizraim,and afterward of Canaan. leaning Shem for thelaft, becaufe:he would notdif-ioyne the Storie ofHébrewes, But after he beginneth with Sem,he continuethfrom thence by Arphaxad, shelaiand Heber, vato Abrabam,and fo to Iacob,and the Fathers of that Nation... But to haue brought ‘in one ofthe fonnes ofShem inthe middle ofthegenerations of Ham, had beene againtt orders neither would: Azofes haue paft ouer foflightly the erection of: the 4fprianEnipire, in one of the fonnes ofShem, ifhe had had any {uch meaning ‘it being the ftorie of Shemsfonnes which he moftattended. For he nameth Niwrodapart, afterthe rete of ro the fonnes of Ghujh,becaufe he founded the Babylonian and -Afjrian Empire: and in the eleuenth Chapter he returnes to fpeakof the building ofBabel in particular, hauine for. merly namedit in thetenth Chapter,withthofe other Cities which Nimrod foundedin Shinaar,: And as he did in the tenth Chapter; {fo alfo in theelenenthheemaketh pore. port ofShema,till {uch time as he hadfinifhed fo much of Nimrod:as he meant totouch: and then he beginneth withthe iffue ofShem, which he continueth to "brabamand ip rael, And ofZuzins opinion touching A/jarjwas Calain:to which I conceitie that P.Com: anchoria hiftoria Schalafticasgaue an entrance; who:after hee had deliuered this place ia fome other fenfe,he vieth thefe words : Velintélligendum rion off de Affursilie Semp¢5'2. Sed MMlur(id efffReenum Affvriorum)inde egreffiam eft,quod tempore Sarug proawi Abyahat 20 mifachumeft ; (whichis') Or elfe it is nottabee underStood ofAffuttheforme of Sein, Cd, but Aflur(that 1, the Ringdome of the -Af[irianscamefrom thence( videlicer;from Babylow) or wats made ont of tt: which happened in the time of Sarug thepreat: erand-farber of Abfat ham. :A fter which he reconcileth the difference in this fortis If you take the ancieit Bel#s (meaning Nimrod) to be the firft Ere@ér of the Afjrian Empire,orthe fir Foun: derthereof, itistiue, Quantum ad initinm; Refpecting the beginning ; but others cop ceitie that it had beginning from ‘Wiss, whichis alforrue, Quantum ad reg#i ampliatios nem; Regaraing the enlargement of the Empires Ta-this I may adde the-opinion of Epi phaninsconfirmed by Cedrenuss who takes Affair tobe. ithe fonne 6f Nimrod: ands doth Methodiusand Viterbien|is,Saint Hierome, atid Cyrillas, cand now laftly: Toruielbes : Torniel. Axnal. 30 who(faith he)tooke vpon himthat name of A/#r.atter.hehadbeaten the CAPprians) BB facrin.Genro Scipio did of Africanus, after-his' conqueft in'Africasand that wa/fwr was a common name to the Kings of Affyria, as it» appearethcby many: Scriptures, as Pfalme Sy, E/ay 10. Of2'5. rebut to helpe the matter, hee makesi Niarod-oftherace of Shebe, and. the fonne of Jraré, But Rehan Maurus, who was vArch-bithopof-atenfs in the §. IIT. That Nimrod,wot Aflur,built Nincue:and that it & Cuario.§.2, of the Hiftorie ofthe World. order .which is taken 10! a Mofes. obferueth through 24 5; $4 ~Peeys, IS quite contrary vnto ityRor} se othetenth Chapterhee sfetteth downe che fonnes bined sia fe eh om a fe ares Generatio : ae Clewvords' : pyowthefe are sous nsof the sSonnesweak of Noah + Sem. ‘Ham 4ndTapheth, vnto nhom fonues wer?' borne after the flond: then it £ >, = &p. > Vatowhenm for Jona : then tt followeth ‘immediat leerhy were Gomer, ee. ee {6'as Faphethis latte na aaa : wgelysecy 3 a Jonues of Iapheth are oe waned among Weabs fonnes: by hee eldeft or get: becaufeheewasasfirt to bef}poken of OE Sy betree eldelr ory'you" ™ svvithcywhom:cha ni dafioname amed him) P roceedes and {i downte hehisit (having hun he des andfers d his iffae, and then 'the iffie Of this fonnes : firft; the iffue Gomer)¥; IIspheths eldett fonneasia n 3and then fpeakes of: Jawan and his fonnes': for ofChe tH yeere ofChri8 5.4.an ancient and learned: Writer, vniterftands thisplace with: Cop. meflor,or Commeftor with him,agrecing:in fubftance withthat tranflation' ofJunias to which words of Mofes he giueth this fenfer Debac terra Affjiriorum pullulawit imperium, qui ex nomine Nini,Bel fily,: Ninums condidergat;iyibem wagniam; Oc. Out: of this land grewthe Empire ofthe Affyrians,.who built Ninh the great Citie; fo named ofNinus be 4° /onneof Belus. Onthecontrarie Galuin obiecterh :this:placeof E/ay: Behold the lana of the Chaldvans, this was nopeople;AMlurfounded iby the inhabitants ofthe Wilderneffe: than 33.13; which there is no‘one place inthe Scriptures;that hatha greater diverfitiein the trantly. tion and vnderftanding;infomuch as Michael ide Palatiov pomE/aythouglyin all elfe ves tydiligent)paffethit ouer.But Ga/#in feemetherebyto inferre,thatbecaufe Affier fouri- ded theftate ofthe Cha/deans,therfore alford/fwn rather than! Nimrodefeablifhed the Af /yrian Empire,andbuilt Nisene:contrary totheformertranflation OfTumis, andto his owneopinion. Nowout ofthe Malgar (called kiierames:tranflation ) itmay be gathered that Ajjur both founded & ruined this Eftate or-Citie ofthe Chaldeans, by E/ay remenybred:vnto which Gitie, People; or State, hé plainly tellethithe Tyrians that they ¢ahniot go ttuft,or hope forreliefethence.Or rather iemay be takenjthat the Prophet maketh this Citic of Chalded.and that Eftate,an examplevntothofe Pheniciaes;whoinin this plate hetore-telleth of their ruine:which Citie of Cha/dea being offtrength;and carefully caded,was(notwithftanding)by the A//yrians vtterly walted andideftroyed: whére- j eth them knowledge, and foretelleth them,that theirowne Citie of Tyre (id= uincible.as themfelues thought)fhould alfo fone aftet be ouer-turned by the fame Af- Sirisns:as (indeed) it wasby: :NabuchodenoforsAnd thefeibe the words after Fie. rome :£ ¢ terra: Chaldzorum, tatis popula nom fuit, Affur:fandan it tam, in Captinitalem sraauxerunt robufles cine; fuffaderunt dames cits, pofecrantcamin ridnam, (whichis J O3 Behold |