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Show Tbe:Bookeofthe‘first partCus P/10. 9.56 --_$__$_ §. V- CHaP.i0.§.7.ofHi te loreoftheWorld,> Tothis Bel,or Belus, pertaine(as in affini tie ) tho fe voycesofBaal, Baalim, Belphegor, Beelphagor, Belfebuband Beelfephon. Thof ethat are learnedin the Hebrewand Chal dean conuert the word Baa/ bythe Latine,Pri it rebearéwot tomaruzile bow Kingdomes conld be erecled about . thefe times: andof Ring fo w fomany Tha "VexorisofEgyptsand Tanais ofScythia, Hat fo many Kingdomes were erectedinall thofe Ese arts a 5 ie W ws fo fooneafter Newmreds (as by the ftorie of Niwas is ma e,mianife i he ae % were threefold(namely). O pportunitie, Example, and scares > f Pe* tunitic being a Princelfe tiberall and powerfull,beftowethonhe He ate ff @nst L . ny times more benefits,than eitherFortune cso ieee oug ashy whole f ou alone the vnderftanding mindes of men receiue all tholc helps ; ad {upp beh ci they either want or wifh for: fo, as euery Leader of a troupe kafter:¢ ag inition : tonguesanddifperfion of People ) finding thefefaireoffers made.y nin 1¢ mak \ ae powerwhichthey poffeft, and gouerned by difcretion all thofe peop & mien ; conducted to their diftined places. Forit cannotbe conceived,that when no Bas thas firft dinidedsmankinde ftraggled abroadlikebeafts:in a pieare ; but that Py agiatn they difpofed themfelues,& vader-tooke to inhabiteall the kaon parts a6 " , andby diftingt Families and Nations.; otherwife, thofe remote Regions me ef re andshinaar,whichshad Kings,and were peopled in Ninas time; wouldnot have' beer policttin many hundreds of yeeres after,asthen they, weresneitherdid thofe ta fent,andtrau¢liedfar off order being'the true parent of prof perous fuccefle)vSaas : fo difficult enterprizes without a Conduéter or Commander. Secondly,the Ati of Nimrod with whom itfucceeded well,ftrengthened.euery hu morthat afpired. Thirdly,Neceflitie refolued all:men by the arguments ofcommon miferies, that eee: Gommianderand Magiftrate, neither could thofe that were laborious, S: ofhoneft: politions,enioy the harueft.oftheir owne -Trauailes:: nor, thofe which were of lit e ftrength,fecure th cmfeluesagainft forcible violence ‘nor thofe which fought after any proportionof greatnefle,either. poffefle thefamein quietorruleand ordertheir owne Minifters and Attendants. ‘ brit That thefe caufes had wroughtthefeeffe@s,the yndertakings & Conquettsof Nios 39 (the fon of Belus)madeit apparant.: for hee found cuery where Kings and Monarchies, whatway foeuerhis Ambition led him inthe Warres. ; But Wexrod(his Grand=father) had no companion King, to vsknown, when he fitft tooke on him Soueraigntie and fole commandement ofall thofe the children of Natl which camefromthe Eaft into Babylomiathotighimhis lifetime others alforaifedthem- felues to the fameeftate ; ofwhich hereafter. Belus (his fonne and Succeffor ) found Se batins King of Armenia and Segthia,fatficiently powerfull to refift his attempts: which Sabatius Itake to be the fame, which lafline cals Tarais ; and {hould coniecture, that Mizraim iad beene his Vexoris, were it not that I vehemently fufpe& fome, error, (4s Seemore of Ju/féne placéth him ) inthe time.ofthat Ve xorts, who by many circumftances feemes tO 49 this,/.2. of this firht Part, ap. 2.§.6. me,rightly accounted by the Indicions and Learned Reineccinszall one with thegret Sefoftris that lined certaine Ages after Ninas. This Belas, the {econd King, ofBaaylm, reigned 65 eeres,according to the conamon account. wasfo called (faith Swidas)Ob honorem (Flies or Hornets :Jby which name(not with for Iwill take away the mame of Baal im out of their moithes." Foy althoughthe name ofBed!,or Babal, be iuftly to be vfed towards God; yet in refpe@ that the fame was giuen'to Idols,Go d both hatéd it & forbad it. And the viing of the word Belamong the Chaldeans forthe Sunn e, wasnot becaufevit properlyfignifi eth the Sun, but becaufethe Sunnethere was wot thipp ed. asa God ras alfo the Fire y aS tangquaimSolis particula. As for the words comp ounded(before remembred) as Belph egor, and Bel. S¢phou;B elfeph onis ex pounded out of Facims,Dom inus [pecule vel cuffodia: The Lord of the atch-Towre,or of the Guard :the other word noteth the Idolland the place wherein it was worthipped. Itis alfo writt en Belpeor, or Baalpeor : and Peor (they fay ) it as much as.-Deaxdauit :andtherefore the word foynedexpreffetha naked Imag e. Some 3® therearethat call this Belus the fonneo f Saturne: forit was vf fedamong the Anci ents to namethe Pather Saturne,the fonne Iupit ndthe Grand-childe zy; cules. Satur ni adj-A*odeaghit ntur familiarum Nobilium, Regurmg, g gus gui wrbes condidey wntfenifsimi s/rimogeni ti corum s & Iunones; Hercules verd nepot es corum fortifsimis The aycientest of Noble Families Kiugs which founded Cittes,are called Saturnes: their firfl-borne lupiters ad Tunoes ; ‘tant Nephewes Hercules: But this Belus/ faith L.Vines) was famous byreafon of his warlike fonne Ninus;who caufedhis fatherto be wi rfhip pedas'a God by the name Of Jupiter Babylonius, whomthe Egypt ians (tran{ported by the Dreamesofthe ir An- iodt.3, tiquitie ):make.one oftheirs. For Neptune ( {ay they ) vpon Libya the] daughter of Epapeas begat this luptter Belus, who was fathe r toc#eyptus. They adde: that this Be4° lus catryine a Colonieto the River of Euphrates,there built a Citie, in which heord ai: ned Priefts after the Egyptian mann er. But werethere any Belus the fonhe of Epaphus and Ifisor of Neptume andLibya, or (wit h Enfebins ) of Telezonus, who after the deat h Of Apemarried Ifs;/ Cecrops then reign ing in Athens ) the fame w as not this Babyloniag of whomwee fpeake,but rat! 1er fomeo ther Be/as, of whom tl 1¢ Egyptians fo much Of the nameofBelusy and other names affine wate it: Hence this fecond King and Succeflour ofNi mrod h ad the name ofBe/; ot Belts queftion hath besne made sforjt feeme on) gitten by Nimus;than aflumed by. th.r ather. aname impofed,or(ofadditt 6 40 Be/ws.him fel fe. Crrills §. VIT. Of the worfbig pide' of Imaves be 74h from Belus in Babel, tthe Babylomiza Belus heewas the moft againtt Julian cals the Eather ofNinus Arbelas; affirming that hewasthe fst ofall menthar caufed himielfeta-be-called a god :\.which Wereit fo; thenihightth hame of Fe/ysbethericederiued.But OF the Carthaginians and.other Satrapeto. wasityted (in ibhitation J by the chic Nations.as fome Hiftorians haii econceined. cient Belws, and the Inuentor of the Eeyptiass might borrow both ind the DoGrince. some part of the Temple, in which his stdtue s houredas a God; the fame¢ Author affirmieth that it did-remaine Apr onomie st Plinie fay trues fr¢ m whence el,as many Learned Weiters have obferued,£g Oifieth the Sunnein the Chaldean Tongue;and therefore did Ninus and Semiramis 5™ thatname.to their Father,thar he might-be-honouredasthe Suny which the' Babylonia®' Baippedas agod. And. as:this Tithe was aflumed,in.after-times bydiuets others & the Chaldean Princes,and Babylonian Bel.or Beelfoundeth (God )and sebub Deuils.But the Prophet of teachethys the ftandine ) the Zewes expreffethe Prince of voice of Godhimfelfe; dad at that day(faith properfignification ofthis word from the the Lord)thou[halt calline Whi 40dfoalt call 20 me nomore Balint: E y nceps militiaChiefe in the Warre; thou gh Daniel expli pounding fecrets.Saint Hierome makes Bel,p cationis arcanarum rerum; In bonour ofhis exeel,and Baal, to hauethe {ame fignificat ion :"4" Ce and {aith,that the Idoll ofBabylon was fo called;which wou in memorie ofhis fathe r fet vp to be worthipped:to whichthat he might adde the more honourand reuerence, he madeita San@uarie and refuge forall offe trie,and thefirft fe of Images into the Worl nders.Hence (faith Lyranus ) cameIdola-1 d. Vidore doth interprete Be by Vetus,old' ro orancient;adding, thatas among the A//yriansit is taken for Saturne and the Sunne: {9° in the Panicke or Carthaginian Language it fignifieth God, Giycas makes it an Affvrian name properly;andJofephus.a Tyriaw. He allo affirmeth thatthe Idoll whichtheaoabites worthipped(by them erected on the Moun taine Phegor,or Peor, and called Baal) is the fame whichthe Latizescall Priapws,th e godof Gardens; which alfo was the opini onHieron izof, of S.Hierom. But that the word Bel, or Beel, wasasmuch to fay4s God, appearcth by the word Beelzebub,the Idollof Accar "t? on. For tune. in hig Ot the Sey ulchre of Belus, Strabo writ thu Ouer the Riner Aaich hie)there avecTAP. G6Us, where they / ay, Lhe ruines of Belushis Tombe, which x CIxeSbrake UP, APE YEE Fepy93) #102. Th mas a | [Mare Fyvamys made of Bricke, a ; far ling hich,andon euery de tt had 4 ture tT: appeares by Cysla (64210 breadta At ingt g assay, that hee obtained dinine worthip yer*4°" Fitter. |