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Show Thefecond Booke ofthefirpart ~ Cuar3.§.6, Cycle of29.yeares,which the Hebremes yfed,wasfuch as neither - ea7 3 Lasley if rof houres,minutes,and otherlefler Fractions to helpe it ; neyt - com nas ce dayes of the whole yeare,neglect the dayes of the Moon, me ~ Ag Sv ¢ te ' ‘ 7e¢ . peenye with.another, For with themitit fell out fo, that alwayes ~a s "_- i dss Fthe Moneth was at the new Moone;and becanfe that day was feftiua , _ ere day rearetall as wellto obferue the fhort yeare of the soosnig thr ae : <> i i that longer of the Sun,whichis Sun,whic garde in greater Sion needfully regarded co i therefore < they gaue aueitto Monethhs , which whic is about e Se i it Nifastheireirft irefirfteftMoneth, is our ounts. Firft, Sele Aprill,30.dayes ; to Jar their fecond Moneth 29.dayes ; and fo fucceffuely 30,to one,29.toanother. Hereby ititccameto paffe, affe thateuery thateuery twoAoneths of theirs , contained fomewnat euenly two reuolutions of the Moone, allowing oe: : wres,and odde minutes,from changeto nut were -- ; i hangeto chang change. The {pare minutes beftowedane the fuperfluous or Epact dayes ; which made vp 7. Moneths in 19. = " : whieh 7- were commonly giuen 30.dayes; toone of them 29.dayes, or ot ier . . was found requifite. Their common yeare (as appeareth b - ee 7-= i ich faile oneth) contained 354.dayes,which fai oftheé yeare, ; wherein| the Sunfinithetht ee us whole dayes,with fome fractions oftime. But thefe dayes,and other ~- ieces, howfocuer they were neglectedin one year, yet inthe Cycle of ssa ve 0 difjpoled ofby conuenientintercalations, that ftill at the end of that Cyele, bot . Sunand Moone were found onthe fameday of the yeare, moneth and weeke,y 4 " monly onthefame houre ofthe day, wherethey had beenat the beginning of it 19. eares before. : Diuers haue diuerfly fet downethe forme of the Hebrew yeare, with the manner 0 sigde rep. neb, Heb. their Intercalations.Sigonius tells vs,that euery fecond year they did adde a Monethof igde rep. hb,3.0.4. 22.dayes ; euery fourth yeare a Moneth of23. in the regard of 11.dayes and aa wanting in 12.Moones tofulfill a yeare of the Sun. But herein sigonias was - re deceiued. For the Moonedoth neuerfinifh her courfe in22.0r 2 3.dayes : and ther : to haue added fo many daiesto the end ofthe yeare , had beene theway to change: Geneb.chron. lib.2., fafhionofall the Monethsin the yeares following,whichcould not haue begun ast J ought,with the new Moon. Genebrard faiththat euery third yeare, or fecond ~~ e 30 neede required, they did intercalate one Moneth,adding it at the years endv a 3 ther 12.This I beleeueto haue beenetrue ; butin which of the yeares the intercalatio was(if it be worthy of confideration)methinks they donot probably deliver, who keep all farre from euenneffe vatill the very laft of the 1 9.yeares. For (to omit {uch aserte groffely) fomethere are who fay,that after three yeares,when befides the daies ai 36.courles ofthe Moone,3 3.daies are left remaining, thatis, 11 -daies of each = ; then did the Hebrewes adde.a Monethof30.daies 3 keeping threedaies, as it were! pluffage vnto the nextaccount. The like,fay they, was done atthe end ofthef ixt ye ; at whichtime,befidesthe Intercalary Moncth, remainedfixe daies, namely,th ree P ss mounting that Moneth,and the Epact ofthree yeares, befides the three formerly i: "il 48 ued. Thustheygoeonto the x 8.yeare ; at which time they hane 18.daiesin hand . ‘ which with the Epact ofthe 9-yeare, make vp amoneth of 29.daies, that beinginte calated at the end of the Cyele,makesalleuen, ds Whetherthis werethe practife, I can neitheraffirm nor deny;yet furely it mutt 3 haue breda great confufion, ifin the 18, yeare euery Moneth were remoued from Z owne place by the diftance of48.daies, thatis, halfea quarterof the yeare and a whichinconuenience by fuch areckoning was ynauoidab le, Wherefore, I preferret® common opinion,which preuenteth fach diflocati on ofthe Moneths,by ferting dow® j 4 more conuenient wayof Intercalation in the S.yeare. Forthe 6.daies remaining - the two former Intercalations made in thethird andfixt years,added vntothe 2 2.dar> "0 arifing out of the Epaéts ofthe 7.and 8.years, dofitly ferueto make vpaMoneth,wt vi the borrowing ofone day ortwo from the year following ; and this borrowing of ei daiesis fo farre fromcauling any diforder, that indeedit helpes to make the years ct!" ing varythe leffe fromthe Properfeafon ofeuery Moneth, This mayfuffice to bee {po kenof the Hebrew Moneths and yeares,by which they guided their accounts. , VIL Caang.-7. ofthe Fifefile: §. VII Ofthe paffage ofIfraclfrom Succoth towards the RedSea: of Egypt. and ofthe diners wayes leading ont Rom Swecoth inthe morning following , o/es led the Mraclites towards the Des Fi: of Etham, to recouer the Mount aine foot, by the edge ofthat Wilderneffe, thoughheintended nothingleffe than to goc outof that way, of all other the neareft. But being affured ofthe multitude of 10 lowed him,he kept himfelfe from being incomHorfemenand armed Chariots that fol. paffed;by keeping the rough and moun: tainous ground onhis left hand. At Etham he refted but one night,and then herefle@ed backe from the entrance thereof, and march ed away direétly towards the South ;the diftance betweeneit and Suceoth being about eight miles. That he forbareto enter Ara= bie being then in fight thereof, itfeemeth to proceedefrom three refpeéts; the firft two naturall ; the third diuine. For Pharaoh being then at hand,and hauing receiued intelligence ofthe way which Mofestooke, perfwaded himfelfe, that the numbers which MoSes led,confifting ofabouea Million, ifnot two Millions of foules, (for as it is written; Exed.the 12.Great multitudes of fundry forts of fibly paffe ouer thofedefart and high Mount people went out mith them) could not pofaines with fo great multitudes of Women,.z 2p: 20 Children,&& Cattell, bur that atthe very entran taken them, and deftroyed the greateft numbe ce ofthat faftneflehe fhould haue ouer- on sous! They are tangled in the Land, the Wildernefe rs of them. Forthefe his owne Words : tothekiow. hath fhat then in, doe thewhis ho pes and tents.; which Mofes,by turning another in-! way,did fruftrate. Secondly, atofes byoffering toenter Arabiathat way,drew Pharaoh j, towards the Eaft-fide of the Land of Gofen, Ramefes : from whence (mifling Mo/es orathis de, there) his purfuir after him with his Chariots was more difficult, by reafon ofthe roughn the Hebrewes kept the Mountaine foot on effe ofthe way ; and howfocuer, yet while the the ouer-bearing violence both ofthe Horf left hand, they were better fecured from e the Al-powerfull God was fuch,by whofe & Chatiots, Thirdly, ato/es confidencein fjPiri t,only wife,he was directed,as he rather 3o made choice to leaue the glory of his deliu ther by.an efcape the next way,orby the erance & victory to Almighty God, than eiftrengthof his multitude,confifting of 600006 men, to caftthe fucceffe vponhis owne third.day he marched with a double pacevnderftandingwife conduction,orvalour. The from Ethamtowards the Vally ofPéhache roth, 16.miles diftant;and fate downe betw eene two ledges of Mountaines adioynin RedSea,to Wit,the Mountains ofEtham g to the on the North, & Baalzephontowards the South : the fame which Orofins calleth Climax : onthe top whereof there ftooda Temp le dedicated to Baal. And,as Phagirs notet climax ig is word fo compounded, is as much Dominus fpeculesfine cuftodie; Lord of h,the the watch towre. Forthe Egyptians bele to {a 5 as. aS, Fietesnp eued , or at leaft made their flaues beleeue, that ifany of them offered to efcapethat wayinto Ara- maine 5 pand 40 4#axthis Idoll would both arre downe,than ft th em,and force themtoreturnetotheir Lord fters.Forthe Egyptiaas had godsfor all: turnes. Agyply dys fecusdi; The Epypts and Ma- Pion ianswere Srustfull in gods faith Saint Hierome. Bur Mofes,who encampedat the foot taine with a million of foules,o of this Mounr as other conceiue, with two millions, found this Lord ofthe watch-towre afleepe, or out of countenance. Nowthe Uefes Exot 35873 of Indea, bred,and tooke the way by theValley if efpect of Pihacheroth,bet weene the Mountaines,which madea ftreight entrance towards the Sea.Afterwhom Pharao made fo great 50 his Horfe-menand fpeed with Chariots » as he gauethe He brewes no timeatall to reft themafter {or dt amarch ; bur gate fight ofthem,and long they ofhim, euen at thevery brinke and wafh of the Sea:infomuch asthe Hebrewes being terrified Sato defpaire, andto muttine, at that timewhen with Pharaohs {adden approach,beit behoued them moft to haue taken Courage for their owne defence;laying ito Adefes charge,that themfelues forefaw thofe Perils in which they were wrapped. Andfeare,which,faith the book of wifedomesis the .. ty,dt. betraying of thofé fucconrs which reafon offcreth,madé themboth Promifes and to be forgetfull oftheir de {paire in Gods former. **"' owne ftrength and multitudes. 3 §. VILL |