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Show ee 430 Thefecond Bookeof thefirTpart --Cuar.ig Su WA APADSWI. In the fixe andtwentieth of Salomonsreigne Hiram of Tyre died,to WhomBaliajirus fucceeded,and reigned feuenteene yeers afterMercatorsaccount; W hk »Heckons the time ofhis rule by the age ofhisfonnes. Jo/epiusgiues him fewer yeeres. 7 heophilus dation chenus againit Antolrcus finds Rozorivs the next after Hiram, if there be not fome Kings omittedbetweene the death of Hiram andthe reigne of Boxer ant a Vapbres being dead, about the twentieth of Salomon, Sé te of Shithak (as our Englifh Gencua termes him) began to.gouern in Egypt, being the fame W ith him Ww homDiedo. rus calleth Sofachis ; ofephus,Sufac ; Cedrenns,Suféfinus ; Eufebiusin the colume of theEgyptian Kings,Smendes;andin that of the Hebrewes,Sufac.1o ras ith theeight of hisAntiquities rej th it as an errourin Herodotus, that hee afcribeth the acts of Séfac to Se foitris, whichperchance Heredotus might haue done by comparifon,aceountingSefac anotherSe/oitris, for the great things hedid. pte te " Ofthe greatacts and vertues of King Se/ofris I haue {poken alreadyin theftoryof the Egyptian Princes: onely inthis hee was reproued, that he caufedfoure of captive Kings to drawhis Caroch, when he was difpofed to be feene , andto ride intri nph: oneof which foure,faith Eutropias, at {uch time asS¢/offris was carried out to takethe aire, caft his head continually backe vpon the two fore-moft wheeles next him; which Sefoffris perceiuing , asked him what he found worthy the admiration in that motion to whomthe captiueKing anfwered,that in thofe he beheld theinftability of all world- ly things ; for that boththe loweftpart of the wheele was fuddenlycarried aboutand? became the higheft,and the vpmoft part wasas fuddenlyturned down-watd,andvader Bigatifeellx7 all: which whenSe/offrés had iudicioufly weighed,he difiniffed thofe Princes, and ail other from thelike fernitude in the fature. Ofthis Se/ofris, and that'hee could not ee taken for Sefac , I haue {pokenat large in thatpartof the Egy ptian Kings preceding. 5 j a of the Ehiftorie of the World, * twattedand forged byloue onely x His witleffe parafices could well iudée Ofthe Kings alifpofition :, andbeing well learned therein, though ignoran; in'ail th; u ficed and enabled them fufficientlyforthe places they held? Butthis anfwet of aehobeam did nota little aduahce lereboamsdefignes.For being fore-told . by the Prophet UZ chiah ofhis future aduancement, thefe the Kings threats( changing the pc sples loue into furte) confirme d and gaue courage tohis hopes.:-For he was no foone: arriued, thar elected King ofIftael.+:the people cryed our: ‘What portion: haue we in Dauid ? wee have no inheritance inthe Sonne ofJhzz. Novy though themfelu es,eucn all the Tribes 2 of Ifrael,had.confented to Dawids anointing at Hebron the fecond time, acknowledeezo ing that they were his bonesand.his flefh: yet now afterthe mannérof rebels gat both the bandsof nature,and theirdutie to God; and,asall alienate refolued doe,theyferued themfelues for the prefent with impudent excufes. And nowone: andafter time, Reboboam {ent Aderam; one ofthe Taxers of the people, aman moft hatefull to all his Subieés, to pacifiethem: whom theyinft antlyb death with ftones. Whereuponthe Kingaffrighted, got himfromSichemwi thalJ fo f A TCH coueredTerufalem, where preparing to inuade Ifrael, with an hu C thoufand chofen men, Shimei in the perfon of God commanding tot] was {taied for the prefent.:In the meane time Teroboa mthenewKing fo onthis fide,and Penuel on the otherfide ofIordan ; and fearing that ex. vias andhauinginall likelihood alfo promifed the Egyptian stofollowtheir Id he fet vp two Calues of gold forthe children of Iftael to worfhip, impioutlyper mthat thofe were the Gods, orat leaft by thefe heerepr efent 0 nted thofe Gods and refufing theferuice ofthe Le lites, he made Priefts fit for fich gods. It. mutt needes bethat by banifning the Leuites whiéh ferued Dauniaand Salomon gotedout, vntill Ifrael for it was rooted out ofthe Land) Of Salomons Succe(fors yntill the end of Tehofaphat. OO- was t and miracle¢ impugned fafficiently.when it firft began ; bur the affeé ons Maintainingit, were {> rong,that neither Prophefie nor Miracle could makethe nyceid.: Ferovoamcould not 1 Kingr3.4 ued nowby by prophecie + aol the Authority of hia, whofrom the Lérd had §. I. OfRehoboamhis begiznines : the defection of the ten Tribes, and \eroboams Ldolatric, Ehoboam the Sonne ofSalomon by Nahama an Ammoni teffe, ty yeeres old, furcceeded his Father Salomon, and was anointednowfot at! chem,where the ten Tribes of [frael wereaffembled : whoattended awhilethe returne ofJeroboam as yet in Egypt, fince hee fled tl fearing Salomon.A fter his arriuall the people prefented.aPetition Reboboam,to be eafed ofthofe great Tributeslaid on thembyhis F ther. Sic enimfirmius eifore Imperkum,fi amari mallet quam mt ~ foould bis Empire (faith lofphas) bee more affured, ifhee défired rather ta bee beloneatean feared : whereofhee tooke three daies to deliber ate before his anfwer ; of whom therefore it couldnot befaid as of Dawid, that hee was wiferthanall-his Teachers. Ft as of himfelf > he knewnot howto refolue , fo had henotthe iudeement tod counfels ; whichis the very teft of wifedome in Princes, and inall men elfe. But withftanding thathee hadconfulted with thofe graue and aduifed men, that feru Father, who perfwafed him byall meanes tofatisfie the multitude: hee was tramper " ted by his familiars and fauourites, not onelyto continue on the backes of his fubie"s thofe burdens Which greatlycrufht them; but (vaunting falfly ofereatn his Parkers hethreatned in fharpe, or rather Sechem the Vaion and 20 ercifeof one Religion would alfo ioyne the peoples hearts againcto the Houle of through all Uracl; feroboagn greatly enriched himfelfe:as taking into his handsall thofe Cities which were giucnthemby 4¢0/és and Jofaa-for'as it is Writte Dy The Lenites left their fuburbs, ad-their poffefsion, andcame to Inda,cre. This irrelj ous policie of Zeraboam(which was the foundation of an Idolatry thatineuer could b Cuap, XIX, Ant8.0.3. 5 xi i in terrible tearm es, tolay more vatupportable loades ‘on thems ‘But asit appearedin the fucce aduifers greatly miftooke the nature offeueritie, which withoutthe ten cy sno otherthan crueltyitfelfe ; they alfo the lielpe, and not for the harme of fubieéts, were ignorant thatit oue! , For what is the ftrength of a King his people ¢ and what cords or fetters haueeuerlat ed long,but shofe whichhaue tw yn, ~~ ot firpromifed voto Kingdome ; norby the withering of his owne hand: as heftretchec er the tar, which alfo claue a-funder, according tothe figne; which the; { ren. him bythe ND BY Be commandement of God, ‘who againe tecouered C € an d cured him of "er ecrects yet ne continuedas obftinatean Idolateras before, for he held it t} ~ 30 policie to proceedas he had begun. This impio us inuentionof 1c "onooxe Goa, and the Religion of his forefathers, by God and his M Lem, was by amoderne Hiftorian comp ared witht practice of his Nation, being anItalian he policies of late Ages : obfemmne borne. Sic qui hodie (faith hee ) polities ropria Commoda,prefent , e/g, g vtilitatesfibi tanquam vltimum fim } hituu at, vocant flatus A in capite onenin 147ponumt: pro ipfe ;tucnds,promonenda,conferu PF gy es , nihil non fa sreanee putant. Si thiuria proxtimd irrovande, fiiuftitie honeftatif¢, avY, tAdeé. ie a , a i religio ipfa oe peeTJand * if and 4, fia - denig, omnia tura divina , & humana vio« 7 i, z Wi rigs. util per fe aefafZ , relinguendum cenfent : mini Ah cuncls ruant, omnis / \ S . Ip x nil aditfo } s, madd id, quod ere fuaeffe fiti perfu adent, ob cant, ac finullus fit tah serene posit Dens : So they who are now called Polititians, Propouna FP) 2 es, as thetr vimof} end and cope, 2 ‘ their ovone conin ; : fe andprefent profi ts ve ft. a cafe " the offate forfooth, as the principal point to bee yeoarded : apie > Ae for tte; . rs ‘ for aduan cing > preferuings or encresfing on , , of the fate, 27 they thinkf e y thing. If they mieane to oppreffe their neighbour, tp oucrturne all fie, sf religion it. felfe muft E% 0 wrack e, yea if all rights of God. : Er $ d, they will-t ry all courfes, beeit vioht, 2. be is wronz, they will decane , Se teraihe, what care they, (along as they mayhane what ibermauld as whe God that 2 litre were no 0 God that x would fi tomed aged, ould offer : ale imfuch matters » 7 , had Power to core ation of raggionc del flato, did {erne' as well to yphold, as at the firtt |