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Show Re aN mma Fy Thefecond Booke ofthe firft part et Cuar.28.6.6, - andthrownedowne yas likewife,many memotableacts were, performedin Greeceand elfewhere,though not following one anotherat any neare diftance;all which mug bi beene quite omitted, or elfe referued vnto a very yofeafonablerehearfall hadthey - beenedifpofed in this method, whercofhe that will not allow the conueniency a re pardon theneceflity. §. VI. The eppre{sion ofIndea,and destruction of Terufalem by the Chaldeans, Owtoreturneto the Iewith Story,from whence we haue fofarre digreffed, In Ne third yeare of Zehoiakim,Nabuchodonofor the {econd,his Father yet liuin a tred Indza witha great Army,whobefieging and forcing Icrufalem nae lee hoiakim his Vafiall in'defpight of Necho, that had eftablifhed himKing, and tooke with him-for pledges Daniel, being as:yetachilde, with Aaanias, A4ifael, and Averins: Aifo he tookea part of the Churchtreafures ; but ftayed not to fearchthem throughly sfor Nechohafted to the fuccour of Jehoiakim,hoping to find Nabachodonsfor in Iudea:wherinthis great Babylonian had nodifpofitionto hazzardhimfelfe and his Army. itbeinga Country of aneuill affe@tion towards him,as alfo far off from any. fuccour or fire sine ofretrait.If he had,as may befuppofed,anygreat ftrength of Scythian horf-meninhis Army ; it wasthe more wifely done of him,tofall backe, out ofthe rough; mountai- 30 nous, and ouer-hot:Country, into places that weremore euen and tem perate, But bes Cuar2kS.6. Prophet cried out theobedience of Wabuchadonofor three yeares. At this time Jeremy the twenty yeares cxthree and againft the ewes, putting them in minde that he had now cares againft him, and'the horted them torepentance, but becaufe they had ftopt their hand, and that they fhould tyat captivi their nced pronou now ts,he Prophe he reftoft he threat endurethe yoke of bondagefull feauenty yeares. The fame calamity all theneighbouring Nations,tothe Egy ptians,Moabitc , Ammonites r,the wit reft;foretelling that they fhouldall drink out ofthe Babylonian Pitche ryeares expired, that the fury,whom they hadforfaken,and afterthefez ly fubuerted by the Me dbe Cup,an fame the of fte ans themfelues {houldta id Cities." tothe Iudeans permittedto returne againe into theirowne een in the fourth yeareof this Zehoprifonmentofthe Prophet Jeremy {eemes to hi iakim,at which timeBaruch the Scribe wrote2 hefent to readethemvntothe People,and onflict beaten;andaltogetherfor'the pre ifcourag iakin i i as being Fictidin heart ee the et - pinnae an the year before ; who contented with fach profitas he soiebes: readily aa had forborne to lay:any Tribute vpon Iuda. Butthis coolereferued ff of hei i,2 on bothfides, taken inill part. The Egyptian King P/ammis fh : C oe : to Nes che, beganto thinke vpon reftoring Ichoaber. takenPrifones » his o wandfeng pee wine Domefticall Enemy, againft his vngratefull Eien Againft all fuch accla Chrom.36.9. eaa had preparedthevfuall remedy,practifed by. his fore-fathers : for he4® is owne fonhe Zechowia King with himdJongbefore inthe feeond yest ofhis owne Reigne, when the Boy wasbut eight yeares old As for thi ie 1 of ee hoahaz his returne;the Prophet Ieremy foretold ae it fhould ; oe ttle{ayines Helis der2 ate not veturne thither,but he[balldye in theplace whither theyha hedbin oe Moandfodfee Tt. this Land no more: ‘The Egyptians indeede, hauing f ; "all ae ties i forces and receiuedthat heany blow at Carchemith » had Se {uch eapart proportio n of hadnotremaining Bueeaiey iediccauraa Gand " , lc, as of faire gold, w hich withoutotherhelpe,is of little effect. The valout Bice hee ae aeonenee ATCO reigning after P/ammis, did once aduenture! ce in Syria ; but after a bigge look, he was glad to " retire, himand.Barach to hide themfelues. Iehoiakimakter he heardapatt ofitandper ne moreadoe, but did cut the Booke in pieces m,thould miecarfedto be new written with this addition;that the dead bodyof sehojaki be be caft out,expofed in the day to the heat,éin the night to the froft,andthere fhould zo none ofhis feedto fit on the Throne of Dania. Timethnsrunning on,while sehoiakimreftedfecure ofall danger,as Tributary to thet Babylonian, yet wellthoughtof by the Egyptian ; the mighty City of Tyre oppofedi felfeasainft the Chaldean forces;& vponiuft confidence of her own ftrength,defpifed stelling fuch friuolous tales,as men that meane tod s that Here will take leaue to intrude a briefe note,concerning the feuerall beginning arereckoned ofthis great Prince his Rule,whereuponhath rifen much difputation.The cares, third yearof Zehoiakins,was the laft of Nabula/far,who being delinered fromother tooke notice offuch as hadreuolted fromhimvato Pharao Necho, and fent this Noble Prince his fonne, withan Army into Syria, to teclaime them. Inthis expedition was next pavi.r: Daniel carried away, who therefore makes mention ofthe fame yeare. The yeare following, being thefourth of fehoiakin, was the firkt of Nebuchadnezzar; whichIere- 1: mieaffirmeth in expreffe words;and from this we reckonall his time & ations thatfollow. Inhisthree and twentieth yeare he conquered Egypt; and then beganto reigne that durft offend him. The fecondfromthis yeareit aa great Monarch; finding noneof Was, whereinhe faw that vifion, the Image confifting offundry Metals ; which did the Earth, before the prefiguratethe fiicceffion of great Kingdomes 5 that fhould tule comming of Chrift: I will not {tand to difpute about this, which is the beft conclufion that I findejoflong difputations: but returne vntothe fiege of Tyre,whichbeganinthe a feanenthofhis Reigne. The City ofTyre coueredall the ground-of an Ifland:, that was diuided from the were maine; bya deep and broad channell ofthe Sea.The Chaldzans hadno Fleet,and no Sea-men;the Tyrians,in multitude of goodlyShips, & skill to vfe them,excelledall thing,vfe,of thelt re folution-ofWabuchodonofor, hadfully oo had thteatned the deftruétion;and theobftinate actetminedto performeit: This high-minded King,impatient of refiftance, yndértook' ~ on; ae appeared in time folldncing. But aren oe worke undly.He fent a.pere 5 : boiakim, willing hi and YP Nefeph.Aatig. Reigne;as hauinglafted thirteen yeates. 30 other Nations ; and every winde,from one part ofother, brought needfull prouifions tly hurt the place; wherinto the City. Whetefore neither force,not famine couldgrea of nevertheleffe the iudgements of God (denotinced againtt it by E/ay,leremie, Ex ekiel) Efay 23. glorious acts fore-pafled,againht sofas & Leheahaz, I thi c f at rt -Tebyokakive to giue themfatisfaction,, byletting them vnd ita ‘d hel ae 1 is sfeion f0° libtosap.7. uentyall preparation that could be made againft her.Now forafmuchas the termeoffe years was ptefcribed vito the defolation,as wel of Tyre,as ofTerufalem,& other towns and countries ; itis apparant,that they which referre the expugnation ofthis City vate the nineteenth yeare ofNabuchodonoforhaue fure authorityfor their warrant. Whereupofhis on likewife itfollowés of neceffity, that the fiege thereof began inthe feauenth without aduet- turing the hazzard neofa battaile. Wherefore this aaa Nation ly REN EE lie drordectulli tts his dedecaying fought onely, ers f Prophecies out ofhis mouth,whom them dto the Princes, who offered liberty, and aduife d tothe King : but fearing the Kings fury, theyhad firft {et Zeremie at fidesall chefereafons, the deathof his father happeningat the fametime, gaue him inft occafjonto.returne home, andtake poffeffion of his owne Kingdome ; before he proceeded further in the fecond care, of adding morevntoit. This he did at reafonable goodleifuure : for the Egyptian was not ready to follow himfo farre and to bid him battaile, yntill the new yeare camein; which wasthe fourth of Leboiakime the frltof Wabuchedonofor,andthe lat of Necho. Inthis yeare the Babylonian lying v vonthe Bank Euphrates(his owne Territory boundingit on the Northfide) siheided the arriuall of Necho. There, after a refolued contention for victory, Necho was {laine aa his Army remaining forced to faueit felfe, which fullill it did aK aviolent bictrait This victory Wabuchodonofor fo well purfued, as herecoueredall S ria, and wi of suer the Eg Ng = ron ofae ‘ge ay towards the pork The Fe oietoonas ofthe Hiftorie ofthe World. onanynice petur®, but acaleae him Bei mating fama e -te hereunto fich fearefull threats.as m fs DubieAER pay Pe! nibupe:tiee Pha: pM Paiiniiacs 4 ats 525 made the poore Indaan lay afideall thought o! 4% pei © does asthemore mighty would haue him. So-he continuce o Continent. "a of worke, enen to fill'v p the Sea,that parted the Ifland from thé slain' a Tyras, that ftoodoppolite to the new, vpon the firme Land, andthe, of oul, of Libanus near adioyning that was loaden with Cedars, and pos Thirteene yeares were {pent in this labowrious.a; eet furnifh him with materials. needeth not feeme ftrange: for Alexander nd almoftt hopéleéffe bufineffe. 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