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Show The third Bookeofebefirst pare Cuarargur Nebachadnexzers kingdome,or ofhisEmpire, for yet vpon any ofthe Captivities, bi; hadreference to fome memorableactionsjomitted if Scripture, and thereforehot i fi: tobe found,ner worththelabonr ofvicertaine featch. a Ofany warremade by Nebuchadnezzarjafter fuch time'as he returned from theCon-! queft ofEgy pt,I doe not reade : excepting that againft Nineue, the deftru@ion wherof was fore-told by the Prophet: Naum. ‘Nineue had long before beentaken by Merodach (aSin.due place hath beene fhewed) andtogether with the reftof Affyriamade fubie® toBabylon.¥ et wasit left vnder a peculiarking,whorébelling agaitift the Chaldxan lehotakimandZedechias,tributary kings of Iuda, haddone; talted likewife of the f " fortune. Thatthe deftruction of Nineue followed the Congqiieftof Egypt, it a zs reth by the comparifon which Wabum the Prophet made betweene thisCity thats to fall,and theCity,of Nolin Egypr, that was fallen'already. But how long after this came-topafle,itis(me thinkes)vnpoffible to finde out. FoF whereasit is found in an Hi i brew, Chronology,thatit was in the firft ofNebachadwe&zarsreion: the place ofNabe bas cited is enough to difproucit. Wheteasit is refetred by fomeVato the fit of his opanchy, which began at theend of the Eeyptian watres ; the ‘whole Prophecy of Ngehamwhich went betweenethe one andthe other atgueth ftrongly, that there wa langer race oftimeinitercurrent.Sothatto enquireinto the very Rea ofthis deft oon-ee~vas co by Wabachenodefor in peryin We what likevnto the vaine curiofity of Tyberivs Ce- FeeannisemeraeerwooeHeoitba; or to the likeidle Baintithe thal e on lat WO z i va wofull captivity the fame Prophet Wabanateeccare Bardsa C at of the Hiftory of the World, Cuar.r.Soll. atitted by an Angell preferued from all harme of the fire - loofenedfromtheit bands: andfinally called-out with gracious words, and reftored to' theirformer honoury by the King: who amazedat the mifacle, made a decreetending to the honour of God;which by erection of his Image he had violated. Yetthis deuotion of Nebuchadvexzarwas not {ordoted in him, that it could bring forthfruit anfwerabletohis haftie zeales Therfore was he forewarned by God in adreame oftheterribleiudgement hanging ouerhis head which Damiel expounding, aduifed him to breake off bis fimne by righteoufneffe, ated'bis iniquitie by mercy-towards the poore, that ther é might be an healing of hiserrour. Herebyit feemesthat iniuftice and crueltie. were the faults, for which hee was threatned; but this threatning fufficed not vatohis information.For,that fo great aMonarch fhould bedri- uenfromamong men;(according to the tenor ofthe dreain & interpretation) yea,com- pelledto dwell withthe beafts ofthe field, and made to eate graffe as the Oxen, wasa thing fo incredible in mans indgement,that eafily ic might bee thought anidle dreame; andmuch more eafily be forgotten at the yeares end. One whole yeares leafureto re- pentwas giuen tothis haughty Prince: whichrefpite ofthe execution may feem to hae bredin hima forgetfulueffe of Gods fentence. Forat the cnd of ‘twelue monéthés, walking in the royall Palace ofBabel, he was fo ouer-ioyedand tranfported witha yain contemplation ofhis owne feeming happineffe, that without all feare of Gods heani indgement pronouncedagainft him, he vtteréedthofe loftie words before rehe » Vaunting of the Maiefticall workes which he had rearedjas well befeeming his maictti callperfon. But his high fpeeches were not fully ended, when a'voyce from heauén; telling him that his kingdome was departed from him, réhearfedotiér vnto him thefenteficeagaine, wasfulfilled vpon himthevery fame houre. That Sa/émon, and many other Princes, and great ones, haue taken delight in their own buildings; iv cannot any waybe doubted' yet Ldoe not rememberthat ener Thaue , §.XI1, ikos later time ofebuchadnezzar ; bis buildings, madneffesena death, the time which this great Monarch fpent in quiet, I think there are no Monvments extant Done nee ; SFA fauetthhofe whicl ch wefindeamong the prophecies i of Daniel. j Ahinnfelfe > veelLthar he Besconnis great workesat Babylon, wherewith he pleafed 30 eglorious words / bi that CoeMCSHeKhehe mii oypveenhehef fy § y it thofe things bee true tharare by: vofephus echear(ad of hith ottt of xa Berofis‘ay atgelictes . aemight i well delight himfelfe withthe contemplatio n of Hoe nomcent uildings, -For itis faidyThat he fortified Babylon with Peas ieee a e {tately workes, heraifed thofe huge arches wherewith RUE B 2 ards hangin it were theayre, and equalling the OKAeer Peeftmpryousg‘as frame; ithat in out-lafted alithe remainder of - ray n Empire,is faid to hanebeene reared, andfinithed in fif: Beer Sneserotics hi Smaenificence w : se 40 we findlittle elfe recorded,than that (which iadeede is moft profitable for magnificence, y ') hi aluing of his ownegreatnellea ‘bafethimvnto Acbaditionstheliond SPOE pootefPofimen. Andnor vndeferuedly fell thefeiudgements of God vponhim) 7We Foi ia ; aa had honoured him, ‘not onely Withmany,viGtories,& much happi d ne emahis ownelife,but with@ difcoucry ofthibgs a: to comeafter hi themiraculeys reducing‘ofit im:Ti ge mee theécertainty ofthis dreame,by Daniel che Prophet : he neuertheleff becamefo for a interpretation'there6f by acknowledged, than he caufa ull of God> whofe wonderfull powerhe had feeneand cruel death asteward omni a golden Imageto be fet vp nd worfhipped: ordaining 4 fice, which was vrrerly ; hem that fhoulddare todifobey his Kitgly will and pleas? S.Aserome hath well n,nt to thelaw.of hit: that is *be Rincofkings. Hercot Adersierat, umeflatnamfbsiocinonn veritatis, wt quidailuin Jerqiim Deiquafi Dew dHorevetur: A bali? Sorgetfilne(fe oftherrath meats ip ubiple quai DEM it flatud «if hee had beene Ged hin el) apn ately had. worfbippen' Danitl) the ferwant of Get, wherein himsfelfe might bee us-- Aow.commnna afatwa t0 bee erected Unto bimfelf-r ime him, by the ftrange and Wpped 2s' Cod; Fromithisimpicty: ir pleafed: Godto, fe tric fornace ; who bein S h Wonderfulbdeliuery ofthofe bletfed Saints out ofthe f "2 3 ag throwne intoit bound, for refilling to ContimieIdolatry,wens affifte teadof any, that were punifhed forreioycing 1a workes ofthis kinde (thoughit is hard inioy; or any paffion of the minde, tokeepe aiutt meafire) excepting onely this Vebwchadmexzar.- i i Thelike may be laid of Dadid: for other (and fome verygodly) Kings hatte muftred godlltheir forces to the very laft ian'; "but few'or noneliage been knowne to haue beene Plinifhedas Dasidwas. Surely not onlyholdit lawfulltorcioyce inthofe Soodthings wherewith God hatli bleffed vs; but a note of much vathankfulneffe to entertain them withafullen and vnfeeling difpolition. Yetas all humantaffeGions, wherein dite referencetoGod is wanting ,are 110 better than obfcute clouds, hindring the influence ofthat bleffed light, whichclarifies the foule ofmany and'prédifpofeth ir vito the brightneffe of eternal felicitie ; {o that infolent ioy, which man iti the ptide of his vaine imagination cOnceiueth'of his own worth, doth aboue'all other paffions blaft ourmindes, as it Were Withlichtning, & make vsto reflect our thoughts vporrourfeeminig inherent greats neffe, forgetting the whileft him, to whomwe are indebted for our very being-Wherego otethele male méntiscandia', The euill ioyes of the miade, Were not VN iptlyby the'Prince of LatinePoers, beftowedinthe entrance ofHell, and placedfurther inwardthan for- rowes, cares, and feares': rot far from the yton Cabbinsofthe Furies. Andcértairiely tisnovalikely token of vengeance necre achand,when thefé vnreafonable flufhes of proud andvaineioy, doe rageina minde,tharfhould haue been hunibled with aiff res peatance, andackiowledgementof ill deferuing. Thiswas verified vpon Webachadnezaar, whofe' punifhment was fidgular and vitexampled, For hevanamone bealts in the Helds'and woods; where forfeuen yeares hee lined tot only asa faluage man, But as a filuage beafk for abeattherhonght himfelfe, Leeuwinfisam imaginationem, 46 Thomas noteth, and therefore fed hinifelfe in the fatite &-2- «¢ Keg. pr figure: $o mantierand withthe {ame foode that beattsdoe ; Not that hee was cliangedin info muchas hee appeareda beaft to other mens eyes; aed, externall, according to Mediana, SS Hicromein the life of ilaria (howtut God knowes){peakes of a woman that ap- ai Peared to all other mens fighta Gow, butto Hilérius onelya woman' 3 neither was hee"4-7: nor made 3 anged.as Iphigenia the Daughter of Agamemnon was faid tobe, inte a Hinde, a Montter, as Dorotheus and Epiphanius dreamed: butaccording to Siieromes expofition onder Standing refined vato rie, O- LRutandd ae Dir. in syoopf was my ofendit thefamefbitime ar lenjuns cithefe #*(Rithwords S. leremie) redditdm, nonformamfe armififfa,fed micater' eeee eh befaith that bisfenfe was restored unto hi, beefoewed ] that hee had not tsoft hisZ hsmaneBape, out |