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Show 152 of Td11111Z. ~ LIB. IV. of A niJ and ~urNa-,,, the finding ~f hi11J ttgain. As there was great * lamentatio·n at his lofs, efpecial)y a· ,. NHnqlfamq; n. h (f) W ~ h t t 1,.,;1 qufi1111 mong'L t e omen; ,o wast ere grea JOY a Ofirit. his finding. By the death or lofr of Adonis, we are Stmptrtllim to underftand the cleuauure of the ~ 1111; by his find· ltrd,,.t, (tmp~r . _ 4 d n d ' · ·· N h fJ tn11tniH"'· 1ng agatn, are to un erttan n1s retu~n, ·ow e Lucan. feemeth to- deoart tWice in the ye;1r: Ftrft, Wht'n he f Piurarcb in · • h ~ r.. ,.f.' • h C. h (l. d ' .. 1 ·6· .~ . Js tn t e Troptc~ oJ Ca11cer, 10 t e ,art e L egree .n ct laat • • h I. ,j:' Northward. Secon diy, whett he 1s tnt e Tropic'\ oJ Capricorn, in the far heft degree Sout?ward: anfwer· able unto thefe two departures, whtch may be termed tl,:tt1'1~p.o1 J difpar it ions, or lo.f{es of the SHn, there are two returns immediately fucceeding, which may be termed likewife iup~,_.,,, the findingJ or new appear· ing£ of the sun. Hence we may note, that though the Egjptiant celeb tated their Adonia in the moneth of Nov.em.ber , when the Ssn began to be farthe!t southward;and .the houfe of].~tda.h theirs,in the month of June, when the SNII was fartheH Northward, yet both were for the fame reafons, and in fubfiance they agr.eed. And of this the . Prophet Ezei{!el is thought to have fpoken, Eze~ 8·'4"' Therefute women weeping for Tamuz. Thefe folemnities were chiefly obferved, betwefn I]P!"o';.,,;,. the BJhlienfel and the .AlexJtndrini,~g) the manner was If4111m:arlc.tB thus: When the B•hlienfet folemnized the death or It. CJrtlllltl. 2. . ~ . h J d . . · rom 2 ;,. · lofs of Adonis, .at that ume t e .A ex a~~ rttu wrOte a lfAi4,. letter, this lett.erwas inclofed in an Arl{ of Blllr~tp/e,, therein they fignified, that Aaonir, whom they Ia· mented, was found aga;n, this Ark, being after the perfo~mance of certain rite; a~d ceremo_nies commuted to the Sea, forthwtth It was earn. ed by the fl:ream to Biblus ; upon the re~~it whereof the lamentation of the Women w turned ' Jn- LIB. 1 V. OfB~a[. Peor, &cr I 53 into joy. (h) Others fay, that this lamemtati was h 1ulilt~ ~ · perl~o rme d over an I mage .I n t he nt.g ht fce a fio n, an d ,tenuu FHmt- 111 l.dt erra. when they had fufficiently lamented, a Candle was r~ ~rof~tn. R.tA brought into the room ( which Ceremony might lrr.ton. myfiically ftgnifie the return oi the Sun ) then the Prieit with a fqft voice mutte.ted t form of words (i) 1rufl ye in God, for out of pains falvation is . , .. ,., ~ c-ome unto m. (I{) There are Iikewife of the Jews that 1~®C:PP;~ , fay their Tamuz .was an lma~e whofe eyes they filled n:t'c,. ,t«f With Lead, whtch lead betng molten by the means vr.rv o-fAJ?,elct. of fire under it! the Image it fclffeerned to weep. Firmhru ibir/. There (I) are that think the Prophet alludeth unto ~o,w~ ~;~ thofe letters inclofed in thofe fore:mentioned L'ull= t:PN7a rufh · Arks, Ifo. 18. 2. When he fpeaketh of Ambafia- ,l:l"'~ dors fent by the Sea even in PeJ/elr of Reeds upon the Mi!) 1l) waters. But I rather approve the literal fenfe, for by 0 , 1 ~~ reafon of the Shelves and dangerous Rocks in the Ri- 1~nMr"D'~~ ver Nilur, it was not unufua] tor men ~o fail in Hulksl R._DaTJ. _Kim= and Ve/[els made of a kind if great' BuD·rfljh .. which 1 'lp'Jt. radr~ l'r.. b d . rocop . rn r;at. y the EgJptians was terme Papyr~~.r., and thefe kind 1 s. of Ships ( m) Pap;race~ naves. m Plin Hifllib. 6,c4p,2a. CHAP. III. Of BaalrPeor, Baal·Tfephon, Baaf,..zebub, Baal-Berith, . BeU and th-e Drag(Jn. W Hom the Hebrewr called Baal, the Baby/oa nians called BeD\ and although the Plane·t of the Sun o I y at firtt might be worfhi pped unde-r that name, et at laft it became a common name to many ther Idols, according to that, There Are .manf.' od1J m~ny 'fJaalim.s or Lordr, ! Cor.8.5.As X the |