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A43199	Ductor historicus, or, A short system of universal history and an introduction to the study of that science containing a chronology of the most celebrated persons and actions from the creation to this time, a compendious history of ... transactions ... of the ancient monarchies and governments of the world, an account of the writings of the most noted historians ... together with definitions and explications of terms used in history and chronology, and general instructions for the reading of history / partly translated from the French of M. de Vallemont, but chiefly composed anew by W.J., M.A.	Hearne, Thomas, 1678-1735.; Vallemont, abbé de (Pierre Le Lorrain), 1649-1721. Elémens de l'histoire.	1698 (1698)	Wing H1309; ESTC R15760	279,844	444

Ierom 3941. Iohn Carion 3944. Calvisius Helvicus Alstedius 3947. Origanus Argolus 3949. Scaliger Vbbo Emmius 3950. Cornelius a Lapide 3951. Beda Hermannus Herwart 3952. Landsperg 3958. Iohn Picus Count of Mirandola 3959. Luther Scultetus Iohannes Lucidus 3960. Beroaldus 3961. Sixtus of Siena Abbat Vrspergiensis Chrytreus 3962. Tostatus Melancthon Funcius 396● Gerardus Mercator Opmeir 3966. Butting Santphurdius 396● Bulingerus 3969. Nigrinus Pantaleon 3970. Brentzhein Bucholzer 3971. Theophilus of Antioch 3974. Bibliander 3979. Father Petavius 3984 Archbishop Vsher Tirinus Capellus Thomas Lydyat 4000. William Langius 4040. Tornelli Salianus Spondanus 405● Labbe Muller 4053. Rabbi Moses 4058. Ioseph Son to Mattathias 4103. Laurence Codoman 4142. Riccioli according to the Hebrew and the Vulgar Bible 4184. Odiaton or Edwicon an Astronomer 4320. Cassiodorus 4697. Origines 4830. Adon of Vienna 4832. Methrodorus 5000. S. Epiphanius Bishop of Salamina 5029. Paulus Orosius 5049. Philo Iudaeus Sigibertus 5195. Isidorus of Sevil 5196. Philip of Bergama 5198. Eusebius of Cesarea 5200. Iohn Nauclerus 5201. Rabanus 5296. Albumazar an Astronomer 5328. Isidorus of Pelusium 5336. Petrus de Alliaco 5344. S. Augustin 5353. Theophanes 5500. Cedrenus 5506. Isaac Vossius 5590. Suidas 5600. S. Clement of Alexandria 5624. Riccioli according to the Septuagint 5634. Nicephorus of Constantinople 5700. Lactantius 5801. Philastrius 5801. Father Pezon 5868 or 5872. Onuphrius Panvinus 6310. Alphonsus King of Spain 6984. Of all these various Opinions we must of necessity take up with one for 't would be needless if not vain to pretend to a new one different from all the rest since it is not to be imagined but that among so many Systems there is some or other satisfactory and upon which one may depend For my part I have pitch'd upon the Opinion which places the Birth of our Saviour in the Year of the World 4000. The Reasons for this Choice are these 1. This space of Time is sufficient to explain and answer the Successions of the Patriarchs Judges and Kings in a Word all the History of the People of God which is the main thing to be considered in the choice of this Epocha Now some very learned Men have already made it out how those 4000 Years do exactly comprehend all the Series of Sacred History according to the Hebrew and the Vulgar Bible and besides that they fill up the Vacancies which the Silence of the Scripture has left towards the end of the Fourth Millenary the extent of which we cannot perfectly know without the Help of Prophane History or the Iewish History of Iosephus The PROOF Years of the World GENESIS contains the History of 2369 Years from the Creation of the World to Ioseph's death 2369. EXODVS comprehends the History of 145 Years reaching from the Death of Ioseph to the Year 2514. two Years before the going out of Egypt 2514. LEVITICVS takes in the Transactions of one Month and a half 2514 1 m. ½ The Book of NVMBERS contains the History o● 38 Years and a half that is from the second Month after the coming out of Egypt down to the Death of Moses or thereabouts 2552 7 m. ½ 'T is thought that JOB liv'd about this Time and that Moses wrote his History DEVTERONOMY contains the History of one Month and a half 2552 9 m. Therefore the Pentateuch or five Books of MOSES contain the History of 2552 Years and about nine Months 2552 9 m. The Book of IOSHVAH contains the History of 17 Years because it begins at the 41st Year after the coming out of Egypt and ends with the Death of Ioshuah 2570. The Book of IVDGES comprehends the History of 317 Years it begins at the Death of Ioshuah and ends at that of Sampson 2887. The History of RUTH happen'd under one of the Judges The First Book of SAMVEL contains the History of 101 Years because it begins with the first Year of the Administration of Heli towards the Year 2848. and ends with the Death of Saul in the Year 2949. However this Book does but add 60 Years to the History of the Book of Iudges because the forty Years of Heli's Government of which the first Chapters of the First Book of Samuel give the Particulars are included in Sampson's Time and therefore contained in the 317 Years of the Book of Iudges 2949. The Second Book of SAMVEL contains the History of David's Reign of about 40 Years 2989. The First Book of KINGS contains the History of Solomon's Reign and some Kings of Israel in all about 126 Years 3115. The Second Book of KINGS comprehends the History of 308 Years during which we see the Wars and Misfortunes of 16 Kings of Iuda and 12 Kings of Israel and the Downfal of those two Kingdoms But because the first Chapter of this Second Book concerning Ochosias and Iosaphat run back towards the Year of the World 3108. by that Reason the 308 Years reach no farther than the Year of the World 3456. The History of TOBIAH happens about this time The First Book of CHRONICLES is an Abridgment of the History of the World from Adam to the return from the Captivity Afterwards the Author resuming the History of David in particular pursues it at large till the time that Solomon was crowned King towards the Year of the World 2990. The Second Book of CHRONICLES contains the Sacred History from the Year of the World 2990. down to the Year 3468. at which time ended the 70 Years of the Captivity So that these two Books do but add 52 Years to the History of the People of God 3468. The First Book of ESDRAS contains the History of 82 Years beginning at the end of the Captivity of Babylon and reaching to the 20th Year of Artaxerxes Longimanus and the Year of the World 3550. The Second Book of ESDRAS contains the History of 31 Years as far as the beginning of the Reign of Darius Nothus in the Year of the World 3581. From the Year 3581. where ends the Second Book of Esdras the Scripture gives us no Account of what has happened during 250 Years This Silence and Vacancy cannot be supply'd otherwise than by the Help of Prophane History which about this time being clear and full of Light we may easily perceive that there are 250 Years from the end of the Second Book of Esdras down to the Maccabees or the Reign of Antiochus Epiphanes This Silence of 250 Years lasts to the Year of the World 3830. The Two Books of MACCABEES contain the History of 40 Years and so they lead us as far as the Year of the World 3870. The Holy Scripture fails us again in this Place where we find a Silence of 130 Years which continues till the Birth of our Saviour in the Year of the World 4000. This 130 Years Silence may be supply'd by the Hi●story of the Iews which Iosephus has probably extracted from the Journals of the High Priests 'T is plain by this Chronology of the Historie● Books of the Bible that the space of 4000

not certainly known who compil'd this Book tho' some ascribe it to Samuel It represents the Republick of the Iews under the Dominion of Iudges counting from the death of Ioshua to that of Sampson It contains a Series of History of it may be 317 Years that is to say from the Year of the World 2570 to 2887. Therein the Israelites are to be found groaning under very severe Hardships God having delivered them over to the Power of their Enemies for the Punishment of their Idolatries VIII Ruth This Book whose Author is not known contains an Example of uncommon Piety and of the singular Providence of God Ruth a Moabitish Woman being not willing to forsake her Mother-in-Law follows her till she comes into her own Country where God so employs his Providence for the Welfare of Ruth that she marries for her second Husband Boas a very rich Man of that Country and becomes Mother of Obed Grand-father of David from whom our Saviour Iesus Christ descended according to the Flesh. There is no doubt but this History of Ruth hapned in the time of the Iudges 'T is said to be during the Administration of Samgar about 28 Years after the death of Ioshua IX The first Book of Samuel contains all that passed under the Governments of Heli and Samuel as likewise under the Reign of Saul for about the space of 101 Years that is from the Year of the World 2848 to 2949. X. The second Book of Samuel comprehends all the Reign of David during 40 Years XI The First Book of Kings contains the History of Solomon's Reign as likewise how his Kingdom was divided after his Death Afterwards it treats of Four Kigns of Iuda There is in this Book a Series of History for the space of 126 Years XII The Second Book of Kings contains the several Reigns of 12 Kings of Israel to the Destruction of that Kingdom and of 16 Kings of Iuda to the Captivity of Babylon This Book also relates wonderful Things of Elijah and Elisha his Companion It contains in all the History of 308 Years The Author of the First and Second Books of Kings is unknown but all together include the space of 597 Years XIII The First Book of the Paralipomenes or Chronicles XIV The Second Book of the Paralipomenes or Chronicles These two Books are so nam'd because they contain the Acts and other Circumstances which had been omitted in the foregoing Historical Books This Second ends at the Year of the World 3468. where ended likewise the 70 Years of Captivity when Cyrus gave Liberty to the People of Iuda to return into their own Country to build their Temple and the Walls of Ierusalem 'T is commonly thought that Esdras was Author of these two Books XV. The First Book of Esdras according to the common Opinion was written by the Person whose Name it bears It contains the History of the Captivity of the Iews with their Deliverance and Re-establishment in Iudea from the first Year of Cyrus his Reign to the 20th of Artaxerxes sirnam'd the Long-handed All which comprehends the space of 28 Years computing from the Year of the World 3468 to 3550. XVI The Second Book of Esdras was compil'd by Nehemiah It begins at the 20th Year of Artaxerxes and continues even to the beginning of the Reign of Darius his Son sirnam'd the Bastard which comprehends the History of the Iews during 31 Years and extends to the Year of the World 3581. XVII Tobit There are those that are of Opinion that Tobit the Father and the Son were the Compilers of their own History but this carries no Authority along with it Tobit was one of those Israelites that was transported out of Samaria by King Senacherib This Book includes several great Examples of Virtue and excellent Principles of Morality You may there observe Tobit faithful to God even under strange Trials His Charity the Care he had to bury the Dead his Patience after he had lost his Sight and finally his admirable Instructions of Piety to his Son Tobit the Son informs us with what Dispositions we are to engage in Marriage In a word the Providence of God towards all those that put their Trust in him shines throughout the whole course of this Book XVIII Iudith The Author of this Book is by no means known Huetius was of Opinion That it was writ during the Captivity in Babylon tho' the History of Iudith related in this Book hapned according to the Opinion of the Learned before this Captivity Thus it is thought that this wonderful Expedit●on of that Pious Widow who was 64 Years old when she cut off Holofernes's Head was transacted after King Manasses was Re-establish'd Iudith liv'd 41 Years after this bold Action that is to say to the Year of the World 3389. when she was 109 Years of Age. XIX Esther The History of Esther hapen'd under the Reign of Darius Son of Histaspes It is Ahasuerus who is all along mention'd in this Book The Composure of it is attributed to Mordecai but it appears to me that Esther might also have had a hand in it XX. Iob. It is thought that this Book was first written in Arabick and afterwards Translated into Hebrew by Moses The History of Iob can by no means be a Fiction the Persons and Nations therein mention'd by their proper Names the several Testimonies of Tobit Ezekiel and S. Iames together with the Sentiments of the ancient Fathers ought to convince us that this Story is true Iob was either before Moses or else at the same time with him and this History probably hapned during the Israelites being in the Desert because there is no mention made in it of the written Law XXI The Psalms These are commonly ascrib'd to David altho' there be many that are none of his and which have been written a long time after his Death as well by Esdras as other Prophets XXII The Proverbs of Solomon This Book was Compos'd by him whose Name it bears and contains excellent Precepts of Life as well in what relates to the Service of God as our duty towards our Neighbour XXIII Ecclesiastes also belongs to Solomon This Book decries perfectly the Vanity of the greatest Enjoyments in this World XXIV The Canticles or Song of Songs is also of Solomon This Book is altogether Mystical It describes in a very lively manner the incomprehensible Love of Christ towards the Church his Spouse as likewise the Churches return to Christ. S. Ierom observes that among the Iews none were suffer'd to read this Book till they had attain'd the Age of 30 Years so that we may say with this Father That Solomon writ his Proverbs for those that were just entred in the Paths of Piety his Ecclesiastes for such as were somewhat advanc'd But for his Canticles they requir'd a Mind altogether elevated and disengag'd from the Clogs of this World XXV The Book of Wisdom This Book contains the Spirit and many other Things of Solomon altho' in all

said That the World was a large Book written by the Hand of God consisting only of three Leaves which were the Heavens Earth and Sea A long time before which David teaches us That the Heavens declare the glory of God Psalm 18. which no doubt made Tertullian observe that God first laid open the Book of Nature to dispose Men for receiving the divine Writ being willing that they should become Disciples of Nature before they were so of Grace Praemisit Deus Naturam Magistram submissurus Prophetiam quo facilius credat Prophetiae Discipulus Naturae Tertul. de Resurrect Carnis St. Bernard who was as famous for his Learning as his Piety declar'd often to his Friends That the Progress which he had made in the knowledge of the Holy Scriptures proceeded from Prayer and Meditation to which he apply'd himself in the Fields and Forests and where he had no other guides but Oaks and Beeches Those Philosophers also who were most deeply orewhelm'd with the shades of Paganism have term'd the World A Cabinet of Contemplation wherein were contain'd all the Curiosities and Riches of Nature which had been so prudently rang'd and order'd by the Sovereign Wisdom Naturae Musaeum We need therefore only open our Eyes to discover the Wonders of Nature govern'd by an Almighty Hand and when I affirm that Philosophy is sufficient to convince us that the World is not Eternal I do not mean only that of the Schools but also that of Nature which is the Portion of all Men. This Philosophy wherein we only make use of our common Sense and Reason helps us to comprehend the Truth of the Christian Religion by a serious Reflection on Nature It is that which inspires us when we say to our selves 1. The World cannot be Eternal because it has sensible Proofs of its varying every Day Mountains lessen and Valleys rise and Rivers roul their Dregs into the Sea where they frequently form dry Land The Sea likewise changes its Shores all which would have been no doubt establish'd and fix'd had the World been from all Eternity 2. Whence proceeds the Motion of so many different Parts Who has order'd the Sun to make his alternative Courses through both the Hemispheres and to occasion Seasons by his Declension and Propinquity Certainly this Motion does not proceed from its Mat●er which cannot be consider'd but as finite divisible mensurable and susceptible only of Motion from an ex●ernal Impulse 3. Why is this Matter of which the World is compos'd capable of Motion without which it must have tended altogether to a Chaos How comes it to pass that the smaller Bodies of this Matter are rather mov'd to one side than the other Why if all mov'd with an equal Rapidity are they not always follow'd by one another without falling into those infinite Spaces where the Atheist throws them And seeing the greater Bodies do not all follow the same Track nor move with the same Force as for Example the Planets turn from West to East and the other Stars on the contrary from East to West let any Body tell us who it is that hath determin'd and assign'd these different Motions as well as the Quickness or Rapidity of one and the great Slowness of the other The Moon passes through the Zodiack in a Month whereas Mercury takes up 87 Days to perform that Journey and Venus about 224 the Sun or the Earth rather 365 Days Mars twi●● as many and Saturn 30 Years Why are some of these Bodies plac'd above and others beneath And how comes it to pass that thi● Motion continues so long This I am sure is what the Atheists connot give a Reason for To say that Chance has been the cause of all these Things is to say nothing For this Chance what is it Something or Nothing Is it Create or Uncreate If Created then it must ne●cessarily have a Creator and if it be not Created it must be distinct from Matter and consequently Eternal Incorruptible and therefore God If it be said that this Chance is nothing then can it be only an empty Sound without Signification and being nothing it must by consequence be incapable of Action It is after this manner that Philosophy comes 〈◊〉 the assistance of Religion to defend her against h●● Enemies When History triumphs altogether ove● Atheism by relating the Origin of Arts and Science● and of all other Things that serve either for our Necessities Pleasures or Curiosities She also teaches us that not only the World is not Eternal as the Atheis● would have it to be but also that it cannot be 〈◊〉 ancient as the fabulous Egyptian Antiquities suppose it 1. Philosophy began not to be cultivated by Persons that made an express Profession of it till of latter date Every body knows its Origin and that among the Greeks it was first taught by Pythagoras The Moderns have brought it to great Perfection which no doubt it would not have had the same occasion for wer● it true that the World was Eternal 2. Astronomy was first taught the Grecians by Thales who receiv'd it from the Egyptians as Diogenes Laertius says who wrote his Life and moreover that they had it from the Chaldeans We need make no farther enquiries after it among the Ancients since the Word Chaldean signified the same thing with them as Astrologer There has been great progress made in this Art within this 200 Years 3. Physick which is of much greater use was more Modern Herodotus says that heretofore they brought the Sick into their Market Places and enquir'd of all that pass'd by if they had any Receipt which would be of assistance to them Cato the Censor drove the Physicians out of Rome affirming That the Greeks had sent those Butchers among them to Murther them 4. Law was of no greater Date We can only ascend in search after its Origin from Iustinian's Code to that of Theodorus and from thence to the XII Tables which the Romans had from the Greeks viz. Solon and Lycurgus who likewise learnt them from the Egyptians as Plutarch observes If it be objected that at some time or other a Deluge might have happen'd exceeding that of Noah's which carried off the very memory of Arts and Sciences I must answer by a Question How came the Race of Mankind to escape This therefore cannot be and we may conclude that the World is not Eternal For it would be a very strange thing that Men should for an infinity of Ages been Gross Barbarous without Policy without Laws without Government without Morality Physick Astronomy c. without having the Art of Writing down their Thoughts and tho' they saw the Stars continually pass over their Heads never have curiosity enough to observe the Course of them or enquire into the Causes of Comets and Eclipses nay even to live without discovering the first Elements of Physick and Philosophy or making any progress in Architecture Commerce or Navigation 't is strange that none of the Ages of the

Pergamos the Kings of it 288 Pericles Archon of Athens 325 Perseus K. of Mycene 347 Perseus last K. of Macedon 360 Defeated by the Romans 394 Persian Monarchy began 262 Monarchs from Cyrus to Darius 262 to 267 Persians invade Greece 264 339 St. Peter's Epistle 143 Petrus Comestor's Hist. 164 Phaleg 48 228 231 Pharamond K. of France 71 Pharsalia Battel there 402 Philaterus K. of Pergamos 289 Philemon Epistle to 142 Philip K. of Macedon 60 266 Philippians Epistle to 141 Philistines afflict the Israelites 238 Philo Iudaeus his Writings 150 Philostratus's Writings 191 Phocian War 328 Picus Count of Mirandola 86 Pindar the Poet. 60 325 Pisistratus Tyrant of Athens 323 Platea the Battel there 60 265 Platina's Hist. 170 Plato 60 328 Plautus 394 Plutarch's Writings 188 Polybius's Hist. 184 Pompey 63 398 399 401 His Death 402 Printing invented 82 Procopius's Hist. 195 Protestant the Name first began 87 Proverbs the Book of 134 Psalms the Book of 1● Ptolemy Lagi K. of Egypt 309 Ptolemy Philadelphus ib. The Ptolemies their Successors 309 to 313 Punick Vide Carthaginian Pyrrhus K. of Epirus 61 Wars with the Romans 388 Q. Quintus Curtius's History p. 210 R. Reformation of Religion in England p. 87 Rehoboam 55 240 Rhodes besieged by Turks 82 Taken 86 Richard I. K. of England 79 Richard II. 81 Richard III. 85 Richelieu Cardinal chief Minister in France 89 Rochel taken 89 Rodolph of Hapsburgh Emp. 80 Romans the Epistle to 140 Rome founded 56 371 372 It s Regal State 371 It s Consular State 377 Factious Disorders there 383 395 Burnt by the Gauls 386 It s History and Wars 371 ad finem Romulus King and Founder of Rome 371 Rufinus's Hist. 153 Ruth the Book of 132 Ryswick Peace there 96 S. Sabellicus's Hist. 171 Saladine Sultan of the Turks p. 79 Salmanasser 57 Salust's Hist. 200 Samaria whence so called 233 Sampson 54 238 Samuel 54 238 Samuel the Books of 132 Sardanopolis 56 Saturn K. of Latium 369 Scanderbeg K. of Epirus 82 Scipio Africanus 62 293 Aemilius or African Junior 62 394 Seleucus Nicanor K. of Syria 61 280 Semiramis Q. of Assyria 49 256 Senacherib K. of Assyria 57 Invades Iudea 242 260 Septuagint Translation of the Bible p. 61 309 Seth. 46 288 Shem. 47 228 230 Sicyonia the Kings of it 314 c. Sidon built 233 Sisyphus K. of Corinth 344 Smalcaldon League made 87 Socrates the Philosopher 60 328 His History 157 Sodom and Gomorrah burnt 50 Solomon K. of Israel 54 240 Solon 323 Solyman the Magnificent 86 Sophocles 60 328 Sozomen's Hist. 157 Spain Arragon and Castile united 85 Spanish Armada against England destroyed 88 Sparta Vide Lacedemon St. Stephen stoned 66 Stephen K. of England 79 Steronius's Hist. 164 Strato 329 Suetonius's Hist. 218 Sulpicius Severus's Hist. 154 Sumaquam the Chinese Historian 297 Sylla 63 397 Syracuse built 57 Taken by the Romans 393 Syrian Kingdom began by Seleucus Nicanor 281 His Successors 281 to 288 T. Tacitus's History p. 212 Tamerlain the Tartar 82 Tangropylix first Sultan of the Turks 78 Tarentum built 337 Tarquins the Original of the Family 375 Tarquinus Superbus last King of Rome his Story 376 377 Tartars conquer China 195 Terah 228 Terence the Poet. 63 394 Thales 323 Thebes its Hist. and Kings 348 Themistocles 60 324 Theocritus 329 Theodoret's Hist. 156 Theodoric K. of the Goths p. 71 Theodosius 70 Theophanes 330 Theophrastus 329 Thermopylae the Persians routed there 324 Theseus 320 Thessalonians Epistle to 142 Thetmosis or Amasis K. of Egypt 50 299 Thrasybulus 327 328 Thucydides's Hist. 180 Tigranes K. of Syria overcome by Romans 288 Timothy Epistle to 142 Titus Epistle to ib. Tobit the Book of 133 Totilas takes Rome 72 Trent Council there 87 Tribunes of the People at Rome 381 Trithemius's Hist. 172 Triumvirate at Rome 399 The Second 407 Troy its Hist. and Kings 330 Taken by the Greeks 53 331 Tullus Hostilius K. of Rome 373 Tyre its History and Kings 363 to 367 V. Valentinian p. 70 Velleius Paterculus's Hist. 209 Venice built 70 Vespasian Flavus 67 Vespasian Titus ib. Victor Uticensis's Writings 167 Vittimius's Hist. 169 Vincent of Beauvais's Writings 167 Virgil the Poet. 64 410 Vitry Iam. of his Writings 167 W. Wenc●slaus Emperor of Germany p. 82 Westphalian Treaty 90 Wickliff lived 81 William Conq. K. of England 77 William Rufas 78 William Pr. of Orange born 90 Restored to his Honours in Holland 99 Marries the Lady Mary ib. Comes to England 94 Declared King ib. Wimpheling's Hist. 152 Wise Men of Greece lived 323 Wisdom the Book of 135 Wittinkind's Hist. 161 X. Xenophon p. 60 His Writings 182 Xerxes King of Persia invades Greece 264 Xerxes II. 265 Z. Zachariah p. 60 250 His Prophecy 138 Zechariah K. of Israel 247 Zedechias 58 Carried Captive to Babylon 244 Zenobia Q. of Palmyra 68 Zephaniah 243 His Prophecy 138 Zodiack its Obliquity discovered 324 Zonarius's Hist. 163 Zorobabel leads back the Iews to Ierusalem 250 Zozimus's History 19● FINIS Books lately Printed for Tim. Child A New History of Ecclesiastical Writers and of all Church Affairs from the time of our Saviour to the end of the Ninth Century Written in French by L. E. du Pin and Englished with Additions Folio A Continuation of this Work to the end of the Twelfth Century will be published in May 1698. Thesaurus Geographicus a New Body of Geography or compleat Description of the Earth and of the most considerable Cities thereon Illustrated with Historical Remarks and above 50 Maps and Copper Cuts Folio Ovidii Metamorphosis cum Notis Interpretatione in usum Delphini 8 o. Sallustii Historia cum Notis Interpretatione in usum Delphini 8 o. Ioan. 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than any of those Authors who have acquir'd so great Reputation in the World and procur'd Greece the Title of The Mother of Sciences and Arts for he liv'd near 500 Years before Homer 800 before the Philosopher Thales who writ the first concerning Nature 900 before Pythagoras and above 1100 before either Socrates Plato or Aristotle who have been the most celebrated and chief Masters of all the Wisdom of Greece Preface to the French Translation of Genesis 3. It is true that Moses writ the History of the Creation a long time after it since that he writ Genesis it may be about the Year of the World 2550. But this ought not to gravel any Man of Sense for when once he has conceived that M●ses foresaw future Things through the Spirit of God which revealed them to him it will not be hard to believe that he was also Inspired with those that were past and before his Days This History also may be very well establish'd without having any recourse to Revelation for it is possible Moses might have said to those of his Time I am resolved to write of the Transactions from the beginning of the World to this Day and of which I believe no Body can be better inform'd than my self for Amram my Father has often said to me Son I will relate to you all the History of the World down even to us according as I have learnt it from Levi my Grandfather who had what he told me from Isaac his Grandfather with whom he liv'd 33 Years And as for what relates to Isaac he might have heard all what he told Levi from Sem with whom he liv'd also 50 Years Now nothing can be more probable than that Sem might say to Isaac after this manner You may safely believe what I tell you about the Deluge since I have been an Eye-witness of all I pretend to know And you ought likewise to believe me when I acquaint you about the Creation of the World and of all what relates to Adam since I liv'd near 100 Years with Methusalem my Great Grandfather who learnt all these Matters from Adam himself with whom he liv'd 243 Years So that between Isaac and Adam there are but two Persons Mathusalem and Sem and then between Isaac and Moses his Father there is only one more who is Levi. Insomuch that to speak plainly without having Recourse to Supernatural Proofs never any History deserv'd greater Credit than that of Genesis A TABLE Of the Hereditary and Domestick Traditions of the Patriarchs who might reasonably be presum'd to Instruct one another from Adam even down to Moses   Born in the Year of the World Liv'd Years Dy'd in the Year of the World Adam liv'd 143 Years with 1. 930. 930. Mathusalem liv'd 98 Years with 687. 969. 1656. Sem who liv'd 50 Years with 1558. 600. 2158. Isaac who liv'd 33 Years with 2108. 180. 2288. Levi who liv'd a long time with 2255. 137. 2392. Amram Grandson of Levi whom no doubt he had seen since this Amram was Father of Moses who was born only 41 Years after the Death of Levi. It is certain that Moses writ nothing but what was within the Memory of Man since he was only removed from Adam about Four or Five Generations Between Adam and Isaac there are but two Persons Methusalem and Sem and between Isaac and Amram the Father of Moses there is but one who is Levi. It follows therefore that Adam Methusalem Sem Isaac Levi and Amram the Father of Moses have successively convers'd with and instructed each other in the History of the World which was then only that of their several Families especially at a time when there were no other Histories which Men might apply themselves to or divert themselves with It is not my Design here to confute the several Objections which the Enemies both of the Iewish and Christian Religion have rais'd against the Pentateuch and other Books of the Bible That is altogether foreign to my purpose and would engage me so deep in Theological Disputes that I should quickly lose Sight of my Introduction to History Any one may be satisfied by Monsieur Huetius Bishop of Auranches his learned Treatise concerning Evangelical Demonstration or the famous Father Simon 's Book of the Inspiration of the Sacred Writers what might be answer'd to the frivolous Arguments which Spinosa who liv'd some short time in Holland brought in his trifling Treatise call'd Tractatus Theologico-Politicus against the Truth and Divinity of the Holy Bible This Author tho' born a Iew falls nevertheless very severely upon Judaism without shewing at the same time any great kindness for Christianity So that we may reasonably infer That his Design was to abolish all Religion particularly the Iewish and Christian and establish Atheism and Libertinism leaving every Body to their liberty of believing what they pleas'd providing at the same time they prov'd no Disturbance to the Common-wealth But Father Simon has sufficiently demonstrated That this Spinosa was a Blockhead and that he understood neither the Criticks of the Scripture nor the Learning of the Iews In a Word what I have said particularly of Genesis may suffice to Imprint in us a more than ordinary Idea of the Authority and Divinity of this Book which is the sole Foundation of all the rest of the Bible The Order of the Books of the Old and New Testament First the Old Testament consists of 45 Books I. Genesis comprehends the History of the Creation of the World the Lives of the Patriarchs the Deluge the Genealogy of the Offspring of Noah down to Ioseph and in short all the History of 2369 Years II. Exodus so call'd from its giving an Account of the coming of the People of Israel out of Egypt contains likewise the Transactions of Moses in the Desert how God gave the Laws of the Decalogue to the People and whatever hapned during the space of 145 Years from the Death of Ioseph to the building of the Tabernacle III. Leviticus which contains the Laws Ceremonies and Sacrifices of the Jewish Religion the perpetual Fire distinguishing Beasts clean from unclean and many other Things of which the Inspection and Management belong'd peculiarly to the Levites IV. Numbers where is to be found the numbering of the People of Israel after they came out of Egypt with their History of 39 Years till they went into the Desert V. Deuteronomy that is The Second Law not that Moses then gave a different Law from what he had before published on Mount Sinai but because he therein renewed it to the Children of such as dy'd in the Desert These are the Five Books of Moses call'd the Pentate●ch and which contain the History of 2552 Years and an half computed from the Creation of the World VI. Ioshua 'T is commonly thought Ioshua himself was Author of this Book It comprehends the History of 17 Years to be reckon'd from the death of Moses to that of Ioshua VII Iudges It is