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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