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grow_v the_o tale_n of_o giant_n cast_v up_o mountain_n to_o the_o top_n of_o heaven_n chap._n vi_o the_o original_a of_o idolatry_n and_o relic_n of_o antiquity_n in_o fable_n §._o 1_o the_o greek_n and_o other_o corrupt_v the_o story_n of_o the_o creation_n and_o mingle_v their_o fable_n with_o they_o suppose_v that_o after-age_n will_v take_v those_o discourse_n of_o god_n and_o nature_n for_o invention_n of_o philosopher_n and_o poet_n but_o as_o skilful_a chemist_n can_v extract_v healthful_a medicine_n out_o of_o poison_n and_o poison_n out_o of_o wholesome_a herb_n etc._n etc._n so_o may_v much_o truth_n be_v find_v out_o of_o those_o fable_n §._o 2_o the_o antiquity_n of_o corruption_n be_v even_o from_o noah_n family_n for_o the_o liberal_a grace_n of_o god_n be_v withdraw_v after_o man_n fall_n such_o a_o perpetual_a eclipse_n of_o spiritual_a thing_n follow_v and_o produce_v such_o effect_n as_o the_o general_a deluge_n can_v not_o cleanse_v they_o even_o in_o the_o select_a family_n of_o noah_n wherein_o be_v find_v those_o that_o renew_v the_o defection_n from_o god_n for_o which_o they_o have_v see_v the_o world_n destruction_n hence_o the_o chaldaean_n egyptian_n and_o phaenician_o soon_o after_o become_v idolater_n and_o the_o greek_n receive_v their_o 12_o god_n from_o egypt_n and_o erect_v to_o they_o altar_n image_n and_o temple_n say_v herodotus_n §._o 3_o as_o man_n depart_v out_o of_o the_o way_n of_o truth_n stray_v on_o in_o unknown_a vice_n to_o eternal_a perdition_n so_o these_o blind_a idolater_n be_v fall_v from_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n to_o seek_v god_n on_o earth_n to_o worship_n begin_v with_o man_n they_o proceed_v to_o beast_n foul_n fish_n tree_n herb_n the_o four_o element_n wind_n morning_n evening_n star_n yea_o affection_n passion_n sorrow_n sickness_n beside_o spirit_n infernal_a and_o among_o terrestrial_o even_o the_o base_a want_v not_o divine_a honour_n as_o dog_n cat_n swine_n leek_n onion_n etc._n etc._n which_o barbarous_a blasphemy_n juvenal_n thus_o deride_v o_o happy_a nation_n which_o of_o their_o own_o sow_v have_v store_n of_o god_n in_o every_o garden_n grow_v §_o 4._o of_o jupiter_n and_o other_o god_n that_o egypt_n have_v knowledge_n of_o the_o first_o age_n by_o misraim_n the_o son_n of_o cham_n who_o have_v live_v 100_o year_n in_o it_o we_o doubt_v not_o have_v therefore_o learned_a that_o cain_n do_v first_o build_v city_n they_o make_v he_o ancient_a jupiter_n who_o the_o athenian_n also_o call_v pollyeus_fw-la and_o herceios_fw-la founder_n and_o fortifier_n of_o city_n this_o jupiter_n marry_v his_o sister_n as_o do_v cain_n his_o father_n adam_n they_o make_v saturn_n and_o his_o son_n jubal_n tubal_n and_o tubal-cain_n be_v make_v mercury_n vulcan_n and_o apollo_n inventor_n of_o pastorage_n smiths-craft_n and_o music_n naome_o augustine_n expound_v venusta_fw-la which_o be_v venus_n vulcan_n wife_n and_o eva_n be_v rhea_n the_o dragon_n which_o keep_v the_o golden_a apple_n be_v the_o serpent_n that_o beguile_v eva._n paradise_n be_v the_o garden_n of_o hesperide_n so_o saturn_n divide_v the_o world_n between_o three_o son_n come_v of_o noah_n and_o his_o son_n and_o nimrod_n tower_n be_v the_o attempt_n of_o giant_n against_o heaven_n the_o egyptian_n also_o worship_v seth_n as_o their_o most_o ancient_a parent_n from_o who_o they_o call_v their_o chief_a province_n setheitica_fw-la and_o in_o bithynia_n we_o â—ind_v the_o city_n cethia_n 17._o §_o 5._o of_o the_o three_o chief_a jupiters_n the_o first_o be_v son_n of_o aether_n &_o die_n the_o second_o of_o coelum_fw-la a_o arcadian_a and_o king_n of_o athens_n the_o three_o famous_a in_o the_o greek_a fable_n be_v of_o crect_n or_o candia_n as_o some_o say_v but_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n etc._n etc._n §_o 6._o jupiter_n chammon_n more_o ancient_a than_o all_o the_o grecian_a jupiters_n be_v cham_n father_n
expulsion_n of_o native_n and_o that_o every_o man_n begin_v to_o desire_v a_o distinct_a place_n and_o dislike_v to_o live_v in_o common_a phaleg_n son_n of_o heber_n in_o who_o time_n fall_v the_o division_n of_o tongue_n which_o the_o hebrew_n refer_v to_o his_o death_n anno_fw-la 340_o after_o the_o flood_n for_o at_o his_o birth_n anno_fw-la 101_o there_o can_v be_v no_o multitude_n to_o divide_v they_o say_v far_o that_o heber_n give_v phaleg_n his_o name_n by_o prophecy_n foresee_v the_o division_n to_o come_v but_o heber_n may_v without_o prophecy_n foresee_v the_o division_n of_o family_n will_v grow_v upon_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o world_n beside_o phaleg_n may_v change_v his_o name_n upon_o that_o occasion_n as_o jacob_n into_o israel_n long_o before_o he_o die_v for_o his_o death_n fall_v in_o ninus_n day_n but_o 12_o year_n before_o abraham_n whereas_o the_o division_n have_v be_v long_o before_o and_o the_o multitude_n be_v infinite_a in_o ninus_n day_n joctan_n 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it_o corrupt_v from_o parvaim_n to_o barbatia_n as_o for_o peru_n jucatan_n etc._n etc._n in_o america_n they_o be_v late_o mistake_v name_n havilah_n another_o of_o ioctan_n son_n be_v think_v to_o inhabit_v the_o continent_n of_o east-india_n water_v by_o the_o river_n ganges_n as_o the_o country_n of_o havilah_n the_o son_n of_o chush_fw-mi be_v water_v by_o pison_n west_n of_o tigris_n or_o rather_o to_o shur_n but_o if_o the_o common_a opinion_n of_o jerom_n be_v true_a joctan_n and_o his_o posterity_n settle_v about_o mesech_n or_o the_o hill_n masius_n between_o cilicia_n and_o mesopotamia_n and_o that_o these_o three_o son_n or_o their_o issue_n go_v afterward_o into_o east-india_n as_o for_o sepher_n a_o mountain_n of_o the_o east_n as_o jerom_n look_v for_o it_o in_o east-india_n so_o montanus_n in_o the_o west_n make_v it_o andes_n in_o america_n but_o for_o moses_n sepher_n we_o find_v sipphora_n place_v by_o ptolemy_n on_o the_o east_n side_n of_o masius_n neither_o be_v 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to_o avoid_v and_o thereupon_o think_v upon_o some_o equal_a rule_n to_o limit_v dominion_n which_o before_o be_v lawless_a law_n be_v then_o set_v for_o government_n acquire_v the_o title_n of_o regal_a power_n or_o government_n and_o want_v thereof_o be_v know_v to_o be_v tyrannical_a the_o one_o ordain_v by_o god_n for_o his_o people_n good_a the_o other_o permit_v to_o afflict_v they_o in_o this_o infancy_n of_o regal_a authority_n prince_n just_a and_o religious_a be_v esteem_v god_n say_v fabius_n pictor_n and_o though_o necessity_n and_o reason_n seem_v author_n of_o government_n yet_o god_n kindle_v this_o light_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n and_o set_v they_o a_o pattern_n in_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n wherein_o they_o see_v bee_n crane_n deer_n etc._n etc._n to_o follow_v a_o leader_n and_o god_n in_o his_o word_n take_v it_o upon_o he_o to_o appoint_v government_n prov._n 8.15_o dan._n 2.21_o and_o 5.21_o john_n 19.21_o §_o 2._o what_o be_v the_o government_n before_o the_o flood_n more_o than_o paternal_a be_v uncertain_a or_o from_o what_o better_a kind_n of_o public_a government_n the_o tyranny_n of_o that_o age_n do_v grow_v after_o the_o flood_n three_o sort_n of_o government_n be_v find_v approve_v one_a the_o government_n by_o one_o rule_v by_o just_a law_n call_v monarchy_n oppose_v to_o tyranny_n 2_o dly_z the_o government_n by_o divers_a principal_a person_n establish_v by_o order_n and_o rule_v by_o law_n call_v aristocracy_n oppose_v by_o oligarchy_n in_o usurpation_n of_o a_o few_o 3._o the_o government_n of_o the_o people_n call_v democracy_n oppose_v to_o ochlocracy_n which_o be_v a_o tumultuous_a will_n of_o a_o confuse_a multitude_n without_o law_n the_o elder_a of_o every_o family_n at_o the_o first_o set_v order_n to_o his_o issue_n and_o upon_o increase_n plant_v they_o about_o he_o in_o one_o field_n of_o which_o grow_v village_n then_o follow_v society_n pagus_n by_o divers_a village_n call_v pagus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v a_o fountain_n for_o that_o all_o these_o village_n drink_v of_o the_o same_o fountain_n like_o our_o hundred_o and_o when_o malice_n pride_n and_o emulation_n set_v one_o race_n against_o another_o man_n join_v divers_a village_n which_o have_v banks_n and_o ditch_n for_o defence_n call_v it_o oppidum_n as_o oppose_v to_o their_o enemy_n vrbs_fw-la ab_fw-la orb_n a_o circuit_n first_o make_v with_o a_o plough_n say_v varro_n which_o word_n be_v first_o use_v for_o the_o wall_n and_o building_n as_o civitas_n for_o the_o inhabitant_n but_o be_v after_o confound_v yet_o every_o inhabitant_n be_v not_o proper_o a_o citizen_n but_o he_o which_o have_v the_o freedom_n and_o privilege_n of_o it_o and_o be_v capable_a of_o bear_v rule_n in_o it_o and_o as_o city_n grow_v by_o association_n of_o village_n so_o do_v common-weal_n by_o association_n of_o city_n §_o 3._o the_o first_o age_n after_o the_o flood_n be_v call_v golden_a while_o ambition_n and_o avarice_n etc._n etc._n be_v in_o the_o blade_n man_n be_v more_o plain_a simple_a and_o content_v yet_o in_o respect_n of_o government_n they_o be_v as_o the_o follow_a age_n in_o which_o as_o good_a king_n make_v golden_a time_n so_o the_o contrary_a yea_o prince_n beginning_n be_v common_o golden_a in_o which_o their_o game_n be_v common_o smooth_o play_v but_o time_n shrink_v their_o heart_n and_o small_a error_n at_o first_o breed_v great_a as_o it_o be_v also_o in_o every_o man_n life_n his_o youth_n be_v golden_a which_o when_o time_n have_v eat_v up_o and_o breed_v such_o alteration_n we_o praise_v what_o be_v past_a it_o be_v the_o vice_n of_o our_o malignity_n to_o extol_v the_o past_a and_o loath_a the_o present_a such_o inquire_v not_o wise_o say_v ecclesiasticus_fw-la our_o ancestor_n have_v we_o and_o our_o child_n will_v make_v the_o same_o complaint_n and_o what_o be_v new_a shall_v be_v old_a say_v arnobius_n the_o virtue_n of_o king_n
sophocles_n and_o though_o papist_n say_v that_o heathen_a image_n be_v instead_o of_o letter_n yet_o as_o heathen_a picture_n prove_v notorious_a idol_n so_o those_o stock_n stones_z etc._n etc._n call_v picture_n of_o christ_n our_o lady_n etc._n etc._n be_v by_o the_o ignorant_a not_o only_o worship_v but_o think_v to_o live_v it_o be_v safe_a then_o for_o christian_n to_o believe_v god_n commandment_n direct_o against_o image_n and_o that_o which_o the_o prophet_n and_o st._n paul_n speak_v plain_o and_o convince_o §_o 8._o ninus_n the_o first_o idolater_n a_o invader_n of_o other_o and_o public_a adulterer_n of_o who_o nothing_o be_v certain_a which_o be_v write_v for_o berosus_n who_o chief_o follow_v he_o in_o the_o assyrian_a succession_n from_o nimrod_n to_o ascalodius_fw-la in_o the_o day_n of_o joshua_n be_v disprove_v by_o many_o ctesias_n who_o live_v with_o cyrus_n the_o young_a a_o gross_a flatterer_n of_o prince_n speak_v of_o incredible_a number_n in_o ninus_n and_o 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terah_n scaliger_n seth_n calvisius_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o contrary_a call_v it_o heresy_n in_o chronology_n bucholcreus_fw-la chitreus_n functius_n and_o other_o follow_v they_o yet_o torniellus_n in_o his_o annal_n confute_v they_o but_o if_o we_o advise_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n in_o abraham_n day_n we_o shall_v rather_o increase_v the_o time_n from_o the_o flood_n to_o abraham_n as_o the_o septuagint_n do_v to_o 1072_o than_o shorten_v it_o to_o 292_o for_o such_o pare_n of_o time_n to_o the_o quick_a draw_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o story_n if_o scripture_n testimony_n be_v not_o supreme_a see_v then_o we_o know_v the_o world_n be_v so_o people_v and_o kingdom_n so_o furnish_v with_o city_n of_o state_n and_o strength_n more_o time_n be_v require_v for_o it_o than_o many_o imagine_v etc._n etc._n §_o 8._o the_o assyrian_n time_n order_v by_o abraham_n be_v history_n §_o thus_o abraham_n birth_n be_v 352_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o so_o the_o 2009_o 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italia_n which_o in_o time_n grow_v the_o common_a name_n say_v pliny_n such_o change_n in_o the_o aeolic_a dialect_n be_v familiar_a as_o to_o call_v a_o island_n people_v by_o aetholians_n aethalia_n the_o original_a of_o greek_n and_o latin_n be_v from_o javan_n who_o sail_v over_o the_o ionian_a sea_n between_o aetolia_n and_o the_o western_a ocean_n plant_v greece_n and_o italy_n reyneccius_n make_v atlai_n italus_n one_o which_o berosus_n call_v cethim_n italus_n but_o be_v deceive_v for_o atlas_n be_v esteem_v more_o ancient_a than_o moses_n and_o if_o he_o be_v cethim_n or_o kithim_n noah_n grandson_n his_o antiquity_n exceed_v that_o of_o italy_n which_o name_n virgil_n confess_v late_a and_o from_o a_o captain_n but_o see_v hercules_n a_o little_a before_o troy_n fall_n leave_v a_o colony_n of_o elean_n or_o aetolean_n it_o may_v be_v under_o the_o command_n of_o one_o call_v aitolus_fw-la a_o name_n famous_a among_o aetolian_n italy_n may_v take_v name_n of_o he_o §_o 2._o aborigines_n that_o be_v the_o native_n of_o the_o place_n inhabit_a latium_n who_o halycarnassus_n varro_n and_o reyneccius_n think_v to_o have_v be_v arcadian_n who_o use_v to_o vaunt_v of_o their_o antiquity_n have_v more_o constant_o keep_v their_o country_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la than_o other_o greek_n yet_o be_v fruitful_a send_v colony_n to_o other_o country_n as_o when_o evander_n be_v send_v into_o the_o same_o part_n of_o italy_n pelasgi_n a_o ancient_a nation_n after_o give_v name_n to_o all_o greece_n but_o such_o of_o they_o as_o come_v into_o italy_n lose_v the_o name_n of_o their_o tribe_n in_o a_o short_a time_n sicani_n ausones_n aurunci_n rutili_fw-la in_o after_o age_n disturb_a latium_n whiâ—h_n satâ—rn_n have_v bring_v to_o some_o civility_n and_o teach_v to_o dung_n the_o ground_n that_o latium_n take_v the_o name_n of_o saturn_n lurk_v there_o from_o jupiter_n be_v far_o fetch_v and_o questionless_a a_o fable_n yet_o many_o fable_n be_v occasion_v from_o some_o 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life_n of_o romulus_n
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