that are called Hesperians in Aethiopia and Sabaeus founded the Sabeans M As for Nimrod the sixth son of Chus Nabrodes or Nâ—mbroth he setled his Colony upon the Confines of Babylon and tyrannized there as is before declared All the eight sons of Misraim occupied all the Countrey from Gaza unto Egypt Palestine so named of Philestine but onely one of the eight named Philistin hath left his name to the Countrey which he possess'd for the Greeks call a part thereof Palestine As touching the rest Lom Enam and Labim Nethem Phetrosim Chestem Chreesene and Chepthom we know neither of their actions nor of their names except Labim who planted a Colony in Lybia and gave his name to it For the Aethiopians whereof hereafter we shall make mention overthrew their Cities Canaan also had eleven sons The Children of Canaan amongst whom Sidonius built and named Sidon a City in N Phoenicia and Amathus built Amath which at this day the Inhabitants call Amatha though the Macedonians call it Epiphania which signifies famous from the name of one of its Princes Arudeus possessed the Isles of Arudus and Ariceus built the City of Arce upon mount Libanus As for the other seven Eveus Cheteus Jebuseus Eucleus Sineus Samarcus and Gorgeseus there is no memory remaining of them in Sacred Scriptures but onely their names For the Hebrews razed their Cities upon the occasions which I am going to relate After the Deluge Hedio Ruffinus cap. 13. when the earth was established in its first estate Noah gave himself to Tillage Gen. 9. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25. and planted Vineyards and when the Fruit thereof was ripe and he had pressed and made Wine thereof he drank and banquetted after he had done sacrifice being thereby made drunk and overpressed with sleep he lay discovered in a most unseemly O and shameful fashion which when Cham his younger son beheld he scornfully discover'd it to his Brothers who being asham'd cover'd their Father's nakedness with A reverence Noah is made drunk lieth naked and is scorned and curseth him that derideth him Which fact of his coming to the knowledge of Noah he wished all felicity to the two other and as touching Cham out of a fatherly tenderness he cursed him not but only his posterity after him who accordingly were punisht for the sin of their Forefather as we shall shew hereafter Sem the third son of Noah had five sons who inhabited the Countrey of Asia beginning at Euphrates Hedio Ruffinus cap. 14. and extending to the Indian Ocean For Elimis the eldest left the Elimeans or Elamites for his Successors whence proceeded the Persians Assur the second built the City of Ninive Gen. 7. 1. and gave his Subjects the name of Assyrians who were rich above all the rest Of the Sons of Sem the third Son of Noah and of theirs and Abraham's Progeny Arphaxad the third named those of his command Arphaxadians who at this day are called Chaldeans Aram the fourth had the Arameans whom the Greeks call Syrians B And from Ludis the fifth came the Ludéans who at this day are called Lydians Of those four sons which Aram had Vses dwelt in the Region of Trachonites and built the City of Damascus scituate between Palestine and that part of Syria which is sirnamed Caeler or hollow Otrus obtained Armenia Gether Bactria Misas was father to the Mezaneans whose Countrey is called at this day the valley of Pasin Sale Arphaxad's son was Heber's father from whose name in times past the Hebrews were denominated Heber begat Jucta and Phaleg The original of the Hebrews who was so called for that he was born at such time as Lands came to be divided for Phaleg in Hebrew signifieth Division They that follow were the sons of Jucta Elmodad Saleph Azermoth Izrais Edoram Vzal Dael Ebal Ebemael Sapham Ophir Evilas and Jobel who occupied some parcel of that Region which was between Cophen a River C in India and the hither Syria Hitherto have we spoken of the Progeny of Sem now we come to speak of the Hebrews Abraham's Genealogy Phaleg the son of Heber begat Ragaus by whom was begot Seruch from whom Nachor descended and from Nachor Thares who was Abraham's father the tenth in account from Noah and born 292 years after the Deluge For Thares being 70 years old begat Abraham Nachor at 120 years of age begat Thares Nachor was born to Seruch when he was about the years of 132 of his life and Ragaus begat Seruch when he was 130 years old and about those years Phaleg begat Ragaus But Heber at 34 years of age begat Phaleg himself begotten by Sela when he was 135 years old which Sela was begotten by Arphaxad when he was 135 years of age And Arphaxad was the son of Sem and Grandson of Noah whom he begat two years after the Deluge Abraham had two D brothers Nachor and Aram of whom Aram left Lot for his son and Sara and Melcha for his daughters and afterwards dyed in the land of Canaan in a City called Vr of the Chaldees where his Sepulchre is to be seen even at this day His daughters were married Melcha to Nachor The year of the World 2950. before Christ's Nativity 2014. and Sara to Abraham But Thares growing weary of Chaldaea after the death of his son Aram he and his Family transported themselves into Charan a City of Mesopotamia in which place they buried Thares when he had lived the space of 250 years For about this time the life of man was abridged and grew more short until the time of Moses The term of man's life about this term 120. when the space of man's life limited by God himself was 120 years to which term Moses attained Nachor had eight children by Melcha his wife Vx Baux Manuel Zacham Azam Phaleg Jadelphus and Bathuel who were the legitimate sons of Nachor E But Tabaeus and Gadan Thavan and Macham were begotten by him on his Concubine Ruma To Bathuel one of the legitimate sons of Nachor was born a daughter named Rebecca and a son called Laban CHAP. VII How Abraham Gen. 12. 1. ad 4. the Author of our Nation departed from the Land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in the Countrey of the Canaanites which is now called Judea ABraham having no Issue adopted Lot the son of Aram's brother and brother to Sara his wife The year of the World 2204 before Chri 〈…〉 Nativity 1940. he departed out of the Countrey of Chaldee when he was 75 years old having had commandment from God to depart thence into Canaan in which Countrey F he remained and left the same to his Posterity after him He was a man accomplished in all things full of understanding and apt to persuade those that gave ear unto him without any default in his foresight and providence Hedio Ruffinus cap. 15. For this cause
deny For all the Egyptians in general are our Enemies and among the Phoenicians they especially of Tyre which I cannot justly say of the Chaldees who having been Princes over our Nation and because of their affinity and alliance with our Countrymen have in their Chronicles made mention of the Jews When I have proved what I now aver and refeld the slanderous reports against us I will then also N shew who amongst the Greeks have spoken of us that so the Greeks may also be deprived of this shift and refuge to excuse their malicious lies falsly forged against our Nation And first of all I will begin with the Writings of the Egyptians Manethon an Egyptian Writer who as they well know do nothing at all favour us Manethon an Egyptian born skilful in the Greek tongue as by his Works appears for he writ in Greek compiling a History of the Customs and Religion of his fore-Fathers collected as himself reporteth out of the Egyptian holy Writings often reprehendeth Herodotus of falshood through ignorance in the affairs of the Egyptians This Manethon in his second Book of the Egyptian Customs saith thus I will set down his own Words because I use them as a witness We have a King saith he named Timaeus in whose Reign God being angry with us contrary to all O expectation an obscure People took courage came from the East and pitching their Tents A in our Country over-ran it and no man resisted them and committing our Princes to bonds they burnt our Cities and destroyed the Temples of our gods and behaved themselves most cruelly against the Inhabitans killing many of them and making Slaves of the rest with their Wives and Children Finally they chose a King of their own and gave him the Government of our Country his Name was Saltis who coming to Memphis made the higher and lower Provinces Tributaries Saltis 〈◊〉 the Egyptians leaving Garrisons in the strong holds and fortifying certain places in the East And weighing with himself that the Assyrians were more potent than he and would in probability invade his Country he found out in this Province an ancient City called Saite fit for his purpose as being scituate on the East side of the River Bubastis which by an ancient Divine was called Avaris he repaired this City compassed it B with vast Walls and put a Garison in it of two hundred thousand armed men Saltis made this incursion in harvest time to the intent that he might both pay his Souldiers and be a terrour unto other people and after he had reigued nineteen years he died After him succeeded anothe King called Baeon who reigned four and forty years next to him Aphinas who reighned thirty six years and seven months then Aphosis who reigned threescore and one years and then Iandas who reigned fifty years and one month after them also reigned Alsis nine and forty years and two months and these six were the first Kings amongst them Kings Shepherds ever destroying and warring upon the Egyptians and labouring to extinguish their race This Nation was called Hicsos which signifieth Kings shepherds For Hic in the sacred Tongue signifieth a King and Sos C a Shepherd or shepherds according to the common speech and Hicsos is a compound word Some say these People were Arabians but in other Copies I find that Hicsos is not interpreted Kings shepherds but shepherds that were Captives For Hic and Hac also when it is pronounced doth in the Egyptian tongue signify a Captive and this latter exposition seemeth to me to be the truest for it is more agreeable with the History Wherefore Manethon reporteth these foresaid Kings and Shepherds to have ruled Egypt five hundred and eleven years and after these the King of Thebes and the King of the Residue of Egypt uniting their forces invaded the said Shepherds had great and long Wars with them and that the said Shepherds were overcome by the King Alisfragumthosis that then they lost all Egypt which had been in their power that they D were shut up in a place called Avarus containing ten thousand acres of ground which as Manethon reporteth these Shepherds environed round about with a huge Wall to the end that their whole Provision might be within their Fortifications and the prey which they got in a condition to be defended That Themosis Son of the said Alisfragumthosis endeavoured by force to subdue them and for this cause besieged them with four hundred and 80000 men That at last despairing to take them by force he capitulated with them that they should safely depart out of Egypt whither they would and that they upon these Conditions together with all their Families and Goods and Cattel departed out of Egypt into the Wilderness and so into Syria being in number two hundred and forty thousand and that fearing the puissance of the Assyrians E who at that time reigned in Asia they builded a City in the Country now called Judaea which they made so large that it might receive them all and this City they called Jerusalem Further the said Manethon in another Book of the Egyptian Affairs saith That in the holy Writings he findeth the feresaid Shepherds called Captives wherein he saith true For our Ancestors were wont to feed cattel and so leading a pastoral life were called Shepherds neither are they unjustly called Captives For our fore-Father Joseph told the King of Egypt that he was a Captive and long time after called his Brethren into Egypt by the Kings Command but we will hereafter examin this point more straitly I will now cite the Testimony of the Egyptians concerning this point and relate the words of Manethon touching the time when this befel who saith F as followeth After that the Nation of Shepherds were departed out of Egypt unto Jerusalem King Themosis who drave them out of the Land reigned twenty five years and four months and then died And his Son Chebron succeeded him who reigned thirteen years and after him Amenophis twenty years and seven months next his Sister Amesses one and twenty years and nine months then reigned Mephios twelve years and nine months and Mephamuthosis twenty five years and ten months Themosis nine years and eight months Amenophis thirty years and ten months Orus thirty six years and five months after him his Daughter Achemcheres twelve years and one months and the Brother of Rathotis nine years Achencheres twelve years and five months another Achencheres G twelve years and three months Armais four years and one month Armesis one year and four months Armesesmiamus threescore and six years and two months Amenophis nineteen years and six months Sethosis King of Egypt made his Brother Armais Governour of his Country Moreover that Sethosis having prepar'd a huge Army H both of foot and horse and a Navy at Sea left the Government of Egypt unto his Brother Armais investing him with soveraign Authority only he forbad him
displeasure if the matter were discover'd whereby both he and the Child should be made away and Gods promises should be frustrate he chose rather wholly to commit the safety of his son to F his Providence supposing that if the Boy were hidden which notwithstanding would be hard to effect yet it would be troublesom unto him to live in continual peril both of his own and his sons safety moreover he thought that God would provide some means of preservation to the intent that nothing of that which he had foretold might be proved false Having taken this resolution they prepared and made a Cradle of Sedge after the manner of a Couch so great that it was sufficient to lay the Child in at ease and having pitched it on every side lest the water should pierce the same they put the Child in to it and suffering him to float along the stream committed him to the mercy of God Ver. 3. Whil'st in this manner it was born down by the stream Mariam the sister of the young Infant Moses cast into the floud by her Mothers command went along the Bank on the other side of G the River observing whither at length the Basket would be carried and where it should arrive At that time God manifestly declared That nothing is atchieved by mans wisdom but that all things are brought to pass by his admirable Providence and that they who for their profit The year of the World 2376. before Christ's Nativity 1588. and particular security seek the ruine and destruction of others H with never so much subtilty care and diligence yet are oftentimes deceiv'd in their expectations And that they that submit their wills unto Gods Will are secured from all wrongs by such means as were never thought on as may most manifestly be perceived by this Child Thermuthis Ver. 5. the King's daughter walking alone the River side espied this Basket carried away by the course of the stream Thermuthis Pharaohs daughter causeth Moses to be taken out of the River and presently commanded certain Swimmers to fetch it to Land and bring it before her who executing her Command she opened the Basket and beheld the Child who in that he was fair and well featured did greatly delight her Thus God so loved and favoured Moses that he caused him both to be nourished and brought up by them who for fear lest he should be born had decreed to I destroy all the rest of the Race of the Hebrews Thermuthis therefore commanded them to fetch her a Nurse who might give the Child suck who refusing the same as all other Nurses did that were sent for to suckle him Mariam as if by good fortune and not of set purpose she had light into their company began to speak thus unto Thermuthis In vain said she O Princess doest thou strive to give this Babe suck by any but an Hebrew Nurse for he will not accept it for if thou call unto thee a Nurse of the same Nation and agreeable with his nature doubtless he will take the nipple This Speech of hers being both heard and plausibly accepted the Princess commanded her to bring her an Hebrew woman that gave suck which she diligently performing returned and brought her Mother with her whom none of the assistants knew and who presenting her breast unto the Child K he willingly took the dug Moses whence he received his name so that upon the Princess command the suckling of the Child was wholly committed unto her By reason of this accident and for that he was cast into the River he was called Moses for the Egyptians call water Mo and saved Yses so this name composed of these two words was imposed on this Child who afterwards without exceptions became the wisest Man among the Hebrews according as God had foretold Moses the 7th after Abraham He was the seventh after Abraham for he was Amrams son and Amram son unto Cathis and he to Levi and Levi to Jacob who was the son of Isaac who was the son of Abraham He had a judgment riper than his age for even amongst his childish delights he shewed himself more discreet than all his equals and whatsoever he did it gave testimony that at such time as he should attain to Mans estate he would be L capable of great things When he was but 3 years old God adorned and endowed him with an admirable beauty He was so fair and amiable that there was not any how austere and inhumane soever but in beholding him would be astonished Yea divers who met him as he was carried through the streets turned themselves about to behold him and intermitted their other affairs Ver. 10. onely to look upon him for the admirable beauty of this Infant Moses the adopted son of Thermuthis daughter unto Pharaoh did ravish all those that saw him Whence it came to pass that Thermuthis in that she had no other Issue adopted him for her Heir and carrying him to the King her Father she presented him to him saying That she was careful of a Successor by reason God had not vouchsafed him to have any Issue for saith she I have brought up this Infant no less excellent in wit than divine in beauty having received him miraculously from the M River Nilus and I have decreed to adopt him my Child and to establish him as Successor to thee in thy Kingdom This said she delivered the Infant into her Fathers arms who after he had embraced and hugged him at his breast to give his daughter the more content he put his Diadem upon the Childs head but Moses pulling it from his head after a childish manner cast it on the ground and spurned it with his feet which act of his was supposed ominous to the Realm and dangerous for the King Whereupon the sacred Secretary who had foretold that his Nativity would be the destruction of the Egyptians willed them to kill the Child crying out with a loud voyce to the King after this manner O King this Child by whose death God promiseth us security hath already confirmed the presage insulting over thy Kingdom and spurning thy Diadem Take from the Egyptians N that fear which they have conceived of him by his death and from the Hebrews that hope which they build on his courage and life Ver. 10. But Thermuthis hastily conveyed him thence and the King was not overforward to lay hands on him Moses delivered from death by reason that God disposed all things in this manner in that he had a care of Moses preservation He was therefore very carefully brought up and by reason of him the Hebrews in general were replenished with good hope but by the Egyptians his education both was suspected and grudged at yet by reason that if the Lad should have been slain there was not any one either akin or adopted that could pretend to the succession of the Crown of
passages of their Country by which they thought their Enemy might break in preparing themselves to repell them with force and valor Yet no sooner did Phinees with his Forces charge them Cap. 3. 8. ad 18. but upon the first encounter so great a multitude of the Madianites was slain Five Kings of the Madianites slain that the number of the Carcasses could hardly be reckoned Neither were their Kings saved from the Sword these were Och Sur Robeas Vbes and Rechem from whom the chiefest City of the Arabians deriveth its name Otherwise Aâ—â—â—eme or Arca. and at this day retaineth O the same and is call'd Receme and by the Grecians Petra The Hebrews having thus put their Enemies to flight ravaged the Region and carried away with them great A spoils The year of the World 2493. before Christ's Nativity 1471. and killing all the Inhabitants thereof both Men and Women they onely spared the Virgins according to the command Phinees had received from Moses who returning home with his Army in safety brought with him a memorable and glorious prey of Oxen 52067 of Asses 60000 of gold and silver Vessels an incredible number which the Madianites were wont to use for their domestick occasions A great prey gotten from the Madianites so great was their great Riches and Luxury There were also led Captives about 30000 Virgins But Moses dividing the prey gave the fiftieth part thereof to Eleazar and the Priests and to the Levites another fiftieth Num. 27. 18. the remainder he distributed amongst the People who after this Battel lived in great security Deut. 3. 22. having gotten Riches by their Valor Moses appointed Joshua for his Successor and Peace also to enjoy the same Now for that Moses was well stricken in years he appointed Joshua to B succeed him in the Offices both of a Prophet a Prince and a Governor for God had so commanded that he should make choice of him to be his Successor in the principality for he was most expert in all divine and humane knowledge Numb 32. 1 5 c. being therein instructed by his Master Moses The Tribes of Reuben Gad and the half of Manasses require the land of the Amorites About that time the two Tribes of Gad and Reuben with the half Tribe of Manasses being abundantly stored with Cattel and all other manner of Riches by common consent requested Moses to give and assign to them in particular the Country of the Amorites which not long since they had conquered by the Sword for that it was full of rich Pastures But he suspecting that through fear they sought to withdraw themselves from the War with the Canaanites under pretext of care of their Cattel sharply reproved them saying that they were fearful and that their desire was to possess C that Land which was conquered by the Valor of the whole People to the end they might lead their lives in idleness and pleasure and not to bear Arms with the rest of the Host to help them to posses the Land beyond Jordan which God had promised them by overcoming those Nations which he commanded them to account for their Enemies These Tribes lest he should seem to be deservedly incensed against them answered that neither through fear they fled danger neither through sloth shunned labour but onely design'd to leave their prey in commodious places to the end they might be more fit to follow the War saying that they were ready if so be they might receive Cities for the defence and receipt of their Wives Children and Substance to follow the rest of the Army whithersoever they were conducted and to adventure their lives with them D for the common interest Moses satisfi'd with their reason in the presence of Eleazar the High Priest and Joshua with the rest of the Magistrates granted them the Land of the Amorites with this condition that together with the rest of the People they should march against their common Enemies Numb 35. 34 c. till the War were accomplished according to their desire accordingly having received that which they demanded they built them walled Cities Deut. 4. 43. and left their Children Josh 20. 8 9. Wives and Substance in the same Moses also built ten Cities in that Region which are to be reckoned in the number of those 48 abovemention'd in three whereof he appointed Sanctuaries The Cities of refuge and places of refuge which they only might take benefit of who fled thither for Casual Homicide and he appointed them their term of Exile till the time of the death of the High Priest under whom the E Manslaughter was committed at which time they might safely return into their Countrey And during the time of their Exile it was lawful for any of the Kin to take revenge upon the Offender by killing him only at such time as he was found without the City of Refuge which right he gave onely to those that were akin but not to others Now the Cities of Refuge were these in the Confines of Arabia Bosora in the Region of Galadena Numb 36. 1 2. Arimanum in the Countrey of Bazan Gaul Moses also ordained that after the Conquest of Canaan The daughters of Salpades have their inheritance in their fathers place three more Cities of the Levites should be appointed to that end that they might give refuge and habitation to such sort of Offenders At that time when one of the Magistrates called Salphates of the Tribe of Manasses was dead and had onely left Daughters behind him the Governors of the Tribe came unto Moses F and asked his counsel The history of Deuteronomy Whether they should inherit the Lands of their Father Moses answered them Ruffin cap. 5. That if they married within their Tribe they should inherit but if they made choice to marry themselves into another Tribe Hedio cap. 8. then they should lose their Patrimony in their own Deut. 41 c. ad 43. and for this cause made he this Ordinance to the end that every Tribe should continually possess its proper inheritance But whereas now there remained but 30 days only to fulfill the number of 40 years since their departure out of Egypt Moses summoning an Assembly in that place near to Jordan where now the City of Abila is scituate environed with fields beset with Palm-trees as soon as he saw the People ready to hear him spake unto them after this manner G CHAP. VIII H Moses Laws and how he was taken out of this world from the company of Men Deut. 4. MY dear friends Moses oration unto the people before his death and companions in my long Travels with whom I have run through so many dangers since it is thought requisite by God and mine age amounting to the number of one hundred and twenty years requireth no less that I must depart out of this life and
necessary to declare the occasions whereon at that present the debate was grounded to the end that the Readers may understand the difficulty of the thing in question and that if they happen at any time to be concerned in such affairs they might by his example learn to discover the truth Two Women of loose life and conversation came unto him one of the which who seemed to have suffered the injury began after this manner D I Two women accuse one another for exchange of their children O King said she and this Woman dwell together in one Chamber but so it fortuned that both of us on one day and at the same hour bare each of us a son some three dayes after we were delivered this Woman lying by her Infant had in sleep overlaid it and stifled it and hath taken my Child from between my knees and laid it by her and put the dead Child whilest I slept A v. 16 ad fin into my bosome Now on the morrow when I thought to give mine Infant suck I found not mine own but perceived that her Child lay dead by me for I knew it because I had exactly marked it This my Child I have demanded at her hands and because I could not recover it I have made my Address unto your Majesty for in that we were alone and she is obstinate and feareth not to be convicted by any she persisteth in her denial of the same After the King had heard her request he enquired of the other if she had any thing E to answer to this accusation But she denying the act and averring that the Child which remained alive was hers and that the dead one appertained to the other and besides that since no Man appeared that might determine the controversie but all that stood by were amazed at the obscurity and difficulty of the debate the King at last found out this expedient of discovering the truth He commanded that both the Children should be brought before him Ver. 24 25. as well the living as the dead and calling one of his Guard unto him Solomon commandeth both the children to be divided into two parts he commanded him with his naked Sword to cut both the Children into two parts to the intent that both of them might take the half of the living and the other half of the dead Child This sentence of his at first seemed so ridiculous that it was exploded by all that stood by In the mean time the true Mother began to cry out and desire that F the matter might not pass so far but rather that they should give the whole Child that was alive unto the other for that it sufficed her so she might see him alive though he might be supposed to be anothers The other willingly consented to the division of the Infant and moreover required that the true Mother should be punished But the King conjecturing by the discourse both of the one Ver. 27. and of the other Solomon by the speech and gesture of the women discovereth the true mother which was the true Parent adjudged the Infant unto her that opposed his death for that in equity she was the true Mother and condemned the wickedness of the other who had murthered her own Child and laboured as much as in her lay to procure the death of her companions innocent Infant All the people took this judgment for an assured proof and sign of the Kings prudence and wisdom and from that time forwards they respected and honoured him as G one that was endowed with a divine spirit The Chieftains and Governors under him thorow all the Kingdom were these Vri governed the Countrey of Ephraim wherein was comprised the rule of Bethlehem Aminadab commanded over the quarter of Dura and the Sea-coast and had espoused the daughter of Solomâ—n The great Plain was subjected H to Benaia the son of Achila who governed likewise all the Countrey that extended towards Jordan Gaber commanded the Galaadites and Gaulonites as far as the Mountain Libanus and had under him sixty great Cities and Forts Achinadab governed all Galilee as far as Sadon Solomons governors and captains and had espoused also one of Solomons daughters called Basima Banacat presided over the Maâ—â—time Countrey near to the City of Arce Saphat commanded the Mountains Itabyr and Carmel 1 Reg. 4. 1 ad 21. and the Land of Galilee as far as Jordan Sonbeia governed the whole Land of the Benjamites Tabar had all the government on the other side of Jordan and was elected Governor-general over them all Thus about this time did the Hebrews wonderfully increase in riches and particularly the Tribe of Juda by reason that the people addicted themselves wholly to the tilling and manuring of their I Lands The happy peace of the Israelites in Solomons time For they were assured of their peace and not distracted by any warlike tumults and besides that fruitfully enjoying a most desired liberty they especially intended this thing onely to increase their private estates The King also had other Governors who ruled the Syrians and commanded other strange Nations which are extended from Euphrates as far as Egypt who gathered the Tribute of those Nations for the King These Barbarians every day furnished the King for his own Table Ver. 23. and the maintenance of his Houshold Solomons daily expences with thirty measures of fine flour and sixty of the courser ten fat Oxen and twenty grass Beeves with an hundred fat Lambs All which things besides Venison and Buffalles taken in chase Birds and Fish were furnished daily by the Barbarians to serve the Kings Houshold Ver. 26. He had likewise a great number of Chariots so that he had forty K thousand Mangers wherein his Horses fed Solomons chariot and horsemen and besides these he had twelve thousand Horsemen half whereof kept alwayes about the King in Jerusalem the rest were billetted in divers Villages belonging to the King Solomons prudence and wisdom and remained there And they that had the charge to furnish the Kings expences provided likewise necessary provender for the Horses conveying it to what place soever the King took his progress But so great was the wisdom and prudence which God had bestowed upon Solomon that he surpassed all his Progenitors and the Egyptians likewise who are esteemed the wisest of all Men were far behind him Solomons method in conjuration whereby he cast out devils For he excelled all those that in that time were in the greatest account amongst the Hebrews whose names I will not omit these were Ethan Eman Chaâ—â— and Dodan all four the sons of Machol He composed also 5000 Books of Odes and Songs L and 3000 Books of Parables and Similitudes beginning from the Hyssop unto the Cedar The like did he of all living creatures that feed on the earth swim in the waters or flie in the air for none of their
have presumed to have counselled you in any thing For it is in vain to give G counsel of such things as are expedient where all the Auditors are already determined to follow that which is contrary to the counsel given them But for that some are ignorant what misery War produces because by reason of their young years they have not known it others are moved with a rash and unadvised desire of liberty and others are drawn by H avarice and hope of gain in combustions I thought good to assemble you all together and declare unto you what means are to be used to restrain such people that the good may the better know how to resist and overcome the practices of the wicked But let no man murmur Agrippa striveth to make the common sort flexible and attentive if he hear that which displeaseth him and I will tell you nothing but that which seemeth expedient for you For they that are so bent to rebellion that they will not be recalled may for all my words continue in the same mind still And I will speak nothing at all except you will all keep silence I know many seek to aggravate the injuries that are done by the Rulers of this Country and highly commend and extol liberty yet before I begin to declare unto you the difference between you and those against whom ye purpose to make war I must first divide and separate two things which you think inseparable I For if you seek only to get satisfaction upon those that have injur'd you why do ye so extol liberty or if you think it not tolerable to obey any other these complaints against your Rulers are superfluous for although they were never so mild still would subjection be intolerable Call all things to mind and consider what a small cause of war is given you And first of all weigh with your selves the crimes and offences of your Rulers It behoveth to honour the Magistrate and not to provoke him by injury for you ought to shew your selves humble and dutiful to those that are in authority and not exasperate and provoke them to wrath by reproachful speeches For in reviling them for small offences you incite against you those whom you so revile and whereas before they only did you a little injury and with some shame now being moved by your resistance they will openly set upon you and destroy you There is nothing that so restraineth K cruelty as patience so that oft-times the patience of them who have suffered injury makes them that did the injury ashamed thereof Be it so that they which are sent into the Provinces and appointed by the Romans for your Governours Agrippa excuseth Caesar and the Romans are grievous to you yet all the Romans do not oppress you nor Caesar against whom you must take arms For they command no cruel Governours to come to you nor can they who are in the furthest part of the West easily know what is done in the East or indeed be exactly informed thereof And truly it is a thing most against reason to take arms for so small a cause especially when they against whom you take arms know nothing of the matter But there is reason to hope Depulsion of the Jews liberty which they so vehemently seek that these matters you now complain of will not be always so For there will not be always the same Governour and it is credible that they who succeed this will L be more gentle and courteous But if once you begin to make war it is not easie to end or sustain it without great calamities And let them who so thirst after liberty diligently advise with themselves that they do not bring upon their necks a greater bondage Slavery is a cruel thing and it seemeth a lawful cause to make War to avoid being brought into it yet he that is already in bondage and revolteth is rather a rebellious slave than one who loveth liberty You should therefore have endeavoured to resist the Romans when first Pompey entred this Land but then our ancestors and their Kings far exceeding you in riches strength of body and courage were not able to withstand a small part of the Roman forces and do you who are their successors and far weaker than they having succeeded them in subjection think that you are able to resist all the whole power of the M Romans The Athenians The example of the Athenians and others who obey the Roman Empire who sometime to preserve the liberty of Greece feared not to set their own City on fire and with a small fleet defeated that proud Xerxes whom they forced to flee with one ship though he had such a navy that the seas had scarce room for one ship to sail by another and all Europe was not able to receive his army and got that famous victory over Asia The Lacedemonians near the little Isle of Salamina yet now are subject to the Romans and that City the Queen of all Greece is now ruled by the commands it receives from Italy The Macedonians The Lacedemonians also after they had gotten such a victory at the Thermopyles and under their General Agesilaus sacked Asia acknowledge now the Romans for their Lords The Macedonians also who had before their eyes the valour of Philip N and Alexander The comparison of the Romans force with the Jews weakness and promised themselves the Empire of the whole world now patiently bear this change and obey them whom fortune hath made their masters Many other Nations who for their power and strength have far more cause than you to seek their liberty yet patiently endure to serve the Romans But you only think it a disgrace to obey them The Romans have brought the whole world under their government and have sought another world beyond the Ocean sea who are Lords of the whole World And where are the armies that you trust in or your navy to make you masters of the Romans Seas Where are your treasures to effect what you intend Think you that you are to war against the Egyptians or Arabians and do you not consider the bounds of the Romans Empire Do you not consider your own inability Know you not that your neighbour-nations have often by force taken your City and that the forces of the Romans have passed thorow the whole world unconquered and O as it were searching for something geater than the world Their dominion towards the East is extended beyond Euphrates and towards the North beyond Ister and towards A East is extended beyond Euphrates and towards the North beyond Ister and towards the South beyond the Wilderness of Libya and towards the West beyond Gades they have found another World beyond the Ocean and with an army entred Britain where never any came before Are you richer than the Gauls stronger than the Germans wiser than the Greeks are you more in number than
Jews of Caesar's threats 616 n. writeth to Caius 496 i. receiveth Letters of Caius's death 497 â— 617 d. his Letter to the Dorâ—res 521 c. Phaceias King of Israel 250 â— his impiety and wickedness ibid. e. slew 120000 Jews 251 l. took Achaz's son Prisoner ib. m. was slain 252 c. Pharao enamoured of Sara 36 l. plagâ—ed ib. m. Pharao his dreams 55 b c. delivereth Joseph from bonds ib. c. advanceth him to great honour 55 g. rejoyceth at the arrival of Joseph's brethren 60 m. enquireth Jacob's age 61 e. restored the profits of his subject's lands 62 h. Pharao killeth the male children 62 o. would have killed Moses 64 n. and 66 k. his death 67 f. Pharao counselled to dismiss the Hebrews 68 i. not moved with miracles layeth heavier tasks on them ib. l. advised once more ibid. â— driveth away Moses 70 h. dismisseth the Israelites ib. k. his host drowned 72 k. Pharisees a sect 339 m. 477 a. greedy of revenge 357 i. exempt from swearing 417 l. would not swear obedience 451 c. 463 d. their opinion 614 n. Pharos a tower 708 m. Phasaelus his government 372 c. vanquisheth Foelix 377 o. 571 b. made Tetrarch 380 c. 571 e. taken prisoner 371 n. dasheth out his brains 383 i. Phasaelus Tower and City 530 n. 584 n. Pheroras made Tetrarch 416 g. accuseth Alexander and Aristobulus 426 l. refuseth the Kings daughter 433 g. blamed for Alexanders offence 438 l. pardoned ibid. deceived 450 m. refuseth to put away his wife 451 f. banished 596 m. falleth sick and dieth 452 m. 596 n. his wise accused 452 o. she confesseth the poyson 453 f. Philip rebelleth against Antiochus 322 f. is slain 323 k. Philip King of Syria 355 i. besiegeth Demetrius 355 h. Philip Herod's son 471 d. hath part of the Kingdom 471 d. repaireth Cities 478 â— Philo Judaeus's defence c. 494 i. Philistines overcame the Israelites 139 f. exacted tribute of them 139 f. put to flight 1â—8 m. invade the Israelâ—ites 154 k. are overcome 155 b c. and 160 m. discomfit Sauls army 173 f. overcome by David 180 i. k. by Ozias 249 l. by Ezechias 253 k. Phineas the son of Eleazar 108 k. slayeth Zambrias and Chosbi ib. l. overthrew the Madianites 108 l m. his Oration to the two tribes and half 127 g. succeeded Eleazar 128 o. foretold the Israelites their victory c. 131 d. Phineas Elies son 143 e his wickedness and impiety ib. e. is slain 144 n. his wife then bare Ichabod 145 c. Phison a flood of Paradise 28 k. called also Ganges ib. k. Phora 28 k. Phraates King of Parthia slain 478 o. Phul King of the Syrians 250 d. for money made a peace ibid. d. Piety profitable 224 n o. Piety of Ancestors remembred 63 b. Piety contemned cause of calamities 132 n. 133 d. 144 k c. 168 i. 252 c d. Piety of Asa 224 i. of Josaphat 231 m. of Jotham 250 f. of Ezechias 252 d. of Josias 258 〈◊〉 and 259 h i. c. of Matthias c. 315 i. Pigeons dung sold 23â— g. Pilate succeedeth Gratus 480 i. bringeth Caesar's statues to Jerusalem 480 i. not admitted 480 k. crucifieth Christ 480 m. putteth Samaritans to flight 482 l. accused ib. sendeth the statues from Jerusalem 480 k. beateth the seditious 615 f. Pillage taken 255 l. Pillars raised 30 k. A Pillar called Galaad 48 i. Pitcher of water 169 g. Pit to be senced 117 c. Pit of swearing 40 h. Pits bituminous 37 b. Pity of Joseph towards his brethren 60 i. Placidus repulsed at Jotapata 692 i. his victory 682 o. burneth Bethenabris â—00 i. Placing of the vessels c. in the Temple 250 b c. and 21â— d. 211 h l. Plagues of Egypt 68 o. 69 a b c d e f g. 70 k. Plague in David's time 19â— f. Plague invadeth Judea 409 k. 412 g. Plat-forms erected 669 a. Plants sprang at first out of the earth 27 f. Plants not of four years growth 113 c. Plato admired 811 d. permitteth not Poets c. 813 b. Pledge to be restored to the poor 116 k. Plenty fore-signified 55 e f. Plotting of Antipater 433 e. The Plough found out and by whom 29 b. Poem of Homer 781 b. Poets cause multitudes of gods 813 a. Poyson tryed c. 458 k l. 601 b. Policy of Rebecca c. for her son 44 l. of Jacob to pacifie his brother 48 m. of the Gabeonites 124 m. of Joseph 9 e. â—0 k. 1â— e. of Jonathan 16 m. of Joseph 642 h. 665 c. 668 h. 10 l m. Politianus meets with Agrippa c. 625 c. inciteth the people to peace ib. e. Pompey Governour of Syria 362 d. marcheth against Aristobulus 363 l. 36â— h. besiegeth Jerusalem 36â— l. committeth Aristobulus to prison ib. 565 g. taketh the Temple 365 k. bestoweth the Priesthood on Hircanus ib. 366 o. spoileth not the Temple ib. d. 566 m. carrieth Aristobulus to Rome 567 a. beheadeth conspirators 56â— n o. Popedius accused 5â—5 f. Popularity of Alcimus 324 b c. Porch of the Temple 208 m. â—ired 747 a. Port of Caesarea 415 i. Port made by Herod 584 i k. Portion of Salpades daughters 109 f. Portion of Judea 659 f. Possession of Canaan prophecâ—ed of 62 i. Posterity of Ismael 40 l. Posterity of Giants extinguished 37 b. Posterity of Jethro possessed of Land 129 d. Posterity of Noah replenished the world 32 o. Posterity of Esau 50 l. of Jacob 61 b. Poyson not to be used 1â—7 a. Power given to save 59 f. Power of God every where 230 f. Power of Kings Wine and Women 277 i k l. Power of the soul â—74 l. Power of David and Solomon 805 f. Practice of Simeon and Levi 49 c. Prey that the Israelites got in war 77 b c. 109 a. 123 â— 124 l. Prayer of Noah 32 â— of Amram 63 b. of Moses 72 i. 101 d c. of Joshuah 123 f. of Samson 142 k of Solomon 211 k. of Samuel and the Israelites 148 k l. Praise of Abraham 43 d. of Jacob 62 i. of Joseph 62 k. of Joshua 77 c. and 128 n of Moses 120 k. of Samuel 16â— l. of Saul 172 k. of David 202 e. of Solomon 218 c. of Josaphat 235 m. of Nehemias 285 k. of Ananus 694 n. of Eleazar 819 d. Praise given to God 70 k l. Prediction of things to come â—18 m. Preparations for war burned 322 b. Presents of Abraham 42 k. of Jacob 57 e. of the Egyptians 70 k. of Abigail 169 b. of the Mesopotamians 184 i. of the Queen of Aethiopia and of Kings 215 f. 216 l. of Ptolomy to the Interpreters 392 o. of Herod 591 d. Preservation of Moses 63 g. 64 n. of Daniel and his companions 269 n. Preservation from blood-shed 169 b. Presidents in every City 112 k. and what manner of men they ought to be ibid. k. Pride of Amasias 248 a. of Ozias 249 o. of Senacherib 255 n. of Nebuchodonosor 269 n. of Balthasar 271 h. of John 698 m. Priest's