80. West from Orontes Westward from Orontes a River of Syria springing out of Mount Libanus and running by the Walls of Antioch into the Mediterranean Sea Jam pridem Syrus in Tâ—berim defluxit Orontes Juv. Sat. 3. V. 81. To the Ocean Bard at Darien To the South Sea stop'd by the Isthmus of Darien It is a Neck of Land of 18 Leagues over from East to West by which the South and North America are tack'd together having on one side Panama and on the other Nombre de Dios both belonging to the Spaniard This Barricado is also called The Streight of Panama its modern Name V. 82. Ganges and Indus Thence to the East-India where Ganges and Indus flow Ganges the greatest River of East-India dividing it into two parts called still by the Inhabitants Ganga it riseth out of Mount Imaus in the Confines of Great Tartary and empâ—ies it self into the Gulph of Bengala Decolor extremo quâ â—ingitur India Gange Met. l. 4. Ceu septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus Per tacitum Ganges AEn 9. From the many Islands that beset and obstruct his entrance into the Sea Indus another great River of East-India whence the Country took its Name it has its Rise out of the highest part of Imaâ—s by some called Taurus and empties its four full Mouths three others being stop'd into the Indian Ocean the Natives call it Sinde Thus the Orb he roam'd Bo. I. V. 382. thus round the Globe he roved in Latitude from Pole to Pole and in Longitude from West to Eastern India V. 183. With Inspection deep With nicest View with thorough search Inspectio Lat. of Inspicere Lat. to look to search into V. 85. Opportune might serve his Wiles What Creature was fittest for him to play his Cheats and Pranks in Opportune Bo. II. V. 397. Wiles of the Fr. Guille Deceit Fraud V. 86. The Serpent suttlest Beast c. Many Instances are by the Naturalists opposed in Apes Foxes Dogs c. to the Supreme Suttlety of the Serpent above other Beasts but if we consider how many Wiles have been observed in this sly Animal it will be hard to produce an equal number in any other Creature The first is that of stopping her Ears thô the Charmer charm never so wisely Psal. 58. 4 5. On which words St. Austin shews us its Posture Alteram Aurem terrae admovet alteram caudâ— obturat The second is the fortifying it self when attack'd by many intricate folds encircling its Head the seat of Safety and its sleeping in the same posture as our Author well observes In Labyrinth of many around self-rowl'd his Head the midst well stor'd with suttle Wiles V. 184. A third Remark is that this cunning Creature disgorges its Poison when it goes to drink for fear of infecting its own Beverage as Epiphanius A fourth is that he feeds on Fennel the easier to get rid of his old Skin Plin. l. 8. c. 27. Fifthly that he sharpens his Sight by anointing his Eyes with the Juice of the same Herb besides all which we have the Testimony of the Inspired Moses Gen. 3. 1. confirmed by our Saviour Be wise as Serpents and harmless as Doves Matth. 10. 16. Where as the Innocence of the Dove is above comparison so the Wisdom of the Serpent seems beyond parallel V. 89. Fittest Imp of Fraud Fittest Stock to graft his devilish Fraud upon Imp of the Sax. Impan to put into or of Ente Fr. a Graft and Entere Fr. to graft upon Thus Children are called Little Imps from their Imitating all they see and hear Young Grafts just shooting up to Sense Debate Bo. II. V. 42. Revolv'd Bo. IV. V. 31. Irresolute Come to no Resolution of In and Resolutus Lat. Undetermin'd V. 90. His dark Suggestions hide Wherein to hide himself and his dark Designs Suggestions Bo. I. V. 685. V 93. As from his Native Suttlety proceeding Diabolus colubrum in Paradiso corporali animal scilicet lubricum tortuosis anfractibus mobile operi suo congruum per quem loqueretur elegit Aug. l. 14. De Civ D. c. 11. Which our Author has well explain'd by the Serpents natural Suttlety disguising the Devil 's dark Designs his natural Slyness leaving less room for Suspicion V 95. Of Diabolic Power c. Of being Possess'd and Actuated by the Devil and thence assisted by Satan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. of the Devil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. a Slanderer of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. to slander misrepresenting God to Man and accusing Man to his Maker The Accuser of the Brethren as Rev. 12. 10. V. 101. As built with second Thoughts After Heaven for that the Angels were created contemporary with Man and their Creation shadow'd by those words of Moses Let there be light Gen. 1. 2. and their Ruine notified by God's dividing the light from the darkness V. 4. seems such a huddle as Human Understanding cannot comprehend Quod agebatur in mundo sensibili imago erant eorum quae in intelligibili agebantur Nam sicuti primo die Deus divisit lucem à tenebris ita tunc simul Angelos à Daemonibus gratiam à peccato gloriam à paenà caelum ab inferis dispescuit Hugo Victor l. 1. de Sacr. c. 10. Conjectural and Allegorical Our Poet supposes therefore Heaven the Seat of Angels created before the Habitations of Men who after Tryal and Obedience were to supply the Place that Rebellious Crew had forfeited and therefore in this most incomparable Prosopopeia of Satan makes him magnifie the beautiful Creation Terrestrial Heaven built on second Thoughts more wary and refined according to the manner of Men thô all the Works of God in their destin'd degrees are absolutely perfect Reforming what was old for what God after better worse would build Being the Insinuations of Satan's Misprision of the Almighty corresponding with his malicious Character undervaluing the All-wise Creator of all Things as if his Infinite Understanding like our Imperfections were improbable by experience V. 103. Terrestrial Heaven A Heaven on Earth as hinted at before What if Earth Be but the shadow of Heaven and Things therein Each t'other like more than on Earth is thought Bo. V. Vers. 575. V. 106. In the Concentring all c. of Sacred Influence Darting on thee and in thy Bosom as their common Center uniting all the wealthy Rays of vast inestimable Virtue and most powerful Efficacy as if thou alone were the sole only Object of all their glorious Eyes Sacred Influence great vast Efficacy as Homer names a great Fish 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a holy Fish 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And Darkness Sacred that is Great 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 So 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hom. The great strength of And Virg. Auri sacra fames AEn 3. So the Original in the holy Page calls great Mountains the Mountains of God Psal. 36. 6. and lofty Cedars the Cedars of God Psal. 80. 10. Concentricus Lat. that
excitatas ait ipsumque diem Lampada appellatum In Homil. de Nat. St. Joann In this sense Ahaz made his Son to go through the Fire 2 Kings 16. 3. V. 396. Grim Idol Ugly cruel Grimm Ger. Anger which distorts the Countenance and disorders it hence the Fr. Grimace for an ugly or ridiculous Face Ibid. Him the Ammonitâ— The Ammonites were descended from Lot by his youngest Daughter Gen. 19. 38. who called her Son 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Son of my People 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifying a Nation The worshipping this detestable Deity Moloch is called The Abomination of the Children of Ammon 1 Kings 11. 7. V. 397. Worshipt in Rabba A City beyond Jordan belonging to the Ammonites and Capital of their Kingdom besieged by Joab and taken by David before whose Walls Uriah was slain 2 Sam. Chap. 11. and 12. Her Plains are styled Watry from the many Springs and Brooks that gave Rabba the Name of The City of Waters 2 Sam. 12. 27. V. 398. Argob Was a Country part of the Dominion of Og King of Basan Deut. 3. 3 4. Jair Son of Manasseh took this Country to whose half Tribe it was allotted for a Possession Deut. 3. 13 and 14. Ibid. Basan Was all that Country under the Command of Og the last King thereof lying beyond Jordan from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon given in Allotment to the Reubenites Gadites and the half Tribe of Manasseh Deut. 3. 12 13. V. 399. Utmost Arnon A River beyond Jordan in the Country of the Ammonites being the farthest part Eastward possest by the Children of Israel therefore called utmost outermost as their Boundary on that side V. 400. Audacious Neighbourhood Nor was Moloch satisfied by being so bold a Neighbour to the True God as to invade the Land of Promise and to be worshipp'd in the borders of his Kingdom among the Idolatrous Ammonites but he seduced even Solomon himself to build him a Temple just o'er against God's Holy Temple at Jerusalem on that scandalous Hill c. Audax Lat. bold daring V. 401. Of Solomon The Son of David by Bathsheba 2 Sam. 12. 24. so named of God by Nathan the Prophet famous for his extraordinary Wisdom granted him by God 1 Kings 3. 12. and 1 Kings 4. 29. to the end V. 403. On that Opprobrious Hill Where Moloch's Temple was erected in the Valley of Minnom South East of Jerusalem by King Solomon 1 Kings 11. 7. to please and gratifie his Idolatrous Wives The Hill is deservedly called Opprobrious from the scandal which it gave not only to the People of God but to the Jealous God of his and their Fathers Opprobriosus Lat. repro chful V. 404. Valley of Hinnom This is sometime called the Valley of Benhinnom 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is the Vale of the Children of Hinnom an usual Hebraism Jer. 7. 31. in which the Grove of Moloch stood Throughout the Sacred Text where-ever Idolatry is either reproved punish'd or abolish'd mention is made of Groves 2 Chron. 24. 18. They left the House of the Lord God of their Fathers and served Groves and Idols So 2 Chron. 14. 3. the planting of Groves near God's Altar was positively forbid Deut. 16. 21. as being a part of the Gentile Superstition Ingens ara fuit juxtaque veterrima Laurus Incumbens arae atque umbrâ complexa Penates AEn 11. Ibid. Tophet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. a Drum the Name opprobriously and by way of detestation of the Grove where Moloch's Temple stood because they made use of many of those loud and noiseful Instruments to drown the dismal Outcries and Groans which proceeded from those cruel Sacrifices Jer. 7. 31 and 32. V. 405. Black Gehenna call'd Hell it self from its dismal Flames This Valley of Hinnon some fetch from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to roar to cry out through excessive torment It lay South-East of Jerusalem Josh. 15. 8. where Tophet stood 2 Kings 23. 10. From the Burnt sacrifices of Infants and the horrid Groans and Outcries of Human Holocausts Hell the Seat of Eternal Punishment and Penal Fire was named Gehenna read Isai. 30. 33. and our blessed Saviour himself so applies it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Matth. 18. 9. Type the Image the Resemblance of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. the Form or Likeness V. 406. Chemos the Idol of Moab Jer. 47. 7 and 13. from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to hide 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 says Philo Judae both importing a behaviour fit to be concealed Origen who search'd the Hebrew Authors confesseth he could find no other account of this Chemos and Peor which are the same but that it was Idolum Turpitudinis St. Hierom on the 9 Chapter of Hosea likens it to Priapus whose Lascivious Deity was worshipp'd by shameful Prostitutions And indeed in Numb 25. 1 Kings 15. 2 Chron. 15. 16. and in all other Texts of Holy Writ where mention is made of this abominable Idol his Worship is attended with and exprest by all the Lustful and Wanton Enjoyments imaginable Of the same Opinion is our Milton who therefore styleâ— Chemos the Oâ—scene Dread of the Moabiâ—es and his Rites Wanton ' But our Learned Selden disagrees and not without sufficient Reason on his side for Idolatry throughout the Old Testament is every where exprost by going a Whoring after strange Gods and by Lust and Abominations as is sufficiently evident Ezek. 23. The Whoredoms which the Israelites committed with the Daughters of Moab cannot be proved to have been any part of the Idolatrous Rites performed in Worshipping this their God but rather the Allurements and Rewards these fair Idolatresses bestow'd on their Admirers by which they ensnared them to bow down before their senseless Deities and to provoke the Living God Read Numb 25. Ibid. The Obscene Dread The filthy Fear the lustful Deity the beastly lascivious God of the Moabites Dread for Deity Primus in orbe deos fecit timor And Ovid speaking of Styx so much reverenced of all that swore by it Stygii quoque conscia sunto Numina torrentis timor deus ille deorum Met. Lib. 3. Obscaenus Lat. unclean unchaste abominable Moab the Father of the Moabites was the Son of Lot by his eldest Daughter Gen. 19. 37. V. 407. From Aroar to Nebo The first a City West of the later a Hill East of the Promised Land whence Moses took his prospect of it Deut. 34. 1. V. 408. Of Southmost Abarim Mountains of Moab bordering on the Desart Southward and therefore wild a Wilderness not far from Mount Nebo Numb 33. 47. V. 409. In Hesebon and Horonaim c. Chief Cities of Seon King of the Amorites from whence he had driven out the Moabites Numb 21. 26. Jerem. 48. 3 4 and 5. V. 410. The Flow'ry Dale of Sibma The Fruitful Vale Dale of the Dan. Dall the Germ. Thall all of Vallis Lat. which seems to spring of the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be green to abound and flourish as Valleys
very probable but not to a degree so incredible as Barcepha has stretch'd and rack'd our first Parents to for having placed Paradise beyond the Ocean he makes Adam and Eve ford through it From this hint in the Sacred Writings the Gentiles had their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Homer and Virgil have given good Examples of the sizes of their Hero's by the vast Stones they hurled at one another that with which Diomedes mawled AEneas two Men such as lived then could hardly move 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and that which Turnus threw at the same Person was so big Vix illud lecti bis sex cervice subirent Qualia nunc hominum producit corpora Tellus AEn 12. Of all which hear Juvenal Nec hunc lapidem quali se Turnus Ajax Et quo Tydides percussit pondere loxam AEneae sed quem valeant emittere dextra Illis dissimules nostro tempore natae Nam genus hoc vivo jam decrescebat Homero Terra malos homines nunc educat atque pusillos Sat. 15. V. 465. Though then Renown'd Famous for vain and wicked Deeds that then were looked on as Glorious Renown'd according to the Original Men of Name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Renommée Fr. Commendation Fame Gen. 2. 4. The same became mighty Men which were of old Men of Renown V. 467. On the Plain of Sennaar After the Deluge Men being diffident dwelt for some time on the tops of Hills for their security but by degrees as their fear decreased drew down towards the bottoms and in length of Time encreasing and finding themselves straighten'd in the Valleys delighted with the prospect and verdure of the open Plains forsook the Neighbourhood of Hills and in their march from the East they light on this famous Plain in the Land of Shinar Gen. 11. 2. a spacious pleasant place of vast view on all sides extreamly fruitful being water'd by Euphrates 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is by the Rabbi's said to have been so named not at the first possession of this place by these new Inhabitants but after they attempted building of Babel signifying Confusion and importing the Judgment sent upon 'em as if the word were compounded of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. a Tooth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to strike out and express'd as much as the place where their Teeth were struck out relating to the confusion of Language that there befel them the Teeth being necessary for the pronunciation of divers Letters in all Languages Of Babel before Bo. 1. V. 694. V. 471. Empedocles The Scholar of Pythagoras a Philosopher and a Poet born at Agrigentum in Sicily He wrote of the nature of Things in Greek as Lucretius did in Latin Verse He stealing one night from his Followers threw himself into the flaming AEtna that being no where to be found he might be esteemed a God and to be taken up amongst them into Heaven but his Iron Pattens being thrown out by the fury of the burning Mountain discovered his defeated Ambition and ridiculed his Folly Dicam siculique Poetae Narrabo interitum Deus immortalis haberi Dum cupit Empedocles Ardentem frigidus AEtnam Insiluit Nec si retractus erit jam Fiet homo ponet famosae mortis amorem Hor. de Arte Poet. V. 472. Plato's Elysium The Paradise of Plato called Divinus from writing so finely of the State and Condition of the Virtuous after this Life He was a Grecian Scholar to Socrates travelled into Egypt and Italy to improve his Knowledge a Man of great Integrity of Life of whom Quintilian gives this Testimony Platonem quis dubitet esse Philosophorum praecipuum Ex quo multum eloquentiae se traâ—â—sse Cicero fatetur sive acumine disserendi sive eloquendi facultate divinâ quà dam Homericâ Multum enim suprà prosam orationem quam pedestrem Graeci vocant surgit ut mihi non hominis ingenio sed quodam Delphico videatur oraculo instructus V. 473. Cleombrotus Not the unfortunate Leader of the Lacedemonians but a foolish Youth of Ambracia a City of Epirus in Greece thence called Ambraciota so great an Admirer of the Writings of the Divine Plato that being thereby both convinced and enamoured of the happy Immortality of the Soul in a higher and more noble Life he leapt into the Sea that he might immediately enjoy it therefore deservedly Ranked amongst the Idiots by our Author V. 474. Embryo's and Idiots Men of imperfect Minds of distempered Brains that lack common Sense which in them like Embryo's yet in the Womb was imperfect and incompleat of Embryon Bo. 2. V. 900. before Idiots 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. for private Men in opposition 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to those that bear the Offices and the Magistracy and also in distinction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of those that are Learned and in this sense Idiots is here to be understood witless and foolish Men. Ibid. Eremits 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. Such as pretend to more Sanctity of Life than ordinary by retiring into Solitude in Caves and Desarts of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 solitary lovely a cowardly retreating and faint-hearted flying from the difficult Duties Temptations Allurements and Tryals both of Human Life and Christian Conversation and Virtues often pursued by Pride Arrogance Vain glorious Austerities presumptuous Sanctity c. which makes the melancholy Desarts as dangerous as the busie World Ibid. Friers Of the Fr. Frere as this of the Lat. Frater a Brother of their Fellowships and Fraternities according to their Habits named White Black and Gray as of their Saints Founders of their Orders Franciscans Dominicans c. of St. Francis and St. Dominic V. 475. With all their Trumpery With all their Beads Bawbles Tricks and Cheats Trumpery of the Fr. Tromperie a Cheat Deceit V. 476. Here Pilgrims roam Here those that undertake long and painful Journeys to the Lady of Loretto or the Tutelary Saint of distant Countries or with the Mahometans go on Pilgrimage to Mecha have in this wide windy Continent room enough to wander Pilgrim of the Fr. Pelerin of the Lat. Peregrinus one that undertakes to wander on the score of his Religion To Roam is properly to wander as wild Birds do of the Fr. Ramage as Un Espervier Ramage a wild Hawk or of the Ital. Romigare to wander up and down or of Rome the famous place of Pilgrimages V. 477. In Golgotha him dead Who gave themselves the unnecessary trouble to go so far out of their way as Golgotha on Mount Moria at Jerusalem to see the place where our Saviour died who lives in Heaven 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. for a Scull 2 Jud. 9. 35. by which Name the Place of Execution near Jerusalem was called from the Sculls of Malefactors there Crucified Matth. 27. 33. And when they came to a place called Golgotha that is to say a place of a Scull It is in like manner interpreted by St. John ch 19. v. 17. V. 479. Dying put on the
for those that form the two Heads of Gemini are so placed that in the very minute of their Rising and Setting one of 'em is above the Horizon while the other is below Thence Virgil Si fratrem Pollux alternâ morte redemit Itque reditque viam toties AEn 6. Homer has recorded 'em both for the Sons of Jupiter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Whom Horace follows Castor gaudet equis Ovo prognatus eodem Pugnis Hinc clara gemini signa Tyndaridae micant Sen. Her Furens V. 675. Up to the Tropic Crab Up as high as the Tropic of Cancer distant from the Equator 23 Degrees and 31 Minutes where when the Sun gets he is at his greatest Heighth and Power AEthiopum versemus oves sub sidere Cancri Virg. Ecl. 10. Cancer the Crab was made one of the Celestial Signs because in imitation of that Animal the Sun when got so high returns back and is Retrograde whence the Tropics took their Name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. to return This Tropic of Cancer being his farthest Stage Northward from whence he turns down Southward to that of Capricorn Octipedis frustra quaerentur brachia Cancri Ovid. Fast. lib. 1. V. 676. By Leo Lat. the Lion slain by Hercules in the Nemean Forest whose Skin he afterwards wore impenetrable like a Coat of Mail Juno who brought this Monster out of the Moon advanc'd him afterwards among the Stars Tu Crâ—ssia mactas Prodigia vastum Nemeae sub rupe Leonem AEn 8. His elisa jacet moles Nemeaea lacertis Met. l. 9. Nempe pro telis gerit Quae timuit quae fudit Armatus venit Leone Hydrâ Her Furens Nullus per urbes errat Arcadicas Leo. Her Oetae Ibid. The Virgin and the Scales Astraea Libra Justice well described by Chaste Virgin Purity and the exact Balance in which she weighs all things Before the Flood weary of this wicked World she flew up to Heaven where for her Equity she is placed in that part of the Zodiac where the Sun coming to the Scales proportions the Days and Nights in equal length Virgo caede madentes Ultima coelestum Terras Astraea reliquit Met. l. 1. Libra Die somnique pares ubi fecerit horas Et medium luci atque umbris jam dividet orbem Geor. l. 1. V. 677. As deep as Capricorn As low as the Southern Tropic A Constellation of many Stars where when the Sun arrives 't is Winter with those that live Northward named Capricornus Lat. the Horned Goat because from thence the Sun ascends like that Climbing Animal Capricorno Phaebe relicto Per juvenis curres signa gerentis aquam Fast. lib. 1. Chine Bo. I. Vers. 242. V. 682. Had unbenighted shon If the Sun had kept his constant rode along the Equator and never deviated from the Equinoctial Path either to the North or South those that had lived in the Neighbourhood of the Poles had known no Night because the Sun would have been always in sight rounding their Horizon but his company had been so cold though constant at so vast a distance that as Vallesius well observes it would have been little worth for their day would have been weak and as to warmth imperfect and unproductive Partes sub Polis sitae neque diem neque noctem haberent ullam sed in Horizonte solem semper cujus dimidium spectarent quod parum omnino abest ab aeternâ nocte Neque sol in Horizonte semper volutatus possit satis calefacere ac faecundare terras quas nunc cum viginti tres gradus supra Horizontem elevetur tamen calefacit tenuiter De Sacrâ Philo. c. 26. They had indeed known neither East nor West the Terms for the Suns Rising and Setting because he had been always visible to them though useless V. 686. From cold Estotiland Estotilandia Lat. is a great Tract of Land in the North of America towards the Artic Circle and Hudsons Bay part of Canada commonly called New Britain and Terra Laboratoris a Mountainous Country overgrown with Woods and over-run with Wild Beasts but very fruitful though very cold V. 687. Beneath Magellan Magellanica a Country in South America of large extent towards the South Pole which together with its Streights took their Name of Ferdinandus Magellanus a Portuguese who in the year 1520. first discover'd them V. 688. As from Thyestean Banquet Theystes and Atreus Sons of Pelops and Hyppodamia hated one another to that degree That Theystes having debauched the Wife of Atreus was by him entertain'd upon a pretended Reconciliation at a Feast where his slaughter'd Sons were served up and their Blood mixt with his Wine At this Bloody Banquet the Tragedians say the Sun ran back to the East for fear of seeing so horrid and detestable a Cruelty Caena Thyestae Aut humana palam coquet exta nefarius Atreus Hor. de Ar. Poet. Astra Thyestae Abstulit subitis damnavit noctibus Argos Luc. 7. Quo terrarum superumque parens Câ—jus ad ortus noctis opacae Decus omne fugit quo vertis iter Medioque diem perdis Olympo Sene. Cho. Thyest. Sol auroram videt occiduus Hocegit diem Aversum in ortus Ibid. Thest. Act. 5. His Course intended His wonted way intended usual fixt Of Intendere Lat. to settle Course Cursus Lat. Race V. 691. Avoided pinching Cold c. Had the Position of the Sphear been from the beginning the same that now it is and the Sun at his first setting forth taken the same way that now he does the habitable World must in Winter have been afflicted with extreme Cold and in Summer scorcht with violent Heat though Adam had never tasted the fatal forbidden Fruit Those contrary extremities seeming rather a Punishment consequent on the Sin than on the situation of Mankind in Sinless Innocency V. 693. Sideral Blast Blastings descending from the Stars shot from the squint Eyed Planets Sideralis Lat. Sideratio blasting a scorching withering heat Quid tempestates Autumni Sydera dicam Geor. 1. V. 695. Corrupt and Pestilent Hurtful and Pestilential Breath Corruptus Lat. unwholsome Pestilens Lat. Infectious Of Pestis Lat. the Plague V. 696. Of Norumbega Norumbega is a Province of the Northern America stiled Mexicana having its chief City of the same Name Ibid. The Samoed Shoar Samoieda is a Province in the North East of Muscovy upon the Frozen Sea on both sides of the River Ob a part of the antient Scythia or Sarmatia Samoedes the Russians tell us under whose Czars they are signifies Self-Eaters it being their Custom to Eat Mans Flesh and that of their nearest Relations mixt with Venison as Olearius relates I have seen a Man his Wife and two Children Samoedes in a little Island over against Archangel of whom the Earl of Carsâ—ile bought the Rain Deer presented to Kingâ— Charles the Second who hanging the Guts of
〈◊〉 Gr. cruel like a Tyrant V. 36. From Rebellion shall derive his Name Nimrod 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to rebel as being the Arch-rebel against the Universal Law of Nature which allowed only of Paternal Power This Nimrod is with great probability thought to have been the ancient Belus the Builder of Babylon and Father of Ninus as well from Gen. 10. 10. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel by the 70 render'd Babylon as from Profane Authority Tyrannize Tyrannizare Lat. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. to Govern Arbitrarily V. 40. From Eden towards the West And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east Gen. 11. 2. V. 41. Wherein a black bitumenous Gurge That they found a plain in the land of Shinar Gen. 11. 2. And slime had they for mortar Ibid. v. 3. This Plain of Shinar near Babylon is famous for a great Pool out of which much bitumenous clammy Slime is gather'd Babylone locus est amplissima magnitudine habens supernatans liquidum bitumen quo bitumine latere testaceo structum murum Semiramis Babylonicum circumdedit Vitruvi l. 8. c. 3. Bituminous Bo. 10. v. 562. Gurge of Gurges Lat. à Gyrando a Pool Mater quae gurgitis hujus Ima tenes Geo. 4. This black Bituminous Pool is by our Poet stiled The Mouth of Hell for the same Reasons that the Lago d' Averno between Bajae and Puteoli in Campania was for its Sulphureous Streams mix'd with Sulphur Nitre and Bitumen called Alta Ostia Ditis Geo. 4. V. 44. Whose top may reach to Heaven Let us build us a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven and let us make us a name lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth Gen. 11. 4. Whose top may reach to Heaven that is of a vast and incredible height Dispers'd Dispersus Lat. scatter'd abroad V. 51. Comes down to see their City Gen. 11. 5. Spoken of God after the manner of Men and denotes in Scripture the greatness of the Provocation and the immediate approach of the Punishment Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great I will go down c. Gen. 18. 20. V. 52. Obstruct Heaven's Towers Before their Tower was raised high enough to hinder his Prospect from Heaven's lofty Towers said in Derision Obstruct Obstruere Lat. to stop up to dam up Strue quadam obstare Derision Bo. 5. v. 736. V. 53. A various Spirit to rase their Native Language In derision of their proud and impious Attempt God set upon their Tongues a various Spirit a Spirit and Breath of Confusion which made 'em quite forget that which had till then been the Universal Language and turned and tuned their Tongues to different Speeches not heard before with which he inspired on the Sudden the Families and Tribes proceeding from the three Sons of Noah Hoc nempe modo Linguarum illa confusio divisio facta est Primò quidem fecit Deus omnes illos homines praeter Heber familiam ejus oblivisci primae linguae quae antea fuerat hominum communis Deinde pro diversitate illarum gentium quae tribus ex filiis Noë proseminatae concurrerant ad aedificationem Civitatis Turris diversos habitus variarum linguarum mentibus eorum insevit Deus Peter in Gen. A Miracle no less wonderful this of dividing the one Universal Languagage into so many and so various and thereby dispersing Mankind over the Face of the Earth than that of assembling all sorts of Tongues and Languages in the Apostles mouths on the Day of Pentecost Act. 2. in order to reunite all the Inhabitants of the Earth into one Faith and Holy Communion as the same Author observes Rase Bo. 1. v. 362. V. 55. A jangling Noise A scolding clamour of Words not understood At the confusion of Tongues strange was the Astonishment and mighty the Mockery and Madness that befel so vast a Multitude in one moment distracted as if deriding one another with their jangling unintelligible Nose Jangling of Jangler Fr. to scold or Jancken Belg. to bark and bawl at one another Well stiled A hideous Gable a dreadful Prattle an astonishing Din. Gable of the obsolete Javioler Fr. of Jayon a Jay a noisie Bird or of Habler Fr. Hablar Span. both of Fabulari Lat. to Prate to tell incredible Stories Hideous Bo. 1. v. 46. V. 58. Not understood That they may not understand one anothers speech Gen. 11. 7. Hubbub Bo. 2. v. 951. Din. 6. v. 403. V. 61. The Work confusion named 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Confusion of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to confound And they left off to build the City therefore is the name of it called Babel because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth Gen. 11. 8 9. Ridiculous Ridiculus Lat. Reproachful Execrable Bo. 2. v. 681. V. 68. Over Bâ—ast Fish Fowl Dominion absolute Gen. 1. 28. God's Donation his Deed of Gift to Mankind and the Delegacy of his Power over his Irrational Subjects Donation Donatio Lat. a Gift Usurp'd Bo. 1. v. 514. V. 71. Human left from human free Left Mankind in full and free possession of their Liberty Rationalem factum ad imaginem suam noluit nisi irrationalibus dominari non hominem homini sed hominem pecori Aug. c. 15. l. 19. de Civit. Dei. V. 74. To God his Tower intends Siege and Defiance The common Opinion is That the Tower of Babel was by Nimrod and his Adherents intended to secure 'em against any second Deluge grounded on that which Josephus has recorded of him c. 5. of Bo. 1. of his Antiq. That he promised them to raise a Tower beyond the reach of the Waters nay such an one as should reach to Heaven and give 'em opportunity of Revenging the Destruction of their drowned Progenitors For which there being no Foundation in the Historical Relation of Moses Gen. 11. our Author thought it fitter to come out of Adam's than the enlighten'd Angel's mouth Gigas ille Nemrod erigebat cum suis popularibus turrim contra Dominum quâ est impia significata superbia St. Aug. l. 16. c. 4. de Civit. Dei Encroachment Accrochement Fr. a hooking in and plucking to of what is another's Right Defiance Bo. 1. v. 669. V. 78. And famish of Breath c. And starve him for want of Breath if not of Bread Some Mountains so far exceeding the Clouds that the Air is there so thin and refined as not to be drawn by Human Lungs at least not without great difficulty and for a short space Famish Starve of Fames Lat. Hunger Famine V. 82. Rational Liberty To destroy the freedom of Mankind as Rational Creatures founded in Reason Original Lapse since thy first Fault and Failing Original Bo. 1. v. 592. Lapse Lapsus Lat. a Fault an Offence of Labi Lat. to offend to slip Sin is often stiled Backsliding V. 85. With right Reason dwells Twinn'd Twisted together with
upright Reason the Sourse and Soul of all true Liberty Twinn'd of the Ger. Twiinen to twist or double Individual Being cannot subsist separate from her Dividuus Lat. that may be separated V. 86. When Reason is obscur'd c. When a Man suffers his Reason to be discountenanc'd or slighted immediately an Invasion of violent Lusts and headstrong Desires an Insurrection of unruly Passions usurp upon her Soverignty and degrade the Man till that mad Minute free to meanest Slavery No wonder then if God in his just judgments suffer him to lose his outward Freedom also who has forfeited to such vile Powers his inward Liberty subject to Vice and self enslav'd Obscur'd Obscurare Lat. to darken Upstart an excellent Epithete for our Passions so suddenly rais'd and oftentimes from small and unknown Causes and of mean Original Servitude Servitudo Lat. Slavery Reduce Bo. 10. v. 727. Subjects of Subjicere Lat. to bring under Enthral Bo. 6. v. 181. V. 98. Virtue which is Reason Reason which is given us for our guide must be of kin to our Virtue otherwise she could not lead us right nor dictate what in the whole course of our Lives is fit and decent to be done Virtus est recta Ratio animi habitus naturae modo rationi consentaneus Cic. in Tusc. Decline so low debase themselves so far of Declinare Lat. to go down V. 99. Some fatal Curse annex'd Some Curse following their Folly as a just and necessary Punishment by Heaven's appointment Fatalis Lat. unavoidable Annex'd Annexus Lat. tied fixed to Deprives Bo. 9. v. 858. V. 101. The irreverent Son Witness C ham the Father of Canaan and shameful Son of Noah who for the Reproach done to his Father by discovering his Nakedness heard the heavy Curse pronounced by him on his wicked Posterity the Canaanites Cursed be Canaan a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren Gen. 9. 22 25. Avert of Avertere Lat. to turn away To Select Seligere Lat. to choose V. 113. A Nation from one faithful Man Abram I will make of thee a great nation and I will bless thee and make thy name great Gen. 12. 2. V. 115. Bred up in Idol-worship Bred an Idolater and living among them in Chaldea on this side Euphrates Bo. 1. v. 420. Residing living of Residere Lat. to abide remain The Opinion of Abraham's being Educated in Idolatry thô much controverted is grounded on Josh. 24. 2. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel The Fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time Terah the father of Abraham and the father of Nachor and they served other Gods Upon which Text Andreas Masius thus Comments Quod porro ait majores ipsorum trans fluvium coluisse Dcos alienos valet ad explicandam Dei benignitatem quam ille in Populum Israeliticum contulit Hoc enim solum agitur ut constet gratuitò ipsos esse à Deo adoptatos pro populo neque gratis solum verum cum etiam hostes essent divinum cultum atque honorem non vero Deo cui debebatur sed alienis falsisque diis adhiberent c. Neque enim eos audire possum qui magno conatu Abrahamum ab hoc Idololatriae turpissimo scelere vindicare nescio quibus argutiis student Quasi vero non tanto illustrior sit Dei gratia quâ illum est complexus quanto ipse fuit sceleratior minusque tanto dignus favore The sense of all which is That God by calling Abraham when he was an Idolater and leading him forth from among the Heathenish Chaldeans did thereby the more magnifie and manifest the Riches of his Free Grace both to him and to his Chosen People the Children of Israel his Descendents V. 117. While yet the Patriarch Noah who lived after the flood 350 years Gen. 9. 28. During whose Life time Abraham was born 292 years after the Flood as is evident from Gen. 11. 26. Stupid Stupidus Lat. senseless V. 121. To call by Vision Now the Lord said unto Abram Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and from thy fathers house unto the Land that I will shew thee Gen. 12. 1. Which St. Steven interpreteth The God of Glory appeared unto our Father Abraham c. Acts 7. 2. Vision Bo. 1. v. 455. V. 126. All Nations shall be blest In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed Gen. 12. 3. and Acts 3. 25. V. 128. With what Faith he leaves his Gods c. This people are doscended of the Chaldeans and they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia because they would not follow the Gods of their fathers which were in the land of Chaldea but they left the way of their Ancestors and worshipped the God of Heaven the God whom they knew Judith 5. 6 7 8. Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness who against hope believed in hope that he might become the father of many nations Rom. 4. 3 18. and Gen. 15. 6. V. 130. Ur of Chaldaea 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ur Uris now Horrea the chief City of Chaldaea had its Name of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. Light because the Idolatrous Chaldeans its ancient Inhabitants worship'd the Sun Heaven's everlasting Light Chaldaea so named of Chaldeus the 14th King from Ninus was in Holy Writ stiled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 now Curdistan a vast Province in Asia bounded West by Euphrates East by Tigris North by Turcomania and South by Alidulia Abraham's first Peregrination from this place is recorded Gen. 11. 31. V. 131. Passing the Ford to Haran Fording over the River Euphrates to Haran lying 60 miles from it Eastward Haran formerly a considerable City of Mesopotamia is by the Turks called Heren or Harran by Pliny and Ptolemy Charrae by St. Stephen Charran Acts 7. 4. remarkable for Abraham's sojourning here and burying his Father Terah in it before he went into the Land of Canaan Gen. 11. 31 32. as also for the slaughter of Crassus the rich Roman Miserando funere Crassus Assyrias latio maculavit sanguine Carras Luc. Phar. l. 1. Ford of the Ger. Fahren to go a place where People may pass over V. 135. Canaan he now attains He is now arrived at the Land of Canaan so called of Canaan the Son of Cham the Son of Noah Gen. 11. 18. Part of whose Territory reaching to Mediterranean Sea made 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Canaanite to signifie a Merchant Attains Attinere Lat. to get to obtain V. 137. Sechem and the Plain of Moreh And Abraham passed through the Land unto the place of Sichem unto the Plain of Moreh Gen. 12. 6. Progeny Bo. 2. v. 431. V. 139. From Hamath Northward c. From Hamath now Hems a City of Syria North to the great desert of Arabia South call'd the Wilderness of Zin This shall be their North Border From the great Sea the Mediterranean to Mount Hor and from Mount Hor unto the entrance of Hamath Numb 34. 7
and 8. And the South quarter shall be from the Wilderness of Zin c. Ibid. v. 3. V. 142. From Hermon to the Western Sea From Mount Hermon to the Mediterranean or Western Sea was the East and West Boundary of the Promised Land Hermon a Mountain beyond Jordan on the North East the Boundary of the Tribe of Manasses From the River Arnon unto Mount Hermon Deut. 3. 8. V 144. Mount Carmel Carmelus a Mountain on the Mediterranean Sea fifty miles North of Jerusalem famous for Eliiah's confounding the Priests of Baal 1 King 18 19 20 c. V. 145. Jordan true limit Eastward The River Jordan its true Bounds on the East-Jordan Jordanus now Scheriah a celebrated River of the Holy Land rising in the Confines of Coelosyria from two Fountains Jor and Dan at the Foot of Mount Libanus thence here styled Double Founted Rising on the North of Canaan it runs Southward enclosing all the East-side of the Holy Land Then Lot chose him all the Plain of Jordan and Lot journied East Gen. 13. 11. And ye shall point out the East Border from Hazar Enan c. and the Border shall go down to Jordan Numb 34. 10 and 12. V. 146. Shall dwell to Senir Shall enlarge their dwelling places as far as Senir or Saner a long ridge of Hills call'd of its many sharp Rocks Trachonitis and Ituraea and Petraea on the East of Palestine some part of which was by the Jews named Hermon and Gilead by the Sydonians Syrion and by the Amerites Shenir Deut. 3. 9. Ponder Bo. 2. v. 421. V. 148. All Nations shall in his Seed be Blessed The earliest Promise of the Messiah made implicitely to Abraham Gen. 12. 3. which St. Paul so interprets Galat. 3. 8. Now to Abraham and his Seed were the Promises made he saith not and to Seeds as of many but as of one and to thy Seed which is Christ v. 16. V. 152. Whom faithful Abraham c. Who in due time when he shall be Born shall be called Faithful Abraham His Father Terah named him Abram 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Great Father of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. Father and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. High Excellent Gen. 11. 26. which God changed when he was 99 years old to Abraham 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 consisting of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Father 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 many and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Nation a Father of many Nations Gen. 17. 5. whose Faith is much celebrated by St. Paul Rom. 4. V. 153. A Son Isaac the Son of Abraham by Sarah Gen. 21. 3. Ibid. A Granchild Jacob the Son of Isaac and Grandson of Abraham Gen. 25. 26. who with his twelve Sons went into Egypt Gen. 35. 22. Egypt Bo. 1. v. 339. V. 158. Disgorging at seven Mouths Emptying his seven wide Mouths into the Sea Nile Bo. 1. v. 413. Et septem gemini turbant trepida Ostia Nili AEn 6. Disgorging Bo. 2. v. 575. V. 160. Invited by a younger Son Thus saith thy Son Joseph God hath made me Lord of all Egypt come down unto me tarry not Gen. 45. 9. Sojourn Bo. 7. v. 247. Invited Invitatâ—s Lat. desired V. 163. Second in that Realm of Pharoa Only in the Throne will I be greater then thou Gen. 41. 40. Pharao Bo. 1. v. 342. V. 165. Suspected to a sequent King By their numbers grown suspected to a King that knew not Joseph least when War should happen they might join with the Enemies of Egypt and get them up out of the Land Exod. 1. 8 and 10. Sequent Sequens Lat. next that succeeded the Successor of Pharao V. 168. Kills their Infants Males And by the Artifice of the Midwives destroy'd their young Male Children Exod. 1. 17. Infant Infans Lat. a young Child V. 170. Moses and Aaron The Sons of Amram by Jochebed of the House of Levi Exod. 6. 20. and c. 2. 1. V. 176. To blood unshed c. Their Rivers must be turn'd into Streams of Blood Unshed not by slaying any Creatures living therein but by Moses's Miraculous Rod Exod. 7. 20. This first Plague had relation to the drowning the Innocent Hebrew Males in their Rivers therefore it pleased God to turn their Rivers into Blood For they have shed the Blood of Saints and Prophets and thou hast given them Blood to drink for they are worthy Revel 16. 6. V. 178. With loath'd Intrusion With hateful importunity the Plagues of the Frogs Lices and Flies are Recorded Exod. 8. Intrusion Intrusio Lat. a pressing into Company of Intrudere Lat. to thrust in rudely V. 179. Of Murren Die Murrain is the Name for the Plague among Cattle as if Moriana of Mori Lat. to Die Exod. 9. 6. V. 180. Botches and Blains Imboss Swellings and Ulcers must raise all his Flesh tumid and rank like high Embrodery Exod. 9. 9 and 10. A Botch Bosse Fr. Bozza Ital. all of the Lat. Pusa Pusula and Pustula a Swelling as that of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. a Bladder Imboss of Embosser Fr. to rise in Bunches and great knobs A Word used by our Spencer Felt our feeble Hearts Embost with bale Fai. Q. Cant. 9. St. 29. V. 182. Must rend th' Egyptian Sky A Thundring Storm of Hail mixt with fire and flashing Lightning must tare the Egyptian Sky over-running all the Land and ruining all where ere it roul'd So there was Hail and Fire mingled with the Hail very grievous such as as there was none like it in all the Land of Egypt since it became a Nation Gen. 9. 24 and 25. This fiery Hail is said to wheel on th' Earth from its Rotundity and Orbicular Shape To Rend or Rent is to tare in pieces Of the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to break in pieces V. 185. A Cloud of Locusts Exod. 10. 4 and 5. A Creature so distructiue that in Africa especially that part of it called Abissina they often desolate whole Countries and force the Inhabitants to dislodge by Famine well Styled by the Prophet Gods mighty Army Joel 2. 25. Locusta Lat. V. 188. Palpable Darkness c. Darkness that may be felt Exod. 10. 21. which by most Interpreters is taken as an Hyperbole expressive of the greatest and most gross darkness not to be overcome by Sun Moon or Stars or the Artificial Aids of Fire or Lamps expounded in the subsequent verse 22. And there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days which our Author says therefore were blotted out V. 190. All the first Born of Egypt must lie Dead It came to pass that at Midnight the Lord smote all the first Born in the land of Egypt Exod. 12. 29. V. 191. The River Dragon Pharao Who opprest the Children of Israel thought to be Cencres according to that of Ezekiel Behold I am against the Pharoah King of Egypt the great Dragon that lieth in the middest of his Rivers which hath said my River Nile is my own and I have made it for my self Chap. 29. 3. V. 194.