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A35114
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A discourse of the terrestrial paradise aiming at a more probable discovery of the true situation of that happy place of our first parents habitation / by Marmaduke Carver ...
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Carver, Marmaduke.
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1666
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Wing C718; ESTC R22054
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their_o verdict_n whether_o it_o be_v shivaz_n or_o estacher_n or_o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o colony_n of_o the_o roman_n here_o in_o england_n as_o lindum_n cambodunum_n and_o many_o more_o because_o our_o antiquary_n be_v at_o variance_n in_o describe_v the_o place_n where_o they_o stand_v some_o place_v they_o in_o one_o place_n some_o in_o another_o as_o for_o thy_o part_n christian_a reader_n for_o such_o i_o here_o suppose_v thou_o to_o be_v believe_v the_o infallible_a veracity_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n it_o will_v be_v no_o point_n of_o wisdom_n in_o thou_o to_o smite_v thy_o friend_n to_o gratify_v thy_o adversary_n our_o contention_n be_v no_o more_o but_o a_o far_o advance_v in_o clear_v and_o vindicate_v the_o holy_a text_n in_o which_o thou_o and_o the_o whole_a christian_n yea_o and_o jewish_n church_n be_v equal_o engage_v as_o well_o as_o we_o nor_o have_v this_o discourse_n of_o i_o ever_o with_o my_o consent_n see_v the_o light_n have_v i_o not_o late_o be_v provoke_v thereunto_o upon_o this_o very_a question_n by_o the_o unsufferable_a insolence_n and_o insultation_n of_o some_o antiscripturist_n a_o generation_n of_o man_n late_o spring_v up_o among_o we_o and_o grow_v very_o numerous_a and_o exceed_o bold_a owe_v their_o extraction_n to_o the_o most_o virulent_a poison_n of_o the_o leven_a of_o the_o pharisee_n and_o sadducee_n the_o perpetual_a pest_n of_o true_a religion_n now_o comply_v together_o in_o a_o mystical_a mixture_n and_o much_o improve_v by_o the_o effectual_a work_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o antichrist_n in_o a_o multitude_n of_o confuse_a sect_n both_o fanatic_n and_o pro-fanaticks_a free_o dominear_v in_o these_o late_a year_n and_o however_o disagree_v among_o themselves_o yet_o agree_v all_o together_o in_o this_o to_o subvert_v the_o foundation_n of_o faith_n &_o the_o power_n of_o godliness_n such_o as_o be_v our_o familist_n antinomian_o libertine_n hobbian_o ranter_n quaker_n and_o seekers_n beside_o a_o great_a number_n of_o many_o other_o who_o though_o not_o so_o direct_o and_o immediate_o have_v by_o their_o pernicious_a and_o seditious_a doctrine_n contribute_v not_o a_o little_a to_o promote_v this_o mystery_n of_o iniquity_n and_o to_o make_v way_n for_o the_o birth_n of_o this_o monster_n that_o now_o begin_v to_o appear_v upon_o the_o stage_n a_o monster_n more_o prodigious_a than_o africa_n ever_o breed_v to_o wit_n a_o christian_a atheist_n act_v all_o the_o part_n of_o a_o avow_a infidel_n under_o a_o hypocritical_a and_o therefore_o more_o odious_a outside_n of_o a_o baptize_v believer_n profess_v religion_n for_o no_o other_o end_n but_o to_o jeer_v it_o and_o read_v the_o bible_n for_o no_o other_o end_n but_o to_o blaspheme_v it_o who_o to_o discover_v and_o oppose_v i_o doubt_v not_o but_o every_o good_a christian_a who_o heart_n be_v touch_v with_o any_o zeal_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o his_o holy_a truth_n will_v take_v himself_o equal_o concern_v to_o engage_v with_o i_o to_o the_o utmost_a of_o his_o power_n as_o for_o those_o who_o custom_n it_o be_v as_o sir_n thomas_n more_n have_v observe_v long_o ago_o to_o make_v themselves_o merry_a upon_o their_o alebench_n with_o the_o write_n of_o other_o and_o think_v themselves_o extreme_o witty_a if_o they_o can_v break_v a_o scurrilous_a jest_n the_o evaporation_n of_o drink_n and_o a_o profane_a spirit_n either_o upon_o the_o argument_n or_o the_o author_n as_o we_o be_v willing_a to_o take_v notice_n of_o they_o among_o the_o former_a company_n so_o for_o their_o censure_n we_o refer_v they_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o he_o who_o will_v take_v a_o account_n of_o every_o idle_a word_n that_o man_n shall_v speak_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n wish_v they_o more_o sobriety_n and_o now_o good_a reader_n i_o shall_v keep_v thou_o no_o long_o from_o the_o perusal_n of_o this_o discourse_n late_o mine_n but_o now_o make_v thou_o only_o desire_v that_o we_o may_v all_o double_a our_o prayer_n to_o the_o god_n and_o father_n of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n that_o he_o will_v inspire_v continual_o the_o universal_a church_n with_o the_o spirit_n of_o truth_n unity_n and_o concord_n and_o grant_v that_o all_o they_o that_o do_v confess_v his_o holy_a name_n may_v agree_v in_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o holy_a word_n and_o live_v in_o unity_n and_o godly_a love_n and_o especial_o those_o who_o he_o have_v appoint_v to_o watch_v over_o the_o soul_n of_o his_o people_n that_o they_o may_v attend_v faithful_o to_o the_o ministry_n which_o they_o have_v receive_v of_o the_o lord_n to_o fulfil_v it_o by_o contend_v earnest_o for_o the_o faith_n that_o be_v once_o deliver_v to_o the_o saint_n and_o oppose_v vigorous_o with_o unite_a heart_n and_o hand_n those_o overflowing_n of_o atheism_n and_o ungodliness_n that_o be_v break_v in_o upon_o we_o like_o a_o mighty_a torrent_n and_o by_o assert_v the_o truth_n of_o god_n and_o his_o holy_a word_n in_o the_o evidence_n and_o demonstration_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o power_n confirm_v such_o as_o stand_v and_o support_v those_o that_o be_v ready_a to_o fall_v by_z removing_z stumbling-block_n out_o of_o the_o way_n of_o the_o weak_a stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o adversary_n and_o pluck_v up_o the_o tare_n which_o the_o enemy_n have_v sow_v endeavour_v as_o much_o as_o in_o we_o lie_v to_o present_v every_o man_n blameless_a at_o the_o appear_v of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n christ_n who_o fan_n be_v in_o his_o hand_n and_o he_o will_v thorough_o purge_v his_o floor_n and_o gather_v his_o wheat_n into_o his_o garner_n but_o the_o chaff_n he_o will_v burn_v up_o with_o unquenchable_a fire_n amen_o errata_fw-la pag._n lin._n 14._o 25._o hededis_fw-la r._n hedenis_fw-la 16._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o discourse_n of_o the_o terrestrial_a paradise_n chap._n i._n the_o opinion_n of_o junius_n concern_v the_o place_n of_o paradise_n propose_v the_o opinion_n of_o junius_n concern_v the_o place_n of_o paradise_n which_o be_v almost_o general_o follow_v by_o all_o interpreter_n since_o his_o time_n not_o protestant_n only_a both_o lutheran_n and_o calvinist_n but_o even_o the_o most_o ingenuous_a and_o learned_a papist_n be_v that_o it_o be_v situate_v in_o chaldaea_n in_o the_o region_n which_o ptolemy_n call_v auranitis_n which_o he_o suppose_v by_o the_o change_n of_o a_o letter_n to_o have_v be_v corrupt_v from_o audanitis_n or_o edenitis_n the_o river_n water_v it_o he_o take_v to_o be_v the_o main_a stream_n of_o euphrates_n which_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o his_o course_n divide_v itself_o into_o four_o branch_n the_o first_o towards_o the_o west_n which_o divide_v betwixt_o chaldaea_n and_o arabia_n the_o desert_n which_o mose_n call_v the_o land_n of_o cush_n or_o as_o we_o with_o other_o aethiopia_n be_v that_o which_o ptolemy_n call_v baar-sares_a strabo_n maar-sares_a ammianus_n more_o corrupt_o marsias_n abydenus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o it_o empty_v itself_o into_o certain_a fen_n abound_v with_o frog_n which_o the_o chaldaean_n call_v akrukan_n and_o this_o he_o suppose_v to_o be_v that_o which_o moses_n call_v gihen_n the_o signification_n of_o their_o name_n so_o well_o agree_v which_o in_o both_o be_v as_o much_o as_o alveus_fw-la foss_n atúmve_fw-la deductum_fw-la atque_fw-la distractum_fw-la the_o second_o branch_n be_v that_o which_o run_v through_o babylon_n and_o otris_n and_o be_v by_o ammianus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d call_v euphrates_n and_o therefore_o without_o strain_v suppose_v to_o be_v moses_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o three_o be_v that_o which_o pliny_n say_v the_o assyrian_n common_o call_v armalchar_n ammianus_n more_o true_o nahar-malca_a abydenus_n by_o a_o metathesis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v the_o very_a same_o put_v into_o greek_n which_o ptolemy_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o he_o conceive_v to_o be_v pishon_n which_o break_v from_o the_o main_a stream_n at_o a_o town_n take_v name_n therefrom_o call_v by_o ammianus_n macepracta_n or_o as_o he_o will_v have_v it_o read_v maja-prakta_a by_o pliny_n massice_v and_o run_v into_o the_o river_n tigris_n at_o apamea_n not_o only_o mingle_v his_o water_n but_o his_o name_n with_o it_o which_o from_o thenceforth_o be_v call_v pasitigris_n or_o pisotigris_n and_o enter_v the_o persian_a gulf_n at_o teredon_n water_v by_o the_o way_n the_o whole_a region_n of_o havila_n where_o there_o be_v gold_n bdellium_n and_o the_o onyx-stone_n that_o be_v as_o he_o expound_v it_o the_o country_n of_o susiana_n where_o all_o those_o precious_a thing_n be_v to_o be_v find_v the_o four_o and_o last_o branch_n call_v by_o moses_n hiddekel_n he_o suppose_v to_o be_v that_o rivulet_n mention_v but_o without_o name_n by_o ammianus_n which_o be_v draw_v out_o of_o nahar-malca_a empty_v itself_o into_o tigris_n at_o seleucia_n
same_o with_o the_o forementioned_a encircle_v river_n which_o as_o himself_o a_o little_a before_o have_v tell_v we_o be_v ancient_o call_v tigris_n and_o oena_n what_o that_o oena_n be_v we_o forbear_v to_o inquire_v at_o present_a as_o pursuing_z some_o far_a notice_n of_o diavas_n and_o adiavas_n who_o radix_fw-la if_o we_o search_v we_o can_v i_o think_v more_o probable_o fetch_v it_o elsewhere_o then_o from_o the_o chaldee_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o according_o render_v viz._n aurum_fw-la as_o dan._n 2._o 32_o 38._o so_o that_o apply_v to_o the_o river_n it_o will_v make_v it_o as_o much_o as_o flumen_n aureum_fw-la or_o as_o the_o greek_n will_v express_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o which_o name_n i_o find_v a_o river_n in_o these_o part_n mention_v by_o aethicus_n so_o near_o resemble_v this_o we_o speak_v of_o that_o for_o my_o part_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o they_o be_v the_o same_o his_o word_n be_v these_o fluvius_n chrysorrhoas_n nascitur_fw-la in_o campis_fw-la assyriis_fw-la de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr caucaso_n vicinatur_fw-la &_o ei_fw-la tigris_n fluvius_fw-la fluvius_n tigris_n etiam_fw-la ipse_fw-la de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr caucaso_n quasi_fw-la visitur_fw-la natus_fw-la cum_fw-la aestivis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la sub_fw-la humo_fw-la eum_fw-la desuper_fw-la aethiopiam_fw-la currere_fw-la ex_fw-la viriditate_fw-la superni_fw-la cespitis_fw-la prodatur_fw-la fluvius_fw-la subditus_fw-la latenter_fw-la erumpit_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la hoc_fw-la ortus_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la comprehenditur_fw-la quoniam_fw-la de_fw-la obscuritate_fw-la promitur_fw-la nam_fw-la ambo_fw-la includunt_fw-la cordubennam_fw-la oppidum_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la unum_fw-la redacti_fw-la magnam_fw-la faciunt_fw-la coronam_fw-la &_o etiam_fw-la alia_fw-la oppida_fw-la includunt_fw-la &_o thesiphon_n &_o seleuciam_fw-la currentes_fw-la millia_fw-la 882._o immerguntur_fw-la ad_fw-la auge_n oppidum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la in_o sinu_fw-la persico_n not_o to_o engage_v myself_o to_o justify_v every_o particular_a in_o this_o piece_n of_o geography_n thus_o much_o atlea_v may_v be_v clear_o gather_v from_o it_o that_o this_o river_n fall_v into_o the_o river_n tigris_n and_o with_o it_o include_v the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o gordiaean_n which_o it_o seem_v stand_v in_o a_o little_a island_n after_o their_o run_v some_o while_n together_o in_o a_o conjoin_v channel_n this_o unite_a stream_n separate_v itself_o again_o into_o two_o so_o as_o with_o its_o encircling_n it_o encompass_v a_o large_a space_n of_o ground_n which_o be_v so_o consonant_a to_o the_o former_a relation_n that_o we_o need_v not_o doubt_v they_o all_o refer_v to_o the_o same_o truth_n though_o under_o different_a name_n for_o the_o name_n of_o tigris_n be_v more_o famous_a and_o better_o know_v to_o stranger_n but_o this_o of_o diavas_n or_o adiavas_n become_v so_o grateful_a to_o the_o native_n that_o with_o it_o they_o baptize_v both_o these_o stream_n for_o i_o find_v the_o western_a branch_n call_v zaba_n which_o be_v indeed_o but_o the_o contract_n of_o zahaba_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aurum_fw-la not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lupus_fw-la and_o so_o in_o the_o chaldee_n tongue_n be_v pronounce_v dihaba_n or_o diavas_n paulus_n diaconus_fw-la relate_v the_o expedition_n of_o heraclius_n the_o emperor_n against_o the_o persian_a write_v thus_o kalendis_fw-la decem._n venit_fw-la ad_fw-la fluvium_fw-la magnum_fw-la zabam_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la hunc_fw-la transisset_fw-la castrametatus_fw-la est_fw-la juxta_fw-la niniven_n now_o wheresoever_o the_o ancient_a ninive_n be_v seat_v certain_a it_o be_v that_o that_o town_n which_o go_v under_o that_o name_n in_o the_o time_n of_o heraclius_n be_v situate_a either_o upon_o or_o very_o near_o the_o bank_n of_o tigris_n for_o opposite_a to_o the_o ruin_n of_o it_o be_v mosal_n build_v in_o mesopotamia_n the_o river_n only_o part_v betwixt_o they_o and_o that_o also_o join_v by_o a_o bridge_n benjamin_n in_o itinerario_fw-la pag._n 62._o edit_fw-la elzivir_fw-fr ista_fw-la civitas_n sc_fw-la al-mozal_a jam_fw-la inden_v à _fw-la diebus_fw-la priscis_fw-la maxima_fw-la persidis_fw-la initium_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la tigrin_fw-la flumen_fw-la sita_fw-la inter_fw-la quam_fw-la &_o niniven_n pons_n tantùm_fw-la intercedit_fw-la haec_fw-la devastata_fw-la est_fw-la attamen_fw-la multos_fw-la pagos_fw-la &_o arces_fw-la habet_fw-la a_o ninive_n arbeelem_fw-la usque_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la parasanga_fw-la ninive_n autem_fw-la tigridis_fw-la ripae_fw-la imminet_fw-la the_o like_a have_v geog._n nub._n part._n 6._o climb_v 4._o mausel_n est_fw-fr urbs_fw-la ad_fw-la occidentalem_fw-la tigris_n partem_fw-la exstruct_v a_o habétque_fw-la territoria_fw-la ampla_fw-la &_o provincias_fw-la magnas_fw-la ac_fw-la prae_fw-la caeteris_fw-la territorium_fw-la lino_n i_o e._n nini_z vrbis_fw-la vetustissimae_fw-la sitae_fw-la ab_fw-la orientali_fw-la latere_fw-la tigris_n è_fw-la region_fw-la mausel_n and_o for_o the_o upper_a stream_n of_o this_o river_n that_o that_o also_o be_v call_v by_o the_o native_n diavas_n or_o adiavas_n we_o have_v the_o testimony_n of_o moses_n bar-cephas_a a_o learned_a man_n bear_v and_o live_v about_o these_o part_n who_o in_o his_o treatise_n of_o paradise_n divers_a time_n make_v mention_v of_o this_o river_n for_o so_o i_o fear_v not_o to_o affirm_v sometime_o call_v it_o dijobis_n and_o otherwhile_o dijabis_n as_o cap._n 21_o and_o 28._o whereupon_o though_o the_o learned_a masius_n forbear_v to_o pass_v his_o conjecture_n yet_o other_o have_v not_o fear_v to_o call_v it_o danubius_n which_o they_o may_v easy_o do_v by_o the_o epenthesis_n of_o a_o letter_n and_o yet_o not_o vary_v from_o the_o true_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n for_o the_o arabian_a city_n dizahab_n mention_v deut._n 1._o 1._o which_o come_v of_o the_o same_o root_n with_o this_o and_o be_v according_o render_v by_o the_o septuagint_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o gold-mine_n that_o be_v find_v about_o it_o be_v by_o some_o render_v denaba_n which_o name_n dizaba_n which_o be_v near_o of_o sound_n to_o dijabis_n be_v apply_v to_o this_o river_n and_o the_o article_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prefix_a unto_o it_o which_o be_v usual_a with_o the_o eastern_a nation_n to_o do_v to_o the_o name_n of_o river_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dan._n 10._o 4._o it_o will_v become_v hudizaba_n or_o hudizabis_n which_o may_v so_o easy_o be_v change_v into_o hydaspis_n in_o a_o western_a man_n mouth_n that_o if_o any_o be_v find_v to_o call_v it_o so_o their_o error_n be_v as_o pardonable_a while_o their_o ground_n be_v so_o good_a as_o we_o take_v that_o of_o caesarius_n the_o brother_n of_o nazianzen_n to_o be_v who_o in_o his_o dialogue_n make_v danubius_n one_o of_o the_o river_n of_o paradise_n upon_o the_o former_a 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