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overthrew, Gen. xiv. may probably be thought to have been

Ninias the son of Ninus.

Sect. X. Of Arioch another of the four kings; and that Ellas,

whereof he is said to have been king, lies between Cælesyria

and Arabia Petræa.

Sect. XI. Of Tidal, another of the four kings.

Sect. XII. That Chedorlaomer, the chief of the four kings, was

not of Assyria, but of Persia; and that the Assyrian empire at

this time was much impaired.

Sect. XIII. That it is not improbable that the four kings had no

dominion in the countries named, but that they had elsewhere

with their colonies planted themselves, and so retained the

names of the countries whence they came; which if it be so,

we need not say that Amraphel was Ninias, nor trouble our-

selves with many other difficulties.

Of the kings of Egypt from the first peopling of it after the flood,

to the time of the delivery of the Israelites from thence.

Sect. I. A brief of the names and times of the first kings of

Egypt; with a note of the causes of difficulty in resolving of

the truth in these points.

Sect. II. That by the account of the Egyptian dynasties, and

otherwise, it appears that Cham's reign in Egypt began in the

year after the flood 191.

Sect. III. That these dynasties were not divers families of kings,

but rather successions of regents, ofttimes many under one

Sect. IV. Of Cham, and his son Mizraim, or Osiris.

Sect. V. Of the time when Osiris's reign ended; and that Jacob

came into Egypt in the time of Orus the son of Osiris.

Sect. VI. Of Typhon, Hercules Ægyptius, Orus, and the two

Sesostres, successively reigning after Misraim; and of divers

errors about the former Sesostris.

Sect. VII. Of Busiris the first oppressor of the Israelites; and of

his successor, queen Thermutis, that took up Moses out of the

Sect. VIII. Of the two brethren of queen Thermutis; and what

king it was under whom Moses was born; and who it was

that perished in the Red sea.

Of the delivery of Israel out of Egypt.

Sect. I. Of the time of Moses's birth, and how long the Israelites

were oppressed in Egypt.

Sect. II. Of divers cities and places in Egypt mentioned in this

story, or elsewhere in the scripture.

Sect. III. Of the cruelty against the Israelites' young children in

Egypt; and of Moses's preservation and education. 62

Sect. IV. Of Moses's flying out of Egypt; and the opinions of

certain ancient historians of his war in Ethiopia, and of his

marriage there. Philo's judgment of his pastoral life, and that

of Pererius of the books of Genesis and Job.

Sect. V. Of Pharaoh's pursuit of the Israelites; and of their pas-

sage towards the Red sea, so far as Succoth.

Sect. VI. Of the solary and lunary years, and how they are re-

conciled; with the form of the Hebrew year, and their manner

of intercalation.

Sect. VII. Of the passage of Israel from Succoth towards the

Red sea ; and of the divers ways leading out of Egypt. 78

Sect. VIII. Of their passage over the Red sea; and of the Red

Sect. IX. That the passage through the Red sea was miraculous,

and not at a low ebb.

Of the journeying of the Israelites from the Red sea to the place

where the law was given them; with a discourse of laws.

Sect. I. A transition, by way of recapitulation of some things

touching chronology; with a continuance of the story, until

the Amalekites met with the Israelites.

Sect. II. Of the Amalekites, Midianites, and Kenites, upon occa-

sion of the battle with the Amalekites, and Jethro's coming ;

who being a Kenite, was priest of Midian.

Sect. III. Of the time when the law was given; with divers com-

mendations of the invention of laws.

Sect. IV. Of the name and meaning of the words law and

Sect. V. Of the definition of laws, and of the law eternal.

Sect. VI. Of the law of nature.

Sect. VII. Of the written law of God.

Sect. VIII. Of the unwritten law of God, given to the patriarchs

Sect. IX. Of the moral, judicial, and ceremonial law, with a note

prefixed, How the scripture speaketh not always in one sense,

when it nameth the law of Moses.

Sect. X. A proposal of nine other points to be considered, with a

touch of the five first.

Sect. XI. Of the sixth point, to wit, of the difference and agree-

ment of the Old and New Testament.

Sect. XII. Of the rest of the points proposed.

Sect. XIII. Of the several commandments of the Decalogue; and

that the difficulty is not in respect of the commandments, but

by our default.

Sect. XIV. If there were not any religion, nor judgment to come,

yet the Decalogue were most necessary to be observed.

Sect. XV. Of human law, written and unwritten.

Sect. XVI. That only the prince is exempt from human laws,

and in what sort.

The story of the Israelites from the receiving of the law to the

death of Moses.

Sect. I. Of the numbering and disposing of the host of Israel, for

their marches through the wilderness ; with a note of the re-

verence given to the worship of God in this ordering of their

Sect. II. The offerings of the twelve princes; the passover of the

second year; the departing of Jethro.

Sect. III. The voyage from Horeb to Kades; the mutinies by

the way; and the cause of their turning back to the Red

Sect. IV. Of their unwillingness to return; with the punishment

thereof, and of divers accidents in the return.

Sect. V. Of Moses's arrival at Zin Kades; and the accidents

while they abode there.

Sect. VI. Of their compassing Idumæa and travelling to Arnon,

the border of Moab.

Sect. VII. Of the book of the battles of the Lord mentioned in

this story, and of other books mentioned in scripture which

are lost.

Sect. VIII. Of Moses's sparing the issue of Lot; and of the

giants in those parts; and of Sehon and Og.

Sect. IX. Of the troubles about the Midianites, and of Moses's

Sect. X. Observations out of the story of Moses, how God dis-

poseth both the smallest occasions and the greatest resistances,

to the effecting of his purpose.

Of the nations with whom the Israelites had dealing after their

coming out of Egypt; and of the men of renown in other na-

tions, about the times of Moses and Joshua, with the sum of

the history of Joshua.

Sect. I. How the nations, with whom the Israelites were to have

war, were divers ways, as it were, prepared to be their ene-

Sect. II. Of the kings of the Canaanites and Madianites, men-

tioned in the ancient wars of the Israelites.

Sect. III. Of the Amalekites and Ismaelites.

Sect. IV. Of the instauration of civility in Europe about these

times, and of Prometheus and Atlas.

Sect. V. Of Deucalion and Phaeton.

Sect. VI. Of Hermes and Trismegistus.

Sect. VII. Of Jannes and Jambres, and some other that lived

about those times.

Sect. VIII. A brief of the history of Joshua, and of the space

between him and Othoniel, and of the remainders of the Ca-

naanites, with a note of some contemporaries to Joshua, and

of the breach of faith.

Of the tribes of Israel that were planted in the borders of Phoeni-

cia, with sundry stories depending upon those places.

Sect. I. The proem to the description of the whole land of Ca-

naan, with an exposition of the name of Syria.

Sect. II. Of the bounds of the land of Canaan, and of the pro-

mises touching this land.

Sect. III. The tribe of Asher.

$. 1. The bounds of the tribe of Asher.

f. 2. Of Zidon.

$. 3. Of Sarepta, with a brief history of Tyre in the same

§. 4. Of Ptolomais, or Acon.

§. 5. Of the castle of St. George.

$. 6. Of Acziba, Sandalium, and others.

$. 7. Of Thoron, Giscala, and some other places.

§. 8. Of the rivers and mountains of Asser.

Sect. IV. The tribe of Nephtalim.

§. 1. Of the bounds of Nephtalim, Heliopolis, and Abila. 242

§. 2. Of Hazor.

§. 3. Of Cæsarea Philippi.

§. 4. Of Capernaum, and the cities of Decapolis.

§. 5. Of Hamath.

§. 6. Of Reblatha and Rama, and divers other towns. 253

Sect. V. The tribe of Zabulon.

Sect. VI. The tribe of Issachar.

Sect. VII. The half of the tribe of Manasseh.

§. 1. Of the bounds of this half tribe, and of Scythopolis, Salem,

Thersa, and others.

§. 2. Of Cæsarea Palæstinæ, and some other towns.

Of the kingdom of Phænicia.

Sect. I. The bounds, and chief cities, and founders, and name of

this kingdom ; and of the invention of letters ascribed to

Sect. II. Of the kings of Tyre.

Sect. III. Of Bozius's conceit, that the Edumeans inhabiting

along the Red sea were the progenitors of the Tyrians, and

that the Tyrians from them received and brought into Phe-

nicia the knowledge of the true God.

Of the tribe of Ephraim; and of the kings of the ten tribes,

whose head was Ephraim.

Sect. I. Of the memorable places in the tribe of Ephraim.

Sect. II. Of the kings of the ten tribes, from Jeroboam to

Sect. III. Of Achab and his successors, with the captivity of the

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