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A Compendious 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 Old and New Teftament, 
 
 Extracted from the 
 
 HOLY BIBLE. 
 
 AND 
 Adapted to all Capacities. 
 
 Whereby, the Reader may be enabled, in 
 
 an Eafy, Plea/ant, 3t:d Speedy Manner, to become 
 Learned in the Sacrjld Scriptures. 
 
 Jnterfperfed with fuitabk Reflections. 
 
 And Adorned with 120 Curious Copper 
 Cuts, lively reprefenting each History. 
 
 tfhc Second Edition, Corrected. 
 
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T H E 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 T is altogether nnnecejfary to 
 trouble the Reader with a 
 |j Detail of the Ufefulncfs of 
 the following Sheets $ fitice 
 every Thing that bears fo intimate a 
 Relation to the Holy Bible, carries 
 with it its own Recommendation. 
 
 The Exf trice of fur chafing the Sietir 
 
 de Royamont'j Hijlory of the Bible, 
 
 fublifb'd by Mr. Blome; and of that 
 
 more excellent one written by Mr. How- 
 
 A % 
 
The PREFAC E. 
 
 ell, was a great Inducement to us, to 
 offer this fmall Piece to the World:-— 
 Mo ft of the Hiftorical Facts (in the 
 Old Teftament especially) want no Ex- 
 planation or Comment, and it muft, in 
 fome Meafure, render the Defign of thofe 
 Pieces lefs valuable, as the Sacred 
 Books themfelves, of almoft any Size, 
 may be purchafed at a much eafier Rate, 
 than the Comments on them: For who 
 would not rather have Recourfe to the 
 FGuntain-Head of Knowledge, than to 
 the Under-Currents ? Especially when 
 it is impojfible that moft of the Facts 
 can be Jet in a clearer or f idler Light, 
 than they already fbine in, as related 
 with the beautiful Simplicity fo natural 
 to the infpred Penmen, who have tran- 
 fmitted to us the Sacred Fliftory. 
 
 'Tis true, the many Copper Plates in- 
 ferted in thofe Works, in order to allure 
 the Minds of the Readers to the Study 
 of the Holy Scriptures, neceffarily iu- 
 
 hance 
 
The P R E F A C E. 
 
 hance their Trice : But if they are ge- 
 nerally the Minds of weak Perfons, 
 of People of low Education, and of 
 Children, thai Pictures are intended 
 to allure, the great Bulk and high 
 Trice of thofe Performances, muft of 
 confequence, as we have hinted, be a 
 Hindrance to their very Deflgtu 
 
 For thefe Reafons, we thought we 
 fjould hit upon a proper Medium, and 
 anfwer all the Ends that are neceffary 
 to recommend fuch a Performance, if we 
 could comprize a Hiftory of the Holy 
 Bible in fofmall a Compajs, as to make 
 it proper for Schools, and to allure, by 
 neat Plates, reprefenting many of the 
 mojl material Faffs, the Minds of Tout h 
 to the Knowledge of the Scriptures, and 
 which fjould be afforded at fo eafy a 
 Price, as that the Expence fjould be no 
 greater a Burthen to the Parents Poc- 
 kets, than the Matter of H fjould be to 
 the Learner s Memory ; And which, at 
 
 the 
 
The PREFACE. 
 
 the fame Time that it fhould want no- 
 thing to make it prfeBly intelligible to 
 the meanefl Under ft anding, jhould not ke 
 fo low as to merit the Contempt of thofe 
 of brighter Intellects. 
 
 How well we have executed this De- 
 fign, muft be left to the Reader s Deter- 
 mination: But we flatter our fe Ives that 
 we jh all ft and in fame meafure acquit- 
 ted) when he is informed of the Difficul- 
 ty we have labour' d under, from the 
 narrow Compafs to which we have been 
 confined, to obferve any tolerable Con- 
 nexion in the r effective Hiftories-, e fa- 
 cially as the Choice of the fever al Sto- 
 ries were left to the Deftgner, who had 
 flniflod all the "Plates before we began 
 to compile ; which laid us under an 
 Obligation to write to the Cuts ) and 
 frequently to omit fome Hiftories that 
 otherwife ought to have been inferted, 
 for the better llluftration of the Defign: 
 As to the reft, it muft be cenfefsd, the 
 
 Engraver 
 
The P R E F A C E. 
 
 Engraver has perform' d his Tart, con- 
 fidering his narrow Compafs, with an 
 Exquifitenefs and Accuracy not to be 
 equalled in feveral Pieces, where the 
 Artift has had far more Advantages 
 and Room to inahle him to excel. But 
 'tis an ungenerous Part to recommend 
 our f elves on the Faults and Imperfec- 
 tions of others ; and therefore we Jhall 
 fay no more on this Head. 
 
 We have inter fperfed as often as we 
 could) brief Observations and Reflecti- 
 ons upon the Hiftories recited, in order 
 to lead du£lile Minds into a Way of 
 Thinking fuitable to the Defign of each 
 particular Relation: But the Brevity 
 which we were obliged to obferve, has 
 laid us under a NeceJJity of being more 
 fparing on this Head, than we fhould 
 Qtherwife have been. And that we 
 might do Juftice to the Sacred Text, we 
 have, as often as we could, confident 
 with our intended Concifenefs, c ho fen to 
 
 exprefs 
 
The P R E F A C E. 
 
 exprefs our [elves in the very Words of 
 Scripture* 
 
 As to the reft, we /hall only add, 
 That if any little Incongruity has been 
 occafion'd by the Choice of the "Plates, 
 as in particular in the Taj/ion of our 
 Bleffed Lord, his Refurrettion, Afcen- 
 fion, &c. which, as they have been taken 
 from the fever al Relations given there- 
 of by the fever al Evange lifts, may feem 
 to fome Readers to favour of Tautology 
 or Repetition', we have excused our 
 felves on that Head by brief Prefaces 
 and References in their proper ¥ laces, 
 and foall fay no more of them here: 
 But conclude with jubmitting the whole 
 Performance to the favourable Cenfare 
 of the Candid Reader. 
 
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&be History of the BIBLE. 
 
 fbe CREATION. 
 
 g5^C3§n?8SI O D h avm g> out °f a confufcd and ob- 
 •^m^ft l^fe icurc CWf, created the Heavens, the 
 Sp^=!~(^|^ Earth, and the Sea ; the Fifties, the 
 ^Ipl^JSJK Birds of tn e Air, the Cattle, and eve- 
 t {%^^^s < S\ r Y creeping Thing, He laft of all, was 
 |^J^^^^^^ pleafed to form Man, to be the Lord 
 of all thefe, out of the Dufi of the Earth, 
 and breathed irdo his Nojlrils the Breath of Life. And that 
 he might not be without a Companion, or Help meet for 
 him, he caft the Man into a deep Sleep, and from one 
 of his Ribs, formed Woman, and brought her to the 
 Man, who received her as Bone of his Bone, and Flejb 
 of his Flejhy and called her Woman, to fignify her Re- 
 lation to him. 
 
 II. 
 
 the FALL. 
 
 THIS happy Pair, thus created and placed in 
 Paradife, of all the Works of His Creation, 
 God prohibited them no Enjoyment, laving, 
 that they fliould not, on Pain of Death, eat of the 
 Fruit of one Tree, called Sthe rfree of the Kno-zvldge of 
 Good and Evil; which Command was info-rced upon 
 them, as a Teft of their Obedience and Acknowledg- 
 ment of their Dcpendance upon their. Creator. But 
 long had they not enjoy 'd the charming Beauties of 
 their Situation, before the Woman, tempted by the 
 wily Serpent, prevailed on the Man to eat of the for- 
 bidden Fruit. This their Tranfgrcflion, could not 
 be hidden from the Eye of an all-feeing God, who 
 upbraiding the Man for his Difobedicncc, pronounced 
 Sentence upon him, rfhat, as he was taken out of the 
 DhJI, fo he JhouJd return to Dufi again, and expelled 
 theft both out of Paradife. 
 
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pbe History of the BIBLE. 
 
 III. 
 
 tfbe Sacrifice of CAIN and ABEL. 
 
 FROM this Difobedience of our firfl: Parents, 
 Rancour, Malice, Revenge, and all the deadly 
 Pafiions, began to invade the Heart of Man ; and 
 -Satan, who had but too well fucceeded in his firfl 
 Attempts, never ceafed to purfue the Advantages 
 .he had gained : A fatal Example of which hap- 
 |-»en'd in the Cafe of Cain and Abel, the Sons of 
 Adam and Eve : Cain being an Husbandman, of- 
 fered to God, a Sacrifice of fome of his Fruits, 
 and Abel, w h° was a Shepherd, the belt of his 
 •Flocks, Cain, burning with Refentment and Uncha- 
 skablenefs to his Brother, found his Sacrifice un- 
 pleafing to God ; while that of Abel was well ac- 
 cepted, by Reafon of the Integrity of his Heart. 
 This fo irritated Cain, that he determined from that 
 Time to wreak his Revenge on his innocent Bro- 
 ther. 
 
 IV. 
 
 CAIN flayetb ABEL. 
 
 N Order to this, Cain having treacheroufly ind- 
 eed Aid into the Fields, who little lufpected his 
 barbarous Intention, he there, laying afide all Hu- 
 manity and Brotherly Affection, rofe up againft him, 
 .and flew him. But the -Blood of righteous Abel 
 .-crying out from the Earth unto the Lord, the Al- 
 -mighty fet a Mark upon Cain, that no Body fhould 
 Hay him, but that he might live to bear the torment- 
 ing Stings of a wounded Conscience, and con- 
 demned him to be a Vagabond upon the Earth all 
 •his Life : A juft Punifhment for Tuch a barbarous 
 .Fratricide, and a Warning to all Pofrerity, to avoid 
 the favage Pailions of Envy and Revenge, and all 
 iUnchariuihlenels. 
 
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fbh History of the BIBLE; 
 
 V. 
 
 tH ARK. 
 
 THE Sins of Mankind (till increalfng, and every" 
 Generation growing worie and worie, info- 
 much that there was but one righteous Main 
 to-be found; the Almighty, juftly provoked at their' 
 Ingratitude and Degeneracy, repented him that he 
 had made Man, and refolved' to extirpate him from* 
 the Face of the Earth : But becaufe the righteous 
 Noah mould not lofe his Reward, God commanded 
 him to build an Ark, according to the Proportions he 
 prefcribed, in order to lave bis own Family, and the- 
 living Creatures God fhould fend him. This Ark' 
 .was a Hundred Years in building, during all which 
 Time, Noah preached Repentance to the Sons of 
 Men, id order to avert the Wrath of Heaven ; but ail 
 to no Purpofe, their Hearts being hardened, and they 
 being abandon'd to their own Deftru&ion. 
 
 VI. Stbe DELUGE. 
 
 ALL Noah's Admonitions thus proving ineftec- 
 tual, God commanded him to enter the Ark, 
 which he had ftor'd with all necefiary Provili- 
 ons for himfelf and the Creatures he took with him 
 (every clean Bcaft by Seven's, and unclean by Two's) 
 together with his Wife, and his Three Sons and 
 their Wives : Which being done, the Lord cauied 
 fuch violent Rains to be fhower'd down, for the 
 Space of Forty Days and Forty flights, that the 
 Earth was totally oyerwhelm'd, and the Waters 
 prevailed Fifteen Cubits above the higheft Hills 
 and Mountains ; fo that in this univerlal Deluge, 
 not only Men, but Birds, and Beafts, and every 
 creeping Thing perifh'd ; except AW' and his Fami- 
 ly, and the living Creatures with him in the Jrk ;. 
 which by the Providence of God was ftill preferv'd 
 floating on the Surface of the Waters. 
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It be History of the BIBLE, 
 
 VII. 
 
 ft be Waters dried up. 
 
 IT was for the Space Gf Seven Months from 
 the Beginning of the Flood, that the Earth re- 
 main'd oyenvhelm'd, when the Lord caufed a 
 great Wind to pafs over it, which abated the Waters 
 Jo much, that the Ark refted upon the Mountains of 
 Ar.ivat. Four Months after which, Noah fent forth 
 nrft a Raven, which did not return, and after that 
 a Dove, which finding no Refting place, returned 
 To him ; but Seven Days after that, he fent forth 
 the fame Dove, which returned to him with a 
 green Olive-branch in its Mouth, pluck'd off of a 
 Tree ; by which Noah obferv'd that the Waters were 
 abated. Afterwards, they being wholly dried up, the 
 Lord permitted Noah, who had continued in the Ark 
 for a whole Year, to depart from it, together with all 
 his Family, and the living Creatures of all Kinds, 
 that had been preferved therein. 
 
 VIII. 
 GOD's Covenant with NOAH. 
 
 N'OJH, to mew his Thankfulnefs to the Lord, 
 for his difkinguifhing Mercy and Goodnefs to 
 him, as foon as he carne forth of the Ark, 
 built an Akar, and offer'd upon it an Offering of eve- 
 ry clean Beaft and every clean Fowl ; which the Al- 
 mighty was pleafed to accept gracioufly, and made an 
 eternal Covenant with him and his Children, and efta- 
 bliih'd as a Token thereof, the Rainbow, to fignify 
 that he would never more deftroy the World by a De- 
 luge, and commanded them to increafe and multiply, 
 and to repkniih. and poflefs the Earth. 
 
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Stbe History of the BIBLE; 
 
 IX. 
 ABRAHAM entertaineth three Angels. 
 
 MANY Hundred Years after the Death of 
 Noah, it pleafed God to diftinguifti by his 
 Mercies, the faithful Abraham, the Son of 
 Zerah, and Defendant of Sbem, one of the Sons of 
 Noah; whom he promifed to make the Father and 
 Head of many powerful Nations : And when Abraham 
 was a Hundred Years old, he fent Three Angels to 
 his Abode to confirm his Promife ; who being recei- 
 ved as Travellers by Abraham, declared that his Wife 
 would fhortly conceive a Son, which flie over-hear- 
 ing, being above Ninety Years of Age, and al- 
 ways barren, laughed at as an impoflible Thing, 
 The Angels challenging her with her Incredulity, 
 flie, filled with Confufion, not thinking they had 
 heard her, denied me had laughed ; upon which 
 they reprimanded her, and took leave of Abraham,. 
 and departed. 
 
 X. LOT's Inceft. 
 
 BUT whilft Alraham became the chofen Fa- 
 vourite of the Almighty, it happened not ib 
 well with his Nephew Let, who having fcparateJ 
 from him, by means of the little Brangles and 
 Strifes arifen between their Servants, took up his 
 Abode near the City of Sodom, which, for its abo- 
 minable' Wickednefs, .being fhortly after deftroyed 
 by Fire and Erimftone from Heaven, and his Wife, 
 for her Difobedience, turned into a Pillar of Salt,, 
 and he being driven for .Refuge to a Cave in Zoar y . 
 his Two Daughters, thinking all Mankind hue 
 themfelves and their Father, were deftroyed, in or- 
 der to preferve the Human Species, made him drunk) 
 with Wine, and caufed him to commit Inceft ; 
 from which unnatural Sin fprang the Fathers of" 
 the Moalitts and the Jmmonites, Two very roAvev-^ 
 ful Nations. 
 
fie History of the BIBLE. 
 XL 
 
 HAGAR's' Diftrefs. 
 
 BUT before the fet Time of the Lord's Promife 
 of a Son to Abraham ^ was accomplifhed, Sarah 
 recommended to him her Handmaid Hagar, as 
 was frequently the Cuftom of thofe Days, that he 
 might not be deftitute of an Heir, in Cafe lhe herfelf 
 mould bear him no Children : Accordingly, Abraham 
 had a Son by Hagar, called Jjhmaef, who when Ifaac 
 was born, deriding him, and Hagar behaving herfelf 
 alfo unfeemly to her Miitrefs, Abraham was obliged to 
 put her and her Son away; who travelling in the 
 Wildernefs of Beerjbeba, and being in great Diftrefs 
 for Water, me caft the Child under one of the 
 Shrubs, and removing a Bow-fhot Distance, bewail'd 
 her unhappy Cafe, and her Infant's, whofe Death Hie 
 inftantly expected : But the Angel of the Lord difco- 
 ver'd to her a Well of Water, wherewith me faved 
 her Child's Life, who afterwards became the Father 
 of a mighty People called the Ijhmaelites. 
 
 XII. 
 
 ABRAHAM'S fryal 
 
 THE Jeavijb Tradition tells us, that Ifaac was 
 Thirty-feven Years old when his Father Abra- 
 ham was called upon to the greateft Tryal of 
 i»is Faith j which he had ever experienc'd. He was not 
 only the Son of the Promife, and the Son of his 
 Parents old Age, but their only earthly Delight 
 and Picafure : Yet fo great was the Faith of Abra- 
 Jfvu/7, and his Reliance on the Almighty, that when 
 God commanded him, to take this his only Comfort, 
 and facrifice him to him, he readily, without Heiii:a- 
 tion, complied with the divine Command; and as he 
 was juft about to flay his Son, the Angel of the 
 Lord called to him to defift, and having applauded 
 his great Faith, caufed a Ram to be caught by the 
 Horns in a Thicket, which Abraham took and offer'd 
 up to the Lord inftead of his Son. 
 
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 XIII. 
 ISAAC and REBEKAH. 
 
 ABRAHAM having buried his Wife Sarah, at 
 the Age of 127 Years, and being old himfelf, 
 thought it Time to Think of marrying his Son 
 Ifaac, but not caring to wed him to the Daughters of 
 the Land, he fent his faithful Steward Elkzer, with 
 Camels and a great Equipage, to get him a Wife 
 ame.g the Daughters of his Brother Nahor y the Mefo- 
 •potamian: The Steward arriving near the City of 
 Nahr, by a Well's Side, pray'd to the Lord, That 
 the Damiel, who mould be the Wife of Ifaac, might 
 come forth with a Pitcher to draw Water, and that 
 if he asked her to give him to drink, me would offer 
 to make his Camels drink alfo : This happen'd ac- 
 cording to his Prayer, and Rebekah the Daughter of 
 Bethucl, NabcrS Son, coming forth, and offering him 
 and his Camels Drink, he plainly perceived the Fin- 
 ger of the Lord in the Cafe, and inftantly went home 
 with her, and demanded and obtained her for a 
 Wife for his young Matter Ifaac, and conducted her 
 to him accordingly. 
 
 XIV. 
 ABRAHAM'* Burial. 
 
 AFTER Abraham had feen his Son Ifaac thus 
 happily married, he took to himfelf another 
 Wife, named Ketimih ; who bore to him Six 
 Sons ; and haying prcfented thefe Sons with Gifts, he 
 fent them away towards the Eaji Country, and left all 
 the Remainder of his great Riches to his beloved Son 
 Ifxac. And now, having compleatcd an Hundred and 
 Three fcorc and Fifteen Years, he gave up the Ghoff, 
 and was buried by his Sons Ifaac and Jjhm.iel, in the 
 Cave of Machfelah, which he had purchafed in his 
 Life Time for the Scpultura of his Family, and where 
 he had before buried Sarah his Wife. 
 
£he History of the BIBLE. 
 
 XV. 
 ESAU fells his Birth-Right. 
 
 ISAAC had been marry 'd to his beloved Wife Re- 
 bekah 20 Years, before he had any Children by her ; 
 and then IKe conceived of Twins, the ftrft-born 
 whereof was called Efau, and the other Jacob : When 
 thefe Sons were grown up, Efau became a great Hun- 
 ter, and Jacob was a -plain Man dwelling in I'ents. It 
 happened that Efau on a Time returning from Hunting 
 ready to faint with Hunger, befbught Jacob, who had 
 fod Lentile-pottage, to give him a tiLefs to eat, but 
 Jacob y taking Advantage of his Brother's Neceffity, in- 
 iifted upon his parting with his Birch-Right for it. 
 And Efau/wf, Behold I am at the Point to die ; and what 
 Profit Jhall this Birth-Right do to me? And Jacob /aid. 
 Swear to me this Day, and he /wore unto him : And he 
 fold his Birth-Right unto Jacob. — -rfhus Efau defpfed his 
 Birth-Right. 
 
 XVI. 
 JACOB fteals the Bleffmg from ESAU. 
 
 NOW Ihzc loved Efau, becaufehe eat of his Venifon', 
 but Rebekah loved Jacob : And hearing Ifaac, 
 who was now blind with Age, give order to E- 
 fau to kill him ibme Venifon, and to make favoury Meat 
 for him, that he might blefs him before he dy'd> me 
 contriv'd to put Jacob in his Stead, and to Eiake him 
 fteal from Efau the Bleffmg defign'd him ; and ac- 
 cordingly having made Efau believe the Impofture, 
 he blefled him, and aflured him, that all his Brethren 
 fliould ferve him. Efau returning, arid Ifaac being 
 undeceived, would not however reverfe his Ble fling, 
 but told him, that he fhould ferve his Younger Bro- 
 ther. At which Efau, conceived a violent Hatred 
 asjainft Jacob, and threatned to kill him after the 
 Death of his Father Ifaac, 
 
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 XVII. 
 
 t JACOBS Ladder. 
 
 JACOB being obliged to flee to avoid the Refent- 
 ment of his Brother Efatt, bent his Courfe to his 
 Mother's Kindred in Mefcptamia ; but being 
 belated in his Journey, he gathered fome Stones to- 
 gether for his Pillow, and laying him down, fell 
 alleep, and dream d, and behold a Ladder fet upon the 
 Earth, and the uop of it reach' d to Heaven ; and the An- 
 gels of God afcending and drfce-nding on it ; and above it 
 flood the Almighty, who was gracioufly pleafed to 
 renew to him, all the Promifes which he had made 
 to Abraham, and to Ifaac, and that he would pro- 
 tect him and blefs him in all his Undertakings. And 
 Jacob awaked out of his Sleep, and /aid. Surely the Lord 
 is in this Place, and I knew it not. And he vow'd a 
 Vow, that the Lord mould be his God, if he would 
 vouchfafe to protect him, and (being not folicitous 
 for ought but the Necefllties of Life) if he would 
 be pleas'd to give him Meat to eat, and Raiment to 
 put on ; and he called the Name of the Place Beth-el. 
 
 XVIII. 
 JACOB and RACHEL. 
 
 JACOtf purfuing his Journey, arriv'd at a Well 
 in Haran, where they ufed to water their Flocks, 
 and being informed that Rachel the Daughter of 
 Liban his Mother's Brother, was approaching with 
 her Flock, he rolled a great Stone from the Mouth 
 of the' Well, and making himfelf known to Rachel, 
 water'd her Flock ; and ilie halten'd to acquaint her 
 Father with his Arrival, who received him with all 
 manner of Kindnefs ; and he ferv'd him 14 Years for 
 his Daughters Leah and Rachel, and in the Space of 
 6 Years more, having greatly increafed his Subftance, 
 and by his Wives and their Handmaids, having 1 1 
 Sons, and one Daughter, he fet out to return to his 
 Father's Houfe, hoping by this Time his Brother 
 Efau had forgot his Refentment. 
 
&be History of the BIBLE. 
 
 XIX. 
 JACOB wreftles with an Angel. 
 
 J A DOB hearing his Brother Efau was^ coming 
 to meet him, attended with 400 Men, was ex- 
 ceeding terrified, and having implored the 
 Divine Protection, he pick'd out 200 She-Go^tSy.. and 
 20 He-Goats: 200 Ews, and 20 Rams; 3 c Milch Camels 
 with their Colts', 40 Kine, and 10 Bulls', 2.0 She-Jffes y 
 and io Folesy ordering them to be drove before in dif- 
 ferent Flocks, as Preients to pacify the Fury of his 
 Brother. And he following after alone, was wreftled 
 with by a Man, who proved to be an Angel of the 
 Lord, who touching the Hallow of Jacob's Thigh, 
 occafioned. him to halt ever after; and for this 
 Reafon the Children of Ifrael eat not of the Sinew which 
 fljranky which is upon the Hollow of the ^Thigh, ur.to this. 
 Day. 
 
 XX. 
 JACOB meeteth ESAU. 
 
 JACOB being convinced that the Perfon he had 
 wreftled with, was an Angel of the L,ord, who 
 chang'd his Name to Ifrael ', procur'd his BIe£- 
 fing, and departed to meet Efau ; who by this Time 
 having approached his People, and being foftned by 
 his Brother's humble Deportment laid afide his Re- 
 fentments, and meeting him, fell on his Neck and 
 killed him, and wept Jacob prefented to him his 
 Wives, and his Sons, and Daughter, and urged him 
 to accept of the Prefents he had fele&ed from his 
 Flocks for him ; which, after fome Difficulty, Efau 
 complying with, many mutual Civilities palTed be- 
 tween them, and they parted. And thus was Jacob 
 reconciled to his Brother, and delivered from all his 
 Apprehenfions on that Score, by his fubmiilive and 
 obliging Deportment to his Brother. 
 
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 XXI. 
 DINAH RaviJhecL 
 
 JACOB having thus efcaped the Fury of his Bro- 
 ther, purfued his Journey to Succoth, and pur- 
 chafed a Field wherein he pitch'd his Tents, and 
 built him an Houfe, and erected an Altar to theLord. 
 But long he had not been fettled there, before Dinah his 
 Daughter, out of vvomanifh Curiofity, going to fee the 
 Daughters,of the Land,Shechem the Son of Hamer^Prince 
 ofthe Country, feized on her by Force, and ravifli'd 
 ^ier : But being captivated with her Beauty, he pro- 
 cujr'd his Father Hamor to treat with Jacob about mar- 
 rying her; offering to agree to any Propofals that 
 fhould be made for that purpofe, and to confblidate an 
 intire Union between their Families and People, in 
 order to repair the Fault committed by his Son. 
 
 XXII. 
 Stbe Shechemites /lain. 
 
 TO thefe Propofals Jacob and his Son fcemed to 
 give Ear, and demanded that the Prince and 
 all the Males ofthe Country fhould be Circum- 
 cifed: To which they" readily yielding, on the Third 
 Day, when their Pains were molt violent, Simeon and 
 Levi t Two ofthe Sons of Jacob, unknown to their Fa- 
 ther, boldly enter'd the City, and put to the Sword all 
 the Males, not fparing either Hamor the King, or his 
 Son Sheckem, while the whole City became the Plunder 
 -ofthe other Sons, and the Wives and Daughters ofthe 
 Shechemites, were carry 'd by them into Captivity. 
 This Bloody Execution forely vexed Jacob, who ex- 
 postulated with them thereupon in ltrong Terms ; 
 but they juftified thcmfclves becaufe of the Outrage 
 their Sifter Lino}) had received : And the Lord caft 
 a Terror upon all the Nations round about, fo that 
 they durft not rife and revenge upon Jacob, who was 
 innocent of his Sons Violence, the Destruction of the 
 Sl.ccbe mites. 
 
£he History of the BIBLE. 
 
 XXIII. 
 JUDAH and TAMAR. 
 
 JUDAH, one of the Sons of Jacob, having Three 
 Sons, Two of which for their Wickednefs were 
 flain by the Lord, he ordered tfamar their Widow 
 to dwell with him till his Third Son was grown up, 
 whom he promis'd to give to her in Marriage. But his 
 Son being arriv'd at Maturity, and J-udah neglecting 
 his Promife, tfamar chang'd her Apparel for that of a 
 loole Woman, and went and fat herfelf down by the 
 Highway-fide, where Judah was to come by : Who 
 taking her for what ihe ap^ear'd to be, left his Brace- 
 let, Signet, and Staff with her, as Pledges for a 
 Prefent of a Kid which he was to fend her for her 
 Permiffion to lie with her • and fo, unknown to him- 
 felf, went to Bed to his Daughter-in-Law. Which 
 furnifhes a LefTon to all Perfons who fuffcr them- 
 felves to be led by their headftrong Paflions, that 
 they know not to what Sins their Follies may lead 
 them. 
 
 XXIV. 
 TAMAR to be burnt. 
 
 JUDAH, as foon as he got to his Flock, fent the 
 Kid to redeem his Pledges, by the Hands of a 
 Friend ; but finding no Woman there, he durft 
 not, for fear of Scandal, make farther Enquiry. But 
 afterwards hearing that rfamar was with Child, he 
 order'd her to be burnt : When fhe was brought 
 forth, fhe lent her Pledges to Judah, faying, By the 
 Man whofe thefe are, am I with (Jliild. And Judah ac- 
 knowledged them, . and [aid, She is wore righteous than I, 
 becaufe that I gave her not to Shelah my Son: And he 
 knew her no more, 'famar being thus refpited from Ex- 
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 XXV. 
 
 JOSEPH'* Dreams, 
 
 IT frequently happens, that Parents who have fe- 
 veral Children, are too apt to fliew a partial Affe- 
 ction to fome one, tho by this Imprudence they 
 fubjecl: their Favourite to the Hatred and Malice of 
 all the reft. This was the Cafe with J acab y who of all 
 his Sons, loved Jofefh the Son of Rachel beft, and was 
 fb impolitick as to diftinguifti him in his Apparel, by 
 cloathing him in gay and party-colour'd Veftments ; 
 which irritated his Brethren againft him. jjfcfepb, as 
 is the. Cafe often of the moft favour'd, alfo added to 
 their Difgufts, by acquainting his Father with their 
 Faults and undue Liberties of Speech ; and what ftill 
 augmented their Hatred, was, Two Dreams which he 
 had, and told them of; the one, that as they were 
 binding Sheaves, his Sheaf arofe, and flood in the 
 midft of theirs, and that theirs made Obeifance to his 
 Sheaf; the other, that the Sun, Moon and Eleven 
 Stars, paid alfo Obeifance to him ; both which fcem'd 
 to prefage his future Grandeur and Elevation. 
 
 XXVI. JOSEPH caft into a Pit. 
 
 ALL thefe Provocations put together, fo exafpe 
 rated Jefepb's Brethren againft him, that they 
 refblved to wreak their Revenge upon him the 
 firft Opportunity. Accordingly Jacob having fent him 
 to fee how his Brethren fared, who kept their Flocks 
 in a diftant Part of the Country, they no (boner faw 
 him, but they confpired together to flay the Dreamer, 
 as they called him in Derifion. But Reuben, his eldeft 
 Brother, difluaded them from their bloody Purpofe, 
 and advifed them to put him into an empty Pit in the 
 Wildernefs, and leave him to his Fate, defigning after- 
 wards fecretly to deliver him from thcrxe. Accordingly 
 they feized Jojeph, and having, with great Contumely, 
 (tripped him of his' party-colour'd Coat, they caft him 
 into a Pit, and fat themfelves down to eat and br 
 merry. 
 
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 XXVII. JOSEPH fold to the Iflimaelites. 
 
 JOSEPH had not been long in the Pit, when his 
 Brethren faw fome Mdiamtijb Merchants paffing 
 by, to whom they thought they had better fell 
 him, than to be guilty of his Blood: Accordingly 
 they bargained for 20 Pieces of Silver, and delivered 
 him to the IJbmaelites, who being on a Journey to 
 Egypt, carried Jofeph thither, and fold him to Potiphar, 
 Captain of the Guards to King Pharoah. Mean time 
 Reuben, who had a Defign privately to fave Jofeph, 
 -and knew nothing of his being fold, coming to the 
 Pit, and finding him not there, gave way to the 
 rnoft exceflive Grief, and went to his Brethren, 
 selling them, That he found Jofeph was no more ; and 
 that they Ihould never be able to lee their Father's 
 Face: Hereupon they killed a Kid, and dipping ^0- 
 fph's Coat in the Blood, they carried it to Jacob, pre- 
 tending that fome evil Beaft had devoured his beloved 
 Son ; which he believing, rent his Cloaths, and 
 cloathed his Loins with Sackcloth, and would not re- 
 ceive any Confolation. 
 
 XXVIII. JOSEPHS Chaftity. 
 
 BUT what Jofeph's Brethren had deiigned for his 
 Ruin, by the Providence of God, was turned 
 to his Exaltation ; for Potiphar his Mafter obfer- 
 ving his Diligence, and that every thing profpered 
 that he took in Hand, made him Steward over all his 
 Houihold and Eftate. In this advantageous Situati- 
 on he had not continued long, before his Miftrels ob- 
 ferving him to be a very handfome Youth, tempted 
 him to lie with her : But he abhorring fuch Wicked- 
 nefs, did all he could to avoid her Company and Con- 
 verfation ; but on 4 a Time, the Duties of his Office 
 obliging him to be in the Houfe all alone with his 
 Miftrefs, and no Body being near, fhe caught hold of 
 his Garment, faying, Lie with me. Jofeph hereupon 
 ftrug^ling to get irtt, left his Garment in her Hand, 
 and fled from the Houfe, to avoid her farther Impor- 
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 XXIX. R A H A B\r Covenant. 
 
 AS it is impoflible in this fmall Volume to carry- 
 on a ftri6t Connexion in all the Hiftovies oi 
 the Holy Bible, we fhall refer our Readers to 
 the';oth, 40th, and following Chapters of the Book 
 of Genejis, for the farther Particulars of the Hiftory of 
 Jofeph ; where he will find, how he was impviibned by 
 the falfe Accusation of his Miftrefs : By what Mean* 
 he was delivered and made Pharaoh's Prime Minifter r 
 How he amufed his Brethren, who, according to his 
 Dreams,' were obliged to fubmit to him. How he 
 made himfelf known to them ; and of his Grandeur, 
 Riches, Children, Death and Burial. In the Begin- 
 ning of Exodus will be found, the Oppreflion of the 
 Children of Ifrael in Eayp under a new King, their 
 Deliverance by the Hand of Mofes, dec. who dying, 
 Jofhua, after many Dangers and great Atchievements, 
 conducted the Ifraeliles to the Land of Promife\ and' 
 fending two Spies to the chief City Jericho, to view it, 
 they took up their Lodging at the Houfe of a Harlot 
 named Rahab, who, covenanting that they fhould fav*- 
 her and her Family when they took the Town, hid 
 them from the Citizens, who fufpected their Errand, 
 and letting them out of her Window by a Cord, they, 
 purfuing her Advice, got off fafe. 
 
 XXX. STONES taken out of Jordan. 
 
 HE Spies having encouraged the People to attack 
 Jericho, Jofhua made Preparations accordingly \ 
 but being to pafs the River Jordan, God com- 
 manded the Priefts to carry the Ark of the Covenant 
 into Jordan, the Waters of which he caufed to divide 
 as foon as their Feet touched the Brim thereof, and 
 they were gathered up on Heaps, while the Priefts en- 
 ter'd into the mid ft of the River with the Ark, and 
 there flood, till all the People were parted over ; when 
 the Waters returned into their natural Channel, and, 
 flowed as before. To perpetuate the Memory of which 
 Prodigy, God commanded that 12 Men out of the 12 
 Tribes fhould each take a Stone out of Jordan, while the: 
 Stream was flopped^ which Jejbu* pitch'd in Gilgal. 
 
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fhe Histoky of the BIBLE. 
 
 XXXI. 
 
 CIRCUMCISION renewed. 
 
 THE Children of Ifrael who came out of Egypt, 
 having, in their Journey to the Land of Promife, 
 behaved themfelves difobediently to the Lord, 
 and often murmur'd againft the Divine Commands ; it 
 pleafed God to punifli them, by caufmg them to walk 
 forty Years in the Wildernefs, during which Time, all 
 that Generation was confumed : And their Descen- 
 dants having never been Circumcifed, by Reafon of 
 their being born in their Journeyings, the Lord com- 
 manded Jejbua, after he had patted Jordan, to caufe 
 ail the Males to be initiated into that holy Ordinance, 
 which was accordingly performed, and they abode in 
 their Places in the Camp til} they were whole. 
 
 XXXII. 
 
 JERICHO taken. 
 
 THE Lord being willing to mamfeft his Wonders 
 to the Children of Ifrael, and to fhew them 
 that they fhould not truft in the Arm of Fleih. 
 for their Victories, ordered that the Ark of the Co- 
 venant fliould be carried Seven Times round Jericho, 
 preceded by Seven Priefts, blowing each a 1 rumpet 
 of Ramfhorns ; and at the feventh Time, upon a par- 
 ticular Signal, the People were ordered to give a great 
 Shout, and immediately the lofty Walls of Jericho fell 
 flat down to the Earth, and the Ifraelites enter'd the 
 fame, and put to the Sword every Man, Woman and 
 Child ; and all Sorts of Cattle, and burnt the City to 
 Aflies ; only fparing the Harlot Rdhah; and her Fami- 
 ly, according to the Promife of the Spies, whom fhe 
 had preferred from the Rage of the Men of Jevkho % 
 who feught to take away their Lives. 
 
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 XXXIII. 
 
 Five KINGS banged. 
 
 JOSHUA purfuing his Victories. Five Kings, to* 
 wit, the King of Jerufaknt y the King of Hebron, 
 the King of Javmuth, the King of Lachijh, and 
 the King of Eg/on, joined their Forces, to attack 
 Gibcon, a City in Alliance with the IfraeJites, who 
 thereupon joined Battle with the Five Kings ; and 
 the Lord rained Hailfton.es upon their Enemies, and,, 
 at the Prater of Jo/bun, caufed the Sun and Moon to 
 ftand ftill for three Days, till they were wholly dif- 
 comfitted ; and the Five Kings taking Refuge in a 
 Cave at Makkadah, Jojhua commanded them to be 
 brought forth, and having caufed his Officers to put 
 their Feet on their Necks, in Token of the Lord's 
 fubjecting their Enemies beneath their Feet, he fmote 
 them and flew them, and hanged them on Five 
 Trees, till the Evening, when their Bodies were ta- 
 ken down, and thrown into the Cave where they had 
 hid themfelves, doling up the Mouth thereof with. 
 great Stones. 
 
 XXXIV. GIDEON'jPr^. 
 
 AFTER the Death of Jojhua, and of that whole 
 Generation, the Children of Ifrael fullered 
 themfelves to be (educed by the Heathens a- 
 mong whom they lived, to worfhip their falfe Gods 
 and iorfcok that gracious God, who had heaped lb 
 many miraculous savours upon them. Wherefore the 
 Lord gave them into the Hands of the Midiar.ltes, v ho 
 opprefll-d themfo exceedingly, that they crying to the 
 Lord, he raifed up Gideon to deliver them ; to whom 
 an Angel appearing, accepted of his Prefcnt of a Kid* 
 and other Provifions, which he caufed him to put on 
 a Rock, and made fire to come out of the Rock, by 
 touching the Flcfh with his Staff, which confumed thr. 
 Flcft, and aU the Provifions Sv. 
 
ffa History of the BIBLE. 
 
 XXXV. GIDEON'/ Fleece. 
 
 GID EQN being confirmed by this Miracle, that 
 the Lord had chofen kim to deliver his Country, 
 deftroy'd the Altar of Baal, which belonged to 
 his Father Joajb ; at which the Midianites being incen- 
 fed, drew up a mighty Army of feveral Nations, to re- 
 venge their falfe God, and to punifh Gideon, who, by 
 this Time, being followed by many I/raelites, had raif- 
 €d a little Army againft them. And Gideon faid unto 
 God) if thou wilt foot Ifrael, by my Hand, as thou haft 
 {aid, I will put a Fleece of Wool in tie Floor, and if the 
 Dew be on the Fleece only, and it be dry upon all the Earth 
 lejide y thenjhall I know that thou wilt fave Ifrael by my 
 Hand, as thou hafi faid. And it was fe : for he roje up 
 tcrly on the Morrow, and thrift the Fletce together, and 
 cringed the Dew out of the Fleece a Bowl-full *f Water, 
 jind Gideon faid unto God, Let not thine Anger be hot 
 
 again f me Let it now be dry only upon the Fleece, and 
 
 upon all the Ground let there be Dew. And God did fo that 
 Night. 
 
 XXXVI. GIDEON'; Army. 
 
 GIDEON being thus encouraged, encamped with 
 his Army, which by this Time was increafed 
 to 32000 Men; But the Lord ordered him to 
 proclaim, that whomever was afraid, mould quit the 
 Army, left the Ifraelites Ihould vaunt, that their own 
 Numbers had faved them ; and thereupon 2.2000 Men 
 retired to their own Homes ; but the Lord ftill think- 
 ing the remaining 10000 too many, ordered Gideon to 
 carry them down to the Water,, and to chufe only thofe 
 that lapped Water as a Dog, and not thofe that bowed 
 down on their Knees to drink ; which reducing their 
 Number to 300 Men, who were all that lapped, with 
 thefe God miraculoufly was pleafed to deliver his 
 People, and deftroy at one time 120,000 of the Midi.x- 
 nites, together with Orel and Zeeb, and Zeba and Zt/- 
 munnct, Princes and Kings of Mdian, and thereby in- 
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 XXXVII. 
 
 JEPHTHAH'i Vow. 
 
 NEVER was People fo much favoured by God, 
 as the Jews, and never was there a more per- 
 verfe and undeferving Nation ; in their Profpe- 
 rity, always forfaking God,, and never, but in Adverfity, 
 obferving his Statutes. After the Death of Gideen, 
 they returned to grofs Idolatry; fo that the Lord 
 railed up againft them the numerous Armies of the 
 Ammonites, which ftruck ruch a Confternation thro' 
 Ifrael, that once more they laid afide their abomina- 
 tions, and turned to the Lord : who mercifully raifed 
 up Jefhtbal the Gileadite to defend them : This vali- 
 ant Captain vowed a VoWj that if the Lord would de- 
 liver his Enemies into his Hands, he would offer for 
 a^Burnt Oifering whatever came firft out of his Houfe 
 to meet him ; and having totally difcornfitted the 
 Ammonites, on his returning in Triumph, his Daugh- 
 ter and only Child, came out to meet him with Tim- 
 brels and Dances. 
 
 XXXVIII. 
 
 JEPHTHAH j j Sacrifice. 
 
 NOTHNIG could be more afflicting than this 
 Sight to Jetbtbab^ which turned < all his^ Tri- 
 umph into Mourning. He acquainted his Be- 
 loved Daughter with his "Vow : who with, admirable 
 Refignation, fubmitted to it, and befought him not to 
 depart from it, becaufe of his Tendcrnels to her ; 
 defiring only, that fhe might be permitted to go upon 
 the Mountans with her Female Companions, for the 
 Space of two Months, to bewail her Virginity. Which 
 Jepbtbab complying with, at the End of that Time Ihe 
 returned ; Arid be did ivitb bet -according to bis V*iv which 
 he oozved. And it was a Cuflom in Ifrael, after that the 
 Daughters of Ifrael went yearly to lament the Daughter of 
 Jephthah four Dsys in a Tear. 
 
<£he History of the BIBLE. 
 XXXIX. MANOAH'j Sacrifice. 
 
 AFTER the Death of Jephthah, the Ifraelites 
 were govern'd by feverai other Judges, till do- 
 ing Evil again in the Sight of the Lord, he 
 gave them into the Hands of the Philifiines for the 
 Space of 40 Years. But at laft being moved by their 
 Oppreflions and Repentance, he was pleafed to raife 
 up Sarnfon for their AiTiftance. His Father's Name was 
 Mayieah of the Tribe of Dan, whofe Wife having con- 
 tinued barren for many Years, an Angel appeared to 
 her alone, and told her flie fhould bear a Son, who 
 fliould begin to deliver IfraeJ from the Philifiines : She 
 not knowing it to be an Angel, informed her Husband 
 of the Prediction, who praying to God alfo to fee the 
 Holy Man, the Angel appeared to them both, and re- 
 newed his Prediction ; and commanded them to offer 
 a Burnt-offering to the Lord (inftead of paying a*ny 
 Honours to himfelf) he afcended up before them,, in 
 tjhe Smoke thereof, leaving them both fully convinced 
 of his Angelick Miffion, and in a great Conftern2tion 
 at fo extraordinary an Occurrence. 
 
 XL. SAMSON killetb a Lyon. 
 
 SAMSON, according to the Prediction of the An- 
 gel, being born and growing a Man, he caft his 
 Eyes on a young Woman at Timnah, of the Daugh- 
 ters 01 the Philifiines, whom he defired his Father and 
 Mother to procure for his Wife. Manoah oppofed his 
 Choice at firft, becaufe flie was a Philifiine ; but find- 
 ing his Son inftft upon it, he and his Wife accompa- 
 nied him to tfimnah, and as Samfon was at fome Di- 
 ftance from them in their Way, Behold a ycmg Lyon 
 roared agalnjt him. And the Spirit of the Lord came 
 mightily upon him, and he rfnt the Lyon as he. tvoA.i have 
 rent a Kid, and he had nothing in his Hand \ but he told 
 tot his Father nor his Mother what he hath done : But pro- 
 ceeded on his Way, and gaining the Content of the 
 young W© man and her Parents, a Day was fiVd for 
 his Efpoufals. 
 
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 XLL SAMSON fmitxth the Philiftines. 
 
 AS Samfon returned to marry his Wife, he found 
 in the Carcaf: of the dead Lyon, Bees, and 
 Honey, which he eat of: And at his Wed- 
 ding Feaft propounded this Riddle to 50 young Men 
 at the Table, viz- Out of the Eater came forth Meaty and 
 tut of the Strong, Sweetnefs ; promifing them 30 Changes 
 of Rayment, and 30 Sheets, if, within a fixed Time, 
 they could expound the fame ; provided, that if they 
 could not, they fhould give him the fame Reward. 
 The fet Time being almoft elapfed, they prevailed on 
 his Wife to gox the Secret out of him : Which being 
 revealed to them, fo enraged Samfon, that he flew 30 
 Philiftines, and gave their Rayment to thofe who had 
 expounded the Riddle. After this, in his Abfence, 
 his Wife being given to another Man, he caught 300 
 Foxes, and tied them Tail to Tail, with Firebrands 
 between each, and letting them loofe among the {land- 
 ing Corn of the Phiiijlines, he confumed that and their 
 Vineyards and Olives. This inraging the Phiiijlines, 
 they burnt his Wife and her Father ; whereupon Sam- 
 fon fmote them Hip and Thigh, with a great Slaugh- 
 ter, and went and dwelt on the Top of a Rock. The 
 Philiftines being gathered together for Revenge, the 
 Men of Judah perfuaded Samfon to let them bind him 
 with new Cords, and deliver him up to the Philiftines t 
 who feeing him bound, gave a great Shout; upon 
 which the Spirit of the Lord coming upon Samfon, he 
 fnapt the new Cords as if they had been burnt Flax, 
 and finding the Jaw Bone of an Afs, he fell upon the 
 Philiftines, and therewith flew 1000 Men. 
 
 XLII. Samfon carrieth away the Gates. 
 
 AND it was told the Gazites, faying, Samfon is 
 come hither. And they compiled him in, and laid 
 wait for Vim, and having fecured the Gates, wert 
 quiet all tie Nipht, faying. In the Morning, when it is 
 Day, we jhall kill him And Samfon arrfe At AJidnieht, 
 and took the Doors of the Gate of the City, the two Pofls % 
 Bar and all, and carried them up to the Top cf an Hill that 
 is before Hebron. 
 
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 XLIII. DELILAH'j Faljhood. 
 
 THE Lords of the Philifiines having fought all 
 Opportunities to be revenged of Samfon, to no 
 Purpofe, at laft had recourfe to a Woman na- 
 med Delilah, for whom he had a great Affection ; of- 
 fering her mighty Rewards if ihe could prevail upon 
 him to reveal where his great Strength lay. Three 
 feveral Times he amufed her with wrong Accounts, 
 and fo efcaped the Snare laid for him : But at length, 
 When Jbe preffed him daily with her Words , and urged him 
 fo, that his Soul was vexed unto Death, he told her all his 
 Heart, and /aid unto her, tfhere hath not come a Razor 
 upon mine Head ; for I have been a Nazarite unto God 
 from my Mother s Womb : If I be fhaven, then my Strength 
 will go from me, and I Jball become weak, and be like any 
 other Man. Delilah hereupon making him fleep upon 
 her Knees, fent for the Lords of the Philifiines, and 
 caufed a Man to fliave off the Seven Locks of his Head, 
 and his Strength went from him, and the Philiftines took 
 him, and put out his Eyes, and brought him down to 
 Gaza, and bound him with Fetters of Brafs, and' he did 
 grind in the Prifon-houfe. And thus was Samfon ft- 
 verely punched for revealing his Secrets to a wicked 
 Proftitute. 
 
 " XLIV. S A M S O Wt Revenge and Death. 
 
 BUT in a little Time Samfon 's Hair beginning to 
 grow again, his Strength alfo returned : Mean 
 while the Philiftines triumphed exceedingly in- 
 their Conqueft, and on a Time making a Sacrifice in 
 Gratitude to their God Dagon, who they fuppofed had 
 delivered their Enemy into their Hands, being very 
 merry, they fent for Samfon to make them Sport; 
 who being brought and placed between the Two Pil- 
 lars that iupported the Houft, he took one in each 
 Hand, and calling upon God to aflift him that once to 
 revenge himfelf for his two Eyes, and defiring to die 
 with them, he bowed himfelf with all his might, avd the 
 Houfe fell upon the Lords, and upon all tie People that 
 were therein : So the Dead which he flew at his Death, 
 were wore than they which he flew in his Life. 
 
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 XLV. Naomi and her Zwo Daughters. 
 
 NAOMI having buried her Husband and Two 
 Sons in the Land of Moab, whither they had 
 retired when there was a Famine in the Land 
 of Judah, and being difpofed to return to her own 
 Country, which was again blefled with Plenty, flie en- 
 deavour 'd to perfuade Orpah and Ruth, the Widows of 
 her deceafed Sons, to leave her in her Misfortunes, 
 and return to their Mother's Houfe, where they would 
 probably be lefs expofed to the Hardlhips her Poverty 
 and Afflidion muft needs involve them in : Orpah was 
 mov'd by her Arguments, and took leave of her Mo- 
 ther; but Ruth, having more Piety, and a ftronger 
 Faith in God's Providence, faid to Naomi, Intreat me 
 7iot to leave thee, or return from following after thee ; for 
 whither thou goejl I will go, and where thou lodgefi I will 
 lodge : rfhy People Jhall be my People, and thy God my God .• 
 Where thou diefi will I die, and there will I be buried, 
 tfbe Lord do fo to me, and more alfo, if ought but Death 
 fart thee And me. Naomi feeing fhe was ftedfaftly re- 
 folved, delifted from her Perfuafions; and they two 
 went until they were come to Bethlehem. 
 
 XLVI. BOAZ' J Kindnefs to Ruth. 
 
 IT was the Beginning of Barley-harveft, when Nao- 
 mi and Ruth arrived at Bethlehem, and Ruth going 
 to glean in the Fields of Boaz, a very wealthy 
 Relation of Naomi's late Husband, Boaz caft his Eyes 
 upon her, and being informed who flie was, he ap- 
 plauded her dutiful Behaviour to her Mother-in-Law, 
 and enjoin'd her to glean in no other Field but his, 
 during the whole Time of Harveft ; and to keep faft 
 by his Maidens ; and after fhe was gone to glean, he 
 order'd his Servants that they fliould drop Handfuls 
 on purpofc for her to take up ; which they did, info- 
 much, that when flie had beat out that flie had glean- 
 ed, it was about an Ephah of Barley. 
 
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 XLVII. 
 RUTH Uetb at the Feet of BOAZ. 
 
 NAOMI rejoicing at Boa^s Kindnefs to her 
 Daughter-in-Law, and being willing to im- 
 prove his favourable Difpofition to her, conv 
 manded Ruth to watch the Place of his Repofe in the 
 Threfhing-floor, where he was to winnow Barley that 
 Night, and when he was laid down, and was fallen 
 afleep, to uncover his Feet, and to lay herfelf down 
 by him. Ruth obey'd, and being laid down by him* he 
 awoke at Midnight, and was at firft furprized to find 
 « Woman at his Feet; but Ruth revealing herfelf, 
 and claiming of him the Right of marrying her, ac- 
 cording to the Jcw'ijh Cuftom, as being her near Kinf- 
 man, he applauded her Choice, in that ihe had not 
 fet her Heart on a young, indifcreet Man, and told 
 her, that there was ftill a nearer Relation than he, of 
 whom he would require to perform the Duty of near- 
 eft Kinfman, and if he declined it, he himfelf would 
 marry her. And in the Morning prefenting her with 
 fix Meafures of Barley, he difmifled her, with much 
 Civility and Kindnefs. 
 
 XLVIII. 
 BOAZ married RUTH. 
 
 BOAZ refted not till he made good his Promife 
 to Ruth, and having, as was the Cuftom, re- 
 quired, publickly, the neareft Kinfman to mar- 
 ry Ruth, and he having declin'd it, Roaz took Wit- 
 nefles of it, and efpoufed her himfelf: And in .procefs 
 ©f Time fhe conceived and bore a Son, who was 
 called Obed y who was the Father of Jrjje y the Father 
 ©f King David', from which Stock, according to the 
 Flefh, afterwards defcended our bleffed Lord and Sa- 
 viour Jefus Chrift. And thus glorioufly, for an Exam- 
 ple- to all Children, was Ruth rewarded for her filial 
 Duty to her Mother-in-Law. 
 
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 XLIX. SAMUEL killeth A G A G. 
 /-|AHE Ifraelites having requefted of the Prophet 
 i Samuel, that he would make them a King to 
 
 judge them like other Nations, the Lord was 
 pleafed to comply with their Requeft, and directed 
 Samuel to anoint for their King, Saul the Son of Ki/b t 
 who having, by the Divine Aififtance, fubdued many 
 powerful Nations, was at laft commanded to fall upon 
 the Amalehites, and to fpare neither Man, Woman 
 nor Child, nor Ox, Sheep, Camel nor Afs ; Saul ac- 
 cordingly made great Slaughter of the AmaUkites ; but 
 took Priibner King Agag their King, whom he fpa- 
 red, and alfo the beft of their Cattle, from a Principle 
 of Avarice : Whereupon Samuel having feverely rebu- 
 ked Saul for not fulfilling the Command of the Lord, 
 and threatned him with the Deprivation of his King- 
 dom, he ordered Agag to be brought forth, whom he 
 hewed in Pieces before the Lord in Gilgai. 
 
 L. DAVID killeth GOLIATH. 
 
 GOD being difpleafed with Saul, determined to 
 •transfer the Kingdom from him to David, the 
 Great Grandibn of Boaz and Ruth : Nor was it 
 long before an Occafion ofter'd to fignalize this Youth 
 in the Face of all Ifrael; for a mighty Champion of 
 the PWijl'mes called Goliath of Gath, who was Six Cu- 
 bits and a Span high, and of prodigious Strength, 
 having defy'd the Champions of Ifrael for 40 Days, 
 ftruck iuch a Terror into them, that they always 
 fled at the Sight of him, as often as he appear'd. 
 With this mighty Champion David, tho a Stripling, 
 undertook to encounter, notwithstanding the Per- 
 fuafions and Apprehenfions of the whole Camp ; and 
 having taken his Sling he went to meet him, and 
 flung a Stone that entered the Philifiir.e'i Forehead, 
 and felled him flat to the Earth ; whereupon David 
 ran and ftood upon him, and with his own Sword 
 ftruck off his Head, which occasioned the total Di£ 
 eomnture of the PkHiflines. 
 
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 LI. 
 SAUL envieth D A V ID. 
 
 THIS extraordinary Vi&ory obtained by David t 
 having gain'd him the Applaufe and Affection 
 of the Pconle, Saul grew jealous of him, and 
 determined to deftroy him ; and being troubled with 
 an Evil Spirit from the Lord, David was ufed to play 
 upon his Harp, which diverted his Melancholy, and 
 eaufed the Evil Spirit to depart from him : And on 
 a Time, as David was playing on his Harp to divert 
 him, Saul, having a Javelin in his Hand, cajl the Ja- 
 velin ; for he faid, I will {mite David even to the trail 
 with it ; and David avoided out of his Prefence twice. 
 
 LII. 
 
 JONATHANS Kindnefs to DAVID. 
 
 BUT tho David had the Misfortune to incur the 
 Difpleafure of Saul, yet his great Merits at- 
 tached to him Jonathan Saul's Son ; who loved 
 him as his own Soul, and gave him Notice from Time 
 to Time of all the Evil intended to him by his Fa- 
 ther. And the Feaft of the New Moon being at 
 Hand, when it was ufual for all the Courtiers to 
 attend the King, and Bavid not daring to be prefent 
 for fear of being put to Death, it was agreed upon 
 between them, That if Jonathan fliould difcover that 
 his Father intended Miichief to Davids he would 
 dhoot his Arrows near a Place in the Field where 
 David was to be hid, and if he bid his Boy fetch them 
 from beyond him, and not on this Side of him ; that 
 then he ihould make his Elcape. And Jonathan ha- 
 ving found his Father's Refblution to deftroy Davids 
 he fliot his Arrows beyond him as was agreed, and 
 David made the beft of his Way, having hrft fworn 
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 LIII. NABA L's Churlijbnefs. 
 
 DAVID being obliged to flee into the Wilder- 
 nefs to avoid Sauls Refentment, he became a 
 Captain over feveral Hundreds of Perfons who 
 rclbrted to him to avoid their Creditors, or fome o- 
 ther Diftreft, and hearing that Nabal, a mighty rich 
 Man, whofe Shepherds he had protected in Carmel y 
 was Shearing his Sheep there, he fent ten of his Fol- 
 lowers to him to remind him of his Civility to his Ser- 
 vants, and defire him to fend him fome Provifions or 
 whatsoever he could fpare. But Nabal being churlijb 
 and evil in his Doings, anfwered David'j Servants, avd 
 /aid, Who is David ? And <who is the Son of JelTe 1 There 
 be many Servants now-a-days that break away every Man 
 from his Majier. Shall I then take my Bread and my U / ater % 
 and my Flejb that I have kilVd for my Shearers^ and ¥tv* 
 H unU Men whom I know not whence they be ? So David V 
 young Men went again , and tcld him all thofe Sayings. 
 
 LIV. A B I G A I Us IVifdom. 
 
 DAVID being exafperated at this churlifh An- 
 fwer, ordered all his Followers to jgird on their 
 Swords, and vowed by the Morning Light to* 
 leave not a Man alive of all NabaVs Family. But 
 the Servants of Nabal fearing what might happen, 
 went to their Matter's Wife Abigail, and informed 
 her of their Apprehenfions, and or the Civilities thev 
 had received at DavM's Hands ; who thereupon toot 
 200 Loaves and two Bottles of Wine, and five Sheep 
 ready drefs'd, with other Provifions r and having loa- 
 den feveral Afles, with them me fet out with divers of 
 her Servants, unknown to her Husband, and met David" 
 on full March with his Men in order to deftroy Nabal's 
 Houfe and Family : But being appeafed by her grace- 
 ful Demeanour and Humility, he receiv'd her and her 
 Prefents kindly, and was diverted from his Purpole ;. 
 And Abigail being very beautiful as well as difcreet r 
 and Nabal dying for Vexation when he was told what 
 had happened, David took her to Wife. 
 ID- i. 
 
the History of the BIBLE. 
 LV. the W I T C H of Endor. 
 
 WHILE Matters went thus with David, Samuel 
 the Prophet died, and Saul having in vain pur- 
 fued David from Place to Place, and finding 
 the Lord had lefc him, and being terrified at the great 
 Armies of the PhiUflines which were drawn up againft 
 him, he went to a Woman who had a familiar Spirit, 
 and defired her to bring up Samuel, which having done, 
 he. requir'd of him what he fhonld do in his Diltrefs ? 
 Samuel affur'd him, That the Lord had rent his King- 
 dom from him, and given it to David, and that on 
 the next Day, God would deliver him and the IfraeUtes 
 with him, into the Hands of the Philijlines ; and that 
 he and his Sons Should be with him in Death. This 
 terrible Prediction fo affected Saul, that he fell Jlrait- 
 <way all along en the Earth, and there was no Strength 
 in him. ; and when he recover'd, he would neither be 
 comforted nor refrefli'd. 
 
 LVI. SAUL 5 * Death. 
 
 According to the Prophet's Prediction, the next 
 Day both Armies having engag'd on Mount 
 Gilboa, the IfraeUtes were difcomfited, and Saul's 
 Sons Jonathan, Ahinadab and Malchifna, being flain, and 
 himfeif lore wounded, he faid unto his Armour-bearer, 
 Draw thy Sword and thrufi me through therewith, lefl thefe 
 Uncircumcifed come and thrufi me through, and abufe me. 
 But his Armour-bearer refufmg, Saul took a Sword and 
 fell upon it ; which when his Armour-bearer faw, he 
 like wife fell upon his Sword, and died with him. And 
 when the Philifli?ies found Saul among the Slain ; they 
 cut off his Head, fent his Armour to Jfhtaroth, and 
 fattened his Body to the Walls of Betljhan, together 
 with the Bodies of his Sons ; which afterward were 
 refcued from them by the Inhabitants of Jabejb Gilead, 
 who decently interr'd their Bodies. And David ex- 
 treamly lamented the Lofs of Saul, and more efpecial- 
 ly of his beloved Friend Jonathan. 
 
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 lvii. 
 BATHSHEBA'* Requeft. 
 
 AFTER this deplorable Fate of Saul and h« 
 Houfe, God was pleafed to eftablifli the Throne 
 of David over l/rael and Judah, and to deliver 
 his Enemies into his Hand. And David having reign- 
 ed forty Years, appointed his Son Solomon his Succeflor r 
 preferably to his eldeft Son Adonijah, and died in a 
 good old Age. When Adonijah perceived all his Efforts- 
 to fucceed to his Father, of no avail, he gave way to> 
 his Brother's good Fortune ; but meditating to ftreng- 
 then his Pretentions to the Throne, he defired Bath- 
 fheba, the Mother of King Solomon r to requeft the 
 King to grant him to Wite Abi/bag the Sbunammite* 
 a beautiful Damfel, who had cheriflied King David, 
 and miniftred unto him, and lay in his Bofom, when, 
 he was fo old, that no Heat could be kept in him. 
 Batlfljeba courteoufly undertook the Meffage ; not be- 
 ing aware of his Defign in it, and went to her Son,, 
 the King, to requeft this Favour of him. 
 
 LVIII. 
 
 His feats his Mother on his Right-Htiii3. 
 
 AS foon as the King beheld his Mother, he du- 
 tifully rofe up to meet her, and caufmg her to 
 be plac'd on the Throne on his Right Hand, 
 he fat down by her, and promifed to grant whatever 
 fhe fliould deure of him : But when he heard her 1U- 
 qucft, He avfaertd and /aid, And why dofl thou ask Ahi 
 /hag the Shunammitc for Adonijah? Ask for him tie 
 
 Kingdom al/o I'hen King Solomon fioare by tie Lord, 
 
 /tying, God do /o to me and more al/o, if Adonijah have 
 not fpoken this Word agc.inft his own Life. AVu tWrr/cre 
 rs the Lord livcthy Adonijah /ball be put to Ut.nl this 
 Day ! 
 
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 LIX. ADONIJAH./to. 
 
 SOLOMON, as he had fworn, accordingly fent 
 Benaiah the Son of Jeloida, who was his chief 
 | Captain, and he fell upon Jdom)ah and flew him : 
 He after this removed Abiathav, a Friend of Monijah'z, 
 from being Chief Prieft, putting Zadock one of his 
 own Followers, into his Place; and not long after, 
 caufed the fame Benaiah to fall upon the valiant Joab, 
 ivho had been David's chief General, and to flay him 
 at the Horns of the Altar which he had taken hold 
 of for a Sanctuary, he having alfo been attach'd to 
 Adomjah as the eldeft Son of his Royal Mafter. By 
 theie Removes and Sacrifices, fo cuftomary with Prin- 
 ces whofe Crowns are contefted, and especially with 
 the Princes of the Eaft, did Solomon eftabliih. his 
 Throne over Ifrael 
 
 LX. S O L O M O NV Judgment. 
 
 SOLOMON having re quelled Wifdom of the Lord, 
 preferably to either Riches or Peiver, the Lord was 
 pleafed to add them all to him, and to promife 
 him Wifdom beyond all thofe who went before him, 
 or that Ihould come after him. It happened an extra- 
 ordinary Cafe came before him foon after, which re- 
 dounded greatly to his Reputation ; for two Harlots 
 living in one Houfe by themfelves, and being both 
 brought to Bed within three Days of each ©the*, the 
 Child of one of them dying,, the Mother changed the 
 dead one for the live one, while the other was afleep, 
 and infifted ftrongly that it was her own. This Cafe 
 roming before the King, and both claiming the li- 
 ving Child, Solomon order'd that it Ihould be divided 
 with a Sword between them : To this the pretended 
 Mother aflenting, the true one, befought the King to 
 let the other have it whole, rather than to deftroy her 
 Child ; which at once fhew'd fhe was the true Ma- 
 sher, and ended the Conuoverfy. 
 
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 LXI. 
 
 
 fbe TEMPLE hegun, 
 
 GOD having referved to- the peaceable Reign of 
 Solomon, the Building of a Temple to his Ho- 
 nour, that Prince fet about the important Work, 
 which when built and finifli'd, became the Glory of 
 the City of Jerufekm, and one of the feven Wonders 
 of the World. For its Dimenfions, curious Work- 
 manship, and the Richncfs of its Utenfils and Orna- 
 ments, we muft refer our Readers to the Defcription 
 iyen of it in facred Writ, i Kings, vi, vii. having not 
 '<oom, in this fmall Compafs, to defcribe its wonder- 
 ful Splendor, Magnificence, and Beauty. 
 
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 LXII. 
 SOLOMON' j Prayer. 
 
 SOLOMON having finifh'd this glorious Fabrick, 
 alTembled the Elders of all ijrktl, and caufed the 
 Ark of the Lord to be carried into an Apartment 
 peculiarly allotted for its Residence, by far the raoft 
 rich and fplendid of the whole Building, called the 
 Holy of Holies; and having facrificed 22,000 Oxen, 
 and 120,000 Sheep, he dedicated the Temple to the 
 Lord, and bleffed the People, and made a folemn 
 Prayer to the Almighty, acknowledging his Power 
 and his Mercies J and begging firft a Bleffmg. upon 
 himfelf and his Houfe, he befought the Lord to hear- 
 ken to the Cries of his People, whenfoever they fliouid 
 offct their Supplications towards that Place, and to 
 forgive them their Offences, and affift them in all 
 their Dift redes and Exigences : After which he hal- 
 low'd the Temple r and made a Feaft for all Ifracl, 
 which lafted 14 Days, and then difmiffed the People. 
 And thy Urjfed the A7j#, and <u,ent into their 'ifents joy- 
 j'ul and elad \ of Heart, for all the Goednefs that the 'Lord 
 bad done for David lis Scnant, and for liracl lis People. 
 
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 the History of the BIBLE. 
 
 LXIII. S O L O M O N'i Magnificence. 
 
 O W King Solomon exceeded all the Kings of the 
 Earth for RicUs and for Wifdom ; and he made a 
 
 great vhrme of Ivory, and overlaid it with the heft 
 Gold : 9he Ibrone had fix Steps , and twelve Lyons were 
 placed, fix on each fide of the Steps, and two Lyons 
 befide the Stays of it ; there was not the like wade in any 
 Kingdom. And when the Qjueen of Sheba heard of his 
 Fame, Jhe came to prove him with hard ^uefi ions, attend- 
 ed with a great Train, and laden with Spice*, and 
 Gold, and precious Stones, as Prefents to him*; and 
 when fhe had feen his magnificent Buildings, his 
 fplendid Court, and all hi* Wifdom, there was no more 
 Spirit in her ; and ihe acknowledged that the Report 
 of his Glory and his Fame, which had induced her 
 to leave her own Country to be Witneis of them, and 
 which 'till now fhe had fcarce believed, was far fliort 
 of what Ihe had beheld [ and pronouncing his Ser- 
 vants happy, who every Day heard his Wifaom, and 
 blefling the Lord for his Mercies to him, flie returned 
 to her own Country loaden with magnificent Prefents 
 made her by King Solomon. 
 
 LX1V. SOLOMON'; Maty. 
 
 THE Frailty of human Nature was never more 
 confpicuous in any Man than in King Solomon, 
 and fhews what weak Creatures the heft and 
 wifeft of Men are, when left to themfelves, or when 
 they give the Reigns to their head-ftrong Paflions. 
 After all the Bleffings of the Almighty heaped upon 
 this great Prince, he fuffer'd himfelf, in his old Age,, 
 to be drawn away to worfhip ftrange Gods, by his 
 Wives, whom to the Number of 700, befides 3C0 Con- 
 cubines, he had taken from the Idolatrous Nations 
 round him, which the Lord had commanded the Ifra- 
 eUtes not to inter-marry with : For this his Iniquity, 
 the Lord threatned to rend away ten Tribes, and leave 
 only one. to his Son, and that for his Father David's 
 Sake : On whofe Account ai(o he promifed not to da 
 this in Solomons Life-Time. 
 
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 LXV. 
 King DAVID. 
 
 THE Four molt celebrated Kings of Judah were 
 David, Solomon his Son, Jehcfbapkat, and King 
 Jofiah. David, as we Have related, was the 
 Son of J/Jfe, raifed by the Lord to fucceed to »SWand 
 his Family. He was a Prince of great Valour and 
 Wifdom, an excellent Poet and Prophet, and called a 
 Man after God's, own Heart : To him are the greateft 
 Part of the Book of Pj 'alms afcribed : He fubdu'd the 
 Enemies of Ifract, and after having reigned Forty 
 Years, died in a good old Age, leaving his Crown 
 and Kingdom to his Son Solomon. 
 
 LXVI. 
 King SOLOMON. 
 
 SOLOMON was the greateft and moft magnificent, 
 as well as the wifeft King, that ever reigned. He 
 was the Author of the Books of Proverbs', Ecelcfi- 
 ajles, and the Canticles, called the Song of Solomon. 
 The Scripture is thus exprefs relating to his Works ; 
 jis /pake 5000 Proverbs, and his Songs were a tfhoufand 
 and Five : He /pake of Trees from the Cedar that is in Le- 
 banon, even unto tie Hyjfop that fpringeth out of the Wall. 
 He (pake alfo of Beajls, and of Fowl, and of creeping Things^ 
 mid of Fijbes ; which Book is fnppofed to be lolt in the 
 Deftruction of the glorious Temple erected by him. 
 He alio reigned Forty Years, and left his Kingdom to 
 his Son Refoloam. 
 
the History of the BIBLE. 
 
 LXVII. 
 King JEHOSHAPHAT* 
 
 JEHOSHAPHAT was the Son Jfa, King of Ju- 
 dah t and fucceeded his Father at the Age of 3 5 
 Years, and reigned 25, with the .greateft Splen- 
 dor and Magnificence. He was a Prince of great 
 Piety and Goodnefs, and God fubje&ed all his Ene- 
 mies under his Feet, and caufed the numerous Armies 
 of Moaby Mount-Seivy and the Children of Amnion, who 
 had joined together againft him, to fall upon one ano- 
 ther, and totally deftroy themfelves, without a Blow 
 from Jehojhaphat. This Prince walking in the Ways 
 of God, the Almighty was pleafed io to blefs him 
 with Profperity and Riches in abundance; and his 
 Armies were fo powerful, that he had Eleven Hun- 
 dred and Sixty Thoufand Men of Valour ready upon* 
 all Occafions. 
 
 LXVHI. 
 King JOSIAH. 
 
 JOS I AH was eight Years old when he began to 
 reign, and was a Prince of extraordinary Piety 
 and Goodnefs, fo that the Scripture teitifies of 
 him, <fkat like unto him was there no King that turned 
 to the Lord with all his Heart, and with all his Soul, and 
 with all his Might, according to all the Law of Mofes ; 
 neither afttt- him arofe there any like him. He deftroyed 
 all the High Places that had been built to Baal, and 
 rooted Idolatry out of the Land. But he had not 
 equal Succefs againft his Enemies ; the Lord, for the 
 Sins of the People and of his Predecenors, fufferin^ 
 him to be flain in a Battle by Pharaoh Necho King of 
 &%$*, after he had reigned 3 1 Years in Jerttfaler* 
 
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£he HiSTOKt'of the BIBLE. 
 LXIX. ABIjAH\r Pr*/^. 
 
 WE fliall now purfue the Hiftory of Solomon t 
 who, as we have related, fufter'd himfelf to 
 be feduced by his Wives to Idolatry. This 
 his Depravity fo provoked the Almighty, that he railed 
 him up ieveral powerful Enemies, and among the reft 
 Jeroboam the Son of Nehat, who was a Man of great 
 Valour, and one of his own Officers. It happened 
 on a Time, that thisPerfbn being cloathed with a 
 new Garment, and being gone out of Jerufalem, the 
 Prophet Jbijab the Sbiloniti met him in the Field, and 
 taking hold of his new Garment, he rent it in iz 
 Pieces, giving ten of them to Jeroboam, and declaring 
 to him, that after Solomons Death, the Lord would 
 in like manner rend 10 Tribes from the Hands of his 
 Son, and give them to him, as a Punifliment for Solo- 
 mons Sin of Idolatry ; and at the fame Time promi- 
 fing to cftablifh Jeroboam's Kingdom over Ifrael, if he 
 walked in the Way of the Lord. After this Jeroboam 
 fled into -4%$/, to avoid the Wrath of Solomon, wfra 
 would have killed him, to fruftrate Jbijab's Prophefy. 
 
 LXX. King REHOBOAM, 
 
 SOLOMON being dead, his Son Reholoam was 
 made King in his (lead ; and as foon as Jeroboam 
 heard this, he came from i&Mfl to Jerufalem % 
 and joining himfelf to the Cosgregation of Ifrael, they 
 petition'd the King for a Rcdrefs of the Grievances 
 that had crept into the Government in the latter Part 
 of his Father's Reign ; rendring their Duty and Ser- 
 vice to him, if he would make their Burthens lighter. 
 Upon this, the King confulted with his old Counfel- 
 lors, who advifed him to footh their inflam'd Paffions, 
 and to promife them a Redrefs of their Grievances, 
 in order to fecure their Faith and Allegiance to him, 
 at the Beginning of his Reign. 
 
2&Hi>tory of the BIBLE. 
 \ ,< LXXL 
 REHOBOAM ccnfulteth the young Men. 
 
 BUT this young Prince, being vainly puffed up 
 ' with his new Dignity, would not eondefcend to 
 footh the Paflions of the People ; but adhered 
 to the Advice of Perfons of his own Age and Inex- 
 perience, the Companions and Favourites of his Youth, 
 who perfuaded him, that it was mod becoming of the 
 Royal Dignity, to threaten and terrify the People 
 into their Duty, rather than to appear to comply in 
 the leaft with their Petitions : Being of the Opinion 
 of thofe Court Parafites and Flatterers, who would 
 perfuade young Princes, to their Ruin, That the 
 People were made for Slaves to the Prince, and born 
 with Saddles on their Backs; and that a Monarch had 
 no more to do, but get up and ride : Which Advice 
 many indifcreet Princes, both before and fince Rcho- 
 boam y have fo far purfu'd, 'till the opprefled People, 
 being tyr'd with their Burthens, have rifen as one 
 Man, and caft their unkingly Rider : As proved to 
 be the Cafe with this milled Prince. 
 
 LXXII. 
 REHOBOAM tbreatnetb the People 
 
 JEROBOAM and the Elders of the People, at- 
 tending the King at the appointed Time for an 
 Anfwer to their Petitions, this raih Prince, ac- 
 cording to the Advice of his young Counfellors, an- 
 fvvered them roughly, faying, My Father made your 
 Yoke heavy ', and I ivill add to your 7oke : My Father alfo 
 chajiized yen with Whips, hut I ivill chajiize you with 
 Scorpions. This Anfwer inraging the People, they 
 
 ery'd out, What Portion have we in David ? ff! your 
 
 <fents^ O Ifrael ! Now fee to thine own Houfe, David ! 
 And immediately departing, 10 Tribes fell off from 
 the Houfe of David, and chofe Jerohoam for their 
 King, according to the Word of Jbijah the Prophet. 
 
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Sfbe History of the BIBLE. 
 
 LXXIII. ELIJAH pnpbefietb againfi AHAB. 
 
 VARIOUS were the Revolutions that after- 
 wards follow'd in the Kingdom of Ifrael, which 
 Jeroboam had founded: tor he doing Evil in 
 the Sight of the Lord, and erecting Altars to two 
 Golden Calves which he fet up to divert the People, 
 for Political Reafons, from going to worfhip the Lord 
 at Jerufalem, the Lord was pleafcd to cut of all his 
 Houle and Family by the Hand of Baajha ; who alfo 
 doing Evil in the Sight of the Lord, the Lord de- 
 ftroy'd all his Houfe and Family by the Hand of Zim- 
 ri ; who burning himfelf to Death to avoid the Pu- 
 nishment due to his Treafon, Omri afcended the 
 Throne, and after a Reign of 22 Years, died, and 
 was fucceeded by his Son Ahab^ who was a greater 
 Idolater and a wickeder Man, than all that went be- 
 fore him : Infomuch, that the great Prophet Elijah 
 prophefy'd againft him, and affured him, that there 
 mould not be Dew or Rain in If rati for Years to 
 come, but according to his Word. 
 
 LXXIV. Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath. ■ 
 
 ELIJAH, after this, by the Command of the 
 Lord, hid himfelf by the Brook Cherkh, and 
 the Lord caufed the Ravens to bring him Bread 
 and Flefh both Morning and Evening. Afterwards by 
 the Divine Command, he went to a Widow at Zare- 
 pluithy whom he found gathering Sticks, in order to 
 make a Fire to drefs a little Meat, which, with a 
 fmall Crafe of Oil, was all the Suftenance me had for 
 herfelf and Son ; as me told the Propher, when he 
 deflr'd a little Bread and Water at her Hands : Bur. 
 Elijah commanded her notwithilanding, to bring him 
 a little Cake, and promis'd her, that her Barrel of 
 Meal and Crufe of Oil mould not fail, till God fcuc 
 Rain upon the Earth : Which was accordingly ful- 
 filled, and they all three were fuftain'd many Days by 
 this fmall Pittance, which the good Widow thought 
 would hardly fcrve for one Meal for her felf and Son. 
 
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fh History of the BIBLE. 
 
 LXXV. Elijah refroveth Ahab. 
 
 THE Widow's Son fickening after this, and dv- 
 ing, the Lord was pleafed, at the Supplicati- 
 ons of the Prophet, to reftore him to Life, to 
 the great Joy of the poor Widow, who before that 
 was inconfolable for his Lofs, and in her Agony of 
 Sorrow, imputed his Death to the Prefence of Elijah. 
 And in the third Year after the great Drought,* the 
 Lord commanded Elijah to go fhew himfelf to Ahab, 
 promifing to fend Rain upon the Earth : Ahab in the 
 mean while, had caufed fearch to be made for Elijah, 
 throughout Ifrael, in order to flay him, imputing to 
 him the Famine which then lorely raged in Samaria, 
 and as fbon as he faw the Prophet, he fternly faid, 
 Art then he that troubleth Ifrael? And he anfwered, I 
 have rot troubled Ifrael, but thou and thy Father s Houfi, 
 in that ye have forfaken the Commandments of the Lord, 
 Mid thou foijl followed Baalim. 
 
 LXXVI. Elijah'j Sacrifice. 
 
 ELI J All then, in order to convince Ahab of the 
 Folly of his Idolatry, perfuaded him to aflem- 
 ble the 450 Prophets of Baal, and caufe them 
 to offer a Sacrifice to Baal of a Bullock, cut in Pie- 
 ces, and he would do the fame to the Lord, and the 
 God who ihould anfwer by Fire from Heaven on the 
 Sacrifice, fliould be acknowledged the only true God. 
 i&wfs Priefts could not refufetheTryal, and called upon 
 Baal from Morning till Evening, in the molt violent 
 Tranfports of fuperftitious Zeal, to no Purpofe. And 
 Elijah in his Turn, having caufed a Trench to be 
 made, and 12 Barrels of Water to be pour'd on the 
 Wood and on the Sacrifice, till the Trench was filled, 
 he fuppHcated the Almighty to aflert his Power to 
 the Conviction of thofe Idolaters, and in the Sight 
 of the King and all the People, Fire defcended from 
 Heaven, and confumed the Burnt Sacrifice, and the JFood, 
 and the Stones, and the Daft, and licked tty the Water, 
 that zvas in the Trench. 
 
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3TU History of the BIBLE. 
 
 LXXVII. 
 ELIJAH in the Fury Chariot. 
 
 AND when all the People faiv this, they fell on there 
 Faces, and they /aid, The LORD he is the God f 
 fhe LORD he is the God! And Elijah faid unto 
 them, fake the Prophets of Baal, Jet not one cf them rf- 
 cape: And they took them, and Elijah brought them doiim 
 to the Brook Kifhon, and flew them there. Ar.d Elijah 
 /aid unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink ; for'tJjere is a 
 Sound of Abundance of Rain : Which accordingly came 
 to pais. This great Prophet having miracuiouily by 
 the Affiftance of God perform *d thefe and many other 
 great Things to the Glory of the Almighty, and ha- 
 ving appointed Elijba to fucceed him as a Prophet, ac- 
 cording to the Divine Command, was at laft taken up, 
 in the Prefence of Eljba, by a Chariot and Horfes oF 
 Fire, in a Whirlwind, to Heaven, and dropping his 
 Mantle from him, Elijba took it up, and with it divi- 
 ded the Waters of Jordan, and palled over dry-lhod > 
 as he had feen Elijah do before. 
 
 LXXVII. 
 the WIDOW'S Oil 
 
 there came a certain Woman unto Eliflia, fay- 
 
 'Thy Servant my Husband is dead, and the Cre- 
 
 dfr is come to take unto him my two Sons to be 
 
 Bondmen i And El'Jh.i laid unto her, What fhall I do 
 
 for thee/ What halt tlou in tie f/oufe? Andjlv fud y 
 
 <77 ine tfandmaid hath not any Tbhtg in the Houfe, f-.vr a 
 Pot of Oil. Then he commanded her to borrow a greac 
 Number of Veflbls of her Neighbours, and pour out 
 into thofe VeiTels till they were full ; which fhe did, 
 and found fo great a Quantity, that fhe fold a Part of 
 it for as much as fatisfy'd her Debts, and there was 
 enough left to fubfill her and her Children. 
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ibe History ef the BIBLE, 
 
 LXXIX. NAAMAN'i LejJofy cured. 
 
 AFTE& this, Naaman the Syrian General, who 
 was a ?rfan of great Valor, but a Leper, hearing 
 of EVfbas Miracles, went, nobly attended, to 
 his Houle, to feek a Cure at his Hands: Whereupon 
 Elijba fent him Word by a Servant, to wafh feven Times 
 in Jordan*, and he ihould be clean. Naaman expecting 
 to have feen Elijba himfelf, and that he Ihould have 
 been inftantly cured by his .Prayers to God for him 
 •went away in a great Rage, faying, are not the Ri- 
 vers of Vamafcus of greater Virtue than the Waters 
 of Ifrael? But being perfuaded to comply with the 
 Prophet's Advice, he went down to Jordan, and 
 dipped himfelf feven Times ; and his Flefh camera- 
 gain, and he was clean. Upon which he confeiTed, 
 that there was no God in all the Earth, but in Ifrael \ 
 and oifer'd great Prefents to Elijba, who abfolutely 
 refufed them ; and fmote with Naaman s Leprofy, his 
 Servant Gehazi, who clandeftinely, in his Matter's 
 Name, obtam'd fome Prefents for himfelf. 
 
 ~""™ LXXX. JEZEBELS Death. ~~~ 
 
 AHAB having been flain by the Syrians, and the 
 Lord having caufed Eli/ba to anoint Jehu for 
 King of Ifrael, with a Command to cut off all 
 the Houfe of ^jhab, Jehu accordingly confpired againft 
 his Matter King Joram, the Son of Ahab, and hav- 
 ing killed him, he enter'd Ifrael in Triumph, and 
 feeing the wicked Jezebel, Abab's W r ife, at the Palace 
 Window, who reproached him for his Con^pirafSy^.he 
 caufed her to be thrown out of the Windaj-s, md 
 her Blood was fprinkled on the Wall, and *l% *>ogs 
 afterwards eat her Body, all but her Skull ^nd the 
 Palms of her Hands, purliiant to the Threaftiings of 
 the Prophet, as a Punifhment for her wickedne*, and 
 the Murder of Naboth After which Jehu flew 70 of 
 the Sons of Ahab, and all his Relations and Friends, 
 and deftroy'd all the Priefts of Baal, having by a Stra- 
 tagem afiembled them all together; and by thefe Acts 
 of Juftice had the Kingdom aflur'd to his Pofterity of 
 the 4th Generation. 
 
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fhe History of the BIBLE. 
 LXXXI. fhe SALUTATION. 
 
 THE Time being at Hand, when God, to com- 
 plete the Predictions of the Prophets, and in 
 Companion to the Sons of Men, was pleafed to 
 caufe his beloved Son to become incarnate, in order 
 to difpenfe a new Gofpel of Salvation to loft Mankind ; 
 the Angel Gabriel was fent to a Virgin, efpoufed to 
 a Man whofe Name was Jofeph, of the Houfe of Da- 
 vid, named Mary, to whom he faid, Hail thou that 
 art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : Blejfed art 
 thou amcngji Women. The Virgin being furpriz'd at 
 this Saturation, the Angel bid her fear not ; alluring 
 her, that fhe, tho a Virgin, ftiould conceive and 
 bring forth a Son, named JESUS, who ftiould be 
 called the Son of the Higlefl, who jhould reign over the 
 Houfe of Jacobs and whofe Kingdom jhould have no End r 
 Adding, <that the Holy Ghoft Jhould come uf on her, and the 
 Power of the Highefl jhould over-JJjadow her, and the Hly 
 Gild to be lorn, jhould be called the Son of God. And 
 Mary faid, Behold the Handmaid of the Lord, Be it ur.tr 
 me according to thy Word. 
 
 LXXXII. fhe VISITATION. 
 
 NOW Elizabeth, the Wife of Zacharias, and 
 Coufin of Mary, being miraculoufly with Child 
 of John the Baptifi in her old Age, and the Ail- 
 gel Galriel acquainting Mary therewith, as a Proof of 
 his Divine Million, the BleiTed Virgin went to pay «i 
 Vifit to her Kinfwoman ; and as icon a.s Elizatah 
 heard her Voice, the Babe leaped in her Womb, and 
 fhe was rilled with the Holy Ghoft, and faid v. ich a 
 loud Voice, Bleffed art thou amor.g Women ! And Bhjfed 
 is tie Fruit of thy H om& : Ani whir.ee is this to mc, thai 
 the Mother of my Lord jhould come to me I &C 
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fthe History of the BIBLE. 
 
 LXXXIII. 
 
 £he Angel appeareth to the Shepherds. 
 
 AUGUSTUS Cdfar having commanded a ge- 
 neral Taxation of all the World, Jofeph and 
 his efpoufed Wife Mary went up to Bethlehem 
 to be taxed ; and it happening that the Time of her 
 Delivery arriving, file brought forth her firft-born Son, 
 and laid him in a Manger, there being no Room in the 
 Inn. But tho no earthly Pomps attended the Birth of 
 the Prince of Peace, and he was thus obfcurely 
 brought into the World, yet the Angel of God pro- 
 claimed the joyful Tidings to Men, and appeared to 
 fome Shepherds that were keeping their Flocks by 
 JNight, furrounded with the Glory of the Lord ; and 
 bid the Shepherds fear not ; for in that Day a Saviour 
 ■was born in the City of David, whom for a Sign, they 
 Should find wrapped in Swaddling Cloaths, lying in a 
 Manger: And fuddenly there was with the Angel, 
 a Multitude of the Heavenly Hoft, praifmg God, and 
 laying, Glory be to God in the Highefl> and on Earth Peace, 
 Good Will towards Men. 
 
 LXXXIV. 
 We CIRCUMCISION. 
 
 THE Shepherds going to Bethlehem, and finding 
 the Child laid in a Manger, as the Angel had 
 faid, they divulged every where, to the Admi- 
 ration of all that heard them, what they had feen and 
 obferv'd, and return'd glorifying and praifmg God. 
 And when eight Days were accomplished for the Cir- 
 cumcifing of the Child (according to the Law of 
 Mofes) his Name was called JESUS, which was 
 fo named of the Angel before he was conceived in the 
 Womb. b 
 
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She History of the BIBLE 
 
 LXXXV. CHRIS? preacheth in a Ship. 
 
 TH E Bleffed Jefus, after this increafing in Wif- 
 dom and Stature, preached the Kingdom of 
 God to the Jews, and went about healing the 
 Sick, curing the Lame, reftoring the Blind to Sight, 
 and performing many Miracles ; inlbmuch, that the 
 Fame of him fpread throughout all the neighbouring 
 Nations ; and on a Time fitting by the Sea-fide, and 
 feeing great Multitudes about him, he went into a . 
 Ship, and as they ftood on the Shore, he fpake ma- 
 ny Things unto them in Parables ; particularly the 
 Parable of the Sower, who fowed fome Seed by the 
 Way-fide, which the Fowls of the Air devoured; 
 fome in ftony Places, which perifh'd after it was 
 fprung up, for want of fufficient Depth ; fome a- 
 mong Thorns, which choak'd it ; and fome upon good 
 Ground, which produced an hundred-fold ; alluding 
 to the Word of God, fown in the Minds of different 
 Perfons of bad and good Inclinations. 
 
 LXXXVI. <fhe Woman o/CANAAN. 
 
 THE following Hiftory is a pregnant Inftence 
 of the Eflicacioufnefs of a lively Faith, and 
 an Encouragement to the contrite Heart to be 
 inftant and importunate in Supplications to the Al- 
 mighty. Jefus paffing into the Heathen Coafts, 
 
 Behold a Woman of Canaan cryed unto him, faying, Have 
 Mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David ; my Daughter 
 is grievoufly vexed with a Devil. But he anfwered her 
 net a Word. Arid his Difiples came and befought him to 
 fend her away : But he faid, I am vet fent hut unto 
 the loft Sheep of the Hcufe of Ifrael. Then came Jhe, and 
 worfhipped him, faying, Lord, help me ! But he anfwered^ 
 It is not meet to take the Childrens Bread, and caft it to 
 Dogs. And Jhe faid, Truth, Lord : Tet the Does eat of 
 the Crumbs which fall from their Majler's Table, rfhen 
 'Jefus faid unto her, O Woman, great is thy Faith ! Be it 
 unto thee even as thou wilt. And hir Daughter was made 
 whole from that very Hour* 
 
SU History of the BIBLE. 
 
 LXXXVII. 
 Stbe Buyers and Sellers whipt out of the temple. 
 
 OUR BleiTcd Saviour having ridden triumphant- 
 ly into J^erufalem, with the Acclamations of 
 the Multitude, He went into the tfemple of God, 
 and cafi out all them that fold and bought in the %emple y 
 and overthrew the tables of the Money-changers, and the 
 Seats of them that fold Doves ; and faid unto them, it is 
 written, My Houfe Jhall be called the Houfe of Prayer, but 
 ye have made it a Den of thieves. And the Lame and the 
 Blind came unto him in the tfemple, and he healed them. 
 And when the Chief Priejls and Scribes faw the wonderful 
 ^things that he did, and the Children crying in the tfemple, 
 and faying Hofannah to the Son of David, they were fore 
 difpleafed, and faid unto him, Heareji thou what thefe fay ? 
 And Jefus faid unto them, Tea ; have ye not read, Out of 
 the Mouth of Babes and Sucklings thou hajl perfected Praife. 
 
 LXXXVIIL 
 
 the Laft Judgment. 
 
 CHRIST having commanded his Difciples to 
 watch, becaufe they knew not when the Son 
 of Man mould come, proceeded to give a De- 
 fcription of the laft Great Day : When the Son of Man y 
 fays he, Jhall come in his Glory, and all the Holy Angels 
 with hurt, then Jhall he Jit upon the throne of his Glory. 
 And before him Jhall be gather d all Nations ; and he Jball 
 feperate them one from another, as a Shepherd divideih his 
 Sheep from the Goats: And he Jball fet the Sheep on his 
 Right Hand, but the Goats on the Left. 7*1 en Jhall the 
 King fay unto them on his Right Hand, Come, ye bleffed of 
 my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the 
 Foundation of the World, &c. Then Jball he fay alfo unto 
 them on the Left Hand, Depart from me, ye Curfed, into 
 everlajling Fire, prepared for the Devil and his Angels, &c. 
 
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tfhe History of the BIBLE. 
 
 LXXXIX. 
 
 Christ beakth one Sick of the Palfy. 
 
 OUR Saviour having enter'd into Capernaum,. 
 preached the Word to a prodigious Multitude 
 that was aflembled to hear him; and they 
 brought to him a Man lick of the Palfy to be cured ; 
 but not being able to come nigh him for the Crowd, 
 they uncover'd the Roof where he was, and let down 
 the Bed, with the Palfy Man upon it ; Jefus feeing 
 their Faith, told the fick Man, His Sins were forgi- 
 ven him : This difgufting the Scribes, who faid, No- 
 one could forgive Sins but God, and that he blaf- 
 phem'd ; Jefus ask'd whether was eafier, to fay to 
 the Sick, <fhy Sins be forgiven thee : Or to fay, Arife 9 
 and take up thy Bed and Walk 7 He then as a Proof of 
 his Power to forgive Sins, faid to the fick Man, Arife y 
 and take up thy Bed, and go thy Way into thine Houfe. 
 And immediately he arofe, took up the Bed, and went forth- 
 before them all y infomuch that they were all amazed , and 
 glorified God, faying, IVe never faw it on this Fajbion ! 
 
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 tfhe Transfiguration. 
 
 AND Jefus took with him Peter, and James, and 
 John, and led them up into an high Mountain 
 apart by themfelves ; and he was transfigured 
 before them. Aid his Raiment became Shintng, exceed- 
 ing white as Snow, fo as no Fuller on Earth can white them. 
 And there appeared unto them Elias with Mofes ; and they 
 were talking with Jefus. And there was a Cloud that 
 overfoadowed them ; and a Voice came out of the Clcttd, 
 faying, this is my beloved Son! Hear him. The three 
 Difciples were extremely 'urprized at this glorious 
 Sight, and after having recover'd themfelves, they 
 looked about, and faw no Man there but their Matter; 
 who defcending the Mount with them, charged them 
 not to mention what they had feen to any one, till 
 after he was rilcfl from the Dead. 
 
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 XCL 
 
 Christ^ Head anointed, 
 
 NOW when Jefus was in Bethany, in the Houfe of 
 Simon the Leper, there came unto him a Woman 
 having an Alab after-Box of very precious Ointment, 
 and poured it on his Heady as he fat at Meat. But when 
 his Difciples faw it> they had Indignation , faying , rfowhat 
 Purpofe is this Wafle ? For this Ointment might have been 
 fold for muchy and given to the Poor. Jefus faid unta 
 them, Why trouble ye the Woman ? For foe hath wrought a 
 good Work upon me : For ye have the Poor always with ye ; 
 but me ye have not always. For in that Jhe hath poured 
 this Ointment on my Body, Jhe did it for my Burial. Verily 
 I fay untoyeuy Wherefoever this Gofpel fhall be -preached in 
 the whole Werldy there fhall alfo this that this Woman hath 
 done, be told for a Memorial of her. 
 
 XCII. 
 
 fbe Resurrection. 
 
 JUDAS having betrayed our Saviour with a Kifs, 
 and he having been fentenced to Death, by Pilate, 
 and crucified between Two Thieves, as is more 
 particularly related in our XCIII, XC1V, XCV, and 
 XCIXth Hiftories, his Body was delivered to Jofeph 
 of Arimatheay who wrapt it in fine Linnen, and laid 
 him in a Sepulchre, which was hewn out of a Rock r 
 and rolled a Stone againft the Door of it. Now Mary 
 Magdakney and Mary the Mother of James and Salome, 
 feeing where he was laid, took Spices in order to 
 anoint his Body, and while they were ruminating 
 how they fhould get the Stone remov'd, found i: mi- 
 raculously rowl'd away, and they were fur priced with 
 the Sight of a young Man on the Right Hand, cloath- 
 ed all in white, who told them, Chrifl was rifen, and 
 bid them tell his Difciples fo, and that they fhould 
 fee him in Galilee^ as he himfelf had. promiied before 
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 XCIII. JESUS brought before PILATE. 
 
 WE mall now give fome further Particulars from 
 the other Evangelifts of the Sufferings, Death, 
 and Refurrection of our Blefled Lord, be- 
 fides the former Hiftory, which we extracted from St. 
 Mark's Gofpel. St. Luke tells us, That Jefus being 
 feized by Order of the Chief Priefts, was led to Pi- 
 late, the Roman Governor of Judea, and accufed of 
 perverting the Nation, of forbidding the Payment of 
 Tribute to C&far, and of calling himfelf a King. But 
 "Pilate finding no Fault in him, fent him to Herod t 
 who return'd him back to Pilate ; and as they were 
 before at Enmity together, this Piece of Civility, 
 reconciled them to each other. Pilate did all he could 
 to fave Jefus ; and it being the Cuftom to pardon a 
 Malefactor on Occafion of their Great Feaft, he pro- 
 pofed to chaftife him, and let him go : But the har- 
 den'd Jews were fo clamorous for his Death, that to 
 appeale them, Pilate was oblig'd to confent to it, and 
 inftead of the BlefTed Jefus, releafed Barabbas, a Mur- 
 derer, and a feditious Perfon, and deliver *d into their 
 mercilefs Hands, the Lord of Life and Glory. 
 
 XCIV. CHRIST crowned with thorns. 
 
 ST. John acquaints us, That before Pilate delivered 
 Jeius into the Hands of the Jews, he <caufed him 
 to be fcourged, and that the Soldiers in Derifton, 
 platted a Crown of Thorns, and put it on his Head, 
 and having put on him a purple Robe, they mocked 
 him, and laid, Hail, King of the Jews; bowing the 
 Knee to him, and fmiting him with their Hands. 
 <fhen came Jefus forth, wearing the Crown of (flews, and 
 tie Purple Kobe \ and Pilate faith unto them, Behold the 
 Man- And the Chief Priefts and Officers cryM out, 
 Crucify him, crucify Urn ! Pilate, finding he could not 
 prevail to fave him, took Water and wafhed his Hands, 
 laying, / am innocent of the Blood of this jufl Perfon ; fee 
 ye to it. The Jews anfwer'd, His Blood be on us and on 
 our ClilJren. Aud this Curfe, in a terrible Manner, 
 has remained upon them to this Day. 
 
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 XCV. <7l* CRUCIFIXION. 
 
 HRIST being thus deliver'd into the Hands 
 of his inveterate Enemies, they carry 'd him to 
 a Place called Golgotha, where they crucified 
 him between two common Malefactors. And Pilate 
 caufed the following Title to be fixed to the Crofs of 
 Jefus, Jesus of Nazareth, TheKing 
 of the Jews. And the Soldiers divided his 
 Garments amongft them ; but his Coat being without 
 Seam, they caft Lots for it ; that the Scripture might 
 be fulfilled, which faith, ?hey farted my Raiment a- 
 rnong them ; and for my Vefture they did caft Lots. Thus 
 was the Lord of Life put to Death by the barbarous 
 Vews, his Mother, and her Sifter, and Mary the Wife 
 of QeophASy and Mary Magdalene, {landing by the Crofs, 
 and lamenting a Cataftrophe io deplorable .. to them; 
 but which was to be the Seal of Redemption to loft 
 Sinners, and an Expiation for the Tranfgreflions of 
 Mankind. 
 
 XCVL CHRIST'i RESURRECTION. 
 
 WHEN Peter and John were informed, that the 
 Body of our Lord was not to be found in the 
 Sepulchre wherein he was laid, they hafted 
 thither, and faw the Linnen in which it was wrapped, 
 and the Napkin that was about his Head ; which made 
 them believe it was taken away; for as yet, they 
 knew not the Scripture, that he muft rife from the 
 Dead. And what made them more furpriz'd was, 
 becaufe Pilate had order'd a Watch to be fet, and a 
 very g;reat Stone to be rolled againft the Door, which 
 was alfo fealed, by way of Precaution, left,' as the 
 Jews fuggefted to him, the Body ihou'd be ftollen by 
 his Difciples. But an Angel from Heaven removed 
 the Srone, whofe Countenance was like Lightning, 
 and his Raiment white as Snow, who acquainted the 
 Women of our Saviour's Refurre&ion, as has been 
 mentioned in our XCII Hiftory. 
 
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 XCVII. LAZARUS Raifed. 
 
 NOR was it to be wonder'd, that our blefTed Sa- 
 viour fhould rife from the Dead, whofe Al- 
 mighty Word, tho veiled in Humanity, was a- 
 ble to raife others to Life. A fignal Inftance of this, 
 he was pleafed to give in railing Lazarus, the Brother 
 of Martha and Mary, whom the Scripture fays Jefus 
 loved. This Perfon had been interred four Days, 
 and was fuppofed to be turning to Corruption, when 
 Chrift came to his Grave ; but as nothing is too great 
 for Omnipotence, Jefus order'd them to remove the 
 Stone that was laid over the Grave, and after a fhorn 
 Ejaculation to Almighty God, he cry'd with a loud 
 Voice, Lazarus, come forth ! And immediately he came 
 forth bound Hand and Feet, with Grave-cloathing, 
 and his Face was bound about with a Napkin ; and. 
 Jefus commanded them to loofe him, and let him go; 
 which was accordingly done, and many of the Jews, 
 who beheld this Miracle, wete converted, and belie- 
 ved in Chrift. 
 
 XCVIII. JESUS wajheth his Di/ciples Feet. 
 
 WHEN the Time was near come, that our 
 Bleffed Lord ihould leave^ this World, and 
 return to his Father, He, in order to give a 
 LefTon of Humility to his Difciples, poured Water 
 into a Bafon, and w allied their Feet, and wiped them 
 with the Towel wherewith he was girded. But Peter 
 making Objections to this Favour, Jefus told him. If 
 he did not walh. him, he had no Part with him ; 
 whereupon Piter faid, Lord, not my Feet only, but aJ/o 
 r?;y Hands ar.d my Head I Afterwards lie proceeded to 
 acquaint them with the Reafon of his Condefcenfion, 
 faying, Tesall me A/after, and Lord: And ye fay iiell; 
 for fo [am. Lf L then your Lord and Matter, have ivafbed 
 your Ftet, ye ought aljb to iv.-Jh one ayiotbrr't Feet. For I 
 have /riven you an Example, that ye Jbould do as I have 
 done to ycu, &c. 
 
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 XCIX. JESUS nailed to the Crofs. 
 
 IT muft needs be very affecting to fmful Man, 
 when he contemplates the Sufferings which the 
 Blefled Jefus underwent, in order to make an 
 Atonement for our Tranfgreffions : It was the moil: 
 .condefcending Goodnefs in the Lord of Life, to leave 
 the Right Hand of the Almighty, and the Regions 
 of Eternal Bleffednefs, to become Man, and to vouch- 
 fafe to take upon himfelf our Infirmities, in order to 
 effect the great Work of our Redemption ; but volun- 
 tarily to fbojeefe himfelf to be defpifed, and reviled, 
 to be betray 'd, and feiz'd upon as a Criminal, to be 
 mocked and fcourged, fpit upon, and infulted, and to 
 be nailed to the ignominious Crofs between two com- 
 mon Malefactors ; and all this to fave from Perdition, 
 thofe very Mifcreants who inflicted thefe Barbarities 
 upon him ; thefe are fuch amazing Inftances of Good- 
 nefs, that none but a JESUS could undergo: And 
 ought to infpire us with ftedfaft Refolutions to adhere 
 inviolably to his Laws, and his Precepts, that fo we 
 may be worthy Partakers of the Merits of his Suffer- 
 ings, and not render his Sacrifice for our Redemp- 
 tion vain. 
 
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 ST. John in his Holy Gofpel records, That as Mary 
 Magdalene lpoked into the Sepulchre weeping, me 
 faw two Angels in white, who asked her the Rea- 
 fon of her Tears ? She told them, It was becaufe they 
 had taken away the Body of her Lord, and file knew 
 not where they had laid him. Then turning herfelf, 
 ihc faw Jefus ftanding, who faid unto her, Woman> 
 why weepefi thou ? Whom feekejl thou ? She fuppofing 
 him to be the Gardiner, faith, Sir, If thou have born 
 Ifjim hence, tell me where thou haft laid him, and I will 
 take him away. Jefus faith unto her, Mary! fhe turn- 
 ed her felf, and faith unto her, Rabboni, which is to 
 fay, Mafler. Jefus faith unto her, 'Touch me not, for I 
 am not yet afcended to my Father : But go to my Brethren, 
 and fay unto them, I afcer.d unto my Father , and your Fa~ 
 0h£r } and to my G$d } and your God. 
 
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 very contrary to this was the Truth; for when the 
 PharKeeshad consulted together to entrap him in s" 
 Talk, that they might have a Pretence to wreak he 
 Malice on h.m they came to him, flattering him 
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 CIII. CHRIST hearetb the Crofs. 
 
 ST. Luke acquaints us, That after Pilate had given 
 Jefus to the Will of the Jews, as they led him 
 away, they laid hold of one Simon a Cyrenian, and 
 put the Crofs on him, that he might bear it after Je- 
 fus. And there followed him a great Company of 
 People, and of Women, which alfo bewailed him, 
 and lamented him. But Jefus turning unto them, faid, 
 Daughters of Jerufalem, weep not for me, but weep for 
 your felvesy and for your Children. For behold the Days 
 are comings in the which they fball fay, Bleffed are the 
 Barren, and the Wombs that never bore, and the Paps 
 which never gave fuck. 7hen Jhall they begin to fay to 
 the Mountains, Fall on us; and to the Hills, cover us. 
 For if thy do thefe things in a green tfree, what fball be 
 done in the dry ? 
 
 CIV. ^ASCENSION. 
 
 OUR Saviour after his Refurre&ion, having re- 
 mained on Earth Forty Days, being feen of his 
 Dilciples, and fpeaking to them of the Things 
 pertaining to the Kingdom of God, after this, aflem- 
 b!ed them on the Mount called Olivet, and there af- 
 fur«d them, that they fhould in a few Days receive 
 the Holy Ghoft, and be Witnefles to him, both in 
 Jerufalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto 
 the uttermoft Part of the Earth. And when he had 
 fpoken thefe Things, while they beheld, he was ta- 
 ken up, and a Cloud received him out of their Sight. 
 And while they looked ftedfaftly towards Heaven, as 
 he went up, behold, two Men flood by them, in 
 white Apparel; who faid unto them, Te Men *f Ga- 
 lilee, Why Jland ye gazing up into Heaven ? tfhis fame 
 Jefus which is taken up from you into Heaven, Jhall f§ 
 tome, in like Manner as ye have feen him go into Heaven, 
 Then return'd they unto Jerufalem, from the Mount 
 Olivet, to wait there for the Promife of God, accord- 
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 CV. g&i Coming of the HOLY GHOST. 
 
 THE Apoftle having chofcn by Lot Matthias to 
 fill up the vacant Place of Judas, who had be- 
 trayed his Lord, and went afterwards and hang- 
 ed himfelf, ib that he burft afunder in the midft, and 
 all his Bowels gufhed out ; on the Day of Pentecoft, 
 they aiTembled all together in one Place, and fudden- 
 ly there came a Sound from Heaven, as of a milling 
 mighty Wind, and it filled all the Houfe where they 
 were fitting. And there appeared unto them eleven 
 Tongues, like as of Fire, and it fat upon each of 
 them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghoft, 
 and began to fpeak with other Tongues, as the Spirit 
 gave them Utterance. At the Rumor of this Prodi- 
 gy, a mix'd Multitude of feveral Nations aflembled 
 together, and in the greateft Amazement, faid one 
 to another, Behold, are not all thefe that fpeak Galile- 
 ans 1 And hew hear we every Man in our own rfomuty 
 wherein we were born I Parthians and Medes, and Ela- 
 mites, and the Dwellers in Mefopotamia, &c . 
 
 CVI. ANANIAS and SAPPHIRA. 
 
 AFTER the Apoftles had received the Holy 
 Ghoft, they performed feveral great Miracles 
 in the Name of Jefus, and Converted many 
 Thoufands to the Faith of Chrift, who conftantly fol- 
 lowed them ; and lived all in common, and wanted 
 nothing, for thofe who had Eftates and Poffeflions 
 fold them, and brought the Money to the Apoftles, 
 wlto divided it equally among the Faithful. But a 
 certain Man named Ananias, with his Wife Sapphira t 
 having fold their Pofleftions, and kept back Part, 
 brought it to the Apoftles, pretending it was the 
 Whole. This being an Endeavour by a Lye to im- 
 pofe on the Holy Ghoft, Peter feverely rebuked Ar.a- 
 71'ias, fo that he fell down dead at hi>Feet; and his 
 Wife coming in afterwards, not hearing what had 
 happen'd, iniiited in the fame Story, and alio fell down 
 dead, as her Husband had done ; and left a terrible 
 Example of the Wickcdnefs of a ccunterf/r. Zeal for 
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 CVII. PHILIP baptizeth the EUNUCH. 
 
 PHILIP having converted Samaria, and great 
 Multitudes of People to the Faith of Ghrift, as 
 he was going from Jerufalem to Gaza, according 
 to the Direction of an Angel of the Lord r met with 
 an Eunuch of great Authority, and chief Treafurer to 
 Candaee, Queen of Ethiopia, who was fitting in his 
 Chariot, and reading in Efaias the Prophet, thefe 
 Words, He was Jed as a Sheep to the Slaughter, and like 
 a Lamb dumb before his Shearer, fo opened he not his 
 Mouth, &c. Philip asking the Eunuch, If he under- 
 flood what he read ? The Eunuch anfwered No, and 
 defired him to come into his Chariot, and explain 
 that Text to him: Philip complying with his Re- 
 queft, preached to him Jefus fo powerfully, that the 
 Eunuch was converted, and as they rode, being come 
 to a certain Water, he prevailed on Philip to alight, 
 and baptize him into the Faith of Chrift, profemng 
 his Belief, that Jefus was the Son of God. Which 
 being done, Philip was caught away by the Spirit of 
 God, and the Eunuch faw him no more, but went on 
 rejoycing. 
 
 CVIIL PETER let out of Prifon by an ANGEL. 
 
 HEROD feeing the great Progrefs made by the 
 Apoftles in Chriftianity, raifed up a Persecution 
 againft them, and killed James the Brother of 
 'John with the Sword, and caufing Peter to be apprehend- 
 ed, he caft him into Prifon, intending after Eafier to 
 bring him forth to the Jews, who were pleafed with 
 his Cruelties towards the new Chriftians. But the 
 Night before Herod intended to bring him forth, an 
 Angel of the Lord bid Peter arife, and follow him, 
 and his Chains fell from off his Hands : And tho 
 the Keeper kept Watch without, as two Soldiers did 
 within, and tho he was to pals two Wards, 'and an 
 Iron Gate, yet he following the Angel, efcaped un- 
 difcovered of them all, the Iron Gate opening of its 
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 CIX. Saul's Conversion. 
 
 AMONG all the Perfccutors of the firft Chrif- 
 tians, no one exerted himfelf fo vehemently 
 againft them as Saul, who was alfo called Pattf, 
 and became afcerwards the great Apoftle of the Gen- 
 tiles. He, as the Scripture fays, breathing out Threat- 
 nings and Slaughter againft the Difciples of the Lord, 
 obtained Letters from the High-Prieft, to the Syna- 
 gogues of Damafcus, that he might bring bound to 
 JerufaUm, all that he found profeifing the Religion of 
 Jefus. But as he came wear to Damafcus, there fud- 
 denly ihone round about him a Light from Heaven^ 
 and he fell to the Earth, and heard a Voice, faying 
 to him, Saul, Saul, IVhy perfecutefi thou met And he 
 faid, Who art thou. Lord? And the Lord faid, I am 
 ^fefus whom thou prfecutefl ? It is hard for thee fe kick 
 againfi the Pricks. Upon this, resigning himfelf to the 
 Divine Direction, he went to Damnfcus, and after he 
 had remained blind three Days, was rcftored to Sight 
 by Ananias ; and from the bloodied Perfecutor, be- 
 came the moft zealous Confeflbr and Apoftle. 
 
 CX. the J A Y L O R Converted. 
 
 PAUL after this, in the Name of the Lord,, caufed 
 a Spirit of Divination to depart from a Damfel 
 pofTerVed with it r whofc Mafters being ufed to 
 make Gain by her Means, were fo inraged at it r that 
 they procured Paul and S'tias to be beaten with many 
 Stripes, and thrown into Prifon. At Midnight the 
 Jay lor having been alarmed with a great Noile, and 
 an Earthquake which had burft open the Prifon Doors, 
 imagined all his Prifoners had efcaped, and was going 
 to make himfelf away : But Paul calling out to him, 
 aflured him, they were all there, and fo prevented 
 his Defign. Whereupon the Jaylor was converted to 
 the Faith of Chrift, and he and all his Family were 
 baptised, and Paul received great Kindnefs from him, 
 and was foon deliver'd from his Confinement with 
 Honour. 
 
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 CXI. ^.PAUL Accufed before FELIX. 
 
 AFTER many Miracles perform 'd by St. Paul, 
 and profeiyting great Numbers to the Chriftian 
 Religion, he was at laft apprehended at Jeru- 
 fakm 7 by the Jews, and would have been put to Death, 
 had it not been for the chief Captain of the Romans in 
 that City, who finding the Jews implacably bent to 
 deftroy him, fent him under a Guard to Ctfarea, the 
 Refidence of Felix, and chief Roman Governor of Ju- 
 dea, who finding the Jews unable to prove any Thing 
 worthy of Death againft him, ufed him with Lenity ; 
 and after certain Days fent for him, his Wife Drufil- 
 la, a Jewefs, being prefent, and heard him concern- 
 ing the Faith in Chrift ; and as he realbned of Righ- 
 teoufnefs, Temperance, and Judgment to come, Felix 
 trembled, and anfwer'd, Go thy Way for this 7*iwe ; 
 when I have a convenient Seafon, I will fend for thee. But 
 after two Years, Fortius Fejius came into Felix Room, 
 and Felix, willing to ihew the Jews a Pleafure, left 
 Paul bound. 
 
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 THIS great Apoftle, had at laft, no other Way 
 left to e-fcape the Malice of the Jews, but by 
 appealing to Cafar himfelf, and being put in a 
 Ship, in order to be lent to Rome, they were overta- 
 ken by a violent Storm, in which having run the 
 greateft Hazard, they were caft in Safety on the Ifland 
 of Melita, now called Malta. The People of the 
 Ifland {hewed them great Kindnefs in their Diftrefs, 
 and made them a Fire to warm them ; but when St. 
 Paul had gather'd a Bundle of Sticks, and laid them 
 on the Fire, a Viper came out of the Heat, and 
 faften'd on his Hand, which made the Company con- 
 clude him to be an ill Man, and that tho' he had 
 efcaped the Shipwreck, Vengeance futfer'd him not to 
 live : But when they faw him make oft* the Viper into 
 the Fire, without receiving any Harm, they changed 
 their Minds, and faid he was a God. And he conti- 
 nued there three Months curing the Sick, and healing 
 all manner of Difeafes. 
 
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 CXIII. fht S TA R S fall from Heaven. 
 
 TH E blefled Evangelift St. Jdm\ affures us, that 
 God fignified to him by an Angel, the Things 
 that muft fliortly come to pafs, which he there- 
 fore calls the Revelation of Jefus Chrift, and which we 
 mall briefly recite in his very Words ; not prefuming 
 to offer at any Exposition of thofe Holy Myfteries, 
 which have appeared fo intricate to the greateft Di- 
 vines, that it was the Saying of a learned Man, that 
 he never knew any one offer to expound this myfteri- 
 ous Book, but it found him mad y or left him fo. 
 
 After the Evangelift had mentioned the Lamb open- 
 ing five Seals, he proceeds : And when he had opened 
 the fixth Seal, lo ! there was a great Earthquake, and 
 the Sun became black, and the Moon Blood, and the 
 Stars fell to the Earth, and the Heaven departed as a 
 Scroul rolled together, and every Mountain and Ifland 
 was moved out of their Places ; and the Kings of the 
 Earth, and mighty Men hid themfelves in Dens, and 
 in th« Rocks of the Mountains, and faid to the Rocks 
 and Mountains, Fall . on us, and hide us from the 
 Face of him that fitteth on the Throne, and from the 
 Wrath of the Lamb ; For the great Day of his 
 Wrath is come, and who fliall be able to ftand ? 
 
 CXI V. ft* T R I B E S fealed. 
 
 AND after thefe Things, I faw four Angels, 
 (landing on the four Corners of the Earth,, 
 holding the four Winds of the Earth, that 
 the Wind mould not blow upon the Earth, nor the 
 Sea, nor on any Tree. And I faw another Angel 
 afcending from the Eajl, having the Seal of the livings 
 God, and he cried with a loud Voice to the four An- 
 gels, Hurt not the Earth, neither the Sea, nor the 
 Trees, till we have fealed the Servants of our God in 
 their Forehead. And there were fealed an Hundred 
 and Forty and Four Thoufand of all the Tribes of 
 the Children of Jfrael 
 
Stbe History of the BIBLE. 
 
 cxv. 
 
 ibe Grafs and Strees fired. 
 
 AN D another Angel came and flood at the Al- 
 tar, having a golden Cenfer,. and the Angel 
 filled the Cenfer with Fire of the Altars, and 
 caft it into the Earth, and there were Noifes and 
 Thunderings, and Lightnings, and an Earthquake. 
 And the feven Angels which had the feven Trumpets 
 prepared themfelves to found. The firft Angel found- 
 ed, and there followed Hail and Fire mingled with 
 Blood, and they were caft upon the Earth ; and the 
 third Part of Trees was burnt up, and all green Grafs 
 was burnt up. 
 
 CXVI. 
 
 tfhe Seven Angels found, 
 
 AND the; zd Angel founded, and the third Part of 
 the Sea became Bloo<5 ? and the 3d Part of the 
 Creatures in the Sea died, and the 3d Part of 
 the Ships were deftroy'd. And the third Angel found- 
 ed, and there fell a great Star from Heaven called 
 Wormavcodupon the 3d Part of the Rivers and Fountains, 
 and many Men died of the Waters, becaufe they were 
 bitter. And the 4th Angel founded, and the 3d Part 
 of the Sun, Moon, and Stars were darken'd. And 
 the 5th Angel founded, and a Star fell from Heaven 
 unto Earth, and to him was given the Key of the Bot- 
 tomlefs Pit, out of which arofe a Smoke, and out of 
 the Smoke Locufts, which had the Power of Scorpi- 
 ons, to torment for five Months all thofe Men who 
 had not the Seal in their Forheads. And the 6th An- 
 gel founded, who had Cords to loofe the four Angels 
 which were hound in the great River Euphrates, with 
 intent to flay the 3d Pare of Men. Bat in the Days 
 of the Voice of the 7 th Angel, when he fliall begin 
 to found, the Myftery of God fhall be finifli'd, as ke 
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 CXVII. 
 
 Satan s Rage; or, tfhe Beaft with Sewn 'Fiends. 
 
 ST. John then tells us, That he -flood upon the Sand 
 of the Sea, and law a Beaft like a 'Leopard rife 
 up out of the Sea, having Seven Heads and Ten 
 Horns, and upon his Head the Name of B'lafbhem • 
 That his Feet were as the Feet of a Bear, and his 
 Mouth as that of a Lyon, with which he blafphem'd 
 the Name of God, and his Tabernacle : That Power 
 was given him over all Kindred, Tongues and Nati- 
 ons, and that all thofe Whofe Names were not written 
 in the Book of Life, worshipped him. He declares, 
 I hat he law another Beaft coming up out of the Earth 
 as this did out of the Sea, having Two Horns like a 
 Lamb, and he fpoke as a Dragon, and perform'd great 
 VYonders, making Fire comedown from Heaven in 
 the Sight of Men, whom he deceived by his Miracles 
 and caufed all, both Small and Great, Rich and Poo/ 
 Free and Bond, to receive a Mark in their Right 
 Hand, or in their Foreheads, that no Man might Buy 
 or Sell, fave he that had the Mark or Name of the 
 
 Beaft 
 
 CXVIJI. 
 fthe LAMB m SION. 
 
 AND lo, a Lamb flood em the Mount Sion, and 
 with him an Hundred Forty and Four Thou- 
 fand, having his Father's Name written in 
 their Foreheads— And in their Mouth was found no 
 Guile. And I faw another Angel fly in the midft of 
 Heaven, having the everlafting Gofpel, laying with a 
 loud Voice, Fear God, and give Glory to him, for the 
 
 Hour of his Judgment is come And there followed 
 
 another Angel, laying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen. — ~ 
 And the third Angel followed, laying with a loud 
 Voice, If airy Man ivorjhip the Beaft and his fa aire, and 
 receive his Mark, the fame J)jall drink of the Wine of the 
 Wrath of God, and he Jhall be tormented Kith Fire and 
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the History tftbe BIBLE. 
 
 cxix. Dearth Reaped. 
 
 AND I looked, and behold, a white Cloud, and 
 upon the Cloud one fat like unto the Son of 
 Man, having on his Head a golden Crown, 
 and in his Hand a ftarp Sickle. And an Angel cry'd 
 with a loud Voice to him that fat on the Cloud, ^hrufi 
 in thy Sickle, and reap- for^ the Harvejt of the Earth is 
 
 tf p e And he thruft in his Sickle, and the Earth 
 
 was reaped. And another Angel came out of Hea- 
 ven, having alfb a fharp Sickle ; to whom a third An- 
 gel cried, ^thruft in thyjbarp Sickle, and gather the Cluf- 
 ters of the Vine of the Earth, for her Grapes are full ripe. 
 And the Angel did fo, and gathered the Vine of the 
 Earth, and caft it into the great Wine-prefs of the 
 Wrath of God. And the Wine-prefs was troden 
 without the City, and Blood came out of the Wine- 
 prefs, &c 
 
 CXX. ^VIALSo/WRATE 
 
 SEVEN Angels having received feven golden Vi- 
 als full of the Wrath of God, the firft poured out 
 his Vial upon the Earth ; the iecond upon the 
 Sea ; the third upon the Rivers and Fountains of Wa- 
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 Seat of the Beaft ; the fixth, upon the great River 
 Euphrates ; and the feventh, upon the Air ; and they 
 were followed with feven different and terrible Ef- 
 fects of God's Wrath upon that Patt of Mankind 
 which worshipped the Beaft, and mighty Earthquakes, 
 and Thunderings, and Lightnings fuccecded. St. 
 John tells us alfo, That he faw three unclean Spirits, 
 like Frogs, come out of the Mouth of the Dragon, 
 being Spirits of Devils, working Miracles, which go 
 forth unto the Kings of the Earth, to gather them to 
 ths Battle ^f the great Day of God Almighty. 
 
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