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NOAH. The SECOND DAY Of The SECOND WEEK; (Book 2)
Containing
- 1. THE ARK,
- 2. BABYLON,
- 3. THE COLONIES,
- 4. THE COLVMNES.
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A Preamble, wherin, by a mo∣dest Complaint the Poet stirs vp the Readers at∣tention, and makes himselfe way to the inuo∣cation of the name of God.
The comming of the Flood, and Building of the Ark.
Noahs exercises aboord the Ark.
Cham, full of impiety, is brought-in, an∣swering his Fa∣ther; and diuers∣ly impugning the wisdom & irre∣prohensible Pro∣widence of God Almighty and All-mercifull: and the humble & religious Zeal of Noah.
Answers of No∣ah to all the blas∣phemies of Chā, and his fellow-Atheists.
1. Answer: God is infinit, immu∣table, Almighty, and incompre∣hensible.
So that men cā∣not speak of Him but improperly.
Why we cannot speak of God but after the manner of men.
2. Answere. The Repentance and the change which the Scripture at∣tributeth to God, is far from Error and defect.
Two comparisons explaning the same.
3. Answer, Iu∣stice being a ver tue in Man can∣not be a vice in God.
4. Answer: God doth not punish Offenders for de∣fence of his owne Estate: but to maintain vertue & cōfound vice.
5. The iniquitie of the world de∣serued exereame punishment.
6. When all are generally depra∣ved, all merite to be destroyed.
7. The least im∣perfect passe con∣demnation, euen then when they are most liuely chasticed.
8. God destroy∣ing the workmā, doth no wrong to the Tools, if he break, and batter them w••th their Maister.
9. A Traytor deserues to haue his house razed to the ground.
10. The Flood was no naturall accident, but a most iust iudge∣ment of God.
11. The waters of the Flood sprung not from a natu∣rall motion only, but proceeded frō other then natu∣rall Causes, which cannot produce such effects.
12. The conside∣ratiō of the pow∣er of God in sub∣iecting the crea∣tures to Noah: in sustaining & feeding them so long in the Arke (which was as a Sepulchre) confu∣teth all the obiec∣tions of Atheists.
13. The Arke full of Miracles, which confound the wits & stop the mouthes of profane wrang∣lers.
God causeth the Flood to cease.
The Arke resteth on the Mountain Ararat, in Ar∣menia.
What Noah did before he went forth.
He exspecteth Gods comman∣dement to goe forth: whereby, at the first hee was shut vp in the Ark▪
New obiectiō of Atheists, concer∣ning the capacity of the Ark.
Answere▪
An vn-answe∣rable answer to all profane obie∣ctions.
Cömandements, Prohibitions, & Promises of God to Noah and his Posterity.
The Rain Bowe giuē for a Pledg of the Promise, that there shall be no more gene∣rall Flood.
Description of the Rayn-Bowe▪
What it signifi∣eth.
Noah falls to Husbandry, and tills the Earth, as he had done before the Flood
He plants a vine
He is ouer-taken with Wine.
Description of a drunken-man.
Fit Comparisons to set sorth the nature and pro∣perty of Slande∣rers, & Detract∣ers imitating Cham.
His speech to his Brethren, seeing his Fathers na∣kednes.
Their discreet behauiour.
Noah awaked curseth Cham and his posterity: & blesseth Sem and Iaphet, & their Issue.
An execratiō of Drunkennes, de∣scribed with its shamefull dan∣gerous and de∣testable effects.
A preface, repre senting the selici tie & happy e∣state of Cōmon∣weales, gouerned by good and pru∣dent Princes: & the misery of those that liue in subiection vnto Tyrants: which the Poet very fit∣ly proposeth as his introduction to the life and Manners of Nimrod.
A Prayer sitted to the former discourse and giuing entry to that which fol∣loweth.
Nimrods exer∣cises & essays to to make himselfe Master of the rest.
Perseuerance in painfull and la∣borious exercises of Nimrod growne gracious with the people.
Hee abandous his first petty Chase, and hun∣teth wylier for a more pretious Prey.
Tyrannicall rule of Nimrod▪ and his proud enter∣prize.
A comparison showing, liuely, the efficacie of the attempts of Tyrants, the Rods of Gods righteous ven∣geance vpon vn∣godly people.
Liuely Descrip∣tion of the people occupied in som great busines.
God displensed with the audaci∣ous enterprise of Nimrod and his, resolueth so •••• break their De∣signes by consoun ding their Lan∣guage.
Execution of Gods Decree.
A fit comparison
An other elegāt comparison sho∣wing that there is no Counsail, no Endeuour, no diligence, no might nor mul∣titude, that can resist God.
Discommodities proceeding frō the confusion of Tongues.
The Hebrew Tongue in all Mens mouthes before the confu∣sion of Langua∣ges.
A conclusion tri∣ed, whereb ap∣peareth that chil dren are natu∣rally apt to learn to speak: not a∣ble of themselues to speake, with∣out example.
Answeres to the obiection taken from the consu∣fused voice of Beasts.
To another Ob∣iection, of the chirping of Birds.
Aduantage of Man endued with Reason, a∣boue the rest of the Creatures.
Iosephus Scali∣ger, skilfull in 13. languages.
Answer to a third obiection touching Tarot∣resembling Ec∣cho, and speaking without speech.
The Hebrew Tongue the principall.
First reason.
Second reason.
Simile••
Third reason.
Fourth reason▪
Fift reason.
Praise of the Hebrew Tōgue, Mother and Queene of all the Rest.
Adam gaue Hebrew names to all the Crea∣tures.
He inriched the Language with the composition of verbs and Clauses.
The Hebrew Tongue cōtinued from Adam to the tim▪ of Nim ro••: Since whē it rested in the house of Heber, of whom it is called Hebrew▪
Simile.
A sub-diuision of the Lāguages, first diuided.
Wherof proceede the sundry chan∣ges in one selfe∣same Language.
Simile.
The liberty of a witty, learned, and iudicious Wrighter.
Excellencie of the Hebrew, Greek and La∣tine Tongues a∣boue the rest.
A pleasant in∣troduction to his following Dis∣course, wherein Poetically He describeth and bringeth in the principall Lan∣guages, together with such as haue excelled in each of them.
The God of Dreams.
Description of the House, & I∣mage of Elo∣quence: and of the principall Languages.
1. The Hebrew supported by 4. Pillars; (viz.)
Moses.
Dauid.
Salomon.
Esay.
2 The Greeke by Homer. Plato. Herodotus. Demosthenes.
3. The Latine by Cicero. Caesar. Salust. Virgil.
4. The Italian by Boccace. Petrarch. Ariosto. Tasso.
5. The Arabik. by Aben-Roes. Eldebag. Auicen Ibnu-farid.
6. The Dutch by Peuther. Luther. Peucer. Butric.
7. The▪ Spanish by Gueuarra. Boscan. Granada. Garcilaco.
8 The French. by Marot.
Amyot. Ronsard.
Plessis.
9: The English. by Sir Thomas Moore. Sir Nicholas Bacone. Sir Phil. Sidney
And the incom∣parable Queene Elizabeth.
Her prudence, Piety, Iustice, Religion, Lear ning, and Elo∣quence.
〈…〉〈…〉the
Being heer to in∣treat of the Transmigration of so many Na∣tions, issued out of the loignes of Noah, our Poet desireth to be ad dressed by some speciall Fauour of God.
The true, & only drift of all his in∣deuours.
A comparison expressing the ef fect of the asto∣nishment, which the confusion of Tongues brought into the Babel∣builders.
Why God would not that the seed of Noah should reside in the Plain of Shynar.
The Earth di∣stributed among the Sonnes of Noah.
To Sem the South.
To Cham the South.
To Iapheth the North & West.
According to his accustomed modesty & dis∣tr••tion, the Poet chuseth rather Silence then to Speake vncertain ly of things vn∣knowne.
Reasons why the Search of such Antiquities is so obscure.
Famous exam∣ples to this pur∣pose. Of the ancient Britains.
Of the Lomb∣bards.
Of the Alains Goths, and Vandals.
The causes of such Transmi∣grations.
The originall remoues, voya∣ges & conquests of the Lom∣bards.
Of the Goths.
Of the ancient Gaules.
He affirmeth finally that the three Sonnes of Noah peopled the World, and sheweth how.
2. Fit cōparisont to represent the same.
Why the first Monarkie began in Assyria.
The Hebrewes and their next neighbours were ••••ligious & lear∣ned before the Gr••c••ans knew anything.
The Egyptians, & Tyrians had their fill of Ri∣ches, and Pomp, and Pleasure, before the Greeks or Gauls knew what the world meant.
The first Colo∣nies of Sem in the East.
The second.
The Third.
The fourth.
First Colonies of Iapheth in the West.
The second.
The third diui∣ded into many branches.
First Colonies of Cham, to∣ward the South
Colonies of the North.
How the New∣found World (discouered in our Time) came peopled. A double questi∣on.
••. Answere.
Conictures tou∣ching the Peo∣pling of the same
Wonders of the New-found World.
How it was pos∣sible that Noah and his 3. Sonnes should so multi∣ply.
1. Answere.
Comparison to that purpose.
An example of our dayes.
Another exam∣ple.
The North hath exceedingly multiplied in people: the South not so.
Whence our Au∣thor taketh occa∣sion to enter into an excellent dis∣course of Gods wondrous worke in the diuers temperatures, qualities, com∣plexions, and manners, of so many Nations in the World.
Notable diffe∣rences betweene the Nations of Europe.
Especially the French, Ger∣man, Italian, & Spaniard.
Causes why the Lord would haue Man-kinde so dispersed ouer All the World.
The World com∣pared to a migh∣ty City, wherein dwell People of all conditions, cōtinually traffi∣king together & exchanging their particular com∣modities, for be∣nefit of the Pub∣like.
Man, lord of the World: which for the commodity of his life contri∣butes bountifully all maner of ne∣cessaries.
The same more especially dila∣ted in the parti∣culars.
Here (as it were) wearied with so long a voyage, from so broad & bottom-les an O∣cean (in imitati∣on of the inimi∣table Author) the Translator hoping kind en∣tertainmēt, puts in for the Port of England: whose happy praises hee prosecutes at large; Conclu∣ding with a zea∣lous Praier for preseruation of the King and prosperity of his Kingdoms.
Psalm. 72.
Being about to treat of the M••∣thematicks, our Poet he••r implo∣reth especiall assistance in handling so high and difficult a Subi••ct.
The occasion and ground of this Discourse.
Phalecs Que∣stion.
Hebers answer.
The openìng of the Pillars.
Simile.
The liberall Sciences.
Arithmetike.
Her Numbers.
8. 9.
10.
100. 1000.
Addition.
Subtraction. Multiplication.
Diuision.
Geometrie.
Her Instrumēts and Figures.
The certainty of Geometry.
Her rare inuen∣tions. Mills.
Gunnes.
Ships.
Printing.
The Crane.
The Staffe.
Dials and Clocks.
Sphears.
Astronomie.
Her 2. Globes.
1. The Terre∣strial.
His 10. Circles.
1 The Equi-nocti∣all.
2 The Zodiak.
3 The 1. Colure.
4 The 2. Colure.
5 The Meridian.
6 The Horizon.
7 and 8 The Tropiks.
9 and 10 The South and North Circles.
The Celestiall Globes.
The diuers a∣spects of the ce∣lestiall Bodies.
Simile.
Question.
Answere.
The reason of the names giuen to the 12. Signes of the Zodiak.
1. Aries.
2. Taurus.
3. Gemini.
4. Cancer.
5. Leo.
6. Virgo.
7. Libra.
8 Scorpio.
9 Sagittarius.
10 Capricor∣nus.
11 Aquarius. 12 Pisces. A deeper and more curious reason of the same.
In heauen are patterns of all things that are in earth.
A third witty, pleasant, and ele∣gant reaso of the names aforesayd.
Plaustrum.
Bo••tes.
Hercules.
Lyra. Corona Borea∣lis. Vrsa minor. Pleiades. Cuspis.
Andromeda. Cassiopeia. Cepheus.
Perseus.
Caput Medusa.
Draco.
Pegasus.
Cygnus.
Piscis Borealis.
Delphinus.
Trigonos.
Ophiucus.
Aquila.
Aties.
Taurus.
Gemini.
Cancer.
Leo.
Virgo.
Libra.
Scorpio.
Sagittarius. Capricornus. Aquarius.
Pisces.
Orion.
Eridanus.
Canis. Canicula. ••epus.
Hydra.
Corvus.
Cratera. Centaurus.
Lupus. Ara.
Corona au∣stralis. Piscis australis.
Balaena.
A notable corre∣ction of the Poet vpon these last Discourses.
He ••roc••edes to discouer the se∣crets of Astro∣nomie.
Simile.
The vse of the Astrolabe.
Simile.
Astronomy, by whom, and how maintained.
The prayse of learned Astro∣nomers, and the profit of their Doctrine.
The description of Musike.
The Heauens Harmony.
Simile.
A foure-folde Consort in the humors, seasons, and Elements.
The power of Musike towards all things.
Towards Men.
Towards Beasts, Birdes, Plies, & Fishes.
Towards God himselfe.
Conclusion of the 2. Day of the 2. Week.