§. 1. * 1.1 CAdmus first seated himself in Boeotia, as Eusebius, Carion, and Bochart assure us, and built the upper part of Thebes, which was from him called Cadmia; and the whole City of Thebes, was by the Phenicians named 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Thebes, from dirt: for it had much dirt in it, being all watery. We read of the same name Judg. 9.50. Then went Abimelech to Thebez &c. which Josephus renders 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. And that Thebes, was re∣ally built, and peopled by the Phenicians, is evident from one of its seven Gates called, Oncea, i.e. from Onca, the name the
The court of the Gentiles: or A discourse touching the original of human literature, both philologie and philosophie, from the Scriptures, and Jewish church in order to a demonstration, of 1. The perfection of Gods vvord, and church light. 2: The imperfection of natures light, and mischief of vain pholosophie. 3. The right use of human learning, and especially sound philosophie. / By T.G.
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- The court of the Gentiles: or A discourse touching the original of human literature, both philologie and philosophie, from the Scriptures, and Jewish church in order to a demonstration, of 1. The perfection of Gods vvord, and church light. 2: The imperfection of natures light, and mischief of vain pholosophie. 3. The right use of human learning, and especially sound philosophie. / By T.G.
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"The court of the Gentiles: or A discourse touching the original of human literature, both philologie and philosophie, from the Scriptures, and Jewish church in order to a demonstration, of 1. The perfection of Gods vvord, and church light. 2: The imperfection of natures light, and mischief of vain pholosophie. 3. The right use of human learning, and especially sound philosophie. / By T.G." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A85480.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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Phenicians gave Minerva, to whom Cadmus erected an altar in that place. So Stephanus: 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. The Phe∣nicians stiled Minerva Onca, from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 to move war: see Selden de Diis Syrûm Syntag. 2. cap. 4. From Baeotia, the name of Gadmus was transferred into Ionia, where the City Priene was called Cadme, because founded by Philota the Beotian. So Bo∣chart Canaan lib. 1. cap. 16.
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Cadmus's buil∣ding 〈◊〉〈◊〉.