*' Relation into Verfe, he •* enquired into the Signi- •* fication of the Names, and *' found, that the firft Egyp- •* tians, who wrote of thefe *• Matters, tranflated them •* into their own Language; ** and hclikewife fearchingout *' their true Meaning, turned *' ihem into our Language." The Words of Ahydenus a- gree with thofe of Alexand'^r the Hiftorian, which Cyril has preferved in his foremen- tioned Firft Book againft Ju- lian i *' After the Death of *' Otiartes, his Son Xifuthrui ** reigned eighteen Years; in ** whofe Time, they fay, the *' great Deluge was. It is re- *' ported that Xifuthrtts was *' preferved by Saturn s fore- *' telling him what was to " come; and that it was con- *' venient for him to build an " Ark, that Birds and creep- " ing Things, and Beafts " might fail with him in it" The moft High God is named by the JJJyriam, and other Nations, from that particular Star of the Seven (to ufe Ta- citus^h Words) by which Man- kind are governed, which li moved in the higheft Orb, and with the greateft Force: Of certainly the Syriack Word, ^'N 11, which fignifies God, was therefore tranflated Kpof^ Kronos, by the Greek Interpre- ters, becaufe he was called b'K // by the Syrians, Philo Bibliuf, the Interpreter of San- chuniathon, hath thefe Words; Ilus, n.x:ho is called Saturn. He isquoted by Eufebius: In whom it immediately follows from the fame Pbilo, That Kronos nvasthe fame theVh2emz\-^n^ call Ifrael j but the miftake was in theTranfcriber, whoput 'Icj^ et- •,\K Ifrael, for i A //, which many times amongft the Greek Chri- ftians Sedl. i6. the Chrijli an Religion, 49 Ajjyria^ {a) who mentions the Dove that was fent out of the Ark; and in Plutarch from the Creeks; [b) and in LuciaHy who fays, that in Hierapolis of Syria^ ftians is the Contra6lion of'Ifj- f «wA; whereas i A is, as we have obferved, what the Syrians call ?\S //, and the Hebrews ^K El. [It ought not to be over- looked, that in this Hillory, Deucaliofiy who was the fame Perfon as Noah, is called d-^]^ ^vppcti, that is, nDli< ly^^< a Man of the Earth, that is, a Hiijband-man. See my Notes upon Gen. ix. 20. I^ C/erc] {a) Whd mentions the Do've, ^c] In his Book where he en- quires which have moft Cun- ning, Water or Land Animals: " They fay Deucalion s Dove, ** which he fent out of the •' Ark, difcovered at its Re- ** turn, that the Storms were ** abated, and the Heavens *• clear.'* It is to be obferved, both in this place oiP/utarch's, and in that oi Alexander the Hiftorian, as well as in the Book of Nicolaits DamafcenuSy and the Writers made ufe of by Theophilus Autiochenus in his Third Book, that the Greek Word Ai^^e^^S Z^^r^aAr, an fwers to the Hebre^v Word nnn ^Tehah, and fo Jofephus tranf- lates it.
(^) And in Lucian^ &c.] In his Book concerning the God- ^t(soi Syria, where having be- gun to treat of the very antient I'emple ofHierapo/is, he adds: *• they fay this Temple was ** founded by Beuca/ion the ** Scythian, that Deucalion, '* in whofe Days the Flood of " Water happened. I have ** heard in Greece the Story of " this Deucalion from the f Greeks themfelves, which is " thus: The prefent Genera- ** tion of Men is not the Ori- " ginal one, for all that Gene- *' ration perirtied j and the " Men which now are, came *' from a fecond Stock, -the " whole Multitude of them " defcending from Deucalion. " Now concerning the firlt ** race of Men, they relate *' thus: They were very ob- " ftinate, and did very wicked ** Things; and had no Regard " toOaths, had no Hofpitality ** or Charity in them; upon *' which Account many Cala- " mities befel them. For on •* a fudden the Earth fent •* forth abundance of Water, ** great Showers of Rain fell, *' the Rivers oveiflowed ex- " ceedingly, and the Sea over- *• fpread the Earth, fo that all ** was turned into Water, and " every Man periCied; Deu- ** calion was only faved ^live, ** to raife up another Genera- ** tion, becaufe of his Prudence '• and Piety. And he was *' preferved in this Manner; *' He and his Wives and his *' Children entered into a large " Ark, which he h?.d prepa- ** r^di; and after them went in *' Bear?, and Horfes, and Lions, " and Serpents, and all other E *' Kinds jo of the Truth of Book I.
Syria^ there was remaining a mofl: antient Hiftory of the Ark, and of the preferving a few not only of Mankind, but alfo of other hving Creatures. The fame Hiftory was extant alfo in {u) Molo and in {h) Nicolaus Damafcenus; which latter names the Ark, Ark, ** kinds of living Creatures ** that h^A upon the Earth, *' two and two; he received *• them all in, neither did they *' hurt him, but were very ** familiar with him, by a di- *' vine Influence. Thus they " failed in the fame Ark, as *' long as the Water remained ** on the Eirth: This is the *• Account the Greeks give of *' Deucalion Now concern- *' ing what happened after- ** wards; There was a ftrange ** Story related by the Inha- " bitants of Hierapolis, of a " great Hole in the Earth, in ** thatCoantry, whichreceived *' all the Water; after which *' Deucalion built an Altar, and " reared a Temple to Juno, ** over the Hole. I faw the " Hole myfelf; it is but a ** fmali one, under the Tem- *' pie; whether it was brger '* formerly, I know not; I *' am fure this which I faw, •* was but fraall. To pre- •* ferve this Story, they '• perform this Ceremony; •' Twice every Year Water is ** brought from the Sea into *' the 'I emple; and not only *' the Prlelts, but all the Peo- ** pie of Syria and Arabia •* fetch it; many go even from •' the River Euphrates, as far •* as the Sea to fetch Water, •• which thty pour out in the " Temple, and it goes into '* the Hole, which, though *'^it be but fmall, holds a vaft ** Quantity of Water: When *' they do this, they fay it was *' a Rite inftituted by Deuca- '* lion, in Memory of that Ca- ** lamity, and his Prefervation. ** This is the antient Story of *' this Temple."
[a] In Molo, &C.] Eufebius. relates his Words in his Ninth Book oi i\itGofpel Preparation f Chap. 19. •' At the Deluge, •' the Man and his Children " that efcaped, came out of ** Armenia, being driven from ** his own Country by the In- ** habitants, and having paffed " through the Country be- *' tween, went into the moun- •• tainous Part oi Syria, which *• was then uninhabited.'* {b) NicolausDamafienus iScQ.'\ "jcfephus gives us his Words, out of the Ninety-fixthBook of his Univerfal Hijlory, in the fore-cited Place; *' There is ** above the City Minyas, ** (which Strabo and Fliny call *' Milyas) a huge Mountain in *' Arinenia, called Batis, on " Vv'hich they fay a great many ** were faved from the Flood, *' particularly One who was *' carried to the Top of it by ** an Ark; the Pvcliques of the *' Wood of which was pre- ** ferved a great while: I ** believe Sed; i6o the Chnjlian Religion. 51 Ark, which we alfo find in the Hiftory of Deuca- lion in Apollo dorus: And many Spaniards affirm ^ that in feveral (a) Parts of America, as Cuba, Me- thoacantty Nicaraga, is preferved the Memory of the Deluge, the faving ahve of Animals, efpecially the Raven and Dove -, and the Deluge itfelf in that Part called Golden Caftile. {h) That Remark of Pliny^s, that Jcppa was built before the Flood, difcovers what Part of the Earth Men inhabited before the Flood. The Place where the Ark reded after the Deluge {c) on the Gordy.^an Moun- tains, is evident from the conftant Tradition of the Armenians from all paft Ages down {d) to this very '* believe it was the fame Man " that Mofss the Lawgiver of ** the Je-vos mentions in his «* Hiftory." To thefe Wri- ters we may add Jerofn^ the Egyptian, who wrote the Af- fairs of Phirnicia and Mfia- feas, mentioned by Jofephus. And perhaps Eupolemus, which Eufebius(\\iOiQS out of Alexan- der the Hiftorian, in his Go/pel Preparation, Book IX. Chap.
{a) Parts cf America, &c.] See Jofephus Acojia, and Anto- hius Herrera.
{b) That Remark of Plinfs, ia and Solinus^gxet with Pliny. Compare it with that which w6 have quoted out oiAhydenus.
[c] On the Gordyean MoiW' hins, Sec] Which Mofes calls Ararath, the Chaldean Inter - preters tranflate it Kardu; fo- fephuSy Cardigan; Cortius, Cor- dfcan; Strabo writes it Gordi^e- an^ BookXVI. and Pliny, Book Yl. and Ptolenta;us. (Thefe, and what follows in relation to the facred Geegraphy and the Founders of Nations, fmce thefe cfGrotius were publifhed, are with great Pains and much more Accuracy fearched into, by Sam. BocBart in his Sacred Geography, which add Weight to Grotlus''i Arguments. Le Clerc ) [d] To this 'very Day, Src] Theophilus Antiochenus fays, in his Third Book, that the Re- liques of the Ark were ihewn in his Tim'6 And 'Epiphanius againft the Nazarites; TheRe^ liques 0/ Noah' J Ark arefhe<wn at this Tims, in theRegion of the Cordiagans: hwdChryfoJiom'm his Oration of Perfeft Love. And Ifidore, Book XIV. Chap. 8. of his Antiquities ** Ara- ** rath, a Mountain in Arme- ^'nia, on which Piifcories te- " ftify the Ark refted after the *' Deluge; where at this Day ** are to be feen Tome Marks *'of 52 Of the Truth of Book I.
very Day. {a) Japhet^ the Father of the Euro- peans^ and from him, Jon^ or, as they formerly pronounced it, {b) Javon of the Greeks^ and (f) Hammon of the Africans, are Names to be feen in Mofes (d) and Jofephus and others obferve the like Footfteps •' of the Wood.'* We may add the Words out oi Haiton the Armenian i Ch. 9. ** There *' is a Mountain in Armenia^ ** higher than any other in the *' whole World, which is ** commonly called Arar&th, ** on the Top of which Moun- •^ tain the Ark firft refted after ** the Deluge." See the Nubian Geographer, and Benjamin's I- tinerary, (a) Japhety &c ] It is the very fame Word HD^ Japheth; for the fame Letter D is by fome pronounced lik tt />, by others ^ ph; and the like Difference is now preferved among the Germans and Dutch, yerom upon Daniel^ has obferved this of the Hebreiu Letter.
{d) Javon, Sec ] For }itjf??, iaonesy is often found amongft the antient Writers. The Per- Jian in AriJlophanes\ Play, cal- led Acharnenfes, pronounces it ]AOVctV.iaonan. Now it was a be wrote by a F, formerly thus F. In like Manner that which WcLs'dveoi auos, isnowctcy^ aos^ and ridi eos, retvco^ tanosy Ta.co<; taosy a Peacock; T«f*F.AAj)fct? KOLhiiO-iv \£LVVa.^ the Greeks arc called iaunasy Saidaa.
(r) Hammon y &c.] For the Greeks fometimes render the Hebrenv Letter PT Cheth by an Afpirate, -and fometimes omit it; as DID'") ITT Chatzar- muth, 'AS'fAy.vr^t®^ Adrajnyt- tosy or '^A'^^a.(j.uT']o<; Hadra- myttos: mDDn Chachmoth, d')^f/.oiS Achmuth in Ir en feus and others: niDn Chabrah, a Compani on ^hy thQ2i.r\utntG reeks kC^ct abra; T\*\l Chajahy ci]c^v aiony an Age. r\ir\ Hanno or Anno; '^yn'On Hannibal or Annihai, Vj/nnt^n Hafdrubal or Afdrubal', tZD^Ii^n Cafiim, A^KUiTc/i axoumitai j for <yi' 077 is a G;vf(^ ending. This Perfon is transformed not only by the Lybians, but alfo by many other Nations, into the Star Jupiter y as a God, Lucan, Book IX.
very antient Cultom to put a Vigamma between two Vow- els, which afterwards began to Jupiter Ammon is the only God Amongfi tbe happy Arabs, and amongjl 7he Indians and./Ethiopians. And the facred Scripture puts Words, Tr(^m nvhomy Egypt, at Egypt amongft them, P/alm 22. Jeromy in his Hehrenx) traditions on Genejis, has thefe //'/■/ fvery Day, is called the Country (7/"Ham, in the Egyp- tian Language.
[d) And Jofephus and others y Se6l. 16. the Chrifdan Religion. 53 Footfteps in the Names of other Places and Nations.
&c.] He fays, Tofxaq'Ti^ Goma- reiSf the Galatians, is derived from *nD^ Gomar, where Pli- ny s Town i omara is. The People of Comara we find in the Firft Book of Mela. The Scythians are derived fromJUD ]\1agogy by whom the City^'ry- ihopolii in Syria, was built, and the other City Magog; Plinyy BookV. Chap. 23. which is called by others Hierapolis and Bambyce. It is evident that the Medes are derived from ♦TD Medi; and as we have already ohi^rvt^jjauonesyya- ones^ Jones, from ^?^ "Javen^ Jofephus fays, the Iberians in JJia come from b^r\ Thsbal, ill the Neighbourhood of whom Ptolemy places the City of Thabaly as preferving the Marks of its ancient Original, The City Mazaca, mentioned by him, comes from "Jli'D ^'!a' fach, which we find in Strahoy Book XII. and in Plinyy Book VI. 3. and in Ammianiis Mar- cellinus. Book XX. Add to this the Mofchi mentioned by Stra- loy Book, XI. and in the Firft and Third Book of MeUy whom Pliny calls Mofcheniy Book VI. Chap 9. and we find in them and Pliny, the Mofchi- can Mountains. Jofephus and others agree, that the Thraci- ans were derived from Dl'D lirasy and the Word itfelf ihews it; efpeciaily if we ob- ferve, that the Greek Letter ^ X at firft anfvvered to the Syri^ ack Letter D/, as the Place of it fhews. Concerning thofe that are derived from rinii'K Afcha- naz, the Place is corrupt in Jofephus; but without doubt Afcaniay a Part of Phrygia and Myfia, mentioned in Homer, comes from thence; concern- ing which fee Straboy Book XII. and Plinyy Book V. Ch. 32. Th.Q Afcanian Lake, and the River flowing from it, we find in Strabo, Book XIV. and in Pliny^z forecited Fifth Book, Ch. 32. The Afcanian Har- bour is in Pliny, Book V. Ch. 30. and the Afcanian Iflands alfo. Book IV Chap. 12. and and Book V. Chap. 31. Jo^ fephus fays, the Paphlagonians are derived from DDn 7?/- phathy by fome called Ripha- t^ansy where Mela in his Firft Book puts xkiQ Riphacians. The fame Jofephus tells us, that ihe hoK^lc aioleis come from ni^''Sx Alifhah; and the Je- rufulem Paraphraft agrees with him, in naming the Greeks, JEolians; putting the Part for the Whole; nor is it much un- like Hella, the Name of the Country. The fame Jofephus alfo fays, that the Cicilians are derived from li'^IZ/")]! Tarfhijh, and proves it from the City Tarfus'y for it happens in many Places, that the Names of the People are derived from the Names of Cities. We have be- fore hinted, that Khltoi' Kit^ tiotty is derived from CDiriD Chitim. The Ethiopians are called Chufaans by themfelvQS 54 'Of the 7ruth of Book L tions. And which of the Poets is it, in which we dp and their Neighbours, from ti-lD Cujh, now; as Jojephus obferved they were in his 1 ime; from whence there is a RJver (b called by Vtolemy; and in t\it Arabian Geographer, there Bre two Cities, which retain the fame Name. So likevvife M/cr.i'p in Philo Biblius is de- rived from CD^ni'D Mitzram; thofe which the Greeks call Egyptiansy being caljed by themfelves and their Neighbours Mefori; and the Name of one of their Months isMsor/fi Me- Jlri. Cedrenus calls the Country itfelf Mi^c-rf, and Jofephus rightly conjedlures, that the River in Mauritania is deriv- ed from DID Phut. Pliny men- " tions the fame River, Book V.
Chap I. Phut, and the Neigh- bouring Phutenfian Country, is fo called to this Day. yerom in his i/^i^rifxu Traditions on Gensfis, fays, it is rot far from Fefa^ theN ame remamingeven now The |>'3D Chcnaan in Mofe contracted by Sanchuniathon, and from him by Philo Biblius^ into Xt'7 Chfia, you will find it in £i*,'^c'/«i''s Preparation, Book I Ch lo. and the Country is called fo. Stephanus, of Ci tie?, .fays, Chna Kvas fo called by the Phccnicians. And vSt Aitftin m his Book of iWpofitionsdn fhe Epiftle to the Romans, fays; in his Time, if the Country Peo- ple that lived at Hippo were a{ked who they were, they an- fwered Canaanites. And in that place of Eupolernvs, cited \>y Eujthius, Fr.Tpar^lX, 17, the Canaanites are called Me- Jiraimites Ptolome-f^Regemava. Arabia Felix is derived from HD}/") Raamahy by changing V into y g, as in Gomorrah anj other Words. JoJ'ephus deduces the Sabins from KHD Saba, a known Nation, whofe chief City Strabo fays, Book XVI. was Sabat where "Jofephus places the Sabateni, from nnnD Sabatah; there Pliny places the City Sobotale, Book VI. Chap. 28 The Word tm^ZVh Lehabim, is not much different from the Name of the lybians; nor the Word tID»nriD3 Nephnthim froni Nepata, a City of Ethiopi.a^ mentioned by Pliny, Book VI. Chap 29. Nor Ptoleiny\ Ne- pata; or the Pharuft in Pliny, BookV. Ch. 8. from CD-i:/D Phatfrafim, the fame as Ptole- my"* s Phaiirufians in Ethiopia.. 7'hs City Sidon, famous in all Poets and Hitlorians, comes from i"T*K Tzidon, And P/c- lemy'^s Town Gorafa, from ^li''^'^:! Gergafhi; And Area, a City of the Phoenicians, men- tioned by Ptolemy and Pliny, Book V. Chap. 18. from 'pnj^ Arid. And Aradus, an Ifland mentioned in^/r^^i?. BookXVI. and P//wr, Book V. Chap. 20. and Ptolemy in Syria, from ^Tni< Arodii and Am at has of Arabia, mentioned by Herodo- tus in his Euterpe and Thalia, from >nDn Hamathi ', and the Elymites, Neighbours to the AW^j, from iz:^'i^ ^^//w, mentioned by Strabo, Book XVI.
Sea. 1 6. the Chrijlian Religion. 55 XVI.?liny, Bopk V. Ch. 26. Ian, are reprefented by the and Un}y, Book XXXVH Their Defcendants in Phrygia are called^^//z//^iby Atherifeus Book IV. Every one knows, that the Ajfyrians are derived from "Titi'K Ajljur^ as the Ly- dians are from "11 V LW; from whence comes the Latin Word ludi Thofe which by the Creeks are called Syrians, from the City "ITK T^ur, are called ^' amitesio this Day fromCDIX >fV^2z^; For If /z, is fometimes tranllated 7 /» and fometimes cr/; whence the City "ilKTzwr, which the GrffXv call 'T^t^, is by Enniiis called Sarra, and by others ^z'wrt and Tina, Strabo, Book XVI. towards the end: The Poet 7}ientions />?»^Arimites, fiihofn Poffidonius 'vcould ha-ve Ks to under (land, not to he any Part of Syria, or Cilicia, or c.ny other Country, but Syria itjelf. And again. Book XIII. Some mean Syrians ^y Arimites, nvhom they noifj call Aramites. And in the Firft Book, For thofe nue /-^//Syrians, are by themfel'ves en lied hrv^mucs. The Country A.tfarAtls, mentioned by the Seventy in Job, is de- rived from \"\T\ Hutx Ari- Ji.-cus calls it Aujlias. And the City Choi la, placed by Ptolemy in Syria, from bin Choi; and the City Gindarus in Ptolemy, from "inj Geher; and the Gin- daren People in Pliny, Book V. the Mountain Majtus, ngt far from Nifibus, mentioned by Strabo, Book XI. and Ptolemy in Mefopotamia,h derived from TD Majh. The Names 10p» Joktan, and mn-ii»M ilatzoramuth, and \b^Jl He- ./^ra^//z«Oeographers,underthe Name? oi Baljatjaktan,Hadra' muth, and Chaulan, as the learned C«/!^//obferves. The' River Ophar, and the People called Opharites, near Mceotis, Pliny,Book VI. 7. if I miftake not, retain the Name ")D1i< Ophar i and thofe Cities, which Mo/es mentions in this Place, appear to be the mod ancient, by comparing of Authors. E- very one knows from whence Babylon is derived. "]")K A' rach is Aracca, placed by Pto- lemy in Sujiana; from whence come the Arac^an Fields, in Tibullus, as the famous Salma- Jius, a Man of vafl Reading, obferves. Acabene, a Corrup- tion Q^Acadene, is derived from 1DK Achad, as is probably conjeiSlured by Francifcus Ju- nius, a diligent Interpreter of Scripture, who has obferved many of thofe Tilings we have been fpeaking of n:^D Chal- nah is the Town Caunifus on the River Euphrates, whofe ^Z-me Ammianus tells us in his Twenty-third Book, continued to his time. The Land ^V^^ SenaaVi is the Babylonian Sen- na as ^ in H^ftiaus Mile/us^ which Place Jofephus has pre- ferved in his ancient Hiftory, Book I. Chap. 7. and in his Chrenicon; as has Eufebins in his Preparation. He wrote the Affairs of Phanicia; whom alfo Stephens h-^d read. Again J? being changed into y, gt Ptolemy from hence calls the Mountain Singarus in Mefopo- tamia. And Pliny mentions the Town Singara, Book V. Chap. 24. and hence the 5/;?- E 4 garanaav 56 Of the "Truth of Book I.
do not find mention made of the {a) Attempt to climb garanaan Country in Sextus Rufus^ m3*3 Nine-veh is un- doubtedly the Ninos of the Greeks contraiSled; thus Sardanafaliiis Epitaph.
Ill / ivho great Ninus ruPd, am nanjo but Duji.
The fame Name we find in Theognis'iiXi^Strahoi'^QtQV. XVI. and Pliny, Book XI. Cb- 13. whofe V/ords are thefe. Ninus *was built upon the Ri'ver Ty- gris, tonvards the Wejly a beau- tiful City to behold. Luc an ^ Book III. Happy Ninus, as Fame goes. The Country Ca- lachena has its Name from the principal City n^D Chala: Straboy Book XI and after- wards, in the Beginning of Book XVI. ]D-) Re/in is Re- Jaina vaAmmianus ^QoVYt^WX. SidoH every one knows, mj/ A'x.'zah is without doubt ren- dered Gaxa in Palejiine, by changing as before, the Letter y into y, g: It is inentioned by Strabo, Book XVI. and Mela, Book I. who calls it a large and well fortified Town; and Pliny, Book XV. Ch. 13. and Book VI Chap. 28. and elfewhere. iT^Dp Sephirah^ is Heliopolis, a cii/ of the Sippa- rians, in that place of u^/^j-^;/^- nus, now quoted. Sippara is by Ptolemy placed in Mejopota- mia, niN Ur is the CalUe Ur, mentioned hy A?nmianusy Book XXV. pn Caran is Carra, famous for the Slaughter of the CraJ/^.
(a) The Attempt to climb the Hea'venSf &c.] See Homer, Odyf. 30. and Ovid's Meta- morphojlsy Book I.
The Giants, by Report, tjoould Hea'ven have Jiorm^d.
Sep alfo VirgiVz firll Georgick, arid Lucan, Book VII. It is a frequent way of fpeaking a- mongft all Nations, to call th.ofe Things which are raifed above the common Height, ^Things reaching to Heaven, as we often find in Homer, and Deut.i, 29. and IX.i.Jo/ephus qijotes one of the Sibyls, 1 know not which, concerning the unaccountable Building of that Tower; the Words are thefe: " When all Men fpoke ♦* the fame Language, fome J? of them built a va^ high *' Tower, as if they would ** afcend up into Heaven; but ** the Gods fent a V/ind, and " overthrew the Tower, and ** affigned to each a particular ** Language, and from hence " the City Babylon was fo " called." And Eufebius, in his Preparation, Book IX. Ch. 1 4. Cyril, Book I. againfl Ju- lian, quotes thefe Words out Q^ Jbydenus: " Some fay, thaC *' the firll Men, who fprang ** out of the Earth, grew ** proud upon their great *• Strength an4 Bulk, and ** boalle^ Seft. 1 6. the Chrijiian Religion. 57 *« boafted that they could do *' more than the Gods, and at- •* tempted to build a Tower, '* where Babylon now Hands; ** but when it came nigh the '* Heavens, it was overthrown *^ upon them by the Gods, •• withthe Help of the Winds; *• and the Ruins are called Ba- «* by Ion. Men 'till then had ** but one Language, but the «* Gods divided it, and then '* began the War betwixt 5"^- •* turn and Titan.'''' It is a falfe Tradition of the Greeks, that Babylon was built by Semira- tnisy as Berofus tells us in his Chaldaicks, and Jofephus in his Firft Book againft^/>/(?^z; and the fame Error is refuted by Julius Firmicus out of Philo BibliuSf and Dor ot bens Siaonius, See alfo what Eufebius pro- duces, out of EupolemuSy con- cerning the Giants and the Tower, in his Gofpcl Preparat, Bo*ok XX. Chap. 17.
[a] Diodorus SiculuSj &C.] Book XIX. where he defcribes the Lake Afphaltitis: " The *' neighbouring Country burns ** with Fire, the ill Smell of *• which niakestheBodiesof the " Inhabitants fickly, and not ** very long-lived-*' (Seem^ "^ of this in our DiJ/ertation added to the Fentateuchy concerning the Burning of Zq-