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A58942	Sacred geographie. Or Scriptural mapps 1. Of all the earth, and water, at the creation. 2. Of paradice [sic], and the countries circumjacent, inhabited by the patriarks. 3. Israels forty years perigrination through the wilderness. 4. Canaan, or the land of promise. 5. The travels of S. Paul, and other the apostles. 6. Jerusalem, as it stood in our Saviours time. Collected both from sacred and prophane authority, by learned persons selected thereunto by the National Congreagation of Dutch Devines, for the more profitable reading of the Old and New Testament. And to be bound up with Bibles. Translated into English by J. Moxon, hydrographer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. London, printed by Joseoph Moxon, and sold at his shop on Ludgate hill, at the signe of Atlas. 1671.	Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691.	1691 (1691)	Wing S223D; ESTC R219071	54,504	99

own Country men and several others as Hacklute relates in his English Voyages Pag. 506. from the Records themselves how several Navigations have been made by the Brittish Nation above 500 years ago into America And withall for the probability of the truth of those Records proves how that in Cuba and Hispaniola two famous Islands in the Bay of Mexico the Natives retain several Brittish words signifying the same thing to this day besides some marks of Christianity among them Yet by the same propability America might be populated either from France or Spain who also are descended from Japhet Thus far may be offered in favour of the sons of Japhets populating America and from whence But if this be not accepted we may consider the sons of Cham who Inhabited the western Shoars of Africk which in some places are not above 480 Leagues from the Main land of Brasil If neither Jophet or Cham can be allowed in the Readers opinion to Populate America then must it of necessity be the sons of Shem who populated it yet here we find almost 600 leagues distance from America in the neerest place viz. between Yedso the most Easternly Iland of Asia and California the most Westernly Iland of America therefore as far as the likeliest probability backs this argument we ought to conclude that America was populated by the sons of Japhet A Discourse upon the Geographical Description of PARADICE And the several Countries bordering thereon Together with a short discourse of the perigrination of the Patriarchs from Adam to Jacob. AFter God had created the Heavens the Earth the Sea and all that in them is out of Nothing for the compleating of his great work he set himself to make Man and so dignified and honoured him that he made him Lord over all Creatures and gave him for his dwelling a most pleasant Garden in Eden called Paradice excelling in Stateliness Beauty and Delightful Pleasantness all the Countries upon the face of the Earth and therefore is rightly called the Garden of Pleasure It is Scituate in the Land of Shinar a part of Asia upon the River now called Tigris which is called in the Holy Scripture the River of Pison This River devides it self into four branches each of a several name Therefore to shew the true Scituation of this Garden and to describe it perfectly we must consider what the Prophet Moses saies in Gen. 2. 8. And the Lord God planted a Garden Eastward in Eden As also at the 10 verse And a River went out of Eden to water the Garden and from thence it was parted and became into four heads to wit four heads of Water This Text clearly shews that this Garden of Pleasure was Scituate on the East side of Pison where the River waters it with a single stream as you may see in the Mapp And though we should suppose that some part of this Garden should ly on the West side of the River of Pison yet it is plain by Gen. 3. 24. that the dwelling place of Adom was on the East side where it saies So he drove out the Man and he placed at the East of the Garden Cherubims c. Because he should not enter in again where he went out Also from Gen. 4. 16. And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod in the East of Eden And it is the more likely to be beleeved because this River aswel in length and breadth as in strength of its stream may compare with the Rhyne or Donau and therefore it may consequently be conjectured that it must hinder our first parents from flying Eastward from the presence of the Lord had they inhabited to the Westwards of this River for we cannot rationally conjecture they had either Boats or Ferries to pass over it withall nor does Gods holy word make any mention of Building any till Noahs time Thus therefore have many Ancient Geographers committed an eminent errour in this particular placing this Garden of Pleasure on the West side of the River of Pison This River as aforesaid is devided into four heads of water to wit two to the Northward or above the Garden and two to the Southward or below the Garden and were called Pison Gihon Hiddekel and Euphrates and are thus described in Gen. 2. 11. The name of the first is Pison That is it which compasseth the whole Land of Havilah where there is Gold v. 13. And the name of the second River is Gihon The same is it that compasseth the whole Land of Ethiopia v. 14. And the name of the third River is Hiddekel That is it which goeth towards the East of Assyria And the fourth River is Euphrates This River of Euphrates hath its original source from the mountains of Moschi and Caspy in Armenia the Great And the River of Hiddekel hath its original from a certain Lake or dead Sea Scituate neer the beginnings of the Mountains of Ararat These two streams run downwards into the aforesaid River Pison at the North of the Garden and so run Southwards to the Southmost part of the Garden where the most Easterly of these streams retains still the name of Pison and the Westernly takes the name of Gihon upon it both emptying themselves into the Persian Gulph Our first Parents being thus placed in this Garden of Pleasure as aforesaid had all things therein given them to their use and behoof except the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil Gen. 2. 17. Which was expressly Forbidden them by God But being deluded by the Subtleties of Satan to break Gods Command they were driven out of Paradice and condemned to get their Living in the sweat of their brows and for their sakes the Earth was accurst and over-run with Thistles and Thorns Having as we have touched before their dwelling in the Land of Nod to the Eastwards of the Garden of Eden which Countrey was formerly called Susiane and now Susan where they fell to Tilling the Ground They had two Sons the eldest named Cain a Tiller of the Ground and the youngest named Abel a keeper of Sheep who through the Spite and Mallice of his brother Cain was in his fury muthered by him Cain being accurst of God for this fact falls into great dispair and perplexity of mind fearing least every one that meets him should kill him goes therefore forth from the face of the Lord into the Land of Nod and builds there a Citty and calls the name of it Enoch after his Sons name It may be conjectured that the Citty now called Susan is the remains of this Citty Enoch as bordering neerest to Eden and Scituate to the Westwards of the Mountains of Ararat upon the River Euleus where it is probable Cain stopt his flight from the face of the Lord being not able to pass over this River The sins of Mankind growing from time to time more and more are at last punisht by God almighty with an universal deludge wherein was

of Euphrates and Tigras which lands the Greeks call Mesopotamia 2 Sam. 8. 3. 5. 10. 6. Iud. 3. 8. The Inhabitants of these Lands are at this day as well of themselves as of the Neighbouring Nations about them called Aramei and Asamei The Children of Aram are these Uz Hull Gether and Mas. From Uz are descended those of Cele Syria called in the Holy Scripture the Land of Uz where Job dwelt Job 11. From Hull are descended the Inhabitants of Palmiaren from Gether those of Apamena and from Mas the People of Pieriah Comagena and Cyrestica See the Map of the Travels of St Paul The sons of Cham are these Cus Misraim Put and Canaan Cus from whom the desart and stony Arabia was called the Land of Chus Begat Seba Hevila Sabtha Raema Sebtecha and Nimrod From Seba and Hevila are descended the dwellers of the desart and stony Arabia Psal. 72. 10. Isai. 43. 3. These Countries were afterwards overcome by the Posterities of Abraham the Edomites and the Isralites and by them possessed You must understand that desart Arabia is so called not that it is wholy desart and un-inhabited But because it hath many desart places and few Cities because the dwellers therein live most in Tents as those who for grasing of their Cattle often change Places Sabtha or more properly Sabbetha is one of the Predecessors of the Inhabitants of Arabia the happy wherein in former times was the City of Sabbotha From Raema are descended the People that inhabite that part of Arabia the happy that borders on the Persian Sea where Ptolomie places the City of Rhegama Among the Sons of Raema were Sheba and Dedan From Dedan are descended the dwellers of Dedace in Ethiopia and the Troglodites as may be gathered by the Marchandize mentioned in Ezeck 27. 15. 38. 13. Seba was also the Progenitor of the People of Ethiopia Isai. 45. 14. From hence came the Queen of Saba or more properly Sheba to King Solomon 1 King 10. 1. Mat. 12. 42. And here reigned the mighty Queen Can●●es Act. 8. 27. And at this time here reigns that potent Prince untruly called Presbiter John for he is neither Presbiter nor Priest but is indeed the mightiest Monarch of this world The People of Arabia and other Mahumetans call him At●clabassi and his own Subjects Acegue and Neguz of the Abissines or Moors From Mitsraim are descended the People of Egypt And therefore the Hebrews from him call that land in their language Mitsraim And also to this day the Inhabitants and bordering People call it Mìsri From Mitsraim are also descended these following Nations to wit Ludim the Inhabitants of the Common-wealth of Mariot in Egypt Anaemim the Inhabitants of Marmarica and Cyrene Leabim the people of Lybia Scituated between Marenmaricam and Egypt Naphthuhim The Moors on the borders of Egypt whose chief City is Napatha or Naphtha Pathrusim which Ptolomy calls Phorusios and Pliny Pharusios those of Getulia who border on the great Ocean Sea Isai. 11. 11. ler. 44. 1 15. Plin. Book 6. ch 8. And Casluhim the Inhabitants of Cassiotidis lying in the entrance of Egypt coming from India and the Caphtorims that is the Inhabitants of Seir and other adjacent Countries From these people are descended the Philistims and Caphtorims Gen. 10. 14. Gen. 32. 3. Deut. 2. 22. From Put are descended the People of Africa the Less Mauritania in which is the River that Ptolomy calls Phehut and Plinie Funt And also in Numidia and other Countries towards the South Mauritania and Africa the Less are now called Barbary Numidia Biledulgerid and those Lands extending farther Southwards are called Azamaga Gualata Guiny which is the land of Black Moors From Canaan are descended the Sidonites Hethites Iebusites Emorites Cirgasites Hevites Arkites Sinites Arradites Zemarites and the Hamathites And their Countries extended from Sidon unto Gaza c. Gen. 10. 19. But almost all this Land of Canaan was for the many grievous sins of its Inhabitants by Gods Commandment given for an Inheritance to the seed of Abraham Nimrod the Son of Chus began to be a mighty man upon the Earth and the beginning of his Kingdom was Babel and other Cities in the land of Shinar Gen. 10. 10. Now in regard that the Posterity of Noah are thus placed in Europe Asia and Africa a question may arise how America being so great a part of the world became first populated and from whence and because the answer cannot be found either in Holy writ or prophane Authours the most we can do is but to offer at arguments and leave them to be accepted or rejected according as they may seem most probable or improbable to the judgement of the Reader Yet certain it is that the People of America had their Original from Noah For in the Flood God destroyed every thing that was upon the Earth from Man to Beast and Noah only remained and they that were with him in the Ark. Gen. 7. 23. But from which of Noahs sons is the task to find out in regard we have had so little knowledge of that part of the world till of comparatively late years It seems neerest the truth that those People that inhabite the Northern parts of America are descended from laphet for towards the North is but a small Sea both on the Western and Eastern side On the Eastern side of America between the Western parts of Norway and the Eastern parts of Island are not contained above 170 Leagues from whence by the providence of God Norway-Men Fishing at Sea in smal vessels might easily by stress of weather be forced over with a strong Easterly wind in less than three dayes time And afterwards either they or their Successors by the same Providencial cause might in less than one daies time be driven from the Western Shoars of Island upon the Shoars of Groenland which though it be not accounted a part of America yet in my Judgement it ought to be rather part of it than of any of the other three parts of the World and that because it borders so very near upon it that to this day it is unknown whether it be a part of that Continent or no. For several of our Country men and others have attempted to find a Sea Passage between them and yet cannot But if there be a passage it is a very small one and therefore we may probably conjecture would not longly hid since the necessities that that cold Climate is Subject to would compel rational Creatures as men are to seek Southerly for a warmer Scituation But here to shew the possibility of such an accident I mentioned only three daies time wherein men might be forced over from the Western parts of Norway to the Eastern parts of Groenland though we need not from hence conclude it was so but we may also think that America might as well be populated from any other part of Europe if we but allow that Navigations have designedly been made thither both by our