Sect. VIII. Of the unwritten law of God, given to the patriarchs

by tradition.

114

Sect. IX. Of the moral, judicial, and ceremonial law, with a note

prefixed, How the scripture speaketh not always in one sense,

when it nameth the law of Moses.

116

Sect. X. A proposal of nine other points to be considered, with a

touch of the five first.

119

Sect. XI. Of the sixth point, to wit, of the difference and agree-

ment of the Old and New Testament.

121

125

Sect. XII. Of the rest of the points proposed.

Sect. XIII. Of the several commandments of the Decalogue; and

that the difficulty is not in respect of the commandments, but

by our default.
127

133

135

Sect. XIV. If there were not any religion, nor judgment to come,

yet the Decalogue were most necessary to be observed.

Sect. XV. Of human law, written and unwritten.

Sect. XVI. That only the prince is exempt from human laws,

and in what sort.

143

CHAP. V.

The story of the Israelites from the receiving of the law to the

death of Moses.

Sect. I. Of the numbering and disposing of the host of Israel, for

their marches through the wilderness; with a note of the re-

verence given to the worship of God in this ordering of their

troops.

148

Sect. II. The offerings of the twelve princes; the passover of the

second year; the departing of Jethro.
152

Sect. III. The voyage from Horeb to Kades; the mutinies by

the way; and the cause of their turning back to the Red

sea.

154

Sect. IV. Of their unwillingness to return; with the punishment

thereof, and of divers accidents in the return.

157

Sect. V. Of Moses's arrival at Zin Kades; and the accidents

while they abode there.

161

Sect. VI. Of their compassing Idumæa and travelling to Arnon,

the border of Moab.

164

Sect. VII. Of the book of the battles of the Lord' mentioned in

this story, and of other books mentioned in scripture which

are lost.

168

Sect. VIII. Of Moses's sparing the issue of Lot; and of the

giants in those parts; and of Sehon and Og.

171

Sect. IX. Of the troubles about the Midianites, and of Moses's

death.
173

Sect. X. Observations out of the story of Moses, how God dis-

poseth both the smallest occasions and the greatest resistances,

to the effecting of his purpose.

CHAP. VI.

175

Of the nations with whom the Israelites had dealing after their

coming out of Egypt; and of the men of renown in other na-

tions, about the times of Moses and Joshua, with the sum of

the history of Joshua.

Sect. I. How the nations, with whom the Israelites were to have

war, were divers ways, as it were, prepared to be their ene-

mies.

177

Sect. II. Of the kings of the Canaanites and Madianites, men-

tioned in the ancient wars of the Israelites.

Sect. III. Of the Amalekites and Ismaelites.

181

185

Sect. IV. Of the instauration of civility in Europe about these

times, and of Prometheus and Atlas.

Sect. V. Of Deucalion and Phaeton.

Sect. VI. Of Hermes and Trismegistus.

187

190

192

197

Sect. VII. Of Jannes and Jambres, and some other that lived

about those times.

Sect. VIII. A brief of the history of Joshua, and of the space

between him and Othoniel, and of the remainders of the Ca-

naanites, with a note of some contemporaries to Joshua, and

of the breach of faith.

205

CHAP. VII.

Of the tribes of Israel that were planted in the borders of Phoeni-

cia, with sundry stories depending upon those places.

Sect. I. The proem to the description of the whole land of Ca-

naan, with an exposition of the name of Syria.

216

Sect. II. Of the bounds of the land of Canaan, and of the pro-

§. 3. Of Sarepta, with a brief history of Tyre in the same

§. 7. Of Thoron, Giscala, and some other places.

237

§. 8. Of the rivers and mountains of Asser.

240

Sect. IV. The tribe of Nephtalim.

§. 1. Of the bounds of Nephtalim, Heliopolis, and Abila.

242

§. 2. Of Hazor.

244

§. 3. Of Cæsarea Philippi.

245

§. 4. Of Capernaum, and the cities of Decapolis.

248

§. 5. Of Hamath.

250

§. 6. Of Reblatha and Rama, and divers other towns.

253

Sect. V. The tribe of Zabulon.

257

Sect. VI. The tribe of Issachar.

261

Sect. VII. The half of the tribe of Manasseh.

§. 1. Of the bounds of this half tribe, and of Scythopolis, Salem,

Thersa, and others.

265

§. 2. Of Cæsarea Palæstinæ, and some other towns.

270

CHAP. VIII.

Of the kingdom of Phoenicia.

Sect. I. The bounds, and chief cities, and founders, and name of

this kingdom; and of the invention of letters ascribed to

them.

Sect. II. Of the kings of Tyre.

273

278

Sect. III. Of Bozius's conceit, that the Edumeans inhabiting

along the Red sea were the progenitors of the Tyrians, and

that the Tyrians from them received and brought into Phoe-

nicia the knowledge of the true God.

СНАР. ІХ.

284

Of the tribe of Ephraim; and of the kings of the ten tribes,

whose head was Ephraim.

290

Sect. I. Of the memorable places in the tribe of Ephraim.

Sect. II. Of the kings of the ten tribes, from Jeroboam to

Achab.

296

Sect. III. Of Achab and his successors, with the captivity of the

ten tribes.

298

СНАР. Х.

Of the memorable places of Dan, Simeon, Judah, Reuben, Gad,

and the other half of Manasseh.

Sect. I. Of Dan, whereof Joppe, Gath, Accaron, Azotus, and

other towns.

Sect. II. The tribe of Simeon.

Sect. III. The tribe of Juda.

Sèct. IV. The tribe of Reuben, and his borderers.

304

308

313

§. I. The seats and bounds of Midian, Moab, and Ammon, part

whereof the Reubenites won from Sehon, king of Hesbon. 320

§. 2. Of the memorable places of the Reubenites.

323

§. 3. Of divers places bordering Reuben, belonging to Midian,

Moab, or Edom.

327

§. 4. Of the Dead sea.

329

§. 5. Of the kings of Moab, much of whose country within Ar-

non, Reuben possessed.

330

Sect. V. Of the memorable places of the Gadites, and the bor-

dering places of Ammon.

332

Sect. VI. Of the Ammonites, part of whose territories the Gadites

won from Og the king of Basan.

343

Sect. VII. Of the other half of Manasseh.

344

CHAP. XI.

The history of the Syrians, the chief borderers of the Israelites,

that dwelt on the east of Jordan.

Sect. I. Of the city of Damascus, and the divers fortunes thereof.

355

Sect. II. Of the first kings of Damascus, and of the growing up

of their power.
358

Sect. III. Of the latter kings, and decay and overthrow of their

power.
363

Sect. IV. Of other lesser kingdoms of the Syrians, which, being

brought under the Assyrians, never recovered themselves again.

CHAP. XII.

Of the tribe of Benjamin, and of Jerusalem.

365

Sect. I. Of divers memorable places in the tribe of Benjamin,

whereof Jericho, Gilgal, Mitspah, Bethel, Rama, Gobah, and

Gibha.

367

Sect. II. Of divers memorable things concerning Jerusalem. 374

Sect. III. Of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. 377

Sect. IV. Of the vain and malicious reports of heathen writers

touching the ancient Jews.

380

CHAP. XIII.

Of the memorable things that happened in the world from the

death of Joshua to the war of Troy; which was about the

time of Jephtha.

Sect. I. Of the interregnum after Johua's death; and of Otho-

niel.

382

Sect. II. Of the memorable things of this age in other nations,

and of the difficulty in the computation of times.
385

Sect. III. Of Ehud's time, and of Proserpina, Orithya, Tereus,

Tantalus, Tityus, Admetus, and others that lived about these

times.

Sect. IV. Of Deborah, and her contemporaries.

387

397

Seet. V. Of Gideon, and of Dædalus, Sphinx, Minos, and others

that lived in this age.

Sect. VI. Of the expedition of the Argonauts.

401

408

Sect. VII. Of Abimelech, Tholaħ, and Jair, and of the Lapithæ,

and of Theseus, Hippolytus, &c.

414

Sect. VIII. Of the war of Thebes, which was in this age. 420

Sect. IX. Of Jephta, and how the three hundred years which he

speaketh of, Judg. xi. 28, are to be reconciled with the places,

Acts xiii. 20. 1 Kings vi. 1; together with some other things

touching chronology about these times.

CHAP. XIV.

Of the war of Troy.

427

Sect. I. Of the genealogy of the kings of Troy, with a note
touching the ancient poets how they have observed historical
truth.

44I
Sect. II. Of the rape of Helen; and strength of both sides for
the war.
448

Sect. III. Of the Grecians' journey, and embassage to Troy; and
of Helena's being detained in Egypt; and of the sacrificing of
Iphigenia.

451

Sect. IV. Of the acts of the Grecians at the siege.

453