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hou'e, that (Svthey would never again commit the fafety of the Fort to fiich Fahadiums as thefe. There- fore they f that is, tht Jebufites) faid the Blind and the Lame^ Sec.
VVheii the ArJ^w^s taken Captive and detained
by the prophane Fhilijilnes, the ^ hand of God was fore
upon them^ and finote them with H^morhoides^ & ebuUi^.
runt vilU & agri in medio Kegionis illiusy & nati funt
mureiy & fatm eji confufo mortis magna in Civ it ate,
Sothez/w/g/zraddethj the ancient Gr^e^Co^^zV^ have
it not. The later agree not, fome Hebrew Copies ac-
knowledg it not, faith Mendoza^ as if there were an /
that did. 'Tis found indeed in the Drjs, as Chimhi
hathobferved. And it cannot be denyed to the
ilomanifts^but that it fcemcth to be wanting^lyut by
t no means to be fo .fupplyed. 'Twere better tlie Arke
fhould fhake ftiil, then that Vzzdb fnould hold it up.
Howfocvcr^tistrue, that there was a plague of Mi^^',
as wel as ofH^morhoides Concerning which the Ajiro-'
/o^fr> beinqconfultedjgave counfel that there fhould
be made five golden Images of the Mice, and as many
of the d feafeSy to give glory to the God of Ifrael, The
number was according to the number of thcii Lords,
but for the thing it felf, the espoiitors whaaoeveir
pafs lightly over it, or ftop the mouth of the letter
with aniiftery, perceiving no more of the natunill
fenfe, then a bare trefpats offering, but wondering
wifhall^ and not without canfe, what glory could
accrew to the God of Ifrael from fuch a homely
prcfeut as the counterfeit of a Mouie, or that v/hicli
is worfe. A thing which the holy Ghoft here vouch-
fafed not to call by its own name, for the Keri is
lehorecem^ Anorum Veftrorum, But the meaning of
the Images is Steichiotical^ and to be given out of the
IdefMaticd traditions,
H 2 U>
I g6 The Tem pie of Wifdome. BOoK I
Tct Iv Te yivi
cKotT^vTii i'TT^ ck/Tct. 1. c, the general and Corruptible formes ai e affefted by the Cele{\ia[^ w hich therefore the Jalifman^ make ufe of hy ohfetvmg the entrance of the Stars into them,
T\\txx\t'dr\\i\g\%(hn\\ Hdi Aben'RodoaH)oT2i%iht llelrew tranilation, (Ahis Giafar^ that the formes of things here hc\ovi are anfjrered wich the like figura- tions above, and that the Celeftial /f>rwfi have a ru- ling influence upon the fublunary : for example, the Scorpion and Serpent m heaven upon thofe in ea rt h . 1 h erefore r h e Sapientes imaginum infpictbant quanda. planeto defuh radiis foils egrediebatur^ & ingre- diebatur hos vidtus^ eumque in afcendent p&nebant^ & vul- turn quern intrabant fculpebant inLapide^ &nnfcebant cum eo alia ad hxc neceffaria faciebanque cum eo ex ap- tatione vd dejiruCiione quod volebant^ &c, Obferved wl.en n planet was outof hisCombuihon, and en- tred intoany of thefe formes, rhf^n placing the pla- ner in the norofcope^rhey engraved the tormcupon a f^onc^. \her. adding what elfe was neccfTarvj fhey fir! ed it to prefervation or dcilruftion, as they plea- fed &c.
Thefe c^nreiprs «he 0»^ecks termed ^otx^tcaam o: he wife T6A4(7/y lifn ath. Tbe( hnldeans inm^ the word in the Text 1f,hhini](i Images. /^n experiment of the force is f td wn by fj^/iupon his own knowledge, prafti- fea upon a Saracens fervant in diebusCamcrchdi Kegis. Thefe vanr had been ftunge with -^ Scorpion and was cured by his Mafler with a Stone of thiski^fd en- graven upon with the figuie of a Scorpion, And the , Saracen iiild^ thatYIie figure was cut when the Moon
was