C AP .16. A *ea'elat:on of the Apocalypfe. 543 thefe Kings to whom Euphrates giveth plate, are Kings of the E.1/7 onely,and not of the whole world. It would be tedious to rehearfe, muchmore to confute the inter- pretations ofother men; it feemeth to me that that people is here fignified by thefe Kings, for wholefake alone the Scriptures declare that thewaters were driedup ofold, namely the IeWes, to whom the red Seagave paffaoe, and Iordan ftaid his courfe till they all paffed over, making a vay through the deepes with their feete. This miracle is proper to this peoplealone. For wheras Iofcphus wri= teth,'that the Sea of Pamphyliagave place to the Macedonians, When Alexander leadhis army that Way,Antij.Book a.Chap. 7. other wri- ters do (hew plentifully after whatrxaanner the matter is tobe under- 'tood.`7'lrstarch reporteth in the life of Alexander, that the .Htflorio- graphers have amplified the matter more then can be beleeved,and that Alexander himfelfdadnever boas`; ofany fachprodigiotea accident in hit epiflles.Arianus writeth,that the way Both never ufually lye open by theSea over againft Phafelis,which is a City in Tamphylia,bu.t when the Northren winds blow,which blew vehemently,when as Alexan- der took his journey that way, fo that they fumed to make him an eafie paffige,and that nor without à divine providence. But Strabo writeth moft plainly, that the Saddlers journyed the Whole day through the Water, being plumed into it up to the Navel!, Book 14. Therfore Alexander gaffed through Mallow waters, net :filchas were quite dried up.Neither do I think that it is reported and Chronicled any where,that any fuch thing as this, fell out unto any peoplebetides the IeWes. The vanity of writers may invent many things, but the Holy Scriptures do challenge this, as a peculiar mira= ele that God wrought for this Nation of the IeWes alone. Who will fay to the deep,be dryedup,and I Will dry up thy Rivers, faith the Lord îta Efay,whenhe entreateth ofthe deliveranceofthis people?Chap. 4.4.37.And again, Art not thou thefame,Whichhathdried up the Sea, even the Waters of thegreat deep,makinf the Waters of the Brent deepe to be a Wayfor the redeemed topafe over? Chap. 5 i. so. And leaft any 4honld think that this miracle was wrought onely in times pall:, and that no fach matter is to be expected afterwards, the Prophet Efay adde th in the next verle, So the redeemed of the Lord'hall return, and enter into Sion with a Song,&c. Ohap.63.11. Where is he that brought them up out ofthe Sea,with thefbepheard ofhis Aeep, Wha divided; the water before them,that led them through the deepe,ru a horsethrough the Wilderness?'It is no marvell therefore that a peculiar note and cogni- Z 3. Z a 'Lance
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