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The ready Pen of Ezra (for him we conjecture to be the Scribe of the Holy Spirit here, notwithstanding those few Clauses which may be judged to be added by another hand after his Decease, I say the Pen of Ezra) is here informing us, That the people of God had newly been invaded by a vast Army of Cushites; but we are yet at a loss who these Cushites were? Far more Scholars in the World, than there were Soldiers in that Army have hitherto been content with our Translation, which renders them Ethiopians here. But that learned French-man Bochart, by whose happy industry, more than any man's, the Treasures in the Bowels of the Scriptures have been delved into, has with ⟨p. 3⟩irrefragable Demonstration proved, That not Ethiopians but Arabians are the Cushites mentioned in the Oracles of God. These Arabians, tho they have not been called Saracens (as has been thought) from their word Sarak, that signifies, to Steal; yet for their Furacious Inclinations, they well deserved such an Etymology; they were a wild sort of men, that liv•d much upon the Rapine and Ruin of their Neighbours; and particularly, a Million of them now designed Jerusalem for a prey. The blessed God gave His people a notable victory over these Invaders, and they were now returning from Gerar (a place between thirty and forty miles off) unto Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit of God excited and inclined a Prophet whose Name was Azariah, to entertain them with a faithful & solid Sermon hereupon; and in my Text you have the Sum and Substance of it.

The ready Pen of Ezra (for him we conjecture to be the Scribe of the Holy Spirit here, notwithstanding those few Clauses which may be judged to be added by another hand after his Decease, I say the Pen of Ezra) is here informing us, That the people of God had newly been invaded by a vast Army of Cushites; but we are yet at a loss who these Cushites were? Far more Scholars in the World, than there were Souldiers in that Army have hitherto been content with our Translation, which renders them Ethiopians here. But that learned French-man Bochart, by whose happy industry, more than any man's, the Treasures in the Bowels of the Scriptures have been delv'd into, has with ⟨p. 3⟩irrefragable Demonstration prov'd, That not Ethiopians but Arabians are the Cushites mentioned in the Oracles of God. These Arabians, tho they have not been called Saracens (as has been thought) from their word Sarak, that signifies, to Steal; yet for their Furacious Inclinations, they well deserved such an Etymology; they were a wild sort of men, that livd much upon the Rapin and Ruin of their Neighbours; and particularly, a Million of them now designed Ierusalem for a prey. The blessed God gave His people a notable victory over these Invaders, and they were now returning from Gerar (a place between thirty and forty miles off) unto Ierusalem. The Holy Spirit of God excited and inclined a Prophet whose Name was Azariah, to entertain them with a faithful & solid Sermon hereupon; and in my Text you have the Sum and Substance of it.