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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 Bochaert, 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 no• Ethiopians but Arabians are the Cushites mentioned in the Oracles of God. These Ara•bians, tho they have not been called Saracen (as has been thought) from their word Sa•rak, that signifies, to Steal; yet for their F••racious Inclinations, they well deserved suc• an Etymology; they were a wild sort […] men, that lived much upon the Rapine an• Ruin of their Neighbours; and particularly a Million of them now designed Jerusalem fo• a prey. The blessed God gave His people a notable victory over these Invaders▪ and they were now returning from Gerar ([…] place between thirty and forty miles off) unto Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit of God excited and inclined a Prophet whose Name wa• Azariah, to entertain them with a faithful & solid Sermon hereupon; and in my Te• 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 Bochaert, by whose happy industry, more than any man's, the Treasures in the Bowels of the Scriptures have been delv'd into, has with