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geffilTe follicitudinem, &: ex ignorantia
lapfos gratuitb refpexifle,rebus quoque
ipfis teftificari voluit. Hinc beato Pro-
phette mandauit, vti Niniucn profici-
'fcerctur. Erat ea vrbs Perfica, ad orien-
tem fita,& inclyta. Porro, vt air Hiere-
mias, [ terra fculptilium eft. J Plurimtt
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B rum, ppera manuum fuarum adoirabat,
& apud eas genera dtemonum, ara, Sc
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phetam Niniuen.mittit.remotiflimam,
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tudo erat inculta,adfolem,aftra, igné
adorandum irreuocabili impetu pro-
pendentiumi Vltra ratipnem enim om-
nem impofturis.ac praftigiis D eo inui-
fis religipnis mctum tribuebat. Didhim
eft namque ad earn voce Nahum, [me-
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- ciprum.] Autump ego,pmniafcientem
Deum vpluifle vtiliter etiam antiqiuo- ’
ribus oftendere, véhementer qupque
alienatos,& errorum laqueis implicitos
ad cpgnitipnem veritatis aliquando ,
quafi (agena conclufum iri,quamuis ad-
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ad alendam mentem, & ad perfuadeh-
dum,vt ea difcat,per qua fapiés euadat,
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tur, olim conferenda in eos etiam, qui
ex ignorantia deliquiflcnt. Simul item
quodagebatur,lfraeliincondemnatio-
nem cedebat. Redarguebaturenim vc
intra&abilis, vt fine afteftu, vt fl«
pendens leges Dei.Niniuitje enim citra
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vt toti humane generi, & ipfis ante
alios omnes , falutem impertiretur.
Rem porro hanclfraelitis probro efle
pofle,idqueiure optimo, docetperfpi-
, cueChriftusipfe his verbis: [ Viri Ni-
r" * niuit£ quia pcenitentiam egerunt ad
przdicationem lo n e , condemnabunt
” generationemiftamj & ecce plufquam
Ionas hie. ] Qupmodo autem plus in
Chrifto. quaminlona! Quoniam hie
tantummodo comminatus eft Niniui-
tiseuerfionem:Chriftus propter in efFa-
bilem miraculorum efEcientiam homines
obftupefaciens, in admiratione
erat. Semperautemconcurrentia pro-
digia quafi machina quatdam ad fidem
trahunt. Summaigiturprouidentia Io nas
Niniues incolis prjedicatuirus mitti-
i tur, quoniam clamor malitix eorum ad
Deum vniuerforu afcendit.Nihil pror-
fus ille quidem ignorat: fed cum ad
infpeftionem, feu vifitationem corum
qua: peccata funt, mouetur, turn dici-
tur , clamorem ex operibus ad ipfum
afcendilTe.Eft enim vniuetforum iudex
vt Deus. Dieicuretiafanguis Abel cla-
mare cotta homicidiu Cain,& immani-
tas turpilfimi fceleris vrbiu in Sodomis.
Etjunexitlonas vtfugeretin Tharps
a facie T }omim,& dejeenditin Iob-
[ena&muenit naucm euntem in Tharps,
& dedit naulumfuum, & afeendit
in earn, v t nauigaret cum eis in Tharps
a facie Domini. *
pi. Ioppe oppidum eft Palzftina: ijiari-
I timum, rerum vi&ui neceffariatuih ex
Iud® pracipuc ad vrbes orientates
vela dantibus emporium. Defcendit
j ergo Propheta. Deinde naui qua: in
Thatfi foluerct reperta (curfum enim
illuc, quam Niniuen malebat) nau-
lum dedit, & vna nauigauit. Thar-
f fis vocat qui nunc Tarfi, Cue Tar-
fus dicitur. Quidam hoc nomine vr-
oem fignificari putant apud aEthio-
pas, Sc Indos. Et conftat apud eos
efle Tharfis. Aut hoc vocabulo to
ta Indorum regio indicatur , quam
j *n pra:fens fignificari non arbitror.
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; £es Indicas , non ab Ioppe , fed per
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inftituatyr: nifi forte quifpiam credat,
“ ophetam per Perfas, Sc Aflyrios Sc
■mthiopas intimos curium dirigcrc
J^oluilTc. Sed res ftulta eft omnino.
• flaefis igitur ap'pellare videtur , qui
'odie Tarfi, Eft autem vrbs Cilicia:,
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