Chap. I. of GARDENING, &c. 5 



does the Sacred Text mention any otherwife 

 of his Sons. 



But aflbon as that great Inundation was a- Noah. 

 bated, and Noah and the reft of his Family 

 were brought out of the Ark, fg) they began 

 to Colonize themfelves ^ and the fame Sacred 

 Text relates, that l>!oah began to he an Huf- 

 bandr/ian^ and he planted a Vineyard, 



And doubtlefs from that Time Gard*ning 

 began to flourith, -efpecially thofe Parts which 

 ferv'd either for the pJouriftiment or Luxury 

 of their refpeftive Times 5 and ^^ ZoroaJlei'^oTo^dcr, 

 were either Ham, Chi0, or Mizraim, they were Ham,chus, 

 early Proficients in Gard'ning, and^ as Pliny ^^\^^'^' 

 relates, left a Treatife of it. 



Tho' Abraham is recorded to have planted Abraham. 

 a Grove (^) at Beer-peba for his more par- 

 ticular Worlhip, yet moft of his fucceeding 

 Generations, as well as himfelf, living a Pa- 

 floral Life in open Fields and moveable Tents, 

 beiides their Sojourn in £^j^^„ and long Jour- 

 ney thro' the Wildernefs, Gard'ning was 

 doubtlefs little known or praftis'd by them, 

 till the Time that they were fix d in the Pro- 

 mis'd Land, and not perhaps till David^ or 

 rather Solomon^ was anointed over them, to 

 raife the PuifiTance and Splendor of that Na- 

 tion. 



Which laft being, by Divine Appointment, Solomon; * 

 chofen for the Eftablifhment and Quiet of 

 the Jews^ and to ereft their fo-much-defired 



{g) Gen. 9. 20. (h) Gen. 21. 33. 



B 3 Temple, 



