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ting Cufh, Ethiopian; the neareft Ethiopian to Nebuchadnez- 

 zar, the 1110ft powerful and capable of oppofing him, were 

 the Ethiopian fliepherds of the Thebaid, and thefe were not 

 acceffible to mips ; and the fliepherds, fo polled near to the 

 fcene of deftruelion to be committed by Nebuchadnezzar, 

 were enemies to the Cufliites living in towns, and they had 

 repeatedly themfelves deflroyed them, and therefore had no 

 temptation to be other than fpectators. 



In feveral other places, the fame prophet fpeaks of Cufh 

 as the commercial nation, fympathifing with their country- 

 men dwelling in the towns in Egypt, independent of the 

 fliepherds, who were really their enemies, both in civil and 

 religious matters. " And the fword fhall come upon Egypt, 

 " and great pain fhall be in Ethiopia, when the flain fhall 

 " fall in Egypt*." Now Ethiopia, as I have before faid, that 

 is, the low country of the fliepherds, neareft Egypt, had no 

 common caufe with the Cufliites that lived in towns there ; 

 it was their countrymen, the Cufliites in Ethiopia, who 

 mourned for thofe that fell in Egypt, who were merchants, 

 traders, and dwelt in cities like themfelves. 



I shall mention but one inftance more : " Can the Ethi- 

 * opian change his fkin, or the leopard his fpots ?f" Here 

 ■Cufh is rendered Ethiopian, and many Ethiopians being 

 white, it does not appear why they fhould be fixed upon, or 

 chofen for the queftion more than other people. But had 

 -Cufh been tranilated Negro, or Black-moor, the queftion 

 Vol. I. 3 F would 



Eze'i. chap. xxx. ver. 4. f jerem. chap. siii. vcr. 2 3. 



