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thigCiuQi, Ethiopian; the flieareft Ethiopian toNebuchad-nez- 

 zar, the molt powerful and capable of oppofing him.,, were 

 the Ethiopian fhepherds of the Thebaid, and thefe were not 

 accemble to fhips ; and the mepherds v fo ;pofted near to the 

 ;£cene of deftru<ftion to be committed by Nebuchadnezzar^ 

 were -enemies to the C^mites living An towns, and they had 

 repeatedly themfelves destroyed them, and therefore had no 

 temptation to he other than {peculators. 



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 

 fhepherds, 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 fhepherds, neareft Egypt, had no 

 common caufe with the Cuihkes that lived in towns there { 

 it was their countrymen, the Cufhites 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 mould be fixed upon, or 

 chofen for the queftion more than other people. But had 

 •Cufh been tranflated Negro, or Black-moor, the queftion 



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Ezek. chap. xxx. vef. 4. f Jerem. chap. xiH. ver. 25. 



