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In the Firfl: he difcourfes on that Subjefl: which re« 
lates to the Inhabitants of the Earth, before the Con- 
fufion of Tongues, and Tower of Bahel ; and who it 
was that undertook this great and wonderful Work or 
Enterprize ^ Alfo what Number of People and Tongues 
there were before the Confufion , and how difperfed 
throughout all the Lands and Regions of the Earth. 
In this Book, tlie Author fays, he fees the perfed: Up* 
rightnefs of Mofes in the 32^/. of Deuteronomy, Quando 
dividehat alttffmus gentes^ quando feparahat filks Adam^ 
confittuit terminos populorum juxta mAmerum filiorum If*' 
rael ; or as fbme read it, Juxta Numerum Angelorum 
Dei. This Paffage, and fome others in Scripture con- 
firming it, have laid open Angular matters, to the Au- 
thor, concerning the firfl: People and he finds by thefe 
words, Conflituit terminos populorum ; that Hoah^ by 
God's fpec'fal Command, had, before his Death, laid 
our, and limited certain Portions of Land fof*Ws three 
Sons, Sem^ Cham^ and Japhet to poflefs ; he proves 
that Japhet is the youngeft of the three Brethren, ©c. 
In the Second Book he difcourfes at large of the De- 
fcendants of Sem, 
In tha Third , He enquires into the Pofterity of 
Cham' And 
In the F/)urth, the Eftablilliment of Japhet. 
Then tXm Abbot fays, in the Three Books, that Mon- 
fieur Bochard, who deferves g'^eat Praife for the good 
Account he left concerning the Colonies of feveral Peo- 
ple (though in fbme corfi krable Paflages he is miC 
taken) he proves the Privlledges of tl-e Chaldeans^ 
Ethiopians^ Gomoredns^ and many other Nations. After 
this, ha goes on, (aying, that the Pofterity of Cham 
were the nrft Ufurpers, invading fome Rights belonging 
to the Children of Sem^ ,a their Alotmgnts in Afia ; 
Canaan, and his Sons, invaded them , who afterw^^rds 
Sfz called 
