29315The Hiſtory of Life and Death.
litick, eloquent, charitable, and the Example of Patience.
Eli the Prieſt lived ninety
eight years; a corpulent man, calm of diſpoſition, and indulgent to his children. But
Elizæus the Prophet may ſeem to have died when he was above an hundred years old;
for he is found to have lived after the aſſumption of Elias ſixty years; and at the time
of that aſſumption he was of thoſe years, that the boys mocked him by the name of
Bald-head: a man vehement and ſevere, and of an auſtere life, and a contemner of
riches. Alſo @ſaiah the Prophet ſeemeth to have been an hundred years old: for he is
found to have exerciſed the Function of a Prophet ſeventy years together, the years both
of his beginning to propheſie and of his death being uncertain: a man of an admirable
eloquence, an Evangelical Prophet, full of the promiſes of God of the New Teſtament,
as a Bottle with ſweet Wine.
eight years; a corpulent man, calm of diſpoſition, and indulgent to his children. But
Elizæus the Prophet may ſeem to have died when he was above an hundred years old;
for he is found to have lived after the aſſumption of Elias ſixty years; and at the time
of that aſſumption he was of thoſe years, that the boys mocked him by the name of
Bald-head: a man vehement and ſevere, and of an auſtere life, and a contemner of
riches. Alſo @ſaiah the Prophet ſeemeth to have been an hundred years old: for he is
found to have exerciſed the Function of a Prophet ſeventy years together, the years both
of his beginning to propheſie and of his death being uncertain: a man of an admirable
eloquence, an Evangelical Prophet, full of the promiſes of God of the New Teſtament,
as a Bottle with ſweet Wine.
Tobias the Elder lived an hundred fifty eight years, the Younger, an hundred twen-
115. ty ſeven: merciful men, and great alms-givers. It ſeems, in the time of the Cap-
tivity, many of the Jews who returned out of Babylon were of great years, ſeeing they
could remember both Temples, (there being no leſs than ſeventy years betwixt them)
and wept for the unlikeneſs of them. Many ages after that, in the time of our Saviour,
lived old Simeon, to the age of ninety; a devoutman, and full both of hope and expe-
ctation. Into the ſame time alſo fell Anna the Propheteſs, who could not poſſibly be
leſs than an hundred years old; for ſhe had been ſeven years a wife, about eighty
four years a widow, beſides the years of her virginity, and the time that ſhe lived after
her Prophecy of our Saviour: She was an holy woman, and paſſed her days in faſtings
and prayers.
115. ty ſeven: merciful men, and great alms-givers. It ſeems, in the time of the Cap-
tivity, many of the Jews who returned out of Babylon were of great years, ſeeing they
could remember both Temples, (there being no leſs than ſeventy years betwixt them)
and wept for the unlikeneſs of them. Many ages after that, in the time of our Saviour,
lived old Simeon, to the age of ninety; a devoutman, and full both of hope and expe-
ctation. Into the ſame time alſo fell Anna the Propheteſs, who could not poſſibly be
leſs than an hundred years old; for ſhe had been ſeven years a wife, about eighty
four years a widow, beſides the years of her virginity, and the time that ſhe lived after
her Prophecy of our Saviour: She was an holy woman, and paſſed her days in faſtings
and prayers.
The long Lives of Men mentioned in Heathen Authors have no great certainty in
226. them; both for the intermixture of Fables, whereunto thoſe kind of relations were
very prone, and for their falſe calculation of years. Certainly of the Ægyptians we
find nothing of moment in thoſe works that are extant as touching long Life, for their
Kings which reigned longeſt did not exceed fifty or five and fifty years, which is no
great matter, ſeeing many at this day attain to thoſe years. But the Arcadian Kings
are fabulouſly reported to have lived very long. Surely that Country was Mountainous,
full of flocks of Sheep, and brought forth moſt wholſome food; notwithſtanding,
ſeeing Pan was their god, we may conceive that all things about them were Panick and
vain, and ſubject to fables.
226. them; both for the intermixture of Fables, whereunto thoſe kind of relations were
very prone, and for their falſe calculation of years. Certainly of the Ægyptians we
find nothing of moment in thoſe works that are extant as touching long Life, for their
Kings which reigned longeſt did not exceed fifty or five and fifty years, which is no
great matter, ſeeing many at this day attain to thoſe years. But the Arcadian Kings
are fabulouſly reported to have lived very long. Surely that Country was Mountainous,
full of flocks of Sheep, and brought forth moſt wholſome food; notwithſtanding,
ſeeing Pan was their god, we may conceive that all things about them were Panick and
vain, and ſubject to fables.
Numa King of the @omans lived to eighty years:
a man peaceable, contemplative,
337. and much devoted to Religion. Marcus Valerius Corvinus ſaw an hundred years
complete, there being betwixt his firſt and ſixth Conſulſhip forty ſix years: a man va-
lorous, affable, popular, and always fortunate.
337. and much devoted to Religion. Marcus Valerius Corvinus ſaw an hundred years
complete, there being betwixt his firſt and ſixth Conſulſhip forty ſix years: a man va-
lorous, affable, popular, and always fortunate.
Solon of Athens, the Law giver, and one of the ſeven Wiſe-men, lived above eighty
448. years: a man of an high courage, but popular, and affected to his Country; alſo learn-
ed, given to pleaſures and a ſoft kind of life. Epimenides the Cretian is reported to
have lived an hundred fifty ſeven years: the matter is mix’d with a prodigious Relation;
for fifty ſeven of thoſe years he is ſaid to have ſlept in a Cave. Half an age after Xeno-
phon the Colophonian lived an hundred and two years, or rather more: for at the age of
twenty five years he left his Country, ſeventy ſeven complete years he travelled, and
after that returned; but how long he lived after his return appears not; a man no leſs
wandring in mind than in body, for his name was changed for the madneſs of his opi-
nions from Xenophanes to Xenomanes: a man no doubt of a vaſt conceit, and that minded
nothing but Infinitum.
448. years: a man of an high courage, but popular, and affected to his Country; alſo learn-
ed, given to pleaſures and a ſoft kind of life. Epimenides the Cretian is reported to
have lived an hundred fifty ſeven years: the matter is mix’d with a prodigious Relation;
for fifty ſeven of thoſe years he is ſaid to have ſlept in a Cave. Half an age after Xeno-
phon the Colophonian lived an hundred and two years, or rather more: for at the age of
twenty five years he left his Country, ſeventy ſeven complete years he travelled, and
after that returned; but how long he lived after his return appears not; a man no leſs
wandring in mind than in body, for his name was changed for the madneſs of his opi-
nions from Xenophanes to Xenomanes: a man no doubt of a vaſt conceit, and that minded
nothing but Infinitum.
Anacreon the Poet lived eighty years and ſome what better:
a manlaſcivious, vo-
559. luptuous, and given to drink. Pindarus the Theban lived to eighty years: a Poet of
an high fancy, ſingular in his conceits, and a great adorer of the gods. Sophocles the
Athenian attained to the like age: alofty Tragick Poet, given over wholly to Writing,
and neglectful of his Family.
559. luptuous, and given to drink. Pindarus the Theban lived to eighty years: a Poet of
an high fancy, ſingular in his conceits, and a great adorer of the gods. Sophocles the
Athenian attained to the like age: alofty Tragick Poet, given over wholly to Writing,
and neglectful of his Family.
Artaxerxes King of Perſia lived ninety four years:
a man of a dull wit, averſe to the
6610. diſpatch of buſineſs, deſirous of glory, but rather of eaſe. At the ſame time lived Age-
ſilaus King of sparta to eighty four years of age: a moderate Prince, as being a Phi-
loſopher among Kings; but not withſtanding ambitious, and a Warriour, and no leſs ſtout
in war than in buſineſs.
6610. diſpatch of buſineſs, deſirous of glory, but rather of eaſe. At the ſame time lived Age-
ſilaus King of sparta to eighty four years of age: a moderate Prince, as being a Phi-
loſopher among Kings; but not withſtanding ambitious, and a Warriour, and no leſs ſtout
in war than in buſineſs.
Gorgias the Sicilian was an hundred and eight years old;
a Rhetorician, and a
7711. great boaſter of his faculty, one that taught Youth for profit: he had ſeen
7711. great boaſter of his faculty, one that taught Youth for profit: he had ſeen
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