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An
Invocation
of
the
Divine
Spirit
.
A
Description
of
the
Temple
of
Moloch
,
in
the
Valley
of
Hinnon
,
where
a
Congress
of
infernal
Powers
are
met
to
contrive
some
Method
to
extirpate
the
Hebrew
Race
.
Jacob's
Daughter
dishonour'd
by
Shechem
,
Prince
of
the
Hivites
.
Her
Brothers
revenge
the
Injury
.
The
Patriarch
relates
to
his
Sons
Abraham's
Conquest
over
the
King
of
Elam
and
his
Royal
Confederates
.
He
rescues
Lot
.
Mel-chisedech
meets
and
blesses
Abraham
.
The
intended
Sacrifice
of
Issac
.
The
infernal
Powers
endeavour
to
raise
Factions
in
Jacob's
Family
.
Joseph's
Dreams
.
His
Brothers
Jealousy
and
Malice
.
He
comes
to
Dothan
.
They
confine
him
in
a
Pit
while
they
consult
his
Ruin
.
An
Angel
in
a
Vision
presages
to
him
his
future
Greatness
,
and
warns
him
of
the
Snares
of
Beauty
and
unlawful
Love
.
His
Brothers
spare
his
Life
,
and
sell
him
to
the
Midian
Merchants
travelling
with
their
spicy
Traffick
into
Egypt
.
Jacob
,
obstinate
in
Grief
,
refuses
all
Consolation
.
A
Description
of
Egypt
,
with
the
Pyramids
.
Joseph
sold
by
the
Midian
Merchants
to
a
Captain
of
the
Royal
Guards
.
He
leads
him
to
his
Palace
.
Shews
his
Wife
the
handsome
Captive
.
Her
growing
Passion
for
him
.
A
young
Assyrian
Maid
endeavourinq
to
amuse
and
divert
her
Mistress
,
tells
her
the
Story
of
Ninus
and
Semiramis
.
The
Story
of
Semiramis
,
expos'd
,
when
an
Infant
,
in
the
Fields
;
where
she
is
found
,
(
covered
with
a
rich
embroidered
Mantle
)
by
a
Peasant
,
who
carries
her
to
Simma
,
the
Chief
of
the
King's
Shepherds
,
by
whom
she
is
married
to
Menon
,
the
principal
Commander
of
the
Asyrian
Forces
.
Menon
being
called
to
the
Siege
of
Bactria
,
she
follows
him
in
a
martial
Disguise
.
Menon
discovers
her
Sex
to
the
King
,
who
marries
her
after
the
Death
of
Menon
.
Joseph's
Mistress
at
last
discovers
her
criminal
Passion
to
him
,
but
is
repuls'd
.
She
complains
to
her
Nurse
,
who
vainly
tries
the
Force
of
Spells
.
She
is
sent
by
her
Mistress
to
Harpinus
.
His
Cell
describ'd
.
He
consults
the
Planets
,
and
flatters
her
with
Success
;
till
finding
the
Hebrew
Youth
inflexible
to
all
her
Charms
,
she
falsly
accuses
him
to
his
Master
,
by
whom
he
is
confined
to
a
Prison
.
An
Angel
visits
Joseph
in
Prison
,
and
in
a
prophetic
Vision
shews
him
his
own
Advancement
,
and
the
future
Fate
of
his
Father's
Posterity
,
their
Bondage
and
miraculous
Deliverance
.
The
Keeper
of
the
Ward
convinc'd
of
Joseph's
Innocence
,
treats
him
with
great
Esteem
.
The
Dreams
of
his
Fellow-Prisoners
;
and
Joseph's
Interpretation
.