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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05059	A briefe description of Hierusalem and of the suburbs therof, as it florished in the time of Christ Whereto is annexed a short commentarie concerning those places which were made famous by the Passion of Christ, and by the actes of holye men, confirmed by certeine principall histories of antiquity. Verie profitable for Christians to read, for the understanding of the Sacred Scriptures and Iosephus his Historie. Hereunto also is appertaining a liuely and beawtifull mappe of Hierusalem, with arithmeticall directions, correspondent to the numbers of this booke. Translated out of Latin into English by Thomas Tymme minister.; Jerusalem sicut Christi tempore flourit. English	Adrichem, Christiaan van, 1533-1585.; Tymme, Thomas, d. 1620.	1595 (1595)	STC 152; ESTC S100442	70,773	138

Aarons florishing rod and the booke of Deuteronomy The Arke abode in this place about foure hundred and thirty yeares It is written in the book of the Machabees y t in the time of the captiuity of Babilon the Prophet Ieremy by the commandement of God hid the same priuily together with the Alter of Incense and the perpetuall fier in a caue of the mount Nebo But the Hebrues coniecture that it was caried by Nabuchodonozer into Babilon that it was neuer returned againe but another made by the Iewes in steade thereof after the returne from the captiuitie Other some thinke that Nabuchodonozer carried away the same with fiue thousand and foure hundred vessels of siluer and golde which belonged to the temple of Ierusalem and put them into the temple of Bell his god but preserued by Gods prouidence as it was sometime in Philistaea after threescore and ten yeares of the captiuitie they thinke I say that it was restored againe to the Iewes at their returne by Cyrus together with the said vessels But after the beseeging of Ierusalem Titus and Vespasian cariyng out of the temple to Rome the Arke of the couenant the two tables of the Lawe with both the rods of Moses and Aaron also the goulden table and some of the shew bread the goulden Candlestick also and the foure pillers made these to be caried among other spoiles by the Iewes themselues round about the cittie in an open triumph wherein with greate pompe they triumphed ouer that nation Simon Giora Captaine of the seditious and seuen hundred Iewes captiues which were selected from among the rest for youth and comlynesse going before the triumpher halfe naked with their hands bound This triumph being ended Vespasian layed vp all the vessels of Ierusalem in the Temple of Peace at Rome which hee in moste sumptuous manner had builded But the lawe of the Iewes and the purple vailes of the most secret places he commanded to be safely layde vp in his pallace 77. THE TWO CHERVBIMS of glory the which as it appeareth by the Hebrue text of Paralippomenon are like vnto young boyes made of the wood of the oliue tree ten cubits high and couered with plates of gold and shining with angelicall brightnesse stood at each ende of the Arke with wings spred one couple couering the propitiatorie and with the other couple touching the gate on both sides Whose faces were directed toward the vttermost house and looking one towardes the other they behelde both themselues and also the propitiatorie 78. THE PROPITIATORIE otherwise also called the oracle the which being aboue the Arke betwene the wings of the two Cherubims and shining with most pure golde in brightnesse aboue the sunne representing the diuine maiesty was as it were the seate of God speaking from whence he gaue oracles and answeres THE SECOND PARTE OF THE TEMPLE 79. THE HOLIE PLACE so called for the dignitie of the place It was also called the Sanctuary the outwarde house of the Lorde and the priests Courte This is the other parte of the Temple fortye cubits longe and twenty broade in highte one hundred and twenty cubits The doores hereof were of golde The floore made of firre boards was couered with plate of goulde The gates were made of polished stones and beeing within lined with boardes of Caedar were couered outwardely with plates of goulde Whereon was grauen Cherubims pretious stones palmes flowers and sundry carued workes and pictures which wonderfullie delighted men to behold Aboue it was couered with a fayre roofe shining as if it had beene fier From the enterance hereinto such as were not cleane were forbidden by the Lawe Only the priests which Kinge Dauid reckened to the number of thirty eight thousand and distinguished them by Lot into foure and twenty orders entered dayly thereinto All which beeing without vice according to Dauids ordinance wekely by turne from Saboth to Saboth abstayning from their wiues from wine and from all other stronge drincke their priuities couered with linnen breeches outwardely cloathed and girded with a linnen garment wearing a silke myter on their heade in a wonderfull order and with the greatest reuerence that coulde bee they worshipped God they offered sacrifices and made their praiers 80. THE ALTER OF INCENSE of gould which by Gods commaundement was placed ouer againste the vaile hanging before the most holy place called the holye of holyest Whereon the Priestes euery daye morning and euening offered vnto God for a sweete sauour Frankenscence and sweete perfumes The angell Gabriell standing sometime at the righte hande of this alter toulde vnto Zachary as hee was offering Incense the conception of Iohn Baptist 81. THE GOVLDEN CANDELSTICKE the which hauing seuen branches and so many Candles was placed on the South side of the Temple the which being lamps of most pure oile burned continually and gaue light as well by day as by night to all the holy place 82. THE FOVNTAYN of water which issued forth on y e right side of the temple the water wherof Salomō deriued into the sea of bras and into the copper Lauer the which being carried from thence by Conduit pipes vnder the earth breking forth halfe a mile from the east side of the citrie ranne into the brooke Cedron 83. THE GOVLDEN TABLE the which stood on the North side of the temple whereon were sette twelue loaues made of the most pure and fine flower of wheate The which being stale remayned to the vse of the priests and then new were supplyed againe euery Saboth day vppon the which were layde two golden cups full of Frankensence 84. THE CHEFE PRIESTE his Image and holy apparell euery parte whereof shewe forth vnto vs a diuine and heauenly magnificence For when he went to offer sacrifice or to enter into the most holy place he put on not only the vnder garments spoken of before vnder the nūber seuenty nyne but also aboue vppon them a Tunicle of Iacinct with sleues downe to the ankells at the lower hem wherof there did hang threescore and two golden bells and in another border as many pomegranats The Tunicle was girt with a girdle foure fingers broad wouen with silke gould precious stones and flowers of sundry colours Aloft aboue this he did wear an Ephod or Superhumeral that is to say a most faire cloake made of golde of Iacinct of purple scarlet and of fine silke most curiously wouen together dazling of the eies by reason of y e variety glittering brightnes of the colours and flowers Vpon each shoulder whereof there were seueral Onix stones included in golde which Iosephus calleth Sardonichs in either of which stones six names of the children of Israell were grauen Beside these he had the Reasonable of Iudgement which he caried vpon his brest wherein was doctrine and truth The Reasonable