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A30018	Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ, or, The travels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, judges, kings, our Saviour Christ and his apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments with a description of the towns and places to which they travelled, and how many English miles they stood from Jerusalem : also, a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantity, and weight / collected out of the works of Henry Bunting ; and done into English by R.B.; Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, das ist, Ein Reisebuch uber die gantze Heilige Schrifft. English. 1682	Bünting, Heinrich, 1545-1606.; Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.	1682 (1682)	Wing B5362A; ESTC R37168	398,143	460

paid for Tribute from whence may be gathered that the Penny that Peter took out of the Fishes Mouth was worth 2 s. 6 d. The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a King that would call his Servants to account and when he began to reckon with them the one ow'd him 10000 l. in Hebrew Weight which at 37 s. 6 d. the Pound cometh in the whole to 18750 l. so much was the wicked Servant in Debt to his Master And on the contrary one of his Fellow-servants ow'd him 100 Pence in the Hebrew Text it is Centum Obulus and one Obulus was 1 d. q. that is 10 s. 5 d. so that the bad servant ow'd his Master 30000 times more than his Fellow-servant ow'd him The Greek Text saith that this fellow ow'd him Centum Derius that is 3 l. 2 s. 6 d. which is yet a great deal of difference for the wicked Servant ow'd his Master above 6000 times more than his Fellow-servant ow'd him The Lord of the Vineyard agreed with his Labourers for a Penny a day cap. 2. v. 9. In the Hebrew Text it is Zuza and in Greek Denarius both which are of like value English that is 7 d. ob so much each Labourer had by the Day When the Pharisees and Herod's Servants tempting Christ asked him whether it was lawful to pay Tribute unto Caesar or not Christ answered and said You Hypocrites why tempt you me shew me the Tribute Money and they brought him a Penny where it is exprest by the word Zuza or Denarius that is 7 d. ob The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a man that travelling into a far Country called his Servants and delivered unto them his Goods to one he gave five Talents that is 937 l. 10 s. with which he gained just as much more that is 937 l. 10 s. to the second he gave two Talents of the common weight also which ws 375 l. and he also gained just as much more that is 375 l. and to the third he gave one Talent that is 187 l. 10 s. and he gained nothing with it but hid the Talent in the Earth Iudas Iscariot betrayed our Saviour Christ for thirty Pence or pieces of Silver cap. 26. v. 14. which were so many Sicles of the Temple each Sicle be●●g half an ounce which were accounted worth 2 s. 6 d. so the whole came to 3 l. 15 s for which our Saviour Christ was betrayed And with it they bought a Potters field Mark OUR Saviour Christ sate over against the Treasury and beheld how the People cast into the Treasury and many rich men cast in much and there came a certain poor Widdow and she threw in two mites cap. 12. v. 41 42. which is a farthing or Quadrans which was the fourth part of an Assis being almost a Penny English Our Saviour Christ being a Bethanie in the house of Simon the Leper there came a Woman having a box of Oyntment of costly Oyl called Spikenard and she broke the box and poured it upon his head therefore some murmured among themselves and said To what end is this waste of Oyntment for it might have been sold for more than three hundred Denarios or pence cap. 14. v. 15. that is 9 l. 7 s. 6 d. Luke OUR Saviour Christ saith Are not five Sparrows sold for two farthings cap. 12 v. 6. that is Assibus duobus which is 1 d. ob Or what Woman having ten pieces of Silver that is ten Drachma's or Groats each being worth seven pence ob and lose one will not 〈◊〉 till she find it c. cap. 15. v. 8. So these ten were in English Money 5 ● ● d. A certain Noble-man went into a far Country to receive for himself a Kingdom and he called his ten Servants and delivered them ten p●eces of Money or ten pounds or Mina's according to the weight of the Temple which came to at 3 l. 2 s 6 d. the Mina in the whole 31 l. 5 s. Iohn WHEN our Saviour Christ would feed 5000 men besides Women and Children he said unto Philip Where might we buy Bread that these People might eat which he spake to prove Philip. Philip answered and said That 200 penny worth of Bread will not be sufficient for them that every man might take a little The two hundred penny worth of Bread are called D●narios which was worth 7 d. ob in our Money and in the whole is worth 6 l. 5 s. From whence may be gathered that there being 5000 every one of them should have had no more bread than might have been bought with a Farthing Mite and half of our Silver As our Saviour Christ six days before the Passover was eating in the house of Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead in Lazarus's Sister took a Box some say a pound of Oyl of Spikenard and annointed Jesus Feet and wiped them with her Hair and the whole house was filled with the savour of the Ointment Then said one of his Disciples even Simon 's Son Why was not this Ointment sold for 300 pence cap. 12. ver 5. that is Denarios every Denarios being worth 7 d. ob which amounted in the whole to 9 l. 7 s. 6 d. When Christs body was to be buried Nicodemus came and brought Myrrh and Aloes mingled together about 100 pound weight chap. 19. v. 39. according to the common weight which was 2500 half ounces and came to 78 pounds and eight ounces English Acts. IN Asia many Books were burnt to the value of 50000 pieces of silver that is Roman Denarios every of which vvas 7 d. ob the whole amounting to 1562 l. 10 s. Thus have I briefly set forth to you the several Weights that were common amongst the Iews both as they vvere originally from themselves and as they received them from other Nations comparing them with the Scriptures as they are severally mentioned and reduced them to our Valuations In casting up of vvhich if there shall chance to be any errour you may vvith the due examination of the vvorth of every piece of Silver or Gold according as you may find them at the beginning of this Treatise easily reform them and bring them to your ovvn understanding Of the ancient Money and Coin that was used amongst the Grecians and Romans FROM vvhat hath been said may be gathered that the Iews used no Coin but Weights only though perhaps to put a distinction betvveen those Weights there vvas used some impression yet that cannot properly be said Coin But in all other Kingdoms vvhere Money vvas current there vvas used Coin and that valued according to the vvill or command of the Prince or State vvhere it vvas coined vvhich also because of the captivity of the Iews came amongst them and past as current according to their vvorth of which Coins I have already spoken Yet because there are many other Coins and Weights mentioned in the Epistles of the Apostles which were partly of the Grecians partly of the

flesh were his brethren Mat. 15. And as the Brethren of Ioseph were so great Enemies to him that it was impossible for them to dissemble their hatred towards him but that both in words and deeds they must needs express their bitterness Envy being the common companion of Virtue the Iews the brethren of Christ to whom the knees of all things both in Heaven in Hell and in Earth bow persecuting him with Taunts Mocks and Stripes yea unto death because he professed himself to be a good man and the Son of the Ever-living God And as the Is●maelites and Midianites to whom Ioseph was sold by Iudah was of the stock of Ioseph the one being derived from Ishmael the Son of Abraham by his maid Hagar the other of Midian the Son of his second wife Keturah so Christ was sold by Iudas his Disciple to the Jews his kindred according to the flesh if you respect the Nation The difference was in the price Joseph the Type being sold but for twenty pieces of Silver Christ the Substance sold at thirty The End of the Book of Genesis Of the Travels of the Prophet Moses and the Children of Israel out of Aegypt IN the year of the World 2412 and before Christ 1554 Moses being then about forty years old fled out of Aegypt into the Land of Midian 180 miles where he married Ziporah the daughter of Rivel Exod. 3. 2. From thence he went to Mount Sinai or Horeb 64 miles Exod. 3. 7. 3. From Mount Horeb he returned to Midian to his brother 65 miles Ex. 4. 4. From Midian he went to Thanis in Aegypt 180 miles Ex. 12. 13. 5. From thence he went with the Children of Israel to Raemses 48 miles Ex. 12. 6. From Raemses he went to Succoth 8 miles Ex. 13. Num. 33. 7. From Succoth he went to the Wilderness of Etham eight miles 8. From Etham he went to Hahiroth which lyeth right against Baal-zephon 16 miles Num. 3. 9. From Hahiroth they passed through the middle of the Red Sea and travelled three days though the Wilderness of Etham resting themselves at Marah which is forty miles There Moses threw a piece of Wood into the Water being bitter and presently it became Sweet as soon as the Wood was thrown in Exod. 15. Num. 33. 10. From Marah he went to Elim where there stood 12 Wells of Water and 70 Palm Trees which is eight miles Ex. 16. Nu. 33. 11. From Elim they went toward the South 6 miles and rested themselves by the Red Sea Num. 33. 12. From the Red Sea they went to the Wilderness of Zin where it rained Manna from Heaven which is 16 miles Num. 32. 13. From the Wilderness of Zin they went to Daphca which is 12 miles Num. 33. 14. From Daphca they went to Alus which is twelve miles Num. 33. 15. From Alus they went to Raphidim being 8 miles there Moses strook the Rock and presently Water issued forth Ex. 27. 16. From Raphidim they went to mount Sina which is eight miles there God gave the Commandments Ex. 19. 20. 17. From Sina they went to the Graves of Concupiscence because there the Children of Israel murmured against God for Flesh and lo it rained Quails into the Camp which is 8 miles Num. 11. 18. From the Graves of Concupiscence they went to Hazeroth which is 8 miles there Miriam Moses sister was strook with Leprosie Num. 12. 19. From thence they went to Rithma which is 8 miles Num. 33. 20. From Rithma they went to Rimon-Parets which is six miles Num. 33. 21. From Rimon-Parets they went to Libanon which is six miles 22. From Libanon they went to Rissa which is six miles Num. 33. 23. From Rissa they went to Kehelatha six miles Num. 33. 24. From Kehelatha they went to the Hill of Sephar which is four miles 25. From the Hill of Sephar they went to Harada four miles and a half Num. 33. 26. From Harada they went to Maceheloth four miles Num. 33. 27. From Maceheloth they went to Thahath four miles Num. 33. 28. From Thahath they went to Thara four miles Nu● 33. 29. From Thara they went to Mithka four miles Num. 33. 30. From Mithka they went to Casmona eight miles Num. 33. 31. From Casmona they went to Moseroth 32 miles Num. 33. 32. From Moseroth they went to Bneiaecon 24 miles 33. From B●eiaecon they went to Mount Gidgad 20 miles 34. From Mount Gidgad they went to Iotbatha 24 miles Num. 33. 35. From Iotbatha they went to Ebrona 20 miles Num. 33. 36. From Ebro●a they went to Eziongaber 28 miles 37. From Eziongaber they went to the Wilderness of Zin-Kades 48 miles 38. From Zin-Kades they went to Mount Hor as God commanded 48 miles where Aaron died 39. From Mount Hor they went to Salmona 28 miles 40. From Salmona they went to the Town of Phunon 20 miles 41. From Phunon they went to Oboth 24 miles 42. From Oboth they went to Igin upon the Hill Abarim 16 miles 43. From Igim they went to Dibon Gad 16 miles there is the Water Sarum Num. 31. 33. 44. From Dibon Gad they went to Almon Diblathaim 16 miles Num. 33. 45. From Almon Diblathaim they went to the Hill Abarim 16 miles 46. From the Hill Abarim they went downward over the River Arnon to the Field of the Moabites to the Town of Iachra 16 miles where Moses overcame Sehon King of the Ammorites with all his Camp Numb 21. Deut. 2. 47. From Iachra they went to Hesbon four miles which Town Moses won from the King of the Ammorites Num. 21. Deut. 2. 48. From Hesbon they went to the Town of Iaezer which Moses won eight miles Numb 21. Deut. 2. 49. From Iaezer they went to Edrei twelve miles there Moses overthrew King Og with all his Army at Basan Num. 21. Deut. 3. 50. From Edrei they went to Mount Libanus 56 miles which Moses won Num. 21. Deut. 3. 51. From Mount Libanus they returned back again to the Field of the Moabites forty miles by which Field lyeth the high Hill Pisga where Moses died Deut. 34. So all the Travels of the Patriarch Moses were 1424 miles The Description of the Towns and Places by which Moses travelled with the Children of Israel Of Midian MIdian was a metropolitan City of the Midianites near to the Red Sea some 160 miles from Ierusalem towards the South and signifies a Measure being derived of Madad which signifies He hath measured Here Jethro Moses Father-in law dwelt In this Town the Kings of Idumaea kept their Court 1 Reg. 11. There was also another City of the same Name that stood near to Arnon some twenty four miles from Ierusalem towards the East so that the Midianites had their seat partly near the Red Sea in Arabia Petraea and partly upon the Confines of the Moabites taking their beginning from Midian the Son of Abraham which he had by his Wife Kethura Gen. 25. Of Horeb. HOREB is a Mount of the Midianites and is sometimes called by the name

10. Here Ionathan the Son of Saul thrust out a Garrison of the Philistims which held this Town in Subjection 1 Sam. 14. Near to this place was the Valley ●ephaim or of the Gyants where David won a memorable Battel against the Philistims and pursued them with great S●aughter even to the Plain of Perizim 2 Sam. 15. The Travels of the Levite whose Concubine the Inhabitants of Gibeon most wickedly abused THIS Levite dwelt in Ramath in Mount Ephraim from whence he went to Bethlehem Iuda which is sixteen miles to fetch back his Concubine or rather his Wife which was the Daughter of a certain Citizen in Bethlehem but a Bond-servant not free such they called Concubines because they had neither the honour to be Mistress of the House neither could their Posterity inherit the Lands or Goods of their Fathers although before God they were lawful Wives Iudg. 19. From Bethlehem they returned back again on foot to Ierusalem which then was called Iebus because the Iebusites inhabited there which is six miles Iudg. 19. From thence they went to Gibeah not far distant from the City Gibeon where after Saul kept his Royal Seat 1 Sam. 22. Here the Gibeonites abused the Levite's Concubine which was almost four miles From thence he went home to his own City Ramath in Mount Ephraim and there cut the dead Body of his Wife in twelve parts and sent them throughout all the Tribes of Israel which is eight miles So all his Travels were thirty four miles Of Ramath THIS was a City in Mount Ephraim some eight miles from Ierusalem toward the North and signifieth a high and lofty City being derived of Rom that is It was high This Town Baesa King of Israel would have fortified and repaired after it had been decayed but he was hindred by Benhadad King of the Syrians that he could not finish what he had begun There were many Towns and Cities of this Name as Ramoth where Ahob dwelt 1 Reg. 22. Ramathaim Sophim or Arimathea where the Prophet Samuel dwelt 1 Sam. 1. and there where the Ark of God stood not far from Gibeah was called Ramah also Iudg. 19. There was another Ramath in the Tribe of Naphtali Ios. 19. all of them being so called because they stood upon very high Mountains The Travels of the Children of Israel when they fought against the Benjamites FRom Mizpah in the Land of Gilead where they appointed to meet for in the Enemies Land they could not assemble themselves the whole Army of the Israelites went to the Ark of God in Shilo which was about 48 miles From thence they went with their Army to Gibeah where they lost 22000 of their men which is two miles From thence they returned to Shilo and entreated God for Aid which was two miles Iudg. 20. From thence they went a second time to Gibeah and entred Battel again with the Enemy but because they trusted in their own Strength therefore in this second Expedition there were slain 18000 of their men which was two miles Iudg. 20. From thence the whole Army of the Israelites returned back again and before the Lord in Shilo lamented the Overthrow they had twice sustained and with earnest Prayers implored his Aid that they might obtain the Victory which was two miles Iudg. 20. From thence they returned the third time to Gibeah and there with great Expedition renewed the War and because they trusted in God and not to their own Strength they put to the Sword 25000 of the Benjamites and won a notable Victory Iudg. 20. which was two miles Having taken and burnt the City of Gibeah with Fire they returned back unto the Town of Shilo which is two miles and there before the Lord they began to lament the Calamity of the Tribe of Benjamin saying Wherefore hath this thing happened that one of the Tribes should be rooted out before thee Judg. 21. From thence they went to Iabes in Gilead and besieged and took it and destroyed it to the Ground which is fifty two miles From thence they returned back again to Shilo and with them brought 400 Maids which they gave to the Benjamites to be their Wives Iudg. 21. which was fifty two miles So all the Travels of the Children of Israel were 164 miles Of Jabes THis was a City in the Land of Gilead fifty two miles from Ierusalem toward the North-east the Inhabitants whereof buried the Bones of Soul and Ionathan his Son 1 Sam. 31. it is derived of Iabesh which signifieth a dry City Here endeth the Book of Judges The Travels of Elimelech and his Wife Naomi ELimelech and his Wife went from Bethlehem Iuda into the Land of the Moabites where he died which is forty miles From thence she returned with her Daughter-in-Law Ruth to Bethlehem Iuda where Boaz married Ruth which is forty miles So their Travels were eighty miles The first Book of SAMVEL The Travels of Hannah the Mother of the Prophet Samuel HER Husband Elkana and she went from Ramathaim Sophim in Mount Ephraim to Shilo the House of the Lord which was twelve miles where by earnest Prayers she obtained of the Lord a Son 1 Sam. 1. From thence she returned back again to Ramathaim Sophim and there Samuel was born 1 Sam. 1. which was twelve miles From thence she went to Shilo to present her Son before the Lord and he remained there with Eli to serve God all his Life 1 Sam. 1. which is twelve miles From Shilo she returned back again to her house and bare Elkana a Son and two Daughters more which is twelve miles So all her Travels were forty eight miles Of Ramathaim Sophim THis City stood in Mount Ephraim not far from Lidda and Ioppa some sixteen miles distant from Ierusalem North-eastward and was sometimes called Ramah Here Ioseph whose Addition was Arimathea dwelt that demanded the Body of our Saviour to bury in his own Sepulchre It seemeth to be called Ramathaim Sophim which signifies the high places of the Prophets because there was an Academy or publick School of Prophets which served for the whole Land in this City At this day it is called by the Name of Ramath having some Affinity to the ancient name Ramah How the Ark of God was borne from place to place after it was won from the Children of Israel by the Philistines 1 Sam. 4. 5 6. THE two Sons of Eli the Priest Hophni and Phineas carried the Ark of the Lord to Ebenezer which signifies the stone of my help which was forty two miles and is not far from Apheck some forty eight miles from Ierusalem Northward Here the Ark of God was taken and Hophni and Phineas died old Eli also broke his Neck at this time about the ninety eighth Year of his Age and the fortieth of his Rule for he ruled from the time of Sampson until then 1 Sam. 4. This happened Anno Mundi 2850. and before Christ 1117. The Prophet Samuel succeeded him in the Government of the Church and ruled 40

people of Israel Ishmael that was of the Stock and Progeny of David hoping to obtain the Government of Iuda made War upon Gediliah and put him to Death wherefore Ieremy went from thence with Iohn the Son of Kareach Prince of the Iews to Bethlem Euphrata eight miles Ier. 41. Now when he had stayed a while in a Village near Bethlem called Geruth Chimeham where sometime Chimeham the Son of Barzilla● lived 2 Sam. 19. he prophesied saying If you stay in this Land you shall do well neither shall any Evil happen unto you but if you depart hence into Aegypt they shall devour you with Famine and with the Sword Jer. 42. But Iohn and the rest of the Princes would give no credit to the words of Ieremy but went into Aegypt and compelled the Prophet to go along with them so they went from Bethlehem to Tachpanes which was 172 miles Here the second time Ieremy prophesied unto them saying Behold Nebuchadnezzar shall come hither and wast and destroy all the Country of Aegypt beat down the Images of Bethsemes or Heliopolis and carry away the Aegyptians into perpetual Captivity Jer. 43. But the People of Israel being moved to Anger because of his Words stoned him to death So the Travels of the Prophet Ieremiah were 1786 miles Concerning the Towns and Places mentioned in the Travels of this Prophet you may read of them before except Geruth-Chimeham which stood close by Bethlehem It taketh the name from a Stranger or Traveller being derived of Gor which signifieth He hath travelled and Tachpanes which was a City of Egypt some 180 miles from Ierusalem where the Prophet Ieremy was stoned to death it is oftentimes called the name of Taphniis The Travels of Urijah the Prophet URIAS or Vriah signifies Illuminated or inlightned of the Lord. He was born at Kirjath-jearim a mile from Ierusalem towards the West from thence he came to Ierusalem and there prophesied of the Destruction of the City After when King Ioachim went about to take away his Life he fled thence into Egypt 160 miles But the King sent Messengers into Egypt and fetch'd Vrijah back again to Ierusalem and hundred and sixty miles and there cut off his head and caused his Body to be thrown into the Sepulchre of a poor despised man that it might not be known that he had been a Prophet of the Lord. So all his Travels were 321 miles Of Hananias the false Prophet HAnanias or Chanania signifieth the Grace of God This false Prophet was a Gibeonite and came from Gibeon to Ierusalem which was four miles where he took the woodden yoaks from the neck of Ieremiah the Prophet but Ieremiah caused Iron Yoaks to be made in their places and told Hananias that for his falshood that year he should surely dye as after he did Of the Prophet Ezekiel EZekiel or Iechezkel signifies the Strength or Fortitude of God He was carried captive with 3000 others of the Nobility of the Iews from Ierusalem to Babylon which was 680 miles the same year that Nebuchadnezzar put King Ioachim to death Within five years after a little before Easter the Book of the Law was found 2 Chron. 3. He began to prophesie in Babylon Anno Mundi 3356 before Christ 612 at which time he saw his first Visions near to the River Chebar Of the River Chebar THE River Chebar was near Babylon in Chaldaea upon the borders of Mesopotamia falling into Euphrates and was often times called Aborras according to the opinion of many learned men Strabo in the sevententh Book of his Geography saith that there is another River between Tygris and Euphrates called Basilius Aborras passeth along by the City of Athemusia and is a very fair stream from whence it is called Chebar which signifies a swift and spacious River Near to this River the Prophet Ezekiel saw the Glory and Majesty of our Lord Jesus Christ in a bright shining Cloud In this place also dwelt many Iews to whom he prophecied and foretold the Destruction of Ierusalem by Nebuchadnezzar and the captivity of Zedekiah The Travels of the Prophet Daniel DAniel signifies the Judge of God In the reign of Ioachim King of Iud●h he was carried away captive from Ierusalem to Babylon by Nabuchadonozor which was 680 miles and there with his fellows learned the Arts and Language of the Chaldeans for three years He was then but young about some nineteen or twenty years of age and lived in Exile ninety one years until the third year of Cyrus Emperour of the Persians about which time he saw his last Vision and a little after died when he was about 110 years of age as may be gathered by the Circumstances of Histories and Times From Babylon he went to Susan in Persia Anno Mundi 3418 and before Christ 540 being then ninety four years of age which was 252 miles where near to the Flood Eulaeus he had a Vision of a Ram and a Goat which set forth the state of the second Monarchy which was that of the Graecians In this Vision Gabriel the Arch-Angel appeared to Daniel Dan. 8. This was in the third year of King Balthasar From Susan Daniel returned to Babylon which was 252 miles here he interpreted to Balthasar the meaning of these words Mene Mene Tekel Euphar sin Dan. 5. From Babylon he went to the River Tygris or Hidekel which was thirty six miles here in the third year of Cyrus King of Persia he saw his last Vision which is described in the tenth eleventh and twelfth Chapters of his Prophecy From Tygris he returned to his own house at Babylon which was thirty six miles Sometimes also in his three last years of his life he used to goe to Egbatan the Metropolitan City of the Medes which was accounted 464 miles from Babylon towards the North-East Here Daniel built a fair and and artificial Temple so strongly that it remained unperished and retained the ancient beauty many Ages to the great admiration of all the Spectators In it the Kings of the Medes Persians and Parthians were for the most part honourably buried the Government whereof was committed to a Priest of the Iews as Iosephus saith lib. Antiq. 10. cap. 4. From Egbatan he returned back again to Babylon which was 464 miles and there died Anno Mundi 3445 and before Christ 533. So all the Travels of the Prophet Daniel were 2184 miles Of the Places to which he travelled Of Susan SVsa or Susan is so called from a sweet smelling Flower but chiefly a Rose or a Lilly because it is scituated in a fair and pleasant place It was a goodly City lying on both sides the River Eulaeus some 200 furlongs that is twenty five miles English about as Polycletus saith And of this City all the Country round about is called Susana bordering towards the North upon Assyria towards the West upon Babylon towards the South upon the Gulph of Persia and joyneth upon the East part of Persia towards the East There are but two Cities