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A26268 Hidden things brought to light for the increase of knowledge in reading the Bible being an explanation of the coins, money-weights, measures, mentioned in the Bible ... : also in what chapters and verse or verses they are to be found : likewise the weights and measures how much they are of English : and also hard words of office and sects explained ... Axford, John. 1697 (1697) Wing A4280A; ESTC R3328 8,244 32

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a Hand 's breadth more than the Common 3. The Cubit of the Sanctuary contains two of the Common being a full Yard 4. A Geometrical Cubit contains six Common Cubits which is three Yards According to this Cubit it's thought Noah's Ark was built A Reed is six Common Cubits and a Hand 's breadth which is three Inches A Pace is five Foot A Furlong is one hundred twenty five Paces or forty Perch A Mile is one thousand Paces or eight Furlongs But in the Scripture or Hebrew as much as a Man can go in half a day or between Meal and Meal Judges 20.16 Among all this People there were seven hundred chosen Men left which could Sling at a Hairs breadth and not miss Now a Hairs breadth is the forty eighth part of an Inch. Twelve Inches is a Foot Sixteen Foot and an half is a Perch Forty Perch is a Furlong Eight Furlongs is a Mile A Sabbath-days Journey according to Scripture is six hundred ●aces The Measures Mentioned in the Scripture First of Dry A Cab is a Quart An Omer is a Quart and half A Seath is a Gallon and half An Ephath is half a Bushel and a Pottle Half an Homer is seven Bushels and a Quart An Homer or Cor is fourteen Bushels and a Pottle A Chenix by some counted three Pints five Ounces and half by others a Quart The Liquid or Wet Measures A Log is half a Pint. A Hin is three Quarts A Bath is nine Gallons three Quarts A Poe or Sextary is a Pint and half A Firkin is four Gallons and half Of Legion We read in the Scripture of Legion as Mark 5.9 He asked him What is thy Name And he answered saying My Name is Legion for we are many c. Matth. 26.53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now Pray to my Father and he shall presently give me more than Twelve Legions of Angels c. Twelve Legions is eighty thousand seven hundred and fifty So Luke 8.30 And Jesus asked him saying What is thy Name And and he said Legion because many Devils were entred into him And if a Legion consisted of so many as is mentioned as it follows then they were possest with some Thousands of Devils For a Legion at that time was six thousand Foot-Men and seven hundred and thirty Horse-Men Romulus who built Rome his Legion consisted of three thousand Foot-Men and three hundred Horse-Men Afterwards a Legion was four thousand two hundred Foot-Men and three hundred Horse-Men After in Julius Caesar's time which was about one hundred and fifty Years before Christ a Legion was five thousand Foot and three hundred Horse-Men Lisey and Isodor say a Legion consisted of six thousand Armed Men. Hesych saith a Legion was an Army of six thousand six hundred sixty and six Afterwards a full and perfect Legion consisted of six thousand Foot-Men and seven hundred and thirty Horse-Men of the Common Soldiers Of Offices and Conditions of Men. Patriarch is a Father of the Family as Abraham Isaac Jacob and his Sons Judges Temporary or for a time supream Governours appointed over the Children of Israel King over a Nation or Kings after the falling of the ten Tribes of Israel Elders or Senators the seventy or Sanhedrim Officers Provists or Sheriffs Judges or Rulers such as determined Controversies in particular Cities Hebrews from Abraham An Israelite from Jacob who was named Israel called Children of Israel A Proseiite of the Covenant who submitted to the Law and was Circumcised A Proselite of the Gate or Stranger who Worshiped the true God but was not Circumcised The Officer or Governour appointed by the Kings of Assyria and Persia Heads of the People in Captivity or chief of each Tribe or many who exercised under others Government during the Captivity Under the Grecian Monarchy the Maccabees or the Successors of Judas Maccabeas High-Priest who presided in Kingly Government or Power under the Roman Emperors Presidents or Governours sent from Rome with Imperial Power Tetrarches who had Kingly Power over some Provinces Proconsuls or Deputies of Provinces Inferior Officers Publicans who were Tribute or Tax-gatherers hated of the Jews Centurion Captain of an hundred Men. Political Officers or Sects of Men. High-Priest who only might enter into the Holy of Holies Priest or Sagan who supplied the High-Priest's Office in case he were disabled some set apart for the War for expedition The Sons of Aaron who had divers Ranks Degrees and Offices in the Temple Also the sons of Levi who were of three Ranks and Orders Gershomites Chohothites M●rarites Also N●thimins Inferior Servants of the Priests and Levites not of their Tribe to draw Water and cleave Wood. Prophets who were antiently called Seers who fore-told things to come and denounced Gods Judgments against Idolaters and Evil-Doers And taught the People Children of the Prophets their Disciples or Scholars Wise Men called so in imitation of the Wise Men of the East or Gentile Philosophers Scribes Writers and Expounders of the Law Disputers raised and determined Questions out of the Law Rabbies Doctors or Teachers of Israel Libertius or freed Men of Rome who being Jews or Proselites had a Synagogue or Oratory for themselves Gaulenits or Galileans who pretended it unlawful to obey a Heathen Magistrate Herodians who shaped their Religion to the Times and particularly flattered Herod Epicureans who placed their Happiness in Pleasures Stoicks who den●ed the Liberty of the Will and pretended all Events were determined by fatal necessity Simon Magus Author of the Heresie of the Gnosticks who taught That Men however Virtuous in their Practice should be saved by their Knowledge Nicholaitans the Disciples of Nicholas one of the seven Deacons who taught the Community of Wifes or Men to have more than one Wife Nazarites who under a Vow abstained from Wine Nazarens professing Christianity Zelots or Murmerers who under the pretence of the Law thought themselves authorized to commit any out-rage Pharisees Separatists who upon the Opinion of their Godliness despised others Sadduces who denyed the Resurection Angel or Spirit Samaritans Mungrel Professors partly Heathen and partly Jews the off-spring of the Assyrians who were sent to Samaria Apostle mission or sent our Saviour had twelve and after those seventy and sent them to Preach the Gospel and heal all manner of Diseases Bishops or Overseers And their Successors who had the Goverment of the Church as they are mentioned in the Epistles of Paul and Peter Also Deacons who were to Preach the Gospel and take care of the Poor In the Old-Testament or Bible are seven Hundred seventy seven Chapters In the New-Testament Two Hundred and sixty Chapters In the Apocrypha One Hundred seventy three Chapters In the Old-Testament are Verses twenty three Thousand two Hundred and three Several Books mentioned in the Scriptures of Truth supposed to be lost The Book of Enoch Of Iddo and Gad Seers Samuel wrote a Book of the Office and Instruction of a King Solomon wrote a Book of Three Thousand Parables and five thousand Songs Also of the Nature of Herbs Trees and Plants from the Cedar to the Hysop A Book of the Cronicles of the Kings of Judah and Israel The Third to the Corinthians The Third Epistle of Peter The worth of Gold by Troy-weight One Pound of Gold is worth Forty Pound One Ounce is worth three Pound six Shillings eight Pence One Grain worth three half Pence The worth of Silver by Troy-weight One Pound is worth three Pounds One Ounce worth five Shillings One Penny-Weight worth three Pence One Grain worth a half Penny This being the Weight of current Money By Averdupoise-weight One Pound of Gold is worth forty nine Pound thirteen Shillings eight Pence half Penny One Pound of Silver by Averdupoise-weight worth three Pound fifteen Shillings eight Pence half Penny By this it appears One Hundred Pound of Silver weighs twenty six Pound five Ounces Averdupoise And one Hundred Pound of Gold Money weighs two Pound and about a quarter of an Ounce Of Days and Hours Days are called either Natural or Artificial a Day Natural is one entire Revolution of the Sun or Equinoctial about the Earth which is performed in 24 hours containing both day and night now this day hath several beginnings as we English and the Romans usuall begin at midnight the Persians Bohemians and Babylonians begin at Sun-rising the Jews Egyptians Athenians Vmbrians c. begin at Sun-set which doth appear to be the true beginning by the Scriptures where the Night is put first as Gen. 1.5 8 13 19 c. Lev. 23.32 2 Cor. 11.25 The Astronomers begin at mid-day or noon An Artificial day is from Sun-rising to Sun-setting and differs in length of equal hours according to the Suns place in the Zodiack and Latitude of the Region but in unequal hours called Planetary hours there is always 12 so that one hour is the 12th part of a day be it long or short and these hours we read of in Scriptures John 11.9 Mat. 20 for at or about Jerusalem where great part of it was writ the Latitude is about 33 degrees which gives above 14 equal hours for the longest Artificial day therefore we may easily perceive that it was ment the unequal hours Their day also was divided into 4 equal parts or large hours Scripture large hours I. III. VI. IX small 1 2 3. 4 5 6. 7 8 9. 10 11 12. And with us they are 7 8 9 10 11 12. 1 2 3 4 5 6. So their 3d hour was the midst of the Forenoon and 6th hour full noon and 9th hour mid Afternoon and 12th hour Sun-set Mark 15.25 34. Luke 23.44 Acts 2.15 and 10.3 30. Of Night-watches They divided the Night also into 4 equal parts called Watches allowing 3 hours to every Watch which makes the Night likewise to consist of 12 hours Mark 13.35 The first Watch began at Evening and was till their third hour or our ninth at Night The second or middle Watch was from thence to Midnight Judges 7.19 Luke 12.38 The third Watch or Cock-crowing was from Midnight till their 9th hour or our third hour in the Morning Luke 12.38 The fourth Watch was from that time until Morning or Sun rising Mark 6.48 FINIS