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A75905	A description and explanation of 268. places in Jerusalem and in the suburbs thereof, as it flourished in the time of Jesus Christ Answerable to each of the 268. figures that are in its large, and most exact description in the map; shewing the several places of the acts and sufferings of Jesus Christ, and his holy Apostles. As also of the Kings, prophets, &c. Very useful for the more clear and fuller opening of very many places in the prophets (as also in Josephus, and other histories) especially in the Gospels, and the Acts of the Apostles. Translated by T.T. Reviewed, and in many places rectified according to the Holy Scriptures, and some things further cleared: with additions of many scripture proofs: by H. Jessey. Imprimatur Joseph Caryl.	Adrichem, Christiaan van, 1533-1585.; Jessey, Henry, 1603-1663.; T. T.	1653 (1653)	Wing A600aA; ESTC R229469	81,732	114

Erusalem the choice City of God The Original places from whence this Commentary is taken and where more is to be read Psalm 48.2 87.1 2 3. Matth 4.5 Psal 74.27 holy and most glorious built upon the holy Mountains excelling all the Cities of the World as well by the loftiness of the Seat as by the moderation and temperature of the Heavens and fruitfulness of Soil was situated in the midst of the whole World and of Judea as it were in the very Centre and Heart of the Earth and being as a Queen amongst all other Neighbor Cities had the preheminence as the Head over the Body Ezek. 5.5 and shined as the Sun above others in sumptuous and glorious Buildings Having such surpassing excellency she was by a certain singular priviledge in time past Joseph Lib. 3. de Bello Iudaico cap. 2. Deut. 16.17 Psal 48.2 Lam. 2.5 the onely place which God had chosen to himself and was a figure not onely of every faithful mans soul but also of the Elect Church of Christ Militant upon Earth and of that blessed Triumphant Church in Heaven A City of perfect Beauty the Virgin of the World the Paragon of all the East and the joy and rejoycing of the whole Earth This City was builded as some judge about the year from the Creation of the World Two thousand twenty and three in the time of Abraham Gen 14.18 Joseph 7. Antiq Iud. cap 7. l. 7. Belli Iud. c. 18 28. Gen. 10. Iosh 15.8 Judg. 1.19 2 Sam. 5.5 1 Chron. 11.4 7. by Melchisedec the King In Hebrew it was called Salem and in Greek Solyma and it seemeth that he possessed the same Fifty years The which afterwards the Jebusites enjoyed who sprang from Jebusi the Son of Canaan of whom it was called for a time Jebus and Jebusaeum at what time Joshua slew the King thereof And the Jebusites held the same Eight hundred twenty and four years who trusted so much to the strength of their City that when King David assailed the same in contemp tof him and of his Army they placed upon their Walls the blinde the halt and the maimed saying That these were sufficient to beat back the Enemy But when David through Gods help enjoyed the City the Jebusites being expulsed Joseph l. 7. Antiq cap. 3. Jerom. Tom. 3. de loc Hebr. lit i. Euseb Evang Praep. l. 9. 1 King 3.5 6 9 10 c. See Number CXXIV Joseph lib. 8. Antiq. cap. 2. 5. he re-edified the same round fortified it with a Castle dwelt therein and made it the Metropolitan City of the whole Province of Judea and the Head of all the Kingdom and from thenceforth called it Jerusalem as it were Jebussalem the letter B to make the better sound turned into R. Or rather from Jireh and Salem Gen. 18.2 14. with 2 Chro. 3.1 Notwithstanding there are some which write That it is called Jerusalem of the magnificent Temple which Solomon built therein as it were Hieron Solomonis For the Greeks call a Temple 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hieron In continuance of time Solomon and other Kings of Judea greatly enlarged the same and so fortified it with most strong Gates Towers Walls and Trenches and so adorned it with a Temple with Pallaces and with most exquisit Buildings that among other Cities it was a miracle of the whole World and is therefore more honored with silence then with all that can be said concerning the same It stood in the Tribe of Benjamin Josh 18.28 Some borders of it were in Judah Josh 15.8 In this glory and excellency Jerusalem flourished Four hundred seventy and seven years Ioseph con Appion lib. 1. Strabo Geograph l. 16. as if it had been an Earthly Paradise being in compass round about Six miles and two hundred and fifty paces And by the Wall and circuit of the City there was a Stony Trench or Vault Threescore foot deep and in bredth Two hundred and fifty wherein was abiding about One hundred and fifty thousand men But when the wickedness of the Princes and People not onely had profaned the Temple 2 Kings 16.21 24 25. 2 Chro. 28.33 36. with the abominations of Idols but also had filled the City even to the full with innocent blood most cruelly shed the City together with the Temple Princes and people by the just vengeance of God was by Nabuchodonozer Micah 3. Jere. 25.26 29 52. King of Babylon but Gods whip so utterly overthrown and desolated Threescore and ten years that Sion was ploughed up like a field and Jerusalem was become as a heap of stones and the Mountain of the Temple as it were the height and top of Woods so as in the mean time as Jerom witnesseth that neither so much as a Bird Hier. Tom. 3. Trad. Heb. in 2 Chro. 15. nor a Beast could flie or pass through the same Afterwards the Temple onely being with much a do and very hardly builded wanting Gates Towers and Walls was inhabited again by the Jews returning out of the captivity of Babylon Threescore years Moreover within the space of Two and fifty days Esdr 1.2 3 4 5 6. Nehe. 1.2 3 4.5 6 7 c. 1 Mac. 12.13 14. Ioseph 6. Bel. 6. Ioseph 1. Bel. 13. c. Nehemiah inclosed it in compass Three miles and seven hundred and fifty paces with Gates Towers and a strong Wall and afterward the same being beautified by the Maccabees by Herod and by others very stately with publick and private Buildings recovered the former dignity being very famous and populous by the space of Five hundred four and twenty years having in it many narrow Streets by reason of the exceeding number of Houses therein At what time there as in a Theatre Jesus Christ wrought our Salvation and from thence Isa 2.4 Micah 4. Acts 2.1 Mark 16. Psal 18. Ioseph 6. Bel. 13. 7. Bel. 14.17 18. as from a Center the Apostles spread forth the Evangelical Doctrine throughout the World But Titus Emperor of Rome being brought by the just judgement of God to take vengeance for the death of Christ the Thirty and eighth year after his Passion besieged it round casting a bank about it and shut up the Jews in the City as in a prison which came out of every Tribe to celebrate the Feast of Passover there Whereupon that City the wonder of the World was made a Den of theeves and a Sepulchre of dead men For by reason of civil murders famine pestilence and sword there perished in the same Eleven hundred thousand Jews And as for the City it self Titus did so utterly subvert it that men which came unto it would scarce believe that ever it had been inhabited Nevertheless he left three principal Herodian Towers that is to say Hippic Mariam and Phasel which were more notable then the rest as well for greatness as for beauty and that part of the Cities Wall which compassed them from the

offered up their Sonnes to the Devill Moloch The which detestable madnesse the godly King Josias seeking at the length to redresse brake in peeces the Image of Moloch cut downe his Groves and defiled the place thereof with the filthinesse of dead Carcasse of bones and of other unclean things and appointed it to be a perpetual dunghil for ever Jer. 7.5 19.7.32.35 Isa 30. In this Valley Jeremy at the Commandement of God breaking an earthen pot in peeces against the ground before the Elders of Juda prophesied that God would after the selfe-same manner break and destroy both the City and the people According to which Prophesie there was so great and mighty a multitude of people slaine there because they had filled this place with the blood of innocent children that this place was called no more the valley of Tophet but Poly and ron that is to say a heap of many dead bodies whose carcases lying there unburied became meat for the birds of the aire and for the beasts of the fields 186. Gethsemani a firm place at the foot of mount Olivet Matth. 26.26 Mar. 14.32 This had many fruitful Olive trees When Christ intended to go unto the Garden that was in mount Olivet he came from his last Supper into this place heavy and sorrowfull unto the death 187. The Garden of Olivet Mat 26.39 Mar. 14.35 Luke 22.41 John 18.1 Hier. in loc Heb lit G. Broc it in 6. Bre. 14. Jul. in the mount of Olivet where Christ prayed unto his Father three times that the cup of his Passion might passe from him And being in an agony as he continued in prayer he swet blood which fell drop by drop unto the earth at what time he was comforted by an Angel from heaven In Hieroms time there was a Church builded on this place which is as yet to be seen 188. The Kings Garden 2 King 25.4 Cant. 4. Jer. 39.4 52 Jos 7. Aut. 15. 9. Aut. 11. the which also was called the inclosed Garden It was in the Suburbs of Jerusalem walled round about And like to a Paradise it was planted with trees of all sorts of fruits with herbs with flowers of most sweet savour and what soever else that might delight the senses It had also most pleasant and convenient walks In this was that famous fountain Rogel and the stone Zoeleth of both which there is often mention made in the Scripture where Adonias when hee purposed to reigne offered oblations and with his followers made a feast 189. The Grove of Moloch consecrated to the Idoll Moloch where the worshippers thereof after they had ended their sacrifice 2 King 23.10 Hier. in Jer. 1.19 in Mat. 10. committed fornication under the shadow of the trees 190. The Mount of offence it was a very high mountain 1 King 11.7 2 King 23.10 scituate on the South-side of the Kings Garden where the most wise Solomon being now old was seduced and made foolish by his strange wives building a Temple to Melchom the Idol of the Ammonites which also he worshipped 191. The Mount Olivet Dan. 11.45 Psal 87.1 Dan. 9.16.20 Zach. 8.3 Act. 1.12 See Number 178. Broch itin 6. Breid 14. Iul. or Mount of Olives so called by reason of the great plenty of Olives which grew there called also in Greek Elaeon which otherwise also is named the famous or glorious and holy Mountaine It was scituate on the East side of Jerusalem It was separated from the high City the valley of Cedron lying between distant from the City a Sabbath dayes journey according to the Scripture but according to Josephus it was distant five furlongs who also addeth that the top of the hill was six furlongs from the City for it was of so great height that from the same not onely almost all the streets of Jerusalem but also the dead Sea might easily be seen And besides the Olives it abounded with Palmes Pines Mirtels and other fruitfull Trees In the top of this hill 2 Sam. 15. the holy King David flying from the face of his son Absolom weeping and barefooted worshipped God In this Mountaine also his Son Solomon forgetting all godlinesse erected a Temple to Astaroth the Idol of the Sidonians right over against the Temple of Ierusalem from whence every one that committed Idolatry might be seen 1 King 11 7. 2 King 23.3 The which also with all other places dedicated to Idols Iosias utterly destroyed Christ oftentimes came up into this Mountaine both for quietnesse sake Luke 19.29.41 Luke 22.2 Mat. 21.1 John 18.8 Act 1.12 and also to pray tarrying there all the night Also from the top of this Mount he ascended into heaven in the presence of his Disciples standing there and beholding him after hee had blessed them 192. The Mount of Offence a high Mountaine on the other side of the brook Cedron 1 King 11.7 2 King 23.8 Broc itin 6. Sal. 6. cap. 5. and on the North side of the mount Olivet distant from Jerusalem four furlongs whereon Solomon by the motion of his heathenish wives builded a Temple to Chumosh the Idol of the Mo●bites This also Josias brake down In the time of the Machabees a Castle was builded on this Mount some tokens whereof are to be seen at this day 193. The Fullers Monument Jos 6. Bel. 6. the which was not far from the Corner gate in the North-east 194. The Palme Trees whereof mention is made in Nehemiah Neh. 8.15 Joh. 12.13 and in St. Johns Gospel 195. The Dove-house on the South end of the Mount Olivet Jos 6. Bel. 13. It was made of stone round lofty and fashioned like a Tower wherein were store of Doves to the number of foure or five thousand 196. The Bridge of Cedron made of stone Breid 14. Jul. with one arch erected over the brook Cedron which Helena the Emperesse caused to be made in that place 197. The Sepulchre of the Virgin Mary Joan Damas● de dormitione Deipar which was in the valley of Jehoshaphat near unto the firme place of Gethseman at the foot of Mount Olivet wherein the body of the most holy and blessed Virgin was decently buried by the Apostles From this Traditional Relicke not once mentioned in Scripture is sucked no small advantage 198. The Common place of burial 2 King 23.32 Ier. 26. which was in the Valley of Jehoshaphat where the common sort of people were buried 199. The Fountain of Siloe whereto was joyned the Pool of Siloe Isa 8. 22. Neh. 3.15 the which also is called the lower Pool lying on the West-side of the valley of Jehoshaphat and springing from the root of Mount Sion The water thereof being cleer sweet and plentifull ran with a still and calm stream into the brook Cedron This Fountaine King Hezekias repaired J●h 9.7.11 Broc itin 6. Breid 14 Iul. Pasch die 197. Io. 6. Bel. 11. In the Pool of this Fountaine the man which