Christians neverthelesse were not afraid to build in the same place for they erected a Temple there in a round form made of great hewne VVith Tyren lib. 8. Hist Bel. facri c. 20 lib 9 c. 9. Broc iâ—i 6. Brciâ— 14 Iul. and pollished stones covered with a leaden roof very large high and beautifull to behold The which in processe of time was honoured with the Patriarchal seat and became famous by reason of the true and pure worship of God which was therein maintained At the length being invaded by the Saracens it was contaminated four hundred threescore and three yeares with the filthy worship of Mahomet Finally in the year of Christ 1099. the very same Temple though it was fortified with a wall with Towers and strong gates by the Christians yet was it violently won by Godfrey of Boloigne a valiant man who killed within the circuit of the Temple ten thousand Saracens in such wise that the upper face of the earth was covered with the blood of the slaine In the which place the said Godfrey erected a Colledge of divine service giving continuall maintenance to the same furnishing it with necessary habitations which so continued by the space of fourscore and eight yeers The which expired the same was possessed again by the Saracens through the pernicious discord of Christian Princes who in the top thereof according to their manner set up the figure of the Half-moon and in the Courts thereof they planted Figs and olive Trees The same being now possessed of the Turkes is defiled with the detestable worship of Mahomet And all Christians are commanded by an Edict not to enter thereinto upon pain of death For it any Christian be known to have entred therein he is by and by either compelled solemnly to deny the faith of Christ or else publickly to lose his head The first Part of the Temple 75. THe Holy of Holies called the Holy place Exod. 26.23 Lev. 16.2.17.27 Heb. 9.22.25.3.7 1 King 6.19.20 2 Chro. 4.20 5 7. and the most Holy which is so called because of the singular holinesse of that place It is also named the Oracle and the inner house For it was the secretest part of the Temple whereinto the high Priest came onely once a year it being twenty cubits long and as many in breadth the height whereof was twenty cubits not a hundred and twenty cubits Whose floor was laid over with firre boards covered with plate of Gold and paved with Marble as some write The gates were made of polished stones inwardly framed with bords of Cedar and covered with golden plates the which being fastened with nails of gold shined most gloriously as if it had been a divine worke whereon were graven Cherubins 1 King 6.30 Ios 6. Bel. 6. 1 Chro. 29.2 precious stones palmes flowers imbossements and pictures of divers sorts representing the celestiall beauty The roof also was covered with golden plate the very top whereof was set full of golden prickets or sharp spits to fray away birds lest by sitting thereon it might be polluted Into this sacred Holy of Holiest Heb. 9.3.7.13 Lev. 16.3 the chiefe Priest for the divine Majesty thereof entred but once every year alone in the feast of purgation on which day the Jewes did fast and afflict themselves And then that great and chiefe Priest of God prefiguring the person of Christ offered the blood of a calfe burnt without the hoast for his own sinnes Deut. 23.10 and for the sinnes of the people Who if he were legally polluted but so much as in sleep entred not in his owne person but by his substitute The Parts of the most holy Place 76. THe Arke of the Covenant Exo. 25.10 elâ— 37.1 40.3.20 Num. 17. Deut. 31. Ios 3. aut 83. the which by the commandement of God was made of Set him or Sittim wood which corrupteth not by Moses in the desart covered within and without with plate of pure gold being set in the middest of the Holy of Holiest shining like the Sun with the glittering brightnesse of gold whose surpassing beauty is rather to bee wondred at then with words to be expressed In this Arke the two Tables of stone containing the ten Commandements written with the finger of God 1 King 8 9. Deut. 16.5 Exod. 25.10 Ex. 16 34. Num. 17.10 2 Mach 5.2 were kept with a singular care and holinesse The Pot wherein was Manna and Aarons flourishing Rod were put before it and not into it The Ark abode in this place about foure hundred and thirty years It is written in the Apocryphal book of the Machabees that in the time of the Captivity of Babylon the Prophet Jeremy See 2 King 25 9. and below here at * by the Commandement of God hid the same privily together with the Altar of Incense and the perpetuall fire in a cave of the mount Nebo But the Hebrews conjecture that it was carried by Nebuchodonozer into Babylon and that it never returned again but another made by the Jews instead thereof 2 Chro. 36. Dan. 1.3 Esd 1. Esd 1 Hier. in Joâ—l c. 3 Jos 10. auâ— 13.7 Pel. 24. Suâ—oâ— in vit Vespasi Rodolph Langius de urbis Hirosol Templique crigine excidio l. 2 c 15. after the returne from the Captivity Othersome thinke that Nebuchadonozer carried away the same with five thousand and four hundred vessels of silver and gold which belonged to the Temple of Jerusalem and put them into the Temple of Bel his god but preserved by Gods providence as it was sometime in Philistaea after threescore and ten years of the Captivity they thinke I say it was restored again to the Jews at their return by Cyrus together with the said vessels But after the besieging of Jerusalem Titus and Vespaesian carrying out of the Temple to Rome as some * See Number 84. at the end 2 King 25.9 2 Chron. 36.19 2 Chro 3.15 Jer. 5â— 21 Relick-mungers say the Arke of the Covenant the two Tables of the Law with both the rods of Moses and Aaron also the golden Table and some of the shew-bread the golden Candlestick and the four or two Pillars made these to be carried among other spoyls by the Jews themselves round about the City in an open triumph wherein with great pompe they triumphed over that Nation Simon Giora Captain of the seditious and seven hundred Jews Captives which were selected from among the rest for youth and come linesse going before the Triumpher halfe naked with their hands bound This triumph being ended Vespasian laid up all the vessels of Jerusalem in the Temple of Peace at Rome which he in most sumptuous manner had builded But the Law of the Jews and the purple vailes of the most secret places he commanded to be safely laid up in his Pallace 77. The two Cherubims of glory Exo. 25.18.20 37.9 1 King 6.23.28 8.7 Heb. 9.4 5. Josep Ant. 3. the which as it appeareth by the
things with patience as light and easie Heb. 12.2 3 if we call to minde what hard words harder stripes and most hard pains and afflictions he suffered for us whose head was crowned with thorns his eyes blind-folded his ears filled with reproaches his mouth with gall and vineger his face polluted with spitting his cheeks bruised with buffeting his knees shaking his shoulders laden with the Cross his heart replenished with sorrow his body torn with whips his members racked his hands and feet bored to be briefe from the crown of the head to the soals of the foot he sustained an innumerable sort of wounds and sorrows Wherefore as the waters of Mara being sometimes bitter were made sweet by Moses Exod. 15.25 at what time he cast wood into them even so all our tribulation if we patiently indure the Crosse of Christ will waxe sweet and the gall thereof will turn into honey For by the meditations of these afflictions of our Saviour faith is illuminated hope strengthned charity inflamed and all vertue increased Wherefore holy Augustine a light of the Church no lesse truly then godly provoking us by very forceable words thereunto saith thus Behold the wounds of him that hangeth August in lib. de virginitate the blood of him that dyeth the price of the redeemer the scars of him that riseth His head boweth to kisse thee his heart is opened to love thee his armes stretched abroad to imbrace thee his whole body set forth to redeem thee Consider what and how great these things be weigh them in the ballance of your hearts that hee may bee wholy fastened in your hearts who for us was wholly fastened on the Crosse Thus far Augustine So that it is not enough to meditate of these things once but it is profitable to thinke upon them often yea the oftner the more they avail and profit In the wholesome contemplation of whose Passion although we profit much yet we shall never attain to the perfect knowledge thereof but there will remain still somewhat that we may seek for the full knowledge whereof is reserved to our heavenly Country In the mean time let us contemplate in these things day and night in these things let us recreate and busie our selves In these let us watch in these let us sleep yea to dye in the meditation of these things is most Christian and available to everlasting salvation Places of holy Scripture to the praise of Jerusalem Psal 48.2 Beautiful for scituation the joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion in the sides of the North it is the City of the great King Lam. 11.15 Is this the City of perfect beauty the joy of the whole earth Ezech. 5.5 This is Jerusalem I have set it in the midst of the Nations and Countries that are round about her 2 Cor. 7.12 I have chosen this place for my selfe to be a house of sacrifice Isa 2.3 Mich. 4.2 The Law shall go forth of Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem Apoc. 21.9 I saw the holy City New Jerusalem come down from God out of Heaven prepared as a bride trimmed for her husband To these agreeth Tobit 13. v. 9 10.18 O Jerusalem the holy City many Nations shall come from far to the name of the Lord God with gifts in their hands even gifts to the King of heaven all Generations shall praise thee and give signs of joy Cursed are all they which hate thee but blessed are they for ever which love thee Rejoyce and be glad for the children of the just for they shall be gathered and shall blesse the Lord for the just Blessed are they which love thee for they shall rejoyce in thy peace Blessed are they which have been sorrowful for all thy scourges for they shall rejoyce for thee when they shall see all thy glory and shall rejoyce for ever Let my soul blesse God the great King for Jerusalem shall be built up with Saphires and Emeraulds and thy walls with precious stones and thy Towers and thy Bulwarks with pure gold And the streets of Jerusalem shall bee paved with Beril and Carbuncle and stones of Ophir And all her streets shall say Hallelujah and they shall praise him saying Blessed be God which hath extolled it for ever SEVEN GENERAL RULES For Expounding Scriptures that speak of Christs coming and Kingdom and Judging and of destroying Babylon and of the calling of the Jews and Israel I. AS the Truth of God is fulfilled both by the outward work by which he appears in the World and by the secret Mystery by which he reveals himself in and to the Spirits of his Saints which two answer one another So in the Testimony of the Scripture there is frequently not onely the History in the Letter but a Spiritual Mystery in the sense thereof as is clear in that of Hagar and Sarah Gal. 4. And of the Rock and Manna and of Melchisedech c. 1 Cor. 10.3 4. Heb. 7.1 2. II. In all Scriptural Interpretations the Analogy of Faith is to be respected Rom. 12.5 That is Undeniable principles of Truth clearly held out in other Scriptures which have a special proportion to the place which is to be interpreted according to which the sense thereof must needs be III. And hence as Christs coming and judging imply sometimes some special manifestation of him and sometimes his personal coming at his Incarnation or that second coming that shall be at the restoring of all things Heb. 9.28 Acts 3.19 20 21. with Rom. 11.26 and Isa 59.29 So some of such Prophecies are appliable to both his comings and to several times of his manifestation Mal. 3.1 2 6. Matth. 16.20 with Mark 9.1 2. Joh. 6.18 Zach. 14.1 4. Psal 97.98 last verses IV. As there is Babylon and Egypt Mystical as well as Literal Revel 17.4 11.8 So some Prophesies as Psal 137. Jer. 50. 51. seem appliable to the sin and ruine of both those Babylons V. As there are Jews and Israel seed of Abraham as well spiritual as natural Rom. 2.3 last verses Gal. 6.17 Rom 9.6 So some Prophesies of Israels sins punishments and merciful restorings are applyable to both Zion and Jerusalem Gal. 4. ult Isa 54. with Isa 51.52 53 chapters VI. As both of Natural and Spiritual Israel there was a First-fruits to God in the Apostles days and there is a Harvest that is to come Rom. 11.16 Jam. 1.18 Revel 14.4 So some Prophesies of glorious Blessings are applyable to both times and are fulfilled already to the First-fruits in a less degree that are to be fulfilled at the Harvest plenteously and very gloriously Rom. 15.4 2 Tim. 3.16 2 Cor. 5.17 18. from Isa 43.18 19. with Revel 21.1 5. Jer. 31.31 with Heb. 8.8 and 1 Cor. 11.25 and Rom. 11.12 15 26 27. Luke 1.31 32. Hos 3.4 5. Ezek. 37.24 28. VII All Holy Scriptures and therefore all those Scriptures that foretel the calling of the Jews the fall of Babylon and Antichrist and
West unshaken to the end that both it might be a Castle for the Roman Souldiers which should be left there for a Garrison and also to shew unto posterity what manner of City Luke 19.41 Euseb in Chro. Hist Eccles l. 4. c. 6. and how well fortified the force of the Romans had subdued But after threescore and five years the Jews rebelling again Aelius Adrianus the Emperor slew many thousands of them and utterly subverted those Towers with the remainder of the VVall and commanded the City to be strewed with Salt Hier. in loc Act. Apost lib. H. Niceph. 3. Hist Eccles 14. Broca in Descrip locorum terrae sanctae itinere 6. whereby it came to pass according to the prophesie of Christ That there was not left one stone of the City upon a stone And building the City again in less compass he excluded Mount Sion with the Palace of Solomon and that of the Queen and the House of the Forest of Libanus also the Gate of the North corner and the Tents of the Assyrians and all the North part even to the Dung Gate and to the Gate of Ephraim But the Mount of Calvary and the Sepulchre of the Lord which were aforetime without the Walls he inclosed with the North Walls of the City and set the Picture of a Sowe cut in Marble upon the forefront of that Gate by which men go to Bethleem thereby giving to understand That the Jews subject to that Law of Swines flesh were under the power of the Romans Will. Tyr. Hist Bel. Sacri lib. â—4 c. 12. Iâ—ob Vitriac â— 55 whom by an Edict he forbad never more to enter into that City or look into the same from the top of any higher place and from thenceforth commanded it to be called Aelia Capitolia after his own name But after this being inhabited of the Christians and dignified with a Patriarchal Seat receiving again in continuance of time the name of Jerusalem flourished five hundred years in Christian Religion And in the year after the Birth of Christ Onuphr in Chro. Eccles Six hundred thirty and six it was taken by the Saracens which reigned in Egypt and so possessed Four hundred threescore and three years After this in the year of Christ One thousand ninety and nine Wilbelm Tyri Arch. Hist Bel. Sacri l. 8. c. 5 18 19 20 21. l. 9. c. 1 2 9. the City Jerusalem was recovered by the Christians having for their Captain Godfrey of Bullion who was the first that entred upon the Wall of the City with great courage and most fierce assault the Ides of July the very same day and hour wherein * So I the Author try this Christ died And so great slaughter was made throughout all the Streets Lanes and corners of the City that no man could pass but over the dead bodies of the slain And so exceeding was the effusion of blood Iacob de Vitriac c. 20. B. Salig in Epist ad Joan. a Lotharing Cardin. that men went over their shooes in the blood of the dead insomuch That the Conquerors themselves were from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head imbrued with blood Who when they enjoyed the City putting off their Armor and cleansing themselves from their blood visited the places of Christs Passion Resurrection and Ascension which the faithful that dwelt in Jerusalem shewed unto them and beheld them with reverence The eight day after with one consent they elected Duke Godfrey and created him the King of Jerusalem but the man being full of godliness and humility would not be crowned with a Crown of Gold after the manner of Kings in the holy City but contented himself and reverenced the like Crown of Thorns with the which the Emperor of Mankinde was crowned in the same place when he went to be Crucified for our Salvation Jerusalem therefore being recovered by the Christians Bas Hero Bel. Sacri cont l. 1. c. 7. l. 6. c. 10. was so held and enjoyed by them Fourscore and eight years Afterward namely in the year One thousand one hundred eighty and seven the second day of October the Christian Princes wo and alas disagreeing among themselves Matth. Palmerius in Chron. Jerusalem was delivered up to Saladine the Soldan of Egypt upon this condition That it should be lawful for the Christians to depart with bag and baggage the which Saladine held it Three hundred and thirty years But in the year of our Lord Mossaeus in Chron. One thousand-five hundred and seventeen it was invaded by Selimo the Emperor of Turks and is at this day in the same compass of Walls possessed by the Turks who name it Cusumobarech or Codsbarich Onuphr in Chron. that is to say A Holy City So that from the first Foundation thereof unto this present year One thousand five hundred ninety and four are passed Three thousand five hundred thirty and one years The places within the City The first part of the City II. MOunt Sion Psal 2.6 15.1 Joel 2.15 3.17 Ioseph 6. Bell. 6. 15. Antiq 14. Niceph. 8. Hist Eccles 30. Brocard Itiner 6. which is called The Mount of the Lord and the Holy Mountain is much more higher then other Mountains and larger after the fashion of a Theatre in the form of a half Circle compassing the City on the South part And being set as a Looking-Glass on a high place founded by God upon a firm Rock on every side broken off had a Plainness thereon like to a Town and being very pleasant and recreative it represented the excellency and delights of Heaven Whose top the Jebusites first of all fortified with a strong Castle and the compass thereof with firm and lofty Walls with Gates and with Towers Salig Tom. 6. cap. 6. Isa 14. 20. Whom when David the King had expulsed he made the Castle and the Walls round about the Gates and the Towers much more defensible and made the top and plainness of the Hill Bas Hero Bel. Sacri conâ—in lib. 1. cap. 8. 2 Sam. 5.6 7. 1 Chro. 11 5 7. 15.1 into Streets and Lanes and builded there for himself for his Nobles and Worthies Houses and called it The City of David which also Josephus calleth The Higher City and The Holy Part. The Maccabees reedifying the same Mountain in compass made it most strong with many Walls and lofty Towers in such wise as notwithstanding any force it was invinsible onely by Famine it might be surprized Where were many straight and narrow passages and many houses of Citizens placed From this Mountain Psal 48.2 87.1 2. Ioseph 6. Bel. 6. 1. Bel. 1. 1 Mac. 4. Ioseph Bel. 15. 16. according to the foretelling of the Prophets a Law and an Evangelical Light came forth and as it were from the Head it self it was spred forth into the whole Body of the World for the saving health of all Nations The which
of the City XXVIII The Amphitheater Ios 15. Ant. 10. that is a place invironed with Scaffolds and Stages capable of fourscore thousand men where the people were wont to behold their Games which Herod the elder first of all other builded in the field at Jerusalem with great labour and cost Wherein to recreat the beholders wrastlers and sword players shewed many feats of activity and sometimes Lions Leopards Buls Bears Bores Wolves and other exceeding wild fierce beasts fought one with another and sometime condemned men were cast unto these to be devoured and captives taken in war At which time of their Games the place beneath was strowed with sand to the end that neither the Sword-players should faile in their footing nor the fighters might be defiled with the blood of the slain nor yet that the sprinkling of the blood should bring horror to the lookers on XXIX The Castle Antonia Jos 15. Antiq. 14 18 Ant. 8 Item 1. Bel. 3. 4 16. 6. Bel. 6. alias saeâ—e strong and well fortified lying near to the North-side of the Temple which was builded in time past on a high rock fifty cubits high and very steep round about and the Tower was called Baris In this the chiefe Priests which came of the Machabees even till Herods time inhabited where in a Cell made for that purpose the sacred stool of the chiefe Priest was kept the Governour of the Tower lighting a candle there every day Herod the greater having gotten the Kingdome and seeing that this Castle was conveniently scituate to command the Citizens that they might not seek innovation through sedition repaired the same to his great cost and fortified it within with a Royal Pallace even like a City and with foure lofty Towers at each corner whereof three were fifty cubits high and the fourth threescore and ten from whence the whole Temple might be seen and for the favour which he bare to Marcus Antonius his friend he called it Antonia In this Castle the Roman souldiers kept alwayes watch with their souldiers having an eye and principal care lest the people should work any innovation in the Temple on the feast dayes And so the Temple belonged to the City and the Castle Antonia to the Temple XXX The Court of Records which we commonly call the Court of Chancery or of the Rouls that is to say a house wherein the Acts of the City and of the Citizens and also their publick Records and the account of Creditors were kept the which the seditious burned Ios 2. Bel. 17. 7. Bel. 13. the keepers thereof flying from thence to the end they might destroy all the evidences of the Creditors and joyne unto them all the Debters XXXI The Castle of Antiochus Epiphanes Ios 12. Ant. 6. 1 Mac. 1. Dan. 8.11.12 both high and strong the which after the slaughter of many Citizens the spoyl of the City and Temple and the burning of most fair houses he builded upon the mountaine Acra and fortified it with strong wals and towers and placed a Garrison of Macedonian souldiers there mingling with them certaine of the most rascal fugitive Jews by whom the continual sacrifice was taken away by the space of three years Ios 13. Antiq. 9. and the City it selfe vexed more then six and twenty years But after this Simon Machaeus won and destroyed this Castle XXXII The common Prison of the City wherein the Apostles being shut up by the Rulers of the Jews Act. 5 18.19 Iose 6. Bel. 6. were in the night time brought forth by the Angel Josephus seemeth to call this Prison Betiso XXXIII The Corner Parlour belonging to the corner house Nehem. 3.24 where the publick Suppers were kept XXXIV The Vaulted Cave Ios 19. Ant. 14. B reid 14. Iul. leading from the Castle Antonia into the Temple which Herod the elder made setting a Tower thereon that by the same he might passe privily into the Temple if so bee the people intended to make any insurrection against the King which remaineth as yet very wonderful and large insomuch that six hundred horses may very conveniently be placed therein XXXV The Court in Hebrew called Gasith Joseph 6. Bel. 6 7. Bel. 13. Num. 11.24 Act. 22 30. Mar. 13.9 Act. 5.2 Hier. Tom. 3. Epist 25. ad Fabiol mans 11. Which in the inner City was joyned to an old wall thereof Wherein were threescore and ten Senators and ordinary Judges which were called of the Jews Sanhedrim in Greek Synedron that is to say in English the Councel of the Elders and Seniors of the people These dealt in the affairs of the Commonwealth gave Laws and determined the doubtfull and weighty causes yea even of other Cities also they ended strifes and controversies and gave the sentence of death generally they dealt in all capital causes except onely in the difficulties and mysteries of Gods Law and of the Jews Religion Deut. 17. the which the Priests onely determined In this confistory the Apostles were examined whipped and forbidden to preach Act. 4 5 5.27 and yet went rejoycing from the Councel because they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of Jesus Here it was that St. Stephen standing before the Councel Act 6.12 15. and his countenance shining like an Angel lifting up his eyes saw the Heavens open and the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God from thence he being cast with violence out of the City was stoned XXXVI The house of Ananias the high Priest Ios 2. Bel. 1.7 which the seditious at the length fiered XXXVII The house of holy Anne as some write the Grandame of Christ Breid 26. Iul. Sal. Tom 8. cap. 6. Iac. Vitri cap. 58. Luke 1.26 wherein she with Joacim her husband abode when the feast was at Jerusalem where they both dyed Here the blessed Virgine Mary as some conjecture abroad during the passion of Christ That there she was conceived some vainly record for this was at Nazareth in Galilee The house of the rich Glutton saith Breid Luke 6. Breid 14. Iul. Sal. Tom. 8.62.6 c. which burned in hell according to the Evangelical story or Paâ—able In the which house that he dwelt it is reported by some Antiquities a high wall whereof is shewed at this day to Christian Travellers XXXIX The house of Massa whereof mention is made in the second Book of Kings The house of withdrawing or of guard that should not be broken into 2 King 11.6 XL. The house of the Nathinaeans or Nethinims that is Given which carried wood and water into the Temple These seem to be the remnant of the Gibeonites whom David gave to such service Neh. 3.26.31 Ezra 8.20 with Ezra 2.70 XLI The house of the Rulers of the Pharises in the which Christ touched the man sick of the dropsie Luke 14.1 and healed him LXII The house of the Forrest of Libanus 1 King 7
Sam. 5.9 Vuil. Tyr. 9. be sac 3. Broc itin 6. the which was builded by King David in a corner of two deep Valleys on the top of a broken rocke with four square stones most firmly joyned together with Iron and Lead whose singular fortitude and notable beauty for the commendation of Christs Spouse which is the Church is spoken of by Solomon when he saith Thy neck is like the Tower of David builded with Bulwarks whereupon there hang a thousand shields yea all the weapons of the Giants Cant. 4.4 170. The high Tower 2 Chron. 26.9 Ios 9. Ant. 11. â— which was builded upon the gate of the Valley The which also King Ozias repaired and that it might be seen beyond mount Olivet he made it one hundred and fifty cubits high 171. The Lantern Tower or Tower of Furnaces scituate on the North-end of the City which men thinke was so called Neh 3.11 〈◊〉 12.38 because fire was continually kept there to serve as a Marke both for Land and Seafaring men to direct them in the right way 172. The great Tower Neh. 3.27 which standing near the wall of the Temple was higher then the rest 173. The Tower Meah Neh. 3.1 12.39 otherwise Emat that is say of one hundred cubits which was not far from the Temple 174. The Tower Psephina Jos 6 Bel. 2.5 6 Broc itin 6. which was eight square of seventy cubits high founded at the North-west corner of the City upon a very high rock being like a strong Tower which by reason of the exceeding height thereof was fearfull from whence on a clear day men might behold Arabia the Sea and the uttermost borders of the Hebrews The ruines whereof are as yet to be seen 175. The Tower of Siloe which falling in Christs time slew eighteen men Luke 13.4 176. The deep valley Broc itin 6. which compassing mount Sion on the North and South part went all along the West side of the City even to the gate of Ephraim making a fit and convenient ditch for the City The places without the City The places at the East part of the City 177. The Water which was brought out of the Temple by Conduit pipes under the earth Arist lib. de 72. interpret Jo. 18.1 issued forth here with great noise and so ran into the brook Cedron 178. Bethania the Noble Castle of Mary and of Martha the sisters of Lazarus Mat. 21.17 ch 26.6 Mar. 11.1 Luke 10.29 Ioh. 11.1 12.1 having many houses the which was scituate beyond mount Olivet distant from Jerusalem fifteen furlongs that is two Italian miles From which place though it were but a little way off yet by reason that mount Olivet â—ay between the City Jerusalem could not be seen except from a little hill from whence part of mount Sion might bee seen Christ oftentimes lodged in this house of Martha where he preached the word of God to Mary sitting at his feet Here he raised up Lazarus to life after he had been buried four dayes and began to stinke Here he sitting in the house of Simon the Leper at the table together with Lazarus Martha serving them Mary anointed him with a most precious ointment 179. Bethphage a little village belonging to the Priests seituate at the East foot at the mount Olivet Mat. 21.1 Mark 11.1 Luke 19.22 Ioh. 12.1 Luke 19.41 42 from whence Christ sent two of his Disciples unto the Castle Opposite or over against them to fetch the Asse and the Colt which being brought and the peoples cloaths laid on the Colt he road on the same into Jerusalem But coming down from mount Olivet and seeing the City hee wept on her and prophesied her utter ruine because she knew not the day of her Visitation 180 The Castle or Village Opposite Mat. 26.6 7. Mat. 11.3 Luke 19.23 or which lyeth over against you to use the words of Christ when he sent his Disciples to fetch him the Asse It was a Village right over against Bethphage It seems to be Bethany 181. The Well neer unto Bethany where when the Lord came to raise up Lazarus Martha first met with him Ioh. 11.30 and afterward called forth her sister Mary The Scripture hath not one word of any Well in that place 182. The Little Hill at the foot of mount Olivet Jos 6. Bel. 13. neer unto the Dove-house a little above the valley of Siloe 183. The withered Fig-tree planted beside the way of Bethany Mat. 21.19 Mar. 11.15 which for bearing no fruit but being garnished onely with leaves was cursed of Christ and so presently withered 184. The Dragon Fountaine which doth spring even at this day which was between the Valley and the Dung-gate Jos 15.8 18.16 2 King 23.10 2 Chr. 28.3 33.6 19.2 32 35. 185. Gehennom the which also was called Benhinnom that is to say the Valley of the sons of Ennom or Hinnon It was a place which was scituate in the Suburbs of the City of Jerusalem toward the South-east In which place of Benhinnom was the Tabernacle and the Idoll Moloch the which Idoll as it was chiefe and principal among all the other Idols so the same being the greatest abomination and most hated unto God he oftentimes forbad the same in the Scriptures It was an Idol the matter whereof was brasse made in the likenesse and smilitude of a King of which some write thus It was hollow within and had a head like to the head of a Calfe the other parts or members of the body having the shape and fashion of a man the armes whereof were stretched out whereto the children that should be offered were made fast and with the vehement and extreme heat of the Idoll were burned and utterly consumed being so holden as it were of the same between his armes For when the Idoll was made red hot with the fire which they had put into the hollownesse of the same then the most wicked parents of these children in most cruel and barbarous manner Lev. 18.21 20 2 3. 1 King 11.7 delivered up their sonnes and their daughters to and into these detestable and develish imbracings of the Idoll that so they might be burnt And this they did of a certain divelish devotion offering them up to the devill Moloch for a burnt offering of most filthy savour Amidst these horrible torments wherewith they were thus tormented the miserable Clamor of the children could in no wise be heard Act 7.43 2 King 16. 21. whereby the parents might in any sort be moved to pity or compassion for that the Priests of this Idoll Moloch during the whole time of the sacrifice did usually make an exceeding great noise both with the Trumpets and Drums or Tabrets Whereupon that place was called also Tophet In this abominable manner 2 Chron. 28.33 2 King 23.10 Achaz and Manasses also Kings of Juda being even as mad as the common people
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 Moâ—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 Damasâ— 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 Jâ—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
saith to Joseph of Arimathea and not to her 254. Here Christ meeteth with the women Matth. 28.9 which returned from his Sepulchre toward Jerusalem and saluteth them who imbracing and kissing his feet worshipped him 255. Here Christ in the forme of a stranger Luke 24 13. Mar. 16.12 went with the two Disciples toward Emaus and in the way as they went together he interpreted Moses and the Scriptures of all the Prophets which he proved to be fulfilled in him The places on the North side of the City 256. THe Tents of the Chaldeans 2 King 25.4 Jer. 39.2 52.4.7 On this North part of the City Nebuchadonozer King of Babylon and the Chaldeans scaled the wals of Jerusalem and wan it 257. The Tents of the Romans which were pitched between the Womans Towers Jos Bel. 2.3.5 6 7 8 9 10 7. Bel. 1.2.4.9 10 15 16. and the Tower Psephina On this part although inclosed and fortified with a triple wall Titus and the Romans assayled Jerusalem For on this part onely the City was assailable And albeit the other parts were compassed round about with one single wall onely yet the same being very strong and set upon stony and cragged rocks and having also deep Vallies or Trenches impassable were inexpugnable Therefore they began to scale the first wall which was the outermost and third wall of the City After that they tooke in hand the second wall And then the third wall of the City which was also called the old wall Next they took the Castle Antonia And so the Temple which was fortified like a Castle and last of all they entred Mount Sion of all the rest the most strong At what time also the Christians Anno 1099 took this City in hand to win it they began their enterprise on this part Wil. Tyr. Bel. Iac. lib. 8. cap. 5 18. among whom Godfrey of Bullion was the first that entred the wall near unto the Gate of Ephraim whose Souldiers following the assault like men opened immediately the said Gate and so wan the City The which also the Saracens besieging on the same part wan from the Christians 258. The Hill Garâ—â— Jer. 31.39 the which was neer to Jerusalem on the North. 259. Erebinth Jos 6. Bel. 13. was a little village on the North. 260. Gardens and Farms Jos 6. Bel. 2.4.7 inclosed with wals and hedges where Titus taking a view of the City was in danger 261. The Sepulehre of Helene Queen of the Adiabens who victualled Jerusalem in the time of the Famine with wheat which she most sumptuously builded with three pinnacles Jos 20. Ant. 2 3 6. Bel. 2.5 6. Euseb 2. Hist 12. Hier. Tom. 1. Epist 23. ad Eustoch about three furlongs distant from the City Wherein she was buried with her Son Isates which also was standing in the time of Eusebius and Hierom. 262. The North Mountaine Ios 6. Bel. 13. where Pompey pitched his Tents 263. The Monument of Herod Agrippa Act. 12.1.21.23 Ios 19. Ant. 8. 6 Bel. 3.4 who for his intollerable pride being stricken by the Angel of the Lord and consumed of worms dyed 264. Sapha Ios 11. Ant. 8. 2 Bel. 24. 6. Bel. 3.4 in Greek called Scopos that is to say A place of espial scituate toward the North distant from the City about 7 furlongs It was so named because from thence both the City and Temple might be seen * Or Jaddua Here Jaddus the chiefe Priest and the rest of the Priests in their Priestly attire and all the people clad in white garments went forth to meet Alexander the Great King of the Macedonians when hee came with his Army to destroy Jerusalem Whom when Alexander saw by and by suppressing his fury in humble sort worshipped the name of God which shined in golden Letters in the Reasonable or Breast plate of judgement of the high Priest and gave reverence to the high Priest Then entring into the City and Temple he offered sacrifice to God and granted great priviledges unto the Jews 265. The Fruitful Wood Ios 6. Bel. 4 7 which Titus caused to be cut down 266. The Lake of Serpents Ios 6. Bel. 4. which in old time was called Bethara 267. The Way by which men went into Samaria and Galilee Broc it in 6. 268. The Village noer to Jerusalem Neh. 3. whereof Nehemiah maketh mention THese Christian Reader are the most notable and famous places of the City and Temple of Jerusalem By the placing whereof the scituation of the rest may easily bee knowne Therefore if we have made a true Description let the praise be given to God the giver of all good gifts But if otherwise there be any defect impute that to my want of skill and not to my ill will who for that I was not able to give towards the furnishing of the Temple gold silver or precious stones have notwithstanding offered a little oyle to lighten the Church trusting that the same will be acceptable both to Christ who allowed the two mites which the poor Widow offered and also to those that be good Christians whom it becommeth well to be like unto their Head JESUS CHRIST Try all things Hold fast that which is good I Thes 5.21 Embrace what is sound though somewhat is rotten Embrace not the rotten because much here is sound Jer 23.28 29. The Prophet to whom is a dream let him tell it as a dream and he that hath my word let him speak my word faithfully What is the chaffe to the wheat saith Jehovah Is not my word like a fire saith Jehovah and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in peeces The names of the Authors out of whose Works and Travels this Description of Jerusalem is taken and made The most of them were Romanists Superstitious Yet as the Bee can gather Honey from some noysome flowers So God and his people can make good use of such Authors Sect. 1. THe holy Bible of the Old and New Testament 2. Flav. Josephus a Priest of the Jewes who flourishing in the seventieth year of Christ exactly described the scituation the forme and the besieging of the City of Jerusalem 3. Exemplars of the famous Doctor of the Church Hierom as well Printed as written Who lived in the Year of Christ 380. Sect. 4. James of Vitriac who travelled into the * Zach. 2.12 Mat 4 5. 2 Pet. 1.18 Dan. 9.16.20 Holy Land and returning was made Bishop of Acon who wrote a book concerning the Holy Land and the wonders which he saw there He flourished in the year of our Lord 1231. Sect. 5. James Pantaleon a French-man Patriarch of Jerusalem his book concerning the Holy Land Who was famous in the year of Christ 1247. Sect. 6. The exact Description of Jerusalem and of the places of the Holy Land made by Brocardus a Monk published at Basil by Hervage and at Antwerp by Stelsius Who in the year of Christ 1283.
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 SCRIPTVRES and some things further cleared With Additions of many Scripture proofs By H. Jessey Imprimatur Joseph Caryl London Printed for R I. and P.S. and are to be sold by Tho. Brewster at the Three Bibles in Pauls Church-yard near the West-end 1653. To the sincere lover of the peace of JERUSALEM The Translator hereof wisheth increase of knowledge and an improvement of that Talent here to Gods glory and perpetual felicity in the world to come FOrasmuch as Noble Reader Jerusalem Act. 17. â—2 the City of our God even upon his holy mountain the joy of the whole earth and the City of the great King that fair and most ancient City by a special Prerogative is by God himselfe beautified above all other Cities and was therefore the chief most noble and famous City of the world Many Travellers and Pilgrims have at sundry times both in Maps and Histories described the same By the advantage of whose labours therein now of late years one Christian Adrichom Anno 1585. hath performed a most lively description and in the Latine tongue enriched with divers Antiquities The profit that might come hereby to my Country-men of the vulgar sort both for the better understanding of the story of the Bible where Jerusalem and the parts thereof are oftentimes mentioned and also for the ready conceiving of Josephus his history moved me to translate it into the English tongue And the book thus translated with the charts expressed in natural colours I have presumed to present unto your view And because the Master-workman in this new plat of old decayed Jerusalem hath left behind him some rubbish and relicks of the Romish superstition I have in some measure purged and swept the streets and corners of the same with the broom of truth and carrying them out by the Scoure-gate or Dung-gate have laid them on the Leystall of oblivion and as for some that do yet remain here is now left a purgation by addition of Annotations My pains herein taken though not so great as the laying of Jerusalems foundation or the raising of a chief corner stone or the squaring and finishing any part of this exquisite plat yet such it is as even in the meanest degree of a poor labourer that doth but sweep the streets I beseech you to accept as a small mite of my good will The which I gladly offer to the end that amidst the burdens and snares of your worldly affairs you beholding this most brave City adorned with so glorious a Temple and contemplating the Passion of our Saviour Christ therein may be delighted and recreated And further that viewing this terrestrial City whose glory is now vanished you may think still as the Apostle did say Non habemus hic manentem civitatem We have not here an abiding City Heb. 13.14 and so aspire to that heavenly Jerusalem garnished and full stored with all manner of delights which abideth for ever Wherein I do most humbly and heartily wish you a most happy residence after you have performed your short course in this life in the service of your God and of your friends and Country and the general benefit and comfort of your own soule THE PREFACE By the Author Chri. Andric FOrsomuch as the truth of History is the foundation of faith and of spiritual understanding Christian Reader and the history of things done blind Hieron Tom. 3. Epis 27. ad Dard. and imperfect without the knowledge of places the which knowledge giveth much light both to the truth of History and also to the spirituall interpretation thereof The scope of this Book therefore I have thought good to observe two things with great diligence in this work First that I might portray and set forth the true and lively Image of Jerusalem of all other Cities the most glorious and famous throughout the whole world whereof mention is made in sacred and in prophane histories as it flourished in Christ his time and also the forme of the Temple the fame whereof hath been extolled above the heavens and was worthy of eternal memory by the sacred Scriptures by approved Writers and by ancient tradition of faithful and trusty men in a lively plot or Map most exquisitly drawn together with the names originals sâ—ituations and forms of every place and the most worthy Histories concerning the same with all brevity Secondly that I might rightly dispose the places of Christ his Passion and represent every thing which he suffered in every place even as if they were now done before our eyes and so represented that I might explain it with plainness and brevity For hereby all those things which he suffered for our sakes will be both more plainly understood and also more profitably remembred But peradventure there will be some which will mislike this our endeavour and the rather because we have many things by tradition of Elders to whom I answer out of Hierom where he saith That Ecclesiastical traditions which are no hindrance to faith are so to be kept as they were delivered by the Ancients In the mean time I will not say that they are too rash and too too wicked which will deny that thing Hier. Tom. 1. Epist. 28. ad Lâ—cinium which hath been godly received at all times and of all men So many of us therefore as are washed with the bloud of Christ doe bear his name and are called Christians if our faith the answering to our name and our life not disagreeing from the truth hoping to be saved by the merits and grace of Christ our Saviour let us beleeve that which incorrupt and reverend Antiquity hath left let us in no wise depart from those things which our Ancestors have celebrated without any superstition which by the consent of the whole world are come even from them to our hands and with thankfull godlinesse and godly thankfulness let us call to minde those places oftentimes which may put us in remembrance of the Passion of Christ to which places this Map will lead us as it were by the hand and with the eyes of faith and of our minde let us look upon the same Sonne of God and inwardly behold him who being urged with the great love of our salvation having finished his last Supper in the Parlour of Sion The summe of Christs Passion and being come
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
Herein also he sate when in royall manner he would shew forth his pompe glory and riches and when he intended to bestow upon his faithfull servants rewards 113. The Passage which King Solomon made of strong timber to go from his Pallace into the Temple 2 Chron. 9. 114. The Tribunal was a publicke place set before the house of Pilate John 19.13 Mat. 27.19 Mar. 15. and appointed for Judgement where the Lieutenants of Rome were wont to give sentence which in Greek was called LITHOSTROTOS that is a place of pavement and in Hebrew GABATHA because it was high and lofty Pilate sitting in this judgement seat and having good will to free Jesus standing before him took water and washed his hands before the people saying I am innocent from the blood of this just man But all the people crying out Crucifie him Crucifie him his blood be on us and on our children And further laying treason to his charge in that he made himselfe a King he condemned Christ to the death of the Crosse in this forme of words wee may finde them in a certaine Author from whence we faithfully report them Jesum Nazarenum subversorem Gentis contemptorem Caesaris falsum Messiam ut majorum suorum testimonio probatum est ducite ad communis supplicii locum Salig Tom. 8. cap. 7. cum ludibrio Regiae Majestatis in medio duorum latronum cruci affigite I lictor expedi cruces that is to say Carry ye to the place of common execution Jesus of Nazareth a subverter of his Nation a coutemner of Caesar and * This seems to crosse that in Joh. 19.19 20.22 a false Messias as is proved by the testimony of the Elders of his own people and crucifie him between two theeves in reproach and scorne of his Kingly Majesty Go Hangman and make ready with speed the crosses The which sentence being pronounced he delivered him to the Souldiers to be crucified Who brought forth Jesus deprived of all beauty and comelinesse and more like a Leaper Isa 53 2.3 then to himselfe by reason of the paines which they had laid on him but that he might be known unto the people they put on him again his own garments and carrying his crosse with two theeves through the Gate of Judgement to bee crucified in Mount Calvary Pilate sitting in this Tribunal seat in time of an Insurrection for bestowing the holy treasures of the Temple Jos 18. Ant. 5. 2 Bel. 8. Euseb 2. Hist Bel. 6. Niceph. 2 Hist Ec. 10. which were called Corban gave a secret signe to the Souldiers which were privily armed under their cloaths that they should not use swords but clubs to beat down the tumultuous Jews By which means many of them were slaine many sore wounded and very many trodden under foot even to death by their owne company in the tumult After this Florus the Lieutenant sitting in the same judgement seat caused many of the Noblemen Jos 2. Bel. 14.15 and Gentlemen of the Jewes to be beaten and torn with rods and whips and to be fastened on crosses who also caused many other massacres about the City nothing sparing neither women children nor sucking babes The which were certain beginnings of vengeance taken by Almighty God upon the obstinate Jews for the shedding of the innocent blood of Christ 115. The Tower of Strato Jos 13. Ant. 18. Bel. 3. in Greek called Pyrgus Sratonis scituate between the Castle Antonia and the Temple it was a hollow and an obscure passage where Antigonus was slain by the souldiers of his brother 116. The Valley of Cedron 2 King 23.4.6.12 Sopho. 1. Ios 14. Ant. 8 15. Ant. 14. Item 1. Bel 5. 6. Bel. 6 7. 6. Ios 20. Ant 16. Eus 2. Hist. Ec. 23 or Kidron broad deep and darke which in manner of a ditch or trench compassed the Temple round about And because it was disposed after the fashion of a Morter it was called in Hebrew Macthes and in Latine Pila This was so exceeding deep that men could not look down from the roof of the Temple into the bottome thereof but their eyes would dazle and their heads seem to turn with giddinesse Herein Merchants and all sorts of Chapmen dwelled Into this Valley James the brother of the Lord first Bishop of Jerusalem say Roman Writers for professing Jesus the Son of God on the feast of Passeover was cast down headlong from the battlements of the Temple at the command of Anani a Saduce chief Priest and was immediately knocked on the head with a Fullers club and was there buried near unto the Temple his Monument remaining there a long time after as some write 117. The Wall of the Crosse as some note it by which Christ having received his judgement to be cruicified went forward with painfull and bloody steps to mount Calvary D. Petrus Poteus M. Matthaeus Stenberch did measure the City of Jerusalem long since by whose report this Description is made many hundred years after Sect. 2. For thus * some Romanists write of it beginning at the Pallace of Pilate he made six and twenty steps which make threescore and five foot unto the place where the crosse was laid upon him Sect. 3. From whence all the City gazing on him carrying his crosse on his sore shoulders he came towards the West or rather North-west fourscore steps which make two hundred foot to the place where men say that he fell downe under his Crosse Sect. 4. From thence going forward by threescore steps and three foot which make a hundred fifty and three foot he came to the place where they say the blessed Virgin Mary Also Petrus Calentinus in his book entituled The way of the Crosse See Number 123. with John the Apostle met with him And proceeding from hence by threescore and eleven steps and one foot and a half which make a hundred seventy and nine foot he came to a certain crosse-way where Simon of Cyren was compelled to bear the hinder part of the Crosse with Christ Is not this a notable proof with Scripture for saying on beads Latin prayers at crosse-wayes Sect. 5. Taking his way hence by one hundred ninety and one step and halfe a foot which cometh to four hundred and seventy foot How punctually did some thus measure the feet some hundred years after he came to the place where they write Veronica met with him And from thence going three hundred thirty six steps and two feet which amount to eight hundred forty and two feet he came to the Judiciary gate where once again he fell with his Crosse Sect. 6. From thence he ascending faintly a very hard and stony way towards the North he gained three hundred forty and eight steps and two foot the summe eight hundred seventy and two foot which brought him unto a two-fold way where certaine women weeping spake unto him And from hence labouring forward threescore steps and one and
the Temple 150. The broad Street Neh. 8.16 Neh 12.39 the which also was called the street of the gate of Ephraim 151. The Kings Caves Ios 6. Bel. 6. upon the which the third wall of the City was builded in length The Gates and Towers about the City 152. Caphenetha 1 Mach. 12.37 the East wall of the City upon the brook Cedron which Jonathas Machabees repaired 153. The corner stone Isa 28.16 Psal 87.1 Ps 118.22 1 Cor. 3.11 Acts 4.11 1 Pet. 2.6 7. which was most hard being the firme foundation of mount Sion This was a figure of Christ who is the strong and stable foundation of his Church 154. The Gate of the Corner so called because it was scituate in the North-east corner of the City 2 King 14.13 2 Chron 25.23 Jer 31.38 Zaâ—h 14.10 Broc itin 6 Sal. Tom. 8. cap. 5. next unto the brook Cedron The which also was called the gate of Benjamin because the way lead through the same unto the tribe of Benjamin By this gate wood was brought into the City out of the Desart In this gate also Jeremy the Prophet was apprehended whose ruines are now to be seen a great way out of the City 155. The golden Gate scituate between the gate of the valley and the gate of the Fountain so called because it was gilded with gold It was also called the East-gate Ezek. 43.4 Broc itin 6. Sal. Tom. 9. cap. 4 Breid 14. Pasch die 184. Mat. 21. Joh. 12 because it was builded on the East-side of the Temple And because it lead by a very short way from the Temple to mount Olivet it was rather a gate of the Temple then of the City and therefore Nehemias made no mention thereof By this gate Christ came riding upon an Asse into the City of Jerusalem at what time men cut down palms and strowed them in his way crying Hosanna before him 156. The Gate of Ephraim which now of some is called S. Stephens gate 2 King 14.15 2 Chron. 25 23 Neh. 8.16 12.39 Jos 9. Ant. 10. Broc itin 6. Sal. Tom. 8. cap. 5 scituate on the North part tending toward the way which leadeth unto the tribe of Ephraim whereupon it was called the Gate of Ephraim From this gate unto the gate of the corner Joaz King of Israel beat down the wall of Jerusalem by the space of four hundred cubits and in triumphant manner he being carried into the City in his chariot through that breach became Lord of the City Which wall together with the Towers thereof Uzziah King of Juda afterward restored again 157. The Water-gate Neh. 3 15.26.28 Ne. 8.1.16 2 Chron. 23. Ier. 19.31 Broc itin 6. Salig Tom. 8. cap. 5. the which was scituate between mount Sion and the mount Moria in the valley called Mello toward the East It was called the Water-gate because it opened a passage unto the Fountain of the water of Siloe and because horses were carried through the same to be watred in the brook Cedron And for this cause it was called the East horse-gate and it tended toward the the valley Gehennom 158. The Gate Genath or the Gate of King Herods Garden which was not far from the second wall of the City Jos 6 Bel. 6 7 8 by which water was brought up into the Tower Hippic By this gate the seditious privily sallied out many times upon the Romans 159. The Gate of the Kings Garden 2 King 25 4â— which in mount Sion was placed between two walls of the castle by which King Zedechias fled in the night 160. The Gate of the high Priests Pallace Neh. 3.26.28 at the South side of the City 161. The Fish-Gate Neh. 12.39 2 Chro. 33.14 Sopho. l. 10. Nehem. 3.3 Broc itin 6. Sal. tom 8. cap. 1 5. the which was scituate next to the Tower of David in the valley of Mello between mount Sion and the lower City towards the West and by the vault adjoyning to the same it gave a convenient passage to and from the City to every man And it was called the Fish-gate because through the same Fishes were brought into the City from Joppe from other Towns of the Seacoast This also had other names as the gate of David and the Merchants gate Davids gate because it was next to Davids Tower and the Merchants Gate because by the same much Merchandize were carried into the City from Bethelem Hebron Gaza from Aegypt and from Aethiopia By this Gate strangers that came from the West were wont to enter into the City 162. The Dung-gate on the East-side of the City toward the Comer-gate Neh. 3.14 12.31 on the North-east carried all the dung and filth of the City which the rain gathered together into the brook Cedron whereupon it was rightly called the Dung-gate 163. The Gates of Womens Towers Broc iti 6. Sa. tom 8. c. 5. Ios 6. Bel. 2. 5. On the North end of the City by which the seditious brake forth upon the Romans when they besieged the City 164. The Valley Gate 2 Chron. 26.9 Neh. 2.13.15 Neh. 3.13 Broc itin 6. Breid 14. Iul. Sal. tom 8.6.5 so named because it made way into the Valley of Jehosaphat scituate in the midst between the Dung-gate and the Golden-gate and not far distant from the Sheep-market and the Pool called Probatica The which also for this cause deserved to be called the Drove-gate because the flocks of Cattel which were sold in the Sheep-market and were to bee offered for sacrifice in the Temple were brought in by this gate But now it is called S. Stephens gate of the first Martyr Stephen which was stoned to death not far from the same 165. The old Gate Neh. 3.6 12.39 Deut. 22.24 Ruth 4.1 Heb. 13.12 which being on the West-part of the City was called in time past by the Jebusites the Gate Jebus It was also called the Judgement gate because in old time the Judges did fit there in Judgement For then the Seniors did exercise Justice and Judgement in the Gates of their Cities and such as were condemned to dye went out at this Gate Broc itin 6. Sal. tom 8. cap. 7. Whereupon Christ was lead out of the same to be crucified Of this Gate there are at this day some old remainders and ruines to be seen 166. The Rock which was very high going along from the Tower Psephina unto Mount Sion Broc itin 6. upon the which the whole West-wall of the City stood 167. The Tower Hananeel the which being not far distant from the Corner-gate towards the East and by North Jer. 31.38 Zach. 14.10 Neh. 3.1 12 39. was very strong and notable whereof the holy Scripture maketh mention oftentimes 168. The Corner Tower standing aloft upon the Corner gate 2 Chron. 26.9 which King Ozias did strongly repair and made it one hundred and fifty cubits high 169. The Tower of David strong and lofty 2
after great search and diligent survey of that City and Land and the view of the ancient ruines thereof described the same most carefully Sect. 7. The Description of Jerusalem and of the holy places by John Mandeville English-man who finished his peregrination in the year of our Lord 1322. and diligently described the same Printed at Antwerp by Nicol. Wouver in Anno 1564. Sect. 8. A Table of the City Jerusalem a very ancient description of all the Holy Land portraied one hundred fifty years since and more in parchment which John Huls procured from the Library of the Colledge of S. Hierom at Delph in Holland Sect. 9. The Original of the City of Jerusalem and of the Temple in the same described by Rodulph Langius Anno 1476. and Printed at Colen Anno 1517. Sect. 10. The Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and to Mount Sinai of Bernard Breidenbach Dean of the Church of Mentz which he accompanied with others moe finished Anno 1483. and most diligently described the same Adding thereunto a Portraiture of the most principal places of the Holy Land and of his travel which he caused a cunning Painter to make upon the view of every place whom he had in his company for that purpose Printed at Mentz An. 1486. Sect. 11. A Description of the voyage to Jerusalem published in the year 1520. by M. Gerard Kuynretorff and others Sect. 12. A Delineation of the City of Jerusalem which Mr. John Scorrel with the help of a skilful Painter drew forth by the view of the eye sitting on Mount Olivet 1521. Sect. 13. The Description of Jerusalem and of the holy places by Joan. Heuterus Pretor of Delph which he set forth in An. 1521. Sect. 14 The like Description mas wade by Bartholmew of Saligniac Knight and Professor of both Laws 1525. Sect. 15. A Peregrination with an exact Description of Jerusalem and of the holy places made by John Pasch Doctor of Divinity Printed at Lovane in the year 1563. Sect. 16. The Histories of the Holy War whereof there were three and twenty books shewing how in the year 1099. Jerusalem and the whole Land of promise was recovered again by the Christians and so possessed of them fourscore and foure years by William Archbishop of Tyren Chancellor of Jerusalem Printed at Basil in the year 1564. 17. Six Books of History concerning the Holy War set forth by John Herold Printed at Basil in the year 1560. 18. A Delineation or Map of the City Jerusalem and of the holy places of all the Land of Palestine by Herman Broculoo Printed at Utrict in the year 1538. 19. Bonaventure of Mirica his Description of Jerusalem and of the holy places thereof who made three voyages thither and dwelt there a long time in the years 1538. and 39. 20 The universal Cosmography of Sebastian Munster 21. The Description of the City of Jerusalem and of Palestine by Wolfgang Weyssenburch Printed in the year 1542. 22. A diligent Description of the places of the old and new Testament gathered out of many Authors as out of Ptolomy Pliny Pomponius Mela Strabo Herodotus Hieron Josephus Egesippus Stephanus Raphael Volateran Lyra Bocas And out of the more later as James Ziegler Wolfang Wessyenburg and Andrew Althamer men that herein have taken great pains and Printed at Paris 23. A Delineation and Description of the City Jerusalem and of the Land of Promise most exquisitly done by Bonaventure Broccard in the year 1544. 24. A Description of Jerusalem and of the places thereof by Mr. Gerard Joan of Leiden in the year 1556. 25. A Map of the City of Jerusalem and of the whole land of Promise made by Tilmannus Stella in the year 1557. and Printed at Antwerp 26. A Topographical Description of the City of Jerusalem by Fabian Licinius a Venetian Printed at Venice in the yeare 1560. 27. A map of Jerusalem set forth by Adam Reiszner exhibited to the Emperour Ferdinando in the year 1559. 28 The way of Calvary written in Latine by Laurence Surius 29. The way of the Crosse from Pilates house to Mount Calvary published by Peter Calentine and Printed at Lovane in in the year 1561. 30. The Itinerary of John Godscalci of Delph which he finished in the year 1561. 31. A description of Jerusalem and of the places thereabout by Isbrand Godfrey which he finished in the year 1563. 32. The voyage of the noble Knight Baptist van der Muelen of Mechlin who by word of mouth described unto me oftentimes Jerusalem and all the places thereof which he surveyed in the year 1567. 33. The Description of the Old and new Jerusalem made by Peter Lackstein and painted in a Map by Christian Sgrothen in the year 1570. 34. A Topographical delineation of the City of Jerusalem made by Antony de Angelis a Minorite who dwelt a long time at Jerusalem set forth in the year 1578. 35. A very large Map of the City of Jerusalem and of all the Holy Land drawn in Parchment with the hand of Biron a French-man with lively colours and beautified with gold and described in the French-tongue which Map Michael Eyzinger of Austria a most diligent Historiographer delivered unto me THese are for the most part the chiefe Authors among them which of set purpose have handled this Argument and of whom I make special mention I have used many of whom I have nothing spoken And to make mention of all such Writers which having another purpose and yet given me matter to write of were to make a tedious Catalogue A Table Alphabetical whereby the Reader may finde the principal matters contained in this Book The Figures annexed shew not the Page but the Number A. A Arons rod Number 76 Abacuc to Daniel Number 213 Abrams offering Isaac Number 52 Aceldema Number 214 Absoloms Pillar Number 225 Anani his Monument Number 235 Ahaz Dâ—all Number 103 Acra Number 27 Annas his house Number 8 Adultresse freed Joh. 8. Number 109 Amphitheater Number 28 King Amon and Manas Sepul Number 15. Antonia Castle Number 29 Ark of the Covenant Number 76 Altar of Incense Number 80 Altar of burnt offering Number 87 Angel slayes Assyrians Number 208 Appears to Zachary Number 80 S. Annes house Number 37 B. Baalpharazim Number 228 Baâ—â—â—â— reading Number 93 Betbania Number 178 Benhinnon Number 185 Bethphâ—ge Number 179 Bethsheba Number 1 Broad-street Number 150 Bethesda Number 61 Bridge of Cedron Number 196 Bridge of Sion Number 19 Bridge from the Castle Antonia Number 63 Brook of Cedron Number 201 Brook Gihon Number 239 Booz and Jakin Pillars Number 88 Bignesse of Christ his Crosse Number 120 C. Caesar and Agrippas hall Number 5 Caiphas Pallace Number 17 Calvary mount Number 233 Castle Antonia Number 29 Castle of Antiochus Number 31 Castle Pâ—san Number 59 Castle of the Assyrians Number 148 Caves called the Kings Caves Number 151 Castle opposite Number 180 Cave of James Number 136 Cave of the Apostles Number 224 Cave of Peter Number 117 Cave of Jeremy Number 212