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
House of Uria 2 Sam. 11. 23 one of the most valiant Souldiers of David whose wife Bethsheba bathing her self in a Fountain of her Garden which also is to be seen in the Map by her beauty allured David to adultery beholding her from a Gallery of the Kings House XII The upper Market by reason whereof the upper City also was called sometimes the upper Market Ios 6 Bel. 6. XIII The stairs of the Castle Acts 21. last 22.1 or prison whereon the Apostle Paul stood when he made answer for himself XIV The stairs of Sion Nehem 3.15 and 12.37 Ios 15. Antiq. 14. by which men went up to the City of David XV. The Kings Garden Nehem. 3.15 2 King 23.18.26 the which also was called the Garden of Oza wherein Manasses and Amon Kings of Judah were buried XVI Mello a Valley or Dale very deep and wide which lay between Mount Sion and the lower City and extended it self from the Water-Gate to the Fish-Gate David builded and compassed Mount Sion round about from this Valley Bas Hero 1. Bel sac S. Bro itin 6 2 Sam. 5.9 1 Chron. 11.8 1 King 9.15 11.27 Nehem. 8.1.3.16 3.26 12.37 2 Chron. 32.5 2 King 12.20 Ioseph 6. Bel. 6. Bâ—ocord itin 6. the concavity and bottome whereof Solomon did make levell and plaine that it might be a convenient street and from thenceforth it was called the street of the Water-gate He also beautified the same with buildings which being decayed was repaired by Ezekias In this place it was that Joaz King of Juda was slaine by his servants in the way down to Sela. But in Josephus time this valley was called Tyropoeon and was very large and full of dwelling houses At this day this valley is so filled up with earth and stones that there remaineth onely a small shew of the former concavity and deepnesse XVII The Pallace of Caiphas belonging to every high Priest large and square Nehem. 3.20 Mat. 26.3.57 27. Mar. 14.15 Luk. 22 23. Ioan. 18.24.28 wherein sometime dwelled Eliasib the chiefe Priest In this Pallace the Princes of the people being gathered together consulted among themselves what pollicy they might use to catch Jesus and to kill him to whom he was there sold by Judas for thirty peeces of silver Afterwards also he was thrice denied by Peter and was by false witnesses of the Jewes accused before Caiphas in the counsel of the Priests and Elders to whom when he answered nothing being streightly charged by the high Priest to tell whether hee were christ the Son of God The which when hee confessed hee was accused of blasphemy the chief Priest calling for the sentence of the counsel threescore and ten Elders condemned him to be worthy of death saying He is worthy to dye Whereupon the servants and souldiers did presently spit in his face they blinde-folded him buffeted him with their fists commanding him to prophesie scorned him all the night with sundry mocks and vexed him with many blasphemies And that I may speake much in few words no mortal man in this life is able to expresse what and how much he endured this night And in * Mat. 27.1 Mar. 15.1 Luk. 22 66. Io. 18.28 the morning following the Rulers of the Jewes assembled together in this place again to deliver him up to death and leading him bound they delivered him to Pilate the Deputy XVIII The Fountain of Sion Nehem. 3. the which was made with great labour and cost XIX The Bridge of Sion by which men went through the valley out of the upper City unto the Temple Ios 15. Antiq 1â— 7. Bel. 13 15. XX. The Gates of Sion which the Lord loveth more then all the Tabernacles of Jacob. Psal 87.2 XXI The upper Gate by which Joas when he was crowned King of Juda in the Temple 2 Chron. 23.5.13 and guarded with the Princes of the Jews was lead into the Pallace of the Kings of Juda. XXII The Sepulchre of David together with the field wherein the Kings were buried 1 King 2 10. 11.43 2 Chron. 21 20 24 25. 28 27 Nehem. 2.3.5 3.6 Ios â— 7 Antiq. 16 â—3 Ant. 15 16 Ant 7. Act. 2.29 Niceph. hist Eccl. 30. Breid 12. Jul. Sal. tom 7. cap 2 Pasch day 1846 the which very stately was placed aloft in the City of David wherein David himselfe Solomon and other Kings of Juda also Jehoida the chiefe Priest were buried Into this Monument of Davids Sepulchre Solomon brought great treasure at his burial the which Hircanus the high Priest and Captaine opening brought from hence thirty thousand talents of silver Not long after this Herod the Ascalonit King of Jews went about also to bring much treasure out from thence but a flame of fire breaking forth and consuming two of his souldiers he left off his enterprise and to make satisfaction for himselfe he adorned the same Monument with faire shining Marble which continued there a long time after where the Saracens afterward builded a Church for themselves which standeth as yet which place they greatly reverence and suffer not any Christian to enter into the same XXIII The Sepulchre of Stephen the first Martyr Acts 8.2.5.34.22 3. 2 Sam. 6.17 of Nicodemus and of Gamaliel Pauls Schoolmaster removing their bodies by a miracle from the valley of Josaphat hither after three hundred and sixty yeers say Relick-mungers XXIV The Tabernacle of Sion Exo. 26.1.7.14 2 Chron. 1.3 2 Sam. 6.17 2 Chron 5.2 1 Chro. 16.1.39 vers 37. Josep Ant. 4. 2 Chron. 1.3 4. ch 5.2.7 Breid 12. Jul. pasch day 184. Zach. 14.10 not that covered with skins which Moses caused to be made King David placed the same in this City in Sion Gibeon and with great reverence put the Arke of God therein and appointed Priests and Levites continually to minister from day to day by turne which remained there about foure and twenty yeers untill it was carried by Solomon into the Temple In the same saith Breid David sorrowing for his adultery with Bethsheba and murder of Urias made certain Psalms of repentance XXV The Kings Presses wherein the Kings wine was pressed The Second part of the City XXVI THe Daughter of Sion Psal 9.16 Zach. 9.9 Matth. 21.5 Jos 6. Bel. 6. c so called becaused it seemed to grow from Mount Sion the which was also called the lower City being another part of the City whereof there is often mention made in the holy Scriptures and in Josephus The places of the Daughter of Sion XXVII THe Mountain of Acra was sometime in the lower City very lofty and steep Jos 13. Ant. 9. 6. Bel. 6.7 Bel. 13.16 the height whereof afterward Simon Machabaeus abated and made plaine by the continual labour of the people which he imployed herein by the space of three yeers day and night that the Temple alone might be higher then all other places
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
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
when the Romans by the judgement and will of God against all hope of man and without blood-shed had taken the seditious within the City being stricken with a sudden fear and roaming here and there from the wall and hiding themselves in their sinkes being dispersed in all corners and streets with their naked swords slew all that they met with all having no regard of persons or sex and set fire on the houses burning them Actor 13. Ioseph 7. Bel. 16. and all those that were fled into them and destroying many houses whereinto they entred for pillage sake where finding whole families dead whom the famine had consumed they so abhorred the sight thereof that they returned back again empty running thorough with their swords all that they met and so filling the streets with dead bodies that the whole City flowed with blood in such abundance that as Josephus witnesseth many things burning were quenched with the plentiful blood of the slaine But night coming on the slaughter began to cease but the burning increased The next day following Titus being entred into the City wondred at the fortifications of the City and at the Rocks of the Towers which the Tyrants through folly had willingly forsaken To be briefe when he had seen their substantial altitude and invincible force we have fought saith he by the manifest helpe of God and it was God which drave out the Jews from these holds For what hands of men or what engines of war might have prevailed against these Many such words spake hee to his friends This mountaine though it were excluded out of the City yet afterward it was builded again and inhabited But now being in the Suburbs most ruinous it lyeth waste The places of Mount Sion III. THe Castle of Sion being ancient and strong was set on the very top of Mount Sion round like a Crowne and was a sure defence and beauty both of the City and Temple and was as the capital or chiefe place of so great a City 2 King 19.31 2 Sam. 5 6 7. vers 11. Herein the Jebusites dwelt at the first whom David casting out by force enjoyed the Castle and receiving from Hiram King of Tyrus stones wood and Artificers builded out of the same a strong Pallace for himselfe and a house of Cedar 1 Kin. 5.1.10 1 Chron. 11.3.7 with a Kingly Throne In the which Castle afterward David himselfe and other Kings of Juda inhabited â—â—s 6. Bel. 6. and used the same for the Kings seat And for this cause it was continually kept with a strait guard of souldiers And in processe of time it was called the Kings Castle and the house of David the seat and Throne of David also the Court and Kings house Aristaâ—â— l. de 72. interpr 1 Mach. 1. 1 Mach. 13 14. chap. In this Castle the most cruell of all Tyrants Antiochus King of Syria which in Greek was called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Epiphanes that is to say Renowned but more truly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Epimanes that is Mad he deserved to be called placed a Garrison of Gentiles whereby in the time of the Machabees hee afflicted the Jews very much a long time The which when Simon Machabaus had inforced to yeeld through famine and had cleansed the Castle from the pollution of Idols they entred there-into with palms in their hands with Cymbals with Psalterions with hymnes and songs and he placed therein men of the Jewes to defend the City and Country Yet now there is nothing to be seen but the ruines thereof IV. The Kings Prison with a lofty Tower which overlooked the Kings house Nehem. 3.25 Jer. 33.1 ch 39.14.15 Into this prison Jeremy was cast because he prophesied that the City should be taken and at the last was delivered out of the same by Nebuchadnezzar when the City was taken V. Caesars and Agrippas Hall Jos 15. Antiq. 11. 1 Bel. 16 6. Bel. 6. was the Kings house which Herod the Ascalonite builded for himselfe in the uppermost City for he builded in his Pallace two great and fair houses of polished marble and fine gold whereunto the Temple it selfe was not comparable and calling them after the names of Caesar Augustus and of Agrippa his son in law his friends he named the one Caesars and the other Agrippas VI. The upper Chamber of Sion as some writâ— was scituate about the middest of Mount Sion Mat. 26.18 Mark 14.14 Luk. 22.11 Ioh. 13 1. being large paved and very faire wherein Christ in his last supper did eat the Paschal Lamb with his Disciples Luke 24. Ioh. 20. washed their feet and instituted the Sacrament of his most blessed body and blood In the same say some on the day of his Resurrection when he was entred the doors being shut standing in the middest of his Disciples he shewed unto them the wounds of his side of his hands and feet and did eat before them after that breathing upon them he gave them the Holy Ghost and therewithall power to remit Ioh. 20. and retain the sinnes of all manner of persons That the eighth day after this here he offered unto Thomas the Apostle the prints and scars of the spear and nails to see and feel Act. 1.2 Hier. tom 1. Ep. 27. ad Eâ—stoc vir tom 3. Epist 1. ad Paulin Niceph. l. 2. hist Eccl. cap. 3. Act. 6.5 Here as some conjecture after the Lords ascension Matthias was by lot chosen into the Apostleship of Judas the Traytor And that here on the day of Pentecost the Holy Ghost came down in a great sound and in the form of fiery tongues lighted upon one hundred and twenty believers and at the first Sermon of Peter three thousand Jewes were converted and baptized In this place as some guesse James the Lords bâ—other firnamed Just was by the Apostles desired to preside with the Church in Jerusalem and Stephen with six more were ordained Deacons Act. 15. And that here the Apostles entred into the first consultation or councel and set downe the Rules of Christian peace for the good of Jews and Gentiles VII The Cypress Trees of Mount Sion which were very excellent Eccles 24.13 whereof the Book called Ecclesiasticus maketh mention VIII The House of Annas the chief Priest the Father-in-law of Caiaphas wherein Christ was examined of Annas Ioh. 18.13.24 concerning his Disciples and his Doctrine at what time he answered That he had taught openly before all men for the which he received a blow on the cheek by a servant IX The House of the Worthies Nehem. 3. wherein as some say the strong men and valiant Peers of King David dwelt where also as in a wrestling place the chief Wrestlers and Champions for exercise sake used to try masteries X. The House of the Virgin Mary wherein after the death of her Son she dwelt with John the Apostle Niceph. 2. hist Eccles 3. 21 as Nicephorus saith XI The
halfe a foot which make foure hundred and foure foot he fell downe the last time at the foot of the Mount Calvary From thence he wearily and faintingly went forward eighteen steps or forty five foot to the place where the Hang-men drew off his cloaths where they gave him to drink wine mixed with mirrh and gall Sect. 7. Then he went on twelve steps or thirty foot even to the place where he was nayled on the Crosse on mount Calvary So that from the Pallace of Pilate unto the place where Iesus was crucified the distance is a thousand three hundred and seven steps or by another account three thousand two hundred sixty and eight foot We have made such exact description saith the P. P. Author and demonstration of the Way of the Crosse as also the Way of the Captivity hereafter expressed under the Number of two hundred and five to the end that every Christian man in all places even in the doors of his house or walking oftentimes in his Garden or being in a journey or in the Temple either lying in his bed may by the imagination of his minde conceive the like way and with godly affection of the heart may meditate upon the passion of Christ the which no doubt is both acceptable unto God and for our own souls health most profitable as the writings of good men by their often exhortation do testifie But a far better helpe is appointed and afforded of God even the holy Scriptures themselves that doe best and most affectingly set forth Christs Passion as Isa 53.1 2. Mat. 26.20 to the end of Mat. 27. Mar. 14. Joh. 18. 19. 118. The way of entrance for the Horses Neh. 3.28 2 King 11.19 2 Chron 23. Jos 9. Ant 7. which was between the Pallaces of Solomon and of the Queen By which Athalia the Queen being brought out of the horse-gate was slaine in the valley of the brook Cedron or Kidron 119. The Gallery made in form of a stone bridge with many arches extending it selfe with ample largenesse over the common street adorned with open walks upon the same From the which there was a passage from the Pallace of Pilate into the Castle of Antonia and so from thence into the Temple From this place being very safe Joan. 19. the Lieutenants of Rome were wont to speak unto the people whereon Pilate standing exhibited Jesus to the Princes and people of the Jews to be looked on being very sore scourged spit on Breid 14. Jul. Salig 8. cap. 7. cloathed with a purple cloak and wearing a sharp crown of thorns upon his head saying unto them Behold the man that he being thus afflicted they might have compassion on him But they with confused voyces cryed Crucifie him Crucifie him Whereas yet an arch of stone is to be seen Ios 2. Belli Iud. 6. 5. Bel. 9. and is shewed unto strangers written by Relick-mungers some hundred years after with this Inscription Tolle Tolle crucifig the rest cannot be read by reason Antiquity hath worn it out From this Gallery King Agrippa pronounced an eloquent Oration to pacifie the seditious people exhorting them to obey the Romans Josephus maketh mention many times of this Gallery 120. The Crosse of Christ Pasch Descrip Ierus 207. which was laid on his shoulder was fifteen foot long and eight foot over as we have received by Tradition of the Elders 121. Here it is said that Christ fell the first time under his Crosse Pasch d. 207. 122. Here also by Tradition of some Fathers it is said that the blessed Virgin Mary with John and certaine godly women stood as Christ passed by with his Crosse 123. Christ being come to these two wayes of which in Number 117. Sect. 4. and being wearied with the heavy burden of his Crosse is said to have fallen For the which cause Mat. 27.32 Mar. 15.21 Luke 23.26 Breid 14. Iul. Sa. 1.8 c. 7. Pas d. 208. the souldiers and Jews fearing that he would faint before he could be crucified took a certain man coming out of the Country named Simon of Cyren and compelled him to carry the Crosse after Jesus or to helpe him to carry it The third Part of the City 124. The second City this is the third part of the City 2 King 22. 2 Chron. 34 8. Sopho. 1. Hier. in 2. Chron. 34.8 Ios 6. Bel. 10. See page 2. the which also had many narrow wayes whereof mention is made sometime in the Scripture wherein among others many Prophets and Noble-men dwelt This when the Romans had gotten they were by the seditious again driven out of the City The name of it in Hebrew is Jerushalajim of the dual number implying it seems two Cities the higher above the lower to which the Apostle seems to allude Gal. 4.25 26. The places of the second City 125. The Lake Amigdalon Ios 6. Bel. 12. neer unto which Titus erected a Bulwarke 126. The house of Mary the Mother of John and of Marke one of the seventy and two Disciples of Christ Acts 12.12.4 wherein the faithfull of the Primitive Church were wont to assemble themselves and to pray Where also after the Martyrdome of James the Apostle when Peter was cast into prison by Herod Agrippa they prayed without ceasing for his deliverance Sal. Tom. 8. c. 4. Who at the last being brought out of prison by the Angel and knocking at the door of this house was by a Damsel brought into the same In the which place afterward a Church-house was builded which was the first of the Christian Greeks And is an Episcopall Seat which the Syrians hold unto this day said the Author 127. The house of Olda or Hulda the Prophetesse 2 King 22.14 2 Chro. 34.22 not a Nun but the wife of Sellum a famous Noble-man the great Uncle say some of the Prophet Jeremy whose counsell being asked by the King Josias she foretold him of the destruction of Jerusalem 128. A Conduit Ios 2. Bel. Iul. 18. 6. Bel. 6. and Fountaine which by Pipes sent forth water aloft and by the like Pipes derived water into Herods Pallace and about the same filling the Cisterns thereof 129. The Wood market Ios 2. Bel. 24. which Cestius set on fire 130. The habitation of the Rechabites Jer. 35.2 3. say some who living Religiously according to the Commandement of their Father possessed neither fields nor vineyards and like pilgrims of this world dwelt not in houses but in tents and wholly abstained from wine Wherefore when through the necessity of war they were compelled to come into the City Jeremy not drinking wine unto them but by the Commandement of God bidding them drink wine they would drink no wine By which example of their obedience the same Prophet reprehended the disobedience of the obstinate Jews neglecting the Commandement of God and therefore he did set before the one a punishment and before the other a reward 131. A Lake or
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
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.
Capheteta Number 152 Cherubims Number 77 Candlestick of Gold Number 81 Christs his Crosse before Num. I. 120 Christ rideth to Jerusalem Number 211 Christ falleth down under his Crosse Number 245 247 1.21 Christ speaketh to the mourners Number 246 Christ stript out of his cloaths Number 248 Christ racked and nailed on the Crosse Number 249 Christ delivered to the Virgin Mary Number 253 Christs garment parted by lot Number 252 Christ speaketh to the women after his resurrection Number 254 Christ talketh with his two Disciples going to Emaus Number 255 City Lower Number 26 The Court Number 35 Court of Records Number 30 Corner parlor Number 33 Corner stone Number 153 Court of Herods Pallace Number 138 Conduit or Fountain Number 128 Closers Number 91 Common place of buriall Number 198 Cypresse Trees of Zion Number 7 Crosse See before Number 1 D Daniel fed Number 213 Davids City and Tower Number 2 Dial of Achas Number 103 Dove-house Number 195 Dragon Fountain Number 184 E. Eliasib's house Number 17 Essens Gate Number 66 Eagle of gold Number 101 Erebynth a village Number 359 Ephraims Gate Number 156 F. Face of Christ Number 44 Fountain of Sion Number 18 Fountaine the innermost Number 60 Fountain old Number 62 Fountain in the Temple Number 82 Fountain Number 128 Fountain Dragon Number 18.4 121 Fountaine of Silo Number 199 Fountain Gibon the lower Number 230 Fountain Gihon the higher Number 231 Fruitful wood Number 265 Fullers field Number 115 Fig tree withered Number 183 G. Gamaliel and Nicod Sepulchre Number 23 Gabaon hill Number 24 Gabriels appearing Number 80 Garden belonging to the King Number 15 and 188 Gareb-hill Number 258 Gardens inclosed Number 260 Garden on mount Olivet Number 187 Garments of Christ parted by lot Number 252 Gates of Sion Number 20 Gate called the Upper-gate Number 21 Gate of Warders Number 64 Gate called the Horse-gate Number 65. Gate belonging to the Essenes Number 66 Gate the first Number 67 Gate called the New-gate Number 93 Gate called the middle-Gate Number 137 Gate called Holy-Gate Number 94 North Gate Number 104 Gate South Number 105 Gate in the West Number 106 Gate of the corner Number 154 Golden Gate Number 155 Gate of Ephraim Number 156 Gate called the Water-gate Number 157 Gate Genath Number 158 Gate of the Kings Garden Number 159 Gate of the high Priests Pallace Number 160 Gate called the Fish-Gate Number 161 Gate called the Dung-Gate Number 162 Gate of womens Towers Number 163 Gate called the Valley-Gate Number 164 Gate called the Old-Gate Number 165 Grove of Moloch Number 189 Gehennom Number 86 184 Golgotha Number 213 Godfrey of Bulloigns victory Number 1 H. Hellen Adiaben Number 72 House of Annas Number 8 House of the Worthies Number 9 House of the Virgin Mary Number 10 House of Uria Number 11 House of Ananias Number 30 House of S. Anne Number 37 House of the Rich Glutton Number 38 House of Mesa Number 39 Houses of the Nathineans Number 40 House of the Prince of Phariseis Number 41 House of the Forrest of Lybanus Number 42 House of Simon the Pharisee Number 43 House of the common people Number 44 Houses of the Priests Number 49 Houses of the Target-bearers Number 50 House of Councel Number 90 House of Mary the mother of John Number 126 House of Olda the Prophetesse Number 127 House of Elias Number 19 Helens Crosse See before Number 1 Hill Garee Number 258 Hole where the Crosse stood Number 250 Hill which is little Number 182 Herods Park Number 143 Hinnom Valley Number 184 Hospital Number 144 Holy place Number 79 Holy of holiest Number 75 I. Jerusalem Number 1 Jaddua's meeting Alexander Number 164 Iebusites in Ierusalem Number 2.7.9 Ile of the Iews Number 86 Isle of the Gentiles Number 100 Ioseph Arim. Number 237 Ieremy Number 130.222 Isaias martyred Number 223 Judas hanged on a Tree Number 232 Iulian Number 24 K. Ioash Number 16.162 K. Kidron Brook Number 201 Valley Number 202 L. Lists or Tiltyard Number 51 Laver of brasse Number 89 Lofts of the singers Number 97 Lake or Ditch between two walls Number 131 Lake Amigdalon Number 125 Lake of Serpents Number 266 M. Maccabees Towers Number 29 192. Market place Number 12 45 46 47 69 129 Mary and Iohn behold Christ as he passeth by with his Crosse Number 122 Their house Number 126 A deep vale or dale Number 178 Mello Number 16 Moloch his Grove Number 189 Mount Sion Number 3 Mount Moria Number 52 Mountaine Bezetha Number 147 Mount of offence Number 190 192 Mount Olivet Number 191 Mountain Eroge Number 220 Mount of Calvary Number 233 Mount Gihon Number 234 Mountain in the North part Number 262 Monument of Alexander Number 133 Monument of Iohn Number 134 Monument of the Fuller Number 193 Monument of Absolom Number 225 Monument of Anani Number 235 Monument of Herod Number 263 N. Nethinims house Number 40 North mountain Number 262 North gate Number 104 New City Number 146 O. Olda or Hulda's house Number 120 Oke Rogel Number 224 Ophel Number 54 Olivet mount Number 191 P Parlour of Sion Number 6 Parlour in the corner Number 33 Pallace of Caiphas Number 17 Of Agrippa Number 55 Of David Number 3 Pallace of the Maccabees Number 55 Pallace of Pilate Number 56 Pallace of the Queen Number 57 Pallace of Solomon Number 58 Pallace of Queen Bernice Number 70 Pallace of Grapte Number 71 Pallace of Helen Number 72 Pallace of Herod Number 136 Pallace of Monobaz Number 73 Passage of the Temple from Solomon Pallace Number 113 Palm trees Number 194 Palm trees Number 236 Place of Zâ—charias death being slain Number 98 Place where the Iews would have stoned Christ Number 99 Place where the woman taken in adultery was absolved Number 109 Places of Christs fall Number 121 Place where the three Apostles sate whâ—le Christ prayed Number 208 Place where the eight Apostles tarried Number 209 Place where Iudas betraied Christ with a kisse Number 210 Place where Christ preached of the destruction of Ierusalem Number 211 Place where Mary with others stood at Christ his death Number 251 Porch of Pillars Number 68 Porch of the Temple Number 95 Potters field Number 214 Prison called the Kings prison Number 4 Prison common belonging to the City Number 32 Pool called Probatica Number 61 Priest called the high Priest Number 84 Propitiatory or mercy-seat Number 78 R. Rephaim Number 242 Rechabires habitation Number 130 Rock of the West wall Number 166 River of the upper Fountain Number 226 S. Solomons buildings Number 16.42.53.56 58 c. Sedduces Number 48 Seir Gate Number 106 Sion Number 32.6.27 Sepulchre of David Number 22 Sepulchre of Stephen Gama Nico. Number 23 Sepulchre of Christ Number 237 Sepulchre of Helen Number 261 Sepulchre of the Virgin Mary Number 197 Of Zacharias Number 227 Stairs of the Castle Number 13 Stairs of Sion Number 14 School of Gentility Number 48 Sea of brasse Number 92 Seat appeartaining to the King Number 96 Singers seats aloft Number 97 Solomons Throne Number 112 Simon of Cyren beareth the Crosse Number 123 Second City Number 124 Sodom Number 48 Stephen stoned Number 200 T. Tabernacle of Sion Number 24 Of Moloch Number 185 Temple of the Lord Number 72 Table of gold Number 83 Temple Number 74 Tents of the Assyrians Number 218 Tents of Herod Number 229 Tents of the Chaldeans Number 256 Tents of the Romans Number 257 Theatre Number 111 Throne of Solomon Number 122 Tribunal Number 114 Towers of the Trumpetters Number 108 Tower Strato Number 115 Tower in the middle Number 132 Tower Hippie Number 140 Tower Mariamne Number 141 Tower Phaselus Number 142 Tower Ananiel Number 167 Tower in the corner Number 168 Tower of David Number 169 Tower called the high Tower Number 170 Tower called the Lanthorn Number 171 Tower called the great Tower Number 172 Tower Meah Number 173 Tower Psephina Number 174 Tower of Siloe Number 175 Treasury of the Temple Number 102. V. Valley called the deep Valley Number 176 Valley Iehosaphat 202 Valley of Siloe 203 Valley of dead carcases 240 Valley of the River Gihon 241 Valley of Cedron 116 Valley of Raphaim 242 Vaulted Cave 34 Vail of the Temple rent 85 Village near to Ierusalem 208 Uria his house 11 Veronica before 44 W. Winepresse belonging to the King 25 Walls first 53 Second 135 Third 149 Way of the Crosse 117 Way of entrance for the horses 118 Water issuing forth of the Temple 177 Way of the Fullers field 104 Way of the Captivity 205 Way to Anathoth 206 Way to Iericho 207 Way to Siloe 244 And to Bethlem 243 Way to Samaria and Galilee 267 Well 181 Whipping of the buyers and sellers 110 A Wood 138 Z Zacharias place where he was slaine between the Temple the Altar 98 FINIS IERVSALEM with her suburbes and the most principall places thereof as it florished in CHRIST his tyme most trewly described To the courtrouse behoulder Those thinges which the Grauer by his Arte could not possibly explain in this Figure thou shalt fynde at large in the booke conformed to the nombers herein â—â—â—ressed Farewell Thy Frende T. Tymine LONDON Anno. 1697