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A58159	A collection of curious travels & voyages in two tomes ... / by John Ray ...	Ray, John, 1627-1705.; Rauwolf, Leonhard, ca. 1540-1596. Seer aanmerkelyke reysen na en door Syrien t́ Joodsche Land, Arabien, Mesopotamien, Babylonien, Assyrien, Armenien, &c. in t́ Jaar 1573 en vervolgens gedaan. English.; Staphorst, Nicolaus, 1679-1731.; Belon, Pierre, 1517?-1564.	1693 (1693)	Wing R385; ESTC R17904	394,438	648

therefore is also this Worldly Mount Zion together with its strong Building and Fortification which was rather a Type of the true Rock in Zion Christ our Lord and his Heavenly Kingdom and Holy Church that was built thereon so ruined and desolated that the greatest and highest part thereof before the Town except a Turkish Mosche some Tile Houses and a few Acres of it lieth quite like a Desart covered with Rocks and Stones So it is come to pass what Micah in his Third Chapter and the Twelfth Verse predicted Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field and Jerusalem shall become heaps and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest And Jeremiah in his Lamentations Cap. 5. Verse 18. saith The mountain of Zion which is desolate the foxes walk upon it And Isaiah in his Thirty second Chapter Verse 14. The Palaces shall be forsaken the multitude of the City shall be left the forts and towers shall be dens for ever a joy of wild asses a pasture of flocks The great Castle of the Turks is situated at the top of the inward part of the Mount towards the West Side near the Fishgate which is also newly built and very well surrounded with Walls and Ditches under the Gate are several great Guns to frighten the Christians that come thither in great Flocks chiefly against great Feasts from all Nations Armenians Georgians Abyssins Latinists c. for they fear that else the Town might be taken from them again Within the Fort near the Fishgate is still a strong high Tower built up with great Free-stone which is quite black through Age wherefore some say that it did anciently belong to the Fort and was built by one of the Kings of Juda. So much I thought convenient to mention of Mount Zion concerning other famous places that are to be seen upon and about it I will only mention the chiefest thereof First as you go out of the New Gate of Mount Zion there is a long Street wherein on the Left Hand is an ancient Church of the holy Apostle James the Greater Brother of John which Helena the Mother of Constantine the Emperor as also many more did build on the Market Place of the upper City where he was beheaded The Armenians that have possession thereof did conduct us into it shewed us the Building and the place where the holy Apostle was beheaded with the Sword as you read in the Acts of the Apostles the 12th Chapter by Order of Herod Agrippa to whom he was delivered out of spite as a seditious person by the High Priest Abiathar Then we came to the place of the Habitation of Hannas whereto Christ our Lord was first of all brought a prisoner and bound or fetter'd wherein was nothing observable only a large Court and in it an old Chapel called the Angels which we soon left and went out of the Gate of Mount Zion to the Habitation of Cayaphas where we saw an Orange-tree planted in the place where the holy Apostle Peter did warm himself when he denied our Saviour the third time further within a Chapel called St. Salvators where in former Ages was the Place of the High Priest where Christ was severely accused by Cayaphas and by his Servants mocked spit upon and beaten wherein is an Altar whereon the great Stone of the Grave still lieth that stopped the Door of the Sepulchre which is very like unto the Rock of the Grave in its breaking That the Habitation of the High Priest was in the upper City Josephus does testifie in the Seventeenth Chapter of his Second Book of the Desolation of Jerusalem where he saith thus When the rebellious Jews that had the lower Town in possession with the Temple did undertake to possess themselves also of the upper Town they did assault it with all might and power and at last take it then they drove out the Soldiers which had the Chief Priests and Men in power with them out of the upper Town set the Habitation of Ananias the High Priest on fire and burnt it Before this on the top of the Mount stands on the Plain a large Church which the Franciscan Monks had not long ago in possession and lived in it wherefore their Father did call himself a Guardian of the holy Mount Zion But after that the Turks did about Twenty years agon possess themselves of it and kept it to themselves and made a Mahumetan Mosche of it the Monks were forced to flie and take the Habitation where they now live instead thereof Of this Church or Mosche we saw only the outside of the Habitation of Caiaphas for no Christian is allowed to go into it It was built many years agon by Helena Mother of Constantin the Emperor as Nicephorus testifieth in the Thirtieth Chapter of his Eighth Book wherein is also included the Habitation the Disciples were locked up in for fear of the Jews and also the paved Dining-Room or Hall wherein Christ with his Disciples did eat the Passover where he also washed their Feet and sent the Holy Ghost after his Ascension to them where also James the Lesser was Elected Overseer and first Bishop of Jerusalem In this Temple which is above a thousand paces distant from Golgotha or the place of a Scull was for some time kept the Stone-Pillar whereto Christ our Lord and Saviour was tied and whipped Near unto this in the place of the Palace of Caiaphas the same Queen Helena ordered a Church to be built for the Holy Apostle Peter and many more whereof mention is made at large in the above quoted place This Mount extendeth its self towards the South out before the City and hath on the other side where it is highest other higher ones about it distinguished with Ditches and Valleys viz. towards the West Mount Gihon at the bottom whereof Solomon was anointed King by the Priest Zadock and the Prophet Nathan as we read in the First Chapter of thr First Book of Kings upon this at the top towards the Road of Bethlehem lieth the Field of Blood in their Language called Hakeldemas that was bought for 30 Silver Pieces to bury the Pilgrims there where you see still to this day here and there large and deep holes and one among the rest very big one wherein are still to be seen several whole Bodies lying by one another A deep Valley separates this Mount from Mount Zion which beginneth at the Fish-gate and goeth down to the Brook Cedron in it is a Conduit by the upper Pool called Asuia in the Third Chapter of Nehemiah which is pretty large yet without any Water which receiveth its Water from the high Spring of Gihon this was covered by King Hezekias and laid down to the Town of David as we read in the Second Book of Chronicles Chap. 32. The holy Prophet Isaiah Chap. 7. Verse 3. mentioneth it when she Lord said to him Go forth now to meet Ahaz thou and Shear-jashub

Chap. IX Which way I came in my return from Bagdet through Assyria the Confines of Persia and the Province of the Curters to the Town Carcuch Capril c. and at length to the River Tigris to Mossel that Famous Town which was formerly called Nineveh p. 197 Chap. X. Which way we went through Mesopotamia by the way of Zibin and Orpha to Bi r not without a great deal of danger and afterwards how we passed the great River the Euphrates and came at last into Syria by Nisib to the famous Town of Aleppo p. 206 Chap. XI Of the Turkish Physicians and Apothecaries of my Comrade Hans Ulrich Krafft of Ulm's hard Imprisonment of the great Danger that I was in in the 2 Towns of Aleppo and Tripoli of the murdering of some Merchants and what else did happen when I was there p. 218 Chap. XII Of the large and high Mount of Libanus its Inhabitants and strange Plants that are found there p. 224 Chap. XIII Cunning and deceitful Stratagems of the Grand Turk against the Inhabitants of Mount Libanus the Trusci and Maronites And how he made War with them and what damage they sustained by it p. 236 PART III. Chap. I. A Short Description of his Departure from Tripoli a Town of Phenicia in Syria and how he went from thence to Joppa p. 257 Chap. II. A short Relation of my Travels by Land from the Harbour of Joppe to the City of Jerusalem p. 266 Chap. III. A plain Description of the City of Jerusalem as it was to be seen in our time And of the adjacent Countries p. 274 Chap. IV. Of Mount Sion and its Holy Places p. 283 Chap. V. Of the Mount Moria and the glorious Temple of Solomon p. 293 Chap. VI. Of the Saracens and Turkish Religion Ceremonies and Hypocritical Life with a short hint how long time their Reign shall last after Mahomet's Decease p. 301 Chap. VII Of Mount Bethzetha and the two Houses of Pilate and Herod p. 312 Chap. VIII Of the Mount Calvaria and the holy Grave of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ p. 315 Chap. IX Here follow some Epitaphs of the Christian Kings of Jerusalem together with a short Relation of their Reigns and mighty Deeds p. 326 Chap. X. A common Account of several sorts of Christians but chiefly of them that are always to be found in the Temple of Mount Calvaria And also how these and many other Strangers are treated by the Turkish Emperor as by their chief Head to whom they are generally subjected and his Officers p. 331 Chap. XI Of the Greeks p. 343 Chap. XII Of the Surians that esteem themselves to be Christians p. 346 Chap. XIII Of the Gregorians p. 347 Chap. XIV Of the Armenians and their Religion p. 348 Chap. XV. Of the Nestorians p. 350 Chap. XVI Of the Jacobites called Golti p. 352 Chap. XVII Of the Abyssins Priest John called Lederwick Subject unto the King of the Moors p. 353 Chap. XVIII Of the Maronites p. 356 Chap. XIX Of the Latinists or Papists 357 Chap. XX. Of the Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem the Order of the Johannites p. 360 Chap. XXI A short description of some Places Hills Valleys c. that lye near and about Jerusalem Of the Mount of Olives and its Holy Places p. 365 Chap. XXII Of Bethlehem the Mountains of Judea and their famous places Where also is made mention of my returning back from Jerusalem to Tripoli p. 373 Chap. XXIII How I took Ship at Tripolis in Syria and sailed back from thence to Venice and travelled home again to my own Relations at Augspurg p. 384 TOME II. Chap. I. MR. Belon's Remarks in the Island of Crete or Candy p. 3 Chap. II. A Description of Mount Athos commonly called Monte Santo by Mr. Belon p. 7 Chap. III. An Account of a Journey by Land from Mount Athos to Constantinople wherein the Gold and Silver Mines of Macedonia together with many Antiquities and Natural Rarities are describ'd p. 12 Chap. IV. The ways of Fishing on the Propontis the Bosphorus and Hellespont as also of the Fishes taken By M. Belon p. 17 Chap. V. Of some Beasts and mechanick Trades at Constantinople p. 18 Mr. Francis Vernon's Letter written to Mr. Oldenburg Jan. 10. 1675 0 p. 19 Some Plants observed by Sir George Wheeler in his Voyage to Greece and Asia minor p. 30 Historical Observations relating to Constantinople By the Reverend and Learned Tho. Smith D.D. Fellow of Magd. College Oxon. and of the Royal Society p. 35 An Account of the City of Prusa in Bithynia and a continuation of the Historical Observations relating to Constantinople p. 50 An Account of the Latitude of Constantinople and Rhodes by the learned Mr. John Greaves p. 84 Chap. VI. Some Observations made in a Voyage to Aegypt By Mr. Belon p. 90 More Observations made in Egypt by Guilandinus Alpinus and others And Chap. I. Of the Weather and Seasons in Egypt p. 92 Chap. II. Of the meats and drinks of Egypt p. 94 Chap. III. Of the Diseases and Physick p. 95 Of the Pyramids of Egypt by Mr. Greaves Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford A description of the First Pyramid p. 98 A description of the Second Pyramid p. 121 A description of the Third Pyramid out of Mr. Belon and Mr. Greaves p. 124 Of the rest of the Pyramids in the Lybian Desart p. 127 In wh● manner the Pyramids were built p. 129 Of the 〈◊〉 Sphynx Mummies c. by Father Va● 〈◊〉 ●hers p. 134 Of the Sphynx p. 139 Of the Wells where the Mummies are p. 140 A description of an entire Body of a Mummy p. 144 A Letter from Dublin concerning the Porphyry Pillars in Egypt by Dr. Huntingdon p. 149 A Journey from Grand Caire to Mecha p. 156 Of the Aga sent to meet the Caravan upon their Return p. 159 Of Mecha and Medina p. 162 An Extract of a Journey through part of Arabia Felix from the Copy in Ramusio's Collection p. 167 Some Observations made by Sir Henry Middleton and other English-men in Arabia Felix c. p. 169 Of the Ways and Roads between Egypt and Ethiopia p. 172 Of Ethiopia by Michael of Tripoly Ambassador from the Habessine Emperor to the Grand Signior p. 175 More Observations of Ethiopia by Father Lobo Father Alvarez Father Tellez and others extracted from their Portuguese Voyages p. 183 THE FIRST PART OF Doctor Leonhart Rauwolff's Travels into the Eastern Countries In which is chiefly Treated how he got into Syria and what strange things he there saw and observed CHAP. I. Which way I went first of all from Augspurg to Marseilles and from thence Shipped over the Seas towards Tripoli of Syria situated in Phoenicia I Having always had a natural Inclination almost from my Infancy to Travel into Foreign Countries but chiefly into the Eastern ones which have been of old celebrated for fertility which were cultivated by the most ancient People and whose Princes in former Ages have

hours walking distant from it 2. The Old-Gate 3. The Prison Gate whereof Nehemiah maketh mention in his 12th Chapter through which our Saviour Christ carried his Cross 4. Rayn-Gate 5. The Gate of Ephraim before which St. Stephen was Stoned to Death as you may read in the 2d Book of the Ecclesiastical History in the 1st Chapter 6. The Gate of Benjamin where the holy Prophet Jeremiah was taken and Imprisoned as he saith himself in the 37th Chapter 7. Corner Gate 8. Horse-Gate 9. Valley-Gate through which they went into the Valley of Josaphat 10. Dung Gate through which the Water carried out all the Soil into the Valley of Josaphat and about this River is still to this day a great stink 11. Sheep-Gate 12. Fountain-Gate which is now Walled up The Prophet Nehemiah maketh mention of them in his 3d 8th and 12th Chapter so that it is not needful to say any more These Gates are so mightily decayed that there is not to be seen the least of the old Buildings The Turks have instead of them built others in the New raised Wall but yet not half so many in number whereof some according as the Town is enlarged in some places and contracted in others are displaced others are erected again in the same places according to the Old Streets viz. 1. The Fish-Gate which is still standing towards the West behind Mount Sion and over against Mount Gihon as you may conclude out of the words of the 2d Book of Chronicles in the 33d Chapter and 14th Verse Manasses built a Wall without the City of David on the West-side of Gihon in the Valley even to the entring in at the Fish-Gate This Gate hath its Name because they brought many Fishes from the Sea-side through this Gate into the City So is also still standing on the outside of the Valley Tiropaeon which distinguished the two Mounts Sion and the Temple Mount called Moriah the Gate of the Fountain which hath its Name because it leadeth towards the Fountain of Siloha which Nehemiah in his 2d Chapter Verse 14 calleth the Kings Pool Through this was our dear Lord Christ the true promised Siloha brought a Prisoner bound from the Mount of Olives over the Brook Kidron into the House of Hannas and Caiphas in the upper Town as we read in the 12th Chapter Verse 37. that by the Fountain-Gate they went up to the City of David The same way also the two Disciples Peter and John were sent to bespeak the Paschal Lamb by Christ where they met the Man with the Pitcher of Water The Sheep or Beast-Gate is also still standing by Moriah the Mountain of the Temple which the Turks have taken to themselves and have built on it a Turkish Mosque or Temple because that God Almighty hath done many and great Miracles on this Mount and besides Mahumet did find himself again on this Mount after he had been carried up as his lying Writings tell us through the Heavens before God by the Angel Gabriel Wherefore they take this Mount to be Holy so that none that is not Circumcised and so Unclean dare approach or come near it nor take the nearest way without over the height of the Mount as Nehemiah did as you may see in the before quoted place so that the Christians must take a further way about and from the Gate Siloha go below through the Valley of the Brook Cedron between this and the Mount of Olives to the Beast-Gate which hath its Name because the Beasts that were to be offer'd in the Temple were driven through it Near the Gate you see still the Sheep-pond which is large and deep yet hath but little Water in it wherein the Nathineens used to wash the Beasts and then to give them to the Priests And also immediately within towards the North a Conduit which was the Pool by St. John the Evangelist in the 2d Verse of his 5th Chapter called Bathesda erected by King Ezechia that had five Porches wherein lay a great multitude of impotent folk that waited for the moving of the Water Through this Gate is the straight way over the Brook Cedron by the Mount of Olives toward Bethania down to Jericho on the River Jordan into the Valley of Josaphat wherefore this also being nearer now in these days is called the Valley-gate There is also still the Corner-gate in its old place where the North and East Walls meet on large and high Rocks and 〈◊〉 called still by some the Gate of Naphthali This I thoug● convenient to say of the City of Jerusalem in the g●ner● of its Buildings Fruitfulness and adjacent Countries what Famous and Holy Places are within and without the City thereof I intend to treat in particular CHAP. IV. Of Mount Sion and its Holy Places MOunt Sion very famous in holy Scripture hath round about it steep sides high Rocks deep Ditches and Valleys so that it is not easie to climb up to it only on one side towards the North where it buts upon the lower Town so that the Castle and Town of David situated on it was very strong and almost Invincible as you may read in the 48 Psalm vers 2. The joy of the whole earth is Mount Sion on the sides of the north the City of the great King God is known in her places for a refuge for the Kings were assembled c. Seeing then that the Castle and the upper Town Millo vvas so vvell fortified vvith Tovvers and Walls that it vvas not easily to be taken the Jebusites after that Canaan the vvhole Land of Promise together vvith the Tovvn of Jerusalem vvas taken did defend themselves in it against the vvhole force of Israel for a long time although they often attempted to take it and called the Tovvn of Jerusalem after their Name Jebus until the Kingly Prophet David came vvho took it by force and after he had rebuilt the upper Tovvn and joined the Castle vvith it into one Building and surrounded it vvith Walls he called it after his ovvn Name The City of David and kept his Court there and gave also Lodgings to his Hero's and Officers vvhereof Vriah vvas one vvho had his Lodgings near to the Kings Palace vvherein the King vvalking on the Roof of his House savv the fair Bathsheba his Wife and committed Adultery vvith her These their Habitations as they are still built in these Days have instead of Thatch or Tiles plaister'd Roofs so that one may walk on them as you may see here that King David walked on it And also in the Second Chapter of the Book of Joshua where is said That when the Two Spies sent into the Land of Promise to Jericho came into Rahab's House and the King sent to search after them they went at her request up to the Roof of the House where she hid them with the Stalks of Flax which she had laid in order upon the Roof But seeing there is nothing so strong in in this World that is not transitory

been the most potent Monarchs of the World not only to observe their Lives Manners and Customs but chiefly to gain a clear and distinct knowledge of those delicate Herbs described by Theophrastus Dioscorides Avicennas Serapio c. by viewing them in their proper and native Places partly that I might more exactly describe them especially the most strange and rare partly also to provoke the Apothecaries to endeavour to procure those that are necessary for them to have in their Shops I strove always to put this my desire into execution but was forced to defer until in the Year of our Lord 1573. I found an opportunity by my honoured Brother-in-Law Mr. Melchior Manlick Senior which was very convenient He received me presently having before a design to increase the number of them that were employed in his Trade and fitted me out for my Voyage that I might go with the first Company that should Travel for Marseilles and then from thence further in one of their Ships to Tripoli situated in that part of Syria which is called Phoenicia After that my honoured Friend Mr. Frederick Rentzen of that same City was come to me we set out the 18 th of May Anno 1573. from Augspurg towards Lindaw designing to go through Piedmont to Milan and Nissa and so further the same day we came to Mindelheim a very pleasant Town with a princely Castle situated upon the Mindel then belonging to the Baron of Frundsberg The 19 th at Noon we came to Memmingen a very pleasant City of the Empire and at Night to Leutkirch The 20 th we rode thorough Wangen another Imperial City situated in Algaw where they drove a very good Trade with fine Ticking and Linnen Cloth about Noon we arrived at Lindaw an Imperial City situated in the Boden sea where there is a very great Depository or Staple of all sorts of Commodities or Merchandises some have called this the German Venice because it is in like manner situated in Water and hath also a great Trade After Dinner we crossed the Lake towards Fuzach a Village not far from Bregentz towards the Rhine The 21 st about breakfast-time we came to Veldkirch a very pleasant Town situated upon the Yll belonging now to the House of Austria but formerly to the Counts of Montfort By the way I saw several fine Plants viz. Saxifraga Aurea Caryophyllata Alpina a fine sort of Bellis-major Crista galli with white Flowers and Auricula Ursi with brown Flowers c. At Night we came to Mayenfeld belonging to the Grawpunters upon the Rhine which runs by the Town and there runs into it a River called Camingen which slides down between high Rocks where the Famous warm Bath from an adjacent Abby called Pfeffers riseth which may be numbered amongst the Wonderful Waters in regard of its Admirable Operation in strengthening lame and contracted Members and hath this Property beyond other Baths that it loseth its self from October till May and then it cometh on again powerfully The 22 d. we came at Night to Chur a very Ancient City where also is a deposition of Goods that are brought thither from Germany by Pack-horses over the Mountains A Seat of that Bishop lyeth half an hours going from the Rhine wherefore this Bishoprick is accounted the Chief of all the Bishopricks of the Rhine or the Pfaffen gaste called by others because it is situated near the first beginning of the Rhine according to the Ancient Proverb Costentz the biggest Basil the pleasantest Strasburg the noblest Spires the devoutest Worms the poorest Mentz the worthiest Trier the ancientest and Collen the richest The 23 d. we rode to Tusis an Ancient Village belonging to the Grawpunters the Name whereof shews its Original for the Rhetians are descended from the Tuscans who under the Conduct of one Rhaetus of old took Possession of those Countries not far off upon a high Mountain is still situated a ruined Castle called Realt or which is righter Rhoetia alta derived also from the Rhetians The 24 th at Noon we came by the Splewerhill into a Village called Splugi not far from the beginning head or source of the Rhine Thence we passed over the Hill and came at Night to a little Village called Gampolschin situate in a Valley of the same Name where we rested Monday the 25 th at Noon we came to Claeven or Clavenna a very Ancient Town belonging to the Bunts which had Anciently a strong Castle which was demolished by the Grawpunters themselves Anno 1524 after it was cunningly taken from them by Castel de Maess and John Jacob de Medicis in which bustle the Town was also ruined for the Gates and Walls were beaten down that no Enemy might after that lodge himself there again From Claeven we went to Riva upon the Lago di Como where the Water Addua runs into the Lake and yet notwithstanding adds no Water to it nor taketh any from it but only runs strait through it and so doth the Rhine through the Lake called the Boden-Sea From thence we travelled to Gera upon the same Lake where we lay all Night on the Bank I saw some purple-coloured Lillies a sort of Lilium Saracenicum with small Leaves and in the old Walls the Cymbalaria The 26 th about Noon we came to Como a very glorious and pleasant City from whence the Lake hath its Name to this day From thence we rode the same Night to Milan the Metropolis of that Dukedom What strange passages have been committed in this Town before it was possessed by the Emperour Charles the Fifth after the Decease of the last Duke Francis Sfortia is related sufficiently in History The 27 th we rode through Binasco a pleasant Village where the very learned and famous Andreas Alciatus Doctor in Law and Professor of several Universities in France and Italy hath built a very Glorious Palace And in the Evening passing by the great Park in which in the Year 1525. was fought that bloody Battel between Francis King of France and the Emperour Charles the Fifth's Officers in which the King himself was made Prisoner and many of his Men kill'd the same Night arrived at Pavia an Ancient Glorious City situated on the River Tesin where the Kings of the Longobards did formerly keep their Courts and afterwards Charles the Great the first German Emperour did institute an University which hath brought up many Eminent and Learned Men since The 28 th departing from Pavia we passed the River Padus or Eridanus which is believed to be the biggest River in Italy to Vogera a pleasant Village situated on the River Stafora there we began to take Post and had Eighteen Stages to Nissa By Noon we arrived at Dertona a pretty Town yet not very full of People by reason of the many Wars and intestine Quarrels in which it was engaged belonging to the Duke of Milan In this Country I found whole Acres sown with Woad and there

and confessed that after it they were holy and so innocent that if they should die then they were secure that their Soul should go immediately out of their Mouth into Heaven and eternal life To this I answered them That I expected Remission of Sin no other ways but only in the Name and for the Merits of our Lord Jesus Christ and that I had not undertaken this Pilgrimage as they did to get any thing by it as by a good Work nor to visit Stone and Wood to obtain Indulgence or with opinion to come here nearer to Christ because all these things are directly contrary to Scripture As the Lord himself saith Time will come that you shall neither on this Mount nor at Jerusalem worship the Father And he also forewarneth us of these that say Lo Christ is here Christ is there lo he is in the desarts he is in the Chamber that we should not believe them nor go out but rather confide on his promise that he will be with us to the end of the World and where two or three are met together in his Name that he will be in the middle of them Wherefore our dear Lord Christ hath no need because he is himself present with them that believe in him of any Vicegerent that should on Earth usurp such Power and take such Honor and Glory to himself as to give Indulgence at his pleasure because all these things belong only to God When I saw that they did not much mind this my Discourse I let them alone in their Opinions but yet I saw here and there all these places and considered by my self what our Lord Christ had by his bitter Sufferings and Death by his Glorious Resurrection and Ascension procured us from his Heavenly Father When the Pilgrims came to one of the above-mentioned places of Mount Zion and had said their Prayers they went into it and contemplated it fell down again before it and kissed it with great Submission and Devotion pulled out several pieces viz. Beads and Rosaries turned of the Wood of the Trees of the Mount of Olives some wrought Points Laces c. tied together in Bundles to touch the holy place with it they also knocked off in some places where they might some small Pieces to take them along with them as consecrated Sanctuaries to distribute them amongst their Friends at their Return All the while that they were thus busie I considered rather standing behind what our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ had suffered for us in these places how he had humbled himself and came down to us miserable Sinners to help us and to extol us that were fallen and to make us free of the heavy Burthen of our Sins how he was led before the Seat of Judicature of Caiaphas that we might not be led before the severe Judgment Seat of the Almighty God that he suffered himself to be led captive and bound to deliver us from the Bands of the Devil and Death and to save us from the Jaws of Hell and as Esaias saith in his 53d Chapter Verse 5. He was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed But that our dear Lord Christ was delivered to the High Priest and Scribes c. for our sakes and that he was obedient to his Heavenly Father unto Death even the Death of the Cross to deliver us from the Curse of God and eternal Death And to make us certain that he had procured these his unspeakable Benefits and Heavenly Treasures for us and that we really should be partakers thereof before his passion he did institute his holy Supper upon the Mount in the large upper Room wherein he doth not only communicate them to us but giveth us also if we receive the holy broken Bread and the blessed Cup with true Faith according to the Institution his real Body and Blood to feed us to eternal Life where we then shall sit with our Lord Christ and all the elected ones after this life as Coheirs in the high upper Room of his Heavenly Father at his Table to eat and drink it with him anew And that we might heartily comfort our selves with these his unspeakable Benefits he also after his Ascension sent us on the Day of Pentecost his Holy Ghost the Spirit of Truth to incline our Hearts to believe stedfastly all that he hath promised us in his holy Word and Sacraments So the sending of the Holy Ghost which was long before predicted by the holy Prophets was fullfilled on this Mount whereof we read in several places of the holy Scripture viz. Joel ii 28. And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh c. For on mount Zion and in Jerusalem must be a Deliverance according to the promise of the Lord. And Isaiah ii 3. Come ye and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord c. for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem So that the Preaching of Christ's holy Gospel and his Kingdom did begin from Zion and Jerusalem and was afterwards spread abroad by his holy Apostles throughout the whole World Grant then O our dear Lord Christ unto us thy Holy Ghost that he may keep us in the Knowledge of thy holy Word and that he may so strengthen and comfort us in it that we may freely and without any fear confess it before the Face of our Enemies and Adversaries and if they offend and prosecute us that we may overcome our Crosses and Persecutions with patience that thy Honor may be advanced and our Constancy appear Grant us also that he may plant these thy Graces in our Hearts that we may comfort our selves with the hope and expectation of those Treasures which thou hast by thy Death and Passion merited and purchased for us So that we may abide in thy Tabernacle and dwell in thy holy Hill for ever Amen Psalm xv 1. CHAP. V. Of the Mount Moria and the Glorious Temple of Solomon WIthin the City near to Mount Zion lieth another called Moria divided from it by the Valley of Tiropaeon which is now filled up and made even with the top as I have said before that hereabout is hardly any Depth or Unevenness to be seen This as well as the other meets with the Rivulet or Brook of Kidron towards the North and on both of them the Town lieth on the sides or descent This is very famous in the Holy Scripture as you read Genesis xxii That the pious Patriarch Abraham was ready to offer his Son Isaac on this Hill for a Burnt-Offering to the Lord whereon Melchisedec the first Founder and King of the Town Salem and Priest of the Almighty God did first build a Temple and therefore named the City Jerusalem So we read in the Second Book of Chronicles Chap. iii. That on the same holy Mount