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A30018	Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ, or, The travels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, judges, kings, our Saviour Christ and his apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments with a description of the towns and places to which they travelled, and how many English miles they stood from Jerusalem : also, a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantity, and weight / collected out of the works of Henry Bunting ; and done into English by R.B.; Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, das ist, Ein Reisebuch uber die gantze Heilige Schrifft. English. 1682	Bünting, Heinrich, 1545-1606.; Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.	1682 (1682)	Wing B5362A; ESTC R37168	398,143	460

of Sina It lieth 420 miles from Ierusalem towards the South In this place God appeared to Moses in a flame of Fire Exod. 3. And as Bernard Britenbach saith in this place there is a Chappel built called the Church of S. Mary in the Bush. In this Chappel there is a place shewed where God spake with Moses Ex. 3. but how true that I leave because there are many Churches built by Monks for no other purpose but to deceive Travellers and Pilgrims of their Mony Of Raemsis THIS is one of the strong Cities which the Israelites built for Pharaoh and is a Metropolitan City in the Land of Gossen 174 miles from Jerusalem towards the South-west and signifies Joy and Delight being derived of Raam and Sus that is to leap for joy Of Pihachiroth THIS was a certain Plain lying between two Hills neer to the Red Sea and was called Pinaehiroth which signifies a Mouth cut or carved out where the children of Israel pitched their Tents Here Pharaoh invaded them when they went out of Aegypt taking opportunity of the place for they having on either side of them a high Mountain before them the Red Sea and behind them a cruel and mighty Tyrant to the judgment of man had no means to escape But the Lord to express the mightiness of his Power and that the children of Israel might know who it was that delivered them made them a Passage and led them under the conduct of Moses through the Red Sea in that very place drowning their Enemies which had thought to make a prey of them A little from this place the Temple of the Idol Baal-zephon is to be seen Of the Red Sea THE Red Sea is 160 miles from Jerusalem Southward betwixt Arabia and Aegypt and as some are of opinion it taketh the name of the red Scales that grow therein wherefore in Scripture it is also called the Scaly Sea Some say it taketh the name from red Sand that lies upon the shore cast up by the Sea Others say that the redness thereof hapneth because of the shadow cast into the Water by the Mountains thereabout The Vulgar are of opinion that it is naturally red by reason of the Water but it is not so because it is like the water of of the Ocean clear and salt Strabo lib. 16. observeth that this Sea was so called from Erithraea and thence Mare Arithraeum because the word Erithraeum in Greek signifieth red or purple the Latines call it Mare rubrum and we the red Sea This Erithrae was Son to Perseus and Andromeda who sometimes dwelt in the Island of that Sea It is also called the Arabian Gulf running from the South to the West and by the Hebrews I am suph a Scaly Sea all which names are at this day used at the utmost bounds hereof are seen the admirable works of Pharaoh Meco who would have brought this Sea to the River Nilus that so he might have sailed thence into the Mediterranean Sea but this work he could not finish being opposed by the wise men of Egypt Here also grows certain Trees that are as red as Brasil wood Of the mystery of the Red Sea AS Moses led the Children of Israel through the Red Sea and delivered them from the Bondage and Captivity of the Kings of Aegypt so Jesus Christ the Son of God by his precious Blood has deliver●d us from the house of Bondage and the tyranny of Sathan and as Pharaoh and all his Host was there drowned so the Sin of Adam Death and the Devil in that Sea of Christs blood is utterly drowned and we delivered from the Pit of Hell Of Baal-Zephon THIS was an Idol erected by the Aegyptians near to the shore of the Red Sea and is called Baal-zephon that is the Lord of defence and watchfulness because as they thought he resisted Fugitive Servants as Fagius and other Hebrews observe being derived from Baal which signifies a Lord and Zapha that is that hath seen or to behold and see The Temple of this Idol stood close by the shoar of the Red Sea upon a high hill very curiously wrought so that the Children of Israel going through the same could not chuse but see it yet nevertheless they went securely when Pharaoh and all his Host were drowned notwithstanding that their God of Defence was so near them Of Marah THIS is a place in the Desart which took the name of bitterness distant from Ierusalem 160 miles towards the South-west Here Moses made the Water sweet by throwing in Wood The mystery whereof is when Adam and Evah had eaten of the forbidden Fruit they brought bitterness through all the World yea the bitterness of Sin and Death but God shewed unto Moses another Tree that is our Lord Jesus Christ who being thrown into the Waters of bitterness Afflictions Calamities Miseries yea and the Death of the Cross for our sakes and sins underwent the curse of the Law that so taking away the bitterness we might be made capable of that sweet and delectable place of Eternal Life Of Elim THIS was the sixth resting-place of the Israelites in the Desart 120 miles from Ierusalem toward the South-west and is derived from Aial which signifies a Hart a strong and swift Creature of which it seems there were great multitudes which resorted to this place to drink and from thence it is called Elim Here stood 12 Fountains and 70 Palm-trees Of Sin THIS was a thorny place in the Desart 156 miles from Ierusalem towards the South-west Here it rained down Quails and Manna from Heaven being a Type of our Saviour Jesus Christ that Heavenly Manna which raiseth us up unto Eternal Life Ioh. 6. and is derived of Manah which signifies to distribute and therefore Man or Mannah signifies a distributive Gift or Meat fallen from Heaven distributively Sin signifieth a thorny place from Zemeh which signifies a Bush for Christ flourisheth in the midst of his Enemies as a Lilly amongst thorns Can. 2. Psal. 10. Of Raphadim RAphadim was a place where the Children of Israel pitched their Tents in the Desart not far from Mount Sinai 132 miles from Ierusalem towards the South-west and signifieth a Grass bench strewed with sweet herbs and flowers being derived from Raphad which is as much as to say in our Language To make a Bed or place for one to lye down on Here Moses struck the Rock out of which Water issued Exod. 17. which was a Type of that Spiritual Rock Christ Jesus 1 Cor. 10. who being struck with the staff of the curse of the Law out of his precious wounds and side sent forth that Water of Life which runneth into Eternal happiness In this place the Children of Israel fought against the Amalekites and overcame them Ex. 17. and here Iethro came unto Moses where according to his counsel there were seventy Elders chosen over the People Ex. 18. This was a fruitful and pleasant place Of Mount Sinai SInai is 120 miles from Ierusalem towards the

principally followed Budaeus to our Measures he is then to understand that there is another course to be taken namely by Weight four ordinary Spoonfuls of Water weigh an Ounce 12 Ounces of Troy weight make a pound 8 Pounds of Troy weight make a Gallon and 32 Gallons make a Barrel c. The same course may be taken in the account of Corn-measures there going eight Gallons after the same proportion to a Bushel So that what I have set down may be rectified by your own industry and made more capable to your understanding Examples collected out of Prophane Histories by which you may perceive the profit that may arise by the due use of this Treatise to all such as read the Grecian and Roman Histories IN the time of Claudius Emerour of Rome there was so great a Famin according to the Prophecie of Agabus Act 1. that a Modius that is a Peck wanting a Pint of Wheat was sold at six Drachma's which at 7 d. ob the Drachma comes to 3 s. 9 d. English This great Famin is specified by Suetonius and Dion where they say that but a little before the same measure of Wheat was worth but four Sestertia's which was 7 d. ob English Of Pythius King of Lydia Herodot 7. PYthius King of Lydia who entertained that mighty Emperour Xerxes and all his Army would have lent him three Millions of Talents of Silver towards the charge of his War which according to the Attick Talent that is 187 l. 10 s. the Talent amounts to 562 millions five hundred pounds And further he would add to it four millions of Daricons which at 15 s. the Daricon cometh to three millions of Pounds But Xerxes being greatly pleased with his Hospitality and Liberality that he might make evident his Noble Disposition refused his offer and gave him by way of Gratuity 7000 Darico's which was in our Money 5250 l. Of Croesus the mighty King of Lydia THIS King Croesus sent an Ambassador to Delphos to ask the Idol of Apollo if he should prosper in the Wars he took in hand against Cyrus King of Persia withall sending divers rich Presents and amongst the rest a Lion of Gold most cunningly wrought weighing 100 Talents every Talent weighing 4500 l. which in the whole amounted to 450000 l. Moreover two Cups wherof one was fine Gold cunningly wrought weighing eight Talents and a half which at 4500 l. the Talent cometh to 36000 pound the other Cup was made by that noble Workman Theodorus Sanius of pure Silver very curiously and artificially wrought containing forty Gallons but of what valuation it was is not set down For this great and rich present King Croesus received of the Devil a double and deceitful answer whereby he was not only provoked to make War against Cyrus but by that means lost his Kingdom and being taken Prisoner he was set upon a pile of wood to be burnt but crying with a loud voice O Solon Solon thereby shewing that wise Solon had foretold him That no man is to be accounted happy before his end King Cyrus granted him his Life This recompence did the Devil return to Croesus for so great a Present Such and many other the like Histories by this Book may be understood The first rule for Drachma's IF you have any number of Drachma's divide them by eight and the production will be English Crowns according to Budaeus 100 Drachma's make a Mina which is about 12 Crowns or 3 l. sterling The second rule of Mina's THE Mina multiplied by twelve the production is Crowns for twelve Crowns English is a Roman Mina or a Mina of the Temple 125 Mina's make a Talent so that multiply 125 by 12 and the production will be 1500 Crowns which maketh a Talent The third rule of Talents THE Talent multiplied by twelve the production is Crowns 〈◊〉 125 Mina's being multiplied by twelve makes 1500 Crowns English which is a Talent and 3000 Crowns is two Talents c. by which means you may reduce all Drachma's and other less Weights mentioned in the Scriptures to Mina's and Talents and these again into Crowns But concerning the distinction of Talents you may read before Notwithstanding observe this that if you chance to read of any Talent Mina or Sicle in the Scripture whereto there is not an addition of the Kings Talent or the Talent of the Temple as I have said you may then presume that it is the Common Talent And this shall suffice for the Weights Measures and Monies mentioned in the Scriptures A Catalogue of the principal Authors out of whom this fore-going Treatise of Weights and Measures c. was gathered AMbrosius Calapinus Aulus Gellius Cassarus Peucerus Athenaeus Flavius Ioseph Galenus Guilihelmus Budaeus Hesychius Saint Ierome Ioachim Camerarius Iohannes Avenarius Iohannes Fosterus Iulius Pollux Martin Luther Matthew Hostius Paulus Eberus Philip Melancthon Priscian Grammaticus Sebastian Munster Septuaginta Interpretes Suidas Volutius Metianus The due Proportion of Weights and Measures are also found in Myropolis ITINERARIVM Novi Testamenti Wherein is contained the Travels of the Virgin Mary and Joseph also of the Wise men of the East of our Saviour Jesus Christ and of his Apostles BUT since I have briefly related the Travels of the antient Patriarchs Judges Kings and Prophets which things I know cannot be unprofitable unto such as are judicious mentioned in the Old Testament that I might make a perfect end of what I have begun I will proceed and shew unto you the Travels of all the holy Men and Women mentioned in the New Testament where by due observation of this discourse you may well understand that as all the Nations of the World were derived from one man that is Adam so all the Righteous and such as are to be saved are derived from one man that is Christ Iesus For as by the first Adam Sin came into the World and by Sin Death and Damnation so by the second Adam that Sin is pardoned and Man made partaker of Eternal happiness And that these things might be the more apparent unto thee I have described the Towns Cities and Places mentioned in their several Travels both what they were in former times and what they are at this present that so by the due consideration of both thou might'st observe the mutation and change of Estates since through the revolution of Times those things which seem most permanent have within the compass of a few years been subverted and the ruines of those Cities which have been greatest left to make evident lamentable Examples of vast and unheard of destructions from whence such as have any small knowledge of the Spirit may draw such comfortable resolutions that neither Poverty can subvert them nor Riches and Honour exalt them but according to S. Iames ca. 1. they may possess themselves in peace since neither the Prosperity of the World is permanent nor the adversity thereof intolerable The knowledge of both which howsoever to some it may seem

four miles from Ierusalem upon the North lying between the two Towns of Bethel and Hay and is called Mount Ephraim where Abraham at his return out of Egypt the second time set up his Tabernacle of purpose to be conversant with Mel●hisedeck who dwelt in Ierus●lem and with him gave thanks to God for the singular favours that he had shewed toward him in delivering his Wife Sara from the hands of Abimelech King of Egypt who woul● have ravished her and as he feared indanger●d his Life In this place Lot separated himself from Abraham and went to dwell in Sodom Of the Plain or O●k of Mamre THE Plain of Mamre stood a mile from Hebron towards the East and distant from Ierusalem twenty two miles South-eastward In this Vall●y there was a fair and pleasant Wood where a certain young man called Mamre dwelt This man was Brother to Escal and Aner mentioned by Moses Genes 14 who according to the custom of Gentlemen with us in these times built up his house nea● 〈…〉 pleasant Wood or Bottom which as some think was called after his name Mamre Others of which Opinion is Ierom of Aelon which signifies a Valley or Tree an Oak-tree saith he But Ioseph and Aeges●ppus call it a Terebinth tree which both Summer and Winter beareth green Leaves like a Palm-tree the Sap or Juyce whereof is very good for Medicine Abraham dwelling near to this Tree being entertained by the three Brothers as a Stranger grew into such favour and familiarity with them that he converted them from Paganism and taught them to know the true and ever-living God To gratifie which great favour they aided him in his War against the four Kings that had taken Lot Prisoner and gave him free liberty to inhabit in and use the Plain thereabouts for his Cattel before whose door as some Authors affirm this Terebinth or Oak-tree stood and so continued from the beginning of the World till the time of Constantine the Great it being lawful for none to cut a bough of it or touch it wit● a Hatchet because it was in those days accounted a holy Tree and visited by divers Strangers and then Helena caused a fair Church to be built in that place and so much the rather for that Abraham sitting under that Tree the three Angels appeared unto him in the Similitude or Likeness of men Gen. 8. ● 2. And some are of Opinion That because of this the Jews offered Incense to their Gods and committed Idolatry upon high Mountains and under green Trees Ezek. 16. There was also a double Cave made of white Marble which as Iosephus saith was very fair and beautiful to the eye and curiously wrought and polished wherein Abraham Isaac and Iacob with their Wives Sarah Rebecca and Le●h were buried and as some think was that Cave which he purchased of the Hittites Gen. 23. 34. But that Adam and Evah lye buried in the same place seeing there is no warrant for it in the holy Scriptures I let it pass because whatsoever hath not Authority of Scripture to prove it may as easily be contemned as allowed But Abraham's S●pulchre in Ierom's time was to be seen being old and decayed Of Hebron THIS City was not only a Kings Seat but a Priests also being built not long after the Flood and some seven years before that City of the Aegyptians called Zoan or Tanis Numb 13. and was placed upon a goodly high Mountain very pleasant and delectable It taketh the name from Chabar which signifieth to accompany and from thence Chebron or Hebron a pleasant and delectable Society It was a metropolitan City in the Tribe of Iuda and after called Kiriatharba as it appeareth in Iosh. 14. taking that Name from Arba the Chief Governour of that City This man was one of the Anakims and a very mighty Prince Others there are that say the City being divided into four parts was thereof called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for Arba signifies a Quaternion from the Rote Raba four square It was first built by Heth the Son of that cursed Canaan whose Posterity the Hittites inhabited in it and such was their Hospitality that they entertained Abraham being a Stranger and Traveller These People dwelt there until Joshua's time and then one Hoham was King thereof who with other Kings opposing the Children of Israel was by them slain and had their Country wasted and destroyed This Town was after made a Town of Refuge and belonged to the Inheritance of Caleb and was together with Mamre in the Tribe of Iuda Ios. 20. Here David was first anointed King and reigned therein for the space of seven years 2 Sam. 5. But this Town by the injury of Time and oppression of the Enemy is now become desolate only some few old Relicks are to be seen to shew there had been a Town there Nevertheless there is a Town not far from it which retaineth the name placed in a very fruitful Valley called Mamre to this day Here while it was under the Jurisdiction of the Christians stood a Cathedral Church and a Bishops See but the Turks have turned it into a Mosko or one of their Churches Into this place they will not suffer any Christian to enter The Inhabitants take upon them to shew unto Strangers many things as the Vault or Cave wherein Abraham was buried the place where Cain killed Abel the Well where Adam and Evah wept seven years for the death of their Son with many such like Fables which are to no purpose seeing they are not warrantable by Scripture Some Bows-shot Eastward from this place is the Field of Damascus where the red Earth lieth whereof they feign Man to be made It is naturally tough and may be wrought like Wax or Pitch There is also that is white of the same kind and this is conveyed to many places by the Saracens and sold at dear Rates They use it either for the teering of Sepulchres or to mingle with Salves and Unguents Of Gerar. GErar is the uttermost Town in the Land of Canaan and lieth between the Desarts of Sur and Cades Gen. 20. Here King Abimelech kept his Court at such time as Abraham came thither and here Isaac was born Gen. 21. It takes the name from Gor which signifies a Pilgrim or Traveller and did well agree with the Condition of the ancient Patriarchs that sometimes lived there because for the most part they were like Pilgrims and wayfaring men Gen. 47. It lay six miles from Hebron South-west and from Ierusalem 30 upon the Territories of the Tribe of Iuda Of Beerazaba BEerazaba is a Town scituated upon the utmost Bounds of the Holy Land forty miles from Ierus●lem South-westward and is derived from Beer and Shebuah and sig●ifieth the Well of Covenant for Abraham having digged a Well near to this place Abimelech King of Gerar entred into League with him and his Posterity Is●ac also renewed this League in this place as appears Gen 21. It is now called Gallim or

Athniel won and therefore Caleb gave him his Daughter Achsa for his Wife Iudg. 1. From Debir they went to Zephat sixteen miles vvhich Tovvn they vvon Iudg. 1. From Zephat they went to Gaza four miles From Gaza they went to Ascalon six miles Iudg. 1. From Ascalon they went to Hebron fourteen miles From Hebron they went back again to Debir where Athniel dwelt twelve miles So all the Travels of Caleb and Athniel were 132 miles The Description of the Towns and Places to which they travelled Of Beseck BEseck was a Metropolitan City of the Canaanites near to the Water Merom where Adoni-Beseck kept his Court forty four miles from Ierusalem toward the North and took the name of Desaeck or Bezeck which signifies Lightning Of this King you may read Iudg. 1. Of Zephah THIS was a Town upon the Borders of the Tribes of Iudah and Simeon not far from Siclag Iosh. 15. It takes the name from Zaphah which signifies a Watch-Tower and was also called by the Sons of Iudah who destroyed all the Countrey Chorma which signifies a Curse or a desolate place To the Citizens hereof David sent gifts 1 Sam. 36. Of Gaza OF this Town you may read more hereafter in the Travels of the Ark of the Covenant The Typical Signification of Caleb CALEB signifieth An hearty man or a man after Gods own heart loving his Neighbour with all his heart For Col is as much as Omnius which signifies all and Cala He forgiveth all and Leb or Lebbah signifieth an Heart the seat and fountain of all Life So that Caleb seems to take his name from a singular hearty affection whereby he forgiveth his Neighbour For as this man being of a noble Resolution and Courage in the 29 year of his age won Hebron a strong City and put to death the three Sons of Anak terrible Gyants so Christ the Son of God that so loved the World that he gave himself for it with more than humane resolution conquered Hell and those three mighty Gyants incident unto it the Sons of Sathan Sin the World and Death Of Athniel IN the year of the World 1503 and before Christ 2565 Ioshuah died after whose Death Caleb and Athniel Judged Israel about which time the Israelites committed Idolatry and worshipped Baal and Asteroth wherefore the Lord suffered them to fall into the hands of Cushan Rishathaim King of Mesopotamia But because of their Oppression they cryed unto the Lord and he stirred up Othniel the younger Brother of Caleb who in the year of the World 2512 conquered Cushan delivered the People and governed Israel forty years Iudg. 3. Athniel or Othniel signifies the God of Time being derived of Aeth that is an Age and is a Type of Christ who is the God of Time and in his due time conquered the World and Sathan the Prince thereof thereby delivering the poor afflicted members of his Church out of his miserable Servitude and Bondage for which cause God hath made him Judge over it and given him full power and authority to Rule and Govern it Of Ehud the third Iudge of Israel EHVD was the Son of Gira of the Tribe of Iudah and dwelt in the City of Iericho or of the Palms He was a valiant and resolute man lame of his right Hand Iug. 3. and to the Judgment of man not fit to be a Captain being so infirm Yet it happened that this man growing in favour with Eglon King of the Moabites who at this time kept his Court in Iericho which Town he had but eighteen years before conquered took opportunity by the Children of Israel's coming to Gilgal for they came thither to offer unto the Idol and to bring gifts of the King to present these Presents unto him and because of his former familiarity was admitted to speak in private with him in his Summer Parlour where as he was talking with him he thrust him into the Belly with a short Knife and locking the door he fled back to Seirah and told the Children of Israel what he had done From thence they presently went to Ephraim there blew the Trumpet and set upon the Moabites and put them to the Sword Iudg. 3. The Travels of Ehud EHVD went from Iericho to Gilgal two miles From Gilgal he went to Iericho two miles From Iericho he went to Mount Ephraim six miles From Mount Ephraim he went to Iordan four miles where he overthrew ten thousand Moabites So all the Travels of Ehud were fourteen miles Of Mount Ephraim THIS Mountain is about eight miles from Ierusalem towards the South and extends it self in Longitude to the City near the Mediterranean Sea called Ioppa which is distant from Ierusalem twenty miles toward the North-west The Travels of the Sons of Hobab the Kenite THE Sons of Hobab the Kenite Moses Brother-in-law went from Iericho to Arad a City in the Tribe of Iudah scituated in the Desart toward the South 44 miles Num. 10. Iudg. 1. Of Arad ARAD is a City in the Tribe of Iudah 22 miles from Ierusalem towards the South taking the name of a multitude of Asses that were found thereabouts in the Desart and is derived from Arod which signifies a wild Ass a rude Creature The Travels of Jael the Wife of Heber the Kenite who killed Sisera the Captain FROM Arad she and her Husband went to the Plain of Zaaenaim and dwelt there near to a Town called Kades a Town of Refuge of the Levites in the Tribe of Naphtali 166 miles there she killed Sisera This Town lieth 92 miles from Ierusalem towards the North. Of Deborah and Barak DEBORAH was the Wife of Lapidoth and dwelt under a Palm-tree between Bethel and Ramath in Mount Ephraim eight miles from Ierusalem towards the North the Inhabitants thereabouts shew this Tree even to this day Barak the Son of Abineam a Noble Captain lived in her time at Kades a City of Refuge belonging to the Levites She succeeded Ehud in An. Mun. 2632. and before Christ 1336 years The Travels of Deborah and Barak BARAK went first from Kades Naphtali to the Palm-tree where Deborah dwelt being 84 miles From thence he went with Deborah back again to Kades being eighty four miles From Kades with 10000 men they went to the Hill Thabor thirty six miles Here as Iosephus writeth lib. Antiq. 4. there fell such a shower of Rain and Hail upon the Enemies of the Israelites that through the extream violence thereof they were dispersed and Sisera their Captain constrained to leave his Chariot and to save himself by flight never staying till he came to the Tabernacle of Iael the Wife of Hebar the Kenite scituated in the Valley of Zaaenaim thirty six miles from the foot of the Mountain Thabor where being asleep by reason of his great Journey Iael struck a Nail into the temple of his Head so he died From thence Barak pursued the Enemies with great slaughter to Haraseth of the Gentiles a City in the upper Galilee near to the Lake of

the Children are free yet nevertheless c. From whence may be gathered that he was no Stranger but an Inhabitant in Capernaum It had upon the North side of it the three Tribes Ne●thalim Asser and Zabulon upon the South Benjamin Iuda Dan and Simeon upon the West Issachar Epharaim and the half Tribe of Manasses and upon the East Reuben Gad and the other half Tribe of Manasses so that our Saviour Christ dwelt in the midst of the twelve Tribes of Israel Furthermore it was a goodly Market Town and had as well relation to Tyrus and Sidon two Towns of the Gentiles within forty four miles of it as to Ierusalem from whence may be verified that saying of Esa. ca. 8 9. The Land of Zebulon and Naphtalim near the way of the Sea beyond Jordan and Galilee of the Gentiles a People which sit in Darkness and in the shadow of Death saw a great Light This Town is therefore justly called the City of Comfort and Consolation since our Saviour Christ dwelt there who with his Doctrine and preaching refreshed and comforted all such as were afflicted with the Burthen of their Sins But the great men that were Inhabitants of this City had more respect to their private profit than to the Doctrine and Miracles that Christ wrought among them from whence it came to pass that they did as it were neglect and contemn that Good which God had offered to them which made our Saviour say And thou Capernaum which seemest to be exalted up unto Heaven shall be cast down into Hell for if the Miracles had been done in Sodom and Gomorrah which have been done in thee they had continued until this day Verily verily I say unto you it shall be easier for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of Iudgment than for thee Mat. 11. For there was no such benefit offered to any City neither such Honours and Dignities as were to Capernaum our Saviour himself dwelling there Wherefore for their Ingratitude and Impiety the City hath divers times been wasted and destroyed as well by the Romans as other Nations so that at this day this Glorious City is become so Desolate that there is scarce eight Houses standing and they also like small Sheds Of Sichar IN antient time this Town was called Sichem of which you may read more both in the Travels of Iacob and Abimelech After it came to be called Sichar according to the opinion of Luther upon Genesis because the Inhabitants of that Country were given to Pleasure and Voluptuousness the greatest part of their Delight being in drinking and quaffing so Sichar being derived of Schachar signifieth to be Drunk or inordinately to swallow sweet and pleasant Wine of which there was plenty in that Town made of the Juice of Apples the Fruit of Palm-Trees and Honey which may very well resemble Hipocras or Metheglin as some Authors have it And although by the Incursions of the Romans it was utterly wasted and left Desolate yet in succeeding times it was re-built and called Nicapolis that is a New Town It is scituated very pleasantly and aboundeth with all manner of Delights but it is unfortified neither can it by any means be fortified neither have the Inhabitants any help if they be oppressed by the Enemy but to fly for it is scituated in the middle of a Valley between two high Mountains so that a man may fling a stone from the top of one of them into the City About two Bows shot without the South Gate of this Town is to be seen the Fountain or Well of Iacob upon the Brim of which our Saviour Christ sate when he was weary as we may read in the fourth of Iohn This Well standeth just in the way as Pilgrims travel to Ierusalem Upon the right hand above this Well there standeth a Mountain of an exceeding height divided into two tops the one of them being called Gerizim the other Hebal In Mount Gerizim the Patriarch Ioshuah built an Altar and the People standing upon Mount Hebal he caused the whole Book of Deuteronomy to be read over with the Blessings and Cursings so that all the People might hear them for thus we read in Ios. 8. The one half of the People stood close by Mount Gerizim and the other by Mount Hebal c. Deut. chap. 27. These two great Mountains began upon the right side of the City Sichar and extended themselves in length to the City of Iericho Upon the left side of this Well is to be seen the Ruins of a great Town which is thought to be the old Sichem and by the Reliques that remain there it may be judged to have been a very goodly City For there are yet to be seen certain broken Pillars of Marble as also large and spacious Buildings which in times past without Question have been very goodly things and standeth wonderful pleasantly the Soil round about it being very pleasant and fruitful only there is want of Water This Town lieth some two Bows shot from Sichar and the Inhabitants of that place judge this Sichar to be Thebez where Abimelech died Iudg. 9. Not far from Iacob's Well is to be seen that piece of Ground which Iacob gave to Ioseph more than the rest of his Brethren Gen. 48. It is a long Valley very fruitful and pleasant where there lies butied in a certain fair Garden the Bones of Iacob and Ioseph which were brought out of Aegypt Iosh. 24. the Reliques of which Sepulchre are yet to be seen Mount Garizim or Gerizim is so called from the cutting down of Trees for Garaz signifies to cut down Upon this Mountain is to be seen even to this day the place where the Temple stood that was built by Sanballath dedicated to Iupiter Olympius in contempt of the Temple of Ierusalem The Chief Priest of this Temple was one Manasses a Fugitive of the stock of Levi. This Manasses was Brother to Iaddus Chief Priest of Ierusalem of whom you may read Nehem. 13. But some 200 years after the first Foundation Iohn Hircanus High-Priest of Ierusalem utterly destroyed it to the Ground The Travels of our Saviour Christ in the second year of his Ministry which was the two and thirtieth year of his age IN the Month of Ianuary Christ went from Cana in Galilee to Nazareth which was eight miles Here upon the Sabbath-day he went into the Synagogue and began to teach insomuch as the Inhabitants were astonished at his Doctrine but the Citizens being ingrateful he went to Capernaum a City which I have chosen to dwell in before all others Luke 4. Mat. 4. being twelve miles or thereabouts In the Month of February he compassed about all Galilee preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God healing the Sick and those that were diseased amongst the People Mat. 4. In this Visitation our Saviour went to Caesarea Philippi which was distant from Capernaum forty eight miles toward the North. Here Matthew was called as he was at the receipt of Custome

Upon the 40 day after his Resurrection he returned fifty six miles to Ierusalem where his Disciples were assembled together and upon the fourteenth day of May in the sight of all the Apostles with great triumph and joy he ascended up into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of his Father in Divine Majesty and Glory Mar. Luke ult Act. 1. Psal. 28. Ephes. 1. 1. Pet. 3. Heb. 1. So these Travels of our Saviour Christ were 319 miles But if you reckon his Travels from the time of his infancy to the day of his Ascension they make 3093 miles besides his general Visitations and Journeys hither and thither which were so many that as Iohn witnesseth cap. vlt. they could not be described Of the Towns and Places to which he travelled Of Jericho THIS City stood very pleasantly in the Tribe of Benjamin ten miles from Ierusalem North-eastward Ioshuah overcame this Town by sounding of Trumpets Ios. 6. Heb. 11. It was rebuilt by Hiel and was compassed about with a new wall by Herod that mighty King of the Iewes who put the Innocent Children to death and called it after his Mothers Name Cyprus Ios. de Bell. Iud. lib. 1. cap. 16. And although this City was taken and utterly overthrown the second time by the Romans at such time as Vespasian and his Son Titus wasted and destroyed Ierusalem and all the Land of Iudaea yet afterward it was re-edified and in St. Ieroms time which was 400 years after Christ it was a fair City There was shewn the House of Zaccheus and the Sycomore-tree that he went up to see Christ Luk. 19. But by reason of the often destructions and devastations that hath fallen upon it there is not to be seen at this day above eight Houses in the Town and all the Monuments and Reliques of the holy Places are utterly destroyed the House of Zaccheus and the Sicomore-tree are no more to be seen in that Place only the Place is to be seen where our Saviour restored the blind man to sight when he cryed after him Lord thou Son of David have mercy upon me Luke chap. 18. Also though the Country throughout be very fruitful and pleasant yet it is nothing so fertile and pleasant as it was when the Children of Israel did dwell there For the Roses of Iericho are no more to be found there but rather in a Village about sixteen miles from Iordan towards the East And although they stand so far distant off yet they retain their ancient name Between Ierusalem and Iericho there is a Desart or Wilderness which by the Inhabitants of the holy Land is called Quarentena where the man of which Christ speaketh fell among Thieves Luke 10. There is in the same place at this day great thieving and many Robberies committed as Brittenbacchus saith In this Place also is to be seen the River Chereth where the Ravens fed Eliah 1 Reg. 17. Near to Iericho also is found the River the Water whereof Elizeus made sweet by casting in Salt whereas before it was bitter and it remains very pleasant and sweet to this day 2 Reg. 2. Of Ephraim THIS City is so called from the pleasantness and fruitfulness of the Soil being derived from Parah to fructifie It lieth 8 miles from Ierusalem North-eastward just in the way as you go from thence to Iericho in the Wilderness of Quarentena close by the River Chereth in the Tribe of Benjamin Here our Saviour Christ after he had raised Lazarus from Death to Life hid himself with his Disciples because the Iewes sought to take away his Life by deceit The Passover following he was made a sacrifice for the Sin of man Ioh. 11. Of Bethania THIS City was a type of the Church which is always subject to the Cross and exposed to every calamity and therefore is called Bethania that is The House of Sorrow and Affliction being derived of Baith a House and Oni Affliction According to the prophecy of our Saviour who foretold of the Afflictions and Tribulations that should fall upon his Church You shall mourn but you shall be comforted and your grief shall be turned into joy It was distant from Ierusalem almost two miles towards the South-East Borchardus the Monk observeth that close by a Well about a stones cast out of this Town there is shewed the place where Martha met our Saviour Christ when he came to Bethania and a little after called her Sister to meet him Ioh. cap. 11. There is also shewn in this Town the House of Simon the Leper where a certain Woman having an Alablaster box of precious Ointment poured it on our Saviours head not without the great indignation of his Disciples Mat. 26. There is also to be seen the house of Martha to which our Saviour did oftentimes resort Luke 10. Iohn 11. and 12. and in that place there is at this day a Church built in honour of those two Sisters which were the Sisters of Lazarus There is also seen the Sepulchre out of which Lazarus was raised from death to life Iohn 11. which stands close by the said Church and over it is built a Chappel of Marble very decent and comely The Saracens hold this Chappel in great estimation You cannot see the City of Ierusalem from Bethania because of the Mount of Olives but as soon as you ascend a little Hill in the way as you go thence to Ierusalem you may discern Mount Sion and a part of the City then when you are descended from that Hill the City is again hidden After that upon the left side of the Mount of Olives some stones cast from Bethpage you do leave a small Village standing under the Mountain of Offence where Solomon in times past committed Idolatry From this Village the Ass and the Colt was brought unto Christ. Not far from thence upon the South side as you go upon the Mount of Olives you come unto the place where Christ mounted upon the Ass as we read Mat. 21. And a little after you may see the whole City of Ierusalem with Solomon's Temple and the Church of the holy Sepulchre with many other holy places Then as you descend from the top of the Mount of Olives you may see the place where the multitude cried Hosanna Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. And in this descent also our Saviour Christ wept over Ierusalem saying O Ierusalem Ierusalem how often would I have gathered thee under my Wings as a Hen gathereth her Chickens but thou wouldest not Of Bethpage BEthpage standeth upon the right hand of the way towards the East as you go from Bethania to Ierusalem and as St. Ierom saith was sometimes a Habitation of the Priests which at their appointed times went up to Ierusalem to minister to the Lord. It was so called because of the multitude of Figs that grow there for Pagim signifies a Fig Cant. 2. Bethpage is a notable type of the Church for that ought likewise to be fruitful and

Christ for in him dwelt the fulness of the Deity 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wholly and absolutely and in him was contained the Fountain and Treasure of all Wisdom and Knowledge Col. 2. The Mystery of the Cedar-wood AS the Cedar Cypress and Olive-wood was neither subject to putrefaction nor possible to be devoured with Worms so the Humane Nature of Christ was subject to no corruption no putrefaction Psal. 16. The Mystery of the Cherubims THE Temple also is a figure of the heavenly Glory and of everlasting Life to come where the Angels and Cherubims being ingraven and pictured to the image of Man do represent the Congregation of the blessed Angels and Saints who in the presence of the Lord sing a continual Te demn laudamus Apoc. 4. The two Cherubims placed upon the Mercy seat in the holy Quire signifie the Old and New Testament which contains the Doctrine of Christ and as their wings touched one another so the old and new Testament were joyned together the end of the one and the beginning of the other the one continued to the end of the first World the other shall continue to the end of the second both had relation unto Christ to whom the Ministry of God was committed The mystery of the golden Door of the Temple CHrist is the door of Life by which we must enter into eternal Happiness Iohn 10. 14. The two doors signifie a two-fold knowledge before we can enter into this Gate that is of his Person and Office What the Vail of the Temple s●gnified THE Son of God our Lord Jesus Christ hanging upon the Altar of the Cross is the true Vail that is put between God and us shadowing with his Wounds and precious Blood the multitude of our offences that so we may be made acceptable to his Father Heb. 10. The My●tery of the Ark of the Covenam THE Ark of God made of Sittim-wood wherein was kept the pot of Manna Aarons Rod and the Tables of the Commandments Exod. 25. Heb. 9. represent as well our Saviour Christ as the hearts of the Faithful for as in Christ's Breast was contained the Doctrine both of the Law and Gospel so likewise is it in the Faithful though not in that measure He was the true Manna that descended from Heaven to give light unto the World Iohn 6. The Tables of the Law move us to mutual love and new obedience Aarons Rod flourishing with blossoms signifies the sweetness of the Gospel and the Glory of our High Priest Jesus Christ of whom Aaron was a Type The Mystery of the Golden Altar THE sacrificing Altar in the Sanctuary of the Temple whereon were four Golden horns being made partly of Sittim-wood and partly of Gold compassed about with a Crown of Gold represent the unity of the Humanity and Deity in our Saviour For as the wood naturally incorruptible was beautified with refulgent Gold so the Humanity of Christ not capable of any putrefaction Psalm 16. being adorned with Celestial glory of the Deity personally united to the Divine Nature ascended up into the Heavens and there sitteth at the right hand of his Father crowned with a Crown of majesty in Eternal happiness Psal. 8. The Mystery of the golden Candlesticks THE golden Candlestick with six Branches and seven Lights signifies Christ and the Ministers of the Church Christ the foundation is the chief Priest and the Light of the World illuminating us to eternal life Iohn 1. The Doctors and Teachers of the Church are the Branches by whom Christ inlighteneth his Church with the sound and uncorruptible Doctrine of the Gospel Apoc. 1. Neither ought they to be separated from Christ but by the light of their Doctrine and sincere Conversation be a lanthorn unto our feet Psal. 119. that so their works may return to his glory and the good of his Church And as all the branches were united into the body of the Candlestick so every Minister and faithful Child of God ought to be united into the Body of Christ without any Schismatical dissention or seperation The Flowers and Lillies denote the Ornament and Graces of the holy Spirit which Christ hath bountifully bestowed upon his Ministers The Lights and Lamps do admonish all godly Ministers to a diligent care lest the light of Gods divine Word should either by mens Traditions or carnal and philosophical Opinions be either diminished or by little and little abolished but as often as such things happen with the sincere Doctrine of the Gospel to be purged and preserved The Mystery of the golden Table THE golden Table whereon the Shew-bread stood being compassed about with a pretious Crown signifies the Ministry of the Gospel For the Bread that is set before us is Christ that Bread of Life which descended out of Heaven Iohn 6. and he by the Ministry of the twelve Apostles is mystically offered unto us in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper that whosoever eateth thereof as they ought might have eternal Life The Frankincense that stood by the Bread admonishes us that earnest Prayers and Godly actions are to be used in the time of the administring of the Lords Supper For as Macarius saith if the Devil was as strong as Mountains yet at the Prayers of the Saints he melteth as Wax before the fire And St. Cyril saith That Christ is the Table upon which the Bread of Life is set whereby all the Faithful are nourished unto eternal Life And the Crown about this Table is the goodness and mercy of God whereby we are crowned and brought to Eternal happiness St. Ierom saith That this Table was a figure of the Table and the Supper in the Kingdom of God Luk. 2. The Shew-bread upon the Table is the Son of God which giveth Life unto the World Iohn 6. The Mystery of the golden Vine and the Chrystal Grapes THE Vine in the East part of the Temple made of shining Gold fitly resembles our Saviour Christ who compared himself unto a Vine and the Faithful unto the Branches saying I am the true Vine and whosoever is ingraffed into me shall have eternal life Ioh. 15. The Chrystall Grapes do denote the Doctrine of the Gospel and the works of the Faithful which are Faith Love Hope Charity Patience Prayer and works of Grace all which do inhere unto such as ●●lieve The Mystyery of the Oblations and Sacrifices ALL the Oblations and Sacrifices of the Old Testament were Types and figures of our Saviour That as they were slain for the performance of the Ceremonial Law so Christ for the Salvation of Man was Slain and made a free-will Offering by whose Blood and Mediation the sin of Man is pardoned and he made capable of eternal Life Esay 53. Ioh. 10. Heb. 9. c. The Mystery of the upper Court THE upper Court was a figure of the Spiritual Priesthood of Jesus Christ who hath made us all Priests and Kings and hath beautified us with his guiltless Death 1 Pet. 2. The Mystery of the Fountain and

molten Sea standing upon twelve Oxen in the uppermost Court THE molten Sea and Fountain was a figure of Baptism and that living Water issuing from the Wounds of Christ whereby we are washed from all our Sins the La●er of Regeneration whereby we are made capable of Eernal Life that Well of Water whereof if we drink we shall never thirst The twelve Oxen represent the twelve Apostles whose voices have gone through the World according to that in the Corinthians and have carried the Sea of Grace through all parts of the Earth Of which Water saith St. Augustine if thou drinkest but one drop it is more effectual to quench the thirst of Worldly and insatiable desires than an Ocean of earthly Waters The Mystery of the middle Court SOlomon's Court wherein Christ taught and in which the Jews used commonly to pray was a figure of that Church which should be gathered from amongst the Jewes For from thence he indeavoured first to assemble and gather together a Christian Congregation according to that which he spake to the Canaanitish Woman Mat 15. I am sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel Of the outward Court of the Gentiles THis Court signified That the Gentiles also should partake of the sheepfold and Congregation of Christ and be members of his holy Church according to that of Iohn 10. I have yet other sheep which I must also bring hither that sothere might be one sheepfold one Pastor c. Of the rest of the memorable Buildings standing upon mount Moriah HAving thus described the Temple together with the several Courts and Ornaments all which did typically represent Christ and his Church I will now proceed to the rest of the Buildings standing upon mount Moriah The first and most memorable was the house of Solomon which stood just against the Temple upon the South it shined so with Gold and Silver and was so stately and sumptuously built that when Queen Saba came to Ierusalem she stood amazed to see it There belonged to it divers Courts and Walks in one of which the Prophet Ieremy was prisoner Ier. 37. Over against this he made the Judgment-hall in which he placed the Ivory Chair spoken of 1 Kin. 10. He built by that another house for his Queeen she that was daughter of Pharaoh 1 Kin. 7. But when Nebuchadnezzar conquered Ierusalem all these together with the Temple were burnt and utterly de●aced Of the Peol of Bethesda UPon the North lay that sheep-fold or sequestred place called Bethesda Ioh. 5. which had five porches or Xenodochius as some would have it here Cattel came to drink and the Priests used to wash their Sacrifices because no unclean Beast might come within the Temple nor any thing that was foul or spotted be offered upon the Altar The water was of reddish colour and ran into that place in great abundance and therefore it was called the house of effusion or pouring out This was the place into which the Angel of God sometimes descended and troubled the Water after which whosoever stepped in was presently cured and here our Saviour Christ healed the Man that had been diseased 38 years Ioh. 5. This place was made by King Hezekiah who caused the water of the uppermost Pool which was called G●●on not far from mount Calvary to be conveyed by Pipes and passages through the Earth into the lower city called Acra and so fell into this place for which cause it was called the lower Pool The Allegorie or mystery hereof is That every one of Christs Sheep ought to be washed in the Pool of his Blood before they can be made fit Sacrifices to enter into his Temple or Church 1 Ioh. 1. Of the Tower or Castle called Antonia THis Castle as Ioseph hath it lib. 6. de Bell. cap. 6. stood between two Courts of the Temple at the North-West corner at first built by the Machabees and called by the name of B●ris but after King Herod taking affection to that place bestowed great cost upon it walled it about built up sumptuous Towers and made it very strong then gave it the name of Antonia in favour of Antonius that noble Roman which Augustus a long time sustained after their decease Of the Hall called Coenaculum Anguli THis house stood upon an Angle or Cantle of the Hill and was therefore called Coenaculum Anguli it was very large and spatious and within had a great Hall whereof Nehem. cap. 3. maketh mention and here as some think our Saviour Christ ate the Paschal Lamb with his Disciples but I rather think it was in the Suburbs Of the Tower Ophel or the dark Tower NEar to the Valley of Cedron towards the East not far from the Temple and near the Castle Antonia there was builded a lofty and strong Tower or Palace called Ophel that is a place of darkness it was a very sumptuous thing Of Hamea or the Tower of the Centurions IN the Town wall between the Sheep-gate and the Dung-gate stood this Castle Hamea or Centurion taking the name ● Centenario numero i. The number of an hundred and was upon the East side of the City near to the sheepfold or Pool Bethesda Neh. 3. 12. Here the Centurions commonly kept watch Of Mount Acra and the buildings upon it MOunt Acra as is aforesaid stood upon the West side of Ierusalem it was a very high Mountain and took that name from the Greek word Acra a sharp or high Hill It was much higher than mount Moriah in times past till Machabeus's brother caused it to be cut lower to make it equal in height with mount Moriah Between these two Hills lay the Valley Cedron which was in profundity 400 Cubits Upon this Mountain another part of the City was builded being strongly fortified and richly adorned with sumptuous houses of which David and Sol●mon were the principal Founders and was called the lower City or the Daughter of Sion It was so beautiful that some hold of which number are 〈◊〉 and Eusebius that it it exceeded the rest of the City Here stood the house of Helena Queen of the Adiabeno●s near about the midst of it as Ioseph observeth Li. Bell. 7. cap. 13. which Queen being converted to the Jewish Religion built her an house in this City that she might pray in the Temple Here stood the houses of her Sons Monebasius and Grapta here stood the houses of the High Priests Annas and Caiphas not far from the Valley Tyropae King Herod also that wicked Man who caused the innocent Children to be put to Death built him an house here near about the place where the Machabees in times past had a Castle for they built two one in Mount Moriah another in this Mount That in Mount Moriah was after called the Castle of Antonia and stood right against the Temple as is aforesaid And this being very sumptuously built and a Royal Seat was after the death of this Herod a Palace for his Successors Archilaus and Herod Agrippa