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
commanded 10000 Idumaeans which he had taken in War to be cast down headlong from the top of an high Rock into a deep Valley in which fall their bones were shattered all to pieces and they died miserably 2 Reg. 14. From Selag-Ioctiel he returned to Ierusalem being forty miles where he began to worship the Gods of the Idumaeans that he brought along with him 2 Chron. 24. From Ierusalem he went to Bethsemes and there was overcome by Joas King of Israel which was four miles 2 Chron. 25. From Bethsemes Ioas led Amasiah back again to Ierusalem captive being four miles 2 Reg. 14. From Ierusalem he fled to the City of Lachis which was twenty miles and there was slain by his own Servants 2 Chron. 25. From Lachis his carkass was carried back again to Ierusalem twenty miles where it was buried in the City of David 2 Reg. 14. 2 Chron. 25. So all his Travels were 128 miles The Travels of Azariah or Uzziah King of Judah THIS man succeeded his Father Amasia in the year of the World 3138 and before Christ 830 when he was but sixteen years of age and reigned fifty two years his Mothers name was Iecoliah of Ierusalem He did those things which were upright in the sight of the Lord therefore the Lord blessed him And after the death of his Father built Elah and restored it to Iudah He therefore went from Ierusalem to Elah 160 miles towards the South and rebuilt that Town it being a famous Mart-Town scituated upon the Red Sea and fortified it because Resin King of the Syrians in times past for want of due fortification won it and destroyed it 2 Chron. 26. From Elah he returned to Ierusalem 160 miles After he went from Ierusalem to Gath a City of the Philistines which was accounted thirty four miles this Town he won beat down the Walls and destroyed the Bulwarks thereof From thence he went to Iabnia which is twenty four miles and broke down the Walls thereof 2 Chron. 26. From thence he went to Azotus or Asdod which was eight miles 2 Chron. 26. From Asdod he went again to Ierusalem being twenty two miles Within a while after he gathered an Army and went from Ierusalem to Gur-Baal that is Gerar where he overcame the Arabians in a great Battel which was thirty two miles 2 Chron. 26. From Gerar he returned to Ierusalem being thirty two miles He went from Ierusalem that third time into the Land of the Ammonites sixty miles which People he conquered and made Tributary to him so that he was made Famous through all the Countries thereabout even to the utmost part of Aegypt because of his often Victories and Triumphs 2 Chron 26. Out of the land of the Ammonites he returned to Ierusalem being sixty miles But now being lift up with the Prosperity of Fortune and not content with his Regal Dignity he endeavoured to have chief Authority over the Priests also for which cause he went into that part of the Temple where the Altar of sweet Incense stood where it was lawful for none to go but the Priests and there took upon him to offer sweet Incense but as he was offering the Lord struck him with Leprosie so that he was constrained to dwell in a house by himself separated from the Congregation and his Son Iotham governed in his stead all the days of his Life But within a while after he died of this disease and was buried in the Kings Garden at Ierusalem and not in the Sepulchre of the Kings 2 Reg. 15. 2 Chron. 26. So all the Travels of Azariah King of Iudah were 592 miles Of the Places to which he travelled Of Elah THIS was a City scituated upon the Red Sea 160 miles from Ierusalem towards the South between Ezion-Gaber and Midian This City Resin King of the Syrians conquered but Azariah King of Iudah drove thence the Syrians and made it so strong that it seemed impossible to be conquered It took the name of abundance of Oaks which as it seemeth grew about that place for Elah or Ilix signifies a kind of Oak Tree of which there is great plenty in the Holy Land so called because of their strength and hardness Of Jobnia THIS was a City near to Ioppa and Libba 16 miles from Ierusalem towards the North-West This City taketh the name of Wisdom and Prudence being derived of Bin to understand Of Gur-Baal THIS Town is also called Gerar where Abraham and Isaac sometimes travelled it is distant from Ierusalem thirty two miles towards the South-West and six miles from Hebron Here the Iews and neighbouring Arabians afterwards worshipped the Idol Baaâ— and therefore this City which in the times of the Patriarchs was called Gerar a Perigrination was after called Gur-Baal that is the Perigrination of the Idol Baal being derived of Gor which signifies He hath travelled The Travels of Jotham King of Judah JOtham signifies Whole and Perfect He succeeded his Father Azariah when he was about twenty five years of age Anno Mundi 3190 and before Christ 778. He raigned over Iudah seventeen years until the one and fortieth year of his age His Mothers name was Ichruscha so called from an Inheritance or Possession He began his Reign in the second year of Pekah King of Israel and continued it unitl the seventeenth year of his Government 2 Reg. 15. 17. When this noble Prince had rebuilded and richly adorned the House of the Lord he went from Ierusalem and invaded the Country of the Ammonites which was sixty miles conquered their King and made the whole Land pay him Tribute even a hundred Talents of Silver of the common weight 10000 measures of Wheat and 10000 of Barley yearly This Tribute continued three years From the Land of the Ammonites he went back to Ierusalem which was sixty miles where after he had adorned the Temple with many princely buildings he dyed about the one and fortieth year of his age 2 Reg. 15. So all his Travels were 120 miles Of Ahaz King of Judah AHAZ signifies Apprehending or a Possessor He began to reign after the death of his Father Iotham about the end of the seventeenth year of Pekah King of Israel Anno Mundi 3205 before Christ 762. He reigned wickedly 16 years 2 Reg. 16. 2 Chr. 28. For he was a notorious Hypocrite who out of a perverse Zeal worshipped many Idols and burnt his Son in the Valley of Gehinnon as an Offering unto Moloch wherefore he was unhappy in his Government for God stirred up mighty enemies against even Reâ—in King of Syria and Pekah King of Israel who wasted and destroyed his Kingdom and streightly besieging Ierusalem conquered Ahaz in a great Battel and put to the Sword 120000 of his men After that Resin returned to Elath and took it so that he lost more then his Father had gotten Where being struck into a great fear by reason of these adversities he sent to crave the Aid of Tiglasse Phulasser King of the Assyrians who at his request
and a half Concerning the Towns and Places mentioned in his Travels you may read before The Travels of Demetrius Soter the Brother of Antiochus Epiphanes IN An. Mundi 3809. before Christ 159. Demetrius Soter the Son of Seleucus Philopater who was sent to Rome brought a Navy from thence through the Mediterranean Sea and came to Tripolis in Syria which Journey was two thousand six hundred and eighty miles and usurped upon the Government of Syria against young Antiochus the Son of Epiphanes 1 Mac. 7. From Tripolis he went to Antiochia where the King kept his Court eighty eight miles Here he caused young Antiochus and Lysias to be slain and after reigned in Syria ten years At length he was slain in a great Battel by Alexander the Son of Epiphanes 1 Mac. 7. So all his Travels were 1760 miles Of Tripolis THIS was scituated in Phoenicia a Province of Syria on the Shore of the Mediterranean Sea 170 miles from Ierusalem towards the North and was so called because there dwelt in it three sorts of People viz. Tyrians Sydonians and Arabians It is a very famous City even to this day the Ocean Sea coming into every street and principal place of it and full as Populous as Tyrus For there inhabit Grecians Latines Armeniâ—ns Maronites Nestorians and People of many other Nations of divers Conditions and Customs in manner of living It aboundeth also with great abundance of costly Tapestry which is made so curiously and with such cost that it is very delightful to such as look upon it It is credibly reported That there are found within the City of Tripolis 4000 men that do little else but Weave and make Tapestry and such like costly hangings The Country round about where it standeth is very pleasant and because of the great abundance of Vines Olives Figs and other Fruits and Flowers which yieldeth a comfortable smell and is profitable for the maintenance of life it is called Paradice There is a Field before the City some two miles in length and one in breadth in which there are to be seen very curious Gardens and artificially contrived About six miles from the City standeth Mount Libanus at the foot whereof riseth a goodly Fountain which with great violence runneth thence but suddenly falleth into the Vallies it joyns with other Waters and becomes a fair and pleasant River watering all the Gardens of the Plain betwen Tripolis and Libanus but especially the Mountains of the Leopards which is not far off In the Canticles cap. 4. there is mention of this Hill Come with me my Spouse from the Denns of the Lions and the Mountains of the Leopards The Water of this Spring is very clear pleasant cold and healthful upon the Banks of it there standeth many Churches and Religious Houses it is called the Fountain of the Gardens and is divided into three Rivers or principal Streams besides many other small Brooks which run thence and fall into the Sea so that the Sentence Est. 9. is verified of this A small Fountain shall increase to a great River and shall be poured out against many Waters The Travels of King Alexander Son of Epiphanes and Brother to Antiochus Eupater OF this Alexander Iustin writes lib. 35. where he sheweth that he was not Son to Antiochus Epiphanes as was supposed but had to name Prompalus being a man of the meaner sort of People but the Antiochians for the great Tyranny of Demetrius falling into Rebellion gave unto him the Name of Alexander and withal caused it to be published abroad that he was the Son of Epiphanes which by reason of his youth was easily believed And at this time Demetrius because of his cruelty being much hated of all sorts of People it came to pass that most and those of the greatest also combined with this young man supposing him indeed to be of noble Descent and the Son of a King Wherefore Alexander or Prompatus being thus encouraged took upon him to be the Brother of Antiochus Eupator and called himself the Lawful Heir and Successor to the Crown of Syria going from thence to Ptolomais where he kept a Royal Court and in the year of the World 3818 before Christ 150 by the help of the Antiochians and others the Inhabitants of Syria he took upon him the Government of that Country and reigned five years This man suffered many varieties and changes of Fortune at first was put to flight by Demetrius after he put Demetrius to flight and at length put him to death and usurp'd upon his Government In the third year of his Reign he married Cleapatra the Daughter of Ptolomeus Philometor King of Aegypt by whom he had his Son Antiochus To this Marriage Ionathan was invited In the last year of his Government he went from Ptolomais to Antiochia which was 200 miles where he opposed himself against Demetrius Nicanor the Son of Demetrius Soter 1 Mac. cap. 10. From Antiochia he went to Cilicia which was 120 miles to suppress the Rebellion of his Subjects but when he heard that Ptolomeus Philometor his Father-in-Law had taken up Arms against him conquered Syria and given his Wife to Demetrius Nicanor which had been married unto him two years before he gathered all his forces he could and with all expedition made good the War against Ptolomeus but he was overcome and fled into that part of Arabia which bordereth upon the Mountain Emanus for refuge where Zabdiel the Governour of that Country fearing left he should fall into the displeasure of Ptolomeus caused his Servants to cut off his head and sent it to him into Syria Within three days after which sight he died being mortally wounded in the former Battel Ios. li. Ant. 13. c. 17. So all his Travels were 320 miles Of Amanus AManus was a Mountain between Syria and Cilicia which extendeth it self to the River Euphrates Between this Amanus and Euphrates Arabia Deserta is scituatâ—d 400 miles from Ierusalem Northward and signifies the Mountain of Truth from Aman True and Faithful The Travels of Demetrius Nicanor the Son of Demetrius Soter IN the 165 year of the Government of the Grecians in Syria which was 131 years before Christ Demetrius sirnamed Nicanor which signifies Victory sailed out of Creet into Cilicia which was 600 miles Ios. Ant. 13. c. 6. 1 Mac. 10. Out of Cilicia he came into Syria the lower 160 miles where joyning with Apolonius he took upon him the Crown and Kingdom of Syria Afterward Apolonius went into Iudaea with a great Army and besieged Iamniah Ptolomeus Philometor also assisted the proceeding of Demetrius seeing Alexander his Son-in-law beginning to decline and the better to strengthen their Alliance matched him to Cleopatra his Daughter which before had been Wife to Alexander by which policy he added to the Kingdom of Egypt all Asia over which he ruled two years 1 Mac. 11. After Demetrius Nicanor came out of Syria the lower with Ptolomeus Philometor to Antiochia which was eighty miles 1 Mac. 11. From
Antiochia took the Town drove thence Demetrius Nicanor and crowned young Antiochus King of Assyria This Journey to and again was 320 miles 1 Mac. 11. In the second year of the Reign of young Antiochus Tryphon went from Antiochia to Bethsan where he perfidiously betrayed Ionathan the Brother of Iudas Macchabeus 1 Mac. 12. being 36 miles From Bethsan he went to Ptolomais 32 miles From Ptolomais he went to Addus a Town upon the Borders of Iudaea sixty eight miles 1 Mac. 13. To Addus Simon sent his Brother's Children and his Ransom which was 60 Talents of Silver but after he had received the Money he broke his Word and went thence with Ionathan and his Sons to Ador which was forty eight miles From Ador he went to Baschaman in the Land of Gilead ninety six miles Here he put to death Ionathan and his Sons From the Countrey of the Gileadites he returned to Antiochia which was 240 miles Here he put to death young Antiochus being but a Boy of seven year of age and usurped upon the Government in his place He began to reign in the 172 year of the Grecians Government in Syria and reigned three years 1 Mac. 14. Ios. lib. ant 13. About the end of the three years which was in the 174 year of the Grecians Government in Syria Antiochus Sedetes Brother of Demetrius Nicanor made War upon Tryphon and compelled him to fly from Antiochia to Dora 240 miles from Antiochia towards the South 1 Mac. 85. But Antiochus Sedetes followed him thither and so streightly besieged Dora that he was constrained to steal thence in a Ship and â—ail to Orthoâ—ia which was 160 miles Lastly In the way as he was going thence to Apamea which was an hundred and twenty miles he was taken and put to death So all his Travels were 1360 miles Of the Places mentioned in his Travels which have been formerly recited Of Dora DORA was a Haven-Town scituated upon the shore of the Mediterranean Sea forty eight miles from Ierusalem Northward in the mid-way between Carmel and Caesâ—rea Strato In Ioseph cap. 17. it is called Dor that is â— durans Of Orthosia THIS was a City of Assyria scituated upon the Shore of the Mediterranean Sea near to the place where the Eleutherius falleth into it 200 miles from Ierusalem Northward being so called of Diana whom the Grecians called Orthosia that is Exalted or lifted up Hither Tryphon sailed when he fled from Antiochus Sedetes 1 Mac. 15. Plin. lib. 5. cap. 20. Concerning the Travels of Apolonius Nicanor Bacchides and Cendebius because they are sufficiently described in the Travels of the Macchabees I thought it unfit to speak further of them The Travels of Heliodorus HEliodorus signifies the House of the Sun He was Secretary and chief Governour of Antiochiâ— in Syria for that mighty King Saleuchus Philopator who was Brother to that cruel Tyrant Antiochus Epiphanes and was sent by his Lord and Master Seleuchus from Antiochia to Ierusalem which was eighty miles to spoil the Temple of the Lord but the Lord sent an Angel richly beautified with Armour of Gold fitting upon a Horse who went to Heliodorus and with his Horse trod him under his feet and there appeared two other Angels full of Majesty and Power that strook Heliodorus and beat him with Whips so that he lay upon the Floor of the Temple as a Man half Dead and could not go forth until he was carried out 2 Mac. 3. From Ierusalem he went with that good man Onias chief Priest of the Iews at whose earnest Prayers and Supplications he was made whole to Antiochia 280 miles where he told Seleuchus Philopator of the wonderful Works of the Lord. So all his Travels were 580 miles The Travels of the High-Priest of the Jews that ruled before the Macchabees as they are severally mentioned in the Books of Maccabees and first of the Travels of Onias the High-Priest ONIAS signifies the Riches of God from On Opulency and Iah God for although he was afflicted with Poverty in this World yet he was rich in God He succeeded his Father Simon the Just An. Mun. 3757. before Christ 211. Antiochus the Great being King of Syria He was High-Priest thirty nine years until the death Seleuchus Philopater at the end of which time one Simon the chief of those that kept the Temple being ambitious of Rule fell to words with Onias and from words to blows so that there were many outrages committed by the Friends of Simon Wherefore Onias to give place to the Fury of his Adversaries went from Ierusalem to Antiochia which was to hundred and eighty miles But Seleucus Philopator being dead and Antiochus Epiphanes in the Government who was a covetous and cruel Prince good Onias partly for fear of him and partly of his Brother Iason who had but a little before purchased the Office of High-Priest for three hundred and sixty Talents of Silver and promised to pay a yearly Tribute of eighty Talents durst not return home to Ierusalem but went to a Sanctuary that stood in the Wood of Daphne which was about one mile from Antiochia in hope of safety to which place one Andronichus chief Captain to Antiochus came to him and with fair Speeches and flattering Words allured him out of the Sanctuary and traiterously put him to death So all his Travels were two hundred eighty one miles The Travels of the High-Priest Jason JAson and Iesus have both one signification he entred upon the Office of High-Priest in the first year of Antiochus Epiphanes which was one hundred seventy three years before Christ. He went from Ierusalem to Antiochia which was two hundred eighty miles where after the death of Onias he paid to Antiochus for the Office of High-Priest almost three Tuns of Gold with promise to pay a yearly Tribute of 48000 Crowns From Antiochia he returned to Ierusalem two hundred eighty miles where he began to build the Tower of Acropolis in Mount Acra and that he might please that wicked King and keep his favour he built certain Theatres in Ierusalem and caused Interludes and Plays to be acted in them at such times and upon such days as the Poeple were wont to meet in the Temple to serve God Also King Antiochus Epiphanes in the fourth year of his Priesthood coming to Ierusalem he gave him royal entertainment The same year Iason was put out of his Office of High-Priest by the policy and cunning of his Brother Menelaus and was constrained to fly into the Land of the Ammonites beyond Iordan being forty miles Two years after when Antiochus Epiphanes invaded Aegypt there was a vain rumour that he was slain wherefore Iason with a thousand Souldiers returned to Ierusalem being forty miles and broke suddenly into the City so that Menelaus was constrained for safety of his life to fly to the Garrison of the Syrians that were in Ierusalem But Antiochus hearing what had happened came out of Aegypt with â— great Army of Ierusalem wherefore he fled
that know thee trust in thee because thou O Lord hearest their Prayers and bringest them out of trouble Rebecca as it should seem took her name from the expectation of Eternal Life for Rebechan in Hebrew doth denote such a Woman which expecteth a free delivery frâ—m all Calamity and an inheritance of eternal Life Therefore Rebecca is a notable Type of the Church of God which is the Spouse of Châ—iâ—t shadowed in Isaac as shall hereafter be more plainly manifested The Travels of the Patriarch Isaac ISaac being young went with his Father Abraham from Berzeba to Mount Moriah where his Father would have offered him unto God as the Lord commanded him which is forty miles Genes 22. 2. From thence with his Father he returned again to Berzeba which is forty miles 3. From Berzeba he travelled with his Father to Hebron by the Plain of Mamre which is 16 miles 4. From the Plain of Mamre Isaac travelled Southward to the Fountain of Life which is 16 miles and there he dwelt Gen. 24. 5. From thence he returned back again to his Fathers Burial who was laid in that double Cave in Mamre which is 16 miles 6. From thence he returned back again to the Well of Life where he dwelt 16 miles 7. From the Fountain of Life he went to Gerar which is eight miles where Abimelech seeing the Beauty of his Wife Rebecca would have ravish'd her and for fear she told him that she was his Sister Gen. 26. 8. From Gerar Isaac went Westward to the Valley of Gerar which is eight miles and there he caused the Well to be digged up again which the Inhabitants had stopped up Gen. 26. 9. From thence he went to Beersaba which is four miles where the same Night the Lord appeared unto him and said I am the God of thy Father Abraham fear not for I am with thee and will bless and multiply thy seed for my Servant Abraham ' s sake Gen. 26. 10. From Beersaba he returned again to Hebron by the Plain of Mamre which is 16 miles here Abraham Sarah and Rebecca died and were buried Gen. 35. So all the Travels of the Patriarch Isaac were one hundred â—orty eight miles The typical signification of Isaac THE Name of Isaac is derived from Laughter for Zakah in Hebrew is as much as quod risit is in Latin which signifieth that he laughed and from hence Zechock signifies a Laughter and Isaac Mirth or one that rejoyceth with Mirth This Name was given to him by God before his Nativity Gen. 17. 18. There were seven that were named by God before their Nativity viz. Ishmael Gen. 16. Isaac Gen. 17. Cores or Cyrus King of the Persians Esa. 44. Sampson Iudg. 13. Iosia King of Iuda 1 King 13. Iohn Baptist and Iesus Christ the Son of God Luke 1. of whom Isaac was a notable Type For Christ is our true rejoycing the Laughter Mirth and Delight of the whole Church of God Abraham upon the day of the Nativity of Isaac made a great Feast to which no doubt he called many godly men and perhaps some of the Patriarchs for there was then living Sarag Arphaxad Salah Heber Thamar and Sem the Son of Noah who also had a certain knowledge of Gods promise to Abraham and that of the seed of Isaac should come the Saviour of the World And as Abraham when he would have offered his Son unto the Lord carried the Fire and the Sword but Isaac the Wood upon which he should be slain and burned O miserable sight especially to a Father to see his only Son and Heir which was miraculously begotten even then when he was without hope of Issue burnt to Ashes before his Face This was on Mount Moriah a little from Salem or Ierusalem even so our Saviour Christ for the sins that man commits and carries about him bore upon his Shoulders the wooden Cross whereupon he was offered an acceptable Sacrifice to his Father that so by his Mediation and Satisfaction we might receive Pardon for them and this was likewise done upon Mount Calvary a little from Ierusalem And as the Lord provided another Sacrifice for Abraham that so he might save his Son which was a Ram tied and intangled in Thorns so God provided a Sacrifice for the Salvation of the World even Jesus Christ our Mediator who is that immaculate and precious Lamb of God whose Head being crowned with Thorns and hanging upon the Cross by his precious Death opened unto us the door of eternal Life and made us capable of everlasting Happiness Iohn 19. 1 Peter 1. Such was the love of Abraham a Father unto God such the love of God a Father unto man that they spared not their only Sons the one typically to represent the other The other that is the only begotten Son of God to dye effectually for Abraham Isaac and all Mankind Ioh. 3. Gen. 22. The Travels of the Patriarch Jacob. FRom Bâ—ersaba Iacob went to Bethel which is 48 miles and there he saw a Ladder that reached down from Heaven whereby the Angels ascended and descended Genes 28. 2. From Bethel he went to Haran in Mesopotamia which is 432 miles where he marryed Leah and Rachel Gen. 28. 3. From Haran in Mesopotamia he went to Mount Gilead which is 380 miles and when Laban pursued him at the Commandment of the Lord he made a League with him Gen. 31. 4. From Mount Gilead he went to Mahanaim which is 16 miles and there he met with the Angels of God Gen. 31. 5. From Mahanaim he passed the Water and went to Penuel which is four miles and there wrestled with the Angel of God Gen. 32. 6. From Penuel he went to Succoth where he pitched his Tents two miles Gen. 33. 7. From Succoth he passed the River of Iordan and went to Sichem not far from Salem about eight miles where his Daughter Dinah was ravished Gen. 33. 8. From thence he went to Bethel which is eight and twenty miles Gen. 31. 9. From Bethel he went to Bethlehen Euphrata which is twelve Miles in which way Rachel died and was buried not far from Bethlehem then Iacob went forward and set up his Tents near to the Tower of Eder a mile from Bethlehem towards the South Gen. 35. 10. From Bethlehem Euphrata and the Tower of Eder he returned again to the Valley of Mamre near Hebron to his Father Isaac which is 20 miles Gen. 35. 11. From Hebron he went to Beersaba which is 16 miles Gen. 38. 12. From Beersaba he went to the Town of Ony a little off Aegypt in the land of Gossen which is 168 miles where Ioseph his Son gave him honourable Entertainment Gen. 46. 13. From Ony he went to the City Zoan which is also called Tanis twenty eight miles where he was presented to King Pharaoh Gen. 47. 14. From Tanis he returned to Ony which is 28 miles and there he dwelt and dyed in the Land of Gossen Gen. 49. The Description of the Towns and Places to
dwelt Lastly he returned again with his Father and his Brother into Aegypt 208 miles These things happened in the year of the World 1239. and before Christ 1729. The Description of the Towns and places to which the Patriarch Juda travelled Of Odullam THIS was a Town in the Tribe of Juda eight miles from Jerusalem towards the South-west and signifies The Testimony of the Poor being derived of Ed which signifies a Testimony and Dallimo such as are called Poor Here David hid himself from the fury of Saul in a Cave 1 Sam. 22. Jerom knew this Town and saith that it was a Village This was a Type of the Faithful who being still subject to the calamities and miseries of this World and persecuted for Righteousness sake are glad with David to seek Holes and Caves to defend them from their wicked Persecuters Of Thimnah THimnah is a City in the borders of the Tribe of Judah and Dan scituated in Mount Ephraim six miles from Jerusalem towards the North-west and signifies a perfect and fully finished City being derived from Thamam that is fully and absolutely finished for it was adorned with many very fair and spacious Buildings set up by Joshua for in his time it was a fair and large City and at such time as the Children of Israel invaded Canaan he had much ado to win it Therefore the Children of Israel for his great Valour and to manifest their thankfulness towards him they gave it to him and to his Posterity for ever and here he lyeth buried Ioshua 24. Here Sampson married his wife and by the way killed the Lyon mentioned in the fourteenth of Iudges This is a Type of the Church wherein Christ Jesus the true Ioshuah is the Head illuminating the same by the bright shining beams of his Gospel the lustre whereof hath gone throughout the whole World Of the Travels of the Patriarch Joseph WHEN Ioseph was sent from Hebron by his father Jacob he went to Sichem to seek his brothers 60 miles Gen. 37. 2. From thence he went to Dothan four miles where by his Brothers he was thrown into a Pit and after sold to the Ishmaelites Gen. 37. 3. From Dothan he was carried to Tanis in Egypt and there sold to Potipher Pharaohs chief Steward 272 miles 4. From Tanis he went to meet his Father in the Land of Gosen which is 28 miles Gen. 46. 5. From thence he turned back again to Tanis and presented his Father and Brethren unto Pharaoh Gen. 47. which is 28 miles 6. From thence he went back to Ony to see his Father who now was sick unto death there receiving his Bleâ—sing he closed his eyes which was 28 miles 7. From thence he returned back again to Tanis which is 28 miles 8. From Tanis he went back to Ony with a great company of Horses and Chariots preparing an honourable Funeral for his Father Gen. 15. being 28 miles 9. From Ony he went to Atad which lies upon the further side of Jordan toward the East which is 240 miles where he made a great lamentation for the Death of his Father seven days Gen 50. The reason why Joseph went thus far about was because he went with such a company towards Hebron that the Idumaeans through whose Country he should have gone would not suffer him to pass that way standing in fear of his power 10. From Atad he went to Hebron the Metropolis of the Tribe of Judah near to which stood the double Cave in the Vale of Mamre where Jacob was buried which was 40 miles Gen. 50. 11. From thence to Heliopolis a City of the Aegyptians where Joseph set up a stately Academy for all Aegpyt which was accounted 200 miles 12. From thence he went to Tanis or Zoan which was the chief defence and Metropolitan City of all Aegyâ—t being accounted 6 miles So all the Travels of the Patriarch Ioseph was 1962 miles A Description of the Places and Cities through which Ioseph travelled Of Dothan DOTHAN was a City in the Tribe of Manasseh forty and four miles from Ierusalem towards the North and distant six miles from Tiberias towards the West and signifies a commandment being derived of Dothor Dathath that is he commandeth or ordaineth Here Joseph was thrust into an empty Ditch and sold to the Ishmaelites Gen. 37. Here Elias the Prophet being besieged by the Syrians shewed to his Servant the Host of Angels that defended him with the Chariots of Fire c. 2 King â—6 Here Holophernes was slain who had pitched his Tents against Bethulia for Dothan is a City which at this day remaineth at the foot of the Mount of Bethuel being scituated in a fertile and pleasant place compassed about with fair Vines Olives and pleasant Medows where the Inhabitants do shew that ancient Ditch wherein Ioseph was cast when his brothers sold him to the Ishmaelites according to that of Solomon One Generation passeth and another cometh but the Earth indureth for ever Of Heliopolis or the City of the Sun THIS City is called by the Prophet Esay chap. 19. Irheri which signifies The City of the Sun and is derived of Ir and Cheres which signifies The brightness of the Sun and distant from Ierusalem 224 miles towards the South-west six miles and a half from Zoan or Tanis This was a goodly City and in times past the Kings of Aegypt have in that place kept their Courts and places of residence Here was a flourishing Academy wherein was taught Astronomy Cosmography and many other Liberal Arts and Scienecs with great care and diligence but principally Divinity as Munster saith being adorned with many benefits and priviledges for it was thought that the Patriarch Ioseph was the first Founder of it and taught there Gen. 47. Here dwelt Dionisius the Areopagit a Student of Athens who at such time as our Saviour Christ was crucified at Noon day the Moon then being in the full seeing the Sun totally darkened said to his Master Apollophan Either the God of Nature suffereth or the Fabrick of the World is dissolved The said Dionisius was afterwards converted by the Apostle Paul in the City of Athens Of Goraen Atad THIS Town or Corn-floor was beyond Iordan not far from Bethabara 16 miles from Ierusalem towards the South-east Here Ioseph and therest of the Aegyptians bewailed the Death of Iacob and took the name from Thorns and Briers that compassed it every where about The Interpretation or Allegory of the Patriarch Joseph and of his Life JOSEPH was a type of Christ divers ways for as Iosephs Coat being of divers colours was dipped in the Blood of Goats so Christ being very God taking upon him the Humane Nature and sprinkled with the Blood of his stripes and wounds being the Lamb of God slain for the sins of the World was also made changeable and of divers Colours Again as Ioseph was sent by Iacob to seek his Brethren so Christ was sent by God his Father to seek the lost sheep of Israel which according to the
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 deliverâ—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
to lie which was 16 miles here he restored her Son to Life 2 Reg. 4. From thence he went to Gilgal which is distant from Sunem thirty six miles towards the South here he fed 100 men with twenty Barley loaves 2 Reg. 4. From Gilgal he went to Samaria which is accounted twenty miles to this place Naaman the Syrian came to him to be healed of his Leprosie 2 Reg. 5. From Samaria he went to Iordan which was eight miles Here he made a Hatchet of Iron that fell into the Water to swim 2 Reg. 6. From Iordan he went to Dothan where the Children of Iacob sold their Brother Ioseph to the Midianites which was eight miles here the Angels of the Lord compassed him and his Servant about lest they should have been taken by the Army of the Syrians and God struck the Syrians with Blindness 2 Reg. 6. From thence he led the Army of the Syrians being thus made blind to Samaria being twelve miles and delivered them to the King of Israel upon condition that he should give them Meat and Drink to refresh themselves and suffer them to depart in Peace which he did 2 Reg. 6. From Samaria he went to Sunem which was sixteen miles here he advised the Woman where he used to lye to travel thence to some other Place because of the Famine that should follow and continue for seven years 2 Reg. 8. From Sunem he went Damascus being 132 miles there he told Hazael that he should succeed his Master Benhadad in the Government of the Syrians 2 Reg. 8. From Damascus he returned to Samaria which was 132 miles where soon after he fell sick and died his body was buried near to Samaria where the Lord a long time after his Death shewed a wonderful Miracle for a dead man being thrown into his Sepulchre was restored again to life by touching of his Bones 2 Reg. 13. This man governed the Church of God amongst the Children of Israel sixty years after the death of Elias So all the Travels of Elisha were 730 miles Concerning the Towns and places mentioned in his Travels you may read before The Typical Signification of Elisha ELisha or Elischa signifieth the Salvation of God being derived of El that is God and Iaschag he hath saved from hence Jesus a Saviour because this Prophet was a notable Type of our Saviour Jesus Christ for as Elisha was anointed Priest by the Prophet Eliah so Christ was the anointed Priest of the Father and as Elisha did many works of Mercy and Miracles to make evident Gods Power and Providence so our Saviour Christ went from place to place shewing mercy to the blind lame and impotent upon them working wonderful Miracles that thereby his doctrine might be made evident to the World and all such as trust in him be made capable of eternal happiness The Travels of the Shunamite whose Son Elisha had raised from Death to Life FRom Sunem she went to Mount Carmel and besought Elisha to come and raise her Son from Death to Life which was sixteen miles 2 Reg. 4. From thence she and Elisha returned back again to Sunem which was sixteen miles and there he delivered her Son unto her alive 2 Reg. 4. From Sunem having buried her Husband she travelled into the Land of the Philistines because of the Famine that was to come suddenly after being fifty six miles 2 Reg. 8. From the Land of the Philistines she returned to Samaria which was forty miles 2 Reg. 8. From Samaria she returned to Sunem which was sixteen miles So all her Travels were 144 miles Of the Prophet Isaiah or Jesaia JEsaia or Ieschaia is all one in signification with Elisha that is a Saviour He was the Son of Amos which signifieth strength and by consequence Ozia King of Iudah was his Cousin-German as may appear by this Genealogy following Iosas ofIuda Amasiah King of Iuda Ozias King of Iuda Iotham King of Iuda Ahas King of Iuda Ezekias King of Iuda Manasses King of Iuda who caused Isaiah to be slain Amos Isaias Father Isaias had two Daughters Sear Iasub that is the rest remaining and was a sign of the rest of the Posterity of Iuda that should remain and dwell there Isa. 7. Mahez Schatal that is a sudden Destruction for this second Daughter of Isay did denote the immediate Desolation of the Kingdoms of Syria and Samaria From whence it plainly appeareth that the Prophet Esaias was of the stock of David and lineage of Christ for which cause in the fifth Chapter of his Prophecy he calleth him his beloved He began to teach publickly in the year of the World 3167 and before Christ 800. and governed the Church eighty years and more until the time of Manasses who caused him to be cut in pieces with a Saw In Anno Mundi 3190. before Christ 778. Isay saw the Lord sitting upon a high Throne in great Majesty the lower part whereof filled the Temple and the Seraphins compassed him round about Esa. 6. Cherubins are glorious and bright shining Angels of a fiery nature for Saraph signifieth He hath turned to Fire His Doctrine was twofold that is partly concerning the Law partly the Gospel as may appear by his Prophesie in the first forty Chapters whereof the Doctrine of the Law is set â—orth with sharp Reprehensions for Sin in the first four of which are grievous Accusations of Sinners for breach of the first Commandment the other for the most part prophecy of horrible Punishments Mutations and Change of Government but principally of the Iews Babylonians Assyrians Syrians and Aegyptians From the â—ortieth to the end of the Book is contained the Doctrine of the Gospel and of the Kingdom of our Saviour Jesus Christ which he hath set forth with such excellent Eloquence Figures and Amplifications that he may be compared with the best Orator that ever wrote The Travels of the Prophet Jeremias 〈◊〉 or â—eremiah signifieth The exalted of the Lord he was born in the Tribe of Benjamin in a City of the Priests called Anathoth and from thence came to Ierusalem being two miles and continued there for forty years teaching and prophecying From Ierusalem he was sent to Euphrates where in the cliff of a Rock he hid his Girdle Ier. 13. being 400 miles From the River Euphrates he returned back again to Ierusalem 400 miles A little after the Lord sent him back again to Euphrates 400 miles to fetch his Girdle and lâ—e it was putrefied From thence he returned back again the second time to Ierusalem 400 miles From Ierusalem he was led captive bound in Chains with other Prisoners to Ramath a City in Mount Ephraim being eight miles there Nabuzaradan the chief Captain caused him to be set at Liberty From Ramath he went to Mispah which is eight miles where he continued a while with Gediliah Prince of the Iews which man had the chief command of certain Cities of Iudaea under Nabuchadnezzar But in the seventh Year of the Captivity of the
Christ in his name For Christ was that gracious and innocent Dove who hath made evident to Man his singular Mercy and Clemency without any shew of bitterness or wrath Then in his Affliction for as Ionas thrust himself into the Sea of Calamity and there was swallowed up of a Whale which might be well resembled to the Grave so Christ our Saviour was cast into the Sea of Affliction the misery and calamity of this World and after that thrust into the jaws of death the Grave where as Ionas did in the Whales belly he lay three daies and then arose again the Earth being unable any longer to contain his Body Of the Prophet Micah THIS Prophet was born at Maresa a Town of Iudaea sixteen miles from Ierusalem Westward it signifieth a bitter Field In St Ierom's time the Ruins of the Wall of this City was to be seen Micah or Micheas signifieth humble or lowly This man was held in great estimation because he was the first that named the Country where our Saviour Christ should be born viz. in Bethlehem 800 years before his Nativity He lived Anno Mundi 3200. Of the Prophet Nahum NAhum signifies a Comforter He was born in a Town of Galilee called Elcosch as he saith in the beginning of his Prophecy This Village was shewn unto St. Ierome by those that travelled with him through the Holy Land in his time it was but a small Village called by the name of Elcos and scituated as Dorotheus Bishop of Tyre saith on the further side of Bethabara sixteen miles and something more from Ierusalem towards the North-East This Prophet lived 750 years before Christ and Prophesied of the Destruction of Niniveh which after came to pass Of the Prophet Habacuck HAbacuck or Chabacuck signifies one that embraceth or a Lover from Chaback he hath embraced For as a Nurse embraceth and kisseth her inâ—ant so also this Prophet embraced and comforted his People with comfortable Doctrine lest by the destruction of Ierusalem which he prophecied should after happen by the Chaldaeans they should be driven to desperation Paul took the foundation of his Epistle to the Romans out of this Prophet reciting a saying of his viz. The juâ—t shall live by faith He began to preach a little before the Prophet Ieremy 650 years before Christ above 100 years before Daniel was cast into the Lions den From whence most of the Learned conclude that this could not be that Habacuck which brought meat to Daniel as he was among the Lions but they rather think it a fragment of a spiritual Comedy and therefore worthy to be called Apocrypha Of the Prophet Zephania ZEphania signifies the Secretary of the Lord being derived of Zaphan he hath kept secret He lived in Ierusalem and Iudaea in the time of Iosiah King of Iuda He was born as Dorotheus Bishop of Tyre saith in a Town called Sabarthaca in the Tribe of Siâ—eon Of the Prophets Haggai and Zacharia HAggai or Chaggi signifieth A Priest celebrating the Feast of the Lord being derived of Chagag he hath celebrated a Feast And Zacharias or Zacharia doth denote such a man as remembred the Lord being derived of Zachar that is he hath remembred or recorded These two Prophets prophecied in Ierusalem in the second year of Darius the Son of Histaspis 519 years before Christ An. mun 3449. Haggai began his Prophecy upon the first day of the sixth month Elul answering to the 28 of August He sharply reprehended the People because they neglected the house of the Lord and built up their own houses In the eighth month Marhusuan which for the most part answereth to our November Zacharias the same year began to prophecy and in his Sermon exhorted the People to repentance adding the promise of our Saviour and that he would turn unto them that would turn unto him Zach. 1. These two Prophets lie buried 20 miles one from the other For as Dorothaeus Bishop of Tyre saith Haggai lies buried in Ierusalem amongst the Priests but Zacharias near to a Town in the field of Bethania 20 miles from Ierusalem Westward but in the time of Theodosius the Emperour was removed and preserved as an holy Relique Concerning that fable and figment inserted into the History Nicephorus I utterly disallow Of the Prophet Malachi THIS Prophet prophesied after the Captivity of Babylon and dwelt in the Town of Ziph as Dorotheus Bishop of Tyre saith Malachi signifies an Angel sent and in Greek a Messenger for this Prophet preached so comfortably as if he had been an Angel of God but principally of Christ and Saint Iohn Baptist who should go before him to prepare his Way and make his Paths strait S. Ierom in his Epistle to Paul and Eustochius writes that some of the Hebrews suppose this Malachi to have been Esdras the Scribe who was sent by Artaxerxes Longimanus Emperour of the Persians to restore the Commonwealth of Israel in the year before Christ 457. An Instruction how the Prophets may rightly be understood FIRST look into the Cosmographical Table at the beginning of this Book and diligently observe the Countries and Cities that are there set down and how they lie scituated from Ierusalem Toward the South of Ierusalem the Idumeans Ismaelites Arabians and Egyptians dwell Toward the East the Moabites Ammonites Chaldaeans Babylonians and Persians Toward the North the Phoenicians Syrians Assyrians and Armenians Toward the West lieth the Mediterranean Sea Grâ—cia Italy Spain and the Isles of the Sea Secondly this rule is to be observed that as often as the Prophets speak of the Tribes of Israel they use these names viz. Israel Samaria Ephrain Ioseth Iesreel Bethel and Bethaven these are the names of the Kingdom of Israel but to the Kingdom of Iuda these names are attributed viz. Iudaâ— Ierusalem Benjamin the house of David But when the Prophets joyn these two Kingdoms together they call them by the names of Iacob and Israel Thirdly when thou readest in the Prophets the name of any Country or City which is not sufficiently known unto thee search this Alphabetical Table here following and thou shalt find the whole matter declared unto thee An Alphabetical Table of all the Countries and Cities mentioned in the Prophets A. ABarim that is a Bridge or Passage over It was a Mountain of the Moabites where the Israelites pitched their Tents Num. 33. Achor the Valley of Trouble Here Achan was stoned to death for his Thievery It stood not far from Gilgal toward the North twelve miles from Ierusalem Ios. 7. Isa. 6. Adama Red Earth This was one of the Cities that were destroyed with Fire and Brimstone from Heaven Ai Hilly This City Ioshua burnt with Fire It lay eight miles from Ierusalem North-ward Iosh. 8. Aiath idem Isa. 10. Ar or Ari a Lion It was a City of the Moabites lying beyond Iordan in the Tribe of Benjamin called Aâ—iopolis scituated upon the Bank of the River Arnon 24 miles from Ierusalem North-Eastward Deut. 2. In Esa. 15. It is
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
Leprosie About thirty Paces from the foot of this Hill there ariseth a Fountain which is compassed about with a Wall and is thought to be a Vein of Nilus because they find in it such kind of fishes the like wherof are not to be found in any other place but Nilus Iosephus calleth this Spring Capernaum and likewise all the plain being very pleasant and fruitful for the space of a mile even unto Iordan after the same name because it is subiect to the Jurisdiction of that City About 20 paces from this wall on the shore of the Sea of Galilee there is shewn a place where they say Christ appeared to his seven Disciples after his Resurrection and asked them whether they had any meat And about ten paces from that is shewn a place where they say our Saviours Disciples came to Land and they drew up in their nets a great draught of fishes c. John 21. Of Naim NAim signifies fruitful and pleasant it stood 48 miles from Jerusalem towards the North and typically representeth the condition of the World For the Children of this World live in all manner of Pleasures and Delights never thinking of any sorrow till Death seiseth on them but then that overturns all and those delights become loathsome unto them Notwithstanding this one comfort we have left us Hope in Christ Jesus who as he raised the Widows Son at the gates of this City from Death to Life will by his mighty Power raise us again at the last day from the Bowels of the Earth and make us partakers with him of an heavenly habitation It stood in the Land of Samaria and in the tribe of Issachar about two miles off it upon the East side stood mount Tabor and a little from it upon the South side stood mount Hermon the lesser and extended it self thence unto the Sea of Galilee 16 miles Of these two Hills you may read Psal. 89. and about two miles from Naim Westward Sunem is to be seen to which the Prophet Elisaeus sometimes resorted 2 Reg. 4. Of Gadara GAdarah or Gederah in Hebrew signifies munition and sometimes it is taken to compass about of Gadar he hath hedged or compassed about S. Jerom saith in his time that is 400 years after Christ this was a very fair City and stood in a very high Mountain upon the East side of the Sea of Galilee beyond Jordan in the half tribe of Manasses some 48 miles from Ierusalem Northward and is to be seen at this day Strabo lib. 6. Georg. saith that close by Gadara there is a venomous lake whereof what Beast soever drinketh he immediately loseth his Horns his Hoofs and his Hair and there are many that think this Lake became thus venomous because of the 2000 Swine that were drowned in it when our Saviour suffered the Devils to enter into them Mat 8. Mark 5. Luke 8. Close by this Town stood Gerasa called also Girgesa Mat. 8. so named as some think of Girgasus the Son of Canaan Gen. 10. Of Genesareth THIS was a Country bordering upon the North-west side of the Sea of Galilee from whence this Sea was called the Lake of Genesareth Luke 5. This Land was very pleasant and fruitful as if it had been a Princes Garden bringing forth fair Apples Pomegranates Palmes Olives Vines and divers other kinds of pleasant Fruits fair and goodly to the eye and therefore not without cause was it called the Garden of a Prince being derived of Gan which signifies a Garden and Sur a Prince It is distant from Ierusalem six and fifty miles towards the North as you may read Matth. 6. 14. The chief Cities of this Country were Capernaum and Bethsaida of which Cities though in former times they were very fair and large there are at this day not scarce eight houses to be seen The Travels of our Saviour Christ in the third year of his Ministry which was the three and thirtieth year of his age FROM Ierusalem our Saviour Christ returned some six and fifty miles into Galilee and in the beginning of this year wintered in that place so that as it may be gathered out of the Evangelists he continued there the most part of Ianuary and February and now the Spring approching a little after the death of Saint Iohn the Baptist who as it is thought was put to death between the midst of Winter and the Spring not long before the Feast of the Passover so that he lived two years and a half in his Ministry he wrought many notable Miracles not far from the City of Bethsaida The same time the Feast of the Passover drawing near which was the third Passover of his ministry he went thence over Iordan and so beyond the Sea of Tiberias Matth. 14. Mark 6. Luke 9. At this time the Apostles of Christ being dispersed through all Galilee and Iudaea teaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven hearing of the miserable death of Iohn the Baptist about the beginning of the month of April returned with all possible speed out of every Part to our Saviour Christ that so they might be secure against the tyranny of Herod Matth. 14. Mark 6. Luke 9. Also the Disciples of Iohn came unto him and told him of his Death and Burial Matth. 14. Our Saviour Christ therefore having by this means certain intelligence as he was between Bethsaida and Tiberias of the death of S. Iohn Baptist in the month of April he went into a Ship and passed about four miles to the further side of the Sea of Galilee where in a certain Desart he sed five thousand men with five Barley loaves and two fishes Ioh. 6. From thence he returned back again to the Sea and so to Capernaum which was four miles here he made that long Sermon of the Spiritual eating of his flesh Mat. 14. Luke 9. Iohn 6. From thence he went to Ierusalem which was 56 miles to the Feast of the Passeover being the third Passeover of his ministry The third Passover of the Ministry of Christ. Upon the thirteenth day of April being Sunday according to the Ecclesiastical computation Christ as God commanded celebrated the third Passover of his ministry for the space of eight days in the City of Ierusalem that is till the twentieth day of the same month After the Feast of the Passeover the Iews took counsel how they might put him to death Ioh. 7. wherefore about the end of April he departed thence and went 56 miles into the Land of Galilee In the month of May after the controversie that happened concerning the Tradition of the Elders because of the fallacies and contentions of the Scribes and Pharisees he departed thence into the borders of Tyrus and Sidon which was 56 miles Matth. 15. and there entred into a house and would fain have been private but there was a certain Woman that was a Grecian of Syrophoenissa came unto him and intreated his aid Mark 7. But our Saviour having a determination to depart from this
to bring forth sweet Figs that is good Works and many other comfortable Vertues that so men in their afflictions might be comforted As it is thought the Fig-tree that our Saviour Christ cursed because it wanted Fruit stood not far from Bethpage Mat. 21. Mark 11. Wherefore let us take heed that we be not like fruitless Fig-trees covered only like our Forefathers Adam and Eve with Leaves and bearing no fruit Gen. 3. lest so God's Curse fall upon us and we be thrust out of Eternal Happiness Mat. 3. Of the Castle from whence the Ass and the Colt were brought upon which our Saviour Christ rode to Jerusalem THIS Castle as Adamus Risnerus saith was a certain Hold compassed about with strong Walls and within beautified with a fair Palace supported with goodly Columns it stood not far from the Mount of Olives just in the dividing of the way as you go from Bethania to Ierusalem for there goes one way to the Fountain-Gate and another to the Valley of Gehinnon In the Hebrew Text it is called Tirah as you may read in Matthew which signifies not only a Castle but a firm and sure building with good decorum and order for Tor signifies a circular order It is credible that this Hold is a resting place and that the Ass and the Colt were tied in the way for this cause that if by chance any Travellers were weary by reason of the tediousness of their Journey they might hire them for certain hours to carry them over the Mount of Olives and so return them back again The Allegorical meaning of this Ass and the Colt according to the opinion of many learned men signifies the People of the Iews who were burthened with Moses's Laws and the Asses Colt signifies the rest of the Gentiles which were not charged with the burthen of Moses's Law but tied only to the Law of Nature So we also like Travellers and Strangers in this miserable World are tied to the Afflictions and Calamities thereof standing in two ways expecting the death of the Body and liberty of the Soul then our Saviour Christ cometh in Peace and looseth this Body of death as the Apostle saith Rom. 7. and bringeth us to that Heavenly Ierusalem eternal Joy according to that of St. Paul in the first of the Philippians I desire to be loosed and to be with our Lord Iesus Christ. Of the Mount of Olives ABout half a mile and a Furlong from Jerusalem towards the East stood the Mount of Olives very fruitful and pleasant bringing forth Olives Palms Figs Gossumtine and many other notable Fruits but principally Palms and Olives of which the Mountain taketh the Name It is said in Pliny lib. 16. cap. 19. that these Olive and Palm trees do never lose their Leaves and are green both Winter and Summer St. Austin calleth it The Mountain of Vnction because of the Fertility and pleasantness of it also The Mountain of Health because it bringeth forth Oyls and many other Plants necessary for Physick also The Mountain of Light first because it lieth upon the East so that the Sun shineth in the morning very pleasantly upon it and in the evening when it setteth the Beams thereof reflecting upon the Temple of Jerusalem casteth a beautiful light to this Mount secondly because it bringeth forth Oyl which is the nourishment and life of light thirdly because it was beautified with the gracious presence of our blessed Lord and Saviour Christ which is the Day-star and Light of the Church rising up on high to inlighten all those which shall be called unto eternal happiness For which cause it typically representeth the Church which is the light of the World wherein are found many Christians that bring forth pleasant Fruit good Works relieving the necessity of such as are in want comforting the afflicted and patiently supporting the Calamity and Misery of this World that so they might triumphantly rejoyce with Christ in that heavenly City of Jerusalem What things Zacharias hath spoken of this Mount in his last Chapter is to be understood of the preaching of the Gospel and propagation of the Church through all the World St. Jerom saith in his Epitaph upon St. Paul That upon this Hill the Jews commonly burnt the red Cow with the Ashes whereof the People of God being sprinkled they were purified and sanctified of which you may read Num. 19. Heb. 6. Hellen the Empress Mother to that godly Emperour Constantine the Great about the year of our Lord 332 caused a fair and beautiful Church to be built upon this Mount just in the place where our blessed Lord and Saviour Christ ascended up into Heaven It was built round all of white polished Marble upon the top thereof there is no Roof but a Window even as Christ should ascend through it as Eusebius saith in the Life of the Emperour Constantine the Great lib. 3. cap. 40. The same St. Jerom affirmeth in his Book Delocis Hebraicis He also saith That the Inhabitants of the Holy Land take upon them to shew in this Church the Impression of the Feet of our Saviour Christ which hapned as they say just at such time as he ascended up into Heaven out of which Travellers and Pilgrims take Sand to carry with them as an holy Relick though indeed it is verily to be thought that they were feet made in stone by antient Monks thereby to get Money from such as resorted thither upon Devotion for look how oft Pilgrims take thence the Sand they are presently filled again from whence may be gathered that there is no Sand naturally there Every man therefore ought to imbrace a nearer way to Salvation than to follow those Monkish Fables and to seek Christ in the Holy Scripture not upon the Mount of Olives or amongst Sand for since the Grave could not contain him the Mount of Olives cannot hold him who now sitteth at the right Hand of his Father in Power and eternal Glory but rather if we be desirous to see the Footsteps of Christ let us seek them in the Church which is dispers'd through the World wherein we are sufficiently taught how we should follow him The Palm is a famous Tree which bringeth forth Dates and is so called because upon the top the boughs are thick and round extending out like fingers from whence it is called Dactilus that is a finger Of Gethsamene THIS was a Village scituated at the foot of the Mountain of Olives in a pleasant and fruitful place Near unto this Village as Saint Augustine observeth there were many pleasant Gardens which gave forth very sweet and delectable savours unto which Place Christ and his Disciples did oftentimes resort as the Evangelist Luke cap 22. observeth It was so called from the pressing forth of Oyl for Gath or Geth signifies a Press and Schaemen Oyl In this place the heart of our Saviour Christ was so press'd with affliction that he sweat drops of Blood By which Blood the Sins of our Souls are washed
called Arar a Destroyer Aram Noble or Mighty Armenia and Syria are so called of Aram the Son of Sem the chief City of which Country is Damasâ—us Pliny lib. 6. I7 saith the Scythians were also in ancient times called Aramites Arnon a famous River of the Moabites in the Tribe of Reuben which falls into the dead Sea 20 miles from Ierusalem Eastward In Esa. 16. it is called Ranan he hath shouted for joy Aroer by usurpation an Ewe Tree This is a City of the Moabites near to the River Arnon in the Tribe of Gad beyond Iordan 24 miles from Ierusalem Eastward Ier. 40. there is another City so called near to Damascus in Syria Esa. 7. Arpad the light of Redemption This was a City in the Land of Damascus Ier. 49. There is another flourishing City of that name which may compare with Antiochia for greatness Esa. 10. But where it is scituated it is uncertain Arvad was a part of the Land of Canaan so called of Arvad the Son of Canaan Gen. I0 Ascanes or Tuiscones are a People descended of Ascenitz the Son of Gomer the Son of Iaphet which sometimes dwelt in Armenia but now have their abiding in Germany 2 Gen. 10. Esa 51. so that of Gomer they are called Germanes and of Ascanes Ascanians or Tuiscons Asseca fortified round about Neer to this Town David killed Goliah It stood eight miles from Ierusalem Westward Assur or Assyria a blessed Country being so called of Assur the Son â—f â—em Aven Iniquity Bethel was so called after Ieroboam had there set up a Golden Calf Hos. 10. B. BAbel Confusion Babylon is the Metropolitan City of Chaldaea 280 miles from Ierusalem Eastward Bath Domestical It was a Town of the Moabites in the Tribe of Reuben beyond Iordon Esa. 16. Bazra a Grape-gathering It was a City of the Edomites scituated upon the Bank of Iordan on the farther side near to Bethabara twenty miles from Ierusalem North-eastward Esa. 24. 36. Ier. 48. Note here that the Country of the Moabites in times past was subject to the Edomites and then this City was in their jurisdiction but after the Moabites got it into their hands again and held it It was one of the six Towns of Refuge mentioned Ios. 29. Berothai a Cypress Tree This Town stood near Hemath or Antiochia 280 miles from Ierusalem Northward Ezek. 49. In this City David King of Israel took Hadadesar King of Zoba or Sophena and constrained him to give him a great deal of Brass as it is thought yearly for Tribute for near that City were many Brass Mines Bethavin the house of Iniquity Bethel was so called Hos 6. It stood eight miles from Ierusalem Northward Beth-Cherem the house of the Vines It was a Town not far from Ierusalem Northward Ier. 6. Beth-Diblathaim the house of dried Figs. It was a City of the Moabites Ier. 48. Bethieâ—imoth the house of Desolations It was also a City of the Moabites beyond Iordan in the Tribe of Reuben Ios. 13. Ezech. 25. twenty miles from Ierusalem Beth-Gamul the house of Restitution This was a City of the Moabites Ier. 48. Beth-Bealmeon the house of habitation for the Idol Baal It was a City of the Moabites twenty four miles from Ierusalem Eastward not far from Aroer Ezek. 25. 1 Chr. 5. Butz a Castle of Prey It was a City of the Ismaelites in Arabia-Petraeâ— eighty miles from Ierusalem South-Westward Ier. 25. Bel and Neob two Idols of the Babylonians Esa. 45. Bel signifieth the God of Mixture or Confusion Neob the God of Prophecy C. CAlno his Perfection This is Selucia scituated upon Tygris beyond Babylon 316 miles from Ierusalem Eastward It is now called Bagdeth Gen. 10. Esâ—y 2. Canne a firm foundation It was a City of the Syrians Ezek. 27. Caphihor a little Sphere or a round Globe like unto a Globe or Pomegranate Also Capâ—adocia a Country of Asia the less 600 miles from Ierusalem Northward Carchemis a sacrificed Lamb. This was scituated too near Euphrates in Syria 400 miles from Ierusalem Northward Ierem. 25. D. DEâ—dan a City of the Idumaeans so called of Dedan the Son of Esâ—u Ier. 25. Isa. 21. Dâ—bon a Mist. This was a City of the Moabites near Hesbon in the Tribe of Reuben twenty eight miles from Ierusalem North-eastward Diblath a bunch of Figs. It was a City in the Tribe of Naphtali near to the Lake of Samachonites eighty miles from Ierusalem Northward Ezek. 6. Here Zedekiah had his eyes put out 2 Kin. 25. Ier. 39. 52. Dimon Bloudy This is a City in the Tribe of Reuben which as St. Ieron saith is twenty eight miles from Ierusalem North-eastward Duma Silence A City of the Israelites so called of Duma the Son of Ismael It stood in Arabia Petaea eighty miles from Ierusalem towards the Southwest Esa. 25. 21. E. EGbathana the Metropolitian City of the Medes distant from Ierusalem 1136 miles North-east-ward Eden Pleasure A City of Syria scituated near Euphrates 400 miles from Ierusalem North-eastward Esay 7. This is thought to have been a part of Paradice Eglaim a round Drop It was a Town of the Moabites Esa. 15. 16. Elam a Young man so called of Elem the Son of Sem Esa. 10. 21. After Perseus had got in this Countrey a great Government he called it after his own name Persâ—a Eleale the Ascension of God It was a City beyond Iordan in the Tribe of Reuben between Iacza and Heshbon 26 miles from Ierusalem North-eastward Num. 32. Elim a Hart. This was a Lake so called in the Land of the Moabites Esa. 10. Elisa the Lamb of God So were the Aeolians called in Grecia of Elisa the Son of Iavan the Son of Iaphet Ezek. 7. Gen 10. Enaglaim the Fountain of Calves It was a Town or Castle near to the Red Sea Ezek. 10. Epha the Land of Obscurity It was a part of Arabia Petraea so called of Epha the Son of Midian the Son of Abraham Gen. 25. Esa. 60. G. GEbim a Ditch This was a Town in the Tribe of Iuda Esa. 10. Gebah a Hill It was a Hill in the City of Kirjath-jearim there was a Town also of the same name standing within a little of it This was little more than a mile from Ierusalem Westward Esa. 10. Gebal a bound or limit It was the bounds and limits of Syria bordering upon the Mediterranean Sea This City Gibal or Gebal was 160 miles from Ierusalem Northward 1 Reg. 5. Psal. 82. Gibeah a Hill It was also called Gibeon where Saul dwelt four miles from Ierusalem Northward Esa. 10. Gilgal a roundle or the compass of a hill Here Ioshuah pitched his Tents it stood between Iericho and Iordan twelve miles from Ierusalem North-eastward Gog. The Turks were thus called because they liv'd in Tents Ezek. 48. Gosan a Land and River in Mesopotamia called after that name 2 Reg. 17. Esa. 37. H. HAdad Rimmon a Pomegranat This was a Town near to Megiddo where Iosiah King of Iudah was wounded to death 46 miles from
Ierusalem Northward Zach. 12. Hadrach the Land of Gladness So the Prophet Zachary calls Syria c. 19. Hanes an Ensign of Grace This was a City of Egypt bordering upon Assyria Esa. 30. Haram the Syrian liberty It was the Metropolitan City of Mesopotamia where Abraham dwelt Gen. 11. distant from Ierusalem 440 miles North-eastward Haveran a Casement It was a City in Syria not far from Damascus 160 miles from Ierusalem towards the North-east Hazor Enon the gate of the Fountain It was a City in Syria Hazor-Tichon the middle Porch It was a Town in Syria not far from Haveran Ezek. 47. Hazor the Land of Hay So the Ismaelites called their Countrey Hemath Anger So the Prophets called Antiochia the Metropolitan of Assyria distant from Ierusalem 280 miles Northward Hermon Accurst It was a Mountain beyond Iordan near to Libanus 122 miles from Ierusalem towards the North-east There is another Mountain of this name near to Naim and not far from Mount Tabor forty four miles from Ierusalem towards the North of which the Psalmist speaketh Psal. 89. Tabor and Hermon praise thy name The Mountain beyond Iordan is oftentimes called by the name of Mount Gilead Hesbon an Ingenious Cogitation It was a City of the Moabites in the Tribe of Reuben twenty eight miles from Ierusalem towards the North-East Henah and Ievah were two Idols Esa. 37. Hevilah Sandy So India is called and a certain part of Arabia-Petraea of Hevilah the Son of Chus Gen. 10. These Countries are very dry and sandy Hethlon he hath rolled together It was a City of Syria near to Antiochia Ezek. 47. Holon a Window It was a Town of the Moabites in the Tribe of Reuben and is also called Helon Num. 2. Ier. 47. Horonaim the Syrian Liberties two Towns of the Moabites Esa. 16. I. JAchza the privity of God A City of the Moabites in the Tribe of Reuben twenty four miles from Ierusalem Eastward Iaezer the help of God A City of Refuge belonging to the Levites in the Tribe of Gâ—d beyond Iordan forty miles from Ierusalem North-Eastward Iavan Grecia so called of Iavan the Son of Iapheth which was distant from Ierusalem 800 miles Westward Iezreel the Seed of God This is the City where Queen Iesabel was devoured of Dogs It standeth forty eight miles from Ierusalem Northward Irheres or Heliopolis a City of the Sun This was a City of Aegypt 224 miles from Ierusalem toward the South-West K. KEdar Blackness This was a Desart of the Ismaelites called Sur eighty miles from Ierusalem South-Westward Kir Paries a Wall This was Cyrene a great City in Africa which was 816 miles from Ierusalem Westward There was a Town of this name in the Land of the Moabites in the Tribe of Reuben Esa. 16. Kir-Hazereth or Kir-Hares a Mud-Wall It was a City of the Moabites in Arabia-Petraea otherwise called Petra seventy two miles from Ierusalem towards the South Esa. 16. Kiriathaim a-City This Town was in the Tribe of Reuben 22 miles from Ierusalem Eastward Esa. 16. Kiriah or Kirieth ibidem Kithim a shining Jewel Macedonia is so called of Kithim the Son of Iavan the Son of Iaphet Gen. 10. Ier. 2. Mac. 1. For if you do diligently observe the derivation of Names you shall find that of Kithin comes Maketis and so by continuance of time and change of words Macedonia It lieth 920 miles from Ierusalem North-Westward L. LAchis a continual walking or as some will have it A pleasant Walk This was a City in the Tribe of Iuda twenty miles from Ierusalem Westward Ier. 34. Laisa a Lioness So was Caesarea Philippi sometimes called It was also called Dan scituated near to the Fountains of the River Iordan not far from Mount Libanus 104 miles from Ierusalem North-eastward Libna Frankincense It was a Town in the Tribe of Iudah ten miles from Ierusalem towards the South-west Lud that is Lydia a Countrey in Asia Minor so called of Lud the Son of Sem. Luit green Grass It is also a Mountain in the Tribe of Reuben Esa. 6. M. MAgâ—g dwelling under a shed or Tent. The Turks are so called Ezek. 8. Maresa an inheritance In this Town the Prophet Micah was born Mich. 1. It was scituated in the Tribe of Iudah distant from Ierusalem sixteen miles towards the West Medai a Measure The Kingdom of Medea was so called of Medai the Son of Iaphet Gen. 10. Medba warm Water It was a City of the Moabites in the Tribe of Reuben twenty eight miles from Ierusalem towards the East Esa. 16. Medemena a Dunghil It was a Town in the Tribe of Iudah neer Beerseba and Gaza 44 miles from Ierusalem toward the South-west Iosh. 15. There was also another Town of the same name in the Tribe of Benjamin not far from Ierusalem Iosh. 10. Ier. 48. Megiddo a wholsome Apple Here Iosiah King of Iudah was slain in War It stood 46 miles from Ierusalem Northward Zach. 12. Mephaath the splendor of Waters It was a City belonging to the Priests in the Tribe of Reuben subject to the Moabites twenty four miles from Ierusalem towards the East Ier. 48. Mesech the tract of sowing So the Muscovites and Russians are called of Mesech the Son of Iaphet Gen. 10. Midian a Measure A Town lying upon the Red Sea 160 miles from Ierusalem towards the South so called of Midian the Son of Abraham by â—eturah Gen. 25. Mispe a Watch. This City stood in the Land of Gilead beyond Iordan forty eight miles from Ierusalem towards the North-east There is another Town of this name also not far distant from Ierusalem in the Tribe of Benjamin Hos. 5. Ier. 40. Moab A Father The Country of the Moabites scituated between the Red Sea and the Mountains Abarim Ezech. 9. Meusal Running swiftly It was the name of a People that took their beginning from Vsal the Son of Ioktan Gen. 19. N. NAbaioth The Country of the Prophets This Country beginneth in the Tribe of Gad beyond Iordan and extendeth to the East part of the Dead Sea and so by the Land of the Moabites to the Red Sea It taketh the Name of Nabaioth the Son of Ishmael for all the Tract of Arabia Petraea from the Red Sea to the Gulph of Persia of him is called the Land of Nabathaea Diodorus Siculus saith as much and further That it extendeth towards the East unto the Indian Sea Gen. 25. Nebo Prophecying It was a City of the Moabites in the Tribe of Reuben near to Mount Pisga twenty miles from Ierusalem towards the East Ier. 48. Nimrim A Leopard This was also a City in the Tribe of Gad beyond Iordan thirty two miles from Ierusalem towards the North-east Isa. 16. No A Hinderance So was Alexandria a City in Aegypt in ancient times called distant from Ierusalem 288 miles towards the West Ezek. 30. Noph A Honey Comb. So the Prophets call Memphis the Metropolis of Aegypt being distant from Ierusalem 244 miles towards the South-east Isa. 18. Ier. 2. Ezek. 30. O. ON Opulency So Ezek. c.