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

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the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o be_v cleanse_v of_o the_o abomination_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o break_v down_o the_o statue_n of_o jupiter_n olympus_n which_o have_v continue_v there_o for_o the_o space_n of_o three_o year_n and_o on_o the_o five_o day_n of_o the_o month_n caslew_v which_o be_v our_o december_n celebrate_v a_o solemn_a passeover_n and_o build_v up_o a_o new_a altar_n and_o dedicate_v it_o unto_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o year_n after_o be_v the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o government_n he_o repair_v ●he_v town_n of_o zion_n and_o fortify_v bethsura_n against_o the_o idumean_n which_o nation_n all_o this_o year_n make_v war_n upon_o the_o jew_n but_o after_o judas_n gather_v a_o army_n and_o go_v 40_o mile_n into_o idumaea_n and_o invade_v those_o that_o be_v in_o arabathnes_n and_o in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o son_n of_o bean_n which_o people_n trouble_v the_o israelite_n with_o continual_a robbery_n and_o put_v they_o to_o flight_n so_o that_o they_o be_v 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