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A58942 Sacred geographie. Or Scriptural mapps 1. Of all the earth, and water, at the creation. 2. Of paradice [sic], and the countries circumjacent, inhabited by the patriarks. 3. Israels forty years perigrination through the wilderness. 4. Canaan, or the land of promise. 5. The travels of S. Paul, and other the apostles. 6. Jerusalem, as it stood in our Saviours time. Collected both from sacred and prophane authority, by learned persons selected thereunto by the National Congreagation of Dutch Devines, for the more profitable reading of the Old and New Testament. And to be bound up with Bibles. Translated into English by J. Moxon, hydrographer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. London, printed by Joseoph Moxon, and sold at his shop on Ludgate hill, at the signe of Atlas. 1671. Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691. 1691 (1691) Wing S223D; ESTC R219071 54,504 99

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great number of Citties in this Land is almost incredible yet that you may the better conceive of it we have thought fit to add a Catalogue of the Kingly Citties which Joshua by lot devided to the children of Israel as follows To the Tribe of Ruben Hesh●●n Madian P●tra To Manasse G●●al F●a-D●r Ta●●a●● M●g●●●● Israel Th●●z● Ashtaroth Domas●●● Ed●●● Gesur Maachath Zoba Them●●● Madon To Gad Rabbah To Benjamin ●●thel A● Gibe●● Jer●sa●●● Jericho To Simeon Debir Gerar. To Zebulon Jok●eam Simron Mer●● To Issachat Apbek To Asher Achsaph Lassor●n Tyre Zidon To Naphtali Hazor Edrei Heleph Hamm●th To Dan. Ekron Gath. Lac●is To Judah Harad Arab. Makked●h Lib●a Eglon. Bes●k Hebron Adullam Tappua To Ephraim G●●ur Tappuah L●ssaron Samaria in all 52 Kingly Citties This Description of the Land of Canaan may be thought unproper in this place since we pretend to shew you the children of Israels forty years wandering through the Wilderness But because you may know what Land it was God had ordained for them after their Trials and Travels and because we intend in our Discourse upon the Mapp of Canaan to treat mostly upon the Actions and Passages of our Saviour Jesus Christ in this Land therefore we thought fit to insert this Discourse here and to omit it in the next Mapp Wherefore Having thus given you an account of the Land of Promise we come next to shew the Perigrination of the children of Israel towards it through the Wildernesses of Paran Zin Kadesh c. where for your information take notice that the double prickt line in the Map shews the passage they made and where you find six little round thus besides the prickt line it shews where they pitched their Tents Each Station is marked with numerical figures to which the numerical figures in the Mapp and Book bear particular referrences But to the purpose God having purposed that the posterity of Abraham should remain as strangers in a strange Land 430 years And this time being expired he took notice of their miserable bondage and how they were supprest and tasked of the Egyptians he heard the sighs and complaints of his People and therefore sent his servants Moses and Aaron to lead them out of Egypt into the Promised land And because King Pharaoh opposed them therefore God sent all sorts of plagues upon Egypt so that at last Pharaoh and his people were not only willing to let them go but even in a manner drove them out of the land The children of Israel therefore gathered themselves together from all parts of the land to Rameses and ate the Paschal Lamb on the 14. day of the moneth Ibib. Exod. 13. 4. which with us is part of the moneth of March and by them accounted the first moneth of the Year 2583. years after the Creation of the World The next day to wit the 15 day of the first moneth they journeyed from thence to Succoth at fig. 1. in the Mapp and from thence to Etham at fig. 2. on the edge of the Wilderness and there encamped themselves From thence they turned to Pi-hahiroth at fig. 3. between Migdal and the Sea where they were overtaken by the Egytians But God set his Angel behind the camp to guard it And having provided a Pillar of Cloud and a Pillar of Light the one to guide them in the Day and the other to light them in the Night placed the Pillar of loud behind the Israelites and it became a Light to them but Darkness to the Egyptians so as they could not come at them Israel being thus beset on each side with high mountains behind with an Enemy and before with the Red Sea cryed unto the Lord who by the hands of his servant Moses caused the Waters to part and they went over on dry Ground But when the Egyptians persued them the Waters returned again and covered them and their Chariots so that they were all drowned in the Sea and not one of them escaped Hereat the People rejoyce and Moses and Miriam sing praises to the Lord for their deliverance But journeying farther come to the bitter Waters of Marah at fig. 4. where they encamped and murmurred against Moses who by the Lords direction threw a Tree into the Waters and they became sweet Exod. 15. 25. From hence they journeyed to Elim at fig. 5. and encamped there where they found twelve Fountains of Water and seventy Palm Trees From thence they came to the coasts of the Red Sea at fig. 6. And from thence to the Wilderness of Sin at fig. 7. and encamped there on the 15 day of the second Moneth after they came out of the Land of Egypt Here they again murmurred against Moses for want of Flesh calling for the Flesh pots and Bread of Egypt Wherefore the Lord pittying them sent them their dayly bread from Heaven which they called Mannah and caused a great number of Qua●●s to come out of the Sea to seed them with Then they journeyed from Sin and set up their Tents in Dep●k●● at fig. 8. From thence to Alush at fig. 9. Thence Rep●●dim at fig. 10 where there was no Water to drink wherefore the People again murmur at Moses and tempred the Lord and therefore the name of the place was called Massah and 〈◊〉 Exod. 17. 7. Nevertheless the Lord commanded Moses to smite the Rock and there came forth Water for the People to drink Here also Amalek came forth against Israel and Moses and Aaren and Hur went up to the top of the Hill where Moses lined up his hand 〈◊〉 Prayer to the Lord and Israel prevailed but when his hands grew heavy so that he could not hold them up Amalek prevailed against Israel therefore Aaron and ●ur got a stone for Moses to sit on and held up his hands steddy till Amlek was quite discomfited Afterwards came Jethro the Father in law of Moses and Priest of Midian whom Moses received with reverence and love And Jethra brought with him his daughter Zioporah Moses wife and her two sons Gerskon and Eliezer Jethro seeing the great paine and trouble Moses had in judging the People concels him to seek out Wise Couragious and Jastmen fearing God and set them as Rulers over thousands over hundreds and over tens and what causes were too great for them they should bring before Moses This pleased Moses well and he did so And his Father in law departed into his own Countrey The same day the Israelites departed out of Riphidim and encamped in the Wilderness of Sinai at fig. 11. against the Mountains which are also in part called Horeb Here God came down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the People and gave them his Law first by word of mouth and afterwards to Moses in two Tables written on Stone by God himself after he had been forty dayes in the Mount with God Exod. 32. 16. and Deut. 9. 9 10 11. But Moses coming down and seeing the Idolatry of the People towards the Golden Calf waxed
After 7 days persuit of his Father in law and Uncle Laban and a great power he brought with him he was overtaken Yet nevertheless Laban being warned of God not to hurt Jacob made a convenant with him Gen 31. 48 49. not to hurt each other Here they made a heap of stones in memorial of the covenant and called the name of it Gilead and Mizpah And from thence Laban returned home in peace Jacob travelling a little further meets the Angels of God and called the name of the place Mahanaim at Fig. 20 in the Mapp From hence Jacob and all his Family and followers passed over the foord Jabbok Gen. 32. 22. Here it was that Jacob wrestled with God and obtained his blessing and was called Israel wherefore he called the name of the place Peniel at Fig. 21. in the Mapp And here he met his brother Esau coming against him with 400 men yet they imbraced and parted friendly from one another Esau to his dwellings in the mountains Seir at Fig. 22 in the Mapp Gen. 33. 16. and Jacob journied to Succoth on the River of Jordan at Fig. 23 in the Mapp where he built an house From thence he came neer the Citty of Shechem in Canaan at Fig. 17. in the Mapp From hence God commanded him to go to Bethel and make there an Altar unto God that appeared unto him when he fled from his brother Esau. Gen. 35. 1. From hence Jacob travelled towards Ephrath which is Bethelem at Fig. 24. And within a little way of the place Richel dyed with hard labour of her son Benjamin and was buried there Gen. 35. 19. and Gen. 48. 7. Israel travelled again from thence and pitched his Tents beyond the Tower of Edar at Fig. 25. in the Mapp From Edar he went to his Father Iscaac in Mamre at the Citty of Arbak at Fig. 11 in the Mapp And Isaac being 180 years old dyed and was buryed by his sons Esau and Jacob in the Sepulcher of his Father Abraham at Machpelah at Fig. 12 in the Mapp Israel being compelled by famine and invited by his son Joseph goes into Egypt that is the land of Cham also called Mitsraim where Joseph receives him with joy and duty and entertains him with great kindness and liberallity giving him with the consent of Pharaoh the Land of Goshen at Fig. 26 in the Mapp to live in The soules that came out of Egypt with him were in number 70. And Israel being very old and dim of sight dyed there and was carryed by his son Joseph and the rest of his children and a great train of Egyptians very magnificently into the land of Canaan and buried in the Sepulcher of his Father and Grandfather at Machpelah which is before Mamre at Fig. 12 in the Mapp Gen 50. 13. Thus is the curteous Spectator presented with a short Narration of the several Countries Stations and Dwellings of our first Parents from Adam downwards to Jacob and by the corresponding figures in the Mapp and this Narration is directed to find the scituation of every place in question which he shall read of in the Bible wherein they are concerned with very great ease speed and delight A short discourse upon the Perigrination of the Children of Israel Together with a Geographical description of the several places they travelled to between Egypt and the land of Canaan THe land of Promise is by some old Writers called Palestine as is conjectured from the name of the Inhabitants of the land called Philistines a Nation descended from Cham one of the sons of Noah And yet may this Land be properly called the Land of Promise in regard of the promise God made to Abraham Gen. 12. 7. and Gen. 13. 15. It takes the name of Canaan from Canaan one of the sons of Ham and is devided into particular Provinces according to the several names of Chams sons who were the first possessors of those Provinces as you may more perfectly see in the Mapp of Paradice And lastly this Land is called the Holy Land alluding to what God said unto Moses in Deut. 3. 5. Draw not nigh hither Put off thy shoes from thy feet for the Place whereon thou standest is Holy Ground Notwithstanding this was not spoken by God in the Land of Canaan but in the Wilderness of Sin by mount Horeb. Yet however we may account this a very proper name for this Land because the holiness of the Lord was there preserved The Holy Citty of Jerusalem stood in it and the most Holy and true Son of God had both his birth and conversation in it The extream bounds of this Land reaches Fastwards to Arabiathe Stony Westwards to the Great Sea Northwards to the Hills of Labanon and Southwards to the Wilderness of Paran Edom and Kadesh It s length between Labanon and Paran is about 150 English Miles The bredth between the Great Sea and the River of Jordan is various for in some Places it is about 50. in others about 60. Miles over This Land is watered with several smal Rivolets or Brooks some emptying themselves into the Great Sea and others running into the River of Jordan a famous River taking its original from two smal Lakes by the Woods of Labanon called Jor and Dan who running a little way unite both their streams and names and from thence is called Jordan This River Jordan runs from thence into the Lake Merom and from Merom into the Sea of Galilee otherwise called the Sea of Chinereth And lastly running from the Sea of Chinereth it looses its self and name in the Dead Sea or Vale of Siddim In this Valestood formerly those wicked Citties Sodom and Gomorrah and in the time of Lot was a most exceeding fruitfull plot of ground compared to the Garden of the Lord to witt Paradice Gen 13. 10. This Sea or Vale is also watered with the Brooks Zered and Arnon and is nevertheless as Josephus writes a salt and unfruitful Lake Tacitus Egysippus Pausanius and others write wonderful things of this Lake which for brevity we shall here omit Yet this we ought to remark that herein is found driving upon the waters a species of Pitch called Asphaltum from whence this Lake hath also obtained the name of Mare Asphalticum This Pitch being melted hath a noysom stinck and is used both in medicines and by the Inhabitants there-abouts for the pitching of Vessels But to proceed This Land of Canaan is a very fruitful Land producing Corn Wine Oyl Sugar Balsome Figgs Herbs and Flowers and is very truely termed a Land flowing with milk and honey Exod 3. 8. and in several other places It is beautified with many fair Hills Vales Fields Fountains Rivers Woods Citties Vi●lages and strong Castles exceling many other Lands in the World and therefore given by God for an Inheritance to the Father of the faithful and his Seed the children of Israel as a type of the Heavenly Canaan the place of perfect and accomplished joy and happiness The exceeding
so wrath with them that in holy zeal he threw the two Tables out of his hands and brake them in peeces and took the Golden Calf and burned it in the fire and ground it to powder and shewed it upon Water and made the Children of Israel to drink of it Then Moses prayed unto God and obtained mercy for them And God caused Moses to hew two other Tables and with his own finger he wrote on them the words that were in the former Tables In the Mount Sinai Moses receives a command from God to make the Tabernacle with all its appertainces according to his directions and to require of all the People a Free will Offering besides a Tax of half a Shekel upon every male of 20 years old and upwards In this Tax were numbred 603550. men Exod. 39. 26. and in the former vers it saies it brought up in Silver 100. Tal and 1775 Shek of Silver Besides 100. Talents of Siverto cast Sockets which makes 200 Talents 1775. Shekels amounting to in our English Coin at 2. sh. 5. d. the Shekel the sum of 72565. lb. 6. sh. 3. d. Besides was freely offered in Gold 29 Tallents 730 Shekels which if we reckon to be worth twelve times its weight in Silver as according to the most usual received value it is it amounts to the sum of 127208. lb. 10. sh. o. d. To which added the Silver aforesaid 72562. 6. 3. makes the exact sum of 199773. 16. 3. English money This sum is for the Gold and Silver only The Brass imployed at out the Tabernacle and its appertainances was 70. Talents and 2400 Shekels which of our weight at 16 ounces to the pound weighs 6526. lb. 14. ounces which reckoned at 8. d. the pound the usual price of Bras with us comes to 217. lb. 11. sh. 3. which added to the former sum makes 199991. lb. 7. sh. 6. the just value of the mettal imployed about the Tabernacle Besides the Offerings of Blew Silk Purple Scarlet Fine Linnen Goats hair Ram skins dyed Red Badger skins Shittim wood Oyl Spices Sweet Incense and precious Stones which must needs amount to a very great price Nor is there in Scripture any mention made what the workmanship of all these materials cost but surely it would come to much were into be paid for The Women doubtless spun their blew Silk and Goats hair freely And we may conjecture that many men that had nothing else offered their Labour gratis to the building of this Tabernacle to the Lord. The Tabernacle being finisht was reared up Exod. 40. 2. the first day of the first moneth in the second year after they departed out of Egypt It and all its Instruments was annointed and hallowed by Moses And then a Cloud covered it and the glory of the Lord filled it All the day time the Cloud remained over it and Fire was in it in the night time and became a Light to all the Camp Now follows another Offering Numb 7. 2 3. of all the Princes and Elders of the Tribes And they send six covered Chariots and twelve Oxen two Princes joyned for a Chariot and each Prince sent his Ox to do service in the Tabernacle Each Prince offered also in the first Dedication of the Altar a Charger of 130. Shekels of Silver and a Bowl of Silver weighing 30 Shekels and an Incense Cup of Gold weighing 10 Shekels which was in all 2400. Shekels of Silver amounting to 590 lb. Sterling and 120 Shekels of Gold amounting to 358 lb. Sterling together 948 lb. Sterling They also offered 60 young Bullocks 72 Rams 72 Lambs and 72 He Goats for Burnt Offerings and for Sin Offerings and for Peace Offerings Thus was the Altar dedicated We have before found the People numbred from 20 years old and upwards but till now the Levites are not numbred Therefore God commanded Moses to number them from a moneth old and upwards and they were found to be 2.000 Every first born male is now also numbred and they are found to amount to 22273 Souls which with the Levites make 44273. which with the foregoing 603550 makes 647823 males Besides Women and Maidens and Youths under 20 years of age On the 20 day of the second moneth of the second Year the Cloud was taken up from the Tabernacle Numb 10. 11. and the Camp removed from the Wilderness of Sinai and rested in the Wilderness of Paran at fig. 12. in such order as you may read in Numb 10. 14. to 29. Here the People murmur against Moses wherefore the fire of the Lord burnt among them and consumed the outmost part of the Host and therefore the name of the Place was called Taberah And here the People again lusted and wept for the Flesh the Fish the Onnions and other fare of Egypt and loath Mannah wherefore the Lord sent them such numbers of Quailes out of the Sea that they even surfeited with them and so kindled the Lords anger against them that he sent an exceeding great Plague amongst them wherefore the name of the Place was called Kibi oth Hattaavah that is Graves of Lust. Numb 11. 34. From hence they took their journey to Hareroth at Fig. 13 here Aaron and Miriam for speaking against Moses were punnished Aaron by words from the Lord and Miriam with Leprosie so that she was shut out of the Host seven days And then the Host removed thence to Rithma in the Wilderness of Paran at Fig. 14. From hence the Lord commanded Moses to send forth 12 men to search the Land of Canaan who returned again in forty days bringing with them a Cluster of Grapes on a Bar between two of them and Pomgranates and Figgs and related it to be a Land flowing wihh Milk and Honey But yet that the People were strong and the Cittie 's walled and that there were Gyants among them which so discouraged the Israelites that they again fell a murmuring wishing they had dyed in Egypt or that they were dead in the Wilderness And were conspring to chuse themselves another Captain to lead them again into Egypt But Joshua and Caleb two of the twelve that were sent to search the Land strove to appease and incourage the People For which the multitude were about to stone them which so provoked Gods anger against them that he threatned to destroy them all yet by the Prayers of Moses the Lord forgave them but swore that none of them that had seen the miracles he did in Egypt and had so oft tempted him in the Wilderness should ever enter into the land of Promise only Joshua and Caleb for their obedience should but all the rest should dy in the Wilderness as they had wished Wherefore the People were sorry for what they done and as in dispair offered to go up to the place the Lord had promised them But Moses would not consent to it but councelled them to the contrary yet they presumed obstinately to go up though Moses and the Ark went not with them and were
of Euphrates and Tigras which lands the Greeks call Mesopotamia 2 Sam. 8. 3. 5. 10. 6. Iud. 3. 8. The Inhabitants of these Lands are at this day as well of themselves as of the Neighbouring Nations about them called Aramei and Asamei The Children of Aram are these Uz Hull Gether and Mas. From Uz are descended those of Cele Syria called in the Holy Scripture the Land of Uz where Job dwelt Job 11. From Hull are descended the Inhabitants of Palmiaren from Gether those of Apamena and from Mas the People of Pieriah Comagena and Cyrestica See the Map of the Travels of St Paul The sons of Cham are these Cus Misraim Put and Canaan Cus from whom the desart and stony Arabia was called the Land of Chus Begat Seba Hevila Sabtha Raema Sebtecha and Nimrod From Seba and Hevila are descended the dwellers of the desart and stony Arabia Psal. 72. 10. Isai. 43. 3. These Countries were afterwards overcome by the Posterities of Abraham the Edomites and the Isralites and by them possessed You must understand that desart Arabia is so called not that it is wholy desart and un-inhabited But because it hath many desart places and few Cities because the dwellers therein live most in Tents as those who for grasing of their Cattle often change Places Sabtha or more properly Sabbetha is one of the Predecessors of the Inhabitants of Arabia the happy wherein in former times was the City of Sabbotha From Raema are descended the People that inhabite that part of Arabia the happy that borders on the Persian Sea where Ptolomie places the City of Rhegama Among the Sons of Raema were Sheba and Dedan From Dedan are descended the dwellers of Dedace in Ethiopia and the Troglodites as may be gathered by the Marchandize mentioned in Ezeck 27. 15. 38. 13. Seba was also the Progenitor of the People of Ethiopia Isai. 45. 14. From hence came the Queen of Saba or more properly Sheba to King Solomon 1 King 10. 1. Mat. 12. 42. And here reigned the mighty Queen Can●●es Act. 8. 27. And at this time here reigns that potent Prince untruly called Presbiter John for he is neither Presbiter nor Priest but is indeed the mightiest Monarch of this world The People of Arabia and other Mahumetans call him At●clabassi and his own Subjects Acegue and Neguz of the Abissines or Moors From Mitsraim are descended the People of Egypt And therefore the Hebrews from him call that land in their language Mitsraim And also to this day the Inhabitants and bordering People call it Mìsri From Mitsraim are also descended these following Nations to wit Ludim the Inhabitants of the Common-wealth of Mariot in Egypt Anaemim the Inhabitants of Marmarica and Cyrene Leabim the people of Lybia Scituated between Marenmaricam and Egypt Naphthuhim The Moors on the borders of Egypt whose chief City is Napatha or Naphtha Pathrusim which Ptolomy calls Phorusios and Pliny Pharusios those of Getulia who border on the great Ocean Sea Isai. 11. 11. ler. 44. 1 15. Plin. Book 6. ch 8. And Casluhim the Inhabitants of Cassiotidis lying in the entrance of Egypt coming from India and the Caphtorims that is the Inhabitants of Seir and other adjacent Countries From these people are descended the Philistims and Caphtorims Gen. 10. 14. Gen. 32. 3. Deut. 2. 22. From Put are descended the People of Africa the Less Mauritania in which is the River that Ptolomy calls Phehut and Plinie Funt And also in Numidia and other Countries towards the South Mauritania and Africa the Less are now called Barbary Numidia Biledulgerid and those Lands extending farther Southwards are called Azamaga Gualata Guiny which is the land of Black Moors From Canaan are descended the Sidonites Hethites Iebusites Emorites Cirgasites Hevites Arkites Sinites Arradites Zemarites and the Hamathites And their Countries extended from Sidon unto Gaza c. Gen. 10. 19. But almost all this Land of Canaan was for the many grievous sins of its Inhabitants by Gods Commandment given for an Inheritance to the seed of Abraham Nimrod the Son of Chus began to be a mighty man upon the Earth and the beginning of his Kingdom was Babel and other Cities in the land of Shinar Gen. 10. 10. Now in regard that the Posterity of Noah are thus placed in Europe Asia and Africa a question may arise how America being so great a part of the world became first populated and from whence and because the answer cannot be found either in Holy writ or prophane Authours the most we can do is but to offer at arguments and leave them to be accepted or rejected according as they may seem most probable or improbable to the judgement of the Reader Yet certain it is that the People of America had their Original from Noah For in the Flood God destroyed every thing that was upon the Earth from Man to Beast and Noah only remained and they that were with him in the Ark. Gen. 7. 23. But from which of Noahs sons is the task to find out in regard we have had so little knowledge of that part of the world till of comparatively late years It seems neerest the truth that those People that inhabite the Northern parts of America are descended from laphet for towards the North is but a small Sea both on the Western and Eastern side On the Eastern side of America between the Western parts of Norway and the Eastern parts of Island are not contained above 170 Leagues from whence by the providence of God Norway-Men Fishing at Sea in smal vessels might easily by stress of weather be forced over with a strong Easterly wind in less than three dayes time And afterwards either they or their Successors by the same Providencial cause might in less than one daies time be driven from the Western Shoars of Island upon the Shoars of Groenland which though it be not accounted a part of America yet in my Judgement it ought to be rather part of it than of any of the other three parts of the World and that because it borders so very near upon it that to this day it is unknown whether it be a part of that Continent or no. For several of our Country men and others have attempted to find a Sea Passage between them and yet cannot But if there be a passage it is a very small one and therefore we may probably conjecture would not longly hid since the necessities that that cold Climate is Subject to would compel rational Creatures as men are to seek Southerly for a warmer Scituation But here to shew the possibility of such an accident I mentioned only three daies time wherein men might be forced over from the Western parts of Norway to the Eastern parts of Groenland though we need not from hence conclude it was so but we may also think that America might as well be populated from any other part of Europe if we but allow that Navigations have designedly been made thither both by our
drowned all the race of Mankind all the Beasts of the field all the Fowls of the Air and all creeping things except Noah and his Family and two of a sort of all Creatures that lived on the face of the Earth and of the fowls of the Air preserved by Noah upon the Waters in an Ark built by him according to the directions of God himself after the World had been created 1656 years This Ark having driven to and fro upon the Waters above the highest tops of the Mountains for the space of about five moneths time it pleased God to let it rest at last upon the Mountains of Ararat And after the waters were retired again into their place the beleeving Noah and his Family and all the living Creatures that were inclosed in the Ark went again out of the Ark and Noah and his Family setled themselves about the Eastern borders of the River of Hiddekel from whence afterwards the Generations of Noah spread themselves both Eastwards and Westwards naming the several Lands and Countries wherein they lived after their several Names Which hath moved us to insert this Geneological Table that the Reader may the easier learn to know the Lands in the Map and their several Original Possessors as more at large you may collect them out of the Bible and the marginal Notes there on Let the Genelogical Table come in here All the people of the Earth had then one Language and one Speech And that they might the better unite themselves and perpetrate a Name they consulted to build a Citty and a Tower therein whose top thereof should reach up unto Heaven which the Lord being offended with confounded their Language scattered them and made them leave off building their intended Citty And the name of that place was called Babel as you may see at Fig 1. in the Map because the Lord did here confound their Language and from hence desperse them into all parts of the Earth Gen. 11. 9. Not far from this Citty is Ur the dwelling place of Terah as at Fig. 2. in the Mapp This Terah was the Father of Abraham and the Grandfather of Lot And Abraham being forewarned of God to depart from thence according both he and his Father Terah and Lot departed to Haran as at Numb 3. in the Mapp where Terah dyed Gen. 11. 32. And Abraham at Gods command left his Native place and his Kindred and took with him all his family and his Nephew Lot and all their substance and travelled towards the Land of Canaan unto Sichem in the Plain of Moreh as at Fig. 4. in the Mapp From whence he removed again unto a mountain between Beth-el and Hai as at Fig. 5. in the Mapp and pitched his tent there where he built an Altar and called upon the Lord. Gen. 12. 8. From hence they depart Southwards and by reason of a famine in the Land are driven to go down into Egypt from whence after some time of stay they again depart richly blessed with Cattle Silver and Gold c. into the Land of Canaan and again took up their dwelling place between Beth-el and Hai. at Fig. 5. Gen. 13. 3. Here Lot and Abraham parts because the Land was too little for them And Lot chose the Plain of Jordan at Fig. 6. in the Mapp and pitched his Tent towards Sodom Gen. 13. 12. And Abram went and dwelt in the Plain of Mamre which is in Hebron Gen. 13. 18. as at Fig. 7. in the Mapp Here it was that Ishmael was born Isaac is promised And Abrams name was changed to Abraham Gen. 16. and 17. From hence Abraham journeyed towards the South Countrey and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned as a stranger in Gerar at Fig. 8. in the Mapp Gen. 20. 1. Here Abraham was commanded to offer up his Son Isaac upon one of the Mountains of Moriah at Fig. 9. in the Mapp But God finding his obedience forbids him to lay hands on the Lad and provides a Ram for a burnt offering in Isaacs steed and promises him his blessings From hence Abraham goes and dwells in Beersheba at Fig. 10. in the Mapp Gen. 22. 19. And at Kirjath-arba which is Hebron Sarah dies and is buried in the cave of Machpelah over against Mamre at Fig. 12. in the Mapp Gen. 23. 19. Afterwards Abraham takes an Oath of his servant and sends him to Nahor in Mesopotamia at Fig. 3. in the Mapp to take a wife for Isaac out of his Kindred and obtained Rebekah the Daughter of Bethuel and brings her into Canaan where Isaac met her as he came from the way of the Well Lahairoi at Fig. 13. in the Mapp Gen. 24. 62. Abraham at the age of 175 years dies and is buried by his Sons Isaac and Ishmael in the Sepulcher of his Wife Sarah at Fig. 12. in the Mapp Gen. 25. 10. Isaac then dwelt in the Cit●y of Gerar at Fig. 14. in the Mapp Gen. 26. 6. From whence he removed to the valley of Gerar. Gen. 26. 17. And from the valley of Gerer to Beer-sheba Gen. 26. 23. But the Children of Ishmael being twelve Prince dwelt in all that space between Havilah at Fig. 16. and Shur at Fig. 15. in the Mapp Gen. 25. 18. This was a large Countrey but in probability not very fruitful or close inhabited Because at this time it is called the Deserts of Arabia Isaac had now two Sons to wit Esau and Jacob. And Jacob being the youngest by his subtilety bought Esaus birth-right for a mess of Pottage and by it obtained his father Isaac's Blessing which belonged to Esau for which Esau sought Jacobs Life But by the councel of his Parents he went towards Podan-Arain to Laban his Mothers brother But being benighted at Luz he took of the stones of the Place for his Pillows and lay down to sleep on them and then dreamed that he saw a Ladder whose top reached into Heaven and the Angels of God ascending and descending Here he received the promise of God and here he took the stone he had for his Pillow and set it up for a Pillar and poured oyl on it and named the Citty Bethel at Fig 17 in the Mapp Gen. 28. 11 to 20. In the morning he travelled towards the people of the East where he met Rachel the daughter of his Uncle Laban about Haran at Fig 3 in the Mapp and makes himself known to her who straight runs and tells her father who also came out to meet him and received him kindly Gen. 29 13. Here Jacob served Laban 20 years for his two daughters Leah and Rachel together with such Cattle of the Flock as he barganied for which the Lord blesses and increases mightily Whereat Laban and his Sons grow displeased and murmur against Jacob. which caused Jacob to depart from thence with his Wives and Childeren and Cattle to the land of Canaan over the River Euphrates at Fig. 18 in the Mapp Turning towards the Hills of Gillead at Fig. 19 in the Mapp
the 3 Taverns 63 and so to Rome Here S. Paul first preached to the Jews but they being most of them hardned he preached two full years to the Gentiles having liberty to dwell in an hyred house of his own having only one Soldier for his guard Act. 28. 1 c. Anno 60. He continues prisoner in Rome and this year he wrote the Epistle to the Galatians Gal. 1. 1. And likewise he wrote to the Ephesians Eph. 1. 1. Anno 62. He was still prisoner but received dayly the benevolence of the Churches Epaphroditus brought him the good will of the Philippians by whom he returned his Epistle to the Philippians Phil. 11. 1. Then came Timothy with the alms of Ephesus And a while after came Onesinus run away from his Master by whom S. Paul returned the Epistle to Philemon Then came Epaphras to Rome and not unlikely be brought with him the alms of the Colossians to whom be returned an Epistle sent by Tychicus of Colophon And finally after 2 years imprisonment he came to a hearing before Nero and though most of his friends fell off yet was he acquitted 2 Tim. 4 16 17. And now being at liberty some think he prosecuted his Journey into Spain as he had promised Rom. 15. 24. Anno 63. He was in Spain or in his way thither preaching the Gospel This year S. James at Jerusalem suffered martyrdome in whose place S. Simon his brother was chosen Bishop Eus. Ecc. Hist. B. 2. ch 11. 23. Ios. Ant B. 20. ch 8. S. Paul in Gallia ordained Cresceus Bishop of Calcedon Dor. Syn. Anno 64. S. Paul out of Gallia took shipping and sayled into Greece Anno 65. S. Paul in Macedonia visited the Churches and landed at Troas i● Asia where Carpus was Bishop He left him his Cloak and certain parchment writings and went up into Phrygia unto Laodecea and from thence wrote his first Epistle to T●mothy at Ephesus 1 Tim. 3. 14. 15. promising shortly to come thither to him But it fell out otherwise For in the mean time the news arriving of the persecutions ar R●me he leaving off all farther thought hasted to be there And accordingly going from Laodicea to Miletum There he left Trophimus one of his Companions sick Hence he sailed away to Corinth where Erastus tarryed for him by appointment 2. Tim. 4. 20. And hence he sayled away to Rome where S. Peter also met him In the meantime the poor Christians in Rome were crucified torn with beasts and burnt in fire Tac. An. B. 15. ch 44. But S. Paul at Rome greatly encouraged and so did S. Peter From hence S. Paul at this time wrote his second Epistle to Timothy desiring his company S. Paul was clapt up a prisoner betrayed by Alexander the Coppersmith of Ephesus 2 Tim. 4. 14 15. Demas forsook the Faith Anno 66. S. Peter and S. Paul were both prisoners at Rome Timothy and Trophimus came to Rome to S. Paul Anno 67. June 29. S. Peter was crucified with his head downwards and Olympas and Rhodion his companions suffered with him S. Paul was beheaded and with him suffered his companions Aristarchus Trophimus and Pudens Eus. Ecc. Hist. B. 2. ch 25. Tertul. in Apol. ch 5. Dor. Syn. Thus ended the travels of this painful Father after he had spent some 32 years in preaching the Gospel and had run over many thousands of miles by Land and Water for the promulgation thereof The History of JERUSALEM BAbylon and Rome were not so much famed for their atchievements Warlike but Jerusalem was as famous as either and beyond them both for Stories Sacred and miraculous She stands in account for Antiquity far beyond Rome and but a few years on this side the confusion of Tongues much of the same date with the City of Babylon for according to the reckoning of Calistenes in his Letter to Aristotle from Babylon at what time it was taken by Alexander That this City had stood 1903 years And according to this computation was Babylon founded some few years after the confusion when ●●m passed over Euphrates with the Canaanites Mitsraimites and Phutites all following towards Egypt whereof Canaan dropt by the way and seated in the Holy Land In this pleasant and most fertile Countrey the numerous Off-spring of these prophane Canaanites overspread themselves and called it in parcels each Tribe after his Fathers name but remembring the whole Countrey by the name of their Grandsire Canaan Here several of his Sons built Cities among others Jebus built one and called it Jebus which some time after was called Jerusalem or Hierosolyma The authour of the Book of Joshua remembers it by this name but then was it only for that this sacred Pen-man called it as it had the name in his own age wherein the writer lived and not as it was in the dayes of Iohsua For until this City was conquered by K. David and established his Royal seat we find no other name it had but Iebus only from whence the Conquerour called it after himself Kiriath David or the City of David And under that name was it known all the daies of that famous King and after untill K. Solomon enlarged and beautified the City and adorned it with the sacred and never enough to be admired Temple of God therein which became more famous all over the World than ever was that one of the 7 Wonders of the World the huge Temple of Diana at Ephesus Now by reason of these noble additions of Salomon and for that it was an embleme of this Princes most peaceable reign and more for that it was enriched with the most sacred Temple of Peace wherein all People were to make attonement for their sins in order to obtain their everlasting peace with God it was ever after called Hierosolyma in the Hebrew tongue which was as much as to say the Inheritance of Peace or the vision of Peace And such especially was it in the daies of our Saviour when the Peace of God which passeth all understanding was preached and seen there reigning Phil. 4. 7. This City was held by the Iebusites while it was called Iebus from the year of its first foundation untill the taking thereof by K. David about 1170 years reckoning from about 20 or 30 years after the confusion or about 120 or 130 after N●●hs Floode at what time Jebus under his father Canaan sat down in those parts After reigned here   years King David 33. King Solomon son of David 40. Rehoboam son of Solomon 17. Abijam son of Rehoboam 3. Asa son of Abijam 41 Jehoshaphat son of Asa 25 Anion son of Manasseh 2. Josiah son of Anion 31 Athalia Wife of Ahaziah 6 Joash son of Ahaziah 40. Jehoram together with his Father 4 and after him 4. Ahaziah son of Jehoram 1. Amaziah son of Joash 29 Uzziah son of Amaziah 52. Jothan son of Uzziah 16. Ahaz son of Jothan under his Father and after 16. Hezekiah son of Ahaz 92. Manasseb son of