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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

King by the Tribe of Iudah in the year of the World 2891 and before Christ 1077. Here he kept his Court seven years and six months From hence also he sent Messengers to Iabes in Gilead forty four miles to signifie his gracious acceptance of that favour which they shewed unto Saul in burying of his Body there 2 Sam. 1. 1 Chr. 12. From Hebron David went to Ierusalem twenty two miles which then was called Iebus being possessed of the Iebusites but he won it with strong hand and thrust them out of it and in Mount Sion set up the City Millo which was afterward called the City of David and signifies a place of Plenty He began his Reign in Ierusalem in the thirty eighth year of his Age and seventh of his Reign In this place also he set up his House made of Cedar-wood of which H●ram King of Tyrus sent him great Plenty from Mount Libanus distant from thence 104 miles 2 Sam. 5. 1 Ch. 12. From thence he went to the Valley of Rephaim some three miles from Ierusalem in the way that leadeth to the City of Bethlem where he fought a memorable Fight against the Philistines and overcame them for which cause it was also called Baal-Perizim because by the Help and Assistance of God he had conquered the Army of the Philistines 1 Sam. 5. After he had dispersed the Enemies he returned to Ierusalem which is ●our miles The Philistines came the same Year into the Valley of Rephaim again and pitched their Tents within three miles and a half of Ierusalem and the Lord gave David a sign that when he heard a noise in the Mulberry-trees he should set upon the Enemy so David went forth and close by the Town of Gaeba and Kirjath-jearim about two miles from Ierusalem West-ward he set upon the Enemy and gave them the second Overthrow 2 Samuel 5. 1 Chr. 15. From thence David followed the Enemy to Gaza which was eighteen miles 2 Sam. 5. in the tenth Year of his Reign from his first beginning in Hebron David assembled all the Princes Priests and chief men of Israel to the number of 30000 which inhabited from Sechor till you come to Chaemah a City of Naphtali at the foot of Mount Libanus even 163 miles off These men assembled themselves in the City of Ierusalem and from thence they with David went to Kirjath-jearim which was about a mile to fetch the Ark of the Covenant from thence into the City of David 1 Sam. 6. 1 Chr. 14. From Kirjath-jearim David and all his Train returned back again to Ierusalem which was about a mile and they placed the Ark of the Lord in a new Cart and caused it to be drawn with Oxen which turned out of the way to the threshing-floor of Nachon where Vzza rashly and inconsiderately touching the Ark of God contrary to the Divine Law was presently slain by the Lord in the way and that place was called Paeri-Vza that is The Breach of Uza for he was not of the Tribe of Aaron to whom it was only lawful to touch the Ark and therefore the Lord struck him that he died miserably wherefore David being terrified by this example of God's Severity would not that day bring the Ark of the Lord into Ierusalem but carried it to the House of a certain Noble-man called Obed Aedom a Gittite who dwelt not far from Ierusalem but when it was told David that the Lord blessed the House of Obed Aedom and all his Family because the Ark was there David went from Ierusalem with a great multitude of People to the House of Obed Aedom who as is said before dwelt not far from Ierusalem yet there are some that say he was an excellent Musician in Ierusalem and dwelt in Mount Acra that is in the lower City and from thence David fetch'd the Ark of the Lord into the upper City which stood upon Mount Sion but I hold the other Opinion to be the more probable When the Ark was carried by the Priests David girt himself with a linnen Ephod which kind of Garment the Priests of the inferiour Order used to wear and danced before it singing Psalms and Hymns to the praise and glory of God and with great State brought it to the City of Ierusalem with the sound of Trumpets and Instruments of Musick and placed it in the middle of the Tabernacle which they had curiously erected in Mount Sion in the upper City which was also called the City of David This hapned in the tenth year of his Reign at which time Saul's Daughter despised him in her Heart and laughed at him but God gave her a due Recompence as you may read 2 Sam. 6. and him a just Reward for he promised by the Prophet Nathan That of his Posterity and Blood the King of Kings and Saviour of the World should be born In the Year following David invaded the Land of the Philistines and the City of Gath which with strong hand he won this was thirty four miles from Ierusalem From thence he returned back to Ierusalem 34 miles In the twelfth Year of his Reign he afflicted the Moabites with cruel War and destroyed two of their Armies with the Sword and the rest of the multitude he made Tributary which was 24 miles 2 Sam. 8. 1 Chr. 9. He returned thence to Ierusalem with great Triumph and Joy twenty four miles In the thirteenth year of his Reign Anno Mundi 2903. and before Christ 1065 he made an Expedition unto Zoba which Iosephus calleth Sophenam and is in Armenia near to Masia or Mount Taurus 600 miles from Ierusalem toward the North of which you may read before David in this place won a memorable Battel against Hadad Ezer the King thereof near to the River Euphrates he took 700 Horse and 20000 Foot burnt their Chariots took 100 Castles conquered all the Towns and Country round about and went away with a great Booty as well of Gold as Silver Brass and other things which Brass for the Excellency thereof was like unto Gold and as Iosephus saith afterwards Solomon made the Molten Sea of it When Gadarezer King of the Syrians he that built that famous City of Damascus heard of the overthrow of Hadad-Ezer he sent a great Army to his Aid which King David near to the River Euphrates smote with the Sword so that 20000 of them were slain and he carryed away a glorious Victory extending his Government from Ierusalem 600 miles towards the North that is into Armenia and beyond the River Euphrates and made these two Nations tributary unto him 2 Samuel 8. 1 Chr. 19. After David had won these two memorable Victories near Euphrates he went thence with all his Army towards the South and invaded the Land of Syria in which Journey Ioram the Son of Tohi King of Antiochia which City at this time was called Hemath met David with Gifts and Presents in the Name of his Father returning him many Thanks because he had destroyed the common Enemy

South and because in that place there are many Bushes and Thorns it is called Sinai for Senaeh signifies a Bush. Here the Law which we call the Ten Commandments was given and not unfitly because like Thorns they prick and vex the Hearts and Consciences of wicked men It is also called Horeb or Chareb which signifies a place made dry Bernard Britenbach and many others in the Month of September 1483 went purposely to see this Mountain and with great Labour ascended to the top thereof for as he saith it is a great Mountain and of an extraordinary height in the lower part round in the upper part divided into two tops or mountains one standing toward the West the other toward the East That toward the West is called Horeb that to the East Sinai And from these two it is sometimes called Horeb sometimes Sinai being both one Hill of the Base Between these there lies a fair and spacious Plain in the middle whereof and as it may be thought in the midst of the Mountain there stands a Monastery near to which there is adjoyning a very pleasant Garden and Orchard plentifully furnished with Date-trees Fig-trees and many others very profitable and pleasant where in antient times there were many Monks that continued there But it happened that a certain number of Pagans in hope to find some Booty came from a Haven of the Red Sea called Thor and upon a sudden broke in upon them and put forty of them to the Sword from whence it was ever after called the Abbey of the forty Martyrs Now it remains desolate few or none inhabiting there only two Monks of St. Katharines Order and these are also grievously troubled with the incursions of the Arabians The Orchard also is destroyed with Locusts and the ground become barren In this Orchard there stands a little Chappel in which there is a Cave where S. Onuphrius the Anchorist lived At the foot of Mount Sinai upon the North standeth the Monastery of St. Katharine of which the Emperour Iustinian was the first Founder it is compassed about with a Wall close by it standeth a goodly Orchard furnished with divers Trees of Fruit pleasant and delightful in that there standeth a goodly Fountain which watereth all about it In this place there are a great number of poor Monks which get their Living by their hands in the Desart thereabouts They say that here stood the golden Calf spoken of Exodus 32. And they shew a round stone lying there where they say Moses broke the two Tables that were given him by God To Pilgrims also they shew the Tomb of St. Katharine standing upon the right side of the Quire with certain other Relicks of hers Upon the left side of the Quire there stands a little door by which you enter into a place called the Chappel of St. Mary of the Bush where they shew the place of the Bush in which God appeared unto Moses And to give grace to their Superstitions there may none enter into that place but he must put off his hose and shoes There is another place where they say God commanded Moses to bring up Aaron Nadab and Abihu with him and the seventy Elders with many other Superstitious Chappels which would be too tedious and frivolous to recite Not far from this there standeth also a Mosko of the Saracens full as fair and spacious as that of St. Katharines to which there is adjoyned a certain Turret hither the Arabians and Saracens do also often come to visit St. Katharine At the Ascent of the Mount Horeb near to the Monastery of St. Katharine there standeth a Fountain of very clear Water in the likeness of a Bow made of Stone reaching from the one side of it to the other and standeth like unto an Arch or Gate A little above that at the foot of Mount Horeb is to be seen the Cave where Eliah rested when the Lord spake unto him 1 Reg. 19. Something above that is the Cliff of the Rock where Moses stood by Gods appointment when he past by and he saw his back parts Ex. 33. A little beyond that is the top of Mount Horeb where is built a little Chappel that hath an Iron Door the Keys of which are in the Monks Custody of the Abby of Saint Katherine In this place they say Moses received the two Tables of Stone wherein the ten Commandments were written by the Finger of God Ex. 34. There is none that enters into this Chappel but with great Reverence bare-foot and bare-legged and casting themselves upon the Earth kiss it About fifteen paces from this they shew the Cave wherein Moses fasted forty days and forty nights Ex. 24. 34. A little above that there is a Mosk to which there daily resorts Arabians and Saracens in honour of Moses whom they reverence as a Prophet Between these there lieth a Well of cold wholsom Water which is called Moses Well Here seemeth in times past to have been some Monastery for there are divers Ruins of Walks and Buildings to be seen This Mountain is round and difficult to Ascend it is 7000 steps to the top and from thence the Red Sea and the Arm thereof where Pharaoh was drowned when he followed the Children of Israel may easily be discerned Mount Sina is much higher than this and lyeth two days Journey from the Red Sea Upon the top whereof are many Rocks and great Stones From thence you may see sundry places as a Mountain lying in Thebaidaes the great Haven of the Red Sea the Desart of Elim and Sur with many others The Desarts round about take the name from the height thereof and are called the Desarts of Sina Of the Graves of Concu●iscence THese Graves are 112 miles towards the South from Ierusalem where the Children of Israel lusting after Meat were fed by the Lord with Quails and for their disobedience died miserably It was also called ●abara● which signifies an inflammation being derived from Baar to Burn because here the Wrath of the Lord was kindled against them and he struck the uttermost parts of their Tents with Fire from Heaven and consumed them Numb 11. Of Hazeroth THis is a place in the Desart some 32 miles from Ierusalem towards the South the name thereof being derived from Chazer which signifieth a Cave about the Mouth whereof there groweth long Grass And therefore from hence Chazer is also taken for Grass Here Miriam the Sister of Moses and Aaron was strook with Leprosie Of Rithmah RIthmah takes name from Iuni●er for Rothaem in Hebrew signifies Juniper It is distant from Ierusalem 112 miles toward the South-eas● Here the Children of Israel pitched their Tents Num. 33. and here it is very likely the Angel of the Lord appeared to the Prophet Eliah and brought him meat and drink Of Rimmon Parez IN this place the Children of Israel the sixteenth remove made their abiding being an hundred and eight miles from Ierusalem towards the South-east Here it is thought the

as he lay upon his Bed and after cut off his Head The Head they brought to King David to Hebron 68 miles But David was not pleased with their Treachery wherefore he caused them both to be put to Death So their Travels were 108 miles The Travels of Absalom ABsalom was born in Hebron and went with his Father to Ierusalem 22 miles 2 Sam. 13. From thence he went to Baal-hazor eight miles where he caused his Brother Amnon to be slain From thence for fear of his Father he fled into the Land of Gesur 88 miles 2 Sam 14. From thence he came back with Ioab to Ierusalem which was 88 miles 2 Sam. 14. From thence he went to Hebron 22 miles and made himself King and rebelled against his Father From thence he went back again to Ierusalem which is 22 miles There he lay with his Fathers Concubines 2 Sam. 16. From thence he pursued his Father to Machanaim 40 miles and there was hanged by the Hair in an Oak tree where Ioab put him to death 2 Sam. 18. So all the Travels of Absalom were 290 miles Of Baal-hazor IN this City Absalom made a great Feast for his Sheep-shearers and invited all his Brothers to it where he caused Amnon to be slain because he had abused his Sister Thamar It lieth in the way some eight miles from Ierusalem towards the North-east as you go to Iericho near to Mount Epraim 2 Sam. 13. and is derived to Baal which signifies a Lord or Husband and Chazir a Den or Cave Of the Name Absalom ABsalom signifieth a Father of Peace although he was the Author of all Discord and Sedition against his Father The Travels of the wise Woman of Thecoa THis woman went from Thecoa to Ierusalem eight miles and spake with King David and with her sweet words she persuaded him that he would recall his Son out of Exile who then remained in Gesur 2 Sam. 14. Of Thecoa THecoa was a City in the Tribe of Iuda some eight miles from Ierusalem toward the South-east near this City Iosaphat by Prayers and the sound of Trumpets without drawing Sword got a memorable Victory and for that cause it signifieth the sound of a Trumpet In this place the Prophet Amos dwelt and there lyeth buried whose Sepulchre was to be seen four hundred Years after Christ as S. Ierom observeth It was from Bethlem-Iuda six miles Near to Thecoa was the Lake Aspher where Ionathan and Machabeus's brothers pitch'd their Tents 1 Mach. 9. Of this City you may read Ier. 6. Am. 1. 2 Chr. 11. Of Achitophel THis perfidious and wicked Man was born in the Town of Gilo not far from Hebron and Debir in the Tribe of Iudah Ios. 15. 2. Sam. 15. twenty miles from Ierusalem South-Eastward who when his Counsel would not take place he went home to his won House and there desperately hanged himself The Travels of wicked Shimei SHimei went from Bahurim where he cursed King David to Bathabara upon the River Iordan which was eighteen miles where he got Pardon of David 2 Sam. 9. From thence he went back with King David unto Gilgal four miles 2 Sam. 19. From thence he went with King David to Ierusalem twelve miles 2. Sam. 19. From thence he went to Bahurim three miles From Bahurim King Solomon sent for him again to Ierusalem three miles There he was constrained to build him an House and not to depart thence upon pain of Death 1 Reg. 2. But Shimei transgressing the commandment of the King went to Gath a City of the Philistines twelve miles From thence he returned back again to Ierusalem twelve miles where he was slain by the command of King Solomon in the third year of his Reign 1 Reg. 2. So all the Travels of Shimei were 104 miles The Books of KINGS and CHRONICLES Of Abishag the Virgin that lay with David THIS Maid was accounted the fairest in all Israel for which cause she was brought to Ierusalem for King David that she might lye with him in his old Age to procure Heat she was born at Sunem a Town some forty four miles from Ierusalem 1 Reg. 1. Of Sunem you may read before in the Travels of David and Saul The Travels of King Solomon SOlomon the Son of David King of Israel entred upon the full Government of the Kingdom of Israel An●mundi 2931. and before Christ 1037. when he was about twenty years old After he went from Ierusalem to Gilgal four miles and there offered upon the Altar which Moses had made 1000 burnt offerings 1 Reg. 2. 2 Chr. 1. From thence he went back to Ierusalem four miles and built a Temple to the Lord in Mount Moriah I Reg. 6. This was begun about the fourth year of his Reign and 480 years after the Children of Israel came out of Aegypt in the Month Ziph which answereth to our May. So that the Temple began to be built in An. Mundi 2934. and before Christ 1034. To the building whereof Hiram King of Tyre sent Cedar Trees from Mount Libanus 120 miles to Ierusalem 1 Reg. 5. 2. Chr. 2. This Temple Solomon within plaited over with Gold and set with precious Stones and finished it in the Month of November about the eleventh year of his Reign 1 Reg. 6. The Dedication whereof was about the twelfth year of his Reign and in the thirty second year of his Age Anno Mundi 2942 and before Christ 1026. The Temple being finished he began to build his own house which was thirteen years a building and was finished about the 44 year of his Age and in the 24 of his Reign 1 Rg. 7. 8. After 20 Years in which time he had finished the House of the Lord and his own House in Mount Sion that he might manifest his Thankfulness to the King of Tyre he went to Cabul a City in the Tribe of Ashur some 80 miles Northward where he gave to the aforesaid Hiram 20 Towns or Cities with all the Country round about wherefore King Hiram called this Cabul that is Displeasant and Dirty 2 Reg. 9. You may read of Cabul Ios. 19. From thence he returned to Ierusalem 88 miles From thence he went to Hazor and restored the City which was 44 miles From thence he returned to Ierusalem 44 miles From thence he went to Megiddo which is not far from Iesreel in the Tribe of Manasses 44 miles from Ierusalem toward the North. This City Solomon fortified 1 Reg. 9. and Iosiah King of Iuda a long time after was there wounded to Death 2 Reg. 9. From Megiddo he returned to Ierusalem 44 miles After that Pharaoh King of Egypt had conquered Gaser and destroyed it with Fire he gave it to his Daughter the Wife of Solomon who rebuilt it This Town was scituated in the Tribe of Ephraim 28 miles from Ierusalem Northward 1 Reg. 9. From Gaser Solomon returned back again to Ierusalem being 28 miles From thence he went to the higher Bethoron which he fortified and stood 28 miles from Ierusalem

Northward 2 Chr. 8. From thence he went to the lower Bethoron 16 miles from the upper toward the South 1 Reg. 9. 2 Chr. 8. From the lower Bethoron he went to Ierusalem which was eight miles After Solomon built the City Belath which was 12 miles from Ierusalem North-vvestvvard 1 Reg. 9. 2. Chr. 8. From thence he returned back to Ierusalem 12 miles and it is very like that Solomon often visited those Towns that he built and restored From Ierusalem he went to Hemath afterward called Antiochia which was 320 miles and compassed it about with a Wall fortified it and afterward constrained all the Kingdoms thereabout to be obedient to his Government 2 Chr. 8. From thence he went with great State into the Kingdom of Zoba which is 600 miles and fortified all the great Cities and Castles of that Country that with the greater Facility they might oppose the Invasions of neighbouring Countries From thence he returned to that famous City Thamar which was also called the City of the Palmes 400 miles this he rebuilt and fortified 1 Reg. 9. 2 Chr. 8. From thence he went to Ierusalem which is 388 miles From thence he went to Ezeong●ber near to the Red Sea in the Country of Idumaea where he built a company of stately Ships and sent them to India to fetch Gold which was 176 miles from Ierusalem Southward 1 Reg. 9. From thence he returned to Ierusalem which is 176 miles But of his Riches and great Prosperity he grew Proud for he excelled all the Kings near him and gave himself to unlawful Pleasures he took unto him 300 Concubines and 700 Wives by whose perswasions he began to worship the Gods of the Gentiles which Idolatry was evil in the sight of the Lord. After he had reigned forty years which was about the sixtieth of his Age he died and was buried by his Father David in Mount Sion the City of David An. Mundi 2770 and before Christ 998. So all the Travels of Solomon were 2544 miles The description of the places to which he travelled Of Gazer you may read before in the Travels of David Of Bethoron THe upper and the lower Bethoron were two Cities in the Tribe of Ephraim built by Saaerah the Daughter of Ephraim 1 Chron. 7. The inferiour Bethoron was not far from the Castle of Emmaus eight miles from Ierusalem toward the North-West The Superiour was twenty miles distant towards the North. These Towns Solomon repaired Near to the lower Bethoron the Lord put the Enemies of Ioshuah to flight with Thunder and Hail Ios. 10. Here also Iudas Macchabeus overcame the Army of Antiochus 1 Mac. 3. Here also he put Ni●anor to death 1 Mac. 7. and signifieth A white house being derived of Beth which signifies an house and Chor he hath made white Of Baaelath THis is a City twelve miles from Ierusalem North-westward in the Tribe of Dan. This City Solomon repaired at such time as he fell in Love with many Women from whence it seemeth to take his name for Baaeleth signifieth his beloved Lady Of Thamar THamar Tadmor or Palmira stood partly in the Desart of Syria and partly in a fruitful Soyl being compassed about on the one side with a Wood on the other with fair and pleasant Fields It was the Metropolitan City of all Syria not far from Euphrates some 388 miles from Ierusalem North-Eastward and as Pliny saith lib. 5. cap. 25. although it lay betwixt two mighty Empires Rome and Parthia yet it was subject to neither fairly scituated a Free City adorned with fair and sumptuous Buildings and contented with their own Government The Wildernesses called after this Towns name Pal●arnae or the Desarts of the Palms extend themselves to Petra the Metropolitan City of Arabia-Petraea and to the borders of Arabia-Foelix one days journey from Euphrates two from the upper part of Syria and six from Babylon as Iosephus observeth Antiq. lib. 8. cap. 5. This City Solomon made Tributary to him and fortified it with strong Walls 1 Reg. 9. Of Ezeongaber you may read before The Typical Signification of Solomon SOl●mon is as much as FREDERICK in High-Dutch which signifies a Peace-maker being derived of the Hebrew word Schel●moh or Schalom to bring glad tidings of Peace Typically representing Christ the Prince of Peace who hath reconciled us with his Heavenly Father and merited an eternal place of Peace and Happiness for all such as trust in him Esay 9. And as Solomon built up the Temple of the Lord with great majesty and glory so Christ hath built up that heavenly Temple the Church of God and adorned it with the Gifts and Graces of his holy Spirit in this World that so it might be capable of eternal Glory in the World to come 2 Cor. 6. The Travels of Solomon's Ships THis Navy of Solomon's went unto Ophir that is India which was accounted from the Mart Town 4800 miles From India they returned back again 4800 miles so all their Travels were 9600 miles This Journey was finished in three years to and again so that every year they went 3200 miles and brought home plenty of Gold Silver precious Stones Ebony c. Of India MOses called this Country Havilah Gen. 2. and Ios. li. Antiq. 8. c. 7. Ophir which name saith he it took of two Brothers so called which inhabited and governed the Country all along the River Ganges But more Modern Writers derive it from Indus a River passing through it It is a spacious and fruitful Country pleasant to inhabit and as Pomponius saith hath in it 5000 Cities being divided into two parts the outward and inward The Travels of the Queen of Saba FRom Saba in Ethiopia she came to Ierusalem 964 miles From Ierusalem she returned back again which was 964 miles So all her Travels were 1928 miles Of Aethiopia THIS Country by the Hebrews is called Chus of Chus the Son of Cham who was the Son of Noah and after Aethiopia ab aestu torrida because of the great heat wherewith oftentimes the habitable Land and People as also the Wilderness were sorely scorched and burned for it is scituated in the third part of the World called Africa lying under the torrid Zone and the Aequator which two by common Experience are found to be extream hot Of Saba SAba is a metropolitan City in Aethiopia lying beyond Egypt 846 miles from Ierusalem towards the South and took the name from a certain precious Stone called Achates wherein might plainly be discerned in certain distinct Colours the rising of Fountains the Chanels of Rivers high Mountains and sometimes of Chariots and Horses drawing them It is reported That Pyrrhus King of the Epirots had one of them wherein was lively represented the Nine Muses and Apollo playing on the Viol portrayed by natural Stains and Colours so artificially as if they had been done by some curious Work-man Of this Stone you may read more in Pliny li. 37. ca. 1. 10. It was first found in Achates a River of Sicilia

are with him that so I may get my self a name and be famous through the whole Kingdom so he came out of Syria and pitched his Tents near Bethoron the lower in the Tribe of Iudah thirty two miles from Samaria But Iudas went down to him to Bethoron where he broke into his Camp overcame his whole Army and put him to the Sword with 8000 of his men but the rest fled into the Land of the Philistines 1 Mac. 3. These two Victories he obtained in the first year of his Government by which he made the name of Macchabees famous through that Kingdom This Battel was fought eight miles from Ierusalem Antiochus Epiphanes having certain Intelligence of that which had happened in the next year made an Expedition into Persia that he might gather Money in those East parts to make an offensive War against the Iews and gave Authority to Lysias whom he made Governour in his absence to suppress this faction sprung up amongst them Wherefore Lysias sent 40000 Foot and 7000 Horse into Iury and appointed Ptolomais Nicanor and Gorgias to be Generals of the whole Army Who so soon as they had entered Iudaea after Hostile manner they pitched their Tents near to a Town called Emaus Iosep. lib. Ant. 13. c. 10. This Town standeth six miles and somwhat more from Ierusalem but Iudas Macchabeus assembled his Army in Mizpah scituated in the Tribe of Benjamin not far from Ierusalem six miles from Bethoron 1. Mac. 3. After Iudas Macchabeus had implored Gods assistance in his Wars and performed many Religious ceremonies he went with his Army to Emaus which was four miles where coming upon the Enemy in the night and unexpected he overcame Nicanor put him to flight and kill'd 3000 of his men This Victory happened in the third year of Iudas Macchabeus his Government 1. Mac. 4. From Emaus he pursued the Enemy to Gexeron Azotus Asserimoth and Iamniah upon the Borders of Idumaea which was eight miles After he returned back from pursuing the Enemy with his Army to Emaus which was eight miles that he might oppose the Army of Gorgias but Gorgias understanding of the overthrow of Nicanor and burning of his Tents fled Iudas Macchabeus obtained his fourth victory in the third year of his Government which was 62 years before Christ and in the 148 year of the Government of the Graecians in Syria six miles from Emaus near to the Castle or Fortress of Bethsura which signifies the house of the Rock being a very strong place scituated in the top of a high Rock some half a mile from Ierusalem in the way which leadeth to Bethlehem Near to this Castle Iudas Macchabeus overcame Lysias Antiochus his chief General of Syria who had 20000 foot and 5000 horse in his Army carrying away a great victory and put to the sword 5000 of his men Lysias being thus overcome mediated a Peace with the Iews which was concluded upon the fourth day of the Month Diosceris which answereth unto the seventh day of our Month of Iune 2 Macch. 10. From Bethsura Iudas Macchabeus brought back his Army to Ierusalem which was almost a mile where he caused the Temple of the Lord to be cleansed of the abomination of the Gentiles and broke down the Statue of Iupiter Olympus which had continued there for the space of three years and on the fifth day of the month Caslew which is our December celebrated a solemn Passeover and built up a new Altar and dedicated it unto the Lord. In the year after being the fourth year of his Government he repaired ●he Town of Sion and fortified Bethsura against the Idumeans which Nation all this year made War upon the Iews But after Iudas gathered an army and went 40 miles into Idumaea and invaded those that were in Arabathnes and in the Land of the sons of Bean which people troubled the Israelites with continual Robberies and put them to flight so that they were constrained to take their Castle where he fired them and it together 1 Macch. 5. 2. Macch. 10. From Idumaea he returned back again with his army to Ierusalem which was forty miles Afterward he led his Army against the Ammonites which lay 60 miles from Ierusalem towards the Northeast 1. Macch. 5. From thence he went to Iaeser in the Tribe of Gad which was 24 miles which he took and all the Castles thereabouts This Town Moses in times past conquered as you may read before 1 Macch. 15. From Iaeser he returned to Ierusalem which was 40 miles From thence he went to Ioppa which was 20 miles and there he burned their Haven for Ioppa was a Haven-Town and those which scaped the fire he kill'd with the sword 2 Mac. 12. From Ioppa he went to Iamnia which was accounted four miles where in the Night he fired their Haven burn'd their Ships and spoiled their Town insomuch as the Inhabitants of Ierusalem which were sixteen miles off might easily see the Fire 2 Macch. 12. From Iamnia Iudas went with his army against Timotheus chief Captain of Antiochus Eupater who continued at the City Caspin which was something more than a mile where he overcame him and 5000 Arabians which were strengthned with 500 Horse and took the City 1 Mac. 12. Afterward Iudas Macchab. with his Brother Ionathan led an Army to Characa unto the Iews that were called Tubieni which was 96 miles against Timotheus Governour of the Ammonites but he was gone thence and had done nothing but left a Garrison in a strong hold Wherefore Dositheus and Sosipater which were Captains with Macchab. went forth and slew those that Timotheus had left in the Fortress more than 10000 men Timotheus himself also fell into their hands but by reason of his fair Speeches they suffered him to depart with Life 2 Mac. 12. 1 Mac. 5. From thence he went to Bozor a fair City which was scituated beyond Iordan near to Bethabara in the Tribe of Reuben it was also called Bazra which was 24 miles this Town he took and burned with Fire Isa. 64. 1 Mac. 5. From Bozor he went to Mizpa where Iephtha some i me sacrificed his Daughter which was 32 miles In that Journey Iudas Macchabeus rescued the Castle of Datheman drave thence Timotheus and put to the Sword 8000 of his Army After he went thence to Mizpa won the Town burn'd it with Fire and put to the Sword all the male Children because the Inhabitants had vexed the Children of Israel with continual Robbery After that he won many other Towns and Cities thereabouts 1 Mac. 5. From Mizpa Iudas passed the River and went to Astaroth-Carnaim which in the second of Macchabees is called Carnion which was eight miles here he destroyed the Temple of Venus which the Inhabitants call Astaroth and put 25000 of the Inhabitants to the Sword He went also to Atargation a Town not far off and took it and delivered all the Israelites from the greatest to the least which were in Captivity amongst the Giliadites 1.

ridiculous yet to such as are at all touched with the sense of Worldly Affairs it cannot chuse but take a deep impression and draw them thence to the knowledge of Christ Jesus and of his Doctrine To which end and for which purpose I have principally endeavoured to publish this Treatise that so comparing the Estate of man in this present World with the Estate of Grace in the World to come they might perceive the impotency of the one and the permanency of the other and from both draw immoveable Axioms that there can be no Salvation where there is no Humility nor no Prosperity where there is not a knowledge of Christ Jesus in his Humanity and thence gather that the afflictions of this World to which he is most subject through the whole course of his Life is the ready means to honour and immortal Glory But that these things may the better appear unto thee I will endeavour to lay before thee the Beginning and so far as the holy Scripture leads me the ending of our Saviour From whence thou may'st draw such comfortable Resolutions that in what Estate soever thou art whether in Prosperity or Adversity thou may'st therewith rest content c. Of Zacharias the Father of John Baptist. ZAcharias or Zachariah signifies Gods Remembrance This man was the Father of Iohn the Baptist being a Priest of the Tribe of Aaron and dwelling at a Town called Abia of which you may read 1 Chr. 24. There were three famous men of this name as Basilius saith One that was a Prophet of the Lord and lived 520 years before the birth of Christ Zach. 1. And another that was the Son of Iehoiada the high Priest who at the command of that ingrateful King Ioas was stoned to death in the upper Court of the Temple 2 Chr. 24. And a third which was this Zacharias the Father of Iohn Baptist and Son of Barachias that is the Blessed who according to the Opinion of Basil was slain for no other cause but for saying that Christ was born of the Virgin Mary This man had to wise Elizabeth of the Posterity of the High-Priest Aaron and by her had a Son called Iohn so named of the Lord who was afterward called Iohn the Baptist. Elizabeth signifies the rest of God being derived of Eli and Scabbath that is the Rest and Sabbath of the Lord. The Inhabitants of the holy Land take upon them even to this day to shew the House were Zacharias and Elizabeth dwelt in a Town that standeth on the right hand of the way as you go from Emmaus to Ierusalem But Saint Luke ca. 1. saith that Zacharias dwelt not in a Town or Field but in the City of Iudah which was scituated in the mountain of Iudah Risnerus and Iohannes Hedenus write that Zacharias dwelt in Ierusalem in the part of the City scituated upon Mount Bezetha as in the first Book of the description of Ierusalem hath bin declared And this seemeth to be verified out of Nehemiah cap. 3. Yet there are some of opinion that he dwelt at Hebron because that was the chief City of the Tribe of Iuda and a Town of the Priests The Travels of the Virgin Mary MARY if it be derived of Marah signifieth such a Person as is oppressed with carefulness and grief one that is laid open to all misery and calamity press'd with continual vexation and mourning She was born upon the eighth day of September 14 years before the birth of Christ and in the fifteenth of her age brought forth her only begotten Son according to S. Hierome and others Her Fathers name was Eliakim of the House of David Upon the five and twentieth day of March in the same year that our Saviour Christ was born Mary being then fourteen years old the Angel Gabriel declared unto her the Embassie of the Conception of our Lord Jesus Christ. A little after about the beginning of April An. M. 3967 she went from Nazareth in great haste over the Hills to Ierusalem sixty four miles to the House of Zacharias and there saluted her Cousin Elizabeth Luk. 1. From thence she returned back again to Nazareth which was sixty four miles And when the command came out from Augustus that all the World should be taxed then Ioseph and Mary went from Nazareth to Bethlehem seventy two miles and there the time of Marys deliverance drew neer and loe she bare the Son of the living God our Lord and Saviour Christ. Luke 2. From Bethlehem Ioseph and Mary brought the Child Jesus to Ierusalem and presented him in the Temple which was six miles Luke 2. And when they had accomplished all things according to the Law they returned back again to Nazareth a Town in Galilee sixty four miles From Nazareth they went back again to Bethlem seventy two miles Thither the wise men coming out of the East brought the Child Jesus Gold Frankincense and Myrrh Mat. 2. From Bethlehem the same night that Herod caused all the Infants of two years old and under to be slain Ioseph and Mary fled with the Child Jesus to Hermopolis a City in Egypt which was 296 miles Mat. 2. Zozom lib. 6. From thence they returned back again with the Child Jesus to Nazareth 368 miles for they were greatly afraid lest Archilaus who succeeded his father Herod in the Government of the Iews would seek the Childs life Mat. 2. From Nazareth Ioseph and Mary came every year to Ierusalem which was sixty four miles to the feast of the Passover and so many miles back again which for ten years co●tinuance came to 1280 miles When Christ was twelve years of age and at the beginning of the thirteenth he went with his Parents from Nazareth to the Feast of the Passover being sixty four miles Luke 2. And when the days of the Feast of the Passover were accomplished they returned home again But the Child Iesus stayed at Ierusalem and his Parents knew it not for they thought he had been among the company Wherefore when they had travelled a dayes Journey that is twenty miles they missed their Son After they search'd through the company but could not find him wherefore they returned back to Ierusalem being twenty miles where on the third day after they found him in the Temple sitting among the Doctors and disputing with them So the next three days he returned back again with his Parents to Nazareth being sixty four miles and was obedient to them Luke 2. After Ioseph and Mary went every year during the life of Ioseph up to Ierusalem to the Passover and without all doubt took Iesus along with them Thus they continued for the space of three years about which time Ioseph died Christ being then sixteen years of age which three years Travel from Nazareth to Ierusalem and back again cometh to 384 miles From that time forward he continued with his Mother till he was thirty one years of age which was the first year of his Ministry Mary his Mother being then