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A
Briefe Deſcription of Hieruſa
Wherto is annexed a ſhort Commentarie conthoſe places which were made famous by
the Paſsion of Chriſt, and by the Actes of holye
men, confirmed by certeine principall
Hiſtories of Antiquity.
Verie profitable for all Chriſtians to read, for the vnderſtanding of the ſacred Scriptures and Ioſephus his Hiſtorie.
Hereunto alſo is appertaining a liuely and
beawtifull mappe of Hieruſalem, with
Arithmeticall directions, correſpondent
to the numbers of
this Booke.
Tranſlated out of Latin into Engliſh
by Thomas Tymme Miniſter.
LONDON,
Printed by Peter Short for
Thomas Wight.
1595.
Jeruſalem,
the citty of our
God, euen vppon
his holy mountaine
the ioy of the whole
earth, and the CitChriſtien Adrichom, hath perJeruſalem and the partes thereJoſephus his hiſtory, moJeruſalem, hath left behind
him ſum rubbiſh and reliques of the Romiſh
ſuperſtition, I haue in ſome meaſure purged
and ſwept the ſtretes and corners of the ſame,
with the broome of truth, and carying them
out by the Scouregate haue layed them on
the Leyſtall of obliuion. My paines herein taIeruſalems
fouNon habemus hîc manentem ciuitatem,
and ſo aſpire to that heauenly Jeruſalem, garI doo
moſte humbly and hartely wiſh your good
Lordſhip a moſt happie reſidence, after you
haue performed your moſt honorable courſe
in this life, in the ſeruice of your
country, the pleaſure of your
prince, the generall benefit
and comfort of your
own ſoule.
Ieruſalem, of all other citties the moſt gloriHierom where
That eccleſiaſticall traditions, which are no
hinderance to faith, are ſo to be kept, as they were deliuered
by the auncients. In the meane time I will not
ſay, that they are too raſh & too too wicked, which wil deAnna the high
prieſt: There hee was ſtricken: From thence hee was
drawne to the pallace of Caiphas: in the ſame, hee was
falſely accuſed, condemned, ſpyt vpon, blindfolded, buffePilate. From thence
Herod and accufed againe, dePilate. There again he was accuſed of many faultes, ſtripCaluarie. And being
come thither he was ſtripped againe, and being both faint
and weary, was refreſhed with gaule in ſtede of drink: and
about high noone he was faſtened to the croſse, & ſo lifted
vpon high. And hanging on the croſſe by the ſpace of three
howers, was derided with taunts & reproachfull woordes:
being thirſtie, they gaue him vineger to drinke. Finally
he which could ſaue the world with one drop of his bloude
would needes beſtowe vppon vs by the fiue Riuers of his
woundes, his life, with all his bloude. A figure hereof
was that braſen ſerpent,Come forth (ſaith he)
ye daughters of Sion, and ſee king Salomon, Naye one
farre greater then Salomon.
O all ye which paſſe by the
way, behould and ſee, if there be any ſorrow & greefe
like myne.
And not onely to the conſideration and meditation of
theſe things, but alſo to the Imitation, God in the holy
Scripture exhorteth vs in theſe woordes (ſpiritually inLooke, & make all thinges according
to the example or faſhion which was ſhewed thee in
the mount.
Ambroſe ſaith ſhe was prepared alſo to die for the good
of mankind.Centurion by this ſpectacle,Chryſoſtome
ſaith) was afterwarde crowned with Martyredome.
Thomas behoulding & touching the wounds
of Chriſt crucified, was ſo illumined with faith, that hee
plainly and openly profeſsed Chriſt, to be both his Lord and
his God.
This beeing ſo, and loue procuring loue, euen as the loadſtone draweth Ironne: who is hee, I pray you, whome ſo vehement loue of Chriſt, nay rather a heate and flame will not affecte, kindell, and ſette on fier? Who is he when at the death of Chriſt all creatures do ſuffer with him, the Sunne darkened, the vaile of the Temple rent in ſonder, the earth quaking, Rockes breaking, graues opening, and the deade ariſing, who and what is hee (I ſay) that will not woonder, and that will not be abasſhed? Onely Adams children, for whoſe cauſe he died are not moued with this ſo great a benefite.
The Adamente, that moſt harde ſtoane, is mollified
with the bloude of a goate: Iron with the heate of fier is
made ſofte:
What I pray you can be more beſeeming, more meete,
more Iuſte, and more profitable for vs, then to loue againe
him that ſo loueth vs, and Imitate him whome wee loue?
For if any thing herein ſeme harde, if any thing greuous,
that thing, loue, the ſweete yoke of the Lord, maketh light
and eaſie, for all labor is light, to him that loueth, accorGregory, Nihil adeo graue eſt quod non aequanimiter
toleretur, ſi Chrſti pasſio, ad memoriam reduca
tur. There is nothing ſo heauy & burthenſome but the ſame
For we will indure all thinges with patience as light
and eaſie, if we call to mynde what hard wordes, harder
ſtripes, and moſt harde paines and afflictions, he ſuffered
for vs, whoſe heade was crowned with thornes, his eyes
blinde foulded, his eares filled with reproaches, his mouth
with gaule and vineger, his face polluted with ſpitting,
his cheekes bruſed with buffetting, his kneeſe ſhaking, his
ſhoulders laden with the croſſe, his hart repleniſhed with
ſorrow his bodie torne with whippes, his members racked,
his handes and feete bored,Mara, being ſometimes bitter, were made ſwete by
Moſes, at what time he caſt wood into them: euen ſo all
our tribulation, if we patiently indure the croſſe of Chriſt,
will waxe ſweete, and the gaule thereof will: tourne into
honny. For by the meditations of theſe afflictions of our ſaBehould
the woundes of him that hangeth, the bloud of
him that dieth,
the price of the redemer, the ſcarres of
him that ryſeth: His heade boweth to kiſſe thee, his
hart is opened to loue thee, his armes ſtretched abroad
to imbrace thee, his whole bodie ſet forth to redeeme
thee. Conſider what and how greate
Thus far Auguſtine. So
that it is not enough to meditate of theſe thinges once: but
it is profitable to thinke vpon them often: yea the oftener,
the more they auaile and profite. In the wholeſome con
the elect Cittie of God,Iudaea, as it were in the very center and heart
of the earth.
This cittie was builded about the yeare from the
creation of the world,Abraham,
Melchiſedech the Kinge.
In hebrue it was called SALEM; and in Greeke SOIebuſites enIebuſi,
Chanaan:
of whome it was called for a time Iebus, and Iebuſaeum
at what time Ioſua ſlue the King thereof.Iebuſites
helde the ſame,
But when Dauid through Gods helpe enioyed the
cittie,Iebuſites being expulſed, hee reedified the
ſame rounde, fortified it with a caſtle, dwelt therein,
and made it the Metropolitan cittie of the whole proIudaea,
Ieruſalem,
Iebuſſalem the letter b. (to make the better ſounde)
tourned into r. Notwithſtanding there are ſome
which write, that it is called Ieruſalem, of the magHieron Salomonis.
Iudaea greatly enlarged the ſame, and ſo for
In this glory and excellency,Ieruſalem floriſhed
foure hundred ſeuenty and ſeuen yeares, as if it had
beene an earthly paradiſe,Nabuchodonoſer kinge
of Babilon (but Gods whip) ſo vtterly ouerthrowne,Sion
was plowed vp like a field, and Ieruſalem was become
as a heape of ſtones,Hierom witneſſeth) that neither ſo
much as a bird,
Afterwards the temple only being with much a do
and very hardly builded, wanting gates, towers, and
walles, was inhabited againe by the Iewes (retourning
out of the captiuity of Babilon) threeſcore yeares.
Moreouer within the ſpace of two and fitie dayes,
Nehemia incloſed it in compas three miles and ſeuen
hundred and fity paces,Machabees,
Herod, and by others very ſtately, with
publique and priuate buildings,
But Titus Emperour of Rome, being brought by
the iuſt iudgement of God to take vengeance for the
Death of Chriſt, the thirtie and eight yeare after his
paſſion, beſieged it round, caſting a banke about it, &
ſhut vppe the Iewes in the Cittie as in a priſon, which
came out of euerie Tribe to cellebrate the feaſt of paſTitus did ſo vtterlie ſubuert it, that men
which came vnto it, would ſcarſe beleeue that euer it
had beene inhabited. Neuertheleſſe, hee left three
principall Herodian Towers, that is to ſay Hippic, Mariam,
and Phaſel, which were more notable than the
reſt, aſwell for greatneſſe as for beawtie, and that part
of the Citties wall,A Elius Adrianus
the Emperour ſlue many thouſands of them, and
vtterly ſubuerted thoſe Towers with the remainder of
Sion,
with the pallace of Salomon, and that of the Queene,
and the houſe of the forreſt of Libanus, alſo the gate
of the North corner,Aſſyrians,
and all the north parte, euen to the dounge gate and
to the gate of Ephraim: but the mount of Caluary, and
the ſepulcher of the Lord, which were aforetime withBethleem, thereby giuing to vnderſtande, that the
Iewes ſubiect to that law of ſwines fleſh, were vnder
the power of the Romaines: whom by an Edict he forAEliam Capitoliam,
after his owne name.Patriarchall
ſeate, receiuing againe in continuance of
time the name of Ieruſalem, floriſhed fiue hundred
yeares in Chriſtian religion,
And in the yeare after the birth of Chriſt ſixe hunSaracens which
raigned in Egipt, and ſo poſſeſſed foure hundred three
ſcore and three yeares.
After this in the yeare of Chriſt,Ieruſalem was recouered by the Chriſtians hauing for
their Captaine, Godfrey of Bullion, who was the firſte
that entred vpon the wall of the cittie with great couIdes of Iuly, the very
ſame day and houre, wherein Chriſt died: And ſo
Ieruſalem
ſhewed vnto them) and beheld them with reIeruſalem.
But the man being full of Godlineſſe and hu
Ieruſalem therefore being recouered by the ChriIeruſalem
was deliuered vp to Saladine the Soldane of
Egypt,Saladine held it three hundred and thirtie
yeares.Selimo the emperour of turques, & is at this
day in the ſame compaſſe of walles poſſeſſed by the
Turkes:Cuſumobarech or Codsbarich, that
is to ſay, a holy cittie. So that from the firſt foundati
which is called ye mount
of the Lorde, and the Holy Mountaine,
is much more higher then other mounIebuſites
firſt of all fortified with a ſtrong caſtle, and the
compaſſe thereof with firme and loftie walles, with
gates,Ioſephus calleth
the higher cittie, and the holy parte. The Machabees
reedifying the ſame mountaine in compaſſe,
Ioſephus
witneſſeth) many things burning, were quenched with
the plentifull bloud of the ſlaine. But night comming
on the ſlaughter began to ceaſe, but the burning inTitus being ente
being ancient and ſtrong, was
ſet on the verie toppe of mount Sion, round like a
crown, and was a ſure defence and beautie both of the
Cittie and Temple,Iebuſites
dwelte at the firſte: whome Dauid caſting out by
force,Hiram
king of Tyrus, ſtones, wood, and artificers, builded out
of the ſame a ſtrong pallace for himſelfe,Antiochus
king of Syria,
Renoumed,
Mad, he deſerued to be called) placed a garriſon of
Gentiles: whereby in the time of the Machabes hee
afflicted the Iewes very much a long time. The which
when Simon Machabaeus had inforced to yeeld thrugh
famine, and had cleanſed the caſtle from the polluſi
with a lofty Tower,Nabuchadonezer, when the Cittie was
taken.
Herod the Aſcalonite builded for
himſelfe in the vppermoſt cittie: for he builded in his
pallace two great and faire houſes of poliſhed marble
and fine gold, wherevnto the Temple it ſelfe was not
comparable, and calling them after the names of Caeſar
Auguſtus, and of Agrippa his ſonne in law, his
friends, he named the one CAESARS, and the other
AGRIPPAS.
was ſcituate about
the middeſt of mount Sion,
Thomas the Apoſtle the prints and ſcarres of the
ſpeare and nailes to ſee and feele.Matthias was by lot choſen into the ApoIudas the traitour. Here on the day of PenIames the Lordes brother ſirIuſt,
Stephen with ſix more, were
ordained Deacons. Heere the Apoſtles entered into
the firſt conſultation, or councell, and ſet downe the
twelue Articles of Chriſtian faith.
Eccleſiaſticus
maketh mention.
Caiaphas,
Annas concerning his Diſciples and his
doctrine, at what time he aunſwered that he had
taught openly before all men, for the which
he receiued a blow on the cheek
by a ſeruant.
wherin
the ſtrong men, and valiant peeres of king Dauid
dwelt:
Bethſabe, bathing
her ſelfe in a fountaine of her Garden (which alſo is
to be ſeene in the map) by her beautie allured Dauid
to adultery, beholding her from a gallerie of ye kinges
houſe.
,
Manaſſes and Amon
kinges of Iuda were buried.
a valley or dale, very deepe and wide,
which lay betwene mount Sion and the lower
citty,Sion
round about from this valley:Ioas king of Iuda was ſlaine by his ſeruants
in the way downe to Sela.
Ioſephus time, this
valley was called Tyropoeon,
belonging
to euery high prieſte, large and ſquare: wherein
ſomtime dwelled Eliaſib the cheef prieſt.Iudas for thirty peeces of ſilPeter:
and was by falſe witneſſes of the Iewes, accuſed before
Caiphas in the counſell of the prieſtes and elders, to
He is worthy to die.
Wherevpon the ſeruants and ſouldiors, did preſently
ſpit in his face, they blinde-folded him, buffeted him
with their fiſtes, commaunding him to propheſie,
ſcorned him all the night with ſundry mockes, and
vexed him with many blaſphemies, and that I may
ſpeake much in few words, no mortall man in this life
is able to expreſſe, what and how much hee endured
this night. And in the morning following, the rulers
of the Iewes aſſembled together in this place againe,
to deliuer him vp to death: and leading him bounde,
they deliuered him to Pilate the deputie.
the which was made with great labour and coſt.
Ioas when he was
crowned king of Iuda in the Temple, and guarded
Iuda.
Salomon, and other kings of
Iuda, alſo Ioyada the chiefe prieſt were buried. Into
this monument of Dauids ſepulture,Salomon brought
great treaſure at his burial. The which Hircanus ye high
prieſt & captain opening, brought from thence 3000.
talents of ſiluer.Herod the Aſcalonit
king of Iewes,e
Saracens afterwarde builded a church for themſelues
which ſtandeth as yet; which place they greatly reuee ſame.
Nichodemus, and of Gamaliel, Paules
ſchoolemaiſter.
Gabaon,
Salomon into the temple. In the ſame, DaBethſabe, and murVrias, made certeine pſalmes of repentance.
Sion, the which was
alſo called the lower citty, beeyng
another part of the cittie, whereof
there is often mention made in the
holy ſcriptures and in Ioſephus.
Simon Machabaeus abated
and made plaine by the continuall labour of the peo
Herod the elder firſt of
all other builded in the field at Ieruſalem with great la
Baris. In this the chiefe prieſts which
came of the Machabees euen till Herods time inhabiHerod
the greater hauing gotten the kingdome, and ſeeing
that this caſtle was conueniently ſcituat to command
the Cittiſens; that they might not ſeeke innouation
Marcus Antonius his frend, he called it ANTONIA
In this caſtle the Romaine ſoldiors, kepte alwaies
watch with their ſoldiors, hauing an eie and princiAntonia
to the temple.
which wee
commonly call the courte of Chauncery, or of the
Roules: that is to ſay, a houſe wherein the act of the cit
Acra, and fortified it
with ſtronge walles and towers, and placed a GarriMacidonian ſoldiers there mingling with them
certaine of the moſt raſchall fugitiue Iewes, by whom
the continual ſacrifice was taken away by the ſpace of
Simon Machabaeus
wan and deſtroied this caſtle.
Ioſephus ſeemeth to cal this priſon Betiſo.
leading from the caſtle
Antonia into the Temple,Herod the elder
made, ſetting a tower thereon,
Gaſith. Which
in the inner cittie was ioyned to an olde wal thereSanhedrim, in Greeke Synedrium, that is to ſaye in
Engliſh,Seniors of
the people.Stephen ſtanding before the Councell, and his
countenance ſhining like an Aungell, lifting vppe
his eies, ſawe the Heauens open, and the glorie of
God, and Ieſus ſtanding at the right hande of GOD,
from thence hee being caſt with violence out of the
Citty, was ſtoned.
e length fiered.
Ioacim her huſ
Paleſtine) and within liuely counter
which is at this day to bee ſeene:Mary Magdalen
the ſinfull woman (bewailing her ſinnes, and waſhing
his feet with her teares, wiping them with her haire,
kiſſing them, annointing him, and much louing him)
many ſinnes.
wherein they exerciſed themſelues with dartinges
& other exerciſes of the arme,
Crucida. In the ſame market place, Herod the greater,
fought a great battell with the Parthians, which went
Antigonus into the kingdom.Titus ſawe as hee went about
the wals, full of dead bodies much putrified, he fetcht
a great ſigh, and houlding vppe his handes to GOD,
proteſted that it was not his deed, for the obſtinate
Iewes refuſed peace, to them often times offered.
the which was in
the vpper part of the lower cittie,Iames the greater,Iohn, ſuffered his
martyrdome by the tyranny of Herod Agrippa.
Iaſon) and oapoſtatas,
Antiochus
Epiphan, ſet vp euen vnder his caſtle oueragainſt the
temple: wherein the people were taught the lawes
and faſhions of the Gentils, & the youth inſtructed in
the ſtudies and diſputations of the Greeke philoſoApoſtatas ſet vp EBHEBIAM,
that is to ſay a Stewes of faire young boyes, wherein
they committed moſt filthie thinges againſt nature,
By reaſon thereof many fell from the lawe of God, to
the manners and abhominations of the Gentiles, bePhariſies,
the Saduceis, the Eſſeies &c.
Herod the kinge for the honour
of Auguſtus Caeſar ordeined the game and priſe, of
fiue yeares continuance; appointing vnto the victors
greate rewards. the ſame Herod when he ſhould die,
called all the more noble ſorte of the Iewes of al places
within his dominion, by an Edict threatning death to
ſuch as ſhould not obey, and cauſed them to be ſhut
vp in the Lyſtes, to the ende that after his death they
all being there ſlaine, euery houſe might haue cauſe to
waile euen in deſpight of all Iudaea.
the which in
another place is called the lande of viſion,Sion,
Abraham being
ready to offer vp his ſonne Iſaac, in ſteede of him offeStreuna or Ornan the Iebuſite for ſix
hundred ſicles of goulde: and erecting an alter in his
Ioſephus calleth Ophlam, was a towNathenims. Into this Manahemus the
tyrant flying, was taken and ſlaine. This ſame was at
the laſt burned by the ſoldiors of Titus.
builded by them on a very loftie place on the weſte
ſide of the Temple,Agrippa afterward excedingly
enlarged and made it a Courte for himſelfe: from
Agrippa,
and Feſtus alſo the Lieutenant of the country tooke
in very euill parte, who alſo commanded them to pull
downe the ſayde gate. But the rulers intreated, that
they might haue leaue to ſend ambaſſadors to Nero
the emperour concerning this matter, ſaying that
they could not liue if any thinge were caſted downe of
the buildings of the temple. The which liberty when
they had obtained; they ſent Iſmaell the cheefe prieſt,
and Helchia the treaſurer, and with them ten of their
chiefe rulers. And Nero at the earneſt ſute of Poppea
his wife, a godly woman, which ſhee made for the
Iewes, pardoned the building of the ſaide gate, and
permitted the ſame ſo to ſtand.
Antonia:
Here when Chriſte was falſely accuſed, and reCaeſar, ſayde
that he was Chriſt a King, and therfore approued him
ſelfe a ſeditious perſon, Pilate condemned him to be
whipped vnder the forme of this ſentenceIeſum
Nazarenum virum ſedicioſum, et Moſaicae legis contemptorem,
per pontifices et principes ſuae gentis accuſatum,
expoliate, ligate, et virgis caedite. That is to ſaye,
Take ye Ieſus of Nazareth accuſed by the chiefe prieſtes
and rulers of his owne Nation to bee a man ſedicious,
and a contemner of Moſes Lawe, ſtrip him, binde him,
and whyp him. Whereupon the ſoldiors of Pilate led
him into the Iudgement haule, ſtript him before the
whole band of ſoldiors and other people, tied him to
a piller, beate him moſt cruelly with roddes, and rent
and tare his moſt tender body. After this, they put
on him a purple robe, platted and in forcible manner,
broided on his head a crowne of ſharpe thornes, de
Salomon
moſt royally builded of precious and poliſhed ſtones,Pharaos
daughter.
Moria, of bright marble, and ceIeruſalem had their pallace, where firſt began
the order of the Templers.
Italie belonging to the Piſans, at
what time they had the dominion of the holy lande.
Where firſt the Piſans, after them the Saracens, and
now the Turkes, do exact of the pilgrims of the holy
land ſacrilegious tribute.
Ezechias
made in the midſt of the cittie at the North
ſide of the temple.Gition, by conduct pipes which were vnder the earth,
and made them to iſſue forth in this fountaine. This
fountaine he compaſſed about with a wel to water the
whole cittie, that the people in time of ſiege might
not be diſtreſſed with the want of water.
e ſheep
poole, wherein the ſheepe and other beaſtes were
waſhed that were appointed for ſacrifice. In Hebrue
it is called Betheſda, (and corruptly Bethſaida) that is
to ſay, the houſe of effuſion becauſe the raine waters
ran into the ſame. It was ſituate betwene the gate of
the valley and the temple.Ioſephus calleth SaloNathenims
waſhed the oblations which they deliuered vnto
the prieſts to be offered in the Temple. The Water
heereof was moued at certeine times by the Aungell
of the Lord, and who ſo after the ſtirring therof went
firſt into the water, he was healed, whatſoeuer diſeaſe
he had. And therefore there lay a great multitude of
languiſhing people in the porches thereof, as blinde,
lame, withered, waiting for the mouing of the water.
Among which number Chriſt healed a man which
had languiſhed thirty and eight yeares.
Cedron.
Antonia, ouer the valley of Cedron into the Temple,
the which at the firſt the fauorites of Ariſtobolus aPompei,
Florus,
Antonia,
the Temple ſhould be gotten.
Zacharie
maketh mention.
Probatica, where
ſheepe, oxen, and other beaſtes for ſacrifice were
ſold in the open market.
Agrippa,
Caeſaria
heard Paules ſupplication before Feſtus. And afFlorus ſitting in his iudgement
ſeat tyranizing againſt the cittiſens, whom ſhe beſee
Izata kinge of the Adiabens, which ſhe built for her
ſelfe. Wherein afterward, Ihon the Captaine of the
ſeditious abiding, lefte there his mony and ſpoiles of
tyranny.
Acra. She
being the Queene of the Adiabens which dwelt beEuphrates, was conuerted from Gentiliſme, to
the religion of the Iewes,Ieruſalem, to
dwell. Where ſhe being become a Chriſtian, at what
time that greate famine, (whereof Agabus propheſiClaudius, pinched
the whole world, but ſpecially the land of Iudaea, this
good Queene (I ſay) at her proper coſts and charge
ſent for great ſtore of corne out of Egypt which ſhee
diſtributed among the poore and needy at Ieruſalem.
Adiabens,
the ſonne of Helen, which was ſituat in the
eaſte parte of the cittie.
Libanus, by the labour of more then a hunMoria,
without any ſound of axe or hammer, in ſeuen yeares,
ſo ſumptuous and magnificent both within and withNabuchodonozer
kinge of Babilon burnt the ſame, and ſo deſtroiZorobabell repaired the temple againe
in excellent ſorte with ſquared ſtones,Antiochus Epiphan king of Syria,
and polluted with Idols. In the third yeare of the
contamination thereof, the moſt valiant Captaine of
the Iewes Iudas Machaboeus, purged it, and reſtored
to the ſame againe, the goulden veſſels, and the wor
Wherein hee being beſeeged a long time with one hundred and twentie thouſand Gentils, coulde not be commaunded.
But aboute one hundred yeare after this when
that famous Captaine of the Romaines Pompei the
greate foughte againſt it,Pompei himſelfe with
his peeres entring into the moſte holye place, and
behoulding the Table, the Candleſticke, and other
thinges there, of ſhining goulde, and finding alſo
two thouſand talents of the holy treaſure, this heaHerod the Aſcalonit kinge of the Iewes, by the ſpace
of nyne yeares and a halfe, repaired and bewtified it,
with ſumptuous buildings.
And according to the propheſie of the prophet
Aggei (euen as the Church is preferred before a
Sinagogue,Zorobabell fiue hundred eighTitus Caeſar, after a
doubtful and bloudie battaile,Babilonians.
Yet for all this after threeſcore and fiue yeares,
the Iewes rebelling agayne, and going aboute to
reſtore the Temple in the ſame place where it was
afore, AElius Adrian the Emperour, ſlue of
them in one daye fiue hundred and foure ſcore thouIeruſalem, and leueled the mountaine Moria
whereon the Temple was builded, and made it
euen, caſting the rubbiſh and earthe thereof into
the vale Ioſaphat, and into the brooke Cedron,
lefte the citty truſting to the defence of the mounIulian the Apoſtata, after two hundred
and twenty ſeuen yeares, to make the oracle of Chriſt
falſe,Moſes.
The Iewes glad of this, came from all partes of the
world to Ieruſalem,
And when they which remained, in the morning
enterpriſed againe to build; a fier falling from heauen,
a flame alſo breaking foorth from the foundations of
the temple, deſtroyed more Iewes then before, which
The Iewes being in this ſorte beaten from their enSaracens, it was
contaminated foure hundred threeſcore and three
yeares, with the filthy worſhip of Mahomet. Finally
in the yeare of Chriſt,Godfrey of Bullion, a valeant man; who kilSaracens,
in ſuch wiſe that the vpper face of the earth
was couered with the bloud of the ſlayne. In the
Godfrey erected a Colledge of
diuine ſeruice, giuing continuall maintenaunc to the
ſame, furniſhing it with neceſſary habitations, which
ſo continued by the ſpace of foure ſcore and eighte
yeares. The which expired, the ſame was poſſeſſed
againe by the Saracens, through the pernicious diſTurkes, is defiled with the deteſtable
worſhip of Mahomet. And all Chriſtians are comEdict, not to enter thereinto, vppon
paine of death. For if any Chriſtian bee knowne to
haue entered therein, hee is by and by either com
Oracle,
Inner houſe.
Sethim
wood,Moſes in the
deſerte, couered within and without with plate of
pure goulde, being ſette in the middeſt of the holy of
Manna: and Aarons floriſhing rod,
and the booke of Deuteronomy. The Arke abode in
this place about foure hundred and thirty yeares.Machabees, yt in the time of
the captiuity of Babilon, the Prophet Ieremy by the
commandement of God, hid the ſame priuily together
with the Alter of Incenſe, and the perpetuall fier, in a
caue of the mount Nebo.
But the Hebrues coniecture,Nabuchodonozer into Babilon:
Nabuchodonozer carried away
the ſame with fiue thouſand and foure hundred veſIeruſalem,
Bell his
god,Philiſtaea) after threeſcore and ten yeares
of the captiuitie, they thinke (I ſay) that it was reſtoCyrus,
together with the ſaid veſſels. But after the beſeeging
of Ieruſalem Titus and Veſpaſian, cariyng out of the
temple to Rome, the Arke of the couenant, the two
tables of the Lawe, with both the rods of Moſes and
Aaron: alſo the goulden table, and ſome of the ſhew
bread: the goulden Candleſtick alſo, and the foure pilSimon Giora Captaine of the
ſeditious, and ſeuen hundred Iewes captiues (which
were ſelected from among the reſt for youth and comVeſpaſian,
layed vp all the veſſels of Ieruſalem, in the TemPeace at Rome, which hee in moſte ſumptuous
manner had builded: But the lawe of the Iewes, and
the purple vailes of the moſt ſecret places, he com
Paralippomenon,
otherwiſe alſo called the
oracle, the which being aboue the Arke, betwene
the wings of the two Cherubims, and ſhining with
moſt pure golde in brightneſſe aboue the ſunne, re
Sanctuary,
Caedar, were couered outwardely with
plates of goulde. Whereon was grauen Cherubims
pretious ſtones, palmes, flowers, and ſundry carued
workes and pictures, which wonderfullie delighted
men to behold. Aboue it was couered with a fayre
roofe, ſhining as if it had beene fier.
From the enterance hereinto, ſuch as were not cleane, were forbidden by the Lawe. Only the prieſts, which Kinge Dauid reckened to the number of thirty eight thouſand, and diſtinguiſhed them by Lot into foure and twenty orders, entered dayly thereinto.
All which beeing without vice, according to
Dauids ordinance, wekely by turne, from Saboth to
Saboth abſtayning from their wiues, from wine and
from all other ſtronge drincke, their priuities coue
Zachary,
as hee was offering Incenſe, the conception of Iohn
Baptiſt.
the
which hauing ſeuen branches,
e right ſide of the temple the water wherof Salomo ̄
deriued into the ſea of bras,Lauer:
his Image,Tunicle of Iacinct with ſleues downe to
the ankells, at the lower hem wherof there did hang
threeſcore and two golden bells, and in another borTunicle was girt with
a girdle foure fingers broad, wouen with ſilke, gould,
precious ſtones, and flowers of ſundry colours. AEphod or Superhumeral,
that is to ſay, a moſt faire cloake, made of golde, of Iacinct,
of purple, ſcarlet and of fine ſilke moſt curiouſly
wouen together, dazling of the eies by reaſon of ye variOnix
ſtones included in golde, which Ioſephus calleth Sardonichs:
in either of which ſtones ſix names of the chilIſraell were grauen.
Beſide theſe, he had the Reaſonable of Iudgement,
Reaſonable was a ſquare thing about
the bredth of a mans hand, wouen and made of golde,
lacinct, purple, ſcarlet, and fine ſilke, whereto were
faſtened twelue precious ſtones of diuerſe ſortes, haIſraell, according to the order of their natiuitie.
Moreouer on his head he ware a long rounde cap, in
forme of a Miter, made of Iacinct and fine ſilke; vpon
the front wherof was ſet a brooch of gold in forme of
a halfe gloabe, which figured the ineffectable name of
God, Tetragrammaton, with theſe foure Hebrue let
Al which things as they are ful of miſteries, ſo ſome
of them excelled the reſt in diuine power. For that
ſtone which the high prieſte did beare on his righte
ſhoulder, ſo often as he had pleaſed God with ſacrifiReaſonable, did foreſhewe vnto them which went
to the warre, victorie.
For before the army ſhould moue it ſelfe, there
came ſo great a brightneſſe from them, that it gaue al
the people to vnderſtand that God was preſent, and
that he would helpe all thoſe that call vpon him. But
now God being angry with the wickedneſſe of his
kings, both the Reaſonable and the Onix alſo haue cea
. The which alſo is called the Entery,
Haule,
Holy Secular, & Salomons Porch,
being the thirde parte of the temple.Ile or Haule becauſe only the Iewes
Peter when he had heaHaule incloſed
with alattice, there was a Table ſette, containing this
lawe ingrauen with letters of Greeke and Latine, Euery
ſtranger that ſhall enter into the holy place ſhall dye.
And the Romaines had giuen authority to the Iewes
to put to death as wel Romaines as Iewes, which tranſ
Aaron at the firſte time offered ſaBABILON, this perpetuall
fier was hidden by the Prieſtes in a drye pitte or well
Neemia the prieſt,Neemia was ſette on
fier.
Salomon cauſed to be made artificially, and plaIachin, and the other at the
left hand which he called Booz.
Salomon on the
North ſide of the temple, whereon were carued the
pictures of cherubims, Lions, and Oxen. In this the
prieſts waſhed the beaſts which ſhould ſerue for burnt
offerings, which neuertheleſſe were firſte waſhed in
the ſheepe poole called Probatica.
Salomon made, and placed
on the South ſide of the temple,
Ieremie foreBaruch red before the peoIeremy.
Eſdras red
the law of God before the people: and where the ru
Salomo ̄
before the Sanctuary,
Salomon prepared for the kings.
where di
where the Iewes woulde haue ſto
out
ſet Courte, which is the fourth part
of the temple, into the which men
aſcended by many ſtares. Whoſe
inſet ſpace open to the aier paued
with al manner of bewtiful ſtones,
had foure excellent gates opening towards the foure
partes of the worlde, which were ſhut with dores of
braſſe. This being a ſquare porch much like a cloy
Herod the greater ouer the greateſt gate
of the Temple,
;Corban, a cheſt
wherein was offered and kepte ſuche money,Helidore, who was ſente by the
kinge of the Syrians, ſoughte to take the ſpoyle of
Pilate by the like temiretie would haue beRomaines when they
had wonne the cittie tooke and caried way.Lyſimachus was ſlaine neer vnto this place:Agrippa hanged vp that golden chayne,
which the Emperour Caius gaue vnto him: being eTiberius.
Ezechias being ſicke,
Ioſephus.
Ioſephus.
the which alſo is called the
gate Sur,
Seir: alſo the kinges gate, and
the Bewtifull gate:Ioatham. And neere
vnto this gate the Apoſtle Peter, with his word, hea
Sabboths, of faſtes, and of ſolemne
feaſtes.
HERE Chriſte writing with his fingar on the grou
Chriſt making a whip of cordes, caſte out the
buiers and ſellers,
Thus far we haue ſpoken of the Temple, and of the partes
thereof: and now me will proſecute the other partes of
the daughter of Sion.
Herod the Aſcalonite kinge of
the Iewes,Machabees.
In the circuit whereof in Imagerie was ſette foorth
the tittles,Auguſtus
Caeſar; ſhining with ſiluer and goulde: where the bet
.Iuorie,
Salomon ſate, when hee heard the controuer
which Kinge Salomon made of
ſtrong timber,
was a publique place, ſet bePilate,
Rome were wonte
to giue ſentence,a place of pauement, and in
Hebrue, GABATHA: bicauſe it was highe and
loftie. Pilate ſitting in this iudgement ſeate, and haI am innocent from the bloude of this iuſte man.
But all the people crying out Crucifie him, Crucifie
him, his bloude bee on vs and on our children: and fur
Ieſum Nazarenum ſubuerſorem Gentis, contemptorem
Caeſaris, et falſum Mesſiam, vt maiorum ſuorum
teſtimonio probatum eſt, ducite ad communis ſupplicij
locum: et cum ludibrio Regiae maieſtatis, in medio duorum
latronum cruci affigite. I lictor, expedi cruces.
Ieſus of Nazareth, a ſubuerter of his nation, a
contemner of Caeſer, and a falſe Mesſias, as is proued
by the teſtimony of the elders of his owne people, and
crucifie him betwene two theeues in reproch & ſcorn
of his kingly maieſty. Go hang-maCaluary.
Pilate ſitting in this Tribunall ſeate in time of
an Inſurrection for beſtowing the holy treaſures of
the temple,Corban,
After this Florus the Lieutenant, ſitting in the ſame
iudgement ſeate,
Pyrgus Sratonis, ſituate betwene the caſtle Antonia
and the temple: it was a hollow & an obſcure paſſage
where Antigonus was ſlaine by the ſoldiors of his
brother.
Macthes,
Pila. This was ſo exceeIames the brother of
the Lorde, firſte Biſhop of Ieruſalem, for profeſſing
Ieſus the ſonne of God on the feaſte of paſſeouer was
caſt downe headlong from the battlementes of the
temple at the commandement of Anani a Saducei
chiefe prieſte, and was immediately knockt on the
head with a fullers club, & was there buried nere vnto
the temple, his monument remaining there alonge
time after.
by which
Chriſt hauing receiued his iudgement to be cruciCaluary.
Pilate he made
ſixe and twenty ſteppes (which make threeſcore and
fiue foote) vnto the place where the croſſe was layde
vpon him.
From whence (all the cittye gazeing on him) ca
From thence going forward, by threeſcore ſteppes
and three foote (which make a hundred fiftie and
three foote) hee came to the place where the bleſſed
virgin Marye with Iohn the Apoſtle mette with
him.Simon of Ciren was
compelled to beare the hinder parte of the croſſe with
Chriſt.
Taking his way hence by one hundred ninetie
and one ſteppes, and halfe a foote, (which commeth
to foure hundred and ſeuenty foote) hee came to the
place where a certayne woman mette with him. And
from thence going three hundred thirtie ſixe ſteppes
and two foote, (which amounte to eighte hundred
fortie and two foote) hee came to the Iudiciarie gate
where once againe he fell with his croſſe.
From thence hee aſcending faintely a very heard
and ſtony way towardes the North, hee gained three
hundred forty and eighte ſteppes and two foote (the
ſumme eight hundred ſeuentye and two foote) which
broughte him vnto a two foulde way, where certaine
women weeping ſpake vnto him: And from hence
CALVARIE. From thence hee weari
Then hee went on twelue ſteppes, or thirty foote
euen to the place where hee was nayled on the croſſe
on mounte CALVARIE. So that from the Pallace
of Pilate, vnto the place where Ieſus was crucified,
the diſtance is a thouſande three hundered and ſeuen
ſteppes: or by another accoumpt, three thouſand two
hundred ſixtie and eight foot,
We haue made ſuch exacte deſcripion and de
Salomon,
Athalia the Queene beCedron.
made in forme of a ſtone bridge,
with many arches, extending it ſelfe with ample
largeneſſe ouer the common ſtreete, adorned with oPilate, into the caſtAntonia, and ſo from thence into the Temple.
Froe Lieutenants of Rome
were wont to ſpeake vnto the people.Pilate
ſtanding, exhibited Ieſus to the Princes and peoBehould the man;
crucifie him, crucifie
him. Whereas yet an arch of ſtone is to be ſeene,
and is ſhewed vnto ſtraungers, with this Inſcription:
Tolle, Tolle, crucifig—the reſt cannot be red, by reaſon
antiquitie hath worne it out. From this Gallery kinge
Agippa pronounced an eloquent oration to pacifie
the ſedicious people, exhorting them to obay the Romaines,
Ioſephus maketh mention many times of this
Gallery.
which was layd on
his ſhoulder,
it is ſayd that Chriſt fell the firſt time vnder his
croſſe.
alſo by tradition of ſome fathers,Iohn and cer
Simon of Cyren, and compelled him
to carry the croſſe after Ieſus.
Romaines
had gotten,
Titus erected a Bulwarke.
the mother of Iohn,
and of Marke,
Iames the Apoſtle, Peter
being caſte into priſon by Herod Agrippa,
Sirians
hould vnto this day.
the wife of Sellum;
Ieremy:
Ioſias, ſhe foretould him of the deſtruIeruſalem.
and fountaine, which by pipes ſent
forth water alofte:Herods pallace, and about the ſame, filling the
ceſterns thereof.
which Ceſtius ſet on fier.
:Ieremy drinking
vnto them by the co
which was ſituate betwene two walles of
the citty,Iſai the pro
of Allexander Iannaeus the high
Prieſt and king,Pharaſies very ſumptuouſly.
of Iohannes Hircanus,
Ioſephus.
Ezechias
the kinge repaired, and made more ſtronge and
higher.
Aſcalonite kinge of the
Iewes, (who killed the Innocents) with ſundry ſorts of
polliſhed marble ſtones nere vnto the weſt wall of the
cittie, from the old wall, euen to the middle wal: being
Hippic, Mariam, and Phaſel,
which in greatnes, ſtrength and beautie, excelled all
the towers of the whole world. Within was the kings
haule, which being builded on high and verie loftie
with vnſpeakable magnificence, was wholly co
In this haule, Chriſt was preſented to Herod Antipas
Tetrarch of Galilie, who killed Iohn the Baptiſt;
which Herod, asked Chriſt many queſtions, who was
there conſtantly accuſed by the Iewes. Whom, when
he anſwered nothing,Herod and his whole
rout deſpiſed and ſcorned:Pilat
clad in white, as if he had bene a foole, or a ieſter. But
nowe this pallace is a ſcoole for children of the In
Babilon did ſit.
compaſſing the
Haule of Herod round about,Peter was ſhut vp by king Herod Agrippa,
Iames the greater. Which Peter being
bound with two chaines, & moſt ſafely kept by fower
quaternions of ſoldiors all the daies of ſweete bread:
which was
the middle Lake.Titus cauſed a bulwark
to be made.
The which being fower
ſquare,Herod the elder: who haHippics, called
this tower after their name Hippic.
Herod
builded for a memoriall of Mariamme his beſt beloMariamme. And becauſe it caried the name of
a Queene, therefore it was more beautifull in ſhewe
then the other.
e
ould wall, and made alofte in forme of a ball was of
Herod
builded after the faſhion of the tower Pharus in
Alexandria. And in the honor of his brother Phaſelus
called it Phaſelus, who being taken priſoner by the
Parthians, and hauing no libertie to vſe neither weaIeruſalem, reade
vnder the nomber of (1.) going before.
which had in it an orchard & a
garden,
Hircanus the highe
prieſt founded, with the mony which he got out of
the ſepulcher of Dauid.
Herods Pallas. It was large, ſeruing in the
winter time for wreſtlers, and for other exerciſes, and
paſtimes, wherewith men recreated themſelues.
called in
Greeke Caenopolis, the fourth parte
of the cittie;
a mountaine,
Titus pitched his tentes, at ſuch time
as he had gotten the wall of the citty. This caſtle ſtood
more then an arrow ſhoote from the ſecond wall.
the which alſo is called
the outſet wall, which kinge Agrippa made vp
Ephraim.
Cedron, which Ionathas Machabeus re
Sion.
ſo called beCedron.
Beniamin,
Beniamin. By this
gate,Ieremy the prophet was appre
ſituate betwene the
gate of the valley and the gate of the fountaine, ſo
called bicauſe it was gilden with goulde:Oliuet, it
was rather a gate of the temple then of the cittie:Neemias maketh no mention thereof. By
this gate Chriſte came riding vppon an aſſe into the
cittie of Ieruſalem at what time men cutte downe
palmes and ſtrowed them in his way, crying Hoſanna
before him.
Stephens gate,Ephraim,
Ephraim.
From this gate vnto the gate of the corner
Ioas king of Iſraell,
Ieruſalem
by the ſpace of foure hundred cubits,Ozia kinge of Iuda afterwarde reſtored a
Sion,
Moria,
Mello,
Siloe: and bicauſe horſes were caCedron.
And for this cauſe it was called the eaſte horſe
gate and it tended toward the valley Gehennom.
or the gate of kinge
Herods Garden,Hippic. By this gate the ſediRomaines.
Sion was placed betwene two
walles of the caſtle: by which kinge Zedechias fled in
the night.
Dauid in the valley Mello,
Sion,
Ioppe,
and from other townes of the ſea coſt. This alſo had
other names, as the gate of Dauid: and the marchants
gate. Dauids gate, bicauſe it was nexte to Dauids toBethelem,
Hebron, Gaza, from AEgipt, and from AEthiopia.
By this gate ſtrangers that came from the weſte,
were wont to enter into the cittie.
Cedron. Where
vpon it was rightly called the doung gate.
.Romaines,
Ioſephat, ſituate in the midſt
betwene the doung gate,Probatica.
Stephens
gate of the firſt martyr Stephen, which was ſto
which being on the weſt part
of the cittie,Iebuſites
the gate Iebus.
: which was very high, going alonge
from the tower Pſephina vnto mounte Sion,
Ozias did ſtrongly
repaier, and made it one hundred and fifty cubites
high.
:Dauid in a corner
of two deepe valleys,Salomon
when he ſaith. Thy neck is like the tower of Dauid, builded
with bulwarkes, where vppon there hang a thouſand
ſhields;
yea all the weapons of the Giants.
Ozias
repaired, and that it might be ſeene beyonde mounte
Oliuet, hee made it one hundred and fiftye cubites
high.
ſituate on the North
end of the cittie, which men thinke was ſo called,
bicauſe fier was continually kepte there,
Emat, that is
to ſay of one hundred cubits, which was not farre
from the temple.
Arabia, the ſea,
and the vttermoſte borders of the Hebrues. The ruines
whereof are as yet to be ſeene.
Sion on the North and ſouth parte, went all along
the weſte ſide of the cittie, euen to the gate of Ephraim,
making a fitte and conuenient ditch for the Cit
Cedron.
the noble caſtle of Marry and of Martha
the ſiſters of Lazarus, hauing many houſes, the
which was ſituat beyond mount Oliuet,
Ieruſalem fifteene furlongs,Oliuet lay betwene, the citIeruſalem could not be ſeene: excepte from a little
hill from whence part of mount Sion might be ſeene.
Chriſte often times lodged in this houſe of Martha:
where he preached the worde of God to Mary ſitting
at his feete. Here he raifed vp Lazarus to life, after he
had beene buried foure daies, and began to ſtincke.
Here, hee ſitting in the houſe of Simon the leaper, at
the table together with Lazarus, Martha ſeruing theMary annointed him with a moſt pretious ointment.
e prieſts
ſituate at the eaſt foote at the mounte Oliuet,
Oppoſite,
Ieruſalem. But comming down from mount
Oliuet, and ſeeing the cittie, he wept on her, and pro
Bethphage.
Bethanie, where when the
Lorde came to raiſe vp Lazarus, Martha firſt met
with him, and afterward called forth hir ſiſter Mary.
at the foote of mounte Oliuet,
Siloe.
planted beſide the
way of Bethanie,
which doth
ſpringe euen at this daye,
the which alſo was called Benhennom,
Ennom.
It was a place which was ſituate in the Suburbes of
the cittie of Ieruſalem towarde the South-eaſte.Benhinnom was the tabernacle and the
Idole Moloch:
Moloch for a burnt
offering of moſte filthie ſauour. Amiddeſt theſe
horrible tormentes where with they were thus torMoloch, during the
whole time of the ſacrifice,
Wherevppon that place was called alſo Tophet. In
this abhominable manner,Achaz, and Manaſſes
alſo,Moloch. The which deteſtable madneſſe, the
godly kinge Ioſias ſeeking at the length to redreſſe,
brake in peeces the image of Moloch, cut downe his
Groues, and defiled the place thereof with the fil
In this Valleye Ieremye at the commandement
of GOD,Iuda: propheſied
that GOD woulde after the ſelfeſame manner, break
and deſtroye both the Cittye and the people. AcTophet, but Poliandron, that is to ſaye a heape
of manye dead bodies, whoſe Carcaſes lyeng
a ferme place, at the foote of
mount Oliuet.
Oliuet,
in the mount of
Oliuet,
Hieroms time there was a Church
builded on this place,
the which alſo was calIeruſalem,
Rogel, & the ſtone Zoeleth, of both
which there is often mencion made in the Scripture;
where Adonias when he purpoſed to raigne, offered
oblations, and with his followers made a feaſt.
Moloch:
;Salomon being nowe
old, was ſeduced & made foliſh by his ſtrange wiues,
building a temple to Melchom the Idoll of the Ammonites,
which alſo he worſhipped.
; or mounte of Oliues, ſo
called by reaſon of the great plenty of oliues which
grew there: called alſo in Greeke Elaeon, which otherIeruſalem. It was ſeCedron lyIoſephus,
Ieruſalem but alſo the
dead ſea,
In the toppe of this hill, the holy king Dauid fleeing
from the face of his ſonne Abſolom, weping, and bareSalomon forgetting all godlineſſe,Aſtaroth the Idole of the Sidonians,
Ieruſalem (from whence eIoſias vtterly deſtroied.
Chriſt often times came vp into this mountaine,
both for quietneſſe ſake and alſo to pray,
a high mountain,
on the other ſide of the brooke Cedron, and on the
North ſide of the mounte Oliuet,
Ieruſalem
foure furlonges.Salomon by the moChamoſh the Idole of the Moabites.
Ioſias
brake downe. In the time of the Machabees a Caſtle
was builded on this mount, ſome tokens whereof are
to be ſeene at this day.
: the which
was not farre from the Corner gate,
Neemias,
Iohns Goſpell.
on the South ende of the
mount Oliuet;
Cedron,
which Helena the Emperes cauſed to be made in that
place.
Ioſaphat neere vnto the
ferme place of Gethſeman, at the foot of mount Oliuet
wherein the body of the moſt holy and bleſſed virgin,
was decently buried by the Apoſtles.
Ioſaphat,
Siloe,
Ioſophat, and ſpringing from the roote of mounte
Sion. The water thereof being cleere, ſweete, and
plentifull, ran with a ſtill and calme ſtreame into the
brooke Cedron.
This fountaine kinge Hezechias repaired. In the
Ioſephus teſteSiloe,
Titus Caeſar,
Saligniacus, writeth in this ſort. The water of this fountaine
is of greate price at this day, euen among the Saracens
themſelues. For whereas naturally they be rammage
and ſtinke like Goates,
they waſhing themſelues and their
children therein, doe mittigate the euill ſauour thereof.
The Turkes alſo make great accoumpte thereof, for that
they finde by experience, that the vſe thereof is good for
the ſight of their eies.
; is a riuer on the eaſte
ſide of Ieruſalem betweene the ſame and mounte Oliuet,
Ioſaphat,
Gehennom with
a ſiluer ſtreame, and ſo paſſed through the plaines of
the wilderneſſe into the dead ſea.
On the bankes of both ſide this riuer, there grewe
Cedron,
Dauid paſſed ouer this riuer bare fooAbſolom. Chriſt alſo went ouer the ſame,
with his diſciples when hee wente to the garden of
mount Oliuet.
Cedron,
Mountaines. It is a wide and deepe valley betwene Ieruſalem
and mounte Oliuet,
Cedron. The greate deepenes
of this valley was much filled by Titus and Adrian
the Romaine Emperours,Iuda, Aſa
Ezechias and Ioſias, burned the Idols of the temple,
and caſt their aſhes into the brooke Cedron.
This valley was the common place of buriall for
the whole cittie,
Siloe:
Ieruſalem, are buried.
Siloe and the South-eaſte
corner of the cittie.Iſaias
foretoulde king Achaz, that Chriſt ſhould be borne
of a virgin.
.Oliuet to pray
after his laſte ſupper in the parlour of mounte Sion,
and hauing offered to GOD his Father the holye
ſacrifice of praiers,
From whence he was preſently caried as a meke
Lambe by thoſe rauening woolues, armed with
weapons,Cedron, to the houſe of
ANNA, which was diſtante from the place where
hee was taken, two thouſande three hundred and
ſixtie paſes. And from hence hee was caried to the
Pallace of CAIPHAS three hundred and thirtie paPilate,
which was diſtante from that of CAIPHAS a thouHEROD
which was diſtante three hundred and fiftie paPilate
hee was caried by another way then that which
hee came, the diſtance of ſixe hundred elles which
make about the length of halfe a myle and more. The
paſes whereof wee ſpeake here, containe two foot and
a halfe.
Bethel, and to
the wilderneſſe.
Peter, Iames,
and Iohn,
the other eight Apoſtles taried being diſtante
about a quarter of a mile from the other three pla
Iudas,
Simon Peter
moued ſodainely with great feruencie,Malchus, and
cut off his right eare: which chriſt immediately reſto
right ouer againſt the
temple neere to a certaine water,Ieruſalem,
Oſanna in the higheſt, bleſſed is he that commeth
in the name of the Lord. With this pompe and triumph
the true king and humble triumpher, entered in at the
goulden gate, and rode aboute the temple, and the
greateſt part of the cittie. With this newe ſpectacle,
the whole cittie was moued ſaying, Who is this? The
This is Ieſus
the Prophet of Nazareth a Citty af Galile. Then the
crie of thoſe that reioyſed and were gladde increaſed
more and more, and men and women, young and
olde, yea which is wonderful) the very infants, which
came from al parts, cryed out together, Oſanna to the
ſonne of Dauid, Bleſſed bee the king of Iſrael, which
commeth a king in the name of the Lord. Bleſſed be the
kingdome that commeth in the name of him, that is Lord
of our father Dauid: peace in Heauen, and glory in the
higheſt, Oſanna in the hygheſt. With theſe ioyful voiMeſſias, folloOſanna to the ſonne of Dauid, ſaid among themDo ye not ſee how we profit nothing? Behold the
whole world goeth foorth after him.
Mayster, dooſt thou
heare what theſe ſay? Rebuke thy Diſciples. To whome
he ſhewing that this was long before propheſied of
by the Prophet, anſwereth, Why ſhould they not? Haue
ye not read, Out of the mouth of very babes and ſucklings
thou haſt ordained praiſe? I ſay vnto you if theſe
holde their peace, the ſtones ſhall
preſentlie crye.
Abacuc
by the haire of the head,Babilon to
feede Daniel,Abacuc
hither againe.
fielde of bloud.
Sion hauing behinde it a hill
of the ſame name.Iudas ſoulde Chriſt,Helen cauſed to be incloſed with a foure ſquare
wall in length ſeuenty and two foote, and in bredth
fiftie.
The vertue of this earth is reported to be wonder
Siloe eaſt ward vnto mount Gihon, towards the weſt
and betweene the wall of the citty and the water. In
this fielde the Fullers did ſcoure their cloathes in the
brooke next adioyning, and did ſet them on tainters,
and ſo dry them.
wherin he is ſaid to haue hid himſelfe by the ſpace
of three dayes,
of whom
for a reuenge of their blaſphemy, the moſt ſtronge
to the nomber of 185000 in the very firſt night of the
beſeeging Ieruſalem,
Auguſtine reporteth) their bodyes
were brought into duſt,Ieruſalem might haue the ſpoile.
Elias ſometime dwelt. Where after
otherwiſe called
the South Mountaine,
Ozias king of Iuda preſumed to put on him the prieſts
attire,Amos and zacharias the ProOzias himſelfe in the meane time, blaſted and terrifi
.Bethlehem.
Ieruſalem, with ſobs and ſighes. Where Helena, the Empreſſe
(as Nicephorus teſtifieth) builded a notable monu
.Manaſses, was
ſplit through the body with a ſawe, and was buried
vnder an Oake, whoſe ſepulture is to be ſeene at this
day.
. There are many Caues, wherein eight of the Apoſtles (as it is reported) hid themſelues, during the time of the Lords paſſion.
Abſolom beeing aCurſed be the Parricide
Abſalom, and accurſed be all they for euer, which
vniuſtly do perſecute their parents.
ſituate on the South parte of mount Sion (which
Hieron calleth the Fullers fountaine) the which the
noble king Ezechias repaired with the conduct therof
alſo.Aſſyrians
beſeeged Ieruſalem.
the ſon
of Barachias, whome the Iewes ſlue betweene the
temple and the altar.
is a field in the valley of Raphaim,
wherein Dauid the king,Philiſtians,
Ioſephus witneſſeth,
he pitched on the weſte part of the cittie.
Ezechias brought vnto the vpper oun
Gihon,
Ezechias
ſtopped vp,
Golgatha;
Chriſte Ieſus
our ſauiour, which knew no ſin, becam (as the Apoſtle
ſayth) ſinne for vs, that is to ſay, was made a ſacrifice
Caluary, which afore
Dauid,
Salomon was annointed king, by Sadoc the
chiefe prieſt, and by Nathan the prophet with the hoGod ſaue king Salomon.
the chiefe prieſt, of
which Ioſephus maketh mention, in his ſixt booke,
and thirteenth chapter of the Iewes warre.
of the valley Raphaim,
Ioſephus calleth the wood of weeping,
Caluarie,
Sion about a mile: which Ioſeph of Arimathea, a
Caluarie. In
the which Sepulcher he togither with Nichodemus,
Pilate
taken from the croſſe,Phariſies,
going about to hinder the reſurrection of Chriſt taMary Magdalen,
neere vnto the cittie, as is to be gatheIoſephus in his ſixt booke and fourtene chap
Achas had
begun to bringe from the lower fountaine Gihon into
the vpper fountaine: the which kinge Ezechias at the
laſt finiſhed.
Caluarie,
Ieruſalem:
ſo called, bicauſe the dead carcaſſes, bones, &
aſhes, of ſuch as were put to death or burnt on mount
Caluarie were caſt thereinto.
Ioſephus.
Philliſtines which ſought to inuade him
with a great armie.
Salomon made with flint and
ſtoane, euen as he did other waies, which led to Ieruſalem,
both to make the paſſage more eaſie, and alſo to
ſhew foorth the magnificence of his kingdome in this
point.
whereof
Brocardus in his ſixt booke of his traueile maketh
mention.
fell againe;
tourning himſelfe about to the women
that mourned and wept,
ſayde,
the third time
vnder his croſſe:
Caluarie,
Pilats owne hand in theſe woordes of
Hebrue, Greke and Latine.
IESVS OF NAZARETH, KING OF THE IEWES
Further it is to be remembered,Ieruſalem, and
his face towards the weſt. For they demed him vnwoorIeremy had propheſied ſhould come to paſſe, ſaying
I will ſcatter them with an Eaſt wind before the enimie,
I will ſhew them the backe and not the face,
in the day of
their deſtruction.
Hierom ſaith, ſeeing they
are diſperſed throughout the whole world, and do cal
vpon God night and day in the ſynagogues of Sathan,His eies behoulde the gentiles.
For hee hauing the eyes of his mercie opened and
fixed vppon vs,
Therefore, Chriſte being on this manner hanged
on the croſſe, three howers naked, bloudy, wounded,
crowned with thornes, did hang between two theeues
in moſt grieuous torments, partaker with them of the
paine and puniſhment, as if he had beene a companiIſaias foreſhewed ſhould come to paſſe,
ſaying, Hee was reputed among the wicked. Whome in
the meane time, the Iewes, the high prieſts, together
with the Scribes and elders of the people pasſing by,
yea the common ſoldiors alſo, and the theefe that was
crucified with him, in ſteed of conſolation, which beThou
which deſtroieſt the temple of God, and buildeſt the ſame
againe in three daies, ſaue thy ſelfe: if thou beeſt the ſonne
of God, come downe from the croſſe, He ſaued others, him
ſelfe he cannot ſaue If he be Chriſt the king of Iſraell, let
him come down now from the croſſe; and wee will beleue
him. He truſted in God, Let him deliuer him nowe, if hee
will haue him. For he ſaid I am the ſon of God.
Ieſus moſt patiently ſuffering all theſe things more
bitter then the croſſe, was ſo far from reuenging them
Father
forgiue them for they know not what they doe. And
to the other of the theeues requiring mercy hee proParadiſe, ſaying, Verely I ſay vnto thee, This day
thou ſhalt bee with me in Paradiſe. And then behoulBehould thy ſonne. And then
he ſayd to his diſciple, Behould thy mother: who from
that hower forward tooke her for his owne. While
theſe thinges thus proceeded, the ſunne abaſhed at
thoſe pasſions which the creator of all the worlde ſuf
Then Ieſus complayning that he is forſaken of his
father, cryed out with a ſtrong voice ſaying, My God,
My God, why haſte thou forſaken me? This donne, to
the ende all thinges that were ſpoken of by the proI thirſte. Straight
way one running,It is finiſhed, geuing thereby to
vnderſtand,Father into thy handes I commende my ſpirit:
And ſo bowing downe his heade (a man of flo
By this ſacrifice, the moſte high and euerlaſting
prieſt inflamed with moſt ſingular and vnſpeakeable
loue, offered him ſelfe a ſacrifice and a peace offering
to God his father, and by his death deſtroyed death,
ouercame Sathan, brake a ſunder hell gates, reſtored
life, and opened vnto all beleeuers, the euerlaſting
kingdome of heauen. For this cauſe, the fathers of
ould time, ingraued in ſiluer theſe words of the pſalme
in Greeke, and ſet it in the circumference of the hole
which was made on the toppe of mount Caluary, and
wherein the croſſe of Chriſt was faſtened, but nowe
they are ingrauen in copper thus.
that is to ſaye, Here God our Kinge be
The which one and onely bloudy ſacrifice moſte
truly and lawfully made,
Iohn,
Marie Magdalen, & with other women,
ſtoode with a firme mind and conſtant faith,Simeon,
which crucified Chriſt, parted his
garments among them and caſt lotts for his ſeameThey parted my garments among
them, and for my Veſture they did caſt lottes.
of Chriſt, being taken down
from the Croſſe,Marie to be buried.
Chriſt meteth with the women,Ieruſalem, and ſalu
Chriſt in the forme of a ſtraunger,Emaus:
Moſes, and the
Scriptures of all the prophets, which he proued to bee
fulfilled in him.
On this North part of
the cittie,Nabuchodonozer kinge of Babilon, and
the Chaldaeans,
Ieruſalem, and wan it.
the which were pitWomans towers,Titus and the Romains aſIeruſalem. For on this parte onely, the citty was
ſauteable. And albeit the other partes were compaſſed
round about with one ſingle wall onely, yet the ſame
being very ſtrong, and ſette vppon ſtony and cragged
rocks, and hauing alſo deepe valleies or trenches ImAntonia: And ſo the temple, which was fortified like a
caſtle and laſt of all they entered mount Sion, of al the
reſt,Godfrey of Bullion
was the firſt that entered the wal, nere vnto the gate of
Ephraim, whoſe ſoldiors following the aſſalt like men,
Saracens beſeeging on the
ſame parte, wan from the Chriſtians.
Ieruſalem
one the north.
was a little village on the north.
Titus taking a vew of the citty
was in danger.
Queene of the Adiabens
(who vittailed Ieruſalem in the time of the faIſates:
Euſebius and Hierom.
Pompei pit
in Greeke called Scopos, that is to ſay, A
place of eſpiall, ſituate towarde the north, diſtante
from the cittie about ſeuen furlongs.Iaddus the chiefe Prieſt, and the reſt of
the prieſts, in their prieſtly attire, and al the people clad
in white garments, went foorth to meete Alexander
the greate, kinge of the Macedonians, when hee came
with his army to deſtroy Ieruſalem. Whome when
Alexander ſaw by and by ſuppreſſing his fury, in humReaſonable of the high prieſt,
and gaue reuerence to the high prieſt. Then ente
Titus cau
Bethara.
Samaria and
Galile.
neere to Ieruſalem,
Neemia
maketh mention.
Chriſtian Reader) are the moſt notable and
famous places of the Citty and Temple of Ieruſa
THeſe are for the moſt part the chiefe Authors a