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Show en a ae The fecond Bookeof thtfiritpart Ce ACuarirgain Rama, » iris noted already, Sceas.§1- §the Scriptures, Rama, Gidha,andGebab,. Of the name fo.called,becaufe of their high townes many coe ie. thedefcription of Ephraim,thatthere were Tribe of sada (as it feemes becaule out Rema in the flandthe place fimation. But whereas they findeBethlehem ),and alfo ourof 1 Mactntl-34 qgat.2vit appeares tharitbordered Sam. 2541s which more often is called fr Ramaths, feels eothe Sumucldweltin Mount Ephratm, 1 whichthe Septuagint haue Aramathaim-fophin, sewrourofthe andy gays. .t~ Ramathaion Tj‘fophim : fox word, whence they :thinke!? fora part of the aus os takin the Article affixed in the beginning, 2,03 denominated. 57-Was 270 Mat. ingroward the Jo/>ph-of Avimathea, Gilead. The firft; which Ramothin whichis 8.29. Reg. 2 ‘OF atourth Ramawereade poresoe » neere Bethel the vttet faid, wee as feated Bemtamin, of Rama is anedhe Welt, is moft often mentioned, Baafbainthe whichcaufe ,for : Tribes and Apherems of South-border of the Kingdome of thetenne; flie from‘ him. to Ma Of Tying in the- this Rama to hinder thofe thardid becaufe it was or Pamatha,\{hould rather thinke Jofepbwas,thar buried Chrift: as it appeares, E/d,2.26, 1screrto Hierufalem,and after the captiuity belonged to Judea, of that Rama with fpeaketh hee that plaine itis Gebaé, with where in that it is ioyned built Gebah keg.25.22.) 1 asivis Afa( ) buildit AGxtKurait whofe ftones( after Bae/ba hadceafedto South-border oftheten" wasthe Rama as And Bemiamin. beingin both os a adioyningtoit: of Juda: whence 2 Reg.2 3.8) bemiddet the tweene two other. Tribe of sime- Tribes, fo was Gebah the N orth-border ofthe Kingdome was the all. his Kingdome, euen from Gebah, which es wee feade that lofiah through» the South-border, deftroyed the places of bso is cal- North-bordery to Beer-(beba which was led Romeo' Idolatry. ee of The Vritd Citie Gibha, which wasthe Citie of Sau/ (the wickedneffe c which Citiein - balatb-beer. thetime ofthe Jadgeshad almoftvrterly a outthis Tribe) iddrichemius ics with Geab, making one of two(as theyare enidently diftinguithed,E/4s,10.2.7.)o1W another Citie in this meen word 4 Gibba,in another forme Gibsath, hee imagineth Cibbaath is, Gouerning Tribemaking two of one. Thevicinitic of this Citie alfo to Rams of Bemiamin,appenss Sains cle Jud, 19,13. where the Leaste with his wife, notableto rcachto Rama, took vp his lodge-? was in this Gibbs fome whence the ingatGibha. By that placeof :1:Sams 22.6.1 feemesthat there teades in excelfa,: for in Rama:: butitmay be tunins out of "Tower or Citadell called: Kama swhere Vulgar * : : he Septwagiz Ram of Ss teestafss. that the nameof the Kings Palace in this City,wasRama:asit feemesthat in Gabba iar muelsthename of the chiefe place where Samuel with the Colledgeof Prophets abode, Was noesforwhich Wajosh, The great Giticof Hat; querthrowne, by Jo/., which Jof. 7.2 is placed necte jo.thoug ¢ollisPbincafi. Beth-anenypon the Eaft of Bethel, was in this Tribe, asis proued Nehe.J.19: is lof 8s as"t daid.defolate, himand by burned was forst. oe it benotnamed byZo/aac. 18. 4 reckone! is note chiefe of City, Another, perpetwaue. intamalum folitudinem / 28. Appellatiue cunning tobin ; ' whofe ; Hewttes Citieofthe Gibhonsthechicte was Tribe this 8.2In mi - chomius vaking tHe Jfaees bi ab to faue - lines,is fet Sasiheal whencechey oe we notice of this, among the Nethimii dv Profedites,and wete bound to certaine publique feruice Seren houfeof God: whichoathof fauiag thefe Gibconites, broken-in part after by saw, ce this Tet and by -saree byrafamine,2 Sama... This Gibeos or Gibbon. with Almon and vite placeth it in of both whichiwechaue fpoken)and with Hanerhoth the natall place ofHieremer Fa , 5 ys . . B Remamin, Necrtt : ¥ Renamit,Prophet, were faid ofa1.28.to beginen to the Leaites by the Beniamites.which Was i weeeiien Hanothoth was Nob, asappeates1 Reg.2.26.where Abiathar the Prictt,: Iris egre Stalwis 4a -eeni was eaeeree by:Saulsisifentto his grounds at'Hanethoth the mountains the Tribe of Bemiamin,Nebem: 9.3 t«and thoughinthe time of ‘Seadthe refiding pa the Arke was atKiriath-iesrim > -yetby the lamentable tragidie of bloudthed;» ante ttheword Nethinim, ot raifed in this place (asitis fet downe 1:Sai.21and2 2.) in the iudgement of Jamitts; © ee eineions proued thattheTabernacle wasthere for atime Mitmas a\fo inthis Tribe Wehem.9431.:was\arplace of fame, (of which Efaivtor tatliecte? inthis TvibesIn AdigaSaul had B® os andtoMigrom Galim,Gibhe namethheleft he when be)at tenathan) andtherealfo was Jonathan Maoh bet 1 Sam. 3.2. tesiagex-)aras Whexcalfo pounds it; de- ofthe Hiftory oftheorld, the Tribe of BemPrincesand:Gouernours ofthis City : Aigreat part whereof was.in n. Bemtamni of Cities the amonig named itis 8. iamin whelice-Iof.18:2 Re IL,.- Brochard and Breidenbach and finde yet another Ramain Z,abulon; thefe three Mays oncormake Siloto haue beene called Kama, inthe Tribe of A/er, asit {eemes, wee hatie OfRama Scripture. the 3-Prefe- haueno warrant inthe Jof.19.36.0f a thitd Rama, where dures which +Aimonie, Jo/. t9,29.and of another in Nephthalim, Scena rime of 4/a King ofJuda, fortifiedit, Cuarang.2. dittijitigy(ed, 2004451 Adacc.9. 731 OF Gifcala inGalilee 1ofephustaakes.often mention, burof any" achr in Bewiamin,whichthey make the natallplace of $.Pau/,whence (‘they fay) uy ast parentsto Mharfis,ofthis finde no gO" 4 h ie Nebemiisof- taken: bythe Romans; he failed withhis tes = Other placesoflefle importance Lomit, andcometothe Citic of Hierufali™ ?oe Ofdiners memorable things concerning Hierdfalem, | whattime Hierufalemwasbuilt (which afterward became the: Princeffe of all A: Citiés) it doth ndtappeare: Somethere are who imagine ‘that Melchifedes: wasMe e iache the founderthereofin#brabemstime. But * according toothers, that Citie*‘Se of 10 otit of Which wzelcbi/édec incountied'zbrabam (in his returnefrom the! ouerthrow, ofpre : by ftandeth ) prifoner made was Lor when s, Captaine or Kings Peifian atid the Affytias the ritiet ofTordanyin the halfe Tribe ofazana//e bordering Zabulon,which was alfocalled'Salem;andby the Greekes Solima. BEM Oj Hicrafilem (whenfoaier of by whomfocuer buile)wasa principall Citie in lofua his time? yer tot {6 renowhed/as Hazorthe Metropolis(in thofe dayes and beforeJofallithe Canaariites: c-donizedeh (WhomJo/va flew)was then King of Hicrufalem.: Thatitwas belonging to the Iebufires itisimanifet : for how long foeuerthey held it before Atofes: time, they were Matters and Lords thereof almoft 400-yeares after him euen till Dawid wanneit# atid thereforeinall likelihoodsir'was by the Zebe/2i (the children of Jebufeus . 20 the fonne of Canaan) yuilt ; after whomit was called lebus. And fo much did that: Na= 2 sams -U,65 tion relyeontheftrengthofthe place, as when Dawid attempted it, they bragged that theirlame, and blinde,and impotent people fhould defend it. Danid, afterhe had by Godsaffitance'poflett it,and turned out the Iebufites,gaue it an exceeding great increafe of circuit : ftrengthenedit witha Ciradell or Caftle: and beautified it with many Palacesyand other buildings : changing the name from lebuffalemy the City ofthe Iebufitesjto Hierufalém,which the Greekes call Hierofolyme. After Dawids tittie Salémion amplified, beaurified; ‘and ftrengthened it exceedingly.» For befides the 10/- cont. Ap, workeofthe Temple, which was no leffe admirable than fenownedamonsg all Nations, iSnahgetge the Palaces; gates, andswalls, could notany where inthe world be exampled sand be: jo fides}thatlirtiad'1 50006.Inhabitantsyvhe women and children not a¢counted. The ditch had 60.foot depth, curourof the veryrocké: and2s0. foor of breadth: whereof the ; like hath feldome beebesheard of, eitherfince or before. After the deatly of salonson, and that the Kingdonic ofthe Iewes wascue afunder,shi- fac KingofBgypt; and his predecefforhauing bred wpifor that purpole, -4dad the Idus2 chron.xx; . mazan, and.Jevoboam, Salomons feruant;and both married to Egyptians:the Statebythe . one difturbedy by the orherbroken : shi/baofirt inuaded the Territory of Jada, entred 2 Kyngs TA Hierufalem,and facktiry and becamie Mafternoronely of the riches of Salomon, but of allthofe{poyles which Dawid had gotten from Adadexer,Tohuthe Ammonites,and other Natiolsl¢ was aeaine facke, and a part ofthe wall chrowne downe by Joa King: of If- 2 Kings 26, Hataeby while Amafia thie twelfth King thereof gouerned Iuda. Notlong after,caohex the fifteenth King of Iuda impouerifhed. the ‘Temple, and: prelentedrrglatphalafar with the treafares thereof." And Atana/es the fonnic Ob EZE* y chvons. 26, kith, the founeof Aehed, by chewauntsmade by Exekiah, to the Embafladors oF Ades +X+5. redach, loft the remaine,and the very bottomeoftheir treafures. It was againe fpoyled by thie Babylonians 7ectimthen raigning. Butthis vngratefull,Idolatrous,and rebellious Nationptaking no warning by thefe Gods gentle corrections and affliGions, but: :perfitting in allkinde of impictie, filling the City cuento the month with innocent bloud, 2 xingex9: God raifed¥p thargrearBabylonian King Nabuchodénofor, as his:foourge and reuen- SEY er, who'makine this Ploridus Citic and Femple with:all the Palaces therein, andthe 50 Walls and "Powers which imbraced them, euen' and leuell with the duft, carried-away. the {poyles with the Princes'and people, and crufht them with the heauie yoake >of bondage and:uitude full feuenty ‘yeares, infomuch as Sion was not onely become asia tort atid*plowed-vpfields Hierufalem amheape of -ftones, and rabble, the mous Mich.3-H. taine of che Templeas a'groues orwoodof thornesand briers, bie (as Hierome {peas 252629 poe a ficbirds ofla ayre {comedtoflic ouerit, or the bealtsto tread on that de~ Opleyhs i430 no and the lewesbiy of Damie/, Then sevpedres beingexpiredjaccording to the‘ prophecie " ees : erac the ¢ prc grace of Cyrus returned : the the Temple wasagaine buile, thou; th ala aeaaikT "yres revarned Tem 4 1 A 10-34 "it: rad. 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