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Show BESTRUCTION OF DESTRUCTION JERUSALEM. their wives from husbands ; and even by mothers from d The breast itself was robbe from famishing infants. the famishing suckling, as our Lord denounced: *“*Wo k “g to them that give suck in those days.” ‘This terror produced a new scene of righteous ret- i3tF Hie i 4 ; etrt is $e i i Multitudes of the Jews were forced by ribution. Here instead of hunger to flee to the enemy’s camp. pitying and relieving them, the Remans cut off the hands of many, and sent them back ; but most of them they crucified as fast as they could lay their hands on them ; till wood was wanting for crosses, and space on | P ‘2. Bae are Rete : : Rierape fie i idle ae te had Ne Ne Pitan } bah; te Hs ; auth ai = 2 2 4 bas Ss a ws WP a : , neal eager 7 3 ue LO uf fi 7 - the, eh. 4 2M re ame an = are ill a ahi et % “S et Es4 =f er ae Se: calamities, that lamentation ceased ; and an awful But lence of despair overwhelmed the city. si- all this failed of restraining the more abandoned from most They toox this opportunity to rob ihe horrid deeds. tombs; and with loud infernal laughter, to strip the and would try the dead of their habiliments of death; on dead bodies, and on some Simon Georas now vented his edge of their swords while yet breathing. rage against Matthias, tne high priest, and his three He caused them to be condemned, as though sons. The father asked the favour favouring the Romans. to be first executed, and not see the death of his sons; but the malicious Simon reserved him for the last exAndas he was expiring he put the insulting ecution. question, whether the Romans could now releve him ? a Jew, Things being thus, one Manneeus, escaped Roman armies, in hopes of finding gold, which these Jews had (or their enemies fancied they had) swailow- to the dead bodies of Jews had been conveyed through one Titus being a merciful general, was touched : became the to Titus,.and informed him of the consummate wretcheduess of the Jews; that in less than three months ed tocarry off with them! a + RIT OG MG ee which to erect them! Behold here thousands of those despairing Jews suspended on Crosses round the walls of Jerusalem!~ Verily “the Lord is known by the judgments that he executeth !?? Yea, this did not Behold two thousand Jews, who had fled to sufice. the mercy of their invaders, ripped open alive (two in one night!) by Arabs and Syrians in the thousand awful So great and erform this oflice. 33 JERUSALEM.. OF one hundred and fifteen thousand and eight hundred he heart at the miseries of the Jews ; and in person l Butal nder. surre to tenderly entreated the besieged base was the answer he obtained for his tenderness He now resolved to make thorough wor: revilings. th with this obstinate people ; and hence surrounded gate, under his care and register; and confirmed the account, and added, that not less than six hundred thousand of Jews had been deeply affected; and he, under This, by length, strengthenea with thirteen towers. effected in the astonishing-activity of the soldiers, was of our ction Then was fulfilled this predi three days. h trenc cast a blessed Lord; “ Thine enemies shall 7< about thee, and keep thee in on every side.’ le suppossib all As the city was now cut off from Whole families lies, famine became mere dreadful. of women, bodies fell a sacrifice to it; and the dead covering roofs of children. and the aged, were seen Youth and the middie houses, and various recesses. counts, and while surveying the piles of dead bodies city with a circumvallation of thirty nine furlongs in fell many of 6 azed appeared like spectres; and became too a The dead dead in public places. died while attempting t0 Many rous to be interred. of the ravages of famine and death. dead bodies carried out at different gates. Titus was of Jews under the walls, he assured him Other deserters ‘The humane heart of and in the visible those ac- parts of the city, raised his eyes and hands to heaven in solemn protestation, that he would have prevented these dire calamities ; that the obstinate Jews had procured them upon their own heads. Josephus, the Jew, now earnestly entreated the leader John and his brethren to surrender to the RoBut mans, and thus save the residue of the Jews. he received in retura nothing but and imprecations ; isolent reproaches John declaring his firm persuasion that God would never suffer his own city, Jerusalem, to be taken by the enemy! Alas, had he forgotien |
