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GOLGOTHA (y), who lives in Heaven; and they, who to be certain of going to PARADISE, put on the Weeds of St. DOMINIC (z) when they are dying, or think to flip in, difguifed; in the Habit of FRANCIS (a). They pass the feven Planets (b), and the fixed Stars, and all that is talked of, of Christaline Spheres and Primum Mobile: And now St. PETER at the Entrance of Heaven feems to wait for them with his Keys, and now they lift their Feet as at the Afcent of Heaven, when a violent crofs Wind from either Coast, blows them tranfverfe through the pathlefs Air, ten thousand Leagues awry: Then Cowles, Hoods, and Habits, with their Wearers, are fluttered into Rags: Then Reliques (c), Beads (d), Indulgen

(7) Golgotha; Heb. Syr. i. e. A Scull: Becaufe of the Sculls and other Bones of Criminals executed there. The Place where Chrift was crucified on Mount Moriah, upon the North Side of Jerufalem, Matth. xxvii. 33. It was the fame Spot whereon Ifaac was to be offered two thousand Years before, and was a lively Type of this.

(z) Dominic; Sp. Ital. Fr. Lat. i. e. The Lord. Dominicus, a Spaniard, was the Author of that Order, called Dominican Friars, inftituted A. D. 1205. The Inquifitors are of thisOrder. Some ignorant Creatures put upon dying Perfons a Prieft's Robe of thefe Orders, to carry them fafe through Purgatory.

(a) St. Francis was an Italian Merchant, firft called John, who inftituted the Order of Franciftan Friars, A. D. 1192.

(b) Planets; Lát. Gr. i. e. Wandering Stars; because of their various Motions. An A

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ftron. T. They are feven in Number, viz. Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury and the Moon.

(c) Reliques, or Relicks; Fr. Ital. Sp. Lat. i. e. Remains or Fragments of the Bodies and Clothes of Saints, preferved by Roman Catholicks, with great Veneration, viz. A Finger, a Toe, a Tooth, a Girdle, &c. and all worshipped by them.

(a) Beads; Teut. Sax. Dut. i. e. Prayers, round Balls made of Amber, Wax, Wood, Glafs, Silver, Gold, commonly of fif teen Tens, &c. which the Romanifts count at Prayers, by reckoning of which they know how of ten they have repeated their Pater nofler, Ave-mary, Credo, &c. as they are enjoined by their Priests, even in the Streets and at Work; like the old Pharifees, Turks, and Hypocrites. The Hea thens of Malabar ufe Beads made of the Bark of Trees, as powerfulAntidotes against Satan, Sin and Dangers,

cies (e), Difpenfations (f), Pardons, Bulls (g), are all the Sport of Winds: All thefe whirled upwards, fly over the Backfide of the World into a large and broad LIMBO (b), fince called the PARADISE OF FOOLS, which though now unpeopled and untrod, in Process of Time became unknown to few.

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Satan comes to the Gates of Heaven; his Paffage thence to the Orb of the Sun; where he finds Uriel the Regent thereof, and upon Inquiry `is directed to the Habitation of Man.

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ATAN paffed on and wandered a great while, 'till at last a Gleam of Light caufed him to direct his Steps towards it; far diftant he disco vers a high Structure, afcending by magnificent De

Dangers, which are prepared by an holy Order of Men only, called Antigods; and the Turks ufe Beads alfo to perfume themfelves.

(i) Indulgencies; Fr. Ital. Sp. Port. Lat. i. e. Bearing or coaxing with one; Relaxations or Liberties, granted by the Popes, to difpenfe with fome Duties, or removing the Infliction of fome temporal Punishment, due for Sins paft, or to come. Cardinal Bellarmin affirms, that Indulgencies are granted for twentyfive thousand Years; but they are fold at a very high Price.

(f) Difpenfes, or Difpenfa tions; Fr. Ital. Lat. Sufferings or Permiffions granted by the Popes, to do Things contrary to the Laws of God or Man, for fo much ready Money.

(g) Bulls; Lat. Gr. i.e. Coun cils: Because formerly they were granted by the Confent of a Council of State; or from Lat. i. e. Ornaments, hung about the Necks of Children, like a Seal'; Briefs, Licences of Popes, to which Leaden or Golden Seals were affixed; and purchased at a fet Price from the Pope's Exchequer.

(b) Limbo; Ital. Sp. Lat. i. e. The Border of a Garment: Vulg. Limbus Patrum. A Place fancied by Papifts, bordering upon Hell, where they fay, the Souls of all the Patriarchs and other juft Men, from the Beginning, were confined, till Chrift at his Paffion defcended thither, and fet them at Liberty.

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grees up to the Wall of Heaven," at the Top of which (but far more fumptuous) appeared what feemed to be a Royal Palace Gate, with a Front fet off with Gold and Diamonds; the Portal fhone thick with fparkling Jewels, impoffible to be imitated upon Earth, either in Model or Picture. The Stairs were fuch as thofe were whereon JACOB (1) faw Angels afcending and defcending, Bands of bright Guardians, when he fled from ESAU (k) as far as PADANARAM (1), and the Field of Luz (m), as he by Night lay dreaming under the open Air, and waking from his Sleep cried out, THIS IS THE GATE OF HEAVEN Each Stair was myfteriously meant, nor always ftood there, but fometimes was drawn up to Heaven out of Sight; and underneath there flowed a

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(i) Jacobs Heb ile. Holding the Heel or tripping up his Brother's Heels; because he laid Hold of his Brother's Heel in the Birth, as if he would deprive him of his Birth-right at firft, Gen. xxv. 26. A Supplanter or Deceiver, because he outwitted his Brother Efau more than once, Gen, xxv. 27, 36, Hof. xii. 2. The fecond Son of Isaac and Rebecca, and Father of the twelve Patriarchs. He was born about A. M. 2130, and died in Egypt 147 Years of Age. He was a grand Master of Aftronomy, Aftrology,

c. and alfo a divine Prophet. (k) Efau; Heb. i. e. Wrought or perfected; because he was more complete at his Birth than other Children, being covered all over with Hair, as one that is old, and of a stronger Conflitution, Gen. xxv, 25..

() Padan- Aram, Heb. i. e. A Pair of Rivers, viz. the Euphraand the Tygris. It is called

Padan only, i. e. A Pair: Sometimes, Aram, i. e. A River of Aramia or Syria, fometimes Naharajim, i. e. Rivers; and Padan Aram. By the Greeks, Mefopotamia, i. e. In the Middle of Rivers. By the Arabs, Al Gezira, i. e. The Island. By the Latins, Interamnia: Because it lies along the Banks of two Rivers And by the modern Arabians, Diarbec or Diarbech; i. e. The Duke's Country. To this Country Jacob was fent by his Mother, to avoid the Revenge of his Brother, and dwelt twen ty one Years.

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(m) Luz; Heb. Arab. i. e. A Nut Tree, or rather the Almond Tree because many of thole Trees grew thereabout, an antient City in Canaan. In Memory of the glorious Vifion that Jacob had near to it, he called it Bethel, i. e. The House of God, which Name it kept for many Ages after.

bright Sea of Jasper, or of liquid Pearl, whereon whoever came after from the Earth, arriv'd failing and wafted over by Angels, or elfe flew over the Lake, caught fwiftly away, and drawn in a fiery Chariot by fiery Steeds, as ELIJAH the Prophet was. At that Time the Stairs were let down, whether it were to dare SATAN by the Eafinefs of the Afcent, or to make his Exclufion from the Gates of Happiness more grievous; directly against which from beneath, juft over the happy Seat of PARADISE, there open'd a wide Paffage down to the Earth, (wider by far than that of After-times over Mount SION, or than that, though it was large, which was over the promis'd Land fo dear to GoD, by which his Angels pafs'd frequently to and fro to perform his great Commands, to them whom he beheld with a choice Regard, being those who inhabited as far as from PANEAS (n), faid to be the Fountain of the River (0) JORDAN;

(n) Paneas; Heb. from Pane and im, i. e. The Mouth of the Waters: because a vaft Flood of Waters flow out of it. See Gen. xxxii. 30, and the Source of the Nile. A Fountain in Palestina,near the old Town Lais or Lifhem. Heb.

A roaring Lion, and the Panean Cave; from which that Country was called Paneas. It becomes a Rapid River, running through a fat Soil. Pliny and other Geographers of old thought it was the Source of Jordan, but later Travellers have discovered the contrary; for that is in Mount Lebanon, four Leagues above this. It is the outmost Bounds of the Promised Land to the North, as Beersheba is to the South.

(0) Jordan or Farden; Heb. Compounded of For, i. e. De

fcending or rapid, or from Jarad: Heb. i. e. He defcended: because of its rapid Current from the Mountains. And Dan: because it ran by the old City, Dan, from Dan the Patriarch, i. e. A Judge. Thefe two Fountains uniting there, make the River Jordan, fo famous for many Miracles as the Tame and fis or Oufe uniting their Streams, a little below Dorchester in Oxfordshire, make the River

Thames. It is the chief River of Canaan, rifing at the Foot of Mount Lebanon, runs by the Borders of it on the East, thence to the South in a Course of fifty Leagues, 'till it lofeth itself in the Dead Sea. By the Way it makes two Lakes, 1.The Lake of Semechon or Merom, i. e. A Harp, and Bitter; because

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DAN, quite to BEERSABA (P), where the Holy Land borders upon EGYPT and the Coast of ARABIA (9), fo wide seemed the Opening where Bounds were fet to Darkness, fuch as are fet to the Waves of the Ocean, that they can go no farther.

SATAN now upon the lower Stair, that leads up by Steps of Gold to the Gates of Heaven, looks down with Wonder at the fudden View of all this World at once, juft as when a Scout has gone all' Night in Danger through dark and defart Ways, at last at the Break of chearful Day climbs up to the

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that Lake reprefents a Harp, and the Waters are bitter; it is dry in the Summer, Job. xi. 5. 2dly, The Lake of Genezareth, called the Sea of Galilee, or the Sea of Tiberias, John vi. 1. Forty-four Miles from Jerufalem Northward, four Miles broad, and twelve Miles long. Jordan overflows the Banks in March and April, from the Snow and Rains that fall upon the Mountains, Job. iii. 15. Now it is not above twenty Yards at the broadeft, and about three or four Yards deep, unless when it overflows, which Mr. Maundrel could not obferve, though he was there at the proper Time, viz. in March 30, A. D. 1697, which he supposes to be either, because its Channel is deeper than it was of old; or because the Waters of it may be diverted fome other Way. It is covered all along with Trees, which makea pleasant Sight, but a dangerous and difficult coming at it.

(p) Beerfaba, or Beersheba; Heb. i. e. The Well of the Oath or Covenant; because there Abra

bam and Abimelech made an Alli ance upon Oath, Gen. xxi. 31.. A Town fituated upon the utmoft Bounds of the Holy Land, forty Miles from JerufalemSouthward, and built upon that Account. It belonged to the Edomites, then to the Simeonites. It was a great Town in the Days of St. Jerom, the Christians in the holy War fortified it against the Turks and Arabs; fince thatTime it belongeth to the Turks, and is much decayed. It is now called Gallim or Giblin.

(9) Arabia; Heb. i. e. Black, mixed, a Robber: because the Inhabitants of it are fach: ra, ther from Ereb, Heb. i. e, the Weft: because it lies on theWe of Judea. A large Country in Afia, between Egypt and Judea, i the Red Sea and the Persian Gulph, divided into the Stony, the De fart, and Happy. It was first peopled by Joktan and his thisteen Sons; by Ifmael, Founder of the Hagarens, or Saracens 3 then by Efau, and from him came twelve grand Princes, and as many Nations.

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