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A46295	The wonderful, and most deplorable history of the latter times of the Jews with the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. Which history begins where the Holy Scriptures do end. By Josephus Ben Gorion whereunto is added a brief of the ten captivities; with the pourtrait of the Roman rams, and engines of battery, &c. As also of Jerusalem; with the fearful, and presaging apparitions that were seen in the air before her ruins. Moreover, there is a parallel of the late times and crimes in London, with those in Jerusalem.; Josippon. English. Abridgments.	Joseph ben Gorion, ha-Kohen, attributed name.; Howell, James, 1594?-1666.; Ibn Daud, Abraham ben David, Halevi, ca. 1110-ca. 1180.; Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1671 (1671)	Wing J1086A; ESTC R216340	213,458	417

Adrian the Emperour re-bu●…lt the City of Jerusalem changing the situation somewhat ●…westward and the name thereof to Aeli●… To despight the Christians he built a Temple over our Saviours grave with the Images of Jupiter and Venus another at Bethlehem to Adonis her Minion An●… to enrage the Jews did engrave Swine over the Gates of the City Who storming at the pro●…ation of their Land brake ●…o open Rebellion but were subdued by Julius Severus the Emperour's Lievtenant an experienced Captain and many thousands slain with Bencochab their counterfeit Messias for so he termed himself that is the son of a Star usurping that Prophesie Out of Jacob shall a Star arise thoug●… he proved but a fading Comet whose Blazing portended the ruine of that Nation The Captives by order from Adrian were transported into Spain the Country laid waste which parted with her people and fruitfulnesse both together Indeed Pilgrimes to this day here and there light on parcells of rich ground in Palestine which God may seem to have left that men may taste the former sweetnesse of the Land before it was soured for the peoples sins and that they may guesse the goodness of the cloth by the ●…inenesse of the shreds But it is barren for the generality The streams of Milk and Honey wherewith once it flowed are now drained dry and the whole face of the Land looketh sad not so much for want of dressing as because God hath frowned on it Yet great was the over-sight of Adrian thus totally to unpeople a Province and to beque●…th it to Foxes and Leopards Though his memory was excellent yet here he forgot the old 〈◊〉 ●…le who to prevent desolations where they ●…ooted out the Natives planted i●… Colonies of their own people And surely the Country recovered not a competency of Inhabitants for some hundred years a●…ter For though many Pilgrims came thither in after-ages yet they came rather to visi●… than to dwell And such as remained there mo●… embracing single live●… were no breeders for posterity If any say that Adrian did wilfully neglect this Land and prostitute it to ruine for the rebellion of the people yet all account it small policy in him in punishing the Jews to hurt his own Empire and by his vastation to leave fair and clear footing for forrein enemies to fasten on this Country and from thence to invade the neighbouring Dominions as after the Persians and Saracens easily over ran and dispeopled Palestine And no wonder if a thick Medow were quickly mown But to return to the Jews Such stragglers of them not considerable in number asescaped this banishment into Spain for few hands reap so clean as to leave no gleanings were forbidden to enter into Jerusalem or so much as to behold it from any rise or advantage of ground Yet they obtained of the after-Emperours once a year namely on the tenth of August whereon their City was taken to go in and bewail the destruction of their Temple and people bargaining with the Souldiers who waited on them to give so much for so long abiding there and if they exceeded the time they conditioned for they must stretch their purses to a higher rate So what St. Hierom noteth they who bought Christs blood were then glad to buy their own tears Thus the main Body of the Jews was brought into Spain and yet they stretched their out-limbs into every Country So that it was as hard to find a populous City without a common sink as without a company of Jews They grew fat on the barest pasture by Usury and Brokage though often squeezed by those Christians amongst whom they lived counting them Dogs and therefore easily finding a stick to beat them And alwaies in any tum●…lt when any fence of order was broken the Jews ●…ay next harmes as at the 〈◊〉 of Richard the first when the E●… ●…de great Feasts but the pillaged Jews paid the shot At last for their many villanies as fal●…fying of ●…oin poisoning of Springs crucifying of Christian children they were slain in some places and finally banished out of others Out of England Anno 1291. by Edward the First France 1307. by Philip the Fair Spain 1492. by Ferdinand Portugal 1497. by Emmanuel But had these two later Kings banished all Jewish blood out of their Countries they must have emptied the veins of their best Subjects as descended●… from them Still they are found in great numbers in Turky chiefly in Salomi●…i where they enjoy the freest slavery and they who in our Saviours time so scorned Publicans are now most employed in that offi●… to be the Turks Toll-gatherers Likewise i●… the Popish parts of Germany in Pola●…d 〈◊〉 Pantheon of all Religions and Amsterdan may be forfeited to the King of Spain whe●… she cannot shew a pattern of this as of all other Sects Lastly they are thick in the Pope●… Dominions where they are kept as a ●…estimony of the truth of the Scriptures and foyl to Christianity but chiefly in pretence to convert them But his Holinesse's converting faculty worketh the strongest at the greatest distance For the Indians he turneth to his Religion and these Jews he converteth to his Profit Some are of opinion of the general Calling of the Jews And no doubt those that dissent from them in their judgements concur in their wishes and desires Yet are there three grand hinderances of their Conversion First the offence taken and given by the Papists amongst whom they live by their worshipping of Images the Jews being zelots of the second Commandment Secondly because on their conversion they must renounce all their goods as ill gotten and they will scarce enter in at the door of our Church when first they are to climbe over so high a threshold Lastly they are debarred from the use of the new Testament the means of their salvation And thus we leave them in a state most pitiful and little pitied To give you then a right Character in brief They are a people that know how to comply with the times and the condition which they live in especially if their profit be concerned in it reviled like dogs and used like slaves yet never shew so much as an angry countenance A Nation which will thrive wheresoever they come yet most by Usury and Brokage not lending any thing but on pawns and those once forfeited never more redeemable The best of both Sexes are said to have an unsavor●… ranknesse not incident if not caused by 〈◊〉 ●…o other people from whom they are as different in their habit as in their Religion And ●…s or that they retain still Circumcision as the badg ●…gnisance of their Nation but m●…ngled with many Ceremonies not prescribed by the Law nor observed by the Antients placing a void chair for the Prophet Elias whom they believe to be present though unseen at the Solemnity And upon this they are so besotted that they conceive the Female Sex uncapable of eternal life because not capable of Circumcision And