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XXII. Of the Ascent, by which they went up into the Porch of the Temple. (Book 22)
1. THis Porch also had certain steps, by which they went up into the House of the Lord. I know not directly the number of them. Though Ezekiel speaks something about it, Ezek. 40.38, 39. Hence when Men went to worship in the Temple, they were said, To go VP into the house of the Lord, Isa. 38.22.
These steps which were the ascent to the Temple, were SO curiously set, and also so finely wrought, that they were a∣mazing to behold. Wherefore when the Queen of Sheba, who came to prove Solo∣mon's wisdom, saw the house which he had built, and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord, she had no more spirit in her. She was by that sight quite drowned, and overcome; 1 King. 10 4, 5.
2. These steps, whether Cedar, Gold, or Stone, yet that which added to their adornment was, the wonderment of a Queen. And whatever they were made of, to be sure they were a shadow of those steps, which we should take to, and in the house