CHAP. XV. Objections against the Land of Moriah answered.
I Perceive the imperfection of your description by the omitting of a memorable valley therein, namely the vale of Ba∣ca, mentioned by the Psalmist pronouncing him blessed who passing through the vale of Bacaa 1.1 maketh it a Well. You in stead of passing through, pass by this vale unmentioned.
I reserved my observations on this vale for this place. Some render it appellatively, The vale of weeping: meaning thereby the militant condition of a Christian in this life, incumbred with constant afflictions. If so, this vale of Baca is too big to come under my description; all the moun∣tains in the world being but part of this valley, the extent whereof is ade∣quate to the whole earth. But if you be pleased to take this vale for a proper place, I embrace the opinion of learned Ainsworth on the text, that this vale of Baca, or Mulberry trees, (for so also it signifieth) was near to Ierusalem; out of the tops of whichb 1.2 trees, God sounded the Alarum to David when he conquered the Philistines.