The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.

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Title: The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.
Author: Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.
Publication: London :: Printed by W. R. for Robert Scot, Thomas Basset, Richard Chiswell,; 1684.
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Subject terms: Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.; Church of England.; Theology -- Early works to 1800.; Theology -- History -- 17th century.
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CHAP. X. Gideons Army. Iosh. 7. (Book 10)

GIdeons Army represents the Church visible and invisible: for as in his Army all the company marched alike, and used the same Military Discipline, and yet two and twenty thousand were cowards, and returned from him for fear, at the well Harodh, which it may be was called Harodh, or fear, from their fearfulness; so in the Church visible, men use the same Word, the same Sacraments, and the same outward Profession, yet are many of them but cowards in Christs warfare when it comes to the trial. Gideons trial of his Souldiers by lapping water, and kneeling to drink was a good piece of Mili∣tary Discipline: for those that lapped in their hands, shewed their nimbleness in march, who could drink and not stay, but those that kneeled down, made a stop in their marching.

Gideons fight is much like Jerichoes siege, that with Trumpets, this with Trumpets and Lamps, his conquest like Abrahams, with three hundred men he overthrows an Army as Abraham did with three hundred and eighteen. Saint Austen keeps a deplorable stir about allegorizing this number three hundred by the Greek letter T tau, to make it re∣semble the sign of the cross: And so he runs both besides the language and the mat∣ter: charity to the good man makes me ambiguous and doubtful whether that fancy be his or not.