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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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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Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.
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London :: Printed by W. R. for Robert Scot, Thomas Basset, Richard Chiswell,
1684.
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Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675.
Church of England.
Theology -- Early works to 1800.
Theology -- History -- 17th century.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A48431.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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CHAP. XLIII. Mahhanaiim. Gen. 32. 2. (Book 43)
AND Jacob went on his way, and the Angels of God met him: And Jacob said when he saw them, This is the Host of the Lord, and he called the name of the place Mahanaim.
The word is dual, and tels of two Armies and no more, what these two Armies were, the Jews according to their usual vein, do find strange expositions. To omit them all, this seems to me to be the truth, and reason of the name. There was one company with Jacob, which afterwards he calls his army; and there was another company of Angels, which he calls the Army of God. These are the two Armies that gave name to Maha∣naim; two Armies, one heavenly, and the other earthly: and from this I take it, Sa∣lomon compares the Church, * to the company of Mahanaim: for so the Church consist∣eth* 1.1 of two Armies, one heavenly like these Angels, which is the Church triumphant, and the other travailing on earth like Jacobs Army, which is the Church militant.