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 23, 2025.
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VERS. XXXVI.
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Anna a Prophetess, the Daughter of Phanuel of the Tribe of Aser.
THere were therefore Prophets at this time among the people. It is not to be de∣nied that at this time there were; that is, when the morning of the Gospel began to dawn; but for four hundred years past, there had been one that had deserved that name, however the Jews vainly enough had honoured the memories of some with that title; which we shall not meddle with at this present. But was this Anna accounted a Prophetess by the Jews? if so, whence that Proverbial expression out of Galilee ariseth no
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Prophet, Joh. VII. 52. She was certainly a Galilean, and for that very reason proba∣bly, it is here remark't, that she was of the Tribe of Aser.
What think we of that passage in Vajierah rabba, fol. 174. 4. and Bemidbar rabb. fol. 250. 4. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉The King Messiah, who is placed on the North, shall come and build the House of the Sanctuary, which is pla∣ced on the South. Doth not this favour something of Christ's coming out of Galilee?
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