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.

VERS. XIII.

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We came to Puteoli.

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 f 1.1 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. It is a City, a very great Mart-Town, where there are havens for Ships, made by art and labour. Whence it is less wonder if now there were Christians there, either such as were Merchants themselves, or such as were instructed in Christianity by Merchants trading there.

The Jewish writers make some mention of this place with this story g 1.2, Rabban Gama∣liel and R. Eliezer ben Azariah, and R. Joshua, and R. Akiba 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, went to Rome, i. e. made a voyage to Rome, [as in this Chap. ver. 14. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, we went toward Rome] 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 And they heard the sound of the multitude at Rome, being distant an hundred and twenty miles. Therefore they began to weep, but R. Akiba laughed. They say unto him, O Akiba, why shouldst thou laugh while we weep? He saith unto them, and why should you weep? They make answer, have we not cause to weep, when these Gentile Idolaters worship their Idols, and yet remain prosperous and quiet, whiles in the mean time the Temple, the footstool of our God, is become a flame, and an habi∣tation for wild beasts? Have we not cause to weep? To whom he answereth, for this very cause do I laugh, for if it be so prosperous with those that provoke God to anger, how much more shall it be so to those that do his will?

This story is repeated elsewhere h 1.3, and there instead of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Puteolus, it is set 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 and yet the Gloss upon the place quoted out of Echah rabbathi tells us, that in the third Chapter of the Treatise Maccoth it is written 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.

St. Paul and the rest abide at Puteoli seven days at the entreaty of the Christians of that place, which redounded to the credit of the Centurion, whose leave must be obtained in that case; so that his yielding so far may somewhat argue that he favoured Christianity.

Notes

• f 1.1

  Strabo, lib. 5.
• g 1.2

  Echah rabba∣tha, fol. 81. 2.
• h 1.3

  Maccoth. fol. 24. 1.