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.

IX. Encomiums given him by Learned Men.

ALL these Labours of his, published and unpublished, and those deep notions in the way of his Learning, that he communicated by Letters or in Conversation, raised high and Venerable opinions of him amongst the best and most knowing Men. It would be endless to recount what large Testimonials and Commendations they have given him. Some we have read already. Let us hear a few more. Your Name (saith Dr. Castel) is indeed a sweet Odour poured out into all Nations, who are all bound to pray heartily for you, your health, welfare, prosperity, longevity. And again, Nemini notus, quin te humani gene∣ris aestimet delicias; nemini ignotus, cui non absconditus maximus sub Coelo Thesaurus. And if you will, once more, in another Letter: Chaldea, whose antient glory, and multiplicity of Sciences are, by the wheels of Nature in the long decurse of time, rolled into Munden. Which you, Sir, a right Trismegistus, for Christian, Jewish and Ethnic literature, will make to after ages more illustrious than either Babylon, or Athens were of old. Another, namely Mr. Samuel Clark, speaks thus, Your own great worth is sufficient to preserve your memory verdant with me, or any other, that hath any sense of Learning or Goodness. Mr. Bernard does violence to the Doctors modesty in these words: I know your self and Doctor Pocok to be the very Pillars of Sacred Learning, like the Monuments of Seth, in a corrupt and vain age. God add, I beseech him, yet to your years and health so advantageous to his Church. And for forainers, besides what we have heard from them already, take the Value they had for him by the words of one of them, named before, viz. Johannes Henricus Otto: He was a Learned young Man of Bern, who it seems had travailed into France and other places for his improvement, and at last came into England, and being at Oxon, sends a Letter to our Doctor: wherein apologizing for his address, he tells him, That the fame of his Piety and singular Learning had so spred it self over the World, that there was no Scholar, who loved him not in his mind, and was not ambitious of his friendship. Plurimi sunt qui nondum meruerunt a te cognosci, qui tamen inter alias Gentes famam nominis tui exceperunt, & post praeclarorum scriptorum tuorum lectionem, in cultum tui venerabundi iverunt. But especially (he assures him) all studious of Hebrew do applaud him. And instanceth in

Turretius junior at Geneva: Justellus, Tormentinus, Tenevottus, Capellanus, Ferrandus, at Paris: Toignard at Orleans: not to speak any thing (saith he) of mine own Country and Germany also, whose Names this Letter would scarcely contain. Abundance more I might produce, both of our own Country-Men and Strangers; but he stands not in need 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, of Letters of Commendation.