Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ. Or, the trauels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, iudges, kings, our sauiour Christ, and his Apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments. With a description of the townes and places to which they trauelled, and how many English miles they stood from Ierusalem. Also a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantitie, and weight. Collected out of the workes of Henry Bunting, and done into English by R.B.

The Trauels of the holy Apostle S. Paul, with an axact annotation of the times.

PAul was borne at Tarsus in Cicilia, about the tenth yeare of the natiuitie of our Sauiour; and was neere about the age of S. Iohn the Euangelist, as the circumstances of Histories doe declare. After he grew to some bignesse, he was sent by his pa∣rents from thence to Ierusalem, being 304 miles; where he had not beene long brought vp with Gamaliel (which signifies, The recompence of God) Acts 22. but he became the Disciple of Si∣mon the just, Luke 2. Acts 5.

This Paul was of the Tribe of Benjamin, Phil. 2. 2 Cor. 11. and being yet but a young man, he was one of those that kept the gar∣ments of the holy Martyr S. Stephen, who was stoned about the end of the foure and thirtieth yeare after the natiuitie of Christ, Acts 1. at which time also S. Iohn the Euangelist was but foure and twentie yeares of age. If therefore you would obserue the age of the Apostle Paul in this following discourse of his Tra∣uels, deduct ten from the yeres after the natiuitie of our Sauiour Christ, and the remainder is his age. At his circumcision he was called Saul, that is, a mortall man: but when he was made the A∣postle of the Gentiles, he was called Paul; of which name there was a noble family in Rome, so called because of the lownesse of their stature, and smalnesse of their body; as Carolus Sigonius obserueth.

In the 35 yeare after the natiuitie of Christ Paul was an inqui∣sitor for priuate heresie, and a cruel persecutor of the Gospel. The next yeare he went from Ierusalem to Damascus in Syria, which was 160 miles: in which journey (about the 25 day of Ianuary) he was conuerted; and vpon the 28 day of Ianuary was baptized by Ananias. So he staied some few daies in Damascus, and taught the Gospell of Christ, Acts 9. & 22.

In the same yere that he was conuerted, the Iewes & those that were enemies to the Gospell, went about by deceit to take his

life; wherefore he went from Damascus to Arabia Petraea, which was 160 miles; here hee continued teaching the Gospell by the space of three yeares, that is, from the beginning of the 35 to the end of the 37 yeare after the Natiuitie of Christ, Act. 9.

In the 38 yeare after the Natiuitie of Christ he returned from Arabia Petraea and came to Damascus, which was 160 miles; and there he diligently taught the Gospell of Christ.

But when in the same yeare Araeta King of Arabia went about to put him secretly to death, he was let down in a basket ouer the wall, and so went from Damascus to Ierusalem, which was 160 miles: and when hee came thither he brought Barnabas to the A∣postles, and shewed them his conuersion, and remained with Pe∣ter 15 daies preaching the Gospell. At this time he saw Iames the sonne of Alpheus and brother of our Lord, Acts 9. 2 Cor. 11. Galat. 1.

But when his aduersaries that were at Ierusalem went about secretly to put him to death, hee went from Ierusalem and was brought by the brethren to Caesarea Strato, which was 32 miles, Acts 9.

About the 38 yere after the natiuitie of Christ he went thence into Syria to Tarsus a citie of Cilicia, which was 272 miles: here he continued some yeares teaching the Gospell of Christ, Gal. 1. 2 Cor. 11.

In the 41 yeare after the natiuitie of Christ, and about the se∣uenth yeare of his Ministrie, hee was brought by Barnabas from Tarsus to Antiochia in Syria, which was 120 miles. At this time and in this towne all those that beleeued in Christ began to bee called Christians, wheras before they were called Disciples and brothers, Acts 11. These things hapned in the eight yeare after the resurrection of Christ: about this time also Matthew wrote his Gospell, and Agabus prophesied of the vniuersall dearth that should happen vnder Claudius, Acts 11.

In the 42 yeare after the natiuitie of Christ, Paul being then at Antiochia, and about 32 yeres of age, was wrapt vp into the third heauen, 14 yeares before he wrote his second Epistle to the Co∣rinthians, 2 Cor. 12.

In the 43 yeare after the natiuitie of Christ, the famine wher∣of

Agabus prophecied, being now begun, hee went with the gifts of the Church from Antiochia to Ierusalem, which was 280 miles: this yeare Iames the elder was beheaded at the command of Agrippa, Acts 11. & 12.

In the 44 yeare after the natiuitie of Christ, Paul and Barnabas with Peter, were deliuered out of prison by the Angell of the Lord. Now hauing distributed the gifts of the Church, hee re∣turned in the company of Iohn Marke, from Ierusalem to Antio∣chia, which was 280 miles. So these trauels were 1928 miles.