The Place is delivered in the Text, the Holy Mount. Saint Matthew saye• was Mons excelsus, an high Mountain: Saint Peter, Mons Sanctus, an Holy Mountain. By common consent this Mountain was Tabor, thought it be not no•• tively expressed in Scripture. A fair Hill in the territory of Galilee, Mira••• tate ex omni parte aequaliter finitus; Of so wonderful a roundness, that you […] ⟨p. 293⟩think rather Art than Nature had fashioned it: the ascent of it was thirty furlongs, •t was a Sea-mark to Mariners; It was full of herbs, fruits, flowers, fountains. Thus it was high and conspicuous for situation, fertile by condition, and lastly, Ho•y, by this most holy apparition, Hieron. True it is, that all places are of their own •ature equall: Nec alter altero dignior, Nor is one more worthy, or more holy than another: but by the accession of some special blessings and privileges. Whither •ever the Lord comes, that is the fountain of holiness, such is the odour and per••me of his gracious presence, that he sanctifies the place. It was his presence which cause Jacob to turn Luz into Bethel, Gen. 28.17. This is none other, but the •ouse of GOD, and this is the gate of Heaven. So GOD himself testified to Moses […] Horeb, Exod. 3.5. The place whereon thou standest, is holy ground. And the Captain of the Lords host to Joshua, Josh. 5.15. Loose thy shoo from off thy foot, for the •lace whereon thou standest is holy. Thus became this Mount holy: there being God, •ater sanctitatis per vocem auditam; The Father of holiness heard speaking: Christ, •anctus Sanctorum, per carnem ad tempus glorificatum; That Holy of Holies by his •ody for that time glorified: Moses and Elijah, those holy Saints: Peter, James, and John, those holy Apostles: needs must this Mount be holy. Nicephorus writeth, •hat Helena built upon that hill a Cathedral Church, and dedicated it to Saint Peter. And in process of time, others also added two Monasteries, endowed with fair revenues: in allusion or answer to Peters desire, Let us build here three Tabernacles. But now etiam periere ruinae, there is not left any (so much as) ruin, to tell the passenger, here stood such monuments: and that holy Mountain is become an habitation for Wolves and Foxes. Jerome upon Hosea, writes liberally of this Mount, and •alls it Thabor, Psal. 89.12. Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy Name.
The Place is delivered in the Text, the Holy Mount. Saint Matthew saye• was Mons excelsus, an high Mountaine: Saint Peter, Mons Sanctus, an Holy Mountaine. By common consent this Mountaine was Tabor, thought it be not no•• tively expressed in Scripture. A faire Hill in the territory of Galile, Mira••• tate ex omni parte aequaliter finitus; Of so wonderfull a roundnesse, that you 〈…〉 ⟨p. 293⟩thinke rather Art than Nature had fashioned it: the ascent of it was thirty furlongs, •t was a Sea-marke to Marriners; It was full of herbes, fruits, flowers, fountaines. Thus it was high and conspicuous for situation, fertile by condition, and lastly, Ho•y, by this most holy apparition, Hieron. True it is, that all places are of their owne •ature equall: Nec alter altero dignior, Nor is one more worthy, or more holy than •nother: but by the accession of some speciall blessings and priviledges. Whither •ever the Lord comes, that is the fountaine of holinesse, such is the odour and per••me of his gracious presence, that hee sanctifies the place. It was his presence which cause Iacob to turne Luz into Bethel, Gen. 28.17. This is none other, but the •ouse of GOD, and this is the gate of Heaven. So GOD himselfe testified to Moses 〈…〉 Horeb, Exod. 3.5. The place whereon thou standest, is holy ground. And the Cap••ine of the Lords host to Ioshua, Iosh. 5.15. Loose thy shooe from off thy foot, for the •lace whereon thou standest is holy. Thus became this Mount holy: there being God, •ater sanctitatis per vocem auditam; The Father of holinesse heard speaking: Christ, •anctus Sanctorum, per carnem ad tempus glorificatum; That Holy of Holies by his •ody for that time glorified: Moses and Elias, those holy Saints: Peter, Iames, and Iohn, those holy Apostles: needs must this Mount bee holy. Nicephorus writeth, hat Helena built upon that hill a Cathedrall Church, and dedicated it to Saint Peter. And in processe of time, others also added two Monasteries, endowed with faire evenewes: in allusion or answer to Peters desire, Let us build here three Tabernacles. But now etiam periere ruinae, there is not left any (so much as) ruine, to tell the pasenger, here stood such monuments: and that holy Mountaine is become an habitatin for Wolves and Foxes. Ierome upon Hosea, writes liberally of this Mount, and alls it Thabor,
