A continuation of the exposition of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the…

On the other side it is pleaded with more probability, that Jerusalem was the Seat of his Kingdom. For (1.) It was Anciently called Salem, which Name is afterwards occasionally applied unto it, as that whereby it was known, Psal. 76. 2. In Salem is Gods Tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion, where Jerusalem only can be intended. Afterwards some think that when it was possessed by the Jebusites, it began at first to be called Jebus-Salem, that is, Salem of the Jebusites, which by Custom was transformed into Jerusalem. But the approved Etymology from [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew] so that the Name should signify a Sight or Vision of Peace, is certainly true, and probably given by God himself. (2.) In the days of Joshua, the King of Jerusalem was called Adonizedec, a Name of the same signification with Melchizedek, which possibly from him was the Name of the Kings who afterwards Reigned in that City. And that man as it should seem was in some Reputation for Righteousness among the Canaanites, whence he managed their common Cause in their Danger, Josh. 10. 1, 2, 3, 4. (3.) Abraham dwelt at this time at Hebron in the Plain of Mamre; and in his Return from Hoba or Damascus, the way lay near unto Jerusalem, as all Charts yet declare; and Shechem was more to the North than that he should conveniently pass that way. (4.) Jerusalem being designed to be the place where the Lord Christ was to begin and exercise his Priestly Office, it may well be supposed that there this his Illustrious Type was to appear and be manifested; especially considering that it was to be the place where the Seat of the Church was to be fixed until the signification of the Type was to be effected.

On the other side it is pleaded with more probability, that Hicrusalem was the Seat of his Kingdom. For (1.) It was Anciently called Salem, which Name is afterwards occasionally applyed unto it, as that whereby it was known, Psal. 76. 2. In Salem is Gods Tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Sion, where Hierusalem only can be intended. Afterwards some think that when it was possessed by the Jebusites, it began at first to be called Jebus-Salem, that is, Salem of the Jebusites, which by Custom was transformed into Hierusalem. But the approved Etymology from 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and so that the Name should signifie a Sight or Vision of Peace, is certainly true, and probably given by God himself. (2.) In the days of Joshua, the King of Hierusalem was called Adonizedec, a Name of the same signification with Melchisedec, which possibly from him was the Name of the Kings who afterwards Reigned in that City. And that man as it should seem was in some Reputation for Righteousness among the Canaanites, whence he managed their common Cause in their Danger,