310 REMARKABLE NAMES IN SCRIPtIRE. Galilee, The meanest part of the country of the Jews; and farthest from Jerusalem. Time sea of Tiberias, A sea encompassed with land in GaIi- lee, in the midst of the towns of Capernaum, Chorazin, Beth-, binds, &c. where Christ spent much time with his disciples. Calvary, Or Golgotha, The hill were Christ was nailed to the cross: Olivet, A hill near Jerusalem, whence Christ ascended to heaven. Damascus, A city in Syria, whence Paul escaped by being let down from the wall ina basket. Antioch, A city in Syria, where the disciples were first cal - led Christians. Rome, The city that ruled over the world in our Saviour's time and since. Greece, The country of the greatest learning among the heathens. Athens, A city in Greece, the chief in theworld for learning. Corinth, a famous city in Greece, where Christ had many converts. Asia, A country between Greece and Canaan, where there were many christian churches. Lystra, A town in Asia, where Paul healed a cripple, and the people thought him to be a God. Melita, The island where Pail was saved in shipwreck. Patmos, The place where John was banished when he wrote the Revelation. SECT. XII.Zanusof Times, and Things, 85.c. remarkable. The Ark of Noah, A great vessel or kind of ship, which God to fight him to build, to save his family and the living crea- tures in the flood. Babel, The tower which menwere building when God scat- tered them, by making them speak different languages. Manna, A sort of food like seeds, which fell down from heaven every night, to maintain the Israelites forty years in the wilderness. Ar /c of the Covenant, A chest of wood covered with gold, wherein the two tables of the law were kept which were written by the hand of God. The mercy seat, The golden cover of the ark on which God dwelt in a bright cloud. Cherubs, The figure of creatures with wings to represent angels; between which God dwelt upon the mercy -seat. Altar of incense, A kind of solid table made of wood, and covered with gold. Incense, A sort of perfume burned on the altar of incense to make a sweet smoke.
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