Gleanings of antiquities / By John Beaumont, Gent.

  • Beaumont, John, -1731.
Date:
1724
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    Ding of the World, a little Hill made up of red Sand, where all the Arabians came in Flocks to offer their Prayers for obtaining the Graces they hoped for from Heaven; and this Place, from that time, was efteem’d the Middle of the habitable Earth. Phurnutus tells us, that Delphos is called the Navel of the Earth ; not that it’s the Middle of the Earth, but propter ; that is, by reafon of a divine Voice, or Oracle there given. R. Salomon Franco writes thus : Jerufalem is called the Navel of the Earth, in refpedt of its being pla¬ ced between Africa, Afa, and Europe. The Jews call the Temple the Heart of the World; and as the Heart in a Man’s Body inclines fomewhat towards the left Side, fo the Temple on the top of the Mountain was fomewhat towards the South Side* The Temple is the Heart of the World, which com¬ municates its Influence to all Parts of the Body ; and the Temple, fay thejews, was the Place where¬ in the Lord manifefted himfelf to his People, and wherein that Divinity was prefent which had a par¬ ticular care over them. Munfler, in a Dialogue he has publifhed between a Chriftian and a Jew, introduces the latter fpeaking more fully, thus : They fhall build of the Wood of Libanus, the San&uary, which is placed anfwering to the Throne of Majefty. And as the Throne of Majefty is the Seat of God, confequently the Sanc¬ tuary is his Footftool : nay, and the Gate of Heaven is over the Sanftuary, and this is, as it were, the Navel of the World. And the Land of Jfrael is pla¬ ced in the middle of the World,, and Jerufalem is placed in the middle of the Land of Jfrael, and the San&uary in the middle of Jerufalem, and the Tem¬ ple in the middle of the Sanctuary, and the Ark in the middle of the Temple; and the Temple of Sanc¬ tity is called the Throne of Majefty. Dr.