3(5'5 Thy fie al Ohfewations &c. 



Supplies of Corn and Oyl;, which it is known to have done in 

 the Time of Solomon \ 

 Themountain- Thc Parts, particulai'ly about Jerufalem, being defcribed to 

 tfnZ'hUihh^ rocky and mountainous, have been therefore fuppofed to be 

 i^JV£r barren and unfruitful. Yet granting this Conclufion, which 

 is far from being juft^ a Kingdom is not to be denominated 

 barren or unfruitful, from one Part of it only, but from the 

 Whole. Nay further, the Bleihng that was given to Judah, 

 was not of the fame Kind, with the Blefling oi ^fjer or of 

 Iffachar, that his Bread fljould he fat, or his Land fjould he 

 f leaf ant, but that his Eyes fjouldhe red with Wine, and his Teeth 

 fmdd he white with Milk. Gen.49. ii. Mofes alfo maketh Milk 

 and Honey, (the chief Dainties and Subfiftence of the earlier 

 Ages, as they continue to be οϊ Xht Bedoween y^rabs,) to be 

 the Glory of all Lands : all which Productions are either adu- 

 ally enjoyed, or at leaft might be, by proper Care and Appli- 

 cation The Plenty of Wine alone is wanting at prefent ; yet 

 from the Goodnefs of that little, which is ftill made at Jeru• 

 falem and Hehron, we find, that thefe barren Rocks (as they 

 are called) might yield a much greater Quantity, if the abfte- 

 mious Turk and ^rah would permit a further Increafe and 

 Improvement to be made of the Vine. 

 The Giuanthy The Wild Honcy, which is mentioned to have been a Part 

 "«7• ^^ ^j^^ Food of St. John Baftifl, may infinuate to us the great 

 Plenty there was of It in the Deferts of Judea, and that con- 

 fequently, by taking the Hint from Nature and enticing the 

 Bees into Hives and larger Colonies, a much greater Increafe 

 might be made of It. As the Mountains likewife of this Coun- 

 try abound, in fome Places, with Thyme, Rofemary, Sage, 

 and fuch like ylromaticl• Plants' as the Bee chiefly looks after; 

 fo they are no lefs ftocked in others, with Shrubs and a delicate 

 ihort Grafs•, both which the Cattle are more fond of, than of 

 fuch Plants as are common to fallow Ground and Meadows. Nei- 

 ther was thisMethod of grazingpeculiartothisCountry;inafmuch 



I Solomon gave Hiram Hvtnty thou/and meafures of Wheat for food to his Heufljold, and 

 tiventy meafures of pure 0)1 : thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year, i Kings j. ii. 

 2 Hsc circum ("alvearia) cafta vhides, & olcntia late 

 Serpylla, & graviter fpirant'ts copia thjmbrs 



Floreat : nr'tguumque bibant v'lolaria fonteni. Vtrg. Georg. 4. I. 30. 



3 At cut lacl'is amor, cytiftim lotofque frequentes 



Ipfe mamt, falfafque ferat pnnfepibiis herbas. llrg. Georg. 3. 1. 394. 



iSi t'tbi lan'ic'iutn cura .• 



fuge pabula Ut4. Id. ibid. 1, 384. 



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