ous Country a- 

 boundeth with 

 Olive Trees 

 and Vines, 



^65 Thy fie al Ohfervations &c. 



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

 the Time of Solomon \ 



Themotmtain- Thc Parts, particularly about Jerufalem, being defcribed to 

 be rocky and mountainous, have been therefore fuppofed to be 

 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 Bleffing that was given to Judah, 

 was not of the fame Kind, with the Bleffing oi ^JJjer or of 

 Iffachar, that his Bread Jhould he fat, or his Land fhould he 

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

 Jhould 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 of the Bedoween Arahs,) to be 

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

 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 abste- 

 mious Turk and Arah would permit a further Increafe and 

 Improvement to be made of the Vine. 



The ^^^vthy The Wild Honev, which is mentioned to have been a Part 

 of the Food of St. John Baptjt, may mlmuate 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 y4romatick Plants ' as the Bee chiefly looks after ; 

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

 fhort 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 grazing peculiar tothisCountry;inafmuch 



I Solomon gave Hiram twenty thoufand meafmes of Wheat for food to his Houjhold, and 

 twenty meafures of pure Oyl : thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. I Kings j. ii. 

 2. Hue circmn (alfcaria), c^/iie virides, & olentialate 

 Serpylla, & graviter fpirantis copia thymbr& 



Floreat : irr'tguunique bibant violaria fontem. Virg. Georg. 4. 1. 30. 



5 At cut laB'ts amor, cjtifum lotofque frequentes 



Jpfe tnanu, falfafque ferat prsfepibus herbas. Virg. Georg. 3. 1. 394. 



Si tibi lanicium curA -. 



fuge pabuU UtA. Id. ibid. 1. 384. 



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