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in the road to Jerusalem ; and has been visited chap. 
by pilgrims of all ages ; but particularly since 
the Christian aera, as the place where our 
Saviour revealed himself to the woman of 
Samaria. The spot is so distinctly marked by 
the Evangelist^, and so little liable to uncer- 
tainty, from the circumstance of the well itself 
and the features of the country, that, if no 
tradition existed for its identity, the site of it 
could hardly be mistaken. Perhaps no Christiaii 
scholar ever attentively read the fourth chapter 
of St. John, without being struck with the 
numerous internal evidences of truth which 
crowd upon the mind, in its perusal. Within 
so small a compass it is impossible to find, in 
other writings, so many sources of reflection 
and of interest. Independently of its importance 
as a theological document, it concentrates so 
much information, that a volume might be filled 
with its singular illustration of the history of 
the Jews, and the geography of their country. 
All that can be collected upon these subjects 
from Josephus'^ seems but as a comment to 
this chapter. The journey of our Lord from 
Judcea into Galilee ; the cause of it ; his passage 
(6) John, c. iv. 
(7) Vid. Jntiq. lib. .xi. c. 4, 7, 8. lib. xii. c. 3, 7, &c. 
