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try distinct, not only from the Holy Land, but also 
from Phoenice, ( mentioned Acts xi. 19* See. ) and of whicti 
the coasts of Tyre and Sidon were the southern part; 
so that by Syria, in the New Testament, is to be un¬ 
derstood the country lying te he east and northeast of 
the Holy Land, betweenPhceruce and the Mediterranean 
Sea to the west, and tie river Euphrates to the East.’ 3 
Under all these circumstances, although there may be 
something more suited to existing prejudices in the use of 
the word Palestine,(6) the author conceives that he is 
accurate in thinking The Holy Land an appellation of 
more extensive, although not less definite, signification.(c) 
He also believes that he is the more justified in adopting 
this latter name, as distinguished from the former, because 
he thereby adheres to the clue afforded by the observa¬ 
tions of Brocardus, an author held in the highest estima¬ 
tion by men who have written most learnedly upon the 
country to which these observations refer. Brocardus 
was doubly qualified, both by the evidences of ocular 
demonstration in that part of Asia, and a thorough 
knowledge of all that sacred or profane writers have said 
upon the. subject, to ascertain its geography with ability 
and with precision;— u Earn fere semper secutus sum , 
quod persuasisimum haberem , non fuisse unquam , qui 
volmrit magis aut vero etiam potuerU melius , perfectam 
et simplicem quandam ad hujus rei cognitionem viam 
sterner e(d) 
■ The boundaries of-.Falsest ine are physically defined by 
the face of the country: the distinction is, to a certain ex¬ 
tent, yet maintained among the inhabitants of Syria. 
Even at this hour, the vast plain, which extends westward 
from the mountains of Judaea, and is bounded by the sea, 
bears the name of j Phalestin.(e) According to Vainey,(/) 
( b ) “ Pnlaeslinae nomen, quod nobis prae reliquis placuit, quum buic open titulum 
daremus,” says Reland, with reference to his inestimable work, Palestina Illustrata. 
(c) Fuller, in his “ Pisgak-sight, of Palestine," perhaps intending a sly satire upon 
the age, (for it was published in the beginning of the reign of Charles the Second,) re¬ 
frains from calling it the Holy Land, through fear of being thought superstitious; 
“ Lest as he quaintly expresses it, “ whitest I call the land Holy, this age count me 
superstitious.'' 1 See Book I. c. ii. p. 2. London , 1650. 
(d) Adrichomii Eulog. in Broeard. Vide Theat. Ter. Sand, in praefat. p. 3. Colon. 
1 628 . 
(e) “ This is the plain, which, under the name of Falasiin, or Palestine, terminates 
on this side the country of Syria.” Vohiey's Travels, vol, II. p, 327. London,. 1737 , 
if) ibid, p. 32$. 
