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Q What day was that the like was never before or ince?

A When Johua prayed in the midt of the battle, o that the un tood till, and hatened not to go down until it made the day 24 hours long, whereas naturally it was but 14 or 15 hours.

Q. What part of the earth was that which was een only four times of mankind?

A. The bottom of the river Jordan, divided by God, paed over by Moes, and the children of Irael; een after by Moes, Jolhua, Elijih and Eliha.

q. What do the hitorians ay of Solomon’s temple?

A. The temple was built on a rocky foundation, 300 cubits deep, the tones 40 cubits high, porches double upported by tately pillars 25 cubits high, of marble, the tops of cedar The porches 30 cubits broad. The courts pav’d with all orts o tones like fine lattices, all the gates covered with plates of gold. The Holy of Holies was in the midt. The firt gate 20 cubits high, and had 20 doors: all the fore parts were gilded. and within cover’d with fine gold about the wall was a golden vine the cluters like grapes of gold, each cluter ix feet long. It had golden gates and hinges wrought with gold, and had the fabrick covered with may gold.

The tops was et with rod of gold harp like pikes, let birds hould it thereon and defile it. The temple was firt built by king olomonSolomon [sic]. and afterwards plundered by Sisback king of Egypt and others: but latly by Nebuchadnezzar who laid this city and temple even to the ground. Yet after that, rebuilt by Herod the great: but about forty years after the death of our Saviour, the ins of the Jews being come to their height, it was detoyed by Titus, on of Vepaian, emperor of Rome.

Q What were the dreadful igns and wonders which foretol the detruction of Jerualem?

A. The year before the Roman, came, a bright tar appear d ov r the temple, as if a man had held many drawn words in his hands and the temple was as light as at noonday even nights togther. A heifer being knocked down for arifice, brought forth a lamb A man’s face was een in the Holy of Holies looking very earnetly. Four chariots with horemen were een fighting in the air In the temple the priet heard a terrible voice, aying; “Come let us go out of the temple, let us haten from hence,” But they regarded them not till udden detruction fell upon them.

Q What country is looked upon to be the mot deolate and olitary in the world?