CHAP. IV. The Affociates of Satan build Pandemonium, and the infernal Peers fit there in Council. N OT far off there was a Mountain, from whofe Top rolling Smoak and Fire pro ceeded; the other Parts of it firm and the Surface of it fhone with a bright Glofs; (an undoubted Sign that in it was contain'd mineral Ore, ripen'd by Sulphur) thither, with Speed, repair'd a Multitude of the Devils; juft as Bands of Pioneers (b) march before a Royal Camp, arm'd with Spades and Pickaxes, to trench a Field or caft a Rampart. MAMMON (i) led them on; he was the vileft and darkest Spirit that fell from Heaven, for even in Heaven his Looks and Thoughts were always inclin❜d downward, admiring more the Riches of Heaven's Pavement, (k) which E 2 (k) Pavement; Ital. Sp. Lat. i. e. Beaten or trod on ; a paved Floor, a Causeway, a GroundRoom in a Houfe. Here, the Floor of Heaven, reprefented by St. John to be paved with pure Gold, which Mammon lik'd beft. See Revel. And the Building of the Wall of it was of Jafper; and the City was pure Gold, like unto clear Glafs. And the Foundations of the Wall of the City were garnish'd with all Manner of precious Stones. The first Foundation was Jasper, the second a Saphire, the third a Chalcedony, the fourth an Emerald. The fifth Sardonyx, the fixth Sardius, the feventh Chry⚫TM folite, the eighth Beryl, the ninth a Topaz, the tenth a Chry foprafus, the eleventh a Jacinet, the twelfth an Amethyft. And the twelve Gates were twelve Pearls; every feveral Gate was of one Pearl; and the Street of the City was pure Gold, as it were tranfparent Glafs. which was pure Gold, than any Thing fpiritual, or belonging to GOD, or to be enjoy'd in beatific Vifion: First taught by his Suggeftion, MAN alfo examin'd, and with wicked Hands rifled the Bowels of the Earth, to find out Gold and other Riches, which had better have lain there ftill, The Crew of MAMMON had foon open'd into the Mountain a large Paffage, and digg'd out Gold; (let No-body admire that Riches grew in Hell, fince that Soil may beft fuit with the Root of all Evil) and here let thofe who boaft in mortal Things, and talk with Wonder about. BABEL (1) BABYLON, and the Pyramids of EGYPT, (m) learn how their greatest Pieces of Architecture, built for Fame with Strength and Art, are eafily outdone by reprobate Spirits; who can perform in one Hour, what they in an Age, with continual Labour and innumerable Hands, fcarcely can. A SECOND Multitude, not far off on the Plain, in many Pits, that underneath them had Streams of melted Fire iffuing from the Lake, with wonderful Art produc'd the maffy Ore, feperating each Kind, and fcumming the Drofs. A third Party, at the fame Time, form'd within the Ground various Moulds, and by a strange Conveyance from the boiling Pits, fill'd every hollow Place; as in an Organ (2) from one Blaft of Wind, the Sound-Board breathes to a great many Rows of Pipes. Prefently a very large and mighty Building rofe out of the Earth, like an Exhalation, at the Sound of pleasant Symphonies and fweet Voices: It was built like a Temple, where Pilafters (0) were fet round, and DORIC (p) Pillars overlaid with golden Architrave: (q) The Roof was fretted (r) Gold, nor was there any Want of Cornice, (s) or Freeze, (t) engrav'd with boffy (u) Or-. naments: BABYLON (x) nor GRAND CAIRO E 3 (y) never Gen. 4. 21. and very much us'd by the Ancients, Job 21. 12. Pfalm 150. 4. (0) Pilafters; Fr. Ital. from the Lat. i. e. Little Pillars. A T. of Archit. A Kind of fquare Pillar made to jut out of the Wall of any curious Fabrick. Doric; Fr. Lat. Gr. i. e. of or belonging to the Dores. A Term of Archit. It is one of the five Orders of Architecture, from Dorus King of the Dorians in Achaia, who built a magnificent Temple to June at Argi, which was the firft Model of this Order. (9) Architrave; Fr. Gr. i. e. The chief Head of a Pillar. AT. of Archit. It is a Moulding next above the Chapiter or Head of a Column or Pillar. (r) Fretted; Ital. Fr, from the Lat. A T. of Archit. An Ornament of two Lifts interwoven and at an equal Distance, with feveral Breaks and Indentures, i, e. All this Workmanfhip was of pure folid Gold, (s) Cornice or Cornifh; Fr. Lat. from the Gr. A Horn. A T. of Archit. It is the third or highest Part of the Freeze, ex tending out like an Horn or Point in Building. A (t) Freeze or Frieze; Fr. i. e. Ruff or Fringe. AT. of Ar chit. It is the round and broad Band of a Pillar, between the Architrave and the Cornice. (u) Boffy; Fr. belonging to a Bofs, i. e. A Knob or Stub fwelling out. Another Term of Architecture. (x) Babylon; Heb. from Babel, i. e. Confufion. A very noble and antient City in Chaldea, upon a vaft Plain, built near the old Tower upon the Euphrates: It was founded by Nimrod before the Separation and Confufion of Languages, Gen. 10. 10. therefore that Country is called the Land of Nimrod, Micah 5. 6. But was augmented, beautified, and fortified by Ninus, Semiramis, Nebuchadnezzar, &c. and that's the Reason why several Hiftorians afcribe the Foundati on of it to different Princes. It was the Metropolis of Affyria, 'till Seleucia eclips'd the Glory of it, and the firft Seat of Monarchy in the World. The Walls of it were 60 Miles in Circuit, 50 Cubits high, and 87 Foot (y) never equall'd in all their Glory fuch Magnificence, tho' to enshrine BELUS (z) or SERAPIS, (a) which were their Gods; or whether it were Seats for their Kings, when EGYPT ftrove with AsSYRIA (b) in Wealth, Superfluity, and Luxury. The infernal Palace which the Devils had built, was of a pompous Height, and presently the Doors opening their brazen Folds, difcover'd thick, fo that feveral Coaches might pass upon them, and esteemed one of the feven Wonders of the World. This was the oldeft, largest, moft magnificent, and famous City upon Earth, 'till it was ruin'd by Cyrus, Darius, Seleucus, Orodes, and Alexander the Great; he took it, found immenfe Treasures therein, ftaid a whole Year, and dy'd there. It is above 40 Miles South-Eaft from Bagdat, which is upon the Tygris, and is often miftaken for the old Babylon; and about 680 Miles from JeruSalem Eaftward. It hath been ruinous Heaps, and Dens of wild, favage Beatts, Serpents, and other venomous Creatures, for many Ages past, so that Tra. vellers dare not approach it, as Jeremiah and other Prophets foretold; because of the Idolatry, Cruelty, Oppreffion, Pride, and other heinous Crimes of its Inhabitants. ) Grand Cairo, Alcairo, or Alcahera; Arab. i. e. victorious or triumphant; because Muazzus founded it in the Afcendant of Mars, who conquers the World. Others from Al, the, and Ker, City, i. e. The City, by Way of Eminence. The French call it Grand Cairo, i. e. The great Ci ty. It is the chief City of Egypt now, built out of the Ruins of the old Memphis, on the Eaft Side of the Nile, but Memphis ftood on the Weft Side and a little below it, above the first Divifion of that River. Old Cairo was upon the Bank of the River, but new Cairo is about three Miles from it. (x) Belus; Heb. i. e. Lord, The Son of Nimrod, the fecond King of Babylon, and the firft Man thatwas deify'd after Death. He began to reign A. M. 1879, and died A. M. 1914. ). (a) Serapis; Heb. i. e. A Prince or Ox. The fame as Apis, in the old Egyptian Language, from Ab, Heb. i. e. A Father: For Jofeph faid, I am a Father to Pharoah, Gen. 45, 8. An antient King and God of Egypt, thought to be Jofeph in Fable; being reprefented with the Figure of an Ox, with the Sun and Moon, and as a Youth with a Bufhel and a Cup.. All this agrees exactly to the Character and Station of that worthy Deliverer of their Nation, and provident Statefman.. Herodot. Lib. 3. C. 28. Diodor. Sicul. 1. (b) Affyria; Heb. i. e. Bleed from Aur the Son of Sem, Gen. 10, cover'd within many Rows of fhining Lamps and blazing Lights, fed with NAPHTHA (c) and ASPHALTUS, (d) which from the arched Roof hung over the fmooth Pavement; they were hung by fubtle Magic, and fent forth a Light as from a Sky. The hafty Multitude enter'd admiring; fome prais'd the Work, and fome the Architect; his Art was known in Hea→ ven, by many a high Tower, where dignify'd Spirits held their Refidence, and fat as Princes; whom GOD had exalted to fuch Power, and given to rule the bright Orders, each in his facred Hierarchy. (e) Nor was he without a Name or Adoration in antient GREECE, E 4 10. 11, 12. A large and fertile Country in Afia, joining io Chaldea, Mefopotamia, Armenia, &c. where the firft grand Monarchy was founded about 115 Years after the Flood, and continu'd for 1300 or 1400 Years. Then it fell into the Hands of the Babylonians, Ninevites, Medes, Perfians, Greeks, Romans, and now of the Turks fucceffively. (c) Naphtha or Naptha; Lat. Gr. from the Chald. i. e. Dropping; a Kind of fat, chalky, and bituminous Clay, of a dark Colour, that takes Fire fooner than Brimftone; it will draw Fire to it from afar, and is not foon quenched. Famous Springs of it are at Baku in Perfia; they ufe it instead of Lamp Oil, and in their Fire-works. It yields a great Revenue to the Emperor of Perfta. (d) Afphaltus; Lat. Gr. i. e, Unextinguishable. A Kind of fat burning Clay, like Pitch, found in Pits, and abounding near Sodom and Babylon. It was ufed inftead of Mortar, in buil ding the Tower and Walls of Babylon, Gen. 11. 3. From thence the Lake of Sodom is cal led Afphaltites. (e) Hierarchy; Fr. Lat. from the Gr. i. e. A facred Government. A Theolog. Term. Here, the moft glorious Government of the Holy Angels in Heaven. It confifts, as fome fay, of nine Orders, which are divided into the highest, middle, and lowest, viz. 1. Seraphims, Cherubims, and Thrones. Dominions, Principalities, and Powers. 3. Virtues, Angels, and Arch-Angels. The Holy Scriptures, especially St. Paul, Coloff. 1. 16. mention thofe Degrees of holy Angels: But Dianyfius the Areopagite, and the Schoolmen explain and rank them as diftinctly as if they had 2. been in Heaven and feen them. And doubtlefs there is as much Variety in the Angels, as there is among Men, Animals, Plants, and Flowers, whereof there are not two of a Kind, in every Refpect alike; which is a lively Demon |