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.1 EJUNU
v!,
in anawmy. Sce ANA 'rOMY, p.
260.
JEMPTERLAND, a province of Swcden, bOllnd.d
uy Angermania on the nonh, by M<Jdpldia on
the eall, by Hclfingia on lhe fOLUh, and by NorlVay
on lhe
IVd!.
JENA, a city of Gennany, in lhe cirele of Upper Sax–
ony, and the landgraviate ofThllriogia: E.loo.
11°
44',
N. lat.
51°.
JENKOPING, a cily of Swcden, io the province of
Gothlaod, filualed nioety miles fouth-eafl of Gonen·
burg:
E.
loog.
14°
30',
N.
57"
30'.
jEREMIAH,
'Th:
/,rop/¡ecj of,
a canonical book of the
Old Tcflameot. This dil'ine writer was of the race
of the priells, the fon of Hilkiah of Aoathoth, in the
tribe of Benjamin. He \Vas called tO the prophetic
ollice when very young, about the thinecnth of JoGah,
and continlled io the difcharge of it about fony years .
He was not carried captil'e to Babylon with the other
Jews, but remained io Judea tO lament the defolation
of his country. He was afterwards a prifoner in E–
gypt with his difciple Baruch, \Vhere it is fuppofed he
di~d
in a ver
y
adl'anced age. Sorue of the Chriflian
fathers tel! us, he was tloned to death by the Jews,
for preaching againll their idolmy ; aod fome fay, he
\fas pUt to death
by
Pharaoh Hoph ra, becaufe of his
prophecy againfl him. Pan of the prophecy of Jere–
miah relates to the time after tbe capti\'ity of lfrael,
and before lhat of Judah, from the r,rfl chapter to tht
fony.founh; aod pan of it was in the time of the
Iatter captivity, from the fony.founh chapter tOthe
end. The prophet lays open the fios of Judah with
great freedomand boldnefs, aod reminds them of lhe
fevere judgmeots, which had befalleo the ten tribes
for the fame ofrences. He paffiooately lameots their
misfonuoe, and recommeods a fpeedy reformation to
them. Afterwards hQ prediéts the grievous ealamities
that were approaehiog, panieularly the Ceveoty years
c;¡ptivity io Chaldrea. He likewife foretells their de–
liveraoce aod happy return, aod the recompeoee whieh
Babylon, Moab, and other enemies of the Jews OlOuld
meet with io due time. There are likewife feveral in–
timatioos io this propheey eOlleerniog the kingdom of the
Meffiah; alfo feveral remarltable vifioos, aod types,
aod hiflorieal palfages relatiog to thofe times. The Hry.
feeond ehapter does oOt beloog to the prophecy of jere·
miah, whieh probably IVas added by Eua, aod eootaios a
narrative of the takiog of Jerufalem, aod of what hap.
peoed duriog the eaptivity of the Jews, to the death
of Jeehonias. St. Jerom has obferved upoo this pro–
phet, that his Ilyle is more eafy thaothat of ¡faiah aod
Hofea; that he retaios Comething of the ruflicity of
the village where he was boro; but that he is very
le¡rned. aod majellie, aod equal tO thoCe tWO prophets
io the Ceofe of his prophecy.
,
J ERSEY,
30
i'Oand io the Englilh ehaooel, fifteeomiles
well of the coall of Normaody, and eighry miles Couth
ofPortlaod in Dorfetlhire: W.loog.
~o
20' ,
N.lat.
49°
20'.
N e'IJI
JER SEY,
a
province io Nonh America, whieh
may be bouoded
00
the oonh by a lioe drawo froOl
the riv
~r
Dd4l'llr to lIuJfon's rinl', whiel. divides it
from Ne\'!·
\'ork;
by
t~e
Atlanlie
O~~an,
on the e.tlt;
by the CaOle
oc~ao
un the fO'Jth; aad
by
DtI,war Illy
and
nI'
!r, whieh feparates ie fro:n
P~nfi"'~oia,
on th.
wd!.
lt
li~s
betweeo
74°
and
76°
of
W.
loog. aod
between
39°
and
41 '
of
N.
iat. aod is about
14
0
miles in leogth, arld
60
io breadth.
lt
is fubjeél
10
Britain.
] EItUSALEM, the capital city of Judea, or p.lcflinr,
in AGatic Turky,
fiur~eed
thiny miles eall of the
Levaot, or Mediterraoeao fea, aoel nincty miles fouth
of Damafeus:
E.
long.
36°,
N.
la!.
32°.
lt
Ilands on a high rock, with Ileep aCcents on e.
,'ery fide, exeept
00
che nonh; aod is Currouoded with
a deep valley, whieh is acaio iocompalfed with hills.
T he city is' at preCeot three miles in eircllmfereoce,
and has
a
Iiule altered its fituatjon : for mOllot Calvary,
which was formerly without the walls, lIaods
0011'
in
the middle of the city; and mouot Sioo, whieh ltood
oear the eeotre, is now without the walls.
JESI, a city of Italy, io th provioee of Aoeooa, aod
te!~itory
of the pope:
E.
loog.
14° 40/,
N. lat.
43°
45 .
JESSELMERE, the capital of the provinee of the
Carne oame in the Eafllodies, fubjel! to tbe Mogul:
E. loog.
73°
20/,
N. lat.
27°.
JESSO, or
y
EoSO, a country of Afia, whieh Iies oonh
of Japao, aod is faid tO exteod oonh·eall tOthe eoo·
tioent of Ameriea : E. loog.
140°,
N.lat.
40'.
JESUAT, a proviñce of Iodia, bouoded by Patao on
the north, and by Beogal
00
the fouth
j
Cubj~l!
tO tbe
Mogul.
jESUITES, or the fociety of Jefus, a Camous religious
order in the Romilh ehurch, fouoded by IgnalÍus
Loyola, a oative of GuipuCeoa io Spaio, who io the
year t
538
alfembled leo o( his eompaoioos at Rome,
prioeipallyehoCeo out of the univerfity of Paris, aod
. made a propoCal to them to form a oew order ; wheo,
aCter maoy deliberati01ls, it was agreed to add tO the
three ordioary vows ofehaflity, poveny, aod obedienee,
a founh
j
whieh was, to go into all eouotries whither
the pope Ihould pleafe to Ceod tbem, io order
10
make
cooverts to rhe Romilh ehureh. Two years after,
pope Paul
1lI.
gave them a bull, by whieh he ap'
proved this neIV order, giving them
a
power tO make
Cuch Ilaultes as theylhould judge eooveoi:ol: on whieb,
J
goatius was crwed geoeral of the order
j
whieh in a
Ihon time fpread over all the eouotries of the wor/d,
to which Igoatios fent his eompaoioos, while he
(laid at Rome, from whenee he governed the whole
fociety.
The entire Cociely is eompofed of four Cons of mem–
bers; noviees, Ceholars, fpiritual aod tempor.1 eoad·
jutors, 'aod profelfed members. The no\'ices conrioue
Co
tWO years; after which they are admiued tO
ma~e
the time limpIe \'ows. of challity, poveny, and obed,–
eoce, in the preCeoec of their fuperiors : rhe
fe"ola~s
add Cume epiritual exercifes to their Iludies. The fpr.
ritual eoadjutors affill theproCelfed mcmbers, and alfo
make tlle three fimplc vO\VS : the temporal coajutu
rs ,
or