_Jews_ and _Mahometans_ in these and our neighbour parts are observed to use some gestures towards the East, as at their benediction, and the killing of their meat. And though many ignorant spectators, and not a few of the Actors conceive some Magick or Mysterie therein, yet is the Ceremony only Topical, and in a memorial relation unto a place they honour. So the _Jews_ do carry a respect and cast an eye upon _Jerusalem_: for which practice they are not without the example of their fore-fathers, and the encouragement of their wise King; For so it is said that _Daniel_ [SN: _Dan._ 6.] went into his house, and his windows being opened towards _Jerusalem_, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed. So is it expressed in the prayer of _Solomon_, what prayer or supplication soever be made by any man, which shall spread forth his hands towards this house: if thy people go out to battle, and shall pray unto the Lord towards the City which thou hast chosen, and towards the house which I have chosen to build for thy Name, then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. Now the observation hereof, unto the Jews that are dispersed Westward, and such as most converse with us, directeth their regard unto the East: But the words of _Solomon_ are appliable unto all quarters of Heaven: and by the Jews of the East and South must be regarded in a contrary position. So _Daniel_ in _Babylon_ looking toward _Jerusalem_ had his face toward the West. So the Jews in their own land looked upon it from all quarters. For the Tribe of _Judah_ beheld it to the North: _Manasses_, _Zabulon_, and _Napthali_ unto the South: _Reuben_ and _Gad_ unto the West; only the Tribe of _Dan_ regarded it directly or to the due East. So when it is said [SN: _Luke_ 12.], when you see a cloud rise out of the West, you say there cometh a shower, and so it is: the observation was respective unto _Judea_: nor is this a reasonable illation in all other Nations whatsoever: For the Sea lay West unto that Country, and the winds brought rain from that quarter; But this consideration cannot be transferred unto _India_ or _China_, which have a vast Sea Eastward, and a vaster Continent toward the West. So likewise when it is said [SN: _Job._] in the vulgar Translation, Gold cometh out of the North, it is no reasonable inducement unto us and many other Countries, from some particular mines septentrional unto his situation, to search after that mettal in cold and Northern regions, which we most plentifully discover in hot and Southern habitations.