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A73478	Haggeus the prophet Where-vnto is added a most plentifull commentary, gathered out of the publique lectures of D. Iohn Iames Gryneus, professor of diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Basill, and now first published, faithfully translated out of Latin into English, by Christopher Fetherstone student in diuinitie.; Bible. O.T. Haggai. English.	Fetherston, Christopher.; Grynaeus, Johann Jacob, 1540-1617.	1586 (1586)	STC 2790; ESTC S125271	158,555	366

not of one sorte It seemeth there were fower sortes of Prophets 4. kindes whereof the last is as yet vsed seeing that the Church militant cannot be without the same 1 The first was of those which when they did execute some ordinarie function in the church were raised vp extraordinarilie by God to purge the celestiall doctrine 2 The seconde was of those who did both fore-tell things to come and also did peculiarlie applie the Scriptures vnto certaine particuler causes places and times being enforced therevnto by the holie spirite 3 The third was of those to whom it was geuen to expounde the scriptures yet being indued with a certaine power and peculiar gift of vnder-standing whereby Paul doth distinguish them from the Doctors 4 The fourth is of those who being lawfullie called of the Church doe expounde the Scriptures according to the proportion of faith and they are called Doctors These foure orders are dystinguished one from another according to the forme of doctrin and calling Furthermore the Prophets of the olde-testament are called olde * Luke 9. and the Former Za. 7. to distinguish them from the Prophets of the newe Testament None is a Prophet saue hee whom God hath V. Difference called that beinge inspired with the spirit of Christ hee may either fore-tell certaine things to come or truely interprete the oracles of God Therefore it is laide to the charge of the false Prophets as a great fault that they being not called did teach I haue not sent those Prophets Hie. 23. 21. and yet they did runne I haue not spoken vnto them and they did prophesie And if they had stande in my secret place had made this people to heare my wordes c. It is proper to the true Prophets to speake VI. Properties in the spirit concerning those thinges which God hath shewed them If there shal be a Prophet Num. 12. 6. among you I the Lord will appeare vnto him in a vision in a dreame will I speake with him * Dauid by the spirit calleth him Lorde * Prophesying was not brought in times past by the will of man but the holie men of God being mooued with the holie ghoste did speake The Prophets were witnesses of Christe * VII Adiunct And vnto this man do all the Prophets beare witnes that euerie one which shall beleeue in him shall receiue remission of sinnes through Act. 10. 43. his name There were also certaine of the Prophets of the olde Testament which did gouerne certaine ciuill counsells as wee maie see in the histories of Hieremie and of the Prophet Daniell God raiseth vp the Prophets Hee hath geuen VIII The principall cause some to bee Apostles and some Prophets * c. Lect. 2. Oct. 20. The Prophets did declare y● saluation whereof Christ is the author Of the which saluation IX The principall end whereunto the prophets were ordayned the Prophets haue inquired searched which haue fore-tolde that grace which should come vpon you searching when or what time the spirit which testified before of Christ which was in them should declare those suffrings that should come vnto Christ and the glorie that should followe CERTAINE SAYINGS of Chrysostome concerning the Prophets 1. The Prophets did see with the eyes of their minde thinges to come * 2. The mouthes of the Prophets are the mouth of God Therefore doe they repeate this Thus sayth the Lord. Pro. 29. 18. When there is no vision the people are scattered abroade 3. The silence of the Prophets is a signe of Gods anger 4. The Prophets haue spoken haue written and prefigured things to come Of Haggeus FOr-asmuch as I hope I haue faithfullie set downe in my notes those things which were to bee spoken concerning the doctrine personne of our prophet I will in this place speake some-what of his authoritie that it may euidentlie appéere that wee ought to accompt the same holie 1 The holie history doth plainelie declare and affirme that Haggeus and Zacharias were raised vp of God to bée Prophets Therefore may wée in no case doubt of their credit and authoritie And Haggeus the prophet and Zacharias the sonne of Iddo did prophesie which were prophets to the Iewes Hierusalem in the name of the God of Israell vpon them * Ez. 5. 1. 2 The Apostles doe alledge the authoritie and testimonies of the Canonicall bookes onlie And Paul * speaking of the maiestie of the gospell Heb. 12. 26. where-with the whole worlde was shaken bringeth in the testimonie of Haggeus as being most sure and with-out all exception 3 Also the consent and agreemēt of the Canonicall bookes with the history and doctrine of the prophets and apostles maketh them worthie of credit and commendation But wonderfull is the agreement of Haggeus with the auncient holie history of the estate of the people of the Iewes after their retourne from Babylon And more-ouer Haggeus doth deliuer the same doctrine which the rest of the prophets did teach Therefore it is méete that we be fullie persuaded of his authoritie of the certaintie of his doctrine ¶ THE CAVSE OF THE taking in hand of the exposition of Haggeus MOst certaine it is that the best kinde of life A rule is prescribed vnto vs in these sayinges of the sonne of God our Lord Iesus Christ First seeke the kingdome of GOD and the righteousnes thereof and all these thinges which appertaine vnto the sustentation of the mortall life shall be added vnto you * Mat. 6. 32. And again Geue vnto God the things which are Gods * For therefore are men created and Mat. 22. 21. by Christ redéemed that they maie acknoweledge A reason God and worship him by faith For whether we liue we liue vnto the Lord * c. Rom. 14. 8. And it becommeth vs to imitate Christ in this Example point who gaue vnto his parents this answere Did you not know that it behooueth mee to be occupied in my fathers busines * Generall experience For the generall experience of all times teacheth vs thus much that Churches Common-wealthes Domesticall affaires the studdies of learning and all affaires both priuate and publike are vnfruitefull if they be not lightned by the faith of Christ and if the worship which is due vnto God bée either altogether omitted or els bée geuen him onelie for fashions sake For The inuersion of the order which GOD hath appointed that good order which God hath appointed is ouer-throwen when earthlie things are preferred before heauenlie things according to that exprobration of Horace O Citizens Citizens money is first to bee sought for and vertue is to bee An old example sought for after money Hereof doth Haggeus set before vs a most lamentable example in this history of the people of the Iewes where-in hée sheweth that they were subiect to the curse of God because that neglecting the Temple and seruice of GOD they had built vp

the Lord hath sayde it are annexed vnto the oracles of God there is no cause why they shoulde loose any whit of their authority because of the ministers The worde which we receyued of God which ye haue hearde of vs haue ye receyued not as the word of men but as it is indeed as the worde of God which also worketh in you which beleeue 1. Thes 2. 13. Therefore these men doe greatly offende which doe attribute the honour due onely to God to his seruauntes and also they which do reiecte the oracles of God for the ●erie names sake of these men whome they doe hate You may see some whome it sufficeth if you alledge onely Luther Caluin Melangthon although you bring no testimonies of holy scripture Agayne you may finde othersome who hearing some doctor whom they hate onely named they wil streight way cast away the booke and reiect the opinion giuing iudgement before they knowe the matter George Duke of the Saxons doeth seeme to haue beene one of this sorte of men for it is reported that he should say Although I am not ignorant that there haue both errours and abuses crept into the Church yet will I not embrace that Gospell which Luther Preacheth We must giue eare vnto that which is spoken 8. Position Or prophesie let vs prophesie according to the proportiō of faith * 1. Thes 5. 19. 20. Extinguish not the spirite * despise not prophesying Therefore if we perceyue that any man doeth teach according to the proportion of faith let vs not reiect him Forasmuch as the oracles of God are most 9. Position sure and certayne the full perswasion of our faith must be answerable thereto God requireth at our handes that thing which he giueth namely that not onely these inferiour degrées as comprehension and knowledge bee in vs but also that superiour degrée which is a steedfast faith Comprehension is cōmō vnto al these which haue any vnderstāding as that God is good mercifull iust Knowledge is proper to these which by an externall illumination of the holy spirite haue gotten a certayne kinde of faith which lasteth onely for a season But all men haue not a full perswasion without wauering 2. Thes 3. 2. And this degree doeth distinguish the electe from the reprobat Tit. 1. 1. 10. Position There can no greater mishappe befall the Church militant then the want of prophesie We see not our signes there is not anye more a Prophet and there is none with vs Psal 74. 9. which knoweth anie more * When there is no vision the people are scattered abroade * Pro. 29. 18. The Prophets were called Videntes Seers a visione of seeing In the time of Heli the worde of the Lord was pretious and there was no manifest vision 1. Sam. 3. 1. And agayne in the same Chapter ver 21. The Lorde appeared againe in Siloh because the Lorde had shewed himselfe to Samuel in Silo in the worde of the Lorde 11. Position There bee many weightie and great eauses for which it is expedient that God shoulde speake vnto vs by holy men rather thē in his owne person 1 Mans weakenes altogether vnable to suffer the maiestie of God I am not able saith the Ex. 20. 16. Deut. 18. 16. people of Israel to heare the voyce of the Lord my God neither can I beholde this great fire any more least I die 2 The faithful are the Temples of the holy ghost Therefore is it méete that the oracles b● 1. Cor. 6. 19. 1. Cor. 4. 1. giuen by those which together are Gods labourers in the dispensation thereof and are calle● the dispensers of the secretes of God 3 Also forasmuch as all our senses amon● these séeing and hearing ought especially t● serue vnto knowledge God will haue vs t● heare the voyce of the teachers outwardly an● the voyce of the holy spirit inwardly For fait● commeth by hearing hearing is by the wor● Rom. 10. 17. of God * Furthermore this is an especiall worke o● charitie to instructe others in the knowledge o● God and his wil. Therefore the Lorde wil hau● godly men to doe this Psal 119. Let the well disposed reade Caluin 4. lib Inst Christ cap. 3. Sect. 1. c. and August i● his preface vpon his books de doct Christ concerning this matter 9. Lect. Nouemb. 17. The Rhetoricall art vsed in the oration o● Haggeus made vnto the people of the Iewes 1 The kinde of cause is mixed forasmuc● as our Prophet doeth in the beginning sharpel● reprehende the people of the Iewes for the neglecting of the restoring of the temple of Ierusalem and doth also threaten vnto them greeuou● punishment for this their negligence and afterwarde exhorteth them that they woulde in all hast set their handes vnto the holy worke and building Therefore the first part of this oration is iudiciall the latter consisteth vpon an exhortation and a giuing of counsell The iuredicial state beareth the chiefe sway in the first parte The restoring of the Temple hath hitherto ben omitted vngodlily and vniustly This proposition doeth our Prophet proue by two arguments 1 The first argument is fet a comparatis frō comparing of thinges together Whosoeuer doe preferre their householde affaires before the ecclestasticall and holy affaires they doe without all doubt greeuouslie offende But you Iewes doe the same as your sieled houses and the temple of the Lorde which lyeth wast doe sufficiently testifie 2 The seconde argument is fet from the effecte Certaine it is that the transgressors of the lawe are accursed according to the saying Cursed is hee which continueth not in all Deut. 27. 26. the wordes of the lawe to doe them * But God curseth you This minor proposition doth the Prophet proue by an induction ver 5. You shall sawe much c. The state of the latter part of the oration wherein is contained a giuing of counsell is in like sorte iurediciall You shall doe well and it shall turne to your great commoditie if you shall in all hast set hande to the restoring of the temple of the Lorde The argumentes seruing to the proofe hereof are fet 1 From the facilitie thereof Goe vp into the mountayne c. ver 8. 2 From the fauourable good will of God I wil be well pleased therewith In the same ver 3 Thirdly from the end I wil be glorified saith the Lord. In the same verse 4 Fourtly from the threatning denounced against the disobedient Yee shall looke vnto much and beholde it is but a little ver 9. 5 Fiftly from the impulsiue cause For my house his sake In the same verse 6 Sixtly from the punishment which had befallen them afore time which hee proueth by an induction ver 11. The forme of the oration It is like an hypotheticall disiunctiue Syllogisme IIII. It must needes bee that you shall either bée blessed if you take in hande to buylde the temple of the Lorde or accursed if you neglect the