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A briefe of the Bible drawne first into English poësy, and then illustrated by apte annotations: togither vvith some other necessary appendices. By Henoch Clapham.
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Clapham, Henoch.
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and caused the Ark of Gods Covenant to be fetched from Shiloh into the Host. But the Philistims caught away the Arke which afterwards they sent back againe and slewe the flaunting Priests Hophni and Phineas Newes heereof comming to Eli sitting without on a stoole he in a pieuish qualme fell downe and broke his Neck being 98. yeares old Phineas wife big with child hearing all this shee sodainlie brought foorth calling the Childe Ichabod that is No Glorie and so dyed Thus the Lord was as good as his word sent before to Eli by the man of God Chap. 2. They that honour IEHOVAH them will IEHOVAH honour but if they will kick against God and dishonour him by their vnrepentant Prophanations IEHOVAH will assuredly dishonour them by takeing their Glory from them in the sight of all men As they haue lived not glorifying God so they shall dye without glory to themselues Let Rulers chieflie learne this Lesson 26. Staffe But when they cryde to God he a Iudges sent Who did avenge them on their Enemie b At last with Iudges they growe discontent And for King Heathenlike they rudely cry God giues to them then Saul of Benjamin Whome after God rejected for his sinne a As he stirred vp by times 6. sorte of Oppressours so he mercifullie raised vp twelue of their owne people to exercise power over them besides Shamgar that slue the 600. Philistims with his Goade b Eli dead Samuel Iudged Israel passing righteouslie He waxing old his sonnes Ioel and Abiah governed whose inequall waies observed the People loathed Iudgship and desired to haue a King after the fashion of the Gentiles about them The Lord hearing their murmuring doth appoint Samuel to annoynt Saul of Beniamins Tribe a tall fellowe to the Kingship Saul seeking his Fathers Asses he found a Kingdome for comming to enquire of Samuel concerning his Asses as fooles runne to Witches Samuel annointeth him after the which the Spirit not of Sanctification but of Government and Maiestie came vpon him This Saul afterwards neglecting his charge concerning the slaughter of Amaleks Cattle and Agag the King the Lord therefore taketh from him the former Spirit and put in him a frantick Spirite commanding Samuel to annoynt David the youngest sonne of Ishai of Bethlehem-Iudah the Towne of Boaz and Ruth vpon whome came the former Maiesticall Spirite After this Saul ceaseth not to persecute David which persecution was cause of penning most of the Book of Psalmes but David though hee had him at vantage would not hurte him In the end consulting with a Witch at Enâ—or for before hating Samuel and Samuel nowe was dead hee tunneth to the Devill to speake with Samuel Saul the next daye after was slaine togither with his Sonnes in his warres with the Philistims running himselfe desperatlie on his swordes pointe Thus the wretched King run from sin to sinne till sinne slewe him From a lesser sinne he runnes to a greater from the greater vnto the greatest till hee meete with his match that is with a sinne that overmatcht him and brought him vnder foot Let Kings beware of sparing any cursed Agag or any fat Idole Religion for the bellie is Agags God lest the Lord leaue them to 〈◊〉 sinnes race the best end whereof is but shame confusion of face Seing we are all called to be Kings vnto God Lee vs spare neither fat sinnes nor leane sinnes sinnes lesse or more gainefull and pleasurable but let vs kill them all for as the bleating of the Cattle bewraied Sauls halting so will the crying of one sinne vnmortified bewray our hollowe hearts and prouoke the holy one to Iudgement The time of Sauls Raigne and of Samuel his Iudgship togither making 40. yeares 27. Staffe a Then Samuel did David King annoint Who was of Iudah b gracious good true c Then Salomon his Sonne he doth appoint Him to succeede as book of Kings doth shew This Salomon for d Tabernacles Rite Did build a Glorious Temple Gods delite a Se for this into the Annotation next before b As Dauid succeeded Saul so he raigned in all goodnes excepting the slaughter of Vriah the defiling of his wife Bathsheba marrying at length with Bathsheba by whom the adulterous Childe dead he had Salomon the figure of Iesus the peaceable Spouse of his church even as his Father David was the speciall type of IESVS the slaughterer of his Churches â—oes And here beginneth the Books of KINGS c David in his old age caused Zadok the Priest Nathan the Prophet he that reproved David for his Adulterie with his valiant men to carry his Son Salomon downe on his Mule to Gihon and there the Priest annoynting him with oyle taken out of the Tabernacle to proclaime him King who did so crying God saue King SALOMON After that David having exhorted his sonne to fear the Lord As also informing him of IEHOVAHS will concerning the Temple he dyed having raigned seauen yeares in Hebron where hee was the second time annoynted and 33. yeares in Ierusalem where he was the third time vncted d In stead of the Tabernacle formed in the wildernes Salomon by the Lord his appointment buildeth a Temple divided into the 1. Court 2. Holie and 3. Most Holy as was the Tabernacle The Stone was hewen and first made euen and afterwards were conioyned togither for the rearing vp of walles so that it is saide There was not heard the noise of an hammer in setting of it vp 1. King 6. 7. This signified that the Temple spirituall of our Iesus greater than Salomon namely the Church of the Newe Testament should consist of spirituall stones namely Men and weomen who first shuld be hewed and made smooth as Iohn Baptist smoothed the waye to Christ by the preaching of Prophets and having once the visible spirituall knobs hewen off then they should conioyne and knit togither into one communion This was cause that Iohn Baptist would not baptise any but such as first Confessed Sinne giving hope of Amendment And this was it that holy Peter respected when he said And yee as liuely stones be made a spirituall house 1. PETER 2. 5. Secondly that hammers or forcing meanes are not for ioyning People togither in holy Communion and Vnion spirituall for no Iron sworde can beget Faith but that Princes swords and hard meanes are appointed for the smoothing of them and cutting off their knobs and wicked manners that so they may bee fitted sooner for Christ. This Armie is to appeare willingly in holy beautie at the time appointed Faith is free or voluntarie not forced by humaine power Thirdly that Ratling noyse of Accusations Reprehensions is not fitte teaching within Christ his spirituall Temple the Church Iohn is to charge 〈◊〉 for Generation of Vâ—pers that are without as 〈◊〉 these that are once entred into the Lords house and â—nrolled by Baptisme in his Booke to them appertaine sweeter wordes than Salomon spake in the hearing of his servants and why All â—â—thin are hoped to be Christes and
he was but of Iudah shall bring vs if so we will studie to enter into that rest Without studying and striving it will not be for the Gate is straight and the way narrowe that leadeth vnto Life and fewe there be that finde it Mat. 7. 14. b Ioshuah hauing seated the Tribes in their seuerall Lots as God had appointed onely Levies Tribe had no such Lot for the Lord was his special portion and the other Brethren were to paye vnto them Tenths Reuben Gad and the halfe Tribe of Manassâ—h Then returne vnto their Lot which fell out on the other side Iordan They as wee must sought no Rest to themselues till they see Rest for the Body of Israel c Ioshuah readie to set foot in the Graue calleth before him the Elders of the People rehearsing before them the wonderfull mercies of God received for the which they were all neerely tyed vnto IEHOVAH But in the end he concludeth howsoever others were resolved yet Hee togither with his Houshold would serue the Lord. Soone after he died being 110. yeares olde having ruled 17. yeares and about 50. yeares after their comming from Aegypt So endeth the book of Ioshuah the World then aged 2570. yeares Here beginneth the Booke of IVDGES Ioshuah dead the People consult with God for the succession in Government The Lord appointeth the Tribe of Iudah Of Iudah Othoniel was chosen Iudge who oversawe them for 40. yeares To him succeedeth Ehud of Ben-iamins Tribe who was not I think lame but left handed Iudg. 3. 15. compared with Verse 21. and therefore exercised that hand as most ready to drawe his dagger forth Hee slewe Eglon Israels Oppressour for 18. yeares From Othoniels death to the end of his Iudge-ship are 80. yeares Heere Shamgar slewe 600. Philistims with an Oxe-goade and so helped Israel But after Ehud his death Israel forgetteth God their deliverer for which IEHOVAH giueth them into the hand of Iabin a Cananitish King whose chiefe Captaine was Sisera a Gentile He had 900. Chariots of Iron and twentie yeares he vexed Israel But Israel crying vnto IEHOVAH hee raised vp in Israel the woman Deborah an excellent Prophetesse who stirreth vp Barak of Naphtali to take 1000. men of Naphtali and Zebulon for rescuing Israel out of the hands of Sisera Iabins Captaine The Prophetesse goeth vp with Barak and they ioyne with Siseraes hudge Armie by the waters of Megiddo Siseraes Armie is discomfited himselfe finding a paire of feete better than two paire of handes Comming wearie into Iaels Tent he sleeping she knocketh a nayle into his Temples and and so brought Barak pursuing to the spectacle So had Israel much rest for 40. years not for 40 years after this Triumph but accompting 40. years from Ehud vnto Gideon next Israelitish Iudge After Deborahs victorie the Lord because of Sinne gaue Israel into the hands of Midian for whose deliverance Gedeon of Manasseh called also Ierub-baal was stirred vp who Iudged his People 40. yeares To him succeedeth Abimilech Ierubbaals yong sonne hauing first murdered his brethren and hee raigned 3. yeares After him Tola of the Tribe of Issachar helped his people 23. yeares Next Iair of Manasseh for 22. yeares Then Iephte Spurius of Manasseh for 6. yeares After him arose Ibsan of Bethlehem-Iudah Iudged 7. yeares To him succeeded Elon of Zabulons Tribe hee had 40. sonnes and thirtie Nephewes that rode on 70. Asse-coltes He iudged 10. yeares Then next Abdon of Ephraim for 8 yeares In his nect followed Sampson of kicking Dans Tribe He for 20 yeares was a strong plaguer of the vncircumcised Philistims slaying more in his Death than in his Life A Nazarite hee was and a figure of our Nazaret Annointed who by his death on the Crosâ—e overcame Death and destroyed all power infernall to the Faithfull After Sampson arose Eli of the Tribe of Levi and of the Familie of Ithamar the 4. Sonne of Aaron for Aaron had Nadab and Abihu slaine of God in the Wildernes for offering with straunge fire as also he had Eleazar and Ithamar for sonns This Eli became as Priest so Iudge to his people for 40. yeares And heere examining the time of Iudges durance the Booke of Iudges will end within whose times falleth the Story of Ruth the Moabitish Gentile married to Boaz great Grandfather to David The Moabites came from LOT his incestuous sonne Moab 1 Othoniel raigned 4. years 2 Ehud his end of Iudgship after Othoniel 80. yeares 3 From thence to Gedeon 40. yeares 4 Gedeon 40. yeares 5 Abimelech 3. yeares 6 Tolâ— 23. yeares 7 Iair 22. yeares 8 Iephte 6. yeares 9 Ibsan 7. yeares 10 Elon 10. yeares 11 Sampson 20. y. 12 Eli 40. yeares The yeares of the 12. Israelitish Iudges in one summe are 339. yeares Obiect But holy Paul preaching at Antioch and making rehearsal of the sacred Story he there saith that the Lord gaue vnto Israel Iudges about 450. years Act. 13. 20. so that by the former number 339. Paul should over-compt one hundred and eleuen yeares Ans. Manie and not vnlearned haue either here affirmed the text corrupted or else they haue not begunne the number of Iudges from Ioshuahs last but they haue runne backe beyond Ioshuah beyond Moses beyond Iaacob even to Isaac But if they marke Paul there they shall easilie see that he bringeth in the accompt of Iudges from the time that Israel had full possession of their Lots In a word to resolue the doubt Paul hath an eye not onely to these 12. Iudges sprong out of Israel but also to the vncircumcised Rulers that oppressed them and into whose handes the Lord gaue them because of their sinnes for who knoweth not that if the Lord gaue his people into the hands of the Vncircumcsed and so it is oft said in the book of Iudges then it was God that seâ— the Rulers ouer them Let vs number the yeares of the Oppressours 1 Chusan 8. yeares 2 Eglon 18. yeares 3 Sisera 20. yeares 4 Midian 7. yeares 5 Ammon 18. yeares 6 Philistims 40. yeares These halfe 12. being Oppressors do so make 111. yeares Which one hundred eleuen put vnto three hundred thirtie nyne doeth giue vp holy Pauls number of 450. Neither are these 111. yeares falling Alone or successiuely to the Iudges but Togither or intermixtly with them And therefore that 339. yeares are in mixture or confusion 450 yeares mystically reproouing the peoples ' confused manners Let vs now number from Israels Exit from Aegypt hitherto The whole 396. Moses governed 40. yeares Ioshuah 17. yeares The Iudgships orderly time 339. yeares Nowe followe the Books of SAMVEL Eli last Iudge of that Number being now Priest in Israel vnto him and for the service of the Lord Hannah the wife of Elkanah brought her young sonne Samuel to which Samuel the mightie God appeared declaring to him the destruction of Eli and his house because hee stayed not his sonnes Hophni and Phineas from prophaning the holy things Warres being then with the Philistims Israel went out