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A09268	The period of the Persian monarchie VVherein sundry places of Ezra, Nehemiah and Daniel are cleered: extracted, contracted, and englished, much of it out of Doctor Raynolds, by the late learned and godly man William Pemble, of Magdalen Hall in Oxford. Published and enlarged since his death by his friend, Richard Capel.	Pemble, William, 1592?-1623.; Capel, Richard, 1586-1656.; Rainolds, John, 1549-1607.	1631 (1631)	STC 19582; ESTC S114347	63,361	88

year of his Kingdome of Persia but of his Monarchy when he had conquered Babylon Now how long he reigned after his Conquest precisely we cannot say Dan. 10.1 we read of The third year of Cyrus and some Chronologers think he lived not much above five or sixe yeares longer T is sayd The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus There be that say that Cyrus was converted because he is called The Lords annoynted and his Servant But Saul was the annoynted of the Lord yet none of the best men or of the best Kings Hee that doth looke over the stories of Cyrus shall find that hee lived and dyed a meere Heathen And the Prophet Isay cap. 45.4 saith in the name of God That Cyrus had not knowne him And therefore it was in respect of his office and the worke the Lord did designe him to though he never were really anoynted with oyle as Saul and David were I say in regard of his place and this great worke of the Lord in his hand he was called The annoynted of the Lord. Out of which we may see that the Lord doth many times doe great and famous matters for his Church by the hands of wicked men And their divinity is not sound who hold the contrary Tenet It was the mighty worke of God to bring this wise and great Prince in the very first entrance into his Monarchy before things were fully setled to dismisse so great so united a people as the Iewes were into their owne Country with such a faire and ample patent as hee did they being held among the Barbarians a People given much to insurrection But God must and will have his wayes take place There is no resisting of his will by any The will of men must goe after his decree Which decrees of God manifested no lesse than 170. yeares before did not leave this fact of Cyrus contingent but made it necessary They write that he was made to see the Prophecy of Isaiah where he finding his very name so long before he was borne was thereby moved to this great worke That might bee a perswasion but the cause we see was because the Lord by a potent worke of his spirit stirred up the heart of Cyrus to send forth so gracious an Edict And yet we must not thinke that this his being made acquainted with the will of Gods decrees gave to this his Act the Nature of Obedience Obedience being properly an act of ours when wee doe obey the will of Gods command he by it imposing on us and requiring of us the worke as a duty In the first of Kings 11. Ieroboam had it cleered to him that Gods will was hee should be King over the tenne Tribes yet because it was a will of Gods decree not of his cōmand as of a duty to be done by him he goes among Divines for an intruder and an usurper in and for that fact of his 'T is Obedience when wee obey a divine precept but not ever when wee follow a divine instinct 'T is a worke belonging immediately and onely to God to worke effectually on the Will and thus to stirre up the heart of a man Kings hearts are in Gods hands This shewes us that nothing that is once appointed by God in his worship say it be after used in Idolatrous worship as these vessels were can be defiled but it may must returne to 'ts ancient use and bee had in the worship of God againe Whereas wee reade 2. Kings 24.13 that Nebuchadnezzar did cut in pieces all the Vessels of gold which Solomon K. of Israel had made in the Temple of the Lord The meaning is That hee did curtaile as it were the Temple For 't is plaine hee did reserve those Vessels whole For Belshazzar did after drinke in them Dan. 5.2 And here wee finde that they were restored and brought backe to the house of God againe This Shazbazzar the Prince of Iudah was Zerubbabel called so in Chaldaea Iunius denies it but our English Annotations and that of Deodat's in the Italian doe with more likelihood affirme it He was by the King ordained head Conductor of those of his Nation who would be willing to returne Thus God kept the seignorie and the chiefe staffe of Authority in the line of Iudah No length nor change of time can eate out and breake off the decrees of God CHAP. V. This Chapter containes a list of such as returned to Ierusalem at the first going up and chiefly of those who offered presents for the reedifying of the Temple of the Lord. IN the numbers you may finde some differences from that Catalogue wee have Neh. 7. As for example Here v. 5. the Sons of Arah are said to be 775. There v. 10.652 Reconcile the places thus 775. gave their names in Babylon that they would returne only 652. mentioned in Nehemiah came up into Iuda●a the rest changing their mindes or dying by the way And where Nehemiah hath more it might be by joyning with them in the way The Answere that is made I thinke is sound That sith in Ezr. 2. the summe of the Principals of the whole Bodie that returned besides their followers were 42360. But now reckon we the numbers of Iudah and Benjamin by the pole which are punctually set downe Ezr. 2. and they come short of the totall summe a matter of 12000. Now these 12000. are those of other 10. Tribes besides Iudah and Benjamin Wee reade that so many went over of other Tribes to Rehoboam that as 't is said His Crowne was strengthened by them and many of Israel came over to Asa and in Hezekiah's dayes sundry of Ashur Zabulon and Manasse joyned themselves with Iudah And who can doubt but that in Captivity being Countrey-men in forreigne parts much of the 10. Tribes incorporated themselves into the two Tribes And no other but this is the meaning of that fift ver of the first chap. of Ez. Then rose up the chiefe of the Fathers of Iudah and Benjamin with all them whose spirit God had raised to goe up That is saith Deodate all those of other Tribes according as wee reade 1. Chron. 9.3 In Ierusalem dwelt of the children of Iudah and of the children of Benjamin and of the children of Ephraim and Manasse who no question in the Captivity for very conscience and Religion joyned themselves to Iudah By Province our English Annotations meanes Iudaea but Iunius and Deodate doe seeme to mee with more reason to understand by Province Babylonia that is saith Iunius those who inrolled their names in Babylonia called here a Province saith the Italian because the other Israëlites were dispersed in sundry other provinces Zerubbabel was son of Salathiel borne in Babylon and accordingly he had a Babylonian name He was a Chiefe in the first yeare of Cyrus and we find in sacred Story that hee lived to see the building of the Temple about the