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A19799	A fruitfull commentarie vpon the twelue small prophets briefe, plaine, and easie, going ouer the same verse by verse, and shewing every where the method, points of doctrine, and figures of rhetoricke, to the no small profit of all godly and well disposed readers, with very necessarie fore-notes for the vnderstanding of both of these, and also all other the prophets. The text of these prophets together with that of the quotations omitted by the author, faithfully supplied by the translatour, and purged of faults in the Latine coppie almost innumerable, with a table of all the chiefe matters herein handled, and marginall notes very plentifull and profitable; so that it may in manner be counted a new booke in regard of these additions. VVritten in Latin by Lambertus Danæus, and newly turned into English by Iohn Stockwood minister and preacher at Tunbridge.; Commentarii in prophetas minores. English.	Daneau, Lambert, ca. 1530-1595?; Stockwood, John, d. 1610.	1594 (1594)	STC 6227; ESTC S109220	1,044,779	1,114

base flock of those by whome through the guidance of Christ they shall bee trulie fed and gouerned nor disdaine them for their Pastors and Shepheards See Isai cap. 11. Vers 6. And they shall destroy Asshur with the sword and the land of Nimrod with their swordes thus shall he deliuer vs from Asshur when he commeth into our land and when he shall trade within our borders The Rebels shal be conquered by force BVt the rebels the which shall continue resisting and striuing against Christ the which are here signified vnder the name of Assyrians and Nimrodians Christ shall master by force and subdue them by the sword partly in deede by the spirituall sword by the Pastors and true teachers whom he shall then raise vp partlie by the godly and christian Princes whom hee shall arme against such enemies of his church that they may keepe away their force from the church So God hath giuen vnto his Church Constantinus the great and Theodosius the elder Martianus and other godly Princes Vers 7. And the remnant of Iaacob shall be among many people as a dewe from the Lord and as the showres vpon the grasse that waiteth not for man nor hopeth in the Sonnes of Adam A third confirmation of the former comfort taken from the power and authoritie of the church THe third confirmation of the same comfort and promise taken from the power and authoritie of the Church For not onely Christ but also the Church hath authoritie and gouernement But Christ of himselfe as God hath it But the Church as receiuing it from Christ And by the authoritie of this rule and power the Church shall both defend those that are obedient vnto her and shall breake in peeces those that resist against her For the Pastors haue as Paul saith both the spirit of mildenes and also a rod the which they can vse And therefore he asketh the Corinthians 1. Cor. 4 ver 21. What will ye shall I come vnto you with a rod or in loue and in the spirit of meekenes And 2. Cor. 10. ver 4. cited before ver 5. Also Mat. 16. ver 19. where Christ saith vnto Peter I will giue vnto thee the keyes of the kingdome of Heauen and whatsoeuer thou shalt binde vpon earth shall be bound in heauen and whatsoeuer thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in Heauen Wherefore the Prophet now in this place reciteth both effects of this power the which by Christ is giuen to his Church And in this verse that which shall appeare in those that shew themselues willing to be taught in the verse following the other effect which is to be seene in the rebels This verse hath three things to bee noted First to whom this power is promised 3. Things to be noted to wit to the remnant onely of Iacob and not vnto that whole people which boast themselues to be the seede of Iacob 1 To whom this power is promised For not whosoeuer are of the seede of Iacob the same are the Sonnes of Iacob Rom. 9. ver 6.7 But they which imbrace the faith of Iacob and those are they which are in deede godly and faithfull the which both in this place and euery where in the holy Scriptures are fignified vnder the name of a Remnant least the hypocrites might suppose the promises and this power to appertaine vnto them Secondly there is to be noted what he promiseth in this place 2. What is promised namely a most sweete effect of the power of the church towardes those that are godly in deede in euery nation The which consisteth herein that the Church or God by the spirituall worde doth in all places nourish them feede them giue them strength to increase comfort them Finally performeth the selfe same vses towards them the which the rayne or small dewe and glistering in the fieldes bringeth either vnto the grasse when it first peepeth out of the ground or when as it is alreadie growne forth The like similitude is else where vsed in the Scriptures as Psal 72. ver 6. He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse and as the showres that water the earth So Psalm 65. ver 9. Thou visitest the earth and waterest it thou makest it very rich the Riuer of God is full of water thou preparest them corne for so thou appointest it Thou waterest aboundant lie the furrowes thereof thou causest the rayne to descend into the valleyes thereof thou makest it soft with showres and blessest the bud thereof And this doth the Church performe vnto the godly by the disposing and preaching of the word of God whereof it is the keeper and pillar as Paul speaketh 1. Tim. 3.15 and in respect that it hath the externall or outward ministerie thereof to wit by ordeining of true and faithll Pastors These things if thou doe saith Paul thou shalt saue thy selfe and others 1. Tim. 4. ver 16. And Rom. 1.16 The gospell is the power of God vnto saluation Otherwise the power and vertue it selfe which inwardly dooth nourish vs comfort vs and giueth increase is properly from God and is the Spirit of God and commeth not from the church as Paul teacheth 1. Cor. 3. ver 7. saying So then neither is he that planteth any thing neither hee that watreth but God that giueth the increase And the Prophet amplifieth this effect of the power of the church toward the godly from the kinde of rayne whereunto he compareth it For this power of the church is like not vnto euery raine but vnto that which alone without the labour of men that are vine dressers gardeners and husbandmen without their trauaile and diligence I say nourisheth bringeth foorth and strengtheneth the grasse herbes that spring out of the earth The which doubtles is a most powerfull and plentifull vertue of rayne So dooth the Church feede the godly with the word of GOD alone not mingling therewith or vsing any doctrine of men Otherwise as touching the seruice and ministerie of men that preach the gospell the same doubtles is necessarie in the church of God and at no hand to be taken away neither is it in this place condemned For how shall they heare except there bee those that preach saith Paul how shall they preach except there bee some ministerie ordeined But in this place is shewed that the word of God alone is sufficient throughly to nourish the godly to shut out any other kinde of doctrine whatsoeuer such as are the traditions of men and not to take away the meanes of expounding the same worde of God such as are the faithfull Pastors For things contained one vnder another are not contrarie Thirdly 3. Among whom the Church shall haue and shew this power it is to bee noted among whome the Church shall haue and shew this power to wit among the nations that is people strangers before from true faith and the heauenly doctrine nay moreouer resisting and striuing against it yea

and that among many nations that is diuers or many that is strong and more honorable then others Truely the Gospell when as it was preached did winne and bring vnto Christ both many nations and the same also most mighty as for example the kingdomes of the Romanes and Persians Vers 8. And the remnant of Iaacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as the Lyon among the beasts of the forrest and as the Lyons whelpe among the flockes of sheepe who when he goeth thorow treadeth downe and teareth in peeces and none can deliuer The second effect of the power giuen by Christ vnto his church THe second effect of the same power the which by Christ is giuen to his church to wit against the Rebels And that is such that the Church as a ramping lion shal crush them as easily teare them in peeces and consume them as hee is wont to doe a flocke of sheepe So Paul 2. Cor. 10. vers 4. speaking of the power and force of the word of God sayth For the weapons of our warfare are not carnall but mighty through God to cast downe holds And Christ sayth vnto Peter and in his person vnto all other his true ministers Matth. 16. vers 18. I will giue vnto thee the keyes of the Kingdome of heauen and whatsoeuer thou shalt binde vpon earth shall bee bound in heauen and whatsoeuer thou shalt loose on earth shall bee loosed in heauen For either Christ or the Church throweth downe his enemies by the power of his word and that in such sorte that he taking away none can deliuer them and saue them out of his hands as Dauid complayneth of the cruelty of his enemies comparing them vnto a roaring Lyon from whom none can deliuer if God should not stand on his side and therefore he craueth earnestly his ayde Psal 7. ver 1 2. saying O Lord my God in thee I put my trust saue me from all that persecute me and deliuer mee lest hee deuour my soule like a Lyon and teare it in peeces while there is none to helpe Vers 9. Thine hand shall be lift vp vpon thine aduersaries and all thine enemies shall be cut off The conclusion by the figure Epiphonema which what it is see Ionas cap. 2. ver 9. THe conclusion by the figure Epiphonema or acclamation that it shall come to passe that in the ende the church shall get the vpper hand against her enemies The which also maketh plaine by an Antithesis or matching together of contraries and by the kind it selfe of the ruine or ouerthrow of the enemies of the church The antithesis is where he saith Thy hand shal be lift vp Thine enemies shall be cut off and so consequently cast down The kind of destruction is exceeding great for they shall be cut off that is they shall perish and vtterly be destroyed and rooted out and shall not onely be afflicted or haue their estate in part diminished but vtterly ouerthrowen And to the end this conclusion may be the stronger and take the deeper roote in their mindes and that hee may comfort them the more it is confirmed by the person of the promiser For it is God which promiseth and in deede the Iehouah not any feyned God nor any mortall man such as were also euen the Prophets themselues Vers 10. And it shall come to passe in that day sayth the Lord that I will cut off thine horses out of the midst of thee and I will destroy thy chariots The maner time of the former comfort promise A Laying open of the matter more plainely for hee sheweth the maner and the time wherein the former comfort and promise shall come to passe vnto his church The which also is a confirmation of it that the godly and faythfull may bee most assured of it whatsoeuer fall out vnto them in the meane season and albeit that their condition and estate may seeme to be very bad And first the time is expressed and afterward the maner And the manner is also manifold For there are three reckoned vp in this place in order to wit the casting downe and spoyling of the aydes whereon the church seemeth to stay the putting away of Idolatrie which raigned in it before the ouerthrow and destruction of the enemies of the church But this verse hath three things to be noted First Three parts of this verse a description of the time 1. A descriptiō of the time of the fulfilling of the former deliuerance wherein the fulfilling of the former deliuerance and lifting vp of the Iewes or of the church shall bee And it shall be in that day that is in that time For a day in this place doth not signifie the space of 24. houres but a long time yet a certaine time and a time set by God And indeede after that the Lord God shall haue taken away from his church both the aydes of men and also shall haue rooted out of her false doctrine and vngodlines that is shall haue wasted the countrey of the Iewes by the Babylonians and shall haue carried them away captiues into Babylon For then at the last God shall cut off and shall ouerthrow the enemies of his church So then that time may easily both now be obserued or noted and also in times past might haue been noted by the falling out of things foretolde here in this place 2. This promise shal be fulfilled how incredible or contrary soeuer it seeme to be The second thing here to be noted is that albeit in this place a thing neuer so much incredible or not to be beleeued and in shew seeming to be contrary be promised yet neuerthelesse it is promised that it shal most assuredly come to passe For it is God which promiseth and foretelleth these things This is sayd and spoken that is a determined sentence of Iehouah and such as is irreuocable or cannot be called backe And yet this seemeth vtterly an absurde thing or contrary to reason and impossible that then at last God should restore his Church when as he shall haue taken away from it all helpes and aydes But God hath a reason of his counsell and doing the which we will anon declare 3. The taking away of the aids of men The third thing to be noted is the taking away of the aydes of men the which the Iewes that is the Church seemed for to haue the which when as they are sundry and manifold they are onely in parte rehearsed in this verse to wit the aydes of warre as are horses and chariots wherewith the Iewes did fight agaynst their enemies and such other thinges necessary vnto warre the which God will take away from the Iewes before he deliuer them And why I pray you will GOD doe this To wit that they may vnderstande that this their deliuerance is indeede the worke of GOD and to come from GOD alone not from themselues not from mans or any

bone And thus despitefully was the Prophet Michaiah vsed by the false Prophet Zidkijah before two Kings 1. King 22. ver 24. This was fulfilled in King Sedechias and other princes of the Iewes who were despitefully vsed by the Babylonians 2. King cap. 25. ver 7. where it is said of them That they slew the sonnes of Zedekiah before his eyes and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chaines and carried him to Babel This also came afterward to passe iust according vnto the letter in our Sauiour Christ the true Captaine of his Church Matth. 26. ver 67. of whose vile vsage it is there written thus Then spate they in his face and buffetted him and other smote him with roddes In a word there is in these words expressed exceeding great miserie and trouble of the Church Vers 2. And thou Beth-leem Ephrathah art little to bee among the thousands of Iudah yet out of thee shall he come foorth vnto me that shall be the ruler in Israel whose goings forth haue been from the beginning and from euerlasting A Comfort or an answer lest the miserie and punishment described in the verse before A comfort for the godly might seeme to remoue and take away the deliuerance of the Church for it shall not be able to doe it For there shall arise vp a Captain and deliuerer vnto Israel out of a most small towne if ye consider it as it was in the time of the Prophet to wit out of Beth-lehem which shall deliuer the Church out of these miseries namely that same euerlasting vnconquerable Captaine of his Church appoynted of God vnto this purpose from euerlasting he I say shall arise and bee borne out of that towne Wherefore here also are two things to bee considered The one what God promiseth 1 What God promiseth the other in what phrase and maner of speaking He promiseth that there shall come a Captaine vnto his Church 2. In what maner of speaking and such a one as hath bin appoynted vnto the same long sithence my one that is from euerlasting who shall deliuer the same And he addeth the place also from whence he shall come to wit Beth-leem Ephratah that is which is in the tribe of Iudah Neither ought the sight and condition of the place as it then was to terrifie or dismay them It was in deed a small towne at that time among the Captaines tribes and other townes and cities of Iudah neuertheles notwithstanding out of it shall that same Captaine which shall be the deliuerer of the people be borne Mat. 2. ver 4.5 6. Where the chiefe Priests and Scribes of the people assembled by Herod and demaunded of the place of the birth of Christ make answer that it should be in Beth-leem And for proofe thereof doe cite this place of our Prophet For so doe the counsels of God differ from the counsels of men and God choseth those things which are abiect or base and of small accountes among men For as hee teacheth vs by his Prophet Esai cap. 55. ver 8. His thoughts are not our thoughtes neither are our waies his waies Christ the foundation of all the promises of God toward his church Furthermore in this place is set forth the foundation and ground of all the promises of God towards his church to wit Christ For in him as Paul witnesseth 2. Cor. 1. vers 20. All the promises of God are yea and are in him Amen vnto the glory of God through vs who hath deliuered his church by whose Spirit they were strengthened who both before these times and also afterwards deliuered the same as in times past the Iudges and Kings and after the captiuitie of Babylon Zorobabell Iesuah the Machabees Finally this selfe same is from euerlasting both in that he is equall vnto his father and also in that he is appoynted the mediator and head of his church And thus much of the matter or thing it selfe 2 What the figure Apostrophe is see Amos cap. 8. vers 4. As for the phrase or maner and kind of speaking it is an Apostrophe or turning of speech wherewith by way of contrarietie GOD in the person of the Bethleemites doth especiallie stir vp and comfort those that are his matching that contemned village against the great troupes and bands of strong and mightie enemies mentioned before and their deliuerance through the meanes of that eternall Sauiour and consequently in their persons ministring comfort and hope of like help vnto his poore afflicted Church in all ages And therefore I reade and translate this sentence by the aduersatiue coniunction But after this maner But thou Beth-leem Ephrathah art little c. Ver. 3. Therefore will he giue them vp vntill the time that she which shall beare shall trauaile then the remnant of their brethren shall returne vnto the children of Israell What the figure Hypophora is see Amos cap. 5. ver 21. THis place also is an hypophora or answering an obiection lest the godly Iewes should in the meane season faint and bee dismayed in mind vntill that same promised Captaine doo come forth out of Beth-leem because that in the meane while they shall suffer and feele great miseries For the prophet granteth that this shall come to passe but out of which they shall be also deliuered by God so that those which haue liued in that captinity and misery of Babilon shal returne vnto their own and shal either themselues or their posterity remaine aliue And the confuting or ouerthrowing of this obiection was necessarie because that euen the godly were greatly troubled whilest they felt those bitter miseries when the citie Sion was destroyed Wherefore a most assured remedie to wit this redoubled promise was to be opposed or set against this their doubting and combat Two parts of this verse Further this verse hath both a recitall of that most hard affliction the which the Iewes suffered afterwards at the hands of the Babylonians and also a promise of comfort 1 The affliction of the Iewes The affliction is described in these wordes that the Iewes are to be giuen and deliuered vp into the hands of the Babylonians 2. A promise of their deliuerance vntill they shall haue suffered vnder them most grieuous troubles yea and such as women great with childe doe suffer whilest they are in trauaile For so is the whole time of their captiuitie called The sorrow of a woman in trauaile So in the 12. of the Reuelation of Saint Iohn ver 2. the afflicted estate of the Church is resembled vnto a woman with childe and crying in trauaile and being in paines readie to be deliuered The comfort is added in these words The remnant of the brethren of this captaine which is promised shall returne vnto the Sonnes of Israel Now the brethren of this promised Captaine are the Iewes themselues of whome is Christ according vnto the flesh Rom. 1. ver 3. Where Christ is said to haue been