made an end of diuiding the Land by lotte to euerie one by their tribes the children of Israel gaue possession to Iosue the sonne of Nun in the middes of them †according to the commandement of our Lord the citie which he requested Thamnath Saraa in mount Ephraim and he built the citie and dwelt in it †These are the possessions which Eleazar the priest and Iosue the sonne of Nun and the princes of the families and of the tribes of the children of Israel diuided by lotte in Silo before our Lord at the doore of the tabernacle of testimonie and they parted the Land CHAP. XX. Six cities of refuge for such as commit casual manslaughter are named 6 in which remayning til the death of the high priest they may then returne to their proper dwelling place and be safe AND our Lord spake to Iosue saying Speake to the children of Israel and say to them †Separate the cities of the fugitiues of the which I spake to you by the hand of Moyses †that he may flee to them whosoeuer shal strike a soule vnwitting and may escape the wrath of the nigh kinseman which is the reuenger of bloud †when he shal be fled to one of these cities he shal stand before the gate of the citie and shal speake to the ancientes of that citie those thinges that may proue him selfe innocent and so they shal receiue him and geue him place to inhabite †And when the reuenger of the bloud shal pursew him they shal not deliuer him into his handes because he stroke his neighbour by ignorance neitheir is he proued to be his enemie two or three dayes before †And he shal dwel in that citie til he stand before iudgement rendring a cause of his fact and the high priest die which shal be at that time then shal the manslaer returne and enter into the citie and his house out of the which he had fled †And they appointed Cedes in Galilee of the mount of Nepthali and Sichem in the mount of Ephraim and Cariatharbee the same is Hebron in the mount of Iuda †And beyond Iordan against the East quarter of Iericho they appointed Bosor which is situated in the champaine wildernes of the tribe of Ruben and Ramoth in Galaad of the tribe of Gad and Gaulon in Basan of the tribe of Manasses †These cities were appointed to al the children of Israel and to the strangesrs that dwelt among them that he might flee to them which vnwittingly had striken a soule and might not die in the hand of the kinseman coueâ—ing to reuenge the bloud shed vntil he might stand before the people to declare his cause CHAP. XXI Cities with suburbes are assigned to the tribe of Leui. 4. To the sonnes of Caath by the line of Aaron being priestes thirtenne 5. to the rest of Caaths progenie being Leuites tenne 6. To the sonnes of Gerson Leuites thirteâ—ne 7. To the sonnes of Merari Leuites 34. of a lower degree twelue 9. with the names of al the cities 39. in al fourtie eight 41. So Gods promise is fully performed hauing geuen the whole Land to Israel in peaceable possession AND the princes of the families of the Leui came to Eleazar the priest and Iosue the sonne of Nun and to the chief of the kinredes in euerie tribe of the children of Israel †and they spake to them in Silo of the Land of Chanaan and said Our Lord commanded by the hand of Moyses that cities should be geuen vs to inhabite and their suburbes to feede cattel †And the children of Israel gaue of their possessions according to the commandement of our Lord cities and their suburbes †And the lotte came forth vnto the familie of Caath of the children of Aaron the priest out of the tribe of Iudas and Simeon and Beniamin thirtene cities †And to the rest of the children of Caath that is to the Leuites which remayned out of the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and the halfe tribe of Manasses ten cities †Moreouer to the children of Gerson came forth a lotte that they should take of the tribes of Issachar and Aser and Nephthali and the halfe tribe of Manasses in Basan cities in number thirtene †And to the sonnes of Merari by their kinredes of the tribe of Ruben and Gad and Zabulon twelue cities †and the children of Israel gaue to the Leuites cities and their suburbes as our Lord commanded by the hand of Moyses geuing to euerie one by lotte †Of the tribes of the children of Iudas and Simeon Iosue gaue cities whose names be these †to the children of Aaron by the families of Caath of the Leuitical stocke for the first lotte came forth to them †Cariatharbe the father of Enac which is called Hebron in the mountaine of Iudas and the suburbes therof round about †But the fieldes and the townes therof he had geuen to Caleb the sonne of Iephone to possesse †He gaue therfore to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron a citie of refuge and the suburbes therof Lobna with the suburbes therof †and Iether and Estemo †and Holon and Dabir †and Ain and Ieta and Bethsames with the suburbes therof nine cities of two tribes as hath bene said †And of the tribe of the children of Beniamin Gabaon and Gabae †and Anathoth and Almon with their suburbes foure cities †Al the cities together of the children of Aaron the priest thirtene with their suburbes †But to the rest by the families of the children of Caath of the Leuitical stocke was geuen this possession †Of the tribe of Ephraim the cities of refuge Sichem with the suburbes therof in the mountayne of Ephraim and Gazer †and Cibsaim and Beth horon with the suburbes therof foure cities †Of the tribe of Dan also Eltheco and Gabathon †and Aialon and Gethremmon with the suburbes therof foure cities †Moreouer of the half tribe of Manasses Thanac and Gethremmon with their suburbes two cities †Al the cities ten and their suburbes were geuen to the children of Caath of the inferiour degree †To the children of Gerson also of the Leuitical stocke he gaue of the half tribe of Manasses the cities of refuge Gaulon in Basan and Bosram with their suburbes two cities †Moreouer of the tribe of Issachar Cesion and Dabereth †and Iaramoth and Engannim with their suburbes foure cities †And of the tribe of Aser Masal and Abdon †and Helcath and Rohob with their suburbes foure cities †Of the tribe also of Nephthali the cities of refuge Cedes in Galilee and Hammoth Dor and Carthan with their suburbes three cities †Al the cities of the families of Gerson thirtene with their suburbes †And to the children of Merari Leuites of the inferiour degree by their families was geuen of the tribe of Zabulon Iecnam and Cartha †and Damna and Naalol foure cities with their suburbes †Of the tribe
of Basan vnto Baal Hermon and Sanir and mount Hermon for the number was great †And these were the princes of the house of their kinred Epher and Iesi and Eliel and Esriel and Ieremia and Odoia and Iediel most valiant men and mightie and renowned princes in their families †But they forsooke the God of their fathers and fornicated after the goddes of the peoples of the land whom God tooke away before them †And the God of Israel raysed vp the spirit of Phul king of the Assyrians and the spirit of Thelgathphalnasar king of Assur and he transported Ruben and Gad and the halfe tribe of Manasses and brought them into Lahela and into Habor and to Ara and to the riuer of Gozan vntil this day CHAP. VI. The genealogies of Leui 4. with the right line of Aaron by Eleazar to Iosadech high priest in the captiuitie of Babylon 16. other progenies of his three sonnes Gerson Caath and Merari 31. with their offices in the temple 49. only Aarons sounes admitted to priesthood 54. Particular possessions of the Leuites dwelling amongst the other tribes THE sonnes of Leui Gerson Caath and Merari †The sonnes of Caath Amram Isaar Hebron and Oziel †The children of Amram Aaron Moyses and Maria. The sonnes of Aaron Nadab and Abiu Eleazar and Ithamar †Eleazar begat Phinees and Phinees begat Abisue †and Abisue begat Bocci Bocci begat Ozi †Ozi begat Zaraias and Zaraias begat Maraioth †Moreouer Meraioth begat aMARIAS and Amarias begat Achitob †Achitob begat Sadoc and Sadoc begat Achimaas †Achimaas begat Azarias Azarias begat Iohanan †Iohanan begat Azarias the same is he that executed the priestlie office in the house which Salomon built in Ierusalem †And Azarias begat Amarias and Amarias begat Achitob †and Achitob begat Sadoc and Sadoc begat Sellum †Sellum begat Helcias and Helcias begat Azarias †Azarias begat Saraias and Saraias begat Iosedec †Moreouer Iosedec went forth when our Lord transported Iuda and Ierusalem by the handes of Nabuchodonosor †The sonne then of Leui Gerson Caath and Merari †And these be the names of the sonnes of Gerson Lobni and Semei †The sonnes of Caath Amram and Isaar and Hebron and Oziel †The sonnes of Merari Moholi and Musi And these are the kinredes of Leui according to their families †Gerson Lobni his sonne Iahath his sonne Zamma his sonne †Ioah his sonne Addo his sonne Zara his sonne Iethrai his sonne †The sonnes of Caath Aminadab his sonne Core his sonne Asir his sonne †Elcana his sonne Abiasaph his sonne Asir his sonne †Thahath his sonne Vriel his sonne Ozias his sonne Saul his sonne †The sonnes of Elcana Amasai and Achimoth †and Elcana The sonnes of Elcana Sophai his sonne Nahath his sonne †Eliab his sonne Ieroham his sonne Elcana his sonne †The sonnes of Samuel the first begotten Vasteni and Abia. †And the sonnes of Merari Moholi Lobni his sonne Semei his sonne Oza his sonne †Sammaa his sonne Haggia his sonne Asaia his sonne †These are they whom Dauid appointed ouer the singing men of the house of our Lord since the Arke was placed †and they ministred before the tabernacle of testimonie singing vntil Salomon built the house of our Lord in Ierusalem and they stood according to their order in the ministerie †And these are they which aslisted with their sonnes of the sonnes of Caath Hemam singing man the sonne of Ioel the sonne of Samuel †the sonne of Elcana the sonne of Ieroham the sonne of Eliel the sonne of Thohu †the sonne of Suph the sonne of Elcana the sonne of Mahath the sonne of Amasai †the sonne of Elcana the sonne of Iohel the sonne of Azaries the sonne of Sophonias †the sonne of Thahath the sonne of Asir the sonne of Abiasaph the sonne of C'ore †the sonne of Isaar the sonne of Caath the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel †And his brother Asaph who stood on his right hand Asaph the sonne of Barachias the sonne of Samaa †the sonne of Michael the sonne of Basaia the sonne of Melchia †the sonne of Athanai the sonne of Zara the sonne of Adaia †the sonne of Ethan the sonne of Zamma the sonne of Semei †the sonne of Ieth the sonne of Gerson the sonne of Leui. †And the children of Merari their brethren on the left hand Ethan the sonne of Cusi the sonne of Abdi the sonne of Maloch †the sonne of Hasabia the sonne of Amasia the sonne of Helcias †the sonne of Amasai the sonne of Boni the sonne of Somer †the sonne of Moholi the sonne of Mosi the sonne of Merari the sonne of Leui †Their brethren also the Leuites which were ordained for al the ministerie of the tabernacle of the house of our Lord. †But Aaron and his sonnes burnt incense vpon the altar of holocaust and vpon the altar of incense for euerie worke of Sancta Sanctorum and to pray for Israel according to al thinges which Moyses the seruant of God had commanded †And these are the sonnes of Aaron Eleazar his sonne Phinees his sonne Abisue his sonne †Bocci his sonne Ozi his sonne Zarahia his sonne †Meraioth his sonne Amarias his sonne Achitob his sonne †Sadoc his sonne Achimaas his sonne †And these are their habitations by the townes and confines to witte of the sonnes of Aaron according to the kinredes of the Caathites for they were fallen to them by lotte †They gaue therfore to them Hebron in the Land of Iuda and the suburbes therof round about †but the fieldes of the citie and the townes to Caleb the sonne of Iephone †Moreouer to the sonnes of Aaron they gaue cities to flee vnto Hebron and Lobna and the suburbes therof †Iether also and Esthemo with the suburbes therof yea Helon and Dabir with their suburbes †Asan also Bethsemes their suburbes †And of the tribe of Beniamin Gabee and the suburbes therof Almath with the suburbes therof Anothoth also with the suburbes therof al the cities thirtene by their kinredes †And to the children of Caath the residue of their kinred they gaue of the halfe tribe of Manasses in possession ten cities †Moreouer to the children of Gerson by their kinredes of the tribe of Issachar of the tribe of Aser and of the tribe of Nephthali and of the tribe of Manasses in Basan thirtene cities †And to the sonnes of Merari by their kinredes of the tribe of Ruben and of the tribe of Gad and of the tribe of Zabulon they gaue by lot twelue cities †Also the children of Israel gaue to the Leuites cities and their suburbes †and they gaue by lot of the tribe of the children of Iuda of the tribe of the children of Simeon and of the tribe of the children of Beniamin these cities which they called by their names †and to them that were of
eaten therof Moreouer the Hebrew word Hotsi brought forth is a word pertayning to Sacrifice as in the 6. chap of Iudges v. 18. and 19 and importeth that the bread and wine were first offered in Sacrifice and then doubtles they did participat though they wanted not other fufficient corporal foode Againe the wordes folowing For he vvas the Priest of God most hiegh can haue no other sense but that he did the function of a Priest in the bread wine which he brought otherwise if the only cause of bringing that prouision had benne to releue the campe with victuals the reason would rather haue benne yelded because he was a bountiful King a liberal Prince a special freind to Abraham as in deede he was but none of these reasons or the like fitted this purpose so wel nor touched the cause of bringing forth bread and wine as to signifie that he was a Priest whose office is to offer Sacrifice Here againe some Protestants take exception against the Latin text that the causual coniunction Enim for is not agreable to the Hebrew but should be the copulatiue Et and which is a meere wrangling For the lerned know wel ynough that the Hebtew particle is better expressed in such places by Enim or quia for or because then by And so the English Bible printed in the yeare of our Lord. 1552. readeth Melchisedech king of Salem brought forth bread and vvine for he vvas the Priest of the most hieghest God The latter Editions also in like places haue not the copulatiue And but some other word as the sense requireth Gen. 20. v. 3. Thou art but a dead man for the vvomans sake vvhich thou hast taken for she is a mans vvife where the Hebrew phrase is And she is maried to a husband Gen. 30. v. 27. they read thus For I haue proued that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake where precisly construing the Hebrew they should say I diuined or coniectured and the Lord blessed me for thy sake Likewise Esaie 64. v. 5. they read But Loe thou hast bene angrie for vve offended the Hebrew is thus Loe thou art angrie and vve haue sinned In the same place they translate Yet shal vve be saued vvhich the Hebrew expresseth by the copulatiue And we shal be saued So when they thinke it conuenient they translate the Hebrew particle For that yet which strictly signifieth And. Now let vs also see the original in this place In the Hebrew it is thus VMALCHI TSEDEC MELEC CHALEM HOTSI LECHEM VAIAIIN VEHV COHEN LEEL ELION VAIE VARECHEHV c. In English word for word thus And Melchisedech king of Salem brought forth bread and vvine And he the priest to God most hiegh And he blessed him c. where albeit the causual word For is not expressed yet these wordes And he the priest further declaring that besides the office and dignitie of a King which was said before Melchisedec was also a Priest must nedes signifie that he did something about the bread and wine belonging to a Priests office And what that something was perhaps the Vniuersitie of Cambridge wil testifie whose late professor of Diuinitie teacheth plainly that Melchisedech offered Sacrifice and was therin a figure of Christ Pag. 6. Reprehen Sacerdotes saith he ij vere proprie sunt qui sacrificia faciunt qualis fuit Aaron Aaronis silij Melchisedechus quem illi adumbrabant Christus Priestes truly and properly are they that offer sacrifices such as vvas Aaron and the sonnes of Aaron and Melchisedech and Christ vvhom they prefigured If then both Aaron Melchisedech were truly and properly Priests because they offered sacrifices according to this Professors definition and both were figures of Christ it must needes be granted that as Christ fulfilled the figure of Aarons bloudie sacrifices in offering him selfe vpon the Crosse so he also fulfilled the figure as wel of vnbloudie sacrifices of Aaron as especially of Melchisedechs Sacrifice in some other besides that on the Crosse seeing the prophet Dauid and S. Paul say Christ is a Priest not according to Aarons order for that was to haue an end but For euer according to the order of Melchisedech And what other Sacrifice did our Sauiour offer to remaine perpetual but of his owne bodie bloud in vnbloudie maner vnder the formes of bread and wine with commandment to his Apostles and Priests to do the same til the end of the world Let the indifferent reader weigh it wel And whosoeuer is not very proud wil for his better instruction or confirmation esteme the vniforme iudgement of manie ancient godlie and lerned Fathers writing vpon this place VVe wil only recite their wordes without other deduction for breuitie sake S. Clemens Alexandrinus li 4. Strom. versus finem writeth thus Melchisedech king of Salem Priest of God most hiegh gaue wine bread santified nutriment in type of the Eucharist S. Cyprian Epist 63. ad Caecilium Christ is Priest for euer according to the order of Melchisedech which order is this coming from that Sacrifice and thence descending that Melchisedech was Priest of God most hiegh that he offered bread wine that he blessed Abraham For who is more a Priest of God most hiegh then our Lord Iesus Christ who offered Sacrifice to God the Father and offered the same which Melchisedech had offered bread and wine to wit his owne bodie and bloud And a litle after That therfore in Genesis the blessing might be rightly celebrated about Abraham by Melchisedec the Priest the image of Christs Sacrifice coâ—sisting in bread and wine went before which thing our Lord perfecting and performing offered bread and chalice mixt with wine and he that is the plenitude fulfilled the veritie of the prefiguted image Eusebius Cesariensis li 5. Demonst Euang. c. 3. Euen as he who was Priest of Nations was neuer sene to offer corporal sacrifices but only bread wine when he blessed Abraham so first our Lord Sauiour him selfe then priests that come from him exercising the spiritual office of Priesthood in al nations after the Ecclesiastical ordinances do represent the mysteries of his bodie and healthful bloud in bread wine which mysteries Melchisedech knew so long before by diuine spirite and vsed as representations of things to come S. Ambrose li. 5 de Sacramen c. 1. VVe know the figure of the Sacraments went before in Abrahams times when Melchisedech offered Sacrifice Idem in cap. 5 Heb. It is clere that oblations of cattle are vanished which were in Aarons order but Melchisedechs institution remayneth which is celebrated al the world ouer in administration of the Sacraments S Hierom. Epist ad Marcellamo vt migret Bethleem Haue recourse to Genesis and you shal find Melchisedech king of Salem prince of this citie who euen then in figure of Christ offered bread and wine and dedicated the Christian mysterie in our Sauiours bodie and bloud Idem Epist
find thirtie there †Because saith he I haue once begunne I wil speake to my Lord What if twentie shal be founde there He said I wil not destroy it for twenties sake †I beseech thee saith he be not angrie Lord if I speake yet once more What if tenne shal be found there And he said I wil not destroy it for tennes sake †And our Lord departed after that he ceased to speake vnto Abraham and Abraham returned into his place CHAP. XIX Lot receiuing Angels in his house is abused by the Sodomites 12. He with his wife 26. who for looking back is turned into a statua of salt and his two daughters are deliuered 24. Sodome and Gomorre are burned 31. Lot lieth vnwitting with both his daughters begat of them Moab and Ammon of whom came the Moabites and Ammonites AND the two angels came to Sodome at euen and Lot sitting in the gates of the citie Who when he had sene them rose vp and went to meete them and adored prostrate vnto the ground †and said I besech you my Lords turne into the house of your seruant and lodge there wash your feet and in the morning you shal go forth on your way Who said No but we wil abide in the streat †He compelled them earnestly to turne in vnto him and when they were entred into his house he made them a banquet and baked vnleauened bread and they did eate †And before they went to bed the men of the citie beset the house from young to old al the people togeather †And they called Lot and said to him Where are the men that came in to thee at night bring them forth hither that we may know them †Lot going forth to them and shutting the dore after him said †Doe not so I besech you my brethren doe not commit this euil †I haue two daughters which as yet haue not knowen man I wil bring them forth to you and abuse you them as it shal please you so that you do no euil to these men because they are entred vnder the shadowe of my roofe †But they said Get thee backe thither And againe Thou camest in said they as a stranger what to be a iudge Thy selfe therfore we will afflict more then these And they did violence to Lot exceadingly and it was euen nowe at the point that they would break the dores †And behold the men put forth their hand and drew in Lot vnto them and shut the dore †and them that were without they stroke with blyndnes from the least to the greatest so that they could not find the dore †And they said to Lot Hast thou here anie of thine sonne in law or sonnes or daughters al that are thine bring them out of this citie †for we wil destroy this place for that their crye is waxen lowde before our Lord who hath sent vs to destroy them †Therfore Lot went forth and spake to his sonnes in lawe that were to take his daughters and said Arise get you forth out of this place because our Lord wil destroy this citie And he semed vnto them to speake as it were in iest †And when it was morning the angels vrged him saying Arise take thy wife and the two daughters which thou hast least thou also perish withal in the wickednes of the citie †He lingring they tooke his hand and the hand of his wife and of his two daughters because our Lord spared him †And they led him forth and set him without the citie and there they spake to him saying Saue thy life looke not backe neither stay thou in al the countrie about but saue thy selfe in the mountaine lest thou also perish withal †And Lot said to them I beseech thee my Lord †because thy seruant hath fonnd grace before thee and thou hast magnified thy mercie which thou hast wrought with me in that thou wouldest saue my life and safe I can not be in the mountaine lest perhaps the euil catch me and I dye †There is this citie hereby at hand wherunto I may flee a little one and I shal be safe in it is it not a little one and my life shal be saued †And he said to him Behold also in this point I haue heard thy prayers not to ouerthrow the citie for which thou hast spoken †Make hast and be saued there because I can not doe any thing til thou enter in thither Therfore the name of that citie was called * Segor †The sunne was risen vpon the earth Lot entred into Segor †Therfore our Lord rained vpon Sodome and Gomorre brimstone fire from our Lord out of heauen †and he subuerted these cities and al the countrie about al the inhabitants of the cities and al things that spring of the earth †And his wife looking behind her was turned into a statua of salt †And Abraham getting vp early in the morning there where before he had stood with our Lord †beheld Sodome Gomorre and the whole land of that countrie and he saw the cinders rise vp from the earth as it were the smoke of a fornace †For when God subuerted the citties of that countrie he remenbring Abraham deliuered Lot out of the subuersion of the cities wherein he had dwelt †And Lot ascended out of Segor and abode in the mountaine his two daughters also with him for he was afraid to abide in Segor and he abode in a caue him selfe and his two daughters with him †And the elder said to the younger Our father is old and there is no man left on the earth that may companie with vs after the maner of the whole earth †Come let vs make him drunke with wine and let vs lie with him that we may preserue seed of our father †They therfore made their father to drinke wine that night and the elder went in and lay with her father but he perceaued not neyther when his daughter lay downe nor when she rose vp †The next day also the elder said to the younger Behold I lay yesternight with my father let vs make him drinke wine also this night and thou shalt lye with him that we may saue seed of our father †They made their father drinke wine that night also and the younger daughter went in and lay with him and neyther then truly did he perceaue when she lay downe or when she rose vp †The two daughters therfore of Lot were with child by their father †And the elder bare a sonne and she called his name Moab he is the father of the Moabites euen to this present day †The younger also bare a sonne and she called his name Ammon that is the sonne of my people he is the father of the Ammonites euen to this day CHAP. XX. Abraham seiorning in Geraris his wife is taken into King Abimelechs house but by Gods commandement is
profession of faith were auailable For other sinnes not only internal repentance was necessarie which vvas euer principally required therfore Ioseph dealt so seuerly vvith his brethren til they had hartis sorow and contrition for their sinnes but also certaine external purifications as vvashing and changing garments vvere ordained Gen. 35. Mariage though not then a Sacrament yet was religiously regarded with special care of faith and religion in the choise of persons Gen. 24. 27 v. 46. c. 28. v. 1. and of certaine degrees of consanguinitie and affinitie Adulterie was punishable by death Gen. 38. and in no wise counted lawful no not among the heathen Gen. 12. 20. 24. 26. 29. 34. 39. Pluralitie of vviues in some persons and cases lawful in the lavv of nature Gen. 16. 25. 29. as also afterwards in the lavv of Moyses not in the law of grace nor euer pluralitie of husbands Spiritual blessing a preeminence of greater persons so Melchisedech blessed Abraham Gen. 14. Isaac blessed Iacob c. 27. and Iacob his sonnes c. 49. and the sonnes of Ioseph with imposition of handes and framing the forme of a crosse 48. Other Ceremonies of oyle and wine Gen. 28. 35. sprinkling the bloud of the Paschal lambe eating the lambe standing with their loynes gyrded shooes on their feete staues in their handes and with speede Exo. 12 Musical instruments in Diuine seruice Exod. 15. Christes Baptisme prefigured by Circumcision Gen. 17. for Christians are circuÌ„cised saith S. Paul in the Circumcision of Christ buried with him in Baptisme Also by the cloude vvhich stoode betwene the Aegyptians and Israelites lightning the night on the one side tovvards Gods people dark on the other tovvards their enemies and by the redde sea vvhich saued the children of Israel and drovvned the Aegyptians Exo. 14. Al were baptised in the cloude and in the sea So the bread and vvine offered by Melchisedech the Paschal lambe and vnleauened bread prefigured the B. Sacrament and Sacrifice of Christs bodie and bloud in formes of bread and wine Iacob also prophecied of this most excellent Mysterie Gen. 49. He shal wash his stole in wine and his cloke in the bloud of the grape In like sorte Melchisedechs Priesthood was a plaine figure of Christs Priesthood who first by himself consecrated and offered his ovvne bodie and bloud and stil doth the same by his Priests handes of the new Testament Diuers other Rites were knovven and obserued by Tradition So Abraham paied Tythes to his spiritual Superior Gen. 1â— taught his children and familie to keepe the way of our Lord. and doe iudgement and iustice Gen. 18. v. 19. Isaac and Iacob kept and taught the Ordinances Preceptes and Ceremonies of their ancesters vvithout Lavves or precepts vvritten Gen. 26. Iudas commanded his second sonne to take the widovv of his brother deceased without children Gen. 38. The children of Israel abstained from eating the sinevv of the thigh in remembrance that the sinew of Iacobs thigh was shrunke Gen. 32. Freewil in men proued by that Iosephs brethren in selling him thought euil not moued nor inclined therto by God who had no part in their euil thought but turned it to good Gen. 50. by Gods threatning Pharao Exo. 8 If thou wilt not dismisse Israel VVhich were vniust if Pharao could not doe otherwise Likewise by that Pharao often changed his mind sometimes promising to dismisse the Hebrewes and againe refusing to doe it which sheweth saieth Theodoret freewil of the mind and by Gods preuention of rentations leading the Israelites not the neerest way but by the desert lest perhaps it would repent them and they would returne into Aegypt Exod. 13 Mans consent therfore is free notwithstanding Gods wil direction and commaundement And so his industry is required in his dailie affaires and then to relie on Gods prouidence otherwise only to expect Gods wil operation or protection man himself endeuoring nothing is to tempt God Therfore Abraham Gen. 12. Isaac c. 26. Iacob ca. 32. and the parents of Moyses Exo. 2 being in feare and distresse vsed al prudence to auoid imminent dangers albeit they had special reuelations of safetie and happie successe Neither doth God euer tempt anie man to sinne but proueth his seruants and maketh them knowen to the world for example of others and their owne merit Gen. 22. Iob. 1. 2. c. Onlie faith doth not iustifie nor workes without saith but both together do iustifie and are meritorious so Abraham beleued God because he is omnipotent and truth it selfe and it was reputed to him vnto iustice Gen. 15. but this faith was not sole for it had hope loue obedience and other vertues adioyned and so his beleuing was an act of iustice In like maner Abraham was iustified by workes offering Isaac his sonne vpon the Altar Gen. 22. but this worke presupposed faith that God is able to raise euen from the dead So by workes faith is consummate By hospitalitie Abraham and Lâ—t vnawares receiued Angels to harbour Gen. 18. 19. Abraham was perfect according to perfection of this life Gen. 17. most highly commended for foure more notorious actes proceding of two special vertues faith and obedience The first was his promot obedience in leauing his countrie and kindred going he knew not whither nor how farâ—â— simply and cherfully expecting Gods further direction when to goe and where to abide Gen. 12. The second was his excellent faith presently beleeuing Gods promise which by al humane reason semed vnpossible that he should haue innumerable progenie Gen. 15. The third was that he did not only most sincerly and religiously serue God but also taught his posteritie so to do as God himself testifieth of him saying I know that he wil command his children and his house after him that they kepe the way of the Lord and do iudgement and iustice Gen. 18. The fourth was that most heroical act of obedience admirable to al ages being readie to kil and sacrifice his owne most dearly beloued sonne Isaac For which God sware by himself that he would manie waies blesse him because sateth God thou hast obeyed my voice Gen. 22. He prayed for Sodom and had preuailed if tenne iust persons had benne found in that citie Gen. 18. And Lot was deliuered from thence for Abrahams sake Gen. 19. Isaac was also of most sincere mind deuout to God exercised himself in meditation or mental prayer Gen. 24. obtained by prayer his desire of issue Gen. 25. Likewise Iacob is described in the holie text a plaine or sincere and innocent man Gen. 25. v. 27. patient and constant in tribulations Gen. 29. 31. 32. 33. He lawfully purchased Esaus consent of the firstbirthright Gen 25. v. 31. He neither lied nor otherwise sinned when he answered his father that he was Esau his first begotten sonne Gen. 27. but spake truth in mystical sense agreable to
and were ascended into the mountaines they came as farre as the Valley of cluster and the Land being viewed †taking of the fruites therof to shew the fruitfulnesse they brought vnto vs and said The Land is good which the Lord our God wil geue vs. †And you would not goe vp but being incredulous at the word of the Lord our God †you murmured in your tabernacles and said Our Lord hateth vs and therfore hath brought vs out of the Land of Aegypt that he might deliuer vs into the hand of the Amorrheite and destroy vs. †Whither shal we goe vp the messengers haue feared our hart saying The multitude is verie great and taller of stature then we the cities greate and fensed euen vnto heauen the sonnes of the Enacims we haue seene there †And I said to you Feare not neither be ye afrayd of them †Our Lord God which is your conductour him self wil fight for you as he did in Aegypt in the sight of al. †And in the wildernesse thy selfe haste seene the Lord thy God hath caried thee as a man is wont to beare his litle sonne al the way that you haue walked vntil you came to this place †And neither so did you beleue the Lord your God †who went before you in the way and marked out the place wherein you should pitch your tentes in the night shewing you the way by fyre and in the day by the piller of a clowde †And when our Lord had heard the voice of your wordes being wrath he sware and said †There shal not any of the men of this wicked generation see the good Land which by oath I promised to your fathers †beside Caleb the sonne of Iephone For he shal see it and to him I wil geue the Land that he hath troden and to his children because he hath folowed the Lord. †Neither is his indignation against the people to be merueiled at wheras our Lord being angrie with me also for you said Neither shalt thou enter in thither †But Iosue the sonne of Nun thy minister he shal enter for thee exhort and strenghen him and he shal by lotte diuide the Land to Israel †Your litle ones of whom you said that they should be ledde captiues and your sonnes that this day know not the difference of good and euil they shal enter in and to them I wil geue the Land and they shal possesse it †But returne you and goe into the wildernesse by the way of the Reddesea †And you answered me We haue sinned to our Lord we wil goe vp and fight as the Lord our God hath commanded †And when you readie armed went vnto the mountaine †our Lord said to me Say to them Goe not vp and fight not for I am not with you lest you fal before your enemies †I spake and you heard not but resisting the commandement of our Lord and swelling with pride you went vp into the mountaine †Therfore the Amorrheite that dwelt in the mountaines issuing forth and coming to meete you pursewed you as bees are wont to pursew and smote you from Seir as farre as Horma †And when returning you went before our Lord he heard you not neither would he condescend to your voice †You abode therfore in Cadesbarne a great time CHAP. II. VVith commemoration of Gods continual protection of the Israelites they are forbid to fight against the Idumeans 9. the Moabites or Ammonites 24. But against Sehon King of Hesebon they should fight kil him and al his and possesse his land AND departing thence we came into the wildernesse that leadeth to the Redde sea as our Lord had said to me and we compassed the mountaine Seir a long time †And our Lord said to me †It is sufficient for you to haue compassed this mountaine goe toward the North. †And command thou the people saying You shal passe by the borders of your brethren the children of Esau which dwel in Seir and they wil be affraid of you †Looke diligently therfore that you sturre not against them For I wil not geue you of their land so much as the steppe of one foote can treade because I haue geuen the mountaine Seir to be the possession of Esau †Meates you shal bie of them with money and shal eate bought water shal you draw and drinke †The Lord thy God hath blessed thee in euerie worke of thy handes he knoweth thy iourney how thou hast passed this great wildernesse for fourtie yeares the Lord thy God dwelling with thee thou hast wanted nothing †And when we had passed by our brethren the children of Esau that dwelt in Seir by the champion way from Elath from Asiongaber we came to the way that leadeth into the desert of Moab †And our Lord said to me Fight not against the Moabites neither make battel against them for I wil not geue thee any of their land because I haue geuen Ar to the children of Lot in possession †Emim first were the inhabiters therof a great people and valiant and so tall that they were thought †as it were giantes of the Enacims stocke were like the children of the Enacims Moreouer the Moabites cal them Emim †But in Seir before dwelt the Horrins who being expelled and destroyed the children of Esau did inhabite it as Israel did in the land of his possession which our Lord gaue him †Rysing vp therfore to passe the Torrent Zared we came to it †And the time that we walked from Cadesbarne vnto the passage of the torrent Zared was thirtie and eight yeares vntil al the generation of the men that were warriers was consumed out of the campe as our Lord had sworne †whose hand was against them that they should perish from among the campe †And after al the warryers were dead †our Lord spake to me saying †Thou shalt passe this day the borders of Moab the citie named Ar †and approching vnto the frontiers of the children of Ammon beware thou fight not against them neither once moue to battel for I wil not geue thee of the land of the children of Ammon because I haue geuen it to the children of Lot in possession †It was reputed the land of giantes and giantes in old time dwelt in it whom the Ammonites cal Zomzommim †a great and huge people and of long stature as the Enacims whom our Lord destroyed before their face and he made them to dwel in their steede †as he had done to the children of Esau that dwelt in Seir destroying the Horrheites and deliuering their land to them which they possesse vntil this present †The Heueites also that dwelt in Haserim as farre as Gaza the Capadocians expelled who issuing out of Capadocia destroyed them and dwelt in their steede †Arise ye and passe the torrent Arnon behold I haue deliuered in thy hand Sehon king of
Og in Basan which reigned in Astaroth and Edrai he was of the reliques of the Raphaims and Moyses stroke and destroyed them †And the children of Israel would not destroy Gessuri and Machati and they haue dwelt in the middes of Israel vntil this present day †But to the tribe of Leui he gaue no possession but the sacrifices and victimes of our Lord the God of Israel that is his inheritance as he spake to him †Moyses therfore gaue possession to the children of Ruben according to their kinredes †And their border was from Aroer which is situate on the banke of the torrent Arnon and in the middes of the valley of the same torrent al the plaine that leadeth to Medaba †and Hesebon and al their villages which are in the champayne Dibon also and Bamothbaal and the towne Baâ—â—maon †and Iassa and Cedimoth and Mephaath †and Cariathaim and Sabama and Sarathasar in the mountaine of the Valley †Bethfogor and Asedoth Phasga and Bethiesimoth †and al the champayne cities and al the Kingdomes of Sehon the King of the Amorrheite that reigned in Hesebon whom Moyses stroke with the princes of Ma ian the Heueite Recem and Sur and Hur and Rebe Dukes of Sehon inhabitantes of the Land †And Balaam the sonne of Beor the soothsayer did the children of Israel kil by the sword with the rest that were slayne †And the riuer of Iordan was made the border of the children of Ruben This is the possession of the Rubenites by their kinredes of cities and villages †And Moyses gaue to the tribe of Gad and to his children possession by their kinredes the diuision wherof is this †The border of Iaser and al the cities of Galaad and the half part of the Land of the children of Ammon as farre as Aroer which is against Rabba †and from Hesebon vnto Ramoth Masphe and Betonim and from Manaim vnto the borders of Dabir †In the valley alo Bethhara and Bethnemra and Socoth and Saphon the other part of the Kingdom of Sehon the King of Hesebon the end of this also is Iordan vnto the vttermost part of the sea Cenereth beyond Iordan on the east side †This is the possession of the children of Gad by their families their cities and villages †He gaue also to the half tribe of Manasses and their children possession according to their kinredes †the beginning wherof is this from Manaim al Basan and al the kingdoms of Og the King of Basan and al the villages of Iair which are in Basan threescore townes †And the half part of Galaad and Astaroth and Edrai cities of the kingdom of Og in Basan to the children of Machir the sonne of Manasses to the half part of the children of Machir according to their kinredes †This possessioÌ„ diuided Moyses in the champayne countries of Moab beyond Iordan against Iericho on the East side †But to the tribe of Leui he gaue no possession because our Lord the God of Israel him self is their possession as he spake to them CHAP. XIIII Caleb of the tribe of Iuda sâ—ing some knew their lottes already and that the whole land was now to be diuided 6. demandeth according to Gods promise made by Moyses for his true and good report of the same land when he with others viewed it that Hebron be geuen him and his seede to inherite 13. which Iosue confirmeth vnto him THIS is it which the children of Israel possessed in the Land of Chanaan which Eleazar the priest and Iosue the sonne of Nun the princes of the families by the tribes of Israel gaue to them †diuiding al thinges by lotte as our Lord had commanded in the hand of Moyses to the nine tribes and the half tribe †For to two tribes and a half Moyses had geuen possession beyond Iordan besides the Leuites which receiued no land among their brethren †but into their place succeded the children of Ioseph diuided into two tribes of Manasses and Ephraim neither did the Leuites receiue other portion in the Land but cities to inhabite and their suburbes to feede their beastes and cattel †As our Lord had commanded Moyses so did the children of Israel and they diuided the Land †Therfore the children of Iuda came to Iosue in Galgal and Caleb the sonne of Iephone the Cenezeite spake to him Thou knowest what our Lord spake to Moyses the man of God concerning me thee in Cadesbarne †Fourtie yeares old was I when Moyses the seruant of our Lord sent me from Cadesbarne to view the Land and I reported to him that which to me semed true †But my brethren that had gone vp with me discouraged the hart of the people and I neuertheles folowed our Lord my God †And Moyses sware in that day saying The Land which thy foote hath troden shal be thy possession and thy childrens for euer because thou hast folowed our Lord my God †Our Lord therfore hath granted me life â—s he promised vntil this present day It is fourtie and fiue yeares since our Lord spake this worde to Moyses when Israel walked through the wildernes this day am I eightie and fiue yeares old †so â—ustie as I was at that time when I was sent to view the strength of that time contineweth in me vntil this day as wel to fight as to goe †Geue me therfore this mountaine which our Lord promised thy selfe also hearing it wherein are the Enacims and great cities and fensed if perhaps our Lord be with me and I shal be able to destroy them as he promised me †And Iosue blessed him and deliuered to him Hebron in possession †And from thence forth Hebron belonged to Caleb the sonne of Iephone the Cenezeite vntil this present day because he folowed our Lord the God of Israel †The name of Hebron before was called Cariath Arbe Adam the greatest among the Enacims was layd there and the Land ceased from battels CHAP. XV. The borders of the lotte of Iuda 13. including Calebs particular inheritance 16. out of which he geueth Cariath Sepher and his daughter to Othoniel for winning it 21. with the names of the cities therof 63. the Iebuseite yet dwelling with Iuda in Hierusalem THERFORE the lotte of the children of Iudas by their kinredes was this From the border of Edom vnto the desert of Sin against the South and vnto the vttermost part of the south coaste †the beginning therof was from the toppe of the most salt sea and from the brinke therof that looketh to the South †And it goeth forth against the Ascent of the Scorpion and passeth through into Sina and ryseth vp into Cadesbarne reacheth into Esron ascending to Addar and coÌ„passing Carcaa †and thence passing through into Asemona and reaching to the Torrent of Aegypt and the borders therof shal be the great sea this shal be the end of the south coast â€
But on the East side the beginning shal be the most salt sea vnto the vtmost partes of Iordan and those places that looke to the North from the brinke of the sea vnto the same riuer of Iordan †And the border goeth vp into Beth hagla and passeth from the north into Beth Araba ascending to the stone of Bohen the sonne of Ruben †And reaching as farre as the borders of Debera from the Valley of Achor against the North looking toward Galgal which is opposite to the Ascent of Adommim on the south side of the torrent and passeth the waters that are called The Fountayne of the sunne and the endes therof shal be to the Fountayne rogel †And it ascendeth by the valley of the sunne of Ennom on the side of the Iebuseite toward the South this is Ierusalem and thence rearing it self to the toppe of the mountayne which is against Geennom toward the West in the toppe of the Valley of Raphaim against the North. †And it passeth through from the toppe of the mountaine to the fountaine of the water Nephtoa and reacheth to the townes of mount Ephron and bendeth into Baala which is Cariathiarim that is to say a citie of wooddes †And it compasseth from Baala against the West vnto mount Seir and passeth by the side of mount Iarim toward the North into Chesâ—on and goeth downe into Bethsames and passeth into Thamna †And it reacheth toward the North coast of a part of Accaron at the side and bendeth to Sechrona and passeth mount Baala and cometh into Iebneel and is shut vp with the end of the great sea toward the West †These are the borders of the children of Iudas in circuite in their kinredes †But to Caleb the sonne of Iephone he gaue a portion in the middes of the children of Iudas as our Lord had commanded him Cariath Arbe the father of Enac that is Hebron †And Caleb destroyed out of it the three sonnes of Enac Sesai and Ahiman Tholmai of the stocke of Enac †And from thence going vp he came to the inhabitantes of Dabir which before was called Cariath sepher that is to say a citie of letters †And Caleb said He that shal strike Cariath-sepher and take it I wil geue him Axa my daughter to wife †And Othoniel the sonne of Cenez the yonger brother of Caleb tooke it and he gaue him Axa his daughter to wife †Who going together she was moued by her husband to aske a field of her father and she sighed as she sate on her asse To whom Caleb said What aileth thee †But she answered Geue me a blessing a South and drie Land thou hast geuen me ioyne also a waterie Caleb therfore gaue her a waterie ground aboue beneath †This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Iudas by their kinredes †And the cities from the vttermost partes of the children of Iudas by the borders of Edom on the South were Gabseel and Eder and Iagur †and Cina and Dimona and Adada †and Cades and Asor and Iethnan †Ziph and Telem and Baloth †Asor the new and Carioth Hesron this is Asor †Amam Sama and Molada †and Asergadda and Hassemon and Bethphelet †and Hasersual and Bersabee and Baziothia †and Baala and Iim an Esem †and Eltholad and Cesil and Harma †and Siceleg and Medemena and Sensenna †Labaoth and Selim and Aen and Remon al the cities twentie nine and their villages †But in the champayne countries Estaol and Sarea and Asena †and Sanoc Engannim and Taphua and Enaim †and Ierimoth and Adullam Socho and Azeca †and Saraim and Adithaim and Gedera and Gederothaim fourteene cities and their villages †Sanan and Hadasta and Magdalgad †Delean and Masepha and Iecthel †Lachis and Bascath and Eglon †Chebbon and Leheman and Cethlis †and Gideroth and Bethdagon and Naama and Maceda sixtene cities and their villages †Labana and Ether and Asan †Iephtha and Esna and Nesib †and Ceila and Achzib and Mareza nine cities and their villages †Accaron with the townes and villages therof †From Accaron vnto the sea al places that bend toward Azotus and the villages therof †Azotus with the townes and villages therof Gaza with the townes and villages therof vnto the torrent of Aegypt and the great sea is the border therof †And in the mountayne Samir and Iether and Socoth †and Danna and Cariath senna this is Dabir †Anab and Istemo and Anim †Gosen and Olon and Gilo eleuen cities and their villages †Arab and Ruma and Esaan †and Ianum and Beth thaphua and Apheca †Athmatha and Cariath-arbe this is Hebron and Sior nine cities and their villages †Maon and Carmel and Ziph and Iota †Iezrael and Iucadam and Zanoe †Accain Gabaa and Thamna ten cities and their villages †Halhul and Bethsur and Gedor †Mareth and Beth-anoth Eltecon six cities and their villages †Cariathbaal this is Cariathiarim the citie of wooddes and Arebba two cities and their villages †In the desert Beth-araba meddin and Sachacha †and Nebsan and the citie of salt and Engaddi six cities and their villages †But the Iebuseite the inhabitant of Ierusalem the children of Iudas could not destroy and the Iebuseite dwelt with the children of Iudas in Ierusalem vntil this present day CHAP. XVI The tribe of Ephraim younger sonne of Ioseph receiue their lotte 10. The Chananeite yet dwelleth with them paying tribute THE lotte also of the children of Ioseph fel from Iordan against Iericho and the Waters therof on the east the wildernes which goeth vp from Iericho to the mountaine of Bethel †and goeth out from Bethel to Luza and passeth the border of Archia to Atharoth †And descendeth Westward by the border of Iephleti vnto the borders of Beth horon the lower and to Gazer and their countries are ended by the great sea †and Manasses and Ephraim the children of Ioseph possessed it †And the border of the children of Ephraim was made according to their kinredes and their possession toward the East was Ataroth addar vnto Beth-horon the higher †And the confines goe out vnto the sea but Machmethath looketh to the North and it compasseth the borders against the East into Thanath-selo and passeth through on the East side to Ianoe †and it goeth downe from Ianoe into Ataroth Naaratha and it cometh into lericho and goeth our to Iordan †From Taphua it passeth through against the sea into the Valley of reedes and the issues therof are into the most salt sea this is the possession of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families †And cities with their villages were separated to the children of Ephraim in the middes of the possession of the children of Manasses †and the children of Ephraim slew not the Chananeite which dwelt in Gazer and the Chananeite dwelt in the
Bethhoron against the South and the issues therof are into Cariathbaal which is called also Cariathbaal which is called also Cariathiarim a citie of the children of Iudas This is their coast against the sea toward the West †But on the South from part of Cariathiarim the border issueth forth against the sea and cometh to the fountaine of the waters of Nephâ—oa †And it goeth downe into part of the mountaine that looketh toward the Valley of the children of Ennom and is against the north quarter in the vttermost part of the Valley raphaim And it goeth downe into Gehennom that is the valley of Ennom by the side of the Iebuseite to the South and cometh to the Fountaine of Rogel †pasling to the north and going forth to Ensemes that is to say the fountaine of the sunne †and it passeth vnto the litle hilles that are against the ascent of Adommim and goeth downe to Abenboen that is the stone of Boen the sonne of Ruben and it passeth on the north side to the champaine countries and goeth downe into the playne †and passeth by against the North of Bethagla and the issues therof are against the brincke of the most salt sea on the North in the end of Iordan to the south quarter †which is the border therof on the East This is the possession of the children of Beniamin by their borders round about and their families †And their cities were Iericho and Bethhagla and Vallis Casis †Beth Araba and Samaraim and Bethel †and Auim and Aphara and Ophera †Towne Emona and Ophni and Gabee twelue cities their townes †Gabaon and Rama and Beroth †and Mesphe and Caphara and Amosa †and Recem Iarephel and Tharela †and Sela Eleph and Iebus which is Ierusalem Gabaath and Cariath fourteenne cities and their townes This is the possession of the children of Beniamin by their families CHAP. XIX The second lotte falleth to the tribe of Simeon the situation of whose inheritance is described with the names of their principal cities 10. The third in like sorte to Zabulon 17. The fourth to Issachar 24. The fifth to Aser 32. The sixt to Nepthali 40. And the seuenth to Dan. 49. Al the Land being distributed among the tribes with common consent they geue a special citie to Iosue in the middes of them AND the second lotte came forth of the children of Simeon by their kinreddes and their inheritance was †in the middes of the possession of the children of Iudas Bersabee and Sabee and Molada †and Hasersual Bala and Asem †and Eltholad Bethul and Harma †and Siceleg and Bethmarchaboth and Hasersusa †and Bethlebaoth and Saâ—ohen thirtene cities and their townes †Ain and Remmon and Athor and Asan foure cities and their townes †al the litle townes round about these cities vnto Baalath Beer Ramath against the south quarter This is the inheritance of the children of Simeon according to their kinredes †in the possession and corde of the children of Iudas because it was greater and therfore the children of Simeon possessed in the middes of their inheritance †And the third lotte fel of the children of Zabulon by their kinredes and the border of their possession was made as farre as Sarid †And it went vp from the sea and Merala and came into Debbaseth as farre as the torrent which is against Ieconam †And it returneth from Sared against the East into the endes of Ceseleth thabor and it goeth out to Dabereth and ryseth vp against Iaphie †And thence it passeth along to the east side of Geth hepher and Thacasim and goeth out into Remmon Amthar and Noa †And it compasseth to the North of Hanathon and the issues therof are the valley Iephtahel †and Cateth and Naalol and Semeron and Iâ—rala and Bethlehem twelue cities and their townes †This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Zabulon by their kinredes the cities and their litle townes †The fourth lotte came forth to Issachar by their kinredes †and his inheritance was Iezrael and Casaloth and Sunem †and Hapharaim and Sehon and Anaharath †and Rabboth and Cesion Abes †and Rameth and Engannim and Enhadda and Bethpheses †And the border therof cometh to Thabor and Sehesema and Bethsames and their issues were Iordan sixtene cities and their townes †This is the possession of Issachar by their kinredes the cities and their litle townes †And the fifth lotte fel to the tribe of the children of Aser by their kinredes †and their border was Halcath and Chali and Beten and Axaph †and Elmelec and Amaad and Messal and it reacheth to Carmel of the sea and Sihor and Labanath †And it returneth against the east of Bethdagon and passeth along to Zabulon and the Valley Iephthael against the North into Bethemec and Nehiel And it goeth out to the left side of Cabul †and Abran and Rohob and Hamon and Cana as farre as great Sidon †And it returneth into Horma vnto the verie wel fensed citie Tyre and vnto Hosa and the issues therof shal be into the sea from the corde of Achziba †and Amma and Aphec and Rohob cities twentie two and their townes †This is the posseffion of the children of Aser by their kinredes and the cities and their townes †Of the sonnes of Nepthali fel the sixt lotte by their families †and the border beganne from Heleph and Elon into Saanaim and Adami which is Neceb and Iebnael vnto Lecum and their issues vnto Iordan †and the border returneth against the West into Azanoththabor and thence goeth out into Hucuca and passeth along into Zabulon against the South and into Azer against the West and into Iuda vnto Iordan against the rising of the sunne †cities very wel fensed Assedim Ser and Emath and Reccath and Cenereth †and Edema and Arama Asor †and Cedes and Edrai Enhasor †and Ieron and Magdalel Horem and Bethanath and Bethsames ninetene cities and their townes †This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Nephthali by their kinredes the cities and their townes †To the tribe of the children of Dan by their families came forth the seuenth lotte †and the border of their possession was Sara and Esthaol and Hirisemes that is the sunne †Selebin and Aialon and Iethela †Elon and Themna and Acron †Elthece Gebbethon and Balaath †and Iud and Bane and Barac and Gethremmon †and Meiarcon Arecon with the border that looketh toward Ioppe †and is shut vp with the same end And the children of Dan went vp and fought against Lesem and they tooke it and they stroke it in the edge of the sword and possessed and dwelt in it calling the name of it Lesem Dan by the name of Dan the father therof †This is the possession of the tribe of the sonnes of Dan by their kinredes the cities and their townes †And when he had
our Lord saying Who shal goe vp before vs against the Chananeite and shal be captaine of the warre †And our Lord said Iudas shal goe vp behold I haue deliuered the Land into his handes †And Iudas said to Simeon his brother Come vp with me into my lotte and fight against the Chananeite that I also may goe forward with thee into thy lotte And Simeon went with him †And Iudas went vp and our Lord deliuered the Chananeite and the Pherezeite into their handes and they stroke in Bezec ten thousand men †And they found Adonibezec in Bezec and fought against him and stroke the Chananeite and the Pherezeite †And Adonibezec fled whom pursewing they tooke cutting of the extreme partes of his handes and feere †And Adonibezec said Seuentie kinges hauing the extreme partes of their handes and seete cut of gathered vp the reliques of meates vnder my table as I haue done so hath God repayed me And they brought him into Ierusalem and there he died †Therfore the children of Iudas assaulting Ierusalem tooke it and stroke it in the edge of the sword setting the whole citie on fyre †And afterward going downe they fought against the Chananeite which dwelled in the mountaines and southward and in the champaine countries †And Iudas going forward against the Chananeite that dwelled in Hebron the name wherof was before time Cariatharbe stroke Sesai and Ahiman and Tholmai †and departing thence went to the inhabitantes of Dabir the old name wherof was Cariath Sepher that is a citie of letters †And Caleb said He that shal strike Cariath Sepher and spoile it I wil geue him Axa my daughter to wife †And when Othoniel the sonne of Cenez the yonger brother of Caleb had taken it he gaue him Axa his daughter to wife †Whom going on her way her husband admonished to aske a field of her father To whom when she had sighed sitting on her asse Caleb said What aileth thee †But she answered Geue me a blessing for a drie land thou haft geuen me geue me also a waterie Caleb therfore gaue her a watrie ground aboue waterie beneath †And the children of the Cineite the cosin of Moyses went vp from the citie of palmes with the children of Iudas into the deset of his lotte which is at the south side of Arad and dwelt with him †But Iudas went with Simeon his brother and together they stroke the Chananeite that dwelt in Sephaath and slew him And the name of the citie was called Horma that is Anathema †And Iudas tooke Gaza with the coastes therof Ascalon and Accaron with their boundes †And our Lord was with Iudas and he posessed the mountaines neither could he destroy the inhabitantes of the valley because they had manie hooked chariotes †And they gaue to Galeb Hebron as Moyses had said who destroyed out of it the three sonnes of Enac †But the Iebuseite the inhabiter of Ierusalem the children of Beniamin destroyed not and the Iebuseite dwelt with the children of Beniamin in Ierusalem vntil this present day †The house also of Ioseph went vp into Bethel and our Lord was with them †For when they besieged the citie which before was called Luza †they saw a man comming out of the citie and said to him Shew vs the entrrance of the citie and we wil shew thee mercie †Who when he had shewed them they stroke the citie in the edge of the sword but that man and al his kinred they dismissed †Who being dismist went into the Land of the Hetthims and built there a citie and called it Luza which is so called vntil this present day †Manasses also destroyed not Bethsan and Thanac with their litle townes and the inhabitantes of Dor and Ieblaam and Mageddo with their litle townes And the Chananeite began to dwel with them †But after that Israel was waxen strong he made them tributaries and would not destroy them †Ephraim also killed not the Chananeite that dwelt in Gazer but dwelt with him †Zabulon destroyed not the inhabitantes of Cetron Naalol but the Chananeite dwelt in the middes of him and was made tributarie to him †Aser also destroyed not the inhabitantes of Accho and of Sidon of Ahalab and Achazib and Helba and Aphec and Rohob †and he dwelt in the middes of the Chananeite the inhabiter of that Land neither did he kil them †Nepthali also destroyed not the inhabitantes of Bethsames Bethanath and he dwelt in the middes of the Chananeite the inhabiter of the Land and the Bethsamites Bethanites were tributaries to him †And the Amorrheite straytened the children of Dan in the mountaine and gaue them not place to goe downe to the playne †and he dwelt in mount Hares which is inter preted shelles in Aialon and Salebim And the hand of the house of Ioseph was agrauated and he became tributarie to him †And the border of the Amorrheite was from the Ascent of the Scorpion the rocke and the higher places CHAP. II. An Angel reciting manie benefites of God towardes Israel and their ingratitude 4. they weepe for their faultes 10. After the death of Iosue and other antientes of his time the people often fal and repenting are deliuered from afflictions 19. but stil fal againe worse and worse AND the Angel of our Lord went vp from Galgal to the place of weepers and said I brought you out of Aegypt and haue brought you into the Land for the which I sware to your fathers and I promised that I would not make frustrate my couenant with you for euer †onlie so that you should not make a league with the inhabitantes of this Land but should ouerthrow their altares and you would not heare my voice why haue you done this †For the which cause I would not destroy them from before your face that you may haue enemies and their goddes may be a ruine vnto you †And when the Angel of our Lord spake these wordes to al the children of Israel they lifted vp their voice and wept †And the name of that place was called the place of weepers or of teares and there they immolated hostes to our Lord. †Iosue therfore dismissed the people and the children of Israel went euerie one into his possession to obtayne it †and they serued our Lord al his daies and the daies of the ancientes of them that liued a long time after him and knew al the workes of our Lord which he had done with Israel †And Iosue the sonne of Nun the seruant of our Lord died being a hundred and ten yeares old †and they buried him in the borders of his possession in Thamnathsare in the mount of Ephraim on the North side of mount Gaas †And al that generation was gathered to to their fathers and there rose others that knew not our Lord and the workes which he had done with
Gabaa of Beniamin with my wife and there I tooke my lodging †and behold the men of that citie by night besette the house wherein I taried meaning to kil me and vexing my wife with incredible furie of lust finally she died †Whom being taken I did cutte into peeces and sent the partes into al the borders of your possession because neuer was there so heinous an offense and so greate an abomination done in Israel †You are al present the children of Israel determine what you ought to doe †And al the people standing answered as it were by the word of one man we wil not depart into our tabernacles neither shal any man enter into his house †but this wil we doe in common against Gabaa †Let ten men be chosen of an hundred out of al the tribes of Israel and an hundred of a thousand and a thousand of ten thousand to bring victuals for the armie and that we may fight against Gabaa of Beniamin render to it for the wicked fact which it deserueth †And al Israel assembled to the citie as it were one man with one minde and one counsel †and they sent messengers to al the tribe of Beniamin which should say Why is there soe great abomination found in you †Deliuer the men of Gabaa that haue committed this heinous fact that they may die and the euil may be taken away out of Israel Who would not heare the commandment of their brethren the children of Israel †but oâ—â— of al cities which were of their lotte they assem 〈…〉 Gabaa to avde them and to fight against aâ— the 〈…〉 †â—nd there were found fiue and twentie thousand of Beniamin of them that drew sword beside the inhabitantes of Gabaa †which were seuen hundred most valiant men so fighting with the left hand as with the right and so directly casting stones with â—â—inges that they could strike a heare also and the stroke of the stone should not be caried awry on either part †Of the men of Israel also beside the children of Beniamin were found foure hundred thousande of them that drew swordes were prepared to fight †Who rising came into the house of God that is into Silo and they consulted God and said Who shal be in our armie general of the battel against the children of Beniamin To whom our Lord answered Let Iudas be your captayne †And forth with the children of Israel arysing in the morning camped beside Gabaa †and thence proceeding to fight against Beniamin beganne to assault the citie †And the children of Beniamin issuing out of Gabaa slew of the children of Israel that day two and twentie thousand men †Agayne Israel hauing confidence in their strength and number sette the armie in aray in the same place wherein they had fought before †yet so that they did first goe vp and weepe before our Lord vntil night and consulted him and said Shal I procede any more to fight against the children of Beniamin my brethren or not To whom he answered Goe vp to them and enter battel †And when the children of Israel the next day had proceded against the children of Beniamin to battel †the children of Beniamin brake forth out of the gates of Gabaa and meeting them they raged with so great a slaughter against them that they ouerthrew eightene thousand men that drew swotd †For the which thing al the children of Israel came into the house of God and sitting wept before our Lord and they fasted that day vntil euening and offered to him holocaustes and pacifique victimes †and asked him concerning their state At that time the arke of the couenant of our Lord was there †and Phinees the sonne of Eleazarus the sonne of Aaron prouost of the house They therfore consulted our Lord and said Shal we goe forth any more to fight against the children of Beniamin our brethren or rest To whom our Lord said Goe vp for to morrow I wil deliuer them into your handes †And the children of Israel sette ambushmentes round about the citie of Gabaa †and the third time as once and twise they brought forth their armie against Beniamin †But the children of Beniamin also issued forth boldly out of the citie and pursewed a long way the aduersaries fleeing so that they wounded of them as the first day and the second and slew them turning their backes by two wayes wherof the one went into Bethel and the other into Gabaa and ouerthrew about thirtie men †for they thought to kil them after their accustomed maner Who feyning artificially as though they fled tooke aduise to draw them away from the citie as it were fleing to bring them to the pathes aforesayd †Therfore al the children of Israel rysing out of their seates sette their armie in battel aray in the place which is called Baalthamar The ambushmentes also which were about the citie began by litle and litle to open them selues †and to proceede from the West part of the citie Yea and other ten thousand men of al Israel prouoked the inhabitantes of the citie to skit mishes And the battel grew sore against the children of Beniamin and they vnderstoode not that on euerie side destruction hong ouer them †And our Lord stroke them in the sight of the children of Israel and they slew of them in that day fiue and twentie thousand and an hundred men al warryers and that drew sword †But the children of Beniamin when they saw them selues to be inferiour beganne to flee Which the children of Israel seing gaue them place to flee that they might come to the ambushmentes prepared which they had sette neere the citie †Who when they had sodenly risen out of their dennes and Beniamin turned their backes to the sleaers they entred the citie and stroke it in the edge of the sword †And the children of Israel had geuen a signe to them whom they had laid in the ambushementes that after they had taken the citie they should kindle a fire that the smoke ascending on high they might shew that the citie was taken †Which when the children of Israel saw being in the verie fight for the children of Beniamin thought that they fled and pursewed more instantly hauing slaine thirtie men of their armie †and they saw as it were a piller of smoke to rise vp from the citie Beniamin also looking backe when he saw the citie taken and the flames caried on high †they that before had feyned as if they fled turning their face resisted more manfully Which when the children of Beniamin had sene they were turned into flight †and beganne to goe the way of the desert the aduersaries pursewing them thither also But they also that had fyred the citie mette them †And so it came to passe that on both sides they were slaine of the enemies neither was there any rest of
first fruites of corne of wine and of oyle of honie also and of al thinges which the ground bringeth forth they offered tithes †Yea and the children of Israel and Iuda that dwelt in the cities of Iuda offered tithes of oxen and sheepe and tithes of sanctified thinges which they had vowed to our Lord their God and carying them al made manie heapes †The third moneth they began to lay the fundations of the heapes and in the seuenth moneth they finished them †And when Ezechias and his princes came in they saw the heapes and blessed our Lord and the people of Israel †And Ezechias asked the Priestes and the Leuites why the heapes lay so †Azarias the high Priest of the stocke of Sadoc answered him saying Since first fruites began to be offered in the house of our Lord we haue eaten and haue bene ful and very much hath remayned because our Lord hath blessed his people and of the remaynes this is the abundance which thou seest †Fzechias therfore commanded that storehouses should be prepared in the house of our Lord. Which when they had done †they brought in as wel the first fruites as the tithes and watsoeuer they had vowed faythfully And the ouerseer of them was Chonenias a Leuite and Semeihis brother the second †after whom Iahiel and Azarias and Nahath and Asael and Ierimoth Iosabad also and Eliel and Iesmachias and Mahath and Banaias ouerseers vnder the hand of Chonenias and Semei his brother by the commandment of Ezechias the king and Azarias the high Priest of the house of God to whom al thinges apperteyned †But Core the sonne of Iemna a Leuite and porter of the east gate was ouerseer of those thinges which were voluntarily offered to our Lord and of the first fruites and the thinges consecrated for Sancta sanctorum †And vnder his charge Eden and Beniamin Iesue and Semeias Amarias also and Sechenias in the cities of the Priestes that they should faithfully distribute to their brethren portions to the lesser and greater †sauing the men children from three yeares and aboue to al that entered into the temple of our Lord and whatsoeuer day by day was profitable in the ministerie and the obseruances according to their diuisions †to the Priestes by families and to the Leuites from the twentith yeare and vpward by the orders and companies †and to al the multitude as wel their wiues as their children of both sex meaâ—es were geuen faithfully of these thinges that had bene sanctified †Yea and of the children of Aaron by the fildes and the suburbes of euerie citie there were men ordayned that should distribute portions to al the male sexe of the Priestes and the Leuites †Ezechias therfore did al thinges which we haue sayd in al Iuda and wrought good and right and truth before our Lord his God †in al the seruice of the ministerie of the house of our Lord according to the law and the ceremonies willing to seeke his God in al his hart and he did it and prospered CHAP. XXXII Sennacherib king of Assyria inuading Iuda king Ezechias encorageth the people and prouideth to defend the countrie 9. the Assyrians threaten the people and blaspheme God 20. Ezechias and Isaias pray 21. An Angel destroyeth the Assyrians armie so their king retiring home is slayne in his idols temple by his owne sonnes 22. Ezechias reigneth in peace 24. falleth into deadlie sicknes but miraculously recouereth offendeth in pryde and repenteth 27. is exceding rich which he imprudently sheweth to strangers 32. dieth and Manasses succedeth AFTER which thinges and this maner of truth came Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians and entering into Iuda besieged the fensed cities desirous to take them †Which when Ezechias had sene to witte that Sennacherib was come and the whole force of the battel to be turned agaynst Ierusalem †taking counsel with the princes and the most valiant men to stoppe vp the heades of the fountaynes that were without the citie and the sentence of them al decreing this †he gathered a very great multitude they stopped vp al the fountaynes and the riuer that ranne in the middes of the land saying Lest the kinges of the Assyrians come and finde abundance of waters †He built also doing industriously euerie wall that had bene destroyed and built towers vpon them and an other wall without and he repayred Mello in the citie of Dauid and made armour and shildes of al sortes †And he appointed princes of warryers in the armie and he called them al together in the streate of the gate of the citie and spake to their hart saying †Doe manfully and take courage feare not neither dread ye the king of the Assyrians and al the multitude that is with him for there are manie moe with vs then with him †For with him is an arme of flesh with vs the Lord our God which is our helper and fighteth for vs. And the people was encouraged with these maner of wordes of Ezechias the king of Iuda †Which thinges after they were done Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians sent his seruantes to Ierusalem for himself with al his armie beseiged Lachis to Ezechias the king of Iuda to al the people that was in the citie saying †Thus sayth Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians In whom hauing affiance doe you sitte besieged in Ierusalem †Hath Ezechias deceiued you to deliuer you to death in hunger and thirst affirming that the Lord your God can deliuer you from the hand of the king of the Assyrians †Why is not this Ezechias that hath destroyed his excelses and altars and hath commanded Iuda Ierusalem saying Before one altar you shal adore and on it you shal burne incense †Are you ignorant what thinges I haue done and my fathers to al the peoples of the landes haue the goddes of nations and of al landes bene able to deliuer their countrie out of my hand †Who is there of al the goddes of the nations which my fathers wasted that could deliuer his people out of my hand that your God also can deliuer you out of this hand †Let not therfore Ezechias deceiue you nor delude you with vayne persuasion neither beleue ye him For if no god oâ— al nations and kingdomes could deliuer his people out of my hand and out of the hand of my fathers consequently neither shal your God be able to deliuer you out of my hand †Yea and manie other thinges did his seruantes speake agaynst our Lord God and agaynst Ezechias his seruant †Letters also he wrote ful of blasphemie against our Lord the God of Israel and he spake agaynst him as the goddes of their nations could not deliuer their people out of my hand so the God also of Ezechias can not deliuer his people out of this hand †Moreouer also with a lowd crie in the Iewes tongue he sounded against the people
returned cried to thee thou heardest from heauen and deliueredst theÌ„ in thy mercies manie times †And thou didst admonish them that they should returne to thy law But they did proudly heard not thy coÌ„mandmentes and sinned in thy iudgementes which a man should do and shal liue in them and they gaue the reuolting shoulder and hardned their necke neither did they heare †And thou didst prolong manie yeares ouer them and didst testefie to charge them in thy spirit by the hand of thy Prophetes and they heard not and thou didst deliuer them into the hand of the peoples of the nations †But in thy very many mercies thou madest them not consumption neither didst thou forsake them because a God of compassions and gratious art thou †Now therfore O our God great strong and terrible keeping couenant and mercie turne not away from thy face al the labour which hath found vs our Kinges and our Princes and our Priests and our Prophetes and our fathers and al the people from the daies of the king of Aâ—â—ur vntil this day †And thou art iust in al thinges that haue come vpon vs because thou hast done truth but we haue done wickedly †Our Kinges our Princes our Priestes and our fathers haue not done thy law and haue not attended thy commandmentes and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them †And they in their reignes and in thy manifold goodnes which thou gauest them and in the land most large and fatte which thou didst deliuer in their sight serued not thee nor returned from their most wicked deuises †Behold we our selues this day are bondmen and the land which thou gauest our fathers that they should eate the bread therof and the good thinges that are therof and our selues are seruantes in it †And the fruites therof are multiplied to the kinges whom thon hast sette ouer vs for our sinnes and they haue dominion ouer our bodies and ouer our beastes according to their wil and we are in great tribulation †Therfore vpon al these thinges we our selues make a couenant and write and our Princes our Leuites and our Priestes signe it CHAP X. Mâ—nie in name of al subscribe to the couenant made with God 30. Namely not to marrie with strangers 31. to keepe the Sabbath day and the seuenth yeare 32. To pay oblations 35. First fruites 38. and Tithes AND the subscribers were Nehemias Athersatha the sonne of Hachelai and Sedecias †Saraias Azarias Ieremias †Pheshur Amarias Melchias †Hattus Sebenia Melluch †Harem Merimuth Obdias †Daniel Genthon Baruch †Mosollam Abia Miamin †Maazia Belgai Semeia these were Priestes †Moreouer Leuites Iosue the sonne of Azanias Bennui of the children of Henadad Cedmihel †And their bretheren Sebenia Odaia Celita Phalaia Hanan †Micha Rohob Hasebia †Zachur Serebia Sabania †Odaia Bani Baninu †The heades of the people Pharos Phahathmoab Aelam Zethu Bani †Bonni Azgad Bebai †Adonia Begoai Adin †Ater Hezecia Azur †Odaia Hasum Besai †Hareph Anathoth Nebai †Megphias Mosollam Hazir †Mezsibel Sadoc Iedua †Pheltia Hanan Anai †Osee Hanania Hasub †Alohes Phalea Sobec †Rehum Hasebna Maasia †Echaia Hanan Anan †Melluch Haran Baana †And the rest of the people Priestes Leuites Porteres and singing men Nathineites and al that seperated themselues from the peoples of the landes to the law of God their wiues their sonnes and their daughters †Al that could vnderstand promising for their bretheren their princes and they that came to promise and sweare that they would walke in the law of God which he gaue in the hand of Moyses the seruant of God that they would do kepe al the coÌ„mandments of the Lord our God and his iudgementes and his ceremonies †And that we would not geue our daughters to the people of the land and their daughters we would not take to our soÌ„nes †The people 's of the land which bring in things to sel al thinges to be vsed to sel them on the Sabbath day we wil not take it of them in the Sabbath and in the sanctified day And we wil let passe the seuenth yeare and the exaction of euerie hand †And we wil ordayne preceptes vpon ourselues to giue the third part of a sicle euerie yeare to the worke of the house of our God †to the loaues of proposition and to the continual sacrifice and for a continual holocaust in the Sabbathes in the Calendes in the Solemnities and in the sanctified and for sinne that propitiation may be made for Israel and vnto al vse of the house of our God †We therfore did cast lotes concerning the oblation of wood betwen the Priestes and the Leuites and the people that it should be brought into the house of our God by the houses of our fathers at set times from yeare to yeare that it might burne vpon the altar of the Lord our God as it is written in the law of Moyses †And that we would bring the first borne of our land and the first fruites of al the fruite of euerie tree from yeare to yeare in the house of our Lord. †and the first fruites of our sonnes and of our cattel as it is written in the law and the first fruites of our oxen and of our sheepe that they might be offered in the house of our God to the Priestes which minister in the house of our God †And the first fruites of our meates and of our libamentes and the fruites of euerie tree of vintage also and of oyle we wil bring to the Priestes vnto the treasurie of our God and the tenth part of our land to the Leuites The Leuites themselues shal receiue the tithes out of al the cities of our works †And the Priest the sonne of Aaron shal be with the Leuites in the tythes of the Leuites and the Leuites shal offer the tenth part of their tythe in the house of our God to the treasurie in the treasure house †For the children of Israel and the children of Leui shal carie to the treasurie the first fruites of corne of wine and of oyle and the sanctified vessels shal be there and the Priestes and singing men and porters and ministers and we wil not leaue the house of our God CHAP. XI New inhabitantes of Ierusalem are recited 20. likwise who dwelt in other cities of Iuda AND the princes of the people dwelt in Ierusalem but the rest of the people cast lottes to take one part of ten that should dwel in Ierusalem the holie citie and nine partes in the cities †And the people blessed al the men that had voluntarily offered them selues to dwel in Ierusalem †These therfore are the princes of the prouince which dwelt in Ierusalem and in the cities of Iuda And euerie one dwelt in his possession in their cities Israel the Priestes the Leuites the Nathineites and the children of the
extolled the Iewes for feare of Mardocheus †whom they knew to be prince of the palace and to be able to doe very much the fame also of his name increased dayly and flew abroad through al mens mouthes †Therfore the Iewes stroke their enemies with a great slaughter and slew them repaying them that which they had prepared to doe to them †in so much that in Susan also they killed fiue hundred men besides the tenne sonnes of Aman the Agagite the enemie of the Iewes whose names be these †Pharsandatha and Delphon and Esphatha †and Phoratha and Adalia and Aridatha †and Phormesta and Arisai and Aridai and Iezatha †Whom when they had slaine they would not take prayes of their goodes †And by and by the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king †Who said to the queene In the citie of Susan the Iewes haue killed fiue hundred men besides the ten sonnes of Aman how great a slaughter thinkest thou doe they make in al the prouinces what askest thou more what wilt thou that I coÌ„mand to be done †To whom she answered If it please the king let there authoritie be geuen to the Iewes that as they haue done to day in Susan so also they may doe to morow and that the tenne sonnes of Aman be hanged on gibbettes †And the king commanded that it should be so done And forth with the edict hong in Susan and the tenne sonnes of Aman were hanged †The fourthtenth day of the moneth Adar the Iewes being gathered together there were killed in Susan three hundred men neither was their substance spoyled by them †Yea and through al prouinces which were subiect to the kings dominion the Iewes stood for their liues their enemies and persecutors being slayne in so much that there was fully seuentie fiue thousand of them that were killed and no man tooke any of their goodes †And the thirtenth day of the moneth Adar was the first day with them al of the slaughter the fourtenth day they ceased to kil Which they ordayned to be solemne so that in it at al times afterward they gaue them selues to good chere mirth bankets †But they that made the slaughter in the citie of Susan were occupied in the slaughter the thirtenth and fourtenth day of the same moneth and in the fiftenth day they ceased to kil And therfore they ordayned the same a solemne day of good cheere and ioyfulnes †But those Iewes that abode in townes not walled and villages ordayned the fourtenth day of the moneth Adar for bankettes and ioy so that they reioyse in it and send one an other portions of bankets and meates †Mardocheus therfore wrote al these things and being comprised in letters sent them to the Iewes that abode in al the kings prouinees as wel those that lay neere as far of †that they should take the fourtenth and fiftenth day of the moneth Adar for feastes and the yeare alwayes returning should celebrate them with solemne honour †because in the same dayes the Iewes reuenged them selues of their enemies and mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and ioy and that these should be dayes of good cheere and gladnesse and they should send one to an other portions of meates and should geue giftes to the poore †And the Iewes receiued into a solemne rite al things which they had begune to doe at that time and which Mardocheus by letters had commanded to be done †For Aman the sonne of Amadathi of the stocke of Agag the enemie and aduersarie of the Iewes purposed euil against them to kil them and destroy them and he cast Phur which in our language is turned a lot †And afterward Esther went in to the king beseching that his endeuours might by the kings letters be made voyde the euil that he had intended against the Iewes might returne vpon his owne head Finally they hong both him and his sonnes vpon the gallowes †and since that time these dayes are called Phurim that is of Lottes because Phur that is a lot was cast into the pot And al things that were done are contayned in the volume of this epistle that is of this booke †and the thinges that they susteyned and that were afterward changed the Iewes tooke vpon them selues and their seede and vpon al that would be ioyned to theyr religion that it should be lawful for none to passe without solemnitie these dayes which the writing testifieth and certaine times require as yeares continually succede one an other †These are daies which no obliuion shal euer put out and al prouinces in al the world shal celebrate through out al generations neither is there any citie wherein the daies of Phurim that is of lottes must not be obserued of the Iewes and of their progenie which is bound to these ceremonies †And Esther the queene the daughter of Abihail and Mardocheus the Iew wrote also the second epistle that with al diligence this day should be established solemne for the time to come †and they sent to al the Iewes that were in the hundred and seuen and twentie prouinces of king Assuerus that they should haue peace and receiue truth †obseruing the Daies of lottes and in their time should celebrate them with ioy as Mardocheus and Esther had appoynted and they tooke vpon them to be obserued of them selues and of their seede fastes and cries and the daies of Lottes †and al thinges which are conteyned in the historie of this booke which is called Esther ANNOTATIONS CHAP. IX 1. The case being changed In this whole historie as in manie other passages of holie scripture we see the meruelous change of the right hand of the highest First in the verie instant of extreme danger the kinges face with burning eyes shewing the furie of his breast ch 15. v. 10. was turned into mildnes towardes Esther v. 11. Secondly proud Aman being aduanced in honour office aboue al princes of the kinges court ch 3. v. 1. was sodainly forced publikely to lead Mardocheus his horse whom he most hated ch 6 v. 10. Thirdly he was constrayned with loud voice to proclame his honour whom he most despised and threatned Fourtly the same Aman before called the father as it were the onlie gouernour of the king ch 1â— v. 6 ch 16. v. 11. was forthwith condemned for a traitor ch 7. v. 8. ch 16. v. 18. Fifthly He that could not abide to see Mardocheus ch 5. v. 13. afterward durst not looke vpon the king not could endure his countenance ch 7 v 6. Sixtly He was hanged on the same gallowes which he had prepared for Mardocheus ch 7. v. 9. Seuently VVheras he was not content with the death of Mardocheus alone but procuâ—ed the kings decree to destroy the whole nation ch 3. v 6 and so feasted with the king when the Iewes mourned v 15.
saith our Lord God Behold I wil deliuer thee into the handes of them whom thou hatest into their handes of whom thy soule is filled †And they shal deale with thee in hatred and they shal take away al thy labours and shal let thee goe naked and ful of ignominie and the ignominie of thy fornications shal be reueled thy wicked dede and thy fornications †They haue done these thinges to thee because thou hast fornicated after the Nations among which thou wast polluted in their idols †Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister and I wil geue her cuppe in thy hand †Thus saith our Lord God The cuppe of thy sister thou shalt drinke deepe and wide thou shalt be into derision and into scorne which is most capable †With drunckennes and sorow thou shalt be replenished with the cuppe of pensifenes and sadnes with the cuppe of thy sister Samaria †And thou shalt drinke it and shalt drinke it vp euen to the dregges and the fragments therof thou shalt deuoure thou shalt rent thy breastes because I haue spoken saith our Lord God Therfore thus saith our Lord God Because thou hast forgotten me and hast cast me of behind thy bodie thou also beare thy wickednes and thy fornications †And our Lord spake to me saying Sonne of man doest thou iudge Oolla and Ooliba and shewest thou them their wicked deedes †because they haue committed aduoutrie and bloud is in their handes and with their idols they haue fornicated moreouer also their children whom they begate for me they haue offered vnto them to be deuoured †Yea and they haue done this to me They polluted my sanctuarie in that day and profaned my sabbathes †And when they immolated their children to their idols and went into my sanctuarie in that day to pollute it these thinges also they did in the middes of my house †They sent to men comming from far to whom they had sent a messenger therfore loe they came to whom thou didst wash thyself and didst annoint thine eyes about with stibikestone and wast adorned with wemens ornaments †Thou satest in a very faire bed and a table was decked before thee mine incense and mine oyntment thou didst set vpon it †And the voice of a multitude reioycing was on it and on the men that were brought of the maltitude of men and came from the desert they did put bracelets on their handes and beautiful crownes on their heades †And I said to her that was worne in aduoutries Now wil this woman also fornicate in her fornication †And they went to her as to an harlot woman so went they vnto Oolla and Ooliba wicked wemen †They therfore are iust men these shal iudge them with the iudgement of adulteresses and with the iudgement of bloudshedders because they are adultresses and bloud is in their handes †For thus saith our Lord God Bring a multitude to them and deliuer them into tumult and into spoile †and let them be stoned with the stones of peoples and let them be thrust through with their swordes they shal kil their sonnes and daughters and their houses they shal burne with fire †And I wil take away the wickednes out of the land al wemen shal learne not to doe according to the wickednes of them †And they shal geue your wickednes vpon you and the sinnes of your idols you shal carie and you shal know that I am the Lord God CHAP. XXIIII Ierusalem manie wayes chasticed of God and not amended 11. shal at last be melted like a brasse potte 15. and shal not dare to mourne for the death of her dearest AND the word of our Lord was made to me in the ninth yeare in the tenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth saying †Sonne of man write thee the name of this day wherin the king of Babylon is confirmed against Ierusalem to day †And thou shalt speake by a prouerbe to the exasperating house a parable and shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord God Set thou a potte st it I say and put water into it †Heape together the peeces therof into it euerie good part the thigh and the shoulder the chosen thinges and ful of bones †Take the fattest beast and lay together pyles of bones also vnder it the seething therof is boyling hotte and the bones therof are throughly sodden in the middes therof †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Wo to the citie of bloud to the potte whose rustines is in it and the rustines therof is not gone out of it by her partes and by her partes cast her out there hath no lotte fallen vpon her †For her bloud is in the middes of her she hath shed it vpon the most cleare rocke she shed it not vpon the ground that it might be couered with dust †That I might bring mine indignation in vpon her and might reuenge with vengeance I gaue her bloud vpon the most clere rocke that it might not be couered †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Wo to the citie of bloud whose bonefire I wil make great †Heape together the bones which I wil burne with fire the flesh shal be consumed and al the composition shal be sod and the bones shal drie away †Set it also vpon hote burning coles emptie that the brasse therof may waxe hote and be melted and let the filth of it be melted in the middes therof let the rust therof be consumed †There hath bene sweating with much labour and the exceding rust therof is not gone out no not by fire †Thine vncleannes is exectable because I would clense thee and thou art not clensed from thy filthines yea neither shalt thou be clensed before I make myne indignation to cease in thee †I the Lord haue spoken It shal come and I wil doe it I wil not passe nor spare nor be pacified according to thy wayes and according to thine inuentions wil I iudge thee saith our Lord. †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man behold I take from thee the thing that thine eyes desire in a plague and thou shalt not lament nor weepe neither shal thy teares runne †Sigh holding thy peace thou shalt not make the mourning of the dead let thy crowne be tyed round about thee and thy shoes shal be on thy feete neither shalt thou couer thy face with a cloth neither shalt thou eare the meates of mourners †I spake therfore to the people in the morning and my wife died at euen and I did in the morning as he had commanded me †And the people sayd to me Why doest thou not tel vs what these thinges signifie that thou doest †And I sayd to them The word of our Lord was made to me saying †Speake to the house of Israel Thus sayth our Lord God Behold I wil pollute my sanctuarie
vncitcumcised in hart vncircumcised in flesh shal not enter into my sanctuarie euerie strange child that is in the middes of the children of Israel †Yea and the Leuites that haue reuolted farre from me in the errour of the children of Israel haue erred from me after their idols and haue borne their iniquitie †they shal be officers in my sanctuarie and porters of the gates of the house and ministers of the house they shal kil the holocausts and the victimes of the people and they shal stand in their sight to serue them †For that they haue serued them in the sight of their idols and were made to the house of Israel a scandal of iniquitie therfore haue I lifted vp mine hand vpon them saith our Lord God and they shal beare their iniquitie †and they shal not approch to me to doe the function of priesthood vnto me neither shal they approche to al my sanctuarie by Sancta Sanctorum but they shal beare their confusion and their wicked abominations which they haue done †And I wil make them porters of the house in al the ministerie therof and in al thinges that shal be done therin †But the priests Leuits the sonnes of Sadoc which kept the ceremonies of my sanctuarie when the children of Israel erred from me they shal approach to me to minister vnto me they shal stand in my sight to offer me the fatte and the bloud saith our Lord God †They shal enter into my sanctuarie and they shal approch to my table to minister vnto me and to keepe my ceremonies †And when they shal enter into the gates of the inner court they shal be clothed with linnen garments neither shal anie wollen thing come vpon them when they minister in the gates of the inner court within †There shal be linnen mitres on their heades and there shal be linnen breeches on their loynes and they shal not be girded in swette †And when they shal goe out to the vtter court vnto the people they shal put of from them their vestiments wherin they had ministered and shal lay them vp in the vesterie of the sanctuarie they shal cloth themselues with other garments they shal not sanctifie the people in their vestures †And they shal not shaue their head nor nourish their heare but powling they shal powle their heades †And no priest shal drinke wine when he is to enter into the inner court †And widow and her that is diuorced they shal not take for wiues but virgins of the seede of the house of Israel but a widow also which hath bene the widow of a priest they shal take †And they shal teach my people what is betwen a holie thing and polluted and betwen cleane and vncleane they shal shew to them †And when there shal be a controuersie they shal stand in my iudgements shal iudge my lawes my preceptes in al my solemnities shal they keepe and my sabbathes they shal sanctifie †And to a dead man they shal not enter in lest they be polluted but to father and mother sonne and daughter and brother and sister which hath not had an other husband in which they shal be contaminated †And after that he is clensed seuen daies shal be numbred to him †And in the day of his entering into the sanctuarie to the inner court to minister vnto me in the sanctuarie he shal offer for his sinne sayth our Lord God †And there shal not be inheritance to them I am their inheritance and possession you shal not geue them in Israel for I am their possession †The victime both for sinne and for offence they shal eate and euerie vowed thing in Israel shal be theirs †And the first fruits of al the first borne al the libaments of al thinges that are offered shal be the priests the first fruits of your meates you shal geue to the priest that he may lay vp a blessing for thy house †Al carren and thing taken by a beast of birdes and of cattel the priests shal not eate CHAP. XLV In distribution of the land after the captiuitie seueral portions are assigned for the Priestes the Leuites the Citie and the Prince the rest was for the people 9. Rulers are admonished to obserue iust measures 15. and to offer due sacrifices AND when you shal begin to diuide the land by lot seperate ye first fruits to our Lord a peece sanctified of the land in length twentie fiue thousand and in bredth tenne thousand it shal be sanctified in al the border therof round about †And it shal be sanctified on euerie side by fiue hundred and fiue hundred foure square round about and of fiftie cubits for the suburbs therof round about †And from this measure thou shalt measure the length of fiue and twentie thousand and the bredth of tenne thousand in it shal be the temple and sanctum sanctorum †The sanctified peece of the land shal be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuarie which approch to the ministerie of our Lord and it shal be a place to them for houses and for the sanctuarie of holines †And fiue and twentie thousand of length tenne thousand of bredth shal be for the Leuits which minister in the house they shal possesse twentie celles †And the possession of the citie you shal geue fiue thousand of bredth and of length fiue and twentie thousand according to the seperation of the sanctuarie to al the house of Israel †To the prince also on this side and on that side according to the separation of the sanctuarie and according to the possession of the citie against the face of the seperation of the sanctuarie and against the face of the possession of the citie from the side of the Sea euen to the Sea and from the side of the East euen to the East And the length according to euerie part from the West border to the East border †Of the land shal he haue possession in Israel and the princes shal no more spoile my people but the land they shal geue to the house of Israel according to their tribes †Thus saith our Lord God Let it suffice you ô princes of Israel intermitte ye iniquitie and robberies and doe iudgement and iustice seperate your confines from my people saith our Lord God †Iust balance and a iust ephi and a iust bat shal be to you †The ephi and the bat shal be equal and of one measure that the bat may take the tenth part of a core the ephi the tenth part of a core according to the measure of a core shal be the equal balassing of them †And a sicle hath twentie obolos Moreouer twentie sicles fiue and twentie sicles and fiftene sicles make Mnam †And these are the first fruits which you shal take the sixth
sacrifice Which God accepting blessed them for new increase Gen. 8. 9.   z 1693. Cainan * c Heber consented not to the building of Babel And therfore his familie kept stil their former language which thenceforth for distinction sake was called the Hebrew tongue He liued to see Abrahams father And Noe Sem Arphaxad Phaleg and other most godlie men liued some part of Abrahams time who was neuer corrupted in fayth nor religion   a 1723. Sale   * Not affirming but supposing that Cainan was the sonne of Arphaxad we place him here and Sale 30. yeares after b 1753. Heber    c 1787. Phaleg  Nemrod the sonne of Chus and nephew to Cham about three score yeares after the floud by force and sutteltie drawing manie folowers begane a new sect of infidels And afterwardes was the principal auctor of building the towre of Babel Where the tongues of the builders were confounded so they were separated into manie nations about 130. yeares after the floud Gen. 10. v. 25. After Nemrod his sonne Belus reigned in Babylon about the yeare of the world 1871. which was 215. yeares after the floud  d 1817. Reu.    e 1850. Sarug    f 1879. Nachor    g 1908. Thare   h 1979. Abraham borne i By Gods commandment Abraham at the age 75. yeares hauing bene much persecuted for religioÌ„ went forth of his countrie Chaldea Wherupon his father Thare went as farre as Haran in the confines of Mesopotamia And Lot went further with him into Chanaan Which countrie God then promised to geue him and to multiplie his seede and therin to blesse al nations Gen. 11. v. 31. 12. v. 1. 7. And after him his sonne Ninus beginning to reigne about the yeare 1936. set vp idolatrie causing his father to be honored as the great God called Belus Iuppiter his grandfather Nemrod otherwise called Saturnus or Sator deorum the father of goddes i 2054.    THE END OF THE SECOND AGE AND BEGINNING OF THE THIRD k 2055.  k By occasion of famine in Chanaan Abraham went into Aegypt with his wife and Lot Gen. 12. v. 10.   l 2056.  l They returned into Chanaan became very rich and God renewed his great promises to Abraham Gen. 13. m Lot amongst others being taken captiue Abraham with three hundred and eightene men rescued them al. Wherupon Melchisedech offered sacrifice in bread wine blessed Abraham receiued tithes of him Gen. 14.   n 2064.  n Sara long barren perswaded Abraham to take her handmaid Agar to wife o Agar conceiued brought forth a sonne who was named Ismael Gen. 16.  o 2065.  p Circumcision was instituted that Abraham and his sonnes al the men of his familie might be distinguished from others Gen. 17. Sodom and Gomortha with other cities were burnt with brimstone From whence Lot was deliuered by Angeles Gen. 19. Ismael attempting to corrupt Isaac in maners which S. Paul calleth persecution Gal. 4. was cast out of AbrahaÌ„s house together with his mother Gen 21. v. 29. And neuertheles had twelue sonnes al dukes before Isaac had anie issue Which S. Paul noteth 1. Cor. 15. v. 46 First that is natural afterward that which is spiritual  p 2078.  q Sara conceiued and bare a sonne called Isaac Gen. 21.   q 2079. Isaac borne r Abraham by Gods commandement was readie to offer Isaac in sacrifice but was stayed by an Angel And former promises were renewed Gen. 22.   r 2104.  s After the death of Sara Abraham maried Cetura by whom he had six sonnes Gen. 25.   s 2116.  t Isaac maried Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel sonne of Nachor Abrahams brother Gen. 24.   t 2119. Iacob Esau borne w Abraham dyed at the age of 175. yeares Gen. 25.   v 2139.     w 2154.     x 2216.  x Isaac blessed Iacob thincking him to be Esau Gen 27. Esau also had much issue and prospered in the world But his progenie as also Ismaels al Abrahams of spring by his last wife Cetura were excluded from the promised enheritance other blessinges Gen. 25. v. 5. 6. ch 28. v. 4. 14.  y 2217.  y Iacob going into Mesopotamia to flye the danger of his brothers threates saw in sleepe a ladder reaching from the earth to heauen Ge. 28. And being there he serued his vncle Laban seuen yeares for his younger daughter Rachael receiued Lia the elder and serued other seuen for Rachael And six more for certaine fruict of the flockes Gen. 29. 30. Apis king of Argiues of â—up piters race going into Aegypt taught the people to plant vines and make wine to plow with oxen and to sow reapecorne was made their king and after his death honored in the forme of an oxe for their great god S. Aug. li. 18. c. 5. de ciuit  z 2224. Ruben Simeon Leui Iudas Dan. li. Nephtha Gad. Aser Issachar Zabulon Ioseph b. e Iacob returning from Mesopotamia wrestled with an Angel was called Israel Gen. 32. 35. v. 10.   a 2225. Beniamin bor f Rachael dyed and was buried in Bethleem Gen. 35. v. 18. 19.   b 2226.  g Ioseph was sold and caried into Aegypt shortly after cast into prison where he interpreted the dreames of two Eunuches Gen. 37. 39. 40.   c 2227.  h Isaac dyed at the age of 180. yeares   d 2230.  i Ioseph interpreting king Pharao his dreames and geuing wise counsel to prouide for the scarsitie to come was made ruler of Aegypt He then maried had two sonnes Manasses and Ephraim in the seuen yeares of plentie Gen. 41. k Iacob sent his tenne soÌ„nes into Aegypt to bye corne Where they were threatned as suspected spies and one was kept in prison til they should bring their brother Beniamin Gen. 42.   e 2236.     f 2246.     g 2247.     h 2259.     i 2260.     Caath Phares l They returning into Aegypt with Beniamin in their companie Ioseph first terrified them afterwards manifested himself vnto them And sending for his father and whole kinred they al went into Aegypt Gen. 43. 44. 45. 46. As people increased so idolatrie was multiplied and innumerable goddes feaned and serued with supersticious rites in al heathen nations Amongst which first the Assirians and at last the Romanes held the principality others in respect of them were of lesse powre or of shorter time as it were dependentes of them as S. Augustin obserueth li. 18. c. 2. de â—â—uit  l 2269.   m Iacob blessed and adopted the two sonnes of Ioseph preferring Ephraim the younger before Manasses Gen. 48.
of the Israelites t from the mediterranean sea of Palestin v to the riuer Euphrates Exo. 23. v. 31. Beut 11. v. 24. vv eruel enimies more like to most cruel beastes then to men x yea so cruel as none els in the world are like vnto them y The Prophet now prayeth for the coming of Christ which he saw in spirite z The Church of the old testament in her best state wanted the perfection which the Church of Christ hath a Christ our Messias most commonly calleth by this title The Sonne of man b So thy vinyard can not indure if it be stil afflicted and trodden downe c Christ working by Gods powre redresseth almiseries d The same is the 8. and the 15. verse with litle alteration and here repeted the third time In which we also pray for three thinges first to be purged and conuerted from sinne second to be illuminated by Christ the Image of God Thirdly to be sanctified and saued in eternal glorie to haue the fruition of the most blessed Trinitie Inuitation to celebrate festiual dayes deuoutly the 7. key a This Psalme perteyneth not only to the old testament but also to the new b Gods seruants oppressed with tribulations c to be songue by Asaph a chief master of musike d Make readie al these musical instruments e In the Calendes or first day of euerie moneth in remembrance of Gods prouidence and perpetual gouernment of al creatures :: The feast of Neomenia f and most especial solemnitie in the first day of the seuenth moneth in memorie of Isaac conserued from death in whom God promised Abraham to multiplie his seede and to blesle al nations Gen. 17 v. 21. c 21. v 12. c 22. v. 18. :: Feast of trumpetes g The people of Israel signified by Ioseph as Psal 79. v. 2. :: In memorie of this benefite Pasch was instituted h God deliuered the same people from their vntolerable bondage of carying burdens in baskettes from geathering straw making brickes and other seruitude Exo 1. v. 14 c. 5. v. 7. i The admonition of God to the people k yet after so great benefites thou didst murmure and contradict me Exo. 17. Num. 20. l Seriously admonish thee m Man by free wil may choose whether he wil obey or no. :: The feast of Pentecost in memorie of the lawe n This was an other great benefite to geue an expresse law for their instruction o Obseruing my commandments aske what thou wilt and I wil geue it thee Pom. 1. ◠24. p Very easely q of my freewil and liberalitie without necessitie or obligation r The wicked that promise to serue God and do it not shal be in eternal torments In the meane time God bestowed these benefites vpon them for the iusts sake Admonition to Magistrates the. 7. key a The wordes of the prophet admonishing al magistrates that when they sitte in iudgement or determine anie cause God who is there and euerie where present b attendeth their processe and therfore it behoneth them to be aduised what they doe euen as if they heard God speaking as here foloweth c The wordes of God though not vttered sensibly yet in effect intimated by his law according wherto he wil procede in iudgement against vniust Iudges d Such iudges procede in grosse ignorance not caring to vnderstand but content to walke in darknes e Ye are so euil disposed that you would turne al vpside downe instifying the wicked and condemning the iust f For your office which you participate of me you are certaine goddes vpon earth g But when you die you shal find that you are men subiect to Gods iudgement h yea your punishment wil be greuous and importable for the mightie shal mightely suffer torments Sap. ◠i Againe the wordes of the prophet praying God k that eing he is Lord of al he wil iudge al. Persecuters of the Church confounded or conuerted the 6 key a Seing none is like to thee ô God b shew thy powre and maiestie c be not silent d The cruel persecuters are most insolent e and proud f That there be no more anie faithful people g anie Catholiques leift aliue h The progenie of Esau i the seede of Ismael k descending from the elder sonne of Lot l the issue of Abraham by Agar who falsly cal them selues Sarascens as if they were of Sara m People of Gebal a citie of Syria n of the other sonne of Lot o those that first oppugned the Israelites after they were parted from Aegypt Exo. 17. p The Philistians q and Tyrians al nere neighboures and some of them nere akine to the Israelites were their great enimies r Others also coming further of ioyned against Gods people in figure that al heretikes and other infidels conspire together against Catholiques ſ The Psalmist therfore prayeth and withal prophecieth that God wil at last destroy them as he did Madian Num 31. Iudic. 6. 7. t Sisara captaine general v for Iabin king of Asor nere Cisson Iudic. 4. v. 7. 23. w Within the territorie of Manasses Ios 17. which they inuaded x slaine and not buried y These foure princes of the Madianites were slaine by Gedeons forces Iudic. 7. 8. z By foure similitudes the prophet describeth the punishment that shal fal vpon persecuters :: By foure similitudes the prophet describeth the punishment that shal fal vpon persecuters 1. 2. 3. 4. a God by punishing seeketh the conuersion of sinners not their eternal death b But such as be stil obstinate and finally impenitent do perish for euer c God only the creator of heauen and earth is properly called LORD VVhose essential and incommunicable name is VVHICH IS Exo. 3. v. 14. 6. v. 3. Eternal glorie the 10. key a For men afflicted in this vale of miserie b By the children of Core not being musitians but porters in the temple 1. Par. 26. S. Augustin here and in other titles of Psalmes vnderstandeth the faithful children of Christ c The glorious mansions in heauen which God hath prepared for the iust d Vehement desires do sometimes depriue vs of external sense e The mind reioycing in hope the bodie is also recreated releeued and reuiued which before was dulle and heauie f As sparowes by natural instinct seeking habitations finde houses to dwel in g and turtles haue nestes wherin to lay their young ones so faithful soules seeke to dwel in heauen and in the meane time to lay vp good workes within the Catholique Church out of which sayth S. Augustin in this place how good soeuer workes do seme as when paganes and heretikes feede the hungrie cloth the naked receiue strangers into their houses visite the sicke comforte prisoners being not laid in the nest conculcabuntur conterentur non seruabuntur non custodientur they shal be trodde vnder foote they shal be bruised in peeces they shal not be conserued they shal not be kept but
this water the third day and the seuenth and so shal be cleansed If he were not sprinkled the third day the seuenth day he can not be clensed †Euerie one that toucheth the dead corps of mans soule and is not sprinkled with this commistion shal pollute the tabernacle of the Lord and shal perish out of Israel because he was not sprinkled with the water of expiation he shal be vncleane and his filthinesse shal remaine vpon him †This is the law of the man that dieth in a tabernacle Al that enter into his tent and al the vessel that are there shal be polluted seuen daies †The vessel that hath no couer nor bynding ouer it shal be vncleane †If any man in the field touch the corps of a man that was slaine or that died of himself or his bone or graue he shal be vncleane seuen daies †And they shal take of the ashes of combustion and of sinne and shal powre liuing water vpon them into a vessel †in the which when a man that is cleane hath dipped hyssope he shal sprinkle therwith al the tent and al the implementes and the men polluted with such contagion †and in this maner he that is cleane shal purge the vncleane the third and seuenth day And being expiated the senenth day he shal wash both himself and his garmentes and be vncleane vntil euening †If anie man be not expiated after this rite his soule shal perish out of the middes of the Church because he hath polluted the Lordes Sanctuarie and is not sprinkled with water of lustration †This precept shal be an ordinance for euer He also that sprinkleth the waters shal wash his garmentes Euerie one that toucheth the waters of expiation shal be vncleane vntil euen †Whatsoeuer he toucheth that is vncleane he shal make it vncleane and the soule that toucheth anie of these thinges shal be vncleane vntil euen CHAP. XX. ariâ— the sister of Moyses dieth 2. The people murmure for lack of water 7. Moysâ—s and Aaron being commanded to draw some out of a rock do it doutfully 12. and for the same are foretold that they shal die in the desert 14. Not obtaining licence to passe through Edom 22. they come into Mount Hor where Eleazar is ordained hiegh Priest Aaron dieth and is mourned by the people thirtie daie AND the children of Israel and al the multitude came into the desert Sin the first moneth and the people abode in Cades And Marie died there and was buried in the same place †And when the people lacked water they came together against Moyses and Aaron †and being turned into sedition said Would God we had perished among our brethren before our Lord. †Why haue you brought forth the Church of our Lord into the wildernesse that both we and our cattel should die †Why did you make vs ascend out of Aegypt and haue brought vs into this exceding naughtie place which can not be sowed which bringeth forth neither figge nor vines nor pomegranates moreouer also hath no water for to drinke †And Moyses and Aaron the multitude being dismissed entring into the tabernacle of couenant fel flatte vpon the ground and cried to our Lord and said Lord God heare the crie of this people and open vnto them thy treasure the fountaine of liuing water that being satisfied their murmuring may cease And the glorie of our Lord appeared ouer them †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Take the rodde and assemble the people together thou and Aaron thy brother and speake to the rocke before them and it shal geue waters And when thou hast brought forth water out of the rocke al the multitude shal drinke and their cattel †Moyses therfore tooke the rodde which was in the sight of our Lord as he commanded him †the multitude being assembled before the rocke and he said to them Heare ye rebellious and incredulous Can we out of this rocke bring you forth water †And when Moyses had lifted vp his hand stricking the rocke twise with the rodde there came forth great plentie of water so that the people drunke and their cattel †And our Lord said to Moyses and Aaron Because you haue not beleued me to sanctifie me before the children of Israel you shal not bring in these peoples into the land which I wil geue them †This is the water of contradiction where the children of Israel quarelled against our Lord and he was sanctified in them †In the meane time Moyses sent messengers from Cades to the King of Edom which should say Thus thy brother Israel biddeth vs to say Thou knowest al the labour that hath taken vs †in what maner our fathers went downe into Aegypt and there we dwelt a great time and the Aegyptians afflicted vs and our fathers †and in what maner we cried to our Lord and he heard vs and sent an Angel that hath brought vs out of Aegypt Loe being presently in the citie of Cades which is in thy vttermost borders †we besech thee that we may haue licence to passe through thy countrie We wil not goe through the fieldes not through the vineyardes we wil not drinke the waters of thy welles but we wil goe the common high way declining neither to the right hand nor to the left til we be past thy borders †To whom Edom answered Thou shalt not passe by me otherwise I wil come armed against thee †And the children of Israel said We wil goe by the beaten way and if we and the cattel drinke thy waters we wil geue thee that which is iust there shal be no difficultie in the price only let vs passe speedely †But he answered Thou shalt not passe And immediatly he came forth to meete them with an infinitie multitude and a strong hand †neither would he condescend to them desiring to grant them passage through his borders For the which cause Israel turned an other way from him †And when they had remoued the campe from Cades they came into the mountaine Hor which is in the borders of the land of Edom †Where our Lord spake to Moyses †Let Aaron sayeth he goe to his people for he shal not enter to the Land which I haue geuen the children of Israel for that he was incredulous to my mouth at the Waters of contradiction †Take Aaron and his sonne with him and thou shalt bring them into the mountaine Hor. †And when thou hast vnuested the father of his vesture thou shalt reuest therewith Eleazar his sonne Aaron shal be gathered and die there †Moyses did as our Lord had commanded and they went vp into the mountaine Hor before al the multitude †And when he had spoyled Aaron of his vestimentes be reuested Eleazar his sonne with them †After that he was dead in the toppe of the mountaine he went downe with Eleazar †And al the multitude seeing that Aaron
was dead mourned vpon him thirtie daies throughout al their families CHAP. XXI Israelites at the first encounter with the Chananeites hauing the worse after their vow kil the King of Arad and destroy his cities 4. The people againe murmuring are stricken with firie serpents 7. but confessing their fault Moyses by Gods commandment setteth vp a brasen serpent for a remedie 10. They march through diuers places 17. and sing a Canticle at a wel which God gaue them 21. They kil Sehon King of the Amorreites and conquer his land 33. Likwise Og King of Basan VVHICH when the Chananeite king of Arad who dwelt toward the south had heard to wit that Israel was come by the way of the spies he fought against them and being victour he tooke the pray of them †But Israel binding himself by vow to our Lord said If thou wilt deliuer this people into my hand I wil destroy their cities †And our Lord heard the prayers of Israel and deliuered the Chananeite whom they slew ouerthrowing their cities and they called the name of that place Horma that is to say Anathema †And they marched also from the mountaine Hor by the way that leadeth to the Redde sea that they might compasse the land of Edom. And the people began to be wearie of the iourney and labour †and speaking against God and Moyses they said Why didst thou bring vs out of Aegypt to die in the wildernesse There wanteth bread waters there are none our soule now lotheth at this most light meate †Wherfore our Lord sent vpon the people firie serpentes at whose plagues and the deathes of verie manie †they came to Moyses and said We haue sinned because we haue spoken against our Lord and thee Pray that he take from vs the serpentes And Moyses prayed for the people †and our Lord spake to him Make a brasen serpent and sette in for a signe he that being striken looketh on it shal liue †Moyses therfore made A BRASEN SERPENT and set it for a signe whom when they that were striken looked on they were healed †And the children of Israel marching camped in Oboth †Whence departing they pitched their tentes in Ieabarim in the wildernesse that looketh toward Moab against the east part †And remouing from thence they came to the Torrent Zared †Which they forsaking camped against Arnon which is in the desert standeth out in the borders of the Amorrheite For Arnon is the border of Moab diuiding the Moabites the Amorrheites †Wherof it is said in the booke of the warres of our Lord As he did in the Redde sea so wil he doe in the streames of Arnon †The rockes of the torrentes were bowed that they might rest in Ar and lie in the borders of the Moabites †From that place appeared the wel wherof our Lord spake to Moyses Gather the people together and I wil geue them water †Then Israel sang this verse Arise the wel They sang therto †The wel which the princes digged and the captaines of the multitude prepared in the law geuer and in their staues And they marched from the wildernesse to Mathana †From Mathana vnto Nahaliel from Nahaliel vnto Bamoth †From Bamoth is a valley in the countrie of Moab in the toppe of Phasga which looketh toward the desert †And Israel sent messengers to Sehon King of the Amorrheites saying †I besech thee that I may haue licence to passe through thy land we wil not goe aside into the fieldes and the vineyardes we wil not drinke waters of the welles we wil goe the kinges high way til we be past thy borders †Who would not grant that Israel should passe by his borders but rather gathering an armie went forth to meete them in the desert and came vnto Iasa and fought against them †Of whom he was strooken in the edge of the sword and his land was possessed from Arnon vnto Ieboc and to the children of Ammon for the borders of the Ammonites were kept with a strong garrison †Israel therfore tooke al his cities and dwelt in the cities of the Amorrheite to wit in Hesebon and the villages therof †The citie Hesebon was Sehons the king of the Amorrheite who fought against the king of Moab and tooke al the land that had bene of his dominion as farre as Arnon †Therfore it is said in the prouerbe Come into Hesebon let the citie of Sehon be built and erected †A fire went forth from Hesebon a flame from the towne of Sehon and deuoured Ar of the Moabites and the inhabitantes of the high places of Arnon †Wo to thee Moab thou art vndone people of Chamos He hath geuen his sonnes into flight and his daughters into captiuitie to Sehon the King of the Amorrheites †Their yoke is perished from Hesebon vnto Diboâ— they came wearie into Nophe and vnto Medaba †Israel therfore dwelt in the Land of the Amorrheite †And Moyses sent some to take a view of lazer Whose villages they tooke and possessed the inhabitantes †And they turned them selues and went vp by the way of Basan and Og the King of Basan came against them with al his people to fight in Edrai †And our Lord said to Moyses Feare him not for into thy hand I haue deliuered him and al his people and land and thou shalt doe to him as thou didst to Sehon the King of the Amorrheites the inhabiter of Hesebon †They therfore smote him also With his sonnes and al his people vnto vtter destruction and they possessed his land CHAP. XXII Balac King of Moab fearing the Israelites sendeth for Balaam a southsâ—â—â—r to curse them 8. VVho consulting his false god is forbid by God almightie to goe and so excuseth him self 15. Balac sendeth againe offering greater reward 19. he againe consulteth and God biddâ—th him goe 〈◊〉 but sendeth an Angel to meete him in the way whom his asse seing huâ—neth three times and so often he beateth her 28. then she speaketh expostulating his hard vsage 31. he also seeth the Angel 35. and is chargeg â— speake nothing but that the Angel shal suggest AND marching forward they camped in the champion countrie of Moab where Iericho is situated beyond Iordan †And Balac the sonne of Sephor seeing al thinges that Israel had done to the Amorrheite †and that the Moabites were in greate feare of him and could not susteyne his assault †he said to the elders of Madian So wil this people destroy al that dwel in our coastes as the oxâ— is wont to eate the grasse vnto the verie rootes And he was at the same time King in Moab †He sent therfore messengers to Balaam the sonne of Behor a Southsayer who dwelt vpon the riuer of the land of the children of Ammon to cal him and to say Behold a people is come out of Aegypt that hath couered the face of the earth sitting against me