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A36033	Pious annotations, upon the Holy Bible expounding the difficult places thereof learnedly, and plainly: vvith other things of great importance. By the reverend, learned and godly divine, Mr. Iohn Diodati, minister of the gospell; and now living in Geneva. It is ordered this 11. of Ianuury, 1642, by the committee of the House of Commons in Parliament, concerning printing, that this exposition of the book of the Old and new Testament, be printed by Nicholas Fussel, stationer. Iohn White.; Annotationes in Biblia. English	Diodati, Giovanni, 1576-1649.; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, engraver.	1643 (1643)	Wing D1510; Wing D1509A; ESTC R5893	1,521,231	922

making any set meale Ver. 34. This is God shall deliver you from this Sea danger But you must take heed that you do not dye or weaken your selves with hunger seeing God gives you the meanes to prevent it that you may on your part endeavour as much as in you lyeth to escape expecting the rest from God Fall from a proverbiall terme as 1 Kings 1. 52. Matth. 10. 30. Luke 21. 18. V. 35. Gave thankes See upon Matth. 15. 36. 1 Tim 4. 4. Ver. 40. Rudder which were two great Oares hanging on each side of the poope And it is likely that when they let downe their sailes and let the ship drive at Sea they tooke away and made fast the rudders which now being willing to runne the Ship on shoare they untie to keepe it upright V. 41. A place some shelfe which was separate from firme land The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Romans Argument AS under the Old Testament the H. Ghost moved his Prophets to set down in writing the summaries of their Sermons to endure for ever in the Church not onely for instruction but also for a certaine and immoveable rule of heavenly truth So did he the like in the New inspiring his Apostles to write the same doctrine as they had in speech uttered in their life time And Gods most wise and free providence hath to this end chosen the formes of Epistles as most befitting the simplicitie of the manner of teaching which Christ used and most apt to joyne the doctrine to the uses of practice in all the parts of a Christian life And the said Epistles written or subscribed with the Apostles hands and well verified were with great reverence reserved and kept in the Churhes to which they were written and were from time to time read and expounded in publike assemblies and were also communicated to other Churches for the generall edification of them all And Saint John who out lived all the other Apostles gathered them together and added them to the body of the New Testament setting upon them the Seale of Apostolicall authoritie as Esdra s had done to the bookes of the Old Testament Now although these Epistles were written upon particular occasions yet the divine providence directed the Apostles to comprehend in them the necessary explication of all the chiefe heads of Christian doctrine And Saint Paul who had in speaking laboured more than any one else hath likewise written more and more largely and highly unfolded all the mysteries of salvation the duties of Gods spirituall service and the rules of lawfull governement and discipline of the Church Intermixing also excellent Revelations of things to come which God had manifested unto him Amongst other Epistles of this great vessell of election that to the Romans holds the first degree in all kindes being he doth in a most exquisite order lay open therein each severall part of Christs benefit and the duties of enterchangeable acknowledgement and service to which all beleevers are bound The Romans to whom he writes were such beleevers amongst the Gentiles as were assembled in Rome where the Gospell had bin carried even before the Apostles comming thither And as the Apostleship of the Gentiles was fallen to his lot so did he performe this great duty towards it after he had for a long time caused it to shine with incomparable gifts of Gods grace to instruct and dificit with this divine Epistle which may very well be called the great sea of Christian doctrine And in it after he had in the beginning set downe his vocation and desire to contribute to the advancement of the faith of those who beleeved in Rome he sheweth that the Gospell receaved by faith is the only an most powerfull meanes to obtaine true righteousnesse before God and by the meanes of it life Seeing that all men by sin are subject to Gods wrath and curse the Gentiles being condemned by the Law of nature imprinted in their hearts and the Jewes much more by Moses his Law which yeeldeth no man any prerogative to righteousnesse but doth rather aggravate their judgments who having the knowledge of it are not correspondent thereunto by an entire obedience And therefore he concludes that all men to sirun their condemnation are bound to seeke without themselves that righteousnesse which is wanting in them and have a recourse to Christ in whom this treasure is laid up to the remission of sins and full justification of sinners And that as God presents this righteousnesse out of his meere grace and to all Nations indifferently so the onely meanes to receave it is lively faith without any necessitie or use of Circumcision or other ceremonies of the Law or any interc●ssion of mans owne works as he sh●weth it by the example of Abraham the Father of all beleevers and generall patterne of faith Then he goeth on to declare the effects of faith and of Gods fat●erly love in Christ which are peace and quiet of conscience towards God securenes Ioy and spirituall reioycing in tribulations and assured hope of everlasting glory And concludes this part by shewing the foundation and ground of this communication of Christ to his beleevers which is Gods order who hath established Christ to be the head and stocke of his Church that from him may derive into her the vert●e of his righteousnesse and justification everlasting life and happinesse as Adam was the naturall head of all men whereby he inclosed and infolded them all in his sin and consequently into his death and condemnation Then he commeth to the subsequent and inseperable blessing of sanctification brought forth in beleevers by the holy Ghost to the resemblance of Christ their head by vertue of which the beleever doth not any more fight against the law of God and againe the law i●not an instigation to sinne for him to incense a d 〈…〉 rden him therein but a loving and friendly guide and rule of holinesse to which he willingly and peaceably doth frame and co-order his will and actions though still with much weakenes and repugnancy of flesh which God leaveth in those that are his for a continuall exercise and spurr to their sides to cause them to sigh aft●r their perfect deliverance and freedome in the heavenly life And therefore he comforteth them by telling them that these first fruits of the holy Ghost and his motions and strivings are unto them a sure earnest of Gods love and of their adoption justification and future glory which they at the present doe taste but onely in faith and hope but yet is infallible being grounded upon Gods everlasting decree and immutable election Whereupon also there groweth in them a firme confidence against all the assaults of the Devill and the World either internall or externall And afterwards because that the grace of the Gospell had beene promised to the ●ewes Eldest sonnes of the Family and naturall heires of the covenant and promises and yet they for the greatest part did reject it

makes it more glorious and se●● it in greater esteeme amongst men Sinners that is to say guilty and c●lpable having not as yet rece●ved he gift of absolution and pardon and being yet under the king●●me of si● V. 〈◊〉 By 〈◊〉 namely by vertue of th●t satisfa●●ion● which he hath made to God by his death 〈◊〉 wrath namely from eternall damnation and punishment Matth 3. 7. Rom. 2. 5. The meaning is that as it is more easie to keep a man from execution that is freed and absolved by the judg then for to get a guilty man absolved and freed by the iudge so after we have received pardon which is the greater we ought much now to be perswaded that we shal be freed from the punishment which is the lesser and that we shall have all good things Rom. 8. 32. V. 10. By his life namely by him living and raigning and communicating his life to all his members Iohn 6. 5. 7 and 14. 19. 2. Cor. 4. 10. 11. V. 11. And not onely besides that we gloriously triumph over all afflictions thorow a certain confidence of the everlasting crowne Wee have also whereof to boast our selves to bee happy in the whole course of our lives by the present feeling of Gods grace V. 12. Wherefore a generall conclusion of the presedent treatie of justification by faith in which the Apostle breifely running over those things which he had said doth withall set doune the ground of them which is that God hath of his owne good will established Christ to be the head of grace and the spring of righteousnesse and life to all his elect thorow the impution of whose righteousnesse they are restored into Gods favour and concequentlie sanctified and glorified as Adam was made the naturall head and root of all mankind whereupon by his sinne imputed to al his Seed it was all under Gods curse deprived of originall righteousnesse corruption its whole naturall and subiect to death V. 13. For untill this originall corruption is verified by the effects of all mens actuall Sinnes in al ages even before the law of Moises which sheweth that there was before that another generall law namely that of nature the reliques of which doe yet remaine in man Rom. 2. 14. 15. against which Adam having actually sinned hath enfolded all his posteritie in the same fault and hath propagated originall sinne in it is not imputed that is to say is not reputed to be truely sinne which is nothing but a transgression of the law Rom 4. 15. 1. Iohn 3. 4. nor man is not called to account upon it to be therefore condemned to death V. 14. Neverthelesse he doeth moreover shew that there was an universall defect in all mankind against the said law which was imputed unto him to condemnation seeing they are all dead and that death is the reward of sinne Rom. 6 23. over them namely over little children who weare not come to the age of iudgment and consequently could not bee guilty of an actual deliberate and voluntarie sinne such a one as Adams was and yet for all that they are dead wherefore wee must conclude that there was in them some other sinne which is the originall sinne of him namely of Christ the second Adam the head of the spirituall off spring of this elect as Adam was the natural head of all men Now the conformitie of them both consisteth in this that either of them by the order of God justification hath communicated his estate to all his V. 15. But not though these two Adam the head of sinne and death and Christ the head of righteousnesse and life doe agree in this prosperity of communicating their conditions to those who are theirs yet there is great deale of difference between them First in that in Christ the power is all divine and therefore infinitely more active and effectuall and then also in the excellencie and abundance of gifts and good things which he communicates to his above all that which man had lost in Adam manie bee namely all men the children of Adam v. 12. The grace namely Gods mercie and good will which is the Soveraigne cause the gift namely the application and free imputation of Christs righteousnesse which is the meritorious cause by grace for love and by vertue of that perfect righteousnesse and obedience which Christ yeelded his father in his humane nature by which he hath merited and possesseth all his grace and love Matth. 3. 17. Iohn 1. 16. Ephes. 1. 6. Vnto many namely to all believers Gods spirituall children in Christ whereof he had spoken before V. 16. And not there is likewise another difference namely that Adam did indeed by his offence make all his posterity guilty but they have aggravated their iudgement by their owne proper and voluntary sins But Christ iustifieth not onely from the sin which proceeded from Adam but likewise from all other personall sins The judgment namely God proceeding as a iust iudge hath imputed this one offence of Adams to all his posteritie and hath condemned it to lose the state of originall righteousnesse and consequently life The free gift the Italian The grace the same God proceeding in his grace hath absolved all his elect from al their sinnes for to behold them just and innocent V. 17. For if this ought not to seeme strange for God hath infinitely more beene appeased in Christ then hee was offended and provoked by Adam Of righteousnesse namely Christs righteousnesse which is given that is to say imputed out of meere grace to all believers V. 18. By the righteousnesse of one by Christs perfect obedience God hath poured out his free mercy upon all men to absolue them from sinne and give them right to eternall life vpon all to all manner of persons indifferently though not to all universallie Or he means all those which belong to Christ. v. 15. 17. V. 19. Mary see v. 15 were made that is to weare reputed for such and doe as such appeare before Gods judgement Shall manie henceforward Christ having ben manifested and his righteousnesse fulfilled and preached to the world by the Gospell all those who shall receive it shall be reputed righteous before God in him V. 20. The law because he had said v. 13. that before the law of Moses sinne had raigned against the law of nature he doth now obviate an objection wherefore then was Moses his Law added Hee answeareth because the Law of nature might be restored to its naturall light and vigor and repaired in the breaches which ignorance forget fullnesse evil manners and erroneous opinions of men had made in it And that by this light of Gods law renewed in man and yet with stood by him with a greater malice then before his wickednesse should appeare to be growen up to the height whereby he might have no other way of restauration but onely to 〈◊〉 to Gods grace in Christ whose power overcomes all the power of sinne V. 21. Unto death shewing its

which is to have the heart governed and directed by the understanding See Rom. 12. 2. Ephes. 4. 23. Bringing me causeth me to bee inevitably driven into sinne whose rootes and seeds are in my nature and in all parts and faculties of it V. 24. O wretched man an exclamation out of the feeling of this miserie namely of being yet under the bondage of sinne and of a desire to be freed from it Who shall O that I were but out of this animall and terrestriall life during which sinne doth yet dwell in me and throw it I am yet under the necessitie of dying and that I were transported into the liberty of the glory of Gods children in the life of happinesse Rom. 8. 12 Phil. 1. 23. V. 25. I Thank God this is a certaine correction of the former fervent desire the time whereof was not yet come The meaning is though I doe desire to depart this life yet I submit my selfe to Gods will and with humble thanksgiving I content my selfe with his grace in Christ who doth not impute this corruption and imperfection unto mee to condemnation and shall fulfill my salvation in his appointed time See 2. Cor. 29. CHAP. VIII VER 1. THere is therefore a conclusion drawne from all hath beene spoken hitherto namely that man is justified by grace and that those who are so justified are freed from the domination of the law and are incorporated into Christ in whom they subsist and live by the communication of his spirit and therefore cannot be judged in themselves Rom. 7. 4. Gal. 2. 20. Which are namely that do shew the truth of this union with Christ by a holy 〈…〉 ion according to the inspirations of 〈◊〉 holy Ghost and not according to the motions of 〈◊〉 See Gal 5. 16 25. V. 2. For he gives a reason why the true members of Christ doe walk according to the spirit namely 〈◊〉 that being under 〈◊〉 most holy government they are freed from the deadly tyranny of sinne The law See Rom. 7. 22. 1. Cor. 9. 21. Gal. 2. 19. In. 1. 25. Of li●t that is to say living and quickening being 〈…〉 cause and author of spirituall life in believers See 1 Cor. 15. 4● 2. Cor. 3. 6. Hath 〈◊〉 me 〈◊〉 S. Paul propounds himself for an example of every regenerate man as Rom. 7. 15. 16. V. 〈◊〉 For what hee proves this foresaid making free because that God being reconciled by Christs death hee hath taken away from sinne that power which he had granted it over man for a punishment of his first transgression In that it was because that seeing it could not be kept by a corrupted man it had no power to reconcile him to God whereupon it followed that the aforesaid punishment of the kingdom of sinne remained in its vigour Sending that is to say having appointed that his Son should take upon 〈◊〉 ●●mane nature altogether like unto that of sin 〈…〉 then sin onely accepted Heb. 2. 17 and 4. 15. For 〈◊〉 to bee a propitiatorie sacrifice for it 2. Cor. 5. 〈◊〉 Condemned he hath as it were by his soveraigne 〈…〉 e taken away all command over believers from 〈◊〉 hath crucified and mortified it in them whilest they live in this animall and corporall life Ver. 4. The righteousnesse all which the said law commands being just and right Might bee fulfilled that it to say that it may not be commanded in vain not without effect as it is in respect of all unbelievers but may be observed though unperfectly in this world See the like meaning of this word Rom. 2. 27 Gal. 6. 2. V. 5. For they he gives a reason why the law is ●ept only by those who are regenerate namely because the holy Ghost who possesseth them hath made them spirituall euen as the law is whereas a carnall man can not agree with it Rom. 7. 14. That are namely that are of the carnall traine that is to say unregenerate Or that have no other being but their 〈…〉 all corrupt being Doe minde the greeke word may be referred to all the faculties and functions of the soule as wel of the understanding as of the heart and of the affections V. 6. For to bee it appeares by the effect which all thoughts bring forth and the motions of the one and the other what the causes of them are for seeing that from the unregenerate mens there proceeds nothing but death without any helpe or direction to everlasting life that is a signe there is nothing but sinne and corruption called flesh in the former verse And con●●●● wise seeing that regenerate mens thoughts doe direct to life it is a signe that there is the blossome of the spirit who is the only author thereof Peace namely all manner of blessing and happinesse the first fruits whereof in this world consist in the sacred rest of conscience V. 7. Because hee gives a reason why the flesh is the cause of death namely because it fighteth against God who is the onely author of life and is incapable not onely thorough weaknesse but also thorough naturall repugnancie to submit it selfe to his will V. 9. Dwelling in you the presence of God and of his spirit is where he operates his dwelling where he operates continually and inseparably or by a certaine appropriation of the organ as the soule dwelleth in the body Of Christ namely that spirit which Christ as he is head communicates to all his members V. 10. Be in you by the presence life and power of his spirit The bodies it is true that you believers are as yet subiect to corporall death by reason of the reliques of sinne that are in all regenerate men and shall not bee quite brought to nought but onely by death But yet in the gift and presence of the s●irit you have a beginning of spirituall life which consists in the coniunction with God into which Christ hath reestablished you by his most perfect righteousnesse and withall an assurance of everlasting life and happy resurrection V. 11. Of him namely of God The meaning is if you be partakers of Gods spirit the fulnesse of which is in Christ as this spirit produced in Christ who is your head the effect of resurrection by his omnipotent power and his personall property to bee the neerest cause of life in all things and in vertue of his holinesse wherewith hee had replenished his humane nature and so taken from it all proper cause of death which is sinne Psal. 16. 10. Acts 2. 24. So hee shall likewise produce the same effect in you by his power and by the meanes of your sanctification which is the resurrection of the soule which shall be followed by that of the body that hath participated of the same holinesse hath borne the sacred signes and produced the effects thereof in this life V. 12. Debters that is to say bound by the condition of our spirituall state by contract of covenant and by benefits received V. 13. After the flesh following

bee altogether rejected Or by singular miracle having not beene framed no● prepared before by the LORD as the other Apostles were but in an instant advanced to mine office V. 9 The least namelie concerning that which is in me and mine owne Though he elsewhere protest himselfe to be no way inferior to others in gifts or vocation 2. Cor. 11. 15. Gal. 2. 6. V. 10. His grace namelie his gift and calling In vaine that is to say vnprofitable to the Church and not imployed by me to the uttermost o● my power But the grace not onely the gift it selfe but also the will and power the occasions and means to make use of it all comes from Godsgrace See Matth. 10. 20. 2 Cor. 3. 5. Phil. 2. ●3 V. 12. There is no it is likely that it was the same error which is noted 2. Tim. 2. 18. as if by resurrection so cleerly taught in the whole sc●ipture nothing should be meant but the renewing of the world by the Gospell and the spirituall regeneration of soules by Gods spirit V. 12. If there be if that be absolutly denied it must also be denied in Christ also if it be denied in the faithfull Chris●s also is disannulled taking away the vertue principall and inseparable effect of it which is to raise his faithfull to his owne likenesse Iohn 11. 25 and 14. 19. Rom 4. 25. 2. Cor. 5. 15. 1. ●h●sse 4. 14. 1 Pet. 1. 3. V. 14 Vaine false and unprofitable seeing the ground of it is Christ risen Now his meanning is that seeing it is impossible that you should have such an opinion of our preaching having undoubted proofes to the contrary r●ject likewise any thing as may induce you thereunto by a necessary consequence also va●ne which you will not agree unto seeing you yet persevere ●●d glory in the prof●ssion o 〈…〉 V. 15. 〈…〉 d we which likewise was most ab●urd and impossible to ●erswade the ch●●ches unto who werefully assured of the trueth of the Apostles doctrine V. 17. Ye are yet theyare not yet purged since the payment is not fully made nor God appeased if Christ doe yet remaine dead seeing he cannot deliver others from death if he himself remaine overcome by it V. 18. A ●●llen a sleep namly those beleevers who are dead in Christs faith of whose salvation it was as unjust as inhumane to doubt V. 19. If in this l●fe by this false doctrine we make our selves utterly wretched for seeing it takes away from us eternall happinesse and that our condition i● this world is alwayes mostwi●t●hed we shall find our selves deprived of all manner of good both present and eternall Now the ground of this is that the immortality of the soul and the perfect happinesse of it is by Gods order insepable from the resurrection of the bodyes so that hee which donieth the one annihilates the other See upon M●tch 22. 32. V. 20. The first fruits not onely the first in order of the resurrection which is in beleevers as it w●e●a wakning from death but also in the quality of chief the cause and pledg of it in all his members inseparable vnited to him by communion of spirit Rom 8. 11 even as under the law in the first fruites offered to God the people had an assurance of Gods blessing upon all their harvest See upon Rom. 11. 16. V. 21. For si●ce he proves that by Christs resurrection that of his members necessarily followth for in the order of grace Christ hath bin by God appointed head of all the elect as Adam had bin of all men in the order of nature seeing then that Adam hath communicated his sinne and his death to all those who are his Christ likewise communicates his righteousnesse and his life to his belevers See Rom. 5. 14. 15. 17. by m●n the Italian by no man by one who beeing true God is likewise true man in which regard he is the meritorious cause of resurrection by this perfect obedience and likewise gives his beleevers assurance thereof by the community of human nature joyned to the communion of the spirit V. 22. All die all men that are by nature the sonnes of Adam and are enfolded in his condemnation shall all namly all beleevers whose father is Christ by grace and in spirit by vertue whereof being engrafted in his body they are also partakers of his life and resurrection V. 24. The end namly of the world and of temporall things and withall the accomplishment of all Gods promises of Christs kingdome and the s●ivation of his elect when he shall namely when the sonne o● God who in quality of Mediator hath bin established king or the whole world ●●d especially of his church like his fathers great deputy togather together governe and bring unto himselfe all his elect and to destroy his enemyes shall have brought his work to an end and the father with the sonne and the holy Ghost in vnitie of essence shall begin to raigne immediatly over his church in a manner altogether new namely by himself without any outward meanes wi●hout the work of angels or men or Ecclesiallicall or politick orders as it is in this world and likewise without adversaries or opposition filling all his with his light love life and glory which indeed will not a whit disannull Christs kingdom but only ch 〈…〉 g the meaner for●e thereof into a more subline and perfect one See Dan. 2. 44 and 7. 14. 27 Luke 1. 33. Rev. 11. 15. 17. and 12. 10. V. 25. Must reigne namely the sonne of God must execise his empire in this manner and inferior dispensation by his word by the established orders in perpetuall oppositions etc. V. 26. death whose power shall be quite annihiliated in Christ member by the resurrection V. 27. When he saith we must not thinke that the father by bestowing the office of king upon his sonne hath dispossessed himself of his soveraigne empire but after the sonne shall have accomplished his worke the father shall manifest and exercise his kingdome of glory and essencein all eternity V. 28. Also himself not in his divine nature wherein hee is alreadie equal●e to the father Philiphans 2. 6. but in this humane nature and as coucerning his church which is his body and the forme of his government which then shall give way to the forme which is above described that God may of himself immediately and absolutly worke fully in his elect perfectly united unto him and may possesse and rule them for ever V. 29. Which are from this manner of speech it appeares that the Apostle means not an ordinary ●ite of the church but a particular custome of some whereof antiquity makes mention and it should seeme that the beginning thereof was if not altogether good and laudable yet at the least to terrable Which was that when anyone died in Christs faith before he was christened some of his kindred or friends comming to be Christened would be baptized both in his own name also in the

funerall exequies for Egypt by lamentations or mournfull songs according to the custome and for the funerall of other nations likewise V. 19. Whom doest thou passe O Egypt What priviledge hast or deservest thou more then all the other prophane Nations and Kingdomes Thou must even perish as all the rest have and must doe V. 20. Shall fall God will make a generall destruction of such people by warre to doe which he hath already given the Chaldeans a commission Draw her namely Egypt Even as one would draw a dead carkasse V. 21. The mighty A Poeticall and Ironicall representation of the entertainment which other Princes and warlike nations and especially those which were Egypts consederates and were already dead would give Pharaoh at his comming downe into hell see Isa. 14. 9. To him namely To the King of Egypt V. 22. His graves namely The graves of his men which were slaine in the warres V. 23. Caused terror Who had also beene violent and tyranicall in this world like Egipt V. 24. Elam namely The King and people of Persia or of some part of it Gen. 10. 82. V. 27. They shall not lie These Kings did not die gloriously having overcome their enemies nor are not buried triumphantly with their armes as it is the manner to honour warriers burialls But these are dead basely being overcome and discomfited by their enemies Their iniquities They who have not suffered punishment for their faults and tyrannies in this life but it hath beene reserved for them to be inflicted upon them after their death by reason that no man durst undertake to punish them whilest they lived V. 28. Thou shalt namely Thou O King of Egypt V. 30. With thei● notwithstanding or together with that great power with which they kept men subject to their tyranny Ashamed Because that it could not save them but is at the last come to nothing V. 31. Shall be comforted As meeting with many companions in miserie V. 32. My terror I have staid their fury through my terrible judgements CHAP. XXXIII Vers. 2. THe sword that is to say Warre with all the sudden invasions inroads and dangers belonging to it V. 4. His blood His death must not be imputed to any other but himselfe V. 6. He is taken away This death shall not have happened by chance but I shall by my secret providence have executed my judgement upon him yet shall I hold the watchman guilty as having failed in his dutie either through negligence or disloyalty V. 10. Our transgressions The meaning is It is true that your Prophets have admonished us heretofore and we having neglected your admonitions doe beare our punishment and are ruined past all reliefe what good doth it doe then to speak to us any more of these preservatives against the evill into which wee are already fallen The Lord answereth Your ruine is not so extreme but that you may rise againe by true repentance which comes alwayes in time either before or after the punishments so it come during life V. 13. That hee sh●ll namely If he perseveres to the end a condition necessarily annexed to all the promises of the Law V. 15. Of life The observation of which Statutes the promises of life annexed to it Lev. 18. 5. V. 21. Is smitten Taken by force and sacked V. 22. Had opened Hee had againe appointed me to speake to the people after I had a while held my tongue by his command or after I had lost the use of my tongue and revealed unto me and inspired mee with what I should say according to the prediction Ezek. 24. 26. 27. V. 24. Abraham If out of Abraham alone could come so numerous an issue as could conquer and people all this countrey how much more may we hope that are left in great number that wee may be restored to our former estate which is beaten downe by the Chaldeans and once againe re-possesse and be masters of the countrey V. 26. You stand upon Every one righteth himselfe defends and revenges himselfe by violence and good order is quite beaten downe V. 27. In the Caves In hidden and strong places into which people did use to flie in time of warre see Judg. 62. 1 Sam. 13. 6. V. 30. Are talking In prophane contempt or through hypocrisie or curiositie V. 31. As the people Very frequent and with a shew of devotion as it were to an Ecclesiasticall assembly V. 33. When this namely of my threatnings in the ruine of Jerusalem and of the whole nation CHAP. XXXIV Vers. 2. THe Shepheards namely The Governours as well Ecclesiasticall as politicke V. 5. Seatt●red spiritually by running into errours superstitions idolatries vices and disorders or corporally by their dissipation out of their countrey by the ill leading of their guides N● shepheard namely a true and faithfull shepheard V. 10. Cause them I will take away their dignities and offices away from them who doe abuse them bearing the names and reaping the profits not performing the charge but converting them to their owne proper use V. 12. That he is when after they have been scattered by some sudden storme the shepheard tels and musters up his sheep to see whether any be wanting and seeketh them out and gathereth them together In the cloudy which is full of calamities and publicke desolations Joel 2. 2. V. 13. To their owne corporally and according to the letter into the land of Israel by delivering them out of captivity and spiritually into the Church which is the true sheepfold of all the elect John 10. 16. V. 15. I will this doth not inferre any abolishment of either Ecclesiasticall or Politicke government in the Christian Church but doth inferre a more effectuall and renewed presence of God in it by his spirit providence grace and vertue Or the mysticall and inward operation of Christ true God upon all the members of his body in vivifying conducting comforting and defending them V. 16. The fat these who in my Church shall abuse my benefits in pride and rebellion against me and in contempt and oppression of their brethren See Isa. 5. 17. and 10. 16. Amos. 4. 1. With judgement namely with upright and just government V. 17. Between cattell that is to say between those that are good in my Church and those that are evill violent as rammes or filthy as goats V. 18. Seemeth it O you powerfull and rich Jewes is it not sufficient for you to enjoy my blessings in abundance unlesse you trouble the poore in the possession of their small portion V. 23. David namely Jesus Christ the sonne of God according to the flesh And for this reason oftentimes called David Jer. 30. 9. Ezek. 37. 24. Hos. 3. 5. and the servant of God by reason of his humane nature and office of Mediator Isa. 42. 1. and 49. 6. and 53. 11. Phil. 2. 7. V. 15. Of peace of grace reconciliation and blessing Jer. 31. 31. the evill beasts figurative termes to shew the Churches safeguard against all her