his sword he hathe bent his bowe and made it readie 13 He hathe also prepared hym deadly weapons he wil ordeine his arrowes for them that ãâã me 14 * Beholde he shal ãâã with wickednes for he hathe conceiued mischief but he shal bring forthe a lye 15 He ãâã made a pit and diggedit and is fallen into the pit that he made 16 His mischief shal returne vpon hys owne head and his crueltie shal fall vpon his owne pate 17 I will praise the Lorde accordyng to hys righteousnes and wil sing praise to the Name of the Lord moste high PSAL. VIII 1 The Prophete consideryng the exc ãâã liberalitie and fatherlie prouidence of GOD towards man whome he made as it were a god ouer all his workes doeth not one ly giue great thankes but is astonished with the admiration of the same as one nothyng able to compasse suche great mercies ¶ To him that excelleth on Gittith A Psalme of Dauid 1 O Lord our Lorde howe excellent is thy Name in all the worlde whiche hast set thy glorie aboue the heauens 2 Out of the mouthe of babes and suckelings hast thou ordeined strength because of thine enemies that thou my ghtest still the enemie and the auenger 3 When I beholde thine heauens euen the workes of thy fingers the moone and the starres which thou hast ordeined 4 What is man say I that thou art mindfull of him and the sonne of man that thou ãâã him 5 For thou hast made hym a litle lower then GOD and crowned him with glorie and worship 6 Thou hast made hym to haue dominion in the wordes of thine hands thou hast put all things vnder his fete 7 All shepe and oxen yea and the beastes of the field 8 The foules of the aire and the fishe of the sea and that whiche passeth through the paths of the seas 9 O Lord our Lord how excellent is thy Name in all the worlde PSAL. IX 1 After he had giuen thankes to God for the sundrie victo ries that he had sent him agaynst hys enemies and also proued by manifolde ãâã how readie God was at hand in all his troubles 14 He being now likewise in dan ger of ãâã enemies desireth God to helpe hym according to his wonte 17 And to destroye the malicious arrogancie of his aduersaries ¶ To him that excelleth vpon Muth Labbén A Psalme of Dauid 1 I Wil praise the LORDE with my whole hearte I will speake of all thy meruelous workes 2 I wil be glad and reioyce in thee I wil sing praise to thy Name ô moste high 3 For that myne enemies are turned backe they shal fall and perish at thy presence 4 For thou hast mainteined my right and my cause thou art set in the throne and iudgest right 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen thou haste destroied the wicked thou hast put out their name for euer and euer 6 O enemie destructions are come to a perpetual end aÌd thou hast destroied the cities their memorial is perished with them 7 But the Lord shall sit for euer he hathe prepared his throne for iudgement 8 For he shal iudge the world in rightcousnes and shal iudge the people with equitie 9 The Lord also will be a refuge for the poore a refuge in due time euen in affliction 10 And they that knowethy Name wil trust in thee for thou Lorde hast not failed them that seke thee 11 Sing praises to the Lorde which dwelleth in Zion shewethe people his workes 12 For wheÌ he maketh inquisition for blood he remembreth it and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore 13 Haue mercie vpon me ô Lorde consider my trouble whiche I ãâã of them that hate me thou that liftest me vp from the gates of death 14 That I maye shewe all thy prayses within the gates of the daughter of Zion and reioyce in thy saluacion 15 The heathen are sunkeÌ downe in the pit that they made in the net that they hid is their ãâã taken 16 The Lorde is knoweÌ by executing iudgement the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne hands Higgaión Sélah 17 The wicked shal turne into hel and all nations that forget God 18 For the poore shal not be alwaie forgotten the hope of the afflicted shal not perish for euer 19 Vp Lord let not man preuaile let the heathen be iudged in thy sight 20 Put them in feare ô Lord that the heathen maie know that they are but men Sélah PSAL. X. 1 He complaineth of the fraude rapine tyrannie and all kindes of wrong which worldelie men vse assigning the cause thereof that ãâã men beyng as it were drunken with worldelie prosperitie and therefore settyng a parte all feare and reuerence towardes God thinke they may do all thyngs without countrowling 15 Therefore he calleth vpon God to send some remedie agaynst these desperate euils 16 And at length comforteth him selfe with hope of deliuerance 1 WHy standest thou farre of ô LORD and hidest thee in due time eueÌ in affliction 2 The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined 3 For the wicked hathe made boast of hys owne heartes desire and the couetous blesseth him selfe he contemneth the Lord. 4 The ãâã is so proude that he seketh not for God he thinketh alwaies There is no God 5 His wayes alwaye prosper thy Iudgements are ãâã aboue hys sight therefore defieth he all his enemies 6 He saieth in his heart I shall neuer be moued nor be in danger 7 Hys ãâã is full of cursing and disceite and fraude vnder his tongue is mischief and iniquitie 8 He lieth in waite in the villages in the secret places doeth he murther the innocent his eies are bent against the poore 9 He lieth in wait secretly euen as a lyon in hys denne he lieth in waite to spoyle the poore he doeth spoyle the poore when he draweth him into his net 10 He crowcheth and boweth therfore heapes of the poore do fall by his might 11 He hathe said in his heart GOD hathe forgotten he hideth awaye his face and will neuerse 12 Arise o Lord God lift vp thine hand forget not the poore 13 Wherefore doeth the wycked contemne God he saieth in hys hearte Thou wilt not regarde 14 Yet thou hast sene it for thou beholdest mischief and wrong that thou maiest take it into thine hands the poore committeth him selfe vnto thee for thou art the helper of the fatherles 15 Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious searche his wickednes and thou shalt finde none 16 The Lord is King for euer and euer the heathen are destroyed forthe of his land 17 Lord thou hast heard the desire of the poore thou preparest their heart thou bendest thine eare to them 18 To iuge the
of God as a grieuous bur den c Because this wordwas broght to contempt and derision he wil teache them another maner of speache and wil cause this worde Burden to cease and teache them to aske with reuetence VVhat saith the Lord d The thing which they mocke and contemne shal come vpon them â Or take you away Chap. 20. 11. a The good siggs signified ãâã that were gone into captiuitie and so saued their life as chap. 21. 8. and the noghty siggs them ãâã remained which were yet subiect to the sworde famine and ãâã b whereby he approueth the yelding of ãâã and his companie because thei obeied the Prophet who ex ãâã theÌ thereunto c hich declareth that man of himselfe can kno we nothing ãâã God giue the heart and vnderstanding Chap. 31. ãâã ãâã 8. 10. 17. Chap. 29 17. d Which fled the ãâã ãâã succour a That is in ãâã third ãâã accomplished and in the beginning ãâã the fourth ãâã thogh Nebuchad nezzár began to reigne in the end of the thirde yere of ãâã kins reigne yet that yere is not here counted because it was almost expired Dan 1. ãâã b Which was the ãâã yere and the ninth moneth of ãâã reigne c That is I haue spared no diligen ce or labour Chap. 7. 13. d He sheweth that the Prophets wholly with ãâã consent did labour to pul the people ãâã those vices which then ãâã ãâã wit from ãâã the ãâã ãâã ce of men for vnder these two all other were ãâã 2 King 17. ãâã Chap. 18. 11. and 35. 15 Iouáh 3. 8. e The Caldeans and all their power f So the wicked and ãâã him selfe are Gods ser uants ãâã he maketh them to serue him by constreint ãâã that which thei do of malice to his honour and glorie g As the Philistims ãâã Egyptians others Chap 16 9. h Meaning that bread all thigs that ãâã ãâã vnto their feastes shulde be taken away Or destroy i This reuelacion was for the ãâã of his prophecie because he tolde theÌ of the time that thei shulde entre and remaine in ãâã k For seing the iudgement began at his owne nouse the enemies must nedes be pu nished most ãâã uously 2 Chron. 36. 22. l That is of the Babylonians as Chap. 27. 7. Ezra 1. 1. Chap 29. 10. Dan. 9. 2. m Signifying the ãâã that God had appointed for euerie one as Psal. 75 a Isa. 51. 17. this cup which the wicked ãâã is more bitter theÌ ãâã ãâã he ãâã to his children for he ãâã the one by mercie and the other by iustice Ezek 9 6. 1. Pet. 4 17. n For now it beginneth and shal ãâã continue til it be accomplished o ãâã ãâã 1. 1. p ãâã were cities of the Philistuns q Edom is here taken for the who e countrey ãâã Vz for a part thereof r ãâã ãâã Ita lie and the rest of those ãâã s These were peo ple of ãâã ãâã came of ãâã the ãâã of Abrahám and ãâã t For there were two ãâã so named the one called plentiful the other baren or desert u That is of Babylon as Chap. 51. ãâã Or Persia x That is Ierusa ãâã read verl 12. ãâã ãâã 16. Amos 1. 2. Chap. 30. 23. y Thei which ãâã ãâã at the Lords appointement z Ye that are chief ãâã and goueinours a which are moste easily broken b It shal not helpe them to ãâã to flee â Ebr. peaceables a That is in that place of the Temple whereunto the ãâã resort out of all Iudáh to sacrifice b To the intent that they shulde pretend ãâã ignorance as Act. 20. 27. c Read Chap. 18. 8. d Read Chap. 7. ãâã e So that when they wolde cursse any thei shal say God do to thee as to Ierusalém f Because of Gods promes to the TeÌple Psal. 132. 14 that he wolde for euer remayne there the hypocri ãâã thoght this TeÌ ple colde neuer pe rish and therfore thoght it blasphemie to speake against it Mar 26. ãâã act 6 ãâã ãâã coÌsidering that this was ment of the Churche where God wil remaine for euer g So called because it was repaired by IoathaÌ 2 Kings ãâã ãâã â Ebr. ãâã of death beloÌgeth to this man h He both sheweth the cause of his doings plainely also threateneth theÌ that they shulde nothing ãâã thogh they shulde put him to death but heape greater vengeaÌce vpon their heads Michah 1. ãâã ãâã 12. i That is of the house of the Lord to wit zion and these examples the godlie alledged to ãâã Ieremiah out of the Priestes ãâã whose rage ãâã wolde not haue bene satisfied but by his death k So that the citie was not ãâã but by miracle was deliuered out of the handes of ãâã l Here is ãâã the furie of tyraÌts who caÌ not abide to ãâã Gods worde declared but ãâã the ministers thereof and yet in the end they ãâã nothing but prouoke Gods iudgements so muche the more m As in the ãâã ãâã exaÌple is to be followed so in his other ãâã act is to be abhoired for Gods pligue did light on him and his ãâã n VVhiche ãâã that nothing colde haue appeased ãâã ãâã if God had not moued this noble maÌ to stand valian ly in his defence a As touching the dispositioÌ of these prophecies they that gathered theÌ into a booke ãâã not altogether ob ãâã the order of times but did set some ãâã which shulde be after ãâã wises which if the reader marke wel ãâã shal auoide many doutes and make the eading much more easy Chap. XXVII b By suche signes the Prophetes ãâã sometimes to coÌfirme their prophecies ãâã not withstanding they colde nor do of them ãâã ãâã but in asmuche as thei had a reuelation for the same ãâã Isa. 20. 2. and therfore the false propheres to get more credi did vse also suche visible signes but they had no reuelatioÌ 1. King 22. 11. c Read Chap. 25. ãâã d Meaning Euilmerodach and his sonne Belshazar e They shal bring him and his kingdome in ãâã as Chap ãâã ãâã Chap. 14 ãâã 33 21 29 8 Chap. 28. 3. f VVhiche were taken when Ieconiah was led captiue into Batél g For it was not onely the Prophetes office to shewe the word of God but also to praye for the sinnes of the people Genes 20. 7. VVhich these colde not do because they had no expresse wordes for God had ãâã the contrarie 2. King 25. 13. 2. King 24. 12. h That is for the space of seuentie yeres till I haue caused the Medes and Persians to ouercome the Caldeans a VVheÌ Ieremiah began to ãâã these bondes and yokes b After that the land had rested as Leu 25. 1. Deut. 15. 1. c This was a ãâã in Beniamin beloÌ ging to the sonnes of AaroÌ iosh. 21. 17 â Ebr. two yeres of dayes d He was so ãâã med thogh ãâã was a false Prophet e
to passe among this people vnder the gouernement of Samuel and Saúl so this seconde boke declareth the noble actes of Dauid after the death of Saúl when he began to reigne vnto the end of his kingdome and how the same by him was wonderfully augmented also his great troubles and dangers whiche he susteined bothe within his house and without what horrible and dangerous insurrections vprores and treasons were wroght againste him partelye by false ãâã fained friends and flatterers and partelye by some of his owne children and people and how by GODDES assistance he ouercame al difficulties and enioyned his kingdome in rest and peace In the persone of Dauid the Scripture setteth forth Christ Iesus the chief King who came of Dauid according to the flesh and was persecuted on euery side with outward and inward enemies aswel in his own persone as in his members but at length he ouercometh all his enemies and giueth his Churche victorie againste all power bothe spiritual and temporal and so reigneth with them King for euermore CHAP. I. 4 It was tolde Dauid of Sauls death 15 He causeth him to be staine that broght the tydings 19 He lamenteth the death of Saul and Ionathan 1 AFter the death of SauÌl when Da uid was returned from the * slaughter of the Amalekites and had bene two dayes in Ziklág 2 Beholde a man came the third day out of the hoste from Saúl with his clothes rent and earth vpon his head and when he came to Dauid he fel to the earth and did obeissance 3 Then Dauid said vnto him Whence coÌmest thou And he said vnto him Out of the hoste of Israél I am escaped 4 And Dauid said vnto him What is done I pray thee tel me Then he said that the people is fled from the battel and many of the people are ouerthrowen and dead and also Saúl and Ionathán his sonne are dead 5 And Dauid said vnto the yong man that told it him How knowest thou that Saúl and Io nathán his sonne be dead 6 Then the yong maÌ that tolde him answered As I came to mount Gilbóa beholde Saúl leaned vpon his speare and lo the charets horsemen followed hard after him 7 And when he loked backe he sawe me and called me And I answered Here am I. 8 And he said vnto me Who art thou And I answered him I am an Amalekite 9 Then said he vnto me I pray thee come vpon me and slaye me for anguish is come vpoÌ me because my life is yet whole in me 10 So I came vpon him and slewe him be cause I was sure that he colde not liue after that he had fallen I toke the crowne that was vpon his head and the bracelet that was on his arme and broght them hither vnto my Lord 11 Then Dauid toke holde on his clothes * rent them and like wise all the men that were with him 12 And they mourned and wept and fasted vntil euen for Saúl and for Ionathán his sonne and for the people of the Lord and for the house of Israél because they were slaine with the sworde 13 ¶ Afterward Dauid said vnto the yong maÌ that tolde it him Whence art thou And he answered I am the sonne of a strangeran Amalekite 14 And Dauid said vnto him * How wast thou not afraied to put forthe thine hand to destroy the Anoynted of the Lord 15 Then Dauid called one of his yong men said Go nere and fall vpoÌ him And he smote him that he dyed 16 TheÌ said Dauid vnto him Thy blood be vpoÌ thine owne head forthine owne mouth hathe testified against thee saying I haue slaine the Lords anointed 17 ¶ Then Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saúl and ouer Ionathán his sonne 18 Also he bade them teache the children of Iudáh to shoote as it is writen in the boke of * Iashér 19 O noble Israél he is slaine vpon thy hie places how are the mighty ouerthrowen 20 * Tel it not in Gath nor publish it in the stre tes of Ashkelôn lest the daughters of the Phi listims reioyce lest the daughters of the vncir cumcised triumphe 21 Ye mountaines of Gilbóa vpon you be ne ther dewe not raine nor be there fields of offrings for there the shield of the mightie is cast downe the shield of Saúl as thogh he had not bene anoynted with oyle 22 The bowe of Ionathán neuer turned backe nether did the sworde of Saúl returne empty from the blood of the slaine and from the fat of the mighty 23 Saúl and Ionathán were louely and pleasant in their ãâã and in their deathes they were not deuided they were swifter the negles they were stronger then lions 24 Ye daughters of Israél wepe for Saul which clothed you in skarlet with pleasures and hanged ornaments of golde vpon your apparel 25 How were the mighty slaine in the middes of the battel ô Ionathán thou wast slaine in thine hie places 26 Wo is me for thee my brother Ionathán very kinde hast thou bene vnto me thy loue to me was wonderful passing the loue of women how are the mighty ouerthrowen and the weapons of warre destroyed CHAP. II. 4 Dauid is anoynted King in Hebrón 9 Abnér maketh Ish-bosheth King ouer Israél 15 The battel of the seruaÌts of Dauid and Ish-bosheth 32 The buryal of Asahél 1 AFter this Dauid asked counsel of the Lord saying Shal I go vp into anie of the cities of Iudah And the Lord said vnto him Go vp And Dauid said Whither shal I go He then answered Vnto HebroÌn 2 So Dauid went vp thither and his two wiues also Ahinóam the Izreelite and Abigáil Nabals wife the Carmelite 3 And Dauid broght vp the men that were with him euerie man with his housholde they dwelt in the cities of HebroÌn 4 ¶ TheÌ the men of Iudáh came there they anointed Dauid King ouer the house of Iudáh And they tolde Dauid saying * that theÌ men of Iabésh Gileád buryed Saúl 5 And dauid sent messengers vnto the men of Iabésh Gileád and said vnto them ãâã sed are ye of the Lord that ye haue shewed suche kindenes vnto your lord Saúl that you haue buryed him 6 Therefore now the Lord shewe mercie and trueth vnto you and I wil recompence you this benefite because ye haue done this thing 7 Therefore now let your hands be strong be you valiant albeit your master Saúl be dead yet neuerthelesse the house of Iudáh hathe anointed me King ouer them 8 ¶ But Abnér the sonne of Ner that was captaine of Sauls hoste toke Ish-bôsheth the sonne of Saúl broght him to Mahanáim 9 And made him King ouer Gileád and ouer the Ashurites and ouer Izreél and ouer Ephráim and ouer Beniamin and ouer all Israél 10 Ish-bôsheth Sauls sonne was fourty yere olde when he began to reigne ouer
thine holie one to se corruption 11 Thou wilt shewe me the path of life in thy presence is the fulnes of ioye and at thy right hand there are pleasures for euermore PSAL. XVII 1 Here he complaineth to God of the cruel pride and arro gancie of Saúl the rest of his enemies who thus raged without anie cause giueÌ on his parte 6 Therefore he desireth God to reuenge his innocencie and deliuer him ¶ The prayer of Dauid 1 HEare the right ô Lord coÌsider my crye hearkeÌ vnto my prayer of lips ãâã 2 Let my sentence come forthe from thy pre sence and let thine eyes beholde equitie 3 Thou hast proued and visited mine heart in the night thou hast tryed me and foundest nothing for I was purposed that my mouth shulde not offend 4 Concerning the workes of men by the wordes of thy lippes I kept me froÌ the paths of the cruel man 5 Stay my steps in thy paths that my fete do not slide 6 I haue called vpon thee surely thou wilt heare me ô God incline thine eare to me and hearken vnto my wordes 7 Shewe thy maruelous mercies thou that art the Sauiour of them that trust in thee from suche as resist thy right hand 8 Kepe me as the apple of the eye hide me vnder the shadow of thy wings 9 From the wicked that oppresse me from mine enemies whiche compasse me rounde about for my soule 10 They are inclosed in their owne fatt and they haue spoken proudly with their mouth 11 They haue compassed vs now in our steps they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the grounde 12 Like as a lyon that is gredie of praye as it were a lyons whelpe lurking in secret places 13 Vp Lord disapoint him cast him downe deliuer my soule from the wicked with thy sworde 14 FroÌ men by thine hand ô Lord from men of the worlde who haue their porcion in this life whose belies thou fillest with thine hid treasure their children haue ynough and leaue the rest of their substaÌce for their children 15 But I wil be holde thy face in righteousnes and when I awake I shal be satisfied with thine image PSAL. XVIII 1 This Psalme is the first beginning of his ãâã and thaÌkesgiuing in the entring into his kingdome wherein he extolleth praiseth moste highly the maruelous mer cies and grace of God who hathe thus preserued and defeÌded him 32 Also he setteth forthe the image of Christs kingdome that the faithful may be assured that Christ shal alwayes conquer ouercome by the vnspeakeable power of his Father thogh all the whole worlde shulde striue there against ¶ To him that excelleth A Psalme of Dauid the seruant of the Lord whiche spake vnto the Lord the wordes of this song in the day that the Lord deliuered him from the hand of all his enemies froÌ the hand of Saúl and said 1 I * Wil loue thee derely ô Lord my strength 2 The Lord is my rocke and my forteresse and he that deliuereth me my God and my strength in him wil I trust my shield the horne also of my saluacion and my refuge 3 I wil call vpon the Lord which is worthie to be praised so shal I be safe from mine enemies 4 The sorowes of death compassed me and the floods of wickednes made me afrayed 5 The sorowes of the graue haue compassed about the snares of death ouertoke me 6 But in my trouble did I call vpon the Lord and cryed vnto my God he heard my voyce out of his Temple and my crye did come before him euen into his eares 7 Then the earth trembled and quaked the fundacions also of the mountaines moued shoke because he was angrie 8 Smoke went out at his nostrels and a coÌsu ming fyre out of his mouth coles were kind led thereat 9 He bowed the heauens also and came downe and darkenes was vnder his fete 10 And he rode vpon Cherúb and did slie and he came flying vpon the wings of the winde 11 He made darkenes his secret place and his pauilion rounde about him euen darke nes of waters and cloudes of the aire 12 At the brightnes of his presence his cloudes passed hailestones and coles of fyre 13 The Lord also thundred in the heauen and the Highest gaue his voyce hailestones and coles of fyre 14 Then he sent out his arrowes and scatered them and he increased lightnings and destroyed them 15 And the chanels of waters were sene the fundacions of the worlde were discouered at thyrebuking ô Lord at the blasting of the breath of thy nostrels 16 He hathe sent downe from aboue and taken me he hathe drawen me out of manie waters 17 He hathe deliuered me from my strong enemie and from them which hate me for they were to strong for me 18 They preuented me in the daye of my calamitie but the Lord was my stay 19 He broght me forthe also into a large place he deliuered me because he fauoured me 20 The Lord re warded me according to my righteousnes according to the purenes of mine hands he recompensed me 21 Because I kept the wayes of the Lord and did not wickedly against my God 22 For all his Lawes where before me and I did not cast a way his commandemeÌts from me 23 I was vpright also with him and haue kept me from my wickednes 24 Therefore the Lord rewarded me according to my righteousnes and according to the purenes of mine hands in his sight 25 With the godlie thou wilt shewe thy self godlie with the vpright man thou wilt shewe thy self vp right 26 With the pure thou wilt she we thy self pure and with the frowarde thou wilt shewe thy self froward 27 Thus thou wilt saue the poore people and wilt cast downe the proude lokes 28 Surely thou wilt light my candel the Lord my God wil lighten my darkenes 29 For by thee I haue broken through an hoste and by my God I haue leaped ouer a wall 30 The waye of God is vncorrupt the worde of the Lord is tryed in the fyre he is a shield to all at that trust in him 31 For who is God besides the Lord and who is mightie saue our God 32 God girdeth me with strength and maketh my waye vpright 33 He maketh my fete like hindes fete and setteth me vpon mine high places 34 He teacheth mine hands to fight so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes 35 Thou hast also giuen me the shield of thy saluacion and thy right hand hathe stayed me and thy louing kindenes hathe caused me to increase 36 Thou hast enlarged my steppes vnder me and mine heles haue not slid 37 I haue pursued mine enemies and taken
my praise 15 Beholde they say vnto me Where is the worde of the Lord letit come now 16 But I haue not trust in my self for a pastor after thee nether haue I desired the daye of miserie thou knowest that which came out of my lippes was right before thee 17 Be not terrible vnto me thou art mine hope in the day of aduersitie 18 Let them be confounded that persecute me but let not me be confounded let them be afraid but let not me be afraid bring vpon theÌ the day of aduersitie destroy them with double destruction 19 Thus hathe the Lord said vnto me Go and stand in the gate of the children of the peo ple whereby the Kings of Iudáh come in by the whiche they go out in all the gates of Ierusalém 20 And say vnto them Heare the worde of the Lord ye Kings of Iudáh and all ãâã udáh and all the in habitants of Ierusalém that entre in by these gates 21 Thus ãâã the Lord Take hede to your soules and beare no burden in the Sabbath day nor bring it in by the gates of Ierusalém 22 Nether carye forthe burdens out of your houses in the Sabbath day nether do ye anie worke but sanctifie the Sabbath as I commanded your fathers 23 But they obeyed not nether inclined their eares but made their neckes stiffe and wolde notheare nor receiue correction 24 Neuertheles if ye wil heare me saith the Lord and be are no burden through the gates of the citie in the Sabbath day but ãâã fie the Sabbath day so that ye do no worke therein 25 Then shal the Kings and the princes entre in at the gates of this citie and shal sit vpon the throne of Dauid and shal ride vpon cha rets and vpon horses bothe they and their princes the men of Iudáh and the inhabitants of Ierusalém and this citie shal remaine for euer 26 And they shal come from the cities of Iudáh and from about Ierusalém and from the laÌd of Beniamin and from the plaine and from the mountaines and from the South ãâã shal bring burnt offrings and sacrifices and meat offrings and incense shal bring sacrifice of praise into the House of the Lord. 27 But if ye wil not heare me to sanctifie the Sabbath daye and not to beare a burdeÌ nor to go through the gates of Ierusalém in the Sabbath daye then wil I kindle a fyre in the gates thereof and it shal deuoure the palaces of Ierusalém and it shal not be quenched CHAP. XVIII 2 God sheweth by the example of a potter that it is in his power to destroye the dispicers of his worde 18 The con spiracie of ãâã Iewes against ãâã 19 His prayer against his aduersaries 1 THe worde whiche came to Ieremiáh froÌ the Lord saying 2 Arise go downe into the potters house there shal I shewe thee my wordes 3 Then I went downe to the potters house beholde he wroght a worke on the wheles 4 And the vessel that he made of claye was broken in the hand of the potter so he retur ned made it another vessel as semed good to the potter to make it 5 Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 6 O house of Israél can not I do with you as this potter saith the LORD beholde as the claie is in the potters haÌd so are you in mine hand o house of Israél 7 I wil speake suddenly against a nation or a againste a kingdome to plucke it vp and to roote it out and to destroye it 8 But if this nation against whome I haue pro nounced turne from their wickednes I wil repent of the plague that I thoght to bring vpon them 9 And I wil speake suddenly concerning a nacion and concerning a kingdome to buylde it and to plant it 10 But if it do euil in my sight and heare not my voyce I wil repent of the good that I thoght to do for them 11 Speake thou now therefore vnto the men of Iudáh and to the inhabitaÌts of Ierusalém saying Thus saith the Lord Beholde I prepa re a plague for you purpose a thing against you returne you therefore euerie one from his euil waye and make your wayes your workes good 12 But they said desperatly Surely we wil walke after our owne imaginacions and do euerie man after the stubbernes of his wicked heart 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord Aske now among the heathen who hathe heard suche things the virgine of Israél hathe done verie filthily 14 Wil a man forsake the snowe of LebanoÌn which cometh from the rocke of the field or shal the ãâã slowing waters that come from another place be forsaken 15 Because my people hathe forgotten me haue burnt incense to vanitie and their Prophetes haue cause them to stumble in their wayes from the ancient wayes to walke in the paths and waye that is not troden 16 To make their land desolate a perpetual derisioÌ so that euerie one that passeth ther by shal be astonished and wagge his head 17 I wil scattre them with an East winde before the enemie I wil she we them the backe and not the face in the day of their destruction 18 Then said they Come and let vs imagine some deuise againste Ieremiáh for the Law shal not perish from the Priest nor counsel from the wise nor the worde from the Prophet come and let vs smite him with the toÌ gue and let vs not giue hede to any of his wordes 19 Hearken vnto me ô Lord and heare the voy ce of them that contend with me 20 Shal euil be recompeÌced for good for they haue digged a pit for my soule remembre that I stode before thee to speake good for them and to turne away thy wrath from them 21 Therefore deliuer vp their children to famine and let them drop away by the force of the sworde and let their wiues be robbed of their children and be widdowes and let their housbands be put to death and let their yongmen be slayne by the sworde in the battel 22 Let the crye be heard from their houses when thou shalt bring an hoste suddeÌly vpon them for they haue digged a pit to take me and hid snares for my fete 23 Yet Lord thou knowest all their counsel against me teÌdeth to death forgiue not their iniquitie nether put out their sinne from thy sight but let them be ouerthrowen before thee deale thus with them in the time of thine angre CHAP. XIX He prophecieth the destruction of Ierusalém for the contempt and despisyng of the worde of God 1 THus said the Lord Go and bye an eartheÌ bottel of a potter take of the ancieÌts of the people and of the ancients of the Priests 2 And go forthe vnto the vallei of Ben-hinnom which is by the entrie of the East gate thou shalt preache
shoke at the noyce of the woman 27 And I loked and beholde the woman appeared vnto me nomore but there was a citie buylded and a place was shewed from the grounde and fundacion Then was I afrayed and cryed with a loude voyce and said 28 Where is Vrielthe Angel * which came to me at the first for he hathe caused me to co me into manie and depe consideracions and mine end is turned into corruption and my pray to rebuke 29 And as I was speaking these wordes beholde he came vnto me and loked vpon me 30 And lo I laye as one dead and mine vnderstanding was altered and he toke me by the right hand and comforted me and set me vpon my feete and said vnto me 31 What aileth thee and why is thine vnderstanding vexed and the vnderstanding of of thine heart and wherefore art thousorie 32 And I said Because thou hast forsaken me and I haue done * according vnto thy wordes I went into the field and there haue I sene things and se that I am not able to expresse 33 Then said he vnto me Stand vp manly and I wil giue thee exhortacion 34 Then said I Speake vnto me my lord and forsake me not lest I dye through rashnes 35 For I haue sene that I knewe not and heare that I do not knowe 36 Or is minevnderstaÌding disceiued or doeth my minde being hautie erre 37 Now therefore I beseche thee that thou wilt shewe thy seruant of this wondre 38 Then he answered me and said Heare me and I wil informe thee and tel thee wherefore thou art afrayed for the moste High ha the reueiled manie secret things vnto thee 39 He hath sene thy good purpose that thou art sorie continually for thy people and ma kest great lamentacion for Sion 40 This therefore is the vnderstanding of the vision which appeared vnto thee a litle while ago 41 Thou sawest a woman mourning and thou begannest to comfort her 42 But now seest thou the lickenes of the woman no more but there appeared vnto thee a citie buylded 43 And where as she tolde thee of the death of her sonne this is the solution 44 This womaÌ which thou sawest she is Sion where as she tolde thee eueÌ she which thou seest now as a citie buylded 45 And as touching that she said vnto thee that she was baren thirtie yeres this was coÌcerning that there was euen thirtie yeres wherein there was no offring offred in her 46 But after thirtie yeres Salomon buylt the citie and offred offrings theÌ bare the baren a sonne 47 And where as she tolde thee that she nourished him with labour that was the inhabiting of Ierusalém 48 But where as she tolde thee that her sonne as his chance was dyed when she came into her chamber that is the fall that is come to Ierusalém 49 And when thousawest her like one that mourned for her sonne thou begannest to coÌfort her of these things which haue chan ced these are to be opened vnto thee 50 For now the moste High seeth that thou art sorie in thy mind and because thou suffrest with all thine heart for her he shewed thee the clerenes of her glorie and the faire nes of her beautie 51 And therefore I bad thee remaine in the field where no house was buylt 52 For I knewe that the moste High wolde shewe these things vnto thee 53 Therefore I commanded thee to go into the field where no fundacion nor buylding is 54 For the worke of mans buylding can not stand in that place where the citie of the mo ste High shulde be shewed 55 And therefore feare not nether let thine heart be afrayed but go in and se the beautie and greatnes of the buylding as muche as thou art able to se with thine eyes 56 Aud after this shalt thou heare as muche as thine eares may comprehende 57 For thou art blessed aboue manie and art called with the moste High among the few 58 But to morow at night thou shalt remaine here 59 And the moste High shal shewe thee visioÌs of high things which the moste High will do vnto them that dwell vpoÌ earth in the last dayes So I slept the same night and another as he had commanded me CHAP. XI 1 The visioÌ of an egle coming forthe of the sea and of her feathers 37 Of alyon coming out of the forest 1 THen saw I a dreame and beholde there came vp from the sea an egle whiche had twelue feathered wings thre heads 2 And I sawe beholde she spred her wings ouer all the earth and all the windes of the ayre blewe on her and gathered them selues 3 And I behelde out of her feathers grew out other contrarie feathers and they became litle feathers and smale 4 But her heads remayne still and the head in the middes was greater then the other heads yet rested it with them 5 Moreouer I sawe that the egle flewe with his feathers and reigned vpoÌ earth ouer them that dwelt therein 6 And I sawe that all thinges vnder heauen were subiect vnto her and noman spake against her no not one creature vpoÌ earth 7 I sawe also that the egle stode vp vpoÌ her clawes and spake to her feathers saying 8 Watche not all together slepe euerie one in his owne place and watch by course 9 But let the heads be preserued for the last 10 Neuertheles I sawe that the voyce went not out of her heads but from the myddes of her bodie 11 Then I nombred her contrarie feathers and beholde there were eight of them 12 And I loked and behòlde vpon the ryght side there arose one feather and reygne ouer all the earth 13 And when it had reigned the end of it came the place therof appeared no more So the next stode vp and reigned it continued a long time 14 And when it had reigned the end of it came also and as the firste so it appeared no more 15 Then there came a voyce vnto it and said 16 Heare thou that hast kept the earthe so long this I say vnto thee before thou beginnest to appeare no more 17 There shal none after thee atteyne vnto thy time nether to the halfe thereof 18 Then arose the thirde and reygned as the other afore and it appeared no more also 19 So came it to all the others one after ano ther so that euerie one reigned and then appeared no more 20 Then I loked and beholde in processe of time the feathers that followed stode vp on the right side that they might rule also and some of them ruled but within a while they appeared no more 21 For some of theÌ were set vp but ruled not 22 After this I loked and beholde the twelue feathers appeared no more northe two wings 23 And there was no more vppon the egles bodie but two heades that rested and six wings 24 Then sawe I also that thou winges deuided them selues from the
into the plaine field because he had so manie hor semen and put his trust in them 78 So Ionathan followed vpon him to Azotus and the armie skirmished with his arriere bande 79 For Apollonius had left a thousand horsemen behinde them in ambush 80 And Ionathan knewe that there was an am bushment behinde him and thogh they had compassed in his hoste and shot dartes at the people from the morning to the euening 81 Yet the people stode stil as Ionathan had coÌ manded them til their horses were wearie 82 Then broght Simon forthe his hoste and set theÌ against the baÌde but the horses were wearie aud he ãâã them and they fled so the horsemen were scattered in the field 83 And they fled to Azotus and came into the temple of Dagon their Idole that thei might there saue them ãâã 84 But Ionathan set fyre vpon Azotus and all the cities rounde about it toke their spoiles and burnt with fyre the temple of Dagon with all them that were fled into it 85 Thus were slayne burnt about eight thou sand men 86 So Ionathan remoued the hoste from thence and camped by Ascalon where the men of the citie came forthe and met him with great honour 87 After this went Ionath an and his hoste agai ne to Ierusalem with great spoiles 88 And wheÌ King AlexaÌder heard these things he began to do Ionathan more honour 89 And sent him a colar of golde as the vse is to be giuen vnto suche as are of the Kings blood he gaue him also Accaron with the borders thereof in possession CHAP. XI 3 The dissension betwene Ptolemeus and Alexander his soÌ ne in law 17 ãâã death of Alexander 19 Demetrius reigneth alter the death of Ptolemeus 22 Sion is ãâã ed of Ionathan 42 Demetrius seing that no man resisted him sendeth his armie againe 54 ãâã moueth Antiochus against Demetrius 1 ANd the King of Egypt gathered a great hoste like the ãâã that lyeth vpon the sea shote and manie ships and went about through deceit to obteine the kingdome of Alexander and to ioyne it vnto his owne realme 2 Vpon this he went into Syria with friendlie wordes and was let into the cities and men came forthe to mete him for King Alexander had commanded them to mete him be cause he was his father in Law 3 Now when he entred into the citie of Ptolemais he lefte bands and garisons in euerie citie 4 And when he came nere to Azotus they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt and Azotus and the suburbes there of that were destroyed and the bodies cast abroad them that he had burnt in the bat tel for they had made heapes of them by the way where he shulde passe 5 And thei tolde the King what Ionathan had done to the intent they might get him euil wil but the King helde his peace 6 And Ionathan met the King with great honour at Ioppe where they saluted one another and laye there 7 So when Ionathan had gone with the King vnto the water that was called Eleutherus he turned againe to Ierusalem 8 So King Ptolemeus gate the dominion of the cities by the sea vnto Seleucia vpon the sea coast imagining wicked counsels against Alexander 9 ¶ And sent ambassadours vnto King Demetrius saying Come let vs make a league betwene vs and I wil giue thee my daughter which Alexander hathe and thou shalt reigne in thy fathers kingdome 10 For I repeÌt that I gaue Alexander my daugh ter for he goeth about to slaye me 11 Thus he sclandered Alexander as one that shulde desire his realme 12 And he toke his daughter from him gaue her vnto Demetrius and forsoke Alexander so that their hatred was openly knowen 13 Then Ptolemeus came to Autiochia where he set two crownes vpon his owne head of Asia and of Egypt 14 In the meane season was King Alexander in Cilicia for they that dwelt in those places had rebelled against him 15 But when AlexaÌder heard it he came to war re against him and Ptolemeus broght for the his hoste and met him with a mightie power and put him to flight 16 Then fled Alexander into Arabia there to be defended so Ptolemeus was exalted 17 And Zabdiel the Arabian smote of Alexanders head sent it vnto Ptolemeus 18 But the third dáy after King Ptolemeus dyed and thei that were in the holdes were slayne one of another 19 And Demetrius reigned in the huÌdreth thre score and seuenth yere 20 ¶ At the same time gathered Ionathan them that were in Iudea to laye siege vnto the castle which was at Ierusalem and they made manie instruments of warre against it 21 TheÌ went there certeine vn godlie persones which hated their owne people vnto King Demetrius and tolde him that Ionathan besieged the castle 22 So when he heard it he was angrie and immediatly came vnto Ptolemais and wrote vn to Ionathan that he shulde laye nomore siege vnto it but that he shulde mete him speake with him at Ptolemais in all haste 23 Neuertheles when Ionathan heard this he commanded to besiege it he chose also certeine of the Elders of Israel and the Priest put him self in danger 24 And toke with him siluer and golde and ap parel and diuerse presents and went to Ptole mais vnto the King and founde fauour in his sight 25 And thogh certeine vngodlie men of his owne nacion had made complaintes vpon him 26 Yet the King intreated him as his predecessers had done and promoted him in the sight of all his friends 27 And confirmed him in the hie priesthode with all the honorable things that he had afore and made him his chief friend 28 IonathaÌ also desired the King that he wold make Iudea fre with the thre gouernements and the countrey of Samaria and Ionathan promised him thre hundreth talents 29 Where unto the King consented gaue Ionathan writing of the same conteining these wordes 30 KING DEMETRIVS vnto his brother Ionathan and to the nacioÌ of the Iewes sendeth greting 31 We seÌd you here a copie of the letter which we did write vnto our cousin Lasthenes concerning you that ye shulde se it 32 King Demetrius vnto Lasthenes his father sendeth greting 33 For the faithfulnes that our friends the nacion of the Iewes kepe vnto vs and for their good wil towardes vs we are ditermined to do them good 34 Wherefore we assigne to theÌ the coasts of Iudea with the thre gouernements Apherema and Lydda and Ramathe which are added vnto Iudea from the countrey of Samaria and all that apperteineth to all them that sacrifice in Ierusalem bothe concerning the paiments which the King toke yerely afore time bothe for the frutes of the earth for the frutes of the trees 35 As for the other things apperteining vnto vs of the tenths tributes which were due vnto vs and the customes of salte crowne taxes which were payed vnto vs we
foreknowledge 1 NOw then there is no comdemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus which walke not after the slesh but after the Spirit 2 For the Law of the Spirit flif which is in Christ Iesus hathe freed me from the law of sinne and of death 3 For that that was impossible to the Law in as muche as it was weake because of the flesh God sending his owne Sonne in the similitude of sinful flesh and for sinne condemned sinne in the flesh 4 That the righteousnes of the Law might be fulfilled in vs which walke not after the flesh but after the Spirit 5 For they that are after the flesh sauour the things of the flesh but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit 6 For the wisdome of the flesh is death but the wisdome of the Spirit is life peace 7 Because the wisdome of the flesh is enimitie against God for it is not subiect to the Law of God nether in dede can be 8 So then they that are in the flesh can not please God 9 Now ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit because the Spirit of God dwelleth in you but if anie man hathe not the Spirit of Christ the same is not his 10 And if Christ be in you the bodie is dead because of sinne but the Spirit is life for righteousnes sake 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you he that raised vp Christ froÌ the dead shal also quicken your mortal boides because that his Spirit dwelleth in you 12 Therefore brethren we are detters not to the flesh to liue after the flesh 13 For if ye liue after the flesh ye shal dye but if ye mortifie the dedes of the bodie by the Spirit ye shal liue 14 For as manie as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sonnes of God 15 For ye haue not receiued the Spirit of bondage to feare againe but ye haue receiued the Spirit of ad opcion whereby we crye * Abba Father 16 The same Spirit beareth witnes with our Spirit that we are the children of God 17 If webe children we are also heires eueÌ the heires of God and heires annexed with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we maye also beglorified with him 18 For I counte that the afflictions of this present time are not worthie of the glorie which shal be shewed vnto vs. 19 For the serueÌt desire of the creature waiteth when the sonnes of God shal be reueiled 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie not of it owne wil but by reason of him which hathe subdued it vnder hope 21 Because the creature also shal be deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God 22 For we knowe that euerie creature groneth with vs also and trauaileth in paine together vnto this present 23 And not onely the creature but we also which haue the first frutes of the Spirit eueÌ we do sigh in our selues waiting for the adopcion euen the * redemption of our bodie 24 For we are saued by hope but hope that is sene is not hope for how can a man hope for that which he seeth 25 But if we hope for that we se not we do with pacience abide for it 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmi ties for we knowe not what to praye as we ought but the Spirit it self maketh ãâã for vs with sighs which can not be expressed 27 But he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the meaning of the Spirit for he maketh request for the Sainctes according to the wil of God 28 Also we knowe that all things worke together for the best vnto them that loue God euen to them that are called of his purpose 29 For those wich he knewe before he also predestinate to be made like to the image of his Sonne that he might be the first borne among manie brethren 30 Moreouer whome he predestinate them also he called and whome he called them also he iustified and whome he iustified them he also glorified 31 What shal we then say to these things If God be on our side who can be against vs 32 Who spared not his owne Sonne but gaue him for vs all to death how shal he not with him giue vs all things also 33 Who shal lay anie thing to the charge of Gods chosen it it God that * iustifieth 34 Who shal condemne it is Christ which is dead yea or rather whiche is risen againe who is also at the right hand of God and maketh request also for vs. 35 Who shal separate vs from the loue of Christ shal tribulacion or anguish or persecucion or famine or nakednes or peril or sworde 36 As it is written For thy sake are we killed all day long we are counted as shepe for the slaughter 37 Neuertheles in all these things we are more then conquerers through him that loued vs. 38 For I am persuaded that nether death nor life nor Angels nor principalities nor pow ers nor things present nor things to come 39 Nor height nor depth nor anie other creatu re shal be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. CHAP. IX 1 Heauing testified his great loue towardes his nacion and the signes thereof 11 He entreateth of the election and reprobacion 24 Of the vocation of the Gentiles 30 And reiection of the Iewes 1 I Say the trueth in Christ I lye not my conscience bearing me witnes in the holie Gost. 2 That I haue great heauines and continual sorowe in mine heart 3 * For I wolde wish my self to be separate from Christ for my brenthren that are my kinsmen according to the flesh 4 Which are the Israelites to whome perteineth the adoption and the glorie and the * Couenantes and the giuing of the Law the seruice of God and the promises 5 Of whome are the Fathers and of whome concerning the flesh Christ came who is God ouer all blessed for euer Amen 6 * Not withstanding it can not be that the worde of God shulde take none effect for all they are not Israel which are of Israel 7 Nether are they all children because they are the sede of Abraham * but In Isaac shal thy sede be called 8 That is they which are the children of the flesh are not the children of God but the* children of the promes are counted for the sede 9 For this is a worde of promes * In this same time wil I come and Sara shal haue a sonne 10 Nether he onelie felt this but also * Rebecca when she had coÌceiued by one eueÌ by
it pleased God by the foolishnes of preaching to saue them that beleue 22 Seing also that the Iewes require a * signe and the Grecians seke after wisdome 23 But we preache Christ crucified vnto the Iewes euen a stombling blocke vnto the Grecians foolishnes 24 But vnto them which are called bothe of the Iewes Grecians we preache Christ the power of God and the wisdome of God 25 For the foolishnes of God is wiser theÌ men and the weakenes of God is stronger then men 26 Forbrethren you se your calling how that not manie wise men after the flesh not manie mightie not manie noble are called 27 But God hathe chosen the foolish things of the worlde to confounde the wise and God hath chosen the weake things of the world to confounde the mightie things 28 And vile things of the worlde and things which are despised hathe God chosen and things whiche are not to bring to noght things that are 29 That no flesh shulde reioyce in his presence 30 But ye are of him in Christ Iesus who of God is made vnto vs * wisdome righteousnes and sanctification and redempcion 31 That according as it is written * He that reioyceth let him reioyce in the Lord. CHAP. II. 1 He putteth for example his maner of preaching whiche was according to the tenor of the Gospel 8 Which Gos pel was contemptible and hid to the carnal 10 And againe honorable and manifest to the spiritual 1 ANd I brethreÌ when I came to you came not with * excellencie of wordes or of wisdome shewing vnto you the testimonie of God 2 For I estemed not to know anie thing amoÌg you saue Iesus Christ and him crucified 3 * And I was among you in weakenes and in feare and in muche trembling 4 Nether stode my worde and my preaching in the * entising speache of mans wisdome but in plaine euidence of the Spirit of power 5 That your faith shuld not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God 6 And we speake wisdome among them that are perfite not the wisdome of this worlde nether of the priÌces of this worlde which come to noght 7 But we speake the wisdome of God in a mysterie euen the hid wisdome which God had determiued before the worlde vnto our glorie 8 Which none of the princes of this worlde hathe knowen for had thei knowen it thei wolde not haue crucified the Lord of glorie 9 But as it is written * The things which eye hathe not sene nether eare hathe heard nether came into mans heart are which God hathe prepared for them that loue him 10 But God hathe reueiled them vnto vs by his Spirit for the Spirit searcheth all things yea the deepe things of God 11 For what man knoweth the things of a maÌ saue the spirit of a man which is in him eueÌ so the things of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God 12 Now we haue receiued not the Spirit of the worlde but the Spirit which is of God that we might knowe the things that are giuen to vs of God 13 Which things also we speake not in the * wordes which mans wisdome teacheth but which the holie Gost teacheth comparing spiritual things with spiritual things 14 But the natural man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishnes vnto him nether can he knowe theÌ because they are spiritually discerned 15 But he that is spiritual discerneth all things yet he him self is iudged of no man 16 * For who hathe knowen the minde of the Lord that he might instruct him But we haue the minde of Christ. CHAP. III. 3 Paul rebuketh the sectes and autours thereof 7 No man ought to attribute his saluacion to the ministers but to God 10 That they beware erronius doctrines 11 Christ is the fundacion of his Church 16 The dignitie and office bothe of the ministers and also of all the faithful 1 ANd I colde not speake vnto you brethreÌ as vnto spiritual men but as vnto carnal euen as vnto babes in Christ. 2 I gaue you milke to drinke and not meat for ye were not yet able to beare it nether yet now are ye able 3 For ye are yet carnal for where as there is among you enuying and strife and diuisions are ye not carnal and walke as men 4 For when one saith I am Pauls and another I am Apollos are ye not carnal 5 Who is Paul then and who is Apollos but the ministers by whome ye beleued and as the Lord gaue to euerie man 6 I haue planted Apollos watred but God gaue the encrease 7 So then ãâã is he that plaÌteth anie thing nether he that watreth but God that giueth the encrease 8 And he that planteth he that watreth are one * euerie man shal receiue his wages according to his labour 9 For we together are Gods laborers ye are Gods housbandrie and Gods buylding 10 According to the grace of God giuen to me as a skilful master buylder I haue laid the fundacion and another buyldeth thereon butlet euerie man take hede how he buyldeth vpon it 11 For other fundacion can no man lay then that which is laid which is Iesus Christ. 12 And if anie man buylde on this fundacion golde siluer precious stones tymber haye or stubble 13 Euerie mans worke shal be made manifest for the daye shal declare it because it shal be reueiled by the fyre and the fyre shal trye euerie mans worke of what sort it is 14 If anie mans worke that he hathe buylt vpon abide he shal receiue wages 15 If anie mans worke burne he shal lose but he shal be safe him self neuertheles yet as it were by the fyre 16 * Knowe ye not that ye are the Temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you 17 If anie man destroy the TeÌple of God him shal God destroy for the Temple of God is holie which ye are 18 Let no man deceiue him self If anie man among you seme to be wise in this worlde let him be a foole that he may be wise 19 For the wisdome of this world is foolishnes with God for it is written * He catcheth the wise in their owne craftines 20 * And againe The Lord knoweth that the thoghts of the wise be vaine 21 Therefore let no man reioyce in men for all things are yours 22 Whether it be Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the worlde or life or death whether they be things present or things to come euen all are yours 23 And ye Christs and Christ Gods CHAP. IIII. 1 After that he had described the office of a true Apostle 3 Seing they did not acknowledge him suche one 4 He appealeth to
take suche an humble state vpon him that he might be like vnto his brethren 1 WHerefore we ought diligently to giue hede to the things which we haue heard lest at anie time we shulde let them slippe 2 For if the worde spoken by Angels was stedfaste and euerie transgression and disobedience receiued a ãâã recompense of rewarde 3 How shal we escape if we neglect so great saluation which at the first began to be preached by the LORD and afterwarde was confirmed vnto vs by them that heard him 4 * God bearing witnes there to bothe with signes and wonders and with diuers miracles and giftes of the holie Gost according to his owne wil 5 For he hathe not put in subiection vnto the Angels the worlde to come whereof we speake 6 But* one in a certeine place witnessed saying What is man that thou shuldest be mindeful of him or the sonne of man that thou woldest consider him 7 Thou madest him a litle inferior to the Angels thou crownedst him with glorie and honour and hast set him aboue the workes of thine hands 8 * Thou hast put all things in subiection vnder his fete And in that he hath put al things in subiection vnder him he left nothing that shulde not be subiect vnto him But we yet se not all things sub dued vnto him 9 But we se Iesus crowned with glorie and honour which was made a litle inferior to the Angels through the suffering of death that by Gods grace he might taste death for all men 10 For it became him for whomme are all things by whome are all things seing that he broght manie children vnto glorie that he shulde consecrate the Prince of their saluation through afflictions 11 For he that sanctifieth and they which are sanctified are all of one wherefore he is not ashamed to call them brethren 12 Saying * I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren in the middes of the Church will sing praises to thee 13 And againe * I wil put my trust in him And againe * Beholde here am I and the children which God hathe giuen me 14 Forasmuche then as the children were partakers of fleshe and bloode he also him self likewise toke parte with them that he might destroye * through death him that had the power of death that is the deuil 15 And that he might deliuer all them which for feare of death were all their life time sub iect to bondage 16 For he in no sorte toke the Angels but the toke the seed of Abraham 17 Wherefore in all things it became him to be made like vnto his brethreÌ that he might be merciful a faithful high Priest in things concerning God that he might make recon ciliation for the sinnes of the people 18 For in that he suffered and was tempted he is able to sucker them that are tempted CHAP. III. 1 He requireth them to be obedient vnto the worde of Christ 3 who is more worthie then Moses 12 The punishement of suche as wil harden their hearts and not belieue that they might haue eternal rest 1 THerefore holie brethren partakers of the heauenlievocation consider the Apostle and high Priest of our profession Christ Iesus 2 Who was faithful to him that hathe appoin ted him euen as * Moses was in all his hou se. 3 For this man is counted worthie of more glorie then Moses inasmuche as he whiche hathe buylded the house hathe more honour then the house 4 For euerie house is buylded of some maÌ and he that hathe buylt all things is God 5 Now Moses verely was faithful in all his house as a seruant for a witnes of the things which shulde be spoken after 6 But Christ is as the Sonne ouer his owne house whose house we are if we holde fast the confidence and the reioycing of the hope vnto the end 7 Wherefore as the holie Gost saith * To day if ye shal heare his voyce 8 Harden not you hearts as in the prouocation according to the day of the tentation in the wildernes 9 Where your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes fortie yeres long 10 Wherefore I was grieued with that genera tion and said They erre euer in their heart nether haue they knowen my wayes 11 Therefore I sware in my wrath If thei shal enter into my rest 12 Take hede brethren lest at anie time there be in anie of you an euil heart and vnfaithful to departe away from the liuing God 13 But exhorte one another daily while it is called To day lest anie of you be hardened through the deceitfulnes of sinne 14 For we are made partakers of Christ if we kepe sure vnto the end the beginning whe re with we are vp holden 15 So long as it is said To day if ye heare his voyce harden not your hearts as in the prouocation 16 For some when they heard prouoked him to angre how beit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses 17 But with whome was he displeased fortie yeres Was he not displeased with them that sinned * whose carkeises fell in the wildernes 18 And to whome sware he that they shulde not enter into his rest but vnto them that obeyed not 19 So we se that they colde not enter in becau se of vnbeliefe CHAP. IIII. 2 The worde without faith is vnprofitable 3 The Sabbath or rest of the Christians 6 Punishement of vnbeleuers 12 the nature of the worde of God 1 LEt vs feare therefore lest at anie time by forsaking the promes of entring into his rest anie of you shulde seme to be depriued 2 For vnto vs was the Gospel preached as also vnto them but the worde that they heard profited not them because it was not mixed with faith in those that heard it 3 For we which haue beleued do enter into rest as he said to the other * As I haue swor ne in my wrath If they shal enter into my rest althogh the workes were finished from the fundation of the worlde 4 For he spake in a certeine place of the seuenth day on this wise * And God did rest the seuenth day from all his workes 5 And in this place againe If they shal enter into my rest 6 Seing therefore it remaineth that some must enter thereinto and they to whome it was first preached entred not therein for vnbele fes sake 7 Againe he appointed in Dauid a certeine day by To day after so long a time saying as it is said * This day if ye heare his voyce harden not your hearts 8 For if Iesus had giuen them rest then wolde he not after this day haue spoken of another 9 There remaineth therefore a rest
and for the witnessing of Iesus Christ. 10 And I was rauished in spirit on the Lords day and heard behinde me a great voyce as it had bene of a trumpet 11 Saying I am and the first and the last and that whiche thou seest write in a boke and send it vnto the seuen Churches whiche are in Asia vnto Ephesus and vnto Smyrna and vnto Pergamus and vnto Thyatira and vnto Sardi and vnto Philadelphia and vnto Laodicea 12 Then I turned backe to sethe voyce that spake with me and wheÌ I was turned I sawe seuen golden candlestickes 13 And in the middes of the seuen candlestickes one like vnto the Sonne of man clothed with a garment downe to the feete girde about the pappes with golden girdle 14 His head and heere 's were white as white woll and as snowe and his eyes were as a flame of fyre 15 And his fete like vnto fine u brasse burning as in a fornace and voyce as the sounde of many waters 16 And he had in his right hand seuen y starres and out of his mouth went a sharpe two edged sworde and his face shone as the sunne shineth in his strength 17 And when I sawe him I fell at his fete as dead then he laid his right hand vpon me saying vnto me Feare not I am the first and the last 18 And am aliue but I was dead and beholde I am a liue for euermore Amen and I haue the keyes of hel and of death 19 Write the things which thou hast sene and the things whiche are and the things which shal come here after 20 The misterie of the seuen starres whiche thou sawest in my right hand and the seuen golden candlestickes is this The seuen starres are the Aungels of the seuen Churches and the seuen candlestickes whiche thou sawest are the seuen Churches CHAP. II. 1 He exhorte foure Chuches 5 To repentance 10 To perseuerance pacience and amendement 5. 14 20. 23. Aswel by threatenings 7. 10. 17. 26. As promises of rewarde 1 VNto the Angel of the Church of Ephesus write These things saith he that hol deth the seuen starres in his right hand and walketh in the middes of the seuen golden candlestickes 2 I knowe thy workes and thy labour aÌd thy pacience and how thou canst not forbeare them whiche are euil and hast examined theÌ whiche say they are Apostles and are not hast founde them lyers 3 And thou hast suffred and hast pacience for my Names sake hast labored and hast not fainted 4 Neuertheles I haue somewhat against thee because thou hast left thy first loue 5 Remember therefore from wheÌce thou art fallen and repent and do the first workes orels I wil come against thee shortly and wil remoue thy candlesticke out of his place except thou amende 6 But this thou hast that thou hatest the workes of the Nicolaitans which I also hate 7 Let him that hathe an eare heare what the Spitit saith vnto the Churches To him that ouercometh wil I giue to eate of the tree of life whiche is in the middes of the Paradise of God 9 ¶ And vnto the Aungell of the Churche of the Smyrnians write These things saith he that is first and last Whiche was dead and is a liue 9 I know thy workes and tribulation and pouertie but thou art riche and I knowe the blasphemie of them which say they are Iewes and are not but are the Synagogue of Satan 10 Feare none of those things whiche thou shalt suffer beholde it shall come to passe that the deuill shall cast some of you into prison that ye may be tryed and ye shall haue tribulation ten dayes be thou faithfull vnto the death and I will giue thee the crowne of life 11 Let him that hathe an eare heare what the Spirit saith to the Churches He that ouercometh shal not be hurt of the secoÌde death 12 And to the Angel of the Church whiche is at Pergamus write This saith he which hath the sharpe sworde with two edges 13 I knowe thy workes and where thou dwellest euen where Satans throne is and thou kepest my Name and hast not denied my faith euen in those dayes when Antipasmy faithful martyr was slaine among you where Satan dwelleth 14 But I haue a fewe things against thee because thou hast there them that mainteine the doctrine of * Balaam whiche taught Balac to put a stumbling blocke before the children of Israel that they shulde eat of things sacrificed vnto idoles and commit fornication 15 Euen so hast thou them that mainteine the doctrine of the Nicolaitans whiche thyng I hate 16 Repent thy self or els I wil come vnto thee shortely and will fight against them with the sworde of my mouth 17 Let him that hathe an eare heare what the spirit saith vnto the Churches To him that ouercometh wil I giue to eat of the Manna that is hid and will giue hym a white stone and in the stone a newe name writen whiche no man knoweth sauing he that receiueth it 18 ¶ And vnto the Angel of the Church which is at Thyatira write These thyngs saith the Sonne of God which hathe his eyes like vnto a flame of fyre and his fete like fine brasse 19 I knowe thy workes and thy loue and seruice and faith and thy pacience and thy wor kes and that they are mo at the last then at the first 20 Notwithstanding I haue a fewe things against thee that thou suffrest the ãâã * Ie sabel which calleth her self a Prophetesse to teache and to deceiue my seruants to make them commit fornication and to eat meats sacrified vnto idoles 21 And I gaue her space to repent of her fornication and she repented not 22 Beholde I wil cast her into a bed and them that commit fornication with her into great affliction except they repent them of their workes 23 And I wil kill her children with death and all the Churches shal knowe that I am he which * searche the reines and hearts and I wil giue vnto euerie one of you according vnto your workes 24 And vnto you I say the rest of them of Thya tira As many as haue not this learning nether haue knowen the depnes of Satan as they speake I wil put vpoÌ you none other burden 25 But that which ye haue all ready holde fast til I come 26 For he that ouercometh and kepeth my workes vnto the end * to him wil I giue power ouer nations 27 And he shal rule them with a rodde of yron and as the vessels of a potter shal ãâã be broken 28 Euen as I receiued of my Father so will I giue him the
doings Iudg. 13. vnto the. 16. chap. Samuel and his doings 1. Sam. 1. vnto the. 25. chap. Sanctifie the Lord god in your hearts 1. Pet. 3. 15. The forme of the Sanctuarie Exod. 25. 8. The purgyng of the Sanctuarie Leuit. 16. 16. Sarah nourceth her sonne izhak Gen. 21. 27. Sarra the daughter of raguel Tob. 3. 7. and 10. Satan the god of this worlde 2. Cor. 4. 4. The nombre of them that shal be Saued is smale Luk. 13. 23. Saul king of Israel and his doings 1. Sam. 9 vnto the. 31. chap. ¶ The profite of the Scriptures 2. Tim. 3. 16. The vnderstanding of the Scriptures is the gift of God Luk. 24. 45. ¶ The scribes sit in moses Seat Matth. 23. 2 Christ the Sede of Dauid 2. Sam. 7. 12. a Seer that is a prophet 1. Sam. 9. 11. The ceremoniall law forbiddeth to Seeth meat on the sabbath Exod. 16. 23 To Sell his goods and to giue them c Mat. 19. 21. Luk. 12. 33. and 18. 22 The Sepulchre of Christ. Mat. 27. 60 Sergius paulus Act. 13. 7 The Brasen Serpent set vp Nomb. 21. 9. Iohn 3. 14. broken in pieces 2. King 18. 4 Of Seruants Exod. 21. 2. Deut. 15. 12 The Seruant that knoweth the wil. c. Luk. 12. 47. The duetie of Seruants Ephes. 6. 6 Serue god Exod. 23. 25. Ebr. 12. 28. Deu. 6. 13. Iosh. 24. 14 Serue god with a good heart Deut. 28. 47. The true Seruice of god Isa. 1. 16 The outwarde Seruice that lacketh faith is reiected Isa. 43. 22. ¶ Shall maneser the King of asshur 2. King 18. 9. Shaminah alone sleke manie philistims 2. Sam. 23. 11 Shallum killeth zechariah the sonne of Ieroboam 2. King 15. 10 Shebnah 2. King 18. 18. Isa. 22. 15 The Shechemites are burnt Iudg. 9. 45. Sheehem slayne Gen. 34. 26 Shem. Gen. 5. 32. and 10. 21 Shemaiah a prophet 1. King 12. 22 Shelah the sonne of arpachshad Gen. 11. 12. Shelah the sonne of Iudah Genes 38. 5. Lost Shepe Mat. 15. 24. The Shepe of christ heare his voyce Iohn 10. 27 The office of a Shepherd Ezek. 33. 2. The good Shepherd christ Iohn 10. 11. 1. Pet. 5. 4. Christ the Shepherd of the faithfull Ezek. 34. 23. Christs birth declared to the Shepherds Luk. 2. 9 False Shepherds Ierem. 12. 10. and 23. 1. Ezek. 34. 2 Shepherds that admonish not Ezek. 3. 18 the golden Shields of Salomon 1. king 10. 17. and 14. 26. Shimei and his vilenie 2. Sam. 16. 5. and 19. 16. 1. King 2. 36. In Shiloh was the tabernacle of the con gregacion Ioshu 18. 1. 1. Samuel 1. 24. Shuah the father of iudahs wife Genes 38. 2 ¶ The Sicke ought to send for the elders of the church Iam. 5. 14 Christs Side is perced Iohn 19. 34. a Signe giuen to hezekiah 2. King 20. 9. a Signe giuen to saul for a confirmacion 1. Sam. 10 2 Feare not the Signes of heauen Ierem. 10. 2. Signes which shal not come before the latter daye Luk. 21. 25. Sion king of heshbon giuen into the hands of israel Deut. 2. 24 Simeon and his doings Gen. 29 and 34 42 46 49 Simon iudas maccabeus brother 1. Mac. 13. 14. Simon the pharise Luk. 7. 36 Simon the forcerer Act. 8. 9 Sinai a mountaine Exod. 19. 1. Galat. 4. 24. Dauid the swete Singer of israel 2. Sam. 23. 1. Dauids Singers 1. Chro. 25. 1. Sing spiritual songs to the Lord. Ephes. 5. 19. To Sing with the spirit and vnderstanding 1. Cor. 14. 15. Christ hathe deliuered vs from Sinne. Luk. 1. 74. God onelie forgiueth Sinne. Nombres 14. 18. The knowledge of Sinne by the law Rom. 3. 20. He that committeth Sinne is of the deuil 1. Iohn 3. 8. He that committeth sinne is the seruant of sinne Ioh. 8. 34. sinne against the holie Gost. Mar. 3. 29. By the Sinne of adam death entred into the worlde Rom. 5. 12. the Lord washeth awaye our sinnes Isa. 4. 4. 1. Cor. 6. 11. sinners captiues Rom. 7. 23. Christ is come to call Sinners Matth. 9. 12. the penitent Sinner shalliue Ezek. 33. 11. Deut. 30. 2. Sisera Iudg. 4 ¶ The Skye red in the morning Matth. 16. 2. ¶ To Sleape for to dye Gen. 47. 30. Mat. 9. 24. He that Slayeth a maÌ shal dye the death Exod. 21. 12. Leuit. 24. 17. ¶ The Smel of noahs sacrifice Gene. 8. 21. what punishmeÌt he shal haue that Smiteth his father or a woman with childe Exod. 21. 22 ¶ Of the Sodbmites Gene. 13 14 19 Ezek. 16. 48. Ioseph Solde by gods prouidence Gen. 45. 5. The Solemne feasts of the iewes Exod. 23. 14. Christ prayeth in a Solitarie place Mar. 1. 35. The Songs of moses Deut. 32. 1. The Songs of salomon a thousand and fiue 1. King 14. 32 The disobedieÌt SoÌne is stoned to death Deut. 21. 21. Sopater Act. 20. 4. Sorcerers ought to dye the death leuit 20. 27. Sorowe not aboue measure for theÌ that are dead 1. Thes. 4. 13. Sosthenes Act. 18. 17. The duetie of Souldiers Luk. 3. 14. Iosiah toke away South sayers 2. King 23. 24. What man Soweth that shal he reape Gala. 6. 7. ¶ Gods prouidence euen vpon the Sparow Mat. 10. 29. Euil Speakers shal not inherit the kingdome of god 1. Cor. 6. 10 whoso speaketh let him Speake the wordes of God 1. Pet. 4. 11. Sobrietie in Speaking Prou. 17. 27 the Spies of the land of promes are slaine for stirring vp the people Nomb. 14. 36. spies sent into iericho iosh. 2. 1 sanctification of the Spirit 1. Pet. 1. 2. the frute of the Spirit Gal. 5. 22. The wisdome of the Spirit Rommains 8. 6. we must not beleue euerie Spirit 1. Ioh. 4. 1. Lying Spirits Isa. 19. 14 the Spirit and the flesh lust one against another Gal. 5. 17 Spirit for winde Gene. 8. 1. Grieue not the holie Spirit of God Ephes. 4. 30. the Spirit prayeth for vs. Rom. 8. 26. Spoiles deuided equally 1. Sam. 30. 24. Iosh. 22. 8. the Spouse of Christ the Church Psal. 45. 10. ¶ Paul baptized Stephanas and his fami lie 1 Cor. 1. 16. Steuen and his death Act. 6. 5 7. Christ the corner Stone is refused Mat. 21. 42. 1. Pet. 2. 7. the stone to stoÌble at 1. Pet. 2. 8. It raineth Stones Iosh. 10. 11. God loueth the Stranger Deut. 10. 18. Oppresse not Strangers Exod. 13. 9. Leuit. 19. 33. strangers had the tithes giuen them Deut. 14. 29. Strangled things forbidden Genes 9. 4. God is our Strength 2. Samuel 22. 3. Exod. 15. 2. The waters of Strife Nomb. 20. 13 striue not with anie Prou. 20. 3. 2. Timo. 2. 23. ¶ The elders of Succoth put to death how Iudg. 8. 14. ¶ The Sunne and moone for signes and for ceasons Gen. 1. 14. the SuÌne stayed at the wordes of ioshua Iosh. 10. 12. the Supper of our Lord with his disciples Mat. 26. 26. the Supper of the Lord ought to be do ne
to be vtterly ãâã a For ãâã of the Reubenites ãâã of the halfe tribe colde not beare the insolencie of the sonne against the father and therefore ioyned with Dauid b Sygnifying that a good gouernour ought to be so deare vnto his people that ãâã wil rather lose their ãâã then that ought shuld come vnto him c So called because the ãâã as somesay fed their cattel beyon de ãâã in this wood () This is a terri ble example of Gods vengeance against them that are rebels or disobedieÌce to their parents Gen. 23. 13. â Ebr. ãâã mine hand â Ebr. alye ãâã my soule â Ebr. in the heart of Absalom d ãâã ãâã hadpiti of the people which was sedu ãâã by Absaler ãâã ãâã e ãâã God tur ãâã his vaine glo rie to shame Gen. 14. 17 f It semeth that God had punished him in taking away is childreÌ ãâã 14. 27. â Ebr. iudged g For Ioab baré a good affection to Ahimaaz and douted how Dauidwold takethe reporte of Absaloms death h He sate in the gate of the ãâã of ãâã â Ebr. tidinges are in his mouth â Ebr. I se the running i He had experience of hys ãâã Chap. 17 21 â Or deliuered vp k To wit Chushi who was an Ethiopian â Ebr. tidings it broght l Because he considered both the iudgement of God againste his sinne and colde not other wyse hide his fatherly affection toward his sonne â Ebr. saluation or deliuerance â Or by stealthe a As they do that mourne b At Mahanaim â Or captaines â Ebr. bene right in thine eyes â Ebr. to the heart of thy ãâã c VVhere the moste resorte of the people haÌted d Euerie one bla med another aÌd stroue who shuld firste bryng hym home e That thei shuld reproue the negligence of the Elders ãâã the people were so for warde f By this policie Dauid thogh that by Winning of the ãâã he shulde haue the hearte of all the people g VVho had before ãâã ãâã Chap. 16. ãâã Chap. 16. ãâã Chap. 16. ãâã h For in hys aduersitie he Was hys moste ãâã enemie and now in his prosperitie seketh by flat terie to crepe into ãâã i By Ioséph he meaneth ãâã Manasseh aÌd Beniamin Wher of he Was becau se these threwere vnder one standerd Nomb. 2. 18. k VVhen ãâã beyng at Ierusalem had met the king Chap. 16. 3. l Able for ãâã Wisdome to iud ge in al matters m VVorthy to ãâã for Sauls ãâã to Ward ãâã n Dauid did euil in takynge hys lands from hym before he knewe the cause but muche Worse that knowynge the trueth he did not restore them â Ebr. how manydayes are the yeres of my life o He thoght it not meete to receiue benefites of him to Whome he Was not able to do seruice againe p My ãâã â Or ãâã â Or bad hym fare Well q VVhere the tribe of ãâã ãâã to ãâã hym r VVhich had taken parte With the King s To Warde ãâã salem â Or haue ãâã We ãâã ãâã to bryng home the king ãâã ãâã a VVhere the ten tribes ãâã against ãâã b As they of ãâã say c He thoght by speaking contem preously of the king to stirre the people rather to sedicion d From Gilgal Whiche Was ãâã ãâã Chap. 16. 12. e VVho Was his chief captaine in Ioabs roume Chap. 19 ãâã f ãâã them Which had bene vnder Ioáb or Dauids men Chap ãâã ãâã g Which Was his coat that he vsed to Weare in the Warres â Ebr peace â Ebr. doubled not his stroke h He stodeby ãâã at Ioabs ap pointement i Vnto the citie ãâã Which Was ãâã to ãâã ãâã k That is he WeÌt about to ouerthrowe it l She sheweth that the olde custome Was not to destroie a ãâã be fore peace Was of fred Deur 20 11. m She speaketh in the name of the ãâã n Hearing ãâã te tolde him he gaue place to ãâã son and ãâã onely him that Was ãâã of the treason â Ebr. the i ãâã scatered Chap. 8 16 o Ether in dignitie or ãâã â Ebr. yere after ãâã â Ebr. soght the ãâã of the Lord. a Thinking to ãâã the ãâã ãâã these Were not of the seede of AbrahaÌ Iosh. 9 39. b VVhere With may your Wrath be appeased that you may pray to God to ãâã this plague ãâã his people c Saue onely of ãâã stocke d Of Sauls kinsemen e To pacifie ãâã Lord. 1. Sam. 18. 3 f Here Michál is named for Merab Adriels Wife as appeareth 1. Sam. 18 19. for Michal Was the Wife of ãâã 1. Sam. 25 44 neuer had ãâã 2. Sam. 6 23 â Ebr. ãâã g Which Was in the moneth Abib or Nisan Which ãâã parte of Marche and parte of April h To make ãâã a tent ãâã she prayed to God to turne away his Wrath. i ãâã ãâã the cause of this famine God by sending of raine ãâã Wed that he Was paci ãâã 1. Sam. 31 10. k For Where the magistrat suffreth fautes vnpu ãâã there the plague of God ãâã vpon the land l That is of the race of ãâã m VVhich ãâã to nine pounde thre quarters n For the glorie and Welth of the countrey staÌdeth in the ãâã of the godly magistrate o ãâã Gézer ãâã is called zip ãâã 1. Chro. 20 4. p That is Lahmi the brother of Go háth ãâã Da ãâã ãâã 1. ãâã 10 5. 1. Sam. 16 9. a In token of the Wonderful benefites that he recei ued of God b By the diuersitie of these ãâã names he sheweth how his faithwas streÌgthned in all tentacions Psal. 18 2. â Or rocke c As Dauid Who Was the figure of Christ Was by Gods power deliuered ãâã all daÌ gers so Christ his Churche shal ouercome ãâã greuous daÌgers tyraÌnie death d That is cloudes and vapors e Lightening aÌd thundering f So it semeth When the aire is darke g To flie in a mo ment through the Worlde h By this ãâã of a tempest he declareth the power of God against his enemies i He alludeth to the miracle of the red Sea k I Was so ãâã that all meanes semed to faile l To Warde Saul and myne enemies m I attempted nothynge Without his comâââdement n Their Wickednes is cause that that thou semest to forget thy ãâã mercie o The maner that God vsech to sue cour hys neuer faileth p He vseth extra ordinarie meanes to make me Winne most stroÌg holdes Or steele q He acknowled geth that GOD Was the autor of his victories Who gaue hym strength r The Wicked in their necessitie are compelled to slieto God but it is to late s Meaning of the Iewes Who conspired againste me t Not Willirgly obeying me ãâã ãâã ãâã y. u Let him shewe ãâã ãâã ãâã he is ãâã ãâã of all the ãâã Rom. ãâã 9. Chap 7 ãâã a VVhiche he spake after that he had made the Psalmes b Meanyng ãâã
were deceiued thinking it nothing to kepe the ãâã so that they worshiped ãâã but it is idolatrie to worship God anye otherwise then he hath appointed i Whiche ãâã that it is not conteined in the Ebrew yet because it is here mencioned and is writen in the Greke we ãâã placed it in the end of thys boke â Or Hozai k Because he had so ãâã ãâã agaynste the ãâã thei did not ãâã him in the sepulchres of the Kings but in the garden of the Kings house 2 King ãâã ãâã 2. King 22. 1. a He followed Da ãâã in all pointes that he followed the Lord. b When he was but ãâã yere ãâã be shewed him selfe zealous of Gods glorie at twentie yere olde he abolished idolatrie and reslored the ãâã religion c Which ãâã that he wolde se the reformacion whiche his owne eies d Read 2 King 23. 16. e This great Zeale of this godly King the ãâã ãâã for the as ãâã example and paterne to other Kings and rulers to teach theÌ ãâã God requireth ãâã them â Or they ãâã ned to Ierusalèm meaning Shaphan c. f For there were many porcions pieces annexed to the Temple g Meaning that they were in such credite for ãâã fidelitie that they made none accoÌptes of that whiche thei ãâã 2. King 22. 9. h Read 2. King 22. 8. i For the Kynge was commanded to haue coÌtinually a copie of thys boke and to read therein daye and night Deut. 17. 18. k For sorow that the worde of God had ãâã so long suppressed the peoplekept in ignorance con sidering also the ãâã conteined therein against the ãâã l Thus the godlie do not only lament their owne sinnes but also that their fathers and predecessours haue offended God â Or ãâã â Or Harbas m Meaning ãâã of the Priests apparel or of the Kings n Read here of a King 22. 15. o That is to the King p This she speaketh in comtempt of the idolaters who contrarie to reason and nature make that a god which they haue made and framed with their owne hands q This declareth what is the end of Gods threatnings to call his to repentance to assure the vnre pontant of their destruction r It may appeare that very fewe were touched with true repen tance seing that God spared them ãâã time onely for the kings sak f Forasmuch as nether yong ãâã olde colde be exeÌpted from the cur ses conteined therein if they did transgresse he ãâã it appearteined to all and was his duetie to se it red to all sortes that ãâã one might learne to auoyde those punishements by serning GOD ãâã t Because ãâã had charge ouer all must answer for euerie one ãâã ãâã he thoght ãâã ãâã ãâã to se that all ãâã make prosession to ãâã the ãâã of God 1. King ãâã 21 a The ãâã vseth in send ãâã places to call the lambe the Passeouer which was but the signe of the Passeouer because in all sacramen's the ãâã haue the names of the things which are signified b So that the Letites ãâã was not onely to minister in the Tem ple but also to ãâã the people in the worde of God c As it was before the Temple was buylt therefore your office onely is now to teache the people and to ãâã God â ãâã the people I ãâã ãâã 8. 23 26 d ãâã euerie to examine them selues that they be not ãâã eat of the ãâã â ãâã ãâã of the people e So that ãâã ãâã of all sortes gaue of that they had aliberal porcionto the ãâã of God Meaning of the laÌbe which was called the ãâã for onely the ãâã might sprinkle in necessitie the Leuites might kil the sacrifice g They reserued for the people that which was not expedient to be ãâã that euerie man might offer peace ãâã and so haue his porcion Exod. 12. 8. 1 Chro. 25. 1. h Meaning ãâã ãâã Prophet because he appoiÌted the Psalmes and prophecies which were to be sung â Ebr ãâã i VVhich was in in ãâã ãâã twen tieth ãâã of his age 2. King 23. 29. k VVhich was a citie of the ãâã and Iosiah fearing lest he pas sing through Iudah wolde haue taken his king do me made ãâã against him and ãâã ãâã not the Lord. â Or euphrates â Ebr. of my battel l That is armed him selfe or disguised him selfe because he might not be knowen m The people so muche lamented the losse of this good King that after when there was anie great lamen tation this was spoken of as a pro ãâã read zach 12. 11. n VVhich some think leremie ma de wherein lameÌteth the state of the Church after this Kings death 2 King 28. 10. a For thre moneths after the death of Iosiah ca me Necho to Ierusalem so the plagues began which Huldah the prophets fore warned shulde come vpom Ierusalém b To pay this as a yerely tribute c Because he and the people turned not to God by his first plague he broght a newe vpon him and at length rooted theÌ out 2 King 24. 13. d He meaneth ãâã markes which were ãâã de vpon his bodie when he was dead which thing declared how depely idolatrie was rooted in his heart seing he bare the markes in his flesh e That is he begaÌ his reigne at eight yere olde reigned ten yeres when his father was aliue and after hys fathers death which was ãâã ãâã e yere of his age he reygned alone ãâã moneths and ten dayes â ãâã vocle 2. King 24. 17. ier 52. 8. Ebr. by the hand of his f By this phrase the scripture mea neth of ten times and diligently as Iere. 11. 7. 25. 3. and 4. 265. 32 33. g Thy God colde no longer suffer their sinnes but muste nedes punish them h VVhether thei fled thinking to haue bene saued for the holines thereof i VVhich is not be cause God approueth him which yet is the minister of his iustice but God wolde by his ãâã iudgement punish this ãâã for this King was led with am bicion and vaine ãâã whereunto were ioyned furie and ãâã therefore his worke was cordeÌnable ãâã standing it was iustr and holy ãâã Gods ãâã who vsed this wicked instrument to declare his iustice k VVhen Cyrus King of ãâã had ãâã the ãâã ãâã l VVho ãâã the ãâã of ãâã God and 70 ye ãâã ãâã which ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã or rest of ãâã land Iere 25 ãâã 29. 30. 3 Esdr. ãâã ãâã m In the ãâã yere ãâã he ãâã ouer the ãâã n God had so pro phecied aboue ãâã ãâã ãâã before ãâã was borne Isa. ãâã ãâã that Ierusalem the Temple shulde be buylt againe by ãâã his anointed so called because God vsed his seruice for a time to ãâã his ãâã This ãâã is not in the ãâã but is ãâã out of the ãâã a Thou hast ãâã that repen tance shal ãâã the way for theÌ retur
which he hathe by hys regeneracion through Christ. â Or kinde of in strument or tune or for the death of Labben or Go ãâã a God is not prai sed excepte the whole glorie be giuen to hym alone b Howsoeuer the enemie seme for a time to preuaile yet God preser ueth the ãâã c A ãâã of the enemie that ãâã nothing but destruction but the Lord wil ãâã his and bryng hym into ãâã â ãâã reigne as Iudge d Our miseries are meanes to cause vs to fele Gods present care ouer vs. e Thogh God reuengeth not sodenly the wrong done to ãâã ãâã he ãâã not the wicked ãâã ãâã f In the open assemblie of the Church g For God ouerthroweth the wicked in their enterprises h The mercie of God toward his Saints must be de clared and the fal of the wicked must alwayes be considered â Or this is worthy to be noted i God promiseth not to helpe vs before we haue felt the crosse k VVhiche they can not learne without the feare of thy iudgement a So sone as we enter into affliction we thinke God shuld helpe vs but that is not alwayes his due tyme. b The wicked man ãâã in his owne ãâã he ãâã wheÌ ãâã ãâã that he wolde he braggeth of ãâã is wit and welth and blesseth him self and thus blasphe meth the Lorde Or not be moued because ãâã was neuer in euil â Or ãâã at c The euill shall not touche me Isa. 28. 15. or elles he ãâã thus because he neuer felt euil d He sheweth that the wicked haue many meanes to hide their ãâã and ther fore ought more to be feared e By the hypocri sie of them that haue autoritie the poore are de ãâã f He calleth to God for helpe be cause wickednes is so farre ãâã Ì that God must now helpe or neuer g Therefore thou muste nedes ãâã this their blasphemie h ãâã iudge betwene the ryght and the wrong i For thou haste ãâã destroyed hym k The ãâã or suche as lyue not ãâã Gods ãâã shal be ãâã l God helpeth When ãâã helpe ãâã â Or destroy no more man vpon the earth a This is the ãâã ked counsel of his enemies to him his ãâã to driue ãâã froÌ the hope of Gods promes b All hope of ãâã cour is taken awaye c Yet am I innocent my cause good d Thogh all things in ãâã be out of order yet God wil exe cute iudgement from heauen e As in the destru ction of Sodom and ãâã f Whiche they shal ãâã euen to the dregs ãâã 23 34. a Which dare de fende the trueth and ãâã mercie to the ãâã b He ãâã the flarerers ãâã the ãâã which hurt him more with their ãâã then with their ãâã c They thinke theÌ ãâã able to persuade ãâã they take in ãâã d The Lord is moued with the ãâã of his deliuereth in the end from all dangers e Because the Lordes worde promes is true ãâã ãâã wil performe it and ãâã the poore from this wickedgeneratioÌ f That is thine thogh he were but one man g For they suppres the godlie mainteine the wicked a He ãâã that his ãâã ãâã a ãâã ãâã that ãâã ãâã ãâã not b ãâã ãâã purpose as the sicke man ãâã his place c VVhich ãâã ãâã to Gods dishonour if he did not ãâã ãâã d The ãâã of God i ãâã cause of our ãâã e Bothe ãâã the ãâã past ãâã ãâã to come ãâã ãâã a He ãâã that the ãâã of all ãâã is to forget God b There is nothing but ãâã ãâã among them c Dauid here ãâã on ãâã the faithfull and the ãâã but S. Paul speaketh the same of all men ãâã Rom ãâã 10. d VVhere they thinke them ãâã moste sure e You make the ãâã put ãâã trust in God f He ãâã for the whole Church ãâã ãâã is a ãâã red ãâã wil ãâã ãâã for none but he onely caÌ do it a First God ãâã reth ãâã ãâã next ãâã wel to others thirdely trueth and ãâã in our ãâã b He that ãâã not the ãâã in ãâã wickednes c To the hinderaÌ ce of his neighbour d That is shal not ãâã cast forthe of the Church as hypocrites â Or a certeine tune a He sheweth that we can not call vpon God ex cept we trust in him b Thogh we can not enriche God yet we must bestowe Gods gifts to the vse of his children c As grief of con science misera ble destruction d He wolde nether by outwarde profession ãâã in heart not in mouth coÌsent to their idolatries e Wherewith my porcion is measured f God teacheth me continually by se ãâã inspiration g The faithful are sure to perseuere to the end h That is I reioy ce bothe in bodie and in soule i This is ãâã ment of Christ by whose resurre ction all his mem bers haue ãâã talitie k Where God fauoreth there is ãâã a My righteous cause b The vengeance that thou ãâã shewe against mine enemies c VVhen thy Spirit examined my conscience d I was innocent towarde ãâã enemie bothe in dede and thoght e Thogh the wicked prouoked me to do euil for ãâã yet thy worde kept me backe f He was assured that God wolde not refuse his request g For all rebell against thee whiche trouble thy Churche h For their cruel tie can not be satisfied but with my death i They are ãâã vp with pride as the stomake that is choked with fat k Stop his rage â Or which is thy sworde l By thine heaueÌlie power â Or whose ãâã nie hathe to long endured m And sele not the smart that Gods children oft times do n This is the ful felicitie ãâã against all ãâã to haue the face of God fauo able counte nance opened vn ãâã vs. o And am deliue red out of my great troubles 2. Sam. 21 1. a He vseth this di ãâã of names to shewe that as the wicked haue many meanes to hurt so God hath manie wayes to helpe b For none ãâã ob teine their requests of God that ioyne not his glorie with their petition c He speaketh of the daÌgers malice of his enemies from the which God had deliuered him â Or cordes or ca bles d A descriptioÌ of the wrath of God against his enemies after he had heard his praiers e He sheweth how ãâã Gods iudgemeÌts shal be to the wic ked f Darknes signifieth the wrath of God as the cleare light signifieth Gods fauour g This is described at large h As a King ãâã with the peo ple wil not shew him self vnto theÌ Psal. 104. i Thundred ligh tened hailea k His lightenings l That is the depe bottoms were sene when the red Sea was deuid d. m Out of sundrie great dangers n To wit Saul o Therefore God sent me succour p The cause of Gods
furious waters d Besides Gods power and wisdome in creating and gouerning his great ãâã also appeareth in that he hath giuen hys people his worde and ãâã a VVhose office it is to take veÌgeanceon the wicked b Shewe by effect that thou ãâã Iudge of the world to punishe the wicked c That is brag of their ãâã and ãâã esteme them selues aboue all other d Seing the church was then so ãâã oppressed it ought not to seme straÌge to vs if we se it so now and therfore we muste call to God to take our ãâã in hand e He sheweth that they are desperate in ãâã forasmuch as they feared ãâã God but gaue them selues ãâã to do wickedly f He sheweth that it is impossible but God shulde heare se and vnderstaÌd their wickednes g If God punishe whole nations for their sins it is merefolie for any one man or els a fewe to thinke that God wil spare them h God hathe care ouer his and chasticeth them for their welth that they shu'd not perish for euer with the wicked i God will restore the state gouernement of things to their right vse and then the ãâã shall followe him cherefully k He complaineth of them whiche wolde not helpe him to resiste the enemies yet was assured that Gods helpe wolde not faile l VVhen I thoght there was no way but death m In my trouble destresse I ãâã found thy present helpe n Thogh the wicked iudges ãâã iustice in oppressing the Churche yet they haue not that autoritie of God o It is a greate token of Gods iudgement when the purpose of the wicked is broken but moste when thei are destroied in their owne ãâã Psal. xcv a He sheweth that Gods seruice standeth not in dead ceremonies but chiefly in the ãâã fice of pravse and thankes giuing b EueÌ the Angels who in respecto of men are thoght as god are nothing in his ãâã muche ãâã the idols which mans braine inuentech c All thinges are gouerned by hys prouidence d By these thro wordes he signifieth one thynges meaning that theiÌ must ãâã giue theÌ selues ãâã God e That is the flock whome he gouerneth with his owne hande He sheweth wherein ãâã are Gods flocke that is If they heare his voice f By the ãâã of Gods ãâã â Or ãâã whereof the place was so called Nombr 14 22. â Or ãâã read Exod. ãâã 7. g Thei were without iudgemeÌt and reason h That is into the lande of Canaan where he promised them rest Psal xcvi a The Prophere sheweth that the time shall come that all natioÌs shal haue occasion to praise the Lords for the ãâã of his Gospel b Seing he wil reueile him selfe to all nations ãâã to their owne expectation they ought all to worship him contrary to their owne imaginations and onely as he hathe appointed â Or vanities c Then the idoles or whatsoeuer made not the heauens are not God d God can not be knowen but by his strength and glorie the signes whereof appeare in his Sanctuarie e As by ãâã ye se that it is onely due vnto him f By offring vp yourselues wholly vnto God declare that you worship him only g He prophecieth that the Gentiles shal be partakers ãâã the Iewes of Gods promes h Hes hal regenerate them a newe with his Spirit restore them to the image of God i If the insensible creatures shall haue cause to reioyce when God appeareth muche more we from whome he hathe taken maledict on and sinne a He sheweth that ãâã God reygneth there is all ãâã and spiritual ioye b For the Gospel shal not be onely ãâã in Iudea but through all ãâã and ãâã c He is thus descri bed to kepe his enemies in ãâã which commonly ãâã Gods power d This feare bringeth not the wicked to ãâã obedieÌce but maketh them to runne awaie from God e He ãâã ãâã Gods iudgeméts are in a readines to destroye the idolaters f Let all that whiche is estemed in the worlde fall downe before him g The Iewes shall haue occasion ãâã reioyce that the ãâã are made partakers with them of Gods fauour h ãâã requireth ãâã thinges of his children ãâã one that thei dereste ãâã the other that thei put their trust in God for their ãâã i Tho h Gods deliuerance appeare no suddenly yet it is sowen and laied vp in store for them k Be mindefull of his ãâã and onely trust in his ãâã a That is some song newly made in token of theyr wonderful ãâã by Christ. b He preserueth his Churche miraculously Isa. 59. 16. c For the deliueraÌce of his Church d God was moued by none other meanes to gather his Churche of the Iewes and Gentiles ãâã because ãâã wolde performe his promes e By this repetition and earnest exhortatioÌ to giue praises with instruments also of the duÌme creatures he signifieth that the worlde is neuer able to praise God suffidently for their deliuerance a VVhen God deliuereth his Churche all the enemies shal haue cause to tremble Exod. 25. 22. b Thogh the wicked rage agaynst God yet the godly shal praise his Name and mightie power c That is before his TeÌple or Arke where he promised to heare wheÌ they worshipped him as now he promiseth his spirituall presence where so euer hys Churche is assembled d Vnder these thre hecomprehendeth the whole people of Israél with whome God made his promes e For the more liberally that God ãâã with hys people the more death he punishe them that ãâã his benefites a He prophecieth that Gods benefite in calling the GeÌtiles shal be so great that thei shal haue wonderfull occasion to praise his mercie and reioyce b Hechiefly meaneth touching the spiritual tegenera ãâã whereby we are his shepe and pople c He sheweth that God will not be worshiped but by that meanes whiche he hathe appointed d He declareth that we ought neuer to be wearie in praising him seing his mercies toward vs last for euer a Dauid ãâã reth what maner of King he wolde be wheÌ Godshuld place him in the throne promising openly that he wolde be merciful and iust b Thogh as yet thou differ rest to place me in the kinglie dignitie yet wil I giue my selfe to wisdome and vprightnes being a priuare man c He sheweth that magistrates do not their dueties except thei be ene mies to all vice d In promising to punish these vices ãâã are moste pernicious in theÌ that are aboute Kings he ãâã that be will punish all e He sheweth what is the true vse of the ãâã to punis he the wicked and to ãâã the good f Magistrates must immediatly punish vice ãâã it growe to farther inconuenience and if heathen Magistrates are bounde to do this how muche more thei that haue the charge of the Church of God a VVhereby is signified that albeit we be in neuer so great miseries yet there is euer place left for praser
b He declareth that in our praier we muste liuely fele that whiche we desire and sted fastly beleue to obteine c These excessiue kindes of speache shew how ãâã the ãâã of the Churche ought to wound the hearts of the godlie d My sorowes were so greate that I passed not for mine ordinarie so de e Euer mourning and ãâã casting out searefull cryes f Haue conspired my death g I haue not risen out of my mourning to take my refection h He sheweth that the afflictions did not onelye thus moue him but ãâã the feling of Gods displeasure i Howsoeuer We be ãâã yet thy promes is sure and the remembrance thereof shall confirme vs for euer k That is the seuentie yeres Whiche by the prophet Icremie thou didst appoint Ier. 19. 12. l The more that the Churche is in miserie and desolation the more ought the faithfull to loue ãâã it m That is when he shall haue draweÌ his Church out of the darkenes of death n The deliuerance of the Church is a most excellent ãâã and therfore he compareth it to a new creation for in their banish ment the bodie of the Church semed to haue bene dead whiche by deliuerance was as it were created a newe o VVho now in their ãâã colde ãâã for nothing but death p He sheweth ãâã Gods Name is ãâã more praised then when religioÌ florisheth and the Church ãâã whiche thynge is chiefly accoÌplished vnder the ãâã dome of Christ. q The Churche lament that they ãâã not the time of Christ which was promised but haue but fewe yeres and short daies r If ãâã and earth perish muche more ãâã ãâã perish but the ãâã by reason of Gods promes ãâã for euer s Seing thou hast chosen thy Church out of the worlde and ioyned it to thee it can not but continue for ãâã for thou art ãâã a He wakeneth his dulnes to praise God shewing that both vnderstaÌ ding affections of minde heart are to litle to set forthe his praise b This is the beginning and ãâã of all benefites remission of sinne c For before that we haue remissioÌ of our sinnes weare as dead men in the graue d As the egle wheÌ her beake ouergroweth sucketh blood and so it renued in strength euen so God mira culously giueth strength to his Church aboue all mans expectation e As to his chief minister and next to his people f He sheweth first his ãâã iudgement but so sone as the sinner is humbled he receiueth him to mercie g VVe haue proueÌ by continual expe rience that his mercie hathe euer preuailed against our offences h As great as the worlde is so ãâã it of signes of Gods mercies toward his faithful when he hathe remoued their sin nes i He declareth that man hathe nothing in him selfe tomoue God to mercie but onely the confession of his infirmitie and miserie k His ãâã and faithful keping of his promes l To whome he giueth grace to feare him and to obey his worde m In that that we which naturally ãâã to prai se God exhort the angels which wil lingly do it we ãâã vp our selues to consider our duerie and awake out of our ãâã a The Prophet she weth that we nedenot to ãâã into the heauens to seke God forasmuch as all the ordre of nature with the proprietie and placing of the elements are moste ãâã ãâã to se his ma iestie in d If by this power ãâã didest ãâã bridle the rage of the ãâã it were not possible but the whole worlde shulde be destroied b As the Prophet here ãâã that all ãâã ãâã are readie to se ue God so the Apostle to the ãâã 1. 7. ãâã in this glasse how that ve tie Angels also are obedient ãâã his commandement c Thou makest he sea to be an ornament vnto the earth d If by this power ãâã didest ãâã bridle the rage of the ãâã it were not possible but the whole worlde shulde be destroied e If God prouide for the verie ãâã much more wil he extend his prouident care to man f There is no pare of the worlde so bareu where moste ãâã signes of Gods blessings appeare not g FroÌ the cloudes h He ãâã Gods prouiden care ouer man who doeth not on ly prouide necessa rie things for him as her besand ano ther mea ãâã ãâã things to ãâã and comforte him as wine and ãâã or ointements â Or dsie roes and suche like i As to separat the daie and to note daies moneth and yeres k That is by his course ether ãâã or nere it noreth sommer winter other seasons l That is they one ly finde meat according to Gods prouidence who ãâã ãâã for the ãâã beastes m To wit when the daie ãâã for thelight is as it were a shield to defend man against the tyrannie and fiercenes of beastes n He confesseth that no tongue is able to expresse Gods workes nor minde to compre hende them â Or VVhale o God ãâã a moste ãâã Father who prouideth for all creatures their dalelie ãâã p As by thy presence all things ha ue ãâã so if thou with drawe thy blessings ãâã all peris h q As the death of creatures shew eth that we are nothing of ourselues so their generacioÌ declareth that we receiue all things of our Creator r Gods merciful facegiu thstreÌg th to theearth but his seuere countenan ce ãâã the mountaines s VVho infect the worlde so cause God that he can not reioyce in his workes Psal. ãâã a Forasmuch as the the Israelites were exempted from the commune condemnation of the worlde were elected to be Gods people the Prophet willeth them to shewe them selues ãâã by thankesgining b By the strength and face he meaneth the Atke we e God declared his power his presence c VVhich he hathe wroght in the de liuerance of his people d Because his power was there by as liuely decla red as if he shuld haue declared it by ãâã e The promes which God made to ãâã to be his God and the God of his sede af ter him he renued and ãâã ãâã to his sede after him f He ãâã that thei shulde not enioye the land of Canaan by anie other meanes but by reason of his couenantmade ãâã ãâã ãâã g That is the King of Egypt and the King of ãâã Gen. ãâã ãâã 20. 3. h Those whome ãâã haue ãâã to be my people i Meaning the old fathers to whome God sheweth him self plainely and who were setters for he of his wo. de k ãâã her hy seding ãâã ãâã o by taking aware the strength and ãâã thereof l So long he suffred ãâã as God had appointed and til he had tryed sufficiently his pacience m That the ãâã princes of the ãâã trey shulde be ac Ioseph commandement and learne ãâã an him n So it is in God ether to moue tho hearts of the
s Since the time that I declared my self to your fathers t Thus the Pro phet ãâã for him self and to assure them of these things u VVhat things shal do thee good x That is the pro sperous estate of Israel y After that he had forewarned them of their ãâã of the cause thereof ãâã sheweth theÌ the great ioye that shal come of their deliuerance z He sheweth that it shal be as easy to deliuer them as he did their fathers out of Egypt a Thus he speaketh that the wicked hypocrites shulde not abuse Gods promes in whome was nether faith ãâã repentance as Chap. 57 21. a This is spoken in the persone of Christ to assure the faithful that these promises shulde come to passe for they where ãâã mad in him in ãâã shulde be performed b This is ment of the time that Christ shulde be manifested to the worlde as Psal. 2 7. c By the sworde and shafte he signifieth the vertue and efficacie of Christs doctrine d God hathe takeÌ me to his protection and defence this chiefly is ãâã of Christ and may also be applied to the mini sters of his wo de e By Israél is meÌt Christ and all the body of the faith ful as the meÌbers and their hand f Thus Christ in his members coÌplaineth that his labour and preaching take ãâã ãâã yet he is coÌ tented that his doings are approued of God g Thogh the Iewes refuse my doctrine yet God wil approue my ministerie h To declare my Gospel to the GeÌ tiles Cha. 42. 6. act ãâã 47 luk 2 ãâã i Meaning the Iewes whome ty ra nts kept in boÌdage k The benefit of their deliuerance shal be so great that great and smale shal acknowledge it reuerence God for it l Thus he speaketh of his Church when he wolde shew his mercie toward ãâã 2. Cor 6 2. m Meaning Christ alone n Signifying that before Christ renue the earth by his worde there is nothing but confusion and dis order o To theÌ that are in the prison of sinne and death p Being in Christs protection they shal be safe ãâã all dangers fre from the feare of the enemies q Meaning that there shuld be no thing in their way from Babylon thà t shulde hinder or hurt them but this is accomplished ãâã ritually r Meaning the South ãâã so that Christ shal deliuer his from all the partes of the worlde s Read Chap. 44. 23. t He ãâã what the faithful might say in their long affliction and answe reth ãâã eunto to comfort ãâã with a moste pro per similitude ful of ãâã u Because I wold not forget thee x Meaning the good order of po licie discipline y I haue a continual ãâã to buyld thee vp againe to destroye thi ne enemies z He sheweth what are the ornaments of the Church to haue name children which are assembled by the word of God gouerned by his ãâã a He sheweth that Christ wil not onely gather this great noÌber of the Iewes but also of the ãâã b Meaning that Kings shal be coÌuerted to the Gos pel and bestowe their power and autoritie for the ãâã of the Church c Being ioyned with the Church they shal humble them selues to Christ their head and giue him all honour e This is the answer to their obiection that none is ãâã then the Lord nether hathe a more iuste title vnto them f I wil cause them to destroye one another as Iud. 7 22 2 ãâã 20 22. chap. 19 2. d He maketh this as an obiection as thogh the ãâã were strong and had them in iuste possession a Meaning that he had not forsaken her but through her owne occasion as Hosea 2. 2. b VVhich shulde declare that I ha ue cut her ãâã nyng that they colde she we none c Signifying that he solde theÌ not for anie det or ãâã but that they solde them selues to sinnes to bie their owne lustes and pleasures d He came by his ãâã and ministers but they wolde not beleue their doctrine and ãâã e Am I not as able to helpe you as I haue holpen your fathers of olde when I dryed vp the red Sea and killed the ãâã in the riuers and also afterwarde in ãâã f As I did in Egypt in token of my displeasure g The Prophete doeth represente here the persone and ãâã of them that are lustely called to ãâã ãâã of Gods worde h To him that is oppressed by affliction and mise rie i As they that are ãâã and made ãâã by him k I did not ãâã ke from God for ãâã persecution or cala ãâã VVhereby he sheweth that the trueministers of God can loke ãâã none other recompence of ãâã wicked but after this sorte and also what is their comfort Exod. 10. 21. l ãâã ng that it is a rare thing that ãâã shulde ãâã a ryght Gods true ministers thogh labour to bring them from hel to ãâã m You haue soght consolation by your owne ãâã and haue refused lyght and ãâã solation whiche God hathe offred therefore ye shal remaine in sorowe and not be comforted a He ãâã the Churche that they shulde not be discouraged for their smale nomber b That is to Abraham of ãâã ye were begotten aÌd to Sarah of whome ye we ãâã borne c As plentiful as Paradise Genes 2. 3. d I will rule and gouerne my Church by my worde and doctrine e The time that I will accomplish my promes f My power aÌd strength g He forewarneth them of the horrible charges and ãâã of all thinges and how he wil preserue his Church in the middes of al these dangers h He ãâã theÌ in remembrance of his great bene fite for their deli uerance out of Egypt ãâã there by they myght learne to trust in him constantly i Meaning Egypte Psal. 87. 4. k To ãâã ãâã Eze. 29 3. l ãâã Babylon m He comforteth theÌ by the shorte time of ãâã ãâã nis hement for in seuentie yeres they were restored and the grea test ãâã of the ãâã destroyed n Meanyng of Isaiah and of all true ministers who are defeÌd ãâã by his ãâã o That all things may be restored in heauen and earth Ephes. 1. 10. p Thou hast bene ãâã punished and ãâã as Chap. 40. 2. aÌd this punishment in the elect is by measure and accordyng as God giueth grace to beare it but in the reprobate it is the iust vengeaÌ ce of God to driue them to an in sensiblenes and madnes as lere 25. 15. q VVhereof the one is outward as of the thinges that come to the body as warre and farnine and the other is inward and apper ãâã ãâã the minde hat is to be without comfort therefore he saith how shalt thou be comforted r But with trouble and feare a No wicked tyrant which shall subuert Gods true religion aÌd oppresse the consciences b Put of the garments of sorow
d ãâã his ãâã ãâã ãâã ha ãâã ãâã is he shal be ãâã with ãâã ãâã as ãâã ãâã ãâã 2 Thess ãâã 10. e That is conumce ãâã by their owne ãâã â Or by my ãâã f The Prophet de ãâã that God for mans ãâã ãâã eth vp ãâã se Prophetes ãâã ãâã ãâã that de ãâã lies rather ãâã the ãâã of God ãâã he punis ed ãâã sinne 1. ãâã 22 20. and ãâã ãâã aswel ãâã Prophetes as ãâã peo ple. g Thus Gods ãâã ãâã ãâã against the ãâã ãâã mon ãâã to the ãâã to ãâã vnto the Lord not to ãâã theÌ selues with like ãâã h Read chap. 4 16 5 7 Isa ãâã 1. i Thogh ãâã Iob were now ãâã ue whiche in their ãâã were moste ãâã ãâã for at this ãâã ãâã was in ca ãâã with ãâã ãâã and so these ãâã together ãâã ãâã ãâã this ãâã ãâã yet ãâã I ãâã ãâã them ãâã Iere. ãâã k Meaning that a very ãâã whi ãâã he ãâã the ãâã ver ãâã shuld ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã me God ãâã ãâã made ãâã ãâã so that this righteousnes is a signe that they are the Church of God ãâã he wolde prescrue so this ãâã Chap. 5 17. l Read Chap. 5 3. a Which bringeth for the no frute no more then the other ãâã of the forest do meaning that if ãâã ãâã which bare the name of his Church did not bring forthe fruce it ãâã be veter ly ãâã b Thogh they escape one danger yet another shal take them a Thou boastest to be of the sede of Abrahám but thou artdegenerate followest the ãâã of the wicked Ca ãâã as children ãâã the maners of their fathers Isa. 1 4. and 57 3. b when I first broght thee out of Egypt and planted thee in this land to be my Church c Being thus in thy ãâã and for sakeÌ of all meÌ I toke thee and gaue thee life whereby is meÌt that before God was his Churche giue life there is nothing but sil thines and death d These wordes as blood ãâã nakednes ãâã nes are oft times repeted to be are down their pride and to cause theÌ to consider what they were before God receiued theÌ to mercie fauoured them couered their shame e That thou shuldest be a ãâã wife vnto me that ãâã mam ãâã and en due thee with all graces f I washed away thy sinnes g I sanctified thee with mine holy Spirit h Herebyhe ãâã eth how he saued his Church enriched it gaue it power and dorni ãâã ãâã reigne i He ãâã wherein the dignitie of ãâã ãâã ãâã in that the Lord ga ue them of his beautie and excel lencie k In abusing in ãâã and in ãâã ãâã thy ãâã in ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã we ãâã the ãâã of ãâã ãâã latrie l There was ãâã ãâã so ãâã where with thou didest not pollute thy ãâã m This ãâã how the ãâã put their ãâã ãâã in tho ãâã whiche please the ãâã and out warde senses n Thou hast conuerted my vessels and instruments which I gaue thee to seiue me with to the vse of thine idoles o Meaning by ãâã read Leu. 18 21 2 King ãâã 10 â Or head p He noteth the great impietie of this people who first falling ãâã God to seke help at strange ãâã did also at length imbrace their ido ãâã thinking thereby to make their ãâã more strong â Or ãâã â Or that wilbea re ãâã q Meaning that some ãâã con ãâã ãâã rewar des but no louers gaue a rewarde to Israél but they gaue to all others signifying that the ãâã beslowe all their substance which they receiue of God ãâã his glorie to serue their vile abominatioÌs â Or ãâã ãâã r Egyptians ãâã and Caldeans whome ãâã ãâã to be thy louers shal come and destroy thee Chap. 23. 9. s I wil iudge thee to death as the ãâã ãâã ãâã King 25. 9. t I wil ãâã destroy ãâã and so ãâã ãâã shal cease u I haue punished thy ãâã ãâã ãâã woldest not ãâã x As were the ãâã and the ãâã ãâã and others your predecessors so are you their successors y That is of ãâã Sodom z That is her ãâã â Hbr ãâã ãâã ãâã theÌ thou a But done ãâã worse b He ãâã these ãâã ãâã pride excesse idle nes and ãâã of the poore as foure principal causes of suche ãâã where ãâã they were so ãâã punished ãâã 9 24 c Which worship ped the calues ãâã Bethel and Dan. d Thou art so wicked that in respect of thee Sodom and ãâã were ãâã e This he speaketh in comparison ãâã that he wolde restore Ierusalém when ãâã shulde be restored that is neuer and this is ment of the greatest parte of the ãâã f In that thou hast ãâã thy self worse theÌ they and yet thogh rest to esca pe ãâã ãâã g Meaning that it shulde neuer come to passe â Ebr. was not a rumour in thy mouth h Thou woldest not call her punishement to myn de when thou wast alost to lear ne by her example to feare my iudgements i That is til ãâã wast broght vnder by the ãâã and ãâã 2. Chro. 28. 19. k Which ioyned with the Syrians or ãâã about ãâã l When thou ãâã kest the ãâã which was made betwene thee me as vers 8. m That ãâã of mercie and loue I wil pitie thee and so ãâã to my couenant thogh thou ãâã deserued the con trary n Whereby he ãâã that among the moste wicked he had euer some sede of his Church which he wolde cause to ãâã in due tyme and her he declareth how he wil call the Gentiles o But of my fre ãâã p This declareth what ãâã Gods mercies worke in his ãâã ãâã sorow and repentance for theis former life a That is ãâã who hathe great power riches and many countreys vnde him shal come to Ierusalém take away Ieconiáh the King as ver 12. b Meaning to Babylon c That is zedekiáh who was of the Kings blood and was left at Ierusalém and made King in stead of ãâã 2. King 24. 17. Ier. 37. 1. d This was zede Kiahs kingdome e That ãâã might not haue power to rebell against BAbylon as ver 14. f Meaning the King of Egypt of whome zedekiáh soght succour against Nebuchad nezzár g Thei thogh to be moistned by the waters of Nilus h Shal not Nebu ãâã destroye it i By this drye wynde he meaneth the Babylonians k That is ãâã 2. King 24. 15. l For his subiection and obedience m Because he toke the Name of God in vaine and brake his othe which he had confirmed by giuing his haÌd therefore the Prophet declareth that God ãâã not suffer suche ãâã and ãâã to escape punishment Chap. 12. 13 32. 3. n This promes is made to the Church which shal be as a ãâã ãâã and as the top of a tre o I wil trymme it and dresse
their offrings Isai. 29 12. c God wil not be honoured according to mans faÌ tasie but detesteth all good in tentions whiche ãâã not grouÌded on his worde Marke 7 17. Iohn 15 2. d All thei which ãâã not grafted in Iesus Christ by fre adoption and euerie doctrine that is not established by Gods ãâã e They are not worthie to be cared for Luke 6 39. Marke 7 ãâã f All vices proce de of the corrupt affection of the heart Gen 6 5. 8 21. Marke 7. 24. g The disciples were offended at her importunitie Chap. 10 6. h Christ calleth them dogs or whelpes whiche are strangers froÌ the house of God i Christ granted her ãâã for her faiths sake not at the request of his disciples ãâã 7 31. Isa. 35 5. Marke 8 1. k Christ can noÌt ãâã those that ãâã him â Or ãâã Chap. 12. ãâã a Althogh they did not agre in doctrine yet they ioyned together to fight against the truth Mark 8 ãâã b Men tempte God eyther by their incredulitie or curiositie Luke ãâã 54. c VVhich apperteine to the heauenlie and spiritual life Chap. 12. 14. d Christ shal be to them as a ãâã raised vp froÌ death Ionas 2. 1. Marke 8. 14. ãâã 12. 1. â Or reasoned with theÌ selues e A token of Christs diuinitie to knowe mens ãâã Chap. 14. 17. Iohn 6. 9. Chap. 15. 34. f We may bolde ly by Christs admonition reiect and coÌtemne all ãâã doctri ne and mans ãâã oght onely to cleaue to the worde of GOD. Marke 8. 27. Luke 9. 28. Iohn 6. ãâã g He meaneth any thing that ãâã in man Iohn 1. 41. h VpoÌ that faith ãâã thou hast confessed aÌd acknoweledged me for it is grouÌ ded vpon an infallible trueth i The power of Satan which ãâã deth in craft and violence Iohn 20. ãâã k The preachers of the Gospel ãâã pen the gates of heauen with the worde of God whyche is the right keye ãâã so that where this worde is not pu rely taught ther is nether keye nor autoritie l Condemne by ãâã ãâã â Or absolue m Because he wolde yet ãâã them and not preuent his tyme. n He wold pluck out of their hear tes that false opi nion which they had of his temporal kingdome Chap. 10. 38. o ãâã worde signifieth an aduersarie who re sisteth the will of God either of malice as did ãâã das or of rashenes and arrogan cie as Peter did ãâã 8. 14. Luk. 9. 23. 14. ãâã Chap. 10. 39. p That is whosoeuer thinketh to saue him selfe by forsaking Iesus Christ. Marke 8. 34. Luk. 9. 24. 17. ãâã Marke 8. 36. Luke 9. 25. * Rom. 2. 6. Iohn 12. 25. * Mar. 9. 1. * Luk. 9. ãâã q This was fulfilled in his resurrection which was ãâã an entrie into his kingdome and was also confirmed by sending the holie Gost whereby he wroght so great and sondrie miracles Psal. 62. 12. â Or the ãâã day after XVII Marke 9. 2. Luke 9. ãâã a ãâã shewed them his glories that they might not thinke that he suffred throu ghe infirmitie but that he offered vp him selfe willingly to ãâã b By these two ãâã ãâã are represented the Lawe and the Prophets which lead vs to Christ. c After Moses Elias ãâã Peter fearing he shulde lose that ioyful sight spea ãâã as a man distract aÌd wold haue lodged theÌ in earthlie houses whiche were receiued in ãâã d VVe are recon ciled to God by Christ onely Chap. 3. ãâã e Christ is our chief and onely ãâã ãâã Chap. 11. 14. 2. Peter 2. 17. f And so worshipped Christ. g For men wold not haue belieued them before that Christ had made his glorie more manifest by hys resurrection Marke 9. 11. Mala. 4. 5. Marke 9. 14. Luke 9. 37. h He speaketh chieflye to the Scribes who began to bragge as ãâã they had now gotten the victo ãâã ouer ãâã because his disci ples were not able to do thys miracle Luke 17. 6. Chap. 20. 17. Marke 9. ãâã Luke 9. 44. 24. 7. i By this maner of speache is ãâã that they shulde do thyngs by their faith that shulde seme impossible k The best remedie to streÌgthen the weake faith is prayer which hath ãâã added to it as an helpe to the same â Or ãâã conuersant or retur ned into Galile l The Greke worde is didrachma which was of value about ten ãâã of olde sterlyng monie and the Israelites payed it once by the Law Exo. 30. 13. and at this time they payed it to the Romains m ãâã giue occasion to forsake the trueth n The worde is Statera which conteineth two didrachmas and in valued about fiue grotes of olde ãâã XVIII Marke 9. 33. Luke 9 46. Chap. 19. 24. a They striue for the rewarde before they haue taken any paine and where as they shuld haue holpen and reue ãâã not another they were ãâã and despicers of their ãâã 1. Cor. 14 20. b ãâã lack of discretion but that they be not vayne glorious ãâã to aduan cethem selues to ãâã ãâã c He calleth theÌ litle childreÌ now whiche humble them selues with all humilitie and subiectioÌ Marke 9. 42. Luke 17. 1. d The worde ãâã a ãâã milstone whiche an ãâã ãâã and it is spoken in ãâã of that which is tourned with mans hand whiche is lesse e Christ warneth his to take heed that they shrink not backe from him for any ãâã example or offence that man can giue Chap. 5. 30. Marke 9. 45. f Christ toucheth the cause of this offence whiche is pride and disdeyne ãâã our ãâã Psal. 34. 7. g Seyng GOD hath ãâã his Aungels to ãâã the charge of hys children the wicked may be ãâã that if they dispice theÌ God wil reueÌge their cause Luke 13. 10. Luke 15. 4. h VVe maye not lose by our offen ce that whyche God hath so derely boght i Where with thou maist be offended he spea keth of secret or particular sinnes not of open or knoweÌ to others â Or reproue him Deu. 19 15. Leu. 19 17. eccle 19 13. ãâã ãâã 3. ãâã 5 18. k He meaneth according to the order that was amoÌgs the Iewes who had their couÌcel of ancient and expert men to reforme maners execute discipline This assemblie represeÌted the Church whiche had appointed them to this charge iohn 8 17. ebr 10 28. 2. cor 13 1. l In the 16. Chap. 19. he ment this of doctrine and here of eccle siastical discipline which depen deth of the doctrine 1. Cor. 5. 9. 2. thes 3. 14. Iohn 20 23. â ãâã done to Luk. 17 4. m VVe muste be coÌtinually ready to forgiue and be forgiuen n A commune ãâã was valued at thre score pounde some also were greater and some lesse o Which amouÌteth of our money to the ãâã of 25. shillings or verie nere and was nothing in respect of the for mer whiche his master forgaue him p
to Christ. p That is kepeth a straict dyet aÌd refrayneth from suche thyngs as might distenpre his bodie q Or olde man whiche rebelleth against the Spirit r Lest he shulde be reproued of men when they shulde se hym do contrarie or contemne that thing whiche he taught others to do Exod. 13 21. Nomb. 9. ãâã Exod. ãâã 22. Exod. 16. 15. a Moses beyng their guide or minister or as some read they were baptized vnto Moses Law others by Moses Exod. 17. 6. b That is Manna whiche was the out warde signe or Sacrament of the Spirituall grace c They are the same meate that we do because the substance of theirs and ãâã Sacramentes is al one Nomb 20. 10. d That is signified Christ as all Sacraments do Nom. 26. 65. Nom 11. 4. and 26. 64. Psal. 106. 14. e Because hereby occasion was taken to forget God and coÌmit idolatrie therefore these indifferent things are counted idolatrie f Moses readeth foureaÌd Wentie thousand which declareth an infi nite nomber g Who was their leader and was called the Angel of God Exod. 32. 6. Nom. 25. 9. Nom. 21 6. Psal 106. 14. h Meaning ether the good or ãâã Angel whose mi nisterie God vseth to execute his iudgement to the ãâã destruction of the wicked i How God will plague vs if we be subiect to the like vices k Or later daies of Christs commyng l He that led you into this tentation which commeth vnto you ether in prosperi tie or aduersitie or for your sinnes past wil turne it to ãâã commoditie and deliuer you Nom. 14. 37. â Or thankes giuyng m Or prepare to this holye vse with praise and thankes giuen n The ãâã badge of our ãâã and incorporatioÌ with Christ o If we that are manye in nomber are but one bodie in effecte ioyned with our head Christ as many cornes make but one loafe let vs reno unce idolatrie which doeth sepa rate our vnitie p VVhiche is gouerned accordiÌg to the ceremonies of the Law q VVhich is to as semble in that companie where idoles are called vpon r For in those days they were accustomed to sel ãâã of the fles he of beastes sacrificed in the shambles and turned the money to the ãâã profit * Psal. 24. 1. s Or doute ãâã Chap. 6. 13. Eccl. 37. 35. t VVe must take hede that through our abuse our libertie be not con demned u If by the benefi te of God I may eat any kinde of meat why shuld I by any defaut cause this benefi te to be euil spoken of Colos. 3. 17. x That is the infirme y VVhich are indifferent 2. Thes. 3. 9. â Or in all thing remembreme Ephe. 5. 23. a This is referred to coÌmune prayer aÌd preaching for althogh one spea ke yet the action is commune so that the whole Church may be said to praye or preache â ãâã preaching b This tradition was obserued according to the time and place that all things might be done in comelines and to edification Gen. 1. 26. 5 1. 9 6. c Read chap. 14. 34. â Or powlled d The image of Gods glorie in whome his maie stie and power shine concerning his autoritie e Or receiueth her glorie in coÌmeÌdation of maÌ and therefore is subiect Col. 3. 3. 10. Gen. 2. 22. f Some thing to couer her head in signe of subie ction g To whom thei also shewe their dissolution and not onely to Christ. h Who is ãâã ãâã of their mutual con iunction i For as God made the womaÌ of maÌ so now is man multiphedby the woman k As women vse to weare l For God hathe giuen to woman longer ãâã theÌ vnto man to the end she shulde ãâã it vp about her head whereby she declareth that she must couer her head m Not that all were so but the moste parte n Gods Church is not onely subiect to discension as touching ãâã and maners but also to ãâã as touching doctrine o Who ought one ly to beare autoritie in the Church Mat. 26. 26. mar 14. 22. ãâã 22. 19. p Signifying the maner of his death when his bodie shulde as it were be torne and broken with most grieuous torments albeit not as the thies of the thieues were the which thing the breaking of the bread as a figure doeth moste liuely represent q By peruerting the true aÌd pure vse of the same 2. Cor. 13. 1. r But as thogh these holie ãâã of the Lords bodie and blood were commune ãâã ãâã without reuerence he coÌmeth vnto theÌ s Or dye Let theÌ loke to theÌ selues which ether adde or take away froÌ the Lords institu tion a The CorinthiaÌ hauing notable gifts semed to ha ue forgotten of whome and for what end they had receiued theÌ Mar. 9. ãâã b VVhich colde not heare your prayers c By Satans suggestion d As no maÌ that hathe the Spirit of God can blaspheme Christ worship idoles so none can acknowledge christ for Lord aÌd God withoutthe same Spirit Iohn 13. 12. C ap 8. 6. Phil 2. 10. e To wit the Church which is the whole body f That is the vnderstanding of the Scriptures g To do onely miracles by h To worke by miracles against Satan hypocrices as was done against Ananias Elymas c. i Meaning the de claration of Gods mysteries k To trie bothe the doctrine and the persones Rom. 2. 3. Ephes. 4. 8. l That we might be one bodie with Christ and the whole Church one Christ of the which ãâã Baptisme the ãâã Supper are effectual signes for by baptisme we are regenerat into one Spirit and by the Lords Supper we are in corporat into ãâã bodie to be gouerned by the same Spirit m And therefore whatsoeuer the diuersitie is yet the profite ought to be commune and serue to the ãâã of the Church n VVhose vse semeth to be more vile o VVe are more careful to couer them p Euerie one in his office for the preseruacion of the bodie q For all Churches dispersed throughout the worlde are diuers membres of one bodie â Or euerie one for his parte Ephes. 4. 11. r As Deacons s As Elders Chap. XIII â Or do you then desire the best giftes Mat. 17. 20. Luk. 17. 6. a If the Angels had tongues I had the vse there of did not bestowe them to profite my neigh bour it were nothing but vaine babling b Faith is here ta ken for the ãâã of doing miracles which the wicked may ha ue as Mat. 7. 22. and also for that faith called histo rical which beleueth the mightie power of Christ but can not apprehend Gods mercie through him aÌd this deuils haue I am 2. 19 there fore is separate froÌ charitie but the faith that iustifieth in effect can not as 1. Iohn 2. 9. c Not that it suffreth it self to be abused but iudgeth others by all loue and humanitie d VVhich may
be without offence of Gods worde e Knowledge it self shal be perfited in the worlde to come and not abolished but the maner of knowing aÌd teaching shal cease when we shal be before Gods presence where we shal nether nedescho les nor teachers f That is imperfectly â Or teache g The Mysteries of God â Or taught of God h Because it serueth bothe here and in the life to come but faith hope apperreine onely to this life a That is to expounde the worde of God to the edification of the Church b Vnder staÌdeth him c By the Spiritual gift which he hathe reciued d For he ãâã none saue him self e The prophecie expoundeth that which God hath reueiled and the doctrine teacheth that which he hath giuen vs to vnderstand â Or flute f Your wordes shal be loste for ye shal nether glorifie God thereby nor profit man â Or as the thiÌg ãâã g That is they may be able to be vnderstand h He coÌdemneth the Corinthians of barbarousnes in that things whereby they thoght to haue atteined to the greatest praise of eloquence i And doeth his parte k Not in respect of him that praieth but in respect of the Church which is nothing edified thereby l Or giues tankes by singing m One onely ma de the praiers and the rest of the cople followed in heart his wordes when he had prayed thei all said Amen signifying that they beleued asseuredly that God wolde graÌte their requeste n That is moste fewe Mat. 18. 3. Isa. 28. 11. Deut. 28. 49. ierem 5. 15. ezek 3. 6. o He ãâã then moste shar pely that God wil punish the contempt of his worde and their contrefait ignoraÌce forasmuche as to speake which vnknoweÌ tongues is à signe of Gods curse towards the ãâã p Of Gods curse when they are not vnderstand q By hearing his secret ãâã ript vp and his sinnes reproued by Gods worde he is compelled by his owne conscience to praise God r Which expounde the worde of God s Paul beareth as yet with their weakenes because also these were the gifts of God but yet he sheweth that ãâã shuld not passe this measure that first one after another and at the vtmost the third shulde read in a strange language which was to declare Gods miracle in the gift of tongues but chiefly he ãâã mandeth that nothing be done without interpre tacion 1. Tim. 2. 11. t Or learning which Gods Spirit moue th them to vtter u To the intent that others maye iudge of him that hathe spoken if he haue passed the compas of Gods worde wherefore Gen. 3. 16. x Because thys disordre was in the Churche that women vsurped that which was peculiar to men the ãâã here sheweth what is mete to be done and what is not and albeit he mencioned this abuse afore yet he referred it to this place to be reproued because there he broght it in for another purpose S Iohn comman deth to trye thy spirits whether thei be of God y Are ye the first or the last Christians that ye nether submit your selues to the churches of whom you haue receiued the Gospel nor ha ue respect to the others to whom the Gospel doeth likewise apperteine z To haue vnder standing of spiritual things a If anie man haue iudgement let him acknowledge that I speake of the Spirit of God and so let him obey if he haue no iudgemeÌt let him acknow ledge his ignorance and trouble not the Church but credit them that are learned Gal. 1. 11. * Menander in Thaidi Isa. 53. 5. 1. Pet. 2. 42. a If you beleue to be saued by the Gospell ye must beleue also the resurrection of the dead whiche is one of the principal points therof or elles your belief is but vaine b He sheweth that nothynge ought to be taught which we ha ue not learned by Gods worde * Menander in Thaidi Ionas 2. 1. * Menander in Thaidi Iohn 20. 19. * Menander in Thaidi c Althogh Iudas wanted yet they were so called still Act. 9. 4. * Menander in Thaidi Roma 6. 3. Ephe. 3. 8. Ephe. 3. 7. * Menander in Thaidi d For he was but the instrument and minister aÌd giueth the whole glorie to God e Christes death ãâã not effectual excepte he ryse from death f For if Christ be swaloed vp of death there remaineth no hope of life anymore g As mortification and remission of sinnes de pend on Christs death so oure quickenyng and restoring to life stand in hys resurrection h You are not forgiuen norsan ctified â Or onelye for this life sake * Menander in Thaidi i As by the offring of the ãâã ãâã the whole frute is sanctified so by Christ whi che is the ãâã that is raised all haue assurance of the resurrectioÌ Col. 1. 18. Reuel 1. 5. k VVho ãâã first from the dead to take possession in our fleshe for vs his members 1. Thes. 4 15. l To wit the faithfull * Menander in Thaidi m Christ as he is man and ãâã of the Churche ãâã said to be subiect to God but in respecte of the worlde is kyng of heauen and earth this kingdome staÌdeth in gouernynge the faithfull aÌd ouer comming the ad uersaries euen death the chiefest whyche done Christ being per fited with all his membres shal as he is maÌ head of he Churche with his felowe heires deliuer his kingdome aÌd be ãâã to GOD with whom and the holie Gost in God head he ãâã equall * Menander in Thaidi * Menander in Thaidi n VVe shal be per fectlye fulfilled ãâã hys glorie and ãâã o That is as dead and because thei were but ãâã come to Christe wolde be baptized before they dyed Psal. 110. 1. p Except ãâã things be true of Christs kingdom and his subiectioÌ what shall become of theÌ whom the Church daily baptizeth for to destroye death in them whyche is the end of baptis me and so they to rise againe Isa. 22 13. Act. 2. 3 4. Ebr. 1 12 and 10. 13. Psal 8. 7. Ebr. 2. 8. q I take to witnes all my sorrowes wherein I may iustly rereioyce in the Lord that I haue susteined them among you r That is hauing regarde to this present life and not to Gods glorie and to life euer lasting * Menander in Thaidi * Menander in Thaidi Wisdo 2. 6. s There is one sub staÌce as touching the flesh both of man beast but the difference is as touching the qualitie t Euen as the suÌne and the moone being of one substance differ in dignitie so in the resurrection our bodies shal haue more excel lent qualities theÌ they haue now u For what is more vile to loke vnto theÌ the dead carkeis x ãâã changing the substance but made partaker of the diuine nature y Christ bringeth vs from heauen the Spitit of life Gen. 2. 7. z This is attributero Christ as coÌ cerning ãâã not
in respect of his humanitie whose flesh hath this glorie by the power of God who dwelleth in it a Bothe in substaÌ ãâã and forme we are earthlie b This natural bo die as it is now til it be made newe by the Spirit of Christ. c When the Lord cometh to iudge ment some of the Saintes shal be aliue whome he wil change euen as if they were dead so that this chaÌge is in steade of death to theÌ Mat. 24. 31. () O death whe re is thy victorie o graue where is thy sting 1. thess 4. 16. Isa. 25. 8. d Sinne first broght in death and giueth it power ouer vs the strength of sinne is the Law because it doeth ãâã the iudge ment of God against vs or els the chief cause of our destruction is in our selues Reuel 7 17. Hose 13. 14. Ebr. 2. 14. e The hope of re surrectioÌ causeth the faithful to sur ãâã all difficulties a Vpon the first day of the weke which the Scripture calleth the Lordsday ãâã Sonday they accustomed not onely in the Church but at home also according to euery mans zeale to lay vp some piece of money towar de the relief of the poore ãâã 2. Iohn 5. 5. Chap. XVI Act. 11. 29. 12. 25. Rom. 12. 13. b Which ye shal send by theÌ that cary the money Act. 18. ãâã c Because God blessed his labour d Willing that they shulde defeÌde him against the aduersaires of Christ because it is the Churche duetie to be care ful for the preseruation of their ministers e As thogh he were to yong to be a minister f That is safe and sounde g Lest ãâã steale vpon you at ãâã h For they had euery maÌ respect to himself ãâã ry to loue i That is the first which embraced the Gospel k And reuerence them l The grief that I toke for your absence was greatly aswaged by their presence â Or minde m In token of mutual ãâã whichthing was obserued in the primatiue church when the Lords Supper was ministred Rom. 16. 16. 2. Cor. 13. ãâã 1. Pet. 5. 15. 19. â Or Maranatha n Or as is most probable from Ephesus a Meaning that countrey where of ãâã was the chief citie Ep hes 13. b Or praise and glorie be giuen 1. Peter 1. 3. c which I suffer for Christ or which Christ suffereth in me d For seing him indure so muche they had occasion to be confirmed in the Gospel e As God onely worketh al things in vs so doeth he also our saluation by his fre mercie and by suche mea nes as he hathe here left in this life for vs to be ãâã in Rom. 7. 5. and 8. 5. Colos. 1. 14. f Hereby he sheweth his owne in firmitie that it might appeare how wonderfully Gods graces wroght in him g I was vtterly resolued in my self to dye h So manie dangers of death Rom. 15. 30. i He rendreth a reason why they ought to prayevn to God for his ãâã k Vsing that wisdome which God gaue me from heauen l Ye knowe Par tely my constancie bothe by my dwelling with you and also my writting vnto you and I trust ye shal knowe me to be the same to the very end m In that we ha ue taught you the Gospel so syncere ly n Because we haue wonne you to Christ o which shal abolish al worlde lieglorie p which is rashely to promes and not to performe q Now to affirme one thing and ãâã to deny it whichis a signe of inconstancie r He taketh God to witnes that he preacheth the ãâã s He preached no thing vnto them but onely Iesus Christ who is the moste constaÌt and infallible trueth of the Father t They aremade performed and we are partakers onely by him who ãâã ãâã in that he hathe fulfilled them for vs. u In that I say I tame not because I wolde spare you I meane not that I haue autoritie to alter true religion or to binde your consciences but that I am Gods minister to confirme and comfort you ãâã 4. 30. x And faith is not in subiection to man a which was giuen to Satan but now doeth repent b Which made you him sory in my further epistle c After this adul ãâã did repent and amend paul did sovtterly cast of alsorowe that he denieth that inmaner he was anie with sorie d And so shulde increase his soro we which I wolde diminish e The adulterer which interteined his mother in Law f That at my in ãâã you wolde declare by the publike consent of the Church that you embrace him againe as a brother seing he was excommunicate by the commune consent g That is truely and from mine heart euen as in the presence of Christ. h By our rigorous punishing â Or in my minde i From this place vnto the 6. Chap. 11. he ãâã onely of the ministers saue he some time intermedeleth that which apperte ineth to the whole Church ãâã Chap. 3. 17 18. vetses and not onely to the mini ãâã k In working ãâã by vs partakers of his victorie and triumph l The preaching of the crosse bringeth death to them which onely consider Christs death as a commune death and be thereat offended or els thinke it ãâã bringeth againe life to them who in in his death beholde their life m That is which preache for gaine and corrupt it to serue mens affectiones Rom. 11. 16. Chap. 4. 2. â Or through Christ or of Christ. a Meaning him self ãâã and Siluanus b who were Gods penne c The hardnes of maÌs heart before he beregenerat is as a stonie table Ezech. 11. 19. 36. 26. but being ãâã nerat by the ãâã of God it is as softe as flesh that the grace of the Gospel may bewritteninit as in new tables ãâã 31. 32. d whose minister Moses was e which Christ gaue f Meaning the spiritual doctrine which is in our hearts g Thus he nameth the Law in coÌparison of the Gospel h After that God had spoken with him and giuen him the Law i For the Law declareth all men to be vnder condemnation k Meaning of the Gospel which declareth that Christ is made our righteousnes l In preaching the Gospel Exod. 34. 33. m Moses shewed the Law as it was couered with shadowes so that the Iewes ãâã ãâã ligh tened ãâã blinded and so colde not come to ãâã who was the ãâã thereof ãâã againe the ãâã ãâã for the the glorie of God ãâã not ãâã ãâã eyes but ãâã the darkenes away froÌ ãâã n ãâã is our ãâã and au tor of New ãâã ment whose doctrine is ãâã and ãâã life to the Law o In Christ who is God ãâã in the ãâã we se god the Father as in a ãâã ãâã cleare glasse Ioh. 4. 24. a For anie troubles or afflictioÌs b Meaning suche shiftes and pretences as become not them that haue such a great ãâã in hand
the Churche of Christ whiche is our mother and not of the Synagogue whiche is a seruant vnder the Law Rom. 9. 8. By the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs fre a If you ioyne circumcision to the Gospel as a thing necessarie to saluacion Chap. V. Act. 15. 2. b We liue in hop through that Spi rit whiche causeth faith and whiche is giuen to the faithfull that we shulde ãâã faith and not by the Law obtaine ãâã ãâã of glorie whiche Christe gyueth frely 1. Cor. 1. 17. c Then whatsoeuer is not the worde of God whiche here he calleth trueth is verie lies d Which is God e A litle corruption doeth destroy the whole doctrine 1. Cor. 5. 6. f That ye wil ãâã the word of God purely g That is the doctrine of the Gospell whiche the worlde ab horred as a sclanderous thing and therewith were offended h Meaning the seconde table ãâã ãâã 18. ãâã 22. 39. k That is the na tu all man ãâã against the ãâã of of ãâã Mar. 12. 31. Iam. 2. 8. Rom. 13. 14. 1. Pet 2. 10. i In the man regenerat i If you be ãâã by the Spirit of ãâã that whiche ye do ãâã ãâã to God althogh it be nor be ãâã fity m For they are vnder the ãâã or grace n Christ hath ãâã onely remitted their sinnes but sanctified tl ãâã into ãâã es of lif o That being dead to sinne liuyng to God we may declare the same in holines and innocencie of life a Father by reason of his flesh or Satan b Christe exhorteth in ãâã places to mutual loue ãâã brotherlie loue is here called the Lawe of Christ and his comman ãâã ãâã n. 13. 14. and. 5. 12. c He sheweth that man hathe nothing of him ãâã whereof he shulde ãâã 2. ãâã 1. 12. Wherein he may reioyce ãâã me but not before God d For his reioycing is a ãâã of a good conscience e For it were a shame not to prouide for their corporal necessities whiche fede our soules with the heauenlie things 1. Cor. 5 8. 1. ãâã 9. 7. f He proueth that the ministers must be nowrished for if men onely prouide for wordely thinges ãâã out respect of the life euerlasting then they procure to them selues death and mocke God who hath giuen them his ministers ãâã ãâã them heauenlie thing 2. Thes. 3. 13. g The frute whiche God hathe promised h By the outwarde ceremonies i That is for prea ãâã Christ ãâã k That thei haue made you Iewes l By the ãâã he meaneth all ou warde pom pe ãâã things which please mens fantasies m Which is rege nerate by faith Rom. 2. 19. n That is vpon the Iewes as o Let no man trouble my preaching from heÌce forthe for my markes are witnesses how valiantly I haue foght p Which ãâã odious to the worlde but glorious before God a As with the knowledge of God in Christ with faith hope charitie other gifts â Or places b This election to lif euerlasting can neuer ãâã ãâã ged but in temporal offices which God hathe appointed for a certeine space when the terme is expired he chaÌ geth his election as we se in Saul and Iudas 1. Cor. 1. 2. c When Christs iustice is imputed ours d Whereas we were not the ãâã children he receiued vs by grace and made vs his children 2. Cor. 1. 3. 1. Pet. 1. 3. 2. Tim. 1. 9. e The principal end of our election is to praise and glorifie the grace of God Colos. 1. 22. f That is in Christ. g By this he mea neth the whole bodie of the Churche which he deuideth into them which are in heauen and them which are in earth also the faithful which re maine in earth staÌd of the Iewes and the Gentiles h To wit the Iewes i Thogh we be redemed froÌ the bondage of sinne by the death of Christ Rom 6. 22 ãâã we hope for this seconde ãâã which ãâã be when we shal possesse our inhe ritaÌce in the heauens whereof we haue the holie Gost for a gage as Chap. 4. 30. k Of Christ. l Made him Go uernour of all things bothe in heauen and in'earthe so that Christs bodie is now onely there or elsit shuld not be a true bodie and his ascencioÌ shulde be but a fantasticall thing and onely imagi ned Col. 2. 12. Chap. 3. 7. Psal. 8. 8. Ebr. 2. 8. m This is the great loue of Christe towarde his Churche that he counteth not him selfe perfect without vs whiche are his members therefore ãâã Church is also Christ as 1. Cor. 12. 12. Col. 2. 13. Chap. 6. 12. ãâã Meaning Satan b Not by creation but by AdaÌs ãâã so by ãâã c Bothe Iewe Gentil â Or with Christ. d We that are the members are raised vp ãâã death and reigne without head christ in heauen by faith e Here he meaneth as concerning grace and not by nature f He sheweth here that the further the Gentiles were of frome the grace of God the greater detters they are now to the ãâã 1. Sam. 17. 26. Eze. 44 7. Rom. 9. 4. g It was but one couenant but because it was diuers times confirmed and established ãâã here he calleth them Couenants h Whereno promesis there is no hope â Or ãâã i That is the cau se of the diuision that was ãâã ne the Iewes the Gentiles k For in Christ ãâã all things were accomplished which were pre figurate in the Law l For of the Iewes and the Gentils he made one flocke â Or death Rom. 5. 2. a He reioyceth in that he suffred imprisonmeÌt for the maintenance of Christs glorie b Which was his ãâã to prea che vnto the ãâã c That is in the first chap of this Epistle ver 9. d Althogh the fathers and the Prophetes had reuelations certeine yet it was not in comparison of that ãâã which was shewed when the GeÌtiles were called nether ãâã was the time ãâã the maner knowen Chap. 1 19. 1. Cor. 15 9. ãâã 1. 16. Rom. 16. 25. Col. 1. 26. 2. Timo. 1. 10. e The Angels Tit. 1. 2. 1. Pet. 1. 20. f The Churche being gathered of so many kindes of people is an example or a glasse for the An gels to beholde the wisdome of God in who hath turned their particular discords in to an vniuersal concorde and of the ãâã of bondage hathe made the Church of ãâã dome g He that is not of the bodie of Christ is in death h The faithful which ãâã befo re Christ ãâã were adopted by him and make one familie with the Saincts which yet remaine a liue i For we confesse that which we beleue k All perfection on euerie side is in him l That all the graces of God may abounde in you Rom. 16. 25. m In that we fele Christ in vs. a For the Lords cause Philip. 1. 27. Col. 1. 10. 1. Thess. 2. 12. b ãâã by ãâã you
care in gouerning his owne house how muche more are they ãâã to be careful which shal gouer ne the Church of God f In the doctrine of faith g Lest being proude of his degreehe be h ãâã condemned as the deuil was for lifting vp him self by pride i As being defamed shulde become impudent do muche harme * Chap 1. 19. k That is no man may haue any thing ãâã ãâã lay to his charge k Hauing the true ãâã of the Gospel and the feare ãâã God l Of the bishopes and Deacons m The good reporte ãâã all men n To serue God with ãâã assurance because ãâã haue alway a good ãâã o This is spoken in the respect of men for as much as in this world the trueth onely ãâã the Chu ch by trason of Gods ãâã for othe wise Christ is the fundation and the corner stone whiche bothe beareth mainteineth his Churche p Approued ãâã in that he was not onely a man but God also q So that the Angels marueilled at his excellencie r To the right hand of God the Father 2. Tim. 3. 1. 2. Pet. 3. 3. a False teachers which boast theÌ selues that they haue the ãâã of the ãâã Gost. Iud 18. 5. b Their dul consciences first wa xed harde then after canker and corruption bred therein last of all it was burnt of with an hote ãâã so that he ãâã such as haue no conscien ce Ephe. 4. 19. c Vnto vs which receiue it as at Gods hands Chap. 1. 4. 6. 20. 2. Tim. 2. 16. 23. ãâã 3. 9. d Meaning to be giuen to ceremo nies and to such things as delite the fantasies of man e That is he that hath faith and a good conscience is promised to haue al things ne cessarie for this life and to enioy life euer lasting f The goodnes of God declareth it self towarde all men but chiefely towarde the faithful by preser uing theÌ here he meaneth not ãâã euerlasting g In godlie zeale or giftes of the Spirit h And reuelation of the holie Gost. i Vnder this name he conteineth the whole ministe rie of the Church which was at Ephesus â Or that all may se how thou profitest k Thou shaltfaith fully do thy duetie which is an assurance of thy saluation a Take care for them b Paul willeth that the widdowes put the Chu ch to no charge which haue ãâã children or ãâã that are able to relieue them but that the children ãâã rish their mother or kinsfolkes according as nature bindeth them c Which hathe no maner of worldlie meanes to helpe her selfe with d Because she is vtterly vnprofitable e He meaneth suche widowes which being iustly diuorced from their first housbands maried again to the selander of the Church for els he doeth not reproue the widowes that haue bene oftener maried them once f Forgetting their vocation g Not onely haue sclandred the Churchin leauing their charge but haue forsaken their religion therefore shal be punished with euer lasting death h They haue not onely done disho nour to Christ in leauing their vocation but also haue brokeÌ their faith i Which are with out al maÌs helpe and succour Deut. 15. 18. Deut. 25. 4. 1. Cor. 9. 9. Mat. 10. 10. Luk 10. 7. k Except that he which doeth ãâã him haue at least two witnesses whiche promesse with the accoser to proue that whiche they laye to his charge l Chiefly the ministers and so all others â Or protest â Or without ha ãâã ãâã Chap. 6. 13. m In ãâã them without suf ficient trial n From iuste offence o As Simon the sorcerer p Their sinnes followe whiche for a i me haue deceiued the god lie and after ãâã detected ãâã Saul Iudas and other ãâã Ephe. 6. 5. Col 3. 22. 1. Pet. 2. 18. a That is of the grace of God as ãâã seruaÌts are and hauyng the same adoption Chap. 1. ãâã b They that measure religion by riches are here taught that onely religion is the true riches Iob. 1. 21. ãâã 27. 26. c That set their felicitie in riches Eccies 5. 14. d For they are ãâã quiet nether in soule nor bodie e Whome Gods Spirit doeth rule Chap. 5. 11. Mat. 27. 11. Iohn 18. 37. Chap. 1. 11. Reuel 17. 14. 19. 16. e By this mightie power of God the ãâã are admonished ãâã dely to stande in their vocation althogh the ãâã Satan ãâã ãâã them f In things ãâã to ãâã life Iohn 1. 18. 1. Iohn 1. 12. Mar. 4. 19. Luk. 22. 15. Mat. 6 20. Luk. 6. 9. g The gifes of God for the vtilitie of the Church Chap. 1. 4. 4 7. h As when question ãâã question a Being sent of God to preache that life ãâã he had promised in Christ Iesus Act. 22. ãâã b Following the steppes of mine ancestres as Abraham ãâã Iacob and others of whome I am come and of whome I receiued the true reli gion by successioÌ c The gift of God is a certein huelie flame ãâã in our hearts whiche Satan the flesh labour to quenche and therfore we must ãâã it and ãâã it vp d With the rest of the Elders of Ephesus 1. e As thogh God wolde destroye vs. Tim. 4. 14. 1. Cor. 1. 2. ãâã 1. 3. ãâã 16. 25. f He speaketh here of his first ãâã which ãâã it semed ãâã contemptible yet was honorable glo rious therefore our mindes ought to be lifted vp from the consideration of worldlie things to contemplate the maiestie ther of ãâã ãâã 9. Col. ãâã 26. T it 1. 2. 1. Pet. ãâã 20. ãâã Tim 2. 7. g Whiche is my self h The grace of the holie Gost. â Or in the presence of manie witnesse a So that the trueth of God may remaine ãâã b As with hys hous holde and other ordinarie affaires c So that the paine must go before the ãâã d Not withstanding mine impri ãâã the worde of God hathe it race and increaseth e To confirme their faith more esteming the edi fication of the Church then him selfe 2. Cor. 1. 4. Col. 1. 24. Rom. 6. 5. Mat. 10. 33. Mar. ãâã ãâã Rom. 3 3. f Giuing to euerie one his iuste portion VVherin he alludeth to the Priests of the olde Lawe whiche in their sacrifice gaue to God hys parte toke their owne parte and gaue to him that broght the sacrifice his duetie 1. Tim. 4 7. and 6. 20. Tit. 3. 9. g He ãâã ãâã Gods election and mans fayth h Because the wicked shulde not couer them selues vnder the name of the chur the he sheweth by this similitude that bothe good and bad may ãâã therein i That is bothe separate him self fro the wicked and also purge his naturall corruption by Gods Spirit 2. Cor. 1. 2. k VVhich do not edifie 1. Tim. 1. 4. and 4. 7. Tite 3. 9. l VVhich faile of ignorance m He meaneth not this of Apostates or heretikes whome he willeth to ãâã
me â Or knowen Iohn 17. 6. a The faithful are sanctified of God ther in the Sonne by the holie Gost b That he shulde kepe you 2. Peter 2. 1. c Againste assaltes of ãâã and her ãâã d That ye shulde kepe it foreuer e He confirmeth their hearte against the conteÌners of religion and Apostates Nom 14 ãâã 2 Peter 2. 4. Gen. 19. 24. f Their increduli tie was the fourtaine of all their ãâã â Or original g Then shal be their extreme punishment h Moste horrible pollutions Ios. 10. 13. 2. Chro 9. 29. ãâã Christe vnder the name of the Angel rebuked Satan as knowing that he went about to hinder the Churche but here we are admonished not to seke to reuenge our selues by euil speaking but to referre the thing to God i VVhich shewe them selues dull and impudent k It is moste like that this exaÌple was writin som of thoses ãâã of the Scripture which are now lost Nomb. 21. 14. l In zacharie 3. m By their carnal iudgement Gen. 4. 8. Nom. 22 23. Nom. 16. 1. 2. Peter 2. 16. n For as Core Dathan and ãâã ron rose vp and spake againste Moses so to these againste theÌ that are in autoritie o These were ge neral feasts whi che the faythfull kept partely to protest their bro therlie loue and partely to relieue the nedye Tertull in ãâã p Ether of God or of his Churche Chap. 39. Reuel 1. 7. q This saying of Enoch might for the worthines ther of haue bene as a coÌmune saying among men of al times or els haue bene written in some of those bookes whi che now remaine not yet by the prouideÌce of God so many are left as ãâã eable to instrust vs in the faith of Iesus Christ to ãâã Iohn 20. 31. â In vngodlines and iniquitie Psal. 16. 10. 1. Tim. 4. 1. 2. Tim. 1. 1. 2. Pet. 3. 3. ãâã Of regeneratioÌ s Some may be wonne with ãâã other by sharpenes t By sharpe reprofes to drawe theÌ out of danger u He willeth not onely to cut of the euill but to take away al occasions whiche are as preparatiues and accessoties to the same a Of things whiche were hid before b Christ receiued this reuelation out of his fathers bosome as his owne doctrine but it was hid in respect of vs so that Christe as Lord and God re ueiled it to Iohn his seruaÌt by the ministerie of his Angel to the edi ficacion of his Churche c To the good and bad d Which expoun deth the olde pphetes ãâã what shall come to passe in the newe testament e And began euen then f Meaning the Church vniuersal g That is froÌ the holie Gost or these seueÌ Spirits were ministers before God the Father Christ whome after he calleth the hornes and eyes of the Lambe Exo. 3. 14. Psal 89. 38. 1. Cor. 15. 21. Colos. 1. 18. Ebr. 9 14. 1. Pet. 1. 19. 1. Iohn 1. 9. 1. Pet. 2. 5. h They that ãâã Christ ãâã cruelly per secuted him and put him to death shal theÌ acknow ledge him â Or for him i Alpha Omega are the first and last letters of the a b c of the Greks Chap. 5. 6. In a like phrases Paul taketh God and Christ the Angels to witnes ãâã Tim. 5. 21. â Or for him â Or for him Mat. 24. 30. Isa. 3. 14. k Whiche some cal sunday S. Paul the first day of the weke 1. Cor. 16. 1. Act 20. 7. and it was established after that the Iewes Sabbath was abolished Iude. 14. l I am before whome nothing was yea by whome whatsoe uer is made was made aÌd he that shal remaine wheÌ al things shal perish euen I am the eternal God m Of the whiche some were falleÌ others decayed some were prou de others negligent so that he sneweth remedie for all Chap. 21. 6. 22. 13 n That is hym whose voyce I heard o Meanyng the Churches p Whiche was Christe the head of the Churche q As the chief Priest r For in him was no concupiscence whiche is signified by girdyng the loynes s To signifie hys wisdome eternitie and ãâã t To se the secrets of the heart â Or alcumine u His iudgements and Waies are most perfect x Bothe because all nations praise him and also his worde is heard and preached through the worlde z This sworde signified his worde the vertue thereof as is declared * Ebr. 4. 12. * Dani. 0. 9. a To comfort me * Ifa 41. 4. 44. 6. b Equal God with my Father and ãâã c That is power ouer them d In the latter dayes e In my protection f That is the ministers * ãâã 2. 3. y Whiche are the pastors of the Churches a To the Pastor or minister whiche are called by this Name becau se they are Gods ãâã and haue their office commune with Iesus Christ who also is called an Angel b Read chap. 11. 3. c In his protectioÌ d According to his promes Mat 28. 20. He wil be with them to the end of the worlde e Thy first loue that thou hadest towarde God thi neighbour at the first preachiÌg of the Gospel f The office of the Pastor is compared to a caÌdelsticke or lampe for asmuche as he ought to shine before men g These were he retikes whiche helde that wiues shulde becoÌmune as some thinke were named of one called Nicolas of whome is wrot Act. 6. 5. which was chosen among the Deacons h Meanyng the life euerlastyng thus by corporall benefites he raiseth theÌ vp to coÌsider spirituall blessings i This is thoght to be Policarpus who was minister of Smyrna ãâã yeres as he hym self confessed before He rodes WheÌ as he was led to be burned for Christs cause k The eternal diuinitie of Iesus Christe is here most plainely declared with his man hode victorie ouer death to assure his that they shall not be ouercome by death l This was the persecutioÌ vnder the ãâã Domitian m In spirituall treasures n They are not Abrahams children accordyng to the faith o Here he nameth the autor of al our calamitie in couraging vs maÌ fully to fight against him in promising vs the victorie p The end of afflictioÌ is that we may be tryed not destroyed q Signifying ma nie times as Genes 31. 41. Nomb. 14. 22. Althoght there shal be comfort and release r The first death ãâã the natural death bodie the secoÌdeis the eter nal death froÌ the which all are fre that belieue in Iesus Christ. s The Worde of God is the sword With two edges Ebr. 4. 12. t All to Wnes countreies When ãâã Gods Worde and good liuing is banished are the throne of Satan also those places Where the Worde is not preached syncerly nor maners a right reformed u In the verie heat of persecution slaughter of the Martyrs they continued in the pure faith
blossome beare except the winde blowe vpon them â Or Christ. e God preuenteth the dangers and euils which otherwise wolde ouer ãâã the elect f Those that are sealed by the Spirit of God and marked with the blood of the LaÌbe lightened in faith by the worde of God so that they make open profession of the same are exeÌpted froÌ euil g Thogh that this blindenes be broght into the world by the ma lice of Satan yet the mercies of God reserue to him self an infinite nomber which shal be saued bothe of the Iewes and GeÌtiles through Christ. h He omitteth Dan putteth Leui in where by he meaneth the twelue tribes i That is the tribe of ãâã which was Iosephs sonne k In signe of ãâã ritie l In token of victorie felicitie m All that are saued attribute their saluacioÌ vnto God onely to his Christ to none other thing n There is no ãâã ãâã clennes but by the blood of ãâã onely whiche purgeth ãâã so maketh vs white o That is of the maiestie of God the Father the Sonne and the holie Gost p Meaning continually for els in heauen there is no night q For all ãâã and ãâã shal be then taken a way r They shall haue no more ãâã and paine but ãâã ioy and consolacion s Iesus Christ the mediator and ãâã t ãâã is ãâã God u He shal giue them life and conserue theÌ in ãâã ãâã Isa. ãâã 10. * ãâã 25. ãâã * Chap. 21. 4. a Vnder the sixt ãâã he touched in generall the corruptioÌ of the ãâã but vnder the seueÌth he sheweth the great daÌger ther of and what trou bles sectes ãâã hathe bene shal be broght ãâã the Churche thereby b That the ãâã might more attentiue c He sheweth the onelie remedie in our ãâã to wit to appeare before the face of God by the meanes of Iesus Christ ãâã is the Angel the ãâã and the ãâã which ãâã senteth our pray ers whiche remaine yet ãâã before the altar and diuine maie ãâã of God d He meaneth by ãâã the grace of God wherby we are purged and made cleane e He powreth the graces of the ãâã Gost into the ãâã of the ãâã f WheÌ this grace is declared ãâã ãâã arise against ãâã by reason of the wic ked whiche can nether abide to heare their sinnes touched nor ãâã offred g That ãâã proclai meth ãâã against the Church troubles ãâã fal se doctrine so ãâã the ãâã watche h That is the moste parte of ãâã were seduced i Euen the verie ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã k Diuers ãâã of her ãâã were spred ãâã in the worlde Isa. 6. 6. m That is some excellent minister of the Church which shal corrupt the Scriptures n ãâã ãâã signifie false and corrupt doctrine o That is of Christ who is the sunne of iustice meaning that men by boasting of their workes and merites obscure Christ tread his death vnder ãâã p That is of the Church q Of the ministers and teachers which haue not taught as they ought to do r These are plagues for the conteÌpt of the Gospel i Meaning the ship masters and so them that had ãâã gouernement s Horrible threatnings against the infideles and rebellious persones a That is my ãâã shopes and ni sters which forsake the worde of God and so fall out of heaueÌ and become An gels of darkenes b This ãâã ãâã is ãâã to the Pope in signe where of he ãâã the keyes in his ãâã c A bundaÌ ce of ãâã ãâã which couer ãâã darkenes Christ and his Gospel d Locustes are false teachers he ãâã aÌd world lie ãâã Prelates with MoÌkes ãâã ãâã ãâã Archebishops e False and deceiuable doctrine which is ãâã to the flesh f That is secretly to persecute and to sting with the ir ãâã as scorpions do suche is the facion of the ãâã h That is the infideles whome ãâã blindeth with the ãâã of error i Thogh the elect be hurt yet they can not perish k The elect for a certeine space and at times are in troubles for the ãâã endure but from April to September which is fiue moneths Bishops Doctors Baschelers ma sters which forsa ke Christ to main teine false doctri ne l For at the beginning the sting of their conscien ce semeth as nothing but except thei sone seke re medie they perish m Suche is the terrour of the vn beleuing conscience which ãâã no assurance of mercie but feleth the iudgement of God against ãâã when men imbrace error and refuse the ãâã simplicitie of Gods worde n Which signifieth that the Popes ãâã shal be proude ambicious bolde stoute rash rebellious ãâã cruel Iecherous and autors of warre aÌd destruction of the simple children of God o They pretend a certeine title of honour which in dede beloÌgeth nothing vnto theÌ as the Priests by their crownes strange ãâã declare p That is thei pretend great gentlenes loue thei are wise politicke subtil elo quent and in worldlie ãâã ãâã all in all ãâã doings q That is ãâã delicate ãâã ãâã them selues to please ãâã ãâã lots r Signifying their oppression of the poore and crueltie against Gods ãâã Isa. 2. 19. s ãâã signifie their hardenes of heart and ãâã in their errors with ãâã ãâã ce vnder the protection of ãâã princes Hose 10. 8. t For as thogh they had ãâã so are they listed vp aboue the commune sorte of men and estemed moste holie and do all things with rage and fiercenes Luk 23. 30. Chap. 6. 16. Wisd 16 9. ãâã For the false ãâã caÌ not destroie the elect but suche as are ãâã to perdicion u To infect and kil with their venemous doctrine x Which is Antichrist the Pope king of ãâã and ãâã ambassadour y That is destroied for Antichrist the sonne of perdicion ãâã mens soules with false doctrine and the whole worlde with fyre and sworde 2. Thes. 2. ãâã z Which was the voyce of Christ sitting at the right hand of the Father a Meaning the enemies of the East countrey which shulde afflict the Church of God as did the Arabians ãâã Turkes and Tartarians b This signifieth the great readines of the enemies c Which signifieth their false doctrine and hypocrisie d And therefore were iustely destroyed * Psal. 115. 4. and 133. 15. a Which was Ie sus Christ that came to comfort his Church against the furious assaltes of Satan and Antichrist so that in al their troubles the faithful are sure to finde ãâã in him b Iesus Christ ãâã the testimonie of Gods ãâã towardes ãâã c It ouercame al the darkenes of the Angel of the bottomles pit d Straight ãâã and pure from al corruptions e Meaning the Gospel of Christ which Antichrist caÌ not hide seing Christ ãâã it open in his hand f Which declareth that in despite of Antichrist the Gospel shulde be preached
dome is of the earth and leadeth to ãâã and is begonne and established by ambition couer ousnes beastlines craft treason and tyr ãâã q VVhiche signifie the priesthode the kingdome and therefore he giueth in his armes two keis and hathe two ãâã caryeeÌ before him r He spake ãâã doctrine accused Gods worde of im perfection set vp mans traditions and spake things contrarie to God and his word s For the Pope in ãâã crueltte idolatrie and blasphemie did folowe and imitare the ãâã ãâã t ãâã them to idolatrie and astonished them with the name of that ãâã asne ãâã meth it u The man of sinne according to the operation of Satan ãâã be with all power signes aÌd miracles of lyes * 2 Thes. 2. 10. x Before the whole empire whiche ãâã the firste beast and is the imageth reof y For the first empire ãâã was as the paterne and this seconde empire is but an image and shadowe therof a The same things whiche the Pope or false prophets ãâã ãâã in b Re ceiue the ordinances and ãâã of the seat of Rome and to kisse the vilens rote if he ãâã put ther eunto c ãâã he ãâã Christ for as faith the ãâã and the ãâã ãâã the Christians markes so this Antichrist wil accept none ãâã ãâã ãâã approue his doctrine so that it is not ynough to confesse Christ and to ãâã ãâã ãâã but a man must ãâã to the Popes doctrine moreouer their ãâã es ãâã vowes othes and ãâã are signes of this marke in so muche as no ãâã ãâã excepted that had not manie of these marked beasts e Such as may be ãâã by ãâã ãâã about ãâã after this reuelation the Pope or Antichrist bega to be ãâã in the Worlde for these characters signifie 666 this nomber is ãâã ãâã the smale nomber whiche in the whole marke 666 and signifieth Lateinus or Latin which note h the Pope or ãâã who ãâã in all things the Latin tongue and in ãâã ãâã ãâã contemneth the ãâã and Greke wherin the worde of God was first and best writen and because ãâã in oldetime was called Latinum the Italians are called ãâã ãâã that hereby he noteth of what countrey chiefly he shulde come So ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ordeined the ãâã shewed him selfe one day in apparel ãâã Pope and the next day in harnes as the Emperour and the two hornes to the ãâã hops ãâã ãâã signes her ãâã x For excepte he Pope ãâã the ãâã of the kyng Romaines he is not estemed ãâã ãâã be made Emperour d He that is not sealed with ãâã ists mat ke can not be ãâã to liue among men a Iesus Christ ãâã in his Churche to defend aÌd ãâã it thogh the beast rage ne uer soÌ muche aÌd seing Christ is pre seÌt euer with his Churche there caÌ be no vicare for where there is a vicaire there is no Church b Meanynge a great and ãâã Church c VVhiche was the marke of their election to wit their faith d Signifying that the noÌber of the Church shulde be greate and that they shuld speak boldly aloude and so glorifie the Lord. e None caÌ praise God but the elect whome he hath boght f By whoredom aÌd vnder this vice he comprehen deth al other but this is chiefly meÌc of idolatrie whi cheis the spiritu al whoredome g For their who le delite is in the Lambe Iesus and they loue none but hym h VVhich decla reth that the faithful ought to hue iustely ho lely that they may be the firste fiures and an excellent offringe of the Lord. i For asmuche as their sinnes are pardoned and thei are cledwith the iustice of Christ. Act. 14. 20. k By this Angell arement the true mynysters of Christ whiche preache the Gospel faithfully l The Gospel teacheth vs to feare God and honour him which is the beginning of hea uenlie wisdome m Signifying Ro me for asmuch as the vices whiche were in BabyloÌ are ãâã in Rome in greater abundaÌce as perse eutioÌ of the Chur ãâã of God ãâã selauerie with destruction of the people of God ãâã superstitioÌ ãâã impietie aÌd as BabyloÌ the firste ãâã was destroyed so shall this wicked kiÌgdom of Antichrist haue a miserable ãâã thogh it be greate and semeth to extende throughoute all Europa n By the whiche fornicatioÌ God is ãâã to wrath so that he suffreth many to walk in the way of the Romish do etcine to their de struction Psal. 145. 6. o That is of his terrible iugemeÌt Isa. 21. 9. Iere. 51. 8. p The faithful are exhorted to paci ence Chap 18. 8. q For they are deliuered froÌ the horrible troubles which are in the Church and rest with God â Or for the Lords cause r VVhich are ingraffed in Christ by faith which rest and stay onely on him and ãâã to be with him for immediately after their death they are receiued into ioye s Signifying that Christ shal come to iudgement in a cloude eueÌ as he was sent to go vp * ãâã 3. 13. t The ouerthrowe of the people is coÌpared to an haruest Isa. 19 5. also to a vintage Isa. 6. 3. u This is spoken familiarly for our capacitie alluding vnto an housband man who suffereth him self to be aduertised by his seruants when his haruest is rioe aÌd not that Christ hath nede to be tolde wheÌ he shuld come to iudgement for the comfort of his Church and destructioÌ of his enemies x This was Christ who is also the altar the Pricst and sacrifice y That is a certeine place appointed and not in the heauen z By this ãâã he declareth the ãâã confusion of the tyrants and infideles whiche delite in nothing but ãâã ãâã persecutions and effusion of blood ãâã 13. 39. a Thys is the fourth visioÌ whi che ãâã the doct ine of Gods iudgemeÌts for the destiuctioÌ of the wicked aÌd comforte of the godlye b Meaning an in finite nomber of Gods ministers Whiche had infinite maners of sorres and punishemeÌt Exo 15. ãâã Psal. 145. 17. Iere. 20. 16. c Signifying this brittel ãâã world mixt with fyre that is troubles affictions but the ãâã of God ouercome ãâã all and singe diuine songes vnto God by whose power they get the victorie â Or actes and dedes d VVhich is to declare that Gods iudgemeÌts are cleare iust aÌd Without spot e As readie to ex ecute the vengeaÌ ce of God f By the foure beasts are ment all the creatures of God whiche willingly serue him for punishment of the infideles g God giueth vs full entrie into his Churche by ãâã his enemies for the Saintes can not clearely knowe all Gods iudgements before the ful ãâã of all thyngs a This was lyke the ãâã of Egipt Whiche was sores boiles or pockes aÌd this reigneth coÌ ãâã amoÌg CanoÌs moÌkes friers nonnes Priests suche filthie vetmin which beare the marke of the beast b This is lyke to