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

blemish A figure of Christs perf●ct j●stice and innocency Heb 9. 14. 1 Pet. 1. 19. V. 6 U●till the fourteenth Towards the end of which day which was at the setting of the sunne the l●mbe was killed made ready and eaten v. 18. Lev. 23. 5. Num. 28. 16. and then immediatly after being the fifteenth begun the feast of unleavened bread Lev. 21 6. Num. 28. 16. and ended on the even of the one and twentieth In the evening The Italian hath it Be●ween the two eve●●ngs The Jewes anciently used no houres but did part the light or naturall day into morning midday and evening Psal. 55 18. Dan. 6. 10. Now the midday and evening were by them called by a duall name as who should say two middayes and two evenings because that under the name of midday were comprehended two houres before and two houres after th● just me●idi●nall point and under the name of evening the beginning of the ●●nnes declining untill the full setting thereof The Romanes brought up the division of day light into twelve houres whereby this time of two evenings was then accounted from the ninth houre or three in the afternoone untill the sun was set see Acts 3. 1. and 10. 3. 6. and this time answereth just to the time of Christs death Matth. 27 46. Mark 15. 34. V 7 Of the blood For a marke to distinguish those houses which God would free from that corporall death which should overthrow the Egyptians houses and for a figure of the application of Christs bloud in baptisme for the redemption from everlasting death which falls upon the rest of the world see concerning the spirituall seale figured by this Rev 7. 3. and 9. 4. and 14. 1. This circumstance also was singular for the first Passeover V. 8 Let them eate So Christ having sealed us with his bloud in Baptisme to absolve us from death and damnation doth afterwards give himselfe to us for food whereof the holy Communion is a Sacrament In that night In the evening of the fourteenth the night of the fifteenth comming in into which night the n eale did also somewhat extend it selfe ●oste To figure Christs ●u●●erings which were extreame and universall without any drop of comfort or refreshing subsisting in the fire of Gods anger against the sin of man for which he was become pay-master Psalm 22. 15. 16. John 19. 28. Through the onely juice as one may say of his owne justice and innocency With unleavened bread In remembrance of their hasty departure out of Egypt verse 34. and for the peoples poverty in that countrie Deuteron 16. 3. and to teach us that none can participate of Christ with the leaven of hypocrisie impurity or malice Matth. 16. 6. 11. 1 Cor. 5. 7 8. Bitter hearbs The Italian hath it Wi●de lettuce So the Hebrew word is translated by the ancient and so now the Jewes do use to eat wilde succory which hath been holden for a kinde of lettuce dipped in a certaine sauce made with other bitter hearbs That signified at that time the troubles which should accompany the people at their going out of Egypt untill they did arrive into the Land of Canaan And for ever the tribulations of all the true faithfull partakers of Christs life and of his sufferings Mat. 20. 22 23. Rom. 8. 17. V. 9 R●w Ill or half dressed As a figure of Christ who to be our true Passeover was to be afflicted to the uttermost Isa. 53. 3. Sodden Because that water correcteth and tempereth the scortching of the fire which did not befall Christ at all who felt the heat of Gods wrath against sin without any lightening or eas● Head this betoakeneth also that Christ ought to be apprehended by faith in his wh●le person his office grace justice and benefits without any division The pur●enance Namely that which was to be eaten and not be offered unto God as the fat the caul and the kidneies were 2 Chron. 35. 12. 14. V. 10 Ye shall let nothing to avoid superstition and to shew that Christ must be apprehended whole and at once V. 11 With your loines the Italian ●ath it Have your loines with your garments girded and tuckt up alter the manner of travailers to be ready to depart out of Egypt A figure of all the faithfuls preparation to expect Christ for their full deliverance disburthened of all aff●ctions sollicitudes and other carnall hinderances Luke 12. 35. 1 Pet. 1. 13. This ceremony was also singular and peculiar for that first Passeover as it app 〈…〉 th by our Saviours Passeover with his Apostles Passeover that is in commemoration of the passing over of the destroying Angell by whom I will work your deliverance It is a figure and Sacrament of Christ his passing out of the world to the Father by death Joh. 13. 1. by which the Church hath obtained redemption V. 12 Execute judgement Either that the Idols of Egypt by miracle were thrown down or that he only meaneth that through his judgements upon Egypt he would confound the false Gods thereof that they should not be able to escape see ●pon Isa. 19. 1. and 46. 1. and elsewhere in the Prophets I am a manner of affirming a thing as it were by oath as if he should say as certaine as it is true that I am the Lord. V. 13 A token of safety to you and for a distinction to mine Angel as Ezech. 9. 4. Rev. 7. 3. To destroy you not like unto the Egyptians plague V. 14 For ever All the time that ceremonies shall last namely till Christ who by the fulfilling of them shall abolish the use of them bringing in a new age and state in the Church Rom. 10. 4. Col. 2. 16 17. V. 16 A holy That is to say a solemne and holy day on which the people shall meet in a place for the publique serv●ce of God to be instructed in his word and to render unto him the worship of praises and sacrifices c. Lev. 23. 35 36. May be done Unlesse it were in case that ●ay should fall on the Sabbath which day the making ready of meat was forbidden Exo. 16. 25. and 35. 3. And it is credible that this permission did extend also to other solemne feasts V. 22 Ye shall take This also was ordained only for the first Passeover Untill the That is to say before the slaying of the first borne be ended for otherwise they went out in the night yet somewhat neere the morning v. 42. V. 23 Will passe The Italian hath it When the Lord shall passe That is to say shall cause his destroying Angel to passe V. 24 This thing The generall command of the Passeover and unleavened bread but not to observe all the particular forenamed orders V. 25 When ye be For the Passeover by reason of many discommodities was kept but once in the wildernesse and that by Gods expresse command Num. 9. 2 3. This service The Sacraments being part of the sacred acts of the publique service of

fruit of permanent happinesse the faithfull man ought not to settle his hopes nor fixe his heart upon it to labour unreasonably in getting the imaginary goods of it Or needlessely trouble himselfe to shunne or correct the evills and d●sorders of it But must content himselfe with a sweet and peaceable and superficiall and transitory enjoyment of them without anxietie avarice or unreasonable desire though with care and providence in his vocation under the conduct of true wisdome whose worth he mightily extolleth as being the Princesse of mans life and actions Seeing man is by it directed in the true service of God a●d in all vertue and dutie● belonging to any course of life whatsoever either publike or private And besides by the said wisdome he is taught to conforme all his thoughts motions and affections especially of joy and sorrow to the change of times and chances appointed by Gods providence to keep man in a continuall temperature and counterpoise And to leave unto God the care of things to to come and of governing and ordering such things as passe mans capacitie and vocation and above all things to beware of sin and endeavour himselfe to all manner of vertue and to acknowledge that all we enjoy is through Gods grace for which we ought to yeeld him all honour and service Upon the second point he teacheth the faithfull man to fixe his minde and heart continually upon eternall life as the Soveraigne end of this present life And to prepare himselfe by seriously meditating upon death which is the true curbe for the excesses of this world and by the religious feare of God and apprehension of his judgement to come and by obedience to his most holy commandements So that with very good reason this booke may be called the treasure of precepts tending to true happines and the Soveraign good of man ANNOTATIONS CHAP. I. VERS 1. THe preacher Hebrew Preacheresse See the argument of this book V. 2. Of vanities That is to say most vaine now he meanes to speak of whatsoever is separated from Gods grace life and spirit Vanity A thing that hath no sound nor true essence hath no firme lastingnesse V. 3 What profit The worldly man who liveth not in God and worketh not by his spirit labours to no end and loseth all his labour in seeking any perfect content of mind in this world V. 4 One generation Death which none can avoyd is the great and generall argument to prove the vanity of all worldly things for though the world doe last invariable in his owne being yet man is not of that lastingnesse neither can the world give it him wherefore his happinesse is never the more for the lastingnesse of the earth since he himselfe cannot last for to enjoy it And on the other side the world sheweth that it hath not the property of of the chifest good which is to be eternall and to eternize him who is the possessor of it V. 5 The Sunne The continuall unquietnesse of men imitating these creatures in the motion of their thoughts and desires is also a proofe of the fore-said vanity for like the sunne they have no rest like the wind they are in a turbulent agitation which tir●th and consumeth them and like the Sea which is never filled though the rivers continually runne into it they are never satisfied nor have not the true content of the mind V. 8 With seeing Of new things to desire them and follow them although it be tryed and beaten out with watching V. 9 The thing that The delight also which man takes in this variety is false and vaine for really there is nothing new● seeing that all things in all ages have beene of the same nature and kinde and the vanity is onely in certaine outward appearances in which true happinesse cannot consist V. 11 There is no Man is deceived in thinking that hee hath found any new thing wherein he may take content and this proceeds from his forgetfulnesse and ignorance of things which are past Or the shew of novelty is quickly gone and therefore there can no true happinesse be found in it V. 12 I the I Solomon can speake of this vanity by mine owne experience having imployed the gift of wisedome which God hath conferred upon me in taking notice of the state and affaires of the world that I might the better supply and execute my place and Kingly office V. 13. This ●ore travell True it is that every man is bound to seek and gaine whatsoever is necessary for his vocation but this gaine though it be vertuous hath the same quality as other worldly things have Namely very toylsome and no way effectuall to happinesse and perfect content of the mind V. 15. That which is No man yea not Kings nor Princes let them bee never so wise and mighty can remedy all evills nor supply all defects which is a great annoyance in publike Offices V. 16 I communed As being grieved that I could not discharge my duty in my place according to my desire by mine owne wisedome which was withstood and overcome by the great malice of men which I knew not nor could not remedy V. 17 And I gave I thought it was fitting to accompany and strengthen my wisedome with a particular experience and mixture of the Art and termes of politick worldly wisedome which before God is but meere folly 1 Corinth chapter the second verse the sixth But all this did but onely increase my travaile and discontent seeing that with all this new endeavour I could not attaine to mine end CHAP II. VERS 1. I will prove th●● I will seek to give thee some content which thou couldest not find in thy ●oyall dignity by giving my selfe over to bodily pleasures And behold I quickly gave over this iutention as foolish and bruitish V. 3 I sought In stead of this voluptuous kind of life I have be thought my selfe of a meane namely to temper the severity of my wisedome and the weight of my charge with honest and lawfull pleasures To give my selfe unto wi●e The Italian To passe ●wa● my life pleasantly in continuall 〈…〉 ng Hebrew To draw out my flesh in wine Acquainting my heart The Italian Governing my heart fixing my selfe inwardly in the course of t 〈…〉 high and sev●re wisedome yet glancing mine eye and outwardly framing my selfe to the foolish wayes of Worldly men especially great ones concerning the pleasures of this life Till I might Untill at last I could resolve my selfe upon an uniforme manner of living on which I might wholly rest V. 6 That bringeth forth Hee seemeth to mean young nurseries of Trees whether fruit Trees or other that have more need of watering V. 8. Musicall c. The Italian Single musick and musick in consort The Hebrew words are very obscure and of uncertaine signification yet this seems to be the most probable V. 10 I Kept not He seemes to meane his ex●●sses in delights beyond his first intent And this

will set no neither by desire nor purpose that turne aside namely from the right way of thy Law V. 4. Will not know I will not regard him whosoever hee be I will doe him no grace nor favour I will cast him off and shun him V. 5. Slandereth he toucheth those vices which are most ordinary amongst courtiers V. 8. Early the Italian every morning that is to say every day or carefully by a simile taken from the daily sweeping of houses Or hee hath a relation to that that they did use in the morning to sit in judgement Ier. 2● 12. PSAL. CII THE title A prayer it is apparent that this Psalme was penned towards the end of the Babylonian captivity it being a forme of prayer for the restauration of Gods people according to his promise his complaint or his prayer V. 4. Like grasse which is cut and dried in the sun I forget extreame affliction hath made mee forsake and grow carelesse of my food I have no taste nor take no delight in it whereby I am become drie and l●ane V 5. To my skin the Italian my flesh that is to say to my skin V. 6. A Pelican a solitary bird which gives out terrible cries wherein hee hath a relation to the Churches grievous lamentations when it is exiled V. 8. Are sworne the Italian doe make curses of mee that is to say by reason of my strange afflictions they doe make mee an example of curses saying be thou accursed like such a one see Num. 5. ●7 Isa. 65. 15. V. 9. I have eaten a scripture phrase which signifieth lying with ones face upon the ground amongst dust and ashes a fashion which was used in great sorrowes and mournings 2● am 12. 16. Iob. 2. 8. V. 10. Listed mee up this may be properly understood of the peoples former prosperity which made their present calamity more grievous and sensible or it is a similitude taken from those which lift up a thing for to dash it so much the harder against the ground V. 12. But thou though the Church seemes to faile yet God endureth of ever in essence truth and power therefore hee can and will restore it see 1. am 5. 19. thy remembrance namely all that which thou hast revealed to thy Church of thy selfe and shee ought most faithfully to retaine and preach see Isa. 26. 8. and 57. 8. Or plainly thy name Hos 12. 5. V. 13. The set time namely of seventy yeares captivity as it is most likely 2 Chron. 36. 21 Ier. 25. 12. and 29. 10. Dan. 9. 2. V. 14. In her stones that is to say to it though it be brought into a heap of ruines Psal. 79. 1. V. 15. The heathen the meaning is that by Ierusalems and the peoples restauration and by the Messias being borne and made manifest there according to the prophecies God would open the gate for the vocation of the Gentiles by the Gospell which was to come out of Ierusalem V. 16. In his glory that is to say in his glorious manifestation and operation of his power and grace V. 18. Which shall bee that is to say which shall hence forward be borne Or if thi● be meant by the Gentiles the people which thou shalt create anew Or thy people Is●ael restored and set up ●gaine as it were by a miracle and into a new life Isa. 43. 21 Ezech. 3● 3. V. 23. In thew●y in the time the Iowish nation was in prosperity before the time of its dissip●●ion which was the time prefixed by God himselfe for the Messias his comming Gen. 49. 10. which hath a relation t● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 flower of ones age Iob 15. 3● Psal 55. 23. Prov. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eccl 7. 17. V. 24. Thy yeares the meaning is thou hast joyned thy selfe to thy Church by an especiall covenant which carrieth with it the co●muncation of benefits correspondent to thine own proper nature for as thou art living so must shee live as thou art everlasting so must she be also Matth. 22. 32. I beseech thee then to fulfill these effects of thy covenant of Grace V. 26. Shall perish that is to say being melted and dissolved by the fire they shall change forme and state yet shall not be brought to nothing see Isa. 65. 17. and 66. 22. 2 Pet. 3. 7. 10. 11. The intent is to shew that although God as he is Creator hath not communicated the gift of eternity to all his other creatures yet he hath done it as a father to his children ver 18. see Lam 5. 19. 20. Hab. 1. 12. Matth. 22. 32. PSAL. CIII VER 1. ALL that is namely all my senses and all the faculties of my soule V. 3. Thy deseases namely corporall ones which he healeth when and how he in his providence thinks fitting But especially the spirituall ones of sinne corruption and concupiscence which hee healeth by the gift of regeneration see Exod. 15. 26. Isa. 19. 22. V. 4. From distruction the Italian from the pit that is to say from many mortall dangers in this life and especially from everlasting death and hell crowneth thee hee doth encompasse thee and heap thee full and raiseth thee up in spiritual glory V. 5. Like the Eagles which is of long life and alwayes vigorous and healthfull whereby it seemes from time to time to grow young againe Others understand it of this birds changing her feathers as Isa. 40. 31. Mich. 1. 16. Others doe apply it to some singularities of the Eagle which are not very certaine V. 7. His wayes namely his Law which is the true guide of ones life Or the conduct of his providence for the safety of his people V. 12. Removed that is to say he hath through his grace absolved and eased us of them as though they nothing concerned us and hath absolutely freed us from the punishment due for them from us or from himselfe turning his thoughts away from them to not represent them unto his severe judgement in their naturall filthinesse V. 14. For hee and therefore he takes compassion upon us Psal. 78. 39. our frame the Italian our nature the Hebrew frame which may as wel bee understood of the fraile slippery and mortall condition of our life and body 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the defects and corrupt on of the soule which are the two generall mi●●●ies of man which move God to mercy and compassion V. 16. The place a Scripture phrase to expresse the entire abolishment of a thing leaving neither signe nor remnant thereof V. 17. Righteousnesse namely his loyalty in his promises and covenants V. 20. Hearkning the Italian obeying or so soone as you heare his voice V. 21. His hoasts this may be understood of the Angels or of other celestiall bodies Gen. 2. 1. PSAL. CIV VER 3. LAyeth Italian maketh figurative and poeticall termes In the waters namely the upper waters whereof see Gen. 1. 6. Psal. 148. 4. V. 4. His Angels that is to say he hath them ready at his service to send them here and there to

●ay come that thou wilt not bee able to be bountifull doe it therefore whilest God affordeth thee the meanes to doe it Gal. 6. 10. Or seeing thou art not sure not to fall into povertie be charitable that in adverse times thou mayest have charitie used towards thee either by God or men Luke Chapter 16. ver 9. V. 3. If the clouds The Italian When the Even ●s the clouds after they are growne thicke doe dissolve and powre downe their water upon the earth so the covetous man is at last constrained by death to leave all for death makes man like a tree digged up by the roots which beares no fruit and remaineth so for ever V. 4. Hee that Even as the Husbandman that will stand too strictly to watch the just time and perfect opportunitie may lose the season wherin he ought to doe his businesse So hee that hath too many carnall respects loseth his time of well doing which he cannot recover when he will V. 5. The workes That is to say the Councells and secret dispositions of his providence which determineth of the casualties of this life and of the houre of death wherefore doe thou good at all times that thou mayest not be surprised V. 6. In the morning Namely at all times and upon all occasions Sow That is to say doe deeds of charitie which are the seeds of the harvest of eternall life a Corinthians 9. 10. Galathians 6. 7. Shall prosper The Italian Shall happen best This is spoken either in regard of men whereof some are more thankefull than others or in respect of God who amongst diverse objects of Charitie doth oftentimes present some to men that are very precious in his sight for love of which he doth proportionably increase the reward See Matthew 10. ver 41 42. Heb. 13. 2. V. 7. The light Even as the sweetnesse of this life is in worldly men quite overthrowne by their thinking upon death from which there is no returne So in the faithfull it must bee qualified by the same meanes that they may judge of the said sweetnesse rightly and not set their affections too much upon it but in time dispose themselves to a happy end The twelfth Chapter in the Italian begins at this ninth Verse V. 9. Rejoyce It is lawfull and seemely for thee to enjoy the flower of thine age and therein follow thy naturall deligh●s so thou alwayes keepe the feare of God in thine heart and remember his everlasting judgment not to licence thy selfe to do evill nor to use any excesse in that which of it selfe is good and lawfull Eccl. 3. 12. V. 10. Are vanitie That is to say short and transitory and doth not come againe therefore man may lawfully enjoy it whilest God doth permit it CHAP. XII VERSE 1. THe evill dayes Namely old age which being grievous and burthensome enough of it selfe by reason of the diseases it brings along with it there is no reason it should be overburthened or oppressed with bitter Repentance for youth mispent Or his meaning is that the securest way is not to put off amendment of life untill extreame old age at which time it is very hard to doe it and is seldome done then in truth and sincerity V. 2. The Sunne A figurative description of the defects of old age and by this first he meaneth the weakening of the superior faculties as the judgment the understanding the memory and the imagination And have the same correspondencie with the body of man as these celestiall bodies have with the earth The Clouds The defluxions which fall upon the breast and stomacke they likewise returning to the braine matter enough to breed more V. 3. The keepers Namely the hands and the armes Strong men Namely the reines The grinders The teeth Cease The Italian Shall faile Namely in number or strength Those that Namely the eyes V. 4. The doores Italian The two doores Namely the eye liddes shriveled and hanging downe in old men Is low Namely when the hearing grows weak which hearing is caused by two bones within side of the eare whereof the one stands still and the other moves like to two stones of a Mill. At the voice Italian At the sound Hee seemes to meane the dry cough with which old men are troubled doth break their sleepe The daughters of Musicke All the Organs of the voice will grow weake and dull V. 5. They shall bee The Italian Man shall bee That is to say the poore trembling old man shall be afraid to goe up into any high place for feare of falling downe The Almond Tree His head shall grow white The Grashopper His legges which were active and handsome Desire To eate and to enjoy their corporall pleasures See 2 Samuel Chapter 19. ver 35. Because At that age man runnes towards death and the grave The mourners Namely the deceased mans friends and kinred or the hired mourners according to the custome of those times Job Chapter 3. verse 8. Jeremiah Chapter 9. verse 17 shall goe about the hearse V. 6. The silver The golden These termes are to signifie the excellency of the Organs of mans body Cord A similitude taken from Wells to signifie the generall oeconomie and Fabrick of mans body by which if it be kept entire and in its just temper the body draweth life from the soule which is as it were the hidden spring of it and if that be loosed the body dies V. 7. The dust Namely the body which was at first framed out of the earth Shall returne For to appeare before him either to be gathered up into the mansion of the blessed or to be abissed into eternall damnation V. 10. Acceptable Or pleasing and delightfull to the soule V. 11. The words The word of God revealed by his holy Prophets is unto the Church not onely in stead of pasture but also in stead of an inclosure that it may not goe astray after false doctrines and vaine thoughts and inventions even as a sheepfold is for sheepe From one Which is the everlasting Sonne of God the Churches chiefe and supreame Shepheard Iohn Chapter 10. ver 1. 1 Peter chapter 5. verse 4. by whose spirit all the Prophets have spoken 1 Peter Chapter 1. verse 11. and 2 Peter 1. ver 21. V. 12. By these Namely by the words of wise men inspired by the Holy Ghost Bookes Of humane sciences the infatiable curiositie of which yeelds nothing even to the best wits but a labour altogether unprofitable for the obtaining of eternall happinesse V. 13. The conclusion The whole subject of this book is summarily comprehended in this point that man shall lead his life in the feare and obedience of God So that after this hee may enjoy everlasting happinesse subsisting before God through faith and innocency V. 14. Shall bring Hee shall cause every worke to come in at that judgment when he shall judge all secret things good or bad The Booke of the CANTICLE OF CANTICLES OR SONG of SONGS THE ARGVMENT AMongst

shall he Antiochus Teus shall soone after that be poisoned and the forces of his kingdome shall be overthrown by diverse sinister accidents which shall be set downe hereafter But she namely Bernice and her sonne and all those that tooke her part and her followers shall be constrained to yeeld to the mercy of Seleucus Callinicus the sonne of Teus and Laodice Who shall put them all to death by the instigation of his mother He that begate her the Italian her sonne Others her father namely the King of Aegypt who died presently after V. 7. Out of a branch namely Ptolomeus Evergetes brother to Bernice shall succeed Ptolomeus Philadelphus his father in the kingdome of Aegypt and to revenge his sisters death shall with very good successe set upon Seleucus Shall prevaile or shall strengthen himselfe V. 8. Their Gods according to the custome of heathen conquerours See 1 Sam. 5. 1. Isa 46. 2. Then the King the Italian without feare of the King or the King of the North being not able to hinder him or being secured from him or being more powerfull then he V. 9. Shall come shall cause himselfe to be crowned King of Syria which he shall hold for many yeares V. 10. His sonnes namely Seleucus Cherau nus and Antiochus the Great sonnes of Callinicus King of Asia 〈…〉 red up the Italian shall commence war against Ptolomeus Evergetes King of Aegypt to get the kingdome of Syria againe And one namely Antiochus the Great with a sudden force like unto an overflowing streame shall regaine a great part of his kingdome Returne the yeare following he shall returne with great power and having discomfited the army of Ptolomeus Philopater the sonne of Evergetes shall come unto a principall fort of his called Raphia upon the frontiers of Aegypt and shall take it Others understand this of another fort called Rabathamam V. 11. And the King namely Ptolomeus Philopater The multitude that great army shall be discomfited by Philopater V. 12. His heart shall be lifted up being puffed up by this victory shall contemne his enemy and give himselfe up to dissolute pleasures and shall not follow Antiochus to his totall ruine V. 13. The King namely Antiochus after the death of Philopater shall againe assault Ptolomeus Epihanes the sonne of Philopater being yet young against whom many of his subjects shall rebell and many Princes combine V. 14. The robbers he seemes to meane some seditious and peradventure apostated Jewes who joyned themselves to the King of Aegypt his faction and to his false Religion To establish the Italian to fulfill taking this for a pretence of their faction which Isaiah chap. 19. 19 21. had spoken of namely Aegypts spirituall union with the Church They shall fall being persecured by Antiochus as rebels to him V. 15. The armes that is to say the strength V. 16. But he namely Antiochus the Great the glorious land namely Judea See Dan. 8. 9. V. 17. He shall also namely Antiochus the Great shall set upon Aegypt againe with prosperous successe but for feare of the Romans who shall interpose themselves in the behalfe of Ptolomeus Epiphanes he shall make peace with him giving him Cleopatra his daughter to wife having before suborned her to kill her husband which neverthelesse he would not performe but went with her husband against her father See Dan. 2. 43. V. 18. Shall he turne Antiochus shall warre against the Islands and Provinces beyond the Seas which were subject or confederate with the Romans A Prince the Italian a Captaine namely Scipio a Roman Consul with his brother cause the he shall not only force Antiochus to retreate out of all those places which he had taken from the Romans or their friends to the disgrace of the Common-wealth of Rome but shall also overcome him in a pitched battell and shall spoile him of part of his dominions and force him to accept of a disgracefull peace V. 9. He shall turne he shall goe into Syria keeping himselfe in strong holds and shall not dare to wage warre any more Stumble being killed in a tumult as he would have spoiled the Temple of Belus in the Elimeans countrey V. 20. A raiser of Seleucus Philopater the sonne of Antiochus the Great whose Raigne shall be tyrannicall and full of exactions which he shall endeavour to have even out of Gods Temple 2 Mac. 3. 4. Shall be he shall be poisoned not killed in war nor by any open violence V. 21. A vile Antiochus sirnamed Epiphanes that is to say illustrious opposite to that which the Spirit cals him by reason of his execrable deeds and qualities See Dan. 7. 8. and 8. 9. To whom who shall neither be created nor crowned King nor shall not obtaine the kingdome by force of armes but shall advance himselfe as tutor to Demetrius his nephew the sonne of Seleucus and shall win mens hearts with presents curtesies and secret practises and so shall install himselfe in the kingdome Peaceably namely by deceipts Dan. 8. 23 24. V. 22. The armes the power of Aegypt shall be suddenly assaulted and overthrowne by him which Aegypt is a countrey that is yearely overflowne by the river Nilus whence proceeds the great fruitfulnesse and strength of it The Prince namely God Himselfe Dan. 8. 11 25 who is the Prince of his people and joyned to them by his holy covenant And so in this verse are summarily comprehended Antiochus his two greatest enterprizes namely upon Aegypt and Judea both which are afterwards more particularly specified V. 23. With him namely with Ptolomeus Philometer King of Aegypt Shall come up he shall come into Aegypt bringing but small power with him for feare of affrighting the Aegyptians and yet he shall gaine into his hands the chiefe forts V. 24. Peaceably namely into Aegypt which at that time shall enjoy both peace and plenty Shall doe that gaining the greatest part of Aegypt which his forefathers could never doe He shall scatter See concerning Antiochus his infinite bountifulnesse to his souldiers 1 Mac. 3. 30. Strong holds of Aegypt For a time untill such time as Philometer being come to age drove out his garrisons V. 25. For they shall his great ones his Officers and Counsellors being corrupted by Antiochus shall betray him whereby he shall lose the battell V. 26. Destroy him by their treachery they shall cause him to be overthrowne His Army namely Antiochus his army V. 27. Hearts shall be after Philometer shall be discomfited he shall make peace with Antiochus and shall receive him with great feasts and shewes of courtesie but all that shall be but fained both of them still retaining their ancient hatreds The end of this false peace at that time as God shall appoint See v. 29 and 40. V. 28. Shall be namely Antiochus His heart he shall undertake to overthrow the true worship of God and to destroy his people v. 22. Dan. 7 25. and 8. 24. 1 Mac. 1. 46 47. V. 29. At the time of which time see v.

to wash and annoynt dead bodies leaving them afterwards for some time in the house in all mens sight that they might come and performe their last duties to them untill they were carried to burying V. 39. The Coals Which shee gave for almes which is noted as her praise for a double vertue of industry and charity CHAP. X. VER 1. OF the band or Cohort which was a Squadron of Roman footmen to the number of about six hundred which made the tenth part of a Legion whereof every one as well as the Cohorts had its perticular name V. 2. Devout namely a proselite in beleife and religion Not by circumcision and open profession which the Romans were forbidden by their Lawes see upon Mat. 23. 15. V. 3. Evidently Not in an extasie or rapture of the Spirit or in a dreame but waking ocularly and sensibly The Ninth three a clocke in the afternoone which was one of the houres of daily prayers Acts. 3. 1. V. 4. Are come up A kinde of speech taken from ancient sacrifices See Levit. 2. 2. and 24. 7. Psal. 141. 2. To signifie that these worke of piety in Cornelius had as one should say kept his memory alive before God and had excited him to remember him to conferre his full knowledge and grace upon him by his Gospell after he had prepared him by those Initiall operations of his Spirit V. 9. Vpon the House made in the manner of a terrate according to the custome See Matth. 10. 27. others take it to be a roome in the vppermost storie of the house as Dan. 6. 10. the sixth at midday which was also an houre of prayer Psa. 55. 17. V. 10. Into a trance a divine and supurnaturall eleuation of the minde and abstraction therof from the sences and Organs of the bodie to be altogether attentiue to the reuelation which was presented unto him under the following shapes V. 13. And eate indifferentlie without makeing anie difference of meats cleane or uncleane according to the Law Lev. 11. 2. Deut. 14. 4. Now it should seem that God had caused that hunger ver 10. in him as a fitting preparation to the vision which hee ment to shew him V. 14. Common or uncleane the Italian Vncleane or d●f●ed it should seeme that by these two words are signified two kindes of uncleannesse whereof one was of all the kinde the other of some particular accidentally V. 25. Worshipped him hee did him an hommage not altogether holie as unto God but yet in some parte Religious as to one of his ministers with Some notable excesse of humilitie corrected by Peter See Rev. 19. 10. and 22. 8. V. 28. To keepe companie by the Law of God this was understood of everie streight bond of matrimonie societie couenant or familier conversation but by tradition it was wrested even to eating with them Acts 11. 3. Gal. 2. 12. Unto one of Namely to a Pagan that was not a Iew. Commonor in regard of the diversitie of Nations Now the Apostles and believers knew as well by the prophecies as by Christs instructions that the Gentiles should be called but it appeares that they believed it should be done by being incorporated into the Iewish nation by means of circumcision of which doubt Beter and others by him were now cleared Verse 34 Is no respecter that is to say he judgeth of men for to accept of them to be his not for outward respects as of nation condition c. but for the essentiall ground of piety and of uprightnesse of the heart Now he speaketh not here of that original will and pleasure of God by which he taketh one into favour who of himselfe is as unworthy as the other Rom. 9. 11. 1. Cor. 4. 7. but in that consequent degree of his love towards the worke of his grace in what nation or quality of person soever it be found to maintaine it encrease it and make it up Verse 36 The word the Italian addeth According to the word that is to say of which indifferency of nations hee hath given the Iewes cleare instructions by the Gospell which was first preached unto them revealing in it the bestowing of his grace now otherwise then he did under the law Peace Namely the reconciliation of men with God and the receiving of all nations indifferently into Gods covenant Isa 57. 19. Ephes. 2. 14. 16. 17. Col. 1. 20 He is the Italian Who is who or he hath bin established universall King of the world and not of one nation onely wherefore he will also gather his elects out of them all See Rom. 3. 30. and 10. 12. Verse 38. Annointed hath in his humane nature endowed him with the fulnesse of the gifts of his spirit and hath consecrated his whole person to the office of mediator which are the two things signified by the ancient annointment Psal. 2. 6 Was with him in fulnesse of God-head as he was everlasting Sonne Col. 2 9. and in power grace and favour as hee was man and mediator Ioh. 8. 29. and 16 32. Verse 42. Of quicke as well of them which at his last comming shall bee yet found living as of them which being dead before shall bee raised againe 1. Thes 4. 15. See Rom. 14. 9. 2. Tim. 4. 1. 1. Pet. 4. 5. Verse 43. Through his name through him his vertue and merit and for his sake Verse 44. The holy Ghost his miraculous gifts were in an instant conferred upon some and that of sanctification to be of the true elect and that of common il lumination to all Verse 45. Of the Namely the circumcised Iewes Verse 46. Tongues the Italian Divers tongues Namely strange tongues which before they knew not See Acts 2. 4. Verse 47. Can any man seeing God hath conferred upon them the toward and spiritual grace who can hinder us who are his ministers from communicating unto them the externall signe by joyning of them to the body of the Church Verse 48 Commanded that is to say he appointed them to receive baptisme at his hands CHAP. XI VER 15. As on us in like vertue though not in the same likenesse of fierie tongues nor in the same degree Verse 20. Vnto the Grecians See Act. 6. 1. Verse 21. The hand God accompanied their ministerie with the power of his spirit Luke 1. 66. some coppies after those words Was with them adde these words for to heale them that is to say God manifested his power by them in working of miracles by healing such as were sicke amongst those that heard them Luke 5. 17. Verse 28. By the Spirit Namely by divine revelation Dearth histories make mention of two deaths under Claudius within the space of three yeares And it is likely that here is meant the first Verse 29. The brethren as well because they might be in greater want by reason of the Iewes hire and persecution As also by reason of the respect which Christians bore to the Church of Ierusalem as to the mother Church of all the rest

they ought to rise againe to be judged some to death and damnation others to rewards and everlasting Crownes CHAP. XII Vers. 1. APpeared Here begins the second propheticke part of this Book which containes the executions done upon earth of those celestiall decrees which were described before A woman many circumstances induce us to understand this Vision of the Jewish Nation and of that which hath befallen it since the Birth of Christ. Clothed the Italian environed that is to say A Nation honoured with the glorious Title of People of God environed with his presence light and grace Under her feet that is to say whose sight in the world was very variable in increases prosperities decreases failings appearings again c. even as the Moon A crown this is clearly meant by the twelve Tribes see Gen. 37. 9. V. 2. With childe that is to say having the promises of the Messias whose comming she had long before conceived by faith and the time of the accomplishment whereof drew neer Cried this may be referred to the dolorous state into which the people of God were brought about the time of Christs comming being oppressed by the Roman Empire and sighing after their deliverance by the Messias V. 3. A great A figure of the Prince of devils working by the Roman Empire described Rev. 13. 1. with the same heads and hornes to suppresse Christ at his Birth which having been first attempted by Herod made a King by the Romans was afterwards prosecuted by their Magistrates induced thereunto by the Jewes even to his death V. 4. His tail A figurative description of the apostasie of one part of the Angels adhering to the head of it And did cast them that is to say which part he drew after him in the societie of his rebellion whereupon it was for ever banished out of Heaven Jude 6. V. 5. A man-childe namely Christ Jesus in respect of his humane nature Isai 9. 6. Was caught up Though he died yet was he not devoured by the devill but did rise again and was taken up into Reaven in glorio V. 6. The woman this seemes to point at the dispersion of the Jewish Nation without any forme of common-wealth of its own or of any Church without any grace or blessing of God or food of the soul in which miserable state it is notwithstanding preserved untill the time of its last conversion A thousand that is to say a certain space of limited and prefixed time as the three yeares and an halfe of Antiochus his persecution were Dan. 7. 25. and 12. 7. V. 7. There was war A figurative description of the devils judgement renewed by Christ glorified who hath been made the true Michael and Head of the Angels see Luke 10. 18. John 12. 31. V. 8. Their place that is to say they were everlastingly banished from it V. 9. The devill that is to say a slanderer of God to men Gen. 3. 5. and slanderous and malicious accuser of men to God verse 10. Satan that is to say adversarie and accuser Zech. 3. 1. V. 10. Is come that is to say God hath undertaken to save those who are his perfectly and to reigne powerfully in the person of his Son having beaten down the tyrannicall usurpation of the devill V. 11. By the bloud that is to say opposing against his accusations Christs most perfect satisfaction for their expiation Rom. 8. 33 34. and persevering untill death in the faith and confession of Christ. V. 12. To the inhabitants of the Italian hath it to thee O earth other Texts have it To ye that inhabit the earth and the sea That he hath but namely to execute the rest of his rage against Christs kingdom before he be eternaly shut up in hell V. 13. He persecuted this seemes should be wholly understood of the desolations of the Jewish people after Christs Ascension into Heaven V. 14. Two wings A figurative description of the miraculous meanes by which the remainder of the Jewish Nation was saved from the Romans rage see Matth. 24. 22. Of a great it being a very certain thing that there is a kinde of Eagles of an unmeasurable and prodigious greatnesse Nourished that is to say maintained in her being A time that is to say A year two yeeres and halfe a year which are the thousand two hundred and sixty dayes of vers 6. V. 15. Cast out of that is to say did raise up great persecutions against the Jewes on every side V. 16. The earth the meaning seemes to be that the great commotions in the Roman Empire did cause them to let the Jewes alone in rest and that they did not utterly destroy them V. 17. With the remnant namely with those few Jewes which were converted to the Christian faith upon whom began the first persecution against the Church CHAP. XIII Vers. 1. SAw This Vision hath a plain relation to the Roman heathenish Empire to which may be applied many qualities of that of Antiochus Dan. 7. 8 20 21. Out of the sea figure of the world for its vastnesse confusion and continuall agitation A beast namely an Empire and state according to the propheticke stile Dan. 7. 3. and 8. 3 4 20 21. Ten hornes This is attributed to heathen Rome conformable to that which is said of the kingdom of the Seleucides and Antiochus Dan. 7. 7. and is expounded Revel 17. 9 12. The name he seemes to have a relation to that there was a God-head attributed to the Citie of Rome and it was called The everlasting Citie head of the world c. V. 2. A leopard The three severall figures of the Beasts which represented the Monarchies of the Chaldeans Persians and Grecians Dan 7. 4 5 6. are all put together to describe Rome as if it were a gathering together of the tyrannie crueltie and ravenousnesse of all the former Empires Gave him in as much as by Gods permission the devill is prince of the world and of the adverse part to God and to his Kingdom he made this Empire as it were his great Lieutenant and gave it all the meanes as he himselfe had to obtain maintain encrease and exercise his tyrannie see Luke 4. 6. V. 3. One of it is likely that here is meant one of the seven formes of Government of the Roman Empire namely that of the People and Senate which was subverted by the Emperours see Rev. 17. 9. And his the Italian but his that is to say this so dangerous alteration did not for all that overthrow the state of Rome yea the Monarchie confirmed it and made it flourish and powerfull as before V. 4. Worshipped that is to say the Roman Empire did greatly confirme and amplifie the worship of idols in which the devill is alwayes worshipped Rev. 9. 20. V. 5. There was given that is to say God by his secret Providence suffered it to rise to a great height of commanding and threatning even to opposing it selfe against God and his kingdom and to