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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

which was the Moabites peculiar idoll 1 Kings chapter 1● v. 7. is v. 24. called the God of Ammon V. 24. Wilt not thou possesse This is said in a manner of graunting according to the meaning of Ammon an idolatrous King and not to attribute any power unto the idoll Chemosh See upon v. 13. V. 25. Did he Namely Balak after Isiael had conquered the Midianites Numbers chapter 31. verse 7. let them in peace enjoy the Amorites country without any more question though that had formerly been belonging to the Moabites V. 26. Thrce hundred It is thought that these yeares must be reckoned from the comming out of Egypt including also the forty of the voyage in the wildernesse V. 27. Have not Thou hast therefore no reason to un 〈…〉 ake this warre nor to offend and assault me demanding of a thing which was never thine nor yet to prepare for any defensive warre being no way provoked nor urged 29. The spirit He was set on upon this enterprise by a magnanimous motion of Gods Spirit V. 31. Shall surely be This vow seemeth to have a reference to a thing devoted as in Leviticus chapter 27. verses 28 29. Offer it If it be a thing lawfull to be offered or otherwise I will put it to death These kind of vowes were not commonly used but only against accursed Nations which were Gods enemies Numbers chapter 21. verses 2 3. Joshua chapter 6. verses 17. 18. 1 Samucl chapter 15. verse 3. But Jephtah transported by the vehemency of his zeale for the peoples safety inconsideratly devoteth other persons and things and doth bind himselfe so firmely that he could not recall it V. 34. With timbrels According to the custome of those dayes Exodus chapter 15. verse 20. 1 Samuel chap. 18. verse 6. Dances the Italian hath it Flutes or dances V. 35. Opened my mouth An ordinary phrase in Scripture for vows which signifieth an irrevocable word binding irremissibly V. 37. Let me alone Defer the execution of thy vow giving me this small respite to prepare my selfe thereunto by refraining frequented places and company to satisfie my naturall griefe for seeing thy posterity faile in me and therewith all thy joy and comfort I dying unmarried and without issue V. 39. Did with her The strangenesse of this act which hath no president hath caused many to beleeve that he did not cause her to be put to death but that he did consecrate ●er to God by some unexpressed way and do translate the ensuing words And she knew no man Whereas the Italian translation is And she had not knowne any man But there bein no such consecrations mentioned in the Law and the devot●ment having such a precise necessry in 〈◊〉 it seemeth that the exposition of the 31. v. 〈◊〉 to be preserred V. 40. Tolament Those that hold she was not put to death translate it to talke with her CHAP. XII VERS 1. NOrthward To Gilead which was North of Ephraim Wherefore See such another example of insolency in the Ep raimites Judges chapter 8 verse 1. V. 3. Put A Scripture phrase that is to say I have put my selfe into great danger of my life like as that which is some in the palme of ones hand may easily fall o● b●sn●tched away V. 4. Becausetiey 〈◊〉 The Ephraimites pride was the occasion of this wa● who in c●●t ●pt 〈◊〉 upbraid the Gileadites saying they could not live but only by their benefi and favour and that they had no power of themselves being encompassed by these two mighty Tribes and that they ought not to go about any publick enterprise without them who were their heads and protectors V. 6. Sibboleth Through custome or corruption of language naturall to the Ephraimites V. 7. In one of the Cities Or in the Country of Gilead which was divided into severall cities V. 15. Of the Amalekites It was a mountain in the Ephraimites country so called for some unknowne reason see Judges 5. 14. CHAP. XIII VERS 2. ZOrab See concerning this City Ioshua chapter 19. v. 41. V. 3. The Angel The Sonne of God himselfe as it appeares by verse 18. and 22. See Iudges 2. 1. and 6. 11. V. 4. Beware The sanctifying of thy sonne must begin from thy selfe Now amongst all the sanctfyings that of the Nazarit-ship was the most noted and required the strictest abstinence from wine and all manner of drinke that would make one drunke Num 6. 3. V. 5. A Nazarite A figure of Christ the great Nazarite perfectly 〈◊〉 from his mothers womb to be the Saviour of the world Matthew chapter 2. 23. The resemblance of the one to the other is as well in their miraculous births as in the gifts of the holy Ghost in strength and justice For as Samson alone without an Army and almost without any weapons saved the peopl So Christ hath done of himselfe ●●y chapter 63. verse 5. Hose chapter 1. verse 7. There are also diverse other correspondences which shall be noted in the progresse of the histoiry Begin For the Philistims continued in troubling of the people a long time after Samson untill they were at the last subdued quite under David who was a figure of Christ in the glory of his last comming destroying all the residue of his enemies 1 Cor. 15. 25 26. V. 6. Very terrible Majesticall glorious and sparkling with divine light V. 8. That shall bee Or when hee shall bee borne V. 15. Vntill wee Thinking it was some Prophet or some created Angel and therefore he would do him honour in imitation of Abraham Genesis Chapter 18. v●●se 5. Iudges Chapter 6. verse 18. V. 16. Though thou This thy food doeth not befit me I being no man and if thou wilt bestow it in a sacrifice bestow it as upon the true God and not as upon a created Angel V. 17. May do thee honour As a Prophet by service acknowledgement and resp●ct or as a good Angell by remembrance renowne and reverence V. 18. Askest Thinking to know my name as a creature is Secret The Italian hath it Incomprehensible Hebrew hidden difficult or admirable as Isay 9. 5 Now by the name he meanes the essence and divine glory it selfe V. 19. A meat offering Manoa had questionlesse brought bread with the Kid and she employed that bread ●n a meat offering which was wont to be joyned with the Sacrifices V. 20. From off the Altor He calleth that part of the rock so where these offerings were offered V. 23. At this time Namely of the childes sanctification and the promise of the Churches deliverance through him in this time of our great wants are not signes of anger but of grace V. 25. The Spirit Which was extraordinarily conferred upon those whom the Lord had chosen for deliverers of his people To move him To inspire magnanimous thoughts into him and give him a miraculous strength of body and minde and incite him to do great and more then humane acts In the Campe of Dan The Italian hath it Mahane-Dan

little finger I have as much and more absolute power over your persons and goods than ever my father had and can force you according to my will And since I see the rashnesse of your demands I will use you with extreame rigor V. 20. But the tribe see upon 1. Kings 11. 32. V. 25. Shechem restored it from the desolation which had happened to it Iudg. 9. 45. Penuel which had also been destroyed Iudg. 8. 17. V. 28. Two calves questionlesse in imitation of that which was made in the wildernesse and to the same end to worship the true God in those visible signes appointed according to their own will● see Exod. 32. 4. V. 29. Bethel these two places were in the two uttermost bounds of the ten tribes countrey according to the length of it V. 32 Vnto the feast namely the feast of the ●bernacles V. 33. Hee bad devised for God had appointed the seventh moneth Levit. 23 34. Numb 29. 12. the children like unto that feast which God had appointed them CHAP. XIII VERS I. BY the word the Italian with the word having a propheticall revelation to propound openly others have it by the word that is to say by Gods command V. 2. In the word that what I have prophecied is the true word of God Or whereof the Lord hath spoken that is to say which hee hath commanded mee to propound unto you V. 4. From the that is to say using some charme or doing some other act upon the altar hee withdrew his hand to make some signe that the prophet should bee laid hold on V. 11. An old prophet who had oftentimes propheticall visions and revelations but in this act hee was a liar v. 8. though with some good and kind intent to give the other prophet some refreshing V. 12. had seen that is to say did knew and had taken notice of it V. 17. By the word namely by divine revelation V. 20. Came unto by some internall inspiration or prophetick extacy whereby hee was forced to condemne himselfe for deceipt as well as the other prophet for disobedience V. 28. Had not for a more expresse proofe that all was done by Gods singular providence for the execution of his judgement V. 32. The houses or the temples Samaria so called here by anticipation 1. Kings 16. 24. V. 33. Whosoever would or hee cons●●rated whom hee pleased V. 34. This thing the Italian in this in this manner hee brought in an example of impiety which being followed by his successors was the cause of their totall ruine CHAP. XIV VERS III. TAke with thee see upon 1. Sam. 7. 9. V. 5. The Lord said by propheticall revelation V. 14. But what this prophecy is not of things that shall happen after a long time but shall bee fulfilled within a very short time V. 14. The river namely Euphrates groves a kind of idolatry Exo. 34. 13. Deut. 16. 21. under which are comprehended all other idolatries V. 17. Tirza a City of the royall residence of the King of the ten tribes before Samaria was built and dedicated to that use 1. Kings 16. 24. Cant. 6. 4. V. 19. Of the Chronicles it seemeth that they were Annals or publick Records out of which were composed the books of Chronicles inserted among the holy books V. 21. To put see upon 1. Kings 11. 36. V. 24. Sodomites males who did abandon their bodies to suffer abominable lust see 1. Kings 15. 12. and 22. 46. 2. Kings 23. 7. wickednesse which often was joyned with idolatries and pagan superstitions V. 28. The guard chamber see 2. Kings 11. 6. 19. V. 31. Abijam who is the same as Abijah 2. Chron. 12. 16. CHAP. XV VERS II. MAachah it is the same as Micajah the daughter of Vriel 2. Chron. 13. 2. V. 4. Give him suffered not his name to be quite extinguished nor his Kingdome to faile V. 10. His mothers that is to say his grandmothers v. 2. V. 14. High places the people could not bee brought to offer sacrifices in that place which was only consecrated to Gods service though they performed the same in all purenesse as well for the object which was the true God as for the meanes according to his ordinances Now this was either through the peoples obstinacy or through the Kings negligence who did not make use of his Soveraign power to force them to it or through some difficulty ni the performance V. 17. Built that is to say fortified it might not suffer to hinder his subjects from having any correspondency with those of Iudah especially in matters of religion see 1. Kings 12 27. V. 20. Smote that is to say took these cities by force and used all manner of hostility in them All Cinneroth which is all the countrey adjoyning to the sen of Chinneroth Ios. 12. 3. V. 23. Diseased this is noted not only to shew that his happinesse was interrupted and disturbed but also to shew that upon this occasion hee did in his disease vary from his w●nted piety 2. Chron 16. 12. V. 27. To the Philistines being by them taken from the tribe of Dan to which tribe it did belong Ios. 19. 44. CHAP. XVI VERS VII ANd because the very death of Nadab was imputed as a sinne to Baasa for following of his sinnes that which hee had done could not bee ●ermed an act of justice or zeale but plaine murther for covetousnesse of reigning see Hos. 1. 〈◊〉 V. 13. Their vanities the Italian hath it idols the Hebr. vanities a common epithet for false gods which have nither reality of essence nor power and whose deity consisteth in nothing but in the idolaters vaine opinion Deut. 32. 21. 1. Sam. 12. 21. 1. Cor. 8. 4. V. 23. Thirty and one since it is said V. 15. that Zimri began to reigne in the seven and twentieth yeare of Asa and that hee reigned but seven dayes wee must conclude that Omri who immediately succeeded him reigned from the same seven and twentieth yeare but the Kingdome having been divided into two parts Omri began to reigne peaceably alone in the one and thirtieth yeare after hee had overthrown Tibui his competitor twelve in all with the foure yeares which hee reigned before the death of Tibui V. 24. Talents the talent weighed one hundred and five and twenty pounds at twelve ounces in the pound see upon Exod. 38. 25. V. 31. Baal a common name to all the Sidonian idols Now this idolatry was farre worser than that of the calves because that in this they professed the worshiping of the true God though it was in a vitious manner but in the other they meerely worshipped the creature or idoll CHAP. XVII VERS I. Tishbite hee was so called from the place of his birth which is not mentioned in Scripture inhabitants the Italian hath it of the new inhabitants described 1. Cron. 5. 22. Others translate it strangers which dwelt in Gilead by which they meane certaine Israelites which went to Gilead to dwell for some unknown cause

●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

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