euerie naile weighed fiftie sicles a peece the vpper chambers also he couered with gold †He made also in the house of Sanctum sanctorum two Cherubs of statuarie worke and he couered them with gold †The winges of the cherubs were extended twentie cubites so that one wing had fiue cubites and touched the wal of the house and the other hauing fiue cubites touched the wing of the other cherub †In like maner the wing of the other cherub had fiue cubites and touched the wal and his other wing of fiue cubites touched the wing of the other Cherub †Therfore the winges of both the cherubs were spred forth and were extended twentie cubites and they stoode vpright on their feete and their faces were turned to the vtter house †He made also a vele of hyacinth purple scarlet and silke woue in it cherubs †Before the doores also of the temple two pillers which had fiue and thirtie cubites in height moreouer their heades of fiue cubites †Moreouer also as it were litle chaynes in the oracle he put them to the heades of the pillers pomegranates also an hundred which he put betwen the litle chaynes †The pillers also them selues he put in the entrance of the temple one on the right hand and the other on the left that which was on the right hand he called Iachin and that on the left hand Boz CHAP. IIII. The formes of the brasen altar 2. of the lauatorie or Sea with figures of twelue oxen 6. of other tenne smal lauatories 7. tenne candlestickes 8. tenne tables and an hundred bassens a great hal for the Priestes 10. and other vessel and ornamentes of the Temple are described HE made also an altar of brasse of twentie cubites in length and of twentie cubites in bredth and of ten cubites in height †A Sea also cast ten cubites from brimme to brimme round in compasse it had fiue cubites in height and a corde of thirtie cubires did compasse it round about †There was also vnder it the similitude of oxen and certaine engrauinges of ten cubites on the outside compassed the bealie of the Sea as it were with two rewes †And the oxen were cast and the Sea it self was sette vpon the twelue oxen of the which three looked toward the North and other three to the West moreouer other three to the South and the three that remayned to the East hauing the Sea put vpon them and the hinder partes of the oxen were inward vnder the sea †Moreouer the thicknesse therof had the measure of a palme and the brimme therof was as it were the brimme of a chalice or of a crisped lilie and it held three thousand metretes †He made also ten lauatories and set fiue on the right hand and fiue on the left that they might wash in them al thinges that they would offer for holocaust moreouer in the Sea the priestes were washed †And he made also ten golden candlestickes according to the fashion which they were commanded to be made by and he set them in the temple fiue on the right hand fiue on the left †Moreouer also ten tables and he set them in the temple fiue on the right hand and fiue on the left Phials also of gold an hundred †He made also the court of the priestes and a great hal and doores in the hal which he couered with brasse †Moreouer he set the Sea on the right side agaynst the East toward the South †And Hiram made cauldrons and flesh hookes and phials and accomplished al the kinges worke in the house of God †that is to say two pillers and the chapiters and the heades and asit were certayne litle nettes which should couer the heades ouer the chapiters †Pomegranates also foure hundred and two litle nettes soe that two rewes of the pomegranates were ioyned to ech litle nette which couered the pommels and the heades of the pillers †He made feete also and lauatories which he put vpon the feete †one sea also twelue oxen vnder the sea †And the cauldrons and flesh hookes and phials Al the vessels did Hiram his father make for Salomon in the house of our Lord of most pure brasse †In the countrie of Iordan did the king cast them in a clay ground bewen Socot and Saredatha †And the multitude of vessels was innumerable so that the weight of the brasse was not knowen †And Salomon made al the vessels of the house of God and the golden altar and the tables vpon them the loaues of proposition †the candlestickes also with their lampes to giue light before the oracle according to the rite of most pure gold †and certayne florishing thinges and lampes and golden tonges al were made of most fine gold †The vessels also of persume and censars and phials and litle mortars of most pure gold And he graued the doores of the inner temple that is in Sancta sanctorum and the doores of the temple without of gold And so al the worke was finishd which Salomon made in the house of our Lord. CHAP. V. Manie giftes are offered 4. The Arke is brought with great solennitie into the Temple 6. Innumerable hostes are offered 11. with excellent musick the Temple is replenished with the glorie of God SALOMON therfore brought in al the thinges that Dauid his father had vowed the siluer and gold and al the vessels he put in the treasures of the house of God †After which thinges he gathered together al the ancientes of Israel and al the princes of the tribes and the heades of families of the children of Israel into Ierusalem to bring the Arke of the couenant of our Lord from the Citie of Dauid which is Sion †There came therfore vnto the king al the men of Israel in the solemne day of the seuenth moneth †And when al the ancientes of Israel were come the Leuites caried the Arke †and brought it in and al the furniture of the tabernacle Moreouer the Priestes with the Leuites did carrie the vessels of the Sanctuarie which were in the tabernacle †And king Salomon and al the assemblie of Israel and al that were gathered before the Arke immolated rammes and oxen without anie number for so great was the multitude of victimes †And the priestes brought in the Arke of the couenant of our Lord into his place that is to the oracle of the temple into Sancta sanctorum vnder the winges of the cherubs †so that the cherubs spred their winges ouer the place wherin the Arke was set and couered the Arke it selfe with his barres †And the heades of the barres wherwith the Arke was caried because they were a litle longer appeared before the oracle but if a man had beene a litle outward he could not see them The Arke therfore was there vntil this present day †And there was nothing in the
is no barren among them †As the barke of a pomegranate so are thy cheekes beside thy hidden †There are threescore queenes fourescore concubines and of yongmaydes there is no number †My doue is one my perfect one she is the only to her mother elect to her that bare her The daughters haue seene her and declared her to be most blessed the queenes and concubines and haue praysed her †What is she that cometh forth as the morning rysing fayre as the moone elect as the sunne terrible as the armie of a campe set in aray †I came downe into the garden of nuttes to see the fruites of the valles and to looke if the vineyarde had florished and the pomegranats budded †I knew not my soule trubled me for the chariotes of Aminadab †Returne returne ô Sulamitesse returne returne that we may behold thee CHAP. VII VVHAT shalt thou see in the Sulamitesse but the companies of campes How beautiful are thy pases in shoes ô princes daughter b the ioyntes of thy thighes are as iewels that are made by the hand of the artificer †Thy nauel as à round bowle neuer wanting cuppes Thy bellie as an heape of wheate compassed about with lilies †Thy two breasts as two fawnes the twinnes of a roe †Thy necke as a towre of yuorie Thine eies as the fishpooles in Hesebon which are in the gate of the daughter of the multitude Thy nose as the towre of Libanus that looketh against Damascus †Thy head as Carmelus and the heares of thy head as a kings purple tyed to cundite pipes †How beautiful art thou and how comely my dearest in delightes †Thy stature is like to a palmetree thy breastes to clusters of grapes †I sayd I wil goe vp into the palmetree and wil take hold of the fruites therof and thy breasts shal be as the clusters of a vineyard and the odour of thy mouth as it were of apples †Thy throate as the best wine worthie for my beloued to drinke for his lippes and his teeth to ruminate †I to my beloued and his turning is toward me †Come my beloued let vs goeforth in to the filde let vs abide in the villages †Let vs rise earely to the vineyards let vs see if the vineyard florishe if the flowers be readie to bring forth fruites if the pomegranates florish there wil I giue thee my breasts †The Mandragoraes haue geuen a smel In our gates al fruites the new and the old my beloued I haue kept for thee CHAP. VIII VVHO shal giue to me thee my brother sucking the breasts of my mother that I may finde thee without and kisse thee and now no man despise me †I wil take hold of thee and wil bring thee into my mothers house there thou shalt teach me and I wil giue thee a cuppe of spiced wine and new wine of my pomegranats †His left hand vnder my head and his right hand shal embrace me †I adiure you ô daughters of Ierusalem that you rayse not vp nor make the beloued to awake til herselfe wil. †Who is this that cometh vp from the desert flowing with delightes leaning vpon her beloued Vnder the appletree I raysed thee vp d there thy mother was corrupted there she vas defloured that bare thee †Put me as a seale vpon thy hart as a seale vpon thyne arme because loue is strong as death ielousie is hard as hel the lampes thereof lampes of fyre and flames †Manie waters can not quench charitie neither shal floudes ouerwhelme it if a man shal giue al the substance of his house for loue as nothing he shal despise it †e Our sister is litle and hath no breasts What shal we doe to our sister in the day when she is to be spoken vnto †If she be a wal let vs build vpon it bulwarkes of siluer if she be a doore let vs ioyne it together with bordes of ceder †I am a wal and my breasts are as a towre since I was made before him as one finding peace †The peacemaker had a vinyard in that which hath peoples he deliuered the same to keepers a man bringeth for the fruite thereof a thousand peeces of siluer †My vineyard is before me A thousand are thy peacemakers and two hundreth for them that keepe the fruites thereof †Thou that dwellest in the gardens the frends doe harken make me heare thy voice †Flee ô my beloued and be like to the roe and to the fawne of harts vpon the mountaines of aromatical spices THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKE OF WISDOM AS wel of the auctor as of the auctoritie of this booke there haue bene diuers opinions among the lerned But in processe of time the first is probably discussed the other is clerly decided by the Church For concerning the former doubt Manie ancient Fathers alleage sentences of this Booke as the sayinges of Salomon Namely S. Ireneus apud Eusebium lib. 5. c. 8. Hist S. Clement of Alexandria li. 5. 6. Stromat Origen ho. 12. in Leuit. li. 8. in Epist ad Rom. S. Athanasius in Synopsi Orat. 2. cont Arrian S. Basil li. 5. cont Eunomianos S. Epiphanius heresi 67. S. Gregorie Nazianzen lib. de Fide S. Gregorie Nissen in Testimonijs ex vet Testam cap. de Natiuitate ex Virgine S. Chrisost hom 33. 34. in Mat. S. Cyril of Alexandria li. 10. c. 4. Also S. Cyprian li. de exhortat Martyrum c. 12. li. 3. c. 59. ad Quirin li. de Mortalitate S. Hilarie in Psal 127. S. Ambrose li. de Salomone c. 1. and diuers others suppose Salomon to be auctor of this booke To whom likewise some of them ascribe the booke of Ecclesiasticus But S. Ierom Praefatione in libros Salomonis testifieth that some ancient writers affirme this booke to be written by Philo a Iew and the other by Iesus the sonne of Sirach And S. Augustin very plainly li. 17. c. 20. de ciuit saith custom preuailed that the bookes of Wisdom Ecclesiasticus for some similitude of speach are called Salomons but the more lerned assuredly iudge that they are not his what then shal we say seing so manie other ancient lerned Doctors cite them as his The answer is easie And sufficiently insinuated by S. Augustin that these two bookes being like vnto the other three which are Salomons were also called his VVherto we may adde a like example in the two first bookes of Kinges which are called the bookes of Samuel though he writte not al the first nor anie part of the second Moreouer al these fiue are called by one general title Sapiential bookes In so much that the Church readeth in the sacred Office before al Epistles taken out of anie of these fiue bookes not Lectio Prouerbiorum
the nations that are vpon the foure corners of the earth Gog and Magog and shal gather them into battel whose number is as the saâ—d of the sea For the Church being spred on al the earth as S. Augustin noteth in the same place her enimies also spred euerie where shal most vehemently persecute her But the holie Prophetes namely Ezechiel here v. 21. c. and S. Iohn v. 11. foreshew that Christ our Lord wil destroy them al. CHAP. XXXIX Our Lord permitting Gog most vehemently to afflict the Church 3. after a while wil destroy him with al this troupes 9. their weapons shal be burned 11. their sepulchres infamous the earth not fully clensed of their carcases in seuen monethes 17. Gods people shal reioyce 22. and al men â—hal know that their sinnes were the cause of their captiuitie BVT thou sonne of man prophecie against Gog and thou shalt say Thus saith our Lord God Behold I vpon thee Gog the prince of the head of Mosoch and Thubal †And I wil turne thee about and wil reduce thee and wil make thee ascend from the sides of the North and wil bring thee vpon the mountaines of Israel †And I wil strike thy bow in thy left hand and thine arrowes I wil cast downe out of thy right hand †Vpon the mountaines of Israel shalt thou fal and al thy troupes and thy peoples that are with thee to the wilde beastes to the birdes and to euerie foule and to the beastes of the earth haue I geuen thee to be deuoured †Thou shalt fal vpon the face of the fielde because I haue spoken saith our Lord God †And I wil send in fire vpon Magog and on them that dwel in the ilandes confidently and they shal know that I am the Lord. †And my holie name wil I make knowen in the middes of my people Israel and I wil pollute my holie name no more and the Gentils shal know that I am the Lord the holie one of Israel †Behold it cometh and it is done saith our Lord God this is the day wherof I haue spoken †And the inhabitants shal goe forth of the cities of Israel and shal set on fire and burne weapons buckler and speares bow and arrowes and handstaues and polaxes and they shal burne them with fire seuen yeares †And they shal not carie trees out of the countries nor cut downe out of the forests because they shal burne the weapons with fire and shal make praye of them to whom they had bene a praye and they shal spoile their spoilers saith our Lord God †And it shal be in that day I wil geue Gog a renowmed place for a sepulcher in Israel the valley of wayfaring men on the East of the sea which shal make them that passe by to be astonied and they shal there burne Gog and al his multitude and it shal be called the valley of the multitude of Gog. †And the house of Israel shal burie them that they may clense the land seuen monethes †And al the people of the land shal burie him and it shal be vnto them a renowmed day wherin I was glorified saith our Lord God †And they shal appoint men continually going about the land to burie and to seeke them that were remayning vpon the face of the earth that they may clense it and after seuen monthes they shal begin to seeke †And they that trauel through the land shal goe about and when they shal see the bone of a man they shal set vp a signe beside it til the buriers burie it in the valley of the multitude of Gog. †And the name of the citie Amona and they shal clense the land †Thou therfore ô sonne of man saith our Lord God Say to euerie foule and to al birdes and to al the beastes of the filde Come together make hast runne together on euerie side to my victime which I immolate for you the great victime vpon the mountaines of Israel that you may eate the flesh and drinke the bloud †The flesh of the strong shal you eate and the bloud of the princes of the earth shal you drinke of rammes of lambes and of buckgoates and bulles and of fed wares and of al fat thinges †And you shal eate the fatte your fil and shal drinke bloud til you be drunke of the victime which I shal immolate for you †And you shal be filled vpon my table of horse and strong horsemen and of al the men of warre saith our Lord God †and I wil put my glorie in the Gentils and al nations shal see my iudgement that I haue done and my hand that I haue put vpon them †And the house of Israel shal know that I am the Lord their God from that day and so forward †And the Gentils shal know that the house of Israel was taken in their iniquitie for that they forsooke me and I hid my face from them and deliuered them into the handes of the enemies and they fel al by the sword †According to their vncleannes and wickednes haue I done to them and haue hid my face from them †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Now wil I bring backe the captiuitie of Iacob wil haue mercie on al the house of Israel and I wil take on me zele for my holie name †And they shal beare their confusion and al the preuarication wherwith they preuaricated against me when they shal dwel in their land confidently fearing no man †and I shal haue brought them backe out of the peoples and shal haue gathered them together out of the landes of their enemies and shal be sanctified in them in the eyes of manie nations †And they shal know that I am the Lord their God for that I transported them into the nations and haue gathered them together vpon their owne land and haue not left any of them there †And I wil hide my face no more from them because I haue powred out my spirite vpon al the house of Israel saith our Lord God Annotations vpon Ezechiels last vision written in the nine last chapters Of the true sense of this obscure vision there be foure opinions two of the Iewish Rabbins and other two of Christian Catholique Doctors The more ancient Iewes vnderstand this vision vvholly only of the temple and citie of Ierusalem reedified by Zorobabel and Nehemias vvith others after their captiuitie in Babylon assisted by the Persian kinges But this opinion can not consist with the holie text ch 42. v 16. describing the vtter vval of the temple in length on euerie side being foure square v. 20 fiue hundred reedes euerie rede conteyning six sacred cubits ch 40. v 5. which are aboue tenne foote or two passes so 500. reedes making a thousand passes or a myle the whole wal was foure myles in compasse Likevvise the citie is described oh 48. v. 16.
the giftes you shal offer but vpon the altar they shal not be put for a sauour of swetnes †What sacrifice soeuer thou offerest thou shalt season it with salt neither shalt thou take away the salt of the couenant of thy God from thy sacrifice In euerie oblation thou shalt offer salt †But if thou offer a gyfte of the first fruites of thy corne to our Lord of the eares being yet greene thou shalt drie it at the fire and bruise it in maner of meale and so shalt thou offer thy first fruites to our Lord †powring oyle vpon it and putting on franckincense because it is the oblation of our Lord. †Wherof the priest shal burne for memorie of the gift part of the meale bruised and of the oile and al the frankincense CHAP. III. How the pacifique hostes must be offered of beeues 6. shepe 7. lambes 12. and goates AND if his oblation be an hoste of pacifiques and he wil offer of beues male or female without spot shal he offer them before our Lord. †And he shal lay his hand vpon the head of his victime which shal be immolated in the entrie of the tabernacle of testimonie and the sonnes of Aaron the priest shal poure the bloud in the circuite of the altar †And they shal offer of the host of pacifiques for an oblation to our Lord the fatt that couereth the entralles and whatsoeuer fatt is within †the two kidneys with the fatt wherwith the guttes are couered and the caule of the liuer with the two little kydneys †And they shal burne them vpon the altar for an holocaust putting fire vnder the wood for an oblation of most swete sauour to our Lord. †But if his oblation and the hoste of pacifiques be of flocks whether he offer male or female they shal be without spot †If he offer a lambe before our Lord †he shal put his hand vpon the head of his victime which shal be immolated in the entrie of the tabernacle of testimonie and the sonnes of Aaron shal powre the bloud therof in the circuite of the altar †And they shal offer of the hoste of pacifiques a sacrifice to our Lord the fatt and the whole rumpe †with the kidneys and the fatt that couereth the bellie and al the vital partes and both little kydneys with the fatt that is about the guttes and the caule of the liuer with the two little kidneys †And the priest shal burne them vpon the altar to the foode of the fire and of the oblation of our Lord. †If his oblation be a goate and he offer it to our Lord †he shal put his hand vpon the head therof and shal immolate it in the entrie of the tabernacle of testimonie And the sonnes of Aaron shal poure the bloude therof in the circuite of the altar †And they shal take of it to the foode of our Lords fire the fatt that couereth the bellie and that couereth al the vital partes †the two little kydneys with the caule that is vpon them about the guttes and the tallowe of the liuer with the little kidneys †and the priest shal burne them vpon the altar to the food of the fire and of a most sweete sauour Al the fatt shal be our Lordes †by a perpetual right in your generations and in al your habitations you shal eate no bloude nor fat at al. CHAP. IIII. Hovv a Priest 13. the multitudâ— 22. a Prince 27. or anie one of the people sinning of ignarance must offer hostes AND our Lord spake to moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel The soule that sinneth by ignorance and doth anie thing of al the commandmentes of our Lord which he commanded not to be done †If the priest that is anointed sinne making the people to offend he shal offer for his sinne a calfe without spott to our Lord †and he shal bring it to the dore of testimonie before our Lord and shal put his hand vpon the head therof and shal immolate it to our Lord. †He shal drawe also of the bloud of the calfe carying it into the tabernacle of testimonie †And when he hath dipped his finger in the bloud he shal sprinckle it seuen times before our Lord against the veile of the Sanctuarie †and of the same bloud he shal put vpon the hornes of the altar of incense most acceptable to our Lord which is in the tabernacle of testimonie And al the rest of the bloud he shal powre at the foote of the altar of holocauste in the entrie of the tabernacle †And the fatt of the calfe he shal take away for the sinne aswel that which couereth the entralles as al the partes that are within †The two little kidneys and the caule that is vpon them beside the guttes and the fatt of the â—iuer with the two litle kidneis †as is taken away from the calfe which is an host of pacifiques and he shal burne them vpon the altar of hollocauste †But the skinne and al the flesh with the heade and feete and boweles and dung †and the rest of the bodie he shal carie forth without the campe into a cleane place where the ashes are wount to be powred out and he shal burne them vpon a pyle of wood which shal be burnt in the place where the ashes are powred out †And if al the multitude of Israel be ignorant and through ignorance do that which is against the commandement of our Lord †and afterward vnderstand their sinne they shal offer for their sinne a calfe and shal bring it to the dore of the tabernacle †And the ancientes of the people shal put their handes vpon the head therof before our Lord. And the calfe being immolated in the sight of our Lord †the priest that is anoynted shal carie of the bloud into the tabernacle of testimonie †dipping his finger and sprinkling seuen times against the veile †and he shal put of the same bloud on the hornes of the altar that is before our Lord in the tabernacle of testimonie and the rest of the bloud he shal poure at the foote of the altar of holocauste which is at the dore of the tabernacle of testimonie †And al the fatte therof he shal take vp shal burne it vpon the altar †doing so with this calfe as he did also before and the priest praying for them our Lord wil be propitious vnto them †But the calfe it selfe he shal carie forth without the campe and shal burne it like as the former calfe because it is for the sinne of the multitude †If a Prince sinne and by ignorance do of manie thinges one that by the law of our Lord is forbidden †and afterward vnderstandeth his sinne he shal offer an hoste to our Lord a bucke of the goates without spotte †And he shal put his hand vpon the head
Lord spake to Moyses saying †Command the children of Israel that they bring vnto thee oyle of oliues most pure and cleare to furnish the lampes continually †without the veile of the testimonie in the tabernacle of couenant And Aaron shal sette them from euen vntil morning before the Lord by a perpetual seruice and rite in your generations †Vpon the candlesticke most cleane shal they be putte alwaies in the sight of the Lord. †Thou shalt take also floure and shalt bake therof twelue breades which shal haue euerie one two tenthes †which thou shalt sette six one against an other vpon the most cleane table before the Lord †and thou shalt put vpon them the clearest franckincense that the bread may be for a moniment of the oblation of the Lord. †Euerie sabbath they shal be changed before the Lord receiued of the children of Israel by an euerlasting couenant †and they shal be Aarons and his sonnes that they may eate them in a holie place because it is most Holie of the sacrifices of the Lord by a perpetual righr †And behold there went forth the Ionne of a woman of Israel whom she had borne of an Aegyptian among the children of Israel and fel at wordes in the campe with a man of Israel †And when he had blasphemed the name and had cursed it he was brought to Moyses And his mother was called Salumith the daughter of Dabri of the tribe of Dan. †And they did cast him into prison til they might know what our Lord would command †Who spake to Moyses †saying Bring forth the blasphemer without the campe and let al that heard him put their handes vpon his head and let al the people stone him †And to the children of Israel thou shalt speake The man that curseth his God shal beare his sinne †and he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord dying let him dye al the multitude of the people shal stone him whether he be a natural or stranger He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord dying let him dye †He that striketh and killeth a man dying let him dye †He that striketh a beast shal render one for it that is to say soule for soule †He that giueth anie of his neighbours a blemish as he did so shal it be done to him †fracture for fracture eye for eye tooth for tooth he shal restore What blemish he gaue the like shal he be compelled to sustaine †He that striketh a beast shal render an other He that striketh a man shal be punished †Let there be equal iudgement among you whether a stranger or a natural sinne because I am the Lord your God †And Moyses spake to the children of Israel and they brought him forth that had blasphemed without the campe and they stoned him And the children of Israel did as our Lord had commanded Moyses CHAP. XXV The law of the seuenth yeare 8. and fiftith yeare which is the Iubilie 13. when al enheritance sold returneth to the former owner 24. as also it may in the meane time be redeemed 35. Vsurie prohibited 39. and seruitude among the Israelites only they may be hyred til the Iubilie yeare 47. and may be redeemed from seruitude of strangers 54. at least they shal be free in the yeare of Iubilie AND our Lord spake to Moyses in the mount Sinai saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them When you shal be entred to the land which I wil geue you thou shalt sabbatize the sabbath to the Lord. †Six yeares thou shalt sowe thy field and six yeares thou shalt cut thy vineyard and shalt gather the fruites therof †but in the seuenth yeare a sabbath shal be to the earth of the resting of the Lord the field thou shalt not sowe and the vineyard thou shalt not cut †The thinges that the ground shal bring forth of it self thou shalt not reape and the grapes of thy first fruites thou shalt not gather as a vintage for it is a yeare of the resting of the earth †but they shal be vnto you for meate to thee and thy manseruant to thy woman seruant and hyreling and to the stranger that seiourneth with thee †to thy beastes and cattel al thinges that grow shal giue meate †Thou shalt number thee also seuen weekes of yeares that is to say seuen times seuen which together make fourtie nine yeares †and thou shalt sound with the trumpet the seuenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth in the time of propitiation in al your land †Thou shalt sanctifie the fifteth yeare and shalt proclaime remission to al the inhabitantes of thy land for it is the yeare of Iubilie Euerie man shal returne to his possession and euerie one shal goe backe to his old familie †because it is the Iubilie and the fifteth yeare You shal not sowe nor teape the thinges that growe in the field of their owne accord and the first fruites of vintage you shal not gather †because of the sanctification of the Iubilie but forth with as they grow you shal eate them †In the yeare of Iubilie al shal returne to their possessions †When thou shalt sel anie thing to thy neighbour or shalt buy of him presse not thy brother but according to the number of the yeares of Iubilie thou shalt buy of him †and according to the supputation of the fruites he shal sel to thee †The moe yeares remaine after the Iubilie so much more shal the price increase and the lesse time that thou shal account so much the lesse shal the purchase be valued for the time of the fruites he shal sel to thee †Doe not afflict your contrimen but let euerie one feare his God because I the Lord your God †Do my preceptes and keepe my iudgementes and fulfil them that you may dwel in the land without anie feare †and the ground may yeld you her fruites which you may eate vnto your fil fearing no mans inuasion †But if you say What shal we eate the seuenth yeare if we sowe not nor gather our fruites †I wil geue you my benediction the sixt yeare and it shal yeld the fruites of three yeares †and the eight yeare you shal sowe and shal eate of the old fruites vntil the ninth yeare til new be growne you shal eate the old †The land also shal not be sould for euer because it is mine and you are my strangers and seiourners †For the which cause al the countrie of your possession shal be sould vnder the condition of redemption †If thy brother impouerished sel his litle possession and his kinseman wil he may redeme that which he had sould †but if he haue no kinseman and him self can finde the price to redeme it †the fruites shal be accounted from that time when he sould it and the residue he shal restore to
and watch †And Iudith stood before the bed praying with teares and with mouing of her lippes in silence †saying Confirme me o Lord God of Israel and in this houre haue respect to the workes of my handes that as thou hast promised thou mayst aduance Ierusalem thy citie and I may bring to passe that which I beleuing that it may be done by thee haue purposed †And when she had sayd these thinges she went to the piller that was at his beds head and his sword that hong tyed on it she loosed †And when she had drawen it out she tooke him by the heare of his head and sayd Confirme me ô Lord God in this houre †and she stroke twise vpon his necke and cut of his head and tooke his canopie from the pillers and rolled aside his bodie a truncke †And after a while she went out and deliuered the head of Holofernes to her mayde and bad her put it into her wallet †And they two went forth according to their custome as it were to prayer and they passed the campe and compassing the valley they came to the gate of the citie †And Iudith a far of said to the keepers of the walles Open the gates because God is with vs which hath wrought power in Israel †And it came to passe when the men had heard her voyce they called the ancientes of the citie †And they ran al to meete her from the least to the greatest because they hoped not that now she would come †And they lighting lightes gathered round about her euerie one and she going vp into a higher place commanded silence to be made And when al had held their peace †Iudith said Prayse yee the Lord our God who hath not forsaken them that hope in him †and in me his handmayde he hath sulfilled his mercie which he promised to the house of Israel and he hath killed by my hand the enemie of his people this night †And bringing forth the head of Holofernes out of the wallet she shewed it them saying Loe the head of Holofernes the general of the armie of the Assyrians and behold his canopie wherein he lay in his drunkennes where the Lord our God stroke him by the hand of a woman †But the same our Lord liueth that his Angel hath kept me both going hence and abyding there and from thence returning hither and our Lord hath not suffered me his handmayde to be defyled but without pollution of sinne he hath called me backe to you reioysing in this victorie in my escape and in your deliuerie †Confesse ye al to him because he is good because his mercie is for euer †And they al adoring our Lord said to her Our Lord hath blessed thee in his power because by thee he hath brought our enemies to nothing †Moreouer Ozias the prince of the people of Israel said to her Blessed art thou daughter of our Lord the high God aboue al wemen vpon the earth †Blessed be our Lord which made heauen and earth which hath directed thee vnto the woundes of the head of the prince of our enemies †Because this day he hath so magnified thy name that they prayse shal not depart out of the mouth of men which shal be mindeful of the power of our Lord for euer for that thou hast thy life for the distresses and tribulation of thy kinred but hast holpen the ruine before the presence of our God †And al the people sayd So be it so be it †Moreouer Achior being called came and Iudith said to him The God of Israel to whom thou gauest testimonie that he reuengeth him self of his enemies he hath cut of the head of al the vnfaithful this night by my hand †And that thou mayst proue that it is so loe the head of Holofernes who in the contempt of his pride contemned the God of Israel and threatened thee death saying When the people of Israel shal be taken I wil command thy sides to be pearsed with a sword †But Achior seing the head of Holofernes being in anguish for feare fel on his face vpon the earth and his soule was sore trubled †But after taking spirit agayne he was refreshed fel downe at her feete and adored her and sayd †Blessed art thou of thy God in euerie tabernacle of Iacob because in euerie nation which shal heare thy name the God of Israel shal be magnified in thee CHAP. XIIII Holofernes head is hanged on the wall 6. Achior is circumcised 7. The Israeelites assault the Assyrians 8. who going to awake their General 14. finde him slaine 17 and are al confounded with feare AND Iudith said to al the people Heare me brethren hang ye this head vpon our walles †and it shal be when the sunne shal rise let euerie man take his armour and yssue ye forth with violence not that you goe downe beneath but as it were inuading violently †Then the watchmen must of necessitie runne to rayse vp their prince to battel †And when the captaynces of them shal runne to the tabernacle of Holofernes and shal finde him headles rowled in bloud feare wil fal vpon them †And when you shal know that they flee goe after them securely because our Lord wil destroy them vnder your feete †Then Achior seeing the power that God of Israel wrought forsaking the rite of gentilitie beleued God and circuncided the flesh of his prepuce and was ioyned to the people of Israel and al the succession of his kinred vntil this present day †And immediatly as day brake they hong the head of Holofernes vpon the walles and euerie man tooke his armour and they went forth with great noyse and shouting †Which the watchmen seing ranne to the tabernacle of Holofernes †Moreouer they that were in the tabernacle coming and before the dore of the tabernacle making a noyse to rayse him they endeuored by art to disquiet him that Holofernes might awake not by them raysing him but by them making a noyse †For no man durst by knocking or entring to open the chamber of the chiefe of the Assyrians †But when his dukes and tribunes were come and al the chiefe of the armie of the king of the Assyrians they said to the chamberlayns †Goe in and awake him becaufe the mice yssuing out of their holes haue presumed to prouoke vs to battel †Then Vagao entring into his chamber stoode before the cortine and made a clapping with his handes for he thought that he slept with Iudith †But when with the sense of his eares he percieued no motion of person lying he came neere to the cortine and lifting it vp and seing the bodie without the head of Holofernes weltred in his bloud lye vpon the ground cried out in a lowd voyce with weeping and rent his garmentes †And going into the tabernacle of Iudith he found her not and he lept
drunke euen to the dregges †There is none that can vphold her of al the children that she hath borne and there is none that taketh her by the hand of al the children that she hath brought vp †There are two thinges which haue happened to thee who shal be sorie for thee Spoile and destruction and famine and the sword who shal comfort thee †Thy children are throwen forth they haue slept in the head of alwayes as the orix that is snared ful of the indignation of our Lord of the rebuke of thy God †Therefore heare this poore little one and drunken not of wine †Thus sayth thy dominatour our Lord and thy God who hath fought for his people Behold I haue taken out of thy hand the cuppe of drousines the botome of the cuppe of mine indignation thou shalt not adde to drinke it any more †And I wil put it in their hand that haue humbled thee and haue sayd to thy soule Bow downe that we may passe ouer and thou hast layd thy bodie as the ground and as a way to them that passe ouer CHAP. LII The prophet alluding to the deliuerie of Sion and Ierusalem from Babylonical captiuitie sturreth vp the Church of Christ to reioyce for the deliuerie from sinne 7. which Christs Apostles preached 10. with great fruite in al nations ARISE arise put on thy strength ô Sion put on the garments of thy glorie ô Ierusalem the citie of the holie one because the vncircumcised and vncleane shal adde no more to passe by thee †Be shaken out of the dust arise sit vp Ierusalem loose the bonds of thy necke ô captiue daughter of Sion †Because thus sayth our Lord You were sold for nought and without siluer you shal be redemed †Because thus sayth our Lord God My people went downe into Aegypt at the beginning to be a seiourner there and Assur without any cause did oppresse them †And now what haue I here sayth our Lord because my people is taken away for nought Their rulers doe vniustly sayth our Lord and continually al the day my name is blasphemed †For this cause shal my people know my name in that day because I myself that spake loe am present †How beautiful vpon the mountaines are the feete of him that euangelizeth preacheth peace of him that telleth good preaching health that sayeth to Sion Thy God shal reigne †The voice of thy watchemen they haue lifted vp their voice they shal prayse together because eie to eie they shal see when our Lord shal conuert Sion †Reioyce prayse together ye deserts of Ierusalem because our Lord hath comforted his people he hath redemed Ierusalem †Our Lord hath prepared his holie arme in the sight of al the Gentiles and al the endes of the earth shal see the saluation of our God †Depart depart goe ye out from thence touch not a polluted thing goe out of the middes of her be cleansed ye that carie the vesseles of our Lord. †Because you shal not goe out in tumult neither with flight shal you make hast for our Lord wil goe before you and the God of Israel wil gather you together †Behold my seruant shal vnderstand he shal be exalted and shal be lifted vp and shal be exceding high †As manie haue bene astoined vpon thee so shal his looke among men be inglorious and his forme among the sonnes of men †He shal sprinkle manie nations kinges shal shut their mouthe vpon him because they to whom it was not told of him haue sene and they that heard not haue beheld CHAP. LIII Al wil not beleue Christs Gospel to whom it shal be preached 2. as the mysterie of his ignominious death for al mens sinnes 7. which he wil suffer most mekely 10. for which his name shal be glorified in al places VVHO hath beleued our hearing and the arme of our Lord to whom is it reueled †And he shal come vp as a yong spring before him and as a roote from a thirstie ground there is no beautie in him nor comelinesse and we haue sene him and there was no sightlines and we were desirous of him †Despised and most abiect of men a man of sorowes and knowing infirmitie and his looke as it were hid and despised whereupon neither haue we estemed him †He surely hath borne our infirmities and our sorowes he hath caried and we haue thought him as it were a leper and striken of God and humbled †But he was wounded for our iniquities he was broken for our sinnes the discipline of our peace vpon him and with the waile of his stripe we are healed †Al we haue strayed as sheepe euerie one hath declined into his owne way and our Lord hath put vpon him the iniquitie of al vs. †He was offered because him self would and opened not his mouth as a sheepe to slaughter shal he be led and as a lambe before his shearer he shal be dumme and shal not open his mouth †from distresse and from iudgement he was taken vp who shal declare his generation because he is cut out of the land of the liuing for the wickednes of my people haue I striken him †And he shal geue the impious for his burial and the riche for his death because he hath not done iniquitie neither was there guile in his mouth †And our Lord would breake him in infirmitie if he shal put away his soule for sinne he shal see seede of long age and the wil of our Lord shal be directed in his hand †For that his soule hath laboured he shal see and be filled in his knowlege the same my iust seruant shal iustifie manie and he shal beare their iniquities †Therefore wil I distribute vnto him verie manie and he shal diuide the spoiles of the strong for that he hath deliuered his soule vnto death and was reputed with the wicked and he hath borne the sinnes of manie and hath prayed for the transgressours CHAP. LIIII Gentiles who were barren shal multiplie in the Church of Christ 10. from which Gods mercie shal neuer be separated PRAISE ô barren woman which bearest not sing prayse and make ioyful noyse which didst not beare because manie are the children of the desolate more then of her that hath a husband saith our Lord. †Enlarge the place of thy tent and stretch out the skinnes of thy tabernacles spare not make long thy coardes and fasten thy nailes †For thou shalt penetrate to the right hand and to the left and thy seede shal inherite the Gentiles and shal inhabite the desolate cities †Feare not because thou shalt not be confounded nor blush for thou shalt not be ashamed because thou shalt forget the confusion of thy youth and the reproch of thy widowhood thou shalt remenber no more †Because he shal rule ouer thee that made thee the
saith our Lord God Behold I wil deliuer thee into the handes of them whom thou hatest into their handes of whom thy soule is filled †And they shal deale with thee in hatred and they shal take away al thy labours and shal let thee goe naked and ful of ignominie and the ignominie of thy fornications shal be reueled thy wicked dede and thy fornications †They haue done these thinges to thee because thou hast fornicated after the Nations among which thou wast polluted in their idols †Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister and I wil geue her cuppe in thy hand †Thus saith our Lord God The cuppe of thy sister thou shalt drinke deepe and wide thou shalt be into derision and into scorne which is most capable †With drunckennes and sorow thou shalt be replenished with the cuppe of pensifenes and sadnes with the cuppe of thy sister Samaria †And thou shalt drinke it and shalt drinke it vp euen to the dregges and the fragments therof thou shalt deuoure thou shalt rent thy breastes because I haue spoken saith our Lord God Therfore thus saith our Lord God Because thou hast forgotten me and hast cast me of behind thy bodie thou also beare thy wickednes and thy fornications †And our Lord spake to me saying Sonne of man doest thou iudge Oolla and Ooliba and shewest thou them their wicked deedes †because they haue committed aduoutrie and bloud is in their handes and with their idols they haue fornicated moreouer also their children whom they begate for me they haue offered vnto them to be deuoured †Yea and they haue done this to me They polluted my sanctuarie in that day and profaned my sabbathes †And when they immolated their children to their idols and went into my sanctuarie in that day to pollute it these thinges also they did in the middes of my house †They sent to men comming from far to whom they had sent a messenger therfore loe they came to whom thou didst wash thyself and didst annoint thine eyes about with stibikestone and wast adorned with wemens ornaments †Thou satest in a very faire bed and a table was decked before thee mine incense and mine oyntment thou didst set vpon it †And the voice of a multitude reioycing was on it and on the men that were brought of the maltitude of men and came from the desert they did put bracelets on their handes and beautiful crownes on their heades †And I said to her that was worne in aduoutries Now wil this woman also fornicate in her fornication †And they went to her as to an harlot woman so went they vnto Oolla and Ooliba wicked wemen †They therfore are iust men these shal iudge them with the iudgement of adulteresses and with the iudgement of bloudshedders because they are adultresses and bloud is in their handes †For thus saith our Lord God Bring a multitude to them and deliuer them into tumult and into spoile †and let them be stoned with the stones of peoples and let them be thrust through with their swordes they shal kil their sonnes and daughters and their houses they shal burne with fire †And I wil take away the wickednes out of the land al wemen shal learne not to doe according to the wickednes of them †And they shal geue your wickednes vpon you and the sinnes of your idols you shal carie and you shal know that I am the Lord God CHAP. XXIIII Ierusalem manie wayes chasticed of God and not amended 11. shal at last be melted like a brasse potte 15. and shal not dare to mourne for the death of her dearest AND the word of our Lord was made to me in the ninth yeare in the tenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth saying †Sonne of man write thee the name of this day wherin the king of Babylon is confirmed against Ierusalem to day †And thou shalt speake by a prouerbe to the exasperating house a parable and shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord God Set thou a potte st it I say and put water into it †Heape together the peeces therof into it euerie good part the thigh and the shoulder the chosen thinges and ful of bones †Take the fattest beast and lay together pyles of bones also vnder it the seething therof is boyling hotte and the bones therof are throughly sodden in the middes therof †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Wo to the citie of bloud to the potte whose rustines is in it and the rustines therof is not gone out of it by her partes and by her partes cast her out there hath no lotte fallen vpon her †For her bloud is in the middes of her she hath shed it vpon the most cleare rocke she shed it not vpon the ground that it might be couered with dust †That I might bring mine indignation in vpon her and might reuenge with vengeance I gaue her bloud vpon the most clere rocke that it might not be couered †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Wo to the citie of bloud whose bonefire I wil make great †Heape together the bones which I wil burne with fire the flesh shal be consumed and al the composition shal be sod and the bones shal drie away †Set it also vpon hote burning coles emptie that the brasse therof may waxe hote and be melted and let the filth of it be melted in the middes therof let the rust therof be consumed †There hath bene sweating with much labour and the exceding rust therof is not gone out no not by fire †Thine vncleannes is exectable because I would clense thee and thou art not clensed from thy filthines yea neither shalt thou be clensed before I make myne indignation to cease in thee †I the Lord haue spoken It shal come and I wil doe it I wil not passe nor spare nor be pacified according to thy wayes and according to thine inuentions wil I iudge thee saith our Lord. †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man behold I take from thee the thing that thine eyes desire in a plague and thou shalt not lament nor weepe neither shal thy teares runne †Sigh holding thy peace thou shalt not make the mourning of the dead let thy crowne be tyed round about thee and thy shoes shal be on thy feete neither shalt thou couer thy face with a cloth neither shalt thou eare the meates of mourners †I spake therfore to the people in the morning and my wife died at euen and I did in the morning as he had commanded me †And the people sayd to me Why doest thou not tel vs what these thinges signifie that thou doest †And I sayd to them The word of our Lord was made to me saying †Speake to the house of Israel Thus sayth our Lord God Behold I wil pollute my sanctuarie
I WIL BRING MY SERVANT THE ORIENT †Because loe the stone that I layd before Iesus vpon one stone there be seuen eyes behold I wil graue the grauing therof sayth the Lord of hosts I wil take away the iniquitie of that land in one day †In that day sayth the Lord of hosts euerie man shal cal his frende vnder the vine and vnder the figtree CHAP. IIII. In a vision of a candlestike and candles 3. and of two oliue trees is prophecied the vocation of the Gentils 11. and lastly of the Iewes AND the Angel returned that spake in me and he raysed me vp as a man that is raysed out of his sleepe †And he sayd to me What seest thou And I sayd I saw and loe a candlesticke al of gold and the lampe therof vpon the head of it and the seuen lights therof vpon it and seuen funnels for the lights that were vpon the head therof †And tow oliue trees vpon it one on the right hand of the lampe and one on the left hand therof †And I answered and I sayd to the Angel that spake in me saying What are these thinges my Lord †And the Angel that spake in me answered and sayd to me Why knowest thou not what these thinges are And I sayd No my Lord. †And he answered and sayd to me saying This is the word of our Lord to Zorobabel saying Not in an host nor in strength but in my spirit sayth the Lord of hosts †Who art thou ô great mountayne before Zorobabel into a plaine and he wil bring forth the principal stone and wil make grace equal to the grace therof †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †The handes of Zorobabel haue founded this house and his handes shal perfite it and you shal know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to you †For who hath despised litle dayes and they shal reioyce and shal see the stone of tinne in the hand of Zorobabel These are the seuen eyes of our Lord that runne through out the whole earth †And I answered and sayd to him What are these two oliuetrees on the right hand of the candlestike and on the left hand therof †And I answered the second time and sayd to him What are the two branches of oliuetrees that are beside the two beaks of gold in which are the funnels of gold †And he sayd to me saying Why knowest thou not what these are And I sayd No my Lord. †And he sayd These are two sonnes of oyle which assist the dominatour of the whole earth CHAP. V. In a vision of a flying booke theeues and sweares are threatned 5. in an other vision is foreshewed that the Iewes shal be blind and obdurate AND I turned and lifted vp myne eyes and I saw and behold a volume flying †And he sayd to me What seest thou And I sayd I see a volume flying the length therof of twentie cubits and the breadth therof of ten cubits †And he sayd to me This is the malediction that goeth forth vpon the face of the earth because euerie theefe as is there written shal be iudged and euerie swearer by it in like maner shal be iudged †I wil bring it forth sayth the Lord of hosts and it shal come to the house of the theefe and to the house of him that sweareth by my name falsly it shal abide in the middes of his house and shal consume it and the timber therof and the stones therof †And the Angel went out that spake in me and he sayd to me Lift vp thine eyes and see what is this that goeth forth †And I sayd What is it And he sayd This is an amphore going forth And he sayd This is their eye in al the earth †And behold a talent of lead was caried and loe one woman sitting in the middes of the amphore †And he sayd This is impietie And he threw her in the middes of the amphore and cast a lumpe of lead vpon the mouth therof †And I lifted vp mine eyes and saw and behold two wemen coming forth and spirit in the winges of them and they had winges as the winges of a kite and they lifted vp the amphore betwen the earth and the heauen †And I sayd to the Angel that spake in me Whither do these carie the amphore †And he sayd to me That a house may be built for it in the land of Sennaar and it may be established and set there vpon the foundation therof CHAP. VI. In a vision of chariots is foreshewed the succession of foure monarchies 11. In crownes set on the high priests head the Kingdom and Priesthood of Christ 15. and the rewards of them that receiue him AND I turned and lifted vp mine eyes and saw and behold foure chariots coming forth from the middes of two mountaines the mountaines mountaines of brasse †In the first chariot red horses in the second chariot blacke horses †and in the third chariot white horses and in the fourth chariot speckled horses strong †And I answered and sayd to the Angel that spake in me What are these thinges my Lord †And the Angel answered and sayd to me These are the foure windes of heauen which goeforth to stand before the Dominatour of al the earth †That in which were the blacke horses went forth into the land of the North and the white went forth after them and the speckled went forth to the land of the South †But they that were strongest went out and sought to goe and to runne about through out al the earth And he sayd Goe walke through out the earth and they walked through out the earth †And he called me and spake to me saying Behold they that goe forth into the land of the North haue made my spirit to rest in the land of the North. †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Take of the transmigration of Holdai and of Tobias and of Idaias and thou shalt come in that day and shalt enter into the house of Iosias the sonne of Sophonias who came out of Babylon †And thou shalt take gold and siluer shalt make crownes and thou shalt set on the head of Iesus the sonne of Iosedec the grand priest †and thou shalt speake to him saying Thus sayth the Lord of hosts saying BEHOLD A MAN ORIENT IS HIS NAME and vnder him shal spring vp and shal build a temple to our Lord. †And he shal build a temple to our Lord and shal beare glorie and shal sit and rule vpon his throne and he shal be a priest vpon his throne and the counsel of peace shal be betwen them two †And the crownes shal be to Helem and Tobias and Idaias and Hem the sonne of Sophonias a memorial in the
other things in the first age were figures of Christs Sacraments the Spirite of God geuing powre to the waters as Tertullian S. Hierom and others expound it and the floud of Noe by S. Peters testimonie were figures of Baptisme Mariage instituted in Paradise is the very paterne of holie Matrimonie a Sacrament in the Church of Christ where one man and one wife are on lie lawful and not more at once in anie wise Christ reforming that which in Moyses law was tolerated for hardnes of mens hartes and for auoyding murther to put away one wife and take an other to this first institution as it was in the beginning two in one flesh not three nor more The repentance of Adam and Eue was a perfect and examplare figure of the Sacrament of Penance First they were ashamed couering their nakednes and hiding them selues which shewed their griefe and sorow for the sinne committed Secondly they confessed their fault and by what meanes it happened For God examining Adam he answered truly and simply saing The woman which thou gauest me to be my companion gaue me of the tree and I did eate Likwise Eue confessed sincerly saying The serpent deceiued me and I did eate Thirdly God gaue them penance besides death before threatned and other penalties annexed that Eue should in paine and trauel bring forth her children and Adam should eate his bread in the sweate of his face And withal cast them forth of Paradise But not forth of his fauoure as appeared by his making them garments of skinnes granting them and their posteritie the rest of the earth to liue and labour in especially to serue him and do penance with admonition to remember that of duct man was made and into dust he shal returne Al which were signes of loue and that finally he would bring them and manie more to eternal saluation The first borne and heades of families were Priests al the time of the law of nature vntil the law being changed God tooke Priests only of the stock of Aaron and the rest of the Leuites to assist them in that function Aaron his sonnes thou shalt appoint saith our Lord ouer the seruice of Priesthood for I haue taken the Leuites of the children of Israel for euerie first borne And ◠Paul teacheth that changing of Priesthood and changing of the law goe alwayes together shewing euidently that euerie lawful communitie or commonwealth vnder God hath external Priesthood So that if there had benne no distinct order of external Priesthood in the law of nature or now were none in the law of grace as Protestantes say there is not there were no law at al. See more of this point in the Annotations chap. 7. ad Hebre. Here we only obserue that Abel Seth Enos and other Patriarches were Priestes and exercised priestlie functions yea Cain also was a Priest though a bad one and offered Sacrifice But external offices or ministerie without a wel disposed mind and sincere vertues producing Good workes did neuer iustifie anie man And therfore Cains Sacrifice offered with a peruerse mind was not respected by God as Abels was wherupon he becoming worse and more malicious God sharply reproued his anger and enuie conceiued without iust cause saying If thou doest wel shalt thou not receiue againe but if thou doest il shal not thy sinne forwith be present at the dore clerly shewing that euerie one shal receiue according to his workes This place also euidently sheweth Freewil yea in a wicked man For this expostulation had neuer benne vttered by our most reasonable Lord and Maister if Cain had benne depriued of freewil For he might haue excused himselfe and must needes haue benne holden excused if he had benne forced to do as he did But God charged him as inexcusable and as one that knew or ought to know that he had freewil And doth further inculcate that he had and should haue powre and freewil ouer his concupiscence to correct the same if he would saying The lust therof shal be vnder thee and thou shalt haue domion ouer it So that no sinner be he neuer so wicked much lesse a iust man lacketh freewil yet Luther abhorreth the very word and Caluin wisheth it out of the world Temporal punishment is proued to be due for sinne remitted by that both death and other penalties are inflicted by Gods iustice vpon men after iustification and by the particular punishments laid vpon Adam and Eue confessing their faultes Purgatorie is also proued by the same iustice of God For when anie dieth penitent and yet haue not madeful satisfaction they must suffer for that remaineth after death and be purged before they can enter into rest which remnant of debt our B. Sauiour calleth The last farthing and saith it must be payed The lewes also at this day hold the doctrin of Purgatorie by tradition And consequently they Pray for soules departed not only to God but also to the ancient Patriarches which likewise sheweth Inuocation of Saincts in these wordes Yee fathers which sleepe in Hebron open to him the gates of Eden that is of Paradise which was planted in Eden And Hebron is the place where Adam was buried and his sepulcher religiously conserued in the time of Iosue aboue 1500 yeares after his death The same is the place which Abraham bought and there buried Sara where also him selfe and Isaac and Iacob were buried and to which finally the bodies of the twelue sonnes of Iacob were translated from Sichem As Iosephus writeth And sichem also was specially honored because such persons had benne buried there as S. Hierom witnesseth of his owne knowledge in his time Againe by religious care of burying the dead in this first age Enoch was more certainly knowen to be Translated aliue and not to be dead For the seuentie Interpreters and S. Paul say He was not found which importeth that they sought diligently for him and that his bodie could not be found for God translated him By al which we see mutual offices and communion of good workes amongst good men aliue and dead which is called Cōmunion of Saincts And herein Angels lacked not their offices For God set Cherubins to kepe the gate of Paradise that neither man should enter being iustly expelled for sinne nor diuels as S. Augustin noteth left they should take fruite of the tree of life and geuing it to men allure them to more sinne And now Saincts being exalted to Angels glorie haue like honorable offices towards other men as Angels haue Yea the bloud of Abel vniustly shed by Cain and iustly to be reuenged by God sheweth the peculiar honour which God bestoweth vpon his Saints for their vertues and merites in this life especially in their death For Precious in the sight of our Lord is the
slaine the peoples hoste pray for them as our Lord hath coÌ„manded †And forthwith Aaron approching to the altar immolated the calfe for his sinne †the bloud wherof his sonnes brought to him wherin dipping his finger he touched the hotnes of the altar and poured the rest at the foote therof †And the fatte and the litle kidneis and the caule of the liuer which are for sinne he burnt vpon the altar as our Lord had commanded Moyses †but the flesh and skinne therof he burnt with fire without the campe †He immolated also the victime of holocaust and his sonnes brought him the bloud therof which he poured in the circuite of the altar †The hoste also it selfe being cut into peeces they brought with the head and euerie member Al which he burnt with fire vpon the altar †hauing first washed the entralles and the feete with water †And offering for the sinne of the people he slew the bucke goat and expâ—ating the altar †he made the holocaust †adding in the sacrifice the libaments which are offered withal and burning them vpon the altar be side the ceremonies of the morning holocaust †He immolated also the oxe and the ramme the pacifique hostes of the people and his sonnes brought him the bloud which he poured vpon the altar round about †The fatte also of the oxe and the rump of the ramme and the two little kindneis with their fatte and the caule of the liuer †they put vpon the brests and after the fatte was burnt vpon the altar †their brests and the right shoulders Aaron did seperate eleuating them before our Lord as Moyses had commanded †And stretching forth his hand to the people he blessed them And so the hostes for sinne and the holocaustes and the pacifiques being finished he descended †And Moyses and Aaron going into the tabernacle of testimonie and afterward comming forth blessed the people And the glorie of our Lord appeared to al the multitude †and behold a fire coming forth from our Lord deuoured the holocaust and the fatte that was vpon the altar Which thing when the multitude had senne they praised our Lord falling on their faces CHAP. X. Nadab and Abiu the sonnes of Aaron for offering strange fire are burnt to death and cast out of the campe 6. for whom the people mourne but not the Priests 8. Priests are forbid to drinke wine when they enter into the tabernacle 12. and are commanded to eate the residew of oblations in the holie place 16. which this timein part they omitted and are excused being sorowful for that vvhich happened to Nadab and Abiu AND Nadab and Abiu the sonnes of Aaron catching censors did put in fire and incense therupon offering before our Lord strange fire which was not commanded them †And fire comming forth from our Lord deuoured them and they dyed before our Lord. †And Moyses said to Aaron This is it which our Lord hath spoken I wil be sanctified in them that approch to me and in tbe sight of al the people I wil be glorified Which Aaron hearing held his peace †And Moyses calling Misael and Elisaphan the sonnes of Oziel the vncle of Aaron said to them Goe and take away your bretheren from the sight of the Sanctuarie and carie them without the campe †And going forthwith they tooke them as they lay reuested with linnen tunikes did cast them forth as it had bene commanded them †And Moyses spake to Aaron to Eleazar and Ithamar his sonnes Vncouer not your heades and rent not your vestiments lest perhaps you die and indignation come vpon al the assemblie Let your brethren and al the house of Israel lament the burning that our Lord hath raised †and your selues shal not goe out of the dore of the tabernacle otherwise you shal perish for the oyle of holie vnction is vpon you Who did al thinges according to the precept of Moyses †Our Lord also said to Aaron †Wine and anie thing that may make drunke you shal not drinke thou and thy sonnes when you enter into the tabernacle of testimonie lest you die because it is an euerlasting precept through your generations †And that you may haue knowledge to discerne betwen the holie and prophane betwen the polluted and cleane †and may teach the children of Israel al my ordinances which the Lord hath spoken to them by the hand of Moyses †And Moyses spake to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sonnes that were left Take the sacrifice that is remayning of the oblation of our Lord and eate it without leauen beside the altar because it is Holie of holies †And you shal eate it in a holie place which is giuen to thee and thy sonnes of the oblations of our Lord as it hath bene commanded me †The brest also that is offered and the shoulder that is seperated you shal eate in a most cleane place thou and thy sonnes and thy daughters with thee For they are laid apart for thee and thy children of the healthful hostes of the children of Israel †because the shoulder and the the brest and the fatte that is burnt on the altar they haue eleuated before our Lord and they pertaine to thee and to thy sonues by a perpetual lawe as our Lord hath commanded †Among these thinges when Moyses sought for the bucke goate that had bene offered for sinne he found it burnt and being angrie against Eleazar and Ithamar the sonnes of Aaron that remained he said †Why did you not eate the hoste for sinne in a holie place which is most Holie and geuen to you that you may beare the iniquitie of the multitude and may pray for it in the sight of our Lord †especially wheras of the bloud therof there hath not bene caried within the holie places and you ought to haue eaten it in the Sanctuarie as it was commanded me †Aaron answered This day hath bene offered the victime for sinne and the holocaust before our Lord and to me that is chanced which thou seest how could I eate it or please our Lord in ceremonies hauing a sorowful hart †Which when Moyses had heard he was satisfied with his answere CHAP. XI The distinction of cleane and vncleane in beastes fish birdes and other things 43. With commandment to be holie and impolluted AND our Lord spake to Moyses and Aaron saying †Say to the children of Israel These are the beasts which you ought to eate of al the liuing things of the earth †Euerie one that hath the hoofe diuided and cheweth the cudde among the cattel you shal eate †But whatsoeuer in dede cheweth the cudde and hath an hoofe but diuideth it not as the camel and others that you shal not eate and among the vncleane you shal repute it †Cherogril which cheweth the cudde and diuideth not the hoofe is vncleane †The hare also for that also cheweth
thy husband art polluted and hast lien with an other man †thou shalt be subiect to these maledictions Our Lord geue thee for a malediction and an example of al among his people make he thy thigh to rotte and bellie swelling burst asunder †the cursed water enter into thy bellie and thy wombe being swolne let thy thigh rotte And the woman shal answer Amen amen †And the priest shal write these curses in a booke and shal wash them out with the most bitter waters wherupon he heaped the curses †and he shal geue them her to drinke Which when she hath drunke vp †the priest shal take of her hand the sacrifice of ielousie and shal eleuate it before the Lord and shal put it vpon the altar yet so notwithstanding that first †he take a handful of the sacrifice of that which is offered burne it vpon the altar and so geue the most bitter waters to the woman to drinke †Which when she hath drunke if she be polluted and by contempt of her husband guiltie of adulterie the waters of malediction shal goe through her and her bellie being puft vp her thigh shal totte withal and the woman shal be for a malediction and an example to al the people †But if she be not polluted she shal be blamelesse and shal beare children †This is the law of ielousie If the woman decline from her husband and if she be polluted †and the husband stirred with the spirit of ielousie brought her in the sight of the Lord and the priest haue done to her according to al thinges that are written †the husband shal be without fault and she shal beare her iniquitie ANNOTATIONS CHAP. V. 7. Shal confesse their sinne General confession such as Protestantes make sufficed not here for purging sinnes but whosoeuer transgressed anie of Gods commandments were bound by this diuine positiue law to confesse expresly and distinctly their sinne which in particular they had committed Also to make restitution if wrong were donne to anie other with a fifth part aboue the principal And for further satisfaction to God they must offer sacrifice Al which did plainly prefigure foreshew the necessitie of particular confession of sinnes and satifaction in the Sacrament of Penance instituted by Christ Ioan. 20. CHAP. VI. Consecration 14. and oblation of Nazareites 22. Asette forme how the Priest shal blesse the people AND our Lord spake vnto Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shal say to them Man or woman when they shal make a vow to be sanctified and “ wil consecrate them selues to the Lord †they shal absteine from wine euerie thing that can make one drunke vineger of wine and of any other potion and whatsoeuer is pressed out of the grape they shal not drinke new grapes and drie they shal not eate †al the daies wherin they are by vow coÌ„secrated to the Lord whatsoeuer may be of the vineyard from the reisen to the kernel they shal not eate †Al the time of his separation a rasour shal not passe ouer his head vntil the day be expired that he is consecrated to the Lord. He shal be holie whiles the bush of haire on his head doth grow †Al the time of his consecration he shal not enter in to the dead †neither shal he be contaminated no not on his fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters corps because the consecration of his God is vpon his head †Al the daies of his separation he shal be holie to the Lord. †But if anie man die sodenly before him the head of his consecration shal be polluted which he shal shaue forthwith in the same day of his purgation and againe the seuenth day †and in the eight day he shal bring two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest in the entrie of the couenant of testimonie †and the priest shal offer one for sinne and the other for an holocaust and shal pray for him because he hath sinned by occasion of the dead and he shal sanctifie his head that day †and shal consecrate to the Lord the daies of his separation offering a lambe of a yeare old for sinne yet so that the former daies be made frustrate because his sanctification was polluted †This is the law of consecration When the daies that by vow he had determined shal be expired he shal bring him to the doore of the tabernacle of couenant †and shal offer his oblation to the Lord a male lambe of a yeare old without spotte for an holocaust and an ewe lambe of a yeare old without spotte for sinne and a ramme without spotte for a pacifique hoste †a basket also of vnleuened breades that are tempered with oile and wafers without leuen anointed with oile and the libamentes of euerie one †which the priest shal offer before the Lord and shal offer as wel for sinne as for an holocaust †But the â—amme he shal immolate for a pacifique hoste to the Lord offering withal the baskette of azymes and the libamentes that by custome are dew †Then shal the Nazareite be shauen before the dore of the tabernacle of couenant from the bush of the haire of his consecration and he shal take his haires and lay them vpon the fire that is put vnder the sacrifice of pacifiques †And a shoulder of the ramme boyled and one cake without leuen out of the baskette and one wafer vnleuened and he shal deliuer them into the handes of the Nazareite after that his head be shauen †And receiuing them againe from him he shal eleuate them in the sight of the Lord and being sanctified they shal be the priestes as the breast which was commanded to be separated and the shoulder after these thinges the Nazareite may drinke wine †This is the law of the Nazareite when he shal vow his oblation to the Lord in the time of his consecration besides those thinges which his hand shal find according to that which he had vowed in his minde so shal he do to the fulfilling of his sanctification †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to Aaron and his sonnes Thus shal you blesse the children of Israel and you shal say to them †Our Lord blesse thee and keepe thee †Our Lord shew his face to thee and haue mercie vpon thee †Our Lord turne his countenance vnto thee and geue thee peace †And they shal inuocate my name vpon the children of Israel and I wil blesse them ANNOTATIONS CHAP. VI. 2. VVil consecrate themselues To such as of their owne accord would bind themselues by vow to certaine thinges not coÌ„manded God prescribeth a Rule containing three special obseruations not to drincke wine or anie thing that may make drunck not to cut their haire and not to touch a dead corps He appointeth likewise rites in making this profession and calleth the
he it is †Samuel therefore tooke the horne of oile and annointed him in the middes of his brethren and the Spirit of our Lord from that day and so forward was directed vpon Dauid and Samuel rising went into Ramatha †And the Spirit of our Lord departed from Saul and a wicked spirit vexed him from our Lord. †And the seruantes of Saul said to him Behold an euil spirit of God vexeth thee †Let our lord command and thy seruantes which are before thee wil seeke a man skilful to play on the harpe that when the euil spirit of our Lord shal take thee he may play with his hand and thou beare it more it more easily †And Saul sayd to his seruantes Prouid me therefore some man that playeth wel and bring him to me †And one of the seruantes answering sayd Behold I haue seene the sonne of Isai the Bethlehemite skilful to play and very valiant in strength and a warlike man and wise in his wordes and a beautiful man and our Lord is with him †Saul therfore sent messengers to Isai saying Send vnto me Dauid thy sonne which is in the pastures †Isai therefore tooke an asse loaden with loaues and a flagon of wine and one kidde of the goates and sent it by the hand of Dauid his sonne to Saul †And Dauid came to Saul and stoode before him but he loued him excedingly was made his esquier †And Saul sent to Isai saying Let Dauid stand in my sight for he hath found grace in myn eies †Therefore whensoeuer the euil spirit of our Lord caught Saul Dauid tooke his harpe strooke with his hand and Saul was refreshed and waxed better for the euil spirit departed from him ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XVI 7. Beholdeth the hart It is proper to God to see the secrete cogitations of mens hartes of himselfe and by his owne powre And glorified Sainctes know our cogitations by seing God in whom al things appeare that perteine to their state and for the profite of others S. Aug. li. de cura promortuis c. 15. S. Greg. li. 12 c. 13. Moral Prophetes being yet mortal by inspiration do also see secrete cogitations 1. Reg. 9. 3. Reg. 14. c. CHAP. XVII Goliath a Philistian chalengeth anie one of Israel to combate 12. Dauid being sent by his father to visit his brethren 23. and hearing al Israel so reprochfully prouoked offerech to vndertake the chalenge 34. shewing by former actes that he dare accept it 37. And so by Gods special helpe wherein he trusteth 49. ouerthroweth the chalenger with a stone of his sâ—ing and cutieth of his head with his owne sword 51. the Philistijms fleeing are slaine and Dauid bringeth the mans head to Saul AND the Philisthijms gathering together their companies vnto battel assembled into Socho of Iuda and camped betwen Socho Azeca in the borders of Dommim †Moreouer Saul and the children of Israel being gathered together came into the Valley of terebinth and they put the armie in aray to fight against the Philistijms †And the Philistijms stoode vpon the mountaine on this side and Israel stoode vpon the mountaine on the other side and the valley was betwen them †And there came forth a man that was a bastard from the campe of the Philistians named Goliath of Geth in height six cubites and a palme †and a helmet of brasse vpon his head and he was clothed with a cote of mayle linked moreouer the weight of his cote of mayle was fiue thousand sicles of brasse †and he had brassen bootes on his thighes and a target of brasse couered his shoulders †And the shaft of his speare was as it were a weauers beame and the verie yton of his speare had six hundred sicles of yron and his esquier went before him †And standing he cried against the bandes of Israel and sayd to them Why came you prepared to fight Am not I a Philistian and you the seruantes of Saul Choose out a man of you and let him descend to fight hand to hand †If he shal be able to fight with me and strike me we wil be seruantes to you but if I shal preuaile and shal beate him you shal be seruantes and shal serue vs. †And the Philistian sayd I haue defyed the bandes of Israel this day Geue me a man and let him fight with me hand to hand †And Saul and al the Israelites hearing such wordes of the Philistian were astonied and feared excedingly †And there was Dauid the sonne of a man that was an Ephratheite of whom there was mention before of Bethlehem Iuda whose name was Isai who had eight sonnes and he was in the dayes of Saul an old man and aged among men †And his three elder sonnes went after Saul into battel and the names of his three sonnes which went to battel were Eliab the first begotten and the second Abinadab the third also Samma †and Dauid was the yongest The three elder therefore hauing folowed Saul †Dauid went and returned from Saul to feede his fathers flocke in Bethlehem †But the Philistian came forth morning and euening and stoode fourtie dayes †And Isai sayd to Dauid his sonne Take for thy brethren an ephi of polent and these ten loaues and runne into the campe to thy brethren †and these ten litle cheeses thou shalr carie to the tribune and shalt visite thy brethren if they doe wel and learne with whom they are placed †And Saul and they and al the children of Israel fought in the Valley of terebiuth against the Philistijms †Dauid therefore arose in the morning and commended the flocke to the keeper and he went loaded as Isai had commanded him And he came to the place Magala and to the host which issuing out to fight had made a shoute in the battel †For Israel had put them selues in aray and the Philistijms on the contrarie side were prepared †Dauid therefore leauing the vessels which he had brought vnder the hand of him that was keeper at the bagage ranne to the place of the battel and asked if al thinges went wel with his brethren †And when he yet spake to them that man the bastard appeared coming vp named Goliath the Philistian of Geth coming vp from the campe of the Philistians and he speaking these self same wordes Dauid heard them †And al the Israelites when they had sene the man fled from his face fearing him excedingly †And some one of Israel sayd Haue you seene this man that came vp to defye Israel he came vp The man therefore that shal strike him the King wil geue him his daughter and he wil make his fathers house without tribute in Israel †And Dauid spake to the men that stood with him saying What shal be geuen to the man that shal beate this Philistian and shal take away the reproch from Israel For who is this vncircumcised Philistian
which hath vpbraided the armies of the liuing God †And the people reported vnto him the self same worde saying These thinges shal be geuen to the man that shal strike him †Which when Eliab his eldest brother had heard when he spake with others he was angrie against Dauid and sayd Wherefore cauâ—cst thou and why hast thou left those few sheepe in the desert I know thy pride and the wickednes of thy hart that to see the battel thou art come downe †And Dauid sayd What haue I done is there not cause to speake †And he went a litle aside from him to an other and sayd the sel same word And the people answered him as before †And the wordes which Dauid spake were heard and told in the sight of Saul †To whom when he was brought he spake vnto him Let not any mans hart be discouraged in him I thy seruant wil goe and wil fight against the Philistian †And Saul sayd to Dauid Thou art not able to resist this Philistian nor to fight against him because thou art a childe but he is a man of warre from his youth †And Dauid sayd to Saul Thy seruant did fecde his fathers slock and there came a lyon or a beare and tooke a ramme out of the middes of the flocke †and I pursued them and stroke them and plucked them out of their mouth and they arose vp against me and I caught their chinne and I strangled and slew them †For both the lyon and the beare did I thy seruant kil therefore this vncircumcised Philistian also shal be as it were one of them Now wil I goe and take away the reproch of the people for who is this vncircumcised Philistian which hath beene so hardie to curse the host of the liuing God †And Dauid sayd Our Lord which hath deliuered me from the hand of the lion and of the beare he wil deliuer me from the hand of this Philistian And Saul sayd to Dauid Goe and our Lord be with thee †And Saul clothed Dauid with his rayments and put an helmet of brasse vpon his head and vested him with a coate of maile †Dauid therefore being girded with his sword ouer his rayment beganne to proue if he could goe armed for he was not accustomed And Dauid sayd to Saul I can not goe so because I am not vsed and he layd them of †And he tooke his staffe which he had alwaies in his handes he chose him fiue most bright stones out of the torrent and cast them into the shepherds skrippe which he had with him and he tooke a sling in his hand and went forth against the Philistian †And the Philistian went going and approching against Dauid and his esquier before him †And when the Philistian had seene and beheld Dauid he despised him And he was a yong man redde and beautiful to behold †And the Philistian sayd to Dauid Why am I a dogge that thou comest to me with a staffe And the Philistian cursed Dauid in his goddes †and sayd to Dauid Come to me and I wil geue thy flesh to the foules of the ayre and the beastes of the earth †And Dauid sayd to the Philistian Thou comest to me with a sword and speare and sheeld but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts the God of the bandes of Israel whom thou hast defied †this day and our Lord shal geue thee in my hand and I shal strike thee and take away thy head from thee and I shal geue the carcasses of the campe of the Philistijms this day to the fowles of the ayre and to the beastes of the earth that al the earth may knowe that there is a God in Israel †And al this assemblie shal know that not in sword nor in speare doth our Lord saue for it is his battel and he wil deliuer you into our handes †When the Philistian therefore was risen vp and came and approched against Dauid Dauid made hast ranne to the battel against the Philistian †And he put his hand into his skrippe and tooke one stone and cast it with the sling and fetching it about stroke the Philistian in the forehead and he fel on his face vpon the earth †And Dauid preuailed agaynst the Philistian with sling and stone and he stroke and slew the Philistian And whereas Dauid had no sword in his hand †he ranne and stood vpon the Philistian and tooke his sword and drew it out of the scabard and slew him and cut of his head And the Philistijms seing that the strongest of them was dead did flee †And the men of Israel and Iuda rising vp shouted and pursued the Philistians til they came into a valley to the gates of Accaron and there fel wounded of the Philistijms in the way of Saraim as farre as Geth as farre as Accaron †And the children of Israel returning after they had pursued the Philistians inuaded their campe †And Dauid taking the head of the Philistian brought it into Ierusalem but his armour he layd in his tabernacle †And at the same time that Saul saw Dauid going forth against the Philistian he sayd to Abuer the prince of the armie Of what stocke is this yong man descended Abner And Abner sayd Thy soule liueth ô king if I know †And the king sayd Aske thou whose sonne this yong man is †And when Dauid was returned after the Philisthian was slaine Abner tooke him and brought him in before Saul hauing the head of the Philistian in his hand †And Saul sayd to him O yong man of what progenie art thou And Dauid sayd I am the sonne of thy seruant Isai the Bethlemite CHAP. XVIII Dauid and Ionathas enter league of frendship 6. Saul hearing Dauid praised aboue himself is offended 10. and vexed with an euil spirit attempteth twise to kil him 17. premiseth to geue him his eldest daughter in mariage but geueth her to an other 20. and geueth him the yonger thereby to one throw him 25. putting him also in more danger by requiring of him an hundred prepuces of Philistijms 27. Dauid bringeth him two hundred and his fame encreaseth AND it came to passe when he had finished to speake vnto Saul the soule of Ionathas was ioyned fast to the soule of Dauid Ionathas loued him as his soule †And Saul tooke him in that day and did not grant vnto him to returne into his fathers house †And Dauid and Ionathas entered a league for he loued him as his soule †For Ionathas stripped himself of the cote wher with he was clothed and gaue it to Dauid and the rest of his garments vnto his sword bowe vnto his belt †Dauid also went forth to al thinges wheretosoeuer Saul sent him he behaued himself wisely and Saul placed him ouer the men of warre and he was accepted in the eies of al the people
saying Bring him to me in the bed that he may be slaine †And when the messengers were come there was found a statua vpon the bed and skinnes of goates at the head thereof †And Saul sayd to Michol Why hast thou mocked me and let goe myn enemie that he might flee And Michol answered Saul Because he sayd to me Let me goe otherwise I wil kil thee †But Dauid fleing was saued and came to Samuel in Ramatha and told him al thinges that Saul had done to him and he Samuel went abode in Naioth †And it was told Saul by some saying Behold Dauid is in Naioth in Ramatha †Saul therefore sent seriantes to take away Dauid who when they had seene a troupe of prophetes prophecying Samuel standing ouer them the spirit of our Lord came also on them and they also began to prophecie †Which when it was told Saul he sent other messengers but they also did prophecie And againe Saul sent the third messengers who also prophecied And Saul being wrath for anger †went also him selfe into Ramatha and came as farre as the great cesterne which is in Socho and asked and said In what place are Samuel and Dauid And it was told him Loe they are in Naioth in Ramatha †And he went into Naioth in Ramatha and the Spirit of our Lord came vpon him and he walked going and he prophecied til he came into Naioth in Ramatha †And he stripped himselfe of his garments and prophecied with the rest before Samuel and sang naked al that day and night Wherupon there went out also a prouerb What is Saul also among the prophetes CHAP. XX. Ionathas comforteth Dauid 3. confirmeth their former league 18. By an appointed signe 24. endeuoring first but in vaine to pacifie his father 35. certifieth Dauid of his fathers malice against him 41. They meete againe secretly and sorowfully part ech from other BVT Dauid also fled from Naioth which is in Ramatha and coming spake before Ionathas What haue I done what is myn iniquitie and what sinne of myn against thy father that he seeketh my life †Who sayd to him God forbid thou shalt not die for neither wil my father doe any thing great or litle vnles he first tel me this word therefore only hath my father concealed from me no this shal not be †And he sware againe to Dauid And Dauid sayd Thy father surely knoweth that I haue found grace in thy sight and wil say Let not Ionathas know this left perhaps he be sad Yea more our Lord liueth and thy soule liueth by one degree only as I may so say I and death are diuided †And Ionathas said to Dauid Whatsoeuer thy soule shal say to me I wil doe for thee †And Dauid sayd to Ionathas Behold the calendes are to morowe I after the maner am wont to sitte beside the king to eate dismisse me therefore that I may be hid in the field vntil the euening of the third day †If thy father looking inquire for me thou shalt answer him Dauid desired me that he might goe quickely into Bethlehem his citie because there be solemne victimes to al of his tribe †If he shal say Wel peace shal be to thy seruant but if he be angrie know that his malice is complete †Doe mercie therefore toward thy seruant because thou hast caused me thy seruant to enter the league of our Lord with thee but if there be any iniquitie in me do thou kil me and bring me not in to thy father †And Ionathas sayd Be this farre from thee for neither can it be that I should not tel thee if I shal certainly know that my fathers malice is complete against thee †And Dauid answered Ionathas Who shal bring me word if thy father answer thee perhaps any thing sharpely of me †And Ionathas sayd to Dauid Come let vs goe forth abroad into the field and when they were both gone forth into the field †Ionathas said to Dauid Lord God of Israel if I shal search out my fathers meaning to morowe or the day after and some good thing be vpon Dauid and I send not immediatly vnto thee and make thee know thereof †these thinges doe our Lord to Ionathas and these thinges adde he But if my fathers malice shal perseuer against thee I wil reuele thyn care and wil dismisse thee that thou mayst goe in peace and our Lord be with thee as he hath beene with my father †And if I liue thou shalt doe me the mercie of our Lord but if I die †thou shalt not take away thy mercie from my house for euer when our Lord shal haue rooted out the enemies of Dauid euerie one out of the land take he away Ionathas from his house and our Lord require it of the handes of Dauides enemies †Ionathas therefore made a league with the house of Dauid and our Lord required it of the handes of Dauids enemies †And Ionathas added to sweare vnto Dauid because he loued him for as his owne soule so he loued him †And Ionathas sayd to him To morowe are the calendes and thou shalt be asked for †for thy sitting wil be inquired of til after to morowe Thou shalt therefore goe downe in hast and shalt come to the place where thou must be hid in the day when it is lawful to worke and thou shalt sit beside the stone which is named Ezel †And I wil shoote three arrowes nere it and wil shoote as it were excersising my self at a marke †I wil send also a boy saying to him Goe and fetch me the arrowes †If I shal say to the boy Loe the arrowes are on this side thee take them vp come thou to me because there is peace to thee and there is no euil our Lord liueth But if I shal speake thus to the boy Loe the arrowes are beyond thee Goe in peace because our Lord hath dimissed thee †And corcerning the word which I and thou haue spoken our Lord be betwen thee and me for euer †Dauid therefore was hidde in the fielde and the calendes came and the king sate downe to eate bread †And when the king was sette vpon his chaire according to the custome which was beside the wal Ionathas arose and Abner sate at the side of Saul and Dauids place appeared voide †And Saul sayd nothing that day for he thought it had chanced perhaps vnto him that he was not cleane nor purified †And when the second day was come after the calendes againe Dauids place appeared emptie And Saul said to Ionathas his sonne Why came not the sonne of Isa◠neither yesterday nor to day to eate †Ionathas answered Saul He desired me instantly that he might goe into Bethlehem †and he said Let me goe because there is a solemne sacrifice in the citie one of my brethren hath sent for me now therefore if I haue found grace in
Abner the sonne of Ner came to the king and he dismissed him and he departed in peace †And Ioab went in to the king and said What hast thou done Behold Abner came to thee why didst thou dismisse him and he is gone and departed †knowest thou not Abner the sonne of Ner that to this end he came to thee that he might deceiue thee and might know thy going out and thy coming in and vnderstand al things that thou doest †Ioab therfore being gone from Dauid sent messengers after Abner and brought him backe from the cesterne Sira Dauid being ignorant therof †And when Abner was returned into Heborn Ioab brought him aside to the middes of the gate to spake vnto him in guile and stroke him there in the priuie partes and he died in reuenge of the bloud of Asael his brother †Which when Dauid had heard that the thing was now done he said I am innocent and my kingdom before God for euer from the bloud of Abner the sonne of Ner †and come it vpon the head of Ioab and vpon al his fathers house neither let there fayle of the house of Ioab one hauing a fluxe of seede and a leper and houlding the distaffe and falling by the sword lacking bread †Ioab therefore and Abisai his brother slewe Abner because he had killed Asael their brother in Gabaon in the battel †And Dauid said to Ioab and to al the people that were with him Rent your garmentes and be girded with sacke clothes and mourne before the funeral of Abner Moreouer king Dauid folowed the beere †And when they had buried Abner in Hebron king Dauid lifted vp his voice and wept vpon the graue of Abner and al the people also wept †And the king mourning and lamenting Abner sayd Not as cowardes are wont to die hath Abner died †Thy handes were not bound and thy feete were not loden with fetters but as men are wont to fal before the children of iniquitie so art thou fallen And al the people dubling it wept vpon him †And when al the multitude was come to take meate with Dauid when it was yet cleere day Dauid sware saying These thinges do God to me and these adde he if before sunne set I shal tast bread or any thing els †And al the people heard and al thinges pleased them which the king did in the sight of al the people †And al the people knewe and al Israel in that day that it was not the kinges doing that Abner the sonne of Ner was slayne †The king also said to his seruantes Are you ignorant that a prince and the greatest is slayne this day in Israel †But I as yet delicate and annointed king moreouer the the sonnes of Saruia are hard to me our Lord reward him that doth euil according to his malice CHAP. IIII. Baana and Rechab secretly kil Ioboseth 8. bring his head to Dauid 9. who condemning their fact putteth them to death AND Isboseth the sonne of Saul heard that Abner was slaine in Hebron and his handes were weakened and al Israel was trubled †And the sonne of Saul had two men captaynes of robbers the name of one Baana and the name of the other Rechab the sonnes of Rhemmon the Berothite of the sonnes of Beniamin for Beroth also was accounted in Beniamin †And the Berothites fled into Gethaim and were there strangers vntil that time †And Ionathas the sonne of Saul had a sonne lame in his feete for he was fiue yeares old when the tydinges came of Saul and Ionathas from Iezrahel his nurse therefore taking him fled and when she made hast to flee he fel and was made lame and he was called Miphiboseth †Therefore the sonnes of Rhemmon the Berothite Rachab and Baana coming entered into the house of Isboseth in the heat of the day who slept vpon his bed at noone †And they entered into the house secretely taking eares of corne and Rechab and Baana his brother stroke him in priuy partes and fled †And when they were entred into the house he slept vpon his bed in a parler and striking they killed him and taking away his head they went by the way of the desert al night †And brought the head of Isboseth to Dauid into Hebron and they said to the king Behold the head of Isboseth the sonne of Saul thine enemie who sought thy life and our Lord hath geuen my lord the king this day reuenge of Saul and of his seede †But Dauid answering Rechab and Baana his brother the sonnes of Rhemmon the Berothite and sayd to them our Lord liueth which hath deliuered my soule out of al distresse †for so much as him that told me and said Saul is dead who thought that he told prosperous thinges I apprehended and slewe him in Siceleg to whom I should haue geuen a reward for his tydinges †How much more now when wicked men haue slaine an innocent man in his owne house vpon his bed shal I not require his bloud of your hand and take you away from the earth †Dauid therefore commanded his seruantes and they slew them and cutting of their hands and feete hanged them ouer the poole in Hebron but the head of Isboseth they tooke and buried in the sepulcher of Abner in Hebron CHAP. V. VVith general consent Dauid is annointed king of al Israel 7. He taketh the towre of Sion in Ierusalem destroying the Iebuseites 9. buildeth there a new house 13 marieth more wiues and hath more children 17. The Philiflym rising against him are ouerthrowen 22. also the second time AND al the tribes of Israel came to Dauid in Hebron saying Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh †Yea and yesterday also and the day before when Saul was king ouer vs thou wast he that didst leade vs forth and bring backe Israel and our Lord sayd to thee Thou shalt feede my people Israel and thou shalt be prince ouer Israel †The ancientes also of Israel came to the king into Hebron and king Dauid made a league with them in Hebron before our Lord and they annointed Dauid to be king ouer Israel †Thirtie yeares old was Dauid when he began to reigne and he reigned fourtie yeares †In Hebron he reigned ouer Iuda seuen yeares and six monethes and in Ierusalem he reigned three and thirtie yeares ouer al Israel Iuda †And the king went al the men that were with him into Ierusalem to the Iebuseite the inhabiter of the land they said to Dauid Thou shalt not come in hither vnlesse thou take away the blind and the lame saying Dauid shal not come in hither †But Dauid tooke the towre of Sion this is the citie of Dauid †For Dauid had proposed in that day a reward to whosoeuer should strike the Iebuseite and touch the gutters of the house toppes and take away the blind and the lame that hated the soule of Dauid
king Dauid sent to Sadoc and Abiathar the priestes saying Speake to the Ancientes of Iuda saying Why come you last to bring backe the king into his house And the saying of al Israel was come to the king in his house †You are my brethren you my bone and my flesh why do you last bring backe the king †And say ye to Amasa Art not thou my bone and my flesh These thinges do God to me and these adde he if thou be not the chiefe captayne of warfare before me alwayes for Ioab †And he inclined the hart of al the men of Iuda as it were of one man and they sent to the king saying Returne thou and al thy seruantes †And the king returned and came as far as Iordan and al Iuda came as far as Galgal to meete the king and to bring him ouer Iordan †And Semei the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini of Bahurim made hast and went downe with the men of Iuda to meete king Dauid †with a thousand men of Benjamin and Siba the seruant of the house of Saul and his fiftene sonnes and twentie seruantes were with him and rushing into Iordan †passed the fordes before the king that they might helpe ouer the kinges houshould and doe according to his commandement And Semei the sonne of Gera prostrate before the king when he had now passed Iordan †sayd to him Impute not to me my lord the iniquirie nor remember the iniuries of thy seruant in the day that thou my lord king wentest out of Ierusalem nor put it in thy hart o king †For I thy seruant acknowledge my sinne and therefore this day I am first come of al the house of Ioseph and am descended to meete my lord the king †But Abâ—â—aâ— the sonne of Saruia answering sayd What shal Semei for these wordes not be slayne because he reuiled the annoynted of our Lord †And Dauid sayd What is to me and you ye sonnes of Saruia Why are you made this day as satan to me Shal there a man be killed in Israel to day Doe I not know that this day I am made king ouer Israel †And the king sayd to Semei Thou shalr not die And he sware to him †Miphiboseth also the sonne of Saul came downe to meete the king his feete vnwashed and his beard not pouled and he had not washed his garmentes from the day that the king went forth vntil the day of his returne in peace †And when he had mette the king at Ierusalem the king sayd to him Why camest thou not with me Miphiboseth †And he answering sayd My lord king my seruant contemned me and I thy seruant spake to him that he should fadle me an asse that getting on I might goe with the king for I thy seruant am lame †Moreouer he hath also accused me thy seruant to thee my lord king but thou my lord king art as an Angel of God doe what pleaseth thee †For neither was my fathers house ought els but guiltie of death to my lord king and thou hast put me thy seruant among the guestes of thy table What iust complaynt therfore haue I or what can I further crie out to the king †The king therfore sayd to him What speakest thou any more That is determined which I haue spoken Thou and Siba diuide the possessions †And Miphiboseth answered the the king Yea let him take al for so much as my lord king is returned peaceably into his house †Berzellai also the Galaadite coming downe from Rogelim brought the king ouer Iordan being readie also to attend on him beyond the riuer †And Berzellai the Galaadite was verie old that is to say of foure score yeares and he gaue the king victuals when he abode in the Fild for he was an exceding rich man †The king therfore sayd to Berzellai Come with me that thou mayst rest secure with me in Ierusalem †And Berzellai sayd to the king How manie are the daies of the yeares of my life that I should goe vp with the king into Ierusalem †I am this day foure score yeares old are my senses quicke to discerne sweete or sowre or can meate or drinke delight thy seruant or can I heare more the voyce of singing men and singing wemen Why should thy seruant be a burden to my lord the king †I thy seruant wil goe forward a litle from Iordan with thee I neede not this recompense †but I besech thee that I thy seruant may returne and die in my citie and be buried by the sepulchre of my father and my mother But there is thy seruant Chamaam let him goe with thee my lord king and doe to him whatsoeuer semeth good to thee †The king therfore sayd to him Let Chamaam passe on with me and I wil doe for him whatsoeuer shal please thee and al that thou shalt aske of me thou shalt obtayne †And when al the people and the king had passed Iordan the king kissed Berzellai and blessed him and he returned into his place †The king therfore passed into Galgal and Chamaam with him and al the people of Iuda had brought ouer the king and the halfe part onlie of the people of Israel were present †Therfore al the men of Israel concurring to the king sayd to him Why haue our brethren the men of Iuda stolen thee and brought the king and his houshould ouer Iordan and al the men of Dauid with him †And euerie man of Iuda answered the men of Israel Because the king is neerer to me why art thou angrie for this matter haue we eaten any thing of the kinges or were there giftes geuen vs †And a certayne man of Israel answered the men of Iuda and sayd I am greater by ten partes with the king to me pertayneth Dauid more then to thee Why hast thou done me wrong and it was not told me first that I might bring backe my king And the men of Iuda answered more sharply then the men of Israel CHAP. XX. Seba raiseth rebellion is pursued by Ioab 10. VVho in the way trecherously killeth Amasa 13. Abela is besieged because Seba saueth him self there 20. but his head being cut of and cast ouer the wal to Ioab the armie departeth 23. Chief men in office are mentioned IT chanced also that there was there a man of Belial named Seba the sonne of Bochri a man of Iemini and he sounded the trumpet and sayd We haue no part in Dauid nor inheritance in the sonne of Isai Returne into thy tabernacles Israel †And al Israel was separated from Dauid and folowed Seba the sonne of Bochri but the men of Iuda stucke to their king from Iordan vnto Ierusalem †And when the king was come into his house to Ierusalem he tooke the ten wemen his concubines which he had leift to keepe the house and he deliuered them into custodie allowing them victuals and he went
their hart and in al their soul there shal not altogether be taken from thee a man out of the throne of Israel †Thou knowest also what Ioab the sonne of Saruia hath done to me what he did to the two princes of the armie of Israel to Abner the sonne of Ner and Amasa the sonne of Iether whom he slewe â—hed the bloud of warre in peace put the bloud of battel in his belt which was about his loynes and in his shoe which was on his feete †Thou shalt doe therfore according to thy wisdom and shalt not bring his hoare head peaceably vnto hel †But to the sonnes also of Berzellai the Galaadite thou shalt render kindnes and they shal eate on thy table for they mette me when I fled from the face of Absolom thy brother †Thou hast also with thee Semei the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini of Bahurim who cursed me with a wicked curse when I went to the Campe but because he came downe to meete me when I passed Iordam and I sware to him by our Lord saying I wil not kil thee with the sword †doe not thou suffer him to be guiltles But thou art a wise man so that thou knowest what thou shalt doe to him and thou shalt bring his hoare heare with bloud vnto hel †Dauid therefore slept with his fathers and was buried in the citie of Dauid †And the daies that Dauid reigned in Israel are fourtie yeares in Hebron he reigned seuen yeares in Ierusalem thirtie three †And Salomon sate vpon the throne of Dauid his father and his kingdome was confirmed excedingly †And Adonias the sonne of Haggith entered in to Bethsabee the mother of Salomon Who said to him Is thy coming peaceable Who answered peaceable †And he added I haue a word to speake with thee To whom she said Speake And he †Thou knowest quoth he that the kingdom was mine and al Israel had purposed to make me ouer them to be their king but the kingdom is transposed is made my brothers for it was appointed him of our Lord †Now therefore I desire one petition of thee Confound not my face Who said to him Speake †And he said I pray speake to Salomon the king for he can not denie thee any thing that he geue me Abisag the Sunamite to wife †And Bethsabee saied wel I wil speake 〈◊〉 thee to the king †Bethsabee therefore came to king Salomon to speake vnto him for Adonias and the king arose to meete her and adored her and sate downe vpon his throne and a throne was sette for the kinges mother who sate on his right hand †And she said to him One litle petition I desire of thee confound not my face And the king said to her My mother aske for it behoueth not that I turne away thy face †Who said Let Abisâ—g the Sunamite be geuen to Adonias thy brother to wife †And king Salomon answered and said to his mother Why doest thou aske Abisâ—g the Sunamite for Adonias aske for him also the kingdom for he is my brother elder then I hath Abiathar the priest Ioab the sonne of Saruie †Therfore king Salomon sware by our Lord saying These thinges doe God to me and these adde he because Adonias hath spoken this word against his life †And now our Lord liueth which hath established me and placed me vpon the throne of Dauid my father and which hath made me a house as he spake this day shal Adonias be slaine †And king Salomon sent by the hand of Banaias the sonne of Ioiada who slewe him and he died †To Abiathar also the priest the king said Goe into Anathoth to thy field and thou in deede art a man of death but to day I wil not kil thee because thou didst carie the arke of our Lord God before Dauid my father hast susteyned labour in al thinges wherein my father laboured †Salomon therefore cast out Abiathar that he should not be the priest of our Lord that the word of our lord might be fulfilled which he spake concerning the house of Heli in Silo. †And then a messenger came to Ioab for that Ioab had turned after Adonias and after Salomon had not turned Ioab therfore fled into the tabernacle of our Lord caught the horne of the altar †And it was told king Salomon that Ioab was fled into the tabernacle of our Lord and was beside the altar Salomon sent Banaias the sonne of Ioiada saying Goe kil him †And Banaias came to the tabernacle of our Lord and said to him Thus sayth the king Come forth Who said I wil not come forth but here wil I die Banaias reported his word to the king saying Thus spake Ioab and thus he answered me †And the king said to him Doe as he hath spoken and kil him burie him and thou shalt remoue the innocent bloud which hath beene shed of Ioab from me and from the house of my father †And our Lord shal render his bloud vpon his head because he murdered two iust men better then him self and slew them with his sword my father Dauid not knowing Abner the sonne of Ner general of the warfare of Israel and Amasa the sonne of Iether general of the armie of Iuda †and their bloud shal returne vpon the head of Ioab and vpon the head of his seede for euer But to Dauid and his seede and his house and to his throne be peace for euer from our Lord. †Banaias therfore the sonne of Ioiada went vp and setting vpon him slewe him and he was buried in his house in the desert †And the king appoynted Banaias the sonne of Ioiada for him ouer the armie and Sadoc the priest he placed for Abiathar †The king also sent and called Semei and said to him Build thee a house in Ierusalem and dwel there and thou shalt not goe out thence hither and thither †But what day soeuer thou shalt goe out and shalt passe the Torrent Cedron know that thou art to be slaine thy bloud shal be vpon thy head †And Semei said to the king The saying is good as my lord the king hath spoken so wil thy seruant doe Semei therfore dwelt in Ierusalem manie dayes †And it came to pasâ—e after three yeares that the seruantes of Semei sled to Achis the sonne of Maacha the king of Geth and it was told Semei that his seruantes were gone into Geth †And Semei arose and sadled his asle and went to Achis into Geth to require his seruantes and he brought them out of Geth †And it was told Salomon that Semei went into Geth out of Ierusalem and was returned †And sending he called him and said to him Did I not testifie to thee by our Lord and told thee before What day soeuer thou going out shalt passe hither thither know that thou shalt die
might deliuer them into the handes of Moab †And Eliseus said to him The Lord of hostes liueth in whose sight I stand If I did not reuerence the face of Iosaphat the king of Iuda I would not certes haue harkened to thee nor looked on thee †But now bring me hither a plaier on instrumentes And when the player sang the hand of our Lord came vpon him and he said †Thus saith our Lord Make the chanel of this torrent diches and diches †For thus saith our Lord You shal not see winde nor raine and this chanel shal be filled with waters you shal drinke and your families your beastes †And this is a smal thing in the sight of our Lord moreouer he wil deliuer also Moab into your handes †And you shal strike euerie fensed citie and euerie principal citie and shal cut downe al fruiteful trees and shal stoppe vp al fountaines of waters and euerie goodlie field you shal couer with stones †It came to passe therfore in the morning when they vsed to offer the sacrifice and behold water came by the way of Edom and the ground was filled with waters †But al the Moabites hearing that the kinges were come vp to fight against them they called together al that were girded with a belt vpon them and they stoode in the borders †And rysing early in the morning and the sunne being now risen ouer against the waters the Moabites saw the waters ouer against them red as it were bloud †and said It is the bloud of the sword the kinges haue fought among them selues and are slaine one of an other now goe on forward to the pray Moab †And they went forward into the campe of Israel Moreouer Israel rysing vp stroke Moab but they fled before them They therfore that had ouercome came and stroke Moab †and destroyed the cities euerie principal field they filled euerie man casting stones and they stopt vp al the fountaines of waters and cut downe al trees that bare fruite so that there remained onlie brike walles and the citie was besette of the slingers and for a great part therof was strooken †Which when the king of Moab had seene to witte that the enemies had preuayled he tooke with him seuen hundred men that drew sword to breake in vpon the king of Edom and they could not †And taking his first begotten sonne that should haue reigned for him he offered him an holocaust vpon the wal and there was great indignation in Israel and forthwith they retyred from him and returned into their countrie CHAP. IIII. Eliseus so multiplieth a poore widowes oyle that she payeth her debtes and liueth of the rest 8. By his prayers a Sunamite Woman hath a sonne 18. which dying he rayseth to life 38. He taketh away the bitternes of coloquintida which by chance was put in the potte 42. and feedeth manie with few loaues AND a certayne woman of the wiues of the prophetes cried to Eliseus saying Thy seruant my husband is dead and thou knowest that thy seruant was one that feared God behold the creditour is come to take away my two sonnes to serue him †To whom Eliseus sayd What wilt thou that I doe for thee Tel me what hast thou in thy house But she answered I thy handmaid haue nothing in my house but a litle oyle to anoynt me withal †To whom he sayd Goe borrow of al thy neighbours emptie vessels not a few †And goe in and shut thy doore when thou art within thou and thy sonnes and powre therof into al these vessels and when they shal be ful thou shalt take them away †The woman therfore went and shut the doore vpon her and vpon her sonnes they brought her vessels and she powred in †And when the vessels were ful she sayd to her sonne Bring me yet a vessel And he answered I haue none And the oile stood †And she came and told the man of God And he sayde Goe sel the oyle and pay thy creditour and thou and thy sonnes liue of the rest †And there came a certayne day and Eliseus passed by Sunam and there was there a great woman which held him to eate bread and when he passed often that way he turned in to her to eate bread †Who sayd to her husband I perceiue that this is a holie man of God which passeth by vs often †bet vs therfore make him a litle chamber and sette him a litle bed in it and a table and a stoole and a candlesticke that when he cometh to vs he may tarie there †There came therfore a certayne day and coming he turned in to the chamber and rested there †And he sayd to Giezi his seruant Call this Sunamite Who when he had called her and she stoode before him †he sayd to his seruant Speake to her Behold thou hast diligently ministred to vs in al thinges what wilt thou that I doe for thee hast thou any busines and wilt thou that I speake to the king or the general of the warrefare Who answered I dwel in the middes of myne owne people †And he sayd What wil she then that I doe for her And Giezi sayd Aske not for she hath no sonne and her husband is old †He therfore cōmanded him to cal her who when she was called and stoode before the doore †he sayd to her At this tyme this self same houre if life accompanie thou shalt haue a sonne in thy wombe But she answered Doe not I besech thee my lord man of God doe not lie to thy handmayd †And the woman conceiued and brought forth a sonne in that time and in the self same houre that Eliseus had sayd †And the childe grewe And vpon a certaine day when going forth he went to his father vnto the reapers †he sayd to his father My head aketh my head aketh But he said to his seruant take him and bring him to his mother †who when he had taken him and brought him to his mother she sette him vpon her knees vntil noone and he dyed †And she went vp and laid him vpon the bed of the man of God and shut the doore and going forth †called her husband and sayd Send with me I besech thee one of the seruantes and an asse that I may runne to the man of God and returne †Who sayd to her For what cause doest thou goe to him The Calendes be not to day nor the Sabbath Who answered I wil goe †And she sadled the asse and commanded her seruant driue and make hast make no stay in going And doe that which I command thee †She therfore went forward and came to the man of God into mount Carmel and when the man of God saw her ouer against him he said to Giezi his seruant Behold that Sunamite †Goe therfore to meete her and say to her Is al wel about thee
sonne of Iosaphat the king of Iuda †He was two and thirtie yeares old when he began to reigne and he reigned eight yeares in Ierusalem †And he walked in the waies of the kinges of Israel as the house of Achab had walked for the daughter of Achab was his wife and he did that which is euil in the sight of our Lord. †But our Lord would not destroy Iuda for Dauid his seruant as he had promised him to geue him a lampe to him and to his children alwaies †In his daies reuolted Edom from being vnder Iuda and made to it self a king †And Ioram came to Seira and al the chariotes with him and he arose in the night and stroke the Idumeans that had beset him and the captaynes of the chariotes and the people fled into their tabernacles †Edom therfore reuolted from being vnder Iuda vntil this day Then Lobna also reuolted at that time †But the rest of the wordes of Ioram and al that he did are not these thinges written in the Booke of the wordes of the kinges of Iuda †And Ioram slept with his fathers and was buried with them in the Citie of Dauid and Ochozias his sonne reigned for him †In the twelfth yeare of Ioram the sonne of Achab the king of Israel reigned Ochozias the sonne of Ioram the king of Iuda †Two and twentie yeares old was Ochozias when he began to reigne and he reigned one yeare in Ierusalem the name of his mother was Athalia the daughter of Amri the king of Israel †And he walked in the waies of the house of Achab and he did that which is euil before our Lord as the house of Achab for he was the sonne in lawe of the house of Achab. †He went also with Ioram the sonne of Achab to fight agaynst Hazael the king of Syria in Ramoth Galaad and the Syrians wounded Ioram †Who returned to be cured in Iezrahel because the Syrians wounded him in Ramoth fighting agaynst Hazael the king of Syria Moreouer Ochozias the sonne of Ioram the king of Iuda went downe to visite Ioram the sonne of Achab into Iezrahel because he was sicke there CHAP. IX Iehu is anointed king of Israel 7. to destroy the house of Athab and Iezabel 14. He presently killeth Ioram king of Israel 27. Likewise Ochozias king of Iuda 30. also Iezabel who is eaten by dogges AND Eliseus the prophete called one of the children of the prophetes and sayd to him Girde thy loynes and take this litle boxe of oyle in thy hand and goe into Ramoth Galaad †And when thou shalt come thither thou shalt see Iehu the sonne of Iosaphat the sonne of Namsi and going in thou shalt rayse him out of the middes of his brethren and shalt bring him into an innter chamber †And holding the litle boxe of oyle thou shalt powre vpon his head and shalt say Thus sayth our Lord I haue anoynted thee king ouer Israel And thou shalt open the doore and flee and shalt not stay there †The yongman therfore the childe of a prophete went into Ramoth Galaad †and entered in thither and behold the captaynes of the armie sate and he sayd I haue a word to thee o prince And Iehu sayd to whom of vs al But he sayd To thee o prince †And he arose and went into the chamber but he powred oyle vpon his head and sayd Thus sayth our Lord the God of Israel I haue anoynted thee king ouer the people of the Lord of Israel †and thou shalt strike the house of Achab thy maister and I wil reuenge the bloud of my seruantes the prophetes and the bloud of al the seruantes of the Lord of the hand of Iezabel †And I wil destroy al the house of Achab and wil kil of Achab him that pisseth agaynst a wal and the shut vp and the meanest in Israel †And I wil make the house of Achab as the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat and as the house of Baasa the sonne of Ahias †Iezabel also the dogges shal eate in the field of Iezrahel neither shal there be anie to burie her And he opened the doore and fled †And Iehu went forth to his maisters seruantes Who said to him Are al thinges wel Why came this madde man to thee Who sayd to them You know the man and what he spake †But they answered It is false but rather doe thou tel vs. Who sayd to them Thus and thus he spake to me and he sayd Thus sayth our Lord I haue anoynted thee king ouer Israel †They therfore made hast and euerie man taking his mantel layd it vnder his feete after the similitude of a iudgement seate they sounded the trumpet and sayd Iehu hath the kingdom †Iehu therfore the sonne of Iosaphat the sonne of Namsi conspired agaynst Ioram Moreouer Ioram had besieged Ramoth Galaad he and al Israel agaynst Hazael the king of Syria †and was returned to be cuted in Iezrael of the woundes for the Syrians had wounded him fighting against Hazael the king of Syria And Iehu sayd If it please you let no man goe forth fugitiue out of the citie leâ—t he goe and tel in Iezrahel †And he mounted and went into Iezrahel for Ioram was sicke there and Ochozias the king of Iuda was come downe to visite Ioram †The watchman therfore that stood vpon the toure of Iezrahel saw the troupe of Iehu coming said I see a troupe And Ioram said Take a Chariote and send to meete them and let him that goeth say Are al thinges wel †He went therfore that was gotten vp into the chariote to meete him and sayd Thus saith the king Are al thinges peaceable And Iehu sayd What hast thou to doe with peace passe and folow me The watchman also told saying The messenger came to them returneth not †He sent also the second chariote of horses and he came to them and said Thus sayth the king Is there peace And Iehu sayd What hast thou to doe with peace passe and folow me †And the watchman told saying He is come as far as they returneth not and it is the pace as it were the pace of Iehu the sonne of Namsi for he goeth amayne †And Ioram sayd Make readie the chariote And they made readie his chariote and Ioram the king of Israel went forth and Ochozias the king of Iuda ech in their chariotes and they went forth to meete Iehu and found him in the field of Naboth the Iezrahelite †And when Ioram had seene Iehu he sayd Is there peace Iehu But he answered What peace The fornications of Iezabel thy mother and her manie sorceries are in their vigour †And Ioram turned his hand and fleing sayd to Ochozias Treason Ochozias †Moreouer Iehu bent his bow with his hand and stroke Ioram betwen the shoulders and the arrow went out through his hart and immediatly he fel in his chariote â€
And Iehu sayd to captaine Badacer Take him throwe him forth in the field of Naboth the Iezrahelite for I remember when I and thou sitting in a chariote did folow Achab this mans father that our Lord lifted vp this burden vpon him saying †If not for the bloud of Naboth and for the bloud of his children which I saw yesterday sayth our Lord I requiâ—e thee not in this field sayth our Lord. Now therfore take him and throw him into the field according to the word of our Lord †But Ochozias the king of Iuda seing this fled by the way of the house of the garden and Iehu pursewed him and said This man also strike ye in his chariote And they stroke him in the going vp of Ganer which is beside Ieblaam who fled into Mageddo and died there †And his seruantes layd him vpon his chariote and caried him into Ierusalem and they buried him there in his sepuâ—chre with his fathers in the Citie of Dauid †In the eleuenth yeare of Ioram the sonne of Achab reigned Ochozias ouer Iuda †and Iehu came into Iezrahel Moreouer Iezabel hearing of his entrance paynted her face with stibicke stone and decked her head and beheld through the window †Iehu coming at the gate and sayd Can there be peace to Zambri that killed his maister †And Iehu lifted vp his face to the window and sayd What is she And two or three eunuches bowed them selues to him †But he sayd to them Cast her downe headlong they threw her downe and the wal was sprinkled with the bloud and the hoofes of the horses trode her †And when he was entered in to eate and to drinke he sayd Goe and see that cursed woman and burie her because she is a kinges daughter †And when they went to burie her they found nothing but the skul and the feete and the extreme partes of the handes †And returning they told him And Iehu sayd It is the word of our Lord which he spake by his seruant Elias the Thesbite saying In the field of Iezrahel shal the dogges eate the flesh of Iezabel †and the flesh of Iezabel shal be as dung vpon the face of the earth in the field of Iezrahel so that they which passe by shal say Is this that same Iezabel CHAP. X. The Samaritanes fearing the force of Iehu choose no other king but offer him their seruice 6. and by his commandment kil the late kings seuentie sonnes 12. Fourtie two brothers of Ochazias late king of Iuda are slaine 15. Iehu making league with Ionadab vtterly destroyeth Achabs house 18. by a stratagem killeth al the worshippers of Baal 26. burneth his statua turneth his temple into a iakes 28. but maintaineth Ieroboams golden calues 32 The Asyrians afflict Israel 34. Iehâ— dieth and his sonne Ioachaz reigneth AND Achab had seuentie sonnes in Samaria Iehu therfore wrote letters and sent into Samaria to the chiefe of the citie and to the ancientes and to them that brought vp Achabs children saying †As sowne as you shal receiue these letters ye that haue your maisters sonnes and chariotes and horses and fensed cities and armou◠†choose the better and him that shal please you of your maisters sonnes and set him vpon his fathers throne and fight for the house of your lord †They were sore afrayd and sayd Behold two kinges could not stand before him and how shal we be able to resist †The ouerseers therfore of the house and the rulers of the citie and the ancientes and the tutors sent to Iehu saying We are thy seruantes whatsoeuer thou shalt command we wil doe neither wil we make vs a king Doe thou whatsoeuer pleaseth thee †And he wrote letters to them agayne the second tyme saying If you be mine and obey me take the heades of your maisters sonnes and come to me this verie houre to morow into Iezrahel Moreouer the kinges sonnes seuentie men were brought vp with the chiefe of the citie †And when the letters were come to them they tooke the kinges sonnes and slew seuentie men and put their heades in baskets and sent them to him into Iezrahel †And a messenger came told him saying They haue brought the heades of the kinges sonnes Who answered Lay them in two heapes by the entrance of the gate vntil morning †And when it was light he went forth and standing sayd to al the people You are iust If I haue conspired agaynst my maister and haue â—â—ayne him who hath strooken al these †See therfore now there hath not fallen of the wordes of our Lord on the ground which our Lord spake vpon the house of Achab and our Lord hath done that which he spake in the hand of his seruant Elias †Iehu therfore smote al that were leaft of the house of Achab in Iezrahel and al his nobles and familiars and priestes til there remayned no reliques of him †And he arose and came into Samaria and when he was come to the cabbin of the â—hepeheardes in the way †he found the brethren of Ochozias the king of Iuda and he sayd to them What are you Who answered We are the brethren of Ochozias and are come downe to salute the kinges sonnes and the queenessonnes †Who sayd Take them aliue Whom when they had taken aliue they killed them in a cesterne beside the cabbin two and fourtie men and he leaft not any of them †And when he was gone thence he found Ionadab the sonne of Rechab coming to meete him and he blessed him And he sayd to him Is thy hart right as my hart with thy hart And Ionadab sayd It is If it be so quoth he gâ—ue me thy hand Who gaue him his hand But he lifted him vp to him into the chariote †and sayd to him Come with me and see my zele for our Lord. And being sette in his chariote †he brought him into Samaria And he stroke al that were leaft of Achab in Samaria til there was not one according to the word of our Lord which he spake by Elias †Iehu therfore assembled al the people and sayd to them Achab worshipped Baal a litle but I wil worshipe him more †Now therfore cal to me al the prophetes of Baal and al his seruantes and al his priestes let there be none but that he come for I haue a great sacrifice to Baal He that shal be wanting shal not liue Moreouer Iehu did this craftely that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal †And he sayd Sanctifie a solemne day to Baal And he called †and sent into al the borders of Israel and al the seruantes of Baal came there was leaft not one that came not And they entered into the remple of Baal and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other †And he sayd to them that were ouer the garmentes Bring forth garmentes for al the seruantes of Baal And they brought
queene made a feast for the wemen in the palace where king Assuerus had accustomed to remayne †Therfore the seuenth day when the king was merier and after very much drinking was wel warmed with wine he commanded Mâ—umam and Bazatha and Harbona and Bagatha and Abgatha and Zethar and Charchas the seuen eunuches that ministred in his sight †that they should bring in queene Vasthi before the king the crowne set vpon her head that he might shew her beautie to al the peoples and princes for she was exceding beautiful †Who refused and contemned to come at the kings commandment which he had commanded by the eunuches Wherupon the king being wrath and chaffed with exceding furie †asked the wisemen which after the manner of a king were alwayes present with him and he did al thinges by their counsel which knew the lawes and rightes of the elders †and the chiefe and nearest him were Charsena and Sethar and Admatha and Tharsis and Mares and Marsana and Mamuchan seuen dukes of the Persians and of the Medes which saw the face of the king and were wont to sitt first after him †to what sentence Vasthi the queene should be subiect that would not do Assuerus the kings commandment which he had commanded by â—he eunuches †And Mamuchan answered the king hearing and the princes Queene Vasthi hath not only hurt the king but also al peoples and princes that are in al the prouinces of king Assuerus †For the word of the queene wil goe forth to al wemen that they wil contemne their husbands and wil say King Assuerus commanded that the queene Vasthi should come in to him and she would not †And by this example al the wiues of the princes of the Persians and the Medes wil little esteeme the commandmentes of their husbandes wherfore the kings indignation is iust †If it please thee let an edict goe forth from thy face and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of Medes which is not lawful to be transgressed that Vasthi come in no more to the king but an other that is better then she take her kingdome †And let this be published into al the empire of thy prouinces which is most large and let al the wiues as wel of the greater as of the lesser geue honour to their husbandes †His counsel pleased the king and the princes and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan †and he sent letters to al the prouinces of his kingdome as euerie nation could heare and reade in diuers languages and characters that the husbandes should be princes and maisters in their houses and that this should be published through al peoples CHAP. II. Inquirie being made of the best and fairest virgines 5. Esther the vnknowe neece of Mardocheus a â—ew is preferred 18. and made Queene in place of Vasthi a mariage feast made and presentes geuen 21 Mardocheus detecteth traitors and his seruice is recorded in the regester THESE thinges so done after the indignation of king Assuerus was asswaged he remembred Vasthi and what she had done or what she had suffered †and the kings seruantes and his ministers said Let there be maydens sought for the king virgins and beautiful †and let there be sent that may viewe through al prouinces beautiful maydens and virgins and let them bring them to the citie of Susan and deliuer them into the house of wemen vnder the hand of Egeus the eunuch who is ouerseer of the kings wemen and let them receiue wemens ornamentes and other things necessarie to be vsed †And which so euer among al shal please the kings eies let her reigne for Vasthi The word pleased the king and so as they had suggested he commanded to be done †There was a man in the citie of Susan a Iew named Mardocheus the sonne of Iair the sonne of Semei the sonne of Cis of the stocke of Iemini †who had beene transported from Ierusalem the same time that Nabucodonosor the king of Babylon transported Iechonias the king of Iuda †who was the foster father of his brothers daughter Edissa which by an other name was called Esther and she had lost both her parentes exceeding beautiful and of comely face And her father and mother being dead Mardocheus adopted her for his daughter †And when the kings commandment was bruited abrode and according to his commandement many fayre virgins were brought to Susan and were deliuered to Fgeus the eunuch Esther also among the rest of the maydens was deliuered to him that she might be kept in the number of the wemen †Who pleased him and found grace in his sight And he commanded the eunuch that he should hasten the wemens ornamentes and should deliuer her her partes seuen the most beautiful maydens of the kings house and should adorne and decke both her and her wayting maydes †Who would not tel him her people and countrie For Mardocheus had commanded her that of this thing she should altogether keepe silence †who walked daily before the entrance of the house wherin the chosen virgins were kept taking care of Esthers welfare and desirous to know what should chance vnto her †And when the time of euerie virgin in order was come that they should goe in to the king al things accomplished that perteyned to wemens ornamentes it was the twelfth moneth yet so that for six monethes they were anoynted with oyle of myrtle and other six monethes they vsed certayne payntings and sweete spices †And going in to the king what soeuer they asked that perteyned to adorning they receiued and being trimmed as it pleased them they passed from the chamber of the wemen to the kings chamber †And she that went in at euening came out in the morning and from thence she was brought to the second house that was vnder the hand of Susagazus the cunuch who was chiefe ouer the kings concubines neither had she power to returne any more to the king vnlesse the king had willed and had commanded her to come by name †And the time by order coming about the day was at hand that Esther the daughter of Abihail the brother of Mardocheus whom he had adopted for his daughter should goe in to the king Who sought not wemens ornamentes but whatsoeuer Egeus the eunuch the keper of the virgins would those things he gaue her to her adorning For she was exceding fayre and of incredible beautie she semed to al mens eies gratious and amiable †She therfore was brought to the chamber of king Assuerus the tenth moneth which is called Tebeth in the seuenth yeare of his reigne †And the king loued her more then al the wemen and she had grace and mercie before him aboue al the wemen and he put the crowne of the kingdom on her head and made her reigne in steede of Vasthi †And he commanded a verie magnifical feast to be prepared to
can not possesse them †There remayned not of his meate therfore nothing shal continewe of his goodes †When he shal be filled he shal be straytened he shal burne and al sorow shal fal vpon him †Would God his belly were filled that he may send forth the wrath of his furie vpon him and rayne his battel vpon him †He shal flee wepons of yron and shal fal vpon a bowe of brasse †The sword plucked out and coming forth of his scabbard and glistering in his bitternesse the horrible shal goe and come vpon him †Al darkenesse is hid in his secretes fyre that is not kindled shal deuoure him he shal be afflicted leaft in his tabernacle †The heauens shal reuele his iniquitie and the earth shal rise against him †The blossome of his house shal be opened â—e shal be plucked downe in the day of Gods furie †This the portion of an impions man from God the inheritance of his wordes from our Lord. CHAP. XXI Iob requiring his freindes to heare him 7. discourseth of the cause why some euil men prosper al this life BVT Iob answering sayd †Heare I besech you my wordes and doe penance †Beare with me that I also may speake and after my wordes if it shal seme good laugh ye †Is my disputation agaynst man that I ought not worthely to be sorie †Harken to me and be astonied and put the finger vpon your mouth †And I when I shal remember am afrayd and trembling shaketh my flesh †Why then doe the impious liue are they aduanced and strengthened with riches †Their seede contineweth before them a multitude of kinsemen and of nephewes in their sight †Their houses be secure and peaceable the rod of God is not vpon them †Their bullock hath conceiued and hath not made abortion their cow hath calued and is not depriued of her calfe †Their litle ones goe forth as flockes and their infantes reioyse with pastimes †They hold the timbrel the harpe reioyse at the sound of the organe †They lead their daies in wealth and in a moment they goe downe to hel †Who sayd to God depart from vs we wil not the knowlege of thy waies †Who is the Omnipotent that we should serue him and what doth it profite vs if we shal pray him †But yeâ— because their good things are not in their hand be the counsel of the impious far from me †How often shal the candel of the impious be extinguished and inundation come vpon them and shal he deuide the sorowes of his furie †They shal be as chaffe before the face of the winde and as ashes which the whirlewinde scattereth †God shal reserue the sorow of the father to his children and when he shal haue rendred it then shal he know †His eies shal see his owne slaughter and he shal drincke the surie of the Omnipotent †For what doeth it pertayne to him concerning his house after him although the number of his monethes be diminished the halfe †Shal anie man teach God knowledge who iudgeth the high ones †This man dieth strong and in health rich and happie †His vowels be ful of fatte and his bones be embrewed with marrow †But an other dieth in bitternesse of soule without anie riches †And yet they shal sleepe together in the dust and wormes shal couer them †Surely I know your cogitations and vniust sentences agaynst me †For you say Where is the house of the prince and where are the tabernacles of the impious †Aske anie of the wayfaring men and you shal vnderstand that he knoweth these self same thinges †Because the euil man is kept vnto the day of perdition and he shal be led to the day of furie †Who shal reproue his way before him and who shal repay him the thinges that he hath done †He shal be brought to the graues and shal watch in the heade of the dead †He hath beene sweete to the grauel of Cocytus after him he shal drawe euerie man and before him innumerable †How therfore doe ye comforth me in vayne whereas your answer is shewed to be repugnant to the truth CHAP. XXII Eliphaz contendeth that God is not pleased with a iust mans afflictions 5. falsly imputeth enormious crimes to holie Iob 12. and grosse errors 21. wisheth him therfore to repent that so he may prosper BVT Eliphaz the Themanite answering sayd †Can man be compared with God yea though he be of perfect knowlege †What doth it profite God if thou be iust or what doest thou aduantage him if thy way be vnspotted †Shal he be afrayde to reproue thee and come with thee into iudgement †And not for thy very great malice and thine infinite iniquities †For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause and the naked thou hast spoyled of clothes †Water to the wearie thou hast not geuen and from the hungrie thou hast withdrawen bread †In the strength of thine arme thou didst possesse the earth and being the mightiest thou didst obteyne it †Widowes thou hast sent away emptie and the armes of pupilles thou hast broken in peeces †Therfore art thou compassed with snares and soden feare trubleth thee †And thoughtest thou that thou shouldest not see darkenes and that thou shouldest not be oppressed with the violence of ouerflowing waters †Doest thou not thinke that God is higher then heauen is exalted aboue the toppe of the starres †And thou sayest For what knoweth God and he iudgeth as it were by a mist †The cloudes are his couert neither doth he consider our thinges and he walketh about the poles of heauen †Doest thou couet ro keepe the path of worldes which wicked men haue troden †Who were taken away before their time and a floud hath euerthrowen their foundation †Who sayd to God Depart from vs and as though the Omnipotent could do nothing they estemed him †Whereas he had filled their houses with good things whose sentence be far from me †The iust shal see and shal reioyse and the innocent man shal skorne them †Is not their exaltation cut downe and hath not fire deâ—oured the remnantes of them †Agree thou therfore to him and haue peace and by these thinges thou shalt haue the best fruites †Receiue the law of his mouth and put his wordes in thy hart †If thou wilt returne to the Omnipotent thou shalt be builded vp and shalt make iniquitie far from thy tabernacle †He shal geue for earth flint and for flint torrentes of gold †And the Omnipotent shal be agaynst thine enemies siluer shal be heaped together vnto thee †Then shalt thou a bound in delightes vpon the Omnipoten and shalt lift vp thy face to God †Thou shalt aske him and he wil heare thee and thou
†Let the enemie persecute my soule and take it and treade downe my life in the earth and bring downe my glorie into the dust †Arise Lord in thy wrath and be exalted in the coastes of myne enemies And arise ô Lord my God in the precept which thou hast cōmanded †and a sinagogue of peoples shal compasse thee And for it returne on high †our Lord iudgeth peoples Iudge me ô Lord according to my iustice and according to my innocencie vpon me †The wickednesse of sinners shal be consumed and thou shalt direct the iust which searchest the hart and raynes ô God †My iust helpe is from our Lord who saueth those that be right of hart God is a iust iudge strong patient is he angrie euerie day †Vnlesse you wil be conuerted he shal shake his sword he hath bent his bow and prepared it †And in it he hath prepared the vessels of death he hath made his arrowes for them that burne †Behold he hath bredde with iniustice he hath conceiued sorow and brought forth iniquitie †He hath opened a pit and digged it vp and he is fallen into the diche which he made †His sorrow shal be turned vpon his head and his iniquitie shal descend vpon his crowne †I wil confesse to our Lord according to his iustice and wil sing to the name of our Lord most high PSALME VIII God is magnified praised for his meruelous worke of creatures 5. but especially of mankind singularly exalted by the Incarnation of Christ. †Vnto the end for “ presses the Psalme of Dauid O LORD our Lord how meruelous is thy name in the whole earth Because thy magnificence is eleuated aboue the heauens †Out of the mouth of infantes and sucklinges thou hast perfected praise because of thine enemies that thou mayest destroy the enemie and reuenger †Because I shal see thy heauens the workes of thy fingers the moone and the starres which thou hast founded †What is man that thou art mindful of him or the sonne of man that thou visitest him †Thou hast minished him a litle lesse then Angels with glorie and honour thou hast crowned him †and hast appointed him ouer the worke of thy handes †Thou hast subiected al thinges vnder his feete al sheepe and oxen moreouer also the beastes of the field †The birdes of the ayre and fishes of the sea that walke the pathes of the sea †O Lord our Lord how meruelous is thy name in the whole earth ANNOTATIONS PASLME VIII 1. Presses Most Hebrew Doctors say the word Gittith may either signifie the place where this Psalme was made or the musical instrument on which it was song But most Christian Doctors expound it literally of Christs Passion who was stretched on the Crosse and al his sacred bloud pressed and drawne out of his bodie VVhich Metaphor Isaias also vseth demanding of Christ VVhy is thy clothing redde and thy garments as theirs that tread in the vine presse and answereth in Christs person I haue troden the presse alone S. Augustin also applieth it morally to the Church where Christ is the vine the Apostles are the branches spreaders that is preachers of the Ghospel Christians are the grapes Christian vertues are the wine Namely patience and fortitude in afflictions VVherby the good are purified and seuered from amiddes the reprobate as wine is pressed out of the grapes barreled and laid vp in sellers and * the huskes and carnels cast to hogges or other beastes PSALME IX The Church prayseth God for her protection 4. in repelling the enemies force 8. in punishing the wicked and rewarding the iust †Vnto the end for the secrets of the sonne the Psalme of Dauid I WIL confesse to thee ō Lord with al my hart I wil tel al thy meruelous thinges I wil be glad and reioyce in thee I wil sing to thy name ō most High †In turning mine enemie backward they shal be weakened and perish before thy face Because thou hast done my iudgement and my cause thou hast sitte vpon the throne which iudgest iustice Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles and the impious hath perished their name thou hast destroyed for euer and for euer and euer †The swordes of the enemie haue fayled vnto the end and their cities thou hast destroyed †Their memorie hath perished with a sound and our Lord abideth for euer He hath prepared his throne in iudgement †he wil iudge the whole world in equitie he wil iudge the people in iustice †And our Lord is made a refuge for the poore an helper in opportunities in tribulation †And let them hope in thee that know thy name because thou hast not forsaken them that seeke thee ô Lord. †Sing to our Lord which dwelleth in Sion declare his studies among the Gentiles †Because he requiring bloud remembred them he hath not forgotten the crie of the poore †Haue mercie on me ô Lord See my humiliation by my enemies †Which exaltest me from the gates of death that I may declare al thy prayses in the gates of the daughter of Sion †I wil reioyce in thy saluation the Gentiles are fastened in the destruction which they made In this snare which they hid is their foote taken †Our Lord shal be knowen doing iudgements the sinner is taken in the workes of his owne handes †Let sinners be turned into hel al nations that forget God †Because to the end there shal not be obliuion of the poore man the patience of the poore shal not perish in the end †Arise Lord let not man be strengthned let the Gentiles be iudged in thy sight †Appoint Lord a lawgeuer ouer them that the Gentiles may know that they be men The 10. Psalme according to the Hebrevves †Why Lord hast thou departed far of despisest in opportunities in tribulation †Whiles the impious is proude the poore is set on fyre they are caught in the counsels which they deuise †Because the sinner is praysed in the desires of his soule and the vniust man is blessed †The sinner hath exasperated our Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he shal not seeke †There is no God in his sight his waies are defiled at al time Thy iudgementes are taken away from his face he shal rule ouer al his enemies †For he hath sayd in his hart I wil not be moued from genetion vnto generation without euil Whose mouth is ful of cursing and bitternesse and guile vnder his tongue labour and sorrow †He sitteth in waite with the rich in secrete places to kil the innocent †His
Say ye to God How terrible are thy workes ô Lord in the multitude of thy strength thine enimies shal lie to thee †Let al the earth adore thee and sing to thee let it sing a psalme to thy name †Come ye and see the workes of God terrible in counsels ouer the chidren of men †Who turneth the sea into drie land in the riuer they shal passe on foote there we shal reioyce in him †Who ruleth in his strength for euer his eyes looke vpon the gentiles they that exasperate him let them not be exalted in themselues †Ye Gentiles blesse our God and make the voice of his prayse hearde †Who hath put my soule in life and hath not geuen my feete to be moued †Because thou hast proued vs ô God by fire thou hast tried vs as siluer is tried †Thou hast brought vs into a snare thou hast laide tribulations on our backe thou hast set men vpon our heades †We haue passed through fire and water and thou hast brought vs out into refreshing †I wil goe into thy house with holocaustes I wil render thee my vowes †which my lippes haue distinguished And my mouth hath spoken in my tribulation †Holocaustes with marrow wil I offer to thee with incense of rammes I wil offer to thee oxen with bucke goates †Come ye heare and I wil tel al ye that feare God what great things he hath done for my soule †To him haue I cried with my mouth and haue exulted vnder my tongue †If I haue beheld iniquitie in my hart our Lord wil not heare †Therfore hath God heard and hath attended to the voice of my petition †Blessed be God who hath not remoued my prayer and his mercie from me PSALME LXVI The prophet prayeth for and withal foreshoweth the propagation of the Church of Christ Vnto the end in hymes a Psalme of Canticle to Dauid GOd haue mercie vpon vs and blesse vs illuminate his countenance vpon vs and haue mercie on vs. †That we may know thy way vpon earth in al nations thy saluation †Let peoples ô God confesse to thee let al peoples confesse to thee †Let nations be glad reioice because thou iudgest peoples in equitie and the nations in earth thou doest direct †Let peoples ô God confesse to thee let al peoples confesse to thee †the earth hath yelded her fruite God our God blesse vs †God blesse vs and let al the endes of the earth feare him PSALME LXVII Notwithstanding great persecutions the Church prospereth 10. Especially in the new testament by Apostolical function 18. ministerie of Angels Christs Ascension coming of the Holie Ghost 31. confirming the faithful repressing the insolent and conuerting manie 35. For al which the prophet inuiteth al men to praise God Vnto the end a Psalme of Canticle to Dauid himself LEt God arise and let his enimies be dispersed and let them that hate him flee from his face †As smoke vanisheth let them vanish away as waxe melteth at the presence of fire so let sinners perish at the presence of God †And let the iust make merrie and reioyce in the sight of God and let them be delighted in mirth †Sing to God say a Psalme to his name make way to him who mounteth vpon the west Lord is his name Reioyce ye in his syght they shal be trubled at the presence of him †the father of orphanes and iudge of widowes God in his holie place †God that maketh men to inhabite of one manner in a house That bringeth forth them that be bound in strengh likewise them that exasperate that dwel in sepulchers †O God when thou wentest forth in the sight of thy people when thou didst passe through the desert †The earth was moued and the heauens also distilled at the presence of the God of Sina at the face of the God of Israel †Voluntarie rayne shalt thou seperat ô God to thine inheritance and it was weakned but thou hast persited it †Thy liuing creatures shal dwel in it thou hast prepared in thy swetnes for the poore ô God †Our Lord shal geue the word to them that euanglize with great powre †The king of hoastes the beloued of the beloued and to the beautie of the house to diuide the spoyles †If ye sleepe among the middest of the lottes the winges of a doue layde ouer with siluer and the hinder parts of her backe in the palenes of gold †Whiles the heauenlie discerneth kings ouer her with snow they shal be made white in Selmon †“ The mountane of God a fat mountane A mountane crudded as cheese a fatte mountane †“ why suppose you crudded mountanes A mountane in which it hath wel pleased God to dwel therin for in dede our Lord wil dwel euen to the end †The chariote of God is ten thousand folde thousands of them that reioyce our Lord in them in Sina in the holie place †Thou art ascended on hygh thou hast taken captiuitie thou hast receiued gifts in men for euen those that do not beleue our Lord God to inhabite †Blessed be our Lord day by day the God of our saluations wil make vs a prosperous iourney †Our God is the God of sauing and the issues of death are of our Lord our Lord. †But yet God stil breake the heads of his enimies the hearie croune of them that walke in their sinnes Our Lord Said Out of Basan I wil conuert I wil conuert into the depth of the sea †That thy foote may be dipped in bloude the tongue of thy dogges made redde with * the same bloud of the enimies †They haue seene thy entringes in ô God the entrings of my God of my King Who is in the holie place †Princes came before ioyned with them that sang in the middes of young wemen plaing on tymbrels †In churches blesse ye God our Lord of the fountains of Israel †There Beniamin a youngman in excesse of minde The Princes of Iuda their leaders the Princes of Zabulon the Princes of Nephthali †Command thy strength ô God confirme this ô God which thou hast wrought in vs. †From thy temple in Ierusalem kinges shal offer giftes to thee †Rebuke the wilde beasts of the reede the congregation of bulles in the kine of thy peoples that they may exclude them which are tried with siluer Dissipate the nations that wil warres †Legates shal come out of Aegypt Aethiopia shal prevent his handes
exercised to the discerning of good and euil With what moderation therfore and humilitie this Canticle of Gods perfect spouse may be read the discrete wil consider and not presume aboue their reach but be wise with sobrietie For here be very high and hidden Mysteries as Origen teacheth in his lerned Commentaries which S. Ierom translated into Latin and singularly commendeth and so much harder to be rightly vnderstood for that the feruent spiritual loue of the inward man reformed in soule and perfected in spirite is here vttered in the same vsual wordes and termes wherwith natural worldlie yea and carnal loue of the outward man old Adam corrupted by sinne is commonly expressed and are so much more dangerous to be mistaken as we are more addicted to proper wil priuate iudgement or subiect to carnal or passionate motions Wherfore it semeth most mete to kepe the same order in reading these three bookes which the auctor wise Salomon obserued in writing them And which Philosophers also folow in their forme of discipline For they first lerne and teach Moral Philosophie then Natural lastly Metaphisikes which is their Diuinitie As Salomon had geuen them example first teaching precepts of good life and maners in his Prouerbes after discoursing of natural thinges in Ecclesiastes deduced thence a conclusion which prophane Philosophers wel vnderstood not to contemne this world and finally cometh to high mystical Diuinitie in this supereminent Canticle written in an other stile in verse and in forme of a sacred Dialogue betwen Christ and his spouse or as Origen calleth it in forme of an Enterlude in respect of diuers speakers actors of diuers persons to whom the speaches are directed and of whom they are vttered For by the Spous or Bridgrome is not only vnderstood Christ as Man but also as God and the whole Blessed Trinitie to whom manie prayers praises and thankes are offered vp and by whom manie benefites are geuen praises returned promises made to his spouse Likewise by the Spouse or Bride the ancient fathers vnderstand three sortes of spouses al espoused to Christ and to God towitt his General Spouse the whole Church of the old and new Testaments of al that are and shal be perfect making one mystical bodie free from sinne without spotte or wrinkle sanctified in Christ Also his special spouse which is euerie particular holie soule And his singular spouse his most blessed most immaculate Virgin Mother This being the general summe of this excellent Canticle remitting the reader for explication therof to the lerned deuout Commenters both of ancient and late writers we shal also endeuour together the same contents more particularly not before the chapters because we can not there so conueniently distinguish the same by verses but in the margent Where we shal especially note the speakers as semeth more probable of euerie parcel according to the first sense not hauing rowme for more perteyning to the General spouse the Catholique Church which is the great and euerlasting holie Citie of God the eternal King SALAMONS CANTICLE OF CANTICLES WHICH IN HEBREW IS CALLED SIR HASIRIM CHAP. I. LET him kisse me with the kisse of his mouth because thy brestes are better then wine †smelling fragrantly of the best ointments Oile powred out is thy name therfore haue yongmaydes loued thee †Draw me we wil runne after thee in the odour of thine ointments The king hath brought me into his cellars we wil reioyce be glad in thee mindful of thy brests aboue wine the righteous loue thee †I am blacke but beutiful ô ye daughters of Ierusalem as the tabernacles of Cedar as the skinnes of Salomon †Doe not consider me that I am browne because the sunne hath altered my colour the sonnes of my mother haue fought against me they haue made me a keeper in the vinyards my vinyard I haue not kept †Shew me ô thou whom my soule loueth where thou feedest where thou lyest in the midday lest I beginne to wander after the flockes of thy companyons †If thou know not thyselfe ô most fayrest among wemen goeforth and folow after the steppes of the flockes and feede thy kiddes byside the tabernacles of the pastours †To my companie of horsemen in the chariotes of Pharao haue I likened thee ô my loue †Thy cheekes are beautiful as the turteldoues thy necke as iewels †We wil make thee cheynes of gold enamoled with siluer †Whiles the king was at his repose my spikenard gaue the odour thereof †A bundle of myrrhe my beloued is to me he shal abide betwen my brestes †A clustre of cypre my loue is to me in the vineyardes of Engaddi †Behold thou art fayre ô my loue behold thou art fayre thyne eyes are as of doues †Behold thou art fayre my beloued comlie our litle bed is florishing †The beames of our houses are of cedar our rafters of cypresse trees CHAP. II. I AM the flower of the filde and the lilie of the valley †As the lilie among the thornes so is my loue among the daughters †As the apletree among trees of the woddes so is my beloued among the sonnes Vnder his shadow whom I desired I sate and his fruite was sweete vnto my throte †He brought me into the wineceller he hath ordered in me charitie †Stay me vp with flowers compasse me about with apples because I languish with loue †His lefthand vnder my head and his righthand shal embrace me †I adiure you ô daughters of Ierusalem by the roes and the hartes of the fildes that you rayse not nor make the beloued to awake vntil herselfe wil. †The voice of my beloued behold he cometh leaping in the mountaines leaping ouer the little hilles †my beloued is like vnto a roe and to a fawne of hartes Behold he standeth behind our walle looking through the windowes looking forth by the grates †Behold my beloued speaketh to me Arise make hast my loue my doue beautiful one and come †For winter is now past the rayne is gone and departed †The flowers haue appeared in our land the time of pruning is come the voice of the turtledoue is heard in our land †the figgerree hath brought forth her greene figges the florishing vineyards haue geuen their sauour Arise my loue my beautiful one come †My doue in the holes of the rocke in the holow places of the wal shew me thy face let thy voice sound in mine eares for thy voice is sweete and thy face comely †Catch vs the litle foxes that destroy the vineyards for our vineyard hath florished †i My beloued to me and I to him who feedeth among the lilies †til the day breake and the shadowes decline Returne be like my beloued to a roe and to the fawne of hartes
it shal be in that day saith our Lord God The sunne shal goe downe at midday I wil make the earth to be darke in the day of light †And I wil turne your festiuities into mourning and al your songues into lamentation and I wil bring in vpon euerie backe of yours sack cloth and vpon euerie head baldnes and I wil lay it as the mourning of an onlie begotten sonne and the later end therof as a bitter day †Behold the dayes come saith our Lord and I wil send forth famine into the land not the famine of bread nor thirst of water but of hearing the word of the Lord. †And they shal be moued from the sea euen to sea and from the North euen to the East they shal goe about seeking the word of our Lord and shal not finde †In that day the fayre virgins shal faile the yongmen in thirst †They that sweare by the sinne of Samaria and say Thy God ô Dan liueth and the way of Bersebee liueth and they shal fal and shal rise no more CHAP. IX The great destruction of Ierusalem 8. and dispersion of al the Iewes are againe prophecied 11. with the conuersion of Gentils and the Church of Christ shal greatly prosper I SAW our Lord standing vpon the altar and he sayd †Strike the henges let the lintels be moued for there is auarice in the head of al and the last of them wil I kil by the sword there shal be no flight for them they shal flee and he shal not be saued that shal flee of them †If they shal descend euen to hel thence shal my hand bring them out and if they shal a scend enen to heauen thence wil I plucke them downe †And if they shal be hid in the toppe of Carmel thence searching wil I take them away and if they shal hide themselues from mine eyes in the depth of the sea there wil I command the serpent he shal bite them †And if they shal go into captiuitie before their enemies there wil I command the sword and it shal kil them And I wil set mine eyes vpon them to euil and not to good †And our Lord the God of hostes which toucheth the earth and it shal melt away and al that dwel therein shal mourne and it shal al rise as a riuer and shal runne downe as the floud of Aegypt †He that buildeth in heauen his ascension and hath founded his bundel vpon the earth who calleth the waters of the sea and powreth them out vpon the face of the earth the Lord is his name †Why are not you as the children of the Aethiopians vnto me ô children of Israel saith our Lord Did not I make Israel to ascend out of the Land of Aegypt and the Palesthins out of Cappadocia and the Syrians out of Cyrenee †Behold the eyes of our Lord God vpon the sinning kingdom I wil destroy it from the face of the earth but yet destroying I wil not destroy the house of Iacob sayth our Lord. †For behold I wil command and wil shake the house of Israel in al nations as wheate is shaken in a sieue and there shal not a litle stone fal vpon the earth †Al the sinners of my people shal fal by the sword which say The euil shal not approch shal not come vpon vs. †In that day I wil rayse vp the tabernacle of Dauid that was fallen I wil reedifie the breaches of the walles therof and those thinges that were fallen I wil repayre and I wil reedifie him as in the dayes of old †That they may possesse the remnant of Idumea and al nations because that my name is inuocated vpon them saith our Lord that doth these thinges †Behold the dayes come saith our Lord and the plougher shal ouertake the reaper the treader of the grape him that soweth sede and the mountaynes shal droppe sweetnes and al hilles shal be tilled †And I wil conuert the captiuitie of my people Israel and they shal build the desert cities inhabite and shal plant vineyards and drinke the wine of them shal make gardens and eate the fruites of them And I wil plant them vpon their owne ground I wil no more plucke them out of their land which I haue geuen them sayth our Lord thy God THE PROPHECIE OF ABDIAS ABDIAS borne in Sichem of the tribe of Ephraim prophecied the same time with Amos so briefly that his prophecie is not parted into chapters I. against the Idumeans foreshewing their destruction 10. for their perpetual emnitie against the lewes and confederacie with the Chaldees 17. The captiuitie and relaxation of the lewes 19. And redemption of the whole world by Christ THE vision of Abdias Thus sayth our Lord God to Edom We haue heard a bruit from our Lord and he hath sent a legate to the Gentils Rise ye and let vs arise against him into battel †Behold I haue geuen thee a litle one in the Gentils thou art contēptible excedingly †The pride of thy hart hath extolled thee dwelling in the clefts of rockes exalting thy throne which sayst in thy hart Who shal plucke me downe to the earth †If thou shalt be exalted as an eagle and if thou shalt set thy nest among the starres thence wil I plucke thee downe sayth our Lord. †If theues had gone in to thee if robbers by night how hadst thou held thy peace would not they haue stolen thinges sufficent for themselues if the grape gatherers had entered in to thee would they not haue left thee at the least a cluster †How haue they searched Esau haue they sought out his hidden thinges †Euen to the border haue they cast thee out al the men of thy league haue mocked thee the men of thy peace haue preuailed against thee they that eate with thee shal lay embushments vnder thee there is no wisedom in him †Why shal not I in that day sayth our Lord destroy the wise out of Idumea and prudence from the mount of Esau †And thy valients of the South shal feare that man may perish from the mount of Esau †For the slaughter and for the iniquitie against thy brother Iacob confusion shal couer thee and thou shalt perish for euer †In the day when thou stoodest against him when strangers tooke his armie and foreners entered his gates and vpon Ierusalem cast lotte thou also wast as one of them †And thou shalt not dispise in the day of thy brother in the day of his peregrination and thou shalt not reioyce ouer the children of Iuda in the day of their perdition thou shalt not magnifie thy mouth in the day of distresse †Neither shalt thou enter the gate of my people in the day of their ruine neither shalt thou also
he went to Azotus as making iorney and immediatly he went forth into the plaine because he had a multitude of horsemen and he trusted in them And Ionathas pursewed him vnto Azorus and they ioyned battel †And Apollonius left in the campe a thousand horsemen behinde them secretly †And Ionathas vnderstood that there was an embushement behind him and they compassed his campe and they threw dartes vpon the people from morning euen vnto euening †But the people stood as Ionathas had commanded and their horses laboured †And Simon put forth his armie and ioyned it against the legion for the horsemen were wearied and they were discomfited by him and fled †And they that were scattered by the playne fled into Azotus and entered into Bethdagon their idol house there to saue them selues †And Ionathas burnt Azorus and the cities that were round about it and he tooke the spoiles of them and the temple of Dagon and al that fled into it he burnt with fire †And there were that were slayne by the sword with these that were burnt almost eight thousand men †And Ionathas remoued the campe from thence and brought it to Ascalon and they went out of the citie to meete him in great glorie †And Ionathas returned into Ierusalem with his companie hauing manie spoiles †And it came to passe as Alexander the king heard these wordes he added yet to glorifie Ionathas †And he sent him a cheyne of gold as the custome is to be geuen to the cosins of kings And he gaue him Accaron and al the borders therof in possession CHAP. XI Ptolomeus king of Aegypt deceiptfully coming into Syria 8. surpriseth certaine cities taking his daughter from Alexander geueth her to Demetrius 15. Alexander flying away 17. is treacherously slaine 18. Ptolomeus dyeth the third day and Demetrius reigneth 20. Ionathas besiegeth the fortresse which resisted him in Ierusalem 24. obtayneth of Demetrius remission of tributes and other priuilegies 38 Demetrius dismissing his armie the souldiars conspire with Tryphon against him 43. Ionathas aydeth him with three thousand men who kil an hundred thousand mutiners 53. Demetrius breaking league with Ionathas is ouerthrowen by Tryphon 57 Young Antiochus reneweth league with Ionathas and he 65. as likewise his brother Simon prospereth 67. in great danger prayeth and preuaileth AND the king of Egypt gathered an armie as the sand that is about the sea shore and manie shippes and he sought to winne the kingdom of Alexander by guile and to adde it to his owne kingdom †And he went out into Syria with peaceable wordes and they opened to him the cities and mette him because Alexander the king had commanded them to goe forth to meete him for that he was his father in law †But when Ptolomee entered the cities he put garrisons of souldiars in euerie citie †And as he approched to Azotus they shewed him the temple of dagon burnt with fyre and Azotus and the rest therof throwen downe and the bodies cast forth and the graues of them that were slaine in the battel which they had made neere the way †And they told the king that Ionathas did these thinges to raise enuie against him and the king held his peace †And Ionathas came to meete the king into Ioppe with glorie and they saluted one an other and they slept there †And Ionathas went with the king euen to the riuer that was called Eleutherus and he returned into Ierusalem †And king Ptolomee obteyned the dominion of the cities euen to Seleucia by the sea side and he purposed euil purposes against Alexander †And sent legates to Demetrius saying Come let vs make a league betwen vs and I wil geue thee my daughter that Alexander hath thou shalt reigne in the kingdom of thy father †For it repenteth me that I haue geuen him my daughter for he hath sought to kil me †And he disprased him for that he coueted his kingdom †and he tooke away his daughter gaue her to Demetrius and alienated him self from Alexander and his emnities were made manifest †And Ptolomee entered into Antioch he put two crownes vpon his head of Egypt of Asia †But Alexander the king was in Cilicia at that time because they rebelled that were in those places †And Alexander heard it and came to him into battel and Ptolomee the king brought forth an armie and mette him with a strong power and put him to flight †And Alexander fled into Arabia there to be protected and king Ptolomee was exalted †And Zabdiel an Arabian tooke of Alexanders head sent it to Ptolomee †And king Ptolomee died the third day and they that were in the fortresses perished by them that were within the campe †And Demetrius reigned the yeare an hundreth sixtie seuen †In those dayes Ionathas gathered together them that were in Iurie to winne the castel in Ierusalem and they made engins against it †And certaine that hated their owne nation wicked men went to king Demetrius and told him that Ionathas besieged the castel †And as he heard it he was wrath and forth with he came to Pâ—olemais and wrote to Ionathas that he should not besiege the castel but should meete him to talke together in hast †But as Ionathas heard it he bade them besiege it and he chose of the ancients of Israel and of the priests and put himself in hazard †And he tooke gold and siluer and rayments and manie other presents and went to the king to Pâ—olomais and he found grace in his sight †And certaine wicked men of his nation solicited against him †And the king did to him as they had done to him which had bene before him and he exalted him in the sight of al his freinds †and he established to him the chiefe priesthood and whatsoeuer other thinges he had before precious and he made him the chiefe of his freindes †And Ionathas requested of the king that he would make Iurie free and the three toparchies Samaria the confines therof and he promised him three hundred talents †And the king consented and he wrote to Ionathas epistles of al these thinges conteyning this tenure †KING Demetrius to his brother Ionathas greeting to the nation of the Iewes †A copie of the epistle which we haue writen to Lasthenes our parent concerning you we haue sent to you that you might know it †KING Demetrius to Lasthenes his parent greeting †We haue determined to do good to the nation of the Iewes our freinds that keepe the thinges that are iust with vs for their gentlenes which they beare towards vs. †We haue ordayned therfore vnto them al the coasts of Iurie the three cities Apherema Lyda Ramatha which are added to Iurie of Samaria al their confines to be sequestred to al them that sacrifice in Ierusalem for these thinges
length he may punish vs. †For which cause he neuer certes remoueth away his mercie from vs but chastening his people by aduersitie he forsaketh them not †But let these thinges be sayd of vs in few wordes for an admonition of the readers And now we must come to the storie †Therfore Eleazarus one of the chief of the Scribes a man striken in age and comely of countenance with open mouth gaping was compelled to eate swines flesh †But he embracing rather a most glorious death then an hateful life went before voluntarily to the punishment †And considering how he ought to come patiently susteyning he determined not to committe vnalwful thinges for loue of life †But they that stood by moued with vnlawful pitie for the old frendshipe of the man taking him in secrete desired that flesh might be brought which it was lawful for him to eate that he might feyne to haue eaten as the king had commanded of the flesh of the sacrifice †that by this fact he might be deliuered from death and for the old freindshipe of the man they did him this courtesie †But he begane to thinke vpon the worthie preeminence of his age and ancientnes and the houre heares of natural nobilitie his doinges from a childe of very good conuersation and according to the ordinances and the holie law made of God he answered quickly saying that he would rather be sent vnto hel †For it is not meete quoth he for our age to feyne that manie young men thinking that Eleazarus of foure score yeare tenne is passed to the life of Aliens †they also through my dissimulation and for a litle time of corruptible life may be deceiued and hereby I may purchase a stayne and a curse to mine old age †For although at this present time I be deliuered from the punishments of men yet neither aliue nor dead shal I escape the hand of the Almightie †Wherfore in departing manfully out of this life I shal appeare worthie of mine old age †and to yong men I shal leaue a constant example if with readie mind and stoutly I suffer an honest death for the most graue and most holie lawes These thinges being spoken forthwith he was drawen to execution †And they that led him and had bene a litle before more milde were turned into wrath for the wordes spoken of him which they thought were vttered through arrogancie †But when he was now in killing with the strokes he groned and sayd O Lord which hast the holie knowlege thou knowest manifestly that wheras I might be deliuered from death I doe susteyne sore paines of the bodie but according to the soule for thy feare I doe willingly suffer these thinges †And this man certes in this maner departed this life leauing not only to yong men but also to the whole nation the memorie of his death for an example of vertue and fortitude CHAP. VII The noble Martyrdome of seuen refusing to eate swines flesh and boldly admonishing king Antiochus of his damnable state 41. Lastly the mother hauing encoreged her sonnes likewise dyeth gloriously AND it came to passe that seuen brethren together with their mother being apprehended to be compelled by the king to eate against the law swines flesh were tormented with whippes and scourges †But one of them which was the first sayd thus What seekest thou and what wilt thou lerne of vs we are readie to dye rather then to transgresse the lawes of God coming from our fathers †The king therfore being wrath commanded frying pannes and brasen pottes to be heated †the which forth with being heated he commanded his tongue that had spoken first to be cut out and the skinne of his head being drawen of the endes also of his handes and feete to be chopped of the rest of his bretheren and his mother looking on †And when he was now made in al partes vnprofitable he commanded fire to be put vnto him and that breathing as yet he should be fried in the frying panne wherin when he was long tormented the rest together with the mother exhorted one an other to dye manfully †saying Our Lord God wil behold the truth and wil take pleasure in vs as Moyses declared in the profession of the Canticle And in his seruants he wil take pleasure †That first therfore being dead in this maner they brought the next to make him a mocking stocke the skinne of his head with the heares being drawen of they asked if he would eare before that he were punished throughout the whole bodie in euerie member †But he answering in his countrie speach said I wil not doe it Wherfore this also in the next place receiued the torments of the first †and being at the verie last gaspe thus he said Thou in dede ô most wicked man in this present life destroyest vs but the king of the world wil raise vs vp which dye for his lawes in the resurrection of eternal life †After him the third is had in derision and being demanded his tongue he quickly put it forth and constantly stretched out his handes †and with confidence he said From heauen doe I possesse these but for the lawes of God now doe I contemne these selfe same because I hope that I shal receiue them againe of him †So that the king and they that were with him merueled at the yong mans courege because he estemed the torments as nothing †And this being thus dead the fourth they vexed in like maner tormenting him †And when he was now euen to dye thus he said It is better for them that are put to death by men to exspect hope of God that they shal be raysed vp againe by him For to thee there shal not be resurrection vnto life †And when they had brought the fifth they tormented him But he looking vpon him †sayd Thou hauing power among men wheras thou art corruptible doest what thou wilt but thinke not that our stock is forsaken of God †And doe thou patiently abide and thou shalt see his great power in what sort he wil torment thee and thy seede †After him they brought the sixth and he beginning to dye sayd thus Be not deceiued vainely for we suffer this for our owne sakes sinning against our God and thinges worthie of admiration are done in vs †but doe not thinke that thou shalt escape vnpunished for that thou hast attempted to fight against God †But the mother aboue measure meruelous and worthie of good mens memorie which beholding her seuen sonnes perishing in one dayes space bare it with a good hart for the hope that she had in God †exhorted euerie one of them in their countrie language manfully being replenished with wisedome and ioyning a mans hart to a womans cogitation †she sayd to them I know not how you appeared in my wombe for neither did I
hand †and on the left Faldeus Misael Malachias Ambusthas Sabus Nabadias and Zacharias †And Esdras tooke the booke before al the multitude for he was chiefe in glorie in the sight of al. †And when he had ended the law they stood al vpright and Esdras blessed our Lord the most high God the God of Sabaoth omnipotent †And al the people answered Amen And lifting vp their handes falling on the ground they adored our Lord. †Iesus and Banaeus and Sarebias and Iaddimus and Accubus and Sabbathaeus and Calithes Azarias and Ioradus and Ananias and Philias Leuites †who taught the law of our Lord and read the same in the multitude euerie one preferred them that vnderstood the lesson †And Atharathes sayd to Esdras the high priest and the reader and to the Leuites that taught the multitude †saying This day is sanctified to our Lord. And they al wept when they had heard the law †And Esdras sayd departing therfore eate ye al the fattest thinges drinke al most swete things and send giftes to them that haue not †For this is the holy day of our Lord be not sad For our Lord wil glorifie you †And the Leuites denounced openly to al saying This day is holie be not sad †And they went al to eate and drinke and make merie and to geue giftes to them that had not that they might make merie for they were excedingly exalted with the wordes that they were taught †And they were al gathered in Ierusalem to celebrate the ioy according to the testament of our Lord the God of Israel THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF ESDRAS CHAP. I. Esdras is sent to expostulate with the vngratful Iewes for neglecting Gods manie great benefites THE second booke of Esdras the prophet the sonne of Sarei the sonne of Azarei the sonne of Helcias the sonne of Sadanias the sonne of Sadoch the sonne of Achitob †the sonne of Achias the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Heli the sonne of Amerias the sonne of Asiel the sonne of Marimoth the sonne of Arna the sonne of Ozias the sonne of Borith the sonne of Abisei the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar †the sonne of Aaron of the tribe of Leui who was captiue in the countrie of the Medes in the reigne of Artaxerxes king of the Persians †And the word of our Lord came to me saying †Goe and tel my people their wicked deedes and their children the iniquities that they haue done against me that they may tel their childrens children †because the sinnes of their parentes are increased in them for they being forgetful of me haue sacrified to strange goddes †Did not I bring them out of the land of Aegypt from the house of bondange But they haue prouoked me haue despised my counsels †But doe thou shake of the heare of thy head and throw al euils vpon them because they haue not obeyed my law And it is a people without discipline †How long shal I beare with them on whom I haue bestowed so great benefittes †I haue ouerthrowen manie kinges from them I haue stroke Pharao with his seruantes and al his hoste †Al nations did I destroy before their face in the East I dissipated the peoples of two prouinces Tyre and Sidon and I slew al their aduersaries †But speake thou to them saying Thus sayth our Lord †I made you passe through the sea and gaue you fensed streates from the beginning I gaue you Moyses for your gouernour and Aaron for the Priest †I gaue you light by the piller of fire did manie meruelous things among you but you haue forgotten me sayth our Lord. †Thus sayth our Lord omnipotent The quayle was a signe to you I gaue you a campe for defense and there you murmured †And you triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies but yet vntil now you haue murmured †Where are the benefites that I haue geuen you Did you not crie out to me when you were hungrie in the desert †saying Why hast thou brought vs into this desert to kil vs it had bene better for vs to serue the Aegyptians then to dye in this desert †I was sorie for your mournings gaue you manna to eate You did eate bread of Angels †When you thirsted did not I cleaue the rocke waters flowed in abundance for the heates I couered you with the leaues of trees †I deliuered vnto you fatte landes The Chananeites and Pherezeites and Philistheans I threw out from your face what shal I yet doe to you sayth our Lord †Thus sayth our Lord omnipotent In the desert when you were thirstie in the riuer of the Amorrheites and blaspheming my name †I gaue you not fire for blasphemies but casting wood into the water I made the riuer swete †What shal I doe to thee Iacob Thou wouldest not obey ô Iuda I wil transferre my self to other nations and wil geue them my name that they may keepe my ordinances †Because you haue forsaken me I also forsake you when you aske mercie of me I wil not haue mercie †When you shal inuocate me I wil not heare you For you haue defiled your handes with bloud and your fete are quicke to commit murders †Not as though you haue forsaken me but yourselues sayth our Lord. †Thus saith our Lord omnipotent haue not I desired you as a father his sonnes and a mother her daughters and as a nurce her litle ones †that you would be my people and I your God and to me for children and I to you for a father †So haue I gathered you as the henne her chickenes vnder her winges But now what shal I doe to you I wil throw you from my face †When you shal bring me oblation I wil turne away my face from you For I haue refused your festiual dayes new moones and circumcisions †I sent my seruantes the prophetes to you whom being taken you slew and mangled their bodies whose bloud I wil require sayth our Lord. †Thus sayth our Lord omnipotent your house is made desolate I wil throw you away as the winde doth stubble †and your children shal not haue issue because they haue neglected my commandment and haue done that which is euil before me †I wil deliuer your houses to a people comming who not hearing me do beleue to whom I haue not shewed signes they wil do the thinges that I haue commanded †The prophetes they haue not sene and they wil be mindful of their iniquities †I cal to witnes the grace of the people comming whose litle ones reioyce with ioy not seing me with their carnal eyes but in spirit beleuing the thinges that I haue sayd †And now brother behold what glorie and see people comming from the cast †to whom I wil geue the conduction of Abraham
ouer al the earth †And it came to passe when it reigned an end came to it and the place therof appeared not and the next rose vp reigned that held much time †And it came to passe when it reigned the end of it also came that it appeared not as the former †And behold a voice was sent forth to it saying †Heare thou that hast held the earth of long time Thus I tel thee before thou beginne not to appeare †None after thee shal hold thy time no nor the halfe therof †And the third lifted vp it selfe and held the principalitie as also the former and that also appeared not †And so it chanced to al the other by one by one to haue the principalitie agayne to appeare nowhere †And I saw and behold in time the rest of the winges were sent vp on the right side that they also might hold the principalitie and of them there were that held it but yet forth with they appeared not †For some also of them stoode vp but they held not the principalitie †And I saw after these thinges and behold the twelue winges and two litle winges appeared not †and nothing remayned in the bodie of the eagle but two heades resting and six litle winges †And I saw and behold from the six litle winges two were diuided and they remayned vnder the head that is on the right side For foure taried in their place †And I sa 〈…〉 d behold the vnderwinges thought to set vp them selues and to hold the principalities †And I saw and behold one was set vp but forth with it appeared not †And they that were second did sooner vanish away then the former †And I saw and behold the two that remayned thought with them selues that they also would reigne †and when they were thincking thereon behold one of the resting heades which was the midde one awaked for this was greater then the other two heades †And I saw that the two heades were complete with themselues †And behold the head with them that were with him turned and did eate the two vnderwinges that thought to reigne †And this head terrified al the earth ruled in it ouer them that inhabite the earth with much labour and he that held the dominion of the whole world aboue al the winges that were †And I saw after these thinges and behold the midle head sodenly appeared not as did the winges †And there remained two heads which reigned also themselues ouer the earth and ouer them that dwelt therein †And I saw and behold the head on the right side deuoured that which was on the left †And I heard a voice saying to me Looke against thee and consider what thou seest †And I saw behold as a lion raysed out of the wood roaring and I saw that he sent out a mans voyce to the eagle And he spake saying †Heare thou and I wil speake to thee and the Highest wil say to thee †Is it not thou that hast ouercome of the foure beastes which I made to reigne in my world and that by them the end of their times might come †And the fourth coming ouercame al the beastes that were past and by might held the world with much feare and al the world with most wicked laboure and he inhabited the whole earth so long time with deceipte †And thou hast iudged the earth not with truth †For thou hast afflicted the meeke and hast trubled them that were quiet and hast loued lyers hast destroyed their habitations that did fructifie and hast ouerthrowen their walles that did not hurt thee †And thy contumelie is ascended euen to the Highest and thy pride to the Strong †And the Highest hath looked vpon the proud times and behold they are ended and the abominations therof are accomplished †Therfore thou eagle appeare no more and thy horrible winges thy litle winges most wicked and thy heades malignant and thy talons most wicked and al thy bodie vayne †that al the earth may be refreshed and may returne deliuered from thy violence and may hope for his iudgement and mercie that made it CHAP. XII The eagle vanisheth away 5. Esdras prayeth 10. and the former visions are declared to him AND it came to passe whiles the lyon spake these wordes to the eagle I saw †and behold the head that had ouercome and those foure winges appeared not which passed to him and were set vp to reigne and their reigne was smal and ful of tumult †And I saw and behold they appeared not and al the bodie of the eagle was burnt the earth was afrayd excedinly and I by the tumult and traunce of minde and for great feare awaked and sayd to my spirit †Behold thou hast geuen me this in that that thou searchest the wayes of the Highest †Behold yet I am wearie in minde and in my spirit I am very feeble and there is not so much as a litle strength in me for the great feare that I was afrayd of this night †Now therfore I wil pray the Highest that he strengthen me euen to the end †And I sayd Lord Dominatour if I haue found grace before thine eyes and if I am iustified before thee aboue manie and if in deede my prayer be ascended before thy face †strengthen me and shew vnto me thy seruant the interpretation and distinction of this horrible vision that thou mayst comfort my soule most fully †For thou hast counted me worthie to shew vnto me the later times And he sayd to me †This is the interpretation of this vision †The eagle which thou sawest coming vp from the sea this is the kingdom which was sene in a vision to Daniel thy brother †But it was not interpreted to him therfore I do now interprete it to thee †Behold the dayes come and there shal rise a kingdom vpon the earth and the feare shal be more terrible then of al the kingdomes that were before it †And there shal twelue kinges reigne it it one after an other †For the second shal beginne to reigne and he shal continew more time then the rest of the twelue †This is the interpretation of the twelue winges which thou sawest †And the voice that spake which thou heardst not coming forth of her heads but from the middes of her bodie †this is the interpretation that after the time of that kingdom shal rise no smal contentions and it shal be in danger to fal and it shal not fal then but shal be constituted againe according to the beginning therof †And wheras thou sawest eight vnderwings cleauing to the wings therof †this is the interpretation eight kinges shal arise in it whose times shal be light and yeares swift and two of them shal perish †But when the middest time approcheth foure shal be kept til a time
answer :: Euil wordes for curteous vsage heret o sore and for late gentil intreating by messengers :: Things tyeâ— in bundels are stronger and more secure then single and loose :: Dauid is resolute and often repeteth that it is not lawful for priuate subiectes to kil their prince no although him selfe was annointed to succede :: Gods prouidence sent this extraordinary sleepe and inspired Dauid to doe this fact for more iustification of his innocencie :: These countries were neither subiect to the Philistijms not to the Israelites and were also of those nations whom God had coÌ„manded to destâ—roy dwelling within the land of Chanaan Deut 25. The fourth part Of the ruine of Saul and exaltation of Dauid :: Not manie but one excellent person an old man come lie in apparel Saul adored not Samuel with diuine honour but with dulia reuerencedue to a blessed soule * â—iadagâ— cognouit Luevv :: In state of the dead in an other world not in the same particular state S. Augustin opinion whether Samuele soule appeared or no. More probable that his verie soule appeared not compelled by the euil spirite but obeying Gods secrete ordinance First proose 2 3 4 â— to â— pag. 210. Soules sometimes appeare after death loco 〈◊〉 tatâ— :: He speaketh by amplification to make his fact seme more reasonable whereas the time of Dauids abode with him was but foute monethes ch 27. v. 7. :: Consuit out Lord for me so Dauid by the priests mediation was instructed what to do :: It is not against Gods coÌ„mandment Deut. 4. 12. to make new lawes so they be conformable not contrarie to Gods former lawes Saul killing himself after that he was wounded 〈◊〉 his enimies signifieth those that being ouercome by tentations desperatly persist wilfully die in their sinne S. Greg. â—â—o 10 :: These men are coÌ„mendable for gratitude towards Saul who had deliuered them ch 11. for a vvorke of mercie in burying the dead for pietie towards their king and princes and for fortitude in atchiuing so heroical an act This booke is wholly of Dauid His succession to the kingdom His vertues Faultes Thankes and Prophecie :: He fained al this thincking to get fauoure for Saul killed himself li. 1. ch 31. but Dauid punished him as such a crime desetued v. 15. :: Exequies of Saul obserued with mourning weeping and fasting :: The Philisthijms were strong cunning archers therefore Dauid commanded that his subiectes should lerne and exercise the same maner of fight :: This second annointing as also the third ch â— was in confirmation and to put him in possession of the first mâ—â—â— long before 1. Reg. 16. :: He reigned two yeares before he beganne much to decline but in al seuen yeares and a half for so long Dauid reigned only in Iuda v. 11. :: Hence perhaps cometh the phraise that one armie playeth vpon an other vvith smal and great arâ—â—lane that is strike and kil their enimies with al sortes of gunnes Iosephus li. 7. c. 1. Antiq. :: Am I coâ—temptible in thy sight and yet head of them that oppose against Dauid I that haue donne so much for thee wil not indure to be reprehended for a smal fault So God suffereth the maintainers of an euiâ— quarel to fal out among them selues wherby the right cause is aduanced :: weake being newly receiued king and not able to punish strong offenders But Ioab others were afterwardes punished 3. Reg. 2. :: They annoint him againe in confirmation of their consent as Iuda had donne chap. 2 acknowledging Gods ordinance 1. Reg. 16. :: King Dauid now atcheued that the tribe of Iuda could not in the time of Iosue Iosue 15. :: Idoles that haue eyes and can not see feete and can not goe shal not enter into the Church of Christ * â—câ—lp â—â—lia :: 〈…〉 there 〈…〉 〈…〉 that 〈…〉 as he 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 S. 〈…〉 S. 〈…〉 :: To dance before the arke is to dance before our Lord. :: The tabernacle made by Moyses was a goodlie thing but being couered with skinnes and in manie respectes insufficient for Gods seruice Dauid desired to build a glorious Temple But was not permitted to do it for mysterie sake to signifie that Christ the true Salomon should build his Church that farre excelleth the Synagogue of the Iewes and old Testament S. Augustin li. 17. c. 8. deciuit a He that supposeth this great promise to be fulfilled in Salomon erreth much sayeth S. Augustin ibidem b S. Paul expoundeth this of Christ Heb. 1. v 5. c This can not be saied of Christ but of Salomon and of anie christian so this place hath manie literal senses d The Sea Apostolique priestly powre in the church of christ is this perpetual kingdom S. Epiphanius Heresi 29. e Here and in manie other places the Hebrew word is of the plural number Elohim Goddes signifying more diuine Persons f The worke of mans Redemption is appropriated to God the Sonne :: For 〈◊〉 â—â—pâ—â—â—â— Dauid compâ—ssing then with cordes as 〈…〉 are eâ—â—iâ—â—â—â—d cast them on the around and by lotte killed some and spared some aliue :: Sette 〈◊〉 an Arch in memorie of triumph * â—rchaâ—â—â—lâ—r :: These were archers and sling throwers of the guard Pharaâ—â—rasis â—hâ—ll :: Or priestes oâ— chief rulers See the annotation Gen 47. v. 22. 1. Paâ—â—l 18. v. 17. :: The partiâ—â—lar inhereâ—â—â—â— that perâ—â—ined to Sauls familie :: Not siâ—â—e 〈◊〉 table with the king but haue his diet of the kinges prouision besides the forsaide inheritance :: This Naas king of Ammon curtously intertained Dauids freindes which escaped from the king of Moab killing most of them that were coÌ„mended to him because Dauid had leift his countrie and was returned into Iuda 1. Reg. 22. Histor Eccles :: Then do sius the Eâ—â—rerour pretenâ—ing to be excused from punishment for his sinnes because king Dauid also was an adulter â— and a manslaver S. Ambrose replied saying Thou that hast solovveding Dauid evving folovv him â—epenting After which admonâ—tion the Emperour most humbly did publique penance inioyned him by the Bishop in vâ—â—a Theodâ—sij :: Now then some of thy seede shal be violently slaine so were slaine three of his owne sonnes Ammon chap. 13. Absalom chap. 18. Adonias 3. Reg. 2. six sonnes of Iosaphat and al Iorams sonnes saue one â— paralip 21. also Ochozias Amasias Iosias 2. Par. 24 25. 35. and the sonnes of Sedechias himselfe hauing his eyes put out and so brought into Babylon 4. Reg. 25. :: Praised and thanked the king :: These children died before him as appeareth cha 18. :: Concubines were lawfully maried but had not al priuilegies as other wiues See 〈◊〉 25. Iudiâ— 19. :: He couered his head that he might not be seene to weepe lest he should discorege the people neuertheles the people also wept and likewise couered their heades :: King Dauid was here abused by false information to which he ought not so easely to