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A commentarye vpon the prophet Mycha. Wrytten by Antony Gilby. Anno Domi. M.D.Li
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Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.
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of the almyghtye Why then wylte thou suffer thy flatterers styl to bolster the vp in thy wyckednes and bid the procede in thine own imaginacions saying that God is mercyful he wyl not stryke Surely the lord is mercyful and hys words are comfortable but as the Prophet telleth the if thou walke vpryght So doth Moyses in the geuynge of the promyses at the fyrst adde thys condicion If thou wylt heare the woorde of the Lorde keepe it and do it thou shalte haue all the blessynges promised But if thou wylte not heare the woorde of the Lorde to fulfyll all hys commaundementes the cursses wryten in the law shal come vpon the. Deue. xxviii Wherefore neyther the Iewes in theyr tyme neyther we in our tyme may boast of the promyses vnles in walkyng vprightly we wyl fulfil our condicions and couenantes And alredy my people is risen agaynst me lyke an enemy The Text they do rente of the coate and cloke one of another Euen from hym whyche walketh careles by the waye as thoughe he were eskaped from battayle The wyues of my people haue you dryuen from theyr houses full of pleasures and from theyr chyldren haue you taken my glorye for euer O Lorde was thys the fal of Israell because they dyd stand agaynste Gods commaundemente openlye to defende theyr wycked wayes When Naboth was kylled Iezabell dyd dryue oute the pore widow Yea as the Hebrew semeth to sound wheÌ„ one againste other one froÌ„ another Mimul did snatch sctatch take reno the pore bribing froÌ„ the rich the rych pilling polling the poore vnto the bare skin WheÌ„ the strauÌ„ger trauailing maÌ„ was spoiled robbed as though he had bene takeÌ„ prisoner in battel The theues by the hye wayes the Sherifes iudges had part of the spoil wheÌ„ their princes wer become lions lerned to raâ—â—ne for theyr pray to deuour meÌ„ had learned to make widowes as Ezechiell speaketh of Iehoiakim Eze. xix if these crimes wer the cause of the vtter destruccioÌ„ of the chosen kingdoÌ„ as the prophet vt the mouth of god here vttereth what caÌ„ we loke for which haue filled the measure of wickednes so ful the we may eueÌ„ now feele it ren oner into our owne bosomes but onli by the iust iugemeÌ„t of god to suffer the like at our enemyes hands that we haue done to our brethreÌ„ neyghbours And here might occasioÌ„ serue to charge out relm with the sore haÌ„dliÌ„g of widowes fatherles childreÌ„ bi our wicked lawes of wardes our sore lawes of felonies wherby the poore widow innoceÌ„t childreÌ„ ar spoiled but I haue touched it before we caÌ„ loke for none other thiÌ„g theÌ„ the Lord threatneth if we do not repeÌ„t which is as we do rede Exo. xxii that he wil make our wiues widowes our childreÌ„ fatherles let vs beware therfore how we do driue forth of theyr laÌ„ds houses the poore desolate widowes cause theyr chyldren by our cruel dealyng to blaspheme God and cursse theyr parentes agaynst God hys commaundemeÌ„t and therfore against hys glory and honour The last sentence From theyr chyldren haue they taken my glory for euer is by diuerse interpreters vnderstand of the adultry wherwyth the chyldren wer diffamed accompted as Bastards other because that the childreÌ„ robbed of their pareÌ„ts had now none to brynge theÌ„ vp to the glory of god And some because thei had not their pareÌ„ts whoÌ„ they might honore in gods stede vnto his glori Munsterus also in his anotioÌ„s bringeth a very good interpretacioÌ„ which doth answer to the word for euer wher the Lord had create maÌ„ to be immortal which work was for don by sin it pleased the lord god by perpetual procreacion to recouer maÌ„kynde froÌ„ destruccioÌ„ so to preserue the world by this lawful procreacioÌ„ of chyldreÌ„ to the accoÌ„plishing of hys gloryous workes in his church this thing is meÌ„t by the sauing of the womaÌ„ by the bringing foorth of childreÌ„ in the secoÌ„d chap. of the first epistle to Timothe and in the .cxxvii. Psalme this which Micha calleth the glorye of the Lorde Dauid dothe call it the enheritaunce of the Lorde and Christe confyrmeth it sayinge that hys kyngdome is of suche and that theyr aungels doth alwayes sethe face of his father Wherfore whether they be slayne by Herodes solgiers or by English murtherers whether they be made odious by ours or they stinking whoredome whether the glorye of God be taken frome the chyldren by the court of wardes or other cruelty better were it for that manne by whom they bee hurte be it kinge or Caiser not onlye to haue forsaken all worlolye glory but to haue a milstone tied about his neck to haue bene cast into the botom of the sea if adultery if oppressioÌ„ if tiraÌ„nye if extorsion finallye if anye kynde of vyce dooe raigne vnpunished in anye kingdome of the chiefe heades and magestrates muste bee charged therewith whiche as Paule saithe doothe not onlye the like but are fautors and fauorers to theÌ„ whych do so wickedly which thing the spirit of the Lord is not shortned to see to shew sharply to punishe The Text Aryse gette you hence Thys is not youre reste because youre land is poluted therfore shall it destroy you wyth detestable destruccion Lostyl continually the Prophet beateth into our eares that syn must nedes haue destruccion folowynge that is the reward of synne from the begynnynge in so much that thys same land of Iury whych was promysed to be theyr herytage for euer was spoyled waysted and destroyed after that it was wyth Idolatry polluted and as Moyses threatened Leuiti xviii the same land shoulde vomyte them like as it did the Cananites saying Beware that the lande doo not like wyse vomit you sorthe agayne if you do the lyke wyckednes as it dyd vomyte forth the people before you Wherfore lyke as the Prophetes of al ages when they dyd see syn raygne vnpunished dyd cry out against the gouernours pronouncing these and suche like sharpe sentences agaynst them So may the Prophets and preachers of our tymes holdlye by the same spirite pronounce and publysh like destruccioÌ„ and ruine to ours here in England especially seing our country contaminax wyth couetousnes and polluted with glotoni lechery al kynd of filthines doth bringe forth new kyndes of disseases to other contries old phisicioÌ„s vnknoweÌ„ Here appeareth the Paul writeth to the Roma that this creature subiect vnto our vanities against her wil mourneth groneth to be deliuered froÌ„ thys corruptible seruitute and semeth thus to saye vnto vs O my children whose wyckednes wyth much werines I haue thus long borne susteined I must nedes aâ— the leÌ„gth ease my selfe of so vnprofitable a burdeÌ„ For your sins am I strikeÌ„ with steriliti baraÌ„nes you do dig so depe in my bowels by your greedy couetousnes that I must nedes breathe forth sulphuzeal ephalations poysened breathynges to destroi such a
haue not earnestlye repented with mourninge and fastinge for theese abhomininacions as did the Niniuites Therefore as Olda answered too the good kinge Iosiah that the Lorde woulde shewe of his mercies vnto him because he did cutte his clothes and wepte when he hearde the threateninges of God againste his countries Neuerthelesse he woulde bring al those euilles vppon that place and vppon the inhabitauntes of the land because thei hadde forsaken God and worshipped straunge Goddes prouokinge God vnto wrathe in al the workes of their own handes So canne oure people and contrye nothynge at all repentyng of theyr former euyll but styll euer more and more prouokinge the wrathe of God vppon them Some by the desyre thei haue to theyr olde Idolles Some by theyr Sorcerers Charmes Enchantmentes soothesayinges Manye by adulterye lasciuious wantonnes and fleshlye lybertye and all by ambicion or couetousnesse pillinge pollinge and brybynge-from their brethren Looke for none other thynge onlesse they vnfaynedlye forthewith shewe the worckes of repentaunce but miserye calamitie destruction famine darthe diseases pestilence and theswearde in the ende of foraynenacyons Yea whyche is mooste terrible of al we do feale the wrathe of God so kendled amonges vs all readye that we are lyke Pharao hardened in our sinnes euen plaged contynuallye with the encrease of new vices and newe dyleases folowing Was there euer suche inuencions in any worlde for pollynge of the people was there euer suche shamelesse whordome suche wedlocke breakinge Can it be denied that Paul writeth to the Romains because they haue chaunged the glory of the God immortal in the lykenes of mortal corruptible creatures Therfore hathe God geuen theym to folowe the lustes of theyr owne heartes in vnclennes with shame to abuse theyr own bodies together Reade the Chapter to the ende and you shall see the wrath of God greuously kindled in that al the vyces ther named as the punishmentes of sinne by sinne are moste euidentlye fallen vpon vs. And we maye feale the saying of the Prophet Ose to be most true The spirit of fornicacion hath deceiued you you haue gon a whoring froÌ„ your God Therfore shal your doughters bee harlots and your wises be whores O mercyfull Lorde leade vs not into thys greuous temptacion that oure sin shoulde be punyshed wyth the encrease of syn by the geuyng ouer of vs miserable sinners to our owne lustes For who canne bee able too beate hys synnes if thou strayght obserue them O Lord Make vs not lyke Caine Pharao and Iudas whiche dyd heape synne vppon sinne But giue vs heartes lyke the Niniuites too repente for oure synnes Haue pytye vppon oure yonge Kynge whoÌ„ thou of thy mercy diddest wonderfullye vouchsafe to gyue vnto vs at what time wee waited worthelye for thy sore scourge whome thou dyddeste fashyon and preserue in hys mothers woÌ„be and bryng forth into thys lyght wyth lyke maruel of thy almighty power Whom thou haste defended and kept wyth thy myghtye arme thys tyme of hys infancye from domestical and for an enemies Vnder home in hys weake and moste teÌ„der age thou haste caused to shyne forth the cleare lighte of thys Gospell which hathe bet downe the Idolles and Idolatrous aulters through oute hys â—ealme whereby amonges the Papists Turkes and Iewes thou hast made thi Britains to be bruted How be it al this hast thou so wroughte vnder a yonge chylde that the glorye myghte come holye vnto the and to no man mortall For the glorye of thy name therefore and for Iesus Christe hys sake whose honoure we doo seeke and kingdome wee desyre haue mercye vppon hym most mercyful father Make hym faythful as Dauid zealus lyke Hezechiah repentaÌ„t as Iosiah to hys people the professoures maynetayners of thy truth against all papistes Tuckes Iewes against al the powers of Antichrist Graunt thy manyfold and great mercyes that they may abhorre theyr owne wickednes and the wyckednes of their forefathers and walke nowe lyke the chyldren of thys great lyght the chyldren of thy kyngdome Graunte we besech thee O most mercyful father vnto al them whych do professe the truth of thy Gospel vnfayned repentaunce of al theyr syns fast confydence vpon thy great mercyes the renuing of theyr lyues according to the truth of thy word whych they do professe that they maye exhort one another to walk in thy light saying wyth the Prophete Osee Come and let vs returne vnto the Lord for he hath begone and wyll heale vs he wyll stryke vs and make vs whole Graunte this O Lord God that thy name be not euyl spoken of amonges thy enemyes So be it The .vi. Chapter HEare now what the euer liuing Lord sayth The Text Arise and contende wyth the mountaynes let the hyls heare thy voyce Heare O ye hyls the iudgement of the lord by whom al thynges haue theyr beynge and you strong foundacions of the earth geue eare for the lord hath a quarel wyth hys people and wyth Israel he wyl try hym selfe My people what haue I done to you or what greuous thynge haue I appoynted the aÌ„swer vnto me Because I haue brought the forth of the land of Egypte and from the house of bondage I haue redemed thee and I haue sent Moyses AaroÌ„ and Miriam before the. O my people remeÌ„ber I prai the what counsel Balake the king of Moab did begyn and what Bileam the son of Be or did answer hym from Siftim vnto Gilgal that thou myghtest know the ryghteousnes of the lorde After the sore threatenynges of the Gentyls the prophete returneth to reproue Israel the elect choseÌ„ people of ingratitude and vnthankefulnes callyng as it were heauen and earth to witnes as in the fyrst chapter and Esay .i. And first he sayth Geue good eare for you shal heare the euerlyuyng Lord the almyghtye by whome all thinges were create and do consist speake playnelye vnto you content to humble hym selfe so low as to opeÌ„ hys quarel to vtter the causes of hys wrath and to try him self in your owne coÌ„sciences to be faultles The Prophetes of all ages they are here coÌ„maunded to contende and striue wyth the mouÌ„taines and mighty meÌ„ of the world so is it theyr great labour peril danger to cause theÌ„ by any meanes to here the word of God Therfore was it sayd in the last verse of the fyft chap. I wil be aduenged in my wrath in my fury vpoÌ„ the people that hath not herd So that to harken to the voyce of God is better theÌ„ any sacrifice Therefore is heare so oft bet into the Iewes heades Here what the lord saith Let the hils here heare O ye mountaines thus the prophet warneth as it were a Bedle or Cryar of the common place to kepe sylence and to geue dylygent harkning to the voice of the almyghty He warneth the earth and al that therin is euen the very foundacions therof to gyue good eare Shal man then be deafe and stop hys eares The