alwaies corporally with vs Could anie of them tarie here til this time could they tarie to the time yet to come But vvas therfore the Church leaft desolate by their departure God forbid For thy fathers sonnes are borne to thee VVhat is this for thy fathers sonnes are borne to thee The Apostles were sent fathers in place of the Apostles sonnes are borne to thee Byshops are appointed For whence were the Bishops borne that are at this day through the vvorld the Church herselfe calleth them fathers â—he begate them and appointed them in the seates of the fathers Do not therfore thinke thy self desolate o christian Church because thou seest not Peter seest not Paul for thou seest not them by vvhom thou wast borne but of thyne issue fatherhood is sprong to thee For thy fathers sonnes are borne to thee thou shalt make them princes ouer al the earth This is the Catholique Church Her children are made princes ouer al the earth her sonnes are constituted for fathers Let them acknowlege this that are cut of let them come to the vnitie be they brought into the temple of the king Thus S. Augustin PSALME XLV The Church in persecution acknowledgeth Gods perpetual defence 5. making her therby more glorious 10. sometimes granting rest 11. God himself ckecking the persecuters and euer protecting her †Vnto the end to the sonnes of Core for the secretes OVR God is a refuge and strength an helper in tribulations which haue found vs excedingly †Therfore wil we not feare when the earth shal be trubled and mountaines transported into the hart of the sea †Their waters haue sounded and were trubled the mountaines were trubled in his strength †The violence of the riuer maketh the citie of God ioyful the Highest hath sanctified his tabernacle †God is in the middes therof it shal not be moued God wil helpe it in the morning early †Nations are trubled and kingdomes are inclined he gaue his voice the earth was moued †The Lord of hostes is with vs the God of Iacob is our defender †Come ye and see the workes of our Lord what wonders he hath put vpon the earth †taking away warres euen vnto the end of the earth He shal destroy bow breake weapons and shields he shal burne with fire †Be quiet and see that I am God I shal be exalted among the gentiles and I shal be exalted in the earth †The Lord of hostes is with vs the God of Iacob is our defender PSALME XLVI Gentiles are called and inuited to praise God for his magnificence 6. for Christs Ascension and powre †Vnto the end for the sonnes of Core ALYE Nations clappe handes make iubilation to God in the voyce of exultation †Because our Lord is high terrible a great king ouer al the earth †He hath made peoples subiect to vs gentiles vnder our feete †He hath chosen his inheritance in vs the beautie of Iacob which he loued †God is ascended in iubilation and our Lord in the voice of trumpet †Sing ye to our God sing ye Sing ye to our king sing ye †Because God is king of al the earth sing ye wisely †God shal reigne ouer the gentiles God sitteth vpon his holie seate †Princes of peoples are gathered together with the God of Abraham because the strong goddes of the earth are excedingly aduanced PSALME XLVII God most and euerie where laudable is especially praised in the Church of Christ prefigured by Sion and there begunne 9. Al thinges being fulfilled in the Church euen as they were prophecied and promised 12. the faithful are exhorted to consider and congratulate the same A Psalme of Canticle to the sonnes of Core the second of the Sabbath GREAT is our Lord and to be praysed excedingly in the citie of our God in his holie mount †Mount Sion is founded with the exultation of the whole earth the sides of the North the citie of the great king †God shal be knowen in the houses therof when he shal receiue it †For behold the kings of the earth were gathered together they assembled in one †They seing it so were in admiration were trubled were moued †trembling tooke them Their sorowes as a woman traueling †In a vehement spirit thou shalt breake the shippes of Tharsis †As we haue heard so haue we seene in the citie of the Lord of hostes in the citie of our God God hath founded it for euer †We haue receiued thy mercie ô God in the middes of thy temple †According to thy name ô God so also is thy prayse vnto the endes of the earth thy right hand is ful of iustice †Let mount Sion be glad and the daughters of Iuda reioyce because of thy iudgementes ô Lord †Compasse Sion and embrace ye her tel ye in her towers †Set your hartes on her strength and distribute ye her houses that you may declare it in an other generation †Because this is God our God for euer and for euer and euer he shal rule vs euermore PSALME XLVIII The royal prophet inuiting al states and sortes of men to heare him attentiuely 6 sheweth that al ought to feare eternal damnation that liue wickedly 9. vainly and foolishly seeking 13. euen like brute beastes carnal pleasures which they can not long enioy nor long escape hel 16. confidently animating him selfe and al good men that trust not in this world †Vnto the end to the sonnes of Core a Psalme HEARE these thinges al ye Gentiles receiue with your eares al ye that inhabite the earth †Al ye earthly persons and children of men together in one the rich and the poore †My mouth shal speake wisedom and the meditation of my hart prudence †I wil incline mine eare vnto a parable I wil open my proposition on a Psalter †Why shal I feare in the euil day the iniquitie of my heele shal compasse me †They that trust in their strength and glorie in the multitude of their riches †A brother doth not redeme man shal redeme he shal not geue vnto God his reconciliation †And the price of the redemption of his owne soule and he shal labour for euer †and shal liue yet vnto the end †He shal not see death when he shal see the wise dying the vnwise and the foole shal perish together And they shal leaue their riches to strangers †and their sepulchers their houses for euer Their Tabernacles in generation and generation they haue renowmed their names in their landes †And man when he was
†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
parente his vvrath must nedes be very great to euerie sinner for his ovvne proper sinnes p The hope of glorious resurrection turneth our calamities into spiritual ioy q Yea the more we suffer in this life for the truth the greater is our comforth in hope of reward r Not only in that we are thy creatures but also in that we are thy seruants we are thy proper worke therfore in both these respectes ô God looke vpon vs with clemencie ſ lead also our posteritie into the right way and make them thy seruantes t O God illuminate our vnderstanding v make our actions by thy grace profitable to vs. vv and make perfect in vs the worke of charitie In which one worke al good workes are included and to which al other are directed For then workes are right sayth S. Angustin when they are directed to this one end Gods prouidence the 3. key a Praise of Gods prouidence with thankes b Which Dauid songue with voice c He that firmely relieth and resteth vpon Gods prouidence is assuredly protected by him d Al secret and sutle machinations e and from al crueltie of tyrants f Terrors obscurly suggested by euil men or spirites with erronions conceipte that men are not bond in time of temporal dangers to confesse the truth g Open persecution threatning present death except men denie the truth which they know h circumuention of craftie enimies by sutle arguing and drawing men into error and so to decline from Catholique Religion i long torments euen to death except Gods seruants wil relent and denie the truth which they assuredly beleue and know in their conscience that they are bond to professe it k On thy left side in aduersitie manie fal from God l on thy right side in prosperitie manie more forgete and forsake God m In sincerely sayng thou art my hope thou makest God thy refuge n Angels haue protection of men by Gods ordinance o The diuel corruptly alleageth this scripture Mat. 4 omitting the latter part of this verse which sheweth when Angels protect iust men towitte when they walke in a right path obseruing ordinarie course in their actions not in geuing themselues headlong into needles danger as the same diuel proposed to our Sauiour to cast himself downe from the pinnacle of the temple Such falling is not the way of the iust but of Lucifer that fel from heauen So S. Bernard noteth Ser. 15. in hunc Psal p God speaketh the rest that foloweth in this Psalme q In eternal saluation Foure sortes of persecution for the Catholique faith 1. 2. 3 4 God leaueth none but those that first leaue him The vvorkes of God admirable the 2. key a Voices beginning instrumentes prosecute this song b when we rest from worke then especially vve ought to thincke vpon Gods vvorkes praise and thanke him for the same c To geue thankes d In prosperitie e in aduersitie f On euerie instrument of tenne stringes signifying the obseruation of the tenne commandments g namely on the Psalter h also on the harpe which signifieth mortification i Carnal and sensual man k he that thinketh only of present thinges not of future l The iust in confidence of a good conscience expect exaltation of their powre m and great consolation in the end of their life n Then shal the iust see their enimies depressed and themselues florish like the palme and ceder trees as folovveth o Militant Church p triumphant q Publikly professe Gods praeises as in the wordes folowing Perpetuitie of the Church the 6. key a Praise to be songue vvith voice b composed by Dauid c the sixth day of the weeke vvhich is our friday d in vvhich day the Church of Christ vvas founded by his bloud shed on the crosse f gloriously escending in soule into limbus and in bodie to his graue g he then put on al armour of strength strength to reforme the world and to inlarge his kingdom according to his owne prediction where he saide If I be exalted from the earth I wil draw al thinges vnto myselfe Ioan. 12. v. 31. Our Sauiour founding his Church by his death begane then to reigne therin h Not only in Iurie and Samaria but the whole earth i and the same Church shal not be destroyed k Christ being eternal hath an euerlasting Church l Al sortes of persecuters the High priestes who sometimes vvatered the spiritual land like riuers vvith Scribes Pharises and other incredulous Ievves also Paganes Turkes and Heretikes haue oppugned the Church m With more force then anie persecutions in the old Testament n but though al these assaultes be great and meruelous yet Christ in protecting his Church is more meruelous o Articles of faith are not euidently apparent to knovvlege but euident to credibilitie to those that are disposed by Gods grace illuminating their vnderstanding and mouing their free vvil to geue consent of beleefe if they vvil p It behoueth therfore al members of the Church to conuerse piously and religiously in this life seing she hath so excellent a spouse protector and instructor q euen to the end of the vvorld Eternal saluation and damnation the 10. key a The Hebrevv letter Lamed vvhich ordinarily is prefixed to the datiue case or signifieth to being set before proper names is a signe of the genetiue case Yet the Septuagint expresse it by the datiue and so doth the latin ipsi Dauid and consequently our English hath to Dauid himselfe to shevv a difference betvven sacred and profane vvriters For in humane bookes the vvriter and auctor is al one but in diuine the Holie Ghost is the proper auctor and a man is the vvriter To signifie therfore the principal auctor Dauid is sometimes named as the instrumental cause to vvhom the Holie Ghost inspired this and other Psalmes and by vvhom they vvere vvritten And vvhen the titles expresse othervvise A Psalme of Dauid yet it is so to be vnderstood that the Holie Ghost is alvvayes the principal auctor and Dauid the instrumental ministerial or secondarie auctor But vvhen other names are expressed either in the genetiue or datiue case or hovvsoeuer it proueth not that those men vvere the vvriters of the same Psalmes but importeth some other thing as by S. Augustins iudgement vve noted in the proemial Annotations page 3. 4. vvherby is proued that this Psalme vvas not written nor composed by Moyses as Hebrevv Rabbins suppose but by the Royal Psalmist Dauid b Made and ordinarily songue in the sourth day of the vveke our vvenesday in vvhich day Iudas the traitor sold our Sauiour Christ to his enimies The reuenge of vvhich vvickednes and of al other sinnes is here prophecied c God more commonly called the God of mercie vvhich vertue in him is aboue al his vvorkes Psal 144 is also the God of reuenges according to his iustice d He procedeth in iudgement resolutly not depending nor fearing not respecting anie person povvre
was in great danger but am not ouerthrowne g And by thy merciful grace shal persist a The praise of Gods workes which are firme and parmanent in the order wherin he set them b Al thinges of this world man excepted do Gods wil. c Man except he meditate Gods law and therby be holden vp is in danger d perhaps in euerie tentation to perish eternally For he can neuer rise out of mortal sinne by his owne powre and al should perishâ—f Gods mercie did not spare some and geue them new effectual grace to repâ—ut e Alwayes vnderstood that Gods grace preuented els no man can seeke to obserue the commandments f Al worldlie thinges haue their consummation and end g Gods commandment continueth euer For we are perpetually bâ—nd to loue and serue God to loue our neighboures yea and enimies The reward also for keping Gods commandments punishment for breaking them are eternal vvithout end a It is meruel to a perfect iust man that he hath so much loued and obserued Gods lavv By acknovvleging vvherof he yeldeth praise and thankes to God vvhose gift it is b The fruictes of obseruing Gods law are manie and great Amongst others it maketh the obseruer wiser then his enimies c It maketh the obseruer wiser then his temporal maisters that taught him towit then those that teach wel and do not performe the same d Yonger in yeares that kepe Gods commandments are vviser then the more ancient that kepe them not e An other fruict is the swetnes which the iust feeleth in his owne soule * eloquia f It brideth also iust hatred to sinne a The word or law of God declared by Prophets Pastors or other Preachers is the ordinarie meanes for others to lerne how to direct their wayes and actions b Such profession Gods people made in the old law in Circumcision or at other times Christians make it in Baptisme c Al that wil liue godly in Christ Iesus shal suffer persecution 2. Tim. 3. v. 1â— d Besides the commandments the iust also offer voluntarie workes of supererogation acceptable to God e By this Hebrevv prouerb is signified that a iust mâ—ns temporal life is in continual danger as the thing that is in ones hand is readie to be laide by put out of his hand or to be by and by disposed of or may forthvvith fal from his hand f A most euident place that the keping of Gods commandments merite reward and are righlty obserued in respect of reward a Not anie mortal man is to be hated in his person but his iniquitie by vvhich he is an enimie to Gods lavv b vvhich euerie iust man loueth c Whosoeuer wil seriously and securely search the law of God must auoide the conuersation of euil men d A general and very fitte prayer vvhen vve addict ourselues by a firme resolution to serue God beseching him to receiue vs into his protection * eloquiuÌ„ e vvherby spiritual lise is conserued f vvhich we pray vvith great confidence because he hath promised to heare those that seeke aske and knocke at the dore of his grace g VVe must pray also that he suffer vs not to be confounded or made frustrate of the revvard vvhich vve expect for hope confoundeth not if charitie be povvred in our hartes by the Holie Ghost vvhich is geuen vs. Rom. 5. v. 5. h God reiecteth sinners i so long as they thincke peruersly that is vntil by his grace some returne to a better mind vvhich of themselues they can neuer do k As God accounteth of sinners so the iust also estemeth them conforming his iudgement to Gods l Seruil feare is profitable as this place maketh euident though perfect charitie aftervvards succeding expelleth that feare and moueth to do vvel for the loue of God not for feare of punishment 1. Ioan. 4. a The iust againe in feruent zele not arrogantly but confidently professing his innocencie b prayeth to be defended from calumniators c Grant therfore ô God the good and lawful request which I demand d By long expecting to be deliuered and saued from tribulation * eloquiuÌ„ e It is time and hiegh time saith feruent zele of the iust man that God deliuer the innocent f vvhen the vvicked haue not only persecuted the good but haue also contemptuously made houoke of Gods lavv and true religion g For this zele of Gods lavv so despised and dissiputed the iust more and more loueth that vvhich the vvicked so deadly hate h Euen by the mortal hate of the vvicked I savv that Gods lavv is most excellent and therfore addicted my selfe so much the more to lone it i and to hate al vvicked vvayes a Gods meruelous povvre and vvisdom testified by his vvorkes and commandments b vvorthely inuite iust soules to meditate and contemplate the same c First entrance into knowlege of holie Scripture illuminateth the vnderstanding of the humble wherby they procede to know more * Sermonum d By this Metaphor of gaping or vvide opening the mouth and dravving breath the Prophet describeth the great desire of the iust to knovv and kepe Gods commandments e According to thy accustomed equitie in shewing mercie to them that loue thy name * eloquiuÌ„ f Let thy diuine Maiestie looke vpon me with fauorable countenance g True repentance consisteth not only in purpose to auoide sinne hereafter vvhich in dede is first required but also in sorovv and lamentation for sinnes past a God being essentially iust of himselfe maketh men iust according to right iudgement by geuing them grace of mercie vvhervvith they cooperating are iust by iustice in dede inherent in their soules not by imputation only for it vvere not right iudgement to impute or account man iust vvho is not so in dede b The same is more confirmed by these three synonyma Iustice Testimonies Veritie signifying the law of God most earnestly commanded * eloquia c Gods lavv is as pure as anie thing purged by fire d A iust man is often iudged ignorant immature vnexperienced by the vvorldlie vvise e but in dede is vvise in that he forgetteth not to kepe the lavv vvhich maketh him iust f Hauing professed the necessitie of perfect iustice he concludeth this Octonarie praying to be illuminated in his vnderstanding that so he may attaine iustice and liue therby a Most serious and seruent inuocation of God for his grace is necessarie to the fulfilling of his lavv b I haue preuented the mature and ordinarie time of the night and haue prayed c very attentiuely d Againe in the morning I haue preuented the accustomed time of prayer * eloquia e According to thy accustomed maner of shevving mercie shew it me that therby I may liue f God is alwayes readie to heare al that sincerly inuocate him g Gods law is the same in substance from the beginning of the world and wil be for euer a An other prayer of the iust in affliction * eloquiuÌ„
not 12. but taketh from him his speare and bottle of water 14. sheweth what he hath done 21. Saul againe confesseth his fault and promiseth peace AND there came Zepheites vnto Saul in Gabaa saying Behold Dauid is hid in the hil Hachila which is ouer against the wildernes †And Saul arose and went downe into the desert Ziph and with him three thousand men of the chosen of Israel to seeke Dauid in the desert Ziph. †And Saul camped in Gabaa Hachila which was ouer against the wildernes in the way and Dauid dwelt in the desert And seing that Saul was come after him into the deset †he sent discouerers and lerned that he was come thither most certainly †And Dauid arose secretly and came to the place where Saul was and when he had seene the place wherein Saul slept and Abner the sonne of Ner the prince of his warre and Saul sleeping in the tent and the rest of the multitude round about him †Dauid spake to Achimelech the Hetheit and Abisai the sonne of Seruia the brother of Ioab saying Who wil goe downe with me to Saul into the campe And Abisai said I wil goe with thee †Dauid therefore and Abisai came to the people by night and found Saul lying and sleeping in the tent and his speare fixed in the ground at his head and Abner and the people sleeping round about him †And Abisai said to Dauid God hath shut vp thine enemie this day into thy handes now therefore I wil thrust him through with my speare in the earth once and twise shal not neede †And Dauid said to Abisai Kil him not for who shal extend his hand vpon the annointed of our Lord shal be innocent †And Dauid said Our Lord liueth vnlesse our Lord shal strike him or his day come to die or descendig into battel he perish †Our Lord be merciful vnto me that I extend not my hand vpon the annointed of our Lord. now therefore take the speare which is at his head cuppe of water and let vs goe †Dauid therefore tooke the speare and cuppe of water which was at Saules head and they went away and there was none that sawe or vnderstood or awaked but al slept because the dead sleepe of our Lord had fallen vpon them †And when Dauid had passed ouer against and stood in the toppe of the mountaine farre of and a good space betwen them †Dauid cried to the people and to Abner the sonne of Ner saying Wilt thou not answer Abner And Abner answering sayd Who art thou that criest and disquietest the king †And Dauid sayd to Abner Art not thou a man And who is like thee in Israel why therefore hast thou not kept thy lord the king for one of the multitude hath entered in to kil the king thy lord †This thing is not good which you haue done Our Lord liueth you are the children of death which haue not kept your lord the annointed of our Lord. Now therefore behold where the kinges speare is where the cup of water is which was at his head †And Saul knew Dauids voice and sayd Is this thy voice my sonne Dauid And Dauid sayd My voice my lord king †and he said For what cause doth my lord persecute his seruant What haue I done or what euil is there in my hand †Now therefore heare I pray my lord King the wordes of thy seruant If our Lord stirre thee vp against me let there be odoure of sacrifice but if the sonnes of men they are cursed in the sight of our Lord which haue cast me out this day that I should not dwel in the inheritance of our Lord saying Goe serue strange goddes †And now let not my blood be shed vpon the earth before our Lord for the king of Israel is come forth to seeke one flea as the perdix is pursued in the mountaines †And Saul sayd I haue sinned returne my sonne Dauid for I wil no more doe thee euil for that my life hath bene precious in thyne eies to day for it appeareth that I haue done foolishly and haue bene ignorant of very many thinges †And Dauid answering sayd Behold the kings speare let one of the kings seruants passe and take it †And our Lord wil reward euerie one according to his iustice and fidelitie for our Lord hath deliuered thee this day into my hand I would not extend my hand vpon the annointed of our Lord. †And as thy life hath bene magnified to day in myne eies so be my life magnified in the eies of our Lord and deliuer he me from al distresse †Saul therefore sayd to Dauid Blessed art thou my sonne Dauid and truly doing thou shalt doe and preuayling thou shalt preuaile And Dauid went into his way and Saul returned into his place CHAP. XXVII Dauid for more securitie goeth againe to Achis king of Geth 5. obtaineth of him the citie of Siceleg 6. by which meanes it becometh subiect to the kinges of Iuda 8. and maketh prayes vpon the enemies of King Achis AND Dauid sayd in his hart at length I shal fal one day into the handes of Saul is it not better that I flee and be saued in the Land of the Philistians that Saul may despaire and cease to seeke me in al the coastes of Israel I wil flee therefore his handes †And Dauid arose and went himselfe and the six hundred men with him to Achis the sonne of Maoch the King of Geth †And Dauid dwelt with Achis in Geth he and his men euerieman his house and his two wiues Achinoam the Iezrahelite and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel †And it was told Saul that Dauid was fled into Geth and he added no more to seeke him †And Dauid sayd to Achis If I haue grace in thy sight let there a place be geuen me in one of thy cities of this countrie that I may dwel there for why abideth thy seruant in the citie of the king with thee †Achis therefore gaue him in that day Siceleg for which cause Siceleg became the kinges of Iuda vntil this day †And the number of the daies that Dauid dwelt in the country of the Philistians was foure monethes †And Dauid went vp and his men and draue prayes out of Gessuri and Gerzi and from the Amalecites for these villages were inhabited in the land in old time as men goe to Sur as farre as the Land of Aegypt †And Dauid stroke al the land neither left he anie man or woman and taking the sheepe oxen and asses camels and garments he returned came to Achis †And Achis sayd to him Whom hast thou set vpon to day Dauid answered Against the south of Iuda and against the south of Ierâ—miel and against the south of Ceni †Dauid gaue life neither to man nor woman neither brought them into Geth saying Lest perhaps they
of Ionathas his sonne and gathering the bones of them that were crucified †they buried them with the bones of Saul and of Ionathas his sonne in the Land of Beniamin in the side in the sepulchre of Cis his father and they did al thinges that the king had commanded and God was made propitious agayne to the land after these thinges †And there was a battel made agayne of the Philistianes against Israel and Dauid went downe and his seruantes with him and fought agaynst the Philisthijms And Dauid faynting †Iesbibenob which was of the kinred of Arapha the yron of whose speare weyed three hundred ounces and he was girded with a new sword assayed to strike Dauid †And Abisai the sonne of Saruia reskewed him and striking the Philistian killed him Then sware Dauids men saying Thou shalt no more goe forth with vs into battel lest thou put out the lampe of Israel †There was also a second battel in Gob against the Philistians then stroke Sobochai of Husathi Saph of the stocke of Arapha of the kindred of the gyantes †There was also a third battel in Gob agaynst the Philistians in the which Adeodatus the sonne of the Forest a broderer the Bethlehemite stroke Goliath the Getheite the shaft of whose speare was as it were a weauers beame †The fourth battel was in Geth in the which was a tal man that had six fingers and six toes on eche hand and foote that is fowre and twentie and he was of the race of Arapha †And he blasphemed Israel and Ionathan the sonne of Samaa the brother of Dauid stroke him †These foure were borne of Arapha in Geth and they fel by the hand of Dauid and of his seruantes CHAP. XXII King Dauids Canticle of thankesgâ—uing for his deliuerie from al enemies 44. VVith a prophecie of the reiection of the Iewes and vocation of the Gentiles AND Dauid spake to our Lord the wordes of this song in the day that our Lord deliuered him out of the hand of al his enemies and out of the hand of Saul †And he sayd Our Lord is my rocke and my strength and my sauiour †God is my strong one I wil hope in him my shilde and the horne of my saluation my lifter vp and my refuge my sauiour from iniquitie thou wilt deliuer me †Our Lord prayse worthie wil I inuocate and from mine enemies I shal be saued †Because the pangues of death haue compassed me the streames of Belial haue terrified me †The ropes of hel haue compassed me the snares of death haue preuented me †In my tribulation I wil inuocate our Lord and I wil crie my God and he wil heare my voice out of his holie temple and my crie shal come to his eares †The earth quaked and trembled the fundations of the mountaynes were strycken and shaken because he was angrie with them †A smoke arose out of his nosethrels and a fyre from his mouth shal deuoure coles were kindled from him †And he bowed the heauens and descended and miste vnder his feete †And he ascended vpon the Cherubins and flew and slidde ouer the winges of the winde †He put darkenes round about him a couer stilling waters out of the clowdes of heauen †By the shyning in his presence the coles of fire were kindled †Our Lord wil thunder from heauen and the high one wil geue his voice †He shot his arrowes and dispersed them lightning and consumed them †And the ouerflowinges of the sea appeared and the fundations of the world were discouered at the rebuking of our Lord. at the breathing of the spirit of his furie †He sent from hygh heauen and tooke me and drewe me out of manie waters †He deliuered me from my most mightie enemie and from them that hated me because they were stronger then I. †He preuented me in the day of my affliction and our Lord became my stay †And he brought me forth into latitude he deliuered me because I wel pleased him †Our Lord wil reward me according to my iustice and according to the cleannes of my handes wil he render to me †Because I haue kept the wayes of our Lord and haue not done impiously from my God †For al his iudgementes are in my sight and his preâ—eptes I haue not remoued from me †And I shal be perfect with him and shal keepe my self from myne iniquitie †And our Lord wil restore vnto me according to my iustice and according to the cleannes of my handes in the sight of his eyes †With the holie one thou shalt be holie and with the strong perfect †Wâ—â—â— the elect thou shalt be elect and with the peruerse tâ—ou â—â—â—lt be peruerted †And the poore people thou wilt saue and the hautie in thyne eies thou wilt humble †Because thou art my lampe o Lord and thou wilt illuminate my darkenes †For in thee I wil runne girded in my God I wil leapâ— ouer the wal †God his way immaculate the word of our Lord is examined by fyre he is the shield of al that trust in him †Who is God beside our Lord and who is strong beside our God †God who hath girded me with strength and made euen my perfect way †Making my feete equal with the hartes and setting me vpon my high places †Teaching my handes vnto battel and framing myne armes as it were a brasen bow †Thou hast geuen me the shield of thy saluation and thy mildenes hath multiplied me †Thou shalt enlarge my steppes vnder me and myne ankles shal not fayle †I wil pursew myne enemies and bruise them and wil not returne til I consume them †I wil consume and break them that they rise not they shal fal vnder my feete †Thou hast girded me with strength to battel thou hast bowed vnder me them that resist me †Myne enemies thou hast made to turne to me the backe them that hated me and I shal destroy them †They shal crie and there shal not be to saue to our Lord and he wil not heare them †I wil destroy them as the dust of the earth as the myre of the streates wil I bruise and breake them †Thou wilt saue me from the contredictions of my people thou wilt keepe me to be the head of the Gentiles the people which I knowe not wil serue me †The children alienes wil resist me with the hearing of the eare they wil obey me †The children alienes are fallen away and shal be straytened in their distresses †Our lord liueth and my God is blessed and the strong God of my saluation shal be exalted †God which geuest me reuenges and throwest downe peoples vnder me †Which bringest me out from myne enemies and from them that resist me dost lift me vp from the wicked man thou shalt deliuer me †Therfore wil I confesse vnto thee o Lord among the
by his mouth to Dauid my father in his owne handes hath perfected it saying †Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Aegypt I chose no citie of al the tribes of Israel that a house might be built and my name might be there but I chose Dauid to be ouer my people Israel †And Dauid my father would haue built a house to the name of our Lord the God of Israel †and our Lord sayd to Dauid my father In that thou hast thought in thy hart to build a house to my name thou hast done wel casting this same thing in thy mynd †Neuerthelesse thou shalt not build me a house but thy sonne that shal come forth of thy reynes he shal build a house to my name †Our Lord hath confirmed his word which he spake and I stand for Dauid my father and sitte vpon the throne of Israel as our Lord hath spoken and I haue built a house to the name of our Lord the God of Israel †And I haue appoynted there a place for the arke wherin the couenant of our Lord is which he made with our fathers when they came out of the Land of Aegypt †And Salomon stood before the altar of our Lord in the sight of the assemblie of Israel and extended his handes toward heauen †and sayd Lord God of Israel there is no God like to thee in heauen aboue and vpon the earth beneth which keepest couenant and mercie with thy seruantes that walke before thee in al their hart †Which hast kept to thy seruant Dauid my father the thinges that thou hast spoken to him by mouth thou didst speake and with thy handes thou hast accomplished as this day proueth †Now therfore Lord God of Israel keepe vnto thy seruant Dauid my father the thinges which thou hast spoken to him saying There shal not be taken away of thee a man before me which sitteth vpon the throne of Israel yet so if thy children shal keepe their way that they walke before me as thou hast walked in my sight †And now Lord God of Israel let thy wordes be established which thou hast spoken to thy seruant Dauid my father †Is it then to be thought that in deede God dwelleth vpon the earth for if heauen and the heauens of heauens can not conteyne thee how much more this house which I haue built †But looke toward the prayer of thy setuant and to his petitions ô Lord my God heare the hymne and the prayer which thy seruant prayeth before thee this day †that thy eies be opened vpon this house night and day vpon the house wherof thou sayest My name shal be there that thou heare the prayer which thy seruant prayeth in this place to thee †That thou heare the request of thy seruant and of thy people Israel whatsoeuer they shal pray for in this place and thou shalt heare in the place of thy habitation in heauen and when thou hast heard thou shalt be merciful †If a man shal sinne agaynst his neighbour and shal haue any oath wherwith he is held fast bound and shal come because of the oath before thine altar into thy house †thou shalt heare in heauen and shalt doe and iudge thy seruantes condemning the impious and rendring his way vpon his head and iustifying the iust and rewarding him according to his iustice †If thy people Israel shal flec their enemies because they wil sinne agaynst thee and doing penance and confessing to thy name shal come and pray and besech thee in this house †heare in heauen and forgeue the sinne of thy people Israel and thou shalt reduce them vnto the land which thou gauest to their fathers †If the heauen shal be shut and it rayne not because of their sinnes and praying in this place they doe penance to thy name and shal be conuerted from their sinnes through their affliction †heare them in heauen and forgeue the sinnes of thy seruantes and of thy people Israel and shew them a good way wherin they may walke and geue rayne vpon thy land which thou hast geuen to thy people in possession †If famine aryse in the land or pestilence or corrupt ayre or blasting or locust or rust and their enemie afflict them besieging the gates al plague al in firmity †al cursing and banning that shal chance to any man of thy people Israel if any man shal know the wound of his hart and shal spred forth his handes in this house †thou shalt heare in heauen in the place of thy habitation and shalt be merciful agayne and shalt so doe that thou geue to euerie one according to his wayes as thou shalt see his hart for thou onlie knowest the hart of al the children of men †that they feare thee al the dayes which they liue vpon the face of the land which thou hast geuen our fathers †Moreouer also the stranger which is not of thy people Israel when he shal come from a farre countrie for thy name for thy great name shal be heard of and thy strong hand †and thy stretched out arme euerie where when therfore he shal come and shal pray in this place †thou shalt heare in heauen in the firmament of thy habitation thou shalt doe al thinges for the which the stranger shal inuocate thee that al the peoples of the earth may lerne to feare thy name as thy people Israel and may proue that thy name is inuocated vpon this house which I haue built †If thy people shal goe forth to warre agaynst their enemies by the way whithersoeuer thou shalt send them they shal pray to thee agaynst the way of the citie which thou hast chosen and agaynst the house which I haue built to thy name †and thou shalt heare in heauen their prayers and their petitions and shalt doe iudgement for them †But if they shal sinne to thee for there is no man which sinneth not and thou being wrath shalt deliuer them to their enemies and they shal be led captiue into the land of their enemies farre or neere †and shal doe penance in their hart in the place of captiuirie and conuerted shal besech thee in their captiuitie saying We haue sinned we haue done wickedly we haue dealt impiously †and shal returne to thee in al their hart and al their soule in the land of their enemies to the which they shal be led captiue shal pray to thee agaynst the way of their land which thou gauest to their fathers and of the citie which thou hast chosen of the temple which I haue built to thy name †thou shalt heare in heauen in the firmament of thy throne their prayers and their petitions and shalt doe their iudgement for them †and shalt be merciful to thy people which sinned to thee and to al their iniquities where with they haue transgressed agaynst thee and thou
Arke but the two tables which Moyses had put in Horeb when our Lord gaue the law to the children of Israel coming out of Aegypt †And the Priestes being gone out of the Sanctuarie for al the priestes that could be found there were sanctified neither as yet at that time were the courses and the order of the ministeries deuided among them †as wel the Leuites as the singing men that is both they which were vnder Asaph and they which were vnder Heman and they which were vnder Idithun their sonnes brethren reuested with finne linnen clothes sounded on cymbals and psalteries and harpes standing at the East side of the Altar and with them Priestes an hundred twentie founding with trumpettes †Therfore al sounding together both with trumpettes and voyce and cymbals and organes and with diuerse kind of musical instrumentes and lifteng vp their voice on high the sound was heard far of so that when they began to prayse our Lord and to say Confesse to our Lord because he is good because his mercie is for euer the house of God was filled with a cloud †that the Priestes could not stand and minister for the darkenesse For the glorie of our Lord had filled the house of God CHAP. VI. Salomon blesseth the people 4. prayeth to God geuing thankes for benefites receiued 16. and requesting continual protection and that God wil heare the prayers of the people 32. yea also of strangers that pray in the Temple THEN Salomon sayd Our Lord promised that he would dwel in darkenesse †and I haue built a house to his name that he might dwel there for euer †And the king turned his face and blessed al the multitude of Israel for al the multitude stood attent and sayd †Blessed be our Lord the God of Israel who in worke hath accomplished that which he spake to Dauid my father saying †From the day that I brought my people out of the Land of Aegypt I chose not a citie of al the tribes of Israel that a house might be built in it to my name neither did I choose anie other man to be Duke in my people Israel †but I chose Ierusalem that my name may be in it and I chose Dauid that I might appoynt him ouer my people Israel †And wheras Dauid my father had meant to build a house to the name of our Lord the God of Israel †our Lord sayd to him Because thy wil was this that thou wouldest build a house to my name thou hast done wel certes to haue such a wil †howbeit thou shalt not build the house but thy sonne which shal come out of thy loynes he shal build a house to my name †Our Lord therfore hath accomplished his word which he spake and I am risen for Dauid my father and sit vpon the throne of Israel as our Lord hath spoken and haue built a house to the name of our Lord the God of Israel †And I haue put in it the Arke wherin is the couenant of our Lord which he made with the children of Israel †He therfore stoode before the Altar of our Lord ouer agaynst al the multitude of Israel and stretched forth his handes †For Salomon had made an eminent place of brasse and had put it in the middes of the Temple hauing fiue cubites of length bredth three of height he stoode vpon it afterward kn̄eeling ouer agaynst al the multitude of Israel and his handes lifted vp toward heauen †he sayd Lord God of Israel there is not the like God to thee in heauen and in earth which keepest couenant and mercie with thy seruantes that walke before thee in al their hart †which hast performed to thy seruant Dauid my father what thinges soeuer thou hadst spoken to him and the thinges that by mouth thou hadst promised in worke thou hast accomplished as also the present time proueth †Now therfore Lord God of Israel fulfil to thy seruant my father Dauid what soeuer thou didst speake to him saying There shal not fayle of thee a man before me to sitte vpon the throne of Israel yet so if thy children keepe their waies and walke in my law as thou also hast walked before me †And now Lord God of Israel be thy word confirmed which thou hast spoken to thy seruant Dauid †Is it credible then that God should dwel with men vpon the earth If heauen and the heauens of heauens doe not take thee how much more this house which I haue built †But to this end only it is made that thou shouldest respect the prayer of thy seruant and his supplication Lord my God and mayst heare the prayers which thy seruant powreth out before thee †that thou open thine eies vpon this house daies nightes vpon the place wherein thou hast promised that thy name should be inuocated †and wouldest heare the prayer which thy seruant prayeth in it and mayst heare the prayers of thy seruant and of thy people Israel Whosoeuer shal pray in this place heare out of thy habitation that is from the heauens and be propitious †If anie man shal sinne agaynst his neighbour and come readie to sweare agaynst him and binde himself with a curse before the altar in this house †thou shalt heare from heauen and shalt doe the iudgement of thy seruantes so that thou render to the vniust his way vpon his owne head and reuenge the iust rewarding him according to his iustice †If thy people Israel shal be ouercome of their enemies for they wil sinne to thee and conuerted shal doe penance and besech thy name and pray in this place †thou shalt heare from heauen and be thou propetious to the sinne of thy people Israel and reduce them into the land which thou gauest them and their fathers †If the heauen being shut there fal no rayne for the sinnes of the people and they shal besech thee in this place and shal confesse to thy name and shal be conuerted from their sinnes when thou shalt afflict them †heare from heauen ô Lord and forgeue the sinnes of thy seruantes and of thy people Israel and teach them the good way by the which they may goe and geue rayne to thy land which thou hast geuen thy people to possesse †If famine shal arise in the land and pestilence rust and blast and locust and bruche and the enemies wasting the countries shal besiege the gates of the citie and al plague and infirmitie shal presse them †if any of thy people Israel shal pray knowing their plague and infirmitie and shal spred forth their handes in this house †thou shalt heare from heauen to wit out of thy high habitation and be thou propitious and render to euerie one according to his wayes which thou knowest him to haue in his hart for thou onlie knowest the hartes of the children of men †that they may feare
thee and walke in thy waies al the daies that they liue vpon the face of the land which thou hast geuen to our fathers †The Forener also which is not of thy people Israel if he come from a far countrie for thy strong hand thy streched out arme and adore in this place †thou shalt heare from heauen thy most firme habitation shalt do al thinges for the which that pilgrime shal inuocate thee that al the peoples of the earth may know thy name and may feare thee as thy people Israel and may know that thy name is inuocated vpon this house which I haue built †If thy people shal goe forth to warre agaynst their aduersaries by the way that thou shalt send them shal adore thee agaynst the way wherein is this citie which thou hast chosen and the house which I haue built to thy name †thou shalt from heauen heare their prayers and petition and doe thou reuenge †And if they shal sinne to thee for there is no man that sinneth not and thou be angrie with them and deliuer them to the enemies and they leade them captiue into a farre countrie or which is neere at the least †and being conuerted in their hart in the land to the which they were led captiue shal doe penance and shal besech thee in the land of their captiuitie sayng We haue sinned we haue done wickedly we haue delt vniustly †and shal returne to thee in al their hart and in al their soule in the land of their captiuitie to the which they were led shal adore thee agaynst the way of their land which thou gauest their fathers and of the citie which thou hast chosen and of the house which I haue built to thy name †thou shalt heare from heauen that is from thy firme habitation their prayers and doe thou iudgement and forgeue thy people although sinneful †for thou art my God let thine eies I besech thee be opened and let thine eares be attent to the prayer that is made in this place †Now therfore arise Lord God in thy rest thou and the Arke of thy strength Let thy Priestes Lord God put on saluation thy Saintes reioyse in good thinges †Lord God turne not away from the face of my Christ remember the mercies of Dauid thy seruant CHAP. VII Fire from heauen deuoureth the holocaustes and glorie replenisheth the Temple 5. More sacrifices are offered 8. and the Temple is dedicated with seven daies solemnitie the eight day collection is made 12. God signifieth that he hath heard Salomons prayer 17. conditionally as it was made if they serue him 19. otherwise he wil punish them AND when Salomon had finished to poure out his prayers fyre descended from heauen and deuoured the holocaustes and victimes and the maiestie of our Lord filled the house †Neither could the Priestes enter into the Temple of our Lord because the maiestie of our Lord had filled the temple of our Lord. †Yea and al the children of Israel sawe the fyre descending and the glorie of our Lord vpon the house and falling flat on the earth vpon the pauement paued with stone they adored and praysed our Lord Because he is good because his mercie is for euer †And the king and al the people immolated victimes before our Lord. †King Salomon therfore killed hostes of oxen twentie two thousand of rammes an hundred twentie thousand and the king and al the people dedicated the house of God †And the Priestes stood in their offices and the Leuites with the instrumentes of the songues of our Lord which Dauid the king made to prayse our Lord Because his mercie is for euer singing the hymnes of Dauid by their handes moreouer the Priestes sounded with trumpettes before them and al Israel stood †Salomon also sanctified the middes of the court before the temple of our Lord for he had offered there the holocaustes and the fatte of the pacifiques because the brasen altar which he had made could not susteyne the holocaustes and the sacrifices and the fatte †Salomon therfore made a solemnitie at that time seuen daies and al Israel with him an assemblie verie great from the entrance of Emath to the Torrent of Aegypt †And he made in the eight day an assemblie because he had dedicated the altar seuen daies and had celebrated the solemnitie seuen daies †Therfore in the three and twenteth day of the seuenth moneth he dismist the people to their tabernacles reioysing and being glad for the good that our Lord had done to Dauid and Salomon and Israel his people †And Salomon accomplished the house of our Lord and the house of the king and al that he had disposed in his hart to do in the house of our Lord and in his owne house and he prospered †And our Lord appeared to him by night and sayd I haue heard thy prayer and haue chosen this place to me for a house of sacrifice †If I shal shut heauen and rayne fal not and shal bid and command the locust to deuoure the land and shal send pestilence into my people †and my people being conuerted vpon whom my name is inuocated shal besech me and seeke out my face and shal doe penance from their most wicked waies I also wil heare from heauen and wil be propitious to their sinnes and wil saue their land †Mine eies also shal be opened and mine eares erected to his prayer that shal pray in this place †For I haue chosen and haue sanctified this place that my name may be there for euer and mine eies and my hart may remaine there al daies †Thou also if thou walke before me as Dauid thy father walked and shalt doe according to al thinges which I haue commanded thee and shalt keepe my iustices and iudgementes †I wil rayse vp the throne of thy kingdom as I promised to Dauid thy father saying There shal not be taken away of thy stocke a man that shal be prince in Israel †But if you shal be turned away and shal forsake my iustices and my preceptes which I haue proposed to you and going shal serue strange goddes and adore them †I wil plucke you out of my land which I haue geuen you and this house which I haue sanctified to my name I wil cast away from my face and wil deliuer it for a parable and an exemple to al peoples †And this house shal be for a prouerbe to al passengers and they shal say being astonyshed Why hath the Lord done so to this land and to this house †And they shal answer Because they forsooke the Lord the God of their fathers who brought them out of the Land of Aegypt and tooke hold of strange goddes and adored them and worshipped them therfore are al these euils come vpon them CHAP. VIII Salomon buildeth diuers cities 7. maketh the residue of the Chananites tributarie 12. offereth the ordinarie
his children with former wickednes and him as iniurious to God in his speaches of which if he would repent he should be healed and prosper as before Arguing in general that God neuer afflicteth the innocent nor assisteth the malignant Insinuating therby that Iob was an hypocrite wherto Iob answered chap. 9. 10 that in dede no man may compare nor iustifie himselse before God Neuertheles it standeth wel with Gods iustice powre wisdome that innocentes be sometimes exercised with tribulations more then their offences deserue Thirdly Sophar the third disputer assaulted Iob ch 11. imputing his speach and defence of himself to loquacitie and audacious temeritie in that he desired to know the causes of Gods prouidence in so grieuously afflicting him Of which faultes holie Iob purged himself in the three next chapters stil maintayning his innocencie according to his owne conscience better knowen to himself then to them desiring God to instruct him if he had anie vnknowen sinnes Discoursed also much more profoundly of Gods powre wisdome iustice and prouidence as weâ— in general as towards himself in particular and professed his faith and great confidence of the Resurrection Againe Eliphaz ch 15. more bitterly then before condemned Iob of presumption and blasphemie discoursed of mans corruptnes and prones to sinne describing the maners of hypochrites and other impious men with their miserable endes and argued Iob for such a one VVho in the next two chapters expostulated with these his freinds that they coming with pretence to comforth him did so violently afflict him by charging him with false and heynous crimes his owne conscience better knowing and testifying his former life and state of his soule then that their imaginations could alter his iudgement And so with contempt of this world desire of death and rest appealed to Gods iudgement against his three freindes touching the matter in controuersie In the meane time comforted himself with meditation of the next world Baldad likewise replied ch 18. with hote contention accusing Iob of insolent impatience inculcating the greuous punishmentes both of him and others for their impietie In answer wherto he lamented againe the wanâ— of expected comforth especially by such freindes Stil comforted himself with assured faith of the Resurrection Sophar also ch 20. attempted againe to coÌ„uince Iob of impietie and hypochrisie by the miserable and speedie fal of wicked men after prosperitie for so he imagined Iob to be fallen into irrecouerable miserie But Iob shewed the contrarie that some wicked men prosper long yea al their life and the same long and then in a moment goe downe to hel and so the argument of present affliction proued not their opinion against him Eliphaz disputed the third time ch 22. contending that the causes of affliction are not to be attributed to Gods secrete prouidence but to assured sinnes of the wicked Vpon whom only he supposed that afflictions fal inferring that Iob was guiltie of enormious crimes grosse errors Vrged him therfore to returne to God that he might be restored to former prosperitie Iob againe appealed to Gods sentence not in his terrour nor rigour of his iustice but against his aduersaries in this quarel describing Gods powre and wisdome by which he permitteth the innocent to be afflicted the wicked to prosper no man knowing how soone or how late al shal receiue as they deserue Moreouer Baldad disputed the third time very briefly ch 25. endeuouring to terrifie Iob from further answering and especially from appealing to Gods iudgement But Iob very largely in six ensuing chapters discoursed diuinely of Gods souereigne Maieste Powre Wisdom exact Iustice and infinite Mercie Also of wicked mens destruction of his owne former prosperitie and present calamitie together with his good workes and innocencie which he stil anouched in respect of great iniquities After that Iob and his three freindes ceassed nothing being agreed vpon in the point of controuersie the diuel yet ceassed not but sturred vp a yongman called Eliu proud and arrogant but not vnlerned who abruptly condemned them al to witte Iob of pertinacie the others of insufficiencie And therfore tooke vpon him to conuince Iob though the others could not Very like to late-rising Protestantes or Puritaines bragging that by new argumentes and proofes neuer heard of they wil ouerthrow the Papistes or Catholique Romaine Church and doctrin which al former enimies Iewes Pagaines Turkes and Heretikes nor Hel gates could not ouercome This yong Eliu therfore with his Priuate spirite wiser in his owne conceipt then al that went before him assaulted constant Iob ch 32. and fiue more ensuing with manie wordes and bragges often chalenging prouoking but not extorting anie answer from so graue a man to his friuolous and idle argumentes largely discoursing of thinges either not denied or so manifest false that euerie meane seruant of God could easely conuince them and neuer approching to the maine controuersie only railed against holie Iob charging him more furiously then anie had donne before with impietie impatience ignorance pride blasphemie and obstinacie vices farre from Iobs sanctitie dilating also of Gods iustice mercie wisdome powre and prouidence and that no man ought to contend nor expostulate with God that afflictions must be borne patiently and that God is iust and maruelous in his workes wherof no wiseman euer doubted and so Iob conuinced him with silence But God himself for decision of al from ch 38. to the end of the Booke first by way of examining instructed Iob more particularly reciting manie maruelous workes of nature shewing therby his Diuine Maiestie Powre and wisdome exercising Iob in more patience and withal perfecting him in humilitie So that with al reuerent feare and subiection he offered and submitted him selfe to Gods onlie good pleasure Then finally God gaue sentence that Iob had defended the truth his three freindes had erred VVhom after Sacrifice and Iobs prayer for them he pardoned restored Iob to health and to duble prosperitie of al he had lost before geuing him also long life and a happie end In this historie besides the literal sense shewing that Iob was iust and sincere and not for his sinnes as his freindes falsly supposed but for his more mereâ—e was most extremly afflicted and afterwards restored to health and wealth we haue also hâ—re in the Allegorical sense an especial figure of Christ who as he was absolutly most innocent most perfect so was he without coÌ„parison most afflicted of al mankind Likewise Iobs restauration to better state then before signified in the Anagogical sense the Resurrection and restâ—uratioÌ„ of better most glorious qualities in the blessed with fulnes of daies in eternal glorie Finally in the Moral sense which S. Gregorie most especially prosecuteth al Christians haue here a most notable example of al vertues namely of patience wherin Iob proceded by degrees to great perfection For he was first
him darkesome water in the cloudes of the aire Because of the brightnesse in his sight the cloudes passed hayle and coles of fire †And our Lord thundered from heauen and the Highest gaue his voice haile and coles of fire †And he shot his arrowes and dissipated them he multiplied lightnings and trubled them †And the fountaynes of waters appeared and the fundations of the world were reueled At thy rebuke ô Lord at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath †He sent from on high and tooke me and he receiued me out of manie waters †He deliuered me from my most strong enemies and from them that hated me because they were made strong ouer me †They preuented me in the day of mine affliction and our Lord was made my protectour †And he brought me out into largenesse he saued me because he would me †And our Lord wil reward me according to my iustice and according to the purity of my handes he wil reward me †Because I haue kept the waies of our Lord neither haue I done impiously from my God †Because al his iudgementes are in my sight and his iustices I haue not repelled from me †And I shal be immaculate with him and shal keepe me from mine iniquitie †And our Lord wil reward me according to my iustice and according to the puritie of my handes in the sight of his eies †With the holie thou shalt be holie and with the innocent man thou shalt be innocent †And with the elect thou shalt be elect and with the peruerse thou shalt be peruerted †Because thou wilt saue the humble people and the eies of the proud thou wilt humble †Because thou dost illuminate my lampe ô Lord my God illuminate my darkenesse †Because in thee I shal be deliuered from tentation and in my God I shal goe ouer the wal †My God his way is vnpolluted the wordes of our Lord are examined by fire he is protector of al that hope in him †For who is God but our Lord or who is God but our God †God that girded me with strength and made my way immaculate †That perfited my feete as it were of hartes and setting me vpon high thinges †That teacheth my handes to battel and hast put mine armes as a bow of brasse †And hast geuen me the protection of thy saluation and thy right hand hath receiued me And thy discipline hath corrected me vnto the end and thy discipline the same shal teach me †Thou hast enlarged my pases vnder me and my steppes are not weakened †I wil pursew myne enemies and ouertake them and wil not returne til they faile †I wil breake them neither shal they be able to stand they shal fal vnder my feete †And thou hast girded me with strength to battel and hast supplanted them that rise against me vnder me †And myne enemies thou hast geuen me their backe and them that hate me thou hast destroyed †They cried neither was there that would saue them to our Lord neither did he heare them †And I wil breake them to powder as the dust before the face of winde as the durt of the streates I wil destroy them †Thou wilt deliuer me from the contradictions of the people thou wilt appoynte me to be head of the Gentiles †A people which I knew not hath serued me in the hearing of the eare it hath obeyed me †The children being alienes haue lyed to me the children alienes are inueterated and haue halted from their pathes †Our Lord liueth and blessed be my God and the God of my saluation be exalted †O God which geuest me reuenges subdewest peoples vnder me my deliuerer from mine angrie enemies †And from them that rise vp against me thou wilt exalt me from the vniust man thou wilt deliuer me Therfore wil I confesse to thee among nations ô Lord and wil say a psalme to thy name Magnifying the saluations of his king and doing mercie to his Christ Dauid and to his seede for euer PSALME XVIII Gods perfect goodnes and glorie is shewed by his great workes and by his Apostles sent with heauenlie commission to preach in al tongues to al nations 6. Christ coming into the world and returne vnto heauen 8. his immaculate Law 13. Wherin notwistanding the iust shal haue nede to pray for remission of smaller and daylie sinnes †Vnto the end the psalme of Dauid THE heauens shew forth the glorie of God and the firmament declareth the workes of his handes †Day vnto day vttereth word and night vnto night sheweth knowledge †There are no languages nor speaches whose voyces are not heard †Their sound hath gone forth into al the earth and vnto the endes of the round world the wordes of them †He put his tabernacle in the sunne himself as a bridgrome coming forth of his bridechamber He hath reioyced as againt to runne the way †his comming forth from the toppe of heauen And his recourse euen to the toppe therof neither is there that can hide him selfe from his heate †“ The law of our Lord is immaculate conuerting soules the testimonie of our Lord is faithful geuing wisedome to litle ones †The iustices of our Lord be right making hartes ioyful the precept of our Lord lightsome illuminating the eies †The feare of our Lord is holie permanent for euer and euer the iudgmentes of our Lord be true iustified in themselues †To be desired aboue gold and much pretious stone and more sweete aboue honie and the honie combe †For thy seruant keepeth them in keeping them is much reward †Sinnes who vnderstandeth from my secrete sinnes cleanse me †and from other mens spare thy seruant If they shal not haue dominion ouer me then shal I be immaculate and shal be cleansed from the greatest sinne †And the wordes of my mouth shal be such as may please and the meditation of my hart in thy sight alwayes O Lord my helper and my redemer ANNOTATIONS PSALME XVIII â— The lavv of our lord is immaculate conuerting soules Gods law in it selfe being most pure and immaculate is the proper meanes wherby the Holie Ghost conuerteth soules from sinnes to iustice Not that euerie one is iust fied vvhich readeth heareth or knoweth the lavv but by keping it through grace of the Holie Ghost VVho is the author and vvorker of iusâ—â—e by disposing the soule to cooperate in maner partly here described Gods faithful and most true testimonie by his lavv geueth vvisdome faith and knovvlege to the humble his right iustices comfort the hartes of the saithful his clere precept teacheth them their dutie his holie feare perseuireth vvith them his true iudgements are most delectable and
my bones shal say Lord who is like to thee Deliuering the needie from the hand of them that are stronger then he the needie and poore from them that spoile him Vniust witnesses rysing vp asked me things that I knew not †They repayed me euil things for good sterilitie to my soule †But I when they were trublesome to me did put on cloth of heare I humbled my soule in fasting and my prayer shal be turned into my bosome †As a neighbour as our brother so did I please as mourning and sorowful so was I humbled †And they reioyced against me and came together scourges were gathered together vpon me and I was ignorant †They were dissipated and not compunct they tempted me they scorned me with scorning they gnashed vpon me with their teeth †Lord when wilt thou regard restore thou my soule from their malignitie myne only one from the lions †I wil confesse to thee in the great Church in a graue people I wil prayse thee †Let them not reioyce ouer me that are my aduersaries vniustly that hate me without cause and twinckle with the eies †Because they spake in deede peaceably to me and in the anger of the earth speaking they meant guiles †And they opened their mouth awide vpon me they said Wel wel our eies haue seene †Thou hast sene ô Lord keepe not silence Lord depart not from me †Arise and attend to my iudgement my God and my Lord vnto my cause †Iudge me according to thy iustice ô Lord my God and let them not reioyce ouer me †Let them not say in their hartes Wel wel to our soule neitheir let them say We haue deuoured him †Let them blush and be ashamed together that reioyce at my euils Let them be clothed with confusion and shame that speake great things vpon me †Let them reioyce and be glad that wil my iustice and let them say alwayes Our Lord be magnified that wil the peace of his seruant †And my tongue shal meditate thy iustice thy prayse al the day PSALME XXXV The prophet describeth the wicked malice of obstinate sinners 6. Against which he opposeth Gods infinite goodnes 9. with his prouident mercie towards the worst and iust reward of the good 12. praying to escape the dangerous gulfe of pride †Vnto the end to the seruant of our Lord Dauid him selfe THE vniust hath said within him selfe that he would sinne there is no feare of God before his eies †Because he hath done deceitfully in his sight that his iniquitie may be found vnto hatred †The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and guile he would not vnderstand that he might doe wel †He hath meditated iniquitie in his bed he hath set himselfe on euery way not good and malice he hath not hated Lord thy mercie is in heauen and thy truth euen to the clowdes †Thy iustice as the hilles of God thy iudgementes are great depth Men beastes thou wilt saue ô Lord †as thou hast multiplied thy mercie ô God But the children of men shal hope in the couert of thy winges †They shal be inebriated with the plentie of thy house and with the torrent of thy pleasure thou shalt make them drinke Because with thee is the fountaine of life and in thy light we shal see light †Extend thy mercie to them that know thee and thy iustice to them that are of a right hart Let not the foote of pride come to me and let not the hand of a sinner moue me †There haue they fallen that worke iniquitie they were expelled neither could they stand PSALME XXXVI An exhortation not to enuie nor imitate the euil who for most part prosper in this world and are damned eternally but to flee euil and doe good duly considering that God diuersly permitteth and punisheth the wicked and likewise comforteth and afflicteth the iust al for their good †A Psalme to Dauid him self HAVE no emulation toward the malignant neither enuie them that doe iniquitie †Because they shal quickely wither as grasse and as the blossomes of herbes they shal soone fal †Hope in our Lord and doe good and inhabite the land and thou shalt be fed in the riches therof †Be delighted in our Lord and he wil geue thee the petitions of thy hart †Reuele thy way to our Lord and hope in him and he wil doe it †And he wil bring forth thy iustice as light and thy iudgement as midday †be subiect to our Lord and pray him Haue no emulation in him that prospereth in his way in a man that doth iniustices †Cease from wrath and leaue furie haue not emulation that thou be malignant †Because they that are malignant shal be cast out but they that expect our Lord the same shal inherite the land †And yet a litle while and the sinner shal not be and thou shalt seeke his place and shal not find it †But the meeke shal inherite the land and shal be delighted in multitude of peace †The sinner shal obserue the iust and shal gnash vpon him with his teeth †But our Lord shal scorne him because he foreseeth that his day shal come †Sinners haue drawen out the sword they haue bent their bowe That they may deceine the poore and needie that they may murder the right of hart †Let their owne swordes enter into their hartes and let their bowe be broken †Better is a litle to the iust aboue much riches of sinners †Because the armes of sinners shal be broken in pieces but our Lord comfirmeth the iust †Our Lord knoweth the daies of the immaculate and their inheritance shal be for euer †They shal not be confounded in the euil time and in the dayes of famine they shal be filled †because the sinners shal perish But the enemies of our Lord forth with as they shal be honoured and exalted vanishing shal vanish as smoke †The sinner shal borrow and not pay but the iust is merciful and wil geue †Because they that blesse him shal inherite the land but they that curse him shal perish †With our Lord the steppe of man shal be directed and he shal like wel of his way When he shal fal he shal not be brused because our Lord putteth his hand vnder †I haue bene yong for I am old and I haue not sene the iust forsaken nor his seede seeking bread †Al the day he is merciful and lendeth and his seede shal be in blessing †Decline from euil and doe good and inhabite for euer and euer †Because our Lord loueth iudgement and he wil not forsake his sainctes they shal be
planted the eare shal he not heare Or he that made the eie doth he not consider †He that chastiseth nations shal he not rebuke he that teacheth man knowledge †Our Lord knoweth the cogitations of men that they be vaine †Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct ô Lord and shalt â—each out of thy lawe †That thou maist geue him quietnes from the euil daies til a pitte be digged for the sinner †Because our Lord wil not reiect his people and his inheritance he wil not forsake †Vntil iustice be turned into iudgement and they who are neere it are al that are right of hart †Who shal rise for me against the malignant or who shal stand with me against them that worke iniquitie †But that our Lord hath holpen me within very litle my soule had dwelt in hel †If I said My foote is moued thy mercie ô Lord did help me †According to the multitude of my sorrowes in my hart thy consolations haue made my soule ioyful †Doth the seat of iniquitie cleaue to thee which makest labour in precept †They wil hunt after the soule of the iust and wil condemne innocent bloud And our Lord became my refuge and my God the helpe of my hope †And he wil repay them their iniquitie and in their malice he wil destroy them the Lord our God wil destroy them PSALMES XCIIII An inuitation to serue and adore Christ our Lord and Messias 3. aswel for the benefites of creating al thinges 7. as for his Incarnation and not to harden our hartes as the Iewes did Praise of Canticle to Dauid him selfe COME let vs reioyce to our Lord let vs make iubilation to God our sauiour †Let vs preuent his face in confession and in Psalmes let vs make iubilation to him †Because our Lord is a great God and a great King aboue al goddes †Because in his hand are the endes of the earth and the heightes of the mountaines be his †Because the sea is his and he made it and his handes formed the drie land †Come let vs adore and fal downe and wepe before our Lord that made vs. †Because he is the Lord our God and we the people of his pasture and the shepe of his hand †To day if ye shal heare his voice “ harden not your hartes †As in the prouocation according to the day of the tentation in the desert where your fathers tempted me proued me and saw my workes †Fourtie years was I offended with that generation and said These alwaies erre in hart †And these haue not knowne my waies as I sware in my wrath if they shal enter into my rest ANNOTATIONS PSALME XCIIII 8. Harden not your hartes VVhatsoeuer God proposeth by preaching or inspiration to a sinner it resteth stil in the powre of his freewil to harden his harte and to reiect al such good motions and so he doth not only frustrate Gods grace and hinder his owne iustification but also increaseth his former sinnes But by not resisting when deliberating therupon he could resist he disposeth himselfe and cooperateth to first iustification And therfore the royal Prophet here admonisheth and earnestly exhorteth al men to do this which God hath put in our powre not to harden our owne hartes when we heare his voice by resisting and reiecting his grace freely offered without al merite of our part PSALME XCV Al peoples nations are inuited to praise the blessed Trinitie 3. for Christs Incarnation and spiritual kingdom in al the world â—â— euen sensles creatures acknowledging his maiestie 13. and iudicial powre A Canticle to Dauid * himselfe when the house was built after the captiuitie SING ye to our Lord a new song sing to our Lord al the earth †Sing ye to our Lord and blesse his name shewforth his saluation from day to day †Shewforth his glorie among the Gentiles his meruelous workes in al peoples †Because our Lord is great and exceeding laudable he is terrible aboue al goddes †Because al the goddes of the Gentiles are diuels but our Lord made the heauens †Confession and beauty in his sight holinesse and magnificence in his sanctification †Bring to our Lord ye families of Gentiles bring ye to our Lord glorie and honour †bring to our Lord glorie vnto his name Take vp hoastes and enter into his courtes †adore ye our Lord in his holie court Let al the earth be moued before his face †say ye among the Gentiles that our Lord hath reigned For he hath corrected the round world which shal not be moued he wil iudge peoples in equitie †Let the heauens be glad and the earth reioyce the sea be moued and the fulnesse therof †the fieldes shal be glad and al things that are in them Then shal the trees of the woodes reioyce †before the face of our Lord because he cometh because he cometh to iudge the earth He wil iudge the round world in equitie and peoples in his truth PSALME XCVI Al the earth is inuited to reioyce in Christs kingdom 3. with description of the signes coming before the day of Iudgement 7. Idolaters shal be confounded 8. Holie Angels and iust men shal adore Christ and reioyce To this Dauid when his land was restored agane to him OVR Lord hath reigned let the earth reioyce let manie Ilands be glad †Cloude and mist round about him iustice and iudgement the correction of his seat †Fire shal goe before him and shal inflame his enimies round about †His lightninges shined to the round world the earth sawe and was moued †The mountaines melted as waxe before the face of our Lord before the face of our Lord al the earth †The heauens haue shewed forth his iustice and al peoples haue seene his glorie †Let them al be confounded that adore sculptils and that glorie in their idoles Adore him al ye his Angels †Sion heard and was glad And the daughters of Iuda reioyced because of thy iudgements ô Lord. †Because thou Lord most high ouer al the earth thou art exalted excedingly aboue al goddes †You that loue our Lord hate ye euil our Lord keepeth the soules of his saintes out of the hand of the sinner he wil deliuer them †Light is risen to the iust and ioy to the right of hart †Be glad ye iust in our Lord and confesse ye to the memorie of his sanctification PSALME XCVII Al men are againe inuited ioyfully to celebrate the meruelous conquest of Christ in al nations 4. with hart voice and instruments 8. al creatures acknowledging his coming to iudge the world A psalme to Dauid himselfe SING ye
Idumea †Wil t not thou ô God which hast repelled vs and wilt not thou goeforth ô God in our hoastes †Geue vs helpe out of tribulation because mans saluation is vayne †In God we shal doe strength and he wil bring our enemies to nothing PSALME CVIII Christ by the mouth of Dauid requesteth of God to be iustly declared innocent and his enimies punished 6. particularly describing Iudas the traitors malice 21. and his owne temporal afflictions 26. prayeth 30. and praiseth God for his deliuerie †Vnto the end a Psalme of Dauid O God conceale not my prayse because the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the deceitful man is open vpon me †They haue spoken against me with deceitful tongue and with wordes of hatred they haue compassed me and they haue impugned me without cause †For that they should loue me they backbited me but I prayed †And they set against me euil thinges for good and hatred for my loue Appoint a sinner ouer him and let the diuel stand on his righthand †When he is iudged let him comeforth condemned and let his prayer be turned into sinne †Let his dayes be made fewe and let an other take his bishopricke †Let his children be made orphans and his wife a widow †Let his children be transported wandering and let them begge and let them be cast out of their habitations †Let the vsurer search al his substance and let strangers spoile his labours †Let there be none to helpe him neither let there be anie to haue pittie on his pupilles †Let his children come to destruction in one generation let his name be cleane put out †Let the iniquitie of his fathers returne to memorie in the sight of our Lord and let not the sinne of his mother be blotted out †Let them be before our Lord alwayes and let the memorie of them perish out of the earth †For that he remembred not to doe mercie †And he persecuted the poore and needie man and the compunct in hart to kil him †And he loued cursing and it shal come to him and he would not blessing and it shal be far from him And he put on cursing as a garment and it entred as water into his inner partes and as oile in his bones †Be it to him as a garment wherwith he is couered and as a girdle wherwith he is alwayes girded †This is the worke of them that detract from me before our Lord and that speake euils against my soule †And thou Lord Lord doe with me for thy names sake because thy mercie is swete Deliuer me †because I am needie and poore and my hart is trubled within me †As a shadow when it declineth am I taken away and I am shaken as locustes †My knees are weakened with fasting and my flesh is changed by reason of oile †And I am made a reproch to them they saw me and wagged their heades †Helpe me ô Lord my God saue me according to thy mercie †And let them know that this is thy hand and thou ô Lord hast done it †They wil curse and thou shalt blesse let them that rise vp against me be confounded but thy seruant shal reioyce †Let them that detract from me be clothed with shame and let them be couered with their confusion as with a duble patched cloke †I wil confesse to our Lord excedingly with my mouth and in the middes of manie I wil prayse him †Because he hath stood on the righthand of the poore that he might saue my soule from the persecutors PSALME CIX Christ rising and ascending into heauen sitteth on the right hand of God 2. beginning in Ierusalem reigneth in the Church of the whole earth 4. vseth the Priesthood of Melchisedechs order to the end of the world 6. and shal iudge the world †A psalme of Dauid OVR Lord sayd to my Lord Sitte on my right hand til I make thine enemies thy footestoole of thy feete †Our Lord wil sendforth the rod of thy strength from Sion rule thou in the middes of thine enemies †With thee the beginning in the day of thy strength in the brightnes of holie thinges from the wombe before the day starre I begat thee †Our Lord sware and it shal not repent him Thou art “ a Priest for euer “ according to the order of Melchisedech †Our Lord on thy righthand hath broken kinges in the day of his wrath †He shal iudge in nations he shal fil ruines he shal crush the heads in the land of manie †Of the torrent in the way he shal drinke therfore shal he exalt the head ANNOTATIONS CIX 4. A Priest for euer In two respectes Christ is a Priest for euer in that from the first instant of his incarnation he was and remaneth a Priest now also in heauen and al other Priestes are his ministerial vicares not successors So that al priestlie functions which they doe he by them doth the same as the principal Priest VVherupon saith S. Paul 1. Cor 4. So let a man thincke of vs as of the ministers of Christ and dispensers of the mysteries of God Secondly Christ dayly offering Sacrifice by the handes of his Priestes doth continually pacifie Gods wrath in behalf of those sinners for whom it is duly applied euen to the end of the world VVheras the Priesthood of Aaron and of al others in the old Testament ceassed by their deathes both in the office and in the effect 4 According to the order of Melchisedech As Melchisedech king of peace and iustice without father mother or genealogie expressed in holie Scriptures or otherwise knowen to the world was Priest or the Hieghest offered bread and wine an vnbloudie sacrifice communicating with both Chananeites and Hebrewes blessed Abraham and tooke tithes of him and his subiectes so Christ the true King of peace iustice without father of his humanity without mother of his Diuinitie the Sonne of God of ineffable genealogie borne of a virgin in his humanitie the Priest of God offereth Sacrifice not only bloudie on the Crosse but also vnbloudie in the formes of bread and wine continueth the same by the ministerie of other Priestes maketh al nations partakers therof blesseth them and receiueth of them al dutiful and rellgious seruice as of his subiectes PSALME CX Praise of God for benefites 4. especially for the B. Sacrament of the Eucharist 6 with other graces imperted to the Catholique Church Alleluia I Wil confesse to thee ô Lord with al my hart in the counsel of the iust and b the congregation †The workes of our Lord are great exquisite according to al his willes †Confession and magnificence his worke
S. Ierom. VVhose discourse vve haue here cited at large for a taste of his profound exposition of this vvhole booke that such as haue apportunitie may read the rest in the auctor himself To. 7. CHAP. XI Workes of mercie are necessarie whiles we haue time 3. because after death none can merite 4. neither must we differ to beginne nor cease from good dedes 8. but stil be mindful of death and iudgement 10. auoiding wrath and malice CAST thy bread vpon the passing waters because after much time thou shalt finde it †Geue a portion to seuen and also to eight because thou knowest not what euil shal be vpon the earth †If the cloudes be ful they wil powre out raine vpon the earth If the tree shal fal to the South or to the North in what place soeuer it shal fal there shal it be †He that obserueth the winde soweth not and he that considereth the cloudes shal neuer reape †As thou art ignorant which is the way of the spirite how the bones are framed together in the wombe of her that conceiueth childe so thou knowest not the workes of God who is the maker of al. †In the morning sow thy seede and in the euening let not thy hand cease for thou knowest not which may rather spring this or that and if both together it shal be the better †The light is sweete and it is delectable for the eyes to see the sunne †If a man shal liue manie yeares and shal haue reioyced in them al he must remember the darkesome time and manie dayes which when they shal come the thinges past shal be reproued of vanitie †Reioyce therfore yongman in thy youth and let thy hart be in good in the dayes of thy youth and walke in the wayes of thy hart and in the sight of thyne eyes and know that for al these God wil bring thee into iudgement †Take away anger from thy hart and remoue malice from thy flesh For youth and pleasure are vaine CHAP. XII In youth is fittest time and most meritorious to serue God In age the same is more and more necessarie but harder then to beginne and lesse gratful 8. In this booke the preacher hath shewed that al worldlie thinges are vanitie 13. and that true felicitie is only procured by wisdom which consteth in the feare of God and obseruation of his commandments REMEMBER thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth before the time of affliction come the yeares approch of which thou maist say They please me not †before the sunne and light and moone and starres be darke and the cloudes returne after the raine †when the kepers of the house shal be moued and the strongest men shal stagger and the grinders shal be idle in a smal number and they shal waxe darke that looke through the holes †and they shal shut the doores in the streate at the basenes of the grinders voice and they shal rise vp at the voice of the birde and al the daughters of song shal be deafe †The high thinges also shal feare and they shal be afrayd in the way the almondtree shal florish the locust shal be fatted and the capertree shal be destroyed because man shal goe into the house of his eternitie and the mourners shal goe round about in the streate †Before the siluer coard be broken and the golden headband recurre and the water pot be broken vpon the fountaine and the wheele be broken vpon the cesterne †and the dust returne into his earth from whence it was and the spirite returne to God who gaue it †Vanitie of vanities sayd Ecclesiastes and al thinges vanitie †And wheras Ecclesiastes was most wise he taught the people and declared the thinges that he had done and searching forth made manie parables †He sought profitable wordes and wrote wordes most right and ful of truth †The wordes of wisemen are as prickes and as nailes deepely stricken in which by the counself of maisters are geuen of one pastour †More then these my sonne require not Of making manie bookes there is no end and often meditation is affliction of the flesh †Let vs al heare together the end of speaking Feare God and obserue his commandments for this is euerie man †and al thinges that are done God wil bring into iudgement for euerie errour whether it be good or euil THE ARGVMENT OF THE CANTICLE OF CANTICLES SALOMON called also Ecclesiastes and Idida according to these three names as S. Ierom noteth writte three bookes of three particular arguments directed to three degrees of people with three distinct titles al tending to one end the true seruice of God which bringeth to eternal felicitie In the first he teacheth the principles of good life to flee from vices and folow vertues belonging to such as beginne to obserue Gods law wherin true wisdom consisteth and this booke is called the Prouerbes or Parables that is to say Pithie brief sentencious precepts of Salomon which signifieth Pacificus Peaceable or Pacifier the sonne of Dauid King of Israel In the second he exhorteth to contemne this world shewing that true felicitie consisteth not in anie worldlie or temporal thinges but in the eternal fruition of God which is obtayned by keping his commandments And this booke he intitleth The wordes of Ecclesiastes which is Concionator Preacher Sonne of Dauid King of Ierusalem because he there exhorteth such as haue made some progresse in vertues called Proficientes signified by the inhabitants of the Metropolitan citie Ierusalem whereas in the former he stiled himself king of Israel proposing precepts mete for al the twelue tribes and al vulgar men desirous and beginning to serue God In both bookes for more auctoritie sake making mention of his godlie renowmed father the Royal Prophet Dauid with his owne title also of king But in this third booke he only expresseth his proper name Salomon whom God singularly loued wherof he was called Idida Because this alone without mention of father or king was most conuenient for the Perfect who not as seruants or yong scholars are moued by feare of auctoritie but as children are swetly drawne by loue And this he writte in verse intitling it not simply a Canticle but The Canticle of Canticles as preeminent aboue other Canticles The bridal songue for the Mariage to be solemnized betwen God himself and his glorious spouse For though al holie Scriptures are the spiritual bread and food of the faithful yet al are not meate for al at al seasons Some parts are not for sinners nor for beginners nor for such as are yet in the way towards perfection but only for the perfect According to the Apostles doctrine Milke is for children that are yet vnskilful of the word of iustice But strong meate is for the perfect them that by custom haue their senses
the law multiplieth oblation †It is an holsome sacrifice to attend to the commandments and to depart from al iniquitie †To depart from iniquitie is a thing that pleaseth our Lord wel and to depart from iniustice is an intreating for sinnes †Thou shalt not appeare before the sight of our Lord emptie †For al these thinges are done because of the commandment of God †The oblation of the iust maketh a fatte altar and is an odour of sweetenes in the sight of the Highest †The sacrifice of the iust is acceptable and our Lord wil not forget the memorie thereof †Render glorie to God with a good minde and diminish not the first fruites of thine handes †In euerie gift make thy countenance chereful and in ioyfulnes sanctifie thy tithes †Geue to the Highest according to his gift and with a good eie doe according to the abilitie of thine handes †because our Lord is a rewarder and wil repay thee seuen times so much †Offer not wicked giftes for he wil not receiue them †And looke not vpon an vniust sacrifice because our Lord is iudge and there is not with him the glorie of person †Our Lord wil not accept person against the poore and he wil heare the prayer of him that is hurt †He wil not despise the prayers of the pupil nor the widow if she power out speach of mourning †Do not the widows teares runne downe to the cheeke her exclamation vpon him that causeth them to runne †For from the cheeke they goe vp euen to heauen and our Lord the hearer wil not be delighted in them †He that adoreth God in delectation shal be receiued his petition shal approch euen to the cloudes †The prayer of him that humbleth himself shal penetrate the cloudes and til it approch he wil not be comforted and he wil not depart til the Highest behold †And our Lord wil not be long but wil iudge the iust and wil do iudgement and the strongest wil not haue patience in them that he may crush their backe †and he wil repay vengeance to the Gentiles til he take away the multitude of the proude breake the scepters of the vniust †til he reward men according to their doings and according to the workes of man and according to his presumption †til he iudge the iudgement of his people and shal delight the iust with his mercie †The mercie of God is beautiful in the time of tribulation as a cloude of raine in the time of drught CHAP. XXXVI A prayer for conuersion of al nations 14. and for conseruation of the Israelites 20. Discretion is necessarie in al actions and desires HAVE mercie vpon vs ô God of al and respect vs and shew vs the light of thy mercies †and send in thy feare vpon the nations that haue not sought after thee that they may know that there is no God but thou and that they may shewforth thy glorious thinges †Lift vp thy hand ouer the strange Nations that they may see thy might †For as in their sight thou art sanctified in vs so in our sight thou shalt be magnified in them †that they may know thee as we also haue knowen that there is no God beside thee ô Lord. †Renewe signes and change meruels †Glorifie thy hand and thy right arme †Raise vp furie and power out wrath †Take away the aduersarie and afflict the enemie †Hasten the time and remember the end that they may declare thy meruels †Let him that is saued be deuoured in the wrath of flame and let them that euil intreate thy people finde perdition †Breake the head of princes of the enemies that saie There is none other beside vs. †Gather together al the tribes of Iacob and let them know that there is no God but thou that they may declare thy great workes thou shalt inherite them as from the beginning †Haue mercie on thy people vpon which thy name is inuocated and vpon Israel whom thou hast made equal to thy first begotten †Haue mercie on the citie of thy sanctification Ierusalem the citie of thy rest †Replenish Sion with thy wordes that can not be vttered thy people with thy glorie †Geue the testimonie to them that are thy creatures from the beginning and raise vp the prophecies which the former prophets spake in thy name †Geue reward to them that patiently expect thee that thy prophets may be found faithful and heare the prayers of thy seruants †according to Aarons benediction of thy people and direct vs into the way of iustice and let al knowe that inhabite the earth that thou art God the beholder of the worldes †The bellie wil eate al meate and one meate is better then an other meate †The iawes taist venison the wise hart lying wordes †A peruerse hart wil geue sorow and a cunning man wil resist it †Some woman wil receiue euerie man and one daughter is better then an other daughter †The beautie of a woman chereth the face of her husband and increaseth the desire aboue al mans concupiscence †If there be a tongue of curing there is also of mitigating and of mercie her husband is not according to the sonnes of men †He that possesseth a good woman beginneth riches she is an helpe like vnto him a piller as rest †Where there is no hedge the possession shal be spoiled and where there is no wife he mourneth wanting Who doth credite him that hath no nest and turning aside wheresoeuer it waxeth darke as a robber girded leaping from citie to citie CHAP. XXXVII Beware of a feaned loue à sure freind 7. consult with the wise trustie 15. and vertuous 19. especially relying vpon God 21. The tongue is cause of much good or much euil 30. Be temperate in diet EVERIE freind wil say I also haue ioyned freindshipe but there is a freind in name only a freind Doth there not sorow remaine euen to death †But a companion and freind wil be turned to enmitie †O most wicked presumption whence wast thou created to couer the drie land with malice and with the deceitfulnes thereof †A companion is pleasant with his freind in delectations and in the time of tribulation he wil be an aduersarie †A companion is sorie with his freind for his bellies sake and he wil take a shield against the enemie †Forgete not thy freind in thy minde and be not vnmindeful of him in thy riches †Consult not with him which betraieth and hide thy counsel from them that enuie thee †Euerie counseler vttereth counsel but there is a counseler in him selfe †From such a counseler keepe thy soule First know what his necessitie is for he wil deuise to his owne minde †lest perhaps he thrust a sharpe
tayle †And they that cal this people blessed seducing them and that are called blessed shal be throwen headlong †For this cause our Lord shal not reioyce vpon their yong men and on their pupilles and widowes he shal not haue mercie because euerie one is an hypocrite wicked and euerie mouth hath spoken follie In al these thinges his furie is not turned away but his hand is yet stretched forth †For impietie is kindled as a fyre it shal deuoure bryer and thorne and it shal be kindled in the thicket of the forest and it shal be wrapped vp together in the pride of smoke †In the wrath of the Lord of hostes the earth is trubled and the people shal be foode for the fyre man shal not spare his brother †And he shal decline to the right hand and shal be hungrie and shal eate on the left hand and shal not be filled euerie one shal eate the flesh of his arme Manasses Ephraim and Ephraim Manasses they together against Iuda †In al these thinges his furie is not turned away but his hand is yet stretched forth CHAP. X. Makers of wicked lawes are cursed 3. For which the Israelites shal be afflicted by the Assirians 5. The Assirians ouerthrowne by extraordinarie meanes sent from God 21. and the Iewes deliuered from imminent danger with diuers mysteries of Christ intermixed VVOE to them that make wicked lawes and writing haue written iniustice †That they might oppresse the poore in iudgement doe violence to the cause of the humble of my people that widowes might be their praye and they might spoile pupilles †What wil you doe in the day of visitation and of calamitie coming from farre to whose helpe wil ye flee and where wil ye leaue your glorie †That you be not bowed vnder the bond and fal with the slaine In al these thinges his furie is not turned away but his hand is yet stretched forth †Woe to Assur he is the rod of my furie and the staffe myne indignation is in their handes †I wil send him to a deceitful nation I wil geue him commandment against the people of my furie that he take away spoiles and catche the praye and put them to be troden vpon as the mire of the streates †But he shal not so thinke and his hart shal not esteme it so but his hart shal be set to destroy and to the destruction of no few nations †For he shal say †Are not my princes with al kinges Is not as Charcamis so Calano and as Arphad so Emath Is not as Damascus so Samaria †Euen as my hand hath found the kingdomes of the idol so also their idols of Ierusalem of Samaria †Shal I not as I haue done to Samaria and her idols so do to Ierusalem and her idols †And it shal be when the Lord shal haue accomplished al his workes in mount Sion and in Ierusalem I wil visite ouer the fruite of the magnifical hart of the king of Assur and ouer the glorie of the hautines of his eyes †For he hath said In the strength of mine owne hand haue I done it and in mine owne wisdome haue I vnderstood and I haue taken away the borders of peoples and haue spoiled their princes and haue pulled downe as a mightie man them that sate on high †And my hand hath found the strength of peoples as a nest and as egges be gathered that are leaft so haue I gathered together al the earth and there was none that moued wing and opened mouth and once muttered †Shal the axe glorie against him that cutteth with it or shal the saw exalt itselfe against him by whom it is drawen As if a rod should lift vp itself agaynst him that lifteth it vp and a staffe exalt itself which is certes but wood †For this cause the Dominatour the Lord of hostes shal send leannes in his fat ones and vnder his glorie shal burne as it were the burning of fyre kindled †And the light of Israel shal be in fyre and the Holie one therof in flame and his thorne shal be kindled and be deuoured and the briars in one day †And the glorie of his forest and of his carmelus shal be consumed from the soule euen to the flesh and he shal be a fugitiue for feare †And the remaynes of the woode of his forest for the fewnes shal be numbred and a child shal write them †And it shal be in that day the residue of Israel and they that shal escape of the house of Iacob shal not adde to leane vpon him that striketh them but they shal leane vpon our Lord the holie one of Israel in truth †The remnant shal be conuerted the remnant I say of Iacob to the strong God †For if thy people ô Israel shal be as the sand of the sea the remnant therof shal be conuerted consumnation abbridged shal make iustice ouerflow †For our Lord the God of hostes shal make consummation and abbridgement in the middes of al the earth †For this cause thus sayth our Lord the God of hostes O my people inhatiter of Sion be not afrayd of Assur he shal strike thee with his rod and shal lift vp his staffe ouer thee in the way of Aegypt †For yet a litle and a very litle and mine indignation and furie vpon their wickednes shal be consummate †And the Lord of hostes shal rayse vp a scourge vpon him according to the plague of Madian in the Rocke Oreb and his rod vpon the sea and he shal lift it vp in the way of Aegypt †And it shal be in that day his burden shal be taken away from of thy shoulder and his yoke from of thy necke and the yoke shal putrifie at the face of oile †He shal come into Aiath he shal passe into Magron at Machmas he shal commend his vessels †They haue passed in hast Gaba is our seate Rama was astonied Gabaath of Saul fled †Neay with thy voice ô daughter of Gallim attend Laisa seelie poore Anathoth †Medemena is remoued ye inhabitants of Gabin take courege †Yet there is day to stand in Nobe he shal shake his hand ouer the mountaine of the daughter of Sion the litle hil of Ierusalem †Behold the dominatour the Lord of hostes shal breake the litle flagon in terrour and the high of stature shal be cut downe and the loftie shal be humbled †And the thicke places of the forest shal be ouerthrowen with iron and Libanus with the high ones shal fal CHAP. XI Christ borne of the stock of Iesse replenished with seuen giftes of the Holie Ghost 4. shal haue a spiritual kindom most iust and potent 10. wherto al nations wil repayre AND a rod shal come forth of the roote of Iesse and a flowre shal rise vp out of his roote †And the Spirite
of our Lord shal rest vpon him the spirit of wisdom and vnderstanding the spirit of counsel and strength the spirit of knowlege and pietie †and the spirit of the feare of our Lord shal repleinsh him He shal not iudge according to the sight of the eies nor rebuke according to the hearing of the eares †But he shal iudge the poore in iustice and shal rebuke in equitie for the milde of the earth and he shal strike the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the spirit of his lippes he shal kil the impious †And iustice shal be the girdle of his loynes and fayth the girdle of his reines †The woolfe shal dwel with the lambe and the leopard shal lie with the kid the calfe and lion and sheepe shal abide together a litle child shal leade them †The calfe and the beare shal feede their yong ones shal rest together and the lion shal eate strawe as it were an oxe †And the infant from the brest shal be delighted vpon the hole of the aspe he that is weyned shal thrust his hand into the hole of the cockatrice †They shal not hurt and they shal not kil in al my holie mountayne because the earth is replenished with the knowlege of our Lord as the couering waters of the sea †In that day the roote of Iesse that standeth for a signe of peoples him the nations shal besech his sepulchre shal be glorious †And it shal be in that day our Lord shal put to his hand the second time to possesse the remnant of his people which shal be leaft of the Assirians and of Aegypt and of Phethros and of Aethiopia and of Aelam and of Sennaar and of Emath and of the ilands of the sea †And he shal lift vp a signe vnto the nations and shal assemble together the fugitiues of Israel and shal gather the dispersed of Iuda from the foure quarters of the earth †And the emulation of Ephraim shal be taken away and the enemies of Iuda shal perish Ephraim shal not enuie Iuda Iuda shal not fight against Ephraim †And they shal flie vpon the shoulders of the Philisthims by the sea they together shal spoile the children of the East Idumea and Moab the precept of their hand and the children of Ammon shal be obedient †And our Lord shal make desolate the tongue of the sea of Aegypt and shal lift vp his hand ouer the riuer in the strength of his spirit and he shal strike him in his seuen streames so that they may passe through it with showes †And there shal be a way to the remnant of my people which shal be leaft of the Assirians as there was to Israel in the day that he came vp out of the Land of Aegypt CHAP. XII A Canticle of thankes for the benefites of Christ AND thou shalt say in that day I WIL confesse to thee ô Lord because thou wast angrie with me thy furie is turned away and thou hast comforted me †Behold God is my sauiour I wil doe confidently and wil not feare because our Lord is my strength and my praise and he is become my saluation †You shal drawe waters in ioy out of the sauiours fountaines †And you shal say in that day Confesse ye to our Lord and inuocate his name make his inuentions knowen among the peoples remember that his name is high †Sing ye to our Lord because he hath done magnifically shew this forth in al the earth †Reioyce and prayse ô habitation of Sion because great in the middes of thee is the holie one of Israel CHAP. XIII The Prophet fortelleth the calamitie and ruine of Babylon THE burden of Babylon which Isaie the sonne of Amossaw †Vpon the darke mountaine lift vp a signe exalt the voice lift vp the hand and let the dukes enter the gates †I haue commanded my sanctified and haue called my strong ones in my wrath them that reioce in my glorie †The voice of a multitude in the mountaines as it were of manie peoples a voice of the sound of kinges nations gathered together The Lord of hostes hath commanded the host of battel †Coming from a countrie far of from the end of heauen our Lord and the instruments of his furie to destroy the whole land †Howleye because the day of our Lord is nere it shal come as destruction from our Lord. †For this cause shal al handes be dissolued and euerie hart of man shal melt †and be broken Gripings and paines shal hold them they shal be in paine as she that trauaileth Euerie one shal be astonied at his neighbour their countenances as faces burnt †Behold the day of our Lord shal come cruel and ful of indignation and of wrath and furie to bring the land to a wildernes and to destroy the sinners therof out of it †Because the starres of heauen and their brightnes shal not display their light the sunne is darkened in his rysing and the moone shal not shine in her light †And I wil visite ouer the euiles of the world and against the impious their iniquitie and I wil make the pride of infidels to cease and wil humble the arrogancie of the strong †A man shal be more precious then gold man then pure fine gold †For this I shal truble heauen the earth shal be moued out of her place for the indignation of the Lord of hostes for the day of the wrath of his furie †And it shal be as a yong doe fleing and as a sheepe and there shal be none to gather them together euerie man shal turne to his owne people and euerie one shal flee to his owne land †Euerie one that shal be found shal be slaine and cuerie one that shal come to ayde shal fal by the sword †Their infants shal be dashed in peeces before their eies their houses shal be spoiled and their wiues shal be rauished †Behold I wil rayse vpon them the Medes which shal not seeke siluer nor desire gold †But with arrowes they shal kil the litle ones and shal haue no pitie vpon the sucklings of the wombe and vpon the children their eie shal not spare †And that Babylon glorious in kingdoms noble in the pride of the Chaldees shal be euen as our Lord subuerted Sodom and Gomorrha †It shal not be inhabited for euer it shal not be founded vnto generation generation neither shal the Arabian pitch his tents there nor shepeheardes rest there †But beastes shal rest there and their houses shal be filled with dragons and ostreches shal dwel there and Satyrs shal daunce there †And the Syrach owles shal answer there in the houses therof and mermaides in the temples of pleasure CHAP. XIIII The Iewes shal be released from the captiuitie of Babylon 12. Nabuchodonosor
princes nor by priestes and prophets of that time The same vve might deduce of innumerable other places of this other Prophetes but it is not our * purpose to explicate much in this Edition 1. Reigne in iustice and rule in iudgement Here also to auoide prolixitie vve may once note that these vvordes Iudgement and Iustice haue a saâ—â—e other higher and more excellent signification in holie Scriptures vvhere they most frequently occurre then in prophane vvritings and natural or moral philosophical discourses For Philosophers such as Plato and Aristotel could reach no further then to natural reason vvhich they called right iudgement and to moral equitie vvhich in general they named iustice But the Holie Ghost by these vvordes reueleth most high spiritual mysteries knovven by faith most comfortable to mens soules releeuing and refreshing the consciences of penitents in this life replenishing the iust vvith vnspeakable gladnes in eternal glorie Therfore in the sense vsual in holy Scripture Iudgement is the act of the mind or vnderstanding discerning what is right iust agreing to reason And Iustice is the rectitude of the vvil doing conformably to right direction of the mind or vnderstanding And so these wordes are applied to signifie both Gods and iust mens actions As that vvhich God mercifully decreed in eternitie and promised after the fal of man to do for mankind as conuenient for his Diuine Povvre VVisdom Iustice Mercie Goodnes vvith al the meanes vvhich he ordained for effecting the same is called his Iudgement and the performing and accomplishment therof so saâ—re as is of his part is called his Iustice Also that vvhich anie man discusseth discerneth and determineth in his vnderstanding as right or reasonable in supernatural thinges is called his spiritual iudgement and that vvhich he doth of his freevvil according to the same right iudgement is called his iustice So in this place the Prophet forshevveth that Christ our Kingvvil reigne in iustâ—â—â— that is performe and fulfil al that he as God vvith the Father the Holie Ghost decreed for Redemption Iustification and Salâ—ation of men And the princes his Apostles and other Pastors shal rule in iudgement that is discerne and iudge vvhat is right and good for themselues and the people in respect of their soules and eternal saluation CHAP. XXXIII Sennacherib beseeging and threatning Ierusalem shal be ouerthrowne by Angels 13. that both wicked arrogant infidels may feele the hand of God and faithful sinners repenting after great terror be comforted VVOE to thee that spoilest shalt not thy selfe also be spoiled and that despisest shalt not thy self also be despised when thou shalt haue ended spoyling thou shalt be spoyled when being wearied thou shalt cease to contemne thou shalt be contemned †O Lord haue mercie vpon vs for we haue expected thee be our arme in the morning and our saluation in the time of our tribulation †At the voice of the Angel the peoples fled and at thy exaltation the nations are dispersed †And you spoiles shal be gathered together as the locust is gathered as when the ditches shal be ful therof †Our Lord is magnified because he hath dwelt on high he hath filled Sion with iudgement and iustice †And there shal be fayth in thy times riches of saluation wisdom and knowlege the feare of our Lord that is his treasure †Behold they that see shal crie without the angels of peace shal weepe bitterly †The wayes are dissipated the passenger by the path hath ceased the couenant is made frustrate he hath reiected the cities he hath not estemed the men †The land hath moorned and languished Libanus is confounded and become foule and Saron is made as a desert and Basan is shaken Carmel †Now wil I rise vp sayth our Lord now wil I be exalted now wil I be lifted vp †You shal conceiue heate you shal bring forth stubble your spirit as fire shal deuoure you †And the peoples shal be as ashes of a great fyre thornes gathered together shal be burned with fyre †Heare ye that are far of what thinges I haue done and ye that are neere know my strength †The sinners are terrified in Sion trembling hath possessed the hypocrites Which of you can dwel with deuouring fyre which of you shal dwel with euerlasting heates †He that walketh in iustices and speaketh truth that casteth away auarice of oppression and shaketh his handes from al gift that stoppeth his eares lest he heare bloud and shutteth his eyes that he may see no euil †This man shal dwel on high the munitions of rockes shal be his highnes bread is geuen to him his waters are faithful †His eies shal see the king in his beautie they shal see the land farre of †Thy hart shal meditate feare where is the lerned where is he that pondereth the wordes of the law where the teacher of litle ones †The vnwise people thou shalt not see the people of profound speach so that thou canst not vnderstand the eloquence of his tongue in whom there is no wisdome †Looke vpon Sion the citie of our solemnitie thine eies shal see Ierusalem a rich habitation a tabernacle that can not be transferred neither shal the nailes therof be taken away for euer and al the cordes therof shal not be broken †because onlie there our Lord is magnifical a place of floudes riuers most brode and wide no shippe of rowers shal passe by it neither shal the great galley passe thereby †For the Lord is our iudge the Lord is our lawmaker the Lord is our king he wil saue vs †Thy cordes are loosed and they shal not preuaile thy mast shal be so that thou canst not spred the signe Then shal the spoiles of manie prayes be diuided the lame shal take the spoile †Neither shal the neighbour say I am feble The people that dwelleth therein iniquitie shal be taken away from them CHAP. XXXIIII A prophecie of the destruction of the whole world at the day of Iudgement 5. and in particular of I dumeâ— 9. Ierusalem as figures therof COME neere ye Gentiles and heare and ye peoples attend let the earth heare the fulnes therof the round world and euerie spring therof †Because the indignation of our Lord is vpon al Gentiles and furie vpon al their hostes he hath killed them geuen them into slaughter †Their slaine shal be cast forth and out of their carcasâ—es shal rise a stinche the mountaines shal melt with their bloud †And al the host of the heauens shal melt away and the heauens shal be folded together as a booke and al their host shal fal away as the leafe falleth from the vine and from the figge tree †Because my sword is inebriated in heauen behold it shal descend vpon Idumaea and vpon the peoples of my slaughter to iudgement †The sword of
Because thus sayth our Lord that created the heauens the verie God that formed the earth and made it the verie maker therof he did not create it in vaine to be inhabited he formed it I the Lord and there is none other †I haue not spoken in secrete in a darke place of the earth I haue not sayd to the seede of Iacob Seeke me in vayne I the Lord that speake iustice that declare right thinges †Gather ye together and come and approch together ye that are saued of the Gentiles they haue bene ignorant that lift vp the wood of their grauen worke and aske of a God that saueth not †Declare ye and come and consult together who hath made this to be heard from the begynning from that time foretold this Haue not I the Lord and there is no God besides but I A iust God and that saueth there is none beside me †Be conuerted to me and you shal be saued al ye endes of the earth because I am God and there is none other †I haue sworne by myself the word of iustice shal procede out of my mouth and shal not returne because euerie knee shal be bowed to me and euerie tongue shal sweare †Therfore in our Lord shal he say are my iustices and empire they shal come to him and al that resist him shal be confounded †In our Lord shal al the seede of Israel be iustified and praysed CHAP. XLVI Bel Nabo and other idoles shal be destroyed 3. Wherupon the Iewes are admonished to returne from sinne to Gods true seruice 12. And saluation is promised by Christ. BEL is broken Nabo is destroyed their idols are made to beastes and cattel your burdens of heauie weight euen vnto wearines †They haue melted away and are broken together they could not saue him that caried them and their soule shal goe into captiuitie †Heare me ô house of Iacob al the remnant of the house of Israel which are caried of my wombe are borne vp of my matrice †Euen vnto old age I am the same and vnto hoare heares I wil carie I haue made and I wil beare I wil carie and wil saue †Wherto haue you resembled me and made me equal and compared me and made me like †You that contribute gold out of the bag and weigh siluer with balance hyring a goldsmith to make a god and they fal downe and adore †They beare him on their shoulders carying and setting him in his place he shal stand and shal not moue out of his place Yea when they shal crie also vnto him he shal not heare from tribulation he shal not saue them †Remember this be confounded returne ye transgressors to the hart †Remember the former world because I am God and there is no God beside neither is there the like to me †Which shew the last thing from the beginning and from the begynning the thinges that as yet were not done saying My counsel shal stand and al my wil shal be done †Which cal a bird from the east and from a farre countrie the man of mine owne wil and I haue spoken and wil bring it I haue created and wil doe it †Heare me ye hard harted which are far from iustice †I haue made my iustice neere it shal not be far of my saluation shal not tarie I wil geue saluation in Sion and my glorie to Israel CHAP. XLVII The destruction of Babylon is further prophecied for their pride 8. arroganeie 10. and sorcerie COME downe sitte in the dust ô Virgin daughter of Babylon sitte on the ground there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldees because thou shalt no more be called nice and tender †Take a mil and grinde meale make bare thy turpitude discouer the shoulder vncouer the thighes passe the riuers †Thyne ignominie shal be discouered and thy reproch shal be seene I wil take vengeance and no man shal resist me †Our redemer the Lord of hostes is his name the holie one of Israel †Sitte holding thy peace and enter into darkenes ô daughter of the Chaldees because thou shalt no more be called the ladie of kingdomes †I was angrie agaynst my people I haue contaminated mine inheritance and haue geuen them into thy hand thou hast not shewed mercies to them vpon the ancient thou hast made thy yoke exceding heauie †And thou hast sayd I wil be a ladie for euer thou hast not put these thinges vpon thy hart neither hast thou remembred thy later end †And now heare these thinges thou that art delicate and dwellest confidently that sayest in thy hart I am and there is none eles beside me I shal not sitte a widow and I shal not know barrennesse †These two thinges shal come to thee sodenly in one day barrennesse and widowhood Al thinges are come vpon thee because of the multitude of thy sorceries and for the vehement hardnes of thine inchanters †And thou hast confidence in thy malice hast sayd There is none that seeth me Thy wisdome and thy knowlege this hath deceiued thee And thou hast sayd inâ—thy hart I am and beside me there is none other †Euil shal come vpon thee and thou shalt not know the rysing therof and calamitie shal fal violently vpon thee which thou canst not expiate miserie shal come vpon thee sodenly which thou shalt not know †Stand with thine inchanters and with the multitude of thy sorceries in which thou hast traueled from thy youth if perhaps it may profite thee any thing or if thou mayst become stronger †Thou hast fayled in the multitude of thy counsels let the astrologers of the heauen stand and saue thee which did contemplate the starres and count the monethes that by them they might tel thinges that shal come to thee †Behold they are become as stuble fire hath burnt them they shal not deliuer their soule from the hand of the flame there are no coles wherwith they may be warmed nor fire that they may sitte therat †So are the thinges become vnto thee in whatsoeuer thou hast traueled thy merchants from thy youth euerie one hath erred in his owne way there is none that can saue thee CHAP. XLVIII The prophet inueigheth against the Iewes vaine boasting of the name of Israel not hauing true vertues 3. Onlie God not idoles foresheweth thinges to come 9. for his owne names sake conserueth his people 16. Inuiteth them to repent and to be gratful for his benefites HEARE ye these thinges ô house of Iacob which are called by the name of Israel and are come out of the waters of Iuda which sweare in the name of our Lord are mindful of the God of Israel not in truth nor in iustice †For they are called of the holie citie and are established vpon the God of Israel the Lord of hostes is his name †The former
of my planting the worke of mine hand to glorifie †The least shal be into a thousand and the litle one into a most strong nation I the Lord in the time therof wil sodenly doe it CHAP. LXI Christ announceth himself to be sent from heauen to teach the truth to heale and pardon the penitent to comforte the desolate and streingthen the weake 4. whose Apostles shal constantly preach iustice in al the world 10. And his Church shal reioyce THE spirit of the Lord vpon me because the Lord hath annoynted me to preach to the milde he sent me that I should heale the contrite of hart and preach indulgence to the captiues and deliuerance to them that are shut vp †That I should preach the placable yeare to the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God that I might comfort al that mourne †that I might appoint to the mourners of Sion and geue them a crowne for ashes the oyle of ioy for mourning a mantel of prayse for the spirit of sorrowfulnes and they shal be called in it the strong of iustice planting of the Lord to glorifie †And they shal build the desertes from the begynning of the world and shal erect the old ruines and shal repayre the desolate cities that were dissipated in generation and generation †And aliens shal stand and feede your cattel and the children shal be your husbandmen and dressers of the vines †And you shal be called the priestes of the Lord to you it shal be sayd The ministers of our God you shal eate the strength of the Gentiles and in their glorie you shal be proude †For your double confusion and shame they shal prayse their part for this cause shal they receiue duble in their land euerlasting ioy shal be to them †Because I am the Lord that loue iudgement hate robberie in holocaust and I wil geue their worke in truth and make a perpetual couenant with them †And they shal know their seede in the Gentiles and their bud in the middes of peoples al that shal see them shal know them that these are the seede which the Lord hath blessed †Reioycing I wil reioyce in our Lord and my soule shal be ioyful in my God because he hath clothed me with the garments of saluation and with the garment of iustice he hath compassed me as a bridgrome decked with a crowne and as a bride adorned with her iewels †For as the earth bringeth forth her spring and as the garden shooteth forth his seede so shal our Lord God make iustice to spring forth and prayse before al the Gentiles CHAP. LXII The prophet auoucheth that he wil not cease from preaching Christ 4. to whom al nations shal be conuerted 8. whos 's Church shal continew for euer FOR Sion I wil not hold my peace and for Ierusalem I wil not rest til her iust one come forth as brightnes her sauiour be kindled as a lampe †And the Gentiles shal see thy iust one and al kinges thy noble one and thou shalt be called by a new name which the mouth of our Lord shal name †And thou shalt be a crowne of glorie in the hand of our Lord and the diademe of a kingdome in the hand of thy God †Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken and thy land shal no more be called Desolate But thou shalt be called My wil in her and thy land inhabited because it hath wel pleased our Lord in thee and thy land shal be inhabited †For the yong man shal dwel with the virgin and thy children shal dwel in thee And the bridgrome shal reioyce vpon the birde thy God shal reioyce vpon thee †Vpon thy walles Ierusalem I haue appointed watchemen al the day and al the night for euer they shal not hold their peace You that remember our Lord hold not your peace †and geue not silence to him vntil he establish and vntil he make Ierusalem the prayse in the earth †Our Lord hath sworne by his right hand and by the arme of his strength If I shal geue thy wheate any more to be meate for thine enemies and if the strange children shal drinke thy wine wherein thou hast laboured †Because they that shal gather it together shal eate it and shal prayse the Lord and they that carie it together shal drinke it in my holie courtes †Passe ye passe ye through the gates prepare a way for the people make the iourney plaine picke vp the stones and lift vp the signe to the peoples †Behold our Lord hath made heard in the ends of the earth tel the daughter of Sion Behold thy sauiour cometh behold his reward is with him and his worke before him †And they shal cal them The holie people the redemed of our Lord. But thou shalt be called a citie Sought for and not Forsaken CHAP. LXIII Christ is described as a vistorious conquerour ascending into heauen with triumph embrued with bloud 7. For al whose benefites the Prophet rendreth thankes 10. expostulating the peoples ingratitude that prouoked God to wrath VVHO is this that cometh from Edom with died garments from Bosra this beautiful one in his robe going in the multitude of his strength I that speake iustice and am a defender to saue †Why then is thy clothing red and thy garments as theirs that treade in the wine presse †I haue troden the presse alone and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me I haue troden them in my furie and haue troden them downe in my wrath and their bloud is sprinkled vpon my garments and I haue stayned al my rayment †For the day of reuenge is in my hart the yeare of my redemption is come †I looked about there was no helper I sought and there was none to ayde and myne arme hath saued and myne indignation itself hath holpen me †And I haue troden downe the peoples in my furie and haue inebriated them in mine indignation and haue drawen their strength downe to the ground †I wil remember the mercies of our Lord the prayse of our Lord for al thinges that our Lord hath rendred to vs and for the multitude of the good thinges to the house of Israel which he hath geuen them according to his iudulgence and according to the multitude of his mercies †And he sayd But yet is my people children that denie not and he is become their sauiour †In al their tribulation he was not trubled and the angel of his face saued them in his loue and in his indulgence he redemed them and bare them and lifted them vp al the daies of the world †But they prouoked to wrath and afflicted the spirit of his holie one and he was turned to be their enemie and he conquered them †And he remembred the dayes of the world of Moyses and of his people
where is he that brought them out of the sea with the pastours of his flocke Where is he that put in the middes of him the spirit of his holie one †He that brought out Moyses to the right hand by the arme of his maiestie that diuided the waters before them that he might make to himself an euerlasting name †He that brought them out through the depthes as an horse in the desert that stumbled not †As the beast that goeth downe in the plaine filde the spirit of our Lord was their conductor so didst thou bring thy people that thou mightest make thee a name of glorie †Attend from heauen and looke from thy holie habitation of thy glorie where is thy zele and thy strength the multitude of thy bowels and of thy mercies they haue held backe them selues toward me †For thou art our father and “ Abraham hath not knowen vs and Israel hath bene ignorant of vs thou ô Lord art our father our redemer from the begynning is thy name †Why hast thou made vs erre ô Lord from thy waies hast thou hardned our hart that we feared not thee Returne for thy seruants the tribes of thine inheritance †As nothing haue they possessed thy holie people our enemies haue troden downe thy sanctification †We are become as in the begynning when thou didst not rule ouer vs neither was thy name inuocated vpon vs. ANNOTATIONS CHAP. LXIII 16. Abraham hath not knovvne vs. The faithful people considering their ovvne great frequent inueterate sinnes vvith the extreme calamities wherinto they vvere fallen for the same supposed that their progenitor Abraham vvhom God had particularly called out of his countrie Iacob of vvhose tvvelue sonnes the vvhole nation vvas propagated did no longer acknowlege them for their children because they had so greuously offended God vvere not vvorthie of anie fauour Al vvhich notwithstanding yet they hoped in Gods incomparable mercie that his diuine goodnes being Creator of al who had elected them for his peculiar people brought them out of Aegypt and often deliuered them from sundrie afflictions vvould againe reduce them from captiâ—itie and as their merciful father remitte their sinnes and releue their miseries though Abraham Iacob and other Patriarches had iustly reiected them as lost children This being the proper literal sense of this place according to S. Ieroms and other ancient Doctors explication it maketh nothing at al for the old and new heresie of Vigilantius Luther denying that Sainctes in an other life do knovv vvhat is donne in this vvorld For albeit the Patriarches in zele of iustice did not acknovvlege their carnal posteritie because of their great sinnes for their children yet they knevv their state as S. Augustin li. de cura pro mortuis interpreting this and other places of holie Scripture teacheth partly by relation of such as passed from hence to them partly by holie Angels and especially by diuine inspirations As it is clere that Abraham knevv the state of poore Lazarus of the rich glutton describing vvhat ech of them had deserued and consequently receiued Much more both the old Patriarches and al other Sainctes in eternal glorie knovv â—â—h other though neuer sene nor knovvne before in this vvorld as S. Gregorie teacheth li 4 c. 33. Dialogi The glorified Sainctes see also in God that vvhich perteyneth to their clientes that pray vnto them in earth so farre as God doth ordaine more clerly by light of glorie then prophetes see by light of prophecie as S. Augustin teacheth But touching the maner he saith it exceeded the reach of his vnderstanding hovv Martyrs do helpe those vvho it is certaine are holpen by them So discoursing at large of the vncertaine maner shevveth that there is no doubt at al of the thing it selfe that Sainctes in heauen do knovv mortal mens necessities heaâ—e their prayers and helpe them by their intercession and merites vvhich he confirmeth also li. 20. c. 21. cont Faust Tract 8. in Ioan. Ser. 5. de Sanctis Likevvise S. Ierom against Vigilanâ—ius S. Gregorie li. 3. Epist ep â—0 li. 7. ep 126. li. 9. ep 38 and others in manie places CHAP. LXIIII. The Iewes in captiuitie pray to God for release 4. acknowleging his former great benefites and their owne sinnes fleing now to his mercie VVOVLD God thou wouldest breake the heauens in sunder and wouldst descend at thy presence the mountaines should melt away †As the burning of fyre would they melt the waters would burne with fyre that thy name might be made knowen to thine enemies at thy presence the nations should be trubled †When thou shalt doe meruelous thinges we shal not sustayne thou art descended and at thy presence the mountaines are melted †From the begynning of the world they haue not heard nor receiued with the eares the eie hath not seene ô God beside thee what thinges thou hast prepared for them that expect thee †Thou hast mette him that reioyceth and doth iustice in thy waies they shal remember thee behold thou art angrie and we haue sinned we haue bene alwayes in them and we shal be saued †And al we are become as one vncleane and al our iustices as the cloth of a menstrued woman and we haue al fallen as a leafe and our iniquities as the winde haue taken vs away †There is none that inuocateth thy name that ryseth vp and holdeth thee thou hast hid thy face from vs and hast dashed vs in the hand of our iniquitie †And now Lord thou art our father and we clay and thou art our maker and al we the workes of thy handes †Be not angrie ô Lord ynough and remember no more our iniquitie loe regard al we are thy people †The citie of thy holie one is made desert Sion is made desert Ierusalem is become desolate †The house of our sanctification and of our glorie where our fathers praysed thee is turned into the burning of fyre and al our thinges worthie to be desired are turned into ruines †Wilâ— thou vpon these thinges conteyne thyself ô Lord wilt thou hold thy peace and afflict vs vehemently CHAP. LXV The gentiles shal seeke and finde Christ 2. Whom the Iewes wil persecute and shal be reiected only a few reliques reserued 13. So the Church shal multiplie and abound in graces THEY haue sought me that before asked not they haue found that sought me not I said Behold me behold me to a Gentilitie that did not inuocate my name †I haue spred foâ—th mine handes al the day to an incredulous people which goeth in a way not good after their owne cogitations †A people that prouoke me to anger before my face alwayes that immolate in gardens and sacrifice vpon brickes †That dwel in sepulchers and sleepe in temples of idols that eate swines flesh and profane potage in their vessels †That say
nation and manie kinges shal rise from the endes of the earth †They shal take bow and shield they are cruel and vnmerciful their voice shal sound as the sea and they shal mount vpon horses as a man prepared to battel against thee ô daughter of Babylon †The king of Babylon hath heard the fame of them and his handes are dissolued anguish hath caught him sorow as a woman in trauel †Behold as a lion he shal come vp from the pride of Iordan to the strong beautifulnes because I wil make him runne sodenly to her and who shal be a chosen one whom I may appoint ouer her For who is like to me and who shal abide me and who is this pastour that can resist my countenance †Therefore heare ye the counsel of our Lord which he hath conceiued in his minde against Babylon and his cogitations which he hath thought vpon the land of the Chaldees Vnles the litle ones of the flockes shal plucke them downe vnles their habitation shal be destroyed with them †At the voice of the captiuitie of Babylon the earth is moued and the crie is heard amongst the Nations CHAP. LI. More misories shal fal vpon Babylon 11. by the Medes with destruction of her idoles THVS saith our Lord Behold I wil raise vpon Babylon and vpon the inhabitants thereof which haue lifted vp their hart against me as it were a pestilent winde †And I wil send vpon Babylon â—anners and they shal fanne it and shal destroy her land because they are come vpon her on euerie side in the day of her affliction †Let not him that bendeth bend his bow and let not him goe vp that is in a brigandin spare not her young men kil al her host †And the slaine shal fal in the land of the Chaldees and the wounded in the countries thereof †Because Israel and Iuda haue not bene left as a widow of their God the Lord of hostes but their land hath bene replenished with sinne from the holie one of Israel †Flee ye out of the middes of Babylon and let euerie one saue his owne life hold not your peace vpon her iniquitie because it is the time of reuenge from our Lord he wil requite her the like †Babylon is a golden cuppe in the hand of our Lord inebriating al the earth of her wine haue the Nations drunke and therefore they are in commotion †Babylon is fallen sodenly and is destroyed howle ye vpon her take resine for her sorow if perhaps she may be healed †We haue cured Babylon and she is not healed let vs forsake her let vs goe euerie man to his owne land because her iudgement hath reached euen to the heauens is lifted vp vnto the clowdes †Our Lord hath brought forth our iustices come and let vs tel in Sion the worke of the Lord our God †Make sharpe the arrowes fil the quiuers our Lord hath raysed vp the spirite of the kinges of the Medes and against Babylon his minde is to destroy it because it is the reuenge of our Lord the reuenge of his temple †Vpon the walles of Babylon lift vp the ensigne increase the watch set vp watchemen prepare embushments because our Lord hath meant and hath done what soeuer he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon †Thou that dwellest vpon manie waters rich in treasures thine end is come with in a foote of thy cutting of †The Lord of hostes hath sworne by his soule that I wil replenish thee with men as it were with the locust and vpon thee shal the merie shoute be song †He that made the earth in his strength hath prepared the world in his wisedom and with his prudence stretched out the heauens †He geuing a voice the waters are multiplied in heauen who lifteth vp the clowdes from the extreme part of the earth lightenings he hath turned into rayne and he hath brought forth the winde out of his treasures †Euerie man is become a foole by knowlege euerie mettal caster is confounded in his sculptil because his casting is counterfet neither is there spirite in them †They are vaine workes and worthie to be laughed at in the time of their visitation they shal perish †The portion of Iacob is not as these thinges because he that made al thinges he it is and Israel is the scepter of his inheritance the Lord of hostes is his name †Thou doest knocke together the vessels of warre for me and I wil knock together in thee the Gentiles and I wil destroy in thee kingdomes †And I wil breake in thee the horse and his rider and I wil knock together in thee the chariot and the rider thereof †And I wil knocke together in thee man and woman and I wil knocke together in thee the old man and the child and I wil knock together in thee the young man and the virgin †and I wil knocke together in thee the pastour and his flocke and I wil knocke together in thee the husbandman and his draweing cattle and I wil knocke together in thee dukes and magistrates †And I wil render to Babylon and to al the inhabitants of Chaldee al their euil that they haue done in Sion before your eyes saith our Lord. †Behold I to thee thou pestiferous mountaine saith our Lord which corruptest the whole earth and I wil streatch out my hand vpon thee and wil roll thee out of the rockes and wil geue thee to be a mountayne of burning †And they shal not take of thee a stone for the corner and a stone for foundations but thou shalt be destroyed for euer saith our Lord. †Lift ye vp an ensigne in the land sound with the trumpet among the Gentiles sanctifie the Gentiles vpon her declare against her to the kinges of Ararat Menni and Ascenez number Taphsar against her bring the horse as the stinging locust †Sanctifie the Gentiles against her the kings of Media the dukes thereof and al the Magistrates thereof al the land of his dominion †And the land shal be in a commotion and shal be trubled because the cogitation of our Lord shal awake against Babylon to lay the Land of Babylon desert and inhabitable †The valiants of Babylon haue ceased from battel they haue dwelt in holdes their strength is deuoured and they are become as wemen her tabernacles are burnt her barres are broken †A runner shal come to meete the runner and messenger to meete messenger to tel the king of Babylon that his citie is taken from one end to the other †and the fordes are taken before hand and the fennes be burnt with fire and the men of warre be trubled †Because thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel The daughter of Babylon is as a barne floore the time of her threshing yet a litle and the time of her reaping shal come
desolation among al peoples into which our Lord hath dispersed vs. †And we are made vnderneath and not aboue because we haue sinned to the Lord our God in not obeying his voice †To the Lord our God iustice but to vs and to our fathers confusion of face as is this day †Because our Lord hath spoken vpon vs al these euils that are come vpon vs †and we haue not besought the face of the Lord our God to returne euerie one of vs from our most wicked waies †And our Lord hath watched in euils and hath brought them vpon vs because our Lord is iust in al his workes which he hath commanded vs †and we haue not heard his voice to walke in the precepts of our Lord which he hath geuen before our face †And now ô Lord God of Israel which brought out thy people out of the Land of Aegypt in a strong hand and in signes and in wonders and in thy great strength and in a mightie arme and madest thee a name as is this day †we haue sinned we haue done impiously we haue dealt vniustly ô Lord our God in al thy iustices †Let thy wrath be turned away from vs because we are left a few among the nations where thou hast dispersed vs. †Heare ô Lord our prayers and our petitions and bring vs our for thine owne sake and grant vs to fynde grace before their face that haue led vs away †that al the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God and that thy name is inuocated vpon Israel and vpon his stocke †Looke ô Lord from thy holie house vpon vs and incline thine eare and heare vs. †Open thine eies see because the dead that are in hel whose spirite is taken from their bowels shal not geue honour and iustification to our Lord †but the soule that is sorowful for the greatnes of euil and goeth crooked and weake and the eyes fayling and the hungrie soule geueth glorie and iustice to thee their Lord. †For not according to the iustices of our fathers doe we powre out prayers and aske mercie before thy sight ô Lord our God †but because thou hast sent thy wrath and thy furie vpon vs as thou hast spoken by the hande of thy seruants the prophets saying †Thus sayth our Lord Bowe downe your shoulder your necke and doe workes for the king of Babylon and you shal sitte in the land which I haue geuen to your fathers †But if you wil not heare the voice of the Lord your God to worke for the king of Babylon I wil make you to faile out of the cities of Iuda and from without Ierusalem †and I wil take from you the voice of mirth and the voice of ioy and the voice of the bridegrome and the voice of the bride and al the land shal be without foote steppe that inhabite it †And they heard not thy voice to worke for the king of Babylon and thou hast established thy wordes which thou spakest by the handes of thy seruants the prophets that the bones of our kinges and of our fathers should be transported out of their place †and behold they are cast forth in the heare of the sunne and in the frost of the night and they are dead in verie sore paines in famine and by sword and by casting forth †And hast made the temple in which thy name was there inuocated as it is this day for the iniquitie of the house of Israel and of the house of Iuda †And thou hast done in vs ô Lord our God according to al thy goodnes and according to al that thy great compassion †as thou spakest by the hand of thy seruant Moyses in the day that thou didst command him to write thy law before the children of Israel †saying If you wil not heare my voice this great multitude shal be turned into a verie litle one among the Gentiles whither I wil disperse them †because I know that the people wil not heare me for it is a people of a stiffe necke and they shal be conuerted to their hart in the land of their captiuitie †and they shal knowe that I am the Lord their God and I wil geue them a hart and they shal vnderstand and eares and they shal heare †And they shal praise me in the land of their captiuitie and shal be mindful of my name †And they shal turne away them selues from their hard backe and from their malignant workes because they shal remember the way of their fathers that sinned against me †And I wil recal them backe into the land which I sware to their fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob and they shal haue the dominion therof and I wil multiplie them and they shal not be lesned †And I wil establish vnto them an other testament euerlasting that I be their God and they shal be my people and I wil no more moue my people the children of Israel from the land that I haue geuen them CHAP. III. VVith further confession of their sinnes 8. they acknowledge their iust captiuitie 12. because they haue left true wisdome 16. which was geuen to their fathers 23. not to rich men or mightie giants 29. but to those that serue God 34. whom the starres obey 36. with a cleare prophecie of Christ. AND now ô Lord omnipotent God of Israel the soule in distresses the pensiue spirite cryeth to thee †heare Lord and haue mercie because thou art a merciful God and haue mercie vpon vs because we haue sinned before thee †Because thou sittest for euer and shal we perish euerlastingly †O Lord omnipotent God of Israel heare now the prayer of the dead of Israel and of their children that haue sinned before thee and haue not heard the voice of the Lord their God and euils haue stoocke fast to vs. †Remember not the iniquities of our fathers but remember thy hand and thy name in this time †because thou art the Lord our God and we wil praise thee ô Lord †because for this end thou hast geuen thy feare in our hartes and that we may inuocate thy name and may praise thee in our captiuitie because we are conuerted from the iniquitie of our fathers which haue sinned before thee †And behold we are in our captiuitie this day wherby thou hast dispersed vs into reproch and into malediction and into sinne according to al the iniquities of our fathers which haue reuolted from thee ô Lord our God †Heare Israel the commandments of life harken with your eares that you may know prudence †What is the matter Israel that thou art in the land of the enemies †Thou art waxen old in a strange land thou art defiled with the dead thou art reputed with them that goe downe into hel †Thou hast forsaken the fountaine of wisdom †for if thou
hadst walked in the way of God thou hadst verely dwelt in peace euerlasting †Learne where wisedom is where strength is where vnderstanding is that thou mayst know withal where is the long continuance of life and liuing where the light of the eyes and peace is †Who hath found the place therof and who hath entered into the treasures therof †Where are the princes of the Gentiles and they that rule ouer the beasts that are vpon the earth †that play with the birdes of the heauen †that treasure vp siluer and gold wherin men haue confidence and is there no end of their getting which fashion siluer are careful neither is there invention of their workes †They are destroyed and are gone downe to hel and others are risen vp in their place †Yong men saw the light and dwelt vpon the earth but the way of discipline they knew not †neither vnderstood they the pathes therof neither haue their children receiued it it is made farre from their face †It hath not bene heard in the Land of Chanaan neither hath it bene seene in Theman †The children of Agar also that seke out the prudence that is of the earth marchants of Merrhe and of Theman and fablers and searchers of prudence and vnderstanding but the way of wisedom they haue not knowne neither haue they remembrēd the pathes therof †O Israel how great is the house of God and how great is the place of his possession †It is great and hath no end high and vnmesurable †There were the Giants those renowned that were from the beginning of big stature expert in warre †These did not our Lord choose neither found they the way of discipline therfore did they perish †And because they had not wisedom they perished through their follie †Who hath ascended into heauen and taken her and brought her downe from the clowdes †Who hath passed ouer the sea and found her and brought her aboue chosen gold †There is none that can know her waies nor that can search out her pathes †but he that knoweth al thinges knoweth her hath found her out by his prudence he that prepared the earth in time euerlasting and replenished it with cattel and fourefooted beastes †he that sendeth forth light and it goeth and hath called it and it obeyeth him with trembling †And the starres haue geuen light in their watches and reioyced †they were called and they said here we are and they haue shined to him with cheerfulnes that made them †This is out God and there shal none other be estemed against him †He found out al the way of discipline and deliuered it to Iacob his seruant and to Israel his beloued †After these thinges he was sene vpon the earth and was conuersant with men CHAP. IIII. Gods people neglecting his grace offered to them more then to other nations 6. are seuerely punished 15. by captiuitie 18. but are reserued 22. and repenting shal be released 31. and their enimies destroyed THIS is the booke of the commandments of God and the law that is for euer al that hold it shal come to life but they that haue forsaken it into death †Returne Iacob and take hold of it walke by the way to the brightnes of it against the light therof †Deliuer not thy glorie to an other dignitie to a strange nation †We are blessed ô Israel because the thinges that please God are manifest to vs. †Be of good comfort ô people of God memorable Israel †you are sold to the Gentiles not into perdition but for that in anger you prouoked God to wrath you are deliuered to the aduersaries †For you haue exasperated him that made you the eternal God immolating to diuels and not to God †For you haue forgotten God who hath nourished you and your nource Ierusalem you haue made sorowful †For she saw the wrath comming from God to you and she sayd Heare ye confines of Sion for God hath brought me great mourning †For I haue sene the captiuitie of my people and of my sonnes and daughters which the euerlasting hath brought vpon them †For I nourished them with ioyfulnes but I haue left them with weeping and mourning †Let no man reiovce ouer me a widow and desolate I am forsaken of manie for the sinnes of my children because they haue declined from the law of God †And his iustices they haue not knowne nor walked by the wayes of Gods commandments neither haue they entered by the pathes of his truth and iustice †Let the borderers of Sion come and remember the captiuitie of my sonnes daughters which the euerlasting hath brought vpon them †For he hath brought vpon them a nation from a farre a wicked nation and of an other tongue †which haue not reuerenced the ancient nor pitied the children haue led away the beloued of the widow and made the sole woman desolate of children †But as for me what can I helpe you †For he that hath brought the euils vpon you he wil deliuer you out of the handes of your enemies †walke children walke for I am left alone †I haue put of the stole of peace and I haue put vpon me the sackcloth of prayer and I wil crie to the Highest in my dayes †Be of good comfort my children crie to our Lord and he wil deliuer you out of the hand of the princes your enemies †For I haue hoped in the euerlasting for your saluation ioy is come to me from the holie one vpon the mercie which shal come to you from our euerlasting sauiour †For I sent you forth with mourning and weeping but our Lord wil bring you backe to me with ioy and gladnes for euer †For as the neighbours of Sion haue seene your captiuitie from God so shal they see also with celeritie your saluation from God which shal come vpon you with great honour and euerlasting brightnes †Children patiently sustaine the wrath which is come vpon you for thyne enemie hath persecuted thee but thou shalt quickly see his destruction and thou shalt get vp vpon his necke †My delicate ones haue walked rough waies for they are led as a flocke taken violently of the enemies †Be of good comfort children and crie out to our Lord for there shal be remembrance of you with him that hath led you away †For as your minde hath bene to stray from God ten tymes so much shal you returning againe seeke him †For he that hath brought the euils vpon you he againe wil bring vnto you euerlasting ioy with your saluation †Be of good comfort Ierusalem for he exhorteth thee that named thee †The wicked afflicters shal perish that haue vexed thee they that haue reioyced in thy ruine shal be punished †The cities which thy children haue serued shal be punished
couenant that he had with him in the middes of Babylon shal he dye †And not in a great armie nor in much people shal Pharao make battel agaynst him in the casting vp of a ramper and in the building of bulworkes to kil manie soules †For he had despised the oath that he might breake the couenant and behold he gaue his hand and when he hath done al these thinges he shal not escape †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Liue I that the oath which he hath despised the couenant that he transgressed I wil lay on his head †And I wil spread my nette ouer him and he shal be taken in my nette and I wil bring him into Babylon and wil iudge him there in the preuerication wherby he hath despised me †And al his fugitiues with al their troupe shal fal by the sword and the residue shal be dispersed into euerie wind and you shal know that I the Lord haue spoken †Thus saith our Lord God And I wil take of the marow of the high ceder wil set it of the toppe of the boughes therof the tender one I wil strippe of and wil plant it vpon a mountaine high and eminent †On the high mountaines of Israel wil I plant it and it shal shoote forth into a budde and shal yelde fruite and it shal be into a great ceder and al birdes and euerie foule shal dwel vnder the shadow of the boughes therof and shal there make their nest †And al the trees of the countrie shal know that I the Lord haue humbled the high tree exalted the low tree and haue dried the greene tree and haue caused the drie tree to spring I the Lord haue spoken and haue done it CHAP. XVIII One shal not beare the sinnes of an other but euerie one their owne 21. If the wieked truly repent he shal be saued and if the iust leaue his iustice he shal be damned AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †What is that among you you turne a parable into this prouer be in the land of Israel saying The fathers did eate a sowre grape and the teeth of the children are set on edge †Liue I saith our Lord God if this parable shal be vnto you any more for a prouerbe in Israel †Behold al soules are mine as the soule of the father so also the soule of the sonne is mine the soule that shal sinne the same shal dye †And a man if he shal be iust and hath done iudgement and iustice †hath not eaten on the mountaynes and not lifted vp his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel and hath not violated his neighbours wife and approched not to a menstruous woman †and made no man sorowful hath restored the pledge to the debter taken nothing away by violence hath geuen his bread to the hungrie and coueted the naked with a garment †hath not lent to vsurie and not taken more hath turned away his hand from iniquitie and done true iudgement betwen man and man †hath walked in my precepts and kept my iudgements to doe truth this man is iust liuing he shal liue saith our Lord God †And if he hath begotten a sonne that is a robber shedding bloud he doe one of these thinges †and that doth not in dede al these thinges but eateth on the mountaynes and defileth his neighbours wife †that maketh the needie and poore sorowful violently committeth robberies restoreth not the pledge lifteth his eyes to idols doth abomination †that geueth to vsurie and taketh more what shal he liue he shal not liue Wheras he hath done al these detestable thinges dying he shal dye his bloud shal be vpon him †But and if he hath begotten a sonne that seing al his fathers sinnes which he hath done is afrayd and shal not doe the like to them †hath not eaten vpon the mountaines and not lifted vp his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel and hath not violated his neighbours wife †and hath made no man sorowful hath not withheld the pledge and hath not violently committed robberie hath geuen his bread to the hungrie and couered the naked with clothing †hath turned away his hand from iniurie of the poore hath not taken vsurie and ouerplus hath done my iudgements hath walked in my preceptes this man shal not dye in the iniquitie of his father but liuing he shal liue †His father because he did calumniate and did violence to his brother and wrought euil in the middes of his people behold he is dead in his owne iniquitie †And you say Why hath not the sonne borne the iniquitie of his father Verely because the sonne hath wrought iudgement and iustice he hath kept al my precepts and done them liuing he shal liue †The soule that shal sinne the same shal dye the sonne shal not beare the iniquitie of the father and the father shal not beare the iniquitie of the sonne the iustice of the iust shal be vpon him and the impietie of he impious shal be vpon him †But if the impious shal doe penance from al his sinnes which he hath wrought and shal keepe al my precepts and doe iudgement and iustice liuing he shal liue and shal not dye †Al his iniquities which he hath wrought I wil not remember them in his iustice which he hath wrought he shal liue †Why “ is the death of a sinner my wil saith our Lord God and not that he conuert from his wayes and liue †But if the iust man shal turne away himselfe from his iustice and doe iniquitie according to al the abominations which the impious vseth to worke shal he liue al his iustices which he had done shal not be remembred in the preuarication which he hath preuaricated and in his sinne which he hath sinned in them he shal dye †And you haue said The way of our Lord is not right Heare ye therfore ô house of Israel What is not my way right and are not rather your wayes peruerse †For when the iust shal turne away himselfe from his iustice doth iniquitie he shal dye in them in the iniustice that he hath wrought he shal dye †And when the impious shal turne away himselfe from his impietie which he hath wrought shal doe iudgement and iustice he shal viâ—â—siâ—ate his soule †For considering turning away himself from al his iniquities which he hath wrought liuing he shal liue and not dye †And the children of Israel say The way of our Lord is not right What are not my wayes right ô house of Israel and not rather your wayes peruerse †Therfore wil I iudge euerie maÌ„ according to his wayes ô house of Israel saith our Lord God Conuert and doe penance from al your iniquities and iniquitie shal not be a ruine to you †Cast away from you
vncitcumcised in hart vncircumcised in flesh shal not enter into my sanctuarie euerie strange child that is in the middes of the children of Israel †Yea and the Leuites that haue reuolted farre from me in the errour of the children of Israel haue erred from me after their idols and haue borne their iniquitie †they shal be officers in my sanctuarie and porters of the gates of the house and ministers of the house they shal kil the holocausts and the victimes of the people and they shal stand in their sight to serue them †For that they haue serued them in the sight of their idols and were made to the house of Israel a scandal of iniquitie therfore haue I lifted vp mine hand vpon them saith our Lord God and they shal beare their iniquitie †and they shal not approch to me to doe the function of priesthood vnto me neither shal they approche to al my sanctuarie by Sancta Sanctorum but they shal beare their confusion and their wicked abominations which they haue done †And I wil make them porters of the house in al the ministerie therof and in al thinges that shal be done therin †But the priests Leuits the sonnes of Sadoc which kept the ceremonies of my sanctuarie when the children of Israel erred from me they shal approach to me to minister vnto me they shal stand in my sight to offer me the fatte and the bloud saith our Lord God †They shal enter into my sanctuarie and they shal approch to my table to minister vnto me and to keepe my ceremonies †And when they shal enter into the gates of the inner court they shal be clothed with linnen garments neither shal anie wollen thing come vpon them when they minister in the gates of the inner court within †There shal be linnen mitres on their heades and there shal be linnen breeches on their loynes and they shal not be girded in swette †And when they shal goe out to the vtter court vnto the people they shal put of from them their vestiments wherin they had ministered and shal lay them vp in the vesterie of the sanctuarie they shal cloth themselues with other garments they shal not sanctifie the people in their vestures †And they shal not shaue their head nor nourish their heare but powling they shal powle their heades †And no priest shal drinke wine when he is to enter into the inner court †And widow and her that is diuorced they shal not take for wiues but virgins of the seede of the house of Israel but a widow also which hath bene the widow of a priest they shal take †And they shal teach my people what is betwen a holie thing and polluted and betwen cleane and vncleane they shal shew to them †And when there shal be a controuersie they shal stand in my iudgements shal iudge my lawes my preceptes in al my solemnities shal they keepe and my sabbathes they shal sanctifie †And to a dead man they shal not enter in lest they be polluted but to father and mother sonne and daughter and brother and sister which hath not had an other husband in which they shal be contaminated †And after that he is clensed seuen daies shal be numbred to him †And in the day of his entering into the sanctuarie to the inner court to minister vnto me in the sanctuarie he shal offer for his sinne sayth our Lord God †And there shal not be inheritance to them I am their inheritance and possession you shal not geue them in Israel for I am their possession †The victime both for sinne and for offence they shal eate and euerie vowed thing in Israel shal be theirs †And the first fruits of al the first borne al the libaments of al thinges that are offered shal be the priests the first fruits of your meates you shal geue to the priest that he may lay vp a blessing for thy house †Al carren and thing taken by a beast of birdes and of cattel the priests shal not eate CHAP. XLV In distribution of the land after the captiuitie seueral portions are assigned for the Priestes the Leuites the Citie and the Prince the rest was for the people 9. Rulers are admonished to obserue iust measures 15. and to offer due sacrifices AND when you shal begin to diuide the land by lot seperate ye first fruits to our Lord a peece sanctified of the land in length twentie fiue thousand and in bredth tenne thousand it shal be sanctified in al the border therof round about †And it shal be sanctified on euerie side by fiue hundred and fiue hundred foure square round about and of fiftie cubits for the suburbs therof round about †And from this measure thou shalt measure the length of fiue and twentie thousand and the bredth of tenne thousand in it shal be the temple and sanctum sanctorum †The sanctified peece of the land shal be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuarie which approch to the ministerie of our Lord and it shal be a place to them for houses and for the sanctuarie of holines †And fiue and twentie thousand of length tenne thousand of bredth shal be for the Leuits which minister in the house they shal possesse twentie celles †And the possession of the citie you shal geue fiue thousand of bredth and of length fiue and twentie thousand according to the seperation of the sanctuarie to al the house of Israel †To the prince also on this side and on that side according to the separation of the sanctuarie and according to the possession of the citie against the face of the seperation of the sanctuarie and against the face of the possession of the citie from the side of the Sea euen to the Sea and from the side of the East euen to the East And the length according to euerie part from the West border to the East border †Of the land shal he haue possession in Israel and the princes shal no more spoile my people but the land they shal geue to the house of Israel according to their tribes †Thus saith our Lord God Let it suffice you ô princes of Israel intermitte ye iniquitie and robberies and doe iudgement and iustice seperate your confines from my people saith our Lord God †Iust balance and a iust ephi and a iust bat shal be to you †The ephi and the bat shal be equal and of one measure that the bat may take the tenth part of a core the ephi the tenth part of a core according to the measure of a core shal be the equal balassing of them †And a sicle hath twentie obolos Moreouer twentie sicles fiue and twentie sicles and fiftene sicles make Mnam †And these are the first fruits which you shal take the sixth
eyes the same is the first king †But wheras that being broken there rose vp foure for it foure kinges shal rise vp of his nation but not in his strength †And after their reigne when iniquities shal be increased there shal arise a king impudent of face and vnderstanding propositions †And his strength shal be made strong but not in his owne strength and more then can be beleued shal he waste al thinges and shal prosper and doe And he shal kil the strong and the people of the saints †according to his wil and craft shal be directed in his hand and he shal magnifie his hart and in the abundance of al thinges he shal murder very manie agaynst the prince of princes shal he arise without hand he shal be destroyed †the vision of the euening and the morning which hath bene sayd is true thou therfore seale the vision because it shal be after manie dayes †And I Daniel languished and was sicke for certaine dayes and when I was risen vp I did the kings workes and was astonied at the vision and there was none that could interprete it CHAP. IX Daniel confessing that they are iustly afflicted for their sinnes 15. prayeth for speedie mercie 20. An Angel signifieth to him that within seuentie wekes of yeares Christ wil come 26. and be slayne his people the Iewes denying him whom he wil therfore reiect IN the first yeare of Darius the sonne of Assuerus of the seede of the Medes who reigned ouer the kingdom of the Chaldees †the first yeare of his kingdom I Daniel vnderstood in bookes the number of the yeares wherof the word of our Lord was made to Ieremie the prophete that seuentie yeares should be accomplished of the desolation of Ierusalem †And I sette my face to our Lord my God to pray and besech in fastinges sackcloth and ashes †And I prayed our Lord my God and I confessed and said I besech thee ô Lord God great and terrible which keepest couenant mercie to them that loue thee and keepe thy commandements †We haue sinned we haue done iniquitie we haue dealt impiously and haue reuolted we haue declined from thy commandments and iudgements †We haue not obeyed thy seruants the prophets that haue spoken in thy name to our kinges to our princes to our fathers and to al the people of the land †To thee ô Lord iustice but to vs confusion of face as is to day to the man of Iuda and to the inhabiters of Ierusalem and to al Israel to them that are nere and to them that are farre of in al the landes to which thou hast cast them out for their iniquities in which they haue sinned against thee †O Lord to vs confusion of face to our princes to our fathers that haue sinned †But to thee Lord our God mercie and propiciation because we haue reuolted from the †and haue not heard the voice of the Lord our God to walke in his law which he gaue vs by his seruants the prophetes †And al Israel haue transgressed thy law and haue declined from hearing thy voice and the malediction hath distilled vpon vs the detestation which is written in the booke of Moyses the seruant of God because we haue sinned to him †And he hath established his wordes which he spake vpon vs and vpon our princes that iudged vs that he would bring in vpon vs a great euil such as neuer was vnder al the heauen according to that which hath bene done in Iersalem †As it is written in the law of Moyses al this euil is come vpon vs and we besought not thy face ô Lord our God that we might returne from our iniquities might thinke on thy truth †And our Lord hath watched vpon the malice and hath brought it vpon vs iust is the Lord our God in al his workes which he hath done for we haue not heard his voice †And now ô Lord our God which broughtest forth thy people out of the Land of Aegypt in a strong hand madst thee a name according to this day we haue sinned we haue done iniquitie †O Lord according to al thy iustice but let thy wrath be turned away I besech thee and thy furie from thy citie Ierusalem from thy holie mount For by reason of our sinnes and the iniquities of our fathers Ierusalem and thy people are a reproch to al round about vs. †Now therfore heare ô our God the petition of thy seruant his prayers and shew thy face vpon thy sanctuarie which is desert for thyne owne sake †Incline my God thine eare heare open thine eyes and see our desolation the citie vpon which thy name is inuocated for neither in our iustifications doe we prostrate prayers before thy face but in thy manie commiserations †Heare ô Lord be pacified ô Lord attend doe delay not for thine owne sake my God because thy name is inuocated vpon thy citie vpon thy people †And when I yet spake prayed and confessed my sinnes and the sinnes of my people of Israel and did prostrate my prayers in the sight of my God for the holie mount of my God †as I was yet speaking in prayer loe the man Gabriel whom I had sene in the vision from the beginning quickly flying touched me in the time of the euening sacrifice †And he taught me and spake to me sayd Daniel now am I come forth to teach thee and that thou mighst vnderstand †From the beginning of thy prayers the word came forth and I am come to shew it to thee because thou art a man of desires and doe thou marke the word and vnderstand the vision †Seuentie weekes are abbridged vpon thy people vpon thy holie citie that preuarication may be consummate and sinne take an end iniquitie be abolished and euerlasting iustice be brought vision be accomplished and prophecie the Holie one of holies be anointed †Know therfore marke From the going forth of the word that Ierusalem be built againe vnto Christ the prince there shal be seuen weekes sixtie two weekes the streete shal be built againe the walles in * straitnes of the times †And after sixty two weekes Christ shal be slaine and it shal not be his people that shal denie him And the city the sanctuary shal the people dissipate with the prince to come the end therof waste after the end of the battel the appoynted desolation †And he wil confirme the couenant to manie one weeke and in the halfe of the weeke shal the hoste the sacrifice fayle and there shal be in the temple the abomination of desolation euen to the consummation and to the end shal the desolation endure CHAP. X. After fasting other voluntarie afflictions 4. Daniel seing a
to obserue the predictions of the most excellent and perfect Sacrifice of the new Testament Malachie 1. v. 11. From the rising of the sunne sayth God by this Prophet euen to the going downe there is sacrificing and there is offered in my name a cleane oblation In the old testament they offered cattel birdes by powring out their bloud about the altar and drawing forth their bowels For purging and clensing wherof there was much washing and labour but now in the Church of Christ is the cleane Sacrifice of our Lords bodie and bloud in formes of bread and wine It is also in itself so pure that it can not be polluted as the old sacricrifices were v. 12. by vnworthie Priestes but is alwayes auaylable to some or other ex opere operato According to that the same Prophet testifieth ch 3. v. 4. The Sacrifice of Iuda and Ierusalem shal please our Lord. which is necessarily vnderstood of the Christian sacrifice for els this place were contrarie to that which God sayd to the Iewish priestes ch 1. v. 10. I haue no wil in you and I wil not receiue gift at your hand Daniel also prophecieth ch 9â— v. 27. that in the half of the weke the hoste and the sacrifice shal fayle Ch. 12. v. 11. The continual sacrifice shal be taken away therby signifying that not only after the figure the Sacrifice prefigured should succede for els there should be no daylie Sacrifice at al in the new Testament which Malachie sâ—yth plainly there shal be not in one or in fewe places but from the rising of the sunne euen to the going downe c. but also that both the old and new sacrifices should be taken away in their seueral times For so our Sauiour Mat. 24. v. 15. applieth the next wordes of this prophecie and abomination of desolation shal be set vp not only as a signe before the destruction of Ierusalem but also of the end of the world Verified in part as in the figure when the temple was destroyed diuers prophanations made in the same place but more especially shal be fulfilled by Antichrist abolishing the holie Sacrifice of Christs bodie and bloud so much as he shal be suffered as S. Hyppolitus writeth lib. de Antichristo in oratione de consummatione mundi Agreable to S. Ireneus li. 4. c. 32. li. 5. in â—ine S. Ierom. in Dan. 12. Theodoretus in eundâ—m locum and S. Chrisostom in opere imperfecto Yea some Hebrew Rabbins acknowlege Transsubstantion in the Eucharist as R. Dauid Kimhi witnesseth vpon these wordes of Osee 1â— v. 8. They shal liue with wheate and shal spring as a vine Manie of our Doctores sayth he expound this that there shal be mutation of nature in wheate in the times of our Redemer Christ This Rabbi Dauid also and the Chaldee Paraphrasis expound Ezechiels prophecie ch 36. v. 25. I wil powre out vpon you cleane water of the remission of sinne though they signifie not by what particular meanes Which Christian Doctors vndoubtedly explicate of the Sacrament of Baptisme And like wise his other prophecie ch 47. v. 1. waters issued forth vnder the threshold of the house towards the East can not be vnderstood of anie other waters then of Baptisme The purifications oblations and other workes of penance practised by the people after their returne from captiuitie written 2. Esd 9. 10. 13. testifie their obseruation of the law in this point by which the Sacrament of penance in the new testament was prefigured In like sorte the continuance of Priesthood and priestlie functions is manifest in the bookes of Esdras and of other Prophetes which prefigured the Sacrament of holie Orders in the Church of Christ In these times also the feastes instituted by the law were obserued with more or lesse solemnitie as time place and other opportunities serued As Esdras testifieth li. 1. c. 3. v. 2. Iosue the highpriest and Zorobabel the duke after their returne from captiuitie built an altar notwithstanding the threates of infidels and offered vpon it holocaust to our Lord morning and euening And they made the solemnitie of tabernacles and other feastes as wel in the Calendes as in al the solemnities of our Lord though the temple was not yet built againe v. 6. And afterwards upon new occasion Iudas Machabeus 1. Mach. 4. 2. Mach. 10. instituted a new feast which our sauiour obserued Ioan. 10. v. 12. The like obseruation was kept of fastes For amongst the feastes which were al duly performed 1. Esd 3. v. 5. one was of Expiation which consisted in fasting from euen to euen Leuit. 23. Num. 29. And besides the ordinarie Esdras appointed a peculiar fast for special purposes 1. Esd 8. v. 21. And I proclamed sayth he a fast beside the riuer Ahaua that we might be afflicted before the Lord our God and might desire of him a right way for vs and our children And v. 23. we fasted and besought our God hereby and it fel our prosperously vnto vs. Againe 2. Esd 9. v. 1. The children of Israel came together in fasting and sackclothes and earth vpon them see more of fasting Iudith 4. 9. Esther 5. 14. Zachar. 8. And of abstinence from certayne meates according to the laâ— Daniel â— 9. Iudith 10. 12.2 Mach. 6. 7. More generally the whole forme of good life is excellently prescribed in the bookes of wisdom and Ecclesiasticus Where vnder the general vertues of wisdom and Iustice al are admonished to seeke diligently to know God and to serue him As much as to say to haue fayth and good workes the two feete and legges on which the godlie walke vnto life euerlasting Let one shorte sentence here serue for example wishing al men to reade more in the bookes themselues Sap. 6. v. 18. 19. 20. is this gradation The beginning of wisdom is the true desire of discipline the care of discipline is loue loue is the keeping of her lawes and the keping of the lawes is the consummation of incorruption incorruption maketh to be next to God These are the steppes from earth to heauen from this vale of miseries to eternal happines first A true and sincere desire of discipline or of Gods true seruice 2. This desire or care of discipline bredeth loue of God 3. loue is the keping of lawes the commandments of God for he that sayth he â—oueth God and kepeth not his commandments is a liar 4. keping the lawes is the consummation of incorruption making the soule perfect in vertues and free from corruption of sinnes 5. and this incorruption maketh to be next to God ioyning man with God which is the perfect beatitude of eternal life And so he concludeth v. 22. Therfore from first to last by degrees desire of wisdom leadeth to the euerlasting kingdom Yet must we vnderstand that neither the first steppe of good
Assirians toward them to strengthen their handes to the workes of our Lord the God of Israel CHAP. VIII Esdras going from Babylon to Ierusalem 9. carieth king Artaxerxes fauourable letters 14. nâ—t licence to takâ— gold siluer and al thinges necessarie at their pleasure 31. The chief mâ—n that goe with him are recited 51. He voweth a fast praying for good successe in their iorney 56. weigheth the gold and siluer which he deliuereth to the Priestes and Leuites 69. And seuerely admonisheth the people to repentance for their mariages made with infideles AND after him when Artaxerxes king of the Persians reigned came Esdras the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Helcias the sonne of Salome †the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Ameri the sonne of Azahel the sonne of Bocci the sonne of Abisue the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the first priest †This Esdras came vp from Babylon being scribe wise in the law of Moyses which was geuen of our Lord the God of Israel to teach and to doe †And the king gaue him glorie because he had found grace in al dignitie and desire in his sight †And there went vp with him of the children of Israel and the Priestes and the Leuites and the sacred singers of the temple and the porters and the seruantes of the temple into Ierusalem †In the seuenth yeare when Artaxerxes reigned in the fifth moneth this is the seuenth yeare of his reigne going forth of Babylon in the newmoone of the fifth moneth †they came to Ierusalem according to his commandment according to the prosperitie of their iourney which their Lord gaue them †For in these Esdras had great knowlege that he would not pretermitte anie of those thinges which were according to the law and the preceptes of our Lord and in teaching al Israel al iustice and iudgement †And they that wrote the writinges of Artaxerxes the king coming deliuered the writing which was granted of Artaxerxes the king to Esdras the Priest the reader of the law of our Lord the copie wherof here foloweth †KING Artaxerxes to Esdras the Priest and reader of the law of the Lord greeting †I of curtesie esteming it among benifites haue commanded them that of their owne accord are desirous of the nation of the Iewes and of the Priestes and Leuites which are in my kingdom to goe with thee into Ierusalem †If anie therfore desire to goe with thee let them come together and set forward as it hath pleased me and my seuen freindes my counselers †that they may visite those thinges which are done touching Iurie and Ierusalem obseruing as thou hast in the law of the Lord. †And let them carie the giftes to the Lord the God of Israel which I haue vowed and my freindes to Ierusalem and al the gold and siluer that shal be found in the countrie of Babylon to the Lord in Ierusalem with that †which is geuen for the nation it self vnto the temple of their Lord which is in Ierusalem that this gold and siluer be gathered for oxen and rammes and lambes and kiddes and for the thinges that are agreable to these †that they may offer hostes to the Lord vpon the altar of their Lord which is in Ierusalem †And al thinges whatsoeuer thou with thy brethren wilt doe with gold and siluer doe it at thy pleasure according to the precept of the Lord thy God †And the sacred vessels which are geuen thee to the workes of the house of the Lord thy God which is in Ierusalem †And other thinges whatsoeuer shal helpe thee to the workes of the temple of thy God thou shalt geue it out of the kings treasure †When thou with thy brethren wilt doe ought with gold and siluer doe according to the wil of the Lord. †And I king Artaxerxes haue geuen commandment to the keepers of the treasure of Syria and Phaenice that what thinges soeuer Esdras the Priest and reader of the law of the Lord shal write for they geue him vnto an hundred talentes of siluer likewise also of gold †And vnto an hundred measures of corne an hundred vessels of wine and other thinges whatsoeuer abound without taxing †Let al thinges be done to the most high God according to the law of God lest perhaps there arise wrath in the reigne of the king and of his sonne and his sonnes †And to you it is sayd that vpon al the Priestes and Leuites and sacred singers and seruantes of the temple scribes of this temple †no tribute nor any other taxe be sette and that no man haue auctoritie to obiect any thing to them †But thou Esdras according to the wisedom of God appoynt iudges and arbitrers in al Syria and Phaenice and teach al them that know no the law of thy God †that whosoeuer shal transgresse the law they be diligently punished either with death or with torment or els with a forfeite of money or with banishment †And Esdras the scribe sayd Blessed be the God of our fathers which hath geuen this wil into the kings hart to glorifie his house which is in Ierusalem †And hath honoured me in the sight of the king and of his counselers and freindes and them that weare purple †And I was made constant in minde according to the ayde of our Lord my God and gathered together of Israel men that should goe vp together with me †And these are the princes according to their kindredes and seueral principalities of them that came vp from Babylon the kingdom of Artaxerxes †Of the children of Phares Gersomus and of the children of Siemarith Amenus of the children of Dauid Acchus the sonne of Scecilia †Of the children of Phares Zacharias and with him returned an hundred fiftie men †Of the children of leader Moabilion Zaraei and with him two hundred fiftie men †Of the children of Zachues Iechonias of Zechoel and with him two hundred fiftie men †of the children of Sala Maasias of Gotholia with him seuentie men †of the children of Saphatia Zarias of Michel and with him eightie men †of the children of Iob Abdias of Iehel and with him two hundred twelue men †of the children of Bania Salimoth the sonne of Iosaphia and with him an hundred sixtie men †of the children of Beer Zacharias Bebei and with him two hundred eight men †of the children of Ezead Ioannes of Eccetan and with him an hundred ten men †of the children of Adonicam which were last and these are their names Eliphalam the sonne of Gebel and Semeias and with him seuentie men †And I gathered them together to the riuer that is called Thia and we camped there three dayes and vewed them againe †And of the children of the Priestes and Leuites I found not there †And I sent to Eleazarus and Eccelon and Masman and
and his iustice contineweth for euer and euer †He hath made a memorie of his meruelous workes a merciful and pittiful Lord †he hath geuen meate to them that feare him He wil be mindful for euer of his testament †the force of his workes he wil shewforth to his people †To geue them the inheritance of the gentiles the workes of his handes truth and iudgement †Al his commandmentes are faithful confirmed for euer and euer made in truth and equitie †He sent redemption to his people he commanded his testament for euer Holie and terrible is his name †the feare of our Lord is the beginning of wisedom Vnderstanding is good to al that doe it his prayse remaineth for euer and euer PSALME CXI True happines consisteth in fearing God keping his commandments 5. and in doing workes of mercie 10. The contrarie bringeth to miserie Alleluia Of the returne of Aggeus and Zacharie BLESSED is the man that feareth our Lord he shal haue great delight in his commandmentes †His seede shal be mightie in the earth the generation of the righteous shal be blessed †Glorie and riches in his house and his iustice abideth for euer and euer †Light is risen vp in darkenes to the righteous he is merciful and pitiful and iust †Acceptable is the man that is merciful and lendeth that shal dispose his wordes in iudgement †Because he shal not be moued for euer †The iust shal be in eternal memorie he shal not feare at the hearing of euil †His hart is readie to hope in our Lord his hart is confirmed †he shal not be moued til he looke ouer his enemies †He distributed he gaue to the poore his iustice remaineth for euer and euer his horne shal be exalted in glorie †The sinner shal see and wil be angrie he shal gnash his teeth and pine away the desire of sinners shal perish PSALME CXII God is to be praised who being hiegh regardeth and prouideth for the needie in this world Allelu ia PRAYSE our Lord ye children praise ye the name of our Lord. †Be the name of our Lord blessed from henceforth now and for euer †From the rising of the sunne vnto the going downe the name of our Lord is laudable †Our Lord is high aboue al nations and his glorie aboue the heauens †Who is as the Lord our God that dwelleth on high †and beholdeth the low thinges in heauen and in earth †Raising vp the needie from the earth and lifting vp the poore out of the dung †To place him with princes with the princes of his people †Who maketh the d barren woman to dwel in a house a ioyful mother of children PSALME CXIII For the meruelous passage of I srael out of Aegypt 3. the red sea the riuer Iordan 7. and the hilles geuing them place 8. the rockes yelding them water 9. God not themselues is to be praised 12. Idoles and Idolaters are vaine and shal be confounded 17. the faithful trust in God 20. are blessed and for euer praise God Allelu ia IN the comming forth of Israel out of Aegypt of the house of Iacob from the barbarous people †Iewrie was made his sanctification Israel his dominion †The sea saw and fled Iordan was turned backeward †The mountaines leaped as rammes and the litle hilles as the lambes os sheepe †What ayleth thee ô sea that thou didst flee and thou ô Iordan that thou wast turned backeward †Ye mountaines leaped as rammes and ye litle hilles as the lambes of shepe †At the face of our Lord was the earth moued at the face of the God of Iacob †Who turned the rocke into pooles of waters and stonie hil into fountaines of waters †NOT TO VS O LORD NOT TO VS but to thy name geue the glorie †For thy mercie and thy truth lest at any time the Gentiles say Where is their God †But our God is in heauen he hath done al thinges what soeuer he would †“ The idols of the gentiles are siluer and gold the workes of mens handes †They haue mouth and shal not speake they haue eies and shal not see †They haue eares and shal not heare they haue nosthrels and shal not smel †They haue handes and shal not handle they haue feete and shal not walke they shal not crie in their throte †Let them that make them become like to them and al that haue confidence in them †The house of Israel hath hoped in our Lord he is their helper and their protector †The house of Aaron hath hoped in our Lord he is their helper and their protector †They that feare our Lord haue hoped in our Lord he is their helper and their protector †Our Lord hath beene mindful of vs and hath blessed vs He hath blessed the house of Israel he hath blessed the house of Aaron †He hath blessed al that feare our Lord the litle with the great †Our Lord adde vpon you vpon you vpon your children †Blessed be you of our Lord which made heauen and earth †The heauen of heauen is to our Lord but the earth he hath geuen to the children of men †The dead shal not prayse thee ô Lord nor al they that goe downe into hel But we that liue doe blesse our Lord from this time and for euer ANNOTATIONS PSALME CXIII 12. The Idols of the Gentiles are siluer and gold Al Catholique Diuines agree in this authentical definition of Idolattie that it is diuine honour geuen to anie creature as to a god Of the diuers so tâ—s also of Idolatrie the ancient lerned Doctors haue vvritten much Namely Iustinus Martyr in his Orations against the Gen iles Tertullian in Apologetico Arnobius Orat. ad Gentes Lactantius li. 2. c 17. Diuinar Instit and manie others But most copiously and profoundly S Augustin especially in his tenne first bookes de Câ—uitate Dei Into vvhich error crime the Platonistes sel holding that spiritual inuisible createdsubstances to vvitte Angels good and euil vvhom they called Intelligentias separatas had diuine povvre so gaue to them diuine honour O hers honour dead men and some before their death as goddes for their notable actes atchiued in this life as Saturne â—uppiter Hercules and the like Some yeld diuine honour to mere corporal creatures liuing or vvithout life as to beastes and serpentes the sunne the moone fire vvater earth the vvhole machin of the vvoâ—ld as if it vvere animate and that vvith diuine spirite or soule Againe al these haue bene vvorshipped as gods not only in them selues but also in their imagees But to omite other diuersities the most grosse
my hil a blessing and I wil bring downe the showere in his time there shal be raynes of blessing †And the tree of the filde shal geue his fruite and the earth shal geue her spring and they shal be in their land without feare and they shal know that I am the Lord when I shal haue broken the cheynes of their yoke and shal haue deliuered them out of the hand of those that rule ouer them †And they shal be no more for a spoile in the Gentiles neither shal the beastes of the earth deuoure them but they shal dwel confidently without any terrour †And I wil raise vp vnto them a bud of name and they shal be no more diminished for famine in the land neither shal they beare anie more the reproch of the Gentiles †And they shal know that I the Lord their God with them and they my people the house of Israel saith our Lord God †And you my flockes the flockes of my pasture are men and I the Lord your God saith our Lord God CHAP. XXXV An other prophecie against the Idumeans 5. because they afflicted the Israelites AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man set thy face against mount Seir and thou shalt prophecie of it and shalt say to it †Thus saith our Lord God Behold I to thee mount Seir and I wil stretch forth my hand vpon thee and wil make thee desolate and desert †Thy cities I wil destroy and thou shalt be desert and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. †For that thou hast bene an euerlasting enemie and hast shutvp the children of Israel into the handes of the sword in the time of their affliction in the time of extreme iniquitie †Therfore liue I saith our Lord God that I wil deliuer thee vnto bloud bloud shal persecute thee wheras thou hast hated bloud bloud shal persecute thee †And I wil make mount Seir desolate and desert and I wil take from it the comer and goer †And I wil fil his mountaines with his slaine in thy hilles and in thy valleis and in the torrents shal the slaine with the sword fal †Into euerlasting desolations wil I deliuer thee and thy cities shal not be inhabited and thou shalt know that I am the Lord God †For that thou hast said The two nations and the two landes shal be mine and I wil possesse them by inheritance wheras our Lord was there †Therfore liue I saith our Lord God that I wil doe according to thy wrath and according to thy zele which thou hast vsed hating them and I wil be made knowne by them when I shal haue iudged thee †And thou shalt know that I the Lord haue heard al thy reproches that thou hast spoken of the montaines of Israel saying They are desert they are geuen vnto vs to deuoure †And you rose vp vpon me with your mouth haue derogated your wordes against me I heard it †Thus saith our Lord God Al the earth reioycing I wil bring thee into a wildernes †As thou hast reioyced vpon the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was dissipated so wil I doe to thee Thou shalt be dissipated mount Seir and al Idumea and they shal know that I am the Lord. CHAP. XXXVI The Iewes shal be reduced from captiuitie 13. their maners amended 16. which are enormious 22. by special grace of God for the glorie of his name 25. fulfilled by Christs baptisme AND thou sonne of man prophecie concerning the mountainnes of Israel and thou shalt say Mountainnes of Israel heare ye the word of our Lord †Thus saith our Lord God For that the enemie hath sayd of you Aha the euerlasting heightes are geuen to vs for an inheritante †therfore prophecie say Thus saith our Lord God For that you haue bene desolate and troden downe round about and made an inheritance to the rest of the Gentils and haue ascended vpon the lippe of the tongue the reproche of the people †therfore ye mountaines of Israel heare the word of our Lord God Thus sayth our Lord God to the mountaines and hilles to the torrents and valleis the deserts and broken walleis to the cities forsaken which are spoiled scotned of the rest of the Nations round about †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Because in fyre of my zele I haue spoken of the rest of the nations and of al Iduma which haue geuen my land to themselues for an inheritance with ioy and with al their hart and with the minde and haue cast it forth to waste it †therfore prophecie concerning the ground of Israel and thou shalt say to the montaines hilles to the hiltoppes and valleis Thus saith our Lord God Behold I haue spoken in my zele in my furie because you haue susteyned the confusion of the Gentiles †Therfore thus sayth our Lord God I haue lifted my hand that the Gentiles which are round about you they may beare their confusion †But you ô mountaines of Israel may shoote forth your boughes and bring forth your fruite to my people of Israel for he is at hand to come †Because loe I to you and I wil turne to you and you shal be ploughed and shal take seede †And I wil multiplie in you men al the house of Israel and the cities shal be inhabited and the ruinous places shal be repayred †And I wil replenish you with men and with beasts and they shal be multiplied and increase and I wil make you dwel as from the beginning and wil endewe you with greater giftes then you haue had from the beginning and you shal know that I am the Lord. †And I wil bring men vpon you my people Israel and they shal possesse thee by inheritance and thou shalt be for an inheritance to them and thou shalt adde no more to be without them †Thus saith our Lord God For that they say of you A deuourer of men thou art and one that doest suffocate thy nation †Therfore thou shalt eare men no more and thy nation thou shalt kil no more saith our Lord God †neither wil I make the confusion of the Gentils to be heard in thee anie more and the reproch of the people thou shalt not beare and thy nation thou shalt lose no more saith our Lord God †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man the house of Israel dwelt in their ground and polluted it in their wayes and in their studies according to the vncle anes of a menstruous woman was their way made before me †And I haue powred out mine indignation vpon them for the bloud which they haue shed vpon the land and in their idols haue polluted it †And I haue dispersed them into the Gentils and they are scattered into the landes according to their
wayes and their inuentions haue I iudged them †And they went in to the Nations vnto which they entered and haue polluted my holie name when it was said of them This is the people of the Lord and out of his land they are come forth †And I haue spared my holie name which the house of Israel polluted among the Gentiles to which they entered in †Therfore thou shalt say to the house of Israel Thus saith our Lord God not for your sake wil I doe it ô house of Israel but for my holie name which you haue polluted in the Nations to which you entered †And I wil sanctifie my great name that is polluted among the Gentiles which you haue polluted in the middes of them that the Gentils may know that I am the Lord saith our Lord of hostes when I shal be sanctified in you before them †For I wil take you out of the Gentils and wil gather you together out of al the landes and wil bring you into your land †And I wil powre out vpon you cleane water and you shal be clensed from al your contaminations from al your idols wil I clense you †And I wil geue you a new hart and wil put a new spirit in the middes of you and wil take away the stonie hart out of your flesh and wil geue you a fleshie hart †And I wil put my spirite in the middes of you and I wil make that you walke in my precepts keepe my iudgements and doe them †And you shal dwel in the land which I gaue to your fathers and you shal be my people and I wil be your God †And I wil saue you from al your contaminations and I wil cal for corne and wil multiplie it and wil not put famine vpon you †And I wil multiplie the fruite of the tree and the ofsprings of the filde that you beare no more the reproch of famine among the Gentils †And you shal remember your most wicked wayes and your studies not good and your iniquities and your wicked deedes shal displease you †Not for you wil I doe it saith our Lord God be it knowne to you be ye confounded and ashamed vpon your wayes ô house of Israel †Thus saith our Lord God In the day that I shal clense you from al your iniquities and shal make the cities to be inhabited and shal repayre the ruinous places †and the desert land shal be tilled which once was desolate in the eyes of euerie wayfaringman †they shal say This land vntilled is become as a garden of pleasure and the desert cities and destitute and vndermined haue sitten fenced †And the Nations whatsoeuer shal be left round about you shal know that I the Lord haue builded the destroyed thinges and planted the vntilled places that I the Lord haue spoken and done it †Thus saith our Lord God As yet in this shal the house of Israel finde me that I wil doe for them I wil multiplie them as a flocke of men †as a holie flocke as the flocke of Ierusalem in the solemnities therof So shal the desert cities be ful of flockes of men and they shal know that I am the Lord. CHAP. XXXVII By dead bones rising to life which also signifieth the general resurrection 11. is prophecied the reduction of the Iewes from captiuitie 15. the kingdoms of Iuda and Israel shal be reduced into one kingdom 23. in figure that al Nations shal be vnited in Christ. THE hand of our Lord was made vpon me and brought me forth in the spirite of our Lord and left me in the middes of a filde that was ful of bones †And he led me about through them on euerie side there were verie manie vpon the face of the filde and exceeding drie †And he sayd to me Sonne of man thinkest thou these bones shal liue And I sayd Lord God thou knowest †And he sayd to me Prophecie of these bones and thou shalt say to them Drie bones heare ye the word of our Lord. †Thus saith our Lord God to these bones Behold I wil put spirite into you and you shal liue †And I wil geue sinowes vpon you and wil make flesh to grow vp ouer you and wil strech a skine on you and I wil geue you spirite and you shal liue you shal know that I am the Lord. †And I prophecied as he had commanded me and there was made a sound when I prophecied and behold a commotion and bones came to bones euerie one to his iuncture †And I saw and behold vpon them sinowes and flesh was growen vp and a skinne was strerched out in them aboue and they had noe spirite †And he sayd to me Prophecie to the spirite prophecie sonne of man thou shalt say to the spirite Thus saith our Lord God Come spirite from the foure windes and blow vpon these slaine and let them be reuiued †And I prophecied as he had commanded me spirit entered into them they liued they stood vpon their feete an armie passing great †And he sayd to me Sonne of man Al these bones are the house of Israel They say our bones are withered our hope is perished and we are cut of †Therfore prophecie and thou shalt say to them Thus sayth our Lord God Behold I wil open your graues and wil bring you out of your sepulchers ô my people and wil bring you into the land of Israel †And you shal know that I am the Lord when I shal haue opened your sepulchres and shal haue brought you out of your graues ô my people †and shal haue geuen my spirite in you and you shal liue and I shal make you rest vpon your ground you shal know that I the Lord haue spoken and done it saith our Lord God †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †And thou sonne of man take thee one peece of wood and write vpon it Of Iuda and of the children of Israel his felowes and take an other peece of wood and write vpon it Of Ioseph the wood of Ephraim and of al the house of Israel and of his selowes †And ioyne them one to the other for thee into one peece of wood and they shal be into an vnion in thy hand †And when the children of thy people shal say to thee speaking Doest thou not declare vnto vs what thou meanest by these †Thou shalt speake to them Thus saith our Lord God Behold I wil take the peece of wood of Ioseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel that are adioyned to him and I wil geue them together with the peece of wood of Iuda and wil make them into one peece of wood and they shal be one in his hand †And the peeces of wood wherupon thou shalt write in thy hand