Isaac and the God of Iacob Moyses hid his face for he durst nor looke against God †To whom our Lord said I haue sene the affliction of my people in Aegypt and I haue heard their crye because of their rigour that ouersee the workes †and knowing their sorow I am descended to deliuer them out of the handes of the Aegyptians and to bring them out of that land into a land good and large into a land that floweth with milke and honie to the places of the Chananeite and Hetheite and Amorrheite and Pherezeite and Heueite and Iebuseite †Therfore the crye of the children of Israel is come vnto me and I haue sene their affliction wherwith they are oppressed by the Aegyptians †But come and I wil send thee to Pharao that thou mayest being forth my people the children of Israel out of Aegypt †And moyses said to God Who am I that I shal â—oe to Pharao and bring forth the children of Israel out of Aegypt †Who said to him I wil be with thee and this thou shalt haue for a signe that I haue sent thee When thou shalt haue brought my people out of Aegypt thou shalt sacrifice to God vpon this mountaine †Moyses said to God Loe I shal goe to the children of Israel and say to them The God of your fathers hath sent me to you If they shal say to me What is his name What shal I say to them †God said to Moyses I AM WHICH AM. He said Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel HE WHICH IS hath sent me to you †And God said againe to Moyses These thinges shalt thou say to the children of Israel The Lord God of your fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob hath sent me to you this is my name for euer and this is my memorial into generation and to generation †Goe and geather together the ancients of Israel and thou shalt say to them The Lord God of your fathers hath appeared to me the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob saying Visiting I haue visited you and I haue sene al thinges that haue chanced to you in Aegypt †and I haue said the word to bring you forth out of the affliction of Aegypt into the land of the Chananeite and Hetheite and Amorrheite and Pherezeite and Heueite and Iebuseite to a Land that floweth with milke honie †And they shal heare thy voice and thou shalt enter in thou and the ancientes of Israel to the king of Aegypt and thou shalt say to him The Lord God of the Hebrewes hath called vs We wil goe three dayes iourney into the wildernes to sacrifice vnto the Lord our God †But I know that the king of Aegypt wil not dismisse you to goe but by mightie hand †For I wil stretch forth my hand and wil strike Aegypt in al my marueils which I wil doe in the middes of them after these he wil dismisse you †And I wil geue grace to this people in the sight of the Aegyptians and when you shal goe forth you shal not depart emptie †but ech woman shal aske of her neighbour and of her that is in house with her vessels of siluer and of gold and rayment and you shal lay it vpon your sonnes and daughters and shal spoyle Aegypt ANNOTATIONS CHAP. III. 1. Our Lord appeared S Steuen reciting this vision saieth an Angel appeared to Moyses and so it is in the Hebrew text in the Chaldee Paraphrasis and in the Septuagiâ—t Interpreters Neither is the latin Edition reading Lord contrarie to the other which reade Angel no more then one place of holie Scripture is contrarie to an other in the same language but very consonant in sense sometimes attributing the same apparitions and other workes to God as the author and principal Agent and sometimes to Angels the next and immediate ministers of God For so not only S. Steuen in the place alleaged but also S. Paul saith plainly Gal. 3. that the Lavv vvas deliuered by Angels And in his Epistle to the Hebrewes proueth the excellencie of Christs Law aboue the old law by the difference of the persons by whom both were geuen affirming that the former vvas sâ—â—â—en by Angels the other declared by our Lord Iesus Christ VVherof S. Cyril of Alexandria discourseth largely li. 8. c. 2. Thesau shewing that in deede Angels deliuered the law yet not by their owne authoritie but as seruants and legates of God And before him S. Dionyse of Ariopagite li. coelest Hietar c. 4. taught the very same the lavv sayeth he as holie vvrittes testifie vvas geuen to vs by Angels yea al apparitions made to the ancient fathers before the law and after it were made by Angels A litle after obiecting to himselfe that diuine Scriptures also testifie that the law was geuen and granted to Moyses by God to teach vs that in deede it hath the forme of sacred and diuine law answereth eam Angelorum ad nos opera peruenisse that it came to vs from God by the meanes of Angels In like maner S. Iustinus Martyr inexplic qq necess q. 142. saieth al those Angels which haue appeared in Gods place or haue spoken with men haue also benne called by the name of God as he that spoke with Iob and with Moyses S. Augustin after a large discourse of this matter in his second third and fourth bookes de Trinitate hath these wordes li. 4. c. vlti If it be demanded of me how either the voices or sensible formes and shewes were made before the incarnation of the vvord of God which prefigured the same I answer that God wrought them by Angels which also I suppose I haue sufficiently shewed by testimonies of holie Scriptures Likwise S. Gregorie Prefat in Iob. c. 2 saith plainly that an Angel appeared to Moyses in the firie bush yet is called God because he was the legate of God and therfore spoke as if God himselfe had spoke in diuine Person explicating the same by two examples Dauid saied My people attend my lavv yet neither the people nor law was Dauids but Gods And the reader dayly amiddes the people proclameth I am the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob Neither doth he truly say that he is God nor by that he sayeth doth he goe from the rule of truth He also confiâ—meth the same doctrin li. 28. Moral ca. 5. And further teacheth that Angels protect men and prouinces and execute Gods wil in this infeâ—ior world And so do the other Doctors of the Church S. Gregorie Nazianzen orat ad 150. Epistop orat 2. de Theologia in sine vtriusque S. Basil li. 3. cont Funom S Athanasius ser 4. cont Arian longius a princ Epist de senten Dioniâ—ij Alexan. in sine S. Ambrose ser 1. in Psal 118. S. Chrysost ho. 6. and S.
their families †And Amram tooke to wife locabed his aunt by the fathers side who bare him Aaron and Moyses And the yeares of Amrams life were an hundred thirtie seuen †The sonnes also of Isaar Coree and Nepheg and Zechri †The sonnes also of Oziel Mizael and Elizaphan and Sethi †And Aaron tooke to wife Elizabeth the daughter of Aminadab sister of Nahason who bare him Nadab and Abiu and Eleazar and Ithamar †The sonnes also of Core Aser and Elcana Abiasaph these be the kinreds of the Corites †But Eleazar the sonne of Aaron tooke a wife of the daughters of Phutiel who bare him Phinees these are the heads of the Leuitical families by their kinreds †This is Aaron and Moyses whom our Lord commanded that they should bring forth the children of Israel out of the land of Aegypt by their troupes †These are they that spake to Pharao the king of Aegypt that they might bring forth the children of Israel out of Aegypt this is Moyses and Aaron †in the day when our Lord spake to Moyses in the land of Aegypt †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying I the Lord speake to Pharao the king of Aegypt al thinges which I speake to thee †And Moyses said before our Lord Loe I am of vncircumcised lippes how wil Pharao heare me ANNOTATIONS CHAP. VI. 3. My name Adonai Here and in manie other places of holie Scripture in the Hebrew text is that name of God of foure letters which the Iewes say is ineffable Yet sure it is that Moyses heard it pronounced and afterwards writte it as he did the rest in Hebrew letters which are al consonants without vowels But the Rabbins that long after put points or vowels to al other words put none to this For al then redde Adonai in place therof And so the Latin and al vulgar Catholique versions keepe the same word vntranslated The Septuagint in Greke translate KYPIO◠which in Latin is Dominus in English Lord. So also al ancient Fathers and which is most of al our Sauiour and his Apostles alleaging sentences of the old Testament where this name is contained stil expresse it by wordes that signifie Lord. Only certaine late writers haue framed a new word by putting the points of Adonai to the proper letters of this vnknowen name which are Iod He Vau He and so sound it Iehouah which was scarse heard of before an hundred yeares As Bishop Genebrard Cardinal Bellarmin and F. Pererius proue for that neither ancient Fathers writing whole Treatises de Diuinis nominibus nor the elder Rabbins nor later most learned Hebricians as Rabbi Moyses Aben Ezram Lira Paulus Burgensis and others neuer mention Iehouah amongst the Names or titles of God CHAP. VII Moyses being constituted as God of Pharao and Aaron as the prophet of Moyses they declare Gods commandment to Pharao 10. turne the rodde into a serpent 17. the water into bloud which is the first plague 22. The magicians doe the like by inchantments and Pharaos hart is indurate AND our Lord said to Moyses Behold I haue appointed thee “ the God of Pharao and Aaron thy brother shal be thy prophet †Thou shalt speake to him al thinges that I command thee and he shal speake to Pharao that he dismisse the children of Israel out of his land †But “ I wil indurate his hart and wil multiplie my signes and wonders in the Land of Aegypt †and he wil not heare you and I wil put in my hand vpon Aegypt and wil bring forth my armie and people the children of Israel out of the Land of Aegypt by very great iudgements †And the Aegyptians shal know that I am the Lord which haue stretched forth my hand vpon Aegypt and haue brought forth the children of Israel out of the middes of them †Therfore Moyses and Aaron did as our Lord had commanded so did they †And Moyses was eightie yeares old and Aaron eightie three when they spake to Pharao †And our Lord said to Moyses and Aaron †When Pharao shal say vnto you Shew signes thou shalt say to Aaron Take thy rodde and cast it before Pharao and it shal be turned into a serpent †Therfore Moyses and Aaron going in vnto Pharao did as our Lord had commanded And Aaron tooke the rodde before Pharao and his seruantes the which was turned into a serpent †And Pharao called the wise men and the enchanters and “ they also by Aegyptian enchantments and certaine secrecies did in like maner †And euery one did cast forth their roddes the which were turned into dragons but Aarons rodde deuoured their roddes †And Pharaos hart was indurate and he heard them not as our Lord had commanded †And our Lord said to Moyses Pharaoes hart is aggrauated he wil not dismisse the people †Goe to him in the morning behold he wil goe forth to the waters and thou shalt stand to meete him vpon the banke of the riuer and the rodde that was turned into a dragon thou shalt take in thy hand †And thou shalt say to him The Lord God of the Hebrewes sent me to thee saying Dismisse my people to sacrifice vnto me in the desert and vntil this present thou wouldest not heare †This therfore saith our Lord In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord behold I wil strike with the rodde that is in my hand the water of the riuer and it shal be turned into bloud †The fishes also that are in the riuer shal dye and the waters shal putrifie and the Aegyptians shal be afflicted drinking the water of the riuer †Our Lord also said to Moyses Say vnto Aaron Take thy rodde and stretch forth thy hand vpon the waters of Aegypt and vpon their floudes and riuers and pooles and al the lakes of waters that they may be turned into bloud and be there bloud in al the Land of Aegypt as wel in the vessels of wood as of stone †And Moyses and Aaron did as our Lord had commanded and lifting vp the rodde he stroke the water of the riuer before Pharao and his seruantes which was turned into bloud †And the fishes that were in the riuer died and the riuer putrified and the Aegyptians could not drincke the water of the riuer and there was bloud in the whole Land of Aegypt †And the enchaunters of the Aegyptians with their enchantments did in like maner and Pharaoes hart was indurate neither did he heare them as our Lord had commaunded †And he turned away him selfe and went into his house neither did he yet set his hart to it this time also †And al the Aegyptians digged round about the riuer for water to drinke for they could not drinke of the water of the riuer †And seuen dayes were fully ended after that our Lord stroke the riuer ANNOTATIONS CHAP. VII 1. The God of Pharao The
and manie others testifie to flie into the ayer as though he would haue ascended into heauen but S Peter praying to God the magician notwithstanding his wings wherwith he presumed to flie fel downe and broke his legges that he could not goe To omitte manie examples Gregorius Turonensis li. 2. hist Franc. c. 3. witnesseth that one Cyrola an Arian Patriarch pretending to obtaine of God sight to a man that feaned him selfe blind the man was presently blind in deede and exclaming cryed Take here thy money which thou gauest me to deceiue the world restore me my sight which I had euen now and by thy perswasion and for this money I feaned to want It happened worse to one Bruley a poore man in Geneua whom Caluin with wordes and money perswaded to feane him selfe dead and so pretending to raise him to life the man was found dead in dede and not he but his wife hauing consented to the deuise lamented in earnest enuehing against that false Apostle calling him a secrete these and a wicked murderer that had killed her husband So writeth M. Ierom Bolseck in vita Caluini And besides the womans vnexpected outcrie and asseueâ—ation that her husband was not dead before but that through Caluins perswasions and promises to releue them with almes they so feaned al Geneua did knowe that Caluin endeuoured to raise the man and could not These and manie others haue attempted and could do nothing but against them selues Al the danger is when in dede wonders are done that may seme to be miracles Against such therfore Gods prouidence more particularly assisteth his seruantes diuers wayes First he warneth al to stand fast when such tentations happen Deut. 13. If there rise among you a prophet or one that saieth he hath sene a dreame and fortelleth a signe and a wonder and it cometh to passe which he spake and he say to thee Let vs goe folow strange goddes whom thou knowest not and let vs serue them thou shalt not heare the wordes of that prophet or dreamer In like maner our Sauiour foretelling that false christes false-prophetes shal by great signes wonders seduce many warneth al saying Loe I haue fortold you If therfore they shal say vnto you He is in the desert goe not out Behold in the closets beleue it not Secondly God suffered not the Enchanters of Aegypt nor Simon Magus long and for the elect the dayes of Antichrists dangerous persecution shal be shortned Thirdly holy Scripture so describeth Antichrist and his actes as when he cometh he may be sooner knowne Our Sauiour saieth The Iewes wil receiue him S. Paul calleth him the man of sinne importing one singular man and the same replete with al wickednes extolled aboue al that is called God or is vvorshipped Neither worshipping true God nor other false God aboue him selfe He shal be deadly wonded and cured Not only he shal shew strange wonders but also one of his prophetes shal bring fire from the firmament his image shal speake Fourtly as our Lord gaue powre and authoritie to his great Prophet Moyses against the Aegyptian Enchanters in the end of the law of nature before the written law and to his first chief vicar S. Peter in the beginning of the law of grace to control confound Simon Magus so he wil send his two reserued great Prophetes Enoch and Elias nere the end of the world to resist Antichrist and to teach testifie and confirme with their bloud the doctrin of Christ For they shal be slaine and rise againe after three dayes and ascend into heauen Then Antichrist holding him selfe most secure shal sudainly be destroyed 2. Thes 2. CHAP. VIII The second plague is of frogges 7. the enchanters make the like 8. Pharao promiseth to let the Israelites goe and sacrifice so the frogges be taken away 13 which being donne he breaketh promise 16. The third plague is of sciniphes 18. which the enchanters can not make 21. The fourth is of flies 29. Pharao againe promiseth to dismisse the people of God but doth it not OVR Lord also said to Moyses Goe in to Pharo and thou shalt say vnto him This saith the Lord Dismisse my people for to sacrifice vnto me †but if thou wilt not dismisse them behold I wil strike al thy coastes with frogges †And the riuer shal bubble with frogges which shal come vp and enter into thy house and thy bed chamber and vpon thy bedde and into the houses of thy seruantes and vnto thy people and into thy ouens and into the remaines of thy meates †and vnto thee to thy people and to al thy seruantes shal the frogges enter †And our Lord said to Moyses Say vnto Aaron Stretch forth thy hand vpon the floudes and vpon the riuers and the pooles and bring forth frogges vpon the Land of Aegypt †And Aaron stretched forth his hand vpon the waters of Aegypt and the frogges came vp and couered the Land of Aegypt †And the enchanters also by their enchantments did in like maner and they brought forth frogges vpon the Land of Aegypt †And Pharao called Moyses Aaron and said to them Pray ye to the Lord to take away the frogges from me from my people and I wil dismisse the people to sacrifice vnto the Lord. †And Moyses said to Pharao Appoint me when I shal pray for thee and for thy seruantes and for thy people that the frogges may be driuen away from thee and from thy house and from thy seruantes and from thy people and may remaine only in the riuer †Who answered To morow But he said According to thy word wil I doe that thou maist know that there is not the like to the Lord our God †And the frogges shal depart from thee and from thy house and from thy seruantes and from thy people and shal remaine only in the riuer †And Moyses and Aaron went â—orth from Pharao and Moyses cried to our Lord for the promise concerning the frogges which he had agreed to Pharao †And our Lord did according to the word of Moyses and the frogges dyed out of the houses and out of the villages and out of the fieldes †and they gathered them together into huge heapes and the earth did rotte †And Pharao seing that rest was geuen he hardned his owne hart and heard them not as our Lord had commanded †And our Lord said to Moyses Speake to Aaron Stretch forth thy rodde and strike the dust of the earth and be there Sciniphes in the whole Lord of Aegypt †And they did so And Aaron streched forth his hand holding the rodde and he stroke the dust of the earth and there were made sciniphes on men and on beastes al the dust of the earth was turned into sciniphes through the whole Land of Aegypt †And the enchaunters with their enchauntmentes practised in like maner to bring forth sciniphes
and they could not and there were sciniphes as wel on men as on beastes †And the enchaunters said to Pharao This is the finger of God And Pharaoes hart was indurate and he heard them not as our Lord had commanded †Our Lord also said to Moyses Arise early and stand before Pharao for he wil goe forth to the waters and thou shalt say to him This saith our Lord Dismisse my people to sacrifice vnto me †And if thou wilt not dismisse them behold I wil send in vpon thee and vpon thy seruantes and vpon thy people and vpon thy houses al kind of flies and the houses of Aegypt shal be filled with flies of diuers kindes and the whole land wherein they shal be †And I wil make the Land of Gessen merueilous in that day wherin my people is so that flies shal not be there and thou shalt know that I am the Lord in the middes of the earth †And I wil put a diuision betwene my people thy people to morow shal this signe be †And Our Lord did so And there came a very greuious flie into the houses of Pharao and of his seruantes and into al the Land of Aegypt and the Land was corrupted by such kind of flies †And Pharao called Moyses and Aaron and said to them Goe and sacrifice to your God in this land †And Moyses said It can not so be done for if we shal offer the abominations of the Aegyptians to the Lord our God and we kil those thinges which the Aegyptians doe worshippe before them they wil beate vs downe with stones †We wil goe forth three dayes iourney into the wildernes and we wil sacrifice vnto the Lord our God as he hath commanded vs. †And Pharao said I wil dismisse you to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the desert but goe noe farder pray for me †And Moyses said Being gone forth from thee I wil pray to our Lord and the flie shal depart from Pharao and from his seruantes and from his people to morow but deceiue no more so that thou wilt not dismisse the people to sacrifice vnto our Lord. †And Moyses being gone forth from Pharao prayed our Lord. †Who did according to his word and he tooke away the flies from Pharao and from his seruants and from his people there was left not so much as one †And Pharaoes hart was hardned so that neither this time would he dismisse the people CHAP. IX The fifth plague is pestilence among the Aegyptians cattle 8. The sixt boyles in men and beastes 18. the seuenth haile 27. Pharao confessing God to be iust and himselfe and his people impious promiseth againe to dismisse the people 34. but faileth to do it AND our Lord said to Moyses Goe in to Pharao and speake to him This saith our Lord the God of the Hebrewes dismisse my people to sacrifice vnto me †And if thou refuse and holdest them †behold my hand shal be vpon thy fieldes and vpon thy horses and asses and camels and oxen and sheepe a verie sore pestilence †And our Lord wil make a merueile betwene the possessions of Israel the possessions of the Aegyptians that nothing at al perish of those thinges that pertaine to the children of Israel †And our Lord hath appointed a time saying To morow wil our Lord doe this thing in the land †Our Lord therfore did this thing the next day and al the beastes of the Aegyptians dyed but of the beastes of the children of Israel nothing at al perished †And Pharao sent to see neither was there anything dead of that which Israel possessed And Pharaoes hart was hardned and he did not dismisse the people †And our Lord said to Moyses Aaron Take â—our handes ful of ashes out of the chimney and let Moyses sprinkle it into the ayâ—e before Pharao †And be there dust vpon al the Land of Aegypt for there shal be in men beastes boyles and swelling bladders in the whole land of Aegypt †And they tooke ashes out of the chimney and stoode before Pharao and Moyses sprinkled it into the ayre and there were made boyles of swelling bladders in men and beastes †neither could the enchanters stand before Moyses for boyles that were vpon them and in al the Land of Aegypt †And our Lord did indurate Pharaoes hart he heard them not as our Lord spake to Moyses †And our Lord said to Moyses In the morning arise and stand before Pharao thou shalt say to him This saith the Lord the God of the Hebrewes Dismisse my people to sacrifice vnto me †Because this time I wil send al my plagues vpon thy hart and vpon thy seruantes and vpon thy people that thou mayest know rhere is not the like to me in al the earth †For now stretching forth my hand I wil strike thee and thy people with pestilence and thou shalt perish from the earth †And therfore haue I set thee that in thee I may shew my might and my name may be told in al the earth †Doest thou yet hold backe my people and wilt thou not dismisse them †Behold I wil raine to morow this very houre haile exceeding much such as was not in Aegypt from the day that it was founded vntil this present time †Send therfore now presently and gather together thy cattle and al thinges that thou hast in the field for men beastes and al thinges that shal be found abroad and not gathered together out of the fieldes and the haile fal vpon them shal die †He that feared the word of our Lord of Pharaoes seruantes made his seruantes to flie and his beastes into houses †but he that neglected the word of our Lord let alone his seruantes and his beastes in the fieldes †And our Lord said to Moyses Stretch forth thy hand towards heauen that there may be haile in the whole Land of Aegypt vpon men and vpon beastes vpon euerie herbe of the field in the Land of Aegypt †And Moyses stretched forth his rodde toward heauen and our Lord gaue thunders and haile and running lightenings on the land and our Lord rained haile vpon the Land of Aegypt †And the haile and fire mixt together did driue and it was of so great bignes as neuer before appeared in the whole Land of Aegypt since that nation was made †And the haile smote in al the Land of Aegypt al thinges that were in the fieldes from man euen vnto beast and euerie herbe of the field did the haile strike and euerie tree of the countrie it did breake †Only in the Land of Gessen where the children of Israel were the haile fel not †And Pharao sent and called Moyses and Aaron saying to them I haue sinned now also the Lord is iust I and my people impious †Pray ye the Lord that
the thunders may cease and the haile that I may dismisse you and ye tarie not here any longer †Moyses said When I shal be gone forth out of the citie I wil stretch forth my handes to our Lord and the thunders shal cease and the haile shal not be that thou maist know that the earth is our Lords †but I know that neither thou nor thy seruantes do yet feare the Lord God †The flexe therfore and the barley were hurt because the barley came vp grene and the flaxe now was boulled †but the wheate and other winter corne were not hurt because they were late ward †And Moyses going forth from Pharao out of the citie stretched forth his handes to our Lord and the thunders haile ceased neither did there droppe raine any more vpon the earth †And Pharao seing that the raine and the haile and thunders were ceased he increased his sinne †and his hart was aggrauated and the hart of his seruantes and indurate exceedingly neither did he dismisse the children of Israel as our Lord had commanded by the hand of Moyses CHAP. X. The eight plague of Locustes 21. the ninth darknes Pharao yeldeth that al men and children should goe to the desert but not the cattle 28. At last commandeth Moyses to come no more in his sight which Moyses forecelleth shal so be AND our Lord said to Moyses Goe in to Pharao for I haue indurate his hart and the hart of his seruantes that I may worke these my signes in him †and thou maist tel in the eares of thy sonne and of thy nephewes how often I haue broken the Aegyptians wrought my signes in them and you may know that I am the Lord. †Moyses therfore and Aaron went in to Pharao and said to him Thus saith the Lord the God of the Hebrewes Til when wilt thou not be subiect to me dismisse mv people to sacrifice vnto me †But if thou resist and wilt not dismisse them behold I wil bring in to morow the locust into thy coastes †which may couer the face of the earth that nothing therof appeare but that which the haile hath left may be eaten for it shal gnawe al trees that spring in the fieldes †And they shal fil thy houses and the houses of thy seruantes and of al the Aegyptians such a number as thy fathers haue not seene nor grand-fathers since they arose vpon the earth vntil this present day And he turned him selfe away and went forth from Pharao †And Pharaoes seruantes said to him How long shal we endure this scandal Dismisse the men to sacrifice to the Lord their God Doest thou not see that Aegypt is vndone †And they called back Moyses and Aaron vnto Pharao who said to them Goe sacrifice to the Lord your God who are they that shal goe †Moyses said With our young and old we wil goe with our sonnes and daughters with our sheepe and heardes for it is the solemnitie of the Lord our God †And Pharao answered So be the Lord with you as I shal dismisle you and your litle ones who doubteth but that you intend very wickedly †It shal not so be but goe ye men only and sacrifice to the Lord for this your selues also desired And immediatly they were cast out from Pharaoes sight †And our Lord said to Moyses Strech forth thy hand vpon the Land of Aegypt vnto the locust that it come vpon it and deuoure euerie herbe that remained after the haile †And Moyses stretched forth his rodde vpon the Land of Aegypt and our Lord brought in a burning wind al that day night and when it was morning the burning winde raised the locustes †which came vp ouer the whole Land of Aegypt and sate in al the coastes of the Aegyptians innumerable the like as had not bene before that time nor shal be afterward †And they couered the whole face of the earth wasting al thinges Therfore the grasse of the earth was deuoured and what fruites soeuer on the trees which the haile had left there was also nothing at al left that was greene in the trees and in the herbes of the earth in al Aegypt †For the which cause Pharao in hast called Moyses and Aaron and said to them I haue sinned against the Lord your God and against you †But now forgeue me my sinne this time also and pray to the Lord your God that he take away from me this death †And Moyses going forth from Pharaoes sight prayed to our Lord †who made a very vehement wind to blow from the west and taking the locustes it threw them into the Red sea there remained not so much as one in al the coastes of Aegypt †And our Lord did indurate Pharaoes hart neither did he dismisse the children of Israel †And our Lord said to Moyses Stretch for thy hand toward heauen and be there darkenesse vpon the Land of Aegypt so thicke that it be palpable †And Moyses stretched forth his hand toward heauen and there was made horrible darkenesse in the whole Land of Aegypt three dayes †No man saw his brother nor moued himselfe out of the place where he was but wheresoeuer the children of Israel dwelt there was light †And Pharao called Moyses and Aaron and said to them Goe sacrifice to the Lord let your sheepe only and heardes remaine let your litle ones goe with you Moyses said Hostes also holocaustes thou shalt geue to vs which we may offer to the Lord our God †Al the flockes shal goe with vs there shal not a hoofe remaine of them the which are necessarie vnto the seruice of the Lord our God especially wheras we know not what must be offered til we come to the very place †And our Lord did indurate Pharaoes hart and he would not dismisse them †And Pharro said to Moyses Getre thee from me and beware thou see not my face any more in what day soeuer thou shalt come in my sight thou shalt dye †Moyses answered So shal it be as thou hast spoken I wil not see thy face any more CHAP. XI God biddeth Moyses cause the people of Israel to borow siluer and gold vessels of the Aegyptians 4. Fortelleth one other plague the death of the first borne 9. and that Pharao wil stil be obdurate AND our Lord said to Moyses Yet with one plague more wil I touch Pharao Aegypt and after this he shal dismisse you and compel you to goe forth †Thou shalt sav therfore to al the people that euerie man aske of his frend euery woman of her neighbour vessels of siluer of gold †And the Lord wil geue grace to his people in the sight of the Aegyptians And Moyses was a very great man in the Land of Aegypt in the sight of Pharaoes seruantes of al the people †And he said This saith our Lord At midnight
banket he remembred the maister of the cupbearers and the chiefe of the bakers †And he restored the one into his place to reach him the cuppe †the other he hanged on a gibbet that the truth of the interpreter might be approued †And yet notwithstanding the chiefe of the cupbearers prosperous thinges succeeding forgat his interpreter ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XL. 8. Doth not interpretation belong to God Dreames do come of diuers causes Some of natural complexion or disposition wherby Philosophers or Phisitions may probably iudge of the state of mans bodie Some are rather effects of things past then signes of anie thing to come Of which sorte the wise man saith Dreames do folovv manie cares Eccle 5. Some are suggested by euil spirites either to flatter worldlings with great pretenses or to terrifie weake mindes with dangers and afflictions or to vexe and truble those in sleepe whom they can not easely moue waking as S. Gregorie discourseth li. 8. Moral in cap 7. Iob Some dreames are of God as in Iacob Ioseph these Eunuches Pharao Nabuchodonosor and others both good and euil men But to discerne and assuredly to iudge of some dreames whether they be from God by holie Angels or illusions of euil spirites is a special gift of God as also the interpretation therof belongeth to God as Ioseph here testifieth VVhosoeuer therfore wil be secure must relie either vpon expresse Scripture or iudgement of the Church as in ominous speaches was noted before chap. 24. Otherwise the general rule is not to obserue dreames Deut. 18. CHAP. XLI Pharao dreaming of fat and leane kine 5. also of ful and thinne eares of corne 8. no other being able to interprete 9 Ioseph is remembred 25. who interpreting the same â—8 is made ruler ouer al Aegypt 50. marieth and hath two sonnes Manasses and Ephraim AFTER two yeares Pharao saw a dreame He thought he stood vpon a riuer †out of the which came vp seuen kine faire and fat exceedingly and they fed in marish places †Other seuen also came vp out of the riuer foule and caryan leane and they fed on the very banke of the riuer in grene places †and they deuoured them that had the merucylous beautie and good state of bodies Pharao after he waked †slept againe and saw an other dreame Seuen eares of corne grew forth vpon one stalke ful and faire †there sprang also other eares as many thinne and blasted with adustion †deuouring al the beautie of the former Pharao awaking vp after his rest †and when morning was come being frighted with feare he sent to al the interpreters of Aegypt and to al the wise men and they being called for told them his dreame neither was there anie that could interprete it †Then at length the maister of the cupbearers remembring himselfe said I confesse my sinne †The king being angrie with his seruantes commanded me and the chiefe of the bakers to be cast into the prison of the captaine of the souldiers †where in one night both of vs saw a dreame portending things to come †There was there a young man an hebrew seruant to the same captaine of the souldiers to whom telling our dreames †we heard whatsoeuer afterward the euent of the thing proued to be so for I was restored to my office and he was hanged vpon a gibbet †Forthwith at the kinges commandment Ioseph being brought out of the prison they polled him and changing his apparel brought him vnto him †To whom he said I haue seene dreames and there is not anie that can expound them which I haue heard thou doest most wisely interprete †Ioseph answered Without me God shal answere prosperous thinges to Pharao †Pharao therfore told that he had seene Me thought I stoode vpon the banke of the riuer †and seuen kine came vp out of the banke of the riuer exceeding faire and ful of flesh which grazed on greene places in a marish pasture †And behold there folowed these other seuen kine so passing il fauored and leane that I neuer saw the like in the land of Aegypt †which hauing deuoured and consumed the former †gaue no token of their fulnes but with the like leanenes and deformitie looked heauelie Awaking and fallen againe into a deepe sleepe †I sawe a dreame Seuen eares of corne grew forth vpon one stalke ful and verie faire †Other seuen also thinne and blasted with adustion sprang of the stalke †which deuoured the beautie of the former I told the dreame to the coniecturers and there is no man that can declare it †Ioseph answered The kinges dreame is one God hath shewed to Pharao the thinges that he wil doe †The seuen faire kine and the seuen “ ful eares be seuen yeres of plentifulnes and both conteine the selfe same meaning of the dreame †Also the seuen leane and thinne kine that came vp after them and the seuen thinne eares and blasted with the burning winde are seuen yeares of famine to come †Which shal be fulfilled in this order †Behold there shal come seuen yeares of great fertilitie in the whole Land of Aegypt †after which shal folowe other seuen yeares of so great sterilitie that al the abundance before shal be forgotten for the famine shal consume al the land †and the greatnes of the scarsitie shal destroy the greatnes of the plentie †And in that thou didest see the second time a dreame perteining to the same thing it is a token of the certeintie for that the worde of God shal come to passe and be fulfilled spedely †Now therfore let the king prouide a wise man and industrious and make him ruler ouer the Land of Aegypt †that he may appointe ouerseers ouer al countries and gether into barnes the fifth part of the fruites during the seuen yeares of the fertilitie †that now presently shal ensewe and let al the corne be laid vp vnder Pharaoes handes and let it be reserued in the cities †And let it be in a readines against the famine of seuen yeares to come which shal oppresse Aegypt and the land shal not be consumed with scarsitie †The counsel pleased Pharao and al his seruants †and he spake to them Can we find such an other man that is ful of the spirite of God †He said therfore to Ioseph Because God hath shewed thee al things that thou hast spoken can I find a wiser and one like vnto thee †Thou shalt be ouer my house and at the commandment of thy mouth al the people shal obey only in the throne of the kingdome I wil goe before thee †And againe Pharao said to Ioseph Behold I haue appointed thee ouer the whole land of Aegypt †And he tooke his ring from his owne hand and gaue it into his hand and he put vpon him a silke roabe and put a chaine of gold about his necke †And he
made him goe vp into his second chariot the cryer proclayming that al should bowe their knee before him and that they should know he was “ made gouernour ouer the whole Land of Aegypt †And the king said to Ioseph I am Pharao without thy commandment no man shal moue hand or foore in al the land of Aegypt †And he turned his name and called him in the Aegyptian togue “ the Sauiour of the world And he gaue him to wife Aseneth the daughter of Putiphar priest of Heliopolis Ioseph therfore went forth to the land of Aegypt †and he was thirtie yeares old when he stood in the sight of king Pharao and did circuite al the countries of Aegypt †And the fertilitie of the seuen yeares came and the corne being bound vp into sheaues was gethered togeather into the barnes of Aegypt †Al the abundance also of graine was laid vp in euerie citie †And there was so great abundance of wheat that it became equal to the sand of the sea and the plentie exceeded measure †And there were borne vnto Ioseph two sonnes before the famine came whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphar priest of Heliopolis bare him †And he called the name of the first begotten Manasses saing God made me to forget al my labours my fathers house †The name also of the second he called Ephraim saing God hath made me to encrease in the land of my pouertie †Therfore when the seuen yeares of the plentifulnes that had bene in Aegypt were passed †the seuen yeares of scarsitie beganne to come which Ioseph foretold and in the whole world the famine preuailed but in al the land of Aegypt there was bread †The which being in hunger the people cried to Pharao desiring foode To whom he answered Goe ye to Ioseph and whatsoeuer he shal say to you that doe ye †And the famine dayly encreased in al the land and Ioseph opened al the barnes and sold to the Aegyptians for them also the famine had opressed †And al prouinces came into Aegypt to buy victuales and to moderate the miserie of the scarsitie ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XLI 43. Made gouernour It is easie in the eyes of God suddenly to enrich the poore For who would haue thought saith Philo that in one day a boudman should be made a lord a poore prisoner the chiefe of the nobilitie an vnder gaolor the viceroy or kings deputie for a common prison to haue a kinglie court of his owne from extreme ignominie to ascend into so hiegh a roome of dignitie 45. Sauiour of the vvorld In the original text the new name and title geuen by Pharao to Ioseph is expressed by these two wordes Saphnath pahanaach the former saphnath in Hebrew signifieth a secrete or hidden thing of saphan to hide but the signification of the other word pahanaach is more vncertaine being found no where els in the holie Bible The Rabins do commonly interprete them both together The man to vvhom secretes are reueled or The reueler of secretes and so this name agreeth wel to Ioseph in respect of the gift of interpreting dreames But besides his interpreting he also gaue most wise counsel that tended to the saftie of manie which it is like Pharao ment to expresse by this new name And S. Hierom who doubtles with great diligence and no lesse iudgement searched the true signification therof saith that albeit this name in Hebrew soundeth The finder out of secrets yet seing it was imposed by an Aegyptian who knew no Hebrew the reason therof must be had of the same tongue and these two wordes in the Aegyptian language are interpreted The Saniour of the vvorld for that he deliuered the world from the iminent ruine of famine Thus saith S. Hierom. And so most aptly the figure answereth to Christ the true SAVIOVR of the world CHAP. XLII Iacob sendeth tenne of his sonnes to bye corne in Aegypt 7. where Ioseph knowing them they not knowing him with hard speaches putteth them in prison 18. At last Simeon remayning in castodie til Beniamin be brought the rest are dismissed 25. with their money vnknowen to them in their sackes AND Iacob hearing that victuales were sold in Aegypt he said to his sonnes Why neglect ye †I haue heard that wheat is sold in Aegypt Goe ye downe and bye vs necessaries that we may liue and not be consumed with lacke †Therfore the tenne brethren of Ioseph going downe to bye corne in Aegypt †Beniamin being kept at home by Iacob who said to his brethren Lest perhaps he take any harme in the iourney †entred into the land of Aegypt with others that went to bye for the famine was in the land of Chanaan †And Ioseph was prince in the land of Aegypt and at his pleasure corne was sold to the people And when his brethren had adored him †and he knewe them he spake as it were to strangers “ somewhat roughly asking them From whence came you Who answered From the Land of chanaan that we may bye necessaries to liue †And yet himselfe knowing his brethren was not knowen of them †And remembring the dreames which some times he had seene he said to them “ You are spies to view the weaker parts of the land you are come †Who said It is not so my lord but thy seruantes are come to bye victuals †We are al the sonnes of one man we are come as men of peace neither do thy seruantes goe about anie euil †To whom he answered It is otherwise you came to consider the vndefensed partes of this land †But they We thy seruantes say they are twelue brethren the sonnes of one man in the Land of Chanaan the youngest is with our father the other is not liuing †This is it quoth he that I said You are spies †Now presently I wil take a trial of you “ by the health of Pharao you shal not depart hence vntil your youngest brother do come †Send you one of you to bring him and you shal be in prison til the thinges be proued which you haue said whether they be true or false otherwise by the health of Pharao you are spies †Therfore he put them in prison three dayes †And the third day bringing them out of prison he said Doe as I haue said and you shal liue for I feare God †If you be men of peace let one of your brethren be bounde in prison and goe ye your wayes and carie the corne that you haue bought vnto your houses †and bring your youngest brother to me that I may proue your sayings to be true and that you die not They did as he had said †and they talked one to an other Worthely do we suffer these thinges because we haue sinned against our brother seing the distresse of his soule whilest he besought vs and we heard not therfore is this tribulation come vpon vs.
these fiue named by the Septuagint and some others not then borne of the lines of Phares and Beniamin recited here by Moyses could be saied to come with Iacob into Aegypt S. Augustin findeth so insoluble that he doubteth not to affirme some great hidden mysterie to be vnderstood by the Septnagint Interpreters in these numbers not otherwise perhaps explicable according to the letter CHAP. XLVII Iacob with his sonnes being come into Gessen Pharao granteth them the same place to dwel in 13. The famine forceth the Aegyptians to sel al their goods landes and possessions to the King 22. except the Priests part to whom the king aloweth necesarie foode without paying for it 27. After seuentene yeares Iacob adiureth Ioseph to burie him amongst his ancesters IOSEPH therfore going in told Pharao saing My father brethren their sheepe and heardes al thinges that they possesse are come out of the Land of Chanaan behold they stay in the Land of Gessen †The vtmost also of his brethren fiue persons he presented before the king †whom he asked What trade haue you They answered We thy seruantes are pastours of sheepe both we and our fathers †We are come to soiourne in the land because there is no grasse for thy seruantes flockes the famine being very sore in the land of Chanaan and we desire thee to command that we thy seruantes may be in the Land of Gessen †And the King therfore said to Ioseph Thy father and thy brethren are come to thee †The Land of Aegypt is in thy sight make them to dwel in the best place and deliuer them the Land of Gessen And if so be thou knowe that there are industrious men among them appoint them maisters of my cattel †After this Ioseph brought in his father to the King and set him before him who blessing him †and being asked of him How manie be the dayes of the yeares of thy life †He answered The dayes of the pilgrimage of my life are an hundred thirtie yeares few and euil and they are not come to the dayes of my fathers in which they were pilgrimes †And blessing the king he went forth †But Ioseph gaue possession to his father and his brethren in Aegypt in the best place of the land in Rhamesses as Pharao had commanded †And he nourished them and al his fathers house alowing victuales to euerie one †For in the whole world there wanted bread and famine oppressed the land especially of Aegypt and Chanaan †Out of which he gethered together al the money for the selling of corne and brought it in vnto the kings treasure †And when the byers wanted money al Aegypt came to Ioseph saying Geue vs bread why die we before thee our money failing †To whom he answered Bring your cattel and for them I wil geue you victuales if you haue not to pay †Which when they had brought he gaue them sustenance for horses and sheepe and oxen and asses and he sustayned them that yeare for the exchange of the cattel †And they came the second yeare and said to him We wil not conceale from our lord that our money fayling our cattel withal haue fayled neither art thou ignorant that we haue nothing besides our bodies and land †Why therfore shal we die in thy sight both we and our land wil be thyne bye vs to be the kings bondmen and geue vs sede lest for default of tillers the land be turned into a wildernes †Ioseph therfore bought al the Land of Aegypt euery man selling his possessions for the greatnes of the famine And he brought it vnder Pharaos handes †and al the people therof from the fardest ends of Aegypt euen to the vttermost coasts therof †“ sauing the land of the “ Priests which the king had deliuered them to whom also a certaine alowance of victuals was geuen out of the cōmon barnes and therfore they were not driuen to sel their possessions †Ioseph therfore said to the people Behold as you see Pharao possesseth both you and your land take sede and sowe the fields †that you may haue corne The fifth part you shal geue to the king the other foure I am content you shal haue for sede and for foode to your families and your children †Who answered Our life is in thy hand only let our lord haue a respect vnto vs and we wil gladly serue the king †From that time vntil this present day in the whole land of Aegypt the fifth part is paied to the kings and it became as it were a lawe sauing the land of the priests which was free from this condition †Israel therfore dwelt in Aegypt that is in the Land of Gessen and possessed it and was increased and multiplied exceedingly †And he liued in it seuenteene yeares and al the dayes of his life came to an hundred fourtie seuen yeares †And when he sawe that the day of his death approched he called his sonne Ioseph and said to him If I haue found grace in thy sight put thy hand vnder my thigh and thou shalt doe me this mercie and truth not to bury me in Aegypt †but “ I wil sleepe with my fathers and take me away out of this land and burie me in the sepulchre of my ancesters To whom Ioseph answered I wil doe that thou hast commanded †And he said Sweate then to me Who swearing Israel adored God turning “ to the beds head ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XLV 22. Sauing the land of the Priests Let them heare which now liue saith S. Chrysostom what great care men had in times past of the priests of idols and let them learne at least to yeeld like honour to true priests to whom the ministerie of al diuine offices is committed For if the Aegyptians in their errors had so great care of Idols thincking them to be more honored if their ministers were respected how great condemnation doe they not deserue that now diminish that which pertaineth to the prouision of priests Doe yee not know that the honour pertaineth to God himself Regard not therfore him to whom the honouris exhibited For it is not for his cause to whom thou doest it but for his sake whose priest he is that of him thou maiest abundantly receiue rewards VVherfore he said He that shal doe it to one of these hath done it for me He that receiueth a prophet in the name of a prophet shal receiue the revvard of a prophet VVil our Lord reward thee according to the worthines or meannes of his ministers According to thine owne alacritie he either crowneth or condemneth c. I say not this for the priests sakes but for yours desiring to gaine you in al things For in lieu of that litle you geue you shal receiue immortal rewards and vnspeakeable good Let vs consider these things and haste to serue them not looking vpon the cost but vpon
I wil enter into Aegypt †and euerie first-begotten in the Land of the Aegyptians shal dye from the first begotten of Pharao who sitteth in his throne euen to the first-begotten of the handmaid that is at the mil al the first-begotten of beastes †And there shal be a great crie in the whole Land of Aegypt such as neither hath bene before nor shal be afterward †But with al the children of Israel there shal not a dogge mutter from man euen to beast that you may know with how great a miracle our Lord doth diuide the Aegyptians Israel †And al these thy seruantes shal come downe to me and shal adore me saying Goe forth thou al the people that is vnder thee after this we shal goe forth †And he departed from Pharao exceeding angrie And our Lord said to Moyses Pharao wil not heare you that manie signes may be done in the Land of Aegypt †And Moyses and Aaron did al the wonders that are written before Pharao And our Lord hardned Pharaoes hart neither did he dismisse the children of Israel out of his Land CHAP. XII The maner of preparing and eating the Paschal lambe sprinckling the dore-postes with bloud therof 15. eating no leuened bread seuen dayes together 29. The first borne of men and beastes among the Aegyptians are slaine 35. The Israelites goe away spoyling Aegypt 43. Incircumcised me◠may not eate the Phase AND our Lord said to Moyses and Aaron in the Land of Aegypt †This moneth shal be to you the beginning of monethes it shal be the first in the monethes of the yeare †Speake yee to the whole assemblie of the children of Israel say to them “ The tenth day of this moneth let euerie man take a lambe by their families and houses †But if the number be lesse then may suffice to eate the lambe he shal take vnto him his neighbour that ioyneth to his house according to the number of soules which may suffice to the eating of the lambe †And it shal be alambe without spotte a male of a yeare old according also to which rite you shal take a kidde †And you shal kepe him vntil the fourtenth day of this moneth and the whole multitude of the children of Israel shal sacrifice him at euen †And they shal take of the bloud therof and put vpon both the postes and on the vpper-dore-postes of the houses wherin they shal eate him †And they shal eate the flesh that night rosted at the fire and vnleauened bread with wilde lettice †You shal not eate therof any thing raw nor boyled in water but only rosted at the fire the head with the feete and entralles therof you shal deuoure †Neither shal there remaine any thing of him vntil morning If there be any thing left you shal burne it with fire †And thus you shal eate him you shal gird your reynes and you shal haue shoes on your feete holding staues in your handes and you shal eate speedely for it is the Phase that is the Passage of the Lord. †And I wil passe through the Land of Aegypt that night and wil strike euery first begotten in the Land of Aegypt from man euen vnto beast and in al the goddes of Aegypt I wil doe iudgements I the Lord. †And the bloud shal be vnto you for a signe in the houses where you shal be and I shal see the bloud and shal passe ouer you neither shal there be among you a destroying plague when I shal strike the Land of Aegypt †And you shal haue this day for a moniment and you shal celebrate it solemne to the Lord in your generations with an euerlasting obseruation †Seuen dayes shal you eate azimes in the first day there shal be noe leauen in your houses whosoeuer shal eate leauen that soule shal perish out of Israel from the first day vntil the seuenth day †The first day shal be holie and solemne and the seuenth day with the like festiuitie shal be venerable no worke shal you doe in them except those thinges that pertaine to eating †And you shal obserue the azymes for in the selfe same day I wil bring forth your armie out of the Land of Aegypt and you shal keepe this day vnto your generations with a perpetual rite †The first moneth the fourtenth day of the moneth at euen you shal eate azymes vntil the one and twentith day of the same moneth at euen †Seuen dayes there shal not be found leauened in your houses he that shal eate leauened his soule shal perish out of the assemblie of Israel as wel of strangers as of them that are borne in the land †Nothing leauened shal you eate in al your habitations you shal eate azymes †And Moyses called al the Ancients of the children of Isael and said to them Goe take a lambe by your families and sacrifice the Phase †And dippe a bunche of hyssope in the blould that is at the doore and sprinkle the vppertransome of the doore therwith and both the doore cheekes let none of you goe out of the doore of his house til morning †For our Lord wil passe striking the Aegyptians and when he shal see the bloud on the vppersil and on both the postes he wil passe ouer the doore of the house and not suffer the striker to enter your houses and to hurt †Keepe this thing as a law to thee and thy children for euer †And when you are entred into the Land which our Lord wil geue you as he hath promised you shal obserue these ceremonies †And when your children shal say to you What is this religion †you shal say to them It is the victime of our Lords passage when he passed ouer the houses of the chidlren of Israel in Aegypt striking the Aegyptians and deliuering our houses And the people bowing them selues adored †And the children of Israel going forth did as our Lord had commanded Moyses and Aaron †And it came to passe at midnight our Lord stroke euerie first-begotten in the Land of Aegypt from the first-begotten of Pharao who sate in his throne vnto the first-begotten of the captiue woman that was in the prison and euerie first begotten of beastes †And Pharao arose in the night and al his seruantes and al Aegypt and there arose a great crie in Aegypt for neither was there a house wherin there lay not a dead one †And Pharao calling Moyses and Aaron in the night said Arise and goe forth from my people you and the children of Israel goe sacrifice to the Lord as you say †Your sheepe and heardes take you as you demanded and departing blesse me †And the Aegyptians vrged the people to goe forth out of the land quickly saying We shal al die †The people therfore tooke dough before it was leauened and tying it in their clokes
de Caena Dom. saieth In the supper of sacramental banquets old and new Institutions met together The lambe being consumed which old tradition proposed the Master setteth inconsumptible meate to his disciples S. Gregorie Nazianzen Orat 2. de Pascha saieth God commanded the Paschal Lambe should be eaten in the euening because Christ in the euening gaue the Sacâ—ment of his owne bodie to his disciples S. Hierom in 26 Mat. After that the figuratiue Pasch was complete and Christ had eaten the flesh of the lambe with his Apostles he taketh bread vvhich confirmeth the hart of man and pasieth ouer to the truâ— Sacrament of Pasch Likewise S. Chrisostom Ho. de prodit Iudae saieth In the same table both the Pasches of the figure and of the veritie were celebrated S. Ambrose in Lucae 1. expresly applieth this figuratiue lambe to the Eucharist as it is celebrated in the Church by him self and other Priesis saying VVhen we sacrifice Christ is present Christ is sacrified for Christ our Pâ—â—â—â— is â—â—molated The like affirmeth S. Augustin li. 2. cont lit Pet il c. 27. It is an other Pasch that the Iewes celebrated of a shepe an other which we receiue in the bodie and blould of ouâ— Lord. S. Leo ser 7. de Pass To the end shadowes might geue place to the bodie and figures might cease in presence of the veritie the old obseruation is taken away by the new Sacrament hoste passeth into hosie bloud excludeth bloud and when the legal festiuitie is changed it is fulfilled S Gregorie â—o 22 in Euang proueth by these wordes You shal not eate therof anie thing ravv that besides the letter there is a spiritual sense Behold saith he the verie wordes of the historie driue vs from the historical vnderstanding For did the Israelitical people in Aegypt vse to eate a lambe raw that the law should nede to say you shal not eate it ravv And so in that homilie this great Doctor explicateth how we ought to celebrate and receiue the Sacrament of the Eucharist by the figure of this Paschal lambe This bloud saith he is sprinkled on both postâ—es when the Sacrament of his Passion is receiued vvith mouth to redemption and mediated with intentiue mind to imitation and in the transome ouer the dore when pure intention directeth the exterior act also when we carie the Crosse of his passion in our forhead The flesh of the lambe is eaten at night because we now receiue our Lords bodie in the Sacrament when yet we see not ech others consciences rosted at the fire when we ioyne to our beleefe good vvorkes of feruent charitie with vnleauened bread and vvith lettice that is in sinceritie vvithout corruption of vaineglorie and with bitter penance for sinnes not ravv nor sodde in vvater to wit neither esteeming Christ a mere man nor considering of him with humane vvisdome or priuate spirite of heretikes called stollen vvater prou 9. To deuoure the head vvith the feete and entraâ—s is by faith to beleue the Diuinitie of Christ and to imitate by loue the steppes of his humanitie and greedely to learne al Christian mysteries Nothing is left til morning when we endeuoure in this life before the resurrection to know euerie point of christian doctrin so farre as to â—s perteineth But if anie thing be left it must be burned in the fire because those hard and hieghest mysteries which we can not vnderstand we must remitte to the Holie Ghost lest anie proudly presume either to contemne or to proclaime that he vnderstandeth not He further describeth also what maner of persons are to eate this new Pasch Their loines must be gyrded that is al carnal pleasures tamed They must haue shoes on their feete by the good examples of former Sainctes dead before must strengthen their fleâ—pes to flie from vice and follow vertue holding staues in their handes to rule stay themselues and others from sliding by the staffe of authoritie They must eate the Pasch speedely that is without delay or procrastination must learne the mysteries of mans redemption and heauenlie life and so performe Gods wil and precepts in this life vvith speede To this effect S. Gregorie discourseth at large in the moral sense which we haue abridge and otherwise though holie Scripture be ful herof seldome touch Returning therfore to our particular purpose in al these testimonies we specially vrge that the paschal lambe was a figure not only of Christs Passion but also of the Eucharist VVhereupon besides the often expresse mention of our B. Sauiours bodie and bloud in the same which Protestants would wrest as they do also the same termes in holie Scripture to figuratiue sense it necessarily followeth that there be farre more excellent contents in the Sacrament of the Eucharist then natural bread and wine For S. Paule teacheth Colloss 2. that as the bodie excelleth the shadovv so the veritie or thing figured excelleth the figure VVheras the substance of bread and wine doth not excel much lesse so farre excel the Paschal Lambe as by S. Pauls doctrine is required Againe seing the Paschal lambe was a Sacrifice as appeareth in this Chap. v. 6 27 also Num. 9. v. 7. 13. and Mar. 14. v. 12 and as it was immolated was a figure of the Eucharist as before appeareth by conference of the one with the other in respect of the time place maner of offering and eating it and by testimonie of the Doctors aboue cited it followeth also that the Holie Euchaiust is a Sacrifice farre excelling the figure CHAP. XIII God commandeth to remember their deliuerie from Aegypt by the solemnitie of Pasch 2. and by consecrating to him the first-borne 17. And so leadeth them through the desert towards the red sea Moyses taking with him Iosephs bones by a piller of fire in the night and a cloud in the day AND our Lord spake to Moyses saing †Sanctifie vnto me euerie first borne that openeth the matrice in the children of Israel as wel of men as of beastes for they are al mine †And Moyses said to the people Remember this day in the which you went forth out of Aegypt and out of the house of seruitude because with a strong hand hath our Lord brought you forth out of this place that you eate not leauened bread †This day you goe forth in the moneth of new corne †And when our Lord shal haue brought thee into the Land of Chananeite and Hetheite and Amorrheite and Heueite and Iebuseite which he sware to thy fathers that he would geue thee a land that floweth with milke and honie thou shalt celebrate this maner of sacred rites in this moneth †Seuen daies shalt thou eate azimes and in the seuenth day shal be the solemnitie of our Lord. †Azimes shal you eate seuen dayes there shal not be seene anie leauened thing with thee nor in al thy coastes †And thou shalt tel thy sonne in that
day saying This is that which our Lord did to me when I came forth out of Aegypt †And it shal be as a signe in thy hand and as a moniment before thine eyes and that the law of our Lord be alwayes in the mouth for in a strong hand our Lord hath brought thee out of Aegypt †Thou shalt keepe this obseruation at the sette time from dayes to dayes †And when our Lord shal haue brought thee into the Land of the Chananeite as he sware to thee and thy fathers and shal geue it thee †thou shalt separate al that openeth the matrice vnto our Lord and al that is brought forth in thy cattel whatsoeuer thou shalt haue of male sexe thou shalt consecrate to our Lord. †The first borne of an asse thou shal change for a sheepe and if thou doe not redeeme it thou shalt kil it And euerie first borne of men among thy children thou shalt redemne with a price †And when thy sonne shal aske thee to morow saying What is this thou shalt answere him With a strong hand did our Lord bring vs forth out of the land of Aegypt out of the house of seruitude †For when Pharaoes hart was indurate and would not dismisse vs our Lord slew euerie first-borne in the Land of Aegypt from the first-borne of man to the first borne of beastes therfore I sacrifice to our Lord al that openeth the matrice of the male sixe and al the first borne of my sonnes I doe redeme †It shal be therfore as a signe in thy hand and as a thing hanged before thine eyes for a remembrance because our Lord by a strong hand hath brought vs forth out of Aegypt †Therfore when Pharao had sent forth the people our Lord ledde them not by the way of the Philisthijns countrie which is neere thinking lest perhappes it would repent them if they should see warres arise against them and would returne into Aegypt †But he ledde them about by the way of the desert which is besides the Red sea and the children of Israel went vp out of the Land of Aegypt armed †Moyses also tooke Iosephes bones with him because he had adiured the children of Israel saying God shal visite you carrie out my bones from hence with you †And marching from Socoth they camped in Etham in the vtmost coastes of the wildernesse †And our Lord went before them to shew the way by day in a piller of a cloude and by night in a piller of fire that he might be the guide of their iourney both times †There neuer failed the piller of the cloude by day nor the piller of fire by night before the people CHAP. XIIII Iharao persecuting the children of Israel with a great armie 10. they murmur against Moyses 13. but are encoureged by him and passe through the red sea drie foote 23. Pharao and his hoste Wilfully following are drowned AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel Let them returne and campe ouer against Phihahiroth which is betwene Magdal and the sea against Beelsephon in the sight therof you shal campe vpon the sea †And Pharao wil say concerning the children of Israel They are straitened in the land the desert hath shute them in †And I wil indurate his hart and he wil pursew you and I wil be glorified in Pharao and in al his armie and the Aegyptians shal know that I am the Lord. And they did so †And it was told the king of Aegyptians that the people was fled and the hart of Pharao and of his seruantes was changed toward the people and they said What meant we to doe that we dismissed Israel from seruing vs †Therfore he made readie his chariotte and tooke al his people with him †And he tooke six hundred chosen chariottes and al the chariottes that were in Aegypt and captaines of the whole armie †And our Lord hardned Pharaoes hart the king of Aegypt and he pursewed the children of Israel but they went forth in a mightie hand †And when the Aegyptians pursewed their steppes going before they found them encamped at the sea side al Pharaoes horse and chariottes and the whole armie were in Phihahiroth against Beelsephon †And when Pharao approched the children of Israel lifting vp their eies saw the Aegyptians behind them and they feared exceedingly and cried to our Lord †and said to Moyses Perhappes there were no graues in Aegypt therfore thou hast taken vs thence to die in the wildernes why wouldest thou doe this in bringing vs out of Aegypt †Is not this the word that we spake to thee in Aegypt saying Depart from vs that we may serue the Aegyptians for it was much better to serue them then to die in the wildernes †And Moyses saied to the people Feare not stand and see the great wonders of our Lord that he wil doe this day for the Aegyptians whom now you see you shal no more see for euer †Our Lord wil fight for you and you shal hold your peace †And our Lord said to Moyses Why criest thou to me speake to the children of Israel that they goe forward †But thou lift vp thy rodde and stretch forth thy hand vpon the sea diuide it that the children of Israel may goe in the middes of the sea by drie ground †And I wil indurate the hart of the Aegyptians to pursew you and I wil be glorified in Pharao and in al his hoste and in his chariottes and in his horsemen †And the Aegyptians shal know that I am the Lord when I shal be glorified in Pharao and in his chariottes in his horsemen †And the Angel of God that went before the campe of Israel remouing him selfe went behind them and together with him the piller of the cloude leauing the foreward †stode behind betwen the Aegyptians campe and the campe of Israel and it was a darke cloud and lightening the night so that they could not come to ech other the whole night time †And when Moyses had stretched forth his hand vpon the sea our Lord tooke it away a vehement and burning winde blowing al the night and turned it into drie ground and the water was diuided †And the children of Israel went through the middes of the dire sea for the water was as it were a wal on their right hand their left †And the Aegyptians pursewing went in after them and al Pharaoes horses his chariottes and horsemen through the middes of the sea †And now the morning watch was come and behold our Lord looking vpon the Aegyptians campe through the piller of fire the cloude slew their armie †and ouerthrew the wheeles of the chariottes and they were borne into the depth The Aegyptians therfore said Let vs flee from Israel for the Lord fighteth for them against vs. †And our Lord said to
of the children of promise such as the Romane Christians and others Ievves and Gentiles So S. Iohn saw in a vision as a certaine number of twelue thousand signed of euerie tribe of Israel but after these a great multitude which no man could number of al nations tribes peoples and tongues To say therfore as some old and nevv heretikes doe that the Church of Christ some times consisteth of fevv or inuisible persons vvere to say God kept not promise vvith Abraham Gen. 17. and to make the bodie and thing figured more obscure then the shadovv and figure seeing in the whole time of the Lavv of nature that is in these three first ages of the vvorld the Church being but a figure of that vvhich is novv yet vvas alvvayes visible and notorious as hath benne declared And that vvith perpetual succession of supreme heades rulers and gouerners As is before noted in the first age from Adam to Noe in the second from Noe to Abraham so in this third by the right line of Abraham Isaac Iacob Leui Caath and Amram to Aaron and Moyses Exo. 6. the Holie Ghost not there reciting more genealogies being come to the origin of the Pristlie Tribe that is to these tvvo vvhom his diuine goodnes selected and ordained as vvel to speake to Pharao in behalf of the children of Israel and to bring them out of the Land of Aegypt as aftervvards by one of them to giue his people a vvritten Lavv and in the other a perpetual prouision of spiritual pastors For in Aaron the elder brother God established an ordinarie succession of Priesthood from that time to Christ vvhich before pertained to the firstborne in euerie familie â—dioyning the rest of Leuites tribe to assist them in administration of sacred things But Moyses the younger brother vvas extraordinarily called which God therfore shewed and confirmed by special miracles not onlie to Priesthood but also to be as the God of Pharao Superior of Aaron chiefe mediator betwen God and his people as wel in deliuering them from the seruitude of Aegypt and in receiuing the Law and deliuering it to them as in al other supreme gouernment spiritual and temporal during his life CHAP. XVI The people murmuring for meate and that they had left the flesh pottes of Aegypt 4 God geueth them quailes and Manna 16. VVherof they are commanded to gather for euerie day 22. but the sixt day duble for the Sabbaoth 32. and to kepe a measure of it in the tabernacle for a memorie AND they sette forward from Elim and al the multitude of the children of Israel came into the desert Sin which is betwene Elim Sinay the fiftenth day of the second moneth after they came forth out of the Land of Aegypt †And al the assemblie of the children of Israel murmured against Moyses and Aaron in the wildernesse †And the children of Israel said to them Would to God we had died by the hand of our Lord in the Land of Aegypt when we sate ouer the flesh pottes and did eate bread our fill why haue you brought vs into this desert that you might kil al the multitude with famine †And our Lord said to Moyses Behold I wil raine you bread from heauen let the people goe forth and gather that sufficeth for euerie day that I may proue them whether they wil walke in my law or no. †But the sixt day let them prouide for to bring in and let it be duble to that they were wont to gather euerie daie †And Moyses and Aaron said to al the children of Israel At euen you shal know that our Lord hath brought you forth out of the land of Aegypt †and in the morning you shal see the glorie of our Lord for he hath heard your murmuring against our Lord but as for vs what are we that you mutter against vs †And Moyses said At euen our Lord wil geue you flesh to eate and in the morning bread your fill for he hath heard your murmuringes which you haue murmured against him for what are we neither is your murmuring against vs but against our Lord. †Moyses also said to Aaron Say to the whole assemblie of the children of Israel Approch you before our Lord for he hath heard your murmuring †And when Aaron spake to al the assemblie of the children of Israel they looked toward the wildernesse and behold the glorie of our Lord appeared in a cloud †And our Lord spake to Moyses saving †I haue heard the murmuringes of the children of Israel say to them At euen you shal eate flesh and in the morning you shal haue your fil of bread and you shal know that I am the Lord your God †Therfore it came to passe at euen and the quaile rose and couered the campe in the morning also a dew lay round about the campe †And when it had couered the face of the earth it appeared in the wildernesse smal and as it were beaten with a pestil like vnto the hoare frost on the ground †Which when the children of Israel had seene they said one to an other Man-hu which signifieth What is this for they knew not what it was To whom Moyses said This is the bread which our Lord hath geuen you to eate †This is the word that our Lord hath commanded Let euerie one gather of it so much as sufficeth to eate a gomor euerie man according to the number of your soules that dwel in a tent so shal you take vp †And the children of Israel did so and they gathered one more an other lesse †And they measured by the measure of a gomor neither he that gathered more had aboue nor he that prouided lesse found vnder but euerie one gathered according to that which they were able to eate †And Moyses said to them Let no man leaue therof til the morning †Who heard him not but certaine of them left vntil the morning and it beganne to be ful of wormes and it putrified and Moyses was angrie against them †And euerie one of them gathered in the morning so much as might suffice to eate and after the sunne waxed hotte it melted †But in the sixt day they gathered duble portions that is two gomors euerie man and al the princes of the multitude came and told Moyses †Who said to them This is it which our Lord hath spoken The Sabbathes rest is sanctified vnto our Lord to morow Whatsoeuer is to be wrought doe it and the meates that are to be made readie make them readie and whatsoeuer shal remaine lay it vp vntil the morning †And they did so as Moyses had commanded and it putrified not neitherâ— was there worme found in it †And Moyses said Eate it to day because it is the Sabbath of our Lord to day it shal not be found in the field †Gather it six dayes but in the seuenth day
shal die †What is al flesh that it should heare the voice of the liuing God who speaketh out of the middes of the fire as we haue heard and may liue †Approche thou rather and heare al thinges that the Lord our God shal say to thee and thou shalt speake to vs and we hearing wil doe them †Which when our Lord had heard he said to me I haue heard the voice of the wordes of this people which they spake to thee they haue spoken al thinges wel †Who shal geue them to haue such a minde that they would feare me and keepe al my commandementes at al time that it may be wel with them and with their children for euer †Goe and say to them Returne into your tentes †But thou stand here with me and I wil speake to thee al my commandementes and ceremonies and iudgementes which thou shalt teach them that they may doe them in the Land which I wil geue them in possession †Keepe therfore and doe the thinges which our Lord God hath commanded you you shal not decline neither to the right hand nor to the left †but the way that the Lord your God hath commanded shal you walke that you may liue and it may be wel with you and your daies may be prolonged in the land of your possession ANNOTATIONS CHAP. V. 8. Thou shalt not make If our aduersaries would quietly consider the coherence of the holie text they might easely see that this prohibition of making and worshipping the similitude of anie creature perteyneth to the former sentence Thou shalt not haue strange goddes more particularly forbidding either to make Idoles or to worship such as others make and that with commination because our Lord is a ielous God and wil not suffer his honour to be geuen to anie creature But other Images were made in the old Testament by Gods commandment and likewise Images of Christ and his Sainctes are lawful and profitable among Christians as before is noted Exod. 20. CHAP. VI. God is diligently to be serued and loued with thy whole hart thy whole soule and whole strength Al his precepts ceremonies and iudgements must be carefully kept and commended to posteritie THESE are the preceptes and ceremonies and iudgementes which the Lord your God commanded that I should teach you and you should doe them in the Land whereunto you passe ouer to possesse it †that thou mayest feare the Lord thy God and keepe his commandementes and preceptes which I command thee and thy sonnes and nephewes al the dayes of thy life that thy dayes may be prolonged †Heare Israel and obserue that thou doe the thinges which our Lord hath commanded thee and it may be wel with thee and thou mayest be greately multiplied as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee a land flowīg with milke and honie †Heare Israel The Lord our God is one Lord. †Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with thy whole hart and with thy whole soule and with thy whole strength †And these wordes which I command thee this day shal be in thy hart †and thou shalt tel them to thy children and thou shalt meditate sitting in thy house and walking on thy iourney sleeping and rysing †And thou shalt bind them as a signe on thy hand and they shal be shal moue betwen thine eies †and thou shalt write them in the entrie and on the doores of thy house †And when the Lord thy God shal haue brought thee into the Land for the which he sware to thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob and shal haue geuen thee great and goodlie cities which thou didst not build †houses ful of al riches which thou didst not erect cesternes which thou didst not digge vineyardes and oliueyardes which thou didst not plant †and thou shalt haue eaten and be ful †take heede diligently lest thou forget our Lord that brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt out of the house of seuitude Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God and him onelie shalt thou serue and by his name shalt thou sweare †You shal not goe after the strange goddes of al Nations that are round about you †because the Lord thy God is a Iealouse God in the middes of thee lest sometime the furie of the Lord thy God be wrath against thee and take thee away from the face of the earth †Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God as thou didst tempt him in the place of tentation †Keepe the preceptes of the Lord thy God and the testimonies and ceremonies which he hath commanded thee †And doé that which is pleasant and good in the sight of our Lord that it may be wel with thee and entring in thou mayest possesse the goodlie Land wherof our Lord sware to thy fathers †that he would destroy al thy enemies before thee as he hath spoken †And when thy sonne shal aske thee to morrow saying What meane these testimonies and ceremonies and iudgementes which the Lord our God hath commanded vs †thou shalt say to him We were the bondmen of Pharao in Aegypt and our Lord brought vs out of Aegypt in a strong hand †and he did signes wonders great and verie sore in Aegypt against Pharao and al his house in our sight †and he brought vs out from thence that being brought in he might geue vs the Land wherupon he sware to our fathers †And our Lord commanded that we should doe al these ordinances and should feare the Lord our God that it might be wel with vs al the daies of our life as it is at this day †And he wil be merciful to vs if we keepe and doe al his preceptes before the Lord our God as he commanded vs. CHAP. VII No league nor felowship to be had with the Gentiles 5. but their altares groues and al their idoles to be destroyed 17. God promiseth victories to his people willing them to trust in him and serue him VVHEN the Lord thy God shal haue brought thee into the land which thou doest enter in to possesse and shal haue destroyed manie Nations before thee the Hetheite and the Gergezeite and the Amorrheite and the Chananeite and the Pherezeite and the Heueite and the Iebuseite seuen nations of much greater number then thou art and stronger then thou †and the Lord thy God shal haue deliuered them to thee thou shalt strike them vnto vtter destruction Thou shalt not make league with them nor pitie them †nor make mariages with them Thy daughter thou shalt not geue to his sonne nor take his daughter for thy sonne †for he wil seduce thy sonne that he folow not me and that he rather serue strange goddes and the furie of our Lord wil be wrath and shal quickly destroy thee †But these thinges rather you shal doe to them Ouerthrow their altares and breake their statuees and cutte downe their groues and
that thou shalt perish vtterly †As the Nations which our Lord destroyed at thyne entrie so shal you also perish if you be disobedient to the voice of the Lord your God CHAP. IX Lest they should impute the victories which they shal haue to them selues 6. they are put in mind of their often prouoking Gods wrath 12. by idolatrie 22. by murmuring by concupiscence by contempt and other sinnes 25 for which they should haue bene destroyed but God spared them for his prouâ—â—se made to Abraham Isaeac and Iacob HEARE Israel Thou shalt goe ouer Iordan this day to possesse verie greate nations and stronger then thy selfe huge cities and walled euen vnto heauen †a great people and tal the sonnes of the Enacims whom thou hast seene and heard against whom no man is able to resist †Thou shalt know therfore this day that the Lord thy God him selfe wil passe ouer before thee a deuouring and consuming fyre who shal destroy and abolish and bring them to nothing before thy face quickly as he hath spoken to thee †Say not in thy hart when the Lord thy God shal haue destroyed them in thy sight For my iustice hath our Lord brought me in to possesse this land wheras these nations were destroyed for their impieties †For not because of thy iustices and equitie of thy hart doest thou enter in to possesse their landes but because they haue done impiously at thy entring in they are destroyed and that our Lord might accomplish his word which by oath he promised to thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob †Know therfore that not for thy iustices hath the Lord thy God geuen thee this excellent land in possession wheras thou art a verie stiffe necked people †Remember and forget not how thou didst prouoke the Lord thy God to wrath in the wildernesse From the same day that thou camest out of Aegypt vnto this place thou hast alwayes contended against our Lord. †For in Horeb also thou didst prouoke him and being wrath he would haue destroyed thee †when I went vp into the mounte to receiue the tables of stone of the couenant which our Lord made with you and I continewed in the mounte fourtie daies and nightes not eating bread nor drinking water †And our Lord gaue me two tables of stone written with the singer of God and conteyning al the wordes that he spake to you in the mounte from the middes of the fyre when the assemblie of the people was gathered †And when fourtie dayes were passed and as manie nightes our Lord gaue me the two tables of stone the tables of couenant †and he said to me Arise and goe downe from hence quickly for thy people which thou didst bring out of Aegypt haue quickly forsaken the way that thou hast shewed them and haue made them a molten idol †And againe our Lord said to me I see that this people is stiffe necked †suffer me that I may destroy them and abolish their name from vnder heauen and may set thee ouer a Nation that is greater and stronger then this †And when I came downe from the burning mounte and held the two tables of couenant with both handes †and saw that you had sinned to the Lord your God and had made you a molten calfe and had quickly forsaken his way which he had shewed you †I cast the tables out of my handes and brake them in your sight †And I fel downe before our Lord as before fourtie dayes and nightes not eating bread not drinking water for al your sinnes which you committed against our Lord and prouoked him to wrath †for I feared his indignation and anger wherwith being moued agaynst you he would haue destroyed you And our Lord heard me this time also †Against Aaron also being exceeding angrie he would haue destroyed him and for him in like maner did I pray †And your sinne that you had committed that is the calfe I tooke and burnt it with fyre and breaking it into peeces and bringing it wholy into dust I threw it into the torrent that deâ—cendeth from the mount †In the burning also and in the tentation and in the Sepulchres of concupiscence you prouoked our Lord †and when he sent you from Cadesbarne saying Goe vp and possesse the Land that I haue geuen you and you contemned the commandement of your Lord God and did not beleue him neither would you heare his voice †but were alwaies rebellious from the day that I beganne to know you †And I lay before our Lord fourtie dayes and nightes in the which I humbly besought him that he would not destroy you as he had threatened †and praying I said Lord God destroy not thy people and thyne inheritance which thou hast redemed in thy greatnes whom thou didst bring out of Aegypt in a strong hand †Remember thy seruantes Abraham Isaac and Iacob regard not the stubbournes of this people and his impietie and sinne †lest perhappes the inhabitantes of the land out of which thou hast brought vs say The Lord could not bring them in vnto the Land that he promised them and he hated them therfore did he bring them forth that he might kil them in the wildernes †Which are thy people and thyne inheritance whom thou didst bring forth in thy great strength and in thy stretched out arme CHAP. X. Moyses receiuing the second tables of the tenne commandments and making an arke put them therin 6. with mention of certaine places where the children of Israel had camped of Aarons death and to the Leuites offices and possesstons 12. be inculcateth the feare and loue of God and the keping of his precepts 16. namely to circumcise the hart 19. to loue strangers 20. and not to serue nor sweare by false goddes AT that time our Lord said to me Hewe thee two tables of stone as the former were and come vp to me into the mounte and thou shalt make an arke of wood †and I wil write in the tables the wordes that were in them which before thou didst breake and thou shalt put them in the arke †I made therfore an arke of the wood Settim And when I had hewed two tables of stone like to the former I went vp into the mount hauing them in my handes †And he wrote in the tables according as he had written before the ten wordes which our Lord spake to you in the mount from the middes of the fyre when the people was gathered and he gaue them to me †And returning from the mount I came downe and put the tables into the arke that I had made which are there til this present as our Lord commanded me †And the children of Israel remoued their campe from Beroth of the children of Iacan into Mosera where Aaron died and was buried for whom Eleazar his soone did the function of priesthood †Thence they came into Gadgad from the which place departing
they camped in Ietebatha in a Land of waters and torrentes †At that time he separated the tribe of Leui to carie the arke of the couenant of our Lord and to stand before him in the ministerie and to blesse in his name vntil this present day †For the which cause Leui had no part nor possession with his brethren because our Lord him self is his possession as the Lord thy God promised him †And I stoode in the mount as before fourtie daies and nightes and our Lord heard me this time also and would not destroy thee †And he said to me Goe and march before the people that they may enter and possesse the Land which I sware to their fathers that I would deliuer to them †And now Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but that thou feare the Lord thy God and walke in his waies and loue him and serue the Lord thy God with al thy hart and with al thy soule †and keepe the commandementes of our Lord and his ceremonies which I command thee this day that it may be wel with thee †Behold heauen is the Lords thy God and the heauen of heauen the earth and al thinges that are in it †And yet to thy fathers was our Lord ioyned and he loued them and chose their seede after them that is to say you from al Nations as this day it is proued †Circumcise therfore the prepuce of your hart and your necke indurate no more †because the Lord your God he is the God of goddes and the Lord of lordes a great God and mightie and terrible that accepteth not person nor giftes †He doth iudgement to the pupil and the widowe loueth the stranger and geueth him victual rayment †And do you therfore loue strangers because you also were strangers in the Land of Aegypt †Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God and serue him only to him thou shalt cleaue and shalt sweare in his name †He is thy praise and thy God that hath done for thee these greate and terrible thinges which thyne eies haue seene †In seuentie soules did thy fathers goe downe into Aegypt and behold now the Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the slarres of heauen CHAP. XI For the benefites of God wherof some are repeted and others promised the Israelites are bound to loue him 16. but if they forsake him he threatneth punishmentes 26. proposing benediction and malediction as they shal deserue LOVE therfore the Lord thy God and obserue his preceptes and ceremonies his iudgementes and commandmentes at al time †Know this day the thinges that your children know not who saw not the discipline of the Lord your God his great doinges and strong hand and stretched out arme †the signes and workes which he did in the middes of Aegypt to Pharao the king and to al his land †and to al the hoste of the Aegyptians and to their horses and charriottes how the waters of the red sea couered them when they pursewed you and how our Lord destroyed them vntil this present day †and to you what thinges he hath done in the wildernes til you came to this place †and to Dathan and Abiron the sonnes of Eliab which was the sonne of Ruben whom the earth opening her mouth swalowed vp with their houses and tabernacles and al their substance which they had in the middes of Israel †Your eies haue seene al the great workes of our Lord that he hath done †that you may keepe al his commandementes which I command you this day and may enter in and possesse the Land to the which you enter †and may liue in it a great time which our Lord by oath promised to your fathers and to their seede flowing with milke and honie †For the Land which thou goest to possesse is not as the Land of Aegypt which thou camest out of where when the seede is sowen waters are brought in to water it after the maner of gardens †but it is hilly and champion expecting raine from heauen †which the Lord thy God doth alwaies visite and his eies are on it from the beginning of the yeare vnto the end therof †If then you obey my commandementes which I command you this day that you loue the Lord your God and serue him with al your hart and with al your soule †he wil geue rayne to your Land the timely and the lateward that you may gather your corne and wine and oile †and haye out of the fieldes to feede your cattel and that your selues may eate and be filled †Beware lest perhaps your hart be deceiued and you depart from our Lord and serue strange goddes and adore them †and our Lord being wrath shutte vp heauen and the raine come not downe nor the earth geue her spring and you perish quickly from the excellent Land which our Lord wil geue you †Put these my wordes in your hartes and mindes and hang them for a signe on your handes and place them betwen your eies †Teach your children that they meditate them when thou sittest in thy house walkest on the way and liest downe and rysest vp †Thou shalt write them vpon the postes and gates of thy house †that thy daies may be multiplied and the dayes of thy children in the Land which our Lord sware to thy fathers that he would geue it them as long as the heauen hangeth ouer the earth †For if you keepe the commandementes which I command you and doe them that you loue the Lord your God and walke in al his wayes cleauing to him †our Lord wil destroy al these nations before your face and you shal possesse them which are greater and stronger then you †Euerie place that your foote shal treade shal be yours From the desert and from Libanus from the great riuer Euphrates vnto the west sea shal be your borders †None shal stand against you your terrour and feare shal the Lord your God geue vpon al the land that you shal treade as he hath spoken to you †Behold I sette forth in your sight this day benediction and malediction †benection if you obey the commandementes of the Lord your God which I command you this day †malediction if you obey not the commandementes of the Lord your God but reuolt from the way which now I doe shew you and walke after strange goddes which you know not †And when the Lord thy God shal haue brought thee into the Land to the which thou goest to inhabite thou shalt put the benediction vpon mounte Garizim the malediction vpon mounte Hebal †which are beyond Iordan behinde the way that bendeth to the going downe of the sunne in the Land of the Chananeite which dwelleth in the champion countrie against Galgala which is beside the valle that reacheth and entreth farre †For you shal passe ouer Iordan to possesse
together one of them die without children the wife of the deceased shal not marie to an oother but his brother shal take her and rayse vp the seede of his brother †and the first borne sonne of her he shal cal by his name that his name be not abolished out of Israel †But if he wil not take his brothers wife that by law is dew to him the woman shal goe to the gate of the citie and cal vpon the ancientes and say My husbandes brother wil not rayse vp his brothers seede in Israel nor take me to his wise †And sorthwith they shal cause him to be sent for and shal aske him If he answer I wil not take her to wife †the woman shal come to him before the ancientes and shal take of his shoe from his foote and spitte in his face and say So shal it be done to the man that buildeth not his brothers house †And his name shal be called in Israel The house of the vnshodde †If two men fal at wordes betwixt them selues and one beginne to brawle against the other and the wife of the one willing to deliuer her husband out of the hand of the stronget put forth her hand and take his priuities †thou shalt cutte of her hand neither shalt thou be moued with any pitie vpon her †Thou shalt not haue diuerse weightes in thy bagge a greater and a lesse †neither shal there be in thy house a greater bushel and a lesse †Thou shalt haue a weight iust and true and thy bushel shal be equal and true that thou mayest liue a long time vpon the Land which our Lord thy God shal geue thee †For thy Lord abhorreth him that doth these thinges and detesteth al iniustice †Remember what Amalec did to thee in the way when thou camest out of Aegypt †how he mette thee stroke the hindemost of thy armie which being wearie rested them selues when thou wast spent with famine and labour and he feared not God †Therfore when our Lord thy God shal geue thee rest and subdewe al nations round about in the Land which he hath promised thee thou shalt destroy his name vnder heauen Beware thou forget it not ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXV 5. His brother shal take her This proueth euidently that the prohibition not to marie the brothers wife Leuit. 18. was a positiue law binding only when the first brother dying left issue For dying without issue his brother was bound by this law to marie the widow In default of the brother the next of kinne was to marie her and for default of neerer the more remote so Booz maried Ruth Neither was it contrarie but agreable to the law of nature to marie the brothers wife when he was dead without issue as is before noted Gen. 38. CHAP. XXVI First fruites must be offered in special place assigned to Gods seruice professing of gratitude for the land possessed according to Gods promise 12. Likewise tithes of the third yeare 16. with conclusion that the people promise to obserue al the preceptes of God and so doing he wil protect and prosper them AND when thou art entred into the Land which our Lord thy God wil geue thee to possesse and hast obteyned it and dwellest in it †thou shalt take first of al thy fruites and put them in a maunde and shalt goe to the place which our Lord thy God shal choose that his name may be inuocated there †and thou shalt goe to the priest that shal be in those daies and say to him I professe this day before our Lord thy God that I am entred into the Land for the which he sware to our fathers that he would geue it vs. †and the priest taking the maund at his hand shal sette it before the altar of our Lord thy God †and thou shalt speake in the sight of our Lord God The Syrian persecuted my father who descended into Aegypt and seiourned there in a verie smale number and grew into a nation greate and strong and of an infinite multitude †And the Aegyptians afflicted vs and persecuted vs laying on most grieuous burdens †and we cried to our Lord the God of our fathers who heard vs and respected our affliction and labour and distresse †and brought vs out of Aegypt in a strong hand a stretched out arme in great terrour in signes and wonders †and brought vs into this place and deliuered to vs this Land flowing with milke and honie †And therfore now I offer first fruites of the Land which our Lord hath geuen me And thou shalt leaue them in the sight of our Lord thy God adoring our Lord thy God †And thou shalt feast in al the good thinges which our Lord thy God hath geuen to thee and thy house thou and the Leuite and the stranger that is with thee †When thou hast finished the tithe of al thy fruites in the third yeare of tithes thou shalt geue to the Leuite and the stranger and the pupil and the widow that they may eate within thy gates and be filled †and thou shalt speake in the sight of our Lord thy God I haue brought that which is sanctified out of my house and haue geuen it to the Leuite and the stranger and the pupil and the widow as thou hast commanded me I haue not transgressed thy commandements nor forgotten thy preceptes †I haue not eaten of them in my mourning nor separated them in any vncleannes nor spent of them any thing in funerals I haue obeyed the voice of our Lord my God and haue done al thinges as thou didst command me †Looke from thy sanctuarie and thy high habitation of heauen and blesse thy people Israel and the Land which thou hast geuen vs as thou swarest to our fathers a land flowing with milke and honie †This day our Lord thy God hath commanded thee to doe these commandmentes and iudgementes that thou keepe and fulfil them with al thy hart and with al thy soule †Thou hast chosen our Lord this day to be thy God and to walke in his waies and keepe his ceremonies and preceptes and iudgementes and obey his commandement †And our Lord hath chosen thee this day that thou shouldest be his peculiar people as he hath spoken to thee and thou shouldest keepe al his commandementes †and make thee higher then al nations which he created to his prayse and name and glorie that thou mayest be a holie people of our Lord thy God as he hath spoken CHAP. XXVII Gods commandmentes must be written in plastred stones An Altar erected and Sacrifices offered 12. Obseruers of the commandments must be blessed and transgressors cursed 14. with the forme of cursing idolaters and diuers other enormious sinners AND Moyses and the ancientes of Israel commanded the people saying Keepe euerie commandment that I command you this day â€
which is erected before his tabernacle †Which thinges being heard Phinees the priest and the princes of the legacie which were with him were pacified and they admitted most willingly the wordes of the children of Ruben Gad and of the halfe tribe of Manasses †And Phinees the priest the sonne of Eleazar said to them Now we know that our Lord is with vs because you are not culpable of this preuarication and haue deliuered the children of Israel from the hand of our Lord. †And he returned with the princes from the children of Ruben and Gad out of the Land of Galaad into the Land of Chanaan to the children of Israel and reported to them †And the saying pleased al that heard it And the children of Israel praysed God and they did no more say that they would goe vp against them and fight and destroy the Land of their possession †And the children of Ruben the children of Gad called the altar which they had built Our testimonie that our Lord he is God CHAP. XXIII Iosue being old admonisheth the people to keepe Gods commandementes 12. and to auoide mariages and al societie with gentiles lest falling to idolatrie God as certainly punish them as he hath benne benificial and bountiful to them AND when much time was passed after that our Lord had geuen peace to Israel al the nations being subdewed round about and Iosue now verie ancient and of a great age †Iosue called al Israel and the elders and the princes and the iudges and the maisters and said to them I am old and farre gone in age †and you see al thinges that our Lord your God hath done to al the nations round about how him selfe hath fought for you †and now because he hath by lotte diuided to you al the Land from the East part of Iordan vnto the great sea and manie nations yet remaine †Our Lord your God wil destroy them and take them away from your face and you shal possesse the Land as he hath promised you †Onlie take courage and be careful that you keepe al thinges which be written in the volume of the law of Moyses and decline not from them neither to the right hand nor to the left †lest after that you are entred in to the Gentiles which shal be among you you sweare in the name of their goddes and serue them and adore them †but cleaue to our Lord your God which you haue done vntil this day †And then our Lord God wil take away in your sight the great nations and very strong and no man shal be able to resist you †One of you shal pursew a thousand men of the enemies because our Lord your God him self wil fight for you as he hath promised †This onlie beware very diligently before hand that you loue our Lord your God †But if you wil cleaue to the errour of these nations that dwel among you and make mariages with them and ioyne amitie †euen now know ye that our Lord your God wil not destroy them before your face but they shal be a pitte and a snare for you and a stumbling blocke at your side and stakes in your eies til he take you away and destroy you from this excellent Land which he hath deliuered to you †Behold I this day enter into the way of al flesh and you shal know with al your minde that al the wordes which our Lord promised that he would performe to you one is not escaped without effect †Therfore as he hath fulfilled in deede that which he promised and al thinges prosperous haue come so wil he bring vpon you what euils soeuer he hath threatened til he take you away and destroy you from this excellent Land which he hath deliuered to you †because you haue transgressed the couenant of our Lord your God which he hath made with you and haue serued strange goddes and adored them quickly and in hast shal the furie of our Lord ryse against you and you shal be taken away from this excellent Land which he hath deliuered to you CHAP. XXIIII In consideration of diuers principal benefites here recited 14. Iosue exorteth the people to serue God sincerly seing it is in their choise to do wel or euil 16. they promise al true seruice and obedience to God 25. VVherupon he reneweth the pact betwen God and them writing it in the volume of the law and erecting a great stone in testimonie 29. He dieth and is buried in mount Ephraim 32. Iosephs bones are buried in Sichem 33. Eleazar the high priest also dieth and is buried in Ephraim AND Iosue gathered together al the tribes of Israel into Sichem and called the ancientes and princes and iudges and maisters and they stoode in the sight of our Lord †and to the people he spake in this maner Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel Beyond the riuer did your fathers dwel from the beginning Thare the father of Abraham and of Nachor and “ they serued strange goddes †I tooke therfore your father Abraham from the coastes of Mesopotamia and brought him into the Land of Chanaan and multiplied his seede †and gaue him Isaac and againe to him I gaue Iacob and Esau Of whom to Esau I gaue mount Seir to possesse but Iacob and his children went downe into Aegypt †And I sent Moyses and Aaron and stroke Aegypt with many signes and wonders †And I brought you and your fathers out of Aegypt and you came to the sea and the Aegyptians pursewed your fathers with chariotes and horsemen as farre as the Read sea †And the children of Israel cried to the Lord who did put darkenes betwen you and the Aegyptians and brought the sea vpon them ouerwhelmed them Your eies saw al thinges that I did in Aegypt and you dwelt in the wildernes a great time †and I brought you into the Land of the Amorrheite which dwelt beyond Iordan And when they fought against you I deliuered them into your handes and you possessed their Land and slew them †And there rose Balac the sonne of Sephor king of Moab and fought against Israel And he sent and called Balaam the sonne of Beor that he might curse you †and I would not heare him but contrariwise by him I blessed you and deliuered you out of his hand †And you passed Iordan and came to Iericho And the men of that citie fought against you the Amorrheite and Pherezeite and Chananeite and the Hetheite and Gergeseite and the Heueite and Iebuseite and I deliuered them into your handes †And I sent before you hornettes and I cast them forth out of their places the two Kinges of the Amorrheites not in thy sword and bow †And I gaue you the Land wherein you laboured not and the cities which you built not to dwel in them vineyardes and oliue trees which you planted not †Now therfore feare our Lord
couragious men †Galaad rested beyond Iordan and Dan gaue him self to shippes Aser dwelt in the sea shore and abode in hauens †But Zabulon and Nepthali offered their liues to death in their countrie of Merome †The kinges came and fought the kinges of Chanaan fought in Thanac besides the waters of Mageddo and yet going a praying they tooke nothing †From heauen they fought against them the starres remayning in their order and course fought against Sisara †The torrent of Cison drew their carcasses the torrent of Cadumim the torrent of Cison my soule tread downe the strong ones †The hoofes of the horses fel of the strongest of the enemies fleeing violently and falling downe headlong †Curse ye the land of Meroz said the Angel of our Lord Curse the inhabitantes therof because they came not to help our Lord to aide his most mightie ones †Blessed among wemen be Iahel the wife of Haber the Cineite and blessed be she in her tabernacle †To him that asked water she gaue milke and in the phial of princes she offered butter †Her left hand she put to the maile and her right hand to the smithes hammer and stroke Sisara seeking in his head a place for the wound and piercing valiantly through his temple †Betwen her feete he fel he failed and died he was rowled before her feete and he lay without life and miserable †Looking through a window his mother howled she spake out of a higher chamber Why lingereth his chariote to come backe Wherfore are the feete of his waggans slow †One wiser then the rest of his wiues answered these wordes to her mother in law †Peraduenture now he diuideth the spoyles and the fayrest of the wemen is chosen for him garmentes of sundrie colours are deliuered to Sisara for a praye and diuerse furniture is laid together to adorne the neckes †So perish al thine enemies O Lord but they that loue thee as the Sunne shineth in his rysing so let them glitter †And the Land rested for fourtie yeares CHAP. CHAP. VI. The people falling againe to sinne are oppressed by the Madianites 12. An Angel appearing to Gedeon sendeth him to deliuer Israel 17. confirming his mission by miracle 25. So he first destroyeth Baals altar 34. then gathereth an armie against Idolaters 36. and is assured againe of Gods protection by two miracles in a fleecâ— of woolle AND the children of Israel did euil in the sight of our Lord who deliuered them into the hand of Madian seuen yeares †they were sore oppressed of them And they made them selues dennes and caues in the mountaines and very wel fensed places to resist †And when Israel had sowen Madian came vp and Amalec and the rest of the East nations †and pitching their tentes by them wasted al thinges as they were in the blade vnto the entring of Gaza and they left nothing at al in Israel that perteyned to mans life not sheepe not oxen not asses †For they and al their flockes came with their tabernacles and like vnto locustes filled al places an inumerable multitude of men and of camels wasting whatsoeuer they touched †And Israel was sore humbled in the sight of Madian †And he cried to our Lord desiring helpe against the Madianites †who sent vnto them a man that was a prophet and he spake Thus sayeth our Lord the God of Israel I made you to come vp out of Aegypt and brought you out of the house of seruitude †and deliuered you out of the handes of the Aegyptians and of al the enemies that afflicted you and I cast them out at your entring and deliuered you their Land †And I said I the Lord your God feare not the goddes of the Amorrheites in whose land you dwel And you would not heare my voice †And an Angel of our lord came and sate vnder an oke that was in Ephra and perteyned to Ioas the father of the familie of Ezri And when Gedeon his sonne did thresh and purge wheate in a winepresse to flee Madian †the Angel of our Lord appeared to him and said Our Lord be with thee ô most valiant of men †And Gedeon said to him I besech thee my Lord if our Lord be with vs why hane these euils apprehended vs where are his meruelous workes which our fathers haue told vs and said Out of Aegypt did our Lord bring vs but now our Lord hath forsaken vs and deliuered vs into the hande of Madian †And our Lord looked to ward him and said Goe in this thy strength and thou shalt deliuer Israel out of the hand of Madian know that I haue sent thee †Who answering said I besech thee my Lord wherein shal I deliuer Israel behold my familie is the meanest in Manasses and I the least in my fathers house †And our Lord said to him I wil be with thee and thou shalt strike Madian as it were one man †And he said If I haue found quoth he grace before thee geue me a signe that it is thou which speakest to me †Neither depart thou hence til I returne to thee bringing a sacrifice and offering to thee Who answered I wil tarie thy coming †Gedeon therfore went in and boyled a kidde and of a bushel of flowre baked vnleuened loaues and putting the flesh in a basket and the broth of the flesh into a potte he caried al vnder the oke and offered to him †To whom the Angel of our Lord said Take the flesh and the vnleuened loaues and put them vpon that rocke and powre out the broth theron And when he had done †the Angel of our Lord stretched forth the tippe of the rodde which he held in his hand and touched the flesh and the vnleuened loaues and there arose a fyre from the rocke and consumed the flesh and the leuened loaues and the Angel of our Lord vanished from his eies †And Gedeon seeing that it was the Angel of our Lord said Alas my Lord God that I haue seene the Angel our Lord face to face †And our Lord said to him Peace be with thee feare not thou shalt not die †And Gedeon built there an altar to our Lord and called it our Lords peace vntil this present day And when he was yet in Ephra which is of the familie of Ezri †that night our Lord said to him Take a bullocke of thy fathers and an other bullocke of seuen yeares and thou shalt destroy the altar of Baal which is thy fathers and cut downe the groue that is about the altar †and thou shalt build an altar to the Lord thy God in the toppe of this rocke whereupon thou didst lay the sacrifice before and thou shalt take the second bullocke and shalt offer an holocauste vpon a pile of the wood which thou shalt â—nt downe out of the groue †Gedeon therfore taking to him ten men of his seruantes did
most proud and mightie shal be throwne into extreme miserie 24. In the meane time the Asirians beseging Ierusalem shal be defeated 28. Neither shal the Philistims preuaile against the lewes as they presume IT is neere that the time therof shal come and the daies therof shal not be porlonged For our Lord wil haue mercie on Iacob and wil yet choose out of Israel and wil make them rest vpon their owne ground the stranger shal be ioyned to them shal sticke to the house of Iacob †And peoples shal hold them and bring them into their place and the house of Israel shal possesse them vpon the land of our Lord for seruants and handmaides and they shallead captiue those that had taken them shal subdewe their exactours †And it shal be in that day when God shal geue thee rest from thy labour and from thy vexation and from the sore seruitude which thou didst serue before †Thou shalt take this parable against the king of Babylon and shalt say How hath the exactour ceased the tribute rested †Our Lord hath broken the staffe of the impious the rodde of the rulers †that did beate peoples in indignation with vncurable wound subdewing nations in furie persecuting cruelly †Al earth is quiet and stil is glad hath reioyced †The firre trees also haue reioyeed ouer thee and the ceders of Libanus since thou hast slept there hath none come vp to hewe vs. †Hel beneath is trubled to meete thy coming it hath raysed vp the giants for thee Al the princes of the earth are risen vp from their thrones al the princes of nations †Al shal answere and say to thee Thou also art wounded euen as we made like vnto vs. †Thy pride is drawen downe to hel thy carcasse is fallen vnder thee shal the mothe be strawed and wormes shal be thy couering †How art thou fallen from heauen Lucifer which didst rise in the morning art thou fallen to the earth that didst wound nations †Which didst say in thy hart I wil ascend into heauen aboue the starres of God wil I exalt my throne I wil sitte in the mount of the testament in the sides of the North. †I wil ascend aboue the height of the cloudes I wil be like to the Highest †But yet thou shalt be drawen downe to hel into the depth oh the lake †They that shal see thee shal turne toward thee behold thee Is this the man that trubled the earth that shaked kingdomes †that made the world a desert destroyed the cities therof opened not the prison to his prisoners †Al the kinges of the nations euerie one haue slept in glorie eche man in his owne house †But thou art cast forth out of thy sepulchre as an vnprofitable branche polluted and wrapped vp with them that were slaine by the sword and are gone downe to the fundations of the lake as a rotten carcasse †Thou shalt not keepe companie with them neither in burial for thou hast destroyed thy land thou hast slaine thy people the seede of the wicked shal not be named for euer †Prepare his children to slaughter in the iniquitie of their fathers they shal not rise vp nor inherite the land nor fil the world with cities †And I wil rise ouer them sayth the Lord of hostes I wil destroy the name of Babylon and the remaynes and bud and progenie sayth our Lord. †And I wil make it the possession of the hedgehog marriâ—es of waters I wil sweepe it with besome wearing it sayth the Lord of hostes †The Lord of hostes hath sworne saying If it shal not be as I haue thought and so fal out as I haue in mind consulted †That I destroy the Assirian in my land and in my mountaines tread vpon him and his yoke shal be taken away from them and his burden taken of from their shoulder †This is the counsel that I haue deuised vpon al the earth and this is the hand stretched forth vpon al nations †For the Lord of hostes hath decreed and who can weaken it and his hand is stretched out and who shal turne it away †In the yeare that king Achaz died was this burden made †Reioyce not thou whole Philistaea that the rod of thy striker is broken in peeces for from the roote of the serpent shal issue forth a cockatrice and his seede swalowing the bird †And the first borne of the poore shal be fed the poore shal rest considently and I wil make thy roote to perish in famine and wil kil thy remnant †Howle thou gate crie out ô citie al Philisthaea is throwen downe for a smoke shal come from the North and there is none that shal escape his troupe †And what shal be answered to the messengers of nations That our Lord hath founded Sion and the poore of his people shal hope in him CHAP. XV. Unexpected ruine shal fal vpon the Moabites 5. Wherof the Prophet hath compassion THE burden of Moab Because Ar-Moab was wasted in the night he hath held his peace because the wal of Moab is destroyed in the night he hath held his peace †The house is gone vp Dibon to the high places to moorne vpon Nabo and vpon Medaba shal Moab howle on al the heades therof baldnes and euerie beard shal be shauen †In the high wayes therof they are girded with sackcloth vpon the roofes therof and in the streates therof al howling goeth downe to weepe †Hesebon shal crie Elealé their voice is heard euen to â—asa For this shal the wel appoynted of Moab howle his soule shal howle to himself †My hart shal crie to Moab the barres therof vnto Segor an heifer astonishing for by the ascent of Luith he shal goe vp weeping in the way of Oronaim they shal lift vp a crie of contrition †For the waters of Nemrim shal be made desolate because the grasse is withered the spring is faded al grennes is perished †According to the greatnes of the worke is also their visitation they shal lead them to the torrent of willowes †Because the crie shal goe round about the border of Moab vnto Gallim the howling therof and vnto the Pit-Elim the crie therof †Because the waters of Dibon are replenished with bloud for I wil pur additions vpon Dibon the â—on for them that shal flee of Moab and for the remmant of the land CHAP. XVI The prophet prayeth for and prophecieth Christs coming 6. adding more of the affliction of the Moabites for their pride SEND forth ô Lord the lambe the dominatour of the earth from the Rocke of the desert to the mount of the daughter of Sion †And he shal be as a bird fleing and the yong flying out of the nest so shal the daughters of Moab be in the passage of Arnon
hingdom against kingdom †And the spirit of Aegypt shal be broken in the bowels therof and I wil ouerthrow their counsel headlong and they shal aske their idols and their diuiners and Pythons and Southsayers †And I wil deliuer Aegypt into the hand of cruel masters and a strong king shal rule ouer them sayth our Lord the God of hostes †And the water of the sea shal be dried vp and the riuer shal be made desolate and drie †And the riuers shal faile the riuers of the ramppiers shal be diminished dried vp The reede and bulrush shal wither †the chanel of the riuer shal be spoiled of his fountayne and al sowne corne filde that is watered shal be dried vp it shal wither and shal not be †And the fishers shal lament and al that cast angle into the riuer shal moorne and they that sprede net vpon the face of the water shal pine away †They shal be confounded that wrought twisting flaxe kombing and weauing fine thinges †And the watred places therof shal be drie al they that made pooles to take fishes †The princes of Tanis are fooles the wise counselers of Pharao haue geuen vnwise counsel how say ye vnto Pharao I am the sonne of the wise the sonne of the ancient kinges †Where are now thy wise men let them tel thee and shew what the Lord of hostes hath thought concerning Aegypt †The princes of Tanis are become fooles the princes of Nemphis are withered away they haue deceiued Aegypt the corner of the peoples therof †Our Lord hath mingled in the middes therof the spirit of gladnes and they haue made Aegypt to erre in euerie worke therof as he erreth that is drunke and vomiteth †And Aegypt shal haue no worke to make the head and the taile the peruerter and restrayner †In that day Aegypt shal be as wemen and they shal be astonied and shal be afrayd at the face of the mouing of the hand of the Lord of hostes which he shal moue ouer it †And the land of Iuda shal be a feare to Aegypt euerie one that shal remember it shal quake at the face of the counsel of the Lord of hostes which he hath thought concerning it †In that day there shal be fiue cities in the land of Aegypt speakingtongue the of Chanaan and swearing by the Lord of hostes one shal be called the citie of the sunne †In that day there shal be an altar of our Lord in the middes of the land of Aegypt and a title of our Lord by the border therof †it shal be for a signe and for a testimonie to the Lord of hostes in the land of Aegypt For they shal crie to our Lord at the presence of the afflicter and he shal send them a sauiour and defendet to deliuer them †And our Lord shal be knowen of Aegypt and the Aegyptians shal knowe our Lord in that day and shal worshipe him in hostes and in giftes and they shal vow vowes to our Lord and pay them †And our Lord shal smite Aegypt with a strooke and heale it and they shal returne to our Lord and he shal be pacified towards them and heale them †In that day there shal be a way from Aegypt to the Assirians and the Assirian shal enter into Aegypt and the Aegyptians to the Assirians and the Aegyptians shal serue Assur †In that day shal Israel be a third to the Aegyptian and the Assirian a blessing in the middes of the earth †which the Lord of hostes hath blessed saying Blessed be my people of Aegypt and the worke of my hands to the Assirian but Israel is mine inheritance CHAP. XX. The ignominious captiuitie of Aegyptians and Aethiopians is againe foreshewed by the Prophet going naked 5. wherat the Iewes are astonied and afeard seing their coâ—federaies so confounded IN the yeare that Tharthan entred into Azotus when Sargon the king of the Assyrians had sent him and he had fought against Azotus and had taken it †at that time our Lord spake in the hand of Isaie the sonne of Amos saying Goe and loose the sackcloth from of thy loynes and take of thy shooes from thy feete And he did so going naked and barefoote †And our Lord said As my seruant Isaie hath walked naked barefoote it shal be a signe a wonder of three heres vpon Aeghpt and vpon Aethiopia †so shal the king of the Assyrians leade the captiuitie of Aegypt and the transmigration of Aethiopia yong and old naked and vnshod their buttockes vncouered to the ignominie of Aegypt †And they shal feare be ashamed of Aethiopia their hope and of Aegypt their glorie †And the inhabitant of this I le shal say in that day “ Loe this was our hope to whom we fled for helpe that they should deliuer vs from the face of the king of the Assyrians and how shal we be able to escape ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XX. 6. Loe this vvas our hope God to shew the vanitie of al hope that is reposed in men or in wordlie thinges layeth the meruelous and miserable mutations of temporal great kingdoms before the eyes of his people That we may see and admire his merciful prouidence and our owne follie when we trust in the helpe of our selues or of other men who can not defend them selues from ruine and ignominie and much lesse can they saue vs or we our selues As these examples make manifest The kingdom of Israel or tenne tribes trusted in Damaseus which could not defend it self but was ouerthrowne The kingdom of Iuda or two tribes trusted in Aegypt The Aegyptians trusted in the Ethiopians and both were ouerthrowne by the Assirians The Assirians glorying in their victories and triumphes attributing al to their owne streingth were ouercome by the Babylonians The Babylonians likewise insolent and proud were oppressed by the Medes and Persians The Medes and Persians were subdued by Alexander the great VVho was shortly taken away in his youth by poyson and his great Monarchie diuided amongst his seruantes And so other peoples and kingdomes much more particular persons and families are turned like a whole And therfore our only refuge must be to God in whom is al true hope helpe safetie and happines temporal and eternal CHAP. XXI The destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Persians is againe prophecied 11. The like of the Idumeans 13. and of Arabians THE burden of the desert sea As whirlewinds come from the South it cometh from the desert from an horrible land †A sore vision was told me he that is incredulous doth vnfaithfully he that is a spoiler wasteth Come vp Aelam besiege ô Mede I haue made al the moorning therof to cease †Therfore are my loines filled with sorow anguish hath possessed me as the anguish of a woman that trauaileth I fel downe when I heard it I was trubled when I saw it †Mine hart fayled
time crowned whose merchants were princes her chapmen the nobles of the earth †The Lord of hostes hath thought it that he might plucke downe the pride of al glorie and bring al the glorious of the earth to ignominie †Passe thy land as a riuer ô daughter of the sea thou hast a girdle no more †He hath stretched forth his hand vpon the sea he hath trubled kingdomes Our Lord hath geuen commandment against Chanaan to destroy the strong therof †and he said Thou shalt adde no more to glorie ô Virgin daughter of Sidon susteyning calumnie rising vp saile ouer to Cethim there also thou shalt haue no rest †Behold the land of the Chaldees was not such a people Assur founded it they led away the strong therof into captiuitie they vndermined the houses therof they brought it to ruine †Howle ye shippes of the sea because your strength is destroyed †And it shal be in that day thou shalt be in obliuion ô Tyre seuentie yeares as the daies of one king but after seuentie yeares there shal be to Tyre as it were the song of an harlot †Take an harpe goe about the citie thou harlot forgotten sing wel multiplie song that there may be remembrance of thee †And it shal be after seuentie yeares our Lord wil visite Tyre and wil bring her backe againe to her merchandise and she shal fornicate againe with al the kingdoms of the earth vpon the face of the earth †And the martes and rewards shal be sanctified to our Lord they shal not be kept in store nor layd vp because her merchandise shal be for them that shal dwel before our Lord that they may eate vnto fatietie and be clothed vnto continuance CHAP. XXIIII Al this world shal be destroyed 7. wherof manie signes shal come before 18. and general iudgement shal folow BEHOLD our Lord shal dissipate the earth and make it naked and afflict the face therof and disperse the inhabitants therof †And as the people so shal the priest be as the seruant so his master as the handmayde so her mistresse as the byer so he that selleth as the lender so he that boroweth as he that asketh his dewe so he that oweth †With dissipation shal the earth be dissipated and with spoile it shal be spoiled for our Lord hath spoken this worde †The earth hath mourned and fallen away and is weakened the world is fallen away the height of the people of the earth is weakened †And the earth is infected by the inhabitants therof because they haue transgressed the lawes changed right dissipated the euerlasting couenant †For this cause shal malediction deuoure the earth the inhabitants therof shal sinne and therfore the dwellers therein shal be madde few men shal be leaft †The vintage hath mourned the vine is weakened al haue sighed that reioyced in hart †The ioy of tymbrels hath ceased the sound of them that reioyce is least of the sweetnes of the harpe is silent †They shal not drinke wine with song the drinke shal be bitter to them that drinke it †The citie of vanitie is broken downe euerie house is shut no man goeth in †There shal be crying for the wine in the streetes al mirth is left the ioy of the earth is caried away †Desolation is left in the citie and calamitie shal oppresse the gates †Because these thinges shal be in the middes of the earth in the middes of peoples in like maner as if a few oliues which are remayning should be shaken out of the oliue tree and grapes when the vintage is ended †These shal lift vp their voice and prayse when our Lord shal be glorified they shal make a ioyful noise from the sea †For this cause in doctrines glorifie our Lord in the iles of the sea the name of our Lord the God of Israel †From the endes of the earth we haue heard praises the glorie of the iust one And I sayd My secrete to me my secrete to me woe is me the preuaricatours haue preuaricated and by the preuarication of trangressors they haue preuaricated †Feare and pitte and snare vpon thee that art inhabiter of the earth †And it shal be He that shal flee from the voice of feare shal fal into the pitte and he that shal rid him selfe out of the pitte shal be held in the snare because the fludgates from on high are opened and the fundations of the earth shal be shaken †With breaking shal the earth the broken with bruising shal the earth be bruised with mouing shal the earth be moued †With shaking shal the earth be shaken as a drunken man and shal be taken away as the tabernacle of one night and the iniquitie therof shal be heauie vpon it and it shal fal and not adde to rise againe †And it thal be In that day our Lord wil visite vpon the hoste of heauen on high and vpon the kinges of the earth that are vpon the earth †And they shal be gathered together as the gathering of a bundel into the lake and shal be shut there in prison and after manie daies they shal be visited †And the moone shal be confounded when the Lord of hostes shal reigne in mount Sion and in Ierusalem shal be glorified in the sight of his ancients CHAP. XXV The Prophet geueth thankes to God for his meruelous workes 7. and great benefites in lightning manie with faith washing away sinnes and geuing grace and eternal glorie OLORD thou art my God I wil exalt thee and confesse to thy name because thou hast done meruelous thinges the old cogitations faithful Amen †Because thou hast brought the citie into a heape the strong citie into ruine the house of strangers that it be no citie that it be not built for euer †For this shal strong people prayse thee the citie of strong nations shal feare thee †Because thou art become a strength to the poore a strength to the needie in his tribulation an hope against the whirlwinde a shadow against the heate For the spirit of the strong is as a whirlwinde beating against a wal †As heate in thirst shalt thou humble the tumult of strangers and as with heate vnder a burning cloude thou shalt make the branch of the strong to wither †And the Lord of hostes shal make to al peoples in this mount a feast of fat thinges a feast of vintage of fat thinges ful of marrow of vintage purified from the dregges †And he shal in this mount throw downe headlong the face of the bond tied together vpon al peoples and the webbe that he hath begune vpon al nations †He shal cast death downe headlong for euer and our Lord God shal take away teare from al face and the reproch of his people he shal take away out of the whole earth because our Lord hath
and the citie shal be built to our Lord from the tower of Hananeel euen to the gate of the corner †And the rule of the measure shal goe out farder in his sight vpon the litle hil Gareb and it shal compasse Goatha †and al the valley of carcasses and of ashes and al the countrie of death euen to the torrent of Cedron and to the corner of the East gate of horses the Holie of our Lord shal not be plucked vp and it shal no more be destroyed for euer CHAP. XXXII Nabuchodonosor besieging Ierusalem Ieremie in prison 7. byeth by Gods commandment a field of his cosin 17. Prayeth for the whole nation reciting Gods former benefites 26. Prophecieth their captiuitie in Babylon 30. for their idolatrie 36. and deliuerie from thence 40. With a new couenant to serue God sincerely THE word that was made to Ieremie from our Lord in the tenth yeare of Sedecias the king of Iuda the same is the eightenth yeare of Nabuchodonosor †Then the armie of the king of Babylon besieged Ierusalem and Ieremie the prophet was shut vp in the court of the prison that was in the house of the king of Iuda †For Sedecias the king of Iuda had shut him vp saying Why doest thou prophecie saying Thus saith our Lord Behold I wil geue this citie into the hand of the king of Babylon and he shal take it †And Sedecias the king of Iuda shal not escape out of the hand of the Chaldees but he shal be deliuered into the handes of the king of Babylon and he shal speake with him mouth to mouth and his eies shal see his eies †And he shal leade Sedecias into Babylon and he shal be there til I visite him saith our Lord. But if you wil fight against the Chaldees you shal haue nothing prosperous †And Ieremie said The word of our Lord was made to me saying †Behold Hanameel the sonne of Sellum thy cosin shal come to thee saying Bye vnto the my field which is in Anathoth for it apperteyneth to thee by kinred to bye it †And Hanameel myne vncles sonne came vnto me according to the word of our Lord to the enterie of the prison and said to me Possesse my field which is in Anathoth in the land of Beniamin because the inheritance perteineth to thee and thou art nere of kinne to possesse it And I vnderstood that it was the word of our Lord. †And I bought the field of Hanameel myne vncles sonne which is in Anathoth and I weyed him the siluer seuen staters and ten peeces of siluer †And I wrote it in a booke and signed it and tooke witnesses I weighed the siluer in balance †And I tooke the booke of the possession signed and the stipulations and the thinges ratified and the signes on the out side †And I gaue the booke of the possession to Baruch the sonne of Neri the sonne of Maasias in the sight of Hanameel my cosin and in the sight of the witnesses that were written in the booke of the purchase in the sight of al the Iewes that sate in the court of the prison †And I commanded Baruch before them saying †Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Take these bookes this booke of the purchase signed and this booke that is open and put them in an earthen vessel that they may continew manie daies †For thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Yet shal houses and fieldes and vineyardes be possessed in this land †And I prayed to our Lord after that I deliuered the booke of the possession to Buruch the sonne of Neri saying †Alas alas alas ô Lord God behold thou hast made heauen and earth in thy great strength and in thy stretched out arme no word shal be hard to thee †Which doest mercie on thousandes and rendrest the iniquitie of the fathers into the bosome of their children after them ô Most strong great mightie the Lord of hostes is thy name †Great in counsel and incomprehensible in cogitation whose eies are open vpon al the waies of the children of Adam to render vnto euerie one according to his waies and according to the fruite of his inuentions †Which hast put signes and wonders in the land of Aegypt euen vntil this day and in Israel and in men and hast made thee a name as is this day †And thou didest bring forth thy people Israel out of the Land of Aegypt in signes and in wonders and in a strong hand and in a stretched out arme and in great terrour †And thou gauest them this land which thou swarest to their fathers that thou wouldst geue them a land flowing with milke and honie †And they entered in and possessed it and they obeyed not thy voice and in thy law they walked not al that thou didst command them to doe they did not and al these euils are befallen them †Behold munitions are built against the citie that it may be taken and the citie is geuen into the handes of the Chaldees which fight against it at the presence of the sword and of famine and of pestilence and what thinges soeuer thou hast spoken are come to passe as thy self seest †And sayst thou to me ô Lord God Bye the field for siluer and take witnesses whereas the citie is geuen into the handes of the Chaldees †And the word of our Lord was made to Ieremie saying †Behold I am the Lord the God of al flesh shal anie word be hard for me †Therefore thus saith our Lord Behold I wil deliuer this citie into the handes of the Chaldees and into the handes of the king of Babylon and they shal take it †And the Chaldees shal come fighting against this citie and shal set in on fire and burne it and the houses in whose toppes they did sacrifice to Baal and offered libaments to strange goddes to prouoke me vnto wrath †For the children of Israel and the children of Iuda were continually doeing euil in myne eies from their youth the children of Israel which euen vntil this present exasperate me in the worke of their handes saith our Lord. †Because in furie and in myne indignation this citie is made to me from the day that they builded it vntil this day wherein it shal be taken out of my sight †For the malice of the children of Israel and of the children of Iuda which they haue done prouoking me to wrath they and their kinges their princes and their priestes and their prophets the men of Iuda and the inhabitants of Ierusalem †And they haue turned the backes to me and not the faces when I taught them early and instructed them and they would not heare that they might take discipline †And they haue set their idols in the house wherein my name is inuocated that they might pollute it †And they haue built the
of the Lord our God to whom we send thee that it may be wel with vs when we shal heare the voice of the Lord our God †And when ten dayes were accomplished the word of our Lord was made to Ieremie †And he called Iohanan the sonne of Caree and al the princes of the men of warre that were with him and the whole people from litle to great †And he said to them Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel to whom you sent me that I should prostrate your prayers in his sight †If resting you wil abide in this land I wil build you and not destroy you I wil plant and not plucke you vp for now I am pacified vpon the euil that I haue done to you †Feare not at the face of the king of Babylon of whom you being feareful are afraid feare him not saith our Lord because I am with you to saue you and to deliuer you out of his hand †And I wil geue you mercies and wil haue mercie vpon you and wil make you dwel in your owne land †But if you shal say We wil not dwel in this land neither wil we heare the voice of the Lord our God †saying No not so but we wil goe forward to the Land of Aegypt where we shal not see warre and not heare the sound of the trumpet and shal not susteyne famine and there we wil dwel †For this now heare the word of our Lord ye remnant of Iuda Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel If you shal set your face to goe into Aegypt and shal enter to inhabite there †the sword which you feare shal there take you in the Land of Aegypt and the famine for the which you are careful shal cleeue to you in Aegypt and there you shal dye †And al the men that shal set their face to goe into Aegypt to dwel there shal dye by the sword and by famine and by pestilence none of them shal remaine nor escape from the face of the euil that I wil bring vpon them †Because thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel As my furie is powred our and mine indignation vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem so shal mine indignation be powred out vpon you when you shal be entered into Aegypt and you shal be into an othe and into astonishment and into a curse and into reproch and you shal no more see this place †The word of our Lord is vpon you ô remnant of Iuda Enter not into Aegypt knowing you shal know that I haue adiured you this day †because you haue deceiued your soules for you sent me to the Lord our God saying Pray for vs to the Lord our God and according to al thinges whatsoeuer the Lord our God shal say to thee so tel vs and we wil doe †And I haue told you this day and you haue not heard the voice of the Lord your God concerning al thinges for which he hath sent me to you †Now therefore knowing you shal know that by sword and famine and pestilence you shal dye in the place to which you would enter for to dwel there CHAP. XLIII The reliques of the Iewes against Ieremies admonitions goe into Aegypt 6. carying Ieremie and Baruch with them 8. where Ieremie prophecieth that the king of Babylon shal spoyle that land 12. and their idoles AND it came to passe when Ieremie had finished speaking to the people al the wordes of the Lord their God for which our Lord their God had sent him to them al these wordes †Azarias the sonne of Osaias said and Iohanan the sonne of Caree and al the proude men saying to Ieremie Thou speakest a lie the Lord our God sent thee not saying Goe not into Aegypt to dwel there †But Baruch the sonne of Nerias doth prouoke thee against vs that he may deliuer vs into the handes of the Chaldees that he may kil vs and make vs to be transported into Babylon †And Iohanan the sonne of Caree and al the princes of the men of warre and the whole people heard not the voice of our Lord to abide in the Land of Iuda †But Iohanan the sonne of Caree and al the princes of the men of warre taking al the remnant of Iuda that were returned out of al nations to which they had before bene dispersed to dwel in the Land of Iuda †men and wemen and children the kinges daughters and euerie soule which Nabuzardan the prince of the warre had left with Godolias the sonne of Ahicam the sonne of Saphan and Ieremie the prophet and Baruch the sonne of Nerias †And they went into the Land of Aegypt because they obeyed not the voice of our Lord and they came as farre as Taphnis †And the word of our Lord was made to Ieremie in Taphnis saying †Take thee greate stones in thy hand and thou shalt hide them in the caue that is vnder the bricke wal in the gate of Pharaoes house in Taphnis in the sight of the men of Iuda †And thou shalt say to them Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God Israel Behold I wil send and take to me Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my seruant and I wil set his throne ouer these stones which I haue hid and he shal set his throne vpon them †And coming he shal strike the Land of Aegypt those that into death into death and those that into captiuitie into captiuitie and those that into the sword into the sword †And he shal kindle a fire in the temples of the goddes of Aegypt and shal burne the same and he shal lead them captiue and he shal be clothed with the Land of Aegypt as a pastoris clothed with his cloke he shal goe out from thence in peace †And he shal breake the statuees of the house of the Sunne that are in the Land of Aegypt and the temples of the goddes of Aegypt he shal burne with fire CHAP. XLIIII The Iewes admonished by Ieremie to leaue their idolatrie 15. obstinatly answer that they wil persist therin 20. wherupon he prophecieth their destruction 28. few escaping that returne into Ierusalem 29. And that the king of Aegypt shal also fal into his enimies handes THE word that was made to Ieremie to al the Iewes that dwelt in the Land of Aegypt dwelling in Magdal and in Taphnis and in Memphis in the Land of Phatures saying †Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel You haue sene al this euil that I haue brought vpon Ierusalem and vpon al the cities of Iuda and behold they are desolate this day and there is not an inhabiter in them †for the malice which they haue done to prouoke me to wrath to goe and sacrifice and worshipe false goddes which both they you and your fathers knew not †And I haue sent to you al my seruantes
al your preuarications wherin you haue preuaricated and make to yourselues a new hart and a new spirit and why wil you dye ô house of Israel †Because I wil not the death of him that dieth saith our Lord God returne ye and liue ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XVIII â—â— Is the death of a sinner my vvil In manie places of holie Scripture it is clâ—â—â— that Gods vvil is most assuredly fulfilled in al thinges vvhatsoeuer he vvould and none can resist his vvil c. Neuertheles here and in other places it is also expresly affirmed that God would haue al sinners to repent and none to dye in their sinnes vvhich semeth to repugne vvith the former doctrin For solution of vvhich difficultie S. Damascen li. 2. c. 29 de Orthodoxa side and other Doctors distinguish Gods vvil vvhich is either called Antecedent and conditional and so God vvould haue al men to be saued as appeareth by creating al to that end by his frequen admonitions preceptes threates temporal punishments and revvardes and especially by our Sauiours death and redemption of al mankind vvherby he merited most sufficient meanes and offereth his sufficient grace to euerie one that they may be saued if they vvil Othervvise Gods wil is called Consequent and absolute and so for iustice sake his diuine vvil is that impenitent sinners shal be damned and eternally punished for their sinnes As a iust Iudge condionally and antecedently vvould haue al men to obserue good lavves and to liue so long as they can by nature but absolutely consequently finding some to be murderers or othervvise pernicicious to the commonvvelth he panisheth them with death CHAP. XIX The Israelites calaminitie is described by two parables of lions 10. and of a vine planted and plucked vp AND thou take vp lamentation vpon the princes of Israel †and thou shalt say Why lay thy mother a lionesse among the lions in the middes of young lions brought vp her whelpes †And she brought out one of her young lions he became a lion and he lerned to catch prayes and to eate man †And the Gentils heard of him and not without their woundes they tooke him and they brought him in cheynes into the Land of Aegypt †Who when she saw that she was weakened and her expectation was lost she tooke one of her young lions she made him a lion †Who went among the lions and became a lion and he lerned to take praye and to deuoure men †He lerned to make widowes and to bring their cities into a desert and the land was made desolate and the fulnes therof by the voice of his roaring †And the Gentils came together against him on euerie side out of the prouinces they spred their nette vpon him in their wounds he was taken †And they put him into a caue in cheynes they brought him to the king of Babylon and they cast him into prison that his voice might no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israel †Thy mother as it were a vine in thy bloud is planted vpon the water her fruit and her branches haue growen out of manie waters †And there were made to her strong roddes for the scepters of them that rule and her stature was exalted among the branches and she saw her height in the multitude of her branches †And she was plucked vp in wrath and cast on the ground and the burning winde hath dried vp her fruite the roddes of her strength are withered and dried vp fire hath eaten her †And now she is transplanted into the desert in a land not passable and drie †And there came forth fire from the rod of her boughes which hath eaten her fruite and there was not in her a strong rod the scepter of rulers Lamentation it is and it shal be into lamentation CHAP. XX. God wil not answer the elders of Israel asking by the prophet 4. but by him setteth his benefites before their eyes and their owne heynous sinnes 30. threatning yet greater punishments 40. but stil mixt with mercie AND it came to passe in the seuenth yeare in the fifth the tenth of the moneth there came men of the ancients of Israel to aske our Lord they sare before me †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man speake to the ancients of Israel thou shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord God Why are you come to aske me Liue I that I wil not answer you saith our Lord God †Doest thou iudge them doest thou iudge ô sonne of man shew to them the abominations of their fathers †And thou shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord God In the day that I chose Israel lifted vp my hand for the stocke of the house of Iacob and appeared to them in the Land of Aegypt and lifted vp my hand for them saying I the Lord your God †in that day I lifted vp my hand for them that I might bring them out of the Land of Aegypt into a Land which I had prouided for them flowing with milke and honie which is excellent among al landes †And I said to them Let euerie man cast away the scandals of his eyes and in the idols of Aegypt be ye not polluted I the Lord your God †And they prouoked me and would not heare me euerie one did not cast away the abominations of his eyes neither did they leaue the idols of Aegypt and I said I would powre out mine indignation vpon them and fil my wrath in them in the middes of the Land of Aegypt †And I did for my name sake that it might not be violated before the Gentils in the middes of whom they were and among whom I appeared to them to bring them out of the Land of Aegypt †I cast them out therfore of the Land of Aegypt and brought them forth into the desert †And I gaue them my precepts and I shewed to them my iudgements which a man doing shal liue in them †Moreouer also my sabbathes I gaue to them to be a signe betwen me and them and that they might know that I am the Lord sanctifying them †And the houses of Israel prouoked me in the desert they walked not in my precepts and my iudgements they reiected which a man doing shal liue in them and my sabbathes they violated excedingly I said therfore I would powre out my furie vpon them in the desert and would consume them †And I did for my name sake lest it should be violated before the Gentils from which I cast them out in their sight †I therfore lifted vp my hand vpon them in the desert not to bring them into the Land which I gaue them flowing with milke and honie the chiefe of al landes †Because they reiected my iudgements and walked not in my precepts and violated my sabbathes
the pride of your empire and the thing that your eyes desire and vpon which your soule quaketh for feare your sonnes and your daughters which you haue left shal fal by the sword †And you shal doe as I haue done your faces with a clothe you shal not couer and the meates of mourners you shal not eate †You shal haue crownes on your heades shoes on your feete you shal not lament nor weepe but you shal pine away in your iniquities and euerie one shal groane toward his brother †And Ezechiel shal be nvto you for a portending signe according to al thinges that he hath done shal you doe when this shal come and you shal know that I am the Lord God †And thou sonne of man behold in the day wherin I wil take away from them their strength and the ioy of dignitie and the desire of their eyes whervpon their soules rest their sonnes and daughters †In that day when one fleing shal come to thee to tel thee †in that day I say shal thy mouth be opened with him that fleeth and thou shalt speake and shalt be silent no more and thou shalt be vnto them for a portending signe and you shal know that I am the Lord. CHAP. XXV The Ammonites 8 Moabiles 12. Idumeans 15. and Philistians for their malice against the Israelites shal be ouerthrowne AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man set thy face against the children of Ammon and thou shalt prophecie of them †And thou shalt say to the children of Ammon Heare ye the word of our Lord God Thus saith our Lord God For that thou hast sayd Ha ha vpon my sanctuarie because it is polluted and vpon the Land of Israel because it is made desolate and vpon the house of Iuda because they are led into captiuitie †Therfore wil I deliuer thee to the children of the east for an inheritance and they shal place their shepecotes in thee and shal set their tents in thee they shal eate thy fruites and they shal drinke thy milke †And I wil geue Rabbath to be an habitation of camels and the children of Ammon to be a lying place for beastes and you shal know that I am the Lord. †Because thus saith our Lord God For that thou hast clapped with the hand and striken with the foote and hast bene glad withal thy affection vpon the land of Israel †therfore behold I wil stretch forth my hand vpon thee and wil deliuer thee into the spoile of the Gentils and wil kil thee out of the peoples and destroy thee out of the landes and breake thee and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. †Thus saith our Lord God For that Moab and Seir haue sayd Behold as al the Gentils so is the house of Iuda †therfore behold I wil open the shoulder of Moab of his cities of his cities I say and of his borders the noble cities of the land Bethiesimoth and Beelmeon and Cariathaim †to the children of the East with the children of Ammon and I wil geue it for an inheritance that there may be memorie no more of the children of Ammon among the Gentils †And in Moab I wil do Iudgements and they shal know that I am the Lord. †Thus saith our Lord God For that Idumea hath made reuenge to reuenge herself of the children of Iuda and hath sinned offending and hath sought reuenge of them †therfore thus sayth our Lord God I wil stretch forth my hand vpon Idumea and wil take away out of it man and beast and wil make it desert from the South and they that are in Dedan shal fal by the sword †And I wil geue my reuenge vpon Idumea by the hand of my people Israel and they shal doe in Edom according to my wrath and my furie and they shal know my vengeance saith our Lord God †Thus saith our Lord God For that the Palesthines haue made reuenge and haue reuenged themselues with al their minde killing and accomplishing old emnities †therfore thus saith our Lord God Behold I wil stretch forth my hand vpon the Palesthines and wil kil the killers and wil destroy the remnant of the sea cost †and I wil make in them great reuengements arguing in furie and they shal know that I am the Lord when I shal haue geuen my vengeance vpon them CHAP. XXVI Tyre a most noble maritime citie shal be destroyed by the king of Babylon because they reioyce at the desolation of Ierusalem 15. At the sight wherof manie shal be astonied AND it came to passe in the eleuenth yeare the first of the moneth the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man for that Tyre hath sayd of Ierusalem Ah the gates of the peoples are broken she is turned to me I shal be filled she is desert †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Behold I vpon thee ô Tyre and I wil make manie nations come vp to thee as the sea riseth vp swelling †And they shal dissipate the walles of Tyre and shal destroy the towers therof and I wil scrape her dust from her wil make her as a most cleare rocke †The drying of nettes shal be in the middes of the sea because I haue spoken saith our Lord God and she shal be for a spoile to the Gentils †Her daughters also that be in the field shal be slaine by the sword and they shal know that I am the Lord. †Because thus saith our Lord God Behold I wil bring to Tyre Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon from the North the king of kinges with horses and chariotes and horsemen and multitude and a great people †Thy daughters that are in the field he shal kil with the sword and he shal compasse thee with munitions and shal cast vp a mount round about and he shal lift vp the buckler against thee †And he shal dispose ordinances and engins against thy walles shal destroy thy towers with his armour †With the inundation of his horses the dust of them shal couer thee at the sound of the horsemen and wheeles and chariotes thy walles shal be moued when he shal goe in at thy gates as by the entrance of a citie destroyed †With the hoofes of his horses he shal tread downe al thy streetes thy people he shal kil with the sword and thy noble statues shal fal to the ground †They shal waste thy riches they shal spoile thy merchandise and they shal destroy thy walles and shal ouerthrow thy goodlie houses and thy stones and thy timber and thy dust they shal put in the middes of the waters †And I wil make the multitude of thy songues to cease and the sound of thy harpes shal be heard no more †And I wil make thee as a most cleare rocke drying of nettes shalt thou be neither shalt thou
yeares and I wil disperse the Aegyptians into nationes and wil scatter them into the landes †Because thus saith our Lord God After the end of fourtie years I wil gather Aegypt out of the peoples in which they had bene dispersed †And I wil bring backe the captiuitie of Aegypt and wil place them in the land of Phatures in the land of their natiuitie and they shal be there as a low kingdom †among other kingdoms it shal be lowest and it shal no more be eleuated ouer the nations and I wil diminish them that they rule not ouer the Gentils †And they shl no more be to the house of Israel in confidence teaching iniquitie that they may flee and folow them and they shal know that I am the Lord God †And it came to passe in the seuen and twenteth yeare in the first in the first of the moneth the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man Nabuchodnosor the king of Babylon hath made his armie to serue with great seruice agaynst Tyre euerie head made bald and euerie shoulder hath the heare plucked of and there hath bene no reward rendred him nor his armie concerning Tyre for the seruice that he serued me agaynst it †Therfore thus sayth our Lord God Behold I wil geue Nabuchodonsor the king of Babylon in the Land of Aegypt and he shal take the multitude therof and take the boories therof for a praye and rifle the spoiles therof and it shal be a reward for his armie †and for the worke that he serued me agaynst it I haue geuen him the Land of Aegypt for that they haue labored for me sayth our Lord God †In that day there shal a horne spring to the house of Israel and I wil geue thee an open mouth in the middes of them and they shal know that I am the Lord. CHAP. XXX Aegypt shal be so wasted 5. that Aethiopia and other neighboures shal tremble 9. seing the cities and countrie destroyed 20. Al which is confirmed againe by an other vision AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man prophecie say Thus sayth our Lord God Howle ye wo wo to the day †because the day is nere and the day of our Lord approcheth the day of a cloude the time of the Gentiles shal be †And the sword shal come into Aegypt there shal be feare in Aethiopia when the woonded shal fal in Aegypt and the multitude therof shal be taken away and the fundations therof be destroyed †Aethiopia and Libia and the Lydians and al the rest of the common people and Chub and the children of the land of couenan◠shal fal with them by the sword †Thus sayth our Lord God And they shal fal that vnderproppe Aegypt and the pride of the empire therof shal be destroyed from the towre of Siena shal they fal in it by the sword sayth our Lord the God of hostes †And they shal be dissipated in the middes of desolate landes and the cities therof shal be in the middes of desert cities †And they shal know that I am the Lord when I shal haue geuen fyre in Aegypt and al the ayders therof shal be broken †In that day shal messengers goe forth from my face in gallies to terrifie the confidence of Aethiopia and there shal be feare among them in the day of Aegypt because it shal come without doubt †Thus sayth our Lord God I wil make the multitude of Aegypt to cease in the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon †He and his people with him the strongest of the Gentiles shal be brought to destroy the land and they shal draw their swordes vpon Aegypt and shal fil the land with the slaine †And I wil make the channels of the riuers drie and wil deliuer the land into the handes of the most wicked and wil dssipate the land and the fulnes therof in the handes of aliens I the Lord haue spoken †Thus sayth our Lord God And I wil destroy the idols and I wil make the idols to cease out of Memphis and duke of the land of Aegypt there shal be no more and I wil geue terrour in the land of Aegypt †And I wil destroy the land of Phathures and wil geue fire in Taphnis and wil do iudgements in Alexandria †And I wil powre out mine indignation vpon Pelusium the strength of Aegypt and wil kil the multitude of Alexandria †And wil geue fyre in Aegypt as a woman in trauel shal Pelusium sorow Alexandria shal be dissipated and in Memphis daylie distresses †The youngmen of Heliopolis and of Bubasti shal fal by the sword and themselues shal be led captiue †And in Taphnis the day shal waxe black when I shal haue broken there the scepters of Aegypt and the pride of the might therof shal faile in it the cloude shal couer her her daughters shal be led into captiuitie †And I wil doe iudgements in Aegypt they shal know that I am the Lord. †And it came to passe in the eleuenth yeare in the first moneth in the seuenth of the moneth the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man I haue broken the arme of Pharao king of Aegypt and behold it is not wound vp that health might be restored to it that it might be bound with clothes and swadled with linnen cloutes that recouering strength it might hold the sword †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Behold I to Pharao king of Aegypt I wil breake into peeces his strong arme already broken and I wil cast downe the sword out of his hand †and wil disperse Aegypt among the Gentils and wil scatter them in the landes †And I wil strengthen the armes of the king of Babylon and wil geue my sword in his hand and I wil breake the armes of Pharao and the slaine before his face shal grone with groninges †And I wil strengthen the armes of the king of Babylon and the armes of Pharao shal fal and they shal know that I am the Lord when I shal geue my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he shal haue streched it forth vpon the Land of Aegypt †And I wil disperse Aegypt into nations and wil scatter them into landes and they shal know that I am the Lord. CHAP. XXXI The glorie of Assirians excelling al other kingdomes 10. was ouerthrowne God so ordayning by the Chaldees 18. much lesse shal Aegypt escape AND it came to passe in the eleuenth yeare the third moneth the first of the moneth the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man say to Pharao the king of Aegypt and to his people To whom art thou made like in thy greatnes †Behold Assur as it were a ceder in Libanus fayre of boughes and thicke of leaues and high of height
†for the euiles which thou hast sene to haue chanced now worse then these wil they doe againe †for looke how much the world shal become weake by age so much shal euiles be multiplied vpon the inhabitants †For truth hath remoued it self farther of and lying hath approched for now the vision which thou sawest hasteneth to come †And I answered and sayd before thee ô Lord †For behold I wil goe as thou hast commanded me wil rebuke the people that now is But them that shal yet be borne who shal admonish †The world therfore is set in darknes and they that dwel in it without light †Because thy law is burnt therefore no man knoweth the workes that haue bene done by thee or that shal begin †For if I haue found grace with thee send the Holie Ghost to me I wil write al that hath bene done in the world from the beginning the thinges that were written in thy law that men may finde the pathe and they that wil liue in the later times may liue †And he answered me and sayd Goe gather together the people and thou shalt say to them that they seeke thee not for fourtie dayes †And doe thou prepare thee manie tables of boxe take with thee Sarea Dabria Salemia Echanus and Asiel these fiue which are readie to write sweeâ—tly †And come hither I wil light in thy hart a candle of vnderstanding which shal not be put out til the things be finished which thou shalt begine to write †And then some thinges thou shalt open to the perfect some thou shalt deliuer secretly to the wyse For to morrow this houre thou shalt begine to write †And I went as he commanded me gathered togetheral the people and sayd †Heare Israel these wordes †Our fathers were pilgrimes from the beginning in Aegypt and were deliuered from thence †And they receiued the law of life which they kept not which you also after them haue transgressed †and the land was geuen you by lotte and the land of Sion and your fathers and you haue done iniquitie and haue not kept the wayes which the Highest commanded you †And wheras he is a iust iudge he hath taken from you in time that which he had geuen †And now you are here and your brethren are among you †If then you wil rule ouer your sense instruct your hart you shal be preserued aliue and after death shal obtaine mercie †For the iudgement shal come after death when we shal returne to lyfe againe and then the names of the iust shal appeare and the dedes of the impious shal be shewed †Let no man therfore come to me now nor aske for me vntil fourtie dâ—yes †And I tooke the siue men as he commanded me and we went forth into the field and taried there †And I was come to the morrow behold a voice called me saying Esdras open thy mouth and drinke that which I wil geue thee to drinke †And I opened my mouth behold a ful cuppe was brought me this was ful as it were with water but the colour therof like as fire †And I tooke it and dranke and when I had drunken of it my hart was tormented with vnderstanding and wisdome grewe into my brest For my spirit was kept by memorie †And my mouth was opened and was shut no more †The Highest gaue vnderstanding vnto the fiue men and they wrote excesses of the night which were spoken which they knewe not †And at night they did eate breade but I spake by day by night held not my peace †And there were written in the fourtie dayes two hundred foure bookes †And it came to passe when they had ended the fourtie daies the Highest spake saying †The former thinges which thou hast written set abrode and let the worthie and vnworthie reade but the last seuentie bookes thou shalt keepe that thou mayest deliuer them to the wyse of thy people †For in these is the vaine of vnderstanding and the fountaine of wisdome and the streame of knowledge and I did soe CHAP. XV. Esdras is bid to denounce that assuredly manie euiles wil come to the world 9. God wil protect his people the wicked shal be punished and lament their final miseries God reuenging for the good BEHOLD speake into the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I shal put into thy mouth sayth our Lord †and see that they be written in paper because they be faithful and true †Be not afrayd of the cogitations against thee neither let the incredulities truble thee of them that speake †Because euerie incredulous person shal dye in his incredulitie †Behold I bring in sayth our Lord vpon the whole earth euils sword and famine and death and destruction †Because iniquitie hath fully polluted ouer al the earth and their hurtful workes are accomplished †Therefore sayth our Lord †I wil not now kepe silence of their impieties which they doe irreligiously neither wil I beare with those thinges which they practise vniustly Behold the innocent iust bloud crieth to me the soules of the iust crie continually †Reuenging I wil reuenge them sayth our Lord and I wil take al innocent bloud out of them vnto me †Behold my people is led to staughter as a flocke I wil no more suffer it to dwel in the land of Aegypt †But I wil bring them forth in a mightie hand and valiant arme and wil strike with plague as before and wil corrupt al the land thereof †Aegypt shal mourne and the fundations thereof beaten with plague and with the chastisement which God wil bring vpon it †The husband men that til the ground shal mourne because their seedes shal perish by blasting and haile and by a terible starre †Woe to the world and them that dwel therein †Because the sword is at hand and the destruction of them and nation shal rise vp against nation to fight sword in their handes †For there shal be instabilitie to men growing one against an other they shal not care for their king the princes of the way of their doinges in their might †For a man shal desire to go into the citie can not †Because of their prides the cities shal be trubled the houses raised the men shal feare †Man shal not pitie his neighbour to make their houses nothingworth in the sword to spoyle their goodes for famine of bread much tribulation †Behold I cal together sayth God al the kinges of the earth to feare me that are from the Orient from the South from the East from Libanus to be turned vpon themselues and to render the thinges that they haue geuen them †As they doe vntil this day to myne elect so wil I doe and render in their bosome Thus sayth our Lord God
earthlie things depended much vpon diuine wil and powre But bauing forsaken God Almightie the onlie maker and conseruer of al they begane to imagine and serue false goddes both famous dead men which had prospered in this world and diuers other things by which they receiued commoditie or feared damage Hence therfore rose the third principal Sect called Grecisme beginning also in this second age as the same S. Epiphanius writeth For Ninus the first king of the Assirian great Monarchie brought to passe that his father Belus Iupiter was estemed and worshipped for the onlie great God by the Assirians To him the Babylonians erected first Temples Altares and Statuas Nemrod also by the name of Saturnus as the progenitor of Belus and first great King or Tyrant of Babylon was accounted a god and the father of goddes About this time likwise begane the Dinastae among the Aegyptians and not sowner as they vainly brag to haue benne before the floud yea much longer then in deede the world hath benne Moreouer the Chaldees worshipped the fire Others the sunne the moone and innumerable other feaned goddes Against al which and likwise against al heresies are two special arguments First that they were not from the beginning as the true God and al truthes are knowne and receiued by continual Tradition but brought in afterwards by men and comonly by il men Secondly they are not accepted and esteemed for goddes or truthes in al places but with great diuersitie and disâ—ention one sort allowing that others despice as holie Athanasius notably writeth in his oration against Idols in these wordes Quot sunt gentes totidem deorum genera confinguntur c. How manie nations saith he so manie kindes of goddes are feaned Also the same countrie the same citie dissenteth within it selfe in superstition of Idols The Phenicians certes acknowledge not the Egiptians goddes neither doe the Egiptians adore the same Idols with the Phenicians Nor the Scithians receiue the goddes of the Persians nor the Persians of the Scithians The Pelasgies refuse the Thrasian goddes the Thrasians know not the Thebians The Indians are against the Arabians the Arabians against the Aethiophians and in like sorte the Aethiopians differ in their religious affaires from the Arabians The Syrians worship not the goddes of the Cilicians and the nations of Capadocia besides al these haue goddes of other names The Bithinians also feaâ—ed diuers goddes the Armenians againe diuers from them What nede we manie wordes Those that are in the continent honour other goddes from the Iland-people In briefe ech citie and eech village not knowing the goddes of their neighboures setteth forth their owne estemeth them only in place of goddes Thus farre S. Athanasius Name we like countries prouinces cities and townes in these partes of Europe where Luthers scholars haue set their feete consider the forme of Religion and opinions which they hold and we shal see as vnorderlie beginnings and as horrible dissentions in heresies which S. Hierom calleth the Idols of the New Testament as the ancient fathers haue discryed in Paganisme For Lutherans or Protestants hauing no lawful generation but proceding of bastards race vpstartes of vnknowne progenie are no lesse at discordes among them selues only al agreing against Catholiques like syncretisantes against their coÌ„mon enimies or Herod Pilate the Iewes against Christ And in England alone are diuers Sectes without possible meanes to agree in one For albeit the ciuil state endeuoreth prudently and seriously to bring al to vniformitie at least in publique shew yet they are but like manie faces vnder one hood euerie sorte keping their owne opinions yea almost euerie preacher and meane scholar to say nothing of artificers and common ministers arrogating to be his owne Iudge contemneth to stand to Luther or Caluin to Geneua or Parlament to Conuocation or Synod of their owne but to his owne only vnderstanding and interpretation of holie Scripture Nor yet to that alwayes for when he is pressed with that he once said he wil forgete it or eate his owne word if he haue not written it or that you haue readie witnes against him so hard it is to make a deceiued Protestant or Puritan confesse that he is conuinced except by very pregnant meanes you can first cast out of him or bind fast the spirite of presumption dissention and contention wheras the simpliest Catholique in the world hath the selfe same faith in al points with the whole Church in which he remaineth and vpon whose iudgement he dependeth To returne therfore from whence we are not vnnecessarily digressed we conclude with S. Augustin VVhen Moyses had shewed the beginning and progresse of Nemrods earthlie citie leauing it in Babylon that is confusion as needles to prosecute it futher he returneth to declare the pertual succession of the Citie of God the Church as before the floud from Adam to Noe by the line of Seth so after the floud from the same Noe by the line of Sem Arphaxad Sale Heber Phaleg Reu Sarug Nachor Thare and Abraham The rest of Sems children and al the progenies of lapheth and Cham as not pertaining to this purpose omitted so connecting those in order of generations by whom the succession is directly brought to Abraham Prince of the elected people a most special Patriarch to whom new and great promisses are made of multiplication of his seede and possession of the land of Chanaan but especially of Christ our Redemer and the same manie waies confirmed as wil appeare in the next age CHAP. XII Abram commanded by God to leaue his countrie with promise to be blessed in his Seede 5. taking his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot 6. wandreth in the land of Chanaan 7. erecteth an Altar in Sichem 8. an other in Bethel 10. Thence by occasion of famine passeth into Aegipt 14. where his wife called his sister is taken into the kings house 19. but vntouched is restored to him AND our Lord said to Abram Goe forth of thy countrie and out of thy kinred and out of thy fathers house and come into a land which I wil shew thee †And I wil make thee into a great nation and I wil blesse thee and magnifie thy name and thou shalt be blessed †I wil blesse them and blesse thee and cursse them that cursse thee and IN THEE shal al the kindreds of the earth be blessed †Abram therfore went out as our Lord had commanded him and with him went Lot seauentie fiue yeares old was Abram when he went forth out of Haran †And he tooke Sarai his wife and Lot his brothers sonne and al the substance which they had possessed and the soules which they had gotten in Haran and went forth to goe into the land of Chanaan And when they were come into it †Abram passed through the countrie vnto the place Sichem as farre as the noble vale and
the Cananite was at that time in the countrie †And our Lord appeared to Abram and said to him To thy seed wil I giue this land Who builded there an altar to our Lord that had appeared to him †And marching on from thence to a mountaine that was on the east side of Bethel there he pitched his tent hauing Bethel on the west and Hay on the east he builded there also an altar to our Lord and called vpon his name †And Abram went forward going and proceding on to the south †And there came a famine in the countrie and Abram descended into Aegypt to be as a pilgrime there for the famine was very sore in the land †And when he was nere to enter into Aegypt he said to Sarai his wife I know that thou art a fayre woman †and that when the Aegyptians shal see thee they wil say She is his wife and they wil til me and reserue thee †Say therfore I pray thee that thou art my sister that I may be wel vsed for thee and that my soule may liue for thy sake †When Abram therfore was entred into Aegypt the Aegiptians sawe the woman that she was passing beautiful †And the princes told Pharao and praised her to him and the woman was taken into the house of Pharao †And they vsed Abram wel for her sake And he had sheepe and oxen and he asses and men seruants and maid seruants and shee asses and Cammels †But our Lord scourged Pharao with very sore plagues and his house for Sarai Abrams wife †And Pharao called Abram and said to him What is this that thou hast done to me Why didst thou not tel me that she was thy wife †For what cause didst thou say she was thy sister that I might take her to my wife Now therfore there is thy wife take her and goe thy ways †And Pharao gaue certaine men commandment in the behalfe of Abram and they conducted him and his wife and al that he had ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XII 13. Say therfore Abraham concealed that Sarai was his wife and lyed not in saying she was his sister as he also called Lot his brother being his brothers sonne and she his brothers daughter VVherby he preuented danger of his owne life vsing such lawful meanes as lay in him committing his wiues chastitie to Gods protection which him self could not prouide for In which case if he had not donne his owne endeuour he had rather tempted God saith S Augustin then trusted in God And so God preserued her though she was in Pharao his house v. 17. CHAP. XIII Abram Lot returne from Aegypt into Chanaan 6. and being rich separate themselues 10 Lot choosing the countrie about Iordain Abram dwelleth in Chanaan 14. where againe God promiseth him that land and multiplication of his seede 18. And he erected an other Altar to God ABRAM therfore ascended out of Aegypt he and his wife and al that he had and Lot with him to the south coast †And he was very rich in possession of gold and siluer †And he returned by the way that he came from the south vnto Bethel euen to the place where before he had pitched a tabernacle betwen Bethel and Hay †in the place of the altar which he had made before and there he called vpon the name of our Lord. †But Lot also that was with Abram had flocks of sâ—eepe and heards of beasts and tents †Neyther was the land able to receiue them for to dwel togeather for their substance was much and they could not dwel togeather †Wherupon also there arose strife amongst the heardsmen of Abram and of Lot And that time the Chananite and the Pherisite dwelled in that countrie †Abram therfore said to Lot Let there be no brawle I beseech thee betwen me and thee and betwen my heardsmen and thy heardsmen for we be brethren †Behold the whole land is before thee goe aparte from me I pray thee if thou wilt goe to the left hand I wil take the right if thou choose the right hand I wil passe to the left †Lot therfore lifting vp his eyes sawe al the countrie about Iordaine which was watered through out before that our Lord subuerted Sodome and Gomorre as the paradise of our Lord and like as Aegypt as men come vnto Segor †And Lot chose vnto him the countrie about Iordaine and he departed from the East and they were seperated either brother from the other †Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan and Lot abode in the townes that were about Iordaine and dwelt in Sodome †And the men of Sodome were verie wicked and sinners before the face of our Lord out of measure †And our Lord said to Abram after that Lot was seperated from him Lyft vp thyn eyes and looke from the place wherin thou now art to the north and south to the east and west †Al the land which thou seest wil I geue to thee to thy seed for euer †And I wil make thy seede as the dust of the earth if any man be able to number the dust of the earth thy seede also shal he be able to number †Arise and walke through the land in the length and in the breath therof for I wil geue it to thee †Abram therfore remouing his tent came and dwelt beside the vale of Mambre which is in Hebron and he builded there an altar to our Lord. CHAP. XIIII The king of Sodom with other foure kings are ouercome in battle by foure others 12. where Lot is taken 14. but Abram with 318. persons prosecuting and ouercoming the victorers 16. rescued Lot with al the captiues and pray 18. Melchisedech King and Priest blessed Abram 20. Abram payed tithes to him 21. and rendered the spoile to the king of Sodom AND it came to passe in that time that Amraphel the king of Sennaar and Arioch the king of Pontus and Chodorlahomor king of the Elamyts and Thadal the king of nacions †made warre against Barra the king of Sodome and against Bersa the king of Gomorra and against Sennaab the king of Adama and against Semebar the king of Seboim and against the king of Bala the same is Segor †Al these came together into the Woodland vale which now is the salt sea †For they had serued Chodorlamor twelue yeares and the thirtenth yeare they reuolted from him †Therfore in the fourtenth yeare came Chodorlahomor and the king that were with him and they stroke Raphaim in Astaroth-carnaim and Susim with them and Emim in Sauee of Cariathaim †and the Corrheans in the mountains of Seir euen to the Champion countrie of Pharan which is in the wildernes †And they returned and came as farre as the fountaine of Misphat the same is Cades and they stroke al the countrie of the Ameleichites and of the Amorheans that dwel in Assasonthamar â€
euidently fulfilled in the Iewes and Christians An other great document of grace S. Paul geathereth vpon this Mysterie that the twinnes being not yet borne nor hauing done any thing good or euil without anie good merites the younger is elected the elder reprobate For doubtles saith S. Augustin touching original sinne they were both equal and concerning proper sinne neither of them had anie at al. By which example he sheweth Gods mere mercie in the elect and iustice in the reprobate as is more largely noted in the English New Testament vpon the ninth chapter to the Romanes 31. Sel me thy first birth right Iacob instructed by his mother that God had chosen him in place of his brother Esau for to her God had reueled that the elder should serue the younger did lawfully vse this oportunitie to get Esaus grant of the right pertaining to the first borne but Esau in selling it finned shewing himselfe an intemperate prophane man Heb. 12. CHAP. XXVI Isaac by reason of famine goeth into Gerara 3. where God reneweth to him the promises made to Abraham 9. King Abimelech blameth him for calling his wife his sister 15. the people enuying his Wealth quareleth for his welles 26. At last Abimelech maketh league with Isaac AND when a famine was risen in the land after that sterilitie that had chanced in the dayes of Abraham Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Palestines into Gerara †And our Lord appeared to him and said Goe not downe into Egypt but rest in the land which I shal tel thee †And seiourne in it and I wil be with thee and wil blesse thee for to thee and to thy seed I wil geue al these countries accomplishing the oath which I sware to Abraham thy father †And I wil multiplie thy seed as the starres of heauen and I wil geue to thy posteritie al these countries and in thy seed SHAL BE BLESSED al the nations of the earth †for because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my preceptes and commandements and obserued “ my ceremonies lawes †Therfore Isaac abode in Gerara †Who when he was asked by the men of that place concerning his wife answered She is my sister for he was afraid to confesse that she was married to him thinking lest peraduenture they would kil him because of her beautie †And when verie manie days were passed and he abode there Abimelech the king of the Palestines looking forth through a windowe sawe him sporting with Rebecca his wife †And calling for him he said It is euident that she is thy wife why didest thou faine her to be thy sister He answered I feared lest I should die for her †And Abimelech said Why hast thou deceaued vs some man of the people might haue lyen with thy wife thou haddest brought vpon vs a great sinne And he commanded al the people saying †He that shal touch this mans wife dying shal dye †And Isaac sowed in that land and he found that same yeare “ an hundred fold and our Lord blessed him †And the man was made rich and he went prospering and encreasing til he was made exceeding great †and he had also possessions of sheep and of heards and a verie great familie For this the Palestines enuying him †stopped at that time al the welles that the seruants of his father Abraham had digged filling them vp with water †in so much that Abimelech himselfe said to Isaac Depart from vs because thou art become mightier then we a great deale †And departing to come to the Torrent of Gerara and to dwel there †againe he digged other welles which the seruants of his father Abraham had digged and which after his death the Philistines had stopped vp of old and he called them by the same names which his father before had called them †And they digged in the Torrent and found liuing water †but there also the pastors of Gerara made a brawle against the pastors of Isaac saying It is our water for which cause he called the name of the wel by occasion of that which had hapned Calumne †And they digged also an other for that they brawled likewise and he called the name of it Enmitie †Going foreward from thence he digged an other wel for which they contended not therfore he called the name therof Latitude saying Now hath our Lord dilated vs and made vs to encrease vpon the earth †And he went vp from that place vnto Bersabee †where our Lord appeared to him that same night saying I am the God of Abraham thy father do not feare because I am with thee I wil blesse thee and multiplie thy seed for my seruant Abrahams sake †Therfore he builded there an altar and hauing called vpon the name of our Lord he pitched his tent and commanded his seruants that they should digge a wel †To the which place when there were come from Gerara Abimelech and Ocozath his freind and Phicol chieffe captaine of his souldiers †Isaac spake to them Why are ye come to me a man whom you hated and haue thrust our from you †Who answered We saw that the Lord is with thee and therfore we said Let there be an oath betwen vs and let vs make a league †that thou do vs no harme as we also haue touched nothing of thine neither haue we done that which might hurt thee but with peace haue we dismist thee encreased with the blessing of the Lord. †Therfore he made them a feast and after they had eaten and drunken †arising in the morning they sware one to an other and Isaac dismissed them peaceably into their place †And behold the same day came the seruants of Isaac telling him of a wel which they had digged and saying We haue found water †Wherupon he called it Abundance and the name of the citie was geuen Bersabee euen vnto this present day †But Esau being fourtie yeares old married wiues Iudith the daughter of Beeri the Hethite and Basemath the daughter of Elon of the same place †both which had offended the mind of Isaac and Rebecca ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXVI 5. My ceremonies These were not the same ceremonies and lawes which were afterwards prescribed by God and deliuered by Moyses but other obseruances by which Abraham and other holie Patriarches before him serued God with certaine external worship differing from the rites of the Gentiles especially from Enostime Gen. 4. and so forward 12. An hundred fold For this increase of wealth the King and people at first enuied Isaac but afterwards perceiuing that God almightie whom he serued so blessed him the rest of the land remaining barren they sought to make league with him v. 28 Euen so the Kings and nations of the world first enuying and persecuting Christs Church at leingth seing it stil prosperous became with al humilitie children of the same Church
diuers names or one was true and natural father an other legal or adoptiue for there were such also before the law of Moyses as appeareth in the historie of Thamar yet it were hard to geue a determinate solution of this difficultie VVhich example with manie others by vs omitted in these briefe annotations conuince the Protestants presumptuous error holding that Scriptures are easie to be vnderstood 6. Departed from his brother 8. Dvvelt in Mount Seir Here is an other difficultie though not so intricate as the former how Esau now parted into Mount Seir seing he dwelled there when his brother Iacob came from Mesopotamia chap. 22. v. 3. VVhich S. Augustin q. 119. in Gen. solueth saying Esau first dwelt in Seir after he was disapointed of his fathers blessing but dwelt againe with his father after Iacobs returne from Mesopotamia and now went to Seir againe after his fathers death CHAP. XXXVII Ioseph informing his father of his brethrens faults 5. and telling his dreames is by them more hated 13. being sent to visite them 18. they first thinke to kil him 26. but by Iudas coâ—sel sel him to the Ismaelâ—tes 29. vnwiting to Ruben 33. his father lamenteth supposing him to be slaine by some wild beast 36. He is sold againe to Putiphar in Aegypt AND Iacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan wherin his father soiourned †And these are his generations Ioseph when he was sixten e yeares old fed the flock with his brethren being yet a boy and he was with the sonnes of Bala and Zelpha his fathers wiues and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime †And Israel loued Ioseph aboue al his sonnes because he had begotten him “ in his old age and he made him a coate of diuers coloures †And his brethren seing that he was loued of his father more then al his sonnes they hated him neither could they speake any thing to him peaceably †It chanced also that he reported to his brethren a dreame that he had seene which occasion was the seed of greater hatred †And he said to them Heare my dreame which I haue seene †I thought we bounde sheaues in the field and my sheafe arose as it were and stood and your sheaues standing about did adore my sheafe †His brethren answered What shalt thou be our king or shal we be subiect to thy dominion This occasion of his dreames and wordes ministred nourishment to the enuie and hatred †He sawe also an other dreame which telling his brethren he said I sawe in a dreame as it were the sunne and the moone and eleuen starres adore me †Which when he had reported to his father and brethren his father rebuked him and said What meaneth this dreame that thou hast seene why shal I and thy mother and thy brethren adore thee vpon the earth †His brethren therfore enuyed him but his father considered the thing with him selfe †And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their fathers flockes †Israel said to him Thy brethren feed sheepe in Sichem come I wil send thee to them Who answering †I am readie he said to him Goe and see if al things be wel with thy brethren and the sheepe and bring me word againe what they doe Being sent therfore from the Vale of Hebron he came to Sichem †and a man found him there wandring in the field and asked what he sought †But he answered I seeke my brethren shew me where they fede the flockes †And the man said to him They are departed from this place for I heard them say Let vs goe into Dothain Ioseph therfore went forward after his brethren and found them in Dothain †Who when they had seene him a farre of before he came nighe them they deuised to kil him †and spake among them selues Behold the dreamer commeth †come let vs kil him and cast him into an old cesterne and we wil say A naughtie wild beast hath deuoured him and then it shal appeare what his dreames doe profite him †And Ruben hearing this endeuored to deliuer him out of their hands and said †Do not take away his life neyther shee l ye blood but cast him into this cesterne that is in the wildernesse and keepe your handes harmeles and he said this desirous to deliuer him out of their handes and to restore him to his father †As soone therfore as he came vnto his brethren forthwith they stripped him out of his side coate and of diuers colours †And cast him into the old cesterne that had not water †And sitting to eate bread they saw Ismaelites wayfaring men coÌ„ming from Galaad and their camels carying spices and rosen and mirrh into Aegypt †Iudas therfore said to his brethren What auaileth it vs if we kil our brother and conceale his bloode †It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites and that our handes be not polluted for he is our brother and our flesh His brethren assented to his wordes †And when the Madianite marchants passed by they drawing him out of the cesterne sold him to the Ismaelites for twentie peeces of siluer who brought him into Aegypt †And Ruben returning to the cesterne findeth not the boy †and renting his garments went to his brethren and said The boy doth not appeare and whither shal I goe †And they tooke his coate and dipped it in the blood of a kidde which they had killed †sending some that should carie it to their father and should say This we haue founde see whether it be thy sonnes coate or no. †Which when the father acknowledged he said It is my sonnes coate a naughtie wild beast hath eaten him a beast hath deuoured Ioseph †And tearing his garments did on sackcloth mourning his sonne a great time †And al his children being gethered together to asswage their fathers sorowe he would not take comforte but said I wil descend vnto my sonne “ into hel mourning And whilest he perseuered in weeping †the Madianites sold Ioseph in Aegypt to Phutiphar an Eunuch of Pharoes maister of the souldiars ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXXVII 3. In his old age This being one cause why Iacob loued Ioseph aboue al his other sonnes for that he was the youngest of the eleuen for Beniamin the twelfth was yet an infant it is alleaged in holie Scripture saith S. Chrisostom Epist ad Olympiam as least offensiue to his bretheren For a more special cause was for his mother Rachels sake but most principal cause of al was for his great vertues and mature iudgement for which God also preferred him aboue them al and now forshewed the same by visions in sleepe VVhich they enuying and meaning to preuent did in dede vnwitting cooperate therto Gods prouidence turning their euil worke to infinite good As the same holie Ioseph truly interpreteth it to them after their fathers death
diuining †To whom Iudas said What shal we answere my lord or what shal we speake or be able iustly to pretend God hath found the iniquitie of thy seruantes loe we are al bondmen to my lord both we he with whom the cup was found †Ioseph answered God forbid that I should so doe he that stole the cup the same be my bondman and goe you free vnto your father †And Iudas approching nearer said boldly I beseech thee my lord let thy seruant speake a word in thine eares and be not angrie with thy seruant for after Pharao thou art †my lord Thou didest aske thy seruantes the first time Haue you a father or a brother †and we answered thee my lord We haue a father an old man and a little boy that was borne in his old age whose brother by the mother is dead and his mother hath him only and his father loueth him tenderly †And thou saidst to thy seruants Bring him hither to me and I wil set myn eyes on him †We suggested to my lord The boy can not leaue his father for if he leaue him he wil die †And thou saidest to thy seruants Vnlesse your youngest brother come with you you shal no more see my face †Therfore when we were gone vp to thy seruant our father we told him al things that my lord did speake †And our father said Goe againe and bye vs a litle wheate †To whom we said we can not goe if our youngest brother shal goe downe with vs we wil set forward together otherwise he being absent we dare not see the mans face †Wherunto he answered You know that my wife bare me two †One went forth and you said A beast did deuour him and hitherto he appeareth not †If you take this also and ought befal him in the way you shal bring downe my hoare hayres with sorow vnto hel †Therfore if I shal enter to thy seruant our father and the boy be wanting wheras his life dependeth vpon the life of him †and he shal see that he is not with vs he wil dye thy seruants shal bring downe his hoare hayres with sorow vnto hel †Let me be thy proper seruant that did take him into my protection and promised saying Vnlesse I bring him againe I wil be guilty of sinne against my father for euer †I therfore thy seruant wil tary in steed of the childe in the seruice of my lord and let the childe goe vp with his brethren †For I can not returne to my father the childe being absent lest I stand by a witnes of the calamitie that shal oppresse my father CHAP. XLV Ioseph manifesteth himself to his bretheren Who being much terified he comforteth them and weeping embraceth euerie one 16. The bruite wherof coming to Pharao he congratulating commandeth Ioseph to cal his father with al his familie into Aegypt 21. So the eleuen brothers aresent away with gifies and prouision for Iacobs iourney 26. Al which the father vnderstanding is reuiued in spirite IOSEPH could no longer refrayne manie standing by in presence wherupon he commanded that al should goe forth and no stranger should be present at their acknowledging one of another †And he lifted vp his voice with weeping which the Aegyptians heard and al the house of Pharao †And he said to his Brethren I am Ioseph is my father yet liuing His brethren could not answer him being teribly astonyed out of measure †To whom gently he said Come hither to me And when they were come nere him I am quoth he Ioseph your brother whom you solde into Aegypt †Be not affraid neither let it seeme to you a hard case that you did sel me into these countries for God sent me before you into Aegypt for your preseruation †For it is two yeares since the famin begain to be vpon the earth and yet fiue yeares remaine wherin there can be neither earing nor reaping †And God sent me before that you may be preserued vp on the earth and may haue victuals to liue †Not by your counsail but by the wil of God was I sent hither who hath made me as it were a father to Pharao and lord of his whole house and prince in al the land of Aegypt †Make hast and get ye vp to my father and you shal say to him Thy sonne Ioseph willeth thus God hath made me lord of the whole land of Aegypt come downe to me tary not †And thou shalt dwel in the land of Gessen and thou shalt be nere me thou and thy sonnes and thy sonnes children thy shepe and thy heardes and al things that thou dost possesse †And there I wil fede thee for yet there are fiue yeares of famine remayning lest both thou perish and thy house al things that thou dost possesse †Behold your eyes and the eyes of my brother Beniamin doe see that it is my mouth that speaketh vnto you †Report to my father my whole glorie and al things that you haue seene in Aegypt make hast and bring him to me †And falling vpon the neck of his brother Beniamin embracing him he wept he also in like maner weeping vpon his neck †And Ioseph kissed al his brethren and wept vpon euerie one after which things they were bold to speake vnto him †And it was heard of and very famously reported abrode in the kings courte The brethren of Ioseph are come and Pharao was glad and al his familie †And he spake to Ioseph that he should command his brethren saying Loading your beasts goe into the Land of Chanaan †and take thence your father and kinne and come to me and I wil geue you al the good things of Aegypt that you may eate the marow of the land †Geue commandment also that they take waynes out of the land of Aegypt for the carage of their litle ones and wyues and say Take vp your father and make hast to come with al spede †Neither doe you leaue any thing of your houshould stuffe for al the riches of Aegypt shal be yours †And the sonnes of Israel did as it was commanded them To whom Ioseph gaue waynes according to Pharaos commandment and victuals for the way †He bad also to be brought vp for euery one two robes but to Beniamin he gaue three hundred peeces of siluer with fiue robes of the best †sending to his father as much money and rayment adding besides them he asses that should carie of al the riches of Aegypt and as many shee asses carying wheat for the iourney and bread †Therfore he dismissed his brethren and when they were departing he said to them “ Be not angrie in the way †Who going vp out of Aegypt came into the land of Chanaan to their father Iacob †And they told him saying Ioseph thy sonne is liuing and he ruleth in al the Land of Aegypt
Which when Iacob heard awaking as it were out of a heauie sleepe notwithstanding did not beleeue them †They on the contrarie side reported the whole order of the thing And when he sawe the waynes and al things that he had sent his spirit reuiued †and he said It sufficeth me if Ioseph my sonne be liuing yet I wil goe and see him before I dye ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XLV 24. Be not angrie in the vvay Trauelers in iourney are easily prouoked to anger and brawling especially if they auoide not probable occasions Therfore Ioseph admonisheth his brothers to beware therof lest in talking of him and how they had sold him to strangers some of them might accuse others and excuse themselues and so fal in to new offences S. Chris. ho. 64. in Gen. CHAP. XLVI Israel warranted in a vision from God goeth into Aegypt with al his famimlie 8. who are here recited 28. Ioseph meeting him in Gessen aduiseth him to tel Pharao that they are shepheards by their trade of life AND Israel taking his iourney with al things that he had “ came to the wel of the oath and killing there victimes to the God of his father Isaac †He heard him by a vision of the night calling him and saying vnto him Iacob Iacob To whom he answered Loe here I am †God said to him I am the most mightie God of thy father feare not goe downe into Aegipt for into a great nation wil I make thee there †I wil goe downe with thee thither and thence wil I bring thee returning Ioseph also shal put his handes vpon thine eyes †And Iacob rose vp from the wel of the oath and his sonnes tooke him vp with their little ones and wiues in the waynes which Pharao had sent to carie the old man †and al that he had possessed in the Land of Chanaan and he came into Aegypt with al his sede †his sonnes and nephewes daughters and al his progenie together †And these are the names of the children of Israel that entred into Aegypt him selfe with his children His first-begotten Ruben †The sonnes of Ruben Henoch and Phallu and Hesron and Charmi. †The sonnes of Simeon Iamuel and Iamin and Ahod and Iachin and Sohar and Saul the sonne of Chananitesse †The sonnes of Leui Gerson and Caath and Merari †The sonnes of Iuda Her and Onan Sela and Phares and Zara. And Her and Onan died in the land of Chanaan And there were sonnes borne to Phares Hesron and Hamul †The sonnes of Issachar Thola and Phua and Iob and Semron †The sonnes of Zabulon Sared Elon and Iahelel †These are the sonnes of Lia which she bare in Mesopotamia of Syria with Dina his daughter Al the soules of his sonnes and daughters are thirtie three †The sonnes of Gad Sephion and Haggi and Siuni and Esebon and Heri and Arodi and Areli †The sonnes of Aser Iamne and Iesua and Iessui and Beria Sara also their sister The sonnes of Beria Heber and Melchiel †these be the sonnes of Zelpha whom Laban gaue to Lia his daughter and these she bare to Iacob sixtene soules †The sonnes of Rachel Iacobs wife Ioseph and Beniamin †And there were sonnes borne to Ioseph in the Land of Aegypt which Aseneth the daughter of Putiphar priest of Heliopolis bare to him Manasses and Ephraim †The sonnes of Beniamin Bela and Bechor and Asbel and Gera and Naaman and Echi and Ros and Mophim and Ophim and Ared †these be the sonnes of Rachel which she bare to Iacob al the soules fourtene †The sonnes of Dan Husim †The sonnes of Nepthali Iaziel and Guni and Ieser and Sallem †These be the sonnes of Bala whom Laban gaue to Rachel his daughter and these she bare to Iacob al the soules seuen †Al the soules that entred with Iacob into Aegypt and that came out of his thighe besides his sonnes wiues “ sixtie six †And the sonnes of Ioseph that were borne to him in the land of Aegypt two soules Al the soules of the house of Iacob that entred into Aegypt were “ seuentie †And he sent Iudas before him to Ioseph that he should tel him and he should come into Gessen to meete him †Whither when he was come Ioseph addressing his chariot went vp to mete his father vnto the same place and seing him fel vpon his neck and as they embraced he wept †And his father said to Ioseph Now wil I die with ioy because I haue seene thy face and do leaue thee aliue †But he spake to his brethren and to al his fathers house I wil goe vp and wil tel Pharao and wil say to him My brethren and my fathers house that were in the Land of Chanaan are come to me †and the men are pastours of sheepe and their trade is to feede flockes their cattel and heardes and al that they could haue they haue brought with them †And when he shal cal you and shal say What is your trade †You shal answer We thy sernantes are pastours from our infancie vntil this present both we and our fathers And this you shal say that you may dwel in the Land of Gessen because he Aegyptians detest al pastours of sheepe ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XLVI 1. Came to the vvel of oath In this holie place called Bersebee that is vvel of oath where Abraham and Isaac had confirmed by oath their league with the Kings of the countrie and erected Altares Iacob also consulted God about his going into Aegypt and was commanded to goe with al that he had 26. Sixtie six 27. Seuentie The difficultie in these two verses concerning the number of Israelites that were at first in Aegypt with Iacob is easily explicated that iust sixtie six of his owne issue came in with him and himselfe being counted maketh sixtie seuen adding also Ioseph who was there before and his two sonnes Manasses and Ephraim borne there they were in al seuentie But a far greater difficultie remaineth for besides these seuentie persons the Septuagint Greeke Interpreters number and name fiue more to wit a sonne and a nephew of Manasses the first called Machir the other Galaad and two sonnes of Ephraim called Sutalaam and Taam and one nephew named Edem which number of seuentie fiue S. Steuen also citeth folowing the vulgar knowen Scripture of the Septuagint rather then the Hebrew text Now in what sense these fiue could be said to haue entred into Aegypt with Iacob being not then borne may some of them not borne during Iacobs life for Iacob liued but seuentene yeares in Aegypt chap 47. v. 28 and Ioseph being maried but nine yeares before for this was the second deare yeare after the seuen plentiful yeares his sonnes could not excede seuen or eight yeares when Iacob came to Aegypt and so being but 24. or 25. yeares old at his death could not then be grandfathers how therfore
ancient Fathers vnderstood of Anti Christ namely S. Irenaeus lib. 5. aduers Haeres S. Hyppolitus Martyr Orat de consummaâ— soeculi S. Ambrose c. 7 de Benedict Patriarch S. Augustin q. 12. in Iosue Prosper lib. de promiss praedicts Dei P. 4. Theodoret. q. vlt. in Gen. S. Gregorie lib. 30. Moral c. 18 and many others vpon the 7. chap. of the Apocalips where they suppose S. Ioan did omitt Dan from amongst the Elect of the Israelitical Tribes in detestation of Antichrist to be borne of that Tribe And certayne it is that the Iewes wil receiue and folowe him for their Messias as our Sauiour himselfe saith VVhich maketh it very probable that he shal be a Iewe borne else they would not so easily admitt him 22. Ioseph a childe encreasing Ioseph was in manie respectes a figure of Christ especially in that he was loued of his father before al his bretheren solde by his brethrn to the Gentiles of enuie and for money aduanced to dignitie and authoritie the deliuerer of Aegypt from famine and called Sauiour of the world al performed in Christ the true Childe encreasing CHAP. L. Ioseph causeth his fathers bodie to be embawmed 3. the dayes of mourning being expired 6. with Pharaos leaue Ioseph with the ancients of Aegypt al his brethren and elder sorte of Israelites goe and solemnly burie the bodie in Chanaan 14. After their returne his brethren fearing leâ—t ioseph wil now reuenge former iniuries he freely forgeueth al. 22. At the age of 110. yeares adiuring the posteritie to carie his bones into Chanaan he dieth and is put in a coffin VVHICH Ioseph seeing fel vpon his fathers face weeping and kissing him †And he commanded his seruantes the physitians that they should embawme his father with spices †Who fulfilling his commandements there passed fourtie dayes for this was the maner of corses embawmed and Aegypt mourned him seuentie daies †And the mourning time being expired Ioseph spake to the familie of Pharao If I haue found grace in your sight speake in the eares of Pharao †for so much as my father did adiure me saing Behold I die in my sepulchre which I digged for my selfe in the land of Chanaan thou shalt burie me I wil goe vp therfore and burie my father and returne †And Pharao said to him Goe vp and burie thy father as thou wast adiured †Who going vp there went with him al the ancients of Pharaos house and al the elders of the Land of Aegypt †the house of Ioseph with his brethren sauing their little ones and the flockes and heards which they had left in the Land of Gessen †He had also in his traine chariotts and horsemen and it became no smal multitude †And they came to the floore of Atad which is situate beyond Iord aine where celebrating the exequies with great and vehement mourning they spent ful seuen dayes †Which when the Inhabiters of the Land of Chanaan had seene they said This is a great mourning vnto the Aegyptians And therfore the name of that place was called The mourning of Aegypt †Therfore the sonnes of Iacob did as he commanded them †and carying him into the Land of Chanaan they buried him in the duble caue which Abraham had bought with the field for a possession to burie in of Ephron the Hethite against Mambre †And Ioseph returned into Aegypt with his brethren and with al the traine his father being buried †After whose death his brethren fearing and talking one with an other Lest perhaps he be mindful of the iniurie which he suffered and requite vs al the euil that we haue done †they aduertised him saing Thy father commanded vs before he died †that we should say thus much to thee in his wordes I besech that thou forget the wicked fact of thy brethren and the sinne malice which they haue exercised against thee we also desire thee that to the seruants of the God of thy father thou remit this iniquitie Whom when Ioseph ad heard he wept †And his brethren came to him and adoring prostrate on the ground they said We are thy seruantes †To whom he answered Feare not can we resist the wil of God †“ You thought euil against me but God turned that into good that he might exalt me as presently you see and might saue many peoples †Feare not I wil feed you your lirle ones and he comforted them and spake gently mildly †And he dwelt in Aegypt with al his fathers house and liued an hundred and tenne yeares And he sawe the children of Ephraim vnto the third generation Also the children of Machir the sonne of Manasses were borne in Iosephs knees †Which thinges being done he spake to his brethren After my death God wil visite you and wil make you goe vp out of this land to the land which he sware to Abraham Isaac and Iacob †And when he had adiured them and said God wil visite you carie my bones with you out of this place †he died being an hundred and tenne yeares old And being embawmed with spices was put in a coffin in Aegypt ANNOTATIONS CHAP L. 20. You thought euil This plaine distinction sheweth that sinne is wholly of the sinner and that God hath no part therin but turneth it to good For those things which Iosephs brethren did against him were occasions of his aduancement in Aegypt through the omnipotent wisdome of God VVhose â—â—opeitie is out of euerie euil to draw good S. Chrisost ho. 67. in Gen. S. Aug. Enchirid. c. 11. li. 14. c. 27. de â—â—â—it 25. Carie my bones vvith you For the same reasons Ioseph would be finally buried in Chanaan for which Iacob desired to be there buried chap. 47. but Ioseph would not presently be caried thither lest it might haue geuen offence to the Aegyptians or at least haue diminished their fauoure towardes his brethren and withal he would confirme his brethren in their hope of returning seing he was content that his bodie should expect in Aegypt til the whole Nation should returne into Chanaan THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKE OF EXODVS MOYSES hauing prosecuted in Genesis the sacred historie of the Church vnto Iosephs death containing the space of 2310. yeares continueth the same in Exodus for 145. yeares more VVhere he first briefly recounteth how a smal number of Israelites especially after the death of Ioseph being much increased a new King risen in the meane time who knew not Ioseph together with other Aegyptians enuying their better partes both of bodie and minde and more fortunate progres in wealth fearing also lest they stil multiplying either by their owne forces or ioyning with other foreners might spoile Aegypt and returne into Chanaan and hating their Religion because they acknowledged one onlie eternal omnipotent God denying and detesting the new imaginarie goddes of the Aegyptians resolued and publickly decreed by oppression to
hinder their increasing to keepe them in bondage and seruitude But God almightie who had chosen them for his peculiar people did not only so conserue and multiplie them that of seuentie persons which came into Aegypt in the space of two hundred and fiefteene yeres there were six hundred thousand men able to beare armes besides wemen children and old men which by estimation might be three millions in al but amongst other most strange and miraculous workes especally deliuered one Hebrew infant from drowning whom afterwards he made the Guide and supreme Gouernour of the same people by him admonished the King to cease persecuting and diuers waies plagued him his people for their obdurat and obstinate crueltie In fine called away and mightily deliuered his owne people drowned that king and al his armie in the red sea the Israelites wonderfully passing through as in a drie chanel the waters standing on both sides like two walles In the desert fed them miraculously with Manna and gaue them al necessaries defending them also from enimies Then God hauing thus selected and seuered his people from al other nations gaue them a written law as wel of Moral as Ceremonial and Iudicial preceptes with the maner of making the Tabernacle erecting Altares consecrating Priects with the institution of daylie sacrifice and of al vestures veselles other holie things belonging to the seruice of God So this booke may be diuided into three partes First is declared the Israelites seruile affliction in Aegypt vvith their deliuerie from thence in the fieftene first chapters Then how they were maintained in the desert and prepared to receiue a law in the foure next chapters In the other 21. chapters the lavv is prescribed instructing them hovv to liue tovvards God and al men THE BOOKE OF EXODVS IN HEBREW VEELLE SEMOTH CHAP I. The smal number of Israelites much increasing in Aegypt 6. especially after the death of Ioseph and his brethren 8. a new king that knew not Ioseph in vaine striueth to hinder their multiplication 11. by imposing workes vpon them 15. and by commanding to kil 22. and to drowne al the malchildren of them God in the meane time rewardeth the midwiues that fearing him killed not the children THESE be the names of the children of Israel that entred into Aegypt with Iacob they did enter in euerie one with their houses †Ruben Simeon Leui Iudas †Issachar Zabulon and Beniamin †Dan and Neptali Gad and Aser †Therfore al the soules that came out of Iacobs thigh were seuentie and Ioseph was in Aegypt †Who being dead and al his brethren and al that generation †the children of Israel increased and as it were springing vp did multiplie and growing strong exceedingly filled the land †In the meane time there arose a new king ouer Aegypt that knew not Ioseph †and he said to his people Behold the people of the children of Israel is much and stronger then we †Come let vs wisely oppresse the same lest perhaps it multiplie and if there shal be anie warre against vs it ioyne with our enemies and we being ouerthrowne they depart out of the land †Therfore he set ouer them maisters of the workes to afflict them with burdens and they built vnto Pharao cities of tabernacles Phithom and Ramesses †And the more they did oppresse them so much the more they multiplied and increased †and the Aegyptians hated the children of Israël and deriding afflicted them †and they brought their life into bitternes with the hard workes of clay and bricke and with al seruice wherewith they were pressed in the workes of the earth †And the King of Aegypt said to the mid wiues of the Hebrewes of whom one was called Sephora the other Phua †commanding them When you shal be midwiues to the Hebrew wemen and the time of deliuerie is come if it be a manchild kil it if a woman reserue her †“ But the midwiues feared God and did not according to the commandement of the king of Aegypt but preserued the menchildren †To whom being called vnto him the king said What is this that you ment to do that you would saue the men-children †Who answered The “ Hebrew wemem are not as the Aegyptian wemen for they haue the knowledge to play the mindwife them selues and before we come to them they are deliuered †God therfore did wel to the midwiues and the people encreased and became strong exceedingly †And “ because the midwiues feared God 〈…〉 e built them houses †Pharao therfore commanded al his people saying Whatsoeuer shal be borne of the male seâ— cast it into the riuer whatsoeuer of the female reserue it ANNOTATIONS CHAP. I. 17. But the midvviues feared God In commendation of the midwiues not obeying the kings commandment Moyses opposeth the feare of God to the feare of Princes shewing therby that when their commandments are contrarie the subiects must feare God and not do that the Prince commandem So did our Sauiour himself teach and that for feare of damnation saying Feare him vvho hath povver to cast into het And so his Aporâ—les indued with the Holie Ghost practised answering in this case that they must heare God rather then men Againe God must be obeyed rather then men Alwayes vnderstood when they are contrarie For otherwise both S. Peter and S. Paul teach vs that Princes yea Infidels of whom they especially speake must be obeyed 19. Hebrevv vvemen are not Herein the midwiues sinned For it is neuer lawful to lye Because the lavv of God is truth wherby S. Augustin proueth li. coot mend c. 10 that whatsoeuer varieth from truth is vnlawful VVhen therfore saith he examples of lying are proposed to vs out of holie Scripture either they are not lies but are thought to be whiles they are not vnderstood oâ— if they be lies they are not to be imitated because they are vnlawful â— Gregorie teacheth the same li. 18. Moral c. 20. Qâ—â—a proseltâ— ab 〈◊〉 discrep it quitquidâ—â—eritate discordâ—t Because assuredly vvhatsoeuer disagreeth from veritie differeth from equitie Yet these fathers hold such an officious lye as this was to be a lesse sinne and more easily pardoned and purged by good workes folowing 21. Because the midwiues feared God Feare of God â—s 〈◊〉 is properly taken in holie Scripture is that holie feareâ— by which the children of God reâ—â—aine from sinne and that with temporal dangeâ— lest they should ofend the diuine Maiestie So these midwiues endangering their owne liues by not fullfiling Pharaos commandment had the true feare of God and for the same were rewarded as is most probable eternally though mention be here made only of temporal reward afteâ— the 〈…〉 of the old 〈◊〉 VVhere such promises were made to Abraham and other most godlie Patriarches
his Apostles to preach the Gospel gaue them powre to worke miracles in his name So did S. Peter and S. Iohn heale the lame Act. 3. And S. Paul auouched miracles for the signes of his Apostleship 2. Cor. 12. CHAP. V. Moyses and Aaron require of Pharao in the behalfe of God to let his people the Hebrewes goe and sacrifice in the desert VVhich he contemning 5. oppresseth them more denying them stravv and yet exacting the accustomed number of brickes 20. The people oppressed impute their miserie to Moyses and Aaron 12. But Moyses prayeth to God for them AFTER these things Moyses and Aaron went in and said to Pharao This saith the Lord God of Israel dismisse my people that they may sacrifice to me in the desert †But he answered Who is the Lord that I should heare his voice and dismisse Israel I know not the Lord and Israel I wil not dismisse †And they said The God of the Hebrewes hath called vs to goe three daies iourney into the wildernesse and to sacrifice to the Lord our God lest perhappes there chance to vs pestilence or sword †The king of Aegypt said to them Why do you Moyses and Aaron solicite the people from their workes Goe you to your burdens †And Pharao said The people of the land is much you see that the multitude is secretly increased how much more if you geue them rest from their workes †Therefore he commanded in that day the ouerseers of the workes and the exactores of the people saying †You shal no more geue straw to the people for to make brickes as before but let them selues goe and geather straw †And the taske of brickes which they did before you shal put vpon them neither shal you diminish any thing for they are idle and therfore they crie saying Let vs goe and sacrifice to our God †Let them be oppressed with workes and let them accomplish them that they hearken not to lying wordes †Therefore the ouerseers of the workes and the exactors going forth said vnto the people Thus saith Pharao I allow you no straw †goe and geather if you can find any where neither shal anie thing of your worke be diminished †And the people was dispersed through al the Land of Aegypt to geather straw †And the ouerseers of the workes were instant saying Finish your worke euerie day as before you were wont to doe when straw was geuen vnto you †And the ouerseers of the workes of the children of Israel were scourged of Pharaos exactors saying Why do you not make vp the taske of brickes as before neither yesterday nor to day †And the ouerseers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharao saying Why dealest thou so against thy seruantes †Straw is not geuen vs and brickes are commanded vs in like sorte behold we thy seruantes are beaten with whippes and thy people is vniustly dealt withal †Who said You are idle and therefore you say Let vs goe and sacrifice to our Lord. †Goe therfore and worke straw shal not be geuen you and you shal geue vp the accustomed number of brickes †And the ouerseers of the children of Israel saw them selues in hard case because it was said vnto them There shal not a whitte be diminished of the brickes for euerie day †And they mette Moyses and Aaron who stood ouer against them coming forth from Pharao †and they said to them Our Lord see and iudge because you haue made our sauour to stinke before Pharao and his seruantes and you haue geuen him a sword for to kil vs. †And Moyses returned to our Lord and said Lord why hast thou afflicted this people wherfore hast thou sent me †For since the time that I entered in to Pharao to speake in thy name he hath afflicted thy people and thou hast not deliuered them CHAP. VI. God reueling himselfe more to Moyses then he had done to former Patriarches 6. commandeth him to tel the children of Israel that he seeing their miseries wil deliuer them from Aegypt and geue them possession of Chanaan 14. The genealogies of Ruben Simeon and especially of Leui are recited 26. to shew the origin of Moyses and Aaron AND our Lord said to Moyses Now thou shalt see what thinges I wil doe to Pharao for by a mightie hand shal he dismisse them and in a strong hand shal he cast them out of his land †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying I am the Lord †that appeared to Abraham to Isaac and to Iacob as God almightie and “ my name ADONAI I did not shew them †And I made a couenant with them to geue them the Land of Chanaan the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers †And I haue heard the groning of the children of Israel wherwith the Aegyptians haue oppressed them and I haue remembred my couenant †Therfore say to the children of Israel I the Lord who wil bring you forth out of the worke-prison of the Aegyptians wil deliuer you from seruitude and redeme you in a high arme and great iudgements †And I wil take you to me for my people and I wil be your God and you shal know that I am the Lord your God that brought you forth out of the worke-prison of the Aegyptians †and brought you into the land ouer which I lifted vp my hand to geue it to Abraham Isaac and Iacob and I wil geue it you to possesse I the Lord. †Moyses then told al to the children of Israel who did not hearken vnto him for anguish of spirit and most painful worke †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Goe in and speake to Pharao the king of Aegypt that he dismisse the children of Israel out of his land †And Moyses answered before our Lord Behold the children of Israel heare me not and how wil Pharao heare especially wheras I am of vncircumcised lippes †And our Lord spake to Moyses and Aaron and he gaue them commandement vnto the children of Israel vnto Pharao the king of Aegypt that they should bring forth the children of Israel out of the land of Aegypt †These are Princes of their houses by their families The sonnes of Ruben the first begotten of Israel Henoch and Phallu Hesron and Charmi. †These are the kinreds of Ruben The sonnes of Simeon Iamuel and Iamin and Ahod and Iachin and Soar and Saul the sonnes of the Chananitesse these are the progenies of Simeon †And these are the names of the sonnes of Leui by their kinreds Gerson and Caath and Merari And the yeares of the life of Leui were an hundred thirtie seuen †The sonnes of Gerson Lobni and Semi by their kinreds †The sonnes of Caath Amram and Isaar and Hebron and Oziel the yeares also of Caaths life were an hundred thirtie three †The sonnes of Merari Moholi and Musi these be the kinreds of Leui by
put it vpon their shoulders †And the children of Israel did as Moyses had commanded and they asked of the Aegyptians vessels of siluer and gold and very much rayment †And our Lord gaue grace to the people before the Aegyptians that they did lend them and they spoyled the Aegyptians †And the children of Israel sette forward from Ramesse into Socoth almost six hundred thousand of foote men beside litle ones †But also the common people of al sortes innumerable went vp with them sheepe and heardes and beastes of diuerse kindes exceding manie †And they baked the meale which a litle before they had taken out of Aegypt tempered and made hearth cakes vnleauened for it could not be leauened the Aegyptians vrging them to depart not suffering them to make any tarriance neither did they thinke vpon preparing any meate †And the dwelling of the children of Israel that they abode in Aegypt was foure hundred thirty yeares †The which being expired the same day al the armie of our Lord went forth out of the Land of Aegypt †This is the obseruable night of our Lord when he brought them forth out of the Land of Aegypt this night al the children of Israel must obserue in their generations †And our Lord said to Moyses and Aaron This is the religion of the Phase No aliene shal eate of it †And euerie bought seruant shal be circumcised and so shal eate †The stranger and the hireling shal not eate therof †In one house shal it be eaten neither shal you carrie forth of the flesh therof out of the house neither shal you breake a bone therof †Al the assemblie of the children of Israel shal make it †And if any of the soiourners be willing to dwel among you and make the Phase of the Lord first al the male that he hath shal be circumcised and then shal he celebrate it according to the rite he shal be as he that is borne in the land but if there be any man vncircumcised he shal not eate therof †Al one law shal be to him that is borne in the land and to the prose lyte that soiourneth with you †And al the children of Israel did as our Lord had commanded Moyses and Aaron †And the same day our Lord brought forth the children of Israel out of the Land of Aegypt by their troupes ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XII 3. The tenth day Our Sauiour Christ instituting the Sacrament of the Eucharist after the celebration of the Paschal lambe whiles they were at supper the night before his death therby sufficiently declared that this old Pasch was a figure not only of his Passion and Sacrifice on the Crosse but also of that he then did so solemnly with his Apostles whom also in that action he made Priests commanding them and their successors to do the same in commemoâ—ation of him til the end of the world Other circumstances likewise and conference of the one with the other make it more clere that as in some respectes it more resembled Christs Passion and Sacrifice on the Crosse so in others it more expressed the Eucharist and mystical commemoration of his death though also in manie it profigured Christ in both places For example The preparing of the lambe the tenth day signified our Sauiours coming into Hierusalem the same tenth day of the first moone now represented in the Church on Palmesunday Also the choise qualities of the lambe vvithout spotte a male of the first yeare foreshewed in general the puritie fortitude meeknes and al perfection of the true Lambe of God that taâ—eth avvay the sinne of the vvorlde More particularly the killing and bereuing the Paschal Lambe of natural life the sprinkling of his bloud on the dore-postes the â—â—stâ—â—â— at tâ—e â—ire and not breaking anie bâ—ne therof most specially expressed Christs death on the Crosse But the fourtenth day the euining agree only with the Eucharist instituted the night before our Lords Passion which he suffered the fiftenth being the ful moore and at midday as ancient S. Dionyse of Ariopagite in two Episties to Policâ—rpus and to Appollophanes testifieth admiring the miracle of the sunnes Eclipâ—e that hapned the same time Neither did the â—ating of the Lambe directly prefigurate the oblation on the Crosse for Christ was not crucified to be eaten but the Sacrament in formes and bread and vvine was expresly figured by eating the lambe with vnleauened bread and drinking the cuppe therto idioyned Luc. 2â— v 17. In like sorte the Lambe immolated in commemoration of the deliuerie of Israel from death and from seruitude when the-first-borne of Aegypt were slaine most aptly prefigured the Eucharist which is a perpetuat commemoration of mans redemption and deliuerie from eternal death and from bondage of the diuel and sinne by Christes death on the Crosse which death in dede was the very redemption and deliuerie of mankind and not a commemoration therof Finally the immolating of the Lambe vvithin the house with precise commandment to carie nothing therof forth perteined particularly to the Eucharist which our Lord celebrated vvithin the house wherby S. Cyprian lib. de vnit Eccles proueth that the B. Sacrament must not be giuen to anie ouâ— of the Catholique Church though Christs Passion be extended to al the world as wel to bring such as are without into the Church as to saue those that are already entred in In this sorte the most ancient and best expositors of holie Scripture explicate this special figure of the Paschal Lambe As we shalhere produce some witnesses in confirmation of this truth Tertulian lib. 4. contra Marcionem expounding our Sauiours wordes VVith desire I haue desired to eate this Pasch vvith you before I suffer saieth Christ coueted not veruecinam Iudaeorum the mutton of the Iewes but professing that with desire he desired to eate the Pasch as his owne for it was vnmete that God should couete anie thing not his owne the bread which he toooke and gaue to his disciples he made his owne bodie saying This is my bodie that is a figure of my bodie Figura autem nonsuisset nisi veritatis esset corpus But it had not bene a figure saith he onles it vvâ—re a bodies of veritie or a verie bodie to wit not phantastical as the heretike Marcion imagined because the figures in the old Testament were not figures except a true bodie answered vnto them So the Sacramentaries sense that Tertullian should cal the Eucharist a figure is quite against his meaning and maketh him conclude nothing against Marcion wheras his whole drift is by the figures of the old Testament to proue that in the Eucharist is the true real bodie of Christ and that consequently Christ hath a true and real bodie Origen in 26. Mat. teacheth that in the great parlar where Christ did eaâ—e the Paschal Lambe he also made his new Pasch S. Cyprian
goddes Israel that haue brought thee out of the land of Aegypt †Which when Aaron had senne he builded an altar before it and by a cryers voice proclaimed saying Tomorow is the solemnitie of the Lord. †And rysing in the morning they offered holocaustes and pacifique hostes and the people sate downe to eate and to drinke and they role vp to play †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying Goe get thee downe thy people which thou hast brought out of the Land of Aegypt hath sinned †They haue quickly reuolted from the way that thou didst shew them and they haue made to them selues a molten calfe and haue adored and immolating hostes vnto it haue sayd These are thy goddes Israel that haue brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt †And againe our Lord said to Moyses I see that this people is stiffenecked †suffer me that my furie may be angrie against them and that I may destroy them and I wil make thee into a great nation †But “ Moyses besought the Lord his God saying Why Lord is thy furie angrie against thy people whom thou hast brought forth of the Land of Aegypt in great power and in a strong hand †Let not the Aegyptians say I beseech thee He hath craftely brought them forth that he might kil them in the mountaynes and destroy them from the earth let thyne anger cease and be pacified vpon the wickednes of thy people †“ Remenber Abraham Isaac and Israel thy seruantes to whom thou swarest by thine owne self saying I wil multiplie your seed as the starres of heauen and this whole land wherof I haue spoken I wil giue to your seed and you shal possesse it alwayes †And our Lord was pacified from doing the euil which he had spoken against his people †And Moyses returned from the mount carying the two tables of testimonie in his hand written on both sides †and made by the worke of God the writing also of God was grauen in the tables †And Iosue hearing the tumult of the people crying out said to Moyses The noyse of battaile is heard in the campe †Who answered It is not the crie of men encouraging of fight nor the shoute of men compelling to flee but I doe heare the voice of singers †And when he approched to the campe he saw the calfe and the daunces and being very wrath he threw the tables out of his hand and brake them at the foote of the mount †and catching the calfe which they had made he burnt it and bette it into powder which he strawed into water and gaue thereof drinke to the children of Israel †And he said to Aaron What hath this people done to thee that thou shouldest bring vpon them an heinous sinne †To whom he answered Let not my lord be offended for thou knowest this people that it is prone to euil †they said to me Make vs goddes that may goe before vs for vnto this same Moyses that brought vs forth out of the Land of Aegypt we know not what is chanced †To whom I said Which of you hath gold They tooke and brought to me and I cast it into the fire and this calfe came forth †Moyses therfore seeing the people that they were made naked for Aaron had spoiled them for the ignominie of filth and had set them naked among their enemies †and standing in the gate of the campe he said If any man be our Lords let him ioyne to me And there gathered vnto him al the sonnes of Leui †to whom he said This saith the Lord God of Israel Put euerie man his sword vpon his thigh goe returne from gate to gate through the middes of the campe and euerie man kil his brother and frend and neighbour †And the sonnes of Leui did according to the saying of Moyses and there were slaine in that day about three thousand men †And Moyses said You haue consecrated your handes this day to our Lord euerie man in his sonne in his brother that blessing may be giuen to you †And when the next day was come Moyses spake to the people You have sinned a verie great sinne I wil goe vp to our Lord if by anie meanes I may be able to intreate him for your sinful fact †And returning to our Lord he said I beseech thee this people hath sinned a heinous sinne and they haue made to them selues goddes of gold either forgiue them this trespasse †or if thou doe not strike me out of the booke that thou hast written †To whom our Lord answered He that hath sinned to me him wil I strike out of my booke †but goe thou and leade this people whither I haue told thee myne Angel shal goe before thee And I in the day of reuenge wil visite this sinne also of theirs †Our Lord therfore smote the people for the fault concerning the calfe which Aaron had made ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXXII 4. A molten calfe No other reason can be imagined why the people falling to Idolatrie required the image of a calfe rather then of anie other thing but for that they thought the blacke calfe with white spottes called Apis or Serapis whom they sawe the Aegyptians estemed most of al their goddes to be the chiefe or onlie God And therfore to this famous Idol they ascribed the benefite of their deliuerie from bondage saying These are thy goddes o Israel that haue brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt So they ment not to worship our Lord the true God in that image as Caluin would haue it but the very calfe whose image it was for adoring immediatly the calues image and immolating hostes to it v. 8. they protested that to be their God which the image represented This appeareth also Deut. 32. v. 18. God that begat thee thou hast forsaken and hast forgotten our Lord thy creatour And Psal 105. v. 21. They forgat God vvhich saued them 11. Moyses besought Albeit Moyses with most humble submission prayed for the people which God so accepted that he was therby pacified v. 14. yet Caluin here condemneth him of arrogancie and pride as though he imperiously prescribed law to God spoyling him of his iustice Much otherwise S. Hierom Epist 12. ad Gaudent commending his feruent charitie doubteth not to say Dei potentiam serui preces impediebant The seruantes prayers hindered Gods povver because God himself saying suffer me that my furie may be angrie against them and that I may destroy them shewed his diuine prouidence to be such as he might be staied from doing that vvhich be threatned 13. Remember Abraham It much trubled Caluin that for obtaining pardon for the people the Patriarches are mentioned for whose sake and merites mercie and protection was promised by God Gen. 18. 22. 26. prophecied by Iacob Gen. 48. performed here and in manie other places And
it is a vaine euasion to say God shewed his mercie for his promise sake only for he promised the same for their merites as appeareth in the places alleaged Though al merites procede from Gods grace first geuen without merite◠1. Cor. 4. v. 7. S. Aug. degrat lib. arb c. 6. CHAP. XXXIII Gods wrath being mitigated by Moyses the people mourne for their sinne 7. Moyses pitcheth the tabernacle vvithout the campe and therin conuerseth familiarly vvith God 18. desiring to see his glorie AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying Goe get thee vp from this place thou and thy people which thou hast brought out of the Land of Aegypt into the land wherof I sware to Abraham Isaac and Iacob saying To thy seede I wil giue it †and I wil send an Angel thy precusor that I may cast out the Chananeite and Amorrheite and Hetheite and Pherezeite and Heueite and Iebuseite †and thou maiest enter into the land that floweth with milke and honey for I wil not goe vp with thee because thou art a stiffenecked people lest perhappes I destroie thee in the way †And the people hearing this verie il saying mourned and no man put on his ornamentes after the custome †And our Lord sayd to Moyses Speake to the children of Israel Thou art a stiffenecked people once I shal goe vp in the middes of thee and shal destroy thee Now presently lay away thy ornamentes that I may know what to doe vnto thee †Therfore the children of Israel layd away their ornamentes from mount Horeb. †Moyses also taking the tabernacle pitched it without the campe a farre of and called the name thereof The Tabernacle of couenant And al the people that had anie question went forth to the Tabernacle of couenant without the campe †And when Moyses went forth to the tabernacle al the people rose vp and euerie one stoode in the dore of his pauilion and they beheld the backe of Moyses til he entred into the tabernacle †And when he was entred into the Tabernacle of couenant the piller of the cloude came downe and stoode at the doore and he spake with Moyses †al they beholding that the piller of the cloud stoode at the doore of the Tabernacle And they stoode and adored at the doores of their tabernacles †And our Lord spake vnto Moyses face to face as a man is wont to speake to his frend And when he returned into the campe his minister Iosue the sōne of Nun a yong man departed not from the Tabernacle †And Moyses said to our Lord Thou commandest me to leade forth this people and doest not shew me whom thou wilt send with me especially wheras thou hast said I know thee by name and thou hast found grace in my sight †If therfore I haue found grace in thy sight shew me thy face that I may know thee and may find grace before thine eyes looke vpon thy people this nation †And our Lord said My face shal goe before thee and I wil giue thee rest †And Moyses sayd If thy selfe doest not goe before bring vs not out of this place †For whereby shal we be able to know I and thy people that we haue found grace in thy sight vnles thou walke with vs that we may be glorified of al peoples that dwel vpon the earth †And our Lord said to Moyses This word also which thou hast spoken wil I doe for thou hast found grace before me and thy selfe I haue knowen by name †Who said Shew me thy glorie †He answered I wil shew thee al good and wil cal in the name of the Lord before thee and I wil haue mercie on whom I wil and I wil be merciful to whom it shal please me †And againe he sayd Thou canst not see my face for man shal not see me and liue †And againe Behold quoth he there is a place with me and thou shalt stand vpon the rocke †And when my glorie shal passe I wil sette thee in a hole of the rocke and protect thee with my right hand vntil I passe †and I wil take away my hand and thou shalt see my backe-partes but my face thou canst not see CHAP. XXXIIII Moyses goeth againe into Mount Sinai vvith new tables praying for the people 10. to whom God promiseth to giue possession of the Land 12. Prohibiteth al association vvith the Gentiles for feare of Idolatrie 18. geueth precepts concerning the first borne the Sabbath and other feastes 28. After fourtie dayes fast Moyses returneth to the people with the commandements and his face appearing horned he couereth it whensoeuer he speaketh to the people AND after this he said Cut thee two tables of stone like vnto the former and I wil write vpon them the wordes which the tables had which thou hast broken †Be readie in the morning that thou maiest forwith go vp into the mount Sinai and thou shalt stand with me vpon the toppe of the mount †Let no man go vp with thee neither let anie man be sene throughout the whole mount the oxen also and the sheepe let them not feede ouer against †He cut out therfore two tables of stone such as had bene before and rising very early he went vp into mount Sinai as our Lord had commanded him carying with him the tables †And when our Lord was descended in a cloude Moyses stoode with him calling vpon the name of our Lord. †Who passing before him he said Dominatour Lord God merciful and clement patient and of much compassion and true †Which keepest mercie vnto thousandes which takest away iniquitie and wicked factes and sinnes and no man of him selfe is innocent before thee Which doest render the iniquitie of the fathers to the children and to the nephewes vnto the third and fourth generation †And Moyses making hast bowed flatte vnto the earth and adoring †he said If I haue found grace in thy sight o Lord I beseech thee that thou wilt goe with vs for it is a stiffe necked people and take away our iniquities and sinnes and possesse vs. †Our Lord answered I wil make a couenant in the sight of al I wil do signes that were neuer sene vpon the earth nor in anie nations that this people may see in the middes of whom thou art the terrible worke of the Lord which I wil doe †Obserue al thinges which this day I command thee I my self wil cast out before thy face the Amorrheite and Chananeite and Hetheite the Pherezeite also and Heueite and Iebuseite †Beware thou neuer ioyne amitie with the inhabitants of that land which may be thy ruine †but destroy their altars breake their statues and cut downe their groues †adore not a strange God The Lord his name is Ielouse God is an emulatour †Enter no traffick with the men of those regions lest when they haue fornicated with
murder by death Exod. 21. v. 12. partly with alteration as by punishing theift in some countries with death but not adultrie which were contrarie in the old Testament Gen. 38. v. 24. 44. 17. Exod. 22. v. 1. Leuit. 20. v. 10 in like sorte the Church of Christ ordaineth lawes altereth vpon iust occasions dispenceth in al degrees of consanguinitie and affinitie not forbid by the law of nature CHAP. XIX Diuers Moral Ceremonial and Iudicial precepts are briefly recited OVR Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to al the assemblie of the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them Be ye holie because I the Lord your God am holie †Let euerie one feare his father and mother Keepe my Sabbathes I the Lord your God †Turne not your selues to idols neither make you to your selues molten goddes I the Lord your God †If ye immolate an hoste of pacifiques to the Lord that it may be placable †that day wherin it is immolated shal you eate it and the next day and whatsoeuer shal be left vntil the third day you shal burne with fire †if after two daies anie man eate therof he shal be profane and guiltie of impietie †and shal beare his iniquitie because he hath polluted the holie of the Lord and that soule shal perish out of his people †And when thou reapest the corne of thy lande thou shalt not sheare the face of the earth to the verie ground neither shalt thou gather the eares that remaine †Neither in thy vineyard shalt thou gather the clusters and grapes that fal downe but shalt leaue them to the poore and the strangers to take I the Lord your God †You shal not committe theft You shal not lie neither shal anie man deceaue his neighbour †Thou shalt not forsweare thy self in my name nor pollute the name of thy God I the Lord. †Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour nor oppresse him by violence The worke of thy hireling shal not abide with thee vntil morning †Thou shalt not speake euil of the deafe man nor put a stumbling blocke before the blinde but thou shalt feare the Lord thy God because I am the Lord. †Thou shalt not doe that which is vniust nor iudge vniustly Consider not the person of a poore man neither honour thou the countenance of him that is mightie Iudge iustly to thy neighbour †Thou shalt not be a criminatour nor a whisperer among the people Thou shalt not stand against the bloud of thy neighbour I the Lord. †Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy hart but controwle him openly lest thou incurre sinne through him †Seeke not reuenge nor be mindeful of the iniurie of thy citizens Thou shalâ— loue thy freind as thy self I the Lord. †Keepe ve my lawes Thou shalt not make thy cattel to gender with the beasts of an other kinde Thy field thou shalt not sowe with diuers seede A garment that is wouen of two sortes thou shalt not put on †If a man lie with a woman by carnal copulation that is a bondwoman also mariable and yet not redemed with a price nor made free both shal be beaten and they shal not die because she was not free †And for his offence he shal offer to the Lord at the dore of the tabernacle of testimonie a ramme †and the priest shal pray for him and for his sinne before the Lord and he shal become propitious to him againe and the sinne shal be forgeuen †When you shal be entred into the land and haue planted in it fruite trees you shal take away the prepuces of them the fruite that come forth shal be vncleane to you neither shal you eate of them †But in the fourth yeare al their fruite shal be sanctified laudable to the Lord. †And the fifth yeare you shal eate the fruites gathering the ofspring that they bring forth I the Lord your God †You shal not eate with bloud You shal not diuine nor obserue dreames †Neither shal you cut your heare roundwise nor shaue your beard †And for the dead you shal not cut your flesh neither shal you make in your selues any figures or markes I the Lord. †Make not thy daughter a common strumpet lest the land be contamined and filled with wickednesse †Keepe ye my Sabbathes and feare my Sanctuarie I the Lord. †Decline not to magicians neither aske any thing of soothsayers to be polluted by them I the Lord your God †Before the hoare head rise vp and honour the person of an old man and feare the Lord thy God I am the Lord. †If a stranger dwel in your land and abide among you doe not vpbraid him †but let him be among you as the same countrie man and you shal loue him as your selues for you also haue bene strangers in the Land of Aegypt I the Lord your God †Do not anie vniust thing in iudgement in rule in weight or measure †Let the balance be iust and the weightes equal the busheliust and the sextarie equal I the Lord your God that brought you out of the Land of Aegypt †Keepe al my preceptes and al my iudgements doe them I the Lord. CHAP. XX. VVhosoeuer geueth of his seede to Moloch must be stoned to death 6 Althat decline to Magicke 9. eurse their parents 10. commit adâ—ltriâ— certaine incest or bestialitie shal die 19. Other incest is depriued of children 22. The Israelites also shal be cast out of the Land if they committe such AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †These thinges thou shalt speake to the children of Israel If anie man of the children of Israel and of the strangers that dwel in Israel geue of his seede to the idol Moloch dying let him die the people of the land shal stone him †And I wil set my face against him and wil cut him of from the middes of his people because he hath geuen of his seede to Moloch and hath contaminated my Sanctuarie and polluted my holy name †And if the people of the land neglecting and as it were litle esteming my commandement let alone the man that hath geuen of his seede to Moloch and wil not kil him †I wil sette my face vpon that man and his kinred and wil cut of both him and al that consented with him to committe fornication with Moloch out of the middes of their people †The soule that shal decline to Magitians and south sayers and shal committe fornication with them I wil sette my face against it and destroy it out of the middes of his people †Sanctifie your selues and be holie because I am the Lord your God †Keepe my precepts and doe them I the Lord that sanctifie you †He that curseth his father or mother dying let him die he hath cursed father and mother his bloud be vpon him †If any man commit adulterie with an other mans
the time when now the first ripe grapes are to be eaten †And when they were gone vp they viewed the Land from the desert of Sin vnto Rohob as you enter to Emath †And they went vp at the south side and came to Hebron where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sonnes of Enac for Hebron was built seuen yeares before Tanis the citie of Aegypt †And going forward as farre as the Torrent of cluster they cutte of a branch with the grapes therof which two men carried vpon a leauer They tooke of the pomegranates also and of the figges of that place †which was called Nehelescol that is to say the Torrent of cluster for that thence the children of Israel had caried a cluster †And the discouerers of the Land returning after fourtie daies hauing circuted al the countrie †came to Moyses Aaron and to al the assemblie of the children of Israel into the desert of Pharan which is in Cades And speaking to them to al the multitude they shewed the fruites of the Land †and reported saying We came into the Land to which thou didst send vs which in very deede floweth with milke and honie as by these fruites may be knowen †but it hath very strong inhabitantes and cities great and walled The stocke of Enac we saw there †Amalec dwelleth in the south the Hetheite and the Iebuseite and the Amorrheite in the mountaines but the Chananeite abideth beside the sea and about the streames of Iordan †Among these thinges Caleb appeasing the murmuring of the people that rose against Moyses said Let vs goe vp and possesse the Land because we may obtaine it †But the others that had bene with him said No we are not able to goe vp to this people because it is stronger then we †And they detracted from the Land which they had viewed before the children of Israel saying The Land which we haue viewed deuoureth her inhabitantes the people that we beheld is of a tall stature †There we saw certaine monsters of the sonnes of Enac of the gyantes kind to whom being compared we seemed as it were locustes CHAP. XIIII The mutinous murmuring people being vnplacable 11. God expostulateth their ingratitude threatneth to destroy them 13. Yet Moyses pacifieth his wrath 22. but so that al which were numbered coming from Aegypt except Câ—leb and Iosue shal die in the wildernes 31. and their children shal possesse the promised land 40. Then fighting contrarie to Moyses admonition are beaten and manie slaine by their enimies THERFORE al the multitude crying out wept that night †and al the children of Israel murmured against Moyses and Aaron saying †Would God we had died in Aegypt and in this vaste wildernesse would God we might die and that our Lord would not bring vs into this Land lest we fal by the sword and our wiues and children be ledde captiue Is it not better to returne into Aegypt †And one said to an other Let vs appoint a captaine and let vs returne into Aegypt †Which Moyses and Aaron hearing fel flatte vpon the ground before al the multitude of the children oâ— Israel †But Iosue the sonne of Nun and Caleb the sonne of Iephone who them selues also had viewed the land rent their garmentes †and spake to al the multitude of the children of Israel The Land which we haue circuted is very good †If our Lord be propitious he shal bring vs into it and deliuer vs a ground flowing with milke and honie †Be not rebellious against our Lord neither feare ye the people of this land for euen as bread so we may deuoure them al aide is gone from them our Lord is with vs feare ye not †And when al the multitude cried and would haue stoned them the glorie of our Lord appeared ouer the roofe of couenant in the sight of al the children of Israel †And our Lord said to Moyses How long wil this people detract me How long wil they not beleue me in al the signes that I haue done before them †I wil strike them therfore with pestilence and wil consume them but thee I wil make prince ouer a great nation and a stronger then this is †And Moyses said to our Lord That the Aegyptians from the middes of whom thou hast brought forth this people †and the inhabitantes of this Land which haue heard that thou Lord art among this people and art sene face to face and thy cloude protecteth them and in a piller of a cloude thou goest before them by day and in a piller of fire by night †may heare that thou hast killed so great a multitude as it were one man and may say †He could not bring in the people into the Land for which he had sworne therfore did he kil them in the wildernesse †Let therfore the strength of our Lord be magnified as thou hast sworne saying †The Lord is patient and ful of mercie taking away iniquitie and wicked deedes leauing no man innocent which visitest the sinnes of the fathers vpon the children vnto the third and fourth generation †Forgeue I besech thee the sinne of this thy people according to the greatnes of thy mercie as thou hast bene propitious to them since their going out of Aegypt vnto this place †And our Lord said I haue forgeuen it according to thy word †Liue I and the whole earth shal be replenished with the glorie of the Lord. †But yet al the men that haue sene my maiestie and the signes that I haue done in Aegypt and in the wildernesse and haue tempred me now ten times neither haue obeied my voice †they shal not see the Land for the which I sware to their fathers neither shal any of them that hath detracted me behold it †My seruant Caleb who being ful of an other spirit hath folowed me wil I bring in vnto this Land which he hath circuted and his seede shal possesse it †Because the Amalecite and the Cananeite dwel in the valleis To morrow remoue the campe and returne into the wildernesse by the way of the Redde sea †And our Lord spake to Moyses and Aaron saying †How long doth this vngratious multitude murmur against me I haue heard the complaintes of the children of Israel †Say therfore to them liue I sayeth our Lord According as you haue spoken I hearing it so wil I do to you †In this wildernesse shal your carcasses lie Al you that are numbered from twentie yeares vpward and haue murmured against me †you shal not enter into the Land ouer the which I haue lifted vp my hand to make you inhabite it except Caleb the sonne of Iephone and Iosue the sonne of Nun. †But your litle ones of whom you said that they should be a pray to the enemies wil I bring in that they may see the Land that hath misliked you â€
†Come therfore and curse this people because it is mightier then I if by any meanes I may strike them and cast them out of my land for I know that he is blessed whom thou shalt blesse and cursed vpon whom thou shalt heape curses †And the ancientes of Moab went and the elders of Madian hauing the price of diuination in their handes And when they were come to Balaam and had told him al the wordes of Balac †he answered Tarie here this night and I wil answer whatsoeuer the Lord shal say to me And whiles they stayed with Balaam God came and said to him †What would these men that are with thee †He answered Balac the sonne of Sephor king of the Moabites hath sent to me †saying Behold a people that is come out of Aegypt hath couered the face of the land come and curse them if by any meanes fighting I may driue them away †And God said to Balaam Goe not with them neither doe thou curse the people because it is blessed †Who in the morning arising said to the princes Goe into your countrie because the Lord hath forbid me to come with you †The princes returning said to Balac Balaam would not come with vs. †Againe he sent many moe and more noble then he had sent before †Who when they were come to Balaam said Thus sayeth Balac the sonne of Sephor Slacke not to come to me †for I am readie to honour thee and whatsoeuer thou wilt I wil geue thee Come and curse this people †Balaam answered If Balac would geue me his house ful of siluer and gold I can not change the word of the Lord my God to speake either more or lesse †I besech you that you wil also tarie here this night and I may know what the Lord wil answer me once more †God therfore came to Balaam in the night and said to him If these men be come to cal thee arise and goe with them yet so that thou doe that which I shal command thee †Balaam arose in the morning and sadling his asse went with them †And God was angrie And an Angel of our Lord stoode in the way against Balaam who sate vpon the asse and had two seruantes with him †The asse seeing the Angel standing in the way with a drawen sword turned her self out of the way and went by the field Whom when Balaam had bette and had brought her againe to the beaten way †the Angel stoode in the streicttes of two walles wherwith vineyardes were inclosed †Whom the asse seeing ioyned her selfe close to the wal and brused the foote of him that ridde But he beate her againe †and neuerthelesse the Angel passing to a narrow place where there could be no going a side neither to the right hand nor to the left stoode to meete him †And when the asse had seene the Angel standing she fel vnder the feete of the rider Who being angrie bette her sides with a staffe more vehemently †And our Lord opened the mouth of the asse and she spake What haue I done to thee why strikest thou me loe now the third time †Balaam answered Because thou hast deserued and hast abused me I would I had a sword that I might kil thee †The asse said Am not I thy beast on which thou hast beene alwayes accustomed to ride vntil this present day tel me what like thing did I euer to thee But he said Neuer †Forthwith our Lord opened the eies of Balaam and he saw the Angel standing in the way with a drawen sword and he adored him flatte to the ground †To whom the Angel said Why beatest thou thy asse the third time I am come to withstand thee because thy way is peruerse and contrarie to me †and vnlesse the asse had turned out of the way geuing place to me resisting thee I had slaine thee and she should haue liued †Balaam said I haue sinned not knowing that thou didst stand against me and now if it displease thee that I goe I wil returne †The Angel said Goe with these men and see thou speake no other thing then I shal command thee He went therfore with the princes †Which when Balac heard he came forth to meete him in a towne of the Moabites that is situated in the vttermost borders of Arnon †And he said to Balaam I sent messengers to cal thee why didst thou not come immediatly vnto me was it because I can not reward thy coming †To whom he answered Loe here I am Shal I be able to speake any other thing but that which God shal put in my mouth †They therfore went on together and came into a citie that was in the vttermost borders of his kingdome †And when Balac had killed oxen sheepe he sent therof to Balaam and to the princes that were with him presentes †And when morning was come he brought him to the excelses of Baal and he beheld the vttermost part of the people CHAP. XXIII Balaam endeuoureth to curse Israel but God forceth him to blesse them 11. Againe he vrgeth him to curse them but he stil prophecieth good things of them 26. Yet Balac insisteth willing him to curse or not to blesse them AND Balaam said to Balac Build me here seuen altares and prepare as manie calues and rammes of the same number †And when he had done according to the word of Balaam they together laid a calfe and a ramme vpon an altar †And Balaam said to Balac Stand a while beside thy holocauste vntil I goe if happely the Lord wil meete me and whatsoeuer he shal command I wil speake to thee †And when he was gone in hast God mette him And Balaam speaking to him said I haue erected seuen altares and haue laid thereon a calse and a ramme †And our Lord put a word in his mouth and said Returne to Balac and thus shalt thou speake †Returning he found Balac standing beside his holocauste and al the princes of the Moabites †and taking vp his parable he said From Aram hath Balac King of the Moabites brought me from the mountaines of the East Come quoth he and curse Iacob make hast and detest Israel †How shal I curse whom God hath not cursed By what meanes may I detest whom the Lord detesteth not †From the highest flintes shal I see him and from the hilles shal I view him The people shal dwel alone and among the Gentiles shal not be accounted †Who may be able to number the dust of Iacob and to know the number of the stocke of Israel My soule die the death of the iust and my last endes be made like to them †And Balac said to Balaam What is this that thou doest That thou shouldest curse mine enemies I called thee and thou contrariewise blessest them †To whom he answered Can I
seruantes the same in possession and make vs not passe ouer Iordan †To whom Moyses answered Why shal your brethren goe to sight and wil you sitte here †Why subuert you the mindes of the children of Israel that they may not be bold to passe into the place which our Lord wil geue them †Did not your fathers so when I sent from Cadesbarne to view the Land †And when they were come as farre as the Valley of cluster hauing viewed al the countrie they subuerted the hart of the children of Israel that they should not enter the coastes which our Lord gaue them †Who being wrath sware saying †If these men that came vp out of Aegypt from twentie yeares and vpward shal see the land which vnder othe I promised to Abraham Isaac and Iacob and they would not folow me †except Caleb the sonne of Iephone the Cenezeite and Iosue the sonne of Nun these haue fulfilled my wil. †And our Lord being wrath agaynst Israel led him about through the desert fourtie yeares vntil the whole generation was consumed that had done euil in his sight †And behold quoth he you are risen vp in steed of your fathers the ofspring and disciples of sinful men to augment the furie of our Lord agaynst Israel †But if you wil not folow him he wil leaue the people in the wildernesse and you shal be the cause of the death of al. †But they coming nere said We wil make shepcottes and stalles for our cattel for our litle ones also fensed cities †and we our selues armed and girded wil march on to battle before the children of Israel vntil we bring them in vnto their places Our litle ones and whatsoeuer we can haue shal be in walled cities because of the lying of wayte of the inhabitantes †We wil not returne into our houses vntil the children of Israel possesse their inheritance †neither wil we seeke any thing beyound Iordan because already we haue our possession on the east side therof †To whom Moyses said If you doe that you promisse march on wel appointed before our Lord to fight †and let euerie man of warre passe ouer Iordan vntil our Lord subuert his enemies †and al the Land be subdued to him then shal you be blamelesse before our Lord and before Israel and you shal obteyne the countries that you would in the sight of our Lord. †But if you doe not that which you say no man can doubt but you sinne against God and know ye that your sinne shal apprehend you †Build therfore cities for your litle ones and sheepecotes and stalles for your sheepe and cattel and accomplish that which you haue promised †And the children of Gad and Ruben said to Moyses We are thy seruantes we wil do that which our lord commandeth †We wil leaue our litle ones and our wiues and sheepe and cattel in the cities of Galaad †and we thy seruantes al wel appoynted wil march on to the warre as thou my lord speakest †Moyses therfore commanded Eleazar the priest and Iosue the sonne of Nun and the princes of the families by the tribes of Israel and he said to them †If the children of Gad and the children of Ruben passe with you ouer Iordan al armed to the warre before our Lord and the Land be subdued to you geue them Galaad in possession †But if they wil not passe armed with you into the Land of Chanaan let them take places to dwel in among you †And the children of Gad and the children of Ruben answered As our lord hath spoken to his seruantes so Wil we doe †our selues atmed wil march before our Lord into the Land of Chanaan and we confesse that we haue already receiued our possession beyond Iordan †Moyses therfore gaue to the children of Gad and Ruben and to the halfe tribe of Manasses the sonne of Ioseph the kingdome of Sehon king of the Amorrheite and the kingdome of Og king of Basan and their land and the cities therof round about †Therfore the sonnes of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer †and Etroth and Sophan and Iazar and Iegbaa †and Bethnemra and Betharan cities fensed aud sheepecotes for their sheepe †But the children of Ruben builded Hesebon and Eleale and Cariathaim †and Nabo and Baalmeon changing their names Sabama also geuing names to the cities which they had built †Moreouer the children of Machir the sonne of Manasses went into Galaad and wasted it killing the Amorrheite the inhabiter therof †Moyses therfore gaue the land of Galaad to Machir the sonne of Manasses who dwelt in it †And Iair the sonne of Manasses went and tooke the villages therof which he called Hauoth Iair that is tho say the Villages of Iair †Nobe also went and tooke Canath with the villages therof and he called it by his owne name Nobe CHAP. XXXIII The 42. mansions of The children of Israel betwen Aegype and the Land of promise are recited 50. they are commanded to kil al the inhabitents to purge the land of idolatrie and diuide it among them THESE are the mansions of the children of Israel that went out of Aegypt by their troupes in the hand of “ Moyses and Aaron †which Moyses described according to the places of the campe which by our Lords commandement they changed †They children of Israel therfore departing from Ramesses the first moneth the fiftenth day of the first moneth the morow after they made the Phase in a mightie hand al the Aegyptians seeing them †and burying their first borne which our Lord had strooken yea and on their goddes also he had exercised vengeance †they camped in Soccoth †And from Soccoth they came into Etham which is in the vttermost borders of the wildernesse †Departing thence they came ouer against Phihahiroth which looketh toward Beelsephon and camped before Magdal †And departing from Phihahiroth they passed through the middes of the sea into the wildernesse and walking three dayes through the deserr Etham they camped in Mara †And departing from Mara they came into Elim where there were the twelue fountaines of waters and the seuentie palme trees and there they camped †But departing thence also they pitched their tentes vpon the Redde sea And departing from the Redde sea †they camped in the defert Sin †From whence departing they came into Daphca †And departing from Daphca they camped in Alus †And departing from Alus they pitched their tentes in Raphidim where the people wanted water to drinke †And departing from Raphidim they camped in the desert of Sinai †But departing also from the desert Sinai they came to the Sepulchres of concupiscence †And departing from the Sepulchres of concupiscence they camped in Haseroth †And from Haseroth they came into Rethma †And departing from Rethma they camped in Remmonphares †Whence departing they came into Lebna â€
From Lebna they camped in Ressa †And departing from Ressa they came into Ceelatha †Whence departing they camped in the mountayne Sepher †Departing from the mountayne Sepher they came into Harada †Thence departing they camped in Maceloth †And departing from Maceloth they came into Thahath †From Thahath they camped in Thare †Whence departing they pitched their tentes in Methca †And from Methca they camped in Hesmona †And departing from Hesmona they came into Moseroth †And from Moseroth they camped in Beneiaacan †And departing from Beneiaacan they came into the mount Gadgad †Whence departing they camped in Ietebatha †And from Ietebatha they came into Hebrona †And departing from Hebrona they camped in Asiongaber †Thence departing they came into the desert Sin this is Cades †And departing from Cades they camped in the mount Hor in the vttermost borders of the Land of Edom. †And Aaron the priest went vp into the mountayne Hor at the commandement of our Lord and there he died the fourtith yeare of the coming forth af the children of Israel out of Aegypt the fifth moneth the first day of the moneth †when he was an hundred three and twentie yeares old †And the Chananeire king of Arad who dwelt toward the south heard that the children of Israel were come into the Land of Chanaan †And departing from the mountayne Hor they camped in Salmona †Whence departing they came into Phunon †And departing from Phunon they camped in Oboth †And from Oboth they came into lieabarim which is in the borders of the Moabites †And departing from Lieabarim they pitched their tentes in Dibongad †Whence departing they camped in Helmondeblathaim †And departing from Helmondeblathaim they came to the mountaynes Abarim against Nabo †And departing from the mountaines Abarim they passed to the champion countries of Moab von Iordan against Iericho †And there they camped from Bethsimoth vnto Abelsatim in the plainer places of the Moabites †where our Lord spake to Moyses †Command the children of Israel and say to them When you shal haue passed Iordan entring the Land of Chanaan †destroy al the inhabitants of that Land breake their titles and burst to fitters their statues and wast al their excelses †cleansing the Land and dwelling in it for I haue geuen it you in possession †which you shal diuide among you by lotte To the moe you shal geue the larger and to the fewer the straiter To euerie one as the lotte shal fall so shal the inheritance be geuen By the tribes and the families the possession shal be diuided †But if you wil not kil the inhabitantes of the Land they that remaine shal be vnto you as it were nailes in your eyes and speares in your sides and they shal be your aduersaries in the Land of your habitation †and whatsoeuer I had thought to do to them I wil do to you ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXXIII 1 Moyses and Aaron Moyses by whom the Law was geuen and Aaron in whom Priesthood was established signified good workes and the right worship of God Of which saieth S. Hierom each one needeth the other For neither doth it profite thee to exercise vertues vnles thou knowest thy Creator nor the worshipìng of God auaileth thee to saluation vnles thou sulfil the precepts of thy Maker By these two handes as with two Seraphims we breake out into confession of the holie Trinitie saying Holie holie holie Lord God of â—oastes Epist ad Fabiol de 42. Mans CHAP. XXXIIII The situation and limites of Chanaan towards the South the VVeast the North and the East 13. which must be diuided by lotte among nine tribes and a halfe the other two and a half hauing their partes ouer Iordan 16. with the names of the persons that shal make the diuision AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Command the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them when you are entred into the Land of Chanaan and it shal be fallen vnto you by lotte in possession it shal be limited by these borders †The southside shal beginne from the wildernesse Sin which is beside Edom and it shal haue toward the East the most salt sea for the limites †The which shal compasse the south side by the ascending of the Scorpion so that they shal passe into Senna and reach toward the South as farre as Cadesbarne from whence the frontiers shal goe forth to the towne named Adar and shal reach as farre as Asemona †And the border shal goe round about from Asemona to the Torrent of Aegypt and shal end in the shore of the great sea †And the west side shal beginne from the great sea and the same shal be the limite therof †Moreouer toward the North part the borders shal beginne from the greate sea reaching vnto the most high mountaine †from he which they shal come vnto Emath as farre as the borders of Sedada †and the frontiers shal goe as farre as Sephorna and the towne Enan These shal be the borders in the North part †From thence they shal marke out the boundes toward the East side from the village Enan vnto Sephama †and from Sephama the boundes shal goe downe vnto Rebla against the fountaine Daphnim from thence they shal come â—astward to the sea Cenereth †and shal reach as farre as Iordan and at the last shal be closed in by the most salt sea This you shal haue for your Land by the boundes therof round about †And Moyses commanded the children of Israel saying This shal be the Land which you shal possesse by lotte and which our Lord hath commanded to be geuen to the nine tribes and to the halfe tribe †For the tribe of the children of Ruben by their families and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the number of their kinredes the halfe also of the tribe of Manasses †that is two tribes and an halfe haue taken their portion beyond Iordan against Iericho at the east side †And our Lord said to Moyses †These are the names of the men that shal diuide the Land vnto you Eleazar the priest and Iosue the sonne of Nun †and one prince of euerie tribe †whose names are these Of the tribe of Iuda Caleb the sonne of Iephone †Of the tribe of Simeon Samuel the sonne of Ammiud †Of the tribe of Beniamin Elidad the sonne of Chaselon †Of the tribe of the children of Dan Bocci the sonne of Iogh †Of the children of Ioseph of the tribe of Manasses Haniel the sonne of Ephod †Of the tribe of Ephraim Camuel the sonne of Sephthan †Of the tribe of Zabulon Elisaphan the sonne of Pharnach †Of the tribe of Issachar duke Phaltiel the sonne of Ozan †Of the tribe of Aser Ahiud the sonne of Salomi †Of the tribe of Nephthali Phedael the sonne of Ammiud †These
this people and shal diuide vnto them the Land which thou shalt see †And we abode in the valley against the temple of Phogor CHAP. IIII. Moyses exhorteth the people to kepe Gods commandments 15. Namely that they make no similitude nor image of man nor of beast bird fish sunne moone nor of anie creature to serue the same for the Creator He fortelleth his owne death 23. threatneth them if they forsake God 41. and appointeth three cities of refuge on the same side Iordan AND now Israel heare the preceptes and iudgementes which I teach thee that doing them thou mayest liue and entring in mayest possesse the Land which the Lord the God of your fathers wil geue you †You “ shal not adde to the word that I speake to you neither shal you take away from it keepe the commandment of the Lord your God which I command you †Your eyes haue seene al thinges that our Lord hath done against Beelphegor how he hath destroyed al his worshippers out of the middes of you †But you that cleaue to the Lord your God liue al vntil this present day †You know that I haue taught you preceptes and iustices as the Lord my God hath commanded me so shal you do them in the Land which you shal possesse †and you shal obserue and fulfil them in worke For this is your wisedome and vnderstanding before peoples that hearing al these preceptes may say Behold a people ful of wisedome and vnderstanding a great nation †Neither is there other nation so great that hath goddes approching vnto them as our God is present at al our petitions †For what other nation is there so renowmed that hath the ceremonies and iust iudgementes and the whole law which I wil sette forth this day before your eyes †Keepe thy selfe therfore and thy soule carefully Forget not the wordes that thyne eyes haue seene and let them not fal out of thy hart al the daies of thy life Thou shalt teach them thy sonnes and thy nephewes †the day wherin thou didst stand before the Lord thy God in Horeb when our Lord spake to me saying Assemble vnto me the people that they may heare my wordes and may learne to feare me al the time that they liue on the earth and may teach their children †And you came to the foote of the mount which burned euen vnto heauen and there was in it darkenes and a clould and mist †And our Lord spake to you from the middes of the fyre The voice of his wordes you heard and forme you saw not at al. †And he shewed you his couenant which he commanded you to do and the tenne wordes that he wrote in two tables of stone †And he cōmanded me at that time that I should teach you the ceremonies and iudgementes which you should doe in the Land that you shal possesse †Keepe therfore your soules carefully You saw not any similitude in the day that our Lord spake to you in Horeb from the middes of the fire †lest perhaps deceiued you might make you a grauen similitude or image of male or female †the similitude of al cattel that are vpon the earth or of birdes that flie vnder heauen †and of creeping beastes that moue on the earth or of fishes that vnder the earth abide in the waters †lest perhapes lifting vp thyne cies to heauen thou see the Sunne and the Moone and al the starres of heauen and deceiued by errour thou adore and serue them which the Lord thy God created to serue al nations that are vnder heauen †But you our Lord hath taken and brought out of the yron furnace of Aegypt to haue you his people by inheritance as it is this present day †And our Lord was angrie with me for your wordes and he sware that I should not passe ouer Iordan nor enter into the excellent Land which he wil geue you †Behold I die in this ground I shal not passe ouer Iordan you shal passe and possesse the goodlie Land †Beware lest at any time thou forget the couenant of the Lord thy God which he hath made with thee and make to thee a grauen similitude of those thinges which our Lord hath prohibited to be made †because the Lord thy God is a consuming fyre ielouse God †If you shal begette sonnes and nephewes and abide in the Land and being deceiued make to you some similitude committing euil before the Lord your God to prouoke him to wrarh †I cal this day heauen and earth witnesses that you shal quikly perish from out of the Land which being passed ouer Iordan you shal possesse You shal not dwel therin long time but our Lotd wil destroy you †and disperse you into al nations and you shal remaine a few among the nations to the which our Lord wil lead you †and there you shal serue goddes that were framed with mens hand wood and stone that see not nor heare nor eate nor smel †And when thou shalt seeke there the Lord thy God thou shalt finde him yet so if thou seeke him with al thy hart and al tribulation of thy soule †After that al the thinges aforesaid shal finde thee and in the latter time thou shalt returne to the Lord thy God and shalt heare his voice †Because the Lord thy God is a merciful God he wil not leaue thee nor altogether destroy thee nor forget the couenant wherein he sware to thy fathers †Aske of the dayes of old that haue bene before thy time from the day that God created man vpon the earth from one end of heauen to the other end therof if euer there was done the like thing or it hath beene knowen at any time †that a people should heare the voice of God speaking out of the middes of fyre as thou hast heard and liued †if God so did that he went in and tooke vnto him a Nation out of the middes of nations by temptations signes and wonders by fight and strong hand and stretched out arme and horrible visions according to al thinges that the Lord your God did for you in Aegypt thine eies seeing it †that thou mightest know that our Lord he is God and there is none other beside him †from heauen he made thee to heare his voice that he might teach thee And in earth he shewed thee his fyre verie greate and thou didst heare his wordes out of the middes of the fyre †because he loued thy fathers and chose their seede after them And he brought thee out of Aegypt going before thee in his great power †to destroy verie great nations and stronger then thou at thy entring in and to bring thee in and geue thee their land in possession as thou seest this present day †Know therfore this day and thinke in thy hart that our Lord he is God in heauen aboue and in the earth beneth
and there is none other †Keepe his preceptes and commandementes which I command thee that it may be wel with thee and thy children after thee and thou mayest remayne a long time vpon the Land which the Lord thy God wil geue thee †Then Moyses separated three cities beyond Iordan at the east side †that he might flee to them which should kil his neighbour not voluntarily neither was his enemie a day or two before and he might scape to some of these cities †Bosor in the wildernesse which is situated in the champion countrie of the tribe of Ruben and Ramoth in Galaad which is in the tribe of Gad and Golan in Basan which is in the tribe of manasses †This is the law that Moyses sette before the children of Israel †and these are the testimonies and ceremonies and iudgementes which he spake to the children of Israel when they came out of Aegypt †beyond Iordan in the valley against the temple of Phogor in the land of Sehon king of the Ammorrheite that dwelt in Hesebon whom Moyses stroke The children of Israel also comming out of Aegypt †possessed his land and the land of Og the king of Basan the two kinges of the Amorrheites which were beyond Iordan toward the rysing of the sunne †from Aroer which is situated vpon the banke of the torrent Arnon vnto the mountaine Sion which is also Hermon †al the plaine beyond Iordan at the east side vnto the sea of the wildernesse and vnto the foote of mount Phasga ANNOTATIONS CHAP. IIII. 2. You shal not adde Moyses can not meane that no more should be written nor commanded for then the last chapter of this booke and the rest of the Bible should not haue benne written after his death neither ought the Priestes or Prophetes to haue commanded anie thing not expressed in the law And wheras Protestantes say that al other Scriptures are included in the lawe or pertaine to the explicatioÌ„ or performance therof we also answer that vnwritten TraditioÌ„s both in the old and new Testament are likewise implied included or perteine to the explication or performance of the law For euen as the written doctrin of the Prophetes yea and of Christ and his Apostles in general is conteined in the law of Moyses so also are certaine fastes feastes rites ceremonies and other traditions proued and confirmed by general speaches and axiomes written in holie Scriptures as by our Sauiours wordes to his Apostles Luc. 10. He that heareth you heareth me S. Paules to other Christians 1. Cor. 10. other things vvhen I come I vvil dispose 2. Thess 2. Hold the traditions vvhich you haue lerned and the like VVherupon S. Augustin Li. 1. cont Crescon c. 33. geueth this rule that albeit an euident example can not be produced of holie Scripture yet the truth of the same Scriptures is holden by vs vvhen vve do that pleaseth the vvhole Church vvhich the authoritie of Scriptures commendeth The same he teacheth Epist 80. and in manie other places So do S. Epiphanius in compend sides Cathol S Hierom. Dialog cont Lucifer c. 4. S. Chrysost ho. 4. in 1. Thessal 4. S. Basil de Spiritu Sancto c. 39. S. Ireneus li. 3. c. 4. CHAP. V. The tenne commandements are repeted and explaned 23. with commemoration of their dread and feare When they heard the voice from the clowde and saw the mountaine burne AND Moyses called al Israel and said to them Heare Israel the ceremonies iudgements which I speake in your eares this day lerne them and fulfil them in worke †The Lord our God made a couenant with vs in Horeb. †Not with our fathers did he make the couenant but with vs at this present and doe liue †Face to face did he speake to vs in the mount out of the middes of the fyre †I was arbiter and mediatour betwixt our Lord and you at that time to shew you his wordes for you feared the fire and went not vp into the mount and he said †I the Lord thy God that brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt out of the house of seruitude †Thou shalt not haue strange goddes in my sight †“ Thou shalt not make to thee a thing grauen nor the similitude of any thinges that are in heauen aboue and that are in the earth beneath and that abide in the waters vnder the earth †Thou shalt not adore them and thou shalt not serue them For I am the Lord thy God a Iealouse God tendering the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children vnto the third and fourth generation to them that hate me †and doing mercie vpon manie thousandes to them that loue me and keepe my preceptes †Thou shalt not vsurpe the name of the Lord thy God in vaine for he shal not be vnpunished that taketh his name vpon a vaine thing †Obserue the day of the Sabbath to sanctifie it as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee †Six dayes shalt thou worke and shalt doe al thy workes †The seuenth is the day of the Sabbath that is the rest of the Lord thy God Thou shalt not doe any worke therin thou and thy sonne and daughter man seruant and woman seruant and oxe and asse and al thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates that thy man seruant may rest and thy woman seruant euen as thy selfe †Remember that thou also didest serue in Aegypt and the Lord thy God brought thee out from thence in a strong hand and stretched out arme Therfore hath he commanded thee that thou shouldest obserue the Sabbath †Honour thy father and mother as our Lord thy God hath commanded thee that thou mayst liue a long time and it may be wel with thee in the Land which the Lord thy God wil geue thee †Thou shalt not murder †Neither shalt thou committe aduoutrie †And thou shal not steale †Neither shalt thou speake against thy neighbour false testimonie †Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wife Nor house nor field nor man seruant nor woman seruant nor oxe nor asse and al thinges that are his †These wordes spake our Lord to al your multitude in the mount out of the middes of the fiâ—e and the cloude and the darkenes with a loude voice adding nothing more and he wrote them in the two tables of stone which he deliuered vnto me †And you after you heard the voice out of the middes of the darkenes and saw the mount burne came to me al the princes of the tribes and the elders and you said †Behold the Lord our God hath shewed vs his maiestie and greatnes for we haue heard his voice out of the middes of the fire and haue proued this day that God speaking with man man hath liued †Why shal we die therfore and this exceding great fire deuoure vs For if we heare the voice of the Lord our God any more we
with shippes into Aegypt by the way wherof he said to thee that thou shouldest see it no more There shalt thou be sould to thine enemies for bondmen and bondweomen and no man shal bye you CHAP. XXIX A couenant and oath is made betwen God and his people with commemoration of sundrie benefites by them receiued that keping his law they shal be more blessed and breaking the same shal susteine the threatned punishmentes THESE are the wordes of the couenant which our Lord commanded Moyses to make with the children of Israel in the Land of Moab beside that couenant which he made with them in Horeb. †And Moyses called al Israel and said to them you saw al thinges that our Lord did before you in the Land of Aegypt to Pharao and to al his seruantes and to his whole land †the great tentations which thine eies haue seene those mightie signes and wonders †and our Lord hath not geuen you a hart to vnderstand and eies to see and eares that can heare vnto this present day †He hath brought you fourtie yeares by the desert your garmentes are not worne out neither are the shoes of your feete consumed with age †Breade you haue not eaten wine and sicer you haue not drunke that you might know that I am the Lord your God †And you came to this place and there came forth Sehon the King of Hesebon and Og the King of Basan meeting vs to fight And we stroke them †and tooke their land and deliuered it in possession to Ruben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasses †Keepe therfore the wordes of this couenant and fulfil them that you may vnderstand al thinges that you doe †You stand this day al before our Lord your God your princes and tribes and ancientes and doctors al the people of Israel †your children and your wiues and the strangers that abide with thee in the campe besides the cutters of wood and them that carie water †that thou mayest passe in the couenant of our Lord thy God and in the oath which in this day our Lord thy God maketh with thee †that he may rayse thee vp a people to him selfe and he be thy God as he hath spoken to thee and as he sware to thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob †Neither with you onlie doe I make this couenant and confirme these oathes †but with al that be present and absent †For you know how we dwelt in the Land of Aegypt and how we haue passed through the middes of nations which passing through †you haue seene their abominations and filth that is to say their Idols wood and stone siluer and gold which they worshipped †Lest perhaps there be among you man or woman familie or tribe whose hart is turned away this day from our Lord God to goe and serue the goddes of those Nations and there be among you a roote bringing forth gal and bitternes †And when he shal heare the wordes of this oath he blesse him selfe in his hart saying I shal haue place and walke in the prauitie of my hart and the drunken take to her the thirstie †and our Lord forgeue him not but then his furie most specially fume and his zeale against that man and al the curses sitte vpon him that be written in this volume and our Lord abolish his name vnder heauen †and consume him vnto perdition out of al the tribes of Israel according to the curses that are conteyned in the Booke of this law and couenant †And the generation folowing shal say and the children that shal be borne from thence forth and the strangers that shal come from a farre seeing the plagues of that Land and the infirmities wherwith our Lord hath afflicted it †burning it with brimstone and heate of the salt so that it can no more be sowen nor any grene thing spring therof after the example of the subuersion of Sodom and Gomorrha Adama and Seboim which our Lord subuerted in his wrath and furie †And al the Nations shal say Why hath the Lord done thus to this Land what is this exceding wrath of his furie †And they shal answer Because they forsooke the couenant of the Lord which he made with their fathers when he brought them out of the Land of Aegypt †and they haue serued strange goddes and adored them whom they knew not and to whom they had not beene designed †therfore the furie of the Lord was wrath against this Land to bring vpon it al the curses that are written in this volume †and he hath cast them out of their land in wrath and furie and in verie great indignation and hath throwen them into a strange land as this day it is proued †Thinges hidden to our Lord God which are manifest to vs and to our children for euer that we may doe al the words of this Law CHAP. XXX If the children of Israel offending and falling into the forsaide curses shal repent God wilrestore them to his blessings againe 11. leauing it in their powre to serue him if they wil 17. and therfore warneth them that the impenitent shal assuredly perish because hauing life and death blessing and cursing proposed they choose the worse THERFORE when al these wordes shal be come vpon thee the blessing or cursing which I haue sette forth before thee thou be touched with repentance of thy hart in al nations into which our Lord thy God dispersed thee †and shalt returne to him and obey his commandmentes as I this day command thee with thy children in al thy hart and in al thy soule †our Lord thy God wil bring thee againe from thy captiuitie and haue mercie vpon thee and gather thee againe out of al the peoples into which he dispersed thee besore †If thou be dispersed as farre as the poles of heauen thence wil our Lord thy God draw thee backe †and wil take thee to him and bring thee into the Land which thy fathers possessed and thou shalt obteyne it and blessing thee wil make thee to be of a greater number then were thy fathers †Our Lord thy God wil circumcile thy hart and the hart of thy seede that thou mayest loue oure Lord thy God in al thy hart and in al thy soule that thou mayest liue †And al these curses he wil turne vpon thine enemies and them that hate and persecute thee †But thou shalt returne and heare the voice of our Lord thy God and shalt doe al the commandmentes which I command thee this day †and our Lord wil make thee abound in al the workes of thy handes in the issue of thy wombe and in the fruite of thy cattel in the fertilitie of thy ground and in the plentie of al thinges For our Lord wil returne to reioyse vpon thee in al riches as he reioysed in thy fathers †yet so if thou heare the voice
of an vnicorne in them shal he winow the Nations euen to the endes of the earth these are the multitudes of Ephraim and these the thousandes of Manasses †And to Zabulon he said Reioyse Zabulon in thy going out and Issachar in thy tabernacles †They shal cal the peoples to the mountaine there shal they immolate the victimes of iustice Who shal sucke the inundation of the sea as milke and the hidden treasures of the sandes †And to Gad he said Blessed be Gad in breadth as a lion hath he rested and taken the arme and the toppe of the head †And he saw his principalitie that in his part the doctor was reposed which was with the princes of the people and did the iustices of our Lord and his iudgement with Israel †To Dan also he said Dan a lions whelpe he shal flow largely from Basan †And to Nephthali he said Nephthali shal enioy abundance and shal be ful of the blessinges of our Lord the sea and the south he shal possesse †To Aser also he said Blessed be Aser in children be he acceptable to his brethren and dippe he in oile his foote †His shoe yron and brasse As the daies of thy youth so also thy old age †There is no other God as the God of the rightest the mounter of heauen is thy helper By his magnificence the cloudes runne hither and thither †his habitation is aboue and vnder the euerlasting armes he shal cast out the enemie from thy face and shal say Be destroyed †Israel shal dwel confidently and alone The eie of Iacob in the land of corne and wine and the heauens shal be mistie with dew †Blessed art thou Israel who is like to thee o people that art saued in our Lord the shield of thy helpe and the sword of thy glorie thy enemies shal denie thee and thou shalt treade their neckes ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXXIII 2. Came from Sinai According to the historie Moyses recounteth here three benefites First that God gaue the Law in Sinai Exod. 20. Secondly he cured those which were bitten with serpentes nere to Seir. Num. 21. Thirdly in mount Pharan he appointed Seuentie ancientes to assist Moyses in iudgementes Num. 11. But according to the Mysterie which specially is intended S. Augustin q. 56. in Deut. saieth this prophecie is not to be negligently passed ouer For it euidently appeareth that this benediction perteineth to a new people whom Christ our Lord hath sanctified in whose person Moyses spake and not in his owne So in this prophetical and proper sense saieth this Doctor our Lord and Sauiour cometh from Sinai which is interpreted tentation when he passed the tentation of his passion and death Heb. 2. v. 18. Christ riseth from Seir interpreted hearie for that in the similitude of the flesh of sinne eâ—en of sinne he damned sinne in the flesh Rom. 8. v. 3. He appeareth from mount Pharan interpreted fruitful mountaine in that he geueth abundance of grace in his Church of the new Testament which is a citie set vpon a hil Mat. 5. CHAP. XXXIIII Moyses seeth the promised land but is not suffered to goe into it 5. He dieth at the age of 120. yeares God burieth his bodie secretly and al Israel mourne for him thirtie dayes 9. Iosue replenished by imposition of Moyses handes with the spirite of God succedeth 10. But Moyses for his special familiaritie with God and for most wonderful miracles is commended aboue al other Prophetes MOYSES therfore went vp from the champion of Moab vpon mount Nebo into the toppe of Phasga against Iericho and our Lord shewed him al the land of Galaad as farre as Dan †and al Nephthali and the land of Ephraim and Manasses and al the Land of Iuda vnto the vtmost sea †and the south part and the bredth of the plaine of Iericho a citie of palmetrees as farre as Sego◠†And our Lord said to him This is the Land for the which I sware to Abraham Isaac and Iacob saying To thy seede wil I geue it Thou hast seene it with thyne eies and shalt not passe ouer to it †And Moyses the seruant of our Lord died there in the land of Moab our Lord commanding it †and he buried him in the valley of the Land of Moab against Phogor and no man hath knowne his sepulchre vntil this present day †Moyses was an hundred and twentie yeares old when he died his eie was not dimme neither were his teeth moued †And the children of Israel mourned him in the champion countrie of Moab thirtie daies and the daies of their mourning that mourned for Moyses were accomplished †And Iosue the sonne of Nun was replenished with the spirit of wisedome because Moyses did put his handes vpon him And the children of Israel obeied him and did as our Lord commanded Moyses †And there rose no more a prophete in Israel as Moyses whom our Lord had knowen face to face †in al signes and wonders which he sent by him to doe in the Land of Aegypt to Pharao and to al his seruantes and to his whole Land †and al the strong hand and great meruailes which Moyses did before al Israel The end of the fiue bookes of Moyses conteining the Law THE SECOND PART OF THE OLD TESTAMENT CONTEINING HISTORICAL BOOKES The argument of the booke of Iosue VVHETHER Iosue himself writ this booke which is the common opinion or some other it was euer held vndoubtedly by al for Canonical Scripture and according to the distribution of the whole Bible into Legal Historical Sapiential and Prophetical Bookes this is the first of the historical sorte But as the fiue procedent called Legal besides the Law comprehend also the historie of the Church from the beginning of the world nere 2500. yeares and withal conteine much diuine Wisdome Prediction of thinges to come so these bookes now folowing called Historical and likewise the Sapiential and Prophetical ensuing after participate each with others in their seueral argumentes euerie one more or lesse inducing Gods seruantes to keepe his Law recording thinges donne teaching what is most meete to be donne and foreshewing before hand thinges donne afterwardes or which yet shal come to passe So this booke doth not only set forth the Actes of Iosue who succeded Moyses in teÌ„poral gouernment of Gods people commanding and directing them by lawe and wisedome but also the same thinges donne by him and his verie name as S. Hierom other Fathers teach prefigure our Lord IESVS Christ For in Hebrew IEHOSVA is the name both of this Capitaine General the leader of The Israelites ouer Iordan into the Land of promise and of our Lord and SAVIOVR who by his Baptisme and other Sacramentes bringeth his people of al Nations into the true Land of the liuing where is life and felicitie euerlasting Touching thâ—fore the historie these foure special thinges are here described
were heard and broken into peeces †and they went on to Iosue who then abode in the campe at Galgal and said to him and withal to al Israel We are come from a farre countrie desirous to make peace with you And the children of Israel answered them and said †Lest perhaps you dwel in the Land which is dew to vs by lotte and we can not enter a league with you †But they said to Iosue We are thy seruantes To whom Iosue said Who are you and whence came you †they answered From a very farre countrie are thy seruantes come in the name of the Lord thy God For we haue heard the fame of his might al thinges that he did in Aegypt †and to the two kinges of the Amorrheites that were beyond Iordan Sehon the king of Hesebon and Og the king of Basan that were in Astaroth †and our ancientes and al the inhabitantes of our Land said to vs Take in your handes victuals for a very long way and goe meete them and say We are your seruantes enter a league with vs. †Behold these loaues we tooke hotte when we departed from our houses to come to you now they are become drie and broken for ouer much oldenesse †the bottels of wine we filled being new now they are burst dissolued The garmentes and shoes that we haue vpon vs and which we haue on our feete for the length of the long way are worne and almost consumed †They tooke therfore of their victuals and asked not the mouth of our Lord. †And Iosue made peace with them and entring a league promised that they should not be slaine the princes also of the multitude sware to them †But three daies after that the league was made they heard that they dwelt nigh and they should be among them †And the children of Israel remoued the campe and came into their cities the third day whose names are these Gabaon and Chaphira and Beroth and Chariathiarim †And they stroke them not because the princes of the multitude had sworne in the name of our Lord the God of Israel Therfore al the common people murmured against the princes †Who answered them We haue sworne to them in the name of our Lord the God of Israel and therfore we may not touch them †But this we wil doe to them Let them be reserued in dede aliue lest the wrath of God be stirred against vs if we shal be forsworne †but so let them liue that for the vses of the whole multitude they hew wood and carie in water Who speaking these thinges †Iosue called the Gabaonites and said to them Why would you deceiue vs by fraude to say We dwel very farre of from you wheras you are in the middes of vs †Therfore you shal be vnder a curse and there shal not faile of your stocke a hewer of wood and a carier of water into the house of my God †Who answered It was told vs thy seruantes that the Lord thy God had promised Moyses his seruant that he would deliuer you al the Land and would destroy al the inhabitantes therof Therfore we feared excedingly and prouided for our liues coÌ„pelled by your terrour and we tooke this counsel †And now we are in thy hand that which seemeth vnto thee good and right doe to vs. †Iosue therfore did as he had said and deliuered them from the hand of the children of Israel that they should not be slaine †And he decreed in that day that they should be in the ministerie of al the people and of the altar of our Lord hewing wood and carying water vntil this present time in the place which our Lord hath chosen CHAP. X. â—iue kinges of the Amorrheites besieging Gabaon because it is confederate with Israel 6. Iosue with his armie defeateth theirs killing and pursewing them 11. manie also are slaine with haile stones 12 At the prayer of Iosue the sunne and moone stand stil the space of one day 22. The fiue kinges are hanged on gibbetes 28. He taketh also and subdueth diuers cities 40. and countries VVHICH thinges when Adonisedec king of Ierusalem had heard to witte that Iosue had taken Hai and had subuerted it for as he had done to Iericho the king therof so did he to Hai their king and that the Gabaonites were fled to Israel and were their confederates †he was sore afrayd For Gabaon was a great cititie and one of the kinglie cities and greater then the towne of Hai and al their men of warre most valiant †Therfore Adonisedec king of Ierusalem sent to Oham king of Hebron and to Pharam king of Ierimoth to Iaphia also king of Lachis and to Dabir king of Eglon saying †Come vp to me and bring ayde that we may ouercome Gabaon because it reuolted to Iosue to the children of Israel †Therfore the fiue kinges of the Amorrheites being assembled went vp the king of Ierusulem the king of Hebron the king of Ierimoth the king of Lachis the king of Eglon together with their hostes camped about Gabaon assaulting it †But the inhabitantes of the citie Gabaon which was besieged sent to Iosue who then abode in the campe at Galgal said to him withdraw not thy handes from the helpe of thy seruantes come vp quickly and deliuer vs and bring ayde for there are assembled against vs al the kinges of the Ammorrheites which dwel in the mountaines †And Iosue went vp from Galgal and al the hoste of the men of warre with him most valiant men †And our Lord said to Iosue Feare them not for I haue deliuered them into thy handes none of them shal be able to resist thee †Iosue therfore came in vpon them sodenly going vp al the night from Galgal †And our Lord trubled them at the sight of Israel and destroyed them with a greate slaugher in Gabaon and pursewed them by the way of the ascent to Bethoron and stroke them vnto Azeca and Maceda †And when they fled the children of Israel and were in the descent of Bethhoron our Lord sent vpon them greate stones from heauen as farre as Azeca and there died farre more with the stones of haile then they whom the children of Israel had strooken with the sword †Then spake Iosue to our Lord in the day that he deliuered the Amorreite in the sight of Israel and said before them Thou Sunne against Gabaon moue not and thou Moone against the valley of Aialon †And the Sunne and Moone stoode stil til the people reuenged themselues of their enemies Is not this writren in the booke of the iust The Sunne therfore stood stil in the middes of heauen and hastened not to goe downe the space of one day †There was not before nor after so long a day our Lord obeying the voice of a man and fighting for Israel †And Iosue returned with al Israel
had commanded him †Except the cities that were situated on hilles and higher ground the rest Israel burnt one onlie Asor verie wel fensed he consumed with fyre †And al the praye of these cities and the cattel the children of Israel diuided among them selues al the men being slaine †As our Lord had commanded Moyses his seruant so did Moyses command Iosue and he accomplished al thinges he ommitted not of al the commandementes not so much as one word which our Lord had commanded Moyses †Iosue therfore tooke al the hillie countrie and south and the land of Gosen and plaine and the West quarter and the mountaine of Israel and the champaine countrie therof †and the part of the mountaine that goeth vp to Seir as farre as Baalgad by the plaine of Libanus vnder mount Hermon al their kinges he tooke stroke and slew †A great time did Iosue fight against these kinges †There was not a citie that did deliuer it selfe to the children of Israel except the Heueite which dwelt in Gabaon for he tooke al by fight †For it was the sentence of our Lord that their hartes should be indurate and they should fight against Israel and fall and should not deserue anie clemencie and should perish as our Lord had commanded Moyses †At that time Iosue came and slew the Enacimes of the mountaines of Hebron and Dabir and Anab and from al the mountaine of Iuda and Israel and destroyed their cities †He leift not any of the stocke of Enacimes in the Land of the children of Israel sauing the cities of Gaza and Geth and Azotus in the which onlie they were leift †Iosue therfore tooke al the Land as our Lord spake to Moyses and deliuered it in possession to the children of Israel according to their partes and tribes and the Land rested from battels CHAP. XII Besides Sehon and Og kinges of Hesebon and Basan slaine by Moyses 7. are reckened thirtie one kinges slaine by Iosue THESE are the kinges which the children of Israel stroke and possessed their Land beyond Iordan toward the rysing of the sunne from the torrent Arnon vnto mount Hermon and al the East part that looketh toward the wildernes †Sehon the king of the Amorrheites which dwelt in Hesebon had dominion from Aroer which is situated vpon the banke of the torrent Arnon and of the middel part in the valley and of halfe Galaad as farre as the torrent Iaboc which is the border of the children of Ammon †and from the wildernes vnto the sea of Ceneroth against the East and vnto the Sea of the wildernes which is the most salt sea on the East side by the way that leadeth to Besimoth and on the South side which lyeth vnder Asedoth as farre as Phasga †The border of Og the king of Basan of the remnant of the Raphaims who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrai and had dominion in mount Hermon and in Salecha and in al Basan vnto the borders †of Gessuri and Machati and of the halfe part of Galaad the borders of Sehon the king of Hesebon †Moyses the seruant of our Lord and the children of Israel stroke them and Moyses deliuered their Land in possession to the Rubenites and Gadites and the half tribe of Manasses †These are the Kinges of the Land whom Iosue stroke and the children of Israel beyond Iordan on the West side from Balaalgad in the field of Libanus vnto the mount part wherof goeth vp into Seir and Iosue deliuered it in possession to the tribes of Israel to euerie one their portions †as wel in the mountaines as in the plaine and champaine countries In Asedoth and in the wildernes and in the south was the Hetheite and the Amorrheite the Chananeite and the Pherezeite the Heueite and the Iebuseite †The king of Iericho one the king of Hai which is on the side of Bethel one †the king of Ierusalem one the king of Hebron one †the King of Ierimoth one the King of Lachis one †the King of Eglon one the King of Gazer one †the King of Dabir one the King of Gader one †the King of Herma one the King of Hered one †the King of Lebna one the King of Adullam one †the King of Maceda one the King of Bethel one †the King of Taphua one the King of Opher one †the King of Aphec one the King of Saron one †the King of Madon one the King of Asor one †the King of Semeron one the King of Acsaph one †the King of Thenac one the King of Mageddo one †the King of Cades one the King of Iachanan one †the King of Carmel one the King of Dor and of the prouince of Dor one the King of the Nations of Galgal one †the King of Thersa one al the Kinges thirtie one CHAP. XIII God commandeth Iosue to diuide the land describing the limites therof amongst nine tribes and a half 8. with a recapitulation of the partes already geuen on the other side Iordan to the other two tribes and a half The tribe of Leui v. 14. 33. hath their prouision in other maner IOSVE was old and striken in age and our Lord said to him Thou art old and of a great age and there is a verie large countrie left which is not yet diuided by lotte †to witte al Galilee Philisthijm and al Gessuri †From the trubled riuer that watereth Aegypt vnto the borders of Accaron against the North the Land of Chanaan which is diuided vnto fiue Lordes of the Philisthiimes the Gazeites the Azotians the Ascalonites the Getheites and the Accaronites †But on the South side are the Heueites al the Land of Chanaan and Maara of the Sidonians as farre as Apheca and the borders of the Amorrheite †and his confines The countrie also of Libanus against the East from Baalgad vnder mount Hermon til thou enter into Emath †Of al that dwel in the mountaine from Libanus vnto the Waters Maserephoth and al the Sidonians I am he that wil destroy them from the face of the children of Israel Let it come therfore into a portion of the inheritance of Israel as I haue commanded thee †And now diuide the Land in possession to the nine tribes and to the half tribe of Manasses †with the which Ruben Gad haue possessed the Land which Moyses the seruant of our Lord deliuered to them beyond the streames of Iordan on the east side †From Aroer which is situate on the banke of the torrent Arnon and in the middes of the valley and al the champayne of Medaba as farre as Dibon †and al the cities of Cehon the King of the Amorrheite which reigned in Hesebon vnto the borders of the children of Ammon †And Galaad and the border of Gessuri and Maccati and al mount Hermon and al Basan as farre as Salecha †al the Kingdome of
and serue him with a perfect and verie true hart and take away the goddes which your fathers serued in Mesopotamia and in Aegypt and serue our Lord. †But if it like you not to serue our Lord choise is geuen you choose this day that which pleaseth you whom you ought especially to serue whether the goddes which your fathers serued in Mesopotamia or the goddes of the Amorrheites in whose Land you dwel but I and my house wil serue our Lord. †And the people answered and said God forbid we should leaue our Lord and serue strange goddes †Our Lord God he brought vs and our fathers out of the Land of Aegypt out of the house of seruitude and did in our sight great signes and kept vs in al the way by the which we walked and among al the peoples through which we passed †And he hath cast out al the nations the Amorrheite inhabiter of the Land which we haue entred We therfore wil serue our Lord because he is our God †And Iosue said to the people You can not serue our Lord for God is holie and a mightie aemulator neither wil he pardon your wickednes and sinnes †If you leaue our Lord and serue strange goddes he wil turne him self and wil afflict you and ouerthrow you after he hath geuen you good thinges †And the people said to Iosue No it shal not be so as thou speakest but we wil serue our Lord. †And Iosue said to the people You are witnesses that your selues haue chosen to you our Lord for to serue him And they answered Witnesses †Now therfore quoth he take away strange goddes our of the middes of you and incline your hartes to our Lord the God of Israel †And the people said to Iosue We wil serue our Lord God and wil be obedient to his preceptes †Iosue therfore in that day made a couenant and proposed to the people preceptes and iudgementes in Sichem †He wrote also al these wordes in the volume of the law of our Lord and he tooke a very great stone and put it vnder the oke that was in the Sanctuarie of our Lord †and said to al the people Behold this stone shal be a testimonie for you that it hath heard al the wordes of our Lord which he hath spoken to you lest perhaps hereafter you wil denie and lye to our Lord your God †And he dismist the people euerie one into their possession †And after these thinges Iosue the sonne of Nun the seruant of our Lord died being a hundred and ten yeares old †and “ they buried him in the coastes of his possession in Thamnathsare which is situated in the mountaine of Ephraim on the North part of mount Gaas †And Israel serued our Lord al the daies of Iosue and of the ancientes that liued a long time after Iosue and that had knowen al the workes of our Lord which he had done in Israel †The bones also of Ioseph which the children of Israel had taken out of Aegypt they buried in Sichem in part of the field which Iacob had bought of the sonnes of Hemor the father of Sichem for a hundred yong ewes and it was in the possession of the sonnes of Ioseph †Eleazar also the sonne of Aaron died and they buried him in Gabaath of Phinees his sonne which was geuen him in mount Ephraim ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXIIII 2. They serued false goddes It is euident by this place that Thare and some other progenitors of Israel sometimes serued false goddes from which they were reduced but Abraham was euer preserued in true religion and the whole familie of Thare was therfore persecuted in Chaldea as S. Augustin sheweth li. 16. c. 13. de ciuit Likwise Theodoret q. 18. in Iosue and other both ancient and late writers teach the same as is already noted pag. 203. 30. They buried In that no mention is made of mourning for Iosue S. Hierom noteth a mysterie and a special point of Chistian doctrin It semeth to me saieth he Epist de 42. Maus mans 33. that in Marie prophecie is dead in Moyses and Aaron an end is put to the law and priesthood of the Iewes For so much as they could neither passe into the land of promise nor bring the beleuing people out of the wildernes of this world And Mans 34. Aaron sayeth he was mourned and so was Moyses Iesus is not mourned that is in the law was descentinto hel called limbus in the Gospel is passage to paradise THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES SAINCT Hierom geuing this general rule Epist ad Eustoch virg that in reading historical bookes of holie Scripture the historie as fundation of veritie is to be loued but the spiritual vnderstanding rather to be folowed agreably therto teacheth Epist ad Paulin. that in this booke of Iudges there be as manie figures as princes of the people Neither doth he meane that there were no more but for example sake affirmeth that these Iudges raised vp after Iosue and sent of God to deliuer the people fallen for their sinnes into afflictions were types and figures of the Apostles and Apostolical men sent by Christ to propagate and defend his Church of the new Testament For albeit diuers of these Iudges were sometimes great offenders yet they were reclamed by Gods special grace and so amending their errors did great thinges to the singular honour of God and are renowmed among the holie Patriarces and Prophetes particularly praysed in bolie Scipture saying And the Iudges euerie one by his name whose hart was not corrupt Who were not auerted from our Lord that their memorie may be blessed and their bones spring out from their place and their name remaine for euer the glorie of holie men remaining to their children After Iosue therfore who it semeth guided and ruled the people 32. yeares this booke written as is most probable by Samuel shewing the famouse Actes of these Iudges of Israel prosecuteth the historie of the Church the space of 288. yeares more And may be diuided into three partes First is described in general the state of the people sometimes wel and sincerly seruing God other times falling to great sinnes in the two first chapters Secondly their offences afflictions repentance and deliuerie from their enemies are more particularly reported from the third chap. to the 17. Thirdly other special accidents which happened within the same time are recorded in the last fiue chapters THE BOOKE OF IVDGES IN HEBREW SOPHETIM CHAP. I. Vnder a general captaine of the tribe of Iuda assisted by the tribe of Simeon Israel subdueth diuers cities of the gentiles 12. Othoniel taking Cariath sepher possesseth it and marieth Calebs daughter obtainig also addition of her dowrie 21. Iebuseites yet dwel in Hierusalem with Beniamin 27. and the Chananeites with diuers of the tribes AFTER the death of Iosue the children of Israel consulted
our Lord saying Who shal goe vp before vs against the Chananeite and shal be captaine of the warre †And our Lord said Iudas shal goe vp behold I haue deliuered the Land into his handes †And Iudas said to Simeon his brother Come vp with me into my lotte and fight against the Chananeite that I also may goe forward with thee into thy lotte And Simeon went with him †And Iudas went vp and our Lord deliuered the Chananeite and the Pherezeite into their handes and they stroke in Bezec ten thousand men †And they found Adonibezec in Bezec and fought against him and stroke the Chananeite and the Pherezeite †And Adonibezec fled whom pursewing they tooke cutting of the extreme partes of his handes and feere †And Adonibezec said Seuentie kinges hauing the extreme partes of their handes and seete cut of gathered vp the reliques of meates vnder my table as I haue done so hath God repayed me And they brought him into Ierusalem and there he died †Therfore the children of Iudas assaulting Ierusalem tooke it and stroke it in the edge of the sword setting the whole citie on fyre †And afterward going downe they fought against the Chananeite which dwelled in the mountaines and southward and in the champaine countries †And Iudas going forward against the Chananeite that dwelled in Hebron the name wherof was before time Cariatharbe stroke Sesai and Ahiman and Tholmai †and departing thence went to the inhabitantes of Dabir the old name wherof was Cariath Sepher that is a citie of letters †And Caleb said He that shal strike Cariath Sepher and spoile it I wil geue him Axa my daughter to wife †And when Othoniel the sonne of Cenez the yonger brother of Caleb had taken it he gaue him Axa his daughter to wife †Whom going on her way her husband admonished to aske a field of her father To whom when she had sighed sitting on her asse Caleb said What aileth thee †But she answered Geue me a blessing for a drie land thou haft geuen me geue me also a waterie Caleb therfore gaue her a watrie ground aboue waterie beneath †And the children of the Cineite the cosin of Moyses went vp from the citie of palmes with the children of Iudas into the deset of his lotte which is at the south side of Arad and dwelt with him †But Iudas went with Simeon his brother and together they stroke the Chananeite that dwelt in Sephaath and slew him And the name of the citie was called Horma that is Anathema †And Iudas tooke Gaza with the coastes therof Ascalon and Accaron with their boundes †And our Lord was with Iudas and he posessed the mountaines neither could he destroy the inhabitantes of the valley because they had manie hooked chariotes †And they gaue to Galeb Hebron as Moyses had said who destroyed out of it the three sonnes of Enac †But the Iebuseite the inhabiter of Ierusalem the children of Beniamin destroyed not and the Iebuseite dwelt with the children of Beniamin in Ierusalem vntil this present day †The house also of Ioseph went vp into Bethel and our Lord was with them †For when they besieged the citie which before was called Luza †they saw a man comming out of the citie and said to him Shew vs the entrrance of the citie and we wil shew thee mercie †Who when he had shewed them they stroke the citie in the edge of the sword but that man and al his kinred they dismissed †Who being dismist went into the Land of the Hetthims and built there a citie and called it Luza which is so called vntil this present day †Manasses also destroyed not Bethsan and Thanac with their litle townes and the inhabitantes of Dor and Ieblaam and Mageddo with their litle townes And the Chananeite began to dwel with them †But after that Israel was waxen strong he made them tributaries and would not destroy them †Ephraim also killed not the Chananeite that dwelt in Gazer but dwelt with him †Zabulon destroyed not the inhabitantes of Cetron Naalol but the Chananeite dwelt in the middes of him and was made tributarie to him †Aser also destroyed not the inhabitantes of Accho and of Sidon of Ahalab and Achazib and Helba and Aphec and Rohob †and he dwelt in the middes of the Chananeite the inhabiter of that Land neither did he kil them †Nepthali also destroyed not the inhabitantes of Bethsames Bethanath and he dwelt in the middes of the Chananeite the inhabiter of the Land and the Bethsamites Bethanites were tributaries to him †And the Amorrheite straytened the children of Dan in the mountaine and gaue them not place to goe downe to the playne †and he dwelt in mount Hares which is inter preted shelles in Aialon and Salebim And the hand of the house of Ioseph was agrauated and he became tributarie to him †And the border of the Amorrheite was from the Ascent of the Scorpion the rocke and the higher places CHAP. II. An Angel reciting manie benefites of God towardes Israel and their ingratitude 4. they weepe for their faultes 10. After the death of Iosue and other antientes of his time the people often fal and repenting are deliuered from afflictions 19. but stil fal againe worse and worse AND the Angel of our Lord went vp from Galgal to the place of weepers and said I brought you out of Aegypt and haue brought you into the Land for the which I sware to your fathers and I promised that I would not make frustrate my couenant with you for euer †onlie so that you should not make a league with the inhabitantes of this Land but should ouerthrow their altares and you would not heare my voice why haue you done this †For the which cause I would not destroy them from before your face that you may haue enemies and their goddes may be a ruine vnto you †And when the Angel of our Lord spake these wordes to al the children of Israel they lifted vp their voice and wept †And the name of that place was called the place of weepers or of teares and there they immolated hostes to our Lord. †Iosue therfore dismissed the people and the children of Israel went euerie one into his possession to obtayne it †and they serued our Lord al his daies and the daies of the ancientes of them that liued a long time after him and knew al the workes of our Lord which he had done with Israel †And Iosue the sonne of Nun the seruant of our Lord died being a hundred and ten yeares old †and they buried him in the borders of his possession in Thamnathsare in the mount of Ephraim on the North side of mount Gaas †And al that generation was gathered to to their fathers and there rose others that knew not our Lord and the workes which he had done with
by iust reasons 26. and long prescription But they persisting obstinate he 30. inconsideratly vowing 32. ouerthroweth them 34. and sacrificeth his onlie daughter THERE was at that time Iephte the Galaadite a most valiant man and a warrier the sonne of a woman that was an harlot who was borne of Galaad †And Galaad had a wife of whom he had sonnes who after they were growen cast out Iepthte saying Thou canst not be heyre in the house of our father because thou art borne of an other mother †Whom he fleeing and auoyding dwelt in the Land of Tob and there were gathered to him needie men and theeuiâ—h and folowed him as their prince †In those dayes the children of Ammon fought against Israel †who pressing sore vpon them the ancientes of Galaad went to take Iephte out of the Land of Tob to helpe them †and they saied to him Come and be our prince and fight against the children of Ammon †To whom he answered Are not you they that hated me and cast me out of my fathers house and now are come to me forced by necessitie †And the princes of Galaad said to Iephte For this cause be we now come to thee that thou goe forth with vs and fight against the children of Ammon and be the captaine of al that dwell in Galaad †Iephte also said to them If you be come to me sincerly that I should fight for you against the children of Ammon and if our Lord deliuer them into my handes shal I be your prince †Who answered him Our Lord which heareth these thinges him selfe is mediatour and witnes that we wil doe as we haue promised †Iephte therfore went with the princes of Galaad and al the people made him their prince And Iephte spake al his wordes before our Lord in Maspha †And he sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon which should say in his person What is betwen me and thee that thou art come against me to wast my Land †To whom he answered Because Israel tooke my land when he ascended out of Aegypt from the coasts of Arnon vnto Iaboc and Iordan now therfore with peace restore the same to me †By whom Iephte againe sent word and commanded them that they should say to the king of Ammon †Thus sayth Iephte Israel did not take the Land of Moab nor the Land of the children of Ammon †but when they ascended out of Aegypt he walked through the desert vnto the Readsea and came into Cades †And he sent messengers to the king of Edom saying Suffer me that I may passe through thy land Who would not condescend to his requestes He sent also to the king of Moab who also him selfe contemned to geue passage He abode therfore in Cades †and compassed the Land of Edom at the side and the land of Moab and came against the East quarter of the Land of Moab and camped beyond Arnon neither would he enter the boundes of Moab for Arnon is the border of the Land of Moab †Israel therfore sent messengers to Sehon the king of the Ammorrheiâ—es who dwelt in Hesebon and they said to him Suffer me to passe through thy land vnto the riuer †Who also him selfe despising the wordes of Israel suffered him not to passe through his borders but gathering an infinite multitude went forth against him into Iasa and resisted strongly †And our Lord deliuered him into the handes of Israel with al his armie and he stroke him and possessed al the Land of the Ammorrheite the inhabiter of that countrie †and al the coastes therof from Arnon vnto Iaboc from the wildernes vnto Iordan †Our Lord therfore the God of Israel subuerted the Amorrheite his people of Israel fighting against him and wilt thou now possesse his land †Are not those thinges which Chamos thy God possessed dew to thee by right But the thinges that our Lord God hath obteyned conquerour shal come to our possession †vnlesse perhaps thou be better then Balac the sonne of Sephor the king of Moab or canst shew that he wrangled against Israel and fought against him †when he dwelt in Hesebon and the litle to wâ—es therof and in Aroer and the townes therof or in al the cities nere Iordan for three hundred yeares Wherfore haue you so long attempted nothing for reclaime †Therfore I doe not sinne against thee but thou doest euil against me denouncing me vniust warres Our Lord be iudge the arbiter of this day betwen Israel and betwen the children of Ammon †And the king of the children of Ammon would not harken to the wordes of Iephte which he sent him by the messengers †Therfore the spirite of our Lord came vpon Iephte and circuiting Galaad and Manasses Maspha also of Galaad and thence passing to the children of Ammon †he vowed a vow to our Lord saying If thou wilâ— deliuer the children of Ammon into my handes †whosoeuer shal first come forth out of the doores of my house and shal meete me returning with peace from the children of Ammon him wil I offer an holocauste to our Lord. †And Iephte passed to the children of Ammon to fight against them whom our Lord deliuered into his handes †and he stroke from Aroer til thou come to Mennith twentie cities and as farre as Abel which is sette with vineyardes with a very great plague and the children of Ammon were humbled by the children of Israel †But Iephte returning into Maspha to his house his onlie begotten daughter mette him with tymbrels and daunces for he had not other children †Whom when he saw he rent his gatmentes and said Wo is me my daughter thou hast deceiued me and thy self art deceiued for I haue opened my mouth to our Lord and I can doe no other thing †To whom she answered My father if thou hast opened thy mouth to our Lord do vnto me whatsoeuer thou hast promised the reuenge and victorie of thyne enemies being granted to thee †And she said to her father This only graunt me which I desire Suffer me that two monethes I may goe about the mountaines and bewayle my virginitie with my felowes †To whom he answered Goe And he dismissed her two monethes And when she was gone with her felowes and companions she mourned her virginitie in the mountaines †And the two monethes being expired she returned to her father and he “ did to her as he had vowed who knew not man Thence forth a fashion in Israel and a custome was kept †that after the compasse of a yeare the daughters of Israel assemble together and mourne the daughter of Iephte the Galaadite foure dayes ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XI â—9 Did to her as he had vovved VVhether Iephte did wel or no in sacrificing his daughter hauing vowed to offer in sacrifice whosoeuer or whatsoeuer should first mete him returning with victorie as it
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
shalt geue mercie before them that shal haue them captiues that they may haue compassion on them †For they are thy people and thine inheritance whom thou hast brought out of the Land of Aegypt from the middes of the yron fornace †That thy eies be open to the petition of thy seruant and of thy people Israel thou heare them in al thinges for which they shal inuocate thee †For thou hast separated them to thee for an inheritance from al the peoples of the earth as thou hast spoken by Moyses thy seruant when thou didst bring our fathers out of Aegypt Lord God †And it came to passe when Salomon had accomplished praying to our Lord al this prayer and petition he rose from the sight of the altar of our Lord for he had fastened both knees on the ground and had spred his handes toward heauen †He stood therfore and blessed al the assemblie of Israel with a lowde voyce saying †Blessed be our Lord which hath geuen rest to his people Israel according to al thinges that he hath spoken there hath not fayled so much as one word of al the good thinges that he spake by Moyses this seruant †Be our Lord God with vs as he hath beene with our fathers not forsaking nor reiecting vs. †But incline he our hartes to him that we may walke in al his waies and keepe his commandementes and his ceremonies and iudgementes whatsoeuer he commanded our fathers †And be these my wordes wherewith I haue prayed before our Lord approching to our Lord God day and night that he may doe iudgement for his seruant and for his people Israel day by day †that al the peoples of the earth may knowe that our Lord he is God and there is none other besides him †Let our hart also be perfect with our Lord God that we walke in his decrees and keepe his coÌ„mandementes as also this day †Therfore the king and al Israel with him did immolate victimes besore our Lord. †And Salomon killed pacisâ—que hostes which he immolated to our Lord of oxen two and twentie thousand and of sheepe an hundred twentie thousand and they dedicated the temple of our Lord the king and the children of Israel †In that day the king sanctified the middes of the court that was before the house of our Lord for he made the holocaust there and sacrifice and fatte of the pacifiques because the brasen altar that was before our Lord was too litle and could not take the holocaust and sacrifice and fatte of the pacifiques †Salomon therfore made in that time a solemne festiuitie and al Israel with him a great multitude from the entrance of Emath vnto the Ryuer of Aegypt before our Lord God seuen daies and seuen daies that is fourtene daies †And in the eight day he dismissed the people Who blessing the king went into their tabernacles reioysing and with a ioysul hart for al the good thinges that our Lord had done to Dauid his seruant and to Israel his people CHAP. IX Our Lord appearing againe to Salomon 4. admonisheth him and his people to keepe the precepts 6. threatning punishment if they do not 10. The king of Tyre receiueth tvventie cities of Salomon but liketh them not 14. Salomon buildeth more cities and tovvnes 20. Maketh diuers nations tributarie 24. The Quene repayreth to her house 25. The king offereth victimes thrise euerie yeare 26. and fetcheth gold from Ophir AND it came to passe when Salomon had perfected the building of the house of our Lord the kinges house and al that he wished and would haue done †our Lord appeared to him the second time as he had appeared to him in Gabaon †And our Lord said to him I haue heard thy prayer thy petition which thou hast prayed before me I haue sanctified this house which thou hast built that I might put my name there for euer and myne eies and my hart shal be there alwaies †Thou also if thou wilt walke before me as thy father walked in simplicitie of hart and in equitie and wilt doe al thinges which I haue commanded thee and wilt keepe my ordinances and my iudgementes †I wil sette the throne of thy kingdom ouer Israel for euer as I haue spoken to Dauid thy father saying There shal not be taken away a man of thy stocke from the throne of Israel †But if by reuolting you and your children shal turne away not folowing me nor keeping my commandementes and my ceremonies which I haue proposed to you but shal goe and worshippe strange goddes and adore them †I wil take away Israel from the face of the land which I haue geuen them and the temple which I haue sanctified to my name I wil cast away from my sight and Israel shal be for a prouerbe and for a fable to al peoples †And this house shal be for an example euerie one that shal passe by it shal wonder and hisse and say Why hath the Lord done thus to this land and to this house †And they shal answere Because they haue forsaken the Lord their God which brought their fathers out of the Land of Aegypt and haue folowed strange goddes adored them and worshipped them therfore hath the Lord brought vpon them al this euil †And twentie yeares being complete after that Salomon had built the two houses that is the house of our Lord and the house of the king †Hiram the king of Tyre ministring to Salomon ceder trees firre trees and gold according to al that he had neede then Salomon gaue to Hiram twentie townes in the Land of Galilee †And Hiram went from Tyre to see the townes which Salomon had geuen him and they pleased him not †and he sayd Are these the cities which thou hast geuen me brother And he called them the land Chabul vntil this day †Hiram also sent to king Salomon an hundred and twentie talentes of gold †This is the summe of the expences which king Salomon offered to build the house of our Lord and his owne house and Mello and the wal of Ierusalem and Heser and Mageddo and Gazer †Pharao the king of Aegypt came vp and rooke Gazer and burnt it with fire And the Chananite that dwelt in the citie he slewe and gaue it for a dowrie to his daughter the wife of Salomon †Salomon therfore built Gazer and Bethhoron the lower †and Baalath and Palmiâ—a in the Land of the wildernes †And al the villages that perteyned to him and were without wal he fensed and the cities of the chariotes and the cities of the horsemen and whatsoeuer pleased him to build in Ierusalem and in Libanus and in al the land of his dominion †Al the people that was remayning of the Amorrheites and Hetheites and Pherezeites and Heueites and Iebuseites that are not of the children of Israel †their children that were remayning in the
38. VVith promise to prosper if he serue God 42. Salomon dieth AND king Salomon loued manie wemen strangers the daughter also of Pharao and Moabites and Ammonites Idumeians and Sidonians and Hetheians †of the nations wherof our Lord sayd to the children of Israel You shal not goe in vnto them neither shal anie of them come in vnto yours for they wil most certainly turne away your hartes to folow their goddes To these therfore was Salomon copled in most seruent loue †And he had wiues as it were queenes seuen hundred and concubines three hundred and the wemen turned away his hart †And when he was now old his hart was depraued by wemen that he folowed strange goddes neither was his hart perfect with our Lord his God as the hart of Dauid his father †But Salomon worshipped Astarthee the goddesse of the Sidonians and Moloch the idol of the Ammonites †And Salomon did that which was not liked before our Lord and he accomplished not to folow our Lord as Dauid his father †Then built Salomon a temple to Camos the idol of Moab in the mount that is agaynst Ierusalem and to Moloch the idol of the children of Ammon †And in this maner did he to al his wiues that were strangers which burnt frankencense and immolated to their goddes †Therfore our Lord was wrath with Salomon because his minde was turned away from our Lord the God of Israel who had appeared vnto him the second tyme †and had commanded him concerning this word that he should not folow strange goddes he kept not the thinges which our Lord commanded him †Our Lord therfore sayd to Salomon Because thou hast done this and hast not kept my couenant and my preceptes which I haue commanded thee breaking I wil rent asunder thy kingdom and wil geue it to thy seruant †Neuerthelesse in thy dayes I wil not doe it because of Dauid thy father out of the hand of thy sonne I wil rent it †neither wil I take away the whole kingdom but one tribe I wil geue to thy sonne for Dauid my seruant and Ierusalem Which I haue chosen †And our Lord raysed vp an aduersarie to Salomon Adad an Idumeite of the kinges seede who was in Edom. †For when Dauid was in Idumea and Ioab the general of the warfare was gone vp to burie them that were slayne and had slayne al malekind in Idumea †for Ioab taried there six monethes and al Israel til he slew al malekind in Idumea †Adad him self fled and men of Idumea of his fathers seruantes with him to goe into Aegypt and Adad was a litle boy †And when they rose out of Madian they came into Pharan and they tooke with them men of Pharan and entered into Aegypt to Pharao the king of Aegypt who gaue him a house and appoynted him meates and assigued him land †And Adad found grace before Pharao excedingly in so much that he gaue him to wife the germane sister of his wife Taphnes the queene †And the sister of Taphnes bare him a sonne Genubath and Taphnes brought him vp in the house of Pharao and Genubath was dwelling at Pharaoes house with his children †And when Adad in Aegypt had heard that Dauid slept with his fathers and that Ioab the general of the warefare was dead he sayd to Pharao Dismisse me that I may goe into my countrie †And Pharao sayd to him For what lackest thou with me that thou seekest to goe into thyne owne countrie But he answered Nothing yet I besech thee that thou dismisse me †God also raysed vp to him an aduersarie Razon the sonne of Eliada who had fled Adarezer the king of Soba his lord †and he gathered men agaynst him and he became the captayne of theues when Dauid killed them and they went to Damascus and dwelt there and they made him king in Damascus †and he was an aduersarie to Israel al the dayes of Salomon and this is the euil of Adad and hatred agaynst Israel and he reigned in Syria †Ieroboam also the sonne of Nabath an Ephratheite of Sareda the seruant of Salomon whose mother was called Serua a woman widow lifted vp his hand agaynst the king †And this is the cause of his rebellion agaynst him because Salomon built Mello and filled vp the breache of the citie of Dauid his father †And Ieroboam was a strong man and mightie and Salomon seing the youngman of a good witte industrious had made him chief ouer the tributes of al the house of Ioseph †It came to passe therfore at that tyme that Ieroboam went out of Ierusalem and the prophete Ahias the Silonite found him in the way couered with a new cloke and they two onlie were in the field †And Ahias taking his new cloke wherwith he was couered cut it into twelue partes †And he sayd to Ieroboam Take vnto thee ten pieces for thus sayth our Lord the God of Israel Behold I wil rent the kingdom out of the hand of Salomon and wil geue thee ten tribes †But one tribe shal remayne to him for my seruant Dauid and Ierusalem the citie which I haue chosen of al the tribes of Israel †because he hath forsaken me and hath adored Astarthee the goddesse of the Sidonians Chamos the god of Moab and Moloch the god of the children of Ammon and hath not walked in my waies to doe iustice before me and my preceptes and iudgementes as Dauid his father †Neither wil I take away al the kingdom out of his hand but I wil make him prince al the daies of his life for Dauid my seruant whom I chose who kept my commandmentes and my preceptes †But I wil take away the kingdom out of his sonnes hand and wil geue thee ten tribes †and to his sonne I wil geue one tribe that there may remayne a lampe to Dauid my seruant at al times before me in Ierusalem the citie which I haue chosen that my name might be there †And thee wil I take and thou shalt reigne ouer al thinges that thy soule desireth and thou shalt be king ouer Israel †If therfore thou wilt heare al thinges that I shal command thee and wilt walke in my waies and doe that which is right before me keeping my commandmentes and my preceptes as Dauid my seruant did I wil be with thee and wil build thee a faythful house as I built a house to Dauid and I wil deliuer Israel to thee †and I wil afflict the seede of Dauid vpon this but yet not alwaies †Salomon therfore would haue killed Ieroboam who arose and fled into Aegypt to Sesac the king of Aegypt and was in Aegypt vntil the death of Salomon †And the rest of the wordes of Salomon and al that he did and his wisedom behold they are al written in the Booke of the wordes of the
our Lord began to send into Iuda Rasin the king of Syria and Phacee the sonne of Romelia †And Ioatham slept with his fathers and was buried with them in the citie of Dauid his father and Achaz his sonne reigned for him CHAP. XVI Achaz king of Iuda besides other idolatrie sacrificeth his owne sonne to idoles 5 The kinges of Israel and Syria besiegeing Ierusalem the Assyrians are hyred to releue it 10. Achaz causeth Vrias to make an altar like to one in Damascus 14. in place of Gods altar 17. remoueth diuers other things perteyning to diuine seruice 19. dieth and his sonne Ezechias reigneth IN the seuenteth yeare of Phacee the sonne of Romelia reigned Achaz the sonne of Ioatham king of Iuda †Twentie yeares old was Achaz when he began to reigne and he reigned sixtene yeares in Ierusalem he did not that which was pleasing in the sight of our Lord his God as Dauid his father †But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel moreouer also he consecrated his sonne making him passe through fire according to the idols of the Gentils which our Lord destroyed before the children of Israel †He immolated also victimes and burnt incense in the excelses and on the hilles and vnder euery tree full of greene leaues †Then went vp Rasin the king of Syria and Phacee the sonne of Romelia the king of Israel into Ierusalem to fight when they besieged Achaz they were not able to ouercome him †At that time Rasin the king of Syria restored Aila to Syria and threw out the Iewes out of Aila and the Idumeians came into Aila and dwelt there vnto this day †And Achaz sent messengers to Theglathphalasar the king of the Assyrians saying I am thy seruant and thy sonne come vp and saue me out of the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel which are risen together against me †And when he had gathered together the siluer and gold that could be founde in the house of our Lord and in the kings treasures he sent giftes to the king of the Assyrians †Who also agreed to his wil for the king of the Assyrians went vp into Damascus and wasted it and he transferred the inhabitants therof to Cyrene but Rasin he slew †And king Achaz went forth to meete Theglathphalasar the king of the Assyrians into Damascus and when he had seene the altar of Damascus king Achaz sent to Vrias the priest a paterne of it and a similitude according to al the worke therof †And Vrias the priest built an altar according to al things which king Achaz had commanded from Damascus so did the priest Vrias whilest king Achaz came from Damascus †And when the king was come from Damascus he saw the altar and worshipped it and went vp and immolated holocaustes and his sacrifice †and offered libamentes and powred the bloud of the pacifiques which he had offered vpon the altar †Moreouer the altar of brasse that was before our lord he remoued from the face of the temple and from the place of the altar and from the place of the temple of our Lord and he sett it at the side of the altar toward the North. †King Achaz also comanded Vrias the priest saying Vpon the greater altar offer the morning holocaust and the euening sacrifice and the kings holocaust and his sacrifice and the holocaust of the whole people of the land and their sacrifices and their libamentes and al the bloud of the holocaust and al the bloud of the victime thou shalt powre out vpon it but the altar of brasse shal be prepared readie at my pleasure †Vrias therfore the priest did according to al things which king Achaz had commanded him †And king Achaz tooke the engrauen feete and the lauatorie that was vpon them and he tooke downe the sea from the oxen of brasse that held it vp and put it vpon the pauement paued with stone †The Musach also of the Sabbath which he had built in the temple and the entrie of the king outward he turned into the temple of our Lord because of the king of the Assyrians †But the rest of the wordes of Achaz which he did are not these writen in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kinges of Iuda †And Achaz slept with his fathers and was buried with them in the citie of Dauid and Ezechias his sonne reigned for him CHAP. XVII Salmanazar king of Assyrians maketh Osee king of Israel tributarie and perceuing his endeuour to be deliuered therof imprisoneth him after three yeares siege taketh Samaria and carieth the people captiue into Assiria 7. Al which God permitteth for diuers great sinnes here recited 25. The new inhabitantes of the countrie not knowing God are deuoured by lions VVherupon a true priest is sent to instruct them 29. but they lerning the rites of true religion do mixt the same with idolatrie IN the twelfth yeare of Achaz king of Iuda reigned Osee the sonne of Ela in Samaria ouer Israel nine yeares †And he did euil before our Lord but not as the kinges of Israel that had bene before him †Against him came vp Salmanasar king of the Assyrians and Osee was made seruant to him and payd him tributes †And when the king of the Assyrians had found that Osee endeuoring to rebel had sent messengers to Sua the king of Aegypt that he might not pay tributes to the king of the Assyrians as euery yeare he was accustomed he besieged him and cast him blound into prison †And he ranged through al the land and going vp to Samaria he besieged it three yeares †And in the ninth yeare of Osee the king of Assyrians tooke Samaria and transferred Israel vnto the Assyrians and he put them in Hala and in Habor beside the riuer of Gozan in the cities of the Medes †For it came to passe when the children of Israel had sinned to our Lord their God which brought them out of the land of Aegypt and out of the hand of Pharao the king of Aegypt they worshipped strange goddes †And they walked according to the rite of the Gentiles which our Lord had consumed in the sight of the children of Israel and of the kings of Israel because they had done in like maner †And the children of Israel offended our Lord their God with wordes not right built them excelses in al their cities from the Towre of watchmen vnto the fensed citie †And they made them statues groues on euerie high hil and vnder euerie thicke woddie tree †and burnt there incense vpon the altars after the maner of the Gentiles which our Lord remoued from their face and they did wicked things prouoking our Lord. †And they worshipped the filthes wherof our Lord commanded them that thou should not doe this thing †And our Lord testified in Israel and in Iuda by the hand of
al the Prophetes and Seers saying Returne from your most wicked wayes and keepe my precepts and ceremonies according to al the law which I commanded your fathers and as I haue sent to you in the hand of my seruantes the Prophetes †Who heard not but hardened their necke according to the necke of their fathers who would not obey our Lord their God †And they cast away his ordinances and the couenant that he made with their fathers and the testifications wherwith he contested them and they folowed vanities and did vaynly and they folowed the Gentiles that were round about them concerning which our Lord had commanded them that they should not doe as they did †And they forsooke al the preceptes of our Lord their God and made to them selues two molten calues and groues and adored al the hoste of heauen and they serued Baal †and consecrated their sonnes and their daughters through fyre and they gaue themselues to deuinations and soothsayings and they deliuered vp themselues to doe euil before our Lord that they might prouoke him †And our Lord was wrath with Israel vehemently and tooke them away from his sight and there remayned but the tribe of Iuda onlie †But neither Iuda it self kept the commandementes of our Lord their God but walked in the errours of Israel which it had wrought †And our Lord reiected al the seede of Israel and afflicted them deliuered them into the hand of the spoylers til he threwe them away from his face †euen now from that time when Israel was rent from the house of Dauid and made Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat their king for Ieroboam seperated Israel from our Lord and made them sinne a great sinne †And the children of Israel walked in al the sinnes of Ieroboam which he had done and they departed not from them †vntil our Lord tooke away Israel from his face as he had spoken in the hand of al his seruantes the Prophetes and Israel was transported out of their land vnto the Assyrians vntil this day †And the king of the Assyrians brought from Babylon and from Cutha and from Auah and from Emath and from Sepharuaim and placed them in the cities of Samaria for the children of Israel who possessed Samaria and dwelt in the cities therof †And when they began to dwel there they feared not our Lord and our Lord sent lions vpon them which killed them †And it was told the king of the Assyrians and sayd The nations which thou hast transferred and made to dwel in the cities of Samaria know not the ordinances of the God of the land and the Lord hath sent lions vpon them and behold they kil them for that they know not the rite of the God of the land †And the king of the Assyrians commanded saying Bring thither one of the priestes which you brought thence captiue and let him goe and dwel with them and let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land †Therfore when one of those priests which were led captiue from Samaria was come he dwelt in Bethel and taught them how they should worship our Lord. †And euerie Nation framed their owne god and put them in the highe temples which the Samaritanes had made Nation and Nation in their cities where they dwelt †For the men of Babylon made Socoth benoth and the Cutheites made Nergel and the men of Emath made Asima †Moreouer the Heueites made Nebahaz Tharthac And they that were of Sepharuaim burnt their children in fyre to Adramelech and Anamelech the goddes of Sepharuaim †and neuetheles they worshipped our Lord. And they made to themselues of the vilest persones priestes of the excelses and they placed them in the highe temples †And when they worshipped our Lord they serued also their owne goddes according to the custome of the Nations out of the which they were transported to Samaria †vntil this present day they folow the old maner they feare not our Lord neither keepe they his ceremonies and iudgements and law and the commandemet which our Lord commanded the children of Iacob whom he surnamed Israel †and he had made a couenant with them had commanded them saying Feare not strange goddes and adore them not neither worship them and immolate not to them †But the Lord your God which brought you out of the Land of Aegypt in great strength and a stretched out arme him feare ye and him adore and to him doe ye immolate †The ceremonies also and iudgementes and law and the commandment that he wrote you kepe ye that you may doe them alwaies and feare not strange goddes †And the couenant that he made with you forget not neither doe ye worship strange goddes †but feare our Lord your God and he wil deliuer you out of the hand of al your enemies †But they heard not but did according to their old custome †These Nations therfore were fearing of our Lord but neuerthelesse seruing their idols also for both their children and nephewes as their fathers did soe doe they vntil this present day CHAP. XVIII Ezechias destroyeth al places of idolatrie in Iuda breaking also the brasen serpent made by Moyses because the people offered incense to it 9. The captiuitie of the ten tribes is repeted 13. Ezechias not able to resist the Assyrians payeth much money to them 17. They neuertheles send forces against Ierusalem reproch the king blaspheme God and terrifie the people IN the third yeare of Osee the sonne of Ela king of Israel reigned Ezechias the sonne of Achaz king of Iuda †Fiue and twentie yeares old was he when he began to reigne and he reigned nine and twentie yeares in Ierusalem the name of his mother was Abi the daughter of Zacharias †And he did that which was good before our Lord according to al thinges which Dauid his father had done †He destroyed the excelses and brake the statuees in peeces and cut downe the groues and brake the brasen serpent which Moyses had made for vntil that time the children of Israel burnt incense to it and he called the name therof Nohestan †He trusted in our Lord the God of Israel therfore after him there was not the like to him in al the kings of Iuda yea neither among them that were before him †and he cleaued to our Lord and departed not from his steppes and he did his commandmentes which our Lord commanded Moyses †Wherfore our Lord also was with him and in al things to the which he proceded he behaued himselfe wisely He rebelled also agaynst the king of the Assyrians and serued him not †He stroke the Philisthians as farre as Gaza al the borders from the Towre of watchmen vnto the fensed citie †In the fourth yeare of king Ezechias which was the seuenth yeare of Osee the sonne of Ela the king of Israel came vp Salmanasar the king
of the Assyrians into Samaria and assaulted it †and tooke it For after three yeares in the sixt yeare of Ezechias that is the ninth yeare of Osee the king of Israel Samaria was taken †and the king of the Assyrians transported Israel vnto the Assyrians and placed them in Hala and in Habor riuers of Gozan in the cities of the Medes †because they heard not the voice of our Lord their God but transgressed his couenant al things that Moyses the seruant of our Lord commanded they heard not neither did they it †In the fourtenth yeare of king Ezechias came vp Sennacherib the king of Assyrians to al the fensed cities of Iuda and tooke them †Then sent Ezechias the king of Iuda messengers to the king of the Assyrians into Lachis saying I haue sinned retyre from me and al that thou shalt put vpon me I will beare Therfore the king of the Assyrians put a taxe vpon Ezechias the king of Iuda three hundred talents of siluer and thirtie talents of gold †And Ezechias gaue al the siluer that was found in the house of our Lord and in the kinges treasures †At that time Ezechias brake the doores of the temple of our Lord and the plates of gold which he had fastened on them and gaue them to the king of the Assyrians †But the king of the Assyrias sent Tharthan and Rabsaris and Rabsaces from Lachis to king Ezechias with a strong powre to Ierusalem who when they were come vp they came to Ierusalem and stoode beside the conduite of the vpper poole which is in the way of the fullers field †And they called the king and there went out to them Eliacim the sonne of Helcias gouernour of the house and Sobna the Scribe and Ioahe the sonne of Asaph the register †And Rabsaces sayd to them Speake to Ezechias Thus sayth the great king the king of Assyrians What is this confidence that thou doest stay vpon †Perhaps thou hast taken counsel to prepare thy selfe to battle Wherin hast thou confidence that thou darest to rebel †Dost thou hope in Aegypt a staffe of reede and broken vpon which if a man leane broken into splinters it wil enter into his hand and pearce it so is Pharao the king of Aegypt to al that haue confidence in him †But if you wil say to me We haue confidence in our Lord God is not this he whose excelses and altars Ezechias hath taken away and he commanded Iuda and Ierusalem Before this altar shal you adore in Ierusalem †Now therfore passe to my lord the king of the Assyrians and I wil geue you two thousand horses and see whether you be able to haue ryders for them †And how can you resiste before one prince of the least seruantes of my lord Hast thou confidence in Aegypt for the chariotes and horsemen †Why am I come vp without the wil of the Lord to destroy it The Lord sayd to me Goe vp to this land and destroy it †And Eliacim the sonne of Helcias and Sobna and Ioahe sayd to Rabsaces We pray thee that thou speake to vs thy seruantes in Syryake for we vnderstand this tongue and speake not to vs in the Iewes language the people hearing it which is vpon the wal †And Rabsaces answered them saying What did my lord send me to thee that I should speake these wordes and not rather to the men that sit vpon the wal that they may eate their owne dung and drinke their vâ—ine with you †Rabsaces therfore stood and cryed out with a lowd voyce in the Iewes language and sayd Heaâ—e ye the wordes of the great king the king of the Assyrians †Thus sayth the king Let not Ezechias seduce you for he shal not be able to deliuer you out my hand †Neither let him geue you confidence vpon the Lord saying Our Lord deliuering wil deliuer vs and this citie shal not be geuen into the hand of the king of the Assyrians †Doe not heare Ezechias For thus sayth the king of the Assyrians Doe with me that which is profitable for you and come forth to me and euery man shal eate of his vineyard and of his figge tree and you shal drinke waters of your owne cesternes †til I come and transporte you into a land that is like to your land into a fruiteful land and plentiful of wyne a land of bread and of vineyardes a land of oliuetes and of oyle and honie and you shal liue and shal not die Heare not Ezechias who deceiueth you saying Our Lord wil deliuer vs. †Did the goddes of Nations deliuer their land from the hand of the king of Assyrians †Where is the God of Emath Arphad Where is the God of Sepharuaim of Ana and Aua did they deliuer Samaria out of my hand †What are they among al the goddes of nations which haue deliuered their countrey out of my hand that the Lord can deliuer Ierusalem out of my hand †The people therfore held their peace and did not answer him any thing for they had receiued the kings commandement that they should not answer him †And Eliacim the sonne of Helcias gouernour of the house and Sobna the scribe and Ioahe the sonne of Asaph register came to Ezeehias their garments rent and told him the wordes of Rabsaces CHAP. XIX Ezechias in affliction requesteth the prayers of Isaias the prophet 6. who assureth him of Gods helpe 8. The king of the Assyrians stil threatneth and blasphemeth 15. Ezechias praieth 20. and God hearing the prayers of the one and blasphemies of the other 28. promiseth to protect Ierusalem 35. An Angel in one night killeth an hundred fourscore and fiue thousand of the Assyrians campe their king returneth to Niniue is there slaine by two of his owne sonnes and an other sonne reigneth in his place VVHICH thinges when Ezechias the king had heard he rent his garmentes and was couered with sackcloth and entered into the house of our Lord. †And he sent Eliacim the gouernour of the house and Sobna the scribe and the ancientes of the priestes couered with sackclothes to Isaias the prophete the sonne of Amos. †Who sayd to him Thus saith Ezechias This day is a day of tribulation and rebuke and of blasphemie the children are come to the birth and the woman in trauel hath not strength †If perhaps our Lord thy God wil heare al the wordes of Rabsaces whom the king of the Assyrians his maister hath sent to vpbrayd the liuing God and reproue with wordes which our Lord thy God hath heard and make thou prayer for the remnantes that are found †The seruantes therfore of king Ezechias came to Isaie †And Isaie sayd to them Thus shal you say to your maister Thus sayth our Lord Feare not for the wordes which thou hast heard with which the seruantes of the king of the Assyrians haue blasphemed me †Behold I wil send
the priestes did sacrifice from Gabaa vnto Bersabee and he destroyed the altars of the gates in the entrance of the doore of Iosue chief of the citie which was on the left hand of the gate of the citie †Howbeit the priestes of the excelses went not vp to the altar of our Lord in Ierusalem but only they did eate azimes in the middes of their brethren †He contaminated also Topheth which is in the Valley of the sonne of Ennom that no man should consecrate his sonne or daughter by fyre to Moloch †He tooke away also the horses which the kinges of Iuda had geuen to the Sunne in the entrance of the temple of our Lord beside the chamber of Nathanmelech the eunuch who was in Pharurim and the chariotes of the Sunne he burnt with fire †The altars also that were vpon the roofes of the vpper chamber of Achaz which the kinges of Iuda had made and the altars which Manasses had made in the two courtes of the temple of our Lord the king destroyed and he ranne from thence and sprinkled the ashes of them into the Torrent cedron †The excelses also that were in Ierusalem on the right side of the Mount of offence which Salomon the king of Israel had built to Astaroth the idol of the Sidonians and to Chamos the scandal of Moab and to Melchom the abomination of the children of Ammon the king destroyed †And he brake in peces the statues and cut downe the groues and he filled their places with the bones of dead men †Moreouer the altar also that was in Bethel and the excelse which Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat had made who made Israel to sinne and that altar and excelse he destroyed and burnt and brake into powder and the groue also he burnt †And Iosias turning saw there sepulchres that were in the mount and he sent and tooke the bones out of the sepulchres and burnt them vpon the altar and polluted it according to the word of our Lord which the man of God spake who had foretold these thinges †And he sayd What title is that which I see And the citizens of that citie answered It is the sepulchre of the man of God which came from Iuda and foretold these thinges which thou hast done vpon the altar of Bethel †And he sayd Let him alone let no man moue his bones And his bones remayned vntouched with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria †Moreouer al the temples of the excelses which were in the cities of Samaria which the kinges of Israel had made to prouoke our Lord Iosias tooke away and he did to them according to al the workes which he had done in Bethel †And he slew al the priestes of the excelses that were there vpon the altars and he burnt mens bones vpon them turned into Ierusalem †And he commanded al the people saying Make a Phase to our Lord your God according as it is writen in the booke of this couenant †For there was not such a Phase made from the daies of the Iudges which iudged Israel and of al the daies of the kinges of Israel and of the kinges of Iuda †as in the eightenth yeare of king Iosias this Phase was made to our Lord in Ierusalem †Yea and the Pythones and Southsayers and the images of idols and the filthes and the abominations that had bene in the land of Iuda and Ierusalem Iosias tooke away that he might establish the wordes of the law that were writen in the Booke which Helcias the priest found in the temple of our Lord. †There was no king before him like to him that returned to our Lord in al his hart in al his soule and in al his powre according to al the law of Moyses neither after him did there arise the like to him †But yet our Lord was not auerted from the wrath of his great furie wherwith his furie was wrath agaynst Iuda for the prouocations wherwith Manasses had prouoked him †Our Lord therfore sayd Iuda also wil I take away from my face as I haue taken away Israel and I wil reiect this citie which I chose Ierusalem and the house wherof I sayd My name shal be there †But the rest of the wordes of Iosias and al that he did are not these thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda †In his dayes came vp Pharao Nechao the king of Aegypt agaynst the king of Assyrians to the riuer Euphrates and Iosias the king went to meete him and was slaine in Mageddo when he had seene him †And his seruantes caried him dead from Mageddo they brought him into Ierusalem and buried him in his sepulchre And the people of the land tooke Ioachaz the sonne of Iosias and they anoynted him and made him king for his father †Three and twentie yeares old was Ioachaz when he began to reigne and he reigned three 〈…〉 in Ierusalem the name of his mother was A 〈…〉 the daughter of Ieremie of Lobna †And he did euil before our Lord according to al thinges which his fathers had done †And Pharao Nechao bound him in Rebla which is in the land Emath that he should not reigne in Ierusalem and he lette a penaltie vpon the land an hundred talentes of siluer and a talent of gold †And Pharao Nechao made Eliacim king the sonne of Iosias for Iosias his father and turned his name Ioakim Moreouer he tooke Ioachaz and brought him into Aegypt and he died there †And Ioakim gaue the siluer and the gold to Pharao when he had taxed the land vpon euerie man that it might be payd according to the precept of Pharao and he exacted of euerie man according to his abilitie as wel siluer as gold of the people of the land to geue vnto Pharao Nechao †Fiue and twentie yeares old was Ioakim when he began to reigne and he reigned eleuen yeares in Ierusalem the name of his mother was zebida the daughter of Phadaia of Ruma †And he did euil before our Lord according to al thinges which his fathers had done CHAP. XXIIII Ioakim serueth the king of Babylon three yeares 2. Manie rouers infest his countrie 5. He dieth and his sonne Ioachim reigneth 10. The king of Babylon carieth king Ioachim and al the chief persones and treasures into Babylon 17. appointing Matthanias whom he nameth Sedecias king of Iuda 20. VVho reuolâ—eth from the king of Babylon IN his daies came vp Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon and Ioakim was made his seruant three yeares and he rebelled agaynst him againe †And our Lord senr in vpon him the rouers of the Chaldees and the rouers of Syria and the rouers of Moab the rouers of the children of Ammon and he sent them into Iuda to destroy it according to the word of our Lord which he had spoken by his seruantes
therfore tooke away al abominations of al the countries of the children of Israel and made al that were left in Israel to serue our Lord their God Al his daies they reuolted not from our Lord the God of their fathers CHAP. XXXV Iosias celebrateth a most Solemne Pasch 20. Is slaine by the king of Aegypt al Iudalamenting him 25. most specially Ieremias AND Iosias made in Ierusalem a Phase to our Lord which was immolated the fourtenth day of the first moneth †And he appoynted the Priestes in their offices and exhorted them that they would minister in the house of our Lord. †To the Leuites also at whose instruction al Israel was sanctified to our Lord he spake Put the Arke in the Sanctuarie of the temple which Salomon built the sonne of Dauid the king of Israel for you shal carie it no more but now minister to our Lord your God and to his people Israel †And prepare your selues by your houses and kinredes in the diuisions of euerie one as Dauid the king of Israel commanded and Salomon his sonne described †And minister ye in the Sanctuarie by families and Leuitical companies †and being sanctified immolate the Phase prepare also your brethren that they may doe according to the wordes which our Lord spake in the hand of Moyses †Moreouer Iosias gaue to al the people that was found there in the solemnitie of the Phase lambes and kiddes of the flockes and of the rest of the cattel thirtie thousand of oxen also three thousand al these thinges of the kinges substance †His dukes also voluntarily offered that which they vowed as wel to the people as to the Priestes and the Leuites Moreouer Helcias and Zacharias and Iahiel princes of the house of our Lord gaue to the Priestes to make the Phase cattel one with an other two thousand six hundred and oxen three hundred †And Chonenias and Semeias also Nathanael his brethren moreouer Hasabias and Iehiel and Iozabad princes of the Leuites gaue to the rest of the Leuites to celebrate the Phase fiue thousand sheepe and oxen fiue hundred †And the ministerie was prepared and the Priestes stood in their office the Leuites also in companies according to the kinges commandement †And the Phase was immolated and Priestes sprinkled the blood with their hand and the Leuites drew of the skinnes of the holocaustes †and they seperated them to geue them by the houses and families of euerie one and to be offered to our Lord as it is writen in the Booke of Moyses of oxen also they did in like maner †And they rosted the Phase vpon fyre according to that which is writen in the law but the pacifique hostes they bâ—vled in caudrons and kettles and pottes and in hast they distributed it to al the people †And for themselues and for the Priestes they prepared afterward for in oblation of holocaustes and of fatte the Priestes were occupied vntil night wherfore the Leuites prepared for themselues and for the Priestes the children of Aaron last †Moreouer the singing men the children of Asaph stood in their order according to the precept of Dauid and Asaph and Heman and Idithun the prophetes of the king and the porters watched at euerie gate so that they departed not a moment from the ministerie for the which cause also their brethren the Leuites prepared meates for them †Therfore al the seruice of our Lord was ritely accomplished that day so that they made the Phase and offered holocaustes vpon the altar of our Lord according to the precept of king Iosias †And the children of Israel that were found there made the Phase at that time and the solemnitie of Azymes seuen daies †There was not a Phase like to this in Israel from the daies of Samuel the prophete neither did anie of al the kinges of Israel make a Phase as Iosias to the Priestes and the Leuites and to al Iuda and Israel that was found and to the inhabitantes of Ierusalem †In the eightenth yeare of the kingdom of Iosias was this Phase celebrated †After that Iosias had repayred the temple came vp Nechao the king of Aegypt to fight in Charcamis beside Euphrates and Iosias went forth to meete him †But he sending messengers vnto him sayd What haue I to doe with thee king of Iuda I come not agaynst thee this day but I fight agaynst an other house to the which God hath commanded me to goe in hast leaue to doe agaynst God who is with me lest he kil thee †Iosias would not returne but prepared battel agaynst him neither did he agree to the wordes of Nechao from the mouth of God but went forward to fight in the fielde of Mageddo †And there being wounded of the Archers he sayd to his seruantes Carie me out of the battel because I am sore wounded †Who remoued him from one chariote into an other chariote that folowed him after the maner of kinges and they caried him away into Ierusalem he died and was buried in the monument of his fathers and al Iuda and Ierusalem mourned for him †Ieremie most of al whose lamentations al the singing men and singing wemen repeate vntil this present day vpon Iosias and it is growen as it were a law in Israel Behold it is sayd to be writen in the lamentations †But the rest of the wordes des of Iosias of his mercies which are commanded by the law of our Lord †his workes also the first and the last are writen in the Booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel CHAP. XXXVI Ioachaz reigneth three monethes 4. His brother Eliakim named loakim eleuen yeares 9. his sonne Ioachin three monethes 11. his vncle Sedecias eleuen yeares 14. Most Priestes and people contemning the admonitions of Prophetes 17. manie are slaine by the Chaldees the Temple and Ierusalem spo led and burnt 20. The sayd kinges successiuely and people are caryed captiue into Babylon 22. After seuentie yeares Cyrus king of Persia releaseth the captiuitie and geueth leaue to reedifie the Temple THE people therfore of the land tooke Ioachaz the sonne of Iosias and made him king for his father in Ierusalem †Taree and twentie yeares old was Ioachaz when he began to reigne and he reigned three monethes in Ierusalem †And the king of Aegypt when he came into Ierusalem deposed him and condemned the land in an hundred talentes of siluer and a talent of gold †And he made Eliakim his brother king for him ouer Iuda and Ierusalem and he turned his name Ioakim but he tooke Ioachaz himself with him and caried him away into Aegypt †Fiue and twentie yeares old was Ioakim when he began to reigne and he reigned eleuen yeares in Ierusalem and he did euil before our Lord his God †Agaynst him came vp Nabuchodonosor the king of the Chaldees and brought him bound in chaynes into Babylon †Whither he transported also the vessels of
Goe ye forth into the mount and fetch branches of the oliue tree and branches of the most fayre tree branches of the mirtle tree and boughes of the palme trees and branches of the thicke leaued tree that tabernacles may be made as it is written †And the people went forth and brought And they made themselues tabernacles euery man in his house toppe and in his courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the streate of the water gate and in the streate of the gate of Ephraim †Therefore al the church of them that were returned from the captiuitie made tabernacles and dwelt in tabernacles For from the daies of Iosue the sonne of Nun the children of Israel had not done it in such sort vntil that day and there was exceeding great ioy †And he reade in the booke of the law of God day by day from the first day til the last and they made the solemnitie seuen dayes in the eight day a collect according to the rite CHAP. IX The people repenting in fasting and sakcloth put away their wiues of strange nations 5. Esdras confesseth Gods benefites and the peoples ingratitude 32. prayeth for them and maketh league with God AND in the foure and twenteth day of the moneth the children of Israel came together in fasting and sackeclothes and carth vpon them †And the seede of the children of Israel was seperated from euerie strange childe and they stood and confessed their sinnes and the iniquities of their fathers †And they rose vp to stand and they read in the volume of the law of our Lord their God foure times in a day and four times they confessed and adored our Lord their God †And there arose vpon the steppe of the Leuites Iosue and Bani Cedminel Sabania Bonni Sarebias Bani and Chanani and they cried with a lowde voice to our Lord their God †And the Leuites Iosue and Cedmihel Bonni Hasebnia Serebia Odaia Sebnia and Phathahia said Arise Blesse our Lord your God from eternitie to eternitie and let them blesse the high name of thy glorie in al blessing praise †Thou the same o Lord alone thou hast made heauen al the host therof the earth al thinges that are in it the seas and al thinges that are therin and thou dost giue life to al these thinges and the host of heaueÌ„ adoreth thee †Thou the same o Lord God which didst choose Abram broughtest him out of the fire of the Chaldees and gauest him the name Abraham †And thou didst finde his hart faithful before thee and thou madest a couenante with him that thou wouldest geue him the land of the Chananite of the Hetheite and of the Amorrheite and of the Pherezeire and of the Iebuseite of the Gergeseite to geue vnto his seede and thou hast fulfilled thy wordes because thou art iust †And thou sawest the afflicton of our fathers in Aegypt their crie thou didst hearâ— vpon the Read sea †And thou gauest signes wonders in Pharao and in al his seruants and in al the people of his land for thou didst know that they had done proudly against them and thou madest thyself a name as also at this day †And thou didst diuide the sea before them and they passed througth the midst of the sea in drie land but their persecutors thou threwest into the depth as a stone into the rough waters †And in a piller of a cloude thou wast their leader by day and in a piller of fire by night that the way might appeare to them by the which they went †To mount Sinai also thou didst descend and spakest with them from heauen and thou gauest them right iudgements and the law of truth ceremonies and good preceptes †Thy sanctified Sabbath thou didst shew them and the commandements and ceremonies and the law thou didst command them in the hand of Moyses thy seruant †Bread also from heauen thou gauest them in their hunger and water out of the rocke thou didst bring forth to them thirsting and thou saidest to them that they should enter in and possesse the land vpon which thou didst lift vp thy hand to diliuer it them †But they and our fathers did proudly and hardned their neckes and heard not thy coÌ„mandements †And they would not heare and they remembred not thy merueylous workes which thou hast done to them And they hardned their neckes and gaue the head to returne to their seruitude as it were by contention But thou a propitious God and gratious and merciful long suffering and of much compassion didst not forsake them †Yea and when they had made to them selues a molten calfe and had said This is thy God which brought thee out of Aegypt and they did great blasphemies †But thou in thy manie mercies didst not leaue them in the desert the piller of the cloude departed not from them by day to lead them into the way and the piller of fire by night to shew them the way by which they should goe †And thou gauest them thy good spirite which should teach them and thy Manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth and thou gauest them water in thirst †Fourtie yeares didst thou feede them in the desert and nothing was wanting to them their garmentes waxed not old and their feete not worne †And thou gauest them kingdomes and peoples and didst part lottes vnto them and they possessed the land of Sehon and the land of the king Hesebon and the land of Og the king of Basan †And thou didst multiplie their children as the starres of heauen brought them to the land wherof thou hadst said to their fathers that they should enter and possesse it †And the children came and possessed the land and thou didst humble before them the inhabiters of the land the Chananâ—ites and gauest them into their hand and their kinges and the peoples of the land that they might doe to them as it pleased them †They therfore tooke the fensed cities and fatte ground and possessed houses ful of al goodes cesternes made by others vineyardes and oliuetes manie trees that bare fruite and they did eate and were filled and became fatte and abounded with delicious thinges in thy great goodnes †But they prouoked thee to wrath departed from thee and threw thy law behind their backes they killed thy prophetes which admonished them ernestly to returne to thee and they did great blasphemies †And thou gauest them into the handes of their enemies and they afflicted them And in the time of their tribulation they cried to thee thou from heauen didst heare and according to thy manie coÌ„passions gauest them sauiours that should saue them from the hand of their enemies †And when they had rested they returned to do euil in thysight thou didst leaue them in the hand of their enemies and they possessed them And they
way that they should take the ascentes of the mountaynes by which there might be way to Ierusalem and should keepe watch where the way was narrow betwen the mountaynes †And the children of Israel did according as the Priest of our Lord Eliachim had appointed them †And al the people cried to our Lord with great instance and they humbled their soules in fastings and prayers they their wiues †And the Priestes put on heareclothes and they laide the infantes prostrate against the face of the temple of our Lord and the altar of our Lord they couered with hearecloth †and they cried to our Lord the God of Israel With one accord that their infantes might not be geueÌ„ into praye their wiues into spoile and their cities into destruction and their holie thinges into pollution and they be made a reproch to the Gentiles †Then Eliachim the high Priest of our Lord went about al Israel and spake to them †saying Know ye that our Lord wil heare your prayers if continewing you continew in fastinges and prayers in the sight of our Lord. †Be mindful of Moyses the seruant of our Lord who ouerthrew Amalec trusting in his power and in his might and in his armie in his shieldes in his chariotes in his horsemen not by fighting but with holie prayers †so shal al the enemies of Israel be if you perseuere in this worke which you haue begunne †They therfore at this exhortation of his beseching our Lord continewed in the sight of our Lord †so that they also which offered the holocaustes to our Lod did offer the sacrifices to our Lord girded with heareclothes and there were ashes vpon their head †And they al prayed God with al their hart that he would visite his people Israel CHAP. V. Holofernes hearing that the Israelites prepare to resist him in great rage demandeth diuers particulars concerning that people 5. Achior an Ammonite telleth the meruelous workes of God towards them 22. aduiseth him not to fight against them 26 the chief capitanies are offended threaten Achior AND it was told Holofernes the General of the warres of the Assyrians that the children of Israel prepared them selues to resist and had shut vp the wayes of the mountaynes †and with exceding furie he chafed in great anger and called al the princes of Noab and dukes of Ammon †and he sayd to them Tel me what is this people which besetteth the mountaynes or what and of what sorte and how great their cities are also what their power is or what is their multitude or who is the king of their warfare †and why aboue al that dwel in the East haue these contemned vs and haue not come forth to meete vs that they might receiue vs with peace †Then Achior captaine of al the children of Ammon answering said If thou wouâ—safe my Lord to heare I wil tel the truth in thy sight of this people which dwelleth in the mountaynes and there shal not a false word come forth of my mouth †This people is of the progenie of the Chaldees †The same dwelt first in Mesopotamia because they would not folow the goddes of their fathets which were in the land of the Chaldees †Forsaking therfore the ceremonies of their fathers which were in multitude of goddes †they worshipped one God of heauen who also commanded them that they should depart from thence and should dwel in Charan And when there was famine ouer al the land they went downe into Aegypt and there for foure hundred yeares were so multiplied that the host of them could not be numbred †And when the king of Aegypt oppressed them and in the buildinges of his cities had subdewed them in brick and claye they cried to their Lord and he stroke the whole Land of Aegypt with diuers plagues †And when the Aegyptians had cast them out from them and the plague had ceased from them and they would take them againe and cal them backe to their seruice †these fleeing away the God of heauen opened the sea so that the waters were consolidated as a wal on either side and they walking through the botome of the sea passed drie foote †In which place whiles an innumerable armie of the Aegyptians pursewed them they were so ouerwhelmed with the waters that there was not one remayning to tel the fact to posteritie †Also being past the read sea they possessed the desertes of Mount Sinai in which neuer man could dwel or sonne of man rested †There bitter fountaynes were made sweete for them to drinke and for fourtie yeares they receiued meate from heauen †Wheresoeuer they entered without bow and arrow and without shielde and sword their God fought for them and ouercame †And there was not that did insult against this people but when they departed from the worship of the Lord their God †But as often as beside their owne God they worshiped an other they were geuen to praye and into the sword and to reproch †And as often as they were penitent for that they reuolted from the worship of their God the God of heauen gaue them power to resist †Finally the king of the Chananeites and of Iebuseites and of the Pherezeites and of the Hetheiteâ— and of the Heueites and of the Amorrheites and al the mightie in Hesebon they ouerthrew and they possessed their landes their cities †and as long as they sinned not in the sight of their God it was wel with them for their God hateth iniquitie †For these yeares also past when they had reuolted from the way which God had geuen them that they should walke in it they were destroyed in battels by manie nations and verie manie of them were led captiue into a strange land †But of late returning to the Lord their God from the dispersion wherein they were dispersed they are vnited are come vp into al these mountaynes and possesse Ierusalem againe where their Holies are †Now therfore my Lord search if there be any iniquitie of theirs in the sight of their God and let vs goe vp to them because their God deliuering wil deliuer them to thee and they shal be subdewed vnder the yoke of thy power †but if there be no offence of this people before their God we can not resist them because their God wil defend them and we shal be a reproche to the whole earth †And it came to passe when Achior had ceased to speake these wordes al the great men of Holofernes were angrie and they thought to kil him saying to each other †who is this that sayth the children of Israel can resist king Nabuchodonosor and his armies men vnarmed and without force and without skil of the feates of warre †That Achior therfore may know that he deceiueth vs let vs goe vp into the mountaynes and
that he might saue al the meeke of the earth †Because the cogitation of man shal confesse to thee and the remanes of the cogitation shal keepe festiual day to thee †Vowe ye and render to our Lord your God al ye that round about him bring giftes To the terrible †and him that taketh away the spirite of princes terrible to the kinges of the earth PSALME LXXVI Anie faithful deuout person meditating Gods benefites 7. examineth his cōscience that nothing be in his soule that may offend God Who is alwayes readie to forgeue 11. and therfore he stil reneweth his purpose to serue God sincerly 15. particularly remembring the deliuerie of Israel from Aegypt Vnto the end for Idithun a psalme to Asaph †VVith my voice I haue cried to our Lord with my voice to God and he attended to me †In the day of my tribulation I sought God with my handes in the night before him and I was not deceiued My soule refused to be comforted †I was mindeful of God and was delighted and was exercised and my spirite fainted Myne eies preuented the watches I was trubled spake not †I thought vpon old daies and the eternal yeares I had in minde †And I meditated in the night with my hart and I was exercised and I swept my spirite Why wil God reiect for euer or wil he not adde to be better pleased as yet †Or wil he cutte of his mercie for euer from generation vnto generation †Or wil God forget to haue mercie or wil he in his wrath keepe in his mercies And I sayde Now haue I begune this is the change of the right hand of the Highest †I haue bene mindful of the workes of our Lord because I wil be mindful from the beginning of thy meruelous workes †And I wil meditate in al thy workes and in thy inuentions I wil be exercised †O God in the holie is thy way what God is great as our God †thou art the God that doest meruelous thinges Thou hast made thy powre knowne among peoples †thou hast with thine arme redemed thy people the children of Iacob and Ioseph †The waters saw thee ô God the waters saw thee and they were afrayd and the depthes were trubled †A multitude of the sounding of waters the cloudes gaue a voice For in deede arrowes doe passe †the voice of thy thunder in a wheele Thy lightenings shined to the rounde world the earth was moued and trubled †Thy way in the sea and thy pathes in many waters and thy steppes shal not be knowne †Thou hast conducted thy people as sheepe in the hand of moyses and Aaron PSALME LXXVII The royal prophet exhorting the people to attend 5. reciteth manie great benefites of God towards their forefathers whose ingratitude often rebellion and chatisement he stil noteth 9. as in their entrance into the land of Chanaan 12. also before the same in Aegypt and in the desort 42. How God plagued the Aegyptians 52. protected and conducted his people into the promised land 56. where likewise they often offended were punished 65. yet were stil conserued 69. and the tribe of Inde exalted in king Dauid Vnderstanding to Asaph MY people attend ye to my law incline your eare vnto the wordes of my mouth †I wil open my mouth in parables I wil speake propositions from the beginning †How great thinges haue we heard and haue knowne them and our fathers haue told vs. †They were not hid from their children in an other generation Telling the prayses of our Lord and his powers and his meruelous workes which he hath done †And he raised vp a testimonie in Iacob and made a law in Israel How great thinges he commanded our fathers to make the same knowne to their children †that an other generation may know The children that shal be borne and shal rise vp and shal tel their children †That they may put their hope in God and may not forget the workes of God and may seeke after his commandmentes †That they become not as their fathers a peruerse generation and exasperating A generation that hath not directed their hart their spirit hath not bene faithful towards God †The children of Ephrem bending and shooting with bow were turned in the day of battel †They kept not the testament of God and in his law they would not walke †And they forgate his benefites and his meruelous workes which he shewed them †Before their fathers he did meruelous thinges in the land of Aegypt in the filde of Tanis †He diuided the sea brought them through and he made the waters to stand as in a bottle †And he conducted them in a cloude by day and al the night by light of fire †He stroke the rocke in the desert and gaue them water to drinke as in a great depth †And he broughtforth water out of the rocke and made waters runne downe as riuers †And they added as yet to sinne vnto him they prouoked the Highest to wrath in the place without water †And they tempted God in their hartes so that they asked meats for their liues †And they spake euil of God they saide Can God prepare a table in the desert †Because he stroke the rocke and waters ranne torrentes flowed Can he also giue bread or prepare a table for his people †Therfore our Lord heard and made delay and fire was kindled in Iacob and wrath ascended vpon Israel †Because they beleued not in God nor hoped in his saluation †And he commanded the cloudes from aboue and opened the gates of heauen †And he rayned them Manna to eate and bread of heauen he gaue to them †Bread of Angels did man eate he sent them victuals in abundance †He transported the Southwinde from heauen and in his powre he brought in the Southwestwinde †And he rayned vpon them flesh as dust and as the sand of the sea fethered fowles †And they fel in the middes of their campe about their tabernacles †And they did eate and were filled excedingly and their desire he brought to them †They were not defrauded of their desire As yet their meats were in their mouth †And the wrath of God ascended vpon them And he killed their fat ones and the chosen of Israel he hindered †In al these things they sinned as yet and they beleued not in his meruelous workes †And their daies failed in vanitie and their years in hast †When he slew them they sought him and they returned and early they came to him †And they
loosed him the prince of the people and released him †He appointed him lord of his house and prince of al his possession †That he might instruct his princes as himselfe and might teach his ancientes wisedom †And Israel entered into Aegypt and Iacob was a seiourner in the land of Cham. †And he increased his people excedingly and strengthned them ouer their enemies †He turned their hart that they hated his people and to worke guile toward his seruantes †He sent Moyses his seruant Aaron him selfe whom he chose †He did put in them the wordes of his signes and of his wonders in the Land of Cham. †He sent darkenes and obscured and did not exasperate his wordes †He turned their waters into bloud and killed their fishes †Their land broughtforth frogges in the inner chambers of their kinges †He sayd and the caenomyia came and the cinifes in al their coastes †He made theyr raynes haile fire burning in their land †And he stroke their vines and their figtrees and he destroyed the wood of their coastes †He said the locust came and the bruchus wherof there was no number †And it did eate al the grasse in their land and it did eate al the fruicte of their land †And he stroke euerie first begotten in their land the first fruictes of al their labour †And he brought themforth with gold and siluer and there was not in their tribes a feeble person †Aegypt was glad at their departure because the feare of them lay vpon them †He spred a cloude for their protection and fire to shine vnto them by night †They made petition and the quaile came and he filled them with the bread of heauen †He diuided the rocke and waters flowed riuers ranne in the drie ground †Because he was mindful of his holie word which he had vttered to Abraham his seruant †And he broughtforth his people in exultation and his elect in ioy †And he gaue them the countries of the Nations and they possessed the labours of peoples †That they might keepe his iustifications and seeke after his lawe PSALME CV The prophet exhorteth the people to render thankes and praises to God 6. for remitting their manifold sinnes in the desert 34. and in the conquered land 38. foreshewing like sinnes to come Gods wrath and punishment for the same 44. and that he wil geue grace of repentance to some 47. for which he prayeth and praiseth God Allelu ia CONFESSE ye to our Lord because he is good because his mercie is for euer †Who shal speake the powers of our Lord shal make al his prayses to be heard †Blessed are they that keepe iudgement and doe iustice at al time †Remember vs ô Lord in the good pleasure of thy people visite vs in thy saluation †To see in the goodnes of thyne elect to reioyce in the ioy of thy nation that thou maist be praysed with thine inheritance †We haue sinned with our fathers we haue dealt vniustly we haue done iniquitie †Our father 's in Aegypt did not vnderstand thy meruelous workes they were not mindeful of the multitude of thy mercie And they prouoked thee to wrath going vp vnto the sea the Read sea †And he saued them for his name sake that he might make his power knowen †And he rebuked the Read sea and it was made drie and he led them in the depths as in a desert †And he saued them from the hand of them that hated them and “ he redemed them out of the hand of the enemie †And water ouerwhelmed those that afflicted them there did not one of them remaine †And they beleued his wordes and they sang his praise †They had quickly donne they forgot his workes and they expected not his counsel †And they coueted concupiscence in the desert and tempted God in the place without water †He gaue them their petition and sent saturitie into their soules †And they prouoked Moyses in the campe Aaron the holie of our Lord. †The earth was opened and swalowed Dathan and ouerwhelmed the congregation of Abiron †And a fire flamed vp in their sinagogue the flame burnt the sinners †And they made a calfe in Horeb and they adored the sculptil †And they changed their glorie into the similitude of a calfe that eateth grasse †They forgat God which saued them which did great thinges in Aegypt †meruelous thinges in the land of Cham terrible thinges in the Read sea †And he sayd to destroy them if Moyses his elect had not stood in the way before him To turne away his wrath that he should not destroy them †and they estemed for naught the land that was to be desired They did not beleue his word †and they murmured in their tabernacles they heard not the voice of our Lord. †And he lifted vp his hand ouer them to ouerthrowe them in the desert †And to cast doune their seede among the Nations and to disperse them in the countries †And they were professed to Beelphegor and they did eate the sacrifices of the dead †And they prouoked him in their inuentions and ruine was multiplied on them †And Phinees stood and pacified and the slaughter ceased †And it was reputed to him vnto iustice in generation and generation euen for euer †And they prouoked him at the waters of contradiction and Moyses was vexed for them †because they exasperated his spirit And he playnely affirmed in his lippes †they destroyed not the nations of which our Lord spake to them †And they were mingled among the nations and learned their workes †and they serued their sculptils and it became a scandal to them †And they immolated their sonnes and their daugheters to diuels †And they shed innocent bloud the bloud of their sonnes and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the sculptils of Chanaan And the land was infected with bloud †and was contaminated in their workes and they did fornicat in their inuentions †And our Lord was wrath with â—urie vpon his people and he abhorred his inheritance †And he deliuered them into the handes of the nations and they that hated them had the dominion of them †And their enimies afflicted them and they were humbled vnder their handes †he did often deliuer them But they exasperated him in their counsel and they were humbled in their iniquities †And he saw when they were afflicted and he heard their prayer †And he was mindeful of his testament and it repented him according to the multitude of his mercie
backe they haue prolonged their iniquitie †Our iust Lord wil cut the neckes of sinners †let them al be confounded and turned backward that hate Sion †Let them be made as grasse in the toppes of houses which is withered before it be plucked vp †Wherof the reaper hath not filled his hand and he that gathereth the sheaues his bosome †And they sayd not that passed by The blessing of our Lord be vpon you we haue blessed you in the name of our Lord. PSALME CXXIX The Iewes or other people in tribulation for sinne or temporal captiuitie crie to God to be deliuered 4. trusting and encoreging ech other in Gods accustomed mercie assuredly hoping that he wil redeme deliuer them A gradual Canticle FROM the depthes I haue cried to thee ô Lord †Lord heare my voice Let thine eares be intent to the voice of my petition †If thou shalt obserue iniquities ô Lord Lord who shal susteyne it †Because with thee there is propiciation and for thy law I haue expected thee ô Lord. My soule hath expected in his word †my soule hath hoped in our Lord. †From the morning watch euen vntil night let Israel hope in our Lord. †Because with our Lord there is mercie and with him plenteous redemption †And he shal redeme Israel from al his iniquities PSALME CXXX Anie iust soule in humble confidence offereth his innocencie as a spiritual and gratful sacrifice to God 3. exhorting al Gods seruants euer to hope in him A gradual Canticle of Dauid LORD my hart is not exalted neither are mine eies loftie Neither haue I walked in great matters nor in meruelous thinges aboue me †If I was not humbly mynded but exalted my soule As the weaned childe is toward his mother so retribution in my soule †Let Israel hope in our Lord from henceforth now and for euer PSALME CXXXI The Psalmist earnestly prayeth God to geue him leaue to shew him where to build a Temple But more especially prayeth for and prophecieth the coming of Christ the promised Sonne of Dauid 14. signifying Gods promise therof and of establishing his Church A gradual Canticle REMEMBER Dauid ô Lord and al his meekenes †As he sware to our Lord vowed a vowe to the God of Iacob †If I shal enter into the tabernacle of my house if I shal ascend into the bed of my couch †If I shal geue sleepe to mine eies and slumbering to mine eie liddes †And rest to my temples vntil I finde a place for our Lord a tabernacle for the God of Iacob †Behold we haue heard of it in Ephrata we haue found it in the fildes of the wood †We wil enter into his tabernacle we wil adore in the place where his feete stood †Arise Lord into thy rest thou and the arke of thy sanctification †Let thy Priestes be clothed with iustice let thy sainctes reioyce †For Dauid thy seruants sake turne not away the face of thy Christ †Our Lord hath sworne truth to Dauid and he wil not disapoint it Of the fruite of thy wombe I wil set vpon thy seate †If thy children shal keepe my testament and these my testimonies which I wil teach them Their children also euen for euer shal sit vpon thy seate †Because our Lord hath chosen Sion he hath chosen it for an habitation to himself †This is my rest for euer and euer here wil I dwel because I haue chosen it †Blessing I wil blesse her widow her poore I wil fil with breades †Her Priestes I wil clothe with saluation and her sainctes shal reioyce with ioyfulnes †Thither wil I bring forth a horne to Dauid I haue prepared a lampe to my Christ †His enemies I wil clothe with confusion but vpon him shal my sanctification florish PSALME CXXXII Fraternal concord is commended to al in the Church as necessarie and delectable in it self and blessed of God A gradual Canticle of Dauid BEHOLD how good and how pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwel in one †As oyntement on the head which ranne downe vpon the beard the beard of Aaron which ranne downe vnto the hemme of his garment †As the dew of Hermon which runneth downe vpon mount Sion Because there hath our Lord commanded blessing and life euen for euer PSALME CXXXIII Al and especially clergie men that serue the Church are inuited to prayse God by day and by night so shal they be blessed of God A gradual Canticle LOE now blesse our Lord al ye the seruantes of our Lord Which stand in the house of our Lord in the courtes of the house of our God †In the nightes lift vp your handes vnto the holie places and blesse ye our Lord. Our Lord out of Sion blesse thee who made heauen and earth PSALME CXXXIIII God who only is omnipotent and fountaine of algoodnes is of al to be praised 8. He is the special protector of his elected people 15. Contrariwise false goddes are impotent vaine and can not helpe those that serue them 19. Only the Church doth rightly praise him Alleluia PRAYSE ye the name of our Lord ye seruantes prayse our Lord. †Ye that stand in the house of our Lord in the courtes of the house of our God †Prayse ye our Lord because our Lord is good sing ye to his name because it is sweete †Because our Lord hath chosen Iacob to himself Israel for his owne possession †Because I haue knowne that our Lord is great and our God aboue al goddes †Al thinges whatsoeuer our Lord would he hath done in heauen in earth in the sea and in al the depthes †Bringing forth clowdes from the vttermost of the earth lightenings he hath turned into rayne Who bringeth forth the windes out of his treasures †who stroke the first begotten of Aegypt from man euen to beast †He sent â—orth signes and wonders in the middes of thee ô Aegypt vpon Pharao and vpon al his seruantes †Who stroke manie nations and slew strong kinges †Sehon the king of the Amorrheites Og the king of Basan and al the kingdomes of Chanaan †And he gaue their land for inheritance for an inheritance to Israel his people †Lord thy name is for euer Lord thy memorial is vnto generation and generation †Because our Lord shal iudge his people and wil be intreated toward his seruantes †The idoles 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
middes of the streates In al these thinges his furie is not turned away but yet is his hand stretched forth †And he shal lift vp a signe in the nations a farre and shal whistle to him of the ends of the earth and behold he shal come in hast spedely †There is none that faynteth nor that laboreth in them he wil not slumber nor sleepe neither shal the girdle of his reines be loosed neither shal the latchet of his shoe be broken †His arrowes sharpe and al his bowes bent The hoofes of his horses as the flint his wheeles as the violence of a tempest †His roaring as a lions he shal roare as lions whelpes and he wil gnash and hold the praye and claspe it and there shal be none to plucke it away †And it shal sound vpon him in that day as the sound of the sea we shal looke towards the earth and behold darkenes of tribulation and the light is darkened in the mist therof CHAP. VI. The prophet after a glorious vision 5. lamenteth his former silence 6. his lippes being purified by an Angel with a hote coal 8. he is willingly sent so prophecieth that the peoples hart wil be hardned their cities shal be destroyed but good reliques shal be conserued IN the yeare that king Ozias died I saw our Lord sitting vpon an high throne and eleuated and those thinges that were vnder him filled the temple †Seraphims stoode vpon the same six winges to one and six winges to the other with two they couered his face and with two they couered his feete and with two they flewe †And they cried one to an other and sayd Holie holie holie the Lord God of hostes al the earth is ful of his glorie †And the lintels of the dores were moued at the voice of him that cried and the house was filled with smoke †And I said Woe is me because I haue held my peace because I am a man of polluted lippes and I dwel in the middes of a people that hath polluted lippes and the king the Lord of hostes I haue sene with mine eies †And one of the Seraphims flewe to me and in his hand an hote cole which he had taken with tonges from the altar †And he touched my mouth and said Behold this hath touched thy lippes and thine iniquitie shal be taken away thy sinne shal be cleansed †And I heard the voice of our Lord saying Whom shal I send and who shal goe for vs And I sayd Loe I am here send me †And he sayd Goe and thou shalt say to this people Heare ye that heare and vnderstand not and see vision and knowe it not †Blinde the hart of this people and make their eares heauie and shut their eies lest perhaps they may see with their eies and heare with their eares and vnderstand with their hart and be conuerted and I heale them †And I said How long Lord And he said Vntil the cities be made desolate without inhabiter and the houses without man and the land shal be leaâ—t desert †And our Lord shal make men goe farre of and he shal be multiplied that was leaft in the middes of the earth †And yet there shal be tithing in it and she shal be conuerted and shal be to the shew as a terebinth and as an oke that spreadeth his boughes that which shal stand in it shal be an holie seede CHAP. VII Ierusalem being beseeged 3. the prophet telleth the king that the enemies shal not preuaile 8. but the kingdome of Israel shal be destroyed 10. geueth for a signe that a Virgin shal conceiue and bare a Sonne 17. prophecieth also the captiuitie and desolation of the kingdom of Iuda AND it came to passe in the dayes of Achaz the sonne of Ioathan the sonne of Ozias king of Iuda there came vp Rasin the king of Syria and Phacee the sonne of Romelia the king of Israel to Ierusalem to fight against it and they could not ouercome it †And they told the house of Dauid saying Syria hath rested vpon Ephraim his hart was moued and the hart of his people as the trees of the wooddes are moued at the face of the winde †And our Lord sayd to Isaie Goe forth to meete Achaz thou and Iasub thy sonne that is leaft to the conduite of the vpper poole in the way of the Fullers filde †And thou shalt say to him See thou be stil feare not and let not thine hart be afrayd of the two tailes of these smoking fyrebrands in the wrath of the furie of Rasin the king of Syria and of the sonne of Romelia †For that Syria hath taken counsel against thee vnto the euil of Ephraim and the sonne of Romelia saying †Let vs goe vp to Iuda and rayse it vp and plucke it a way to vs and make the sonne of Tabeel king in the middes therof †Thus sayth our Lord God It shal not stand this shal not be †But the head of Syria Damascus the head of Damascus Rasin and yet threescore and fiue yeares and Ephraim shal cease to be a people †And the head of Ephraim Samaria and the head of Samaria the sonne of Romelia If you wil not beleue you shal not be permanent †And our Lord added to speake to Achaz saying †Aske a signe for thee of the Lord thy God vnto the depth of hel or vnto the height aboue †And Achaz said I wil not aske and I wil not tempte our Lord. †And he said Heare ye therfore ô house of Dauid Is it a smal thing for you to be greuous to men that you are greuous to my God also †Therfore shal our Lord himselfe geue you a signe Behold a virgin shal conceiue and beare a sonne his name shal be called Emmanuel †He shal eate butter and honie that he may know to refuse euil and choose the good †For before the childe know to refuse euil and choose good the land which thou doest detest shal be forsaken of the face of her two kinges †Our Lord wil bring vpon thee vpon thy people and vpon the house of thy father daies that came not since the daies of the separation of Ephraim from Iuda with the king of the Assirians †And it shal be in that day our Lord shal hisse to the flie that is in the vtter most part of the riuers of Aegypt and to the bee that is in the land of Assur †And they shal come and shal rest al in the torrentes of valleis and in the caues of rockes and in al shrubbe places and in al holes †In that day our Lord shal shaue with a raser hyred by them that are beyond the riuer by the king of the Assirians the head and the haires of the feete and the whole beard †And it shal be in that
spoken it †And he shal say in that day Loe this is our God we haue expected him and he wil saue vs this is our Lord we haue patiently wayted for him we shal reioyce and be ioyful in his saluation †Because the hand of our Lord shal rest in this mount and Moab shal be treshed vnder him as straw is broken with the wayne †And he shal stretch forth his handes vnder him as he that swimmeth stretcheth forth to swimme and he shal humble his glorie with dashing of his handes †And the munitions of thy high walles shal fal and be humbled shal be plucked downe to the grownd euen to the dust CHAP. XXVI A Canticle of thankes for changing the old Synagogue into the Church of Christ Which hath more light of true faith 12. and more patience in tribulations 19. Which in the general resurrection shal be made manifest IN THAT day shal this song be sung in the land of Iuda Sion the citie of our strength a Sauiour therin shal be put a wal and bulworke †Open ye the gates and let the iust nation enter in that keepeth truth †The old errour is gone thou wilt keepe peace peace because we haue hoped in thee †You haue hoped in our Lord in worldes euerlasting in our Lord God strong for euer †Because he wil bowe downe them that dwel on high the high citie he wil abase He wil abase it euen to the ground he wil plucke it downe euen to the dust The foote shal treade it downe the feete of the poore the steppes of the needie †The path of the iust is right the path of the iust is right to walke in †And in the path of thy iudgements ô Lord we haue patiently expected thee thy name and thy memorial are in the desire of the soule †My soule hath desired thee in the night yea and with my spirit in my hart I wil watch to thee in the morning When thou shalt doe thy iudgments in the earth the inhabitants of the world shal learne iustice †Let vs haue mercie on the impious and he wil not learne iustice in the land of the holie he hath done wicked thinges and he shal not see the glorie of our Lord. †Lord thy hand be exalted and let them not see let the enuious people see and be confounded and let fyre deuoure thine enimies †Lord thou wilt geue peace to vs for al our workes thou hast wrought to vs. †O Lord our God there haue lordes besides thee possessed vs onlie in thee let vs remember thy name †Let not the dead liue let not the giants rise againe therfore hast thou visited and destroyed them hast destroyed al their memorie †Thou hast bene fauorable to the nation ô Lord thou hast bene fauourable to the nation wast thou glorified thou hast made al the endes of the earth far of †Lord in distresse they haue sought after thee in tribulation of murmur thy doctrine was to them †As she that conceiueth when she draweth neere to be deliuered being sorowful crieth in her paines so are we become at thy presence ô Lord. †We haue conceiued and as it were traueled and brought forth the spirit saluations we haue not done in the earth therfore the inhabitants of the earth haue not fallen †Thy dead shal liue my slaine shal rise againe awake and prayse ye that dwel in the dust because the dew of the light is thy dew the land of the giants thou shalt plucke downe into ruine †Goe my people enter into thy chambers shut thy doores vpon thee be hid a litle for a moment til the indignation passe †For behold our Lord wil come out of his place to visite the iniquitie of the inhabitant of the earth against him and the earth shal reuele her bloud and shal couer her slaine no more CHAP. XXVII God comforteth the faithful promising to destroy the wicked 3. Christs coming is againe prophecied with propagation of his Gospel and conuersion of al nations IN that day our Lord wil visite with his sore and great and strong sword vpon Leuiathan the serpent the barre and vpon Leuiathan the crooked serpent and shal kil the whale that is in the sea †In that day the vineyard of pure wine shal sing to it †I the Lord that keepe it I wil sodenly drinke to it lest perhaps there be visitation agaynst it night and day I kepe it †There is no indignation in me who wil geue me to be thorne and bryer in battel to goe vpon it to set it on fyre together †Or rather shal he hold my strength shal he make peace with me shal he make peace with me †They that goe in with violence to Iacob Israel shal florish and spring and they shal fil the face of the world with seede †Hath he striken him according to his stroke that stroke him or as he killed his slaine is he killed †In measure against measure when it shal be cast of thou shalt iudge it He hath meditated in his hard spirite during the day of heate †Therfore vpon this shal the iniquitie be forgeuen to the house of Iacob and this is al the fruite that the sinne therof be taken away when he shal haue layd al the stones of the altar as stones of ashes broken the groues temples shal not stand †For the defensed citie shal be desolate the beautiful citie shal be forsaken and shal be left as a desert there shal the calfe feede and there he shal lie and shal consume the toppes therof †The haruests therof shal be destroyed in drught wemen coming and teaching it for it is not a wise people therfore shal not he that made it haue mercie on it and he that formed it shal not spare it †And it shal be in that day our Lord wil strike from the chanel of the riuer euen to the torrent of Aegypt and you shal be gathered together one and one ô children of Israel †And it shal be in that day a sound shal be made with a great trompet and they that were lost shal come from the land of the Assirians and that were cast out from the land of Aegypt and shal adore our Lord in the holie mount in Ierusalem CHAP. XXVIII Tribulations are threatned to the tenne tribes of Israel for their pride and voluptuosnes 5. God stil protecting some who serue him sincerely 7 and for contempt of Religion 16. But God wil lay a sure fundation in Sion 20. Wil punish the wicked 24. and comforth the good VVOE to the crowne of pride to the drunkards of Ephraim and to the flowre falling downe from the glorie of his exultation which were in the toppe of the most fatte valley erring by wine †Behold our Lord is valiant and strong as the violence of hayle a whirle wind breaking the
our Lord is filled with bloud it is fatted of the bloud of lambes and buckgoates of the bloud of rammes ful of marow for the victime of our Lord is in Bosra agrear slaughter in the land of Edom. †And the vnicornes shal come downe with them and the bulles with the mightie their land shal be drunke with bloud their ground with the farnes of fatte ones †Because it is the day of the reuenge of our Lord the yeare of retributions of the iudgement of Sion †And the torrents therof shal be turned into pitch and the ground therof into brimstone the land therof shal be into burning pitch †Night and day it shal not be quenched the smoke therof shal goe vp for euer from generation vnto generation it shal be desolate there shal none passe by it world without end †The onocrotalus and hedgehog shal possesse it the ibis and the rauen shal dwel in it and a measure shal be stretched out vpon it to bring it to nothing and a plumme line vnto desolation †The nobles therof shal not be there they shal cal rather vpon the king and al the princes therof shal be as nothing †And thornes and nettles shal grow vp in the houses therof and the thisle in the munitions therof and it shal be the couche of dragons and the pasture of ostriches †And spirites shal meete the onocentaurus and the satyr shal crie one to the other there hath the lamia lien and found her self rest †There hath the hedgehog had an hole and brought vp whelpes and digged round about and cherished them in the shadow therof thither are the kites gathered together one to an other †Searche ye diligently in the booke of our Lord and read one of them hath not wanted one hath not sought for the other because that which procedeth out of my mouth he hath commanded and his spirit the same hath gathered them †And he hath cast them a lot and his hand hath diuided it vnto them by measure they shal possesse it for euer in generation generation they shal dwel therein CHAP. XXXV Gentiles conuerted to Christ shal much reioyce 5. being comforted and confirmed by his miracles much more by his internal grace which bringeth to life euerlasting THE desert and the land without passage shal be glad the wildernes shal reioyce and shal florish as the lilie †Springing it shal spring shal reioyce ioyful and praising the glorie of Libanus is geuen to it the beautie of Carmel and Saron they shal see the glorie of our Lord and the beautie of our God †Encourege ye the loose handes strengthen the weake knees †Say to the faynt harted Take courege and feare not behold your God shal bring reuenge of retribution God him self wil come and wil saue you †Then shal the eies of the blind be opened and the eares of the deafe shal be open †Then shal the lame leape as an hart and the tongue of the dumme shal be opened because waters are cut out in the desert and torrents in the wildernes †And that which was drieland shal be as a poole and the thirstie ground as fountaines of waters In the dennes wherein dragons dwelt before shal spring vp the greennes of reede and bulrush †And a pathe and a way shal be there and it shal be called the holie way the polluted shal not passe by it and this shal be vnto you a direct way so that fooles can not erre by it †The lion shal not be there and the naughtie beast shal not goe vp by it nor be found there and they shal walke that shal be deliuered †And the redemed of our Lord shal be conuerted and shal come into Sion with prayse and euerlasting ioy shal be vpon their head they shal obteyne ioy and gladnes and sorow and mourning shal flee away CHAP. XXXVI Sennacherib king of Assirians hauing taken other cities in Iurie besiegeth and threatneth Ierusalem 4. reprocheth king Ezechias 7. blasphemeth God 13. and terrifieth the people AND it came to passe in the fourtenth yeare of king Ezechias Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came vp agaynst al the fensed cities of Iuda and tooke them †And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces from Lachis to Ierusalem to king Ezechias with a great armie and he stood by the water conduite of the vpper poole in the way of the fullers filde †And there came out to him Eliacim the sonne of Helcias who was ouer the house and Sobna the scribe and Ioahe the sonne of Asaph the commenter †And Rabsaces sayd to them Tel Ezechias Thus sayth the great king the king of the Assyrians What is this confidence wherevpon thou dost trust †or by what counsel or force art thou disposed to rebel vpon whom hast thou confidence that thou art reuolted from me †Loe thou dost trust vpon this broken staffe of reede vpon Aegypt vpon which if a man leane it wil enter into his hand and pearce it so is Pharao the king of Aegypt to al that trust in him †But if thou wilt answer me We trust in our Lord God is it not he whose excelses and altars Ezechias hath taken away and he sayd to Iuda and Ierusalem Before this altar shal you adore †And now deliuer thyself to my lord the king of the Assyrians I wil geue thee two thousand horses neither shalt thou be able of thyself to geue riders for them †And how wilt thou abide the face of the iudge of one place of the lesser seruants of my Lord But if thou trust in Aegypt in chariotes and in horsemen †and now am I come vp without the Lord vnto this land to destroy it The Lord sayd to me Goe vp agaynst this land destroy it †And Eliacïm and Sobna and Ioahe sayd to Rabsaces Speake to thy seruants in the Syrian tongue for we vnderstand it speake not to vs in the Iewes language in the eares of the people that is vpon the wal †And Rabsaces sayd to them Why did my lord send me to thy lord and to thee to speake al these wordes and not rather to the men that sitte on the wal that they may eate their owne dung and drinke the vrine of their feete with you †And Rabsaces stood cried with a loude voice in the Iewes language and sayd Heare ye the wordes of the great king the king of Assyrians †Thus sayth the king Let not Ezechias seduce you for he shal not be able to deliuer you †And let not Ezechias geue you confidence vpon the Lord saying Our Lord deliuering wil deliuer vs this citie shal not be geuen into the hand of the king of Assyrians †Heare not Ezechias for thus sayth the king of Assyrians doe a blessing with me and come forth to me and eate ye euerie man
and al thinges whatsoeuer I shal command thee thou shalt speake †Be not afraide of their face because I am with thee to deliuer thee saith our Lord. †And our Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth and our Lord saied to me Beholde I haue geuen my wordes in thy mouth †Behold I haue appointed thee this day ouer the Gentiles and ouer kingdomes that thou maist pluck vp and destroy and waste and dissipate and build and plant †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying What seest thou Ieremie And I said I see a rodde watching †And our Lord sayed to me wel hast thou seene because I wil watch vpon my word to doe it †And the word of our Lord was made to me the second time saying What seest thou And I said I see a pot boyling hote and the face thereof from the face of the North. †And our Lord saied vnto me From the North shal euil be opened vpon al the inhabitantes of the land †Because loe I wil cal together al the kinredes of the kingdomes of the North saith our Lord and they shal come and shal sette euerie one his throne in the entring of the gates of Ierusalem and vpon al the walles therof round about and vpon al the cities of Iuda †And I wil speake my iudgements with them touching al the wickednes of them that haue forsaken me and haue offered to strange goddes and haue adored the worke of their owne handes †Thou therefore girde thy loynes and rise and speake to them al thinges that I command thee Be not afraied of their face for I wil make thee not to feare their countenance †For I haue geuen thee this day to be as a fenced citie and as an yron pillar and as a brasen walle ouer al the land of the kinges of Iuda to the princes thereof to the priestes and to the people of the land †And they shal fight against thee and shal not preuaile because I am with thee saith our Lord to deliuer thee CHAP. II. God expostulateth with the Iewes 6. that they regard not his great benefites 8. Some priestes and pretended prophetes seruing false goddes 23. and denying their fault 25. are obstinate in idolatrie 36. for which they shal be confounded AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Goe and crie in the eares of Ierusalem saying Thus saith our Lord I haue remembred thee pitying thy youth and the charitie of thy despousing when thou didest folow me in the desert in a land that is not sowen †Israel is holie to our Lord the first fruites of his fruites al they that doe deuoure it doe sinne euil shal come vpon them saith our Lord. †Heare ye the word of our Lord ô house of Iacob and al ye kinredes of the house of Israel †thus saith our Lord What iniquitie haue your fathers found in me that they haue made themselues far from me and haue walked after vanitie and are become vaine †And they haue not said Where is our Lord that made vs come vp out of the land of Aegypt that led vs through the defert through a land inhabitable and without way through a land of thirst the image of death through a land wherein no man walked nor anie man dwelt †And I brought you into the land of Carmel that you might eate the fruite thereof and the best thinges therof and being entered in you haue contaminated my land and made mine inheritance an abomination †The priestes haue not said Where is our Lord and they that held the law knew me not and the pastours haue transgressed against me and the prophets haue prophecied in Baal and haue folowed idoles †Therefore wil I yet contend in iudgement with you saith our Lord and I wil plead with your children †Passe ye to the iles of Cethim and see and send into Cedar and consider earnestly and see if there hath the like thing bene done †If a nation hath changed their goddes and surely they are not goddes but my people hath changed their glorie into an idol †Be astoined ô heauens vpon this and ô gates thereof be ye desolate exceedingly saith our Lord. †For two euils hath my people done Me they haue forsaken the fountaine of liuing water haue digged to them selues cesternes broken cesternes that are not able to holde waters †Why is Israel a bondman or a seruant borne in the house why then is he become a praye †The lions haue roared vpon him and haue geuen their voice they haue made his land a wildernes his cities are burnt vp there is none to dwel in them †The children also of Memphis and Taphnes haue defloured thee euen to the crowne of the head †Is not this done to thee because thou didest forsake the Lord thy God at that time when he led thee by the way †And now what wilt thou in the way of Aegypt to drinke the trubled water And what hast thou to doe with the way of the Assyrians to drinke the waters of the riuer †Thy malice shal reproue thee and thine apostacie shal rebuke thee Know thou see that it is an euil and a bitter thing for thee to haue left the Lord thy God and that my feare is not with thee saith our Lord the God of hostes †From the beginning thou hast broken my yoke thou hast burst my bonds and thou saidst I wil not serue For on euerie litle high hil and vnder euerie greene thicke tree thou wast laied downe as an harlot †But I planted thee an elect vineyard al true seede how then art thou turned vnto me into that which is depraued ô strange vineyard †If thou shalt wash thyself with nitre and multiplie to thy self the herbe borith thou art spotted in thine iniquitie before me saith our Lord God †How sayst thou I am not polluted I haue not walked after Baalim see thy wayes in the valley know what thou hast done a swift courser that rideth his wayes †The wild Asse accustomed to the wildernes in the desire of his soule hath drawen the winde of his loue none shal turne her away al that seeke her shal not faile in her monethlie flowres they shal finde her †Stay thy foote from nakednes and thy throate from thirst And thou saidest I haue despayred no I wil not doe it for I haue loued strangers and I wil walke after them †As the theefe is confounded when he is taken so is the house of Israel confounded they and their kinges the princes and priestes and their prophetes †saying to wood Thou art my father and to stone Thou hast begotten me they haue turned the backe to me not the face and in the time of their affliction they wil say Arise and deliuer vs. †Where are the goddes whom thou
he vvould not grant this request for as much as he had determined the contrarie it is euident that Ieremie Ezechiel Daniel and some other prophetes then liuing had also great zele very like to the others and therfore this text speaketh not of others like vnto them but as S. Ierom in his commentaries vpon this place S. Chrysostom ho. 1. in 1. Thess 1. and S. Gregorie li. 9. Moral c. 12. vnderstand it of Moyses and Samuel them selues being in assured happie state where their former great zele and charitie were now greater and more perfect then in this life CHAP. XVI The prophet is forbid to marie trublesome times not suffering the cares of familie 5. He must neither goe to places of feasting nor mourning more dying then can be mourned or buried 10. Al which is for their idolatrie 15. but after captiuitie the people shal be released 16. And both Iewes and Gentiles conuerted to Christ. AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Thou shalt not take a wife and thou shalt not haue sonnes and daughters in this place †Because thus saith our Lord concerning sonnes and daughters that are begotten in this place and concerning their mothers which beare them and concerning their fathers of whose stocke they were borne in this land †by the deathes of diseases they shal die they shal not be mourned and they shal not be buried they shal be as a dunghil vpon the face of the earth they shal be consumed both with sword and famine and their carcasse shal be meate for the foules of the ayre and beastes of the earth †For thus saith our Lord Enter not into the house of feasting neither goe thou to mourne nor comfort them because I haue taken away my peace from this people saith our Lord mercie and commiserations †And great and litle shal die in this land they shal not be buried nor mourned and they shal not cut them selues neither shal baldnes be made for them †And they shal not breake bread among them to him that mourneth to comfort him vpon the dead and they shal not geue them drinke of the cuppe to comfort them vpon their father and mother †And enter not into the house of feasting to sitte with them and to eate and drinke †because thus saith our Lord of hostes the God of Israel Behold I wil take away out of this place in your eies and in your daies the voice of ioy and the voice of gladnes the voice of the bridegrome and the voice of the bride †And when thou shalt tel this people al these wordes and they shal say to thee Wherefore hath our Lord spoken vpon vs al this greate euil what is our iniquitie and what is our sinne that we haue sinned to the Lord our God †Thou shalt say to them Because your fathers haue forsaken me saith our Lord and gone after strange goddes and serued them and adored them and me they haue forsaken my law they haue not kept †But you also haue wrought worse then your fathers for behold euerie one walketh after the peruersitie of his euil hart that he heare me not †And I wil cast you forth out of this land into a land which you and your fathers knew not and there you shal serue strange goddes day and night which shal not geue you anie rest †Therefore behold the daies come saith our Lord it shal be said no more The Lord liueth that brought forth the children of Israel out of the Land of Aegypt †But The Lord liueth that brought the children of Israel out of the Land of the North and out of al the landes to the which I did cast them out and I wil bring them againe into their land which I gaue to their fathers †Behold I wil send manie fishers saith our Lord they shal fishe them and after this I wil send them manie hunters they shal hunt them from euerie mountaine and from euerie litle hil and out of the caues of rockes †Because mine eies are vpon al their waies they are not hid from my face and their iniquitie hath not bene hid from mine eies †And I wil repay first their duble iniquities and their sinnes because they haue contaminated my land with the carcasses of their idols and with their abominations they haue filled mine inheritance †O Lord my force and my strength and my refuge in the day of tribulation to thee the Gentiles shal come from the endes of the earth and shal say In very deede our fathers haue possessed lying vanitie which hath not profited them †Why shal a man make goddes vnto himself and they are not goddes †Therefore behold I wil shew them at this time I wil shew them my hand and my powre and they shal know that my name is the Lord. CHAP. XVII For obstinacie in sinne the Iewes shal be ledde captiue 5. He is cursed that trusteth in flesh 7. and blâ—ssed that trusteth in God 9. Only God searcheth the hart geuing to euerie one as they deserue 11. The prophet prayeth to be deliuered from his enemies 19. preacheth obseruation of the Law 24. so they shal prâ—sper otherwise perish THE sinne of Iuda is written with yron penne in naile of Adamant grauen vpon the bredth of their hart and in the hornes of their altars †When their children shal remember their altars and their groues and their trees with greene leaues in the high mountaines †sacrificing in the field I wil geue thy strength and al thy treasures into spoile thine excelses for sinne in al thy costes †And thou shalt be left alone of thine inheritance which I gaue thee and I wil make thee serue thine enemies in a land which thou knowest not because thou hast kindled a fire in my furie it shal burne for euer †Thus saith our Lord Cursed be the man that trusteth in man maketh flesh his arme and his hart departeth from our Lord. †For he shal be as litle bushes in the desert and shal not see when good shal come but he shal dwel in drynes in the desert in a land of saltnes and not habitable †Blessed be the man that trusteth in our Lord and our Lord shal be his confidence †And he shal be as a tree that is planted vpon the waters that spreddeth his rootes towards moysture and it shal not feare when the heate cometh And the leafe thereof shal be greene and in the time of drought it shal not be careful neither shal it cease at anie time to bring forth fruite †The hart of man is peruerse and vnsearcheable who shal know it †I the Lord that searche the hart and proue the reynes which geue to euerie one according to his way and according to the fruite of his inuentions †The partrich hath nourished that which she brought not forth
thy pastores thy louers shal goe into captiuitie and then shalt thou be confounded and ashamed of al thy malice †Thou that sittest in Libanus and makest thy neste in the ceders how hast thou mourned together when sorowes came to thee as the sorowes of a woman in trauel †I liue saith our Lord that if Iechonias the sonne of Ioakim the king of Iuda shal be a ring on my right hand thence wil I pluck him of †And I wil geue thee into the hand of them that seeke thy life and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest and into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldees †And I wil send thee and thy mother that bare thee into a strange countrie in the which you were not borne and there you shal dye †and into the land wherto they lift vp their minde to returne thither they shal not returne †Why is this man Iechonias an earthen and broken vessel is he a vessel without al pleasure why are they cast away he and his seede are cast forth into a land which they know not †Earth earth earth heare the word of our Lord. †Thus saith our Lord Write this man barren a man that in his daies shal not prosper for neither shal there be a man of his seede that shal sitte vpon the throne of Dauid and haue power anie more in Iuda CHAP. XXIII God reproueth the euil gouerners promising to reduce the reliques of the people from dispersion 4. to send good pastors and Christ the chiefe Pastor 9. Falseprophetes are threatned 16. The people warned not to heare them preaching without mission 27. against Gods wil 33. and calling Gods word a burden VVOE to the pastors that destroy and teare the flocke of my pasture saith our Lord. †Therefore thus saith our Lord the God of Israel to the pastours that feede my people You haue scattered my flocke and cast them out and haue not visited them Behold I wil visite vpon you the malice of your studies saith our Lord. †And I wil gather together the remnant of my flocke out of al landes into which I shal haue cast them out and I wil make them returne to their fieldes and they shal increase and be multiplied †And I wil raise vp pastors ouer them and they shal feede them they shal feare no more and they shal not dread and none shal be to seeke of the number saith our Lord. †Behold the daies come saith our Lord I wil rayse vp to Dauid a iust branch and he shal reigne a king and shal be wise and he shal doe iudgement and iustice in the earth †In those daies shal Iuda be saued and Israel shal dwel confidently and this is the name that they shal cal him The Lord our iust one †For this cause behold the daies come saith our Lord and they shal say no more Our Lord liueth that brought forth the children of Israel out of the Land of Aegypt †but Our Lord liueth that hath brought forth and brought hither the seede of the house of Israel from the Land of the North and out of al the landes to which I had cast them out they shal dwel in their owne land †To the prophets My hart is broken in the middes of me al my bones haue trembled I am become as a drunken man and as a man wette with wine at the presence of our Lord and at the presence of his holie wordes †Because the land is replenished with aduouterers because the land hath mourned by reason of malediction the fieldes of the desert are withered and their course is become euil their strength vnlike †For the prophet and the priest are polluted and in my house I haue found their euil saith our Lord. †Therefore their way shal be as slipper ground in the darke for they shal be driuen forth and fal therein for I wil bring euils vpon them the yeare of their visitation saith our Lord. †And in the prophetes of Samaria I haue seene foolishnes They prophecied in Baal and deceiued my people Israel †And in the prophetes of Ierusalem I saw the similitude of adulterers and the way of lying and they strengthned the handes of the most wicked that no man would returne from his malice they are al become vnto me as Sodoma and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha †Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes to the prophets Behold I wil feede them with wormewood and wil geue them galle to drinke for from the prophetes of Ierusalem is pollution gone forth vpon al the land †Thus saith the Lord of hostes He are not the wordes of the prophets that prophecie vnto you and deceiue you they speake the vision of their owne hart not from the mouth of the Lord. †They say to them that blaspheme me Our Lord hath spoken Peace shal be to you and to euerie one that walketh in the peruersitie of his owne hart they haue said There shal no euil come vpon you †For who hath bene present in the counsel of our Lord and hath seene and heard his word Who hath considered his word and heard it †Behold the whirlewind of the Lords indignation shal come forth and a tempest breaking out it shal come vpon the head of the impious †The furie of the Lord shal not returne til he doe it and vntil he accomplish the cogitation of his hart in the later daies you shal vnderstand his counsel †I sent not the prophetes and they ranne I spake not to them and they prophecied †If they had stood in my counsel and made my wordes knowen to my people I had verely turned them from their euil way and from their most wicked cogitations †Am I God neere hand thinkest thou saith our Lord and not God farre of †Shal a man be hid in secretes and shal not I see him saith our Lord Why doe not I fil heauen and earth saith our Lord †I haue heard what the prophets haue said prophecying in my name lies and saying I haue dreamed I haue dreamed †How long is this in the hart of the prophetes prophecying lies and prophecying the seductions of their owne hart †Who wil make my people to forget my name through their dreames which euerie one telleth to his neighbour as their fathers forgot my name for Baal †The prophet that hath a dreame let him tel the dreame and he that hath my word let him speake my word truly what hath the chaâ—e to doe with the wheate saith our Lord †Why are not my wordes as fire saith our Lord and as a hammer breaking a rocke †Therefore behold I to the prophetes saith our Lord which steale my wordes euerie one from his neighbour †Behold I to the prophetes saith our Lord which take their tongues and say Our Lord saith it â€
furie at my hand thou shalt drinke thereof to al nations vnto the which I shal send thee †And they shal drinke and be trubled and be madde at the face of the sword which I shal send among them †And I tooke the cuppe at the hand of our Lord and I dranke to al the nations to which our Lord sent me †to Ierusalem and the cities of â—uda and to the kinges thereof princes thereof that I would geue them into desolation and into astonishment and into hissing and into malediction as is this day †To Pharao the king of Aegypt and to his seruants and his princes al his people †and to al generally to al the kinges of the land of Ausitis and to al the kinges of the land of the Philisthijms and of Ascalon and of Gaza and of Accaron and to the remnant of Azotus †and of Idumea and of Moab and to the children of Ammon †And to al the kinges of Tyre and to al the kinges of Sidon and to the kinges of the land of the iles who are beyond the Sea †And to Dedan and Thema and Buz and to al that haue their heare powled †And to al the kinges of Arabia and to al the kinges of the West that dwel in the desert †And to al the kinges of Zambri and to al the kinges of Elam and to al the kinges of the Medes †also to al the kinges of the North from neere and from a farre of to euerie one against his brother and to al the kingdomes of the earth which are vpon the face thereof and the king of Sesac shal drinke after them †And thou shalt say to them Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Drinke ye and be drunken vomite and fal and rise not at the face of the sword which I shal send among you †And when they shal not take the cuppe of thy hand to drinke thou shalt say to them Thus saith the Lord of hostes Drinking you shal drinke †because loe in the citie wherein my name is inuocated wil I beginne to afflict and shal you be as innocent and scape free you shal not scape free for I cal the sword vpon al the inhabitants of the earth saith the Lord of hostes †And thou shalt prophecie vnto them al these wordes and shalt say to them Our Lord from on high shal roare and from his holie habitation shal geue his voice roaring he shal roare vpon his beautie the crie as it were of them that tread grapes shal be sung against al the inhabitants of the earth †The sound is come euen to the endes of the earth because there is iudgement to our Lord with the Nations he entreth iudgement with al flesh the impious I haue deliuered to the sword saith our Lord. †Thus saith the Lord of hostes Behold affliction shal go forth from nation to nation a great whirlewind shal goe forth from the endes of the earth †And the slaine of our Lord shal be in that day from the one end of the earth euen to the other end thereof they shal not be mourned and they shal not be gathered vp nor buried as a dunghil shal they lie vpon the face of the earth †Howle ye pastoures and crie and sprinkle your selues with ashes ye leaders of the flocke because your daies are accomplished to be slaine and your dissipations and you shal fal as precious vessels †And flight shal faile from the pastours and saluation from the principals of the flocke †A voice of the crie of the pastoures and an bowling of the principals of the flocke because our Lord hath wasted their pastures †And the fieldes of peace haue bene silent at the presence of the wrath of the furie of our Lord. †He hath as a lyon forsaken his couert because their land is made into desolation at the presence of the wrath of the doue and at the presence of the wrath of the furie of our Lord. CHAP. XXVI The prophet for preaching Gods commination 7. is apprehended by the priestes and false prophetes 10. but deliuered from death by the ancientes of the people 18. alleaging the examples of Michaeas 20. and Vrias prophecying the same before IN THE beginning of the kingdom of Ioakim the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda came this word from our Lord saying †Thus saith our Lord Stand in the court of the house of our Lord and thou shalt speake to al the cities of Iuda out of the which they come to adore in the house of our Lord al the wordes which I haue commanded thee to speake vnto them withdraw not a word †if perhaps they wil heare and be conuerted euerie one from his euil way and it may repent me of the euil that I thinke to doe to them for the malice of their studies †And thou shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord If you wil not heare me to walke in my law which I haue geuen you †that you heare the wordes of my seruants the prophetes which I sent to you in the night rising and directing and you heard not †I wil geue this house as Silo and this citie I wil geue into malediction to al the nations of the earth †And the priestes and prophetes and al the people heard Ieremie speaking these wordes in the house of our Lord. †And when Ieremie had ended speaking al thinges that our Lord had commanded him to speake vnto al the people the priestes and prophetes and al the people apprehended him saying Let him dye the death †Why hath he prophecied in the name of our Lord saying This house shal be as Silo and this citie shal be made desolate for that there is no inhabitant And al the people was gathered together against Ieremie in the house of our Lord. †And the princes of Iuda heard these wordes and they went vp from the kings house into the house of our Lord and saâ—e in the entrie of the new gate of the house of our Lord. †And the priestes and the prophetes spake to the princes and to al the people saying The iudgement of death is to this man because he hath prophecied against this citie as you haue heard with your eares †And Ieremie spake to al the princes and to al the people saying Our Lord sent me that I should prophecie to this house to this citie al the wordes that you haue heard †Now therfore make your waies good and your studies heare the voice of our Lord your God and our Lord wil repent him of the euil that he hath spoken against you †But I loe am in your handes doe vnto me that which is good and right in your eyes †Howbeit know ye and vnderstand that if you kil me you shal betray innocent bloud against your selues and against this citie and the
Maachati they and their men †And Godolias the sonne of Ahicam the sonne of Saphan sware to them and to their companions saying Feare not to serue the Chaldees dwel in the land and serue the king of Babylon and it shal be wel with you †Behold I dwel in Masphath that I may answere the commandment of the Chaldees that are sent to vs but you gather ye vintage and haruest and oile and lay it vp in your vessels and abide in your cities which you hold †Yea and al the Iewes that were in Moab and among the children of Ammon and in Idumea and in al the countries when it was heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Iewrie and that he dad made Godolias the sonne of Ahicam the sonne of Saphan ruler ouer them †al the Iewes I say returned out of al places to which they had fled and they came into the land of Iuda to Godolias into Masphath and they gathered wine and haruest exceeding much †But Iohanan the sonne of Caree and al the princes of the host that had bene dispersed in the countries came to Godolias into Masphath †And they said to him Know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon hath sent Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias to kil thee And Godolias the sonne of Ahicam beleued them not †But Iohanan the sonne of Caree spake to Godolias apart in Masphath saying I wil goe and strike Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias no man knowing it lest he kil thee and al the Iewes be dispersed that are gathered vnto thee and the remnant of Iuda perish †And Godolias the sonne of Ahicam said to Iohanan the sonne of Caree Doe not this word for thou speakest false of Ismahel CHAP. XLI Godolias with other Iewes and some Chaldees are slaine by Ismael sent from the king of Moabites 8 tenne are ransomed for their riches 11. Iohanan taking armes to reuenge the slaughter Ismael flyeth away deliuering those whom he held captiues 17. and they prepare to flee into Aegypt AND it came to passe in the seuenth moneth came Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias the sonne of Elisama of the kings bloud and the nobles of the king and ten men with him to Godolias the sonne of Ahicam into Masphath and they did eate bread there together in Masphath †And Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias arose and the ten men that were with him they stroke Godolias the sonne of Ahicam the sonne of Saphan with the sword and slew him whom the king of Babylon had made ruler ouer the land †Al the Iewes also that were with Godolias in Masphath and the Chaldees that were found there and the men of warre did Ismahel strike †And the second day after he had killed Godolias no man yet knowing it †there came men from Sichem and from Silo and from Samaria eightie men their beard shauen and their garments rent and il fauoured and they had gifts and frankincense in their hand to offer in the house of our Lord. †Ismahel therefore the sonne of Nathanias going forth to meete them out of Masphath went going and weeping and when he had met them he said to them Come to Godolias the sonne of Ahicam †Who when they were come to the middes of the citie Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias slew them about the middes of the lake he and the men that were with him †But ten men were found among them that said to Ismahel Kil vs not because we haue treasures in the field of wheate and barlie and oile and honie And he ceassed and slew not them with their bretheren †And the lake into the which Ismahel threw al the carcasses of the men whom he stroke for Godolias is the same that king Asa made for Baasa the king of Israel the same did Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias fil with them that were slaine †And Ismahel led away captiue al the remnant of the people that were in Masphath the kings daughters and al the people that remained in Masphath whom Nabuzardan the prince of the warre had commended to Godolias the sonne of Ahiâ—am And Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias tooke them and he went away to passe vnto the children of Ammon †But Iohanan the sonne of Caree al the princes of the men of warre that were with him heard al the euil that Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias had done †And taking al the men they went forth to make battel against Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias and they found him at the manie waters that are in Gabaon †And when al the people that was with Ismahel had seene Iohanan the sonne of Caree and al the princes of the men of warre that were with him they reioyced †And al the people whom Ismael had taken returned into Masphath and returning they went to Iohanan the sonne of Carâ—◠†But Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias fled with eight men from the face of Iohanan and went to the children of Ammon †Iohanan therefore the sonne of Caree and al the princes of the men of warre that were with him tooke al the remnant of the common people which they had brought back from Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias out of Masphath after that he had strooke Godolias the sonne of Ahicam strong men for battel and wemen and children eunuches which he had brought back from Gabaon †And they went and sate seiourning in Chamaam which is beside Bethlehem that they might goe forward and enter into Aegypt †from the face of the Chaldees for they feared them because Ismahel the sonne of Nathanias had strooken Godolias the sonne of Ahicam whom the king of Babylon had made ruler in the land of Iuda CHAP. XLII Ieremie praying and consulting God 7. answereth that al those which remaine in Ierusalem shal be safe 13. but those that goe into Aegypt shalperish AND there came al the Princes of the men of warre and Iohanan the sonne of Caree and Iezonias the sonne of Osaias and the rest of the common people from litle vnto great †And they said to Ieremie the prophet Let our prayer fal in thy sight and pray for vs to the Lord thy God for al this remnant because we are left few of manie as thine eies doe behold vs. †And let our Lord thy God tel vs the way by which we may goe and the word that we must doe †And Ieremie the prophet said to them I haue heard behold I pray to our Lord your God according to your wordes euerie word whatsoeuer he shal answer me I wil tel you neither wil I conceale from you anie thing †And they said to Ieremie Be our Lord witnes betwen vs of truth and faith if we doe not according to euerie word for the which our Lord thy God shal send thee to vs. †Whether it be good or euil we wil obey the voice
the prophetes in the night rysing sending and saying Doe not the word of this manner of abomination which I hated †And they heard not nor inclined their eare to returne from their euils and not to sacrifice to strange goddes †And myne indignation and my furie is powred out it is kindled in the cities of Iuda in the streetes of Ierusalem they are turned into desolation and waste according to this day †And now thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Why doe you this great euil against your owne soules that there should dye of you man and woman child and suckling out of the middes of Iuda and nothing be left remayning vnto you †prouoking me in the workes of your handes in sacrificing to strange goddes in the Land of Aegypt into which you are entred to inhabite there and that you should perish and be a malediction and a reproch to al the nations of the earth †Why haue you forgotten the euils of your fathers and the euils of the kinges of Iuda and the euils of the wiues and your euils and the euiles of your wiues that they haue done in the Land of Iuda and in the countries of Ierusalem †They are not clensed euen to this day and they haue not feared and they haue not walked in the lawe of the Lord and in my precepts which I haue geuen before you and your fathers †Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Behold I wil set my face vpon you to euil and I wil destroy al Iuda †And I wil take the remnant of Iuda which haue set their face to goe into the Land of Aegypt and to dwel there and they shal be al consumed in the Land of Aegypt they shal fal by the sword and by famine and they shal be consumed from the least euen to the greatest by the sword and by famine shal they dye and they shal be for an othe and for a miracle and into malediction and into reproch †And I wil visite the inhabitants of the Land of Aegypt as I haue visited vpon Ierusalem in sword and famine and pestilence †And there shal be none that shal escape and be remayning of the remnant of the Iewes that goe to seiourne in the Land of Aegypt that shal returne into the Land of Iuda to the which they eleuate their soules for to returne and dwel there there shal none returne but they that shal flee †But al the men that knew that their wiues sacrificied to strange goddes and al the wemen of whom there stood a great multitude and al the people of the inhabitants in the Land of Aegypt in Phatures answered Ieremie saying †The word which thou hast spoken to vs in the name of our Lord we wil not heare of thee †but doing we wil doe euerie word that shal procede out of our owne mouth to sacrifice vnto the queene of heauen and to offer libaments vnto her as we and our fathers haue done our kinges our princes in the cities of Iuda and in the stretes of Ierusalem and we were filled with bread and it was wel with vs and we saw no euil †But from that time since we ceassed to sacrifice to the queene of heauen and to offer libaments vnto her we lacke al thinges we are consumed with sword and famine †And if we sacrifice to the queene of heauen and offer libamentes to her why haue we without our husbandes made her cakes to worshipe her and to offer libamentes to her †And Ieremie said to al the people against the men and against the wemen and against al the people that had answered him the word saying †Why the sacrifice that you haue sacrificed in the cities of Iuda and in the streetes of Ierusalem you and your fathers your kinges and your princes and the people of the land is not our Lord mindful of them and hath it not ascended vpon his hart †And our Lord would beare no longer for the malice of your studies and for the abominations which you haue done and your land is brought into desolation and into astonishment and into malediction for that there is not an inhabiter as is this day †Because you haue sacrificed to idols and haue sinned to our Lord and haue not heard the voice of our Lord and haue not walked in his law and in his precepts and in his testimonies therefore are these euils fallen to you as is this day †And Ieremie said to al the people and to al the wemen Heare you the word of our Lord al Iuda which are in the Land of Aegypt †Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel saying You and your wiues haue spoken with your mouth and haue accomplished with your handes saying Let vs performe our vowes which we haue vowed to sacrifice to the queene of heauen and to offer libaments to her you haue fulfilled your vowes and haue done them in worke †Therefore heare ye the word of our Lord al Iuda which dwel in the Land of Aegypt Behold I haue sworne by my great name saith our Lord that my name shal no more be called by the mouth of euerie man of Iuda saying Our Lord God liueth in al the Land of Aegypt †Behold I wil watch vpon them to euil and not to good and al the men of Iuda that are in the Land of Aegypt shal be consumed with sword and famine til they be vtterly consumed †And they that shal escape the sword shal returne out of the Land of Aegypt into the Land of Iuda a few men and al the remnant of Iuda that goe into the Land of Aegypt to dwel there shal know whose word is accomplished mine or theirs †And this shal be a signe for you saith our Lord that I visite vpon you in this place that you may know that my wordes shal be accomplished in deede against you to euil †Thus saith our Lord Behold I wil deliuer Pharao Ephree the king of Aegypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of them that seeke his life as I haue deliuered Sedecias the king of Iuda into the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon his enemie and that seeketh his life CHAP. XLV Ieremie reprehendeth Baruch for lamenting in affliction THE word that Ieremie spake to Baruch the sonne of Nerias when he had written these wordes in a booke from the mouth of Ieremie in the fourth yeare of Ioakim the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda saying †Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel to thee Baruch †Thou hast said Woe is me wretch because our Lord hath added sorow to my sorow I haue laboured in my mourning and haue not found rest †Thus saith our Lord Thus shalt thou say to him Behold them whom I haue builded I doe destroy and whom I haue planted I doe pluck vp and al this
land †And doest thou seeke to thy self great thinges Seeke not for behold I wil bring euil vpon al flesh saith our Lord and I wil geue thee thy life into safetie in al places whither soeuer thou shalt goe CHAP. XLVI Ieremie prophecieth that the king of Babylon shal inuade Aegypt 13. and waste the cites and land 25. which shal againe be repayred 27. And the reliques of the Iewes shal be deliuered from sundrie places of captiuitie THE word of our Lord that was made to Ieremie the prophet against the Gentiles †to Aegypt against the armie of Pharao Nechao the king of Aegypt which was beside the riuer Euphrates in Charcamis whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon stroke in the fourth yeare of Ioakim the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda †Prepare ye shild and buckler and goe forth to battel †Yoke horses mount ye horsemen stand in helmets furbish the speares put on coates of maile †What then I saw them feareful and turning their backes their valiants slaine they fled in hast neither looked they backe terrour on enerie side saith our Lord. †Let not the swift flee nor the strong thincke that he is safe Toward the North by the riuer Euphrates they were ouercome and fel downe †Who is this that riseth vp as a floud and as it were of riuers so his streames doe swel †Aegypt riseth vp like a floud and the waues thereof shal be moued as riuers and shal say Rysing vp I wil couer the earth I wil destroy citie and the inhabitants thereof †Get ye vp on horses in chariots and let the valiants come forth Aethiopia and the Lybians holding the shilde and the Lydeans taking and shooting arrowes †And that day of our Lord the God of hostes is a day of reuenge that they may take vengeance of his enemies the sword shal deuoure and be filled shal be drunken with their bloud for the victime of our Lord the God of hostes is in the Land of the North by the riuer Euphrates †Goe vp into Galaad and take resine ô virgin the daughter of Aegypt thou doest in vaine multiplie medicines there shal not be health to thee †The Gentiles haue heard thine ignominie and thine howling hath filled the earth because the strong hath stumbled against the strong and both are fallen together †The word that our Lord spake to Ieremie the prophet concerning this that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon should come and strike the Land of Aegypt †Tel Aegypt and make it heard in Magdal and let it sound in Memphis and in Taphnis Say ye Stand and prepare thy self because the sword shal deuoure those thinges that be round about thee †Why is thy valiant become rotten he stood not because our Lord hath ouerthrowen him †He hath multiplied them that fal and man hath fallen against his neighbour and they shal say Arise and let vs returne to our people and to the Land of our natiuitie from the face of the sword of the doue †Cal ye the name of Pharao the king of Aegypt Tumult Time hath brought it †I liue saith the king the Lord of hostes is his name that as Thabor in the mountaines and as Carmel in the sea he shal come †Make ye vessels of transmigration ô daughter inhabitant of Aegypt because Memphis shal be in desolation and shal be forsaken and shal be inhabitable †Aegypt a trimme and beautiful heyfer a pricker from the North shal come to her †Her hyrelings also that conuersed in the middes of her as fatted calues are turned and are fled together neither could they stand because the day of their flaughter came vpon them the time of their visitation †Her voice shal sound as if it were of brasse because they shal hasten with an armie and with axes they shal come to her as it were cutting trees †They haue cut downe her forest saith our Lord which can not be counted they are multiplied aboue locustes and are without number †The daughter of Aegypt is confounded deliuered into the hand of the people of the North. †The Lord of hostes the God of Israel hath said Behold I wil visite vpon the tumult of Alexandria and vpon Pharao and vpon Aegypt and vpon her goddes and vpon her kinges and vpon Pharao and vpon them that trust in him †And I wil geue them into the hand of them that seeke their life and into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon and into the hand of his seruants and after these thinges it shal be inhabited as in the daies of old saith our Lord. †And thou my seruant Iacob feare not and be not thou afraid Israel because loe I wil saue thee from a farre and thy seede out of the land of thy captiuitie and Iacob shal returne and rest and prosper and there shal be none to terrifie him †And thou my seruant Iacob feare not saith our Lord because I am with thee because I wil consume al the nations to the which I haue cast thee out but thee I wil not consume but I wil chasten thee in iudgement neither wil I spare thee as innocent CHAP. XLVII The desolation of the Philistims Tyre Sidon Gaza and Ascalon is prophecied THE word of our Lord that was made to Ieremie the prophet against the Palesthines before Pharao stroke Gaza †Thus saith our Lord Behold there come vp waters from the North and they shal be as â—torrent ouerflowing and they shal couer the earth and the fulnes thereof the citie and the inhabitantes thereof men shal crie and al the inhabitantes of the land shal howle †at the noise of the pompe of the armour and of his men of warre at the commotion of his chariots and the multitude of his wheeles The fathers haue not respected the children being of dissolute handes †for the coming of the day wherein al the Philisthims shal be wasted and Tyre and Sidon shal be destroyed with al the rest of their aydes For our Lord hath spoyled the Palesthines the remnant of the I le of Cappadocia †Baldnes is come vpon Gaza Ascalon hath held her peace and the remnant of her valley how long shalt thou be hewed †O sword of our Lord how long wilt thou not be quiet Get thee into thy scabbard be cooled and be stil †How shal it be quiet when our Lord hath commanded it against Ascalon and against the countries thereof by the sea side and there hath made appointment with it CHAP. XLVIII A prophecie of the vastation of Moab 29. for their pride 47. but their capliuitie shal at last be released TO Moab thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Woe vpon Nabo because it is wasted and confounded Cariathaim is taken the strong one is confounded and hath trembled †There is no more reioycing in Moab against Hesebon they haue thought euil
Nazaraeos cont Ebionaeos S. Chrysostom Ser. de Trinit aduers Gentiles S. Augustin li. 18. c. 33. de Ciuit. Quest Vet. Noui Testat q. 102. S. Prosper par 2. c. 9. p. 3. c. 3. de promiss predict S. Theodoretus Dialogo 1. Eranistes who also writeth Comentaries vpon this booke as vpon diuine Scripture c. 2. v. 9. These and others alleage this Prophecie as Ieremies Some also vnder the name of Baruch As Origen li. 2. c. 3. Periarch S. Cyril of Alexandria li. 10. in Iulianum S. Gregorie Nyssen Orat. 1. de pauperibus amandis S. Athanasius Orat. 2. cont Arianos Though in his Synopsi he mentioneth not Baruch yet he as also S. Augustin l. 2. c. 8. Doct. Christ S. Gelacius dist 15. and others in their Catalogues of Canonical Scriptures comprehend this booke vnder the name of Ieremie But whether Baruch was the immediate Auctor vnder God or the writer therof as of an other mans Prophecie as the Euangelistes writte the wordes of Christ and others in the Gospels and in the Actes of the Apostles alwayes it is certaine the Holie Ghost directed him that he could not erre in writing it And the ancient Fathers and Councels euer accepted this booke as Diuine Scripture The Councel also of Laodicea in the last Canon expresly nameth Baruch Lamentations and Ieremies Epistle And lastly The Councels of Florence de Vnione Armenorum and of Trent Sess 4. expresly define that Baruch is Canonical Scripture In the Greke this booke is placed before the Lamentations which S. Ierom not finding in Hebrew nor in the Canon of the Iewes vrgeth it not against them Yet testifieth that he found it in the vulgate Latin Edition and that it conteineth manie thinges of Christ and the later times According to the historical sense the auctor in fiue chapters exhorteth the Iewes to repentance and patience prophecying that they should be brought into more distresse and captiuitie then as yet they were but should afterwards be released The sixt chapter is Ieremies Epistle THE PROPHECIE OF BARVCH CHAP. I. The Iewes in Babylon hauing heard Baruchs booke redde 6. send the same with money to Ierusalem 10. requesting their bretheren there to offer sacrifice and to pray for the king and prince of Babylon and for them 15. acknowleging their manifold sinnes AND these be the wordes of the booke that Baruch the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasias the sonne of Sedecias the sonne of Sedei the sonne of Helcias wrote in Babylon †in the fifth yeare in the seuenth day of the moneth at the time that the Chaldees tooke Ierusalem and burnt it with fyre †And Baruch redde the wordes of this booke vnto the eares of Iechonias the sonne of Ioakim king of Iuda and to the eares of al the people comming to the booke †and to the eares of the mightie the sonnes of the kinges and to the eares of the ancients and to the eares of the people from the least euen to the greatest of them that dwelt in Babylon by the riuer Sodi †Who hearing it wept and fasted and prayed in the sight of our Lord. †And they gathered money according as euerie mans hand was able †and they sent into Ierusalem to Ioakim the sonne of Helcias the sonne of Salom priest and to the priests and to al the people that were found with him in Ierusalem †When he tooke the vessels of the temple of our Lord which had bene taken away out of the temple to returne them into the Land of Iuda the tenth day of the moneth Siuan the siluer vessels which Sedecias the sonne of Iosias the king of Iuda made †after that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had taken Iechonias and the princes and al the mightie and the people of the land from Ierusalem and brought them bound into Babylon †And they said Behold we haue sent you money with the which bye ye holocausts and frankincense and make manna and offer for sinne at the altar of the Lord our God †and pray ye for the life of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon and for the life of Balthasar his sonne that their dayes may be as the dayes of heauen vpon the earth †and that our Lord geue vs strength and illuminate our eyes that we may liue vnder the shadow of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon and vnder the shadow of Balthasar his sonne and may serue them manie dayes and may find grace in their sight †And for our selues pray ye to the Lord our God because we haue sinned to the Lord our God and his furie is not turned away from vs euen to this day †And read ye this booke which we haue sent to you to be recited in the temple of our Lord in a solemne day and in a day couenient †And you shal say To the Lord our God iustice but to vs confusion of our face as is this day to al Iuda and them that dwel in Ierusalem †to our kinges and to our princes and to our priests and to our prophetes and to our fathers †We haue sinned before the Lord our God and beleued him not hauing diffidence in him †and we would not be made subiect to him and we haue not heard the voice of the Lord our God to walke in his commandments which he hath geuen vs. †From the day that he brought our fathers out of the Land of Aegypt euen to this day we would not be brought to beleue the Lord our God and * dissipated we reuolted that we might not heare his voice †And manie euils and maledictions haue clouen to vs which our Lord appoynted to Moyses his seruant who brought our fathers out of the Land of Aegypt to geue vs a land flowing with milke and honie as at this present day †And we haue not heard the voice of the Lord our God according to al the wordes of the prophets which he hath sent to vs †and we haue gone away euerie man into the sense of our malignant hart to serue strange goddes doing euils before the eyes of the Lord our God CHAP. II. The same captiues further confesse that their calamities are iustly comen vpon them for their iniquities 11. and therfore lamentably pray for Gods mercie as he promised by Moyses to penitents FOR the which thing the Lord our God hath established his word that he spake to vs and to our iudges that haue iudged Israel and to our kinges and to our princes and to al Israel and Iuda †that our Lord might bring vpon vs great euils which were not done vnder the heauen as haue bene done in Ierusalem according to the thinges that are written in the law of Moyses †that a man should eate the flesh of his sonne and the flesh of his daughter †And he hath geuen them vnder the hand of al the kinges that are round about vs into reproch and into
for their hart went after idols †And mine eye was merciful on them that I killed them not neither did I consume them in the desert †But I said to their children in the wildernes In the precepts of your fathers walke not neither keepe ye their iudgements nor be polluted in their idols †I the Lord your God walke ye in my precepts and keepe my iudgements and doe them †And sanctifie ye my sabbathes that they may be a signe betwen me and you and ye may knowe that I am the Lord your God †And the children exasperated me in my precepts they walked not and my iudgements they kept not to doe them which when a man shal doe he shal liue in them and they violated my sabbathes and I threatned to powre our my furie vpon them and to fil my wrath in them in the desert †But I turned away my hand did for my names sake that it might not be violated before the Gentils out of which I did cast them forth in their eyes †Againe I lifted vp my hand vpon them in the wildernes that I might disperse them into nations and scatter them into landes †for that they had not done my iudgements and had reiected my precepts and had violated my sabbathes and their eyes had bene after the idols of their fathers †Therfore I also gaue them precepts not good and iudgements in which they shal not liue †And I polluted them in their giftes when they offered al that opened the matrice for their offences and they shal know that I am the Lord. †Wherfore speake to the house of Israel ô sonne of man and thou shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord God Yet also in this did your fathers blaspheme me when contemning they had despised me †and I had brought them into the Land vpon which I lifted vp my hand to geue it them they saw euerie high hil and euerie wooddie tree and there they immolated their victims and there they gaue the irritation of their oblation and there they put the odour of their sweetnes and offered their libations †And I said to them What is the excelse vnto which you goe the name therof was called Excelse euen to this day †Therfore say to the house of Israel Thus saith our Lord God Surely in the way of your fathers you are pulluted and after their scandals you doe fornicate †And in the oblation of your giftes when you make your children passe through the fire you are polluted in al your idols vnto this day and shal I answer you ô house of Israel Liue I saith our Lord God that I wil not answer you †Neither shal the cogitation of your minde come to passe saying We wil be as the Gentils and as the kinreds of the earth that we may worship wood and stones †Liue I saith our Lord God that in a strong hand in a streched out arme and in furie powred forth wil I reigne ouer you †And I wil bring you out of the peoples and I wil gather you out of the landes in which you are dispersed in a strong hand and in a streched out arme and in furie powred forth wil I reigne ouer you †And I wil bring you into the desert of peoples and wil be iudged there with you face to face †As I contended in iudgement against your fathers in the desert of the Land of Aegypt so wil I iudge you saith our Lord God †And I wil subdue you to my scepter wil bring you into the bandes of couenant †And I wil choose out of you the transgressours and impious and wil bring them out of the land of their seiourning and into the land of Israel they shal not enter and you shal know that I am the Lord. †And you ô house of Israel Thus saith our Lord God Walke you euerie one after your idols and serue them But and if in this also you heare me not and shal pollute my holie name any more in your giftes and in your idols †in my holie mount in the high mount of Israel saith our Lord God there shal al the house of Israel serue me al I say in the land wherin they shal please me and there wil I require your first fruites and the beginning of your tithes in al your sanctifications †I wil receiue you for an odour of sweetnes when I shal haue brought you out of the peoples and shal haue gathered you out of the landes into which you are dispersed and I wil be sanctified in you in the eyes of the nations †And you shal know that I am the Lord when I shal haue brought you into the land of Israel into the Land for which I lifted vp my hand to geue it to your fathers †And there you shal remember your wayes and al your wicked deedes in which you were polluted and you shal mislike yourselues in your owne sight in al your malices which you haue done †And you shal know that I am the Lord when I shal haue done you good for my name sake and not according to your euil wayes nor according to your most wicked deedes ô house of Israel saith our Lord God †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man set thy face against the way of the south and droppe toward the sotherne winde and prophecie to the forrest of the sotherne filde †And thou shalt say to the sotherne forrest Heare the word of our Lord Thus saith our Lord God Behold I wil kindle a fire in thee and wil burne in thee euerie greene tree and euerie drie tree the flame of the fire shal not be quenched and euerie face shal be burned in it from the South euen to the North. †And al flesh shal see that I the Lord kindled it neither shal it be quenched †And I said A a a ô Lord God they say of me Doth not this man speake by parables CHAP. XXI Destruction of Ierusalem by sword is further described 10. With translation of the kingdom 28. The ruine also of the Ammonites is foreshewed 30. And finally Babylon the destroyer of others shal be destroyed AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man set thy face to Ierusalem and droppe to the sanctuaries and prophecie against the ground of Israel †And thou shalt say to the land of Israel Thus saith our Lord God Behold I to thee and I wil draw forth my sword out of his scabbard and wil kil in thee the iust and the impious †And for that I haue killed in thee the iust and the impious therfore shal my sword goe forth out of his scabbard to al flesh from the South euen to the North. †That al flesh may know that I the Lord haue drawen my sword out of his scabbard not to be reuoked â€
insolent pride Tyre shal be vtterly destroyed 20. Sidon likewise ouerthrowne 24. And the people of Israel at last restored AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man say to the prince of Tyre Thus saith our Lord God For that thy hart is eleuated thou hast sayd I am God and I haue sitten in the chaire of God in the hart of the sea wheras thou art a man and not God and hast geuen thy hart as the hart of God †Loe thou art wiser then Daniel euerie secret is not hid from thee †In thy wisedom and thy prudence thou hast made thee strength and hast gotten gold and siluer in thy treasures †In the multitude of thy wisedome in thy merchandise thou hast multiplied strength to thee and thy hart is eleuated in thy strength †Therfore thus saith our Lord God For that thy hart is eleuated as the hart of God †therfore behold I wil bring vpon thee strangers the strongest of the Gentils and they shal draw their swordes vpon the beautie of thy wisedome and shal pollute thy comelines †They shal kil and plucke thee downe and thou shalt dye in the death of the slaine in the hart of the sea †Why shalt thou speake saying I am God before them that kil thee wheras thou art a man and not God in the hand of them that slay thee †By the death of the vncircumcised shalt thou dye in the hand of strangers because I haue spoken saith our Lord God †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying Sonne of man lift vp a lamentation vpon the king of Tyre †and thou shalt say to him Thus saith our Lord God Thou the signet of similitude ful of wisedom and perfect of beautie †thou wast in the delicacies of the paradise of God euerie precious stone thy couering sardius topatius and the iasper chrysolithus and onyx and berillus the sapphire and the carbuncle and the emerald gold the worke of thy beautie and thy pipes were prepared in the day that thou wast created †Thou Cherub streched out and protecting and I sette thee in the holie mount of God in the middes of fyrie stones thou hast walked †Perfect in thy wayes from the day of thy creation vntil iniquitie was found in thee †In the multitude of thy merchandise thyne inner partes were filled with iniquitie and thou didst sinne and I cast thee out from the mount of God and destroyed thee ô Cherub protecting out of the middes of the fyrie stones †And thy hart was eleuated in thy beautie thou hast lost thy wisedome in thy beautie I haue cast thee to the earth before the face of kinges I haue geuen thee that they might behold thee †In the multitude of thine iniquities in the iniquitie of thy merchandise thou hast polluted thy sanctification I wil therfore bring forth a fyre out of the middes of thee to eate thee and I wil make thee as ashes vpon the earth in the sight of al that see thee †Al that shal see thee in the Gentils shal be astonied vpon thee thou art become a thing of naught and thou shalt not be for euer †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man set thy face against Sidon and thou shalt prophecie of it †and shalt say Thus saith our Lord God Behold I to thee Sidon and I wil be glorified in the middes of thee and they shal know that I am the Lord when I shal doe iudgements in it and shal be sanctified in it †And I wil send into it pestilence and bloud in the streetes therof the slaine shal fal in the middes therof by the sword round about and they shal know that I am the Lord. †And there shal be no more scandal of bitternes to the house of Israel and thorne causing payne on euerie side round about them that are against them and they shal know that I am the Lord God †Thus saith our Lord God When I shal haue gathered together the house of Israel out of the peoples in which they are dispersed I wil be sanctified in them before the Gentils and they shal dwel in their land which I gaue to my seruant Iacob †And they shal dwel therin secure and they shal build houses and shal plant vineyards and shal dwel confidently when I shal haue done iudgements in al that are their enemies round about they shal know that I am the Lord their God CHAP. XXIX The king of Aegypt shal be ouerthrowne 9. and the kingdom wasted fourtie yeares 13. It shal be repared to a meane state 17. And shal be geuen to the king of Babylon for his seruice in destroying Tyre IN the tenth yeare the tenth moneth the eleuenth day of the moneth the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man set thy face against Pharao the king of Aegypt and thou shalt prophecie of him and of al Aegypt †Speake and thou shalt say Thus saith our Lord God Behold I to thee Pharao king of Aegypt thou great dragon which lyest in the middes of thy riuers and sayest The riuer is mine and I made it my selfe †And I wil put a bridle in thy iawes and I wil fasten the fishes of thy riuers to thy scales and I wil draw thee out of the middes of thy riuers and al thy fishes shal sticke to thy scales †And I wil cast thee forth into the desert and al the fishes of thy riuer thou shalt fal vpon the face of the earth thou shalt not be collected nor gathered together to the beasts of the earth and to the foules of the heauen haue I geuen thee to be deuoured †And al the inhabitants of Aegypt shal know that I am the Lord for that thou hast bene a staffe of reede to the house of Israel †When they tooke thee with the hand and thou wast broken and didst rent al their shoulder and they leaning vpon thee thou wast broken and didst dissolue al their reines †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Behold I wil bring vpon thee the sword and wil kil out of thee man and beast †And the Land of Aegypt shal be into a desert and into a wildernes and they shal know that I am the Lord for that thou hast sayd The riuer is mine and I made it †Therfore behold I to thee and to thy riuers and I wil geue the Land of Aegypt into desolations destroyed with the sword from the tower of Syene euen to the borders of Aethiopia †The foote of man shal not passe through it neither shal the foote of beast goe in it and it shal not be inhabited fourtie yeares †And I wil make the Land of Aegypt desert in the middes of desert lands the cities therof in the middes of cities ouerthrowen and they shal be desolate fourtie
and the toppe therof is eleuated among the thicke boughes †The waters haue nourished him the depth hath exalted him the riuers therof ranne out round about the rootes therof and he sent forth her riuers to al the trees of the countrie †Therfore was his height eleuated aboue al the trees of the countrie and his groues were multiplied and his boughes were eleuated because of manie waters †And when he had spred forth his shadow in his boughes al the foules of the heauen made nests and vnder his leaues al beasts of the forrests engendred and vnder his shadow dwelt the assemblie of verie manie nations †And he was most faire in his greatnes and in the enlarging of his groues for his roote was nere manie waters †The ceders were not higher then he in the paradise of God the firretrees matched not his toppe and the plane-trees were not equal to his boughes no tree of the paradise of God was likened to him and to his beautie †Because I made him beautiful and with manie thicke boughes and al the trees of pleasure that were in the paradise of God did emulate him †Therfore thus saith our Lord God For that he is extolled in height and hath geuen his toppe greene and thicke and his hart is eleuated in his height †I haue deliuered him into the handes of the strongest of the nations doing he shal doe to him according to his impietie I haue cast him out †And aliens and the most cruel of the nations shal cut him downe and shal throw him forth vpon the mountaines and in al valleis his boughes shal fal and his groues shal be broken on al rockes of the land and al the peoples of the earth shal depart from his shadow and shal leaue him †In his ruine dwelt al the foules of heauen and in his boughes were al the beasts of the fielde †For which cause there shal not be eleuated in their height al the trees of the waters neitheir shal they put their highnes among the wooddie and thicke ones neither shal they stand in their height al that are watered with waters because they are al deliuered into death to the lowest earth in the middes of the children of men to them that goe downe into the lake †Thus saith our Lord God In the day that he went downe to hel I brought in mourning I couered him with the depth and I stayed his riuers and kept in manie waters Libanus was made sad vpon him and al the trees of the filde were shaken †At the sound of his ruine I moued the Gentils when I brought him downe to hel with them that descended into the lake and al the trees of pleasure goodlie and glorious in Libanus al that were watered with waters were comfourted in the lowest earth †For they also shal goe downe with him to hel to the slaine by the sword and the arme of euerie one shal sitte vnder his shadow in the middes of the nations †To whom art thou likened ô thou noble and loftie among the trees of pleasure Behold thou aâ—t brought downe with the trees of pleasure to the lowest earth in the middes of the vncircumcised shalt thou sleepe with them that are slaine by the sword the same is Pharao and al his multitude saith our Lord God CHAP. XXXII The Prophet lamenteth the destruction of Aegypt 11. prosecuting his prophecie of the most lamentable destruction therof 17. foreshewing that the more it is exalted in strength and glorie so much more miserable shal be the fal therof AND it came to passe the twelth yeare in the twelth moneth in the first of the moneth the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man take vp a lamentation vpon Pharao the king of Aegypt thou shalt say to him Thou art likened to the Lion of the Gentils and the dragon that is in the sea and thou didst strike with the horne in thy riuers and didst truble the waters with thy fete and didst conculcare their streames †Therfore thus saith our Lord God I wil spred my nette vpon thee in the multitude of manie peoples and I wil draw thee out in my nette †And I wil throw thee forth on the ground vpon the face of the filde wil I cast thee away and I wil make al the foules of heauen to dwel vpon thee and I wil fil of thee the beastes of al the earth †And I wil geue thy flesh vpon the moutaines and wil fil the litle hilles with thy corruption †And I wil water the earth with the stinche of thy bloud vpon the mountaines and the valleis shal be filled of thee †And I wil couer the heauens when thou shalt be extinguished and I wil make the starres therof to waxe blacke the sunne I wil couer with a cloude and the moone shal not geue her light †I wil make al the lightes of heauen to mourne vpon thee I wil geue darkenes vpon thy land saith our Lord God when thy wounded shal fal in the middes of the land saith our Lord God †And I shal prouoke to anger the hart of manie peoples when I shal haue brought in thy destruction in the Gentils vpon the landes which thou knowest no◠†And I wil make manie peoples to be astonied vpon thee and their kinges with exceding horrour shal be afraid vpon thee when my sword shal beginne to flie vpon their faces and they shal be astonied sodenly euerie one for his life in the day of thy ruine †Because thus saith our Lord God †The sword of the king of Babylon shal come to thee in the swordes of the valients wil I ouerthrow thy multitude inuincible are al these Gentils and they shal waste the pride of Aegypt and the multitude therof shal be dissipated †And I wil destroy al the beasts therof that were vpon verie manie waters and the foote of man shal truble them no more neither shal the hoofe of beasts truble them †Then wil I make their waters most pure and their riuers I wil bring as oile saith our Lord God †When I shal haue made the Land of Aegypt desolate and the land shal be made desert of her fulnes when I shal haue strooken al the inhabitaÌ„ts therof they shal know that I am the Lord. †It is lamentation and they shal lament it the daughters of the Gentils shal lament it vpon Aegypt and vpon the multitude therof they shal lament it saith our Lord God †And it came to passe in the twelfth yeare in the fiftenth of the moneth the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man sing a mourning song vpon the multitude of Aegypt and plucke her downe herself and the daughters of the strong nations to the lowest earth with them that goe downe into the lake †Fayrer then whom art thou Descend and sleepe with the vncircumcised †In
man in a strange forme and much terrified therwith 8. is comforted 13. The Angels of Persians and Grecians resist his prayer 20. S. Michael assisting the Iewes IN the third yeare of Cyrus king of the Persians a word was reueled to Daniel surnamed Baltassar and a true word and great strength he vnderstood the word for there is neede of vnderstanding in vision †In those dayes I Daniel mourned the dayes of three weekes †desiderable bread I did not eate and flesh and wine entered not into my mouth yea neither with ointment was I annoynted til the dayes of three weeks were accomplished †And in the foure twentith day of the first moneth I was by the great riuer which is Tigris †And I lifted vp mine eyes I saw and beholde a man clothed with linnen clothes his reynes girded with the finest gold †and his bodie as it were the chrysolithus and his face as the forme of lightning and his eyes as a burning lampe and his armes the partes that are downward euen to the feete as it were the forme of glistering brasse and the voice of his word as the voice of a multitude †And I Daniel alone saw the vision moreouer the men that were with me saw it not but exceding terrour fel vpon them and they fled away and hidde themselues †And I being left alone saw this great vision and there remayned no strength in me yea and my shape of contenance was changed in me and I withered neither had any strength †And I heard the voice of his wordes and hearing I lay astonished vpon my face and my visage cleaued to the ground †And behold a hand touched me and lifted me vp vpon my knees and vpon the ioynts of my handes †And he said to me Daniel thou man of desires vnderstand the wordes that I speake to thee and stand in thy place for now am I sent to thee And when he had said this word to me I stood trembling †And he said to me Feare not Daniel because since the first day that thou didst set thy hart to vnderstand to afflict thy self in the sight of thy God thy * wordes haue bene heard and I am come for thy wordes †But the prince of the kingdom of the Persians resisted me one and twentie dayes and behold Michael one of the chiefe princes came to ayde me and I taried there by the king of the Persians †But I am come to teach thee what thinges shal come to thy people in the later dayes because as yet the vision vnto dayes †And when he spake to me in these maner of wordes I cast downe my countenance to the ground and held my peace †And behold as it were the similitude of the sonne of man touched my lippes and opening my mouth I spake and sayd to him that stood before me My Lord in thy vision my ioynts are dissolued and no strength hath remayned in me †And how can the seruant of my Lord speake with my Lord for no strength is remayning in me yea my breath is stopped †Agayne therfore there touched me as it were the vision of a man and strengthened me †and he sayd Feare not ô man of desires Peace be to thee take courege be strong And when he spake with me I receiued strength and sayd Speake my Lord because thou hast strengthened me †And he sayd Doest thou know wherfore I am come to thee and now I wil returne that I may fight agaynst the prince of the Persians when I therfore went sorth there appeared the prince of the Greekes coming †But yet I wil tel thee that which is expressed in the scripture of truth and none is my helper in al these but Michael f your prince CHAP. XI The Angel declareth what shal happen to the Iewes vnder the kinges of Persia and by occasion of warres betwen Aegypt and Syria AND I from the first yeare of Darius the Mede stood that he might be strengthened and made strong †And now I wil declare the truth vnto thee Behold three kinges as yet shal stand in Persia and the fourth shal be inriched with exceding riches aboue al when he is growne mightie in his riches he shal rayse vp al against the kingdom of Greece †But there shal rise * a strong king and shal rule with much power and he shal doe what shal please him †And when he * shal stand his kingdom shal be broken and it shal be diuided into the foure windes of heauen but not vnto his posteritie nor according to his mightines wherwith he ruled For his kingdom shal be rent euen vnto foreners besyde these †And the king * of the South shal be made strong there shal d of his princes preuaile aboue him and he shal rule in dominion for his dominion shal be much †And after the end of yeares they shal be confederated and the daughter of the king of the South shal come to e the king * of the North to make amitie and shal not obtayne the strength of the arme neither shal his sede stand and she shal be deliuered and they that brought her her yongmen and they that strengthened her in the times †And there shal stand of the bud of her rootes a plant and he shal come with an armie and shal enter the prouince of the king of the North and he shal abuse them and shal obtayne †Moreouer also their goddes and sculptils the precious vessels also of gold and siluer he shal carie away captiue into Aegypt he shal preuaile against the king of the North. †And the king of the South shal enter into the kingdom and shal returne to his owne land †And g his sonnes shal be prouoked and they shal gather a multitude of very manie hostes and he shal come hastning and ouerflowing and he shal returne and be stirred vp and he shal ioyne battel with his force †And the king of the South being prouoked shal goe forth and shal fight against the king of the North shal prepare an exceding great multitude and a multitude shal be geuen into his handes †And he shal take a multitude and his hart shal be exalted and he shal ouerthrow manie thousands h but he shal not preuaile †For the king of the North shal returne and shal prepare a multitude much greater then before in the end of times yeares he shal come hastining with a great host and riches exceding much †And in those times manie shal rise vp against the king of the South i the children also of the preuaricatours of thy people shal be extolled to fulfil the vision and they shal fal †And the king of the North shal come and shal cast vp a mount and shal take the best fensed cities the armes of the South shal
a snare of ruine vpon al his wayes madnes in the house of his God †They haue sinned deeply as in the dayes of Gabaa he wil remember their iniquitie and wil visite their sinne †As grapes in the desert I found Israel as the first fruites of the figtree in the toppe therof I saw their fathers but they haue entered into Beelphegor and are alienated into confusion and are become abominable as those thinges which they loued †Ephraim as a bird hath flowen away their glorie from birth and from the wombe and from conception †But if they shal nourish vp their children I wil make them without children among men yea wo to them when I shal depart from them †Ephraim as I saw was Tyre founded in beautie and Ephraim shal lead out his children to the murderer †Geue them ô Lord what wilt thou geue to them Geue them a wombe without children and dire brests †Al their wicked in Galgal because there I hated them for the malice of their inentions I wil cast forth out of my house I wil not adde to loue them al their princes reuolters †Ephraim is strooken their roote is dried vp they shal yeld no fruite But and if they shal haue issue I wil kil the best beloued things of their wombe †My God wil cast them away because they heare him not and they shal be vagabunds in the nations CHAP. X. After manie benefites and aduancement much affliction shal fal vpon the tenne tribes for their ingratitude towards God ISRAEL a vine a thicke of branches the fruite is made equal to it according to the multitude of his fruite he hath multiplied altars according to the plentie of his land he hath abunded in idols †Their hart is diuided now they shal perish he shal breake their idols he shal destroy their altars †Because they wil now say We haue no king for we feare not our Lord and what shal a king do to vs †You speake wordes of vnprofitable vision and you shal make a couenant iudgement shal spring as bitternes vpon the furrowes of the filde †The kine of Bethauen haue the inhabitans of Samaria worshipped Because his people mourned vpon him his temple wardens reioyced vpon him in his glorie because it departed from him †For he also was caried vnto Assur a gift to the king Reuenger confusion shal take Ephraim Israel shal be confunded in his owne wil. †Samaria hath made her king to passe as froth vpon the face of water †And the excelses of the idol the sinne of Israel shal be destroyed the burre and the thistle shal grow vp ouer their altars and they shal say to the mountaines Couer vs and to the litle hilles Fal vpon vs. †From the Dayes of Gabaa Israel hath sinned there they stood the battel in Gabaa vpon the children of iniquitie shal not apprehend them †According to my desire I wil chastise them and the peoples shal be gathered together vpon them when they shal be chastised for their two inquities †Ephraim an heifer taught to loue threshing and I haue passed ouer the beautie of her necke I wil ascend vpon Ephraim Iudas shal plough Iacob shal breake the furrowes to himself †Sow to your selues in iustice and reape in the mouth of mercie fallow ground but the time to seeke our Lord when he shal come that shal teach you iustice †you haue ploughed impietie you haue reaped iniquitie you haue eaten the fruite of lying because thou hast trusted in thy wayes in the multitude of thy strong ones †A tumult shal arise in thy people al thy munitions shal be destroyed as Salmana was destroyed by his house that tooke vengeance on Baal in the day of battel the mother being dashed in peeces vpon the children †So hath Bethel done to you because of the malice of your iniquities CHAP. XI The kingdom of Israel is further admonished and threatned 10. of which tribes manie shal beleue in Christ AS the morning passed hath the king of Israel passed away Because Israel was a child and I loued him and out of Aegypt I called my sonne †They called them so they departed from their face they immolated to Baalim sacrificed to idols †And I as it were the nurse of Ephraim caried them in myne armes and they knew not that I cured them †In the cordes b of Adam I wil draw them in the bands of charitie and I wil be to them as lifting vp the yoke vpon their cheekes and I declined to him that he mightâ—ate †He shal not returne into the Land of Aegypt and Assur he his king because they would not conuert †The sword hath begune in his cities and it shal consume his elect and shal eate their heades †And my people shal hang vpon my returne but a yoke shal be put vpon them together which shal not be taken away †how shal I geue thee Ephraim protect thee Israel how shal I geue thee as Adama lay thee as Seboim My hart is turned within my repentance is disturbed together †I wil not doe the furie of my wrath I wil not returne to destroy Ephraim because I am God and not man in the middes of thee the Holie one and I wil not enter into the citie †They shal walke after our Lord as a lion wil he roare because he wil roare and the children of the sea shal feare †And they shal flie away as a bird out of Aegypt and as a doue out of the Land of the Assyrians and I wil place them in their houses saith our Lord. †Ephraim hath compassed me in denying and the house of Israel in deceite but Iudas a witnesse is descended with God and with the sainctes faithful CHAP. XII The people by their sinnes procure their owne miseries 3. not regarding Iacobs vertues EPHRAIM feedeth the winde and foloweth the heate al the day he multiplieth lying and waste and he hath made a league with the Assyrians and he caried oyle into Aegypt †The iudgement therfore of our Lord with Iuda and visitation vpon Iacob according to his wayes and according to his inuentions he wil render to him †In the wombe he supplanted his brother and in his strength he was directed with the Angel †And he preuailed against the Angel and was strengthened and he wept and besought him in Bethel he found him an there he spake with vs. †And our Lord the God of hostes the Lord is his memorial †And thou shalt conuert to thy God keepe mercie and iudgement and hope in thy God alwayes †Chanaan in his hand a deceitful balance he hath loued calumnie †And Ephraim sayd But yet I am made rich I haue found an idol to my self al my labours shal not finde me the iniquitie which I haue sinned †And I the Lord
thy God out of the Land of Aegypt I wil yet make thee sitte in tabernacles as in the dayes of festiuitie †And I haue spoken vpon the prophets and I haue multiplied vision and in the hand of the prophets I haue bene resembled †If an idol in Galaad then in vaine were they in Galgal immolating with oxen for their altars also as heapes vpon the furrowes of the filde †Iacob fled into the countrie of Syria and Israel serued for a wife and for a wife he kept her †But by a prophete our Lord brought Israel out of Aegypt and by a prophete he was preserued †Ephraim hath prouoked me to wrath in his bitternes and his bloud shal come vpon him and his reproch his Lord wil restore to him CHAP. XIII For their obstinacie in idolatrie 7. greatest plagues are threatned 10. from which none shal be able to deliuer them 14. But at last Christ coming wil redeme al by his death EPHRAIM speaking horrour inuaded Israel and he sinned in Baal and died †And now they haue added to sinne and they haue made to themselues a molten of their siluer as it were the similitude of idols the whole is the worke of craftesmen the these they say Immolate men adoring calues †Therfore they shal be as a morning cloude and as a morning dew passing away as dust caught with a whirlewind out of the floore and as smoke out of the chimnie †But I the Lord thy God out of the Land of Aegypt and God beside me thou shalt not know and there is no Sauiour beside me †I knew thee in the desert in the land of wildernes †According to their pustures they were filled and were made ful they haue lifted vp their harr and haue forgotten me †And I wil be vnto them as a lionesse as a leopard in the way of the Assyrians †I wil meete them as a beare her yong being violently taken away and I wil breake in sunder the inner partes of their liuer and wil consume them there as a lion the beast of the filde shal teare them †Perdition is thine ô Israel onlie in me thy helpe †Where is thy king Now especially let him saue thee in al thy cities thy iudges of whom thou saydst Geue me kinges and princes †I wil geue thee a king in my furie and wil take him away in mine indignation †The iniquitie of Ephraim is bound together his sinne is hidden †The sorowes of a woman in trauel shal come to him he a sonne not wise for now he shal not stand the confraction of the children †Out of the hand of death I wil deliuer them from death I wil redeme them I wil be thy death ô death thy bitte wil I be ô hel consolation is hidden from mine eyes †Because he shal diuide betwen bretheren our Lord wil bring a burning winde rising from the desert and it shal drie vp his vaines and shal make his fountaine desolate and he shal spoyle the treasure of euerie vessel that is to be desired CHAP. XIIII The prophet forewarning the people of their future afflictions 2. exhorteth them to repentance and confession of their sinnes 5. foreshewing that God wil geue much grace to the penitent 10. Al which mysteries only the godlie wise shal vnderstand LET Samaria perish because she hath stirred vp her God to bitternes let them perish by the sword let their litle ones be dashed and let the wemen with child be cut in sunder †Conuert ô Israel to our Lord thy God because thou art fallen in thine iniquitie †Take wordes with you and conuert to our Lord and say to him Take away al iniquitie and receiue good and we wil render the calues of our lippes †Assur shal not saue vs we wil not mount vpon horse neither wil we say any more Our goddes the worke of our handes because thou wilt haue mercie on that pupil which is in thee †I wil heale their confractions I wil loue them voluntarily because my furie is auerted from them †I wil be as dew Israel shal spring as the lillie and his roote shal breake forth as that of Libanus †His boughes shal goe and his glorie shal be as the oliuetree and his smel as of Libanus †They shal be conuerted that sitte vnder his shadow they shal liue with wheate and they shal spring as a vine his memorial as the wine of Libanus †Ephraim what haue I to doe any more with idols I wil heare and I wil direct him as a verdant firretree out of me thy fruit is found †Who is wise and shal vnderstand these thinges of vnderstanding and shal know these thinges because the wayes of our Lord be right and the iust shal walke in them but preuaricatours shal fal in them THE PROPHECIE OF IOEL IOEL the sonne of Phatuel borne in Bethoron of the tribe of Issachar prophecied the same time or part therof with Osee according to S. Ieromes rule approued by most expositers that when anie of these twelue Prophetes expresseth not what time he writte the same time is vnderstood which the precedent prophet noteth He prophecied to the kingdom of Iuda as appeareth by expresse mention of Sacrifice Priestes house of God Ierusalem and Sion but describeth also the whole land of twelue tribes consumed by the Eruke Locust Bruke and Blast And after the euersion of the former people the coming of the Holie Ghost vpon the seruants of God men and wemen the 120. faithful gathered in the chamber in Sion Finally foreshewing the general Iudgement and future eternal world CHAP. I. The Chaldees shal miserably waste the kingdom of Iuda 9. take away sacrifice by destroying the temple 10. and so make the land barren spiritually and temporally THE word of our Lord that was made to Ioel the sonne of Phatuel †Heare this ye ancients and harken with your eares al ye inhabitants of the land if this hath bene done in your dayes or in the dayes of your fathers †Vpon this tel you to your children and your children to their children and their childred to an other generation †“ The residue of the eruke hath the locust eaten the residue of the locust hath the bruke eaten and the residue of the bruke hath the blast eaten †Awake you that be drunke and weepe and how le al ye that drinke wine in sweetnes because it is perished from your mouth †For a nation is ascended vpon my land strong innumerable his teeth as the teeth of a lion and his checkteeth as of a lions whelpe †He hath layd my vineyard into a desert and hath pilled of the barke of my figtree stripping he hath spoiled it and cast it forth the boughes therof are made white †Mourne as a virgin girded with sackcloth vpon the husband of her
and hath spared his people †And our Lord answered and sayd to his people Behold I wil send you corne and wine and oyle and you shal be replenished with them and I wil geue you no more to be a reproch in the Gentils †And him that is from the North I wil make far from you and I wil expel him into a land vnpassable desert his face against the east sea and his extreme part to the last sea his stinke shal ascend his rotennes shal ascend because he hath done proudly †Feare not ô land reioyce be glad because our Lord hath magnified to doe †Feare not ye beastes of the region because the beautiful thinges of the desert are sprung because the tree hath brought his fruite the figtree and the vine haue geuen their vigour †And ye children of Sion reioyce and be ioyful in the Lord your God because he hath geuen you a doctor of iustice and he wil make the early and the late showre to descend to you as in the beginning †And the floores shal be filled with wheare and the presses shal ouerflow with wine and oyle †And I wil render you the yeares which the locust the bruke and the blast and the eruke hath eaten my great strength which I haue sent vpon you †And you shal eate eating and shal be filled and you shal praise the name of the Lord your God that hath done meruels with you and my people shal not be confounded for euer †And you shal know that I am in the middes of Israel I the Lord your God and there is none besides and my people shal not be confounded for euer †And it shal be after this I wil powre out my spirit vpon al flesh and your sonnes your daughters shal prophecie your ancients shal dreame dreames and your yong men shal see visions †Yea and vpon my seruants and handmayds in those dayes I wil powre out my spirit †And I wil geue wonders in heauen and in earth bloud and fire and vapour of smoke †The sunne shal be turned into darkenes and the moone into bloud before the great and horrible day of the Lord doth come †And it shal be euerie one that shal inuocate the name of the Lord shal be saued because in mount Sion and in Ierusalem shal be saluation as our Lord hath sayd and in the residew whom our Lord shal cal CHAP. III. After the conuersion of the Iewes to Christ 2. shortly foloweth the general Iudgement 3. where euerie one according to their desertes shal receiue expressed here in parabolical speach 7. 19. the wicked euerlasting paine 18. 20. and the blessed eternal ioy BECAVSE loe in those dayes and in that time when I shal conuert the captiuitie of Iuda and Ierusalem †I wil gather together al Nations wil lead them into the valley of Iosaphat and I wil plead with them there vpon my people and myne inheritance Israel whom they haue dispersed in the nations and haue diuided my land †And vpon my people they haue cast lot and boy they haue geuen to be a strumpet and wench they haue sould for wine that they might drinke †But what is to me and to you ô Tyre and Sidon and al the border of the Palesthines what wil you render me reuenge and if you doe reuenge against me I wil soone render you quickly recompence vpon your head †For my siluer and my gold you haue taken and my desiderable thinges and most beautiful you haue caried into your temples †And the children of Ierusalem you haue sold to the children of the Greekes that you might make them far of from their coasts †Behold I wil rayse them vp out of the place wherin you haue sold them and I wil turne your retribution vpon your owne head †And I wil sel your sonnes your daughters into the handes of the children of Iuda and they shal sel them to the Sabaeans a nation far of because our Lord hath spoken †Proclaime ye this in the Gentils sanctifie battel rayse vp the strong let them come let al the men of warre come vp †Cut your ploughes into swordes and your spades into speares Let the weake say That I am strong †Breake out and come al ye nations from round about and be gathered together there wil our Lord make al thy strong ones to be slaine †Let them arise and let the Gentils ascend into the valley of Iosaphat because there I wil sit to iudge al nations round about †Put in the sithes because the haruest is ripe come and descend because the presse is ful the presses runne ouer because their malice is multiplied †Peoples people 's in the valley of d concision because the day of our Lord is nigh in the valley of concision †The sunne and the moone are darkened and the starres haue withdrawen their shining †And our Lord wil roare out of Sion and out of Ierusalem he wil geue his voice and the heauens the earth shal be moued and our Lord the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israel †And you shal know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Sion my holy mount and Ierusalem shal be holie strangers shal passe through it no more †And it shal be in that day the mountaines shal distil sweetnes and the hilles shal flow with milke and through al the riuers of Iuda shal runne waters a fountaine shal issue out of the house of the Lord and shal water the torrent of thornes †Aegypt shal be into desolation Idumea into a desert of perdition for that they haue done vniustly against the children of Iuda and haue shed innocent bloud in their land †And Iewrie shal be inhabited for euer and Ierusalem vnto generation and generation †And I wil clense their bloud which I had not clensed and the Lord wil dwel in Sion THE PROPHECIE OF AMOS AMOS a heardesman of Thecua in the tribe of Zabulon was indued with the spirite of prophecie about the same time with Osee and Ioel in the reigne of Ozias king of Iuda and of Ieroboam sonne of Ioas king of Israel in Metaphores and other obscure speaches agreable to his pastoral education but profound in sense prophecieth especially against the kingdom of Israel and diuers Gentiles partly also against Iuda foreshewing their afflictions for their sinnes but at last the vocation of al Nations to Christ with abundance of spiritual graces in his Church CHAP. I. In the reigne of Iozias in Iuda and of Ieroboam in Israel this prophet Amos 3. threatneth Damascus 6. Gaza 8. Azotus and other Philistians 9. Tyre 11. Idumea 13. and Ammon for their obstinacie in sinne abusing his long patience THE wordes of Amos who was among the pastours of Thecua Which he saw vpon
Israel in the dayes of Ozias the king of Iuda and in the dayes af Iereboam the sonne of Ioas the king of Israel two yeares before the earthquake †And he sayd Our Lord wil roare out of Sion and out of Ierusalem he wil geue his voice the beautiful places of the pastours haue mourned and the toppe of Carmel is withered †Thus sayth our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of Damascus and vpon foure I wil not conuert it because they haue threshed Galaad with yron waynes †And I wil send fyre into the house of Azael and it shal deuoure the houses of Benadad †And I wil breake the barre of Damascus and I wil destroy the inhabitant out of the idol and him that holdeth the scepter out of the house of pleasure and the people of Syria shal be transported to Cyrene saith our Lord. †Thus saith our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of Gaza vpon foure I wil not conuert it because they haue transported a perfect captiuitie to shut it vp in Idumea †And I wil send â—yre on the wal of Gaza and it shal deuoure the houses therof †And I wil destroy the inhabitant out of Azotus and him that holdeth the scepter out of Ascalon and I wil turne my hand vpon Accaron and the rest of the Philisthims shal perish sayth our Lord God †Thus saith our Lord Vpon the three wickednesses of Tyre and vpon foure I wil not conuert it because they haue shut vp a perfect captiuite in Idumea and haue not remembred the league of brethren †And I wil send fyre vpon the wal of Tyre it shal deuoure the houses therof †Thus sayth our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of Edom and vpon foure I wil not conuert him because he hath persecuted his brother with the sword and hath violated his mercie and hath held his furie longer and hath kept his indignation euen to the end †I wil send fyre into The man and it shal deuoure the houses of Bosra †Thus sayth our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of the children of Ammon and vpon foure I wil not conuert him because he hath cut in sunder the wemen with childe of Galaad to dilate his limite †And I wil kindle a fyre in the wal of Rabba it shal deuoure the houses therof with howling in the day of battel and with a whirlewind in the day of commotion †And Melchom shal goe into captiuitie himself and his princes together sayth our Lord. CHAP. II. God also threatneth Moab 4. Iuda 6. and Israel 9. that for ingratitude 12. and other sinnes they shal be brought into captiuitie THVS sayth our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of Moab and vpon foure I wil not conuert him because he hath burnt the bones of Idumea euen to ashes †And I wil send fyre into Moab and it shal deuoure the houses of Carioth and Moab shal dye in the sound in the noyse of the trumpet †and I wil destroy the iudge out of the middes of him and al his princes I wil kil with him saith our Lord. †Thus saith our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of Iuda vpon foure I wil not conuert him because he hath cast away the law of our Lord and not kept his commandments for their idols haue deceiued them after which their fathers went †And I wil send fire into Iuda and it shal deuoure the houses of Ierusalem †Thus saith our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of Israel and vpon foure I wil not conuert him because he hath sold the iust for siluer and the poore for shoes †Which bruise the heades of the poore vpon the dust of the earth and decline the way of the humble and the sonne and his father haue gone to a young woman that they might violate my holie name †And vpon garments layd to pledge they did lye beside euerie altar the wine of the condemned they dranke in the house of their God †But I did cast out the Ammorrheit before their face whose height the height of Cedars he strong as an oke and I destroyed his fruite from aboue his rootes beneath †It is I that made you come vp out of the Land of Aegypt I ledde you in the desert fourtie yeares that you might possesse the Land of the Amorrheite †And I raysed vp of your sonnes to be prophets of your yongmen Nazareites is it not so ô children of Israel saith our Lord †And you dranke wine to the Nazareites and the prophets you commanded saying Prophecie not †Behold I wil screake vnder you as a wayne screaketh loden with hay †And flight shal perish from the swift and the valient shal not obteyne his strength and the strong shal not saue his life †And he that holdeth the bow shal not stand and the swift of his feete shal not be saued and the rider of the horse shal not saue his life †and the stoute of hart among the valients shal flee naked in that day sayth our Lord. CHAP. III. For their manifold sinnes al the twelue tribes shal be sore plaged 11. and made captiues HEARE the word that our Lord hath spoken vpon you ye children of Israel vpon al the kindred that I brought forth out of the Land of Aegypt saying †Onlie you haue I knowen of al the kindreds of the earth therfore wil I visite vpon you al your iniquities †Why shal two walke together vnles they be agreed †Wil the lion roare in the forrest vnles he haue a praye wil the lions whelpe geue voice out of his denne vnles he hath caught somewhat †wil the bird fal into the snare of the earth without the sowler Shal the snare be taken away from the earth before it hath taken somewhat †Shal the trumpet sound in the citie and wil not the people be afrayd Shal there be euil in the citie which our Lord hath not done †Because our Lord God wil not doe a word vnles he haue reueled his secret to his seruants the prophers †The lion shal roare who wil not feare Our Lord God hath spoken who shal not prophecie †Make it heard in the houses of Azotus and in the houses of the Land of Aegypt and say Gather ye together vpon the mountaines of Samaria and see the manie madnesses in the midddes therof and them that suffer calumnie in the inner parts therof †And they haue not knowne to doe right sayth our Lord treasuring vp iniquitie and robberies in their houses †Therfore thus sayth our Lord God The land shal be in tribulation compassed about and thy strength shal be plucked away from thee and thy houses shal be spoyled †Thus sayth our Lord As if a pastour should get out of the lions mouth two legges or the tippe of the eare so shal the children of Israel that dwel in Samaria be deliuered in the plague of
God sent him to them the people feared at the face of our Lord. †And Aggeus the messenger of our Lord of the messengers of our Lord spake saying to the people I am with you sayth our Lord. †And our Lord raysed vp the spirit of Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel duke of Iuda and the spirit of Iesus the sonne of Iosedec the grandpriest and the spirit of the rest of al the people and they went in and did the worke in the house of the Lord of hostes their God CHAP. II. They are encoreged to procede in building the temple 6. with promise that Christ by his personal presence wil bring more glorie to this then was in the former temple 11. Their former slacknes in this worke was the cause of their wantes 19. and now they shal haue abundance IN the foure and twenteth day of the moneth in the sixth moneth in the second yeare of Darius the king †In the seuenth moneth the one and twentith of the moneth the word of our Lord was made in the hand of Aggeus the prophet saying †Speake to Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel the duke of Iuda to Iesus the sonne of Iosedec the grand priest and to the rest of the people saying †Who among you is left that saw this house in the first glorie therof what do you see this same now Why is it not so as if it were not in your eyes †And now take courege Zorobabel saith our Lord and take courege Iesus the sonne of Iosedec grand priest and take courege al ye people of the land saith the Lord of hostes and doe because I am with you sayth the Lord of hosts †the word that I did couenant with you when you came out of the Land of Aegypt and my spirit shal be in the middes of you feare not †Because thus sayth the Lord of hosts As yet there is one litle while and I wil moue the heauen the earth and the sea and the drie land †And I wil moue al nations AND THE DESIRED OF AL NATIONS SHAL COME and I wil fil this house with glorie sayth the Lord of hosts †Mine is the siluer and mine is the gold sayth the Lord of hostes †“ Great shal be the glorie of this last house more then of the first sayth the Lord of hosts and in this place wil I geue peace sayth the Lord of hosts †In the foure and twentith of the ninth moneth in the second yeare of Darius the king the word of our Lord was made to Aggeus the prophet saying †Thus saith the Lord of hosts Aske the priests the law saying †If a man take sanctified flesh in the skirt of his garment and touch with the skirt therof bread or broth or wine or oile or any meate shal it be sanctified And the priests answering said No. †And Aggeus sayd If one polluted on a soule touch any of al these shal he be contaminated And the priests answered and sayd he shal be contaminated †And Aggeus answered and sayd So this people and so this nation before my face sayth our Lord and so al the worke of their handes al that they haue offered there shal be contaminated †And now set your hartes from this day and vpward before there was stone layd vpon stone in the temple of our Lord. †When you went to an heape of twentie bushels they became ten and entered into the presse to presse out fiftie flagons they became twentie †I stroke you with the burning winde and with the blast and with haile al the workes of your handes and there was none among you that returned to me saith our Lord. †Set your hartes from this day and hence forward from the foure and twenteth day of the ninth moneth from the day that the fundations of the temple of our Lord were layd lay it vpon your hartes †Is there the seede now abreward and as yet the wine and the figtree and the pomegranate and the oliue tree hath not florished from this day I wil blesse †And the word of our Lord was made the second time to Aggeus in the foure and twentith of the moneth saying †Speake to Zorobabel the duke of Iuda saying I wil moue the heauen and also the earth †And I wil ouerthrow the throne of kingdoms wil destroy the strength of the kingdom of the Gentils and I wil ouerthrow the chariote and the rider therof and the horses shal come downe and the riders of them euerie one by the sword of his brother †In that day sayth the Lord of hosts I wil take thee ô Zorobabel sonne of Salathiel my seruant saith our Lord and wil put thee as a signet because thee haue I chosen sayth the Lord of hosts ANNOTATIONS CHAP. II. 10. Great shal be the glorie VVhen according to the prophets exhortation the temple vvas built againe Esdras ch 3. v 12 vvriteth that such ancient men as had sene the former lamented because this nevv one vvas not so excellent as the former had bene vvhich is also clere by other places of holie scripture For amongst other differences Salomons temple had in height and in breadth an hundred and twentie cubites 2 Paral. 3. v. 4. this nevv temple had but sixtie cubites 1 Esd 6. v. 3. Likevvise balomons temple vvas built of stones hevved and perfectly polished 3. Reg 6. v. 7. vvhich vvere also couered on the innerside vvith seeling vvorke of ceder vvood v. 18. This nevv temple vvas built of rugh and vnpolished stones 1. Esd 5. v. 8 As for the same temple long after enlarged and adorned by Herod it continued not long in that state the chiefest glorie therof vvas by our Sauiours presence therin vvhen he vvas presented by his mother and ioyfully receiued into the armes of Simeon and often preached there And therfore S. Augustin proueth li. 18. c. 45. ciuit that the prophet here foreshevveth the glorie of Christs mystical temple faithful Christian soules of al nations in whom God dwelleth by grace of the nevv Testament farre more glorious in liuing stones then that temple vvhich king Salomon built or that vvhich vvas restored after the captiuitie THE PROPHECIE OF ZACHARIAS ZACHARIAS the sonne of Barachias and nephew of Addo beginning two monethes after Aggeus exhorteth also to reedifie the Temple and sheweth by diuers visions that the Church shal floorish partly in that time of the old Synagog but much more after Christs coming whos 's first and chiefe promulgators of his Gospel shal be of the Iewish nation but the farre greatter number shal be of the Gentiles the Iewes for their obstinacie reiected Yet they also in the end shal returne to Christ CHAP. I. The prophet exhorteth the people to conuert to God and not to imitate the euil examples of their fathers 7. by a vision of an horseman and diuers
faithful 17. and one most excellent thing aboue the rest THE burden of the word of our Lord in the land of Hadrach Damascus his rest because our Lord is the eye of man and of al the tribes of Israel †Emath also in the borders therof and Tyre and Sidon for they haue taken to themselues wisedom excedingly †And Tyre hath built her munition and heaped together siluer as earth and gold as the myre of the streets †Behold our Lord shal possesse her and shal strike her strength in the sea and she shal be deuoured with fyre †Ascalon shal see and shal feare and Gaza and shal be sorie excedingly Accaron because her hope is confounded and the king shal perish out of Gaza Ascalon shal not be inhabited †And the seperatour shal sit in Azotus and I wil destroy the pride of the Philisthims †And I wil take away his bloud out of his mouth and his abominations out of the middes of his teeth and he also shal be left to our God and he shal be as a duke in Iuda and Accaron as a Iebuseite †And I wil enuiron my house of them that serue me in warfayre going and returning and the exactour shal no more passe ouer them because now I haue sene with myne eyes †Reioyce greatly ô daughter of Sion make iubilation ô daughter of Ierusalem BEHOLD THY KING wil come to thee the iust and sauiour himself poore and ryding vpon an asse and vpon a colt the fole of an asse †And I wil destroy chariot out of Ephraim and horse out of Ierusalem and the bow of warre shal be dissipated and he shal speake peace to the Gentils and his power from sea euen to sea and from the riuers euen to the end of the earth †Thou also in the bloud of thy testament hast let forth thy prisoners out of the lake wherin is no water †Conuert to the munition ye prisoners of hope to day also declaring I wil render thee duble †Because I haue bent Iuda for me as a bow I haue filled Ephraim and I wil rayse vp thy sonnes ô Sion vpon thy sonnes ô Greece I wil make thee as the sword of the strong †And our Lord God shal be seene ouer them and his dart shal goe forth as lightning our Lord God wil sound with trumpet and wil goe in the whirle wind of the South †The Lord of hosts wil protect them and they shal deuoure and subdew with the stones of the sling and drinking they shal be drunke as it were of wine they shal be filled as phials and as the hornes of the altar †And our Lord their God wil saue them in that day as the flocke of his people because holie stones shal be eleuated ouer his land †For what is his good thing and what is his beautiful thing but the corne of the elect and wine springing virgins CHAP. X. The Iewes are exhorted to aske good thinges of God 4. of their nation cometh the Redemer of al men 5. and of the same are the Apostles spiritual masters of the whole world 6. The whole nation shal at last be conuerted ASKE of our Lord rayne in the lateward time and our Lord wil make snowes and wil geue them rayne of showers to euerie one grasse in the filde †Because the idols spake that which was vnprofitable and the deuiners saw a lie the dreamers spake in vayne they comforted vaynely therfore are they led away as a flock they shal be afflicted because they haue no pastour †Vpon the pastours my furie is wrath and vpon the buckgoates I wil visite because the Lord of hosts hath visited his flocke the house of Iuda and hath made them as the horse of his glorie in the battel †Of him the corner of him the pinne of him the bow of battel of him shal come forth euerie exactour together †And they shal be as valients treading the myre of the wayes in battel and they shal fight because our Lord is with them and the riders of horses shal be confounded †And I wil strengthen the house of Iuda and the house of Ioseph I wil saue and I wil conuert them because I wil haue mercie on them and they shal be as they were when I had not cast them of for I am the Lord their God and wil heare them †And they shal be as the valients of Ephraim their hart shal reioyce as it were of wine and their children shal see and shal reioyce their hart shal be ioyful in our Lord. †I wil hisse to them and wil gather them together because I haue redemed them and I wil multiplie them as they were multiplied before †And I wil saw them among peoples and from a far they shal remember me and they shal liue with their children and shal returne †And I wil bring them backe out of the Land of Aegypt and out of the Assyrians I wil gather them and to the Land of Galaad Libanus I wil bring them and there shal not be found place for them †And he shal passe ouer in the strayte of the sea and shal strike the waues in the sea and al the depths of the riuer shal be confounded and the pride of Assur shal be humbled and the scepter of Aegypt shal depart †I wil strengthen them in the Lord and in his name they shal walke sayth our Lord. CHAP. XI Ierusalem shal be againe most miserably destroyed 4. the Iewish nation reiected and dispersed 12. because Christ was sold by them to the Gentils for thirtie pence 16. They wil receiue Antichrist who shal be finally destroyed OPEN thy gates ô Libanus and let fyre deuoure thy ceders †Howle thou firre tree because the ceder is fallen because the magnifical are wasted howle ye okes of Basan because the fensed forrest is cut downe †The voice of the howling of pastours because their magnificence is wasted the voice of the roaring of lions because the pride of Iordan is wasted †Thus sayth our Lord my God Feede thou the cattel of slaughter †which they that possessed slew and were not sorie and they sold them saying Blessed be our Lord we are become rich and their pastours spared them not †And I wil spare no more vpon the inhabitants of the earth sayth our Lord behold I wil deliuer men euerie one in his neighbours hand and in the hand of his king and they shal cut the land in peeces and I wil not deliuer it out of their hand †And I wil feede the cattel of slaughter for this ô ye poore of the flocke and I tooke vnto me two roddes one I called Beautie and the other I called c Corde and I fed the flocke †And I cut of three pastours in one moneth and my soule shrunke together at them for their soule
that had bene at Rome an hostage and he reigned in the hundreth and seuen and thirteth yeare of the kingdom of the Greekes †In those dayes there went forth of Israel wicked children perswaded manie saying Let vs goe and make a couenant with the Gentils that are about vs because since we departed from them manie euils haue found vs. †And the talke semed good in their eyes †And some of the people determined and went to the king and he gaue them leaue to doe the iustice of the Gentils †And they built a schoole in Ierusalem according to the lawes of the Nations †and they made to them selues prepuces and reuolted from the holie testament and were ioyned to the Nations and were solde to doe euil †And the kingdom was prepared in the sight of Antiochus he begane to reigne in the land of Egypt that he might reigne ouer two kingdoms †And he entered into Aegypt with great multitude with chariots and elephants and horsemen and a copious multitude of shippes †And he made warre agaynst Ptolomee the king of Egypt and Ptolomee was afrayd at his presence and fled and manie fel wounded †And he tooke the fensed cities in the land of Aegypt and he tooke the spoiles of the land of Aegypt †And Antiochus turned after he strooke Aegypt in the hundreth and three and fourtith yeare and he went vp to Israel †and went vp to Ierusalem with a great multitude †And he entered into the sanctification with pride tooke the golden altar and the candlesticke of light and al the vessels therof and the table of proposition and the libatories and the phials and the litle morrers of gold and the vele and the crownes and the golden ornament that was in the face of the temple and he brake al into pâ—eces †And he tooke the siluer and gold and the desiderable vessels and he tooke the hidden treasures which he found and carying away he departed into his owne land †And he made a slaughter of men and spake in great pride †And great lamentation was made in Israel and in euerie place of theirs †and the princes and the ancients mourned and the youngmen and the virgins were weakned and the beautifulnes of the wemen was changed †Euerie husband tooke lamentation and the wemen that sate in the mariage bed mourned †and the land was moued vpon the inhabitants therein al the house of Iacob did put on confusion †And after two yeares of dayes the king sent a prince of tributes into the cities of Iuda he came to Ierusalem with a great multitude †And he spake vnto them peaceable wordes in guile and they beleued him †And he fel vpon the citie sodenly and stroke it with a great plague and destroyed much people in Israel †And he tooke the spoiles of the citie and burnt it with fyre and destroyed the houses therof and the walles therof round about †and they led the wemen captiue and the children and the cattel they possessed †And they built the citie of Dauid with a great wal and a strong and with firme towers and it was made a castel for them †and they placed there a sinful nation wicked men and they waxed strong therein And they layd armour and victuals and gathered together the spoiles of Ierusalem †and layd them vp there and they became a great snare †And this was made for an embushment of the sanctification and to be an il deuil in Israel †And they shed innocent bloud round about the sanctification and contaminated the sanctification †And the inhabitants of Ierusalem fled by reason of them and it became the habitation of strangers and she became stranger to her owne seede and her children forsooke her †Her sanctification was desolate as a wildernes her festiual dayes were turned into mourning her sabbaths into reproche her honours into naught †According to her glorie was her ignominie multiplied and her highnes was turned into mourning †And king Antiochus wrote to al his kingdom that al the people should be one and euerie one should leaue his owne law †And al Nations consented according to the word of king Antiochus †and manie of Israel consented to his seruice and they sacrificed to idols and defiled the sabbath †And the king sent bookes by the handes of messengers into Ierusalem into al the cities of Iuda that they should folow the law of the Nations of the earth †and should prohibite holocausts and sacrifices placations to be made in the temple of God †and should prohibite the sabbath to be celebrated and the solemne dayes †And he commanded the holie places to be defiled and the holie people of Israel †And he commanded altars to be built and temples and idols and swines flesh to be immolated and common beasts †and to leaue their children vncircumcised and their soules to be contaminated in al vncleannesses and abominations so that they should forget the law and should change al the iustifications of God †And whosoeuer had not done acording to the word of king Antiochus they should dye †According to al these words wrote he to al his kingdom and he appoynted princes ouer the people that should force these thinges to be done †And they commanded the cities of Iuda to sacrifice †And manie of the people were gathered to them they that had forsaken the law of our Lord and they did euils vpon the land †and they chased forth the people of Israel in hidden corners and in the secret places of fugitiues †The fiftenth day of the moneth Casleu the hundreth fiue and fourtith yeare king Antiochus built the abominable idol of desolation vpon the altar of God and through out al the cities of Iuda round about they builded altars †and before the gates of houses and in the stretes they burnt frankincense sacrificed †and the bookes of the law of God they burnt with fyre cutting them †and with whomsoeuer were found the bookes of the testament of our Lord and whosoeuer obserued the law of our Lord they murdered him according to the edict of the king †In their powre did they these thinges to the people of Israel that was found in euerie moneth and moneth in the cities †And the fiue and twentith day of the moneth they sacrificed vpon the altar that was agaynst the altar †And the wemen that circumcided their children were murdered according to the commandment of king Antiochus †and they hang vp the children by the necks through out al their houses and those that had circumcided them they murdered †And manie of the people of Israel determined with themselues that they would not eate the vncleane thinges they chose rather to dye then to be defiled with vncleane meates †they would not breake the
celebrated the Phase and the festiual day of Azymes for seuen dayes †and there was not celebrated such a Phase in Israel from the times of Samuel the prophet †and al the kinges of Israel did not celebrate such a Phase as Iosias did and the Priestes and the Leuites and the Iewes and al Israel that were found in their abode at Ierusalem †In the eightenth yeare Iosias reigning was the Phase celebrated †And the workes of Iosias were directed in the sight of his Lord in a hart ful of feare †and the thinges concerning him are writen in the ancient times touching them that sinned and were irreligious against our Lord aboue al nations and that sought not the wordes of our Lord vpon Israel †And after al this fact of Iosias came vp Pharao the king of Aegypt comming in Charcamis from the way vpon Euphrates and Iosias went forth to meete him †And the king of Aegypt sent to Iosias saying What is there betwen me thee king of Iuda †I was not sent of the Lord to fight against thee for my battel is vpon Euphrates goe downe in hast †And Iosias did not returne vpon his chariote but endeuoured to ouerthrow him not attending the word of the prophet from the mouth of our Lord †but he made battel against him in the field of Mageddo And princes went downe to king Iosias †And the king said to his seruantes Remoue me from the battel for I am weakned excedingly And forth with his seruantes remoued him out of the battel †And he went vp into his second chariote comming to Ierusalem dyed and was buried in his fathers se pulchre †And in al Iurie they mourned for Iosias the rulers with their wiues lamented him vntil this day And this was geuen out to be done alwayes vnto al the stocke of Israel †But these thinges were writen before in the booke of the histories of the kinges of Iuda and al the actes of the doing of Iosias and his glorie and his vnderstanding in the law of our Lord and the thinges that were done by him and that are not writen in the booke of the kinges of Israel and Iuda †And they that were of the nation taking Iechonias the sonne of Iosias made him king for Iosias his father when he was three and twentie yeares old †And he reigned ouer Israel three monethes And the king of Aegypt remoued him that he should not reigne in Ierusalem †and he put a taxe vpon the nation of siluer an hundred talentes and of gold one talent †And the king of Aegypt made Ioacim his brother king of Iuda and Ierusalem †and he bound the magistrates of Ioacim and Zaracel his brother and taking them brought them backe into Aegypt †Ioacim was fiue and twentie yeares old when he began to reigne in the land of Iuda and Ierusalem and he did euil in the sight of our Lord. †And after this man came vp Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon and binding him with a bande of brasse brought him into Babylon †And Nabuchodonosor tooke the sacred vessels of our Lord and carried away and consecrated them in his temple in Babylon †For his vncleanes and lacke of religion is written in the booke of the times of the kinges †And Ioachin his sonne reigned for him And when he was made king he was eightene yeares old †And reigned three monethes and ten dayes in Ierusalem and did euil in the sight of our Lord †and after a yeare Nabuchodonosor sending transported him into Babylon together with the sacred vessels of our Lord. †And he made Sedecias king of Iuda and Ierusalem when he was one and twentie yeares old and he reigned eleuen yeares †And he did euil in the sight of our Lord and was not afraid of the wordes which were spoken by Ieremie the prophet from the mouth of our Lord †and being sworne of king Nabuchodonosor forsworne he did reuolt and his necke being hardened his hart he transgressed the ordinances of our Lord the God of Israel †And the princes of the people of our Lord did manie thinges wickedly and they did impiously aboue al the vncleannes of the nations and they polluted the temple of our Lord that was holie in Ierusalem †And the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to reclame them for that he would spare them and his tabernacle †But they scorned at his messengers and in the day that our Lord spake to them they were mocking his prophetes †Who was moued euen vnto wrath vpon his nation for their impietie and commanded the kinges of the Chaldees to come vp †These slewe their yong men with the sword round about their holie temple and spared not yong man and old man and virgin and youth †but al were deliuered into their handes taking al the sacred vessels of our Lord and the kinges treasures they caried them into Babylon †and burnt the house of our Lord and threwe downe the walles of Ierusalem and the towres therof they burnt with fire †and consumed al their honorable thinges and brought them to naught and those that were left of the sword they led into Babylon †And they were his seruants vntil the Persians reigned in the fulfilling of the word of our Lord by the mouth of Ieremie †as long as the land quietly kept her sabbathes al the time of her desolation she sabbathized in the application of seuentie yeares CHAP. II. Cyrus king of Persia permitteth the Iewes to returne into their countrie 10. and deliuereth to them the holie vessels which Nabuchodonosor had taken from the temple 16. Certaine aduersaries writing to king Artaxerxes hinder those that would repayre the ruines of Ierusalem CYRVS king of the Persians reigning for the accomplishment of the word of our Lord by the mouth of Ieremie †our Lord raysed vp the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians and he proclaymed in al his kingdomes and that by writing †saying Thus sayth Cyrus king of the Persians The Lord of Israel the high Lord hath made me king ouer the whole earth †and hath signified to me to build him a house in Ierusalem which is in Iurie †If there be any of your kinred his Lord goe vp with him into Ierusalem †Whosoeuer therefore dwel about the places let them helpe them that are in the same place in gold and siluer †in giftes with horses and beastes and with other thinges which by vowes are added into the temple of our Lord which is in Ierusalem †And the princes of the tribes of the villages and of Iurie of the tribe of Beniamin the Priestes and the Leuites standing vp whom our Lord moued to goe vp and to build the house of our Lord which is in Ierusalem and they that were round about them †did helpe them with al their gold and siluer and beastes and
kil the soules that consent vnto their tentation but can not restore spirituall fe againe e God is omnipotent and in dede the only true liuing God diuels who are honored in idols ca do no more then God permitteth and so they can kil the soules that consent vnto their tentation but can not restore spirituall fe againe f The soule being iustified and stil assaulted with new tentations desireth to be with God g I haue had no other refection but to leâ—ifie my sorow with weping h The wicked exprobate the iust as though God would neuer helpe them because he suffereth them to be sometimes long in tribulation i King Dauid was not permitted to build the temple much lesse did he enter into anie such meruelous tabernacle in his mortal life but must nedes be vnderstood to speake here of the heauenlie tabernacle prepared by Christ for his seruants k The prophet conforteth him selfe or anie iust soule in the hope of euerlasting ioy l render thankes and praises m Al this life is like to the smal straict place betwene Iordan and a litle hil called Hermoniim but from this straictnes the hope of the iust is to be placed in heauen n One tentation stâ—l succedeth an other o and the same so great as if God opened the gates and suffered them to ouerflow like floudes of water p But God helpeth in opportunitie not suffering his seruantes to be tempted aboue their streingth geuing them fruit with tentations q yea in the greatest tribulation he geueth ordinarily most comfort making them sing spiritually in hart if not also in voice r one special meanes to procure diuine consolation is prayer in distresse Å¿ Stil the iust soule taketh comforth in assured hope of saluation the eternal vision of God One God thâ— B Trinitie The 1. key a Holie Dauid often prefiguring Christ here representeth euerie faithful seruant of God and particularly when they beginne a great and holie worke as when Priestes celebrate the diuine Sacrifice they with their assistantes recive by interchangeable verses this Psalme b After that we haue examined and prepared our selues to the most holie Sacrifice and Sacrament according to S Paules admonition let a man proue himselfe and so eate this bread and drinke this chalâ—ce 1 Cor 11 we pray God to iudge betwen our true sincere intention and the vniust deceipful endeuoures of our enimie c and so to deliuer and protect vs from sutle malice d VVith thee I can do anie thing without thee nothing e thou semest sometimes not to regard â—e f whiles tentations are more sensible then thy grace g As thou hast sent Christ the light and truth into this world grâ—nt vs the same now in particular h These two giftes of God the light of knowing our duties and truth with sincere intention to performe the same haue brought vs into thy Church and vnto thy Altar i Accompanied with light of truth and sincere intention we confidently approch to thyâ— Altar ô God k vvho changest our old corruption into newnes of liâ—e l But to this purpose we praise God on the harpe mortisying our affections m The former word is of the plural number in hebrevv Eloim the other of the singular signifying the Blessed Trinitie one God n The former word is of the plural number in hebrevv Eloim the other of the singular signifying the Blessed Trinitie one God o Thou needest not therfore my soule be pensiue or desolate p But trust in God q praise him r vvhom I hope to see face to face Å¿ the true eternal God The state of the Ievves The 4. key a Though this Psalme doth first and literally pertayne to the people of Israel yet al thinges happening to them vvere in figure of the Christian Catholique Church vvhich begane vvith difficulties aftervvards prospered and againe suffereth much persecution b Core signifieth caluus bauld also caluarâ—a a scul or place of sculles the name of the place vvhere our Sauiour vvas crucified so the children of Core signifie the children of Christ S. Aug. c The particular calling of Abraham out of Chaldea protection of him and Isaac and Iacob the deliuerie of al Israel out of Aegypt and establishing them in the promised land of Chanaan with innumerable great and strange thinges donne for them d The Israelites conquered not by ordinarie povvre but by the miraculous hand of God See Iosue 2â— e Not that this people deserued of themselues but of Gods free election al the vvorld being vvicked he gaue peculiar grace to Abraham Isaac Iacob and some others and then for their â—akes protected the vvhole people in them conseruing a visible Church f As in former examples so in Dauids time not mans streingth but Gods hand gaue them great victories g As an oxe vvith his horne casteth a smal thing into the vvind Ios 24. â— Râ— 17. 2. Reg. 8. h The prophet forâ—eileâ—h that after prosperitie God vvould suffer the Ievves to saâ—â—e into captiuitie manie afflictions which also sign fied allegorically diuers states of Christs Church i The Iewes are now meruelously dispersed and depressed k In the destruction of Ierusalem the remnant of the people were sold for smal as it wree for no price They had sold Christ for thirtie pence l and now no multitude nor number of money at al was geuen for them but thirtie of them were sold for one pennie Iosephus de bello Iudaico m Vntil Christs passion the Jewish people did not wholly fal from God and true religion And of them were chosen the Apostles and manie others that founded and propagated the Church of Christ n The negatiue particle is here vnderstood by zeugma according to the hebrew thus our hart hath not reuolted backward neither hast thou suffered our pathes to decline froÌ„ thy way o An other hebrew phraise If we haue for we haue not p The Prophetes and others persecuted partly before Christ much more the Apostles and other Christians in the new Testament Rom. â— q A prayer in affliction r We are at death dore readie to become dust Å¿ lying as groueling sorowing on the earth t til thou deliuer vs from these tribulations Christ most excellently indowing his Church The 6. key a Perteyning to the new Testament b Gentiles conuerted from paganisme to Christianitie c and al others returning from schisme or other sinnes d for their instruction e this Psalme is a mariage songue of the beloued bridgrome and bride Christ and his Church f I haue receiued by diuine inspiraâ—ion in my hart and cogitation g a most high Mysterie h To the honour therfore and glorie of this king vvhom I secretly see in my hart I vtter and referre al my vvorkes and this particular Caâ—tâ—cle i From the abundance of my hart my tongue also speaketh k that presently without delay l Description of Christ most excellent in al internal and external giftes m The prophet seing in
After the general Resurrection the heauens and earth shal be altered in qualities not in substance Psal 31. :: The greatest and proudest Gentiles being conuerted to Christ do humble themselues to the simple maners of Christians to penance fasting praying and al vvorkes of mortification Act. 7. v. 49 :: A prophecie that the Temple shal cease :: and sacrifices of the old Testament shal become vnlawful Prou. â—4 Iere. 7. â— 13. :: Iosephus expoundeth this of the Angels voice vttered in the temple before the destruction saying Migremus hinc Let vs depart from hence S Ierome confirmeth the same by the wordes of the Psalme 54 I savv contradiction in the citie :: God geueth natural powre to al lâ—uing creatures of generation but himself bringeâ—h forth children of his Church :: Immediatly before Christ come to iudge this whole world shal be destroyed by fire :: Christ ascending to his Father left the signe of Thau Ezech 9. the crosse vnto vs or put it in our foreheades that we may freely say the light of thy countenance is signed vpon vs. S. Ierom. in hunc locum :: Men of al nations shal be brought into the Church by the mynistrie of particular Angels S. Iero. ibid. Apoc. 21. :: General resurrection of al men Mar. 9. v. 44. As God was serued more specially in the temple so he is now in Churches but is in al places See Act. 7. v. 48. Clergimen in the old law succeded by bloud in the new by election The summe of Ieremies life 4. Reg. 23. 24. â—ha 44. v. 8. He wrote two Bookes one Epistle The contents of his bookes Epist ad Paulin. His propheciâ— diuided into fiue partes eb 1. 13. 21. 29. 40. The first part Gods clemencie inuiteth to repentance his iustice punisheth obstinate sinners * 4. Reg. 22. â— 8. :: He prophecied also inbanishment ch 44. in Aegypt :: Ieremie had fiue special prerogatiues He was sanctified in his mothers wombe a Priest a Prophet a perpetual virgin a Martyr Isa 51. v. 16. 59. v. 21. :: He prophecied not only of the Iewes but also of the Gentiles * or a nuttie rodde :: God is watchful to performe his word and a nuttie rodde as the 70. translate that is his Law is outwardlie hard and bitter like a nut shel but sweete pleasant as the kernel when the shel is broken S. Theodoret :: God promised not peace in his life but victorie in his death :: God multiplied Israel in Aegypt deliuered them from seruitude :: Not of anie desert but of Gods mere grace Israel was preferred before other nations Miâ—h 6. â—â— :: Into a fruitful land :: God commanding two thinges to flee from euil to do good the Iewes contrariwise left God and serued idols Isa â— Mat. 21. v. 33. :: God created al thinges good planted his Church in iustice and sanctiâ—ie no euil proceded from him Iere. 32. v. 33. Iere. 11. â— 13. :: Gods intention when he punisheth is to moue sinners to repentance afflicting them in this life that they may escape eternal damnation :: No idolatâ—ie nor other sinne whatsoeuer can be so great but God wil remitte it if the sinner be penitent :: The tenne tribes :: The two tribes :: The kingdom of Iuda receiuing more benefites was more faultie then the kingdome of Israel but neither of them excusable :: After the captiuitie manie â—evves returned to God but especially this prophecie is fulfilled in the Gentiles since Christ :: The kingdom of Israel being in captiuitie long before Iuda at last they vvere released al together S. Theodoret in hunc locum :: An othe is an act of religion lavvful so it be made by God almightie not by false goddes and vvith other three conditions in truth not falsly in iudgement vvith due consideration not rashly and in iustice in matter that is iust and of importance Oseâ— â—0 Sap. 1. :: If they were in dede natural fooles they should be excused :: Gods prouidence neuer suffereth the Church to be destroyed :: Except al requisite conditioÌ„s be obserued in an othe it is vnlavvful as vvhen one svveareth by God almighty but vntruly of rashly or to do an vnlavvful thing it is periurie :: By the lion the prophet semeth to vnderstand Nabuchodonosor :: By the vvulf Nabuzardan :: By the leopard AlexaÌ„der the great or Antiochus Epiphanes Ezec. 22. :: As before v. 10. ch 4. v. 27. Isa 1. Zach. 7. :: It is against Gods iust iudgement to omitte such thinges vnpunished v. 9. ch 9. v. 9. :: Captaines are called pastours because they feede and gouerne their soldiars Isa 56. Mat. II. :: Afâ—er al the Prophetes of the old testament Christ himself and lastly his Apostles called the levves vvho stil contemning the Gentils are called they heare and obey Mat. 10. v. 5. Act. 13 v. 46. Isa 1. :: That is from Babylon which is northward from Ierusalem :: The Ievves presumed that God would neuer suffer his Temple to be destroied they thought also that external sacrifices vvithout internal repeÌ„tance should take avvay the sinnes but for their impenitence they their sacrifices are reiected and the temple destroied Mat. â—1 :: It is true that God sanctified the tabernacle in Silo and aftervvards the temple in Ierusalem but if the people be not sanctified he is not â—ied to the place Ios 18. Iud. 18. 1. Reg. â— Isa 65. 1. Reg. 4. :: The Kingdome of â—ene tribes :: God gaue his perfect law comprised in the ten commandments which alone being kept wil suffice aftervvardes added ceremonial precepts to exercise the people in external sacrifices of beastes and other corporal thinges to be offered to him self as wel to kepe them from idolatrie as to leade them therby to internal vertues and to signifie Mysteries of the new testament As is noted Leuit. 1. â—â—â—â— â—â— :: Persecuters spoile the shrines of kinges and other principal persons of crueltie also of auarice if they be richly adorned :: Those that professe knowlege of the law obserue it not in workes haue not true wisdom :: As serpents can not be hindered by inchantments from hurting men no more can the furious Chaldees be disswaded by anie speach from killing spoyling and ransaking the Israelites :: Not a few teares but a fountaine or riuer is scarse sufficient to lament the slaughter of Psa 27. After the destruction of Ierusalem most of the people especially the richer sort were caried into caâ—tâ—uitie others were persecuted til they were consumed that is euen to death destruction But not al the nation consumed for he prophecied the contrarie ch 4. v. 27. ch 5. v. 10. 18 And after 70. yeares the reliques were released and returned into Iewrie manie also remained stil there As is euident in the bookes of Esdras â— Cor. â— â— Cor. 10. :: These nations are also circumcised in flesh but neither they noâ— the Iewes
was dead mourned vpon him thirtie daies throughout al their families CHAP. XXI Israelites at the first encounter with the Chananeites hauing the worse after their vow kil the King of Arad and destroy his cities 4. The people againe murmuring are stricken with firie serpents 7. but confessing their fault Moyses by Gods commandment setteth vp a brasen serpent for a remedie 10. They march through diuers places 17. and sing a Canticle at a wel which God gaue them 21. They kil Sehon King of the Amorreites and conquer his land 33. Likwise Og King of Basan VVHICH when the Chananeite king of Arad who dwelt toward the south had heard to wit that Israel was come by the way of the spies he fought against them and being victour he tooke the pray of them †But Israel binding himself by vow to our Lord said If thou wilt deliuer this people into my hand I wil destroy their cities †And our Lord heard the prayers of Israel and deliuered the Chananeite whom they slew ouerthrowing their cities and they called the name of that place Horma that is to say Anathema †And they marched also from the mountaine Hor by the way that leadeth to the Redde sea that they might compasse the land of Edom. And the people began to be wearie of the iourney and labour †and speaking against God and Moyses they said Why didst thou bring vs out of Aegypt to die in the wildernesse There wanteth bread waters there are none our soule now lotheth at this most light meate †Wherfore our Lord sent vpon the people firie serpentes at whose plagues and the deathes of verie manie †they came to Moyses and said We haue sinned because we haue spoken against our Lord and thee Pray that he take from vs the serpentes And Moyses prayed for the people †and our Lord spake to him Make a brasen serpent and sette in for a signe he that being striken looketh on it shal liue †Moyses therfore made A BRASEN SERPENT and set it for a signe whom when they that were striken looked on they were healed †And the children of Israel marching camped in Oboth †Whence departing they pitched their tentes in Ieabarim in the wildernesse that looketh toward Moab against the east part †And remouing from thence they came to the Torrent Zared †Which they forsaking camped against Arnon which is in the desert standeth out in the borders of the Amorrheite For Arnon is the border of Moab diuiding the Moabites the Amorrheites †Wherof it is said in the booke of the warres of our Lord As he did in the Redde sea so wil he doe in the streames of Arnon †The rockes of the torrentes were bowed that they might rest in Ar and lie in the borders of the Moabites †From that place appeared the wel wherof our Lord spake to Moyses Gather the people together and I wil geue them water †Then Israel sang this verse Arise the wel They sang therto †The wel which the princes digged and the captaines of the multitude prepared in the law geuer and in their staues And they marched from the wildernesse to Mathana †From Mathana vnto Nahaliel from Nahaliel vnto Bamoth †From Bamoth is a valley in the countrie of Moab in the toppe of Phasga which looketh toward the desert †And Israel sent messengers to Sehon King of the Amorrheites saying †I besech thee that I may haue licence to passe through thy land we wil not goe aside into the fieldes and the vineyardes we wil not drinke waters of the welles we wil goe the kinges high way til we be past thy borders †Who would not grant that Israel should passe by his borders but rather gathering an armie went forth to meete them in the desert and came vnto Iasa and fought against them †Of whom he was strooken in the edge of the sword and his land was possessed from Arnon vnto Ieboc and to the children of Ammon for the borders of the Ammonites were kept with a strong garrison †Israel therfore tooke al his cities and dwelt in the cities of the Amorrheite to wit in Hesebon and the villages therof †The citie Hesebon was Sehons the king of the Amorrheite who fought against the king of Moab and tooke al the land that had bene of his dominion as farre as Arnon †Therfore it is said in the prouerbe Come into Hesebon let the citie of Sehon be built and erected †A fire went forth from Hesebon a flame from the towne of Sehon and deuoured Ar of the Moabites and the inhabitantes of the high places of Arnon †Wo to thee Moab thou art vndone people of Chamos He hath geuen his sonnes into flight and his daughters into captiuitie to Sehon the King of the Amorrheites †Their yoke is perished from Hesebon vnto Diboâ— they came wearie into Nophe and vnto Medaba †Israel therfore dwelt in the Land of the Amorrheite †And Moyses sent some to take a view of lazer Whose villages they tooke and possessed the inhabitantes †And they turned them selues and went vp by the way of Basan and Og the King of Basan came against them with al his people to fight in Edrai †And our Lord said to Moyses Feare him not for into thy hand I haue deliuered him and al his people and land and thou shalt doe to him as thou didst to Sehon the King of the Amorrheites the inhabiter of Hesebon †They therfore smote him also With his sonnes and al his people vnto vtter destruction and they possessed his land CHAP. XXII Balac King of Moab fearing the Israelites sendeth for Balaam a southsâ—â—â—r to curse them 8. VVho consulting his false god is forbid by God almightie to goe and so excuseth him self 15. Balac sendeth againe offering greater reward 19. he againe consulteth and God biddâ—th him goe 〈◊〉 but sendeth an Angel to meete him in the way whom his asse seing huâ—neth three times and so often he beateth her 28. then she speaketh expostulating his hard vsage 31. he also seeth the Angel 35. and is chargeg â— speake nothing but that the Angel shal suggest AND marching forward they camped in the champion countrie of Moab where Iericho is situated beyond Iordan †And Balac the sonne of Sephor seeing al thinges that Israel had done to the Amorrheite †and that the Moabites were in greate feare of him and could not susteyne his assault †he said to the elders of Madian So wil this people destroy al that dwel in our coastes as the oxâ— is wont to eate the grasse vnto the verie rootes And he was at the same time King in Moab †He sent therfore messengers to Balaam the sonne of Behor a Southsayer who dwelt vpon the riuer of the land of the children of Ammon to cal him and to say Behold a people is come out of Aegypt that hath couered the face of the earth sitting against me
send the sword after them til they be consumed †Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel Consider and cal ye lamenting wemen and let them come send to them that are wise and let them make haste †let them hasten take vp a lamentation vpon vs let our eies shede teares our eieliddes rune downe with waters †Because a voice of lamentation is heard from Sion How are we wasted and confounded exceedingly because we haue left the land because our tabernacles are cast downe †Heare therefore ye wemen the word of our Lord and let your eares take the word of his mouth and teach your daughters lamentation and euerie one her neighbour mourning †because death is come vp through our windowes it is entred into our houses to destroy the children from without the young men our of the streetes †Speake Thus saith our Lord and the carcasse of man shal fal as dung vpon the face of the countrie and as a grasse behind the backe of the mower and there is none to gather it †Thus saith our Lord Let not the wiseman glorie in his wisedom and let not the strong man glorie in his strength let not the rich man glorie in his riches †but he that glorieth let him glorie in this to vnderstand know me because I am the Lord that do mercie and iudgement and iustice in the earth for these thinges please me saith our Lord. †Behold the daies come saith our Lord and I wil visite vpon euerie one that hath the prepuce circumcised †vpon Aegypt and vpon Iuda and vpon Edom and vpon the children of Ammon and vpon Moab and vpon al that haue their heare powled dwelling in the desert because al nations haue the prepuce but al the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the hart CHAP. X. Influence of starres nor imagined powre of idols is not to be feared but God only 6. whose Maiestie is infinite and idols haue no powre at al. 19. Ierusalem lamenteth 24. and prayeth God to pardon and protect his owne people HEARE ye the word which our Lord hath spoken concerning you ô house of Israel †Thus saith our Lord According to the waies of the Gentils learne not and of the fignes of heauen which the heathen feare be not afraid †Because the lawes of the people are vaine because the worke of the hand of the artificer hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe †with siluer and gold he hath decked it with nailes and hammers he hath compacted it that it fal not asunder †They are framed after the simulitude of a palme tree and shal not speake being caried they shal be remoued because they are not able to go Therefore feare them not because they can neither doe il nor wel †There is not the like vnto thee ô Lord thou art great and great is thy name in strength †Who shal not feare thee ô king of Nations For thine is the glorie among al the wise of the Gentiles in al their kingdoms there is none like vnto thee †They shal be proued altogether vnwise and foolish the doctrine of their vanitie is wood †Siluer wrapped vp is brought from Tharsis and gold from Ophaz the worke of the artificer and the handes of the coppersmith hyacinth and purple are their clothing al these thinges are the worke of artificers †But our Lord is the true God he is the liuing God and the King euerlasting at his indignation the earth shal be moued the Gentils shal not sustaine his threatning †Thus then you shal say to them The goddes that made not heauen and earth let them perish from of the earth and from these places that are vnder heauen †He that maketh the earth in his strength prepareth the world in his wisedom and with his prudence stretcheth out the heauens †At his voice he geueth a multitude of waters in the heauen lifteth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth he maketh lightninges into rayne and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures †Euerie man is become a foole for knowlege euery craftes man is confounded in the sculptil because it is false that he hath melted and there is no spirite in them †They are vaine thinges and a worke worthie to be laughed at in the time of their visitation they shal perish †The portion of Iacob is not like to these for it is he that formed al thinges and Israel is the rodde of his inheritance the Lord of hosts is his name †Gather thy confusion out of the land thou that dwellest in beseige †Because thus saith our Lord Behold I wil cast forth farre of the inhabitans of the land at this time I wil afflict them so that they may not be found †Woe is me for my destruction my plague is very sore But I said Truly this is myne infirmitie and I wil beare it †My tabernacle is wasted al my cordes are broken in sunder my children are gone out from me and are not there is none to stretch out my tent anie more to set vp my courtaines †Because the pastours haue done foolishly and haue not sought our Lord therefore haue they not vnderstood and al their flocke is dispersed †Loe the voice of a bruit cometh a great commotion from the land of the North to make the cities of Iuda a desert an habitation of dragons †I know Lord that mans way is not his owne neither is it in a man to walke and to direct his steppes †Correct me ô Lord but yet in iudgement and not in thy furie lest perhappes thou bring me to nothing †Power out thine indignation vpon the Gentiles that haue not knowen thee and vpon the prouinces that haue not inuocated thy name because they haue eaten Iacob and deuoured him and consumed him and haue dissipated his glorie CHAP. XI The Prophet being commanded to preach the obseruation of Gods couenant is not heard 9. The people folovv their fathers example adoring idols 11. and shal therefore be seuerely punished neither shal their idols nor prayers of the iust profite them 15. their malice against Christ is described 20. and the reuenge therof THE word that was made from our Lord to Ieremie saying †Heare ye the wordes of this couenant and speake to the men of Iuda and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem †and thou shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel Cursed is the man that shal not heare the wordes of this couenant †which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the Land of Aegypt out of the yron fornace saying Heare ye my voice and doe al thinges that I command you and you shal be my people and I wil be your God †That I may raise vp the othe which I sware to your
fathers that I would geue them a land flowing with milke hunnie as is this day And I answered said Amen Lord. †And our Lord said to me Crie aloude al these wordes in the cities of Iuda and without Ierusalem saying Heare ye the wordes of this couenant and do them †because contesting I did contest your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the Land of Aegypt euen to this day arising early I contested and said Heare ye my voice †and they heard not nor inclined their eare but went euerie one in the peruersitie of his owne wicked hart I brought vpon them al the wordes of this couenant which I commanded them to doe and they did not †And our Lord said to me Conspiracie is found in the men of Iuda and in the inhabitants of the men of Ierusalem †They are returned to the former iniquities of their fathers which would not heare my wordes and these therfore haue gone after strange goddes to serue them the house of Israel and the house of Iuda hath made voide my couenant which I made with their fathers †For which thing thus saith our Lord Behold I wil bring in euils vpon them out of which they shal not be able to goeforth and they shal crie to me and I wil not heare them †And the cities of Iuda and the inhabitants of Ierusalem shal goe and crie to goddes vnto whom they sacrificed and they shal not saue them in the time of their affliction †For according to the number of thy cities were thy goddes ô Iuda and according to the number of the waies of Ierusalem thou didst set altars of confusion altars to sacrifice to Baalim †Thou therefore pray not for this people and take not to thee praise and prayer for them because I wil no◠heare in the time of their crie vnto me in the time of their affliction †What is it that my beloued hath in my house done much wickednes shal the holie flesh take away from thee thy malices in which thou hast bosted †The Lord hath called thy name a plentiful oliue tree faire fruiteful beautiful at the voice of a word a great fire flamed vp in it and the shrubbes thereof are burnt †And the Lord of hostes that planted thee hath spoken euil vpon thee for the euils of the house of Israel and of the house of Iuda which they haue done to themselues to prouoke me in offering to Baalim †But thou Lord hast shewed me and I haue knowen thou hast shewed me their studies †And I as a milde lambe that is caried to a victim and I knew not that they deuised counsels against me saying Let vs cast wood on his bread and rase him out of the land of the liuing and let his name be mentioned no more †But thou ô Lord of Sabaoth which iudgest iustly and prouest the reynes and the hartes let me see thy reuenge of them for to thee I haue reueled my cause †Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of Anathoth which seeke thy life and say Thou shalt not prophecie in the name of our Lord and thou shalt not die in our handes †Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes Behold I wil visite vpon them their yong men shal die by the sword their sonnes and their daughters shal die in famine †And there shal be no remaines of them for I wil bring in euil vpon the men of Anathoth the yeare of their visitation CHAP. XII It semeth strange that the wicked prosper 5. The Iewes heretofore afflicted by weaker enimies shal be more oppressed by the Babylonians 10. Euil pastors shal be punished 14. and forraine enimies destroyed THOV in deede ô Lord art iust if I dispute with thee but yet I wil speake iust thinges to thee Why doth the way of the impious prosper why is it wel with al that transgresse and doe wickedly †Thou hast planted them and they haue taken roote they prosper and bring forth fruite thou art nigh to their mouth and farre from their reynes †And thou Lord hast knowen me thou hast sene me and proued my hart with thee gather them together as a flocke to the victime and sanctifie them in the day of slaughter †How long shal the land mourne and the herbe of euerie fielde be withered for malice of the inhabitants therein Beast is consumed and foule because they haue saied He shal not see our later endes †If running with footemen thou hast laboured how canst thou contend with horses And whereas in a land of peace thou hast bene secure what wilt thou doe in the pride of Iordan †For euen thy bretheren the house of thy father they also haue fought against thee and haue cried after thee with ful voice beleue them not when they shal speake good thinges vnto thee †I haue forsaken my house I haue left mine inheritance I haue geuen my beloued soule into the hand of her enemies †Myne inheritance is become vnto me as a lion in the wood it hath vttered a voice against me therefore haue I hated it †Why is myne inheritance vnto me as a bird of diuers coulors is it as a birde died through out come assemble yourselues al ye beastes of the land make haste to deuoure †Manie pastours haue destroyed my vineyard they haue troden downe my portion they haue made my portion that was worthie to be desired into a desert of desolation †They haue laied it into dissipation and it hath mourned vpon me With desolation is al the land made desolate because there is none that considereth in the hart †Vpon al the wayes of the desert the wasters are come because the sword of our Lord shal deuoure from one end of the land to the other end thereof there is no peace to al flesh †They haue sowen wheate and reaped thornes they haue taken an inheritance and it shal not profite them you shal be ashamed of your fruites for the wrath of the furie of our Lord. †Thus saith the Lord against al my most wicked neighbours which touche the inheritance that I haue distributed to my people of Israel Behold I wil plucke them out of their land the house of Iuda I wil plucke out of the middes of them †And when I shal haue plucked them out I wil returne and haue mercie on them and wil bring them backe euerie man to his inheritance and euerie man into his land †And it shal be if being taught they wil learne the waies of my people that they sweare in my name Our Lord liueth as they haue taught my people to sweare by Baal they shal be built in the middes of my people †But if they wil not heare I wil plucke out that nation with plucking vp and with destruction saith our Lord. CHAP. XIII By a girdle first vsed and after leaft of 8. is