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
†Among whom Ruben one of them said Why did not I say to you Sinne not against the boy and you heard me not Loe his blood is required †And they knew not that Ioseph vnderstood because he spake to them by an interpreter †And he turned away himselfe a litle while and wept and returning he spake to them †And taking Simeon and binding him in their presence he commanded his seruantes that they should fil vp their sackes with wheat and put euerie mans money againe in their bagges geuing them besides for to eate on the way who did so †But they carying their corne vpon their asses tooke their iourney †And one of them opening his sacke to geue his beast prouender in the inne beholding the money in the sackes mouth †he said to his brethren My money is geuen me againe behold it is in the sacke And being astonyed and trubled amongest themselues they said What is this that God hath done vnto vs †And they came to Iacob their father into the land of Chanaan and they told him al thinges that had chanced vnto them saying †The lord of the land spake to vs roughly and thought vs to be spies of the prouince †to whom we answered We are men of peace neither do we attempt any treachery †We are twelue brethren borne of one father one is not liuing the youngest is with our father in the Land of Chanaan †Who said to vs Thus shal I trie that you be men of peace Leaue one of your brethren with me and take ye prouision necessarie for your houses and goe your wayes †and bring your youngest brother to me that I may know you are not spies and you may receiue this felowe againe that is kept in prison and afterwardes may haue licence to bye what thinges you wil. †This being said when they powred out their corne euerie man found his money tied in the mouth of the sackes and al being astonyed together †their father Iacob said You haue made me to be without children Ioseph is not liuing Simeon is kept in bondes and Beniamin you wil take away al these euils are fallen vpon me †To whom Ruben answered Kil my two sonnes if I bring him not againe to thee deliuer him into my hand and I wil restore him vnto thee †But he said My sonne shal not go downe with you his brother is dead and he alone is remayning if any aduersitie shal chance to him in the land to the which you goe you shal bring downe my hoare heares with sorowe “ vnto hel ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XLII 7. Some vvhat roughly Ioseph afflicted his bretheren to bring them into consideration of their former faultes and to true contrition VVithout which though iniuries be remitted by men yet the offenders are not absolued before God Therfore he louing them and hating their sinne by affliction brought them to vnderstanding VVho being at last truly penitent he acknowledged and most louingly embraced them and prouided for them in their necessitie S. Aug. ser 82. de temp And this example S. Gregorie ho. 22. in Ezech applithe to the instruction of pastors of soules that they procure true repentance before absolution of sinnes Ne si inordinate culpa dimittitur is qui est enlpabilis in reatu grauius astringatur Lest if the fault be disorderly remitted he that is faultie be more greuously intangled in guilt of conscience therfore with much discretion seueritie in shew elemencie in mind are required 9. You are spies To the same purpose he calleh them spies After the maner of examiners calling suspected persons as they may seme to be therby to trie what they would answer Al for their holsome penance and withal to procare them afterwards more compassion among the Aegyptians S. Aug. q. 139. super Gen. 15. By the health of Pharao Ioseph in swearing by Pharaos health honored God the geuer and conseruer of health life power dignitie and al that was in Pharao wherby we see that this maner of swearing was lawful As now likewise Christians lawfully sweare not only by God but also by his creatures saying As God shal helpe them his holie Gospels so it be with due circumstances and requisite conditions namely with those which the Prophet Hieremie mentioneth in truth in iudgement and in iustice not salfe rash nor of an vniust thing nor in frequent and cōmon talke a most bad custome for so thou must neirher sweare by God himself nor as our sauiour teacheth by heauen nor by the earth nor by Hierusalem nor by thy head nor anie thing els signifying that in some case and due maner we may sweare by any of these And in this particular Ioseph did rather name Pharao in his oath then God as wel to conceale himself as yet from his brethren as to strike more terrour in their hartes by naming his master the King in whom he had more interest then they 38. Vnto hel To that place where soules remaine as before chap. 37. v. 35. For this phrase of bringing vnto hel and descending into hel vsually spoken in the old Testament of al sortes of soules both iust and wicked signifieth that al went that time to hel that is to a lowe place farre distant from heauen But some to rest and some to paine VVherupon S. Hierom saith Hel is a place wherin soules are included either in rest or in paines according to the qualitie of their deserts CHAP. XLIII The famine pressing the land Iacob willith his sonnes to goe againe in t Aegypt to bye more corne 3. who refusing to goe without Beniamin 11. he is sent with them and presents and duble money lest the former were brought back by error 16. Ioseph seing Beniamin 23. deliuereth Simeon and intertaineth them al at dinner IN THE meane time the famine did oppresse al the land very sore †And the prouision being spent which they had bronght out of Aegypt Iacob said to his sonnes Goe againe and by vs a little victual †Iudas answered That same man denounced vnto vs vnder attestation of an oath saing You shal not see my face vnlesse you bring your youngest brother with you †If therfore thou wilt send him with vs we wil goe forward together and wil bye necessaries for thee †but if thou wilt not we wil not goe for the man as we haue often said denounced vnto vs saing You shal not see my face without your youngest brother †Israel said to them You haue done this to my miserie in that you told him that you had an other brother also †But they answered The man asked vs in order our progenie if our father liued if we had a brother and we answered him consequently to that which he demanded could we know that he would say Bring hither your brother with you †Iudas also said to his father Send the boy with me that we may set forwarde
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
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
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
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
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
as to one Lord if I haue found grace in thy sight goe not past thy seruant and by and by as to manie VVash yee your feete In like maner Moyses sometimes speaketh plurally as of manie There appeared to him three men they saied VVhere is Sara sometimes singularly He said I wil come So Lot Gen. 19. spake to two Angels representing the Sonne of God and the Holie Ghost one God with the Father first as to manie I besech you my Lordes turne into the house of your seruant after as to one I besech thee my Lord because thy seruant hath found grace before thee VVho likewise answered as one only I haue heard thy prayer Againe Moyses sheweth distinction of Persons in God saying v. 24. Our Lord rained from our Lord. Ioâ— also who liued in this age and his frendes professed and serued the same one God auouching him to be the onlie God and Lord that geueth and taketh away Chap. 1. 2. He the maker and peculiar Keeper of men He that taketh away sinne and iniquitie c. 7. He that doth great things incomprehensible and meruelous wherof there is no number c. 9. And that with termes appropriated to the three diuine Persons c. 26. In his strength sodainly the seas are gathered togeather and with his wisedom he stroke the proud man His Spirite hath adorned the heauens The same Mysterie of pluralitie of Persons in one God is more clere by the Hebrevv text chap. 30. v. 11. and 35. v. 10. where the same actions are ascribed to God as to one and as to manie But most euident are the promises figures and prophecies of Christ our Redemer For besides present abundance of riches promise of great progenie and that the same should possesse the fruitful Lâ—ad of Chanaan three special blessings of the old Testament God promised Abraham a farre greater thing Gen. 12. that in his seede al nations and kindreds of the earth should be blessed In confirmation whereof God also changed his name Abram high or noble father into Abraham Father of manie nations Gen. 17. And so he was natural father of foure great Kingdomes Ismaelites Madianites Idumeans and Israelites but spiritual father of manie more to wit of al that beleue in Christ Iewes and Gentiles from that time to the worlds end The same promises of possessing Chaanan and of Christ vvere renevved and confirmed to Isaac Gen. 26. in like sorte to Iacob 28. for they pertained not to Ismael nor to the other sonnes of Abraham nor to Esau Moreouer Christ our Redemer and deliuerer from sinne and captiuitie of the diuel was prefigured by Abraham at last deliuering those from captiuitie who otherwise endeuoring to shake of the yoke of Cordorlahomor fel further into subiection and bondage Gen. 14. Also Melchisedech King and Priest of vnknowen generation extraordinarie vocation without predecessor or successor prefigured Christ King and Priest for euer who not by successors but by Priests his vicars perpetually exerciseth al Priestlie functions Likewise Isaac borne aboue the common course of nature Gen. 21 singularly beloued of his father carying wood on his back for the sacrificing of himselfe 22. Iacob flying his brother Esau 27. hardly treated by Laban 31. yet alwayes inuincible against his aduersaries 32. Ioseph hated of his brethren sold and deliuered to Gentiles 37. By them also persecuted 39. but afterwardes aduanced and called the Sauiour of the world 41. Iust Iob vehemently afflicted Moyses hidden for a while then exposed to danger and thence deliuered afterwards manifesting him selfe to his brethren by them reiected bewrayed and flying from Pharao Exo. 2. returning againe Exod. 3. 4. c. and at last deliuering the Israelites from bondage of Aegypt Exo 14 And manie other things as the ramme sacrificed in place of Isaac Gen. 22. the ladder of Iacob Gen 28. Iosephs scepter 47. Aarons rodde Exo. 7. Paschal lambe 12. prefigured Christ borne of a Virgin the onlie Sonne of God sometimes hidden other times conuersant with men hated persecuted sold betraied who caried his ovvne crosse was sacrificed vanquished al his enimies aduanced and acknowledged the true Sauiour of the world Redemer and deliuerer of mankind from seruitude slauerie thraldome and bondage of sinne death and the diuel Againe Abraham prophecied that of his seede Christ our Sauiour should be borne when he saied to his seruant Gen. 24. Put thy hand vnder my thigh that I may adiure thee by our Lord God of heauen earth that is by Christ who should come of his loynes as S. Hierom Tradit Heb. in Gen. et explic Psal 44. S. Ambrose li. 1. c. 9. de Abraham and S. Augustin q. 62. in Gen. et li. 16. c. 33. ciuit expound it More euidently Iacob Gen. 49. The scepter shal not be taken away from Iudas and a duke of his thigh til he do come that is to be sent and the same shal be the expectation of the Gentiles Iob as planely I know that my redemer liueth Moyses foreknowing that Christ the true Redemer and chiefe Lawgiuer should be sent praied God to hasten his mission saying I besech thee Lord send whom thou wilt send Exod. 4. External Sacrifice was frequent and solemne as the soueraigne homage to God And manie Altares erected by Abraham for that purpose Gen. 12. 13. 15. 22. Vnbloudie in bread and wine by Melchisdech Gen. 14. other liquide sacrifices Gen. 35. v. 14 offered by Iacob with dedication of the place called Bethel the house of God which he also before hand promised by vow Gen 28. Diuers other Sacrifices offered by Isaac and Iacob Gen 26. 31. 33. 36. By Iob and his frends Iob. 1. 42. by Moyses Aaron and other ancients of Israel Exod. 12. Al which consequently shew Priesthood whose proper office is to offer Sacrifice though amongst al the aboue named onlie Melchisedech was called a Priest And among the gentiles we finde that Putiphar Gen. 41. and Iethro Ex. 3. whose daughters Ioseph and Moyses maried were called Priests or as the word Cohenim doth also signifie Princes for they were great and eminent men in their countries At least those that by special priuilege were exempted from selling their landes to Pharao and had not withstanding prouision of mantenance in time of dearth Gen. 47. were properly called Priests for such function as they had in seruing their idols For where vvas true and right Sacrifice there vvere also right Priests and vvhere Idololatrical sacrifice there were like Priests and vvhere no external sacrifice at al as amongst Protestants there are no Priests but ministers only In this age also long before Moyses the Sacrament of Circumcision vvas giuen to Abraham for distinction of Gods selected and peculiar people and for remedy of original sinne in the male sexe of Abrahams seede and others of his communitie In the other sexe and other generations former remedies of sacrifice or other
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€
And when you are passed ouer Iordan into the Land which our Lord thy God wil geue thee thou shalt erect great stones and shalt polish them with plaster †that thou mayest write on them al the wordes of this law when thou hast passed ouer Iordan that thou mayest enter into the Land which our Lord thy God wil geue thee a land flowing with milke and honie as he sware to thy fathers †When therfore you are passed Iordan erect the stones which I command you this day in mount Hebal and thou shalt polish them with plaster †and thou shalt build there an altar to our Lord thy God of stones which yron hath not touched †and of stones not fashioned nor polished and thou shalt put vpon it holocaustes to our Lord thy God †and shalt immolate pacifique hostes and eate there and feaste there before our Lord thy God †And thou shalt write vpon the stones al the wordes of this law plainely and cleerly †And Moyses and the priestes of the Leuitical stocke said to al Israel Attend and heare Israel This day thou art made the people of our Lord thy God †thou shalt heare his voice and doe the commandementes and iustices which I command thee †And Moyses commanded the people in that day saying †These shal stand to blesse the people vpon mount Garizim when you are past Iordan Simeon Leui Iudas Issachar Ioseph and Beniamin †And ouer against them these shal stand to curse on mount Hebal Ruben Gad and Aser and Zabulon Dan and Nephthali †And the Leuites shal pronounce and say to al the men of Israel with a high voice †Cursed be the man that maketh a grauen and molten thing the abomination of our Lord the worke of the handes of artificers and shal put it in secrete and al the people shal answer and say Amen †Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother and al the people shal say Amen †Cursed be he that remoueth his neighbours boundes and al the people shal say Amen †Cursed be he that maketh the blinde to goe amisse in his iourney and al the people shal say Amen †Cursed be he that peruerteth the iudgement of the stranger of the pupil and the widow and al the people shal say Amen †Cursed be he that sleepeth with his fathers wife and reuealeth the couer of his bedde and al the people shal say Amen †Cursed be he that lyeth with any beast and al the people shal say Amen †Cursed be he that sleepeth with his sister the daughter of his father or of his mother and al the people shal say Amen †Cursed be he that sleepeth with his mother in law and al the people shal say Amen †Cursed be he that secretely striketh his neighbour and al the people shal say Amen †Cursed be he that taketh giftes to kil the soule of innocent bloud and al the people shal say Amen †Cursed be he that obydeth not in the wordes of this law and fulfilleth them not in worke and al the people shal say Amen CHAP. XXVIII Diuers blessings are promised to the obseruers of Gods commandmentes 15. and curses threatned to transgressors BVT if thou wilt heare the voice of our Lord thy God that thou doe and keepe al his commandementes which I command thee this day our Lord thy God wil make thee higher then al nations that be on the earth †And al these blessinges shal come vpon thee and ouertake thee yet so if thou heare his preceptes †Blessed shalt thou be in the citie and blessed in the field †Blessed shal be the fruite of thy wombe and the fruite of thy ground and the fruite of thy cattel the troupes of thy heardes the foldes of thy sheepe †Blessed shal thy barnes be and blessed thy remaines †Blessed shalt thou be comming in and going out †Our Lord wil geue thyne enemies that rise vp against thee to fal downe in thy sight one way they shal comme against thee and seuen wayes they shal flee from thy face †Our Lord wil send forth blessing vpon thy cellars and vpon al the workes of thy handes and wil blesse thee in the land that thou shalt receiue †Our Lord wil rayse thee vp vnto him self to be a holie people as he sware to thee If thou keepe the commandmentes of our Lord thy God and walke in his waies †And al the people of the earth shal see that the name of our Lord is inuocated vpon thee and they shal feare thee †Our Lord wil make thee abound with al goodes with the fruite of thy wombe and the fruite of thy cattel with the fruite of thy land which our Lord sware to thy fathers that he would geue thee †Our Lord wil open his most excellent treasure the heauen that it may geue rayne to thy land in due season and wil blesse al the workes of thy handes And thou shalt lend to many nations and thy self shalt take lone of no man †And our Lord shal make thee the heade and not thr taile and thou shalt be alwaies aboue and not vnder yet so if thou wilt heare the commandmentes of our Lord thy God which I command thec rhis day and keepe and doe them †and decline not from them neither to the right hand nor to the left nor folow strange goddes nor serue them †But if thou wilt not heare the voice of our Lord thy God to keepe and doe al his commandmentes and ceremonies which I command thee this day al these curses shal come vpon thee and ouertake thee †Cursed shalt thou be in the citie cursed in the field †Cursed shal thy barne be and cursed thy remaines †Cursed shal be the fruite of thy wombe and the fruite of thy ground the heardes of thy oxen and the flockes of thy sheepe †Cursed shalt thou be comming in and cursed going out †Our Lord shal send vpon thee famine hunger and rebuke vpon al the workes which thou shalt doe vntil he consume and destroy thee quickly for thy most wicked inuentions wherein thou hast forsaken me †Our Lord sette the pestilence vpon thee vntil he consume thee out of the land which thou shalt enter in to possesse †Our Lord strike thee with pouertie with the feuer and cold with burning and heate and with corrupt ayre and blasting and pursew thee til thou perish †Be the heauen that is ouer thee of brasse and the ground that thou treadest of yron †Our Lord geue dust for rayne vpon thy land and ashes descend from heauen vpon thee til thou be consumed †Our Lord deliuer thee to fal downe before thyne enemies one way goe thou forth against them and flee seuen and be thou dispersed through out al the kingdomes of the earth †and be thy carcasse meate to al the fowles of the ayre and
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
men dying They fel and were ouerthrowen on the east side of the citie of Gabaa †And there were that were slaine in the same place eightene thousand men al most valiant warryers †Which when they had seene that were remayning of BeniamÃn they fled into the wildernes and went on to the rocke the name wherof is Remmon In that flight also stragling and going diuers waies they slew fiue thousand men And whereas they went farder they pursewed them and slew also other two thousand †And so it came to passe that al which were slaine of Beniamin in diuerse places were fiue and twentie thousand one hundred fighting men most prompt to warres †There remayned therfore of al the number of Beniamin that could escape and flee into the wildernes six hundred men and they abode in the Rocke Remmon foure monethes †But the children of Israel retyring stroke al the remaines of the citie with the sword from men euen to beastes and al the cities and villages of Beniamin the deuouring flame did consume CHAP. XXI The tribe of Beniamin is repayred 8. by foure hundred virgins reserued in the slaughter of Iabes Galaad 19. and by other virgins taken that come forth of Silo to daunce THE children of Israel sware also in Maspha and said None of vs shal geue of his daughters to the children of Beniamin to wife †And they came al to the house of God in Silo and sitting in his sight vntil euening lifted vp their voice and with great wayling beganne to weepe saying Wherfore ô Lord God of Israel is this euil done in thy people that this day one tribe should be taken away out of vs †And on the morrow rising early they built an altar and offered there holocaustes and pacifique victimes and said †Who hath not ascended in the hoste of our Lord of al the tribes of Israel For they had bound them selues with a great othe when they were in Maspha that they should be slayne which had beene wanting †And the children of Israel being moued with repentance vpon their brother Beniamin beganne to say One tribe is taken away out of Israel †whence shal they take wiues For we haue al sworne in common that we wil not geue our daughters to them †Therfore they said Who is there of al the tribes of Israel that went not vp to our Lord into Maspha And behold the inhabitantes of Iabes Galaad were found not to haue bene in that armie †At that time also when they were in Silo none of them was found there †They sent therfore ten thousand the strongest men and commanded them Goe and strike the inhabitantes of Iabes Galaad in the edge of the sword as wel their wiues as their litle ones †And this shal be it which you shal obserue Al of the male kinde and wemen that haue knowen men kil ye but the virgins reserue †And there were found of Iabes Galaad foure hundred virgins that knew not mans bedde and they brought them to the campe in Silo into the Land of Chanaan †And they sent messengers to the children of Beniamin that were in Rocke Remmon and commanded them that they should receiue them in peace †And the children of Beniamin came at that time and there were geuen vnto them wiues of the daughters of Iabes Galaad but others they found not which they might geue them in like maner †And al Israel was very sorie and repented for the killing of one tribe out of Israel †And the ancientes said What shal we doe to the rest that haue not taken wiues For al the wemen in Beniamin are dead †And we must very carefully and with great studie prouide that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel †For our owne daughters we can not geue them being bound with an oath and a curse wherby we said Cursed be he that shal geue to Beniamin anie of his daughters to wife And they tooke counsail and said Behold there is an anniuersaire solemnitie of our Lord in Silo which is situate on the North of the citie of Bethel on the East side of the way that goeth from Bethel to Sichem and on the South of the towne of Lebona †And they commanded the children of Beniamin and said Goe and lie hidde in the vineyardes †And when you shal see the daughters of Silo come forth after the maner to lead daunses issue forth sodenly out of the vineyardes and catch of them euerie one his wife and goe into the Land of Beniamin †And when their fathers shal come and their brethren and shal beginne to complaine against you and to chide we wil say to them Haue pittie on them for they tooke them not away by the right of warryers and conquerours but when they desired to receiue them you gaue them not and on your part the fault was committed †And the children of Beniamin did as it had beene commanded them and according to their number they tooke away to them selues of those that ledde the daunses euerie one his wife and they went into their possession building cities and dwelling in them †The children of Israel also returned by their tribes and families into their tabernacles In those daies there was not a King in Israel but euerie one did that which semed right to him selfe THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKE OF RVTH AMONGST other thinges that happened to the people of Israel in the time of the Iudges this historie of Ruth to witt her coming from Moab her conuersion to true Religion godlie conuersation and mariage with Booz of the tribe of Iuda is recorded as a more principal matter For that not onlie king Dauid but consequently also our SAVIOVR the Redemer of mankind descended from her VVherby was fore signified that as saluation thus proceded from the Gentiles together with the Iewes so the Gentiles are made partakers of the same grace More clerly prophecied as S. Hierom noteth by Isai cap. 16. saying Send forth ô Lord the lambe the Ruler of the earth from the Rocke of the desert to the mount of the daughter of Sion That is from Ruth the gentile to Hierusalem or rather to the Church This mariage of Ruth came to passe about the time of Abesan Iudge The booke was written as is most probable by Samuel and is diuided into foure chapters whose contentes folow in their places THE BOOKE OF RVTH CHAP. I. By occasion of famine Elimelech of Bethleem going with his wife Noemi and two sonnes into the Land of Moab there dieth 4. His sonnes marrie wiues of that countrie and die without issue 6. Noemi returning homewardes hardly perswadeth one of her daughters in law to part from her 15. The other called Ruth wil needes goe with her professing the same God and Religion 19. So these two arriue in Betheleem IN the dayes of one Iudge when the Iudges ruled there came a famine in the Land And there went a
emeroides and the similitudes of the mise that haue destroied the land and you shal geue glorie to the God of Israel if perhaps he wil lighten his hand from you and from your goddes and from your land †Why doe you harden your hartes as Aegypt and Pharao did harden their hart did not he after he was striken then dimisse them and they departed †Now therfore take and make one new wayne and two kine hauing calued on which there hath no yoke beene put couple in the wayne and shut vp their calues at home †And you shal take the arke of the Lord and put it in the wayne and the vessels of gold which you haue payed him for sinne you shal put into a litle casket at the side thereof and dimisse it that it may goe †And you shal looke and if so be that it shal goe vp by the way of his coastes against Bethsames he hath donne vs this great euil but if not we shal know that his hand hath not touched vs but it hath happened by chance †They therefore did in this maner and taking two kine that had sucking calues yoked them to the wayne and shut vp their calues at home †And they layd the arke of God vpon the wayne and the litle casket that had the golden mise and the similitudes of emeroides †And the kine went directly by the way that leadeth to Bethsames and they went one way going forward and lowing and they declined not neither to the right hand nor to the left but the princes also of the Philistijms folowed vnto the borders of Bethsames †Moreouer the Bethsamites reaped wheat in the valley and lifting vp their eies they saw the arke and were gladde when they had seene it †And the wayne came into the field of Iosue the Bethsamite and stoode there And there was a great stone and they did cut the wood of the wayne and layed the kine vpon it an holocaust to our Lord. †And the Leuites tooke downe the arke of God and the litle casket that was at the side of it wherin were the vessels of gold and they put it vpon the great stone The men also of Bethsames offered holocaustes and immolated victimes that day to our Lord. †And the fiue princes of the Philistijms saw and returned into Accaron that day †And these are the golden emeroides which the Philistijms rendred for sinne to our Lord Azotus one Gaza one Ascalon one Geth one Accaron one †and the golden mise according to the number of the cities of the Philistijms of the fiue prouinces from walled citie vnto towne that was without wal and vnto Abel the great wherupon they put the arke of our Lord which was vntil that day in the field of Iosue the Bethsamite †But he stroke of the men of Bethsames for that they had seene the arke of our Lord and he stroke of the people seuentie men and fiftie thousand of the common people And the people mourned because our Lord had striken the common people with a great plague †And the men of Bethsames sayd Who shal be able to stand in the sight of our Lord God this holie one and to whom shal he goe vp from vs †And they sent messengers to the inhabitantes of Caria Thiarim saying The Philistijms haue brought backe the arke of our Lord come downe fetch it backe vnto you CHAP. VII The Arke is brought to the house of Abinadab in Gabaa 3. By Samuels exhortation the people cast away the idols and serue only God 10. Samuel offering sacrifice and praying Israel preuaileth against the Philisthijms THEREFORE the men of Caria Thiarim came and brought backe the arke of our Lord and caried it into the house of Abinadab in Gaaba And Eleazar his sonne they sanctified that he might keepe the arke of our Lord. †And it came to passe from the day that the arke of our Lord abode in Caria Thiarim the dayes were multiplied for it was now the twentith yeare and al the house of Israel rested after our Lord. †And Samuel spake to al the house of Israel saying If you turne to our Lord in al your hart take away the strange goddes out of the middes of you Baalim and Astaroth and prepare your hartes to our Lord and serue him only and he wil deliuer you from the hand of the Philisthijms †Therefore the children of Israel tooke away Baalim and Astaroth and serued our Lord only †And Samuel sayd Gather together al Israel into Masphath that I may pray our Lord for you †And they assembled into Masphath and they drew water and powred it out in the sight of our Lord and they fasted that day and sayd there We haue sinned to our Lord. And Samuel iudged the children of Israel in Masphath †And the Philisthijms heard that the children of Israel were gathered together into Masphath and the princes of the Philisthijms went vp to Israel Which when the children of Israel had heard they were afrayde at the face of the Philisthijms †And they said to Samuel cease not to crie to our Lord God for vs that he saue vs from the hand of the Philisthims †And Samuel tooke one sucking lambe and offered iâ— a whole holocauste to our Lord and Samuel cried to our Lord for Israel and our Lord heard him †And it came to passe when Samuel offered the holocauste the Philisthijms beganne battel against Israel but our Lord thundered with a great noise in that day vpon the Philisthijms and terrified them and they were slaine before the face of Israel †And the men of Israel issuing out of Masphath pursued the Philisthijms and stroke them vnto the place that was vnder Bethcar †And Samuel tooke one stone and layd it betwen Masphath and Sen and he called the name of that place The stone of helpe And he sayd Thus farre hath our Lord holpen vs. †And the Philistijms were humbled neither added they any more to come into the borders of Israel Therefore the hand of our Lord was made vpon the Philistijms al the dayes of Samuel †And the cities which the Philistijms had taken from Israel were rendred to Israel from Accaron vnto Geth and their borders and â—e deliuered Israel from the hand of the Philistijms and there was peace betwen Israel and thâ— Amorrheite †Samuel also â—udged Israel al the daies of his life †and he went euerie â—eare circu 〈…〉 Bethel and Galgala and Masphath and â—udged Israel in the foresaid places †And he returned into Ramatha for there was his house and there he iudged Israel he built also there an altar to our Lord. CHAP. VIII Samuel growing old and his sonnes for bribes peruerting iudgement the people require to haue a king 7. â—o Whom by Gods commandment Samuel forâ—heneth the law of a king to make them cease from their demand 19. but they persist therein AND it came to
the number of the description of the people to the king and there were found of Israel eight hundred thousand strong men that could drawe sword and of Iuda fiue hundred thousand fighting men †But Dauids hart strooke him after the people was numbred and Dauid sayd to our Lord I haue sinned very much in this fact but I pray thee Lord to transferre the iniquitie of thy seruant because I haue done exceding folishly †Dauid therfore arose in the morning and the word of our Lord was made to Gad the prophete and Seer of Dauid saying †Goe and speake to Dauid Thus sayth our Lord Choyse is geuen thee of three thinges choose one of them which thou wilt that I may do it to thee †And when Gad was come to Dauid he told him saying Either famine shal come to thee seuen yeares in thy land or three monethes thou shalt flee thy aduersaries and they shal pursew thee or certes three dayes the pestilence shal be in thy land Now therfore deliberate and see what word I shal answer to him that sent me †And Dauid sayd to Gad I am distressed excedingly but it is better that I fal into the handes of our Lord for his mercies be manie then into the handes of men †And our Lord sent the pestilence in Israel from morning vnto the time appoynted and there died of the people from Dan to Bersabee seuentie thousand men †And when the Angel of Our Lord had stretched forth his hand ouer Ierusalem to destroy it our Lord had pitie vpon the affliction and sayd to the Angel that stroke the people It is sufficient now hold thy hand and the Angel of our Lord was beside the floore of Areuna the Iebuseite †And Dauid sayd to our Lord when he saw the Angel striking the people I am he that haue sinned I haue done wickedly these that are the sheepe what haue they done let thy hand I beseche thee be turned agaynst me and agaynst my fathers house †And Gad came to Dauid in that day and sayd to him Goe vp and build an altar to our Lord in the â—â—oore of Areuna the Iebuseite †And Dauid went vp according to the word of Gad which our Lord had coÌ„manded him †And Areuna looking perceiued the king and his seruantes to come towards him †And going forth he adored the king with his face bowing to the earth and sayd What is the cause that my lord the king cometh to his seruant To whom Dauid sayd That I may bye of thee the floore and build an altar to our Lord and the slaughter may cease which rageth among the people †And Areuna sayd to Dauid Let my lord the king take and offer as it pleaseth him thou hast the oxen for holocauste and the wayne and the yokes of the oxen for prouision of wood †Areuna gaue al thinges to the king and Areuna sayd to the king The Lord thy God receiue thy vowe †To whom the king answering sayd Not so as thou wilt but I wil bye it of thee at a price and I wil not offer to our Lord my God holocaustes geuen gratis Dauid therfore bought the floore and the oxen for fiftie sicles of siluer †and Dauid built there an altar to our Lord offered holocaustes and pacifiques and our Lord became merciful to the land and the plague was stayed from Israel THE ARGVMENT OF THE THIRD BOOKE OF KINGES VVITH commemoration of king Dauids old age of his appointing a successour and of his death in the first and part of the second chapters this booke conteyneth two other principal partes the former is of king Salomon of his entrance to the kingdom his deuotion wisdom magnificence richesse great familie building of the Temple and other sumptuous palaces of his fal also into luxurie and idolatrie in the rest of the second chapter to the end of the eleuenth The other part sheweth the diuision of the kingdom onlie two tribes remayning to Roboam Salomons sonne with title of king of Iuda and tenne passing to Ieroboam his seruant called king of Israel So folow the seueral reignes of Abias Asa and Iosaphat kinges of Iuda and of Madab Baasa Ela Zambri Amri Achab with Iezabel and Ochosias kinges of Israel with the preaching miracles and other actes of Abias Elias Eliseus and other prophetes in the other eleuen chapters THE THIRD BOOKE OF KINGES ACCORDING TO THE HEBREWES THE FIRST OF MALACHIM CHAP. I. King Dauid waxing old Abisag a Sunamite is brought to him 5. Adonias pretending to reigne 11. Nathan and Bethâ—abee obtaine 28. that Salomon is declared and annointed King 41. VVherupon Adonias his folowers parting to their houses 50. fleeth to the altar in the tabernacle but vpon promise of safeâ—â—â— doth homage to Salomon AND king Dauid was old and had manie daies of age and when he was couered with clothes he was not warmed †His seruantes therfore sayd to him Let vs seeke for our lord the king a yong woman a virgin and let her stand before the king and cherishe him and sleepe in his bosome and warme our lord the king †They sought therfore a beautiful yong woman in al the costes of Israel and they found Abisag a Sunamite and brought her to the king †And the damsel was exceding beautiful and she slept with the king and serued him but the king did not know her †And Adonias the sonne of Haggith was eleuated saying I wil reigne And he made him self chariotes and horsemen and fiftie men that should runne before him †Neither did his father controwle him at any time saying Why didst thou this And he also was very beautiful the second borne after Absalom †And he had talke with Ioab the sonne of Saruia with Abiathar the priest who furthered Adonias side †But Sadoc the priest and Banaias the sonne of Ioiada and Nathan the prophet and Semei and Rei and the strength of Dauids armie was not with Adonias †Adonias therfore hauing immolated rammes and calues and al satte beastes beside the Stone zoheleth which was nigh to the Fountaine Rogel called al his brethren the sonnes of the king and al the men of Iuda the seruantes of the king †But Nathan the prophet and Banaias and al the strong ones and Salomon his brother he called not †Nathan therfore sayd to Bethsabee the mother of Salomon Hast thou not heard that Adonias the sonne of Haggith hath reigned and our lord Dauid is ignorant therof †Now therfore come take counsel of me and saue thy life and thy sonne Salomons †Goe and enter in to king Dauid and say to him Didst not thou my lord king sweare to me thy handmayd saying Salomon thy sonne shal reigne after me and he shal sitte in my throne Why then reigneth Adonias †And whiles thou art yet speaking there with the king I wil come after thee and make vp thy wordes â€
by his mouth to Dauid my father in his owne handes hath perfected it saying †Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Aegypt I chose no citie of al the tribes of Israel that a house might be built and my name might be there but I chose Dauid to be ouer my people Israel †And Dauid my father would haue built a house to the name of our Lord the God of Israel †and our Lord sayd to Dauid my father In that thou hast thought in thy hart to build a house to my name thou hast done wel casting this same thing in thy mynd †Neuerthelesse thou shalt not build me a house but thy sonne that shal come forth of thy reynes he shal build a house to my name †Our Lord hath confirmed his word which he spake and I stand for Dauid my father and sitte vpon the throne of Israel as our Lord hath spoken and I haue built a house to the name of our Lord the God of Israel †And I haue appoynted there a place for the arke wherin the couenant of our Lord is which he made with our fathers when they came out of the Land of Aegypt †And Salomon stood before the altar of our Lord in the sight of the assemblie of Israel and extended his handes toward heauen †and sayd Lord God of Israel there is no God like to thee in heauen aboue and vpon the earth beneth which keepest couenant and mercie with thy seruantes that walke before thee in al their hart †Which hast kept to thy seruant Dauid my father the thinges that thou hast spoken to him by mouth thou didst speake and with thy handes thou hast accomplished as this day proueth †Now therfore Lord God of Israel keepe vnto thy seruant Dauid my father the thinges which thou hast spoken to him saying There shal not be taken away of thee a man before me which sitteth vpon the throne of Israel yet so if thy children shal keepe their way that they walke before me as thou hast walked in my sight †And now Lord God of Israel let thy wordes be established which thou hast spoken to thy seruant Dauid my father †Is it then to be thought that in deede God dwelleth vpon the earth for if heauen and the heauens of heauens can not conteyne thee how much more this house which I haue built †But looke toward the prayer of thy setuant and to his petitions ô Lord my God heare the hymne and the prayer which thy seruant prayeth before thee this day †that thy eies be opened vpon this house night and day vpon the house wherof thou sayest My name shal be there that thou heare the prayer which thy seruant prayeth in this place to thee †That thou heare the request of thy seruant and of thy people Israel whatsoeuer they shal pray for in this place and thou shalt heare in the place of thy habitation in heauen and when thou hast heard thou shalt be merciful †If a man shal sinne agaynst his neighbour and shal haue any oath wherwith he is held fast bound and shal come because of the oath before thine altar into thy house †thou shalt heare in heauen and shalt doe and iudge thy seruantes condemning the impious and rendring his way vpon his head and iustifying the iust and rewarding him according to his iustice †If thy people Israel shal flec their enemies because they wil sinne agaynst thee and doing penance and confessing to thy name shal come and pray and besech thee in this house †heare in heauen and forgeue the sinne of thy people Israel and thou shalt reduce them vnto the land which thou gauest to their fathers †If the heauen shal be shut and it rayne not because of their sinnes and praying in this place they doe penance to thy name and shal be conuerted from their sinnes through their affliction †heare them in heauen and forgeue the sinnes of thy seruantes and of thy people Israel and shew them a good way wherin they may walke and geue rayne vpon thy land which thou hast geuen to thy people in possession †If famine aryse in the land or pestilence or corrupt ayre or blasting or locust or rust and their enemie afflict them besieging the gates al plague al in firmity †al cursing and banning that shal chance to any man of thy people Israel if any man shal know the wound of his hart and shal spred forth his handes in this house †thou shalt heare in heauen in the place of thy habitation and shalt be merciful agayne and shalt so doe that thou geue to euerie one according to his wayes as thou shalt see his hart for thou onlie knowest the hart of al the children of men †that they feare thee al the dayes which they liue vpon the face of the land which thou hast geuen our fathers †Moreouer also the stranger which is not of thy people Israel when he shal come from a farre countrie for thy name for thy great name shal be heard of and thy strong hand †and thy stretched out arme euerie where when therfore he shal come and shal pray in this place †thou shalt heare in heauen in the firmament of thy habitation thou shalt doe al thinges for the which the stranger shal inuocate thee that al the peoples of the earth may lerne to feare thy name as thy people Israel and may proue that thy name is inuocated vpon this house which I haue built †If thy people shal goe forth to warre agaynst their enemies by the way whithersoeuer thou shalt send them they shal pray to thee agaynst the way of the citie which thou hast chosen and agaynst the house which I haue built to thy name †and thou shalt heare in heauen their prayers and their petitions and shalt doe iudgement for them †But if they shal sinne to thee for there is no man which sinneth not and thou being wrath shalt deliuer them to their enemies and they shal be led captiue into the land of their enemies farre or neere †and shal doe penance in their hart in the place of captiuirie and conuerted shal besech thee in their captiuitie saying We haue sinned we haue done wickedly we haue dealt impiously †and shal returne to thee in al their hart and al their soule in the land of their enemies to the which they shal be led captiue shal pray to thee agaynst the way of their land which thou gauest to their fathers and of the citie which thou hast chosen of the temple which I haue built to thy name †thou shalt heare in heauen in the firmament of thy throne their prayers and their petitions and shalt doe their iudgement for them †and shalt be merciful to thy people which sinned to thee and to al their iniquities where with they haue transgressed agaynst thee and thou
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
and about thy husband and about thy sonne Who answered Wel. †And when she was come to the man of God into the mount she caught his feet and Giezi came to remoue her And the man of God said Let her alone for her soule is in anguish and our Lord hath hid it from me and hath not told me †Who said to him Did I aske a sonne of my Lord Did I not say to thee Mocke me not †And he said to Giezi Girde thy loynes and take my staffe in thy hand goe If a man meete thee salute him not and if any man salute thee answer him not and thou shalt put my staffe vpon the face of the childe †Moreouer the mother of the childe said Our Lord liueth and thy soul liueth I wil not leaue thee He arose therfore and folowed her †But Giezi was gone before them and had put the staffe vpon the face of the childe there was not voice nor sense and he returned to meete him and told him saying The childe is not risen †Eliseus therfore went into the house and behold the childe lay dead on his bed †and going in he shut the doore vpon him vpon the childe prayed to our Lord. †And he went vp and lay vpon the childe and he put his mouth vpon his mouth his eies vpon his eies his handes vpon his handes and he bowed him self ouer him and the childes flesh was warmed †But he returning walked vp and downe in the house once hither thither he went vp and lay vpon him and the childe gaped seuen tymes and opened his eies †And he called Gierzi said to him Call this Sunamite Who being called went in vnto him Who said Take thy sonne †She came and fel at his feete and adored vpon the ground and tooke her sonne and went out †and Eliseus returned into Galgal And there was a famine in the land and the children of the prophetes dwelt before him and he sayd to one of his seruantes Sette on a greate potte and seeth broth for the children of the prophetes †And one went out into the field to gather wilde herbes and he found as it were a wilde vine and gathered of it the colocynthides of the field and filled his mantel and returning cut it into the potte of broth for he knew not what it was †They therfore powred it to their felowes to eate and when they had tasted of the broth they cried saying Death is in the potte man of God And they could not eate †But he sayd Bring meale and when they had brought it he cast it into the potte and said powere in for the multitude that they may eate And there was no more anie bitternesse in the potte †And a certaine man came from Baaâ—sahâ—a bringing to the man of God loaues of the first fruites twentie barley loaues and new wheate in his scrippe But he said Geue to the people that they may eate †And his seruant answered him How much is this that I should sette it before an hundred men Agayne he said Geue to the people that they may eate for thus saith our Lord They shal eate and there shal be leaft †He therfore sette it before them who did eate and there was leaft according to the word of our Lord. CHAP. V. Naaman the general captaine of Syria is clensed of deprosie by washing him self as Eliseus appointeth him seuen times in â—oraan 15. professeth his bel of in one God promising to serue him 20. Giezi taketh giftes of Naaman 25. and is stricken with leprosie NAAMAN the General of the warfare of the king of Syria was a great man with his lord and honorable for by him our Lord gaue health to Syria and he was a valiant man and rich but a leper †Moreouer out of Syria there were come forth robbers and had led away captiue out of the Land of Israel a litle girle which wayted vpon the wife of Naaman †Who said to her maistresse I would my lord had bene with the prophete that is in Samaria surely he would haue cured him from the leprosie which he hath †Naaman therfore went into his lord and told him saying Thus and thus hath the wench of the Land of Israel spoken †And the king of Syria sayd to him Goe I wil send letters to the king of Israel Who when he was sette forward and had taken with him ten talentes of siluer and six thousand peces of gold and ten change of rayment †he brought the letters to the king of Israel in these wordes when thou shalt receiue this letter know that I haue sent to thee Naaman my seruant that thou mayest cure him of his leprosie †And when the king of Israel had read the letters he rent his garmentes and said Am I God that I can kil and geue life because this man hath sent to me that I should cure a man of his leprosie marke and see that he seeketh occasions against me †Which when Eliseus the man of God had heard to witte that the king of Israel had rent his garmentes he sent to him saying Why hast thou rent thy garmentes let him come to me and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel †Naaman therfore came with horses and chariotes and stood at the doore of the house of Eliseus †and Eliseus sent a messenger to him saying Goe and be washed seuen times in Iordan and thy flesh shal receiue health and thou shalt be cleane †Naaman being angrie departed saying I thought he would come out to me and standing would inuocate the name of the Lord his God and touch with his hand the place of the leprosie and cure me †What are not Abana and Pharphar the riuers of Damascus better then al the waters of Israel that I may be washed in them and be made cleane Therfore when he had turned him self and went away with indignation †his seruantes came vnto him spake to him Father if the prophet had sayd a great thing to thee certes thou shouldest haue done it how much more wheras now he sayd vnto thee Be washed and thou shalt be cleane †He went downe washed in Iordan seuen times according to the word of the man of God and his flesh was restored as the flesh of a litle childe he was made cleane †And returning to the man of God with al his trayne he came and stood before him sayd In very deede I know that there is no other God in al the earth but only in Israel I besech the therfore to take a benediction of thy seruant †But he answered Our Lord liueth before whom I stand I wil not take it And when he would haue forced him he did in nowise agree †And Naaman sayd As thou wilt but I besech thee graunt vnto me thy seruant that I may take of the earth
here die we must come therfore and let vs runne away to the campe of Syria If they spare vs we shal liue but if they wil kil vs we shal die neuerthelesse †They arose therfore in the euening to come to the campe of Syria And when they were come to the beginning of the campe of Syria they found no man there †For our Lord had made them in the campe of Syria to heare the sound of chariotes and horses and of a verie great armie and they sayd one to an other Behold the king of Israel hath for wages hyred agaynst vs the kinges of the Hetheites and of the Aegyptians and they are come vpon vs. †They arose therfore and fled in the darke and leaft their tentes and their horses and asses in the campe and fled desirous to saue their liues only †Therfore when these lepers were come to the beginning of the campe they entered into one tabernacle and did eate and drinke and they tooke thence siluer and gold and rayment and went and hid it againe they returned to an other tabernacle and from thence likewise taking away they hid it †And they said one to an other We doe not wel for this is a day of good tydinges If we shal hold our peace and wil not tel vntil morning we shal be blamed of a heinous offence Come let vs goe and make report in the kinges court †And when they were come to the gate of the citie they told them saying We went to the campe of Syria and found no man there but horses and asses tyed and the tentes pitched †The porters therfore went and told it to the king within his palace †Who arose in the night sayd to his seruants I tel you what the Syrians haue done to vs They know that we suffer great famine and therfore they are gone out of the campe and lie hid in the fieldes saying When they shal come forth out of the citie we wil take them aliue and then we may enter into the citie †But one of his seruantes answered Let vs take fiue horses that are remaining in the citie because they onlie are in the whole multitude of Israel for the other are consumed and sending we may trie †They brought therfore two horses and the king sent into the campe of the Syrians saying Goe ye and see †Who went after them as far as Iordan and behold al the way was ful of rayment and vessels which the Syrians had cast away when they were amased and the messengers returning told the king †And the people going forth spoyled the campe of Syria and a bushel of floure became at one stater and two bushels of barley at one stater according to the word of our Lord. †Moreouer the king appoynted that duke on whose hand he leaned to stand at the gate whom the multitude trode in the entrance of the gate he died according as the man of God had spoken when the king came downe to him †And it came to passe according to the word of the man of God which he spake to the king when he sayd Two bushels of barley shal be at one stater and a bushel of floure at one stater this verie tyme to morow it the gate of Samaria †when that duke answered the man of God and sayd Although our Lord would make fludgates in the heauen can this be done which thou speakest And he said to him Thou shalt see with thine eies and shal not eate therof †It chanced therfore to him as it was foretold and the people trode him in the gate and he died CHAP. VIII After seuen yeares famine fortold by Eliseus the Sumanite Woman returning home recouereth her landes and reuenewes 7. Eliseus forsheweth the death of Benadad king of Syria and cruel reigne of Hazael 16. Ioram reigning in Iuda the Idumeans reuolt from him also Lobna 23. He dieth and his sonne Ochozias succeedeth AND Eliseus spake to the woman whose sonne he restored to life saying Arise goe thou and thy house and soiourne whersoeuer thou shalt finde for our Lord hath called a famine and it shal come vpon the land seuen yeares †Who arose did according to the word of the man of God going with her houshould she soiourned in the land of the Philistijms many dayes †And when the seuen yeares were ended the woman returned out of the Land of the Philisthijms and she went forth to speake to the king for her house and for her landes †And the king spake with Giezi the seruant of the man of God saying Tel me al the meruelous thinges that Eliseus hath done †And when he had told the king how he had raysed a dead man the woman appeared whose sonne he had reuiued crying to the king for her house and her landes And Giezi sayd My lord king this is the woman and this is her sonne whom Eliseus raysed †And the king asked the woman who told him And the king gaue her an eunuch saying Restore her al thinges that are hers and al the reuenewes of the landes from the day that she leaft the land vntil this present †Eliseus also came to Damascus and Benadad the king of Syria was sicke and they told him saying The man of God cometh hither †And the king sayd to Hazael Take with thee presentes and goe to meete the man of God and consult the Lord by him saying Can I escape of this myne infirmitie †Hazael therfore went to meete him hauing with him presentes and al good thinges of Damascus the lodes of fourtie camels And when he stood before him he sayd Thy sonne Benadad the king of Syria hath sent me to thee saying Can I recouer of this mine infirmitie †And Eliseus sayd to him Goe tel him Thou shalt be healed but our Lord hath shewed me that dying he shal die †And he stood with him and was trubled so far that he blushed and the man of God wept †To whom Hazael sayd Why doeth my lord weepe But he sayd Because I know what euils thou wilt doe to the children of Israel Their fensed cities thou wilt burne with fyre and their yongmen thou wilt kil with the sword and their litle ones thou wilt dash in peeces and wemen with childe thou wilt diuide †And Hazael sayd What am I thy seruant a dog that I should doe this great thing And Eliseus sayd Our Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king of Syria †Who when he was departed from Eliseus came to his maister who sayd to him What sayd Eliseus to thee But he answered He told me Thou shalt recouer health †And when the next day was come he tooke a couerlette and powred water theron and spred it vpon his face who being dead Hazael reigned for him †In the fifth yeare of Ioram the sonne of Achab the king of Israel and of Iosaphat the king of Iuda reigned Ioram 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
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
the prophetes †And this by the word of our Lord was done against Iuda to take it away before him for al the sinnes of Manasses which he did †and for the innocent bloud that he had shed filled Ierusalem with the bloud of innocentes for this thing God would not be made propitious †But the rest of the wordes of Ioakim and al that he did are not these thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda And Ioakim slept with his fathers †and Ioachin his sonne reigned for him †And the king of Aegypt added no more to come out of his countrie for the king of Babylon had taken al that had beene the kinges of Aegypt from the riuer of Aegypt vnto the riuer Euphrates †Eightene yeares old was Ioachin when he began to reigne and he reigned three monethes in Ierusalem the name of his mother was Nohesta the daughter of Elnathan of Ierusalem †And he did euil before our Lord according to al thinges which his father had done †At that time came vp the seruantes of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon into Ierusalem and the citie was compassed with fortes †And Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came to the citie with his seruantes to assault it †And Ioachin the king of Iuda went forth to the king of Babylon he and his mother and his seruantes and his nobles and his eunuches and the king of Babylon receiued him the eight yeare of his reigne †And he brought forth from thence al the treasures of the house of our Lord and the treasures of the kinges house and he cut in peces al the golden vessel which Salomon the king of Israel had made in the temple of our Lord according to the word of our Lord. †And he transported al Ierusalem and al the princes and al the strong men of the armie ten thousand into captiuitie and euerie artificer and incloser and nothing was left sauing the poore sorte of the people of the land †He transported also Ioachin into Babylon and the kinges mother and the kinges wiues and his eunuches and the iudges of the land he led into captiuitie from Ierusalem into Babylon †And al the strong men seuen thousand and the artificers and inclosers a thousand al valiant men and warries and the king of Babylon led them captiues into Babylon †And he appointed Matthanias his vncle for him and called his name Sedecias †One and twentie yeares old was Sedecias when he began to reigne and he reigned eleuen yeares in Ierusalem the name of his mother was Amital the daughter of Ieremie of Lobna †And he did euil before our Lord according to al thinges which Ioakim had done †For our Lord was wrath against Ierusalem and against Iuda til he cast them away from his sace and Sedecias reuolted from the king of Babylon CHAP. XXV Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon beseiging Ierusalem two yeares the souldiars pressed with famine flee away King Sedecias also fleeth 5. is taken and brought before Nabuchodonosor 7. Al his sonnes are slaine in his sight his eyes are put out and he is caried into Babylon the Temple the kinges palace and other houses burned the walles destroyed the people caried captiue 12. except poore husbandmen 13. Al vessel of brasse siluer and gold broken and transported 18. Saraias high priest and other principal men are slaine 22. Godolias made gouernernour 25. is slaine by Ismael 27. Ioachin is deliuered from prison and exalted by a new king of Babylon AND it came to passe in the ninthe yeare of his reigne the tenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth came Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon himselfe and al his armie vnto Ierusalem and they besette it and built rampires rond about it †And the citie was shut vp trenched about vntil the eleuenth yeare of king Sedecias †the ninth day of the moneth and there was a sore famine in the citie neither was there bread for the people of the land †And a breach was made into the citie and al the men of warre fled in the night by the way of the gate which is betwen the duble wal toward the kinges garden moreouer the Chaldees besieged the citie round about Sedecias therfore fled by the way that leadeth to the champayne of the wildernes †And the armie of the Chaldees pursewed the king and ouertooke him in the plaine of Iericho and al the warriers that were with him were dispersed and forsooke him †They therfore hauing taken the king brought him to the king of Babylon into Reblatha who spake iudgement with him †And he slewe the sonnes of Sedecias before his face and he put out his eies and bound him with cheynes and brought him into Babylon †The fifth moneth the seuenth day of the moneth that is the ninetenth yeare of the king of Babylon came Nabuzardan the General of the armie the seruant of the king of Babylon into Ierusalem †And he burnt the house of our Lord the kings house and the houses of Ierusalem euerie house he burnt with fyre †And al the armie of the Chaldees which was with the General of the souldiars destroyed the walles of Ierusalem round about †And Nabuzardan the General of the armie transported the remnant of the people that remained in the citie and the fugitiues that were fled to the king of Babylon and the rest of the comon people †And of the poore of the land he leift dressers of vineyardes and husbandmen †And the brasen pillers that were in the temple of our Lord and the feete and the sea of brasse which was in the house of our Lord the Chaldees brake and transported al the brasse into Babylon †The pottes also of brasse and masars and forkes with three teeth and cuppes and litle mortars and al the vessel of brasse in the which they ministred they tooke away †Moreouer also the censars and phials those that were of gold and that were of siluer the General of the warfare tooke †that is two pillers one sea and the feete which Salomon had made in the temple of our Lord there was no weight of the brasse of al the vessels †One piller had eightene cubites in height and the litle head of brasse vpon it was three cubites in height and the nette and the pomegranates vpon the litle head of the piller al of brasse the second also had the like adorning †Also the general of the armie tooke Saraias the chiefe priest and Sophonias the second priest and three porters †And of the citie one Eunuch which was captayne ouer the men of warre and fiue men of them that wayted before the king whom he found in the citie and Sopher the captaine of the armie who proued the yong souldiars of the people of the land and threescore men of the common people which were found in the citie â€
Our Lord increase his people an hundred fold more then they are are they not my lord king al thy seruantes why doth my lord seeke this which may be reputed for a sinne to Israel †But the kinges word preuailed more and Ioab went forth and went about al Israel and returned to Ierusalem †And he gaue Dauid the number of them whom he had surueyed and al the number of Israel was found a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword and of Iuda foure hundred seuentie thousand men of warre †For Leui and Beniamin he numbred not because Ioab vnwillingly executed the kings commandement †And that which was commanded displeased God and he stroke Israel †And Dauid sayd to God I haue sinned excedingly in that I would doe this I besech thee take away the iniquitie of thy seruant because I haue done foolishly †And our Lord spake to Gad the Seer of Dauid saying †Goe and speake to Dauid and tel him Thus sayth our Lord I geue thee the choyse of three thinges choose one which thou wilt and I wil doe it to thee †And when Gad was come to Dauid he sayd to him Thus sayth our Lord Choose which thou wilt †either three yeares famine or three monethes to flee from thine enemies and not to be able to escape their sword or three dayes the sword of our Lord and pestilence to be in the land and the Angel of our Lord to kil in al the costes of Israel now therfore see what I shal answer him that sent me †And Dauid sayd to Gad I am on euerie side in great distresse but it is better that I fal into the handes of our Lord because his mercies be manie then into the handes of men †Our Lord therfore sent the pestilence in Israel and there fel of Israel seuentie thousand men †He sent also an Angel into Ierusalem to strike it and when it was striken our Lord saw and had compassion vpon the greatenesse of the euil and commanded the Angel that smote It is sufficient now let thy hand cease Moreouer the Angel of our Lord stoode beside the floore of Ornan the Iebuseite †And Dauid lifting vp his eies saw the Angel of our Lord standing betwen heauen and earth and a sword drawen in his hand turned agaynst Ierusalem they fel as wel he as the ancientes clothed in heare clothes flatte on the earth †And Dauid sayd to God Am not I he that commanded the people to be mumbred It is I that haue sinned it is I that haue done the euil this flocke what hath it deserued Lord my God let thy hand be turned I besech thee vpon me and vpon my fathers house and let not thy people be striken †And the Angel of our Lord commanded Gad to tel Dauid that he should goe vp and build an altar to our Lord God in the floore of Ornan the Iebuseite †Dauid therfore went vp according to the word of Gad which he had spoken to him in the name of our Lord. †Moreouer Ornan when he had looked vp and sene the Angel and his foure sonnes with him they hid themselues for at that time he threshed wheat in the floore †Therfore when Dauid came to Ornan Ornan beheld him went forth to mete him out of the floore and adored him flatte on the ground †And Dauid sayd to him Geue me the place of thy floore that I may build therein an altar to our Lord so that thou take as much siluer as it is worth and the plague may cease from the people †And Ornan sayd to Dauid Take it and let my lord the king doe whatsoeuer pleaseth him yea the oxen also I geue for holocaust and the dreyes for wood and wheat for sacrifice I wil giue al thinges willingly †And king Dauid sayd to him It shal not be so but I wil geue thee siluer as much as it is worth for I may not take it from thee and so offer to our Lord holocaustes geuen gratis †Dauid therfore gaue Ornan for the place six hundred sicles of gold of most iust weight †And he built there an altar to our Lord and he offered holocaustes and pacifiques and he inuocated our Lord he heard him in fyre from heauen vpon the altar of holocauste †And our Lord commanded the Angel and he turned his sword into the scabbard †Dauid therfore forthwith seing that our Lord had heard him in the floore of Ornan the Iebuseite immolated victimes there †But the tabernacle of our Lord. which Moyses made in the desert and the altar of holocaustes was at that time in the excelse of Gabaon †And Dauid could not goe to the altar to pray God there for he had bene frighted with exceding feare seing the sword of the Angel of our Lord. CHAP. XXII VVorkemen and al necessaries being prepared 6. Dauid commandeth Salomon to build the Temple for so God hath appoynted 13. exhorteth him to serue God 17. and other principal men to assist him AND Dauid sayd This is the house of God and this is an altar for holocauste to Israel †And he commanded that the proselytes of the land of Israel should be gathered to gether and he appoynted of them masons to hewe stones and polish them that the house of God might be built †Dauid prepared also verie much yron for the nayles of the gates and for the ioyninges and ioynctures and of brasse an inmumerable weight †The cedar trees also could not be estemed which the Sidonians and Tyrians brought downe to Dauid †And Dauid sayd Salomon my sonne is yet a litle child and delicate and the house which I would haue to be builded to our Lord must be such as may be renowned in al countries I therfore wil prepare him necessaries And for this cause before his death he prepared al the expenses †And he called Salomon his sonne and commanded him that he should build a house to our Lord the God of Israel †And Dauid sayd to Salomon My sonne it was my wil to haue built a house to the name of our Lord my God †But the word of our Lord was made to me saying Thou hast shed much bloud and fought verie manie battels thou canst not build a house to my name so much bloud being shed before me †the sonne which shal be borne to thee shal be a most quiet man for I wil make him rest from al his enemies round about and for this cause he shal be called Peaceable and I wil geue peace and quietnesse in Israel al his dayes †He shal build a house to my name he shal be to me for a sonne and I wil be to him for a father and I wil establih the throne of his kingdom ouer Israel for euer †Now therfore my sonne Our Lord be with thee and doe thou prosper and build the house to our Lord thy
Arke but the two tables which Moyses had put in Horeb when our Lord gaue the law to the children of Israel coming out of Aegypt †And the Priestes being gone out of the Sanctuarie for al the priestes that could be found there were sanctified neither as yet at that time were the courses and the order of the ministeries deuided among them †as wel the Leuites as the singing men that is both they which were vnder Asaph and they which were vnder Heman and they which were vnder Idithun their sonnes brethren reuested with finne linnen clothes sounded on cymbals and psalteries and harpes standing at the East side of the Altar and with them Priestes an hundred twentie founding with trumpettes †Therfore al sounding together both with trumpettes and voyce and cymbals and organes and with diuerse kind of musical instrumentes and lifteng vp their voice on high the sound was heard far of so that when they began to prayse our Lord and to say Confesse to our Lord because he is good because his mercie is for euer the house of God was filled with a cloud †that the Priestes could not stand and minister for the darkenesse For the glorie of our Lord had filled the house of God CHAP. VI. Salomon blesseth the people 4. prayeth to God geuing thankes for benefites receiued 16. and requesting continual protection and that God wil heare the prayers of the people 32. yea also of strangers that pray in the Temple THEN Salomon sayd Our Lord promised that he would dwel in darkenesse †and I haue built a house to his name that he might dwel there for euer †And the king turned his face and blessed al the multitude of Israel for al the multitude stood attent and sayd †Blessed be our Lord the God of Israel who in worke hath accomplished that which he spake to Dauid my father saying †From the day that I brought my people out of the Land of Aegypt I chose not a citie of al the tribes of Israel that a house might be built in it to my name neither did I choose anie other man to be Duke in my people Israel †but I chose Ierusalem that my name may be in it and I chose Dauid that I might appoynt him ouer my people Israel †And wheras Dauid my father had meant to build a house to the name of our Lord the God of Israel †our Lord sayd to him Because thy wil was this that thou wouldest build a house to my name thou hast done wel certes to haue such a wil †howbeit thou shalt not build the house but thy sonne which shal come out of thy loynes he shal build a house to my name †Our Lord therfore hath accomplished his word which he spake and I am risen for Dauid my father and sit vpon the throne of Israel as our Lord hath spoken and haue built a house to the name of our Lord the God of Israel †And I haue put in it the Arke wherin is the couenant of our Lord which he made with the children of Israel †He therfore stoode before the Altar of our Lord ouer agaynst al the multitude of Israel and stretched forth his handes †For Salomon had made an eminent place of brasse and had put it in the middes of the Temple hauing fiue cubites of length bredth three of height he stoode vpon it afterward kn̄eeling ouer agaynst al the multitude of Israel and his handes lifted vp toward heauen †he sayd Lord God of Israel there is not the like God to thee in heauen and in earth which keepest couenant and mercie with thy seruantes that walke before thee in al their hart †which hast performed to thy seruant Dauid my father what thinges soeuer thou hadst spoken to him and the thinges that by mouth thou hadst promised in worke thou hast accomplished as also the present time proueth †Now therfore Lord God of Israel fulfil to thy seruant my father Dauid what soeuer thou didst speake to him saying There shal not fayle of thee a man before me to sitte vpon the throne of Israel yet so if thy children keepe their waies and walke in my law as thou also hast walked before me †And now Lord God of Israel be thy word confirmed which thou hast spoken to thy seruant Dauid †Is it credible then that God should dwel with men vpon the earth If heauen and the heauens of heauens doe not take thee how much more this house which I haue built †But to this end only it is made that thou shouldest respect the prayer of thy seruant and his supplication Lord my God and mayst heare the prayers which thy seruant powreth out before thee †that thou open thine eies vpon this house daies nightes vpon the place wherein thou hast promised that thy name should be inuocated †and wouldest heare the prayer which thy seruant prayeth in it and mayst heare the prayers of thy seruant and of thy people Israel Whosoeuer shal pray in this place heare out of thy habitation that is from the heauens and be propitious †If anie man shal sinne agaynst his neighbour and come readie to sweare agaynst him and binde himself with a curse before the altar in this house †thou shalt heare from heauen and shalt doe the iudgement of thy seruantes so that thou render to the vniust his way vpon his owne head and reuenge the iust rewarding him according to his iustice †If thy people Israel shal be ouercome of their enemies for they wil sinne to thee and conuerted shal doe penance and besech thy name and pray in this place †thou shalt heare from heauen and be thou propetious to the sinne of thy people Israel and reduce them into the land which thou gauest them and their fathers †If the heauen being shut there fal no rayne for the sinnes of the people and they shal besech thee in this place and shal confesse to thy name and shal be conuerted from their sinnes when thou shalt afflict them †heare from heauen ô Lord and forgeue the sinnes of thy seruantes and of thy people Israel and teach them the good way by the which they may goe and geue rayne to thy land which thou hast geuen thy people to possesse †If famine shal arise in the land and pestilence rust and blast and locust and bruche and the enemies wasting the countries shal besiege the gates of the citie and al plague and infirmitie shal presse them †if any of thy people Israel shal pray knowing their plague and infirmitie and shal spred forth their handes in this house †thou shalt heare from heauen to wit out of thy high habitation and be thou propitious and render to euerie one according to his wayes which thou knowest him to haue in his hart for thou onlie knowest the hartes of the children of men †that they may feare
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
cuâ—â—e the day which are readie to raise vp Leuiathan †Let the â—â—aâ—res be darkened with the mist therof let it expect light and let it not see neither the rysing of the appearing morning †Because it shut not vp the doores of the wombe that bare me nor tooke away euils from myne eies †Why died I not in the matrice perished not forthwith being come forth of the wombe †Why receiued vpon the knees why nurced with the breastes †For now sleping I should be quiet and should rest in my sleepe †With kinges and coâ—â—â—les of the earth which build themselues solitarie places †Or with princes that possesse gold and replenish their â—â—â—â—es with siluer †Or as a thing vnâ—mely borne that is hâ—â— I should not be or as they that being conceiued haue not seene the light †There the impious haue ceased from tumult there the wearied with strength haue â—ested †And they sometime bound together without griefe haue not heard the voyce of the exactor †Litle and great are there and the seruant free from his master †Why is there light geuen to a miserable man and life to them that are in bitternesse of soule †That expect death and it cometh not as they that dig vp treasure †And they reioyce excedingly when they haue found the graue †To a man whose life is hid and God hath compassed him with darkenes †Before I eate I sigh and as it were ouerflowing waters so my roaring †Because the feare which I feared hath chanced to me and that which I was afrayd of hath happened †haue I not dissembled haue I not kept silence haue I not beene at ease and indignation is come vpon me CHAP. IIII. Eliphaz blameth Iob as guiltie of impatience arguing thereupon that he was not so perfect in vertue as he semed 7. and therfore is now punished by God who as Ehiphaz falsly supposeth afflicteth not innocent men 12. alleaging for proofe an imaginarie vision BVT Eliphaz the Themanite answering sayd †If we shal begin to speake to thee perhaps thou wilt take it greuously but the word conceiued who can hold †Behold thou hast taught manie wearie handes thou hast strengthned †Them that wauered thy wordes haue confirmed and trembling knees thou hast strengthened †But now a plague is come vpon thee and thou hast faynred hath touched thee and art trubled †Where is thy feare thy strength thy patience and the perfection of thy wayes †Remember I besech thee who euer being innocent hath perished or when haue the iust bene destroyed †Yea rather I haue sene them that worke iniquitie and sow sorrowes reape them †to haue perished by the blast of God and with the spirit of his wrath to haue bene consumed †The roaring of the lion and the voice of the lionesse the teeth of the whelpes of lions are bruised †The tigre hath perished because he had no praye and the lions whelpes are destroyed †Moreouer to me there was spoken a secret word and as it were by stealth hath mine eare receiued the vaines of the whispering therof †In the horrour of a vision by night when deepe sleepe is wont to hold men †feare held me and trembling and al my bones were made sore afrayd †And when the spirit passed in my presence the heares of my flesh stood vpright †There stood one whose countenance I knew not an image before mine eies and I heard the voyce as it were of a gentle winde †What shal man be iustified in comparison of God or shal a man be more pure then his maker †Behold they that serue him are not stable and in his Angels he found wickednes †How much more they that inhabite houses of clay which haue an earthly foundation shal be consumed as it were of the moth †From morning vntil euening they shal be cut downe and because none vnderstandeth they shal perish foreuer †And they that shal be leaft shal be taken away from them they shal die and not in wisedom CHAP. V. Eliphaz prosecuteth his discourse to conuince Iob of great sinnes because he is sovâ—hemently afflicted 17. exhorteth him therfore to acknowledge his sinnes so al thinges shal succede prosperously CAL therfore if there be that wil answer thee “ turne to some of the sainctes †Anger in deede killeth the foolish and enuie sleaâ—th the litle one †I haue seene a foole with firme roote and I cursed his beautie by and by †His children shal be made far from saluation and shal be destroyed in the gate and there shal be none to deliuer †Whose haruest the hungrie shal eate the armed shal take him by violence and the thirstie shal drinke his riches †Nothing in the â—aâ—th is done without a cause and out of the ground sorrow shal nor rise †Man is borne to labour and the bird to flight †For the which thing I wil besech our Lord and toward God I wil set my speach †Who doeth great and vnsearchable and meruelous things without number †Who geueth raine vpon the face of the earth and watereth al thinges with waters †Wâ—o setteth the humble on high and them that are in heauinesse he conforteth with health †Who disspateth the cogitations of the malignant that their handes can not accompliâ—h that which they bâ—gan †Who apprehendeth the wise in their subâ—â—lâ—ie and dissipareth the counsel of the wicked †By day they shal iâ—cuâ—re darkenesse and as it were in the night so shal they grope at noone daies †Moreouer he shal saue the needâ— from the sword of their mouth and the poore from the hand of the violent †And to the needie there shal be hope but iniquitie shal draw together her mouth †Blessed is the man that is corrected of God refuse not therfore the chastising of our Lord †Because he woundeth and cureth striketh and his hands shal beale †In six tribulations he shal deliuer thee and in the seuenth euil shal not touch thee †In famine he shal deliuer thee from death and in battel from the hand of the sword †From the scourge of the tongue thou shalt be hid thou shalt not feare calamitie when it cometh †In waste and famine thou shalt laugh and the beastes of the earth thou shalt not feare †But with the stones of the landes thy couenant and the beastes of the earth shal be peaceable to thee †And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle hath peace and visiting thy beautie thou shalt not sinne †Thou shalt know also that thy seed shal be manifold and thy progenie as the grasse of the earth †Thou shalt enter into the graue in abundance as a heape of wheate is caryed in his time †Behold this is euen so as we haue searched out which thou hauing heard reuolue in thy mind ANNOTATIONS CHAP.
the time of death 9 He vvil not be angrie alvvayes Origen misunderstood this place and some other like holding an erronius opinion that al euen the most wicked sinners both men and dâ—uels shal at last be saued and not eternally damned which is a condemned heresie contrarie to euident places of holie Scriptures Psal 9 v 6. The impious hath perished their name thou hast destroyed for euer for euer euer Mat. 2â— The wicked shal goe into fire euerlasting into euerlasting punishment Apoc. 20. The beast and the false prophet and the same reason is for al the vvicked shal be tormented day and night for euer and euer Neither are theâ—e vvordes God vvil not be angrie alvvayes spoken vniuersally touching al sinners vvhosoeuer but are limited v 13 17 to those that seare him and kepe his testament vvheras al those that dye in mortal sinne are stil oâ—â—â—â—naâ—e in malice and can neuer rightly repent nor rightly feare God nor kepe his commandments PSALME CIII The Psalmist inuiteth himself and others to praise God for his meruelous workes in the heauens 5. the earth and water 9. limiting their bondes producing al thinges necessarie for al liuing creatures in conuenient seasons 27. With continual prouidence of al. †To Dauid him self MY soule blesse thou our Lord ô Lord my God thou art magnified excedingly †Thou hast put on confession and beautie being clothed with light as with a garment Stretching out the heauen as a skinne †which couerest the higher partes therof with waters Which makest the cloude for thee to ascend on which walkest vpon the winges of windes †Which makest spirites thine Angels and thy ministers a burning fyre †Which hast founded the earth vpon the stabilitie therof it shal not be inclined for euer and euer †The depth as a garment is his clothing vpon the mountaines shal waters stand †At thy reprehention they shal flee at the voice of thy thunder they shal feare †The mountaines ascend and the plaine fildes descend into the place which thou hast founded for them †Thou hast set a bound which they shal not passe ouer neither shal they returne to couer the earth †Which sendestforth fontaines in the valles betwen the middest of mountaines shal waters passe †Al the beastes of the filde shal drinke the wilde asses shal expect in their thirst †Ouer them shal the foules of the ayre inhabite out of the middes of rockes they shal geueforth voices †Watering the mountaines from his higher places of the fruite of thy worke shal the earth be filled †Bringing forth grasse for beastes and herbe for the seruice of men That thou mayst bring forth bread out of the earth †and wine may make the hart of man ioyful That he may make the face chereful with oile and bread may confirme the hart of man †The trees of the silde shal be filled and the ceders of Libanus which he hath planted †there sparowes shal make their nest The house of the hearne is the leader of them †the high mountaines for hartes the rocke a refuge for the Irchins †He made the moone for seasons the sunne knoweth his going downe †Thou didst appoint darkenes and night was made in it shal al the beastes of the wood passe †The whelpes of lions roaring to rauen and to seeke of God meate for themselues †The sunne is risen and they are gathered together and in their couches they shal be placed †Man shal goe forth to his worke and to his working vntil euening †How magnified are thy workes ô Lord thou hast made al thinges in wisedom the earth is filled with thy possession †This great sea and very large there are creeping beastes wherof there is no number Litle beastes with great †there shippes shal passe This dragon whom thou madest to delude †al expect of thee that thou geue them meate in season †Thou geuing vnto them they shal gather it thou opening thy hand al shal be filled with bountie †But thou turning away the face they shal be trubled thou shalt take away their spirite and they shal faile and shal returne into their dust †Thou shalt sendforth thy spirit and they shal be created and thou shalt renewe the face of the earth †Be the glorie of our Lord for euer our Lord wil reioice in his workes †Who looketh vpon the earth maketh it to tremble who toucheth the mountaines and they smoke †I wil chaunte to our Lord in my life I wil sing to my God as long as I am †Let my speach be acceptable to him but I wil take delight in our Lord. †Let sinners faile from the earth and the vniust so that they be not my soule blesse thou our Lord. PSALME CIIII. The Israelites are exhorted to sing praises to God 5. for his meruelous benefites towards Abraham Isaac and Iacob 11. whose particular familie being then smal went from Chanaan into Aegypt 17. Whither Ioseph by Gods prouidence was caried before there increased in number was persecuted 26. deliuered by Moyses and Aaron working manie great miracles 36. protected and fedde in the desert 44. and finally possessed Chanaan Alleluia CONFESSE ye to our Lord and inuocate his name shewforth his workes among the Gentiles †Chaunt to him and sing to him tel ye al his meruelous workes †Prayse ye him in his holie name let the hart of them reioice that seeke our Lord. †Seeke ye our Lord and be confirmed seeke his face alwayes †Remember ye his meruelous workes which he hath done his wonders and the iudgments of his mouth †The seede of Abraham his seruantes the children of Iacob his elect †He is the Lord our God in al the earth are his iudgementes †He hath bene mindeful for euer of his testament of the word which he commanded vnto a thousand generations †Which he disposed to Abraham and of his oath to Isaac †And he appointed it to Iacob for a precept and to Israel for an eternal testament †Saying To thee wil I geue the land of Chanaan the corde of your inheritance †When they were of smal number very few and seiourners therof †And they passed from nation into nation from kingdom to an other people †He leift not a man to hurt them and he rebuked kings for their sake †Touch not my annointed and toward my prophetes be not malignant †And he called a famine vpon the land and he desstroyed al the strength of bread †He sent a man before them Ioseph was sold to be a seruant †They humbled his feete in fetters yron passed through his soule †vntil his word came The word of our Lord inflamed him †the king sent and
prophecie in my name whom I sent not that say There shal not be sword and famine in this land In sword and famine shal those prophetes be consumed †And the peoples to whom they prophecie shal be cast forth in the waies of Ierusalem through famine and sword and there shal be none to burie them they and their wiues their sonnes and their daughters and I wil power out their euil vpon them †And thou shalt say this word vnto them Let mine eies shede teares night and day and not cease because the virgine daughter of my people is afflicted with great affliction with a verie sore plague exceedingly †If I shal goe out to the fieldes loe the slaine with the sword and if I enter into the citie loe the pyned away with famine For the prophet and the priest are gone into a land which they knew not †Why casting of hast thou cast away Iuda or hath thy soule abhorred Sion why then hast thou striken vs so that there is no health we haue expected peace and there is no good and a time of curing and behold truble †We haue knowen ô Lord our impieties the iniquities of our fathers because we haue sinned to thee †Geue vs not into reproche for thy names sake neither make vs to haue the contumelie of the throne of thy glorie remember make not thy couenant with vs voide †Why are there among the sculptils of the Gentiles that can raine or can the heauens geue showers art not thou the Lord our God whom we haue expected for thou hast made al these thinges CHAP. XV. Though Moyses and Samuel should pray for this people yet God hath determined to punish them with plague warre famine and captiuitie 6. for their impenitencie 10. The prophet lamenteth that for his preaching the people is become worse 15. and persecuteth him 19. but God promiseth to deliuer and to reward him AND our Lord said to me “ If Moyses and Samuel shal stand before me my soule is not toward this people cast them out from my face and let them goe forth †And if they shal say vnto thee Whither shal we goe forth thou shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord They that to death to death and they that to sword to sword and they that to famine to famine and they that to captiuitie to captiuitie †And I wil visite vpon them foure kindes saith our Lord The sword to kil and dogges to teare the foules of the ayre and beasts of the earth to deuoure and to destroy †And I wil geue them into rage to al the kingdomes of the earth because of Manasses the sonne of Ezechias the king of Iuda for al thinges that he did in Ierusalem †For who shal haue pitie on thee Ierusalem or who shal be sorie for thee or who shal goe to pray for thy peace †Thou hast forsaken me saith our Lord thou hast gone backward and I wil stretch forth my hand vpon thee and wil kil thee I am wearie in praying thee †And I wil scatter them with a fanne in the gates of the land I haue slayne and destroyed my people yet they are not returned from their waies †Their widowes are multiplied vnto me aboue the sand of the sea I haue brought into them vpon the mother of the youngman a waster at noone day I haue cast terrour sudenly vpon the cities †She is weakned that bare seuen her soule hath fainted the sunne went downe to her when it was yet day she is confounded and ashamed and the residue of them I wil geue vnto the sword in the sight of their enemies saith our Lord. †Woe is me my mother why hast thou borne me a man of brawling a man of discord in al the earth I haue not lent to vsurie neither hath anie man lent vnto me to vsurie al curse me †Our Lord saith If thy remnant shal not be to good if I haue not holpen thee in the time of affliction and in the time of tribulation against the enemie †Why shal yron be confederate with the yron from the North and also brasse †Thy riches and thy treasures I wil geue into spoile for naught for al thy sinnes and in al thy borders †And I wil bring thine enemies out of a land which thou knowest not because a fire is kindled in my furie it shal burne vpon you †Thou knowest ô Lord be mindful of me and visite me and defend me from them that persecute me doe not receiue me in thy patience know that I haue sustayned reproch for thee †Thy wordes were found and I did eate them and thy word was made to me a ioy gladnes of my hart because thy name is inuocated vpon me ô Lord God of hostes †I sate not in the councel of iesters and I haue gloried at the face of thy hand I sate alone because thou hast filled me with threaning †Why is my sorow made perpetual and my desperate plague refuseth to be cured it is become vnto me as a lie of vnfaythful waters †For this cause thus saith our Lord If thou wilt be conuerted I wil conuert thee and thou shalt stand before my face and if thou wilt seperate the pretious thing from the vile thou shalt be as my mouth they shal be turned to thee thou shalt not be turned to them †And I wil geue thee vnto this people as a brasen wal strong and they shal fight against thee and shal not preuaile because I am with thee to saue thee and to deliuer thee saith our Lord. †And I wil deliuer thee out of the hand of the most wicked and I wil redeeme thee out of the hand of strong ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XV. 1. If Moyses and Samuel shal stand before me As before God reueled to this prophet Ieremie that the people should assuredly be punished and therfore prohibited him ch 7. v. 16. ch 11. v. 14 ch 14. v. 11. that he should not pray for them so here he confirmeth the same determinate sentence of their punishment saying If Moyses and Samuel shal stand before me my soule is not tovvards this people That is though not only Ieremie a zelous holie prophet now liuing but also Moyses and Samuel departed from this world long before shal pray for this people yet they shal not escape the designed punishment for their great sinnes By necessarie consequence of which confirmation is also proued that Moyses and Samuel after their death both could and did sometimes pray for the same people For otherwise the particular mention of these prophetes were not to the purpose if they neuer did nor could pray for them And wheras the English glosse in the Geneua Bible supposeth Gods meaning to be that if there vvere anie man liuing moued vvith so great zele tovvards the people as vvere these tvvo yet
Behold I to the prophets dreaming lies saith our Lord which haue told those thinges and haue seduced my people in their lying and in their miracles when I had not sent them nor commanded them who haue not profited this people saith our Lord. †If therefore this people or the prophet or the priest shal aske thee saying What is the burden of our Lord thou shalt say to them We are the burden for I wil cast you forth saith our Lord. †And the prophet and the priest and the people that saith The burden of our Lord wil I visite vpon that man and vpon his house †Thus shal you say euerie one to his brother neighbour What hath our Lord answered and what hath our Lord spoken †And the burden of our Lord shal no more be mentioned because euerie mans burden shal be his owne word you haue peruerted the wordes of the liuing God the Lord of hostes our God †Thus shalt thou say to the prophet What hath our Lord answered thee and what hath our Lord spoken †But if thou shalt say the burden of our Lord for this thus saith our Lord Because you haue said this word The burden of our Lord and I haue sent to you saying Say not The burden of our Lord †Therefore behold I wil take you away carying you and wil forsake you the citie which I haue geuen to you and to your fathers from before my face †And I wil geue you into euerlasting reproch and into eternal ignominie which shal neuer be put away by obliuion CHAP. XXIIII By a parable of good and euil figges is signified 5. the reduction of the penitent from captiuitie 8. and the vexation of those that stayed in Ierusalem or fled into Aegypt OVR Lord shewed me and behold two baskets ful of figges set before the temple of our Lord after that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon transported Iechonias the sonne of Ioakim the king of Iuda and his princes and the craftesman and incloser of Ierusalem and had brought them into Babylon †One basket had very good figges as the figges of the prime time are wont to be and one basket had very naughtie figges which could not be eaten because they were naught †And our Lord said to me What seest thou Ieremie And I said Figges the good figges exceeding good and the naughtie figges exceeding naught which can not be eaten because they are naught †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel As are these good figges so wil I know the transmigration of Iuda which I haue sent forth out of this place into the land of Chaldees vnto good †And I wil set mine eies vpon them to be pacified I wil bring them againe into this land and I wil build them and not destroy and I wil plant them and not plucke them vp †And I wil geue them an hart to know me that I am the Lord and they shal be my people and I wil be their God because they shal returne to me in al their hart †And as are the very naughtie figges that can not be eaten because they are naught thus saith our Lord so wil I geue Sedecias the king of Iuda and his princes and the rest of Ierusalem that haue remained in this citie and that dwel in the Land of Aegypt †And I wil geue them into vexation and affliction to al the kingdomes of the earth into reproch and to be a parable and into a prouerbe and into malediction in al places to which I haue cast them out †And I wil send among them the sword famine and pestilence til they be consumed out of the land which I gaue them and their fathers CHAP. XXV After the peoples contemning to heare Ieremie and other Prophets preaching three twentie yeares 8. he denounceth their assured captiuitie seuentie yeares in Babylon 12. and then the ruine of their enemies 15. Al which wrath of God Ieremie forshsweth to the Iewes 19. and Gentiles 29. Which shal first happen to Gods proper people 36. and so extend to al nations 34. the principal gouerners bewayling their common miserie THE word that was made to Ieremie concerning al the people of Iudain the fourth yeare of Ioakim the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda the same is the first yeare of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon †Which Ieremie the prophet spake to al the people of Iuda and to al the inhabitants of Ierusalem saying †From the thirteenth yeare of Iosias the sonne of Amon king of Iuda vntil this day this is the three twentith yeare the word of our Lord was made to me and I haue spoken to you rising in the night and speaking and you haue not heard †And our Lord hath sent al his seruants the prophets rysing early and sending and you haue not heard not inclined your eares to heare †when he said Returne ye euerie one from his euil way and from your most wicked cogitations and you shal dwel in the land which our â—ord hath geuen you and your fathers from euerlasting for euermore †And goe ye not after strange goddes to serue them adore them nor prouoke me to wrarh in the works of your handes and I wil not afflict you †And you haue not heard me saith our Lord so that you prouoked me to anger in the workes of your handes to your euil †Therfore thus saith the Lord of hostes For that you haue not heard my wordes †behold I wil send and take al the kinreds of the North saith our Lord and Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my seruant and I wil bring them vpon this land and vpon the inhabitants thereof and vpon al the nations that are round about it and I wil kil them and make them into astonishment and hyssing and into euerlasting desolations †And I wil destroy out of them the voice of ioy and the voice of gladnes the voice of the bridegroome and the voice of the bride the noise of the mil and the light of the lampe †And al this land shal be in desolation and into astonishment and al these nations shal serue the king of Bebylon seuentie yeares †And when the seuentie yeares shal be expired I wil visite vpon the king of Babylon and vpon that nation saith our Lord their iniquitie and vpon the land of Chaldees and I wil make it into euerlasting desolations †And I wil bring vpon that land al my wordes that I haue spoken against it al that is written in this booke whatsoeuer Ieremie hath prophecied against al nations †because they haue serued them whereas they were manie nations great kinges and I wil repay them according to their workes and according to the deedes of their handes †Because thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Take the cuppe of wine of this
excelses of Baal which are in the valley of the sonne of Ennom that they might consecrate their sonnes and their daughters to Moloch which I commanded them not neither hath it ascended into my hart that they should doe this abomination and bring Iuda into sinne †And now for these thinges thus saith our Lord the God of Israel to this citie whereof you say that it is deliuered into the handes of the king of Babylon in sword and in famine in pestilence †Behold I wil gather them together out of al landes to which I haue cast them out in my furie and in my wrath and in my great indignation and I wil bring them againe into this place and wil make them dwel confidently †And they shal be my people and I wil be their God †And I wil geue them one hart and one way that they may feare me al daies and it may be wel with them and with their children after them †And I wil make an euerlasting couenant with them and wil not cease to doe them good and I wil geue my feare in their hart that they reuolt not from me †And I wil reioyce vpon them when I shal doe them good and I wil plant them in this land in truth in my whole hart and in al my soule †Because thus saith our Lord As I haue brought vpon this people al this great euil so wil I bring vpon them al the good that I speake to them †And the fieldes shal be possessed in this land whereof you say that it is desolate because there is remayning no man nor beast and it is geuen into the handes of the Chaldees †The fieldes shal be bought for money and shal be written in a booke and the signe shal be stamped on and a witnes shal be taken in the land of Beniamin and round about Ierusalem in the cities of Iuda and in the cities on the mountaines and in the champaine cities and in the cities that are toward the South because I wil conuert their captiuitie saith our Lord. CHAP. XXXIII God promiseth remission of sinnes 10. reduction from captiuitie manie other benefites 14. He wil geue iudgement and iustice in Dauid Christ whose throne the Church 19. shal be glorious 24. and permanent AND the word of our Lord was made to Ieremie the second time when as yet he was shut vp in the court of the prison saying †Thus saith our Lord that wil doe and wil forme it and prepare it the Lord is his name †Crie vnto me and I wil heare thee and I wil tel thee great thinges and and firme thinges which thou knowest not †Because thus saith our Lord the God of Israel to the houses of this citie and to the houses of king of Iuda which are destroyed and to the munitions and to the sword †of them that come to fight with the Chaldees and to fil them with the carcasses of the men whom I haue striken in my furie and in myne indignation hiding my face from this citie because of al their malice †Behold I wil bring to them a scarre and health and wil cure them and I wil reuele vnto them the prayer of peace and truth †And I wil conuert the conuersion of Iuda the conuersion of Ierusalem wil build them as from the beginning †And I wil cleanse them from al their iniquitie wherein they haue sinned to me I wil be propicious to al their iniquities wherein they haue sinned to me despised me †And it shal be to me a name a ioy and a praise and an exultation to al the nations of the earth that shal heare al the good thinges which I wil doe to them and they shal feare and be trubled in al the good thinges in al the peace that I wil make to them †Thus saith our Lord Yet there shal be heard in this place which you say is desolate because there is neither man nor beast in the cities of Iuda and without Ierusalem which are desolate without man and without inhabiter and without beast †the voice of ioy and the voice of gladnes the voice of the bridegroome and the voice of the bride the voice of them that say Confesse ye to the Lord of hostes because our Lord is good because his mercie is for euer and of them that carie vowes into the house of our Lord. For I wil bring backe the conuersion of the land as from the beginning saith our Lord. †Thus saith the Lord of hostes Yet there shal be in this desolate place without man and without beast and in al the cities thereof an habitation of pastours of the resting flockes †In the cities on the mountaines and in the champaine cities and in the cities that are toward the South and in the land of Beniamin and round about Ierusalem and in the cities of Iuda there shal yet passe flockes at the hand of him that numbreth them saith our Lord. †Behold the daies shal come saith our Lord and I wil raise vp the good word that I haue spoken to the house of Israel and to the house of Iuda †In those daies and in that time I wil make the spring of iustice to bud forth vnto Dauid and he shal doe iudgement and iustice in the earth †In those daies shal Iuda be saued and Ierusalem shal dwel confidently this is the name that they shal cal him The Lord of our iust one †Because thus saith our Lord There shal not faile of Dauid a man to sitte vpon the throne of the house of Israel †And of the Priestes and Leuites there shal not faile from before my face a man to offer holocaustes and to burne sacrifice and to kil victimes al daies †And the word of our Lord was made to Ieremie saying †Thus saith our Lord If my couenant with the day can be made voide and my couenant with the night that there be not day and night in their time †also my couenant may be made voide with Dauid my seruant that there be not of him a sonne to reigne in his throne and Leuites and Priestes my ministers †Euen as the starres of heauen can not be numbred and the sand of the sea be measured so wil I multiplie the seede of Dauid my seruant and the Leuites my ministers †And the word of our Lord was made to Ieremie saying †Hast thou not seene what this people hath spoken saying The two kinreds which our Lord had chosen are cast of and they haue despised my people because it is no more a Nation before them †Thus saith our Lord If I haue not set my couenant betwen day and night and lawes to heauen and earth †surely I wil also cast of the seede of Iacob and of Dauid my seruant that I take not of his seede princes of the seede of Abraham
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
†Nabuchodosor the king of Babylon hath eaten me he hath deuoured me he hath made me as an emptie vessel he hath swallowed me vp as a dragon he hath filled his bellie with my tendernes and hath cast me out †Iniquitie against me and my flesh vpon Babylon saith the habitation of Sion and my bloud vpon the inhabitantes of Chaldee saith Ierusalem †Therefore thus saith our Lord Behold I wil iudge thy cause and wil reuenge thy vengeance and I wil make her sea desolate and wil drie vp her vayne †And Babylon shal be into heapes the habitation of dragons astonishment and hissing because there is not an inhabiter †They shal roare together as lions they shal shake the manes as the whelpes of lions †In their heate I wil set their drinke and I wil make them drunke that they may be drousie and sleepe an euerlasting sleepe not arise saith our Lord. †I wil leade them as lambes to be a victime and as rammes with kiddes †How is Sesach taken and the noble one of al the earth apprehended How is Babylon become an astonishment among the Gentiles †The sea is come vp ouer Babylon she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof †Her cities are become an astonishment a land inhabitable and desolate a land wherein none can dwel nor sonne of man may passe by it †And I wil visite vpon Bel in Babylon and I wil cast out of his mouth that which he had swallowed and the Gentiles shal no more runne together vnto him for the wall also of Babylon shal fal †Goe out of the middes of her my people that euerie one may saue his life from the wrath of the furie of our Lord. †And lest perhaps your hartes faint and ye feare the bruite that shal be heard in the land and there shal come a bruite in the yeare and after this yeare a bruite and iniquitie in the land and ruler vpon ruler †Therefore behold the daies come and I wil visite vpon the sculptiles of Babylon and al her land shal be confounded and al her slaine shal fal in the middes of her †And the heauens and the earth shal prayse vpon Babylon and al thinges that are in them because spoylers shal come to her from the North saith our Lord. †And as Babylon caused that there should fal slaine in Israel so of Babylon there shal fal slaine in the whole land †You that haue escaped the sword come stand not remember our Lord a farre of and let Ierusalem ascend vpon your hart †We are confounded because we haue heard reproch ignominie hath couered our faces because strangers are come vpon the sanctification of the house of our Lord. †Therefore behold the daies come saith our Lord and I wil visite vpon her sculptiles and in al her land the wounded shal roare †If Babylon shal ascend vp into heauen and stablish her strength on high from me there shal come wasters of her saith our Lord. †A voice of crving from Babylon and great destruction from the Land of the Chaldees †because our Lord hath wasted Babylon and destroyed out of it the great voice and their waues shal sound as manie waters their voice hath geuen a sound †Because the spoyler is come vpon her that is vpon Babylon and her valiants are apprehended and their bow is weakened because the strong reuenger our Lord rendring wil repay †And I wil inebriate her princes and her wise men and her dukes and her magistrates and her valiants and they shal sleepe an euerlasting sleepe and shal not awake saith the king the Lord of hostes is his name †Thus saith the Lord of hostes That most brode wal of Babylon by vndermyning shal be vndermined and her high gates shal be burnt with fire and the labours of the peoples shal come to nothing and of the nations shal be into the fire and shal perish †The word that Ieremie the prophete commanded Saraias the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasias when he went with Sedecias the king into Babylon in the fourth yeare of his kingdome and Saraias was the prince of prophecie †And Ieremie wrote al the euil that was to come vpon Babylon in one booke al these wordes that are written against Babylon †And Ieremie said to Saraias When thou shalt come into Babylon and shalt see and shalt reade al these wordes †thou shalt say Lord thou hast spoken against this place to destroy it that there be none to inhabite it from man euen vnto beast and that it be a perpetual wildernesse †And when thou shalt haue finished reading this booke thou shalt tye a stone to it and shalt throw it into the middes of Euphrates †and thou shalt say So shal Babylon be drowned she shal not rise vp from the face of the affliction that I wil bring vpon her and she shal be dissolued Hitherto the wordes of Ieremie CHAP. LII A Recapitulation of the taking of Ierusalem after two yeares siege 7. king Sedecias taken in flight 10. his children slaine before his eyes with other nobles 11. his eyes put out and so lead into Babylon 12. the Temple the Palace and other houses burnt the people caried into captiuitie 15. few excepted to til the land 17. the two brasen pillars lauatorie and al the treasure taken away 24. Al the captiues at diuers times foure thousand six hundred 31. Finally king Ioachin is exalted in the court A Child of one and twentie yeares was Sedecias when he began to reigne and eleuen yeares he reigned in Ierusalem and the name of his mother was Amital the daughter of Ieremie of Lobna †And he did euil in the eyes of our Lord according to al thinges that Ioakim had done †Because the furie of our Lord was against Ierusalem and against Iuda til he cast them away from his face and Sedecias reuolted from the king of Babylon †And it came to passe in the ninth yeare of his reigne in the tenth moneth the tenth of the moneth came Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon him self and al his armie against Ierusalem and they besieged it and built against it munitions round about †And the citie was besieged vntil the eleuenth yeare of king Sedecias †And in the fourth moneth the ninth of the moneth a famine possessed the citie and there were no victuals for the people of the land †And a breache was made into the citie and al the men of warre fled and went out of the citie in the night by the way of the gate that is betwen the two walles leadeth to the kinges garden the Chaldees besieging the citie round about and they departed by the way that leadeth into the wildernes †But the armie of the Chaldees pursued the king and they apprehended Sedecias in the desert which is beside Iericho and al his trayne fled scattering from him †And when
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
the middes of the slaine by the sword they shal fal the sword is geuen they haue drawen her and al her peoples †The most mightie of the strong shal speake to him from the middes of hel which went downe with his helpers and slept vncircumcised slame by the sword †There Assur and al his multitude round about him their graues al the slaine and they that fel by the sword †Whose graues were made in the lowest lakes and his multitude was made round about his graue al the slaine and they that fel by the sword which sometime had geuen feare in the land of the liuing †There Aelam and al the multitude therof round about her graue al these slaine and falling by the sword that went downe vncircumcised to the lowest earth which did put their terrour in the land of the liuing and they haue borne their ignominie with them that goe downe into the lake †In the middes of their slaine they haue set her couche among al her peoples round about him their graâ—e al these vncircumcised and slaine by the sword for they gaue their terrour in the land of the liuing and haue borne their ignominie with them that descend into the lake they are layde in the middes of the slaine †There Mosoch and Thubal and al their multitude round about him their graues al these vncircumcised and slaine and falling by the sword because they gaue their feare in the land of the liuing †And they shal not sleepe with the valients and them that fel and the vncircumcised that went downe to hel with their weapons and put their swordes vnder their heades and their iniquities were in their bones because they were made the terrour of the valients in the land of the liuing †And thou therfore shalt be destroyed in the middes of the vncircumcised and shalt sleepe with the slaine by the sword †There Idumea and her kinges al her princes which were geuen with their host with the slaine by the sword and which slept with the vncircumcised and with them that goe downe into the lake †There al the princes of the North and al the hunters which were brought downe with the slaine fearing and in their strength confounded which slept vncircumcised with the slaine by the sword and haue borne their ignominie with them that goe downe into the lake †Pharao saw them and he was comforted vpon al his multitude which was slaine by the sword Pharao and al his host saith our Lord God †because I gaue his terrour in the land of the liuing he slept in the middes of the vncircumcised with the slaine by the sword Pharao and al his multitude saith our Lord God CHAP. XXXIII By example of a watchman 7. God chargeth the prophet to declare whatsoeuer dangers he seeth imminent to the people 10. Sinners repenting shal be saued and if the iust leaue their iustice they shal be damned 21. The promise made to Abraham maketh not the Iewes secure 23. but for their enormious sinnes they shal be caried out captiues 33. Then they shal know that the prophet said the truth AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man speake to the children of thy people and thou shalt say to them The land when I shal bring the sword in vpon it and the people of the land take a man one of their meanest make him a watchman ouer them †and he shal see the sword coming vpon the land and sound with the trumpet tel the people †and he that heareth the sound of the trumpet whosoeuer he be and doth not looke to himselfe and the sword come and take him his bloud shal be vpon his head †He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not looke to himself his bloud shal be on himself but if he shal looke to himself he shal saue his life †And if the watchman see the sword coming and sound not with the trumpet and the people looke not to them selues and the sword come and take a soule from among them he certes is caught in his iniquitie but his bloud I wil require of the hand of the watchman †And thou sonne of man I haue made thee a watchman to the house of Israel hearing therfore the word from my mouth thou shalt tel them from me †If when I say to the impious O thou impious dying thou shalt dye thou speake not that the impious may keepe himself from his way the impious himself shal dye in his iniquitie but his bloud I wil require at thy hand But if thou telling the impious that he conuert from his wayes he conuert not from his way he shal dye in his iniquitie but thou hast deliuered thy soule †Thou therfore ô sonne of man say to the house of Israel Thus you haue spoken saying Our iniquities and our sinnes are vpon vs in them we fade away how then can we liue †Say to them Liue I sayeth our Lord God I wil not the death of the impious but that the impious conuert from his way and liue Conuert conuert ye from your most euil wayes and why wil you dye ô house of Israel †Thou therfore sonne of man say to the children of thy people The iustice of the iust shal not deliuer him in what day soeuer he shal sinne and the impietie of the impious shal not hurt him in what day soeuer he shal conuert from his impietie and the iust can not liue in his iustice in what day soeuer he shal sinne †Yea if I shal say to the iust that liuing he shal liue and he trusting in his iustice doe iniquitie al his iustices shal be forgotten and in his iniquitie which he hath wrought in the same shal he dye †And if I shal say to the impious Dying thou shalt dye and he do penance from his sinne do iudgement and iustice †and the same impious restore pledge and render robberie walke in the commandments of life and doe not anie vniust thing liuing he shal liue shal not dye †Al his sinnes which he hath sinned shal not be imputed to him he hath done iudgement and iustice liuing he shal liue †And the children of thy people haue said The way of our Lord is nor of equal weight their owne way is vniust †For when the iust shal depart froÌ„ his iustice and doe iniquities he shal dye in them †And when the impious shal depart from his impictie and shal doe iudgements and iustice he shal liue in them †And you say The way of our Lord is not right euery one according to his wayes wil I iudge of you ô house of Israel †And it came to passe in the twelfth yeare in the tenth moneth in the fifth of the moneth of our transmigration there came to me one that was fled from Ierusalem saying The citie is made waste
my hil a blessing and I wil bring downe the showere in his time there shal be raynes of blessing †And the tree of the filde shal geue his fruite and the earth shal geue her spring and they shal be in their land without feare and they shal know that I am the Lord when I shal haue broken the cheynes of their yoke and shal haue deliuered them out of the hand of those that rule ouer them †And they shal be no more for a spoile in the Gentiles neither shal the beastes of the earth deuoure them but they shal dwel confidently without any terrour †And I wil raise vp vnto them a bud of name and they shal be no more diminished for famine in the land neither shal they beare anie more the reproch of the Gentiles †And they shal know that I the Lord their God with them and they my people the house of Israel saith our Lord God †And you my flockes the flockes of my pasture are men and I the Lord your God saith our Lord God CHAP. XXXV An other prophecie against the Idumeans 5. because they afflicted the Israelites AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man set thy face against mount Seir and thou shalt prophecie of it and shalt say to it †Thus saith our Lord God Behold I to thee mount Seir and I wil stretch forth my hand vpon thee and wil make thee desolate and desert †Thy cities I wil destroy and thou shalt be desert and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. †For that thou hast bene an euerlasting enemie and hast shutvp the children of Israel into the handes of the sword in the time of their affliction in the time of extreme iniquitie †Therfore liue I saith our Lord God that I wil deliuer thee vnto bloud bloud shal persecute thee wheras thou hast hated bloud bloud shal persecute thee †And I wil make mount Seir desolate and desert and I wil take from it the comer and goer †And I wil fil his mountaines with his slaine in thy hilles and in thy valleis and in the torrents shal the slaine with the sword fal †Into euerlasting desolations wil I deliuer thee and thy cities shal not be inhabited and thou shalt know that I am the Lord God †For that thou hast said The two nations and the two landes shal be mine and I wil possesse them by inheritance wheras our Lord was there †Therfore liue I saith our Lord God that I wil doe according to thy wrath and according to thy zele which thou hast vsed hating them and I wil be made knowne by them when I shal haue iudged thee †And thou shalt know that I the Lord haue heard al thy reproches that thou hast spoken of the montaines of Israel saying They are desert they are geuen vnto vs to deuoure †And you rose vp vpon me with your mouth haue derogated your wordes against me I heard it †Thus saith our Lord God Al the earth reioycing I wil bring thee into a wildernes †As thou hast reioyced vpon the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was dissipated so wil I doe to thee Thou shalt be dissipated mount Seir and al Idumea and they shal know that I am the Lord. CHAP. XXXVI The Iewes shal be reduced from captiuitie 13. their maners amended 16. which are enormious 22. by special grace of God for the glorie of his name 25. fulfilled by Christs baptisme AND thou sonne of man prophecie concerning the mountainnes of Israel and thou shalt say Mountainnes of Israel heare ye the word of our Lord †Thus saith our Lord God For that the enemie hath sayd of you Aha the euerlasting heightes are geuen to vs for an inheritante †therfore prophecie say Thus saith our Lord God For that you haue bene desolate and troden downe round about and made an inheritance to the rest of the Gentils and haue ascended vpon the lippe of the tongue the reproche of the people †therfore ye mountaines of Israel heare the word of our Lord God Thus sayth our Lord God to the mountaines and hilles to the torrents and valleis the deserts and broken walleis to the cities forsaken which are spoiled scotned of the rest of the Nations round about †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Because in fyre of my zele I haue spoken of the rest of the nations and of al Iduma which haue geuen my land to themselues for an inheritance with ioy and with al their hart and with the minde and haue cast it forth to waste it †therfore prophecie concerning the ground of Israel and thou shalt say to the montaines hilles to the hiltoppes and valleis Thus saith our Lord God Behold I haue spoken in my zele in my furie because you haue susteyned the confusion of the Gentiles †Therfore thus sayth our Lord God I haue lifted my hand that the Gentiles which are round about you they may beare their confusion †But you ô mountaines of Israel may shoote forth your boughes and bring forth your fruite to my people of Israel for he is at hand to come †Because loe I to you and I wil turne to you and you shal be ploughed and shal take seede †And I wil multiplie in you men al the house of Israel and the cities shal be inhabited and the ruinous places shal be repayred †And I wil replenish you with men and with beasts and they shal be multiplied and increase and I wil make you dwel as from the beginning and wil endewe you with greater giftes then you haue had from the beginning and you shal know that I am the Lord. †And I wil bring men vpon you my people Israel and they shal possesse thee by inheritance and thou shalt be for an inheritance to them and thou shalt adde no more to be without them †Thus saith our Lord God For that they say of you A deuourer of men thou art and one that doest suffocate thy nation †Therfore thou shalt eare men no more and thy nation thou shalt kil no more saith our Lord God †neither wil I make the confusion of the Gentils to be heard in thee anie more and the reproch of the people thou shalt not beare and thy nation thou shalt lose no more saith our Lord God †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man the house of Israel dwelt in their ground and polluted it in their wayes and in their studies according to the vncle anes of a menstruous woman was their way made before me †And I haue powred out mine indignation vpon them for the bloud which they haue shed vpon the land and in their idols haue polluted it †And I haue dispersed them into the Gentils and they are scattered into the landes according to their
it shal be in that day saith our Lord God The sunne shal goe downe at midday I wil make the earth to be darke in the day of light †And I wil turne your festiuities into mourning and al your songues into lamentation and I wil bring in vpon euerie backe of yours sack cloth and vpon euerie head baldnes and I wil lay it as the mourning of an onlie begotten sonne and the later end therof as a bitter day †Behold the dayes come saith our Lord and I wil send forth famine into the land not the famine of bread nor thirst of water but of hearing the word of the Lord. †And they shal be moued from the sea euen to sea and from the North euen to the East they shal goe about seeking the word of our Lord and shal not finde †In that day the fayre virgins shal faile the yongmen in thirst †They that sweare by the sinne of Samaria and say Thy God ô Dan liueth and the way of Bersebee liueth and they shal fal and shal rise no more CHAP. IX The great destruction of Ierusalem 8. and dispersion of al the Iewes are againe prophecied 11. with the conuersion of Gentils and the Church of Christ shal greatly prosper I SAW our Lord standing vpon the altar and he sayd †Strike the henges let the lintels be moued for there is auarice in the head of al and the last of them wil I kil by the sword there shal be no flight for them they shal flee and he shal not be saued that shal flee of them †If they shal descend euen to hel thence shal my hand bring them out and if they shal a scend enen to heauen thence wil I plucke them downe †And if they shal be hid in the toppe of Carmel thence searching wil I take them away and if they shal hide themselues from mine eyes in the depth of the sea there wil I command the serpent he shal bite them †And if they shal go into captiuitie before their enemies there wil I command the sword and it shal kil them And I wil set mine eyes vpon them to euil and not to good †And our Lord the God of hostes which toucheth the earth and it shal melt away and al that dwel therein shal mourne and it shal al rise as a riuer and shal runne downe as the floud of Aegypt †He that buildeth in heauen his ascension and hath founded his bundel vpon the earth who calleth the waters of the sea and powreth them out vpon the face of the earth the Lord is his name †Why are not you as the children of the Aethiopians vnto me ô children of Israel saith our Lord Did not I make Israel to ascend out of the Land of Aegypt and the Palesthins out of Cappadocia and the Syrians out of Cyrenee †Behold the eyes of our Lord God vpon the sinning kingdom I wil destroy it from the face of the earth but yet destroying I wil not destroy the house of Iacob sayth our Lord. †For behold I wil command and wil shake the house of Israel in al nations as wheate is shaken in a sieue and there shal not a litle stone fal vpon the earth †Al the sinners of my people shal fal by the sword which say The euil shal not approch shal not come vpon vs. †In that day I wil rayse vp the tabernacle of Dauid that was fallen I wil reedifie the breaches of the walles therof and those thinges that were fallen I wil repayre and I wil reedifie him as in the dayes of old †That they may possesse the remnant of Idumea and al nations because that my name is inuocated vpon them saith our Lord that doth these thinges †Behold the dayes come saith our Lord and the plougher shal ouertake the reaper the treader of the grape him that soweth sede and the mountaynes shal droppe sweetnes and al hilles shal be tilled †And I wil conuert the captiuitie of my people Israel and they shal build the desert cities inhabite and shal plant vineyards and drinke the wine of them shal make gardens and eate the fruites of them And I wil plant them vpon their owne ground I wil no more plucke them out of their land which I haue geuen them sayth our Lord thy God THE PROPHECIE OF ABDIAS ABDIAS borne in Sichem of the tribe of Ephraim prophecied the same time with Amos so briefly that his prophecie is not parted into chapters I. against the Idumeans foreshewing their destruction 10. for their perpetual emnitie against the lewes and confederacie with the Chaldees 17. The captiuitie and relaxation of the lewes 19. And redemption of the whole world by Christ THE vision of Abdias Thus sayth our Lord God to Edom We haue heard a bruit from our Lord and he hath sent a legate to the Gentils Rise ye and let vs arise against him into battel †Behold I haue geuen thee a litle one in the Gentils thou art contēptible excedingly †The pride of thy hart hath extolled thee dwelling in the clefts of rockes exalting thy throne which sayst in thy hart Who shal plucke me downe to the earth †If thou shalt be exalted as an eagle and if thou shalt set thy nest among the starres thence wil I plucke thee downe sayth our Lord. †If theues had gone in to thee if robbers by night how hadst thou held thy peace would not they haue stolen thinges sufficent for themselues if the grape gatherers had entered in to thee would they not haue left thee at the least a cluster †How haue they searched Esau haue they sought out his hidden thinges †Euen to the border haue they cast thee out al the men of thy league haue mocked thee the men of thy peace haue preuailed against thee they that eate with thee shal lay embushments vnder thee there is no wisedom in him †Why shal not I in that day sayth our Lord destroy the wise out of Idumea and prudence from the mount of Esau †And thy valients of the South shal feare that man may perish from the mount of Esau †For the slaughter and for the iniquitie against thy brother Iacob confusion shal couer thee and thou shalt perish for euer †In the day when thou stoodest against him when strangers tooke his armie and foreners entered his gates and vpon Ierusalem cast lotte thou also wast as one of them †And thou shalt not dispise in the day of thy brother in the day of his peregrination and thou shalt not reioyce ouer the children of Iuda in the day of their perdition thou shalt not magnifie thy mouth in the day of distresse †Neither shalt thou enter the gate of my people in the day of their ruine neither shalt thou also
†My righthand shal not spare sinners neither shal the sword cease vpon them that shede innocent bloud vpon the earth †Fire came forth from his wrath and hath deuoured the fundations of the earth and sinners as it were straw set on fire †Woe to them that sinne and obserue not my comandmentes sayth our Lord. †I wil not spare them depart ô children from the powre Defile not my sanctification †because the Lord knoweth al that sinne against him therefore hath he deliuered them into death and into slaughter †For now are euils come vpon the world and you shal tarrie in them For God wil not deliuer you because you haue sinned against him †Behold an horrible vision and the face of it from the east †And the nations of dragons of Arabians shal come forth in manie chariots as a winde the number of them is caried vpon the earth so that now al doe feare and tremble that shal heare them †the Carmonians madde for anger and they shal goe forth as wild boares out of the wood they shal come with great power and shal stand in fight with them they shal waste the portion of the land of the Assirians †And after these thinges the dragons shal preuaile mindful of their natiuitie and conspiring shal turne themselues in great force to pursue them †These shal be trubled and hold their peace at their force and shal turne their fete into flight †And from the territorie of the Assirians the besiegers shal beseige them and shal consume one of them and there shal be feare and trembling in their armie and contention against their kinges †Behold cloudes from the east and from the north vnto the south and their face very horrible ful of wrath and storme †And they shal beate one against an other and they shal beate downe manie starres and their starre vpon the earth and bloud shal be from the sword vnto the bellie †And mans dung vnto the camels litter and there shal be much feare and trembling vpon the earth †And they shal shake that shal see that wrath and tremble shal take them and after these thinges there shal manie showers be moued †from the south and the north and an other portion from the weast †And the windes from the east shal preuaile vpon it and shal shut it vp and the cloudes which he raised in wrath and the starre to make terrour to the east winde and the west shal be destroyed †And there shal be exalted great and mightie cloudes ful of wrath and a starre to terrifie al the earth and the inhabitantes therof and they shal powre in vpon euerie high and eminent place a terrible starre †fire and haile and flying swordes and manie waters so that al fildes also shal be filled and al riuers with the fulnes of manie waters †And they shal throw downe cities and walles and mountaines and hilles and the trees of the woodes and the grasse of the medowes and their corne †And they shal passe constant vnto Babylon and shal raise her †They shal come together against her and shal compasse her and shal power out the starre and al wrath vpon her and the dust and smoke shal goe vp euen into heauen and round about shal lament her †And they that shal remaine vnder her shal serue them that terified her †And thou Asia agreeing into the hope of Babylon and the glorie of her person †woe be to thee thou wretch because thou art like to her and hast adorned thy daughters in fornication to please glorie in thy louers which haue desired alwayes to fornicate with thee †Thou hast imitated the odious in al her workes and in her inuentions therefore sayth God †I wil send in euils vpon thee widow hood pouertie and famine and sword and pestilence to destroy thy houses by violation and death and glorie of thy vertue †As a flower shal be withered when the heate shal rise that is sent forth vpon thee †thou shalt be weakned as a litle poore soule plaged and chastised of wemen that the mightie and the louers may not receiue thee †Wil I be zealous against thee sayth our Lord †vnles thou hadst slayne myne elect at al times exalting the slaughter of the handes and saying vpon their death when thou wast drunken †Adorne the beautie of thy countenance †The reward of thy fornication is in thy bosome therefore thou shalt receiue recompence †As thou shalt doe to my elect sayth our Lord so shal God do to thee and shal deliuer thee vnto euil †And thy children shal dye for famine and thou shalt fal by the sword and thy cities shal be destroyed al thyne shal fal in the filde by the sword †And they that are in the mountaines shal perish with famine and shal eate their owne flesh drinke kloud for the famine of bread and thirst of waters †Vnhappie by the seas shalt thou come and againe thou shalt receuie euils †And in the passage they shal beate against the idle citie and shal destroy some portion of thy land and shal deface part of thy glorie againe returning to Babylon ouerthrowen †And being throwen downe thou shalt be to them for stubble and they shal be to thee fire †and deuoure thee and thy cities thy land and thy mountaynes al thy woodes and fruitful trees they wil burne with fire †Thy children they shal lead captiue shal haue thy goodes for a praye and the glorie of thy face they shal destroy CHAP. XVI Al are admonished that extreme calamities shal fal vpon this world 36. the penitent returning to iustice shal escape 55. as al thinges were made by Gods omnipotent powre at his wil so al thinges shal serue to the reward of the blessed and punishment of the wicked VVOE to thee Babylon Asia woe to thee Aegypt and Syria †Gird yourselues with sackclothes and shirtes of heare mourne for your children be sorie because your destruction is at hand †The sword is sent in vpon you and who is he that can turne it away †Fire is sent in vpon you and who is he that can quench it †Euiles are sent in vpon you and who is he that can repel them †Shal anie man repel the lion being hungrie in the woode or quench the fire in stubble forthwith when it beginneth to burne †Shal anie man repel the arrow shot of a strong archer †Our strong Lord sendeth in euiles and who is he that can repel them †Fire came forth from his wrath and who is he that can quench it †He wil lighten who shal not feare he wil thunder and who shal not be afrayde †Our Lord wil threaten and who shal not vtterly be destroyed before his face †The earth hath trembled and the fundations thereof the sea tosseth vp waues from the