vpon the head wherof Aaron his sonnes shal lay their handes †Which when thou hast killed thou shalt take of the bloud therof and powre round about the Altar †And the ramme it selfe thou shalt cut into peeces and his entralles and feete being washed thou shalt put vpon the flesh cut in peeces and vpon his head †And thou shalt offer the whole ramme for a burnt sacrifice vpon the Altar it is an oblation to the Lord a most sweete sauoure of the victime of the Lord. †Thou shalt take also the other â—amme vpon whose head Aaron and his sonnes shal lay their handes †Which when thou hast immolated thou shalt take of his bloud and put vpon the tippe of the right eare of Aaron and of his sonnes and vpon the thumbes and great toes of their right hand and foote and thou shalt powre the bloud vpon the Altar round about †And when thou hast taken of the bloud that is vpon the Altar and of the oile of vnction thou shalt sprinkle Aaron and his vesture his sonnes their vestmentes And after they and their vestmentes are consecrated †thou shalt take the fatte of the ramme and the tayle the talow that couereth the lunges and the caule of the liuer and the two kidneies and the fatte that is vpon them and the right shoulder because it is the ramme of consecration †and a peece of one loafe a cake tempered with oile a wafer out of the basket of azymes which is sette in the sight of the Lord †and thou shalt put al vpon the handes of Aaron and of his sonnes and shalt sanctifie them eleuating before the Lord. †And thou shalt take al from their handes and shalt burne them vpon the Altar for an holocauste a most sweete sauour in the sight of the Lord because it is his oblation †Thou shalt take also the brest of the ramme wherwith Aaron was consecrated and eleuating it thou shalt sanctifie it before the Lord and it shal fal to thy patt †And thou shalt sanctifie both the consecrated brest and the shoulder that thou didst separate of the ramme †wherwith Aaron was consecrated and his sonnes and they shal fal to Aarons part and his sonnes by a perpetual right from the children of Israel because they are the primitiues and beginninges of their pacifique victimes which they offer to the Lord. †And the holie vesture which Aaron shal vse his sonnes shal haue after him that they may be anoynted and their handes consecrated in it †He of his sonnes that shal be appoynted high priest in his steede that shal enter into the tabernacle of testimonie to minister in the Sanctuarie shal weare it seuen dayes †And thou shalt take the ramme of the consecration and shalt boyle the flesh therof in a holie place †which Aaron shal eate and his sonnes The loâ—ues also that are in the basket they shal eate in the entrie of the tabernacle of testimonie †that it may be a placable sacrifice and the handes of the offerers may be sanctified A stranger shal not eate of them because they are holie †And if there remaine of the consecrated flesh or of the bread til the morning thou shalt burne the remaynes with fire they shal not be eaten because they are sanctified †Al that I haue commanded thee thou shalt doe vpon Aaron and his sonnes Seuen dayes shalt thou consecrate their handes †and thou shalt offer a calfe for sinne euerie day for expiation And thou shalt cleanse the Altar when thou hast offered the hoste of expiation and shalt anoynt it vnto sanctification †Seuen dayes shalt thou expiate the altar sanctifie it and it shal be most Holie euerie one that shal touch it shal be sanctified †This is it which thou shalt doe vpon the Altar Two lambes of a yeare old euerie day continually †one lambe in the morning an other at euen †the tenth part of flowre tempered with oile beaten which shal haue in measure the fourth part of an hin and wine for libation of the same measure to one lambe †And the other lambe thou shalt offer at euen according to the rite of the morning oblation and according to that which we haue said for a sauour of sweetnesse †it is a sacrifice to the Lord by perpetual oblation vnto your generations at the doore of the tabernacle of testimonie before the Lord where I wil appoint to speake vnto thee †And there wil I command the children of Israel and the Altar shal be sanctified in mv glorie †I wil sanctifie also the tabarnacle of testimonie with the Altar and Aaron with his sonnes to doe the function of priesthood vnto me †And I wil dwel in the middes of the children of Israel and wil be their God †and they shal know that I am the Lord their God that haue brought them out of the Land of Aegypt that I might abide among them I the Lord their God CHAP. XXX How and of what matter the Altar of incense shal be made 12. VVhat money shal be gathered for the vse of the Tabernacle 18. A brasen lauer is also to be made 25. and holie oile of vnction THOV shalt make also an Altar to burne incense of the wood setim †hauing a cubite of length and an other of bredth that is foure square and two cubites in height The hornes shal procede out of the same †And thou shalt plate it with the purest gold as wel the grate therof as the walles round about and the hornes And thou shalt make to it a crowne of gold round about †and two golden ringes vnder the crowne on either side that the barres may be put into them and the Altar may be caried †The barres also them selues thou shalt make of the wood setim and shalt plate them with gold †And thou shalt set the Altar against the veile that hangeth before the arke of testimonie before the propitiatorie wherwith the testimonie is couered where I wil speake to thee †And Aaron shal burne incense vpon it swetely fragrant in the morning When he shal dresse the lampes he shal burne it †and when he shal place them at euen he shal burne incense euerlasting before the Lord through your generations †You shal not offer vpon it incense of an other composition nor oblation and victime neitheir shal you offer libamentes †And Aaron shal pray vpon the hornes therof once a yeare with the bloud of that which was offered for sinne and shal pacifie vpon it in your generations It shal be most Holie to the Lord. †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †When thou shalt take the summe of the children of Israel according to their number euerie one of them shal giue a price for their soules to the Lord and there shal be no scourge among them when they shal be reckened †And this shal euerie one giue
that passeth to the naming halfe a sicle according to the measure of the temple A sicle hath twentee aboles The halfe part of a sicle shal be offered to the Lord. †He that is accounted in the number for twentie yeares and vpward shal giue price †The rich man shal not adde to halfe a sicle and the poore man shal diminish nothing †And the money being receiued which was contributed of the children of Israel thou shalt deliuer vnto the vses of the tabernacle of testimonie that it may be a monument of them before the Lord and he may be propitious to their soules †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Thou shalt make also a lauer with his foote of brasse to wash in and thou shalt set it betwen the tabernacle of the testimonie and the Altar And water being put into it †Aaron and his sonnes shal wash therin their handes and feete †when they are going into the tabernacle of testimonie and when they are to come vnto the Altar to offer on it incense to the Lord †lest perhappes they die it shal be an euerlasting law to him and to his seede by successions †And our Lord spake to Moyses †saying Take spices of principal and chosen myrrh fiue hundred sicles and of cinnamon halfe so much that is two hundred fiftie sicles of calamus in like maner two hundred fiftie †and of casia fiue hundred sicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie of oile of oliues the measure hin †and thou shalt make the holie oile of vnction an ointment compounded by the art of an vnguentarie †and therof thou shalt anoynt the tabernacle of testimonie and the arke of the testament †and the table with the vessel therof the candlesticke and the furniture therof the Altars of incense †and of holocauste and al the furniture that perteyneth to the seruice of them †And thou shalt sanctifie al and they shal be most Holie he that shal touch them shal be sanctified †Thou shalt anoynt Aaron and his sonnes and shalt sanctifie them that they may doe the function of priesthood vnto me †To the children of Israel also thou shalt say This oile of vnction shal be holie vnto me through your generations †The flesh of man shal not be anoynted therewith and you shal make none other after the composition of it because it is sanctified and shal be holie vnto you †What man soeuer shal compound such and shal giue therof to a stranger shal be abandoned out of his people †And our Lord said to Moyses Take vnto thee spices stactee and onycha galbanum of swete sauour and the clearest frankincense al shal be of equal weight †and thou shalt make incense compounded by the worke of an vnguentarie exactly tempered and pure and most worthie of sanctification †And when thou hast beaten al into verie smal pouder thou shalt set of it before the tabernacle of testimonie in the place where I wil appeare to thee Most Holie shal the incense be vnto you †Such confection you shal not make vnto your owne vses because it is holie to the Lord. †What man soeuer shal make the like to enioy the smel therof shal perish out of his people CHAP. XXXI Beseleel and Ooliab are deputed by our Lord to make the Tabernacle and the things belonging thereto 12. The obseruation of the sabbath day is againe commanded 18 And our Lord deliuereth to Moyses tvvo tables vvritten with the singer of God AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Behold I haue called by name Beseleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iuda †and I haue replenished him with the spirit of God with wisdome vnderstanding and knowledge in al worke †to deuise whatsoeuer may be artificially made of gold and siluer and brasse †of marble and precious stones and diuersitie of wood †And I haue geuen him for his felow Ooliab the sonne of Achisamech of the tribe of Dan. And in the hart of euerie skilful man haue I put wisdome that they may make al things which I haue commanded thee †the tabernacle of couenant and the arke of testimonie and the propitiatorie that is ouer it and al the vessel of the tabernacle †and the table and the vessel therof the candlesticke most pure with the vessel therof and the Altares of incense †and of holocauste and al their vessel the lauer with his foote †the holie vestments in the ministerie for Aaron the priest and for his sonnes that they may execute their office about the sacred things †the oile of vnction and the incense of spices in the Sanctuarie al thinges which I haue commanded thee shal they make †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them See that you keepe my sabbath because it is a signe betwen me and you in your generations that you may know that I am the Lord which sanctifie you †Keepe you my sabbath for it is holie vnto you he that shal pollute it dying shal die he that shal doe worke in it his soule shal perish out of the middes of his people †Six dayes shal you doe worke in the seuenth day is the sabbath the holie rest to the Lord. Euerie one that shal doe any worke in this day shal die †Let the children of Israel keepe the Sabbath and celebrate it in their generations It is an euerlasting couenant †betwen me and the children of Israel and a signe perpetual for in six dayes the Lord made heauen and earth and in the seuenth he ceased from worke †And our Lord when he had ended such speaches in mount Sinai gaue vnto Moyses two stone tables of testimonie written with the finger of God CHAP. XXXII The people Aaron consenting make adore the image of a calfe 7. which God reueâ—ling to Moyses 11. be praieth our Lord for Abraham Isaac and Iacobs sake to spare the people and performe his promise 14. VVherwith God is pacified 15. Yet Moyses coming from the Mount and seeing the calfe and idolatrie throweth downe the tables and breaketh them 20. destroyeth the idol 21. blameth Aaron 27. causeth manie Idolaters to be slaine 31. and againe prayeth for the people AND the people seeing that Moyses made tariance ere he came downe from the mount being assembled against Aaron they sayd Arise make vs goddes that may goe before vs for what hath chanced to this Moyses the man that brought vs out of the Land of Aegypt we know not †And Aaron sayd to them Take the golden earlettes from the eares of your wiues and sonnes and daughters bring them to me †And the people did that he had coÌ„manded bringing the earlettes to Aaron †Which when he had receiued he formed them by founders worke and made of them “ a molten calfe And they sayd These are thy
thy husband art polluted and hast lien with an other man †thou shalt be subiect to these maledictions Our Lord geue thee for a malediction and an example of al among his people make he thy thigh to rotte and bellie swelling burst asunder †the cursed water enter into thy bellie and thy wombe being swolne let thy thigh rotte And the woman shal answer Amen amen †And the priest shal write these curses in a booke and shal wash them out with the most bitter waters wherupon he heaped the curses †and he shal geue them her to drinke Which when she hath drunke vp †the priest shal take of her hand the sacrifice of ielousie and shal eleuate it before the Lord and shal put it vpon the altar yet so notwithstanding that first †he take a handful of the sacrifice of that which is offered burne it vpon the altar and so geue the most bitter waters to the woman to drinke †Which when she hath drunke if she be polluted and by contempt of her husband guiltie of adulterie the waters of malediction shal goe through her and her bellie being puft vp her thigh shal totte withal and the woman shal be for a malediction and an example to al the people †But if she be not polluted she shal be blamelesse and shal beare children †This is the law of ielousie If the woman decline from her husband and if she be polluted †and the husband stirred with the spirit of ielousie brought her in the sight of the Lord and the priest haue done to her according to al thinges that are written †the husband shal be without fault and she shal beare her iniquitie ANNOTATIONS CHAP. V. 7. Shal confesse their sinne General confession such as Protestantes make sufficed not here for purging sinnes but whosoeuer transgressed anie of Gods commandments were bound by this diuine positiue law to confesse expresly and distinctly their sinne which in particular they had committed Also to make restitution if wrong were donne to anie other with a fifth part aboue the principal And for further satisfaction to God they must offer sacrifice Al which did plainly prefigure foreshew the necessitie of particular confession of sinnes and satifaction in the Sacrament of Penance instituted by Christ Ioan. 20. CHAP. VI. Consecration 14. and oblation of Nazareites 22. Asette forme how the Priest shal blesse the people AND our Lord spake vnto Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shal say to them Man or woman when they shal make a vow to be sanctified and “ wil consecrate them selues to the Lord †they shal absteine from wine euerie thing that can make one drunke vineger of wine and of any other potion and whatsoeuer is pressed out of the grape they shal not drinke new grapes and drie they shal not eate †al the daies wherin they are by vow coÌ„secrated to the Lord whatsoeuer may be of the vineyard from the reisen to the kernel they shal not eate †Al the time of his separation a rasour shal not passe ouer his head vntil the day be expired that he is consecrated to the Lord. He shal be holie whiles the bush of haire on his head doth grow †Al the time of his consecration he shal not enter in to the dead †neither shal he be contaminated no not on his fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters corps because the consecration of his God is vpon his head †Al the daies of his separation he shal be holie to the Lord. †But if anie man die sodenly before him the head of his consecration shal be polluted which he shal shaue forthwith in the same day of his purgation and againe the seuenth day †and in the eight day he shal bring two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest in the entrie of the couenant of testimonie †and the priest shal offer one for sinne and the other for an holocaust and shal pray for him because he hath sinned by occasion of the dead and he shal sanctifie his head that day †and shal consecrate to the Lord the daies of his separation offering a lambe of a yeare old for sinne yet so that the former daies be made frustrate because his sanctification was polluted †This is the law of consecration When the daies that by vow he had determined shal be expired he shal bring him to the doore of the tabernacle of couenant †and shal offer his oblation to the Lord a male lambe of a yeare old without spotte for an holocaust and an ewe lambe of a yeare old without spotte for sinne and a ramme without spotte for a pacifique hoste †a basket also of vnleuened breades that are tempered with oile and wafers without leuen anointed with oile and the libamentes of euerie one †which the priest shal offer before the Lord and shal offer as wel for sinne as for an holocaust †But the â—amme he shal immolate for a pacifique hoste to the Lord offering withal the baskette of azymes and the libamentes that by custome are dew †Then shal the Nazareite be shauen before the dore of the tabernacle of couenant from the bush of the haire of his consecration and he shal take his haires and lay them vpon the fire that is put vnder the sacrifice of pacifiques †And a shoulder of the ramme boyled and one cake without leuen out of the baskette and one wafer vnleuened and he shal deliuer them into the handes of the Nazareite after that his head be shauen †And receiuing them againe from him he shal eleuate them in the sight of the Lord and being sanctified they shal be the priestes as the breast which was commanded to be separated and the shoulder after these thinges the Nazareite may drinke wine †This is the law of the Nazareite when he shal vow his oblation to the Lord in the time of his consecration besides those thinges which his hand shal find according to that which he had vowed in his minde so shal he do to the fulfilling of his sanctification †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to Aaron and his sonnes Thus shal you blesse the children of Israel and you shal say to them †Our Lord blesse thee and keepe thee †Our Lord shew his face to thee and haue mercie vpon thee †Our Lord turne his countenance vnto thee and geue thee peace †And they shal inuocate my name vpon the children of Israel and I wil blesse them ANNOTATIONS CHAP. VI. 2. VVil consecrate themselues To such as of their owne accord would bind themselues by vow to certaine thinges not coÌ„manded God prescribeth a Rule containing three special obseruations not to drincke wine or anie thing that may make drunck not to cut their haire and not to touch a dead corps He appointeth likewise rites in making this profession and calleth the
might be your God CHAP. XVI Core and his complices making schisme against Moyses and Aaron 31. some are swalowed in the earth with their families and substance 35. other two hundred and fiftie offering incense 41. and fourtene thousand seuen hundred of the common people murmuring in behalfe of the sedicious are consumed with fire from heauen AND behold Core the sonne of Isaar the sonne of Caath the sonne of Leui and Dathan and Abiron the sonnes of Eliab Hon also the sonne of Pheleth of the children of Ruben †“ rose against Moyses and other of the children of Israel two hundred fiftie men princes of the synagogue and which in the time of assemblie were called by name †And when they had stoode vp against Moyses and Aaron they said Let it suffice you that al the multitude consisteth of holie ones and our Lord is among them Why lift you vp your selues aboue the people of our Lord †Which when Moyses had heard he fel flatte on his face †and speaking to Core and al the multitude he said In the morning our Lord wil make it knowne who pertaine to him and the holie the wil ioyne to him selfe and whom he shal choose they shal approch to him †This do therfore Take euerie man their censars thou Core and al thy councel †and taking fire in them to morrow put vpon it incense before our Lord and whom soeuer he shal choose the same shal be holie you do much exalt your selues ye sonnes of Leui. †And he said againe to Core Heare ye sonnes of Leui †Is it a smal thing vnto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from al the people and ioyned you to him selfe that you should serue him in the seruice of the tabernacle and should stand before the ful assemblie of the people and should minister to him †did he therfore make thee and al thy brethren the sonnes of Leui to approch vnto him that you should chalenge vnto you the priesthood also †and al thy companie should stand against our Lord for what is Aaron that you murmur against him †Moyses therfore sent to cal Dathan and Abiron the sonnes of Eliab Who answered We come not †Why is it a smal matter to thee that thou hast brought vs out of a land that folowed with milke and honie to kil vs in the desert vnles thou rule also like a lord ouer vs †In deede hast thou brought vs into a land that floweth with riuers of milke and honie hast thou geuen vs possessions of fieldes vineyardes What wilt thou plucke out our eies also We come not †Moyses therfore being very wrath said to our Lord Respect not their sacrifices thou knowest that I haue not taken of them so much as a little asse at anie time neither haue afflicted anie of them †And he said to Core Thou and al thy congregation stand ye apart before our Lord and Aaron to morrow apart †Take euerie one your censars and put incense vpon them offering to our Lord two hundred fiftie censars Let Aaron also hold his censar †Which when they had done Moyses and Aaron standing †and had heaped together al the multitude against them to the dore of the tabernacle the glorie of our Lord appeared to them al. †And our Lord speaking to Moyses and Aaron said †Separate your selues from the middes of this congregation that I may sodenly destroy them †Who felilatte on their face and said Most mightie God of the spirites of al flesh when one sinneth shal thy wrath rage against al †And our Lord said to Moyses †Command the whole people that they separate them selues from the tabernacles of Core and Dathan and Abiron †And Moyses arose and went to Dathan and Abiron and the ancientes of Israel folowing him †he said to the multitude Depart from the tabernacles of the impious men and touch not the thinges that pertaine to them lest you be wrapped in their sinnes †And when they were departed from their tentes round about Dathan and Abiron coming forth stood in the entrie of their pauilions with their wiues and children and al the multitude †And Moyses said In this you shal know that our Lord hath sent me to do al thinges that you see and that I haue not forged them of my owne mind †If they die the accustomed death of men and if the plague wherwith others also are wont to be visited do visite them out Lord did not send me †but if our Lord do a new thing that the earth opening her mouth swallow them downe al thinges that pertaine to them and they descend quicke into hel you shal know that they haue blasphemed our Lord. †Immediatly therfore as he ceased to speake the earth brake insunder vnder their feete †and opening her mouth deuoured them with their tabernacles al their substance †and they went downe into hel quicke couered with the ground and perished out of the middes of the multitude †But al Israel that stoode round about fled at the cric of them that perished saying Lest perhappes the earth swallow vs also †But a fire also coming forth from our Lord slew the two hundred fiftie men that offered the incense †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Command Elâ—zar the sonne of Aaron the priest that he take vp the censars that lie in the burning fire and that he sprinkle the fire hither and thither because they be sanctified †in the deathes of the sinners and let him beate them into plates and fasten them to the altar because there hath bene offered incense in them to the Lord and they are sanctified that the children of Israel may see them for a signe and a monument †Eleazar therfore the priest tooke the brasen censars wherin they had offered whom the burning fire deuoured and bette them into plates fastening them to the altar †that the children of Israel afterward might haue wherwith to be admonished that no stranger approch and he that is not of the seede of Aaron to offer incense to our Lord lest he suffer as Core hath suffered and al his congregation according as our Lord spake to Moyses †And al the multitude of the children of Israel murmured the day folowing against Moyses and Aaron saying You haue killed the people of our Lord. †And when there rose a sedition and the tumult grew farder †Moyses and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of couenant Which after they were entred the cloude couered it and the glorie of our Lord appeared †And our Lord said to Moyses †Depart from the middes of this multitude euen now wil I destroy them And as they lay vpon the ground †Moyses said to Aaron Take the censar and drawing fire from the altar put incense vpon it going quickly to the people to pray for them for euen now is the wrath come forth
therfore tooke away al abominations of al the countries of the children of Israel and made al that were left in Israel to serue our Lord their God Al his daies they reuolted not from our Lord the God of their fathers CHAP. XXXV Iosias celebrateth a most Solemne Pasch 20. Is slaine by the king of Aegypt al Iudalamenting him 25. most specially Ieremias AND Iosias made in Ierusalem a Phase to our Lord which was immolated the fourtenth day of the first moneth †And he appoynted the Priestes in their offices and exhorted them that they would minister in the house of our Lord. †To the Leuites also at whose instruction al Israel was sanctified to our Lord he spake Put the Arke in the Sanctuarie of the temple which Salomon built the sonne of Dauid the king of Israel for you shal carie it no more but now minister to our Lord your God and to his people Israel †And prepare your selues by your houses and kinredes in the diuisions of euerie one as Dauid the king of Israel commanded and Salomon his sonne described †And minister ye in the Sanctuarie by families and Leuitical companies †and being sanctified immolate the Phase prepare also your brethren that they may doe according to the wordes which our Lord spake in the hand of Moyses †Moreouer Iosias gaue to al the people that was found there in the solemnitie of the Phase lambes and kiddes of the flockes and of the rest of the cattel thirtie thousand of oxen also three thousand al these thinges of the kinges substance †His dukes also voluntarily offered that which they vowed as wel to the people as to the Priestes and the Leuites Moreouer Helcias and Zacharias and Iahiel princes of the house of our Lord gaue to the Priestes to make the Phase cattel one with an other two thousand six hundred and oxen three hundred †And Chonenias and Semeias also Nathanael his brethren moreouer Hasabias and Iehiel and Iozabad princes of the Leuites gaue to the rest of the Leuites to celebrate the Phase fiue thousand sheepe and oxen fiue hundred †And the ministerie was prepared and the Priestes stood in their office the Leuites also in companies according to the kinges commandement †And the Phase was immolated and Priestes sprinkled the blood with their hand and the Leuites drew of the skinnes of the holocaustes †and they seperated them to geue them by the houses and families of euerie one and to be offered to our Lord as it is writen in the Booke of Moyses of oxen also they did in like maner †And they rosted the Phase vpon fyre according to that which is writen in the law but the pacifique hostes they bâ—vled in caudrons and kettles and pottes and in hast they distributed it to al the people †And for themselues and for the Priestes they prepared afterward for in oblation of holocaustes and of fatte the Priestes were occupied vntil night wherfore the Leuites prepared for themselues and for the Priestes the children of Aaron last †Moreouer the singing men the children of Asaph stood in their order according to the precept of Dauid and Asaph and Heman and Idithun the prophetes of the king and the porters watched at euerie gate so that they departed not a moment from the ministerie for the which cause also their brethren the Leuites prepared meates for them †Therfore al the seruice of our Lord was ritely accomplished that day so that they made the Phase and offered holocaustes vpon the altar of our Lord according to the precept of king Iosias †And the children of Israel that were found there made the Phase at that time and the solemnitie of Azymes seuen daies †There was not a Phase like to this in Israel from the daies of Samuel the prophete neither did anie of al the kinges of Israel make a Phase as Iosias to the Priestes and the Leuites and to al Iuda and Israel that was found and to the inhabitantes of Ierusalem †In the eightenth yeare of the kingdom of Iosias was this Phase celebrated †After that Iosias had repayred the temple came vp Nechao the king of Aegypt to fight in Charcamis beside Euphrates and Iosias went forth to meete him †But he sending messengers vnto him sayd What haue I to doe with thee king of Iuda I come not agaynst thee this day but I fight agaynst an other house to the which God hath commanded me to goe in hast leaue to doe agaynst God who is with me lest he kil thee †Iosias would not returne but prepared battel agaynst him neither did he agree to the wordes of Nechao from the mouth of God but went forward to fight in the fielde of Mageddo †And there being wounded of the Archers he sayd to his seruantes Carie me out of the battel because I am sore wounded †Who remoued him from one chariote into an other chariote that folowed him after the maner of kinges and they caried him away into Ierusalem he died and was buried in the monument of his fathers and al Iuda and Ierusalem mourned for him †Ieremie most of al whose lamentations al the singing men and singing wemen repeate vntil this present day vpon Iosias and it is growen as it were a law in Israel Behold it is sayd to be writen in the lamentations †But the rest of the wordes des of Iosias of his mercies which are commanded by the law of our Lord †his workes also the first and the last are writen in the Booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel CHAP. XXXVI Ioachaz reigneth three monethes 4. His brother Eliakim named loakim eleuen yeares 9. his sonne Ioachin three monethes 11. his vncle Sedecias eleuen yeares 14. Most Priestes and people contemning the admonitions of Prophetes 17. manie are slaine by the Chaldees the Temple and Ierusalem spo led and burnt 20. The sayd kinges successiuely and people are caryed captiue into Babylon 22. After seuentie yeares Cyrus king of Persia releaseth the captiuitie and geueth leaue to reedifie the Temple THE people therfore of the land tooke Ioachaz the sonne of Iosias and made him king for his father in Ierusalem †Taree and twentie yeares old was Ioachaz when he began to reigne and he reigned three monethes in Ierusalem †And the king of Aegypt when he came into Ierusalem deposed him and condemned the land in an hundred talentes of siluer and a talent of gold †And he made Eliakim his brother king for him ouer Iuda and Ierusalem and he turned his name Ioakim but he tooke Ioachaz himself with him and caried him away into Aegypt †Fiue and twentie yeares old was Ioakim when he began to reigne and he reigned eleuen yeares in Ierusalem and he did euil before our Lord his God †Agaynst him came vp Nabuchodonosor the king of the Chaldees and brought him bound in chaynes into Babylon †Whither he transported also the vessels of
expedient that one man dye for the people and the whole nation perish not vvhich the holie Euangelist ascribeth to his office being highpriest of that yeare he prophecied that IESVS should dye for the nation and not only for the nation but togather into one the children of God that were dispersed IESVS REDEMER correct in vs our errors gather the dispersed conserue them that are and shal be gathered make al one flocke in one fould vnder one Pastour thy selfe IESVS CHRIST To whom with the Father and the Holie Ghost be al thankes praise honour and glorie now and for euer and euer AMEN The prayer of Manasses vvith the second third Bookes of Esdras extant in most Latin and vulgare Bibles are here placed after al the Canonical bookes of the old Testament because they are not receiued into the Canon of Diuine Scriptures by the Catholique Church THE PRAYER OF MANASSES KING OF IVDA WHEN HE WAS HELD CAPTIVE IN BABYLON LORD omnipotent God of our fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob and of their iust sede which didst make heauen and earth with al the ornamentes of them which hast bound the sea with the word of thy precept which hast shut vp the depth and sealed it with thy terrible and laudable name whom al thinges dread tremble at the countinance of thy powre because the magnificence of thy glorie is importable the wrath of thy threatning vpon sinners is intollerable but the mercie of thy promise is infinite and vnsearchable because thou art our Lord most high benigne long suffering and very merciful and penitent vpon the wickednes of men Thou Lord according to the multitude of thy goodnes hast promised penance and remission to them that haue sinned to thee and by the multitude of thy mercies thou hast decreed penance to sinners vnto saluation Thou therfore Lord God of the iust hast not appointed penance to the iust Abraham Isaac and Iacob them that haue not sinned to thee but hast appointed penance for me a sinner because I haue sinned aboue the number of the sand of the sea Myne iniquities Lord be multiplied mine iniquities be multiplied and I am not worthie to behold looke vpon the height of heauen for the multitude of mine iniquities I am made crooked with manie a band of yron that I can not lift vp my head and I haue not respiration because I haue stirred vp thy wrath and haue done euil before thee I haue not done thy wil and thy commandmentes I haue not kept I haue set vp abominations and multiplied offenses And now I bowe the knee of my hart beseeching goodnes of thee I haue sinned Lord I haue sinned I acknowlege myne iniquities Wherefore I beseech disiring thee forgeue me Lord forgeue me and destroy me not together with myne iniquities neither reserue thou for euer being angrie euils for me neither damme me into the lowest places of the earth because thou art God God I say of the penitent in me thou shalt shew al thy goodnes because thou shalt saue me vnworthie according to thy great mercie and I wil prayse thee alwayes al the dayes of my life because al the power of the heauens prayseth thee and to thee is glorie for euer and euer Amen THE THIRD BOOKE OF ESDRAS For helpe of the readers especially such as haue not leysure to read al vve haue gathered the contentes of the chapters but made no Annotations because the text it self is but as a Commentarie to the Canonical bookes and therfore we haue only added the concordance of other Scriptures in the margin CHAP. I. Iosias king of Iuda maketh a great Pasch 7. geuing manie hostes to such as wanted for sacrifice 14. the Priestes and Leuites performing their functions therin 22. in the eightenth yeare of his reigne 25. He is slayne in battel by the king of Aegypt 32. and much lamented by the Iewes 34. His sonne Ieconias succedeth 37. After him Ioacim 40. who is deposed by the king of Babylon 43. Ioachin reigneth three monethes and is caried into Babylon 46. Sedecias reigneth eleuen yeares wickedly 52. and he with his people is caried captiue into Babylon the citie and temple are destroyed 57. so remayned til the Monarchie of the Persians AND Iosias made a Pasch in Ierusalem to our Lord immolated the Phase the fourtenth moone of the moneth †appointing the Priestes by courses of dayes clothed with stoles in the temple of our Lord. †And he spake to the Leuites the sacred seruantes of Israel that they should sanctifie them selues to our Lord in the placing of the holie arke of our Lord in the house which king Salomon sonne of Dauid built †It shal not be for you to take it vpon your shoulders And now serue your Lord and take the care of that nation Israel in part according to your villages and tribes †according to the writing of Dauid king of Israel and according to the magnificence of Salomon his sonne al in the temple and according to your fathers portion of principalitie among them that stand in the sight of your brethren the children of Israel †Immolate the Pasch and prepare the sacrifices for your bretheren and doe according to the precept of our Lord which was geuen to Moyses †And Iosias gaue vnto the people that was found of sheepe lambes and kiddes and goates thirtie thousand calues three thousand †These thinges were geuen to the people of the kinges goodes according to promisse and to the priestes for the Phase sheepe in number two thousand and calues an hundred †And Iechonias and Semeias and Nathanael bretheren and Hasabias and Oziel and Coraba for the Phase sheepe fiue thousand calues fiue hundred †And when these thinges were done in good order the Priestes and the Leuites stood hauing azymes by tribes †And according to the portions of their fathers principalitie in the sight of the people they did offer to our Lord according to those thinges which were written in the booke of Moyses †and rosted the Phase with fire as it ought and the hostes they boyled in cauldrons and in pottes with beneuolence †and they brought to al that were of the people and afterward they prepared for them selues and the priestes †For the Priestes offered the fatte vntil the houre was ended and the Leuites prepared for them selues and their brethren the children of Aaron †And the sacred singing men the children of Asaph were by order according to the precept of Dauid and Asaph and Zacharias and Ieddimus which was from the king †And the porters at euerie gate so that none transgressed his owne for their brethren prepared for them †And the thinges were consummate that perteyned to the sacrifice of our Lord. †In that day they celebrated the Phase and offered hostes vpon the sacrifice of our Lord according to the precept of king Iosias †And the children of Israel that were found at that time
of the children of promise such as the Romane Christians and others Ievves and Gentiles So S. Iohn saw in a vision as a certaine number of twelue thousand signed of euerie tribe of Israel but after these a great multitude which no man could number of al nations tribes peoples and tongues To say therfore as some old and nevv heretikes doe that the Church of Christ some times consisteth of fevv or inuisible persons vvere to say God kept not promise vvith Abraham Gen. 17. and to make the bodie and thing figured more obscure then the shadovv and figure seeing in the whole time of the Lavv of nature that is in these three first ages of the vvorld the Church being but a figure of that vvhich is novv yet vvas alvvayes visible and notorious as hath benne declared And that vvith perpetual succession of supreme heades rulers and gouerners As is before noted in the first age from Adam to Noe in the second from Noe to Abraham so in this third by the right line of Abraham Isaac Iacob Leui Caath and Amram to Aaron and Moyses Exo. 6. the Holie Ghost not there reciting more genealogies being come to the origin of the Pristlie Tribe that is to these tvvo vvhom his diuine goodnes selected and ordained as vvel to speake to Pharao in behalf of the children of Israel and to bring them out of the Land of Aegypt as aftervvards by one of them to giue his people a vvritten Lavv and in the other a perpetual prouision of spiritual pastors For in Aaron the elder brother God established an ordinarie succession of Priesthood from that time to Christ vvhich before pertained to the firstborne in euerie familie â—dioyning the rest of Leuites tribe to assist them in administration of sacred things But Moyses the younger brother vvas extraordinarily called which God therfore shewed and confirmed by special miracles not onlie to Priesthood but also to be as the God of Pharao Superior of Aaron chiefe mediator betwen God and his people as wel in deliuering them from the seruitude of Aegypt and in receiuing the Law and deliuering it to them as in al other supreme gouernment spiritual and temporal during his life CHAP. XVI The people murmuring for meate and that they had left the flesh pottes of Aegypt 4 God geueth them quailes and Manna 16. VVherof they are commanded to gather for euerie day 22. but the sixt day duble for the Sabbaoth 32. and to kepe a measure of it in the tabernacle for a memorie AND they sette forward from Elim and al the multitude of the children of Israel came into the desert Sin which is betwene Elim Sinay the fiftenth day of the second moneth after they came forth out of the Land of Aegypt †And al the assemblie of the children of Israel murmured against Moyses and Aaron in the wildernesse †And the children of Israel said to them Would to God we had died by the hand of our Lord in the Land of Aegypt when we sate ouer the flesh pottes and did eate bread our fill why haue you brought vs into this desert that you might kil al the multitude with famine †And our Lord said to Moyses Behold I wil raine you bread from heauen let the people goe forth and gather that sufficeth for euerie day that I may proue them whether they wil walke in my law or no. †But the sixt day let them prouide for to bring in and let it be duble to that they were wont to gather euerie daie †And Moyses and Aaron said to al the children of Israel At euen you shal know that our Lord hath brought you forth out of the land of Aegypt †and in the morning you shal see the glorie of our Lord for he hath heard your murmuring against our Lord but as for vs what are we that you mutter against vs †And Moyses said At euen our Lord wil geue you flesh to eate and in the morning bread your fill for he hath heard your murmuringes which you haue murmured against him for what are we neither is your murmuring against vs but against our Lord. †Moyses also said to Aaron Say to the whole assemblie of the children of Israel Approch you before our Lord for he hath heard your murmuring †And when Aaron spake to al the assemblie of the children of Israel they looked toward the wildernesse and behold the glorie of our Lord appeared in a cloud †And our Lord spake to Moyses saving †I haue heard the murmuringes of the children of Israel say to them At euen you shal eate flesh and in the morning you shal haue your fil of bread and you shal know that I am the Lord your God †Therfore it came to passe at euen and the quaile rose and couered the campe in the morning also a dew lay round about the campe †And when it had couered the face of the earth it appeared in the wildernesse smal and as it were beaten with a pestil like vnto the hoare frost on the ground †Which when the children of Israel had seene they said one to an other Man-hu which signifieth What is this for they knew not what it was To whom Moyses said This is the bread which our Lord hath geuen you to eate †This is the word that our Lord hath commanded Let euerie one gather of it so much as sufficeth to eate a gomor euerie man according to the number of your soules that dwel in a tent so shal you take vp †And the children of Israel did so and they gathered one more an other lesse †And they measured by the measure of a gomor neither he that gathered more had aboue nor he that prouided lesse found vnder but euerie one gathered according to that which they were able to eate †And Moyses said to them Let no man leaue therof til the morning †Who heard him not but certaine of them left vntil the morning and it beganne to be ful of wormes and it putrified and Moyses was angrie against them †And euerie one of them gathered in the morning so much as might suffice to eate and after the sunne waxed hotte it melted †But in the sixt day they gathered duble portions that is two gomors euerie man and al the princes of the multitude came and told Moyses †Who said to them This is it which our Lord hath spoken The Sabbathes rest is sanctified vnto our Lord to morow Whatsoeuer is to be wrought doe it and the meates that are to be made readie make them readie and whatsoeuer shal remaine lay it vp vntil the morning †And they did so as Moyses had commanded and it putrified not neitherâ— was there worme found in it †And Moyses said Eate it to day because it is the Sabbath of our Lord to day it shal not be found in the field †Gather it six dayes but in the seuenth day
out of al Israel he appointed them princes of the people tribunes and centurions and quinquagenarians and deanes †Who iudged the people at al time and whatsoeuer was of greater difficultie they referred to him themselues iudging the easier cases only †And he dismissed his allied who returning went into his countrie CHAP. XIX Nere to mount sinai with commemoration of their deliuerie from Aegyptâ— the people are commanded to be sanctified â—6 and so our Lord coming in thunders and lightnings speaketh with Movses IN the third moneth of the depature of Israel out of the Land of Aegept this day they came into the wildernesle of Sinai †For departing out of Raphidim and coming to the desert of Sinai they camped in the same place and there Israel pitched their tentes ouer against the mountaine †And Moyses went vp to God and our Lord called him from the mountaine and said This shalt thou say to the house of Iacob and shalt tel the children of Israel †Your selues haue sene what I haue done to the Aegyptians how I haue carried you vpon the winges of eagles and haue taken you vnto me †If therfore you wil heare my voice and keepe my couenant you shal be my peculiar of al peoples for al the earth is myne †And you shal be vnto me a priestlie kingdome and a holie nation these are the wordes that thou shalt speake to the children of Israel †Moyses came and calling together the nations of the people he declared al the wordes which our Lord had commanded him †And al the people answered together Al thinges that our Lord hath spoken we wil doe And when Moyses had reported the peoples wordes to our Lord †our Lord said to him Now presently wil I come to thee in the darkenesse of a cloude that the people may heare me speaking to thee and may beleue thee for euer Moyses therfore told the peoples wordes to our Lord †Who said to him Goe to the people and sanctifie them to day and to morow and let them wash their garmentes †And let them be readie against the third day for in the third day the Lord wil descend in the sight of al the people vpon the mount Sinai †And thou shalt appoynt certaine limites to the people in circuite and shalt say to them Beware ye ascend not into the mount and that you touch not the endes therof euerie one that toucheth the mount dying shal dye †Handes shal not touch him but he shal be stoned to death or shal be shot through with arrowes whether it be beast or man it shal not liue When the trumpet shal beginne to sound then let them ascend into the mount †And Moyses came downe from the mount to the people and sanctified them And when they had washed their garments †he said to them Be readie against the third day and come not neere your wiues †And now the third day was come and the morning appeared and behold thunders deganne to be heard and lightenings to flash and a verie thicke cloude to couet the mount and the noyse of the trumpet sounded exceedingly and the people that was in the campe feared †And when Moyses had brought them forth to mete with God from the place of the campe they stoode at the botome of the mount †And al the mount Sinai smoked for because our Lord was descended vpon it in fyre and the smoke arose from it as out of a fornace and al the mount was terrible †And the sound of the trumpet grew lowder by litle and litle and was drawen out a length Moyses spake and God answered him †And our Lord descended vpon the mount Sinai in the very toppe of the mount and he called Moyses into the toppe therof Whither when he was ascended †he said vnto him Goe downe and charge the people lest perhaps they wil passe their limittes to see the Lord and a very great multitude of them perish †The priestes also that come to the Lord let them be sanctified lest he strike them †And Moyses said to our Lord The comon people can not ascend into the mount Sinai for thou didst charge and command saying Put limittes about the mount and sanctifie it †To whom our Lord said Goe gette thee downe and thou shalt come vp Aaron with thee but the priests and the people let them not passe the limittes nor ascend to the Lord lest perhappes he kil them †And Moyses went downe to the people and told them al. ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XIX 1. This day The first day of the third moneth the children of Israel came into the desert of Sinai so counting 16 dayes remaining of the first moneth when they parted from Aegypt al the second moneth of 〈◊〉 dayes this first day of the third moneth and three dayes more in which they were sanctified by washing and other ceremonies v. 10. the Law was geuen the fifteth day in figure of the Law of Christ promulgated on whitsunday the fifteth day after our Redemption VVherby we see meruelous correspondence of diuine Mysteries in the old and new Testament S. Augustin Epist 119 c. 16. CHAP. XX. Moyses receiueth the D cologue or tenne commandments of God for al the people 23. with repâ—â—tion that they â—â—al not make â—aâ—â— goddes nor make Altares but of earth or vnbeâ—ved stone and without slippes AND our Lord spake al these wordes †I am the Lord thy God which brought thee forth out of the Land of Aegypt out of the house of seruitude †Thou shalt not haue strange goddes before me †Thou shalt not make to thee a grauen thing noâ— any similitude that is in heauen aboue that is in the earth beneth neither of those thinges that are in the waters vnder the earth †Thou shalt not adore them nor serue them I am the Lord thy God mightie ielous visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children vpon the third and fourth generation of them that hate me †and doing mercie vpon thousandes to them that loue me and keepe my preceptes †Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine for the Lord wil not hold him innocent that shal take the name of the Lord his God vainly †Remember that thou saâ—ctifâ—â— the sabbath day †Six dayes shalt thou worke and shalt doe al thy workes †But on the seuenth day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God thou shalt doe to worke in it thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant and thy woman seruant thy beast and the stranger that is with in thy gates †For six dayes the Lord made heauen and earth and the sea and al thinges that are in in them and rested in the seuenth day therfore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and sanctified it †Honour thy father and thy mother that thou mayst be long liude vpon the earth
of the wood setim in length two cubites and in bredth one cubite which had in height a cubite an halfe †and he did compasse it with the finest gold and he made to it a golden ledge round about †and to the ledge it selfe a golden crowne enterpolished of foure fingers and vpon the same an other golden crowne †And he cast foure ringes of gold which he put in the foure corners at euerie foote of the table †against the crowne and he put the barres into them that the table might be caried †The barres also them selues he made of the wood setim and compassed them with gold †And the vessel for the diuers vses of the table sawcers phiales and goblettes and censars of pure gold wherein the libamentes are to be offered †He made also the candlesticke beaten of the finest gold From the shaft wherof the branches cuppes and boules and lilies did proceede †six on both sides three branches on one side and three on the other †three cuppes in maner of a nutte on euerie branch and boules withal and lilies and three cuppes of the fashion of a nutte in an other branch and boules withal and lilies The worke of the six branches that proceded from the shaft of the candlesticke equal †And in the shaft it selfe were foure cuppes after the maner of a nutte and boules withal at euerie one and lilies †and boules vnder two branches in three places which together make six branches proceding from one shaft †both the boules therfore the branches were out of it al beaten of the purest gold †He made also the seuen lampes with their snuffers and the vessel where the snuffings should be put out of most pure gold †The candlesticke withal the vessel therof did weigh a talent of gold †He made also the altar of incense of the wood setim hauing a cubite euerie way foure square and in height two from the corners wherof the hornes did procede †And he plated it with the purest gold with the grate and the walles and the hornes †And he made to it a crowne of gold round about and two golden ringes vnder the crowne at either side that the barres may be put into them and the altar may be caried †And the barres them selues he made also of the wood setim and couered them with plates of gold †He compounded also oile for the ointment of sanctification and incense of the purest spices with the worke of a pigmentarie CHAP. XXXVIII The same Beseleel maketh the Altar of Holocauste 8. the brasen lauer 9. the court with pillers and hanginges 21. The giftes that were offered are recited HE MADE also the Altar of Holocauste of the wood setim fiue cubites foure square and three in height †the hornes wherof did procede from the corners and he couered it with plates of brasse †And for the vses therof he prepared of brasse diuers vessels cauldrons tonges flesh-hookes pothookes firepannes †And the grate therof in maner of nette he made of brasse and vnder it in the middes of the altar an hearth †casting foure ringes at as manie toppes of the nette to put in barres to carie it †the which themselues also he made of the wood setim and couered them with plates of brasse †and he drew them through the ringes that stoode out in the sides of the altar And the altar it selfe was not massie but holow of bordes and within emptie †He made also the lauer of brasse with the foote therof of wemens glasses that watched in the doore of the tabernacle †He made also the court in the south side wherof were hanginges of twisted silke of an hundred cubites †twentie pillers of brasse with their feete the heades of the pillers the whole grauing of the worke of siluer †In like maner at the north side the hanginges pillers and feete and the heades of the pillers were of the same measure and worke and metal †But on that side that looketh to the West there were hanginges of fiftie cubites ten brasen pillers with their feete and the heades of the pillers and al the grauing of the worke of siluer †Moreouer against the East he prepared haginges of fiftie cubites †of the which one side conteyned fistene cubites of three pillers with their feete †and on the other side because betwen both he made the entrie of the tabernacle there were hanginges equally of fiftene cubites and three pillers and feete as manie †Al the hanginges of the court were wouen of twisted silke †The feete of the pillers were of brasse and their heades with al their grauinges of siluer but the pillers also of the court them selues he plated with siluer †And in the entrie therof he made with embrodered worke a hanging of hyacinth purple scarlet and twisted silke that had twentie cubites in length but the height was fiue cubites according to the measure which al the hanginges of the court had †And the pillers in the entrie were foure with feete of brasse and their heades and grauinges of siluer †The pinnes also of the tabernacle and of tpe court round about he made of brasse †These are the iustrumentes of the taberbacle of testimonie which were numbred according to the precept of Moyses in the ceremonies of the Leuites by the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the priest †which Beseleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iuda had accomplished as our Lord commanded by Moyses †hauing ioyned to him selfe for his compagnion Ooliab the sonne of Achisamech of the tribe of Dan who was himself also an egregious artificer in wood and a tapister and embroderer of hyacinth purple scarlet and silke †Al the gold that was spent in the worke of the Sanctuarie and that was offered in donaries was nine and twentie talentes and seuen hundred thirtie sicles according to the measure of the Sanctuarie †And it was offered of them that passed to the number from twentie yeares and vpward of six hundred three thousand and fiue hundred fiftie able men to beare armes †There were moreouer an hundred talentes of siluer wherof were cast the feete of the Sanctuarie and of the entrie where the velle hangeth †An hundred feete were made of an hundred talentes one talent being accoūted for euerie foote †And of the thousand seuen hundred and seuentie fiue he made the heades of the pillers which them selues he also plated with siluer †Of brasse also there were offered seuentie two thousand talentes and foure hundred sicles besides †of the which were cast the feete in the entrie of the tabernacle of testimonie and the altar of brasse with the grate therof and al the vessel that pertayne to the vse therof †and the feete of the court aswel in the circuite as in the entire therof and the pinnes of the tabernacle and of the court
therof and when he hath immolated it in the place where holocaust is wont to be slaine before our Lord because it is for sinne †the priest shal dippe his finger in the bloud of the hoste for sinne touching the hornes of the altar of holocauste and the rest powring at the foote therof †But the fatt he shal burne vpon it as is wont to be done in the victimes of pacifiques and the priest shal pray for him and for his sinne and it shal be forgiuen him †And if a soule of the people of the land shal sinne through ignorance doing anie of those thinges that by the law of our Lord are forbidden and offending †and knoweth his sinne he shal offer a she goate without spotte †And he shal put his hand vpon the head of the host that is for sinne and shal immolate it in the place of holocaust †And the priest shal take vp of the bloud with his finger and touching the hornes of the altar of holocaust the rest he shal powre out at the foote therof †But taking away al the fatt as is wont to be taken away of the victimes of pacifiques he shal burne it vpon the altar for a swete sauour to our Lord and he shal pray for him and it shal be forgeuen him †But if he offer of the flocke a victime for his sinne to wit an ewe without spotte †he shal put his hand vpon the head therof and shal immolate it in the place where the hostes of holocausts are wont to be slayne †And the priest shal take of the bloud therof with his finger and touching the hornes of the altar of holocaust the rest he shal powre at the foote therof †Al the fatte also he shal take away as the fatte of the ramme that is offered for pacifiques is wont to be taken away and shal burne it vpon the altar a burnt sacrifice of our Lord and he shal pray for him and for his sinne and it shal be forgiuen him CHAP. V. Of hostes for the sinne of concealing an others periurâ—e 2. for vncleanes 4. for vaine svvearinge 14. for rrour in exercising holie rites 17. for anie sinne committed by ignorance IF a soule sinne and heare the voice of one swearing and be witnes because either he him selfe sawe or is priuie to it vnlesse he vtter it he shal beare his iniquitie †The soule that toucheth anie vncleane thing either that which was killed of a beast or died of it selfe or anie other thing that creepeth and forgeteth his vncleannes is guiltie and hath offended †and if he touch anie thing of the vncleannesse of man according to anie imputitie wherwith he is wount to be polluted hauing forgotten doe knowe it afterward he shal be guiltie of an offence †The soule that sweareth and vttereth with his lippes that he would doe either il or wel and bindeth the same with an oathe and his word hauing forgotten afterward vnderstandeth his offence †let him do penance for his sinne †and offer of the flockes an ewe lambe or a shee goate and the priest shal pray for him and for his sinne †but if he be not able to offer a beast let him offer two turtles or two young pigions to our Lord one for sinne and the other for an holocaust †and he shal geue them to the priest who offering the sirst for sinne shal wryth backe the heade therof to the litle pinions so that it sticke to the necke and be not altogeather broken of †And of the bloud therof he shal sprinckle the wall of the altar and whatsoeuer is left he shal make it distil to the bottome therof because it is for sinne †And the other he shal burne for an holocauste as is wount to be done and the priest shal pray for him and for his sinne and it shal be forgeuen him †And if his hand be not able to offer two turtles or two young pigions he shal offer for his sinne of floure the tenth part of an ephi He shal not put oyle vpon it nor cast anie frankincense theron because it is for sinne †and he shal deliuer it to the priest who taking therof a ful handful shal burne it vpon the altar for a moniment of him that did offer it †praying for him and making expiation but the part that is left him selfe shal haue for a gifte †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †If a soule transgressing the ceremonies by errour shal sinne in those thinges that are sanctified to our Lord he shal offer for his offence a ramme without spotte out of the flockes that may be bought for two sicles according to the weight of the Sanctuarie †and the damage it selfe which he did he shal restore and the fift part he shal adde besides deliuering it to the priest who shal pray for him offering the ramme and it shal be forgeuen him †If a soule sinne by ignorance and do one of those thinges which by the lawe of the Lord are forbidden and being guiltie of sinne vnderstand his iniquitie †he shal offer a ramme without spotte of the flockes to the priest according to the measure and estimation of the sinne who shal pray for him because he did it vnwitting and it shal be forgiuen him †because by errour he offended against the Lord. CHAP. VI. Oblation for sinne vvittingly committed 8. The maner of offering holocaust 12. Continual fire to be kept in the Altar 14. The sacrifices vvhich Priests shal offer at their Consecration 24. In general of hostes for sinne and vvho shal eate of the same and vvhere OVR Lord spake to Moyses saying †The soule that shal sinne and contemning the Lord shal denie vnto his neighbour the thing deliuered to his custodie which was committed to his credite or shal by force extort anie thing or do oppression †or shal finde a thing lost and denying it be also foresworne and shal doe anie other thing of manie wherin men are wount to sinne †being conuicted of the offence †he shal render al thinges which by fraude he would haue obteyned whole and the fift part besides to the owner vnto whom he did the damage †But for his sinne he shal offer a ramme without spott out of the flocke and shal geue it to the priest according to the estimation and measure of the offence †who shal pray for him before the Lord and he shal haue forgeuenes for euerie thing that in doing he sinned †And Our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Command Aaron and his sonnes This is the Law of an holocaust It shal be burnt vpon the altar al night vntil morning the fire shal be vpon the same altar †The priest shal be reuested with the tunike and the linnen femoralles and he shal take vp the ashes which the deuouring fire burned and putting them besides the altar †shal be vnuested of
his former vestments and being clothed with others shal carie them forth without the campe and in a most cleane place shal cause them to be consumed vnto dust †And the fire on the altar shal alwaies burne which the priest shal nourish putting wood vnderneth in the morning euerie day and laying on the holocaust therupon shal burne the fatte of the pacifiques †This fire is continual which shal neuer faile on the altar †This is the Law of the sacrifice and libamentes which the children of Aaron shal offer before the Lord and before the altar †The priest shal take vp a handful of the floure that is tempered with oyle and al the frankincense that is put vpon the floure and he shal burne it on the altar for a moniment of most sweeteodour to the Lord †and the part of the floure that is left shal Aaron eate with his sonnes without leauen and he shal eate it in the Holie place of the court of the tabernacle †And therefore it shal not be leauened because part therof is offered for the burnt sacrifice of the Lord. It shal be most Holie as that for sinne and for offence †The males onlie of Aarons stocke shal eate it †It shal be an ordinance and euerlasting in your generations of the sacrifices of the Lord. Euerie one that toucheth them shal be sanctified †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †This is the oblation of Aaron and of his sonnes which they must offer to the Lord in the day of their vnction The tenth part of an ephi of floure shal they offer in a sacrifice for euer halfe therof in the morning and halfe therof at euen †which being tempered with oile shal be fried in a frying panne †And the priest that by right succeedeth his father shal offer it hote for a most swete odour to the Lord and it shal wholy be burnt on the altar †For euerie sacrifice of the priest shal be consumed with fire neither shal anie man eate therof †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to Aaron and his sonnes This is the law of the hoste for sinne In the place where the holocaust is offered shal it be immolated before our Lord It is Holie of holies †The priest that doth offer it shal eate it in a holie place in the courte of the tabernacle †Whatsoeuer shal touch the flesh therof shal be sanctified If of the bloud therof a garment be sprinkled it shal be washed in a holie place †And the earthen vessel wherin it was sodden shal be broken but if the vessel be of brasse it shal be scoured and washed with water †Euerie male of the priestlie race shal eate of the flesh therof because it is Holie of holies †For the hoste that is slaine for sinne whose bloud is caried into the tabernacle of testimonie to make expiation in the Sanctuarie shal not be eaten but shal be burnt with fire CHAP. VII The maner of offering hostes for offences 11. and of pacifique victimes for thanksgeuing 22. No fatte 26. nor bloud is to be eaten THIS also is the lawe of an hoste for an offence the most Holie †therfore where the holocaust is immolated the victime also for an offence shal be slaine the bloud therof shal be poured round about the altar †They shal offer therof the rumpe and the fatte that couereth the entralles †the two little kidneys and the fatte that is beside the guttes and the caule of the lyuer with the two litle kidneys †And the priest shal burne them vpon the altar it is the burnt sacrifice of our Lord for an offence †Euerie male of the priests stocke in a holie place shal eate this flesh because it is most Holie †As the hoste for sinne is offered so also that for an offence the lawe of both hostes shal be one to the priest that offereth it it shal pertaine †The priest that offereth the victime of holocaust shal haue the skinne therof †And euerie sacrifice of flowre that is baked in the ouen and whatsoeuer is prepared vpon the grediron or in the frying panne it shal be that priestes by whom it is offered †Whether they be tempered with oyle or drie to al the sonnes of Aaron equal measure shal be diuided to euerie one †This is the law of the hoste of pacifiques that is offered to our Lord. †If the oblation be for thankes geuing they shal offer loaues without leauen tempered with oyle and wafers vnleauened laid ouer with oyle and fryed floure and manchets tempered with the mingling of oyle †loaues also leauened with the hoste of thankes which is offered for pacifiques †wherof one for first fruites shal be offered to our Lord and shal be the priests that shal poure out the bloud of the hoste †the flesh wherof shal be eaten the same day neither shal anie of it remaine vntil morning †If anie man by vowe or of his owne accorde offer an hoste it shal in like maner be eaten the same day but if ought remaine vntil the morrow it is lawful to eate it †but whatsoeuer the third day shal find fire shal consume it †If anie man eate of the flesh of the victime of pacifiques the third day the oblation shal be of none effect neither shal it profite the offerer yea rather whatsoeuer soule shal defile it selfe with such meate shal be guiltie of preuarication †The flesh that hath touched any vncleane thing shal not be eaten but shal be burnt with fire he that is cleane shal eate therof †A soule being polluted that eateth of the flesh of the hoste of pacifiques which is offered to our Lord shal perish from his people †And that which hath touched the vncleannes of man or of beast or of anie thing that can pollute and eateth of such kind of flesh shal perish from his people †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel The fatte of a sheepe and of an oxe and of a goate you shal not eate †The fatte of the carcasse of cartaine and of the beast that was caught of an other beast you shal haue for diuers vses †If anie man eate the fatte that should be offered for the burnt sacrifice of our Lord he shal perish out of his people †The bloud also of whatsoeuer beast you shal not take in meate aswel of birdes as of cattel †Euerie soule that eateth bloud shal perish out of his people †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel saing He that offereth a victime of pacifiques to our Lord let him offer therwith a sacrifice also that is the libaments therof †He shal hold in his handes the fatte of the hoste and the brest and when he hath offered and consecrated both to our Lord he shal deliuer them to the priest †who
shal burne the fatte vpon the altar but the breast shal be Aarons and his sonnes †The right shoulder also of the pacifique hostes shal fal for first fruites of the priest †He of the sonnes of Aaron that offereth the bloud and the fatte him selfe shal haue the right shoulder also for his portion †For the brest of eleuation and the shoulder of seperation I haue taken of the children of Israel from their pacifique hostes and haue geuen them to Aaron the priest and to his sonnes by a lawe for euer of al the people of Israel †This is the anoynting of Aaron and his sonnes in the ceremonies of our Lord in the day when Moyses offered them that they might doe the function of priesthood †and the thinges that our Lord commanded to be geuen them of the children of Israel by a perpetual religion in their generations †This is the lawe of holocauste and of the sacrifice for sinne and for an offence and for consecration and the victimes of pacifiques †Which our Lord apointed to Moyses in mount Synai when he commanded the children of Israel that they should offer their oblations to our Lord in the desert of Synai CHAP. VIII Moyses consecrateth Aaron high Priest 13. and his sonnes Priests 33. continuing in the tabernacle seuen dayes and nights AND Our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Take Aaron with his sonnes their vestimentes and the oyle of vnction a calfe for sinne two Rammes a basket with azymes †and thou shalt gather al the assemblie to the dore of the tabernacle †And Moyses did as our Lord had commaunded And al the multitude being gathered before the dore of the tabernacle †he said This is the word that our Lord hath commanded to be done †And immediatly he “ offered Aaron his sonnes and when he had washed them †“ he reuested the high priest with the sttait linnen garment girding him with a bawdrike and reuesting him with the tunike of hyacinth and ouer it he put the Ephod †which he straitening with the girdle fitted it to the Rationale wherin was Doctrine and Veritie †with the mitre also he couered his head and vpon it against the forehead he put the plate of gold consecrated in sanctification as our Lord had commanded him †He “ tooke also the oyle of vnction wherwith he anoynted the tabernacle with al the furniture therof †And sanctifying them and hauing sprinckled the altar seuen times he anoynted it and al the vessel therof and the lauer with the foote therof he sanctified with the oyle †The which pouring vpon Aarons head he anoynted and consecrated him †his sonnes also after he had offered them he reuested with linnen tunikes and girded them with bawdrikes and put mitres on them as our Lord had commanded †He “ offered also the calfe for sinne and when Aaron and his sonnes had put their handes vpon the head therof †he did immolate it drawing the bloud and dipping his finger touched the hornes of the altar round about Which being expiated and sanctified he poured the rest of the bloud at the botome therof †But the fatte that was vpon the entralles and the caule of the liuer and the two little kidneys with their little tallow he burnt vpon the altar †the calfe with the skinne and the flesh and the dung he burnt without the campe as our Lord had commanded †He offered also a ramme for an holocaust vpon the head wherof when Aaron and his sonnes had put their handes †he did immolate it and poured the bloud therof in the circuite of the altar †And cutting the ramme it selfe into peeces the head therof and the ioyntes and the fatte he burnt with fire †hauing first washed the entralles and the feete and the whole ramme together he burnt vpon the altar because it was an holocaust of most swete odour to our Lord as he had commanded him †He offered also the second ramme for the consecration of priests and Aaron and his sonnes did putte their handes vpon the head therof †which when Moyses had immolated taking of the bloud therof he touched the tippe of Aarons right eare and the thumbe of his right hand in like maner also of his foote †He offered also the sonnes of Aaron and when of the bloud of the ramme being immolated he had touched the tippe of the right eare of euerie one and the thumbes of the right hand and foote the rest he poured on the altar round about †but the fatte and the rump and al the fatte that couereth the entralles and the caule of the liuer and the two kidneies with their fatte with the right shoulder he seperated †And taking out of the basket of azymes which was before our Lord a loafe without leauen and a manchet tempered with oile and a wafer he put them vpon the fatte and the right shoulder †deliuering al to Aaron and to his sonnes Who hauing lifted them vp before our Lord †he tooke them againe of their handes and burnt them vpon the altar of holocaust because it was the oblation of consecration for a swete odoure of the sacrifice to our Lord. †And he tooke of the ramme of consecration the brest for his portion eleuating it before our Lord as our Lord had commanded him †And taking the oyntment and the bloud that was vpon the altar he sprinckled it vpon Aaron and his vestiments vpon his sonnes and their vestiments †And when he had sanctified them in their vestiments he commanded them saying Boile the flesh before the dore of the tabernacle and there eate it Eate ye also the loaues of consecration that are laid in the basket as our Lord commanded me saying Aaron and his sonnes shal eate them †and whatsoeuer shal be left of the flesh and the loaues fire shal consume †Out of the dore also of the tabernacle you shal not goe forth seuen daies vntil the day wherein the time of your consecration shal be expired for in seuen dayes the consecration is finished †as at this present it hath bene done that the rite of the sacrifice might be accomplished †Day night shal you tarie in the tabernacle obseruing the watches of our Lord lest you die for so it hath bene commanded me †And Aaron and his sonnes dld al thinges which our Lord spake by the hand of Moyses ANNOTATIONS CHAP. VIII 6. Offered Aaron By this maner of taking offering and consecrating Aaron Hiegh Priest S. Paul sheweth that none may chalenge to them selues nor presume to exercise priestlie offices or anie authoritie in spiritual causes but such as be orderly called therto Yea that Christ him self would not haue exercised this function but that he was also called of God vnto it saying Euerie Hiegh Priest taken from among men is appointed for men in those thinges that pertaine to God Neither doth anie man
slaine the peoples hoste pray for them as our Lord hath coÌ„manded †And forthwith Aaron approching to the altar immolated the calfe for his sinne †the bloud wherof his sonnes brought to him wherin dipping his finger he touched the hotnes of the altar and poured the rest at the foote therof †And the fatte and the litle kidneis and the caule of the liuer which are for sinne he burnt vpon the altar as our Lord had commanded Moyses †but the flesh and skinne therof he burnt with fire without the campe †He immolated also the victime of holocaust and his sonnes brought him the bloud therof which he poured in the circuite of the altar †The hoste also it selfe being cut into peeces they brought with the head and euerie member Al which he burnt with fire vpon the altar †hauing first washed the entralles and the feete with water †And offering for the sinne of the people he slew the bucke goat and expâ—ating the altar †he made the holocaust †adding in the sacrifice the libaments which are offered withal and burning them vpon the altar be side the ceremonies of the morning holocaust †He immolated also the oxe and the ramme the pacifique hostes of the people and his sonnes brought him the bloud which he poured vpon the altar round about †The fatte also of the oxe and the rump of the ramme and the two little kindneis with their fatte and the caule of the liuer †they put vpon the brests and after the fatte was burnt vpon the altar †their brests and the right shoulders Aaron did seperate eleuating them before our Lord as Moyses had commanded †And stretching forth his hand to the people he blessed them And so the hostes for sinne and the holocaustes and the pacifiques being finished he descended †And Moyses and Aaron going into the tabernacle of testimonie and afterward comming forth blessed the people And the glorie of our Lord appeared to al the multitude †and behold a fire coming forth from our Lord deuoured the holocaust and the fatte that was vpon the altar Which thing when the multitude had senne they praised our Lord falling on their faces CHAP. X. Nadab and Abiu the sonnes of Aaron for offering strange fire are burnt to death and cast out of the campe 6. for whom the people mourne but not the Priests 8. Priests are forbid to drinke wine when they enter into the tabernacle 12. and are commanded to eate the residew of oblations in the holie place 16. which this timein part they omitted and are excused being sorowful for that vvhich happened to Nadab and Abiu AND Nadab and Abiu the sonnes of Aaron catching censors did put in fire and incense therupon offering before our Lord strange fire which was not commanded them †And fire comming forth from our Lord deuoured them and they dyed before our Lord. †And Moyses said to Aaron This is it which our Lord hath spoken I wil be sanctified in them that approch to me and in tbe sight of al the people I wil be glorified Which Aaron hearing held his peace †And Moyses calling Misael and Elisaphan the sonnes of Oziel the vncle of Aaron said to them Goe and take away your bretheren from the sight of the Sanctuarie and carie them without the campe †And going forthwith they tooke them as they lay reuested with linnen tunikes did cast them forth as it had bene commanded them †And Moyses spake to Aaron to Eleazar and Ithamar his sonnes Vncouer not your heades and rent not your vestiments lest perhaps you die and indignation come vpon al the assemblie Let your brethren and al the house of Israel lament the burning that our Lord hath raised †and your selues shal not goe out of the dore of the tabernacle otherwise you shal perish for the oyle of holie vnction is vpon you Who did al thinges according to the precept of Moyses †Our Lord also said to Aaron †Wine and anie thing that may make drunke you shal not drinke thou and thy sonnes when you enter into the tabernacle of testimonie lest you die because it is an euerlasting precept through your generations †And that you may haue knowledge to discerne betwen the holie and prophane betwen the polluted and cleane †and may teach the children of Israel al my ordinances which the Lord hath spoken to them by the hand of Moyses †And Moyses spake to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sonnes that were left Take the sacrifice that is remayning of the oblation of our Lord and eate it without leauen beside the altar because it is Holie of holies †And you shal eate it in a holie place which is giuen to thee and thy sonnes of the oblations of our Lord as it hath bene commanded me †The brest also that is offered and the shoulder that is seperated you shal eate in a most cleane place thou and thy sonnes and thy daughters with thee For they are laid apart for thee and thy children of the healthful hostes of the children of Israel †because the shoulder and the the brest and the fatte that is burnt on the altar they haue eleuated before our Lord and they pertaine to thee and to thy sonues by a perpetual lawe as our Lord hath commanded †Among these thinges when Moyses sought for the bucke goate that had bene offered for sinne he found it burnt and being angrie against Eleazar and Ithamar the sonnes of Aaron that remained he said †Why did you not eate the hoste for sinne in a holie place which is most Holie and geuen to you that you may beare the iniquitie of the multitude and may pray for it in the sight of our Lord †especially wheras of the bloud therof there hath not bene caried within the holie places and you ought to haue eaten it in the Sanctuarie as it was commanded me †Aaron answered This day hath bene offered the victime for sinne and the holocaust before our Lord and to me that is chanced which thou seest how could I eate it or please our Lord in ceremonies hauing a sorowful hart †Which when Moyses had heard he was satisfied with his answere CHAP. XI The distinction of cleane and vncleane in beastes fish birdes and other things 43. With commandment to be holie and impolluted AND our Lord spake to Moyses and Aaron saying †Say to the children of Israel These are the beasts which you ought to eate of al the liuing things of the earth †Euerie one that hath the hoofe diuided and cheweth the cudde among the cattel you shal eate †But whatsoeuer in dede cheweth the cudde and hath an hoofe but diuideth it not as the camel and others that you shal not eate and among the vncleane you shal repute it †Cherogril which cheweth the cudde and diuideth not the hoofe is vncleane †The hare also for that also cheweth
Sanctuarie and leauing them there †he shal wash his flesh in a holie place and shal be clothed with his owne garments And after that he hath gone forth and offered his owne holocaust and the peoples he shal pray as wel for him self as for the people †and the fatte that is offered for sinnes he shal burne vpon the altar †but he that hath let goe the goate of dismission shal wash his clothes and bodie with water and so shal enter into the campe †But the calfe the bucke goate that were immolated for sinne and whose bloud was caried into the Sanctuarie to accomplish the expiation they shal carie forth without the campe and shal burne with fire aswel the skinnes as their flesh and the dung †and whosoeuer burneth them shal wash his clothes and his flesh with water and so shal enter into the campe †And this shal be to you an euerlasting ordinance The seuenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth you shal afflict your soules and no worke shal you doe whether he be of the same countrie or a stranger that soiourneth among you †Vpon this day shal be the expiation of you and clensing from al your sinnes before the Lord you shal be clensen †for it is a sabath of rest and you shal afflict your soules by a perpetual religion And the priest shal expiate that is annoynted and whose handes are consecrated to do the function of priesthood for his father and he shal be reuested with the linnen stole and the holie vestments †and he shal expiate the Sanctuarie and the tabernecle of testimonie and the altar the priestes also and al the people †And this shal be an ordinance for euer that you pray for the children of Israel and for al their sinnes once in a yeare He did therfore as our Lord had commanded Moyses CHAP. XVII Al Sacrifices must be offered at the doore of the Tabernacle 7. with special prohibitioÌ„ of Idolatrie 10. None must eate bloud 15 whosoeuer eateth caraine flesh is contaminate and must be washed AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to Aaron and his sonnes and to al the children of Israel saying to them This is the word which our Lord hath coÌ„manded saying †Anie man whosoeuer of the house of Israel if he kil an oxe or a sheepe or a goate in the campe or without the campe and offer it not at the dore of the tabernacle an oblation to the Lord shal be guiltie of bloud as if he had shed bloud so shal he perish out of the middes of his people †Therfore shal the children of Israel bring to the priest their hostes which they kil in the filde that they may be sanctified to our Lord before the dore of the tabernacle of testimonie they may immolate them pacifique hostes to our Lord. †And the priest shal poure the bloud vpon the altar of our Lord at the dore of the tabernacle of testimonie and shal burne the fatte for a swete odour to our Lord †and they shal no more immolate their hostes to diuels with whom they haue committed fornication It shal be an ordinance for euer to them and to their posteritie †And to them thou shalt say The man of the house of Israel and of the strangers which seiourne with you that offereth an holocaust or victime †and bringeth it not to the dore of the tabernacle of testimonie that it may be offered to our Lord shal perish out of his people †Anie man whosoeuer of the house of Israel and of the strangers that seiourne among them if he eate bloud I wil sette my face against his life and wil destroy it out of his people †because the life of the flesh is in the bloud and I haue geuen it to you that vpon the altar you may make expiation with it for your soules and the bloud may be for an expiation of the soule †Therfore haue I faid to the children of Israel No soule of you shal eate bloud nor of the strangers that seiourne with you †Anie man whosoeuer of the children of Israel and of the strangers that seiourne with you if by hunting or fowling he take wild beast or foule which it is lawful to eate let him poure our the bloud therof and couer it with earth †For the life of al flesh is in the bloud wherupon I said to the children of Israel The bloud of no flesh shal you eate because the life of the flesh is in the bloud and whosoeuer eateth it fâ—al die †The soule that eateth carraine or that which is taken of a beast aswel of them of the same countrie as of strangers shal wash his clothes and him self with water and shal be contaminated vntil euen and in this order he shal be made cleane †And if he doe not wash his clothes and his bodie he shal beare his iniquitie CHAP. XVIII Mariage prohibited in certaine dâ—grees of consanguinitie and affinitie 18. And diuers carnal and execrable sinnes committed in other nations are strictly forbidden AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them I the Lord your God †according to the custome of the Land of Aegypt wherin you haue dwelt you shal not doe and according to the maner of the Countrie of Chanaan into the which I wil bring you you shal not doe nor walke in their ordinaÌ„ces †You shal doe my iudgements and shal obserue my precepts and shal walke in them I the Lord your God †Keepe my lawes and iudgmentes which a man doing shal liue in them I the Lord. †No man shal approch to her that is “ next of his bloud to reueale her turpitude I the Lord. †The turpitude of thy father and the turpitude of thy mother thou shalt not discouer she is thy mother thou shalt not reueale her turpitude †The turpitude of thy fathers wife thou shalt not discouer for it is the turpitude of thy father †The turpitude of thy sister by father or by mother which was borne at home or abroad thou shalt not reueale †The turpitude of thy sonnes daughter or of thy neece by thy daughter thou shalt not reueale because it is thy turpitude †The turpitude of thy fathers wiues daughter which she bare to thy father and is thy sister thou shal not reueale †The turpitude of thy fathers sister thou shalt not discouer because she is the flesh of thy father †The turpitude of thy mothers sister thou shalt not reueale because she is of the flesh of thy mother †The turpitude of thy fathers brother thou shalt not reueale neither shalt thou approch to his wife who is ioyned to thee by affinitie †The turpitude of thy daughter in law thou shalt not reueale because she is thy sonnes wife neither shalt thou discouer her ignominie †The turpitude of thy brothers
wife and commit aduontrie with his neighbours wife dying let them die both the adulterer and the aduoutresse †He that lieth with his stepmother and reuealeth the ignominie of his father dying let both die their bloud be vpon them †If anie man lie with his daughter in law let both die because they haue done an heinous fact their bloud be vpon them †He that lieth with man as if he should companie with woman both haue committed abomination dying let them die their bloud be vpon them †He that besides his wife the daughter marieth her mother hath done wickednes he shal burne aliue with them neither shal there so great abomination remaine in the middes of you †He that shal companie with beast and cattel dying let him die the beast also doe ye kil †The woman that shal lie vnder anie beast shal be killed together with the same their bloud be vpon them †He that taketh his sister the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother and seeth her turpitude and she beholdeth her brothers ignominie they haue committed a shameful thing they shal be slaine in the sight of their people because they haue reuealed one an others turpitude and they shal beare their iniquitie †He rhat compaineth with a woman in her menstrual fluxe and reuealeth her turpitude and she openeth the fountaine of her bloud both shal be destroyed out of the middes of their people †The turpitude of thy aunt by thy mother and of thy aunt by thy father thou shalt not discouer he that doeth this hath disclosed the ignominie of his flesh both shal beare their iniquitie †He that compaineth with the wife of his vncle by the father or of his vncle by the mother and reuealeth the ignominie of his kinted both shal beare their sinne without children they shal die †He that marieth his brothers wife doth an vnlawful thing he hath reuealed his brothers turpitude they shal be without children †Keepe my lawes and iudgementes and doe them lest the land which you shal enter into and inhabite vomite out you also †Walke not in the ordinances of the nations which I wil expel before you For al these thinges haue they done and I haue abhorred them †But to you I speake Possesse their land which I wil geue you for an inheritance a land flowing with milke and honie I the Lord your God that haue seperated you from other peoples †Therfore doe you also seperate the cleane beast from the vncleane and the cleane foule from the vncleane pollute not your soules in beastes and birdes and al thinges that moue on the earth and which I haue shewed vnto you to be polluted †You shal be holie vnto me because I the Lord am holie and I haue separated you from other peoples that you should be mine †Man or woman in whom is a pithonical or diuining spirite dying let them die they shal stone them their bloud be vpon them CHAP. XXI At what funerals Priests may not be present 7. VVhat wemen they may not marie 9. a priests daughter committing fornication must be burned 10. The high Priest shal not vncouer his head nor rent his garment nor be present at anie funeral nor at al goe forth of the holie place 13. when he marieth he must take a virgin 16. None that hath a blemish in his bodie though he be of Aarons stock shal minister in the Sanctuarie nor approch to the Altar OVR Lord said also to Moyses Speake to the priestes the sonnes of Aaron and thou shalt say to them Let not a priest be contaminated in the deathes of his citizens †but onlie in his kinne and nigh of bloud that is to say vpon his father and mother and sonne and daughter brother also †and sister being a virgin which hath not bene maried to a husband †but neither in the prince of his people shal he be contaminated †Neither shal they shaue their head nor beard nor make incisions in their flesh †They shal be holie to their God and shal not pollute his name for the burnt sacrifice of the Lord and breades of their God doe they offer and therfore they shal be holie †A whore and a vile strumpette he shal not take to wife nor her that is put away from her husband because they are coÌ„secrated to their God †and offer the breades of proposition Be they holie therfore because I also am holie the Lord that sanctifie them †The daughter of a priest if she be taken in whordome dishonour the name of hir father shal be burnt with fire †The grand bishoppe that is to say the priest that is greatest among his brethren vpon whose head hath bene poured the oyle of vnction and whose handes were consecrated in priesthood and who was reuested with the holie vestimentes shal not vncouer his head he shal not rent his garments †and to no dead person shal he enter in at al. vpon his father also and mother shal he not be contaninated †Neither shal he goe forth out of the holie places lest he pollute the SaÌ„ctuarie of the Lord because the oyle of the holie vnction of his God is vpon him I the Lord. †He shal take a virgin vnto his wife †but a widow and her that is put away and a filth and a whore he shal not take but a maide of his owne people †that he mingle not the stocke of his kinred with the common people of his nation because I am the Lord that sanctifie him †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to Aaron The man of thy seede throughout their families that hath a blemish shal not offer breades to his God †neither shal he approch to his ministerie If he be blinde if lame if he haue a litle or a great or a crooked nose †if his foote be broken if his hand †if he be crooke backed or blere eyed or haue a pearle in his eye or a continual scabbe or drie scurffe in his bodie or be burnt †Euerie one that hath a blemish of the seede of Aaron the priest shal not approch to offer the hostes to the Lord nor the breades to his God †He shal eate notwithstanding of the breades that are offered in the Sanctuarie †yet so that he enter not within the vâ—ilen or approch to the altar because he hath a blemish and he must not contaninate my Sanctuarie I the Lord that sanctifie them †Moyses therfore spake to Aaron and to his sonnes and to al Israel al thinges that had bene commanded him CHAP. XXII VVho may eate of sanctified things 17. And what things may be offered OVR Lord also spake to Moyses saying †Speake to Aaron and to his sonnes that they beware of those that are the consecrated thinges of the children of Israel and contaninate not the name of the thinges sanctified to me which
Lord †the priest shal account the price according to the number of yeares vnto the iubilee and he that had vowed shal geue that to the Lord. †but in the Iubilee it shal returne to the former owner that sould it and had it in the lotte of his possession †Al estimation shal be weighed by the sicle of the sanctuarie A sicle hath twentie oboles †The “ first borne which pertaine to the Lord no man may sanctifie and vow whether it be oxe or sheepe they are the Lordes †And if it be an vncleane beast he that offereth it shal redeme it according to thy estimatimation and shal adde the fift part of the price If he wil not redeme it it shal be sould to an other for how much soeuer it was estemed by thee †Anie thing that is consecrated to the Lord whether it be man or beast or field shal not be sould neither can it be redemed Whatsoeuer is once consecrated shal be holie of holies to the Lord. †And any consecration that is offered of a man shal not be redemed but dying shal die †Al tithes of the land whether of corne or of the fruites of trees are the Lordes and are sanctified to him †And if anie man wil redeme his tithes he shal adde the fift part of them †Of al the tithes of oxen and sheepe and goates that passe vnder the sheepheardes rodde euerie tenth that commeth shal be sanctified to the Lord. †It shal not be chosen neither good nor bad neither shal it be changed for an other If anie man change it both that which was changed and that for the which it was changed shal be sanctified to the Lord and shal not be redeemed †These are the precepts which our Lord commanded Moyses vnto the children of Israel in the mount Sinai ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXVII 26. The sirst borne God here forbiddeth to vow the sirst borne and geueth the reason for that they are the Lordes shewing that those things wherto we are already bound are not properly matter of vow But a vowe properly is a religious promise voluntarily made to God of a good thing vnto which we were not bound And that the same is verie gratful to God appeareth not only in this chapter and in manie other places of Moyses law but also in the law of nature Gen. 28. Iacob vowed and God accepted therof Gen. 31. v. 13. And the royal Prophet in diuers Psalmes pertaining to the new Testament commendeth vowes It is certaine also manifest 1. Tim. 5. that widowes did lawfully vowe chastitie in the primitiue Church and such as did afterward breake the same did violate their promise to God Innumerable also most lerned and most godlie fathers haue euer from Christs time both taught and practised religious vowes of obedience to superiors who otherwise had no authoritie ouer them and of perpetual chastitie and voluntarie pouertie It is likewise and continually hath benne a most common practise in the Church to vow other good workes of pietie as to visite holie places to build Churches Collegies Hospitals and the like being no way bound therto but of mere deuotion See Annotations 1. Tim. 5. THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKE OF NVMERI IN this booke called Numeri are contained saieth S. Hierom the Mysteries of al Arithmetike or numberiug of the Prophecie of Balaam and of the fourtie two Mansions of the Israelites in the desert VVhich mystical sense the same great Doctor as also S. Augustin and other Fathers do gather of the literal written by Moyses VVho here prosecuteth the sacred historie after Genesis and Exodus Leuiticus also containing one moneth from the second moneth of the second yeare after the deliuerie of the Israelites out of Aegypt nere 39. yeares to the last of Moyses life First therfore he reportetâ— how al the men of twelue tribes of the age of twentie yeares and vpward were numbered Likewise the tribe of Leui was numbered and imployed parth in priestlie function the rest to assist the priests He describeth also the oraer of marching and encamping the Leuites alwayes next and round about the Tabernacle the other twelue tribes in circuite of them on al sides He moreouer recordeth certaine notable murmurings tumults schismes and rebellions with the euents therof and miserable endes of chief seducers VVhose great iniuries Moyses mekely sustained with singular patience stil executing his owne function with heroical fortitude Among which diuers precepts and lawes are partly repeated partly added as wel concerning Religion and Gods seruice as godlie policie and ciuil gouernment of the people with chastisment of offenders How also their enemies endeuoured to annoy them Balaâ— king of Moab procuring Balaam the sorcerer so much as in him lay to curse them but al in vaine Yet by carnal fornication manie were drawen to spiritual Both which being punished God againe prospered his people in diuers encounters and battailes against Infidels Finally the promised Land of Chanaan on both sides lordaine is described by limites which they shal parte amongst them by loâ—t the Leuites mingled in euerie tribe with their appointed cities and commodities for habitation and the tithes first fruites oblations and abundant prouision for their maintenance Cities also of refuge are designed for casual manslayers and a law established that al shal marie within their owne tribes to avoide confusion of inheritances So this booke may be diuided into three partes In the first the principal and most perfect sort of the people are numbered and disposed in order according to diuers states and offices before they depart from the desert of Sinai in the nine first chapters Then are related sundrie thinges which happened vnto them in the rest of their iourney especially manie and great impediments through al which God punishing some brought the residue to enioy the promised land from the 10. chap. to the end of the 33. Lastly the countrie of Chanaan is againe promised with order so to possâ—sse and enioy it that euerie tribe may haue and keepe their seueral partes in the three last chapters THE BOOKE NVMERI OR NVMBERS IN HEBREW VAIED ABBER CHAP. I. Al the men of twelue tribes of Israel of the age of twentie yeares and vpwardes but not vnder nor wemen are numbred 20. and are sound in al six hundred thirtie thousand fiue hundred fiftie 47. The Leuites not yet numbred are designed to serue about the Tabernacle AND our Lord spake to Moyses in the desert of Sinai in the tabernacle of couenant the first day of the second moneth the second yeare of their going out of Aegypt saying †Take the summe of the whole assemblie of the children of Israel by their kinredes houses and the names of euerie one whatsoeuer of the male sexe †from the twentith yeare and vpward of al the strong men of Israel and you shal number them by
shal be the bordes of the tabernacle and the barres and the pillers and their feete and al thinges that pertaine to this kind of seruice †and the pillers of the court round about with their feete and the pinnes with the cordes †Before the tabernacle of couenant that is to say on the east side shal Moyses and Aaron campe with their sonnes hauing the custodie of the Sanctuarie in the middes of the children of Israel what stranger soeuer cometh therto shal die †Al the Leuites that Moyses and Aaron numbered according to the precept of our Lord by their families in the male kinde from one moneth and vpward were twentie two thousand †And our Lord said to Moyses Number the first borne of the male sex of the children of Israel from one moneth and vpward and thou shalt haue the summe of them †And thou shalt take the Leuites vnto me for al the first borne of the children of Israel I am the Lord and their cattel for al the first borne of the cattel of the children of Israel †Moyses reckened as our Lord had commanded the first borne of the children of Israel †and the males by their names from one moneth and vpward were twentie two thousand two hundred seuentie three †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Take the Leuites for the first borne of the children of Israel and the cattel of the Leuites for their cattel and the Leuites shal be mine I am the Lord. †But for the price of two hundred seuentie three of the first borne of the children of Israel that exceede the number of the Leuites †thou shalt take fiue sicles for euerie head after the measure of the SaÌ„ctuarie A sicle hath twentie oboles †And thou shalt giue the money to Aaron and to his sonnes the price of them that are aboue †Moyses therfore tooke their money that were aboue and whom he redemed of the Leuites †for the first-borne of the children of Israel a thousand three hundred sixtie fiue sicles according to the weight of the Sanctuarie †and gaue it to Aaron and his sonnes according to the word that our Lord had commanded him ANNOTATIONS CHAP. III. 39. Tvventie tvvo thousand Immediatly before were numbered of Gersonites v. 22. 7500. of Caathites v. 28. 8600 and of Merarites v. 34. 6200. which make in al 22300. VVhy then are 300. left out of the total summe especially seing by and by v. 43. a smaler and other odde numbers of 273. are expressed and therupon inferred v. 46. that the first borne of the Israelites did so much exceede the Leuites VVheras if the whole number of Leuites had bene also expressed in the general summe as it is contained in the three particular summes the Leuites should exceede the first borne of Israelites by the number of 27. For answere to this difficultie some suppose that the first borne of the Leuites were iust 300. and therfore so manie supplying only their owne places there remained iust twentie two thousand to supplie the places of the first borne of other Israelites and so the Leuites were sewer then those for whom they were taken vnto Gods seruice by the number of 273. But that the first borne of Leuites were neither more nor sewer then 300. is not euident by the text Howsoeuer therfore this doubt be solued sure it is by S. Hieroms iudgement cited in the argument that these numbers are mystical And the iust number of 22. thousand Leuites may signifie 〈…〉 Orâ—â—n homil 4. in Num. perfection required in those that are designed to the particular seruice of God as there be also iust 22. Hebrew letters and 22. Patriarches from Adam to Iacob from whom the Israelites descended CHAP. IIII. Distinct offices are assigned to the families of Aaron 15. of the other sonnes of Caath 21. of Gerson 29. and of Merari 34. who are al numbred from the age of thirtie yeares to fiftie and so imployed to their offices and burdens AND our Lord spake to Moyses and Aaron saying †Take the summe of the sonnes of Caath out of the middes of the Leuites by their houses and families †from the thirtith yeare vpward vnto the fiftith yeare of al that goe in to stand and to minister in the tabernacle of couenant †This is the seruice of the sonnes of Caath †when the campe is to remoue Aaron and his sonnes shal enter into the tabernacle of couenant and Sanctum sanctorum and shal take downe the veile that hangeth before the dore and shal wrappe in it the arke of testimonie †and shal couer it agayne with a couer of Ianthine skinnes and shal spread ouer it a cloth al of hyacinth and shal draw in the barres †The tabel also of proposition they shal wrappe in a cloth of hiacinth and shal put with it the censers and litle morters the goblettes and cuppes to powre the libaments the breades shal be alwayes on it †and they shal spread ouer it a cloth of scarlet which againe they shal couer with a veile of ianthine skinnes and shal put in the barres †They shal take also a cloth of hiacinth wherwith they shal couer the candlestick with the lampes and tongs therof and snuffers and al the vessels of oyle which are necessarie for the dressing of the lampes †and ouer al they shal put a couer of ianthine skinnes and put in the barres †Moreouer the golden altar also they shal wrappe in a cloth of hyacinth and shal spreade ouer it a couer of ianthine skinnes and put in the barres †Al the vessel wherwith the ministration is done in the Sanctuarie they shal wrappe in a cloth of hiacinth and shal spread ouer it a couer of ianthine skinnes and put in barres †But the altar also they shal make cleane from the ashes and shal wrappe it in a purple cloth †and shal put with it al the vessel that they vse in the ministerie therof that is to say fire pannes fleshhookes and forkes pothookes and shouels Al the vessel of the altar together they shal couer with a veile of ianthine skinnes and shal put in the barres †And when Aaron his sonnes haue wrapped vp the Sanctuarie and the vessel therof in the remouing of the campe then shal the sonnes of Caath enter in to carie the thinges wrapped vp and they shal not touch the vessel of the Sanctuarie lest they die These are the burdens of the sonnes of Caath in the tabernacle of couenant †ouer whom shal be Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest to whose charge perteyneth the oyle to dresse the lampes and the incense of composition and the sacrifice that is alwayes offered and the oyle of vnction and whatsoeuer perteyneth to the seruice of the tabernacle and of al the vessel that are in the Sanctuarie †And our Lord spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying †Destroy not the people of Caath out of the
middes of the Leuites †but doe this to them that they may liue and not die if they touch Sancta sanctorum Aaron and his sonnes shal enter and they shal dispose the charges of euerie one and shal diuide what euerie one must carie †Let others by no curiositie see the thinges that are in the Sanctuarie before they be wrapped vp otherwise they shal die †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Take the summe of the sonnes of Gerson also by their houses and families and kinredes †from thirtie yeares and vpward vnto fiftie yeares Number them al that goe in and minister in the tabernacle of couenant †This is the office of the familie of the Gersonites †for to carie the curtines of the tabernacle and the roofe of the couenant the other couer and ouer al the ianthine couer and the hanging that hangeth in the entrie of the tabernacle of couenant †the curtines of the court and the veile in the entrie that is before the tabernacle Al thinges that pertayne to the altar the cordes and vessel of the ministerie †shal the sonnes of Gerson carie by the commandment of Aaron his sonnes and euerie one shal knowe to what burden they must be assigned †This is the seruice of the familie of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of couenant and they shal be vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the priest †The sonnes of Merari also by the families and houses of their fathers thou shalt recken †from thirtie yeares and vpward vntil fiftie yeares al that enter in to the office of their ministerie and to the seruice of the couenant of testimonie †These are their burdens They shal carie the bordes of the tabernacle and the barres therof the pillers and the feete of them †the pillers also of the court round about with their feete and pinnes and cordes Al the vessel and implementes they shal receiue by account and so shal carie them †This is the office of the familie of the Merarites and their ministerie in the tabernacle of couenant and they shal be vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the priest †Moyses therfore and Aaron and the princes of the synagogue reckened the sonnes of Caath by their kinredes and houses of their fathers †from thirtie yeares and vpward vnto the fiftith yeare al that enter in to the ministerie of the tabernacle of couenant †and they were found two thousand seuen hundred fiftie †This is the number of the people of Caath that enter into the tabernacle of couenant these did Moyses and Aaron number according to the word of our Lord by the hand of Moyses †The sonnes of Gerson also were numbered by the kinredes and houses of their fathers †from thirtie yeares and vpward vnto the fiftith yeare al that enter in to minister in the tabernacle of couenant †and they were found two thousand six hundred thirtie †This is the people of the Gersonites whom Moyses and Aaron numbered according to the word of our Lord. †The sonnes of Merari also were numbered by the kinredes and houses of their fathers †from thirtie yeares and vpward vnto the fiftith yeare al that enter in to accomplish the rites of the tabernacle of couenant †and they were found three thousand two hundred †this is the number of the sonnes of Merari whom Moyses and Aaron reckened according to the commandment of our Lord by the hand of Moyses †Al that were reckened of the Leuites and whom Moyses and Aaron and the princes of Israel tooke by name by the kinredes and houses of their fathers †from thirtie yeares and vpward vnto the fiftith yeare entring in to the ministerie of the tabernacle and to carie the burdens †were in al eight thousand fiue hundred eightie †According to the word of our Lord did Moyses recken them euerie one according to their office and burdens as our Lord had commanded him CHAP. V. Lepers and al polluted persons must be cast out of the campe 5. Confession of sinne and satisfaction for trespasse 9. First fruites and oblations pertaine to the Priestes 11. The law of ielosie AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Command the children of Israel that they cast out of the campe euerie leper and whosoeuer hath a fluxe of seede and is polluted vpon the dead †as wel man as woman cast yee out of the campe lest when they shal dwel with you they contaminate it †And the children of Israel did so and they did cast them forth without the campe as our Lord had spoken to Moyses †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel man or woman when they shal do any of al the sinnes that are wont to chance to men and by negligence haue transgressed the commandement of the Lord and haue offended †they “ shal confesse their sinne and restore the principal it self and the fifth part ouer to him against whom they sinned †But if there be none to receiue it they shal geue it to the Lord and it shal be the priestes the ramme excepted that is offered for expiation to be a placable hoste †Al the first fruites also which the children of Israel doe offer pertaine to the priest †and whatsoeuer is offered into the Sanctuarie of euerie one and is deliuered to the handes of the priest it shal be his †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them The man whose wife erreth and contemning her husband †hath slept with an other man and her husband could not find it but the adulterie is secrete and can not be proued by witnesses because she was not found in the adulterous fact †if the spirit of ielousie stirre vp the husband against his wife which either is polluted or is charged with false suspition †he shal bring her to the priest and shal offer an oblation for her the tenth part of a satum of barley meale he shal not powre oile theron not put frankincense vpon it because it is a sacrifice of ielousie and an oblation searching out adulterie †The priest therfore shal offer it and set it before the Lord. †And he shal take holie water in an earthen vessel and he shal cast a little grauel of the pauement of the tabernacle into it †And when the woman shal stand in the sight of the Lord he shal vncouer her head and shal put vpon her handes the sacrifice of recordation and the oblation of ielousie and him selfe shal hold the most bitter waters wheron he heaped curses with execration †and he shal adiure her and shal say If an other man hath not slept with thee and if thou be not polluted by forsaking thy husbandes bedde these most bitter waters shal not hurt thee wherupon I haue heaped curses †But if thou hast declined from
siluer hauing seuentie sicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie both ful of flowre tempered with oile for a sacrifice †a litle morter of gold weighing ten sicles ful of incense †an oxe out of the heard and a ramme and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocaust †and a bucke goate for sinne †and for pacifique hostes two oxen fiue rammes fiue bucke goates fiue lambes of a yeare old this was the oblation of Gamaliel the sonne of Phadassur †The ninth day the prince of the sonnes of Beniamin Abidan the sonne of Gedeon †offered a plate of siluer weighing an hundred thirtie sicles a phial of siluer hauing seuentie sicles after the weight of the sanctuarie both ful of flower tempered with oile for a sacrifice †a litle morter of gold weighing ten sicles ful of incense †an oxe out of the heard and a ramme and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocaust †and a bucke goate for sinne †and for pacifique hostes two oxen fiue rames fiue bucke goates fiue lambes of a yeare old this was the oblation of Abidan the sonne of Gedeon †The tenth day the prince of the sonnes of Dan Ahiezer the sonne of Ammisaddai †offered a plate of siluer weighing an hundred thirtie sicles a phial of siluer hauing seuentie sicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie both ful of flowre tempered with oile for a sacrifice †a litle morter of gold weighing ten sicles ful of incense †an oxe out of the heard and a ramme and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocaust †and a bucke goate for sinne †and for pacifique hostes two oxen fiue rammes fiue bucke goates fiue lambes of a yeare old this was the oblation of Ahiezer the sonne of Ammisaddai †The eleuenth day the prince of the sonnes of Aser Phegiel the sonne of Ochran †offered a plate of siluer weighing an hundred thirtie sicles a phial of siluer hauing seuentie sicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie both ful of flowre tempered with oile for a sacrifice †a litle morter of gold weighing ten sicles ful of incense †an oxe out of the heard and a ramme and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocaust †and a bucke goate for sinne †and for pacifique hostes two oxen fiue rammes fiue bucke goates fiue lambes of a yeare old this was the oblation of Phegiel the sonne of Ochran †The twelfth day the prince of the sonnes of Nephthali Ahira the sonne of Enan †offered a plate of siluer weighing an hundred thirtie sicles a phial of siluer hauing seuentie sicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie both ful of flowre tempered with oile for a sacrifice †a litle morter of gold weighing ten sicles ful of incense †an oxe out of the heard and a ramme and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocaust †and a bucke goate for sinne †and for pacifique hostes two oxen fiue rammes fiue bucke goates fiue lambes of a yeare old this was the oblation of Ahira the sonne of Enan †These thinges were offered of the princes of Israel in the dedication of the altar in the day wherin it was consecrated plates of siluer twelue phials of siluer twelue litle morters of gold twelue †so that one plate had an hundred and thirtie sicles of siluer and one phial had seuentie sicles that is in the whole of al the vessel of siluer two thousand foure hundred sicles by the weight of the Sanctuarie †litle morters of gold twelue ful of incense weighing ten sicles a peece by the weight of the Sanctuarie that is in the whole an hundred twentie sicles of gold †oxen out of the heard for an holocaust twelue rammes twelue lambes of a yeare old twelue and their libamentes twelue bucke goates for sinne †For pacifique hostes oxen twentie sowre rammes fixtie bucke goates sixtie lambes of a yeare old sixtie These thinges were offered in the dedication of the altar when it was anointed †And when Moyses entred into the tabernacle of couenant to consult the oracle he heard the voice of him that spake to him from the propitiatorie that was ouer the arke betwen the two Cherubs from whence also he spake to him CHAP. VIII Seuen lampes are so placed on the golden candlestucke that they may shine towardes the breades of proposition 5. the ordination of the Leuites 24. And at what age they shal serue in the tabernacle AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to Aaron and thou shalt say to him When thou shalt place the seuen lampes let the candlesticke be sette vp in the south part ouer against the north toward the table of the breades of proposition ouer against that part toward which the candlesticke looketh shal they shine †And Aaron did so and he put the lampes vpon the candlesticke as our Lord had cōmanded Moyses †this was the making of the candlesticke of beaten gold as wel the middle shaft as al thinges that arose of both sides of the branches according to the example which our Lord shewed to Moyses so wrought he the candlesticke †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Take the Leuites out of the middes of the children of Israel and thou shalt purifie them †according to this rite Let them be sprinkled with the water of lustration shaue al the haires of their flesh And when they haue washed their garmentes and are cleansed †they shal take an oxe out of the heardes and his libament flowre tempered with oyle and an other oxe out of the heard thou shalt take for sinne †and thou shalt bring the Leuites before the tabernacle of couenant calling together al the multitude of the children of Israel †And when the Leuites are before the Lord the children of Israel shal put their handes vpon them †and Aaron shal offer the Leuites a gift in the sight of the Lord from the children of Israel that they may serue in his ministerie †The Leuites also shal put their handes vpon the heades of the oxen of the which thou shalt make one for sinne and the other for holocauste of the Lord to pray for them †And thou shalt sette the Leuites in the sight of Aaron and of his sonnes and being offered shal consecrate them to the Lord †and shal separate them from the middes of the children of Israel to be mine †And afterward they shal enter into the tabernacle of couenant to serue me And thou shalt so purifie and consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord because they were geuen me for a gift of the children of Israel †For the first borne that open euerie matrice in Israel I haue taken them †For mine are al the first borne of the children of Israel as wel of men as of beastes From the day that I smote euerie first borne in the Land of Aegypt haue I sanctified them to me †and I haue taken the Leuites for al the first
the ceremonies therof A stranger shal not ioyne with you †Watch in the custodie of the Sanctuarie and in the ministerie of the altar lest indignation rise vpon the children of Israel †I haue geuen you your brethren the Leuites out of the middes of the children of Israel and haue deliuered them a gifte to the Lord to serue in the ministeries of his tabernacle †And thou and thy sonnes looke to your priesthood and al thinges that perteyne to the seruice of the altar and that are within the vele shal be executed by the priestes if anie stranger approch he shal be slaine †And our Lord spake to Aaron behold I haue geuen thee the custodie of my first fruites Al thinges that are sanctified of the children of Israel haue I deliuered to thee and to thy sonnes for the priestlie office as euerlasting ordinances †These thinges therfore shalt thou take of those that are sanctified and are offered to the Lord. Al oblation and sacrifice and whatsoeuer is rendred to me for sinne and offence becometh Holie of holies shal be thine and thy sonnes †In the Sanctuarie shalt thou eate it males onlie shal eate therof because it is to thee a cōsecrated thing †But the first fruites which the children of Israel shal vow and offer I haue geuen thee and thy sonnes and thy daughters for a perpetual right he that is cleane in thy house shal eate them †Al the best of oile and wine and corne whatsoeuer first fruites they offer to the Lord I haue geuen them to thee †Of fruites al the first that the ground bringeth forth and are brought to the Lord shal turne to thy vses he that is cleane in thy house shal eate them †Euerie thing that the children of Israel render by vow shal be thine †Whatsoeuer first breaketh forth from the matrice of al flesh which they offer to the Lord whether it be of men or of beastes shal be thy right yet so that for the first borne of man thou take a price and euerie beast that is vncleane thou cause to be redemed †whose redemption shal be after one moneth for fiue sicles of siluer by the weight of the Sanctuarie A sicle hath twentie oboles †But the first borne of beefe and sheepe and goate thou shalt not cause to be redemed because they are sanctified to the Lord. onlie the bloud of them thou shalt powre vpon the altar and the fatte thou shalt burne for a most sweete odour to the Lord. †But the flesh shal turne to thy vse as the consecrated brest and the right shoulder shal be thine †Al the first fruites of the Sanctuarie which the children of Israel offer to the Lord haue I geuen thee and thy sonnes and daughters for a perpetual right A couenant of salt is it for euer before the Lord to thee and to thy sonnes †And our Lord said to Aaron In their land you shal possesse nothing neither shal you haue a portion among them I am thy portion and inheritance in the middes of the children of Israel †And to the sonnes of Leui I haue geuen al the tithes of Israel in possession for the ministerie wherwith they serue me in the tabernacle of couenant †that the children of Israel approch not any more to the tabernacle nor committe deadlie sinne †onlie the sonnes of Leui seruing me in the tabernacle and bearing the sinnes of the people it shal be an euerlasting ordinance in your generations No other thing shal they possesse †being content with the oblation of tithes which I haue separated for their vses and necessaries †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Command the Leuites and denounce vnto them When you shal receiue of the children of Israel the tithes which I haue geuen you offer first fruites of them to the Lord that is to say the tenth part of the tenth †that it may be reputed to you for an oblation of first fruites as wel of the barne floores as of the presses †and of al thinges wherof you receiue tithes the first fruites offer to the Lord and geue them to Aaron the priest †Al thinges that you shal offer of the tithes and shal separate for the giftes of the Lord they shal be the best and chosen thinges †And thou shalt say to them If you offer al the goodlie and the better thinges of the tithes it shal be reputed to you as if you had geuen first fruites of the barne floore and the presse †and you shal eate them in al your places as wel you as your families because it is the reward for the ministerie wherwith you serue in the tabernacle of testimonie †And you shal not sinne in this point reseruing the principal and fatte thinges to your selues lest you pollute the oblations of the children of Israel and die CHAP. XIX A redde cow is offered in burnt victime for sinne 9. whose ashes are mingled in water for expiation of diuers legal vncleanes 11. as by touching the dead 14. by entring into the tent of the dead also the vessel that is therin and the vessel that lacketh a couer 22. and whatsoeuer the vncleane toucheth AND our Lord spake to Moyses and Aaron saying †This is the religion of the victime which the Lord hath appointed Command the children of Israel that they bring vnto thee a redde cow of ful age wherin is no blemish and that hath not caried yoke †and you shal deliuer her to Eleazar the priest who bringing her forth without the campe shal immolate her in the sight of al †and dipping his finger in her bloud shal sprinkle it against the doores of the tabernacle seuen times †and shal burne her in the sight of al committing aswel her skinne and the flesh as the bloud and the dong to the fire †Wood also of the cedar and hyssope and scarlet twise died shal the priest cast into the flame that wasteth the cow †And then at length washing his garmentes and his bodie he shal enter into the campe and shal be polluted vntil euen †But he also that burneth her shal wash his garmentes and his bodie and shal be vncleane vntil euen †And a man that is cleane shal gather the ashes of the cow and shal powre them out without the campe in a most cleane place that they may be reserued for the multitude of the children of Israel and for water of aspersion because the cowe was burnt for sinne †And when he that caried the ashes of the cow hath washed his garmentes he shal be vncleane vntil euen The children of Israel and the strangers that dwel among them shal haue this for a holie thing by a perpetual ordinance †He that toucheth the dead corps of a man and is vncleane therfore seuen daies †shal be sprinkled of
this water the third day and the seuenth and so shal be cleansed If he were not sprinkled the third day the seuenth day he can not be clensed †Euerie one that toucheth the dead corps of mans soule and is not sprinkled with this commistion shal pollute the tabernacle of the Lord and shal perish out of Israel because he was not sprinkled with the water of expiation he shal be vncleane and his filthinesse shal remaine vpon him †This is the law of the man that dieth in a tabernacle Al that enter into his tent and al the vessel that are there shal be polluted seuen daies †The vessel that hath no couer nor bynding ouer it shal be vncleane †If any man in the field touch the corps of a man that was slaine or that died of himself or his bone or graue he shal be vncleane seuen daies †And they shal take of the ashes of combustion and of sinne and shal powre liuing water vpon them into a vessel †in the which when a man that is cleane hath dipped hyssope he shal sprinkle therwith al the tent and al the implementes and the men polluted with such contagion †and in this maner he that is cleane shal purge the vncleane the third and seuenth day And being expiated the senenth day he shal wash both himself and his garmentes and be vncleane vntil euening †If anie man be not expiated after this rite his soule shal perish out of the middes of the Church because he hath polluted the Lordes Sanctuarie and is not sprinkled with water of lustration †This precept shal be an ordinance for euer He also that sprinkleth the waters shal wash his garmentes Euerie one that toucheth the waters of expiation shal be vncleane vntil euen †Whatsoeuer he toucheth that is vncleane he shal make it vncleane and the soule that toucheth anie of these thinges shal be vncleane vntil euen CHAP. XX. ariâ— the sister of Moyses dieth 2. The people murmure for lack of water 7. Moysâ—s and Aaron being commanded to draw some out of a rock do it doutfully 12. and for the same are foretold that they shal die in the desert 14. Not obtaining licence to passe through Edom 22. they come into Mount Hor where Eleazar is ordained hiegh Priest Aaron dieth and is mourned by the people thirtie daie AND the children of Israel and al the multitude came into the desert Sin the first moneth and the people abode in Cades And Marie died there and was buried in the same place †And when the people lacked water they came together against Moyses and Aaron †and being turned into sedition said Would God we had perished among our brethren before our Lord. †Why haue you brought forth the Church of our Lord into the wildernesse that both we and our cattel should die †Why did you make vs ascend out of Aegypt and haue brought vs into this exceding naughtie place which can not be sowed which bringeth forth neither figge nor vines nor pomegranates moreouer also hath no water for to drinke †And Moyses and Aaron the multitude being dismissed entring into the tabernacle of couenant fel flatte vpon the ground and cried to our Lord and said Lord God heare the crie of this people and open vnto them thy treasure the fountaine of liuing water that being satisfied their murmuring may cease And the glorie of our Lord appeared ouer them †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Take the rodde and assemble the people together thou and Aaron thy brother and speake to the rocke before them and it shal geue waters And when thou hast brought forth water out of the rocke al the multitude shal drinke and their cattel †Moyses therfore tooke the rodde which was in the sight of our Lord as he commanded him †the multitude being assembled before the rocke and he said to them Heare ye rebellious and incredulous Can we out of this rocke bring you forth water †And when Moyses had lifted vp his hand stricking the rocke twise with the rodde there came forth great plentie of water so that the people drunke and their cattel †And our Lord said to Moyses and Aaron Because you haue not beleued me to sanctifie me before the children of Israel you shal not bring in these peoples into the land which I wil geue them †This is the water of contradiction where the children of Israel quarelled against our Lord and he was sanctified in them †In the meane time Moyses sent messengers from Cades to the King of Edom which should say Thus thy brother Israel biddeth vs to say Thou knowest al the labour that hath taken vs †in what maner our fathers went downe into Aegypt and there we dwelt a great time and the Aegyptians afflicted vs and our fathers †and in what maner we cried to our Lord and he heard vs and sent an Angel that hath brought vs out of Aegypt Loe being presently in the citie of Cades which is in thy vttermost borders †we besech thee that we may haue licence to passe through thy countrie We wil not goe through the fieldes not through the vineyardes we wil not drinke the waters of thy welles but we wil goe the common high way declining neither to the right hand nor to the left til we be past thy borders †To whom Edom answered Thou shalt not passe by me otherwise I wil come armed against thee †And the children of Israel said We wil goe by the beaten way and if we and the cattel drinke thy waters we wil geue thee that which is iust there shal be no difficultie in the price only let vs passe speedely †But he answered Thou shalt not passe And immediatly he came forth to meete them with an infinitie multitude and a strong hand †neither would he condescend to them desiring to grant them passage through his borders For the which cause Israel turned an other way from him †And when they had remoued the campe from Cades they came into the mountaine Hor which is in the borders of the land of Edom †Where our Lord spake to Moyses †Let Aaron sayeth he goe to his people for he shal not enter to the Land which I haue geuen the children of Israel for that he was incredulous to my mouth at the Waters of contradiction †Take Aaron and his sonne with him and thou shalt bring them into the mountaine Hor. †And when thou hast vnuested the father of his vesture thou shalt reuest therewith Eleazar his sonne Aaron shal be gathered and die there †Moyses did as our Lord had commanded and they went vp into the mountaine Hor before al the multitude †And when he had spoyled Aaron of his vestimentes be reuested Eleazar his sonne with them †After that he was dead in the toppe of the mountaine he went downe with Eleazar †And al the multitude seeing that Aaron
seruantes the same in possession and make vs not passe ouer Iordan †To whom Moyses answered Why shal your brethren goe to sight and wil you sitte here †Why subuert you the mindes of the children of Israel that they may not be bold to passe into the place which our Lord wil geue them †Did not your fathers so when I sent from Cadesbarne to view the Land †And when they were come as farre as the Valley of cluster hauing viewed al the countrie they subuerted the hart of the children of Israel that they should not enter the coastes which our Lord gaue them †Who being wrath sware saying †If these men that came vp out of Aegypt from twentie yeares and vpward shal see the land which vnder othe I promised to Abraham Isaac and Iacob and they would not folow me †except Caleb the sonne of Iephone the Cenezeite and Iosue the sonne of Nun these haue fulfilled my wil. †And our Lord being wrath agaynst Israel led him about through the desert fourtie yeares vntil the whole generation was consumed that had done euil in his sight †And behold quoth he you are risen vp in steed of your fathers the ofspring and disciples of sinful men to augment the furie of our Lord agaynst Israel †But if you wil not folow him he wil leaue the people in the wildernesse and you shal be the cause of the death of al. †But they coming nere said We wil make shepcottes and stalles for our cattel for our litle ones also fensed cities †and we our selues armed and girded wil march on to battle before the children of Israel vntil we bring them in vnto their places Our litle ones and whatsoeuer we can haue shal be in walled cities because of the lying of wayte of the inhabitantes †We wil not returne into our houses vntil the children of Israel possesse their inheritance †neither wil we seeke any thing beyound Iordan because already we haue our possession on the east side therof †To whom Moyses said If you doe that you promisse march on wel appointed before our Lord to fight †and let euerie man of warre passe ouer Iordan vntil our Lord subuert his enemies †and al the Land be subdued to him then shal you be blamelesse before our Lord and before Israel and you shal obteyne the countries that you would in the sight of our Lord. †But if you doe not that which you say no man can doubt but you sinne against God and know ye that your sinne shal apprehend you †Build therfore cities for your litle ones and sheepecotes and stalles for your sheepe and cattel and accomplish that which you haue promised †And the children of Gad and Ruben said to Moyses We are thy seruantes we wil do that which our lord commandeth †We wil leaue our litle ones and our wiues and sheepe and cattel in the cities of Galaad †and we thy seruantes al wel appoynted wil march on to the warre as thou my lord speakest †Moyses therfore commanded Eleazar the priest and Iosue the sonne of Nun and the princes of the families by the tribes of Israel and he said to them †If the children of Gad and the children of Ruben passe with you ouer Iordan al armed to the warre before our Lord and the Land be subdued to you geue them Galaad in possession †But if they wil not passe armed with you into the Land of Chanaan let them take places to dwel in among you †And the children of Gad and the children of Ruben answered As our lord hath spoken to his seruantes so Wil we doe †our selues atmed wil march before our Lord into the Land of Chanaan and we confesse that we haue already receiued our possession beyond Iordan †Moyses therfore gaue to the children of Gad and Ruben and to the halfe tribe of Manasses the sonne of Ioseph the kingdome of Sehon king of the Amorrheite and the kingdome of Og king of Basan and their land and the cities therof round about †Therfore the sonnes of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer †and Etroth and Sophan and Iazar and Iegbaa †and Bethnemra and Betharan cities fensed aud sheepecotes for their sheepe †But the children of Ruben builded Hesebon and Eleale and Cariathaim †and Nabo and Baalmeon changing their names Sabama also geuing names to the cities which they had built †Moreouer the children of Machir the sonne of Manasses went into Galaad and wasted it killing the Amorrheite the inhabiter therof †Moyses therfore gaue the land of Galaad to Machir the sonne of Manasses who dwelt in it †And Iair the sonne of Manasses went and tooke the villages therof which he called Hauoth Iair that is tho say the Villages of Iair †Nobe also went and tooke Canath with the villages therof and he called it by his owne name Nobe CHAP. XXXIII The 42. mansions of The children of Israel betwen Aegype and the Land of promise are recited 50. they are commanded to kil al the inhabitents to purge the land of idolatrie and diuide it among them THESE are the mansions of the children of Israel that went out of Aegypt by their troupes in the hand of “ Moyses and Aaron †which Moyses described according to the places of the campe which by our Lords commandement they changed †They children of Israel therfore departing from Ramesses the first moneth the fiftenth day of the first moneth the morow after they made the Phase in a mightie hand al the Aegyptians seeing them †and burying their first borne which our Lord had strooken yea and on their goddes also he had exercised vengeance †they camped in Soccoth †And from Soccoth they came into Etham which is in the vttermost borders of the wildernesse †Departing thence they came ouer against Phihahiroth which looketh toward Beelsephon and camped before Magdal †And departing from Phihahiroth they passed through the middes of the sea into the wildernesse and walking three dayes through the deserr Etham they camped in Mara †And departing from Mara they came into Elim where there were the twelue fountaines of waters and the seuentie palme trees and there they camped †But departing thence also they pitched their tentes vpon the Redde sea And departing from the Redde sea †they camped in the defert Sin †From whence departing they came into Daphca †And departing from Daphca they camped in Alus †And departing from Alus they pitched their tentes in Raphidim where the people wanted water to drinke †And departing from Raphidim they camped in the desert of Sinai †But departing also from the desert Sinai they came to the Sepulchres of concupiscence †And departing from the Sepulchres of concupiscence they camped in Haseroth †And from Haseroth they came into Rethma †And departing from Rethma they camped in Remmonphares †Whence departing they came into Lebna â€
Vriel Asaia Ioel Semeia Eliel and Aminadab †and he sayd to them You that are the princes of the Leuitical families be sanctified with your brethren and fetch the Arke of our Lord the God of Israel to the place which is prepared for it †lest as from the beginning because yow were not present our Lord strike vs so now also it come to passe we doing some vnlawful thing †The Priestes therfore and the Leuites were sanctified to carie the Arke of our Lord the God of Israel †And the sonnes of Leui tooke the Arke of God as Moyses had commanded according to the word of our Lord vpon their shoulders on barres †And Dauid sayd to the princes of the Leuites that they should appoynt of their brethren singing men on musical instrumentes to witte on nables harpes and cymbals that the sound of ioy might resound on high †And they appoynted Leuites Hemam the sonne of Ioel and of his brethren Asaph the sonne of Barachias and of the children of Merari their brethren Ethan the sonne of Casaia †And with them their brethren in the second order Zacharias and Ben and Iaziel and Semiramoth and Iaâ—iel and Ani Eliab and Banaias and Maasias and Mathathias and Eliphalu and Macenias and Obededom and Iehiel porters †Moreouer them that sang Heman Asaph and Ethan sounding on brasen cymbals †And Zacharias and Oziel and Semiramoth and Iahiel Ani and Eliab and Maasias and Banaias vpon nables sang mysteries †Moreouer Mathathias and Eliphalu and Macenias and Obededom and Iehiel and Ozaziu vpon harpes for the octaue sang a triumphant song †And Chonenias the prince of the Leuites was chiefe ouer prophecie to beginne the melodie for he was verie coning †And Barachias and Elcana doore keepers of the Arke †Moreouer Sebenias and Iosaphat and Nathanael and Amasai and Zacharias and Banaias and Eliezer priestes sounded with trumpettes before the Arke of God and Obededom and Iehias kept the doore of the Arke †Therfore Dauid and al the ancientes of Israel and the tribunes went to fetch the Arke of the couenanr of our Lord out of the house of Obededom with ioy †And when God had holpen the Leuites which caried the Arke of the couenant of our Lord there were immolated seuen oxen seuen rammes †Moreouer Dauid was clothed with a robe of fine linen and al the Leuites that caried the Arke and the singing men and Chonenias the prince of prophecie among the singers and Dauid also was clothed with an Ephod of linen †And al Israel brought the Arke of the couenant of our Lord in iubiley and sounding with the sound of shaulme and with trumpettes and cymbals and nables and harpes †And when the Arke of the couenant of our Lord was come vnto the citie of Dauid Michol the daughter of Saul looking forth through a window saw Dauid the king dancing and playing and she despised him in her hart CHAP. XVI The Arke is placed in a tabernacle Sacrifice is offeâ—ed Dauid blesseth the people 4. disposeth the offices of Leuites 8. and maketh a Psalme of praise to God THEY therfore brought the Arke of God and set it in the middes of the tabernacle which Dauid had pitched for it and they offered holocaustes and pacifiques before God †And when Dauid had finished offering holocaustes and pacifiques he blessed the people in the name of our Lord. †And he duided to al through out euerie one from man vnto woman a loafe of bread and a peece of rosted beefe and floure fryed with oile †And he appoynted before the Arke of our Lord of the Leuites that should minister and should remember his workes glorifie and prayse our Lord the God of Israel †Asaph the prince and the second after him Zacharias moreouer Iahiel and Semiramoth and Iehiel and Mathathias and Eliab and Banaias Obed-edom and Iehiel ouer the instrumentes of psalterie and the harpes Asaph to sound vpon the cymbals †but Banaias and Iaziel priestes to sound the trumpet continually before the Arke of the couenant of our Lord. †In that day Dauid made Asaph prince to confesse to our Lord and his brethren †Confesse ye to our Lord and inuocate his name make his inuentions knowen among the peoples †Chaunt to him and sing to him and tel ye al his meruelous thinges †Prayse ye his holie name let the hart of them that reioyse seeke our Lord. †Seeke ye our Lord and his powre seeke ye his face alwayes †Remember his meruelous thinges which he hath done his signes and the iudgementes of his mouth †The seede of Israel his seruant the children of Iacob his elect †He is the Lord our God in al the earth are his iudgementes †Remember for euer his coueuant the word which he commanded vnto a thousand generations †Which he couenanted with Abraham and his othe with Isaac †And he appoynted it to Iacob for a precept and to Israel for an euer lasting couenant †Saying To thee wil I geue the Land of Chanaan the corde of your inheritance †When they were few in number smal and soiourners therof †And they passed from nation into nation from kingdom to an other people †He suffered not any man to calumniate them but rebuked kinges for their sake †Touch not my annoynted and vnto my prophetes be not malicious †Sing ye to our Lord al the earth shew forth from day to day his saluation †Tel his glorie among the gentiles among al peoples his meruelous workes †Because our Lord is great and laudable excedingly and terrible ouer al goddes †For al the goddes of the peoples be idols but our Lord made the heauens †Confession and magnificence before him strength and ioy in his place †Bring to our Lord ye families of peoples bring to our Lord glorie and impire †Geue our Lord glorie to his name eleuate sacrifice and come ye in his sight and adore our Lord in holie honour †Let al the earth be moued before his face for he founded the world vnmoueable †Let the heauens be glad the earth reioyse and let them say among the nations Our Lord hath reigned †Let the sea thunder and the fulnesse therof let the fieldes reioyse and al thinges that are in them †Then shal the trees of the forest prayse before our Lord because he is come to iudge the earth †Confesse ye to our Lord because he is good because his mercie is for euer †And say ye Saue vs ô God our sauiour and gather vs together deliuer vs out of the nations that we may confesse to thy holie name and may reioyse in thy songues †Blessed be our Lord the God of Israel from eternitie vnto eternitie and let al the people say Amen and hymne to God †He therfore leaft Asaph there before the Arke of the couenant of our Lord and his
God as he hath spoken of thee †Our Lord also giue thee wisdome and vnderstanding that thou mayst be able to rule Israel and to kepe the law of our Lord thy God †For then thou shalt be able to prosper if thou shalt keepe the commandementes and iudgementes which our Lord commanded Moyses to teach Israel take courage and play the man feare not neither be dismayde †Behold I in my pouertie haue prepared the charges of the house of our Lord of gold an hundred thousand talentes and of siluer a thousand thousand talentes but of brasse and of yron there is noe weight for the number is surpassed with the greatnesse timber and stones I haue prepared to al the charges †Thou hast also verie manie artificers hewers of stones and masons carpenters and of al occapations most skilful to make worke †in gold and siluer and brasse and yron wherof there is no number Ryse therfore and do it and our Lord wil be with thee †Dauid also commanded al the princes of Israel that they should help Salomon his sonne †You see quoth he that our Lord your God is with you and hath geuen you rest round about and hath deliuered al your enemies into your handes and the land is subdewed before our Lord and before his people †Geue therfore your hart and your soules to seeke our Lord your God and arise and build a sanctuarie to our Lord God that the Arke of the couenant of our Lord and the vessels consecrated to our Lord may be brought into the house which is built to the name of our Lord. CHAP. XXIII King Dauid being old constituteth Salomon king 3. disposeth the offices of Leuites 7. to wit the families of Gerson 12. of Caath 21. and of Merari 26. ceassing to carrie the tabernacle 27. to serue in the temple DAVID therfore being old ful of daies made Salomon his sonne king ouer Israel †And he gathered al the princes of Israel and the Priestes and Leuites †And the Leuites were numbred from thirtie yeares vpward and there were found thirtie eight thousand men †Of these were chosen and distributed into the ministerie of the house of our Lord foure and twentie thousand and of the ouerseers and iudges six thousand †Moreouer foute thousand porters and as manie singing to our Lord on instrumentes which he had made to sing on †And Dauid distributed them by the courses of the children of Leui to witte of Gerson and Caath and Merari †The sonnes of Gerson Leedan and Semei †The sonnes of Leedan the prince Iahiel Zethan and Ioel three †The sonnes of Semei Salomith and Hosiel and Aram three these be the princes of the familes of Leedan †Moreouer the sonnes of Semei Leheth and Ziza and Iaus and Baria these be the sonnes of Semei foure †And Leheth was the first Ziza the second moreouer Iaus and Baria had not manie children and therfore they were counted in one familie and in one house †The children of Caath Amram and Isaar Hebron and Oziel foure †The sonnes of Amram Aaron and Moyses And Aaron was seperated to minister in Sanctasanctorum he and his sonnes for euer and to burne incense to our Lord according to his rite and to blesse his name for euer †The sonnes of Moyses also the man of God were numbred in the tribe of Leui. †The sonnes of Moyses Gersom and Eliezari the sonnes of Gersom Subuel the first †And the sonnes of Eliezer were Rohobia the first and Eleezer had noe moe sonnes Moreouer the children of Rohobia were multiplied excedingly †The sonnes of Isaar Salomith the first †The sonnes of Hebron Ieriau the first Amarias the second Iahaziel the third Iecmaan the fourth †The son̄nes of Oziel Micha the first Iesia the second †The sonnes of Merari Moholi Musi The sonnes of Moholi Eleazar and Cis. †And Eleazar died and had no sonnes but daughters and the sonnes of Cis their brethren tooke them †The sonnes of Musi Moholi and Eder and Ierimoth three †These be the children of Leui in their kinredes and families princes by courses and number of euerie head that did the workes of ministerie of the house of our Lord from twentie yeares and vpward †For Dauid sayd Our Lord the God of Israel hath geuen rest to his people and the habitation of Ierusalem for euer †Neither shal it be the office of the Leuites to carie any more the tabernacle and al the vessels therof to minister †According to the last preceptes also of Dauid the number of the children of Leui shal be numbred from twentie yeares and vpward †And they shal be vnder the hand of the sonnes of Aaron for the seruice of the house of our Lord in the entrances and in the chambers and in the place of purification and in the Sanctuarie and in al the workes of the ministerie of the temple of our Lord. †And the Priestes ouer the loaues of proposition and for the sacrifice of floure and for cakes and azimes and the frying panne and to rost and ouer al weight and measure †But the Leuites to stand in the morning to confesse and sing to our Lord and in like maner at euening †as wel in the oblation of the holocaustes of our Lord as in the Sabbathes and Calendes and the rest of the solemnities according to the number and ceremonies of euerie thing continually before our Lord. †And let them keepe the obseruations of the tabernacle of couenant and the rite of the Sanctuarie and the obseruance of the children of Aaron their brethren that they minister in the house of our Lord. CHAP. XXIIII King Dauid disposeth sixtene families of Eleazar and eight of Ithamar 7. by lottes 19. to serue in the Temple according to their priestlie function 20. likwise principal Leuites in their offices MOREOVER to the sonnes of Aaron these were the partions The sonnes of Aaron Nadab and Abiu and Eleazar and Ithamar †But Nadab and Abiu died before their father without children and Eleazar and Ithamar did the function of priesthood †And Dauid diuided them that is Sadoo of the sonnes of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sonnes of Ithamar according to their courses and ministerie †And there were found manie more children of Eleazar among the principal men then children of Ithamar And he diuided to them that is to the children of Eleazar princes by their families sixtene and to the children of Ithamar by their families and houses eight †Moreouer he diuided both families betwen themselues by lottes for there were princes of the Sanctuarie and princes of God as wel of the children of Eleazar as of the children of Ithamar †And Semeias wrote them the sonne of Nathanael the Scribe a Leuite before the king and princes and Sadoc the Priest and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar the princes also of the Priestlie and Leuitical families
one house which was ouer the rest Eleazars and an other house which had the rest vnder it Ithamars †And the first lot came forth to Ioiarib the second to Iedei †the third to Harim the fourth to Seorim †the fifth to Melchia the sixt to Maiman †the seuenth to Accos the eight to Abia †the ninth to Iesua the tenth to Sechenia †the eleuenth to Eliasib the twelfth to Iaeim †the thirtenth to Hoppha the fourtenth to Isbaab †the fiftenth to Belga the sixtenth to Emmer †the seuententh to Hezir the eightenth to Aphses †the ninetenth to Pheteia the twenteth to Hezechiel †the one and twenteth to Iachin the two and twenteth to Gamul †the three and twenteth to Dalaiau the foure and twenteth to Maaziau †These be their courses according to their ministeries to enter into the house of our Lord and according to their rite vnder the hand of Aaron their father as our Lord the God of Israel had commanded †Moreouer of the children of Leui which were remayning there was Subael of the children of Amram and of the children of Subael Iehedeia †Also of the children of Rohobia the prince of Iesias †And the sonne of Isaari Salemoth and the sonne of Salemoth Iahath †and his sonne Ieriau the first Amarias the second Iahaziel the third Iecmaan the fourth †The sonne of Oziel Micha the sonne of Micha Samir †The brother of Micha Iesia and the sonne of Iesia Zacharias †The sonnes of Merari Moholi and Musi The sonne of Oziau Benno †The sonne also of Merari Oziau and Soam and Zacchur and Hebri †Moreouer the sonne of Moholi Eleazar who had no children †And the sonne of Cis Ieramael †The sonnes of Musi Moholi Eder and Ierimoth These be the sonnes of of Leui according to the houses of their families †And they also did cast lottes agaynst their brethren the sonnes of Aaron before Dauid the king and Sadoc and Ahimelech and the princes of the Priestlie and Leuitical families as wel the elder as the yonger Lotte diuided al equally CHAP. XXV Foure sonnes of Asaph six of Idithun and fourtene of Heman chiefe musicians 7. with their brethren in â—lâ—wo hundred and fourscore 8. are distributed by Lottes in foure and twentie companies to serue in the temple THERFORE Dauid and the officers of the hoste seperated for the ministerie the sonnes of Asaph and Heman and Idithun which should prophecie on harpes psalteries cymbals according to their number seruing the office dedicated to them †Of the sonnes of Asaph Zacchur and Ioseph and Nathania Asarela the sonnes of Asaph vnder the hand of Asaph prophecying neere the king †Moreouer Idithun the sonnes of Idithun Godolias Sori Ieseias and Hasabias and Mathathias six vnder the hand of their father Idithun who prophecied on harpe ouer them that confessed and praysed our Lord. †Of Heman also the sonnes of Heman Bocciau Mathaniaâ— Oziel Subuel and Ierimoth Hananias Hanani Eliatha Geddelthi and Romemthiezer and Iesbacassa Mellothi Othir Mahazioth †al these the sonnes of Heman the Seer of the king in the wordes of God that he might exalt the horne God gaue to Heman fourtene sonnes and three daughters †Al vnder their fathers were distributed to sing in the temple of our Lord on cymbals and psalteries and harpes for the ministeries of the house of our Lord neere the king to witte Asaph and Idithun and Heman †And the number of them with their brethren that taught the songue of our Lord al the teachers two hundred eightie eight †And they did cast lottes by their courses equally as wel the elder as the yonger the learned and the vnlearned together †And the first lotte came forth to Ioseph which was of Asaph The second to Godolias to him and his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The third to Zachur to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The fourth to Isari to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The fifth to Nathanias to his sonnes his brethren twelue †The sixth to Bocciau to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The seueth to Isreela to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The eight to Iesaia to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The ninth to Mathanias to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The tenth to Semeias to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The eleuenth to Azareel to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The twelfth to Hasabia to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The thirtenth to Subacl to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The fourtenth to Mathathias to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The fiftenth to Ierimoth to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The sixtenth to Hananias to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The seuententh to Iesbacassa to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The eightenth to Hanani to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The ninetenth to Mellothi to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The twenteth to Eliatha to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The one and twenteth to Othir to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The two and twenteth to Geddelthi to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The three and twenteth to Mahazioth to his sonnes and his brethren twelue †The foure and twenteth to Romemthiezer to his sonnes and his brethren twelue CHAP. XXVI Porters are designed by lottes to watch at foure gates of the temple 20. others made kepers of the holie treasure and vissel 30. Officers also appointed in the two tribes and half ouer Iordan for Gods seruice and the kinges AND the diuisions of the porters of the Corites Meselemia the sonnes of Core of the sonnes of Asaph †The sonnes of Meselemia Zacharias the first begotten ladihel the second Zabadias the third Iathanael the fourth †Aelam the fifth Iohanan the sixth Elioenai the seuenth †And the sonnes of Obededom Semeias the first begotten Iozabad the second Ioaha the third Sachar the fourth Nathanael the fiifth †Ammiel the sixth Issachar the seuenth Phollathi the eight because our Lord blessed him †And to Semias his sonne were borne sonnes the chiefe of their families for they were most valiant men †the sonnes then of Semeias Oâ—hni and Raphael and Obed Elizabad and his brethren most valiant men Eliu also and Samachias †Al these of the sonnes of Obededom they and their sonnes and their brethren most able to minister sixtie two of Obed-edom †Moreouer the sonnes of Meselemia and their brethren most strong eightene †And of Hosa that is of the sonnes of Merari Semri the prince for he had not a first-begotten and therfore his father made him chief †Helcias the second Tabelias the third Zacharias the fourth al these the sonnes and brethren to Hosa thirtene †These were diuided into porters that the princes also of the watches euen as their brethren might minister in
our Lord was accomplished †And Ezechias reioysed and al the people because the ministerie of our Lord was accomplished For it pleased them that the thing should be done of a soden CHAP. XXX Ezechias by messengers and letters exhorteth the people both of Iuda and Israel to make Paesch in Ierusalem 11. which some of Israel and al Iuda performe 18. the fourtenth day of the second moneth though al could not be purified according to the law 23. they make an other feast of Azimes seuen dayes more the king aend princes geuing hostes to the people EZECHIAS also sent to al Israel and Iuda and he wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasses that they should come to the house of our Lord in Ierusalem and should make a Phase to our Lord the God of Israel †Counsel therfore being taken of the king and the princes and of al the assemblie of Ierusalem they decreed to make the Phase the second moneth †For they could not make it in his time because the Priestes that might suffise had not bene sanctified and the people had not as yet bene gathered into Ierusalem †And the word pleased the king and al the multitude †And they decreed to send messengers into al Israel from Bersabee vnto dan that they should come and make the Phase to our Lord the God of Israel in Ierusalem for manie had not made it as is prescribed by the law †And the postes went forth with letters of commandement from the king and his princes into al Israel and Iuda according to that which the king had commanded proclaming Children of Israel returne ye to our Lord the God of Abraham and Isaac and Israel and he wil returne to the remnant that hath escaped the hand of the king of the Assyrians †Become not as your fathers and brethren which haue reuolted from our Lord the God of their fathers who hath deliuered them into destruction as your selues see †Harden not your neckes as your fathers geue handes to our Lord and come to his Sanctuarie which he hath sanctified for ouer serue our Lord the God of your fathers and the wrath of his furie shal be turned away from you †For if you shal returne to our Lord your brethren and children shal haue mercie before their Lordes that haue led them captiue and they shal returne into this land for our Lord your God is merciful and wil not turne away his face from you if you shal returne to him †Therfore the postes went forward spedely from citie to citie through the land of Ephraim and of Manasses as farre as Zabulon they mocking and skorning them †Neuerthelesse certayne men of Aser and Manasses and Zabulon condescending to the counsel came to Ierusalem †But the hand of God was in Iuda to geue them one hart to doe the word of our Lord according to the precept of the king and of the princes †And much people was gathered into Ierusalem to make the solemnitie of Azimes in the second moneth †And rising they destroyed the altars that were in Ierusalem and ouerthrowing al thinges wherin incense was burnt to idols they threw it into the Torrent cedron †And they immolated the Phase the fourtenth day of the second moneth The Priestes also and the Leuites at length being sanctified offered holocaustes in the house of our Lord. And they stoode in their order according to the disposition law of Moyses the man of God but the Priestes receiued the bloud to be powred out of the handes of the Leuites †because a great multitude Was not sanctified therfore the Leuites immolated the Phase for them that came not in time to be sanctified to our Lord. †For a great part of the people of Ephraim and Manasses and Issachar and Zabulon that had not bene sanctified did eate the Phase not according to that which is writen and Ezechias prayed for them saying Our good Lord wil be merciful †to al them that in al their hart secke our Lord the God of their fathers and wil not impute it to them that they are not sanctified †Whom our Lord heard and was pacified to the people †And the children of Israel that were found in Ierusalem made the solemnitie of Azimes seuen daies in great ioy praysing our Lord euerie day The Leuites also and the Priestes by instrumentes that agreed to their office †And Ezechias spake to the hart of al the Leuites that had good vnderstanding concerning our Lord and they did eate during the seuen daies of the solemnitie immolating victimes of pacifiques and praysing our Lord the God of their fathers †And it pleased the whole multitude to celebrate it other seuen daies which also they did with great ioy †For Ezechias the king of Iuda had geuen the multitude a thousand oxen and seuen thousand sheepe but the princes had geuen the people oxen a thousand sheepe ten thousand there was sanctified therfore a verie great multitude of Priestes †And al the multitude of Iuda was ful of mirth as wel of the Priestes and Leuites as of al the assemblie that came out of Israel of the proselites also of the land of Israel and them that dwelt in Iuda †And there was made a great solemnitie in Ierusalem such as had not bene in that citie from the dayes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid the king of Israel †And the Priestes the Leuites rose vp blessing the people their voice was heard and their prayer came into the holie habitation of heauen CHAP. XXXI Idoles being destroyed in al Iuda and part of Israel Priestes and Leuites freely execute their functions 4 Tithes and first fruictes are payed in such abundance 15. that they are put in store houses and distributed by officers AND when these thinges had bene ritely celebrated al Israel that was found in the cities of Iuda went forth and they brake the idols and cut downe the groucs ouerthrew the excelses and destroyed the altars not onlie out of al Iuda and Beniamin but out of Ephraim also and Manasses til they vtterly destroyed them and al the children of Israel returned into their possessions and cities †And Ezechias appoynted companies of Priestes and of Leuites by their diuisions euerie man in his owne office to witte as wel of the Priestes as of the Leuites for the holocaustes and pacifiques that they should minister and confesse and sing in the gates of the campe of our Lord. †And the kinges part was that of his proper substance holocaust should be offered morning alwaies and euening in the Sabbathes also and the Calendes and in other solennites as it is writen in the law of Moyses †He commanded also the people that dwelt in Ierusaiem to geue portions to the Priestes and the Leuites that they might attend the law of our Lord. †Which when it was noysed in the eares of the multitude the children of Israel offered very manie
our Lord and put them in his temple †But the rest of the wordes of Ioakim and of his abominations which he wrought and the thinges that were found in him are contayned in the Booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel And Ioachin his sonne reigned for him †Eight yeares old was Ioachin when he began to reigne and he reigned three monethes and ten dayes in Ierusalem and he did euil in the sight of our Lord. †And when the compasse of a yeare was come about Nabuchodonosor the king sent some that brought him in to Babylon the most precious vessels of the house of our Lord being caried away withal But he made Sedecias his vncle king ouer Iuda and Ierusalem †One twentie yeares old was Sedecias when he began to reigne he reigned eleuen yeares in Ierusalem †And he did euil in the eies of our Lord his God neither did he reuerence the face of Ieremie the prophet speaking to him from the mouth of our Lord †He reuolted also from king Nabuchodonosor who had adiured him by God he hardened his necke his hart that he would not returne to our Lord the God of Israel †Yea al the chiefe of the Priestes and the people transgresled vnlawfully according to al the abominations of the Gentiles and they polluted the house of our Lord which he had sanctified to him in Ierusalem †And our Lord the God of their fathers sent to them by the hand of his messengers rysing by night and daily admonishing them for that he spared his people and his habitation †But they mocked the messengers of God and litle estemed his wordes and scorned the prophetes vntil the furie of our Lord ascended vpon his people and there was no amendment †For he brought vpon them the king of the Chaldees and slewe their yong men with the sword in the house of his sanctuarie he pitied not yong man and virgin and old man no neither him that stouped for age but he deliuered al into his handes †And al the vessels of the house of our Lord as wel greater as lesser and the treasures of the temple and of the king and the princes he transported into Babylon †The enemies set fyre on the house of God and destroyed the wal of Ierusalem al the towres they burnt and what soeuer was pretious they destroyed †If anie man escaped the sword being led into Babylon he serued the king and his sonnes til the king of the Persians reigned †That the word of our Lord by the mouth of Ieremie might be accomplished and the land might celebrate their Sabbathes for al the daies of the desolation she kept a Sabbath til the seuentie yeares were expyred †But in the first yeare of Cyrus king of Persians to fulfil the word of our Lord which he had spoken by the mouth of Ieremie our Lord raysed vp the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians who commanded to be proclaymed in al his kingdom yea by writing saying †Thus sayth Cyrus king of the Persians Al kingdomes of the earth hath the Lord the God of heauen geuen me and he hath commanded me that I should build him a house in Ierusalem which is in Iewrie who of you is there in al his people The Lord his God be with him and let him goe vp THE CONTINVANCE OF THE CHVRCH AND RELIGION IN THE FIFTH AGE From the fundation of the Temple to the captiuitie in Babylon The space of 430. yeares ALBEIT there were greater Schismes Heresies and more reuoltes from Gods law and seruice in this fifth age then in the former Yet the true Church and Religion continued stil and were no lesse conspicuous then before VVhich being clere and euident touching manie principal Articles we wil here only remitte the reader to some special places for confirmation therof neither wil we be prolixe in declaring other pointes denied or called into controuersie at this time by the impugners of Catholique Religion Beleefe in one God appeareth plainly in building adorning dedicating the Temple with so great solemnitie of the Priestes Leuites and al the Tribes and particularly by king Salomons prayer 3. Reg. 7. 8. 2. Paral. 2. c. Also Prouerb 8. Eccle. 12. Isaie 41. 44. 45. The Mysterie of the B. Trinitie Prouer. 12. Isaiae 6. 48. 49. Ose 11. Ioel. 2. Of Christ our Redemer Isaie 7. 8. 9. 11. 28. 53. Ierem. 23. 30. 33. Ezech. 17. 34. 37. Dan. 7. 9. Osee 6. 11. 14. Ioel. 2. Sophon 2. Aggoei 2. Zachar. 2. c. Sacrifices Sacramentes other Rites the same as before But more frequent Prophecies that they should be changed into better and perfecter by Christ Prou. 9. Isai 12. 52. 55. 61. In the meane time for more signification of the singular vertue of Christs Sacramentes the effect of penitential workes is often recorded For example wicked Achab by hairecloth fasting and other humiliation escaped part of his deserued punishment 3. Reg. 21. Manasses recouered Gods fauoure and his temporal kingdom 2. Par. 33. VVho yet was punished in his posteritie 4. Reg. 23. And the Niniuites by such penance auoided destruction Ione 3. Yea nothing is more frequent in the Prophetes then preaching of penance Isa 1. 2. 3. 30. Iere. 3. 18. c. and others al ascribing the cause of plagues and afflictions to the want of repentance And false Prophetes condemned of errour and false doctrine for promising the people peace and securitie in their sinnes Ierem. 14. Lamen 2. Besides abstinence from diuers sortes of meates counted vncleane Isaiae 66. and ordinarie fastes according to the law other fastes were appointed sometimes vpon occasions requiring not only to subdue and mortifie the flesh but also to obtaine mercie at Gods handes in special distresses 2. Par. 20. Ioel. 1. 2. Ione 3. Elias fasting fourtie dayes 3. Reg. 19. prefigured Christs fast VVhich the Church imitateth in Lent of fourtie daies according to humane habilitie for the fastes of Christ Elias and Moyses were miraculous To the Feastes instituted before was added the Dedication of the Temple 3. Reg. 7. 2 Par. 3. Which was built in Mount Moria 2. Par. 3. the special place designed long before for this purpose when Abraham was directed thither by God was there readie to sacrifice his sonne Isaac Gen. 22. where Dauid also offered sacrifice 2. Reg. 24. 1. Par. 21. This being the onlie ordinarie place for Sacrifice there were for other vses of daylie prayer reading preaching and hearing the word of God other Synagogues built as it were Parish churches in great number in Ierusalem it self foure hundred and foure score and manie more in the whole kingdom as the Hebrew Traditions testifie Of al which places especially of the Temple there was venerable respect had For which cause when Ioiada the High Priest gaue order to kil Athalia he suffered it not to be donne in
of God calues an hundred rammes two hundred lambes foure hundred buckgoates for the sinne of al Israel twelue according to the number of the tribes of Israel †And they set the Priestes in theyr orders and the Leuites in theyr courses ouer the workes of God in Ierusalem as it is writen in the booke of Moyses †And the children of Israel of the transmigration made the Phase the fourtenth day of the first moneth †For al the Priestes and the Leuites were purified as it were one man al cleane to immolate the Phase for al the children of the transmigration and for theyr brethren the Priestes and them selues †And the children of Israel that were returned from the transmigration did eate and al that had separated them selues from the coinquination of the Gentiles of the earth vnto them to seeke our Lord the God of Israel †And they made the solemnitie of Azymes seuen dayes in ioy because our Lord had made them ioyful and had turned the hart of the king of Assur to them that he should helpe theyr handes in the worke of the house of our Lord the God of Israel CHAP. VII Esdras with manie other Priestes and Leuites ascendeth to â—erusalem to teach and assist the people 11. bringing Artaxerxes Edict declareth it to the people 27. and geueth thankes to God AND after these thinges in the reigne of Artaxerxes king of Persians Esdras the sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Helcias †the sonne of Sellum the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob †the sonne of Amarias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Maraioth †the sonne of Zarahias the sonne of Ozi the sonne of Bocci †the sonne of Abisue the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest from the begynning †The same Esdras came vp from Babylon and he was a quicke scribe in the law of Moyses which our Lord God gaue to Israel and the king gaue him according to the hand of our Lord his God vpon him al his petition †And there came vp of the children of Israel and of the children of the Priestes and of the children of the Leuites and of the singing men and of the porters and of the Nathineites into Ierusalem in the seuenth yeare of Artaxerxes the king †And they came into Ierusalem the fifth moneth that is the seuenth yeare of the king †For in the first day of the first moneth he began to goe vp from Babylon and in the first day of the fifth moneth he came into Ierusalem according to the good hand of his God vpon him †For Esdras prepared his hart to search the law of our Lord and to doe and to teach in Israel preceptes and iudgement †And this is the copie of the epistle of the edict which king Artaxerxes gaue to Esdras the Priest the learned scribe in the wordes and preceptes of our Lord and his ceremonies in Israel †Artaxerxes the king of kings to Esdras the Priest the most learned scribe of the law of God of heaueÌ„ greeting †It is decreed by me that whoÌ„soeuer it shal please in my kingdom of the people of Israel and of the Priestes and Leuites to goe into IerusaleÌ„ let him goe with thee †For thou art sent from the face of the king and of his seuen counselers that thou mayst visite Iewrie and Ierusalem in the law of thy God which is in thy hand †And that thou maist carie the siluer gold which the king his counselers haue voluntarily offered to the God of Israel whose tabernacle is in Ierusalem †And al the siluer and gold whatsoeuer thou shalt finde in al the prouince of Babylon and the people wil offer and of the Priestes that shal voluntarely offer to the house of theyr God which is in Ierusalem †take freely and bye diligently of this money calues rammes lambes and the sacrifices and libamentes of them and offer them vpon the altar of the temple of your God that is in Ierusalem †Yea and if it shal please thee and thy brethren to doe any thing with the rest of the siluer and gold doe ye according to the wil of your God †The vâ—â—â—els also which are geuen thee for the ministerie of the house of thy God deliuer thou in the sight of God in Ierusalem †Yea and other thinges wherof neede shal be for the house of thy God how much soeuer is necessarie for thee to spend thou shalt geue it out of the treasure and excheker of the king and from me †I Artaxerxes the king haue appointed and decreed to al the keepers of the common coffer that are beyond the Riuer that whatsoeuer Esdras the Priest the scribe of the law of God of heauen shal aske of you you geue it without delay †vnto an hundred talentes of siluer and vnto an hundred cores of wheat and vnto an hundred bates of wyne and vnto an hundred bates of oyle but salt without measure †Al that pertayneth to the rite of the God of heauen let it be geuen diligently in the house of the God of heauen lest perhaps he be angrie agaynst the kingdom of the king and of his sonnes †We doe you also to vnderstand concerning al the Priestes and Leuites and the singers and the porters the Nathineites and ministers of the house of this God that you haue no authoritie to put tolle and â—ribute and yearlie rentes vpon them †And thou Esdras according to the wisedom of thy God which is in thy hand appoyâ—t iuâ—ges and presidentes that they may iudge for al the people that is beyond the Riuer that is for them which know the law of thy God yea and the ignorant teach ye frely †And euerie one that shal not doe the law of thy God and the law of thy king diligently there shal be iudgement of him either vnto death or into banishment or to the confiscation of his substance or at the least into prison †Blessed be our Lord the God of our fathers which hath put this in the kinges hart that he would glorifie the house of our Lord which is in Ierusalem †and hath inclined his mercie toward me before the king and his counselers and al the mightie princes of the king and Itaking courage by the hand of our Lord my God which was on me gathered together out of Israel princes that should goe vp with me CHAP. VIII Esdras reciteth those that came with him from Babylon 21. the fast which â—e appointed 33. and how they brought the holie vessel into the Temple THESE therfore are the princes of the families and the genealogie of them that came vp with me in the reigne of Artaxerxes the king out of Babylon †Of the children of Phinees Gersom Of the children of Ithamar Daniel Of the children of Dauid Hattus †Of the children of Sechenias the children of Pharos Zacharias and with him were
ye and see that our Lord is sweete blessed is the man that hopeth in him †Feare ye our Lord al ye his sainctes because there is no lacke to them that feare him †The rich haue wanted and haue bene hungrie but they that seeke after our Lord shal not be diminished of any good †Come children heare me I wil teach you the feare of our Lord. †Who is the man that wil haue life loueth to see good daies †“ Stay thy tongue from euil and thy lippes that they speake not guile †Turne away from euil and do good seeke after peace and pursewe it †The eies of our Lord vpon the iust and his eares vnto their prayers †But the countenance of our Lord is vpon them that doe euil things to destroy their memorie out of the earth †The iust haue cried and our Lord hath heard them and out of al their tribulations he hath deliuered them †Our Lord is nigh to them that are of a contrite hart and the humble of spirit he wil saue †Manie are the tribulations of the iust and out of al these our Lord wil deliuer them Our Lord keepeth al their bones there shal not one of them be broken The death of sinners is verie il and they that hate the iust shal offend Our Lord wil redeme the soules of his seruantes and al that hope in him shal not offend ANNOTATIONS PSALME XXXIII 1. He changed his countenance S. Augustin by holie Dauids changing of his countenance and by changing the king of Geth his name who in the booke of kinges where the historie is recorded is called Achis and here Abimelech gethereth that here is an hidden and great Mysterie VVhich he explicateth partly by interpretation of the Hebrew names but more especially by Dauids changing of his countenance which prefigured Christ eternal God becoming also man and so making great changes in the world For as Dauid killed Goliath and for his good act gotte enuie so Christ killing the diuel and humilitie in Christs meÌ„bers killing pride are persecuted by the wicked For Christ was both to the ruine and Resurrection of manie He changed Sacrifice and Priesthood The Iewes had sacrifice according to the order of Aaron in victims of cattle and this was in mysterie For there was not then the Sacrifice of the bodie and bloud of our Lord which the faithful and those that haue read the Gospel do know which Sacrifice is now spread in al the round earth Aâ—litle after the Sacrifice of Aaron is taken away and the Sacrifice according to the order of Melchisedech begane to be He therfore I knovv not vvho changed his countenance Let it not be I knovv not vvho for our Lord Iesus Christ is knowen He would haue our health to be in his bodie and bloud From whence did he commend his bodie and bloud from his humilitie For vnles he were humble he would neither be eaten nor druncke Behold his highnes In the beginning was the vvord and the vvord was with God and God the vvord Loe the euerlasting meate and Angels eate it supernal powres eate it celestial spirites eate it and they eate and are fatted and the thing remaineth whole which satiateth and reioyceth them How then hath the vvisdome of God fedde vs vvith the same bread the word was made flesh and dwelt in vs It were too long to recite this great Doctors vvhole discourse He further sheweth that Christ dismissed the Ievves and vvent from them to the Gentiles Thou seekest novv Christ saith he among the Ievves and findest him not because he hath changed his countenance For they sticking to the sacrifice according to the order of Aaron held not the Sacrifice according to the order of Melchisedech and haue lost Christ and the Gentiles haue begunne to haue him Againe this holie father vvilleth vs to remember the Gospel VVhen our Lord Iesus Christ spake of his bodie he said Vnles you eate the flesh of the Sonne of man and drinke his bloud you shal not haue life in you because he had changed his countenance this semed as furie and madnes vnto them to geue his flesh to be eaten of men his bloud to be drunke therfore Dauid vvas reputed madde before Achis vvhen he said you haue brought this madde man vnto me Doth it not seme madnes Eate ye my flesh and drinke my bloud He semed to be madde thus S. Augustin Neuer imagining the figuratiue interpretation of our nevv Sacramentaries vvho say Christ gaue no more but a figure of his bodie bloud for then it had bene easily vnderstood by the Capharnaites and no such contradiction nor murmuring had happened Yet S. Augustin saith more plainly if more plaine may be Christ caried himselfe in his ovvne handes And hovv this can be done bretheren in man vvho can vnderstand For vvho is caried in his ovvne handes A man may be caried in the handes of others no man is caried in his ovvne handes VVe find not hovv it can be vnderstood in Dauid according to the letter but in Christ vve find it For Christ vvas caried in his ovvne handes vvhen geuing his verie bodie he said This is my bodie for he caried his bodie in his ovvne handes 14 15. â—tay thy tongue c. Both these verses and frequent other places in the Psalmes shevv plainly that iustice consisteth not only in faith but in abstayning from euil and doing good yet requiring and presupposing true faith vvithout which no workes are aualable to iustice nor to euerlasting life PSALME XXXIIII Dauid in figure of Christ prophetically by way of inuocating Gods helpe forsheweth his persecution and the iust reuenge vpon his persecutors 9. with praise to God 13. his charitie towards his cruel aduersaries 17. whom neuertheles God punisheth 20. for pretending peace in wordes and in fact persecuting 23. rendering to al as they deserue To Dauid himself IVDGE ô Lord them that hurt me ouerthrow them that impugne me †Take armour and shield and rise vp to helpe me †Bring forth the sword and shut vp against them that perfecute me say to my soule I am thy saluation †Let them be counfounded ashamed that seeke my soule Let them be turned backward and be confounded that thinke euil against me †Be they made as dust before the face of winde and the angel of our Lord straictning them †Let their way be made darkenesse and slippernes and the angel of our Lord pursewing them †Because they haue hid the destruction of their snare for me without cause in vaine haue they vpbrayded my soule †Let the snare which he knoweth not come on him and the net which he hath hid catch him and let him fal into the verie same snare †But my soule shal reioyce in our Lord and shal be delighted vpon his saluation †Al
the law multiplieth oblation †It is an holsome sacrifice to attend to the commandments and to depart from al iniquitie †To depart from iniquitie is a thing that pleaseth our Lord wel and to depart from iniustice is an intreating for sinnes †Thou shalt not appeare before the sight of our Lord emptie †For al these thinges are done because of the commandment of God †The oblation of the iust maketh a fatte altar and is an odour of sweetenes in the sight of the Highest †The sacrifice of the iust is acceptable and our Lord wil not forget the memorie thereof †Render glorie to God with a good minde and diminish not the first fruites of thine handes †In euerie gift make thy countenance chereful and in ioyfulnes sanctifie thy tithes †Geue to the Highest according to his gift and with a good eie doe according to the abilitie of thine handes †because our Lord is a rewarder and wil repay thee seuen times so much †Offer not wicked giftes for he wil not receiue them †And looke not vpon an vniust sacrifice because our Lord is iudge and there is not with him the glorie of person †Our Lord wil not accept person against the poore and he wil heare the prayer of him that is hurt †He wil not despise the prayers of the pupil nor the widow if she power out speach of mourning †Do not the widows teares runne downe to the cheeke her exclamation vpon him that causeth them to runne †For from the cheeke they goe vp euen to heauen and our Lord the hearer wil not be delighted in them †He that adoreth God in delectation shal be receiued his petition shal approch euen to the cloudes †The prayer of him that humbleth himself shal penetrate the cloudes and til it approch he wil not be comforted and he wil not depart til the Highest behold †And our Lord wil not be long but wil iudge the iust and wil do iudgement and the strongest wil not haue patience in them that he may crush their backe †and he wil repay vengeance to the Gentiles til he take away the multitude of the proude breake the scepters of the vniust †til he reward men according to their doings and according to the workes of man and according to his presumption †til he iudge the iudgement of his people and shal delight the iust with his mercie †The mercie of God is beautiful in the time of tribulation as a cloude of raine in the time of drught CHAP. XXXVI A prayer for conuersion of al nations 14. and for conseruation of the Israelites 20. Discretion is necessarie in al actions and desires HAVE mercie vpon vs ô God of al and respect vs and shew vs the light of thy mercies †and send in thy feare vpon the nations that haue not sought after thee that they may know that there is no God but thou and that they may shewforth thy glorious thinges †Lift vp thy hand ouer the strange Nations that they may see thy might †For as in their sight thou art sanctified in vs so in our sight thou shalt be magnified in them †that they may know thee as we also haue knowen that there is no God beside thee ô Lord. †Renewe signes and change meruels †Glorifie thy hand and thy right arme †Raise vp furie and power out wrath †Take away the aduersarie and afflict the enemie †Hasten the time and remember the end that they may declare thy meruels †Let him that is saued be deuoured in the wrath of flame and let them that euil intreate thy people finde perdition †Breake the head of princes of the enemies that saie There is none other beside vs. †Gather together al the tribes of Iacob and let them know that there is no God but thou that they may declare thy great workes thou shalt inherite them as from the beginning †Haue mercie on thy people vpon which thy name is inuocated and vpon Israel whom thou hast made equal to thy first begotten †Haue mercie on the citie of thy sanctification Ierusalem the citie of thy rest †Replenish Sion with thy wordes that can not be vttered thy people with thy glorie †Geue the testimonie to them that are thy creatures from the beginning and raise vp the prophecies which the former prophets spake in thy name †Geue reward to them that patiently expect thee that thy prophets may be found faithful and heare the prayers of thy seruants †according to Aarons benediction of thy people and direct vs into the way of iustice and let al knowe that inhabite the earth that thou art God the beholder of the worldes †The bellie wil eate al meate and one meate is better then an other meate †The iawes taist venison the wise hart lying wordes †A peruerse hart wil geue sorow and a cunning man wil resist it †Some woman wil receiue euerie man and one daughter is better then an other daughter †The beautie of a woman chereth the face of her husband and increaseth the desire aboue al mans concupiscence †If there be a tongue of curing there is also of mitigating and of mercie her husband is not according to the sonnes of men †He that possesseth a good woman beginneth riches she is an helpe like vnto him a piller as rest †Where there is no hedge the possession shal be spoiled and where there is no wife he mourneth wanting Who doth credite him that hath no nest and turning aside wheresoeuer it waxeth darke as a robber girded leaping from citie to citie CHAP. XXXVII Beware of a feaned loue à sure freind 7. consult with the wise trustie 15. and vertuous 19. especially relying vpon God 21. The tongue is cause of much good or much euil 30. Be temperate in diet EVERIE freind wil say I also haue ioyned freindshipe but there is a freind in name only a freind Doth there not sorow remaine euen to death †But a companion and freind wil be turned to enmitie †O most wicked presumption whence wast thou created to couer the drie land with malice and with the deceitfulnes thereof †A companion is pleasant with his freind in delectations and in the time of tribulation he wil be an aduersarie †A companion is sorie with his freind for his bellies sake and he wil take a shield against the enemie †Forgete not thy freind in thy minde and be not vnmindeful of him in thy riches †Consult not with him which betraieth and hide thy counsel from them that enuie thee †Euerie counseler vttereth counsel but there is a counseler in him selfe †From such a counseler keepe thy soule First know what his necessitie is for he wil deuise to his owne minde †lest perhaps he thrust a sharpe
the way of thy steppes †Our Lord standeth to iudge and he standeth to iudge peoples †Our Lord shal come to iudgement with the ancients of his people and his princes for you haue deuoured the vineyard and the spoile of the poore is in your house †Why do you consume my people and grinde the faces of the poore sayth our Lord the God of hostes †And our Lord sayd for that the daughters of Sion are haughtie and haue walked with stretched out necke and went with twinglings of eies and clapped their handes walked on their feete and ietted in a set pace †Our Lord shal make balde the crowne of the daughters of Sion and our Lord shal discouer their haire †In that day shal our Lord take away the ornament of shoes and litle moones †And cheynes and ouches and bracelettes and bonnettes †And the sheading combes and sloppes and tablettes and sweete balles and earlets †And ringes and pearles hanging on the forehead †And changes of apparel and shorte clokes and the fine linen and nedles †and loking glasses and launes and headbands and bonegraces †And for swete sauour there shal be stinke and for a girdle a corde and for frisled haire baldnes and for stomacher hairecloth †Thy fayrest men also shal fal by the sworde and thy strong ones in battle †And her gates shal lament and moorne and she shal sit desolate on the ground CHAP. IIII. After the destruction of the Iewes manie wemen shal seeke to marie with one man 2. but the reliques repenting of their sinnes shal returne to God 5. and florish vnder his protection AND seuen wemen shal take hold of one man in that day saying We wil eate our owne bread and be couered with our garments only let thy name be called vpon vs take away our reproch †In that day the bud of our Lord shal be in magnificence and glorie and the fruite of the earth high and exultation to them that shal be saued of Israel †And it shal be Euerie one that shal be leaft in Sion and shal remaine in Ierusalem shal be called holie euerie one that is written in life in Ierusalem †If our Lord shal cleanse the filth of the daughters of Sion and shal wash the bloud of Ierusalem out of the middes thereof in the spirit of iudgement and spirit of heate †And our Lord shal create vpon euerie place of mount Sion and where he is inuocated a clowde by day and smoke and the brightnes of flaming fyre in the night for vpon al glorie protection †And there shal be a tabernacle for a place of shadow in the day from the heate and for securitie and couert from the whyrle wind and from rayne CHAP. V. Vnder the figure of a barren vineyard is prophecied the reiection of the Iewes 7. for their sinnes of auarice 11. intemperance other wickednes 18. one iniquitie drawing an other 20. iudging good to be euil and euil good 25. for which the Gentiles of diuers nations shal afflict them I wil sing to my beloued the canticle of my cosin concerning his vinyard A vineyard was made to my beloued in horne the sonne of oile †And he hedged it and chose stones out of it and planted it elect and built a towre in the middes thereof and set vp a presse therein and looked that it should yeld grapes and it yelded wilde grapes †Now therfore ye inhabitants of Ierusalem and men of Iuda iudge betwen me and my vineyard †What is there that I ought to doe more to my vineyard and haue not done to it Whether that I looked it should yeld grapes and it hath yelded wilde grapes †And now I wil shew you what I wil doe to my vineyard I wil take away the hedge therof and it shal be into spoile I wil throw downe the wal thereof and it shal be to be troden vpon †And I wil lay it waist it shal not be pruned and it shal not be digged and bryers and thornes shal ouergrowe it and I wil command the cloudes that they rayne no shower vpon it †For the vineyarde of the Lord of hostes is the house of Israel and the man of Iuda his delectable bud I looked that it should doe iudgement and behold iniquitie and iustice and behold clamour †Woe to you that ioyne house to house and lay filde to filde euen to the end of the place why shal you alone dwel in the middes of the earth †These thinges are in my eares sayth the Lord of hostes vnles manie great and fayre houses become desolate without an inhabiter †For ten acres of the vineyards shal yeld one litle flagon and thirtie busheles of seede shal yeld three busheles †Woe to you that rise vp earely to folow drunkennes and to drinke euen vntil euening that you may be inflamed with wine †Harpe and viole timbrel and shalme and wine in your feastes and the worke of our Lord you regard not nor consider the workes of his handes †Therfore is my people led away captiue because they had not knowlege and their nobles died with famine and the multitude thereof dried away with thirst †Therfore hath hel dilated his soule and opened his mouth without anie limite and their strong ones and their people and their high and glorious ones shal descend into it †And man shal be bowed and man shal be humbled and the eies of the loftie shal be brought law †And the Lord of hostes shal be exalted in iudgement and the holie God shal be sanctified in iustice †And the lambes shal feede according to their order and strangers shal eate the deserts turned into frutefulnes †Woe to you that draw iniquitie in cordes of vanitie sinne as the linke of a wayne †Which say let him make hast let his worke come quickly that we may see it let the counsel of the holie one of Israel come and we shal know it †Woe vnto you that cal euil good and good euil putting darknes light and light darknes putting bitter for swete swete for bitter †Woe to you that are wise in your owne eies and prudent before yourselues †Woe to you that are mightie to drinke wine stout men in drunkennes †Which iustifie the impious for giftes and take away the iustice of the iust from them †For this euen as the tongue of fire deuoureth stuble and the heate of the flame burneth it vp so shal their roote be as isles and their bud shal rise vp as dust for they haue cast away the law of the Lord of hostes and haue blasphemed the word of the holie one of Israel †Therfore is the furie of our Lord wrath against his people and he hath stretched out his hand vpon them and striken them and the mountaines were trubled and their carcasses were made as dung in the
was receiued †A copie of the letter which they sent to Darius SISENNES deputie of Syria and Phenice and Satrabuzanes and his felowes in Syria and Phenice presidents to king Darius greeting †Be al thinges knowen to our Lord the king that when we came into the countrie of Iurie and had entered into Ierusalem we found them building the great house of God †And the temple of polished stones and of great and precious matter in the walles †And the workes to be a doing earnestly and to succede and prosper in their handes and in al glorie to be perfited most diligently †Then we asked the ancients saying by whose permission build ye this house found these workes †And therfore we asked them that we might doe thee to know the men the ouerseers and we required of them a rolle of the names of the ouerseers †But they answered vs saying We are the seruantes of the Lord which made heauen and earth †And this house was built these manie yeares past by a king of Israel that was great and most valiant and was finished †And because our fathers were prouoking to wrath and sinned agaynst God of Israel he deliuered them into the handes of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon king of the Chaldees †And throwing downe this house they burnt it and they led the people captiue into Babylon †In the first yeare when Cyrus reigned the king of Babylon Cyrus the king wrote to build this house †And these sacred vessels of gold and siluer which Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the house which is in Ierualsem and had consecrated them in his owne temple Cyrus brought them forth agayne out of the temple which was in Babylon and they were deliuered to Zorobabel to Salmanasar the deputie †And it was commanded them that they should offer these vessels lay them vp in the temple which was in Ierusalem and build the temple of God itself in his place †Then did Salmanasar lay the fundations of the house of our Lord which is in Ierusalem and from that time vntil now it is a building and is not accomplished †Now therfore if thou thincke it good ô king let it be sought in the kings liberaries of Cyrus the king which are in Babylon †and if it shal be found that the building of the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem begane by the counsel of Cyrus the king and it be thought good of our Lord the king let him write to vs of these thinges †Then Darius the king commanded search to be made in the libraries and there was found in Ecbatana a towne that is in the countrie of Media one place wherin were writen these wordes †IN THE FIRST YEARE of the reigne of Cyrus king Cyrus cōmanded to build the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem where they did burne incense with dayly fire †the height wherof shal be of ten cubits the bredth three score cubites foure square with three stones polished and with a loft galerie of wood of the same countrie one new galerie and the expenses to be geuen out of the house of Cyrus the king †And the sacred vesseles of the house of the Lord as wel of gold as of siluer which Nabuchodonosor tooke from the house of our Lord which is in Ierusalem where they were layed that they be put there †And he commanded Sisennes the deputie of Syria Phoenice and Satrabuzanes and his felowes them that were ordayned presidentes in Syria Phoenice that they should refraine themselues from that place †And I also haue geuen commandment to build it wholly and haue prouided that they helpe them which are of the captiuitie of the Iewes til the temple of the house of the Lord be accomplished †And from the vexation of the tributes of Coelesyria Phoenice a quantitie to be geuen diligently to these men for the sacrifice of the Lord to Zorobabel the gouernour for oxen and rammes and lambes †And in like maner corne also and salt and wine and oyle continually yeare by yeare according as the priestes which are in Ierusalem haue prescribed to be spent dayly †that libamentes may be offered to the most high God for the king his children that they may pray for their life †And that it be denounced that whosoeuer shal transgresse anie thing of these which are writen or shal despise it a beame be taken of theyr owne they be hanged their goodes be confiscate to the king †Therfore the Lord also whose name is inuocated there destroy euery king nation that shal extend their hand to hinder or to handle il the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem †I Darius the king haue decreed that it be most diligently done according to these thinges CHAP. VII The house of God is finished 7. and dedicated 10. the feast of Pasch is also celebrated seuen dayes with Azimes THEN Sisennes the deputie of Coelesyria and Phaenice and Satrabuzames and their felowes obeying those thinges which were decreed of Darius the king †applied the sacred workes most diligently working together with the ancientes of the Iewes the princes of Syria †And the sacred workes prospered Aggeus Zacharias the prophetes prophecying †And they accomplished al thinges by the precept of our Lord the God of Israel and by the counsel of Cyrus Darius and Artaxerxes the king of the Persians †And our house was a finishing vntil the three and twentith day of the moneth of Adar the sixth yeare of Darius the king †And the children of Israel and the Priestes and Leuites and the rest that were of the captiuitie which were added did according to those thinges that are written in the booke of Moyses †And they offered for the dedication of the temple of our Lord oxen an hundred rammes two hundred lambes foure hundred †And kiddes for the sinnes of al Israel twelue according to the number of the tribes of Israel †And the Priestes and Leuites stood clothed with stoles by tribes ouer al the workes of our Lord the God of Israel according to the booke of Moyses and the porters at euerie gate †And the children of Israel with them that were of the captiuitie celebrated the phase the fourtenth moone of the first moneth when the Priestes and Leuites were sanctified †Al the children of the captiuitie were not sanctified together because al the Leuites were sanctified together †And al the children of the captiuitie immolated the phase both for their brethren the Priestes and for them selues †And the children of Israel did eate they that were of the captiuitie al that remayned apart from al the abominations of the nations of the land seeking our Lord. †And they celebrated the festiual day of Azymes seuen dayes feasting in the sight of our Lord. †Because he turned the counsel of the king of the
hand †and on the left Faldeus Misael Malachias Ambusthas Sabus Nabadias and Zacharias †And Esdras tooke the booke before al the multitude for he was chiefe in glorie in the sight of al. †And when he had ended the law they stood al vpright and Esdras blessed our Lord the most high God the God of Sabaoth omnipotent †And al the people answered Amen And lifting vp their handes falling on the ground they adored our Lord. †Iesus and Banaeus and Sarebias and Iaddimus and Accubus and Sabbathaeus and Calithes Azarias and Ioradus and Ananias and Philias Leuites †who taught the law of our Lord and read the same in the multitude euerie one preferred them that vnderstood the lesson †And Atharathes sayd to Esdras the high priest and the reader and to the Leuites that taught the multitude †saying This day is sanctified to our Lord. And they al wept when they had heard the law †And Esdras sayd departing therfore eate ye al the fattest thinges drinke al most swete things and send giftes to them that haue not †For this is the holy day of our Lord be not sad For our Lord wil glorifie you †And the Leuites denounced openly to al saying This day is holie be not sad †And they went al to eate and drinke and make merie and to geue giftes to them that had not that they might make merie for they were excedingly exalted with the wordes that they were taught †And they were al gathered in Ierusalem to celebrate the ioy according to the testament of our Lord the God of Israel THE FOVRTH BOOKE OF ESDRAS CHAP. I. Esdras is sent to expostulate with the vngratful Iewes for neglecting Gods manie great benefites THE second booke of Esdras the prophet the sonne of Sarei the sonne of Azarei the sonne of Helcias the sonne of Sadanias the sonne of Sadoch the sonne of Achitob †the sonne of Achias the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Heli the sonne of Amerias the sonne of Asiel the sonne of Marimoth the sonne of Arna the sonne of Ozias the sonne of Borith the sonne of Abisei the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar †the sonne of Aaron of the tribe of Leui who was captiue in the countrie of the Medes in the reigne of Artaxerxes king of the Persians †And the word of our Lord came to me saying †Goe and tel my people their wicked deedes and their children the iniquities that they haue done against me that they may tel their childrens children †because the sinnes of their parentes are increased in them for they being forgetful of me haue sacrified to strange goddes †Did not I bring them out of the land of Aegypt from the house of bondange But they haue prouoked me haue despised my counsels †But doe thou shake of the heare of thy head and throw al euils vpon them because they haue not obeyed my law And it is a people without discipline †How long shal I beare with them on whom I haue bestowed so great benefittes †I haue ouerthrowen manie kinges from them I haue stroke Pharao with his seruantes and al his hoste †Al nations did I destroy before their face in the East I dissipated the peoples of two prouinces Tyre and Sidon and I slew al their aduersaries †But speake thou to them saying Thus sayth our Lord †I made you passe through the sea and gaue you fensed streates from the beginning I gaue you Moyses for your gouernour and Aaron for the Priest †I gaue you light by the piller of fire did manie meruelous things among you but you haue forgotten me sayth our Lord. †Thus sayth our Lord omnipotent The quayle was a signe to you I gaue you a campe for defense and there you murmured †And you triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies but yet vntil now you haue murmured †Where are the benefites that I haue geuen you Did you not crie out to me when you were hungrie in the desert †saying Why hast thou brought vs into this desert to kil vs it had bene better for vs to serue the Aegyptians then to dye in this desert †I was sorie for your mournings gaue you manna to eate You did eate bread of Angels †When you thirsted did not I cleaue the rocke waters flowed in abundance for the heates I couered you with the leaues of trees †I deliuered vnto you fatte landes The Chananeites and Pherezeites and Philistheans I threw out from your face what shal I yet doe to you sayth our Lord †Thus sayth our Lord omnipotent In the desert when you were thirstie in the riuer of the Amorrheites and blaspheming my name †I gaue you not fire for blasphemies but casting wood into the water I made the riuer swete †What shal I doe to thee Iacob Thou wouldest not obey ô Iuda I wil transferre my self to other nations and wil geue them my name that they may keepe my ordinances †Because you haue forsaken me I also forsake you when you aske mercie of me I wil not haue mercie †When you shal inuocate me I wil not heare you For you haue defiled your handes with bloud and your fete are quicke to commit murders †Not as though you haue forsaken me but yourselues sayth our Lord. †Thus saith our Lord omnipotent haue not I desired you as a father his sonnes and a mother her daughters and as a nurce her litle ones †that you would be my people and I your God and to me for children and I to you for a father †So haue I gathered you as the henne her chickenes vnder her winges But now what shal I doe to you I wil throw you from my face †When you shal bring me oblation I wil turne away my face from you For I haue refused your festiual dayes new moones and circumcisions †I sent my seruantes the prophetes to you whom being taken you slew and mangled their bodies whose bloud I wil require sayth our Lord. †Thus sayth our Lord omnipotent your house is made desolate I wil throw you away as the winde doth stubble †and your children shal not haue issue because they haue neglected my commandment and haue done that which is euil before me †I wil deliuer your houses to a people comming who not hearing me do beleue to whom I haue not shewed signes they wil do the thinges that I haue commanded †The prophetes they haue not sene and they wil be mindful of their iniquities †I cal to witnes the grace of the people comming whose litle ones reioyce with ioy not seing me with their carnal eyes but in spirit beleuing the thinges that I haue sayd †And now brother behold what glorie and see people comming from the cast †to whom I wil geue the conduction of Abraham
other things in the first age were figures of Christs Sacraments the Spirite of God geuing powre to the waters as Tertullian S. Hierom and others expound it and the floud of Noe by S. Peters testimonie were figures of Baptisme Mariage instituted in Paradise is the very paterne of holie Matrimonie a Sacrament in the Church of Christ where one man and one wife are on lie lawful and not more at once in anie wise Christ reforming that which in Moyses law was tolerated for hardnes of mens hartes and for auoyding murther to put away one wife and take an other to this first institution as it was in the beginning two in one flesh not three nor more The repentance of Adam and Eue was a perfect and examplare figure of the Sacrament of Penance First they were ashamed couering their nakednes and hiding them selues which shewed their griefe and sorow for the sinne committed Secondly they confessed their fault and by what meanes it happened For God examining Adam he answered truly and simply saing The woman which thou gauest me to be my companion gaue me of the tree and I did eate Likwise Eue confessed sincerly saying The serpent deceiued me and I did eate Thirdly God gaue them penance besides death before threatned and other penalties annexed that Eue should in paine and trauel bring forth her children and Adam should eate his bread in the sweate of his face And withal cast them forth of Paradise But not forth of his fauoure as appeared by his making them garments of skinnes granting them and their posteritie the rest of the earth to liue and labour in especially to serue him and do penance with admonition to remember that of duct man was made and into dust he shal returne Al which were signes of loue and that finally he would bring them and manie more to eternal saluation The first borne and heades of families were Priests al the time of the law of nature vntil the law being changed God tooke Priests only of the stock of Aaron and the rest of the Leuites to assist them in that function Aaron his sonnes thou shalt appoint saith our Lord ouer the seruice of Priesthood for I haue taken the Leuites of the children of Israel for euerie first borne And ◠Paul teacheth that changing of Priesthood and changing of the law goe alwayes together shewing euidently that euerie lawful communitie or commonwealth vnder God hath external Priesthood So that if there had benne no distinct order of external Priesthood in the law of nature or now were none in the law of grace as Protestantes say there is not there were no law at al. See more of this point in the Annotations chap. 7. ad Hebre. Here we only obserue that Abel Seth Enos and other Patriarches were Priestes and exercised priestlie functions yea Cain also was a Priest though a bad one and offered Sacrifice But external offices or ministerie without a wel disposed mind and sincere vertues producing Good workes did neuer iustifie anie man And therfore Cains Sacrifice offered with a peruerse mind was not respected by God as Abels was wherupon he becoming worse and more malicious God sharply reproued his anger and enuie conceiued without iust cause saying If thou doest wel shalt thou not receiue againe but if thou doest il shal not thy sinne forwith be present at the dore clerly shewing that euerie one shal receiue according to his workes This place also euidently sheweth Freewil yea in a wicked man For this expostulation had neuer benne vttered by our most reasonable Lord and Maister if Cain had benne depriued of freewil For he might haue excused himselfe and must needes haue benne holden excused if he had benne forced to do as he did But God charged him as inexcusable and as one that knew or ought to know that he had freewil And doth further inculcate that he had and should haue powre and freewil ouer his concupiscence to correct the same if he would saying The lust therof shal be vnder thee and thou shalt haue domion ouer it So that no sinner be he neuer so wicked much lesse a iust man lacketh freewil yet Luther abhorreth the very word and Caluin wisheth it out of the world Temporal punishment is proued to be due for sinne remitted by that both death and other penalties are inflicted by Gods iustice vpon men after iustification and by the particular punishments laid vpon Adam and Eue confessing their faultes Purgatorie is also proued by the same iustice of God For when anie dieth penitent and yet haue not madeful satisfaction they must suffer for that remaineth after death and be purged before they can enter into rest which remnant of debt our B. Sauiour calleth The last farthing and saith it must be payed The lewes also at this day hold the doctrin of Purgatorie by tradition And consequently they Pray for soules departed not only to God but also to the ancient Patriarches which likewise sheweth Inuocation of Saincts in these wordes Yee fathers which sleepe in Hebron open to him the gates of Eden that is of Paradise which was planted in Eden And Hebron is the place where Adam was buried and his sepulcher religiously conserued in the time of Iosue aboue 1500 yeares after his death The same is the place which Abraham bought and there buried Sara where also him selfe and Isaac and Iacob were buried and to which finally the bodies of the twelue sonnes of Iacob were translated from Sichem As Iosephus writeth And sichem also was specially honored because such persons had benne buried there as S. Hierom witnesseth of his owne knowledge in his time Againe by religious care of burying the dead in this first age Enoch was more certainly knowen to be Translated aliue and not to be dead For the seuentie Interpreters and S. Paul say He was not found which importeth that they sought diligently for him and that his bodie could not be found for God translated him By al which we see mutual offices and communion of good workes amongst good men aliue and dead which is called Cōmunion of Saincts And herein Angels lacked not their offices For God set Cherubins to kepe the gate of Paradise that neither man should enter being iustly expelled for sinne nor diuels as S. Augustin noteth left they should take fruite of the tree of life and geuing it to men allure them to more sinne And now Saincts being exalted to Angels glorie haue like honorable offices towards other men as Angels haue Yea the bloud of Abel vniustly shed by Cain and iustly to be reuenged by God sheweth the peculiar honour which God bestoweth vpon his Saints for their vertues and merites in this life especially in their death For Precious in the sight of our Lord is the
ad Euagrium Melchisedech offered not bloudie victims but dedicated the Sacrament of Christ in bread and wine simple and pure sacrifice Idem Quest in Gen. c. 14 Our mysterie is signified in the word of order not by Aaron in imolating brute victims but in offering bread and wine that is the bodie and bloud of our Lord Iesus Idem in c. 26. Matthei Melchisedech the Priest of God most hiegh by offering bread and wine prefigured the Mysterie of the Eucharist S. Chrisostom ho. 35. in Gen. Seeing the figure thinck also I pray thee of the veritie ho. 36 After that Melchisedec king of Salem brought bread and wine for he was Priest of God most hiegh Abraham receiued his oblations S. Augustin Epist 95. Melchisedech bringing forth the sacrament or mysterie of our Lords table knew how to figurate his eternal ptiesthood Idem li. 16. c 22 ciuit There first appeared that sacrifice which is now offered to God by Christians in the whole world Idem li. 17. c. 17. li. 18. c. 35. and vpon the Psalme 109. li. 1. contra aduers Leg. prophet c. 20. Ser. 4. de Sanctis Innocentibus But it is bootles or nedles to cite more places or more authors for whosoeuer wil not submit their iudgements to these would not it is like beleue if their owne maisters should rise agane and warne them lest they be damned for their incredulitie 19. Blessed him Caluin in cap. 7. v. 9. Heb Musculus locis com c. de Missa Papist and some other Protestants to auoid the connexion of Melchisedechs Priesthood and bringing foâ—th of bread and wine wil nedes haue these wordes He vvas a Priest referred only to that which foloweth he blessed Abraham And some English translaters for this purpose haue corrupted the text by changing And into Therfore saying thus And he vvas a Priest of the most hiegh God therfore he blessed him which is also a false glosse For Melchisedech did not blesse Abram because he was a Priest for Abram was also a Priest but because he was a greater Priest then Abram which S. Paul vrgeth saying VVithout al contradiction that vvhich is lesse is blessed of the better concluding therupon that Melchisedech was greatter then Abraham Agane other Superiors that are not Priests may blesse their inferiors As Iosue and Salomon blessed the people and parents blesse their children 20. Gaue tithâ—s This is an other prerogatiue of Melchisedec that Abram payed tithes to him which S. Paul likwise explicateth Heb. 7. and proueth therby that Christs Priesthood is greatter then the Leuitical Moreouer this paying of tithes by Abraham sheweth the antiquitie of this tradition being practised in Abrahams time that the spiritual Superiors receiued tithes of their inferiors CHAP. XV. Abram doubting and lamenting that he should haue no childe God promiseth him much issue 6. who beleuing is iustified 9. offereth Sacrifice prescribed by God 13. and is forwarned that his seede shal be in strange land 400. yeares 14. shal be deliuered from seruitude 18. and possesse Chanaan VVHEN these things therfore were done the word of our Lord was made to Abram by a vision saying Feare not Abram I am thy protector thy reward exceding great †And Abram said Lord God what wilt thou geue me I shal goe without children and the sonne of the stuard of my house is this Damascus Eliezer †And Abram added But to me thou hast not geuen seede and loe my seruant borne in my house shal be myn heire †And immediatly the word of our Lord came to him saying He shal not be thy heyre but he that shal come out of thy wombe him shalt thou haue thin heire †And he brought him forth abroad and said to him Looke vp to heauen and number the starres if thou canst And he said to him So shal thy seed be †Abram “ beleued God and it was reputed to him vnto iustice †And he said to him I am the Lord that brought thee out from Vr of the Chaldees for to giue thee this land and that thou mightest possesse it †But he said Lord God how may I know that I shal possesse it †And our Lord answered and said Take me a cowe of three yeares old and a shee goat of three yeares and a ramme of three yeares a turtle also and a pigeon †Who taking al these diuided them by the mydes and laid ech two peeces arowe one against the other but the birdes he diuided not †And the foules lighted vpon the carcasses and Abram droue them away †And when the sunne was setting a deepe sleepe fel vpon Abram and a great and darkesome horrour inuaded him †And it was said vnto him Know and foreknow know that a pilgrime shal thy seede be in a land not their owne and they shal bring them vnder bondage and afflict them foure hundred yeares †But the nation whom they shal serue I wil iudge and after this they shal goe forth with great substance †And thou shalt goe to thy fathers in peace buried in a good old age †But in the fourth generation they shal returne hither for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrheanes are not at the ful vntil this present time †Therfore when the sunne was set there arose a darke mist and there appeared a fornace smoking and a flake of fire passing betwene those diuisions †That day God made a couenant with Abram saying To thy seede wil I geue this land from the riuer of Aegypt euen to the great riuer Euphrates †the Cineans Cenezites the Cedmonites †and the Hethits and the Pherezits the Raphaims also †and the Amorreans the Cananites and the Gargasites and the Iebusites ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XV. 6. Beleued God S. Hilarie li. 9. de Trin and S. Ambrose li. 1. de Abraham c. 3 by this exaÌ„mple teach vs what maner of faith is reputed to iustice to wit such a faith as without tergiuersation or requiring of proofe or reason doth simply beleue that which God once saith because he is omnipotent how farsoeuer the thing that is said surmounteth our vnderstanding For so heroical was the act of Abrahams faith promptly beleuing Gods word in a matter most hard to his former conceipt that for the same he receiued singular prayse and for the like afterwards was called The father of mamenation c. 17. v. 5 and by S. Paul The father of al that beleue Ro. 4. v. 11 where the Apostle teacheth that Abraham had no iustice nor estimation of iustice before God vntil he beleued in Christ v. 18. 19 20 because al workes before that faith are insufficient Neyther was this a sole faith but had other necessarie vertues of hope and charitie humilite reuerence obedience the like ioyned with it wherfore S. Iames testifieth that Abraham was iustified by workes that is by workes folowing faith not going before faith For Faith saith he
Hierom. li. 3. comment in Mat. 18. 14. I am vvhich am Al other things besides God once were not and being are limited in nature neither could persist vnles God conserued them mame things also haue lost or shal lose their propet essence and being and whiles they remaine haue continual alterations Onlie God eternally is without beginning ending limitation dependence or mutation coÌ„sisting only of himselfe and al other things arâ— of him Therfore this name QVI EST HE WHICH IS is most proper to God not determining anie maner but indeterminatly signifying al maners of being for so it importeth the very infinite immensitie of Gods substance S. Damascen li. 1. c. 12. Orthodoxae sidei S. Tho. p. 1. q. 13. a. 11. CHAP. IIII. Moyses receiuing power to vvorke miracles in confirmation of his mission 14. and his brother Aaron being designed to assist him 20. goeth vvith vvife and children towards Aegypt 25. is in danger to be slaine for not sooner circumcising his sonne 27. Aaron meeteth him 29. so they goe together and declare to the people that God wil deliuer them MOYSES answering said “ They wil not beleue me nor heare my voice but they wil say Our Lord hath not appeared to thee †Therfore he sayd to him What is that thou holdest in thy hand He answered A rodde †And our Lord sayd Cast it vpon the ground He did cast it and it was turned into a serpent so that Moyses fled †And our Lord sayd Sretch thy hand and catch the tayle therof He stretched it forth tooke hold of it and it was turned into a rodde †That they may beleue quoth he that the Lord God of their fathers hath appeared to thee the God of Abraham the God of Isaac the God of Iacob †And our Lord sayd agayne Put thy hand into thy bosome Which when he had put into his bosome he brought it forth ful of leprosie like snow †Draw backe quoth he thy hand into thy bosome He drew it backe and brought it forth agayne it was like the other flesh †If they wil not beleue thee quoth he nor heare the word of the former signe they wil beleue the word of the signe folowing †And if so be they wil beleue neither of these two signes nor heare thy voice take water of the riuer powre it out vpon the drie land and whatsoeuer thou drawest of the riuer shal be turned into bloud †Moyses sayd I beseech thee Lord I am not eloquent from yesterday and the day before and since thou hast spoken to thy seruant I haue more impediment slownes of tongue †Our Lord sayd to him Who made the mouth of man or who framed the dumme and deafe the seeing and the blinde did not I †Goe on therfore and I wil be in thy mouth wil teach thee what thou shalt speake †But he sayd I besech thee Lord send whom thou wilt send †Our Lord being angrie at Moyses sayd Aaron thy brother the leuite I know that he is eloqueÌ„t behold he cometh forth to meete thee seeing thee shal be glad at the hart †Speake to him and put my wordes in his mouth I wil be in thy mouth and in his mouth and wil shew you what yee must doe †He shal speake in thy steed to the people and shal be thy mouth but thou shalt be to him in those thinges that perteine to God †This rodde also take in thy hand wherwith thou shalt doe the signes †Moyses went his way returned to Iethro his father in law and sayd to him I wil goe and returne to my brethren into Aegypt that I may see if they be yet aliue To whom Iethro sayd Goe in peace †Therfore our Lord sayd to Moyses in Madian Goe and returne into Aegypt for they are al dead that sought thy life †Moyses therfore tooke his wife his children and set them vpon an asse and returned into Aegypt carying the rodde of God in his hand †And our Lord said to him returning into Aegypt See that thou doe al the wonders which I haue put in thy hand before Pharao I wil indurate his hart and he wil not dismisse the people †And thou shalt say to him This sayth the Lord My first begotten sonne is Israel †I sayd to thee dismisse my sonne that he may serue me thou wouldest not dismisse him behold I wil kil thy first-begotten-sonne †And when he was in his iourney in the Inne our Lord mette him and would haue killed him †Sephora by by tooke a very sharp stone and circuncided the prepuce of her sonne touched his feete and sayd A blouddie spouse thou art to me †And he let him goe after she had said A blouddie spouse thou art to me because of the circumcision †And our Lord said to Aaron Goe to Moyses into the desert Who went forth to mete him vnto the Mountaine of God and kissed him †And Moyses told Aaron al the wordes of our Lord by which he had sent him the signes that he had commanded †And they came together and gathered together al the ancientes of the children of Israel †And Aaron spake al the wordes which our Lord had said to Moyses and he wrought the signes before the people †and the people beleued And they heard that our Lord had visited the children of Israel and that he had looked vpon their affliction they adored prostrate ANNOTATIONS CHAP. IIII. â— They vvil not beleue me Moyses wisely considering that the children of Israel much lesse Pharao would hardly beleue his bare woord affirming that he was sent to them by God proposed this difficultie before he tooke the Embacie vpon him For without good proofe both the Israelites and Aegyptians might haue reiected him as seming to come of his owne priuate spirite being no ordinarie superior neither of the whole people nor of his owne tribe nor first of his familie for Aaron was his elder brother Therfore God gaue him powre of working miracles to proue his extraordinarie mission true and lawful VVhich sufficed to make euen Pharao him selfe to know that he was sent from God almightie though it mollified not his stubborne hart to obey Gods commandement and it fully satisfied the children of Israel touching al things which he denounced beleuing him that God mercifully looked vpon their affliction would deliuer them VVherupon they adored prostrate as the last wordes of this chapter testifie VVhere we see both the necessitie and sufficiencie of miracles to proue the extraordinarie vocation of such as preach otherwise then was taught before For this cause our Sauioâ—â— himselfe confirming his doctrin by miracles saied to the Iewes If you vvil not beleue me beleue by vvorkes Againe he said of them If I had not done among them vvorkes that no other man hath done they should not haue sinne And coÌ„formably sending
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
put it vpon their shoulders †And the children of Israel did as Moyses had commanded and they asked of the Aegyptians vessels of siluer and gold and very much rayment †And our Lord gaue grace to the people before the Aegyptians that they did lend them and they spoyled the Aegyptians †And the children of Israel sette forward from Ramesse into Socoth almost six hundred thousand of foote men beside litle ones †But also the common people of al sortes innumerable went vp with them sheepe and heardes and beastes of diuerse kindes exceding manie †And they baked the meale which a litle before they had taken out of Aegypt tempered and made hearth cakes vnleauened for it could not be leauened the Aegyptians vrging them to depart not suffering them to make any tarriance neither did they thinke vpon preparing any meate †And the dwelling of the children of Israel that they abode in Aegypt was foure hundred thirty yeares †The which being expired the same day al the armie of our Lord went forth out of the Land of Aegypt †This is the obseruable night of our Lord when he brought them forth out of the Land of Aegypt this night al the children of Israel must obserue in their generations †And our Lord said to Moyses and Aaron This is the religion of the Phase No aliene shal eate of it †And euerie bought seruant shal be circumcised and so shal eate †The stranger and the hireling shal not eate therof †In one house shal it be eaten neither shal you carrie forth of the flesh therof out of the house neither shal you breake a bone therof †Al the assemblie of the children of Israel shal make it †And if any of the soiourners be willing to dwel among you and make the Phase of the Lord first al the male that he hath shal be circumcised and then shal he celebrate it according to the rite he shal be as he that is borne in the land but if there be any man vncircumcised he shal not eate therof †Al one law shal be to him that is borne in the land and to the prose lyte that soiourneth with you †And al the children of Israel did as our Lord had commanded Moyses and Aaron †And the same day our Lord brought forth the children of Israel out of the Land of Aegypt by their troupes ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XII 3. The tenth day Our Sauiour Christ instituting the Sacrament of the Eucharist after the celebration of the Paschal lambe whiles they were at supper the night before his death therby sufficiently declared that this old Pasch was a figure not only of his Passion and Sacrifice on the Crosse but also of that he then did so solemnly with his Apostles whom also in that action he made Priests commanding them and their successors to do the same in commemoâ—ation of him til the end of the world Other circumstances likewise and conference of the one with the other make it more clere that as in some respectes it more resembled Christs Passion and Sacrifice on the Crosse so in others it more expressed the Eucharist and mystical commemoration of his death though also in manie it profigured Christ in both places For example The preparing of the lambe the tenth day signified our Sauiours coming into Hierusalem the same tenth day of the first moone now represented in the Church on Palmesunday Also the choise qualities of the lambe vvithout spotte a male of the first yeare foreshewed in general the puritie fortitude meeknes and al perfection of the true Lambe of God that taâ—eth avvay the sinne of the vvorlde More particularly the killing and bereuing the Paschal Lambe of natural life the sprinkling of his bloud on the dore-postes the â—â—stâ—â—â— at tâ—e â—ire and not breaking anie bâ—ne therof most specially expressed Christs death on the Crosse But the fourtenth day the euining agree only with the Eucharist instituted the night before our Lords Passion which he suffered the fiftenth being the ful moore and at midday as ancient S. Dionyse of Ariopagite in two Episties to Policâ—rpus and to Appollophanes testifieth admiring the miracle of the sunnes Eclipâ—e that hapned the same time Neither did the â—ating of the Lambe directly prefigurate the oblation on the Crosse for Christ was not crucified to be eaten but the Sacrament in formes and bread and vvine was expresly figured by eating the lambe with vnleauened bread and drinking the cuppe therto idioyned Luc. 2â— v 17. In like sorte the Lambe immolated in commemoration of the deliuerie of Israel from death and from seruitude when the-first-borne of Aegypt were slaine most aptly prefigured the Eucharist which is a perpetuat commemoration of mans redemption and deliuerie from eternal death and from bondage of the diuel and sinne by Christes death on the Crosse which death in dede was the very redemption and deliuerie of mankind and not a commemoration therof Finally the immolating of the Lambe vvithin the house with precise commandment to carie nothing therof forth perteined particularly to the Eucharist which our Lord celebrated vvithin the house wherby S. Cyprian lib. de vnit Eccles proueth that the B. Sacrament must not be giuen to anie ouâ— of the Catholique Church though Christs Passion be extended to al the world as wel to bring such as are without into the Church as to saue those that are already entred in In this sorte the most ancient and best expositors of holie Scripture explicate this special figure of the Paschal Lambe As we shalhere produce some witnesses in confirmation of this truth Tertulian lib. 4. contra Marcionem expounding our Sauiours wordes VVith desire I haue desired to eate this Pasch vvith you before I suffer saieth Christ coueted not veruecinam Iudaeorum the mutton of the Iewes but professing that with desire he desired to eate the Pasch as his owne for it was vnmete that God should couete anie thing not his owne the bread which he toooke and gaue to his disciples he made his owne bodie saying This is my bodie that is a figure of my bodie Figura autem nonsuisset nisi veritatis esset corpus But it had not bene a figure saith he onles it vvâ—re a bodies of veritie or a verie bodie to wit not phantastical as the heretike Marcion imagined because the figures in the old Testament were not figures except a true bodie answered vnto them So the Sacramentaries sense that Tertullian should cal the Eucharist a figure is quite against his meaning and maketh him conclude nothing against Marcion wheras his whole drift is by the figures of the old Testament to proue that in the Eucharist is the true real bodie of Christ and that consequently Christ hath a true and real bodie Origen in 26. Mat. teacheth that in the great parlar where Christ did eaâ—e the Paschal Lambe he also made his new Pasch S. Cyprian
de Caena Dom. saieth In the supper of sacramental banquets old and new Institutions met together The lambe being consumed which old tradition proposed the Master setteth inconsumptible meate to his disciples S. Gregorie Nazianzen Orat 2. de Pascha saieth God commanded the Paschal Lambe should be eaten in the euening because Christ in the euening gaue the Sacâ—ment of his owne bodie to his disciples S. Hierom in 26 Mat. After that the figuratiue Pasch was complete and Christ had eaten the flesh of the lambe with his Apostles he taketh bread vvhich confirmeth the hart of man and pasieth ouer to the truâ— Sacrament of Pasch Likewise S. Chrisostom Ho. de prodit Iudae saieth In the same table both the Pasches of the figure and of the veritie were celebrated S. Ambrose in Lucae 1. expresly applieth this figuratiue lambe to the Eucharist as it is celebrated in the Church by him self and other Priesis saying VVhen we sacrifice Christ is present Christ is sacrified for Christ our Pâ—â—â—â— is â—â—molated The like affirmeth S. Augustin li. 2. cont lit Pet il c. 27. It is an other Pasch that the Iewes celebrated of a shepe an other which we receiue in the bodie and blould of ouâ— Lord. S. Leo ser 7. de Pass To the end shadowes might geue place to the bodie and figures might cease in presence of the veritie the old obseruation is taken away by the new Sacrament hoste passeth into hosie bloud excludeth bloud and when the legal festiuitie is changed it is fulfilled S Gregorie â—o 22 in Euang proueth by these wordes You shal not eate therof anie thing ravv that besides the letter there is a spiritual sense Behold saith he the verie wordes of the historie driue vs from the historical vnderstanding For did the Israelitical people in Aegypt vse to eate a lambe raw that the law should nede to say you shal not eate it ravv And so in that homilie this great Doctor explicateth how we ought to celebrate and receiue the Sacrament of the Eucharist by the figure of this Paschal lambe This bloud saith he is sprinkled on both postâ—es when the Sacrament of his Passion is receiued vvith mouth to redemption and mediated with intentiue mind to imitation and in the transome ouer the dore when pure intention directeth the exterior act also when we carie the Crosse of his passion in our forhead The flesh of the lambe is eaten at night because we now receiue our Lords bodie in the Sacrament when yet we see not ech others consciences rosted at the fire when we ioyne to our beleefe good vvorkes of feruent charitie with vnleauened bread and vvith lettice that is in sinceritie vvithout corruption of vaineglorie and with bitter penance for sinnes not ravv nor sodde in vvater to wit neither esteeming Christ a mere man nor considering of him with humane vvisdome or priuate spirite of heretikes called stollen vvater prou 9. To deuoure the head vvith the feete and entraâ—s is by faith to beleue the Diuinitie of Christ and to imitate by loue the steppes of his humanitie and greedely to learne al Christian mysteries Nothing is left til morning when we endeuoure in this life before the resurrection to know euerie point of christian doctrin so farre as to â—s perteineth But if anie thing be left it must be burned in the fire because those hard and hieghest mysteries which we can not vnderstand we must remitte to the Holie Ghost lest anie proudly presume either to contemne or to proclaime that he vnderstandeth not He further describeth also what maner of persons are to eate this new Pasch Their loines must be gyrded that is al carnal pleasures tamed They must haue shoes on their feete by the good examples of former Sainctes dead before must strengthen their fleâ—pes to flie from vice and follow vertue holding staues in their handes to rule stay themselues and others from sliding by the staffe of authoritie They must eate the Pasch speedely that is without delay or procrastination must learne the mysteries of mans redemption and heauenlie life and so performe Gods wil and precepts in this life vvith speede To this effect S. Gregorie discourseth at large in the moral sense which we haue abridge and otherwise though holie Scripture be ful herof seldome touch Returning therfore to our particular purpose in al these testimonies we specially vrge that the paschal lambe was a figure not only of Christs Passion but also of the Eucharist VVhereupon besides the often expresse mention of our B. Sauiours bodie and bloud in the same which Protestants would wrest as they do also the same termes in holie Scripture to figuratiue sense it necessarily followeth that there be farre more excellent contents in the Sacrament of the Eucharist then natural bread and wine For S. Paule teacheth Colloss 2. that as the bodie excelleth the shadovv so the veritie or thing figured excelleth the figure VVheras the substance of bread and wine doth not excel much lesse so farre excel the Paschal Lambe as by S. Pauls doctrine is required Againe seing the Paschal lambe was a Sacrifice as appeareth in this Chap. v. 6 27 also Num. 9. v. 7. 13. and Mar. 14. v. 12 and as it was immolated was a figure of the Eucharist as before appeareth by conference of the one with the other in respect of the time place maner of offering and eating it and by testimonie of the Doctors aboue cited it followeth also that the Holie Euchaiust is a Sacrifice farre excelling the figure CHAP. XIII God commandeth to remember their deliuerie from Aegypt by the solemnitie of Pasch 2. and by consecrating to him the first-borne 17. And so leadeth them through the desert towards the red sea Moyses taking with him Iosephs bones by a piller of fire in the night and a cloud in the day AND our Lord spake to Moyses saing †Sanctifie vnto me euerie first borne that openeth the matrice in the children of Israel as wel of men as of beastes for they are al mine †And Moyses said to the people Remember this day in the which you went forth out of Aegypt and out of the house of seruitude because with a strong hand hath our Lord brought you forth out of this place that you eate not leauened bread †This day you goe forth in the moneth of new corne †And when our Lord shal haue brought thee into the Land of Chananeite and Hetheite and Amorrheite and Heueite and Iebuseite which he sware to thy fathers that he would geue thee a land that floweth with milke and honie thou shalt celebrate this maner of sacred rites in this moneth †Seuen daies shalt thou eate azimes and in the seuenth day shal be the solemnitie of our Lord. †Azimes shal you eate seuen dayes there shal not be seene anie leauened thing with thee nor in al thy coastes †And thou shalt tel thy sonne in that
Moyses Stretch forth thy hand vpon the sea that the waters may returne to the Aegyptians vpon their chariottes and horsemen †And when Moyses had stretched forth his hand against the sea it returned in the first breake of day to the former place and the Aegyptians fleeing away the waters came vpon them and our Lord enwrapt them in the middes of the waues †And the waters returned and ouerwhelmed the chariottes and the horsemen of al Pharaoes armie who folowing were entred into the sea neither did there so much as one of them remaine †But the children of Israel marched through the middes of the drie sea the waters were vnto them as in stede of a wal on the right hand and on the left †and our Lord deliuered Israel in that day out of the hand of the Aegyptians †And they saw the Aegyptians dead vpon the sea shore and the mightie hand that our Lord had exercised against them and the people feared our Lord they beleued our Lord Moyses his seruant CHAP. XV. Moyses with the people sing a Canticle of thanks-geuing for their deliuerie 22. The people being three daies in the desert without water then finding that is bitter do murmure 25. It is made swete 27. Coming to Elim they finde twelue fountaines and seuentie palmetrees THEN sang Moyses and the children of Israel this song to our Lord and said Let vs sing to our Lord for he is glouriously magnified the horse and the rider he hath throwen into the sea †My strength and my praise is our Lord and he is made vnto me a saluation this is my God and I wil glorifie him the God of my father and I wil exalt him †Our Lord is a man of warre omnipotent is his name †Pharaoes chariottes and his armie he hath cast into the sea his chosen princes are drowned in the red sea †The depthes haue ouerwhelmed them they are sonke into the botome like a stone †Thy right hand ô Lord is magnified in strength thy right hand ô Lord hath striken the enimie †And in the multitude of thy glorie thou hast put downe thy aduersaries thou hast sent thy wrath which hath deuoured them like stuble †And in the spirite of thy furie were the waters gathered together the flowing water stoode the depthes were gathered together in the middes of the sea †The enimie said I wil pursew and ouertake I wil diuide the spoiles my soule shal haue his fil I wil draw forth my sword my hand shal kil them †The spirit blewe and the sea ouerwhelmed them they sanke as lead in the vehement waters †Who is like to thee among the strong ô Lord who is like to thee magnifical in sanctitie terrible and laudable doing meruailes †Thou didst stretch forth thy hand and the earth deuoured them †Thou hast in thy mercie bene a guide to the people which thou hast redemed and in thy strength thou hast caried them vnto thy holie habitation †Nations rose vp and were angrie sorowes possessed the inhabiters of Philisthijm †Then were the princes of Edom trubled trembling ceazed on the sturdie of Moab al the inhabiters of Chanaan were starke †Let feare and dread fal vpon them in the greatnes of thy arme let them become vnmoueable as a stone vntil thy people ô Lord shal passe vntil thy people shal passe this which thou hast possessed †Thou shalt bring them in and plant them in the mountaine of thy inheritance in thy most firme habitation which thou hast wrought ô Lord thy sanctuarie Lord which thy handes haue confirmed †Our Lord shal reigne for euer and euermore †For Pharao on horsebake entred in with his chariottes and horsemen into the sea and our Lord brought backe vpon them the waters of the sea but the children of Israel walked on drie ground in the middes therof †Marie therfore the prophetesse Aarons sister tooke a tymbrel in her hand and al the wemen went forth after her with tymbrels and daunces †to whom she beganne the song saying Let vs sing to our Lord for he is gloriously magnified the horse and his rider he hath cast into the sea †And Moyses remoued Israel from the red sea and they went forth into the desert Sur and they walked three dayes through the wildernesse and found not water †And they came into Mara neither could they drinke the waters of Mara because they were bitter wherupon he gaue a name also agreable to the place calling it Mara that is bitternesse †And the people murmured against Moyses saying What shal we drinke †But he cried to our Lord. who did shew him a peece of woode which when he had cast into the waters they were turned into swetenesse There he appointed him precepts and iudgements and there he proued him †saying If thou wilt heare the voice of the Lord thy God and doe that is right before him and obey his commandementes and keepe al his preceptes none of the maladies that I layd vpon Aegypt wil I bring vpon thee for I am the Lord God thy curer †And the children of Israel came into Elim where there were twelue fountaines of water seuentie palme trees and they camped byside the waters The end of the third age THE CONTIN VANCE OF THE CHVRCH AND RELIGION IN THE THIRD AGE from Abrahams going forth of Chaldea to the parting of Israel out of Aegypt The space of 430. yeares ONE and the same Church and Religion begunne in the first age of the world and continued in the second became more and more conspicuous in the third For in this age not only the same principal and particular pointes of faith were beleued and professed but also the number of professors encreased and partly by seperation of place and abode and specially by diuersitie of maners outward rites and conuersation were more distinct from infidels then before as vve shal now shew by the sacred historie of that time VVhich beginneth with Abrahams going forth of his countrey of Chaldea about 2024. yeares from the beginning of the vvorld in the 75. yeare of his age From which time forward God often appeared to him and after him to Isaac and Iacob in the title of EL SADDAI that is God Almightie Creator of al things Lord God most high Possessor of heauen and earth Gen. 14. To Moyses more familiarly Exod. 3. in his most proper name HE WHICH IS In the name of foure letters which the Iewescount ineffable And in diuers other names al shewing One Eternal Omnipotent infinite Maiestie Of whom al other things depend and haue their being himselfe independent of any other thing This one diuine nature and indiuisible substance is aboue al reach of reason three in Persons represented to Abraham Gen. 18 by three Angels in forme of men vvhom by special instinct of God he adored as one and first spake vnto them
is the Sabbath of our Lord therfore it shal not be found †And the seuenth day came and some of the people going forth to gather found not †And our Lord said to Moyses How long wil you not keepe my commandementes and my law †See that our Lord hath geuen you a Sabbath and for this cause on the sixt day he geueth you duble portions let each man tarie with himselfe and let none goe forth out of his place the seuenth day †And the people kept the Sabbath on the seuenth day †And the house of Israel called the name therof Manna which was as it were coriander seede white and the taist therof like to flowre with honie †And Moyses sayd This is the word which our Lord hath commanded Fil a gomor of it and let it be kept vnto the generations to come hereafter that they may know the bread wherwith I fed you in the wildernes when you were brought forth out of the Land of Aehypt †And Moyses sayd to Aaron Take one vessel and put Manna into it so much as a gomor can hold and lay it vp before our Lord to keepe vnto your generations †as our Lord commanded Moyses And Aaron put it in the tabernacle to be reserued †And the children of Israel did â—aâ—e Manna fourtie yeares til they came into the habitable land with this meate were they fed vntil they touched the borders of the land of Chanaan †And a gomor is the tenth part of an ephi ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XVI 15. Man hu vvhat is this VVhen the people of Israel in the desert had spent their prouision of meate brought from Aegypt and according to Gods promise had receiued store of quailes going forth in the morning they sawe a strange thing lye vpon the ground like to hoare frost wherat merueling they said one to an other VVhat is this in their language Man hu VVherupon saith Theodoret q. 30. in Exod their demand vvas turned into the name and it vvas called Manna VVhich as the same and other ancient Doctors gather by the holie Scriptures was a wonderful and miraculous meate and withal a figure of a more excellent thing long after promised and geuen by our B. Sauiour in the holie Sacrament of the Eucharist As witnesse S. Gregorie Nysâ—en â—nar vitâ— Moysi â—irâ—a mâ—dium S. Ambrose li. de ijs qui Myst. inâ—â—â—ant cap. 8. S. Cyril Alexandrinus S Chryâ—ostom S. Augustin Theophilact and others vpon the sixt of S. Iohn VVhere also the text of our Sauiours long discourse with the Capharnaites sheweth euidently that he promised to geue a farre better meate then Manna to those that beleued in him Iam saieth our Lord the bread of life vvhich desended from heauen your fathers did eate Manna in the desert and died The bread vvhich I vvil geue is my flesh for the life of the vvorld My flesh 〈◊〉 meate in deede and my bloud is drinckâ— indeede c. S. Paul likewise teacheth 1. Cor 10 that this Manna and the vvater issuing out of the rocke were figures of the same B Sacrament as is noted in those places Here only we commend to the Christian readers remeÌ„brance that the thing figured doth euer excede the figure according to S Pauls doctrin Collos 2. wishing him therfore to consider that in Manna were at least twelue clere miracles Firâ—â— it was made by Angels wherof it is called the bread of Angels Secondly it was not produced from the earth nor water as ordinarie meates are but came from the ayre Thirdly how fast or slowly soeuer anie man did gather it in the end ech one had the same measure ful called a gomor and no more nor lesse Fourthly the sixth day which was next before the Sabbath that which they gathered was found to be duble portions to other dayes that is two gomors for euerie one Fiftly there fel none at al on the Sabbath day Sixtly if in the rest of the weke anie part was left al night it putrified and was corrupt in the morning but the night before the Sabbath day it remained sound and good Seuently notwithstanding diuersitie of stomakes in so great a multitude the same measure was sufficient and no more to euerie one young and old and of middle age Eightly the heate of the sunne melted and consumed that which remained in the field though otherwise it induâ—ed heate of the fire seething in water grinding in milles and beating in motters Ninthly it tasted to euerie one what they desired Tenthly it seemed neuerthelesse to the euil minded loathsome and light meate but pleasant to the good Eleuently part of it was kept in the Arke by Gods commandment and was not corrupted in manie hundreth peares Twelftly this strange and extraordinarie prouision continued fourtie yeares that is til the children of Israel came to the promised land and then ceased You see then so miraculous a figure farre excelled Zuinglius or Caluins communion bread which containeth no miracle at al only signifying Christs bodie But as our Sauiours owne wordes importe and ancient fathers teach vs by Manna was prefigured Christs verie bodie and bloud with his soule and Diuinitie vnder the forme of bread For this indeede infinitly excelleth Manna containing al the foresaid or rather much more eminent miracles For first it was consecrated by the maruelous power of Christs word and euer since the same is done by the like power communicated to Priests 2 in his Church militant 3 one and the verie same and not manie in innumerable places and in euerie lesâ—e or greater forme yea in the least particle of the accidents that may be Christ is whole and entire 4 It geueth abundance of grace in this life signified by the day before the Sabbath for the glorie of the next liâ—e in eternal â—est 5 where is no more vse of Sacraments but euerlasting fruition of glorie 6 VVhoso euer therfore would make temporal commoditie of this heauenlie foode as it were reseruing Manna for other dayes of the weke it perisheth to him and turneth to his ignominie but being reserued in the faithful soule for the life to come which is the true Sabbath it remaineth an heauenlie treasure 7 And so it auaileth to euerie one as their soule which is the spiritual stomake of supernatural meate is lesse or more disposed 8 Though heate of persecution and other aduerse power take away this Sacrament and Sacrifice abrode in the field of this world yet no power extinguisheth it within the Church where it is in due maner prepared and ministred to the children of God 9 where it yeldeth al comfort strength and contentment to good spiritual desires 10 but to the incredulous Capharnaitessemeth vnpossible and to carnal conceipts loathsome 11 Being worthely receiued into our mortal bodies our arke or temporal tabernacle it remaineth in incorruptible effect wherby the bodie
thyne enemies wil afflict them that afflict thee †And myne Angel shal goe before thee and shal bring thee in vnto the Amorrheite and Hetheite and Pherezeite and Chananeite and Heueite and â—ebuzeite whom I wil destroy †Thou shalt not adore their goddes nor serue them Thou shalt not doe their workes but shalt destroy them and breake their statues †And you shal setue the Lord your God that I may blesse your bread waters and may take away infirmitie from the middes of thee †There shal not be a fruitlesse nor barren bodie in thy land I wil fil the number of thy dayes †I wil send my terrour to runne before thee and wil kil al people to whom thou shalt enter and wil turne the backes of al thyne enemies before thee †sending forth hornets before that shal chase away the Herueite and Chananeite and Hetheite before thou enter †I wil not cast them out from thy face in one yeare lest the land be brought into a wildernesse and beastes encrease against thee †By litle and litle I wil expel them from thy sight til thou be increased and dost possesse the Land †And I wil sette thy boundes from the Redde sea vnto the sea of the Palestines and from the desert vnto the riuer I wil deliuer the inhabitantes of the Land in your handes and wil cast them out from your sight †Thou shalt not enter league with them nor with their goddes †Let them not dwel in thy land lest perhapes they make thee to sinne against me if thou serue their goddes which vndoubtedly wil be a scandal to thee CHAP. XXIIII Moyses with others are commanded to ascend he to the Lord the rest a farre of 4. They offer Sacrifice 8. Moyses sprinckleth the bloud of the Testament vpon the people 15. Then ascending to the mountaine God couereth it with a firie cloude TO Moyses also he said Goe vp to the Lord thou and Aaron Nadab and Abiu and seuentie Ancientes of Israel and you shal adore a farre of †And Moyses onlie shalascend to the Lord and they shal not approach neither shal the people ascend with him †Moyses therfore came and told the people al the wordes of our Lord and the iudgementes and al the people answered with one voice Al the wordes of our Lord which he hath spoken we wil doe †And Moyses wrote al the wordes of our Lord and rising in the morning he builded an Altar at the foote of the mount twelue titles according the twelue tribes of Israel †And he sent young men of the children of Israel and they offered holocaustes and sacrificed pacifique victimes to our Lord calues †Moyses therfore tooke the halfe part of the bloud and put it into bowles and the residue he powred vpon the Altar †And taking the volume of the couenant he reade the people hearing it Who said Al thinges that our Lord hath spoken we wil doe and we wil be obedient †And he tooke the bloud and sprinkled it vpon the people and said This is the bloud of the Couenant which our Lord hath made with you vpon al these wordes †And there went vp Moyses and Aaron Nadab and Abiu and seuentie of the ancientes of Israel †and they saw the God of Israel and vnder his feete as it were a worke of sapphirstone and as the heauen when it is clere †Neither did he set his hand vpon those of the children of Israel that retired farre of and they saw God and did eate and drinke †And our Lord said to Moyses Come vp to me into the mount and be there and I wil geue thee tables of stone and the law and the commandementes which I haue written that thou maist teach them †Moyses rose vp and his minister Iosue and Moyses ascending into the mount of God †said to the Ancientes Expect here til we returne to you you haue Aaron and Hur with you If anie question shal rise you shal referre it to them †And when Moyses was ascended a cloud couered the mount †and the glorie of our Lord dwelt vpon Sinai couering it with a cloud six dayes and the seuenth day he called him out of the middes of the darkenesse †And the forme of the glorie of our Lord was as it were fire burning vpon the toppe of the mount in the sight of the children of Israel †And Moyses entring into the middes of the cloude ascended into the mount and he was there fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXIIII 8. This is the bloud of the couenant Our Sauiour in the institution of the Eucharist by vsing the same wordes applying them to him selfe This is my bloud of the new Testament signifieth that be fulfilled this figure at his last supper VVhich proueth both a Sacrifice of bloud then offered by him as this bloud of the old Testament was already shed when Moyses pronounced those wordes and the real presence of Christs bloud For els if it were but wine it were not better in substance then the figure which was real bloud Isychius li. 1. c 4. in Leuit. CHAP. XXV Oblations of first fruictes and freegiftes for making the Tabernacle and things perteyning thâ—râ—o 10. The Arck. 17. The Propitiatorie and Cherubims 23. A table and theron the Loâ—ues ef proposition 31. A candlestick 37. and seuen lampes with snuffers of gold AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel that they take first fruites for me of euerie man that offereth of his owne accord you shal take them †And these are the thinges which you must take Gold and siluer and brasse †hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died and silke and the haire of goates †and rammes skinnes died redde and ianthin skinnes and the wood setim †oyle to make lightes spices for oyntement and for incense of good sauour †Onyx stones and pretious stones to adorne the ephod and rationale †And they shal make me a sanctuarie and I wil dwel in the middes of them †according to al the similitude of the tabernacle which I wil shew thee of al the vessel to the seruice therof thus you shal make it †frame an arke of the wood setim the length wherof shal haue two cubites an halfe the bredth a cubite and an halfe the height likewise a cubite and an halfe †And thou shalt plate it with most pure gold within and without and ouâ—r it thou shalt make a golden crowne round about †and foure golden ringes which thou shalt put at the foure corners of the arke let two ringes be on the one side and two on the other †Thou shalt make barres also of the wood setim and shalt couer them with gold †And thou shalt put them in through the ringes that are in the sides of the arke that it may be caried on them †the which shal be
one side of the tabernacle †and fiue others on the other side and as manie at the west side †which shal be put along by the middes of the bordes from one end to the other †The bordes also them selues thou shalt plate with gold and shalt castringes of gold to be sette vpon them through which the barres may hold together the bordeworke the which thou shalt couer with plates of gold †And thou shalt erect the tabernacle according to the paterne that was shewed thee in the Mount †Thou shalâ— make also a veile of hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died and twisted silke wrought with imbrodered worke and goodhe varietie †which thou shalt hang before foure pillers of the wood setim the which themselues also shal be plated with gold and shal haue foure heades of gold but â—â—ete of siluer †And the veile shal be hanged on with ringes within the which thou shalt put the arke of testimonie with the which also the Sanctuarie and the sanctuaries of the Sanctuarie shal be diuided †Thou shalt set also the Propitiatorie vpon the arke of testimonie in the Sancta sanctorum †and the table without the veile and ouer against the table the candlesticke in the south side of the tabernacle for the table shal stand in the north side †Thou shalt make also a hanging in the entring of the tabernacle of hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died and twisted silke with imbrodered worke †And fiue pillers of the wood setim thou shalt plate with gold before the which the hanging shal be drawen whose heades shal be of golde and feete of brasse CHAP. XXVII An Altar must be made vvith things belonging therto 9. Also the court of the tabernacle vvith hangings and pillers 20. And prouision of oyle for lampes THOV shalt make also an Altar of the wood setim which shal haue fiue cubites in length and as manie in bredth that is foure square and three cubites in height †And there shal be at the foure corners hornes of the same and thou shalt couer it with brasse †And thou shalt make for the vses therof pannes for to take the ashes and tongues and fleshhookes and fire pannes al the vessel thou shalt make of brasse †And a grate in maner of a nette of brasse at the foure corners wherof shal be foure ringes of brasse †which thou shalt put vnder the hearth of the Altar and the grate shal be vnto the middes of the Altar †Thou shalt make also two barres for the Altar of the wood setim which thou shalt couer with plates of brasse †and thou shalt drawe them through ringes and they shal be on both sides of the Altar to carrie it †Not massie but emptie and hollow in the inside shalt thou make it as it was shewed thee in the Mount †Thou shalt make also the court of the tabernacle in the south part wherof against the south there shal be hanginges of twisted silke one side shal hold in length an hundred cubites †And twentie pillers with as manie feete of brasse which shal haue heades with their engrauinges of siluer †In like maner also on the north side there shal be in length hanginges of an hundred cubites twentie pillers and feete of brasse as manie and their heades with their engrauinges of siluer †But in the bredth of the court that looketh to the west there shal be hanginges of fiftie cubites and ten pillers and as manie feete †In that bredth also of the court which looketh to the east there shal be fiftie cubites †in the which there shal be deputed to one side hanginges of fiftene cubites and three pillers and as manie feete †and in the other side there shal be hanginges conteyning fiftene cubites three pillers and as manie feete †And in the entring of the court there shal be made an hanging of twentie cubites of hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died and twisted silke with embrodered worke it shal haue foure pillers with as manie feete †Al the pillers of the court round about shal be garnished with plates of siluer siluer heades and feete of brasse †In length the court shal occupie an hundred cubites in bredth fiftie the height shal be of fiue cubites and it shal be made of twisted silke and shal haue feete of brasse †Al the vessel of the tabernacle for al vses and ceremonies the pinnes as wel of it as of the court thou shalt make of brasse †Command the children of Israel that they bring thee oyle of the oliuetrees the purest and beaten with a pestil that a lampe may burne alwayes †in the tabernacle of the testimonie without the veile that is drawen before the testimonie And Aaron and his sonnes shal place it that it may geue light before the Lord vntil the morning †It shal be a perpetual obseruance through out their succcessions before the children of Israel CHAP. XXVIII God commandeth Moyses to make diuers sortes of vestures for Aaron and his sonnes prescribing the matter maner and ornaments therof TAKE vnto thee also Aaron thy brother with his sonnes from among the children of Israel that they may doe the function of priesthoode vnto me Aaron Nadab and Abiu Eleazar and Ithamar †And thou shalt make an holie vesture to Aaron thy brother for glorie and bewtie †And thou shalt speake to al the wise of hart whom I haue replenished with the spirit of wisdome that they make Aarons vestures wherin he being sanctified may minister to me †And these shal be the vestments that they shal make Rationale and an Ephod a tunike and a straite linnen garment a mitre and a girdle They shal make the holie vestments for thy brother Aaron and his sonnes that they may doe the function of priesthood vnto me †And they shal take gold and hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died and silke †And they shal make the Ephod of gold and hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died and twisted silke embrodered with diuers colours †It shal â—â—uâ— two edges ioyned in the toppe on both sides that they â—aâ— be closed together †The verie Workemanship also and al the varietie of the worke shal be of gold and hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died and twisted silke †And thou shalt take two Onyx stones and shalt graue in them the names of the children of Israel †six names in one stone and the other six in the other according to the order of their natiuitie †After the worke of a grauer and the grauing of a lapidarie thou shalt graue them with the names of the children of Israel sette in gold and compassed about †and thou shalt put them in both sides of the Ephod a memorial for the children of Israel And Aaron shal beare their names before the Lord vpon both shoulders for a remembrance †Thou shalt make also hookes of gold â€
and two litle cheynes of most pure gold linked one to an other which thou shalt put into the hookes †The Rationale of iudgement also thou shalt make with embrodered worke of diuers colours according to the workmanship of the Ephod of gold hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died and twisted silke †It shal be foure square and duble it shal haue the measure of a palme aswel in length as in bredth †And thou shalt set in it foure rewes of stones In the first rew shal be the stone sardius and topazius and the emeraud †in the second the carbuncle the sapphire and the iasper †in the third a ligurius an achates an amethyst †in the fourth a chrysolith an onyx and beryllus they shal be set in gold by their rewes †And they shal haue the names of the children of Israel with twelue names shal they be grauen euerie stone with the names of euerie one according to the twelue tribes †Thou shalt make in the Rationale cheynes linked one to an other of the purest gold †and two ringes of gold which thou shalt put in both the toppes of the Rationale †and the golden cheynes thou shalt ioyne to the ringes that are in the edges therof †and the endes of the cheynes them selues thou shalt couple with two hookes on both sides of the Ephod which is toward the Rationale †Thou shalt make also two ringes of gold which thou shalt put in the toppes of the Rationale in the brimmes that are ouer against the Ephod looke toward the backe partes therof †Moreouer also other two ringes of gold which are to be set on both sides of the Ephod beneth that looketh toward the nether ioyning that the Rationale may be fitted with the Ephod †and may be fastened by the ringes therof vnto the ringes of the Ephod with a lace of hyacinth that the ioyning artificially wrought may continew and the Rationale and Ephod may not be separated one from the other †And Aaron shal beare the names of the children of Israel in the Rationale of iudgement vpon his brest when he shal enter into the Sanctuarie a memorial before the Lord for euer †And thou shalt put in the Rationale of iudgement Doctrine and Veritie which shal be on Aarons brest when he shal goe in before the Lord and he shal beare the iudgement of the children of Israel on his brest in the sight of the Lord alwayes †And thou shalt make the tunike of the Ephod al of hyacinth †in the middes wherof aboue shal be a hole for the head and a border round about it woâ—en as is wont to be made in the vtmost partes of garments that it may not easely be broken †And beneth at the feete of the same tunike round about thou shalt make as it were pomegranates of hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died litle belles interposed betwen †so that there be a bel of gold and a pomegranate and againe an other bel of gold and a pomegranate †And Aaron shal be vested with it in the office of his ministerie that the sound may be heard when he goeth in and cometh out of the Sanctuarie in the sight of the Lord and that he die not †Thou shalt make also a plate of the purest gold wherin thou shalt graue after the worke of a grauer Holie to the Lord. †And thou shalt tie it with a lace of hyacinth and it shal be vpon the mitre †hanging ouer the forehead of the high Priest And Aaron shal carie the iniquities of those thinges which the children of Israel haue offered and sanctified in al their giftes and donaries And the plate shal be alwayes in his forehead that the Lord may be wel pleased with them †And thou shalt gird the tunike with silke and thou shalt make a silken mitre and a bawdrike of embrodered worke †Moreouer for the sonnes of Aaron thou shalt prepare linnen tunikes and bawdrikes and mitres for glorie and bewtie †And with al these thinges thou shalt vest Aaron thy brother and his sonnes with him And thou shalt consecrate the handes of them al and shalt sanctifie them that they may doe the function of priesthood vnto me †Thou shalt make also linnen breches to couer the flesh of their turpitude from the reynes vnto the thighes †and Aaron and his sonnes shal vse them when they shal enter into the tarberbernacle of testimonie or when they approch to the Altar to minister in the Sanctuarie lest guiltie of iniquitie they die It shal be a law for euer to Aaron and to his seede after him CHAP. XXIX The maner of consecrating Aaron and other Priests vvith burnt offerings 26. and pacifiques wherof Aaron and his sonnes shal participate 38. The institution of the daylie sacrifice of tvvo lambes one in the morning the other at euen BVT this also shalt thou doe that they may be consecrated to me in priesthood Take a calfe from the heard and two rammes without spotte †and vnleuened bread and a cake without leuen tempered with oile wafers also vnleauened anoynted with oile of wheaten flowre thou shalt make al. †And being put in a basket thou shalt offer them and the calfe and the two rammes †And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sonnes to the doore of the tabernacle of testimonie And when thou hast washed the father with his sonnes in water †thou shalt vest Aaron with his vestments that is with the linnen garment and the tunicke and the Ephod and the Rationale which thou shalt gird with the baudrike †And thou shalt put the mitre vpon his head and the holie plate vpon the mitre †and thou shalt powre the oile of vnction vpon his head and by this rite shal he be consecrated †His sonnes also thou shalt bring and shalt inuest them with the linnen tunickes and gird them with a bawdrike †to witte Aaron and his children and thou shalt put mitres vpon them and they shal be priestes to me by a perpetual religion After that thou shalt haue consecrated their handes †thou shalt present also the calfe before the tabernacle of testimonie And Aaron and his sonnes shal lay their handes vpon his head †and thou shalt kil him in the sight of the Lord beside the doore of the tabernacle of testimonie †And that which thou takest of the bloud of the calfe thou shalt put vpon the hornes of the Altar with thy finger and the reit of the bloud thou shalt powre at the botome therof †Thou shalt take also the whole fatte that couereth the entralles and the caule of the liuer and the two kidneys and the fatte that is vpon them and shalt offer a burnt sacrifice vpon the Altar †but the flesh of the calâ—e and the hide and the dung thou shalt burne abrode without the campe because it is for sinne †Thou shalt take also one ramme
goddes Israel that haue brought thee out of the land of Aegypt †Which when Aaron had senne he builded an altar before it and by a cryers voice proclaimed saying Tomorow is the solemnitie of the Lord. †And rysing in the morning they offered holocaustes and pacifique hostes and the people sate downe to eate and to drinke and they role vp to play †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying Goe get thee downe thy people which thou hast brought out of the Land of Aegypt hath sinned †They haue quickly reuolted from the way that thou didst shew them and they haue made to them selues a molten calfe and haue adored and immolating hostes vnto it haue sayd These are thy goddes Israel that haue brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt †And againe our Lord said to Moyses I see that this people is stiffenecked †suffer me that my furie may be angrie against them and that I may destroy them and I wil make thee into a great nation †But “ Moyses besought the Lord his God saying Why Lord is thy furie angrie against thy people whom thou hast brought forth of the Land of Aegypt in great power and in a strong hand †Let not the Aegyptians say I beseech thee He hath craftely brought them forth that he might kil them in the mountaynes and destroy them from the earth let thyne anger cease and be pacified vpon the wickednes of thy people †“ Remenber Abraham Isaac and Israel thy seruantes to whom thou swarest by thine owne self saying I wil multiplie your seed as the starres of heauen and this whole land wherof I haue spoken I wil giue to your seed and you shal possesse it alwayes †And our Lord was pacified from doing the euil which he had spoken against his people †And Moyses returned from the mount carying the two tables of testimonie in his hand written on both sides †and made by the worke of God the writing also of God was grauen in the tables †And Iosue hearing the tumult of the people crying out said to Moyses The noyse of battaile is heard in the campe †Who answered It is not the crie of men encouraging of fight nor the shoute of men compelling to flee but I doe heare the voice of singers †And when he approched to the campe he saw the calfe and the daunces and being very wrath he threw the tables out of his hand and brake them at the foote of the mount †and catching the calfe which they had made he burnt it and bette it into powder which he strawed into water and gaue thereof drinke to the children of Israel †And he said to Aaron What hath this people done to thee that thou shouldest bring vpon them an heinous sinne †To whom he answered Let not my lord be offended for thou knowest this people that it is prone to euil †they said to me Make vs goddes that may goe before vs for vnto this same Moyses that brought vs forth out of the Land of Aegypt we know not what is chanced †To whom I said Which of you hath gold They tooke and brought to me and I cast it into the fire and this calfe came forth †Moyses therfore seeing the people that they were made naked for Aaron had spoiled them for the ignominie of filth and had set them naked among their enemies †and standing in the gate of the campe he said If any man be our Lords let him ioyne to me And there gathered vnto him al the sonnes of Leui †to whom he said This saith the Lord God of Israel Put euerie man his sword vpon his thigh goe returne from gate to gate through the middes of the campe and euerie man kil his brother and frend and neighbour †And the sonnes of Leui did according to the saying of Moyses and there were slaine in that day about three thousand men †And Moyses said You haue consecrated your handes this day to our Lord euerie man in his sonne in his brother that blessing may be giuen to you †And when the next day was come Moyses spake to the people You have sinned a verie great sinne I wil goe vp to our Lord if by anie meanes I may be able to intreate him for your sinful fact †And returning to our Lord he said I beseech thee this people hath sinned a heinous sinne and they haue made to them selues goddes of gold either forgiue them this trespasse †or if thou doe not strike me out of the booke that thou hast written †To whom our Lord answered He that hath sinned to me him wil I strike out of my booke †but goe thou and leade this people whither I haue told thee myne Angel shal goe before thee And I in the day of reuenge wil visite this sinne also of theirs †Our Lord therfore smote the people for the fault concerning the calfe which Aaron had made ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXXII 4. A molten calfe No other reason can be imagined why the people falling to Idolatrie required the image of a calfe rather then of anie other thing but for that they thought the blacke calfe with white spottes called Apis or Serapis whom they sawe the Aegyptians estemed most of al their goddes to be the chiefe or onlie God And therfore to this famous Idol they ascribed the benefite of their deliuerie from bondage saying These are thy goddes o Israel that haue brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt So they ment not to worship our Lord the true God in that image as Caluin would haue it but the very calfe whose image it was for adoring immediatly the calues image and immolating hostes to it v. 8. they protested that to be their God which the image represented This appeareth also Deut. 32. v. 18. God that begat thee thou hast forsaken and hast forgotten our Lord thy creatour And Psal 105. v. 21. They forgat God vvhich saued them 11. Moyses besought Albeit Moyses with most humble submission prayed for the people which God so accepted that he was therby pacified v. 14. yet Caluin here condemneth him of arrogancie and pride as though he imperiously prescribed law to God spoyling him of his iustice Much otherwise S. Hierom Epist 12. ad Gaudent commending his feruent charitie doubteth not to say Dei potentiam serui preces impediebant The seruantes prayers hindered Gods povver because God himself saying suffer me that my furie may be angrie against them and that I may destroy them shewed his diuine prouidence to be such as he might be staied from doing that vvhich be threatned 13. Remember Abraham It much trubled Caluin that for obtaining pardon for the people the Patriarches are mentioned for whose sake and merites mercie and protection was promised by God Gen. 18. 22. 26. prophecied by Iacob Gen. 48. performed here and in manie other places And
their goddes and haue adored their idols some man cal thee to eate of the thinges immolated †Neither shalt thou take a wife for thy sonnes of their daughters lest after them selues haue fornicated they make thy sonnes also to fornicate with their goddes †Molten goddes thou shalt not make to thee †Thou shalt keepe the solemnitie of the azymes Seuen dayes shalt thou eate azymes as I haue commanded thee in the time of the moneth of new corne for in the moneth of spring time thou didst goe out of Aegypt †Al of the male kind that openeth the matrice shal be mine Of al beastes as wel oxen as of sheepe it shal be mine †The firstborne of an asse thou shalt redeeme with a sheepe but if thou wilt not giue a price for it it shal be slaine The firstborne of thy sonnes thou shalt redeeme neither shalt thou appeare emptie in my sight †Six dayes shalt thou worke the seuenth day thou shalt cease to eare and reape †The solemnitie of weekes thou shalt make to thee in the first fruites of corne of thy wheate haruest and the solemnitie when the time of the yeare returneth that al thinges are laid vp †Three tymes of the yeare al thy male shal appeare in the sight of the omnipotent Lord God of Israel †For when I shal haue taken away the nations from thy face and shal haue dilated thy borders no man shal lie in wayte against thy land when thou doest goe vp and appeare in the sight of the Lord thy God thrise in a yeare †Thou shalt not immolate the bloud of my hoste vpon leauen neither shal there remaine in the morning of the victime of the solemnitie of the Phase †The first of the fruites of thy ground thou shalt offer in the house of the Lord thy God Thou shalt not boile a kidde in the milke of his damme †And our Lord said to Moyses Write thee these wordes in which I haue made a couenant both with thee and with Israel †Therfore he was there with our Lord fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes he did not eate bread and he dronke no water and he wrote in the tables the wordes of the couenant tenne †And when Moyses came downe from the mount Sinai he held the two tables of testimonie and he knew not that his face was horned by the conuersation of the talke of our Lord. †And Aaron and the children of Israel seing the face of Moyses horned they were afraid to come neere †And being called of him they returned as wel Aaron as the princes of the synagogue And after that he spake to them †al the children of Israel also came to him whom he commanded al thinges that he had heard of our Lord in mount Sinai †And hauing ended his talke he put a veile vpon his face †Which going in to our Lord and speaking with him he toke away vntil he went forth and then he spake to the children of Israel al thinges that had bene commanded him †Who saw that the face of Moyses coming forth was horned but he couered his face againe if at anie time he spake to them CHAP. XXXV The precept of the Sabbath is yet renewed 4. First fruites and other giftes are required and duly offered for the making of the tabernacle and other thinges therto belonging which are here recited 30. Beseleel and Oo. iab are appointed workmen for this purpose THERFORE al the multitude of the children of Israel being gathered together he said to them These are the thinges which our Lord hath commanded to be done †Six dayes you shal do worke the seuenth day shal be holie vnto you the sabbath and rest of our Lord he that shal do anie worke in it shal be slaine †You shal not kindle site in al your habitations on the sabbath day †And Moyses said to al the assemblie of the children of Israel This is the word that our Lord hath commanded saying †Separate with you first fruites to the Lord. Let euerie one that is willing and hath a readie hart offer them to the Lord gold and siluer and brasse †hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died and silke the haire of goates †and rammes skinnes died redde and ianthin skinnes the wood setim †and oile to maintaine lightes and to make ointment and most sweete incense †Onyx stones and pretious stones for the adorning of the Ephod and the Rationale †Whosoeuer of you is wise let him come and make that which our Lord hath commanded †to wit the Tabernacle and the roofe therof and the couer the ringes and the bordeworke with the barres the pinnes and the feete †the Arke and the staues the propitiatorie and the veile that is drawen before it †the Table with the barres and the vessel and the loaues of proposition †the Candlesticke to beare vp the lightes the vessel therof and the lampes and the oile to the nourishing of fires †the Altar of incense and the barres and the oile of vnction and the incense of spices the Hanging at the doore of the tabernacle †the Altar of holocauste and his grate of brasse with the barres and vessel therof the Lauer and his feete †the Curtines of the court with the pillers and the feete the hanging in the doores of the entrie †the pinnes of the tabernacle and of the court with their litle cordes †the Vestimentes that are to be vsed in the ministerie of the sanctuarie the vesture of Aaron the high Priest and of his sonnes to do the function of Priesthood vnto me †And al the multitude of the children of Israel going forth from the sight of Moyses †offered first fruites to our Lord with a most prompt and deuoute minde to make the worke of the tabernacle of the testimonie Whatsoeuer was necessarie to the seruice therof and to the holie vestiments †both men and wemen did giue tablettes and earlettes ringes and bracelettes euerie vessel of gold was separated for the donaries of our Lord. †If anie man had hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died redde and ianthin skinnes †metal of siluer and brasse they offered to our Lord and the wood setim for diuers vses †But the skilful wemen also gaue such thinges as they had sponne hyacinth purple and scarlet and silke †and goates haire geuing al of their owne accord †But the princes offered onyx stones and pretious stones for the Ephod and the Rationale †and spices and oile to maintaine the lightes and for the preparing of ointment and to make the incense of most sweete sauour †Al men and wemen with deuoute mind offered donaries that the workes might be made which our Lord had comanded by the hand of Moyses Al the children of Israel did dedicate voluntarie thinges to our Lord. †And Moyses said to the children of Israel Behold our Lord hath called by name Beseleel
round about CHAP. XXXIX Al the ornamentes of Aaron and his sonnes are made 31. and the whole vvorke of the Tabernacle is perfited MOREOVER of hyacinth and purple scarlet and silke he made the vestures that Aaron should weare when he ministred in the holie places as our lord commanded Moyses †He made therfore an Ephod of gold hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died and twisted silke †with embrodered worke and he did cut thinne plates of gold and drew them smal into threedes that they might be twisted with the woufe of the former colours †and two edges coupled one to the other in the toppe on either side †and a bawdrike of the same colours as our Lord had commanded Moyses †He prepared also two Onyx stones fast sette and closed in gold and grauen by the art of a lapidarie with the names of the children of Israel †and he set them in the sides of the Ephod for a moniment of the children of Israel as our Lord had commanded Moyses †He made also a Rationale with embrodered worke according to the worke of the Ephod of gold hyacinth purple and scarlet twise died and twisted silke †foure square duble of the measure of a palme †And he set foure rewes of precious stones In the first rewe was sardius topazius an emeraud †In the second a carbuncle a saphire and a iasper †In the third a ligurius an achates and an amethist †In the fourth a chrysolith an onyx and beryllus compassed and enclosed in gold by their rewes †And the twelue stones them selues were grauen with the names of the twelue tribes of Israel euerie one with his seueral name †They made also in the rationale litle cheynes linked one to an other of the purest gold †and two hookes and as manie ringes of gold Moreouer the ringes they set on either side of the Rationale †on the which the two golden cheynes should hang which they put into the hookes that stoode out in the corners of the Ephod †These both before and behind did so agree with them selues that the Ephod and the Rationale might be knit one to the other †tyed to the bawdrike and with ringes strongly coupled which a lace of hyacinth ioyned lest they should flagge loosely and be moued one from the other as our Lord commanded Moyses †They made also the tunike of the Ephod al of hyacinth †and a hole for the head in the vpper part against the middes and the border of the hole round about wouen †and beneth at the feete pomegranates of hyacinth purple scarlet and twisted silke †and litle belles of the purest gold which they did put betwen the pomegranates in the vtmost part of the tunike round about †to witte a bel of gold and a pomegranate wherwith the high priest went adorned when he executed his ministerie as our Lord had commanded Moyses †They made also silken tunikes with wouen worke for Aaron and his sonnes †and mitres with their litle crownes of silke †linnen breeches also of fine line †and a girdle of twisted silke hyacinth purple scarlet twise died with the art of embrodering as our Lord had commanded Moyses †They made also the plate of sacred veneration of most pure gold and they wrote in it with the worke of a lapidarie The Holie of our Lord †and they tyed it to the mitre with a lace of hyacinth as our Lord had commanded Moyses †Therfore al the worke of the tabernacle of the roofe of testimonie was perfited and the children of Israel did al thinges which our Lord had commanded Moyses †And they offered the tabernacle and the roofe and the whole furniture ringes bordes barres pillers and their feete †the couer of rammes skinnes died redde and the other couer of ianthin skinnes †the veile the arke the barres the propitiatorie †the table with the vessel therof and the loaues of proposition †the candlesticke the lampes and the furniture of them with the oyle †the altar of gold and the ointment and the incense of spices †and the hanging in the entrie of the tabernacle †the altar of brasse the grate the barres and al the vessel therof the lauer with the foote therof the hanginges of the court and the pillers with their feete †the hanging in the entrie of the court and the litle cordes and the pinnes therof Nothing wanted of the vessel that was commanded to be made for the ministerie of the tabernacle and for the roofe of couenant †The vestimentes also which the priestes vse in the Sanctuarie to witte Aaron and his sonnes †the children of Israel offered as our Lord had commanded †Which thinges after that Moyses saw al finished he blessed them CHAP. XL. According to Gods commandment Moyses erecteth the Tabernacle vvith al thinges appertayning the first day of the second yeare after their deliuerie from Aegypt 32. God replenisheth the same vvith his Maiestie a cloude remayning ouer it by day and a piller of fire by night but vvhen they shal march the same passeth before them AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †The first moneth the first day of the moneth thou shalt erect the tabernacle of the testimonie †and shalt put in it the arke and shalt let downe before it the veile †and bringing in the table thou shalt set vpon it the thinges that are commanded after the rite The candlesticke shal stand with the lampes therof †and the altar of gold whereon the incense is burned before the arke of testimonie Thou shalt put the hangging in the entrie of the tabernacle †and before it the altar of holocauste †the lauer betwen the altar and the tabernacle which thou shalt fil with water †And thou shalt compasse about the court with hanginges and the entrie therof †And taking the oile of vnction thou shalt anoynte the tabernacle with the vessel therof that they may be sanctified †the altar of holocauste and al the vessel therof †the lauer with the foote therof al shalt thou consecrate with the oile of vnction that they may be most Holie †And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sonnes to the doore of the tabernacle of testimonie and hauing washed them with water †thou shalt reuest them with the sacred vestimentes that they may minister to me and the vnction of them may prosper to an euerlasting priesthood †And Moyses did al thinges which our Lord had commanded †Therfore the first moneth of the second yeare the first day of the moneth the tabernacle was placed †And Moyses erected it and put the bordes and feete and barres and reared the pillers †and spred the roofe ouer the tabernacle putting ouer it a couer as our Lord had commanded †He put also the testimonie in the arke thrusting barres vnderneth and the oracle aboue †And when he had brought the arke into
the tabernacle he drew before it the veile to fulfil the commandement of our Lord. †He sette the table also in the tabernacle of testimonie at the north side without the veile †ordering the bread of proposition before it as our Lord had commanded Moyses †He sette the candlesticke also in the tabernacle of testimonie ouer against the table on the south side †placing the lampes in order according to the precept of our Lord. †He set also the altar of gold vnder the roofe of testimonie against the veile †and burned vpon it the incense of spices as our Lord had commanded Moyses †He put also the hanging in the entrie of the tabernacle of testimonie †and the altar of holocauste in the entrie of the testimonie offering on it the holocauste and the sacrifices as our Lord had commanded †The lauer also he set betwen the tabernacle of testimonie and the altar filling it with water †And Moyses and Aaron and his sonnes washed their handes and feete †when they entred the roofe of couenant and went to the altar as our Lord had commanded Moyses †He erected also the court round about the tabernacle and the altar drawing the hanging in the entrie therof After al thinges were perfited †the cloude couered the tabernacle of testimonie and the glorie of our Lord filled it †Neither could Moyses enter the roofe of couenant the cloude couering al thinges and the maiestie of our Lord shining because the cloude had couered al thinges †If at anie time the cloud did leaue the tabernacle the children of Israel went forward by their troupes †If it hong ouer they remained in the same place †For the cloude of our Lord honge ouer the tabernacle by day and a sire by night in the sight of al the children of Israel throughout al their mansions THE ARGVMENT OF LEVITICVS VVHEN the Tabernacle was erected nere to Mount Sinai the first day of the second yeare after the children of Israel parted from Aegypt and was so replenished with Gods Maiestie that none no not Moyses him self could enter in our Lord speaking from thence called Moyses and declared to him the offices of the Leuites whom only and no others he deputed for the administration and charge of sacred things wherof this booke wherin they are written is called Leuiticus In which saith S. Hierom al and euerie Sacrifice yea almost euerie sillable and Aarons vestments and the whole Leuical order breath forth heauenlie sacraments or mysteries For first God here prescribeth what sacrifices he wil haue in what manner and to what purposes Then what partes and qualities he requireth in Priests how they shal be vested and consecrated seuerly punishing some that transgressed with commandment neither to offer in sacrifice nor to eate things reputed vncleane and the maner of purifying such things and persons as by diuers occasions were polluted Interposing also some moral and iudicial precepts appointeth certaine solemne feastes times of rest and Iubilie yeare Finally promiseth rewardes and threatneth puâ—ishments to those that kepe or breake his commandments with particular admonition touching vowes and tithes So this booke may be diuided into fiue special partes The first of diuers sortes of Sacrifices in the seuen first chapters The second of consecrating Priests and their vâ—stments with punishment for offering strange fire in the three next chapters The third of distinction betwen cleane and vncleane with the maner of purifying certaine legal vncleanes and other precepts moral and iudicial from the 11. chap. to the 23. The fourth of feasts times of rest and Iubilie with priuiledges rewardes and punishments from the 23. chap. to the 27. The fifth of vowes and tithes in the last chapter THE BOOKE LEVITICVS IN HEBREW VAICRA CHAP. I. Diuers rites in offering holocaustes as wel of cattle 14. as of birdes AND OVR LORD called Moyses and spake to him out of the tabernacle of testimony saying †Speake to the children of Israel thou shalt say to them “ The man of you that shal offer an hoste to our Lord of beastes that is of oxen sheepe offering victimes †if his oblation be “ an holocauste and of the heard he shal offer a male without spotte at the dore of the tabernacle of testimonie to propitiate our Lord vnto him †and he shal put his handes vpon the heade of the hoste and it shal be acceptable and profitable to his expiation †And he shal immolate the calfe before our Lord and the children of Aaron the priestes shal offer the bloud therof powring it in the circuite of the altar which is before the dore of the tabernacle †And the skinne of the hoste being plucked of the ioyntes they shal cut into peeces †and shal put fire vnderneth in the altar hauing before laid a pyle of wood in order †and the ioyntes that are cut out laying in order thereupon to wit the head al thinges that cleane to the liuer †the entralles and feete being washed with water and the priest shal burne them vpon the altar for an holocauste and “ sweete sauoure to our Lord. †And if the oblation be of flockes an holocauste of sheepe or of goates a lambe of a yeare old without spot shal he offer †and he shal immolate it at the side of the altar that looketh to the North before our Lord but the bloud therof the sonnes of Aaron shal poure vpon the altar round about †and they shal diuide the ioyntes the head and al that cleane to the lyuer and shal lay them vpon the wood vnder which the fire is to be put †but the entrales and the â—eâ—te they shal wash with water And the whole the priest shal offer and burne vpon the altar for an holocaust and most sweete sauoure to our Lord. †But if the oblation of holocaust to our Lord be of birdes of turtles and young pigions †the priest shal offer it at the altar and writhing the head to the necke and breaking the place of the wound he shal make the bloud to runne downe vpon the brimme of the altar †but the croppe of the throate and the fethers he shal cast nigh to the altar at the east side in the place where the ashes are wount to be powred out †and he shal breake the pinnions therof and shal not cut nor diuide it with a knife and shal burne it vpon the altar putting fire vnder the wood It is an holocaust and oblation of most sweete sauoure to our Lord. ANNOTATIONS CHAP. I. 2. The man that shal offer Sacrifice being the most special external seruice wherby man acknowledgeth the supreme dominion of God and his owne subiection and homage to his diuine Maiestie was so wel knowen to be necessarie as being in most frequent vse in the law of nature and in al nations that here neded not anie new precept in general
that the people of God should offer sacrifice though for special purposes certaine particular sacrifices were some times appointed but this dutie obligation presupposed our Lord first admonishing to offer the best and perfectest things in euerie kind prescribeth with what rites and ceremonies it shal be done As in offering an holocaust of the heard it must be a male vvithout spotte and be offered at the dore of the tabernacle the offerer putting his handes vpon the head of the hoste the priests must offer the bloud povvring it in the circuite of the altar plucke of the skinne cut the ioyntes in peeces lay them in order the entrales and feete being vvashed burne al vpon the Altar And the like in other sacrifices al for iust and reasonable causes without which the wisdome of God doth nothing Sap. 7. Psal 103. v 24. 3. An holocaust In respect of diuers things offered the diuers maner and causes of offering there were manie sortes of Sacrifices but al are reduced to three kindes The first was Holocaust in which al was burned in the honour of God and resolued into vapour which ascendeth vpwards in signe that al we haue is of God The second was Sacrifice for sinne that of diuers sortes for the varietie of sinnes and persons and part of this sacrifice was burned the other part belonged to the Priests The third was Pacifique sacrifice wherof one part was burnt an other pertayned to the Priests and an other to them that gaue the oblation And of this kinde there were two sortes one of thanksgeuing for benefites receiued the other to procure fauoure in anie good enterprise or desire Al the which did prefigure and forshew one only Sacrifice of Chtists bodie and bloud offered by him in two maners bloudie on the Crosse once for euer wherof S. Paul expressy speaketh Heb. 9. vnbloudie in formes of bread and wine wherof the same S. Paul speaketh Heb. 13. v. 10. shewing that Christians haue an Altar and consequently a Sacrifice farre excelling those of the Tabernacle and our Sauiour him selfe Math. 26. v. 25. speaking of the contents in the chalice said it was his bloud of the nevv Testament which he then instituted and dedicated as is there noted And the ancient Fathers by Caluins confession in Heb. 9. generally vse this distinction of the same Sacrifice offered in bloudie in vnbloudie maner They likewise teach that al lawful Sacrifices of the Law of nature and of Moyses did end and were complete in this one which is our daylie Sacrifice our immaculate lâ—mâ—e our manna our libament our holocaust our Sacrifice for sinne our Pacifique Sacrifice for al purposes and in steede of al old Sacrifices So S. Augustin lib 8. c. 27. lib. 17. c. 20. de ciuit lib. 3 de Bapis c. 19. lib. 1. cont aâ—uâ—rs lâ—g ptophet c. 18. 20. S. Chrysost in Psal 95. S. Leo. ser 8. de Pass and other fathers teach 9. Svvetesauour Not that the sauour of corporal things though it were sweter then of burnt flesh and bones delighteth Gods most pure substance but for that mans frailtie in some good sorte performing his dutie is very acceptable to his diuine goodnes For otherwise he required not these Sacrifices nor other external Rites for him felf but he would haue his people for their owne good to be exercised therein especially for three causes First to kepe them from Idolatrie wherto they were very prone as appeareth by their often falling notwithstanding continual admonitions to the contrarie For being as it were burdened with manie ceremonies pertaining to Gods true seruice they might haue lesse mind leysure and occasion to serue Idols Secondly for so much as man consisteth of soule and bodie as the soule must interiorly vvorship God in spirite and veritie so the bodie must also honour him exteriorly seruing iustice vnto sanctification that is by external good workes to increase iustice and sanctitie when by them the mind is instructed and inuited to know and honoure God For otherwise saieth S Dionyse c. 1. â—alest Hiâ—rer vnles mans vnderstanding vse the helpe of corporal things diuine veritie can not be attained And S. Augustin lib. 10. c. 5 ciuit teacheth that God commanded external Sacrifices thereby to lead his seruants vnto mortified spirites contrite and humbled harts to mercie and compassion towards others In briefe c. 3. Enchir to the true and perfect seruing of his Diuine powre by faith hope and charitie Thirdly that these external Sacrifices and Rites might prefigure and signifie greater more excellent and more effectual Mysteries of the new Testament For as S. Paul speaketh Heb. 10. the lavv of Moyses hauing a shadovv of good things to come not the verie image of the things brought not to perfection nor tooke avvay sinnes by the bloud of oxen or goaâ—es but being asisâ—â—id a shadovv rather shaded then perfectly shewed the great benefites which the new law as a perfect image liuely representeth especially Christs passion which is the verie fountaine of grace and mercie And wheras the old law could not iustifie Gal. 3. the law of Christ doth in dede iustifie as the Gospel witnesseth saying Ioan 1 v. 17. The lavv vvas geuen by Moyses grace and veritie vvaâ— made by Iesus Christ CHAP. II. How to offer flovvre 4. loaues wafers with oile and incense without leauen or honie 12. also first fruictes 13. And salt in euerie oblation VVHEN a soule shal offer an oblation of sacrifice to our Lord fine flowre shal be his oblation and he shal poure oyle vpon it and put franckincense †and shal carie it to the sonnes of Aaron the priests of whom one shal take a handful of the flowre and the oile and al the franckincense and shal put it a memorial vpon the Altar for a most sweete sauour to our Lord. †And that which shal be left of the sacrifice shal be Aarons and his sonnes Holie of holies among the oblations of our Lord. †But when thou offerest a sacrifice baked in the ouen of flowre to wit loaues without leauen tempered with oyle and wafers vnleauened layd ouer with oyle †If thine oblation be of the frying panne of flowre tempered with oyle and without leuen †thou shalt diuide it in litle peeces and shalt poure oyle vpon it †And if the sacrifice be from the gridiron in like maner the flowre shal be tempered with oyle †which offering to our Lord thou shalt deliuer to the handes of the priest †Who hauing offered it shal take a memorie of the sacrifice and burne vpon the altar for a swete sauour to our Lord †and whatsoeuer is left shal be Aarons and his sonnes Holie of holies among the oblations of our Lord. †Euerie oblation that is offered to our Lord shal be made without leauen neyther shal any leauen and honie be burned in the sacrifice of our Lord. †The first fruites only of them and
the giftes you shal offer but vpon the altar they shal not be put for a sauour of swetnes †What sacrifice soeuer thou offerest thou shalt season it with salt neither shalt thou take away the salt of the couenant of thy God from thy sacrifice In euerie oblation thou shalt offer salt †But if thou offer a gyfte of the first fruites of thy corne to our Lord of the eares being yet greene thou shalt drie it at the fire and bruise it in maner of meale and so shalt thou offer thy first fruites to our Lord †powring oyle vpon it and putting on franckincense because it is the oblation of our Lord. †Wherof the priest shal burne for memorie of the gift part of the meale bruised and of the oile and al the frankincense CHAP. III. How the pacifique hostes must be offered of beeues 6. shepe 7. lambes 12. and goates AND if his oblation be an hoste of pacifiques and he wil offer of beues male or female without spot shal he offer them before our Lord. †And he shal lay his hand vpon the head of his victime which shal be immolated in the entrie of the tabernacle of testimonie and the sonnes of Aaron the priest shal poure the bloud in the circuite of the altar †And they shal offer of the host of pacifiques for an oblation to our Lord the fatt that couereth the entralles and whatsoeuer fatt is within †the two kidneys with the fatt wherwith the guttes are couered and the caule of the liuer with the two little kydneys †And they shal burne them vpon the altar for an holocaust putting fire vnder the wood for an oblation of most swete sauour to our Lord. †But if his oblation and the hoste of pacifiques be of flocks whether he offer male or female they shal be without spot †If he offer a lambe before our Lord †he shal put his hand vpon the head of his victime which shal be immolated in the entrie of the tabernacle of testimonie and the sonnes of Aaron shal powre the bloud therof in the circuite of the altar †And they shal offer of the hoste of pacifiques a sacrifice to our Lord the fatt and the whole rumpe †with the kidneys and the fatt that couereth the bellie and al the vital partes and both little kydneys with the fatt that is about the guttes and the caule of the liuer with the two little kidneys †And the priest shal burne them vpon the altar to the foode of the fire and of the oblation of our Lord. †If his oblation be a goate and he offer it to our Lord †he shal put his hand vpon the head therof and shal immolate it in the entrie of the tabernacle of testimonie And the sonnes of Aaron shal poure the bloude therof in the circuite of the altar †And they shal take of it to the foode of our Lords fire the fatt that couereth the bellie and that couereth al the vital partes †the two little kydneys with the caule that is vpon them about the guttes and the tallowe of the liuer with the little kidneys †and the priest shal burne them vpon the altar to the food of the fire and of a most sweete sauour Al the fatt shal be our Lordes †by a perpetual right in your generations and in al your habitations you shal eate no bloude nor fat at al. CHAP. IIII. Hovv a Priest 13. the multitudâ— 22. a Prince 27. or anie one of the people sinning of ignarance must offer hostes AND our Lord spake to moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel The soule that sinneth by ignorance and doth anie thing of al the commandmentes of our Lord which he commanded not to be done †If the priest that is anointed sinne making the people to offend he shal offer for his sinne a calfe without spott to our Lord †and he shal bring it to the dore of testimonie before our Lord and shal put his hand vpon the head therof and shal immolate it to our Lord. †He shal drawe also of the bloud of the calfe carying it into the tabernacle of testimonie †And when he hath dipped his finger in the bloud he shal sprinckle it seuen times before our Lord against the veile of the Sanctuarie †and of the same bloud he shal put vpon the hornes of the altar of incense most acceptable to our Lord which is in the tabernacle of testimonie And al the rest of the bloud he shal powre at the foote of the altar of holocauste in the entrie of the tabernacle †And the fatt of the calfe he shal take away for the sinne aswel that which couereth the entralles as al the partes that are within †The two little kidneys and the caule that is vpon them beside the guttes and the fatt of the â—iuer with the two litle kidneis †as is taken away from the calfe which is an host of pacifiques and he shal burne them vpon the altar of hollocauste †But the skinne and al the flesh with the heade and feete and boweles and dung †and the rest of the bodie he shal carie forth without the campe into a cleane place where the ashes are wount to be powred out and he shal burne them vpon a pyle of wood which shal be burnt in the place where the ashes are powred out †And if al the multitude of Israel be ignorant and through ignorance do that which is against the commandement of our Lord †and afterward vnderstand their sinne they shal offer for their sinne a calfe and shal bring it to the dore of the tabernacle †And the ancientes of the people shal put their handes vpon the head therof before our Lord. And the calfe being immolated in the sight of our Lord †the priest that is anoynted shal carie of the bloud into the tabernacle of testimonie †dipping his finger and sprinkling seuen times against the veile †and he shal put of the same bloud on the hornes of the altar that is before our Lord in the tabernacle of testimonie and the rest of the bloud he shal poure at the foote of the altar of holocauste which is at the dore of the tabernacle of testimonie †And al the fatte therof he shal take vp shal burne it vpon the altar †doing so with this calfe as he did also before and the priest praying for them our Lord wil be propitious vnto them †But the calfe it selfe he shal carie forth without the campe and shal burne it like as the former calfe because it is for the sinne of the multitude †If a Prince sinne and by ignorance do of manie thinges one that by the law of our Lord is forbidden †and afterward vnderstandeth his sinne he shal offer an hoste to our Lord a bucke of the goates without spotte †And he shal put his hand vpon the head
cleansing and hauing washed his clothes and al his bodie in liuing water he shal be cleane †And the eight day he shal take two turtles or two yong pigeons and he shal come into the sight of our Lord to the dore fo the tabernacle of testimonie and shal geue them to the priest †who shal make one for sinne and the other for an holocaust and he shal pray for him before our Lord that he may be cleansed of the fluxe of his seede †The man from whom issueth the seede of copulation shal wash with water al his bodie and he shal be vncleane vntil euen †The garment and skinne that he weareth he shal wash with water and it shal be vncleane vntil euen †The woman with whom he compaineth shal be washed with water and shal be vncleane vntil euen †The woman that monthly hath the fluxe of bloud shal be separated seuen daies †Euerie one that toucheth her shal be vncleane vntil euen †and that whereon she sleepeth or sittteh in the daies of her separation shal be polluted †He that toucheth her bedde shal wash his clothes and him self being washed with water shal be vncleane vntil euen †Whosoeuer shal touch any vessel wherupon she sitteth he shal wash his clothes and him self being washed with water shal be polluted vntil euen †If a man companie with her in the time of her menstrual bloud he shal be vncleane seuen daies and euerie bedde wheron he sleepeth shal be polluted †The woman that hath a fluxe of bloud many daies not in her menstrual time or that ceaseth not to haue a fluxe after the menstrual bloud as long as she is subiect to this disease she shal be vncleane as if she were in her menstrual time †Euerie bedde whereupon she sleepeth and vessel wheron she sitteth shal be polluted †Whosoeuer toucheth them shal wash his clothes and him self being washed with water shal be vncleane vntil euen †If the bloud stay and cease to runne she shal count the seuen daies of her purification †and the eight day she shal offer for her selfe to the priest two turtles or two young pigeons at the dore of the tabernacle of testimonie †who shal make one for sinne and the other for an holocaust and he shal pray for her before our Lord and for the sluxe of her vncleannesse †You shal teach therefore the children of Israel that they take heede of vncleannesse and die not in their filthinesse when they shal pollute my tabernacle that is among them †This is the law of him that hath the fluxe of sede and that is polluted by copulation †and the woman that is separated in her menstrual times or that hath a continual fluxe of bloud and of the man that sleepeth with her CHAP. XVI VVhen and how the high Priest must enter into the Sanctuarie 14. How he shal expiate or reconcile the same 16. and the Tabernacle 18. and the Altar 20. How he shal offer a â—â—ue goate and send him into the wildernes 29. And al must celebrate the feast of expiation or clensing from sinnes AND our Lord spake to Moyses after the death of the two sonnes of Aaron when they were slaine offering strange fire †and he commanded him saying Speake to Aaron thy brother that he enter not at al times into the Sanctuarie that is within the veile before the propitiatorie wherwith the arke is couered lest he die for in a cloude wil I appeare ouer the oracle †vnlesse he doe these thinges before He shal offer a calfe for sinne and a ramme for an holocaust †He shal be reuested with a linnen tunike he shal hide his priuities with linnen femoralles he shal be girded with a linnen girdle a linnen mitre shal he put vpon his head for these are holie vestmentes withal which when he is washed he shal be reuested †And he shal receiue of the whole multitude of the children of Israel two bucke goates for sinne and one ramme for an holocaust †And when he hath offered the calfe and praied for him self and for his owne house †he shal make the two bucke goates to stand before the Lord in the dore of the tabernacle of testimostimonie †and casting lottes vpon both one for the Lord an other for the goate of dismission †that whose lotte fel to the Lord he shal offer for sinne †but that whose lotte was to be the goate of dismission he shal set aliue before the Lord that he may poure out prayers vpon him and dismisse him into the wildernesse †After that these thinges be Ì„BCH 143-476 duly celebtated he shal offer the calfe and praying for him self and for his house he shal immolate it †and taking the thurible which he hath filled of the burning coales of the altar and taking vp with his hand of the compounded persume for incense he shal goe in beyond the veile into the Holie place †that when the incense is put vpon the fire the cloude therof and the vapour may couer the oracle which is ouer the testimonie and he die not †He shal take also of the bloud of the calfe and sprinckle with his finger seuen times against the propitiatorie to the east †And when he hath killed the bucke goate for the sinne of the people he shal carie in the bloud therof within the veile as hath bene commanded of the bloud of the calfe that he may sprinckle it against the oracle †and expiate the Sanctuarie from the vncleannesse of the children of Israel and from their preuarications and al their sinnes According to this rite shal he doe to the tabernacle of testimonie which is fixed among them in the middest of the filth of their habitation †Let no man be in the tabernacle when the high priest goeth into the Sanctuarie to pray for him self and for his house for the whole assemblie of Israel vntil he come forth †And when he is come forth to the altar that is before the Lord let him pray for him self and taking the bloud of the calfe and of the bucke goate let him poure it vpon the hornes therof round about †and sprinckling with his finger seuen times let him expiate and sanctifie it from the vncleannesse of the children of Israel †After he hath clensed the Sanctuarie and the tabernacle and the altar then let him offer the liue goate †and putting both handes vpon his head let him confesse al the iniquiries of the children of Israel and al their offences and sinnes which praying to light on his head he shal send him forth by a man ready therto into the desert †And when the goat hath caried al their iniquities into the solitarie ground and shal be let goe into the desert †Aaron shal returne into the tabernacle of testimonie and putting of the vestiments which he had on him before when he entred into the
murder by death Exod. 21. v. 12. partly with alteration as by punishing theift in some countries with death but not adultrie which were contrarie in the old Testament Gen. 38. v. 24. 44. 17. Exod. 22. v. 1. Leuit. 20. v. 10 in like sorte the Church of Christ ordaineth lawes altereth vpon iust occasions dispenceth in al degrees of consanguinitie and affinitie not forbid by the law of nature CHAP. XIX Diuers Moral Ceremonial and Iudicial precepts are briefly recited OVR Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to al the assemblie of the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them Be ye holie because I the Lord your God am holie †Let euerie one feare his father and mother Keepe my Sabbathes I the Lord your God †Turne not your selues to idols neither make you to your selues molten goddes I the Lord your God †If ye immolate an hoste of pacifiques to the Lord that it may be placable †that day wherin it is immolated shal you eate it and the next day and whatsoeuer shal be left vntil the third day you shal burne with fire †if after two daies anie man eate therof he shal be profane and guiltie of impietie †and shal beare his iniquitie because he hath polluted the holie of the Lord and that soule shal perish out of his people †And when thou reapest the corne of thy lande thou shalt not sheare the face of the earth to the verie ground neither shalt thou gather the eares that remaine †Neither in thy vineyard shalt thou gather the clusters and grapes that fal downe but shalt leaue them to the poore and the strangers to take I the Lord your God †You shal not committe theft You shal not lie neither shal anie man deceaue his neighbour †Thou shalt not forsweare thy self in my name nor pollute the name of thy God I the Lord. †Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour nor oppresse him by violence The worke of thy hireling shal not abide with thee vntil morning †Thou shalt not speake euil of the deafe man nor put a stumbling blocke before the blinde but thou shalt feare the Lord thy God because I am the Lord. †Thou shalt not doe that which is vniust nor iudge vniustly Consider not the person of a poore man neither honour thou the countenance of him that is mightie Iudge iustly to thy neighbour †Thou shalt not be a criminatour nor a whisperer among the people Thou shalt not stand against the bloud of thy neighbour I the Lord. †Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy hart but controwle him openly lest thou incurre sinne through him †Seeke not reuenge nor be mindeful of the iniurie of thy citizens Thou shalâ— loue thy freind as thy self I the Lord. †Keepe ve my lawes Thou shalt not make thy cattel to gender with the beasts of an other kinde Thy field thou shalt not sowe with diuers seede A garment that is wouen of two sortes thou shalt not put on †If a man lie with a woman by carnal copulation that is a bondwoman also mariable and yet not redemed with a price nor made free both shal be beaten and they shal not die because she was not free †And for his offence he shal offer to the Lord at the dore of the tabernacle of testimonie a ramme †and the priest shal pray for him and for his sinne before the Lord and he shal become propitious to him againe and the sinne shal be forgeuen †When you shal be entred into the land and haue planted in it fruite trees you shal take away the prepuces of them the fruite that come forth shal be vncleane to you neither shal you eate of them †But in the fourth yeare al their fruite shal be sanctified laudable to the Lord. †And the fifth yeare you shal eate the fruites gathering the ofspring that they bring forth I the Lord your God †You shal not eate with bloud You shal not diuine nor obserue dreames †Neither shal you cut your heare roundwise nor shaue your beard †And for the dead you shal not cut your flesh neither shal you make in your selues any figures or markes I the Lord. †Make not thy daughter a common strumpet lest the land be contamined and filled with wickednesse †Keepe ye my Sabbathes and feare my Sanctuarie I the Lord. †Decline not to magicians neither aske any thing of soothsayers to be polluted by them I the Lord your God †Before the hoare head rise vp and honour the person of an old man and feare the Lord thy God I am the Lord. †If a stranger dwel in your land and abide among you doe not vpbraid him †but let him be among you as the same countrie man and you shal loue him as your selues for you also haue bene strangers in the Land of Aegypt I the Lord your God †Do not anie vniust thing in iudgement in rule in weight or measure †Let the balance be iust and the weightes equal the busheliust and the sextarie equal I the Lord your God that brought you out of the Land of Aegypt †Keepe al my preceptes and al my iudgements doe them I the Lord. CHAP. XX. VVhosoeuer geueth of his seede to Moloch must be stoned to death 6 Althat decline to Magicke 9. eurse their parents 10. commit adâ—ltriâ— certaine incest or bestialitie shal die 19. Other incest is depriued of children 22. The Israelites also shal be cast out of the Land if they committe such AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †These thinges thou shalt speake to the children of Israel If anie man of the children of Israel and of the strangers that dwel in Israel geue of his seede to the idol Moloch dying let him die the people of the land shal stone him †And I wil set my face against him and wil cut him of from the middes of his people because he hath geuen of his seede to Moloch and hath contaminated my Sanctuarie and polluted my holy name †And if the people of the land neglecting and as it were litle esteming my commandement let alone the man that hath geuen of his seede to Moloch and wil not kil him †I wil sette my face vpon that man and his kinred and wil cut of both him and al that consented with him to committe fornication with Moloch out of the middes of their people †The soule that shal decline to Magitians and south sayers and shal committe fornication with them I wil sette my face against it and destroy it out of the middes of his people †Sanctifie your selues and be holie because I am the Lord your God †Keepe my precepts and doe them I the Lord that sanctifie you †He that curseth his father or mother dying let him die he hath cursed father and mother his bloud be vpon him †If any man commit adulterie with an other mans
they offer I the Lord. †Say to them and to their posteritie Euerie man of your stocke that approcheth to those thinges that are consecrated and which the children of Israel haue offered to the Lord in whom there is vncleanesse shal perish before the Lord. I am the Lord. †The man of the â—eede of Aaron that is a leper or hath a fluxe of seede shal not eate of those thinges that are sanctified to me vntil he be healed He that toucheth a thing vncleane by occasion of that is dead and he from whom issueth seede as it were of copulation †and he that toucheth a creeping beast and whatsoeuer vncleane thing the touching wherof is filthie †shal be vncleane vntil euen and shal not eate those thinges that are sanctified but when he hath washed his flesh with water †and the sunne is downe then being cleansed he shal eate of the sanctified thinges because it is his meate †Carrien and that which was taken of a beast they shal not eate nor be polluted in them I am the Lord. †Let them keepe my preceptes that they be not subiect to sinne and die in the Sanctuarie when they shal haue polluted it I the Lord that sanctifie them †No stranger shal eate of the sanctified thinges the priestes guest and hireling shal not eate of them †But whom the priest hath bought and he that is his seruant borne in his house these shal eate of them †If the daughter of a priest be maried to anie of the people of those thinges that are sanctified and of the first fruites she shal not eate †But if she be a widow or put away and without children returne to her fathers house as she was wont being a maide she shal be fedde with her fathers meates No stranger hath power to eate of them †He that eateth of the sanctified thinges by ignorance shal adde the fifth part with that which he did eate and shal geue it to the priest into the Sanctuarie †Neither shal they contaminate the sanctified thinges of the children of Israel which they offer to the Lord †lest perhappes they sustaine the iniquitie of their offence when they shal haue eaten the sanctified thinges I the Lord that sanctifie them †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to Aaron and to his sonnes and to al the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them The man of the house of Israel and of the strangers which dwel with you that offereth his oblation either paying his vowes or offering of his owne accord whatsoeuer that be which he presenteth for an holocaust of the Lord †to be offered by you it shal be a male without spotte of beefes and muttons of goates †If it haue a blemish you shal not offer it neither shal it be acceptable †The man that offereth a victime of pacifiques to the Lord either paying his vowes or offering of his owne accorde aswel of beefes as of muttons shal offer it without blemish that it may be acceptable there shal be no blemish in it †If it be blind if it be broken if it haue a scarre if blisters or a scabbe or a drie scurfe you shal not offer them to the Lord nor burne of them vpon the Lordes altar †An oxe and a sheepe hauing the eare and the taile cut of thou maiest offer voluntarily but a vow can not be paied of them †No beast that hath the stones bruised or crushed or cut and taken away shal you offer to the Lord and in your land make not this at al. †Of the hand of a stranger you shal not offer breades to your God and what other thing soeuer he would geue because they are al corrupted and blemished you shal not receiue them †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †An oxe a sheepe and a goate when they are brought forth shal be seuen daies vnder the vdder of their damme but the eighr day and so forward they may be offered to the Lord. †Whether it be a beefe or a sheepe they shal not be immolated in one day with their young ones †If you immolate an hoste for thankes giuing to the Lord that he may be placable †the same day you shal eate it there shal not ought remaine vntil the morning of the next day I the Lord. †Keepe my commandementes and doe them I the Lord. †Pollute not my holie name that I may be sanctified in the middes of the children of Israel I the Lord that sanctifie you †and brought you out of the Land of Aegypt that I might be your God I the Lord. CHAP. XXIII The solemnities of the Sabbath 5. of Pasch and first fruites 15. of Pentecost 23. of Trumpettes 26. of Expiations 33. of Tabernacles and with what rites the same shal be celebrated AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them These are “ the festiuities of our Lord which you shal cal holie †Six daies ye shal doe worke the seuenth day because it is the rest of the sabbath shal be called holie No worke shal you doe in it it is the Sabbath of the Lord in al your habitations †These therfore are the holie festiuities of the Lord which you must celebrate in their times †The first moneth the fourtenth day of the moneth at euen is the Phase of the Lord †and the fiftenth day of this moneth is the solemnitie of the Azymes of the Lord. Seuen daies shal you eate azymes †The first day shal be most solemne vnto you and holie no seruile worke shal you doe in it †but you shal offer sacrifice in fire to the Lord seuen daies but the seuenth day shal be more solemne and more holie and you shal doe no seruile worke in it †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them When you shal be entred into the land which I wil geue you and shal reape your corne you shal bring sheaues of eares the first fruites of your haruest to the priest †who shal eleuate the bundle before the Lord the next day after the Sabbath that it may be acceptable for you and shal sanctifie it †And in the self same day that the sheafe is consecrated shal be killed a lambe without spotte of a yeare old for an holocaust of the Lord. †And the libaments shal be offered with it two tenthes of floure tempered with oile for a burnt sacrifice of the Lord and a most sweete odour libaments also of wine the fourth part of an hin †Bread and fried barlie and frumentie you shal not eate of the corne vntil the day that you offer therof to your God It is a precept for euer in your generations and al your habitations †You shal number therfore from the morow after the Sabbath
Lord spake to Moyses saying †Command the children of Israel that they bring vnto thee oyle of oliues most pure and cleare to furnish the lampes continually †without the veile of the testimonie in the tabernacle of couenant And Aaron shal sette them from euen vntil morning before the Lord by a perpetual seruice and rite in your generations †Vpon the candlesticke most cleane shal they be putte alwaies in the sight of the Lord. †Thou shalt take also floure and shalt bake therof twelue breades which shal haue euerie one two tenthes †which thou shalt sette six one against an other vpon the most cleane table before the Lord †and thou shalt put vpon them the clearest franckincense that the bread may be for a moniment of the oblation of the Lord. †Euerie sabbath they shal be changed before the Lord receiued of the children of Israel by an euerlasting couenant †and they shal be Aarons and his sonnes that they may eate them in a holie place because it is most Holie of the sacrifices of the Lord by a perpetual righr †And behold there went forth the Ionne of a woman of Israel whom she had borne of an Aegyptian among the children of Israel and fel at wordes in the campe with a man of Israel †And when he had blasphemed the name and had cursed it he was brought to Moyses And his mother was called Salumith the daughter of Dabri of the tribe of Dan. †And they did cast him into prison til they might know what our Lord would command †Who spake to Moyses †saying Bring forth the blasphemer without the campe and let al that heard him put their handes vpon his head and let al the people stone him †And to the children of Israel thou shalt speake The man that curseth his God shal beare his sinne †and he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord dying let him dye al the multitude of the people shal stone him whether he be a natural or stranger He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord dying let him dye †He that striketh and killeth a man dying let him dye †He that striketh a beast shal render one for it that is to say soule for soule †He that giueth anie of his neighbours a blemish as he did so shal it be done to him †fracture for fracture eye for eye tooth for tooth he shal restore What blemish he gaue the like shal he be compelled to sustaine †He that striketh a beast shal render an other He that striketh a man shal be punished †Let there be equal iudgement among you whether a stranger or a natural sinne because I am the Lord your God †And Moyses spake to the children of Israel and they brought him forth that had blasphemed without the campe and they stoned him And the children of Israel did as our Lord had commanded Moyses CHAP. XXV The law of the seuenth yeare 8. and fiftith yeare which is the Iubilie 13. when al enheritance sold returneth to the former owner 24. as also it may in the meane time be redeemed 35. Vsurie prohibited 39. and seruitude among the Israelites only they may be hyred til the Iubilie yeare 47. and may be redeemed from seruitude of strangers 54. at least they shal be free in the yeare of Iubilie AND our Lord spake to Moyses in the mount Sinai saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them When you shal be entred to the land which I wil geue you thou shalt sabbatize the sabbath to the Lord. †Six yeares thou shalt sowe thy field and six yeares thou shalt cut thy vineyard and shalt gather the fruites therof †but in the seuenth yeare a sabbath shal be to the earth of the resting of the Lord the field thou shalt not sowe and the vineyard thou shalt not cut †The thinges that the ground shal bring forth of it self thou shalt not reape and the grapes of thy first fruites thou shalt not gather as a vintage for it is a yeare of the resting of the earth †but they shal be vnto you for meate to thee and thy manseruant to thy woman seruant and hyreling and to the stranger that seiourneth with thee †to thy beastes and cattel al thinges that grow shal giue meate †Thou shalt number thee also seuen weekes of yeares that is to say seuen times seuen which together make fourtie nine yeares †and thou shalt sound with the trumpet the seuenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth in the time of propitiation in al your land †Thou shalt sanctifie the fifteth yeare and shalt proclaime remission to al the inhabitantes of thy land for it is the yeare of Iubilie Euerie man shal returne to his possession and euerie one shal goe backe to his old familie †because it is the Iubilie and the fifteth yeare You shal not sowe nor teape the thinges that growe in the field of their owne accord and the first fruites of vintage you shal not gather †because of the sanctification of the Iubilie but forth with as they grow you shal eate them †In the yeare of Iubilie al shal returne to their possessions †When thou shalt sel anie thing to thy neighbour or shalt buy of him presse not thy brother but according to the number of the yeares of Iubilie thou shalt buy of him †and according to the supputation of the fruites he shal sel to thee †The moe yeares remaine after the Iubilie so much more shal the price increase and the lesse time that thou shal account so much the lesse shal the purchase be valued for the time of the fruites he shal sel to thee †Doe not afflict your contrimen but let euerie one feare his God because I the Lord your God †Do my preceptes and keepe my iudgementes and fulfil them that you may dwel in the land without anie feare †and the ground may yeld you her fruites which you may eate vnto your fil fearing no mans inuasion †But if you say What shal we eate the seuenth yeare if we sowe not nor gather our fruites †I wil geue you my benediction the sixt yeare and it shal yeld the fruites of three yeares †and the eight yeare you shal sowe and shal eate of the old fruites vntil the ninth yeare til new be growne you shal eate the old †The land also shal not be sould for euer because it is mine and you are my strangers and seiourners †For the which cause al the countrie of your possession shal be sould vnder the condition of redemption †If thy brother impouerished sel his litle possession and his kinseman wil he may redeme that which he had sould †but if he haue no kinseman and him self can finde the price to redeme it †the fruites shal be accounted from that time when he sould it and the residue he shal restore to
which may consume you and your cattaile and may bring al thinges to a smal number and that your waies may be made desert †And if you wil neither so receiue discipline but walke rather contrarie to me †I also wil goe opposite against you and wil strike you seuen times for your sinnes †and I wil bring in vpon you the sword a reuenger of my couenant And when you shal flee into the cities I wil send the pestilence in the middest of you and you shal be deliuered in the handes of the enemies †after I shal haue broken the staffe of your bread so that tenne wemen shal bake your breades in one ouen and shal render them by weight and you shal eate and shal not be filled †But if you wil neither by these meanes heare me but walke against me †I also wil goe against you in contrarie furie and wil chastice you with seuen plagues for your sinnes †so that you shal eate the flesh of your sonnes and of your daughters †I wil destroy your excelses and breake your idols You shal fal among the ruines of your idols and my soule shal abhorre you †in so much that I wil bring your cities into a wildernesse and I wil make your Sanctuaries desert neither wil I receiue any more the most sweete odour †And I wil distroy your land and your enemies shal be astonied vpon it when they shal be inhabitants therof †And you I wil disperse into the Gentiles and wil draw out the sword after you and your land shal be desert and your cities destroied †Then shal the land take pleasure in her sabbathes al the daies of her desolation when you shal be †in the enemies land she shal sabbatize and rest in the sabbathes of her desolation because she did not rest in your sabbathes when you dwelt in it †And they that shal remaine of you I wil put feare in their hartes in the countries of their enemies the sound of a flying leafe shal terrifie them and they shal flie it as it were a sword they shal fal when no man pursueth †and they shal euerie one fal vpon their brethren as flying from warres none of you shal be so hardie as to resist your enemies †You shal perish among the Gentiles and the enemies land shal consume you †And if of them also some remaine they shal pine away in their iniquities in the land of their enemies and for the sinnes of their fathers and their owne they shal be afflicted †vntil they confesse their owne and their auncetours iniquities wherby they haue preuaricated against me and walked contrarie vnto me †I also therfore wil walke against them and bring them into their enemies land vntil their vncircumcised mind be ashamed then shal they pray for their impieties †And I wil remember my couenant that I made with Iacob and Isaac and Abraham Of the land also I wil be mindful †which when it shal be left of them shal take pleasure in her sabbathes being desolate for them But they shal pray for their sinnes for that they reiected my iudgementes and dispised my lawes †Howbeit euen when they were in the land of their enemies I did not cast them of altogether neither did I so dispise them that they should be consumed and I should make my couenant with them frustrate For I am the Lord their God †and I wil remember mine old couenant when I brought them out of the Land of Aegypt in the sight of the Gentiles for to be their God I the Lord. These are the iudgementes and precepts and lawes which our Lord gaue betwen him self and the children of Israel in Monnt Sinai by the hand of Moyses CHAP. XXVII How some vowes of diuers persones may be redemed but some may not be changed 28. Al one way or other must be discharged 30. Tithes also must be payed either the same that are due or more AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them The man that shal haue made a vow and bound his soule to God by estimation he shal geue the price †If it be a man from the twenteth yeare vntil three score he shal geue fiftie sicles of siluer after the measure of the Sanctuarie †if a woman thirtie †But from the fift yeare vntil the twenteth a man shal geue twentie sicles a woman tenne †From one moneth vntil the fift yeare for a man shal be geuen fiue sicles for a woman three †One that is three score and aboue a man shal geue fiftene sicles a woman tenne †if he be poore and not able to pay the estimation he shal stand before the priest and as much as he shal esteme and see him able to pay so much shal he geue †But the beast that may be immolated to the Lord if a man doe vow it shal be holie †and can not be changed that is to say neither a better for a bad nor a worse for a good and if he change it both it self that was changed and that for the which it was changed shal be consecrated to the Lord. †The vncleane beast which can not be immolated to the Lord if anie man vow it shal be brought before the priest †Who iudgeing whether it be good or euel shal set the price †which if he that offereth wil geue he shal adde aboue the estimation the fift part †If a man vow his house and sanctifie it to the Lord the priest shal consider it whether it be good or bad and according to the price which he shal appoint it shal be sold †But if he that had vowed wil redeme it he shal geue the fift part of the estimation besides and shal haue the house †And if he vow the field of his possession and consecrate it to the Lord the price shal be estemed according to the measure of the seede If the ground be sowed with thirtie bushels of barly let it be solde for fiftie sicles of siluer †If he vow his field immediatly from the yeare of Iubilee that is beginning how much it can be worth at so much it shal be estemed †but if sometime after the priest shal account the money according to the number of yeares that remaine vntil the Iubilee and there shal be diminished of the price †And if he that had vowed wil redeme his field he shal adde the fift part of the estemed money and shal possesse it †And if he wil not redeme it but it be sould to any other man he that had vowed it can redeme it no more †for when the day of Iubilee commeth it shal be sanctified to the Lord and the possession consecrated pertaineth to the right of the priestes †If the field be bought and being not of his auncetors possession be sanctified to the
their troupes thou and Aaron †And there shal be with you the princes of the tribes and of the houses in their kinredes †whose names are these Of Ruben Elizur the sonne of Sedeur †Of Simeon Salamiel the sonne of Surisaddai †Of Iuda Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab †Of Issachar Nathanael the sonne of Suar. †Of Zabulon Eliab the sonne of Helon †And of the sonnes of Ioseph of Ephraim Elisama the sonne of Ammiud of Manasses Gamaliel the sonne of Phadassur †of Beniamin Abidan the sonne of Gedeon †of Dan Ahiezer the sonne of Ammisaddai †of Aser Phegiel the sonne of Ochran †Of Gad Eliazaph the sonne of Duel †Of Nephthali Ahira the sonne of Enan †These are the most noble princes of the multitude by their tribes and kinredes and the heades of the hoste of Israel †whom Moyses and Aaron tooke with al the multitude of the common people †and assembled them the first day of the second moneth reckening them by the kinredes and houses and families and heades and names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpwarde †as our Lord had comanded Moyses And they were numbered in the desert of Sinai †Of Ruben the first begotten of Israel by their generations and families and houses and names of euerie heade al that is of the male sexe from twentith yeare and vpwarde of them that goe forth to warre †fourtie six thousand fiue hundred †Of the sonnes of Simeon by the generations and families and houses of their kinredes were reckened by the names and heades of euerie one al that is of the male sexe from twentith yeare and vpward of them that goe forth to warre †fiftie nine thousand three hundred †Of the sonnes of Gad by the generations and families and houses of their kinredes were reckned by the names of euerie one from twentie yeares and vpwarde al that went forth to warre †fourtie fiue thousand six hundred fiftie †Of the sonnes to Iuda by the generations and families and houses of their kinredes by the names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward al that could goe forth to warre †were reckned seuentie foure thousand six hundred †Of the sonnes of Issachar by the generations and families and houses of their kinredes by the names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward al that went forth to warre †were reckened fiftie foure thousand foure hūdred †Of the sonnes of Zabulon by the generations and families and houses of their kinredes were reckened by names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward al that could goe forth to warre †fiftie seuen thousand foure hundred †Of the sonnes of Ioseph namely of the sonnes of Ephraim by the generations families and houses of their kinredes were reckened by the names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward al that could goe forth to warre †fourtie thousand fiue hundred †Moreouer of the sonnes of Manasses by the generations and families and houses of their kinredes were reckened by the names of euerie one from twentie yeares and vpward al that could goe forth to warre †thirtie two thousand two hundred †Of the sonnes of Beniamin by the generations and families and houses of their kinredes were reckened by names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward al that could goe forth to warre †thirtie fiue thousand foure hundred †Of the sonnes of Dan by the generations and families and houses of their kinredes were reckened by the names of euerie one from twentie yeares and vpward al that could goe forth to warre †sixtie two thousand seuen hundred †Of the sonnes of Aser by the generations and families and houses of their kinredes were reckened by the names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward al that could goe forth to warre †fourtie thousand and a thousand fiue hundred †Of the sonnes of Nephthali by the generations and families and houses of their kinredes were reckened by the names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward al that could goe forth to warre †fiftie three thousand foure hundred †These are they whom Moyses and Aaron numbered and the twelue princes of Israel euerie one by the houses of their kinredes †And the whole number of the children of Israel by their houses and families from the twentith yeare and vpward that could goe to warre †Were six hundred three thousand men fiue hundred fiftie †But the Leuites in the tribe of their families were not numbered with them †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Number not the tribe of Leui neither shalt thou put the summe of them with the children of Israel †but appoint them ouer the tabernacle of testimonie and al the vessel therof and whatsoeuer pertaineth to the ceremonies They shal carie the tabernacle and al the furniture therof and they shal be in the ministerie and shal pitch round about the tabernacle †When you are to goe forward the Leuites shal take downe the tabernacle when you are to campe they shal set it vp what stranger soeuer cometh to it he shal be slaine †And the children of Israel shal campe euerie man by his troupes and bands and hoste †Moreouer the Leuites shal pitch their tents round about the tabernacle lest there come indignation vpon the multitude of the children of Israel and they shal watch in the custodies of the tabernacle of testimonie †The children of Israel therfore did according to al thinges which our Lord had commanded Moyses CHAP. II. At the east side of the Tabernacle the tribe of Iuda as chiefe with Issachar and Zabulon do pitch their tents and march first 10. on the south Ruben with Simeon and Gad 17. the Tabernacle is caried and erected by the Leuites who lodge and march round about it 18. on the weast side Ephraim with Manasses and Beniamin 25. on the north Dan with Aser and Nephthali AND our Lord spake to Moyses and Aaron saying †Euerie one of the children of Israel by the troupes ensignes and standerts and houses of their kinredes shal campe round about the tabernacle of couenant †On the east Iudas shal pitche his tents by the troupes of his bande and the prince of his sonnes shal be Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab †And the whole summe of the warriers of his stocke seuentie foure thousand six hundred †Beside him camped they of the tribe of Issachar whose prince was Nathanael the sonne of Suar. †and al the number of his warriers fiftie foure thousand foure hundred †In the tribe of Zabulon the prince was Eliab the sonne of Helon †and al the hoste of warriers of his stocke fiftie seuen thousand foure hundred †Al that were numbered in the campe of Iudas were an hundred eightie six thousand foure hundred and they by their troupes shal march first †In the campe of the sonnes of Ruben
on the south side the prince shal be Elisur the sonne of Sedeur †and the whole hoste of his warriers that were numbred fourtie six thousand fiue hundred †Beside him camped they of the tribe of Simeon whose prince was Salamiel the sonne of Surisaddai †and the whole hoste of his warriers that were numbred fiftie nine thousand three hundred †In the tribe of Gad the prince was Eliasaph the sonne of Duel †and the whole hoste of his warriers that were numbred fourtie fiue thousand six hundred fiftie †Al that were reckened in the campe of Ruben an hundred fiftie thousand and a thousand foure hundred fiftie by their troupes they shal march in the second place †But the tabernacle of testimonie shal be lifted vp by the offices of the Leuites and their troupes As it shal be sette vp so shal it be taken downe Euetie one shal march by their places and orders †On the west side shal be the campe of the sonnes of Ephraim whose prince was Elisama the sonne of Ammiud †the whole hoste of his warriers that were numbered fourtie thousand fiue hundred †And with them the tribes of the sonnes of Manasses whose prince was Gamaliel the sonne of Phadassur †and the whole hoste of his warriers that were numbered thirtie two thousand two hundred †In the tribe of the sonnes of Beniamin the prince was Abidan the sonne of Gedeon †and the whole host of his warriers that were reckened thirtie fiue thousand foure hundred †Al that were numbered in the campe of Ephraim an hundred eight thousand one hundred by their troupes they shal march the third †On the north part camped the sonnes of Dan whose prince was Ahiezar the sonne of Ammisaddai †the whole hoste of his warriers that were numbered sixtie two thousand seuen hundred †Besides him they of the tribe of Aser pitched their tents whose prince was Phegiel the sonne of Ochran †the whole hoste of his warriers that were numbered fourtie thousand and a thousand fiue hundred †Of the tribe of the sonnes of Nephthali the prince was Ahira the sonne of Enan †the whole hoste of his warriers fiftie three thousand foure hundred †Al that were numbered in the campe of Dan were an hundred fiftie seuen thousand six hundred and they shal march last †This is the number of the children of Israel by the houses of their kinredes and troupes of the hoste being diuided six hundred three thousand fiue hundred fiftie †And the Leuites were not numbered among the children of Israel for so our Lord had commanded Moyses †And the children of Israel did according to al thinges that our Lord had commanded They camped by their troupes and marched by their families and houses of their fathers CHAP. III. The Leuites are assumed to the seruice of the Tabernacle 14. numbered by their seueral families and their offices distinguished 45. They are taken to God in place of the first borne of the children of Israel The residue of the first borne aboue the number of Leuites are redemed with price THESE are the generations of Aaron and Moyses in the day that our Lord spake to Moyses in Mount Sinai †And these be the names of the sonnes of Aaron his first begotten Nadab then Abiu and Eleazar and Ithamar †These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron the priests that were anointed and whose handes were filled and cōsecrated to doe the function of priesthood †For Nadab and Abiu died when they offered the strange fire in the sight of our Lord in the desert of Sinai without children and Eleazar and Ithamar did the function of priesthood in the presence of Aaron their father †And our Lord spake to moyses saying †Bring the tribe of Leui and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister vnto him and let them watch †and obserue whatsoeuer pertaineth to the seruice of the multitude before the tabernacle of testimonie †and let them keepe the vessel of the tabernacle seruing in the ministerie therof †And thou shalt geue the Leuites for a gift †to Aaron and to his sonnes to whom they are deliuered of the children of Israel But Aaron and his sonnes thou shalt appoint ouer the seruice of priesthood The stranger that approcheth to minister shal die †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †I haue taken the Leuites from the children of Israel for euerie first borne that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel and the Leuites shal be mine †For the first borne is mine since I stroke the first borne in the Land of Aegypt I haue sanctified to me whatsoeuer is first borne in Israel from man vnto beast they are mine I the Lord. †And our Lord spake to moyses in the desert of Sinai saying †Number the sonnes of Leui by the houses of their fathers and their families euerie male from one moneth and vpward †Moyses numbered as our Lord had commanded †and there were found the sonnes of Leui by their names Gerson and Caath and Merari †The sonnes of Gerson Lebni and Semei †The sonnes of Caath Amram and Iesaar Hebron and Oziel †The sonnes of Merari Moholi and Musi †Of Gerson were two families the Lebnitical and Semeitical †of whom were numbered the people of male sexe from one moneth and vpward seuen thousand fiue hundred †These shal pitch behind the taberna cle on the West †vnder their prince Heliasaph the sonne of Lael †And their charge shal be in the tabernacle of couenāt †the tabernacle it selfe and the couer therof the hanging that is drawne before the dores of the roofe of couenant and the curtines of the court the hanging also that is hanged in the entrie of the court of the tabernacle and whatsoeuer pertaineth to the rite of the altar the cordes of the tabernacle and al the furniture therof †The kinred of Caath shal haue the peoples of the Amramites and Iesaarites and Hebronites and Ozielites These are the families of the Caithites reckened by their names †al of the male sexe from one moneth and vpward eight thousand six hundred they shal haue the gard of the Sanctuarie †and shal campe on the south side †And their prince shal be Elizaphan the sonne of Oziel †and they shal keepe the arke and table and the candlesticke the altars and the vessel of the Sanctuarie wherin the ministration is and the veile and al such kind of implementes †And the prince of the princes of the Leuites Eliazar the sonne of Aaron the priest shal be ouer them that watch for the custodie of the Sanctuarie †But of Merari shal be the peoples of the Moholites and Musites reckened by their names †al of the male kind from one moneth and vpward six thousand two hundred †Their prince Suriel the sonne of Abihaiel they shal campe on the north side †Vnder their custodie
borne of the children of Israel †and haue deliuered them for a gift to Aaron and his sonnes out of the middes of the people to serue me for Israel in the tabernacle of couenant and to pray for them that there be no plague among the people if they should presume to approch vnto my Sanctuarie †And Moyses and Aaron and al the multitude of the children of Israel did concerning the Leuites the thinges that our Lord had commanded Moyses †and they were purified and washed their garmentes And Aaron eleuated them in the sight of our Lord and prayed for them †that being purified they might enter to their offices into the tabernacle of couenant before Aaron his sonnes Fuen as our Lord had coÌ„manded Moyses touching the Leuites so was it done †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †This is the law of the Leuites From twentie fiue yeares and vpward they shal enter in to minister in the tabernacle of couenant †And when they shal haue accomplisheth the fiftith yeare of their age they shal cease to serue †and shal be the ministers of their brethren in the tabernacle of couenant to keepe the thinges that are coÌ„mended to them but not to do the verie workes Thus shalt thou dispose to the Leuites in their custodies CHAP. IX The percept of Pasch to be made the fourtenth day of the first moone is renewed 6. But the vncleane and trauelers in a iorney the fourtenth day of the second moneth 15. The campe must rest or march as the cloud or piller of fire remaineth ouer the tabernacle or departeth AND our Lord spake to Moyses in the desert of Sinai the second yeare after they went out of the land of Aegypt the first moneth saying †Let the children of Israel make the Phase in his time †the fourtenth day of this moneth at euen according to al the ceremonies and iustifications therof †And Moyses commanded the children of Israel that they should make the Phase †Who made it in his time the fourtenth day of the moneth at euen in mount Sinai According to al thinges that our Lord had commanded Moyses the children of Israel did †But behold certaine vncleane vpon the soule of man which could not make the Phase on that day coming to Moyses and Aaron †said to them We are vncleane vpon the soule of man why are we defrauded that we can not offer the oblation to our Lord in the dew time among the children of Israel †To whom Moyses answered Stand that I may aske counseil what our Lord wil command concerning you †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel The man that shal be vncleane vpon a soule or in his iourney farre of in your nation let him make the Phase to the Lord †in the second moneth the fourtenth day of the moneth at euen with azymes and wilde lettise shal they eate it †they shal not leaue anie thing therof vntil morning and a bone therof they shal not breake al the rite of the Phase they shal obserue †But if anie man both be cleane and was not in his iourney and yet did not make the Phase that soule shal be destroyed out from among his peoples because he offered not sacrifice to the Lord in his dew time he shal beare his sinne †The seiourner also and stranger if they be with you shal make the Phase to the Lord according to the ceremonies and iustifications therof The selfe same precept shal be among you aswel to the stranger as to him that is borne in the countrie †Therfore the day that the tabernacle was erected a cloude couered it And from euening ouer the tabernacle there was as it were the likenesse of fire vntil morning †So was it done alwaies by day the cloude couered it and by night as it were the likenesse of fire †And when the cloude that protected the tabernacle had bene taken away then the children of Israel marched and in the place where the cloude had stoode there they camped †At the commandment of our Lord they marched and at his commandment they pitched the tabernacle Al the daies that the cloude stoode ouer the tabernacle they remained in the same place †and if it chanced that it did continew ouer it a long time the children of Israel were in the waâ—â—â—â—s of our Lord and marched not †for as manie daies sooner as the cloude had bene ouer the tabernacle At the commandment of our Lord they pitched their tentes and at his commandement they tooke them downe †If the cloude had bene from euen vntil morning and immediatly at day breake had forsaken the tabernacle they marched and if it had departed after a day and a night they tooke down their tentes †But if for two daies or one moneth or a longer time it had bene ouer the tabernacle the children of Israel remained in the same place and marched not but immediatly as it had departed they remoued the campe †By the word of the Lord they pitched their tentes and by his word they marched and were in the watches of our Lord according to his commandment by the hand of Moyses CHAP. X. Trumpets are sounded by the priestes diueâ—sly for diuerse purposes 11. The campe marcheth from the desert of Sinai 29. Moyses intreateth Hobab the Madianite to remaine with them 35. His prayer when the arke is taken vp and sette downe AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Make thee two trumpettes of beaten siluer wherwith thou maiest cal togeather the multitude when the campe is to be remoued †And when thou shalt sound with the trumpettes al the multitude shal gather vnto thee to the doore of the tabernacle of couenant †If thou sound but once the princes shal come to thee and the heades of the multitude of Israel †But if the trumpeting sound in length and with a broken tune they shal moue their campe first that are on the east side †And at the second sound and the like noyse of the trumpet they shal take vp their tentes that dwel toward the south and after this maner shal the rest doe when the trumpettes shal sound to the marching †But when the people is to be gathered together the sound of the trumpet shal be plaine and they shal not make a broken sound †And the sonnes of Aaron the priestes shal sound with the trumpettes and this shal be an ordinance for euer in your generations †If you goe forth to warre out of your land against the enimies that fight against you you shal sound with trumpettes in lâ—ngth and there shal be a remembrance of you before the Lord your God that you may be deliuered out of the handes of your enemies †If at anie time you shal haue a banket and festiual daies and Calendes you shal sound with trumpettes ouer the holocaustes and
said There are six hundred thousand footemen of this people sayest thou I wil geue them flesh to eate a whole moneth †Why shal a multitude of sheepe and oxen be killed that it may suffise for meate or shal al the fishes of the sea be gathered togeather for to fil them †To whom our Lord answered Why is the hand of the Lord vnable Now presently thou shalt see whether my word shal be accomplished in deede †Moyses therfore came and told the people the wordes of our Lord assembling seuentie men of the ancientes of Israel whom he caused to stand about the tabernacle †And our Lord descended in a cloude and spake to him taking a way of the spirit that was in Moyses and geuing to the seuentie men And when the spirit had rested on them they prophecied neither ceased they any more †And there had remained in the campe two men of the which one was called Eldad and the other Medad vpon whom the spirit rested for they also had bene enrolled and were not gone forth to the tabernacle †And when they prophecied in the campe there ran a boy and told Moyses saying Eldad and Medad do prophecie in the campe †Forthwith Iosue the sonne of Nun the minister of Moyses and chosen of manie said My Lord Moyses forbid them †But he said Why hast thou emulation for me O that al the people might prophecie and that our Lord would geue them his spirit †And Moyses returned and the ancientes of Israel into the campe †And a winde coming forth from our Lord taking quailes ouer the sea brought them and let them fal into the campe the space of one daies iourney on euerie side of the campe round about and they did flie in the ayre two cubites high ouer the earth †The people therfore rising vp al that day and the night and the next day gathered togeather a multitude of qualies he that did least ten cores and they dried them round about the campe †As yet the flesh was in their teeth neither had that kind of meate failed and behold the furie of our Lord being prouoked against the people stroke them with an exceding great plague †And that place was called The Sepulchres of concupiscence for there they buried the people that had lusted And departing from the Sepulchres of concupiscence they came vnto Haseroth and taried there CHAP. XII Marie and Aaron murmur against Moyses 6. whom God praiseth aboue other prophetes 10. Marie being stricken with leprosie Aaron confesseth his fault 13. Moyses prayeth for her and after seuen daies separation from the campe she is restored AND Marie and Aaron spake against Moyses for his wife the Aethiopian †and they said hath our Lord spoken by Moyses onlie hath he not spoken to vs also in like manner Which when our Lord had heard †For Moyses was the mildest man aboue al men that dwelt vpon the earth †immediatly he spake to him and to Aaron and Marie Goe forth you three onlie to the tabernacle of couenant And when they were come forth †our Lord descended in the piller of a cloude and stoode in the entrie of the tabernacle calling Aaron and Marie Who going vnto him †he said to them Heare my wordes If there shal be among you a prophete of the Lord in vision wil I appeare to him or in sleepe I wil speake ho him †But my seruant Moyses is not such an one who in al my house is most faythful †for mouth to mouth I speake to him and plainely and not by riddels and figures doth he see the Lord. Why therfore did you not feare to detract from my seruant Moyses †And being wrath against them he went away †the cloude also departed that was ouer the tabernacle and behold Marie appeared white with leprosie as it were snow And when Aaron had looked on her and saw her wholy couered with leprosie †he said to Moyses I besech thee my Lord lay not vpon vs this sinne which we haue foolishly committed †let not this woman be as it were dead and as an abortiue that is cast forth of the mothers wombe Lo now the one halfe of her flesh is deuoured with the leprosie †And Moyses cried to our Lord saying God I besech thee heale her †To whom our Lord answered If her father had spitte vpon her face ought she not to haue bene ashamed seuen daies at the least Let her be separated seuen daies without the campe and afterwards she shal be called againe †Marie therfore was shut forth without the campe seuen daies and the people moued not from that place vntil Marie was called againe CHAP. XIII From the desert of Pharan Moyses sendeth twelue men of euerie tribe one to view the Land of Chanaan 17. changeth Osee his name into Iosue 18. instructeth them which way to goe and what to note in the land 22. which they performe 26. and after fourtie dayes returne bringing with them fruites in token of the landes fertilitie 29. but in other respects the rest besides Caleb and Iosue discoureging the people make them to murmur AND the people marched from Haseroth pitching their tentes in the desert of Pharan †And there our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Send men that may view the Land of Chanaan which I wil geue to the children of Israel one of euerie tribe of the princes †Moyses did that which our Lord had commanded from the desert of Pharan sending principal men whose names be these †Of the tribe of Ruben Samua the sonne of Zechur †Of the tribe of Simeon Saphat the sonne of Huri †Of the tribe of Iuda Caleb the sonne of Iephone †Of the tribe of Issachar Igal the sonne of Ioseph †Of the tribe of Ephraim Osee the sonne of Nun. †Of the tribe of Beniamin Phalâ—â— the sonne of Raphu †Of the tribe of Zabulon Geddiel the sonne of Sodi †Of the tribe of Ioseph of the scepter of Manasses Gaddi the sonne of Susi †Of the tribe of Dan Ammiel the sonne of Gemalli †Of the tribe of Aser Sthuâ— the sonne of Michael †Of the tribe of Nephthali Nahabi the sonne of Vapsi †Of the tribe of Gad Guel the sonne of Machi †These are the names of the men whom moyses sent to view the Land and he called Osee the sonne of Nun Iosue †Moyses therfore sent them to view the Land of Chanaan and said to them Goe vp by the south side And when you shal come to the mountaines †view the Land what it is and the people that are the inhabitantes therof whether they be strong or weake few in number or manie †the land it self whether it be good or badde what manner of cities walled or without walles †the ground fatte or barren wooddie or without trees Be of good courage and bring vs of the fruites of the Land And it was
the time when now the first ripe grapes are to be eaten †And when they were gone vp they viewed the Land from the desert of Sin vnto Rohob as you enter to Emath †And they went vp at the south side and came to Hebron where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sonnes of Enac for Hebron was built seuen yeares before Tanis the citie of Aegypt †And going forward as farre as the Torrent of cluster they cutte of a branch with the grapes therof which two men carried vpon a leauer They tooke of the pomegranates also and of the figges of that place †which was called Nehelescol that is to say the Torrent of cluster for that thence the children of Israel had caried a cluster †And the discouerers of the Land returning after fourtie daies hauing circuted al the countrie †came to Moyses Aaron and to al the assemblie of the children of Israel into the desert of Pharan which is in Cades And speaking to them to al the multitude they shewed the fruites of the Land †and reported saying We came into the Land to which thou didst send vs which in very deede floweth with milke and honie as by these fruites may be knowen †but it hath very strong inhabitantes and cities great and walled The stocke of Enac we saw there †Amalec dwelleth in the south the Hetheite and the Iebuseite and the Amorrheite in the mountaines but the Chananeite abideth beside the sea and about the streames of Iordan †Among these thinges Caleb appeasing the murmuring of the people that rose against Moyses said Let vs goe vp and possesse the Land because we may obtaine it †But the others that had bene with him said No we are not able to goe vp to this people because it is stronger then we †And they detracted from the Land which they had viewed before the children of Israel saying The Land which we haue viewed deuoureth her inhabitantes the people that we beheld is of a tall stature †There we saw certaine monsters of the sonnes of Enac of the gyantes kind to whom being compared we seemed as it were locustes CHAP. XIIII The mutinous murmuring people being vnplacable 11. God expostulateth their ingratitude threatneth to destroy them 13. Yet Moyses pacifieth his wrath 22. but so that al which were numbered coming from Aegypt except Câ—leb and Iosue shal die in the wildernes 31. and their children shal possesse the promised land 40. Then fighting contrarie to Moyses admonition are beaten and manie slaine by their enimies THERFORE al the multitude crying out wept that night †and al the children of Israel murmured against Moyses and Aaron saying †Would God we had died in Aegypt and in this vaste wildernesse would God we might die and that our Lord would not bring vs into this Land lest we fal by the sword and our wiues and children be ledde captiue Is it not better to returne into Aegypt †And one said to an other Let vs appoint a captaine and let vs returne into Aegypt †Which Moyses and Aaron hearing fel flatte vpon the ground before al the multitude of the children oâ— Israel †But Iosue the sonne of Nun and Caleb the sonne of Iephone who them selues also had viewed the land rent their garmentes †and spake to al the multitude of the children of Israel The Land which we haue circuted is very good †If our Lord be propitious he shal bring vs into it and deliuer vs a ground flowing with milke and honie †Be not rebellious against our Lord neither feare ye the people of this land for euen as bread so we may deuoure them al aide is gone from them our Lord is with vs feare ye not †And when al the multitude cried and would haue stoned them the glorie of our Lord appeared ouer the roofe of couenant in the sight of al the children of Israel †And our Lord said to Moyses How long wil this people detract me How long wil they not beleue me in al the signes that I haue done before them †I wil strike them therfore with pestilence and wil consume them but thee I wil make prince ouer a great nation and a stronger then this is †And Moyses said to our Lord That the Aegyptians from the middes of whom thou hast brought forth this people †and the inhabitantes of this Land which haue heard that thou Lord art among this people and art sene face to face and thy cloude protecteth them and in a piller of a cloude thou goest before them by day and in a piller of fire by night †may heare that thou hast killed so great a multitude as it were one man and may say †He could not bring in the people into the Land for which he had sworne therfore did he kil them in the wildernesse †Let therfore the strength of our Lord be magnified as thou hast sworne saying †The Lord is patient and ful of mercie taking away iniquitie and wicked deedes leauing no man innocent which visitest the sinnes of the fathers vpon the children vnto the third and fourth generation †Forgeue I besech thee the sinne of this thy people according to the greatnes of thy mercie as thou hast bene propitious to them since their going out of Aegypt vnto this place †And our Lord said I haue forgeuen it according to thy word †Liue I and the whole earth shal be replenished with the glorie of the Lord. †But yet al the men that haue sene my maiestie and the signes that I haue done in Aegypt and in the wildernesse and haue tempred me now ten times neither haue obeied my voice †they shal not see the Land for the which I sware to their fathers neither shal any of them that hath detracted me behold it †My seruant Caleb who being ful of an other spirit hath folowed me wil I bring in vnto this Land which he hath circuted and his seede shal possesse it †Because the Amalecite and the Cananeite dwel in the valleis To morrow remoue the campe and returne into the wildernesse by the way of the Redde sea †And our Lord spake to Moyses and Aaron saying †How long doth this vngratious multitude murmur against me I haue heard the complaintes of the children of Israel †Say therfore to them liue I sayeth our Lord According as you haue spoken I hearing it so wil I do to you †In this wildernesse shal your carcasses lie Al you that are numbered from twentie yeares vpward and haue murmured against me †you shal not enter into the Land ouer the which I haue lifted vp my hand to make you inhabite it except Caleb the sonne of Iephone and Iosue the sonne of Nun. †But your litle ones of whom you said that they should be a pray to the enemies wil I bring in that they may see the Land that hath misliked you â€
Your carcasses shal lie in the wildernesse †Your children shal wander in the desert fourtie yeares and shal beare your fornication vntil the carcasses of their fathers be consumed in the desert †according to the number of the fourtie daies wherin you viewed the Land a yeare shal be reputed for a day And fourtie yeares you shal receiue your iniquities and shal know my reuenge †for as I haue spoken so wil I doe to al this wicked multitude that hath risen togeather against me in this wildernesse shal it faile and die †Therfore al the men whom Moyses had sent to view the Land and which returning had made al the multitude to murmur against him detracting from the Land that it was naught †died and were stroken in the sight of our Lord. †But Iosue the sonne of Nun and Caleb the sonne of Iephone liued of al them that had gone to view the Land †And Moyses spake al these wordes to al the children of Israel and the people mourned excedingly †And behold very early in the morning rising they went vp to the toppe of the mountaine and said We are readie to goe vp to the place wherof our Lord hath spoken for we haue sinned †To whom Moyses said Why transgresse you the word of our Lord which shal not suceede prosperousely with you †Goe not vp for our Lord is not with you lest you fal before your enemies †The Amalecite and the Chananeite are before you by whose sword you shal fal for that you would not consent to our Lord neither wil our Lord be with you †But they being blinded went vp to the toppe of the mountaine But the arke of the testament of our Lord Moyses departed not from the campe †And the Amalecite came downe and the Cananeite that dwelt in the mountaine and striking and hewing them pursewed them as farre as Horma CHAP. XV. Certaine precepts concerning Sacrifices 17. and first fruites are repeted 22. also touching different punishment of sinne comitted by ignorance and by set wilfulnes 32. and accordingly one is stoned to death for gathering stickes on the Sabbath day 37. Al are commanded to carie a signe in their garments therby to remember the commandments of God AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them When you shal be entred into the Land of your habitation which I wil geue you †and shal make oblation to the Lord for an holocaust or victime paying vowes or voluntarily offering giftes or in your solemnities burning a sweete sauour vnto the Lord of oxen or of sheepe †whosoeuer immolateth the victime shal offer a sacrifice of flowre the tenth part of an ephi tempered with oyle which shal haue in measure the fourth part of an â—in †and wine of the same measure to powre the libamentes shal he geue for the holocaust or for the victime For euerie lambe †and ramme there shal be a sacrifice of flowre of two tenthes which shal be tempered with oile the third part of an hin †and wine for the libamente the third part of the same measure shal he offer for a sweete sauour to the Lord. †But when thou makest an holocaust or hoste of oxen to fulfil thy vow or for pacifique victimes †thou shalt geue for euerie oxe three tenthes of flowre tempered with oile which shal haue halfe the measure of a hin †â—nd wine to powre libamentes of the same measure for an oblation of most sweete sauour to the Lord. †So shalt thou doe †for euerie oxe and ramme and lambe and buckegoate †As wel they that are borne in the countrie as the strangers †after one rite shal offer sacrifices †There shal be al one precept and iudgement as wel to your selues as to the strangers of the land †Our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them †When you are come into the land which I wil geue you †and shal eate of the breades of that countrie you shal separate first fruites to the Lord †of your meates As of your barne floores you separate first fruites †so of your pastes shal you geue first fruites to the Lord. †And if through ignorance you omitte any of these thinges which the Lord hath spoken to Moyses †and by him hath commanded you from the day that he beganne to command and so forward †and the multitude haue forgotten to do it they shal offer a calfe out of the heard an holocauste for a most sweete sauour to the Lord and the sacrifice and libamentes therof as the ceremonies require and a buckegoate for sinne †and the priest shal pray for al the multitude of the children of Israel and it shal be forgeuen them because they sinned not wittingly offering notwithstanding burnt sacrifice to the Lord for them selues and for their sinne and errour †and it shal be forgeuen al the people of the children of Israel and the strangers that seiourne among them because it is the fault of al the people through ignorance †But if one soule shal sinne vnwitting he shal offer a she goate of a yeare old for his sinne †and the priest shal pray for him because he sinned vnwitting before the Lord and he shal obteine him pardon and it shal be forgeuen him †As wel to them that are borne in the countrie as to the strangers one law shal be for al that sinne by ignorance †But the soule that through pride committeth any thing whether he be borne in the countrie or a stranger because he hath bene rebellious against the Lord shal perish out of his people †for he hath contemned the word of the Lord and made his precept of no effect therfore shal he be destroyed and shal beare his iniquitie †And it came to passe when the children of Israel were in the wildernesse and had found a man gathering slickes on the Sabbath day †they presented him to Moyses and Aaron and the whole multitude †Who shut him into prison not knowing what they should doe with him †And our Lord said to Moyses dying let this man die let al the multitude stone him without the campe †And when they had brought him out they stoned him and he died as our Lord had commanded †Our Lord also said to moyses †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them that they make them selues fringes in the corners of their garmentes putting in them ribandes of hyacinth †which when they shal see they may remeÌ„ber al the commandements of the Lord and not folow their owne cogitations and eies fornicating after diuers thinges †but rather mindful of the preceptes of the Lord may do them and be holie to their God †I the Lord your God that brought you out of the Land of Aegypt that I
from our Lord and the plague rageth †Which when Aaron had done and had runne to the middes of the multitude which now the burning fire did waste he offered the incense †and standing betwen the deade and the liuing he prayed for the people and the plague ceased †And there were that were strooken fourtene thousand and seuen hundred men beside them that had perished in the sedition of Core †And Aaron returned to Moyses vnto the doore of the tabernacle of couenant after that the destruction was ceased ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XVI 2. Rose against Moyses By this most famous Schisme and terrible punishment therof al are warned to kepe order vnitie and peace within the Church of God and in nowise to communicate with heretikes or schismatikes in the act of heresie or schisme A necessarie admonition especially in such times and places as we liue in and see greater breaches made from ordinarie and lawful Pastors then this was For as S. Ignatius wel noteth Epist 3. ad Magnatianos Core Dathan and Abiron impugned not directly the law but resisted Moyses and Aaron Yet were they and manie thousandes with them seuerly punished for their conspiracie S. Cyprian lib. 1. Epist 6. obserueth the same saying Core Dathan and Abiron acknowledged the same God with Aaron and Moyses liuing vnder the same law and religion and inuocated one true God yet because passing the appointed ministerie of their owne place opposite to Aaron who by Gods fauour and ordinance had receiued lawful Priesthood they tooke vpon them to sacrifice they were forthwith punished by God for their vnlawful attempts neither could their sacrifices irreligiously and vnlawfully offered against Gods ordinance be ratified nor profite them at al. thus teacheth S. Cyprian the glorious Martyr And the text is clere that they were neither Idolaters nor Heretikes but the chiefe of them being Leuites of the familie of Caath who were nerestin kinred and in office to the priests and other principal men of diuets tribes enuying the superioritie of Moyses and Aaron and that priesthood was established only in Aarons progenie arrogated to themselues the office of priests and offered incense further pretending for vpholding their schisme that there should be no Superior at al aboue the holie people of God which albeit they did not beleue yet therby they drew the multitude to fauour and folow them But God deciding this debate to take away the contradiction made the earth to open and swallow vp those that first refused to obey Moyses with their tabernacles and substance and fire from heauen to consume two hundred and fiftie which offered incense and fourtene thousand seuen hundred of the common people for imputing to their Superiors the destruction of the sedicious were also consumed with fire raging amongst the whole multitude til Aaron sent by Moyses and offering incense appeased Gods wrath and saued the rest And wil anie Christians that know they haue immoital soules and that God is a iust Iudge thincke to escape with lesse damnation who for anie worldlie game fauour or feare yeld their bodilie and personal presence at seruice or sermon of heretikes oranic way communicate with heretikes in practise of heresie CHAP. XVII Moyses taking of the princes of twelue tribes twelue roddes and one of Aaron for the tribe of Leui layeth them al in the tabernacle al night 8. where Aarons rodde and none of the rest buddeth bloometh and bringeth forth fruite 9. And al being shewed to the people Aarons is caried back and kept for a monument in the tabernacle AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and take a rodde of euerie one of their kinredes of al the princes of their tribes twelue roddes and the name of euerie one thou shalt write vpon his rodde †and the name of Aaron shal be in the tribe of Leui and one rodde shal conteine al their families †and thou shalt lay them in the tabernacle of couenant before the testimonie where I wil speake to thee †Whomsoeuer of these I shal choose his rodde shal blossome and I shal stay from me the grudginges of the children of Israel wherwith they murmur against you †And Moyses spake to the children of Israel and al the princes gaue him roddes by euerie tribe and they were twelue roddes besides Aarons rodde †Which when Moyses had laid before our Lord in the tabernacle of testimonie †returning the day folowing he found that “ Aarons rodde in the house of Leui was budded and the buddes therof swelling the blossomes were shotte forth which spredding the leaues were fashioned into almondes †Moyses therfore brought forth al the roddes from the sight of our Lord to al the children of Israel and they saw and euerie one receiued their roddes †And our Lord said to Moyses Carie backe Aarons rodde into the tabernacle of testimonie that it may be kept there for a signe of the rebellious children of Israel and let their complaintes cease from me lest they die †And Moyses did as our Lord had commanded †And the children of Israel said to Moyses Behold we are consumed we are al perished †Whosoeuer approcheth to the tabernacle of our Lord he dieth Are we al to be destroyed vnto vtter consumption ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XVII 8. Aarons rodde This rodde without roote neither it self planted nor anie liue branch ingraffed therin al drie without iuyce or moisture bringing forth buddes flowers and fruite was a figure that our B. Ladie should beare a sonne and remaine a Virgin And this example euidently demonstrateth that she could so do it being no more contrarie to nature that a virgin should conceiue and beare a child without losse of virginitie then that the drie rodde should bud and beare fruite without ordinarie concourse of nature S. Aug. ser 3. de temp S. Greg. Nisse◠de natiuit Dom. S. Bernard ho. 2. in Euang. Missus est CHAP. XVIII The charge and burden of Priestes within the tabernacle and of Leuites about the same 8. First fruites and oblations are due to the Priestes 21. the tithes to the Leuites 26. who of the same pay tithes to the Priestes AND our Lord said to Aaron Thou and thy sonnes and the house of thy father with thee shal beare the iniquitie of the Sanctuarie both thou thy sonnes together shal beare the sinnes of your priesthood †but thy brethren also of the tribe of Leui and the scepter of thy father take with thee and let them be readie at hand and minister to thee but thou and thy sonnes shal minister in the tabernacle of testimonie †And the Leuites shal watch vpon thy preceptes and vpon al the workes of the tabernacle so not withstanding that they approch not to the vessel of the Sanctuarie and to the altar lest both they die and you perish withal †but let them be with thee and watch in the custodies of the tabernacle and in al
Kil euerie man his neighbours that are professed to Beelphegor †And behold one of the children of Israel entred in before the face of his brethren to a whore a Madianite in the sight of Moyses and of al the multitude of the children of Israel who wept before the doores of the tabernacle †Which thing when Phinees had sene the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest he arose out of the middes of the multitude and catching a dagger †went in after the man of Israel into the brothel house and thrust them through both together to witte the man and the woman in the genitalles And the plague ceased from the children of Israel †and there were slaine fowre and twentie thowsand men †And our Lord said to Moyses †Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest hath auerted my wrath from the children of Israel because he was moued with my zele against them that my self might not destroy the children of Israel in mine owne zele †Therfore speake to him Behold I geue him the peace of my couenant †and there shal be as wel to him as to his seede the couenant of priesthood for euer because he hath bene zelous for his God and hath expiated the wicked fact of the children of Israel †And the name of the man of Israel that was slaine with the woman of Madian was Zambri the sonne of Salu a prince of the kinred and tribe of Simeon †Moreouer the Madianesse that was slaine with him was called Cozbi the daughter of Sur a most noble prince of the Madianites †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Let the Madianites finde you their enemies and strike you them †Because they also haue done like enemies against you and haue guilfully deceiued you by the Idol Phogor and Cozbi the daughter of the duke of Madian their sister who was strooken in the day of the plague for the sacrilege of Phogor CHAP. XXVI Al the men of twelue tribes being againe numbered from the age of twentie yeares and vpward are found to be six hundred one thousand seuen hundred and thirtie 57. Of the tribe of Leui also numbered of the male sex from the age of one moneth and vpward are found twentie three thousand 64. al being dead in the desert which were numbered before except Caleb and Iosue AFTER the bloud of the offenders was shed our Lord said to Moyses and Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest †Number the whole summe of the children of Israel from twentie yeares and vpward by their houses and kinredes al that can goe forth to warres †Moyses therfore and Eleazar the priest spake in the champion countrie of Moab vpon Iordan against Iericho to them that were †from twentie yeares and vpward as our Lord had commanded of whom this is the number †Ruben the first borne of Israel his sonne Henoch of whom is the familie of the Henochites and Phallu of whom is the familie of the Phalluites †and Hesron of whom is the familie of the Hesronites and Charmi of whom is the familie of the Charmites †These are the families of the stocke of Ruben whose number was found fourtie three thousand and seuen hundred thirtie †The sonne of Phallu Eliab †his sonnes Namuel and Dathan and Abiron These are Dathan and Abiron the princes of the people that rose against Moyses and Aaron in the sedition of Core when they rebelled against our Lord †and the earth opening her mouth deuoured Core verie manie dying when the fire burnt two hundred fiftie men And there was a great miracle done †that Core perishing his sonnes perished not †The sonnes of Simeon by their kinredes Namuel of him is the familie of the Namuelites Iamin of him is the familie of the Iaminites Iachin of him is the familie of Iachinites †Zare of him is the familie of the Zareites Saul of him is the familie of the Saulites †these are the families of the stocke of Simeon of which the whole number was two and twentie thousand two hundred †The sonnes of Gad by their kinredes Sephon of him is the familie of the Sephonites Aggi of him is the familie of the Aggites Suni of him is the familie of the Sunites †Ozni of him is the famile of the Oznites Her of him is the familie of the Herites †Arod of him is the familie of the Arodites Ariel of him is the familie of the Arielites †these are the families of Gad of which the whole number was fourtie thousand fiue hundred †The sonnes of Iudas Her and Onan who died both in the land of Chanaan †And the sonnes of Iudas by their kinredes were Sela of whom is the familie of the Selaites Phares of whom is the familie of the Pharesites Zare of whom is the familie of the Zareites †Moreouer the sonnes of Phares Hesron of whom is the familie of the Hesronites and hamul of whom is the familie of the Hamulites †these are the families of Iudas of which the whole number was seuentie six thousand fiue hundred †The sonnes of Issachar by their kinredes Thola of whom is the familie of the Tholaites Phua of whom is the familie of the Phuaites †Iasub of whom is the familie of the Iasubites Semran of whom is the familie of the Semranites †these are the kinredes of Issachar whose number sixtie fowre thousand three hundred †The sonnes of Zabulon by their kinredes Sared of whom is the familie of the Saredites Elon of whom is the familie of the Elonites Ialel of whom is the familie of Ialelites †These are the kinredes of Zabulon whose number was sixtie thousand fiue hundred †The sonnes of Ioseph by their kinredes Manasses and Ephraim †Of Manasses was borne Machir of whom is the familie of the Machirites Machir begat Galaad of whom is the familie of the Galaadites †Galaad had sonnes Iezer of whom is the familie of the Iezerites and Helec of whom is the familie of the Helecites †and Asriel of whom is the familie of the Asrielites and Sechem of whom is the familie of the Sechemites †and Semida of whom is the familie of the Semidaites and Hepher of whom is the familie of the Hepherites †And Hepher was the father of Salphaad who had no sonnes but onlie daughters whose names are these Maala and Noa and Hegla and Melcha and Tersa †these are the families of Manasses and the number of them is fiftie two thousand seuen hundred †And the sonnes of Ephraim by their kinredes were these Suthala of whom is the familie of the Suthalaites Becher of whom is the familie of the Becherites Thehen of whom is the familie of the Thehenites †Moreouer the sonne of Suthala was Heran of whom is the familie of the Heranites †these are the kinredes of the sonnes of Ephraim whose number was thirtie two thousand fiue hundred †These are the
sonnes of Ioseph by their families The sonnes of Beniamin in their kinredes Bela of whom is the familie of the Belaites Asbel of whom is the familie of the Asbelites Ahiram of whom is the familie of the Ahiramites †Supham of whom is the familie of the Suphamites Hupham of whom is the familie of the Huphamites †The sonnes of Bela Hered and Noeman Of Hered the familie of the Heredites of Noeman the familie of the Noemanites †These are the sonnes of Beniamin by their kinredes whose number was fourtie fiue thousand six hundred †The sonnes of Dan by their kinredes Suham of whom is the familie of the Suhamites these are the kinredes of Dan by their families †al were Suhamites whose number was sixtie foure thousand foure hundred †The sonnes of Aser by their kinredes Iemna of whom is the familie of the Iemnaites Iessui of whom is the familie of the Iessuites Brie of whom is the familie of the Brieites †The sonnes of Brie Heber of whom is the familie of the Heberites and Melchiel of whom is the familie of the Melchielites †And the name of the daughter of Aser was Sara †these are the kinredes of the sonnes of Aser and their number fiftie three thousand foure hundred †The sonnes of Nephthali by their kinredes Iesiel of whom is the familie of the Iesielites Guni of whom is the familie of the Gunites †Ieser of whom is the familie of the Ieserites Sellem of whom is the familie of the Sellemites †these are the kinredes of the sonnes of Nephthali by their families whose number was fourtie fiue thousand foure hundred †This is the summe of the children of Israel that were reckened six hundred thousand and a thousand seuen hundred thirtie †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †To these shal the land be diuided according to the number of names for their possessions †To the greater number thou shalt geue a greater portion and to the fewer a lesse to euerie one as they haue now beene reckened shal possession be deliuered †yet so that lotte doe diuide the Land to the tribes and the families †Whatsoeuer shal chance by lotte that let either the more take or the fewer †This also is the number of the sonnes of Leui by their families Gerson of whom the familie of the Gersonites Caath of whom the familie of the Caathites Merari of whom the familie of the Merarites †these are the families of Leui The familie of Lobni the familie of Hebroni the familie of Moholi the familie of Musi the familie of Core Howbeit Caath begatte Amram †who had to wife Iochabed the daughter of Leui who was borne to him in Aegypt She bare to Amram her husband sonnes Aaron and Moyses and Marie their sister †Of Aaron were borne Nadab and Abiu and Eleazar and Ithamar †of the which Nadab and Abiu died when they had offered the strange fyre before our Lord. †And al that were numbred were twentie three thousand of the male kind from one moneth and vpward who were not reckened among the children of Israel neither was their possession geuen with the rest †This is the number of the children of Israel that were enrolled by Moyses and Eleazar the priest in the champion countrie of Moab vpon Iordan against Iericho †Among whom there was none of them that were numbered before by Moyses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai †For our Lord had foretold that al should die in the wildernesse And none remained of them but Caleb the sonne of Iephone and Iosue the sonne of Nun. CHAP. XXVII Salphaads daughters succede to their fathers inheritance 8. And the law is established that for lack of sonnes daughters shal inherite and for lack also of daughters the next of kinne 12. God commandeth Moyses to ascend into Mount Abarim and thence view the promised Land but fortelleth him that he shal die and not goe into it 15. He then prayeth God to prouide an other to lead the people 18 and Iosue is designed in presence of Eleazar and the people AND there came the daughters of Salphaad the sonne of Hepher the sonne of Galaad rhe sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasses who was the sonne of Ioseph whose names are Malaa and Noa and Hegla and Melcha and Thersa †And they stood before Moyses and Eleazar the priest and al the princes of the people at the doore of the tabernacle of couenant and said †Our father died in the desert neither was he in the sedition that was raised against our Lord vnder Core but he died in his owne sinne he had no men children Why is his name taken away out of his familie because he hath not a sonne Geue vs possession among the kinne of our father †And Moyses referred their cause to the iudgement of our Lord. †Who said to him †The Daughters of Salphaad require a iust thing geue them possession among their fathers kinne and let them succede him in the inheritance †And to the children of Israel thou shalt speake these thinges †When a man dieth without a sonne his inheritance shal passe to his daughter †If he haue no daughter he shal haue his brethren his successours †And if he haue no brethren neither you shal geue the inheritance to his fathers brethren †but if he haue no such vncles by the father neither the inheritance shal be geuen to them thar are the next of kinne and this shal be to the children of Israel a holie ordinance by a perpetual law as the Lord hath commanded Moyses †Our Lord also said to Moyses Goe vp into this mountaine Abarim and view from thence the Land which I wil geue to the children of Israel †and when thou shalt haue seene it thou also shalt goe to thy people as thy brothet Aaron is gone †because you did offend me in the desert Sin in the contradiction of the multitude neither would you sanctifie me before them vpon the waters these are the waters of contradiction in Cades of the desert Sin †To whom Moyses answered †Our Lord the God of the spirites of al flesh prouide a man that may be ouer this multitude †and may goe out and enter in before them and bring them out or bring them in lest the people of our Lord be as sheepe without a pastor †And our Lord said to him Take Iosue the sonne of Nun a man in whom is the Spirit and put thy hand vpon him †Who shal stand before Eleazar the priest and al the multitude †and thou shalt geue him preceptes in the sight of al and part of thy glorie that al the synagogue of the children of Israel may heare him †For him if anie thing be to be done Eleazar the priest shal consult the Lord. At his word shal he goe out and shal goe in and al the children of Israel with him and the rest of the
the reuenge of our Lord on the Madianites †Let a thousand men of euerie tribe be chosen of Israel to be sent to the warre †And they gaue a thousand of euerie tribe that is to say twelue thousand wel appointed to fight †whom Moyses sent with Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the priest and the holie vessel and the trumpettes to sound he deliuered to him †And when they had fought against the Madianites and had ouercome al the men they slew †and their kinges Eui and Recem and Sur and Hur and Rebe fiue princes of the Nation Balaam also the sonne of Beor they killed with the sword †And they tooke their wiues and litle ones and al their goodes whatsoeuer they had bene able to make they spoiled †as wel cities as townes and castels the fire did consume †And they tooke the praye and al thinges that they had taken as wel of men as of beastes †and they brought them to Moyses and Eleazar the priest and to al the multitude of the children of Israel but the rest of the implementes they caried to the campe in the champion countries of Moab beside Iordan against Iericho †And Moyses and Eleazar the priest went forth and al the princes of the synagogue to meete them without the campe †And Moyses being angrie with the princes of the hoste the tribunes and the centurions that were come from the battle †said Why haue you reserued the wemen †Are not these they that deceiued the children of Israel at the suggestion of Balaam and made you preuaricate against our Lord vpon the sinne of Phogor whereupon also the people was stroken †Therfore kil al whatsoeuer is of the male sexe among the litle ones also and the wemen that haue knowne men in carnal copulation slea ye †but the gyrles and al the wemen that are virgins reserue to you †and tarying without the campe seuen dayes He that hath killed a man or touched him that is killed shal be expiated the third day and the seuenth †And of al the praye whether it be garment or vessel and some thing prepared for implementes of goates skinnes and heare and wood shal be expiated †Eleazar also the priest spake to the hoste that had fought in this maner This is the precept of the law which our Lord hath commanded Moyses †Gold and siluer and brasse and yron and leade and tinne †and al that may passe through the fyre shal be purged by fyre but whatsoeuer can not abide the fire shal be sanctified with the water of expiation †and you shal wash your garmentes the seuenth day and being purified afterward you shal enter into the campe †And our Lord said to Moyses †Take the summe of those thinges that were taken from man vnto beast thou and Eleazar the priest and the princes of the multitude †and thou shalt diuide the praye equally betwene them that fought went forth to the warre and betwen the rest of the multitude †and thou shalt separate a portion to the Lord from them that fought and were in the battle one soule of fiue hundred as wel of mankind as of oxen and asses and sheepe †and thou shalt geue it to Eleazar the priest because they are the first fruites of the Lord. †Out of the halfe part also of the children of Israel thou shalt take the fiftith head of mankind and of oxen and asses and sheepe and of al beastes and thou shalt geue them to the Leuites that watch in the custodies of the tabernacle of the Lord. †And Moyses and Eleazar did as our Lord commanded †And the praye which the hoste had taken was of sheepe six hundred seuentie fiue thousand †of oxen seuentie two thousand †of asses sixtie one thousand †The soules of the folkes of the female sexe that had not knowne men thirtie two thousand †And the halfe part was geuen to them that had bene in the battle of sheepe three hundred thirtie seuen thousand fiue hundred †of the which for the portion of our Lord were reckened sheepe six hundred seuentie fiue †And of the thirtie six thousand oxen oxen seuentie and two †of the thirtie thousand fiue hundred asses asses sixtie one †of the soules of mankind sixtene thousand there fel to the portion of our Lord thirtie two soules †And Moyses deliuered the number of the first fruites of our Lord to Eleazar the priest as it had bene commanded him †of the halfe part of the children of Israel which he had separated to them that had bene in the battle †But of the halfe part that had chanced to the rest of the multitude that is to say of the three hundred thirtie seuen thousand fiue hundred sheepe †and of the thirtie six thousand oxen †and of the thirtie thousand fiue hundred asses †and of the sixtene thousand of mankind †Moyses tooke the fiftith head and gaue it to the Leuites that watched in the tabernacle of our Lord as our Lord had commanded †And when the princes of the hoste were come to Moyses and the tribunes and centurions they said †We thy seruantes haue reckened the number of the warryers which we had vnder our hand and not so much as one verily was lacking †For this cause we offer in the donaties of our Lord euerie one that which we could finde in the praye of gold garters and tablettes ringes and braceletes and cheynes that thou maiest pray to our Lord for vs. †And Moyses and Eleazar the priest receiued al the gold in diuerse formes †in weight sixtene thousand seuen hundred fiftie sicles of the tribunes and of the centurions †For that which euerie one had spoiled in the praye was his owne †And that which was receiued they brought into the tabernacle of testimonie for a monument of the children of Israel before our Lord. CHAP. XXXII The children of Ruben and Gad demanding to haue inheritance on that side Iordan where they yet are 7. Moyses iustly rebuketh them 16. yet vpon condition that they wil march first ouer Iordan and remaine the first in battle til the land be subdued to the children of Israel 28. he granteth to them and the halfe tribe of Manasses that which they request AND the children of Ruben and Gad had much cattel and they had in beastes an infinite substance And when they had seene Iazer and Galaad fitte countries for to feede cattel †they came to Moyses and Eleazar the priest and the princes of the multitude and said †Ataroth and Dibon and Iazer and Nemra Hesebon and Eleale and Sabam and Nebo and Beon †the land which our Lord smote in the sight of the children of Israel is of a verie plentiful soile for the feeding of beastes and we thy seruantes haue very much cattel †and we pray thee if we haue found grace before thee that thou geue vs thy
and there is none other †Keepe his preceptes and commandementes which I command thee that it may be wel with thee and thy children after thee and thou mayest remayne a long time vpon the Land which the Lord thy God wil geue thee †Then Moyses separated three cities beyond Iordan at the east side †that he might flee to them which should kil his neighbour not voluntarily neither was his enemie a day or two before and he might scape to some of these cities †Bosor in the wildernesse which is situated in the champion countrie of the tribe of Ruben and Ramoth in Galaad which is in the tribe of Gad and Golan in Basan which is in the tribe of manasses †This is the law that Moyses sette before the children of Israel †and these are the testimonies and ceremonies and iudgementes which he spake to the children of Israel when they came out of Aegypt †beyond Iordan in the valley against the temple of Phogor in the land of Sehon king of the Ammorrheite that dwelt in Hesebon whom Moyses stroke The children of Israel also comming out of Aegypt †possessed his land and the land of Og the king of Basan the two kinges of the Amorrheites which were beyond Iordan toward the rysing of the sunne †from Aroer which is situated vpon the banke of the torrent Arnon vnto the mountaine Sion which is also Hermon †al the plaine beyond Iordan at the east side vnto the sea of the wildernesse and vnto the foote of mount Phasga ANNOTATIONS CHAP. IIII. 2. You shal not adde Moyses can not meane that no more should be written nor commanded for then the last chapter of this booke and the rest of the Bible should not haue benne written after his death neither ought the Priestes or Prophetes to haue commanded anie thing not expressed in the law And wheras Protestantes say that al other Scriptures are included in the lawe or pertaine to the explicatioÌ„ or performance therof we also answer that vnwritten TraditioÌ„s both in the old and new Testament are likewise implied included or perteine to the explication or performance of the law For euen as the written doctrin of the Prophetes yea and of Christ and his Apostles in general is conteined in the law of Moyses so also are certaine fastes feastes rites ceremonies and other traditions proued and confirmed by general speaches and axiomes written in holie Scriptures as by our Sauiours wordes to his Apostles Luc. 10. He that heareth you heareth me S. Paules to other Christians 1. Cor. 10. other things vvhen I come I vvil dispose 2. Thess 2. Hold the traditions vvhich you haue lerned and the like VVherupon S. Augustin Li. 1. cont Crescon c. 33. geueth this rule that albeit an euident example can not be produced of holie Scripture yet the truth of the same Scriptures is holden by vs vvhen vve do that pleaseth the vvhole Church vvhich the authoritie of Scriptures commendeth The same he teacheth Epist 80. and in manie other places So do S. Epiphanius in compend sides Cathol S Hierom. Dialog cont Lucifer c. 4. S. Chrysost ho. 4. in 1. Thessal 4. S. Basil de Spiritu Sancto c. 39. S. Ireneus li. 3. c. 4. CHAP. V. The tenne commandements are repeted and explaned 23. with commemoration of their dread and feare When they heard the voice from the clowde and saw the mountaine burne AND Moyses called al Israel and said to them Heare Israel the ceremonies iudgements which I speake in your eares this day lerne them and fulfil them in worke †The Lord our God made a couenant with vs in Horeb. †Not with our fathers did he make the couenant but with vs at this present and doe liue †Face to face did he speake to vs in the mount out of the middes of the fyre †I was arbiter and mediatour betwixt our Lord and you at that time to shew you his wordes for you feared the fire and went not vp into the mount and he said †I the Lord thy God that brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt out of the house of seruitude †Thou shalt not haue strange goddes in my sight †“ Thou shalt not make to thee a thing grauen nor the similitude of any thinges that are in heauen aboue and that are in the earth beneath and that abide in the waters vnder the earth †Thou shalt not adore them and thou shalt not serue them For I am the Lord thy God a Iealouse God tendering the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children vnto the third and fourth generation to them that hate me †and doing mercie vpon manie thousandes to them that loue me and keepe my preceptes †Thou shalt not vsurpe the name of the Lord thy God in vaine for he shal not be vnpunished that taketh his name vpon a vaine thing †Obserue the day of the Sabbath to sanctifie it as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee †Six dayes shalt thou worke and shalt doe al thy workes †The seuenth is the day of the Sabbath that is the rest of the Lord thy God Thou shalt not doe any worke therin thou and thy sonne and daughter man seruant and woman seruant and oxe and asse and al thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates that thy man seruant may rest and thy woman seruant euen as thy selfe †Remember that thou also didest serue in Aegypt and the Lord thy God brought thee out from thence in a strong hand and stretched out arme Therfore hath he commanded thee that thou shouldest obserue the Sabbath †Honour thy father and mother as our Lord thy God hath commanded thee that thou mayst liue a long time and it may be wel with thee in the Land which the Lord thy God wil geue thee †Thou shalt not murder †Neither shalt thou committe aduoutrie †And thou shal not steale †Neither shalt thou speake against thy neighbour false testimonie †Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wife Nor house nor field nor man seruant nor woman seruant nor oxe nor asse and al thinges that are his †These wordes spake our Lord to al your multitude in the mount out of the middes of the fiâ—e and the cloude and the darkenes with a loude voice adding nothing more and he wrote them in the two tables of stone which he deliuered vnto me †And you after you heard the voice out of the middes of the darkenes and saw the mount burne came to me al the princes of the tribes and the elders and you said †Behold the Lord our God hath shewed vs his maiestie and greatnes for we haue heard his voice out of the middes of the fire and haue proued this day that God speaking with man man hath liued †Why shal we die therfore and this exceding great fire deuoure vs For if we heare the voice of the Lord our God any more we
that thou shalt perish vtterly †As the Nations which our Lord destroyed at thyne entrie so shal you also perish if you be disobedient to the voice of the Lord your God CHAP. IX Lest they should impute the victories which they shal haue to them selues 6. they are put in mind of their often prouoking Gods wrath 12. by idolatrie 22. by murmuring by concupiscence by contempt and other sinnes 25 for which they should haue bene destroyed but God spared them for his prouâ—â—se made to Abraham Isaeac and Iacob HEARE Israel Thou shalt goe ouer Iordan this day to possesse verie greate nations and stronger then thy selfe huge cities and walled euen vnto heauen †a great people and tal the sonnes of the Enacims whom thou hast seene and heard against whom no man is able to resist †Thou shalt know therfore this day that the Lord thy God him selfe wil passe ouer before thee a deuouring and consuming fyre who shal destroy and abolish and bring them to nothing before thy face quickly as he hath spoken to thee †Say not in thy hart when the Lord thy God shal haue destroyed them in thy sight For my iustice hath our Lord brought me in to possesse this land wheras these nations were destroyed for their impieties †For not because of thy iustices and equitie of thy hart doest thou enter in to possesse their landes but because they haue done impiously at thy entring in they are destroyed and that our Lord might accomplish his word which by oath he promised to thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob †Know therfore that not for thy iustices hath the Lord thy God geuen thee this excellent land in possession wheras thou art a verie stiffe necked people †Remember and forget not how thou didst prouoke the Lord thy God to wrath in the wildernesse From the same day that thou camest out of Aegypt vnto this place thou hast alwayes contended against our Lord. †For in Horeb also thou didst prouoke him and being wrath he would haue destroyed thee †when I went vp into the mounte to receiue the tables of stone of the couenant which our Lord made with you and I continewed in the mounte fourtie daies and nightes not eating bread nor drinking water †And our Lord gaue me two tables of stone written with the singer of God and conteyning al the wordes that he spake to you in the mounte from the middes of the fyre when the assemblie of the people was gathered †And when fourtie dayes were passed and as manie nightes our Lord gaue me the two tables of stone the tables of couenant †and he said to me Arise and goe downe from hence quickly for thy people which thou didst bring out of Aegypt haue quickly forsaken the way that thou hast shewed them and haue made them a molten idol †And againe our Lord said to me I see that this people is stiffe necked †suffer me that I may destroy them and abolish their name from vnder heauen and may set thee ouer a Nation that is greater and stronger then this †And when I came downe from the burning mounte and held the two tables of couenant with both handes †and saw that you had sinned to the Lord your God and had made you a molten calfe and had quickly forsaken his way which he had shewed you †I cast the tables out of my handes and brake them in your sight †And I fel downe before our Lord as before fourtie dayes and nightes not eating bread not drinking water for al your sinnes which you committed against our Lord and prouoked him to wrath †for I feared his indignation and anger wherwith being moued agaynst you he would haue destroyed you And our Lord heard me this time also †Against Aaron also being exceeding angrie he would haue destroyed him and for him in like maner did I pray †And your sinne that you had committed that is the calfe I tooke and burnt it with fyre and breaking it into peeces and bringing it wholy into dust I threw it into the torrent that deâ—cendeth from the mount †In the burning also and in the tentation and in the Sepulchres of concupiscence you prouoked our Lord †and when he sent you from Cadesbarne saying Goe vp and possesse the Land that I haue geuen you and you contemned the commandement of your Lord God and did not beleue him neither would you heare his voice †but were alwaies rebellious from the day that I beganne to know you †And I lay before our Lord fourtie dayes and nightes in the which I humbly besought him that he would not destroy you as he had threatened †and praying I said Lord God destroy not thy people and thyne inheritance which thou hast redemed in thy greatnes whom thou didst bring out of Aegypt in a strong hand †Remember thy seruantes Abraham Isaac and Iacob regard not the stubbournes of this people and his impietie and sinne †lest perhappes the inhabitantes of the land out of which thou hast brought vs say The Lord could not bring them in vnto the Land that he promised them and he hated them therfore did he bring them forth that he might kil them in the wildernes †Which are thy people and thyne inheritance whom thou didst bring forth in thy great strength and in thy stretched out arme CHAP. X. Moyses receiuing the second tables of the tenne commandments and making an arke put them therin 6. with mention of certaine places where the children of Israel had camped of Aarons death and to the Leuites offices and possesstons 12. be inculcateth the feare and loue of God and the keping of his precepts 16. namely to circumcise the hart 19. to loue strangers 20. and not to serue nor sweare by false goddes AT that time our Lord said to me Hewe thee two tables of stone as the former were and come vp to me into the mounte and thou shalt make an arke of wood †and I wil write in the tables the wordes that were in them which before thou didst breake and thou shalt put them in the arke †I made therfore an arke of the wood Settim And when I had hewed two tables of stone like to the former I went vp into the mount hauing them in my handes †And he wrote in the tables according as he had written before the ten wordes which our Lord spake to you in the mount from the middes of the fyre when the people was gathered and he gaue them to me †And returning from the mount I came downe and put the tables into the arke that I had made which are there til this present as our Lord commanded me †And the children of Israel remoued their campe from Beroth of the children of Iacan into Mosera where Aaron died and was buried for whom Eleazar his soone did the function of priesthood †Thence they came into Gadgad from the which place departing
thy possession †The third yeare thou shalt separate an other tenth of al thinges that growe to thee at that time and shalt lay it vp within thy gates †And the Leuite shal come that hath no other part nor possession with thee and the stranger and pupil and widow that are within thy gates and shal eate and be filled that our Lord thy God may blesse thee in al the workes of thy handes that thou shalt doe CHAP. XV. Remission of dibtes in the seuenth yeare to the israelites but not to strangers 4. Albeit there wil alwayes be some poore yet they must so lend to their needie bretheren that none be forced to begge 12. Abought seruant that is an hebrew must be set free in the seuenth yeare 16. except he desire to serue stil 19. The firstborne in al cattel must be consecrated to God without making priuate profite therof IN the seuenth yeare thou shalt make a remission †which shal be celebrated in this order He to whom any thing is owing of his freind or neighbour and brother can not aske it againe because it is the yeare of remission of our Lord. †Of the seiourner and stranger thou shalt exact of thy countrie man and neighbour thou shalt not haue power to require it †And needie person and begger there shal be none among you that our Lord thy God may blesse thee in the land which he wil geue thee in possession †Yet so if thou heare the voice of our Lord thy God and keepe al thinges that he hath bid and which I command thee this day he wil blesse thee as he hath promised †Thou shalt lend to manie nations and thy selfe shalt borrow of no man Thou shalt haue dominion ouer verie manie nations and no man shal haue dominion ouer thee †If one of thy brethren that abideth within the gates of thy citie in the land which our Lord thy God wil geue thee come to pouertie thou shalt not harden thy hart nor close thy hand †but shalt open it to the poore man and shalt lend him that which thou perceiuest he hath neede of †Beware lest perhaps an impious cogitation steale in vpon thee and thou say in thy hart The seuenth yeare of remission draweth nigh turne away thy eies from thy poore brother denying to lend him that which he asketh lest he crie against thee to our Lord and it become a sinne vnto thee †But thou shalt geue to him neither shalt thou doe any thing craftely in releuing his necessities that our Lord thy God may blesse thee at al times and in al thinges whereunto thou shalt put thy hand †There shal not want poore in the land of thy habitation therfore I command thee that thou open thy hand to thy needie and poore brother that liueth in the Land †When thy brother an Hebrew man or Hebrew woman is sold to thee and hath serued thee six yeares in the seuenth yeare thou shalt let him goe free †and to whom thou geuest freedom thou shalt in no case suffer him to depart emptie †but geue him his way fare of thy flockes and of thy barne floore and thy presse wherwith our Lord thy God shal blesse thee †Remember that thy self also didst serue in the Land of Aegypt and our Lord thy God made thee free and therfore doe I now command thee †But if he say I wil not depart because he loueth thee and thy house and feeleth that he is wel with thee †thou shalt take an awle and bore through his eare in the dore of thy house and he shal serue thee for euer to thy woman seruant also thou shalt doe in like maner †Turne not away thine eies from them when thou makest them free because he hath serued thee six yeares after the wages of an hireling that our Lord thy God may blesse thee in al the workes that thou doest †Of the first borne that come forth in thy heardes and sheepe whatsoeuer is of the male sexe thou shalt sanctifie to our Lord thy God Thou shalt not worke with the first borne of an oxe and thou shalt not sheare the first borne of thy sheepe †In the sight of our Lord thy God shalt thou eate them euerie yeare in the place that our Lord shal choose thou and thy house †But if it haue blemish and be either lame or blind or in any part diffigured or feeble it shal not be immolated to our Lord thy God †but within the gates of thy citie shalt thou eate it as wel the cleane as the vncleane in like maner shal eate them as the doa and the hart †This onlie shalt thou obserue that their bloud thou eate not but power it out on the earth as water CHAP. XVI Three more solemne feastes to be kept euerie yeare Pasch 9. Pentecost 13. and the feast of tabernacles 18. Iust Iudges to be appointed in euerie citie 21 Al occasions of Idolatrie to be auoyded OBSERVE the moneth of new corne and the first of the spring time that thou mayest make the Phase to our Lord thy God because in this moneth our Lord thy God brought thee out of Aegypt by night †And thou shalt immolate the Phase to our Lord thy God of sheepe and of oxen in the place which our Lord thy God shal choose that his name may dwel there †Thou shalt not eate in it leuened bread Seuen daies shalt thou eate without leuen the bread of affliction because in feare didst thou come out of Aegypt that thou mayest remember the day of thy comming out of Aegypt al the dayes of thy life †Leuened shal not appeare in al thy coastes for seuen daies and there shal not remayne of the flesh of that which was immolated at euen the first day vntil morning †Thou canst not immolate the Phase in euerie one of thy cities which our Lord thy God wil geue thee †but in the place which our Lord thy God shal choose that his name may dwel there thou shalt immolate the Phase at euen at the going downe of the sunne when thou camest out of Aegypt †And thou shalt boyle and eate is in the place which our Lord thy God shal choose and in the morning rysing vp thou shalt goe into thy tentes †Six daies shalt thou eate azymes and in the seuenth day because it is the collection of our Lord thy God thou shalt doe no worke †Seuen weekes shalt thou number thee from that day wherein thou didst put the sickle to the corne †and thou shalt celebrate the festiual day of weekes to our Lord thy God a voluntarie oblation of thy hand which thou shalt offer according to the blessing of our Lord thy God †and thou shalt feast before our Lord thy God thou thy sonne and thy daughter and thy man seruant and thy woman seruant and the Leuite that is within thy gates
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€
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
which is erected before his tabernacle †Which thinges being heard Phinees the priest and the princes of the legacie which were with him were pacified and they admitted most willingly the wordes of the children of Ruben Gad and of the halfe tribe of Manasses †And Phinees the priest the sonne of Eleazar said to them Now we know that our Lord is with vs because you are not culpable of this preuarication and haue deliuered the children of Israel from the hand of our Lord. †And he returned with the princes from the children of Ruben and Gad out of the Land of Galaad into the Land of Chanaan to the children of Israel and reported to them †And the saying pleased al that heard it And the children of Israel praysed God and they did no more say that they would goe vp against them and fight and destroy the Land of their possession †And the children of Ruben the children of Gad called the altar which they had built Our testimonie that our Lord he is God CHAP. XXIII Iosue being old admonisheth the people to keepe Gods commandementes 12. and to auoide mariages and al societie with gentiles lest falling to idolatrie God as certainly punish them as he hath benne benificial and bountiful to them AND when much time was passed after that our Lord had geuen peace to Israel al the nations being subdewed round about and Iosue now verie ancient and of a great age †Iosue called al Israel and the elders and the princes and the iudges and the maisters and said to them I am old and farre gone in age †and you see al thinges that our Lord your God hath done to al the nations round about how him selfe hath fought for you †and now because he hath by lotte diuided to you al the Land from the East part of Iordan vnto the great sea and manie nations yet remaine †Our Lord your God wil destroy them and take them away from your face and you shal possesse the Land as he hath promised you †Onlie take courage and be careful that you keepe al thinges which be written in the volume of the law of Moyses and decline not from them neither to the right hand nor to the left †lest after that you are entred in to the Gentiles which shal be among you you sweare in the name of their goddes and serue them and adore them †but cleaue to our Lord your God which you haue done vntil this day †And then our Lord God wil take away in your sight the great nations and very strong and no man shal be able to resist you †One of you shal pursew a thousand men of the enemies because our Lord your God him self wil fight for you as he hath promised †This onlie beware very diligently before hand that you loue our Lord your God †But if you wil cleaue to the errour of these nations that dwel among you and make mariages with them and ioyne amitie †euen now know ye that our Lord your God wil not destroy them before your face but they shal be a pitte and a snare for you and a stumbling blocke at your side and stakes in your eies til he take you away and destroy you from this excellent Land which he hath deliuered to you †Behold I this day enter into the way of al flesh and you shal know with al your minde that al the wordes which our Lord promised that he would performe to you one is not escaped without effect †Therfore as he hath fulfilled in deede that which he promised and al thinges prosperous haue come so wil he bring vpon you what euils soeuer he hath threatened til he take you away and destroy you from this excellent Land which he hath deliuered to you †because you haue transgressed the couenant of our Lord your God which he hath made with you and haue serued strange goddes and adored them quickly and in hast shal the furie of our Lord ryse against you and you shal be taken away from this excellent Land which he hath deliuered to you CHAP. XXIIII In consideration of diuers principal benefites here recited 14. Iosue exorteth the people to serue God sincerly seing it is in their choise to do wel or euil 16. they promise al true seruice and obedience to God 25. VVherupon he reneweth the pact betwen God and them writing it in the volume of the law and erecting a great stone in testimonie 29. He dieth and is buried in mount Ephraim 32. Iosephs bones are buried in Sichem 33. Eleazar the high priest also dieth and is buried in Ephraim AND Iosue gathered together al the tribes of Israel into Sichem and called the ancientes and princes and iudges and maisters and they stoode in the sight of our Lord †and to the people he spake in this maner Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel Beyond the riuer did your fathers dwel from the beginning Thare the father of Abraham and of Nachor and “ they serued strange goddes †I tooke therfore your father Abraham from the coastes of Mesopotamia and brought him into the Land of Chanaan and multiplied his seede †and gaue him Isaac and againe to him I gaue Iacob and Esau Of whom to Esau I gaue mount Seir to possesse but Iacob and his children went downe into Aegypt †And I sent Moyses and Aaron and stroke Aegypt with many signes and wonders †And I brought you and your fathers out of Aegypt and you came to the sea and the Aegyptians pursewed your fathers with chariotes and horsemen as farre as the Read sea †And the children of Israel cried to the Lord who did put darkenes betwen you and the Aegyptians and brought the sea vpon them ouerwhelmed them Your eies saw al thinges that I did in Aegypt and you dwelt in the wildernes a great time †and I brought you into the Land of the Amorrheite which dwelt beyond Iordan And when they fought against you I deliuered them into your handes and you possessed their Land and slew them †And there rose Balac the sonne of Sephor king of Moab and fought against Israel And he sent and called Balaam the sonne of Beor that he might curse you †and I would not heare him but contrariwise by him I blessed you and deliuered you out of his hand †And you passed Iordan and came to Iericho And the men of that citie fought against you the Amorrheite and Pherezeite and Chananeite and the Hetheite and Gergeseite and the Heueite and Iebuseite and I deliuered them into your handes †And I sent before you hornettes and I cast them forth out of their places the two Kinges of the Amorrheites not in thy sword and bow †And I gaue you the Land wherein you laboured not and the cities which you built not to dwel in them vineyardes and oliue trees which you planted not †Now therfore feare our Lord
Gabaa of Beniamin with my wife and there I tooke my lodging †and behold the men of that citie by night besette the house wherein I taried meaning to kil me and vexing my wife with incredible furie of lust finally she died †Whom being taken I did cutte into peeces and sent the partes into al the borders of your possession because neuer was there so heinous an offense and so greate an abomination done in Israel †You are al present the children of Israel determine what you ought to doe †And al the people standing answered as it were by the word of one man we wil not depart into our tabernacles neither shal any man enter into his house †but this wil we doe in common against Gabaa †Let ten men be chosen of an hundred out of al the tribes of Israel and an hundred of a thousand and a thousand of ten thousand to bring victuals for the armie and that we may fight against Gabaa of Beniamin render to it for the wicked fact which it deserueth †And al Israel assembled to the citie as it were one man with one minde and one counsel †and they sent messengers to al the tribe of Beniamin which should say Why is there soe great abomination found in you †Deliuer the men of Gabaa that haue committed this heinous fact that they may die and the euil may be taken away out of Israel Who would not heare the commandment of their brethren the children of Israel †but oâ—â— of al cities which were of their lotte they assem 〈…〉 Gabaa to avde them and to fight against aâ— the 〈…〉 †â—nd there were found fiue and twentie thousand of Beniamin of them that drew sword beside the inhabitantes of Gabaa †which were seuen hundred most valiant men so fighting with the left hand as with the right and so directly casting stones with â—â—inges that they could strike a heare also and the stroke of the stone should not be caried awry on either part †Of the men of Israel also beside the children of Beniamin were found foure hundred thousande of them that drew swordes were prepared to fight †Who rising came into the house of God that is into Silo and they consulted God and said Who shal be in our armie general of the battel against the children of Beniamin To whom our Lord answered Let Iudas be your captayne †And forth with the children of Israel arysing in the morning camped beside Gabaa †and thence proceeding to fight against Beniamin beganne to assault the citie †And the children of Beniamin issuing out of Gabaa slew of the children of Israel that day two and twentie thousand men †Agayne Israel hauing confidence in their strength and number sette the armie in aray in the same place wherein they had fought before †yet so that they did first goe vp and weepe before our Lord vntil night and consulted him and said Shal I procede any more to fight against the children of Beniamin my brethren or not To whom he answered Goe vp to them and enter battel †And when the children of Israel the next day had proceded against the children of Beniamin to battel †the children of Beniamin brake forth out of the gates of Gabaa and meeting them they raged with so great a slaughter against them that they ouerthrew eightene thousand men that drew swotd †For the which thing al the children of Israel came into the house of God and sitting wept before our Lord and they fasted that day vntil euening and offered to him holocaustes and pacifique victimes †and asked him concerning their state At that time the arke of the couenant of our Lord was there †and Phinees the sonne of Eleazarus the sonne of Aaron prouost of the house They therfore consulted our Lord and said Shal we goe forth any more to fight against the children of Beniamin our brethren or rest To whom our Lord said Goe vp for to morrow I wil deliuer them into your handes †And the children of Israel sette ambushmentes round about the citie of Gabaa †and the third time as once and twise they brought forth their armie against Beniamin †But the children of Beniamin also issued forth boldly out of the citie and pursewed a long way the aduersaries fleeing so that they wounded of them as the first day and the second and slew them turning their backes by two wayes wherof the one went into Bethel and the other into Gabaa and ouerthrew about thirtie men †for they thought to kil them after their accustomed maner Who feyning artificially as though they fled tooke aduise to draw them away from the citie as it were fleing to bring them to the pathes aforesayd †Therfore al the children of Israel rysing out of their seates sette their armie in battel aray in the place which is called Baalthamar The ambushmentes also which were about the citie began by litle and litle to open them selues †and to proceede from the West part of the citie Yea and other ten thousand men of al Israel prouoked the inhabitantes of the citie to skit mishes And the battel grew sore against the children of Beniamin and they vnderstoode not that on euerie side destruction hong ouer them †And our Lord stroke them in the sight of the children of Israel and they slew of them in that day fiue and twentie thousand and an hundred men al warryers and that drew sword †But the children of Beniamin when they saw them selues to be inferiour beganne to flee Which the children of Israel seing gaue them place to flee that they might come to the ambushmentes prepared which they had sette neere the citie †Who when they had sodenly risen out of their dennes and Beniamin turned their backes to the sleaers they entred the citie and stroke it in the edge of the sword †And the children of Israel had geuen a signe to them whom they had laid in the ambushementes that after they had taken the citie they should kindle a fire that the smoke ascending on high they might shew that the citie was taken †Which when the children of Israel saw being in the verie fight for the children of Beniamin thought that they fled and pursewed more instantly hauing slaine thirtie men of their armie †and they saw as it were a piller of smoke to rise vp from the citie Beniamin also looking backe when he saw the citie taken and the flames caried on high †they that before had feyned as if they fled turning their face resisted more manfully Which when the children of Beniamin had sene they were turned into flight †and beganne to goe the way of the desert the aduersaries pursewing them thither also But they also that had fyred the citie mette them †And so it came to passe that on both sides they were slaine of the enemies neither was there any rest of
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
Who is this that said what shal Saul reigne ouer vs Geue vs the men and we wil kil them †And Saul sayd No man shal be killed this day because our Lord this day hath releued Israel †And Samuel said to the people Come and let vs goe into Galgal and let vs renewe there a kingdome †And al the people went into Galgal and there they made Saul king before our Lord in Galgal they immolated there pacifique victimes before our Lord. And Saul reioysed there and al the men of Israel excedingly CHAP. XII Samuel being iustified by the people for his good behauiour 6. chargeth them with ingratitude towardes God 14. admonishing them and shewing by a signe that they offended in demanding a king 20. Exhorteth them now to serue God promiseth to pray for them and forwarneth that they shal receiue as they deserue AND Samuel sayd to al Israel Behold I haue heard your voice according to al thinges which you haue spoken to me and I haue appointed a king ouer you †And now the king goeth before you and I am waxen old and haue gray heares moreouer my sonnes are with you therfore hauing conuersed with you from my youth vntil this day loe I am readie †Speake of me before our Lord and before his Christ whether I haue taken any mans oxe or asse If I haue calumniated any man if I haue oppressed any man if I haue taken gift of any mans hand and I wil contemne that same this day and wil restore it to you †And they said thou hast not calumniated vs nor oppressed vs nor taken ought of any mans hand †And he sayd to them Witnes is our Lord against you and witnes is his Christ in this day that you haue not found any thing in my hand And they said Witnes †And Samuel said to the people Our Lord who made Moyses and Aaron and brought our fathers out of the Land of Aegypt is present †Now therefore stand that I may contend in iudgement against you before our Lord concerning al the mercies of our Lord which he hath done with you and with your fathers †how Iacob entred into Aegypt and your fathers cried to our Lord and our Lord sent Moyses and Aaron and brought your fathers out of Aegypt and placed them in this place †Who forgat our Lord their God and he deliuered them in the hand of Sisara master of the hoste of Haser and in the hand of the Philisthijmes and in the hand of the king of Moab and they sought against them †But afterward they cried to our Lord and said We haue sinned because we haue forsaken our Lord and haue serued Baalim and Astaroth now therefore deliuer vs from the hand of our enemies and we wil serue thee †And our Lord sent Ierobaal and Badan and Iepte and Samuel and deliuered you from the hand of your enemies round about and you dwelt securely †But you seing that Naas king of the children of Ammon was come against you you said to me Not so but a king shal reigne ouer vs whereas our Lord your God did reigne among you †Now therfore your king is readie whom you haue chosen and desired behold our Lord hath geuen you a king †If you shal feare our Lord and serue him and heare his voice and not exasperat the mouth of our Lord both you and the king which reigneth ouer you shal be folowers of our Lord your God †but if you wil nor heare the voice of our Lord but shal exasperat his wordes the hand of our Lord shal be vpon you and vpon your fathers †But now also stand and see this great thing which our Lord wil doe in your sight †Is it not wheare haruest to day I wil cal vpon our Lord he wil geue * noyses and rayne and you shal know and see that you haue done great euil to your selues in the sight of our Lord desiring a king ouer you †And Samuel cried to our Lord and our Lord gaue noyses and raine in that day †And al the people feared excedingly our Lord and Samuel And al the people said to Samuel Pray for thy seruantes to our Lord thy God that we die not for we haue added euil to al our sinnes that we desired vnto vs a king †And Samuel sayd to the people Feare not you haue done al this euil but yet depart not from the backe of our Lord but serue our Lord in al your hart †And decline not after vaine thinges which shal not profite you nor deliuer you because they are vaine †And our Lord wil not forsake his people for his great name because our Lord hath sworne to make you a people to him self †And farre from me be this sinne in our Lord that I should cease to pray for you and I wil teach you the good and right way †Therefore feare our Lord and serue him in truth and from your whole hart for you haue seene the great workes which he hath done among you †But if you shal perseuer in malice both you and your king shal perish together CHAP. XIII Saul and Ionathas preuaile in battel against the Philisthijms 5. who increasing their forcâ—s the Israâ—lites for feaâ—e flee away and hid themselues 8. Samuel not coming to the campe Saul presumeth to offer sacrifice 11. for which Samuel reproueth him and declareth that his kingdom shal be translated to an other 17. The Philisthijms oppresse the Israelites and depriue them of armour A CHILD of one yeare was Saul when he began to reigne and two yeares he reigned ouer Israel †And Saul chose to him selfe three thousand of Israel and there were with Saul two thousand in Machmas and in the mount of Bethel and a thousand with Ionathas in Gabaa of Beniamin moreouer the rest of the people he sent backe euerie man into their tabernacles †And Ionathas stroke the garrison of the Philisthijms which was in Gabaa Which when the Philisthijms had heard Saul sounded with the trumpet in al the land saying Let the Hebrewes heare †And al Israel heard this maner of bruite Saul hath striken the garrison of the Philisthijms and Israel tooke courage against the Philisthijms The people therfore cried after Saul in Galgal †And the Philisthims were gathered together to fight against Israel thirtie thousand chariotes and six thousand horsemen and the rest of the common people as the sand which is in the sea shore very much And going vp they camped in Machmas at the East of Bethauen †Which when the men of Israel had seene them selues put in a streict for the people was afflicted they hid them selues in caues and in secrete places in rockes also and in dennes and in cesternes †And the Hebrewes passed Iordan into the Land of Gad and Galaad And when Saul was yet in Galgal al the people was sore afrayd which
Aegypt †And he apprehended Agag the king of Amalec aliue but al the comon people he slewe in the edge of the sword †And Saul and the people spared Agag and the best flockes of sheepe and heardes and the garmentes and rammes and al thinges that were fayre neither would they destroy them but whatsoeuer was vile and refuse that they destroyed †And the word of our Lord was made to Samuel saying †It repenteth me that I haue made Saul king because he hath forsaken me hath not fulfilled my wordes in worke And Samuel was strooken sadde and cried to our Lord al the night †And when Samuel had risen in the night to goe to Saul in the morning it was told Samuel that Saul was come into Carmelus and had erected to him selfe a triumphant arch and returning was passed and gone into Galgal Samuel therefore came to Saul and Saul offered an holocaust to our Lord of the first of the prayes which he had brought from Amalec †And when Samuel was come to Saul Saul sayd to him Blessed be thou to our Lord I haue fulfilled the word of our Lord. †And Samuel sayd And what is this voice of flockes which soundeth in myne eares and of heardes which I heare †And Saul said They haue brought them from Amalec for the people hath spared the better sheepe and heardes that they might be immolated to our Lord thy God but the rest we haue slaine †And Samuel said to Saul Suffer me and I wil shew thee what our Lord hath spoken to me this night And he sayd to him Speake †And Samuel said When thou wast a little one in thyne owne eyes was thou not made chief in the tribes of Israel And our Lord annointed thee to be king ouer Israel †and our Lord sent thee on the way and sayd Goe and kil the sinners of Amalec and thou shalt fight against them vntil the vtter destruction of them †Why therefore hast thou not heard the voice of our Lord but art turned to the praye and hast done euil in the eies of our Lord †And Saul said to Samuel Yea I haue heard the voice of our Lord and haue walked in the way by which our Lord sent me and haue brought Agag the king of Amalec and Amalec I haue slaine †But the people tooke of the praye sheepe and oxen the principal of those thinges which were slaine to immolate to our Lord their God in Galgal †And Samuel said Why wil our Lord haue holocaustes and victimes and not rather that the voice of our Lord be obeyed For BETTER is obedience then victimes and to harken rather then to offer the fatte of rammes †Because it is as it were the sinne of inchantment to resist and as it were the wickednes of idolatrie to refuse to obey For as much therefore as thou hast reiected the word of our Lord our Lord hath reiected thee that thou shalt not be king †And Saul said to Samuel I haue sinned because I haue transgressed the saying of our Lord and thy wordes fearing the people and obeying their voice †But now beare I besech thee my sinne and returne with me that I may adore our Lord. †And Samuel sayd to Saul I wil not returne with thee because thou hast reiected the word of our Lord and our Lord hath reiected thee that thou shalt not be king ouer Israel †And Samuel turned him selfe to depart but he caught the hemme of his cloke which also did rent †And Samuel said to him Our Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day and hath deliuered it to thy neighbour better then thou †Moreouer the Triumpher in Israel wil not spare and he wil not be turned with repentance for neither is he a man that he may repent †But he said I haue sinned how be it now honour me before the ancientes of my people and before Israel and returne with me that I may adore our Lord thy God †Samuel therefore returning folowed Saul and Saul adored our Lord. †And Samuel said Bring vnto me Agag the king of Amalec And Agag was presented to him very fatte trembling And Agag sayd Doth bitter death thus separat †And Samuel said As thy sword hath made wemen without children so shal thy mother among wemen be without children And Samuel hewed him into peeces before our Lord in Galgal †And Samuel departeth into Ramatha but Saul ascended vnto his house into Gabaa †And Samuel saw Saul no more vnto the day of his death but yet Samuel lamented Saul because it repented our Lord that he had appointed him king ouer Israel CHAP. XVI Samuel by Gods commandment annointeth Dauid King 14. Gods spirite parteth from Saul and a wicked spirite vexeth him 16. the vexation is mitigated by Dauids playing on a harpe AND our Lord said to Samuel How long doest thou mourne Saul whom I haue reiected that he rule not ouer Israel fil thy horne with oile and come that I may send thee to Isai the Bethlehemite for I haue prouided me a king among his sonnes †And Samuel said How shal I goe for Saul wil heare of it and wil kil me And our Lord said A calfe of the heard shalt thou take in thy hand and shalt say I am come to immolate vnto our Lord. †And thou shalt cal Isai to the victime and I wil shew thee what thou must doe and thou shalt annointe whomsoeuer I shal shew to thee †Samuel therefore did as our Lord spake to him And he came into Bethlehem and the ancientes of the citie merueled meeting him and they said Is thy entrance peaceable †And he said Peaceable I am come to immolate vnto our Lord be ye sanctified and come with me that I may immolate He therefore sanctified Isai and his sonnes and called them to the sacrifice †And when they were entered in he saw Eliab and said Is there before our Lord his Christ †And our Lord said to Samuel Respect not his countenāce nor the talnes of his stature because I haue reiected him neither doe I iudge according to the looke of man for man seeth those thinges which appeare but our Lord “ beholdeth the hart †And Isai called Aminadab and brought him before Samuel Who said Neither this hath our Lord chosen †And Isai brought Samma of whom he sayd This also hath not our Lord chosen †Isai therefore brought his seauen sonnes before Samuel and Samuel sayd to Isai Our Lord hath not chosen of these †And Samuel sayd to Isai Are al thy sonnes now fully come Who answered Yet there is left a litle one and he feedeth sheepe And Samuel sayd to Isai Send and bring him for neither wil we sitte downe til he come hither †He sent therefore and brought him And he was reade and beautiful to behold and of a comelie face And our Lord said Arise and annoint him for
his house and our Lord had geuen him rest on euery side from al his enemies †he sayd to Nathan the prophet Doest thou see that I dwel in a house of cedar and the arke of God is sette in the middes skinnes †And Nathan sayd to the king Al that is in thy hart goe doe because our Lord is with thee †And it came to passe in that night and behold the word of our Lord to Nathan saying †Goe and speake to my seruant Dauid Thus sayth our Lord Shalt thou build me a house to dwel in †For neither haue I dwelt in house from the day that I brought the children of Israel out of the Land of Aegypt vntil this day but I walked in tabernacle and in tent †Through out al the places that I haue passed with al the children of Israel speaking did I speake to one of the tribes of Israel which I commanded to feede my people Israel saying Why did you not build me a house of cedar †And now these thinges shalt thou say to my seruant Dauid Thus sayth the Lord of hostes I tooke thee out of the pastures folowing the flockes that thou shouldest be prince ouer my people Israel †and I haue beene with thee wheresoeuer thou hast walked and haue slayne al thine enemies from thy face and haue made thee a great name according to the name of the great ones that are in the earth †And I wil appoint a place for my people Israel and wil plant it and they shal dwel vnder it and shal be trubled no more neither shal the children of iniquitie adde to afflict them as before †From the day that I appointed Iudges ouer my people Israel and I wil geue thee rest from al thine enemies and our Lord foretelleth thee that our Lord wil make thee a house †And when thy daies shal be accomplished and thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers I wil rayse vp thy seede after thee which shal come forth of thy wombe and I wil establish his kingdom †He shal build a house to my name and I wil establish the throne of his kingedome for euer †I wil be to him for a father and he shal be to me for a sonne who if he shal do any thing vniustly I wil rebuke him in the rod of men and in the plagues of the sonnes of men †But my mercie I wil not take away from him as I tooke from Saul whom I remoued from thy face †And thy house shal be faithful and thy kingdom for euer before thy face and thy throne shal be firme continually †According to al these wordes and according to al this vision so did Nathan speake to Dauid †And Dauid went in and sate before our Lord and said Who am I ô Lord God and what is my house that thou hast brought me thus farre †But this also hath semed litle in thy sight ô Lord God vnles thou didst speake also of the house of thy seruant for a long time for this is the law of Adam Lord God †What can Dauid therefore adde yet to speake vnto thee for thou knowest thy seruant ô Lord God †For thy word and according to thy hart thou hast done al these great thinges so that thou wouldest notifie it to thy seruant †Therefore art thou magnified ô lord God because there is none like to thee neither is there a God besides thee in al thinges that we haue heard with out eares †And what nation is there in the earth as thy people Israel for the which God hath gone that he might redeme it to be his people and might make him selfe a name doe for them great wonders and horrible thinges vpon the earth before the face of thy people whom thou redemedst to thy self out of Aegypt from the nations and from their goddes †For thou hast confirmed thy people Israel to be an euerlasting people and thou Lord God art become their God †Now therefore ô Lord God raise vp for euer the word that thou hast spoken vpon thy seruant and vpon his house and doe as thou hast spoken †that thy name may be magnified for euer and it may be said The Lord of hostes is God ouer Israel And the house of thy seruant Dauid shal be established before our Lord †because thou ô Lord of hostes God of Israel hast reueled the eare of thy seruant saying A house I build thee therefore hath thy seruant found his hart to pray thee with this prayer †Now therefore ô Lord God thou art God and thy wordes shal be true for thou hast spoken to thy seruant these good thinges †Beginne therefore and blesse the house of thy seruant that it may be for euer before thee because thou Lord God hast spoken by thy blessing shal the house of thy seruant be blessed for euer CHAP. VIII Diuers nations and countries to which Israel payed tribute are subdued by Dauid and pay tribute to Israel 16. Chief officers are mentioned AND it came to passe after these thinges Dauid stroke the Philistijms and humbled them and Dauid tooke the Bridle of tribute out of the hand of the Philistijms †And he stroke Moab and measured them with a corde making them euen with the earth and he measured two cordes one to kil and one to saue aliue and Moab became seruing Dauid vnder tribute †And Dauid stroke Adarezer the sonne of Rohob king of Soba when he went forth to haue dominion ouer the riuer Euphrates †And Dauid hauing taken of his part a thousand seuen hundred horsemen and twentie thosand footemen hogh sinewed al the chariot horses and he leift of them a hundred chariotes †There came also Syria of Domaâ—cus to bring ayde vnto Adar ezer the king of Soba and Dauid stroke of Syria two and twentie thousand men †And Dauid put a garrison in Syria of Damascus and Syria became seruing Dauid vnder tribute and our Lord preserued Dauid in al thinges to whatsoeuer he went forth †And Dauid tooke the golden armour which the seruantes of Adarezer had and brought them into Ierusalem †And out of Bete and out of Beroth the cities of Adar-ezer king Dauid tooke brasse exceding much †And Tou the king of Emath heard that Dauid had striken al the force of Adar-ezer †And Tou sent Ioram his sonne to king Dauid to salute him congratulating and to geue thankes for that he had ouerthrowen Adarezer and striken him For Tou was enemie to Adarezer and in his hand were vessels of gold and vessels of siluer and vessels of brasse †which also king Dauid sanctified to our Lord with the siluer and gold that he had sanctified of al the nations which he had subdewed †of Syria and Moab and the children of Ammon and the Philistijms and Amalec and of the spoiles of Adarezer the sonne of Rohob king of Soba †Dauid also
compassed it ten cubites going about the lauatorie there were two rewes of chamfered forowed grauinges cast †And it stood vpon twelue oxen of which three looked to the North and three to the West and three to the South and three to the East and the sea was ouer them whose hinder parâ—â—â— were al â—id inward †And the thickenes of the lauatorie wâ—â— of â—lrâ—â— câ—â—â—â—s and the brimme therof as it were the brimme of a chalice and the leafe of crisped lilie it contayned two thousand bates †And he made ten brasen seete of foure cubites in length euerie foote and foure cubites in bredth and three cubites in height †And the verie worke it selfe of the feete was entergrauen and enterg 〈…〉 betwen the ioyntures †And betwen the litle crownes and the playtes lions and oxen and cherubs and in the ioyntures likewise aboue and vnder the lions and oxen as it were â—â—â—des of brasse hanging downe †And foure wheeles at euerie foote and axeltrees of brasse and at foure â—ides as it were litle shoulders vnder the lauatorie cast looking one against an other †The mouth also of the lauatorie was inward in the toppe of the head and that which appeared outward was of one cubite al round and together it had one cubite a halfe and in the corners of the pillers were diuers engrauinges and the middle enterpillers square not round †The foure wheeles also which were at the foure corners of a foote ioyned one to an other vnder the foote one wheele had in height a cubite and a halfe †And they were such wheeles as are accustomed to be made in a chariote and their axeltrees and spokes and strakes and naues al cast †For those foure litle shoulders also at euerie corner of one foote were cast out of the foote and ioyned together †And in the toppe of the foote was a certayne roundnes of halfe a cubite so wrought that the lauatorie might be put thereon haâ—â— the engrauinges therof and diuerse caruinges of it self 〈…〉 graued also in those fielinges which were of brasse and in the corners cherubs and lions and palmetrees as it wâ—â—◠〈◊〉 the similitude of a man standing that they semed not to be engrauen but put to round about †After this maner made he ten feete of one casting and measure like grauing 〈…〉 made also ten lauatories of brasse one lauatorie conteyned fourtie bates and it was of foure cubites also at euerie foote that is ten he put so manie lauatories †And he sette the ten feete fiue on the right side of the temple and fiue on the leaft and the sea â—e put on the right side of the temple against the East toward the South †Hiram therfore made cauldrons and thoueles and litle pottes and perfected al the worke of king Salomon in the temple of our Lord. †Two pyllers and two cordes of the litle heades vpon the litle heades of the pyllers and two litle nettes to couer the two cordes that were ouer the heades of the pyllers †And foure hundred pomegranates in the two nettes two rewes of pomegramates in euerie nette to couer the cordes of the litle heades which were vpon the heades of the pyllers †And tenne feete and tenne lauatories vpon the feete †And one sea and twelue oxen vnder the sea †And cauldrons and shouels and litle pottes Al the vessels that Hiram made to king Salomon in the house of our Lord were of bright latten †In the champayne countrie of Iordan did the king cast those thinges in a clay ground betwen Sacoth and Sarthan †And Salomon placed al the vessel but for the exceding great multitude the brasse could not be weyed †And Salomon made al the vessels in the house of our Lord an altar of gold and a table wherupon the loaues of proposition should be put of gold †and candlestickes of gold fiue on the right hand and fiue on the leaft against the oracle of pure gold and as it were lilie floures and lampes aboue of gold and golden snuffers †and water pottes and fleshehookes and phiales and morters and censars of most pure gold and the â—ndges of doores of the inner Sanctum sanctorum and of the doores of the house of the temple were of gold †And Salomon perfected al the worke that he did in the house of our Lord and brought in the thinges that Dauid his father had sanctified siluer and gold and the vessel and layed them in the treasures of the house of our Lord. CHAP. VIII The arke is brought in and the temple dedicated 10. a glorious cloyvde replenisheth it 14. Salomon prayeth long to God 55. blesseth the people 62. and manie victimes are offered in this solemne festiuitie THEN were gathered together al the ancientes of Israel with the princes of the tribes and the heades of the families of the children of Israel to king Salomon into Ierusalem that they might carrie the Arke of the couenant of our Lord out of the citie of Dauid that is out of Sion †And al Israel assembled to king Salomon in the moneth of Ethanim on a solemne day that is the seuenth moneth †And al the ancientes of Israel came and the priestes tooke the arke †and caried the arke of our Lord and the tabernacle of couenant and al the vessels of the Sanctuarie that were in the tabernacle and the Priestes and the Leuites caried them †And king Salomon and al the multitude of Israel which was assembled vnto him went with him before the arke and they immolated sheepe and oxen without estimation number †And the priestes brought in the arke of the couenant of our Lord into his place into the oracle of the temple into Sanctum sanctorum vnder the winges of the cherubs †For the cherubs spred their winges ouer the place of the arke and couered the arke and the barres therof aboue †And whereas the barres stood out and the endes of them appeared without in the Sanctuarie before the oracle they appeared no farder outward which also were there vntil this present day †And in the arke there was nothing els but two tables of stone which Moyses put in it in Horeb when our Lord made the couenant with the children of Israel when they came out of the Land of Aegypt †And it came to passe when the priestes were gone out of the Sanctuarie a clowde filled the house of our Lord †and the priestes could not stand and minister for the clowde for the glorie of our Lord had filled the house of our Lord. †Then sayd Salomon Our Lord sayd that he would dwel in a clowde †Building I haue built a house for thy habitation thy most firme throne for euer †And the king turned his face and blessed al the church of Israel for al the church if Israel stood †And Salomon sayd Blessed be our Lord the God of Israel who spake
shalt geue mercie before them that shal haue them captiues that they may haue compassion on them †For they are thy people and thine inheritance whom thou hast brought out of the Land of Aegypt from the middes of the yron fornace †That thy eies be open to the petition of thy seruant and of thy people Israel thou heare them in al thinges for which they shal inuocate thee †For thou hast separated them to thee for an inheritance from al the peoples of the earth as thou hast spoken by Moyses thy seruant when thou didst bring our fathers out of Aegypt Lord God †And it came to passe when Salomon had accomplished praying to our Lord al this prayer and petition he rose from the sight of the altar of our Lord for he had fastened both knees on the ground and had spred his handes toward heauen †He stood therfore and blessed al the assemblie of Israel with a lowde voyce saying †Blessed be our Lord which hath geuen rest to his people Israel according to al thinges that he hath spoken there hath not fayled so much as one word of al the good thinges that he spake by Moyses this seruant †Be our Lord God with vs as he hath beene with our fathers not forsaking nor reiecting vs. †But incline he our hartes to him that we may walke in al his waies and keepe his commandementes and his ceremonies and iudgementes whatsoeuer he commanded our fathers †And be these my wordes wherewith I haue prayed before our Lord approching to our Lord God day and night that he may doe iudgement for his seruant and for his people Israel day by day †that al the peoples of the earth may knowe that our Lord he is God and there is none other besides him †Let our hart also be perfect with our Lord God that we walke in his decrees and keepe his coÌ„mandementes as also this day †Therfore the king and al Israel with him did immolate victimes besore our Lord. †And Salomon killed pacisâ—que hostes which he immolated to our Lord of oxen two and twentie thousand and of sheepe an hundred twentie thousand and they dedicated the temple of our Lord the king and the children of Israel †In that day the king sanctified the middes of the court that was before the house of our Lord for he made the holocaust there and sacrifice and fatte of the pacifiques because the brasen altar that was before our Lord was too litle and could not take the holocaust and sacrifice and fatte of the pacifiques †Salomon therfore made in that time a solemne festiuitie and al Israel with him a great multitude from the entrance of Emath vnto the Ryuer of Aegypt before our Lord God seuen daies and seuen daies that is fourtene daies †And in the eight day he dismissed the people Who blessing the king went into their tabernacles reioysing and with a ioysul hart for al the good thinges that our Lord had done to Dauid his seruant and to Israel his people CHAP. IX Our Lord appearing againe to Salomon 4. admonisheth him and his people to keepe the precepts 6. threatning punishment if they do not 10. The king of Tyre receiueth tvventie cities of Salomon but liketh them not 14. Salomon buildeth more cities and tovvnes 20. Maketh diuers nations tributarie 24. The Quene repayreth to her house 25. The king offereth victimes thrise euerie yeare 26. and fetcheth gold from Ophir AND it came to passe when Salomon had perfected the building of the house of our Lord the kinges house and al that he wished and would haue done †our Lord appeared to him the second time as he had appeared to him in Gabaon †And our Lord said to him I haue heard thy prayer thy petition which thou hast prayed before me I haue sanctified this house which thou hast built that I might put my name there for euer and myne eies and my hart shal be there alwaies †Thou also if thou wilt walke before me as thy father walked in simplicitie of hart and in equitie and wilt doe al thinges which I haue commanded thee and wilt keepe my ordinances and my iudgementes †I wil sette the throne of thy kingdom ouer Israel for euer as I haue spoken to Dauid thy father saying There shal not be taken away a man of thy stocke from the throne of Israel †But if by reuolting you and your children shal turne away not folowing me nor keeping my commandementes and my ceremonies which I haue proposed to you but shal goe and worshippe strange goddes and adore them †I wil take away Israel from the face of the land which I haue geuen them and the temple which I haue sanctified to my name I wil cast away from my sight and Israel shal be for a prouerbe and for a fable to al peoples †And this house shal be for an example euerie one that shal passe by it shal wonder and hisse and say Why hath the Lord done thus to this land and to this house †And they shal answere Because they haue forsaken the Lord their God which brought their fathers out of the Land of Aegypt and haue folowed strange goddes adored them and worshipped them therfore hath the Lord brought vpon them al this euil †And twentie yeares being complete after that Salomon had built the two houses that is the house of our Lord and the house of the king †Hiram the king of Tyre ministring to Salomon ceder trees firre trees and gold according to al that he had neede then Salomon gaue to Hiram twentie townes in the Land of Galilee †And Hiram went from Tyre to see the townes which Salomon had geuen him and they pleased him not †and he sayd Are these the cities which thou hast geuen me brother And he called them the land Chabul vntil this day †Hiram also sent to king Salomon an hundred and twentie talentes of gold †This is the summe of the expences which king Salomon offered to build the house of our Lord and his owne house and Mello and the wal of Ierusalem and Heser and Mageddo and Gazer †Pharao the king of Aegypt came vp and rooke Gazer and burnt it with fire And the Chananite that dwelt in the citie he slewe and gaue it for a dowrie to his daughter the wife of Salomon †Salomon therfore built Gazer and Bethhoron the lower †and Baalath and Palmiâ—a in the Land of the wildernes †And al the villages that perteyned to him and were without wal he fensed and the cities of the chariotes and the cities of the horsemen and whatsoeuer pleased him to build in Ierusalem and in Libanus and in al the land of his dominion †Al the people that was remayning of the Amorrheites and Hetheites and Pherezeites and Heueites and Iebuseites that are not of the children of Israel †their children that were remayning in the
he destroyed her denne and brake the most filthie idol and burnt it in the torrent cedron †but the excelses he did not take away Otherwise the hart of Asa was parfect with our Lord al his daies †and he caried in those thinges which his father had sanctified and vowed into the house of our Lord siluer and gold and vessels †And there was warre betwen Asa and Baasa the king of Israel al their daies †Baasa also the king of Israel went vp into Iuda and built Rama that no man might go out or come in of Asaes side the king of Iuda †Asa therfore taking al the siluer and gold that remained in the treasures of the house of our Lord and in the treasures of the kinges house gaue it into the handes of his seruantes and he sent to Benadad the sonne of Tabremon the sonne of Hezion the king of Syria which dwelt in Damascus saying †There is a league betwen me and thee betwixt my father and thy father therfore I haue sent thee giftes siluer and gold and I desire thee that thou come and make void the league that thou hast with Baasa the king of Israel and he may retire from me †Benadad agreing to king Asa sent the princes of his armie into the citiees of Israel and they stroke Ahion and Dan and Abeldomum of Maacha and al Cenneroth to witte al the Land of Nephthali †Which when Baasa had heard he intermitted to build Rama and returned into Thersa †But king Asa sent word into al Iuda saying Let no man be excused and they tooke stones from Rama and the timber therof wherwith Baasa had built and Asa of it built Gabaa Beniamin and Maspha †But the rest of al the wordes of Asa and al his forces and al that he did the cities that he built are not these written in the Booke of the words of the dayes of the kinges of Iuda How beit in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feete †And he slept with his fathers was buried with them in the citie of Dauid his father And Iosaphat his sonne reigned for him †But Nadab the sonne of Ieroboam reigned ouer Israel the second yeare of Asa the king of Iuda and he reigned ouer Israel two yeares †And he did that which is euil in the sight of our Lord and walked in the waies of his father and in his sinnes wherwith he made Israel to sinne †And Baasa the sonne of Ahias of the house of Issachar lay in wayte against him and stroke him in Gebbethon which is a citie of the Philistimes for Nadab and al Israel besieged Gebbethon †Baasa therfore slew him in the third yeare of Asa the king of Iuda and reigned for him †And when he reigned he stroke al the house of Ieroboam he leaft not so much as one soule of his seede til he destroied him according to the word of our Lord which he had spoken in the hand of Ahias the Silonite †for the sinnes of Ieroboam which he had sinned and wherwith he had caused Israel to sinne and for the offence wherwith he prouoked our Lord the God of Israel †But the rest of the wordes of Nadab and al that he wrought are not these thinges written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Israel †And there was warre betwen Asa and Baasa the king of Israel al their daies †In the third yeare of Asa the king of Iuda reigned Baasa the sonne of Ahias ouer al Israel in Thersa foure and twentie yeares †And he did euil before our Lord walked in the waies of Ieroboam and in his sinnes wherwith he made Israel to sinne CHAP. XVI Iehu for prophecying the destruction of Baasa and his house 7. is slaine 8. yet his sonne Ela reigneth tvvo yeares 9. Then Zambri rebelleth killeth Ela and reigneth 16. Part of the people choosing Amri prince of the armie their king 18. Zambri desperatly burneth himselfe and the kings palace 21. an other part folow Thebni as king til his death 23. Amri reigneth tvvelue yeares vvickedly 29. His sonne Achab succedeth marieth Iezabel and serueth Baal 34. In the meane time Hiel repairer◠Iericho AND the word of our Lord came to Iehu the sonne of Hanani agaynst Baasa saying †For so much as I haue exalted thee out of the dust sette thee duke ouer my people Israel but thou hast walked in the way of Ieroboam and hast made my people Israel to sinne that thou mightest anger me with their sinnes †behold I wil cut downe the posteritie of Baasa and the posteritie of his house and I wil make thy house as the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat †Whosoeuer of Baasa shal die in the citie him shal the dogges eate and whosoeuer of his shal die in the countrie him shal the fowles of the ayre deuoure †But the rest of the wordes of Baasa and whatsoeuer he did and his battels are not these things written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Israel †Baasa therfore slept with his fathers and was buried in Thersa and Ela his sonne reigned for him †And when the word of our Lord came in the hand of Iehu the sonne of Hanani the prophete agaynst Baasa and agaynst his house and agaynst al the euil that he had done before our Lord to anger him in the workes of his handes that it should be made as the house of Ieroboam for this cause he slew him that is to say Iehu the sonne of Hanani the prophete †In the sixe and twenteth yeare of Asa the king of Iuda reigned Ela the sonne of Baasa ouer Israel in Thersa two yeares †And his seruant Zambri rebelled agaynst him the captayne of the halfe part of the horsemen and Ela was in Thersa drinking and dronken in the house of Arsa the gouernour of Thersa †Zambri therfore rushing in stroke and slew him in the seuen and twenteth yeare of Asa the king of Iuda he reigned for him †And when he teigned and sate vpon his throne he stroke al the house of Baasa and he leaft not of it one that could pysse agaynst a wal his kinsfolke and frendes †And Zambri destroyed al the house of Baasa according to the word of our Lord that he had spoken to Baasa in the hand of Iehu the prophet †for al the sinnes of Baasa and the sinnes of Ela his sonne who sinned and made Israel to sinne prouoking our Lord the God of Israel in their vanities †But the rest of the wordes of Ela and al that he did are not these writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Israel †In the seuen and twenteth yeare of Asa the king of Iuda reigned Zambri seuen daies in Thersa moreouer the armie besieged Gebbethon a citie of the Philisthines †And
Arke but the two tables which Moyses had put in Horeb when our Lord gaue the law to the children of Israel coming out of Aegypt †And the Priestes being gone out of the Sanctuarie for al the priestes that could be found there were sanctified neither as yet at that time were the courses and the order of the ministeries deuided among them †as wel the Leuites as the singing men that is both they which were vnder Asaph and they which were vnder Heman and they which were vnder Idithun their sonnes brethren reuested with finne linnen clothes sounded on cymbals and psalteries and harpes standing at the East side of the Altar and with them Priestes an hundred twentie founding with trumpettes †Therfore al sounding together both with trumpettes and voyce and cymbals and organes and with diuerse kind of musical instrumentes and lifteng vp their voice on high the sound was heard far of so that when they began to prayse our Lord and to say Confesse to our Lord because he is good because his mercie is for euer the house of God was filled with a cloud †that the Priestes could not stand and minister for the darkenesse For the glorie of our Lord had filled the house of God CHAP. VI. Salomon blesseth the people 4. prayeth to God geuing thankes for benefites receiued 16. and requesting continual protection and that God wil heare the prayers of the people 32. yea also of strangers that pray in the Temple THEN Salomon sayd Our Lord promised that he would dwel in darkenesse †and I haue built a house to his name that he might dwel there for euer †And the king turned his face and blessed al the multitude of Israel for al the multitude stood attent and sayd †Blessed be our Lord the God of Israel who in worke hath accomplished that which he spake to Dauid my father saying †From the day that I brought my people out of the Land of Aegypt I chose not a citie of al the tribes of Israel that a house might be built in it to my name neither did I choose anie other man to be Duke in my people Israel †but I chose Ierusalem that my name may be in it and I chose Dauid that I might appoynt him ouer my people Israel †And wheras Dauid my father had meant to build a house to the name of our Lord the God of Israel †our Lord sayd to him Because thy wil was this that thou wouldest build a house to my name thou hast done wel certes to haue such a wil †howbeit thou shalt not build the house but thy sonne which shal come out of thy loynes he shal build a house to my name †Our Lord therfore hath accomplished his word which he spake and I am risen for Dauid my father and sit vpon the throne of Israel as our Lord hath spoken and haue built a house to the name of our Lord the God of Israel †And I haue put in it the Arke wherin is the couenant of our Lord which he made with the children of Israel †He therfore stoode before the Altar of our Lord ouer agaynst al the multitude of Israel and stretched forth his handes †For Salomon had made an eminent place of brasse and had put it in the middes of the Temple hauing fiue cubites of length bredth three of height he stoode vpon it afterward kn̄eeling ouer agaynst al the multitude of Israel and his handes lifted vp toward heauen †he sayd Lord God of Israel there is not the like God to thee in heauen and in earth which keepest couenant and mercie with thy seruantes that walke before thee in al their hart †which hast performed to thy seruant Dauid my father what thinges soeuer thou hadst spoken to him and the thinges that by mouth thou hadst promised in worke thou hast accomplished as also the present time proueth †Now therfore Lord God of Israel fulfil to thy seruant my father Dauid what soeuer thou didst speake to him saying There shal not fayle of thee a man before me to sitte vpon the throne of Israel yet so if thy children keepe their waies and walke in my law as thou also hast walked before me †And now Lord God of Israel be thy word confirmed which thou hast spoken to thy seruant Dauid †Is it credible then that God should dwel with men vpon the earth If heauen and the heauens of heauens doe not take thee how much more this house which I haue built †But to this end only it is made that thou shouldest respect the prayer of thy seruant and his supplication Lord my God and mayst heare the prayers which thy seruant powreth out before thee †that thou open thine eies vpon this house daies nightes vpon the place wherein thou hast promised that thy name should be inuocated †and wouldest heare the prayer which thy seruant prayeth in it and mayst heare the prayers of thy seruant and of thy people Israel Whosoeuer shal pray in this place heare out of thy habitation that is from the heauens and be propitious †If anie man shal sinne agaynst his neighbour and come readie to sweare agaynst him and binde himself with a curse before the altar in this house †thou shalt heare from heauen and shalt doe the iudgement of thy seruantes so that thou render to the vniust his way vpon his owne head and reuenge the iust rewarding him according to his iustice †If thy people Israel shal be ouercome of their enemies for they wil sinne to thee and conuerted shal doe penance and besech thy name and pray in this place †thou shalt heare from heauen and be thou propetious to the sinne of thy people Israel and reduce them into the land which thou gauest them and their fathers †If the heauen being shut there fal no rayne for the sinnes of the people and they shal besech thee in this place and shal confesse to thy name and shal be conuerted from their sinnes when thou shalt afflict them †heare from heauen ô Lord and forgeue the sinnes of thy seruantes and of thy people Israel and teach them the good way by the which they may goe and geue rayne to thy land which thou hast geuen thy people to possesse †If famine shal arise in the land and pestilence rust and blast and locust and bruche and the enemies wasting the countries shal besiege the gates of the citie and al plague and infirmitie shal presse them †if any of thy people Israel shal pray knowing their plague and infirmitie and shal spred forth their handes in this house †thou shalt heare from heauen to wit out of thy high habitation and be thou propitious and render to euerie one according to his wayes which thou knowest him to haue in his hart for thou onlie knowest the hartes of the children of men †that they may feare
thee and walke in thy waies al the daies that they liue vpon the face of the land which thou hast geuen to our fathers †The Forener also which is not of thy people Israel if he come from a far countrie for thy strong hand thy streched out arme and adore in this place †thou shalt heare from heauen thy most firme habitation shalt do al thinges for the which that pilgrime shal inuocate thee that al the peoples of the earth may know thy name and may feare thee as thy people Israel and may know that thy name is inuocated vpon this house which I haue built †If thy people shal goe forth to warre agaynst their aduersaries by the way that thou shalt send them shal adore thee agaynst the way wherein is this citie which thou hast chosen and the house which I haue built to thy name †thou shalt from heauen heare their prayers and petition and doe thou reuenge †And if they shal sinne to thee for there is no man that sinneth not and thou be angrie with them and deliuer them to the enemies and they leade them captiue into a farre countrie or which is neere at the least †and being conuerted in their hart in the land to the which they were led captiue shal doe penance and shal besech thee in the land of their captiuitie sayng We haue sinned we haue done wickedly we haue delt vniustly †and shal returne to thee in al their hart and in al their soule in the land of their captiuitie to the which they were led shal adore thee agaynst the way of their land which thou gauest their fathers and of the citie which thou hast chosen and of the house which I haue built to thy name †thou shalt heare from heauen that is from thy firme habitation their prayers and doe thou iudgement and forgeue thy people although sinneful †for thou art my God let thine eies I besech thee be opened and let thine eares be attent to the prayer that is made in this place †Now therfore arise Lord God in thy rest thou and the Arke of thy strength Let thy Priestes Lord God put on saluation thy Saintes reioyse in good thinges †Lord God turne not away from the face of my Christ remember the mercies of Dauid thy seruant CHAP. VII Fire from heauen deuoureth the holocaustes and glorie replenisheth the Temple 5. More sacrifices are offered 8. and the Temple is dedicated with seven daies solemnitie the eight day collection is made 12. God signifieth that he hath heard Salomons prayer 17. conditionally as it was made if they serue him 19. otherwise he wil punish them AND when Salomon had finished to poure out his prayers fyre descended from heauen and deuoured the holocaustes and victimes and the maiestie of our Lord filled the house †Neither could the Priestes enter into the Temple of our Lord because the maiestie of our Lord had filled the temple of our Lord. †Yea and al the children of Israel sawe the fyre descending and the glorie of our Lord vpon the house and falling flat on the earth vpon the pauement paued with stone they adored and praysed our Lord Because he is good because his mercie is for euer †And the king and al the people immolated victimes before our Lord. †King Salomon therfore killed hostes of oxen twentie two thousand of rammes an hundred twentie thousand and the king and al the people dedicated the house of God †And the Priestes stood in their offices and the Leuites with the instrumentes of the songues of our Lord which Dauid the king made to prayse our Lord Because his mercie is for euer singing the hymnes of Dauid by their handes moreouer the Priestes sounded with trumpettes before them and al Israel stood †Salomon also sanctified the middes of the court before the temple of our Lord for he had offered there the holocaustes and the fatte of the pacifiques because the brasen altar which he had made could not susteyne the holocaustes and the sacrifices and the fatte †Salomon therfore made a solemnitie at that time seuen daies and al Israel with him an assemblie verie great from the entrance of Emath to the Torrent of Aegypt †And he made in the eight day an assemblie because he had dedicated the altar seuen daies and had celebrated the solemnitie seuen daies †Therfore in the three and twenteth day of the seuenth moneth he dismist the people to their tabernacles reioysing and being glad for the good that our Lord had done to Dauid and Salomon and Israel his people †And Salomon accomplished the house of our Lord and the house of the king and al that he had disposed in his hart to do in the house of our Lord and in his owne house and he prospered †And our Lord appeared to him by night and sayd I haue heard thy prayer and haue chosen this place to me for a house of sacrifice †If I shal shut heauen and rayne fal not and shal bid and command the locust to deuoure the land and shal send pestilence into my people †and my people being conuerted vpon whom my name is inuocated shal besech me and seeke out my face and shal doe penance from their most wicked waies I also wil heare from heauen and wil be propitious to their sinnes and wil saue their land †Mine eies also shal be opened and mine eares erected to his prayer that shal pray in this place †For I haue chosen and haue sanctified this place that my name may be there for euer and mine eies and my hart may remaine there al daies †Thou also if thou walke before me as Dauid thy father walked and shalt doe according to al thinges which I haue commanded thee and shalt keepe my iustices and iudgementes †I wil rayse vp the throne of thy kingdom as I promised to Dauid thy father saying There shal not be taken away of thy stocke a man that shal be prince in Israel †But if you shal be turned away and shal forsake my iustices and my preceptes which I haue proposed to you and going shal serue strange goddes and adore them †I wil plucke you out of my land which I haue geuen you and this house which I haue sanctified to my name I wil cast away from my face and wil deliuer it for a parable and an exemple to al peoples †And this house shal be for a prouerbe to al passengers and they shal say being astonyshed Why hath the Lord done so to this land and to this house †And they shal answer Because they forsooke the Lord the God of their fathers who brought them out of the Land of Aegypt and tooke hold of strange goddes and adored them and worshipped them therfore are al these euils come vpon them CHAP. VIII Salomon buildeth diuers cities 7. maketh the residue of the Chananites tributarie 12. offereth the ordinarie
whosoeuer had geuen their hart to seeke our Lord the God of Israel came into Ierusalem to immolate their victims before our Lord the God of their fathers †And they strenghened the kingdom of Iuda and established Roboam the sonne of Salomon for three yeares for they walked in the waies of Dauid and Salomon onlie three yeares †And Roboam tooke to wife Mahalath the daughter of Ierimoth the sonne of Dauid Abiâ—ail also the daughter of Eliab the sonne of Isai †who bare him sonnes Iehus and Somorias and Zoom †After this woman also he tooke Maacha the daughter of Absalom who bare him Abia and Ethai and Ziza and Salomith †And Roboam loued Maacha the daughter of Absalom aboue al his wiues and concubines for he had maried eightene wiues and threescore concubines and he begat eight and twentie sonnes and threescore daughters †But he appoynted for head Abias the sonne of Maacha duke ouer al his brethren for he meant to make him king †because he was wiser and mightier aboue al his sonnes and in al the costes of Iuda and of Beniamin and in al the walled cities and he gaue them much meate and he disired manie wiues CHAP. XII For the sinnes of Roboam and the people manie strong cities also Ierusalem are taken and spoyled by the king of Aegypt 8. They repent and the Aegyptians depart 9. but carie away the treasures 13. Roboam dieth and his sonne Abias reigneth AND when the kingdom of Roboam was strengthened and fortified he forsooke the law of our Lord and al Israel with him †And in the fifth yeare of the kingdom of Roboam came vp Sesac the king of Aegypt into Ierusalem because they had sinned to our Lord †with a thousand two hundred chariotes and threescore thousand horsemen neither was anie number of the common people that came with him out of Aegypt to witte Lybians and Troglodytes and Aethiopians †And he tooke the most fensed cities in Iuda and came ouer vnto Ierusalem †And Semeias the prophete went to Roboam and to the princes of Iuda that were gathered togetherin Ierusalem fleing from Sasac and he sayd to them Thus sayth our Lord You haue leaft me and I haue leaft you in the hand of Sesac †And the princes of Israel and the king being astonied sayd Our Lord is iust †And when our Lord had seene that they were humbled the word of our Lord came to Semeias saying Because they are humbled I wil not destroy them and I wil geue them a litle ayde and my furie shal not droppe vpon Ierusalem by the hand of Sesac †But yet they shal serue him that they may know the distance of my seruice and of the seruice of the kingdom of the earth †Therfore Sesac the king of Aepypt retyred from Ierusalem taking away the treasures of the house of our Lord and of the kinges house and he tooke al thinges with him and the golden shieldes that Salomon had made †for the which the king made brasen ones and deliuered them to the princes of the shieldbearers which kept the entrance of the palace †And when the king entred into the house of our Lord the shieldbearers came and tooke them brought them backe agayne to their armorie †But yet because they were humbled the wrath of our Lord was turned away from them neither were they vtterly destroyed for in Iuda there were found good workes †King Roboam therfore was strengthened in Ierusalem reigned one and fourtie yeares old was he when he beganne to reigne and he reigned seuentene yeares in Ierusalem the citie which our Lord chose to confirme his name there out of al the tribes of Israel and the name of his mother was Naama an Ammonite †And he did euil and prepared not his hart to seke our Lord. †But the workes of Roboam the first and the last are writen in the Bookes of Semeias the Prophete and of Addo the Seer and diligently expounded and Roboam and Ietoboam fought one agaynst the other al their daies †And Roboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the citie of Dauid And Abias his sonne reigned for him CHAP. XIII Abias maketh warre agaynst Ieroboam 4. exhorteth the people of Israel for iustice and religions sake to returne to him 13. In the meane time Ieroboam inuironeth him with forces but by Gods assistance Abias preuaileth 21. and reigneth securely IN the eightenth yeare of king Ieroboam reigned Abias ouer Iuda †Three yeares reigned he in Ierusalem and his mothers name was Michaia the daughter of Vriel of Gabaa there was warre betwen Abias and Ieroboam †And when Abias had begun battel and had most warlike men of chosen ones four hundreth thousand Ieroboam put his armie in aray on the contrarie side eight hundreth thousand men who them selues also were chosen men and most valiant to battels †Abias therfore stood vpon mount Semeron which was in Ephraim and sayd Heare Ieroboam and al Israel †Are you ignorant that our Lord the God of Israel gaue the kingdom to Dauid ouer Israel for euer to him and his children as a couenant of salt †And there rose vp Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat the seruant of Salomon the sonne of Dauid and rebelled agaynst his lord †And there were gathered to him al the most vayne men and the children of Belial and they preuayled agaynst Roboam the sonne of Salomon moreouer Roboam was rude and of a fearful hart and could not resist them †Now therfore you say that you are able to resist the kingdom of our Lord which he possesseth by the children of Dauid and you haue a great multitude of people and golden calues which Ieroboam hath made you for goddes †And you haue cast out the Priestes of of our Lord the children of Aaron and the Leuites and you haue made you priestes as al the peoples of the earth who soeuer shal come consecrate his hand in a bullock of oxen and in seuen rammes is made the priest of them that are not goddes †But our Lord is God whom we forsake not and the Priestes do minister to our Lord of the children of Aaron and the Leuites are in their order †Holocaustes also they do offer to our Lord euerie day morning and euening and incense made according to the preceptes of the law and the loaues are set forth on a most cleane table and there is with vs the golden condlesticke and the lampes therof that they may be lighted alwaies at euening for we keepe the preceptes of the Lord our God whom you haue forsaken †Therfore in our host God is the prince and his Priestes which sound with trumpettes and resound agaynst you children of Israel sight not agaynst our Lord the God of your fathers because it is not expedient for you †He speaking these thinges Ieroboam endeuoured to entrappe him behind And when he stood ouer agaynst the enemies
al his hart neither was there anie more hope that anie should reigne of the stocke of Ochozias †For Athalia his mother seing that her sonne was dead arose and sâ—eu al the kinges stocke of the house of Ioram †Sauing that Iosabeth the kinges daughter tooke Ioas the sonne of Ochozias and stole him out of the middes of the kinges sonnes when they were slayne and she hid thim with his nource in the bedde chamber and Iosabeth that hid him was the daughter of king Ioram the wife of Ioiada the high priest the sister of Ochozias and therfore Athalia did not kil him †He therfore was with them in the house of God six yeares in the which Athalia reigned ouer the Land CHAP. XXIII Ioiada the Hiegh priest annoynteth and crowneth Ioas king 12. causeth Athalia to be slaine 16. idolatrie to be destroyed 18. and Gods seruice aduanced AND in the seuenth yeare Ioiada taking courage tooke the centurions to witte Azarias the sonne of Ieroham and Ismahel the sonne of Iohanan Azarias also the sonne of Obed and Maasias the sonne of Adaias and Elisaphat the sonne of Zechri and made a couenant with them †Who going about Iuda gathered together the Leuites out of al the cities of Iuda and the princes of the families of Israel and they came into Ierusalem †Therfore al the multitude made a couenant with the king in the house of God and Ioiada sayd to them Behold the kinges sonne shal reigne as our Lord hath spoken vpon the sonnes of Dauid †This therfore is the thing which you shal doe †The third part of you that come to the Sabbath of the Priestes and of Leuites and of porters shal be in the gates and a third part at the kinges house and a third at the gate which is called of the Fundation but let al the rest of the common people be in the courtes of the house of our Lord. †Neither let anie other enter into the house of our Lord but the Priestes and they that minister of the Leuites let them onlie goe in because they are sanctified and let al the rest of the multitude obserue the watches of our Lord. †And let the Leuites enuiron the king hauing euerie one their weapons and if anie other shal enter into the temple let him be slayne and let them be with the king both coming in and going out †The Leuites therfore al Iuda did according to al thinges which Ioiada the high Priest had commanded and they tooke euerie one the men that were vnder them and came by the order of the Sabbath with them that had fulfilled the Sabbath and were to goe forth For Ioiada the high Priest permitted not the companies to depart which were accustomed to succede one an other euerie weeke †And Ioiada the Priest gaue to the centurions the speares and the shieldes and targattes of king Dauid which he had consecrated in the house of our Lord. †And he appoynted al the people of them that held weapons on the right side of the temple vnto the left syde of the temple before the altar and the temple round about the king †And they brought forth the kinges sonne and put the crowne vpon him and the testimonie and gaue the law to be in his hand they made him king Ioiada also the high Priest and his sonnes annoynted him and they wished him wel and said God saue the king †Which thing when Athalia had heard to witte the voice of them that ranne and praysed the king she went in vnto the people into the temple of our Lord. †And when she had seene the king standing vpon the steppe in the entrance and the princes and the companies about him and al the people of the land reioysing and sounding with trumpettes and playing on instrumentes of diuerse kind and the voice of them that praysed she rent her garmentes and sayd Treason treason †And Ioiada the high Priest going forth to the centurions and captaines of the armie sayd to them Bring her forth without the precinct of the temple and let her be killed with the sword without And the Priest commanded that she should not be killed in the house of our Lord. †And they layd handes vpon her necke and when she was entred within the gate of the horses of the kinges house they killed her there †And Ioiada made a couenant betwen himself and al the people and the king that they would be the people of our Lord. †Al the people therfore entred into the house of Baal and destroyed it and they brake his altars and his images Mathan also the priest of Baal they slewe before the altars †And Ioiada appoynted ouerseers in the house of our Lord vnder the handes of the Priestes the Leuites which Dauid distributed in the house of our Lord that they should offer holocaustes to our Lord as it is writen in the law of Moyses in ioy and songes according to the disposition of Dauid †He appoynted also porters in the gates of the house of our Lord that the vncleane in aniething â—hould not enter in †And he tooke the centurions and the most valiant men and princes of the people and al the common people of the land and they made the king to goe downe from the house of our Lord to enter by the middes of the vpper gate into the kinges house and placed him in the royal throne †And al the people of the land reioysed the citie was quiet moreouer Athalia was slayne with the sword CHAP. XXIIII Ioas reigning piously so long as Ioiada liueth causeth the Temple to be repayred 14. and new saâ—red vessels to be made 15. Ioiada an hundred thirtie yeares old dieth 17. Ioas falleth to idolatrie 20. causeth Zacharias to be slayne in the court of the Temple 23. A few Syrians kil the chief men about the king and carie away great prayes 25. Ioas is slayne by his owne men and his sonne Amasias reigneth SEVEN yeares old was Ioas when he began to reigne and he reigned fourty yeares in Ierusalem the name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee †And he did that which is good before our Lord al the dayes of Ioiada the Priest †And Ioiada tooke for him two wiues of whom he begat sonnes daughters †After which thinges it pleased Ioas to repayre the house of our Lord. And he assembled the Priestes and the Leuites and sayd to them Goe ye forth to the cities of Iuda and gather of al Israel money for the reparation of the temple of your God yeare by yeare and doe this in hast moreouer the Leuites did negligently †And the king called Ioiada the prince and sayd to him why hast thou had no care to constrayne the Leuites to bring in out of Iuda and Ierusalem the money that was appointed of Moyses the seruant of our Lord that al the multitude
that armie which Amasias had sent backe from going with him to battel was spred in the cities of Iuda from Samaria vnto Bethhoron killing three thousand tooke away a great praye †But Amasias after the slaughter of the Idumeans sette vp the goddes of the children of Seir which he had brought thence for his goddes and adored them and burnt incense to them †For which thing our Lord being angrie against Amasias sent a prophete vnto him which should say to him Why hast thou adored goddes that haue not deliuered their owne people out of thy hand †And when he spake these thinges he answered him Art thou the kinges counseler be quiet lest I kil thee And the prophet departing sayd I know that God is minded to kil thee because thou hast done this euil and besides hast not agreed to my counsel †Therfore Amasias the king of Iuda taking verie il counsel sent to Ioas the sonne of Ioachaz the sonne of Iehu the king of Israel saying Come let vs see one an other †But he sent backe the messengers saying A thistle that is in Libanus sent to a cedar of Libanus saying Geue thy daughter to my sonne to wife behold the beastes that were in the wood of Libanus passed and trode downe the thistle †Thou hast sayd I haue stroken Edom and therfore thy hart is extolled into pryde sitte in thy house why dost thou prouoke euil against thee that both thou mayest fal and Iuda with thee †Amasias would not heare because it was our Lordes wil that he should be deliuered into the handes of the enemies for the goddes of Edom. †Ioas therfore the king of Israel went vp and they gaue themselues one the sight of the other and Amasias the king of Iuda was in Bethsames of Iuda †and Iuda fel before Israel and fled into their tabernacles †Moreouer Amasias the king of Iuda the sonne of Ioas the sonne of Ioachaz did take Ioas the king of Israel in Bethsames brought him into Ierusalem and destroyed the wal therof from the gate of Ephraim to the gate of the corner foure hundred cubites †Al the gold also and siluer and al the vessels that he found in the house of God and with Obededom in the treasures also of the kinges house moreouer he brought backe the sonnes of the hostages into Samaria †And Amasias the sonne of Ioas the king of Iuda liued after that Ioas died the sonne of Ioachaz the king of Israel fiftene yeares †But the rest of the wordes of Amasias the first and the last are Writen in the Booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel †Who after he reuolted from our Lord they lay in waite agaynst him in Ierusalem And when he had fled into Lachis they sent and slew him there †And carying him backe vpon horses buried him with his fathers in the Citie of Dauid CHAP. XXVI Ozias seruing God 6. preuaileth in battel against the Philistians Arabians and Ammonites 9. prospereth in honour and wealth 16. Then wâ—ixing proud offereth incense on the altar is striken with leprosie expelled out of the Temple and citie 20. and his sonne Ioathan ruleth the kingdom AND al the people of Iuda made his sonne Ozias sixtene yeares old king for Amasias his father †He built Ailath and restored it to the dominion of Iuda after that the king slept with his fathers †Sixtene yeares old was Ozias when he began to reigne and he reigned two and fiftie yeares in Ierusalem the name of his mother was Iechelia of Ierusalem †And he did that which was right in the eies of our Lord according to al thinges which Amasias his father had done †And he sought our Lord in the daies of Zacharias that vnderstood and saw God and when he sought our Lord he directed him in al thinges †Moreouer he went forth and fought against the Philisthijms and destroyed the wal of Geth and the wal of Iabinia and the wal of Azotus he built also townes in Azotus and among the Philisthijms †And God did helpe him against the Philisthijms and against the Arabians that dwelt in Garbaal and against the Ammonites †And the Ammonites gaue giftes to Ozias and his name was renowmed vnto the entrance of Aegypt for his often victories †And Ozias built towers in Ierusalem ouer the gate of the corner and ouer the gate of the valley and the rest in the same side of the wal and strengthened them †He built towers also in the wildernesse and digged manie cesternes because he had much cattel as wel in the champaine as in the vastitie of the desert he had also vineyardes dressers of vines in the mountaynes and in Carmel for he was a man geuen to husbandrie †And the host of his warriers which went forth to battels was vnder the band of Iehiel the scribe Maasias the doctor and vnder the hand of Hananias who was of the kinges dukes †And al the number of the princes by families of valiant men was two thousand six hundred †And vnder them al the host of three hundred seuen thousand fiue hundred which were apt to battels and fought for the king against the aduersaries †Ozias also prepared for them that is to say for al the armie shildes and speares and helmettes and coates of mayle and bowes and slinges to cast stones †And he made in Ierusalem engines of diuerse kind which he placed in the towers and in the corners of the walles to shoote arrowes and great stones and his name went forth farre for that our Lord did ayde him and had strengthned him †But when he was strengthned his hart was eleuated to his destruction and he neglected our Lord his God and entering into the temple of our Lord he would burne incense vpon the altar of incense †And incontinent Azarias the Priest going in after him with him the Priestes of our Lord eightie most valiant men †they resisted the king and sayd It is not thy office Ozias to burne incense to our Lord but of the Priestes that is of the children of Aaron which are consecrated to this kind of ministerie goe out of the Sanctuarie contemne not because this thing shal not be reputed to thee for glorie of our Lord God †And Ozias being angrie and holding in his hand the censar to burne incense threatned the Priestes And forthwith there rose a leprosie in his forehead before the Priestes in the house of our Lord vpon the altar of incense †And when Azarias the high Priest had beheld him and al the rest of the Priestes they saw the leprosie in his forehead and in hast they thrust him out Yea and him self being sore afrayd made hast to goe out because he felt by and by the plague of our Lord. †Ozias therfore the king was a leper vntil the day of his death and he dwelt in a house apart ful of the
he prouoked to wrath our Lord the God of his fathers †But the rest of his wordes al his workes the first and the last are writen in the Booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel †And Achaz slept with his fathers and they buried him in the Citie of Ierusalem for they receiued him not into the sepulchres of the kinges of Israel And Ezechias his sonne reigned for him CHAP. XXIX Ezechias repayreth the Temple and diuine seruiee 5. zelously exhorteth offenders to repentance 12. the Temple is purified in sixtene daies 18. the king and nobles offer hostes which the Priestes immolate 25. with solemne musick ordained by king Dauid and great ioy of al the people THERFORE Ezechias began to reigne when he was fiue and twentie yeares old and he reigned nine and twentie yeares in Ierusalem the name of his mother was Abia the daughter of Zacharias †And he did that which was pleasing in the sight of our Lord according to al thinges that Dauid his father had done †He in the first yeare and moneth of his reigne opened the doores of the house of our Lord and repayred them †And he brought the Priestes and the Leuites and assembled them in the East streate †And he sayd to them Heare me ye Leuites and be sanctified cleanse the house of our Lord the God of your fathers and take away al vncleannes out of the Sanctuarie †Our fathers haue sinned and done euil in the sight of our Lord God forsaking him they haue turned away their faces from the tabernacle of our Lord and geuen the backe †They haue shut the doores that were in the porch and put out the lampes and haue not burnt incense and haue not offered holocaustes in the Sanctuarie of the God of Israel †Therfore was the furie of our Lord stirred vp vpon Iuda and Ierusalem and he hath deliuered them into commotion and into destruction to be hissed at as your selues see with your eyes †Behold our fathers haue fallen by the swordes our sonnes and our daughters and wiues are led captiue for this wickednesse †Now therfore it pleaseth me that we make a couenant with our Lord the God of Israel and he wil turne away the furie of his wrath from vs. †My children be not negligent our Lord hath chosen you to stand before him and to minister to him and to worshipe him and to burne incense to him †The Leuites therfore arose Mahath the sonne of Amasai and Ioel the sonne of Azarias of the children of Caath moreouer the children of Merari Cis the sonne of Abdi and Azarias the sonne of Ialaleel And of the children of Gerson Ioah the sonne of Zemma and Eden the sonne of Ioah †But of the children of Elisaphan Samri and Iahiel Also of the children of Asaph Zacharias and Mathanias †Moreouer also of the children of Heman Iahiel Semei yea and of the children of Idithun Semeias and Oziel †And they gathered together their btethren and were sanctified and went in according to the commandment of the king and the precept of our Lord to purge the house of God †The Priestes also going into the Temple of our Lord to sanctifie it brought out al vncleannes which they sound within the entrance of the house of our Lord which the Leuites tooke and caried to the Torrent cedron without †And they began to clense it the first day of the first moneth and in the eight day of the same moneth they entred into the porche of the temple of our Lord and they purged the temple in eight dayes and in the sixtenth day of the same moneth they accomplished that which they began †They entered in also to Ezechias the king and sayd to him We haue sanctified al the house of our Lord and the altar of holocaust and the vessels therof moreouer also the table of proposition with al the vessels therof †and al the furniture of the temple which king Achaz in his reigne had polluted after that he transgressed and behold al thinges are set forth before the altat of our Lord. †and Ezechias the king rising early assembled al the princes of the citie and went vp into the house of our Lord †and they offered together seuen oxen and seuen rammes seuen lambes and seuen buckgoates for sinne for the kingdom for the sanctuarie for Iuda and he sayd to the Priestes the children of Aaron that they should offer them vpon the altar of our Lord. †They killed therfore the oxen and the Priestes tooke the bloud and powred it vpon the altar they killed also the rammes and their bloud they powred also vpon the altar and they immolated the lambes and powred the bloud vpon the altar †They brought the buckgoates for sinne before the king and the whole multitude and they put their handes vpon them †and the Priestes immolated them and sprinkled their bloud on the altar for an expiation of al Israel for the king had commanded for al Israel that holocaust should be made and for sinne †He appoynted also the Leuites in the house of our Lord with cymbals and psalteries and harpes according to the disposition of Dauid the king and of Gad the Seer and of Nathan the Prophete for it was the precept of our Lord by the hand of his prophetes †And the Leuites stoode holding the instrumentes of Dauid and the Priestes trumpettes †And Ezechias commanded that they should offer holocaustes vpon the altar and when holocaustes were offered they began to sing prayses to our Lord and to sound with trumpettes and on diuerse instrumentes which Dauid the king of Israel had prepared for to sound †And al the multitude adoring the singing men and they that held the trumpettes were in their office whiles the holocaust was accomplished †And when the oblation was ended the king bowed and al that were with him and adored †And Ezechias and the princes commanded the Leuites that they should prayse our Lord in the wordes of Dauid and Asaph the Seer who praysed him with great ioy and bowing the knee adored †But Ezechias added these wordes also You haue filled your handes to our Lord come and offer victimes and prayses in the house of our Lord. Al the multitude therfore offered hostes and prayses and holocaustes with a deuout minde †Moreouer the number of the holocaustes which the multitude offered was thls oxen seuentie rammes an hundred lambes two hundred †And they sanctified to our Lord oxen six hunered sheepe three thousand †But the Priestes were few neither could they suffise to draw of the skinnes of the holocaustes wherfore the Leuites also their brethren holpe them til the worke was accomplished and the Priestes were sanctified for the Leuites are sanctified with an easier rite then the Priestes †There were holocaustes therfore verie many the fatte of pacifiques and the libamentes of the holocaustes and the seruice of the house of
first fruites of corne of wine and of oyle of honie also and of al thinges which the ground bringeth forth they offered tithes †Yea and the children of Israel and Iuda that dwelt in the cities of Iuda offered tithes of oxen and sheepe and tithes of sanctified thinges which they had vowed to our Lord their God and carying them al made manie heapes †The third moneth they began to lay the fundations of the heapes and in the seuenth moneth they finished them †And when Ezechias and his princes came in they saw the heapes and blessed our Lord and the people of Israel †And Ezechias asked the Priestes and the Leuites why the heapes lay so †Azarias the high Priest of the stocke of Sadoc answered him saying Since first fruites began to be offered in the house of our Lord we haue eaten and haue bene ful and very much hath remayned because our Lord hath blessed his people and of the remaynes this is the abundance which thou seest †Fzechias therfore commanded that storehouses should be prepared in the house of our Lord. Which when they had done †they brought in as wel the first fruites as the tithes and watsoeuer they had vowed faythfully And the ouerseer of them was Chonenias a Leuite and Semeihis brother the second †after whom Iahiel and Azarias and Nahath and Asael and Ierimoth Iosabad also and Eliel and Iesmachias and Mahath and Banaias ouerseers vnder the hand of Chonenias and Semei his brother by the commandment of Ezechias the king and Azarias the high Priest of the house of God to whom al thinges apperteyned †But Core the sonne of Iemna a Leuite and porter of the east gate was ouerseer of those thinges which were voluntarily offered to our Lord and of the first fruites and the thinges consecrated for Sancta sanctorum †And vnder his charge Eden and Beniamin Iesue and Semeias Amarias also and Sechenias in the cities of the Priestes that they should faithfully distribute to their brethren portions to the lesser and greater †sauing the men children from three yeares and aboue to al that entered into the temple of our Lord and whatsoeuer day by day was profitable in the ministerie and the obseruances according to their diuisions †to the Priestes by families and to the Leuites from the twentith yeare and vpward by the orders and companies †and to al the multitude as wel their wiues as their children of both sex meaâ—es were geuen faithfully of these thinges that had bene sanctified †Yea and of the children of Aaron by the fildes and the suburbes of euerie citie there were men ordayned that should distribute portions to al the male sexe of the Priestes and the Leuites †Ezechias therfore did al thinges which we haue sayd in al Iuda and wrought good and right and truth before our Lord his God †in al the seruice of the ministerie of the house of our Lord according to the law and the ceremonies willing to seeke his God in al his hart and he did it and prospered CHAP. XXXII Sennacherib king of Assyria inuading Iuda king Ezechias encorageth the people and prouideth to defend the countrie 9. the Assyrians threaten the people and blaspheme God 20. Ezechias and Isaias pray 21. An Angel destroyeth the Assyrians armie so their king retiring home is slayne in his idols temple by his owne sonnes 22. Ezechias reigneth in peace 24. falleth into deadlie sicknes but miraculously recouereth offendeth in pryde and repenteth 27. is exceding rich which he imprudently sheweth to strangers 32. dieth and Manasses succedeth AFTER which thinges and this maner of truth came Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians and entering into Iuda besieged the fensed cities desirous to take them †Which when Ezechias had sene to witte that Sennacherib was come and the whole force of the battel to be turned agaynst Ierusalem †taking counsel with the princes and the most valiant men to stoppe vp the heades of the fountaynes that were without the citie and the sentence of them al decreing this †he gathered a very great multitude they stopped vp al the fountaynes and the riuer that ranne in the middes of the land saying Lest the kinges of the Assyrians come and finde abundance of waters †He built also doing industriously euerie wall that had bene destroyed and built towers vpon them and an other wall without and he repayred Mello in the citie of Dauid and made armour and shildes of al sortes †And he appointed princes of warryers in the armie and he called them al together in the streate of the gate of the citie and spake to their hart saying †Doe manfully and take courage feare not neither dread ye the king of the Assyrians and al the multitude that is with him for there are manie moe with vs then with him †For with him is an arme of flesh with vs the Lord our God which is our helper and fighteth for vs. And the people was encouraged with these maner of wordes of Ezechias the king of Iuda †Which thinges after they were done Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians sent his seruantes to Ierusalem for himself with al his armie beseiged Lachis to Ezechias the king of Iuda to al the people that was in the citie saying †Thus sayth Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians In whom hauing affiance doe you sitte besieged in Ierusalem †Hath Ezechias deceiued you to deliuer you to death in hunger and thirst affirming that the Lord your God can deliuer you from the hand of the king of the Assyrians †Why is not this Ezechias that hath destroyed his excelses and altars and hath commanded Iuda Ierusalem saying Before one altar you shal adore and on it you shal burne incense †Are you ignorant what thinges I haue done and my fathers to al the peoples of the landes haue the goddes of nations and of al landes bene able to deliuer their countrie out of my hand †Who is there of al the goddes of the nations which my fathers wasted that could deliuer his people out of my hand that your God also can deliuer you out of this hand †Let not therfore Ezechias deceiue you nor delude you with vayne persuasion neither beleue ye him For if no god oâ— al nations and kingdomes could deliuer his people out of my hand and out of the hand of my fathers consequently neither shal your God be able to deliuer you out of my hand †Yea and manie other thinges did his seruantes speake agaynst our Lord God and agaynst Ezechias his seruant †Letters also he wrote ful of blasphemie against our Lord the God of Israel and he spake agaynst him as the goddes of their nations could not deliuer their people out of my hand so the God also of Ezechias can not deliuer his people out of this hand †Moreouer also with a lowd crie in the Iewes tongue he sounded against the people
desiderable aboue al vvorldlie riches or pleasures So by these and like spiritual motiues the soule freely desiteth accepteth vndertaketh endureth and by continual assistance of grace obserueth Gods lavv and so meriteth the great revvard vvhich is promised for keping it v. 12. 2. Tim. 4. v. 6. PSALME XIX Faithful people ioyne their prayer for their Prince or Prelate 4. with sacrifice offered for his preseruation and prosperous successe †Vnto the end the Psalme of Dauid OVR Lord heare thee in the day of tribulation the name of the God of Iacob protect thee †Send he ayde to thee from the holie place and from Sion defend he thee †Be he mindeful of al thy sacrifice and be thy holocaust made fatte †Geue he vnto thee according to thy hart and confirme he al thy counsel †We shal reioyce in thy saluation and in the name of our God we shal be magnified †Our Lord accomplish al thy petitions now haue I knowen that our Lord hath saued his CHRIST He shal heare him from his holie heauen the faluation of his righthand is in powers †These in chariotes and these in horses but we wil inuocate in the name of the Lord our God †They are bound and haue fallen but we haue risen and are set vpright †Lord saue the king and heare vs in the day that we shal inuocate thee PSALME XX. Praise to God for Christs exaltation after his passion 9. and depression of his enemies †Vnto the end the Psalme of Dauid LORD in thy power the king shal be glad and vpon thy saluation he shal reioyce excedingly The desire of his hart thou hast geuen him and of the wil of his lippes thou hast not defrauded him †Because thou hast preuented him in blessinges of sweetnesse thou hast put on his head a crowne of preâ—ious stone †He asked life of thee and thou gauest him length of daies for euer and for euer and euer †Great is his glorie in thy saluation glorie and great beautie thou shalt put vpon him †Because thou shalt geue him to be a blessing for euer and euer thou shalt make him ioyful in gladenesse with thy countenance Because the king hopeth in our Lord and in the mercie of the Highest he shal not be moued †Let thy hand be found of al thy enemies let thy righthand find al that hate thee †Thou shalt put them as an ouen of fyre in the time of thy countenance our Lord in his wrath shal truble them and fyre shal deuoure them Their fruite thou shalt destroy from the land and their seede from the children of men Because they haue turned the euils vpon thee they haue deuised counsels which they could not establish Because thou shalt put them backe in thy remnantes thou â—â— shalt prepare their countenance Be exalted Lord in thy powre we wil chaunte and sing thy powers PSALME XXI Christ prayeth in his Passion 7. describeth the acerbitie therof 20. foresheweth by way of prayer his Resurection 23. more clerly the fundation and propagation of his Church 27. 30. interposing the singular foode of the most blessed Sacrament euen to the endes of the earth in al nations †Vnto the end “ for the morning enterprise the Psalme of Dauid GOD my God haue respect to me why hast thou forsaken me far from my saluation are the wordes of my sinnes My God I shal crie by day and “ thou wilt not heare and by night and not for follie vnto me †But thou dwellest in the holie place the prayse of Israel †In thee our fathers haue hoped they hoped and thou didst deliuer them They cried to thee and were saued they hoped in thee and were not confounded †But I am a worme and no man a reproch of men and outcast of the people †Al that see me haue scorned me they haue spoken with the lippes and wagged the head †He hoped in the Lord let him deliuer him let him saue him because he wil him †Because thou art he that hast drawen me out of the wombe my hope from the brestes of my mother †Vpon thee I haue bene cast from the matrice from my mothers wombe thou art my God †depart not from me Because tribulation is verie nigh because there is not that wil helpe †Manie calues haue compassed me fatte bulles haue besieged me †They haue opened their mouth vpon me as a lion rauening and roaring †As water I am powred out and al my bones are dispersed My hart is made as waxe melting in the middes of my bellie †My strength is withered as a pot-shard and my tongue cleaued to my iawes and thou hast brought me downe into the dust of death †Because manie dogges haue compassed me the counsel of the malignant hath besieged me They “ haue digged my handes and my feete †they haue numbered al my bones But themselues haue considered and beheld me †they haue deuided my garmentes among them and vpon my vesture they haue cast lot †But thou Lord prolong not thy helpe from me looke toward my defense †Deliuer ô God my soule from the sword and myne onlie one from the hand of the dog †Saue me out of the lions mouth and my humilitie from the hornes of vnicornes †“ I wil declare thy name to my bretheren “ in the middes of the Church I wil prayse thee †Ye that feare our Lord praise him al the seede of Iacob glorifie ye him †Let al the seede of Israel feare him because he hath not contemned nor despised the petition of the poore Neither hath he turned away his face from me and when I cried to him he heard me †With thee is my praise in the great Church I wil render my vowes in the sight of them that feare him †“ The poore shal eate and shal be filled and they shal praise our Lord that seeke after him their hartes shal liue for euer and euer †Al the endes of the earth shal remember and be conuerted to our Lord †And al the families of the Gentiles shal adore in his sight †Because the kingdome is our Lords and he shal haue dominion ouer the Gentiles †Al the fatte ones of the earth haue eaten and adored in his sight shal al fal that descend into the earth †And my soule shal liue to him and my seede shal serue him †The generation to come shal be shewed to our Lord and the heauens shal shew forth his iustice to the
to our Lord a new song because he hath done meruelous thinges His righthand hath wrought saluation to himselfe and his arme is holie †Our Lord hath made knowne his saluation in the sight of the Gentiles he hath reueled his iustice †He hath remembred his mercie and his truth to the house of Israel Al the ends of the earth haue seene the saluation of our God †Make ye iubilation to God al the earth chaunt and reioyce and sing †Sing to our Lord on harpe on harpe and voice of psalme †on long drawen trumpets and voice of cornet of horne Make iubilation in the sight of the king our Lord †let the sea be moued and the fulnes therof the round world and they that dwel therin †The riuers shal clappe with hand the mountaynes together shal reioyce †at the sight of our Lord because he cometh to iudge the earth He wil iudge the round earth in iustice and the peoples in equitie PSALME XCVIII Christ reigneth notwithstanding his enimies repine is adored 5. also his footestoole 6. whom ancient Prophetes did inuocate A Psalme to Dauid himselfe OVR Lord hath reigned let peoples be angrie he that sitteth vpon the Cherubs let the earth be moued †Our Lord great in Sion and high aboue al peoples †Let them confesse to thy great name because it is terrible and holie †And the honour of the king loueth iudgement Thou hast prepared directions thou hast done iudgement and iustice in Iacob †Exalt ye the Lord our God and “ adore his footstoole because it is holie †Moyses and Aaron in his priestes and Samuel among them that inuocate his name They inuocated our Lord and he heard them †in a piller of a cloud he spake to them They kept his testimonies the precept which he gaue them †O Lord our God thou heardest them God thou wast propitious to them and taking vengeance vpon al their inuentions Exalt ye the Lord our God and adore ye in his holie mount because the Lord our God is holie ANNOTATIONS PSALME XCIX 5. Adore his footestoole For so much as al Expositors also the Hebrevv Rabbins affirme that the Psalmist here prophecieth of Christ the promised Messias that should redeme mankind and seing the Arke of couenant perteyneth not to the seruice of Christ but vvas only a figure of him the footestoole of Messias here mentioned must nedes be something perteyning to him and therfore most ancient Fathers expound it of Christs humanitie And because the Prophet speaketh of perpetual adoration not only of the shorte time he conuersed vvith men in this life vvhen very fevv adored him the same fathers vnderstand here the adoration of Christ in the blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist Which S Ambrose teacheth lib. 3. de Spiritu Sancto c. 12. in these plaine vvordes By the footstoole must be vnderstood the earth by the earth the flesh of Christ VVhich vve also at this day adore in the Mysteries and vvhich the Apostles adored in our Lord Iesus S. Augustin more largely vpon this Psalme I am made doubtful saith he I feare to adore the earth lest he condeme me that made heauen and earth Againe I feare not to adore the footstoole of my Lord because the Psalme saith to me Adore his footstoole I seeke vvhat is his footstoole and the Scripture Isaiae 66. telleth me the earth is his footstoole Doubtful I turne myself vnto Christ because I seeke him here and I finde hovv vvithout impietie the earth may be adored vvithout impietie his footstoole may be adored For he tooke earth of earth because flesh is of earth and he tooke flesh of the flesh of the B. virgin Marie And because he vvalked here in the same flesh and gaue the very flesh to vs to eate vnto saluation and no man eateth that flesh onles he first adore it it is found hovv such a footstoole of our Lord may be adored and not only vve doe not sinne in adoring but vve should sinne in not adoring Thus farre S. Augustin Further instructing not to coÌ„ceâ—ue of Christs flesh as â—he Capharnaites did that he would cute it in peeces from his bodie and geue them portions therof His very flesh is geuen and eaten not in fleshlie maner but in sacramental See Annotations Ioan. 6. PSALME XCIX Al are inuited to reioyce in God Creator of al. A Psalme in confession MAKE ye iubilation to God al the earth serue ye our Lord in gladnesse Enter ye in before his sight in exultation †Know ye that our Lord he is God he made vs and not we ourselues His people and the sheepe of his pasture †enter ye into his gates in confession his courtes in hymnes confesse ye to him Praise ye his name †because our Lord is sweete his mercie for euer and his truth euen vnto generation and generation PSALME C. King Dauid gratfully celebrateth the two general diuine vertues Mercie and Iustice 2. by his owne example exhorteth al especially Superiors to direct their wayes in sinceritie 4. and to seperate the wicked from conuersation of the good A Psalme to Dauid himselfe MERCIE and iudgement I wil sing to thee â— Lord I wil sing †and I shal vnderstand in the immaculate way when thou shalt come to me I walked through in the inocencie of my hart in the middes of my house †I did not propose before mine eies any vniust thing I hated them that do preuarication †A peruerse hart hath not cleaued to me the malignant declining from me I knew not †One secretly detracting from his neighbour him did I persecute One of a proud eye and vnsatiable hart with him I did not eate †Mine eies are towards the faithful of the earth that they may sit with me A man that walketh in the immaculate way he did minister to me †He that doth proudly shal not dwel in the middes of my house he that speaketh vniust thinges hath not directed in the sight of mine eies †In the morning did I kil al the sinners of the earth that I might destroy out of the citie of our Lord al those that worke iniquitie PSALMES CI. A sinner in affliction of mind prayeth God to deliuer him 10. desolate of al other helpe 13. conceiueth comforth in Gods eternal goodnes and singular mercie in redeming mankind and propagating the Church 24. Prayeth to be made mature in vertue before he dye that he may liue with God 26. who only and wholly being immutable establisheth his seruantes for euer The prayer of the poore when he shal be anxious and shal make his petition before our Lord. LORD heare my prayer and let my crie come to thee †Turne not away thy face from me in what
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
loosed him the prince of the people and released him †He appointed him lord of his house and prince of al his possession †That he might instruct his princes as himselfe and might teach his ancientes wisedom †And Israel entered into Aegypt and Iacob was a seiourner in the land of Cham. †And he increased his people excedingly and strengthned them ouer their enemies †He turned their hart that they hated his people and to worke guile toward his seruantes †He sent Moyses his seruant Aaron him selfe whom he chose †He did put in them the wordes of his signes and of his wonders in the Land of Cham. †He sent darkenes and obscured and did not exasperate his wordes †He turned their waters into bloud and killed their fishes †Their land broughtforth frogges in the inner chambers of their kinges †He sayd and the caenomyia came and the cinifes in al their coastes †He made theyr raynes haile fire burning in their land †And he stroke their vines and their figtrees and he destroyed the wood of their coastes †He said the locust came and the bruchus wherof there was no number †And it did eate al the grasse in their land and it did eate al the fruicte of their land †And he stroke euerie first begotten in their land the first fruictes of al their labour †And he brought themforth with gold and siluer and there was not in their tribes a feeble person †Aegypt was glad at their departure because the feare of them lay vpon them †He spred a cloude for their protection and fire to shine vnto them by night †They made petition and the quaile came and he filled them with the bread of heauen †He diuided the rocke and waters flowed riuers ranne in the drie ground †Because he was mindful of his holie word which he had vttered to Abraham his seruant †And he broughtforth his people in exultation and his elect in ioy †And he gaue them the countries of the Nations and they possessed the labours of peoples †That they might keepe his iustifications and seeke after his lawe PSALME CV The prophet exhorteth the people to render thankes and praises to God 6. for remitting their manifold sinnes in the desert 34. and in the conquered land 38. foreshewing like sinnes to come Gods wrath and punishment for the same 44. and that he wil geue grace of repentance to some 47. for which he prayeth and praiseth God Allelu ia CONFESSE ye to our Lord because he is good because his mercie is for euer †Who shal speake the powers of our Lord shal make al his prayses to be heard †Blessed are they that keepe iudgement and doe iustice at al time †Remember vs ô Lord in the good pleasure of thy people visite vs in thy saluation †To see in the goodnes of thyne elect to reioyce in the ioy of thy nation that thou maist be praysed with thine inheritance †We haue sinned with our fathers we haue dealt vniustly we haue done iniquitie †Our father 's in Aegypt did not vnderstand thy meruelous workes they were not mindeful of the multitude of thy mercie And they prouoked thee to wrath going vp vnto the sea the Read sea †And he saued them for his name sake that he might make his power knowen †And he rebuked the Read sea and it was made drie and he led them in the depths as in a desert †And he saued them from the hand of them that hated them and “ he redemed them out of the hand of the enemie †And water ouerwhelmed those that afflicted them there did not one of them remaine †And they beleued his wordes and they sang his praise †They had quickly donne they forgot his workes and they expected not his counsel †And they coueted concupiscence in the desert and tempted God in the place without water †He gaue them their petition and sent saturitie into their soules †And they prouoked Moyses in the campe Aaron the holie of our Lord. †The earth was opened and swalowed Dathan and ouerwhelmed the congregation of Abiron †And a fire flamed vp in their sinagogue the flame burnt the sinners †And they made a calfe in Horeb and they adored the sculptil †And they changed their glorie into the similitude of a calfe that eateth grasse †They forgat God which saued them which did great thinges in Aegypt †meruelous thinges in the land of Cham terrible thinges in the Read sea †And he sayd to destroy them if Moyses his elect had not stood in the way before him To turne away his wrath that he should not destroy them †and they estemed for naught the land that was to be desired They did not beleue his word †and they murmured in their tabernacles they heard not the voice of our Lord. †And he lifted vp his hand ouer them to ouerthrowe them in the desert †And to cast doune their seede among the Nations and to disperse them in the countries †And they were professed to Beelphegor and they did eate the sacrifices of the dead †And they prouoked him in their inuentions and ruine was multiplied on them †And Phinees stood and pacified and the slaughter ceased †And it was reputed to him vnto iustice in generation and generation euen for euer †And they prouoked him at the waters of contradiction and Moyses was vexed for them †because they exasperated his spirit And he playnely affirmed in his lippes †they destroyed not the nations of which our Lord spake to them †And they were mingled among the nations and learned their workes †and they serued their sculptils and it became a scandal to them †And they immolated their sonnes and their daugheters to diuels †And they shed innocent bloud the bloud of their sonnes and of their daughters which they sacrificed to the sculptils of Chanaan And the land was infected with bloud †and was contaminated in their workes and they did fornicat in their inuentions †And our Lord was wrath with â—urie vpon his people and he abhorred his inheritance †And he deliuered them into the handes of the nations and they that hated them had the dominion of them †And their enimies afflicted them and they were humbled vnder their handes †he did often deliuer them But they exasperated him in their counsel and they were humbled in their iniquities †And he saw when they were afflicted and he heard their prayer †And he was mindeful of his testament and it repented him according to the multitude of his mercie
and his iustice contineweth for euer and euer †He hath made a memorie of his meruelous workes a merciful and pittiful Lord †he hath geuen meate to them that feare him He wil be mindful for euer of his testament †the force of his workes he wil shewforth to his people †To geue them the inheritance of the gentiles the workes of his handes truth and iudgement †Al his commandmentes are faithful confirmed for euer and euer made in truth and equitie †He sent redemption to his people he commanded his testament for euer Holie and terrible is his name †the feare of our Lord is the beginning of wisedom Vnderstanding is good to al that doe it his prayse remaineth for euer and euer PSALME CXI True happines consisteth in fearing God keping his commandments 5. and in doing workes of mercie 10. The contrarie bringeth to miserie Alleluia Of the returne of Aggeus and Zacharie BLESSED is the man that feareth our Lord he shal haue great delight in his commandmentes †His seede shal be mightie in the earth the generation of the righteous shal be blessed †Glorie and riches in his house and his iustice abideth for euer and euer †Light is risen vp in darkenes to the righteous he is merciful and pitiful and iust †Acceptable is the man that is merciful and lendeth that shal dispose his wordes in iudgement †Because he shal not be moued for euer †The iust shal be in eternal memorie he shal not feare at the hearing of euil †His hart is readie to hope in our Lord his hart is confirmed †he shal not be moued til he looke ouer his enemies †He distributed he gaue to the poore his iustice remaineth for euer and euer his horne shal be exalted in glorie †The sinner shal see and wil be angrie he shal gnash his teeth and pine away the desire of sinners shal perish PSALME CXII God is to be praised who being hiegh regardeth and prouideth for the needie in this world Allelu ia PRAYSE our Lord ye children praise ye the name of our Lord. †Be the name of our Lord blessed from henceforth now and for euer †From the rising of the sunne vnto the going downe the name of our Lord is laudable †Our Lord is high aboue al nations and his glorie aboue the heauens †Who is as the Lord our God that dwelleth on high †and beholdeth the low thinges in heauen and in earth †Raising vp the needie from the earth and lifting vp the poore out of the dung †To place him with princes with the princes of his people †Who maketh the d barren woman to dwel in a house a ioyful mother of children PSALME CXIII For the meruelous passage of I srael out of Aegypt 3. the red sea the riuer Iordan 7. and the hilles geuing them place 8. the rockes yelding them water 9. God not themselues is to be praised 12. Idoles and Idolaters are vaine and shal be confounded 17. the faithful trust in God 20. are blessed and for euer praise God Allelu ia IN the comming forth of Israel out of Aegypt of the house of Iacob from the barbarous people †Iewrie was made his sanctification Israel his dominion †The sea saw and fled Iordan was turned backeward †The mountaines leaped as rammes and the litle hilles as the lambes os sheepe †What ayleth thee ô sea that thou didst flee and thou ô Iordan that thou wast turned backeward †Ye mountaines leaped as rammes and ye litle hilles as the lambes of shepe †At the face of our Lord was the earth moued at the face of the God of Iacob †Who turned the rocke into pooles of waters and stonie hil into fountaines of waters †NOT TO VS O LORD NOT TO VS but to thy name geue the glorie †For thy mercie and thy truth lest at any time the Gentiles say Where is their God †But our God is in heauen he hath done al thinges what soeuer he would †“ The idols of the gentiles are siluer and gold the workes of mens handes †They haue mouth and shal not speake they haue eies and shal not see †They haue eares and shal not heare they haue nosthrels and shal not smel †They haue handes and shal not handle they haue feete and shal not walke they shal not crie in their throte †Let them that make them become like to them and al that haue confidence in them †The house of Israel hath hoped in our Lord he is their helper and their protector †The house of Aaron hath hoped in our Lord he is their helper and their protector †They that feare our Lord haue hoped in our Lord he is their helper and their protector †Our Lord hath beene mindful of vs and hath blessed vs He hath blessed the house of Israel he hath blessed the house of Aaron †He hath blessed al that feare our Lord the litle with the great †Our Lord adde vpon you vpon you vpon your children †Blessed be you of our Lord which made heauen and earth †The heauen of heauen is to our Lord but the earth he hath geuen to the children of men †The dead shal not prayse thee ô Lord nor al they that goe downe into hel But we that liue doe blesse our Lord from this time and for euer ANNOTATIONS PSALME CXIII 12. The Idols of the Gentiles are siluer and gold Al Catholique Diuines agree in this authentical definition of Idolattie that it is diuine honour geuen to anie creature as to a god Of the diuers so tâ—s also of Idolatrie the ancient lerned Doctors haue vvritten much Namely Iustinus Martyr in his Orations against the Gen iles Tertullian in Apologetico Arnobius Orat. ad Gentes Lactantius li. 2. c 17. Diuinar Instit and manie others But most copiously and profoundly S Augustin especially in his tenne first bookes de Câ—uitate Dei Into vvhich error crime the Platonistes sel holding that spiritual inuisible createdsubstances to vvitte Angels good and euil vvhom they called Intelligentias separatas had diuine povvre so gaue to them diuine honour O hers honour dead men and some before their death as goddes for their notable actes atchiued in this life as Saturne â—uppiter Hercules and the like Some yeld diuine honour to mere corporal creatures liuing or vvithout life as to beastes and serpentes the sunne the moone fire vvater earth the vvhole machin of the vvoâ—ld as if it vvere animate and that vvith diuine spirite or soule Againe al these haue bene vvorshipped as gods not only in them selues but also in their imagees But to omite other diuersities the most grosse
sorte of al is the Idolatrie vvhich the Pâ—almist here describeth vvhen Imagees made by mens handes are immediatly honored as goddes in themselues For such goddes the Gentiles had and of them the Prophet here speaketh Compaâ—ing these visible sensles imagined goddes vvith the one eternal inuisible God vvho is made notorious by his diuine conspicuous vvorkes vvheras these idols by hovv much they are more visible so much more they are contemptible because being fashioned vvith mouth eyes eares nose handes feete throte and other members they are altogether sensles not able to speake vvith their mouth and therin more base in nature then the men that made them nor able to see heare smel taist feele to vvalke to moue nor to crie al vvhich beastes can doe And therfore these that make them or haue confidence in them as the Prophet here signifieth that some haue v. 16. are most absurde becoming like to the same idols in their vnderstanding and internal cogitations as these idols are voide of external sense And al Idolaters are most vvicked geuing diuine honour to anie creature are therin seruantes of diuels VVhether they immediatly honour diuels as vvhen sorcerers and vvitches making pact vvith the diuel adore him and he for the same doth some thing vvhich they demand or that they honour some other creature vvherin by the diuels false persvvasion they thincke there is diuine poore Both vvhich vvares diuels vsurpe Gods honour and therfore the same Prophet saide in an other Psalme Al the goddes of Gentiles are diuels PSALME CXIIII The prayer of a iust man in tribulation with confidence and gratitude towards God Allelu ia I haue loued because our Lord wil heare the voice of my prayer †Because he hath inclined his eare to me and in my daies I wil inuocate †The sorowes of death haue compassed me and the perils of hel haue found me I haue found tribulation and sorow †and I inuocated the name of our Lord. O Lord deliuer my soule †our Lord is merciful and iust and our God doth mercie †Our Lord kepeth litle ones I was humbled and he hath deliuered me †Turne ô my soule into thy rest because our Lord hath done good to thee †Because he hath deliuered my soule from death mine eies from teares my feete from sliding †I wil please our Lord in the countrie of the liuing PSALME CXV A iust man acknowledging that spiritual life beginneth by faith and by publique profession therof 4. gratfully accepteth of Christs Redemption 5. dedicateth his life and al he hath to Gods seruice Allelu ia I beleued for which cause I spake but I was humbled excedingly †I said in mine excesse Euerie man is a lyer †What shal I render to our Lord for al thinges that he hath rendred to me †I wil take the chalice of saluation and I wil inuocat the name of our Lord. †I wil render my vowes to our Lord before al his people †precious in the sight of our Lord is the death of his Sainctes †O Lord because I am thy seruant I am thy seruant and the sonne of thy hand maide Thou hast broken my bondes †I wil sacrifice to thee the hoast of praise and I wil inuocate the name of our Lord. †I wil render my vowes to our Lord in the sight of al his people †in the courtes of the house of our Lord in the middes of thee ô Ierusalem PSALME CXVI Gods mercie is largely extended to al Gentiles by Christ and his promise withal is performed to the Iewes Allelu ia PRAYSE our Lord al ye Gentiles prayse him al ye peoples †Because his mercie is confirmed vpon vs and his truth remaineth for euer PSALME CXVII Faithful people collected in the Church of Christ exhorte each other to render thankes to God for their deliuerie from spiritual and temporal tribulations 16. The Laitie demand participation of Christs Mysteries promising to serue him duly 25. Which the Pastors freely impert and together with the people solemnely celebrate Gods praise Allelu ia CONFESSE ye to our Lord because he is good because his mercie is for euer †Let Israel now say that he is good that his mercie is for euer †Let the house of Aaron now say that his mercie is for euer †Let them now say which feare our Lord that his mercie is for euer †From tribulation I inuocated our Lord and our Lord heard me in largenes †Our Lord is my helper I wil not feare what man can doe to me †Our Lord is my helper and I wil looke ouer mine enemies †It is good to hope in our Lord rather then to hope in man †It is good to hope in our Lord rather then to hope in princes †Al nations haue compassed me and in the name of our Lord am I reuenged on them †Compassing they haue compassed me and in the name of our Lord I was reuenged on them †They compassed me as bees and were inflamed as fyre in thornes and in the name of our Lord I was reuenged on them †Being thrust I was ouerturned to fal and our Lord receiued me †Our Lord is my strength and my prayse and he is made my saluation The voice of exultation and of saluation in the tabernacles of the iust †The right hand of our Lord hath wrought strength the right hand of our Lord hath exalted me the right hand of our Lord hath wrought strength †I shal not die but shal liue and I wil tel the workes of our Lord. †Our Lord chastising hath chastised me and to death he hath not deliuered me †Open ye the gates of iustice to me being entred into them I wil confesse to our Lord †this is the gate of our Lord the iust shal enter into it †I wil confesse to thee because thou hast heard me and art become my saluation †The stone which the builders reiected the same is made into the head of the corner †This was done by our Lord and it is meruelous id our eies †This is the day which our Lord made let vs reioice and be glad therein †O Lord saue me ô Lord geue good successe Blessed be he that cometh in the name of our Lord. †We haue blessed you of the house of our Lord †our Lord is God and he hath geuen light to vs. Appoint a solemne day with thicke bowes euen to the horne of the altar †Thou art my God and I wil confesse to thee thou art my God and I wil exalt thee I wil confesse to thee because thou hast heard me and art become my saluation
backe they haue prolonged their iniquitie †Our iust Lord wil cut the neckes of sinners †let them al be confounded and turned backward that hate Sion †Let them be made as grasse in the toppes of houses which is withered before it be plucked vp †Wherof the reaper hath not filled his hand and he that gathereth the sheaues his bosome †And they sayd not that passed by The blessing of our Lord be vpon you we haue blessed you in the name of our Lord. PSALME CXXIX The Iewes or other people in tribulation for sinne or temporal captiuitie crie to God to be deliuered 4. trusting and encoreging ech other in Gods accustomed mercie assuredly hoping that he wil redeme deliuer them A gradual Canticle FROM the depthes I haue cried to thee ô Lord †Lord heare my voice Let thine eares be intent to the voice of my petition †If thou shalt obserue iniquities ô Lord Lord who shal susteyne it †Because with thee there is propiciation and for thy law I haue expected thee ô Lord. My soule hath expected in his word †my soule hath hoped in our Lord. †From the morning watch euen vntil night let Israel hope in our Lord. †Because with our Lord there is mercie and with him plenteous redemption †And he shal redeme Israel from al his iniquities PSALME CXXX Anie iust soule in humble confidence offereth his innocencie as a spiritual and gratful sacrifice to God 3. exhorting al Gods seruants euer to hope in him A gradual Canticle of Dauid LORD my hart is not exalted neither are mine eies loftie Neither haue I walked in great matters nor in meruelous thinges aboue me †If I was not humbly mynded but exalted my soule As the weaned childe is toward his mother so retribution in my soule †Let Israel hope in our Lord from henceforth now and for euer PSALME CXXXI The Psalmist earnestly prayeth God to geue him leaue to shew him where to build a Temple But more especially prayeth for and prophecieth the coming of Christ the promised Sonne of Dauid 14. signifying Gods promise therof and of establishing his Church A gradual Canticle REMEMBER Dauid ô Lord and al his meekenes †As he sware to our Lord vowed a vowe to the God of Iacob †If I shal enter into the tabernacle of my house if I shal ascend into the bed of my couch †If I shal geue sleepe to mine eies and slumbering to mine eie liddes †And rest to my temples vntil I finde a place for our Lord a tabernacle for the God of Iacob †Behold we haue heard of it in Ephrata we haue found it in the fildes of the wood †We wil enter into his tabernacle we wil adore in the place where his feete stood †Arise Lord into thy rest thou and the arke of thy sanctification †Let thy Priestes be clothed with iustice let thy sainctes reioyce †For Dauid thy seruants sake turne not away the face of thy Christ †Our Lord hath sworne truth to Dauid and he wil not disapoint it Of the fruite of thy wombe I wil set vpon thy seate †If thy children shal keepe my testament and these my testimonies which I wil teach them Their children also euen for euer shal sit vpon thy seate †Because our Lord hath chosen Sion he hath chosen it for an habitation to himself †This is my rest for euer and euer here wil I dwel because I haue chosen it †Blessing I wil blesse her widow her poore I wil fil with breades †Her Priestes I wil clothe with saluation and her sainctes shal reioyce with ioyfulnes †Thither wil I bring forth a horne to Dauid I haue prepared a lampe to my Christ †His enemies I wil clothe with confusion but vpon him shal my sanctification florish PSALME CXXXII Fraternal concord is commended to al in the Church as necessarie and delectable in it self and blessed of God A gradual Canticle of Dauid BEHOLD how good and how pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwel in one †As oyntement on the head which ranne downe vpon the beard the beard of Aaron which ranne downe vnto the hemme of his garment †As the dew of Hermon which runneth downe vpon mount Sion Because there hath our Lord commanded blessing and life euen for euer PSALME CXXXIII Al and especially clergie men that serue the Church are inuited to prayse God by day and by night so shal they be blessed of God A gradual Canticle LOE now blesse our Lord al ye the seruantes of our Lord Which stand in the house of our Lord in the courtes of the house of our God †In the nightes lift vp your handes vnto the holie places and blesse ye our Lord. Our Lord out of Sion blesse thee who made heauen and earth PSALME CXXXIIII God who only is omnipotent and fountaine of algoodnes is of al to be praised 8. He is the special protector of his elected people 15. Contrariwise false goddes are impotent vaine and can not helpe those that serue them 19. Only the Church doth rightly praise him Alleluia PRAYSE ye the name of our Lord ye seruantes prayse our Lord. †Ye that stand in the house of our Lord in the courtes of the house of our God †Prayse ye our Lord because our Lord is good sing ye to his name because it is sweete †Because our Lord hath chosen Iacob to himself Israel for his owne possession †Because I haue knowne that our Lord is great and our God aboue al goddes †Al thinges whatsoeuer our Lord would he hath done in heauen in earth in the sea and in al the depthes †Bringing forth clowdes from the vttermost of the earth lightenings he hath turned into rayne Who bringeth forth the windes out of his treasures †who stroke the first begotten of Aegypt from man euen to beast †He sent â—orth signes and wonders in the middes of thee ô Aegypt vpon Pharao and vpon al his seruantes †Who stroke manie nations and slew strong kinges †Sehon the king of the Amorrheites Og the king of Basan and al the kingdomes of Chanaan †And he gaue their land for inheritance for an inheritance to Israel his people †Lord thy name is for euer Lord thy memorial is vnto generation and generation †Because our Lord shal iudge his people and wil be intreated toward his seruantes †The idoles of the Gentiles are siluer and gold the workes of mens handes †They haue mouth and shal not speake they haue eies and shal not see †They haue eares and shal
not heare for neither is there breath in their mouth †Let them that make them become like to them and al that haue confidence in them †Ye house of Israel blesse our Lord ye house of Aaron blesse our Lord. †Ye house of Leui blesse our Lord you that feare our Lord blesse ve our Lord. †Blessed be our Lord out of Sion who dwelleth in Ierusalem PSALME CXXXV God being meruelous in himself 4. hath shewed his powre and goodnes in his workes as wel in general to al the world 10. as in particular towards his elected people Alleluia CONFESSE ye to our Lord because he is good because his mercie is for euer Confesse ye to the God of goddes because his mercie is for euer †Confesse ye to the Lord of lordes because his mercie is for euer †Who onlie doth great meruels because his mercie is for euer †Who made the heauen in vnderstanding because his mercie is for euer †Who established the earth ouer the waters because his mercie is for euer †Who made the great lightes because his mercie is sor euer †The sunne to rule the day because his mercie is for euer †The moone and starres to rule the night because his mercie is for euer †Who stroke Aegypt with their firstbegotten because his mercie is for euer †Who brought forth Israel out of the middes of them because his mercie is for euer †In a mightie hand and loftie arme because his mercie is for euer †Who diuided the Read sea into diuisions because his mercie is for euer †And brought forth Israel through the middes therof because his mercie is for euer †And he ouerthrew Pharao and his host in the Readsea because his mercie is for euer †Who led his people through the desert because his mercie is for euer †Who stroke great kinges because his mercie is for euer †And slewe strong kinges because his mercie is for euer †Sehon the king of the Amorrheites because his mercie is for euer †And Og the king of Basan because his mercie is for euer †And he gaue their land for an inheritance because his mercie is for euer †For an inheritance to Israel his seruant because his mercie is for euer †For in our humiliation he was mindful of vs because his mercie is for euer †And he redemed vs from our enemies because his mercie is for euer †Who geueth foode to al fleshe because his mercie is for euer †Confesse ye to the God of heauen because his mercie is for euer Confesse ye to the Lord of lordes because his mercie is for euer PSALME CXXXVI The Prophet describeth how lamentably the people in captiuitie of Babylon wil bewaile the want of meanes to serue God and of their natiue soyle 7. with iust desire of their enimies punishment A Psalme of Dauid for Ieremie VPON the riuers of Babylon there we sate and wept whiles we remembred Sion †On the willowes in the middes therof we hanged vp our instrumentes †Because there they that led vs captiue demanded of vs wordes of songes And they that led vs away Sing ye an hymne to vs of the songes of Sion †How shal we sing the song of our Lord in a strange land †If I shal forget thee ô Ierusalem let my right hand be forgotten †Let my tongue cleaue to my iawes if I doe not remember thee If I shal not set Ierusalem in the beginning of my ioy †Be mindful ô Lord of the childrem of Edom in l the day of Ierusalem That say Rase it rase it euen vnto the foundation therof †Daugther of Babylon miserable blessed is he that shal repay thee thy payment which thou hast payed vs. †Blessed is he that shal hold and shal dash thy litle ones against the rocke PSALME CXXXVII The whole Church or anie iust person rendreth thankes to God for his benefites 4. praying that al kinges and kingdomes may do the same 4. because God being high respecteth and aduanceth the humble To Dauid him self I wil confesse to thee ô Lord in my whole hart because thou hast heard the wordes of my mouth In the sight of Angels I wil sing to thee †I wil adore toward thy holie temple and wil confesse to thy name For thy mercie and thy truth because thou hast magnified aboue euerie thing thy holie name †In what day soeuer I shal inuocate thee heare me thou wilt multiplie strength in my soule †Let al the kinges of the earth ô Lord confesse to thee because they haue heard al the wordes of thy mouth †And let them sing in the wayes of our Lord because great is the glorie of our Lord. †Because our Lord is high and he beholdeth low thinges and high thinges he knoweth far of †If I shal walke in the middes of tribulation thou wilt quicken me and vpon the wrath of mine enimies thou hast extended thy hand and thy right hand hath saued me †Our Lord wil repay for me ô Lord thy mercie is for euer despise not the workes of thy handes PSALME CXXXVIII Gods knowlege 7. and presence 10. without the helpe or hinderance anie thing extendeth to al thinges times and places 17 he geueth exceding great honour to his sainctes 20 the wicked as enimies to God are iustly hated 23. the iust pray for Gods perpetual direction Vnto the end a Psalme of Dauid LORD thou hast proued me and hast knowen me †thou hast knowen my sitting downe and my rising vp †Thou hast vnderstood my cogitations far of my path and my corde thou hast searched out †And thou hast foresene al my wayes because there is not a word in my tongue †Behold ô Lord thou hast knowen al the last thinges them of old thou hast formed me and hast put thy hand vpon me †Thy knowledge is become meruelous of me it is made great and I can not reach to it †Whither shal I goe from thy spirit and whither shal I flee from thy face †If I shal ascend into heauen thou art there â—f I descend into hel thou art present †If I shal take my winges early and dwel in the extreme partes of the sea †Certes thither also shal thy hand conduct me and thy right hand shal hold me †And I sayd Perhaps darknes shal treade ouer me and the night is mine illumination in my delightes †For darkenes shal not be darkened from thee and the night shal be lightened as the day as the darkenes therof so also the light therof †Because thou hast possessed my reynes thou hast receiued me from my mothers wombe †I wil confesse to
appeareth in his creatures 10. and is geuen in competent measure to al that feare God 16. it bringeth al vertues 27. excludeth al vices 33. and is to be sought in simplicitie of hart AL wisdom is of our Lord God hath bene alwayes with him is before al time †The sand of the sea the droppes of rayne the dayes of the world who hath numbred The height of heauen and breadth of the earth profunditie of the depth who hath measured †The wisdom of God that goeth before al thinges who hath searched out †Wisdom was created before al thinges the vnderstanding of prudence from euerlasting †A fountayne of wisdom the word of God on high and the entrance therof euerlasting commandments †The roote of wisdom to whom hath it bene reueled the subtilties therof who hath knowen †The discipline of wisdom to whom hath it bene reueled and made manifest and the multiplication of her entrance who hath vnderstood †There is one most high Creatour omnipotent and mightie King and to be feared excedingly sitting vpon his throne and the God of dominion †He created her in the Holie Ghost and hath sene and nummbred and measured her †And he hath powred her out vpon al his workes and vpon al flesh according to his gift and hath geuen her to them that feare him †The feare of our Lord is glorie and gloriation and ioy and a crowne of exultation †The feare of our Lord shal delight the hart and shal geue ioy gladnes in length of dayes †With him that feareth our Lord it shal be wel in the later end and in the day of his death he shal be blessed †The loue of God is honorable wisdom †But they to whom she shal appeare in vision they loue her in the vision and in the agnising of her great workes †The feare of our Lord is the begynning of wisdom and was created with the faythful in the wombe and goeth with the elect wemen and is knowen with the iust and faythful †The feare of our Lord is religiositie of knowlege †Religiositie shal keepe and iustifie the hart shal geue ioy and gladnes †With him that feareth our Lord it shal be wel and in the dayes of his consummation he shal be blessed †The fulnesse of wisdom is to feare God and fulnesse is of the fruites therof †Al her house she shal fil with her generations and the storehouses with her treasures †A crowne of wisdom the feare of our Lord replenishing place and the fruite of saluation †and he hath sene and numbred her but both are the giftes of God †Wisdom shal distribute knowlege and vnderstanding of prudence and exalteth the glorie of them that hold it †The roote of wisdom is to feare our Lord for the boughes therof are of long time †In the treasures of wisdom is vnderstanding religiositie of knowlege but to sinners wisdom is abomination †The feare of our Lord expelleth sinne †for he that is without feare can not be iustified for the anger of his animositie is his subuersion †Vntil a time the patient shal susteyne and after shal be rewarded of ioyfulnes †A good vnderstanding wil hide his wordes vntil a time and the lippes of manie shal shew forth his vnderstanding †In the treasures of wisdom is signification of discipline †but the worshipe of God is abomination to a sinner †Sonne coueting wisdom keepe iustice and God wil geue her to thee †For the feare of our Lord is wisdom and discipline and that which wel pleaseth him †is fayth and meeknes and he wil fil his treasures †Be not incredulous to the feare of our Lord and come not to him with a duble hart †Be not an hypocrite in the sight of men and be not scandalized in thy lippes †Attend to them lest perhaps thou fal and bring dishonour to thy soule †and God reuele thy secretes and in the middes of the synagogue cast thee downe †because thou camest to our Lord wickedly thy hart is ful of guile and deceite CHAP. II. Whosoeuer wil serue God must haue iustice feare of God and patienâ—â— 6. with confidence in God 14. Dissemblers incredulous and impatient shal be miserable 18. but the godlie shal receiue more grace SONNE coming to the seruice of God stand in iustice and in feare prepare thy soule to tentation †Represse thy hart susteyne incline thine eare receiue the wordes of vnderstanding and make no hast in the time of obduction †Susteyne the sustentations of God be ioyned to God and susteyne that thy life may increase in the later end †Al that shal be applied to thee receiue and in sorow susteyne and in thy humiliation haue patience †for gold and siluer are tryed in the fyre but acceptable men in the fornace of humiliation †Beleue God and he wil recouer thee and direct thy way and hope in him Keepe his feare and grow old therin †Ye that feare our Lord expect his mercie decline not from him lest ye fal †Ye that feare our Lord beleue him and your reward shal not be voyde †Ye that feare our Lord hope in him and mercie shal come to you for your delectation †Ye that feare our Lord loue him your hartes shal be illuminated †Children behold the nations of men and know ye that none hath hoped in our Lord and hath bene confounded †For who hath continewed in his commandment and hath bene forsaken or who hath inuocated him and he despised him †Because God is pitiful and merciful and wil forgeue sinnes in the day of tribulation and he is protector to al that seeke him in truth †Woe to them of a duble hart and to wicked lippes and to the handes that doe euil and to the sinner that goeth on the earth two wayes †Woe to them that be dissolute of hart which beleue not God and therefore they shal not be protected of him †Woe be to them that haue lost patience and that haue forfaken the right wayes and haue declined into peruerse wayes †And what wil they doe when our Lord shal begynne to looke on them †They that feare our Lord wil not be incredulous to his word and they that loue him wil kepe his waye †They that feare our Lord wil seeke after the thinges that are wel pleasing to him and they that loue him shal be filled with his law †They that feare our Lord wil prepare their hartes and in his sight wil sanctifie their soules †They that feare our Lord kepe his commandements and wil haue patience euen vntil his visitation †saying If we doe not penance we shal fal into the handes of our Lord and not into the handes of men †For according to his greatnes so also his mercie is with him CHAP. III.
bynding †Thou shalt put on her a stole of glorie and as a crowne of gratulation thou shalt set her vpon thee †Sonne if thou attend to me thou shal◠learne and if thou wilt applie thy minde thou shalt be wise †If thou wilt incline thine eare thou shalt receiue doctrine and if thou loue to heare thou shalt be wise †Stand in the multitude of wise ancients and be ioyned to their wisdom from thy hart that thou maist heare al the narration of God and the prayse may not escape thee †And if thou see a wise man watch after him and let thy soote weare the steppes of his doores †Haue thy cogitation in the precepts of God and in his commandements most of al be dayly conuersant and he wil geue thee hart and the desire of wisdom shal be geuen thee CHAP. VII Flie from al euil thinges 4. as ambition presumption scandal pusillanimitie lying and babling 16. Husbandrie of the ground 21. a good wife and good seruantes are to be cherised 25. kepe children in discipline 29. Honour parents and elders 36. pittie the poore 40. Memorie of the last thinges preserueth from sinne DOE not euils and they shal nor apprehend thee †Depart from the wicked euil shal fayle from thee †Sonne sow not euils in the furrowes of iustice thou shalt not reape them seuenfold †Seeke not of the lord chiefe principalitie nor of the king the chayre of honour †Iustifie not thyself before God because he is the knower of the hart and before the king desire not to seme wise †Seeke not to be made a iudge vnles thou be able by power to breake iniquities lest perhaps thou feare the face of the mightie and put a scandal in thyne equitie †Sinne not against the multitude of a citie neither thrust thyself into the people †nor binde together duble sinnes for neither in one shalt thou be free from punishment †Be not fayntharted in thy minde †despise not to pray and to geue almes †Say not In the multitude of my giftes God wil haue respect and when I offer to God most high he wil receiue my giftes †Laugh not a man to scorne in the bitternes of his soule for there is that humbleth and exalteth God the ouerseer of al. †Plowe not a lie agaynst thy brother neither doe thou likewise agaynst thy frend †Be not willing to make any lie for the custome therof is not good †Be not ful of wordes in a multitude of ancients and iterate not a word in thy speach †Hate not laborious workes and husbandrie created of the Highest †Counte not thy selfe in the multitude of men without discipline †Be mindeful of wrath because it wil not slacke †Humble thy spirit very much because the vengeance of the flesh of the impious is fyre and the worme †Doe not preuaricate against thy frend differring money nor despise thy dearest brother for gold †Depart not from a wise and good woman which thou hast gotten in the feare of our Lord for the grace of her bashfulnes is aboue gold †Hurt not the seruant that worketh in truth nor the hyred man that geueth his soule †Let a wise seruant be beloued of thee as thy soule defraude him not of libertie nor leaue him needie †Hast thou cattel looke wel to them and if they be profitable let them continew with thee †Hast thou children instruct them bowe them from their childehood †Hast thou daughters keepe their bodie and shew not thy countenance merrie towards them †Bestow thy daughter and thou shalt doe a great worke and geue her to a wise man †If thou haue a wife according to thy soule cast her not of and to her that is hateful commit not thyself With thy whole hart †honour thy father and forget not the gronings of thy mother †remember that thou hadst not bene borne but by them and recompence them as they also thee †In al thy soule feare our Lord and sanctifie his priestes †With al thy strength loue him that made thee forsake not his ministers †Honour God with al thy soule and honour the priestes and purge thyself with the armes †Geue them the portion as it is commanded thee of the first fruites and purgation and of thy negligence purge thy self with few †The gift of thyne armes and the sacrifice of sanctification thou shalt offer to our Lord and the first of holie thinges †and to the poore stretch out thyne hand that thy propitiation may be perfected and thy blessing †The grace of a gift is in the sight of al the liuing and from the dead stay nor grace †Want not in consolation to them that weepe and walke with them that moorne †Be not loth to visite the sicke for by these thinges thou shalt be confirmed in loue †In al thy workes remember thy later ends and thou wilt not sinne for euer CHAP. VIII Contend not with a man of powre rich ful of tongue or very ignorant 6. Despise not the penitent nor old folke 8. Reioyce not at an enemies death 9. Lerne of the elder 13. Obserue discretion in admonishing lending and in being suertie 17. Reproue not Iudges 18. Conuerse not with the furious foolish nor with strangers STRIVE not with a mightie man lest perhaps thou fal into his handes †Contend not with a rich man lest perhaps he make an action against thee †For gold and siluer hath destroyed manie and hath reached euen to the hart of kinges and hath turned them †Striue not with a man ful of tongue and thou shalt not heape stickes vpon his fyre †Communicate not with the ignorant man lest he speake il of thy progenie †Despise not a man that turneth himself from sinne nor vpbrayde him therwith remember that we are al in state to be blamed †Despise not a man in his old age for we also shal become old †Reioyce not of thine enemie dead knowing that we doe al die and would not that others should ioy therat †Despise not the narration of wise ancients and in their prouerbes be thou conuersant †For of them thou shalt lerne wisdom and doctrine of vnderstanding and to serue great men without blame †Let not the narration of the ancients escape thee for they lerned of their fathers †because of them thou shalt lerne vnderstanding and in time of necessitie to geue answer †Kindle not the coles of sinners rebuking them and be not kindled with the flame of the fire of their sinnes †Stand not against the face of a contumelious person lest he sitte as a spie in wayte for thy mouth †Lend not to a man mightier then thyself and if thou doest lend count it as lost †Be not suretie aboue thy power and if thou be surerie
testamentes †and their children because of them abide for euer their seede and their glorie shal not be forsaken †Their bodies are buried in peace and their name liueth vnto generation and generation †Let peoples tel their wisdom and the Church declare their praise †Henoch pleased God and was translated into paradise that he may geue repentance to the nations †Noe was found perfect iust and in the time of wrath he was made a reconciliation †Therefore was there a remnant least to the earth when the flood was made †The testaments of the world were made with him that al flesh should no more be destroyed with the flood †Abraham the great father of the multitude of the nations and there was not found the like to him in glorie who kept the law of the Highest and was in couenant with him †In his flesh he made the couenant to stand and in tentation he was found faithful †Therefore by an oath he gaue him glorie in his nation that he should encrease as an heape of earth †and that he would exalt his seede as the starres and they should inherite from sea to sea and from the riuer to the endes of the earth †And he did in like manner in Isaac for Abraham his father †Our Lord gaue him the blessing of al nations and confirmed his couenant vpon the head of Iacob †He knew him in his blessinges and gaue him an inheritance diuided him his portion in twelue tribes †And he preserued vnto him men of mercie and found grace in the eies of al flesh CHAP. XLV Praises of Moyses 7. Aaron 16. and his priestlie progenie 22. Against whom Chore with his complices rebelling were destroyed MOYSES beloued of God and men whose memorie is in benediction †He made him like in the glorie of saintes and magnified him in the feare of his enemies And with his wordes he appeased monsters †He glorified him in the sight of kinges and gaue him commandment before his people shewed him his glorie †In his faith and meekenes he made him holie and chose him of al flesh †For he heard him and his voice and brought him into a cloude †And he gaue him precepts face to face and a law of life and discipline to teach Iacob his testament and Israel his iudgements †He exalted Aaron his brother high and like to himself of the tribe of Leui. †He established vnto him an euerlasting testament and gaue him the priesthood of the nation and made him blessed in glorie †and he girded him about with a girdle and put vpon him a robe of glorie and crowned him in furniture of power †Garments to the feete and breches and an Ephod he put vpon him and compassed him with litle belles of gold very manie round about †to geue a sound in his going to make sound heard in the temple for a memorie to the children of his nation †An holie robe of gold and hyacinthe and purple a wouen worke of a wiseman indued with iudgement and truth †Of twisted scarlet the worke of an artificer with precious stones figured in the closure of gold and grauen by the worke of a lapidarie for a memorial according to the number of the tribes of Israel †A crowne of gold vpon his miter grauen with a seale of holines and the glorie of honour a worke of power and the adorned desires of the eies †There were none such so faire before him euen from the beginning †No stranger was clothed with them but only his children alone and his nephewes for euer †His sacrifices were consumed with fire euerie day †Moyses filled his handes anoynted him with holie oile †It was made vnto him for an euerlasting testament and to his seede as the daies of heauen to doe the function of priesthood and to haue praise and to glorifie his people in his name †He chose him of al that liued to offer sacrifice to God incense and good odour for a memorial to pacifie for his people †and he gaue them power in his preceptes in the testaments of his iudgementes to teach Iacob his testimonies and in his law to geue light to Israel †Because strangers stood against him and for enuie men compassed him about in the desert they that were with Dathan and Abiron and the congregation of Core in anger †Our Lord God saw and it pleased him not and they were consumed in the violence of wrath †He did prodigious thinges vnto them and consumed them in flame of fire †And he added glorie to Aaron and gaue him an inheritance and diuided vnto him the first fruites of the increase of the earth †He prepared them bread in the first vnto satietie for the sacrifices also of our Lord they shal eate which he gaue to him and to his seede †But he shal not inherite the nations in the land and he hath no part in the nation for himself is his portion inheritance †Phinees the sonne of Eleazar is the third in glorie in imitating him in the feare of our Lord †and to stand in the reuerence of the nation in the goodnes and alacritie of his soule he pacified God for Israel †Therefore did he establish vnto him a couenant of peace to be the prince of the holies and of his nation that the dignitie of priesthood should be to him and to his seede for euer †And the testament to Dauid king the sonne of Iesse of the tribe of Iuda and inheritance to him and to his seede that he might geue wisdom into our hart to iudge his nation in iustice that their good thinges might not be abolished their glorie in their nation he made euerlasting CHAP. XLVI Praises of Iosue 9. Caleb 13. the Iudges of Israel 16. Namely of Samuel Iudge and Prophet STRONG in battel was Iesus the sonne of Naue successour of Moyses among the prophets who was great according to his name †most great in the saluation of Gods elect to ouerthrow the enemies rising vp that he might get the inheritanâ— of Israel †What glorie obteyned he in lifting vp his handes and casting swordes against the cities †Who before him did so resist â—or our Lord himself brought the enemies †Whether was not the sunne hindered in his anger and one day was made as two †He inuocated the mightie soueraine in assaulting of the enemies on euerie side and the great and holie God heard him in haile stones of exceeding great force †He made violent assault against the nation of his enemies and in the goeing downe he destroyed the aduersaries †that the nations might know his might that it is not easie to fight against God And he folowed at the back of the mightie †And in the daies of Moyses did mercie and Caleb the
the cloudes of glorie and as a flower of roses in the daies of the spring and as the lilies that are in the passage of water and as frankensence smelling in summer daies †As fire glistering and frankensence burning in the fire †As a massie vessel of gold adorned with euerie precious stone †As an oliue tree budding and a cypresse tree aduancing it self on high when he tooke the robe of glorie and was reuested to the consummation of strength †In going vp to the holie altar he made the vesture of holines glorie †And in receiuing the portions out of the hand of the priestes himself also standing by the altar About him was the ring of his bretheren and as the ceder plant in mount Libanus †so stoode they about him as boughes of the palme tree al the children of Aaron in their glorie †And the oblation of our Lord in their handes before al the synagogue of Israel and executing the consummation on the altar to amplifie the oblation of the high king †he stretched forth his hand in oblation of moist sacrifice and offered of the blood of the grape †He powred out on the fundation of the altar a diuine odour to the high prince †Then cried out the children of Aaron they sounded with beaten trumpets and made a great voice to be heard for a remembrance before God †Then al the people together made hast and fel on their face vpon the earth to adore our Lord their God and to make prayers to God omnipotent the Highest †And the singers amplified in their voices and in the great house the sound was encreased ful of sweetenes †And the people in prayer desired our Lord the Highest vntil the honour of our Lord was perfected and they finished their office †Then coming downe he lifted vp his handes ouer al the congregation of the children of Israel to geue glorie to God from his lippes and to glorie in his name †and he repeated his prayer willing to shew the power of God †And now pray ye the God of al who hath done great thinges in al the land who hath encreased our daies from our mothers wombe and hath done with vs according to his mercie †geue he vnto vs ioyfulnes of euerlasting †that Israel may beleue that the mercie of God is with vs to deliuer vs in his dayes †Two nations my soule hateth and the third is no nation which I hate †they that sitte in mount Seit and the Philisthijms and the foolish people that dwel in Sichem †Iesus the sonne of Sirach a man of Ierusalem wrote the doctrine of wisdom and discipline in this booke who renewed wisdom from his hart †Blessed is he that conuerseth in these good thinges and he that layeth them in his hart shal be wise always †For if he doe them he shal be able to doe al thinges because his steppes are in the light of God CHAP. LI. The auctor rendereth praises and thankes to God 18. and inuiteth others to do the same by his owne example 31. and by earnest exhortation THE prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirach I wil confesse to thee ô Lord king and wil praise thee God my sauiour †I wil confesse to thy name because thou art become my helper and protectour †and hast deliuered my bodie from perdition from the snare of an vniust tongue and from the lippes of them that worke lying and in the sight of them that stoode vp thou art become my helper †And thou hast deliuered me according to the multitude of the mercie of thy name from them that did roare prepared to deuoure †out of the handes of them that seeke my soule and from the gates of tribulations which haue compassed me †from the oppression of the flame which hath compassed me and in the middes of fire I was not burnt †From the depth of the bellie of hel and from a defiled tongue and from the word of lying from a wicked king and from an vniust tongue †my soule shal praise our Lord euen to death †and my life was approching to hel beneth †They haue compassed me on euerie side there was none that would helpe I looked toward the helpe of men there was none †I remembred thy mercie ô Lord and thy operation which are from the beginning of the world †Because thou deliuerest them that patiently expect thee ô Lord and sauest them out of the handes of the nations †Thou hast exalted my habitation vpon the earth and I haue prayed for death to passe away †I haue inuocated our Lord the father of my Lord that he leaue me not in the day of my tribulation and in the time of the proude without helpe †I wil praise thy name continually and wil collaude it in confession and my prayer was heard †And thou hast deliuered me from perdition and hast rescued me from the wicked time †Therfore wil I confesse say praise to thee and blesse the name of our Lord. †When I was yet young before I erred I sought for wisdom openly in my prayer †Before the temple I prayed for it and vnto the later end I wil seâ—ke after it and it shal flourish as the grape timely ripe †my hart hath reioyced in it my foote hath walked the right way from my youth I searched after it †I bowed mine eare a litle and receiued it †I found much wisdom in myself I haue much profited therein †To him that geueth me wisdom wil I geue glorie †For I haue consulted to doe it I haue had a zele to good and shal not be confounded †My soule hath wrestled in it and in doing it I was confirmed †I stretched forth my handes on high I lamented foolishnes †I directed my soule to wisdom and in knowlege I found it †I possessed with it an hart from the beginning for this cause I shal not be forsaken †My bellie was trubled in seeking it therefore shal I possesse a good possession †Our Lord hath geuen me a tongue for my reward and with the same I wil praise him †Approch vnto me ye vnlerned and gather yourselues together into the house of discipline †Why slacke ye yet and what say you herein your soules are exceeding thirstie †I haue opened my mouth and haue spoken Bye it for you without siluer †and submit your necke to the yoke and let your soule receiue discipline for it is very neere to finde it †See with your eyes that I haue laboured a litle and haue found much rest to myself †Take ye discipline in a great summe of siluer and possesse abundance of gold in it †Let your soule reioyce in his mercie and you shal not be confounded in praise †Worke your worke before the time and he wil geue you your reward in
day a man shal nourish a young cowe and two ewes †And for the abundance of milke he shal eate butter for butter and honie shal euerie one eate that shal be leaft in the middes of the land †And it shal be in that day euerie place where there shal be a thousand vines for a thousand peeces of siluer they shal be into thornes and bryers †With arrowes and bow they shal goe in thither for bryers and thornes shal be in al the land †And al mountaines that shal be weeded with a weeding hooke the terrour of thornes and bryers shal not come thither and it shal be for the oxe to feede on and cattle to treade vpon CHAP. VIII Vnder the figure of a new name Christs birth of a virgin is againe prophecied 4. but first the kingdomes of Syria and Israel shal be destroyed and Iuda sore afflicted 8. yet conserued with losse of manie 16. which is a mysterie hidden from the Iowes 21. Great euils hang ouer them that depart from the law AND our Lord sayd to me Take thee a great booke write in it with the pen of man Take away the spoiles spedely quickly take prayes †And I tooke to me faithful witnesses Vrias the priest Zacharias the sonne of Barachias †And I went to the prophetesse and she conceiued and bare a sonne And our Lord sayd to me Cal his name Hasten to take away the spoiles make hast to take prayes †For before the childe know to cal his father and his mother the strength of Damascus shal be taken away and the spoiles of Samaria before the king of the Assirians †And our Lord added yet to speake vnto me saying †For that this people hath cast away the waters of Siloé that runne with silence and rather taken Rasin and the sonne of Romelia †for this cause behold our Lord wil bring vpon them the waters of the riuer strong and manie the king of the Assirians and al his glorie and he wil ascend ouer al their riuers and wil flowe ouer al their bankes †And wil goe through Iuda ouerflowing and passing through shal come euen to the necke And the stretching out of his winges shal fil the bredth of thy land ô Emmanuel †Gather ye together ô peoples and be ouercome and heare al ye landes far of Take courege and be ouercome gird yourselues be ouercome †Take counsel and it shal be defeated speake a word and it shal not be done because God is with vs. †For thus sayth our Lord to me As in a strong arme he hath taught me that I should not walke in the way of this people saying †Say not Conspiracie for al thinges that this people speaketh is conspiracie and feare ye not their feare neither dread ye †The Lord of hostes him sanctifie ye be he your dread and he your terrour †And he shal be a sanctification to you But for a stone of offence and for a rocke of scandal to the two houses of Israel for a snare and a ruine to the inhabitants of Ierusalem †And verie manie of them shal stumble and fal and shal be broken in peeces and shal be snared and taken †Binde the testimonie seale the law in my disciples †And I wil expect our Lord who hath hid his face from the house of Iacob and I wil wayte for him †Behold I and my children whom our Lord hath geuen me for a signe and for a wonder in Israel from the Lord of hostes which dwelleth in mount Sion †And when they shal say to you Aske of Pythones and of diuiners which whisper in their inchantments shal not the people aske vision of their God for the liuing of the dead †To the law rather and to the testimonie And if they speake not according to this word they shal not haue the morning light †And he shal passe by it shal fal and be hungrie and when he shal be hungrie he wil be angrie and curse his king and his God and wil looke vpwards †And he wil looke to the earth and behold tribulation and darknes dissolution and distresse and mist persecuting and he can not flie away from his distresse CHAP. IX Theglath Phalasar carieth some Israelites captiue and Salman asar manie more in figure of a few disciples conuerted to Christ in Gallilee and al Iewrie but manie more in the whole world 7. Whose Impyre shal be great and durable 8. but the Iewes glorie especially of the tenne tribes shal be obscured for their pride hypochrisie and other sinnes AT the first time was the land of Zabulon alleuiated and the land of Nepthali and at the last was aggrauated the way of the sea beyond Iordan of Galilee of the Gentiles †The people that walked in darknes hath sene great light to them that dwelt in the countrie of the shadow of death light is risen †Thou hast multiplied the nation and not magnified the ioy They shal reioyce before thee as they that reioyce in haruest as conquerors reioyce after a pray is taken when they diuide the spoiles †For the yoke of their burden and the rod of their shoulder and the scepter of their exactour thou hast ouercome as in the day of Madian †Because al violent taking of pray with tumult and garment mingled with bloud shal be to be burnt and foode for the fyre †For A LITLE CHILD IS BORNE TO VS and a sonne is geuen to vs and principalitie is made vpon his shoulder and his name shal be called Meruelous Counseler God Strong Father of the world to come the Prince of peace †His empire shal be multiplied and there shal be no end of peace he shal sit vpon the throne of Dauid and vpon his kingdom that he may confirme it and strengthen it in iudgement and iustice from this time for euer the zeale of the Lord of hostes shal doe this †Our Lord hath sent a word into Iacob and it is fallen in Israel †And al the people of Ephraim shal know the inhabitans of Samaria saying in pride greatnes of hart †Brickes are fallen but we wil build with square stones they haue cut downe sycomores but we wil change them into ceders †And our Lord shal lifte vp the enemies of Rasin ouer him and shal turne his enemies into tumult †Syria from the East and the Philisthims from the West and they shal deuoure Israel with ful mouth In al these thinges his furie is not turned away but his hand is yet stretched forth †And the people is not returned to him who hath strooken them and haue not sought after the Lord of hostes †And our Lord shal destroy from Israel the head the tayle the peruerter and restrayner in one day †The aged and honorable he is the head the prophet that teacheth a lie he is the
time crowned whose merchants were princes her chapmen the nobles of the earth †The Lord of hostes hath thought it that he might plucke downe the pride of al glorie and bring al the glorious of the earth to ignominie †Passe thy land as a riuer ô daughter of the sea thou hast a girdle no more †He hath stretched forth his hand vpon the sea he hath trubled kingdomes Our Lord hath geuen commandment against Chanaan to destroy the strong therof †and he said Thou shalt adde no more to glorie ô Virgin daughter of Sidon susteyning calumnie rising vp saile ouer to Cethim there also thou shalt haue no rest †Behold the land of the Chaldees was not such a people Assur founded it they led away the strong therof into captiuitie they vndermined the houses therof they brought it to ruine †Howle ye shippes of the sea because your strength is destroyed †And it shal be in that day thou shalt be in obliuion ô Tyre seuentie yeares as the daies of one king but after seuentie yeares there shal be to Tyre as it were the song of an harlot †Take an harpe goe about the citie thou harlot forgotten sing wel multiplie song that there may be remembrance of thee †And it shal be after seuentie yeares our Lord wil visite Tyre and wil bring her backe againe to her merchandise and she shal fornicate againe with al the kingdoms of the earth vpon the face of the earth †And the martes and rewards shal be sanctified to our Lord they shal not be kept in store nor layd vp because her merchandise shal be for them that shal dwel before our Lord that they may eate vnto fatietie and be clothed vnto continuance CHAP. XXIIII Al this world shal be destroyed 7. wherof manie signes shal come before 18. and general iudgement shal folow BEHOLD our Lord shal dissipate the earth and make it naked and afflict the face therof and disperse the inhabitants therof †And as the people so shal the priest be as the seruant so his master as the handmayde so her mistresse as the byer so he that selleth as the lender so he that boroweth as he that asketh his dewe so he that oweth †With dissipation shal the earth be dissipated and with spoile it shal be spoiled for our Lord hath spoken this worde †The earth hath mourned and fallen away and is weakened the world is fallen away the height of the people of the earth is weakened †And the earth is infected by the inhabitants therof because they haue transgressed the lawes changed right dissipated the euerlasting couenant †For this cause shal malediction deuoure the earth the inhabitants therof shal sinne and therfore the dwellers therein shal be madde few men shal be leaft †The vintage hath mourned the vine is weakened al haue sighed that reioyced in hart †The ioy of tymbrels hath ceased the sound of them that reioyce is least of the sweetnes of the harpe is silent †They shal not drinke wine with song the drinke shal be bitter to them that drinke it †The citie of vanitie is broken downe euerie house is shut no man goeth in †There shal be crying for the wine in the streetes al mirth is left the ioy of the earth is caried away †Desolation is left in the citie and calamitie shal oppresse the gates †Because these thinges shal be in the middes of the earth in the middes of peoples in like maner as if a few oliues which are remayning should be shaken out of the oliue tree and grapes when the vintage is ended †These shal lift vp their voice and prayse when our Lord shal be glorified they shal make a ioyful noise from the sea †For this cause in doctrines glorifie our Lord in the iles of the sea the name of our Lord the God of Israel †From the endes of the earth we haue heard praises the glorie of the iust one And I sayd My secrete to me my secrete to me woe is me the preuaricatours haue preuaricated and by the preuarication of trangressors they haue preuaricated †Feare and pitte and snare vpon thee that art inhabiter of the earth †And it shal be He that shal flee from the voice of feare shal fal into the pitte and he that shal rid him selfe out of the pitte shal be held in the snare because the fludgates from on high are opened and the fundations of the earth shal be shaken †With breaking shal the earth the broken with bruising shal the earth be bruised with mouing shal the earth be moued †With shaking shal the earth be shaken as a drunken man and shal be taken away as the tabernacle of one night and the iniquitie therof shal be heauie vpon it and it shal fal and not adde to rise againe †And it thal be In that day our Lord wil visite vpon the hoste of heauen on high and vpon the kinges of the earth that are vpon the earth †And they shal be gathered together as the gathering of a bundel into the lake and shal be shut there in prison and after manie daies they shal be visited †And the moone shal be confounded when the Lord of hostes shal reigne in mount Sion and in Ierusalem shal be glorified in the sight of his ancients CHAP. XXV The Prophet geueth thankes to God for his meruelous workes 7. and great benefites in lightning manie with faith washing away sinnes and geuing grace and eternal glorie OLORD thou art my God I wil exalt thee and confesse to thy name because thou hast done meruelous thinges the old cogitations faithful Amen †Because thou hast brought the citie into a heape the strong citie into ruine the house of strangers that it be no citie that it be not built for euer †For this shal strong people prayse thee the citie of strong nations shal feare thee †Because thou art become a strength to the poore a strength to the needie in his tribulation an hope against the whirlwinde a shadow against the heate For the spirit of the strong is as a whirlwinde beating against a wal †As heate in thirst shalt thou humble the tumult of strangers and as with heate vnder a burning cloude thou shalt make the branch of the strong to wither †And the Lord of hostes shal make to al peoples in this mount a feast of fat thinges a feast of vintage of fat thinges ful of marrow of vintage purified from the dregges †And he shal in this mount throw downe headlong the face of the bond tied together vpon al peoples and the webbe that he hath begune vpon al nations †He shal cast death downe headlong for euer and our Lord God shal take away teare from al face and the reproch of his people he shal take away out of the whole earth because our Lord hath
shal perish from their wise men and the vnderstanding of their prudent shal be hid †Woe vnto you that are deepe of hart to hide your counsel from our Lord whose workes are in darkenes and they say Who seeth vs and who knoweth vs †This your cogitation is peruerse as if the clay should thinke against the potter and the worke should say to the maker therof Thou madest me not or the thing formed should say to the fashioner therof Thou vnderstandest not †Shal not yet within a litle while and in a short time Libanus be turned into Charmel Charmel reputed for a forest †And in that day the deafe shal heare the wordes of the booke and out of the darkenes and mist the eies of the blinde shal see †And the meeke shal adde ioyfulnesse in our Lord and the poore men shal reioyce in the holie one of Israel †Because he hath fayled that did preuaile the scorner is consumed and they are al cut downe that watched vpon iniquitie †that made men sinne in word and supplanted him that reproued them in the gate and declined in vayne from the iust †For this cause thus sayth our Lord to the house of Iacob he that redemed Abraham Iacob shal not now be confounded neither shal now his countenance be ashamed †but when he shal see his children the workes of mine handes in the middes of him sanctifying my name and they shal sanctifie the holie one of Iacob and shal preach the God of Israel †and they that erre in spirit shal know vnderstanding and the mutteters shal learne the law CHAP. XXX The Iewes are blamed for seeking counsel and helpe of the Aegyptians 18. but if they repent they shal find releefe and spiritual riches of the soule 27. Gods iudgement wil be strict 33. and hel is most horrible VVOE vnto renegate children sayth our Lord that you would take counsel and not of me would beginne a webbe and not by my spirite that you might adde sinne vpon sinne †which walke to goe downe into Aegypt haue not asked my mouth hoping for helpe in the strength of Pharao and hauing confidence in the shadow of Aegypt †And the strength of Pharao shal be a confusion to you and the confidence of the shadow of Aegypt an ignominie †For thy princes were in Tanis and thy messengers came euen to Hanes †Al were confounded vpon the people that could not profite them they were no helpe nor to any profite but to confusion and to reproch †The burden of the beastes of the South In a land of tribulation and distresse the lionesse and the lion of them the viper the flying basiliscus carying their riches vpon the shoulders of beasts and their treasures vpon the bunch of camels to a people that can not be able to profite them †For Aegypt shal helpe in vaine and to no purpose therfore haue I cried vpon this It is pride onlie cease †Now therfore going in write to her vpon boxe and drawe it diligently in a booke and it shal be in the latter day for a testimonie for euer †For it is a people prouoking to wrath and lying children children that wil not heare the law of God †Which say to the seers See not and to them that behold Behold vs not those thinges that are right Speake vnto vs pleasant thinges see errours vnto vs. †Take from me the way turne away the path from me let the holie one of Israel cease from our face †Therfore thus sayth the holie one of Israel For that you haue reiected this word haue hoped in calumnie and tumult and haue leaned therevpon †therfore shal this iniquitie be vnto you as a breach that falleth and is found lacking in an high wal because sodenly whiles it is not hoped shal come the destruction therof †And it shal be broken smal as the potters vessel is broken with mightie breaking there shal not a shread be found of the fragments therof wherein a litle fyre may be caried from the burning or a litle water be drawen out of the pitte †Because thus sayth our Lord the God of Israel If you returne and be quiet you shal be saued in silence and in hope shal your strength be And you would not †and you haue sayd No but we wil flee to horses therfore shal you flee And we wil mount vpon swift ones therfore shal they be fwifter that shal persecute you †A thousand men at the face of the terrour of one and at the face of the terrour of fiue shal you flee til you be leaft as the mast of a shippe in the toppe of a mountaine and as a signe vpon a litle hil †Therfore our Lord expecteth that he may haue mercie on you and therfore shal he be exalted sparing you because our Lord is the God of iudgment blessed are al they that expect him †For the people of Sion shal dwel in Ierusalem weeping thou shalt not weepe pitying he wil pitie thee at the voice of thy crie as soone as he shal heare he wil answer thee †And our Lord wil geue you straite bread and short water and wil not make thy doctor to flee away from thee any more and thine eies shal see thy master †And thine eares shal heare the word of him that behinde thy backe admonisheth thee This is the way walke in it and decline ye not neither to the right hand nor to the left †And thou shalt contaminate the plates of the sculptils of thy siluer and the garment of the molten of thy gold and shalt scatter them as the vncleannes of a menstruous woman Thou shalt say to it Get thee hence †And rayne shal be geuen to thy seede wheresoeuer thou shalt sow in the land and the bread of the corne of the land shal be most plentiful and fatte The lambe in that day shal feede at large in thy possession †and thyne oxen as the asse coltes that til the ground shal eate mingled prouender as it was fanned in the floore †And there shal be vpon euerie high mountayne and vpon euerie litle hil eleuated riuers of running waters in the day of the killing of manie when the towres shal fal †And the light of the moone shal be as the light of the sunne and the light of the sunne shal be seuenfold as the light of seuen daies in the day when our Lord shal bind vp the wound of his people shal heale the stroke of their wound †Behold the name of our Lord commeth from farre his burning furie and heauie to beare his lippes are filled with indignation and his tongue as a deuouring fire †His spirite as a torrent ouerflowing euen to the middes of the necke to destroy the nations to nothing and the bridle of errour that was in the iawes of peoples †There shal be a song vnto
wither and I wil turne riuers into ilands and wil drie vp the standing pooles †And I wil lead the blind into the way which they know not and in the pathes which they haue bene ignorant of I wil make them walke I wil make darkenes before them to be light and crooked thinges streight these words haue I done to them and haue not forsaken them †They are turned backward let them be confounded with confusion that trust in grauen thing that say to the framed thing ye are our goddes †Heare ye deafe and ye blind behold to see †Who is blind but my seruant and deafe but he to whom I haue sent my messengers Who is blind but he that is solde and who is blind but the seruant of the Lord †Thou that seest manie thinges wilt thou not keepe them thou that hast eares open wilt thou not heare †And the Lord hath bene willing to sanctifie him and to magnifie the law and extol it †But the same people is spoiled and wasted al are the snare of yongmen and they are hid in the houses of prisons they are made a praye neither is there to deliuer them a spoile neither is there that sayth Restore †Who is there among you that wil heare this attend and harken for thinges to come †Who hath geuen Iacob into spoyle and Israel to the wasters hath not our Lord himself to whom we haue sinned And they would not walke in his wayes they haue not heard his law †And he hath powred out vpon them the indignation of his furie a strong battel and hath burnt him round about and he knewe not and set him on fyre and he vnderstoode not CHAP. XLIII God comforteth his Church promising euer to protect the same 11. blameth the Iewes expostulating their ingratitude AND now thus sayth our Lord that created thee ô Iacob formed thee ô Israel Feare not because I haue redemed thee and called thee by thy name thou art mine †When thou shalt passe through the waters I wil be with thee and the floudes shal not couer thee when thou shalt walke in fyre thou shalt not be burnt and the flame shal not burne in thee †Because I am the Lord thy God the holie one of Israel thy sauiour I haue geuen Aegypt thy propitiation Aethiopia and Sale for thee †Since thou becamest honorable in mine eies and glorious I haue loued thee I wil geue men for thee and peoples for thy soule †Feare not because I am with thee from the East wil I bring thy seede and from the West I wil gather thee †I wil say to the North Geue and to the South Hinder not bring my sonnes from a farre and my daughters from the endes of the earth †And cuerie one that inuocateth my name for my glorie haue I created him formed him and made him †Bring forth the blind people and hauing eyes the deafe and he hath eares †Al the nations are assembled together and the tribes are gathered which of you can shew this and shal make vs heare the former thinges Let them geue their witnesses and be iustified and heare and say In verie deede †You are my witnesses sayth our Lord and my seruants whom I haue chosen that you may know and beleue me and vnderstand that I myself am Before me there hath no god bene formed after me there shal not be †I am I am the Lord and there is no sauiour beside me †I haue shewed and haue saued I haue made it heard and there hath bene no strange one among you You are my witnesses sayth our Lord and I God †And from the beginning I my self and there is not that can deliuer out of my hand I wil worke and who shal turne it away †Thus sayth the Lord your redemer the holie one of Israel For your sake haue I sent forth into Babylon and haue plucked downe al the barres and Chaldees glorying in their shippes †I the Lord your holie one that created Israel your king †Thus sayth our Lord that gaue a way in the sea and a path in the vehement waters †Which brought forth the chariote and the house the arme and the strong they slept together neither shal they rise agayne they are broken as flaxe and are extinct †Remember not former thinges and looke not on thinges of old †Behold I make new thinges and now they shal spring forth verely you shal know them I wil make a way in the desert and riuers in the place not haunted †The beast of the fielde shal glorifie me the dragons the ostreches because I haue geuen waters in the desert riuers in the place not haunted that I might geue drinke to my people to mine elect †This people haue I formed for myself they shal tel my prayse †Thou hast not inuocated me ô Iacob neither hast thou labored in men ô Israel †Thou hast not offered me the ramme of thyne holocaust and with thy victimes thou hast not glorified me I haue not made thee to serue in oblation nor put thee to payne in frankincense †Thou hast not bought me sweete cane for siluer and with the fatte of thy victimes thou hast not inebriated me But thou hast made me to serue with thy sinnes thou hast put me to payne with thine iniquities †I am I am he that take cleane away thine iniquities for mine owne sake and I wil not remember thy sinnes †Bring me into remembrance and let vs be iudged together tel if thou haue any thing that thou mayst be iustified †Thy first father sinned and thy interpreters haue transgressed against me †And I haue profaned the holie princes I haue geuen Iacob to destruction Israel to reproch CHAP. XLIIII Christ foundeth and establisheth his Church 6. Inueigheth against idolaters 26. and promiseth deliuerance from the captiuitie of Babylon AND now heare ô Iacob my seruant and Israel whom I haue chosen †Thus sayth the Lord that made and formed thee thy helper from the wombe feare not ô my seruant Iacob and thou most righteous whom I haue chosen †For I wil powre out waters vpon the thirstie ground and streames vpon the drie land I wil powre out my spirit vpon thy seede and my blessing vpon thy stocke †And they shal spring the herbes as willowes beside the waters running by †This man shal say I am our Lords and an other man shal cal in the name of Iacob and this wil write with his hand To the Lord and in the name of Israel he shal be resembled †Thus sayth our Lord the king of Israel and the redemer therof the Lord of hostes I am the first and I the last and beside me there is no God †Who is like to me let him cal and declare and let him expound me the order since I appoynted the
a whirlewind to render his furie in indignation and his rebuking in flame of fyre †because our Lord shal iudge in fyre and in his sword to al flesh and the slaine of our Lord shal be multiplied †they that were sanctified and thought them selues cleane in the gardens behind the gate within they that did eate swines flesh and abomination and the mouse they shal be confounded sayth our Lord. †But I know their workes and their cogitations I come that I may gather together with al nations and tongues and they shal come and shal see my glorie †And I wil put a signe in them and I wil send of them that shal be saued to the Gentiles into the sea into Afrike and Lydia them that hold the arrow into Italie and Greece to the ilandes farre of to them that haue not heard of me and haue not sene my glorie And they shal shew forth my glorie to the Gentiles †and they shal bring al your brethren of al nations a gift to our Lord vpon horses and in chariotes in horse litters on mules and in coches to my holie mountaine Ierusalem sayth our Lord as if the children of Israel should bring in a gift in a cleane vessel into the house of our Lord. †And “ I wil take of them to be priestes and leuites sayth our Lord. †Because as new heauens and a new earth which I make to stand before me sayth our Lord so shal your sede stand and your name †And there shal be moneth after moneth and sabbath after sabbath al flesh shal come to adore before my face sayth our Lord. †And they shal goe out and see the carcasses of the men that haue transgressed against me their worme shal not die and their fyre shal not be quenched and they shal be euen vnto satietie of sight to al flesh ANNOTATIONS CHAP. LXVI 1. Heauen is my seate Lest anie should interprete these prophetical promises as the Ievves doe only of the restauration reedification of Ierusalem and the Temple the Prophet here shevveth that albeit God sanctified the temple and granted manie benefites to those that serued him therein yet his proper seate is not in anie material temple or terrestrial place but in heauen And therfore Temples and Churches are in deede ordayned for faithful people to serue him in to signifie that as these places are more holie then ordinarie houses so heauen is infinitely more glorious then anie earthlie palace yet God is not conteyned in anie place but exceedeth al. To which purpose S. Steuen Act. 7 alleageth and vrgeth this place and also S. Paul Act 17. that God dvvelleth not or is not concluded in temples neither needeth them for his ovvne vse but is rightly serued in them by those that lift vp their mindes to him as dwelling in heauen replenishing al places 21. I vvil take of them to be Priestes In the Lavv of Moyses Priestes and Leuites vvere al of one Tribe by succession of natural kinred nor by election but the lavv being changed necessarily also Priesthood is changed And Byshopes Priestes Deacons and other Clergie men are taken and ordained not by uerenes of bloud but by election according to their merites of vertues THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKES OF IEREMIE IEREMIE the sonne of Helcias Priest and Prophete being sanctified in his mothers wombe begane to prophecie as yet a childe in Iuda in the thirtenth yeare of the reigne of king Iosias continued the rest of his time which was nintene yeares more and the eleuen yeares of Ioakim wherin are counted the three monethes of Ioachaz and other three of Iechonias otherwise called Ioachin and eleuen yeares of Sedecias in al fourtie one yeares before he went into Aegypt Where he also prophecied and finally was stoned to death by the people in the citie of Taphnis His whole worke conteyneth two distinct Bookes besides an Epistle which foloweth after the Prophecie of Baruch The former booke is called his Prophecie the other his Lamentations S. Ierom comprehendeth the summe of al briefly saying Ieremie connecteth a nuttie or watching rodde and a potte boyling hote from the face of the north the leopard spoyled of his coloures and the fourefold Alphabet in diuers meeters Signifiing that God wil correct his people with a rodde in his hote furie from the north to witte by the king of Babylon for their pertinacitie in sundrie kindes of sinnes Al which the Prophet lamenteth with his doleful verse of diuers meeter The Prophecie may be diuided into fiue partes First he sheweth the conditions and qualities of himselfe with the maner of his mission then Gods great clemencie in recalling the people from sinne denouncing dangers imminent for their obstinacie in the twelue first chapters Secondly in the eight chapters folowing by diuers Metaphorical and other figuratiue descriptions he declareth the ingratitude other sinnes of the people threatning punishment for which they persecute him Thirdly in other eight chapters he reprehendeth the inhabitantes of Ierusalem especially the King euil Priestes and falseprophetes some being already caried into captiuitie for which free preaching he is againe persecuted Fourtly in the next eleuen chapters he mixteth consolations threates especially the destruction of Ierusalem captiuitie of king and people and their release after seuentie yeares Fiftly in the other thirtene chapters he prophecieth the destruction of the Iewes that goe into Aegypt and of sundrie nations for their idolatrie and for their crueltie against the Iewes In euerie part interposeth manie prophecies of Christ and his Church besides the mystycal sense included in the historical THE PROPHECIE OF IEREMIE CHAP. I. Ieremie prophecied in the times of Iosias Ioakim and Sedecias Kinges of Iuda 5. being sanctified in his mothers wombe is sent in his tender age to prophecie 11. the destruction of Ierusalem 17. God geuing him corege against his persecutors THE wordes of Ieremie the sonne of Helcias of the priestes that were in Anathoth in the land of Beniamin †The word of our Lord which was made to him in the daies of Iosias the sonne of Amon king of Iuda in the thirteenth yeare of his kingdome †And the word was made in the daies of Ioakim the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda vnto the end of the eleuenth yeare of Sedecias the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda euen vnto the transmigration of Ierusalem in the fifth moneth †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Before I formed thee in the wombe I knewe thee and before thou camest forth of the matrice I sanctified thee and a prophete in the Gentiles I gaue thee †And I sayd A a a ô Lord God Behold I can not speake because I am a childe †And our Lord said vnto me Say not I am a childe for to al thinges to which I shal send thee thou shalt goe
fathers that I would geue them a land flowing with milke hunnie as is this day And I answered said Amen Lord. †And our Lord said to me Crie aloude al these wordes in the cities of Iuda and without Ierusalem saying Heare ye the wordes of this couenant and do them †because contesting I did contest your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the Land of Aegypt euen to this day arising early I contested and said Heare ye my voice †and they heard not nor inclined their eare but went euerie one in the peruersitie of his owne wicked hart I brought vpon them al the wordes of this couenant which I commanded them to doe and they did not †And our Lord said to me Conspiracie is found in the men of Iuda and in the inhabitants of the men of Ierusalem †They are returned to the former iniquities of their fathers which would not heare my wordes and these therfore haue gone after strange goddes to serue them the house of Israel and the house of Iuda hath made voide my couenant which I made with their fathers †For which thing thus saith our Lord Behold I wil bring in euils vpon them out of which they shal not be able to goeforth and they shal crie to me and I wil not heare them †And the cities of Iuda and the inhabitants of Ierusalem shal goe and crie to goddes vnto whom they sacrificed and they shal not saue them in the time of their affliction †For according to the number of thy cities were thy goddes ô Iuda and according to the number of the waies of Ierusalem thou didst set altars of confusion altars to sacrifice to Baalim †Thou therefore pray not for this people and take not to thee praise and prayer for them because I wil no◠heare in the time of their crie vnto me in the time of their affliction †What is it that my beloued hath in my house done much wickednes shal the holie flesh take away from thee thy malices in which thou hast bosted †The Lord hath called thy name a plentiful oliue tree faire fruiteful beautiful at the voice of a word a great fire flamed vp in it and the shrubbes thereof are burnt †And the Lord of hostes that planted thee hath spoken euil vpon thee for the euils of the house of Israel and of the house of Iuda which they haue done to themselues to prouoke me in offering to Baalim †But thou Lord hast shewed me and I haue knowen thou hast shewed me their studies †And I as a milde lambe that is caried to a victim and I knew not that they deuised counsels against me saying Let vs cast wood on his bread and rase him out of the land of the liuing and let his name be mentioned no more †But thou ô Lord of Sabaoth which iudgest iustly and prouest the reynes and the hartes let me see thy reuenge of them for to thee I haue reueled my cause †Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of Anathoth which seeke thy life and say Thou shalt not prophecie in the name of our Lord and thou shalt not die in our handes †Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes Behold I wil visite vpon them their yong men shal die by the sword their sonnes and their daughters shal die in famine †And there shal be no remaines of them for I wil bring in euil vpon the men of Anathoth the yeare of their visitation CHAP. XII It semeth strange that the wicked prosper 5. The Iewes heretofore afflicted by weaker enimies shal be more oppressed by the Babylonians 10. Euil pastors shal be punished 14. and forraine enimies destroyed THOV in deede ô Lord art iust if I dispute with thee but yet I wil speake iust thinges to thee Why doth the way of the impious prosper why is it wel with al that transgresse and doe wickedly †Thou hast planted them and they haue taken roote they prosper and bring forth fruite thou art nigh to their mouth and farre from their reynes †And thou Lord hast knowen me thou hast sene me and proued my hart with thee gather them together as a flocke to the victime and sanctifie them in the day of slaughter †How long shal the land mourne and the herbe of euerie fielde be withered for malice of the inhabitants therein Beast is consumed and foule because they haue saied He shal not see our later endes †If running with footemen thou hast laboured how canst thou contend with horses And whereas in a land of peace thou hast bene secure what wilt thou doe in the pride of Iordan †For euen thy bretheren the house of thy father they also haue fought against thee and haue cried after thee with ful voice beleue them not when they shal speake good thinges vnto thee †I haue forsaken my house I haue left mine inheritance I haue geuen my beloued soule into the hand of her enemies †Myne inheritance is become vnto me as a lion in the wood it hath vttered a voice against me therefore haue I hated it †Why is myne inheritance vnto me as a bird of diuers coulors is it as a birde died through out come assemble yourselues al ye beastes of the land make haste to deuoure †Manie pastours haue destroyed my vineyard they haue troden downe my portion they haue made my portion that was worthie to be desired into a desert of desolation †They haue laied it into dissipation and it hath mourned vpon me With desolation is al the land made desolate because there is none that considereth in the hart †Vpon al the wayes of the desert the wasters are come because the sword of our Lord shal deuoure from one end of the land to the other end thereof there is no peace to al flesh †They haue sowen wheate and reaped thornes they haue taken an inheritance and it shal not profite them you shal be ashamed of your fruites for the wrath of the furie of our Lord. †Thus saith the Lord against al my most wicked neighbours which touche the inheritance that I haue distributed to my people of Israel Behold I wil plucke them out of their land the house of Iuda I wil plucke out of the middes of them †And when I shal haue plucked them out I wil returne and haue mercie on them and wil bring them backe euerie man to his inheritance and euerie man into his land †And it shal be if being taught they wil learne the waies of my people that they sweare in my name Our Lord liueth as they haue taught my people to sweare by Baal they shal be built in the middes of my people †But if they wil not heare I wil plucke out that nation with plucking vp and with destruction saith our Lord. CHAP. XIII By a girdle first vsed and after leaft of 8. is
he hath gathered riches and not in iudgement in the middes of his dayes he shal leaue them and in his latter end he shal be a foole †A throne of glorie of height from the beginning the place of our sanctification †O Lord the expectation of Israel al that forsake thee shal be confounded they that depart from thee shal be written in the earth because they haue forsaken the vaine of liuing waters our Lord. †Heale me ô Lord and I shal be healed saue me and I shal be saued because thou art my praise †Behold they say to me Where is the word of our Lord let it come †And I am not trubled folowing thee the pastour and the day of man I haue not desired thou knowest That which hath proceeded out of my lippes hath bene right in thy sight †Be not thou a terrour vnto me thou art mine hope in the day of affliction †Let them be confounded that persecute me and let not me be confounded let them be afrayd and let not me be afrayd bring vpon them the day of affliction and with duble destruction destroy them †Thus saith our Lord to me Goe and stand in the gate of the children of the people by which the kinges of Iuda come in and goe out and in al the gates of Ierusalem †and thou shalt say to them Heare the word of our Lord ye kinges of Iuda and al Iuda and al the inhabitants of Ierusalem that enter in by these gates †Thus saith our Lord Take heede to your soules and carie not burdens on the Sabbath day neither bring them in by the gates of Ierusalem †And cast not forth burdens out of your houses on the Sabbath day and al worke you shal not doe sanctifie the Sabbath day as I commanded your fathers †And they heard not nor inclined their eare but hardned their necke that they would not heare me and that they would not take discipline †And it shal be if you wil heare me saith our Lord that you bring not burdens in by the gates of this citie on the Sabbath day and if you wil sanctifie the Sabbath day that you doe not al workes therein †there shal enter in by the gates of this citie kinges and princes sitting vpon the throne of Dauid and mounting on chariotes and horses they and their princes the men of Iuda and the inhabiters of Ierusalem and this citie shal be inhabited for euer †And they shal come from the cities of Iuda and from round about Ierusalem and from the land of Beniamin and from the champaine countries from the mountaines and from the South carying holocaust and victime and sacrifice and frankincense and they shal bring in oblation into the house of our Lord. †But if you wil not heare me to sanctifie the Sabbath day not to carie burden and not to bring in by the gates of Ierusalem on the Sabbath day I wil kindle a fire in the gates thereof and it shal deuoure the houses of Ierusalem and it shal not be quenched CHAP. XVIII As clay in the hand of a potter so is Israel in Gods hand 8. He pardoneth penitents 10. and punisheth the obstinate 18. They conspire against Ieremie for which he denounceth miseries hanging ouer them THE word that was made to Ieremie from our Lord saying †Arise and goe downe into the potters house and there thou shalt heare my wordes †And I went downe into the potters house and behold he made a worke vpon the wheele †And the vessel was broken which he made of clay with his handes and turning he made it an other vessel as it pleased in his eies to make it †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Why shal I not be able to doe vnto you as this potter ô house of Israel Behold saith our Lord as clay in the hand of the potter so are you in my hand ô house of Israel †I wil sodenly speake against nation and against kingdom to roote out and destroy and wast it †If that nation shal repent them of their euil against whom I haue spoken I also wil repent me of the euil that I haue thought to doe to it †And I wil sodenly speake of nation and of kingdom to build and plant it †If it shal do euil in mine eies that it heare not my voice I wil repent me of the good that I haue spoken to do vnto it †Now therefore tel the man of Iuda and the inhabitantes of Ierusalem saying Thus saith our Lord Behold I forge euil against you and deuise a deuice against you let euerie man returne from his euil way and direct ye your waies and your studies †Who said We are desperate for we wil goe after our cogitations and we wil do euerie one the peruersitie of his euil hart †Therefore thus saith our Lord Aske the Nations Who hath heard such horrible thinges as the virgine of Israel hath done exceedingly †Why shal the snow of Libanus faile from the rocke of the field or can the cold waters gushing forth and runing downe be drawen out †Because my people hath forgotten me sacrificing in vaine and stumbling in their waies in the pathes of the world that they might walke by them in a way not trodden †that their land might be made into desolation and into an euerlasting hisse euerie one that shal passe by it shal be astonied and wagge his head †As the burning winde wil I disperse them before the enemie the backe and not the face wil I shew them in the day of their perdition †And they said Come and let vs finde deuises against Ieremie for the law shal not perish from the priest nor counsel from the wise nor the word from the prophet come and let vs strike him with the tongue and let vs not attend to al his wordes †Attend ô Lord vnto me and heare the voice of mine aduersaries †Why is euil rendred for good because they haue digged a pitte for my soule Remember that I haue stood in the sight to speake good for them and to returne away their indignation from them †Therefore geue their children into famine and lead them into the handes of the sword let their wiues be made without children widowes and let the husbands be killed by death let their youngmen be pearced through with the sword in battel †Let a crie be heard out of their houses for thou shalt bring the robber vpon them sodenly because they haue digged a pitte to take me and haue hid snares for my feete †But thou ô Lord knowest al their counsel against me vnto death be not propicious to their iniquitie let not their sinne be cleane put out from thy face let them be made falling in thy sight in the time of thy furie deale with them CHAP. XIX The prophet holding an earthen bottel in his
should be spent in confusion CHAP. XXI The prophet answereth the kinges messengers that Ierusalem shal be punished with plague sworde famine and captiuitie 9. Those shal escape best that yeld themselues captiues 11. exhorteth to correct their liues lest al be vtterly destroyed THE word that was made to Ieremie from our Lord when king Sedecias sent Phassur the sonne of Melchias vnto him and Sophonias the sonne of Maasias priest saying †Aske our Lord for vs because Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon maketh battel against vs if perhaps our Lord shal doe with vs according to al his meruelous workes and he may retire backe from vs. †And Ieremie said to them Thus shal you say to Sedecias †Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel Behold I wil conuert the weapons of warre which are in your handes and wherewith you fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldees that besiege you round about the walles and I wil gather them together in the middes of this citie †And I wil vanquish you in stretched out hand and in a strong arme and in furie and in indignation and in great wrath †And wil strike the inhabitants of this citie men and beasts shal dye with a greate pestilence †And after this saith our Lord I wil geue Sedecias the king of Iuda and his seruants and his people they that are leaft in his citie from the pestilence and the sword and famine into the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of them that seeke their life and he wil strike them in the edge of the sword and he wil not be moued nor spare nor haue mercie †And to this people thou shalt say Thus saith our Lord Behold I geue before you the way of life and the way of death †He that shal dwel within this citie shal dye with the sword and with famine and pestilence but he that shal goe forth and flee to the Chaldees that besiege you shal liue and his life shal be to him as a spoile †For I haue set my face vpon this citie to euil and not to good saith our Lord it shal be geuen into the hand of the king of Babylon he shal burne it with fire †And to the house of the king of Iuda Heare ye the word of our Lord †ô house of Dauid thus saith our Lord Iudge ye iudgement in the morning deliuer the oppressed by violence out of the hand of the oppressour lest perhaps mine indignation goe forth as fire and be kindled and there be none to quenche it because of the malice of your studies †Behold I to thee inhabitresse of the firme champaine valley saith our Lord which say Who shal strike vs and who shal enter into our houses †And I wil visite vpon you according to the fruite of your studies saith our Lord I wil kindle a fire in the forest therof and it shal deuoure al thinges round aboute it CHAP. XXII The Prophet going to the palace admonisheth the king and his officers to iudge and gouerne rightly 5. threatning that otherwise they shal fal into calamitie 10. prophecieth that Sellum shal not returne into Ierusalem 13. reprehendeth vniust builders 18. that Ioakim shal dye and be buried ignominiously 24. and I cchonias with his mother shal dye in the captiuitie of Babylon THVS saith our Lord Goe downe into the house of the king of Iuda and there thou shalt speake this word †and shalt say Heare the word of our Lord ô king of Iuda which sittest vpon the throne of Dauid thou and thy seruantes and thy people which enter in by these gates †Thus saith our Lord doe ye iudgement and iustice and deliuer the oppressed by violence out of the hand of the oppressour and the stranger and pupil and widow make not sorowful nor oppresse them vniustly and the innocent bloud shede not in this place †For if doeing you wil do this thing there shal enter in by the gates of this house kinges of the stocke of Dauid sitting vpon his throne and mounting vpon chariotes and horses they and their seruants and their people †But if you wil not heare these wordes by my self I haue sworne saith our Lord that this house shal be into desolation †Because thus saith our Lord vpon the house of the king of Iuda Galaad thou art vnto me the head of Libanus if I make thee not a wildernes cities not habitable †And I wil sanctifie vpon thee a killing man and his weapons and they shal cut downe thy chosen ceders shal cast them headlong into the fire †And manie nations shal passe by this citie and euerie one shal say to his neighbour Why hath the Lord done so to this great citie †And they shal answer Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lord their God and haue adored strange goddes and serued them †Weepe not for the dead neither mourne ye vpon him with weeping Lament him that goeth forth because he shal returne no more nor see the land of his natiuitie †Because thus saith our Lord to Sellum the sonne of Iosias the king of Iuda who hath reigned for Iosias his father who is gone forth out of this place He shal returne hither no more †but in the place to which I haue transported him there shal he die and he shal not see anie this land more †Woe to him that buildeth his house in iniustice and his chambers not in iudgement his freind he wil oppresse without cause and his hyre he wil not render him †Who saith I wil build me a broad house and large chambers who openeth to himself windowes and maketh embowed sielings of ceder and painteth them with ruddle †Why shalt thou reigne because thou comparest thyself to the ceder why did not thy father eate and drinke and doe iudgement and iustice then when it was wel with him †He iudged the cause of the poore and needie to his owne good did he it not therefore because he knew me saith our Lord †But thine eies and hart are to auarice and to shede innocent bloud and to craftie oppression to the course of euil worke †Therefore thus saith our Lord to Ioakim the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda They shal not mourne for him Alas brother and alas sister they shal not crie together to him Alas Lord and alas ô noble one †With the burial of an asse shal he be buried rotted and cast forth without the gates of Ierusalem †Goe vp to Libanus crie and in Basan geue thy voice crie to them that passe by because al thy louers are destroyed †I spake to thee in thine abundance thou saidst I wil not heare This is thy way from thy youth because thou heardest not my voice †The winde shal feede al
that the Apostles and al the faithful of Christ vvere signed in their foreheades vvith the signe of THAV the last of the Hebrew letters bearing the forme of a Crosse the same saith he vvith the Greke letter TAV and our Latin T. VVho further both in that place and li de corona â—â—luis liâ—de resurrect carnis testifieth the most frequent vse of this holie signe of the Crosse After him S Cyprian vvitnesseth the same in his time Epist ad Tybaritanos li. ad Demâ—trâ—anum li. 1. ca. 8. Testimoniorum aduers Iudaeos More especially li. 2. c. 22. proueth by this place amongst other holie Scriptures that in this signe of the Crosse is health to al that are signed therwith in the foreheades S. Chrysostom li. cont Gentiles Amongst other demonstrations sheweth by the honour and daylie vse of the Crosse that Christ is God because none but God could make a thing vvhich before vvas so execrable to be novv euery where so highly esteemed And in his Homilies 55. in Mat. 16. 84. in Ioan. 19. and other places vvitnesseth that in Baptisme in the most holie Eucharist in the Sacrament of holie Orders in al most excellent Mysteries the Ensigne of Victorie the signe of the Crosse is euer present vnto vs in al his discourse teaching to glorie not only in Christ crucified but also to honour the signe of the Crosse And that vvho soeuer despiseth the signe of the Crosse despiseth in deede Christ Crucified To omitte others S. Augustin recordeth li. 1. Confess c. 11. that himself vvhen he vvas a childe and dangerously sicke vvas by his mothers pious care signed vvith the signe of the Crosse li. de catechizandis rudibus c 20. teacheth that euerie one is to be signed in the forehead with the signe of the Crosse that al Christians are so signed Also Tract 118. in Ioan. VVhat is the signe of Christ saith he which al know but the Crosse of Christ which signe vnles it be adioyned as wel to the foreheades of them that beleue in Christ as to the vvâ—ter it selfe vvherevvith they are regenerate and to the chriâ—â—â—ne oyle vvherevvith they are anointed as also to the Sacrifice vvherevvith they are nourished none of these thinges is rightly performed Or vvil you haue him to speake more plainly or more generally Ser 101. de tempore VVith the signe of the Crosse saith he our Lords bodie is consecrated al thinges vvhatsoeuer are sanctified are consecrated vvith the inuocation of Christs name in this signe VVho pleaseth to see more testimonies of ancient Fathers may also reade S. Basil li. de Spiritu Sancto S. Cyril of Ierusalem Catechesi 4. 13. S. Ambrose Orat. â—unebri de obitu Theodosij S. Gregorie Epist 126. The apparition also of this signe to Constantin the great vvith this inscription IN HOC VINCES is most famous vvritten by Eusebius Caesariensis li. 1 c. 22 23. de vita Constantini and manie others The same signe also appeared in Ierusalem in the time of his sonne Constantius as S. Cyril of Ierusalem testifieth in his Epistle to the same Emperour And Nicephorus li. 10. c. 2. Hist Eccles vvriteth that the formes of Crosses fel vvith the devv vpon the garments of Iulian the Apostata and of his folovvers And manie other histories both ancient and moderne make mention of the like apparitions But aboue al others the most principal is to come The Signe of the Sonne of man as our B. Sauiour himself fortelleth vvhich shal appeare in the heauen at his coming to iudge the vvhole vvorld his most proper Ensigne the Crosse by vvhich he conquered the diuel sinne death and al enimies of God and men So al ancient Fathers vndoubtedly vnderstand his prediction Mat. 24. Then vvil this signe appeare to the great confusion of al vnsigned miscreants vvith other vvicked enimies of the Crosse and Crucifix For then shal al the vvorld both men and Angels see vvhat infinite charitie our most blessed Redeemer hath vsed for mans saluation and hovv iustly those that either doe not beleue or not regard his so vnspeakable mercie shal be adiudged to euerlasting damnation in the pitie and fire of hel And on the other side al those that are rightly signed in their foreheades and haue accordingly performed that which in Baptisme they promised shal mete this sauing Ensigne vvith incomparable comforth â—oy and gladnes vvho coming clothed â—n vvhite robes vvith palmes of victorie in their handes shal then receiue glorious crovvnes in eternal life CHAP. X. Destruction of the citie is againe signified by apparence of fire sprinkled therin 9. with description of Cherubims foure wheeles and of the foure liuing creatures AND I saw and behold in the firmament that was ouer the head of the Cherubs as it were the sapphire stone as it were the forme of the similitude of a throne appeared ouer them †And he spake to the man that was clothed with the linnen garments and sayd Goe in the middes of the wheeles that are vnder the Cherubs and fil thy hand with the coles of fyre that are betwen the Cherubs powre them out vpon the citie And he went in in my sight †and the Cherubs stood on the right hand of the house when the man went in and a cloude filled the inner court †And the glorie of our Lord was lifted vp from aboue the Cherub to the threshold of the house and the house was replenished with the cloude and the court was replenished with the brightnes of the glorie of our Lord. †And the sound of the winges of the Cherubs was heard euen to the vtter court as it were the voice of God almightie speaking †And when he had commanded the man that was clothed with the linnen garments saying Take fyre from the middes of the wheeles that are betwen the Cherubs he being gone in stood beside the wheele †And a Cherub streched out his hand from the middes of the Cherubs to the fyre that was betwen the Cherubs and he tooke gaue into his handes that was clothed with the linnen garments who taking it went forth †And there appeared in the Cherubs the similitude of a mans hand vnder their winges †And I saw and behold foure wheeles by the Cherubs one wheele by one Cherub and another wheele by one Cherub and the forme of the wheeles was as it were the resemblance of the stone Chrysolithus †and their resemblance one similitude to the foure as it were a wheele in the middes of a wheele †And when they walked they went into foure partes and they returned not walking but to the place wherunto that which was first declined the rest also folowed neither did they turne †And al their bodie and neckes and handes and winges and the circles were ful of eyes in the circuite of the foure wheeles †And these wheeles he called voluble my self hearing it †And one had foure
al your preuarications wherin you haue preuaricated and make to yourselues a new hart and a new spirit and why wil you dye ô house of Israel †Because I wil not the death of him that dieth saith our Lord God returne ye and liue ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XVIII â—â— Is the death of a sinner my vvil In manie places of holie Scripture it is clâ—â—â— that Gods vvil is most assuredly fulfilled in al thinges vvhatsoeuer he vvould and none can resist his vvil c. Neuertheles here and in other places it is also expresly affirmed that God would haue al sinners to repent and none to dye in their sinnes vvhich semeth to repugne vvith the former doctrin For solution of vvhich difficultie S. Damascen li. 2. c. 29 de Orthodoxa side and other Doctors distinguish Gods vvil vvhich is either called Antecedent and conditional and so God vvould haue al men to be saued as appeareth by creating al to that end by his frequen admonitions preceptes threates temporal punishments and revvardes and especially by our Sauiours death and redemption of al mankind vvherby he merited most sufficient meanes and offereth his sufficient grace to euerie one that they may be saued if they vvil Othervvise Gods wil is called Consequent and absolute and so for iustice sake his diuine vvil is that impenitent sinners shal be damned and eternally punished for their sinnes As a iust Iudge condionally and antecedently vvould haue al men to obserue good lavves and to liue so long as they can by nature but absolutely consequently finding some to be murderers or othervvise pernicicious to the commonvvelth he panisheth them with death CHAP. XIX The Israelites calaminitie is described by two parables of lions 10. and of a vine planted and plucked vp AND thou take vp lamentation vpon the princes of Israel †and thou shalt say Why lay thy mother a lionesse among the lions in the middes of young lions brought vp her whelpes †And she brought out one of her young lions he became a lion and he lerned to catch prayes and to eate man †And the Gentils heard of him and not without their woundes they tooke him and they brought him in cheynes into the Land of Aegypt †Who when she saw that she was weakened and her expectation was lost she tooke one of her young lions she made him a lion †Who went among the lions and became a lion and he lerned to take praye and to deuoure men †He lerned to make widowes and to bring their cities into a desert and the land was made desolate and the fulnes therof by the voice of his roaring †And the Gentils came together against him on euerie side out of the prouinces they spred their nette vpon him in their wounds he was taken †And they put him into a caue in cheynes they brought him to the king of Babylon and they cast him into prison that his voice might no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israel †Thy mother as it were a vine in thy bloud is planted vpon the water her fruit and her branches haue growen out of manie waters †And there were made to her strong roddes for the scepters of them that rule and her stature was exalted among the branches and she saw her height in the multitude of her branches †And she was plucked vp in wrath and cast on the ground and the burning winde hath dried vp her fruite the roddes of her strength are withered and dried vp fire hath eaten her †And now she is transplanted into the desert in a land not passable and drie †And there came forth fire from the rod of her boughes which hath eaten her fruite and there was not in her a strong rod the scepter of rulers Lamentation it is and it shal be into lamentation CHAP. XX. God wil not answer the elders of Israel asking by the prophet 4. but by him setteth his benefites before their eyes and their owne heynous sinnes 30. threatning yet greater punishments 40. but stil mixt with mercie AND it came to passe in the seuenth yeare in the fifth the tenth of the moneth there came men of the ancients of Israel to aske our Lord they sare before me †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man speake to the ancients of Israel thou shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord God Why are you come to aske me Liue I that I wil not answer you saith our Lord God †Doest thou iudge them doest thou iudge ô sonne of man shew to them the abominations of their fathers †And thou shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord God In the day that I chose Israel lifted vp my hand for the stocke of the house of Iacob and appeared to them in the Land of Aegypt and lifted vp my hand for them saying I the Lord your God †in that day I lifted vp my hand for them that I might bring them out of the Land of Aegypt into a Land which I had prouided for them flowing with milke and honie which is excellent among al landes †And I said to them Let euerie man cast away the scandals of his eyes and in the idols of Aegypt be ye not polluted I the Lord your God †And they prouoked me and would not heare me euerie one did not cast away the abominations of his eyes neither did they leaue the idols of Aegypt and I said I would powre out mine indignation vpon them and fil my wrath in them in the middes of the Land of Aegypt †And I did for my name sake that it might not be violated before the Gentils in the middes of whom they were and among whom I appeared to them to bring them out of the Land of Aegypt †I cast them out therfore of the Land of Aegypt and brought them forth into the desert †And I gaue them my precepts and I shewed to them my iudgements which a man doing shal liue in them †Moreouer also my sabbathes I gaue to them to be a signe betwen me and them and that they might know that I am the Lord sanctifying them †And the houses of Israel prouoked me in the desert they walked not in my precepts and my iudgements they reiected which a man doing shal liue in them and my sabbathes they violated excedingly I said therfore I would powre out my furie vpon them in the desert and would consume them †And I did for my name sake lest it should be violated before the Gentils from which I cast them out in their sight †I therfore lifted vp my hand vpon them in the desert not to bring them into the Land which I gaue them flowing with milke and honie the chiefe of al landes †Because they reiected my iudgements and walked not in my precepts and violated my sabbathes
for their hart went after idols †And mine eye was merciful on them that I killed them not neither did I consume them in the desert †But I said to their children in the wildernes In the precepts of your fathers walke not neither keepe ye their iudgements nor be polluted in their idols †I the Lord your God walke ye in my precepts and keepe my iudgements and doe them †And sanctifie ye my sabbathes that they may be a signe betwen me and you and ye may knowe that I am the Lord your God †And the children exasperated me in my precepts they walked not and my iudgements they kept not to doe them which when a man shal doe he shal liue in them and they violated my sabbathes and I threatned to powre our my furie vpon them and to fil my wrath in them in the desert †But I turned away my hand did for my names sake that it might not be violated before the Gentils out of which I did cast them forth in their eyes †Againe I lifted vp my hand vpon them in the wildernes that I might disperse them into nations and scatter them into landes †for that they had not done my iudgements and had reiected my precepts and had violated my sabbathes and their eyes had bene after the idols of their fathers †Therfore I also gaue them precepts not good and iudgements in which they shal not liue †And I polluted them in their giftes when they offered al that opened the matrice for their offences and they shal know that I am the Lord. †Wherfore speake to the house of Israel ô sonne of man and thou shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord God Yet also in this did your fathers blaspheme me when contemning they had despised me †and I had brought them into the Land vpon which I lifted vp my hand to geue it them they saw euerie high hil and euerie wooddie tree and there they immolated their victims and there they gaue the irritation of their oblation and there they put the odour of their sweetnes and offered their libations †And I said to them What is the excelse vnto which you goe the name therof was called Excelse euen to this day †Therfore say to the house of Israel Thus saith our Lord God Surely in the way of your fathers you are pulluted and after their scandals you doe fornicate †And in the oblation of your giftes when you make your children passe through the fire you are polluted in al your idols vnto this day and shal I answer you ô house of Israel Liue I saith our Lord God that I wil not answer you †Neither shal the cogitation of your minde come to passe saying We wil be as the Gentils and as the kinreds of the earth that we may worship wood and stones †Liue I saith our Lord God that in a strong hand in a streched out arme and in furie powred forth wil I reigne ouer you †And I wil bring you out of the peoples and I wil gather you out of the landes in which you are dispersed in a strong hand and in a streched out arme and in furie powred forth wil I reigne ouer you †And I wil bring you into the desert of peoples and wil be iudged there with you face to face †As I contended in iudgement against your fathers in the desert of the Land of Aegypt so wil I iudge you saith our Lord God †And I wil subdue you to my scepter wil bring you into the bandes of couenant †And I wil choose out of you the transgressours and impious and wil bring them out of the land of their seiourning and into the land of Israel they shal not enter and you shal know that I am the Lord. †And you ô house of Israel Thus saith our Lord God Walke you euerie one after your idols and serue them But and if in this also you heare me not and shal pollute my holie name any more in your giftes and in your idols †in my holie mount in the high mount of Israel saith our Lord God there shal al the house of Israel serue me al I say in the land wherin they shal please me and there wil I require your first fruites and the beginning of your tithes in al your sanctifications †I wil receiue you for an odour of sweetnes when I shal haue brought you out of the peoples and shal haue gathered you out of the landes into which you are dispersed and I wil be sanctified in you in the eyes of the nations †And you shal know that I am the Lord when I shal haue brought you into the land of Israel into the Land for which I lifted vp my hand to geue it to your fathers †And there you shal remember your wayes and al your wicked deedes in which you were polluted and you shal mislike yourselues in your owne sight in al your malices which you haue done †And you shal know that I am the Lord when I shal haue done you good for my name sake and not according to your euil wayes nor according to your most wicked deedes ô house of Israel saith our Lord God †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man set thy face against the way of the south and droppe toward the sotherne winde and prophecie to the forrest of the sotherne filde †And thou shalt say to the sotherne forrest Heare the word of our Lord Thus saith our Lord God Behold I wil kindle a fire in thee and wil burne in thee euerie greene tree and euerie drie tree the flame of the fire shal not be quenched and euerie face shal be burned in it from the South euen to the North. †And al flesh shal see that I the Lord kindled it neither shal it be quenched †And I said A a a ô Lord God they say of me Doth not this man speake by parables CHAP. XXI Destruction of Ierusalem by sword is further described 10. With translation of the kingdom 28. The ruine also of the Ammonites is foreshewed 30. And finally Babylon the destroyer of others shal be destroyed AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man set thy face to Ierusalem and droppe to the sanctuaries and prophecie against the ground of Israel †And thou shalt say to the land of Israel Thus saith our Lord God Behold I to thee and I wil draw forth my sword out of his scabbard and wil kil in thee the iust and the impious †And for that I haue killed in thee the iust and the impious therfore shal my sword goe forth out of his scabbard to al flesh from the South euen to the North. †That al flesh may know that I the Lord haue drawen my sword out of his scabbard not to be reuoked â€
insolent pride Tyre shal be vtterly destroyed 20. Sidon likewise ouerthrowne 24. And the people of Israel at last restored AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man say to the prince of Tyre Thus saith our Lord God For that thy hart is eleuated thou hast sayd I am God and I haue sitten in the chaire of God in the hart of the sea wheras thou art a man and not God and hast geuen thy hart as the hart of God †Loe thou art wiser then Daniel euerie secret is not hid from thee †In thy wisedom and thy prudence thou hast made thee strength and hast gotten gold and siluer in thy treasures †In the multitude of thy wisedome in thy merchandise thou hast multiplied strength to thee and thy hart is eleuated in thy strength †Therfore thus saith our Lord God For that thy hart is eleuated as the hart of God †therfore behold I wil bring vpon thee strangers the strongest of the Gentils and they shal draw their swordes vpon the beautie of thy wisedome and shal pollute thy comelines †They shal kil and plucke thee downe and thou shalt dye in the death of the slaine in the hart of the sea †Why shalt thou speake saying I am God before them that kil thee wheras thou art a man and not God in the hand of them that slay thee †By the death of the vncircumcised shalt thou dye in the hand of strangers because I haue spoken saith our Lord God †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying Sonne of man lift vp a lamentation vpon the king of Tyre †and thou shalt say to him Thus saith our Lord God Thou the signet of similitude ful of wisedom and perfect of beautie †thou wast in the delicacies of the paradise of God euerie precious stone thy couering sardius topatius and the iasper chrysolithus and onyx and berillus the sapphire and the carbuncle and the emerald gold the worke of thy beautie and thy pipes were prepared in the day that thou wast created †Thou Cherub streched out and protecting and I sette thee in the holie mount of God in the middes of fyrie stones thou hast walked †Perfect in thy wayes from the day of thy creation vntil iniquitie was found in thee †In the multitude of thy merchandise thyne inner partes were filled with iniquitie and thou didst sinne and I cast thee out from the mount of God and destroyed thee ô Cherub protecting out of the middes of the fyrie stones †And thy hart was eleuated in thy beautie thou hast lost thy wisedome in thy beautie I haue cast thee to the earth before the face of kinges I haue geuen thee that they might behold thee †In the multitude of thine iniquities in the iniquitie of thy merchandise thou hast polluted thy sanctification I wil therfore bring forth a fyre out of the middes of thee to eate thee and I wil make thee as ashes vpon the earth in the sight of al that see thee †Al that shal see thee in the Gentils shal be astonied vpon thee thou art become a thing of naught and thou shalt not be for euer †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man set thy face against Sidon and thou shalt prophecie of it †and shalt say Thus saith our Lord God Behold I to thee Sidon and I wil be glorified in the middes of thee and they shal know that I am the Lord when I shal doe iudgements in it and shal be sanctified in it †And I wil send into it pestilence and bloud in the streetes therof the slaine shal fal in the middes therof by the sword round about and they shal know that I am the Lord. †And there shal be no more scandal of bitternes to the house of Israel and thorne causing payne on euerie side round about them that are against them and they shal know that I am the Lord God †Thus saith our Lord God When I shal haue gathered together the house of Israel out of the peoples in which they are dispersed I wil be sanctified in them before the Gentils and they shal dwel in their land which I gaue to my seruant Iacob †And they shal dwel therin secure and they shal build houses and shal plant vineyards and shal dwel confidently when I shal haue done iudgements in al that are their enemies round about they shal know that I am the Lord their God CHAP. XXIX The king of Aegypt shal be ouerthrowne 9. and the kingdom wasted fourtie yeares 13. It shal be repared to a meane state 17. And shal be geuen to the king of Babylon for his seruice in destroying Tyre IN the tenth yeare the tenth moneth the eleuenth day of the moneth the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man set thy face against Pharao the king of Aegypt and thou shalt prophecie of him and of al Aegypt †Speake and thou shalt say Thus saith our Lord God Behold I to thee Pharao king of Aegypt thou great dragon which lyest in the middes of thy riuers and sayest The riuer is mine and I made it my selfe †And I wil put a bridle in thy iawes and I wil fasten the fishes of thy riuers to thy scales and I wil draw thee out of the middes of thy riuers and al thy fishes shal sticke to thy scales †And I wil cast thee forth into the desert and al the fishes of thy riuer thou shalt fal vpon the face of the earth thou shalt not be collected nor gathered together to the beasts of the earth and to the foules of the heauen haue I geuen thee to be deuoured †And al the inhabitants of Aegypt shal know that I am the Lord for that thou hast bene a staffe of reede to the house of Israel †When they tooke thee with the hand and thou wast broken and didst rent al their shoulder and they leaning vpon thee thou wast broken and didst dissolue al their reines †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Behold I wil bring vpon thee the sword and wil kil out of thee man and beast †And the Land of Aegypt shal be into a desert and into a wildernes and they shal know that I am the Lord for that thou hast sayd The riuer is mine and I made it †Therfore behold I to thee and to thy riuers and I wil geue the Land of Aegypt into desolations destroyed with the sword from the tower of Syene euen to the borders of Aethiopia †The foote of man shal not passe through it neither shal the foote of beast goe in it and it shal not be inhabited fourtie yeares †And I wil make the Land of Aegypt desert in the middes of desert lands the cities therof in the middes of cities ouerthrowen and they shal be desolate fourtie
wayes and their inuentions haue I iudged them †And they went in to the Nations vnto which they entered and haue polluted my holie name when it was said of them This is the people of the Lord and out of his land they are come forth †And I haue spared my holie name which the house of Israel polluted among the Gentiles to which they entered in †Therfore thou shalt say to the house of Israel Thus saith our Lord God not for your sake wil I doe it ô house of Israel but for my holie name which you haue polluted in the Nations to which you entered †And I wil sanctifie my great name that is polluted among the Gentiles which you haue polluted in the middes of them that the Gentils may know that I am the Lord saith our Lord of hostes when I shal be sanctified in you before them †For I wil take you out of the Gentils and wil gather you together out of al the landes and wil bring you into your land †And I wil powre out vpon you cleane water and you shal be clensed from al your contaminations from al your idols wil I clense you †And I wil geue you a new hart and wil put a new spirit in the middes of you and wil take away the stonie hart out of your flesh and wil geue you a fleshie hart †And I wil put my spirite in the middes of you and I wil make that you walke in my precepts keepe my iudgements and doe them †And you shal dwel in the land which I gaue to your fathers and you shal be my people and I wil be your God †And I wil saue you from al your contaminations and I wil cal for corne and wil multiplie it and wil not put famine vpon you †And I wil multiplie the fruite of the tree and the ofsprings of the filde that you beare no more the reproch of famine among the Gentils †And you shal remember your most wicked wayes and your studies not good and your iniquities and your wicked deedes shal displease you †Not for you wil I doe it saith our Lord God be it knowne to you be ye confounded and ashamed vpon your wayes ô house of Israel †Thus saith our Lord God In the day that I shal clense you from al your iniquities and shal make the cities to be inhabited and shal repayre the ruinous places †and the desert land shal be tilled which once was desolate in the eyes of euerie wayfaringman †they shal say This land vntilled is become as a garden of pleasure and the desert cities and destitute and vndermined haue sitten fenced †And the Nations whatsoeuer shal be left round about you shal know that I the Lord haue builded the destroyed thinges and planted the vntilled places that I the Lord haue spoken and done it †Thus saith our Lord God As yet in this shal the house of Israel finde me that I wil doe for them I wil multiplie them as a flocke of men †as a holie flocke as the flocke of Ierusalem in the solemnities therof So shal the desert cities be ful of flockes of men and they shal know that I am the Lord. CHAP. XXXVII By dead bones rising to life which also signifieth the general resurrection 11. is prophecied the reduction of the Iewes from captiuitie 15. the kingdoms of Iuda and Israel shal be reduced into one kingdom 23. in figure that al Nations shal be vnited in Christ. THE hand of our Lord was made vpon me and brought me forth in the spirite of our Lord and left me in the middes of a filde that was ful of bones †And he led me about through them on euerie side there were verie manie vpon the face of the filde and exceeding drie †And he sayd to me Sonne of man thinkest thou these bones shal liue And I sayd Lord God thou knowest †And he sayd to me Prophecie of these bones and thou shalt say to them Drie bones heare ye the word of our Lord. †Thus saith our Lord God to these bones Behold I wil put spirite into you and you shal liue †And I wil geue sinowes vpon you and wil make flesh to grow vp ouer you and wil strech a skine on you and I wil geue you spirite and you shal liue you shal know that I am the Lord. †And I prophecied as he had commanded me and there was made a sound when I prophecied and behold a commotion and bones came to bones euerie one to his iuncture †And I saw and behold vpon them sinowes and flesh was growen vp and a skinne was strerched out in them aboue and they had noe spirite †And he sayd to me Prophecie to the spirite prophecie sonne of man thou shalt say to the spirite Thus saith our Lord God Come spirite from the foure windes and blow vpon these slaine and let them be reuiued †And I prophecied as he had commanded me spirit entered into them they liued they stood vpon their feete an armie passing great †And he sayd to me Sonne of man Al these bones are the house of Israel They say our bones are withered our hope is perished and we are cut of †Therfore prophecie and thou shalt say to them Thus sayth our Lord God Behold I wil open your graues and wil bring you out of your sepulchers ô my people and wil bring you into the land of Israel †And you shal know that I am the Lord when I shal haue opened your sepulchres and shal haue brought you out of your graues ô my people †and shal haue geuen my spirite in you and you shal liue and I shal make you rest vpon your ground you shal know that I the Lord haue spoken and done it saith our Lord God †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †And thou sonne of man take thee one peece of wood and write vpon it Of Iuda and of the children of Israel his felowes and take an other peece of wood and write vpon it Of Ioseph the wood of Ephraim and of al the house of Israel and of his selowes †And ioyne them one to the other for thee into one peece of wood and they shal be into an vnion in thy hand †And when the children of thy people shal say to thee speaking Doest thou not declare vnto vs what thou meanest by these †Thou shalt speake to them Thus saith our Lord God Behold I wil take the peece of wood of Ioseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel that are adioyned to him and I wil geue them together with the peece of wood of Iuda and wil make them into one peece of wood and they shal be one in his hand †And the peeces of wood wherupon thou shalt write in thy hand
vncitcumcised in hart vncircumcised in flesh shal not enter into my sanctuarie euerie strange child that is in the middes of the children of Israel †Yea and the Leuites that haue reuolted farre from me in the errour of the children of Israel haue erred from me after their idols and haue borne their iniquitie †they shal be officers in my sanctuarie and porters of the gates of the house and ministers of the house they shal kil the holocausts and the victimes of the people and they shal stand in their sight to serue them †For that they haue serued them in the sight of their idols and were made to the house of Israel a scandal of iniquitie therfore haue I lifted vp mine hand vpon them saith our Lord God and they shal beare their iniquitie †and they shal not approch to me to doe the function of priesthood vnto me neither shal they approche to al my sanctuarie by Sancta Sanctorum but they shal beare their confusion and their wicked abominations which they haue done †And I wil make them porters of the house in al the ministerie therof and in al thinges that shal be done therin †But the priests Leuits the sonnes of Sadoc which kept the ceremonies of my sanctuarie when the children of Israel erred from me they shal approach to me to minister vnto me they shal stand in my sight to offer me the fatte and the bloud saith our Lord God †They shal enter into my sanctuarie and they shal approch to my table to minister vnto me and to keepe my ceremonies †And when they shal enter into the gates of the inner court they shal be clothed with linnen garments neither shal anie wollen thing come vpon them when they minister in the gates of the inner court within †There shal be linnen mitres on their heades and there shal be linnen breeches on their loynes and they shal not be girded in swette †And when they shal goe out to the vtter court vnto the people they shal put of from them their vestiments wherin they had ministered and shal lay them vp in the vesterie of the sanctuarie they shal cloth themselues with other garments they shal not sanctifie the people in their vestures †And they shal not shaue their head nor nourish their heare but powling they shal powle their heades †And no priest shal drinke wine when he is to enter into the inner court †And widow and her that is diuorced they shal not take for wiues but virgins of the seede of the house of Israel but a widow also which hath bene the widow of a priest they shal take †And they shal teach my people what is betwen a holie thing and polluted and betwen cleane and vncleane they shal shew to them †And when there shal be a controuersie they shal stand in my iudgements shal iudge my lawes my preceptes in al my solemnities shal they keepe and my sabbathes they shal sanctifie †And to a dead man they shal not enter in lest they be polluted but to father and mother sonne and daughter and brother and sister which hath not had an other husband in which they shal be contaminated †And after that he is clensed seuen daies shal be numbred to him †And in the day of his entering into the sanctuarie to the inner court to minister vnto me in the sanctuarie he shal offer for his sinne sayth our Lord God †And there shal not be inheritance to them I am their inheritance and possession you shal not geue them in Israel for I am their possession †The victime both for sinne and for offence they shal eate and euerie vowed thing in Israel shal be theirs †And the first fruits of al the first borne al the libaments of al thinges that are offered shal be the priests the first fruits of your meates you shal geue to the priest that he may lay vp a blessing for thy house †Al carren and thing taken by a beast of birdes and of cattel the priests shal not eate CHAP. XLV In distribution of the land after the captiuitie seueral portions are assigned for the Priestes the Leuites the Citie and the Prince the rest was for the people 9. Rulers are admonished to obserue iust measures 15. and to offer due sacrifices AND when you shal begin to diuide the land by lot seperate ye first fruits to our Lord a peece sanctified of the land in length twentie fiue thousand and in bredth tenne thousand it shal be sanctified in al the border therof round about †And it shal be sanctified on euerie side by fiue hundred and fiue hundred foure square round about and of fiftie cubits for the suburbs therof round about †And from this measure thou shalt measure the length of fiue and twentie thousand and the bredth of tenne thousand in it shal be the temple and sanctum sanctorum †The sanctified peece of the land shal be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuarie which approch to the ministerie of our Lord and it shal be a place to them for houses and for the sanctuarie of holines †And fiue and twentie thousand of length tenne thousand of bredth shal be for the Leuits which minister in the house they shal possesse twentie celles †And the possession of the citie you shal geue fiue thousand of bredth and of length fiue and twentie thousand according to the seperation of the sanctuarie to al the house of Israel †To the prince also on this side and on that side according to the separation of the sanctuarie and according to the possession of the citie against the face of the seperation of the sanctuarie and against the face of the possession of the citie from the side of the Sea euen to the Sea and from the side of the East euen to the East And the length according to euerie part from the West border to the East border †Of the land shal he haue possession in Israel and the princes shal no more spoile my people but the land they shal geue to the house of Israel according to their tribes †Thus saith our Lord God Let it suffice you ô princes of Israel intermitte ye iniquitie and robberies and doe iudgement and iustice seperate your confines from my people saith our Lord God †Iust balance and a iust ephi and a iust bat shal be to you †The ephi and the bat shal be equal and of one measure that the bat may take the tenth part of a core the ephi the tenth part of a core according to the measure of a core shal be the equal balassing of them †And a sicle hath twentie obolos Moreouer twentie sicles fiue and twentie sicles and fiftene sicles make Mnam †And these are the first fruits which you shal take the sixth
youth †Sacrifice and libation is perished out of the house of our Lord the priests our Lords ministers mourned †The region is destroyed the ground hath mourned because the wheate is wasted the wine is confounded the oyle hath languished †The husbandmen are confounded the dressers of vines haue howled vpon the wheate and the barley because the haruest of the filde is perished †The vineyard is confounded and the figtree hath languished the pomegranet the palmetree and the appletree and al the trees of the filde are withered because ioy is confounded from the children of men †Gird yourselues and mourne ye priests howle ye ministers of the altar goe in lie in sacke clothe ye ministers of my God because sacrifice libation is perished out of the house of your God †Sanctifie ye a fast cal an assemblie gather together the ancients al the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God and crie ye to our Lord †A a a for the day because the day of our Lord is at hand and as destruction from the mightie it shal come †Why are not the victuals perished before your eyes ioy and exultation out of the house of our God †The beastes are rotted in their dung the barnes are destroyed the storehouses are dissipated because the wheate is confounded †Why groned the beast why lowed the flockes of the heard because there is no pasture for them yea and the flockes of the cattel are perished †To thee ô Lord wil I crie because fire hath eaten the beautiful thinges of the desert and the flame hath burnt al the trees of the region †Yea and the beastes of the filde as a garden bed thirsting for a shower haue looked vp to thee because the fountaines of waters are dried vp fire hath deuoured the beautiful thinges of the desert ANNOTATIONS CHAP. I. 4. The residue of the eruke loeust bruke blast Eruca a vvorme that destroyeth herbes and fruictes Locusta a fleing beast vvith long hinder legges destroying corne and fruite Bruchus an other fleeing litle beast that deuoureth not only fruite but also the leaues of trees and Rubigo the blast or burning myst that consumeth the eares of corne euen to dust do metaphorically signifie the Chaldees and other souldiars of sundrie nations in the armie of Nabuchodonosor inuading wasting the kingdom of Iuda And that at foure seueral times euer worse worse First when Nabuchodonosor beseeging Ierusalē subdued king Ioakim and his kingdom taking hostages for assurance of subiection amongst vvhich vvere Daniel and the other three children and caried avvay part of the holie vessel of the Temple 4. Reg 24 v. 1. The second vvhen eight yeares after Nabuchodonosor returned and killed king Ioakim for rebelling and caried his sonne king Ioachin othervvise called Iechonias into Babylon with his mother and Ieremie the Prophet also manie other principal persons and much riches ibidem v. 10. The third vvhen eleuen yeares after he tooke and spoyled Ierusalem destroyed the Temple killed al king Sedecias sonnes in his sight then put out his eyes and caried him blinde into Babylon vvith much more people and spoyle 4. Reg 25. Fourthly when shortly after he sent Nabuzardan general of his armie and caried avvay more men and vvealth leauing only the basest people to til the land ibidem v. 8. Al vvhich shevveth clerly the fulfilling of this Prophecie according to the historical letter In like sorte vve might explicate the rest of this and other prophetes but it is not our purpose to be so large Much lesse to prosecute the Mystical sense vvhich is manifold as appeareth in the vvorkes of the ancient Fathers VVherof see F. Francis Ribera CHAP. II. The Chaldees wil assault afflict the Iewes with great violence 12. After humble repentance in captiuitie 18. Gods benignitie wil comforte them 23. with abundance of spiritual grace by Christ 28. sending also the Holie Ghost 30. And terrible signes before the day of Iudgement SOVND ye with the trumpet in Sion howle in my holie mount let al the inhabitants of the land be trubled Because the day of our Lord cometh †because the day of darkenes and of mist is neere the day of clowde and whirlewind as the morning spred vpon the montaines much people strong the like to it hath not bene from the beginning and after it shal not be euen vnto the yeares of generation generation †Before the face therof a deuouring fyre and after it a burning flame the land before it as it were a garden of pleasure and after it the wildernes of a desert neither is there that can escape it †As the appearance of horses their appearance as horsemen so shal they runne †As the sound of chariots vpon the toppes of mountaines shal they leape as the sound of a flame of fire deuouring stubble as a strong people prepared to battel †At his presence the people shal be vexed al visages shal be made like a potte †They shal runne as valients as men of warre they shal scale the wal the men shal march in their wayes shal not decline from their pathes †None shal presse his brother they shal walke euerie one in his owne pathe yea through the windowes they shal fal shal not demolish †They shal enter the city they shal runne on the wal they shal climbe the houses by the windowes they shal enter as a theefe †At his presence the earth hath trembled the heauens are moued the sunne and moone are darkened and the starres haue withdrawne their shining †And our Lord hath geuen his voice before the face of his host because his campes are exceding manie because strong doing his word for great is the day of our Lord terrible excedingly and who shal susteyne it †Now therfore sayth our Lord Conuert to me in al your hart in fasting and in weeping and in mourning †And rent your hartes and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God because he is benigne and merciful patient and of much mercie readie to be gracious vpon the malice †Who knoweth if he wil conuert and forgeue and leaue after him benediction sacrifice and libament to the Lord your God †Sound ye with the trumpet in Sion sanctifie a fast cal an assemblie †gather together the people sanctifie the Church assemble the ancients gather together the litle ones and them that sucke the breastes let the bridegrome goe forth of his chamber and the bride out of her bride chamber †Betwen the porch and the altar the priests our Lords ministers shal weepe and shal say Spare ô Lord spare thy people and geue not thine inheritance into reproch that the nations haue dominion ouer them Why say they in the peoples Where is their God †Our Lord hath bene zelous to his land
and hath spared his people †And our Lord answered and sayd to his people Behold I wil send you corne and wine and oyle and you shal be replenished with them and I wil geue you no more to be a reproch in the Gentils †And him that is from the North I wil make far from you and I wil expel him into a land vnpassable desert his face against the east sea and his extreme part to the last sea his stinke shal ascend his rotennes shal ascend because he hath done proudly †Feare not ô land reioyce be glad because our Lord hath magnified to doe †Feare not ye beastes of the region because the beautiful thinges of the desert are sprung because the tree hath brought his fruite the figtree and the vine haue geuen their vigour †And ye children of Sion reioyce and be ioyful in the Lord your God because he hath geuen you a doctor of iustice and he wil make the early and the late showre to descend to you as in the beginning †And the floores shal be filled with wheare and the presses shal ouerflow with wine and oyle †And I wil render you the yeares which the locust the bruke and the blast and the eruke hath eaten my great strength which I haue sent vpon you †And you shal eate eating and shal be filled and you shal praise the name of the Lord your God that hath done meruels with you and my people shal not be confounded for euer †And you shal know that I am in the middes of Israel I the Lord your God and there is none besides and my people shal not be confounded for euer †And it shal be after this I wil powre out my spirit vpon al flesh and your sonnes your daughters shal prophecie your ancients shal dreame dreames and your yong men shal see visions †Yea and vpon my seruants and handmayds in those dayes I wil powre out my spirit †And I wil geue wonders in heauen and in earth bloud and fire and vapour of smoke †The sunne shal be turned into darkenes and the moone into bloud before the great and horrible day of the Lord doth come †And it shal be euerie one that shal inuocate the name of the Lord shal be saued because in mount Sion and in Ierusalem shal be saluation as our Lord hath sayd and in the residew whom our Lord shal cal CHAP. III. After the conuersion of the Iewes to Christ 2. shortly foloweth the general Iudgement 3. where euerie one according to their desertes shal receiue expressed here in parabolical speach 7. 19. the wicked euerlasting paine 18. 20. and the blessed eternal ioy BECAVSE loe in those dayes and in that time when I shal conuert the captiuitie of Iuda and Ierusalem †I wil gather together al Nations wil lead them into the valley of Iosaphat and I wil plead with them there vpon my people and myne inheritance Israel whom they haue dispersed in the nations and haue diuided my land †And vpon my people they haue cast lot and boy they haue geuen to be a strumpet and wench they haue sould for wine that they might drinke †But what is to me and to you ô Tyre and Sidon and al the border of the Palesthines what wil you render me reuenge and if you doe reuenge against me I wil soone render you quickly recompence vpon your head †For my siluer and my gold you haue taken and my desiderable thinges and most beautiful you haue caried into your temples †And the children of Ierusalem you haue sold to the children of the Greekes that you might make them far of from their coasts †Behold I wil rayse them vp out of the place wherin you haue sold them and I wil turne your retribution vpon your owne head †And I wil sel your sonnes your daughters into the handes of the children of Iuda and they shal sel them to the Sabaeans a nation far of because our Lord hath spoken †Proclaime ye this in the Gentils sanctifie battel rayse vp the strong let them come let al the men of warre come vp †Cut your ploughes into swordes and your spades into speares Let the weake say That I am strong †Breake out and come al ye nations from round about and be gathered together there wil our Lord make al thy strong ones to be slaine †Let them arise and let the Gentils ascend into the valley of Iosaphat because there I wil sit to iudge al nations round about †Put in the sithes because the haruest is ripe come and descend because the presse is ful the presses runne ouer because their malice is multiplied †Peoples people 's in the valley of d concision because the day of our Lord is nigh in the valley of concision †The sunne and the moone are darkened and the starres haue withdrawen their shining †And our Lord wil roare out of Sion and out of Ierusalem he wil geue his voice and the heauens the earth shal be moued and our Lord the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israel †And you shal know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Sion my holy mount and Ierusalem shal be holie strangers shal passe through it no more †And it shal be in that day the mountaines shal distil sweetnes and the hilles shal flow with milke and through al the riuers of Iuda shal runne waters a fountaine shal issue out of the house of the Lord and shal water the torrent of thornes †Aegypt shal be into desolation Idumea into a desert of perdition for that they haue done vniustly against the children of Iuda and haue shed innocent bloud in their land †And Iewrie shal be inhabited for euer and Ierusalem vnto generation and generation †And I wil clense their bloud which I had not clensed and the Lord wil dwel in Sion THE PROPHECIE OF AMOS AMOS a heardesman of Thecua in the tribe of Zabulon was indued with the spirite of prophecie about the same time with Osee and Ioel in the reigne of Ozias king of Iuda and of Ieroboam sonne of Ioas king of Israel in Metaphores and other obscure speaches agreable to his pastoral education but profound in sense prophecieth especially against the kingdom of Israel and diuers Gentiles partly also against Iuda foreshewing their afflictions for their sinnes but at last the vocation of al Nations to Christ with abundance of spiritual graces in his Church CHAP. I. In the reigne of Iozias in Iuda and of Ieroboam in Israel this prophet Amos 3. threatneth Damascus 6. Gaza 8. Azotus and other Philistians 9. Tyre 11. Idumea 13. and Ammon for their obstinacie in sinne abusing his long patience THE wordes of Amos who was among the pastours of Thecua Which he saw vpon
your beds in the morning light they doe it because their hand is against God †And they haue couered fildes and violently taken and houses forcibly taken away and oppressed the man and his house the man and his inheritance †Therfore thus saith our Lord Behold I purpose euil vpon this familie whence you shal not take away your neckes and you shal not walke prowd because it is a very euil time †In that day a parable shal be taken vp vpon you and a songue shal be sung with sweetnes of them that say With depopulation we are wasted part of my people is changed how shal he depart from me wheras he returneth that wil diuide our regions †For this cause thou shalt haue none casting the cord of lot in the assemblie of our Lord. †Speake ye not speaking It shal not droppe vpon these confusion shal not apprehend them †The house of Iacob saith Way is the spirit of our Lord abridged or are his cogitations such Are not my wordes good with him that walketh rightly †And on the contrarie my people is risen vp as an aduersarie from aboue the cote you haue taken away the cloke them that passed simply you turned into battel †The wemen of my people you haue cast out of the house of their delicacies from their litle ones you haue taken my praise for euer †Arise and goe because you haue no rest here For the vncleannes therof it shal be corrupted with a sore putrefaction †Would God I were not a man hauing the spirit and that I did rather speake a lie I wil distil to thee into wine and into drunkennes and it shal be this people vpon whom it is distilled †Gathering I wil gather thee wholly together ô Iacob I wil bring together the remnant of Israel into one I wil put them together as a flocke in the fold as cattel in the middes of sheepcotes they shal make a tumult by reason of the multitude of men †For he shal ascend opening the way before them they shal diuide and passe through the gate and shal enter by it and their king shal passe before them and our Lord in the head of them CHAP. III. For the sinnes of the rich opressing the poore 5. of falfe prophets flatering for lucre 9. and of Iudges peruerting iustice 12. Ierusalem and the temple shal be destroyed AND I sayd Heare ye princes of Iacob ye dukes of the house of Israel Why is it not your part to know iudgement †which hate good and loue euil which violently take away their skinnes from them and their flesh from their bones †Which haue eaten the flesh of my people and haue stead their skinne from them and haue broken and cut their bones as in a kettle as it were flesh in the middes of a potte shal they crie to our Lord and he wil not heare them and he wil hide his face from them at that time as they haue done wickedly in their inuentions †Thus sayth our Lord vpon the prophets that seduce my people that bite with their teeth nnd preach peace and if a man geue not something in their mouth they sanctifie battel vpon him †Therfore there shal be nigt to you for vision and darkenes to you for diuination and the sunne shal goe downe vpon the prophets the day shal be darkened ouer them †And they shal be confounded that see visions and the diuiners shal be confounded and al shal couer their faces because there is no answer of God †But yet I am replenished with the strenght of the spirit of our Lord with iudgement and power to declare vnto Iacob his wickednes and to Israel his sinne †Heare this ye princes of the house of Iacob and ye iudges of the house of Israel which abhorre iudgement peruert al right thinges †Which build Sion in bloud and Ierusalem in iniquitie †Her princes iudged for gifts and her priests taught for wages and her prophets diuined for money they rested vpon our Lord saying Why is not our Lord in the middes of vs euils shal not come vpon vs. †For this because of you Sion shal be ploughed as a filde and Ierusalem shal be as an heape of stones and the mount of the temple as the high places of forests CHAP. IIII. Manie Gentiles shal beleue in Christ 6. and lastly the multitude of Iewes 8. In the meane time the two tribes shal be caried into captiuitie and be deliuered againe AND it shal be In the later end of dayes there shal be the mount of the house of our Lord prepared in the toppe of mountaines and high about the hilles and peoples shal flow to it †And manie nations shal hasten shal say Come let vs goe vp to the mountaine of our Lord to the house of the God of Iacob he wil teach vs of his wayes and we shal goe in this pathes because out of Sion shal the law goe forth and the word of our Lord out of Ierusalem †And he shal iudge betwen manie peoples and he shal rebuke strong nations vnto a far of and they shal cut their swordes into culters and their speares into spades nation shal not take sword against nation and they shal no more learne to make battel †And euerie man shal sitte vnder his vine vnder his figtree and there shal be none to make them afrayd because the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it †Because al peoples wil walke euerie one in the name of his God but we shal walke in the name of the Lord our God for euer and euer †In that day saith our Lord I wil gather her that halteth and her that I had cast out I wil gather vp her whom I had afflicted †And I wil make her that halted into a remnant and her that had laboured into a mightie nation and our Lord wil reigne ouer them in mount Sion from this time now and for euer †And thou the towre of flocke clowdie of the daughter of Sion shal come to thee and the first powre shal come the kingdom to the daughter of Ierusalem †Now why art thou drawne together with pensifnes why is there not a king to thee or is thy counselor perished because sorow hath apprehended thee as a woman in trauel †Sorow thou labour ô daughter of Sion as a woman in trauel because now shalt thou goe out of the citie and shalt dwel in the countrie and shalt come euen to Babylon there thou shalt be deliuered there our Lord wil redeme thee out of the hand of thine enemies †And now manie nations are gathered together vpon thee which say Let her be stoned and let our eye looke vpon Sion †But they haue not knowne the cogitations of our Lord and haue not vnderstood his counsel
because he hath gathered them together as the haye of the floore †Arise and thresh ô daughter of Sion because I wil make thy horne of yron and thy hoofes I wil make of brasse thou shalt breake in peeces manie peoples and shalt kil the spoiles of them to our Lord and their strength to the Lord of the whole earth CHAP. V. Ierusalem shal be besieged and taken 2. Christ shal be borne in Bethlehem 3. the Iewes shal not be wholly reiected vntil the Gentiles beginne to embrace the true faith 4. Which shal be spred in the whole world 8. pure from idolatrie 14. and the incredulous punished NOW shalt thou be spoiled daughter of the spoiler they haue layd siâ—ge vpon vs with a rod shal they strike the cheeke of the iudge of Israel †AND THOV BETHLEHEM Ephrata art a litle one in the thousands of Iuda out of thee shal come forth vnto me he that shal be the dominatour in Israel and his coming forth “ from the begynning from the dayes of eternitie †Therfore shal he geue them euen til the time wherin she that traueleth shal bring forth and the remnant of his bretheren shal be conuerted to the children of Israel †And he shal stand and feede in the strength of our Lord in the height of the name of our Lord his God and they shal be conuerted because now shal he be magnified euen to the endes of the earth †And this man shal be peace when the Assyrian shal come into our land and when he shal tread in our houses and we wil rayse vpon him “ seuen pastours and “ eight principal men †And they shal feede the land of Assur in the sword and the land of Nemrod in the speares therof and he shal deliuer from Assur when he shal come into our Land and when he shal tread in our coasts †And the remnant of Iacob shal be in the middes of manie peoples as dew from our Lord and as droppes vpon the grasse which expecteth not man and tarieth not for the children of men †And the remnant of Iacob shal be in the Gentiles in the middes of manie peoples as a lion among the beasts of the forests and as a lions whelpe among the flockes of cattel who when he hath passed and troden downe and taken there is none to deliue◠†Thy hand shal be exalted ouer thine enemies and al thine enemies shal perish †And it shal be in that day sayth our Lord I wil take away thy horses out of the middes of thee and wil destroy thy chariots †And I wil destroy the cities of thy land and wil destroy al thy munitions and I wil take away sorceries out of thy hand there shal be no diuinations in thee †And I wil make thy sculptils to perish and thy statuees out of the middes of thee and thou shalt no more adore the workes of thy handes †And I wil plucke vp thy groues out of the middes of thee and wil destroy thy cities †And I wil doe vengeance in furie and in indignation among al the nations that haue not heard ANNOTATIONS CHAP. V. 2. From the beginning from the dayes of eternitie To signifie that Christ taking mans nature vvas neuertheles eternal God vvith the Father and Holie Ghost the prophet addeth that he vvas from the beginning and from the dayes of eternitie vvhich maner of speach by â—teâ—aâ—â—ng the same termes as also seculum seculi secuâ—a saeculoâ—um the like signifie absolute eternitie Though the same wordes put single in some places do only importe long time or duâ—ing such a state as Exo. 21. v. 6. Psal 23. v. 7. 9. 5. Seuen pastors eight principal men Christ raiseth vp and alvvayes conserueth manie or a great number signified by the tvvo mystical numbers seuen and eight to defend the faithful people of the Church against Assur Nemrod that is against al persecutors and aduersaries These defenders are the Fathers and Doctors of the Church especially Bishops vvho are here called Pastors to admonish them that their office is to seedâ— the people vvith spiritual foode doctrine and Sacraments and are called also princes or principal men to admonish the people to obey and folovv their ordinance As S. Paul also admonisheth Obey your Prelates and be subiect to them For they vvatch as being to render account for your soules Heb. 13. CHAP. VI. God expostulateth with the chiefe of the Iewes 3. and with the whole people their ingratitude for his singular benefites 6. who is not pacified with sacrifices 8. but by doing iustice 9. which they not doing 13. shal be afflicted by their enimies HEARE ye what our Lord speaketh Arise contend in iudgement against the mountaines let the hilles heare thy voice †Let the mountaynes heare the iudgement of our Lord the strong fundations of the earth because the iudgement of our Lord is with his people and with Israel he wil be iudged †My people what haue I done to thee or what haue I molested thee answer me †Because I brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt deliuered thee out of the house of them that serued and sent before thy face Moyses and Aaron and Marie †My people remember I pray thee what Balach the king of Moab purposed and what Balaam the sonne of Beor answered him from Setim euen to Galgal that thou mightst know the iustices of our Lord. †What worthie thing shal I offer to our Lord shal I bow the knee to the high God What shal I offer vnto him holocausts calues of a yeare old †Why can our Lord be pacified with thousandes of rammes or with manie thousandes of fatte buckgoates Why shal I geue my first borne for my wickednes the fruite of my womb for the sinne of my soule †I wil shew thee ô man what is good and what our Lord requireth of thee Verely to do iudgement and to loue mercie and to walke solicitous with thy God †The voice of our Lord crieth to the citie and saluation shal be to them that feare thy name heare ye ô tribes and who shal approue it †As yet there is fire in the house of the impious treasures of iniquitie and a lesser measure ful of wrath †Why shal I iustifie an impious balance and the deceitful weights of the bag †By which her richmen were replenished with iniquitie and the inhabitants therin spake lies and their tongue was fraudulent in their mouth †And I therfore begane to strike thee with perdition for thy sinnes †Thou shalt eate shalt not be filled and thy humiliation in the middes of thee and thou shalt apprehend and shalt not saue and whom thou shalt saue I wil geue vnto the sword †Thou shalt sow and shalt not reape thou shalt tread the oliue and shalt not be anoynted with the oyle and presse muste shalt not drinke
in the vines The worke of the oliuetree shal deceiue and the fields shal not yeld meate the cattel shal be cut of from the fold and there shal be no heard in the stalles †But I wil ioy in our Lord and wil reioyce in God my IESVS God our Lord is my strength and he wil make my feete as of the harts and vpon my high places he the conquerer wil lead me singing in psalmes THE PROPHECIE OF SOPHONIAS SOPHONIAS the sonne of Chusi borne in Sarabatha of the tribe of Simeon in the reigne of Iosias king of Iuda somewhat before Ieremie who beganne in the 13. yeare of the same Iosias After whom folowed Ezechiel in the fift yeare of the transmigration of king Ioachin and Baruch in the fift yeare after the destruction of Ierusalem then Daniel three yeares after him prophecied the captiuitie of the two tribes and their relaxation likewise the ruine of diuers Gentiles the coming of Christ conuersion of Gentiles excecation of the Iewes with their general conuersion towards the end of the world CHAP. I. For certaine enormious sinnes the captiuitie of the two tribes is threatned with admonition to repent otherwise it shal be most terrible THE word of our Lord that was made to Sophonie the sonne of Chusi the sonne of Godolias the sonne of Amarias the sonne of Ezechias in the dayes of Iosias the sonne of Amon king of Iuda †Gathering I wil gather together al thinges from the face of the earth sayth our Lord †gathering man and beast gathering the foules of the heauen and fishes of the sea and there shal be ruines of the impious and I wil destroy men from the face of the earth sayth our Lord. †And I wil stretch forth my hand vpon Iuda and vpon al the inhabitantes of Ierusalem and I wil destroy out of this place the remnant of Baal and the names of the templewardens with the priests †and them that adore vpon the toppes of houses the host of heauen and adore and sweare c by our Lord and sweare by Melchom †And them that turne away from after the backe of our Lord and that haue not sought our Lord nor searched after him †Be silent before the face of our Lord God because the day of our Lord is nere because our Lord hath prepared an host he hath sanctified his called †And it shal be in the day of the host of our Lord I wil visite vpon the princes and vpon the kinges sonnes and vpon al that are clothed with strange clothing †and I wil visite vpon euerie one that arrogantly entereth vpon the threshold in that day them that fil the house of our Lord their God with iniquitie guile †And it shal be in that day sayth our Lord the voice of clamor from the gate of fishes and howling from the second and great destruction from the hilles †Howle ye inhabitants of the Morter Al the people of Chanaan is hush al are perished that were wrapped in siluer †it shal be in that time I wil search Ierusalem with lampes and wil visite vpon the men that are fixed in their dregges that say in their hartes The Lord wil not doe good and he wil not doe euil †And their strength shal be into spoile and their houses as a desert and they shal build houses and shal not inhabite them and shal plant vineyards shal not drinke the wine of them †The great day of our Lord is neere it is neere and exceding swift the voice of the day of our Lord is bitter the strong shal there haue tribulation †That day g a day of wrath a day of tribulation and distresse a day of calamitie and miserie a day of darknes and mist a day of clowde whirlewind †a day of the trumpet and sound vpon the fensed cities vpon the high corners †And I wil afflict men and they shal walke as blindmen because they haue sinned to our Lord and their bloud shal be powred out as dust and their bodies as dung †Yea and their siluer and their gold shal not be able to deliuer them in the day of the wrath of our Lord in the fire of his ielousie shal al the earth be deuoured because he wil make consummation with speede to al that inhabit the earth CHAP. II. â—â— exhortation to repent 4 with prophecie of the destruction of the Philistims 8. Moabites and Ammonites 12. Aethiopians 12. Assirians 15. with their chief citie Niniue COME together be ye gathered together ô nation not to be beloued †before that the commandment bring forth the day as dust passing away before the wrath of the furie of our Lord come vpon you before the day of the indignation of our Lord come vpon you †Seeke our Lord al ye meeke of the earth which haue wrought his iudgement seeke the iust seeke the meeke if by any meanes you may be hid in the day of the furie of our Lord. †Because Gaza is destroyed and Ascalon as a desert Azotus at noone they shal cast out and Accaron shal be rooted out †Wo to you that inhabite the cord of the sea ô nation of castawayes the word of our Lord vpon you ô Chanaan land of the Philisthims and I wil destroy thee so that there shal not be an inhabiter †And the cord of the sea shal be the rest of pastours and soldes of cattel †and it shal be the cord of him that shal remayne of the house of Iuda there they shal feede in the houses of Ascalon at euen they shal rest because our Lord their God wil visite them and turne away their captiuitie †I hane heard the reproch of Moab and the blasphemies of the children of Ammon with which they haue vpbrayded my people and were magnified vpon their borders †Therfore liue I sayth the Lord of hosts the God of Israel that Moab shal be as Sodom and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha drynes of thornes and heapes of salt and a desert euen for euer the remnant of my people shal spoile them and the residue of my nation shal possesse them †This shal be fal them for their pride because they haue blasphemed and haue beene magnified vpon the people of the Lord of hosts †Our Lord shal be dreadful vpon them and shal attenuate al the goddes of the earth and they shal adore him euerie man out of his owne place al the ilands of the Gentils †Yea and you Aethiopians shal be slaine with my sword †And he wil stretch forth his hand vpon the North and wil destroy Assur and he wil lay the Beautiful as a wildernes and as a place not passable and as a desert †And flockes shal lie in the middes therof al the beastes of the Gentils and on ocratulus and the Irchin shal abide in the thresholdes therof the voice of one
God sent him to them the people feared at the face of our Lord. †And Aggeus the messenger of our Lord of the messengers of our Lord spake saying to the people I am with you sayth our Lord. †And our Lord raysed vp the spirit of Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel duke of Iuda and the spirit of Iesus the sonne of Iosedec the grandpriest and the spirit of the rest of al the people and they went in and did the worke in the house of the Lord of hostes their God CHAP. II. They are encoreged to procede in building the temple 6. with promise that Christ by his personal presence wil bring more glorie to this then was in the former temple 11. Their former slacknes in this worke was the cause of their wantes 19. and now they shal haue abundance IN the foure and twenteth day of the moneth in the sixth moneth in the second yeare of Darius the king †In the seuenth moneth the one and twentith of the moneth the word of our Lord was made in the hand of Aggeus the prophet saying †Speake to Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel the duke of Iuda to Iesus the sonne of Iosedec the grand priest and to the rest of the people saying †Who among you is left that saw this house in the first glorie therof what do you see this same now Why is it not so as if it were not in your eyes †And now take courege Zorobabel saith our Lord and take courege Iesus the sonne of Iosedec grand priest and take courege al ye people of the land saith the Lord of hostes and doe because I am with you sayth the Lord of hosts †the word that I did couenant with you when you came out of the Land of Aegypt and my spirit shal be in the middes of you feare not †Because thus sayth the Lord of hosts As yet there is one litle while and I wil moue the heauen the earth and the sea and the drie land †And I wil moue al nations AND THE DESIRED OF AL NATIONS SHAL COME and I wil fil this house with glorie sayth the Lord of hosts †Mine is the siluer and mine is the gold sayth the Lord of hostes †“ Great shal be the glorie of this last house more then of the first sayth the Lord of hosts and in this place wil I geue peace sayth the Lord of hosts †In the foure and twentith of the ninth moneth in the second yeare of Darius the king the word of our Lord was made to Aggeus the prophet saying †Thus saith the Lord of hosts Aske the priests the law saying †If a man take sanctified flesh in the skirt of his garment and touch with the skirt therof bread or broth or wine or oile or any meate shal it be sanctified And the priests answering said No. †And Aggeus sayd If one polluted on a soule touch any of al these shal he be contaminated And the priests answered and sayd he shal be contaminated †And Aggeus answered and sayd So this people and so this nation before my face sayth our Lord and so al the worke of their handes al that they haue offered there shal be contaminated †And now set your hartes from this day and vpward before there was stone layd vpon stone in the temple of our Lord. †When you went to an heape of twentie bushels they became ten and entered into the presse to presse out fiftie flagons they became twentie †I stroke you with the burning winde and with the blast and with haile al the workes of your handes and there was none among you that returned to me saith our Lord. †Set your hartes from this day and hence forward from the foure and twenteth day of the ninth moneth from the day that the fundations of the temple of our Lord were layd lay it vpon your hartes †Is there the seede now abreward and as yet the wine and the figtree and the pomegranate and the oliue tree hath not florished from this day I wil blesse †And the word of our Lord was made the second time to Aggeus in the foure and twentith of the moneth saying †Speake to Zorobabel the duke of Iuda saying I wil moue the heauen and also the earth †And I wil ouerthrow the throne of kingdoms wil destroy the strength of the kingdom of the Gentils and I wil ouerthrow the chariote and the rider therof and the horses shal come downe and the riders of them euerie one by the sword of his brother †In that day sayth the Lord of hosts I wil take thee ô Zorobabel sonne of Salathiel my seruant saith our Lord and wil put thee as a signet because thee haue I chosen sayth the Lord of hosts ANNOTATIONS CHAP. II. 10. Great shal be the glorie VVhen according to the prophets exhortation the temple vvas built againe Esdras ch 3. v 12 vvriteth that such ancient men as had sene the former lamented because this nevv one vvas not so excellent as the former had bene vvhich is also clere by other places of holie scripture For amongst other differences Salomons temple had in height and in breadth an hundred and twentie cubites 2 Paral. 3. v. 4. this nevv temple had but sixtie cubites 1 Esd 6. v. 3. Likevvise balomons temple vvas built of stones hevved and perfectly polished 3. Reg 6. v. 7. vvhich vvere also couered on the innerside vvith seeling vvorke of ceder vvood v. 18. This nevv temple vvas built of rugh and vnpolished stones 1. Esd 5. v. 8 As for the same temple long after enlarged and adorned by Herod it continued not long in that state the chiefest glorie therof vvas by our Sauiours presence therin vvhen he vvas presented by his mother and ioyfully receiued into the armes of Simeon and often preached there And therfore S. Augustin proueth li. 18. c. 45. ciuit that the prophet here foreshevveth the glorie of Christs mystical temple faithful Christian soules of al nations in whom God dwelleth by grace of the nevv Testament farre more glorious in liuing stones then that temple vvhich king Salomon built or that vvhich vvas restored after the captiuitie THE PROPHECIE OF ZACHARIAS ZACHARIAS the sonne of Barachias and nephew of Addo beginning two monethes after Aggeus exhorteth also to reedifie the Temple and sheweth by diuers visions that the Church shal floorish partly in that time of the old Synagog but much more after Christs coming whos 's first and chiefe promulgators of his Gospel shal be of the Iewish nation but the farre greatter number shal be of the Gentiles the Iewes for their obstinacie reiected Yet they also in the end shal returne to Christ CHAP. I. The prophet exhorteth the people to conuert to God and not to imitate the euil examples of their fathers 7. by a vision of an horseman and diuers
and the halfe part of the citie shal goe forth into captiuitie and the rest of the people shal not be taken away out of the citie †And our Lord wil goe forth and wil fight against those nations as he fought in the day of conflict †And his feete shal stand in that day vpon the mount of oliues which is against Ierusalem toward the East and the mount of oliues shal be clouen by the halfe part therof to the East to the Weast with a stiepe rupture exceding great and halfe of the mountayne shal be seperated to the North halfe therof to the South †And you shal flie to the valley of those mountaynes because the valley of the mountaynes shal be ioyned euen to the next and you shal flee as you fled from the face of the earthquake in the dayes of Ozias king of Iuda and our Lord my God shal come and al the saintes with him †And it shal be in that day there shal be no light but cold and frost †And there shal be one day which is knowen to our Lord not day nor night in the time of the euening there shal be light †And it shal be in that day liuing waters shal issue forth out of Ierusalem halfe of them to the East sea and halfe of them to the last sea in summer in winter shal they be †And our Lord shal be king ouer al the earth in that day there shal be one Lord his name shal be one †And al the land shal returne euen to the desert from the hil of Remmon to the South of Ierusalem and it shal be exalted and shal dwel in her place from the gate of Beniamin euen to the place of the former gate and euen to the gate of the corners from the towre of Hananeel euen to the kings presses †And they shal dwel in it and there shal be anathema no more but Ierusalem shal sit secure †And this shal be the plague wherwith our Lord shal strike al nations that haue fought against Ierusalem the flesh shal pine away of euerie one standing vpon his feete and his eyes shal weare away in their holes their tongue shal consume away in their mouth †In that day there shal be a great tumult of our Lord among them and a man shal take the hand of his neighbour and his hand shal be clasped vpon his neighbours hand †Yea and Iudas shal fight agaynst Ierusalem and the riches of al nations round about shal be gathered together gold and siluer and garments exceding manie †And so shal there be ruine of horse and mule and camel and asse and of al the beasts that shal be in those tents as is this ruine †And al that shal be left of al Nations that came against Ierusalem shal goe vp from yeare to yeare to adore the King the Lord of hosts and to celebrate the festiuitie of tabernacles †And it shal be he that shal not ascend of the families of the land to Ierusalem to adore the King the Lord of hosts there shal be no showre vpon them †Yea and if the familie of Aegypt shal not ascend and shal not come neither vpon them shal it be but ruine shal be wherwith our Lord wil strike al Nations that wil not ascend to celebrate the festiuitie of tabernacles †This shal be the sinne of Aegypt and this the sinne of al Nations that wil not ascend to celebrate the festiuitie of tabernacles †In that day shal that which is vpon the bridle of the horse be holie to our Lord and the caudrons in the house of our Lord shal be as the phials before the altar †And euerie caudron in Ierusalem and Iuda shal be sanctified to the Lord of hosts and al that immolate shal come and take of them and shal sethe in them there shal be merchant no more in the house of the Lord of hosts in that day THE PROPHECIE OF MALACHIE MALACHIE whom S. Ierom and some others thinke to be Esdras prophecied last of the twelue after that the Temple was reedified He reprehendeth both Priestes and people for that they did not offer their sacrifices with sinceritie foresheweth the reiection of the Iewes and calling of the Gentils by Christ. Before whose first coming shal be one Precursor and an other before his last coming to iudge CHAP. I. God shewed his especial loue towards the Iewes in that he choise their progenitor Iacob rather then Esau 7. Priestes are reprehended for not offering the best thinges in sacrifice 10. The old sacrifices shal be reiected and new farre more excellent shal be offered in al nations THE burden of the word of our Lord to Israel in the hand of Malachie †I haue loued you sayth our Lord you haue sayd Wherin hast thou loued vs Was not Esau brother to Iacob sayth our Lord and I loued Iacob †but hated Esau and I layd his mountaines into a wildernes his inheritance vnto the dragons of the desert †But if Idumea shal say We are destroyed but returning we wil build the thinges that are destroyed thus sayth the Lord of hosts These shal build and I wil destroy and they shal be called the borders of impietie and the people with whom our Lord is angrie for euer †And your eyes shal see and you shal say Our Lord be magnified vpon the border of Israel †The sonne honoureth the father and the seruant his lord if then I be the father where is my honour and if I be the Lord where is my feare sayth the Lord of hosts †To you ô priests that despise my name haue sayd Wherin haue we despised thy name You offer vpon myne altar polluted bread and you say Wherin haue we polluted thee In that you say The table of our Lord is contemptible †If you offer the blind to be immolated is it not euil and if you offer the â—ame and the â—eble is it not euil offer it d to thy prince if it shal please him or if he wil receiue thy face sayth the Lord of hosts †And now besech ye the face of God that he may haue mercie on you for by your hand hath this bene done if by any meanes he wil receiue your faces saith the Lord of hosts †Who is there among you that wil shut the doores wil kindle fire on my altar for naught “ I haue no wil in you sayth the Lord of hosts and gift I wil not receiue of your hand †For from the rising of the sunne euen to the going downe great is my name among the Gentils “ in euerie place there is sacrificing and there is offered to my name a cleane oblation because my name is great among the Gentils sayth the Lord of hosts †And you haue polluted it in that you say The
holie land and from the kingdom †They burnt the gate and shed innocent bloud and we prayed to our Lord and were heard and we offered sacrifice and fine floore and lighted the lampes and serforth there breades †And now celebrate ye the dayes of Scenopegia of the moneth Cesleu †In the yeare one hundreth eightie eight the people that is at Ierusalem and in Iurie and the senate and Iudas to Aristobolus the maister of Ptolomee the king who is of the stocke of the annointed priestes and to those Iewes that are in Aegypt health and welfare †Being deliuered by God out of great dangers we geue him thankes magnifically as who haue fought against such a king †For he made them swarme out of Persis that haue fought against vs and the holie oiâ—ie †For when he was captaine in Persis with him a very great armie he fel in the temple of Nania being deceiued by the counsel of Nanâ—aâ—s priestes †For Antiochus his freindes came to the place as to dwel with her that he might receiue much money vnder the title of a dowrie †And when Naneaes priestes had layde it forth and he with a few was entered within the compasse of the temple they shut the temple †when Antiochus was entered in a secrete entrance of the temple being opened casting stones they stroke the duke and them that were with him and diuided them in peeces and cutting of their heades they threw them forth †Blessed be the God in al thinges who hath deliuered vp the impious †We therefore meaning to keepe the purification of the temple the fiue and twentith day of the moneth Casleu thought it necessary to signifie vnto you that you also may kepe the day of Scenopegia and the day of the fire that was geuen when Nehemias after the temple was built and the altar offered sacrifice †For when our fathers were caryed into Persis the priestes that then were the worshippers of God taking the fire from the altar hid it secretly in a valley where there was a pitte deepe and dry and therin they saued it so that the place was vnknowne to al men †But when manie yeares had passed and iâ— pleased God that Nehemias should be sent of the king of Persis he sent the nephewes of those priestes that had hid it to seeke our the fire and as they told vs they found not fire but thicâ—ke water †And he bad them draw bring vnto him and the sacrifices that were layd on the priest Nehemias commanded to be sprinckled with the same water and the wood and the thinges that were layde therupon †And as this was done the time was come that the sunne shone forth which before was in a cloude there was kindled a great fire so that al merueiled †And al the priestes made prayer whiles the sacrifice was consuming Ionathas beginning and the rest answering †And the prayer of Nehemias was in this maner O LORD God creatour of al dreadful and strong iust and mereiful which only art the good king †only giuer only iust and omnipotent and eternal which deliuerest Israel from al euil which madest the fathers elect and didst sanctifie them †Receiue the sacrifice for al thy people Israel and kepe thy part and sanctisie it †Gather together our dispersion deliuer them that serue the Gentils and regard the contemned abhorred that the Gentils may know that thou art our God †Afflict them that oppresse vs and that doe contumelie in pride †Place thy people in thy holie place as Moyses sayd †And the priestes sang hymnes til the sacrifice was consumed †And when the sacrifice was consumed of the rest of the water Nehemias coÌ„manded the greater stones to be throughly washed †Which thing as it was done out of them was kindled a flame but by light also that shined from the altar it was consumed †And as the thing was made manifest it was told the king of the Persians that in the place wherin those priestes that were transported had hid fire there appeared water with the which Nehemias and they that were with him purified the sacrifices †And the king considering and diligently examining the matter made a temple for it that he might approue that which was done †And when he had approued it he gaue to the priestes manie good thinges and diuerse giftes and taking them with his owne hand he gaue to them †And Nehemias called this place Nephthar which is interpreted purification But it is called with manie Nephi CHAP. II. Holie fire and the booke of the law were conserued by Ieremie the prophet in the transmigration into Babylon 4. Likewise the Tabernacle of Moyses the Arke and Altar of incense in a secrete place 8. As Moyses had dedicated the Tabernacle and Salomon the Temple 14. so Iudas Machabeus â—lensing the Temple and making a new Altar instituted a feast of the Dedication therof 20. The Preface of the Auctor abridging the historie of the Machabees written by Iason in fiue bookes AND it is found in the descriptions of Ieremie the prophet that he commanded them that went in transmigration to take the fire as it was signified as he commanded them that were caried away in transmigration †And he gaue them a law that they should not forget the precepts of our Lord and that they should not erre in their mindes seing the idols of gold and siluer and the ornaments of them †And saying other like thinges he exhorted them that they would not remoue the law from their hart †And it was in the same writing how the propher commanded by the diuine answer made to him that the tabernacle the arke should folow in company with him til he came forth into the mount in which Moyses ascended and saw the inheritance of God †And Ieremie coming thither found a place of a caue he brought the tabernacle and the arke and the altar of incense in thither and stopped the doore †And there came certaine withal that folowed to marke the place for themselues and they could not finde it †And as Ieremie vnderstood it blaming them he sayd that the place shal be vnknowne til God gather together the congregation of the people and become propicious †and then our Lord wil shew these thinges and the maiestie of our Lord shal appeare there shal be a cloude as it was also madâ—manifest to Moyses and as when Salomon prayed that the place might be sanctified to the great God he did manifest these thinges †For he handled wisedom magnifically as hauing wisedome did he offer the sacrifice of the dedication and of the consummation of the temple †As Moyses also prayed to our Lord and as Salomon prayed and fire came downe from heauen and consumed the holocaust †And Moyses sayd Because that which was for sinne was
Assirians toward them to strengthen their handes to the workes of our Lord the God of Israel CHAP. VIII Esdras going from Babylon to Ierusalem 9. carieth king Artaxerxes fauourable letters 14. nâ—t licence to takâ— gold siluer and al thinges necessarie at their pleasure 31. The chief mâ—n that goe with him are recited 51. He voweth a fast praying for good successe in their iorney 56. weigheth the gold and siluer which he deliuereth to the Priestes and Leuites 69. And seuerely admonisheth the people to repentance for their mariages made with infideles AND after him when Artaxerxes king of the Persians reigned came Esdras the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Helcias the sonne of Salome †the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Ameri the sonne of Azahel the sonne of Bocci the sonne of Abisue the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the first priest †This Esdras came vp from Babylon being scribe wise in the law of Moyses which was geuen of our Lord the God of Israel to teach and to doe †And the king gaue him glorie because he had found grace in al dignitie and desire in his sight †And there went vp with him of the children of Israel and the Priestes and the Leuites and the sacred singers of the temple and the porters and the seruantes of the temple into Ierusalem †In the seuenth yeare when Artaxerxes reigned in the fifth moneth this is the seuenth yeare of his reigne going forth of Babylon in the newmoone of the fifth moneth †they came to Ierusalem according to his commandment according to the prosperitie of their iourney which their Lord gaue them †For in these Esdras had great knowlege that he would not pretermitte anie of those thinges which were according to the law and the preceptes of our Lord and in teaching al Israel al iustice and iudgement †And they that wrote the writinges of Artaxerxes the king coming deliuered the writing which was granted of Artaxerxes the king to Esdras the Priest the reader of the law of our Lord the copie wherof here foloweth †KING Artaxerxes to Esdras the Priest and reader of the law of the Lord greeting †I of curtesie esteming it among benifites haue commanded them that of their owne accord are desirous of the nation of the Iewes and of the Priestes and Leuites which are in my kingdom to goe with thee into Ierusalem †If anie therfore desire to goe with thee let them come together and set forward as it hath pleased me and my seuen freindes my counselers †that they may visite those thinges which are done touching Iurie and Ierusalem obseruing as thou hast in the law of the Lord. †And let them carie the giftes to the Lord the God of Israel which I haue vowed and my freindes to Ierusalem and al the gold and siluer that shal be found in the countrie of Babylon to the Lord in Ierusalem with that †which is geuen for the nation it self vnto the temple of their Lord which is in Ierusalem that this gold and siluer be gathered for oxen and rammes and lambes and kiddes and for the thinges that are agreable to these †that they may offer hostes to the Lord vpon the altar of their Lord which is in Ierusalem †And al thinges whatsoeuer thou with thy brethren wilt doe with gold and siluer doe it at thy pleasure according to the precept of the Lord thy God †And the sacred vessels which are geuen thee to the workes of the house of the Lord thy God which is in Ierusalem †And other thinges whatsoeuer shal helpe thee to the workes of the temple of thy God thou shalt geue it out of the kings treasure †When thou with thy brethren wilt doe ought with gold and siluer doe according to the wil of the Lord. †And I king Artaxerxes haue geuen commandment to the keepers of the treasure of Syria and Phaenice that what thinges soeuer Esdras the Priest and reader of the law of the Lord shal write for they geue him vnto an hundred talentes of siluer likewise also of gold †And vnto an hundred measures of corne an hundred vessels of wine and other thinges whatsoeuer abound without taxing †Let al thinges be done to the most high God according to the law of God lest perhaps there arise wrath in the reigne of the king and of his sonne and his sonnes †And to you it is sayd that vpon al the Priestes and Leuites and sacred singers and seruantes of the temple scribes of this temple †no tribute nor any other taxe be sette and that no man haue auctoritie to obiect any thing to them †But thou Esdras according to the wisedom of God appoynt iudges and arbitrers in al Syria and Phaenice and teach al them that know no the law of thy God †that whosoeuer shal transgresse the law they be diligently punished either with death or with torment or els with a forfeite of money or with banishment †And Esdras the scribe sayd Blessed be the God of our fathers which hath geuen this wil into the kings hart to glorifie his house which is in Ierusalem †And hath honoured me in the sight of the king and of his counselers and freindes and them that weare purple †And I was made constant in minde according to the ayde of our Lord my God and gathered together of Israel men that should goe vp together with me †And these are the princes according to their kindredes and seueral principalities of them that came vp from Babylon the kingdom of Artaxerxes †Of the children of Phares Gersomus and of the children of Siemarith Amenus of the children of Dauid Acchus the sonne of Scecilia †Of the children of Phares Zacharias and with him returned an hundred fiftie men †Of the children of leader Moabilion Zaraei and with him two hundred fiftie men †Of the children of Zachues Iechonias of Zechoel and with him two hundred fiftie men †of the children of Sala Maasias of Gotholia with him seuentie men †of the children of Saphatia Zarias of Michel and with him eightie men †of the children of Iob Abdias of Iehel and with him two hundred twelue men †of the children of Bania Salimoth the sonne of Iosaphia and with him an hundred sixtie men †of the children of Beer Zacharias Bebei and with him two hundred eight men †of the children of Ezead Ioannes of Eccetan and with him an hundred ten men †of the children of Adonicam which were last and these are their names Eliphalam the sonne of Gebel and Semeias and with him seuentie men †And I gathered them together to the riuer that is called Thia and we camped there three dayes and vewed them againe †And of the children of the Priestes and Leuites I found not there †And I sent to Eleazarus and Eccelon and Masman and
Isaac and Iacob and of Osee and Amos and of Ioel and Abdias and Ionas and Michaeas †and Naum and Habacuc of Sophonias Aggaeus Zacharias and Malachias who also is called the Angel of our Lord. CHAP. II. The Synagogue expostulateth with her children for their ingratitude 10. shewing that they shal be forsaken and the gentiles called THVS saith our Lord I brought this people out of bondage to whom I gaue commandment by my seruantes the Prophetes whom they would not heare but made my counsel frustrate †Their mother that bare them sayth to them Goe children because I am a wydow and forsaken †I brought you vp with ioy haue lost you with mourning sorow because you haue sinned before our Lord your God haue done that which is euil before him †But now what shal I doe to you I am a wydow and desolate goe my children aske mercie of our Lord. †And I cal thee ô father a witnes vpon the mother of the children that would not keepe my testament †that thou geue them confusion their mother into spoile that there be no generation of them †Let their names be dispersed into the Gentiles let them be destroyed out of the land because they haue despised my sacrament †Woe be to thee Assur which hidest the wicked with thee Thou naughtie nation remember what I did to Sodom Gomorrha †whose land lieth in cloddes of pitch heapes of ashes so wil I make them that haue not heard me saith our Lord omnipotent †Thus saith our Lord to Esdras Tel my people that I wil geue them the kingdom of Ierusalem which I ment to geue to Israel †And I wil take to me the glorie of them and wil geue them eternal tabernacles which I had prepared for them †The wood of life shal be to them for an odour of oyntment and they shal not labour nor be wearied †Goe you shal receiue Aske for your selues a few dayes that they may abide Now the kingdom is prepared for you watch ye †Cal thou heauen and earth to witnes for I haue destroyed euil and haue created good because I liue sayth our Lord. †Mother embrace thy children bring them vp with ioy As a doue confirme their feete because I haue chosen thee sayth our Lord. †And I wil raise agalâ—e the dead out of their places and out of the monumentes I wil bring them forth because I haue knowen my name in Israel †Feare not ô mother of the children because I haue chosen tâ—ee faith our Lord. †I wil send thee ayde my seruantes I saie and Ieremie at whose counsel I haue sanctified and prepared for thee twelue trees loden with diuerse fruites †and as manie fountaines flowing milke and honie and seuen huge mountaines hauing the rose and the lilie in the which I wil fil thy children with ioy †Iustifie thou the widow iudge for the pupil geue to the needie defend the orphane cloth the naked †cure the broken feeble mocke not the lame defend the maimed and admitte the blind to the vision of my glorie †The old man the yong keepe with in thy walles where thou shalt finde the dead committe them to the graue signing it I wil geue thee the first seate in my resurrection †Pause and rest my people because thy rest shal come †As a good nurce nourish thy children confirme their feete †The seruantes that I haue geuen thee none of them shal perish For I wil require them of thy number †Be not wearied For when the day of affliction and distresse shal come others shal weepe and be sad but thou shalt be merie and plenteous †The gentiles shal enuie and shal be able to doe nothing against thee sayth our Lord. †My handes shal couer thee that thy children see not hel †Be pleasant thou mother with thy children because I wil deliuer thee sayth our Lord. †Remember thy children that sleepe for I wil bring them out of the sides of the earth wil doe mercie with them because I am merciful sayth our Lord omnipotent †Embrace thy children til I come shew them mercie because my fountaines runne ouer and my grace shal not faile †I Esdras receiued commandment of our Lord in mount Oreb that I should goe to Israel to whom when I came they refused me and reiected commandement of our Lord. †And therfore I say vnto you gentiles which heare and vnderstand Looke for your pastor he wil geue you the rest of eternitie because he is at hand that shal come in the end of the world †Be ye readie for the rewardes of the kingdom because perpetual light shal shine to you for time euerlasting †Flee from the shadow of this world receiue ye the pleasantnes of your glorie I openly cal to witnes my sauiour †Receiue the commended gift and be pleasant geuing thankes to him that called you to the heauenlie kingdomes †Arise stand see the number of them that are signed in the feast of our Lord. †They that haue transferred them selues from the shadow of the world haue receiued glorious garmentes of our Lord. †Receiue ô Sion thy number and shut vp thyne made white which haue accomplished the law of our Lord. †The number of thy children which thou didst wish is ful Desire the powre of our Lord that thy people may be sanctified which was called from the beginning †I Esdras saw in mount Sion a great multitude which I could not number and they did al prayse our Lord with songes †And in the middes of them was a young man high of stature appearing aboue ouer them al he put crownes vpon euerie one of their heades and he was more exalted And I was astonied at the miracle †Then asked I an Angel and sayd Who are these Lord †Who answering sayd to me These are they that haue laid of the mortal garment and taken an immortal and haue confessed the name of God Now they are crowned and receiue palmes †And I sayd to the Angel That yongman what is he which putteth the crownes vpon them and geueth palmes into their handes †And answering he sayd to me The same is the Sonne of God whom they did confesse in the world I begane to magnifie them that stood strongly for the name of our Lord †Then sayd the Angel to me Goe tel my people what maner of meruelous thinges and how great thou hast sene of the Lord God CHAP. III. The workes of God are wonderful from the beginning 7. and men vngratful 13. In Abraham God chose to himself a peculiar people who neuertheles were froward and obstinate 23. He also chose Dauid but stil the people were sinful 28. the Babylonians also by whom they are afflicted are no lesse but rather greater sinners IN the thirteth yeare of the ruine of the citie I was in
take the honour to himself but he that is called of God as Aaron So Christ also did not glorifie himself that he might be made a Hiegh Priest but he that spake to him Thou art a Priest for euer according to the order of Melchisedech Aarons sonnes were also called but to lower offices dignitie and authoritie And both he and they were ordained and consecrated by a peculiar Sacrament to wit by certaine determinate external ceremonies and rites signifying grace geuen them by God for the due performing of their function For first they were taken from the common state of men wherby is designed their ordinarie vocation then purified by certaine washings and sacrifice for sinne signifying special puritie required in them afterwardes inuested with holie and precious garmentes which signified their sacred function and great dignitie excelling al temporal dominion and principalitie finally consecrated in solemne maner with holie ointment and bloud of pacifique sacrifice offered for this purpose other sacrifice of holocaust also offered in the same solemnitie 7. Reuested The hiegh Priest had seuen special ornaments in his vesture First a straict linnen vvhite garment signifying puritie of life most specially required in Priestes Secondly a girdle or Bavvdrike of twisted silke and gold embrodered worke in coloures yelow blew purple and scarlet signifying discrete moderation of his actes to the spiritual profite of al sortes of people Thirdly a Tunike or long robe downe to the foote of hyacinth or blew silke at the skirt therof like pomegranates wrought of twisted silke blew purple and scarlet and litle belles of purest yelow gold interposed one by the other rownd about of ech sorte seuentie two signifying heauenlie conuersation vpon earth also vnion and concord in faith and maners with edification by good workes Fourthly an ornament vpon his shoulders called an Ephod of gold and twisted silke embrodered of the former coloures reaching before to the girdle with two precious Onyx stones closed in gold one hauing engrauen six names of the tribes of Israel set on one shoulder the other hauing the other six names on the other shoulder for a remembrance that he must supporte and meekly beare the infirmities of the people Fiftly a breast plate called Rationale of the same precious matter the measure of a palme foure square embrodered with the same foure coloures with foure rewes of twelue precious stones and therin engrauen the names of the twelue tribes Besides which were engrauen also VRIM and THVMMIM Illuminations and Perfections or Doctrin and Veritie because the hiegh Priest must haue knowledge of the truth and sincere intention Likwise in the Ephod and Rationale were ringes hookes and chaines of purest gold to ioyne them fast together Al signifying the perpetual solicitude and care which he ought to haue in his hart to know and teach the truth that the people may truly serue God to his honour and their owne saluation Sixtly a Mitre of twisted silke with little crownes embrodered worke set on his head to signifie that he must direct al his actions to Gods glorie that sitteth aboue al. Seuenthly A plate of sacred veneration made of the finest gold with the most holie name of God engrauen set on his forhead to put him stil in remembrance to contemplate God and his workes 13. His sonnes The other Priests had three special ornaments a linnen vvhite garment a Bavvdrike and a Mitre for glorie and bewtie to signifie the qualities aboue mentioned puritie discretion and direct intention also required in them 10. Tooke oile A third thing that Moyses was bid to take besides the men and vestiments was the holie oile of vnction which he poured only vpon the hiegh Priests head not on other Priests to signifie that powre descended from him to the rest But both he and they and their holie vestiments were sprinkled with this oile and with bloud taken from the altar their right eares also were touched with the bloud of a ramme sacrificed and their right thumbes and great toes of their right handes and feete to signifie prompt obedience and right intention in offering sacrifice according to Gods ordinance and not after the maner of infidels or humane inuention nor to anie sinister intent or purpose 14. He offered the calfe Other thinges which Moyses was here commanded to take at the consecration of Priests were a calfe to be offered in sacrifice for sinne two rammes the one in holocaust the other in pacifique sacrifice for the consecration of Priests and a basket of vnleuened bread to be offered with the two rammes Al for the greater solemnitie of this Sacrament of Orders By which Aaron and his sonnes were made the lawful and ordinarie Priests of the law newly deliuered by Moyses And so Priesthood was changed from the first borne of euerie familie and established only in Aaron and his sonnes and their issue male to be in like sorte consecrated And the rest of the Leuites to assist them By this also was prefigured the Sacrament of holie Orders in the Church of Christ with an other change of Priesthood from the familie order of Aaron to Priestes of the new Testament of what familie or nation soeuer And withal an other change of the law For the Priesthood being translated it is necessarie saith S. Paul that a translation of the Lavv be also made And this Sacrament in dede geueth grace as by the other it was only signified to those that are rightly ordered As the same Apostle testifieth willing Timothie to resuscitate the grace geuen him by imposition of handes 2. Timot. 1. S Ambrose in 1. Timot. 4. S. August lib. de bono coniugals c. 24. lib 2. contra Epsti Parmen Theodoret. q. 48. in lib. Num. CHAP. IX Sacrifices for sinne 12. and of holocauste 18. and pacifiques are offered 22. and Aaron stretching forth his hand blesseth the people AND when the eight day was come Moyses called Aaron and his sonnes and the ancients of Israel and said to Aaron †Take of the heard a calfe for sinne and a ramme for an holoucast both without spot and offer them before our Lord. †And to the children of Israel thou shalt speake Takeye a bucke goate for sinne and a calfe and a lambe of a yeare old without spot for an holoucast †an oxe and a ramme for pacifiques and immolate them before our Lord offering in the sacrifice of euerie one flowre tempered with oile for to day our Lord wil appeare to you †They tooke therfore al thinges that Moyses had cōmanded before the dore of the tabernacle where when al the multitude stood †Moyses said This is the word which our Lord hath commanded doe it and his glorie wil appeare to you †And he said to Aaron Approch to the altar immolate for thy sinne offer the holocaust and pray for thy self and for the people and when thou hast
of Israel should bring it in into the tabernacle of testimonie †For the most impious Athalia and her children haue destroyed the house of God and of al thinges that had bene sanctified in the temple of our Lord they adorned the temple of Baalim †The king therfore commanded and they made a chest and set it by the gate of our Lord on the out side †And it was proclaymed in Iuda and Ierusalem that euery man should bring the price to our Lord which Moyses the seruant of God appoynted ouer al Israel in the desert †And al the princes reioysed and al the people and going in they contributed into the chest of our Lord and cast in so that it was filled †And when it was time that they should bring the chest before the king by the handes of Leuites for they saw much money the kinges Scribe went in and he whom the high priest had appoynted they powred out the money that was in the chest recaried it to his place and so did they from day to day and there was gathered infinite money †Which the king and Ioiada gaue to them that ouersaw the workes of the house of our Lord but they hired with it hewers of stones and artificers of al workes to repayre the house of our Lord smithes also of yron and brasse that that which began to fal might be vpholden †And they that wrought did industriously and the breach of the walles was closed by their handes and they raysed the house of our Lord into the old state and made it stand firmely †And when they had accomplished al the workes they brought the rest of the money before the king and Ioiada of the which were made vessels of the temple to the ministerie and for holocaustes phials also and other vessels of gold and siluer and holocaustes were offered in the house of our Lord continually al the daies of Ioiada †But Ioiada became old being ful of dayes and died when he was an hundred and thirtie yeares old †And they buried him in the citie of Dauid with the kinges because he had done good with Israel and with his house †And after that Ioiada was dead the princes of Iuda went in and adored the king who being altered by their seruiceablenesse agreed to them †And they forsooke the temple of our Lord the God of their fathers and serued groues and sculptilles and there came wrath agaynst Iuda and Ierusalem for this sinne †And he sent them prophetes that they should returne to our Lord whom protesting they would not heare †The spirit of God therfore inuested Zacharias the sonne of Ioiada the Priest he stood in the sight of the people and sayd to them Thus sayth our Lord God Why transgresse you the precept of our Lord which thing shal not profit you haue forsaken our Lord that he should forsake you †Who being gathered agaynst him they threw stones according to the kinges commandement in the court of the house of our Lord. †And Ioas the king did not remember the mercie that Ioiada his father had done with him but he killed his sonne Who when he died sayd Our Lord see and require it †And when a yeare was come about the armie of Syria came vp against him it came into Iuda Ierusalem slewe al the princes of the people and al the pray they sent to the king into Damascus †And wheras there was come a very smal number of the Syrians our Lord deliuered into their handes an infinit multitude for that they had forsaken our Lord the God of their fathers on Ioas also they exercised ignomious iudgementes †And departing they left him in great diseases and his seruantes rose agaynst him for reuenge of the bloud of the sonne of Ioiada the priest they slewe him in his bed he dyed and they buried him in the Citie of Dauid but not in the kinges sepulchres †And there conspired against him Zabad the sonne of Semmaath an Ammonitesse Iozabad the sonne of Semarith a Moabitesse †Moreouer his children and the summe of money which was gathered vnder him the repayring of the house of God are writen more diligently in the Booke of kinges and Amasias his sonne reigned for him CHAP. XXV Amasias killeth those that slew his father 5. Besides his owne people hyreth souldiars of Israel but by aduise of a Prophete dismisseth them 11. and with his owne owerthroweth the Idumeans whose idols taken in battel 13. the dismissed souldiars in the meane time spoyling his countrie he adoreth 15. Contemning admonition 17. and prouoking the king of Israel to warre 22. is taken in battel and spoyled 27. Fearing treason in Ierusalem fleeth and is slaine in Lachis FIVE and twentie yeares old was Amasias when he began to reigne and he reigned nine and twentie yeares in Ierusalem the name of his mother was Ioaden of Ierusalem †And he did good in the sight of our Lord but yet not in a perfect hart †And when he saw his kingdom strengthned he put to death the seruantes that had slayne the king his father †but their children he slew not as it is writen in the Booke of the law of Moyses where our Lord commanded saying The fathers shal not be slayne for the children nor the children for their fathers but euerie one shal die in his owne sinne †Amasias therfore gathered together Iuda and appoynted them by families and tribunes and centurions in al Iuda and Beniamin and he numbred from twentie yeares vpward and found three hundred thousand of yong men that went forth to battel and held speare and shielde †He hyred also for wages of Israel an hundred thousand strong men for an hundred talentes of siluer †But a man of God came to him and sayd O king let not the host of Israel goe forth with thee for our Lord is not with Israel and al the children of Ephraim †and if thou thinke that battels consist in the force of an armie God wil make thee to be ouercome of the enemies for it perteyneth to God both to helpe and to put to flight †And Amasias sayd to the man of God What shal become then of the hundred talentes which I haue geuen the souldiars of Israel And the man of God answered him Our Lord hath wherby he is able to geue thee much more then this †Amasias therfore seperated the host that came to him out of Ephraim that they should returne into their place but they being wrath excedingly agaynst Iuda returned into their countrie †Moreouer Amasias brought forth his people confidently and went into the Vale of salt pittes and stroke the children of Seir ten thousand †And other ten thousand men did the children of Iuda take and bring to the steepe of a certaine rocke and cast them down headlong from the toppe who burst in sunder euerie one †But
Niniue the beautiful great citie that is the terrestrial vvorld called cosmos beautful and then reward his Sainctes in eternal glorie b The Assirians accounting themselues assured to take and spoile Ierusalem and therupon banketting and drinking were defeated al in one night c To Senacherib succeded his sorne Asar haddon but presently after the vvhole lineage vvas destroyed â—â—g â—â— Isa 52 Rom. 10. a Nabuchodo nosor muading the territorie of Niniue vvasted al thinges and then assaulted and tooke the citie b The Assirians became more proud and insolent after they had spoiled the tvvo tribes caried the ten into captiuitie and therfore God vvil novv reuenge this pride c The people of Niniue vvhen the wal of the citie shal once be broken by the enemies vvil flee away as vvater runneth out of a pond or fish-poole vvhen the banke is broken d Although some of more corege wil exhortethe fugitiues to stay and sight for their citie it vvil not auaile because the most part vvil seeke to escape by running avvay Isa 2. e The king of Assirians like a furious lion gathered praye out of al countries and brought it into Niniue as into his denne but at last shal be spoyled of al. a Nemrod beganne vvith sheeding bloud to make himself great Gen 10. so Ninus who built Niniue and their successors vvere stil very bloudie and otherwise wicked but at last after 1200 yeares vnder Sardanapalus their Monarchie decayed much as most vvriters both Greke Latin testifie but yet continued longer florished againe as Doctor Ribera shevveth by the holie Scriptures continued in al from Ninus time til it vvas destroyed by the Chaldees about 1440. yeares yea vvas repayred againe vvas great after the relaxation of the Ievves from captiuitie As Eusebius S. Augustin S. Beda and others vvrite Bzee 14. Habac. 2. Isa 47. b This citie was first called No but being destroyed by the Chaldees and reedified by K. Alexander vvas then called by his name S. Ierom. Habacuc prophecied of the tvvo tribes of the Chaldees and of Christ a This prophet expresseth not against vvhat kingdom citie or person this burden is the reason vvherof semeth to be because it is against very manie and diuers yea against al persecuters of Gods seruantes Act 13. v. 41. b S. Paul alleageth this place in the mystical sense Act 13 in the literal the coherence is very obscure c The Chaldees vvere not yet comen to their greatnes and therfore this could not be the same Habacucmentioned Daniel 14. v. 32. d After that the Chaldees shal haue subdued the Assirians they shal also be ouerthrowne by others to witte by the Medes and Persians e The Chaldees and other victorious nations conquering other countries attribute al to their owne industrie forces honoring themselues and not God f Men of al nations a The wordes of the prophet expecting vvhat God wil further reuele vnto him Isa 2â— b He that cometh at the time appointed though it belong is not slacke c The principal comforte of the iust consisteth in their faith an I confidence of the vvorld to come VVherby they liue vvith consolation vvheras otherwise this miserable life vvere rather â— death Heb. 10. v. 38 Sec also S. Aug. li. 3. c. 5. cont duas epist Pe'ag li. 14. de â—rinit c. 12. de spiritu lit c. 9. 11. explicating vvith the Apostle that faith is the beginning of spiritual life by grace to vvhich workes of the lavv vvithout faith in Christ sufficed not Rom. 1. Gal. â— Ioan. â— Rom. 1. Gal. 3. Heb. 10. d For much bloudshed by the Chaldees for auarice in iustice other vvickednes they shal at last be ruined e Vvhiles thou thoughest by rapine auarice to eter nâ—ze thy familie kingdom thou hast merited the ruine therof Ezec. 24. Nahâ— 3. Psal 10. * Al sinnes in some sorte procede of ignorance for remission wherof the prophet prayeth in this Canticle that for the same Christs coming may not be differred 2. So prophecieth his Incarnation 3. Natiuitie 4. Miracles and Doctrine 5. Passion Resurrection and conuersion of Gentiles 16. The general Iudgement Glorie of the blessed damnation of the reprobate a For the great excellent and admirable mercie of God I was astonished as one afrayde seing God himself vvil take mans nature and therin pay ransom redeme mankind b in the time disigned for this purpose The 70. Interpreters reade betvven tvvo liuing creatures thou shalt be found and so the Church hath in the office of Christs Natiuitie and Circumcision betvven an oxe and an asse in the shall c From Bethlem vvhich is southvvard from IerusaleÌ„ * Sela. See Aâ—not Psal â— d In Madian a part of Aethiopia the people liued most in tentes not in houses so here is signified that in the tumulte of warres vvil be much remouing of skinnes that is of their tentes made of skinnes * Sela. e Antichrist the head of the malignant house or conuenticle shal be destroyed by Christ Isa 11 v. 4 2 Thes 2. * Sela. f Al afflictions are to be patiently sustayned that vve may haue rest in the day of iudgement Sophonias prophecied the captiuitie of the tvvo tribes their relaxation And Mysteries of Christ a In saying the vvord of our Lord the prophets signifie that they are not the principal auctors of that vvhich they preach or vvrite but the ministers by vvhom God speaketh b Gathering more coÌ„monly signifieth a benefite but by that vvhich folovveth from the face of the earth it is manifest that God here threatneth to destroy sinners the kingdom of Iuda d The day of punishment is commonly called the day of our Lord. Isa 2. Ioel. 2. 1. Cor. 3. 2. Thess 2. e Ioachaz vvas depriued of his kingdom and died in Aegypt 4. Reg. 23 Ioakim vvas continually vered by the Babylonians other nations 4. Reg. 24. at last slaine and his bodie cast out of the citie Iere. 22. Sedecias taken his eyes put out so caâ—â—ed into Babylon and al his sonnes slaine Iechonias otherwise called Ioachin was kept long prisoner in Babylon al the issue of Iosias afflicted c VVhosoeuer ioyneth false goddes vvith God Almightie in dede serueth not God * the valley nerâ— Ierusalem Amos â— f Al these afflictions are nere g Repeting and inculcating the same termes doth â—legantly describe the greatnes of the future calamities Iere. 3â— Ioel. 2. Amos. â— Ezech â— a Ye that deserue not Gods loue but rather to be reâ—ected yet by repentance returne to him and he vvil receiue you b It is very frequent in the prophetes â—o speake of thinges to come as if they were donne already for the certaintie therof And these prophecies of the destructions of other nations by the Chaldees do confirme that vvhich is threatned to the Ievves for al sinning al must be punished And God vvho is Lord of al wil sovvner or later geue to al as they deserue Isa
34. c Niniue exceeding glorious for antiquitie greatnes riches vvarlike prowese most large dominion vvas at last destroyed a Ierusalem vvithout proper merites preferred by Gods special grace before al other places sanctified adorned protected most singularly yet stil prouoked him to vvrath contemning his admonitions and persisting and multiplying sinnes can not but at last be seuerely punished Ezec â—â— Mich. â— * bring b About 40. yeares after Christs resurrection the most part of the Ievves persisting obstinate vvere brought to maruelous distresse and miseries vvhen Titus tooke destroyed Ierusalem which is also a figure of the destruction of this vvorld and of eternal punishment of the vvicked d Al nation shal inuocate one God in a chosen lippe or tongue in vnitie of fayth and vvith one shoulder of fortitude beare the yoke and burden of Christian life made svvete and light by Christs grace e Men of light conuersation contemners of Christ shal also be conuerted become graue greatly honour him Aggeus prophecied after the captiuitie of Christ and his Church S Ierom. Epist ad Paulin. a Zorobabel descending directly from the kinges of Iuda was now duke chiefe temporal gouerner of the Iewes by permission of Darius king of Persians c It behooueth without delay to set forward restauration of Gods seruice reductioÌ„ of soules from sinne amending of il maners because by foresâ—owing therof Gods honour is hindered and manie soules do eternally perish b In like sorte Iesus secceded in the office of high priest to Iosedec vvho vvas caried vvith others captiue into Babylon 1 Par. 6. v. 15. Deut. 28. Mich. â— d To incite the people to iust estimation of his preaching the prophet auoucheth that he is a messenger not coming of him self but sent by God a They beganne the new vvorke the 24. day of the sixt moneth b and the 21 of the 7 moneth the prophet had an other reuelation Heb. 12. c Iacob the Patriarch Gen. 49. prophecied that Christ should be the expectation of the Gentiles VVho is called the desired of al Nations because he vvas hertofore vvanting and alvvayes necessarie to al nations d That vvhich touched a holie thing vvas sanctified Leui. 6. v 18 but the thing so touched did not sanctifie other thinges so the people by touching the sacrifices vvere legally sanctified but not really and therfore their sacrifices were not gratful to God so long as they did not endeuour to build the temple as they ought to haue done Amos. 4. * sprâ—ng vp Al other kingdomes perishing the kingdom of Christ which is his Church is neuer destroyed Eccli â—â— The temple restored after the captiuitie vvas not so glorious as that which Salomon built But Christs Church of the nevv Testament in which he dvvelleth spiritually farre excelleth the material temple Zacharie begane to prophecie but two monethes after Aggeus S. Ierom. Epist ad Paulin. Mal. 3. Isa 21. Iere. 3. Ezec. 18. 20. Ose 14. Ioel 2. a VVhen God in the holie Scriptures sayth Conuert to me and I vvil conuert to you VVe are admonished that vve haue freewil And when vve ansvver Conuert vs o Lord to thee and vve shal be conuerted we confesse that Gods grace preuenteth vs. Conc. Trid. sess 6. c. 5. b That this was an Angel in the shape of a man is manifest v 11. c Seuentie yeares from the transmigration of Ioachin vvere complet in the first of Cytus Dan 9. Seuentie yeares were also complet from the destructioÌ„ of the temple in the second of Darius Histaspis and therfore the prophet novv prayeth God to inspire such as vvere able that they would build the temple againe Zach. 8 d From foure partes of the world to wite the Moabites Ammonites on the east of Iurie The Idumeans and Aegyptians on the south the Philisthims on the vveast the Assirians Chaldees on the North side had much molested the Ievves al vvhich vvere therfore plaged punished for the same * fabros a According to S Augustins rule in Psal 71. vvhen greater thinges are sayd then can be verified as the letter soundeth the same is literally to be vnderstood of the thing presigured And so this prophecie perteyneth to the Church of Christ rather then to the citie of Ierusalem b O ye Gentiles that remaine in confused Babylon of this world flee from it into the Church c And ye Iewes that haue feloship vvith Babylon leaue it and serue God sincerely a Literally this vision perteyned to the hiegh priest of thaâ— time b Vvhose fault is here taxed for that he admonished not the people to build the temple and to abstaine from marying vvemen of strange nations as 1. â—sd 8 9 10. c Angels are promised to assist the Prelates of the Church d Christ according to his manhâ—od is the seruant of God Of vvhó S Luke expoundeth this prophecie Luc. 1. â— 78. a Most Hebrevv Doctors some Christian expound this vision of the temple the old synagog but most others vnderstand it literally of Christ his Church b The candlesticke Metaphorically signifieth Christs Church c The lampe or light Christ d seuen lightes al the pastores of the Church e Tvvo oliues Enoch and Elias Apoc. 11. f VVhich vision vvas to be declared to Zorobabel for his consolation that he might knovv that God vvould protest his Church g Tvvo branches the diuine and humane natures of Christ a In this booke or roll of papers were writen the sinnes of the people and designed punishment b It appeared flying to signific that this decree of punishment came from heauen S. Chrysost ho. 27. ad popul c Excecation obduration fel vpon the Iewes for their auarice and periurie d Antichrist shal beginne his reigne vvhere Babylon vvas first built Gen. 11. a Foure Monarchies of the Chaldees the Medes and Persians the Grecians and the Romanes Dan. 2. b VVhen the prophet set the crovvne on the high priests head that he might withal signifie that it perteyned not him but as in figure of Christ he explicateth that God reueled this mysterie saying Behold a man vvho is also God called Orient that is Raising vp establishing the kingdom vvhich vvas promised to Dauid S. Iero. is bunc locum Luc. 1. r 78. a Because the temple vvas burned in the fift moneth Godolias slaine in the seuenth 4. Reg. 25. v. 8. 15 the Ievves fasted in those two monethes al the time of their captiuitie Isa 58. b VVhich fast vvas good but vnperfect wan ting vvorkes of mercie most especially required in fastes Isa 58 S. Greg. p. 3 past curae admonie 20. ho 16. in Euang. c And therfote the prophet admonisheth to fast from al sinnes Exo. 22. Isa 1. Iere. 5. a These benefites here prophecied are greater then euer vvere bestovved vpon the Ievves before Christ came therfore are rather to be vnderstood of the graces of the nevv testament Zach. 1. v. 14. b The tenne tribes vvere