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A00440	The auncient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palæstina vvrote 10 bookes. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople vvrote 7 bookes. Euagrius Scholasticus of Antioch vvrote 6 bookes. VVhereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the liues of the prophetes, apostles and 70 disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greeke tongue by Meredith Hanmer, Maister of Arte and student in diuinitie. Last of all herein is contayned a profitable chronographie collected by the sayd translator, the title whereof is to be seene in the ende of this volume, with a copious index of the principall matters throughout all the histories; Ecclesiastical history. English	Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.; Hanmer, Meredith, 1543-1604.; Socrates, Scholasticus, ca. 379-ca. 440. Ecclesiastical history. English. aut; Evagrius, Scholasticus, b. 536? Ecclesiastical history. English. aut; Dorotheus, Saint, 255-362, attributed name. aut	1577 (1577)	STC 10572; ESTC S121374	989,961	618

the Citie of Niniue Elias hauing propheried in those dayes against the house of Achaab and called for famine to light vpon the earth fledd away and being come to a widowe which had a childe he taried there for he coulde not abide among the vncircumcized blessed her When Ionas died God raised him to lif by Elias for he would haue him then know that he coulde not flie from the hand and power of God After the famine was ended Ionas left that countrey and gotte him to the land of Iuda and when his mother died by the way he buried her by mount Libanus He died also him self in Saar and was buried in the caue of Cenzeum who had bene made iudge ouer one tribe in his countrey what time the lande wanted a Prince This Prophet gaue straunge tokens vnto Ierusalem and the whole land to witte a stone crying very lamentably that the end was at hande that when Ierusalem were troden and frequented of all nations then the Citie should be destroyed Sophonias SOphonie was also thought worthy to prophecie of y ● Lord Iesus Christ For thus he saith the lord shal be terrible vnto them destroy all the gods in the land al the isles of the heathen shal worship him euery man in his place And again I wil clense the lips of the people that they may euery one cal vpon the name of the Lord serue him vnder one yoke from beyōd the riuers of Aethiopia will I take my dispersed and they shall bring me an offering And againe Reioyce O daughter Sion be ioyful o Israel reioyce and be glad from thy whole heart o daughter Ierusalem for the Lord hath wiped away thy vnrighteousnes he hath redemed thee from the hand of thine enemies the Lord him selfe wil raigne in the middest of thee so that thou shalt no more see any mischiefe befall vnto thee These things do properly appertaine vnto the Lord Iesus Christ This Sophonias was of the tribe of Simeon and the lande Sabarthatha He prophecied of the Citie the ende of Israel and confusion of the wicked He died and was buried in his owne land Ieremie IEremie receaued grace from aboue to prophecie of the mysterie of Christ For he sayeth And they tooke thirtie peeces of siluer the price of him that was valewed whom they bought of the children of Israel and gaue them for the potters fielde as the Lorde appoynted me Mathew remembred this prophecie in the gospell as then fulfilled in the passion of Christ Againe sayeth the same prophet Behold the dayes will come saith the Lord and I will make a new couenaunt with the house of Israel the house of Iuda not such a couenant as I made with their fathers what time I brought them with a mightye arme out of Aegypt For they kept not my couenant and therfore I haue despised thē saith the Lord but this is the couenant which I will make with the house of Israel After those dayes sayeth the Lorde I will set my lawes in their mindes and I will write them in their hearts and I wil be their God and they shall be my people neither shal euery one then teach his brother or his neighbour saying knowe the Lord. for euery one shall know him from the lowest to the highest because I will haue mercie on their iniquities their sinnes will I remēber no more S. Paule writing to the Romains put them in remembrance of this prophecie This Ieremy was of Anathoth the people stoned him at Taphnis in Aegypt and so he dyed and lyeth buried there where Pharaos pallace stoode The Aegyptians beinge greatlye benefited by him did him that honor For he had prayed for them when certayne Adders and beastes that were bred in the water molested them sore such as the Aegyptians called Menephoth and the Grecians Crocodils And at this day also the faithful thereabouts do praye in that place take vp duste from thence for to cure suche as are hurte of those beastes Manye of them also doe vse therewyth to chase away these venemous creatures into other waters We our selues haue learned of some that were of the line of Antigonus and Ptolomaeus auncient and elderlye men that Alexander king of Macedonia comming vnto that place where the Prophet was buried and hearing of the misteries therof translated his tumbe reliques into Alexandria placed them there with great pompe glory on euery side so that kinde of serpent was banished that land also and that water in like sort thus were the serpents whom they call Argolai that is Lisards put away being brought out of Peloponnesus so that the people there are called Argolai that is lasy loubers their speach is nice fine but altogether infortunate This Ieremy gaue the priests in Aegypt warning that their Idols must be broken and throwen to the grounde by a sauiour that was a babe that shoulde be borne of a virgine and layde in a Manger And therefore at this day they sette a virgine in bed and an infant in a Manger and adore them And when as of old king Prolomaeus demaunded of them why they did so their aunswere was that their auncestors had deliuered them that mystery and receaued it of the holy prophet before the temple was taken this prophet tooke out the Arke of couenant all that was laid vp therin and hid it in a certen rocke saying vnto such as were present The Lord from Sinai is gone vp into heauen againe the lawgeuer shall come out of Sion with great power and the signe of his comming shal be vnto you when all nations shal honor a tree he said moreouer no man shall take away that Arke except Aaron and no man shall see the tables laide vp therein be he priest or be he Prophet except Moses the chosen of God And at the resurrection the Arke shall firste rise and come forth out of the rocke and it shall be layde on mount Sina and thither vnto it will all the Saincts assemble together lookinge for the Lord and flying from the enemy which would haue destroyed them comming vnto this rocke he sealed vp this Arke with his finger writing thereon the name of God the forme of it was like the ingrauing of iron and a light cloud ouer shadowed and couered the name of God neither knew any man this place neither could any man reade the sealinge vnto this day neither shall vnto the end This rock is in the desert where y ● Arke was made at the first betwene two mountains where Moses Aaron lie buried And in the night time a cloude muche like fire couereth this place euen as it did of olde The glory of God can neuer be awaye from the name of God Therefore God gaue vnto Ieremy the grace that he should finish his mystery become companion with Moses Aaron who are ioyned together vnto this day For Ieremy came of the line of the priests Hulda

had perswaded the senate with these and the like reasons firste of all he rose and pronounced that all such of what age soeuer as were not fitte for feates of armes were they men or women myght boldly passe and depart the citie affirminge that if they woulde remaine and lynger in the cytie like vnprofitable members there was no hope of life they must nedes perishe with famine to which saying the whole seuate condescended so that he deliuered from daunger of death in maner as many as were besieged but specially those that were of the churche Agayne he perswaded to flyght all the christians throughout the citie not onely such as were within the compasse of the decree but infinite mo vnder colour of these priuely arrayed in womens attyre carefully he prouided that in the nyght season they should conuey them selues out at the gates and flye vnto the Romaines campe where Eusebius entertained all them that were afflicted with longe siege after the maner of a father and phisition and resteshed them with all care and industrie Such a coople of pastors orderly succeeding one an other did the church of Laodicea by the diuine prouidence of God enioye who after the warres were ended came thither from Alexandria we haue seene many peces of Anatolius works whereby we gather how eloquent he was howe learned in all kind of knowledge specially in those his bookes of Easter wherof at this present it may seeme necessary that we alleage some portion of the canons toutching Easter The nevy moone of the first moneth first yeare sayth he cōpriseth the originall cōpasse of nineteene yeares after the Aegyptians the sixe tvventieth day of the moneth Phamenoth after the Macedocians the xxij day of the moneth Dystros after the Romaines before the eleuenth of the calends of Aprill the sonne is found the xxvj of Phamenoth to haue ascended not onely the first line but also to haue passed therin the iiij day this section the first tvvelfe part they terme the aequinoctiall spring the entrance of moneths the head of the circle the seuering of the planets course but that sectiō vvhich foregoeth this they terme the last of the moneths the tvvelfe part the last tvvelfe part the ende of the planets course vvherefore they vvhich appoynted the first moneth for the same purpose celebrated the feast of Easter the fourteenth daye after the same calculation haue erred in our opinion not a little and this haue vve not alleaged of our ovvne brayne yea it vvas knovven of the Ievves of old and that before the comming of Christ and chiefely by them obserued The same may be gathered by the testimonies of Philo Iosephus Musaeus and yet not onely of them but of others farre more auncient to vvete of both the surnamed Agathobulus schoolemaisters vnto the famous Aristobulus one of the seuentie that vvere sent to trāslate the sacred holy scripture of the Hebrevves vnto the gracious princes Ptolemaeus Philadelphus his father vnto vvhome he dedicated his expositions vpon the lavv of Moses All these in their resolutions vpon Exodus haue giuen vs to vnderstande that vve ought to celebrate the feast of the Paschall Lambe proportionally after the aequinoctiall springe the first moneth comming betvvene and this to be found vvhen the sonne hath passed the first solare section and as one of them hath termed it the signifer circle Aristobulus hath added that it is necessarie for the celebration of the feaste of Easter that not onely the Sunne but the Moone also haue passed the aequinoctiall section In so much there are tvvo aequinoctiall sections the one in spring time the other in Autumne distant diameter wise one frō the other the daye of Easter allotted the fourtenth of the moneth after the tvvilight vvithout al faile the moone shal be diameter vvise opposite to the sonne as ye may easily perceaue in the full moones so the sonne shal be in the sectiō of the aequinoctial spring the moone necessarily in the aequinoctiall autumne I remēber many other profes partly probable partly layde dovvne vvith auncient assertions vvherby they endeuour to persvvade that the feast of Easter of svveete bread ought euer to be celebrated after the aequinoctiall space I passe ouer sundry their proofes arguments vvherby they cōfirme the vayle of Moses lavv to be remoued done avvay the face novv reuealed Christ him selfe the preaching passions of Christ are to be behelde Anatolius left behinde him vnto the posteritie toutching that the first moneth after the Hebrevves fell euer about the Aequinoctial space sundry expositions precepts of Enoch Againe Arithmeticall introductions cōprised in tenne bokes with diuers other monumēts of his diligēce deepe iudgemēt in holy scripture Theotecnus bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina was y ● first y ● created him bishop promised y ● he should succeede him in y ● seae after his death selues and whilest they heaped these things that is contention threatnings mutuall hatred and enmitie and euery one proceeded in ambition much like tyranny it selfe then I say then the lord according to the sayinge of Ieremie Made the daughter Sion obscure and ouerthrewe from aboue the glorie of Israell and remembred not his footestole in the daye of his vvrath The Lorde hath drovvned all the bevvtie of Israell and ouerthrovven all his stronge holdes And according vnto the prophecies in the Psalmes He hath ouerthrovven and broken the couenant of his seruant and prophaned his sanctuarie casting it on the grounde by the ouerthrowe of his churches he hath broken dovvne all his vvalls he hath layde all his fortresses in ruyne All they that passed by spoyled him and therefore he is become a rebuke vnto his neyghbours he lyfted vp the ryght hande of his enemyes he turned the edge of his svvorde and ayded him not in the tyme of battaile he caused his dignitie to decaye and cast his throne downe to the ground the dayes of his youth he shortened and aboue all this he couered him with shame CAP. II. Howe that the temples were destroyed holy scripture burned and the bishops ill entreated ALl these aforesayde were in vs fulfilled when we sawe with our eyes the oratories ouerthrowen downe to the ground yea the very fundations them selues digged vp the holy sacred scriptures burned to ashes in the open market place the pastors of the churches wherof some shamefully hid them selues here and there some other contumeliously taken derided of the enemies according vnto an other prophecie Shame is powred vpō the pates of their princes he made them wander in the crooked and vnknowen way Yet is it not our drift to describe the bitter calamities of these mē which at lēgth they suffred neither is it our part to record their dissention vnwonted guise practised among them before the persecution but only to write so much of them wherby we may iustifie the deuine iudgement of God

king of Iuda After that Iosaphat ioyned him selfe with Ahazia king of Israel whose minde was to doe wickedly and together with him to prouide a Nauie to saile into Tarsis Eliezer prophecied against Iosaphat saying because thou hast ioyned thy selfe with Ahazia the Lord hath broken thy workes And the shippes were broken that they were not able to go to Tarsis Elias THis Elias was the first man y t shewed men the way to heauen he was the first man y t shewed the way to be one for men angels He dwelling somtimes vpō earth entred also into the heauens being mortal herein the world had his conuersatiō with immortal creatures he which walked vpon earth liueth now like a spirit with the angels in heauen this is he y ● gaue his spirit to rest duble vpon his disciple Elisseus this is he though he continue a man yet waxeth he not old this is he that is reserued for a captaine of war against Antichrist this is he that will withstand him and rebuke his pride falshood this is he that in the end of the world wil turne al men from his lying deceit vnto God this is he y t receaued the gift of God to be the forerunner of the second glorious comming of the Lord. although his seruice was among the basest sort yet is he now in company with the angels he was a Thesbit of Arrhabia of the tribe of Aaron his dwelling was in Galaad for Thesbis was an habitation dedicated vnto priests afore his mother was deliuered of him his father saw in a vision the angels saluting of him all in white wrapping him with flames of fire as it were swathing bandes and nourishing him with fire as it had bene vsuall foode or pappe To Ierusalem he went and tolde his vision aunswer was made he should not feare his dreame at all for it would come to passe that ▪ the childe his wife was great of should dwell in great light that what so euer he sayd should be of great force and that he should iudge Israel with sword and fire Zacharie the sonne of Iehoida ZAcharie the sonne of Iehoida Prophecied in the time of Ioas king of Iuda when the tribe of Iuda serued groues and Idolles the wrathe of God came vpon them for their trespasses He sent Prophets vnto them to bring them againe vnto the Lord but they would not heare The spirite of God came vpon Zacharia the sonne of Iehoida the Priest and he sayde vnto them Thus sayeth God why transgresse ye the commaundemēts of the Lord that ye can not prosper because ye haue forsaken the Lord he hath also forsaken you and they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commaundement of the king euen in the court of the house of the Lord. Elissaeus ELissaeus was of Abelbuel the lande of Rubim And because of him there came a straunge thing to passe What time he was borne in Gargalis the golden cowe in Selom bellowed so lowd y ● she was heard at Ierusalē Herevpon a certen Prophet said there is borne in Ierusalem a prophet which shall ouerthrow their carued Images molten Idols He died and was buried in Samaria Osee OSee the Prophet spake by diuine inspiration of our Lord Christ in this sort In theyr aduersitie they shall early seeke me saying Come let vs turne againe vnto the Lorde for he hathe smitten vs and he shall heale vs he hath wounded vs and he shall binde vs vp againe After two dayes shall he quicken vs in the thirde day he shall raise vs vp and then shall we haue vnderstanding c. It was by occasion of this Prophecie that S. Paule sayd to the Corinthians I haue deliuered vnto you first of all that which receaued howe that Christ died for our sinnes agreeing to the scriptures and that he was buried and that he rose againe according vnto the Scriptures For this it is that the Prophet sayth here and the third day he shall raise vs vp there can no more be founde in any other place of the thirde day throughout the olde Testament Againe this Prophet wryteth that which may be applied vnto our Lord Christ my flesh is of thē ▪ Againe Ephraim compassed me about with lies and the house of Israel with deceite but Iude yet ruleth with God and is faithfull with the sainctes Because the Lord Christ is sayde to haue come of this tribe therefore sayeth he that this tribe of Iuda is faithfull with the sainctes Againe in the same Prophet I will redeme them from the power of the graue and deliuer them from death ô death where is thy victorie ô hell where is thy sting S. Paul reasoning of the resurrection alleaged this Prophecie This Osee was of Belemoth of the tribe of Isachar and was buried in peace in his owne countrey Abdias THe grace of God gaue vnto this Prophet power and knowledge to speake of the mysterie of Christ for thus he sayeth The day of the Lord is neere vpon all the Heathen This Prophecie seemeth as if it had bene spoken against the Scythians that is against Gog and Magog yet is it more certen and more properly applied to the Lord Christ a litle after he sayeth Vpon mount Sion there shal be deliueraunce This Abdias was of Sychem and the towne Bethacharam he was the disciple of Elias and hauing endured great vexation for his sake yet was he preserued He was the thirde of the fiftie sonnes of the prophets whom Elias pardoned He went vnto Ocho●●as and afterwardes left his kings seruice and gaue him selfe to the gift of Prophecie He dyed and was buried with his fathers Micheas MIcheas was also endued from aboue that he Prophecied of the coming of our Lord Christ in this sorte And thou Bethlem Ephrata art not the lest among the thousandes of Iuda Out of thee shall he come forth vnto me which shal be the gouernour in Israel whose outgoing hathe ben from the beginning and from euerlasting This was the Prophecie which the high priests scribes of the Iewes brought forth when as after Herode had demaunded of them where Christ should be borne they said In Bethlehem Herevpon Herode sent the wise men into Bethlehem Againe sayth the Prophet He shall turne againe and be mercifull vnto vs he shall put downe our wickednesses cast all our sinnes into the bottom of the sea He wil perform to Iacob the truth and mercy to Abraham as he swore vnto our fathers in old time This Micheas was of Marathi ▪ of the tribe of Ephraim and after he had much ado with Achab Ioram his sonne threw him downe for to breake his necke because he had rebuked him for the sinnes of his fathers He was buried in his owne land in the common buriall in Ephraim Amos. AMos was the father of the prophet Esay God gaue him of his spirite to prophecie of Christes comming in this sort For beholde

I frame the thunder and create the winde reuealing my Christ among men Again In that day wil I raise vp the tabernacle of Dauid that is falne down and close vp the breaches therof and I will raise vp his ruines and I wil build it as in the dayes of old that they may seeke the Lord which are the remnant of men all the heathen vpon whom my name is called sayth the Lord which doth this Iames made mention of this Prophecie in the Acts of the Apostles This Amos was of Thecna Armasias king of Iuda persecuted him very oft chastized him many times at length the sonne of Amasias tooke him with a clubbe on the temples of the head and killed him while as yet he drew breath after his wound they brought him to his owne countrey and within two dayes after he died and was there also buried Esaias THis great Prophet Esay the sonne of Amos foresaw in a figure the mysterie of Christ when he sawe the Lord sitting vpon an high and glorious seate where sayeth he the Seraphines stoode about him whereof one hadde sixe wings and an other hadde sixe wings wherewith they couered their faces and cried one to the other in this maner Holy holy holy is the Lorde of hostes the whole earth is full of his glory Then was there one of the Seraphins sent which tooke of the altar an hotte cole with the tongs and touched his lips saying this taketh away thine vnrighteousnes He was so fully instructed by the vision he sawe and perswaded of the type and figure that he foreshewed the mysterie of Christ Againe he was so endued with grace from aboue that he prophecied of the mysterie of Christes passion in this sort He was ledde as a sheepe to be slaine yet was he as still as a Lambe before the sherer and opened not his mouth The Eunuche of Ethiopia reading this Prophecie requested Philip to expound it vnto him who immediatly declared that the Prophet had said this most truely of Christ our Lord. againe he saith He is suche a man as hath good experience of sorowes and infirmities And againe He did none euil neither was there guile found in his mouth yet the Lord will clense him of his wound and shewe light vnto him Againe Thus sayth the Lord Behold I lay in Sion for a foundation a stone euen a tried stone a precious corner stone a sure foundation and who so beleeueth on him shall not be confounded Againe The spirite of the Lord is vpon me therefore hath he anoynted me c. When the Lord readd this in the synagogue on the Sabaoth he sayd Verely I say vnto you this day is this scripture fulfilled in your eares This Esay was of Ierusalem He died at Ierusalem vnder king Manasses being sawed a sunder in two partes and was buried vnder the Oke nighe the well of Rogel hard by the place where the waters ranne which king Ezechias dammed vp It was by this Prophet that God wrought the monument and memoriall of the place called Siloam for when breath failed him before death came he called for a litle water to drinke which was immediatly sent vnto him out of this brooke therfore the place is called Siloam which is by interpretatiō as much to say as sent In y ● time of Ezechias before this lake or pond was made there came out a litle water at y ● prayer of Esay for the people were then in the plaine coūtreys of y ● Moabites who were aliens and left y ● citie perished through want of water for the enemies enquired where they might drinke the Citie being beset they besieged also the brooke Siloam which was drie vnto them there came forth water when the Iewes prayed together with Esay Therefore it runneth continewally after a secret sort vnto this day for to reueale this great myracle And because this was done by Esay the Iewes for memorial therof buried him with great care and honor nigh Siloam that by his holy prayers they might in like sort enioy the benefite of this water after his departure out of this world for he had an aunswere from aboue to doe as he did His sepulchre is nighe where the kings are buried behinde the buriall of the Iewes towardes the Southe Solomon builded the tumbe of Dauid vnto the East of mount Sin● hauing an entraunce to goe in from the way which cometh out of Gabaon out of the Citie about a twentie furlongs He made it so crooked and so awrie that it can hardly be perceaued so that many Priestes and in maner the whole nation of the Iewes coulde not vnto this day finde the way that goeth in King Solomon had laide vp there golde that came out of Aethiopia and spice And because Ezechias shewed and dishonored the bones of his fathers therefore God badde him assure him selfe it woulde come to passe that his seede should serue his ennemies and he made him baren and frutelesse from that day forth Ioel. GOd gaue of his spirite vnto the Prophet Ioel that he foreshewed the mysterie of Christ For he sayeth And it shall be in the last dayes sayth the Lorde Of my spirite I will poure out vpon all flesh your sonnes your daughters shall prophecie your yong nien shall see visions and your old men shall dreame dreames On my seruauntes on my handmaidēs I vvill poure out of my spirit in those dayes and they shal prophecie I wil shew wonders in heauen aboue tokens in the earth beneath bloud fire and the vapour of smoke the sunne shal be turned into darknes and the Moone into bloud before that great notable day of the Lord come And it shall come to passe that whosoeuer shal cal vpon the name of the Lord shal be saued S. Peter rehearsed this Prophecie in the Acts of the Apostles that it was euen then fulfilled whē as the holy Ghost came downe from heauen and rested vpon the Apostles on the day of Pentecost This Ioel was a neighbour vnto the citie Bethomeron in Rubim where he died was also buried in peace Ionas IOnas hath not barely in word but truely in deede foreshewed the mysterie of our sauiours resurrection For Christ sayth in the gospell Euen as Ionas was three dayes and three nightes in the bellie of the whale so shall the sonne of man be three dayes and three nights in the bowelles of the earth Euen as the whale cast vp Ionas vncorrupt so hathe the sepulchre restored the Lorde to the better life This Ionas was of Cariathmaus nigh Azotus a Citie lying on the sea coaste towardes the Gentiles After he came out of the whales bellie and taken his way to the Citie of Niniue he taried not in that lande but tooke his mother and so●orned in Assur a foraine soyle He thought with him selfe by this meanes I shall take away the infamie which I haue purchased vnto my selfe by prophecying falsely against

HVLDA a prophetesse the wife of Sallum dwelled in Ierusalem in the time of Iosias The king sent Helkia the priest with many others vnto her for to vnderstand what the will of the Lord was toutchinge their doings she aunswered in this sort Thus saith the Lord God of Israel tell ye the man that sent you vnto me Euen thus saith the Lorde beholde I will bringe euell vpon this place and vpon the inhabiters thereof euen all the curses that are written in the booke which they haue read before the king of Iuda because they haue forsaken me and haue offered vnto other gods to anger me with all manner workes of their hands therefore is my wrath set on fire against this place and shal not be quēched And as for the king of Iuda which sent you to enquire of the Lord so shall ye say vnto him thus saith the Lorde God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard because thine heart did melt and thou didst humble thy selfe before God whē thou heardest his words against this place against the inhabiters humbledst thy self before me cariedst thy clothes didst weep before me I haue heard it also saith the lord behold I wil take thee to thy fathers thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace thine eies shall not see all the mischiefe that I will bringe vpon this place and vpon the inhabiters of the same Naum. GOd endued Naum with his spirit that he prophecied of the resurrection of our Lorde Christ Keepe thy festiuall dayes O Iuda pay thy vowes vnto the Lord for the wicked shal passe no more through thee the wicked is vtterly cut of he that rid thee out of trouble riseth vp breathing in thy face This Naum was of El●esis ouer Bethabara and of the tribe of Symeon After Ionas he prophecied straungely of Niniue that they shoulde all be destroyed by sweete waters and fire vnder grounde whiche came so to passe for the meare or lake which compasseth the citie at a certen earthquake drowned and destroyed all and fire that came out of the desert consumed the vpper part of the citie This Naum died in peace and was buried in his owne land Abacuk THe spirit of God came vpon Abacuk that he prophecied of the resurrection of Christe his wordes are these Beholde ye despisers and wonder and perishe ye ▪ for I doe a worke in your dayes a worke whiche ye shall not belieue though a man declare it you S. Paule applyed this prophecy very well at Antioch in Pisidia to haue bene spoken of the resurrection of our Lord Iesus Christ This Abacuk was of the tribe of Simeon and the land Bithicuchar he foresaw the taking of Ierusalem before the captiuity and therefore lamented greatly And when Nabuchodonosor came vp against Ierusalem he fled into Ostracina and dwelled in y e land of the Ismaelites whē as such captiues as were in Chaldaea returned againe such as were left in Ierusalē went downe to Aegypt he dwelled in his owne land And when on a certen time he ministred foode vnto y ● reapers of his land took po●tage ▪ he prophecied vnto his seruants saying ▪ I will go into a far country but I will returne quickly againe ●f ye see y t I tary to long geue you vnto y e reapers their mea● when he had bene in Babylon geuen y ● prophet Daniel his dinner immediatly he was by the reapers as they sate at meat neither made he them priuie to any thing y t was done he knew y ● the people would shortly returne out of Babylon ▪ two yeares before their returne he dyed was buryed in his owne land he prophecied also of the destruction of the temple that a nation should come out of the west destroy it then saith he the Cipres silke robe of the inner temple shal be set abrode the pinacles of the two pillours shal be taken away no man shall know where they shal be laide they shal be caried by an Angell into the desert where the Arke of couenant went at the first And about the end the Lord shal be knowen in them and he will lighten them that sit in darkenes and suffred persecution of the serpent as he did from the beginning Ezechiel THis Ezechiel prophecied in Babylon was endued with grace from aboue to prophecie of the mystery of Christ for he saith ▪ I will deliuer them out of all their trouble and iniquities and I will clense them and they shal be my people and I will be their God ▪ As formy se ruant ▪ Dauid he shal be a prince in the middest of them ▪ and there shal be one sheperde ouer them all for they will walke in my commaundements And againe These waters flowe● out into the sea tovvards the east and runne dovvne into Arabia and come into the sea comming thither the vvater shal be wholsome yea it will come to passe that all which liue and moue where this riuer commeth shal be preserued This Ezechiel was of the countrey Sarira the line of priests ▪ he dyed in Chaldaea in the time of the captiuity after he had prophecied very muche vnto the inhabitants of Iudaea the Duke of the people of Israel slewe him at Babylon because he reproued him of I●●latrye and the people buried him in the fielde Maur in the sepulchre of Sem and Arphaxad the progenitors of Abraham that monument is a duble caue for Abraham built in Chebron a sepulchre vnto Sara after that fashion It is called duble because it is made of turninges and windinges standinge vpon the playne grounde yet hanginge in a certaine rocke He gaue the people a straunge token that they should note when y ● riuer Chobat dried vp then perswade thēselues that the hook or sieth of destruction was at hand euen to the bounds of the earth againe when it ouerflowed the city of Ierusalem y ● their returne was at hand for the holy Prophet dwelled at that riuer and thither it was that many resorted vnto him It fell out that when there was a great multitude of people about him y ● Chaldaeans stood in great fears of y ● Hebrews lest they molested thē when they set vpon them for to slay thē the prophet caused the water of y e riuer to deuide itself to geue them passage to flie vnto the further banke that as many of the Chaldaeans as putsued after them y ● fled should be drowned The same prophet praied vnto God in the time of scarsity and dearth in so doing procured vnto the people great store of fish againe when many of them died he en reated the Lord for them that they were restored to life when the people was in maner destroyed he wrought such wonderfull miracles y ● he discouraged their enemies and that God smote them from aboue when the people saide vnto him we perishe