of health 2. He sheweth them al his riches 5. for which I saie reprehendeth him and prophecieth that the Babylonians wil spoile Ierusalem AT THAT time Merodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters giftes to Ezechias for he had heard that he had bene sicke and was recouered †And Ezechias reioyced vpon them and he shewed them the storehouse of aromatical spices and of siluer and of gold and of sweete odours and of the best oyntment and al the store houses of his furniture and al thinges that were found in his treasures There was not anie thing which Ezechias shewed them not in his house and in al his dominion †But Isaie the prophet went in to Ezechias the king and said to him What sayd these men and from whence came they to thee And Ezechias sayd From a far countrie they came to me from Babylon †And he sayd What saw they in thy house And Ezechias sayd al thinges that are in my house haue they sene there was not anie thing which I haue not shewed them in my treasures †And Isaie sayd to Ezechias Heare the word of the Lord of hostes †Behold the daies shal come and al thinges that are in thy house and that thy fathers haue layd vp for treasure vntil this day shal be taken away into Babylon there shal not any thing be leaft sayth our Lord. †And of thy children which shal come forth of thee whom thou shalt beget they shal take away and they shal be eunuches in the palace of the king of Babylon †And Ezechias sayd to Isaie The word of our Lord which he hath spoken is good And he said Onlie be there peace and truth in my daies CHAP. XL. The prophet comforteth the people with Christs coming to remitte sinnes 3. Before whom S. Iohn Baptist shal preach penance 6. sheweth mans imbecilitie 9. Gods Maiestie 18. the vanitie of idols 27. and fal of them that feare not God BE comforted be comforted my people saith your God †Speake to the hart of Ierusalem and cal to her because her malice is accomplished her iniquitie is forgeuen she hath receiued of the hand of our Lord duble for al her sinnes †The voice of one crying in the desert Prepare the way of our Lord make streight the pathes of our God in the wildernes †Euerie valley shal be exalted and euerie mountaine and litle hil shal be humbled crooked thinges shal become streight and rought wayes playne †And the glorie of our Lord shal be reueled and al flesh together shal see that the mouth of our Lord hath spoken †The voice of one saying Crie And I sayd What shal I crie Al flesh is grasse and al the glorie therof as the floure of the filde †The grasse is withered and the floure is fallen because the spirit of our Lord hath blowen on it In deede the people is grasse †the grasse is withered and the floure is fallen but the word of our Lord abideth for euer †Vpon an high mountayne get thee vp thou that euangelizest to Sion exalt the voice in strength which euangelizest to Ierusalem exalt it feare not Say to the cities of Iuda Behold your God †behold our Lord God shal come in strength and his arme shal haue dominion behold his reward is with him and his worke before him †As a shepheard shal he feede his flocke in his arme shal he gather together the lambes and in his bosome shal he lift them vp and them with yong himself shal carie †Who hath measured the waters with his fist and poundered the heauens with a spanne who hath poysed with three fingers the huge greatnes of the earth and wayed the mountaines in weight and the litle hilles in balance †Who hath holpen the spirit of our Lord or who hath bene his counseler and shewed to him †With whom hath he taken counsel and who hath instructed him and taught him the path of iustice and taught him knowlege and shewed him the way of prudence †Behold the Gentiles are as a droppe of a bucket and are reputed as the moment of a balance behold the ilandes are as a litle dust †And Libanus shal not suffice to kindle the fyre and the beastes therof shal not be sufficient for holocaust †Al nations as if they were not so are they before him and they are reputed of him as nothing and a vaine thing †To whom then haue you made God like or what image wil you set to him †Hath the artificer cast a sculptil or hath the goldsmith figured it with gold or the siluersmith with plates of siluer †Strong wood and that which wil not putrifie hath he chosen the wise artificer seeketh how he may set vp a sculptile which may not be moued †Why doe you not know why haue you not heard why hath it not bene told you from the beginning Haue you not vnderstood the fundations of the earth †He that sitteth vpon the compasse of the earth and the inhabitants therof are as locustes he that stretcheth out the heauens as nothing spreddeth them as a tent to dwel in †He that maketh the searchers of secretes as if they were not that hath made the iudges of the earth as a vayne thing †and in deede their stocke was neither planted nor sowen nor rooted in the earth sodenly he hath blowen vpon them and they haue withered and a whirle wind shal take them away as stubble †And to whom haue ye likened me and made me equal saith the holie one †Lift vp your eies on high and see who hath created these thinges he that bringeth out the host of them in number and calleth them al by name by the multitude of his force and strength and power not one of them was missing †Why sayest thou Iacob and speakest thou Israel My way is hid from our Lord and my iudgement is passed ouer of my God †Why knowest thou not or hast thou not heard our Lord is God euerlasting which hath created the endes of the earth he shal not faile nor labour neither is there searching out of his wisdome †Which geueth strength to the wearie and to them that are not multiplieth force and strength †Children shal faynte and labour and yongmen shal fal by infirmitie †But they that hope in our Lord shal change their strength they shal take winges as eagles they shal runne not labour they shal walke and not fainte CHAP. XLI God pleading against idolaters sheweth his powre and goodnes by his benefites bestowed vpon the Iewes 17. With promise of perpetual protection 21. Wheras their vaine idols can no way profite them LET the ilands hold their peace before me and the Gentiles change their strength let them come neere and then speake let vs
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
†Let the enemie persecute my soule and take it and treade downe my life in the earth and bring downe my glorie into the dust †Arise Lord in thy wrath and be exalted in the coastes of myne enemies And arise ô Lord my God in the precept which thou hast cōmanded †and a sinagogue of peoples shal compasse thee And for it returne on high †our Lord iudgeth peoples Iudge me ô Lord according to my iustice and according to my innocencie vpon me †The wickednesse of sinners shal be consumed and thou shalt direct the iust which searchest the hart and raynes ô God †My iust helpe is from our Lord who saueth those that be right of hart God is a iust iudge strong patient is he angrie euerie day †Vnlesse you wil be conuerted he shal shake his sword he hath bent his bow and prepared it †And in it he hath prepared the vessels of death he hath made his arrowes for them that burne †Behold he hath bredde with iniustice he hath conceiued sorow and brought forth iniquitie †He hath opened a pit and digged it vp and he is fallen into the diche which he made †His sorrow shal be turned vpon his head and his iniquitie shal descend vpon his crowne †I wil confesse to our Lord according to his iustice and wil sing to the name of our Lord most high PSALME VIII God is magnified praised for his meruelous worke of creatures 5. but especially of mankind singularly exalted by the Incarnation of Christ. †Vnto the end for “ presses the Psalme of Dauid O LORD our Lord how meruelous is thy name in the whole earth Because thy magnificence is eleuated aboue the heauens †Out of the mouth of infantes and sucklinges thou hast perfected praise because of thine enemies that thou mayest destroy the enemie and reuenger †Because I shal see thy heauens the workes of thy fingers the moone and the starres which thou hast founded †What is man that thou art mindful of him or the sonne of man that thou visitest him †Thou hast minished him a litle lesse then Angels with glorie and honour thou hast crowned him †and hast appointed him ouer the worke of thy handes †Thou hast subiected al thinges vnder his feete al sheepe and oxen moreouer also the beastes of the field †The birdes of the ayre and fishes of the sea that walke the pathes of the sea †O Lord our Lord how meruelous is thy name in the whole earth ANNOTATIONS PASLME VIII 1. Presses Most Hebrew Doctors say the word Gittith may either signifie the place where this Psalme was made or the musical instrument on which it was song But most Christian Doctors expound it literally of Christs Passion who was stretched on the Crosse and al his sacred bloud pressed and drawne out of his bodie VVhich Metaphor Isaias also vseth demanding of Christ VVhy is thy clothing redde and thy garments as theirs that tread in the vine presse and answereth in Christs person I haue troden the presse alone S. Augustin also applieth it morally to the Church where Christ is the vine the Apostles are the branches spreaders that is preachers of the Ghospel Christians are the grapes Christian vertues are the wine Namely patience and fortitude in afflictions VVherby the good are purified and seuered from amiddes the reprobate as wine is pressed out of the grapes barreled and laid vp in sellers and * the huskes and carnels cast to hogges or other beastes PSALME IX The Church prayseth God for her protection 4. in repelling the enemies force 8. in punishing the wicked and rewarding the iust †Vnto the end for the secrets of the sonne the Psalme of Dauid I WIL confesse to thee ō Lord with al my hart I wil tel al thy meruelous thinges I wil be glad and reioyce in thee I wil sing to thy name ō most High †In turning mine enemie backward they shal be weakened and perish before thy face Because thou hast done my iudgement and my cause thou hast sitte vpon the throne which iudgest iustice Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles and the impious hath perished their name thou hast destroyed for euer and for euer and euer †The swordes of the enemie haue fayled vnto the end and their cities thou hast destroyed †Their memorie hath perished with a sound and our Lord abideth for euer He hath prepared his throne in iudgement †he wil iudge the whole world in equitie he wil iudge the people in iustice †And our Lord is made a refuge for the poore an helper in opportunities in tribulation †And let them hope in thee that know thy name because thou hast not forsaken them that seeke thee ô Lord. †Sing to our Lord which dwelleth in Sion declare his studies among the Gentiles †Because he requiring bloud remembred them he hath not forgotten the crie of the poore †Haue mercie on me ô Lord See my humiliation by my enemies †Which exaltest me from the gates of death that I may declare al thy prayses in the gates of the daughter of Sion †I wil reioyce in thy saluation the Gentiles are fastened in the destruction which they made In this snare which they hid is their foote taken †Our Lord shal be knowen doing iudgements the sinner is taken in the workes of his owne handes †Let sinners be turned into hel al nations that forget God †Because to the end there shal not be obliuion of the poore man the patience of the poore shal not perish in the end †Arise Lord let not man be strengthned let the Gentiles be iudged in thy sight †Appoint Lord a lawgeuer ouer them that the Gentiles may know that they be men The 10. Psalme according to the Hebrevves †Why Lord hast thou departed far of despisest in opportunities in tribulation †Whiles the impious is proude the poore is set on fyre they are caught in the counsels which they deuise †Because the sinner is praysed in the desires of his soule and the vniust man is blessed †The sinner hath exasperated our Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he shal not seeke †There is no God in his sight his waies are defiled at al time Thy iudgementes are taken away from his face he shal rule ouer al his enemies †For he hath sayd in his hart I wil not be moued from genetion vnto generation without euil Whose mouth is ful of cursing and bitternesse and guile vnder his tongue labour and sorrow †He sitteth in waite with the rich in secrete places to kil the innocent †His
art with me Thy rod and thy staffe they haue comforted me †Thou hast prepared in my sight a table against them that truble me Thou hast fatted my head with oyle and my chalice inebriating how goodlie is it †And thy mercie shal folow me al the dayes of my life And that I may dwel in the house of our Lord in longitude of dayes PSALME XXIII Christ is Lord of the whole earth being Creatour and Redemer of man 3. Good life with faith in him is the way to heauen 7. whither Christ ascending with triumph Angels admire him †The first of the Sabbath the Psalme of Dauid THE earth is our Lordes and the fulnesse therof the round world and al that dwel therein Because he hath founded it vpon the seas and vpon the riuers hath prepared it †Who shal ascend into the mount of our Lord or who shal stand in his holie place †The innocent of handes and of cleane hart that hath not taken his soule in vayne nor sworne to his neighbour in guile †He shal receiue blessing of our Lord and mercie of God his Sauiour †This is the generation of them that seeke him of them that seeke the face of the God of Iacob †Lift vp your gates ye princes and be ye lifted vp ô eternal gates and the king of glorie shal enter in †Who is this king of glorie Our Lord strong mightie our Lord mightie in battel †Lift vp your gates ye princes and be ye lifted vp ô eternal gates and the king of glorie shal enter in Who is this king of glorie The Lord of powers he is the king of glorie PSALME XXIIII A general prayer of the faithful against al enemies 4. with desire to be directed in the way of godlines 7. and to be pardoned for sinnes past 9. acknowledging Gods meeknes 17. our weaknes necessitie of helpe and hope in God 22. concludeth with prayer for the whole Church †Vnto the end the Psalme of Dauid TO THEE ô Lord I haue lifted vp my soule †my God in thee is my confidence let me not be ashamed †Neither let mine enemies scorne me for al that expect thee shal not be confounded †Let al be confounded that do vniust thinges in vayne Lord shew me thy wayes and teach me thy pathes †Direct me in thy truth and teach me because thou art God my Sauiour and thee haue I expected al the day †Remember ô Lord thy commiserations and thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world †The sinnes of my youth and my ignorances doe not remember According to thy mercie remember thou me for thy goodnesse ô Lord. †Our Lord is sweete and righteous for this cause he wil geue a law to them that sinne in the way †He wil direct the milde in iudgement he wil teach the meeke his wayes †Al the wayes of our Lord be mercie and truth to them that seeke after his testament and his testimonies †For thy name ô Lord thou wilt be propitious to my sinne for it is much †Who is the man that feareth our Lord he appoynteth him a law in the way that he hath chosen †His soule shal abide in good things and his seede shal inherite the land †Our Lord is a firmament to them that feare him c. his testament that it may be made manifest to them †Myne eies are alwayes to our Lord because he wil plucke my fecte out of the snare †Haue respect to me and haue mercie on me because I am alone and poore †The tribulations of my hart are multiplied deliuer me from my necessities †See my humiliation and my labour and forgeue al my sinnes †Behold mine enemies because they are multiplied and with vniust hatred hated me †Keepe my soule and deliuer me I shal not be ashamed because I hoped in thee †The innocent and righteous haue cleaued to me because I expected thee †Deliuer Israel ô God out of al his tribulations PSALME XXV Dauid in banishment among the Philistimes trusteth in the iustice of his cause 9. and prayeth God earnestly to deliuer him that he may with more freedom and commodity serue him as he desireth †Vnto the end the Psalme of Dauid IVDGE me ô Lord because I haue walked in my innocencie and hoping in our Lord I shal not be weakened †Proue me Lord and tempt me burne my reynes and my hart †Because thy mercie is before mine eies and I am wel pleased in thy truth †I haue not sitten with the councel of vanitie and with them that doe vniust thinges I wil not enter in †I “ haue hated the Church of the malignant and with the impious I wil not sitte †I wil wash my handes among innocentes and wil compasse thy altar ô Lord †That I may heare the voice of praise and shew forth al thy meruelous workes †Lord I haue loued the beautie of thy house and the place of the habitation of thy glorie †Destroy not ô God my soule with the impious and my life with bloudie men †In whose handes are iniquities their righthand is replenished with giftes †But I haue walked in mine innocencie redeme me and haue mercie on me †My foote hath stood in the direct way in the Churches I wil blesse thee ô Lord. ANNOTATIONS PSALME XXV 5. I haue hated the Church of the malignant Holie Dauid forced by reason of persecution to dwel amongst Infidels the Philistians after he had twise spared king Saules life 1 Reg 24. v. 5. et c. 26. v. 9. lamented v. 19. how great affliction it was to him to be cast out that he could not a vvel in the inheritance of our Lord where God was rightly serued and that his enemies had done so much as in them lay to make him fal into idolatrie by their fact as it were saying â—oâ— serue strange goddes Neuertheles his zele was such that as he here professeth he hated the Church of the malignant that is the congregations of al miscreants his immaculate religious puritie was so perfect that he would not so much as in exâ—eâ—â—â—l shew conforme his actions to theirs in matters of religion nor yeld his 〈◊〉 presence in their conuenticles but said VVith the impious I vvil not siâ—â—â— instructing vs Christians for the word to the end in the title sheweth that this 〈◊〉 perteyneth also to vs that we must both hate the Church or con-â—â—â—◠〈◊〉 of the malignant to witte of Painims Iewes Turkes and Hererikes and â—â—t â—i tâ—
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
†Take counsel gather a councel set thy shadow in the midday as it were night hide them that flee and them that wander bewray not †My fugitiues shal dwel with thee Moab be thou their couert from the face of the destroyer for the dust is ended the wretch is come to naught he hath failed that trode downe the earth †And a throne shal be prepared in mercie and there shal sit vpon it in truth in the tabernacle of Dauid he that iudgeth and seketh iudgement and quickly rendereth that which is iust †We haue heard the pride of Moab he is proud excedingly his pride and his arrogancie and his indignation is more then his strength †Therfore shal Moab howle to Moab al shal howle to them that reioyce vpon the walles of baqued bricke tel ye their plagues †Because the suburbes of Hesebon are desolate and the vineyard of Sabama the lords of the Nations haue cut of the branches therof haue reached to Iazer they wandered in the desert the branches therof are leaft they passed ouer the sea †For this I wil lament in the weeping of Iazer the yineyard of Sabama I wil inebriate thee with my teare ô Hesebon and Elealé because the voice of the treaders is rushâ— in vpon thy vintage and vpon thy haruest †And gladnes and ioy shal be taken away from Carmelus and it shal not reioyce nor make iubilation in vineyards He shal not treade wine in the presse that was wonte to treade the voice of the treaders I haue taken away †For this my bellie shal sound as an harpe to Moab my bowels to the wal of baqued bricke †And it â—shal be when it shal appeare that Moab hath laboured for his excelses he shal goe in to his sanctuaries to pray shal not preuaile †This is the word that our Lord spake to Moab from that time †and now our Lord hath spoken saying In three yeares as the yeares of an hired seruant the glorie of Moab shal be taken away vpon al the multitude of people and it shal be leaft litle and smal not much CHAP. XVII Damascus with other Syrians shal be afflicted 4. likewise the tenne tribes of Israel 7. Of which some few persons wil returne to God 12. And finally their enimies the Assirians shal be ouerthrowne THE burden of Damascus Behold Damascus shal cease to be a citie and shal be as an heape of stones in ruine †The forsaken cities of Aroer shal be for flockes and they shal rest there and there shal be none to terrifie them †And ayde shal cease from Ephraim and the kingdom from Damascus and the remnant of Syria shal be as the glorie of the children of Israel sayth the Lord of hostes †And it shal be in that day the glorie of Iacob shal be diminished and the fatnes of his flesh shal become leane †And it shal be as one gathering in haruest that which remayneth and his arme shal gather the eares of corne and it shal be as he that seketh eares in the vale of Raphaim †And the fruite therof shal be leaft as it were a cluster of grapes in it and as the shaking of the oliue tree of two or three oliues in the toppe of a bough or foure or fiue in the toppes therof sayth our Lord the God of Israel †In that day man shal incline himselfe to his maker and his eies shal looke to the holie one of Israel †And he shal not incline to the altars which his handes made and the things that his fingers wrought he shal not regard as groues and temples †In that day the cities of his strength shal be leaft as the ploughes and the corne that were leaft before the face of the children of Israel and thou shalt be desolate †Because thou hast forgotten God thy fauiour and hast not remembred thy strong helper therfore shalt thou plant a faythful plant shalt sow a strange seede †In the day of thy planting shal be the wilde grape in the morning thy seede shal florish the haruest is taken away in the day of inheritance and he shal be vehemently sorie †Woe to the multitude of manie peoples being as the multitude of the sounding sea the tumult of multitudes as the sound of manie waters †Peoples shal sound as the sound of waters ouerflowing and he shal rebuke him and shal flee far of and he shal be violently taken away as the dust of the mountaines at the face of the wind and as a whirlewind before a tempest †In the euentide and behold truble in the morning and he shal not be this is the portion of them that haue wasted vs the lot of them that spoiled vs. CHAP. XVIII The Aegyptians for alluring the two tribes to their confederacie shal be afflicted 7. and the Iewes returne to more sincere seruice of God VVOE to the land the cymbal of winges which is beyond the riuers of Aethiopia †which sendeth legates into the sea and in the vessels of bulrushes vpon the waters Goe ye swift angels to a nation shaken a sunder and torne in peeces to a terrible people after which there is none other to a nation expecting and troden vnder foote whose land the floodes haue spoiled †Al ye inhabitants of the world which abide in the earth where the signe shal be lifted vp in the mountaines you shal see and shal heare the sound of the trumpet †because thus sayth ourd Lord to me I wil rest and consider in my place as the no one light is cleere and as a cloud of dew in the day of haruest †For before haruest it hath wholly florished and vnripe perfection shal spring forth and the boughes therof shal be cut of with hookes and the thinges that are leaft shal be cut of and shaken out †And they shal be left together to the birdes of the mountaynes and beastes of the earth and the foules shal be vpon it the whole summer and al the beastes of the earth shal winter vpon it †In that time shal a gift be brought to the Lord of hostes of a people plucked asunder and rent in peeces of a terrible people after which there hath bene none other of a nation expecting expecting and troden vnder foote whose land the floudes haue spoiled to the place of the name of the Lord of hostes mount Sion CHAP. XIX Further description of the Aegyptians punishment 17. With their conuersion to Christ in the new Testament THE burden of Aegypt Behold our Lord wil ascend vpon a swift cloude and wil enter into Aegypt and the idols of Aegypt shal be moued at his presence the hart of Aegypt shal melt in the middes therof †And I wil make the Aegyptians to runne together against the Aegyptians and a man shal fight against his brother and euerie man against his freind citie against citie
our Lord is filled with bloud it is fatted of the bloud of lambes and buckgoates of the bloud of rammes ful of marow for the victime of our Lord is in Bosra agrear slaughter in the land of Edom. †And the vnicornes shal come downe with them and the bulles with the mightie their land shal be drunke with bloud their ground with the farnes of fatte ones †Because it is the day of the reuenge of our Lord the yeare of retributions of the iudgement of Sion †And the torrents therof shal be turned into pitch and the ground therof into brimstone the land therof shal be into burning pitch †Night and day it shal not be quenched the smoke therof shal goe vp for euer from generation vnto generation it shal be desolate there shal none passe by it world without end †The onocrotalus and hedgehog shal possesse it the ibis and the rauen shal dwel in it and a measure shal be stretched out vpon it to bring it to nothing and a plumme line vnto desolation †The nobles therof shal not be there they shal cal rather vpon the king and al the princes therof shal be as nothing †And thornes and nettles shal grow vp in the houses therof and the thisle in the munitions therof and it shal be the couche of dragons and the pasture of ostriches †And spirites shal meete the onocentaurus and the satyr shal crie one to the other there hath the lamia lien and found her self rest †There hath the hedgehog had an hole and brought vp whelpes and digged round about and cherished them in the shadow therof thither are the kites gathered together one to an other †Searche ye diligently in the booke of our Lord and read one of them hath not wanted one hath not sought for the other because that which procedeth out of my mouth he hath commanded and his spirit the same hath gathered them †And he hath cast them a lot and his hand hath diuided it vnto them by measure they shal possesse it for euer in generation generation they shal dwel therein CHAP. XXXV Gentiles conuerted to Christ shal much reioyce 5. being comforted and confirmed by his miracles much more by his internal grace which bringeth to life euerlasting THE desert and the land without passage shal be glad the wildernes shal reioyce and shal florish as the lilie †Springing it shal spring shal reioyce ioyful and praising the glorie of Libanus is geuen to it the beautie of Carmel and Saron they shal see the glorie of our Lord and the beautie of our God †Encourege ye the loose handes strengthen the weake knees †Say to the faynt harted Take courege and feare not behold your God shal bring reuenge of retribution God him self wil come and wil saue you †Then shal the eies of the blind be opened and the eares of the deafe shal be open †Then shal the lame leape as an hart and the tongue of the dumme shal be opened because waters are cut out in the desert and torrents in the wildernes †And that which was drieland shal be as a poole and the thirstie ground as fountaines of waters In the dennes wherein dragons dwelt before shal spring vp the greennes of reede and bulrush †And a pathe and a way shal be there and it shal be called the holie way the polluted shal not passe by it and this shal be vnto you a direct way so that fooles can not erre by it †The lion shal not be there and the naughtie beast shal not goe vp by it nor be found there and they shal walke that shal be deliuered †And the redemed of our Lord shal be conuerted and shal come into Sion with prayse and euerlasting ioy shal be vpon their head they shal obteyne ioy and gladnes and sorow and mourning shal flee away CHAP. XXXVI Sennacherib king of Assirians hauing taken other cities in Iurie besiegeth and threatneth Ierusalem 4. reprocheth king Ezechias 7. blasphemeth God 13. and terrifieth the people AND it came to passe in the fourtenth yeare of king Ezechias Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came vp agaynst al the fensed cities of Iuda and tooke them †And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces from Lachis to Ierusalem to king Ezechias with a great armie and he stood by the water conduite of the vpper poole in the way of the fullers filde †And there came out to him Eliacim the sonne of Helcias who was ouer the house and Sobna the scribe and Ioahe the sonne of Asaph the commenter †And Rabsaces sayd to them Tel Ezechias Thus sayth the great king the king of the Assyrians What is this confidence wherevpon thou dost trust †or by what counsel or force art thou disposed to rebel vpon whom hast thou confidence that thou art reuolted from me †Loe thou dost trust vpon this broken staffe of reede vpon Aegypt vpon which if a man leane it wil enter into his hand and pearce it so is Pharao the king of Aegypt to al that trust in him †But if thou wilt answer me We trust in our Lord God is it not he whose excelses and altars Ezechias hath taken away and he sayd to Iuda and Ierusalem Before this altar shal you adore †And now deliuer thyself to my lord the king of the Assyrians I wil geue thee two thousand horses neither shalt thou be able of thyself to geue riders for them †And how wilt thou abide the face of the iudge of one place of the lesser seruants of my Lord But if thou trust in Aegypt in chariotes and in horsemen †and now am I come vp without the Lord vnto this land to destroy it The Lord sayd to me Goe vp agaynst this land destroy it †And Eliacïm and Sobna and Ioahe sayd to Rabsaces Speake to thy seruants in the Syrian tongue for we vnderstand it speake not to vs in the Iewes language in the eares of the people that is vpon the wal †And Rabsaces sayd to them Why did my lord send me to thy lord and to thee to speake al these wordes and not rather to the men that sitte on the wal that they may eate their owne dung and drinke the vrine of their feete with you †And Rabsaces stood cried with a loude voice in the Iewes language and sayd Heare ye the wordes of the great king the king of Assyrians †Thus sayth the king Let not Ezechias seduce you for he shal not be able to deliuer you †And let not Ezechias geue you confidence vpon the Lord saying Our Lord deliuering wil deliuer vs this citie shal not be geuen into the hand of the king of Assyrians †Heare not Ezechias for thus sayth the king of Assyrians doe a blessing with me and come forth to me and eate ye euerie man
inhabitantes therof For in truth our Lord sent me to you that I should speake al these wordes in your eares †And the princes and al the people said to the priestes and to the prophetes There is no iudgement of death to this man because he hath spoken to vs in the name of the Lord our God †Men therefore of the ancients of the land rose vp and they spake to al the assemblie of the people saying †Michaeas the Morasthi was a prophet in the daies of Ezechias the king of Iuda and he spake to al the people Iuda saying Thus saith the Lord of hostes Sion shal be plowed as a field and Ierusalem shal be as an heape of stones and the mount of the house as the high places of woodes †Did Ezechias the king of Iuda and al Iuda condemne him to death Did they not feare our Lord and beseech the face of our Lord and it repented our Lord of the euil that he had spoken against them Therefore we doe great euil against our selues †There was also a man prophecying in the name of our Lord Vrias the sonne of Semei of Cariathiarim and he prophecied against this citie and against this land according to al the wordes of Ieremie †And king Ioakim and al his mighties and his princes heard these wordes the king sought to kil him And Vrias heard and was afraied and fled and went into Aegypt †And king Ioakim sent men into Aegypt Elnathan the sonne of Achobor and men with him into Aegypt †And they brought Vrias out of Aegypt and brought him to king Ioakim and he stroke him with the sword and he cast forth his carcasse in the sepulchers of the base vulgar people †Therefore the hand of Ahicam the sonne of Saphan was with Ieremie that he should not be deliuered into the handes of the people and they kil him CHAP. XXVII Ieremie putteth chaines about his owne necke and then sendeth them to sundrie kinges admonishing them that they must either be subiect to the king of Babylon 8. or perish by sword famine and pestilence 14. Inueigheth against false prophetes preaching the contrarie 16. and falsly affirming that the vessels already taken away shal quickly be restored 18. wheras in dede the rest shal also be caried away but al at last restored IN THE beginning of the kingdom of Ioakim the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda was this word made to Ieremie from our Lord saying †Thus saith our Lord to me Make thee bandes and chaynes and thou shalt put them on thy necke †And thou shalt send them to the king of Edom and to the king of Moab and to the king of the children of Ammon and to the king of Tyre and to the king of Sidon by the hand of the messengers that are come to Ierusalem to Sedecias the king of Iuda †And thou shalt command them that they speake to their lordes Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Thus shal you say to your lordes †I made the earth and men and the beastes that are vpon the face of the earth in my great strength and in my stretched out arme and I haue geuen it to him that pleased in mine eies †And now therefore I haue geuen al these landes into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon my seruant more ouer also the beastes of the field I haue geuen him to serue him †And al nations shal serue him and his sonne and his sonnes sonne til the time come of his land and of himself and manie nations and great kinges shal serue him †But the nation and kingdome that shal not serue Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon and who soeuer shal not bowe his necke vnder the yoke of the king of Babylon I wil visite vpon that nation with sword and with famine and with pestilence saith our Lord til I consume them in his hand †You therefore heare not your prophetes and deuiners and dreamers and southsayers and sorcerers that say to you You shal not serue the king of Babylon †Because they prophecie lies vnto you that they may make you far from your countrie and cast you out and you perish †But the nation that shal submit their necke vnder the yoke of the king of Babylon and shal serue him the same wil I let alone in their owne land saith our Lord and they shal husband it and dwel in it †And to Sedecias the king of Iuda I haue spoken according to al these wordes saying Submitte your neckes vnder the yoke of the king of Babylon serue him and his people you shal liue †Why wil you dye thou and thy people with the sword and famine the pestilence as the Lord hath spoken to the nation that wil not serue the king of Babylon †Heare not the wordes of the prophetes that say to you You shal not serue the king of Babylon because they speake a lie to you †Because I sent them not saith our Lord they prophecie in my name falsely that they may cast you out you perish as wel you as the prophetes that prophecie vnto you †And to the priestes and to this people I haue spoken saying Thus saith our Lord Heare not the wordes of your prophetes that prophecie to you saying Behold the vessels of our Lord shal returne out of Babylon euen now quickly for they prophecie a lie vnto you †Therefore heare them not but serue the king of Babylon that you may liue Why is this citie geuen into desolation †And if they be prophetes and the word of our Lord be in them let them interpose themselues before the Lord of hostes that the vessels which were leaft in the house of our Lord and in the house of the king of Iuda and in Ierusalem come not into Babylon †Because thus saith the Lord of hostes to the pillars and to the sea and to the feete and to the rest of the vessels that are remayning in this citie †Which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon tooke not when he transported Ieconias the sonne of Ioakim the king of Iuda from Ierusalem into Babylon and al the great men of Iuda and Ierusalem †Because thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel to the vessels that are left in the house of our Lord and in the house of the king of Iuda and Ierusalem †They shal be transported into Babylon and there they shal be vntil the day of their visitation saith our Lord and I wil cause them to be brought and to be restored in this place CHAP. XXVIII Hananias a false prophet auoucheth that within two yeares the holie vessel and king I echonias with other captiues shal be restored 5. I eremie prayeth that it may be so 7. but prophecieth that it wil not so be 10. The false prophet in confirmation of that he saith breaketh I eremies chaine 12.
nation and manie kinges shal rise from the endes of the earth †They shal take bow and shield they are cruel and vnmerciful their voice shal sound as the sea and they shal mount vpon horses as a man prepared to battel against thee ô daughter of Babylon †The king of Babylon hath heard the fame of them and his handes are dissolued anguish hath caught him sorow as a woman in trauel †Behold as a lion he shal come vp from the pride of Iordan to the strong beautifulnes because I wil make him runne sodenly to her and who shal be a chosen one whom I may appoint ouer her For who is like to me and who shal abide me and who is this pastour that can resist my countenance †Therefore heare ye the counsel of our Lord which he hath conceiued in his minde against Babylon and his cogitations which he hath thought vpon the land of the Chaldees Vnles the litle ones of the flockes shal plucke them downe vnles their habitation shal be destroyed with them †At the voice of the captiuitie of Babylon the earth is moued and the crie is heard amongst the Nations CHAP. LI. More misories shal fal vpon Babylon 11. by the Medes with destruction of her idoles THVS saith our Lord Behold I wil raise vpon Babylon and vpon the inhabitants thereof which haue lifted vp their hart against me as it were a pestilent winde †And I wil send vpon Babylon â—anners and they shal fanne it and shal destroy her land because they are come vpon her on euerie side in the day of her affliction †Let not him that bendeth bend his bow and let not him goe vp that is in a brigandin spare not her young men kil al her host †And the slaine shal fal in the land of the Chaldees and the wounded in the countries thereof †Because Israel and Iuda haue not bene left as a widow of their God the Lord of hostes but their land hath bene replenished with sinne from the holie one of Israel †Flee ye out of the middes of Babylon and let euerie one saue his owne life hold not your peace vpon her iniquitie because it is the time of reuenge from our Lord he wil requite her the like †Babylon is a golden cuppe in the hand of our Lord inebriating al the earth of her wine haue the Nations drunke and therefore they are in commotion †Babylon is fallen sodenly and is destroyed howle ye vpon her take resine for her sorow if perhaps she may be healed †We haue cured Babylon and she is not healed let vs forsake her let vs goe euerie man to his owne land because her iudgement hath reached euen to the heauens is lifted vp vnto the clowdes †Our Lord hath brought forth our iustices come and let vs tel in Sion the worke of the Lord our God †Make sharpe the arrowes fil the quiuers our Lord hath raysed vp the spirite of the kinges of the Medes and against Babylon his minde is to destroy it because it is the reuenge of our Lord the reuenge of his temple †Vpon the walles of Babylon lift vp the ensigne increase the watch set vp watchemen prepare embushments because our Lord hath meant and hath done what soeuer he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon †Thou that dwellest vpon manie waters rich in treasures thine end is come with in a foote of thy cutting of †The Lord of hostes hath sworne by his soule that I wil replenish thee with men as it were with the locust and vpon thee shal the merie shoute be song †He that made the earth in his strength hath prepared the world in his wisedom and with his prudence stretched out the heauens †He geuing a voice the waters are multiplied in heauen who lifteth vp the clowdes from the extreme part of the earth lightenings he hath turned into rayne and he hath brought forth the winde out of his treasures †Euerie man is become a foole by knowlege euerie mettal caster is confounded in his sculptil because his casting is counterfet neither is there spirite in them †They are vaine workes and worthie to be laughed at in the time of their visitation they shal perish †The portion of Iacob is not as these thinges because he that made al thinges he it is and Israel is the scepter of his inheritance the Lord of hostes is his name †Thou doest knocke together the vessels of warre for me and I wil knock together in thee the Gentiles and I wil destroy in thee kingdomes †And I wil breake in thee the horse and his rider and I wil knock together in thee the chariot and the rider thereof †And I wil knocke together in thee man and woman and I wil knocke together in thee the old man and the child and I wil knock together in thee the young man and the virgin †and I wil knocke together in thee the pastour and his flocke and I wil knocke together in thee the husbandman and his draweing cattle and I wil knocke together in thee dukes and magistrates †And I wil render to Babylon and to al the inhabitants of Chaldee al their euil that they haue done in Sion before your eyes saith our Lord. †Behold I to thee thou pestiferous mountaine saith our Lord which corruptest the whole earth and I wil streatch out my hand vpon thee and wil roll thee out of the rockes and wil geue thee to be a mountayne of burning †And they shal not take of thee a stone for the corner and a stone for foundations but thou shalt be destroyed for euer saith our Lord. †Lift ye vp an ensigne in the land sound with the trumpet among the Gentiles sanctifie the Gentiles vpon her declare against her to the kinges of Ararat Menni and Ascenez number Taphsar against her bring the horse as the stinging locust †Sanctifie the Gentiles against her the kings of Media the dukes thereof and al the Magistrates thereof al the land of his dominion †And the land shal be in a commotion and shal be trubled because the cogitation of our Lord shal awake against Babylon to lay the Land of Babylon desert and inhabitable †The valiants of Babylon haue ceased from battel they haue dwelt in holdes their strength is deuoured and they are become as wemen her tabernacles are burnt her barres are broken †A runner shal come to meete the runner and messenger to meete messenger to tel the king of Babylon that his citie is taken from one end to the other †and the fordes are taken before hand and the fennes be burnt with fire and the men of warre be trubled †Because thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel The daughter of Babylon is as a barne floore the time of her threshing yet a litle and the time of her reaping shal come
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
singing in the window the rauen on the vpper post because I wil attenuate her strength †This is the glorious citie dwelling in confidence that sayd in her hart I am and beside me there is none other els how is she become as a desert the couche for beastes euerie one that passeth by her shal hisse and wag his hand CHAP. III. Ierusalem for reiecting Gods admonitions shal be destroyed 7. Christ being risen from death the Iewes persecuting the faithful shal be reiected miserably destroyed 9. and the Gentils called 11. So his Church shal floorish 13. and at last the Iewes shal be conuerted VVO TO thee thou prouoking and redemed citie the doue †She hath not heard the voice and she hath not receiued discipline she hath not trusted in our Lord to her God she hath not approched †Her princes in the middes of her as lions roarnig her iudges wolues in the euening left nothing for the morning †Her prophets madde men vnfaythful her priests haue polluted the holie they haue done vniustly agaynst the law †Our iust Lord in the middes therof wil not doe iniquitie in the morning in the morning he wil geue his iudgement into light and it shal not be hid but the wicked man hath not knowen the confusion †I haue destroyed the Gentils their corners are dissipated I haue made their wayes desert whiles there is none that passeth by their cities are desolate not a man remayning nor any inhabiter †I sayd Neuertheles thou shalt feare me thou shalt receiue discipline and her habitation shal not perish for al thinges wherin I haue visited her but yet rysing early they corrupted al their cagitations ◠Wherfore expect me sayth our Lord in the day of my resurrection til hereafter because my iudgement to assemble the Gentils and to gather kingdomes to powre vpon them mine indignation al the wrath of my furie for in the fyre of my ielousie shal al the earth be deuoured †Because c then wil I restore to the peoples a chosen lippe that al may inuocate in the name of the Lord may serue him with one shoulder †Beyond the riuers of Aethiopia thence shal my suppliants the children of my dispersed bring me a gift †In that day thou shalt not be confounded vpon al thine inuentions wherin thou hast preuaricated against me because then wil I take away out of the middes of thee the loftie speakers of thy pride thou shalt adde no more to be exalted in my holie mount †And I wil leaue in the middes of thee a people poore and needie they shal hope in the name of our Lord. †The remnāt of Israel shal not doe iniquitie neyther shal they speake leasing and deceitful tongue shal not be found in their mouth because they shal feede and shal lie downe and there shal be none to make them afrayd †Prayse ô daughter of Sion make iubilation Israel be glad reioyce in al thy hart ô daughter of Ierusalem †Our Lord hath taken away thy iudgement he hath turned away thine enemies the king of Israel our Lord in the middes of thee thou shalt feare euil no more †In that day it shal be sayd to Ierusalem Feare not to Sion let not thy handes be dissolued †Our Lord thy God in the middes of thee strong he wil saue he wil reioyce vpon thee in gladnes he wil be silent in his loue he wil be ioyful vpon thee in prayse †The triflers that were departed from thee I wil gather together because they were of thee that thou mayst no more haue reproch for them †Behold I wil kil al that haue afflicted thee at that time and I wil saue the halt her that was cast out I wil gather and I wil make them into prayse and into name in al the land of their confusion †In that time when I wil bring you and in the time that I wil gather you for I wil geue you into a name and into prayse to al the people of the earth when I shal conuert your captiuitie before your eyes saith our Lord. THE PROPHECIE OF AGGEVS AGGEVS prophecying in the second yeare of Darius Histaspis king of Persians that is in the 18. yeare after the relaxation from captiuitie of Babylon exhorteth to reedifie the Temple which had bene begune and intermitted promising much prosperitie after the building therof and finally the coming of Christ desired of al nations who by his presence wil glorifie this new temple more then the former built by Salomon and especially prophecieth the glorie of his Catholique Church which shal much excel the Church of the old Testament CHAP. I. The Iewes building to themselues excellent houses are iustly reprehended for not building the Temple of God 10. VVhich is the cause of the barrennes sicknes and other euils 12. VVherupon they vndertake the holie worke IN THE second yeare of Darius the king the sixth moneth in the first day of the moneth the word of our Lord was made in the hand of Aggeus the prophet to Zorobabel the sōne of Salathiel duke of Iuda to b Iesus the sonne of Iosedec the grandpriest saing †Thus sayth the Lord of hostes saying This people sayth The time is not yet come of building the house of our Lord. †And the word of our Lord was made in the hand of Aggeus the prophete saying †Why is it time for you to dwel in embowed houses and this house desert †And now thus sayth the Lord of hostes Set your hartes vpon your wayes †You haue sowed much and brought in litle you haue eaten and haue not bene filled you haue drunke and haue not bene inebriated you haue couered your selues haue not bene warmed and he that hath gathered the wages put them into a broken bag †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts Set your harts vpon your wayes †go vp into the mountayne carie timber and build the house and it shal be acceptable to me and I shal be glorified sayth our Lord. †You haue looked for more and behold it became lesse and you brought it into the house and I puft at it for what cause sayth the Lord of hosts because my house is desert and you hasten euerie man into his owne house †For this cause were the heauens stayed ouer you that they gaue no dew and the earth was prohibited that it yelded not her spring †and I called a drought vpon the earth vpon the mountaines and vpon the wheate and vpon the wine and vpon the oile and what thinges soeuer the ground brought forth vpon men vpon beastes vpon al the labour of the handes †And Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and Iesus the sonne of Iosedec the high priest al the remnant of the people heard the voice of their God the wordes of Aggeus the prophet as our Lord their
the Cananite was at that time in the countrie †And our Lord appeared to Abram and said to him To thy seed wil I giue this land Who builded there an altar to our Lord that had appeared to him †And marching on from thence to a mountaine that was on the east side of Bethel there he pitched his tent hauing Bethel on the west and Hay on the east he builded there also an altar to our Lord and called vpon his name †And Abram went forward going and proceding on to the south †And there came a famine in the countrie and Abram descended into Aegypt to be as a pilgrime there for the famine was very sore in the land †And when he was nere to enter into Aegypt he said to Sarai his wife I know that thou art a fayre woman †and that when the Aegyptians shal see thee they wil say She is his wife and they wil til me and reserue thee †Say therfore I pray thee that thou art my sister that I may be wel vsed for thee and that my soule may liue for thy sake †When Abram therfore was entred into Aegypt the Aegiptians sawe the woman that she was passing beautiful †And the princes told Pharao and praised her to him and the woman was taken into the house of Pharao †And they vsed Abram wel for her sake And he had sheepe and oxen and he asses and men seruants and maid seruants and shee asses and Cammels †But our Lord scourged Pharao with very sore plagues and his house for Sarai Abrams wife †And Pharao called Abram and said to him What is this that thou hast done to me Why didst thou not tel me that she was thy wife †For what cause didst thou say she was thy sister that I might take her to my wife Now therfore there is thy wife take her and goe thy ways †And Pharao gaue certaine men commandment in the behalfe of Abram and they conducted him and his wife and al that he had ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XII 13. Say therfore Abraham concealed that Sarai was his wife and lyed not in saying she was his sister as he also called Lot his brother being his brothers sonne and she his brothers daughter VVherby he preuented danger of his owne life vsing such lawful meanes as lay in him committing his wiues chastitie to Gods protection which him self could not prouide for In which case if he had not donne his owne endeuour he had rather tempted God saith S Augustin then trusted in God And so God preserued her though she was in Pharao his house v. 17. CHAP. XIII Abram Lot returne from Aegypt into Chanaan 6. and being rich separate themselues 10 Lot choosing the countrie about Iordain Abram dwelleth in Chanaan 14. where againe God promiseth him that land and multiplication of his seede 18. And he erected an other Altar to God ABRAM therfore ascended out of Aegypt he and his wife and al that he had and Lot with him to the south coast †And he was very rich in possession of gold and siluer †And he returned by the way that he came from the south vnto Bethel euen to the place where before he had pitched a tabernacle betwen Bethel and Hay †in the place of the altar which he had made before and there he called vpon the name of our Lord. †But Lot also that was with Abram had flocks of sâ—eepe and heards of beasts and tents †Neyther was the land able to receiue them for to dwel togeather for their substance was much and they could not dwel togeather †Wherupon also there arose strife amongst the heardsmen of Abram and of Lot And that time the Chananite and the Pherisite dwelled in that countrie †Abram therfore said to Lot Let there be no brawle I beseech thee betwen me and thee and betwen my heardsmen and thy heardsmen for we be brethren †Behold the whole land is before thee goe aparte from me I pray thee if thou wilt goe to the left hand I wil take the right if thou choose the right hand I wil passe to the left †Lot therfore lifting vp his eyes sawe al the countrie about Iordaine which was watered through out before that our Lord subuerted Sodome and Gomorre as the paradise of our Lord and like as Aegypt as men come vnto Segor †And Lot chose vnto him the countrie about Iordaine and he departed from the East and they were seperated either brother from the other †Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan and Lot abode in the townes that were about Iordaine and dwelt in Sodome †And the men of Sodome were verie wicked and sinners before the face of our Lord out of measure †And our Lord said to Abram after that Lot was seperated from him Lyft vp thyn eyes and looke from the place wherin thou now art to the north and south to the east and west †Al the land which thou seest wil I geue to thee to thy seed for euer †And I wil make thy seede as the dust of the earth if any man be able to number the dust of the earth thy seede also shal he be able to number †Arise and walke through the land in the length and in the breath therof for I wil geue it to thee †Abram therfore remouing his tent came and dwelt beside the vale of Mambre which is in Hebron and he builded there an altar to our Lord. CHAP. XIIII The king of Sodom with other foure kings are ouercome in battle by foure others 12. where Lot is taken 14. but Abram with 318. persons prosecuting and ouercoming the victorers 16. rescued Lot with al the captiues and pray 18. Melchisedech King and Priest blessed Abram 20. Abram payed tithes to him 21. and rendered the spoile to the king of Sodom AND it came to passe in that time that Amraphel the king of Sennaar and Arioch the king of Pontus and Chodorlahomor king of the Elamyts and Thadal the king of nacions †made warre against Barra the king of Sodome and against Bersa the king of Gomorra and against Sennaab the king of Adama and against Semebar the king of Seboim and against the king of Bala the same is Segor †Al these came together into the Woodland vale which now is the salt sea †For they had serued Chodorlamor twelue yeares and the thirtenth yeare they reuolted from him †Therfore in the fourtenth yeare came Chodorlahomor and the king that were with him and they stroke Raphaim in Astaroth-carnaim and Susim with them and Emim in Sauee of Cariathaim †and the Corrheans in the mountains of Seir euen to the Champion countrie of Pharan which is in the wildernes †And they returned and came as farre as the fountaine of Misphat the same is Cades and they stroke al the countrie of the Ameleichites and of the Amorheans that dwel in Assasonthamar â€
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
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
wherin you did offer the sheafe of the first fruites seuen ful weekes †vnto the morow after the seuenth weeke be expired that is to say fiftie daies and so you shal offer a new sacrifice to the Lord. †out of al your habitations two loaues of first fruites of two tenthes of floure leauened the which you shal bake for the first fruites of the Lord. †And you shal offer with the breades seuen lambes without spotte of a yeare old and one calfe from the heard and two rammes and they shal be for an holocaust with their libamentes for a most sweete odour to the Lord. †You shal make a bucke goate also for sinne and two lambes of a yeare old for hostes of pacifiques †And when the priest hath eleuated them with the breades of the first fruites before the Lord they shal turne to his vse †And you shal cal this day most solemne and most holie no seruile worke shal you doe in it It shal be an euerlasting ordinance in al your habitations and generations †And after you reape the corne of your land you shal not cut it to the verie ground neither shal you gather the eares that remaine but you shal let them alone for the poore and for strangers I am the Lord your God †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel The seuenth moneth on the first day of the moneth shal be a Sabbath a memorial by sounding of trumpettes and shal be called holie †no seruile worke shal you doe in it and you shal offer holocaust to the Lord. †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †vpon the tenth day of this seuenth moneth shal be the day of expiations most solemne and it shal be called holie and you shal afflict your soules in it and shal offer holocaust to the Lord. †No seruile worke shal you doe the time of this day because it is a day of propitiation that the Lord your God may become propitious vnto you †Euerie soule that is not afflicted this day shal perish out of his people †and which shal doe anie worke the same wil I destroy out of his people †No worke therfore shal you doe in it it shal be an euerlasting odinance vnto you in al your generations and habitations †It is a Sabbath of resting and you shal afflict your soules the ninth day of the moneth from euen vntil euen you shal celebrate your sabbathes †And our Lord spake to Moyses saing †Speake to the children of Israel From the fiftenth day of this seuenth moneth shal be the festiuitie of tabernacles seuen daies to the Lord. †The first day shal be called most solemne and most holie no seruile worke shal you doe in it And seuen daies you shal offer holocaustes to the Lord. †The eight day also shal be most solemne and most holie and you shal offer holocaustes to the Lord for it is of assemblie and collection no seruile worke shal you doe in it †These are the festiuities of the Lord which you shal cal most solemne and most holie and shal offer in them oblations to the Lord holocausts and libaments according to the rite of euerie day †beside the sabbathes of the Lord and your giftes and those that you shal offer by vow or which you shal giue to the Lord voluntarily †Therfore from the fiftenth day of the seuenth moneth when you shal haue gathered al the fruites of your land you shal celebrate the festiuitie of the Lord seuen daies on the first day and the eight shal be a sabbath that is rest †And you shal take to you the first day the fruites of a most faâ—â—e tree and the branches of palmes and boughes of the tree with thâ—â—kâ— leaues and willowes of the brooke and you shal reioice before the Lord your God †And you shal celebrate the solemnitie therof seuen daies in the yeaâ—â— It shal be an euerlasting ordinance in your generations The seuenth moâ—â—â—h shal you celebrate the festiuitie †and shal dwel in bowres seuen daies euerie one that is of the stocke of Israel shal abide in tabernacles †that your postoririe may learne that I made the children of Israel to dwel in tabernacles when I brought them out of the Land of Aegypt I the Lord your God †And Moyses spake coÌ„cerning the solemnities of our Lord to the children of Israel ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXIII 2. The festiuities As other lawes written by Moyses concerning Sacrifices Sacraments Degrees hindering mariage punishments of sinnes and the like are partly moral pertaining to the law of nature partly ceremonial or iudicial which may be altered so this law of festiuities is partly moral for that al men are bound to kepe some festiual dayes in honour of God partly ceremonial and so the Sabbath day was kept holie in the old Testament the seuenth day of the weke and other feastes the dayes here prescribed But these particular feastes and times are abrogated by Christ whom they prefigured In so much that now it is not lawful to kepe them for it would signifie that Christ were not come as S. Paul teacheth Rom. 14. Galat 4. Colloss 2. and in other places and it were plaine Iudaisme and Heresie condemned by the Councel of Laodicia cap. 29. accursing them that Iudaize abstayning that day from vvorkes S. Gregorie also resuteth this heresie li. 11. Epist 3 shewing that Antichrist wil embrace it fauouring the Iewes In place wherof the next day which we cal sunday is made a perpetual holie day by authoritie of the Church and called dies Dominica our Lords day Apoc. 1. And this change the Protestants confesse to be lawful and necessarie though we haue no other expresse scripture when or by whom it was donne but only that S. Iohn had his reuelation in our Lords day but by perpetual tradition al Christians know that the day after the sabbath is our wekelie holie day in memorie of Christs Resurrection the same day and in figure of the general resurrection of al men and of life euerlasting to the blessed S. Aug. li. 22. c. 30. ciuit Epist 119. c. 15. and S. Hierome Epist ad Hedib The same reason and authoritie do also warrant the change of other feastes and institution of new in honour of God our Sauiour Iesus Christ his Mother and other Sainctes and in memorie of benefites receiued as here we see in the old Testament diuers were commanded by God some also instituted long after Moyses as by Mardocheus and other Iewes Ester 9. and the restauration with new dedication of the altar 1. Machab. 4. obserued by our sauiour Ioan. 10. v. 22. CHAP. XXIIII Prouision of oile for lampes in the Tabernacle 5. The making and disposing the loaues of proposition 10. The punishment of blasphemie and man slaughter 18. And the paine of equal reuenge AND our
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
are they whom our Lord commanded to diuide the Land of Chanaan to the children of Israel CHAP. XXXV Cities and suburbes are appointed for the Leuites among the other tribes 6. Of which six shal be for refuge of such as vnwittingly kil anie man 22. where keping them selues til the death of the high Priest they shal be safe 30. VVilful murtherers conuicted so it be by more then one witnes must die forthwith THESE thinges also spake our Lord to Moyses in the champion countries of Moab vpon Iordan against Iericho †Command the children of Israel that they geue vnto the Leuites of their possessions †cities to dwel in and their suburbes round about that them selues may abide in the townes and the suburbes may be for their cattel and beastes †which from the walles of the cities outward round about shal reach the space of a thousand paces †Toward the East shal be two thousand cubites and toward the South in like manner shal be two thousand toward the sea also which looketh to the West shal be the same measure and the North part shal be limitted with equal boundes And the cities shal be in the middes and the suburbes without †And of the same townes which you shal geue to the Leuites six shal be separated for the ayde of fugitiues that he may flee to them which hath shed bloud and beside these other fourtie two townes †that is in al fourtie eight with their suburbes †And those cities that shal be geuen of the possessions of the children of Israel from them that haue more moe shal be taken away and that haue lesse fewer Eache shal geue townes to the Leuites according to the measure of their inheritance †Our Lord said to Moyses †Speake to the children of Israel thou shalt say to them When you shal haue passed ouer Iordan into the Land of Chanaan †determine what cities shal be for the succour of fugitiues that haue not voluntaryly shed bloud †in which when the fugitiue shal be the kinseman of him that is killed can not kil him vntil he stand in the sight of the multitude and his cause be iudged †And of those cities that are separated for refuge of the fugitiues †three shal be beyond Iordan and three in the Land of Chanaan †as wel for the children of Israel as for strangers and soiouners that he may flee to them which hath not voluntaryly shed bloud †If any man strike with yron and he die that was strooken he shal be guiltie of murder and him self shal die †If he cast a stone and he that is strooken die he shal be punished in like manner †If he that is strooken with wood die he shal be reuenged by the strikers bloud †The kinsman of him that is slaine shal kil the murderer as sowne as he apprehendeth him he shal kil him †If through hatred one push a man or cast any thing at him by stratageme †or being his enemie strike him with his hand and he die the striker shal be guiltie of murder the kinseman of him that is slaine as sowne as he findeth him shal kil him †But if by chance medlie and without hatred †and enemitie he do any of these thinges †and this be proued in the hearing of the people and the question debated betwen him that stroke the next of bloud †the innocent shal be deliuered from the hand of the reuenger by sentence shal be brought backe into the citie to which he had fled and he shal tarie there vntil the High priest that is anointed with the holie oile do die †If the murderer be found without the limites of the cities that are deputed to the banished †and be strooken of him that is the reuenger of bloud he shal be guiltles that killed him †For the fugitiue ought to haue stayed in the citie vntil the death of the High priest And after he is dead then shal the murderer returne into his countrie †These thinges shal be perpetual and for an ordinance in al your habitations †The murderer shal be punished by witnesses none shal be condemned at the testimonie of one man †You shal not take a price of him that is guiltie of bloud he also shal die forth with †The banished and fugitiues before the death of the High priest may by no meanes returne into their owne cities †Pollute not the land of your habitation which is polluted with the bloud of innocentes neither can it otherwise be expiated but by his bloud that shedeth an other mans bloud †And so shal your possession be cleansed my self abyding with you For I am the Lord that dwel among the children of Israel CHAP. XXXVI That the inheritances may not be alienated from one tribe to an other al must marrie within their owne tribes AND the princes also of the families of Galaad the sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasses of the stocke of the children of Ioseph came and spake to Moyses before the princes of Israel and said †Our Lord hath commanded thee our lord that thou shouldest by lotte diuide the Land to the children of Israel and that to the daughters of Salphaad our brother thou shouldest geue the possession dew to their father †Whom if men of an other tribe take to wiues their possession shal folow and being translated to an other tribe it shal be a diminishing of our inheritance †And so it shal come to pasâ—e that when the Iubilee that is the fiftith yeare of remission is come the “ distribution of the lottes shal be confounded and the possession of one shal passe to others †Moyses answered the children of Israel and as our Lord commanded said The tribe of the children of Ioseph hath spoken rightly †And this law is promulgated of our Lord touching the daughters of Salphaad Let them marrie to whom they wil onlie that it be to the men of their owne tribe †lest the possession of the children of Israel be mingled from tribe into tribe For al men shal marrie wiues of their owne tribe and kinred †and al wemen shal take husbandes of the same tribe that the inheritance may remaine in the families †and that the tribes be not mingled among themselues but remaine so †as they were separated by our Lord. And the daughters of Salphaad did as it had beene commanded †and Maala and Thersa and Hegla and Melcha and Noa were married to the sonnes of their vncle by their father †of the familie of Manasses who was the sonne of Ioseph and the possession that had beene allotted to them remained in the tribe and familie of their father †These are the commandementes and iudgementes which our Lord commanded by the hand of Moyses to the children of Israel in the champion countries of Moab vpon Iordan against Iericho ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXXVI 4. Distribution of lottes By reason
Hesebon the Amorrheite and beginne to possesse his land and make warre against him †This day wil I beginne to send thy terrour and feare vpon the peoples that dwel vnder the whole heauen that hearing thy name they may quake and tremble after the manner of wemen in trauel and be pinched with sorow †I sent therfore messengers from the wildernes of Cademoth to Sehon the king of Hesebon with peaceable wordes saying †We wil passe through thy land we wil goe the common high way we wil not decline neither to the right hand not to the left †Sel vs meates for money that we may eate Geue vs water for money and so we wil drinke Onlie this that thou wilt graunt vs passage †as the children of Esau haue done that dwel in Seir and the Moabites that abide in Ar vntil we come to Iordan and passe to the Land which the Lord our God wil geue vs. †And Sehon the king of Hesebon would not geue vs passage because the Lord thy God had indurated his spirit and hardened his hart that he might be deliuered into thy handes as now thou seest †And our Lord said to me Behold I haue begunne to deliuer Sehon vnto thee and his land beginne to possesse it †And Sehon came forth to meete vs with al his people to battel in Iasa †And the Lord our God deliuered him to vs and we smote him with his sonnes and al his people †And al his cities we tooke at that time killing the inhabiters therof men and wemen and litle ones we left nothing among them †Except the cattel which came to their portion that tooke prayes and the spoyles of the cities which we tooke †from Aroer which is vpon the banke of the torrent Arnon a towne that is situated in a valley as farre as Galaad There was not a village or citie that escaped our handes the Lord our God deliuered al vnto vs. †Except the land of the children of Ammon to the which we approched not and al that adioyne to the torrent Ieboc and the cities on the mountaine and al the places from which the Lord our God prohibited vs. CHAP. III. The victorie against Og king of Basan of the giants stock is repeted 12. Ruben Gad and halfe tribe of Manasses haue possession on the other side Iordan from their brethren 23. Moyses praying that he may goe ouer Iordan for the sinnes of the people is denied THERFORE turning we went vp by the way of Basan and Og the king of Basan came forth to meete vs with his people to fight in Edrai †And our Lord said to me Feare him not because he is deliuered into thy hand with al his people and his land and thou shalt doe to him as thou hast done to Sehon king of the Amorrheites that dwelt in Hesebon †Therfore the Lord our God deliuered into our handes Og also the king of Basan and al his people and we stroke them to vtter destruction †waisting al his cities at one time there was not a towne that escaped vs sixtie cities al the countrie of Argob the kingdome of Og in Basan †Al the cities were fensed with verie high walles and with gates and barres beside innumerable townes that had no walles †And we destroyed them as we had done to Sehon the king of Hesebon destroying euerie citie and men and wemen and children †but the cattel and the spoyles of the cities we tooke for our praye †And we tooke at that time the land out of the hand of two kinges of the Amorrheites that were beyond Iordan from the torrent Arnon vnto the mountaine Hermon †which the Sidonians cal Sarion and the Amorrheites Sanir †al the cities that are situated in the plaine and al the Land of Galaad and Basan as farre as Selcha and Edrai cities of the kingdome of Og in Basan †For onlie Og the king of Basan remayned of the stocke of giantes his bed of yron is shewed which is in Rabbath of the children of Ammon hauing nine cubites in length and foure in breadth after the measure of the cubite of a mans hand †And we possessed the Land at that time from Aroer which is vpon the banke of the torrent Arnon vnto the halfe part of mount Galaad and the cities therof I gaue to Ruben and Gad. †And the other part of Galaad and al Basan of the kingdome of Og I deliuered to the halfe tribe of Manasses al the countrie of Argob and al Basan is called the Land of giantes †Iair the sonne of Manasses possessed al the countrie of Argob vnto the borders of Gessuri and Machati And he called Basan by his owne name Hauoth Iair that is to say the townes of Iair vntil this present day †To Machir also I gaue Galaad †And to the tribes of Ruben and Gad I gaue of the Land of Galaad as farre as the Torrent Arnon halfe of the torrent and the confines vnto the torrent Ieboc which is the border of the childrē of Ammon †and the plaine of the wildernesse and Iordan and the borders of Cenereth vnto the sea of the desert which is most salt at the foote of mount Phasga against the east †And I commāded you at that time saying The Lord your God geueth you this land for an inheritance goe wel appointed before your brethren the children of Israel al you strong men †except your wiues and litle ones and your cattel For I know you haue much cattel they must remaine in the cities which I haue deliuered you †vntil our Lord geue rest to your brethren as he hath geuen to you and they also possesse the Land which he wil geue them beyond Iordan then shal euerie man returne to his possession which I haue geuen you †Iosue also at that time I commanded saying Thyne eyes haue seene what the Lord your God hath done to these two kinges so wil he doe to al the kingdomes to the which thou shalt passe †Feare them not for the Lord your God wil fight for you †And I prayed our Lord at that time saying †Lord God thou hast begonne to shew vnto thy seruant thy greatnes and most mightie hand for neither is there other God either in heauen or in earth that is able to doe thy workes and to be compared to thy strength †I wil passe ouer therfore and wil see this excellent Land beyond Iordan and this goodlie mountaine and Libanus †And our Lord was angrie with me for you and heard me not but said to me It sufficeth thee speake no more to me of this matter †Goe vp to the toppe of Phasga and cast thine cies round about to the west and to the north and the south and the east and behold it for thou shalt not passe this Iordan †Command Iosue and encourage and strenghen him for he shal goe before
this people and shal diuide vnto them the Land which thou shalt see †And we abode in the valley against the temple of Phogor CHAP. IIII. Moyses exhorteth the people to kepe Gods commandments 15. Namely that they make no similitude nor image of man nor of beast bird fish sunne moone nor of anie creature to serue the same for the Creator He fortelleth his owne death 23. threatneth them if they forsake God 41. and appointeth three cities of refuge on the same side Iordan AND now Israel heare the preceptes and iudgementes which I teach thee that doing them thou mayest liue and entring in mayest possesse the Land which the Lord the God of your fathers wil geue you †You “ shal not adde to the word that I speake to you neither shal you take away from it keepe the commandment of the Lord your God which I command you †Your eyes haue seene al thinges that our Lord hath done against Beelphegor how he hath destroyed al his worshippers out of the middes of you †But you that cleaue to the Lord your God liue al vntil this present day †You know that I haue taught you preceptes and iustices as the Lord my God hath commanded me so shal you do them in the Land which you shal possesse †and you shal obserue and fulfil them in worke For this is your wisedome and vnderstanding before peoples that hearing al these preceptes may say Behold a people ful of wisedome and vnderstanding a great nation †Neither is there other nation so great that hath goddes approching vnto them as our God is present at al our petitions †For what other nation is there so renowmed that hath the ceremonies and iust iudgementes and the whole law which I wil sette forth this day before your eyes †Keepe thy selfe therfore and thy soule carefully Forget not the wordes that thyne eyes haue seene and let them not fal out of thy hart al the daies of thy life Thou shalt teach them thy sonnes and thy nephewes †the day wherin thou didst stand before the Lord thy God in Horeb when our Lord spake to me saying Assemble vnto me the people that they may heare my wordes and may learne to feare me al the time that they liue on the earth and may teach their children †And you came to the foote of the mount which burned euen vnto heauen and there was in it darkenes and a clould and mist †And our Lord spake to you from the middes of the fyre The voice of his wordes you heard and forme you saw not at al. †And he shewed you his couenant which he commanded you to do and the tenne wordes that he wrote in two tables of stone †And he cōmanded me at that time that I should teach you the ceremonies and iudgementes which you should doe in the Land that you shal possesse †Keepe therfore your soules carefully You saw not any similitude in the day that our Lord spake to you in Horeb from the middes of the fire †lest perhaps deceiued you might make you a grauen similitude or image of male or female †the similitude of al cattel that are vpon the earth or of birdes that flie vnder heauen †and of creeping beastes that moue on the earth or of fishes that vnder the earth abide in the waters †lest perhapes lifting vp thyne cies to heauen thou see the Sunne and the Moone and al the starres of heauen and deceiued by errour thou adore and serue them which the Lord thy God created to serue al nations that are vnder heauen †But you our Lord hath taken and brought out of the yron furnace of Aegypt to haue you his people by inheritance as it is this present day †And our Lord was angrie with me for your wordes and he sware that I should not passe ouer Iordan nor enter into the excellent Land which he wil geue you †Behold I die in this ground I shal not passe ouer Iordan you shal passe and possesse the goodlie Land †Beware lest at any time thou forget the couenant of the Lord thy God which he hath made with thee and make to thee a grauen similitude of those thinges which our Lord hath prohibited to be made †because the Lord thy God is a consuming fyre ielouse God †If you shal begette sonnes and nephewes and abide in the Land and being deceiued make to you some similitude committing euil before the Lord your God to prouoke him to wrarh †I cal this day heauen and earth witnesses that you shal quikly perish from out of the Land which being passed ouer Iordan you shal possesse You shal not dwel therin long time but our Lotd wil destroy you †and disperse you into al nations and you shal remaine a few among the nations to the which our Lord wil lead you †and there you shal serue goddes that were framed with mens hand wood and stone that see not nor heare nor eate nor smel †And when thou shalt seeke there the Lord thy God thou shalt finde him yet so if thou seeke him with al thy hart and al tribulation of thy soule †After that al the thinges aforesaid shal finde thee and in the latter time thou shalt returne to the Lord thy God and shalt heare his voice †Because the Lord thy God is a merciful God he wil not leaue thee nor altogether destroy thee nor forget the couenant wherein he sware to thy fathers †Aske of the dayes of old that haue bene before thy time from the day that God created man vpon the earth from one end of heauen to the other end therof if euer there was done the like thing or it hath beene knowen at any time †that a people should heare the voice of God speaking out of the middes of fyre as thou hast heard and liued †if God so did that he went in and tooke vnto him a Nation out of the middes of nations by temptations signes and wonders by fight and strong hand and stretched out arme and horrible visions according to al thinges that the Lord your God did for you in Aegypt thine eies seeing it †that thou mightest know that our Lord he is God and there is none other beside him †from heauen he made thee to heare his voice that he might teach thee And in earth he shewed thee his fyre verie greate and thou didst heare his wordes out of the middes of the fyre †because he loued thy fathers and chose their seede after them And he brought thee out of Aegypt going before thee in his great power †to destroy verie great nations and stronger then thou at thy entring in and to bring thee in and geue thee their land in possession as thou seest this present day †Know therfore this day and thinke in thy hart that our Lord he is God in heauen aboue and in the earth beneth
and there is none other †Keepe his preceptes and commandementes which I command thee that it may be wel with thee and thy children after thee and thou mayest remayne a long time vpon the Land which the Lord thy God wil geue thee †Then Moyses separated three cities beyond Iordan at the east side †that he might flee to them which should kil his neighbour not voluntarily neither was his enemie a day or two before and he might scape to some of these cities †Bosor in the wildernesse which is situated in the champion countrie of the tribe of Ruben and Ramoth in Galaad which is in the tribe of Gad and Golan in Basan which is in the tribe of manasses †This is the law that Moyses sette before the children of Israel †and these are the testimonies and ceremonies and iudgementes which he spake to the children of Israel when they came out of Aegypt †beyond Iordan in the valley against the temple of Phogor in the land of Sehon king of the Ammorrheite that dwelt in Hesebon whom Moyses stroke The children of Israel also comming out of Aegypt †possessed his land and the land of Og the king of Basan the two kinges of the Amorrheites which were beyond Iordan toward the rysing of the sunne †from Aroer which is situated vpon the banke of the torrent Arnon vnto the mountaine Sion which is also Hermon †al the plaine beyond Iordan at the east side vnto the sea of the wildernesse and vnto the foote of mount Phasga ANNOTATIONS CHAP. IIII. 2. You shal not adde Moyses can not meane that no more should be written nor commanded for then the last chapter of this booke and the rest of the Bible should not haue benne written after his death neither ought the Priestes or Prophetes to haue commanded anie thing not expressed in the law And wheras Protestantes say that al other Scriptures are included in the lawe or pertaine to the explicatioÌ„ or performance therof we also answer that vnwritten TraditioÌ„s both in the old and new Testament are likewise implied included or perteine to the explication or performance of the law For euen as the written doctrin of the Prophetes yea and of Christ and his Apostles in general is conteined in the law of Moyses so also are certaine fastes feastes rites ceremonies and other traditions proued and confirmed by general speaches and axiomes written in holie Scriptures as by our Sauiours wordes to his Apostles Luc. 10. He that heareth you heareth me S. Paules to other Christians 1. Cor. 10. other things vvhen I come I vvil dispose 2. Thess 2. Hold the traditions vvhich you haue lerned and the like VVherupon S. Augustin Li. 1. cont Crescon c. 33. geueth this rule that albeit an euident example can not be produced of holie Scripture yet the truth of the same Scriptures is holden by vs vvhen vve do that pleaseth the vvhole Church vvhich the authoritie of Scriptures commendeth The same he teacheth Epist 80. and in manie other places So do S. Epiphanius in compend sides Cathol S Hierom. Dialog cont Lucifer c. 4. S. Chrysost ho. 4. in 1. Thessal 4. S. Basil de Spiritu Sancto c. 39. S. Ireneus li. 3. c. 4. CHAP. V. The tenne commandements are repeted and explaned 23. with commemoration of their dread and feare When they heard the voice from the clowde and saw the mountaine burne AND Moyses called al Israel and said to them Heare Israel the ceremonies iudgements which I speake in your eares this day lerne them and fulfil them in worke †The Lord our God made a couenant with vs in Horeb. †Not with our fathers did he make the couenant but with vs at this present and doe liue †Face to face did he speake to vs in the mount out of the middes of the fyre †I was arbiter and mediatour betwixt our Lord and you at that time to shew you his wordes for you feared the fire and went not vp into the mount and he said †I the Lord thy God that brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt out of the house of seruitude †Thou shalt not haue strange goddes in my sight †“ Thou shalt not make to thee a thing grauen nor the similitude of any thinges that are in heauen aboue and that are in the earth beneath and that abide in the waters vnder the earth †Thou shalt not adore them and thou shalt not serue them For I am the Lord thy God a Iealouse God tendering the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children vnto the third and fourth generation to them that hate me †and doing mercie vpon manie thousandes to them that loue me and keepe my preceptes †Thou shalt not vsurpe the name of the Lord thy God in vaine for he shal not be vnpunished that taketh his name vpon a vaine thing †Obserue the day of the Sabbath to sanctifie it as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee †Six dayes shalt thou worke and shalt doe al thy workes †The seuenth is the day of the Sabbath that is the rest of the Lord thy God Thou shalt not doe any worke therin thou and thy sonne and daughter man seruant and woman seruant and oxe and asse and al thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates that thy man seruant may rest and thy woman seruant euen as thy selfe †Remember that thou also didest serue in Aegypt and the Lord thy God brought thee out from thence in a strong hand and stretched out arme Therfore hath he commanded thee that thou shouldest obserue the Sabbath †Honour thy father and mother as our Lord thy God hath commanded thee that thou mayst liue a long time and it may be wel with thee in the Land which the Lord thy God wil geue thee †Thou shalt not murder †Neither shalt thou committe aduoutrie †And thou shal not steale †Neither shalt thou speake against thy neighbour false testimonie †Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wife Nor house nor field nor man seruant nor woman seruant nor oxe nor asse and al thinges that are his †These wordes spake our Lord to al your multitude in the mount out of the middes of the fiâ—e and the cloude and the darkenes with a loude voice adding nothing more and he wrote them in the two tables of stone which he deliuered vnto me †And you after you heard the voice out of the middes of the darkenes and saw the mount burne came to me al the princes of the tribes and the elders and you said †Behold the Lord our God hath shewed vs his maiestie and greatnes for we haue heard his voice out of the middes of the fire and haue proued this day that God speaking with man man hath liued †Why shal we die therfore and this exceding great fire deuoure vs For if we heare the voice of the Lord our God any more we
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
and the stranger and pupil and widow which abide with you in the place which our Lord thy God shal choose that his name may dwel there †and thou shalt remember that thou wast a seruant in Aegypt and thou shalt keepe and doe the thinges that are commanded †The solemnitie also of Tabernacles thou shalt celebrate seuen daies when thou hast gathered thy fruite of the barne floore and the presse †and thou shalt feast in the festiuitie thou thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant and woman seruant the Leuite also and stranger and pupil and widow that are within thy gates †Seuen daies shalt thou celebrate the feastes to our Lord thy God in the place which our Lord shal choose and our Lord thy God wil blesse thee in al thy fruites and in euerie worke of thy handes and thou shalt be in ioye †Three times in a yeare shal al thy male appeare in the sight of our Lord thy God in the place which he shal choose in the solemnitie of Azymes in the solemnitie of weekes and in the solemnitie of Tabernacles There shal not appeare before our Lord any emptie †but euerie one shal offer according to that he hath according to the blessing of our Lord his God which he shal geue him †Iudges and maisters shalt thou appoynt in al thy gates which our Lord thy God shal geue thee in euerie of thy tribes that they may iudge the people with iust iudgement †and not decline to either part Thou shalt not accept person nor giftes because that giftes blinde the eies of the wise and change the wordes of the iust †Iustly shalt thou pursew that which is iust that thou mayest liue and possesse the Land which our Lord thy God shal geue thee †Thou shalt plante no groue nor any tree neere the altar of our Lord thy God †Neither shalt thou make nor sette to thy self a statue which thing our Lord thy God hateth CHAP. XVII Perfect hostes not mamed nor defectiue must be offered to God Idolaters stoned to death 8. VVhen inferior iudges differ the cause must be decided by the High Priest in consistorie Who is warranted not to erre therin and al are bound to obey his sentence 14. The dutie also of a king Whom in future time God wil condescend to geue them is described with special charge to receiue the law of God at the Priestes handes THOV shalt not immolate to our Lord thy God a sheepe and an oxe wherein there is blemish or any fault because it is abomination to our Lord thy God †When there shal be found with thee within one of thy gates which our Lord thy God shal geue thee man or woman that do euil in the sight of our Lord thy God and transgresse his couenant †that they goe and serue strange goddes and adore them the sunne and the moone and al the hoste of heauen which thinges I commanded not †and this is told thee and hearing it thou hast inquired diligently and found it to be true and the abomination is committed in Israel †thou shalt bring forth the man and the woman that haue committed that most heynous thing to the gates of thy citie and they shal be stoned †At the mouth of two or three witnesses shal he perish that is to be slaine Let no man be killed one onlie geuing testimonie against him †The hand of the witnesses shal be first to kil him and the hand of the rest of the people shal be layd on last that thou mayest take away the euil out of the middes of thee †“ If thou perceiue that the iudgement with thee be hard and doubtful betwen bloud and bloud cause and cause leprosie and not leprosie and thou see that the wordes of the iudges within thy gates doe varye arise and goe vp to the place which our Lord thy God shal choose †And thou shalt come to the priestes of the Leuitical stocke and to the iudge that shal be at that time and thou shalt aske of them “ who shal shew thee the truth of the iudgment †And thou shalt do whatsoeuer they that are presidentes of the place which our Lord shal choose shal say and teach thee †according to his law and thou shalt folow their sentence neither shalt thou decline to the right hand nor to the left hand †But “ he that shal be proude refusing to obey the commandement of the Priest which at that time ministreth to our Lord thy God and the decree of the iudge that man shal die and thou shalt take away the euil out of Israel †and the whole people hearing shal feare that none afterward swel in pride †When thou art entred the Land which our Lord thy God wil geue thee and doest possesse it and dwellest in it and sayest I wil sette a king ouer me as al nations haue round about †him shalt thou sette whom our Lord thy God shal choose of the number of thy brethren A man of an other nation that is not thy brother thou canst not make king †And when he is made he shal not multiplie to him selfe horses nor lead backe the people into Aegypt taking high courage for the number of his horsemen especially whereas our Lord hath commanded you that in no case you returne any more the same way †He shal not haue manie wiues that may allure his minde nor huge weightes of siluer and gold †And after he shal sitte in the throne of his kingdome he shal copie to him selfe the Deuteronomie of this Law in a volume taking the copie of the priestes of the Leuitical tribe †and he shal haue it with him and shal reade it al the dayes of his life that he may learne to feare our Lord his God and keepe his wordes and ceremonies that are commanded in the law †And that his hart be not lifted vp into pride ouer his brethren nor decline to the right side or the left side that he may reigne a long time and his sonnes ouer Israel ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XVII 8. If the iudgement be hard For a ful and assured decision of al controuersies God here instituted to his people a supreme Tribunal that in case inferior Iudges varied in iudgement recourse might be had to the Councel of Priestes where one chiefe Iudge the High Priest was appointed to geue sentence and al others commanded to receiue and obey the same 9. vvho shal shevv the truth God so assisted this consistorie with his spirite of truth that their sentence was infallible though otherwise they might erre either in life or in priuate opinion VVherfore our Sauiour distinguishing betwen their publique doctrin and their workes taught the people that for somuch as the Scribes and Pharisees sate in Moyses chaire and yet transgressed Gods commandmentes euerie one should obserue and doe as they saide but not doe according to their
with shippes into Aegypt by the way wherof he said to thee that thou shouldest see it no more There shalt thou be sould to thine enemies for bondmen and bondweomen and no man shal bye you CHAP. XXIX A couenant and oath is made betwen God and his people with commemoration of sundrie benefites by them receiued that keping his law they shal be more blessed and breaking the same shal susteine the threatned punishmentes THESE are the wordes of the couenant which our Lord commanded Moyses to make with the children of Israel in the Land of Moab beside that couenant which he made with them in Horeb. †And Moyses called al Israel and said to them you saw al thinges that our Lord did before you in the Land of Aegypt to Pharao and to al his seruantes and to his whole land †the great tentations which thine eies haue seene those mightie signes and wonders †and our Lord hath not geuen you a hart to vnderstand and eies to see and eares that can heare vnto this present day †He hath brought you fourtie yeares by the desert your garmentes are not worne out neither are the shoes of your feete consumed with age †Breade you haue not eaten wine and sicer you haue not drunke that you might know that I am the Lord your God †And you came to this place and there came forth Sehon the King of Hesebon and Og the King of Basan meeting vs to fight And we stroke them †and tooke their land and deliuered it in possession to Ruben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasses †Keepe therfore the wordes of this couenant and fulfil them that you may vnderstand al thinges that you doe †You stand this day al before our Lord your God your princes and tribes and ancientes and doctors al the people of Israel †your children and your wiues and the strangers that abide with thee in the campe besides the cutters of wood and them that carie water †that thou mayest passe in the couenant of our Lord thy God and in the oath which in this day our Lord thy God maketh with thee †that he may rayse thee vp a people to him selfe and he be thy God as he hath spoken to thee and as he sware to thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob †Neither with you onlie doe I make this couenant and confirme these oathes †but with al that be present and absent †For you know how we dwelt in the Land of Aegypt and how we haue passed through the middes of nations which passing through †you haue seene their abominations and filth that is to say their Idols wood and stone siluer and gold which they worshipped †Lest perhaps there be among you man or woman familie or tribe whose hart is turned away this day from our Lord God to goe and serue the goddes of those Nations and there be among you a roote bringing forth gal and bitternes †And when he shal heare the wordes of this oath he blesse him selfe in his hart saying I shal haue place and walke in the prauitie of my hart and the drunken take to her the thirstie †and our Lord forgeue him not but then his furie most specially fume and his zeale against that man and al the curses sitte vpon him that be written in this volume and our Lord abolish his name vnder heauen †and consume him vnto perdition out of al the tribes of Israel according to the curses that are conteyned in the Booke of this law and couenant †And the generation folowing shal say and the children that shal be borne from thence forth and the strangers that shal come from a farre seeing the plagues of that Land and the infirmities wherwith our Lord hath afflicted it †burning it with brimstone and heate of the salt so that it can no more be sowen nor any grene thing spring therof after the example of the subuersion of Sodom and Gomorrha Adama and Seboim which our Lord subuerted in his wrath and furie †And al the Nations shal say Why hath the Lord done thus to this Land what is this exceding wrath of his furie †And they shal answer Because they forsooke the couenant of the Lord which he made with their fathers when he brought them out of the Land of Aegypt †and they haue serued strange goddes and adored them whom they knew not and to whom they had not beene designed †therfore the furie of the Lord was wrath against this Land to bring vpon it al the curses that are written in this volume †and he hath cast them out of their land in wrath and furie and in verie great indignation and hath throwen them into a strange land as this day it is proued †Thinges hidden to our Lord God which are manifest to vs and to our children for euer that we may doe al the words of this Law CHAP. XXX If the children of Israel offending and falling into the forsaide curses shal repent God wilrestore them to his blessings againe 11. leauing it in their powre to serue him if they wil 17. and therfore warneth them that the impenitent shal assuredly perish because hauing life and death blessing and cursing proposed they choose the worse THERFORE when al these wordes shal be come vpon thee the blessing or cursing which I haue sette forth before thee thou be touched with repentance of thy hart in al nations into which our Lord thy God dispersed thee †and shalt returne to him and obey his commandmentes as I this day command thee with thy children in al thy hart and in al thy soule †our Lord thy God wil bring thee againe from thy captiuitie and haue mercie vpon thee and gather thee againe out of al the peoples into which he dispersed thee besore †If thou be dispersed as farre as the poles of heauen thence wil our Lord thy God draw thee backe †and wil take thee to him and bring thee into the Land which thy fathers possessed and thou shalt obteyne it and blessing thee wil make thee to be of a greater number then were thy fathers †Our Lord thy God wil circumcile thy hart and the hart of thy seede that thou mayest loue oure Lord thy God in al thy hart and in al thy soule that thou mayest liue †And al these curses he wil turne vpon thine enemies and them that hate and persecute thee †But thou shalt returne and heare the voice of our Lord thy God and shalt doe al the commandmentes which I command thee this day †and our Lord wil make thee abound in al the workes of thy handes in the issue of thy wombe and in the fruite of thy cattel in the fertilitie of thy ground and in the plentie of al thinges For our Lord wil returne to reioyse vpon thee in al riches as he reioysed in thy fathers †yet so if thou heare the voice
Lord is not as their goddes our enemies also are iudges †Of the vineyard of Sodom is their vineyard and of the suburbes of Gomorrha their grape the grape of gall and the clusters most bitter †The gall of dragons their wine and the venime of Aspes vncurable Are not these thinges laid vp with me and signed in my treasures †Reuenge is myne and I wil repay them in time that their foote may slide the day of perdition is at hand and the times make hast to be present †Our Lord wil iudge his people and wil haue mercie on his seruantes he shal see that their hand is weakened and the shut vp also haue fayled and the residew be consumed †And he shal say Where are their goddes in whom they had confidence †Of whose victimes they did eate fatte and dranke the wine of their libamentes Let them arise and help you and protect you in necessitie †See ye that I am onlie and there is no other God besides me I wil kil and I wil make to liue I wil strike and I wil heale and there is none that can deliuer out of my hand †I wil lift vp my hand to heauen and wil say I liue for euer †If I shal whette my sword as the lightening and my hand take iudgement I wil repay vengeance to myne enemies and them that hate me wil I requite †I wil embrew my arrowes with bloud and my sword shal deuoure flesh of the bloud of the slaine and of captiuitie of the bare head of the enemies †You gentiles “ prayse his people because he wil reuenge the bloud of his seruantes and wil repay vengeance vpon their enemies and wil be propitious to the land of his people †Moyses therfore came and spake al the wordes of this canticle in the eares of the people he and Iosue the sonne of Nun. †And he finished al these wordes speaking to the children of Israel †and he said to them Sette your hartes on al the wordes which I testifie to you this day that you command them to your children to keepe and to doe and to fulfil al thinges of this law that are written †for not in vaine are they commanded you but that euerie one should liue in them which doing you may continew a long time in the Land which passing ouer Iordan you enter to possesse †And our Lord spake to Moyses in the same day saying †Goe vp into this mount Abarim that is to say of passages into mount Nebo which is in the Land of Moab against Iericho and see the Land of Chanaan which I wil deliuer to the children of Israel to obteyne and die thou in the mount †Which going vp vnto thou shalt be ioyned to thy peoples as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor and was layd to his people †because you did preuaricate against me in the middes of the children of Israel at the Waters of contradiction in Cades of the desert of Sin and you did not sanctifie me among the children of Israel †Ouer against shalt thou see the Land and shalt not enter into it which I wil geue to the children of Israel ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXXII 18. Forgotten our Lord. Caluin li. 1. Instit c. 11. parag 9. contending that it is idolatrie to worship Christ in his picture saieth the idolatrie committed about the molten calfe Exod. 32. consisted in worshipping the true God in that image of a calfe affirming that the Ievves vvere not so inconsiderate as not to remember that it vvas God vvhich had brought them out of the Land of Aegypt Quite contrarie to this text which saieth God that begate thee thou hast forsaken and hast forgotten our Lord thy creator Caluin therfore was either ignorant or forgetful that the Holie Ghost here chargeth them to haue forsaken and forgotten God the Creator or els which is worse Knowing and remembring it he was most impudent in auouching the contrarie 43. Praise his people In the people of the Iewes were alwayes some good worthie of praise that serued God and sometimes suffered persecution for iustice whose bloud God promised here to reuenge and for their sakes to be merciful to others Al which we see was performed in that God reduced them from captiuitie and conserued them after in their countrie til Christs time for so he was propitious to the land of his people CHAP. XXXIII Moyses blessing the tribes of Israel Simeon omitted prophecyeth particularly of euerie one 26. Againe exhorteth them that as God hath chosen them his peculiar people so they loue and honour him their onlie God THIS is the blessing wherwith Moyses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death †And he said Our Lord “ came from Sinai and from Seir is he risen to vs he hath appeared from mount Pharan and with him thousādes of Sainctes In his right hand a fyrie law †He hath loued the peoples al the saintes are in his hand and they that approch to his feere shal receiue of his doctrine Moyses commanded vs a law the inheritance of the multitude of Iacob †He shal be king with the most right the princes of the people being assembled with the tribes of Israel †Liue Ruben and die he not and be he litle in number †This is the blessing of Iudas Heare Lord the voice of Iudas and bring him in vnto his people his handes shal fight for him and he shal be his helper against his aduersaties †To Leui also he said Thy perfection and thy doctrine be to thy holie man whom thou hast proued in tentation and iudged at the Waters of contradiction †He that said to his father and to his mother I know you not and to his brethren I know you not they knew not their children These kept thy word and obserued thy couenant †thy iudgementes o Iacob and thy law o Israel they shal put incense in thy furie and holocaust vpon thyne altar †Blesse Lord his strength and receiue the workes of his handes Strike the backes of his enemies and they that hate him let them not rise vp †And to Beniamin he said The best beloued of our Lord shal dwel confidently in him as in a bride chamber al the day shal he abide and betwen his shoulders shal he rest †To Ioseph also he said Of the blessing of our Lord be his land of the fruites of heauen and the dew the depth lying vnderneth †Of the pomes of the fruites of the sunne and moone †of the toppes of the old mountaynes of the pomes of the eternal hilles †and of the fruites of the earth and of the fulnes therof The blessing of him that appeared in the bush come vpon the head of Ioseph and vpon the crowne of the nazarite among his brethren †His beautie as of the first borne of an oxe his hornes the hornes
the long circuites of the way †who were al circumcised But the people that was borne in the desert †during the fourtie yeares of the iourney in the wide wildernes was incircumcised til they were consumed that had not heard the voice of our Lord and to whom he had sworne before that he would not shew them a land flowing with milke and honie †The children of these succeded in the place of the fathers and were circumcised of Iosue for they were in the prepuce euen as they were borne neither had any circumcised them in the way †And after that they were al circumcised they abode in the same place of the campe vntil they were whole †And our Lord said to Iosue This day haue I taken away the reproch of Aegypt from you And the name of that place was called Galgal vntil this present day †And the children of Israel abode in Galgal they made the Phase the fourtenth day of the moneth at euen in the champion of Iericho †and they did eate of the corne of the Land the next day azyme loaues and poleÌ„t of the same yeare †And Manna failed after they did eate of the corne of the Land neither did the children of Israel vse that meate any more but they did eate of the corne of the present Land of Chanaan †And when Iosue was in the field of the citie of Iericho he lifted vp his eies and saw a man standing against him holding a drawen sword and he went to him and said Art thou ours or our aduersaries †Who answered No but I am a prince of the host of our Lord and now I come †Iosue fel flatte on the ground And “ adoring he said What speaketh my Lord to his seruant †“ Loose sayth he thy shoe from thy feete for the place wherein thou dost stand is holie And Iosue did as it was commanded him ANNOTATIONS CHAP. V. 15. Adoring Iosue knowing that the person which appeared was an Angel and not God nor a man neither adored him with godlie honour for that had bene idolatrie nor with ciuil for that perteineth to wordlie and temporal excellencie and is not competent to sacred thinges especialy to immortal and glorious spirites and therfore the honour he did to this Angel was religious honour infinitly inferior to diuine and yet much greater then ciuil 16. Loose thy shoe The Angel did not only accept of the honour donne vnto him but also required more shewing that the verie place was holie for his presence being otherwise the common field of Iericho CHAP. VI. Some priestes carying the arke others sounding Iubilee trumpetes â—râ—ed mâ—â— going before and the rest of the people folowing goe euerie day once six dayes together and the seuenth day seuen times round about Iericho 16. at last al making a great shoote the walles fal downe and they entering 〈◊〉 kil and destroy al 22. sauing Rahab and her kinred The gold siluer brasse and iron are brought into the treasurie 26. And he is cursed that shal build the citie againe AND Iericho was shut and â—ensed for feare of the children of Israel and no man durst goe out or come in †And our Lord said to Iosue Behold I haue geuen into thy handes Iericho and the king therof and al the valiant men †Goe round about the citie al you that be men of warre once a day so shal you doe six daies †And the seuenth day the priestes shal take vp the seuen trumpettes which are vsed in the Iubilee and shal goe before the arke of the couenant and you shal goe about the citie seuen times and the priestes shal sound with trumpetes †And when the voice of the trumpet shal sound in length and with a broken tune and shal sound in your eares al the people shal crie together with a verie greate shoote and the walles of the citie shal fall to the ground and they shal enter in euerie one at the place against which they shal staÌ„d †Iosue therfore the sonne of Nun called the priestes and said to them Take vp the arke of the couenant and let seuen other priestes take vp the seuen truÌ„peâ—tes of the iubilees and march before the arke of our Lord. †To the people also he said Goe and coÌ„passe the citie the armed going before the arke of our Lord. †And when Iosue had ended his wordes and the seuen priestes sounded with seuen trumpettes before the arke of the couenant of ouâ— Lord †and al the armed hoste went before the rest of the commoÌ„ people folowed the arke and al places sounded with the trumpettes †But Iosue had commanded the people saying You shal not crie neither shal your voice be heard nor any word goe out of your mouth vntil the day come wherin I shal say to you Crie and shoote †Therfore the arke of our Lord went about the citie once a day and returning into the campe abode there †Iosue therfore rysing in the night the priestes tooke the arke of our Lord †and seuen of them seuen trumpettes which are vsed in the iubilee and they went before the arke of our Lord walking and sounding and the armed people went before them and the rest of the common people folowed the arke and they sounded with trumpettes †And they went round about the citie the second day once and returned into the campe So did they six daies †But the seuenth day rysing vp early they went about the citie as it was ordained seuen times †And when in the seuenth going about the priestes sounded with the trumpettes Iosue said to al Israel Make a shoote for our Lord hath deliuered to you the citie †and let this citie be anathema and al thinges that are in it to our Lord. onlie Rahab the harlot let her liue with al that be with her in the house for she hidde the messengers whom we sent †But you beware you touch not ought of those rhinges that are commanded and be guiltie of preuarication and al the campe of Israel be vnder sinne and be trubled †But whatsoeuer gold or siluer there shal be and of brasen vessels and yron let it be consecrated to our Lord layd vp in his treasures †Therfore al the people making a shoote and the trumpettes sounding after that the voice and the sound thundred in the eares of the multitude the walles forthwith fell and euerie man went vp by the place that was against him and they tooke the citie †and killed al thinges that were in it from man to woman from the infant to the old man The oxen also and sheepe and the asses they stroke in the edge of the sword †But to the two men that had bene sent for spies Iosue said Goe into the house of the woman the harlotte and bring her forth and al thinges that be hers as you assured her by oath †And the young men
of Ruben beyond Iordan against Iericho the cities of refuge Bosor in the wildernes Misor and Iaser and Iethson and Mephaath foure cities with their suburbes †Of the tribe of Gad the cities of refuge Ramoth in Galaad and Manaim and Hesebon and Iaser foure cities with their suburbes †Al the cities of the children of Merari by their families and kinredes twelue †Therfore al the cities of the Leuites in the middes of the possession of the children of Israel were fourtie eight †with their suburbes euerie one distributed by the families †And our Lord God gaue to Israel al the Land that he had sworne he would geue to their fathers and they possessed it and dwelt in it †And peace was geuen by him on al nations round about and none of their enemies durst resist them but al were brought into their dominion †Not so much certes as one word which he had promised that he would performe vnto them was frustrate but al thinges were accomplished in deedes CHAP. XXII The tribes of Ruben and Gad and half Manasses returne to their possessions 10. VVho building an altar by the side of Iordan the other tribes suspect that they wil make a schisme and therfore purpose to fight against them 13. But first sending an ambassage to admonish them 21. they answer that they made not an altar for sacrifice but only for a monument that notwithstaÌ„ding they dwel on the other side of Iordan yet they are of the same people of God 30. wherwith al Israel is satisfied THE same time Iosue called the Rubenites and Gadites and the halfe tribe of Manasses †and said to them You haue done al thinges that Moyses the seruant of our Lord coÌ„manded you me also haue you obeyed in al thinges †neither haue you left your brethren a long time vntil this present day keeping the commandement of our Lord your God †Therfore because our Lord your God hath geuen your brethren quietnes and peace as he promised returne and goe into your tabernacles and to the land of your possession which Moyses the seruant of our Lord deliuered to you beyond Iordan †alwayes so that you keepe attentiuely and in worke fulfil the commandement and the law which Moyses the seruant of our Lord commanded you that you loue our Lord your God and walke in al his wayes and obserue al his commandementes cleaue to him and serue him in al your hart and in al your soule †And Iosue blessed them and dismissed them Who returned into their tabernacles †And to the halfe tribe of Manasses Moyses had geuen possession in Basan and therfore to the halfe that remayned Iosue gaue a lotte among the rest of their brethren beyond Iordan at the West side And when he dismissed them into their tabernacles had blessed them †he said to them In much substance and riches returne to your seates with siluer and gold brasse and yron and varietie of rayment diuide the praye of your enemies with your brethren †And the children of Ruben and the children of Gad and the halfe tribe of Manasses returned and went from the children of Israel in Silo which is situated in Chanaan to enter into Galaad the Land of their possession which they had obteyned according to the commandement of our Lord in the hand of Moyses †And when they were come to the litle banckes of Iordan into the Land of Chanaan they built beside Iordan an altar of an infinite greatnes †Which thing when the children of Israel had heard and certaine messengers had reported to them that the children of Ruben and Gad and the halfe tribe of Manasses had builded an altar in the Land of Chanaan vpon the litle banckes of Iordan against the children of Israel †they assembled al in Silo that they might goe vp and fight against them †And in the meane time they sent to them into the Land of Galaad Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the priest †and ten princes with him one of euerie tribe †Who came to the children of Ruben and Gad and the halfe tribe of Manasses into the Land of Galaad and said to them †This message doth al the people of our Lord send to you What is this transgression Why haue you forsaken our Lord the God of Israel building a sacrilegious altar and reuolting from the worshippe of him †Is it a smale thing to you that you sinned in Beelphegor and vntil this present day the spotte of this abomination abideth in vs and many of the people fel dead †And you to day haue forsaken our Lord and to morow his wrath wil rage against al Israel †But if you thinke the land of your possession to be vncleane passe to the Land wherein is the tabernacle of our Lord and dwel among vs only that you depart not from our Lord and from our companie an altar being built beside the altar of our Lord God †Did not Achan the sonne of Zare transgress the commandement of our Lord and his wrath lay vpon al the people of Israel And he was one man and I would he alone had perished in his wicked fact †And the children of Ruben and Gad and of the halfe tribe of Manâ—sses answered the princes of the legacie of Israel †The most mightie God our Lord The most mightie God our Lord him selfe knoweth and Israel together shal vnderstand If with the mind of preuarication we haue erected this altar let him not keepe vs but punish vs presently †and if we did it with that minde that we might lay vpon it holocaustes and sacrifice and pacifique victimes let him selfe examine it and iudge †and not rather with that meaning and deliberation that we said To morrow your children wil say to our children What haue you to doe with our Lord the God of Israel †Our Lord hath put a border betwen vs and you O ye children of Ruben and children of Gad the riuer Iordan and therfore you haue no part in our Lord. And by this occasion your children shal auert our children from the feare of our Lord. We therfore thought it better †and said Let vs build vs an altar not for holocaustes nor to offer victimes †but for a testimonie betwen vs and you and our issue and your progenie that we may serue our Lord and it may be our right to offer both holocaustes and victimes and pacifique hostes and that your children to morrow say not to our children You haue no part in our Lord. †And if they wil say so they shal answer them Behold the altar of our Lord which our fathers made not for holocaustes nor for sacrifice but for our testimonie and yours †God saue vs from this abomination that we should reuolt from our Lord and leaue his steppes erecting an altar to offer holocaustes and sacrifices and victimes beside the altar of our Lord God
men dying They fel and were ouerthrowen on the east side of the citie of Gabaa †And there were that were slaine in the same place eightene thousand men al most valiant warryers †Which when they had seene that were remayning of BeniamÃn they fled into the wildernes and went on to the rocke the name wherof is Remmon In that flight also stragling and going diuers waies they slew fiue thousand men And whereas they went farder they pursewed them and slew also other two thousand †And so it came to passe that al which were slaine of Beniamin in diuerse places were fiue and twentie thousand one hundred fighting men most prompt to warres †There remayned therfore of al the number of Beniamin that could escape and flee into the wildernes six hundred men and they abode in the Rocke Remmon foure monethes †But the children of Israel retyring stroke al the remaines of the citie with the sword from men euen to beastes and al the cities and villages of Beniamin the deuouring flame did consume CHAP. XXI The tribe of Beniamin is repayred 8. by foure hundred virgins reserued in the slaughter of Iabes Galaad 19. and by other virgins taken that come forth of Silo to daunce THE children of Israel sware also in Maspha and said None of vs shal geue of his daughters to the children of Beniamin to wife †And they came al to the house of God in Silo and sitting in his sight vntil euening lifted vp their voice and with great wayling beganne to weepe saying Wherfore ô Lord God of Israel is this euil done in thy people that this day one tribe should be taken away out of vs †And on the morrow rising early they built an altar and offered there holocaustes and pacifique victimes and said †Who hath not ascended in the hoste of our Lord of al the tribes of Israel For they had bound them selues with a great othe when they were in Maspha that they should be slayne which had beene wanting †And the children of Israel being moued with repentance vpon their brother Beniamin beganne to say One tribe is taken away out of Israel †whence shal they take wiues For we haue al sworne in common that we wil not geue our daughters to them †Therfore they said Who is there of al the tribes of Israel that went not vp to our Lord into Maspha And behold the inhabitantes of Iabes Galaad were found not to haue bene in that armie †At that time also when they were in Silo none of them was found there †They sent therfore ten thousand the strongest men and commanded them Goe and strike the inhabitantes of Iabes Galaad in the edge of the sword as wel their wiues as their litle ones †And this shal be it which you shal obserue Al of the male kinde and wemen that haue knowen men kil ye but the virgins reserue †And there were found of Iabes Galaad foure hundred virgins that knew not mans bedde and they brought them to the campe in Silo into the Land of Chanaan †And they sent messengers to the children of Beniamin that were in Rocke Remmon and commanded them that they should receiue them in peace †And the children of Beniamin came at that time and there were geuen vnto them wiues of the daughters of Iabes Galaad but others they found not which they might geue them in like maner †And al Israel was very sorie and repented for the killing of one tribe out of Israel †And the ancientes said What shal we doe to the rest that haue not taken wiues For al the wemen in Beniamin are dead †And we must very carefully and with great studie prouide that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel †For our owne daughters we can not geue them being bound with an oath and a curse wherby we said Cursed be he that shal geue to Beniamin anie of his daughters to wife And they tooke counsail and said Behold there is an anniuersaire solemnitie of our Lord in Silo which is situate on the North of the citie of Bethel on the East side of the way that goeth from Bethel to Sichem and on the South of the towne of Lebona †And they commanded the children of Beniamin and said Goe and lie hidde in the vineyardes †And when you shal see the daughters of Silo come forth after the maner to lead daunses issue forth sodenly out of the vineyardes and catch of them euerie one his wife and goe into the Land of Beniamin †And when their fathers shal come and their brethren and shal beginne to complaine against you and to chide we wil say to them Haue pittie on them for they tooke them not away by the right of warryers and conquerours but when they desired to receiue them you gaue them not and on your part the fault was committed †And the children of Beniamin did as it had beene commanded them and according to their number they tooke away to them selues of those that ledde the daunses euerie one his wife and they went into their possession building cities and dwelling in them †The children of Israel also returned by their tribes and families into their tabernacles In those daies there was not a King in Israel but euerie one did that which semed right to him selfe THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKE OF RVTH AMONGST other thinges that happened to the people of Israel in the time of the Iudges this historie of Ruth to witt her coming from Moab her conuersion to true Religion godlie conuersation and mariage with Booz of the tribe of Iuda is recorded as a more principal matter For that not onlie king Dauid but consequently also our SAVIOVR the Redemer of mankind descended from her VVherby was fore signified that as saluation thus proceded from the Gentiles together with the Iewes so the Gentiles are made partakers of the same grace More clerly prophecied as S. Hierom noteth by Isai cap. 16. saying Send forth ô Lord the lambe the Ruler of the earth from the Rocke of the desert to the mount of the daughter of Sion That is from Ruth the gentile to Hierusalem or rather to the Church This mariage of Ruth came to passe about the time of Abesan Iudge The booke was written as is most probable by Samuel and is diuided into foure chapters whose contentes folow in their places THE BOOKE OF RVTH CHAP. I. By occasion of famine Elimelech of Bethleem going with his wife Noemi and two sonnes into the Land of Moab there dieth 4. His sonnes marrie wiues of that countrie and die without issue 6. Noemi returning homewardes hardly perswadeth one of her daughters in law to part from her 15. The other called Ruth wil needes goe with her professing the same God and Religion 19. So these two arriue in Betheleem IN the dayes of one Iudge when the Iudges ruled there came a famine in the Land And there went a
man of Bethleem Iuda to seiourne in the land of Moab with his wife and two children †him self was called Elimelech and his wife Noemi and his two sonnes the one Mahalon and the other Chelion Ephraites of Bethleem Iuda And entring into the countrie of Moab they abode there †And Elimelech the husband of Noemi died and she remained with her sonnes †Who tooke wiues of the Moabites of the which one was called Orpha and the other Ruth And they abode there ten yeares †and both died to witte Mahalon and Chelion and the woman remayned destitute of her two children her husband †And she arose to goe into her countrie with both her daughters in law from the countrie of Moab for she had heard that our Lord had respected his people had geuen them victuals †She therfore went forth from the place of her peregrination with both her daughters in law and being now sette in the way to returne into the Land of Iuda †she said to them Goe into your mothers house our Lord doe mercie with you as you haue done with the dead and with me †Grant he vnto you to find rest in the houses of your husbandes which you shal take And she kissed them Who lifting vp their voice beganne to weepe †to say We wil goe on with thee to thy people †To whom she answered Returne my daughters why come you with me shal I haue sonnes any more in my wombe that you may hope for husbandes of me †Returne my daughters and goe your wayes for I am now spent with old age and not fitte for wedlocke Although I might conceiue this night and beare children †if you would expect til they grow and be of mans age you shal be old women beâ—o you marrie Doe not so my daughters I besech you for your distresse doth the more greue me and the hand of our Lord is come forth against me †Therfore lifting vp their voice they beganne to weepe agayne Orpha kissed her mother in law and returned Ruth cleaued to her mother in law †to whom Noemi said Behold thy kinse woman is returned to her people and to her goddes goe with her †Who answered Be not against me to the end that I should leaue thee and depart for whither soeuer thou shalt goe I wil goe and where thou shalt abide I also wil abide Thy people my people and thy God my God †The land that shal receiue thee dying in the â—ame wil I die and there wil I take a place for my burial These thinges doe God to me these thinges adde he if death onlie shal not separate me and thee †Noemi therfore seing that Ruth with a stidfast mind had determined to goe forward with her would not be against it nor perswade her any more to returne to her frendes †and they went forth together and came into Bethlehem Who being entered into the citie a brute was quickly spred among them and the wemen said This is that Noemi †To whom she said Cal me not Noemi that it to say beautiful but cal me Mara that is to say bitter because with bitternes hath the Almightie very much replenished me †I went forth ful and our Lord hath brought me backe emptie Why therfore doe you cal me Noemi whom our Lord hath humbled and the Almightie hath afflicted †Noemi therfore came with Ruth the Moabite her daughter in law from the Land of her peregrination and returned into Bethlehem when barley was first reaped CHAP. II. Ruth gathering eares of corne in Booz field 8. he kindly biddeth her tarie with his seruantes 17. At night she returneth carying good quantitâ—e of corne and part of the meate which they gaue her to her mother in law AND Elimelech her husband had a cosin a mightie man and of great riches named Booz †And Ruth the Moabite said to her mother in law If thou command I wil goe into the field and gather the eares of corne that shal escape the handes of the reapers where soeuer I shal find the grace of the father of the house fauorable towardes me To whom she answered Goe my daughter †She went therfore and gathered the eares of corne after the backes of the reapers And it chanced that the owner of the same field was Booz who was of the kinred of Elimelech †And behold he came out of Bethlehem and said to the reapers Our Lord be with you Who answered him Our Lord blesse thee †And Booz said to the yongman that was ouerseer of the reapers Whose maide is this †To whom he answered This is that Moabite which came with Noemi from the countrie of Moab †and she desired that she might gather the eares of corne that remayne folowing the steppes of the reapers and from morning vntil now she stayeth in the field and not so much as for a very moment hath she returned home †And Booz said to Ruth Heare me daughter goe not into an other field to gather neither depart thou from this place but ioyne thy selfe to my maides †and where they haue reaped folow For I haue commanded my seruantes that no man molest thee but if thou shalt thirst also goe to the fardels and drinke the waters wherof the seruantes also doe drinke †who falling on her face and adoring vpon the ground said to him Whence cometh this to me that I should find grace before thine eies and that thou wouldest voutsafe to know me a strange woman †To whom he answered Al thinges haue beene told me which thou hast done to thy mother in law after the death of thy husband and that thou hast leift thy parentes and the land wherein thou wast borne and art come to a people which before thou knewest not †Our Lord render vnto thee for thy worke and God grant thou mayest receiue a ful reward of our Lord the God of Israel to whom thou art come vnder whose winges thou art fled †Who said I haue found grace in thine eies my lord which hast comforted me and hast spoken to the hart of thy handmaide which am not like to one of thy maides †And Booz said to her When the houre shal come to eate come hither and eate bread and dippe thy morsel in the vinagre She therfore sate at the side of the reapers and she heaped to her selfe polent and did eate and was filled and tooke the leauinges †And from thence she arose to gleane the eares of corne after her maner And Booz commanded his seruantes saying Yea and if she wil reape with you forbid her not †and of your owne handfuls also cast forth of purpose and let them remaine that she may gather them without bashefulnes and gathering let no man controwle her †She gleaned therfore in the field vntil euening that which she had gathered beating with a rodde threshing she found of barley as it
folowed him †And he expected seuen daies according to the appointment of Samuel and Samuel came not into Galgal and the people slipt away from him †Saul therfore said Bring me the holocauste and the pacifiques And he offered the holocauste †And when he had finished offering the holocauste behold Samuel came and Saul went forth to mete him salute him †And Samuel spake to him What hast thou done Saul answered Because I sawe that the people slipt from me and thou wast not come according to the dayes appointed moreouer the Philisthijms were gathered together into Machmas †I said Now wil the Philisthijms come downe to me into Galgal I haue not pacified the face of our Lord. Compelled by necessitie I offered the holocauste †And Samuel said to Saul Thou hast done folishly neither hast thou kept the commandementes of our Lord thy God which he commanded thee Which if thou hadst not done euen now had our Lord prepared thy kingdom ouer Israel for euer †but thy kingdom shal no farder arise Our Lord hath sought him a man according to his hart and him hath our Lord commanded to be prince ouer his people because thou hast not obserued the thinges which our Lord commanded †And Samuel arose and went vp from Galgal into Gabaa of Beniamin And numbered the people which were found with him as it were six hundred men †And Saul and Ionathas his sonne and the people that were found with them was in Gabaa of Beniamin moreouer the Philisthijms had pitched in Machmas †And there issued forth to praye from the campe of the Philisthians three companies One compaine went on against the way of Ephra to the Land of Saul †Moreouer an other went by the way of Bethhoron the third had turned it self to the way of the border in the valley Seboim against the desert †Moreouer there was not found an yron smith in al the Land of Israel for the Philisthijms had so prouided lest perhaps the Hebrewes should make sword or speare †Al Israel therefore went downe to the Philisthijms that euerie man might whette his plough culter and spade axe and take †Therefore the edges of the shares and spades forkes with three teeth and axes were blunt euen to the godeprick which was to be mended †And when the day was come to fight there was not found sword and speare in the hand of al the people that was with Saul and Ionathas except Saul and Ionathas his sonne †And the station of the Philistijms went forth to passe vp into Machmas CHAP. XIIII Ionathas trusting in God accompained with one man his father not knowing goeth into the Philisthijms campe killeth twentie men and trubleth their whole armie 16. Saul vnderstanding the same approcheth with his armie and they gette a great victorie 24. But Saul hauing commanded vnder paine of death that none should eate til night Ionathas for taisting a litle honie though ignorant of the prohibition is iudged to die 45. But the people oppose themselues and deliuer him from death 47. Saul prospereth in his kingdom with his samilie AND it chanced on a certeine day that Ionathas the sonne of Saul sayd to the yong man that bare his armour Come let vs passe to the garison of the Philisthijms which is beyond yonder place But to his father he told not this same thing †Moreouer Saul abode in the vtmost part of Gabaa vnder the pomegranate tree which was in Magron and the people with him was about six hundred men †And Achias the sonne of Achitob the brother of Ichabod the sonne of Phinees which was borne of Heli the priest of our Lord in Silo bare the ephod But the people also was ignorant whither Ionathas was gone †And there were betwen the ascentes by the which Ionathas endeuoured to passe vnto the garison of the Philistijms rockes standing vp on both sides and as it were in maner of teeth stiepe broken rockes on either side the name of one Boses and the name of the other Sene †one rocke standing out toward the North ouer against Machmas and the other to the South against Gabaa †And Ionathas sayd to the yong man that bare his armour Come let vs passe to the station of these vncircumcised if haply our Lord wil make for vs because it is not hard for our Lord to saue either in manie or in fewe †And his esquier sayd to him Doe al thinges which please thy minde goe whither thou desirest and I wil be with thee wheresoeuer thou wilt †And Ionathas sayd Behold we passe to these men And when we shal appeare to them †If they shal speake to vs in this maner Tarie til we come to you let vs stand in our place and not goe vp to them †But if they shal say Come vp to vs let vs goe vp because our Lord hath deliuered them in our handes this shal be a signe vnto vs. †Both of them therefore appeared to the station of the Philisthims the Philistijms sayd Behold the Hebrewes come out of the caues wherein they were hid †And the men of the garnison spake to Ionathas and to his esquier and sayd Come vp to vs and we wil shew you a thing And Ionathas sayd to his esquier Let vs goe vp folow me for our Lord hath deliuered them into the handes of Israel †And Ionathas went vp on his handes feete creeping and his esquier after him Therefore some fel before Ionathas other some his esquier folowing slewe †And the first slaughter with which Ionathas his esquier made was as it were of twentie men in the halfe part of an aker which a yoke of oxen is wont to plough in a day †And there was made a miracle in the campe through the fieldes yea and al the people of their garrison which had gone to take prayes was astonyed and the land was trubled and it happened as a miracle from God †And the watchemen of Saul which were in Gabaa of Beniamin looked loe a multitude ouerthrowen fleeing hither and thither †And Saul sayd to the people which was with him Enquire and see who is gone from vs. And when they had sought it was found that Ionathas was not present and his esquier †And Saul sayd to Achias Bring the arke of our Lord. for the arke of God was there that day with the children of Israel †And when Saul spake to the priest there arose a great tumult in the campe of the Philistijmes and it grewe by litle and litle and sounded more cleerely And Saul sayd to the priest Draw together thy hand †Saul therefore and al the people that was with him shouted together and they came to the place of the fight and behold euerie mans sword had beene turned to his neighbour and a slaughter exceding great †But the Hebrewes also which had bene with the Philistijms
saying Bring him to me in the bed that he may be slaine †And when the messengers were come there was found a statua vpon the bed and skinnes of goates at the head thereof †And Saul sayd to Michol Why hast thou mocked me and let goe myn enemie that he might flee And Michol answered Saul Because he sayd to me Let me goe otherwise I wil kil thee †But Dauid fleing was saued and came to Samuel in Ramatha and told him al thinges that Saul had done to him and he Samuel went abode in Naioth †And it was told Saul by some saying Behold Dauid is in Naioth in Ramatha †Saul therefore sent seriantes to take away Dauid who when they had seene a troupe of prophetes prophecying Samuel standing ouer them the spirit of our Lord came also on them and they also began to prophecie †Which when it was told Saul he sent other messengers but they also did prophecie And againe Saul sent the third messengers who also prophecied And Saul being wrath for anger †went also him selfe into Ramatha and came as farre as the great cesterne which is in Socho and asked and said In what place are Samuel and Dauid And it was told him Loe they are in Naioth in Ramatha †And he went into Naioth in Ramatha and the Spirit of our Lord came vpon him and he walked going and he prophecied til he came into Naioth in Ramatha †And he stripped himselfe of his garments and prophecied with the rest before Samuel and sang naked al that day and night Wherupon there went out also a prouerb What is Saul also among the prophetes CHAP. XX. Ionathas comforteth Dauid 3. confirmeth their former league 18. By an appointed signe 24. endeuoring first but in vaine to pacifie his father 35. certifieth Dauid of his fathers malice against him 41. They meete againe secretly and sorowfully part ech from other BVT Dauid also fled from Naioth which is in Ramatha and coming spake before Ionathas What haue I done what is myn iniquitie and what sinne of myn against thy father that he seeketh my life †Who sayd to him God forbid thou shalt not die for neither wil my father doe any thing great or litle vnles he first tel me this word therefore only hath my father concealed from me no this shal not be †And he sware againe to Dauid And Dauid sayd Thy father surely knoweth that I haue found grace in thy sight and wil say Let not Ionathas know this left perhaps he be sad Yea more our Lord liueth and thy soule liueth by one degree only as I may so say I and death are diuided †And Ionathas said to Dauid Whatsoeuer thy soule shal say to me I wil doe for thee †And Dauid sayd to Ionathas Behold the calendes are to morowe I after the maner am wont to sitte beside the king to eate dismisse me therefore that I may be hid in the field vntil the euening of the third day †If thy father looking inquire for me thou shalt answer him Dauid desired me that he might goe quickely into Bethlehem his citie because there be solemne victimes to al of his tribe †If he shal say Wel peace shal be to thy seruant but if he be angrie know that his malice is complete †Doe mercie therefore toward thy seruant because thou hast caused me thy seruant to enter the league of our Lord with thee but if there be any iniquitie in me do thou kil me and bring me not in to thy father †And Ionathas sayd Be this farre from thee for neither can it be that I should not tel thee if I shal certainly know that my fathers malice is complete against thee †And Dauid answered Ionathas Who shal bring me word if thy father answer thee perhaps any thing sharpely of me †And Ionathas sayd to Dauid Come let vs goe forth abroad into the field and when they were both gone forth into the field †Ionathas said to Dauid Lord God of Israel if I shal search out my fathers meaning to morowe or the day after and some good thing be vpon Dauid and I send not immediatly vnto thee and make thee know thereof †these thinges doe our Lord to Ionathas and these thinges adde he But if my fathers malice shal perseuer against thee I wil reuele thyn care and wil dismisse thee that thou mayst goe in peace and our Lord be with thee as he hath beene with my father †And if I liue thou shalt doe me the mercie of our Lord but if I die †thou shalt not take away thy mercie from my house for euer when our Lord shal haue rooted out the enemies of Dauid euerie one out of the land take he away Ionathas from his house and our Lord require it of the handes of Dauides enemies †Ionathas therefore made a league with the house of Dauid and our Lord required it of the handes of Dauids enemies †And Ionathas added to sweare vnto Dauid because he loued him for as his owne soule so he loued him †And Ionathas sayd to him To morowe are the calendes and thou shalt be asked for †for thy sitting wil be inquired of til after to morowe Thou shalt therefore goe downe in hast and shalt come to the place where thou must be hid in the day when it is lawful to worke and thou shalt sit beside the stone which is named Ezel †And I wil shoote three arrowes nere it and wil shoote as it were excersising my self at a marke †I wil send also a boy saying to him Goe and fetch me the arrowes †If I shal say to the boy Loe the arrowes are on this side thee take them vp come thou to me because there is peace to thee and there is no euil our Lord liueth But if I shal speake thus to the boy Loe the arrowes are beyond thee Goe in peace because our Lord hath dimissed thee †And corcerning the word which I and thou haue spoken our Lord be betwen thee and me for euer †Dauid therefore was hidde in the fielde and the calendes came and the king sate downe to eate bread †And when the king was sette vpon his chaire according to the custome which was beside the wal Ionathas arose and Abner sate at the side of Saul and Dauids place appeared voide †And Saul sayd nothing that day for he thought it had chanced perhaps vnto him that he was not cleane nor purified †And when the second day was come after the calendes againe Dauids place appeared emptie And Saul said to Ionathas his sonne Why came not the sonne of Isa◠neither yesterday nor to day to eate †Ionathas answered Saul He desired me instantly that he might goe into Bethlehem †and he said Let me goe because there is a solemne sacrifice in the citie one of my brethren hath sent for me now therefore if I haue found grace in
opinion saieth he that Samuel himself appeared not but some euil spirit tooke his similitude And this last iudgement of S. Augustin is much confirmed first by the wordes of this text literally and plainly affirming that Samuel appeared and spake to Saul and Saul to him and that Saul vnderstood orâ—nevv not only thought imagined or supposed that it vvas Samuel Secondly this apparition came sooner preuenting the inchantment and in better order then the pithonical woman expected as appeareth by her answer saying she saw God or an excellent person ascending in comelie maner and attyre whereas euil spirites vsed to appeare as the Rabbins testifie in vglie bodies with the heeles into the ayer and head downward Thirdly the Author of Ecclestasticus ch 46. amongst the prayses of Samuel the prophet saieth he slept or died and certified the King and shevved to him the end of his life VVhere it semeth clere that the same person that died denounced Gods wil and sentence to Saul Moreouer if it had bene an illusion of an euil spirite it would hardly seme anie praise at al. Fourthly the diuel could not naturally foretel that Saul and his sonnes with manie of the people should be slaine the next day and Dauid reignâ— after him neither is it probable that God reueiled such secretes to euil spirites wherby men might take more occasion to folow nicromancie Fiftly most Fathers and Doctors are of the same iudgement S. Iustinus Martyr Dialogo cum Triphone S. Basil Epist 80. ad Eustathium S. Ambrose li. 1. in Luc. 1. S. Hierom. in Isaiae 7. Iosephus li. 6. c. 15. Antiq. and manie other old and late writers The chiefest argument for the other opinion is the authoritie of Tertullian li. de anima Procopius and Eucherius vpon this place and the vncertaine authors Questionum apud Iustinum q. 52. lib. de mirabil Sac. Script and Quest vet Testamenti q. 27. apud Augustinum tomo 3. et 4. As for the Protestantes denying that soules once parted from their bodies can appeare to anie aliue S. Augustin confuteth them both by this example of Samuel supposing the booke of Ecclesiasticus to be Canonical Scripture and of Moyses being dead and Elias yet liuing whom they hold also to be dead both appearing with Christ in his transfiguration Mat. 17. CHAP. XXIX Dauid going with the Philistijms towards the warre 4. the princes vrge and force the king to send him back THEREFORE al the companies of the Philistijms were gathered together into Aphec and Israel also camped vpon the fountaine which was in Iezrahel †And the princes in dede of the Philistijms marched in hundreds and thousandes but Dauid and his men were in the last companie with Achis †And the princes of the Philistijms sayd to Achis What meane these Hebrewes And Achis sayd to the princes of the Philistijms Doe you not knowe Dauid which was the seruant of Saul the king of Israel and is with me manie daies or yeares and I haue not found any thing in him since the day that he fled to me vntil this day †But the princes of the Philistijms were angrie against him and sayd to him Let this man returne and abide in his place wherein thou hast appointed him and let him not goe downe with vs into battel lest he become an aduersarie to vs when we shal beginne to fight for how can he otherwise pacifie his lord but in our heades †Is not this Dauid to whom they sang in dances saying Saul hath strooke his thousandes Dauid his ten thousandes †Achis therefore called Dauid and sayd to him The Lord liueth thou art iust and good in my sight and thy going out thy coming in is with me in the campe and I haue not found in thee anie euil since the day that thou camest to me vntil this day but thou pleasest not the nobles †Returne therefore and goe in peace and offend not the eies of the princes of the Philistijms †And Dauid sayd to Achis For what haue I done and what hast thou found in me thy seruant since the day that I haue beene in thy sight vntil this day that I may not come and fight against the enemies of my lord the King †And Achis answering spake to Dauid I know that thou art good in my sight as an Angel of God but the princes of the Philistijms haue sayd He shal not goe vp with vs into battel †Therefore arise in the morning thou and the seruantes of thy lord which came with thee and when you are risen in the night and it shal beginne to waxe light goe foreward †Dauid therefore arose in the night he and his men that they might sette foreward in the morning and returne to the land of the Philistijms and the Philistijms went vp into Iezrahel CHAP. XXX Dauid returning to Siceleg findeth it burned and spoiled and himself in danger of the people 7. By our Lords warrant be pursueth the enemie 11. taketh a guide 17. recouereth al that was taken away 22. and rewardeth the souldiars also those that stayed with the baggage 25. making it a lawe for the time to come shat the keepers of the baggage shal haue like share with those that fight in battel AND when Dauid and his men were come to Siceleg the third day the Amalecites had made an inuasion on the south side into Siceleg and had strooken Siceleg and burnt it with fire †And had led away wemen captiue out of it from the lesse vnto the great and had not killed any man but had led them with them and went on their iourney †When Dauid therefore and his men were come to the citie and had found it burnt with fire and their wiues and their sonnes and their daughters to be led away captiue †Dauid and the people that was with him lifted vp their voices and mourned til teares fayled them †For the two wiues also of Dauid were led away captiue Achinoam the Iezraelite and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel †And Dauid was strooken very sad for the people would haue stoned him because the soule of euerie man was bitterly affected vpon their sonnes and daughters but Dauid was strengthened in our Lord his God †And he sayd to Abiathar the priest the sonne of Achimelech Applie vnto me the Ephod And Abiathar applied the Ephod to Dauid †and Dauid consulted our Lord saying Shal I pursue these theeues and shal I take them or no And our Lord sayd to him Pursue them for thou shalt take them without doubt take from them the praye †Dauid therefore went himselfe and the six hundred men that were with him and they came vnto the Torrent Besor some being wearie stayed †But Dauid himself and foure hundred men pursued for two hundred stayed who being wearie could not passe the Torrent Besor †And they found an Aegyptian in the field and brought him to Dauid and they gaue
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
into him a spirit and he shal here a message and shal returne into his country and I wil ouerthrow him with the sword in his country †Rabsaces therfore returned and found the king of Assyrians expugning Lobna for he heard that he was departed from Lachis †And when he had heard of Tharaca the king of Aethiopia saying Behold he is come forth to fight agaynst thee and went agaynst him he sent messengers to Ezechias saying †Say this to Ezechias the king of Iuda Let not thy God seduce thee in whom thou hast confidence neither say thou Ierusalem shal not be deliuered into the handes of the king of the Assyrians †For thou thy self hast heard what the kinges of the Assyrians haue done to al the countries how they haue spoyled them canst thou therfore onlie be deliuered †Why haue the goddes of the Nations deliuered al those whom my fathers haue destroyed to witte Gozan Haran and Reseph and the children of Eden which were in Thelassar †Where is the king of Emath and the king of Arphad and the king of the citie of Sepharuaim of Ana and Aua †Therfore when Ezechias had receiued the letters of the hand of messengers had read them he went vp into the house of our Lord layd them open before our Lord †prayd in his sight saying Lord God of Israel which sittest vpon the cherubins thou art the only God of al the kinges of the earth thou madest heauen and earth †Incline thine eare and heare open Lord thine eies and see and heare al the wordes of Sennacherib who hath sent to vpbrayd vnto vs the liuing God †In verie deede Lord the kinges of the Assyrians haue destroyed Nations and the countries of al. †And they haue cast their goddes into fire for they were not goddes but the workes of mens handes of wood and stone and they destroyed them †Now therfore O Lord our God saue vs from his hand that al the kingdomes of the earth may know that thou art the Lord the onlie God †And Isaie the sonne of Amos sent to Ezechias saying Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel That which thou hast besought me concerning Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians I haue heard †This is the word that our Lord hath spoken of him The virgine daughter of Sion hath dispised thee and scorned thee Behinde thy backe hath the daughter of Ierusalem wagged her head †Whom hast thou vpbrayded and whom hast thou blasphemed against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted vp thine eies in high against the holie one of Israel †By the hand of thy seruantes thou hast vpbrayded our Lord and hast sayd In the multitude of my chariotes haue I climed the height of mouutaynes in the toppe of Libanus and haue cut downe high cedars therof and the chosen â—irretrees of it And I haue entered into the borders therof the forrest of the carmel therof †haue I cut downe And I haue drunke strange waters and haue dried vp with the steppes of my feete al the waters in closed †Why hast thou not heard what I haue done from the begining From ancient daies I haue made that thing and now I haue brought it to effect and fensed cities shal be into ruine of litle hilles bickering together †And they that sitte in them weake of hand they haue trembled and are confounded they became as the grasse of the field and the greene herbe of the roofes of houses which withered before it came to ripenesse †Thy habitation and thy going out and thy coming in and thy waye I haue knowen before thy surie against me †Thou hast bene madde against me thy pride hath ascended into myn eares I therfore wil put a ring in thy nostrels and a bitte in thy lippes and wil bring thee back into the way by the which thou camest †And to thee Ezechias this shal be a signe Eate this yeare what thou shalt finde in the second yeare the things that growe of themselues moreouer in the third yeare sawe ye and reape plant ye vineyardes and eate the fruite of them †And whatsoeuer shal be leaft of the house of Iuda shal take roote downeward and beare fruit vpward †For out of Ierusalem there shal remmantes goe forth and that which is to be saued from the mounte of Sion the zeale of the Lord of hostes shal doe this †Wherfore thus sayth our Lord of the king of the Assyrians He shal not enter into this citie nor shoote arrowe into it neither shal shield occupie it nor munition compasse it †By the way that he came he shal returne and into this citie he shal nos enter sayth our Lord †And I wil protect this citie and wil saue it for my self and for Dauid my seruant †It came to passe therfore in that night an Angel of our Lord came and stroke in the campe of the Assyrians an hundred eightie fiue thousand And when he was risen early he sawe al the bodies of the dead †and Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians departing went away and taried in Niniue †And when he adored in the temple of Nesroch his god Adramelech and Sarasar his sonnes stroke him with the sword and they fled into the land of the Armenians and Asarhaddon his sonne reigned for him CHAP. XX. Ezechias being sick is told by Isaias that he shal die but praying to God obtayneth fiftenne yeares longer life 8. and in confirmation therof receiueth a signe in Achaz dial returning back tenne lines 12. To the Aâ—yrians bringing him presents he sheweth al his treasures 16. which Isaias reprouing prophecieth the captiuitie of Iuda 20. Ezechias dieth and his sonne Manasses reigneth IN those dayes Ezechias was sick euen to death and Isaie the sonne of Amos the prophete came and sayd to him Thus sayth our Lord God Take order with thy house for thou shalt die and shalt not liue †Who turned his face to the wal and prayed our Lord saying †I besech thee Lord remember I pray thee how I haue walked before thee in truth and in a perfect hart and haue done that which is liked before thee Ezechias therfore wept with great weeping †And before Isaie was gone out of the middes of the court the word of our Lord came to him saying †Returne and tel Ezechias the prince of my people Thus sayth our Lord the God of Dauid thy father I haue heard thy prayer and seene thy teares and behold I haue healed thee the third day thou shalt goe vp to the temple of the Lord. †And I wil adde to thy daies fiftene yeares yea out of the hand of the king of Assyrians I wil deliuer thee and this citie I wil protect this citie for my sake and for Dauid my seruant †And Isaie said Fetch me a bunch of figges Which when they had brought and had layd it vpon
ouer the loaues of proposition to prepare alwaies new euerie Sabbath †These are the chief of the singing men by the families of the Leuites which abode in the chambers that they might day and night continually serue in their ministerie †The heades of the Leuites princes in their families taried in Ierusalem †And in Gabaon abode Iehiel the father of Gabaon and the name of his wise Maacha †His first begotten sonne Abdon and Sur and Cis and Baal and Ner and Nadab †Gedor also and Ahio and Zacharias and Macelloth †Moreouer Macelloth begat Samaan these dwelt ouer agaynst their brethren in Ierusalem with their brethren †And Ner bagat Cis and Cis begat Saul end Saul begat Ionathas and Melchisua and Abinadab and Esbaal. †And the sonne of Ionathas Meribbaal and Meribbaal begat Micha †Moreouer the sonnes of Micha Phithon and Molech and Tharaa and Ahaz †And Ahaz begat Iara and Iara begat Alamath and Azmoth and Zamri And Zamri begat Mosa †And Mosa begat Banaa whose sonne Raphaia bepat Elasa of whom was borne Asel †Moreouer Asel had six sonnes of these names Ezricam Bochru Ismael Saria â—bdiâ— Hanan these are the sonnes of Asel CHAP. X. King Saul with his three sonnes are slaine by the Philistians 8. who spoiâ—e the armie and carie 〈◊〉 ay Souls head 11. The men of Iabes Galaad â—â—rie his bodie and his sonnes fasting for them seuen daies And the kingdom is translated to Dauid AMD the Philistijms fought agaynst Israel and the men of Israel fled from the Palesthines and they fel wounded in mount Gelboe †And when the Philisthians were come nere pursewing Saul and his sonnes they stroke Ionathas and Abinadab and Melchisua the sonnes of Saul †And the battel grewc sore agaynst Saul and the archers found him and wounded him with arrowes †And Saul sayd to his esquyer Draw thy swoord and kil me lest perhaps these vncircumcised come and deride me But his harnes bearer would not being frighted with feare Saul therfore caught his sword and fel vpon it †Which when his harnes bearer had seene to witte that Saul was dead him self also fel vpon his sword and died †Saul therfore died and his three sonnes and al his house fel together †Which when the men of Israel had sene that dwelt in the châ—inpayne they fled and Saul and his sonnes being dead they forsooke their cities and were dispersed hither and thither and the Philisthijms came and dwelt in them †The next day therfore the Philisthijms taking away the spoiles of them that were stayne found Saul and his sonnes lying on mount Gelboe †And when they had spoyled him and cut of his head and stripped him of his armour they sent into their land that it should be caried about and should be shewed in the temples of the Idols and to the people †and his armour they dedicated in the temple of their god and the head they nailed vp in the temple of Dagon †When the men of Iabes Galaad had heard this to witte al thinges that the Philistijms had done vpon Saul †euerie one of the valiant men arose and tooke the bodies of Saul and of his sonnes and brought them into Iabes and buried their bones vnder an oke that was in Iabes and they fasted seuen daies †Saul therfore died for his iniquities for that he transgressed the commandement of our Lord which he had commanded and kept it not yea and besides also consulted the Pythonesse †and trusted not in our Lord for the which he slewe him and transferred his kingdome to Dauid the sonne of Isai CHAP. XI Dauid is elected and annointed king 5. He ouerthroweth the Iebusites taking the towre of Sion in Ierusalem and prospereth 10. His valiant men and their heroical actes are recited 17. He desiring water from the cisterne of Bethleem wil not drink it but offereth it in sacrifice because it is brought with danger of his valiant mens liues 20. Other valiant men of the second order are likewise recited AL Israel therfore was gathered together to Dauid in Hebron saying We are thy bone and thy flesh †Yesterday also and the day before when Saul as yet reigned thou wast he that didst leade out and leade in Israel for to thee our Lord thy God sayd Thou shalt feede my people Israel and thou shalt be prince ouer it †Al the ancientes therfore of Israel came to the king into Hebron and Dauid entred into a league with them before our Lord and they annoynted him king ouer Israel according to the word of our Lord which he spake in the hand of Samuel †Dauid also went and al Israel into Ierusalem this is Iebus where the Iebuseites were the inhabiters of the land †And they that dwelt in Iebus sayd to Dauid Thou shalt not come in here Moreouer Dauid tooke the towre of Sion which is the Citie of Dauid †and he sayd Euerie one that shal among the first strike the Iebuseite shal be the prince and chiefe captayne Ioab therfore the sonne of Saruia went vp first and was made the prince †And Dauid dwelt in the towre and therfore it was called the Citie of Dauid †And he built the citie round about from Mello vnto a round compasse and Ioab built the rest of the citie †And dauid ptospered going and increasing and the Lord of hostes was with him †These are the princes of the valiant men of Dauid which holpe him to be made king ouer al Israel according to the word of our Lord which he spake to Israel †And this is the number of dauids strong ones Iesbaam the sonne of Hachamoni prince among thirtie this man lifted vp his speare vpon three hundred wounded at one time †And after him Eleazar his vncles sonne an Ahohite who was among the three mighties †This was with Dauid in Phesdomim when the Philisthijms were gathered to that place into battel and the field of that countrie was ful of barley and the people was fled from the face of the Philisthimes †These stood in the middes of the fielde and defended him and when they had striken the Philistheans our Lord gaue great health to his people †And there went downe three of the thirtie princes to a rocke wherin Dauid was to the caue of Odollam when the Philisthijms had camped in the Vale raphaim †Moreouer dauid was in a hold and the ward of the Phelisthimes in Bethlehem †Dauid therfore desired and sayd O that some man would giue me water of the cesterne of Bethlehem which is in the gate †These three therfore went forward through the middes of the campe of the Philisthimes and drewe water of the cesterne of Bethlehem which was in the gate and brought it to Dauid to drinke who would not but tather offered it to our Lord †saying God forbid that in the sight of my God I should doe this and should
his hand to day and offer what he wil to our Lord. †The princes therfore of the families promised and the nobles of the tribes of Israel the tribunes also and the centurions and the princes of the kinges possessions †And they gaue vnto the workes of the house of our Lord of gold fiue thousand talentes and ten thousand solidos of siluer ten thousand talentes and of brasse eightene thousand talentes of yron also an hundred thousand talentes †And with whomsoeuer were found stones they gaue them into the treasures of the house of our Lord by the hand of Iahiel the Gersonite †And the people reioysed when they promised vowes of their owne accord because they did offer them to our Lord with al their hart yea and Dauid the king reioysed with great ioy †And he blessed our Lord before al the multitude and he sayd Blessed art thou ô Lord the God of Israel our father from eternitie vnto eternitie †Thine ô Lord is the magnificence and might and glorie and victorie to thee is the prayse for al thinges that be in heauen and in the earth are thine thine ô Lord is the kingdom and thou art ouer al princes †Thine are riches and thine is glorie thou hast dominion ouer al in thy hand is power might in thy hand greatenesse and the empire of al thinges †Now therfore our God we confesse to thee and we prayse thy glorious name †Who am I and what is my people that we can promisse thee al these thinges al are thine and thinges that we receiued of thy hand we haue geuen thee †For we are pilgrimes before thee and strangers as al our fathers Our daies are as a shadow vpon the earth and there is noe abyding †Lord our God al this plentie which we haue prepared that a house might be built to thy holie name is of thy hand and al thinges are thine †I know my God that thou prouest the hartes and louest simplicitie wherfore I also in the simplicitie of my hart gladly haue offered al these thinges and thy people which is here found I haue sene with great ioy offer thee donaries †Lord God of Abraham and Isaac and Israel our fathers keepe for euer this wil of their hart and let this mind reinayne al waies to the honour of thee †To Salomon also my sonne geue a perfect hart that he keepe thy commandementes thy testimonies and thy ceremonies and doe al thinges and build the house the expenses whereof I haue prepared †And Dauid commanded the whole assemblie Blesse ye our Lord God And al the assemblie blessed our Lord the God of their fathers and they bowed themselues and adored God and then the king †And they immolated victime to our Lord and they offered holocaustes the day folowing oxen a thousand rammes a thousand lambes a thousand with their libamentes with al rite most abundantly for al Israel †And they did eate and drinke before our Lord in that day with great ioy And they anoynted the second time Salomon the sonne of Dauid And they anoynted him to our Lord for the prince and Sadoc for the high priest †And Salomon sate vpon the throne of our Lord as king for Dauid his father and he pleased al al Israel obeyed him †Yea and al the princes and men of might and al the sonnes of king Dauid gaue their hand and were subiect to Salomon the king †Our Lord therfore magnified Salomon ouer al Israel and gaue him the glorie of akingdom such as no king of Israel had before him †Dauid therfore the sonne of Isai reigned ouer al Israel †And the daies that he reigned ouer Israel were fourtie yeares in Hebron he reigned seuen yeares and in Ierusalem three and thirtie yeares †And he died in a good age ful of daies and riches and glorie And Salomon his sonne reigned for him †But the actes of king Dauid the first and the last are writen in the Booke of Samuel the Seer in the Booke of Nathan the prophete in the Volume of Gad the Seer †and of al his kingdom and strength and of the times that passed vnder him either in Israel or in al the kingdomes of the earth THE ARGVMENT OF THE SECOND BOOKE OF PARALIPOMENON AS the former booke sheweth how after manie generations from the beginning of the world God selecting one special nation for his peculiar people and the same being afterwardes made a kingdome the Scepter therof both by Gods and the peoples election came to Dauid and his sonne Salomon See this booke declareth that first Salomon reigned peaccably ouer the whole kingdom in the nine first chapters Then in the other twentie seuen chapters relateth how the same kingdom was diuided tenne tribes being taken away the historie wherof is but here briefly touched and two only with the title of the kingdom of Iuda were possessed by succession of ninetenne kinges al of Dauids and Salomons issue in royal estate til the captiuitie in Babylon THE SECOND BOOKE OF PARALIPOMENON IN HEBREW DIBRE HAIAMIM CHAP. I. Salomon establiâ—hed in the throne offereth a thousand hostes of sacrifice 7. asking wisdome 12. it is geuen him with richesse and temporal glorie which he asked not 14. He prouideth manie chariottes and horsemen SALOMON therfore the sonne of Dauid was strengthened in his kingdom and our Lord was with him and magnified him on high †And Salomon commanded al Israel the tribunes and the centurious and the dukes and iudges of al Israel and the princes of the families †and he went with al the multitude into the Excelse of Gabaon where was the tabernacle of the couenant of our Lord which Moyses the seruant of God made in the wildernesse †For Dauid had brought the Arke of God from Cariathiarim into the place which he had prepared for it and where he had pitcht a tabernacle for it that is in Ierusalem †The altar also of brasse which Beseleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur had made was there before the tabernacle of our Lord which also Salomon sought and al the assemblie †And Salomon went vp to the altar of brasse before the tabernacle of the couenant of our Lord and offered on it a thousand hostes †And behold in that verie night God appeared to him saying Aske what thou wilt that I may geue it thee †And Salomon sayd to God Thou hast done great mercie with my father Dauid and hast made me king for him †Now therfore Lord God be thy word fulfilled which thou hast promised to Dauid my father for thou hast made me king ouer thy people great in number which is so innumerable as the dust of the earth †Geue me wisdom and intelligence that I may come in goe out before thy people for who can worthely iudge this thy people which is so great †And
euerie naile weighed fiftie sicles a peece the vpper chambers also he couered with gold †He made also in the house of Sanctum sanctorum two Cherubs of statuarie worke and he couered them with gold †The winges of the cherubs were extended twentie cubites so that one wing had fiue cubites and touched the wal of the house and the other hauing fiue cubites touched the wing of the other cherub †In like maner the wing of the other cherub had fiue cubites and touched the wal and his other wing of fiue cubites touched the wing of the other Cherub †Therfore the winges of both the cherubs were spred forth and were extended twentie cubites and they stoode vpright on their feete and their faces were turned to the vtter house †He made also a vele of hyacinth purple scarlet and silke woue in it cherubs †Before the doores also of the temple two pillers which had fiue and thirtie cubites in height moreouer their heades of fiue cubites †Moreouer also as it were litle chaynes in the oracle he put them to the heades of the pillers pomegranates also an hundred which he put betwen the litle chaynes †The pillers also them selues he put in the entrance of the temple one on the right hand and the other on the left that which was on the right hand he called Iachin and that on the left hand Boz CHAP. IIII. The formes of the brasen altar 2. of the lauatorie or Sea with figures of twelue oxen 6. of other tenne smal lauatories 7. tenne candlestickes 8. tenne tables and an hundred bassens a great hal for the Priestes 10. and other vessel and ornamentes of the Temple are described HE made also an altar of brasse of twentie cubites in length and of twentie cubites in bredth and of ten cubites in height †A Sea also cast ten cubites from brimme to brimme round in compasse it had fiue cubites in height and a corde of thirtie cubires did compasse it round about †There was also vnder it the similitude of oxen and certaine engrauinges of ten cubites on the outside compassed the bealie of the Sea as it were with two rewes †And the oxen were cast and the Sea it self was sette vpon the twelue oxen of the which three looked toward the North and other three to the West moreouer other three to the South and the three that remayned to the East hauing the Sea put vpon them and the hinder partes of the oxen were inward vnder the sea †Moreouer the thicknesse therof had the measure of a palme and the brimme therof was as it were the brimme of a chalice or of a crisped lilie and it held three thousand metretes †He made also ten lauatories and set fiue on the right hand and fiue on the left that they might wash in them al thinges that they would offer for holocaust moreouer in the Sea the priestes were washed †And he made also ten golden candlestickes according to the fashion which they were commanded to be made by and he set them in the temple fiue on the right hand fiue on the left †Moreouer also ten tables and he set them in the temple fiue on the right hand and fiue on the left Phials also of gold an hundred †He made also the court of the priestes and a great hal and doores in the hal which he couered with brasse †Moreouer he set the Sea on the right side agaynst the East toward the South †And Hiram made cauldrons and flesh hookes and phials and accomplished al the kinges worke in the house of God †that is to say two pillers and the chapiters and the heades and asit were certayne litle nettes which should couer the heades ouer the chapiters †Pomegranates also foure hundred and two litle nettes soe that two rewes of the pomegranates were ioyned to ech litle nette which couered the pommels and the heades of the pillers †He made feete also and lauatories which he put vpon the feete †one sea also twelue oxen vnder the sea †And the cauldrons and flesh hookes and phials Al the vessels did Hiram his father make for Salomon in the house of our Lord of most pure brasse †In the countrie of Iordan did the king cast them in a clay ground bewen Socot and Saredatha †And the multitude of vessels was innumerable so that the weight of the brasse was not knowen †And Salomon made al the vessels of the house of God and the golden altar and the tables vpon them the loaues of proposition †the candlestickes also with their lampes to giue light before the oracle according to the rite of most pure gold †and certayne florishing thinges and lampes and golden tonges al were made of most fine gold †The vessels also of persume and censars and phials and litle mortars of most pure gold And he graued the doores of the inner temple that is in Sancta sanctorum and the doores of the temple without of gold And so al the worke was finishd which Salomon made in the house of our Lord. CHAP. V. Manie giftes are offered 4. The Arke is brought with great solennitie into the Temple 6. Innumerable hostes are offered 11. with excellent musick the Temple is replenished with the glorie of God SALOMON therfore brought in al the thinges that Dauid his father had vowed the siluer and gold and al the vessels he put in the treasures of the house of God †After which thinges he gathered together al the ancientes of Israel and al the princes of the tribes and the heades of families of the children of Israel into Ierusalem to bring the Arke of the couenant of our Lord from the Citie of Dauid which is Sion †There came therfore vnto the king al the men of Israel in the solemne day of the seuenth moneth †And when al the ancientes of Israel were come the Leuites caried the Arke †and brought it in and al the furniture of the tabernacle Moreouer the Priestes with the Leuites did carrie the vessels of the Sanctuarie which were in the tabernacle †And king Salomon and al the assemblie of Israel and al that were gathered before the Arke immolated rammes and oxen without anie number for so great was the multitude of victimes †And the priestes brought in the Arke of the couenant of our Lord into his place that is to the oracle of the temple into Sancta sanctorum vnder the winges of the cherubs †so that the cherubs spred their winges ouer the place wherin the Arke was set and couered the Arke it selfe with his barres †And the heades of the barres wherwith the Arke was caried because they were a litle longer appeared before the oracle but if a man had beene a litle outward he could not see them The Arke therfore was there vntil this present day †And there was nothing in the
and watch †And Iudith stood before the bed praying with teares and with mouing of her lippes in silence †saying Confirme me o Lord God of Israel and in this houre haue respect to the workes of my handes that as thou hast promised thou mayst aduance Ierusalem thy citie and I may bring to passe that which I beleuing that it may be done by thee haue purposed †And when she had sayd these thinges she went to the piller that was at his beds head and his sword that hong tyed on it she loosed †And when she had drawen it out she tooke him by the heare of his head and sayd Confirme me ô Lord God in this houre †and she stroke twise vpon his necke and cut of his head and tooke his canopie from the pillers and rolled aside his bodie a truncke †And after a while she went out and deliuered the head of Holofernes to her mayde and bad her put it into her wallet †And they two went forth according to their custome as it were to prayer and they passed the campe and compassing the valley they came to the gate of the citie †And Iudith a far of said to the keepers of the walles Open the gates because God is with vs which hath wrought power in Israel †And it came to passe when the men had heard her voyce they called the ancientes of the citie †And they ran al to meete her from the least to the greatest because they hoped not that now she would come †And they lighting lightes gathered round about her euerie one and she going vp into a higher place commanded silence to be made And when al had held their peace †Iudith said Prayse yee the Lord our God who hath not forsaken them that hope in him †and in me his handmayde he hath sulfilled his mercie which he promised to the house of Israel and he hath killed by my hand the enemie of his people this night †And bringing forth the head of Holofernes out of the wallet she shewed it them saying Loe the head of Holofernes the general of the armie of the Assyrians and behold his canopie wherein he lay in his drunkennes where the Lord our God stroke him by the hand of a woman †But the same our Lord liueth that his Angel hath kept me both going hence and abyding there and from thence returning hither and our Lord hath not suffered me his handmayde to be defyled but without pollution of sinne he hath called me backe to you reioysing in this victorie in my escape and in your deliuerie †Confesse ye al to him because he is good because his mercie is for euer †And they al adoring our Lord said to her Our Lord hath blessed thee in his power because by thee he hath brought our enemies to nothing †Moreouer Ozias the prince of the people of Israel said to her Blessed art thou daughter of our Lord the high God aboue al wemen vpon the earth †Blessed be our Lord which made heauen and earth which hath directed thee vnto the woundes of the head of the prince of our enemies †Because this day he hath so magnified thy name that they prayse shal not depart out of the mouth of men which shal be mindeful of the power of our Lord for euer for that thou hast thy life for the distresses and tribulation of thy kinred but hast holpen the ruine before the presence of our God †And al the people sayd So be it so be it †Moreouer Achior being called came and Iudith said to him The God of Israel to whom thou gauest testimonie that he reuengeth him self of his enemies he hath cut of the head of al the vnfaithful this night by my hand †And that thou mayst proue that it is so loe the head of Holofernes who in the contempt of his pride contemned the God of Israel and threatened thee death saying When the people of Israel shal be taken I wil command thy sides to be pearsed with a sword †But Achior seing the head of Holofernes being in anguish for feare fel on his face vpon the earth and his soule was sore trubled †But after taking spirit agayne he was refreshed fel downe at her feete and adored her and sayd †Blessed art thou of thy God in euerie tabernacle of Iacob because in euerie nation which shal heare thy name the God of Israel shal be magnified in thee CHAP. XIIII Holofernes head is hanged on the wall 6. Achior is circumcised 7. The Israeelites assault the Assyrians 8. who going to awake their General 14. finde him slaine 17 and are al confounded with feare AND Iudith said to al the people Heare me brethren hang ye this head vpon our walles †and it shal be when the sunne shal rise let euerie man take his armour and yssue ye forth with violence not that you goe downe beneath but as it were inuading violently †Then the watchmen must of necessitie runne to rayse vp their prince to battel †And when the captaynces of them shal runne to the tabernacle of Holofernes and shal finde him headles rowled in bloud feare wil fal vpon them †And when you shal know that they flee goe after them securely because our Lord wil destroy them vnder your feete †Then Achior seeing the power that God of Israel wrought forsaking the rite of gentilitie beleued God and circuncided the flesh of his prepuce and was ioyned to the people of Israel and al the succession of his kinred vntil this present day †And immediatly as day brake they hong the head of Holofernes vpon the walles and euerie man tooke his armour and they went forth with great noyse and shouting †Which the watchmen seing ranne to the tabernacle of Holofernes †Moreouer they that were in the tabernacle coming and before the dore of the tabernacle making a noyse to rayse him they endeuored by art to disquiet him that Holofernes might awake not by them raysing him but by them making a noyse †For no man durst by knocking or entring to open the chamber of the chiefe of the Assyrians †But when his dukes and tribunes were come and al the chiefe of the armie of the king of the Assyrians they said to the chamberlayns †Goe in and awake him becaufe the mice yssuing out of their holes haue presumed to prouoke vs to battel †Then Vagao entring into his chamber stoode before the cortine and made a clapping with his handes for he thought that he slept with Iudith †But when with the sense of his eares he percieued no motion of person lying he came neere to the cortine and lifting it vp and seing the bodie without the head of Holofernes weltred in his bloud lye vpon the ground cried out in a lowd voyce with weeping and rent his garmentes †And going into the tabernacle of Iudith he found her not and he lept
heate diuided vpon the earth †Who gaue course to the most vehement shower and the way of the sounding thunder †That it should rayne vpon the earth without man in the desert where no mortal man abideth †That it should fil the desert desolate ground and should bring forth grene grasse †Who is the father of rayne or who begot the droppes of dewe †Out of whose wombe came forth yse frost from heauen who ingendred †Waters are hardened like stone and the face of the depth is congealed †Shalt thou be able to ioyne together the shining starres Pleiades or canst thou dissipate the circuite of Acturus †Doest thou bring forth the day starre in his time and make Euening starre to rise vpon the children of the earth †Doest thou know the order of heauen and shalt thou Put downe the reason therof on the earth †Shalt thou eleuate the voice in the clowde the violence of the waters couer thee †Shalt thou send lightenings and wil they goe and returning shal they say to thee Here we are †Who put wisedom in the hart of man or who gaue the cocke vnderstanding †Who shal declare the maner of the heauens and the harmonie of heauen who shal make to sleepe †When was the dust powred on the earth and the cloddes compact together †Shalt thou take a praye for the liones and fil the appetite of her whelpes †When they lie in the dennes and in holes sit in wayte †Who prepareth for the rauen her meate when her yong ones crie to God wandring about because they haue not meate CHAP. XXXIX God Almightie prosecuteth his discourse shewing his admirable powre and prouidence in liuing creatures 34. Wherupon Iob acknowlegeth his owne ouersight in some light wordes HAST thou knowen the time when the wild goates bring forth yong among the rockes or hast thou obserued the hyndes when they fawne †Hast thou numbred the monethes of their conceiuing and knowen the time of their bearing †They bowe downe themselues to bring forth yong and they cast them and make roarings †Their yong are seperated and goe to feed they goe forth and returne not to them †Who hath dismist the wilde asse free and who hath loosed his bondes †To whom I haue geuen a house in the wildernes and his tabernacles in the land of saltnesse †He contemneth the multitude of the citie the crie of the exactour he heareth not †He looketh about the mountaines of his pasture and seeketh out al greene places †Wil the Rhinoceres serue thee and wil he tarie at thy stal †Shal thou tie the Rhinoceres with thy coller to plough or wil he breake the cloddes of the valleys after thee †Shalt thou haue confidence in his great strength and leaue thy labours vnto him †Wil t thou credit him that he wil render thee the seede and gather together thy barne floore †The wing of the Ostrich is like to the winges of the Herodius and of the hawke †When she leaueth her egges on the earth thou perhaps wilt heate them in the dust †She forgeteth that foote may treade vpon them or beast of the fild breake them †She is hardened toward her yong as though they were not hers she hath laboured in vaine no feare compelling her †For God hath depriued her of wisedom neither hath he geuen her vnderstanding †When time shal be she setteth vp the winges on high she skorneth the horse his rider †Shalt thou geue strentgh to the horse or put neying about his necke †Shalt thou raise him vp as Locustes the glorie of his nosthrels is terrour †He diggeth the earth with his houâ—e he prawnseth boldly he goeth forward to meete the armed men †He contemneth feare neither yealdeth he to the sword †Vpon him shal the quiuer sound the speare shal glister and the shilde †Feruent and foming he suppeth the earth neither doth he make account when the noyse of the trumpet soundeth †When he shal heare the trumpet he sayth Vah he smelleth battel far of the exhortation of the captaines and the crie of the armie †Doth the hawke waxe fethered by thy wisedom spreding her winges to the South †Shal the eagle mount at thy commandment and put her nest in high places †She abideth in rockes and taâ—ieth among cragged slintes and stonie hilles where is no accesse †Thence she beholdeth the praye and her eies see a far of †Her yong ones shal licke bloud whersoeuer the carcasse shal be she is present by and by †And our Lord added and spake to Iob †He that contendeth with God is he quieted so easily Verely he that reproueth God ought to answer him †But Iob answering our Lord sayd †I that haue spoken lightly what can I answer I wil put my hand vpon my mouth †One thing I haue spoken which I would I had not sayd and an other to the which thinges I wil adde no more CHAP. XL. Our Lord further sheweth that mans powre nor iustice is not comparable to Gods 10. as appeareth in ouercoming Behemoth 20. and Leuiathan AND our Lord answering Iob out of the whirlewinde sayd †Gird thy Ioynes as a man I wil aske thee and doe thou tel me †Shalt thou make my iudgement of none effect and condemne me that thou mayst be iustified †And hast thou an arme as God and dost thou thunder with like voice †Put beautie about thee and set vp thy selfe aloft and be glorious and put on goodlie garmentes †Disperse the prowde in thy furie and beholding euerie arrogant man humble him †Behold al the prowde and confound them and destroy the impious in their place †Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces in the pit †And I wil confesse that thy right hand is able to saue thee †Behold Behemoth whom I made with thee shal eate hay as it were an oxe †His strength is in his loynes and his powre in the nauil of his bellie †He gathereth together his taile as the ceder tree the sinewes of his stones are perplexe †His bones are as pipes of brasse his gristle as it were plates of iron †He is the beginning of the wayes of God which made him he shal applie his sword †To him the mountaines beare grasse al the beastes of the filde shal play there †He sleepeth vnder the shadow in the secrete of the reede and in moyst places †Shadowes doe protect his shadow the willowes of the torrent shal compasse him †Loe he shal sup vp the riuer and shal not meruaile and he hath confidence that Iordan may runne into his mouth †In his eies as with a hooke he shal take him and with stakes he shal boare through his nosthrels †Canst thou
†For our Lord knoweth the way of the iust and the way of the impious shal perish ANNOTATIONS PSALME I. 1. Hath not gone not stood not sitte The Hebrew stile and maner of discourse differeth here from other nations in mentioning first the lesse euil and the greatest last VVhereas we would say in the contrary order He is happie that hath not sitte that is hath not setled himselfe in wickednes nor finally persisted obstinate more happie that hath not stood anie notable time continued in sinne and most happie that hath not gone not geuen anie consent at al to euil suggestions 2. His vvil in the vvay of our Lord. As one part of happines consisteth in declining from euil so the other is in doing good the wil desiring and diligently endeuoring to walke in the way of vertue and law of God VVhich is true iustice and right forme of good life proposed in this Psalme for attayning eternal beatitude PSALME II. Christs glorie the world repining therat 4. shal be propagated in al the world 7. His diuine powre as wel spiritual in conuerting mens hartes as external in seuere iustice is prophecied VVHY did the Gentiles rage and peoples meditate vaine things †The kings of the earth stood vp and the princes came together in one against our Lord and against his Christ †Let vs breake their bondes a sunder and let vs cast away their yoke from vs. †He that dwelleth in the heauens shal laugh at them and our Lord shal scorne them †Then shal he speake to them in his wrath in his furie he shal truble them †But I am appoynted king by him ouer Sion his holie hil preaching his precept †The Lord said to me Thou art my Sonne I this day haue be gotten thee †Aske of me and I wil geue thee the Gentiles for thyne inheritance and thy possession the endes of the earth †Thou shalt rule them “ in a rod of yron and “ as a potters vessel thou shalt breake them in peeces †And now “ ye kings vnderstand “ take instruction you that iudge the earth †Serue our Lord in feare and “ reioyce to him with trembling †Apprehend discipline lest sometime our Lord be wrath and you perish out of the iust way †When his wrath shal burne in short time blessed are al that trust in him ANNOTATIONS PSALME II. 2. Kinges and Princes against Christ VVhen Christ and his Apostles preached the Gospel both Iewes and Gentiles with their Princes Kinges and Emperors most furiously resisted but al in vaine For they could not hinder the wil and powre of God But the more they persecuted the more was increased the zele and number of Christians 8. The gentiles thyn inheritance By this promise of God to Christ S. Augustin conuinced the Donatistes in them the Protestantes that say the Church of Christ failed and became smal or inuisible as though Christ the Sonne of God could sometimes lose his inheritance which is the Catholique Church gethered of the Gentiles and his possession extended to the endes of the earth 9. As a potters vessel If a potters vessel saith S. Ierom in hunc Psal tom 8. be broken whiles it is soft it may easily be repared but after it is hard it can not be made whole againe So sinners are more easily restored to grace shortly repeating then long obdurate yet that which is vnpossible to man is possible to God Mat. 10. For as clay in the potters hand so are you in my hand saith our Lord. Iere. 18. 10. Ye kinges vnderstand Not onlie innumerable other people of al nations but also after a while Kinges and Emperors beleued in Christ And such as at first persecuted became most Christian Catholique Defenders of the faith 10. Take instruction you that iudge the earth Petilianus Gaudentius other Donatistes inueyghing against Christian Kinges for punishing heretikes most falsly auoched that Christianitie neuer found kinges but inuious enimies and persecuters To whom S. Augustin answereth in seueral bookes that Christian Kinges and Princes are not enemies to Christianitie but are enemies to heretikes the rebelles of Christ and his Church For according to this prophecie of king Dauid Christian kinges are instructed and know it is their dutie â—â— the seruice of God to defend the Church against Heretikes and other Infidelles And it is the propertie of Apostataes to fauour heretikes So good Constantin the great maintained Catholique vnitie and Iulian the Apostata to make greater diuision tooke Churches from Catholiques and gaue them to Donatistes to nourish dissention and so to oâ—eâ—â—â—row al Christians But God stil protecteth the true Church againâ—â— al such suttle and malicious dâ—uiâ—es because it is Christs inheritance 11. Râ—â—oyâ—e vvith trembling Gods seruice is tempeted with two affections with ioy in consideration of his goodnes mercie meeknes and with feare in respect of his â—ustice and â—euere iudgement The one is a remedie against desperation the other against presumption PSALME III. King Dauid recounteth his danger when his sonne Absalom conspired against him 4. and thanketh God for his deliuerie 9 acknowledging al helpe to be from God Mistically Christs persecution Death Burial and Resurrection †The “ Psalme of Dauid “ when he fled from the face of Absalom his sonne 2. Reg. 15. LORD why are they multiplied that truble me manie rise vp against me †Many say to my soule There is no saluation for him in his God †But thou Lord art my protectour my glorie exalting my head †With my voice I haue cried to our Lord and he hath heard me from his holie hil †“ I haue slept and haue bene at rest and haue risen vp because our Lord hath taken me †I wil not feare thousandes of people compassing me arise Lord saue me my God †Because thou hast stroken al that are my aduersaries without cause thou hast broken the teeth of sinners †Saluation is our Lordes and thy blessing vpon thy people ANNOTATIONS PSALME III. 1. Psalme of Dauid Al Interpreters agreably teach that king Dauid made not the titles which are before the Psalmes Neuertheles they are authentical as endited by the Holie Ghost And it is most probable Esdras added those titles which are in the Hebrew and the Seuentie interpreters writte the other in their Greke Edition Both which S. Ierom translated into Latin In these titles fiue thinges may be noted First the former two hauing no title at al the general name of Psalme common to al is particularly appropriated to some and other names to others VVhich in al are twelue to witte Psalme Inscription Prayer Canticle Psalme of Canticle Canticle of Psalme Hymne Testimonie
and al truthes and so returne vpon him al vanitie and lying wherwith he allureth seduceth Finally to sinne it selfe we owe hate and reuenge because it is the only euil that hurteth vs and due punishment with zele of iustice because it dishonoreth God He that thus offereth sacrifice of iustice may instly as it foloweth in the Psalme hope yet not in him selfe but in our Lord. And lest anie should pretend ignorance saying vvho shevveth or teacheth vs good thinges as though they lacked instruction the Prophete preuenteth this vaine excuse saying The light of thy countenance o Lord the light of reason which is the image of God wherto we are created like is signed vpon vs fixed in our vnderstanding that we may see there is a God that ought to be serued and that he wil revvard his seruants Heb. 11. PSALME V. Iust men in affliction appeale to God the reuenger of iniuries 5. knowing and prosessing that God hateth iniquity 9. therfore remitte their cause to him 11. recite certaine enormious vices of the wicked 13. and expect Gods final iudgement of the good and bad †Vnto the end for her that obtaineth the inheritance The Psalme of Dauid RECEIVE ô Lord my wordes with thine eares vnderstand my crie †Attend to the voice of my prayer my king and my God †Because I wil pray to thee Lord in the morning thou wilt heare my voice †In the morning I wil stand by thee and wil see because thou art “ not a God that wilt iniquitie †Neither shal the malignant dwel neere thee neither shal the vniust abide before thine eies †Thou hatest al that worke iniquitie thou wilt destroy al that speake lie †The bloudie and deceitful man our Lord wil abhorre †But I in the multitude of thy mercy I wil enter into thy house I wil adore toward thy holie temple in thy feare Lord conduct me in thy iustice because of mine enimies direct my way in thy sight †Because there is no truth in their mouth their hart is vayne †Their throte is an open sepulchre they did deceitfully with their tongues iudge them o God †Let them faile of their cogitations according to the multitude of their impieties expel them because they haue prouoked thee ô Lord. †And let al be glad that hope in thee they shal reioyce for euer and thou shalt dwel in them And al that loue thy name shal glorie in thee because thou wilt blesse the iust †Lord as with a shield of thy good wil thou hast crowned vs. ANNOTATIONS PSALME V. 5. Not a God that vvilt iniquitie Seing God vvil not iniquitie as these wordes testifie in plaine termes it foloweth necessarily that he is not author nor cause of anie sinne For God doth nothing contrarie to his owne wil. But he hateth iniquitie and in respect therof hateth al that vvorke iniquities as the authours of iniquity though he loueth them as his creatures and of his part requireth their saluation PSALME VI. Dauids earnest and hartie praier after he had grieuously sinned 5. which being grounded in filial not seruil feare 9. concludeth with assured hope and confidence in Gods mercie †Vnto the end in songs the Psalme of Dauid for the octaue LORD rebuke me not in “ thy furie nor chastise me in “ thy wrath Haue mercie on me Lord because I am weake heale me Lord because al my bones be trubled †And my soule is trubled exceedingly but thou Lord how long †Turne thee o Lord and deliuer my soule saue me for thy mercie †Because there is not in death that is mindful of thee and in hel who shal confesse to thee †I haue labored in my sighing I wil euerie night was he my bed I wil water my couche with my teares †My eye is trubled for furie I haue waxen old among al myne enemies †Depart from me al ye that worke iniquitie because our Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping †Our Lord hath heard my petition our Lord hath receiued my prayer †Let al myne enemies be ashamed very sore trubled let them be conuerted and asha med very quicly ANNOTATIONS PSALME VI. 1. For the octaue Literally it semeth that the Psalmes which haue For the octaue in their titles were to be song on an instrument of eight stringes So the Caldee paraphasis translateth In eitheris octo chordarum in Citherus of eight stringes But prophetically S. Augustin others expound it to perteine to the Resurrection in the end of this world So Dauid and al penitent sinners bewaile their sinnes and do penance in this life for the octaue that is for the world to come 1. In thy fury nor in thy vvrath By furie is signified diuine iustice irreuocably condemning the wicked to eternal damnation by vvrath Gods fatherlie chasticement correcting sinners whom he saueth VVherupon S. Gregorie teacheth that the faithful soule not only feareth furie but also wrath because after the death of the flesh some are deputed to eternal torments some passe to life through the fire of purgation VVhich doctrine the same holy father confirmeth by the iudgement of S Augustin more ancient VVho likewise affirmeth that al those which haue not laide Christ their fundation are rebuked in furie because they are tormented in eternal fire and those which vpon right fundation of true faith in Christ haue built vvood hay stubble are chastised in wrath because they are brought to rest of beatitude but purged by fire Let therfore the faithful soule considering what she hath donne and contemplating what she shal receiue say Lord rebuke me not in thy furie nor chastice me in thy vvrath As if she said more plainly This only with my whole intention of hart I craue this incessantly with al my desires I couete that in the dreadful iudgement thou neither strike me with the reprobate nor afflict me with those that shal be purged in barning flames Thus S. Gregorie in 1. Psalm penitent v. 1. PSALME VII Dauid in confidence of his iust cause and vniust persecution prayeth for Gods helpe 7. and iust reuenge of his enemies 15. describing their malitious intention and ruine The Psalme of Dauid which he song to our Lord for the wordes of Chusi the sonne of Iemini 2. Reg. 16. †O Lord my God I haue hoped in thee saue me from al that persecute me and deliuer me †Lest sometime he as a Lyon violently take my soule whiles there is none to redeme nor to saue O Lord my God if I haue done this if there be iniquitie in my handes If I haue rendred to them that repayd me euils let me worthely fal emptie from myne enemies
aspes vnder their lippes Whose mouth is ful of cursing and bitternesse their feete swift to shee l bloud Destruction and infelicitie in their waies and the way of peace they haue not knowen there is no feare of God before their eies Shal not al they know that worke iniquitie that deuoure my people as foode of bread They haue not inuocated our Lard there haue they trembled for feare where no feare was †Because our Lord is in the iust generation you haue confounded the counsel of the poore man because our Lord is his hope Who wil geue from Sion the saluation of Israel when our Lord shal haue turned away the captiuitie of his people Iacob shal reioyce and Israel shal be glad ANNOTATIONS PSALME XIII 1. No not one S. Paul by this place and the like Isaie 59. v. 7. confirmeth his doctrin Rom. 3. that both the Iewes and the Gentils meaning al mankind were in that state that none no not one without the grace of Christ were iust nor could be iustified nor saued by the law of Nature nor of Moyses VVhich proueth the necessitie of faith But neither that only faith iustifieth nor that the iustest are stil wicked as Caluin and Beza falsly expound these Scriptures For the Prophets and S. Paul speake in these places of men before they be iustified teaching that al mankind was once in sinne and none could be iustified but by Christ Neuerthelesse they teach also that men being iustified must and may serue iustice vnto sanctification And that their workes are not then vnprofitable For being made free from sinne saith the same Apostle to the Romanes c. 6. and become seruants to God you haue your fruâ—ct vnto sanctification and the end is life euerlasting VVhich point of doctrin how man is iustified S. Augustin excellently briefly explicateth li. 1. de Spirituet lit c 9. in these wordes The iust are iustified freely by Christ his grace they are not therfore purified by the lavv they are not iustified by their proper wil but iustified freely by Christ his grace Not that it is done without our wil but by the law our wil is shevved weake that grace might cure the wil and the wil being cured might fulfil the law not being vnder the law not needing the law VVherto we may here adde and so saue labour of repeting this in other places an other document of the same Doctor in the same booke de spirit lit c 27. that the iust do not liue without some sinnes and yet remaine in state of saluation the wicked do sometimes certaine good workes ful remaine in state of damnation For euen as saith he venial sinnes without which this life it not ledde do not exclude the iust from eternal life so certaine good workes without which the life of the very worst is hardly found profite nothing the vniust man to eternal saluation but in euerlasting damnation some shal haue more and somelesse torment PSALME XIIII For attayning eternal glorie in heauen it is necessarie to flee from sinnes and do good workes †“ The Psalme of Dauid LORD who shal dwel in thy tabernacle or who shal rest in thy holie hil †He that walketh without spot and worketh iustice †He that speaketh truth in his d hart that hath not done guile in his tongue Nor hath done euil to his neighbour and hath not taken reproch against his neighbour The malignant is brought to nothing in his sight but them that feare our Lord he glorifieth he that sweareth to his neighbour and deceiueth not †that hath not geuen his money to vsurie and hath not taken k giftes vpon the innocent k Likewise doing wrong for bribes He that doeth “ these thinges shal “ not be moued for euer ANNOTATIONS PSALME XIIII 1. The Psalme of Dauid As the appropriating of the general name of Psalme vnto some doth not preiudice but that the rest are also Psalmes though they be called Prayers Canticles Testimonies and the like so the application of Dauids name to certaine Psalmes proueth not other authores of the rest But the name of Psalme sheweth a spiritual songue apt for musical instrument and the name of Dauid by interpretation signifieth that it particularly perteyneth to the beloued 5. He that doth these thinges wheras this or anie other place of holie Scripture attributeth saluation to certaine good workes neither faith nor other workes are therby excluded but presupposed as no lesse necessarie then those which are mentioned Especially faith is alwayes requisite without which it is impossible to please God and other vertues either in practise or in purpose and preparation of mind when and where occasion requireth 5. Shal not be mouâ—d for euer Al states of this world are mutable and only eternal felicitie in heauen shal continew for euer Therfore this Psalme can not be vnderstood of the Tabernacle nor Temple of the old Testament which were but figures of eternal glorie But if so much puritie was then requisite much more al sinceritie and great sanctitie are necessarie for entrance into heauen PSALME XV. Christ by the mouth of Dauid declareth his future victory and triumph ouer the world 9. and death †The inscription of the title to Dauid him self PRESERVE me ô Lord because I haue hoped in thee †I haue said to our Lord Thou art my God because thou needest not my goods †To the sainctes that are in his land he hath made al my willes meruclous in them †Their infirmities were multiplied afterward they made hast I wil not assemble their conuenticles of bloud neither wil I be mindful of their names by my lippes †Our Lord “ the portion of myne inheritance and of my cuppe thou art he that wil restore myne inheritance vnto me †Cordes are fallen to me in goodly places for mine inheritance is goodlie vnto me †I wil blesse our Lord who hath geuen me vnderstanding moreouer also euen til night my veines haue rebuked me I forsaw our Lord in my sight alwaies because he is at my right hand that I be not moued †For this thing my hart hath beene glad and my tongue hath reioyced moreouer also my flesh shal rest in hope †Because thou wilt “ not leaue my soule in hel neither wilt geue thy holie one to see corruption Thou hast made the waies of life knowen to me thou shalt make me ful of ioy with thy countenance delectations on thy right hand euen to the end ANNOTATIONS PSALME XV. 5. Out lord the portion of myn inheritance Christ whom the Iewes expected as an earthlie conquerour that should aduance himself and them temporally in this world was in dede as the
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
me from them that goe downe into the lake †Sing to our Lord ye his sainctes and confesse to the memorie of his holines †Because wrath is in his indignation and life in his wil. At euening shal weeping abide and in the morning gladnesse †And I said in my abundance I wil not be moued for euer †O Lord in thy wil thou hast geuen strength to my beautie Thou hast turned away thy face from me and I became trubled †To thee ô Lord I wil crie and I wil pray to my God †What profite is in my bloud whiles I descend into corruption Shal dust confesse to thee or declare thy truth †Our Lord hath heard and had mercie on me our Lord is become my helper ††Thou hast turned my mourning into ioy vnto me thou hast cut my sackcloth and hast compassed me with gladnes †That my glorie may sing to thee and I be not compunct Lord my God for euer wil I confesse to thee PSALME XXX A prayer of a iust man excedingly afflicted stil confident in God 11. describing his manie calamities in respect of his enemies vndeserued 18. prayeth for his owne deliuerie and their iust punishment 20. praiseth and thanketh God for his goodnes 24. exhorteth al others to do the same †Vnto the end the Psalme of Dauid for excesse of minde IN THEE ô Lord haue I hoped let me not be confounded for euer in thy iustice deliuer me †Incline thine eare to me make hast to deliuer me Be vnto me for a God protector and for a house of refuge that thou mayst saue me †Because thou art my strength and my refuge and for thy name thou wilt conduct me and wilt nourish me †Thou wilt bring me out of this snare which they haue hid for me because thou art my protector †Into thy handes I commend my spirit thou hast redeemed me ô Lord God of truth †Thou hast hated them that obserue vanities vnprofitably But I haue hoped in our Lord †I shal reioyce and be ioyful in thy mercie Because thou hast respected my humilitie thou hast saued my soule out of necessities †Neither hast thou shut me vp in the handes of the enemie thou hast set me feete in a large place †Haue mercie vpon me ô Lord because I am in tribulation myne eiâ—is trubled for wrath my soule and my bellie †Because my life is decayed for sorrowe and my yeares for gronings My strength is weakened for pouertie and by bones are trubled †Aboue al myne enemies I am made a reproch both to my neighbours excedingly and a feare to my acquantance They that saw me fled forth from me †I am forgotten from the hart as one dead I am made as a vessel destroyed †because I haue heard the reprehension of manie that abide round about In that whiles they assembled together against me they consulted to take my soule †But I haue hoped in thee ô Lord I sayd Thou art my God †my lottes are in thy handes Deliuer me out of the handes of my enemies and from them that persecute me †Illustrate thy face vpon thy seruant saue me in thy mercie †Lord let me not be confounded because I haue inuocated thee Let the impious be ashamed and brought downe into hel †let the deceitful lippes be made mute Which speake iniquitie against the iust in pride and abuse †How great is the multitude of thy sweetnesse ô Lord which thou hast hid for them that feare thee Thou hast perfited it for them that hope in thee in the sight of the children of men †Thou shalt hide them in the secrete of thy face from the disturbance of men Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues †Blessed be our Lord because he hath made his mercie merueilous to me in the fensed citie But I haue said in the excesse of my minde I am cast away from the sight of thine eies Therfore thou hast heard the voice of my praier whiles I cried to thee †Loue our Lord al ye his sainctes because our Lord wil require truth wil repay them abundantly that doe proudly Do ye manfully and let your hart take courage al ye that hope in out Lord. PSALME XXXI Forgeuenes of sinnes is a happie thing 3. wherto manie are brought by affliction geuing them vnderstanding so mouing them to confesse their sinnes 6. pray for remission 10 not despaire but hope in Gods mercie and so reioyce with sincere hart †To Dauid himselfe “ vnderstanding BLESSED are they whose iniquities are forgeuen and “ whose sinnes be couered †Blessed is the man to whom our Lord hath “ not imputed sinne “ neither is there guile in his spirit †Because I held my peace my bones are * inueterated whiles I cried al the day †Because day and night thy hand is made heauie vpon me I am turned in my anguish whiles the thorne is fastened †I haue made my sinne knowen to thee and my iniustice I haue not hid I said I wil confesse against me my iniustice to our Lord and thou hast forgeuen the impietie of my sinne †For this shal euerie holie one pray to thee in time conuenient But yet in the floud of manie waters they shal not approche to him †Thou art my refuge from tribulation which hath compassed me my exultation deliuer me from them that compasse me †I wil geue thee vnderstanding and wil instruct thee in the way that thou shalt goe I wil fasten mine eies vpon thee †Doe not become as horse and mule which haue no vnderstanding In bit and bridle binde fast their cheekes that approch not to thee †Manie are the scourges of a sinner but him that hopeth in our Lord mercie shal compasse †Be ioyful in our Lord and reioyse ye iust and glorie al ye right of hart ANNOTATIONS PSALME XXXI 1. Vnderstanding VVhen Dauid had sinned and somewhile neglected to confesse his fault Gods mercie by affliction made him to vnderstand his owne estate who then repenting confessing and sorowing for his sinnes made this Psalme which is therfore intitled Vnderstanding or Instruction of Dauid It geueth vs also to vnderstand and to know saith S. Augustin that we must neither trust in our owne merites nor presume to escape punishment of sinne Thy first vnderstanding therfore or lesson must be to know thy self to be a sinner The nex is that when with faith thou beginnest to worke wel by loue thou attribute not this to thyn owne streingth but to the grace of God 1. VVhose sinnes are couered 2. not imputed
Caluin and his complices gether poyson of these holie wordes denying that sinnes are truly taken away but only couered and stil remayne say they in the iustest VVhich sense would make this Scripture contrarie to other places Isaie 6. thyn iniquitie shal be taken away and thy sinne shal be cleansed Ioan. 1. The lambe of God which taketh away the sinne of the world Act. 3. Be penitent and conuert that your sinnes may be put out 1. Cor. 6 you are washed you are sanctified you are iustified the like which shew the true real taking away of sinnes true sanctification and iustification As S. Ierom or some other ancient authentical autor explicateth this place saying Sinnes are so couered by baptisme penance that they are not to be reueled in the day of iudgement not imputed in him that diligently purgeth him selfe in this world or by martyrdom S. Augustin teacheth the same saying Sinnes are couered are wholly couered are abolished Neither must you vnderstand saith he that sinnes are couered as though stil they were and liued VVhy then did the prophet say sinnes are couered they are not to be punished More clerly li. 1. c 13. cont duas Epist Pelag. The Pelagians calumniating Catholiques as if they taught that sinnes are not taken away but shauen as heares are cut with a rasor the rootes remaining in he flesh vvhich he answereth none affirmeth but an infidel Likewise S. Gregorie teacheth that a sinner couereth his sinnes wel when with contrarie vertues he ouerwhelmeth former vices and with good deedes blotteth out former euil deedes He couereth them euil when either for shame or feare or obstinacie or desperation he concealeth his sinnes omitting to confesse them God couereth sinnes as a phisition couereth woundes by applying medicinal plaster which in deede cureth them Thus ancient lerned holie Fathers expound this text Further explicating that albeit thinges couered and only therby hidde from men do remaine as they were before they were hid yet whatsoeuer is hid to God is in dede vtterly taken away for nothing that is can be hid from God And the contrarie doctrin of Protestants is iniurious either to Gods powre if they say he can not quite take away sinnes or to his mercie if he wil not or to his iustice if he neuer punish sinnes euer remayning and to his truth if he repute otherwise then in deede the thing is It is also iniurious to Christ to say his bloud and death is not effectual to take away sinnes iniurious to innumerable places of holie Scripture which affirme plainly that sinnes by Gods grace are vtterly taken away Finally it is iniurious to Sainctes in heauen arguing them as stil infected with sinnes if in dede sinnes yet remaine in them which is most absurde and blasphemie to speake And yet foloweth by necessarie consequence For if the iustest liued died in sinne they should remaine eternally in sinne 2. Neither is there guile in his spirite In remission of sinnes the penitent necessarily must so cooperate that he haue no guile in his spirite or hart for if he haue then he faileth of the forsaide blessednes and his iniquities are not forgeuen nor his sinnes couered to God but to be imputed and punished Yet the repentance of a sinner be it neuer so sincere hartie and without guile doth not merite remission of sinne but only disposeth therto But after remission it is satisfactorie for the paine due for sinnes and meritorious of glorie According as S. Augustin here teacheth saying Good or meritorious workes goe not before faith and remission but folow the same PSALME XXXII The prophet exhorteth to praise God 4. describing his powre prouidence mercie and wisdom 16. no saluation but by him 20. and therfore prayeth for his helpe The Psalme of Dauid REIOYCE ye iust in our Lord praysing becometh the righteous †Confesse ye to our Lord on the harpe on a psalter of ten strings sing to him †Sing ye to him a new song sing wel to him in iubilation †Because the word of our Lord is right and al his workes are in faith †He loueth mercie and iudgement the earth is ful of the mercie of our Lord. †By the word of our Lord the heauens are established and by the spirit of his mouth al the power of them †Gathering together the waters of the sea as it were in a bottel putting the depthes in treasures †Let al the earth feare our Lord and let al the inhabitantes of the world be moued at him †Because he said and they were made he commanded and they were created †Our Lord l dissipateth the counsels of nations and he reproueth the cogitations of people and he reproueth the counsels of princes †But the counsel of our Lord abydeth for euer the cogitations of his hart in generation and generation †Blessed is the nation whose God is our Lord the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance †Our Lord hath looked from heauen he hath sene al the children of men †From his prepared habitation he hath looked vpon al that inhabite the earth †Who made their hartes seuerally who vnderstandeth al their workes †The king is not saued by much powre and the gyant shal not be saued in the multitude of his strength †The horse fayleth to safetie and in the abundance of his force he shal not be saued †Behold the eies of our Lord be vpon them that feare him and on them that hope vpon his mercie †That he may deliuer their soules from death and nourish them in famine †Our soule expecteth our Lord because he is our helper and protector Because in him our hart shal reioyce and we haue trusted in his holie name Let thy mercie ô Lord be made vpon vs as we haue hoped in thee PSALME XXXIII King Dauid by his owne example being deliuered from danger exhorteth al men to render thankes for Gods benefites 12. shewing wherin iustice consisteth 16. and Gods special prouidence towards the iust To Dauid when “ he changed his countenance before Abimelech and he dismist him and he went away 1. Reg. 21. I WIL blesâ—e our Lord at al time his prayse alwayes in my mouth †In our Lord my soule shal be praised let the milde heare and reioyce †Magnifie ye our Lord with me and let vs exalt his name for euer †I haue sought out our Lord and he hath heard me and from al my tribulations he hath deliuered me †Come ye to him and be illuminated and your faces shal not be confounded †This poore man hath cried and our Lord hath heard him and from al his tribulations he hath saued him †The Angel of our Lord shal put in him selfe about them that feare him and shal deliuer them †Tast
alwaies corporally with vs Could anie of them tarie here til this time could they tarie to the time yet to come But vvas therfore the Church leaft desolate by their departure God forbid For thy fathers sonnes are borne to thee VVhat is this for thy fathers sonnes are borne to thee The Apostles were sent fathers in place of the Apostles sonnes are borne to thee Byshops are appointed For whence were the Bishops borne that are at this day through the vvorld the Church herselfe calleth them fathers â—he begate them and appointed them in the seates of the fathers Do not therfore thinke thy self desolate o christian Church because thou seest not Peter seest not Paul for thou seest not them by vvhom thou wast borne but of thyne issue fatherhood is sprong to thee For thy fathers sonnes are borne to thee thou shalt make them princes ouer al the earth This is the Catholique Church Her children are made princes ouer al the earth her sonnes are constituted for fathers Let them acknowlege this that are cut of let them come to the vnitie be they brought into the temple of the king Thus S. Augustin PSALME XLV The Church in persecution acknowledgeth Gods perpetual defence 5. making her therby more glorious 10. sometimes granting rest 11. God himself ckecking the persecuters and euer protecting her †Vnto the end to the sonnes of Core for the secretes OVR God is a refuge and strength an helper in tribulations which haue found vs excedingly †Therfore wil we not feare when the earth shal be trubled and mountaines transported into the hart of the sea †Their waters haue sounded and were trubled the mountaines were trubled in his strength †The violence of the riuer maketh the citie of God ioyful the Highest hath sanctified his tabernacle †God is in the middes therof it shal not be moued God wil helpe it in the morning early †Nations are trubled and kingdomes are inclined he gaue his voice the earth was moued †The Lord of hostes is with vs the God of Iacob is our defender †Come ye and see the workes of our Lord what wonders he hath put vpon the earth †taking away warres euen vnto the end of the earth He shal destroy bow breake weapons and shields he shal burne with fire †Be quiet and see that I am God I shal be exalted among the gentiles and I shal be exalted in the earth †The Lord of hostes is with vs the God of Iacob is our defender PSALME XLVI Gentiles are called and inuited to praise God for his magnificence 6. for Christs Ascension and powre †Vnto the end for the sonnes of Core ALYE Nations clappe handes make iubilation to God in the voyce of exultation †Because our Lord is high terrible a great king ouer al the earth †He hath made peoples subiect to vs gentiles vnder our feete †He hath chosen his inheritance in vs the beautie of Iacob which he loued †God is ascended in iubilation and our Lord in the voice of trumpet †Sing ye to our God sing ye Sing ye to our king sing ye †Because God is king of al the earth sing ye wisely †God shal reigne ouer the gentiles God sitteth vpon his holie seate †Princes of peoples are gathered together with the God of Abraham because the strong goddes of the earth are excedingly aduanced PSALME XLVII God most and euerie where laudable is especially praised in the Church of Christ prefigured by Sion and there begunne 9. Al thinges being fulfilled in the Church euen as they were prophecied and promised 12. the faithful are exhorted to consider and congratulate the same A Psalme of Canticle to the sonnes of Core the second of the Sabbath GREAT is our Lord and to be praysed excedingly in the citie of our God in his holie mount †Mount Sion is founded with the exultation of the whole earth the sides of the North the citie of the great king †God shal be knowen in the houses therof when he shal receiue it †For behold the kings of the earth were gathered together they assembled in one †They seing it so were in admiration were trubled were moued †trembling tooke them Their sorowes as a woman traueling †In a vehement spirit thou shalt breake the shippes of Tharsis †As we haue heard so haue we seene in the citie of the Lord of hostes in the citie of our God God hath founded it for euer †We haue receiued thy mercie ô God in the middes of thy temple †According to thy name ô God so also is thy prayse vnto the endes of the earth thy right hand is ful of iustice †Let mount Sion be glad and the daughters of Iuda reioyce because of thy iudgementes ô Lord †Compasse Sion and embrace ye her tel ye in her towers †Set your hartes on her strength and distribute ye her houses that you may declare it in an other generation †Because this is God our God for euer and for euer and euer he shal rule vs euermore PSALME XLVIII The royal prophet inuiting al states and sortes of men to heare him attentiuely 6 sheweth that al ought to feare eternal damnation that liue wickedly 9. vainly and foolishly seeking 13. euen like brute beastes carnal pleasures which they can not long enioy nor long escape hel 16. confidently animating him selfe and al good men that trust not in this world †Vnto the end to the sonnes of Core a Psalme HEARE these thinges al ye Gentiles receiue with your eares al ye that inhabite the earth †Al ye earthly persons and children of men together in one the rich and the poore †My mouth shal speake wisedom and the meditation of my hart prudence †I wil incline mine eare vnto a parable I wil open my proposition on a Psalter †Why shal I feare in the euil day the iniquitie of my heele shal compasse me †They that trust in their strength and glorie in the multitude of their riches †A brother doth not redeme man shal redeme he shal not geue vnto God his reconciliation †And the price of the redemption of his owne soule and he shal labour for euer †and shal liue yet vnto the end †He shal not see death when he shal see the wise dying the vnwise and the foole shal perish together And they shal leaue their riches to strangers †and their sepulchers their houses for euer Their Tabernacles in generation and generation they haue renowmed their names in their landes †And man when he was
in honour did not vnderstand he was compared to beasts without vnderstanding and became like to them †This their way is a scandal to them and afterward in their mouth they shal take pleasure †As sheepe they are put in hel death shal feede vpon them And the iust shal rule ouer them in the morning and their aide shal waxe old in hel from their glorie †Neuerthelesse God wil redeme my soule out of the hand of hel when he shal take me †Feare not when a man shal be made rich and when the glory of his house shal be multiplied †Because when he shal dye he shal not take al thinges neyther shal his glorie goe downe with him †Because his soule in his life shal be blessed he wil confesse to thee when thou shalt do him good †He shal enter in euen to the progenies of his fathers and he shal not see light for euer †Man when he was in honour did not vnderstand he was compared to beasts without vnderstanding and became like to them PSALME XLIX Christ in his first coming calleth al Nations 3. in his second wil iudge the world 7. In the meane time God exhorteth al men to serue him in puritie of vertue which he much preferreth before external sacrifice of the old law 17. reprehending such as professe or teach the right way and liue wickedly †A Psalme to Asaph THE God of goddes our Lord hath spoken and he hath called the earth from the rysing of the sunne euen to the going downe †Out of Syon the beauty of his comelines †God wil come manifestly our God and he wil not kepe silence Fire shal burne forth in his sight and round about him a mighty tempest †He shal cal the heauen from aboue and the earth to discerne his people †Gather ye together his saincts vnto him which ordaine his testament aboue sacrifices †And the heauens shal shew forth his iustice because God is Iudge †Heare ô my people and I wil speake Israel and I wil testifie to thee God thy God am I. †I wil not rebuke thee in thy sacrifices and thy holocaustes are in my sight alwaies †I wil not take calues out of thy house nor buckegoats out of thy flockes †Because al the wilde beasts of the woods be myne the cattle in the mountaines and oxen †I haue knowne al the foules of the ayer and the beauty of the fielde is with me †If I shal be hungrie I wil not tel thee for the round earth is myne and the fulnes therof †Wil I eate the flesh of oxen or wil I drinke the blood of bucke goats †Immolate to God “ the sacrifice of praise and pay thy vowes to the Highest †And inuocate me in the day of tribulation I wil deliuer thee and thou shalt glorifie me †But to the sinner God hath sayde Why doest thou declare my iustices and takest my testament by thy mouth †But thou hast hated discipline cast my words behind thee †If thou didst see a theefe thou didst rune with him and with adulterers thou didst put thy portion †Thy mouth hath abounded with malice and thy tongue fourged guiles †Sitting thou spakest against thy brother and against thy mothers sonne thou didst put a scandal †these things hast thou done and I haue held my peace †Thou hast thought vniustly that I wil be like thee I wil reproue thee and set it against thy face †Vnderstand these things you that forget God lest sometime he take you violently and there be none to deliuer you †The “ sacrifice of prayse shal glorifie me and there is the way by which I wil shew him the saluation of God ANNOTATIONS PSALME XLIX 14. 23. The sacrifice of praise For better and more due performing of external sacrifice it is requisite that those which offer it or desire to participate do bring with them necessarie internal vertues or disposition as sorow and repentāce for their sinnes which is a kind of improper sacrifice mentioned in the next Psalme the sacrifice of iustice which rendereth ro euerie one that is due Psal 4. and sacrifise of praise or thankes geuing for al Gods benefites receiued or expected which kindes of internal and improper sacrifices do nothing preiudice but rightly prepare men to the fruict of external sacrifice euer vsed in the law of nature the law of Moyses and of Christ This place also hath an other higher and prophetical sense of the Sacrifice of Christs bodie in the Eucharist which is both propitiatorie and Sacrifise of praise and thankes geuing So S. Augustin orat aduersus Iudeos c. 6. teacheth that here certainly is a plaine change of the old sacrifices The same he affirmeth Ep. 120. c. 18. God foreshewing that the old sacrifices should be changed which were offered in shadow of a sacrifice to come I wil not take faith God to Israel calues nor goares at thy hand c. but appointeth that al Israel al nations from the rysing of the sunne to the setting shal immolate the sacrifice of praise the same Christ whom old Simeon knew an infant whom he receiued into his handes Likewise li. contra aduers legis prophet c. 20. The Church offereth to God in the bodie of Christ the sacrifice of praise PSALME L. King Dauid in great sorow for his sinnes of adultrie and murder most seriously prayeth God of his manifold mercies to remitte and purge al his offences and paines due for them 12. to restore vnto him the grace of the Holie Ghost lost by his sinnes 15. that he may teach others as in deede his singular example may teach the whole world true penance 19. contrition of hart worthely to offer sacrifice for the whole Church †Vnto the end a Psalme of Dauid †“ when Nathan the Prophet came to him after that he had sinned with Bethsabee 2. Reg. 12. HAVE mercie on me ô God according to thy great mercie And according to the multitude of thy commiserations take away myne iniquitie †“ Wash me more amply from mine iniquitie cleanse me from my sinne †Because I do know myne iniquitie and my sinne is before me alwaies †To thee onely haue I sinned and haue done euil before thee that thou mayst be iustified in thy words and mayst ouercome when thou art iudged †For behold “ I was conceiued in iniquities my mother conceiued me in sinnes †For behold thou hast loued truth the vncertaine and hidden thinges of thy wisdome thou hast made manifest to me †Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssope and I shal be clensed thou shalt wash me and I shal be made whiter then snow †To my hearing thou shalt
geue ioy and gladnes and the bones humbled shal reioyce †Turne away thy face from my sinnes and wipe away al mine iniquities †Create a cleane hart in me ô God and renew a right spirit in my u bowels †Cast me not away from thy face and thy Holie spirit take not from me †Render vnto me the ioy of thy saluation and confirme me with the principal spirit †I Wil teach the vniust thy waies and the impious shal be conuerted to thee †Deliuer me from bloudes ô God the God of my saluation and my tongue shal exult for thy iustice †Lord thou 〈…〉 lt open my lippes my mouth shal shew forth thy prayse †Because if thou wouldest haue had sacrifice I had verily giuen it with holocaustes thou wilt not be delighted A “ sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit a contrite and humbled hait ô God thou wilt not despise Deale fauorably ô Lord in thy good wil with Sion that the walles of Ierusalem may be built vp Then shalt thou accept sacrifice of iustice oblations k holocaustes l then shal they lay calues vpon thyne altar ANNOTATIONS PSALME L. 2. VVhen Nathan came to Dauid As Nathan denouncing to Dauid that our Lord had vpon his repentance and confession taken away his sinne added neuertheles that because he had made the enimies of God to blaspheme his sonne should dye so Dauid knowing that more was required then only confession for that the bond of satisfaction remained after his sinnes were remitted persisted in penance praying lamenting and beseching God according to his great and mainfold mercies to take away his iniquitie albeit the prophet Nathan had now told him that our Lord had taken away his sinne because there yet remained temporal paine due for the same He prayeth also v. 4. that God wil vvash him more amply from his iniquitie and cleanse him from his sinne For albeit the guilt of mortal sinne be washed and taken away yet besides temporal punishment that is due the soule that was so polluted nedeth to be washed and cleansed from the euil habite or pronnes to fal againe gotten by the former custome or delectation in sinne 7. I VVas conceiued in iniquities An other reason why sinners after remission of al mortal sinnes neede to be washed and cleansed is because being borne in original sinne after remission therof there remaneth concupiscence that â—â—riueth against vertue and inclineth to sinne from which we must pray and labour to be more and more washed and cleansed 19 Sacrifice Holie Scriptures make often comparison betwen two kindes of sacrifices preferring internal before external as more gratful to God And of spiritual sacrifices this of a contrite spirite is first in order and maketh the way to the sacrifice of iustice because iustice presupposeth repentance and finally succedeth sacrifice of praise and thankesgeuing PSALME LI. Holie Dauid inueigheth against wicked Doeg a traitor 7. prophecieth his ruine 10. and his owne exaltation Vnto the end vnderstanding to Dauid †when Doeg the Idumeite came and told Saul Dauid is come into the house of Achimelech 1. Reg. 22. VVHY doest thou glorie in malice which art mightie in iniquitie †Al the day hath thy tongue thought iniustice as a sharp rasor thou hast done guile †Thou hast loued malice more then benignitie iniquitie rather then to speake equitie †Thou hast loued al wordes of precipitation a deceitful tongue †Therfore Wil God destroy thee for euer he wil plucke thee out remoue thee out of thy tabernacle thy roote out of the land of the liuing †The iust shal see and feare and shal laugh at him and they shal say Behold the man that hath not put God for his helper But hath hoped in the multitude of his riches and hath preualed in his vanitie †But I as a fruitful oliue tree in the house of God haue hoped in the mercie of God for euer and for euer and euer †I wil confesse to thee for euer because thou hast done it and I wil expect thy name because it is good in the sight of thy saints PSALME LII As in the thirtenth Psalme Christs Incarnation is prophecied after that sinne abunded in the world so here is foreshewed that after general wickednes 5. Christ wil come to iudge the bad 7. and deliuer the good Vnto the end for Maâ—leth vnderstandings of Dauid THE foole hath said in his hart There is no God †They are corrupte and become abominable in iniquities there is not that doth good †God hath looked forth from heauen vpon the children of men to see if there be that vnderstaÌ„deth or seeketh after God †Al haue declined they are become vnprofitable together there is not that doth good no there is not one Shal they not al know that worke iniquitie that deuoure my people as food of bread God they haue not inuocated there haue they trembled for feare where no feare was Because God hath dissipated the bones of them that please men they are confounded because God hath despised them Who wil geue out of Sion the saluation of Israel when God shal conuert the captiuitie of his people Iacob shal reioyce and Israel shal be glad PSALME LIII Dauid in distresse crieth to God for helpe 6. considently trusting therin 8. and promising sacrifice of thankesgeuing †Vnto the end in songs vnderstanding for Dauid †when the Zipheites were come and said to Saul Is not Dauid hid with vs 1. Reg. 1. 23. 26. O GOD saue me in thy name and in thy strength iudge me †O God heare my prayer with thine eares receiue the words of my mouth †Because straÌ„gers haue risen vp against me the strong haue sought my soule and they haue not set God before their eies †For behold God helpeth me and our Lord is the receiuer of my soule †Turne away the euils to mine enimies and in thy truth destroy them †I wil voluntarily sacrifice to thee and wil confesse to thy name ô Lord because it is good †Because thou hast deliuered me out of al tribulation and mine eie hath looked downe vpon mine enimies PSALME LIIII The prophet as wel in his owne as other iust mens person describeth great calamities suffered 10. prayeth against the wicked 13. lamenting especially that those which professe frendshipe are aduersaries 17. and declareth Gods prouidence in protecting the good and destroying the bad Vnto the end in songes vnderstanding to Dauid HEARE my prayer ô God despise not my petition †Attend to me and heare me †I am made sorowful in my exercise and am trubled at the voice of the enimie
these two things haue I heard †That powre is Gods and mercie ô Lord is to thee because thou wilt render to euery one according to his workes PSALME LXII Dauid in banishment with great affection desireth to vnite himselfe with God in meditation 4. purposing and promising euer to praise him 10. prophicieth the vaine endeuoures and condemnation of his enimies and his owne aduancement A Psalme of Dauid when he was in the desert of Iuda 1. Reg. 22. O GOD my God to thee I watch from the morning light My soule hath thirsted to thee my flesh to thee very manie wayes †In a desert land and inaccessible and without water so in the holie haue I appeared to thee that I might see thy strength and thy glorie †Because thy mercie is better then liues my lippes shal prayse thee †So wil I blesse thee in my life and in thy name I wil lifte vp my hands †As with marrow and fatnes let my soule be filled and my mouth shal praise with lippes of exultation †If I haue bene mindful of thee vpon my bedde in the morning I Wil meditate on thee †because thou hast bene my helper †And in the couert of thy winges I wil reioice my soule hath cleaued after thee thy right hand hath receiued me †But they in vaine haue sought my soule they shal enter into the inferiour partes of the earth †They shal be deliuered into the handes of the sworde they shal be the portions of foxes †But the king shal reioice in God al shal be praised that sweare by him because the mouth is stopped of those that speake wicked thinges PSALME LXIII A prayer of the iust reposing their whole trust in God 7. and reioycing that the enimies machinations are frustrate Vnto the end a Psalme of Dauid HEARE ô God my prayer when I make petition from the feare of my enimie deliuer my soule †Thou hast protected me from the assemblie of the malignant from the multitude of them that worke iniquitie †Because they haue sharpned their tongues as a sworde they haue bent the bow a bitter thing †that they may shoote in secretes at the immaculate †Sodanely they wil shoote at him and wil not feare they haue confirmed to themselues a wicked worde They haue talked to hide snares they haue saide who shal see them †They haue search 〈…〉 they haue failed searching with scrutani◠†Man shal come to a 〈…〉 and God shal be exalted Childrens arrowes are made their woundes †and their tongues are weakned against them Al that saw them were trubled †and euerie man feared And they shewed forth the workes of God and they vnderstood his doinges †The iust shal reioice in our Lord and shal hope in him and al the right of hart shal be praised PSALME LXIIII. God is rightly praised in Sion and I erusalem in his Church only for his benefites bestowed and promised 8. Vnto which also in the time of grace al nations shal be called To the end a Psalme of Dauid the Canticle of Ieremie and Ezechiel to the people of the transmigration when they begane to goe forth AN hymne ô God becometh thee in Sion a vow shal be rendered to thee in Ierusalem †Heare my prayer al flesh shal come to thee The wordes of the wicked haue preuailed vpon vs and thou wilt be propitious to our impieties Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken he shal dwel in thy courtes †We shal be replenished in the goods of thy house holie is thy temple meruelous in equitie †Heare vs ô God our sauiour the hope of al the ends of the earth and in the sea farre †Preparing mountanes in thy strength girded with might which trublest the depths of the sea the sound of the waues therof †The Gentiles shal be trubled and they that inhabite the borders shal be affraide of thy signes the outegoinges of the morning and euening thou shalt delight †Thou hast visited the earth and hast inebriated it thou hast multiplied to inrich it The riuer of God is replenished with waters thou hast prepared their meat because so is the preparation therof †Inebriate her riuers multiplie her fruites in her dropps she shal reioyce springing †Thou “ wilt blesse the crowne of the yeare of thy goodnes and thy fildes shal be replenished with plentie †The u beautiful places of the desert shal be fat and the litle hilles shal be girded aboute with exultation The rammes of the shepe are clothed and the valleis shal abounde with corne they wil crie yea they wil say an hyme ANNOTATIONS PSALME LXIIII. 12. God vvil blesse the crovvne Vnder the Allegorie of the land of Iurie vvherunto the people of God vvere to be restored after their captiuitie in Babylon the Psalmist here prophecieth greater thinges then can be verified of the temporal state of the Iewes that the militant Church shal stil be blessed from the beginning to the end yelding expected fruict and al the iust that perseuere to the end of their liues shal receiue most happie and glorious revvardes of their laboures As S. Paul after his meritorious trauels confidently expected his glorious revvard vvhen he saide 2. Tim. 4. I haue fought a good fight I haue consummate my course I haue kept my faith Concerning the rest there is layde vp for me a Crovvne of iustice vvhich our Lord vvil render to me in that day a iust Iudge And not only to me but to them also that loue his coming And this is called the crovvne of the yeare of Gods benignitie because God of his ovvne benignitie vvithout mans former desert geueth grace and in the end for merite folovving geueth a crovvne of glorie So our Blessed Sauiour according to his fulnes of grace vvhich vvas in his soule and infinite merite receiued a crovvne of glorie in the consummation of his temporal life after the space of thirtie three yeares And our Blessed Ladie the mother of God receiued an ansvverable crovvne to her excellent grace and merites in the consummation of her life at the end of sixtie three yeares In memorie of vvhich numbers of yeares deuout men haue piously instituted certaine formes of prayers called the Crovvnes or Corones of our Sauiour and of our Ladie PSALME LXV The prophet inuiteth al men to praise God for his meruelous workes and benefites donne to the Iewes 7. Who being vngratful 8. Gentiles are called 16. and bring forth better fruict Vnto the end a Canticle of resurrection MAke ye iubilation to God al the earth †say a psalme to his name geue glorie to his praise â€
to God †Ye kingdomes of the earth sing to God sing to our Lord †Sing ye to God that mounteth vpon the heauen of heauen to the East Behold he wil giue to his voice the voice of strength †giue you glorie to God vpon Israel his magnificence and his powre in the cloudes †God is meruelous in his saintes the God of Israel he wil giue powre and strength to his people God be blessed ANNOTATIONS PSALME LXVII 16. The mountaine of God For better discerning the true Church from other congregations the Prophet here describeth certaine proprieties therof for he calleth it a mountane because it is most visible to al men Secondly a fatte mountane that is replenished vvith al vertues and giftes of the Holie Ghost vvherof it is called Holie Thirdly it is crudded or consolidated in vnitie of faith and Religion vvhich conioyne the vvhole bodie making it solide and firme as the ruen turneth liquide milke into curde and so into cheese Fourtly it is the Congregation vvherin God alvvayes remaneth euen to the end for euer vvhich shevveth tvvo other proprieties that the Church neuer faileth nor erreth in doctrin God stil dvvelling therin and consequently conserueth it from error in doctrin 17. VVhy suppose you crudded montaines As for other congregations it is certaine and euident that they are not the Church of God because they are not crudded that is not vnited in the same pointes of faith but only in negatiue pointes and in general opposition against the Catholique Church and among themselues notoriously disagreing and diuided As they also vvant the other markes of the true Church PSALME LXVIII Christ in middes of afflictions as one in dangerous waters 5. describing the malice of persecutors and his owne true zele 14. prayeth his heauenlie Father for helpe 23. By way of iust imprecation forsheweth the seuere punishment of his aduersaries 30. his owne glorious Resurrection and prosperous building of his Church For which he inuiteth al creatures to praise God Vnto the end for them that shal be changed to Dauid SAVE me ô God because waters are entered into my soule †I sticke fast in the myre of the depth and there is no sure standing I am come into the depth of the sea and a tempest hath ouerwhelmed me †I haue labored crying my iawes are made hoarse my eies haue failed whiles I hope in my God †They are multiplied aboue the heares of my head that hate me without cause Mine enimies are made strong that haue persecuted me vniustly then did I pay the thinges that I tooke not †O God thou knowest my foolishnes and mine offences are not hide from thee †Let them not be ashamed vpon me which expect thee ô Lord Lord of hostes Let them not be confounded vpon me that seeke thee ô God of Israel †Because for thee haue I sustained reproch confusion hath couered my face †I am become a forener to my brethren and a stranger to the sonnes of my mother †Because the zele of thy house hath eaten me and the reproches of them that reproched thee fel vpon me †And I couered my soule in fasting and it was made a reproch to me And I put heare cloth my garment I became a parable to them †They spake aganst me that sat in the gate and they soong aganst me that dranke wine †But I my prayer to thee ô Lord a time of thy good pleasure ô God In the multitude of thy mercie heare me in the truth of thy saluation †Deliuer me out of the myre that I stick not fast deliuer me from them that hate me and from the depthes of waters †Let not the tempest of water drowne me nor the depth swallowe me neyther let the pit shut his mouth vpon me †Heare me ô Lord because thy mercie is benigne according to the multitude of thy commiserations haue respect to me †And turne not away thy face from thy seruant because I am in tribulation heare me speedily †Attend to my soule and deliuer it because of mine enimies deliuer me †Thou knowest my reproch my confusion my shame †In thy sight are al they that afflict me my hart hath looked for reproch and miserie And I expected some bodie that would be sorie together with me and there was none and that would confort me and I founde not †And they gaue gal for my meate in my thirst they gaue me vinegre to drinke †Let their table be made a snare before them for retributions and for a scandal †Let Their eies be darkned that they see not and make their backe crooked alwaies Poure out thy wrath vpon them and let the furie of thy wrath ouertake them Let their habitation be made desert and in their tabernacles let there be none to dwel Because whom thou hast striken they haue persecuted and vpon the sorrow of my wounds they haue added †Adde thou iniquitie vpon their iniquitie and let them not enter into thy iustice †Let them be put out of the booke of the liuing and with the iust let them not be written I am poore and sorowful thy saluation ô God hath receiued me †I wil praise the name of God with canticle and wil magnifie him in prayse †And it shal please God more then a young calfe that bringeth forth hornes and hoofes †Let the poore see and reioyce seeke ye God and your soule shal liue †Because our Lord hath heard the poore and he hath not despised his prisoners †Let the heauens and earth praise him the sea and al the creeping beastes in them †Because God wil saue Sion and the cities of Iuda shal be built vp And they shal inhabite there by inheritance they shal get it †And the seede of his seruants shal possesse it and they that loue his name shal dwel in it PSALME LXIX An other prayer of Dauid when he was persecuted by Absolom made in a Psalme after his deliuerie Vnto the end a Psalme of Dauid in remembrance that our Lord saued him O God intend vnto my helpe Lord make hast to helpe me †Let them be confounded and be ashamed that seeke my soule †Let them be turned away backeward and be ashamed that wil me euils Let them be turned away forthwith ashamed that say to me Wel wel †Let al that seeke thee reioyce and be glad in thee and let them say alwayes Our Lord be magnified which loue thy saluation †But I am needie and poore ô God helpe me thou art my helper and deliuerer ô Lord be not slacke PSALME LXX King Dauid or anie other iust person prayeth God to
the world haue obtained riches †And I saide Then haue I iustified my hart without cause and haue washed my handes amongst innocentes †And haue bene scourged al the day and my chastising in the morninges †If I saide I wil speake this behold I reproued the nation of thy children †I thought to know this thing it is labour before me †Vntil I may enter into the sanctuarie of God and may vnderstand concerning their latter endes †But yet for guiles thou hast put it to them thou hast cast them downe whiles they were eleuated †How are they brought into desolation they haue failed sodanely they haue perished for their iniquitie †As the dreame of them that rise ô Lord in thy citie thou shalt bring their image to nothing †Because my hart is inflamed and my reynes are changed And I am brought to nothing and knew not †As a beast am I become with thee and I alwaies with thee †Thou hast helde my right hand and in thy wil thou hast conducted me and with glorie thou hast receiued me †For what is to me in heauen and besides thee what would I vpon the earth †My flesh hath fainted and my hart God of my hart and God my portion for euer For behold they that make them selues faire from thee shal perish thou hast destroyed al that fornicate from thee †But it is good for me to cleaue to God to put my hope in our Lord God That I may shew forth al thy prayses in the gates of the daughter of Sion PSALME LXXIII Faithful people pressed with persecution lamentably complayning besecheth God to respect his owne inheritance cruelly afflicted â—â— and leift long without helpe 12. wheras heretofore he releeued his people in like distresses 18. And therfore confidently hopeth he wil renenge the blasphemers of his name Vnderstanding to Asaph VVHY hast thou ô God repelled for euer is thy furie wrath vpon the sheepe of thy pasture Be mindful of thy congregation which thou hast possessed from the beginning Thou hast redemed the rod of thine inheritanâ—â—e mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt †Lift vp thy handes vpon their prides for euer how great thinges hath the enimie done malignantly in the holy place †And they that hate thee haue gloried in the middes of thy solemnitie They haue sette their signes for signes †and haue not knowne as in the issue on high As in a wood of trees they haue with axes †cut out the gates therof together in hatchet and chippeaxe they haue cast it downe †They haue burnt thy sanctuarie with fire they haue polluted the tabernacle of thy name in the earth †Their kinred together haue saide in their hart Let vs make al the festiual daies of God to cease from the earth †Our signes we haue not seene there is now no prophet and he wil know vs no more †How long ô God shal the enimie vpbraide the aduersarie prouoke thy name for euer †Why doest thou turne away thy hand and thy right hand out of the middes of thy bosome for euer †But God our king before the worldes he hath wrought saluation in the middes of the earth †Thou in thy strength hast confirmed the sea thou hast crushed the head of Dragons in the waters †Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon thou hast giuen him for meate to the peoples of the Aethiopians †Thou hast broken vp fountanes and torrentes thou hast dried the riuers of Ethan †The day is thine and the night is thine thou hast made the morning and the sunne †Thou hast made al the coasts of the earth the summer and the spring thou hast formed them †Be mindeful of this the enimie hath vpbraided our Lord and a foolish people hath prouoked thy name †Deliuer not to beasts the soules that confesse to thee and the soules of thy poore forget not for euer †Haue respect vnto thy testament because they that are obscure of the earth are filled with houses of iniquities †Let not the humble be turned away being confounded the poore and needy shal praise thy name †Arise God iudge thy cause be mindful of those thy reproches that are from the foolish man al the day †Forget not the voices of thine enimies the pride of them that hate thee hath ascended alwaies PSALME LXXIIII Christ with his Assessors wil iudge the whole world at the last day in the meane time exhorteth sinners to amend their life 7. for none shal escape iust iudgement 1â— The wicked shal be punished and the good rewarded Vnto the end Corrupt not a Psalme of Canticle to Asaph VVE wil confesse to thee ô God we wil confesse and wil inuocate thy name We wil tel thy meruelouse workes †when I shal take a time I wil iudge iustices †The earth is melted and al that dwel in it I haue confirmed the pillers thereof †I said to the wicked doe not wickedly and to them that offend Exalt not the horne †Exalt not your horne on high speake not iniquitie aganst God †For neither from the East nor from the West nor from the desert mountanes †because God is Iudge This man he humbleth and him he exalteth †because there is a cuppe in the hand of our Lord of mere wine ful of mixture And he hath powred it out of this into that but yet the dregges therof are not emptied al the sinners of the earth shal drinke †But I wil shewforth for euer I wil sing to the God of Iacob †And I wil breake al the hornes of sinners and the hornes of the iust shal be exalted PSALME LXXV The royal prophet singeth Gods praises for his particular prouidence towards the Iewes 10. further to be extended to al the meeke of the whole earth Vnto the end in prayses a Psalme to Asaph a Canticle to the Assirians God is knowne in Iewrie in Israel his name is great †And his place is made in peace and his habitation in Sion †There he brake the powres of bowes the shilde the sword and the battle †Thou doest illuminate meruelousely from the eternal mountaynes †al the foolish of hart were trubled †They slept their sleepe and al the men of riches found nothing in their handes †At thy reprehension ô God of Iacob they haue al slumbered that mounted on horses †Thou art terrible and who shal resist thee from that time thy wrath †From heauen thou hast made thy iudgement hearde the earth trembled and was quiet When God arose vnto iudgement
Ammon and Amalec the for eners with the inhabitantes of Tyre †Yea and Assur also is come with them they are made an aide to the children of Lot †Doe to them as to Madian and Sisara as to Iabin in the torrent Cisson †They perished in Endor they were made as the dung of the earth †Put their princes as Oreb and Zeb and Zebee and Salmana Al their princes †which haue saide Let vs possesse the Sanctuarie of God for an inheritance †My God put them as a wheele and as stubble before the face of the winde †Euen as fire that burneth a wood as a flame that burneth the mountaines †So shalt thou pursew them in thy tempest and in thy wrath thou shalt truble them †Fil their faces with ignominie and they wil seeke thy name ô Lord. †Let them be ashamed and trubled for euer and euer and let them be confounded and perish †And let them know that Lord is thy name thou onlie the Highest in al the earth PSALME LXXXIII Deuout persons feruently desire eternal glorie 6. accounting it in the meane time a happie state to be in the militant Church 12. where God first geuing grace wil geue glorie in the triumphant †Vnto the end for wine presses t the children of Core a Psalme HOW beloued are thy tabernacles ô Lord of hoastes †my soule coueteth and fainteth vnto the courtes of our Lord. My hart and my flesh haue reioyced toward the liuing God †For the sparow also hath found her an house and the turtledoue a nest for her selfe where she may lay her young ones Thine altars ô Lord of hoastes my King and my God †Blessed are they that dwel in thy house ô Lord for euer and euer they shal praise thee †Blessed is the man whose helpe is from thee he hath disposed ascension in his hart †in the vaile of teares in the place which he hath appointed †For the lawgeuer shal geue blessing they shal goe from vertue into vertue the God of goddes shal be seene in Sion †Lord God of hoastes heare my prayer receiue with thine eare ô God of Iacob †Behold ô God our protectour and looke vpon the face of thy Christ †Because better is one day in thy courtes aboue thousands I haue chosen to be an abiect in the house of my God rather then to dwel t in the tabernacles of sinners †Because God loueth mercie and truth our Lord wil geue grace and glorie †He wil not depriue them of good thinges that walke in innocencie ô Lord of hoastes blessed is the man that hopeth in thee PSALME LXXXIIII With commemoration of Gods former benefites 5. Christs Incarnation is prophecied 9. bringing peace and saluation 11. mercie and iustice concurring together Vnto the end to the children of Core a Psalme O Lord thou hast blessed thy land thou hast turned away the captiuitie of Iacob †Thou hast forgeuen the iniquitie of thy people thou hast couered al their sinnes †Thou hast mitigated al thy wrath thou hast turned away from the wrath of thine indignation †Conuert vs ô God our sauiour and auert thy wrath from vs. †Wil t thou be wrath with vs for euer or wilt thou extend thy wrath from generation vnto generation †O God thou being turned shalt quicken vs and thy people shal reioyce in thee †Shew vs ô Lord thy mercie and giue vs thy saluation †I wil heare what our Lord God wil speake in me because he wil speake peace vpon his people And vpon his saincts and vpon them that are conuerted to the hart †But yet his saluation is nigh to them that feare him that glorie may inhabite in our land †Mercie and truth haue met each other iustice and peace haue kissed †Truth is risen out of the earth and iustice hath looked downe from heauen †For our Lord certes wil geue benignitie and our land shal giue her fruite †Iustice shal walke before him and shal set his steppes in the way PSALME LXXXV In consideration of his owne imperfections the royal prophet or other faithful person prayeth God 5. according to his mercie and goodnes 9. shewed in conuerting Gentiles 13. and in deliuering the supplicant him self from the state of damnation 16. that he wil stil direct and defend him against al enimies †A praier to Dauid him selfe Incline thine eare ô Lord and heare me because I am needie and poore †Keepe my soule because I am holie saue thy seruant my God that hopeth in thee †Haue mercie on me ô Lord because I haue cried to thee al the day †make ioyful the soule of thy seruant because to thee ô Lord haue I lifted vp my soule †Because thou ô Lord art swete and milde and of much mercie to al that inuocate thee †Receiue ô Lord my praier with thine ears and attend to the voice of my petition †In the day of my tribulation I haue called to thee because thou hast heard me †There is not the like to thee amongst goddes ò Lord and there is not according to thy workes †Al nations what soeuer thou hast made shal come and shal adore before thee ô Lord and they shal glorifie thy name †Because thou art great and doing meruelous thinges thou onlie art God †Conduct me ô Lord in thy way and I wil walke in thy truth let my hart reioyce that it may feare thy name †I wil confesse to thee ô Lord my God with al my hart and wil glorifie thy name for euer †Because thy mercie is great vpon me and thou hast deliuered my soule out of the lower hel †O God the wicked are risen vp vpon me and the synagogue of the mightie haue sought my soule and they haue not set thee in their sight †And thou ô Lord the God of compassion and merciful patient and of much mercie and true †Haue respect to me and haue mercie on me giue thine empire to thy seruant and saue the sonne of thy handmaide †Make with me a signe vnto God that they may see which hate me and may be confounded because thou ô Lord hast holpen me PSALME LXXXVI The Church of Christ beginning in Ierusalem 3. is extended to al Nations 5. glorious 6. and permanent 7. in holie ioy To the children of Core a Psalme of Canticle THE fundations thereof in the holie mountaynes †our Lord loueth the gates of Sion aboue al the tabernacles of Iacob †Glorious thinges
sanctuarie on the earth †Thou hast destroyed al the hedges therof thou hast made the firmament therof feare †Al that passe by the way haue spoiled him he is become a reproch to his neighbours †Thou hast exalted the righthand of them that oppresse him thou hast made al his enimies ioyful †Thou hast turned away the helpe of his sword and hast not holpen him in battel †Thou hast destroied him from emundation and his seat thou hast broken downe to the ground †Thou hast lessened the daies of his time thou hast ouerwhelmed him with consusion †How long ô Lord doest thou turne away for euer shal thy wrath burne as a fire †Remember what my substance is for hast thou made al the children of men in vaine †who is the man that shalliue and shal not see death shal deliuer his soule from the hand of hel †Where are thyne old mercies ô Lord as thou swarest to Dauid in thy truth †Be mindeful ô Lord of the acproch of thy seruantes which I haue held in my bosome of manie nations †Which thine enimies haue reproched ô Lord which they haue reproched the commutation of thy Christ †Blessed be our Lord for euer Be it be it ANNOTIONS PSALME LXXXVIII 34 My mercie I vvil not take avvay from him Although Christians signified by the childreÌ„ or successors of Dauid sinne most grieuously yea suppose they wil sinne with desperation saith S. Augustin and obstinatly persist in sinne that they offend the eyes of their Father deserue to be disenherited c. Yet for these Christ shal not remaine without inheritance the corne shal not also perish for the chafe some fishes shal be geathered out of the nette into vessels notwithstanding the euil fishes are cast away And a litle after the same Doctor discoursing of eternal glorie both in bodie and soule of those that dye in Gods fauour sayth These thinges are promised concerning Christ very certaine very firme very plaine and vndoubted For albeit some thinges are couered in mysteries yet some thinges are so manifest that by them the obscure thinges may most easily be cleared 39. But thou hast repelled c. Againe S. Augustin addeth vpon the next verses folowing God performed not these promises in Dauid that when thou seest they were not fulfilled in Dauid which necessarily must be fulfilled thou maist seke an other in whom it may be shewed that they were fulfilled God promised some thing a kingdom for euer of Dauids seede and Salomon was borne and became of so great wisdom and so great prudence that Gods promise concerning Dauids â—eede seemed to be fulfilled in him But Salomon fell and gaue place of expecting Christ that because God neither can be deceiued nor deceive he put not his promise in him whom he knew would fall but thou shouldest relie vpon God and exact his promise A litle after Thou seekest the kingdom of the lewes it is not thou seekest the altar of the Iewes it is not thou seekest the sacrifice of the Iewes it is not thou seckest the priesthood of the â—evves it is not VVherupon he concludeth Al these defectes came to the â—evves yet vvas not Christ taken from them but differred Some â—evves beleued in him and manie Gentiles As the Psalmist prophecieth from the 47. verse to the end of this Psalme PSALME LXXXIX Under the forme of prayer the psalmist describeth the shortnes of mans life and other calamites 7. Gods strict iudgement 13. but first his comfortable mercie 16. and perpetual regard of his owne worke †A prayer of Moyses the man of God Lord thou art made a refuge for vs from generation vnto generation †Before the mountaines were made or the earth and the world formed from euerlasting euen vnto euerlasting thou art God †Turne not away man into humiliation thou saidst Be conuerted ye children of men †Because a thousand years before thine eies are as yesterday that is past And as a watch in the night †thinges that are counted nothing shal their years be †In the morning as an herbe he shal passe in the morning he shal florish and passe in the euening he shal fal be hardened and withered †Because we haue faynted in thy wrath and in thy furie we are trubled †Thou hast put our iniquities in thy sight our age in the light of thy countinance †Because al our daies haue failed and in thy wrath we haue failed Our yeares shal be considered as a spyder †the daies of our yeares in them are seuentie yeares And if in strong ones eightie years and the more of them labour and sorrow Because mildnes is come vpon vs and we shal be chastised †Who knoweth the powre of thy wrath and for feare †to number thy wrath So make thy righthand knowne and men learned in hart in wisedome †Turne ô Lord how long and be intreated for thy seruants †We are replenished in the morning with thy mercie and we haue reioyced and are delighted al our daies †We haue reioyced for the daies wherin thou hast humbled vs the yeares wherin we haue seene euils †Looke vpon thy seruants and vpon thy workes and direct their children †And let the brightnes of our Lord God be vpon vs and direct thou the workes of our handes ouer vs and the worke of our handes doe thou direct PSALME XC Whosoeuer faithfully and firmly trusteth in Gods prouidence is secure from al dangers of secrete sutle and open enimies 7. his aduersaries shal come to ruine 11. Angels shal defend him 13. no kind of serpent nor beast shal hurt him 14. God himself assureth him of his protection and of eternal saluation Prayse of a Canticle to Dauid HE that dwelleth in the helpe of the Highest shal abide in the protection of the God of heauen †He shal say to our Lord Thou art my protectour and my refuge my God I wil hope in him †Because he hath deliuered me from the snare of the hunters and from the sharpe word †With his shoulders shal he ouershadowe thee and vnder his winges thou shalt hope †With shilde shal his truth compasse thee “ thou shalt not be afrayed of the feare in the night †Of the arrow flying in the day of busines walking in darkenes of inuasion and the midday diuel †A thousand shal fal on thy syde ten thousand on thy righthand but to thee it shal not approch †But thou shalt consider with thine eies and shalt see the retribution of sinners †Because thou ô Lord art my hope thou hast made the Highest thy refuge †There shal no euil come to thee and scourge shal not approch to thy tabernacle †Because he hath
planted the eare shal he not heare Or he that made the eie doth he not consider †He that chastiseth nations shal he not rebuke he that teacheth man knowledge †Our Lord knoweth the cogitations of men that they be vaine †Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct ô Lord and shalt â—each out of thy lawe †That thou maist geue him quietnes from the euil daies til a pitte be digged for the sinner †Because our Lord wil not reiect his people and his inheritance he wil not forsake †Vntil iustice be turned into iudgement and they who are neere it are al that are right of hart †Who shal rise for me against the malignant or who shal stand with me against them that worke iniquitie †But that our Lord hath holpen me within very litle my soule had dwelt in hel †If I said My foote is moued thy mercie ô Lord did help me †According to the multitude of my sorrowes in my hart thy consolations haue made my soule ioyful †Doth the seat of iniquitie cleaue to thee which makest labour in precept †They wil hunt after the soule of the iust and wil condemne innocent bloud And our Lord became my refuge and my God the helpe of my hope †And he wil repay them their iniquitie and in their malice he wil destroy them the Lord our God wil destroy them PSALMES XCIIII An inuitation to serue and adore Christ our Lord and Messias 3. aswel for the benefites of creating al thinges 7. as for his Incarnation and not to harden our hartes as the Iewes did Praise of Canticle to Dauid him selfe COME let vs reioyce to our Lord let vs make iubilation to God our sauiour †Let vs preuent his face in confession and in Psalmes let vs make iubilation to him †Because our Lord is a great God and a great King aboue al goddes †Because in his hand are the endes of the earth and the heightes of the mountaines be his †Because the sea is his and he made it and his handes formed the drie land †Come let vs adore and fal downe and wepe before our Lord that made vs. †Because he is the Lord our God and we the people of his pasture and the shepe of his hand †To day if ye shal heare his voice “ harden not your hartes †As in the prouocation according to the day of the tentation in the desert where your fathers tempted me proued me and saw my workes †Fourtie years was I offended with that generation and said These alwaies erre in hart †And these haue not knowne my waies as I sware in my wrath if they shal enter into my rest ANNOTATIONS PSALME XCIIII 8. Harden not your hartes VVhatsoeuer God proposeth by preaching or inspiration to a sinner it resteth stil in the powre of his freewil to harden his harte and to reiect al such good motions and so he doth not only frustrate Gods grace and hinder his owne iustification but also increaseth his former sinnes But by not resisting when deliberating therupon he could resist he disposeth himselfe and cooperateth to first iustification And therfore the royal Prophet here admonisheth and earnestly exhorteth al men to do this which God hath put in our powre not to harden our owne hartes when we heare his voice by resisting and reiecting his grace freely offered without al merite of our part PSALME XCV Al peoples nations are inuited to praise the blessed Trinitie 3. for Christs Incarnation and spiritual kingdom in al the world â—â— euen sensles creatures acknowledging his maiestie 13. and iudicial powre A Canticle to Dauid * himselfe when the house was built after the captiuitie SING ye to our Lord a new song sing to our Lord al the earth †Sing ye to our Lord and blesse his name shewforth his saluation from day to day †Shewforth his glorie among the Gentiles his meruelous workes in al peoples †Because our Lord is great and exceeding laudable he is terrible aboue al goddes †Because al the goddes of the Gentiles are diuels but our Lord made the heauens †Confession and beauty in his sight holinesse and magnificence in his sanctification †Bring to our Lord ye families of Gentiles bring ye to our Lord glorie and honour †bring to our Lord glorie vnto his name Take vp hoastes and enter into his courtes †adore ye our Lord in his holie court Let al the earth be moued before his face †say ye among the Gentiles that our Lord hath reigned For he hath corrected the round world which shal not be moued he wil iudge peoples in equitie †Let the heauens be glad and the earth reioyce the sea be moued and the fulnesse therof †the fieldes shal be glad and al things that are in them Then shal the trees of the woodes reioyce †before the face of our Lord because he cometh because he cometh to iudge the earth He wil iudge the round world in equitie and peoples in his truth PSALME XCVI Al the earth is inuited to reioyce in Christs kingdom 3. with description of the signes coming before the day of Iudgement 7. Idolaters shal be confounded 8. Holie Angels and iust men shal adore Christ and reioyce To this Dauid when his land was restored agane to him OVR Lord hath reigned let the earth reioyce let manie Ilands be glad †Cloude and mist round about him iustice and iudgement the correction of his seat †Fire shal goe before him and shal inflame his enimies round about †His lightninges shined to the round world the earth sawe and was moued †The mountaines melted as waxe before the face of our Lord before the face of our Lord al the earth †The heauens haue shewed forth his iustice and al peoples haue seene his glorie †Let them al be confounded that adore sculptils and that glorie in their idoles Adore him al ye his Angels †Sion heard and was glad And the daughters of Iuda reioyced because of thy iudgements ô Lord. †Because thou Lord most high ouer al the earth thou art exalted excedingly aboue al goddes †You that loue our Lord hate ye euil our Lord keepeth the soules of his saintes out of the hand of the sinner he wil deliuer them †Light is risen to the iust and ioy to the right of hart †Be glad ye iust in our Lord and confesse ye to the memorie of his sanctification PSALME XCVII Al men are againe inuited ioyfully to celebrate the meruelous conquest of Christ in al nations 4. with hart voice and instruments 8. al creatures acknowledging his coming to iudge the world A psalme to Dauid himselfe SING ye
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
day soeuer I am in tribulation incline thine eare to me In what day soeuer I shal inuocate thee heare me speedely †Because my dayes haue vanished as smoke and my bones are withered as a drie burnt firebrand †I am striken as grasse and my hart is withered because I haue forgotten to eate my bread †For the voyce of my groning my bone hath cleaued to my flesh †I am become like a pellicane of the wildernes I am become as a nightcrow in the house †I haue watched and am become as a sparow solitarie in the housetoppe †Al the day did mine enemies vpbrayde me and they that praysed me sware against me †Because I did eate ashes as bread mingled my drinke with weeping †At the face of thy wrath and indignation because lifting me vp thou hast throwne me downe †My daies haue declined as a shadow and I am withered as grasse †But thou ô Lord endurest for euer and thy memorial in generation and generation †Thou rysing vp shal haue mercie on Sion because it is time to haue mercie on it because the time cometh †Because the stones therof haue pleased thy seruantes and they shal haue pittie on the earth therof †And the Gentiles shal feare thy name ô Lord and al the kinges of the earth thy glorie †Because our Lord hath built Sion and he shal be seene in his glorie †He hath had respect to the prayer of the humble and he hath not despised their petition †Let these thinges be written vnto an other generation and the people that shal be created shal praise our Lord. †Because he hath looked forth from his high holie place our Lord from heauen hath looked vpon the earth †That he might heare the gronings of the fettered that he might loose the children of them that are slayne †That they may shewforth the name of our Lord in Sion and his praise in Ierusalem †In the assembling of the people together in one and kinges to serue our Lord. †He answered him in the way of his strength Shew me the fewnes of my daies †Cal me not backe in the halfe of my daies thy yeares are vnto generation and generation †In the beginning ô Lord thou didst found the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hands †They shal perish but thou art permanent and they shal al waxe old as a garment And as a vesture thou shalt change them and they shal be changed †but thou art the selfe same and thy yeares shal not faile †The children of thy seruantes shal inhabite and their seede shal be directed for euer PSALME CII Thankes to God for priuate 6. and publike benefites 17. His mercie iustice and other proprieties are immutable 20. Angels and al other creatures are inuited to praise him †To Dauid himself MY soule blesse thou our Lord and al thinges that are within me his holie name †My soule blesse thou our Lord and forget not al his retributions †Who is propitious to al thine iniquities who healeth al thine infirmities †Who redemeth thy life from deadly falling who crowneth thee in mercie and commiserations †Who replenisheth thy desire in good thinges “ thy youth shal be rewed as the eagles †Our Lord doth mercies and iudgement to al that suffer wrong †He made his waies knowne to Moyses his willes to the children of Israel †Our Lord is pitieful and merciful long suffering and very merciful †He wil not be angrie alwayes neither wil he threaten for euer †He hath not done to vs according to our sinnes neither according to our iniquities hath he rewarded vs. †For according to the height of heauen from the earth hath he strengthned his mercie vpon them that feare him †As far as the East is distant from the West hath he made our iniquities far from vs. †As a father hath compassion of his children so hath our †Lord compassion on them that feare him †because he hath knowen our making He remembred that we are dust †man his daies are as grasse as the floure of the filde so shal he florish †Because the spirit shal passe in him and he shal not stand and he shal know his place no more †But the mercie of our Lord from euerlasting and vnto euerlasting vpon them that feare him And his iustice is vpon the childrens children to them that keepe his testament †And are mindful of his commandmentes to doe them †Our Lord hath prepared his seate in heauen and his kindom shal haue dominion ouer al. †Blesse our Lord al ye his Angels mightie in powre doing his word that feare the voice of his wordes †Blesse our Lord al ye his hoastes you his ministers that doe his wil. †Blesse ye our Lord al his workes in euerie place of his dominion my soule blesse thou our Lord. ANNOTATIONS PSALME CII 5 Thy youth shal be renevved as the Eagles Aristotel and Plinie write that an Eagle decayeth not nor euer dieth by old age but the vpper part of her beake st l growing at last hâ—ndereth her from eating and so she dieth of famâ—ne Saadias and other Hebrew Rabbins reporte that an Eagle euerie tenne yeares washeth herselfe â—n the sea as in a baâ—h then flying very hiegh burneth her fethers in the elemental fire new fethers growing she becometh fresh as in her first youth tâ—l at last about an huadred yeares old she is not able to rise from the water and so is drowned S. Augustin more probably affirmeth that in long time her â—eâ—ke growing long and stopping her mouth that she can not eate she breaketh the vpper hooked part therof against a stone and so receiueth meate and recouereth strength as in her youth But whatsoeuer is the natural propert e of this kinglie birde the Royal Prophet here instructeth vs by the sâ—nilitude of her long life or by the renouation of her streingth that iust men Gods seruantes are spiritually renouated in Christ the principal rocke on whoâ— the Church al the faithful are built either by receiuing new streingth by his grace in their soules after they are weakened by sinne as S. Ierom and Eu hymius expound this place or by restauration of their bodies glorified in the resurrection as S. Augustin teacheth or by both as most Catholique Doctors vnderstand it For one sense of holie Scripture excludeth not an other Especially when one is subordinate to the other As here these two senses do very wel concurre seing the state of the bodie after the resurrection dependeth vpon the state of the soule at
Idumea †Wil t not thou ô God which hast repelled vs and wilt not thou goeforth ô God in our hoastes †Geue vs helpe out of tribulation because mans saluation is vayne †In God we shal doe strength and he wil bring our enemies to nothing PSALME CVIII Christ by the mouth of Dauid requesteth of God to be iustly declared innocent and his enimies punished 6. particularly describing Iudas the traitors malice 21. and his owne temporal afflictions 26. prayeth 30. and praiseth God for his deliuerie †Vnto the end a Psalme of Dauid O God conceale not my prayse because the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the deceitful man is open vpon me †They haue spoken against me with deceitful tongue and with wordes of hatred they haue compassed me and they haue impugned me without cause †For that they should loue me they backbited me but I prayed †And they set against me euil thinges for good and hatred for my loue Appoint a sinner ouer him and let the diuel stand on his righthand †When he is iudged let him comeforth condemned and let his prayer be turned into sinne †Let his dayes be made fewe and let an other take his bishopricke †Let his children be made orphans and his wife a widow †Let his children be transported wandering and let them begge and let them be cast out of their habitations †Let the vsurer search al his substance and let strangers spoile his labours †Let there be none to helpe him neither let there be anie to haue pittie on his pupilles †Let his children come to destruction in one generation let his name be cleane put out †Let the iniquitie of his fathers returne to memorie in the sight of our Lord and let not the sinne of his mother be blotted out †Let them be before our Lord alwayes and let the memorie of them perish out of the earth †For that he remembred not to doe mercie †And he persecuted the poore and needie man and the compunct in hart to kil him †And he loued cursing and it shal come to him and he would not blessing and it shal be far from him And he put on cursing as a garment and it entred as water into his inner partes and as oile in his bones †Be it to him as a garment wherwith he is couered and as a girdle wherwith he is alwayes girded †This is the worke of them that detract from me before our Lord and that speake euils against my soule †And thou Lord Lord doe with me for thy names sake because thy mercie is swete Deliuer me †because I am needie and poore and my hart is trubled within me †As a shadow when it declineth am I taken away and I am shaken as locustes †My knees are weakened with fasting and my flesh is changed by reason of oile †And I am made a reproch to them they saw me and wagged their heades †Helpe me ô Lord my God saue me according to thy mercie †And let them know that this is thy hand and thou ô Lord hast done it †They wil curse and thou shalt blesse let them that rise vp against me be confounded but thy seruant shal reioyce †Let them that detract from me be clothed with shame and let them be couered with their confusion as with a duble patched cloke †I wil confesse to our Lord excedingly with my mouth and in the middes of manie I wil prayse him †Because he hath stood on the righthand of the poore that he might saue my soule from the persecutors PSALME CIX Christ rising and ascending into heauen sitteth on the right hand of God 2. beginning in Ierusalem reigneth in the Church of the whole earth 4. vseth the Priesthood of Melchisedechs order to the end of the world 6. and shal iudge the world †A psalme of Dauid OVR Lord sayd to my Lord Sitte on my right hand til I make thine enemies thy footestoole of thy feete †Our Lord wil sendforth the rod of thy strength from Sion rule thou in the middes of thine enemies †With thee the beginning in the day of thy strength in the brightnes of holie thinges from the wombe before the day starre I begat thee †Our Lord sware and it shal not repent him Thou art “ a Priest for euer “ according to the order of Melchisedech †Our Lord on thy righthand hath broken kinges in the day of his wrath †He shal iudge in nations he shal fil ruines he shal crush the heads in the land of manie †Of the torrent in the way he shal drinke therfore shal he exalt the head ANNOTATIONS CIX 4. A Priest for euer In two respectes Christ is a Priest for euer in that from the first instant of his incarnation he was and remaneth a Priest now also in heauen and al other Priestes are his ministerial vicares not successors So that al priestlie functions which they doe he by them doth the same as the principal Priest VVherupon saith S. Paul 1. Cor 4. So let a man thincke of vs as of the ministers of Christ and dispensers of the mysteries of God Secondly Christ dayly offering Sacrifice by the handes of his Priestes doth continually pacifie Gods wrath in behalf of those sinners for whom it is duly applied euen to the end of the world VVheras the Priesthood of Aaron and of al others in the old Testament ceassed by their deathes both in the office and in the effect 4 According to the order of Melchisedech As Melchisedech king of peace and iustice without father mother or genealogie expressed in holie Scriptures or otherwise knowen to the world was Priest or the Hieghest offered bread and wine an vnbloudie sacrifice communicating with both Chananeites and Hebrewes blessed Abraham and tooke tithes of him and his subiectes so Christ the true King of peace iustice without father of his humanity without mother of his Diuinitie the Sonne of God of ineffable genealogie borne of a virgin in his humanitie the Priest of God offereth Sacrifice not only bloudie on the Crosse but also vnbloudie in the formes of bread and wine continueth the same by the ministerie of other Priestes maketh al nations partakers therof blesseth them and receiueth of them al dutiful and rellgious seruice as of his subiectes PSALME CX Praise of God for benefites 4. especially for the B. Sacrament of the Eucharist 6 with other graces imperted to the Catholique Church Alleluia I Wil confesse to thee ô Lord with al my hart in the counsel of the iust and b the congregation †The workes of our Lord are great exquisite according to al his willes †Confession and magnificence his worke
bene long a seiourner †With them that hated peace I was peaceable when I spake to them they impugned me without cause PSALME CXX The iust reioyce that their prayer is heard and that God continually protecteth them A gradual Canticle I HAVE lifted vp mine eies vnto the mountaines from whence helpe shal come to me †My helpe is from our Lord who made heauen and earth †Geue he not thy foote to be moued neither doe he slumber that keepeth thee †Loe he shal not slumber nor sleepe that kepeth Israel †Our lord kepeth thee our Lord is thy protection vpon thy right hand †By day the sunne shal not burne thee nor the moone by night †Our Lord doth kepe thee from al euil our Lord kepe thy soule †Our Lord kepe thy coming in and thy going out from hence forth now and for euer PSALME CXXI Vnder the figure of returne to Ierusalem vehemently desired by the Iewes in captiuitie the Psalmist describeth the desire and hope of the iust â—o possesse heauen A gradual Canticle I REIOYCED in these thinges which were sayd to me We shal goe into the house of our Lord. †Our feete were standing in thy courtes ô Ierusalem †Ierusalem which is built as a citie whose participation is together in it self †For thither did the tribes ascend the tribes of our Lord the testimonie of Israel to confesse vnto the name of our Lord. †Because seates sate there in iudgement seates vpon the house of Dauid †Aâ—ke ye the thinges that are for the peace of Ierusalem and abundance to them that loue thee †Peace be made in thy strength and abundance in thy towers †For my bretheren and my neigbours sakes I spake peace of thee †For the house of our Lord God I haue sought good thinges to thee PSALME CXXII A feruent and attentiue prayer to be deliuered from captiuitie or anie other affliction A gradual Canticle TO thee haue I lifted vp mine eies which dwellest in the heauens †Behold as the eies of seruantes are on the handes of their masters As the eies of the handmaide on the handes of her mistresse so are our eies to our Lord God vntil he haue mercie on vs. †Haue mercie on vs ô Lord haue mercie on vs because we are much replenished with contempt Because our soule is much replenished reproch to them that abund and contempt to the prowde PSALME CXXIII The whole Church and euerie iust person gratfully confesseth that by Gods protection they are secure without which none could escape ruine A gradual Canticle BVT that our Lord was in vs let Israel now say †but that our Lord was in vs When men rose vp against vs †perhaps they had swalowed vs aliue When their furie was angrie against vs †perhaps water had swalowed vs. †Our soule hath passed through a torrent perhaps our soule had passed through an intolerable water †Blessed be our Lord which hath not geuen vs for a pray to their teeth †Our soule as a sparow is deliuered from the snare of the fowlers The snare is broken and we are deliuered †Our helpe is in the name of our Lord who made heauen and earth PSALME CXXIIII The Church and holie members therof are alwayes protected by God 5. The wicked being suffered for a while are at last punished A gradual Canticle THEY that trust in our Lord as mount Sion he shal not be moued for euer that dwelleth †in Ierusalem Mountaines round about it and our Lord round about his people from hence forth now and for euer †Because our Lord wil not leaue the rod of sinners vpon the lote of the iust that the iust reach not their handes to iniquitie †Doe wel ô Lord to the good and right of hart †But those that decline into obligations our Lord wil bring with them that worke iniquitie peace vpon Israel PSALME CXXV Isralites released from captiuitie of Babylon much more the blessed both of the old and new testament deliuered by Christ from captiuitie of sinne de reioyce 5. Who neuertheles must passe through tribulation to eternal felicitie A gradual Canticle VVHEN our Lord turned the captiuitie of Sion we were made as men comforted †Then was our mouth replenished with ioy and our tongue with exultation Then shal they say among the Gentiles Our Lord hath done magnifically with them †Our Lord hath done magnifically with vs we are made ioyful †Turne our captiuitie ô Lord as a torrent in the South †They that sow in teares shal reape in ioyfulnesse †Going they went and wept casting their seedes †But coming they shal come with exultation carying their sheaues PSALME CXXVI Neither house nor citie can be built or kept without Gods special prouidence and helpe 3. those that trust in him shal prosper in their endeuours A gradual Canticle of Salomon VNLESSE our Lord build the house they haue laboured in vayne that build it Vnlesse our Lord kepe the citie he watcheth in vayne that kepeth it †It is vaine for you to rise before light rise ye after ye haue sitten which eate the bread of sorow †When he shal giue sleepe to his beloued behold the inheritance of our Lord are children the reward the fruite of the wombe †As arrowes in the hand of the mightie so are the children of them that are shaken †Blessed is the man that hath filled his desire of them he shal not be confounded when he shal speake to his enemies in the gate PSALME CXXVII Happines both of this life and of the next is obtayned by fearing and sincerely seruing God A gradual Canticle BLESSED are al that feare our Lord that walke in his wayes †Because thou shalt eate the labours of thy handes blessed art thou and it shal be wel with thee †Thy wife as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house Thy children as young plantes of oliuetrees round about thy table †Behold so shal the man be blessed that feareth our Lord. †Our Lord out of Sion blesse thee and that thou mayst see the good thinges of Ierusalem al the dayes of thy life And that thou mayst see thy childrens children peace vpon Israel PSALME CXXVIII The Church often 3. and much impugned is not ouercome 4. Her persecuters are destroyed 6. contemned 8. and cursed A gradual Canticle OFTEN haue they impugned me from my youth let Israel now say †Often haue they impugned me from my youth but they haue not preuailed against me †Sinners haue builded vpon my
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
rather by them that may be supplied vvhich the Hebrevv vvanteth PSALME CXLV The Psalmist exciteth himself and al others to praise God for his singular regard and prouidence of al that trust in him 3. shewing that neither princes nor other men are able to helpe 5. but God can and doth continually releue al sortes of necessities Alleluia of Aggaeus and Zacharie MY soule prayse thou our Lord I wil praise our Lord in my â—te I wil sing to my God as long as I shal be Put not confidence in princes †in the sonnes of men in whom there is no saluation †His spirit shal goeforth and he shal returne into his earth in that day al their cogitations shal perish †Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Iacob his hope in our Lord his God †who made heauen and earth the sea and al thinges that are in them †Which keepeth truth for euer doth iudgement for them that suffer wrong geueth foode to the hungrie Our Lord looseth the fettered †our Lord illuminateth the blind Our Lord lifteth vp the bruised our Lord loueth the iust †Our Lord keepeth strangers the pupil and widow he wil receiue and the wayes of sinners he wil destroy †Our Lord wil reigne for euer thy God ô Sion in generation and generation PSALME CXLVI God is also to be praised by his peculiar people for particular benefites 4. for his omnipotent powre wisdom goodnes in creating and gouerning this whole world 11. and most special benignitie towards those that trust in him Alleluia PRAYSE ye our Lord because Psalme is good to our God let there be pleasant and comelie praise †Our Lord building vp Ierusalem wil gather together the dispersions of Israel †Who healeth the contrite of hart and bindeth vp their sores †Who numbereth the multitude of starres and geueth names to them al. †Great is our Lord and great is his strength and of his wisdom there is no number †Our Lord receiuing the meeke humbling sinners euen to the ground †Sing ye to our Lord in confession sing ye to our God on harpe †Who couereth the heauen with cloudes and prepareth rayne for the earth Who bringeth forth grasse in the mountaines and herbe for the seruice of men †Who geueth to beastes their foode and to the young rauens that cal vpon him †He shal not haue pleasure in the strength of an horse nor in the legges of a man shal he be wel pleased †Our Lord is wel pleased toward them that feare him and in them that hope vpon his mercie PSALME CXLVII Againe God is to be praised for his goodnes towards his peculiar people 4. yea towards al the world 7. but most abundantly towards his Church Alleluia O Ierusalem praise our Lord praise thy God ô Sion †Because he hath strengthened the lockes of thy gates he hath blessed thy children in thee †Who hath set thy borders peace and filleth thee with the fatte of corne †Who sendeth forth his speach to the earth his word runneth swiftly †Who geueth snow as wool scatereth mist as ashes †He casteth his crystal as morseles before the face of his cold l who shal endure †He shal sendforth his word and shal melt them his spirit shal blowe and waters shal flowe †Who declareth his word to Iacob his iustices and iudgements to Israel †He hath not done in like maner to anie nation and his iudgements he hath not made manifest to them Allelu-ia PSALME CXLVIIII Al creatures spiritual and corporal are inuited to praise God their Creator and Conseruer 13. as incomparably excellent Alleluia PRAYSE ye our Lord from the heauens praise ye him in the high places †Prayse ye him al his Angels prayse ye him al his hostes †Prayse ye him sunne and moone prayse him al ye starres and light †Prayse him ye heauens of heauens and the waters that are aboue the heauens †let them praise the name of our Lord. Because he sayd and they were made he commanded and they were created †He established them for euer and for euer and euer he put a precept and it shal not passe †Prayse our Lord from the earth ye dragons and al depthes †Fyre haile snow yse spirit of stormes which doe his worde †Mountaines and al litle hilles trees that beare fruite and al ceders †Beastes and al cattel serpentes and fethered fowles †Kinges of the earth and al peoples princes and al iudges of the earth †Yongmen and virgins old with yong let them prayse the name of our Lord †because the name of him alone is exalted †The confession of him aboue heauen and earth and he hath exalted the horne of his people An hymne to al his sainctes to the children of Israel a people approching vnto him Alleluia PSALME CXLIX The Church is most singularly bond to praise God 4. for the grace sanctitie victorie glorie 7. and iudicial powre which he geueth to his Sainctes Alleluia SING ye to our Lord a new song let his prayse be in the Church of sainctes †Let Israel be ioyful in him that made him and let the children of Sion reioyce in their king †Let them praise his name in quite on tymbrel and psalter let them sing to him †Because our Lord is wel pleased in his people and he wil exalt the meeke vnto saluation †The sainctes shal reioyce in glorie they shal be ioyful in their beddes †The exaltations of God in their throte and two edged swordes in their handes †To doe reuenge in the nations chastisements among the peoples †To binde their kinges in fetters and their nobles in yron manicles †That they may doe in them the iudgement that is written this glorie is to al his sainctes Alleluia PSALME CL. God absolutly most excellent is to be praised 3. with al sortes of instruments and by al other meanes Alleluia PRAYSE ye our Lord in his holies prayse ye him in the firmament of his strength †Prayse ye him in his powers prayse ye him according to the multitude of his greatnes †Prayse ye him in the sound of trumpet prayse ye him on psalter and harpe †Prayse ye him on timbrel and quire prayse ye him on stringes and organ †Prayse ye him on wel sounding cymbals prayse ye him on cymbales of iubilation †let euerie spirit prayse our Lord. Alleluia ANNOTATIONS PSALME CL. S. Augustin in the conclusion of his Enarrations or Sermons vpon the Psalmes explicateth a mysterie in the number of an hundred and fieftie signifying the concord of the two Testaments For in the old testament they kept
seruant that vnderstandeth is acceptable to the king he that is vnprofitable shal susteyne his anger ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XIIII 12. A vvay vvhich semeth iust If anie Iewes Turkes or Heretikes lead a moral good life in this world it semeth both to themselnes and to other rude people tha◠they are in a right way of saluation but their error in faith leadeth them to eternal damnation 30 Health of the hart As soundnes of the hart conserueth the rest of the same bodie in life so a pure intention often excuseth from mortal sinne as in errours committed of probable not of grosse nor affected ignorance But secrete enuie in the hart infecteth and putrifieth mans actions and destroyeth the workes that semed good which can no more endure strict examination in the day of iudgement then a rotten cloth can abide washing CHAP. XV. A soft answer breaketh anger and a hard word rayseth vp furie †The tongue of the wise adorneth knowlege the mouth of fooles boyleth forth follie †In euerie place the eies of our Lord behold the good and the euil †A peaceable tongue is a tree of life but that which is immoderate shal breake the spirite †A foole scorneth the discipline of his father but he that regardeth reprehensions shal become more prudent In abundant iustice there is greatest force but the cogitations of the impious shal be rooted out †The house of the iust is very much strength and in the fruites of the impious is perturbation †The lippes of the wise shal sow knowlege the hart of fooles shal be vnlike †The victimes of the impious are abominable to our Lord the vowes of the iust are acceptable †The way of the impious is abomination to our Lord he that foloweth iustice is beloued of him †The doctrine is euil of them that forsake the way of life he that hateth reprehensions shal dye †Hel and perdition are before our Lord how much more the hartes of the children of men †The pestilent man loueth not him that rebuketh him nor goeth to the wise †A glad hart cheereth the face in pensifnes of minde the spirit is cast downe †The hart of the wise seeketh doctrine and the mouth of fooles is fed with vnskilfulnes †Al the dayes of the poore are euil a secure minde is as it were a continual feast †Better is a litle with the feare of our Lord then great treasures and vnsatiable †It is better to be called to herbes with charitie then to a fatted calfe with hatred †An angrie man stirreth brawles he that is patient appeaseth those that are raised †The way of the slothsul is as an hedge of thornes the way of the iust is without offence †A wise sonne maketh the father ioyful and the foolish man despiseth his mother †Follie is ioy to a soole and the wiseman directeth his steppes †Cogitations are dissipated where there is no counsel but where manie counsellers are they are confirmed †A man reioyceth in the sentence of his mouth and a word in due time is best †The path of life aboue the lerned that he may decline from the lawest hel Our Lord wil destroy the house of the proude and wil make sure the borders of the widow †Euil cogitations are an abomination to our Lord and pure speach most beautiful shal be confirmed of him †He that pursueth auarice disturbeth his house but he that hateth giftes shal liue By mercie and faith sinnes are purged and by the feare of our Lord euerie one declineth from euil †The minde of the iust meditateth obedience the mouth of the impious redoundeth with euils †Our Lord is far from the impious and he wil heare the prayers of the iust †The light of the eies reioyceth the soule a good name fatteth the bones The eare that heareth the reprehensions of life shal abide in the middes of the wise †He that reiecteth discipline despiseth his soule but he that yeldeth to reprehensions is a possessour of the hart †The feare of our Lord the discipline of wisdom and humilitie goeth before glorie CHAP. XVI IT “ perteyneth to man to prepare the hart and to our Lord to gouerne the tongue †Al the wayes of man are open to his eies our Lord is the weigher of spirites †Reueale thy workes to our Lord and thy cogitations shal be directed †Our Lord hath wrought al thinges for himself the impious also to the euil day †Euerie arrogant man is an abomination to our Lord although hand shal be to hand he is not innocent The beginning of a good way is to doe iustice and it is more acceptable with God then to immolate hostes †By mercie and truth iniquitie is redemed and in the feare of our Lord euil is auoided †When the wayes of man shal please our Lord he wil conuert also his enemies to peace †Better is a litle with iustice then much fruite with iniquitie †The hart of man disposeth his way but it perteyneth to our Lord to direct his progresse †Diuination is in the lippes of the king his mouth shal not erre in iudgement †Weight and balance are iudgements of our Lord and his worke al the stones of the bagge †They are abominable to the king that doe impiously because the throne is established by iustice †The wil of kinges are iust lippes he that speaketh right thinges shal be beloued †The kings indignation messengers of death and the wise man wil pacifie it †In the cherfulnes of the kings countenance is life and his clemencie is as the later showre †Possesse wisdom because it is better then gold and gette prudence because it is more precious then siluer †The path of the iust auoideth euils the keper of his soule kepeth his way †Pride goeth before destruction and before ruine the spirit shal be exalted †It is better to be humbled with the meeke then to diuide spoyles with the proude †The lerned in word shal finde good thinges and he that hopeth in our Lord is blessed †He that is wise in hart shal be called prudent and he that is sweete in speach shal finde greater thinges †A fountaine of life the lerning of him that possesseth it the doctrine of fooles foolishnes †The hart of the wife shal instruct his mouth and shal adde grace to his lippes †Wel set wordes are a honie combe swetnes of the foule the health of the bones †There is a way that seemeth to a man right and the later endes therof lead to death †Thee soule of him that laboureth doth labour to himself because his mouth hath compelled him
out of garments cometh forth the moth and from a woman the iniquitie of a man †For better is the iniquitie of a man then a woman doing a good turne and a woman shaming vnto reproche †I therefore wil be mindeful of the workes of our Lord and I wil shew forth which I haue seene By the words of our Lord are his workes †The sunne illuminating hath looked through out al and ful of the glorie of our Lord is his worke †Hath not our Lord made the sainctes to declare al his meruelous thinges which our Lord the omnipotent confirmed to be established in his glorie †He hath searched out the depth and the hart of men and in their subtilitie he hath considered †For our Lord hath knowen al knowlege and hath beheld the signe of age declaring what thinges are past and what are to come reueling the tokens of secret thinges †No cogitation escapeth him and no word hideth it self from him †The glorious workes of his wisdom he hath beautified who is before the world and world without end neither is there added †nor diminised and he needeth not anie mans counsel †How are al his workes to be desired and which is as it were a sparke to consider †Al these liue and remaine for euer and in al necessitie al thinges obey him †Al thinges duble one against one and he hath made nothing to want †He hath confirmed the good thinges of euerie one And who shal be filled seeing his glorie CHAP. XLIII Gods incomparable excellencie appeareth in the heauens 2. in the sunne 6. moone 9. other starres 12. rainebow 14. snow 15. cloudes 16. hayle 17. winde 18. thunder 21. frost 22. christal 24. dew 26. the sea and innumerable thinges therin 29. No man is able to praise God sufficiently THE firmament of height is his beautie the beautie of heauen is in the vision of glorie †The sunne in sight declaring at his coming forth a meruelous instrument the worke of the Highest †At noone it burneth the earth and who can abide in the presence of the heate thereof kepeing a fornace in the workes of heate †the sunne three times so much burning the mountaines casting out fyrie beames and shining with his beames blindeth the eyes †Great is our Lord that made it and by his wordes it hath hastened his course †And the moone in al in her time is the shewing of season and the signe of age †By the moone is the signe of a festiual day a light that diminisheth in consummation †The moneth is according to her name increasing meruelously in consummation †An instrument of the campe on high shining gloriously in the firmament of heauen †The glorie of the starres is the beautie of heauen our Lord illuminating the world on high †In the words of the holie one they shal stand to iudgement and shal not faile in their watches †See the bow and blesse him that made it it is very beautiful in his brightnes †It hath compassed heauen in the circuite of his glorie the handes of the Highest haue opened it †But by his commandement he hath hastened snow he hasteth to send forth the lightninges of his iudgement †Therefore are the treasures opened and the cloudes flie forth as birdes †By his greatnes he hath set the cloudes and the hailestones are broken †In his sight the mountaines shal be moued and at his wil the south winde hath blowen †The noyse of his thunder shal beate the earth the tempest of the northwind and the gathering together of wind †and as the bird lighting downe to sitte he scatereth snow and the falling thereof is as the locust dyuing downeward †The eye shal admire the beautie of the whitenes thereof and the hart quaketh at the shower thereof †He shal power out frost vpon the earth as salt and when it freeseth it shal be made as the toppes of a thistle †The cold north winde blewe of water there frose chrystal vpon al gathering together of waters it shal rest as a brest plate it shal put it self vpon the waters †And it shal deuoure the mountaines burne the desert extinguish that which is grene as fire †The remedie of al is in the hastie coming of a cloude and a dew meeting it by the heate that cometh shal make it quaile †At his word the wind was stil and with his thought he appeased the depth and our Lord planted Ilandes therein †They that saile on the sea tel the perils ther of hearing with our eares we shal meruel †There are goodly workes meruelous diuers kindes of beastes of al cattel the creature of mightie beastes †Through him is the end of their iourney confirmed and by his word al thinges are set in order †We shal say manie thinges shal faile in wordes but the summe of our wordes is he is in al. †Glorifying him how far shal we be able for the omnipotent himself is aboue al his workes †Our Lord is terrible exceeding great his might is meruelous †Glorifying our Lord as much as euer you can he shal yet surpasse and his magnificence is meruelous †Blessing our Lord exalt him as much as you can for he is greater then al praise †Exalting him be ye replenished with strength Labour not for you shal not comprehend †Who shal see him and shal declare him and who shal magnifie him as he is from the beginning †Manie thinges hid are greater then these for we haue seene few of his workes †But our Lord made al thinges and to them that liue piously he hath geuen wisdom CHAP. XLIIII Praises of holie fathers in general 16. and in particular of Enoch 17. Noe 20. Ahraham 24. Isaac and Iacob LET vs praise glorious men and our fathers in their generation †Much glorie hath our Lord made by his magnificence from the beginning of the world †Ruling in their dominions men great for force and endued with their wisdom declaring in the prophetes the dignitie of prophetes †and ruling in the people that was present and by the vertue of wisdom most holie wordes to the peoples †In their kil seeking out musical melodies vttering songnes of scriptures †Rich men in force studying beautifulnes liuing at peace in their houses †Al these in the generations of their nation haue obteyned glorie and in their daies are praised †They that were borne of them haue leaft a name to tel their praises †and there are some of whom there is no memorie they are perished as they that neuer were are borne as not borne at al their children with them †But they are men of mercie whose godlie deedes haue not failed †good thinges continew with their seede †their nephewes are an holie inheritance and their seede hath stoode in the
sonne of Iephone did stand against the enemie and stayed the nation from sinnes and appeased the murmuring of malice †And they two being appointed were deliuered out of danger from among the number of six hundred thousand footemen to bring them into their inheritance into the land that yeldeth milke and honie †And our Lord gaue strength to Caleb himself and his strength continued euen vntil old age so that he went vp into the high place of the land his seede obteyned inheritance †That al the children of Israel might see that it is good to obey the holie God †And al the iudges by their name whose hart was not corrupted which were not turned away from our Lord †that their memorie might be blessed and their bones spring out of their place †and their name continew for euer the glorie of the holie men remayning vnto their children †The beloued of our Lord his God Samuel the prophet of our Lord renewed the empire and anoynted princes in his nation †By the law of our Lord he iudged the congregation and the God of Iacob saw and in his fidelitie was proued a prophet †And he was knowen faithful in his wordes because he saw the God of light †and inuocated our Lord omnipotent in assaulting the enemies besetting him on euerie side in the oblation of an immaculate lambe †And our Lord thundered from heauen and in great sound he made his voice heard †and he descomfited the princes of the Tyrians and al the dukes of the Philisthiims †and before the time of the end of his life and the world he gaue testimonie before our Lord and his Christ money and what soeuer besides vnto the verie shoes he tooke not of al flesh and no man accused him †And after this he slept and he notified to the king and shewed him the end of his life and he exalted his voice out of the earth in prophecie to take cleane away the impietie of the nation CHAP. XLVII Praises of Nathan 2. Dauid 14. and Salomon in whose progenie 21. notwithstanding his fal 27. the royal scepter remained for Dauids sake though for his and the peoples sinnes tenne tribes were cut of and fel into schisme AFTER these thinges arose Nathan the Prophet in the daies of Dauid †And as the fatte separated from the flesh so was Dauid from the children of Israel †He plaied with lyons as it were with lambes and with beares he did in like maner as with lambes of sheepe in his youth †Did not he kil the giant and tooke away reproch from his nation †In lifting vp his hand with a stone of the sling he ouerthrew the boasting of Goliah for he inuocated our Lord the omnipotent and he gaue in his right hand to take away the man strong in battel and to exalt the horne of his nation †So in ten thousand did he glorifie him and praised him in the blessinges of our Lord in offering to him a crowne of glorie †for he destroyed the enemies on euerie side and rooted out the Philisthijms the aduersaries euen vntil this present day he brake their horne for euer †In euerie worke he gaue confession to the Holie one and to the Highest in the word of glorie †From al his hart he praised our Lord loued God that made him and gaue him might against his enemies †and he made singers to stand before the altar and by their sound he made sweete tunes †And in the solennities he gaue honour and adorned the times euen to the end of his life that they should praise the holie name of our Lord and magnifie the holines of God in the morning †Our Lord purged his sinnes and exalted his horne for euer and he gaue him a testament of the kingdom and the seate of glorie in Israel †After him arose a wise sonne and for him did he ouerthrowe al the might of the enemies †Salomon reigned in dayes of peace to whom God subdewed al his enemies that he might build an house in his name and prepare holines for euer as thou art instructed in thy youth †And thou art replenished as a riuer with wisdom and thy soule discouered the earth †And thou didst multiplie darke sayinges in comparisons thy name was bruited to the ilandes far of and thou wast beloued in thy peace †The landes merueled at the songes and prouerbes and comparisons and interprerations †and at the name of our Lord God whose name is God of Israel †Thou didst gather gold as copper and filledst siluer as lead †and bowdest thy thighes to wemen thou hast had power on thy bodie †thou hast made a blotte in thy glorie and profaned thy seede to bring wrath to thy children and thy follie to be kindled †to make the kingdom diuided and a stubburne kingdom to reigne of Ephraim †But God wil not leaue his mercie and he wil not corrupt noâ— abolish his owne workes neither wil he destroy from the stocke the nephewes of his elect and he wil not corrupt the seede of him that loueth our Lord. †But he gaue a remnant to Iacob and to Dauid of the same stocke †And Salomon had an end with his fathers †And he leaft after him of his seede the follie of the nation †and Roboam hauing litle wisedom who turned away the nation by his counsel †and Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat who made Israel to sinne and made a way of sinning to Ephraim and their sinnes did abound very manie †They remoued them away from their land very far †And he sought al iniquities til there came defense vnto them and he â—id them from al sinnes CHAP. XLVIII Praises of Elias 13. Eliseus 19. Ezechias 23. and Isaias AND there arose Elias the prophet as it were fire and his word burnt as a litle torche †Who brought famine vpon them and they prouoking him in their enuie were made fewe for they could not abide the preceptes of our Lord. †By the word of our Lord he stayed heauen and he brought downe fire from heauen thrise †So was Elias magnified in his meruelous workes And who can so glorie like vnto thee †Who didst rayse vp the dead from hel from the lotte of death in the word of our Lord God †Who didst cast downe kinges to destruction and didst easily breake their might and the glorious from their bed †Who hearest iudgement in Sina and in Horeb iudgementes of defence †Who anoyntest kinges to repentance and makest prophetes successoures after thee †Who wast receiued in a whirlewind of fire in a chariot of fierie horses †“ Who art written in the iudgements of times to appeale the wrath of our Lord to reconcile the hart of the father to the sonne and to restore
of the earth †But if you wil not and wil prouoke me to wrath the sword shal deuoure you because the mouth of our Lord hath spoken †How is the faythful citie ful of iudgement become an harlot iustice hath dwelled in it but now mankillers †Thy siluer is turned into drosse thy wine is mingled with water †Thy princes are vnfaithful companions of theues al loue giftes folow rewardes They iudge not for the pupil and the widowes cause goeth not in to them †For this cause sayth our Lord the God of hostes the mightie one of Israel Alas I wil comfort myselfe vpon mine aduersaries and wil be reuenged of mine enemies †And I wil turne mine hand to thee and I wil boyle out thy drosse til it be pure wil take away al thy tinne †And I wil restore thy iudges as they haue beene before and thy counselers as of old After these thinges thou shalt be called the iust a faithful citie †Sion shal be redemed in iudgement and they shal bring her backe in iustice †And he shal destroy the wicked and the sinners together and they that haue forsaken our Lord shal be consumed †For they shal be confounded for the idols to which they haue sacrificed and you shal be ashamed of the gardens which you chose †When you shal be as an oke the leaues falling of and as a garden without water †And your strength shal be as the isles of to we and your worke as a sparke and both shal be set on fire together and there shal be none to quench it CHAP. II. Al nations shal come to the Church of Christ which shal beginne in Ierusalem 6. And the Iewes shal be reiected for their idolatrie auarice and other sinnes 11. Proud men shal be humbled Gods glorie shal increase 18. Idolatrie shal be destroyed THE word that Isaie the sonne of Amos saw vpon Iuda and Ierusalem †And in the later dayes the montaine of the house of our Lord shal be prepared in the toppe of montaines and it shal be eleuated aboue the little hilles and al nations shal flowe vnto it †And manie peoples shal goe shal say come and let vs goe vp to the mount of our Lord and to the house of the God of Iacob and he wil teach vs his wayes and we shal walke in his pathes because the law shal come forth from Sion and the word of our Lord from Ierusalem †And he shal iudge the Gentiles and rebuke manie peoples and they shal turne their swordes into culters and their speares into siethes nation shal not lift vp sword against nation neither shal they be exercised any more to battel †House of Iacob come ye and let vs walke in the light of our Lord. †For thou hast reiected thy people the house of Iacob because they are filled as in times past and haue had southsayers as the Philisthijms and haue stucke fast to strange children †The land is replenished with siluer and gold and there is no end of their treasures †And their land is replenished with horses and their chariotes are innumerable And their land is ful of idoles they haue adored the worke of their handes which their fingers made †And man bowed himself and man was humbled therfore forgeue them not †Enter thou into the rocke and be hid in a pitte in the ground from the face of the feare of our Lord from the glorie of his maiestie †The loftie eies of man are humbled and the height of men shal be made to stoupe our Lord onlie shal be exalted in that day †Because the day of the Lord of hostes shal be vpon al the proude and loftie and vpon euerie one that is arrogant and he shal be humbled †And vpon al the ceders of Libanus high eleuated vpon al the okes of Basan †And vpon al the high mountaines and vpon al little hilles eleuated †And vpon euerie high towre and euerie fensed wal †And vpon al the shippes of Tharsis and vpon al that is fayre to behold †And the loftines of men shal be bowed and the height of men shal be humbled and our Lord onlie shal be exaited in that day †And idols shal vtterly be destroyed †And they shal enter into the caues of rockes and into the pittes of the earth from the face of the feare of our Lord and from the glorie of his maiestie when he shal rise vp to strike the earth †In that day shal a man castaway the idols of his siluer and the idols of his gold which he had made him to adore mowles and battes †And he shal goe into the clefts of rockes and into the caues of stones from the face of the feare of our Lord and from the glorie of his maiestie when he shal rise vp to strike the earth †Cease therfore from the man whose spirit is in his nosthrels because he is reputed high CHAP. III. The Iewes shal be depriued of wise men 4. and be subiect to childish and effeminate gouerners 8. for their greuous sinnes 16. The proud curious and lasciuious attyre of their wemen 24. shal be turned into ignominie and sorow FOR behold the dominatour the Lord of hostes shal take away from Ierusalem and from Iuda the valiant and the strong al strength of bread and al strength of water †The strong and the man of warre the iudge and the prophete and southsayer and the ancient †The prince ouer fiftie and the honorable of countenance and the counseler and the wise of workemasters and the skilful of mystical speach †And I wil geue children to be their princes and the effeminate shal rule ouer them †And the people shal rush violently man against man and euerie one against his neighbour the childe shal make tumult against the ancient and the base against the noble †For a man shal take hold of his brother one of the house of his father Thou hast a garment be thou our prince and let this ruine be vnder thy hand †He shal answer in that day saying I am no physicion in my house there is no bread nor garment do not appoint me prince of the people †For Ierusalem is gone to ruine and Iuda is fallen because their tongue their inuentions were against our Lord to prouoke the eyes of his maiestie †The knowlege of their face hath answered them and they haue proclaimed their sinne as Sodom neither haue they hid it woe to their soule because euils are rendered to them †Say to the iust that it is wel because he shal eate the fruite of his inuentions †Woe to the impious vnto euil for the reward of his handes shal be made to him †My people their exactours haue spoyled wemen haue ruled ouer them My people they that cal thee blessed the same deceiue thee and dissipate
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
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
tayle †And they that cal this people blessed seducing them and that are called blessed shal be throwen headlong †For this cause our Lord shal not reioyce vpon their yong men and on their pupilles and widowes he shal not haue mercie because euerie one is an hypocrite wicked and euerie mouth hath spoken follie In al these thinges his furie is not turned away but his hand is yet stretched forth †For impietie is kindled as a fyre it shal deuoure bryer and thorne and it shal be kindled in the thicket of the forest and it shal be wrapped vp together in the pride of smoke †In the wrath of the Lord of hostes the earth is trubled and the people shal be foode for the fyre man shal not spare his brother †And he shal decline to the right hand and shal be hungrie and shal eate on the left hand and shal not be filled euerie one shal eate the flesh of his arme Manasses Ephraim and Ephraim Manasses they together against Iuda †In al these thinges his furie is not turned away but his hand is yet stretched forth CHAP. X. Makers of wicked lawes are cursed 3. For which the Israelites shal be afflicted by the Assirians 5. The Assirians ouerthrowne by extraordinarie meanes sent from God 21. and the Iewes deliuered from imminent danger with diuers mysteries of Christ intermixed VVOE to them that make wicked lawes and writing haue written iniustice †That they might oppresse the poore in iudgement doe violence to the cause of the humble of my people that widowes might be their praye and they might spoile pupilles †What wil you doe in the day of visitation and of calamitie coming from farre to whose helpe wil ye flee and where wil ye leaue your glorie †That you be not bowed vnder the bond and fal with the slaine In al these thinges his furie is not turned away but his hand is yet stretched forth †Woe to Assur he is the rod of my furie and the staffe myne indignation is in their handes †I wil send him to a deceitful nation I wil geue him commandment against the people of my furie that he take away spoiles and catche the praye and put them to be troden vpon as the mire of the streates †But he shal not so thinke and his hart shal not esteme it so but his hart shal be set to destroy and to the destruction of no few nations †For he shal say †Are not my princes with al kinges Is not as Charcamis so Calano and as Arphad so Emath Is not as Damascus so Samaria †Euen as my hand hath found the kingdomes of the idol so also their idols of Ierusalem of Samaria †Shal I not as I haue done to Samaria and her idols so do to Ierusalem and her idols †And it shal be when the Lord shal haue accomplished al his workes in mount Sion and in Ierusalem I wil visite ouer the fruite of the magnifical hart of the king of Assur and ouer the glorie of the hautines of his eyes †For he hath said In the strength of mine owne hand haue I done it and in mine owne wisdome haue I vnderstood and I haue taken away the borders of peoples and haue spoiled their princes and haue pulled downe as a mightie man them that sate on high †And my hand hath found the strength of peoples as a nest and as egges be gathered that are leaft so haue I gathered together al the earth and there was none that moued wing and opened mouth and once muttered †Shal the axe glorie against him that cutteth with it or shal the saw exalt itselfe against him by whom it is drawen As if a rod should lift vp itself agaynst him that lifteth it vp and a staffe exalt itself which is certes but wood †For this cause the Dominatour the Lord of hostes shal send leannes in his fat ones and vnder his glorie shal burne as it were the burning of fyre kindled †And the light of Israel shal be in fyre and the Holie one therof in flame and his thorne shal be kindled and be deuoured and the briars in one day †And the glorie of his forest and of his carmelus shal be consumed from the soule euen to the flesh and he shal be a fugitiue for feare †And the remaynes of the woode of his forest for the fewnes shal be numbred and a child shal write them †And it shal be in that day the residue of Israel and they that shal escape of the house of Iacob shal not adde to leane vpon him that striketh them but they shal leane vpon our Lord the holie one of Israel in truth †The remnant shal be conuerted the remnant I say of Iacob to the strong God †For if thy people ô Israel shal be as the sand of the sea the remnant therof shal be conuerted consumnation abbridged shal make iustice ouerflow †For our Lord the God of hostes shal make consummation and abbridgement in the middes of al the earth †For this cause thus sayth our Lord the God of hostes O my people inhatiter of Sion be not afrayd of Assur he shal strike thee with his rod and shal lift vp his staffe ouer thee in the way of Aegypt †For yet a litle and a very litle and mine indignation and furie vpon their wickednes shal be consummate †And the Lord of hostes shal rayse vp a scourge vpon him according to the plague of Madian in the Rocke Oreb and his rod vpon the sea and he shal lift it vp in the way of Aegypt †And it shal be in that day his burden shal be taken away from of thy shoulder and his yoke from of thy necke and the yoke shal putrifie at the face of oile †He shal come into Aiath he shal passe into Magron at Machmas he shal commend his vessels †They haue passed in hast Gaba is our seate Rama was astonied Gabaath of Saul fled †Neay with thy voice ô daughter of Gallim attend Laisa seelie poore Anathoth †Medemena is remoued ye inhabitants of Gabin take courege †Yet there is day to stand in Nobe he shal shake his hand ouer the mountaine of the daughter of Sion the litle hil of Ierusalem †Behold the dominatour the Lord of hostes shal breake the litle flagon in terrour and the high of stature shal be cut downe and the loftie shal be humbled †And the thicke places of the forest shal be ouerthrowen with iron and Libanus with the high ones shal fal CHAP. XI Christ borne of the stock of Iesse replenished with seuen giftes of the Holie Ghost 4. shal haue a spiritual kindom most iust and potent 10. wherto al nations wil repayre AND a rod shal come forth of the roote of Iesse and a flowre shal rise vp out of his roote †And the Spirite
of our Lord shal rest vpon him the spirit of wisdom and vnderstanding the spirit of counsel and strength the spirit of knowlege and pietie †and the spirit of the feare of our Lord shal repleinsh him He shal not iudge according to the sight of the eies nor rebuke according to the hearing of the eares †But he shal iudge the poore in iustice and shal rebuke in equitie for the milde of the earth and he shal strike the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the spirit of his lippes he shal kil the impious †And iustice shal be the girdle of his loynes and fayth the girdle of his reines †The woolfe shal dwel with the lambe and the leopard shal lie with the kid the calfe and lion and sheepe shal abide together a litle child shal leade them †The calfe and the beare shal feede their yong ones shal rest together and the lion shal eate strawe as it were an oxe †And the infant from the brest shal be delighted vpon the hole of the aspe he that is weyned shal thrust his hand into the hole of the cockatrice †They shal not hurt and they shal not kil in al my holie mountayne because the earth is replenished with the knowlege of our Lord as the couering waters of the sea †In that day the roote of Iesse that standeth for a signe of peoples him the nations shal besech his sepulchre shal be glorious †And it shal be in that day our Lord shal put to his hand the second time to possesse the remnant of his people which shal be leaft of the Assirians and of Aegypt and of Phethros and of Aethiopia and of Aelam and of Sennaar and of Emath and of the ilands of the sea †And he shal lift vp a signe vnto the nations and shal assemble together the fugitiues of Israel and shal gather the dispersed of Iuda from the foure quarters of the earth †And the emulation of Ephraim shal be taken away and the enemies of Iuda shal perish Ephraim shal not enuie Iuda Iuda shal not fight against Ephraim †And they shal flie vpon the shoulders of the Philisthims by the sea they together shal spoile the children of the East Idumea and Moab the precept of their hand and the children of Ammon shal be obedient †And our Lord shal make desolate the tongue of the sea of Aegypt and shal lift vp his hand ouer the riuer in the strength of his spirit and he shal strike him in his seuen streames so that they may passe through it with showes †And there shal be a way to the remnant of my people which shal be leaft of the Assirians as there was to Israel in the day that he came vp out of the Land of Aegypt CHAP. XII A Canticle of thankes for the benefites of Christ AND thou shalt say in that day I WIL confesse to thee ô Lord because thou wast angrie with me thy furie is turned away and thou hast comforted me †Behold God is my sauiour I wil doe confidently and wil not feare because our Lord is my strength and my praise and he is become my saluation †You shal drawe waters in ioy out of the sauiours fountaines †And you shal say in that day Confesse ye to our Lord and inuocate his name make his inuentions knowen among the peoples remember that his name is high †Sing ye to our Lord because he hath done magnifically shew this forth in al the earth †Reioyce and prayse ô habitation of Sion because great in the middes of thee is the holie one of Israel CHAP. XIII The Prophet fortelleth the calamitie and ruine of Babylon THE burden of Babylon which Isaie the sonne of Amossaw †Vpon the darke mountaine lift vp a signe exalt the voice lift vp the hand and let the dukes enter the gates †I haue commanded my sanctified and haue called my strong ones in my wrath them that reioce in my glorie †The voice of a multitude in the mountaines as it were of manie peoples a voice of the sound of kinges nations gathered together The Lord of hostes hath commanded the host of battel †Coming from a countrie far of from the end of heauen our Lord and the instruments of his furie to destroy the whole land †Howleye because the day of our Lord is nere it shal come as destruction from our Lord. †For this cause shal al handes be dissolued and euerie hart of man shal melt †and be broken Gripings and paines shal hold them they shal be in paine as she that trauaileth Euerie one shal be astonied at his neighbour their countenances as faces burnt †Behold the day of our Lord shal come cruel and ful of indignation and of wrath and furie to bring the land to a wildernes and to destroy the sinners therof out of it †Because the starres of heauen and their brightnes shal not display their light the sunne is darkened in his rysing and the moone shal not shine in her light †And I wil visite ouer the euiles of the world and against the impious their iniquitie and I wil make the pride of infidels to cease and wil humble the arrogancie of the strong †A man shal be more precious then gold man then pure fine gold †For this I shal truble heauen the earth shal be moued out of her place for the indignation of the Lord of hostes for the day of the wrath of his furie †And it shal be as a yong doe fleing and as a sheepe and there shal be none to gather them together euerie man shal turne to his owne people and euerie one shal flee to his owne land †Euerie one that shal be found shal be slaine and cuerie one that shal come to ayde shal fal by the sword †Their infants shal be dashed in peeces before their eies their houses shal be spoiled and their wiues shal be rauished †Behold I wil rayse vpon them the Medes which shal not seeke siluer nor desire gold †But with arrowes they shal kil the litle ones and shal haue no pitie vpon the sucklings of the wombe and vpon the children their eie shal not spare †And that Babylon glorious in kingdoms noble in the pride of the Chaldees shal be euen as our Lord subuerted Sodom and Gomorrha †It shal not be inhabited for euer it shal not be founded vnto generation generation neither shal the Arabian pitch his tents there nor shepeheardes rest there †But beastes shal rest there and their houses shal be filled with dragons and ostreches shal dwel there and Satyrs shal daunce there †And the Syrach owles shal answer there in the houses therof and mermaides in the temples of pleasure CHAP. XIIII The Iewes shal be released from the captiuitie of Babylon 12. Nabuchodonosor
most proud and mightie shal be throwne into extreme miserie 24. In the meane time the Asirians beseging Ierusalem shal be defeated 28. Neither shal the Philistims preuaile against the lewes as they presume IT is neere that the time therof shal come and the daies therof shal not be porlonged For our Lord wil haue mercie on Iacob and wil yet choose out of Israel and wil make them rest vpon their owne ground the stranger shal be ioyned to them shal sticke to the house of Iacob †And peoples shal hold them and bring them into their place and the house of Israel shal possesse them vpon the land of our Lord for seruants and handmaides and they shallead captiue those that had taken them shal subdewe their exactours †And it shal be in that day when God shal geue thee rest from thy labour and from thy vexation and from the sore seruitude which thou didst serue before †Thou shalt take this parable against the king of Babylon and shalt say How hath the exactour ceased the tribute rested †Our Lord hath broken the staffe of the impious the rodde of the rulers †that did beate peoples in indignation with vncurable wound subdewing nations in furie persecuting cruelly †Al earth is quiet and stil is glad hath reioyced †The firre trees also haue reioyeed ouer thee and the ceders of Libanus since thou hast slept there hath none come vp to hewe vs. †Hel beneath is trubled to meete thy coming it hath raysed vp the giants for thee Al the princes of the earth are risen vp from their thrones al the princes of nations †Al shal answere and say to thee Thou also art wounded euen as we made like vnto vs. †Thy pride is drawen downe to hel thy carcasse is fallen vnder thee shal the mothe be strawed and wormes shal be thy couering †How art thou fallen from heauen Lucifer which didst rise in the morning art thou fallen to the earth that didst wound nations †Which didst say in thy hart I wil ascend into heauen aboue the starres of God wil I exalt my throne I wil sitte in the mount of the testament in the sides of the North. †I wil ascend aboue the height of the cloudes I wil be like to the Highest †But yet thou shalt be drawen downe to hel into the depth oh the lake †They that shal see thee shal turne toward thee behold thee Is this the man that trubled the earth that shaked kingdomes †that made the world a desert destroyed the cities therof opened not the prison to his prisoners †Al the kinges of the nations euerie one haue slept in glorie eche man in his owne house †But thou art cast forth out of thy sepulchre as an vnprofitable branche polluted and wrapped vp with them that were slaine by the sword and are gone downe to the fundations of the lake as a rotten carcasse †Thou shalt not keepe companie with them neither in burial for thou hast destroyed thy land thou hast slaine thy people the seede of the wicked shal not be named for euer †Prepare his children to slaughter in the iniquitie of their fathers they shal not rise vp nor inherite the land nor fil the world with cities †And I wil rise ouer them sayth the Lord of hostes I wil destroy the name of Babylon and the remaynes and bud and progenie sayth our Lord. †And I wil make it the possession of the hedgehog marriâ—es of waters I wil sweepe it with besome wearing it sayth the Lord of hostes †The Lord of hostes hath sworne saying If it shal not be as I haue thought and so fal out as I haue in mind consulted †That I destroy the Assirian in my land and in my mountaines tread vpon him and his yoke shal be taken away from them and his burden taken of from their shoulder †This is the counsel that I haue deuised vpon al the earth and this is the hand stretched forth vpon al nations †For the Lord of hostes hath decreed and who can weaken it and his hand is stretched out and who shal turne it away †In the yeare that king Achaz died was this burden made †Reioyce not thou whole Philistaea that the rod of thy striker is broken in peeces for from the roote of the serpent shal issue forth a cockatrice and his seede swalowing the bird †And the first borne of the poore shal be fed the poore shal rest considently and I wil make thy roote to perish in famine and wil kil thy remnant †Howle thou gate crie out ô citie al Philisthaea is throwen downe for a smoke shal come from the North and there is none that shal escape his troupe †And what shal be answered to the messengers of nations That our Lord hath founded Sion and the poore of his people shal hope in him CHAP. XV. Unexpected ruine shal fal vpon the Moabites 5. Wherof the Prophet hath compassion THE burden of Moab Because Ar-Moab was wasted in the night he hath held his peace because the wal of Moab is destroyed in the night he hath held his peace †The house is gone vp Dibon to the high places to moorne vpon Nabo and vpon Medaba shal Moab howle on al the heades therof baldnes and euerie beard shal be shauen †In the high wayes therof they are girded with sackcloth vpon the roofes therof and in the streates therof al howling goeth downe to weepe †Hesebon shal crie Elealé their voice is heard euen to â—asa For this shal the wel appoynted of Moab howle his soule shal howle to himself †My hart shal crie to Moab the barres therof vnto Segor an heifer astonishing for by the ascent of Luith he shal goe vp weeping in the way of Oronaim they shal lift vp a crie of contrition †For the waters of Nemrim shal be made desolate because the grasse is withered the spring is faded al grennes is perished †According to the greatnes of the worke is also their visitation they shal lead them to the torrent of willowes †Because the crie shal goe round about the border of Moab vnto Gallim the howling therof and vnto the Pit-Elim the crie therof †Because the waters of Dibon are replenished with bloud for I wil pur additions vpon Dibon the â—on for them that shal flee of Moab and for the remmant of the land CHAP. XVI The prophet prayeth for and prophecieth Christs coming 6. adding more of the affliction of the Moabites for their pride SEND forth ô Lord the lambe the dominatour of the earth from the Rocke of the desert to the mount of the daughter of Sion †And he shal be as a bird fleing and the yong flying out of the nest so shal the daughters of Moab be in the passage of Arnon
darkenes made me astonied Babylon my beloued is made a miracle vnto me †Lay the table looke about in the watch towre the eaters and drinkers arise ye princes take shield †For thus hath our Lord sayd to me Goe and set a watchman and what soeuer he shal see let him tel †And he saw a chariote of two horsemen a rider vpon an asse and a rider vpon a camel and he beheld them diligently with much looking †And a lion cried I am vpon the watch towre of our Lord standing continually by day and I am vpon my watch standing whole nights †Behold this man cometh the rider vpon the chariot of two horsemen and he answered and said Fallen fallen is Babylon and al the sculptils of the gods therof are broken to the ground †O my threshing and children of my flore the thinges that I haue heard of the Lord of hostes the God of Israel I haue shewed vnto you †The burden of Duma crieth to me out of Seir Watchman what of the night watchman what of the night †The watchman said morning is come night if you seeke seeke returne come †The burden in Arabia In the forest at euen you shal sleepe in the pathes of Dedanim †Meeting the thirstie bring water you that inhabite the land of the South with bread meete him that fleeth †For they are fled from the face of the swordes from the face of the sword hanging ouer from the face of the bow bent from the face of a greuous battel †Because thus sayth our Lord to me Yet in one yeare as in the yeare of an hyred man and al the glorie of Cedar shal be taken away †And the remnant of the number of the strong archers of the children of Cedar shal be diminished for our Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it CHAP. XXII For the sinnes especially of chiefe officers Sion and the temple shal be destroyed 15. Sobna a wicked ruler shal be remoued 20. and Eliacim put in his place THE burden of the vale of vision What aileth thee that thou art also wholly gone vp into the house toppes †ful of clamour a populous citie reioycing thy slaine are not slaine by the sword nor dead in battel †Al thy princes are fled together and are bound hard al that were found are bound together they are fled far of †Therfore haue I sayd Depart from me I wil weepe bitterly labour not to comforte me for the destruction of the daughter of my people †For it is a day of slaughter and conculcation and weepings to our Lord the God of hostes in the vale of visitation searching the wal and magnifical vpon the mountaine †And Aelam tooke quiuer chariote of the horsman and the shilde hath made the wal naked †And thy principal valleis shal be ful of chariots and the horsmen shal place them selues in the gate †And the couering of Iuda shal be discouered and thou shalt see in that day the armourie of the house of the forest †And you shal see the breaches of the citie of Dauid because they are multiplied and you haue gathered together the waters of the lower poole †and haue numbred the houses of Ierusalem and destroyed houses to fortifie the wal †And you haue made a lake betwen the two walles to the water of old poole and you looked not vp to him that made it and the worker therof long before you saw not †And our Lord the God of hostes shal cal in that day to weeping and to moorning to baldnes and to girdle of sackcloth †and behold ioy and gladnes to kil calues and to slea rammes to eate flesh and to drinke wine Let vs eate and drinke for tomorow we shal die †And the voice of the Lord of hostes was reuealed in mine eares If this iniquitie shal be forgeuen you vntil you die sayth our Lord the God of hosles †Thus sayth our Lord the God of hostes Goe get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle to Sobna the prouost of the temple and thou shalt say to him †What doest thou here or as if thou were some bodie here because thou hast cut thee out a sepulchre here thou hast cut out a memorial diligently in an high place a tabernacle for thee in a rocke †Behold our Lord wil cause thee to be caried away as a cocke is caried and he wil lift thee vp as a garment †Crowning he wil crowne thee with tribulation he wil cast thee as a bal into a brode and large countrie there shalt thou die and there shal the chariot of thy glorie be the ignominie of the house of thy Lord. †And I wil expel thee from thy standing and depose thee from thy ministerie †And it shal be in that day I wil cal my seruant Eliacim the sonne of Helcias †and wil cloth him with thy coate and wil strengthen him with thy girdle and wil geue thy powre into his hand and he shal be as a father to the inhabitants of Ierusalem and to the house of Iuda †And I wil geue the key of the house of Dauid vpon his shoulder he shal open and there shal be none to shut and he shal shut and there shal be none to open †And I wil fasten him as a pinne in a sure place he shal be for a throne of glorie to the house of his father †And they shal hang vpon him al the glorie of his fathers house diuerse kindes of vessels euerie litle vessel from vessels of cuppes euen to euerie instrument of musike †In that day saith the Lord of hostes shal the pinne be taken away that was fastened in the sure place and that which hong theron shal be broken and fal and perish because our Lord hath spoken CHAP. XXIII The destruction of Tyrus by the Chaldees 15. and reparation therof after seuentie yeares THE burden of Tyre Howle ye shippes of the sea because the house is destroyed from whence they were wont to come from the land of Cethim it is reueled to them †Hold your peace ye that dwel in the I le the trafickers of Sidon passing ouer the sea haue replenished thee †The seede of Nilus in manie waters the haruest of the riuer was her fruites she was made the trafike of the nations †Be ashamed Sidon for the sea sayth the strength of the sea saying I haue not trauailed and I haue not brought forth and I haue not nourished yongmen nor brought virgins to their growth †When it shal be heard in Aegypt they wil be sorie when they shal heare of Tyre †Passe ouer the seas howle ye that dwel in the I le †Is not this your citie which gloried from ancient dayes in her antiquitie her feete shal leade her afarre to seiourne †Who hath thought this against Tyre that was some
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
spoken it †And he shal say in that day Loe this is our God we haue expected him and he wil saue vs this is our Lord we haue patiently wayted for him we shal reioyce and be ioyful in his saluation †Because the hand of our Lord shal rest in this mount and Moab shal be treshed vnder him as straw is broken with the wayne †And he shal stretch forth his handes vnder him as he that swimmeth stretcheth forth to swimme and he shal humble his glorie with dashing of his handes †And the munitions of thy high walles shal fal and be humbled shal be plucked downe to the grownd euen to the dust CHAP. XXVI A Canticle of thankes for changing the old Synagogue into the Church of Christ Which hath more light of true faith 12. and more patience in tribulations 19. Which in the general resurrection shal be made manifest IN THAT day shal this song be sung in the land of Iuda Sion the citie of our strength a Sauiour therin shal be put a wal and bulworke †Open ye the gates and let the iust nation enter in that keepeth truth †The old errour is gone thou wilt keepe peace peace because we haue hoped in thee †You haue hoped in our Lord in worldes euerlasting in our Lord God strong for euer †Because he wil bowe downe them that dwel on high the high citie he wil abase He wil abase it euen to the ground he wil plucke it downe euen to the dust The foote shal treade it downe the feete of the poore the steppes of the needie †The path of the iust is right the path of the iust is right to walke in †And in the path of thy iudgements ô Lord we haue patiently expected thee thy name and thy memorial are in the desire of the soule †My soule hath desired thee in the night yea and with my spirit in my hart I wil watch to thee in the morning When thou shalt doe thy iudgments in the earth the inhabitants of the world shal learne iustice †Let vs haue mercie on the impious and he wil not learne iustice in the land of the holie he hath done wicked thinges and he shal not see the glorie of our Lord. †Lord thy hand be exalted and let them not see let the enuious people see and be confounded and let fyre deuoure thine enimies †Lord thou wilt geue peace to vs for al our workes thou hast wrought to vs. †O Lord our God there haue lordes besides thee possessed vs onlie in thee let vs remember thy name †Let not the dead liue let not the giants rise againe therfore hast thou visited and destroyed them hast destroyed al their memorie †Thou hast bene fauorable to the nation ô Lord thou hast bene fauourable to the nation wast thou glorified thou hast made al the endes of the earth far of †Lord in distresse they haue sought after thee in tribulation of murmur thy doctrine was to them †As she that conceiueth when she draweth neere to be deliuered being sorowful crieth in her paines so are we become at thy presence ô Lord. †We haue conceiued and as it were traueled and brought forth the spirit saluations we haue not done in the earth therfore the inhabitants of the earth haue not fallen †Thy dead shal liue my slaine shal rise againe awake and prayse ye that dwel in the dust because the dew of the light is thy dew the land of the giants thou shalt plucke downe into ruine †Goe my people enter into thy chambers shut thy doores vpon thee be hid a litle for a moment til the indignation passe †For behold our Lord wil come out of his place to visite the iniquitie of the inhabitant of the earth against him and the earth shal reuele her bloud and shal couer her slaine no more CHAP. XXVII God comforteth the faithful promising to destroy the wicked 3. Christs coming is againe prophecied with propagation of his Gospel and conuersion of al nations IN that day our Lord wil visite with his sore and great and strong sword vpon Leuiathan the serpent the barre and vpon Leuiathan the crooked serpent and shal kil the whale that is in the sea †In that day the vineyard of pure wine shal sing to it †I the Lord that keepe it I wil sodenly drinke to it lest perhaps there be visitation agaynst it night and day I kepe it †There is no indignation in me who wil geue me to be thorne and bryer in battel to goe vpon it to set it on fyre together †Or rather shal he hold my strength shal he make peace with me shal he make peace with me †They that goe in with violence to Iacob Israel shal florish and spring and they shal fil the face of the world with seede †Hath he striken him according to his stroke that stroke him or as he killed his slaine is he killed †In measure against measure when it shal be cast of thou shalt iudge it He hath meditated in his hard spirite during the day of heate †Therfore vpon this shal the iniquitie be forgeuen to the house of Iacob and this is al the fruite that the sinne therof be taken away when he shal haue layd al the stones of the altar as stones of ashes broken the groues temples shal not stand †For the defensed citie shal be desolate the beautiful citie shal be forsaken and shal be left as a desert there shal the calfe feede and there he shal lie and shal consume the toppes therof †The haruests therof shal be destroyed in drught wemen coming and teaching it for it is not a wise people therfore shal not he that made it haue mercie on it and he that formed it shal not spare it †And it shal be in that day our Lord wil strike from the chanel of the riuer euen to the torrent of Aegypt and you shal be gathered together one and one ô children of Israel †And it shal be in that day a sound shal be made with a great trompet and they that were lost shal come from the land of the Assirians and that were cast out from the land of Aegypt and shal adore our Lord in the holie mount in Ierusalem CHAP. XXVIII Tribulations are threatned to the tenne tribes of Israel for their pride and voluptuosnes 5. God stil protecting some who serue him sincerely 7 and for contempt of Religion 16. But God wil lay a sure fundation in Sion 20. Wil punish the wicked 24. and comforth the good VVOE to the crowne of pride to the drunkards of Ephraim and to the flowre falling downe from the glorie of his exultation which were in the toppe of the most fatte valley erring by wine †Behold our Lord is valiant and strong as the violence of hayle a whirle wind breaking the
violence of manie waters ouerflowing sent forth vpon a large ground †The crowne of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shal be troden vnder feete †And the flowre of the glorie of his exultation which is vpon the toppe of the valley of fatte ones shal be falling as a timely fruite before the ripenesse of autumme which when he that seeth it shal behold as soone as he taketh it in his hand he wil deuoure it †In that day the Lord of hostes shal be a crowne of glorie and a garland of exultation to the residue of his people †and a spirit of iudgement to him that sitteth in iudgement and strength to them that returne out of battel to the gate †But these also haue bene ignorant because of wine and by drunkennes haue erred the priest and the prophete haue bene ignorant because of drunkennes they are swalowed vp with wine they haue erred in drunkennes they haue not knowne him that seeth they haue bene ignorant of iudgement †For al tables were filled with vomiting and filth so that there was no more place †Whom shal he teach knowledge and whom shal he make to vnderstand the thing heard them that are weyned from the milke that are plucked away from the breasts †For command recommand command recommand expect reexpect expect reexpect a litle there a litle there †For in the speach of lippe and in an other tougue he wil speake to his people †To whom he sayd This is my rest refresh the wearie and this is my refreshing they would not heare †And the word of our Lord shal be to them command recommand command recommand expect reexpect expect reexpect a litle there a litle there that they may goe and fal backward and be destroyed and snared and taken †For this cause heare the word of our Lord ye scorneful men which rule ouer my people that is in Ierusalem †For you haue sayd We haue stroken a league with death and with hel we haue made a couenant The scourge ouerflowing when it shal passe shal not come vpon vs because we haue made lying our hope and with lying we are protected †Therfore thus sayth our Lord God Behold I wil send in the foundations of Sion a stone an approued stone a corner stone pretious founded in the foundation He that beleueth let him not make hast †And I wil put iudgement in weight and iustice in measure and haile shal ouerthrow the hope of lying and waters shal ouerflow the protection †And your league with death shal be abolished and your couenant with hel shal not stand when the scourge ouerflowing shal passe you shal be troden downe of it †Whensoeuer it shal passe through it shal take you away because in the morning early it shal passe through in the day and in the night and vexation alone shal geue vnderstanding in the hearing †For the bed is streitened so that one must fal out and a short mantel can not couer both †For our Lord shal stand as in the mount of diuisions as in the valley which is in Gabaon shal he be angrie that he may doe his worke his strange worke that he may worke his worke is strange from him †And now mocke not lest perhaps your bonds be tied strayte For I haue heard of our Lord the God of hostes consummation and abridgement vpon al the earth †Harken with your eares and heare my voice attend and heare my speach †Wil the ploughman plowe al the day to sow wil he cut and harrow his ground †Wil he not when he hath made euen the face therof sprinkle cummine and place the wheate by order and the barley and millet and vetche in their bondes †And his God wil instruct him in iudgement he wil teach him †For gith shal not be threshed with instruments that haue teeth neither shal the wayne wheele turne about vpon cummine but gith shal be beaten out with a rodde and cummine with a staffe †But bread corne shal be broken smal but the thresher shal not thresh it for euer neither shal the wayne wheele vexe it nor breake it with the teeth therof †And this is come forth from our Lord the God of hostes that he might make his counsel meruelous and magnifie iustice CHAP. XXIX The Prophet bewaleth the Iewes destruction 9. for their blinde obstinacie 17. prophecying the Gentiles conuersion VVOE to Ariel Ariel the citie which Dauid ouercame yeare is added to yeare the solemnities are at an end †And I wil make a trench about Ariel and it shal be sorowful moorning and it shal be to me as Ariel †And I wil compasse as a sphere round about thee and wil cast a rampier against thee and place munitions to besiege thee †Thou shalt be humbled thou shalt speake out of the earth and out of the gronnd thy speach shal be heard and thy voice shal be out of the earth as the Pythons and out of the ground thy speach shal mutter †And the multitude of them that fanne thee shal be as smal dust and as issles passing away the multitude of them that haue preuailed agaynst thee †And it shal be sodenly forthwith It shal be visited of the Lord of hostes in thunder and earth quake and with great voice of whirlewind and tempest and with flame of deuouring fyre †And the multitude of al nations that haue fought agaynst Ariel shal be as the dreame of a vision in the night and al that haue waried and beseged preuailed agaynst it †And as he that is hungrie dreameth eateth but when he is awake his soule is emptie as he that is thirstie dreameth and drinketh and after he is awake faint as yet thirsteth and his soule is emptie so shal the multitude be of al the Gentiles that haue fought agaynst mount Sion †Be astonied and meruel wauer and stagger be ye drunke and not of wine be moued not of drunkenes †Because our Lord hath mingled vnto you the spirit of drowsines he wil shut your eyes he wil couer your prophetes and princes that see visions †And the vision of al shal be vnto you as the wordes of a booke sealed which when they shal geue to him that knoweth letters they shal say Read this and he shal answer I can not for it is sealed †And the booke shal be geuen to one that knoweth not letters and it shal be sayd to him Reade and he shal answer I know not letters †And our Lord sayd Because this people approcheth with their mouth and with their lippes glorifieth me but their hart is far from me and they haue feared me by the commandement and doctrines of men †therfore behold I wil adde to make admiration to this people by a great and wonderful miracle for wisdom
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
you as the night of a sanctified solemnitie and ioy of hart as he that goeth with a shaulme to enter into the mount of our Lord to the strong one of Israel †And our Lord shal make the glorie of his voice to be heard and shal shew the terrour of his arme in threatening of furie and flame of deuouring fyre he shal dashe to peeces in whirl winde and in haile stone †For at the voice of our Lord shal Assur feare being stroken with the rod. †And the passage of the rod shal neuer cease which our Lord shal make to rest vpon him in tymbrels and harpes and in principal battels he shal ouerthrow them †For Topheth is prepared since yesterday prepared of the king deepe and wide The nourishments therof fyre much wood the breath of our Lord as a torrent of brinstone kindling it CHAP. XXXI The prophet further bewayleth the Iewes calamitie into which they shal fal for their confederacie with the Aegyptians 5. Yet God wil protect â—erusalem 8. and ouerthrow Senacharib VVOE to them that goe downe into Aegypt for helpe hoping in horses and hauing confidence vpon chariots because they be manie and vpon horsemen because they be very strong and haue not trusted vpon the holie one of Israel haue not sought after our Lord. †But he that is the wise one hath brought euil and hath not taken away his wordes and he wil rise vp against the house of the wicked against the ayde of them that worke iniquitie †Aegypt a man and not God and their horses flesh and not spirite and our Lord shal bowe downe his hand and the helper shal fal and he that is holpen shal fal and they shal al be confounded together †Because thus sayth our Lord to me As if a lion should roare and the lions whelpe vpon his praye when a multitude of shepheards shal come against him he wil not feare at their voice and of their multitude he wil not be afrayd so shal the Lord of hostes descend to fight vpon mount Sion and vpon the litle hil therof †As birdes that flie so wil the Lord of hostes protect Ierusalem protecting and deliuering passing and sauing †Returne as you reuolted deeply ô children of Israel †For in that day man shal cast away the idols of his siluer and the idols of his gold which your handes haue made you into sinne †And Assur shal fal by the sword not of man and the sword not of man shal deuoure him he shal flee not at the face of the sword and his yong men shal be tributaries †and his strength shal passe away at the terrour his princes fleing shal be afrayd our Lord hath sayd it whose fyre is in Sion his fornace in Ierusalem CHAP. XXXII The prophet conforteth the Iewes foreshewing that their king Ezechias wil rule wel and prosper but most especially prophecieth of Christ 9. That they shal be reiected for persecuting him 15. and his Church shal prosper BEHOLD “ the king shal “ reigne in iustice the princes shal rule in iudgement †And a man shal be as he that is hid from the wind and hideth himselfe from a tempest as riuers of waters in drought and the shadow of a rocke that standeth out in a desert ground †The eies of them that see shal not be dimme and the eares of them that heare shal harken diligently †And the hart of fooles shal vnderstand knowlege and the tongue of mafflers shal speake readely and plaine †He that is vnwise shal no more be called prince neither shal the deceitful be called the greater man †for the foole shal speake foolish thinges and his hart shal doe iniquitie that he may worke simulation and speake to our Lord deceitfully and make emptie the soule of the hungrie and take away drinke from the thirstie †The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked for he hath framed deuises to vndoe the meeke with the word of lying when the poore man spake iudgement †But the prince wil thinke these thinges that are worthie of a prince he shal stand aboue the dukes †Ye riche wemen arise and heare my voice ye confident daughters geue eare to my speach †For after dayes a yeare you shal be trubled that haue confidence for the vintage is at an end the gathering wil no more come †Be astonied ye riche wemen be trubled ye confident strippe you and be confounded gird your loynes †Moorne vpon your breasts vpon the countrie worthie to be destroved vpon the fruitful vineyard †Vpon the ground of my people shal thornes and bryars come vp how much more vpon al the houses of ioy of the citie reioycing †For the house is forsaken the multitude of the citie is leaft darkenesse and palpablenesse are made vpon the dennes for euer †The ioy of wilde asses the pastures of flockes vntil the spirit be powred out vpon vs from on high and the desert shal be as charmel and charmel shal be reputed for a forest †And iudgement shal dwel in the wildernes and iustice shal sit in charmel †And the worke of iustice shal be peace and the seruice of iustice silence and securitie for euer †And my people shal sitte in the beautie of peace and in the tabernacles of confidence and in wealthie rest †But haile in falling vpon the forest and the citie shal be humbled with lownesse †Blessed are ye that sow vpon al waters sending in the foote of the oxe and the asse ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXXII 1. The king shal reigne Some expound this whole passage of Ezechias or Iosias kinges of Iuda and of the chiefe princes vnder them but so great effectes as be here prophecied were not fully verified in them but as in figure only of a more excellent king and his principal seruantes that should folovv aftervvards For albeit these vvere very good kinges and had good and vvise counselers gouerners vnder them yet they had not that perfect iudgement nor performed that complete iustice vvherby the subiectes enioyed such peace rest safetie and consolation as be here described by the metaphores and similitudes of men hid from vvinde safe from tempest refreshed vvith waters in their heate and shadovved by a rock from the burning sunne in the desert vvith the like And therfore S Ierom and other Christian Doctors vnderstand it of Christ vvho hath most perfect iudgement and iustice and of his Apostles and other Pastors of his Church vvho by vnction of the Holie Ghost participate more abundantly of Christs grace then did the priestes other rulers in the old testament And so Christian people receiue these benefites of peace rest protection refreshing in soule conscience other spiritual comfortes in Christ by the mysteries of the nevv Testament vvhich the faithful of the old Testament could not receiue by their kinges
princes nor by priestes and prophets of that time The same vve might deduce of innumerable other places of this other Prophetes but it is not our * purpose to explicate much in this Edition 1. Reigne in iustice and rule in iudgement Here also to auoide prolixitie vve may once note that these vvordes Iudgement and Iustice haue a saâ—â—e other higher and more excellent signification in holie Scriptures vvhere they most frequently occurre then in prophane vvritings and natural or moral philosophical discourses For Philosophers such as Plato and Aristotel could reach no further then to natural reason vvhich they called right iudgement and to moral equitie vvhich in general they named iustice But the Holie Ghost by these vvordes reueleth most high spiritual mysteries knovven by faith most comfortable to mens soules releeuing and refreshing the consciences of penitents in this life replenishing the iust vvith vnspeakable gladnes in eternal glorie Therfore in the sense vsual in holy Scripture Iudgement is the act of the mind or vnderstanding discerning what is right iust agreing to reason And Iustice is the rectitude of the vvil doing conformably to right direction of the mind or vnderstanding And so these wordes are applied to signifie both Gods and iust mens actions As that vvhich God mercifully decreed in eternitie and promised after the fal of man to do for mankind as conuenient for his Diuine Povvre VVisdom Iustice Mercie Goodnes vvith al the meanes vvhich he ordained for effecting the same is called his Iudgement and the performing and accomplishment therof so saâ—re as is of his part is called his Iustice Also that vvhich anie man discusseth discerneth and determineth in his vnderstanding as right or reasonable in supernatural thinges is called his spiritual iudgement and that vvhich he doth of his freevvil according to the same right iudgement is called his iustice So in this place the Prophet forshevveth that Christ our Kingvvil reigne in iustâ—â—â— that is performe and fulfil al that he as God vvith the Father the Holie Ghost decreed for Redemption Iustification and Salâ—ation of men And the princes his Apostles and other Pastors shal rule in iudgement that is discerne and iudge vvhat is right and good for themselues and the people in respect of their soules and eternal saluation CHAP. XXXIII Sennacherib beseeging and threatning Ierusalem shal be ouerthrowne by Angels 13. that both wicked arrogant infidels may feele the hand of God and faithful sinners repenting after great terror be comforted VVOE to thee that spoilest shalt not thy selfe also be spoiled and that despisest shalt not thy self also be despised when thou shalt haue ended spoyling thou shalt be spoyled when being wearied thou shalt cease to contemne thou shalt be contemned †O Lord haue mercie vpon vs for we haue expected thee be our arme in the morning and our saluation in the time of our tribulation †At the voice of the Angel the peoples fled and at thy exaltation the nations are dispersed †And you spoiles shal be gathered together as the locust is gathered as when the ditches shal be ful therof †Our Lord is magnified because he hath dwelt on high he hath filled Sion with iudgement and iustice †And there shal be fayth in thy times riches of saluation wisdom and knowlege the feare of our Lord that is his treasure †Behold they that see shal crie without the angels of peace shal weepe bitterly †The wayes are dissipated the passenger by the path hath ceased the couenant is made frustrate he hath reiected the cities he hath not estemed the men †The land hath moorned and languished Libanus is confounded and become foule and Saron is made as a desert and Basan is shaken Carmel †Now wil I rise vp sayth our Lord now wil I be exalted now wil I be lifted vp †You shal conceiue heate you shal bring forth stubble your spirit as fire shal deuoure you †And the peoples shal be as ashes of a great fyre thornes gathered together shal be burned with fyre †Heare ye that are far of what thinges I haue done and ye that are neere know my strength †The sinners are terrified in Sion trembling hath possessed the hypocrites Which of you can dwel with deuouring fyre which of you shal dwel with euerlasting heates †He that walketh in iustices and speaketh truth that casteth away auarice of oppression and shaketh his handes from al gift that stoppeth his eares lest he heare bloud and shutteth his eyes that he may see no euil †This man shal dwel on high the munitions of rockes shal be his highnes bread is geuen to him his waters are faithful †His eies shal see the king in his beautie they shal see the land farre of †Thy hart shal meditate feare where is the lerned where is he that pondereth the wordes of the law where the teacher of litle ones †The vnwise people thou shalt not see the people of profound speach so that thou canst not vnderstand the eloquence of his tongue in whom there is no wisdome †Looke vpon Sion the citie of our solemnitie thine eies shal see Ierusalem a rich habitation a tabernacle that can not be transferred neither shal the nailes therof be taken away for euer and al the cordes therof shal not be broken †because onlie there our Lord is magnifical a place of floudes riuers most brode and wide no shippe of rowers shal passe by it neither shal the great galley passe thereby †For the Lord is our iudge the Lord is our lawmaker the Lord is our king he wil saue vs †Thy cordes are loosed and they shal not preuaile thy mast shal be so that thou canst not spred the signe Then shal the spoiles of manie prayes be diuided the lame shal take the spoile †Neither shal the neighbour say I am feble The people that dwelleth therein iniquitie shal be taken away from them CHAP. XXXIIII A prophecie of the destruction of the whole world at the day of Iudgement 5. and in particular of I dumeâ— 9. Ierusalem as figures therof COME neere ye Gentiles and heare and ye peoples attend let the earth heare the fulnes therof the round world and euerie spring therof †Because the indignation of our Lord is vpon al Gentiles and furie vpon al their hostes he hath killed them geuen them into slaughter †Their slaine shal be cast forth and out of their carcasâ—es shal rise a stinche the mountaines shal melt with their bloud †And al the host of the heauens shal melt away and the heauens shal be folded together as a booke and al their host shal fal away as the leafe falleth from the vine and from the figge tree †Because my sword is inebriated in heauen behold it shal descend vpon Idumaea and vpon the peoples of my slaughter to iudgement †The sword of
of his owne wineyard and euerie man of his owne figtree and drinke ye euerie man the water of his owne cesterne †til I come and take you away to a land that is as your owne a land of corne and of wine a land of bread and vineyards †Neither let Ezechias truble you saying Our Lord wil deliuer vs. Why haue the goddes of the nations deliuered euerie one their land out of the hand of the king of Assyrians †Where is the god of Emath and Arphad where is the god of Sepharuaim haue they deliuered Samaria out of my hand †Who is there of al the goddes of these landes which hath deliuered their land out of my hand that the Lord can deliuer Ierusalem out of any hand †And they held their peace and answered him not a word For the king had commanded saying Answer him not †And Eliacim the sonne of Helcias that was ouer the house and Sobna the scribe and Ioahe the sonne of Asaph the commenter went in to Ezechias their garments rent and told him the wordes of Rabsaces CHAP. XXXVII King Ezechias requesteth the prayers of Isaie the prophet 6. who assureth the king of Gods helpe 8. In the meane time the enimies threatening and blaspheming 14. King Ezechias prayeth 21. God promiseth to protect Ierusalem 36 and by an Angel killeth in one night an hundred eigtiefiue thousand Assirians 37. Their king returneth to Niâ—â—ue and is slaine by his owne sonnes AND it came to passe when king Ezechias had heard it he rent his garments and was wrapped in sackcloth entred into the house of our Lord. †And he sent Eliacim which was ouer the house and Sobna the scribe and the ancients of the priestes couered with sackclothes to Isaie the sonne of Amos the prophete †and they sayd to him Thus sayth Ezechias This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke and of blasphemie because the children are come euen to the birth and there is not strength to bring forth †If by any meanes our Lord thy God wil heare the wordes of Rabsaces whom the king of Assyrians his Lord hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God to vpbraide with words which our Lord thy God hath heard lift vp prayer therfore for the remnant that are left †And the seruaÌ„ts of Ezechias came to Isaie †And Isaie sayd to them Thus shal you say to your master Thus saith our Lord Feare not at the face of the wordes which thou hast heard where with the seruants of the king of the Assyrians haue blasphemed me †Behold I wil geue him a spirit and he shal heare a message and shal returne to his countrie and I wil make him fal by the sword in his owne countrie †And Rabsaces returned and found the king of Assyrians fighting agaynst Lobna For he heard that he was departed from Lachis †and he heard of Tharaca the king of Aethiopia them that sayd He is come forth to fight agaynst thee Which when he had heard he sent messengers to Ezechias saying †Thus shal you say to Ezechaias the king of Iuda speaking Let not thy God deceiue thee in whom thou hast confidence saying Ierusalen shal not be geuen into the hand of the king of the Assyrians †Loe thou hast heard al thinges the kinges of the Assyrians haue done to al countries which they haue subuerted and canst thou be deliuered †Why haue the goddes of the nations deliuered them whom my fathers haue subuerted Gozam and Haram and Reseph and the children of Eden that were in Thalassar †Where is the king of Emath and the king of Arphad and the king of the citie of Sepharuaim of Ana Aua †And Ezechias tooke the letters of the hand of the messengers and read them and went vp into the house of our Lord and Ezchias layd them open before our Lord †And Ezchias prayed to our Lord saying †O Lord of hostes God of Israel which sittest vpon the Cherubs thou art the onlie God of al the kingdomes of the earth thou hast made heauen and earth †Incline ô Lord thine eare and heare open ô Lord thine eies and see and heare al the wordes of Sennacherib which he hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God †For in verie deede ô Lord the kinges of the Assyrians haue made landes desolate and the countries of the same †And they haue geuen their goddes to fyre for they were not goddes but the workes of mens handes wood stone they brake them in peeces †And now ô Lord our God saue vs out of his hand and let al the kingdomes of the earth knowe that thou onlie art the Lord. †And Isaie the sonne of Amos sent to Ezechias saying Thus sayth our Lord the God of Israel For the thinges that thou praied me concerning Sennacherib the king of Assyrians †this is the word which our Lord hath spoken vpon him The virgin daughter of Sion hath despised thee and scorned thee the daughter of Ierusalem hath wagged the head after thee †Whom hast thou vpbrayded and whom hast thou blasphemed and vpon whom hast thou exalted voice and lifted vp the height of thine eies To the holie one of Israel †By the hand of thy seruants thou hast vpbrayded our Lord and hast sayd In the multitude of my chariotes haue I climed the height of mountaynes the toppes of Libanus and I wil cut downe the high cedres therof the chosen firre trees therof and wil enter to the toppe of the height therof to the forest of his Carmel †I haue digged and drunken the water and haue dried vp with the steppe of my foote al the riuers of the rampiers †Why hast thou not heard what I haue done to him of old from ancient daies haue I formed it and now I haue brought it to effect and it is made to the rooting out of litle hilles bickering together and of sensed cities †The inhabitants of them with shortened hand haue trembled and are confounded they are become as hay of the field and grasse of the pasture ground and herbe of the house toppes which hath withered before it was ripe †I haue knowen thy habitation and thy going out and thy coming in and thy madnes agaynst me †When thou didstrage agaynst me thy pride ascended into mine eares therfore I wil put a ring in thy nosthrels and a bitte in thy lippes wil bring thee backe into the way by which thou camest †But to thâ—e this shal be a signe eate this yeare the thinges that grow of themselues and in the second yeare eate fruites but in the third yeare sow and reape plant vineyards and eate the fruite of them †And that which shal be saued of the house of Iuda and which is leaft shal take roote downeward and shal beare fruite vpward †because out of Ierusalem there shal a remnant goe forth and saluation from mount
thinges of old I haue declared and they proceded out of my mouth and I haue made them to be heard sodenly I haue wrought and they came †For I knew that thou art stubburne and thy necke is an yron sinew and thy forehead of brasse †I foretold thee of old before they came I told thee lest perhaps thou shouldest say My idols haue done these thinges and my sculptils and moltens haue commanded these thinges †See al the thinges which thou hast heard but haue you declared them I haue made thee know new thinges of old and the thinges are kept which thou knowest not †now they are created and not of old and before the day and thou heardest them not lest perhaps thou mighrest say Behold I knewe them †Thou hast neither heard nor knowen neither was thyne eare opened of old For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgresse and I haue called thee a transgressour from the wombe †For my names sake I wil make my furie far of and for my prayse I wil bridle thee that thou perish not †Behold I haue fined thee but not as siluer I haue chosen thee in the fornace of pouertie †For myself for my self wil I do it that I be not blasphemed and I wil not geue my glorie to an other †Heare me ô Iacob and thou Israel whom I cal I the same I the first I the last †My hand also hath founded the earth and my right hand hath measured the heauens I shal cal them and they shal stand together †Assemble ye together al you and heare which of them hath shewed these thinges The Lord hath loued him he wil do his wil in Babylon and his arme in the Chaldees †I euen I haue spoken and called him I haue brought him and his way is directed †Come ye to me and heare this I haue not spoken in secrete from the begynning from the time before it was done I was there and now the Lord God hath sent me and his spirite †Thus sayth our Lord thy redemer the holie one of Israel I the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable thinges that gouerne thee in the way that thou walkest †I would thou hadst attended to my commandments thy peace had bene as a floud and thy iustice as the waues of the sea †And thy seede had bene as the sand and the stocke of thy wombe as the grauel stones therof his name had not perished neither had it bene destroyed from before my face †Come forth out of Babylon flee from the Chaldees shew it forth in the voice of exultation make this to be heard and speake it out euen to the endes of the earth Say Our Lord hath redemed his seruant Iacob †They thirsted not in the desert when he brought them forth water out of the rocke he brought forth to them and he cloue the rocke and there flowed waters †There is no peace to the impious sayth our Lord. CHAP. XLIX Christ shal lead the Gentiles to saluation euen of the ilandes and vttermost partes of the world 10. By him the faithful shal receiue much grace 14. and comforth 18. The Church stil increasing 21. admiring herowne felicitie 25. and the destruction of her enimies HEARE ye ilands and attend ye peoples from a farre The Lord hath called me from the wombe from my mothers bellie he hath bene mindful of my name †And he hath made my mouth as a sharpe sword in the shadow of his hand he hath protected me hath made me as a chosen arrow in his quiuer he hath hidden me †And he sayd to me Thou art my seruant Israel because in thee wil I glorie †And I sayd I haue laboured in vayne without cause and in vayne haue I spent my strength therfore my iudgement is with the Lord and my worke with my God †And now sayth the Lord that formed me from the wombe to be his seruant that I may reduce Iacob vnto him and Israel wil not be gathered together and I am glorified in the eies of the Lord and my God is made my strength †And he sayd It is a smal thing that thou shouldest be my seruant to rayse vp the tribes of Iacob and to conuert the dregges of Israel Behold I haue geuen thee to be the light of the Gentiles that thou mayst be saluation euen to the fardest part of the earth †Thus sayth our Lord the redemer of Israel the holie one therof to the contemptible soule to the nation that is abhorred to the seruant of lordes kinges shal see princes shal rise adore for our Lords sake because he is faythful for the holie one of Israel who hath chosen thee †Thus sayth our Lord In time acceptable I haue heard thee and in the day of saluation I haue holpen thee and I haue kept thee and geuen thee to be a couenant of the people that thou mightest rayse vp the land and possesse the inheritances dissipated †that thou mightest say to them that are bound Come forth to them that are in darknesse Be ye discouered Vpon the wayes shal they feede their pastures shal be in al plaines †They shal not hunger nor thirst heate and sunne shal not strike them because he that is merciful to them shal gouerne them and al the fountaines of waters shal geue them drinke †And I wil make al my mountaines to be a way my pathes shal be exalted †Behold these shal come from farre behold they from the North and the sea and these from the South countrie †Ye heauens prayse and earth reioyce ye mountaynes geue prayse with iubilation because our Lord hath comforted his people and wil haue mercie on his poore ones †And Sion sayd Our Lord hath forsaken me our Lord hath forgotten me †Why can a woman forget her infant that she wil not haue pitie on the sonne of her wombe And if she should forget yet wil not I forget thee †Behold I haue writen thee in my handes thy walles are before myne eies alwayes †Thy builders are come they that destroy thee and dissipate thee shal goe out of thee †Lift vp thine eies round about and see al these are gathered together they are come to thee I liue saith our Lord for thou shalt be clothed with al these as with an ornament and as a bride thou shalt put them about thee †Because thy deserts and thy solitarie places and the land of thy ruine shal now be straite by reason of the inhabitants and they shal be chased far away that swalowed thee vp †As yet shal the children of thy barrennesse say in thine eares The place is straite for me make me space to dwel †And thou shalt say in thy hart Who hath begot me these I am barren not bearing ledde into transmigration and captiue
and these who hath brought vp I destitute and alone these where were they †Thus sayth our Lord God Behold I wil lift vp my hand to the Gentiles to the peoples I wil exalt my signe And shal carie thy sonnes in their armes and thy daughters vpon their shoulders †And kinges shal be thy nourcing fathers queenes thy nources with countenance cast downe toward the ground they shal adore thee they shal licke vp the dust of thy feete And thou shalt know that I am the Lord vpon whom they shal not be confounded that expect him †Shal a praye be taken from the strong or can that which was caught of the mightie be saued †Because thus sayth our Lord Yea verely euen the captiuitie shal be taken away from the strong and that which was taken by the mightie shal be saued But those that haue iudged thee wil I iudge and thy children I wil saue †And I wil feede thine enemies with their owne flesh and as with new wine so shal they be embrewed with their owne bloud and al flesh shal know that I am the Lord that saue thee and thy redemer the mightie one of Iacob CHAP. L. The Sinagogue shal be diuorced for her iniquities 4. Christ wil omite no ordinarie meanes but for her sake wil indure ignominious afflictions 10. Al which she contemning shal perish THVS sayth our Lord What is this bill of the diuorce of our mother wherwith I haue dismissed her or who is my creditour to whom I sold you Loe you are solde for your wicked deedes I haue dismist your mother †Because I came and there was not a man I called and there was none that would heare Why is myne hand abridged and made a litle one that I can not redeme or is there no strength in me to deliuer Behold in my rebuke I wil make the sea desert I wil turne the floodes into drie land the fishes shal rot without water and shal dye for thirst †I wil clothe the heauens with darknes and wil make sackcloth their couering †The Lord hath geuen me a learned tongue that I may know to stay him vp that is wearie with a word he stirreth vp in the morning in the morning he stirreth vp mine eare that I may heare him as a master †The Lord God hath opened mine eare and I doe not gaynsay I am not gone backward †I haue geuen my bodie to the strikers my cheekes to the pluckers I haue not turned away my face from the rebukers spitters †The Lord God is mine helper therfore am I not confounded therfore haue I set my face as a most hard rocke and I know that I shal not be confounded †He is neere that iustifieth me who shal gaynesay me let vs stand together who is myne aduersarie let him come to me †Behold the Lord God my helper who is he that shal condemne me Loe they shal al be destroyed as a garment the mothe shal eate them †Which of you feareth our Lord heareth the voice of his seruant who hath walked in darkenes and hath no light let him hope in the name of our Lord and leane vpon his God †Loe al you doe kindle a fyre are compassed with flames walke in the light of your fyre and in the flames which you haue kindled of my hand is this done to you you shal sleepe in sorrowes CHAP. LI. God encoregeth Sion to trust in his promised comfort◠by example of Abraham 3. For the spiritual Sion the Church of Christ shal receiue much grace by his Euangelical law 12. and her children shal not feare persecution nor be ouercome 23. but her enemies shal faile HEARE me ye that folow that which is iust and that seeke our Lord attend to the rocke whence you are hewen out to the caue of the lake from the which you are cut out †Attend to Abraham your father and to Sara that bare you because I called him alone and blessed him multiplied him †Our Lord therfore wil comfort Sion and wil comfort al the ruines therof and he wil make her desert as delicacies and her wildernes as the garden of our Lord. Ioy and gladnes shal be found in it geuing of thankes and voice of prayse †Attend vnto me ô my people and my tribe heare ye me because a law shal proceede from me and my iudgement shal rest to be a light of the peoples †My iust one is nigh at hand my sauiour is gone forth and mine armes shal iudge peoples the ilands shal expect me and shal patiently wayte for mine arme †Lift vp your eies into heauen and looke downe to the earth beneath because the heauens shal melt as smoke and the earth shal be worne away as a garment and like to these thinges shal the inhabitants therof perish but my saluation shal be for euer and my iustice shal not faile †Heare me ye that know that which is iust my people which haue my law in their hart feare ye not the reproch of men and be not afrayd of their blasphemies †For as a garment so shal the worme eate them and as wool so shal the moth deuoure them but my saluation shal be for euer and my iustice vnto generations of generations †Arise arise put on strength ô arme of our Lord arise as in the old dayes in the generations of worldes Hast not thou striken the proude wounded the dragon †Hast not thou dried the sea the water of the vehement which madest the depth of the sea a way that the deliuered might passe †And now they that are redemed of our Lord shal returne and shal come into Sion praysing and ioy euerlasting vpon their heades they shal possesse ioy and gladnes sorrow and mourning shal flee away †I euen I my self wil comfort you who art thou that thou shouldest be afrayd of a mortal man and of the sonne of man which as grasse so shal wither †And thou hast forgotten our Lord thy maker which stretched out the heauens and founded the earth and thou hast bene afrayd continually al the day at the face of his furie which afflicted thee and had prepared to destroy where is now the furie of the affliction †He shal quickly come going to open and he shal not kil vnto vtter destruction neither shal his bread faile †But I am the Lord thy God which truble the sea and the waues therof doe swel the Lord of hostes is my name †I haue put my wordes in thy mouth and in the shadow of my hand I haue protected thee that thou mightest plant the heauens and found the earth mightest say to Sion Thou art my people †Be lifted vp be lifted vp arise Ierusalem which hast drunken of the hand of our Lord the cuppe of his wrath euen to the botome of the cuppe of drousines hast thou
drunke euen to the dregges †There is none that can vphold her of al the children that she hath borne and there is none that taketh her by the hand of al the children that she hath brought vp †There are two thinges which haue happened to thee who shal be sorie for thee Spoile and destruction and famine and the sword who shal comfort thee †Thy children are throwen forth they haue slept in the head of alwayes as the orix that is snared ful of the indignation of our Lord of the rebuke of thy God †Therefore heare this poore little one and drunken not of wine †Thus sayth thy dominatour our Lord and thy God who hath fought for his people Behold I haue taken out of thy hand the cuppe of drousines the botome of the cuppe of mine indignation thou shalt not adde to drinke it any more †And I wil put it in their hand that haue humbled thee and haue sayd to thy soule Bow downe that we may passe ouer and thou hast layd thy bodie as the ground and as a way to them that passe ouer CHAP. LII The prophet alluding to the deliuerie of Sion and Ierusalem from Babylonical captiuitie sturreth vp the Church of Christ to reioyce for the deliuerie from sinne 7. which Christs Apostles preached 10. with great fruite in al nations ARISE arise put on thy strength ô Sion put on the garments of thy glorie ô Ierusalem the citie of the holie one because the vncircumcised and vncleane shal adde no more to passe by thee †Be shaken out of the dust arise sit vp Ierusalem loose the bonds of thy necke ô captiue daughter of Sion †Because thus sayth our Lord You were sold for nought and without siluer you shal be redemed †Because thus sayth our Lord God My people went downe into Aegypt at the beginning to be a seiourner there and Assur without any cause did oppresse them †And now what haue I here sayth our Lord because my people is taken away for nought Their rulers doe vniustly sayth our Lord and continually al the day my name is blasphemed †For this cause shal my people know my name in that day because I myself that spake loe am present †How beautiful vpon the mountaines are the feete of him that euangelizeth preacheth peace of him that telleth good preaching health that sayeth to Sion Thy God shal reigne †The voice of thy watchemen they haue lifted vp their voice they shal prayse together because eie to eie they shal see when our Lord shal conuert Sion †Reioyce prayse together ye deserts of Ierusalem because our Lord hath comforted his people he hath redemed Ierusalem †Our Lord hath prepared his holie arme in the sight of al the Gentiles and al the endes of the earth shal see the saluation of our God †Depart depart goe ye out from thence touch not a polluted thing goe out of the middes of her be cleansed ye that carie the vesseles of our Lord. †Because you shal not goe out in tumult neither with flight shal you make hast for our Lord wil goe before you and the God of Israel wil gather you together †Behold my seruant shal vnderstand he shal be exalted and shal be lifted vp and shal be exceding high †As manie haue bene astoined vpon thee so shal his looke among men be inglorious and his forme among the sonnes of men †He shal sprinkle manie nations kinges shal shut their mouthe vpon him because they to whom it was not told of him haue sene and they that heard not haue beheld CHAP. LIII Al wil not beleue Christs Gospel to whom it shal be preached 2. as the mysterie of his ignominious death for al mens sinnes 7. which he wil suffer most mekely 10. for which his name shal be glorified in al places VVHO hath beleued our hearing and the arme of our Lord to whom is it reueled †And he shal come vp as a yong spring before him and as a roote from a thirstie ground there is no beautie in him nor comelinesse and we haue sene him and there was no sightlines and we were desirous of him †Despised and most abiect of men a man of sorowes and knowing infirmitie and his looke as it were hid and despised whereupon neither haue we estemed him †He surely hath borne our infirmities and our sorowes he hath caried and we haue thought him as it were a leper and striken of God and humbled †But he was wounded for our iniquities he was broken for our sinnes the discipline of our peace vpon him and with the waile of his stripe we are healed †Al we haue strayed as sheepe euerie one hath declined into his owne way and our Lord hath put vpon him the iniquitie of al vs. †He was offered because him self would and opened not his mouth as a sheepe to slaughter shal he be led and as a lambe before his shearer he shal be dumme and shal not open his mouth †from distresse and from iudgement he was taken vp who shal declare his generation because he is cut out of the land of the liuing for the wickednes of my people haue I striken him †And he shal geue the impious for his burial and the riche for his death because he hath not done iniquitie neither was there guile in his mouth †And our Lord would breake him in infirmitie if he shal put away his soule for sinne he shal see seede of long age and the wil of our Lord shal be directed in his hand †For that his soule hath laboured he shal see and be filled in his knowlege the same my iust seruant shal iustifie manie and he shal beare their iniquities †Therefore wil I distribute vnto him verie manie and he shal diuide the spoiles of the strong for that he hath deliuered his soule vnto death and was reputed with the wicked and he hath borne the sinnes of manie and hath prayed for the transgressours CHAP. LIIII Gentiles who were barren shal multiplie in the Church of Christ 10. from which Gods mercie shal neuer be separated PRAISE ô barren woman which bearest not sing prayse and make ioyful noyse which didst not beare because manie are the children of the desolate more then of her that hath a husband saith our Lord. †Enlarge the place of thy tent and stretch out the skinnes of thy tabernacles spare not make long thy coardes and fasten thy nailes †For thou shalt penetrate to the right hand and to the left and thy seede shal inherite the Gentiles and shal inhabite the desolate cities †Feare not because thou shalt not be confounded nor blush for thou shalt not be ashamed because thou shalt forget the confusion of thy youth and the reproch of thy widowhood thou shalt remenber no more †Because he shal rule ouer thee that made thee the
conceiued labour and brought forth iniquitie †They haue broken the egges of aspes and haue wouen the spiders webbes he that shal eate of their egges shal die and that which is nourished shal be hatched into a cockatrice †Their webbes shal not be for clothing neither shal they be couered with their workes their workes are vnprofitable workes and the worke of iniquitie is in their handes †Their feete runne to euil hasten to shede innocent bloud their cogitations are vnprofitable cogitations waste and destruction are in their wayes †They haue not knowen the way of peace and there is no iudgement in their steppes their pathes are become croked to them euerie one that treadeth in them knoweth not peace †For this cause is iudgement far from vs iustice shal not apprehend vs. We expected light and behold darkenesse brightnes we haue walked in darkenes †We haue groped as blind men for the wal and as without eies haue feeled we haue stumbled at noone day as in darkenes in darke places as the dead †We al shal roare as beares and as mourning doues we shal lament We haue expected iudgement and there is none saluation and it is far from vs. †For our iniquities are multiplied before thee and our sinnes haue answered to vs because our wicked doings are with vs our iniquities we haue knowen †to sinne and lie against our Lord and we were turned away so that we went not after our God that we spake calumnie and trangression we conceiued and spake from the hart words of lying †And iudgement was turned backward and iustice stood far of because truth hath fallen downe in the streete and equitie could not enter in †And truth grew into obliuion and he that departed from euil lay open to the praye and our Lord saw and it appeared euil in his eies because there is no iudgement †And he saw that there is not a man and he was astoined because there is none to oppose himself and his owne arme saued to himself and his iustice it self confirmed him †He is clothed with iustice as with a brestplate and is an helmet of saluation on his head he is clothed with garments of reuenge and is couered as with a mantel of zele †As vnto reuenge as it were vnto retribution of indignation to his aduersaries and recompence to his enemies he wil repay the like to the ilandes †And they of the West shal feare the name of our Lord and they of the rysing of the sunne his glorie when he shal come as a violent streame which the spirit of our Lord driueth †and there shal come a redemer to Sion and to them that returne from iniquitie in Iacob sayth our Lord. †This is my couenant with them sayth our Lord My spirit that is in thee and my wordes that I haue put in thy mouth shal not depart out of thy mouth and out of the mouth of thy seede and out of the mouth of thy seedes seede sayth our Lord from this present and for euer CHAP. LX. In the Church of Christ shal shine the light of true faith and sincere charitie 8. which shal be spredde in al nations and continue al times 15. replenished with manie ioyful graces 18. and eternal glorie ARISE be illuminated Ierusalem because thy light is come the glorie of our Lord is risen vpon thee †Because loe darkenes shal couer the earth a mist the peoples but vpon thee shal our Lord arise and his glorie shal be seene vpon thee †And the Gentiles shal walke in thy light and kinges in the brightnes of thy rising †Lift vp thine eies round about and see al these are gathered together they are come to thee thy sonnes shal come from a farre thy daughters shal rise from the side †Then shalt thou see abound and thy hart shal meruel and be enlarged when the multitude of the sea shal be conuerted to thee the strength of Gentiles shal come to thee †The inundation of camels shal couer thee the dromedaries of Madian and Epha al of Saba shal come bringing gold and frakincense and shewing forth prayse to our Lord. †Al the cattel of Cedar shal be gathered together vnto thee the rammes of Nabaioth shal minister to thee they shal be offered vpon my placable altar and I wil glorifie the house of my maiestie †Who are these that flie as cloudes and as doues to their windowes †For the ilandes expect me and the shippes of the sea in the begynning that I may bring thy sonnes from a farre their siluer their gold with them to the name of the Lord thy God and to the holie one of Israel because he hath glorified thee †And the children of strangers shal build thy walles and their kinges shal minister to thee for in mine indignation haue I stricken thee and in my reconciliation haue I had mercie vpon thee †And thy gates shal be open continually day and night they shal not be shut that the strength of the Gentiles may be brought to thee and their kinges may be brought †For the nation and the kingdome that shal not serue thee shal perish and the Gentiles shal be wasted with desolation †The glorie of Libanus shal come to thee the firretree and boxetree and pinetree together to adorne the place of my sanctification and the place of my feete I wil glorifie †And the children of them that humbled thee shal come crouching to thee and al that detracted from thee shal adore the steppes of thy feete and shal cal thee the citie of the Lord Sion of the holie one of Israel †For that thou wast forsaken and hated and there was none that passed by thee I wil make thee to be the pride of worldes a â—oy vnto generation and generation †and thou shalt sucke the milke of the Gentiles and thou shalt be nurced with the tette of kinges and thou shalt know that I am the Lord that saue thee and thy redemer the strong one of Iacob †For brasse I wil bring gold and for yron I wil bring siluer and for wood brasse and for stones yron and I wil make thy visitation peace and thine ouerseers iustice †Iniquitie shal no more be heard in thy land waste and destruction in thy borders and saluation shal occupie thy walles and prayse thy gates †Thou shalt haue the sunne no more to shine by day neither shal the brightnes of the moone lighten thee but the Lord shal be vnto thee for an euerlasting light and thy God for thy glorie †Thy sunne shal goe downe no more and thy moone shal not be diminished because the Lord shal be vnto thee for an euerlasting light and the daies of thy mourning shal be ended †And thy people al iust for euer shal inherite the land the bud
of my planting the worke of mine hand to glorifie †The least shal be into a thousand and the litle one into a most strong nation I the Lord in the time therof wil sodenly doe it CHAP. LXI Christ announceth himself to be sent from heauen to teach the truth to heale and pardon the penitent to comforte the desolate and streingthen the weake 4. whose Apostles shal constantly preach iustice in al the world 10. And his Church shal reioyce THE spirit of the Lord vpon me because the Lord hath annoynted me to preach to the milde he sent me that I should heale the contrite of hart and preach indulgence to the captiues and deliuerance to them that are shut vp †That I should preach the placable yeare to the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God that I might comfort al that mourne †that I might appoint to the mourners of Sion and geue them a crowne for ashes the oyle of ioy for mourning a mantel of prayse for the spirit of sorrowfulnes and they shal be called in it the strong of iustice planting of the Lord to glorifie †And they shal build the desertes from the begynning of the world and shal erect the old ruines and shal repayre the desolate cities that were dissipated in generation and generation †And aliens shal stand and feede your cattel and the children shal be your husbandmen and dressers of the vines †And you shal be called the priestes of the Lord to you it shal be sayd The ministers of our God you shal eate the strength of the Gentiles and in their glorie you shal be proude †For your double confusion and shame they shal prayse their part for this cause shal they receiue duble in their land euerlasting ioy shal be to them †Because I am the Lord that loue iudgement hate robberie in holocaust and I wil geue their worke in truth and make a perpetual couenant with them †And they shal know their seede in the Gentiles and their bud in the middes of peoples al that shal see them shal know them that these are the seede which the Lord hath blessed †Reioycing I wil reioyce in our Lord and my soule shal be ioyful in my God because he hath clothed me with the garments of saluation and with the garment of iustice he hath compassed me as a bridgrome decked with a crowne and as a bride adorned with her iewels †For as the earth bringeth forth her spring and as the garden shooteth forth his seede so shal our Lord God make iustice to spring forth and prayse before al the Gentiles CHAP. LXII The prophet auoucheth that he wil not cease from preaching Christ 4. to whom al nations shal be conuerted 8. whos 's Church shal continew for euer FOR Sion I wil not hold my peace and for Ierusalem I wil not rest til her iust one come forth as brightnes her sauiour be kindled as a lampe †And the Gentiles shal see thy iust one and al kinges thy noble one and thou shalt be called by a new name which the mouth of our Lord shal name †And thou shalt be a crowne of glorie in the hand of our Lord and the diademe of a kingdome in the hand of thy God †Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken and thy land shal no more be called Desolate But thou shalt be called My wil in her and thy land inhabited because it hath wel pleased our Lord in thee and thy land shal be inhabited †For the yong man shal dwel with the virgin and thy children shal dwel in thee And the bridgrome shal reioyce vpon the birde thy God shal reioyce vpon thee †Vpon thy walles Ierusalem I haue appointed watchemen al the day and al the night for euer they shal not hold their peace You that remember our Lord hold not your peace †and geue not silence to him vntil he establish and vntil he make Ierusalem the prayse in the earth †Our Lord hath sworne by his right hand and by the arme of his strength If I shal geue thy wheate any more to be meate for thine enemies and if the strange children shal drinke thy wine wherein thou hast laboured †Because they that shal gather it together shal eate it and shal prayse the Lord and they that carie it together shal drinke it in my holie courtes †Passe ye passe ye through the gates prepare a way for the people make the iourney plaine picke vp the stones and lift vp the signe to the peoples †Behold our Lord hath made heard in the ends of the earth tel the daughter of Sion Behold thy sauiour cometh behold his reward is with him and his worke before him †And they shal cal them The holie people the redemed of our Lord. But thou shalt be called a citie Sought for and not Forsaken CHAP. LXIII Christ is described as a vistorious conquerour ascending into heauen with triumph embrued with bloud 7. For al whose benefites the Prophet rendreth thankes 10. expostulating the peoples ingratitude that prouoked God to wrath VVHO is this that cometh from Edom with died garments from Bosra this beautiful one in his robe going in the multitude of his strength I that speake iustice and am a defender to saue †Why then is thy clothing red and thy garments as theirs that treade in the wine presse †I haue troden the presse alone and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me I haue troden them in my furie and haue troden them downe in my wrath and their bloud is sprinkled vpon my garments and I haue stayned al my rayment †For the day of reuenge is in my hart the yeare of my redemption is come †I looked about there was no helper I sought and there was none to ayde and myne arme hath saued and myne indignation itself hath holpen me †And I haue troden downe the peoples in my furie and haue inebriated them in mine indignation and haue drawen their strength downe to the ground †I wil remember the mercies of our Lord the prayse of our Lord for al thinges that our Lord hath rendred to vs and for the multitude of the good thinges to the house of Israel which he hath geuen them according to his iudulgence and according to the multitude of his mercies †And he sayd But yet is my people children that denie not and he is become their sauiour †In al their tribulation he was not trubled and the angel of his face saued them in his loue and in his indulgence he redemed them and bare them and lifted them vp al the daies of the world †But they prouoked to wrath and afflicted the spirit of his holie one and he was turned to be their enemie and he conquered them †And he remembred the dayes of the world of Moyses and of his people
where is he that brought them out of the sea with the pastours of his flocke Where is he that put in the middes of him the spirit of his holie one †He that brought out Moyses to the right hand by the arme of his maiestie that diuided the waters before them that he might make to himself an euerlasting name †He that brought them out through the depthes as an horse in the desert that stumbled not †As the beast that goeth downe in the plaine filde the spirit of our Lord was their conductor so didst thou bring thy people that thou mightest make thee a name of glorie †Attend from heauen and looke from thy holie habitation of thy glorie where is thy zele and thy strength the multitude of thy bowels and of thy mercies they haue held backe them selues toward me †For thou art our father and “ Abraham hath not knowen vs and Israel hath bene ignorant of vs thou ô Lord art our father our redemer from the begynning is thy name †Why hast thou made vs erre ô Lord from thy waies hast thou hardned our hart that we feared not thee Returne for thy seruants the tribes of thine inheritance †As nothing haue they possessed thy holie people our enemies haue troden downe thy sanctification †We are become as in the begynning when thou didst not rule ouer vs neither was thy name inuocated vpon vs. ANNOTATIONS CHAP. LXIII 16. Abraham hath not knovvne vs. The faithful people considering their ovvne great frequent inueterate sinnes vvith the extreme calamities wherinto they vvere fallen for the same supposed that their progenitor Abraham vvhom God had particularly called out of his countrie Iacob of vvhose tvvelue sonnes the vvhole nation vvas propagated did no longer acknowlege them for their children because they had so greuously offended God vvere not vvorthie of anie fauour Al vvhich notwithstanding yet they hoped in Gods incomparable mercie that his diuine goodnes being Creator of al who had elected them for his peculiar people brought them out of Aegypt and often deliuered them from sundrie afflictions vvould againe reduce them from captiâ—itie and as their merciful father remitte their sinnes and releue their miseries though Abraham Iacob and other Patriarches had iustly reiected them as lost children This being the proper literal sense of this place according to S. Ieroms and other ancient Doctors explication it maketh nothing at al for the old and new heresie of Vigilantius Luther denying that Sainctes in an other life do knovv vvhat is donne in this vvorld For albeit the Patriarches in zele of iustice did not acknovvlege their carnal posteritie because of their great sinnes for their children yet they knevv their state as S. Augustin li. de cura pro mortuis interpreting this and other places of holie Scripture teacheth partly by relation of such as passed from hence to them partly by holie Angels and especially by diuine inspirations As it is clere that Abraham knevv the state of poore Lazarus of the rich glutton describing vvhat ech of them had deserued and consequently receiued Much more both the old Patriarches and al other Sainctes in eternal glorie knovv â—â—h other though neuer sene nor knovvne before in this vvorld as S. Gregorie teacheth li 4 c. 33. Dialogi The glorified Sainctes see also in God that vvhich perteyneth to their clientes that pray vnto them in earth so farre as God doth ordaine more clerly by light of glorie then prophetes see by light of prophecie as S. Augustin teacheth But touching the maner he saith it exceeded the reach of his vnderstanding hovv Martyrs do helpe those vvho it is certaine are holpen by them So discoursing at large of the vncertaine maner shevveth that there is no doubt at al of the thing it selfe that Sainctes in heauen do knovv mortal mens necessities heaâ—e their prayers and helpe them by their intercession and merites vvhich he confirmeth also li. 20. c. 21. cont Faust Tract 8. in Ioan. Ser. 5. de Sanctis Likevvise S. Ierom against Vigilanâ—ius S. Gregorie li. 3. Epist ep â—0 li. 7. ep 126. li. 9. ep 38 and others in manie places CHAP. LXIIII. The Iewes in captiuitie pray to God for release 4. acknowleging his former great benefites and their owne sinnes fleing now to his mercie VVOVLD God thou wouldest breake the heauens in sunder and wouldst descend at thy presence the mountaines should melt away †As the burning of fyre would they melt the waters would burne with fyre that thy name might be made knowen to thine enemies at thy presence the nations should be trubled †When thou shalt doe meruelous thinges we shal not sustayne thou art descended and at thy presence the mountaines are melted †From the begynning of the world they haue not heard nor receiued with the eares the eie hath not seene ô God beside thee what thinges thou hast prepared for them that expect thee †Thou hast mette him that reioyceth and doth iustice in thy waies they shal remember thee behold thou art angrie and we haue sinned we haue bene alwayes in them and we shal be saued †And al we are become as one vncleane and al our iustices as the cloth of a menstrued woman and we haue al fallen as a leafe and our iniquities as the winde haue taken vs away †There is none that inuocateth thy name that ryseth vp and holdeth thee thou hast hid thy face from vs and hast dashed vs in the hand of our iniquitie †And now Lord thou art our father and we clay and thou art our maker and al we the workes of thy handes †Be not angrie ô Lord ynough and remember no more our iniquitie loe regard al we are thy people †The citie of thy holie one is made desert Sion is made desert Ierusalem is become desolate †The house of our sanctification and of our glorie where our fathers praysed thee is turned into the burning of fyre and al our thinges worthie to be desired are turned into ruines †Wilâ— thou vpon these thinges conteyne thyself ô Lord wilt thou hold thy peace and afflict vs vehemently CHAP. LXV The gentiles shal seeke and finde Christ 2. Whom the Iewes wil persecute and shal be reiected only a few reliques reserued 13. So the Church shal multiplie and abound in graces THEY haue sought me that before asked not they haue found that sought me not I said Behold me behold me to a Gentilitie that did not inuocate my name †I haue spred foâ—th mine handes al the day to an incredulous people which goeth in a way not good after their owne cogitations †A people that prouoke me to anger before my face alwayes that immolate in gardens and sacrifice vpon brickes †That dwel in sepulchers and sleepe in temples of idols that eate swines flesh and profane potage in their vessels †That say
hast made to thee let them arise and deliuer thee in the time of thine affliction for according to the number of thy cities were thy goddes ô Iuda †What wil you contend with me in iudgement you haue al forsaken me saith our Lord. †In vaine haue I striken your children they haue not receiued discipline your sworde hath deuoured your prophetes as a wasting lion is your generation †See yee the word of our Lord why am I become a wildernes to Israel or a lateward springing land why then hath my people said We haue reuolted we wil no more come to thee †Wil a virgin forget her ornament or a bride the stomacher of her brest but my people hath forgotten me innumerable daies †Why dost thou endeuour to shew thy way good to seeke loue which moreouer also hast taught thy malices to be thy wayes †And in thy winges is found the bloud of the soules of the poore and innocentes Not in diches haue I found them but in al places which before I haue mentioned †And thou hast said I am without sinne and innocent and therfore let thy furie be turned away from me Beholde I wil contend with thee in iudgement because thou hast said I haue not sinned †How vile art thou become exceedingly iterating thy wayes and thou shalt be confounded of Aegypt as thou art confounded of Assur †For from hence also thou shalt goe and thy handes shal be vpon thy head because the Lord hath destroyed thy confidence and thou shalt haue nothing prosperous therein CHAP. III. I dolaters and other sinners are inuited to repent with promise of remission 6. but neither the kingdome of Israel nor Iuda wil returne 14 God stil calling some Iewes and manie Gentiles come to Christ IT IS commonly said If a man put away his wife and she departing from him marie an other man wil he returne to her anie more shal not that woman be polluted and contaminated but thou hast committed fornication with manie louers neuertheles returne vnto me saith our Lord and I wil receiue thee †Lift vp thine eies direct and see where thou hast not bene polluted thou didest sitte in the waies expecting them as a robber in the wildernes and thou hast polluted the land in thy fornications and in thy malices †For which thing the droppes of rayne were kept back and there was no lateward shower thou haddest an harlots forehead thou wouldest not blush †Therefore at the least from henceforth cal me thou art my father the guide of my virginitie †Why wilt thou be angrie for euer or wilt thou perseuere vnto the end Loe thou hast spoken and hast done euils and hast preuailed †And our Lord said to me in the daies of Iosias the king Hast thou seene what thinges the reuolter Israel hath done she hath gone of herself vpon euerie high mountaine and vnder euerie thicke greene tree and hath fornicated there †And I said when she had done al these thinges Returne to me and she returned not And Iuda her transgressing sister saw †because the rebel Israel had plaied the harlot I had put her away and geuen her a bil of diuorce and Iuda her transgressing sister was not afrayd but went and plaid the harlot also herself †And with the facilitie of her fornication she contaminated the land and plaid the harlot with stone and wood †And in al these thinges Iuda her transgressing sister hath not returned to me in her whole hart but in falsehood saith our Lord. †And our Lord said to me The rebellious Israel hath iustified her soule in comparison of the transgressour Iuda †Goe and crie these wordes against the North and thou shalt say Returne ô rebellious Israel saith our Lord and I wil not returne away my face from you because I am holie saith our Lord and I wil not be angrie for euer †But yet know thou thine iniquitie that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God and thou hast dispersed thy waies to strangers vnder euerie thicke greene tree and hast not heard my voice saith our Lord. †Returne ô ye reuolting children saith our Lord because I am your husband and I wil take you one of a citie and two of a kinred and wil bring you into Sion †And I wil geue you pastours according to my hart and they shal feede you with knowlege and doctrine †And when you shal be multiplied and increase in the land in those daies saith our Lord they shal say no more The Arke of the testament of our Lord neither shal it ascend vpon their hart neither shal they be mindeful thereof neither shal it be visited neither shal that be done anie more †In that time Ierusalem shal be called the throne of our Lord and al Gentiles shal be gathered together to it in the name of our Lord into Ierusalem they shal not walke after the peruersitie of their most wicked hart †In those daies the house of Iuda shal goe to the house of Israel and they shal come together from the land of the North to the land which I gaue to your fathers †But I said How shal I make thee as children and geue thee a land worthie to be desired the goodlie inheritance of the hostes of the Gentiles And I said Thou shalt cal me father shalt not cease to walke after me †But as if a woman should contemne her louer so hath the house of Israel contemned me saith our Lord. †A voice was heard in the waies weeping howling of the children of Israel because they haue made their way vniust they haue forgotten our Lord their God †Returne ye reuolting children and I wil heale your reuoltinges Behold we come to thee for thou art the Lord our God †In verie deede the litle hilles were lyars and the multitude of the mountaines verily in the Lord our God is the saluation of Israel †Confusion hath eaten the labour of our fathers from our youth thei◠flockes and their heards their sonnes and their daughters †We shal sleepe in our confusion and our ignominie shal couer vs because we haue sinned to the Lord our God we and our fathers from our youth euen to this day and we haue not heard the voice of the Lord our God CHAP. IIII. An admonition to sincere repentance and circumcision of the hart 5. with threates of grieuous punishment to those that persist in sinne 19. Which the Prophet foreseing lamenteth the vastation of the land 27. yet mixt with consolation that it shal not be vtterly ruined IF thou wilt returne ô Israel saith our Lord returne to me if thou wilt take away thy stumbling blockes from my face thou shalt not be moued †And thou shalt sweare Our Lord liueth in truth in iudgement and in iustice and the Gentiles shal blesse him shal praise him †For thus saith
Iuda and the bones of the princes thereof and the bones of priests and the bones of the Prophets and the bones of them that inhabite Ierusalem out of their sepulchers †And they shal spread them abrode in the sunne and the moone and al the host of heauen which they haue loued and which they haue serued and after which they haue walked and which they haue sought and adored they shal not be gathered and they shal not be buried they shal be as a dunghil vpon the face of the earth †And they shal choose rather death then life al that shal be remaining of this wicked kinred in al places which are leaft to the which I haue cast them out saith the Lord of hostes †And thou shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord Shal not he that falleth rise againe and he that is turned away shal he not turne againe †Why then is this people in Ierusalem turned away with a contentious reuolting they haue apprehended lying and would not returne †I attended and harkned no man speaketh that which is good there is none that doth penance for his sinne saying What haue I done They are al turned to their owne course as an horse going with violence to battel †The kite in the heauen hath knowen her time the turtle and the swalow and the storke haue obserued the time of their coming but my people haue not knowen the iudgement of the Lord. †How say you We are wise and the law of our Lord is with vs In very deede the lying penne of the Scribes hath wrought lying †The wise are confounded they are terrified taken for they haue cast away the word of our Lord and there is no wisedom in them †Therefore wil I geue their wemen to strangers their fildes to inheritours because from the least euen to the greatest al folow auarice from the prophet euen to the priest al make lies †And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people to ignominie saying Peace peace when there was not peace †They are confounded because they haue done abomination yea rather they are not confounded with confusion and they haue not knowen how to blush therefore shal they fal among them that fal in the time of their visitation they shal fal saith our Lord. †Gathering I wil gather them together saith our Lord there is no grape in the vines and there are no figges on the figtree the leafe is fallen downe and I haue geuen them the thinges that are passed †Why doe we sitte come together and let vs enter into the fenced citie and let vs be silent there because the Lord our God hath made vs to be silent and hath geuen vs water of gaule for drinke for we haue sinned to our Lord. †We expected peace and there was no good a time of medicine and behold feare †From Dan was the snoring noyse of his horses heard with the voice of the neyinges of his fighting horses al the land was moued and they came and deuoured the land and the fulnes thereof the citie and the inhabitants thereof †For behold I wil send you serpents basaliskes for which there is no inchantment and they shal bite you saith our Lord. †My sorow is aboue sorow my hart mourning within me †Behold the voice of the daughter of my people from a farre countrie Is not our Lord in Sion or is not her king in her Why then haue they prouoked me to wrath in their sculptils and in strange vanities †The haruest is past sommer is ended and we are not saued †For the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted and made sorowful astonishment hath taken me †Is there noe rosen in Galaad or is there no phisition there Why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed CHAP. IX The prophet lamenteth the future calamitie of the people and their false dealing ech with others 12. willing al to consider that their wickednes is the cause of their miserie 17. and to mourne 23. and returne to God 25. Who otherwise wil punish both Gentiles and Iewes not circumcised in hart VVHO wil geue water to my head and to mine eies a fountaine of teares and I wil weepe day night for the slaine of the daughter of my people †Who wil geue me in the wildernes an inne of wayfaring men and I wil forsake my people and depart from them because they are al adulterers an assemblie of transgressors †And they haue bent their tongue as a bowe of lying and not of truth they haue taken courege in the land because they haue proceeded from euil to euil and me they haue not knowen saith our Lord. †Let euerie man take heede to himself of his neighbour and in euerie brother of his let him not haue affiance because euerie brother supplanting wil supplant and euerie freind wil walke deceitfully †And man shal scorne his brother and they wil not speake truth for they haue taught their tongue to speake lies they haue laboured to doe vniustly †Thine inhabitation is in the middes of deceipt in deceipte they haue refused to know me saith our Lord. †Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes Behold I wil melt and wil trie them for what els shal I doe at the face of the daughter of my people †Their tongue is a wandring arrow it hath spoken guile in his mouth he hath spoken peace with his freind and secretly he layeth waite for him †Shal I not visite vpon these thinges saith our Lord or vpon such a nation shal not my soule be reuenged †Vpon the mountaines I wil take vp weeping and lamentation vpon the beautiful places of the desert mourning because they are burnt for that there is not a man that passeth through they haue not heard the voice of the owner from the foule of the ayre vnto the beastes they are gone away and departed †And I wil make Ierusalem to be heapes of sand and dennes of dragons and I wil geue the cities of Iuda into desolation because there is not an inhabiter †Who is a wise man that can vnderstand this and to whom the word of the mouth of our Lord may be made that he may declare this why the earth hath perished and is burnt as a desert because there is none that passeth through †And our Lord said Because they haue forsaken my law which I gaue them and haue not heard my voice and haue not walked in it †And they haue gone after the peruersitie of their owne hart and after Baalim which they learned of their fathers †Therfore thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Behold I wil feede this people with worme wood and geue them water of gaule to drinke †And I wil disperse them in the Nations which they and their fathers haue not knowen and I wil
ye the transmigration which I haue sent out from Ierusalem into Babylon †Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel to Achab the sonne of Colias and to Sedecias the sonne of Maasias which prophecie vnto you in my name falsely Behold I wil deliuer them into the handes of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon and he shal strike them in your eies †And of them a malediction shal be taken vp by al the transmigration of Iuda that is in Babylon saying Our Lord make thee as Sedecias and as Achab whom the king of Babylon fryed in the fire †for that they haue done follie in Israel and committed adulterie with their freindes wiues and haue spoken the word in my name falsely which I commanded them not I am the iudge and the witnes saith our Lord. †And to Semeias the Nehelamite thou shalt say †Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel For that thou hast sent in thy name bookes to al the people that is in Ierusalem and to Sophonias the sonne of Maasias the priest to al the priestes saying †Our Lord hath made thee priest for Ioiada the priest that thou shouldest be ruler in the house of our Lord vpon euerie man rauing and prophecying to put him into the stockes and into prison †And now why hast thou nor rebuked Ieremie the Anathothite which prophecieth vnto you †Because vpon this he hath sent into Babylon to vs saying It is long build ye houses and inhabite them and plant gardens and eate the fruities of them †Sophonias therefore the priest reade this booke in the eares of Ieremie the propher †And the word of our Lord was made to Ieremie saying †Send to al the transmigration saying Thus saith the Lord to Semeias the Nehelamite Because Semeias hath prophecied to you and I sent him not and hath made you to trust in a lie †Therefore thus saith our Lord Behold I wil visite vpon Semeias the Nehelamite and vpon his seede there shal not be vnto him a man sitting in the middes of this people and he shal not see the good that I wil doe to my people saith our Lord because he hath spoken preuarication against our Lord. CHAP. XXX The prophet is commanded to write the same which he preacheth 4. first pensiue thinges 8. Then ioyful 9. Especially in the new Testament when God wil raise Dauid towitte Christ 16. Who shal destroy al enemies 19 And whose Church shal be great glorious and perpetual THIS is the word that was made to Ieremie from our Lord saying †Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel saying Write vnto thee al the wordes that I haue spoken to thee in a booke †For behold the daies come saith our Lord and I wil conuert the conuersion of my people Israel and Iuda saith our Lord and I wil make them returne to the land which I gaue their fathers and they shal possesse it †And these are the wordes that our Lord hath spoken to Israel and to Iuda †Because thus saith our Lord We haue heard a voice of terrour there is feare and no peace †Demand and see if a man beare childe wherefore then haue I seene euerie mans hand vpon his loyne as a woman that is in trauel and al faces are turned into the iaundice †Alas because that is a great day neither is there the like to it and it is the time of tribulation to Iacob and he shal be saued out of it †And it shal be in that day saith the Lord of hostes I wil breake his yoke from of thy necke and wil breake his bandes and strangers shal no more rule ouer him †but they shal serue our Lord their God and Dauid their king whom I wil raise vp to them †Thou therefore my seruant Iacob feare not saith our Lord neither be thou afrayd Israel because loe I wil saue thee out of a farre countrie and thy seede out of the land of their captiuitie and Iacob shal returne and be at rest flow with al good thinges and there shal be none whom he may feare †because I am with thee saith our Lord to saue thee for I wil make a consumation in al the Nations in which I haue dispersed thee but thee I wil not make into consummation but I wil chastice thee in iudgement that thou maist not seme to thy selfe innocent †Because thus saith our Lord Thy wound is vncurable thy stripe is very sore †There is none to iudge thy iudgement to binde it vp there is no prosite of medicines for thee †Al thy louers haue forgoten thee and wil not seeke thee for with the stroke of an enemie I haue striken thee with cruel chastisment for the multitude of thine iniquitie thy sinnes are hardened †What criest thou vpon thine affliction thy sorow is vncurable for the multitude of thine iniquitie and for thine hardned sinnes I haue done these thinges to thee †Therefore al that eate thee shal be deuoured and al thine enemies shal be led into captiuitie and they that waste thee shal be wasted and al thy spoilers wil I geue to the spoile †For I wil close vp thy wound and wil heale thee of thy woundes saith our Lord. Because they haue called thee ô Sion an out cast This is she that had none to seeke after her †Thus saith our Lord Behold I wil conuert the conuersion of the tabernacles of Iacob and wil haue pitie on his houses and the citie shal be built in her high place and the temple shal be founded according to the order thereof †And out of them shal come forth praise and the voice of them that play and I wil multiplie them and they shal not be diminished and I wil glorifie them they shal not be lessened †And his children shal be as from the beginning and his assemblie shal be permanent before me and I wil visite against al that afflict him †And his duke shal be of himself and the prince shal be brought forth from the middes of him and I wil bring him nere and he shal come to me For who is this that applieth his hart to approch vnto me saith our Lord †And you shal be my people and I wil be your God †Behold the whirle wind of our Lord the furie going forth the storme violently falling it shal light vpon the head of the impious †Our Lord wil not turne away the wrath of indignation til he haue done and accomplished the cogitation of his hart in the latter daies you shal vnderstand these thinges CHAP. XXXI God wil reduce Israel from captiuitie 4. and geue them abundance of al thinges 9. after their tribulation 15. Rachel The afflicted Church shal cease from mourning 18. confessing that she is iustly chastised 20. Christ a perfect man shal be conteyned in his mothers wombe 26. He rising from slepe death wil build
his Church 31. with a new couenant 36. that it shal be large and perpetual AT THAT time saith our Lord I wil be the God of al the kindredes of Israel and they shal be my people †Thus saith our Lord The people that remayned from the sword found grace in the desert Israel shal goe to his rest †Our Lord hath appeared to me of long time And in euerlasting charitie haue I loued thee therefore haue I drawen thee taking compassion †And I wil build thee againe and thou shalt be builded ô virgin Israel thou shalt yet be adorned with thy timbrels shal goe forth in the quyre of them that play †Thou shalt yet plant vinyards in the mountaines of Samaria the planters shal plant and til the time come they shal not make vintage †because there shal be a day wherein the watchmen on mount Ephraim shal crie Arise and let vs goe vp vnto Sion to the Lord our God †Because thus saith our Lord Reioyce in gladnes ô Iacob and neye against the head of the Gentiles sound ye and sing and say Saue ô Lord thy people the remnant of Israel †Behold I wil bring them out of the land of the North and wil gather them from the endes of the earth among whom shal be the blinde and the lame the woman with childe and she that beareth childe together a great companie of them that returne hither †They shal come in weepeing and in mercie I wil reduce them and I wil bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way and they shal not stumble in it because I am become a father to Israel and Ephraim is my firstbegotten †Heare the word of our Lord ye Nations shew forth in the ilands that are farre of and say He that dispersed Israel wil gather him and he wil keepe him as the pastour his flocke †For our Lord hath redeemed Iacob and he wil deliuer him out of the hand of the mightier †And they shal come and shal praise in mount Sion and they shal runne together to the good thinges of our Lord for the corne and wine and oile and the increase of cattel and heardes and their soule shal be as a watered garden they shal be hungrie no more †Then shal the virgin reioyce in the quyre the youngmen and old men together and I wil turne their mourning into ioy and wil comfort them and make them ioyful from their sorow †And I wil replenish the soule of the priestes with fatnes and my people shal be filled with my good thinges saith our Lord. †Thus saith our Lord A voice of lamentation is heard on high of the mourning and weeping of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted for them because they are not †Thus saith our Lord Let thy voice cease from weeping and thine eies from teares because there is a reward for thy worke saith our Lord and they shal returne out of the land of the enemie †And there is hope to thy last endes saith our Lord and the children shal returne to their borders †Hearing I heard Ephraim going into trāsmigration Thou hast chastised me and I am taught as a young bullocke not tamed Conuert me and I shal be conuerted because thou art the Lord my God †For after thou didst conuert me I did penance and after thou didst shew vnto me I stroke my thigh I am confounded and ashamed because I haue sustayned the reproch of my youth †Certes Ephraim is an honorable sonne to me certes a delicate childe because since I spake of him as yet wil I remember him Therefore are my bowels trubled vpon him pitying I wil pitie him saith our Lord. †Sette thee a watch tower make vnto thee bitternes direct thy hart into the right way wherein thou hast walked returne ô virgin Israel returne to these thy cities †How long wilt thou be dissolute in deliciousnes ô wandring daughter because our Lord hath created a new thing vpon the earth A WOMAN SHAL COMPASSE A MAN †Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel As yet shal they say this word in the land of Iuda and in the cities thereof when I shal conuert their captiuitie Our Lord blesse thee the beauty of iustice the holie mountaine †and Iudas and al his cities shal dwel in it together the husbandmen and they that driue the flockes †Because I haue inebriated the wearie soule and euerie hungrie soule I haue filled †Therefore I was raised vp as out of a sleepe and I saw and my sleepe was sweete to me †Behold the daies come saith our Lord and I wil sow the house of Israel and the house of Iuda with the seede of men and with the seede of beastes †And as I haue watched vpon them to plucke vp and deface and dissipate destroy and afflict so wil I watch ouer them to build and to plant them saith our Lord. †In those daies they shal say no more The fathers did eate the bitter grape and the teeth of the children are set on edge †But euerie one shal dye in his owne iniquitie euerie man that shal eate the sowre grape his teeth shal be on edge †Behold the daies shal come saith our Lord and I wil make a new couenant with the house of Israel and the house of Iuda †not according to the couenant which I made with their fathers in the day that I tooke their hand to bring them out of the Land of Aegypt the couenāt which they made voide and I had the dominion of them saith our Lord. †But this shal be the couenant that I wil make with the house of Israel after those daies saith our Lord I wil geue my law in their bowels and in their hart I wil write it and I wil be their God and they shal be my people †And a man shal no more teach his neighbour and a man his brother saying Know our Lord for al shal know me from the least of them euen to the greatest saith our Lord because I wil be propicious to their iniquitie and their sinne I wil remember no more †Thus saith our Lord that geueth the sunne for the light of the day the order of the moone and of the starres for the light of the night that trubleth the sea and the waues thereof doe sound the Lord of hostes is his name †If these lawes shal faile before me saith our Lord thee also the seede of Israel shal faile that it be not a nation before me for euer †Thus saith our Lord If the heauens aboue shal be able to be measured and the foundations of the earth beneth to be searched out I also wil cast away al the seede of Israel for al thinges that they haue done saith our Lord. †Behold the daies come saith our Lord
dwelt in his cities †Therefore behold the daies come saith our Lord and I wil make the noise of battel to be heard vpon Rabbath the children of Ammon and it shal be destroyed into an heape and her daughters shal be burnt with fire and Israel shal possesse his possessoures saith our Lord. †Howle Hesebon because Hai is wasted Crie ye daughters of Rabbath gird your selues with clothes of heare mourne and goe about by the hedges because Melchom shal be led into transmigration his priests and his princes together †What gloriest thou in the valleis thy valley hath flowed away ô delicate daughter which didst trust in thy treasures and saidst Who shal come to me †Behold I wil bring tertour vpon thee saith our Lord the God of hostes from al that are round about thee and you shal be dispersed euerie one from an others sight neither shal there be anie to gather together them that flee †And after these thinges I wil make the captiues of the children of Ammon to returne saith our Lord. †To Idumaea Thus saith the Lord of hostes Why is wisedom no more in Theman Counsel is perished from the children their wisedom is become vnprofitable †Flee and turne your backes goe downe into the gulfe ye inhabitantes of Dedan because I haue brought the perdition of Esau vpon him the time of his visitation †If the grape gatherers had come vpon thee they had not left a cluster if theeues in the night they had taken that should suffice them †But I haue discouered Esau I haue reuealed his secrets and he can not be concealed his seede is wasted and his bretheren and his neighbours and he shal not be †Leaue thy pupilles I wil make them liue and thy widowes shal hope in me †For thus saith our Lord Behold they whose iudgement was not to drinke the cuppe drinking shal drinke and shalt thou be left as innocent thou shalt not be innocent but drinking thou shalt drinke †Because I haue sworne by my self saith our Lord that Bosra shal be into desolation and into reproch and into a desert and into malediction and al her citics shal be into euerlasting desolations †I haue heard a bruite from our Lord and a legate is sent to the Nations Gather your selues together and come against her and let vs rise vp into battel †For behold I haue made thee a litle one in the Gentiles contemptible among men †Thine arrogancie hath deceiued thee and the pride of thy hart which dwellest in the caues of the rocke and endeuourest to apprehend the height of the hil when thou shalt exalt thy nest as an eagle thence wil I bring thee downe saith our Lord. †And Idumea shal be desolate euerie one that shal passe by it shal be astonied and shal hisse vpon al the plagues thereof †As Sodome is ouerthrowen and Gomorrha and her neighbours saith our Lord there shal not a man dwel there and there shal no sonne of man inhabite it †Behold as a lion he shal come vp from the pride of Iordan to the strong beautifulnes because I wil make him runne sodenly to her and who shal be a chosen one whom I may appoint ouer her for who is like to me and who shal abide me and who is this pastour that can resist my countenance †Therefore heare ye the counsel of our Lord which he hath taken concerning Edom and his cogitations which he hath thought concerning the inhabitants of Theman If the litle ones of the flocke shal not cast them downe if they shal not destroy their habitation with them †At the voice of their ruine the earth is moued the crie of their voice is heard in the Red sea †Behold he shal come vp as an eagle and flie out and he shal spred his winges ouer Bosra and the hart of the strong of Idumea shal be in that day as the hart of a woman in trauel †To Damascus Emath is confounded and Arphad because they haue heard a verie il bruite they are trubled in the sea for carefulnes it could not be quiet †Damascus is vndone she is turned into flight ttembling hath apprehended her anguish and sorowes haue held her as a woman in trauel †How haue they forsaken the laudable citie the citie of ioy †Therefore shal her yongmen fal in her streetes and al the men of warre shal be silent in that day saith the Lord of hostes †And I wil kindle a fire in the wal of Damascus and it shal deuour the walles of Benadad †To Cedar and to the kingdoms of Asor which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon hath strooken Thus saith our Lord Arise and goe ye vp to Cedar and waste the children of the East †They shal take their tabernacles and their flockes their cortines and al their vessels and their camels they shal take to them and they shal cal vpon them feare round about †Flee yee get away spedely sit in deepe pitts you that inhabite Asor saith our Lord for Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you hath deuised deuises against you †Arise and goe vp to the nation that is quiet and that dwelleth confidently saith our Lord they haue neither doores nor barres they dwel alone †And their camels shal be into spoile and the multitude of beasts for a praye and I wil disperse them into euerie winde which haue their heare powled and from euerie confine of theirs I wil bring destruction vpon them saith our Lord. †And Asor shal be for an habitation of dragons desolate for euer there shal no man tarie there nor sonne of man inhabite it †The word of our Lord that was made to Ieremie the prophet against Aelam in he beginning of the kingdom of Sedecias king of Iuda saying †Thus saith the Lord of hostes Behold I wil breake the bow of Aelam their chife strength †And I wil bring vpon Aelam the foure windes from the foure costes of heauen and I wil scatter them into al these windes there shal not be a nation to which the fugitiues of Aelam shal not come †And I wil make Aelam to feare before his enemies and in the sight of them that seeke their life and I wil bring euil vpon them the wrath of my furie saith our Lord and I wil send the sword after them til I consume them †And I wil set my throne in Aelam and destroy kinges and princes from thence saith our Lord. †But in the last daies I wil cause the captiues of Aelam to returne saith our Lord. CHAP. L. Babylon which afflicteth the Israelites in captiuitie 4. after their reduction into their countrie 8. shal be vtterly destroyed THE word that our Lotd hath spoken of Babylon and the Land of the Chaldees in the hand of Ieremie the prophete †Declare among the Gentiles and make it
heard lift vp a signe proclame and conceale it not say Babylon is taken Bel is confounded Merodach is ouercome their sculptiles are confounded their idoles are ouercome †Because a nation is come vp against them from the North which shal bring her Land into desolation and there shal be none to dwel therein from man euen to beast and they are remoued and gone away †In those daies and in that time saith our Lord the children of Israel shal come they and the children of Iuda together walking and weeping they shal hasten and shal seeke the Lord their God †Into Sion they shal aske the way their faces hitherward They shal come and shal be ioyned to our Lord by an euerlasting couenant which shal by no obliuion be abolished †My people is become a lost flock their pastours haue seduced them and haue made them wander in the mountaynes they haue passed from mountayne to hil they haue frogotten their couch †Al that found them haue eaten them and their enemies said We haue not sinned because they haue sinned to the Lord the beautie of Iustice and to the Lord the expectation of their fathers †Depart out of the middes of Babylon and goe forth out of the land of the Chaldees and be ye as kiddes before the flocke †Because â—oe I rayse vp and wil bring into Babylon an assemblie of great nations from the land of the North and they shal be prepared against her and thereby she shal be taken his arrow as a valiant mans that is a killer shal nor returne voide †And Chaldea shal be for a praye al that waste it shal be filled saith our Lord. †Because you reioyce and speake great thinges spoyling mine inheritance because you are powred out as calues vpon the grasse and you haue belowed as bulles †Your Mother is confounded exceedingly and made euen with the dust she that bare you behold she shal be the last among the Gentiles desolate without accesse and drie †Of the wrath of our Lord it shal not be inhabited but shal be brought wholly into desolation euerie one that shal passe by Babylon shal be astonied and shal hisse vpon al the plagues thereof †Be prepared against Babylon round about al ye that bend bow ouerthrow her spare not arrowes because she hath sinned to our Lord. †Crie against her she hath geuen the hand euerie where her foundations are fallen her walles are destroyed because it is the vengeance of our Lord. Take vengeance of her as she hath done so doe to her †Destroy the sower ouâ— of Babylon and him that holdeth the sickle in the haruest time at the face of the sword of the doue euerie man shal returne to his people and euerie one shal slee to his owne land †Israel is a flock dispersed lyons haue cast him out first the king of Assur did eate him last this Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon hath spoyled his bones †Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Behold I wil visite the king of Babylon and his land as I haue visited the king of Assur †and I wil bring Israel againe to his habitation and Carmel shal be fed and Basan and in mount Ephraim and Galaad his soule shal be filled In those daies and in that time saith our Lord the iniquitie of Israel shal be sought and it shal not be and the sinne of Iuda and it shal not be found because I wil be propicious to them whom I shal leaue †Ascend vpon the land of them that rule and visite vpon the inhabitants thereof destroy and kil the thinges that are behind them saith our Lord and doe according to al thinges that I haue commanded thee †A voice of battel in the land and great destruction How is the hammer of the whole earth broken and destroyed how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations †I haue snared thee and thou art taken Babylon and thou knewest it not thou art found apprehended because thou hast prouoked our Lord. †Our Lord hath opened his treasure and brought forth the vessels of his wrath because the Lord the God of hostes hath a worke in the land of the Chaldees †Come ye vnto her from the vttermost borders open that they may goe forth that shal tread her downe take the stones out of the way and bring it into heapes and kil her neither let there be anie thing left Destroy al her valiants let them descend into slaughter woe vnto them because their day is come the time of their visitation †A voice of them that flee and of them that haue escaped out of the land of Babylon to tel in Sion the reuenge of the Lord our God the reuenge of his temple †Declare ye against Babylon to verie manie to al that bend bow stand together against her round about and let none escape repay her according to her worke according to al thinges that she hath done doe ye to her because she is erected against our Lord against the holie one of Israel †Therefore shal her yongmen fal in her streetes and al her men of warre shal hold their peace in that day saith our Lord. †Behold I to thee thou prowd one saith our Lord the God of hostes because thy day is come the time of thy visitation †And the prowd shal fal and tumble downe and there shal be none to raise him vp and I wil kindle a fire in his cities and it shal deuoure al thinges round about him †Thus saith the Lord of hostes The children of Israel and the children of Iuda fusteyne calumnie together al that haue taken them hold them they wil not let them goe †Their strong redeemer the Lord of hostes is his name in iudgement wil defend their cause to terrifie the land and to stirre vp the inhabitantes of Babylon †The sword to the Chaldees saith our Lord and to the inhabitants of Babylon and to her princes and to her wise men †The sword to her diuiners who shal be foolish the sword to her valiants who shal be afraid †The sword to his horses and to his chariots and to al the common people that is in the middes of her and they shal be as wemen the sword to her treasures which shal be spoyled †There shal be drought vpon her waters and they shal be dryed vp because it is a land of sculptiles and they glorie in monstrous thinges †Therefore shal the dragons dwel with the foolish murderers and the ostriches shal dwel in it and it shal no more be inhabited for euer neither shal it be built euen to generation and generation †As our Lord ouerthrew Sodom and Gomorrha and the neighbours thereof saith our Lord there shal no man dwel there and sonne of man shal not inhabite it †Behold a people cometh from the North and a great
hath wept in the night and her teares are on her cheekes there is none to comfort her of al her deare ones al her freindes haue despised her and are become her enimies Iudas is gone into transmigration because of affliction and the multitude of bondage she hath dwelt among the Gentiles neither hath she found rest al her persecuters haue apprehended her within the straites The waies of Sion mourne because there are none that come to the solemnitie al her gates are destroyed her priestes sighing her virgins lothsome and herself is oppressed with bitternes Her aduersaries are made in the head her enemies are enriched because our Lord hath spoken vpon her for the multitude of her iniquities her litle ones are led into captiuitie before the face of the afflicter And from the daughter of Sion al her beautie is departed her princes are become as rammes not fynding pastures and they are gone without strength before the face of the pursewer Ierusalem hath remembred the dayes of her affliction and preuarication of al her thinges worthie to be desyred which she had from the daies of old when her people fel in the enimies hand and there was no helper the enemies haue sene her and haue scorned her sabbathes Ierusalem hath sinned a sinne therfore is she made vnstable al that did glorifie her haue despised her because they haue sene her ignominie but she sighing is turned backward Her filthines is on her feete neither hath she remembred her end she is pulled downe excedingly not hauing a comforter see ô Lord mine affliction because the enemie is exalted The enimie hath thrust his hand to al her thinges worthie to be desyred because she hath sene the Gentiles enter into her sanctuarie of whom thou gauest commandment that they should not enter into thy church Al her people sighing and seeking bread they haue geuen al precious thinges for meate to refresh the soule see ô Lord and consider because I am become vyle O al ye that passe by the way attend and see if there be sorow like to my sorow because he hath made vintage of me as our Lord hath spoken in the day of the wrath of his furie From on high he hath cast a fyre in my bones and hath taught me he hath spred a net for my feete he hath turned me backward he hath made me desolate al the day consumed with sorow The yoke of mine iniquities hath watched they are folded together in his hand and put vpon my necke my strength is weakened our Lord hath geuen me into the hand from which I can not rise Our Lord hath taken away al my magnifical ones out of the middes of me he hath called a time against me to destroy mine elect our Lord hath troden the winepresse to the virgin the daughter of Iuda Therfore am I weeping and mine eye shedding teares because a comforter is made far from me conuerting my soule my children are become desolate because the enemie hath preuayled Sion hath spred forth her handes there is none to comfort her our Lord hath commanded against Iacob round about him are his enemies Ierusalem is become as a woman polluted with menstrous floores among them Our Lord is iust because I haue prouoked his mouth to wrath heare I beseech al ye peoples and see my sorow my virgins and my pong men are gone into captiuitie I haue called my freindes they haue deceiued me my priestes and my ancientes are consumed in the citie because they haue sought meat for themselues to refresh their soule See ô Lord that I am in tribulation my bellie is trubled my hart is ouerturned in myself because I am ful of bitternes the sword killeth abrode and at home it is lyke death They haue heard that I doe sigh and there is none to comfort me al mine enimies haue heard mine euil they haue reioyced because thou hast done it thou hast brought a day of consolation and they shal be made lyke to me Let al their euil enter in before thee and vintage them as thou hast vintaged me for al mine iniquities for my sighings are manie and my hart is sorowful CHAP. II. HOW hath our Lord in his furie couered the daughter of Sion with darknes cast forth the noble one of Israel from heauen to the earth and hath not remembred the footestoole of his feete in the day of his furie Our Lord hath cast downe headlong and hath not spared al the beautiful thinges of Iacob he hath destroyed in his furie the munitions of the virgin of Iuda and cast it downe to the ground he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes therof He hath broken euerie horne of Israel in the wrath of furie he hath turned away his right hand backward from the face of the enemie and he hath kinled in Iacob as it were the â—yre of a flame deuouring round about He hath bent his bow as an enemie he hath fastned his right hand as an aduersarie and he hath killed al that was fayre to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion he hath powred out his indignation as fyre Our Lord is become as an enemie he hath cast downe Israel headlong he hath cast downe headlong al her walles he hath destroyed the munitions therof and hath replenished in the daughter of Iuda the humbled man and humbled woman And he hath destroyed his tent as a garden he hath throwen downe his tabernacle our Lord hath brought festiuitie and sabbath in Sion to obliuion and king and priest into reproch and into the indignation of his furie Our Lord hath reiected he hath cursed his sanctification he hath deliuered the walles of the towers therof into the hand of the enemie they haue made a noyse in the house of our Lord as in a solemne day Our Lord hath meant to destroy the wal of the daughter of Sion he hath streched out his corde and hath not turned away his hand from destruction and the forewal hath mourned and the wal is destroyed together Her gates are fastned in the ground he hath destroyed and broken ber barres her king and her princes in the Gentiles there is no law and her prophets haue not found vision from our Lord. The ancients of the daughter of Sion haue sitten on the ground they haue held their peace they haue sprinkled their heades with dust they are girded with heare clothes the virgins of Ierusalem haue cast downe their heades to the ground Myne eies haue fayled for teares my bowels are trubled my liuer is powred out on the earth for the destruction of the daughter of my people when the litle one and the sucking faynted in the streetes of the towne They sayd to their mothers Where is wheate and wyne when they faynted
as the wounded in the streets of the citie when they yelded vp the ghostes in the bosome of their mothers Wherto shal I compare thee or wherto shal I liken thee ô daughter of Ierusalem wherto shal I make thee equal and comfort thee ô virgin daughter of Sion For great is thy destruction as the sea who shal heale thee Thy prophetes haue sene false and foolish thinges for thee neither haue they opened thyne iniquitie to prouoke thee to penance but they haue sene false burdens and banishements for thee Al that passed by the way haue clapped their handes vpon thee they haue hissed and moued their head vpon the daughter of Ierusalem saying Is this the citie of perfect beautie the ioy of al the earth Al thyne enemies haue opened their mouth vpon thee they haue hissed and gnashed with the teeth and haue sayd We wil deuour Loe this is the day which we expected we haue found it we haue sene it Our Lord hath done the thinges that he meant he hath accomplished his word which he commanded from the dayes of old he hath destroyed and hath not spared and he hath made the enemie ioyful ouer thee and hath exalted the horne of thine aduersaries Their hart hath cryed to our Lord vpon the walles of the daughter of Sion Shede teares as a torrent by day and night geue no rest to thyself neither let the aple of thyne eye cease Arise prayse in the night in the beginning of the watches powre out thy hart as waters before the sight of our Lord lift vp thy handes to him for the life of thy litle ones which haue fainted for famine in the head of al high wayes See ô Lord and consider whom thou hast vintaged thus shal wemen then eate their owne fruite litle ones of the measure of a spanne is the priest and the prophet slaine in the sanctuarie of our Lord The childe and the old man lay on the ground without my virgins and my yongmen are fallen by the sword thou hast killed in the day of thy furie thou hast strooken neither hast thou had mercie Thou hast called as it were to a solemne day those that should terrifie me round about and there was none in the day of the furie of our Lord that escaped and was left whom I brought vp nourished mine enemie hath consumed them CHAP. III. I THE man that see my pouertie in the rod of his indignation He hath led me and brought me into darknes and not into light Only against me he hath turned and hath conuerted his hand al the day He hath made my skinne old and my flesh he hath broken my bones He hath built round about me and he hath compased me with gaul and labour In darke places he hath placed me as the euerlasting dead He hath built round about against me that I goe not forth he hath aggrauated my fetters Yea and when I shal crie and aske he hath excluded my prayer He hath shut vp my wayes with square stones he hath subuerted my pathes He is become vnto me a beare lying in waite a lyon in secret places He hath subuerted my pathes and hath broken me he hath made me desolate He hath bent his bow and set me as a marke for the arrow He hath shot in my reines the daughters of his quiuer I am made a derision to al my people their songue al the day He hath replenished me with bitternes he hath inebriated me with wormwood And he hath broken my teeth by number he hath fed me with ashes And my soule is repelled from peace I haue forgotten good thinges And I sayd Mine end is perished and mine hope from our Lord. Remember my pouertie and transgression the wormwood and the gual Remembring I wil be mindful and my soule shal languish in me Recording this thing in my hart therfore wil I hope The mercies of our Lord that we are not consumed because his commiserations haue not fayled New in the morning great is thy fidelite Our Lord is my portion sayd my soule therfore wil I expect him Our Lord is good to them that hope in him to the soule that seeketh him It is good to waite with silence for the saluation of God It is good for a man when he beareth the yoke from his youth He shal sit solitarie and hold his peace because he hath lifted himselfe aboue himself He shal put his mouth in the dust if perhaps there be hope He shal geue the cheeke to him that striketh him he shal be filled with reproches Because our Lord wil not reiect for euer Because if he hath reiected he wil also haue mercie according to the multitude of his merciés For he hath not humbled from his hart and cast of the children of men To stamp vnder his fete al the prisoners of the earth To auert the iudgement of a man before the face of the Highest To peruert a man in his iudgement our Lord hath not knowne Who is this that hath commanded it to be done our Lord not commanding it Out of the mouth of the Highest there shal not procede neither euil thinges nor good What hath the liuing man murmured man for his sinnes Let vs search our wayes seeke and returne to our Lord. Let vs lift vp our hartes with our handes to our Lord into the heauens We haue done wickedly and prouoked to wrath therfore thou art inexorable Thou hast couered in furie and hast strooken vs thou hast killed and not spared Thou hast sette a cloude before thee that prayer may not passe Thou hast made me to be rooted out and abiect in the middes of the peoples Al the enemies haue opened their mouth vpon vs. Prophecie is made vnto vs feare and snare and destruction Myne eye hath shed streames of waters in the destruction of the daughter of my people Myne eye is afflicted neither hath it bene quiet because there was no rest Til our Lord regarded and looked from the heauens Mine eye hath spoyled my soule for al the daughters of my citie Myne enemies in hunting haue caught me as a birde without cause My life is fallen into the lake and they haue layd a stone vpon me The waters haue flowed ouer my head I sayd I am vndone I haue inuocated thy name ô Lord from the lowest lake Thou hast heard my voice turne not away thine eare from my sobbings and cries Thou didst approch in the day when I inuocated thee thou hast sayd Feare not Thou hast iudged ô Lord the cause of my soule redemer
of my life Thou hast seene ô Lord their iniquitie against me iudge my iudgement Thou hast seene al their furie al their cogitations against me Thou hast heard their reproch ô Lord al their cogitations against me The lippes of them that rise vp against me and their cogitations against me al the day See their sitting downe and their rysing vp I am their psalme Thou shalt render them a recompence ô Lord according to the workes of their handes Thou shalt geue them a shild of hart thy labour Thou shalt persecute in furie and shalt destroy them from vnder the heauens ô Lord. CHAP. IIII. HOW is the gold darkned the best colour changed the stones of the sanctuarie dispersed in the head of al streetes The noble children of Sion they that were clothed with the principal gold how are they reputed as earthen vessels the worke of the potters handes Yea euen the lamiaes haue opened their breast they haue geuen sucke to their yong the daughter of my people is cruel as the ostrich in the desert The tongue of the suckling hath clouen to the roofe of his mouth for thirst the litle ones haue asked bread and there was none that brake it vnto them They that fed volâ—ptuously haue dyed in the wayes they that were brought vp in scarlet haue imbraced the dung And the iniquitie of the daughter of my people is become greater then the sinne of Sodom which was ouerthrowen in a moment and handes tooke nothing in her Her Nazareites whiter then snow purer then milke â—uâ—dier then the old yuorie fayrer then the sapphire Their face is made blacker then coales and they are not knowne in the streetes their skinne hath clouen to their bones it is withered and is made as wood It was better with them that were slaine with the sword then with them that were killed by famine because these pyned away consumed by the barrennes of the countrie The handes of pitiful wemen haue sodden their owne children they were made their meate in the destruction of the daughter of my people Our Lord hath accomplished his furie he hath powred out the wrath of his indignation and he hath kindled a fyre in Sion and it hath deuoured the fundations therof The kinges of the earth and al the inhabitants of the world did not beleue that the aduersarie and the enemie should enter in by the gates of Ierusalem For the sinnes of her prophets and the iniquities of her priestes which haue shed the bloud of iust men in the middes of her The blind wandered in the streetes they were polluted with bloud and when they could not they held their skirtes Depart ye polluted they cryed to them depart get ye hence touch not for they brawled were moued they said among the Gentiles He wil adde no more to dwel among theÌ„ The face of our Lord hath diuided them he wil not adde to respect them they haue not reuerenced the faces of the priests neither had they pitie on the ancients Whiles we yet stood our eyes fayled towards our vaine helpe when we looked attentiue to a nation that was not able to saue Our steppes slipped in the way of our streetes our end draweth nere our dayes are accomplished because our end is come Our persecuters were swifter then the eagles of the heauen vpon the mountaines they pursued vs in the desert they lay in waite against vs. The spirit of our mouth Christ our Lord is taken in our sinnes to whom we haue said In thy shadow shal we liue among the Gentiles Reioyce and be glad ô daughter of Edom which dwellest in the Land of Hus to thee also shal the cuppe come thou shalt be made drunken and naked Thine iniquitie is accomplished ô daughter of Sion he wil adde no more to transport thee he hath visited thine iniquitie ô daughter of Edom he hath discouered thy sinnes CHAP. V. The prayer of Ieremie the Prophet REmember ô Lord what is fallen to vs behold and regard our reproch †Our inheritance is turned to aliens our houses to strangers †We are made pupils without father our mothers are as it were widowes †Our water we haue drunke for money our wood we haue bought for a price †We were led by our neckes no rest was geuen to the wearie †We haue geuen our hand to Aegypt and to the Assyrians that we might be filled with bread †Our fathers haue sinned and they are not we haue borne their iniquities †Seruantes haue ruled ouer vs there was none that would redeme vs out of their hand †In peril of our liues did we fetch vs bread at the face of the sword in the desert †Our skinne was burnt as an ouen by reason of the tempests of famine †They humbled the wemen in Sion and the virgins in the cities of Iuda †The princes were hanged vp by the hand they did not reuerence the faces of the ancients †Yongmen they abused vnchastly and the children fel in wood †The ancients decayed out of the gates the yongmen out of the quier of the singers †The ioy of our hart hath fayled our quyre is turned into mourning †The crowne of our head is fallen wo to vs because we haue sinned †Therfore is our hart made sorowful therfore are our eyes darkned †For mount Sion because it is perished foxes haue walked on it †But thou ô Lord shalt remaine for euer thy throne in generation and to generation †Why wilt thou for euer be forgetful of vs wilt thou forsake vs in length of daies †Conuert vs ô Lord to thee and we shal be conuerted renew our dayes as from the beginning †But reiecting thou hast reiected vs thou art angrie against vs excedingly THE ARGVMENT OF BARVCHS PROPHECIE MANIE ancient Fathers supposed this Prophecie to be Ieremies though none doubted but Baruch his scribe was the writer therof So S. Xistus Epist ad omnes fideles S. Ireneus li. 5. c. 35. S. Clement of Alexandria li. 1. c. 10. li. 2. c. 3. Pedag. S. Cyprian li. 2. c. 5. 6. contra Iudaeos Eusebius Coesariensis li. de Propheticorum libor appellationibus Cap. de Ieromia li. 6. c. 19. Demonst Euangel Lactantius li. 4. c. 13. Diuin Instit The first Councel of Nice li. 2. fol. 105. 109. S. Hilarie li. 5. de Trinit sub finem S. Cyril of Ierusalem Catechesi 4. 11. de Concursu Domini S. Basil li. 4. cont Eunomium S. Ambrose li. de fide c. 7. cont Arianos li. de Paenit c. 8. li. 3. Examer c. 14. S. Gregorie Nazianzen Orat. 49. deside Epist. 2. ad Cledâ—nium S. Epiphanius cont
hadst walked in the way of God thou hadst verely dwelt in peace euerlasting †Learne where wisedom is where strength is where vnderstanding is that thou mayst know withal where is the long continuance of life and liuing where the light of the eyes and peace is †Who hath found the place therof and who hath entered into the treasures therof †Where are the princes of the Gentiles and they that rule ouer the beasts that are vpon the earth †that play with the birdes of the heauen †that treasure vp siluer and gold wherin men haue confidence and is there no end of their getting which fashion siluer are careful neither is there invention of their workes †They are destroyed and are gone downe to hel and others are risen vp in their place †Yong men saw the light and dwelt vpon the earth but the way of discipline they knew not †neither vnderstood they the pathes therof neither haue their children receiued it it is made farre from their face †It hath not bene heard in the Land of Chanaan neither hath it bene seene in Theman †The children of Agar also that seke out the prudence that is of the earth marchants of Merrhe and of Theman and fablers and searchers of prudence and vnderstanding but the way of wisedom they haue not knowne neither haue they remembrēd the pathes therof †O Israel how great is the house of God and how great is the place of his possession †It is great and hath no end high and vnmesurable †There were the Giants those renowned that were from the beginning of big stature expert in warre †These did not our Lord choose neither found they the way of discipline therfore did they perish †And because they had not wisedom they perished through their follie †Who hath ascended into heauen and taken her and brought her downe from the clowdes †Who hath passed ouer the sea and found her and brought her aboue chosen gold †There is none that can know her waies nor that can search out her pathes †but he that knoweth al thinges knoweth her hath found her out by his prudence he that prepared the earth in time euerlasting and replenished it with cattel and fourefooted beastes †he that sendeth forth light and it goeth and hath called it and it obeyeth him with trembling †And the starres haue geuen light in their watches and reioyced †they were called and they said here we are and they haue shined to him with cheerfulnes that made them †This is out God and there shal none other be estemed against him †He found out al the way of discipline and deliuered it to Iacob his seruant and to Israel his beloued †After these thinges he was sene vpon the earth and was conuersant with men CHAP. IIII. Gods people neglecting his grace offered to them more then to other nations 6. are seuerely punished 15. by captiuitie 18. but are reserued 22. and repenting shal be released 31. and their enimies destroyed THIS is the booke of the commandments of God and the law that is for euer al that hold it shal come to life but they that haue forsaken it into death †Returne Iacob and take hold of it walke by the way to the brightnes of it against the light therof †Deliuer not thy glorie to an other dignitie to a strange nation †We are blessed ô Israel because the thinges that please God are manifest to vs. †Be of good comfort ô people of God memorable Israel †you are sold to the Gentiles not into perdition but for that in anger you prouoked God to wrath you are deliuered to the aduersaries †For you haue exasperated him that made you the eternal God immolating to diuels and not to God †For you haue forgotten God who hath nourished you and your nource Ierusalem you haue made sorowful †For she saw the wrath comming from God to you and she sayd Heare ye confines of Sion for God hath brought me great mourning †For I haue sene the captiuitie of my people and of my sonnes and daughters which the euerlasting hath brought vpon them †For I nourished them with ioyfulnes but I haue left them with weeping and mourning †Let no man reiovce ouer me a widow and desolate I am forsaken of manie for the sinnes of my children because they haue declined from the law of God †And his iustices they haue not knowne nor walked by the wayes of Gods commandments neither haue they entered by the pathes of his truth and iustice †Let the borderers of Sion come and remember the captiuitie of my sonnes daughters which the euerlasting hath brought vpon them †For he hath brought vpon them a nation from a farre a wicked nation and of an other tongue †which haue not reuerenced the ancient nor pitied the children haue led away the beloued of the widow and made the sole woman desolate of children †But as for me what can I helpe you †For he that hath brought the euils vpon you he wil deliuer you out of the handes of your enemies †walke children walke for I am left alone †I haue put of the stole of peace and I haue put vpon me the sackcloth of prayer and I wil crie to the Highest in my dayes †Be of good comfort my children crie to our Lord and he wil deliuer you out of the hand of the princes your enemies †For I haue hoped in the euerlasting for your saluation ioy is come to me from the holie one vpon the mercie which shal come to you from our euerlasting sauiour †For I sent you forth with mourning and weeping but our Lord wil bring you backe to me with ioy and gladnes for euer †For as the neighbours of Sion haue seene your captiuitie from God so shal they see also with celeritie your saluation from God which shal come vpon you with great honour and euerlasting brightnes †Children patiently sustaine the wrath which is come vpon you for thyne enemie hath persecuted thee but thou shalt quickly see his destruction and thou shalt get vp vpon his necke †My delicate ones haue walked rough waies for they are led as a flocke taken violently of the enemies †Be of good comfort children and crie out to our Lord for there shal be remembrance of you with him that hath led you away †For as your minde hath bene to stray from God ten tymes so much shal you returning againe seeke him †For he that hath brought the euils vpon you he againe wil bring vnto you euerlasting ioy with your saluation †Be of good comfort Ierusalem for he exhorteth thee that named thee †The wicked afflicters shal perish that haue vexed thee they that haue reioyced in thy ruine shal be punished †The cities which thy children haue serued shal be punished
And thou sonne of man mourne in contrition of the loynes and in bitternes mourne before them †And when they shal say to thee Why mournest thou thou shalt say For the bruite because it cometh and euerie hart shal melt al handes shal be dissolued and euerie spirit shal be weakened and waters shal runne by al knees behold it commeth and it shal be done saith our Lord God †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man prophecie and thou shalt say Thus saith our Lord God Speake The sword the sword is sharpened and fourbished †To kil victims it is sharpened to glitter it is fourbished thou that mouest the scepter of my sonne hast cut downe euerie tree †And I gaue it to be made smooth that it may be held with the hand this is a sharpened sword and this is forbished that it may be in the hand of the slayer †Crie and howle ô sonne of man because this same is made in my people in al the captaines of Israel that fled they are deliuered to the sword with my people therfore strike vpon the thigh †because it is proued and that when it shal ouerthrow the scepter it shal not be saith our Lord God †Thou therfore ô sonne of man prophecie strike hand against hand and let the sword be dubled let the sword of the slaine be tripled this is the sword of great slaughter that maketh them to be astonied †and to pine in hart multiplieth ruines In al their gates haue I geuen the truble of the sword sharpe and furbished to glitter addressed to slaughter †Be thou sharpened goe to the right hand or to the left whithersoeuer the appetite of thy face is †Yea and I wil clappe hand to hand and wil fil mine indignation I the Lord haue spoken †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †And thou sonne of man put thee two wayes that the sword of the king of Babylon may come both shal come forth out of one land and he shal take coniecture with the hand in the head of the way of the citie shal he choose it †Thou shalt make way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the children of Ammon and to Iuda into Ierusalem most fenced †For the king of Babylon stood in the high way in the head of two wayes seeking diuination shufling arrowes he asked the idols tooke counsel of intralles †On his right hand was made diuination vpon Ierusalem to sette engins to open the mouth in flaughter to eleuate the voice in howling to set engins against the gates to cast vp a rampier to build munitions †And he shal be as it were consulting the oracle in vaine in their eies imitating the rest of sabbathes but he shal remember the iniquitie to take it †Therfore thus saith our Lord God For that you haue remembred your iniquitie and haue reueled your preuarications and your sinnes haue appeared in al your cogitations for that I say that you remembred you shal be taken by hand †But thou prophane impious prince of Israel whose day prefixed cometh in the time of iniquitie †Thus saith our Lord God Take away the myter take of the crowne is not this it that extolled the humble and humbled the high †Iniquitie iniquitie iniquitie wil I put it and this was not done til he came to whom iudgement belongeth and I wil deliuer it to him †And thou sonne of man prophecie and say Thus saith our Lord God to the children of Ammon and to their reproch and thou shalt say Sword sword draw out thyselfe to kil fourbish thy selfe to slaye and to glitter †When vaine thinges were sene for thee and lies were diuined that thou mightest be geuen vpon the neckes of the wounded impious whose day prefixed cometh in the time of iniquitie †Returne to thy scabbard in the place wherin thou wast created in the land of thy natiuitie I wil iudge thee †and wil powre out vpon thee mine indignation in the fire of my furie wil I blow vpon thee and wil geue thee into the handes of men vnwise framing destruction †Thou shalt be foode for the fire thy bloud shal be in the middes of the land thou shalt be forgotten because I the Lord haue spoken CHAP. XXII For diuers enormious sinnes 14. Ierusalem and al Israel shal be plaged 25. namely false prophets priestes rauening princes and wicked people AND the woord of our Lord was made to me saying †And thou sonne of man doest thou not iudge doest thou not iudge the citie of bloud †And thou shalt shew her al her abominations and shalt say Thus saith our Lord God The citie shedding bloud in the middes of it that her time may come and that hath made idols against herselfe that she might be polluted †In thy bloud which is shed by thee thou hast offended and in thine idols which thou hast made thou art polluted and thou hast made thy dayes to approch and hast brought the time of thy yeares therfore haue I geuen thee a reproch to the Gentils and a mockerie to al landes †Those that are nere and that are far from thee shal triumph ouer thee thou filthie one noble great in destruction †Behold the princes of Israel euerie one in his arme haue bene in thee to shede bloud †Father and mother they haue abused with contumelies in thee the stranger they haue calumniated in the middes of thee the pupil and widow they haue made sorowful in thee †My sanctuaries you haue despised and my sabbathes you haue polluted †Detracting men haue bene in thee to shede bloud and vpon the mountaynes they haue eaten in thee they haue wrought wickednes in the middes of thee †The fathers shame they haue discouered in thee the vncleannes of the menstruous woman they haue humbled in thee †And euerie one hath wrought abomination vpon his neighbours wife and the father in law hath polluted his daughter inlaw wickedly the brother hath oppressed his sister the daughter of his father in thee †They haue taken giftes in thee to shede bloud thou hast taken vsurie and ouerplus and didst calumniate thy neighbours couetously and thou hast forgotten me saith our Lord God †Behold I haue wrong my handes vpon thy couetousnes which thou hast done and vpon the bloud that hath bene shed in the middes of thee †Why shal thy hart abide or shal thy handes preuaile in the dayes which I shal make to thee I the Lord haue spoken and wil doe it †And I wil disperse thee into nations wil scatter thee into landes and wil make thy vncleannes to faile from thee †And I wil possesse thee in the sight of the Gentils and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of
to haue in length on the north quarter foure thousand fiue hundred reedes vvith the same length on the vvest quarter and consequently on the east and south that is nine thousand passes or nine myles on euerie side in al the circuite thirtie six myles Of vvhich greatnes it is certaine the temple and citie neuer were No not after the temple vvas augmented by Herod Ascoloâ—ites vvherof Iosephus writeth li. 15. c. 14. Antiq. Iudâ—icarum Neither vvere there anie such waters issuing from the material temple nor such trees on the bankes therof bringing forth fruites euerie moneth as are described ch 47. v. 1. 12. Al vvhich vvith other like dissonances considered the later Iewes confessing that this prophecie is not hitherto fulfilled say that their Messias whom they expect shal builde such a terrestrial citie and temple with al the appertinances as are shewed in this vision Reiecting therfore these Iewish errors and ridiculous imaginations Richardus de Sancto Victore Hugo Cardinalis Nicolaus Lyranus and some other Christian Doctors suppose that God in dede conditionally according to his antecedent wil promised al these thinges euen as the letter soundeth to the Iewes if after their deliuerie from captiuitie they should sincerely serue him vvalke rightly in his wayes and perfectly kepe his commandmentes And that besides this supposed literal sense al the same should more excellently be performed in the mystical temple and citie of God our Sauiour Christ and his Church But for so much say these Doctors as the Iewes performed not that which vvas required of their part in perfect life and due seruice of God this vision was not fulfilled but only in some part according to the vertues and merites of the better sorte of that people by the restauration of the citie temple and other thinges as in the bookes of Esdras that lastly for their general reuolt from Christ persecuting him to death their temple and citie were againe destroyed the people slaine dispersed reiected except only the few reliques conuerted to Christ In vvhom with the multitude of Gentiles the vvhole vision hath ful effect This opinion albeit grounded in probabilitie yet semeth not so certaine nor in dede so probable as the iudgement of S. Ierom S. Theodoret in their commentaries as also of S. Gregorie in his homiles vpon Ezechiel and of manie others both ancient and late writers VVho not finding hovv to applie this vision in al partes to the state of the old testament neither that promise of such a huge great temple and citie with the rest vvere agreable to Gods vvisdome do only expound this vision to perteine in some partes to the Iewes reduced from temporal captiuitie as in figure of al mankind redemed by Christ and of his Church gathered of al nations enriched and adorned vvith al spiritual graces vertues and powre Neither yet expounding al of the militant Church but some part of the triumphant only as surpassing the perfectest state of this transitorie life Vve therfore out of their large discourses shal abridge a fevv and brief marginal notes for some light of vnderstanding the text and entrance into the spiritual sense principally intended by the Holie Ghost CHAP. XL. In a vision the prophet seeth the reedisication of Ierusalem 5. with the measures of diuers partes therof 47. and of the court and entrie of the temple IN the fiue and twentith yeare of our transmigration in the beginning of the yeare the tenth of the moneth the fourtenth yeare after the citie was strooken in this self same day the hand of our Lord was made vpon me and he brought me thither †In the visions of God he brought me into the Land of Israel and left me vpon a mountaine exceding high vpon which there was as it were the building of a citie bending toward the south †And he brought me in thither and behold a man whose forme was as the forme of brasse and a linen corde in his hand and a reede of measure in his hand he stood in the gate †And the same man spake to me Sonne of man see with thine eyes and heare with thine eares and set thy hart on al thinges which I wil shew thee for thou art brought hither that they may be shewed to thee declare al thinges that thou seest to the house of Israel †And behold a wal on the out side round about the house and in the mans hand a reede of measure of six cubits a palme he measured the breadth of the building with one reede the height also with one reede †And he came to the gate that looked to the way of the east he ascended by the steppes therof he measured the threshold of the gate with one reede the bredth that is one threshold with one reede in bredth †and a chamber with one reede in length and one reede in bredth and betwen the chambers fiue cubites †and the threshold of the gate by entrie of the gate within with one reede †And he measured the entrie of the gate of eight cubites and the front therof of two cubites and the entrie of the gate was within †Moreouer the chambers of the gate to the way of the East three on this side and three on that side one measure of the three and one measure of the fronts on both partes †And he measured the bredth of the threshold of the gate of tenne cubits and the length of the gate of thirtene cubits †and the border before the chambers of one cubite and one cubite the end on both sides and the chambers were of six cubites on this side and that side †And he measured the gate from the roofe of the chamber euen to the roofe therof the bredth of fiue and twentie cubits doore against doore †And he made fronts by sixtie cubits to the front the court of the gate on euerie side round about †And before the face of the gate which raught euen to the face of the entrie of the inner gate fiftie cubits †And oblique windowes in the chambers and in their fronts which were within the gate on euerie side round about and in like maner there were also in the entries windowes round about within and before the fronts the picture of palme trees grauen †And he brought me out to the vtter court and behold celles and the pauement paued with stone in the court round about thirtie celles in the compas of the pauement †And the pauement in the front of the gates according to the length of the gates was beneath †And he measured the bredth from the face of the lower gate euen to the front of the inner court without an hundred cubits to the East and to the North. †The gate also that looked to the way of the North of the vtter court he measured as wel in length as in bredth â€
her hart had confidence in our Lord. †And the ancients sayd When we walked alone in the orchard this woman came in with two maydes shut the doores of the orchard and she sent away the maydes from her †And a yongman that was hid came to her and lay with her †But we being in a corner of the orchard seeing the iniquitie ranne to them and saw them lie together †And him in deed we could not take because he was stronger then we and opening the doores he lept out †but her when we apprehended we asked what yongman it was and she would not tel vs of this thing we are witnesses †The multitude beleued them as the ancients and the iudges of the people and they condemned her to death But Susanna cried out with a lowd voice and sayd Eternal God which art the knower of hidden things before they come to passe †thou knowest that they haue borne false witnes against me and loe I dye wheras I haue done none of these thinges which these men haue maliciousely forged against me †And our Lord heard her voice †and when she was led to death our Lord raysed vp the holie spirit of a yong boy whose name was Daniel †and he cried out with alowd voice I am cleane from the bloud of this woman †And al the people turning to him sayd What is this word that thou hast spoken †Who when he stood in the middes of them sayd So folish ye children of Israel not iudgeing nor discerning that which is the truth haue you condemned the daughter of Israel †Returne ye to iudgement because they haue spoken false testimonie against her †The people therfore returned with speede and the ancients sayd to him Come and sitte in the middes of vs and tel vs because God hath geuen thee the honour of old age †And Daniel sayd to the people Separate them far one from an other and I wil discouer them †When they were therfore diuided one from the other he called one of them and said to him O thou inueterated of euil dayes now are thy sinnes come which thou didst committe before iudging vniust iudgements oppressing innocents and dismissing offenders our Lord saying The innocent and the iust thou shalt not kil †Now then if thou sawest her tel vnder what tree thou sawest them talking together Who sayd Vnder a schine tree †And Daniel sayd Wel hast thou lyed agaynst thine owne head for behold the Angel of God taking the sentence of him shal cut thee in the middes †And remouing him away he commanded that the other should come and he sayd to him Seede of Chanaan and not of Iuda beautie hath deceiued thee and concupiscence hath subuerted thy hart †so did you to the daughters of Israel and they fearing spake to you but the daughter of Iuda did not abide your iniquitie †Now therfore tel me vnder what tree thou tookest them speaking one to an other Who said Vnder a prine tree †And Daniel said to him Wel hast thou also lyed against thine owne head for the Angel of our Lord tarieth hauing a sword that he may cut thee in the middes and kil you †Therfore al the assemblie cried out with a lowd voice and they blessed God which saueth them that hope in him †And they rose vp against the two elders for Daniel had conuinced them by their owne mouth to haue geuen false testimonie and they did to them as they had dealt naughtely against their neighbour †to doe according to the law of Moyses they killed them and innocent bloud was saued in that day †But Helcias and his wyfe praysed God for their daughter Susanna with Ioakim her husband and al her kinne because there was no vnhonest thing found in her †And Daniel became great in the sight of the people from that day thence forward †And king Astyages was layd to his fathers Cyrus the Persian receiued his kingdom CHAP. XIIII Daniel detecteth the fraud of Bels priestes who pretend that Bel eateth much meate 21. for which they are slaine and the idol destroyed 22. Likewise he destroyeth a dragon which the Babylonians held for a god 27. He is cast into the lake of seuen lions 32. whithet Habacuc miraculously bringeth him meate 39. the lions hurt him not his accusers are deuoured AND Daniel was the kings ghest and honoured aboue al his freindes †There was also an idol among the Babylonians named Bel and there were bestowed on him euerie day of floure twelue aâ—ctabaes and fourtie sheepe and of wine six great pottes †The king also did worshipe him and went euery day to adore him But Daniel adored his God the king sayd to him Why dost thou not adore Bel. †Who answering sayd to him Because I worshipe not idols made with hand but the liuing God that created heauen and earth and hath powre ouer al flesh †And the king sayd to him Doeth not Bel some vnto thee to be a liuing God Seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh euerie day †And Daniel smiling sayd Be not deceiued ô king For this same is within of clay and without of brasse neither hath he eaten at any time †And the king being wrath called his priests sayd to them Vnlesse you tel me who it is that eateth these expenses you shal dye †But if you shew that Bel eateth these things Daniel shal dye because he hath blasphemed against Bel. And Daniel sayd to the king Be it done according to thy woord †And the priests of Bel were seuentie beside their wiues and litle ones children And the king came with Daniel into the temple of Bel. †And the priestes of Bel sayd Behold we goe forth thou ô king set the meates mingle the wine shut the doore seale it with thy ring †and when thou shalt come in the morning vnles thou finde al eaten of Bel dying we wil dye or Daniel that hath lyed against vs. †And they contemned because they had made vnder the table a secrete entrance by it they came in alwayes and deuoured those thinges †It came to passe therfore after they were gone out the king set the meates before Bel Daniel commanded his seruants and they brought ashes and he sifted them ouer al the temple before the king and going forth they shut the doore and sealing it with the kings ring they departed †But the priestes went in by night according to their custome and their wiues and their children and they did eate and drinke al. †And the king arose in the first breake of day and Daniel with him †And the king sayd Are the seales safe Daniel Who answered Safe ô king †And forth with when he had opened the doore the king looking on the table cried out with a lowd
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
Israel in the dayes of Ozias the king of Iuda and in the dayes af Iereboam the sonne of Ioas the king of Israel two yeares before the earthquake †And he sayd Our Lord wil roare out of Sion and out of Ierusalem he wil geue his voice the beautiful places of the pastours haue mourned and the toppe of Carmel is withered †Thus sayth our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of Damascus and vpon foure I wil not conuert it because they haue threshed Galaad with yron waynes †And I wil send fyre into the house of Azael and it shal deuoure the houses of Benadad †And I wil breake the barre of Damascus and I wil destroy the inhabitant out of the idol and him that holdeth the scepter out of the house of pleasure and the people of Syria shal be transported to Cyrene saith our Lord. †Thus saith our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of Gaza vpon foure I wil not conuert it because they haue transported a perfect captiuitie to shut it vp in Idumea †And I wil send â—yre on the wal of Gaza and it shal deuoure the houses therof †And I wil destroy the inhabitant out of Azotus and him that holdeth the scepter out of Ascalon and I wil turne my hand vpon Accaron and the rest of the Philisthims shal perish sayth our Lord God †Thus saith our Lord Vpon the three wickednesses of Tyre and vpon foure I wil not conuert it because they haue shut vp a perfect captiuite in Idumea and haue not remembred the league of brethren †And I wil send fyre vpon the wal of Tyre it shal deuoure the houses therof †Thus sayth our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of Edom and vpon foure I wil not conuert him because he hath persecuted his brother with the sword and hath violated his mercie and hath held his furie longer and hath kept his indignation euen to the end †I wil send fyre into The man and it shal deuoure the houses of Bosra †Thus sayth our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of the children of Ammon and vpon foure I wil not conuert him because he hath cut in sunder the wemen with childe of Galaad to dilate his limite †And I wil kindle a fyre in the wal of Rabba it shal deuoure the houses therof with howling in the day of battel and with a whirlewind in the day of commotion †And Melchom shal goe into captiuitie himself and his princes together sayth our Lord. CHAP. II. God also threatneth Moab 4. Iuda 6. and Israel 9. that for ingratitude 12. and other sinnes they shal be brought into captiuitie THVS sayth our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of Moab and vpon foure I wil not conuert him because he hath burnt the bones of Idumea euen to ashes †And I wil send fyre into Moab and it shal deuoure the houses of Carioth and Moab shal dye in the sound in the noyse of the trumpet †and I wil destroy the iudge out of the middes of him and al his princes I wil kil with him saith our Lord. †Thus saith our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of Iuda vpon foure I wil not conuert him because he hath cast away the law of our Lord and not kept his commandments for their idols haue deceiued them after which their fathers went †And I wil send fire into Iuda and it shal deuoure the houses of Ierusalem †Thus saith our Lord Vpon three wickednesses of Israel and vpon foure I wil not conuert him because he hath sold the iust for siluer and the poore for shoes †Which bruise the heades of the poore vpon the dust of the earth and decline the way of the humble and the sonne and his father haue gone to a young woman that they might violate my holie name †And vpon garments layd to pledge they did lye beside euerie altar the wine of the condemned they dranke in the house of their God †But I did cast out the Ammorrheit before their face whose height the height of Cedars he strong as an oke and I destroyed his fruite from aboue his rootes beneath †It is I that made you come vp out of the Land of Aegypt I ledde you in the desert fourtie yeares that you might possesse the Land of the Amorrheite †And I raysed vp of your sonnes to be prophets of your yongmen Nazareites is it not so ô children of Israel saith our Lord †And you dranke wine to the Nazareites and the prophets you commanded saying Prophecie not †Behold I wil screake vnder you as a wayne screaketh loden with hay †And flight shal perish from the swift and the valient shal not obteyne his strength and the strong shal not saue his life †And he that holdeth the bow shal not stand and the swift of his feete shal not be saued and the rider of the horse shal not saue his life †and the stoute of hart among the valients shal flee naked in that day sayth our Lord. CHAP. III. For their manifold sinnes al the twelue tribes shal be sore plaged 11. and made captiues HEARE the word that our Lord hath spoken vpon you ye children of Israel vpon al the kindred that I brought forth out of the Land of Aegypt saying †Onlie you haue I knowen of al the kindreds of the earth therfore wil I visite vpon you al your iniquities †Why shal two walke together vnles they be agreed †Wil the lion roare in the forrest vnles he haue a praye wil the lions whelpe geue voice out of his denne vnles he hath caught somewhat †wil the bird fal into the snare of the earth without the sowler Shal the snare be taken away from the earth before it hath taken somewhat †Shal the trumpet sound in the citie and wil not the people be afrayd Shal there be euil in the citie which our Lord hath not done †Because our Lord God wil not doe a word vnles he haue reueled his secret to his seruants the prophers †The lion shal roare who wil not feare Our Lord God hath spoken who shal not prophecie †Make it heard in the houses of Azotus and in the houses of the Land of Aegypt and say Gather ye together vpon the mountaines of Samaria and see the manie madnesses in the midddes therof and them that suffer calumnie in the inner parts therof †And they haue not knowne to doe right sayth our Lord treasuring vp iniquitie and robberies in their houses †Therfore thus sayth our Lord God The land shal be in tribulation compassed about and thy strength shal be plucked away from thee and thy houses shal be spoyled †Thus sayth our Lord As if a pastour should get out of the lions mouth two legges or the tippe of the eare so shal the children of Israel that dwel in Samaria be deliuered in the plague of
and the image of your idols the starre of your God which you made to your selues †And I wil make you remoue beyond Damascus saith our Lord the God of hostes is his name CHAP. VI. For the auarice and luxurie of both kingdomes 7. they shal be caried into captiuitie VVO TO you that are rich in Sion and haue confidence in the mountaine of Samaria ye great men heads of the peoples going stately into the house of Israel †Passe ye into Chalane and see goe ye thence into Emath the great and descend into Geth of the Palestines and to al the best kingdoms of these if their border be larger then your border †You that are seperated vnto the euil day and approch to the throne of iniquitie †You that sleepe in beds of iuorie and play the wantons in your couches that eate the lambe out of the flocke and calues out of the middes of the heard †You that sing to the voice of the psalter as Dauid they haue thought themselues to haue the instruments of song †That drinke wine in phials and are annoynted with the best oyntment and they suffered nothing vpon the contrition of Ioseph †Wherfore now they shal goe in the head of them that goe in transmigration and the faction of the wantons shal be taken away †The Lord God hath sworne by his soule saith our Lord the God of hostes I detest the pride of Iacob and I hate his houses and I wil deliuer vp the citie with the inhabitants therof †And if there shal be left tenne men in one house they also shal dye †And his kinsman shal take him vp and shal burne him that he may carie the bones out of the house and he shal say to him that is in the inner parts of the house Is there yet with thee †And he shal answer There is an end And he shal say to him Hold thy peace remember not the name of our Lord. †Because loe our Lord hath commanded and he wil strike the greater house with ruins and the lesser house with clefts †Why can horses runne vpon rockes or can there be ploughing with buffles because you haue turned iudgement into bitternes and the fruite of iustice into worme wood †Which reioyce in thinges of naught which say Why haue not we taken vnto vs hornes in our owne strength †For behold I wil rayse vp from you ô house of Israel saith our Lord the God of hostes a nation and they shal destroy you from the entrance of Emath euen to the torrent of the desert CHAP. VII In three visions manie miseries are reueled which shal come vpon both the kingdomes 10. A false priest of Bethel accusing the prophet of sedition and endeuouring to chase him away 14. is by him forewarned of miseries to his familie and death to himself THESE thinges hath our Lord God shewed to me and loe the former of the locust in the beginning of thinges that spring of the later rayne and behold the later rayne after the kings mowing †And it came to passe after it had finished to eate the grasse of the land I sayd O Lord God be propicious I beseech thee who shal rayse vp Iacob because he is a litle one †Our Lord hath had pitie vpon this It shal not be sayth our Lord. †These thinges hath our Lord God called iudgement vnto c fyre and it deuoured the great depth and it did eate a part together †And I sayd Lord God be quiet I besech thee who shal rayse vp Iacob because he is a litle one †Our Lord had pitie vpon this Yea this also shal not be sayth our Lord God †These thinges hath our Lord shewed to me and loe our Lord standing vpon a wal plastered and in his hand a masons truel †And our Lord sayd to me What seest thou Amos And I sayd A masons truel And our Lord sayd Behold I wil lay downe the truel in the middes of my people Israel I wil adde no more to plaster it ouer †And the excelses of the idol shal be throwen dowen and the sancrifications of Israel shal be made desolate and I wil rise vpon the house of Ieroboam with the sword †And Amasias the priest of Bethel sent to Ieroboam the king of Israel saying Amos hath rebelled against thee in the middes of the house of Israel the land wil not be able to susteyne al his wordes †For thus saith Amos Ieroboam shal dye by the sword and Israel shal depart captiue out of their land †And Amasias sayd to Amos Thou that seest goe flee into the land of Iuda eate bread there and thou shalt prophecie there †And in Bethel thou shalt adde no more to prophecie because it is the sanctification of the king and it is the house of the kingdom †And Amos answered and sayd to Amasias I am not a prophete and I am not the sonne of a prophet but an heardsman am I plucking sycomores †And our Lord tooke me when I folowed the flocke and our Lord sayd to me Goe prophecie to my people Israel †And now heare the word of our Lord Thou sayest Thou shalt not prophecie vpon Israel and thou shalt not distil vpon the house of the idol †Therfore thus saith our Lord Thy wife shal fornicate in the citie and thy sonnes and thy daughters shal fal by the sword thy ground shal be measured with a corde and thou shalt dye in a polluted land and Israel shal depart captiue out of their land CHAP. VIII In a vision of an apple hooke the captiuitie of the tenne tribes is againe foreshewed 4. with reprehension of their auarice and oppression of the poore 7. for which they shal fal into great miseries THESE thinges hath our Lord shewed to me and behold an apple hooke †And he sayd What seest thou Amos And I sayd An apple hooke And our Lord sayd to me The end cometh vpon my people Israel I wil adde no more to passe them †And the henges of the temple shal creake in that day saith our Lord God manie shal dye in euerie place shal silence be cast †Heare this you that tread downe the poore make the needie of the land to fayle †saying When wil the moneth passe and we shal sel wares and the Sabbath and we open the corne that we may diminish the measure and increase the sicle and conuey in deceitful balances †that we may for siluer possesse the needie and the poore for shoes and may sel the refuse of the corne †Our Lord hath sworne agaynst the pride of Iacob If I shal forget euen to the end al their workes †Why shal not the land be moued vpon this and euerie inhabitant therof mourne and rise vp as a riuer altogether and be cast out and runne downe to the riuer of Aegypt †And
and sayd As yet fourtie dayes and Niniue shal be subuerted †And the men of Niniue beleued in God and they proclamed a fast and were clothed with sackcloths from the greater to the lesser †And the word came to the king of Niniue and he rose vp out of his throne and cast away his garment from him and was clothed with sackcloth and sate in ashes †And he cried and sayd in Niniue from the mouth of the king of his princes saying Men and beasts and oxen and cattel let them not taste any thing nor feede and let them not drinke water †And let men and beasts be couered with sackcloths and crie to our Lord in strength and let euerie man conuert from his euil way from the iniquitie that is in their handes †Who knoweth if God wil conuert and forgeue and wil returne from the furie of his wrath and we shal not perish †And God saw their workes that they were conuerred from their euil way and God had mercie on the euil which he had spoken that he would do to them and he did it not CHAP. IIII. The prophet lamenteth for that he was commanded to preach otherwise then it came to passe 5. Going forth he stayeth nere the citie to see the end 6. an yuie growing couereth his head from the sunne 7. but withereth the next day 8. he lamenting desireth to dye 10. and God sheweth that it is more meete to saue Niniue then the yuie AND Ionas was afflicted with great affliction and was * angrie †and he prayed to our Lord and sayd I besech thee ô Lord Why is not this my word when I was yet in my countrie for this did I preuent to flee into Tharsis For I know that thou art a clement and merciful God patient and of much compassion and forgeuing vpon the euil †And now Lord take I besech thee my soule from me because better is death to me then life †And our Lord sayd Art thou angrie wel thinkest thou †And Ionas went out of the citie and sate against the East part of the citie and he made himself a bowre there and he sate vnder it in the shadow til he might see what would befal to the citie †And our Lord God prepared an iuie tree it came vp ouer the head of Ionas to be a shadow ouer his head and to couer him for he had laboured and Ionas reioyced vpon the iuie with great ioy †And God prepared a worme in the rysing of the morning against the morrow and it stroke the iuie and it withered †And when the sunne was risen our Lord commanded an hotte and burning winde and the sunne beate vpon the head of Ionas and he broyled for heate and he desired for his soule to dye and sayd It is better for me to dye then to liue †And our Lord sayd to Ionas Art thou angrie wel thinkest thou for the iuie And he sayd I am angrie wel euen vnto death †And our Lord sayd Thou art sorie for the iuie wherin thou hast not laboured nor made it to grow which in one night came forth and in one night is perished †And shal not I spare Niniue the great citie wherin are more then a hundred twentie thousand men that know not what is betwen their right hand and their left and manie beastes THE PROPHECIE OF MICHEAS MICHEAS a Morasthite of the tribe of Ephraim prophecied part of the time with Isai the former fiue lesse Prophets against both the kingdomes of Israel and Iuda foreshewing their captiuities and relaxation of Iuda from Babylon their conuersion to Christ nere the end of the world and that in the meane time al other nations shal beleue in Christ CHAP. I. Samaria and al the tenne tribes shal be brought into captiuitie by the Assirians 9. The two tribes shal also be inuaded and spoyled euen nere to Ierusalem THE word of our Lord that was made to Michaeas the Morasthite in the dayes of Ioathan Achaz and Ezechias kinges of Iuda which he saw vpon Samaria and Ierusalem †Heare al ye peoples and let the earth attend and the fulnes therof and let our Lord God be vnto you for a witnes our Lord out of his holie temple †Because loe our Lord wil goe forth out of his place and he wil descend wil tread vpon the highest of the earth †And the mountaines shal be consumed vnder him and the valleis shal be clouen as waxe at the presence of fyre as waters that runne downe headlong †For the wickednes of Iacob al this and for the sinnes of the house of Israel what is the wickednes of Iacob is it not Sammaria and what the excelses of Iuda is it not Ierusalem †And I wil lay Samaria as a heape of stones in the filde when a vineyard is planted and I wil plucke downe her stones into the valley wil discouer her fundations †And al her sculptils shal be cut in sunder and al her wages shal be burnt with fyre and I wil lay al her idols into perdition because they are gathered together of the wages of an harlot vnto the hyre of an harlot they shal returne †Vpon this wil I lament and howle I wil goe spoiled and naked I wil make lamentation as of dragons and mourning as it were of striches †Because her plague is desperate because it is come euen to Iuda it hath touched the gate of my people euen to Ierusalem †In Geth declare it not weepe not with teares in the house of dust sprinkle your self with dust †And passe ye to your selues ô faire habitation confounded with ignominie she went not out that dwelleth in the going out the house adioyning shal receiue lamentation of you which stood to her self †Because she is weakened to good which dwelleth in bitternesses because euil is descended from our Lord into the gate of Ierusalem †Tumult of the chariot of astonishment to the inhabitant of Lachis it is the beginning of sinne to the daughter of Sion because in thee are found the wickednesses of Israel †Therfore shal he geue spoilers vpon the inheritance of Geth the houses of lying into deception to the kinges of Israel †As yet wil I bring an heyre to thee which dwellest in Maresa euen to Odolla shal the glorie of Israel come †Be bald and be pouled for the children of thy delicacies enlarge thy baldnes as an eagle because they are led captiues out of thee CHAP. II. By their great iniustice 7. notwithstanding their vaine presumption of Gods mercie wherto he is in dede most prone 8. the Israelites through their excessiue rapine prouoke God to punish them 12. yet when Christ shal come some Iewes wil serue him and manie more in the end of the world VVO TO you which thinke that is vnpofitable and worke euil in
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
colored horses he prophecieth bitter times 18. confirming the same by an other vision of foure hornes IN THE eight moneth in the second yeare of king Darius the word of our Lord was made to Zacharie the sonne of Barachias the sonne of Addo the prophet saying Our Lord hath bene wrath vpon your fathers with wrath †And thou shalt say to them Thus saith the Lord of hosts Conuert to me sayth the Lord of hosts and I wil conuert to you sayth the Lord of hosts †Be not as your fathers to whom the former prophets cried saying Thus saith the Lord of hosts Conuert from your euil wayes from your most wicked thoughts and they heard not neither attended to me sayth our Lord. †Your fathers where are they and the prophets shal they liue for euer †But yet my wordes mine ordinances which I gaue in commandment to my seruants the prophets did they not take hold of your fathers and they conuerted sayd As the Lord of hosts thought to do to vs according to our wayes according to our inuentions he hath done to vs. †In the foure twentith day of the eleuenth moneth Sabath in the second yeare of Darius the word of our Lord was made to Zacharie the sonne of Barachias the sonne of Addo the prophet saying †I saw by night and behold a man mounting vpon a red horse he stood among the myrtletrees that were in the botome and after him horses red speckled and white †And I sayd What are these my Lord and the Angel that spake in me sayd to me I wil shew thee what these thinges are †And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered sayd These are they whom our Lord sent to walke through the earth †And they answered to the Angel of our Lord which stood among the mirtle trees sayd We haue walked through the earth and loe al the earth is inhabited and at rest †And the Angel of our Lord answered and sayd ô Lord of hosts how long wilt thou not haue mercie on Ierusalem and on the cities of Iuda with which thou hast bene angrie this now is c the seuentith yeare †And our Lord answered the Angel that spake in me good wordes comfortable wordes †And the Angel that spake in me sayd to me Crie saying Thus sayth the Lord of hosts I haue bene zelous for Ierusalem and Sion with great zele †And with great anger am I angrie vpon the welthie nations because I was angrie a litle but they helped toward the euil †Therfore thus saith our Lord I wil returne to Ierusalem in mercies my house shal be built in it saith the Lord of hosts the plumme line shal be stretched forth vpon Ierusalem †As yet crie thou saying Thus saith the Lord of hosts As yet shal my cities flow with good thinges and the Lord wil yet comfort Sion and he wil yet choose Ierusalem †And I lifted vp mine eyes and saw and behold foure hornes †And I sayd to the Angel that spake in me What are these And he sayd to me These are the hornes that haue scattered Iuda and Israel and Ierusalem †And our Lord shewed me foure artificers †And I sayd What come these to doe Who spake saying These are the hornes that scattered Iuda euerie man a part none of them lifted his head and these are come to fray them to cast downe the hornes of the nations that haue lifted the horne vpon the land of Iuda to scatter it CHAP. II. Vnder the name of Ierusalem he prophecieth the progresse of the Church of Christ 6. by the conuersion of some Iewes 8. and manie Gentiles AND I lifted vp mine eyes and saw and loe a man and in his hand a corde of measurers †And I sayd Whither goest thou And he sayd to me To measure Ierusalem and to see how great the breadth therof is and how great the length therof †And behold the Angel that spake in me came forth and an other Angel went out to meete him †And he sayd to him Runne speake to this yongman saying Without wal shal Ierusalem be inhabited for the multitude of men and of beasts in the middes therof †And I wil be to it sayth our Lord a wal of fire round about and I wil be in glorie in the middes therof †O b flee ye out of the land of the North saith our Lord because into the foure windes of heauen haue I dispersed you sayth our Lord. †O c Sion flee thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon †because thus sayth the Lord of hosts After glorie he sent me to the nations that haue spoiled you for he that shal touch you toucheth the apple of myne eye †because loe I lift vp my hand vpon them and they shal be a praye to those that serued them and you shal know that the Lord of hosts sent me †Prayse and reioyce ô daughter of Sion because loe I come and wil dwel in the middes of thee sayth our Lord. †And manie nations shal be ioyned to our Lord in that day and they shal be my people and I wil dwel in the middes of thee and thou shal know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to thee †And our Lord wil possesse Iuda his portion in the sanctified land and he wil yet choose Ierusalem †Let al flesh be silent at the presence of our Lord because he is risen vp out of his holie habitation CHAP. III. In a vision the diuel appeareth accusing the hiegh Priest 4. He is clensed from his sinnes 8. Christ is promised and great fruite of his passion AND our Lord shewed me Iesus the grand priest standing before the Angel of our Lord and Satan stood on his right hand to be his aduersarie †And our Lord sayd to Satan The Lord geue rebuke on thee Satan and the Lord that chose Ierusalem geue rebuke on thee Why is not this a firebrand taken out of the fire †And Iesus was clothed with filthie garments and he stood before the face of the Angel †Who answered and sayd to them that stood before him saying Take away the filthie garments from him And he sayd to him Behold I haue taken away thine iniquitie and haue clothed thee with change of garments †And he said Put a cleane mitre vpon his head they put a cleane mitre vpon his head and clothed him with garments and the Angel of our Lord stood †And the Angel of our Lord contested Iesus saying †Thus saith the Lord of hosts If you wil walke in my wayes and keepe my watch thou also shalt iudge my house and shalt keepe my courts and I wil geue thee walkers of them that now assist here †Heare ô Iesus thou grand priest thou and thy frendes that dwel before thee because they are portending men for behold
temple of our Lord. †And they that are far shal come and shal build in the temple of our Lord and you shal know that the Lord of hosts sent me to you But this shal be if hearing you wil heare the voice of our Lord your God CHAP. VII The fast of the fift and seuenth moneth obserued in the captiuitie being good 5. was vnperfect 8. fasting from sinne is alwayes more necessarie AND it came to passe in the fourth yeare of Darius the king the word of our Lord was made to Zacharie in the fourth of the ninth moneth which is Casleu †And Sarasar and Rogommelech and the men that were with him sent to the house of God to besech the face of our Lord that they should say to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets saying Must I weepe in the fifth moneth or must I san ctifie myself as now I haue done manie yeares †And the word of the Lord of hosts was made to me saying Speake to al the people of the land and to the priests saying when you fasted and mourned in the fifth and the seuenth for these seuentie yeares did you fast a fast vnto me †and when you did eate and drinke did you not eate for your selues and drinke for your selues †Why are they not the wordes which our Lord spake in the hand of the former prophets when Ierusalem as yet was inhabited and was welthie it self and the cities round about it and toward the South and in the champine there was dwelling †And the word of our Lord was made to Zacharie saying †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts saying Iudge ye true Iudgement and doe ye mercie miserations euerie man with his brother †And the widow and the pupil and the stranger and the poore doe not calumniate and let not a man thinke in his hart euil to his brother †And they would not attend and they turned away the shoulder departing and they aggrauated their eares not to heare †And they made their hart as the adamant lest they should heare the law the wordes which the Lord sent in his spirit by the hand of the former prophetes and there was great indignation made from the Lord of hosts †And it came to passe as he spake and they heard not so shal they crie I wil not heare sayth the Lord of hosts †And I dispersed them through out al kingdoms which they know not and the land was left desolate of them for that there was none passing returning and the land to be desired they layd into a desert CHAP. VIII God wil geue abundance of spiritual benefites to al nations by Christ 7. to whom shal be conuerted 13. manie Iewes 20. but manie more Gentiles AND the word of the Lord of hosts was made saying †Thus sayth the Lord of hostes I haue bene ielous for Sion with great zeale and with great indignation haue I bene ielous for it †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts I am returned to Sion and I wil dwel in the middes of Ierusalem and Ierusalem shal be called the Citie of truth the Mount of the Lord of hosts the sanctified mount †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts As yet shal old men dwel and old wemen in the streets of Ierusalem and euerie mans stafe in his hand for multitude of yeares †And the streets of the citie shal be filled with infantes and girles playing in the streets therof †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts If it shal seme hard in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those dayes Why shal it be hard in mine eyes sayth the Lord of hosts †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts Behold I wil saue my people from the land of the East and from the land of the Going downe of the sunne †And I wil bring them and they shal dwel in the middes of Ierusalem and they shal be my people and I wil be their God in truth and in iustice †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts Let your handes be strengthned you that heare in these dayes these words by the mouth of the prophets in the day that the house of the Lord of hosts was founded that the temple might be built †For before those dayes there was no hyre for men neither was there hyre for beasts neither was there peace to the comer in nor goer out for tribulation and I did let goe al men euerie one against his neighbour †But now not according to the former dayes wil I doe to the remnant of this people sayth the Lord of hosts †but the seede of peace shal be the vine shal geue his fruite and the earth shal geue her spring and the heauens shal geue their dew and I wil make the remnant of this people to possesse al these thinges †And it shal be as you were a malediction among the Gentils ô house of Iuda house of Israel so wil I saue you and you shal be a benediction feare not let your handes be strengthned †Because thus sayth the Lord of hosts As I purposed to afflict you when your fathers had prouoked me to wrath sayth our Lord †and I had no mercie so conuerting I haue meant in these dayes to doe good to the house of Iuda and Ierusalem feare not †These then are the wordes which you shal doe Speake ye truth euerie one with his neighbour truth and iudgement of peace iudge ye in your gates †And thinke ye not euerie man in your hart euil against his frend lying othe loue ye not for al these things are such as I hate sayth our Lord. †And the word of our Lord of hosts was made to me saying †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts The fast of the fourth and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seuenth and the fast of the tenth shal be to the house of Iuda into ioy and gladnes into goodlie solemnities truth onlie and peace loue ye †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts vntil peoples come dwel in manie cities †and the inhabitants goe one to an other saying Let vs goe and besech the face of our Lord and let vs seeke the Lord of hosts I also wil goe †And manie peoples shal come and strong nations to seeke the Lord of hosts in Ierusalem to besech the face of our Lord. †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts In those dayes wherein ten men of al the tongue of the Gentils shal take hold and they shal take hold of the skirt of a man that is a Iewe saying We wil goe with you for we haue heard that God is with you CHAP. IX The bordering enimies of the Iewes shal beleue in Christ 9. who wil first come to the Iewes in mekenes yet in solemnitie riding on an asse 11. deliuer the godlie from the lake 12. geue great thinges to the
both them coming against vs and the whole world with one becke †And he admonished them also of the aydes of God that were geuen to their fathers and that vnder Sennacherib an hundred foure score fiue thousand perished †And of the battel that they had against the Galatians in Babylonia how al they when it came to the point the Macedonians their felowes staggering being only six thousand slewe an hundred twentie thousand by reason of the ayde geuen them from heauen and for these thinges obteyned verie manie benefites †With these wordes they were made constant and readie to dye for the lawes and their countrie †He appointed therfore his brethren captains ouer both orders Simon and Ioseph and Ionathas vnder euerie one putting a thousand and fiue hundreth †Beside this also the holie booke being read vnto them by Esdras †and a signe of Gods helpe being geuen in the foreward the duke himself ioyned battel with Nicanor And the Almightie being made their helper they slew aboue nine thousand men and the greater part of Nicanors armie being made weake with woundes they forced to flee †And taking away their money that came to buy them they pursued them on euerie hand †but they returned being taken short with the time for it was the day before the Sabbath for the which cause they continewed not pursewing them †But gathering together the armour and spoiles of them they kept the Sabbath blessing our Lord that deliuered them this day distilling the beginning of mercie vpon them †But after the sabbath they diuided the spoyles to the feeble and to orphans and to widowes the rest themselues had with their felowes †These thinges therfore being done and obsecration being made in common of al they desired our merciful Lord that he would be reconciled to his seruants vnto the end †And of them that were with Timothee and Bacchides fighting against them they slew aboue twentie thousand wanne the high holdes and they diuided manie prayes making equal portion to the feeble pupils and widowes yea and to the elder men †And when they had diligently gathered together their armour they layd al together in conuenient places and the residue of the spoiles they caried to Ierusalem †and Philarches that was with Timothee they slewe a wicked man which in manie thinges had afflicted the Iewes †And when they kept the feast of victorie in Ierusalem him that had burnt the holie gates that is Callisthenes when he was fled into a certaine house they burnt a worthie reward being repayed him for his impieties †But the most impious Nicanor who had brought a thousand merchants to the sale of the Iewes †being humbled through the helpe of our Lord by them whom he esteemed no bodie laying aside his garment of glorie fleeing by the midland came alone to Antioch hauing gotten great infelicitie by the destruction of his armie †And he that had promised that he would render tribute to the Romanes of the captiuitie of Ierusalem now professed that the Iewes had God their protectour that for him they could not be wounded because they folowed the lawes appointed by him CHAP. IX Antiochus repulsed from Persepolis 3. and hearing that his armie is ouerthrowne in lurie 9. wormes issuing from his bodie intolerably stincking 11. acknowlegeth his wicked desertes 14. promiseth amendment 18. writeth to the Iewes praying them to obey him and his sonne 28. and dyeth miserably AT that time Antiochus returned out of Persis dishonourably †For he had entered into the citie which is called Persipolis and he attempted to spoile the temple and to oppresse the citie but the multitude running together to armes they were put to flight and so it chanced that Antiochus after his flight returned with dishonour †And when he was come about Ecbatana he vnderstood the thinges that were done to Nicanor and Timothee †And swelling in anger he thought that he might wreake the iniurie of them that had put him to flight vpon the Iewes And therfore he commanded his chariorte to be driuen iorneing without intermission the heauenlie iudgement vrging him forward because he spoke so proudly that he would come to Ierusalem make it an heape of the sepulcher of the Iewes †But he that seeth al thinges our Lord the God of Israel stroke him with an vncurable and inuisible plague For as he ended this verie speach a cruel plague of the bowels tooke him and bitter torments of the inner parts †and in dede very iustly as who had tormented the bowels of others with manie and new torments albeit he by no meanes ceased from his malice †And beside this replenished with pride breathing fire in his minde against the Iewes and commanding the matter to be hastened it chanced him going with violence to fal from the chariot and his limmes to be vexed with a greeuous bruising of the bodie †And he that seemed to himself to rule euen ouer the waues of the sea replenished with pride aboue the measure of man and to weye the heights of mountaines in a balance now being humbled to the ground was caried in a portatiue seate testifying the manifest power of God in himself †so that out of the bodie of the impious man wormes crawled abundantly and his liue flesh fel of for paynes with his smel also stinke the armie was anoyed †And he that a litle before thought to touch the starres of heauen him no man could carie for the intolerable stinke †Hereby therfore he begane being brought from his great pride to come to the knowlege of him self admonished by the plague of God his paines increasing euerie moment †And when neither himself now could abide his owne stinke thus he sayd It is reason to be subiect to God a mortal man not to thinke of himself equally with God †And this wicked man prayed to our Lord of whom he was not to obteyne mercie †And the citie to the which he came in hast to haue brought it to the ground to haue made it a sepulchre of bodies heaped together now wisheth to make it free †And the Iewes whom he sayd he would not vouchsafe worthie no not of burial but would geue them to birds wilde beastes to be spoiled destroy them with the litle ones now he promiseth to make them equal with the Athenians †The holie temple also which before he had spoiled he would adorne with goodlie donaries and would multiplie the holie vessels and of his reuenewes would allow the charges perteyning to the sacrifices †Besides these thinges that he would be a Iew also would walke through euerie place of the earth and would declare the power of God †But the paines ceasing not for the iust iudgement of God was come vpon him despayring he wrote to the Iewes by the maner of a supplication an epistle conteyning these words †To HIS
This Iechonias or Ioachin remained in prison til the death of Nabuchodonosor the space of thirtie seuen yeares and was then deliuered by Euilmerodach and by him entertayned courteously as a prince 4. Reg. 25. v. 27. He maried there and had issue Salathiel and Salathiel hâ—d Zorobabel Who together with Iosue sonne of Iosedech highpriest Esdras Nehemias others recited 1. Esd 2. conducted the children of Israel from Babylon into their countrie There were also in a former transmigration Daniel and the other three children Ananias Misael Azarias of the royal or principal bloud in the third yeare of Ioakim otherwise called Eliacim sonne of Iosias 4. Reg. 23. v. 34 king of Iuda Dan. 1. v. 1. 6. These with others were caried â—s hostages into Babylon and brought vp more liberally Where seruing God sincerely abstayning from vnlawful meates were protected by God much also estemed and promoted in that place For Daniel about the age of twelue yeares conuinced the two wicked Iudges and deliuered Susanna from their cruel handes Dan. 13. And afterwardes for declaring and interpreting the kings dreame Dan. 2. and excellent wisdom and gift of prophecie was admired by al aduanced by the king but maligned by certaine enuious sorcerers and great men Wherby he was sometimes in great danger but stil deliuered by Gods powre protecting him Dan. 6. 14. The other three children were likewise aduanced Dan. 2. v. 49. and therfore by diuers enuied and for refusing to adore an idol set vp by Nabuchodonosor were cast into a hote burning furnace and there preserued Dan. 3. Ieremie who before this time begane to prophecie whiles he was a childe Iere. 1. continued in the time of captiuitie in Ierusalem and Iurie with much affliction and stil prophecying finally dyed in Aegypt Baruch his scribe and also a Prophete went sometimes into Babylon and returned into Iurie Baruch 1. instructing and exhorting the people Ezechiel was caried with king Iechonias and Iosedech into Babylon and there prophecied ch 1. v. 2. part of the same time with Daniel in great part the same thinges with Ieremie And during the captiuitie king Iechonias Iosedech the highpriest Ieremie Baruch Ezechiel prophetes innumerable others some Martyres and manie Confessors parted from this world But Daniel yet liued And in place of Iosedech Highpriest Iosue succeded and the progenie of king Iechonias continuing in Salathiel and Zorobabel the nation â—ad them and other eminent men with temporal dependence vpon forreine princes in the next Monarchie of the Medes and Persians For when Darius king of Medes had slaine Baâ—â—azar king of the Chaldees and so possessed Babylon with the whole countrie he brought the Monarchie to the Medes Persians Dan. 5. v. 31. and within the space of one yeare he dyed and Cyrus succeding granted leaue to al the Iewes to returne into Iurie and there to build vp their temple and citie of Ierusalem which Nabuchodonosor had destroyed At which time Daniel had his vision that Christ our Sauiour should come into the world within seuentie weekes of seuen yeares to the weke that is in foure hundred ninetie yeares after the perfect finishing of the temple and citie Dan. 9. v. 24. 25. But when they were so built againe that the wekes beganne to be counted is very obscure as it was the wil of God that the prophecie being certayne in itself should not be ouer clere to euerie mans vnderstanding but as likewise manie other prophecies shut and sealed Dan. 12. v. 6. 9. 13. In this time of the Medes and Persians Monarchie Mardocheus remayning in Chaldea after the relaxation had that vision in a dreame Esther 11. after which folowed the historie of him Quene Esther and wicked Aman with the danger and deliuerie of al the Iewes in those partes Some thinke it likewise probable that the historie of Iudith happened after the captiuitie though others suppose that it was in the time of Manasses king of Iuda which not being our purpose to discusse and decide we wil passe to thinges more certayne The prophetes Aggeus Zachatias nere twentie yeares after the relaxation earnestly exhorted the princes people to build vp the temple which had bene begunne and now was neglected vpon vaine feare thincking the time was not yet come of building the house of our Lord. Aggeus 1. v. 2. Wherupon the prophet reproueth them expostulating thus Why is it time for you to dwel in embowed houses and this house of our Lord desert And assureth them v. 10. that their ground should remaine barren and ch 2. v. 15. their sacrifices vngratful til they should build the temple promising moreouer that this new temple should be more glorious by Christs personal presence therin then the former temple built by Salomon But especially the Church of Christ presigured by the temple should farre excel the Synagoge of the old testament ch 2. v. 10. Great shal be the glorie of this last house more then of the first Which Zacharie confirmeth inuiting the Gentiles to come and the Iewes to returne into Christs Church ch 2. v. 6. O flee out of the land of the North sayth our Lord because into the foure windes of heauen haue I dispersed you v. 7. O Sion flee thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon And by diuers other visions and prophecies they forshew the conuersion of the Gentiles and reiection of the Iewes for their obduration but in the end they also shal be conuerted Malachie prophecied after the finishing of the temple exhorting al to offer their sacrifices with puritie of hart reprehending both priestes and people for not so doing ch 1. He also foresheweth the reiection of the Iewes calling of the Gentiles with the change of the old sacrifices and institution of a new farre more excellent and more effectual to be offered euerie where v. 10. 11. He concludeth his prophecie ch 4. foretelling the terrible day of Iudgement and life or death euerlasting These later prophetes yet liuing as Iosephus Eusehius Theodoretus and others testifie in their histories the Grecians obtained so great a Monarchie by king Alexander the Great of Macedo that being parted after his death amongst manie yet al were great kingdomes some longer some shorter time In the beginning wherof when king Alexander came to Ierusalem as Iosephus writeth li. 11. c. 8. Antiquit. Iaddus the highpriest going forth in his pontifical attyre to mete him the same king straightwayes fel downe at his feete with al reuerence And being demanded by his freindes the princes of his armie why he so much honored the highpriest he answered that he honored noâ— the man for himself but for his office and God in him who had appeared to him in slepe in that very habite and ornaments when he in Macedonia discoursed in his minde of making battel against the Persians promising him assured victorie Shortly
manie whose minde was stirred vp with many vowes †And Cyrus the king brought forth the sacred vessels of our Lord which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon transported out of Ierusalem and consecrated them to his Idol †And Cyrus the king of Persians bringing them forth deliuered them to Mithridatus who was ouer his treasures †And by him they were deliuered to Salmanasar president of Iurie †And of these this was the number Cuppes for libamentes of siluer two thousand foure hundred basens of siluer thirtie phials of gold thirtie also of siluer two thousand foure hundred and other vessels a thousand †and al the vessels of gold and siluer were fiue thousand eight hundred sixtie †And they were numbered to Salmanasar together with them that came out of the captiuite of Babylon into Ierusalem †But in the times of Artaxerxes king of the Persians there wrote to him of them that dwelt in Iurie and Ierusalem Balsamus and Mithridatus and Sabellius and Rathimus Balthemus Sabellius scribe and the rest dweling in Samaria and other places the epistle folowing to king Artaxerxes †SIR thy seruantes Rathimus ouer occurrentes and Sabellius the scribe and the other iudges of thy court in Caelesyria and Phenice †And now be it knowen to our Lord the king that Iewes came vp from you to vs coming into Ierusalem a rebellious very naughty citie do build the fornaces thereof and set vp the walles and rayse the temple †And if this citie and the walles shal be finished they wil not onlie not abyde to pay tributes but also wil resist the kinges †And because that is in doing about the temple we thought it should doe wel not to neglect this same thing †but to make it knowen to our Lord the king that if it shal seme good ô king it may be sought in the bookes of thy fathers †and thou shalt find in the recordes thinges writen of these and thou shalt know that this citie hath bene rebellious and trubling kinges and cities †and the Iewes rebelles making battels in it from time out of mind for the which cause this citie was made desolate †Now therfore we doe thee to vnderstand Lord king that if this citie shal be built and the walles therof shal be erected there wil be no comming downe for thee into Caelesyria Phenice †Then wrote the king to Rathimus the writer of the occurrentes and to Balthemus and to Sabellius the scribe and to the rest ioyned with them and to the dwellers in Syria and Phenice as foloweth †I haue read the epistle that you sent me I commanded therfore search to be made it was found that the same citie is from the beginning rebellious to kinges †and the men rebelles and making battels in it there were most valient kinges ruling in Ierusalem and exacting tributes in Caelesyria Phenice †Now therfore I haue geuen commandment to forbid those men to build the citie and to stay them that nothing be done more then is †and that they proceede not farder wherof are euils so that there may be truble brought vpon the kinges †Then these things being read which were writen of king Artaxerxes Rathimus and Sabellius the scribe and they that were apointed with them ioyning together in hast came to Ierusalem with a troupe of horsemen and multitude companie †and they begane to forbid the builders and they ceased from building of the temple in Ierusalem til in the second yeare of the reigne of Darius king of the Persians CHAP. III. After a solemne supper made to al the court and chief princes king Darius sleeping 4. three esquires of the bodie keeping watch proposed the question 10. Whether wine or a King or wemen or the truth doth excel 17. The first prayseth wine KING Darius made a great supper to al his domestical seruantes and to al the magistrates of Media and Persia †and to al that were purple and to the praetors and consuls and liuetenantes vnder him from India vnto Aethiopia an hundred twentie seuen prouinces †And when they had eaten and drunken and returned ful then Darius went vp into his chamber and slept and awaked †Then those three youngmen kepers of his bodie which garded the kings bodie sayd one to an other †Let euerie one of vs say a word that may excel whose word soeuer shal appeare wiser then the others to him wil king Darius geue great giftes †to be couered with purple to drinke in gold and to sleepe vpon gold a chariote with a bridle of gold a bonet of silke and a cheyne about his necke †and he shal sit in the second place next Darius for his wisdome And he shal be called the cosin of Darius †Then euerie one writing his word signed it and they put it vnder the pillow of Darius the king †and they sayd When the king shal rise we wil geue him our writinges and which soeuer of the three the king shal iudge and the magistrates of Persia that his word is the wiser to him shal the victorie be geuen as is writen †One wrote Wine is strong †An other wrote a King is stronger †The third wrote Wemen are more strong but aboue al thinges truth ouercometh †And when the king was risen they tooke their writinges and gaue him and he read †And sending he called al the Magistrates of the Persians and the Medes and them that weare purple and the pretors and the ouerseers †and they sate in the councel and the writinges were read before them †And he sayd Cal the youngmen and they shal declare their owne wordes And they were called and went in †And he sayd to them Declare vnto vs concerning these thinges which are writen And the first began he that had spoken of the strength of wine †and sayd O ye men how doth wine preuaile ouer al men that drinke it seduceth the minde †And also the mind of king and orphane it maketh vaine Also of the bondman and the free of the rich man and the poore †and euerie mind it turneth into securitie and pleasantnes and it remembreth not any sorow and dewtie †and al hartes it maketh honest and it remembreth not king nor magistrate and it maketh a man speake al thinges by talentes †And when they haue drunke they remember not frendship nor brotherhood yea and not long after they take swordes †And when they are recouered and risen from the wine they remember not what they haue done †O ye men doth not wine excel who thinketh to doe so And hauing sayd this he held his peace CHAP. IIII. The second prayseth the excellencie of a king 13. The third which is Zorobabel commendeth wemen 33. but preferreth truth aboue al 41. which is so approued and he is rewarded 42. The king moreouer at his request restoreth the holie vessels of the
Maloban and Enaathan and Samea and Ioribum Nathan Enuagam Zacharias and Mosolam the leaders them selues and that were skilful †And I sayd to them that they should come to Loddeus who was at the place of the treasurie †And I commanded them to say to Loddeus and his brethren and to them that were in the treasurie that they should send vs them that might doe the function of priesthood in the house of the Lord our God †And they brought vnto vs according to the mightie hand of the Lord our God cunning men of the children of Moholi the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel Sâ—bebia his sonnes and brethren which were eightene †Asbia and Amin of the sonnes of the children of Chananeus and their children twentie men †And of them that serued the temple whom Dauid gaue and the princes themselues to the ministerie of the Leuites of them that serued the temple two hundred twentie Al their names were signified in writings †And I vowed there a fast to the yong men in the sight of God that I might aske of him a good iourney for vs and them that were with vs and for the children and the cattel because of ambushementes †For I was ashamed to aske of the king footemen and horsemen in my companie to guard vs against our aduersaries †For we sayd to the king that the power of our Lord wil be with them that seeke him with al affection †And agayne we besought the Lord our God according to these thinges whom also we had propicious and we obteyned of our God †And I separated of the rulers of the people and of the Priestes of the temple twelue men and Sedebia and Asanna and with them of their brethren ten men †And I weyed to them the gold and siluer and the vessels of the house of our God perteyning to the Priestes which the king had geuen and his counselers and the princes and al Israel †And when I had weyed it I deliuered of siluer an hundred fiftie talentes and siluer vessels of an hundred talentes and of gold an hundred talentes †And of vessels of gold seuen score and twelue brasen vessels good of shyning brasse resembling the forme of gold †And I sayd to them You are also sanctified to our Lord and the vessels be holie and the gold and siluer is vowed to our Lord the God of our fathers †Watch and keepe til you deliuer them to some of the rulers of the people and to the Priestes and Leuites and to the princes of the cities of Israel in Ierusalem in the treasurie of the house of our God †And those Priestes and Leuites that receiued the gold and siluer and vessels brought it to Ierusalem into the temple of our Lord. †And we went forward from the riuer Thia the twelfth day of the first moneth til we entred into Ierusalem †And when the third day was come in the fourth day the gold being weyed and the siluer was deliuered in the house of the Lord our God to Marimoth Priest the sonne of Iori †And with him was Eleazar the sonne of Phinees and with them were Iosadus the sonne of Iesus and Medias and Banni the sonne of a Leuite by number and weight al thinges †And the weight of them was writen the same houre †And they that came out of the captiuitie offered sacrifice to our Lord the God of Israel oxen twelue for al Israel rammes eightie six †lambes seuentie two bucke goates for sinne twelue and for health twelue kyne al for the sacrifice of our Lord. †And they read againe the preceptes of the king to the kinges officers and to the deputies of Coelesyria and Phoenice and they honored the nation and the temple of our Lord. †And these thinges being finished the rulers came to me saying The stocke of Israel and the princes and the Priestes and the Leuites †and the strange people and nations of the land haue not separated their vncleannes from the Chananeites and Hetheites and Pherezeites and Iebuseites and Moobites Aegyptians and Idumeians †For they are ioyned to their daughters both themselues and their sonnes and the holie sede is mingled with the strange nations of the earth and the rulers and magistrates were partakers of that iniquitie from the beginning of the reigne it self †And forth with as I heard these thinges I rent my garmentes and the sacred tunike and tearing the heares of my head and my beard I sate sorowful and heauie †And there assembled to me mourning vpon this iniquitie as manie as were then moued by the word of our Lord the God of Israel and I sate sad vntil the euening sacrifice †And I rising vp from fasting hauing my garmentes rent and the sacred tunike kneeling and stretching forth my handes to our Lord †I sayd Lord I am confounded and ashamed before thy face †for our sinnes are multiplied ouer our heades and our iniquities are exalted euen to heauen †Because from the times of our fathers we are in great sinne vnto this day †And for the sinnes of vs and of our fathers we haue bene deliuered with our brethren and with our Priestes to the kinges of the earth into sword and captiuitie and spoile with confusion vnto this present day †And now what a great thing is this that mercie hath happened to vs from thee ô Lord God leaue thou vnto vs a roote and a name in the place of thy sanctification †to discouer our light in the house of the Lord our God to geue vs meate in al the time of our bondage †And when we serued we were not forsaken of the Lord our God but he sette vs in fauour appointing the kinges of the Persians to geue vs meate †and to glorifie the temple of the Lord our God and to build the desolations of Sion to geue vs stabilitie in Iurie and Ierusalem †And now what say we Lord hauing these thinges For we haue transgressed thy preceptes which thou gauest into the handes of thy seruants the prophetes †saying That the land into which ye entred to possesse the inheritance therof is a land polluted with the coinquinations of the strangers of the land and their vncleanes hath filled it wholy with their filthines †And now your daughters you shal not match with their sonnes and their daughters you shal not take for your sonnes †And you shal not seeke to haue peace with them for euer that growing strong you may eate the best things of the land and may distribute the inheritance to your children for euer †And the thinges that happen to vs al are done for our nauhtie workes and our great sinnes †And thou gauest vs such a roote and we are returned againe to transgresse thy ordinances that we would be mingled with the vncleannes of the nations of this land †Wil t not thou be wrath with vs to
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
spirite the perfections which he wisheth in Christ in maner of congratulating describeth his fortitude fighting against the diuel for the Church n purposing o prosecuting p and perfecting the conquest and so establishing thy spiritual kingdome q Not vvith warlike armour of this world but by assaulting the aduersarie with truth r defending thyseâ—fe and thy souldiers with the shield of mildnes Å¿ and striking the enemie with the sword of iustice VVhich right force of spiritual fight hath meruelous good successe t Preaching of Christs Gospel his grace mouing the hartes of the hearers is liuelie and forcible more pearcing then anie two edged sword v The example of people conuerted shal moue the hartes of the aduersaries to come also vnto the truth w Christs kingdom shal haue no end Luc 1. v. 33. x Thou defendest and rewardest the good finally forsakest and punishest the wicked y more peculiarly the God of Christ by hypostatical vnion z Diuers kinges as Dauid him selfe Iosaphat Ezechias and Iosias were as godlie as Salomon and perseuered good to the end which is doubted Salomon did not but Christ incomparably was annointed indued with al graces aboue al kinges a Mortification which conserueth from putrifying b humilitie aswaging pride c being smal in the first spring grovveth great d humanitie assumpted and sanctified persons in vvhom Christ dwelleth as in cleane shining odoriferous houses e sincere faithful soules more deare to their spouse Christ then daughters of temporal kinges f The Catholique Church in faith purified as gold g vvith varietie of states as Clergie Laity and diuers sortes of religious Orders and other professions al vnited in the same faith hope and charitie h carifully al that Christ thy spouse speaketh to thee by his Spirite i diligently put the same in practise k vvith al obedience and readines and returne not to former infidelitie noâ— to corrupt life l Christ loueth the Church adoined with his giftes m and mutually his true children loue and serue him n Manie of al nations submitle themselues and al that they haue to Christ o Internal vertues are most especial ornaments p exterior are required to edifie others in diuers sortes of vertues q By this meanes manie more are conuerted to christianitie r and one countrie inuiteth and draweth another Å¿ As Apostles came in place of Patriarches and Prophetes so stil Bishops and Priestes succede in the Church pastors and gouernours therof t These pastores shal stil teach the true Christian doctrin v and stil there shal be Christian people that wil folow and professe the same Caluin expoundeth this Psalme contratie to S. â—aul No saluation out of the Church Perpetual succession of Byshops in place of the Apostles The Church prospereth also in persecution The 6. key a Belonging to the Church of Christ b As wel the cause vvhy God suffereth his Church to be persecuted at his assured protection in difficulties are hidden secretes to the world c Al refuge is not secure for one man is not able alwayes to defend an other but God is a sure and strong refuge d euer able and in conuenient time vvilling to helpe e This whole vvorld is ful of tribulations but the Church suffered the greatest in the first persecutions shal suffer as great in the time of Antichrist English Catholiques suffer most of al nations in this age and can not be suppressed but stil increase in number and fortitude f Therfore al Catholiques may assuredly know that the whole Church can not faile g though very manie as now in England h and very eminent persons as some noblemen and some Priestes haue reuolted yet al vvil not i Such bad examples make the good to recollect themselues more diligently and to reiâ—ycâ— in Gods grace by which they stand fast k before the heate of persecution shal inuade al for the elect the dayes of tribulation are shortned l Sometimes one nation or kingdome rebelleth against the Church but can not destroy it m by the spirite of Christ Antichrist and al his members shal be destroyed n The Church sometimes hath great peace and tranquilitie o God himselfe restrayneth the wicked suddainly abating their furie or cutting of their forces Vocation of Gentiles The 6. key a For Christians that leaue the sinnes of their fathers and reioyce in Christ crucified See Annotation Psal 41. b True ioy of the hart sheweth it selâ—e both in voice of exultation and also in gesture of body by clapping of handes dancing as king Dauid did before the Arke 2 Reg â— likevvise vvith instruments c To al the wicked d not only of one or few kingdoms but of al the earth e VVhen kinges and countries become Christians they are made subiectes to the Church that vvas before not heades and rulers therfore f Christ God man after his Passion rose from death and ascended g not leauing his Church desolate but making her ioyful by an other comforter the Holie Ghost h The same Christ is our God by his Diuinitie i and our king by his Humanitie k Doe your endeuour to vnderstand vvhat you sing read or heare in Gods word At least to know the principal Mysteries and pointes of Christian doctrin euerie one according to their capacitie and state or profession l The faithful of the old and nevv Testament are vnited in the seruice of one and the same eternal God m In respect of the Blessed Trinitie holie Scripture here and in manie places vseth names of the plural number as Eloim Goddes not diuiding Gods substance vvhich is one but insinuating distinction of Diuine Persons The Father the Sonne and the Holie Ghost VVhich Mysterie is more expresly mentioned in Baptisme and professed by Christian gentils then it was by the people of the Ievves The Church founded and protected by God The 6. key a Voices beginning the musike instruments prosecuted b especially for the second day of the weke the day after the sabbath which is our Sunday called Dominica our Lords day c Ierusalem and mount Sion were most obliged to praise God for greatest benefites receiued so the Catholique Church therby prefigured and hauing receiued farre greatter is most of al bonden to be gratful d This can not be affirmed of Sion or Ierusalem but is only verified of the Catholique Christian Church e whose coastes do extend to the North and to al quarters of the round earth f The same one God one Christ one Faith and one Religion in al particular Churches of the vvhole militant Church g And this Vniuersalitie and Vnitie shal be after that Christ taking mans nature shal be ascended and shal send the Holie Ghost to found beginne this Church h For the assured certaintie of that is foreshewed the Prophet speaketh in the preteâ—â—ence as if it vvere already done in his time which he then savv in spirite i Nothing more moueth he hart affecteth al the bodie and soule
prouidence towards the good and bad the 3. key a A song as wel for king Dauid himselfe as others of al times b to sing c and consider Gods prouidence in suffering one man to afflict an other in this life d This life is awarefare and a continual combate e calumniated me f and persecuted me in great furie g so inwardly afflicted as if death were at hand h I haue scarse sense or discourse of reason being almost ouerwhelmed with trubles i would God I could flie that in the simplicitie of a doue I might spedely part away from these afflictions k I haue fled so farre as I could from trubles l for the rest I remitted to Gods wil and good pleasure m and he suffered me not to be ouerthrowne n though I am weake o and the tentations are great p O God abate the pride of arrogant persecuters q suffer them not to agree amongst them selues r They are ful of al iniquitie Å¿ they haue also contentions among themselues turne the same to our good t VVith their continual great iniquitie they haue their trubles v but leaue not their iniustice w They are stil vsurers and deceiptful oppressors of the poore x It is a greater griefe to suffer iniuries of those that seme to be freindes y A man that was or semed of the same mind faith and religion z whom I so trusted that I would haue gone whithersoeuer he should haue ledde me a Thou that didst participate the same holie sacraments with me b in the Catholique Church c As Core his complices spoken of iust zele not of desire to reuenge verified in those that sinne wittingly and knowing for they descend as it were aliue into hel d The whole crew of the wicked conspire in iniquitie e The prophet alludeth to three more specially appointed houres of Diuine seruice the daylie sacrifice at morning and euening and other sacrifices commonly about midday VVhich also are the three principal times of Diuine Seruice in the Church of Christ Martins Euensong and the Sacrifice of Masse VVhich Eutynâ—ius and other Grecians cal Lyturgiam S. Clement also li 7. c. 25. Apost Instit testifieth that the Apostles ordained three set houres of common prayer euerie day * â—r prâ—â— f Manie enimies combined together approched vnto me to ouerthrow me g Eternal God h They wil neuer repent of their wickednes i They harden their hartes against his threatned wrath k but Gods prouidente illuminateth others to know and teach the truth when it is impugned or contemned l Gods wordes which in them selues are meke and swete m are hard to the incredulous as dartes that wound them Christ said Ioan. 6. Vnles one eate my flesh drinke my bloud he shal not haue life in him which the Capharnaites not vnderstanding said one to an other This is a hard speach who can abide it which S. Augustin here saith was the first heresie against our Sauiours preaching It was not hard to S. Peter who in the name of the rest answered that Christ had the wordes of eternal life He yet vnderstood not the secrete of our Lords speach but he piously beleued that the wordes vvere good vvhich he vnderstood not n Therfore in al doubtes of doctrin in al distresses of persecution and other difficulties vvhich surpasse thy vveakenes cast thy care vpon our Lord and he vvil nourish thee o He vvil not suffer the iust to remaine alvvayes in fluctuation that is in doubtful dangerous and vvaueâ—ing thoughtes or perplexities as vvhen a shippe is tossed in the vvaues of the sea but vvil geue quiet repose of mind as in a sure hauen vvithout danger of drovvning p Contrariwise the wicked and obstinate shal fal into destruction q Often or for most part bloud-suckers dye before the course of nature requireth as Saul Absolon Achitophel Achab Iezabel and the like Dauids prayes in danger the â— key a This Psalme perteyneth also to future times b for the vse of anie iust persons or people that are against their wil separated from the publike diuine Seruice of holie Church c moâ—â— worthie to be noted with tule for perpetual memorie d made by Dauid when the Philistims detected him to their king in Geth e Now one sorte of il disposed men now another f neuer cease to seeke my destruction g Saul with his great armie the Philistimâ—s and other strangers some in manifest hostilitie others detecting and betraing me to myn aduersaries So al that liue godly in Christ haue manie enimies visible and inuisible h Of these most eminent great dangers I am in deede afeard i but so that my trust and assured confidence is in thee ô God k Wordes and promises made to me or the good which I speake or do by Gods grace l They calumniate whatsoeuer I say m wresting al my wordes to euil sense n They meete together and secretly conspire to intrappe me or catch me tripping o to take my life p for this their vaine purpose to destroy me thou wilt saue them as they deserue that is q thou wilt breake them in peeces r I wil alwayes gratfully acknowlege thy promises and sayings for they are assured Å¿ I haue purposed and vowed to offer sacrifice of praise and by thy helpe wil performe it t do that pleaseth God v in true faith and pious workes Dauids great patience the 8. key a The heroical facts of Dauid are for examples to al Christians b Innocent Dauid hauing opportunitie to kil his vniust persecutor obeyed the motion of God suggesting vnto him not to destroy his enimie contrarie to the counsel of his freindes c a thing most worthie to be recorded for perpetual memorie d being in so great and vniust truble as to lye in the caue of a mountaine yet spared to kil or hurt him that driue him into such straictes See the historie 1. Reg. 24. 1. â—â—â— 22. 24. e Extraordinarie diuine helpe passing mans powre f It fel reprochfully to Saul that Dauid might haue slaine him if he would yet did neither hurt him nor insult vpon him but meekely and piously admonished him of his error and iniurious persecution g my life h from most mightie and rauenous persecuters i Though they haue not lions natural teeth yet they exercise crueltie by artificial weapons k and with their cruel tongues incite their folowers to the same furie 1. Reg. 22. v. 16. l Saul endeuored manie wayes to ouerthrow Dauid amongst other meanes prouoked him to sette vpon the Philistims thincking they should haue slaine him 1. Reg. 18. v. 17. but the same Philistims ouerthrew Saul 1 Reg. 31. :: Psalmes more in vse with Christian Gentils then they were with the Iewes See page 12. m Gods benefites bestowed vpon Dauid and vpon faithful Christians prefigured by him are for euer to be praised by al peoples and nations :: Psalmes more in vse with Christian Gentils then they were with the
forced to promise libertie to the children of Israel vvhich he aftervvards denied e The read sea f when Iosue brought the people ouer Iordan g in remembring and reciting these singular benefites h Gods chosen people the Iewes did often exasperate God by their ingratitude murmuring and other sinnes whom the prophet therfore admonisheth i not to be proud lest they be subdued and brought lowe k By way of inuitation the Psalmist prophecieth the conuersion of Gentiles l The voice of the whole Church confessing Gods prouidence and protection that she neuer faileth for the Iewes falling from Christ the Gentiles beleued in him and some nations or countries falling from Religion others are conuerted m God suffereth his Church to be persecuted with al kindes of tribulation as some are here recited n But through Gods assistance his seruants passe through and ouercome al tentations o Sacrifice of thankes p and voluntarie vowes q that which anie promiseth to God in tribulation they must performe accordingly r Thâ—se were the best external sacrifices of the old law Å¿ But both then and now the internal sacrifices of contrite hart of iustice and of diuine praise best please God t from the hart which is vnder the tongue and directeth the tongue what to speake v VVhosoeuer wil be heard in prayer must repent of his sinnes Propagation of the Church the 6. key a This Psalme beginning to be songue by voices instruments were adioyned b God first remitte our sinnes c then geue vs thy manifold graces d grant faith and repentance e and so forgeuenes of sinnes f Al nations shal be conuerted g God the Fater h God the Sonne i God the Holie Ghost saue the peoples of al nations by Euangelical preaching of thee the most Blessed Trinitie The Church stil conserued The 6. key a In maner of praying that God wil vouchsafe to defend the Church the Psalmist prophecieth that God wil arise b and the enimies shal flee away not daring to abide the combate c As God is terrible to the wicked so he is comfortable to the iust d Resist not Gods inspiration but receiue it with ioy and thankes e who triumpheth ouer death f God is Lord not only of these or those nations countries or other creatures but absolutly and vniuersally of al. g That is the true holie Church which hath h vnitie in doctrin touching faith and maâ—ers i That be bond in sinne S. Cypr. ep 76. k euen rebellious willes are altered by Gods mercie and freely embrace his law l also the dead and drie hartes that cared not for spiritual thinges are softened and quickned with new grace m The benefites bestowed on the Israelites are written in the bookes of Moyses Iosue and Iudges n Not mans deseruing but Gods mere good wil and free grace caused Christ to come and by himselfe and his Apostles to preach the Euangelical doctrin which watereth the whole world o God chose the weake but made them strong p Those whom thou hast chosen and so made thyn owne peculiar people shal enioy this grace q Thou gauest Manna in the desert the B Sacrament in the new testament r God geueth to the preacher what to speake Å¿ and to some he geueth also powre to worke miracles in confirmation of their doctrin Mar. 16. t Some potent king or as it is in the Hebrew kinges being beloued of the beloued of God the only Sonne of God shal yeld themselues to the same beloued Sonne of God v which shal redound to the glorie and beautie of his Church gayning such spiritual prayes from the diuel w If you be in such danger that the aduersaries cast dice oâ— lottes for your persons and goodes yet you shal be deliuered as if a doue with her glistering fethers like siluer and gold flie away into a secure place without losse or diminution but rather with increase of vertues x VVhen the heauenlie king determineth thus of earthlie kinges y they shal be purged from their sinnes and made white like snow that falleth in mount Selmon which is a shadowed hil thicke with trees in mount Ephraim nere to Iordan z The Church of God is visible and durable like to a mountane a Combined or ioyned together as when milke is turned into curde and so into cheese b fructful enriched by spiritual giftes of the Holie Ghost c ye that are not of this Church do in vaine and erroniously imagine that anie other mountaines are vnited d Innumerable Angels ministers of Gods wil do continually attend vpon his Diuine Maiestie as if he who otherwise nedeth no seruice were caried by them as in a chariotte of infinite magnificence Dan 7. e So God appeared in Maiestie when he gaue his law in mount Sinai f Christ ascended with innumerable Angels attending vpon him g caried with him the fathers of the old testament that had benne captiue Ephes 4. h as man he receiued giftes of God in and for men his faithful seruantes i yea also he receiued for his merite that innumerable which before were incredulous were conuerted and God dwelt in their soules k Our Lord I say our Lord and none but he could ouercome death by dying l Though Christ died to deliuer al men from death yet he wil geue capital sentence of eternal death to al that obstinatly remaine his enimies and multiplie sinnes vpon sinnes to the end of their temporal life m Euen of the iudest barbarous nations manie shal be conuerted to Christiantie n namely Gods grace is extended into the Ilandes of the Ocean and other seas o But such seuere slaughter shal fal vpon the obstinate contemners of this grace that mens feete shal be defiled in their bloud and dogges shal lappe it Exiâ—iâ—â—â—â— ab â—â—â— p Manie haue sene or knowen in general but the faithful more exactly know how Christ came into this world his conuersation therin and his going forth q his reigning now in heauen our Mediatour by whom al other intercessors haue accesse to God r The Apostles sowing the first seede of Euangelical doctrin Å¿ with whom other Apostolical men t and other soules of al nations conuerted by their preaching most ioyfully sing together in hart voice and instruments especially in good workes shew their gratful affections to our Redeemer v And al this in the particular Churches of diuers Kingdomes and partes of the world vv beginning with the Israelites in Ierusalem and so proceding into al furie and Samaria and to the vt most of the earth Act. 1. x S. Paul of Iacobs yongest sonne Beniamin last called to Apostleship was chiefly sent to the Gentiles y Other Apostles of diuers tribes sent first to the Iewes secondarily to Gentiles z As the Church begane by the omnipotent powre of God so by the same only powre it is conserued a Chastice therfore ô God al persecuters of thy Church who are but as weake wauering reedes in comparison of thy powre
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