the time when now the first ripe grapes are to be eaten †And when they were gone vp they viewed the Land from the desert of Sin vnto Rohob as you enter to Emath †And they went vp at the south side and came to Hebron where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sonnes of Enac for Hebron was built seuen yeares before Tanis the citie of Aegypt †And going forward as farre as the Torrent of cluster they cutte of a branch with the grapes therof which two men carried vpon a leauer They tooke of the pomegranates also and of the figges of that place †which was called Nehelescol that is to say the Torrent of cluster for that thence the children of Israel had caried a cluster †And the discouerers of the Land returning after fourtie daies hauing circuted al the countrie †came to Moyses Aaron and to al the assemblie of the children of Israel into the desert of Pharan which is in Cades And speaking to them to al the multitude they shewed the fruites of the Land †and reported saying We came into the Land to which thou didst send vs which in very deede floweth with milke and honie as by these fruites may be knowen †but it hath very strong inhabitantes and cities great and walled The stocke of Enac we saw there †Amalec dwelleth in the south the Hetheite and the Iebuseite and the Amorrheite in the mountaines but the Chananeite abideth beside the sea and about the streames of Iordan †Among these thinges Caleb appeasing the murmuring of the people that rose against Moyses said Let vs goe vp and possesse the Land because we may obtaine it †But the others that had bene with him said No we are not able to goe vp to this people because it is stronger then we †And they detracted from the Land which they had viewed before the children of Israel saying The Land which we haue viewed deuoureth her inhabitantes the people that we beheld is of a tall stature †There we saw certaine monsters of the sonnes of Enac of the gyantes kind to whom being compared we seemed as it were locustes CHAP. XIIII The mutinous murmuring people being vnplacable 11. God expostulateth their ingratitude threatneth to destroy them 13. Yet Moyses pacifieth his wrath 22. but so that al which were numbered coming from Aegypt except Câ—leb and Iosue shal die in the wildernes 31. and their children shal possesse the promised land 40. Then fighting contrarie to Moyses admonition are beaten and manie slaine by their enimies THERFORE al the multitude crying out wept that night †and al the children of Israel murmured against Moyses and Aaron saying †Would God we had died in Aegypt and in this vaste wildernesse would God we might die and that our Lord would not bring vs into this Land lest we fal by the sword and our wiues and children be ledde captiue Is it not better to returne into Aegypt †And one said to an other Let vs appoint a captaine and let vs returne into Aegypt †Which Moyses and Aaron hearing fel flatte vpon the ground before al the multitude of the children oâ— Israel †But Iosue the sonne of Nun and Caleb the sonne of Iephone who them selues also had viewed the land rent their garmentes †and spake to al the multitude of the children of Israel The Land which we haue circuted is very good †If our Lord be propitious he shal bring vs into it and deliuer vs a ground flowing with milke and honie †Be not rebellious against our Lord neither feare ye the people of this land for euen as bread so we may deuoure them al aide is gone from them our Lord is with vs feare ye not †And when al the multitude cried and would haue stoned them the glorie of our Lord appeared ouer the roofe of couenant in the sight of al the children of Israel †And our Lord said to Moyses How long wil this people detract me How long wil they not beleue me in al the signes that I haue done before them †I wil strike them therfore with pestilence and wil consume them but thee I wil make prince ouer a great nation and a stronger then this is †And Moyses said to our Lord That the Aegyptians from the middes of whom thou hast brought forth this people †and the inhabitantes of this Land which haue heard that thou Lord art among this people and art sene face to face and thy cloude protecteth them and in a piller of a cloude thou goest before them by day and in a piller of fire by night †may heare that thou hast killed so great a multitude as it were one man and may say †He could not bring in the people into the Land for which he had sworne therfore did he kil them in the wildernesse †Let therfore the strength of our Lord be magnified as thou hast sworne saying †The Lord is patient and ful of mercie taking away iniquitie and wicked deedes leauing no man innocent which visitest the sinnes of the fathers vpon the children vnto the third and fourth generation †Forgeue I besech thee the sinne of this thy people according to the greatnes of thy mercie as thou hast bene propitious to them since their going out of Aegypt vnto this place †And our Lord said I haue forgeuen it according to thy word †Liue I and the whole earth shal be replenished with the glorie of the Lord. †But yet al the men that haue sene my maiestie and the signes that I haue done in Aegypt and in the wildernesse and haue tempred me now ten times neither haue obeied my voice †they shal not see the Land for the which I sware to their fathers neither shal any of them that hath detracted me behold it †My seruant Caleb who being ful of an other spirit hath folowed me wil I bring in vnto this Land which he hath circuted and his seede shal possesse it †Because the Amalecite and the Cananeite dwel in the valleis To morrow remoue the campe and returne into the wildernesse by the way of the Redde sea †And our Lord spake to Moyses and Aaron saying †How long doth this vngratious multitude murmur against me I haue heard the complaintes of the children of Israel †Say therfore to them liue I sayeth our Lord According as you haue spoken I hearing it so wil I do to you †In this wildernesse shal your carcasses lie Al you that are numbered from twentie yeares vpward and haue murmured against me †you shal not enter into the Land ouer the which I haue lifted vp my hand to make you inhabite it except Caleb the sonne of Iephone and Iosue the sonne of Nun. †But your litle ones of whom you said that they should be a pray to the enemies wil I bring in that they may see the Land that hath misliked you â€
Vriel Asaia Ioel Semeia Eliel and Aminadab †and he sayd to them You that are the princes of the Leuitical families be sanctified with your brethren and fetch the Arke of our Lord the God of Israel to the place which is prepared for it †lest as from the beginning because yow were not present our Lord strike vs so now also it come to passe we doing some vnlawful thing †The Priestes therfore and the Leuites were sanctified to carie the Arke of our Lord the God of Israel †And the sonnes of Leui tooke the Arke of God as Moyses had commanded according to the word of our Lord vpon their shoulders on barres †And Dauid sayd to the princes of the Leuites that they should appoynt of their brethren singing men on musical instrumentes to witte on nables harpes and cymbals that the sound of ioy might resound on high †And they appoynted Leuites Hemam the sonne of Ioel and of his brethren Asaph the sonne of Barachias and of the children of Merari their brethren Ethan the sonne of Casaia †And with them their brethren in the second order Zacharias and Ben and Iaziel and Semiramoth and Iaâ—iel and Ani Eliab and Banaias and Maasias and Mathathias and Eliphalu and Macenias and Obededom and Iehiel porters †Moreouer them that sang Heman Asaph and Ethan sounding on brasen cymbals †And Zacharias and Oziel and Semiramoth and Iahiel Ani and Eliab and Maasias and Banaias vpon nables sang mysteries †Moreouer Mathathias and Eliphalu and Macenias and Obededom and Iehiel and Ozaziu vpon harpes for the octaue sang a triumphant song †And Chonenias the prince of the Leuites was chiefe ouer prophecie to beginne the melodie for he was verie coning †And Barachias and Elcana doore keepers of the Arke †Moreouer Sebenias and Iosaphat and Nathanael and Amasai and Zacharias and Banaias and Eliezer priestes sounded with trumpettes before the Arke of God and Obededom and Iehias kept the doore of the Arke †Therfore Dauid and al the ancientes of Israel and the tribunes went to fetch the Arke of the couenanr of our Lord out of the house of Obededom with ioy †And when God had holpen the Leuites which caried the Arke of the couenant of our Lord there were immolated seuen oxen seuen rammes †Moreouer Dauid was clothed with a robe of fine linen and al the Leuites that caried the Arke and the singing men and Chonenias the prince of prophecie among the singers and Dauid also was clothed with an Ephod of linen †And al Israel brought the Arke of the couenant of our Lord in iubiley and sounding with the sound of shaulme and with trumpettes and cymbals and nables and harpes †And when the Arke of the couenant of our Lord was come vnto the citie of Dauid Michol the daughter of Saul looking forth through a window saw Dauid the king dancing and playing and she despised him in her hart CHAP. XVI The Arke is placed in a tabernacle Sacrifice is offeâ—ed Dauid blesseth the people 4. disposeth the offices of Leuites 8. and maketh a Psalme of praise to God THEY therfore brought the Arke of God and set it in the middes of the tabernacle which Dauid had pitched for it and they offered holocaustes and pacifiques before God †And when Dauid had finished offering holocaustes and pacifiques he blessed the people in the name of our Lord. †And he duided to al through out euerie one from man vnto woman a loafe of bread and a peece of rosted beefe and floure fryed with oile †And he appoynted before the Arke of our Lord of the Leuites that should minister and should remember his workes glorifie and prayse our Lord the God of Israel †Asaph the prince and the second after him Zacharias moreouer Iahiel and Semiramoth and Iehiel and Mathathias and Eliab and Banaias Obed-edom and Iehiel ouer the instrumentes of psalterie and the harpes Asaph to sound vpon the cymbals †but Banaias and Iaziel priestes to sound the trumpet continually before the Arke of the couenant of our Lord. †In that day Dauid made Asaph prince to confesse to our Lord and his brethren †Confesse ye to our Lord and inuocate his name make his inuentions knowen among the peoples †Chaunt to him and sing to him and tel ye al his meruelous thinges †Prayse ye his holie name let the hart of them that reioyse seeke our Lord. †Seeke ye our Lord and his powre seeke ye his face alwayes †Remember his meruelous thinges which he hath done his signes and the iudgementes of his mouth †The seede of Israel his seruant the children of Iacob his elect †He is the Lord our God in al the earth are his iudgementes †Remember for euer his coueuant the word which he commanded vnto a thousand generations †Which he couenanted with Abraham and his othe with Isaac †And he appoynted it to Iacob for a precept and to Israel for an euer lasting couenant †Saying To thee wil I geue the Land of Chanaan the corde of your inheritance †When they were few in number smal and soiourners therof †And they passed from nation into nation from kingdom to an other people †He suffered not any man to calumniate them but rebuked kinges for their sake †Touch not my annoynted and vnto my prophetes be not malicious †Sing ye to our Lord al the earth shew forth from day to day his saluation †Tel his glorie among the gentiles among al peoples his meruelous workes †Because our Lord is great and laudable excedingly and terrible ouer al goddes †For al the goddes of the peoples be idols but our Lord made the heauens †Confession and magnificence before him strength and ioy in his place †Bring to our Lord ye families of peoples bring to our Lord glorie and impire †Geue our Lord glorie to his name eleuate sacrifice and come ye in his sight and adore our Lord in holie honour †Let al the earth be moued before his face for he founded the world vnmoueable †Let the heauens be glad the earth reioyse and let them say among the nations Our Lord hath reigned †Let the sea thunder and the fulnesse therof let the fieldes reioyse and al thinges that are in them †Then shal the trees of the forest prayse before our Lord because he is come to iudge the earth †Confesse ye to our Lord because he is good because his mercie is for euer †And say ye Saue vs ô God our sauiour and gather vs together deliuer vs out of the nations that we may confesse to thy holie name and may reioyse in thy songues †Blessed be our Lord the God of Israel from eternitie vnto eternitie and let al the people say Amen and hymne to God †He therfore leaft Asaph there before the Arke of the couenant of our Lord and his
“ 60 nor personally be present with them in the exercise of their false pretended religions PSALME XXVI Dauid being in great distresse through persecution and hauing assured confidence in God describeth the great securitie of Gods protection 7. sheweth the same experienced in him self 12. prayeth for continuance therof 13. and incorageth his owne soule in hope of life euerlasting to perseuer in vertue †The Psalme of Dauid before he was annoynted OVR Lord is my illumination and my saluation whom shal I feare Our Lord is the protectour of my life of whom shal I be afrayd †Whiles the harmeful approch vpon me to eate my flesh Mine enemies that truble me them selues are weakened and are fallen †If campes stand together against me my hart shal not feare If battel rise vp against me in this wil I hope †One thing I haue asked of our Lord this wil I seeke for that I may dwel in the house of our Lord al the dayes of my life That I may see the pleasentnes of our Lord and visite his temple †Because he hath hid me in his tabernacle in the day of euils he hath protected me â—in the secrete of his tabernacle †In a rocke he hath exalted me and now he hath exalted my head ouer mine enemies I haue gone round about and haue immolated in his tabernacle an host of iubilation I wil sing and say a Psalme to our Lord. †Heare ô Lord my voice wherwith I haue cried to thee haue mercie on me and heare me †My hart hath sayd to thee my face hath sought thee out thy face ô Lord I wil seeke †Turne not away thy face from me decline not in wrath from thy seruant Be thou my helper forsake me not neither despise me ô God my Sauiour Because my father and my mother haue forsaken me but our Lord hath taken me †Geue me a law ô Lord in thy way and direct me in the right path because of mine enemies †Deliuer me not into the soules of them that truble me because vniust witnesses haue risen vp against me and iniquity hath lyed to it selfe †I beleue to see the good things of our Lord in the land of the liuing †Expect our Lord doe manfully and let thy hart take courage and expect thou our Lord. PSALME XXVII Dauid prayeth to be defended from the eternal destruction of the wicked which by way of imprecation or conformitie to Gods iustice he prophecieth 6. Feeling by inspiration that his prayer is heard rendereth thankes to God 9. and prayeth for al the people A Psalme to Dauid him selfe TO THEE ô Lord wil crie my God keepe not silence from me lest at any time thou hold thy peace from me and I shal be like to them that goe downe into the lake †Heare ô Lord the voice of my petition whiles I pray to thee whiles I lift vp my handes to thy holie temple †Draw me not together with sinners and with them that worke iniquitie destroy me not Which speake peace with their neighbour but euils in their hartes †Geue them according to their workes and according to the wickednesse of their inuentions According to the workes of their handes geue vnto them render them their retribution †Because they haue not vnderstood the workes of our Lord and in the workes of his handes thou shalt destroy them and not build them vp †Blessed be our Lord because he hath heard the voice of my petition †Our Lord is my helper and my protectour in him my hart hath hoped and I was holpen And my flesh florished againe and with my wil I wil confesse to him †Our Lord is the strength of his people and he is the protector of the saluations of his annoynted †Saue thy people ô Lord and blesse thine inheritance and rule them and extol them for euer PSALME XXVIII The royal prophet seing in spirite the most sacred Mysteries brought by Christ into this world inuiteth al to offer their best thinges euen themselues wholly as sacrifice of thankes for so excellent benefites preached with magnificence 5. VVherby innumerable are gethered into his Church here replenished with grace and in heauen with glorie †The Psalme of Dauid “ in the consummation of the tabernacle ANNOTATIONS 1. In consummation of the tabernacle The seuentie Interpreters testifie by adding this title that king Dauid made this Psalme as he did also some others when the Arke of God was brought into the tabernacle which he had pitched for it in Sion 2 Reg. 6. 1. Paral. 16. VVherin he saw by prophetical spirite and here vttereth other farre greater mysteries more excellent benefites brought into the world by Christ and preached by him and his Apostles then agreed to the Arke or the time of the old Testament but are verified in the admirable fruite of innumerable people of al nations and of manie great Potentates conuerted to Christianitie BRING to our Lord ye children of God bring to our Lord the sonnes of rammes †Bring to our Lord glorie and honour bring to our Lord glorie vnto his name adore ye our Lord in his holie court The voice of our Lord vpon waters the God of maiestie hath thundered Our Lord vpon manie waters †The voice of our Lord in powre the voice of our Lord in magnificence †The voice of our Lord breaking ceders and our Lord shal breake the ceders of Libanus †And he shal breake them in peeces as a calfe of Libanus and the heloued as the sonne of vnicornes The voice of our Lord diuiding the flame of fire †The voice of our Lord shaking the desert and our Lord shal moue t the desert of Cades The voice of our Lord v preparing hartes and he shal discouer thicke woodes and in x in his temple al shal say glorie †Our Lord maketh y to inhabite the floud and our Lord z shal sit king for euer Our Lord a wil geue strength to his people our Lord b wil blesse his people in peace PSALME XXIX King Dauid by voice and instrument rendereth thankes to God for his peaceable state in the kingdom 5. inuiteth others to reioyce in Gods benefites teaching by his owne example that God sometimes geueth more conforth sometimes sheweth his wrath but al for our good †A Psalme of Canticle in the dedication of Dauids house I WIL exalt thee ô Lord because thou hast receiued me neither hast e delighted myne enemies ouer me †O Lord my God I haue cried to thee and thou hast healed me †Lord thou hast brought forth my soule out of hel thou hast saued
and at the tribulation of the sinner Because they haue wrested iniquities vpon me in anger they were trublesome to me †My hart is trubled in me and the feare of death is falne vpon me †Feare and trembling are come vpon me and darkenes hath couered me †And I said Who wil geue me wings as of a doue and I wil fly and rest †Loe I haue gone far flying away and I abode in the wildernes †I expected him that saued me from pusillanimitie of spirit and tempest †Precipitate ô Lord and diuide their tongues because I haue sene iniquitie and contradiction in the citie †Day and night shal iniquitie compasse it vpon the walles therof and labour in the middest therof and iniustice †And there hath not ceased out of the streetes therof vsurie and guile †For if myne enimie had spoken euil to me I would verely haue borne it And if he that hated me had spoken great thinges vpon me I would perhaps haue hid myselfe from him †But thou a man of the same minde my guide and my familiar †Which diddest take swete meats together with me in the house of God we walked with consent †Let death come vpon them and let them goe downe quicke into hel Because there is wickednes in their habitations in the middes of them †But I haue cried to God and our Lord wil saue me †In the euening and morning at midday I wil speake and declare and he wil heare my voice †He wil redeme my soule in peace from them that approch to me because among manie they were with me †God wil heare and he which is before the worldes wil humble them †For there is no change with them they feared not God he hath streached forth his hand in repaying †They haue contaminated his testament they are diuided by the wrath of his countenance and his hart hath approched His wordes are made softer then oile and the same are dartes †Cast thy care vpon our Lord and he wil nourish thee he wil not geue fluctuation to the iust for euer †But thou ô God wilt bring them downe into the pitte of destruction Bloudy and deceitful men shal not liue halfe their daies but I wil hope in thee ô Lord. PSALME LV. Dauid being in danger before Achis king of Geth confidently implereth Gods helpe against the great malice and powre of his enimies 8. foretheweth their ruine his owne exaltation 12. and offereth praises and thankes Vnto the end for a people that is made far from the Sainctes Dauid in the inscription of the title when the foreners held him in Geth 1. Reg. 12. v. 12. HAVE mercie on me ô God because man hath troden vpon me al the day impugning he hath afflicted me Myne enimies haue troden vpon me al the day because they are manie that warre against me †From the height of the day I shal feare but I wil trust in thee In God I wil praise my wordes in God haue I hoped I wil not feare what flesh may do to me †Al the day did they detest my wordes against me al their cogitations are vnto euil †They wil inhabite and keepe secret they wil obserue my heele As they haue expected my soule †for nothing shalt thou saue them in wrath thou wilt breake peoples O God †I haue shewed my life to thee thou hast set my teares in thy sight As also in thy promise †then shal mine enemies be turned backeward In what day soeuer I shal inuocate thee loe I haue knowne that thou art my God †In God I wil praise the word in our Lord wil I praise thee saying I haue hoped in God I wil not feare what man can do to me †In me ô God are thy vowes which I wil render praises to thee †Because thou hast deliuered my soule from death and my feete from falling that I may please before God in the light of the liuing PSALME LVI The Prophet prayeth in tribulation 4. testifieth Gods helpe 6. praiseth his greatnes 8. promising and inuiting al nations to praise him Vnto the end destroy not to Dauid in the inscription of the title when he fled from the face of Saul into the caue HAVE mercie on me ô God haue mercie on me because my soule hath trusted in thee And I wil hope in the shadow of thy winges vntil iniquitie passe †I wil crie to God the highest God that hath done me good †He sent from heauen and deliuered me he hath geuen into reproche them that trode vpon me God hath sent his mercie and his truth †and hath deliuered my soule out of the middes of Lions whelpes I slept trubled The sonnes of men their teeth are weapons and arrowes and their tongue a sharpe sword †Be exalted aboue the heauens ô God and thy glorie vpon al the earth †They prepared a snare for my feete and bowed downe my soule They digged a pit before my face and they are falne into it †My hart is readie ô God my hart is readie I wil sing and say a Psalme †Arise my glorie arise psalter and harpe I wil arise early †I wil confesse to thee among peoples ô Lord and I wil say a Psalme to thee among the Gentiles †Because thy mercie is magnified euen to the heauens and thy truth euen to the cloudes †Be axalted aboue the heauens ô God and thy glorie vpon al the earth PSALME LVII Holie Dauid inueigheth against dissembling wicked men 7. describeth their manifold punishment 11. wherin the iust shal be comforted †Vnto the end destroy not to Dauid in the inscription of the title IF in very dede you speake iustice iudge right thinges ye sonnes of men For in the hart you worke iniquities in the earth your handes forge iniustice †Sinners are alienated from the matrice they haue erred from the wombe they haue spoken false thinges †They haue furie according to the similitude of a serpent as of the aspe that is deafe and stoppeth his eares †Which wil not heare the voice of the inchanters and of the sorcerer inchanting wisely †God shal breake their teeth in their mouth the checke tooth of the lions our Lord wil breake in peeces †They shal come to nothing as water running downe he hath bent his bow til they be weakened †As waxe that melteth shal they be taken away fyre hath falne on them and they haue not seene
Iacob and his place they haue made desolate †Remember not our old iniquities let thy mercies quickly preuent vs because we are become exceding poore †Help vs ô God our sauiour and for the glorie of thy name ô Lord deliuer vs and be propicious to our sinnes for thy names sake †Lest they say perhaps amongst the Gentiles where is their God and be notified in the nations before our eies The reuenge of the bloud of thy seruants which hath benne shed †let the groning of thefettered enter in thy sight According to the greatnes of thine arme possesse thou the children of them that are put to death †And render to our neighboures seuenfold in their bosome their reproch where with they haue reproched thee ô Lord. †But we thy people and the sheepe of thy pasture wil confesse to thee for euer Vnto generation and generation we wil shew forth thy praise PSALME LXXIX The Prophet prayeth for the release of Israel in great tribulation 15. forsheweth the coming of Christ to redeme man from sinne and from thraldome of the diuel †Vnto the end for them that shal be changed testimonie to Asaph a Psalme †Thou that rulest Israel attend that conductest Ioseph as a sheepe Which sittest vpon the cherubs be manifest †before Ephraim Beniamin and Manasses Raise vp thy might and come to saue vs. †O God conuert vs and shew thy face we shal be saued †O Lord the God of hostes how long wilt thou be angrie vpon the prayer of thy seruant †Thou wilt feede vs with the bread of teares and giue vs drinke with teares in mesure †Thou hast made vs to be a contradiction to our neigh boures and our enimies haue scorned vs. †O God of hosts conuert vs and shew thy face and we shal be saued †Thou didst transport the vineyeard out of Aegypt thou didst cast out the Gentiles and plantedst it †Thou wast the guide of the way in the sight therof thou didst plant the rootes therof and it filled the earth †The shadow of it couered the mountanes and the bowghes of it the ceders of God †It extended her branches euen to the sea and her boughes vnto the riuer †Why hast thou destroyed the hedge therof and al that passe by the way doe plucke it †The boare of the wood hath destroyed it and the singular wilde beest hath eaten it †O God of hoasts returne regard from heauen and see and visite this vineyeard †And perfite it which thy right hand hath planted and vpon the sonne of man whom thou hast confirmed to thee †Thinges burnt with fyre and digged doune at the increpation of thy countenance shal perish †Let thy hand be vpon the man of thy right hand and vpon the sonne of man whom thou hast confirmed to thee †And we depart not from thee thou wilt quicken vs and we wil inuocate thy name †O Lord the God of hoastes conuert vs and shew thy face and we shal be saued PSALME LXXX Al men are inuited to celebrate festiual dayes 6. which were instituted in memorie of benefites receiued 9. the deuent shal be protected and the negligent leift in distresse †Vnto the end for wine presses a Psalme to Asaph him self †REioice to God our helper make Iubilation to the God of Iacob †Take ye Psalme and giue timbrel pleasant Psalter with the harpe †Sound ye with trumpet in the new moone in the notable day of your solemnitie †Because it is a precept in Israel and iudgement to the God of Iacob †He put it for a testimonie in Ioseph when he came out of the Land of Aegypt he heard a tongue which he knew not He turned away his backe from burdens his handes serued in baskettes †In tribulation thou didest inuocate me and I heard thee I heard thee in the secret of the tempest I proued thee at the water of contradiction †Heare ô my people and I wil contest thee Israel if thou wilt heare me †There shal be no new God in thee neither shalt thou adore a strange God †For I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Aegypt dilate thy mouth and I wil fil it †And my People heard not my voice and Israel attended not to me †And I let them alone according to the desires of their hart they shal goe in their owne inuentions †If my people had heard me if Israel had walked in my wayes †I had for nothing perhaps humbled their enimies and had laide my hand vpon those that afflict them †The enimies of our Lord haue lied to him and their time shal be for euer †And he fedde them of the fatte of corne and out of the rocke with honie he filled them PSALME LXXXI The Prophet declareth 2. that God reprehendeth vniust Iudges and Magistrates premonisheth them of his seuere eternal punishment 8. wherto the prophet conforming his wil prayeth for the same †A Psalme to Asaph GOd stood in the assemblie of goddes and in the middes he iudgeth goddes †How long iudge ye iniquitie and accept ye the persons of sinners †Iudge ye for the needie and the pupil iustifie ye the humble and the poore †Take away the poore and deliuer the needie from the hand of the sinner †They knew not neither did they vnderstand they walke in darkenesse al the fundations of the earth shal be moued †I saide Yow are goddes and the sonnes of the highest al. †But you shal die as men and fal as one of the princes †Arise ô God iudge the earth because thou shalt inherite in al the Gentiles PSALME LXXXII The Church impugned by al sortes of enimies 10. prayeth God to confound them as the hath donne diuers the like 17. wherby some shal be conuerted †A Canticle of Psalme to Asaph O God who shal be like to thee hold not thy peace neither be thou appeased ô God †For behold thine enimies haue made a sound they that hate thee haue lifted vp the head †They haue taken malignant counsel vpon thy people and they haue deuised against thy saincts †They haue saide Come and let vs destroy them out of the nation and let the name of Israel be remembred no more †Because they haue deuised with one consent they haue together made a couenant against thee †The tabernacles of the Idumeians and the Ismahelites Moab and the Agarens †Gebal and
†And he gaue them into mercies in the sight of al that had taken them †Saue vs ô Lord our God and geather vs out of the Nations That we may confesse to thy holie name may glorie in thy prayse †Blessed be our Lord the God of Israel from euerlasting vnto euerlasting and al the people shal say Be it be it ANNOTATIONS PSALME CV 10. He redeemed them VVhat price or ransom saith S. Augustin was geuen in this redemption Or is it a prophecie that this was done in figure of Baptisme where we are redemed from the hand of the diuel by a great price which is the bloud of Christ VVherupon it was more conueniently figured not by what sea soeuer but by the read sea For bloud hath redde coulor And touching the effect of Baptisme destroying al former sinnes he teacheth in the exposition of the next Psalme and either the same holie father or some other good author Ser. 42. de temp that as the Israelites passed safely through the read sea and al the Aegyptians going in with them were drowned so the baptised are saued in the water of Baptisme and al their sinnes are destroyed PSALME CVI. Againe the Psalmist inuiteth al men to render thankes to God for their deliuerie from dangers or euils in general 4. particularly from dangers in iorney 10. in prison or captiuitie 17. in sicknes spiritual and corporal 23. in nauigation 33. describing the changeable course of thinges in this world 38. especially of mens states 42. for al which the iust wil praise God Allelu ia CONFESSE ye to our Lord because he is good because his mercie is for euer †Let them say that are redemed of our Lord whom he redemed out of the hand of the enemie and out of the countries he gathered them †From the rising of the sunne and the going downe from the north and the sea †They wandered in the wildernes in a place without water the way of citie for habitation they found not †Hungrie and thirstie their soule fainted in them †And they cried to our Lord when they were in tribulation and he deliuered them out of their necessities †And he conducted them in to the right way to goe into a citie of habitation †Let the mercies of our Lord confesse to him and his meruelous workes to the children of men †Because he hath filled the emptie soule and the hungrie soule he hath filled with good thinges †Them that sate in darkenes and in the shadow of death bound in needines and yron †Because they exasperated the wordes of God and they prouoked the counsel of the Highest †And their hart was humbled in labours they were weakened neither was there anie to helpe †And they cried to our Lord when they were in tribulation and he deliuered them out of their necessities †And he brought them out of darkenes and the shadow of death and brake their bondes asunder †Let the mercies of our Lord confesse to him and his meruelous workes to the children of men †Because he hath destroyed the gates of brasse and the barres of yron he hath broken †He hath receiued them out of the way of their iniquitie for they were humbled for their iniustices †Their soule did abhorre al meaâ—e they approched euen to the gates of death †And they cried to our Lord when they were in tribulation and he deliuered them out of their necessities †He sent his word and healed them and deliuered them out of their destructions †Let the mercies of our Lord confesse to him and his meruelous workes to the children of men †And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise and shew forth his workes in exulation †They that goe downe into the sea in shippes making trafike in the great waters †They haue sene the workes of our Lord and his meruelous thinges in the depth †He sayd and the blast of the storme stood and the waues therof were exalted †They ascend euen to the heauens and they descend euen to the depthes their soule pyned away in euils †They were trubled and were moued as a drunken man and al their wisedom was deuoured †And they cried to our Lord when they were in tribulation and he brought them out of their necessities †And he turned his storme into calme and the waues therof were quiet And they reioyced because they were quiet and he conducted them into the hauen of their wil. †Let the mercies of our Lord confesse to him and his meruelous workes to the children of men †And let them exalt him in the church of the people and the chayre of the ancientes let them praise him †He turned the riuers into a desert and the issues of waters into drinesse †The fruiteful land into a salt ground for the malice of them that inhabite it †He turned the desert into pooles of waters and the land without water into issues of waters †And he placed the hungrie there and they built a citie of habitation †And they sowed fildes and planted vineyardes and they made fruicte of natiuitie †And he blessed them and they were multiplied excedingly and their beastes he lessened not †And they were made fewe and were vexed by the tribulation of euiles and with sorow †Contempt was powred out vpon princes and he made them wander where was no way and not in the way †And he did helpe the poore out of pouertie and made families as sheepe †The iust shal see and shal reioyce al iniquitie shal stoppe her mouth †Who is wise and wil keepe these thinges and wil vnderstand the mercies of our Lord PSALME CVII The royal prophet promiseth 5. and rendereth praises to God 7. for his deliuerie from trubles and aduancement in the kingdom 13. praying God stil to helpe mans infirmitie A Canticle of Psalme to Dauid himselfe MY HART is readie ô God my hart is readie I wil chaunte and wil sing in my glorie †Arise my glorie arise psalter and harpe I wil arise early †I wil confesse to thee in peoples ô Lord and I wil sing to thee in the Nations †Because thy mercie is great aboue the heauens and thy truth euen to the cloudes †Be exalted aboue the heauens ô God and thy glorie ouer al the earth †that thy beloued may be deliuered Saue with thy righthand and heare me †God spake in his holie I wil reioyce and wil diuide Sichem and I wil mesure the vale of tabernacles †Galaad is mine and Manasses is mine and Ephraim the protection of my head Iuda is my king †Moab the potte of my hope Vpon Idumea I wil extend my shoe the strangers are made my freindes †Who wil conduct me into a fensed citie who wil conduct me into
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
testamentes †and their children because of them abide for euer their seede and their glorie shal not be forsaken †Their bodies are buried in peace and their name liueth vnto generation and generation †Let peoples tel their wisdom and the Church declare their praise †Henoch pleased God and was translated into paradise that he may geue repentance to the nations †Noe was found perfect iust and in the time of wrath he was made a reconciliation †Therefore was there a remnant least to the earth when the flood was made †The testaments of the world were made with him that al flesh should no more be destroyed with the flood †Abraham the great father of the multitude of the nations and there was not found the like to him in glorie who kept the law of the Highest and was in couenant with him †In his flesh he made the couenant to stand and in tentation he was found faithful †Therefore by an oath he gaue him glorie in his nation that he should encrease as an heape of earth †and that he would exalt his seede as the starres and they should inherite from sea to sea and from the riuer to the endes of the earth †And he did in like manner in Isaac for Abraham his father †Our Lord gaue him the blessing of al nations and confirmed his couenant vpon the head of Iacob †He knew him in his blessinges and gaue him an inheritance diuided him his portion in twelue tribes †And he preserued vnto him men of mercie and found grace in the eies of al flesh CHAP. XLV Praises of Moyses 7. Aaron 16. and his priestlie progenie 22. Against whom Chore with his complices rebelling were destroyed MOYSES beloued of God and men whose memorie is in benediction †He made him like in the glorie of saintes and magnified him in the feare of his enemies And with his wordes he appeased monsters †He glorified him in the sight of kinges and gaue him commandment before his people shewed him his glorie †In his faith and meekenes he made him holie and chose him of al flesh †For he heard him and his voice and brought him into a cloude †And he gaue him precepts face to face and a law of life and discipline to teach Iacob his testament and Israel his iudgements †He exalted Aaron his brother high and like to himself of the tribe of Leui. †He established vnto him an euerlasting testament and gaue him the priesthood of the nation and made him blessed in glorie †and he girded him about with a girdle and put vpon him a robe of glorie and crowned him in furniture of power †Garments to the feete and breches and an Ephod he put vpon him and compassed him with litle belles of gold very manie round about †to geue a sound in his going to make sound heard in the temple for a memorie to the children of his nation †An holie robe of gold and hyacinthe and purple a wouen worke of a wiseman indued with iudgement and truth †Of twisted scarlet the worke of an artificer with precious stones figured in the closure of gold and grauen by the worke of a lapidarie for a memorial according to the number of the tribes of Israel †A crowne of gold vpon his miter grauen with a seale of holines and the glorie of honour a worke of power and the adorned desires of the eies †There were none such so faire before him euen from the beginning †No stranger was clothed with them but only his children alone and his nephewes for euer †His sacrifices were consumed with fire euerie day †Moyses filled his handes anoynted him with holie oile †It was made vnto him for an euerlasting testament and to his seede as the daies of heauen to doe the function of priesthood and to haue praise and to glorifie his people in his name †He chose him of al that liued to offer sacrifice to God incense and good odour for a memorial to pacifie for his people †and he gaue them power in his preceptes in the testaments of his iudgementes to teach Iacob his testimonies and in his law to geue light to Israel †Because strangers stood against him and for enuie men compassed him about in the desert they that were with Dathan and Abiron and the congregation of Core in anger †Our Lord God saw and it pleased him not and they were consumed in the violence of wrath †He did prodigious thinges vnto them and consumed them in flame of fire †And he added glorie to Aaron and gaue him an inheritance and diuided vnto him the first fruites of the increase of the earth †He prepared them bread in the first vnto satietie for the sacrifices also of our Lord they shal eate which he gaue to him and to his seede †But he shal not inherite the nations in the land and he hath no part in the nation for himself is his portion inheritance †Phinees the sonne of Eleazar is the third in glorie in imitating him in the feare of our Lord †and to stand in the reuerence of the nation in the goodnes and alacritie of his soule he pacified God for Israel †Therefore did he establish vnto him a couenant of peace to be the prince of the holies and of his nation that the dignitie of priesthood should be to him and to his seede for euer †And the testament to Dauid king the sonne of Iesse of the tribe of Iuda and inheritance to him and to his seede that he might geue wisdom into our hart to iudge his nation in iustice that their good thinges might not be abolished their glorie in their nation he made euerlasting CHAP. XLVI Praises of Iosue 9. Caleb 13. the Iudges of Israel 16. Namely of Samuel Iudge and Prophet STRONG in battel was Iesus the sonne of Naue successour of Moyses among the prophets who was great according to his name †most great in the saluation of Gods elect to ouerthrow the enemies rising vp that he might get the inheritanâ— of Israel †What glorie obteyned he in lifting vp his handes and casting swordes against the cities †Who before him did so resist â—or our Lord himself brought the enemies †Whether was not the sunne hindered in his anger and one day was made as two †He inuocated the mightie soueraine in assaulting of the enemies on euerie side and the great and holie God heard him in haile stones of exceeding great force †He made violent assault against the nation of his enemies and in the goeing downe he destroyed the aduersaries †that the nations might know his might that it is not easie to fight against God And he folowed at the back of the mightie †And in the daies of Moyses did mercie and Caleb the
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
the tribes of Iacob †Blessed are they that saw thee and were honored in thy freindshipe †For we liue by life only but after death our name shal not be such †Elias was in dede hid in the whirlewind his spirit was complete in Eliseus in his daies he feared not the prince and no man ouercame him by might †Neither did any word ouercome him and his bodie prophecied being dead †In his life he did wonders and in death he wrought meruelous thinges †In al these thinges the people repented not and they departed not from their sinnes til they were cast out of their land and were dispersed into al the earth †And there was leaft a verie smal nation and a prince in the house of Dauid †Some of them did that which pleased God but others committed manie sinnes †Ezechias fenced his citie and brough in water into the middes thereof and digged a rocke with yron and built a wel for water †In his daies came vp Sennacherib and sent Rabsaces and lifted vp his hand against them and put forth his hand vpon Sion and became proude by his mightines †Then were their harts and hands moued and they were in sorow as trauailing wemen †And they inuocated our merciful Lord and spredding their handes they lifted them vp to heauen and the holie Lord God quickly heard their voice †He was not mindful of their sinnes neither did he geue them to their enemies but purged them by the hand of Isaie the holie prophete †He ouerthrew the campe of the Assirians and the Angel of our Lord destroyed them †For Ezechias did that which pleased God and went strongly in the way of Dauid his father which Isaie commanded him the great prophet and faithful in the sight of God †In his daies the sunne returned backward added life to the king †By a great spirite he saw the last thinges and comforted the mourners in Sion †For euer he shewed the thinges to come secret thinges before they came to passe ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XLVIII 10 VVho art vvritten Amongst other quarels Protestantes except against the authentical auctoritie of this booke because the auctor saith that Enoch and Elias shal come againe to appease the wrath of our Lord to reconcile the father to the sonne and to restore the tribes of Iacob But that this is no iust exception is clere by other holie Scriptures where the same vniforme doctrin of the whole Church is no lesse euident then in this booke For God himself saith the same also by the mouth of his prophet Malachie Behold I wil send you Elias the prophet before the day of our Lord come the great and dreadful Christ also sayth Elias in deede shal come and restore al thinges VVherupon S. Chrysostom after he hath shewed how terrible Antichrist shal be by reason of his temporal powre crueltie and wicked lawes he addeth Feare thou not He shal only haue force in the reprobate that perish For then also Elias shal come to fortifie the faithful Likewise the wordes in the Apocalips I wil geue to my two witnesses they shal prophecie a thousand two hundred and three score dayes were euer inuariably vnderstood by tradition from the first preachers of Christ as the ancient writer Aretas testifieth that Enoch and Elias shal come admonish al not to geue credite to the deceiptful wonders of Antichrist and that they shal trauel in this testimonie the space of three yeares and a half For 1260. dayes come very nere to that space of time CHAP. XLIX Praises of Iosias who like to Dauid and Ezechias tooke away occasions of idolatrie 8. Praises of Ieremie 10. Ezechiel 12. and the twelue Prophetes 13. Also of Zorobabel Iesus the sonne of Iosedech Nehemias Enoch Ioseph Seth Sem and Adam THE memorie of Iosias is according to the confection of perfume made by the worke of an apothecarie †His remembrance shal be sweete as honie in euerie mouth and as musick in banket of wine †He was directed by God into the repentance of the nation and he tooke away the abominations of impietie †And he gouerned his hart toward our Lord and in the daies of sinners he strengthened pietie †Except Dauid and Ezechias and Iosias al committed sinne †For the kinges of Iuda forsooke the law of the Highest and contemned the feare of God †For they gaue their kingdom to others and their glorie to a strange nation †They burnt the chosen citie of holines and made the waies thereof desolate in the hand of Ieremie †For they euil intreated him who was consecrated a prophet from his mothers wombe to ouerthrow and pluck vp and destroy and to build againe and renewe †Ezechiel who saw the sight of glorie which he shewed him in the chariote of Cherubs †For he made mention of the enemies in rayne to doe good vnto them that haue shewed right waies †And the bones of the twelue prophets wel may they spring out of their place for they haue strengthened Iacob and haue redeemed themselues in the fidelitie of power †How may we magnifie Zorobabel for he also was as a signet on the right hand †and so Iesus the sonne of Iosedec who in their daies built the house and erected the holie temple to our Lord prepared to euerlasting glorie †And Nehemias in the memorie of much time who erected vs our walles ouerthrowen and set vp the gates and lockes who built our houses †No man hath bene borne in the earth like to Henoch for he also was taken vp from the earth †Neither as Ioseph who was a man borne prince of his bretheren the stay of the nation the ruler of his bretheren the stay of the people †and his bones were visited and after death they prophecied †Seth and Sem obteyned glorie with men and aboue euerie soule in the beginning Adam CHAP. L. Praises of Simon the High Priest 27. Detestation of certaine persecuting aduersaries 29. With conclusion that the obseruers of this doctrine shal be wise and happie SIMON the sonne of Onias the high priest who in his life held vp the house and in his daies strengthned the temple †The height also of the temple was founded by him the duble building and high walles of the temple †In his daies the welles of waters flowed out and they were filled as the sea aboue measure †Who had care of his nation and deliuered it from perdition †Who preuailed to amplifie the citie who obteyned glorie in conuersing with the nation and amplified the entrance of the house and the court †As the morning starre in the middes of a cloude and as the ful moone he shineth in his dayes †And as the sunne shining so did he shine in the temple of God †As the rainbow that shineth among
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
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
be built anie more because I haue spoken saith our Lord God †Thus saith our Lord God to Tyre Why shal not the ilands be moued at the sound of thy ruine the groning of thy slaine when they shal be killed in the middes of thee †And al the princes of the sea shal goe downe from their seates and take of their roabes and cast away their brodered garments be clothed with astonishment sitte on the earth and being astonied meruel at thy sudden fal †And taking vpon thee a lamentation they shal say to thee How hast thou perished that dwellest in the sea ô noble citie which hast bene strong in the sea with thine inhabitants whom al did feare †Now shal the shippes be astonied in the day of thy feare and the ilands in the sea shal be trubled for that none cometh forth out of thee †Because thus saith our Lord God When I shal make thee a desolate citie as the cities that are not inhabited and shal bring vpon thee the depth and manie waters shal couer thee †and shal plucke thee downe with those that descend into the lake to the euerlasting people and shal place thee in the lowest ground as old desolations with them that are brought downe into the lake that thou be not inhabited moreouer when I shal geue glorie in the land of the liuing †I wil bring thee to nothing and thou shalt not be being sought for thou shalt not be found anie more for euer saith our Lord God CHAP. XXVII The prophet lamenteth the ruine of Tyre 3. describing her former glories 10. and traffike in al sortes of rich marchandise with sundrie nations 26. Al which shal be ouerthrowne by the Chaldees AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Thou therfore ô sonne of man take vp a lamentation vpon Tyre †And thou shalt say to Tyre which dwelleth in the entrance of the sea being the traffike of peoples to manie ilands Thus saith our Lord God ô Tyre thou hast said I am of perfect beautie †and situated in the hart of the sea Thy borderers which builded thee haue accomplished thy beautie †with the firretrees of Sanit they builded thee with al the bordes of the sea they tooke the cedar from Libanus to make thee a mast †Okes of Basan they haue hewed for thine ores and thy bankes they haue made thee of the iuorie of India and litle cabbins of the ilands of Italie †Various silke of Aegypt was wouen for thy saile to be put on the mast hyacinth and purple out of the ilands of Elisa were made thy couering †The inhabitants of Sidon and the Aradians were thy rowers thy wise men ô Tyre were made thy gouernors †The ancients of Gebal and wisemen therof had mariners to the seruice of thy diuerse stuffe al the shippes of the sea and their mariners haue bene in the people of thy traffike †The Persians and Lydians and the Lybians were in thine armie thy men of warre the buckler and helmet they did hang in thee for thine ornament †The children of Arad were with thine armie vpon thy walles round about yea and the Pygmeians that were in thy towers hung vp their quiuers on thy walles round about they accomplished thy beautie †They of Carthage thy merchants for the multitude of al riches with siluer iron tinne and lead did they replenish thy marts †Greece Thubal and Mosoch they were thy merchants slaues vessels of brasse they brought to thy people †From the house of Thogorma they brought horses horsemen and mules to thy market †The children of Dedan were thy merchants manie ilands the traffike of thy hand teeth of iuorie and of Heben they exchanged for thy price †The Syrian was thy merchant for the multitude of thy workes the precious stone and purple and branched workes and fine linnen and silke and chodchod they did set forth in thy market †Iuda and the land of Israel they were thy merchants in the principal corne balme and honie and oyle and resine they did set forth in thy marts †The Damacene was thy merchant in the multitude of thy workes in the multitude of diuers riches in fatte wine in woolles of the best colour †Dan and Greece Mosel in thy marts haue set forth wrought yron stacte and calums were in thy merchandise †Dedan thy merchants in tapestrie for seates †Arabia and al the princes of Cedar they were the merchants of thy hand with lambes and rammes and kiddes thy merchants came to thee †The sellers of Saba Reema they were thy merchants with principal spices and precious stone and gold which they did set forth in thy market †Haran and Chene and Eden thy merchants Saba Assur and Chelmad thy sellers †They were thy merchants in diuers manner with folded peeces of hyacinth and of embrodered clothes and of precious riches which were wrapped vp and bound with cordes cedars also they had in thy merchandise †The shippes of the sea thy chief in thy merchandise and thou wast replenished and glorified excedingly in the hart of the sea †In manie waters haue thy rowers brought thee the southwinde hath broken thee in the hart of the sea †Thy riches and thy treasures and thy manifold furniture thy mariners and thy gouerners which hold thy stuffe and were chiefe ouer thy people thy men of warre also that were in thee with al thy multitude that is in the middes of thee shal fal in the hart of the sea in the day of thy ruine †At the sound of the crie of thy gouernours shal the nauies be trubled †And al they that held ore shal goe downe out of their shippes the mariners and al the gouernours of the sea shal stand on the land †and they shal bewaile vpon thee with a loude voice and shal crie bitterly and they shal cast dust vpon their heades and shal be sprinkled with ashes †And they shal shaue baldnes vpon thee and shal be girded with heareclothes and they shal weepe for thee in bitternes of soule with most bitter weeping †And they shal take vp a mournful song vpon thee and shal lament thee What citie is as Tyre which is become silēt in the middes of the sea †Which in the going forth of thy merchandise from the sea didst fil manie peoples in the multitude of thy riches and of thy peoples hast inriched the kinges of the earth †Now thou art destroyed by the sea thy riches are in the bottome of the waters and al the multitude that was in the middes of thee are fallen †Al the inhabitants of the ilands are astonied vpon thee and al the kinges of the same being striken with tempest haue changed their lookes †The merchants of peoples haue hissed vpon thee thou art brought to nothing and thou shalt not be euen for euer CHAP. XXVIII For most
the nations that are vpon the foure corners of the earth Gog and Magog and shal gather them into battel whose number is as the saâ—d of the sea For the Church being spred on al the earth as S. Augustin noteth in the same place her enimies also spred euerie where shal most vehemently persecute her But the holie Prophetes namely Ezechiel here v. 21. c. and S. Iohn v. 11. foreshew that Christ our Lord wil destroy them al. CHAP. XXXIX Our Lord permitting Gog most vehemently to afflict the Church 3. after a while wil destroy him with al this troupes 9. their weapons shal be burned 11. their sepulchres infamous the earth not fully clensed of their carcases in seuen monethes 17. Gods people shal reioyce 22. and al men â—hal know that their sinnes were the cause of their captiuitie BVT thou sonne of man prophecie against Gog and thou shalt say Thus saith our Lord God Behold I vpon thee Gog the prince of the head of Mosoch and Thubal †And I wil turne thee about and wil reduce thee and wil make thee ascend from the sides of the North and wil bring thee vpon the mountaines of Israel †And I wil strike thy bow in thy left hand and thine arrowes I wil cast downe out of thy right hand †Vpon the mountaines of Israel shalt thou fal and al thy troupes and thy peoples that are with thee to the wilde beastes to the birdes and to euerie foule and to the beastes of the earth haue I geuen thee to be deuoured †Thou shalt fal vpon the face of the fielde because I haue spoken saith our Lord God †And I wil send in fire vpon Magog and on them that dwel in the ilandes confidently and they shal know that I am the Lord. †And my holie name wil I make knowen in the middes of my people Israel and I wil pollute my holie name no more and the Gentils shal know that I am the Lord the holie one of Israel †Behold it cometh and it is done saith our Lord God this is the day wherof I haue spoken †And the inhabitants shal goe forth of the cities of Israel and shal set on fire and burne weapons buckler and speares bow and arrowes and handstaues and polaxes and they shal burne them with fire seuen yeares †And they shal not carie trees out of the countries nor cut downe out of the forests because they shal burne the weapons with fire and shal make praye of them to whom they had bene a praye and they shal spoile their spoilers saith our Lord God †And it shal be in that day I wil geue Gog a renowmed place for a sepulcher in Israel the valley of wayfaring men on the East of the sea which shal make them that passe by to be astonied and they shal there burne Gog and al his multitude and it shal be called the valley of the multitude of Gog. †And the house of Israel shal burie them that they may clense the land seuen monethes †And al the people of the land shal burie him and it shal be vnto them a renowmed day wherin I was glorified saith our Lord God †And they shal appoint men continually going about the land to burie and to seeke them that were remayning vpon the face of the earth that they may clense it and after seuen monthes they shal begin to seeke †And they that trauel through the land shal goe about and when they shal see the bone of a man they shal set vp a signe beside it til the buriers burie it in the valley of the multitude of Gog. †And the name of the citie Amona and they shal clense the land †Thou therfore ô sonne of man saith our Lord God Say to euerie foule and to al birdes and to al the beastes of the filde Come together make hast runne together on euerie side to my victime which I immolate for you the great victime vpon the mountaines of Israel that you may eate the flesh and drinke the bloud †The flesh of the strong shal you eate and the bloud of the princes of the earth shal you drinke of rammes of lambes and of buckgoates and bulles and of fed wares and of al fat thinges †And you shal eate the fatte your fil and shal drinke bloud til you be drunke of the victime which I shal immolate for you †And you shal be filled vpon my table of horse and strong horsemen and of al the men of warre saith our Lord God †and I wil put my glorie in the Gentils and al nations shal see my iudgement that I haue done and my hand that I haue put vpon them †And the house of Israel shal know that I am the Lord their God from that day and so forward †And the Gentils shal know that the house of Israel was taken in their iniquitie for that they forsooke me and I hid my face from them and deliuered them into the handes of the enemies and they fel al by the sword †According to their vncleannes and wickednes haue I done to them and haue hid my face from them †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Now wil I bring backe the captiuitie of Iacob wil haue mercie on al the house of Israel and I wil take on me zele for my holie name †And they shal beare their confusion and al the preuarication wherwith they preuaricated against me when they shal dwel in their land confidently fearing no man †and I shal haue brought them backe out of the peoples and shal haue gathered them together out of the landes of their enemies and shal be sanctified in them in the eyes of manie nations †And they shal know that I am the Lord their God for that I transported them into the nations and haue gathered them together vpon their owne land and haue not left any of them there †And I wil hide my face no more from them because I haue powred out my spirite vpon al the house of Israel saith our Lord God Annotations vpon Ezechiels last vision written in the nine last chapters Of the true sense of this obscure vision there be foure opinions two of the Iewish Rabbins and other two of Christian Catholique Doctors The more ancient Iewes vnderstand this vision vvholly only of the temple and citie of Ierusalem reedified by Zorobabel and Nehemias vvith others after their captiuitie in Babylon assisted by the Persian kinges But this opinion can not consist with the holie text ch 42. v 16. describing the vtter vval of the temple in length on euerie side being foure square v. 20 fiue hundred reedes euerie rede conteyning six sacred cubits ch 40. v 5. which are aboue tenne foote or two passes so 500. reedes making a thousand passes or a myle the whole wal was foure myles in compasse Likevvise the citie is described oh 48. v. 16.
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
celebrated the Phase and the festiual day of Azymes for seuen dayes †and there was not celebrated such a Phase in Israel from the times of Samuel the prophet †and al the kinges of Israel did not celebrate such a Phase as Iosias did and the Priestes and the Leuites and the Iewes and al Israel that were found in their abode at Ierusalem †In the eightenth yeare Iosias reigning was the Phase celebrated †And the workes of Iosias were directed in the sight of his Lord in a hart ful of feare †and the thinges concerning him are writen in the ancient times touching them that sinned and were irreligious against our Lord aboue al nations and that sought not the wordes of our Lord vpon Israel †And after al this fact of Iosias came vp Pharao the king of Aegypt comming in Charcamis from the way vpon Euphrates and Iosias went forth to meete him †And the king of Aegypt sent to Iosias saying What is there betwen me thee king of Iuda †I was not sent of the Lord to fight against thee for my battel is vpon Euphrates goe downe in hast †And Iosias did not returne vpon his chariote but endeuoured to ouerthrow him not attending the word of the prophet from the mouth of our Lord †but he made battel against him in the field of Mageddo And princes went downe to king Iosias †And the king said to his seruantes Remoue me from the battel for I am weakned excedingly And forth with his seruantes remoued him out of the battel †And he went vp into his second chariote comming to Ierusalem dyed and was buried in his fathers se pulchre †And in al Iurie they mourned for Iosias the rulers with their wiues lamented him vntil this day And this was geuen out to be done alwayes vnto al the stocke of Israel †But these thinges were writen before in the booke of the histories of the kinges of Iuda and al the actes of the doing of Iosias and his glorie and his vnderstanding in the law of our Lord and the thinges that were done by him and that are not writen in the booke of the kinges of Israel and Iuda †And they that were of the nation taking Iechonias the sonne of Iosias made him king for Iosias his father when he was three and twentie yeares old †And he reigned ouer Israel three monethes And the king of Aegypt remoued him that he should not reigne in Ierusalem †and he put a taxe vpon the nation of siluer an hundred talentes and of gold one talent †And the king of Aegypt made Ioacim his brother king of Iuda and Ierusalem †and he bound the magistrates of Ioacim and Zaracel his brother and taking them brought them backe into Aegypt †Ioacim was fiue and twentie yeares old when he began to reigne in the land of Iuda and Ierusalem and he did euil in the sight of our Lord. †And after this man came vp Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon and binding him with a bande of brasse brought him into Babylon †And Nabuchodonosor tooke the sacred vessels of our Lord and carried away and consecrated them in his temple in Babylon †For his vncleanes and lacke of religion is written in the booke of the times of the kinges †And Ioachin his sonne reigned for him And when he was made king he was eightene yeares old †And reigned three monethes and ten dayes in Ierusalem and did euil in the sight of our Lord †and after a yeare Nabuchodonosor sending transported him into Babylon together with the sacred vessels of our Lord. †And he made Sedecias king of Iuda and Ierusalem when he was one and twentie yeares old and he reigned eleuen yeares †And he did euil in the sight of our Lord and was not afraid of the wordes which were spoken by Ieremie the prophet from the mouth of our Lord †and being sworne of king Nabuchodonosor forsworne he did reuolt and his necke being hardened his hart he transgressed the ordinances of our Lord the God of Israel †And the princes of the people of our Lord did manie thinges wickedly and they did impiously aboue al the vncleannes of the nations and they polluted the temple of our Lord that was holie in Ierusalem †And the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to reclame them for that he would spare them and his tabernacle †But they scorned at his messengers and in the day that our Lord spake to them they were mocking his prophetes †Who was moued euen vnto wrath vpon his nation for their impietie and commanded the kinges of the Chaldees to come vp †These slewe their yong men with the sword round about their holie temple and spared not yong man and old man and virgin and youth †but al were deliuered into their handes taking al the sacred vessels of our Lord and the kinges treasures they caried them into Babylon †and burnt the house of our Lord and threwe downe the walles of Ierusalem and the towres therof they burnt with fire †and consumed al their honorable thinges and brought them to naught and those that were left of the sword they led into Babylon †And they were his seruants vntil the Persians reigned in the fulfilling of the word of our Lord by the mouth of Ieremie †as long as the land quietly kept her sabbathes al the time of her desolation she sabbathized in the application of seuentie yeares CHAP. II. Cyrus king of Persia permitteth the Iewes to returne into their countrie 10. and deliuereth to them the holie vessels which Nabuchodonosor had taken from the temple 16. Certaine aduersaries writing to king Artaxerxes hinder those that would repayre the ruines of Ierusalem CYRVS king of the Persians reigning for the accomplishment of the word of our Lord by the mouth of Ieremie †our Lord raysed vp the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians and he proclaymed in al his kingdomes and that by writing †saying Thus sayth Cyrus king of the Persians The Lord of Israel the high Lord hath made me king ouer the whole earth †and hath signified to me to build him a house in Ierusalem which is in Iurie †If there be any of your kinred his Lord goe vp with him into Ierusalem †Whosoeuer therefore dwel about the places let them helpe them that are in the same place in gold and siluer †in giftes with horses and beastes and with other thinges which by vowes are added into the temple of our Lord which is in Ierusalem †And the princes of the tribes of the villages and of Iurie of the tribe of Beniamin the Priestes and the Leuites standing vp whom our Lord moued to goe vp and to build the house of our Lord which is in Ierusalem and they that were round about them †did helpe them with al their gold and siluer and beastes and
and fasting for them 2. Reg. 1. Al which were to no purpose if soules departed could not be releiued by such meanes It moreouer appeareth that the same royal prophet beleued diuers places to be in hel when he said Psal 85. Thou hast deliuered my soule from the lower hel signifiyng plainly that there is a lower and a higher hel which higher the Church calleth Purgatorie where soules suffer that paine in satisfaction for their sinnes which remaineth not satisfied before death is due after the guilt of sinne is remitted the law prescribing that besides restitution of damage sacrifice should also be offered Leuit. 5. 6. 16. And Dauid was punished by the death of his child 2. Reg. 12. by the plague sent amongst his people 2. Reg. 24. after his sinnes were remitted He feared also punishment in the other world yea two sortes and therfore prayed to be deliuered from both saying Psal 6. Lord rebuke me not in thy furie nor chastice me in thy wrath That is saith S. Gregorie Strike me not with the reprobate nor aflict me with those that are purged by the punishing flames And most expresly signifieth also a higher place called hel saying Psal 15. in the person of Christ to his Father Thou shalt not leaue my soule in hel From vvhence Christ deliuered the holie Patriarches Prophetes and other perfect soules resting vvithout sensible paine brought them into heauen vvhither before him none could enter VVhich vvas also signified by the cities of refuge whence none might depart to their proper countrie til the death of the high priest Num. 35. by Moyses dying in the desert and not entring into the promised land ouer Iordan Deut. 4. 31. 34. Presupposing the general Resurrection of al men as a truth knovven by former traditions king Dauid shevveth the difference of the vvicked and godlie in that time saying Psal 1. The impious shal not rise againe in iudgement nor sinners in the councel of the iust That is the vvicked shal not rise to ioy glorie as the iust godlie shal doe Of general iudgement is more plainly prophecied 1. Reg. 2. That our Lord shal iudge the endes of the earth not that Dauid nor Salomon but Christ should raigne in his mâ—litant Church euen to the endes of the earth and in fine iudge the vvhole vvorld The same is confirmed Psal 49. God wil come manifestly our God and he wil not kepe silence Fire shal burne forth in his sight Psal 95. He shal iudge the round world in equitie and the peoples in his truth Psal 96. Fire shal goe before him and shal inflame his enemies round about Againe the same royal prophete Psalm 48. describeth the future and eternal state of the damned saying as sheepe creatures vnable to helpe themselues they are put in hel death shal feede vpon them Of the blessed he addeth And the iust shal rule ouer them in the morning that is in the resurrection and Psal 149. The Sainctes shal reioyse in glorie they shal be ioyful in their beddes in eternal rest The exaltations praâ—ses of God in their throate and two edged swordes in their handes to doe reuenge in the nations punishments among the peoples To bind 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 And much greater glorie belongeth to Sainctes for this is but accidental vttered according to vulgar capacitie The essential and perfect glorie which no eye hath seene nor eare hath heard nor hart can cone iuâ— consisteth in seeing God Among accidental glorious giftes the foure dowries of glorified bodies are especially prefigured Impassibilitie by the wood Setim wherof the Arke was made Exod. 25. Agilitie and Penetrabilitie in some sorte by Dauids quicknes against Gâ—liath and his conuering of him self into Sauls campe and forth againe 1. Reg. 17. and 26. but a more plaine figure of Claritie was in Moyses face Exod. 34. which by his conuersation with God became more glorious then mortal eyes were able to behold glistering and shining as most splendent lâ—ght through christal described as if his skinne had benne a clere horne aâ—â—earing and spreading beamâ— like the sunnâ— proceding from the beautie of his soule so thâ—â— none of al the people could looke directly vpon him except he couered his face Thus much concerning particular pointes of faith and religion And it is no lesse euident that the vniuersal Church and Citie of God stil continued yea was more visible and conspicuous to the whole world then before First by Gods maruelous protection therof in the desert and famous victories and conquestes of the land of Chanaan And by the excellent lawes geuen to this people which al nations admired and none had the like Deut. 4. For in this fourth age besides other lavves and preceptes the spiritual and temporal States were more distinguished and the Ecclesiastical Hierarchie especially disposed in subordination of one supreme head with inferiour gouerners ech in their place and office for edification of the whole bodie For Moyses being chief ruler and conductâ—r of the Israelites out of Aegypt receiued and deliuered to them the written Law Exod. 20. And for obseruation and conseruation therof by Gods expresse appointment Leuit. 8. consecrated Aaron the ordinarie High priest himself remayning stil extraordinarie Superiour also aboue Aaron And after Aaron he consecrated in like maner his sonne Eleazar high priest and successour to his father Num. 20. To whom succeded others in this order 1. Paralip 6. Phinees Abisuë Bocci Ozi Zacharias otherwise 1. Reg. 1. called Heli Meraioth Amarias otherwise Achimelec whom Saul slew 1. Reg. 22. Achitob othervvise Abiathar vvho vvas deposed 3. Reg. 2. and Sadoc in vvhose time the Temple vvas founded To these vvere adioyned other Priestes also consecrated in a praescript forme Leuit. 8. and Leuites ordayned to assist in lower and distinct offices Num. 3. 4. In the first degree the Caathites whose office was to carrie the Sanctuarie and vessel therof vvrapped vp by the priestes but vvere forbid in paine of death to touch them or to see them In the second degree the Gersonites vvho carried the cortines and couers of the Tabernacle and vessel of the Altar In the third degree the Merarites vvho carried the bordes barres and pillers vvith their feete pinnes cordes and other implementes of the tabernacle euerie one according to their office and burdens Num. 4. v. vlt. But in the temporal state and gouernment Iosue of the tribe of Ephraim succeeded to Moyses Num. 27. Deut. 3. 34. And after Iosue were diuers interruptions of succession with gouerners of diuers tribes and change of gouernment from Dukes to Iudges and from Iudges to Kinges For after Iosues death the people being sore afflicted by inuasions of Infidels God raised certaine special men with title of Iudges to
deliuer and saue them First Othoniel of the tribe of Iuda then Aod of Beniamin after him Samgar the Scripture not signifying of what tribe then Barach with Debora of Ephraim Gedeon of Manasses Abimelech his basâ— sonne an vsurper Thola of Issachar Iair and Iephte of Manasses Abesan of Iuda Aialon of Zabulon Abdon of Ephraim Sampson of Dan and Heli who was also high priest of Aarons stocke otherwise called Zaraias 1. Paralip 6. and Samuel also of the tribe of Leut a Prophet In his time the people demanding and vrging to haue a King Saul of the tribe of Beniamin was annointed 1. Reg. 10. But for transgressing Gods commandments especially for exercising spiritual function without warrant 1. Reg. 13. and not destroying idolaters 1. Reg. 15. was deposed and Dauid of the tribe of Iuda was annointed King who after manie great trubles possessed the whole kingdome and died in peace leauing his sonne Salomon inuested and annointed king in his throne The Church being thus established in distinct states and orders albeit there were manie imperfections in al sortes of persons and great sinnes committed yet God so punished offenders and chastised the whole people that he stil conserued the greatest or chiefe part in true faith and religion For whiles they were in the desert they murmured very often against God and his Ministers their Superiours Exod. 17. Num. 11. 14 20. 21. Manie fel to idolatrie Exod. 32. Aaron not free from cooperating in the peoples sinne Nadab and Abiu Aarons sonnes and consecrated priestes offered strange fire Leuit. 10 Core Dathan and Abiron with their complices made a great schisme Num. 16. Manie committed carnal fornication with Infidels and were therby drawen to spiritual Num. 25. Of which and other like â—innes the Psalmist speaketh Psal 94. exhorting his people not to harden their hartes as in the desert their fathers had tempted God Fourtie yeares was I offended sayth God with that generation and sayd They alwayes erre in hart And therfore he sware in his wrath that the same generation should not enter into the promised land of Chanaan but their children entred and possessed it Num. 14. Iesue 3. A 〈…〉 the people falling to idolatrie and other sinnes were afflicted and sore pressâ—d by forraine enemies but repenting were deliuered and saued by certain capitaines called Iudges and Sauiours as appeareth in the booke of iudges They had also tribulations by some of their owne nation for among the Iudge one called Abimelee was a tyrannical vsurper Iudic. 9. Saul their first King falling from God vniustly persecuted Dauid 1. Reg. 18. â— Ambitious Absolom rebelled against the King his father 2. Reg. 15. and Seba of the tribe of Beniamin raised an other rebellion 2. Reg. 20. â—â—â—â—wise Adonias assisted by Abiathar the high priest and by Ioab general of the armie pretended to reigne his father Dauid yet liuing to preuent S 〈…〉 n of the kingdom 3. Reg. 1. So God both shewed his iustice in suffering suâ—â— afflictions to happen for punishment of sinne and his mercie in sauing hiâ— Church from ruine Moreouer for preseruatioÌ„ of the Church there were diuers diuine Ordinances prouided by the law For first al were strictly commanded not to coÌ„municate with Infidels in their idolatrie Ex. 23. nor with Schismatikes in their schisme Nu. 16. but to destroy al Idolaters Num. 33. and shunne al nouelties in religion as a sure marke of idolatrie or false doctrine Deut. 13. Further to conserue vnitie there was but one Tabernacle and one Altar for Sacrifice in the whole people of Israel VVherupon when the two tribes and halfe on the other side Iordan had made a seueral altar al the tribes that dwelt in Chanaan suspecting it was for sacrifice sent presently to admonish them and prepared to make warre against them except they destroyed their new altar but being aduertised that it was only an altar of monument and not for sacrifice were therwith satisfied Iosue 22. Afterwards the tribe of Dan setting vp idolatrie and the other tribes not correcting it they were al punished VVhich happened by occasion of an other enormous sinne committed and not corrected in the tribe of Beniamin For the other eleuen tribes making warre against them for this iust cause yea by Gods direction and warrant yet had the worse susteyning great slaughter of men in two conflictes and in the third Beniamin was almost destroyed Iudic. 20. Finally for decision of al controuersies and ending of strife the High Priest was expresly ordayned supreme Iudge Deut. 17. And al were commanded in paine of death to submitte their opinions and obey his sentence with promise of Gods assistance wherby his definitions were certaine and infallible For in consultations of doubtes and difficult cases God inspired him with doctrine of veritie Exod. 28. 29. Leuit. 8. Num. 3. 7. 9. 1. Reg. 23 30. VVhich iudgement Seate Christ admonished the Iewes to repayre vnto and folow Math. 23. though the Iudges themselues did not the thinges which they taught In so much that Caiphas through this assistance of Gods spirite being otherwise a wicked man yet pronounced the truth That one must die for the people VVhich therfore S. Iohn the Euangelist ascribeth to his Chayre and office because he was High priest that yeare Ioan. 11. Seing then Gods prouidence and continual assistance was so clere and assured in the Church of the old Testament much more is the Church of christ builded vpon a sure rocke assured of his perpetual assistance and always preserued from erring in Faith or in general practise of Religion And that by Gods like assured ordinance of one supreme head and Iudge S. Peter his Successour for vvhom our Sauiour prayed that his faith should not faile Further commanding him that he should confirme his brethren Al vvhich vvse see is performed in the Successours of S. Peter vvheras the successours of the other Apostles are al failed long since The same most assured stabilitie of the Church of Christ is further confirmed by the whole Lavv and Prophetes Namely Deut. 32. and 33. vvhere Moyses fortelleth more povver and grace in the Church to be collected in the Gentiles of al natioÌ„s then euer vvas in that of the Israelites or Iews Likewise 1. Reg. 2. The same vvas both prefigured and prophecied by holie Anna The hungrie those that desire Gods grace and glorie are filled vntil the barren woman the Church of the Gentiles bare verie manie she that had manie children was weakned Shewing that the Church of the Iewes had manie vntil the plenitude of Gentiles much more abounded Wherfore the Psalmist inuiteth al nations to praise God saying Psal 116. Praise our Lord al ye Gentiles praise him al ye peoples Also 2. Reg. 7. God promised Dauid saying Thy Kingdome for euer before thy face and thy throne shal be firme continually which was not verified in Dauids temporal kingdome For it was
him darkesome water in the cloudes of the aire Because of the brightnesse in his sight the cloudes passed hayle and coles of fire †And our Lord thundered from heauen and the Highest gaue his voice haile and coles of fire †And he shot his arrowes and dissipated them he multiplied lightnings and trubled them †And the fountaynes of waters appeared and the fundations of the world were reueled At thy rebuke ô Lord at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath †He sent from on high and tooke me and he receiued me out of manie waters †He deliuered me from my most strong enemies and from them that hated me because they were made strong ouer me †They preuented me in the day of mine affliction and our Lord was made my protectour †And he brought me out into largenesse he saued me because he would me †And our Lord wil reward me according to my iustice and according to the purity of my handes he wil reward me †Because I haue kept the waies of our Lord neither haue I done impiously from my God †Because al his iudgementes are in my sight and his iustices I haue not repelled from me †And I shal be immaculate with him and shal keepe me from mine iniquitie †And our Lord wil reward me according to my iustice and according to the puritie of my handes in the sight of his eies †With the holie thou shalt be holie and with the innocent man thou shalt be innocent †And with the elect thou shalt be elect and with the peruerse thou shalt be peruerted †Because thou wilt saue the humble people and the eies of the proud thou wilt humble †Because thou dost illuminate my lampe ô Lord my God illuminate my darkenesse †Because in thee I shal be deliuered from tentation and in my God I shal goe ouer the wal †My God his way is vnpolluted the wordes of our Lord are examined by fire he is protector of al that hope in him †For who is God but our Lord or who is God but our God †God that girded me with strength and made my way immaculate †That perfited my feete as it were of hartes and setting me vpon high thinges †That teacheth my handes to battel and hast put mine armes as a bow of brasse †And hast geuen me the protection of thy saluation and thy right hand hath receiued me And thy discipline hath corrected me vnto the end and thy discipline the same shal teach me †Thou hast enlarged my pases vnder me and my steppes are not weakened †I wil pursew myne enemies and ouertake them and wil not returne til they faile †I wil breake them neither shal they be able to stand they shal fal vnder my feete †And thou hast girded me with strength to battel and hast supplanted them that rise against me vnder me †And myne enemies thou hast geuen me their backe and them that hate me thou hast destroyed †They cried neither was there that would saue them to our Lord neither did he heare them †And I wil breake them to powder as the dust before the face of winde as the durt of the streates I wil destroy them †Thou wilt deliuer me from the contradictions of the people thou wilt appoynte me to be head of the Gentiles †A people which I knew not hath serued me in the hearing of the eare it hath obeyed me †The children being alienes haue lyed to me the children alienes are inueterated and haue halted from their pathes †Our Lord liueth and blessed be my God and the God of my saluation be exalted †O God which geuest me reuenges subdewest peoples vnder me my deliuerer from mine angrie enemies †And from them that rise vp against me thou wilt exalt me from the vniust man thou wilt deliuer me Therfore wil I confesse to thee among nations ô Lord and wil say a psalme to thy name Magnifying the saluations of his king and doing mercie to his Christ Dauid and to his seede for euer PSALME XVIII Gods perfect goodnes and glorie is shewed by his great workes and by his Apostles sent with heauenlie commission to preach in al tongues to al nations 6. Christ coming into the world and returne vnto heauen 8. his immaculate Law 13. Wherin notwistanding the iust shal haue nede to pray for remission of smaller and daylie sinnes †Vnto the end the psalme of Dauid THE heauens shew forth the glorie of God and the firmament declareth the workes of his handes †Day vnto day vttereth word and night vnto night sheweth knowledge †There are no languages nor speaches whose voyces are not heard †Their sound hath gone forth into al the earth and vnto the endes of the round world the wordes of them †He put his tabernacle in the sunne himself as a bridgrome coming forth of his bridechamber He hath reioyced as againt to runne the way †his comming forth from the toppe of heauen And his recourse euen to the toppe therof neither is there that can hide him selfe from his heate †“ The law of our Lord is immaculate conuerting soules the testimonie of our Lord is faithful geuing wisedome to litle ones †The iustices of our Lord be right making hartes ioyful the precept of our Lord lightsome illuminating the eies †The feare of our Lord is holie permanent for euer and euer the iudgmentes of our Lord be true iustified in themselues †To be desired aboue gold and much pretious stone and more sweete aboue honie and the honie combe †For thy seruant keepeth them in keeping them is much reward †Sinnes who vnderstandeth from my secrete sinnes cleanse me †and from other mens spare thy seruant If they shal not haue dominion ouer me then shal I be immaculate and shal be cleansed from the greatest sinne †And the wordes of my mouth shal be such as may please and the meditation of my hart in thy sight alwayes O Lord my helper and my redemer ANNOTATIONS PSALME XVIII â— The lavv of our lord is immaculate conuerting soules Gods law in it selfe being most pure and immaculate is the proper meanes wherby the Holie Ghost conuerteth soules from sinnes to iustice Not that euerie one is iust fied vvhich readeth heareth or knoweth the lavv but by keping it through grace of the Holie Ghost VVho is the author and vvorker of iusâ—â—e by disposing the soule to cooperate in maner partly here described Gods faithful and most true testimonie by his lavv geueth vvisdome faith and knovvlege to the humble his right iustices comfort the hartes of the saithful his clere precept teacheth them their dutie his holie feare perseuireth vvith them his true iudgements are most delectable and
eares thou hast perfited to me Holocaust and for sinne thou didst not require †then said I Behold I come In the head of the booke it is written of me †that I should doe thy wil my God I would and thy law in the middes of my hart †I haue declared thy iustice in the great Church loe I wil not stay my lippes Lord thou hast knowen it †Thy iustice I haue not hid in my hart thy truth and thy saluation I haue spoken I haue not hid thy mercie and thy truth from the great councel †But thou ô Lord make not thy commiserations farre from me thy mercie and thy truth haue alwayes receiued me †Because euils haue compassed me which haue no number mine iniquities haue ouertaken me I was not able to see They are multiplied aboue the heares of my head and my hart hath forsaken me †It may please thee ô Lord to deliuer me Lord haue respect to helpe me Let them be confounded and ashamed together that seeke my soule to take it away Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that wil me euils Let them forth with receiue their confusion that say to me Wel wel †Let al that seeke thee reioyce and be glad vpon thee and let them that loue thy saluation say alwayes Our Lord be magnified †But I am a begger and poore Our Lord is careful of me Thou art my helper my protector my God be not slacke PSALME XL. The prophet pronounceth them happie that wil beleue in Christ coming in humilitie and pouertie 5. Christ describeth his owne poore afflicted state in this life by reason he is to satisfie for the sinnes of the world the malice of his aduersaries 10. especially of Iudas 11. and by way of prayer prophecieth his owne Resurrect on †Vnto the end a Psalme to Dauid him selfe BLESSED is the man that vnderstandeth concerning the needie and the poore in the euil day our Lord wil deliuer him †Our Lord preserue him and geue him life and make him blessed in the land and deliuer him not vnto the wil of his enemies †Our Lord helpe him vpon the bed of his sorow thou hast turned al his couche in his infirmitie †I said Lord haue haue mercie on me heale my soule because I haue sinned to thee †Mine enemies haue spoken euils to me When shal he die and his name perish †And if he came in to see he spake vayne thinges his hart hath gathered together iniquitie to him selfe He went forth and spake together †Al mine enemies whispered against me they did thinke euils to me They haue determined an vniust word against me Shal not he that sleepeth adde to ryse againe †For the man also of my peace in whom I hoped who did eate my breades hath greatly troden me vnder foote †But thou ô Lord haue mercie vpon me and raise me vp againe and I wil repay them †In this I haue knowen that thou wouldest me because mine enemie shal not reioyce ouer me †But me thou hast receiued because of innocencie and thou hast confirmed me in thy sight for euer †Blessed be our Lord the God of Israel from the beginning of the world and for euermore Be it be it PSALME XLI The feruent desire of the iust 6. much afflicted in this life 12. and assured hope of eternal ioy †Vnto the end vnderstanding to the sonnes of Core EVEN as the harte desireth after the fountaines of waters so doth my soule desire after thee ô God †My soule hath thirsted after God the strong liuing when shal I come and appeare before the face of God †My teares haue beene breades vnto me day and night whiles it is said to me dayly Where is thy God †These thinges haue I remembred and haue powred out my soule in me because I shal passe into the place of a meruelous tabernacle euen to the house of God In the yoyce of exultation and confession the sound of one feasting †Why art thou sorowful my soule and why dost thou truble me Hope in God because yet I wil confesse to him the saluation of my countenance †and my God My soule is trubled toward my selfe therfore wil I be mindful of thee from the land of Iordan and Hermoniim from the litle mountaine †Depth calleth on depth in the voice of thy flould-gates Al thy high thinges and thy waues haue passed ouer me †In the day our Lord hath commanded his mercie and in the night a song of him With me is prayer to the God of my life †I wil say to God Thou art my defender Why hast thou forgotten me and why goe I sorowful whiles mine enemie afflicteth me †Whiles my bones are broken mine enemies that truble me haue vpbrayded me Whiles they say to me day by day Where is thy God †Why art thou heauie ô my soule wh◠dost thou truble me Hope in God because yet I wil confesse to him the saluation of my countenance and my God PSALME XLII The iust inuocateth Gods sentence against the deceiptful that seeke his spiritual ouerthrow 4. acknowledgeth his helpe from almightie God the B. Trinitie in whose vision glorie consisteth †A Psalme of Dauid IVDGE me ô God discerne my cause from the nation not holie from the vniust and deceitful man deliuer me †Because thou art God my strength why hast thou repelled me and why goe I sorowful whiles the enemie afflicteth me Send forth thy light and thy truth they haue conducted me and haue brought me into thy holy hil and into thy tabernacles †And I wil goe in to the altar of God to God which maketh my youth ioyful †I'wil confesse to thee on the harpe ô God my God why art thou sorowful ô my soule and dost thou trubel me †Hope in God because yet wil I cōfesse to him the saluation of my countenance and my God PSALME XLIII The prophet describeth the first calling and difficulte state of the Iewish nation 6. their prosperitie at other times 10. Againe their afflictions in captiuitie and persecutions †Vnto the end for the sonnes of Core to vnderstanding O GOD we haue heard with our eares our fathers haue declared to vs. The worke that thou hast wrought in their dayes and in the dayes of old †Thy hand destroyed the nations and thou didst plant them thou didst afflict the peoples and expel them †For not by their owne sword did they possesse the land and their owne arme did not saue them But thy right hand
bring her to me to liue together knowing that she wil communicate vnto me of good thinges and wil be a comfort of my cogitation tediousnes †I shal haue for her sake glorie with the multitudes and honour with the ancient being yong †and I shâ—â— be â—â—â—nd sharpe in iudgement and in the sight of the mightie I shal be meruelous and the faces of princes wil meruel at me †Holding my peace they shal expect me and whiles I speake manie wordes they shallay their hands on their mouth †Moreouer by her I shal haue immortalitie and I shal leaue an eternal memorie to them that shal be after me †I shal dispose peoples and nations shal be subiect to me †Horrible kings hearing shal feare me in the multitude I shal seme good and in battel strong †Entring into my house I shal rest with her for her conuersation hath no bitternes nor her companie tediousnes but ioy and gladnesse †Thinking these thinges with myselfe and recording in my hart that immortalitie is in the kindred of wisedom †and good delectation in her frendship and in the workes of her handes honestie without defect and wisdom in the disputation of her talke and glorie in the communication of her wordes I went about seeking that I might take her to me †And I was a wittie childe and had gotten a good soule †And wheras I was more good I came to a bodie vndefield †And as I knew that I could not otherwise be continent vnlesse God gaue it this verie thing also was wisdom to know whose this gift was I went to our Lord and besought him and said from my whole hart CHAP. IX A prayer made by Salomon for wisdom 9. wherby Superiors are able to gouerne 13. Which by only humane wisdom they can not rightly performe GOD of my fathers and Lord of mercie which madest al thinges with thy word †and by thy wisdom didst appoint man that he should haue dominion of the creature that was made by thee †that he should dispose the round-world in equitie and iustice and execute iudgement in direction of hart †geue me wisdom the assistant of thy seates and repel me not from thy children †because I am thy seruant and the sonne of thy handmaide a weake man and of smal time and lesse to the vnderstanding of iudgement and lawes †And if one be perfect among the children of men and thy wisdom be absent from him he shal be counted for nothing †Thou hast chosen me king to thy people and iudge of thy sonnes and daughters †and badst me build a temple in thy holie mount and an altar in the citie of thy habitation a similitude of thy holie tabernacle which thou didst prepare from the beginning †and thy wisdom with thee which knew thy workes which then also was present when thou madest the roundworld and knew what was pleasing to thyne eyes and what was direct in thy precepts †Send her from thy holy heauens and from the seate of thy greatnes that she may be with me and may labour with me that I may know what is acceptable with thee †for she knoweth al thinges vnderstandeth and shal conduct me in my workes soberly shal keepe me with her might †And my workes shal be acceptable and I shal gouerne thy people iustly and shal be worthie of the seates of my father †For who of men is able to know the counsel of God or who can thinke what God wil †For the cogitations of mortal men be fearful and our prouidences vncertaine †For the bodie that is corrupted burdeneth the soule and the earthlie habitation presseth downe the vnderstanding that thinketh manie thinges †And we doe hardly coniecture the thinges that are in the earth and the thinges that are in sight we finde with labour But the thinges that are in the heauens who shal search out †And thy sense who shal know vnles thou geue wisdom and send thy holie spirit from on high †and so the pathes of them that are on the earth may be corrected and men lerne the thinges that please thee †For by wisdom they were healed whoseouer haue pleased thee ô Lord from the begynning CHAP. X. The benefites of wisdom are declared by examples in Adam 4. Noe 5. Abraham 6. Lot 10. Iacob 13. Ioseph 15. And the people of Israel SHE kept him that was first made of God father of the world when he was created alone †and she brought him out of his sinne and gaue him powre to conteyne al thinges †After the vniust departed in his anger from her by the furie of brothers man slaughter perished †For whose cause when water destroyed the earth wisdom healed it againe gouerning the iust by contemptible wood †She euen in the consent of wickednes when the nations had confederated themselues knewe the iust and preserued him without blame to God and in his sonnes mercie kept the strong †She deliuered the iust fleing from the impious that perished when the fyre came downe vpon Pentapolis †to whom for a witnes of their wickednes the desert land standeth smoking and trees hauing fruites at vncertain season and the memorie of an incredulous soule a standing piller of salt †For pretermitting wisdom they did not only slippe in this that they were ignorant of good thinges but they left also vnto men a memorie of their foolishnes that in those thinges in which they sinned in they could not be hid neither †But wisdom hath deliuered them that obserue her from sorowes †And the iust fleing his brothers wrath she conducted by the right wayes and shewed him the kingdom of God and gaue him the knowlege of the holie did honest him in labours and accomplised his labours †In the fraude of the circumuenters of him she was present with him and made him honorable †She kept him from the enemies and from seducers she defended him and from seducers she defended him and gaue him a strong fight thas he might ouercome and know that wisdom is mightier then al. †She forsooke not the iust being sold but deliuered him from sinners and she went downe with him into the pitte †and in bands leaft him not til she brought him the scepter of a kingdome and might against them that oppressed him and shewed them to be lyers that spotted him and gaue him eternal glorie †The iust people and seede without blame she deliuered from the nations that oppressed them †She entered into the soule of the seruant of God and stood against dreadful kinges in wonders and signes †And she rendred to the iust the hope of their labours and conducted them in a meruelous way and she was vnto them for a couerr in the day and for the
his time The end of the Sapiential Bookes THE FOVRT PART OF THE OLD TESTAMENT CONTEINING PROPHETICAL BOOKES The argument of Prophetical bookes in general AMongst manie great benefites which God bestowed vpon his peculiar people in the old Testament one principal and very excellent was that besides their ordinarie Pastors and gouerners in spiritual causes the Priestes of Aarons progenic and other clergie men of the same tribe of Leui in â—erarchical subordina ion of one chief with other superiors and subiectes disposed in sacred functions he also gaue them other extraordinarie Prophetes of sundrie tribes as admonitors and guides to reduce them from errors of sinne into the right way of vertue Which office the same Prophetes performed as wel by threatning the offenders with Gods wrath and punishment as by exhorting them to repentance and so to trust in Gods assured mercie that he would geue them better times and reliefe from their miseries But most especially these holie Prophetes did foresee and foretel the happie times of Grace in the New Testament The coming of Messias Christ our Redemer and Sauiour With the mysteries of his Incarnation Birth Passion Death Resurrection Ascension Coming of the Holie Ghost Fundation Propagation perpetual Stabilitie of his Church and finally the General Iudgement Eternal Glorie of the blessed and Euerlasting paine of the damned For albeit they preached and prophecied manie thinges properly and immediatly perteyning to the particular state and people of the Iewes and other nations Where they conuersed yet the principal summe of al the prophetical bookes is of Christ and his Church Yea al the old Testament is a general prophecie and forshewing of the New Which as we noted in the beginning is conteyned and lieth hid in the old Neuertheles speaking more distinctly of the proper arguments or contents of the foure partes of the old Testament the former three more peculiarly setforth the Law the Historie and Sapiential precepts and this last part chiefly conteyneth Prophecies of thinges to come Of which the greatest part is now come to passe or dayly fulfilled and the rest shal likewise be performed in due time So now in order after the Legal Historical and Sapiential bookes folow the Prophetical and are these according to the names of the Prophetes that writte them Isaie Ieremie with Baruch Ezechiel and Daniel commonly called the greatter Prophetes and the twelue lesser aâ—e Osee Ioel Amos Abdias Ionas Micheas Nahum Abacuc Sophonias Aggeus Zacharie and Malachie Who were al singularly inspired and gouerned in their preachings and writinges by the Holie Ghost that they could not erre Yea they were so illuminated in their vnderstanding that they clerly saw that which they vttered And therfore their Prophecies are called Visions for the assured infallibilitie of truth which they auouch For as nothing is more certaine in vulgar knowlege then that which we see with our corporal eyes and therfore of al witnesses the eye witnes is estemed the surest and as in al natural knowlege that is most certaine which is sene by discourse of reason so in supernatural knowlege nothing is more assured then that which is sene by supernatural light Whereof there be three sortes the light of Faith of Prophecie and of Glorie Al three certaine and vndoubted but most clere and manifest is the vision by light of glorie wherby God is sene in himself and al thinges in him that perteyne to the state of euerie glorious Sainct Next therto is the vision by light of prophecie wherwith God illuminateth the vnderstanding of the Prophet by a special extraordinarie and transitorie light of grace that either he clerly seeth the reueled truthes or at least perfectly knoweth that he is moued by the Holie Ghost though he vnderstand not al that the Holie Ghost intendeth and so when and where it is Gods wil he vttereth the same for instruction of others The last which is also certaine but more obscure is the supernatural knowlege which al Catholique Christians haue by light of faith assuredly beleuing al thinges which God reueleth by his Church Concerning therfore this excellent diuine gift of Prophecie granted to few for the benefite of al Gods seruants we are here to informe the vulgar reader that wheras these prophecies are for most part hard to be vnderstood and as S. Peter teacheth not knowen by priuate interpretation but must be interpreted by the same Spirite wherwith they were written our purpose is not to explicate them nor yet to produce large explications of the godlie lerned Fathers but rather fewer and briffer notes then hertofore and for the rest we remitte the more lerned and studious readers according to their capacities to search the same in the commentaries of ancient and late Expositers wishing others to content themselues with the more easie partes of holie Scriptures and other godlie bookes and daylie instructions of spiritual teachers And such as do also read these may obserue with vs these amongst other special causes of the hardnes of the Prophetes One cause is the frequent interruption of sentences with suddaine change from one person or matter to an other without apparent coherence Which S. Ierom noteth in sundrie places As I saie 7. after that the Prophet hath seuerely reprehended king Achab for his distrust of Gods assistance against his temporal enimies v. 13. in the next wordes he prophecieth that a Virgin shal conceiue and beare a sonne Christ our Sauiour and the like in other places An other cause is that the Prophetes speake thinges of some persons which are to be fulfilled in others either of their progenie or prefigured by them As the prophecie of the Iewes and Gentiles comprised in the historie of Esau Iacob Likewise that which Iacob prophecied Gen. 49. of Simeon an Leui not fulfilled in themselues but in the Scribes and Priestes descending of their stock Also much of that which Dauid semeth to speake of Salomon Psal 88. can only be vnderstod of Christ Other examples wil occurre in the Prophetes ensuing Briefly for we can not here expresse al the causes in few wordes prophecies are often times vttered in figuratiue speaches and often not in wordes but in factes other times so mixed with histories and temporal thinges with spiritual againe some thinges perteyning to the old Testament so ioyned with mysteries of the new and the like that most hard it is to discerne nay not possible without special reuelation or instruction of others to know to what purpose or thing euerie part perteyneth or is to be applied for some thinges are spoken only of the historie some thinges of misteries manie thinges of both And the reason why the Holie Ghost doth so vtter these prophecies is noted by S. Ierom in Nahum 3. that the proud and malicious enimies of Religion may not vnderstand them lest sayth he a holie thing should be geuen to dogges pearles cast to swine most sacred mysteries
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
†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
wither and I wil turne riuers into ilands and wil drie vp the standing pooles †And I wil lead the blind into the way which they know not and in the pathes which they haue bene ignorant of I wil make them walke I wil make darkenes before them to be light and crooked thinges streight these words haue I done to them and haue not forsaken them †They are turned backward let them be confounded with confusion that trust in grauen thing that say to the framed thing ye are our goddes †Heare ye deafe and ye blind behold to see †Who is blind but my seruant and deafe but he to whom I haue sent my messengers Who is blind but he that is solde and who is blind but the seruant of the Lord †Thou that seest manie thinges wilt thou not keepe them thou that hast eares open wilt thou not heare †And the Lord hath bene willing to sanctifie him and to magnifie the law and extol it †But the same people is spoiled and wasted al are the snare of yongmen and they are hid in the houses of prisons they are made a praye neither is there to deliuer them a spoile neither is there that sayth Restore †Who is there among you that wil heare this attend and harken for thinges to come †Who hath geuen Iacob into spoyle and Israel to the wasters hath not our Lord himself to whom we haue sinned And they would not walke in his wayes they haue not heard his law †And he hath powred out vpon them the indignation of his furie a strong battel and hath burnt him round about and he knewe not and set him on fyre and he vnderstoode not CHAP. XLIII God comforteth his Church promising euer to protect the same 11. blameth the Iewes expostulating their ingratitude AND now thus sayth our Lord that created thee ô Iacob formed thee ô Israel Feare not because I haue redemed thee and called thee by thy name thou art mine †When thou shalt passe through the waters I wil be with thee and the floudes shal not couer thee when thou shalt walke in fyre thou shalt not be burnt and the flame shal not burne in thee †Because I am the Lord thy God the holie one of Israel thy sauiour I haue geuen Aegypt thy propitiation Aethiopia and Sale for thee †Since thou becamest honorable in mine eies and glorious I haue loued thee I wil geue men for thee and peoples for thy soule †Feare not because I am with thee from the East wil I bring thy seede and from the West I wil gather thee †I wil say to the North Geue and to the South Hinder not bring my sonnes from a farre and my daughters from the endes of the earth †And cuerie one that inuocateth my name for my glorie haue I created him formed him and made him †Bring forth the blind people and hauing eyes the deafe and he hath eares †Al the nations are assembled together and the tribes are gathered which of you can shew this and shal make vs heare the former thinges Let them geue their witnesses and be iustified and heare and say In verie deede †You are my witnesses sayth our Lord and my seruants whom I haue chosen that you may know and beleue me and vnderstand that I myself am Before me there hath no god bene formed after me there shal not be †I am I am the Lord and there is no sauiour beside me †I haue shewed and haue saued I haue made it heard and there hath bene no strange one among you You are my witnesses sayth our Lord and I God †And from the beginning I my self and there is not that can deliuer out of my hand I wil worke and who shal turne it away †Thus sayth the Lord your redemer the holie one of Israel For your sake haue I sent forth into Babylon and haue plucked downe al the barres and Chaldees glorying in their shippes †I the Lord your holie one that created Israel your king †Thus sayth our Lord that gaue a way in the sea and a path in the vehement waters †Which brought forth the chariote and the house the arme and the strong they slept together neither shal they rise agayne they are broken as flaxe and are extinct †Remember not former thinges and looke not on thinges of old †Behold I make new thinges and now they shal spring forth verely you shal know them I wil make a way in the desert and riuers in the place not haunted †The beast of the fielde shal glorifie me the dragons the ostreches because I haue geuen waters in the desert riuers in the place not haunted that I might geue drinke to my people to mine elect †This people haue I formed for myself they shal tel my prayse †Thou hast not inuocated me ô Iacob neither hast thou labored in men ô Israel †Thou hast not offered me the ramme of thyne holocaust and with thy victimes thou hast not glorified me I haue not made thee to serue in oblation nor put thee to payne in frankincense †Thou hast not bought me sweete cane for siluer and with the fatte of thy victimes thou hast not inebriated me But thou hast made me to serue with thy sinnes thou hast put me to payne with thine iniquities †I am I am he that take cleane away thine iniquities for mine owne sake and I wil not remember thy sinnes †Bring me into remembrance and let vs be iudged together tel if thou haue any thing that thou mayst be iustified †Thy first father sinned and thy interpreters haue transgressed against me †And I haue profaned the holie princes I haue geuen Iacob to destruction Israel to reproch CHAP. XLIIII Christ foundeth and establisheth his Church 6. Inueigheth against idolaters 26. and promiseth deliuerance from the captiuitie of Babylon AND now heare ô Iacob my seruant and Israel whom I haue chosen †Thus sayth the Lord that made and formed thee thy helper from the wombe feare not ô my seruant Iacob and thou most righteous whom I haue chosen †For I wil powre out waters vpon the thirstie ground and streames vpon the drie land I wil powre out my spirit vpon thy seede and my blessing vpon thy stocke †And they shal spring the herbes as willowes beside the waters running by †This man shal say I am our Lords and an other man shal cal in the name of Iacob and this wil write with his hand To the Lord and in the name of Israel he shal be resembled †Thus sayth our Lord the king of Israel and the redemer therof the Lord of hostes I am the first and I the last and beside me there is no God †Who is like to me let him cal and declare and let him expound me the order since I appoynted the
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
a whirlewind to render his furie in indignation and his rebuking in flame of fyre †because our Lord shal iudge in fyre and in his sword to al flesh and the slaine of our Lord shal be multiplied †they that were sanctified and thought them selues cleane in the gardens behind the gate within they that did eate swines flesh and abomination and the mouse they shal be confounded sayth our Lord. †But I know their workes and their cogitations I come that I may gather together with al nations and tongues and they shal come and shal see my glorie †And I wil put a signe in them and I wil send of them that shal be saued to the Gentiles into the sea into Afrike and Lydia them that hold the arrow into Italie and Greece to the ilandes farre of to them that haue not heard of me and haue not sene my glorie And they shal shew forth my glorie to the Gentiles †and they shal bring al your brethren of al nations a gift to our Lord vpon horses and in chariotes in horse litters on mules and in coches to my holie mountaine Ierusalem sayth our Lord as if the children of Israel should bring in a gift in a cleane vessel into the house of our Lord. †And “ I wil take of them to be priestes and leuites sayth our Lord. †Because as new heauens and a new earth which I make to stand before me sayth our Lord so shal your sede stand and your name †And there shal be moneth after moneth and sabbath after sabbath al flesh shal come to adore before my face sayth our Lord. †And they shal goe out and see the carcasses of the men that haue transgressed against me their worme shal not die and their fyre shal not be quenched and they shal be euen vnto satietie of sight to al flesh ANNOTATIONS CHAP. LXVI 1. Heauen is my seate Lest anie should interprete these prophetical promises as the Ievves doe only of the restauration reedification of Ierusalem and the Temple the Prophet here shevveth that albeit God sanctified the temple and granted manie benefites to those that serued him therein yet his proper seate is not in anie material temple or terrestrial place but in heauen And therfore Temples and Churches are in deede ordayned for faithful people to serue him in to signifie that as these places are more holie then ordinarie houses so heauen is infinitely more glorious then anie earthlie palace yet God is not conteyned in anie place but exceedeth al. To which purpose S. Steuen Act. 7 alleageth and vrgeth this place and also S. Paul Act 17. that God dvvelleth not or is not concluded in temples neither needeth them for his ovvne vse but is rightly serued in them by those that lift vp their mindes to him as dwelling in heauen replenishing al places 21. I vvil take of them to be Priestes In the Lavv of Moyses Priestes and Leuites vvere al of one Tribe by succession of natural kinred nor by election but the lavv being changed necessarily also Priesthood is changed And Byshopes Priestes Deacons and other Clergie men are taken and ordained not by uerenes of bloud but by election according to their merites of vertues THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKES OF IEREMIE IEREMIE the sonne of Helcias Priest and Prophete being sanctified in his mothers wombe begane to prophecie as yet a childe in Iuda in the thirtenth yeare of the reigne of king Iosias continued the rest of his time which was nintene yeares more and the eleuen yeares of Ioakim wherin are counted the three monethes of Ioachaz and other three of Iechonias otherwise called Ioachin and eleuen yeares of Sedecias in al fourtie one yeares before he went into Aegypt Where he also prophecied and finally was stoned to death by the people in the citie of Taphnis His whole worke conteyneth two distinct Bookes besides an Epistle which foloweth after the Prophecie of Baruch The former booke is called his Prophecie the other his Lamentations S. Ierom comprehendeth the summe of al briefly saying Ieremie connecteth a nuttie or watching rodde and a potte boyling hote from the face of the north the leopard spoyled of his coloures and the fourefold Alphabet in diuers meeters Signifiing that God wil correct his people with a rodde in his hote furie from the north to witte by the king of Babylon for their pertinacitie in sundrie kindes of sinnes Al which the Prophet lamenteth with his doleful verse of diuers meeter The Prophecie may be diuided into fiue partes First he sheweth the conditions and qualities of himselfe with the maner of his mission then Gods great clemencie in recalling the people from sinne denouncing dangers imminent for their obstinacie in the twelue first chapters Secondly in the eight chapters folowing by diuers Metaphorical and other figuratiue descriptions he declareth the ingratitude other sinnes of the people threatning punishment for which they persecute him Thirdly in other eight chapters he reprehendeth the inhabitantes of Ierusalem especially the King euil Priestes and falseprophetes some being already caried into captiuitie for which free preaching he is againe persecuted Fourtly in the next eleuen chapters he mixteth consolations threates especially the destruction of Ierusalem captiuitie of king and people and their release after seuentie yeares Fiftly in the other thirtene chapters he prophecieth the destruction of the Iewes that goe into Aegypt and of sundrie nations for their idolatrie and for their crueltie against the Iewes In euerie part interposeth manie prophecies of Christ and his Church besides the mystycal sense included in the historical THE PROPHECIE OF IEREMIE CHAP. I. Ieremie prophecied in the times of Iosias Ioakim and Sedecias Kinges of Iuda 5. being sanctified in his mothers wombe is sent in his tender age to prophecie 11. the destruction of Ierusalem 17. God geuing him corege against his persecutors THE wordes of Ieremie the sonne of Helcias of the priestes that were in Anathoth in the land of Beniamin †The word of our Lord which was made to him in the daies of Iosias the sonne of Amon king of Iuda in the thirteenth yeare of his kingdome †And the word was made in the daies of Ioakim the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda vnto the end of the eleuenth yeare of Sedecias the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda euen vnto the transmigration of Ierusalem in the fifth moneth †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Before I formed thee in the wombe I knewe thee and before thou camest forth of the matrice I sanctified thee and a prophete in the Gentiles I gaue thee †And I sayd A a a ô Lord God Behold I can not speake because I am a childe †And our Lord said vnto me Say not I am a childe for to al thinges to which I shal send thee thou shalt goe
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
it shal be in that day saith our Lord God The sunne shal goe downe at midday I wil make the earth to be darke in the day of light †And I wil turne your festiuities into mourning and al your songues into lamentation and I wil bring in vpon euerie backe of yours sack cloth and vpon euerie head baldnes and I wil lay it as the mourning of an onlie begotten sonne and the later end therof as a bitter day †Behold the dayes come saith our Lord and I wil send forth famine into the land not the famine of bread nor thirst of water but of hearing the word of the Lord. †And they shal be moued from the sea euen to sea and from the North euen to the East they shal goe about seeking the word of our Lord and shal not finde †In that day the fayre virgins shal faile the yongmen in thirst †They that sweare by the sinne of Samaria and say Thy God ô Dan liueth and the way of Bersebee liueth and they shal fal and shal rise no more CHAP. IX The great destruction of Ierusalem 8. and dispersion of al the Iewes are againe prophecied 11. with the conuersion of Gentils and the Church of Christ shal greatly prosper I SAW our Lord standing vpon the altar and he sayd †Strike the henges let the lintels be moued for there is auarice in the head of al and the last of them wil I kil by the sword there shal be no flight for them they shal flee and he shal not be saued that shal flee of them †If they shal descend euen to hel thence shal my hand bring them out and if they shal a scend enen to heauen thence wil I plucke them downe †And if they shal be hid in the toppe of Carmel thence searching wil I take them away and if they shal hide themselues from mine eyes in the depth of the sea there wil I command the serpent he shal bite them †And if they shal go into captiuitie before their enemies there wil I command the sword and it shal kil them And I wil set mine eyes vpon them to euil and not to good †And our Lord the God of hostes which toucheth the earth and it shal melt away and al that dwel therein shal mourne and it shal al rise as a riuer and shal runne downe as the floud of Aegypt †He that buildeth in heauen his ascension and hath founded his bundel vpon the earth who calleth the waters of the sea and powreth them out vpon the face of the earth the Lord is his name †Why are not you as the children of the Aethiopians vnto me ô children of Israel saith our Lord Did not I make Israel to ascend out of the Land of Aegypt and the Palesthins out of Cappadocia and the Syrians out of Cyrenee †Behold the eyes of our Lord God vpon the sinning kingdom I wil destroy it from the face of the earth but yet destroying I wil not destroy the house of Iacob sayth our Lord. †For behold I wil command and wil shake the house of Israel in al nations as wheate is shaken in a sieue and there shal not a litle stone fal vpon the earth †Al the sinners of my people shal fal by the sword which say The euil shal not approch shal not come vpon vs. †In that day I wil rayse vp the tabernacle of Dauid that was fallen I wil reedifie the breaches of the walles therof and those thinges that were fallen I wil repayre and I wil reedifie him as in the dayes of old †That they may possesse the remnant of Idumea and al nations because that my name is inuocated vpon them saith our Lord that doth these thinges †Behold the dayes come saith our Lord and the plougher shal ouertake the reaper the treader of the grape him that soweth sede and the mountaynes shal droppe sweetnes and al hilles shal be tilled †And I wil conuert the captiuitie of my people Israel and they shal build the desert cities inhabite and shal plant vineyards and drinke the wine of them shal make gardens and eate the fruites of them And I wil plant them vpon their owne ground I wil no more plucke them out of their land which I haue geuen them sayth our Lord thy God THE PROPHECIE OF ABDIAS ABDIAS borne in Sichem of the tribe of Ephraim prophecied the same time with Amos so briefly that his prophecie is not parted into chapters I. against the Idumeans foreshewing their destruction 10. for their perpetual emnitie against the lewes and confederacie with the Chaldees 17. The captiuitie and relaxation of the lewes 19. And redemption of the whole world by Christ THE vision of Abdias Thus sayth our Lord God to Edom We haue heard a bruit from our Lord and he hath sent a legate to the Gentils Rise ye and let vs arise against him into battel †Behold I haue geuen thee a litle one in the Gentils thou art contēptible excedingly †The pride of thy hart hath extolled thee dwelling in the clefts of rockes exalting thy throne which sayst in thy hart Who shal plucke me downe to the earth †If thou shalt be exalted as an eagle and if thou shalt set thy nest among the starres thence wil I plucke thee downe sayth our Lord. †If theues had gone in to thee if robbers by night how hadst thou held thy peace would not they haue stolen thinges sufficent for themselues if the grape gatherers had entered in to thee would they not haue left thee at the least a cluster †How haue they searched Esau haue they sought out his hidden thinges †Euen to the border haue they cast thee out al the men of thy league haue mocked thee the men of thy peace haue preuailed against thee they that eate with thee shal lay embushments vnder thee there is no wisedom in him †Why shal not I in that day sayth our Lord destroy the wise out of Idumea and prudence from the mount of Esau †And thy valients of the South shal feare that man may perish from the mount of Esau †For the slaughter and for the iniquitie against thy brother Iacob confusion shal couer thee and thou shalt perish for euer †In the day when thou stoodest against him when strangers tooke his armie and foreners entered his gates and vpon Ierusalem cast lotte thou also wast as one of them †And thou shalt not dispise in the day of thy brother in the day of his peregrination and thou shalt not reioyce ouer the children of Iuda in the day of their perdition thou shalt not magnifie thy mouth in the day of distresse †Neither shalt thou enter the gate of my people in the day of their ruine neither shalt thou also
God sent him to them the people feared at the face of our Lord. †And Aggeus the messenger of our Lord of the messengers of our Lord spake saying to the people I am with you sayth our Lord. †And our Lord raysed vp the spirit of Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel duke of Iuda and the spirit of Iesus the sonne of Iosedec the grandpriest and the spirit of the rest of al the people and they went in and did the worke in the house of the Lord of hostes their God CHAP. II. They are encoreged to procede in building the temple 6. with promise that Christ by his personal presence wil bring more glorie to this then was in the former temple 11. Their former slacknes in this worke was the cause of their wantes 19. and now they shal haue abundance IN the foure and twenteth day of the moneth in the sixth moneth in the second yeare of Darius the king †In the seuenth moneth the one and twentith of the moneth the word of our Lord was made in the hand of Aggeus the prophet saying †Speake to Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel the duke of Iuda to Iesus the sonne of Iosedec the grand priest and to the rest of the people saying †Who among you is left that saw this house in the first glorie therof what do you see this same now Why is it not so as if it were not in your eyes †And now take courege Zorobabel saith our Lord and take courege Iesus the sonne of Iosedec grand priest and take courege al ye people of the land saith the Lord of hostes and doe because I am with you sayth the Lord of hosts †the word that I did couenant with you when you came out of the Land of Aegypt and my spirit shal be in the middes of you feare not †Because thus sayth the Lord of hosts As yet there is one litle while and I wil moue the heauen the earth and the sea and the drie land †And I wil moue al nations AND THE DESIRED OF AL NATIONS SHAL COME and I wil fil this house with glorie sayth the Lord of hosts †Mine is the siluer and mine is the gold sayth the Lord of hostes †“ Great shal be the glorie of this last house more then of the first sayth the Lord of hosts and in this place wil I geue peace sayth the Lord of hosts †In the foure and twentith of the ninth moneth in the second yeare of Darius the king the word of our Lord was made to Aggeus the prophet saying †Thus saith the Lord of hosts Aske the priests the law saying †If a man take sanctified flesh in the skirt of his garment and touch with the skirt therof bread or broth or wine or oile or any meate shal it be sanctified And the priests answering said No. †And Aggeus sayd If one polluted on a soule touch any of al these shal he be contaminated And the priests answered and sayd he shal be contaminated †And Aggeus answered and sayd So this people and so this nation before my face sayth our Lord and so al the worke of their handes al that they haue offered there shal be contaminated †And now set your hartes from this day and vpward before there was stone layd vpon stone in the temple of our Lord. †When you went to an heape of twentie bushels they became ten and entered into the presse to presse out fiftie flagons they became twentie †I stroke you with the burning winde and with the blast and with haile al the workes of your handes and there was none among you that returned to me saith our Lord. †Set your hartes from this day and hence forward from the foure and twenteth day of the ninth moneth from the day that the fundations of the temple of our Lord were layd lay it vpon your hartes †Is there the seede now abreward and as yet the wine and the figtree and the pomegranate and the oliue tree hath not florished from this day I wil blesse †And the word of our Lord was made the second time to Aggeus in the foure and twentith of the moneth saying †Speake to Zorobabel the duke of Iuda saying I wil moue the heauen and also the earth †And I wil ouerthrow the throne of kingdoms wil destroy the strength of the kingdom of the Gentils and I wil ouerthrow the chariote and the rider therof and the horses shal come downe and the riders of them euerie one by the sword of his brother †In that day sayth the Lord of hosts I wil take thee ô Zorobabel sonne of Salathiel my seruant saith our Lord and wil put thee as a signet because thee haue I chosen sayth the Lord of hosts ANNOTATIONS CHAP. II. 10. Great shal be the glorie VVhen according to the prophets exhortation the temple vvas built againe Esdras ch 3. v 12 vvriteth that such ancient men as had sene the former lamented because this nevv one vvas not so excellent as the former had bene vvhich is also clere by other places of holie scripture For amongst other differences Salomons temple had in height and in breadth an hundred and twentie cubites 2 Paral. 3. v. 4. this nevv temple had but sixtie cubites 1 Esd 6. v. 3. Likevvise balomons temple vvas built of stones hevved and perfectly polished 3. Reg 6. v. 7. vvhich vvere also couered on the innerside vvith seeling vvorke of ceder vvood v. 18. This nevv temple vvas built of rugh and vnpolished stones 1. Esd 5. v. 8 As for the same temple long after enlarged and adorned by Herod it continued not long in that state the chiefest glorie therof vvas by our Sauiours presence therin vvhen he vvas presented by his mother and ioyfully receiued into the armes of Simeon and often preached there And therfore S. Augustin proueth li. 18. c. 45. ciuit that the prophet here foreshevveth the glorie of Christs mystical temple faithful Christian soules of al nations in whom God dwelleth by grace of the nevv Testament farre more glorious in liuing stones then that temple vvhich king Salomon built or that vvhich vvas restored after the captiuitie THE PROPHECIE OF ZACHARIAS ZACHARIAS the sonne of Barachias and nephew of Addo beginning two monethes after Aggeus exhorteth also to reedifie the Temple and sheweth by diuers visions that the Church shal floorish partly in that time of the old Synagog but much more after Christs coming whos 's first and chiefe promulgators of his Gospel shal be of the Iewish nation but the farre greatter number shal be of the Gentiles the Iewes for their obstinacie reiected Yet they also in the end shal returne to Christ CHAP. I. The prophet exhorteth the people to conuert to God and not to imitate the euil examples of their fathers 7. by a vision of an horseman and diuers
that had bene at Rome an hostage and he reigned in the hundreth and seuen and thirteth yeare of the kingdom of the Greekes †In those dayes there went forth of Israel wicked children perswaded manie saying Let vs goe and make a couenant with the Gentils that are about vs because since we departed from them manie euils haue found vs. †And the talke semed good in their eyes †And some of the people determined and went to the king and he gaue them leaue to doe the iustice of the Gentils †And they built a schoole in Ierusalem according to the lawes of the Nations †and they made to them selues prepuces and reuolted from the holie testament and were ioyned to the Nations and were solde to doe euil †And the kingdom was prepared in the sight of Antiochus he begane to reigne in the land of Egypt that he might reigne ouer two kingdoms †And he entered into Aegypt with great multitude with chariots and elephants and horsemen and a copious multitude of shippes †And he made warre agaynst Ptolomee the king of Egypt and Ptolomee was afrayd at his presence and fled and manie fel wounded †And he tooke the fensed cities in the land of Aegypt and he tooke the spoiles of the land of Aegypt †And Antiochus turned after he strooke Aegypt in the hundreth and three and fourtith yeare and he went vp to Israel †and went vp to Ierusalem with a great multitude †And he entered into the sanctification with pride tooke the golden altar and the candlesticke of light and al the vessels therof and the table of proposition and the libatories and the phials and the litle morrers of gold and the vele and the crownes and the golden ornament that was in the face of the temple and he brake al into pâ—eces †And he tooke the siluer and gold and the desiderable vessels and he tooke the hidden treasures which he found and carying away he departed into his owne land †And he made a slaughter of men and spake in great pride †And great lamentation was made in Israel and in euerie place of theirs †and the princes and the ancients mourned and the youngmen and the virgins were weakned and the beautifulnes of the wemen was changed †Euerie husband tooke lamentation and the wemen that sate in the mariage bed mourned †and the land was moued vpon the inhabitants therein al the house of Iacob did put on confusion †And after two yeares of dayes the king sent a prince of tributes into the cities of Iuda he came to Ierusalem with a great multitude †And he spake vnto them peaceable wordes in guile and they beleued him †And he fel vpon the citie sodenly and stroke it with a great plague and destroyed much people in Israel †And he tooke the spoiles of the citie and burnt it with fyre and destroyed the houses therof and the walles therof round about †and they led the wemen captiue and the children and the cattel they possessed †And they built the citie of Dauid with a great wal and a strong and with firme towers and it was made a castel for them †and they placed there a sinful nation wicked men and they waxed strong therein And they layd armour and victuals and gathered together the spoiles of Ierusalem †and layd them vp there and they became a great snare †And this was made for an embushment of the sanctification and to be an il deuil in Israel †And they shed innocent bloud round about the sanctification and contaminated the sanctification †And the inhabitants of Ierusalem fled by reason of them and it became the habitation of strangers and she became stranger to her owne seede and her children forsooke her †Her sanctification was desolate as a wildernes her festiual dayes were turned into mourning her sabbaths into reproche her honours into naught †According to her glorie was her ignominie multiplied and her highnes was turned into mourning †And king Antiochus wrote to al his kingdom that al the people should be one and euerie one should leaue his owne law †And al Nations consented according to the word of king Antiochus †and manie of Israel consented to his seruice and they sacrificed to idols and defiled the sabbath †And the king sent bookes by the handes of messengers into Ierusalem into al the cities of Iuda that they should folow the law of the Nations of the earth †and should prohibite holocausts and sacrifices placations to be made in the temple of God †and should prohibite the sabbath to be celebrated and the solemne dayes †And he commanded the holie places to be defiled and the holie people of Israel †And he commanded altars to be built and temples and idols and swines flesh to be immolated and common beasts †and to leaue their children vncircumcised and their soules to be contaminated in al vncleannesses and abominations so that they should forget the law and should change al the iustifications of God †And whosoeuer had not done acording to the word of king Antiochus they should dye †According to al these words wrote he to al his kingdom and he appoynted princes ouer the people that should force these thinges to be done †And they commanded the cities of Iuda to sacrifice †And manie of the people were gathered to them they that had forsaken the law of our Lord and they did euils vpon the land †and they chased forth the people of Israel in hidden corners and in the secret places of fugitiues †The fiftenth day of the moneth Casleu the hundreth fiue and fourtith yeare king Antiochus built the abominable idol of desolation vpon the altar of God and through out al the cities of Iuda round about they builded altars †and before the gates of houses and in the stretes they burnt frankincense sacrificed †and the bookes of the law of God they burnt with fyre cutting them †and with whomsoeuer were found the bookes of the testament of our Lord and whosoeuer obserued the law of our Lord they murdered him according to the edict of the king †In their powre did they these thinges to the people of Israel that was found in euerie moneth and moneth in the cities †And the fiue and twentith day of the moneth they sacrificed vpon the altar that was agaynst the altar †And the wemen that circumcided their children were murdered according to the commandment of king Antiochus †and they hang vp the children by the necks through out al their houses and those that had circumcided them they murdered †And manie of the people of Israel determined with themselues that they would not eate the vncleane thinges they chose rather to dye then to be defiled with vncleane meates †they would not breake the
holie law of God they were murdered †and there was made great wrath vpon the people excedingly CHAP. II. Mathathias with his fiue sonnes lamenteth the calamities of the people 8. and prophanation of holie thinges 15. resisteth the kings wicked decrees 23. killeth an idolater and the kings commissioner so flyeth into the mountaines with others 31. Manie are slaine not resisting in battel on the sabbath dayes 40. Vpon further consideration the rest defend themselues in the sabbath 45. kil their enimies and destroy idolatrie 49. Mathathias dying exhorteth his sonnes to be zelous in the law 65. appoynting Simon their counseler and Iudas their capitaine IN those dayes arose Mathathias the sonne of Iohn the sonne of Simeon priest of the sonnes of Ioarib from Ierusalem and he sate in the mountayne of Modin †and he had fiue sonnes Iohn who was surnamed Gaddis †and Simon who was surnamed Thasi †and Iudas who was called Machabeus †and Eleazar who was surnamed Abaron and Ionathan who was surnamed Apphus †These saw the euils that were done in the people of Iuda and in Ierusalem †And Mathathias sayd Wo is me wherfore was I borne to see the affliction of my people and the affliction of the holie citie and to sitte there when it is geuen in the handes of the enemies †The holie places are come into the hand of strangers the temple therof as an ignoble man †The vessels of her glorie are caried away captiue her old men are murdered in the streets and her youngmen are fallen by the sword of the enemies †What nation hath not inherited her kingdom and hath not obteyned her spoiles †Al her beautie is taken away She that was free is made a seruant †And loe our holies and out beautie and our glorie is desolate and the Nations haue defiled them †Whereto then is it for vs yet to liue †And Mathathias rent his garments his sonnes and they couered themselues with heareclothes and lamented excedingly †And there came thither they that were sent from king Antiochus to compel them that were fled into the citie of Modin to immolate and to burne frankincense and to depart from the law of God †And manie of the people of Israel consenting came to them but Mathathias and his sonnes stood constantly †And they that were sent from Antiochus answering sayd to Mathathias Thou art the prince and most honorable and great in this citie and adorned with sonnes and bretheren †Therfore come thou first and doe the kings commandement as al Nations haue done and the men of Iuda and they that are remayning in Ierusalem thou shalt be and thy sonnes among the kings frends amplified with gold and siluer and manie giftes †And Mathathias answered sayd with a lowde voice Although al Nations obey king Antiochus that euerie man reuolt from the seruice of the law of his fathers and consent to his commandements †I and my sonnes and my bretheren wil obey the law of our fathers †God be merciful vnto vs it is not profitable for vs to forsake the law and the iustices of God †we wil not heare the wordes of king Antiochus neither wil we sacrifice transgressing the commandments of our law to go an other way †And as he ceased to speake these words there came a certayne lewe in the eyes of al to sacrifice to the idols vpon the altar in the citie of Modin according to the kings commandment †And Mathathias saw and was sorie and his reynes trembled and his furie was kindled according to the iudgement of the law and flying vpon him he slew him vpon the altar †yea and the man whom king Antiochus had sent which compelled them to immolate he slewe in that verie time and destroyed the altar †and zeled the law as did Phinees to Zamri the sonne of Salomi †And Mathathias cried out with a lowde voice in the citie saying Euerie one that hath zele of the law establishing his testament let him comeforth after me †And he fled himself and his sonnes into the mountaynes and left al thinges whatsoeuer they had in the citie †Then came downe manie seeking iudgement and iustice into the desert †and they sate there them selues and their children and their wiues and their cattel because the euils ouerflowed vpon them †And it was reported to the kings men and to the armie that was in Ierusalem in the citie of Dauid that certayne men which dissipated the kings commandment were departed into secrete places in the desert and manie were gone after them †And forthwith they went forwards towards them and set battel against them in the day of the Sabbaths †and they sayd to them Doe you resist now also as yet comeforth and doe accordidg to the word of king Antiochus and you shal liue †And they sayd We wil not come forth neither wil we doe the kings word to pollute the day of the Sabbaths †And they hastened battel against them †And they answered them not neither did they cast a stone at them nor stopped the secrete places †saying Let vs dye al in our simplicitie and heauen and earth shal be witnesses vpon vs that you vniustly destroy vs. †And they gaue them battel on the Sabbaths and there died they their wiues their children and their cattel euen to a thousand soules of men †And Mathathias vnderstood it and his freinds and they had lamentation vpon them excedingly †And euerie man sayd to his neighbour If we shal al doe as our bretheren haue done and shal not fight against the heathen for our liues and our iustifications now wil they quickly destroy vs from the earth †And they thought in that day saying Euerie man whosoeuer shal come vnto vs in battel on the day of the Sabbaths let vs fight against him and we wil not al dye as our bretheren died in secrete places †Then was there gathered to them the synagoge of the Asside ans strong of force out of Israel euerie voluntarie in the law †and al that fled from the euils were added to them were made a strength to them †And they gathered an armie and stroke the sinners in their wrath and the wicked men in their indignation and the rest fled to the nations to escape †And Mathathias went round about and his freindes and they destroyed the altars †and they circumcided the vncircumcised children as manie as they found in the costs of Israel and in strength †And they persecuted the children of pride and the worke prospered in their handes †and they obteyned the law out of the handes of the nations and out of the handes of the kinges they gaue not the horne to the sinner †And the dayes of Mathathias approched to dye he sayd to his sonnes Now is pride strengthned and chastisement and the time of
which the king receiued of them euerie yeare and for the fruits of the land and of the trees †And other thinges that perteined to vs of the tithes and of the tributes from this time we remitte to them and the salt floores and the crownes that were presented to vs †we grant al to them and nothing of these shal be broken from this time and for euer †Now therfore prouide to make a copie of these and let it be geuen to Ionathas and let it be layd in the holie mount and in a solemne place †And Demetrius the king seing that the land was quiet in his sight and nothing resisted him he dismissed al his armie euerie man to his place except the forren armie which he brought from the iles of the Gentils and al the bandes of his fathers were enemies to him †And there was one Tryphon of Alexanders part before and he saw that al the armie murmured against Demetrius he went to Emâ—lchuel the Arabian that brought vp Antiochus the sonne of Alexander †And he lay vpon him to deliuer this Antiochus vnto him to reigne in his fathers place and he declared vnto him what great thinges Demetrius did the emnities of his hosts against him And he taried there manie dayes †And Ionathas sent to Demetrius the king that he would cast out them that were in the castel in Ierusalem and that were in the holdes because they impugned Israel †And Demetrius sent to Ionathas saying I wil not onlie doe these thinges for thee and for thy nation but with glorie I wil honour thee and thy nation when it shal be time conuenient †Now therfore thou shalt doe wel if thou wilt send men to helpe me because al mine armie is departed †And Ionathas sent him three thousand valient men to Antioch and they came to the king and the king was delighted at their coming †And there assembled they that were of the citie an hundred twentie thousand men and they would haue slaine the king †And the king fled into the court and they that were of the citie kept the wayes of the citie and began to â—ight †And the king called the Iewes for ayde and they came together to him al at once and they were al dispersed through the citie †And they slew in that day an hundred thousand men and they burnt the citie and tooke manie spoiles in that day and deliuered the king †And they that were of the citie saw that the Iewes had obteyned the citie as they would and they were discomfited in their minde and cried to the king with petitions saying †Geue vs the right hand and let the Iewes cease to oppugne vs and the citie †And they threw away their weapons made peace and the Iewes were glorified in the kings sight were renowmed in the sight of al that were in his kingdom returned into Ierusalem with manie spoiles †And king Demetrius sate in the seat of his kingdom the land was at rest in his sight †And he feaned al thinges whatsoeuer he sayd and alienated himself from Ionathas and he requited him not according to the benefites that he had geuen him and he vexed him excedingly †And after these thinges Tryphon returned and with him Antiochus the yong boy who reigned and put the crowne vpon him †And there gathered vnto him al the bandes which Demetrius had dispersed and they fought agaynst him and he fled and turned the backe †And Tryphon tooke the beastes and wanne Antioch †And Antiochus the yong man wrote to Ionathas saying I appoynt to thee the priesthood and I place thee ouer the foure cities that thou mayst be of the kings freinds †And he sent him vessels of gold for his seruice and he gaue him leaue to drinke in gold and to be in purple and to haue a cheyne of gold †And he appointed Simon his brother gouerner from the borders of Tyre euen to the coasts of Aegypt †And Ionathas went forth and walked through the cities beyond the riuer and al the band of Syria gathered vnto him to helpe him and he came to Ascalon they mette him honorably out of the citie †And he went from thence to Gaza and they that were in Gaza shut in them selues and he besieged it burnt the thinges that were round about the citie and he spoiled it †And the men of Gaza besought Ionathas and he gaue them the right hand and he tooke their sonnes for hostages and sent them into Ierusalem and he walked through the countrie euen to Damascus †And Ionathas heard that the princes of Demetrius preuaricated in Cades which is in Galilee with a great armie meaning to remoue him from the affayres of the kingdom †and he went against them but his brother Simon he left within the prouince †And Simon approched to Bethsura and expugned it manie dayes and inclosed them †And they requested of him to take the right handes and he gaue it them and he cast them out from thence and tooke the citie and placed therin a gartison †And Ionathas and his campe approched to the water of Genesar and before it was light they watched in the plaine Asor †And loe the campe of the aliens mette him in the playne they layd embushments for him in the mountaines but he went against them †And the embushments rose out of their places and they ioyned battel †And al fled that were on Ionathas part and none was left of them but Mathathias the sonne of Absolom and Iudas the sonne of Calphi chiefe captayne of the chiualrie of the host †And Ionathas rent his garments and put earth vpon his head and prayed †And Ionathas returned to them into battel he put them to flight and they fought †And they of his part that fled saw and returned to him and Pursewed with him euen to Cades to their campe and they came euen thither †And there fel of the aliens in that day three thousand men and Ionathas returned into Ierusalem CHAP. XII Ionathas confirmeth league with the Romanes and Spartiates by letters 19. with mention of letters receiued before 24. By diligent guard he defendeth the countrie from the enimies inuasions putting them to flight 31. subdueth the Arabians and returneth by Damascus 33. Simon prospering in other places fortifieth Ierusalem 39. Finally is deceiued by Tryphon 48. and al his men are slaine AND Ionathas saw that the time helped him he chose men and sent them to Rome to establish and to renew amitie with them †and to the Spartiats and to other places he sent epistles according to the same tenure †And they went to Rome and entered into the court and sayd Ionathas the hight priest and the nation of the Iewes haue sent vs to renew the amitie and societie according as before †And they gaue them epistles vnto them
receiue the right handes and he gaue it them and he cast them out from thence and clensed the castel from the contaminations †and they entered into it the three and twentith day of the second moneth the yeare an hundreth seuentie one with prayse and boughes of palme trees and harpes and cymbals nables and hymnes and canticles because the great enemie was destroyed out of Israel †And he ordayned that euerie yeare these dayes should be kept with gladnes †And he fortified the mount of the temple that was by the castel and he dwelt there him self and they that were with him †And Simon saw Iohn his sonne that he was a valient man of warre he made him captayne of al the hosts and he dwelt in Gazara CHAP. XIIII Demetrius inuading Media is taken captiue 4. and Iurie is in peace 14. Simon cherisheth the godlie and punisheth the wicked 16. receiueth freindlie letters from the Romanes and Spartiates 20. vvherof the copie is recited 24. sendeth a legate to Rome with a present 25. And is established highpriest and gouernour by publique consent IN THE yeare an hundreth seuentie two king Demetrius gathered his armie and went into Media to get him aydes to expugne Tryphon †And Arsaces the king of Persia and Media heard that Demetrius was entered his confines and he sent one of his princes to take him aliue †And he went and stroke the campe of Demetrius and tooke him and brought him to Arsaces and he put him into ward †And al the land of Iuda was at rest al the dayes of Simon and he sought good to his nation and his powre and his glorie pleased them al dayes †And with al his glorie he tooke Ioppe for an hauen and made it an entrance vnto the iles of the sea †And he enlarged the borders of his nation and obteyned the countrie †And he gathered a great captiuitie and had the dominion of Gazara and of Bethsura and of the castle and tooke away the vncleanes out of it and there was none that resisted him †And euerie man tilled his land with peace the land of Iuda yelded her fruites and the trees of the fildes their fruit †The ancients sate al in the streetes and treated of the good thinges of the land the yongmen did on them glorie and the stoles of warre †And he gaue victuals to the cities and he appointed them that they should be vessels of munition til the name of his glorie was renowmed euen to the end of the earth †He made peace vpon the land Israel reioyced with great ioy †And euerie man sate vnder his vine and vnder his fig-tree and there was none to make them asrayd †There was none left that impugned them vpon the earth kinges were discomfited in those dayes †And he confirmed al the humble of his people and sought the law and tooke away euerie wicked and euil man †he glorified the holies and multiplied the vessels of the holie places †And it was heard at Rome that Ionathas was dead and euen vnto the Spartiats and they were very sorie †But as they heard that Simon his brother was made the high priest in his place and he obteyned al the countrie and the cities therein †they wrote to him in brasen tables to renew the amities and societie which they had made with Iudas with Ionathas his bretheren †And they were read in the sight of the church in Ierusalem And this is a copie of the epistles that the Spartiates sent †THE PRINCES and the cities of the Spartians to Simon the grand priest and to the ancients and the priests and the rest of the people of the Iewes their bretheren greeting †The legates that were sent to our people haue told vs of your glorie and honour and ioy and we reioyced at their entrance †And we wrote that which was sayd of them in the counsels of the people thus Numenius the sonne of Antiochus and Antipater the sonne of Iason legates of the Iewes came to vs renewing with vs old amitie †And it pleased the people to receiue the men gloriously and to put a copie of their wordes in the seuered booke of the people to be for a memorie to the people of the Spartiats And a copie of these we haue writen to Simon the grand priest †And after these thinges Simon sent Numenius to Rome hauing a great buckler of gold of the weight of thousand poundes to establish amitie with them But when the people of Rome had heard †these wordes they sayd What thankes geuing shal we render to Simon and his children †For he hath restored his bretheren and hath expugned the enemies of Israel from them they decreed him libertie and registred it in tables of brasse and put it in titles in mount Sion †And this is a copie of the wriring THE EIGHTENTH day of the moneth Elul in the yeare an hundreth seuentie two the third yeare vnder Simon the grand priest in Asaramel †in a great assemblie of the priests of the people and the princes of the nation and the ancients of the countrie these thinges were notified that there haue often bene battels made in our countrie †But Simon the sonne of Mathathias of the children of Iarib and his bretheren put themselues in danger and resisted the aduersaries of their nation that their holies and law might stand with great glorie haue they glorified their nation †And Ionathas gathered together his nation and was made their grand priest and he was layd to his people †And their enemies would conculcate and destroy their countrie and extend their handes against the holies †Then Simon resisted and fought for his nation and bestowed much money and armed the valient men of his nation gaue them wages †and he fortified the cities of Iurie and Bethsura that was in the borders of Iurie where the armour of the enimies was before and he placed there Iewes for a garrison †And he fortified Ioppe which was by the sea and Gazara which is in the borders of Azotus wherin the enemies dwelt before and he placed Iewes there and whatsoeuer was fitte for their correption he put in them †And the people saw the fact of Simon and the glorie that he meant to doe to his nation they made him their duke and grand priest for that he had done al thes◠thinges and for the iustice and fayth which he kept to his nation for that he sought by al meanes to aduance his people †And in his dayes it prospered in his hands so that the heathen were taken away out of their countrie and they that were in the citie of of Dauid in Ierusalem in the castel out of which they came forth and contaminated al thinges that were round about the holies they brought great plague vpon chastitie †he placed in it
deeds a. 429. 969. 100. ofâ—â—n commended in the sapiential bookes b 288. 296. 297. 300. 302. also 784. Alphabet â—n Hebrewe is mystical and very hard b. 215. 650. Altares erected for sacrifice a. 47. 51. 94. 101. 227. 685. 720. 947. b. 905. Amâ—n required diuine honour a. 1040. he fauoured traytors a. 1053. persecuted the Iewes a. 1041. and him selfe was hanged a. 1046. Ambition breedeth sedition a 663. it deceiueth and ouerthroweth a. 670. 1045. Ambition abundance and idlenes are the cause of much corruption b. 701. Amos a heardesman prophecied before the captiuitie of the tenne tribes b. 829. Amram nephew of Leui and father of Moyses and Aaron lawfully maried his aunt a. 168. 299. 3â—8 Angels offer mens prayers to God a. 214 1006. resist the diuel a. 13. and wicked men a. 369. b. 9â—3 especially Antichrist b 802. their ministerie in the Church a 47. 161. 242. 249. 545. 546. 935. 1061. 1072. b 781. they protect men and places a. 147. 193 478. 519. 527. 924. 995. 996. 1007. 1029. b. 323. 670 798. 973. 992. they are exceding many b. 792. 992. they learne secretes one of an other b. 794. Antichrist probably supposed to come of the tribe of Dan a. 150. the Iewes wil receiue him b. 801. He is prefigured a. 534. 538. 1014. b. 794. 801. 895. 970. He shal be strong and cruel for a short time b 792. to witte three yeares and a halfe b. 803. He shal then be ouerthrowne b 747. Antiochus his cruel edict b. 894. 1001. his repentance in sicknes was not sincere not fruictful b. 911 969. He died miserably b. 911. 968. 1002. he was a figure of Antichrist b 970. Antiquitie a note of true doctrine b. 331. Aod by especial inspiration killing Eglon is not to be imitated a. 522. Apostasie from faith first happened in Cain a. 16. after in Nemrod a. 45. 48. in Ieroboam a 734. and others Arke of Noe how great a 25. it was a figure of the Church a 28. Arke of the Testament much reuerenced a. 336. 360. 579. 583. 584. 647. 843. 876. 882 b. 147. 949. 996. It ouerthrewe Dagon a. 581. Arphaxad king of the Medes vainly boasted a 1012. Ashes a holy ceremonie a 12. 32. 1019. 1023. 1042. 1108. b 533. 559. 795. 844. 902. 904. Assidians professed a religious rule of life b 898. 915. 972. 977. 982. Threescore of them martyres b. 915. Auarice a detestable sinne especially in Clergie men a 576. 585. b 530. 558. 562. Aureola an especial accidental glorie of Martyres holy Doctors Virgins b 802. B Baal the false god of the Moabites Madianites Sidonians and other nations a 370. worshipped some times by Iewes was once ouerthrowne by Gedeon a 528. againe his prophetes destroyed by Elias a 747. Iehu also killed many worshippers of Baal a 783. and king Ioas destroyed his temple a 906. Babylon built a 45. was long potent and glorious but at last destroyed b 469. 518. 639. 642. c. 713. 8â—3 Balaam the sorcerer first refused afterwardes attempted to curse Gods people a 389. His asse spake a 370. He prophecied true and good thinges of Israel a 371. c. he was slaine together with the Madianites a 386. Baptisme prefigured a 4. 32. 199. b. 197. 740. 994. It taketh away al sinnes a. 193. b. 197. S. Iohn Baptist precursor of Christ b. 887. Baruchs prophecie is Canonical Scripture b. 661. Beda most modest in expounding holie Scripture a 46. Behemoth an elephant or an other greater beast is subiect to Gods ordinance a 1106. Belus Iuppiter imagined by idolaters to be the greatest god a. 42. b. 1076. Beza corrupteth the Gospel a 46. sayth God created man to falle a 171. b 394. Blessing of creatures operatiue a. 5. 47. 90. 93. It belongeth to the greater to blesse the lesse a. 59. 48â— 524. 721. Blessing by a sette forme of wordes a. 35. Blinde leaders excuse not their folowers a 572. Brasen serpent erected a. 336. was afterwardes broken in peeces a. 799. how it healed those that were hurt b 366. Brothers are foure maner of wayes a. 53. 570. Burden of Babylon the like sigsignifieth doleful coÌ„minatorie prophecie of ruine b 469 c. 854. C Caath the sonne of Leui. father of Amram and grandfather of Aaron and Moyses a 167. Caluin contemneth al the fathers a 59. maketh God the auctor of sinne a. 171. carpeth at Moyses a 245. chargeth the booke of Wisdome with error b. 364. Canon of the Church of Christ is an infallible rule declaring which are diuine Scriptures a 989. and of more auctoritie then the Iewes Canon ibidem Canticle of Canticles is a sacred Colloquium or Enterlude b 334. it perteyneth to three spouses b. 335. Captiuitie of the tenne tribes in Assyria a. 798. Captiuitie of the two tribes in Babylon had three beginninges a. 813. 932. b. 649 Ierem. 52. v. 28. 29. 30. and b. 77â— Dan. 1. and the same captiuitie was released by degrees at diuers times a. 944. c. 1. Esd 1. 2. 6. 2. Esd â— Catholique name designeth true Christians and the true Church a. 22. Catholiques are spiritual souldiars a. 10â—0 Al Catholiques participate of the prayers and other good workes of al the iust b 223. Ceremonies in the law of nature a. 32. 211. obserued by Salomon not expressed in the writteÌ„ law a 877. Prescribed to Ezechiel to lye on one side a certaine time b 685. ceremonial lawes at large from the middes of Exodus and the greatest part of Leuiticus continually vsed in diuine seruice b 959. ordayned for three especial causes a. 264. 283. Children of the Church are the spiritual seede of Abraham a. 53. Choise to be made of desires wordes and deedes b 425. Christ our Redemer promised a. 10. 12 359. 364. 768. 963. b 244. He was prefigured by Abel a. 13. by Noe a. 28. by Abraham a. 51. by Melchisedech a. 55. and others innumerable and forshewed by al the Prophetes 449. His Incarnation other mysteries folowing especially in these places a. 31. 47. 197. 373. 703. 934. b. 16. 16. 45. 113. 158. 202. 203. 313. 325. 462. 463. 464. 494. 495. 506. 536. 542. 601. 603. 609. 667. 702. 790. 841. 850. 860. 871. 872. 874. 941. 990. 991. His genealogie from Phares the sonne of Iudas to Dauid a 571. from Dauid to the captiuitie a. 939. from the captiuitie to Ioseph and consequently to his B. mother of the same familie b. 1004. Christ being in Aegypt the idoles lost their power b 476. His Passion and Resurrection more particularly a. 13. 88. 362. 366. 553. 1060. b. 26. 46. 49 at large 70. 256. 540. 568. 580. 636. 877. His Resurrection the third day b. 816. He was sould for thirtie pence a. 117. b. 880. Christ a Priest and a King a. 56. 397. b. 36. 204. He came in humilitie b. 511. He wil come in Maiestie b. 888. Christians called fishes a. 4. and are of three states a 709. Church of Christ prefigured by the Arke of Noe
Ser 1. de S. Andrea S. Beda 〈◊〉 4. S. Aug. cont Faust S. Greg. in li. 1. Reg. et in Iob. Inuocation of Patriarches S. Hiere Ep. 12. ad Gauden Obiections answered by holie Scriptuâ—es Iob. 4â— How Sainctes knâ—w mens prayers Titles geuen to men in office and to Sainctes lib. de mortalitate Angels adâ—â—ed Reliqués Images Exequies fâ—â— the dead Purgatorie To. 2. in sept Psal paeuitent Limbus pattâ— No entrance into heauen before Christ Resurrection Iudgement Eternal paine of the damned and glorie of the blessed 1. Co◠◠〈◊〉 dowries of glorified bodies presigured 1 Cor. 〈◊〉 Cathâ— câ—â—s Rom p. 1. c 12. q 9. The Church more knowen to other nations then before The Ecclesiastical and temporal states more distinguished Succession of High Priestes Distinction of offices in Priestes Leuites Succession of temporal princes interrupted Dukes Iudges Kinges M 〈…〉 Church Murmure Idolatrie 〈…〉 e. 〈…〉 〈…〉 * Iudic. 3. Ordinarie meanes of conseruing the Church No participation with infiâ—els No 〈…〉 But one Tabernacle One Altar 〈◊〉 〈…〉 8. Chris orat 1. aduers Iudeos One supreme Iudge of controuersies Al bound to obey him His sentence infallible The Church of Christ preserued from â—â—â—ing in Religion Math. 16. 28. Luc. 22. Ioan 14. 16. Eph. 4. â— Tâ—m 3. Not anie temporal but Christs kingdom is in al nations and perpetual S. Aug. li. 17. â—â— de â—â—uit S. â—â—pipâ—â— here 's 2â— The Church of Christ vniuersal Act. 4. in hunc Psalm The Iewes wil not see Christ 2. Cor. 3. And Heretikes wil not see the Church which yet is alwayes visible S. Aug. in Psal 30. câ—nâ— 2. Collat. Carthag at cont Donatist Ibidem The beginning of the fifth age * Firmnes * in strength :: A vessel so 〈…〉 for the 〈…〉 being 〈…〉 :: â—atus contayned 〈…〉 :: Had designed and dedicated to holie vses :: There was no more with in the arke Deut. 10. but on the outside was the rodde of Aaron Nu. 17. Heb. 9. the golden potte with Manna Exod 16 Heb 9. and the booke of the law repeted by Moyses Deut. 31. :: Prices blesse their people parentes their children :: Salomon knew wel Gods conditional promise but perseuered not in keping his coÌ„mandments and therfore a great part of the kingdom was takeÌ„ from his children yet the right of the kingdom of Iuda remayned to his seede euen to Christ our Sauiour :: Reward of good workes :: External workes of penance except they proceede from the hart suffice not for remission of sinne :: External worship is not acceptable to God except it procede from internal sinceritie and dâ—â—odon VVherfore S. Augustin sayth God is worshipped in faith hope and charitie Enchirid c. â— :: Salomon did not â—el these cities for he could not alienate them but let the king of Tyre haue the vse and reuenewes in payment for timber for the gold which he sent * dirtie or disples sing :: a monument :: Part of Arabia is called Saba nere to Iurie but this Saba is beyond Arabia as S. Hierom testifieth in Esaiae 60 li. 17 it semeth to be in Aethiopia for our Sauiour saith Mat. 12. The quene of the South came froÌ„ the endes of the earth to heare the vvisdom of Salomon :: As this quene had no spirite when she saw Salomons wisdom so the Church gathered of gentiles knowing Christs grace finding the masters of Euangelical doctrin casting away the spirite of pride and laying of al hautinesse of mind lerned to distrust in her self and to trust in the great mercie of her king S. Greg in Psal 7. paâ—â—ten to 2. * A wonderful thing that a Quene vpon fame of a mans wisdom traueled so farre to heare him speake and to see his gouernment but it was Gods inspiration to signifie by this figure that the Church of Christ should be gathered of the Gentiles in al nations Kiges Quenes noâ— potent Princes also submitting themselues to Christ Isaae c. 49. :: Though pluralitie of wiues was then alowed yet it was forbid to multiplie manie Deut. :: The tribe of Iuda :: By Ierusalem is vnderstood the tribe of Beniamin wherin it stood so there remained two tribes to Salomons heyres 2. Reg. â— â—â— Reg. 10. :: From the time that Salomon fel to idolatrie he was more impugned by three perpetual aduersaries Adad Razon and Hieroboam mystically signifying the flesh the world and the diuel :: This fact coÌ„firmed his wordes that he spoke seriously fained not :: VVhether he repented and was saued or no is vncertaine The third part The diuision of the Kingdom Seueral reigues of certaine kinges and preaching of special prophetes :: This pharaise noteth the sequel not the final cause As chap. 14. â— â— :: A diuelish policie to make a religion conformable to the temperal state :: For such a religion such priestes were fittest :: Places on hilles where they sacrificed calues and other thinges to the images of calues :: This foreshewing long before the name of a childe that should be borne importeth that he should do great thinges See 4. Reg. 2â— :: This man of Bethel was indeede a prophet of God but in this lied wickedly and so deceiuing the other prophet made him to breake Gods commandment for which he was slaine VVhervpon Hieroboam swhom the wiked prophet sought to please was lesse afeard to procede in idolatrie :: Not only the deceiuer but also he that is deceiued is guiltie and punishable for breakiÌ„g Gods coÌ„mandment :: By this it appeareth to be Gods worke and punishment :: Ieroboam did not wittingly and of purpose set vp false goddes to the end he might prouoke God to anger for his intention only was to kepe the people froÌ„ going to Ierusalem left by that occasion they should returne to Roboam their Lord king of Iuda ch 12. v. 27. But by settiÌ„g vp idols he did prouoke God consequently to anger So here and in other places this phrase that he might prouoke that it might be fulfilled and the like signifieth not the final cause but the sequele of other factes without direct intention :: Dauids postetitie conserued for his sake :: Those altares which Salomon had made for his wiues that were idolaters Asa destroved not but al which RoboaÌ„ and Abias had made or suffered to be made for their owne people he pulled downe Iosias afterward destroyed also those which Salomon had made 2. â—â—â—â—l 34. :: The aâ—â—â—ouâ— of schisme punished in his posteritie :: Al those that were in the campe chose their general to be their king and preuailed therin though an other half of Israel chose and folowed an other for a time :: Thebni being then dead he reigned peaceably for he began his reigne the 27. yeare of Asa â— 15. 16. and reigned in al 12. yeares :: VVhen Hiel began to build Iericho his eldest sonne died so the rest successiuely that the last died when he finished the building because God by the mouth of
Without a Redemer to do good Rom. 5. d Without faith in Christ none had meritorious workes These three verses being not in the Hebrew nor Greke yet are in the English an 1577. and are three distinct verses in other psalmes 5. 9 â—5 e They are wholly occupied in vexing others Isa 52. â— 8. f The Prophet speaketh this in the person of God g With greedines to hurt the good h Not beleeuing in God they feared Idols that is diuels i who in dede can not hurt Gods seruants k Though innumerable be very wicked yet some are iust l mocked and derided those that trust in God m The Prophet wisheth and withal prophecieth that Christ our Sauiour wilcome who is premised to Israel n Redemed man from the captiuitie of the diuel o those that supplant vice p and contem plate God VVithout Christs grace no man is nor can be iust The law shewed the insufficiencie of mans wil. Grace cureth the wil The wil being cured cooperateth with gâ—â—â—e Venial sinnes exclude not from heauen Good workes done in mortal sinnes auail not to saluation Of eternal Beatitude The 10. key a In heaue as appeareth by the last verse b One requisite thing is to be free or cleansed from sinne c the second is to do good d Sincerely in thought e word and f dede g nor harkened to detraction h Glorie is the reward of good workes i Vsurie excludeth from heauen VVhy this and certaine others are called the Psalmes of Dauid Both faith and good workes necessarie to saluation Heb. 1â— Only the state of glorie is immutable Of Christs victorie The 5. key a Stylographiae signifieth a thing most worthie to be noted towitte Christ crucified b and most worthie of the prophets consideration c Christ as man did often pray as appeareth in the Gospel d Christs passion was not needful nor profitable to God but to man e God speaketh shewing that Christ should make his meruelous charity knowen to his Apostles and other seruantes f Men feeling their infirmities and miseries g make hast in seeking remedies h Sacrifices to idols shal â— cease in Gentiles i Their names shal be changed from heathen to be called Christians k Eternal glorie coÌ„sisteth in seing God l God is the reward of suffering paines for Christ m In diuision of temporal inheritance land is measured by cordes as Iosue 10. so portions in heauen are geuen with large measure n Christ also receiued al nations for his inheritance o Wisdome to make good election of spiritual thinges rather then temporal p Not only by day but also by night q Also my corporal paines geue me instruction r Christ had God continually before his eyes cuerieman ought to thincke frequently of God Å¿ for God stil protecteth the iust Act. e. v. 25. t in limbo patrum v Christs body corrupted not in the graue Act. 2. 13 w death and resurrection is the way to life x Perfect glorie consisteth in seing God y in eternity Christ a King sometimes exercised temporal iurisdiction God the proper inheritaÌ„ce of Christ and Christians Clergie men professe expresly to serue God for God him felfe not for temporal profite psal â—â— v. 11. 2 〈◊〉 a. v. 4. Protestantes denving that Christ deâ—â—ended into limbus translate graue for bâ—â— 1552. 1577. 1603. Gods prouidence protecting the iust The 3. key a in my iust cause heare my petition b seing I pray sincerly not in feaned affection c Thou that 's seest al thinge declare my right against mine aduersaries d my inteÌ„tion e most secret cogitations f by tribulations g Whose conscience is pure from greuous sinne may pray with this confidence otherwise repentance is first necessarie But the whole Church may euer pray in this maner because there be alwayes some iust and holy in respect of whom it is truly called holy h for thy precepts i the narrow way of vertue k none can of them selues walke rightly but by Gods helpe l against thy omnipotent powre m from their cruel and furious countenance n they haue shut out al pittie or commiseration o They intend vtterly to destroy me euen to the ground p Except God preuent maÌ„s industry is not sufficieÌ„t q restraine their powre which they haue by thy permission that they may not persecute so much as they intend r This is a prophecy that the wicked from the elect Å¿ which iudgement beginneth sometimes in this life t the pleasures of this world which God approueth not nor acknowledgeth amongst good thinges v the iust shal be approued w Nothing doth satiate mans mind but the sight of God in eternal glorie This Psalme called a Praier is both a sword buck â—â—r in afflictioÌ„ Dauid singularly protected by God The â— key a Though literally this Psalme perteyned to Dauid yet in figure of Christ and of the Church or eâ—erie iust soule b The Holie Ghost inspired Dauid to render these thankes for his often deliuerie from dangers c Saul is specially named because he was his most potent worldlie enimie d These first wordes as also diuers others are added and many changed in this and other Psalmes by the Septuagint who often leauing the Hebrew text render the sense and so this agreeth in substance with the same Psalme recorded 2. Reg. 22. e by whom I am strong Hâ—b 2. f high firme saluation g This is aptly applied to al mankind after his fal declaring our state in sinne and inducing to penance in the office of Masse on Septuagesima sunday h mortal flesh subiect to death i violent incursions of tentions to sinne k exceding great afflictioÌ„s of mind like to torments of hel which I also feare l secrete tentations haue deceiued me m Earnest prayer is the best remedie in al tribulations n As it is certaine that God heard Dauids prayers so he assuredly heareth al that sincerly flee vnto him o Gods anger against sinne maketh high and loftie thinges to shake euen the most obstinate presumptuous sinners p Diuine wrath is like to smoke of the nosethrles or flaming fire and burning coles q Gods punishment sometimes cometh so swiftly as if the heauens bowed towards the earth r Gods furie is as a darke desolate night or horrible wist r Yet wheÌ„ sinners repeÌ„ God most speedely as fleing with winges of mercie comforteth protecteth them Å¿ God being in him selfe in coÌ„prehensible is also secret in his determinations and couert in his procedinges or actes t Gods spleÌ„dor oppressing maÌ„s sense yet instructeth him by his meruelous vvorkes VVhich mystically signifieth that Christ illuminateth the vvorld by his Apostles and other preachers denouncing his iustice peace and his vvil in al thinges perteyning to man v from tribulations w From Saul AbsoloÌ„ Moabites Ammonites and al temporal and spiritual enemies So in the rest of this Psalme the Prophet speaketh for most part in proper termes vvithout Metaphores or other figures
Babylon :: Sion in behalfe of al the Iewes sheweth that the Chaldees are iustly plaged for their crueltie against Gods people :: This Saraias was a principal Leuite to whom it perteyned to read and publish the wordes and writinges of prophetes :: Thus much Ieremie prophecied against Babylon This whole historie is written more largely in the two last chapters of the fourth booke of kinges and in the last of Paralip pomenon 3. Reg. 7. It is probable that the Lamentations were written before his other prophecies 2 Paral. 35. v. 25. Doleful speaches are commonly vttered without connexion of sentences These Lamentations are artificially composed And besides the historical sense contene hidden mysteries These wordes are not Ieremies but added by the 70. or other Interpreter as a Preface to his Lamentations The miserable change in Ierusalem made the beholders astonied Aliph Beth. :: Some Iewes seing their bretheren ledde captiues into Babylon went into Aegypt but there also were in miserie Ghimel Daleth :: It is a desolate miserie when enimies obtaine dominion He. â—au :: Fleing from place to place to seeke relife Zain Heth. :: Idolatrie which is spiritual adultrie Teth. Iod. Caph. Lamed :: First Nabuchodonosor tooke away much treasure 4 Reg 24 afterwards his capitaine Nabuzardan spoyled al 4 Reg. 25. Mem. Nun. Samech Aiâ— Phe. Sade :: Aegypt wherin the Iewes trusted to sinde ayde could not or at least did not helpe them Iere 2. v. 18. 37. v. 4. 6. Coph Res. :: At home iâ— famine Sin Thaâ— :: Punishment permitted by God is truly ascribed to him as his fact Aleph Beth. :: Streingth and forces are called hornes so euerie horne signifieth al their strength Gâ—imel Daleth Hâ— Van. :: Suffered his Sanctuarie to be polluted Zain â—â—th Teâ—â— Iod. Caph. Lamed Meâ— :: As the sea exceedeth al other waters so the affliction of Ierusalem surpasseth other afflictions which is spoken by hyperbole to signifie the grenousnes therof Nuâ— Samech Phe. Aiâ— Sade Coph Res. :: This happened before in Samaria 4. Reg 6 and in the siege of Ierusalem by Titus and Ves pasian Ioseph lib 7. 8. de bello Iudaico Siâ— :: More seuerely then thou art accustomed Thaâ— :: Ieremie him self felt his part of this affliction Aleph Aleph Aleph Beth. Beth. :: Ierusalem was ransaked by Nabuchodonosor :: and worse by Nabuzardan Beth. Ghimel Ghimel Ghimel Daleiâ—â— Daleth Daleth He. He. He. :: He describeth his greuous paines as if his teeth were broken one by one Vaâ— Vaâ— :: The end of my life is come Vaâ— Zain Zain Zain Heth. :: Gods mercies are euerie day renewed Heth. Heth. Teth. :: VVhich God wil geue Teth. Teth. Iod. Iod. :: Especially vnderstood of Christ Mat. 26. Iod. Caph. Caph. :: God punisheth his seruantes not to hurâ— them but for their good Caph. Lamed Lamed Lamed Mem. Mem. :: The speach of such as denie Gods prouidence Mem. Nun. Nun. Nun. Samech Samech Samech Phe. :: Preaching of false prophets hath brought these euils vpon vs Phe. Phe. Ain Ain Ain Sade Sade Sade Coph Coph Coph Res. :: Iudge thou that which they haue iudged vniustly Res. Res. Sin Sin Sin Thaâ— :: Geue them the paine of hartie sorow :: VVherwith thou afflictest the wicked Thaâ— Thaâ— :: VVheras the Temple before gliâ—tered with gold now there appeared burnt smokie walles pittiful ruines Alâ—pâ—â— Beth :: Lamia hath a face like a woman a body as other bruâ—â—â—h beastes is cruel to others yet kind to her owne broode but wâ—men of Ierusalem in extreme disstresse were cruel to their owne children Gâ—imâ—â— :: as the ostrich forsaking her egges Dalâ—th Hâ— Vaâ— Zâ—â—â— :: One could not know an other though they were acquanted before â—â—â—â— â—â—â—â— :: VVemen being by nature pitiful were cruel to their owne children Ioâ— :: In the siege of Ierusalem :: In Hebrew phrase cities are called the daughters of the countrie Caph. Lamed :: False prophetes were called by the name of prophetes as they semed in the world to be â—â—m Nun. Saâ—ech Phe. Ain Sade Coph :: This perteineth either to king Iosias â—â—â—ne by the Aeâ—â—pâ—iâ—ns 2. Par. 35 or to Sedecias taken by the Chaldees Mystically of Christ our Sauiour Iâ— 53. v. 5. â— Aug. li. 18. c 33 〈…〉 Res. Sin Thâ—â— a The prophet foreseing in spirite their future state as if it had bene preseÌ„t prayed in the same maner as the whole people should pray when they were in such calamitie b Manie were orphanes with out fathers al were depriued of their king who was as a father of al the people c VVe haue put ourselues to worke and trauel in strange countries to gette bread to eate * in danger of thy svvord d They were made to grind â—â—nked in the â—ille e And beaten with staues f They lost the glorie of a kingdom and were subiect to strange and barbarous nations g As Iere 31. v. 18. and S. Augustin li de Gratia lib. arb c. 2. 4. c. h Hauing so seuerly punished vs we beseech thee now to cease from more This prophecie is supposed by many to be Ieremies By others accounted Baruchs By al holden to be Canonical Scripture VVhy S. Ierom vrgeth it not against the Iewes The contents Prâ—fat Ierem. :: The whole time of taking Ieru alem indured eleuen yeares before it was burned In the fifth yeare of which space this boke was written For as yet there were Priestes in Ierusalem v. 7. some holie vessels v. 8. the Altar v 10 and the temple v. 1â— * or manah sacrifice :: Seing it was Gods wil they should be in captiuity they desired rather to be vnder the Chaldees then anie other foreine nation corrupted in iudgement :: That this happened in the siege of Ierusalem is noted before â—â—nent 2. v. 20. â—â— ch â— v. 10. Deut. 28. v. 43. :: Gods commandments are commonly called iustices Psa 118. and manie other places because by obseruing or not obseruing the commandments men are made iust or vniust Iere. 2. v. 8. The tempiâ— was not as yet destroyed but the prophet speaketh of it as he saw it should come to passe Deut. 28. v. 62. 32. v. 20. :: The law of Moyses ceased after Christ but Christs law continueth to the end of the world Iâ— 31. v. 3â— c. :: Men in sinnes miserie are as if they were dead v. 11. yet by Gods mercie may receiue new grace of spiritual life :: The Church readeth this prophecie as other diuine Scriptures in the Eues of Easter and Pentecost according to the most ancient Romane vse :: Shal they not finde the fruite of their workes :: â—abulatores those that did frame or explicate moral examples for instruction of maners were worthely estemed in al ages not such as seaned false and ridiculous goddes with their filthie wicked actes of which S. Augustine writeth against Varro l 6. c. 5 6. 7. deciuit :: It is