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
first fruites of corne of wine and of oyle of honie also and of al thinges which the ground bringeth forth they offered tithes †Yea and the children of Israel and Iuda that dwelt in the cities of Iuda offered tithes of oxen and sheepe and tithes of sanctified thinges which they had vowed to our Lord their God and carying them al made manie heapes †The third moneth they began to lay the fundations of the heapes and in the seuenth moneth they finished them †And when Ezechias and his princes came in they saw the heapes and blessed our Lord and the people of Israel †And Ezechias asked the Priestes and the Leuites why the heapes lay so †Azarias the high Priest of the stocke of Sadoc answered him saying Since first fruites began to be offered in the house of our Lord we haue eaten and haue bene ful and very much hath remayned because our Lord hath blessed his people and of the remaynes this is the abundance which thou seest †Fzechias therfore commanded that storehouses should be prepared in the house of our Lord. Which when they had done †they brought in as wel the first fruites as the tithes and watsoeuer they had vowed faythfully And the ouerseer of them was Chonenias a Leuite and Semeihis brother the second †after whom Iahiel and Azarias and Nahath and Asael and Ierimoth Iosabad also and Eliel and Iesmachias and Mahath and Banaias ouerseers vnder the hand of Chonenias and Semei his brother by the commandment of Ezechias the king and Azarias the high Priest of the house of God to whom al thinges apperteyned †But Core the sonne of Iemna a Leuite and porter of the east gate was ouerseer of those thinges which were voluntarily offered to our Lord and of the first fruites and the thinges consecrated for Sancta sanctorum †And vnder his charge Eden and Beniamin Iesue and Semeias Amarias also and Sechenias in the cities of the Priestes that they should faithfully distribute to their brethren portions to the lesser and greater †sauing the men children from three yeares and aboue to al that entered into the temple of our Lord and whatsoeuer day by day was profitable in the ministerie and the obseruances according to their diuisions †to the Priestes by families and to the Leuites from the twentith yeare and vpward by the orders and companies †and to al the multitude as wel their wiues as their children of both sex meaâ—es were geuen faithfully of these thinges that had bene sanctified †Yea and of the children of Aaron by the fildes and the suburbes of euerie citie there were men ordayned that should distribute portions to al the male sexe of the Priestes and the Leuites †Ezechias therfore did al thinges which we haue sayd in al Iuda and wrought good and right and truth before our Lord his God †in al the seruice of the ministerie of the house of our Lord according to the law and the ceremonies willing to seeke his God in al his hart and he did it and prospered CHAP. XXXII Sennacherib king of Assyria inuading Iuda king Ezechias encorageth the people and prouideth to defend the countrie 9. the Assyrians threaten the people and blaspheme God 20. Ezechias and Isaias pray 21. An Angel destroyeth the Assyrians armie so their king retiring home is slayne in his idols temple by his owne sonnes 22. Ezechias reigneth in peace 24. falleth into deadlie sicknes but miraculously recouereth offendeth in pryde and repenteth 27. is exceding rich which he imprudently sheweth to strangers 32. dieth and Manasses succedeth AFTER which thinges and this maner of truth came Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians and entering into Iuda besieged the fensed cities desirous to take them †Which when Ezechias had sene to witte that Sennacherib was come and the whole force of the battel to be turned agaynst Ierusalem †taking counsel with the princes and the most valiant men to stoppe vp the heades of the fountaynes that were without the citie and the sentence of them al decreing this †he gathered a very great multitude they stopped vp al the fountaynes and the riuer that ranne in the middes of the land saying Lest the kinges of the Assyrians come and finde abundance of waters †He built also doing industriously euerie wall that had bene destroyed and built towers vpon them and an other wall without and he repayred Mello in the citie of Dauid and made armour and shildes of al sortes †And he appointed princes of warryers in the armie and he called them al together in the streate of the gate of the citie and spake to their hart saying †Doe manfully and take courage feare not neither dread ye the king of the Assyrians and al the multitude that is with him for there are manie moe with vs then with him †For with him is an arme of flesh with vs the Lord our God which is our helper and fighteth for vs. And the people was encouraged with these maner of wordes of Ezechias the king of Iuda †Which thinges after they were done Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians sent his seruantes to Ierusalem for himself with al his armie beseiged Lachis to Ezechias the king of Iuda to al the people that was in the citie saying †Thus sayth Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians In whom hauing affiance doe you sitte besieged in Ierusalem †Hath Ezechias deceiued you to deliuer you to death in hunger and thirst affirming that the Lord your God can deliuer you from the hand of the king of the Assyrians †Why is not this Ezechias that hath destroyed his excelses and altars and hath commanded Iuda Ierusalem saying Before one altar you shal adore and on it you shal burne incense †Are you ignorant what thinges I haue done and my fathers to al the peoples of the landes haue the goddes of nations and of al landes bene able to deliuer their countrie out of my hand †Who is there of al the goddes of the nations which my fathers wasted that could deliuer his people out of my hand that your God also can deliuer you out of this hand †Let not therfore Ezechias deceiue you nor delude you with vayne persuasion neither beleue ye him For if no god oâ— al nations and kingdomes could deliuer his people out of my hand and out of the hand of my fathers consequently neither shal your God be able to deliuer you out of my hand †Yea and manie other thinges did his seruantes speake agaynst our Lord God and agaynst Ezechias his seruant †Letters also he wrote ful of blasphemie against our Lord the God of Israel and he spake agaynst him as the goddes of their nations could not deliuer their people out of my hand so the God also of Ezechias can not deliuer his people out of this hand †Moreouer also with a lowd crie in the Iewes tongue he sounded against the people
Caluin and his complices gether poyson of these holie wordes denying that sinnes are truly taken away but only couered and stil remayne say they in the iustest VVhich sense would make this Scripture contrarie to other places Isaie 6. thyn iniquitie shal be taken away and thy sinne shal be cleansed Ioan. 1. The lambe of God which taketh away the sinne of the world Act. 3. Be penitent and conuert that your sinnes may be put out 1. Cor. 6 you are washed you are sanctified you are iustified the like which shew the true real taking away of sinnes true sanctification and iustification As S. Ierom or some other ancient authentical autor explicateth this place saying Sinnes are so couered by baptisme penance that they are not to be reueled in the day of iudgement not imputed in him that diligently purgeth him selfe in this world or by martyrdom S. Augustin teacheth the same saying Sinnes are couered are wholly couered are abolished Neither must you vnderstand saith he that sinnes are couered as though stil they were and liued VVhy then did the prophet say sinnes are couered they are not to be punished More clerly li. 1. c 13. cont duas Epist Pelag. The Pelagians calumniating Catholiques as if they taught that sinnes are not taken away but shauen as heares are cut with a rasor the rootes remaining in he flesh vvhich he answereth none affirmeth but an infidel Likewise S. Gregorie teacheth that a sinner couereth his sinnes wel when with contrarie vertues he ouerwhelmeth former vices and with good deedes blotteth out former euil deedes He couereth them euil when either for shame or feare or obstinacie or desperation he concealeth his sinnes omitting to confesse them God couereth sinnes as a phisition couereth woundes by applying medicinal plaster which in deede cureth them Thus ancient lerned holie Fathers expound this text Further explicating that albeit thinges couered and only therby hidde from men do remaine as they were before they were hid yet whatsoeuer is hid to God is in dede vtterly taken away for nothing that is can be hid from God And the contrarie doctrin of Protestants is iniurious either to Gods powre if they say he can not quite take away sinnes or to his mercie if he wil not or to his iustice if he neuer punish sinnes euer remayning and to his truth if he repute otherwise then in deede the thing is It is also iniurious to Christ to say his bloud and death is not effectual to take away sinnes iniurious to innumerable places of holie Scripture which affirme plainly that sinnes by Gods grace are vtterly taken away Finally it is iniurious to Sainctes in heauen arguing them as stil infected with sinnes if in dede sinnes yet remaine in them which is most absurde and blasphemie to speake And yet foloweth by necessarie consequence For if the iustest liued died in sinne they should remaine eternally in sinne 2. Neither is there guile in his spirite In remission of sinnes the penitent necessarily must so cooperate that he haue no guile in his spirite or hart for if he haue then he faileth of the forsaide blessednes and his iniquities are not forgeuen nor his sinnes couered to God but to be imputed and punished Yet the repentance of a sinner be it neuer so sincere hartie and without guile doth not merite remission of sinne but only disposeth therto But after remission it is satisfactorie for the paine due for sinnes and meritorious of glorie According as S. Augustin here teacheth saying Good or meritorious workes goe not before faith and remission but folow the same PSALME XXXII The prophet exhorteth to praise God 4. describing his powre prouidence mercie and wisdom 16. no saluation but by him 20. and therfore prayeth for his helpe The Psalme of Dauid REIOYCE ye iust in our Lord praysing becometh the righteous †Confesse ye to our Lord on the harpe on a psalter of ten strings sing to him †Sing ye to him a new song sing wel to him in iubilation †Because the word of our Lord is right and al his workes are in faith †He loueth mercie and iudgement the earth is ful of the mercie of our Lord. †By the word of our Lord the heauens are established and by the spirit of his mouth al the power of them †Gathering together the waters of the sea as it were in a bottel putting the depthes in treasures †Let al the earth feare our Lord and let al the inhabitantes of the world be moued at him †Because he said and they were made he commanded and they were created †Our Lord l dissipateth the counsels of nations and he reproueth the cogitations of people and he reproueth the counsels of princes †But the counsel of our Lord abydeth for euer the cogitations of his hart in generation and generation †Blessed is the nation whose God is our Lord the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance †Our Lord hath looked from heauen he hath sene al the children of men †From his prepared habitation he hath looked vpon al that inhabite the earth †Who made their hartes seuerally who vnderstandeth al their workes †The king is not saued by much powre and the gyant shal not be saued in the multitude of his strength †The horse fayleth to safetie and in the abundance of his force he shal not be saued †Behold the eies of our Lord be vpon them that feare him and on them that hope vpon his mercie †That he may deliuer their soules from death and nourish them in famine †Our soule expecteth our Lord because he is our helper and protector Because in him our hart shal reioyce and we haue trusted in his holie name Let thy mercie ô Lord be made vpon vs as we haue hoped in thee PSALME XXXIII King Dauid by his owne example being deliuered from danger exhorteth al men to render thankes for Gods benefites 12. shewing wherin iustice consisteth 16. and Gods special prouidence towards the iust To Dauid when “ he changed his countenance before Abimelech and he dismist him and he went away 1. Reg. 21. I WIL blesâ—e our Lord at al time his prayse alwayes in my mouth †In our Lord my soule shal be praised let the milde heare and reioyce †Magnifie ye our Lord with me and let vs exalt his name for euer †I haue sought out our Lord and he hath heard me and from al my tribulations he hath deliuered me †Come ye to him and be illuminated and your faces shal not be confounded †This poore man hath cried and our Lord hath heard him and from al his tribulations he hath saued him †The Angel of our Lord shal put in him selfe about them that feare him and shal deliuer them †Tast
Say ye to God How terrible are thy workes ô Lord in the multitude of thy strength thine enimies shal lie to thee †Let al the earth adore thee and sing to thee let it sing a psalme to thy name †Come ye and see the workes of God terrible in counsels ouer the chidren of men †Who turneth the sea into drie land in the riuer they shal passe on foote there we shal reioyce in him †Who ruleth in his strength for euer his eyes looke vpon the gentiles they that exasperate him let them not be exalted in themselues †Ye Gentiles blesse our God and make the voice of his prayse hearde †Who hath put my soule in life and hath not geuen my feete to be moued †Because thou hast proued vs ô God by fire thou hast tried vs as siluer is tried †Thou hast brought vs into a snare thou hast laide tribulations on our backe thou hast set men vpon our heades †We haue passed through fire and water and thou hast brought vs out into refreshing †I wil goe into thy house with holocaustes I wil render thee my vowes †which my lippes haue distinguished And my mouth hath spoken in my tribulation †Holocaustes with marrow wil I offer to thee with incense of rammes I wil offer to thee oxen with bucke goates †Come ye heare and I wil tel al ye that feare God what great things he hath done for my soule †To him haue I cried with my mouth and haue exulted vnder my tongue †If I haue beheld iniquitie in my hart our Lord wil not heare †Therfore hath God heard and hath attended to the voice of my petition †Blessed be God who hath not remoued my prayer and his mercie from me PSALME LXVI The prophet prayeth for and withal foreshoweth the propagation of the Church of Christ Vnto the end in hymes a Psalme of Canticle to Dauid GOd haue mercie vpon vs and blesse vs illuminate his countenance vpon vs and haue mercie on vs. †That we may know thy way vpon earth in al nations thy saluation †Let peoples ô God confesse to thee let al peoples confesse to thee †Let nations be glad reioice because thou iudgest peoples in equitie and the nations in earth thou doest direct †Let peoples ô God confesse to thee let al peoples confesse to thee †the earth hath yelded her fruite God our God blesse vs †God blesse vs and let al the endes of the earth feare him PSALME LXVII Notwithstanding great persecutions the Church prospereth 10. Especially in the new testament by Apostolical function 18. ministerie of Angels Christs Ascension coming of the Holie Ghost 31. confirming the faithful repressing the insolent and conuerting manie 35. For al which the prophet inuiteth al men to praise God Vnto the end a Psalme of Canticle to Dauid himself LEt God arise and let his enimies be dispersed and let them that hate him flee from his face †As smoke vanisheth let them vanish away as waxe melteth at the presence of fire so let sinners perish at the presence of God †And let the iust make merrie and reioyce in the sight of God and let them be delighted in mirth †Sing to God say a Psalme to his name make way to him who mounteth vpon the west Lord is his name Reioyce ye in his syght they shal be trubled at the presence of him †the father of orphanes and iudge of widowes God in his holie place †God that maketh men to inhabite of one manner in a house That bringeth forth them that be bound in strengh likewise them that exasperate that dwel in sepulchers †O God when thou wentest forth in the sight of thy people when thou didst passe through the desert †The earth was moued and the heauens also distilled at the presence of the God of Sina at the face of the God of Israel †Voluntarie rayne shalt thou seperat ô God to thine inheritance and it was weakned but thou hast persited it †Thy liuing creatures shal dwel in it thou hast prepared in thy swetnes for the poore ô God †Our Lord shal geue the word to them that euanglize with great powre †The king of hoastes the beloued of the beloued and to the beautie of the house to diuide the spoyles †If ye sleepe among the middest of the lottes the winges of a doue layde ouer with siluer and the hinder parts of her backe in the palenes of gold †Whiles the heauenlie discerneth kings ouer her with snow they shal be made white in Selmon †“ The mountane of God a fat mountane A mountane crudded as cheese a fatte mountane †“ why suppose you crudded mountanes A mountane in which it hath wel pleased God to dwel therin for in dede our Lord wil dwel euen to the end †The chariote of God is ten thousand folde thousands of them that reioyce our Lord in them in Sina in the holie place †Thou art ascended on hygh thou hast taken captiuitie thou hast receiued gifts in men for euen those that do not beleue our Lord God to inhabite †Blessed be our Lord day by day the God of our saluations wil make vs a prosperous iourney †Our God is the God of sauing and the issues of death are of our Lord our Lord. †But yet God stil breake the heads of his enimies the hearie croune of them that walke in their sinnes Our Lord Said Out of Basan I wil conuert I wil conuert into the depth of the sea †That thy foote may be dipped in bloude the tongue of thy dogges made redde with * the same bloud of the enimies †They haue seene thy entringes in ô God the entrings of my God of my King Who is in the holie place †Princes came before ioyned with them that sang in the middes of young wemen plaing on tymbrels †In churches blesse ye God our Lord of the fountains of Israel †There Beniamin a youngman in excesse of minde The Princes of Iuda their leaders the Princes of Zabulon the Princes of Nephthali †Command thy strength ô God confirme this ô God which thou hast wrought in vs. †From thy temple in Ierusalem kinges shal offer giftes to thee †Rebuke the wilde beasts of the reede the congregation of bulles in the kine of thy peoples that they may exclude them which are tried with siluer Dissipate the nations that wil warres †Legates shal come out of Aegypt Aethiopia shal prevent his handes
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
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
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
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
youth †Sacrifice and libation is perished out of the house of our Lord the priests our Lords ministers mourned †The region is destroyed the ground hath mourned because the wheate is wasted the wine is confounded the oyle hath languished †The husbandmen are confounded the dressers of vines haue howled vpon the wheate and the barley because the haruest of the filde is perished †The vineyard is confounded and the figtree hath languished the pomegranet the palmetree and the appletree and al the trees of the filde are withered because ioy is confounded from the children of men †Gird yourselues and mourne ye priests howle ye ministers of the altar goe in lie in sacke clothe ye ministers of my God because sacrifice libation is perished out of the house of your God †Sanctifie ye a fast cal an assemblie gather together the ancients al the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God and crie ye to our Lord †A a a for the day because the day of our Lord is at hand and as destruction from the mightie it shal come †Why are not the victuals perished before your eyes ioy and exultation out of the house of our God †The beastes are rotted in their dung the barnes are destroyed the storehouses are dissipated because the wheate is confounded †Why groned the beast why lowed the flockes of the heard because there is no pasture for them yea and the flockes of the cattel are perished †To thee ô Lord wil I crie because fire hath eaten the beautiful thinges of the desert and the flame hath burnt al the trees of the region †Yea and the beastes of the filde as a garden bed thirsting for a shower haue looked vp to thee because the fountaines of waters are dried vp fire hath deuoured the beautiful thinges of the desert ANNOTATIONS CHAP. I. 4. The residue of the eruke loeust bruke blast Eruca a vvorme that destroyeth herbes and fruictes Locusta a fleing beast vvith long hinder legges destroying corne and fruite Bruchus an other fleeing litle beast that deuoureth not only fruite but also the leaues of trees and Rubigo the blast or burning myst that consumeth the eares of corne euen to dust do metaphorically signifie the Chaldees and other souldiars of sundrie nations in the armie of Nabuchodonosor inuading wasting the kingdom of Iuda And that at foure seueral times euer worse worse First when Nabuchodonosor beseeging Ierusalē subdued king Ioakim and his kingdom taking hostages for assurance of subiection amongst vvhich vvere Daniel and the other three children and caried avvay part of the holie vessel of the Temple 4. Reg 24 v. 1. The second vvhen eight yeares after Nabuchodonosor returned and killed king Ioakim for rebelling and caried his sonne king Ioachin othervvise called Iechonias into Babylon with his mother and Ieremie the Prophet also manie other principal persons and much riches ibidem v. 10. The third vvhen eleuen yeares after he tooke and spoyled Ierusalem destroyed the Temple killed al king Sedecias sonnes in his sight then put out his eyes and caried him blinde into Babylon vvith much more people and spoyle 4. Reg 25. Fourthly when shortly after he sent Nabuzardan general of his armie and caried avvay more men and vvealth leauing only the basest people to til the land ibidem v. 8. Al vvhich shevveth clerly the fulfilling of this Prophecie according to the historical letter In like sorte vve might explicate the rest of this and other prophetes but it is not our purpose to be so large Much lesse to prosecute the Mystical sense vvhich is manifold as appeareth in the vvorkes of the ancient Fathers VVherof see F. Francis Ribera CHAP. II. The Chaldees wil assault afflict the Iewes with great violence 12. After humble repentance in captiuitie 18. Gods benignitie wil comforte them 23. with abundance of spiritual grace by Christ 28. sending also the Holie Ghost 30. And terrible signes before the day of Iudgement SOVND ye with the trumpet in Sion howle in my holie mount let al the inhabitants of the land be trubled Because the day of our Lord cometh †because the day of darkenes and of mist is neere the day of clowde and whirlewind as the morning spred vpon the montaines much people strong the like to it hath not bene from the beginning and after it shal not be euen vnto the yeares of generation generation †Before the face therof a deuouring fyre and after it a burning flame the land before it as it were a garden of pleasure and after it the wildernes of a desert neither is there that can escape it †As the appearance of horses their appearance as horsemen so shal they runne †As the sound of chariots vpon the toppes of mountaines shal they leape as the sound of a flame of fire deuouring stubble as a strong people prepared to battel †At his presence the people shal be vexed al visages shal be made like a potte †They shal runne as valients as men of warre they shal scale the wal the men shal march in their wayes shal not decline from their pathes †None shal presse his brother they shal walke euerie one in his owne pathe yea through the windowes they shal fal shal not demolish †They shal enter the city they shal runne on the wal they shal climbe the houses by the windowes they shal enter as a theefe †At his presence the earth hath trembled the heauens are moued the sunne and moone are darkened and the starres haue withdrawne their shining †And our Lord hath geuen his voice before the face of his host because his campes are exceding manie because strong doing his word for great is the day of our Lord terrible excedingly and who shal susteyne it †Now therfore sayth our Lord Conuert to me in al your hart in fasting and in weeping and in mourning †And rent your hartes and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God because he is benigne and merciful patient and of much mercie readie to be gracious vpon the malice †Who knoweth if he wil conuert and forgeue and leaue after him benediction sacrifice and libament to the Lord your God †Sound ye with the trumpet in Sion sanctifie a fast cal an assemblie †gather together the people sanctifie the Church assemble the ancients gather together the litle ones and them that sucke the breastes let the bridegrome goe forth of his chamber and the bride out of her bride chamber †Betwen the porch and the altar the priests our Lords ministers shal weepe and shal say Spare ô Lord spare thy people and geue not thine inheritance into reproch that the nations haue dominion ouer them Why say they in the peoples Where is their God †Our Lord hath bene zelous to his land
temple of our Lord. †And they that are far shal come and shal build in the temple of our Lord and you shal know that the Lord of hosts sent me to you But this shal be if hearing you wil heare the voice of our Lord your God CHAP. VII The fast of the fift and seuenth moneth obserued in the captiuitie being good 5. was vnperfect 8. fasting from sinne is alwayes more necessarie AND it came to passe in the fourth yeare of Darius the king the word of our Lord was made to Zacharie in the fourth of the ninth moneth which is Casleu †And Sarasar and Rogommelech and the men that were with him sent to the house of God to besech the face of our Lord that they should say to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets saying Must I weepe in the fifth moneth or must I san ctifie myself as now I haue done manie yeares †And the word of the Lord of hosts was made to me saying Speake to al the people of the land and to the priests saying when you fasted and mourned in the fifth and the seuenth for these seuentie yeares did you fast a fast vnto me †and when you did eate and drinke did you not eate for your selues and drinke for your selues †Why are they not the wordes which our Lord spake in the hand of the former prophets when Ierusalem as yet was inhabited and was welthie it self and the cities round about it and toward the South and in the champine there was dwelling †And the word of our Lord was made to Zacharie saying †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts saying Iudge ye true Iudgement and doe ye mercie miserations euerie man with his brother †And the widow and the pupil and the stranger and the poore doe not calumniate and let not a man thinke in his hart euil to his brother †And they would not attend and they turned away the shoulder departing and they aggrauated their eares not to heare †And they made their hart as the adamant lest they should heare the law the wordes which the Lord sent in his spirit by the hand of the former prophetes and there was great indignation made from the Lord of hosts †And it came to passe as he spake and they heard not so shal they crie I wil not heare sayth the Lord of hosts †And I dispersed them through out al kingdoms which they know not and the land was left desolate of them for that there was none passing returning and the land to be desired they layd into a desert CHAP. VIII God wil geue abundance of spiritual benefites to al nations by Christ 7. to whom shal be conuerted 13. manie Iewes 20. but manie more Gentiles AND the word of the Lord of hosts was made saying †Thus sayth the Lord of hostes I haue bene ielous for Sion with great zeale and with great indignation haue I bene ielous for it †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts I am returned to Sion and I wil dwel in the middes of Ierusalem and Ierusalem shal be called the Citie of truth the Mount of the Lord of hosts the sanctified mount †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts As yet shal old men dwel and old wemen in the streets of Ierusalem and euerie mans stafe in his hand for multitude of yeares †And the streets of the citie shal be filled with infantes and girles playing in the streets therof †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts If it shal seme hard in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those dayes Why shal it be hard in mine eyes sayth the Lord of hosts †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts Behold I wil saue my people from the land of the East and from the land of the Going downe of the sunne †And I wil bring them and they shal dwel in the middes of Ierusalem and they shal be my people and I wil be their God in truth and in iustice †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts Let your handes be strengthned you that heare in these dayes these words by the mouth of the prophets in the day that the house of the Lord of hosts was founded that the temple might be built †For before those dayes there was no hyre for men neither was there hyre for beasts neither was there peace to the comer in nor goer out for tribulation and I did let goe al men euerie one against his neighbour †But now not according to the former dayes wil I doe to the remnant of this people sayth the Lord of hosts †but the seede of peace shal be the vine shal geue his fruite and the earth shal geue her spring and the heauens shal geue their dew and I wil make the remnant of this people to possesse al these thinges †And it shal be as you were a malediction among the Gentils ô house of Iuda house of Israel so wil I saue you and you shal be a benediction feare not let your handes be strengthned †Because thus sayth the Lord of hosts As I purposed to afflict you when your fathers had prouoked me to wrath sayth our Lord †and I had no mercie so conuerting I haue meant in these dayes to doe good to the house of Iuda and Ierusalem feare not †These then are the wordes which you shal doe Speake ye truth euerie one with his neighbour truth and iudgement of peace iudge ye in your gates †And thinke ye not euerie man in your hart euil against his frend lying othe loue ye not for al these things are such as I hate sayth our Lord. †And the word of our Lord of hosts was made to me saying †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts The fast of the fourth and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seuenth and the fast of the tenth shal be to the house of Iuda into ioy and gladnes into goodlie solemnities truth onlie and peace loue ye †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts vntil peoples come dwel in manie cities †and the inhabitants goe one to an other saying Let vs goe and besech the face of our Lord and let vs seeke the Lord of hosts I also wil goe †And manie peoples shal come and strong nations to seeke the Lord of hosts in Ierusalem to besech the face of our Lord. †Thus sayth the Lord of hosts In those dayes wherein ten men of al the tongue of the Gentils shal take hold and they shal take hold of the skirt of a man that is a Iewe saying We wil goe with you for we haue heard that God is with you CHAP. IX The bordering enimies of the Iewes shal beleue in Christ 9. who wil first come to the Iewes in mekenes yet in solemnitie riding on an asse 11. deliuer the godlie from the lake 12. geue great thinges to the
the buier and so he shal receiue his possession againe †but if his hand finde not to repay the price the buier shal haue that he bought vntil the yeare of Iubilee For in it al sale shal returne to the owner and to the old possessour †He that selleth a house within the walles of a citie shal haue licence to redeme it vntil one yeare be expired †if he redeme it not and the compasse of the yeare be fully out the buier shal possesse it and his posteritie for euer and it can not be redemed no not in the Iubilee †But if the house be in a village that hath not walles it shal be sould according to the law of fieldes if it be not redemed before in the Iubilee it shal returne to the owner †The houses of Leuites which are in cities may alwaies be redemed †if they be not redemed in the Iubilee they shal returne to the owners because the houses of the cities of the Leuites are for possessions among the children of Israel †But let not their suburbes be sould because it is a perpetual possession †If thy brother be empouerished and weake of hand and thou receiue him as a stranger and seiourner and he liue with thee †take not vsuries of him nor more then thou gauest feare thy God that thy brother may liue with thee †Thou shalt not geue him thy money to vsurie and an ouer plus of the fruites thou shalt not exact of him †I the Lord your God that brought you out of the Land of Aegygt that I might geue you the Land of Chanaan and might be your God †If thy brother constrained by pouertie sel him self to thee thou shalt not oppresse him with the seruitude of seruants †but he shal be as an hireling and a seiourner vntil the yeare of Iubilee he shal worke with thee †and afterward he shal goe out with his children and shal returne to his kinred and to the possession of his fathers †for they are my seruantes and I brought them out of the Land of Aegypt let them not be sould by the condition of seruantes †afflict him not by might but feare thy God †Let your man seruant and woman seruant be of the nations that are round about you †And of the strangers that seiourne with you or that were borne of them in your land these you shal haue for seruantes †and by right of inheritance shal leaue them to your posteritie and shal possesse them for euer but your brethren the children of Israel doe ye not oppresse by might †If the hand of a stranger or seiourner grow strong among you and thy brother empouerished sel him self to him or to any of his stocke †after the sale he may be redeemed He that wil of his brethren shal redeme him †both the vncle by father and the vncles sonne and the kinsman and the allied But and if him self be able also he shal redeme him selfe †accounting onlie the yeares from the time of his selling vnto the yeare of Iubilee and accounting the money that he was sould for according to the number of the yeares and the reckning of an hyreling †If they be more yeares that remaine vntil the Iubilee according to these also shal he repay the price †if few he shal make the reckning with him according to the number of the yeares and shal repay to the buyer for that which remaineth of the yeares †his wages being allowed for the which he serued before he shal not afflict him violently in thy sight †And if by these meanes he can not be redemed in the yeare of Iubilee he shal goe out with his children †For the children of Israel are my seruantes whom I brought forth out of the Land of Aegypt CHAP. XXVI VVith new prohibition of Idolatrie and commandment to kepe the Sabbath 3. rewardes are promised to al that obserue Gods precepts 14. And manie miserable punishments are threatned to al transgressors I THE Lord your God you shal not make to your selues an idol and thing grauen neither shal you erect titles nor set a notorious stone in your land for to adore it for I am the Lord your God †Keepe my sabbathes and dread my Sanctuarie I the Lord. †If you walke in my preceptes and keepe my commandementes and doe them I wil geue you raine in their seasons †and the earth shal bring forth her spring and the trees shal be replenished with fruites †The threshing of your haruest shal reach vnto vintage and the vintage shal reach vnto sowing time and you shal eate your bread to your fil and without feare shal you dwel in your land †I wil geue peace in your coastes you shal sleepe and there shal be none to make you afraid I wil take away euil beastes and the sword shal not passe through your quarters †You shal pursue your enemies and they shal fal before you †fiue of yours shal pursue an hundred strangers and an hundred of you tenne thousand your enemies shal fal by the sword in your sight †I wil respect you and make you encrease you shal be multiplied and I wil establish my couenant with you †You shal eate the eldest of the old store and new coming vpon it you shal cast forth the old †I wil sette my tabernacle in the middes of you and my soule shal not cast you of †I wil walke among you and wil be your God and you shal be my people †I the Lord your God that haue brought you out of the Land of the Aegyptians that you should not serue them and that haue broken the chaines of your neckes that you might goe vpright †But if you wil not heare me nor doe al my commandements †if you dispise my lawes and contemne my iudgementes that you do not those thinges which are appointed by me and bring my couenant to nothing worth †I also wil do these thinges to you I shal quickly visite you with pouertie and burning heat which shal waist your eies and consume your liues you shal sowe your seede in vaine which shal be deuoured of the enemies †I wil sette my face against you and you shal fal downe before your enemies and shal be made subiect to them that hate you you shal flee when no man pursueth you †But if you wil not obey me so neither I wil increase your chastisementes seuen fould for your sinnes †and wil breake the pride of your stubburnesse and I wil make to you the heauen from aboue as iron and the earth as brasse †Your labour shal be spēt in vaine the earth shal not bring forth her spring nor the trees yeld their fruites †If you walke contrarie to me and wil not heare me I wil increase your plagues vntil seuen fould for your sinnes †and I wil send in vpon you the beastes of the field
6. how nere soeuer they be in kinred or freindshipe 12. The whole citie that shal permite false doctrin must be vtterly destroyed men beastes and al moueables and neuer be built againe IF there rise in the middes of thee a prophete or one that saieth he hath seene a dreame and foretel a signe and a wonder †and it come to passe which he spake and he say to thee Let vs goe and folow strange goddes which thou knowest not and let vs serue them †thou shalt not heare the wordes of that prophete or dreamer for the Lord your God tempteth you that it may appeare whether you loue him or no with al your hart and with al your soule †Folow the Lord your God and feare him and keepe his commandementes and heare his voice him you shal serue and to him you shal cleaue †And that prophete or forget of dreames shal be slaine because he spake that he might auert you from the Lord your God which brought you out of the Land of Aegypt and redemed you from the house of seruitude that he might make thee to erre from the way that the Lord thy God commanded thee and thou shalt take away the euil out of the middes of thee †If thy brother the sonne of thy mother or thy sonne or daughter or thy wife that is in thy bosome or thy freind whom thou louest as thy soule wil perswade thee secretly saying Let vs goe and serue strange goddes which thou knowest not nor thy fathers †of al nations round about that be nigh or farre from the beginning vnto the end of the earth †consent not to him nor heare him neither let thyne eie spare him to pitie and hide him †but forthwith thou shalt kil him let thy hand be first vpon him and after thee al the people lay hand on him †With stones shal he be stoned to death because he would haue withdrawen thee from the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt from the house of seruitude †that al Israel hearing may feare and may doe no more any thing like to this †If in one of thy cities which the Lord thy God shal geue thee to inhabite thou heare some say †There are gone forth children of Belial out of the middes of thee and haue auerted the inhabitants of their citie and haue said Let vs goe and serue strange goddes which you know not †inquire carefully and diligently the truth of the thing being looked into if thou finde it certaine that is said and that this abomination is in act committed †thou shalt forthwith strike the inhabitantes of that citie in the edge of the sworde and shalt destroy it and al thinges that are in it vnto the very beastes †What stuffe also soeuer there is thou shalt gather together in the middes of the streares therof and shalt burne it with the citie it selfe so that thou consume al thinges to the Lord thy God and it be a heape for euer it shal be built no more †and there shal nothing sticke in thy hand of that anathema that our Lord may be turned from the wrath of his furie and may haue mercie on thee and multiplie thee as he sware to thy fathers †when thou shalt heare the voice of the Lord thy God keeping al his preceptes which I command thee this day that thou mayest doe that which is pleasing in the sight of the Lord thy God CHAP. XIIII Gentiles maner of mourning for the dead is prohibited 3. Likewise to eate things vncleane with mention of certaine cleane and vncleane beastes 9. fishes 11. and birdes 21. Also preceptes of pietie clemencie paying tithes first fruites 27. nourishing of Leuites strangers orphanes and widowes BE YE the children of the Lord your God you shal not cutte your selues nor make bauldnes for the dead †because thou art a holie people to the Lord thy God and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of al nattions that are vpon the earth †Eate not the thinges that are vncleane †This is the beast that you ought to eate The oxe and the sheepe and the goate †the hart and the doa the buffle the chamois the pygargue the wilde beefe the cameloparde †Euerie beast that diuideth the hoofe in two partes and cheweth the cudde shal you eate †But of them that chew the cudde and diuide not the hoofe these you shal not eate as the camel the hare the cherogril because they chew the cudde and diuide not the hoofe they shal be vncleane to you †The swine also because it diuideth the hoof and cheweth not the cudde shal be vncleane their flesh you shal not eate and their carcasses you shal not touche †These shal you eate of al that abide in the waters Such as haue finnes and scales eate †them that are without finnes and scales eate not because they are vncleane †Al birdes that are cleane eate †The vncleane eate not to witte the eagle and the grype and the osprey †the ringtaile and the vulture and kite according to their kinde †and al of the rauens kinde †and the ostriche and the owle and the sterne and the hawke according to his kinde †the herodian and the swanne and the stroke †and the diuer the porphyrion and nightcrow †the onocratal and the charadrion euerie one in their kinde the lapwing also and the batte †And al that creepeth and hath litle winges shal be vncleane and shal not be eaten †Al that is cleane eate †But whatsoeuer is dead of it selfe eate not therof To the stranger that is within thy gates geue it to eate or sel it to him because thou art the holie people of our Lord thy God Thou shalt not boyle a kidde in the milke of his damme †The tenth part thou shalt seperate of al thy fruites that spring in the earth euerie yeare †and thou shalt eate in the sight of our Lord thy God in the place which he shal choose that his name may be inuocated therin the tithe of thy corne and wine and oile and the first borne of thy heardes and sheepe that thou mayest lerne to feare our Lord thy God at al time †But when the way and the place which our Lord thy God shal choose are farre and he hath blessed thee and thou canst not carie al these thinges thither †thou shalt sel and bring al into a price and shalt carie it in thy hand and shalt goe to the place which our Lord thy God shal choose †and thou shalt buy with the same money whatsoeuer pleaseth thee either of heardes or of sheepe wine also and sicere and al that thy soule desireth and thou shalt eate before our Lord thy God and shalt feast thou and thy house †and the Leuite that is within thy gates beware thou forsake him not because he hath no other part in
Israel †And the children of Israel did euil in the sight of our Lord and serued Baalim †And they left our Lord the God of their fathers that had brought them out of the Land of Aegypt and folowed strange goddes and the goddes of the peoples that dwelt round about them and adored them and they prouoked our Lord to anger †leauing him and seruing Baal and Astaroth †And our Lord being wrath against Israel deliuered them into the handes of ransackers who tooke them and sold them to the enemies that dwelt round about neither could they resist their aduersaries †but whither soeuer they had meant to goe the hand of our Lord was vpon them as he spake and sware to them and they were vehemently afflicted †And our Lord raysed vp Iudges that should deliuer them from the handes of the wasters but neither would they heare them †fornicating with strange goddes and adoring them They did quickly forsake the way in the which their fathers had gone and hearing the commandementes of our Lord they did al thinges contrarie †And when our Lord raysed vp Iudges in their daies he was moued with mercie and heard the groninges of the afflicted and deliuered them from the slaughter of the wasters †But after the Iudge was dead they returned and did much worse things then their fathers had done folowing strange goddes seruing them and adoring them They left not their inuentions and the verie hard way by which they were accustomed to walke †And the furie of our Lord was angrie against Israel said Because this nation hath made my couenāt frustrate which I had made with their fathers hath cōtemned my voice †I also wil not destroy the nations which Iosue did let alone and died †that in them I may trie Israel whether they wil keepe the way of the Lord and walke in it as their fathers kept it or no. †Our Lord therfore left al these nations and would not quickly ouerthrow them neither deliuered them into the handes of Iosue CHAP. III. The people associating them selues with Gentiles against whom they ought to fight 8. are inuaded by forraine kinges 9. but repenting are deliuered by Othoniel 12. Falling againe afflicted and repenting 15. are deliuered by Aod 21. secretely killing Eglon their enemie 31. After him Samgar defendeth Israel against the Philisthimes THESE are the Nations which our Lord left that in them he might instruct Israel and al that had not knowen the warres of the Chananeites †that afterward their children might lerne to fight with their enemies and to be accustomed to warre †the fiue princes of the Philisthimes and the Chananeite and Sidonian and Heueite that dwelt in mount Libanus from mount Baal Hermon to the entring into Emath †And he left them that in them he might trie Israel whether they would heare the commandementes of our Lord which he had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moyses or not †Therfore the children of Israel dwelt in the middes of the Chananeite and Hetheite and Amorrheite and Pherezeite and Heueite and Iebuseite †and they tooke their daughters to wiues and them selues gaue their owne daughters to their sonnes serued their goddes †And they did euil in the sight of our Lord and forgat their God seruing Baalim and Astaroth †And our Lord being wrath against Israel deliuered them into the handes of Chusan Rasathaim the king of Mesopotamia and they serued him eight yeares †And they cried to our Lord who raysed them vp a sauiour and deliuered them to witte Othoniel the sonne of Cenez the yonger brother of Caleb †and the Spirit of our Lord was in him and he iudged Israel And he went forth to fight and our Lord deliuered into his handes Chusan Rasathaim the king of Syria and oppressed him †And the land rested fourtie yeares and Othoniel the sonne of Cenez died †And the children of Israel added to doe euil in the sight of our Lord who strengthned against them Eglon the king of Moab because they did euil in his sight †And he ioyned to him the children of Ammon and Amalec and he went and stroke Israel and possessed the Citie of palmes †And the children of Israel serued Eglon the king of Moab eightene yeares †and afterward they cried to our Lord who raysed vp vnto them a sauiour called Aod the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini who vsed both handes for the right And the children of Israel sent by him presentes to Eglon the king of Moab †Who made him self a two edged sword hauing in the middes a hafte in length the palme of a hand and was girded therwith vnder his cassocke on the right thigh †And he presented the giftes to Eglon the king of Moab And Eglon was exceeding grosse †And when he had presented the giftes vnto him he brought his felowes on the way that came with him †And returning from Galgal where the Idols were he said to the King I haue a secrete message to thee ô king And he commanded silence and al being gone forth that were about him †Aod went in to him and he sate in a sommer chamber alone and he said A word from God I haue to thee Who forthwith rose out of his throne †And Aod put forth his left hand and tooke the dagger from his right thigh and fastened it into his bellie †so mightely that the haft folowed the blade in the wound and was closed vp fast with the most fatte grease Neither did he plucke out the dagger but as he had striken so leift it in the bodie and forthwith by the secrete partes of nature the ordure of the bellie came forth †But Aod shutting the doores of the chamber very diligently and locking them sure †went out by a posterne doore And the kinges seruantes going in saw the doores of the chamber shut and they said Peraduenture he purgeth his bellie in the sommer chamber †And expecting long til they were ashamed and seeing that no man did open they tooke a key and opening they found their lord on the earth lying dead †But Aod whiles they were trubled escaped and passed by the Place of Idols whence he had returned And he came into Seirath †and forthwith the trumpet sounded in the mount of Ephraim and the children of Israel went downe with him him self going in the front †Who said to them Folow me for our Lord hath deliuered our enemies the Moabites into our handes And they went downe after him and occupied the fordes of Iordan which bring ouer into Moab and they suffered no man to passe †but they stroke the Moabites at that time about ten thousand al stoute and strong men none of them could escape †And Moab was humbled that day vnder the hand of Israel and the Land rested eightie yeares †After him was Samgar the sonne of Anath who stroke of the
tribe of Israel requiring them to reuenge the wicked fact THERE was a certaine man a Leuite dwelling on the side of mount Ephraim who tooke a wife of Bethlehem Iudae †which left him and returned vnto her fathers house into Bethlehem and abode with him foure monethes †And her husband folowed her willing to be reconciled vnto her and to speake her fayre and to bring her backe with him hauing in his companie a seruant and two asses who receiued him and brought him into her fathers house Which when his father in law had heard and had seene him he mette him ioyful †and embraced the man And the sonne in law taried in the house of his father in law three daies eating with him and drinking familiarly †But the fourth day arysing before day he would depart Whom his father in law held and said to him Tast first a litle bread strengthen thy stomacke and so thou shalt depart †And they sate together and did eate and drinke And the father of the yong woman said to his sonne in law I besech thee that thou tarie here to day and let vs make merie together †But he rysing vp beganne as if he would depart And neuertheles with much adoc his father in law stayed him and made him to tarie with him †But when morning was come the Leuite prepared to goe his iourney To whom his father in law againe I besech thee quoth he that thou take a litle meate and making thy self strong til the day be farder spent afterward thou mayest depart They did eate therfore together †And the yong man arose that he might sette forward with his wife and his seruant To whom his father in law spake againe Consider that the day is more declining to the west and draweth nigh to euening tarie with me to day also and spend the day in mirth and to morrow thou shalt depart that thou mayst goe into thy house †His sonne in law would not condescend to his wordes but forthwith went forward and came ouer against Iebus which by an other name is called Ierusalem leading with him two asses loden and his concubine †And now they were come nigh to Iebus and the day changed into night the seruant said to his maister Come I besech thee let vs turne into the citie of the Iebuseites and tarie in it †To whom his maister answered I wil not enter into the towne of a strange nation which is not of the children of Israel but I wil passe as farre as Gabaa †and when I shal come thither we wil lodge in it or at the least in the citie of Rama †They passed therfore by Iebus and went on their iourney begone and the sonne went downe to them byside Gabaa which is in the tribe of Beniamin †and they turned into it that they might lodge there Whither when they were entred they sate in the streate of the citie and no man would receiue them to lodge †And behold there appeared an old man returning out of the field and from his worke in the euening who him self also was of mount Ephraim and dwelt as a stranger in Gabaa but the men of that countrie were the children of Iemini †And lifting vp his eies the old man saw the man sitting with his fardels in the streate of the citie and said to him Whence comest thou and whither goest thou †Who answered him We departed from Bethlehem Iuda and we goe to our place which is on the side of mount Ephraim from whence we went into Bethlehem and now we goe to the house of God and none wil receiue vs vnder his roofe †hauing straw and hay for prouender of the asses and bread and wine for the vse of my self and of thy handmaid and of the seruant that is with me we lacke nothing but lodging †To whom the old man answered Peace be with thee I wil geue al thinges that are necessarie only I besech thee tarie not in the streate †And he brought him into his house and gaue prouender to his asses and after they had washed their feete he receiued them to a bankette †They making merie and after the labour of their iourney refreshing their bodie with meate and drinke there came men of that citie the children of Belial that is to say without yoke and besetting the old mans house beganne to knocke at the doores crying to the maister of the house and saying Bring forth the man that entred into thy house that we may abuse him †And the old man went out to them and said Doe not so brethren doe not this euil because this man is entered to my lodging and cease from this folie †I haue a daughter that is a virgin and this man hath a concubine I wil bring them forth to you that you may humble them fulfil your lust only I beseche you worke not this wickednes against nature on the man †They would not agree to his wordes which the man seing he brought forth his concubine to them and he deliuered her to them to be illuded whom when they had abused al the night they let her goe in the morning †But the woman when the darkenes departed came to the doore of the house where her lord lodged and there fel downe †Morning being come the man arose and opened the doore that he might finish his iourney begone and behold his concubine lay before the doore her handes spredde on the threshold †To whom he thinking that she tooke her rest spake Arise and let vs walke Who answering nothing perceiuing that she was dead he tooke her and laid her vpon his asse returned into his house †Which when he was entered vnto he tooke asword and cutting the carcasse of his wife with her bones into twelue partes and peeces he sent them into al the borders of Israel †Which when euerie one had seene they cried together There was neuer such a thing done in Israel from that day when our fathers ascended out of Aegypt vntil this present time geue sentence and decree in common what is needeful to be done CHAP. XX. Al the other tribes fighting against Beniamin 13. because they wil not punish the malefactors 21. haue the worse 25. also the second time 29. but the third time the Beniamites are al slaine sauing six hundred men THERFORE al the children of Israel went forth and were gathered together as it were one man from Dan to Bersabee and the Land of Galaad to our Lord in Maspha †and al the corners of the people and al the tribes of Israel assembled into the church of the people of God foure hundred thousand footemen warriers †Neither were the children of Beniamin ignorant that the children of Israel were come vp into Maspha And the Leuite the husband of the woman that was killed being asked how so great wickednes had beene cōmitted †answered I came into
al the Prophetes and Seers saying Returne from your most wicked wayes and keepe my precepts and ceremonies according to al the law which I commanded your fathers and as I haue sent to you in the hand of my seruantes the Prophetes †Who heard not but hardened their necke according to the necke of their fathers who would not obey our Lord their God †And they cast away his ordinances and the couenant that he made with their fathers and the testifications wherwith he contested them and they folowed vanities and did vaynly and they folowed the Gentiles that were round about them concerning which our Lord had commanded them that they should not doe as they did †And they forsooke al the preceptes of our Lord their God and made to them selues two molten calues and groues and adored al the hoste of heauen and they serued Baal †and consecrated their sonnes and their daughters through fyre and they gaue themselues to deuinations and soothsayings and they deliuered vp themselues to doe euil before our Lord that they might prouoke him †And our Lord was wrath with Israel vehemently and tooke them away from his sight and there remayned but the tribe of Iuda onlie †But neither Iuda it self kept the commandementes of our Lord their God but walked in the errours of Israel which it had wrought †And our Lord reiected al the seede of Israel and afflicted them deliuered them into the hand of the spoylers til he threwe them away from his face †euen now from that time when Israel was rent from the house of Dauid and made Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat their king for Ieroboam seperated Israel from our Lord and made them sinne a great sinne †And the children of Israel walked in al the sinnes of Ieroboam which he had done and they departed not from them †vntil our Lord tooke away Israel from his face as he had spoken in the hand of al his seruantes the Prophetes and Israel was transported out of their land vnto the Assyrians vntil this day †And the king of the Assyrians brought from Babylon and from Cutha and from Auah and from Emath and from Sepharuaim and placed them in the cities of Samaria for the children of Israel who possessed Samaria and dwelt in the cities therof †And when they began to dwel there they feared not our Lord and our Lord sent lions vpon them which killed them †And it was told the king of the Assyrians and sayd The nations which thou hast transferred and made to dwel in the cities of Samaria know not the ordinances of the God of the land and the Lord hath sent lions vpon them and behold they kil them for that they know not the rite of the God of the land †And the king of the Assyrians commanded saying Bring thither one of the priestes which you brought thence captiue and let him goe and dwel with them and let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land †Therfore when one of those priests which were led captiue from Samaria was come he dwelt in Bethel and taught them how they should worship our Lord. †And euerie Nation framed their owne god and put them in the highe temples which the Samaritanes had made Nation and Nation in their cities where they dwelt †For the men of Babylon made Socoth benoth and the Cutheites made Nergel and the men of Emath made Asima †Moreouer the Heueites made Nebahaz Tharthac And they that were of Sepharuaim burnt their children in fyre to Adramelech and Anamelech the goddes of Sepharuaim †and neuetheles they worshipped our Lord. And they made to themselues of the vilest persones priestes of the excelses and they placed them in the highe temples †And when they worshipped our Lord they serued also their owne goddes according to the custome of the Nations out of the which they were transported to Samaria †vntil this present day they folow the old maner they feare not our Lord neither keepe they his ceremonies and iudgements and law and the commandemet which our Lord commanded the children of Iacob whom he surnamed Israel †and he had made a couenant with them had commanded them saying Feare not strange goddes and adore them not neither worship them and immolate not to them †But the Lord your God which brought you out of the Land of Aegypt in great strength and a stretched out arme him feare ye and him adore and to him doe ye immolate †The ceremonies also and iudgementes and law and the commandment that he wrote you kepe ye that you may doe them alwaies and feare not strange goddes †And the couenant that he made with you forget not neither doe ye worship strange goddes †but feare our Lord your God and he wil deliuer you out of the hand of al your enemies †But they heard not but did according to their old custome †These Nations therfore were fearing of our Lord but neuerthelesse seruing their idols also for both their children and nephewes as their fathers did soe doe they vntil this present day CHAP. XVIII Ezechias destroyeth al places of idolatrie in Iuda breaking also the brasen serpent made by Moyses because the people offered incense to it 9. The captiuitie of the ten tribes is repeted 13. Ezechias not able to resist the Assyrians payeth much money to them 17. They neuertheles send forces against Ierusalem reproch the king blaspheme God and terrifie the people IN the third yeare of Osee the sonne of Ela king of Israel reigned Ezechias the sonne of Achaz king of Iuda †Fiue and twentie yeares old was he when he began to reigne and he reigned nine and twentie yeares in Ierusalem the name of his mother was Abi the daughter of Zacharias †And he did that which was good before our Lord according to al thinges which Dauid his father had done †He destroyed the excelses and brake the statuees in peeces and cut downe the groues and brake the brasen serpent which Moyses had made for vntil that time the children of Israel burnt incense to it and he called the name therof Nohestan †He trusted in our Lord the God of Israel therfore after him there was not the like to him in al the kings of Iuda yea neither among them that were before him †and he cleaued to our Lord and departed not from his steppes and he did his commandmentes which our Lord commanded Moyses †Wherfore our Lord also was with him and in al things to the which he proceded he behaued himselfe wisely He rebelled also agaynst the king of the Assyrians and serued him not †He stroke the Philisthians as farre as Gaza al the borders from the Towre of watchmen vnto the fensed citie †In the fourth yeare of king Ezechias which was the seuenth yeare of Osee the sonne of Ela the king of Israel came vp Salmanasar the king
together to Ozias al together with one voice †said God iudge betwen vs and thee because thou hast done euil agaynst vs in that thou wouldest not speake peaceably with the Assyrians and for this cause God hath sold vs into their handes †And there is none to helpe wheras we lye prostrate before their eies in thirst great destruction †And now assemble ye al that are in the citie that we may of our owne accord yeld vs al to the people of Holofernes †For it is better that captiues we blesse our Lord liuing then we should die and be a reproch to al flesh when we shal see our wiues and our infantes die before our eies †We cal to witnes this day heauen and earth and the God of our fathers which taketh vengeance of vs according to our sinnes that now you deliuer the cirie into the hand of Holofernes armie that our end may be short in the edge of the sword which is made longer in the drught of thirst †And when they had said these thinges there was made great weeping and howling of al in the assemble and for manie houres with one voice they cried to God saying †We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done vniustly we haue committed iniquitie †Thou because thou art gracious haue mercie vpon vs or in thy scourge reuenge our iniquities and deliuer not them that trust in thee to a people that knoweth not thee †that they say not among the Gentiles Where is their God †And when they wearied with these cries and tyred with these weepings had held their peace †Ozias rysing vp embrued with teares said Be of good chere bretheren and these fiue daies let vs expect mercie of our Lord. †For peraduenture he wil cut of his indignation and wil geue glorie to his name †But if after fiue dates be past there come no aide we wil doe these wordes which you haue spoken CHAP. VIII Iudith a most veriuous rich fayre renowmed widow 9. rebuketh the high priest and ancientes for their determination to deliuer the citie if ayde come not in fiue dayes 14. exhorteth al to penance 28. They al agree to her godlie aduise 30. praying for good sucesse of her intention which they yet know not AND it came to passe when Iudith a widow had heard these wordes which was the daughter of Merari the sonne of Idox the sonne of Ioseph the sonne of Ozias the sonne of Elai the sonne of Iamnor the sonne of Gedeon the sonne of Raphaim the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Melchias the sonne of Enan the sonne of Nathanias the sonne of Salathiel the sonne of Simeon the sonne of Israel †and her husband was Manasses who died in the daies of barley haruest †for he was occupied with them that bound sheues in the field and the heate came vpon his head and he died in Bethulia his citie and was buried there with his father †And Iudith was leaft his widow now three yeares and six monethes †And in the higher partes of her house she made her self a secrete chamber in which she abode shut vp with her maides †and hauing cloth of heare vpon her loynes she fasted al the daies of her life but Sabbathes and new-moones and the feastes of the house of Israel †And she was of an exceding beautiful countenance to whom her husband had leaft much richesse and a great familie and possessions ful of heardes of oxen and flockes of sheepe †And she was among al most famous because she feared our Lord very much neither was there that spake an il word of her †When she therfore had heard that Ozias had promised that after the fifth day were past he would yeld the citie she sent to the ancientes Chabri and Charmi. †And they came to her and she said to them What is this word wherein Ozias hath consented to yeld the citie to the Assyrians if within fiue daies there come no ayde to vs †And what are you that tempt our Lord †This is no word that may prouoke mercie but rather that may rayse vp wrath and inflame furie †You haue set a time for the mercie of our Lord and according to your pleasure you haue appointed him a day †But because our Lord is patient let vs be penitent for this same thing and sheding teares let vs desire his pardon †for not as man so wil God threaten neither as the sonne of man wil he be inflamed to anger †And therfore let vs humble our soules to him and being setled in an humble spirit seruing him †let vs say weeping to our Lord that according to his wil so he doe his mercie with vs that as our hart is trubled in their pride so also we may glorie in our humilitie †because we haue not folowed the sinnes of our fathers which forsooke their God and adored strange goddes †for which abomination they were geuen into the sword and into confusion to their enemies but we know no other God but him †Let vs humbly expect his consolation and he wil require our bloud of the afflictions of our enemies and he wil humble al Nations what soeuer shal rise vp against vs and the Lord our God wil make them without honour †And now bretheren because you are ancientes in the people of God and their soules depende of you by your speach comforte their hartes that they be mindful that our fathers were tempted to be proued whether they did worshippe their God truly †They must be mindful how our father Abraham was tempted and by many tribulations proued was made the freind of God †So Isaac so Iacob so Moyses al that haue pleased God through manie tribulations haue passed faithful †But they that did not receiue the tentations with the feare of our Lord and vttered their impatience and reproch of their murmuring against our Lord †were destroyed of the destroyer and perished by serpents †And we therfore let vs not reuenge ourselues for these thinges which we suffer †but reputing these verie punishments to be the scourges of our Lord lesse then our sinnes wherwith as seruantes we are chastised let vs thinke them to haue chanced to our amendement and not to our destruction †And Ozias and the ancientes sayd to her Al thinges which thou hast spoken be true and there is no reprehension in thy wordes †Now therfore pray for vs because thou art a holie woman and fearing God †And Iudith said to them As you know that which I could speake to be of God †so that which I haue disposed to doe proue if it be of God and pray that God establish my counsel †You shal stand at the gate this night and I wil goe out with myne abra and pray ye that as you haue said in fiue dayes our Lord respect his people Israel †But I
queene made a feast for the wemen in the palace where king Assuerus had accustomed to remayne †Therfore the seuenth day when the king was merier and after very much drinking was wel warmed with wine he commanded Mâ—umam and Bazatha and Harbona and Bagatha and Abgatha and Zethar and Charchas the seuen eunuches that ministred in his sight †that they should bring in queene Vasthi before the king the crowne set vpon her head that he might shew her beautie to al the peoples and princes for she was exceding beautiful †Who refused and contemned to come at the kings commandment which he had commanded by the eunuches Wherupon the king being wrath and chaffed with exceding furie †asked the wisemen which after the manner of a king were alwayes present with him and he did al thinges by their counsel which knew the lawes and rightes of the elders †and the chiefe and nearest him were Charsena and Sethar and Admatha and Tharsis and Mares and Marsana and Mamuchan seuen dukes of the Persians and of the Medes which saw the face of the king and were wont to sitt first after him †to what sentence Vasthi the queene should be subiect that would not do Assuerus the kings commandment which he had commanded by â—he eunuches †And Mamuchan answered the king hearing and the princes Queene Vasthi hath not only hurt the king but also al peoples and princes that are in al the prouinces of king Assuerus †For the word of the queene wil goe forth to al wemen that they wil contemne their husbands and wil say King Assuerus commanded that the queene Vasthi should come in to him and she would not †And by this example al the wiues of the princes of the Persians and the Medes wil little esteeme the commandmentes of their husbandes wherfore the kings indignation is iust †If it please thee let an edict goe forth from thy face and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of Medes which is not lawful to be transgressed that Vasthi come in no more to the king but an other that is better then she take her kingdome †And let this be published into al the empire of thy prouinces which is most large and let al the wiues as wel of the greater as of the lesser geue honour to their husbandes †His counsel pleased the king and the princes and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan †and he sent letters to al the prouinces of his kingdome as euerie nation could heare and reade in diuers languages and characters that the husbandes should be princes and maisters in their houses and that this should be published through al peoples CHAP. II. Inquirie being made of the best and fairest virgines 5. Esther the vnknowe neece of Mardocheus a â—ew is preferred 18. and made Queene in place of Vasthi a mariage feast made and presentes geuen 21 Mardocheus detecteth traitors and his seruice is recorded in the regester THESE thinges so done after the indignation of king Assuerus was asswaged he remembred Vasthi and what she had done or what she had suffered †and the kings seruantes and his ministers said Let there be maydens sought for the king virgins and beautiful †and let there be sent that may viewe through al prouinces beautiful maydens and virgins and let them bring them to the citie of Susan and deliuer them into the house of wemen vnder the hand of Egeus the eunuch who is ouerseer of the kings wemen and let them receiue wemens ornamentes and other things necessarie to be vsed †And which so euer among al shal please the kings eies let her reigne for Vasthi The word pleased the king and so as they had suggested he commanded to be done †There was a man in the citie of Susan a Iew named Mardocheus the sonne of Iair the sonne of Semei the sonne of Cis of the stocke of Iemini †who had beene transported from Ierusalem the same time that Nabucodonosor the king of Babylon transported Iechonias the king of Iuda †who was the foster father of his brothers daughter Edissa which by an other name was called Esther and she had lost both her parentes exceeding beautiful and of comely face And her father and mother being dead Mardocheus adopted her for his daughter †And when the kings commandment was bruited abrode and according to his commandement many fayre virgins were brought to Susan and were deliuered to Fgeus the eunuch Esther also among the rest of the maydens was deliuered to him that she might be kept in the number of the wemen †Who pleased him and found grace in his sight And he commanded the eunuch that he should hasten the wemens ornamentes and should deliuer her her partes seuen the most beautiful maydens of the kings house and should adorne and decke both her and her wayting maydes †Who would not tel him her people and countrie For Mardocheus had commanded her that of this thing she should altogether keepe silence †who walked daily before the entrance of the house wherin the chosen virgins were kept taking care of Esthers welfare and desirous to know what should chance vnto her †And when the time of euerie virgin in order was come that they should goe in to the king al things accomplished that perteyned to wemens ornamentes it was the twelfth moneth yet so that for six monethes they were anoynted with oyle of myrtle and other six monethes they vsed certayne payntings and sweete spices †And going in to the king what soeuer they asked that perteyned to adorning they receiued and being trimmed as it pleased them they passed from the chamber of the wemen to the kings chamber †And she that went in at euening came out in the morning and from thence she was brought to the second house that was vnder the hand of Susagazus the cunuch who was chiefe ouer the kings concubines neither had she power to returne any more to the king vnlesse the king had willed and had commanded her to come by name †And the time by order coming about the day was at hand that Esther the daughter of Abihail the brother of Mardocheus whom he had adopted for his daughter should goe in to the king Who sought not wemens ornamentes but whatsoeuer Egeus the eunuch the keper of the virgins would those things he gaue her to her adorning For she was exceding fayre and of incredible beautie she semed to al mens eies gratious and amiable †She therfore was brought to the chamber of king Assuerus the tenth moneth which is called Tebeth in the seuenth yeare of his reigne †And the king loued her more then al the wemen and she had grace and mercie before him aboue al the wemen and he put the crowne of the kingdom on her head and made her reigne in steede of Vasthi †And he commanded a verie magnifical feast to be prepared to
†Let the enemie persecute my soule and take it and treade downe my life in the earth and bring downe my glorie into the dust †Arise Lord in thy wrath and be exalted in the coastes of myne enemies And arise ô Lord my God in the precept which thou hast cōmanded †and a sinagogue of peoples shal compasse thee And for it returne on high †our Lord iudgeth peoples Iudge me ô Lord according to my iustice and according to my innocencie vpon me †The wickednesse of sinners shal be consumed and thou shalt direct the iust which searchest the hart and raynes ô God †My iust helpe is from our Lord who saueth those that be right of hart God is a iust iudge strong patient is he angrie euerie day †Vnlesse you wil be conuerted he shal shake his sword he hath bent his bow and prepared it †And in it he hath prepared the vessels of death he hath made his arrowes for them that burne †Behold he hath bredde with iniustice he hath conceiued sorow and brought forth iniquitie †He hath opened a pit and digged it vp and he is fallen into the diche which he made †His sorrow shal be turned vpon his head and his iniquitie shal descend vpon his crowne †I wil confesse to our Lord according to his iustice and wil sing to the name of our Lord most high PSALME VIII God is magnified praised for his meruelous worke of creatures 5. but especially of mankind singularly exalted by the Incarnation of Christ. †Vnto the end for “ presses the Psalme of Dauid O LORD our Lord how meruelous is thy name in the whole earth Because thy magnificence is eleuated aboue the heauens †Out of the mouth of infantes and sucklinges thou hast perfected praise because of thine enemies that thou mayest destroy the enemie and reuenger †Because I shal see thy heauens the workes of thy fingers the moone and the starres which thou hast founded †What is man that thou art mindful of him or the sonne of man that thou visitest him †Thou hast minished him a litle lesse then Angels with glorie and honour thou hast crowned him †and hast appointed him ouer the worke of thy handes †Thou hast subiected al thinges vnder his feete al sheepe and oxen moreouer also the beastes of the field †The birdes of the ayre and fishes of the sea that walke the pathes of the sea †O Lord our Lord how meruelous is thy name in the whole earth ANNOTATIONS PASLME VIII 1. Presses Most Hebrew Doctors say the word Gittith may either signifie the place where this Psalme was made or the musical instrument on which it was song But most Christian Doctors expound it literally of Christs Passion who was stretched on the Crosse and al his sacred bloud pressed and drawne out of his bodie VVhich Metaphor Isaias also vseth demanding of Christ VVhy is thy clothing redde and thy garments as theirs that tread in the vine presse and answereth in Christs person I haue troden the presse alone S. Augustin also applieth it morally to the Church where Christ is the vine the Apostles are the branches spreaders that is preachers of the Ghospel Christians are the grapes Christian vertues are the wine Namely patience and fortitude in afflictions VVherby the good are purified and seuered from amiddes the reprobate as wine is pressed out of the grapes barreled and laid vp in sellers and * the huskes and carnels cast to hogges or other beastes PSALME IX The Church prayseth God for her protection 4. in repelling the enemies force 8. in punishing the wicked and rewarding the iust †Vnto the end for the secrets of the sonne the Psalme of Dauid I WIL confesse to thee ō Lord with al my hart I wil tel al thy meruelous thinges I wil be glad and reioyce in thee I wil sing to thy name ō most High †In turning mine enemie backward they shal be weakened and perish before thy face Because thou hast done my iudgement and my cause thou hast sitte vpon the throne which iudgest iustice Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles and the impious hath perished their name thou hast destroyed for euer and for euer and euer †The swordes of the enemie haue fayled vnto the end and their cities thou hast destroyed †Their memorie hath perished with a sound and our Lord abideth for euer He hath prepared his throne in iudgement †he wil iudge the whole world in equitie he wil iudge the people in iustice †And our Lord is made a refuge for the poore an helper in opportunities in tribulation †And let them hope in thee that know thy name because thou hast not forsaken them that seeke thee ô Lord. †Sing to our Lord which dwelleth in Sion declare his studies among the Gentiles †Because he requiring bloud remembred them he hath not forgotten the crie of the poore †Haue mercie on me ô Lord See my humiliation by my enemies †Which exaltest me from the gates of death that I may declare al thy prayses in the gates of the daughter of Sion †I wil reioyce in thy saluation the Gentiles are fastened in the destruction which they made In this snare which they hid is their foote taken †Our Lord shal be knowen doing iudgements the sinner is taken in the workes of his owne handes †Let sinners be turned into hel al nations that forget God †Because to the end there shal not be obliuion of the poore man the patience of the poore shal not perish in the end †Arise Lord let not man be strengthned let the Gentiles be iudged in thy sight †Appoint Lord a lawgeuer ouer them that the Gentiles may know that they be men The 10. Psalme according to the Hebrevves †Why Lord hast thou departed far of despisest in opportunities in tribulation †Whiles the impious is proude the poore is set on fyre they are caught in the counsels which they deuise †Because the sinner is praysed in the desires of his soule and the vniust man is blessed †The sinner hath exasperated our Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he shal not seeke †There is no God in his sight his waies are defiled at al time Thy iudgementes are taken away from his face he shal rule ouer al his enemies †For he hath sayd in his hart I wil not be moued from genetion vnto generation without euil Whose mouth is ful of cursing and bitternesse and guile vnder his tongue labour and sorrow †He sitteth in waite with the rich in secrete places to kil the innocent †His
planted the eare shal he not heare Or he that made the eie doth he not consider †He that chastiseth nations shal he not rebuke he that teacheth man knowledge †Our Lord knoweth the cogitations of men that they be vaine †Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct ô Lord and shalt â—each out of thy lawe †That thou maist geue him quietnes from the euil daies til a pitte be digged for the sinner †Because our Lord wil not reiect his people and his inheritance he wil not forsake †Vntil iustice be turned into iudgement and they who are neere it are al that are right of hart †Who shal rise for me against the malignant or who shal stand with me against them that worke iniquitie †But that our Lord hath holpen me within very litle my soule had dwelt in hel †If I said My foote is moued thy mercie ô Lord did help me †According to the multitude of my sorrowes in my hart thy consolations haue made my soule ioyful †Doth the seat of iniquitie cleaue to thee which makest labour in precept †They wil hunt after the soule of the iust and wil condemne innocent bloud And our Lord became my refuge and my God the helpe of my hope †And he wil repay them their iniquitie and in their malice he wil destroy them the Lord our God wil destroy them PSALMES XCIIII An inuitation to serue and adore Christ our Lord and Messias 3. aswel for the benefites of creating al thinges 7. as for his Incarnation and not to harden our hartes as the Iewes did Praise of Canticle to Dauid him selfe COME let vs reioyce to our Lord let vs make iubilation to God our sauiour †Let vs preuent his face in confession and in Psalmes let vs make iubilation to him †Because our Lord is a great God and a great King aboue al goddes †Because in his hand are the endes of the earth and the heightes of the mountaines be his †Because the sea is his and he made it and his handes formed the drie land †Come let vs adore and fal downe and wepe before our Lord that made vs. †Because he is the Lord our God and we the people of his pasture and the shepe of his hand †To day if ye shal heare his voice “ harden not your hartes †As in the prouocation according to the day of the tentation in the desert where your fathers tempted me proued me and saw my workes †Fourtie years was I offended with that generation and said These alwaies erre in hart †And these haue not knowne my waies as I sware in my wrath if they shal enter into my rest ANNOTATIONS PSALME XCIIII 8. Harden not your hartes VVhatsoeuer God proposeth by preaching or inspiration to a sinner it resteth stil in the powre of his freewil to harden his harte and to reiect al such good motions and so he doth not only frustrate Gods grace and hinder his owne iustification but also increaseth his former sinnes But by not resisting when deliberating therupon he could resist he disposeth himselfe and cooperateth to first iustification And therfore the royal Prophet here admonisheth and earnestly exhorteth al men to do this which God hath put in our powre not to harden our owne hartes when we heare his voice by resisting and reiecting his grace freely offered without al merite of our part PSALME XCV Al peoples nations are inuited to praise the blessed Trinitie 3. for Christs Incarnation and spiritual kingdom in al the world â—â— euen sensles creatures acknowledging his maiestie 13. and iudicial powre A Canticle to Dauid * himselfe when the house was built after the captiuitie SING ye to our Lord a new song sing to our Lord al the earth †Sing ye to our Lord and blesse his name shewforth his saluation from day to day †Shewforth his glorie among the Gentiles his meruelous workes in al peoples †Because our Lord is great and exceeding laudable he is terrible aboue al goddes †Because al the goddes of the Gentiles are diuels but our Lord made the heauens †Confession and beauty in his sight holinesse and magnificence in his sanctification †Bring to our Lord ye families of Gentiles bring ye to our Lord glorie and honour †bring to our Lord glorie vnto his name Take vp hoastes and enter into his courtes †adore ye our Lord in his holie court Let al the earth be moued before his face †say ye among the Gentiles that our Lord hath reigned For he hath corrected the round world which shal not be moued he wil iudge peoples in equitie †Let the heauens be glad and the earth reioyce the sea be moued and the fulnesse therof †the fieldes shal be glad and al things that are in them Then shal the trees of the woodes reioyce †before the face of our Lord because he cometh because he cometh to iudge the earth He wil iudge the round world in equitie and peoples in his truth PSALME XCVI Al the earth is inuited to reioyce in Christs kingdom 3. with description of the signes coming before the day of Iudgement 7. Idolaters shal be confounded 8. Holie Angels and iust men shal adore Christ and reioyce To this Dauid when his land was restored agane to him OVR Lord hath reigned let the earth reioyce let manie Ilands be glad †Cloude and mist round about him iustice and iudgement the correction of his seat †Fire shal goe before him and shal inflame his enimies round about †His lightninges shined to the round world the earth sawe and was moued †The mountaines melted as waxe before the face of our Lord before the face of our Lord al the earth †The heauens haue shewed forth his iustice and al peoples haue seene his glorie †Let them al be confounded that adore sculptils and that glorie in their idoles Adore him al ye his Angels †Sion heard and was glad And the daughters of Iuda reioyced because of thy iudgements ô Lord. †Because thou Lord most high ouer al the earth thou art exalted excedingly aboue al goddes †You that loue our Lord hate ye euil our Lord keepeth the soules of his saintes out of the hand of the sinner he wil deliuer them †Light is risen to the iust and ioy to the right of hart †Be glad ye iust in our Lord and confesse ye to the memorie of his sanctification PSALME XCVII Al men are againe inuited ioyfully to celebrate the meruelous conquest of Christ in al nations 4. with hart voice and instruments 8. al creatures acknowledging his coming to iudge the world A psalme to Dauid himselfe SING ye
the way of thy steppes †Our Lord standeth to iudge and he standeth to iudge peoples †Our Lord shal come to iudgement with the ancients of his people and his princes for you haue deuoured the vineyard and the spoile of the poore is in your house †Why do you consume my people and grinde the faces of the poore sayth our Lord the God of hostes †And our Lord sayd for that the daughters of Sion are haughtie and haue walked with stretched out necke and went with twinglings of eies and clapped their handes walked on their feete and ietted in a set pace †Our Lord shal make balde the crowne of the daughters of Sion and our Lord shal discouer their haire †In that day shal our Lord take away the ornament of shoes and litle moones †And cheynes and ouches and bracelettes and bonnettes †And the sheading combes and sloppes and tablettes and sweete balles and earlets †And ringes and pearles hanging on the forehead †And changes of apparel and shorte clokes and the fine linen and nedles †and loking glasses and launes and headbands and bonegraces †And for swete sauour there shal be stinke and for a girdle a corde and for frisled haire baldnes and for stomacher hairecloth †Thy fayrest men also shal fal by the sworde and thy strong ones in battle †And her gates shal lament and moorne and she shal sit desolate on the ground CHAP. IIII. After the destruction of the Iewes manie wemen shal seeke to marie with one man 2. but the reliques repenting of their sinnes shal returne to God 5. and florish vnder his protection AND seuen wemen shal take hold of one man in that day saying We wil eate our owne bread and be couered with our garments only let thy name be called vpon vs take away our reproch †In that day the bud of our Lord shal be in magnificence and glorie and the fruite of the earth high and exultation to them that shal be saued of Israel †And it shal be Euerie one that shal be leaft in Sion and shal remaine in Ierusalem shal be called holie euerie one that is written in life in Ierusalem †If our Lord shal cleanse the filth of the daughters of Sion and shal wash the bloud of Ierusalem out of the middes thereof in the spirit of iudgement and spirit of heate †And our Lord shal create vpon euerie place of mount Sion and where he is inuocated a clowde by day and smoke and the brightnes of flaming fyre in the night for vpon al glorie protection †And there shal be a tabernacle for a place of shadow in the day from the heate and for securitie and couert from the whyrle wind and from rayne CHAP. V. Vnder the figure of a barren vineyard is prophecied the reiection of the Iewes 7. for their sinnes of auarice 11. intemperance other wickednes 18. one iniquitie drawing an other 20. iudging good to be euil and euil good 25. for which the Gentiles of diuers nations shal afflict them I wil sing to my beloued the canticle of my cosin concerning his vinyard A vineyard was made to my beloued in horne the sonne of oile †And he hedged it and chose stones out of it and planted it elect and built a towre in the middes thereof and set vp a presse therein and looked that it should yeld grapes and it yelded wilde grapes †Now therfore ye inhabitants of Ierusalem and men of Iuda iudge betwen me and my vineyard †What is there that I ought to doe more to my vineyard and haue not done to it Whether that I looked it should yeld grapes and it hath yelded wilde grapes †And now I wil shew you what I wil doe to my vineyard I wil take away the hedge therof and it shal be into spoile I wil throw downe the wal thereof and it shal be to be troden vpon †And I wil lay it waist it shal not be pruned and it shal not be digged and bryers and thornes shal ouergrowe it and I wil command the cloudes that they rayne no shower vpon it †For the vineyarde of the Lord of hostes is the house of Israel and the man of Iuda his delectable bud I looked that it should doe iudgement and behold iniquitie and iustice and behold clamour †Woe to you that ioyne house to house and lay filde to filde euen to the end of the place why shal you alone dwel in the middes of the earth †These thinges are in my eares sayth the Lord of hostes vnles manie great and fayre houses become desolate without an inhabiter †For ten acres of the vineyards shal yeld one litle flagon and thirtie busheles of seede shal yeld three busheles †Woe to you that rise vp earely to folow drunkennes and to drinke euen vntil euening that you may be inflamed with wine †Harpe and viole timbrel and shalme and wine in your feastes and the worke of our Lord you regard not nor consider the workes of his handes †Therfore is my people led away captiue because they had not knowlege and their nobles died with famine and the multitude thereof dried away with thirst †Therfore hath hel dilated his soule and opened his mouth without anie limite and their strong ones and their people and their high and glorious ones shal descend into it †And man shal be bowed and man shal be humbled and the eies of the loftie shal be brought law †And the Lord of hostes shal be exalted in iudgement and the holie God shal be sanctified in iustice †And the lambes shal feede according to their order and strangers shal eate the deserts turned into frutefulnes †Woe to you that draw iniquitie in cordes of vanitie sinne as the linke of a wayne †Which say let him make hast let his worke come quickly that we may see it let the counsel of the holie one of Israel come and we shal know it †Woe vnto you that cal euil good and good euil putting darknes light and light darknes putting bitter for swete swete for bitter †Woe to you that are wise in your owne eies and prudent before yourselues †Woe to you that are mightie to drinke wine stout men in drunkennes †Which iustifie the impious for giftes and take away the iustice of the iust from them †For this euen as the tongue of fire deuoureth stuble and the heate of the flame burneth it vp so shal their roote be as isles and their bud shal rise vp as dust for they haue cast away the law of the Lord of hostes and haue blasphemed the word of the holie one of Israel †Therfore is the furie of our Lord wrath against his people and he hath stretched out his hand vpon them and striken them and the mountaines were trubled and their carcasses were made as dung in the
of his owne wineyard and euerie man of his owne figtree and drinke ye euerie man the water of his owne cesterne †til I come and take you away to a land that is as your owne a land of corne and of wine a land of bread and vineyards †Neither let Ezechias truble you saying Our Lord wil deliuer vs. Why haue the goddes of the nations deliuered euerie one their land out of the hand of the king of Assyrians †Where is the god of Emath and Arphad where is the god of Sepharuaim haue they deliuered Samaria out of my hand †Who is there of al the goddes of these landes which hath deliuered their land out of my hand that the Lord can deliuer Ierusalem out of any hand †And they held their peace and answered him not a word For the king had commanded saying Answer him not †And Eliacim the sonne of Helcias that was ouer the house and Sobna the scribe and Ioahe the sonne of Asaph the commenter went in to Ezechias their garments rent and told him the wordes of Rabsaces CHAP. XXXVII King Ezechias requesteth the prayers of Isaie the prophet 6. who assureth the king of Gods helpe 8. In the meane time the enimies threatening and blaspheming 14. King Ezechias prayeth 21. God promiseth to protect Ierusalem 36 and by an Angel killeth in one night an hundred eigtiefiue thousand Assirians 37. Their king returneth to Niâ—â—ue and is slaine by his owne sonnes AND it came to passe when king Ezechias had heard it he rent his garments and was wrapped in sackcloth entred into the house of our Lord. †And he sent Eliacim which was ouer the house and Sobna the scribe and the ancients of the priestes couered with sackclothes to Isaie the sonne of Amos the prophete †and they sayd to him Thus sayth Ezechias This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke and of blasphemie because the children are come euen to the birth and there is not strength to bring forth †If by any meanes our Lord thy God wil heare the wordes of Rabsaces whom the king of Assyrians his Lord hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God to vpbraide with words which our Lord thy God hath heard lift vp prayer therfore for the remnant that are left †And the seruaÌ„ts of Ezechias came to Isaie †And Isaie sayd to them Thus shal you say to your master Thus saith our Lord Feare not at the face of the wordes which thou hast heard where with the seruants of the king of the Assyrians haue blasphemed me †Behold I wil geue him a spirit and he shal heare a message and shal returne to his countrie and I wil make him fal by the sword in his owne countrie †And Rabsaces returned and found the king of Assyrians fighting agaynst Lobna For he heard that he was departed from Lachis †and he heard of Tharaca the king of Aethiopia them that sayd He is come forth to fight agaynst thee Which when he had heard he sent messengers to Ezechias saying †Thus shal you say to Ezechaias the king of Iuda speaking Let not thy God deceiue thee in whom thou hast confidence saying Ierusalen shal not be geuen into the hand of the king of the Assyrians †Loe thou hast heard al thinges the kinges of the Assyrians haue done to al countries which they haue subuerted and canst thou be deliuered †Why haue the goddes of the nations deliuered them whom my fathers haue subuerted Gozam and Haram and Reseph and the children of Eden that were in Thalassar †Where is the king of Emath and the king of Arphad and the king of the citie of Sepharuaim of Ana Aua †And Ezechias tooke the letters of the hand of the messengers and read them and went vp into the house of our Lord and Ezchias layd them open before our Lord †And Ezchias prayed to our Lord saying †O Lord of hostes God of Israel which sittest vpon the Cherubs thou art the onlie God of al the kingdomes of the earth thou hast made heauen and earth †Incline ô Lord thine eare and heare open ô Lord thine eies and see and heare al the wordes of Sennacherib which he hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God †For in verie deede ô Lord the kinges of the Assyrians haue made landes desolate and the countries of the same †And they haue geuen their goddes to fyre for they were not goddes but the workes of mens handes wood stone they brake them in peeces †And now ô Lord our God saue vs out of his hand and let al the kingdomes of the earth knowe that thou onlie art the Lord. †And Isaie the sonne of Amos sent to Ezechias saying Thus sayth our Lord the God of Israel For the thinges that thou praied me concerning Sennacherib the king of Assyrians †this is the word which our Lord hath spoken vpon him The virgin daughter of Sion hath despised thee and scorned thee the daughter of Ierusalem hath wagged the head after thee †Whom hast thou vpbrayded and whom hast thou blasphemed and vpon whom hast thou exalted voice and lifted vp the height of thine eies To the holie one of Israel †By the hand of thy seruants thou hast vpbrayded our Lord and hast sayd In the multitude of my chariotes haue I climed the height of mountaynes the toppes of Libanus and I wil cut downe the high cedres therof the chosen firre trees therof and wil enter to the toppe of the height therof to the forest of his Carmel †I haue digged and drunken the water and haue dried vp with the steppe of my foote al the riuers of the rampiers †Why hast thou not heard what I haue done to him of old from ancient daies haue I formed it and now I haue brought it to effect and it is made to the rooting out of litle hilles bickering together and of sensed cities †The inhabitants of them with shortened hand haue trembled and are confounded they are become as hay of the field and grasse of the pasture ground and herbe of the house toppes which hath withered before it was ripe †I haue knowen thy habitation and thy going out and thy coming in and thy madnes agaynst me †When thou didstrage agaynst me thy pride ascended into mine eares therfore I wil put a ring in thy nosthrels and a bitte in thy lippes wil bring thee backe into the way by which thou camest †But to thâ—e this shal be a signe eate this yeare the thinges that grow of themselues and in the second yeare eate fruites but in the third yeare sow and reape plant vineyards and eate the fruite of them †And that which shal be saued of the house of Iuda and which is leaft shal take roote downeward and shal beare fruite vpward †because out of Ierusalem there shal a remnant goe forth and saluation from mount
he hath gathered riches and not in iudgement in the middes of his dayes he shal leaue them and in his latter end he shal be a foole †A throne of glorie of height from the beginning the place of our sanctification †O Lord the expectation of Israel al that forsake thee shal be confounded they that depart from thee shal be written in the earth because they haue forsaken the vaine of liuing waters our Lord. †Heale me ô Lord and I shal be healed saue me and I shal be saued because thou art my praise †Behold they say to me Where is the word of our Lord let it come †And I am not trubled folowing thee the pastour and the day of man I haue not desired thou knowest That which hath proceeded out of my lippes hath bene right in thy sight †Be not thou a terrour vnto me thou art mine hope in the day of affliction †Let them be confounded that persecute me and let not me be confounded let them be afrayd and let not me be afrayd bring vpon them the day of affliction and with duble destruction destroy them †Thus saith our Lord to me Goe and stand in the gate of the children of the people by which the kinges of Iuda come in and goe out and in al the gates of Ierusalem †and thou shalt say to them Heare the word of our Lord ye kinges of Iuda and al Iuda and al the inhabitants of Ierusalem that enter in by these gates †Thus saith our Lord Take heede to your soules and carie not burdens on the Sabbath day neither bring them in by the gates of Ierusalem †And cast not forth burdens out of your houses on the Sabbath day and al worke you shal not doe sanctifie the Sabbath day as I commanded your fathers †And they heard not nor inclined their eare but hardned their necke that they would not heare me and that they would not take discipline †And it shal be if you wil heare me saith our Lord that you bring not burdens in by the gates of this citie on the Sabbath day and if you wil sanctifie the Sabbath day that you doe not al workes therein †there shal enter in by the gates of this citie kinges and princes sitting vpon the throne of Dauid and mounting on chariotes and horses they and their princes the men of Iuda and the inhabiters of Ierusalem and this citie shal be inhabited for euer †And they shal come from the cities of Iuda and from round about Ierusalem and from the land of Beniamin and from the champaine countries from the mountaines and from the South carying holocaust and victime and sacrifice and frankincense and they shal bring in oblation into the house of our Lord. †But if you wil not heare me to sanctifie the Sabbath day not to carie burden and not to bring in by the gates of Ierusalem on the Sabbath day I wil kindle a fire in the gates thereof and it shal deuoure the houses of Ierusalem and it shal not be quenched CHAP. XVIII As clay in the hand of a potter so is Israel in Gods hand 8. He pardoneth penitents 10. and punisheth the obstinate 18. They conspire against Ieremie for which he denounceth miseries hanging ouer them THE word that was made to Ieremie from our Lord saying †Arise and goe downe into the potters house and there thou shalt heare my wordes †And I went downe into the potters house and behold he made a worke vpon the wheele †And the vessel was broken which he made of clay with his handes and turning he made it an other vessel as it pleased in his eies to make it †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Why shal I not be able to doe vnto you as this potter ô house of Israel Behold saith our Lord as clay in the hand of the potter so are you in my hand ô house of Israel †I wil sodenly speake against nation and against kingdom to roote out and destroy and wast it †If that nation shal repent them of their euil against whom I haue spoken I also wil repent me of the euil that I haue thought to doe to it †And I wil sodenly speake of nation and of kingdom to build and plant it †If it shal do euil in mine eies that it heare not my voice I wil repent me of the good that I haue spoken to do vnto it †Now therefore tel the man of Iuda and the inhabitantes of Ierusalem saying Thus saith our Lord Behold I forge euil against you and deuise a deuice against you let euerie man returne from his euil way and direct ye your waies and your studies †Who said We are desperate for we wil goe after our cogitations and we wil do euerie one the peruersitie of his euil hart †Therefore thus saith our Lord Aske the Nations Who hath heard such horrible thinges as the virgine of Israel hath done exceedingly †Why shal the snow of Libanus faile from the rocke of the field or can the cold waters gushing forth and runing downe be drawen out †Because my people hath forgotten me sacrificing in vaine and stumbling in their waies in the pathes of the world that they might walke by them in a way not trodden †that their land might be made into desolation and into an euerlasting hisse euerie one that shal passe by it shal be astonied and wagge his head †As the burning winde wil I disperse them before the enemie the backe and not the face wil I shew them in the day of their perdition †And they said Come and let vs finde deuises against Ieremie for the law shal not perish from the priest nor counsel from the wise nor the word from the prophet come and let vs strike him with the tongue and let vs not attend to al his wordes †Attend ô Lord vnto me and heare the voice of mine aduersaries †Why is euil rendred for good because they haue digged a pitte for my soule Remember that I haue stood in the sight to speake good for them and to returne away their indignation from them †Therefore geue their children into famine and lead them into the handes of the sword let their wiues be made without children widowes and let the husbands be killed by death let their youngmen be pearced through with the sword in battel †Let a crie be heard out of their houses for thou shalt bring the robber vpon them sodenly because they haue digged a pitte to take me and haue hid snares for my feete †But thou ô Lord knowest al their counsel against me vnto death be not propicious to their iniquitie let not their sinne be cleane put out from thy face let them be made falling in thy sight in the time of thy furie deale with them CHAP. XIX The prophet holding an earthen bottel in his
Come and let vs destroy it from being a nation therefore shalt thou in silence hold thy peace and the sword shal folow thee †The voice of a crie from Oronaim waste and great destruction †Moab is destroyed proclaime a crie to her children †For by the ascent of Luith shal the mourner goe vp in weeping because in the descent of Oronaim the enemies haue heard the howling of destruction †Flee saue your liues and you shal be as heath in the desert †For that thou hast had confidence in thy munitions and in thy treasures thou also shalt be taken and Chamos shal goe into transmigration his priests and his princes together †And the spoyler shal come to euerie citie and no citie shal be saued and the valleys shal perish and the champaine countries shal be destroyed because our Lord hath said †Geue ye the floure to Moab because florishing it shal goe out and her cities shal be desolate inhabitable †Cursed be he that doeth the worke of our Lord fraudulently and cursed that stayeth his sword from bloud †Moab hath bene fruitful from his youth and hath rested in his dregges neither hath he bene powred out of vessel into vessel and hath not gone into transmigration therefore hath his taste remained in him and his sauour is not changed †Therefore behold the daies come saith our Lord and I wil send vnto him those that shal order and dispose of his pottes and they shal ouerthrow him and shal emptie his vessels and dash their pottes one against an other †And Moab shal be ashamed of Chamos as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel wherein it had confidence †How say ye We are valiant and strong men to fight †Moab is wasted her cities they haue cast downe and her chosen yongmen are gone downe into slaughter saith the king the Lord of hostes is his name †The destruction of Moab is nigh to come the euil thereof shal come exceeding swiftly †Comfort him al ye that are round about him and al you that know his name say How is the strong rod broken the glorious staffe †Come downe from thy glorie and sit in drought ô habitation of the daughter of Dibon because the waster of Moab shal come vp to thee he shal destroy thy munitions †Stand in the way and looke ô habitation of Aroer aske of him that fleeth and say to him that hath escaped What is chanced †Moab is confounded because he is ouercome howle ye and crie declare in Arnon that Moab is wasted †And iudgement is come to the champaine countrie vpon Helon and vpon Iasa and vpon Mephaath †and vpon Dibon and vpon Nabo vpon the house of Deblathaim †and vpon Cariathaim and vpon Bethgamul and vpon Bethmaon †and vpon Carioth and vpon Bosra and vpon al the cities of the Land of Moab that are far and neere †The horne of Moab is cut of and his arme is broken saith our Lord. †Make him drunken because he is erected against our Lord and Moab shal wring his hand in his vomiting and him self also shal be in derision †For Israel hath bene in derision vnto thee as though thou hadst found him amongst theeues for thy wordes therefore which thou hast spoken against him thou shalt be led captiue †Leaue the cities and dwel in the rocke ye inhabitants of Moab and be ye as a doue making her nest in the highest mouth of the hole †We haue heard the pride of Moab he is proude excedingly his haughtines and arrogancie and pride and loftines of his hart †I know saith our Lord his bosting and that the strength thereof is not according to it neither hath it endeuoured to doe according to that which it was able †Therefore wil I waile vpon Moab and to al Moab wil I crie to the men of the earthen wal that lament †Of the mourning of Iazer I wil weepe to thee ô vineyard of Sabama thy branches haue passed ouer the sea they are come euen to the sea of Iaser the spoiler hath violently entered vpon thine haruest and thy vintage †Ioy and gladnes is taken away out of Carmel and out of the Land of Moab and the wine out of the presses I haue taken away the treader of the grapeshal not sing the accustomed cheereful note †From the crie of Hesebon vnto Eleale and Iasa they haue geuen their voice from Segor to Oronaim an heyfer of three yeares old the waters also of Nemrim shal be verie il †And I wil take away from Moab faith our Lord him that offereth in the excelses and that sacrificeth to his goddes †Therefore shal my hart sound to Moab as a shaulme and my hart shal geue the sound of shaulmes to the men of the earthen wal because he hath done more then he could therefore haue they perished †For euerie head baldnes and euerie beard shal be shauen in al handes binding together and vpon euerie backe cloth of heare †Vpon al the house toppes of Moab and in the streetes thereof al mourning because I haue broken Moab as an vnprofitable vessel saith our Lord. †How is it ouercome and they haue howled How hath Moab cast downe the necke and is confounded And Moab shal be in derision and for an example to al round about him †Thus saith our Lord Behold he shal flee as an eagle shal stretch forth his winges to Moab †Carioth is taken and munitions are wonne and the hart of the valiants of Moab in that day shal be as the hart of a woman in trauel †And Moab shal cease to be a people because he hath gloried against our Lord. †Feare and pitte and snare vpon thee ô inhabiter of Moab saith our Lord. †He that shal flee from the face of feare shal fal into the pitte and he that shal come vp out of the pitte shal be taken in the snare for I wil bring vpon Moab the yeare of their visitation saith our Lord. †They stoode in the shadow of Hesebon that fled from the snare because there came a fire out of Hesebon and a flame out of the middes of Sehon and it hath deuoured part of Moab and the toppe of the children of rumult †Woe to thee Moab thou hast perished ô people of Chamos because thy sonnes are taken and thy daughters into captiuitie †And I wil conuert the captiuirie of Moab in the last daies saith our Lord. Hitherto the iudgements of Moab CHAP. XLIX The like vastation of Ammon 6. who shal be againe restored 7. destruction of Idumea 27. of the Syrians 28. Agarenes 34. and Aelamites 39. whos 's captiuitie shal at last be released TO THE children of Ammon Thus saith our Lord why hath Israel no children or hath he not an heire why then hath Melchom by inheritance possessed Gad and his people
desolation among al peoples into which our Lord hath dispersed vs. †And we are made vnderneath and not aboue because we haue sinned to the Lord our God in not obeying his voice †To the Lord our God iustice but to vs and to our fathers confusion of face as is this day †Because our Lord hath spoken vpon vs al these euils that are come vpon vs †and we haue not besought the face of the Lord our God to returne euerie one of vs from our most wicked waies †And our Lord hath watched in euils and hath brought them vpon vs because our Lord is iust in al his workes which he hath commanded vs †and we haue not heard his voice to walke in the precepts of our Lord which he hath geuen before our face †And now ô Lord God of Israel which brought out thy people out of the Land of Aegypt in a strong hand and in signes and in wonders and in thy great strength and in a mightie arme and madest thee a name as is this day †we haue sinned we haue done impiously we haue dealt vniustly ô Lord our God in al thy iustices †Let thy wrath be turned away from vs because we are left a few among the nations where thou hast dispersed vs. †Heare ô Lord our prayers and our petitions and bring vs our for thine owne sake and grant vs to fynde grace before their face that haue led vs away †that al the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God and that thy name is inuocated vpon Israel and vpon his stocke †Looke ô Lord from thy holie house vpon vs and incline thine eare and heare vs. †Open thine eies see because the dead that are in hel whose spirite is taken from their bowels shal not geue honour and iustification to our Lord †but the soule that is sorowful for the greatnes of euil and goeth crooked and weake and the eyes fayling and the hungrie soule geueth glorie and iustice to thee their Lord. †For not according to the iustices of our fathers doe we powre out prayers and aske mercie before thy sight ô Lord our God †but because thou hast sent thy wrath and thy furie vpon vs as thou hast spoken by the hande of thy seruants the prophets saying †Thus sayth our Lord Bowe downe your shoulder your necke and doe workes for the king of Babylon and you shal sitte in the land which I haue geuen to your fathers †But if you wil not heare the voice of the Lord your God to worke for the king of Babylon I wil make you to faile out of the cities of Iuda and from without Ierusalem †and I wil take from you the voice of mirth and the voice of ioy and the voice of the bridegrome and the voice of the bride and al the land shal be without foote steppe that inhabite it †And they heard not thy voice to worke for the king of Babylon and thou hast established thy wordes which thou spakest by the handes of thy seruants the prophets that the bones of our kinges and of our fathers should be transported out of their place †and behold they are cast forth in the heare of the sunne and in the frost of the night and they are dead in verie sore paines in famine and by sword and by casting forth †And hast made the temple in which thy name was there inuocated as it is this day for the iniquitie of the house of Israel and of the house of Iuda †And thou hast done in vs ô Lord our God according to al thy goodnes and according to al that thy great compassion †as thou spakest by the hand of thy seruant Moyses in the day that thou didst command him to write thy law before the children of Israel †saying If you wil not heare my voice this great multitude shal be turned into a verie litle one among the Gentiles whither I wil disperse them †because I know that the people wil not heare me for it is a people of a stiffe necke and they shal be conuerted to their hart in the land of their captiuitie †and they shal knowe that I am the Lord their God and I wil geue them a hart and they shal vnderstand and eares and they shal heare †And they shal praise me in the land of their captiuitie and shal be mindful of my name †And they shal turne away them selues from their hard backe and from their malignant workes because they shal remember the way of their fathers that sinned against me †And I wil recal them backe into the land which I sware to their fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob and they shal haue the dominion therof and I wil multiplie them and they shal not be lesned †And I wil establish vnto them an other testament euerlasting that I be their God and they shal be my people and I wil no more moue my people the children of Israel from the land that I haue geuen them CHAP. III. VVith further confession of their sinnes 8. they acknowledge their iust captiuitie 12. because they haue left true wisdome 16. which was geuen to their fathers 23. not to rich men or mightie giants 29. but to those that serue God 34. whom the starres obey 36. with a cleare prophecie of Christ. AND now ô Lord omnipotent God of Israel the soule in distresses the pensiue spirite cryeth to thee †heare Lord and haue mercie because thou art a merciful God and haue mercie vpon vs because we haue sinned before thee †Because thou sittest for euer and shal we perish euerlastingly †O Lord omnipotent God of Israel heare now the prayer of the dead of Israel and of their children that haue sinned before thee and haue not heard the voice of the Lord their God and euils haue stoocke fast to vs. †Remember not the iniquities of our fathers but remember thy hand and thy name in this time †because thou art the Lord our God and we wil praise thee ô Lord †because for this end thou hast geuen thy feare in our hartes and that we may inuocate thy name and may praise thee in our captiuitie because we are conuerted from the iniquitie of our fathers which haue sinned before thee †And behold we are in our captiuitie this day wherby thou hast dispersed vs into reproch and into malediction and into sinne according to al the iniquities of our fathers which haue reuolted from thee ô Lord our God †Heare Israel the commandments of life harken with your eares that you may know prudence †What is the matter Israel that thou art in the land of the enemies †Thou art waxen old in a strange land thou art defiled with the dead thou art reputed with them that goe downe into hel †Thou hast forsaken the fountaine of wisdom †for if thou
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
saith our Lord God Behold I wil deliuer thee into the handes of them whom thou hatest into their handes of whom thy soule is filled †And they shal deale with thee in hatred and they shal take away al thy labours and shal let thee goe naked and ful of ignominie and the ignominie of thy fornications shal be reueled thy wicked dede and thy fornications †They haue done these thinges to thee because thou hast fornicated after the Nations among which thou wast polluted in their idols †Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister and I wil geue her cuppe in thy hand †Thus saith our Lord God The cuppe of thy sister thou shalt drinke deepe and wide thou shalt be into derision and into scorne which is most capable †With drunckennes and sorow thou shalt be replenished with the cuppe of pensifenes and sadnes with the cuppe of thy sister Samaria †And thou shalt drinke it and shalt drinke it vp euen to the dregges and the fragments therof thou shalt deuoure thou shalt rent thy breastes because I haue spoken saith our Lord God Therfore thus saith our Lord God Because thou hast forgotten me and hast cast me of behind thy bodie thou also beare thy wickednes and thy fornications †And our Lord spake to me saying Sonne of man doest thou iudge Oolla and Ooliba and shewest thou them their wicked deedes †because they haue committed aduoutrie and bloud is in their handes and with their idols they haue fornicated moreouer also their children whom they begate for me they haue offered vnto them to be deuoured †Yea and they haue done this to me They polluted my sanctuarie in that day and profaned my sabbathes †And when they immolated their children to their idols and went into my sanctuarie in that day to pollute it these thinges also they did in the middes of my house †They sent to men comming from far to whom they had sent a messenger therfore loe they came to whom thou didst wash thyself and didst annoint thine eyes about with stibikestone and wast adorned with wemens ornaments †Thou satest in a very faire bed and a table was decked before thee mine incense and mine oyntment thou didst set vpon it †And the voice of a multitude reioycing was on it and on the men that were brought of the maltitude of men and came from the desert they did put bracelets on their handes and beautiful crownes on their heades †And I said to her that was worne in aduoutries Now wil this woman also fornicate in her fornication †And they went to her as to an harlot woman so went they vnto Oolla and Ooliba wicked wemen †They therfore are iust men these shal iudge them with the iudgement of adulteresses and with the iudgement of bloudshedders because they are adultresses and bloud is in their handes †For thus saith our Lord God Bring a multitude to them and deliuer them into tumult and into spoile †and let them be stoned with the stones of peoples and let them be thrust through with their swordes they shal kil their sonnes and daughters and their houses they shal burne with fire †And I wil take away the wickednes out of the land al wemen shal learne not to doe according to the wickednes of them †And they shal geue your wickednes vpon you and the sinnes of your idols you shal carie and you shal know that I am the Lord God CHAP. XXIIII Ierusalem manie wayes chasticed of God and not amended 11. shal at last be melted like a brasse potte 15. and shal not dare to mourne for the death of her dearest AND the word of our Lord was made to me in the ninth yeare in the tenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth saying †Sonne of man write thee the name of this day wherin the king of Babylon is confirmed against Ierusalem to day †And thou shalt speake by a prouerbe to the exasperating house a parable and shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord God Set thou a potte st it I say and put water into it †Heape together the peeces therof into it euerie good part the thigh and the shoulder the chosen thinges and ful of bones †Take the fattest beast and lay together pyles of bones also vnder it the seething therof is boyling hotte and the bones therof are throughly sodden in the middes therof †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Wo to the citie of bloud to the potte whose rustines is in it and the rustines therof is not gone out of it by her partes and by her partes cast her out there hath no lotte fallen vpon her †For her bloud is in the middes of her she hath shed it vpon the most cleare rocke she shed it not vpon the ground that it might be couered with dust †That I might bring mine indignation in vpon her and might reuenge with vengeance I gaue her bloud vpon the most clere rocke that it might not be couered †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Wo to the citie of bloud whose bonefire I wil make great †Heape together the bones which I wil burne with fire the flesh shal be consumed and al the composition shal be sod and the bones shal drie away †Set it also vpon hote burning coles emptie that the brasse therof may waxe hote and be melted and let the filth of it be melted in the middes therof let the rust therof be consumed †There hath bene sweating with much labour and the exceding rust therof is not gone out no not by fire †Thine vncleannes is exectable because I would clense thee and thou art not clensed from thy filthines yea neither shalt thou be clensed before I make myne indignation to cease in thee †I the Lord haue spoken It shal come and I wil doe it I wil not passe nor spare nor be pacified according to thy wayes and according to thine inuentions wil I iudge thee saith our Lord. †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man behold I take from thee the thing that thine eyes desire in a plague and thou shalt not lament nor weepe neither shal thy teares runne †Sigh holding thy peace thou shalt not make the mourning of the dead let thy crowne be tyed round about thee and thy shoes shal be on thy feete neither shalt thou couer thy face with a cloth neither shalt thou eare the meates of mourners †I spake therfore to the people in the morning and my wife died at euen and I did in the morning as he had commanded me †And the people sayd to me Why doest thou not tel vs what these thinges signifie that thou doest †And I sayd to them The word of our Lord was made to me saying †Speake to the house of Israel Thus sayth our Lord God Behold I wil pollute my sanctuarie
that the vessels of gold siluer should be brought which Nabuchodonosor his father had caried away out of the temple that was in Ierusalem that the king and his Nobles might drinke in them and his wiues and concubines †Then were the golden and siluer vessels brought which he had caried away out of the temple that was in Ierusalem and the king and his nobles dranke in them his wiues and concubines †They dranke wine and praysed their goddes of gold and of siluer of brasse of yron and of wood and of stone †In the very same houre there appeared fingers as it were of the hand of a man writing ouer against the candlesticke in the vtter part of the wal of the kings palace and the king beheld the ioynts of the hand that wrote †Then was the kings face changed and his cogitations trubled him and the iunctures of his reynes were loosed and his knees were striken one against the other †The king therfore cried out mightely that they should bring in the magicians Chaldees and southsayers And the king speaking sayd to the wisemen of Babylon Whosoeuer shal read this writing and shal make the interpretation therof manifest vnto me shal be clothed with purple and shal haue a golden chayne on his necke shal be the third in my kingdom †Then al the kings wisemen going in could not neither read the writing nor declare the interpretation to the king †Wherewith king Baltassar was much trubled and his countenance was changed yea and his nobles were trubled †And the queene for the thing that had happened to the king and his Nobles entered into the house of the feast and speaking she sayd King for euer liue let not thy cogitations truble thee neither let thy face be changed †There is a man in thy kingdom that hath the spirit of the holie goddes in him and in the dayes of thy father knowlege and wisedom were found in him for king Nabuchodonosor also thy father appoynted him prince of the magicians inchanters Chaldees and southsayers thy father I say ô king †Because more ample spirit and prudence and vnderstanding interpretation of Dreames and shewing of secrets and solution of thinge bound were found in him that is in Daniel to whom the king gaue the name Baltassar Now therfore let Daniel be called and he wil tel the interpretation †Daniel therfore was brought in before the king To whom the king speaking said Art thou Daniel of the children of the captiuitie of Iuda whom my father the king brought out of Iewrie †I haue heard of thee that thou hast the spirit of the goddes and more ample knowlege and vnderstanding and wisedom are found in thee †And now there haue come in into my sight the wise magicians that they might read this writing and might shew me the interpretation therof and they could not declare me the sense of this word †Moreouer I haue heard of thee that thou canst interpret obscure thinges and resolue thinges bound if therfore thou be able to reade the writing to shew me the interpretation therof thou shalt be clothed with purple and shalt haue a cheyne of gold about thy necke shalt be the third prince in my kingdom †To which thinges Daniel answering sayd before the king Thy rewardes be they vnto thee and the giftes of thy house geue to an other but the writing wil I read thee ô king and the interpretation therof wil I shew to thee †O king God the most high gaue to Nabuchodonosor thy father kingdom and magnificence glorie and honour †And for the magnificence which he gaue to him al peoples tribes and tongues trembled and feared him whom he would he killed and whom he would he stroke and whom he would he exalted and whom he would he humbled †But when his hart was eleuated and his spirit obstinatly set to pride he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom and his glorie was taken away †And he was cast out from the sonnes of men yea and his hart was set with the beasts and with the wild asses was his habitation grasse also he did eate as an oxe and with the dew of heauen his bodie was embrewed til he knew that the Highest had powre in the kingdom of men and whomsoeuer it shal please him he wil raise vp ouer it †Thou also his sonne Baltassar hast not humbled thy hart wheras thou knowest al these thinges †but against the dominatour of heauen thou wast eleuated and the vessels of his house haue bene brought before thee and thou and thy nobles and thy wiues and thy concubins haue drunke wine in them the goddes also of siluer and of gold and of brasse of yron and of wood and of stone that see not nor heare nor feele thou hast praysed moreouer the God that hath thy breath in his hand and al thy wayes thou hast not glorified †Therfore from him is the ioynt of the hand sent which hath written this that is drawen †And this is the writing which is ordered MANE THECEL PHARES †And this the interpretation of the word MANE God hath numbred thy kingdom and hath finished it †THECEL thou art weighed in the balance and art found hauing lesse †PHARES thy kingdom is diuided and is geuen to the Medes and Persians †Then the king commanding Daniel was clothed with purple and a cheyne of gold was put about his necke it was proclamed of him that he had powre the third in the kingdom †The same night was Baltassar the king of Chaldee slaine †And Darius the Mede succeded into the kingdom being three score and two yeares old CHAP. VI. King Darius making Daniel one of the three chief rulers of his kingdom 4. and intending also to aduance him higher other princes accuse him for praying to God contrarie to the kings edict 16. wherupon he is cast into the lions denne 21. but is conserued without anie hurt 24. his accusers are deuoured by the lions and commandment is geuen that al men shal feare the God of Daniel IT pleased Darius and he appoynted ouer the kingdom Gouerners an hundred twentie to be in al his kingdom †And ouer them three princes of whom Daniel was one that the gouerners might render account to them the king might susteyne no truble †Daniel therfore passed al the princes and gouerners because there was the spirit of God more ample in him †Moreouer the king thought to appoynt him ouer al the kingdom wherupon the princes the gouerners sought to finde occasion against Daniel on the behalfe of the king and they could finde no cause nor suspicion because he was faithful and no fault nor suspicion was found in him †Those men therfore said We shal not finde against this same Daniel any occasion vnles perhaps in the law of his God †Then the princes and the
and hath spared his people †And our Lord answered and sayd to his people Behold I wil send you corne and wine and oyle and you shal be replenished with them and I wil geue you no more to be a reproch in the Gentils †And him that is from the North I wil make far from you and I wil expel him into a land vnpassable desert his face against the east sea and his extreme part to the last sea his stinke shal ascend his rotennes shal ascend because he hath done proudly †Feare not ô land reioyce be glad because our Lord hath magnified to doe †Feare not ye beastes of the region because the beautiful thinges of the desert are sprung because the tree hath brought his fruite the figtree and the vine haue geuen their vigour †And ye children of Sion reioyce and be ioyful in the Lord your God because he hath geuen you a doctor of iustice and he wil make the early and the late showre to descend to you as in the beginning †And the floores shal be filled with wheare and the presses shal ouerflow with wine and oyle †And I wil render you the yeares which the locust the bruke and the blast and the eruke hath eaten my great strength which I haue sent vpon you †And you shal eate eating and shal be filled and you shal praise the name of the Lord your God that hath done meruels with you and my people shal not be confounded for euer †And you shal know that I am in the middes of Israel I the Lord your God and there is none besides and my people shal not be confounded for euer †And it shal be after this I wil powre out my spirit vpon al flesh and your sonnes your daughters shal prophecie your ancients shal dreame dreames and your yong men shal see visions †Yea and vpon my seruants and handmayds in those dayes I wil powre out my spirit †And I wil geue wonders in heauen and in earth bloud and fire and vapour of smoke †The sunne shal be turned into darkenes and the moone into bloud before the great and horrible day of the Lord doth come †And it shal be euerie one that shal inuocate the name of the Lord shal be saued because in mount Sion and in Ierusalem shal be saluation as our Lord hath sayd and in the residew whom our Lord shal cal CHAP. III. After the conuersion of the Iewes to Christ 2. shortly foloweth the general Iudgement 3. where euerie one according to their desertes shal receiue expressed here in parabolical speach 7. 19. the wicked euerlasting paine 18. 20. and the blessed eternal ioy BECAVSE loe in those dayes and in that time when I shal conuert the captiuitie of Iuda and Ierusalem †I wil gather together al Nations wil lead them into the valley of Iosaphat and I wil plead with them there vpon my people and myne inheritance Israel whom they haue dispersed in the nations and haue diuided my land †And vpon my people they haue cast lot and boy they haue geuen to be a strumpet and wench they haue sould for wine that they might drinke †But what is to me and to you ô Tyre and Sidon and al the border of the Palesthines what wil you render me reuenge and if you doe reuenge against me I wil soone render you quickly recompence vpon your head †For my siluer and my gold you haue taken and my desiderable thinges and most beautiful you haue caried into your temples †And the children of Ierusalem you haue sold to the children of the Greekes that you might make them far of from their coasts †Behold I wil rayse them vp out of the place wherin you haue sold them and I wil turne your retribution vpon your owne head †And I wil sel your sonnes your daughters into the handes of the children of Iuda and they shal sel them to the Sabaeans a nation far of because our Lord hath spoken †Proclaime ye this in the Gentils sanctifie battel rayse vp the strong let them come let al the men of warre come vp †Cut your ploughes into swordes and your spades into speares Let the weake say That I am strong †Breake out and come al ye nations from round about and be gathered together there wil our Lord make al thy strong ones to be slaine †Let them arise and let the Gentils ascend into the valley of Iosaphat because there I wil sit to iudge al nations round about †Put in the sithes because the haruest is ripe come and descend because the presse is ful the presses runne ouer because their malice is multiplied †Peoples people 's in the valley of d concision because the day of our Lord is nigh in the valley of concision †The sunne and the moone are darkened and the starres haue withdrawen their shining †And our Lord wil roare out of Sion and out of Ierusalem he wil geue his voice and the heauens the earth shal be moued and our Lord the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israel †And you shal know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Sion my holy mount and Ierusalem shal be holie strangers shal passe through it no more †And it shal be in that day the mountaines shal distil sweetnes and the hilles shal flow with milke and through al the riuers of Iuda shal runne waters a fountaine shal issue out of the house of the Lord and shal water the torrent of thornes †Aegypt shal be into desolation Idumea into a desert of perdition for that they haue done vniustly against the children of Iuda and haue shed innocent bloud in their land †And Iewrie shal be inhabited for euer and Ierusalem vnto generation and generation †And I wil clense their bloud which I had not clensed and the Lord wil dwel in Sion THE PROPHECIE OF AMOS AMOS a heardesman of Thecua in the tribe of Zabulon was indued with the spirite of prophecie about the same time with Osee and Ioel in the reigne of Ozias king of Iuda and of Ieroboam sonne of Ioas king of Israel in Metaphores and other obscure speaches agreable to his pastoral education but profound in sense prophecieth especially against the kingdom of Israel and diuers Gentiles partly also against Iuda foreshewing their afflictions for their sinnes but at last the vocation of al Nations to Christ with abundance of spiritual graces in his Church CHAP. I. In the reigne of Iozias in Iuda and of Ieroboam in Israel this prophet Amos 3. threatneth Damascus 6. Gaza 8. Azotus and other Philistians 9. Tyre 11. Idumea 13. and Ammon for their obstinacie in sinne abusing his long patience THE wordes of Amos who was among the pastours of Thecua Which he saw vpon
riuer Euphrates euen to the riuer of Aegypt †and that he should bring vp Antiochus his sonne til he returned †And he deliuered to him half the armie and Elephants and he gaue him in commandment concerning al thinges that he would concerning the inhabitants of Iurie and Ierusalem †and that he should send an armie to them to destroy and roote out the powre of Israel and the remnant of Ierusalem and to take away the memorie of them out of the place †and that he should appoynt inhabitants in al their costs children strangers should by lot distribute their land †And the king tooke the part of the armie that remayned and went forth from Antioch the citie of his kingdom in the yeare an hundreth and seuen and fourtie and he passed ouer the riuer Euphrates walked through the higher countries †And Lysias chose Ptolomee the sonne of Doryminus and Nicanor and Gorgias mightie men of the kings freindes †And he sent with them fourtie thousand men and seuen thousand horsemen that they should come into the land of Iuda and should destroy it according to the word of the king †And they went forth with al their power and came and ioyned nere to Enimaum in the champaine countrie †And the merchants of the countries heard the name of them and they tooke siluer and gold exceding much and seruants and they came into the campe to take the children of Israel for slaues and there were added to them the armie of Syria and of the land of the strangers †And Iudas saw and his bretheren that the euils were multiplied and the armies approched to their borders and they knew the kings words which he commanded to doe to the people vnto destruction and consummation †and they sayd euerie one to his neighbour Let vs set vp the abasing of our people and let vs fight for our people and our holies †And an assemblie was gathered that they should be readie vnto battel and that they should pray and desire mercie and miserations †And Ierusalem was not inhabited but was as a desert there was none that came in and went out of her children and the holie place was conculcated and the children of strangers were in the castel there was the inhabitation of the Gentils and pleasure was taken away from Iacob and there failed their pipe and harpe †And they gathered together and came into Maspha against Ierusalem because the place of prayer in Israel was in Maspha before †And they fasted that day and clothed themselues with heareclothes and put ashes on their head and they rent their garments †and they layd open the bookes of the law out of which the Gentils searched the similitude of their idols †and they brought the ornaments of priests and first fruites and tithes and raysed vp Nazareits that had fulfilled their dayes †and they cried with a lowd voice to heauen saying What shal we doe with these whither shal we carie them †And thy holies are conculcated and they are contaminated and thy priests are brought into mourning and into humiliation †And behold the Nations are come together against vs to destroy vs thou knowest what thinges they intend against vs. †How shal we be able to stand before their face vnles thou ô God doe helpe vs †And with trumpets they cried out with a lowd voice †And after these thinges Iudas appointed captaynes of the people tribunes and centurions and a seargents and decurions †And he sayd to them that built houses and despoused wiues and planted vyneyards and to the fearful that euerie one should returne into his house according to the law †And they remoued the campe and pitched at the South of Emmaum †And Iudas sayd Gird vp your selues and be mightie sonnes and be readie agaynst the morning that you may fight against these nations which are assembled against vs to destroy vs and our holies †because it is better for vs to dye in battel then to see the euils of our nation and of the holies †but as it shal be the wil in heauen so be it done CHAP. IIII. Gorgias with six thousand souldiars wel appointed intending sudenly to destroy the Israelites armie of three thousand not wel armed 8. is defeated halfe of his men slaine the rest running away 16. Iudas staying his men from spoyling til the enemies were out of sight then they take rich prayes and render thankes to God 28. The next yeare Lysias with three score thousand foote and six thousand horsemen inuading Iurie Iudas with tenne thousand making his prayer to God killeth fiue thousand 35. the rest flying Lysias gathereth more souldiars 36. Iudas with his bretheren and others clense the temple and renew holie thinges 55. Offer Sacrifice 58. and institute a feast of the dedication of a new Altar AND Gorgias tooke fiue thousand chosen horsemen they remoued the campe by night †that they might approch to the campe of the Iewes and might strike them sodenly and the children that were of the castel were their guides †And Iudas heard and arose he and the mighties to strike the powre of the kings armie that were in Emmaum †For as yet the armie was dispersed from the campe †And Gorgias came into the campe of Iudas by night and found no man and he sought them in the mountaynes because he sayd These flee from vs. †And when the day was come Iudas appeared in the filde with three thousand men onlie which had not harnes and swords as they would †and they saw the campe of the Gentils strong and the men in brigantines and horsemen round about them and these were skilful to battel †And Iudas sayd to the men that were with him Feare not the multitude of them of their assault be not afrayd †Remember in what sort our fathers were saued in the redsea when Pharao with a great armie folowed them †And now let vs crie towards heauen and our Lord wil haue mercie on vs and wil be mindful of the testament of our fathers wil destroy this armie before our face this day †and al Nations shal know that there is one that redemeth and deliuereth Israel †And the aliens lifted vp their eyes and saw them coming against them †And they went out of the campe into battel and these that were with Iudas sounded with the trumpet †And they mette together and the Gentils were discomfited and fled into the playne †but al the hi◠most fel by the sword and they pursewed them as far as Gezeron and euen to the playnes of Idumea and of Azotus and of Iamnia and there fel of them euen to three thousand men †And Iudas returned and his armie folowing him †And he sayd to the people Couet not the spoiles because there is battel against vs †and Gorgias and his
haue they extended the hand but also into al our coasts †and behold they haue approched this day to the castel in Ierusalem to take it and they haue fortified a fortresse in Bethsura †and vnles thou preuent them more spedely they wil doe greater thinges then these and thou shalt not be able to winne them †And the king was angrie as he heard these thinges and he called together al his freinds and the princes of his armie and them that were ouer the horsemen †Yea and of other realmes and of the ilands by the sea there came vnto him hyred armies †And the number of his armie was an hundred thousand footemen and twentie thousand horsemen and elephants thirtie two taught to battel †And they came through Idumea and approched to Bethsura and fought manie dayes and they made engins and came forth and burnt them with fyre and fought manfully †And Iudas departed from the castel and remoued the campe to Bethzacaram against the kings campe †And the king arose before it was light and stirred the bands into fiercenes against the way to Bethzacaram and the armies made themselues readie to the battel and they sounded with trumpets †and to the elephants they shewed the bloud of the grape and of the mulberie to prouoke them to the battel †And they diuided the beasts by the legions and there stood by euerie elephant a thousand men in coates of maile helmets of brasse on their heads and fiue hundred horsemen set in order were chosen for cuerie beast †These before the time whersoeuer the beast was there were they and whither soeuer it went they went and they departed not from it †Yea vpon them were strong woodden to wres prorecting euerie beast vpon them engins and vpon euerie one thirtie two men of strength which fought from aboue within the master of the beast †And the residue of the horsemen he placed on this side and on that side into two parts with trumpets to stir vp the armie to vrge them that stood thicke together in the legions therof †And as the sunne did shine vpon the bucklers of gold and of brasse the mountaynes glistered there with and they glistered as lampes of fire †And part of the kings armie was seuered by the high montaynes and an other part by the low places and they marched warely and orderly †And al the inhabitants of the land were moued at the voice of the multitude of them and the marching of the troupe the ratling of the armour for it was an armie exceding great and strong †And Iudas approched and his armie into battel there fel of the kings armie six hundred men †And Eleazar the sonne of Saura saw one of the beasts harnessed with the kings harnes and it was eminent aboue the other beasts and it semed to him that the king was on it †and he gaue himself to deliuer his people and to get him self an euerlasting name †And he ranne to it boldly in the middes of the legion killing on the right hand on the left and they were slaine of him on this side and that side †And he went vnder the feete of the elephant and put himself vnder him and slew him and it fel to the ground vpon him and he died there †And they seing the kinges powre and the fiercenes of his armie turned them selues aside from them †But the kings campe went vp against them vnto Ierusalem and the kings campe approched to Iurie and mount Sion †And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura and they came forth out of the citie because there were no victuals for them there benig shút vp because it was the sabbaths of the land †And the king tooke Bethsura and he placed there a garrison to kepe it †And he turned the place of the sanctification manie dayes he placed there arbalists and engins and instruments to cast fyre and peeces to cast stones and arrowes scorpions to shoote arrowes and slings †And they also made engins against their engins and they fought manie dayes †But there were no victuals in the citie for that it was the seuenth yeare and they that had remayned in Iurie of the Gentils had consumed their remaynes that had bene layd vp †And there remayned in the holies few men because famine had preuailed ouer them and they were dispersed euerie man into his place †And Lysias heard that Philip whom king Antiochus when he liued had appointed to bring vp his sonne to reigne †was returned from Persis and Media and the armie that went with him and that he sought to take vpon him the affayres of the kingdom †and he hastened to goe and to say to the king and to the princes of the armie We decay dayly and there is litle victual for vs and the place that we besiege is fensed it lyeth vpon vs to take order for the kingdom †Now therfore let vs geue the right handes to these men and make peace with them and with al their nation †And let vs decree for them that they walke in their owne ordinances as before For because of their ordinances which we dispised they haue bene wrath and haue done al these thinges †And the word was liked in the sight of the king and of the princes and he sent vnto them to make peace and they receiued it †And the king and the princes sware to them and they came out of the fortresse †And the king entred mount Sion and saw the munition of the place and he brake quickly the othe which he sware and commanded to destroy the wal round about †And he departed in hast and returned to Antioche and found Philip ruling ouer the citie and he fought against him and wanne the citie CHAP. VII Demetrius commandeth to kil Antiochus and Lysias being eaptiues 5. Alcimus and other wicked Iewes solicite the king 8. and he sendeth a great armie into Iurie appointeth Bacchides general and Alcimus highpriest 10. Who falsly pretending peace Iudas doth not credite them but the Assidians are deceiued 16. and manie are slayne 23. Iudas resisting the persecuters depart 26. Wherupon Nicanor is sent with an other armie fighteth and loseth manie men 33. parteth in great rage 39. assaulteth Bethoron 42. is slayne and his armie flying is al destroyed 48. They celebrate that day with ioy and haue peace for a while IN the yeare an hundreth fiftie first went forth Demetrius the sonne of Seleucus from the citie of Rome and he ascended with few men into a citie by the sea side and reigned there †And it came to passe as he entered into the house of the kingdom of his fathers the armie tooke Antiochus and Lysias to bring them vnto him †And the king was knowne to him and he sayd Shew me not their face †And the armie slew
epistles to his felowes that were in Iurie to take Ionathas and them that were with him but they could not because their counsel was knowen to them †And he apprehended of the men of the countrie that were the principal of the mischife fiftie men and he slew them †And Ionathas retyred aside and Simon and they that were with him into Bethbessen which is in the desert and he built vp the ruins therof and they fortified it †And Bacchides vnderstood it and gathered together al his multitude and sent word to them that were of Iurie †And he came and camped aboue Bethbessen and assaulted it manie dayes and made engins †And Ionathas left Simon his brother in the citie and went forth into the countrie and came with a number †and stroke Odares and his bretheren and the children of Phaseron in their tabernacles he began to slay and to grow in forces †But Simon and they that were with him went out of the citie and burnt the engins †and they fought against Bacchides and he was discomfited by them and they afflicted him excedingly because his counsel and his conflict was in vayne †And being angrie against the wicked men that had geuen him counsel to come into their countrie he slewe manie of them but himself thought with the rest to depart into their countrie †And Ionathas vnderstood it and he sent vnto him legates to make peace with him and to render vnto him the captiues †And he tooke it gladly and did according to his wordes sware that he would doe him no harme al the dayes of his life †And he rendered vnto him the captiues which he before had taken for a praye out of the land of Iuda and returning he departed into his owne countrie and he added no more to come into their coasts †And the sword ceased out of Israel and Ionathas dwelt in Machmas Ionathas began there to iudge the people and he destroyed the impious out of Israel CHAP. X. Demetrius inuaded by Alexander 3. seeketh helpe of Ionathas 15. but he ioyneth with Alexander a surer freind 22. though Demetrius solicite him againe offering rewardes with remission of tributes 31. and great priuilegies 46. Al which he suspecting to be feaned persisteth with Alexander 48. who in battel killeth Demetrius 52. espouseth the kings daughter of Aegypt 59. calleth Ionathas to the mariage 62. and honoreth him as a king 67. Demetrius the sonne coming into Syria sendeth Apollonius against Ionathas 70. prouoketh him 74. and is ouerthrowen 79. notwithstanding his ambushment of a thousand horsemen 83. Ionathas burneth Asotus with their idol Dagon 86. so returneth by Ascalon to Ierusalem with great glorie AND in the yeare an hundreth threescore came vp Alexander the sonne of Antiochus that was surnamed Noble and he tooke Ptolemais and they receiued him and he reigned there †And Demetrius the king heard it and he gathered together an exceding great armie and went forth to meete him into battel †And Demetrius sent an epistle to Ionathas in peaceable wordes to magnifie him †For he sayd Let vs preuent to make peace with him before he make with Alexander against vs †for he wil remember al the euils that we haue done against him and against his brother and against his nation †And he gaue him authoritie to gather an armie and to make weapons and to be himself his felow and the hostages that were in the castel he commanded to be deliuered to him †And Ionathas came into Ierusalem and read the epistles in the hearing of al the people and of them that were in the castle †And they feared with great feare because they heard that the king gaue him authoritie to gather an armie †And the hostages were deliuered to Ionathas he rendered them to their parents †And Ionathas dwelt in Ierusalem and began to build and to renew the citie †And he spake to them that made the workes that they should build the walles and mount Sion round about with square stones for munition and so they did †And the Aliens fled that were in the holdes which Bacchides had built †and euerie man left his place and departed into his owne countrie †onlie in Bethsura there remained some of them that had forsaken the law and the precepts of God for this was for a refuge to them †And Alexander the king heard of the promises that Demetrius had promised to Ionathas and they told him the battels and the worthie acts that he did and his bretheren and the labours that they endured †and he sayd Why shal we find any such man and now we wil make him a freind our felow †And he wrote an epistle sent it to him according to these wordes saying †KING Alexander to his brother Ionathas greeting †We haue heard of thee that thou art mightie of powre and art meete to be our freind †now we make thee this day high priest of thy nation that thou be called the kings freind and he sent him purple and a crowne of gold and in our affayres thou be of one minde with vs and keepe amitie towards vs. †And Ionathas put on him the holie stole the seuenth moneth in the yeare an hundreth threescore in the solemne day of Scenopegia and he gathered an armie and made very manie weapons †And Demetrius heard these wordes and was exceding sorie and sayd †What is this that we haue done that Alexander hath preuented vs to take the frendshippe of the Iewes for his strength †I also wil write to them wordes of request and dignities and gifts that they may be with me to ayde me †And he wrote to them in these wordes KING Demetrius to the nation of the Iewes greeting †Because you haue kept couenant towards vs and haue continewed in our amitie and haue not ioyned to our enemies we haue heard of it are glad †And now perseuere stil to keepe fidelitie towards vs we wil reward you with good thinges â—or that you haue done with vs. †And we wil remitte you manie charges and wil geue you manie gifts †And now I release you and al the Iewes from tributes and I pardon you the prices of salt and remitte the crownes and the thirds of the seede †and the halfe of the fruite of trees which is my portion I leaue to you from this day forward that it be not taken of the land of Iuda and of the three cities that are added therto of Samaria and Galilee from this day and for euer †and let Ierusalem be holie and free with the coasts therof and the tithes tributes be they to it †I release also the authoritie of the castel that is in Ierusalem and I geue it to the high priest to place therin men whomsoeuer he shal choose that may keepe it †And euerie soule of the Iewes that is
killeth Ionathas and his sonnes 25 Simon erecteth a memorie to his parentes and bretheren 31. Tryphon murthereth his young king 33. Simon fortifieth the countrie obteyneth peace and liberties of Demetrius 42. subdueth the citie Gaza and the rebellious castle within Ierusalem AND Simon heard that Tryphon gathered a very great armie to come into the land of Iuda and to destroy it †Seing that the people was in dread and in feare he went vp to Iurusalem and assembled the people †and exhorting he sayd You know what great battels I and my bretheren and the house of my father haue made for the lawes the holies and the distresses that we haue sene †by reason of these are al my bretheren perished for Israel and I onlie am left †And now let it not fal to me to spate my life in al time of tribulation for I am not better then my bretheren †I wil auenge therfore my nation and the holies our children also wiues because al the heathen are gathered together to destroy vs of emnitie †And the spirit of the people was kindled as soone as they heard these wordes †and they answered with a lowd voice saying Thou art our captayne in the place of Iudas and Ionathas thy brother †fight thou our battel we wil doe al thinges whatsoeuer thou shalt say to vs. †And gathering together al the men of warre he hastened to finish al the walles of Ierusalem and fortified it round about †And he sent Ionathas the sonne of Absalom with him a new armie into Ioppe and they that were in the castel being cast out he remayned there †And Tryphon remoued from Prolemais with a great armie to come into the land of Iuda Ionathas with him in ward †But Simon pitched in Addus against the face of the playne †And a Tryphon vnderstood that Simon was risen in the place of his brother Ionathas and that he would ioyne battel with him he sent legats to him †saying For the siluer that thy brother Ionathas owed in the kings account for the affayres which he had we haue stayed him †And now send an hundred talents of siluer and his two sonnes for hostages that being dismissed he flee not from vs and we wil release him †And Simon knew that with guile he spake with him neuertheles he commanded the siluer and the children to be geuen lest he should get great emnitie with the people of Israel saying †Because he sent not the siluer the children therfore is he perished †And he sent the children and the hundred talents and helyed and dismissed not Ionathas †And after these thinges came Tryphon within the countrie to destroy it and they compassed by the way that leadeth to Addar Simon and his campe marched into euerie place whither soeuer they went †And they that were in the castel sent legates to Tryphon that he should hasten to come through the desert and should send them victuals †And Tryphon prepared al the horsemen to come that night but there was an exceding great snow and he came not into the countrie of Galaad †And when he had approched to Bascama he slew Ionathas and his sonnes there †And Tryphon returned went into his countrie †And Simon sent and tooke the bones of Ionathas his brother and buried them in Modin the citie of his fathers †And al Israel lamented him with great lamentation they mourned for him manie dayes †And Simon built ouer the sepulcher of his father and of his bretheren a building high to behold of stone polished behind and before †and he erected seuen spyres one against one to his father and mother and to his foure bretheren †and about these he set great pillers and vpon the pillers armour for an eternal memorie and by the armour shippes grauen which might be sene of al that sayled the sea †This is the sepulcher that he made in Modin euen vntil this day †But Tryphon whē he iourneyed with Antiochus the king being but a yong man by guile he slew him †And he reigned in his place and put the crowne of Asia vpon him self and made a great plague in the land †And Simon built the fortresses of Iurie fortifying them with high towres and great walles and gates and lockes and he put victuals in the fortresses †And Simon chose men sent to Demetrius the king that he would make a release to the countrie because al Tryphons actes had bene done by spoile †And Demetrius the king according to these wordes answered him and wrote an epistle in this maner †KING demetrius to Simon the high priest and the freind of kinges and to the ancients and to the nation of the Iewes greeting †The crowne of gold and the bahem which you sent we haue receiued and we are readie to make with you great peace and to write to the kings chiefe officers to release you the thinges that we haue released †For what soeuer thinges we haue decreed vnto you stand in force The holdes that you haue built let them be to you †We remitte also the ignorances and offences euen vntil this day and the crowne which you owed and if any other thing was tributarie in Ierusalem now let it not be tributarie †And if anie of you be fitte to be inrolled among ours let them be inrolled and let there be peace betwen vs. †In the yeare an hundreth seuentie was the yoke of the Gentils taken away from Israel †And the people of Israel began to write in the tables and publique instruments The first yeare vnder Simon the high priest the great duke and the prince of the Iewes †in these dayes Simon approched to Gaza and compassed it with campes and he made engins set them to the citie and he stroke one towre and tooke it †And they that were within the engin brake out into the citie and there was made a great sturre in the citie †And they that were in the citie went vp with their wiues children vpon the wal their coates rent and they cried with a lowd voice desyring of Simon that the right handes might be geuen them †and they sayd Requite vs not according to our malices but occording to thy mercies †And Simon yelding destroyed them not but yet he cast them out of the citie and clensed the houses wherein there had bene idols and then he entered into it with hymes blessing our Lord †and al filthines being cast out of it he placed in it men that should doe the law and he fortified it and made it his habitation †But they that were in the castel of Ierusalem were prohibited to goe out and to come in to the countrie to bye and sel and they were exceding hungrie and manie of them perished for famine †and they cried to Simon to
men of Iurie to the defence of the countrie of the citie he raysed the walles of Ierusalem †And king Demetrius appointed him the high priesthood †According to these thinges he made him his friend and glorified him with great glorie †For he heard that the Iewes were called of the Romanes freinds and felowes and bretheren and that they receiued Simons legates gloriously †and that the Iewes and their priests consented that he should be their duke and high priest for euer til there rise the faithful prophete †and that he be duke ouer them and that he should haue the care of the holies and that he should appoint rulers ouer their workes and ouer the countrie and ouer the armour and ouer the holdes †And that he haue care of the holies and that he be heard of al and that al writinges in the countrie be writen in his name and that he be clothed with purple and gold †and that it be not lawful for any of the people and of the priests to disanul anie of these and to gainsay those thinges that are sayd of him or to cal together an assemblie in the countrie without him and to be clothed with purple and to weare a cheyne of gold †But he that shal doe beside these thinges or shal make frustrate any of these he shal be guiltie †And it pleased al the people to appoiut Simon and to doe according to these wordes †And Simon tooke it vpon him and it pleased him to execute high priesthood and to be duke and prince of the nation of the Iewes and of the priests and to be chiefe ouer al. †And this writing they bad them put in tables of brasse and to set them in the circuite of the holies in a famous place †and to put a copie therof in the treasurie that Simon may haue it and his children CHAP. XV. Antiochus by his letters granteth great priuilegies to simon 10. pursueth Thryphon and inuironeth him 15. The Romanes commend the Iewes to other nations 25. Antiochus refusing ayde sent by Simon breaketh league 30. and exacteth certaine cities and tribute 37. Tryphon escapeth and other of the kings forces inuade and spoîle lurie AND king Antiochus the sonne of Demetrius sent epistles from the iles of the sea to Simon the priest and prince of the nation of the Iewes and to al the nation †and they conteyned this tenure KING Antiochus to Simon the grand priest and to the nation of the Iewes greeting †Because certaine pestilent men haue obteyned the kingdom of our fathers and I meane to chalenge the kingdom and to restore it as it was before and I haue chosen a great armie haue made shippes of warre †And I wil march through the countrie that I may take reuenge of them that haue destroyed our countrie and that haue made manie cities desolate in my realme †Now therfore I establish vnto thee al the oblations which al the kinges before me remitted vnto thee and what other gifts soeuer they remitted thee †and I permitte thee to make a coyne of thy owne money in thy countrie †and Ierusalem to be holie and free and al the armour that is made and the fortresses which thou hast built and which thou dost hold let them remayne to thee †And al that is dew to the king and the thinges that are to be the kings hereafter from this present and for al time they are remitted to thee †And when we shal haue obteyned our kingdom we wil glorifie thee and thy nation and the temple with great glorie so that your glorie shal be made manifest in al the earth †In the yeare an hundreth seuentie foure went forth Antiochus into the land of his fathers and al the hosts assembled vnto him so that there were few left with Tryphon †And Antiochus the king pursewed him and he came to Dora flying by the seacost †For he knew that euils were heaped vpon him and the armie forsooke him †And Antiochus camped vpon Dora with an hundred twentie thousand men of warre and eight thousand horsemen †and he compassed the citie and the shippes approched to the sea and they vexed the citie by land and by sea and suffered none to come in or to goe out †And Numenius came and they that had bene with him from the citie of Rome hauing epistles written to kinges and countries wherein were conteyned these wordes †LVCIVS the consul of the Romanes to Ptolomee the king greeting †The ambassadours of the Iewes our freindes came to vs renewing the old amitie and societie being sent from Simon the prince of the priests and the people of the Iewes †And they brought also a buckler of gold of a thousand powndes †It hath pleased vs therfore to write to the kinges and countries that they doe them no harme nor impugne them and their cities and their countries and that they geue no ayde to them that fight against them †And it hath semed good vnto vs to take the buckler of them †If therfore anie pestilent men are fled out of their countrie to you deliuer them to Simon the prince of the priests that he may punish them according to their law †These self same thinges were written to Demetrius the king to Attalus and to Ariarathes and to Arsaces †and into al countries and to Lampsaces and to the Spartiats and to Delus and to Myndus and to Sicyon and to Caria and to Samus Pamphilia and Lycia and Alicarnassus and Coo and Siden and Aradon and Rhodes Phaselis and Gortyna and Gnidus and Cypres and Cyrenee †And a copie therof they wrote to Simon the prince of the priests people of the Iewes †But king Antiochus moued his campe vnto Dora the second time setting handes alwayes vpon it making engins he shut vp Tryphon that he could not goe forth †And Simon sent vnto him two thousand chosen men for ayde and siluer and gold and abundance of furniture †And he would not take them but brake al thinges that he couenanted with him before alienated him self from him †And he sent to him Athenobius one of his freinds to treate with him saying You hold Ioppe and Gazara and the castel that is in Ierusalem cities of my kingdom †their borders you haue made desolate and you haue made a great plague in the land and haue ruled in manie places in my kingdom †Now therfore deliuer the cities that you haue taken and the tributes of the places wherin you haue ruled without the borders of Iurie †But if not geue you for them fiue hundred talents of siluer and for the destruction that you haue made and the tributes of cities other fiue hundred talents but if not we wil come and expugne you †And Athenobius the kings freind came into Ierusalem saw the glorie of Simon and his
suffer molestation for these thinges which haue bene done by ignorance †And we haue sent also Menelaus to speake to you †Fare ye wel In the yeare an hundred fortie eight of the moneth Xanthicus the fiftenth day †And the Romans also sent an epistle which is thus QVINTVS Memmius and Titus Manilius legats of the Romans to the people of the Iewes health †Concerning these thinges which Lysias the kings cosin hath granted you we also haue granted †But touching the thinges which he thought good to be referred to the king send ye forthwith some bodie conferring diligently among your selues that we may decree as is conuenient for you for we goe to Antioch †And therfore make hast to write agayne that we also may know of what minde you are †Fate ye wel In the yeare an hundred fourtie eight the fiftenth day of the moneth Xanthicus CHAP. XII VVhiles the Iewes haue peace with the king others stil persecute them 5. which Iudas reuengeth 13. and in Caspâ—n maketh great slaughter and reposeth in Charaâ—a 19. Tenne thousand of Timothees men are slayne 20. whom Iudas pursuing killeth manie in Carnion 34. taketh him but releaseth him againe 27. the like in Ephron 32. Some Iewes are slaine in battel against Gorgias 38. Iudas and his men are purified and gathering the dead bodies finde that some had taken vnlawful spoiles 42. For whose soules he prayeth and causeth sacrifice to be offered THESE couenants being made Lysias went foreward to the king and the Iewes gaue themselues to husbandrie †But they that stayed there Timothie Appollonius the sonne of Gennaius also Ierom Demophon besides these also Nicanor the gouerner of Cyprus did not suffer them to liue in rest and quietnes †And the Ioppites committed a certaine flagicious fact which was this They desired the Iewes with whom they dwelt to goe into the botes which they had prepared with their wiues children as though no secret emnities were between them †Therefore according to the common decree of the citie they agreeing therto because of the peace suspecting nothing when they were gone forward into the depth they drowned no lesse then two hundred †Which crueltie Iudas as he vnderstood to be done vpon the men of his nation commanded the men that were with him and inuocating God the iust iudge †he came against the murderers of his brethren the hauen he set on fire in the night the botes he burnt them that were fled from the fire he flew with the sword †And when he had thus done these thinges he departed as to returne againe and to roote out al the Ioppites †But when he vnderstood that they also which were at Iamnia would doe in like maner to the Iewes dwelling with them †he came vpon the Iamnites also by night and set the hauen on fyre with the shippes so that the light of the fire appeared at Ierusalem two hundred fourtie furlongs of †When they were now departed thence nine furlongs and made their iourney towards Timothee the Arabians fiue thousand men and fiue hundred horsemen ioyned battel with them †And when there was a mightie battel and by the helpe of God it had succeded prosperously the rest of the Arabians that were ouercome besought Iudas that the right hand might be geuen them promising that they would geue pastures and profite them in other thinges †And Iudas thinking in very deede that they might be profitable in manie thinges promised peace and right handes being taken they departed to their tabernacles †And he set also vpon a certaine citie strong with bridges and enuironed with walles which was inhabited with multitudes of heathen of al sortes the name wherof is Caspin †But they that were within trusting in the firmenes of the walles the prouision of victuals dealt the more stackly with reuiling wordes prouoking Iudas and blaspheming and speaking such thinges as is not lawful to speake †But Machabeus inuocating the great prince of the world who without rammes and engines in Iesus time threwe downe Ierico fiercely assaulted the walles †And the citie being taken by the wil of our Lord he made innumerable slaughters so that the poole adioyning of two furlongs in bredth semed to runne died with bloud †From thence they departed seuen hundred fiftie furlongs and they came to Characa to those Iewes that are called Tubianeians †and in those places they tooke not Timothee and nothing being done he went backe hauing left in a certaine place a very strong garrison †But Dositheus and Sosipater who were captayns with Machabeus slewe them that were left of Timothee in the hold ten thousand men †And Machabeus ordayning about him six thousand and placing them by bandes went forth against Timothee who had with him an hundred twenty thousand footemen of horsemen two thousand fiue hundred †And the coming of Iudas being knowen Timothee sent the wemen and children and the other baggage before into the fortresse that is called Catnion for it was inuincible and hard to come by by reason of the straites of the places †And when the first band of Iudas had appeared seare was stroken into the enemies by the presence of God who seeth al thinges and they were put to flight one of an other so that they were rather ouerthrowen of their owne companie and were weakened with the strokes of their owne swordes †But Iudas was exceding earnest punishnig the prophane men and he ouerthrewe of them thirtie thousand men †And Timothee him selfe fel into the handes of Dositheus and Sisipaters partes and with manie prayers he besought that he might be let go aliue because he had parents brethren of manie of the Iewes whom it might happen by his death to be deceiued †And when he had geuen his faith that he would restore them according to the appointmeÌ„t they let him goe without harme for the safetie of their brethren †And Iudas came backe from Carnion hauing slayne twentie fiue thousand †After the flight and slaughter of these he moued his armie to Ephron a strong citie wherin a multitude dwelt of diuerse nations strong young men standing before the walles resisted manfully in this were manie engins and prouision of dartes †But when they had inuocated the Almightie who with his power breaketh the forces of the enemies they tooke the citie and of them that were within they ouerthrew twentie fiue thousand †From thence they departed to a citie of the Scythians which was distant from Ierusalem six hundred furlongs †But those Iewes that were with the Scythopolitans testifying that they were vsed curteously of them euen in the times of miserie that they dealt modestly with them †geuing them thankes and exhorting them also thence forward to be fauourable toward their stock they came to Ierusalem the solemne day of the weekes approching †And after Pentecost they
Assirians toward them to strengthen their handes to the workes of our Lord the God of Israel CHAP. VIII Esdras going from Babylon to Ierusalem 9. carieth king Artaxerxes fauourable letters 14. nâ—t licence to takâ— gold siluer and al thinges necessarie at their pleasure 31. The chief mâ—n that goe with him are recited 51. He voweth a fast praying for good successe in their iorney 56. weigheth the gold and siluer which he deliuereth to the Priestes and Leuites 69. And seuerely admonisheth the people to repentance for their mariages made with infideles AND after him when Artaxerxes king of the Persians reigned came Esdras the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Helcias the sonne of Salome †the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Ameri the sonne of Azahel the sonne of Bocci the sonne of Abisue the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the first priest †This Esdras came vp from Babylon being scribe wise in the law of Moyses which was geuen of our Lord the God of Israel to teach and to doe †And the king gaue him glorie because he had found grace in al dignitie and desire in his sight †And there went vp with him of the children of Israel and the Priestes and the Leuites and the sacred singers of the temple and the porters and the seruantes of the temple into Ierusalem †In the seuenth yeare when Artaxerxes reigned in the fifth moneth this is the seuenth yeare of his reigne going forth of Babylon in the newmoone of the fifth moneth †they came to Ierusalem according to his commandment according to the prosperitie of their iourney which their Lord gaue them †For in these Esdras had great knowlege that he would not pretermitte anie of those thinges which were according to the law and the preceptes of our Lord and in teaching al Israel al iustice and iudgement †And they that wrote the writinges of Artaxerxes the king coming deliuered the writing which was granted of Artaxerxes the king to Esdras the Priest the reader of the law of our Lord the copie wherof here foloweth †KING Artaxerxes to Esdras the Priest and reader of the law of the Lord greeting †I of curtesie esteming it among benifites haue commanded them that of their owne accord are desirous of the nation of the Iewes and of the Priestes and Leuites which are in my kingdom to goe with thee into Ierusalem †If anie therfore desire to goe with thee let them come together and set forward as it hath pleased me and my seuen freindes my counselers †that they may visite those thinges which are done touching Iurie and Ierusalem obseruing as thou hast in the law of the Lord. †And let them carie the giftes to the Lord the God of Israel which I haue vowed and my freindes to Ierusalem and al the gold and siluer that shal be found in the countrie of Babylon to the Lord in Ierusalem with that †which is geuen for the nation it self vnto the temple of their Lord which is in Ierusalem that this gold and siluer be gathered for oxen and rammes and lambes and kiddes and for the thinges that are agreable to these †that they may offer hostes to the Lord vpon the altar of their Lord which is in Ierusalem †And al thinges whatsoeuer thou with thy brethren wilt doe with gold and siluer doe it at thy pleasure according to the precept of the Lord thy God †And the sacred vessels which are geuen thee to the workes of the house of the Lord thy God which is in Ierusalem †And other thinges whatsoeuer shal helpe thee to the workes of the temple of thy God thou shalt geue it out of the kings treasure †When thou with thy brethren wilt doe ought with gold and siluer doe according to the wil of the Lord. †And I king Artaxerxes haue geuen commandment to the keepers of the treasure of Syria and Phaenice that what thinges soeuer Esdras the Priest and reader of the law of the Lord shal write for they geue him vnto an hundred talentes of siluer likewise also of gold †And vnto an hundred measures of corne an hundred vessels of wine and other thinges whatsoeuer abound without taxing †Let al thinges be done to the most high God according to the law of God lest perhaps there arise wrath in the reigne of the king and of his sonne and his sonnes †And to you it is sayd that vpon al the Priestes and Leuites and sacred singers and seruantes of the temple scribes of this temple †no tribute nor any other taxe be sette and that no man haue auctoritie to obiect any thing to them †But thou Esdras according to the wisedom of God appoynt iudges and arbitrers in al Syria and Phaenice and teach al them that know no the law of thy God †that whosoeuer shal transgresse the law they be diligently punished either with death or with torment or els with a forfeite of money or with banishment †And Esdras the scribe sayd Blessed be the God of our fathers which hath geuen this wil into the kings hart to glorifie his house which is in Ierusalem †And hath honoured me in the sight of the king and of his counselers and freindes and them that weare purple †And I was made constant in minde according to the ayde of our Lord my God and gathered together of Israel men that should goe vp together with me †And these are the princes according to their kindredes and seueral principalities of them that came vp from Babylon the kingdom of Artaxerxes †Of the children of Phares Gersomus and of the children of Siemarith Amenus of the children of Dauid Acchus the sonne of Scecilia †Of the children of Phares Zacharias and with him returned an hundred fiftie men †Of the children of leader Moabilion Zaraei and with him two hundred fiftie men †Of the children of Zachues Iechonias of Zechoel and with him two hundred fiftie men †of the children of Sala Maasias of Gotholia with him seuentie men †of the children of Saphatia Zarias of Michel and with him eightie men †of the children of Iob Abdias of Iehel and with him two hundred twelue men †of the children of Bania Salimoth the sonne of Iosaphia and with him an hundred sixtie men †of the children of Beer Zacharias Bebei and with him two hundred eight men †of the children of Ezead Ioannes of Eccetan and with him an hundred ten men †of the children of Adonicam which were last and these are their names Eliphalam the sonne of Gebel and Semeias and with him seuentie men †And I gathered them together to the riuer that is called Thia and we camped there three dayes and vewed them againe †And of the children of the Priestes and Leuites I found not there †And I sent to Eleazarus and Eccelon and Masman and
Isaac and Iacob and of Osee and Amos and of Ioel and Abdias and Ionas and Michaeas †and Naum and Habacuc of Sophonias Aggaeus Zacharias and Malachias who also is called the Angel of our Lord. CHAP. II. The Synagogue expostulateth with her children for their ingratitude 10. shewing that they shal be forsaken and the gentiles called THVS saith our Lord I brought this people out of bondage to whom I gaue commandment by my seruantes the Prophetes whom they would not heare but made my counsel frustrate †Their mother that bare them sayth to them Goe children because I am a wydow and forsaken †I brought you vp with ioy haue lost you with mourning sorow because you haue sinned before our Lord your God haue done that which is euil before him †But now what shal I doe to you I am a wydow and desolate goe my children aske mercie of our Lord. †And I cal thee ô father a witnes vpon the mother of the children that would not keepe my testament †that thou geue them confusion their mother into spoile that there be no generation of them †Let their names be dispersed into the Gentiles let them be destroyed out of the land because they haue despised my sacrament †Woe be to thee Assur which hidest the wicked with thee Thou naughtie nation remember what I did to Sodom Gomorrha †whose land lieth in cloddes of pitch heapes of ashes so wil I make them that haue not heard me saith our Lord omnipotent †Thus saith our Lord to Esdras Tel my people that I wil geue them the kingdom of Ierusalem which I ment to geue to Israel †And I wil take to me the glorie of them and wil geue them eternal tabernacles which I had prepared for them †The wood of life shal be to them for an odour of oyntment and they shal not labour nor be wearied †Goe you shal receiue Aske for your selues a few dayes that they may abide Now the kingdom is prepared for you watch ye †Cal thou heauen and earth to witnes for I haue destroyed euil and haue created good because I liue sayth our Lord. †Mother embrace thy children bring them vp with ioy As a doue confirme their feete because I haue chosen thee sayth our Lord. †And I wil raise agalâ—e the dead out of their places and out of the monumentes I wil bring them forth because I haue knowen my name in Israel †Feare not ô mother of the children because I haue chosen tâ—ee faith our Lord. †I wil send thee ayde my seruantes I saie and Ieremie at whose counsel I haue sanctified and prepared for thee twelue trees loden with diuerse fruites †and as manie fountaines flowing milke and honie and seuen huge mountaines hauing the rose and the lilie in the which I wil fil thy children with ioy †Iustifie thou the widow iudge for the pupil geue to the needie defend the orphane cloth the naked †cure the broken feeble mocke not the lame defend the maimed and admitte the blind to the vision of my glorie †The old man the yong keepe with in thy walles where thou shalt finde the dead committe them to the graue signing it I wil geue thee the first seate in my resurrection †Pause and rest my people because thy rest shal come †As a good nurce nourish thy children confirme their feete †The seruantes that I haue geuen thee none of them shal perish For I wil require them of thy number †Be not wearied For when the day of affliction and distresse shal come others shal weepe and be sad but thou shalt be merie and plenteous †The gentiles shal enuie and shal be able to doe nothing against thee sayth our Lord. †My handes shal couer thee that thy children see not hel †Be pleasant thou mother with thy children because I wil deliuer thee sayth our Lord. †Remember thy children that sleepe for I wil bring them out of the sides of the earth wil doe mercie with them because I am merciful sayth our Lord omnipotent †Embrace thy children til I come shew them mercie because my fountaines runne ouer and my grace shal not faile †I Esdras receiued commandment of our Lord in mount Oreb that I should goe to Israel to whom when I came they refused me and reiected commandement of our Lord. †And therfore I say vnto you gentiles which heare and vnderstand Looke for your pastor he wil geue you the rest of eternitie because he is at hand that shal come in the end of the world †Be ye readie for the rewardes of the kingdom because perpetual light shal shine to you for time euerlasting †Flee from the shadow of this world receiue ye the pleasantnes of your glorie I openly cal to witnes my sauiour †Receiue the commended gift and be pleasant geuing thankes to him that called you to the heauenlie kingdomes †Arise stand see the number of them that are signed in the feast of our Lord. †They that haue transferred them selues from the shadow of the world haue receiued glorious garmentes of our Lord. †Receiue ô Sion thy number and shut vp thyne made white which haue accomplished the law of our Lord. †The number of thy children which thou didst wish is ful Desire the powre of our Lord that thy people may be sanctified which was called from the beginning †I Esdras saw in mount Sion a great multitude which I could not number and they did al prayse our Lord with songes †And in the middes of them was a young man high of stature appearing aboue ouer them al he put crownes vpon euerie one of their heades and he was more exalted And I was astonied at the miracle †Then asked I an Angel and sayd Who are these Lord †Who answering sayd to me These are they that haue laid of the mortal garment and taken an immortal and haue confessed the name of God Now they are crowned and receiue palmes †And I sayd to the Angel That yongman what is he which putteth the crownes vpon them and geueth palmes into their handes †And answering he sayd to me The same is the Sonne of God whom they did confesse in the world I begane to magnifie them that stood strongly for the name of our Lord †Then sayd the Angel to me Goe tel my people what maner of meruelous thinges and how great thou hast sene of the Lord God CHAP. III. The workes of God are wonderful from the beginning 7. and men vngratful 13. In Abraham God chose to himself a peculiar people who neuertheles were froward and obstinate 23. He also chose Dauid but stil the people were sinful 28. the Babylonians also by whom they are afflicted are no lesse but rather greater sinners IN the thirteth yeare of the ruine of the citie I was in
forced to promise libertie to the children of Israel vvhich he aftervvards denied e The read sea f when Iosue brought the people ouer Iordan g in remembring and reciting these singular benefites h Gods chosen people the Iewes did often exasperate God by their ingratitude murmuring and other sinnes whom the prophet therfore admonisheth i not to be proud lest they be subdued and brought lowe k By way of inuitation the Psalmist prophecieth the conuersion of Gentiles l The voice of the whole Church confessing Gods prouidence and protection that she neuer faileth for the Iewes falling from Christ the Gentiles beleued in him and some nations or countries falling from Religion others are conuerted m God suffereth his Church to be persecuted with al kindes of tribulation as some are here recited n But through Gods assistance his seruants passe through and ouercome al tentations o Sacrifice of thankes p and voluntarie vowes q that which anie promiseth to God in tribulation they must performe accordingly r Thâ—se were the best external sacrifices of the old law Å¿ But both then and now the internal sacrifices of contrite hart of iustice and of diuine praise best please God t from the hart which is vnder the tongue and directeth the tongue what to speake v VVhosoeuer wil be heard in prayer must repent of his sinnes Propagation of the Church the 6. key a This Psalme beginning to be songue by voices instruments were adioyned b God first remitte our sinnes c then geue vs thy manifold graces d grant faith and repentance e and so forgeuenes of sinnes f Al nations shal be conuerted g God the Fater h God the Sonne i God the Holie Ghost saue the peoples of al nations by Euangelical preaching of thee the most Blessed Trinitie The Church stil conserued The 6. key a In maner of praying that God wil vouchsafe to defend the Church the Psalmist prophecieth that God wil arise b and the enimies shal flee away not daring to abide the combate c As God is terrible to the wicked so he is comfortable to the iust d Resist not Gods inspiration but receiue it with ioy and thankes e who triumpheth ouer death f God is Lord not only of these or those nations countries or other creatures but absolutly and vniuersally of al. g That is the true holie Church which hath h vnitie in doctrin touching faith and maâ—ers i That be bond in sinne S. Cypr. ep 76. k euen rebellious willes are altered by Gods mercie and freely embrace his law l also the dead and drie hartes that cared not for spiritual thinges are softened and quickned with new grace m The benefites bestowed on the Israelites are written in the bookes of Moyses Iosue and Iudges n Not mans deseruing but Gods mere good wil and free grace caused Christ to come and by himselfe and his Apostles to preach the Euangelical doctrin which watereth the whole world o God chose the weake but made them strong p Those whom thou hast chosen and so made thyn owne peculiar people shal enioy this grace q Thou gauest Manna in the desert the B Sacrament in the new testament r God geueth to the preacher what to speake Å¿ and to some he geueth also powre to worke miracles in confirmation of their doctrin Mar. 16. t Some potent king or as it is in the Hebrew kinges being beloued of the beloued of God the only Sonne of God shal yeld themselues to the same beloued Sonne of God v which shal redound to the glorie and beautie of his Church gayning such spiritual prayes from the diuel w If you be in such danger that the aduersaries cast dice oâ— lottes for your persons and goodes yet you shal be deliuered as if a doue with her glistering fethers like siluer and gold flie away into a secure place without losse or diminution but rather with increase of vertues x VVhen the heauenlie king determineth thus of earthlie kinges y they shal be purged from their sinnes and made white like snow that falleth in mount Selmon which is a shadowed hil thicke with trees in mount Ephraim nere to Iordan z The Church of God is visible and durable like to a mountane a Combined or ioyned together as when milke is turned into curde and so into cheese b fructful enriched by spiritual giftes of the Holie Ghost c ye that are not of this Church do in vaine and erroniously imagine that anie other mountaines are vnited d Innumerable Angels ministers of Gods wil do continually attend vpon his Diuine Maiestie as if he who otherwise nedeth no seruice were caried by them as in a chariotte of infinite magnificence Dan 7. e So God appeared in Maiestie when he gaue his law in mount Sinai f Christ ascended with innumerable Angels attending vpon him g caried with him the fathers of the old testament that had benne captiue Ephes 4. h as man he receiued giftes of God in and for men his faithful seruantes i yea also he receiued for his merite that innumerable which before were incredulous were conuerted and God dwelt in their soules k Our Lord I say our Lord and none but he could ouercome death by dying l Though Christ died to deliuer al men from death yet he wil geue capital sentence of eternal death to al that obstinatly remaine his enimies and multiplie sinnes vpon sinnes to the end of their temporal life m Euen of the iudest barbarous nations manie shal be conuerted to Christiantie n namely Gods grace is extended into the Ilandes of the Ocean and other seas o But such seuere slaughter shal fal vpon the obstinate contemners of this grace that mens feete shal be defiled in their bloud and dogges shal lappe it Exiâ—iâ—â—â—â— ab â—â—â— p Manie haue sene or knowen in general but the faithful more exactly know how Christ came into this world his conuersation therin and his going forth q his reigning now in heauen our Mediatour by whom al other intercessors haue accesse to God r The Apostles sowing the first seede of Euangelical doctrin Å¿ with whom other Apostolical men t and other soules of al nations conuerted by their preaching most ioyfully sing together in hart voice and instruments especially in good workes shew their gratful affections to our Redeemer v And al this in the particular Churches of diuers Kingdomes and partes of the world vv beginning with the Israelites in Ierusalem and so proceding into al furie and Samaria and to the vt most of the earth Act. 1. x S. Paul of Iacobs yongest sonne Beniamin last called to Apostleship was chiefly sent to the Gentiles y Other Apostles of diuers tribes sent first to the Iewes secondarily to Gentiles z As the Church begane by the omnipotent powre of God so by the same only powre it is conserued a Chastice therfore ô God al persecuters of thy Church who are but as weake wauering reedes in comparison of thy powre
way that they should take the ascentes of the mountaynes by which there might be way to Ierusalem and should keepe watch where the way was narrow betwen the mountaynes †And the children of Israel did according as the Priest of our Lord Eliachim had appointed them †And al the people cried to our Lord with great instance and they humbled their soules in fastings and prayers they their wiues †And the Priestes put on heareclothes and they laide the infantes prostrate against the face of the temple of our Lord and the altar of our Lord they couered with hearecloth †and they cried to our Lord the God of Israel With one accord that their infantes might not be geueÌ„ into praye their wiues into spoile and their cities into destruction and their holie thinges into pollution and they be made a reproch to the Gentiles †Then Eliachim the high Priest of our Lord went about al Israel and spake to them †saying Know ye that our Lord wil heare your prayers if continewing you continew in fastinges and prayers in the sight of our Lord. †Be mindful of Moyses the seruant of our Lord who ouerthrew Amalec trusting in his power and in his might and in his armie in his shieldes in his chariotes in his horsemen not by fighting but with holie prayers †so shal al the enemies of Israel be if you perseuere in this worke which you haue begunne †They therfore at this exhortation of his beseching our Lord continewed in the sight of our Lord †so that they also which offered the holocaustes to our Lod did offer the sacrifices to our Lord girded with heareclothes and there were ashes vpon their head †And they al prayed God with al their hart that he would visite his people Israel CHAP. V. Holofernes hearing that the Israelites prepare to resist him in great rage demandeth diuers particulars concerning that people 5. Achior an Ammonite telleth the meruelous workes of God towards them 22. aduiseth him not to fight against them 26 the chief capitanies are offended threaten Achior AND it was told Holofernes the General of the warres of the Assyrians that the children of Israel prepared them selues to resist and had shut vp the wayes of the mountaynes †and with exceding furie he chafed in great anger and called al the princes of Noab and dukes of Ammon †and he sayd to them Tel me what is this people which besetteth the mountaynes or what and of what sorte and how great their cities are also what their power is or what is their multitude or who is the king of their warfare †and why aboue al that dwel in the East haue these contemned vs and haue not come forth to meete vs that they might receiue vs with peace †Then Achior captaine of al the children of Ammon answering said If thou wouâ—safe my Lord to heare I wil tel the truth in thy sight of this people which dwelleth in the mountaynes and there shal not a false word come forth of my mouth †This people is of the progenie of the Chaldees †The same dwelt first in Mesopotamia because they would not folow the goddes of their fathets which were in the land of the Chaldees †Forsaking therfore the ceremonies of their fathers which were in multitude of goddes †they worshipped one God of heauen who also commanded them that they should depart from thence and should dwel in Charan And when there was famine ouer al the land they went downe into Aegypt and there for foure hundred yeares were so multiplied that the host of them could not be numbred †And when the king of Aegypt oppressed them and in the buildinges of his cities had subdewed them in brick and claye they cried to their Lord and he stroke the whole Land of Aegypt with diuers plagues †And when the Aegyptians had cast them out from them and the plague had ceased from them and they would take them againe and cal them backe to their seruice †these fleeing away the God of heauen opened the sea so that the waters were consolidated as a wal on either side and they walking through the botome of the sea passed drie foote †In which place whiles an innumerable armie of the Aegyptians pursewed them they were so ouerwhelmed with the waters that there was not one remayning to tel the fact to posteritie †Also being past the read sea they possessed the desertes of Mount Sinai in which neuer man could dwel or sonne of man rested †There bitter fountaynes were made sweete for them to drinke and for fourtie yeares they receiued meate from heauen †Wheresoeuer they entered without bow and arrow and without shielde and sword their God fought for them and ouercame †And there was not that did insult against this people but when they departed from the worship of the Lord their God †But as often as beside their owne God they worshiped an other they were geuen to praye and into the sword and to reproch †And as often as they were penitent for that they reuolted from the worship of their God the God of heauen gaue them power to resist †Finally the king of the Chananeites and of Iebuseites and of the Pherezeites and of the Hetheiteâ— and of the Heueites and of the Amorrheites and al the mightie in Hesebon they ouerthrew and they possessed their landes their cities †and as long as they sinned not in the sight of their God it was wel with them for their God hateth iniquitie †For these yeares also past when they had reuolted from the way which God had geuen them that they should walke in it they were destroyed in battels by manie nations and verie manie of them were led captiue into a strange land †But of late returning to the Lord their God from the dispersion wherein they were dispersed they are vnited are come vp into al these mountaynes and possesse Ierusalem againe where their Holies are †Now therfore my Lord search if there be any iniquitie of theirs in the sight of their God and let vs goe vp to them because their God deliuering wil deliuer them to thee and they shal be subdewed vnder the yoke of thy power †but if there be no offence of this people before their God we can not resist them because their God wil defend them and we shal be a reproche to the whole earth †And it came to passe when Achior had ceased to speake these wordes al the great men of Holofernes were angrie and they thought to kil him saying to each other †who is this that sayth the children of Israel can resist king Nabuchodonosor and his armies men vnarmed and without force and without skil of the feates of warre †That Achior therfore may know that he deceiueth vs let vs goe vp into the mountaynes and
when their mightie ones shal be taken then shal he with them be strooken through with the sword †that euerie nation may know that Nabuchodonosor is God of the earth and besides him there is none other CHAP. VI. Holofernes in great rage sendeth Achior to Bethulia that he may there be slaine with the Israelites 8. He is leift bound to a tree 10. from whence the Israelites taking him he telleth them the cause 14. They entertaine him courteously and earnestly pray to God for helpe AND it came to passe when they had ceased to speake Holofernes being sore offended said to Achior †Because thou hast prophecied vnto vs saying that the nation of Israel is defended of their God that I may sheu thee that there is no God but Nabuchodonosor †when we shal haue strookē them al as one man then thy self with them shalt die by the sword of the Assyrians and al Israel with thee shal perish by destruction †and thou shalt proue that Nabuchodonosor is lord of the whole earth and then the sword of my warfare shal passe through thy sides pearsed thou shalt fal among the wounded of Israel and thou shalt no more fetch breath til thou be destroyed with them †But if thou thinke thy prophecie true let not thy countenance quaile and the palenesse that is in thy face let it depart from thee if thou thinke these my wordes can not be accomplished †And that thou mayst know that thou shalt proue these thinges together with them behold from this houre thou shalt be associate to their people that whiles they shal receiue worthie punishment of my sword thou withal may be subiect to the vengeance †Then Holofernes commanded his seruantes that they should take Achior and lead him into Bethula and should deliuer him into the handes of the children of Israel †And the seruantes of Holofernes taking him went through the champaine but when they came neere the mountaynes the slingers came forth against them †And they turning out of the way by the side of the mountayne tyed Achior to a tree hand and foote and so left him bound with withes and returned to their lord †Moreouer the children of Israel descending from Bethulia came to him Whom loosnig they brought to Bethulia and setting him in the middes of the people demanded what was the matter that the Assyrians had left him bound †In those dayes the princes there were Ozias the sonne of Micha of the tribe of Simeon and Charmi who also is Gothoniel †In the middes therefore of the ancientes and in the sight of al Achior told al thinges that he had spoken being asked of Holofernes and how the people of Holofernes would haue killed him for this word †and how Holofernes him selfe being angrie cōmanded him to be deliuered for this cause to the Israelites that when he should ouercome the children of Israel then he might command Achior also himself to die by diuerse tormentes for this that he had said The God of heauen is their defender †And when Achior had declared al these thinges al the people fel on their face adoring our Lord and with common lamentation and weeping they powred out their prayers with one accord to our Lord †saying Lord God of heauen and earth behold their pride and haue regard to our humilitie and attend the face of thy sainctes and shew that thou forsakest not them that presumeof thee and that thow humblest them that presume of them selues and glorie of their power †Their weeping therfore being ended the peoples prayer by the whole day being finished they comforted Achior †saying The God of our fathers whose power thou hast set forth he wil geue thee this recompence that thou rather shalt see their destruction †And when the Lord out God shal geue this libertie to his seruantes be God with thee also in the middes of vs that as it shal please thee so thou with al thine mayst conuerse with vs. †Then Ozias the counsel being ended receiued him into his house and made him a greate supper †And al the ancientes being called they refreshed them selues together after the fasting was ended †But afterwarde al the people was called together and al the night long within the church they prayed desiring helpe of the God of Israel CHAP. VII Holofernes besiegeth Bethulia 6. cutteth their conduite of water 9. kepeth their fountaines 12. the people murmure and mutenie 18. yet they pray to God 23. and the high priest determineth if aide come not within fiue dayes to deliuer the citie to the Assyrians BVT Holofernes the next day commanded his armies that they should goe vp against Bethulia †And there were of warre foote men an hundred twentie thousand and horse men two and twentie thousand besides the preparations of those men whom the captiuitie had taken and had beene led away out of the prouinces and cities of al youth †Al prepared them selues together to the fight agaynst the children of Israel and they came by the hil side vnto the toppe which looketh toward Dothaim from the place which is called Belma vnto Chelmon which is against Esdrelon †But the children of Israel as they saw the multitude of them laid them selues prostrate vpon the earth casting ashes vpon their heades praying with one accord that the God of Israel would shew his mercie vpon his people †And taking their weapons of warre they sate at the places which by a narrow path way lead directly betwen the mountaynes and they were keping them al day and night †Moreouer Holofernes whiles he compasseth round about found that the foūtayne which ranne in went directly to their conduite on the south side without the citie and he commanded their conduite to be cut asunder †Neuerthelesse there were fountaynes not far from the walles out of which secretly they semed to draw water to refresh them selues rather then to drinke †But the children of Ammon Moab came to Holofernes saying The children of Israel trust not in speare nor in arrow but the mountaynes defend them the hilles standing meruelous stipe gard them †Therfore that thou mayst ouercome them without ioyning battel set kepers of the fountaynes that they may not draw water of them and without sword thou shalt kil them or at the least being wearied they wil yeld their citie which they thinck being set in the mountaynes can not be ouercome †And these wordes pleased Holofernes and his souldiars and he placed round about an hundred men at euerie fountayne †And when that watch had beene fully kept for twentie dayes the cesternes fayled and the collections of waters to al the inhabitantes of Bethulia so that there was not within the citie wherof they might be satisfied no not for one day because water was dayly geuen to the people by measure †Then al the men and wemen yong men and children being gathered
to God †Ye kingdomes of the earth sing to God sing to our Lord †Sing ye to God that mounteth vpon the heauen of heauen to the East Behold he wil giue to his voice the voice of strength †giue you glorie to God vpon Israel his magnificence and his powre in the cloudes †God is meruelous in his saintes the God of Israel he wil giue powre and strength to his people God be blessed ANNOTATIONS PSALME LXVII 16. The mountaine of God For better discerning the true Church from other congregations the Prophet here describeth certaine proprieties therof for he calleth it a mountane because it is most visible to al men Secondly a fatte mountane that is replenished vvith al vertues and giftes of the Holie Ghost vvherof it is called Holie Thirdly it is crudded or consolidated in vnitie of faith and Religion vvhich conioyne the vvhole bodie making it solide and firme as the ruen turneth liquide milke into curde and so into cheese Fourtly it is the Congregation vvherin God alvvayes remaneth euen to the end for euer vvhich shevveth tvvo other proprieties that the Church neuer faileth nor erreth in doctrin God stil dvvelling therin and consequently conserueth it from error in doctrin 17. VVhy suppose you crudded montaines As for other congregations it is certaine and euident that they are not the Church of God because they are not crudded that is not vnited in the same pointes of faith but only in negatiue pointes and in general opposition against the Catholique Church and among themselues notoriously disagreing and diuided As they also vvant the other markes of the true Church PSALME LXVIII Christ in middes of afflictions as one in dangerous waters 5. describing the malice of persecutors and his owne true zele 14. prayeth his heauenlie Father for helpe 23. By way of iust imprecation forsheweth the seuere punishment of his aduersaries 30. his owne glorious Resurrection and prosperous building of his Church For which he inuiteth al creatures to praise God Vnto the end for them that shal be changed to Dauid SAVE me ô God because waters are entered into my soule †I sticke fast in the myre of the depth and there is no sure standing I am come into the depth of the sea and a tempest hath ouerwhelmed me †I haue labored crying my iawes are made hoarse my eies haue failed whiles I hope in my God †They are multiplied aboue the heares of my head that hate me without cause Mine enimies are made strong that haue persecuted me vniustly then did I pay the thinges that I tooke not †O God thou knowest my foolishnes and mine offences are not hide from thee †Let them not be ashamed vpon me which expect thee ô Lord Lord of hostes Let them not be confounded vpon me that seeke thee ô God of Israel †Because for thee haue I sustained reproch confusion hath couered my face †I am become a forener to my brethren and a stranger to the sonnes of my mother †Because the zele of thy house hath eaten me and the reproches of them that reproched thee fel vpon me †And I couered my soule in fasting and it was made a reproch to me And I put heare cloth my garment I became a parable to them †They spake aganst me that sat in the gate and they soong aganst me that dranke wine †But I my prayer to thee ô Lord a time of thy good pleasure ô God In the multitude of thy mercie heare me in the truth of thy saluation †Deliuer me out of the myre that I stick not fast deliuer me from them that hate me and from the depthes of waters †Let not the tempest of water drowne me nor the depth swallowe me neyther let the pit shut his mouth vpon me †Heare me ô Lord because thy mercie is benigne according to the multitude of thy commiserations haue respect to me †And turne not away thy face from thy seruant because I am in tribulation heare me speedily †Attend to my soule and deliuer it because of mine enimies deliuer me †Thou knowest my reproch my confusion my shame †In thy sight are al they that afflict me my hart hath looked for reproch and miserie And I expected some bodie that would be sorie together with me and there was none and that would confort me and I founde not †And they gaue gal for my meate in my thirst they gaue me vinegre to drinke †Let their table be made a snare before them for retributions and for a scandal †Let Their eies be darkned that they see not and make their backe crooked alwaies Poure out thy wrath vpon them and let the furie of thy wrath ouertake them Let their habitation be made desert and in their tabernacles let there be none to dwel Because whom thou hast striken they haue persecuted and vpon the sorrow of my wounds they haue added †Adde thou iniquitie vpon their iniquitie and let them not enter into thy iustice †Let them be put out of the booke of the liuing and with the iust let them not be written I am poore and sorowful thy saluation ô God hath receiued me †I wil praise the name of God with canticle and wil magnifie him in prayse †And it shal please God more then a young calfe that bringeth forth hornes and hoofes †Let the poore see and reioyce seeke ye God and your soule shal liue †Because our Lord hath heard the poore and he hath not despised his prisoners †Let the heauens and earth praise him the sea and al the creeping beastes in them †Because God wil saue Sion and the cities of Iuda shal be built vp And they shal inhabite there by inheritance they shal get it †And the seede of his seruants shal possesse it and they that loue his name shal dwel in it PSALME LXIX An other prayer of Dauid when he was persecuted by Absolom made in a Psalme after his deliuerie Vnto the end a Psalme of Dauid in remembrance that our Lord saued him O God intend vnto my helpe Lord make hast to helpe me †Let them be confounded and be ashamed that seeke my soule †Let them be turned away backeward and be ashamed that wil me euils Let them be turned away forthwith ashamed that say to me Wel wel †Let al that seeke thee reioyce and be glad in thee and let them say alwayes Our Lord be magnified which loue thy saluation †But I am needie and poore ô God helpe me thou art my helper and deliuerer ô Lord be not slacke PSALME LXX King Dauid or anie other iust person prayeth God to