that passeth to the naming halfe a sicle according to the measure of the temple A sicle hath twentee aboles The halfe part of a sicle shal be offered to the Lord. †He that is accounted in the number for twentie yeares and vpward shal giue price †The rich man shal not adde to halfe a sicle and the poore man shal diminish nothing †And the money being receiued which was contributed of the children of Israel thou shalt deliuer vnto the vses of the tabernacle of testimonie that it may be a monument of them before the Lord and he may be propitious to their soules †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Thou shalt make also a lauer with his foote of brasse to wash in and thou shalt set it betwen the tabernacle of the testimonie and the Altar And water being put into it †Aaron and his sonnes shal wash therin their handes and feete †when they are going into the tabernacle of testimonie and when they are to come vnto the Altar to offer on it incense to the Lord †lest perhappes they die it shal be an euerlasting law to him and to his seede by successions †And our Lord spake to Moyses †saying Take spices of principal and chosen myrrh fiue hundred sicles and of cinnamon halfe so much that is two hundred fiftie sicles of calamus in like maner two hundred fiftie †and of casia fiue hundred sicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie of oile of oliues the measure hin †and thou shalt make the holie oile of vnction an ointment compounded by the art of an vnguentarie †and therof thou shalt anoynt the tabernacle of testimonie and the arke of the testament †and the table with the vessel therof the candlesticke and the furniture therof the Altars of incense †and of holocauste and al the furniture that perteyneth to the seruice of them †And thou shalt sanctifie al and they shal be most Holie he that shal touch them shal be sanctified †Thou shalt anoynt Aaron and his sonnes and shalt sanctifie them that they may doe the function of priesthood vnto me †To the children of Israel also thou shalt say This oile of vnction shal be holie vnto me through your generations †The flesh of man shal not be anoynted therewith and you shal make none other after the composition of it because it is sanctified and shal be holie vnto you †What man soeuer shal compound such and shal giue therof to a stranger shal be abandoned out of his people †And our Lord said to Moyses Take vnto thee spices stactee and onycha galbanum of swete sauour and the clearest frankincense al shal be of equal weight †and thou shalt make incense compounded by the worke of an vnguentarie exactly tempered and pure and most worthie of sanctification †And when thou hast beaten al into verie smal pouder thou shalt set of it before the tabernacle of testimonie in the place where I wil appeare to thee Most Holie shal the incense be vnto you †Such confection you shal not make vnto your owne vses because it is holie to the Lord. †What man soeuer shal make the like to enioy the smel therof shal perish out of his people CHAP. XXXI Beseleel and Ooliab are deputed by our Lord to make the Tabernacle and the things belonging thereto 12. The obseruation of the sabbath day is againe commanded 18 And our Lord deliuereth to Moyses tvvo tables vvritten with the singer of God AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Behold I haue called by name Beseleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iuda †and I haue replenished him with the spirit of God with wisdome vnderstanding and knowledge in al worke †to deuise whatsoeuer may be artificially made of gold and siluer and brasse †of marble and precious stones and diuersitie of wood †And I haue geuen him for his felow Ooliab the sonne of Achisamech of the tribe of Dan. And in the hart of euerie skilful man haue I put wisdome that they may make al things which I haue commanded thee †the tabernacle of couenant and the arke of testimonie and the propitiatorie that is ouer it and al the vessel of the tabernacle †and the table and the vessel therof the candlesticke most pure with the vessel therof and the Altares of incense †and of holocauste and al their vessel the lauer with his foote †the holie vestments in the ministerie for Aaron the priest and for his sonnes that they may execute their office about the sacred things †the oile of vnction and the incense of spices in the Sanctuarie al thinges which I haue commanded thee shal they make †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them See that you keepe my sabbath because it is a signe betwen me and you in your generations that you may know that I am the Lord which sanctifie you †Keepe you my sabbath for it is holie vnto you he that shal pollute it dying shal die he that shal doe worke in it his soule shal perish out of the middes of his people †Six dayes shal you doe worke in the seuenth day is the sabbath the holie rest to the Lord. Euerie one that shal doe any worke in this day shal die †Let the children of Israel keepe the Sabbath and celebrate it in their generations It is an euerlasting couenant †betwen me and the children of Israel and a signe perpetual for in six dayes the Lord made heauen and earth and in the seuenth he ceased from worke †And our Lord when he had ended such speaches in mount Sinai gaue vnto Moyses two stone tables of testimonie written with the finger of God CHAP. XXXII The people Aaron consenting make adore the image of a calfe 7. which God reueâ—ling to Moyses 11. be praieth our Lord for Abraham Isaac and Iacobs sake to spare the people and performe his promise 14. VVherwith God is pacified 15. Yet Moyses coming from the Mount and seeing the calfe and idolatrie throweth downe the tables and breaketh them 20. destroyeth the idol 21. blameth Aaron 27. causeth manie Idolaters to be slaine 31. and againe prayeth for the people AND the people seeing that Moyses made tariance ere he came downe from the mount being assembled against Aaron they sayd Arise make vs goddes that may goe before vs for what hath chanced to this Moyses the man that brought vs out of the Land of Aegypt we know not †And Aaron sayd to them Take the golden earlettes from the eares of your wiues and sonnes and daughters bring them to me †And the people did that he had coÌ„manded bringing the earlettes to Aaron †Which when he had receiued he formed them by founders worke and made of them “ a molten calfe And they sayd These are thy
their goddes and haue adored their idols some man cal thee to eate of the thinges immolated †Neither shalt thou take a wife for thy sonnes of their daughters lest after them selues haue fornicated they make thy sonnes also to fornicate with their goddes †Molten goddes thou shalt not make to thee †Thou shalt keepe the solemnitie of the azymes Seuen dayes shalt thou eate azymes as I haue commanded thee in the time of the moneth of new corne for in the moneth of spring time thou didst goe out of Aegypt †Al of the male kind that openeth the matrice shal be mine Of al beastes as wel oxen as of sheepe it shal be mine †The firstborne of an asse thou shalt redeeme with a sheepe but if thou wilt not giue a price for it it shal be slaine The firstborne of thy sonnes thou shalt redeeme neither shalt thou appeare emptie in my sight †Six dayes shalt thou worke the seuenth day thou shalt cease to eare and reape †The solemnitie of weekes thou shalt make to thee in the first fruites of corne of thy wheate haruest and the solemnitie when the time of the yeare returneth that al thinges are laid vp †Three tymes of the yeare al thy male shal appeare in the sight of the omnipotent Lord God of Israel †For when I shal haue taken away the nations from thy face and shal haue dilated thy borders no man shal lie in wayte against thy land when thou doest goe vp and appeare in the sight of the Lord thy God thrise in a yeare †Thou shalt not immolate the bloud of my hoste vpon leauen neither shal there remaine in the morning of the victime of the solemnitie of the Phase †The first of the fruites of thy ground thou shalt offer in the house of the Lord thy God Thou shalt not boile a kidde in the milke of his damme †And our Lord said to Moyses Write thee these wordes in which I haue made a couenant both with thee and with Israel †Therfore he was there with our Lord fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes he did not eate bread and he dronke no water and he wrote in the tables the wordes of the couenant tenne †And when Moyses came downe from the mount Sinai he held the two tables of testimonie and he knew not that his face was horned by the conuersation of the talke of our Lord. †And Aaron and the children of Israel seing the face of Moyses horned they were afraid to come neere †And being called of him they returned as wel Aaron as the princes of the synagogue And after that he spake to them †al the children of Israel also came to him whom he commanded al thinges that he had heard of our Lord in mount Sinai †And hauing ended his talke he put a veile vpon his face †Which going in to our Lord and speaking with him he toke away vntil he went forth and then he spake to the children of Israel al thinges that had bene commanded him †Who saw that the face of Moyses coming forth was horned but he couered his face againe if at anie time he spake to them CHAP. XXXV The precept of the Sabbath is yet renewed 4. First fruites and other giftes are required and duly offered for the making of the tabernacle and other thinges therto belonging which are here recited 30. Beseleel and Oo. iab are appointed workmen for this purpose THERFORE al the multitude of the children of Israel being gathered together he said to them These are the thinges which our Lord hath commanded to be done †Six dayes you shal do worke the seuenth day shal be holie vnto you the sabbath and rest of our Lord he that shal do anie worke in it shal be slaine †You shal not kindle site in al your habitations on the sabbath day †And Moyses said to al the assemblie of the children of Israel This is the word that our Lord hath commanded saying †Separate with you first fruites to the Lord. Let euerie one that is willing and hath a readie hart offer them to the Lord gold and siluer and brasse †hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died and silke the haire of goates †and rammes skinnes died redde and ianthin skinnes the wood setim †and oile to maintaine lightes and to make ointment and most sweete incense †Onyx stones and pretious stones for the adorning of the Ephod and the Rationale †Whosoeuer of you is wise let him come and make that which our Lord hath commanded †to wit the Tabernacle and the roofe therof and the couer the ringes and the bordeworke with the barres the pinnes and the feete †the Arke and the staues the propitiatorie and the veile that is drawen before it †the Table with the barres and the vessel and the loaues of proposition †the Candlesticke to beare vp the lightes the vessel therof and the lampes and the oile to the nourishing of fires †the Altar of incense and the barres and the oile of vnction and the incense of spices the Hanging at the doore of the tabernacle †the Altar of holocauste and his grate of brasse with the barres and vessel therof the Lauer and his feete †the Curtines of the court with the pillers and the feete the hanging in the doores of the entrie †the pinnes of the tabernacle and of the court with their litle cordes †the Vestimentes that are to be vsed in the ministerie of the sanctuarie the vesture of Aaron the high Priest and of his sonnes to do the function of Priesthood vnto me †And al the multitude of the children of Israel going forth from the sight of Moyses †offered first fruites to our Lord with a most prompt and deuoute minde to make the worke of the tabernacle of the testimonie Whatsoeuer was necessarie to the seruice therof and to the holie vestiments †both men and wemen did giue tablettes and earlettes ringes and bracelettes euerie vessel of gold was separated for the donaries of our Lord. †If anie man had hyacinth and purple and scarlet twise died redde and ianthin skinnes †metal of siluer and brasse they offered to our Lord and the wood setim for diuers vses †But the skilful wemen also gaue such thinges as they had sponne hyacinth purple and scarlet and silke †and goates haire geuing al of their owne accord †But the princes offered onyx stones and pretious stones for the Ephod and the Rationale †and spices and oile to maintaine the lightes and for the preparing of ointment and to make the incense of most sweete sauour †Al men and wemen with deuoute mind offered donaries that the workes might be made which our Lord had comanded by the hand of Moyses Al the children of Israel did dedicate voluntarie thinges to our Lord. †And Moyses said to the children of Israel Behold our Lord hath called by name Beseleel
they offer I the Lord. †Say to them and to their posteritie Euerie man of your stocke that approcheth to those thinges that are consecrated and which the children of Israel haue offered to the Lord in whom there is vncleanesse shal perish before the Lord. I am the Lord. †The man of the â—eede of Aaron that is a leper or hath a fluxe of seede shal not eate of those thinges that are sanctified to me vntil he be healed He that toucheth a thing vncleane by occasion of that is dead and he from whom issueth seede as it were of copulation †and he that toucheth a creeping beast and whatsoeuer vncleane thing the touching wherof is filthie †shal be vncleane vntil euen and shal not eate those thinges that are sanctified but when he hath washed his flesh with water †and the sunne is downe then being cleansed he shal eate of the sanctified thinges because it is his meate †Carrien and that which was taken of a beast they shal not eate nor be polluted in them I am the Lord. †Let them keepe my preceptes that they be not subiect to sinne and die in the Sanctuarie when they shal haue polluted it I the Lord that sanctifie them †No stranger shal eate of the sanctified thinges the priestes guest and hireling shal not eate of them †But whom the priest hath bought and he that is his seruant borne in his house these shal eate of them †If the daughter of a priest be maried to anie of the people of those thinges that are sanctified and of the first fruites she shal not eate †But if she be a widow or put away and without children returne to her fathers house as she was wont being a maide she shal be fedde with her fathers meates No stranger hath power to eate of them †He that eateth of the sanctified thinges by ignorance shal adde the fifth part with that which he did eate and shal geue it to the priest into the Sanctuarie †Neither shal they contaminate the sanctified thinges of the children of Israel which they offer to the Lord †lest perhappes they sustaine the iniquitie of their offence when they shal haue eaten the sanctified thinges I the Lord that sanctifie them †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to Aaron and to his sonnes and to al the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them The man of the house of Israel and of the strangers which dwel with you that offereth his oblation either paying his vowes or offering of his owne accord whatsoeuer that be which he presenteth for an holocaust of the Lord †to be offered by you it shal be a male without spotte of beefes and muttons of goates †If it haue a blemish you shal not offer it neither shal it be acceptable †The man that offereth a victime of pacifiques to the Lord either paying his vowes or offering of his owne accorde aswel of beefes as of muttons shal offer it without blemish that it may be acceptable there shal be no blemish in it †If it be blind if it be broken if it haue a scarre if blisters or a scabbe or a drie scurfe you shal not offer them to the Lord nor burne of them vpon the Lordes altar †An oxe and a sheepe hauing the eare and the taile cut of thou maiest offer voluntarily but a vow can not be paied of them †No beast that hath the stones bruised or crushed or cut and taken away shal you offer to the Lord and in your land make not this at al. †Of the hand of a stranger you shal not offer breades to your God and what other thing soeuer he would geue because they are al corrupted and blemished you shal not receiue them †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †An oxe a sheepe and a goate when they are brought forth shal be seuen daies vnder the vdder of their damme but the eighr day and so forward they may be offered to the Lord. †Whether it be a beefe or a sheepe they shal not be immolated in one day with their young ones †If you immolate an hoste for thankes giuing to the Lord that he may be placable †the same day you shal eate it there shal not ought remaine vntil the morning of the next day I the Lord. †Keepe my commandementes and doe them I the Lord. †Pollute not my holie name that I may be sanctified in the middes of the children of Israel I the Lord that sanctifie you †and brought you out of the Land of Aegypt that I might be your God I the Lord. CHAP. XXIII The solemnities of the Sabbath 5. of Pasch and first fruites 15. of Pentecost 23. of Trumpettes 26. of Expiations 33. of Tabernacles and with what rites the same shal be celebrated AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them These are “ the festiuities of our Lord which you shal cal holie †Six daies ye shal doe worke the seuenth day because it is the rest of the sabbath shal be called holie No worke shal you doe in it it is the Sabbath of the Lord in al your habitations †These therfore are the holie festiuities of the Lord which you must celebrate in their times †The first moneth the fourtenth day of the moneth at euen is the Phase of the Lord †and the fiftenth day of this moneth is the solemnitie of the Azymes of the Lord. Seuen daies shal you eate azymes †The first day shal be most solemne vnto you and holie no seruile worke shal you doe in it †but you shal offer sacrifice in fire to the Lord seuen daies but the seuenth day shal be more solemne and more holie and you shal doe no seruile worke in it †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them When you shal be entred into the land which I wil geue you and shal reape your corne you shal bring sheaues of eares the first fruites of your haruest to the priest †who shal eleuate the bundle before the Lord the next day after the Sabbath that it may be acceptable for you and shal sanctifie it †And in the self same day that the sheafe is consecrated shal be killed a lambe without spotte of a yeare old for an holocaust of the Lord. †And the libaments shal be offered with it two tenthes of floure tempered with oile for a burnt sacrifice of the Lord and a most sweete odour libaments also of wine the fourth part of an hin †Bread and fried barlie and frumentie you shal not eate of the corne vntil the day that you offer therof to your God It is a precept for euer in your generations and al your habitations †You shal number therfore from the morow after the Sabbath
and there is none other †Keepe his preceptes and commandementes which I command thee that it may be wel with thee and thy children after thee and thou mayest remayne a long time vpon the Land which the Lord thy God wil geue thee †Then Moyses separated three cities beyond Iordan at the east side †that he might flee to them which should kil his neighbour not voluntarily neither was his enemie a day or two before and he might scape to some of these cities †Bosor in the wildernesse which is situated in the champion countrie of the tribe of Ruben and Ramoth in Galaad which is in the tribe of Gad and Golan in Basan which is in the tribe of manasses †This is the law that Moyses sette before the children of Israel †and these are the testimonies and ceremonies and iudgementes which he spake to the children of Israel when they came out of Aegypt †beyond Iordan in the valley against the temple of Phogor in the land of Sehon king of the Ammorrheite that dwelt in Hesebon whom Moyses stroke The children of Israel also comming out of Aegypt †possessed his land and the land of Og the king of Basan the two kinges of the Amorrheites which were beyond Iordan toward the rysing of the sunne †from Aroer which is situated vpon the banke of the torrent Arnon vnto the mountaine Sion which is also Hermon †al the plaine beyond Iordan at the east side vnto the sea of the wildernesse and vnto the foote of mount Phasga ANNOTATIONS CHAP. IIII. 2. You shal not adde Moyses can not meane that no more should be written nor commanded for then the last chapter of this booke and the rest of the Bible should not haue benne written after his death neither ought the Priestes or Prophetes to haue commanded anie thing not expressed in the law And wheras Protestantes say that al other Scriptures are included in the lawe or pertaine to the explicatioÌ„ or performance therof we also answer that vnwritten TraditioÌ„s both in the old and new Testament are likewise implied included or perteine to the explication or performance of the law For euen as the written doctrin of the Prophetes yea and of Christ and his Apostles in general is conteined in the law of Moyses so also are certaine fastes feastes rites ceremonies and other traditions proued and confirmed by general speaches and axiomes written in holie Scriptures as by our Sauiours wordes to his Apostles Luc. 10. He that heareth you heareth me S. Paules to other Christians 1. Cor. 10. other things vvhen I come I vvil dispose 2. Thess 2. Hold the traditions vvhich you haue lerned and the like VVherupon S. Augustin Li. 1. cont Crescon c. 33. geueth this rule that albeit an euident example can not be produced of holie Scripture yet the truth of the same Scriptures is holden by vs vvhen vve do that pleaseth the vvhole Church vvhich the authoritie of Scriptures commendeth The same he teacheth Epist 80. and in manie other places So do S. Epiphanius in compend sides Cathol S Hierom. Dialog cont Lucifer c. 4. S. Chrysost ho. 4. in 1. Thessal 4. S. Basil de Spiritu Sancto c. 39. S. Ireneus li. 3. c. 4. CHAP. V. The tenne commandements are repeted and explaned 23. with commemoration of their dread and feare When they heard the voice from the clowde and saw the mountaine burne AND Moyses called al Israel and said to them Heare Israel the ceremonies iudgements which I speake in your eares this day lerne them and fulfil them in worke †The Lord our God made a couenant with vs in Horeb. †Not with our fathers did he make the couenant but with vs at this present and doe liue †Face to face did he speake to vs in the mount out of the middes of the fyre †I was arbiter and mediatour betwixt our Lord and you at that time to shew you his wordes for you feared the fire and went not vp into the mount and he said †I the Lord thy God that brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt out of the house of seruitude †Thou shalt not haue strange goddes in my sight †“ Thou shalt not make to thee a thing grauen nor the similitude of any thinges that are in heauen aboue and that are in the earth beneath and that abide in the waters vnder the earth †Thou shalt not adore them and thou shalt not serue them For I am the Lord thy God a Iealouse God tendering the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children vnto the third and fourth generation to them that hate me †and doing mercie vpon manie thousandes to them that loue me and keepe my preceptes †Thou shalt not vsurpe the name of the Lord thy God in vaine for he shal not be vnpunished that taketh his name vpon a vaine thing †Obserue the day of the Sabbath to sanctifie it as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee †Six dayes shalt thou worke and shalt doe al thy workes †The seuenth is the day of the Sabbath that is the rest of the Lord thy God Thou shalt not doe any worke therin thou and thy sonne and daughter man seruant and woman seruant and oxe and asse and al thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates that thy man seruant may rest and thy woman seruant euen as thy selfe †Remember that thou also didest serue in Aegypt and the Lord thy God brought thee out from thence in a strong hand and stretched out arme Therfore hath he commanded thee that thou shouldest obserue the Sabbath †Honour thy father and mother as our Lord thy God hath commanded thee that thou mayst liue a long time and it may be wel with thee in the Land which the Lord thy God wil geue thee †Thou shalt not murder †Neither shalt thou committe aduoutrie †And thou shal not steale †Neither shalt thou speake against thy neighbour false testimonie †Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wife Nor house nor field nor man seruant nor woman seruant nor oxe nor asse and al thinges that are his †These wordes spake our Lord to al your multitude in the mount out of the middes of the fiâ—e and the cloude and the darkenes with a loude voice adding nothing more and he wrote them in the two tables of stone which he deliuered vnto me †And you after you heard the voice out of the middes of the darkenes and saw the mount burne came to me al the princes of the tribes and the elders and you said †Behold the Lord our God hath shewed vs his maiestie and greatnes for we haue heard his voice out of the middes of the fire and haue proued this day that God speaking with man man hath liued †Why shal we die therfore and this exceding great fire deuoure vs For if we heare the voice of the Lord our God any more we
honoring it 2. Reg. 6. VVho further considering that himself dvvelt in a house of cedar and the Arke of God remained in the tabernacle couered vvith skinnes intended to build a more excellent house for God 2. Reg. 7. But his godlie purpose vvas differred by Gods appointment and his sonne king Salomon builded the famous Temple in Hierusalem 3. Reg. 6. VVhich succeding in place of the Tabernacle ech of them one after the other was the only ordinarie place of Sacrifice The law commanding Leuit. 17. If anie man of the house of Israel kil an oxe or a sheepe or a goate towit for Sacrifice as S. Augustin and other fathers expound it and offer it not at the dore of the tabernacle afterwards at the dore of the Temple he shal be guiltie of bloud as if he had shed bloud and so shal he perish out of the middes of his people Neuertheles vpon occasions and by special reuelation sacrifice was lawfully offered in other places For so in the time of the tabernacle Samuel the prophet offered Sacrifice in Masphath 1 Reg. 7. And the prophet Elias offered Sacrifice without the Temple vvhen he conuinced the false prophetes of Baal 3 Reg. 18. whose fact as S. Augustin noteth the miracle sufficiently shewed to be donne by Gods dispensation And as pecultar places were dedicated so also special times were sanctified and diuers feastes and festiuities partly ordained before as the Sabbath Gen. 2. and Pasch Exod. 12. were confirmed by the Law Exod. 20. 23. and others likevvise instituted Exod. 23. Leuit. 23. Num. 28. 29. and Deut. 16. with proper sacrifices for euerie sort First and most general was the dailie sacrifice of a lambe euerie day twise at morning and euening Exod. 29. which was not properly a feast but a sacred perpetual office in the tabernacle and after in the temple At the rest were festiual dayes in which it was not lawful ordinarily to do seruile worke The first of these was the Sabbath that is the seuenth and last day of euerie weke which is our saturday Kept stil solemnly by the Iewes euen at this time in al places vvhere they dvvel but not by Christians because the old Lavv is abrogaeed and vve kepe the next day which is Sunday holie by institution and tradition of the Church The second Neomenia or new moone in which day they alwaies beganne the moneth and twelue such monethes made a yeare by the course of the moone for by the course of the sunne the yeare conteineth eleuen dayes more which in three yeares make aboue a moneth And so euerie third yeare and sometimes the second for it happened seuen times in nintene yeares had thirtene monethes and was called Annus embolismalis being increased by meanes of those eleuen dayes The third feast was Pasch or Phase first instituted at the parting of the children of Israel out of Aegypt in the ful moone of the first moneth in the spring in which the Paschal lambe was eaten as is prescribed Exod. 12. The fourth feast was Pentecost or first fruites the fiftith day after Pasch when Moyses receiued the Lavv in mount Synai The fifth the feast of Trumpets the first day of the seuenth moneth in grateful memorie that a ramme sticking by the hornes vvas offered in sacrifice by Abraham in place of Isaac The sixth vvas the feast of Expiation the tenth day of the seuenth moneth vvherein solemne fast vvas also prescribed from euening of the ninth day to euening of the tenth for remission of sinnes in general besides particular sacrifices and satisfaction for euerie sinne wherof anie man found himself guiltie The seuenth vvas the feast of Tabernacles seuen dayes together beginning the fiftenth of the seuenth moneth in memorie of Gods special protection vvhen they remained in â—abirnacles fourtie yeares in the desert The eight feast vvas of Assemblie and Collection the next day after the forsaid seuen in commemoration of vnion in the people and peaceable possession in the promised land In this day general collection vvas made for necessarie expences in the publique seruice of God Moreouer the seuenth yeare vvas as a Sabbath of rest Leuit. 25. in vvhich no land vvas plowed no vines pruined nor those fruites gathered that sprong vvithout mans industrie of the earth Againe the fiftith yeare vvas peculiarly made holie and called the Iubiley or ioyful yeare In it al bondmen vvere sette free al inheritances amongst the Israelites being for the time sold or otherwise alienated returned to the former ovvners Besides Sacrifices Sacramentes holie places holie times and manie other sacred things belonging therto there were yet more ceremonial Obseruances commanded by Moyses law as vvel perteyning to the seruice of God in that time as signifying christian life and maners So certaine beastes birdes and fishes were reputed vncleane Leuit. 11. and Gods people forbid to eate them as also that they should not eate anie bloud at al nor fatte Leui. 3. The reason of al which vvas not as though anie creature were il in nature but partly to auoide idolatrie partly to exercise them in obedience and temperance partly for that the same thinges signified vices and corruptions from which Christians especiâ—lly ought to resraine Likewise Leuit. 19 they were commanded not to sovv their fieldes vvith tvvo sortes of seede nor to vveare garmentes wouen of tvvo sortes of stuffe that they might be more distinguished from Infidels by external signes and not only by Circumcision but especially to teach christians to practise simple innocencie to auoid duble deciptful dealing Aâ— vvhich and other preceptes as wel moral as ceremonial and iudicial vvere most strictly coÌ„manded the obseruers blessed rewarded transgressours seuerly threatned vvith great curses Leuit. 20. 26. Deut. 4. 27. 28. and diuers actually punished Exod. 32. three thousand slaine for committing idolatrie Manie swallovved vp in the earth Num. 16. descending quicke into hel manie more burned vvith fire from heauen for making and fauoring Schisme Yea by one meanes other al that vvere aboue twentie yeares of age coming forth of Aegypt except tvvo onlie Iosue Caleb died in the desert for the general murmur of the people Num. 11. 14. 25. 26. Al Israel beaten in battle til one malefactor Achan was discouered punished Ios 7. Al the tribes were punished for suffering publique idolatrie in Dan and Beniamin almost extirpate for not punishing certaine malefactours Iudic. 20. And the vvhole people verie often inuaded sore afflicted for their sinnes as appeareth in the booke of Iudges In particular also diuers were aduanced prospered for their vertues as Iosue Caleb Phinees Samuel Dauid and others Contrariwise Nadab and Abiu priests were miraculously burnt for offering strange â—â—re Leuit 10. One stoned to death for gathering stickes on the sabbath day Num. 15. King Saul deposed for presuming to offer sacrifice not destroying Infidels 1. Reg. 13.
loaues and fishes Ioan 6. And some real effect Christs blessing must nedes worke also in the blessed Sacrament Mat. 26. VVhich can be no other but changing bread and wine into his bodie bloud seing him selfe expresly sayeth This is my bodie this is my bloud And though Gods blessing in this place be also a precept yet it is not to al men for euer but for the propagation of mankind which being long since abundantly propagared the obligation of the precept ceaseth the cause ceasing So S. Cyprian S. Ierome S. Augustin and other Fathers expound this place And confirme the same by the text for immediatly God signifying to what end he spoke saith and replenish the earth VVhich benig replenished Gods wil is therin fulfilled CHAP. II. The worke of six dayes being finished God rested the seueÌ„th day blessed it 8. Then placing man in paradise planted with bewtiful swete trees witered with foure riuers 16. comandeth him not to eate of the tree of knowledge of good euil 18. formed a woman of a ribbe of Adam THE heauens therfore the earth were fully finished and al the furniture of them †And the seuenth day God ended his woorke which he had made rested “ the seuenth day from al woorke that he had done †And he blessed the seuenth day and sanctified it because in it he had ceased from al his woorke which God created to make †These are the generations of heauen earth when they were created in the day when our Lord God made the heauen and the earth †And euery plant of the filde before it shotvp in the earth And euerie herbe of the ground before it sprang for our Lord God had not rayned vpon the earth and man was not to til the earth †But a spring rose out of the earth watering al the ouermost part of the earth †Our Lord God therfore formed man of the slyme of the earch and breathed into his face the breath oflife man became a liuing soule †And our Lord God had planted a Paradise of pleasure from the beginning wherin he placed man whom he had formed †And our Lord God brought forth of the ground al maner of trees fayre to behold and pleasant to eate of the tree of life also in the middle of Paradise and the tree of knowledge of good euil †And a riuer issued out of the place of pleasure to water Paradise which from thence is diuided into four heades †The name of the one is Phison that is it which compasseth al the land of Heuilath where gold groweth †And the gold of that land is very good there is sound bdelium the stone onyx †And the name of the second riuer is Gehon that is it which compasseth al the land of Ethiopia †And the name of the third riuer is Tygris that same passeth along by the Assirians And the fourth riuer the same is Euphrates †Our Lord God therfore tooke man put him in the Paradise of pleasure to woorke keepe it †And he commanded him saying Of euerie tree of Paradise eate thou †But “ of the tree of knowledge of good euil eate thou not For in what day soeuer thou shalt eate of it “ thou shalt dye the death †Our Lord God also said It is not good for man to be alone let vs make him a helpe like vnto him selfe †Our Lord God therfore hauing formed of clay al beastes of the earth and foules of the ayre brought them to Adam that he might see what to cal them for al that Adam called any liuing creature the same is his name †And Adam called al beastes by their names and al foules of the ayre and al cattel of the filde but vnto Adam there was not found an helper like him selfe †Our Lord God therfore cast a dead sleepe vpon Adam and when he was fast a sleepe he tooke one of his ribbes filled vp flesh for it †And our Lord God built the ribbe which he tooke of Adam into a woman and brought her to Adam †And Adam said This now is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh she shal be called woman because she was taken out of man †Wherfore man shal leaue his father mother shal cleaue to his wife they shal be two in one flesh †And they were both naked to wit Adam his wife and were not ashamed ANNOTATIONS CHAP. II. 2. The seuenth day Al creatures benig made in their kindes in six dayes complete and perfect God not neding as men often do in their workes to perfect poolish or amend the same rested the seuenth day and therfore the natural perfection of Gods workes is attributed to the seventh day and the supernatural perfecting of men in eternal life after the Resurrection is attributed to the eight day as S. Augustin and other fathers teach And for this cause God blessed and sanctifyed the seuenth day and after we haue in the Decalogue or tenne commandments that this day al should rest and abstaine from workes yea and kepe it festiual occupying them selues in spiritual exercises seruice and special worshipe of God as the Iewes did euen til Christs and his Apostles time praying and hearing the word of God read and expounded in the Sabboth day VVherby we see that distinction of dayes pertayneth to Religion the people of God thus obseruing the Sabboth in memorie of the Creation diuers other feastes in memorie of other benefites And we now kepe the Sunday holie in memorie of Christs Resurrection and other feastes in gratful remembrance of other Mysteries of Christs Natiuitie the coming of the Holie Ghost and the like Yea also feastes of his blessed Mother and other Sainctes for the benefites receiued from Christ by them and for more honour to Christ in them So this Catholique obseruation of feastes is neither Iudaical which also in the law was good but now is abrogated nor heathnish for we honour not Iupiter nor Iuno noranie false god or goddesse but our Lord God Creator Redemer for his sake his best seruants VVherof see the Annotations in the English new Testament 4. chap. to the Galathians VVherto we here only adde these wordes of S. Basil VVhich may serue for a general answer to the most common obiection Honor seruorum redundat in communâ—m Dominâ—m The honour of the seruantes redoundeth to the common Lord or Maister So saith he the honour of Sainctes is the honour of Christ their Lord and ours 17. Of the tree of knovvledge Besides the law of nature by which Man was bound to direct al his actions according to the rule of reason and besides the supernatural diuine law by which he was bound to beleue and trust in God and to loue him aboue al things hauing receiued the giftes of faith hope and
out of al Israel he appointed them princes of the people tribunes and centurions and quinquagenarians and deanes †Who iudged the people at al time and whatsoeuer was of greater difficultie they referred to him themselues iudging the easier cases only †And he dismissed his allied who returning went into his countrie CHAP. XIX Nere to mount sinai with commemoration of their deliuerie from Aegyptâ— the people are commanded to be sanctified â—6 and so our Lord coming in thunders and lightnings speaketh with Movses IN the third moneth of the depature of Israel out of the Land of Aegept this day they came into the wildernesle of Sinai †For departing out of Raphidim and coming to the desert of Sinai they camped in the same place and there Israel pitched their tentes ouer against the mountaine †And Moyses went vp to God and our Lord called him from the mountaine and said This shalt thou say to the house of Iacob and shalt tel the children of Israel †Your selues haue sene what I haue done to the Aegyptians how I haue carried you vpon the winges of eagles and haue taken you vnto me †If therfore you wil heare my voice and keepe my couenant you shal be my peculiar of al peoples for al the earth is myne †And you shal be vnto me a priestlie kingdome and a holie nation these are the wordes that thou shalt speake to the children of Israel †Moyses came and calling together the nations of the people he declared al the wordes which our Lord had commanded him †And al the people answered together Al thinges that our Lord hath spoken we wil doe And when Moyses had reported the peoples wordes to our Lord †our Lord said to him Now presently wil I come to thee in the darkenesse of a cloude that the people may heare me speaking to thee and may beleue thee for euer Moyses therfore told the peoples wordes to our Lord †Who said to him Goe to the people and sanctifie them to day and to morow and let them wash their garmentes †And let them be readie against the third day for in the third day the Lord wil descend in the sight of al the people vpon the mount Sinai †And thou shalt appoynt certaine limites to the people in circuite and shalt say to them Beware ye ascend not into the mount and that you touch not the endes therof euerie one that toucheth the mount dying shal dye †Handes shal not touch him but he shal be stoned to death or shal be shot through with arrowes whether it be beast or man it shal not liue When the trumpet shal beginne to sound then let them ascend into the mount †And Moyses came downe from the mount to the people and sanctified them And when they had washed their garments †he said to them Be readie against the third day and come not neere your wiues †And now the third day was come and the morning appeared and behold thunders deganne to be heard and lightenings to flash and a verie thicke cloude to couet the mount and the noyse of the trumpet sounded exceedingly and the people that was in the campe feared †And when Moyses had brought them forth to mete with God from the place of the campe they stoode at the botome of the mount †And al the mount Sinai smoked for because our Lord was descended vpon it in fyre and the smoke arose from it as out of a fornace and al the mount was terrible †And the sound of the trumpet grew lowder by litle and litle and was drawen out a length Moyses spake and God answered him †And our Lord descended vpon the mount Sinai in the very toppe of the mount and he called Moyses into the toppe therof Whither when he was ascended †he said vnto him Goe downe and charge the people lest perhaps they wil passe their limittes to see the Lord and a very great multitude of them perish †The priestes also that come to the Lord let them be sanctified lest he strike them †And Moyses said to our Lord The comon people can not ascend into the mount Sinai for thou didst charge and command saying Put limittes about the mount and sanctifie it †To whom our Lord said Goe gette thee downe and thou shalt come vp Aaron with thee but the priests and the people let them not passe the limittes nor ascend to the Lord lest perhappes he kil them †And Moyses went downe to the people and told them al. ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XIX 1. This day The first day of the third moneth the children of Israel came into the desert of Sinai so counting 16 dayes remaining of the first moneth when they parted from Aegypt al the second moneth of 〈◊〉 dayes this first day of the third moneth and three dayes more in which they were sanctified by washing and other ceremonies v. 10. the Law was geuen the fifteth day in figure of the Law of Christ promulgated on whitsunday the fifteth day after our Redemption VVherby we see meruelous correspondence of diuine Mysteries in the old and new Testament S. Augustin Epist 119 c. 16. CHAP. XX. Moyses receiueth the D cologue or tenne commandments of God for al the people 23. with repâ—â—tion that they â—â—al not make â—aâ—â— goddes nor make Altares but of earth or vnbeâ—ved stone and without slippes AND our Lord spake al these wordes †I am the Lord thy God which brought thee forth out of the Land of Aegypt out of the house of seruitude †Thou shalt not haue strange goddes before me †Thou shalt not make to thee a grauen thing noâ— any similitude that is in heauen aboue that is in the earth beneth neither of those thinges that are in the waters vnder the earth †Thou shalt not adore them nor serue them I am the Lord thy God mightie ielous visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children vpon the third and fourth generation of them that hate me †and doing mercie vpon thousandes to them that loue me and keepe my preceptes †Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine for the Lord wil not hold him innocent that shal take the name of the Lord his God vainly †Remember that thou saâ—ctifâ—â— the sabbath day †Six dayes shalt thou worke and shalt doe al thy workes †But on the seuenth day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God thou shalt doe to worke in it thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant and thy woman seruant thy beast and the stranger that is with in thy gates †For six dayes the Lord made heauen and earth and the sea and al thinges that are in in them and rested in the seuenth day therfore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and sanctified it †Honour thy father and thy mother that thou mayst be long liude vpon the earth
wherin you did offer the sheafe of the first fruites seuen ful weekes †vnto the morow after the seuenth weeke be expired that is to say fiftie daies and so you shal offer a new sacrifice to the Lord. †out of al your habitations two loaues of first fruites of two tenthes of floure leauened the which you shal bake for the first fruites of the Lord. †And you shal offer with the breades seuen lambes without spotte of a yeare old and one calfe from the heard and two rammes and they shal be for an holocaust with their libamentes for a most sweete odour to the Lord. †You shal make a bucke goate also for sinne and two lambes of a yeare old for hostes of pacifiques †And when the priest hath eleuated them with the breades of the first fruites before the Lord they shal turne to his vse †And you shal cal this day most solemne and most holie no seruile worke shal you doe in it It shal be an euerlasting ordinance in al your habitations and generations †And after you reape the corne of your land you shal not cut it to the verie ground neither shal you gather the eares that remaine but you shal let them alone for the poore and for strangers I am the Lord your God †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel The seuenth moneth on the first day of the moneth shal be a Sabbath a memorial by sounding of trumpettes and shal be called holie †no seruile worke shal you doe in it and you shal offer holocaust to the Lord. †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †vpon the tenth day of this seuenth moneth shal be the day of expiations most solemne and it shal be called holie and you shal afflict your soules in it and shal offer holocaust to the Lord. †No seruile worke shal you doe the time of this day because it is a day of propitiation that the Lord your God may become propitious vnto you †Euerie soule that is not afflicted this day shal perish out of his people †and which shal doe anie worke the same wil I destroy out of his people †No worke therfore shal you doe in it it shal be an euerlasting odinance vnto you in al your generations and habitations †It is a Sabbath of resting and you shal afflict your soules the ninth day of the moneth from euen vntil euen you shal celebrate your sabbathes †And our Lord spake to Moyses saing †Speake to the children of Israel From the fiftenth day of this seuenth moneth shal be the festiuitie of tabernacles seuen daies to the Lord. †The first day shal be called most solemne and most holie no seruile worke shal you doe in it And seuen daies you shal offer holocaustes to the Lord. †The eight day also shal be most solemne and most holie and you shal offer holocaustes to the Lord for it is of assemblie and collection no seruile worke shal you doe in it †These are the festiuities of the Lord which you shal cal most solemne and most holie and shal offer in them oblations to the Lord holocausts and libaments according to the rite of euerie day †beside the sabbathes of the Lord and your giftes and those that you shal offer by vow or which you shal giue to the Lord voluntarily †Therfore from the fiftenth day of the seuenth moneth when you shal haue gathered al the fruites of your land you shal celebrate the festiuitie of the Lord seuen daies on the first day and the eight shal be a sabbath that is rest †And you shal take to you the first day the fruites of a most faâ—â—e tree and the branches of palmes and boughes of the tree with thâ—â—kâ— leaues and willowes of the brooke and you shal reioice before the Lord your God †And you shal celebrate the solemnitie therof seuen daies in the yeaâ—â— It shal be an euerlasting ordinance in your generations The seuenth moâ—â—â—h shal you celebrate the festiuitie †and shal dwel in bowres seuen daies euerie one that is of the stocke of Israel shal abide in tabernacles †that your postoririe may learne that I made the children of Israel to dwel in tabernacles when I brought them out of the Land of Aegypt I the Lord your God †And Moyses spake coÌ„cerning the solemnities of our Lord to the children of Israel ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXIII 2. The festiuities As other lawes written by Moyses concerning Sacrifices Sacraments Degrees hindering mariage punishments of sinnes and the like are partly moral pertaining to the law of nature partly ceremonial or iudicial which may be altered so this law of festiuities is partly moral for that al men are bound to kepe some festiual dayes in honour of God partly ceremonial and so the Sabbath day was kept holie in the old Testament the seuenth day of the weke and other feastes the dayes here prescribed But these particular feastes and times are abrogated by Christ whom they prefigured In so much that now it is not lawful to kepe them for it would signifie that Christ were not come as S. Paul teacheth Rom. 14. Galat 4. Colloss 2. and in other places and it were plaine Iudaisme and Heresie condemned by the Councel of Laodicia cap. 29. accursing them that Iudaize abstayning that day from vvorkes S. Gregorie also resuteth this heresie li. 11. Epist 3 shewing that Antichrist wil embrace it fauouring the Iewes In place wherof the next day which we cal sunday is made a perpetual holie day by authoritie of the Church and called dies Dominica our Lords day Apoc. 1. And this change the Protestants confesse to be lawful and necessarie though we haue no other expresse scripture when or by whom it was donne but only that S. Iohn had his reuelation in our Lords day but by perpetual tradition al Christians know that the day after the sabbath is our wekelie holie day in memorie of Christs Resurrection the same day and in figure of the general resurrection of al men and of life euerlasting to the blessed S. Aug. li. 22. c. 30. ciuit Epist 119. c. 15. and S. Hierome Epist ad Hedib The same reason and authoritie do also warrant the change of other feastes and institution of new in honour of God our Sauiour Iesus Christ his Mother and other Sainctes and in memorie of benefites receiued as here we see in the old Testament diuers were commanded by God some also instituted long after Moyses as by Mardocheus and other Iewes Ester 9. and the restauration with new dedication of the altar 1. Machab. 4. obserued by our sauiour Ioan. 10. v. 22. CHAP. XXIIII Prouision of oile for lampes in the Tabernacle 5. The making and disposing the loaues of proposition 10. The punishment of blasphemie and man slaughter 18. And the paine of equal reuenge AND our
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
part of an ephi of a core of wheate and the sixth part of an ephi of a core of barley †The measure of oyle also a bat of oyle is the tenth part of a core and ten battes make a core because ten battes fil a core †And one ramme of a flocke of two hundred of those thinges that Israel nourisheth for sacrifice and for holocaust and for pacifiques to expiate for them saith our Lord God †Al the people of the land shal be bound to these first fruits for the prince in Israel †And vpon the prince shal the holocaust be and the sacrifice and the libaments in the solemnities and in the Calends and in the Sabbathes in al the solemnities of the house of Israel he shal make the sacrifice for sinne the holocaust and the pacifiques to expiate for the house of Israel †Thus saith our Lord God In the first moneth the first of the moneth thou shalt take a calfe of the heard vnspotted and thou shalt expiate the sanctuarie †And the priest shal take of the bloud that shal be for sinne and he shal put it on the posts of the house and on the foure corners of the brimme of the altar and on the posts of the gate of the inner court †And so shalt thou do in the seuenth of the moneth for euerie one that hath bene ignorant and was deceiued by errour and you shal expiate for the house †In the first moneth the fourtenth day of the moneth shal be with you the solemnitie of pasch seuen dayes shal Azymes be eaten †And the prince in that day shal make for himself and for al the people of the land a calfe for sinne †And in the solemnitie of the seuen dayes he shal make holocaust to our Lord seuen calues seuen rammes vnspotted dayly seuen dayes and for sinne a bucke of goates dayly †And he shal make the sacrifice an ephi to a calfe and an ephi to a ramme and of oyle an hin to euerie ephi †In the seuenth moneth the fiftenth day of the moneth in the solemnitie he shal make as are before said for seuen dayes as wel for sinne as for holocaust and in sacrifice and in oyle CHAP. XLVI A prescription at which gate and what sacrifices shal be offered for the prince euerie sabbath and first day of the moneth 16. The prince may geue perpetual inheritance to his sonnes but to his seruantes only til the yeare of Iubiley 19. with description of the places where sacrifices shal be prepared THVS saith our Lord God The gate of the inner court which looketh to the East shal be shut the six dayes in which worke is done but in the Sabbath day it shal be opened yea and in the day of the Calends it shal be opened †And the prince shal enter in by the way of the entrie of the gate from without and he shal stand in the threshold of the gate and the priests shal make his holocaust and his pacifiques and he shal adore vpon the threshold of the gate and shal goe out but the gate shal not be shut til euening †And the people of the land shal adore at the doore of that gate in the Sabbaths and in the Calends before our Lord. †And this holocaust shal the prince offer to our Lord in the Sabbath day six lambes vnspotted and a ramme vnspotted †And sacrifice an ephi for a ramme but in the lambes the sacrifice that his hand shal geue and of oyle an hin for euerie ephi †And in the day of the Calends a calfe of the heard vnspotted and the six lambes and the rammes shal be vnspotted †And an ephi for a calfe an ephi also for a ramme shal he make sacrifice but the lambs as his hand shal finde and of oyle an hin for euerie ephi †And when the prince is to goe in let him goe in by the way of the entrie of the gate and by the same way let him goe out †And when the people of the land shal enter in the sight of our Lord in the solemnities he that goeth in by the North gate to adore let him goe out by the way of the South gate moreouer he that goeth in by the way of the South gate let him goe out by the way of the North gate he shal not returne by the way of the gate wherby he entered but at that ouer against it he shal goe out †And the prince in the middes of them with the goers in shal goe in and with the goers out shal goe out †And in the fayres and in the solemnities there shal be sacrifice an ephi for a calfe and an ephi for a ramme but of the lambes there shal be sacrifice as his hand shal finde and of oyle an hin for euerie ephi †But when the prince shal make a voluntarie holocaust or voluntarie pacifiques to our Lord to him the gate shal be opened that looketh to the East and he shal make his holocaust his pacifiques as it is wont to be done in the Sabbath day and he shal goe out the gate shal be shut after that he is gone forth †And a lambe of the same yeare vnspotted shal he make for holocaust dayly to our Lord alwayes in the morning shal he make it †And he shal make sacrifice vpon it morning by morning the sixt part of an ephi and of oyle the third part of an hin that it may be mingled with the floure a sacrifice to our Lord by ordinance continual and euerlasting †He shal make the lambe the sacrifice and the oyle morning by morning an euerlasting holocaust †Thus saith our Lord God If the prince shal geue a gift to anie of his sonnes his inheritance shal be to his sonnes they shal possesse it by inheritance †But if he geue a legacie of his inheritance to one of his seruants it shal be his vntil the yeare of remission and it shal returne to the prince and his inheritance shal be to his sonnes †And the prince shal not take of the peoples inheritance by violence and of their possession of his owne possession he shal geue the inheritance to his sonnes that my people be not dispersed euerie one from his possession †And he brought me in by the entrie that was on the side of the gate into the celles of the sanctuarie to the priests which looked to the North. And there was a place bending to the West †And he said to me This is the place where the priests shal seeth that for sinne and that for offence where they shal dresse the sacrifice that they bring it not out into the vtter court and the people be sanctified †And he brought me into the vtter court and he led me about by the foure corners of the court and behold there was a litle court in
b Conserue me in thy grace c As before v. 149. * eloquia d Sincere profession of innocencie is no arrogancy e Gods essential veritie is the beginning from vvhence as from the fountaine al other truthes are deriued f And al commandments proceding from this first truth are for euer immutable a Potent wicked mâ—â—â— persecute the godâ—â—e without cause that is vvithout anie iust reason mouing them vvithout the effect intended by them vvhich is to drawe Gods seruants from truth and equitie b vvhose hart being possessed vvith the true feare of God they persist in keping Gods commandments c Yea they also reioyce in keping the commandments vvith such difficultie as those doe that gaining the victorie ouer their enimies carie avvay great and rich spoyles * eloquia d Euerie day the iust praise God often signified by the number of seuen From hence also the Church of Christ tooke example to institute the seuen Institution of Canonical Houres by the Church Canonical Houres vvhich is the ordinarie Ecclesiastical Office consisting as S. Isidorus and manie other Fathers testifie of Hymnes Psalmes Canticles Antiphones Lessons Responsories other Prayers Praises distributed into distinct times beginning in the night vvherof that part is called the Nocturne one or three according to the diuersitie of the Office and perteineth to one or more of the foure Vigiles into vvhich souldiars diuide the vvhole night VVherto also the Laudes are added Then Prime in the morning Aftervvards the Third houre Sixt Ninth and in the euening Euensongue and Compline Against vvhich most ancient and religious Constitution especially against the part called Vigiles or Nocturnes certaine Heretikes repined and calumniated the Churches custome as superfluous and vnfructful to spiritual This religious institution reprehended by Drowsie Heretikes Vigilantians VVicliffists Lutherans Seuentimes in the day I haue sayd prayse to thee for the iudgements of thy iustice worke violating of Gods ordinance who made the night for rest and the day for laboure For which caufe they were called Nyctazontes Somnicolosi Drowsy heretikes As the same S. Isidorus testifieth li. 1. c. 22. de Offic. Eccles S. Ierom Epist ad Riparium noteth the same heresie in Vigilantius calling him Dormitantius because he reprehended holie Vigiles as if it were better to sleepe then wake in time of Diuine seruice VViclif also raised vp the same heresie as witnesseth Thomas VValdensis To 3. Tit 3. c. 21. Lastly Luther and al his broode But the holie obseruation of Canonical Houres is proued by manie ancient Fathers to be altogether agreable to the holie Scriptures both of Approued by S Beda S. Gregorie S. Augustin the old and new Testament So S. Beda in 18. Luc. li. 4. c. 7. Hist Angl. S. Gregorie the Great li 3. Dialogi c. 14. S. Augustin Ser. 55. de temp exhorting the people to rise early to the Vigiles or Nocturnes and in aniewise to come to the Third houre Sixt and Ninth Let none saith he withdravv himselfe from the holie vvorke but vvhom either sicknes or publique vtilitie or perhaps some great necessitie holdeth backe S. Ierom. Epist 22. ad Eustoch in Epitaph Paule c. 10. maketh expresse menrion of the Third houre Sixt S. Ierom. Ninth Morning and Euening also of Midnighst adding that no Religious is ignorant that sometimes they must rise to Diuine Seruice tvvise yea thrise in the night S Basil in Regulis fusius disput ad Interrog 37. de Instit Monachorum S. Basil first sheweth this ordiance to be agreable to the holie Scriptures and namely to this place of the Psalmist S. Cyprian in fine exposit Orat. Domini affirmeth S. Cyprian that besides the three houres in vvhich Daniel and his felovves prayed the Church of Christ hath added more And as manie suppose S. Clement li 8. S. Clement Constitut Apostol c. 40. shevveth the sette Houres of prayers and the reasons therof Make your prayers Early in the morning at the Third houre Sixt Ninth Euening and at the Time of cocke crovving Early geuing thankes because our Lord hath illuminated vs the night being passed the day coming in VVhy publike prayer is constituted at these houres the Third because that houre our Lord receiued Pilats sentence the Sixt houre because then he was Crucified the Ninth because al thinges were moued when our Lord was crucified abhorring the audacitie of the wicked not bearing the ignominie of our Lord at Euening geuing thankes for that God hath geuen vs the night for rest of dayes labours at the Cocke crovving because at that time the coming of the day is denounced to exercise the vvorkes of lighst thus S. Clement Touching the distinct and sette times of publique prayer the continual practise by tradition teacheth that Martines vvith Laudes vvere said in the night about the first Cockcrovving Prime early in the morning The other partes in the day time At euening Euensongue and lost of al Compline And touching the place If for the infidels saith the same holie Father there be Not lavvful to goe to Church nor to pray vvith Insidels not accesse to the Church the Bishop must geather the Assemblie at home that the godlie may not enter into the Church of the vvicked for the place doth not sanctifie man but man the place VVherfore if the vvicked occupie the place that place is to be shunned because it is prophaned by them for as Priestes de sanctifie holie thinges so the vvicked do contuminate them If neither at home not in the Church Assemblies can be celebrated let euerie one by himselfe sing read pray or tvvo or three be geathered together For Mat. 18. 2. Cor. 6. vvhere tvvo or three are geathered in my name saith Christ there am I in Nor vvith Heretikes the middes of them Let not the godlie pray with an heretike no not at home For vvhat societie is there of light vvith darknes VVhy the 15. Psalmes folowing are called Gradual Canticles The historical sense The mystical sense These Psalmes are consolâ—â—oâ—ie prayers and prophecies Prayeâ— in tribulation the 7 key a Former experience of Gods mercie in hearing the prayers of those that inuocated him geueth hope that he wil heare in like case b Nothing is more dangerous then vntrue and deceiptful tongues nothing more damage then to diminish and detract from the good same of the iost and therfore this is a most necessarie prayer that God wil deliuer vs from the wicked tongues of Turkes Heretikes and other wicked men c What punishment is great ynough for wicked tongues d Surely the malice of wicked tongues deserueth sharpest punishments to be afflicted by strong handes e Iewes lamented their long absence from the holie land especially from Ierusalem and the Temple Christians mourne for their restraint from Gods Seruice and long perigrination from heauen f Of Cedar the sonne of Ismael came Mahomet the Turkes false prophet whose tyrannie is great
may seme to beare wisheth the Pope who was also very lerned to examine al more at large putting him in mind that Origen writ his twelfth and thirtenth bookes vpon this onlie place The most probable exposition semeth to be gathered out of the Hebrewes Tradition that this Lamech of the issue of Cain for there was an other Lamech of Seths progenie much addicted to hunting and his eyes decaying vsed in that excercise the direction of a young man his nephew the sonne of Tubalcain VVho seing something moue in bushes supposing it to be a wild beast willed his grandfather to shoote at the same which he did and stroke the marke with a deadlie wound and approching to take the pray found it to be old Cain VVhereupon sore amazed afflicted and moued with great passion did so beate the young man for his il direction that he also died of the drie blowes After both which mishappes and his passion at last caulmed Lamech lamenteth as the text saith that he had killed a man and stripling towit the one with a wound the other with drie blowes for which he feared seuenfold punishment more then Cain suffered for killing Abel Neuertheles S. Hierom other Fathers thinke it probable that Lamech killing the one of ignorance the other in passion was not so seuerly punished as he feared And so they vnderstand the rest of this passage that seuenfold vengance was taken of Cain by prolongation of his miserable life til his seuenth generation when one of his owne issue slew him and an other of the same linage with him And Lamech was punished seuentie seuenfold when his seuentie seuen children for so manie he had as Iosephus writeth and al their ofspring perished in the floud Mystically by seuentie seuen may be signified that the sinne of mankind should be punished and expiated in Christ our Redemer who was borne in the seuentie seuenth generation from Adam 26. Begane to inuocate Seth was a most holie man and so brought vp his children that they were called the sonnes of God Gen. 6. Adam also and Eue were penitent and became great confessors and are now Sainctes And so it can not be doubted but amongst other spiritual exercises they prayed and inuocated God And therfore that which is here said He towit Enos bagane or as the Hebrew hath then was begune to inuocate the name of our Lord can not be vnderstood of priuate but of some publique prayer of many meeting togeather obseruing some rites set forme in peculiar place dedicated to diuine Seruice the Church being now growne to a competent multitude And that besides Sacrifice which was also before as appeareth both by Cain Abel CHAP. V. The progenie of Adam number of their yeares vvith the death of the rest translation of Enoch in the line of Seth to Noe his three sonnes THIS is the booke of the generation of Adam In the day when God created man to the likenes of God made he him †Male and female created he them and blessed them and called their name Adam in the day when they were created †And Adam liued a hundred and thirtie yeares and begat to his owne image and likenes and called his name Seth. †And the dayes of Adam after he begat Seth came to eight hundred yeares and he “ begat sonnes and daughters †And al the time that Adam liued came to nine hundred and thirtie yeares “ and he died †Seth also liued a hundred fiue yeares and begat Enos †And Seth liued after he begat Enos eight hundred and seuen yeares and begat sonnes and daughters †And al the dayes of Seth came to nine hundred twelue yeares and he died †And Enos liued nintie yeares and begat Cainan †After Whose birth he liued eight hundred fiftene yeares and begat sonnes and daughters †And al the dayes of Enos came to nine hundred and fiue yeares and he died †Cainan also liued seuentie yeares begat Malaleel †And Cainan liued after he begat Malaleel eight hundred fourtie yeares and begat sonnes daughters †And al the dayes of Cainan came to nine hundred and ten yeares and he died †And Malaleel liued sixtie fiue yeares and begat Iared †And Malaleel liued after he begat Iared eight hundred and thirtie yeares and begat sonnes and daughters †And al the dayes of Malaleel came to eight hundred nyntie fiue yeares he died †And Iared liued a hundred sixtie two yeares and begat Enoch †And Iared liued after he begat Enoch eight hundred yeares and begat sonnes and daughters †And al the dayes of Iared came to nine hundred sixtie two yeares he died †Moreouer Enoch liued sixtie fiue yeares begat Mathusala †And Enoch walked with God liued after he begat Mathusala three hundred yeares and begat sonnes and daughters †And al the dayes of Enoch came to three hundred sixtie fiue yeares †And he walked with God and “ was seene no more because God tooke him †Mathusala also liued a hundred eightie seuen yeares begat Lamech †And Mathusala liued after he begat Lamech seuen hundred eightie two yeares and begat sonnes and daughters †And al the dayes of Mathusala came to nyne hundred sixtie nine yeares he died †And Lamech liued a hundred eightie two yeares and begat a sonne †and he called his name Noe saying This sonne shal comfort vs from the workes labours of our handes on the earth which our Lord cursed †And Lamech liued after he begat Noe fiue hundred nintie fiue yeares and begat sonnes and daughters †And al the dayes of Lamech came to seuen hundred seuentie seuen yeares and he died And Noe when he was fiue hundred yeares olde begat Sem Cham and Iaphat ANNOTATIONS CHAP. V. 4. Begate sonnes and daughters Moyses in this genealogie reciteth not alwayes the first begotten nor the whole progenie by their names for then he should haue repeated Cain and Abel and haue named many others but those onlie by whom the Church of God continued signifying the rest in general whose succession was cut of by the floud 5. And he died By this Gods word is verified saying that Adam should dye if he should eate of the forbidden tree And the diuel is proued a lyer saying they should not dye It is also most true that Adam dyed that day in which he did eate For he began that very day to decline to death and so doth al mankind euer since as truly said the woman of Thecua to king Dauid vve doe al die and as vvaters that returne not vve fal dovvne on the earth And vvhat els saith S. Gregorie is this daylie decaying of our corruption but a lingering death And none of al these that liued longest reaching to a thousand yeares which with God is as one day man dyed in that day in which he
to his father and after his father him selfe was chiefe yet he promised them to God that is to offer them in Sacrifice and bestow them in other vses pertaining to Gods seruice CHAP. XXIX Iacob intertained by Laban 15. serueth him seuen yeares for Rachel 23. but first receiuing Lia 27. seuen dayes after receiueth also Rachel and serueth for her seuen yeares more 31. She remaining barren Lia beareth foure sonnes IACOB therfore going on his iourney came into the East countrie †And he sawe a wel in the field and three flockes of sheepe lying beside it for of it the beasts were watered and the mouth therof was closed with a great stone †And the maner was when al the sheepe were geathered togeather they did rowle of the stone and after the sheepe were refreshed they put it on the mouth of the wel againe †And he said to the sheperds Brethren Whence are you Who answered Of Haran †And he asked them saying Know you Laban the sonne of Nachor They said We do knowe him †Is he in health quoth he He is in health say they And behold Rachel his daughter cometh with his flocke †And Iacob said There is yet much day remaining neither is it time to bring the flockes into the foulds againe first geue the sheep drinke and so bring them backe to feede †Who answered We can not til al the cattel be gethered together and we remoue the stone from the wels mouth that we may water the flocks †They were yet speaking and behold Rachel came with her fathers sheepe for the fed the flocke †whom when Iacob had seene and knew her to be his cosen germaine and that they were the sheepe of Laban his vncle he remoued the stone wherwith the wel was closed †And hauing watered the flocke he kissed her and lifting vp his voice wept †and he told her that he was her fathers brother and the sonne of Rebecca but she in hast went and told her father †Who when he heard that Iacob his sisters sonne was come he ranne forth to mete him and embracing him and hartely kissing him brought him into his house And when he had heard the causes of his iourney †he answered Thou art my bone and my flesh And after the dayes of one moneth were expired †he said to him because thou art my brother shalt thou serue me gratis Tel me what wages wilt thou take †He had in dede two daughters the name of the elder was Lia and the younger was called Rachel †But Lia was bleare eyed Rachel wel fauored and of a bewtiful countenance †Whom Iacob louing said I wil serue thee for Rachel thy younger daughter seauen yeares †Laban answered It is better that I geue her to thee then to an other man tary with me †Iacob therfore serued for Rachel seuen yeares and they semed a few dayes because of the greatnes of his loue †And he said to Laban geue me my wife because now the time is complete that I may companie with her †Who hauing bid a great number of his freinds to the feast made the mariage †And at night he brought in Lia his daughter to him †geuing his daughter a handmaid named Zelpha With whom when Iacob had compained after the maner when morning was come he saw Lia †and he said to his father in lawe What is it that thou didest meane to doe did not I serue thee for Rachel why hast thou deceiued me †Laban answered It is not the custome in this place that we bestowe the younger in mariage first †Make vp the weeke of dayes of this match and I wil geue the this same also for the worke that thou shalt serue me other seauen yeares †He yelded to his pleasure and after the weeke was past he maried Rachel to wife †to whom her father had deliuered Bala for to be her seruant †And hauing at length obteined the mariage that he wished he preferred the loue of the later before the former seruing with him other seauen yeares †And our Lord seing that he despised Lia opned her wombe her sister remaining barren †Who conceaued and bare a sonne and called his name Ruben saying Our Lord saw mine affliction now my husband wil loue me †And againe she conceaued and bare a sonne and said For because our Lord heard that I was contemned he hath geuen this also to me and she called his name Simeon †And she conceaued the third time and bare an other sonne and said Now also my husband wil be ioyned to me for because I haue borne him three sonnes and therfore she called his name Leui. †The fourth time she conceaued and bare a sonne and said Now wil I conffesse to our Lord. And for this she called him Iuda And she left bearing CHAP. XXX Rachel yet barren deliuereth her handmaide to Iacob Who beareth two sonnes 9. Lia ceasing to beare geueth her handmaid also and she beareth two more 17. Then Lia beareth other two sonnes and one daughter 22. Rachel beareth Ioseph 25. Iacob desirous to returne home is hyred to stay for a certaine part of the stockes increase 43. Wherby he becometh exceeding rich AND Rachel seing she was vnfruitful enuied her sister and said to her husband Geue me children otherwise I shal dye †With whom Iacob being angrie answered Am I as God who hath depriued thee of the fruite of thy wombe †But she said I haue here my seruant Bala Companie with her that she may beare vpon my knees and I may haue children of her †And she gaue him Bala into mariage who †when her husband had compained with her conceaued and bare a sonne †And Rachel said Our Lord hath iudged for me and hath heard my voice geuing me a sonne and therfore she called his name Dan. †And againe Bala conceauing bare an other †for whom Rachel said God hath compared me with my sister and I haue preuailed and she called him Nepthali †Lia perceauing that she had left bearing deliuered Zelpha her handmaid to her husband †Who conceauing and bringing forth a sonne †she said Happely And therfore called his name Gad. †Zelpha also bare an other †And Lia said This is for my blessednes for wemen wil cal me blessed Therfore she called him Aser †And Ruben going forth in the time of wheat haruest into the field found mandragores which he brought to his mother Lia. And Rachel said Geue me part of thy sonnes mandragores †She answered Doest thou thinke it a smal matter that thou hast taken my husband from me vnlesse thou take also my sonnes mandragores Rachel said For thy sonnes mandragores let him sleepe with thee this night †And when Iacob returned at euen from the field Lia went out to meete him and said Companie with me because with wages I haue hired thee for my sonnes mandragores And
his Apostles to preach the Gospel gaue them powre to worke miracles in his name So did S. Peter and S. Iohn heale the lame Act. 3. And S. Paul auouched miracles for the signes of his Apostleship 2. Cor. 12. CHAP. V. Moyses and Aaron require of Pharao in the behalfe of God to let his people the Hebrewes goe and sacrifice in the desert VVhich he contemning 5. oppresseth them more denying them stravv and yet exacting the accustomed number of brickes 20. The people oppressed impute their miserie to Moyses and Aaron 12. But Moyses prayeth to God for them AFTER these things Moyses and Aaron went in and said to Pharao This saith the Lord God of Israel dismisse my people that they may sacrifice to me in the desert †But he answered Who is the Lord that I should heare his voice and dismisse Israel I know not the Lord and Israel I wil not dismisse †And they said The God of the Hebrewes hath called vs to goe three daies iourney into the wildernesse and to sacrifice to the Lord our God lest perhappes there chance to vs pestilence or sword †The king of Aegypt said to them Why do you Moyses and Aaron solicite the people from their workes Goe you to your burdens †And Pharao said The people of the land is much you see that the multitude is secretly increased how much more if you geue them rest from their workes †Therefore he commanded in that day the ouerseers of the workes and the exactores of the people saying †You shal no more geue straw to the people for to make brickes as before but let them selues goe and geather straw †And the taske of brickes which they did before you shal put vpon them neither shal you diminish any thing for they are idle and therfore they crie saying Let vs goe and sacrifice to our God †Let them be oppressed with workes and let them accomplish them that they hearken not to lying wordes †Therefore the ouerseers of the workes and the exactors going forth said vnto the people Thus saith Pharao I allow you no straw †goe and geather if you can find any where neither shal anie thing of your worke be diminished †And the people was dispersed through al the Land of Aegypt to geather straw †And the ouerseers of the workes were instant saying Finish your worke euerie day as before you were wont to doe when straw was geuen vnto you †And the ouerseers of the workes of the children of Israel were scourged of Pharaos exactors saying Why do you not make vp the taske of brickes as before neither yesterday nor to day †And the ouerseers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharao saying Why dealest thou so against thy seruantes †Straw is not geuen vs and brickes are commanded vs in like sorte behold we thy seruantes are beaten with whippes and thy people is vniustly dealt withal †Who said You are idle and therefore you say Let vs goe and sacrifice to our Lord. †Goe therfore and worke straw shal not be geuen you and you shal geue vp the accustomed number of brickes †And the ouerseers of the children of Israel saw them selues in hard case because it was said vnto them There shal not a whitte be diminished of the brickes for euerie day †And they mette Moyses and Aaron who stood ouer against them coming forth from Pharao †and they said to them Our Lord see and iudge because you haue made our sauour to stinke before Pharao and his seruantes and you haue geuen him a sword for to kil vs. †And Moyses returned to our Lord and said Lord why hast thou afflicted this people wherfore hast thou sent me †For since the time that I entered in to Pharao to speake in thy name he hath afflicted thy people and thou hast not deliuered them CHAP. VI. God reueling himselfe more to Moyses then he had done to former Patriarches 6. commandeth him to tel the children of Israel that he seeing their miseries wil deliuer them from Aegypt and geue them possession of Chanaan 14. The genealogies of Ruben Simeon and especially of Leui are recited 26. to shew the origin of Moyses and Aaron AND our Lord said to Moyses Now thou shalt see what thinges I wil doe to Pharao for by a mightie hand shal he dismisse them and in a strong hand shal he cast them out of his land †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying I am the Lord †that appeared to Abraham to Isaac and to Iacob as God almightie and “ my name ADONAI I did not shew them †And I made a couenant with them to geue them the Land of Chanaan the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers †And I haue heard the groning of the children of Israel wherwith the Aegyptians haue oppressed them and I haue remembred my couenant †Therfore say to the children of Israel I the Lord who wil bring you forth out of the worke-prison of the Aegyptians wil deliuer you from seruitude and redeme you in a high arme and great iudgements †And I wil take you to me for my people and I wil be your God and you shal know that I am the Lord your God that brought you forth out of the worke-prison of the Aegyptians †and brought you into the land ouer which I lifted vp my hand to geue it to Abraham Isaac and Iacob and I wil geue it you to possesse I the Lord. †Moyses then told al to the children of Israel who did not hearken vnto him for anguish of spirit and most painful worke †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Goe in and speake to Pharao the king of Aegypt that he dismisse the children of Israel out of his land †And Moyses answered before our Lord Behold the children of Israel heare me not and how wil Pharao heare especially wheras I am of vncircumcised lippes †And our Lord spake to Moyses and Aaron and he gaue them commandement vnto the children of Israel vnto Pharao the king of Aegypt that they should bring forth the children of Israel out of the land of Aegypt †These are Princes of their houses by their families The sonnes of Ruben the first begotten of Israel Henoch and Phallu Hesron and Charmi. †These are the kinreds of Ruben The sonnes of Simeon Iamuel and Iamin and Ahod and Iachin and Soar and Saul the sonnes of the Chananitesse these are the progenies of Simeon †And these are the names of the sonnes of Leui by their kinreds Gerson and Caath and Merari And the yeares of the life of Leui were an hundred thirtie seuen †The sonnes of Gerson Lobni and Semi by their kinreds †The sonnes of Caath Amram and Isaar and Hebron and Oziel the yeares also of Caaths life were an hundred thirtie three †The sonnes of Merari Moholi and Musi these be the kinreds of Leui by
I wil enter into Aegypt †and euerie first-begotten in the Land of the Aegyptians shal dye from the first begotten of Pharao who sitteth in his throne euen to the first-begotten of the handmaid that is at the mil al the first-begotten of beastes †And there shal be a great crie in the whole Land of Aegypt such as neither hath bene before nor shal be afterward †But with al the children of Israel there shal not a dogge mutter from man euen to beast that you may know with how great a miracle our Lord doth diuide the Aegyptians Israel †And al these thy seruantes shal come downe to me and shal adore me saying Goe forth thou al the people that is vnder thee after this we shal goe forth †And he departed from Pharao exceeding angrie And our Lord said to Moyses Pharao wil not heare you that manie signes may be done in the Land of Aegypt †And Moyses and Aaron did al the wonders that are written before Pharao And our Lord hardned Pharaoes hart neither did he dismisse the children of Israel out of his Land CHAP. XII The maner of preparing and eating the Paschal lambe sprinckling the dore-postes with bloud therof 15. eating no leuened bread seuen dayes together 29. The first borne of men and beastes among the Aegyptians are slaine 35. The Israelites goe away spoyling Aegypt 43. Incircumcised me◠may not eate the Phase AND our Lord said to Moyses and Aaron in the Land of Aegypt †This moneth shal be to you the beginning of monethes it shal be the first in the monethes of the yeare †Speake yee to the whole assemblie of the children of Israel say to them “ The tenth day of this moneth let euerie man take a lambe by their families and houses †But if the number be lesse then may suffice to eate the lambe he shal take vnto him his neighbour that ioyneth to his house according to the number of soules which may suffice to the eating of the lambe †And it shal be alambe without spotte a male of a yeare old according also to which rite you shal take a kidde †And you shal kepe him vntil the fourtenth day of this moneth and the whole multitude of the children of Israel shal sacrifice him at euen †And they shal take of the bloud therof and put vpon both the postes and on the vpper-dore-postes of the houses wherin they shal eate him †And they shal eate the flesh that night rosted at the fire and vnleauened bread with wilde lettice †You shal not eate therof any thing raw nor boyled in water but only rosted at the fire the head with the feete and entralles therof you shal deuoure †Neither shal there remaine any thing of him vntil morning If there be any thing left you shal burne it with fire †And thus you shal eate him you shal gird your reynes and you shal haue shoes on your feete holding staues in your handes and you shal eate speedely for it is the Phase that is the Passage of the Lord. †And I wil passe through the Land of Aegypt that night and wil strike euery first begotten in the Land of Aegypt from man euen vnto beast and in al the goddes of Aegypt I wil doe iudgements I the Lord. †And the bloud shal be vnto you for a signe in the houses where you shal be and I shal see the bloud and shal passe ouer you neither shal there be among you a destroying plague when I shal strike the Land of Aegypt †And you shal haue this day for a moniment and you shal celebrate it solemne to the Lord in your generations with an euerlasting obseruation †Seuen dayes shal you eate azimes in the first day there shal be noe leauen in your houses whosoeuer shal eate leauen that soule shal perish out of Israel from the first day vntil the seuenth day †The first day shal be holie and solemne and the seuenth day with the like festiuitie shal be venerable no worke shal you doe in them except those thinges that pertaine to eating †And you shal obserue the azymes for in the selfe same day I wil bring forth your armie out of the Land of Aegypt and you shal keepe this day vnto your generations with a perpetual rite †The first moneth the fourtenth day of the moneth at euen you shal eate azymes vntil the one and twentith day of the same moneth at euen †Seuen dayes there shal not be found leauened in your houses he that shal eate leauened his soule shal perish out of the assemblie of Israel as wel of strangers as of them that are borne in the land †Nothing leauened shal you eate in al your habitations you shal eate azymes †And Moyses called al the Ancients of the children of Isael and said to them Goe take a lambe by your families and sacrifice the Phase †And dippe a bunche of hyssope in the blould that is at the doore and sprinkle the vppertransome of the doore therwith and both the doore cheekes let none of you goe out of the doore of his house til morning †For our Lord wil passe striking the Aegyptians and when he shal see the bloud on the vppersil and on both the postes he wil passe ouer the doore of the house and not suffer the striker to enter your houses and to hurt †Keepe this thing as a law to thee and thy children for euer †And when you are entred into the Land which our Lord wil geue you as he hath promised you shal obserue these ceremonies †And when your children shal say to you What is this religion †you shal say to them It is the victime of our Lords passage when he passed ouer the houses of the chidlren of Israel in Aegypt striking the Aegyptians and deliuering our houses And the people bowing them selues adored †And the children of Israel going forth did as our Lord had commanded Moyses and Aaron †And it came to passe at midnight our Lord stroke euerie first-begotten in the Land of Aegypt from the first-begotten of Pharao who sate in his throne vnto the first-begotten of the captiue woman that was in the prison and euerie first begotten of beastes †And Pharao arose in the night and al his seruantes and al Aegypt and there arose a great crie in Aegypt for neither was there a house wherin there lay not a dead one †And Pharao calling Moyses and Aaron in the night said Arise and goe forth from my people you and the children of Israel goe sacrifice to the Lord as you say †Your sheepe and heardes take you as you demanded and departing blesse me †And the Aegyptians vrged the people to goe forth out of the land quickly saying We shal al die †The people therfore tooke dough before it was leauened and tying it in their clokes
is other mens the best of whatsoeuer he hath in his owne field or in his vineyard he shal restore according to the estimation of the damage †If fire breaking forth light vpon the thornes and catch stackes of corne or corne standing in the fieldes he shal render the damage that kindled the fire †If a man committe money or vessel vnto his frend to keepe and they be stolen away from him that receaued them if the theefe be found he shal restore duble †if the theefe be not knowen the maister of the house shal be brought to the goddes and shal sweare that he did not extend his hand vpon his neighbours good †to doe any fraud as wel in oxe as in asse and sheepe and rayment and whatsoeuer may bring damage the cause of both parties shal come to the goddes and if they geue iudgement he shal restore duble to his neighbour †If a man committee asse oxe sheepe or any beast to his neigbours custodie and it die or be hurt or be taken of enemies and no man saw †there shal be an oath betwen them that he did not put forth his hand to his neighbours good and the owner shal admitte the oath and he shal not be compelled to make restitution †But if it were taken away by stelth he shal restore the damage to the owner †If it were eaten of a beast let him bring vnto him that which was slaine and he shal not make restitution †He that asketh of his neighbour to borow any of these thinges and it be hurt or dead the owner being not present he shal be compelled to make restitution †But if the owner be present he shal not make restitution especially if it were hired and came for the hire of the same †If a man seduce a virgin being not yet despoused and lie with her he shal endowe her and haue her to wife †If the virgins father wil not geue her he shal geue money according to the maner of the dowrie which virgins are wont to receaue †Inchanters thou shalt not suffer to liue †He that lieth with a brute beast dying let him die †He that sacrificeth to goddes shal be put to death but to the Lord only †Thou shalt not molest a stranger nor afflict him for your selues also were strangers in the Land of Aegypt †A widow and an orphane you shal not hurt †If you hurt them they wil crie out to me and I wil heare their crie †and my furie shal take indignation and I wil strike you with the sword and your wiues shal be widowes and your children orphanes †If thou lend money to my people being poore that dwelleth with thee thou shalt not vrge them as an exactour nor oppresse them with vsuries †If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge thou shalt geue it him againe before sunne sette †For that same is the onlie thing wherwith he is couered the clothing of his bodie neither hath he other to sleepe in if he the goddes and the prince of thy people thou shalt not curse †Thy tithes and thy first fruites thou shalt not slacke to pay the first-borne of thy sonnes thou shalt geue me †Of thy oxen also sheepe thou shalt doe in like maner seuen dayes let it be with the damme the eight day thou shalt render it to me †Holie men you shal be to me the flesh that beastes haue tasted of before you shal not eate but shal cast it to the dogges CHAP. XXIII Lawes are appointed to Iudges the enemies oxe or asse to be saued 8. namely not to take bribes 10. The seuenth yeare and day al must rest 14. Three principal feastes must be solemnized euerie yeare 20. Conduction and protection of an Agel is promised 24. the people is agane commanded to destroy Idols 29. VVhy their enemies shal be destroyed by litle and litle THOV shalt not admitte a lying voice neither shalt thou ioyne thy hand to say false testimonie for a wicked person †Thou shalt not folow the multitude to doe euil neither shalt thou in iudgement argree to the sentence of the most part to stray from the truth †The poore man also thou shalt not pitie in iudgement †If thou meete thy enemies oxe or asse going astray bring it backe to him †If thou see the asse of him that hareth thee lye vnderneth his burden thou â—halt not passe by but shalt liâ—t him vp with the same †Thou shalt not decline the poore mans iudgement †A lye thou shalt auoide The innocent and iust person thou shal not put to death because I abhorre the impious man †Neither shalt thou take bribes which doe blind also the wise and peruert the wordes of the iust †The stranger thou shalt not molest for you know the hartes of strangers because your selues also were strangers in the Land of Aegypt †Six yeares thou shalt sow thy ground and shalt gather the corne therof †But the seuenth yeare thou shalt let it alone and make it to rest that the poore of thy people may eate and whatsoeuer shal be leift let the beastes of the field eate it so shalt thou doe in thy vineyard and thy oliuete †Six dayes thou shalt worke the seuenth day thou shalt cease that thy oxe may rest and thine asse and the sonne of thy handmaide may be refreshed and the stranger †Kepe al thinges that I haue said to you And by the name of foren goddes you shal not sweare neither shal it be heard out of your mouth †Three times euerie yeare you shal celebrate feastes to me †Thou shalt keepe the solemnitie of Azymes Seuen dayes shalt thou â—aâ—e azymes as I commanded thee in the time of the moneth of new corne when thou didst come forth out of Aegypt thou shalt not appeare in my sight emprie †And the solemnitie of the haruest of the first fruites of thy worke whatsoeuer thou didst sow in the field The solemnitie also in the end of the yeare when thou hast gathered al thy corne out of the field †Thrise a yeare shal al thy male sexe appeare before the Lord thy God †Thou shalt not sacrifice the bloud of my victime vpon leuâ—n neither shal the fatte of my solemnitie remaine vntil the morning †The first fruites of the corne of thy ground thou shalt carrie into the house of the Lord thy God Thou shalt not boyle a kidde in the milke of his damme †Behold I wil send myne Angel which shal goe before thee and keepe thee in thy iourney and bring thee into the place that I haue prepared †Obserue him and heare his voice neither doe thou thinke him one to be contemned for he wil not forgeue when thou hast sinned and my name is in him †But iâ— thou wilt heare his voice and doe al that I speake I wil be enemie to
Sanctuarie and leauing them there †he shal wash his flesh in a holie place and shal be clothed with his owne garments And after that he hath gone forth and offered his owne holocaust and the peoples he shal pray as wel for him self as for the people †and the fatte that is offered for sinnes he shal burne vpon the altar †but he that hath let goe the goate of dismission shal wash his clothes and bodie with water and so shal enter into the campe †But the calfe the bucke goate that were immolated for sinne and whose bloud was caried into the Sanctuarie to accomplish the expiation they shal carie forth without the campe and shal burne with fire aswel the skinnes as their flesh and the dung †and whosoeuer burneth them shal wash his clothes and his flesh with water and so shal enter into the campe †And this shal be to you an euerlasting ordinance The seuenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth you shal afflict your soules and no worke shal you doe whether he be of the same countrie or a stranger that soiourneth among you †Vpon this day shal be the expiation of you and clensing from al your sinnes before the Lord you shal be clensen †for it is a sabath of rest and you shal afflict your soules by a perpetual religion And the priest shal expiate that is annoynted and whose handes are consecrated to do the function of priesthood for his father and he shal be reuested with the linnen stole and the holie vestments †and he shal expiate the Sanctuarie and the tabernecle of testimonie and the altar the priestes also and al the people †And this shal be an ordinance for euer that you pray for the children of Israel and for al their sinnes once in a yeare He did therfore as our Lord had commanded Moyses CHAP. XVII Al Sacrifices must be offered at the doore of the Tabernacle 7. with special prohibitioÌ„ of Idolatrie 10. None must eate bloud 15 whosoeuer eateth caraine flesh is contaminate and must be washed AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to Aaron and his sonnes and to al the children of Israel saying to them This is the word which our Lord hath coÌ„manded saying †Anie man whosoeuer of the house of Israel if he kil an oxe or a sheepe or a goate in the campe or without the campe and offer it not at the dore of the tabernacle an oblation to the Lord shal be guiltie of bloud as if he had shed bloud so shal he perish out of the middes of his people †Therfore shal the children of Israel bring to the priest their hostes which they kil in the filde that they may be sanctified to our Lord before the dore of the tabernacle of testimonie they may immolate them pacifique hostes to our Lord. †And the priest shal poure the bloud vpon the altar of our Lord at the dore of the tabernacle of testimonie and shal burne the fatte for a swete odour to our Lord †and they shal no more immolate their hostes to diuels with whom they haue committed fornication It shal be an ordinance for euer to them and to their posteritie †And to them thou shalt say The man of the house of Israel and of the strangers which seiourne with you that offereth an holocaust or victime †and bringeth it not to the dore of the tabernacle of testimonie that it may be offered to our Lord shal perish out of his people †Anie man whosoeuer of the house of Israel and of the strangers that seiourne among them if he eate bloud I wil sette my face against his life and wil destroy it out of his people †because the life of the flesh is in the bloud and I haue geuen it to you that vpon the altar you may make expiation with it for your soules and the bloud may be for an expiation of the soule †Therfore haue I faid to the children of Israel No soule of you shal eate bloud nor of the strangers that seiourne with you †Anie man whosoeuer of the children of Israel and of the strangers that seiourne with you if by hunting or fowling he take wild beast or foule which it is lawful to eate let him poure our the bloud therof and couer it with earth †For the life of al flesh is in the bloud wherupon I said to the children of Israel The bloud of no flesh shal you eate because the life of the flesh is in the bloud and whosoeuer eateth it fâ—al die †The soule that eateth carraine or that which is taken of a beast aswel of them of the same countrie as of strangers shal wash his clothes and him self with water and shal be contaminated vntil euen and in this order he shal be made cleane †And if he doe not wash his clothes and his bodie he shal beare his iniquitie CHAP. XVIII Mariage prohibited in certaine dâ—grees of consanguinitie and affinitie 18. And diuers carnal and execrable sinnes committed in other nations are strictly forbidden AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Speake to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them I the Lord your God †according to the custome of the Land of Aegypt wherin you haue dwelt you shal not doe and according to the maner of the Countrie of Chanaan into the which I wil bring you you shal not doe nor walke in their ordinaÌ„ces †You shal doe my iudgements and shal obserue my precepts and shal walke in them I the Lord your God †Keepe my lawes and iudgmentes which a man doing shal liue in them I the Lord. †No man shal approch to her that is “ next of his bloud to reueale her turpitude I the Lord. †The turpitude of thy father and the turpitude of thy mother thou shalt not discouer she is thy mother thou shalt not reueale her turpitude †The turpitude of thy fathers wife thou shalt not discouer for it is the turpitude of thy father †The turpitude of thy sister by father or by mother which was borne at home or abroad thou shalt not reueale †The turpitude of thy sonnes daughter or of thy neece by thy daughter thou shalt not reueale because it is thy turpitude †The turpitude of thy fathers wiues daughter which she bare to thy father and is thy sister thou shal not reueale †The turpitude of thy fathers sister thou shalt not discouer because she is the flesh of thy father †The turpitude of thy mothers sister thou shalt not reueale because she is of the flesh of thy mother †The turpitude of thy fathers brother thou shalt not reueale neither shalt thou approch to his wife who is ioyned to thee by affinitie †The turpitude of thy daughter in law thou shalt not reueale because she is thy sonnes wife neither shalt thou discouer her ignominie †The turpitude of thy brothers
multitude †Moyses did as out Lord had commanded And when he had taken Iosue he sette him before Eleazar the priest and al the assemblie of the people †And imposing his handes on his head he repeted al thinges that our Lord had commanded CHAP. XXVIII Special sacrifices are appointed for euerie day in the morning and euening 9. Likewise for euerie Sabbath day 11. for the first day of euerie moneth 16. for Pasch 26. and for Penticost OVR Lord also said to Moyses †Command the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them My oblation and breades and burnt sacrifice of most sweete odour offer ye in their times †These are the sacrifices which you must offer Two lambes of a yeare old without blemish daily for the euerlasting holocaust †one you shal offer in the morning and the other at euen †the tenth part of an ephi of floure which shal be tempered with the purest oile and shal haue the fourth part of an hin †It is the continual holocaust which you offered in Mount Sinai for a most sweete odour of the burnt sacrifice of the Lord. †and for a libament you shal offer of wine the fourth part of an hin for euerie lambe in the Sanctuarie of the Lord. †And the other lambe in like maner you shal offer at euen according to al the rite of the morning sacrifice and of the libamentes therof an oblation of most sweete odour to the Lord. †And on the day of the Sabbath you shal offer two lambes of a yeare old without blemish and two tenthes of flowre tempered with oile in sacrifice and the libamentes †which are ritely powred euerie Sabbath for an euerlasting holocaust †And in the Calendes you shal offer an holocauste to the Lord two calues of the heard one ramme seuen lambes of a yeare old without blemish †and three tenthes of flowre tempered with oile in sacrifice for euerie calfe and two tenthes of flowre tempered with oile to euerie ramme †and the tenth part of a tenth of flowre tempered with oile in sacrifice to euerie lambe it is an holocaust of most sweete odour and burnt sacrifice to the Lord. †And the libamentes of wine that are to be powred for euerie victime shal be these The halfe part of an hin for euerie calfe the third to a ramme the fourth to alambe this shal be the holocaust through al monethes that succede one an other as the yeare turneth about †A bucke goate also shal be offered to the Lord for sinnes an euerlasting holocaust with his libamentes †And in the first moneth the fourtenth day of the moneth shal be the Phase of the Lord †and the fiftenth day the solemnitie seuen daies shal they eate azymes †Of the which the first day shal be venerable and holie no seruile worke shal you doe therein †And you shal offer burnt sacrifice an holocaust to the Lord two calues of the heard one ramme seuen lambes of a yeare old without blemish †and the sacrifice of euerie one of flowre which shal be tempered with oile three tenthes to euerie calfe and two tenthes to euerie ramme †and the tenth part of a tenth to euerie lambe that is to say to the seuen lambes †And one bucke goate for sinne that expiation may be made for you †beside the morning holocaust which you shal alwaies offer †So shal you do euerie day of the seuen daies for a foode of the fire and for a most sweee odour to the Lord which shal rise of the holocaust and of the libamentes of euerie one †The seuenth day also shal be most solemne and holie vnto you no seruile worke shal you doe therein †The day also of first fruites when you shal offer new fruites to the Lord after that the weekes be accomplished shal be venerable and holie no seruile worke shal you doe therein †And you shal offer an holocaust for a most sweete odour to the Lord two calues of the heard one ramme and seuen Lambes of a yeare old without blemish †and in the sacrifices of them three tenthes of flowre tempered with oile to euerie calfe to euerie ramme two †euerie lambe the tenth part of a tenth which together are seuen lambes a goate also †which is slaine for expiation beside the euerlasting holocaust and the libamentes therof †Al shal you offer without blemish with their libamentes CHAP. XXIX In the seuenth moneth are celebrated with particular sacrifices the feastes of Trumpets 7. of Expiation 12. of Tabernacles 35. and of Assemblie and Collection THE first day also of the seuenth moneth shal be venerable and holie vnto you no seruile worke shal you doe therein because it is the day of sounding and of trumpetes †And you shal offer an holocaust for a most sweete odour to the Lord one calfe of the heard one ramme and seuen lambes of a yeare old without blemish †and in their sacrifices of floure tempered with oile three tenthes to euerie calfe two tenthes to a ramme †one tenth to a lambe which together are seuen lambes †and a bucke goate for sinne which is offered for the expiation of the people †besides the holocaust of the Calendes with the sacrifices therof and the euerlasting holocaust with the accustomed libamentes With the same ceremonies shal you offer burnt sacrifice for a most sweete odour to the Lord. †The tenth day also of this seuenth moneth shal be holie and venerable vnto you and you shal afflict your soules no seruile worke shal you doe therein †And you shal offer an holocaust to the Lord for a most sweete odour one calfe of the heard one ramme seuen Lambes of a yeare old without blemish †and in their sacrifices of floure tempered with oile three tenthes to euerie calfe two tenthes to the ramme †the tenth part of a tenth to euerie lambe which are in al seuen lambes †and a bucke goate for sinne besides these thinges that are wont to be offered for offence vnto expiation and for the euerlasting holocaust with their sacrifice libamentes †But the fiftenth day of the seuenth moneth which shal be vnto you holie and venerable no seruile worke shal you doe therein but you shal celebrate the solemnitie to the Lord seuen daies †and you shal offer an holocaust for a most sweete odour to the Lord calues of the heard thirtene rammes two lambes of a yeare old without blemish fourtene †in their libamentes of flowre tempered with oile three tenthes to euerie calfe which are together thirtene calues and two tenthes to euerie ramme that is together to two rammes †and the tenth part of a tenth to euerie lambe which are together fourtene lambes †and a bucke goate for sinne beside the euerlasting holocauste and the sacrifice and the libament therof †The next day
you shal offer calues of the heard twelue two rammes lambes a yeare old without blemish fourtene †and the sacrifices and libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal ritely celebrate †and a bucke goate for sinne beside the euerlasting holocauste and the sacrifice and libament therof †The third day you shal oster eleuen calues two rammes lambes of a yeare old without blemish fourtene †and the sacrifices and the libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal ritely celebrate †and a bucke goate for sinne beside the euerlasting holocauste and the sacrifice and libament therof †The fourth day you shal offer ten calues two rammes lambes a yeare old without blemish fourtene †and the sacrifices and the libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal titely celebrate †and a bucke goate for sinne beside the euerlasting holocauste and the sacrifice therof and libament †The fifth day you shal offer nine calues two rammes lambes of a yeare old without blemish fourtene †and the sacrifices and the libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal ritely celebrate †and a bucke goate for sinne beside the euerlasting holocauste and the sacrifices therof and libament †The sixt day you shal offer eight calues two raÌ„mes lambes of a yeare old without blemish fourtene †and the sacrifices and the libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal ritely celebrate †and a bucke goate for sinne beside the euerlasting holocauste and the sacrifice therof and libament †The seuenth day you shal offer seuen calues and two rammes lambes of a yeare old without blemish fourtene †and the sacrifices and the libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal ritely celebrate †and a bucke goate for sinne beside the euerlasting holocauste and the sacrifice therof and libament †The eight 〈…〉 is most solemne no seruile you doe therin †offering an holocauste for a most sweete odour to the Lord one calfe one ramme lambes of a yeare old with out blemish seuen †and the sacrifices and the libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal ritely celebrate †and a bucke goate for sinne besides the euerlasting holocauste and the sacrifice therof and libament †These thinges shal you offer to the Lord in your solemnites besides your vowes and voluntarie oblations in holocauste in sacrifice in libament and in pacifique hostes CHAP. XXX Voluntarie vowes or oathes of men 14. of maides in their fathers houses 7. or newly maried 10. of widowes or wiues diuorced 11. and of wiues in their husbands houses and how they bind or are made frustrate AND Moyses told the children of Israel al thinges that our Lord had commanded him †and he spake to the princes of the tribes of the children of Israel This is the word that our Lord hath commanded †If any man make a vowe to our Lord or binde him self by an oath he shal not make his word frustrate but al that he promised he shal fulfil †If a woman vowe any thing and binde herself with an oath she that is in her fathers house and as yet in maydens age if her father know the vowe that she promised and the oath wherwith she bound her soule and hold his peace she shal be bound to the vowe †Whatsoeuer she promised and sware she shal fulfil in deede †but if immediatly as he heareth it her father do gaine say it both her vowes and her othes “ shal be frustrate neither shal she be bound to the promisse for that her father hath gainesaid it †If she haue a husband and vowe any thing and the word once going out of her mouth binde her soule by an oath †the day that her husband heareth it and doth not gaine say it she shal be bound to the vowe and shal render whatsoeuer she promised †but if as sowne as he heareth he gaine say it and make her promises frustrate and the wordes wherwith she had bound her soule our Lord wil be propitious to her †The widowe and she that is deuorced whatsoeuer they vowe they shal render †The wife in the house of her husband when she hath bound her self by vowe and by oath †if her husband heare and hold his peace neither doe gaynesay the promisse she shal render whatsoeuer she had promissed †but if forthwith he gaynesay it she shal not be holden bound to the promisse because her husband gaynesaid it and our Lord wil be propitious to her †If she vowe and binde her selfe by oath to afflict her soule by fasting or abstinence from other thinges it shal be in the arbitrement of her husband whether she shal do it or not do it †and if the husband hearing it hold his peace and differre sentence til an other day whatsoeuer she had vowed and promised she shal render because immediatly as he heard it he held his peace †but if he gaynesay it after that he knew it him selfe shal beare her iniquitie †These are the lawes which our Lord appointed to Moyses betwen the husband and the wife betwene the father and the daughter that is as yet in maidens age or that abideth in her fathers house ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXX 6. Shal be frustrate Vowes which fathers and husbandes could frustrate ' in their daughters and wiues must needes be ment of things not commanded by God For it was not in their powre to dispence in Gods precepts As for example touching the feast of Expiration it was not in the arbitrement of fathers and husbandes as here it was v. 14 whether their daughters and wiues should fast or no but was absolutely saied Leuit. 23. v. 29. â—uerie soule that is not afflicted that is which fasteth not this day shal perish out of his people And so in other precepts were necessarie obligations Besides which it is gratful also to God that his seruantes bind them selues to other good workes wherto they are not otherwise bound CHAP. XXXI The Madianites are slaine in battle for that they had drawen the people of Israel to sinne 11. The praye is brought to Moyses 14. VVho being angrie that the wemen which were the occasion of sinne are saued aliue commandeth to kâ—lal the male children and al the wemen sauing only virgins 19. The souldiars are purified as also the praye 26. and then diuided among the victours and other people taking out portions for the Leuites 48. The princes of the hoste geue free offerings to our Lord. AND our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Reuenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people †And Moyses forthwith said Arme of you men to fight which may take
this people and shal diuide vnto them the Land which thou shalt see †And we abode in the valley against the temple of Phogor CHAP. IIII. Moyses exhorteth the people to kepe Gods commandments 15. Namely that they make no similitude nor image of man nor of beast bird fish sunne moone nor of anie creature to serue the same for the Creator He fortelleth his owne death 23. threatneth them if they forsake God 41. and appointeth three cities of refuge on the same side Iordan AND now Israel heare the preceptes and iudgementes which I teach thee that doing them thou mayest liue and entring in mayest possesse the Land which the Lord the God of your fathers wil geue you †You “ shal not adde to the word that I speake to you neither shal you take away from it keepe the commandment of the Lord your God which I command you †Your eyes haue seene al thinges that our Lord hath done against Beelphegor how he hath destroyed al his worshippers out of the middes of you †But you that cleaue to the Lord your God liue al vntil this present day †You know that I haue taught you preceptes and iustices as the Lord my God hath commanded me so shal you do them in the Land which you shal possesse †and you shal obserue and fulfil them in worke For this is your wisedome and vnderstanding before peoples that hearing al these preceptes may say Behold a people ful of wisedome and vnderstanding a great nation †Neither is there other nation so great that hath goddes approching vnto them as our God is present at al our petitions †For what other nation is there so renowmed that hath the ceremonies and iust iudgementes and the whole law which I wil sette forth this day before your eyes †Keepe thy selfe therfore and thy soule carefully Forget not the wordes that thyne eyes haue seene and let them not fal out of thy hart al the daies of thy life Thou shalt teach them thy sonnes and thy nephewes †the day wherin thou didst stand before the Lord thy God in Horeb when our Lord spake to me saying Assemble vnto me the people that they may heare my wordes and may learne to feare me al the time that they liue on the earth and may teach their children †And you came to the foote of the mount which burned euen vnto heauen and there was in it darkenes and a clould and mist †And our Lord spake to you from the middes of the fyre The voice of his wordes you heard and forme you saw not at al. †And he shewed you his couenant which he commanded you to do and the tenne wordes that he wrote in two tables of stone †And he cōmanded me at that time that I should teach you the ceremonies and iudgementes which you should doe in the Land that you shal possesse †Keepe therfore your soules carefully You saw not any similitude in the day that our Lord spake to you in Horeb from the middes of the fire †lest perhaps deceiued you might make you a grauen similitude or image of male or female †the similitude of al cattel that are vpon the earth or of birdes that flie vnder heauen †and of creeping beastes that moue on the earth or of fishes that vnder the earth abide in the waters †lest perhapes lifting vp thyne cies to heauen thou see the Sunne and the Moone and al the starres of heauen and deceiued by errour thou adore and serue them which the Lord thy God created to serue al nations that are vnder heauen †But you our Lord hath taken and brought out of the yron furnace of Aegypt to haue you his people by inheritance as it is this present day †And our Lord was angrie with me for your wordes and he sware that I should not passe ouer Iordan nor enter into the excellent Land which he wil geue you †Behold I die in this ground I shal not passe ouer Iordan you shal passe and possesse the goodlie Land †Beware lest at any time thou forget the couenant of the Lord thy God which he hath made with thee and make to thee a grauen similitude of those thinges which our Lord hath prohibited to be made †because the Lord thy God is a consuming fyre ielouse God †If you shal begette sonnes and nephewes and abide in the Land and being deceiued make to you some similitude committing euil before the Lord your God to prouoke him to wrarh †I cal this day heauen and earth witnesses that you shal quikly perish from out of the Land which being passed ouer Iordan you shal possesse You shal not dwel therin long time but our Lotd wil destroy you †and disperse you into al nations and you shal remaine a few among the nations to the which our Lord wil lead you †and there you shal serue goddes that were framed with mens hand wood and stone that see not nor heare nor eate nor smel †And when thou shalt seeke there the Lord thy God thou shalt finde him yet so if thou seeke him with al thy hart and al tribulation of thy soule †After that al the thinges aforesaid shal finde thee and in the latter time thou shalt returne to the Lord thy God and shalt heare his voice †Because the Lord thy God is a merciful God he wil not leaue thee nor altogether destroy thee nor forget the couenant wherein he sware to thy fathers †Aske of the dayes of old that haue bene before thy time from the day that God created man vpon the earth from one end of heauen to the other end therof if euer there was done the like thing or it hath beene knowen at any time †that a people should heare the voice of God speaking out of the middes of fyre as thou hast heard and liued †if God so did that he went in and tooke vnto him a Nation out of the middes of nations by temptations signes and wonders by fight and strong hand and stretched out arme and horrible visions according to al thinges that the Lord your God did for you in Aegypt thine eies seeing it †that thou mightest know that our Lord he is God and there is none other beside him †from heauen he made thee to heare his voice that he might teach thee And in earth he shewed thee his fyre verie greate and thou didst heare his wordes out of the middes of the fyre †because he loued thy fathers and chose their seede after them And he brought thee out of Aegypt going before thee in his great power †to destroy verie great nations and stronger then thou at thy entring in and to bring thee in and geue thee their land in possession as thou seest this present day †Know therfore this day and thinke in thy hart that our Lord he is God in heauen aboue and in the earth beneth
they camped in Ietebatha in a Land of waters and torrentes †At that time he separated the tribe of Leui to carie the arke of the couenant of our Lord and to stand before him in the ministerie and to blesse in his name vntil this present day †For the which cause Leui had no part nor possession with his brethren because our Lord him self is his possession as the Lord thy God promised him †And I stoode in the mount as before fourtie daies and nightes and our Lord heard me this time also and would not destroy thee †And he said to me Goe and march before the people that they may enter and possesse the Land which I sware to their fathers that I would deliuer to them †And now Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but that thou feare the Lord thy God and walke in his waies and loue him and serue the Lord thy God with al thy hart and with al thy soule †and keepe the commandementes of our Lord and his ceremonies which I command thee this day that it may be wel with thee †Behold heauen is the Lords thy God and the heauen of heauen the earth and al thinges that are in it †And yet to thy fathers was our Lord ioyned and he loued them and chose their seede after them that is to say you from al Nations as this day it is proued †Circumcise therfore the prepuce of your hart and your necke indurate no more †because the Lord your God he is the God of goddes and the Lord of lordes a great God and mightie and terrible that accepteth not person nor giftes †He doth iudgement to the pupil and the widowe loueth the stranger and geueth him victual rayment †And do you therfore loue strangers because you also were strangers in the Land of Aegypt †Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God and serue him only to him thou shalt cleaue and shalt sweare in his name †He is thy praise and thy God that hath done for thee these greate and terrible thinges which thyne eies haue seene †In seuentie soules did thy fathers goe downe into Aegypt and behold now the Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the slarres of heauen CHAP. XI For the benefites of God wherof some are repeted and others promised the Israelites are bound to loue him 16. but if they forsake him he threatneth punishmentes 26. proposing benediction and malediction as they shal deserue LOVE therfore the Lord thy God and obserue his preceptes and ceremonies his iudgementes and commandmentes at al time †Know this day the thinges that your children know not who saw not the discipline of the Lord your God his great doinges and strong hand and stretched out arme †the signes and workes which he did in the middes of Aegypt to Pharao the king and to al his land †and to al the hoste of the Aegyptians and to their horses and charriottes how the waters of the red sea couered them when they pursewed you and how our Lord destroyed them vntil this present day †and to you what thinges he hath done in the wildernes til you came to this place †and to Dathan and Abiron the sonnes of Eliab which was the sonne of Ruben whom the earth opening her mouth swalowed vp with their houses and tabernacles and al their substance which they had in the middes of Israel †Your eies haue seene al the great workes of our Lord that he hath done †that you may keepe al his commandementes which I command you this day and may enter in and possesse the Land to the which you enter †and may liue in it a great time which our Lord by oath promised to your fathers and to their seede flowing with milke and honie †For the Land which thou goest to possesse is not as the Land of Aegypt which thou camest out of where when the seede is sowen waters are brought in to water it after the maner of gardens †but it is hilly and champion expecting raine from heauen †which the Lord thy God doth alwaies visite and his eies are on it from the beginning of the yeare vnto the end therof †If then you obey my commandementes which I command you this day that you loue the Lord your God and serue him with al your hart and with al your soule †he wil geue rayne to your Land the timely and the lateward that you may gather your corne and wine and oile †and haye out of the fieldes to feede your cattel and that your selues may eate and be filled †Beware lest perhaps your hart be deceiued and you depart from our Lord and serue strange goddes and adore them †and our Lord being wrath shutte vp heauen and the raine come not downe nor the earth geue her spring and you perish quickly from the excellent Land which our Lord wil geue you †Put these my wordes in your hartes and mindes and hang them for a signe on your handes and place them betwen your eies †Teach your children that they meditate them when thou sittest in thy house walkest on the way and liest downe and rysest vp †Thou shalt write them vpon the postes and gates of thy house †that thy daies may be multiplied and the dayes of thy children in the Land which our Lord sware to thy fathers that he would geue it them as long as the heauen hangeth ouer the earth †For if you keepe the commandementes which I command you and doe them that you loue the Lord your God and walke in al his wayes cleauing to him †our Lord wil destroy al these nations before your face and you shal possesse them which are greater and stronger then you †Euerie place that your foote shal treade shal be yours From the desert and from Libanus from the great riuer Euphrates vnto the west sea shal be your borders †None shal stand against you your terrour and feare shal the Lord your God geue vpon al the land that you shal treade as he hath spoken to you †Behold I sette forth in your sight this day benediction and malediction †benection if you obey the commandementes of the Lord your God which I command you this day †malediction if you obey not the commandementes of the Lord your God but reuolt from the way which now I doe shew you and walke after strange goddes which you know not †And when the Lord thy God shal haue brought thee into the Land to the which thou goest to inhabite thou shalt put the benediction vpon mounte Garizim the malediction vpon mounte Hebal †which are beyond Iordan behinde the way that bendeth to the going downe of the sunne in the Land of the Chananeite which dwelleth in the champion countrie against Galgala which is beside the valle that reacheth and entreth farre †For you shal passe ouer Iordan to possesse
thy possession †The third yeare thou shalt separate an other tenth of al thinges that growe to thee at that time and shalt lay it vp within thy gates †And the Leuite shal come that hath no other part nor possession with thee and the stranger and pupil and widow that are within thy gates and shal eate and be filled that our Lord thy God may blesse thee in al the workes of thy handes that thou shalt doe CHAP. XV. Remission of dibtes in the seuenth yeare to the israelites but not to strangers 4. Albeit there wil alwayes be some poore yet they must so lend to their needie bretheren that none be forced to begge 12. Abought seruant that is an hebrew must be set free in the seuenth yeare 16. except he desire to serue stil 19. The firstborne in al cattel must be consecrated to God without making priuate profite therof IN the seuenth yeare thou shalt make a remission †which shal be celebrated in this order He to whom any thing is owing of his freind or neighbour and brother can not aske it againe because it is the yeare of remission of our Lord. †Of the seiourner and stranger thou shalt exact of thy countrie man and neighbour thou shalt not haue power to require it †And needie person and begger there shal be none among you that our Lord thy God may blesse thee in the land which he wil geue thee in possession †Yet so if thou heare the voice of our Lord thy God and keepe al thinges that he hath bid and which I command thee this day he wil blesse thee as he hath promised †Thou shalt lend to manie nations and thy selfe shalt borrow of no man Thou shalt haue dominion ouer verie manie nations and no man shal haue dominion ouer thee †If one of thy brethren that abideth within the gates of thy citie in the land which our Lord thy God wil geue thee come to pouertie thou shalt not harden thy hart nor close thy hand †but shalt open it to the poore man and shalt lend him that which thou perceiuest he hath neede of †Beware lest perhaps an impious cogitation steale in vpon thee and thou say in thy hart The seuenth yeare of remission draweth nigh turne away thy eies from thy poore brother denying to lend him that which he asketh lest he crie against thee to our Lord and it become a sinne vnto thee †But thou shalt geue to him neither shalt thou doe any thing craftely in releuing his necessities that our Lord thy God may blesse thee at al times and in al thinges whereunto thou shalt put thy hand †There shal not want poore in the land of thy habitation therfore I command thee that thou open thy hand to thy needie and poore brother that liueth in the Land †When thy brother an Hebrew man or Hebrew woman is sold to thee and hath serued thee six yeares in the seuenth yeare thou shalt let him goe free †and to whom thou geuest freedom thou shalt in no case suffer him to depart emptie †but geue him his way fare of thy flockes and of thy barne floore and thy presse wherwith our Lord thy God shal blesse thee †Remember that thy self also didst serue in the Land of Aegypt and our Lord thy God made thee free and therfore doe I now command thee †But if he say I wil not depart because he loueth thee and thy house and feeleth that he is wel with thee †thou shalt take an awle and bore through his eare in the dore of thy house and he shal serue thee for euer to thy woman seruant also thou shalt doe in like maner †Turne not away thine eies from them when thou makest them free because he hath serued thee six yeares after the wages of an hireling that our Lord thy God may blesse thee in al the workes that thou doest †Of the first borne that come forth in thy heardes and sheepe whatsoeuer is of the male sexe thou shalt sanctifie to our Lord thy God Thou shalt not worke with the first borne of an oxe and thou shalt not sheare the first borne of thy sheepe †In the sight of our Lord thy God shalt thou eate them euerie yeare in the place that our Lord shal choose thou and thy house †But if it haue blemish and be either lame or blind or in any part diffigured or feeble it shal not be immolated to our Lord thy God †but within the gates of thy citie shalt thou eate it as wel the cleane as the vncleane in like maner shal eate them as the doa and the hart †This onlie shalt thou obserue that their bloud thou eate not but power it out on the earth as water CHAP. XVI Three more solemne feastes to be kept euerie yeare Pasch 9. Pentecost 13. and the feast of tabernacles 18. Iust Iudges to be appointed in euerie citie 21 Al occasions of Idolatrie to be auoyded OBSERVE the moneth of new corne and the first of the spring time that thou mayest make the Phase to our Lord thy God because in this moneth our Lord thy God brought thee out of Aegypt by night †And thou shalt immolate the Phase to our Lord thy God of sheepe and of oxen in the place which our Lord thy God shal choose that his name may dwel there †Thou shalt not eate in it leuened bread Seuen daies shalt thou eate without leuen the bread of affliction because in feare didst thou come out of Aegypt that thou mayest remember the day of thy comming out of Aegypt al the dayes of thy life †Leuened shal not appeare in al thy coastes for seuen daies and there shal not remayne of the flesh of that which was immolated at euen the first day vntil morning †Thou canst not immolate the Phase in euerie one of thy cities which our Lord thy God wil geue thee †but in the place which our Lord thy God shal choose that his name may dwel there thou shalt immolate the Phase at euen at the going downe of the sunne when thou camest out of Aegypt †And thou shalt boyle and eate is in the place which our Lord thy God shal choose and in the morning rysing vp thou shalt goe into thy tentes †Six daies shalt thou eate azymes and in the seuenth day because it is the collection of our Lord thy God thou shalt doe no worke †Seuen weekes shalt thou number thee from that day wherein thou didst put the sickle to the corne †and thou shalt celebrate the festiual day of weekes to our Lord thy God a voluntarie oblation of thy hand which thou shalt offer according to the blessing of our Lord thy God †and thou shalt feast before our Lord thy God thou thy sonne and thy daughter and thy man seruant and thy woman seruant and the Leuite that is within thy gates
and the stranger and pupil and widow which abide with you in the place which our Lord thy God shal choose that his name may dwel there †and thou shalt remember that thou wast a seruant in Aegypt and thou shalt keepe and doe the thinges that are commanded †The solemnitie also of Tabernacles thou shalt celebrate seuen daies when thou hast gathered thy fruite of the barne floore and the presse †and thou shalt feast in the festiuitie thou thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant and woman seruant the Leuite also and stranger and pupil and widow that are within thy gates †Seuen daies shalt thou celebrate the feastes to our Lord thy God in the place which our Lord shal choose and our Lord thy God wil blesse thee in al thy fruites and in euerie worke of thy handes and thou shalt be in ioye †Three times in a yeare shal al thy male appeare in the sight of our Lord thy God in the place which he shal choose in the solemnitie of Azymes in the solemnitie of weekes and in the solemnitie of Tabernacles There shal not appeare before our Lord any emptie †but euerie one shal offer according to that he hath according to the blessing of our Lord his God which he shal geue him †Iudges and maisters shalt thou appoynt in al thy gates which our Lord thy God shal geue thee in euerie of thy tribes that they may iudge the people with iust iudgement †and not decline to either part Thou shalt not accept person nor giftes because that giftes blinde the eies of the wise and change the wordes of the iust †Iustly shalt thou pursew that which is iust that thou mayest liue and possesse the Land which our Lord thy God shal geue thee †Thou shalt plante no groue nor any tree neere the altar of our Lord thy God †Neither shalt thou make nor sette to thy self a statue which thing our Lord thy God hateth CHAP. XVII Perfect hostes not mamed nor defectiue must be offered to God Idolaters stoned to death 8. VVhen inferior iudges differ the cause must be decided by the High Priest in consistorie Who is warranted not to erre therin and al are bound to obey his sentence 14. The dutie also of a king Whom in future time God wil condescend to geue them is described with special charge to receiue the law of God at the Priestes handes THOV shalt not immolate to our Lord thy God a sheepe and an oxe wherein there is blemish or any fault because it is abomination to our Lord thy God †When there shal be found with thee within one of thy gates which our Lord thy God shal geue thee man or woman that do euil in the sight of our Lord thy God and transgresse his couenant †that they goe and serue strange goddes and adore them the sunne and the moone and al the hoste of heauen which thinges I commanded not †and this is told thee and hearing it thou hast inquired diligently and found it to be true and the abomination is committed in Israel †thou shalt bring forth the man and the woman that haue committed that most heynous thing to the gates of thy citie and they shal be stoned †At the mouth of two or three witnesses shal he perish that is to be slaine Let no man be killed one onlie geuing testimonie against him †The hand of the witnesses shal be first to kil him and the hand of the rest of the people shal be layd on last that thou mayest take away the euil out of the middes of thee †“ If thou perceiue that the iudgement with thee be hard and doubtful betwen bloud and bloud cause and cause leprosie and not leprosie and thou see that the wordes of the iudges within thy gates doe varye arise and goe vp to the place which our Lord thy God shal choose †And thou shalt come to the priestes of the Leuitical stocke and to the iudge that shal be at that time and thou shalt aske of them “ who shal shew thee the truth of the iudgment †And thou shalt do whatsoeuer they that are presidentes of the place which our Lord shal choose shal say and teach thee †according to his law and thou shalt folow their sentence neither shalt thou decline to the right hand nor to the left hand †But “ he that shal be proude refusing to obey the commandement of the Priest which at that time ministreth to our Lord thy God and the decree of the iudge that man shal die and thou shalt take away the euil out of Israel †and the whole people hearing shal feare that none afterward swel in pride †When thou art entred the Land which our Lord thy God wil geue thee and doest possesse it and dwellest in it and sayest I wil sette a king ouer me as al nations haue round about †him shalt thou sette whom our Lord thy God shal choose of the number of thy brethren A man of an other nation that is not thy brother thou canst not make king †And when he is made he shal not multiplie to him selfe horses nor lead backe the people into Aegypt taking high courage for the number of his horsemen especially whereas our Lord hath commanded you that in no case you returne any more the same way †He shal not haue manie wiues that may allure his minde nor huge weightes of siluer and gold †And after he shal sitte in the throne of his kingdome he shal copie to him selfe the Deuteronomie of this Law in a volume taking the copie of the priestes of the Leuitical tribe †and he shal haue it with him and shal reade it al the dayes of his life that he may learne to feare our Lord his God and keepe his wordes and ceremonies that are commanded in the law †And that his hart be not lifted vp into pride ouer his brethren nor decline to the right side or the left side that he may reigne a long time and his sonnes ouer Israel ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XVII 8. If the iudgement be hard For a ful and assured decision of al controuersies God here instituted to his people a supreme Tribunal that in case inferior Iudges varied in iudgement recourse might be had to the Councel of Priestes where one chiefe Iudge the High Priest was appointed to geue sentence and al others commanded to receiue and obey the same 9. vvho shal shevv the truth God so assisted this consistorie with his spirite of truth that their sentence was infallible though otherwise they might erre either in life or in priuate opinion VVherfore our Sauiour distinguishing betwen their publique doctrin and their workes taught the people that for somuch as the Scribes and Pharisees sate in Moyses chaire and yet transgressed Gods commandmentes euerie one should obserue and doe as they saide but not doe according to their
with shippes into Aegypt by the way wherof he said to thee that thou shouldest see it no more There shalt thou be sould to thine enemies for bondmen and bondweomen and no man shal bye you CHAP. XXIX A couenant and oath is made betwen God and his people with commemoration of sundrie benefites by them receiued that keping his law they shal be more blessed and breaking the same shal susteine the threatned punishmentes THESE are the wordes of the couenant which our Lord commanded Moyses to make with the children of Israel in the Land of Moab beside that couenant which he made with them in Horeb. †And Moyses called al Israel and said to them you saw al thinges that our Lord did before you in the Land of Aegypt to Pharao and to al his seruantes and to his whole land †the great tentations which thine eies haue seene those mightie signes and wonders †and our Lord hath not geuen you a hart to vnderstand and eies to see and eares that can heare vnto this present day †He hath brought you fourtie yeares by the desert your garmentes are not worne out neither are the shoes of your feete consumed with age †Breade you haue not eaten wine and sicer you haue not drunke that you might know that I am the Lord your God †And you came to this place and there came forth Sehon the King of Hesebon and Og the King of Basan meeting vs to fight And we stroke them †and tooke their land and deliuered it in possession to Ruben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasses †Keepe therfore the wordes of this couenant and fulfil them that you may vnderstand al thinges that you doe †You stand this day al before our Lord your God your princes and tribes and ancientes and doctors al the people of Israel †your children and your wiues and the strangers that abide with thee in the campe besides the cutters of wood and them that carie water †that thou mayest passe in the couenant of our Lord thy God and in the oath which in this day our Lord thy God maketh with thee †that he may rayse thee vp a people to him selfe and he be thy God as he hath spoken to thee and as he sware to thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob †Neither with you onlie doe I make this couenant and confirme these oathes †but with al that be present and absent †For you know how we dwelt in the Land of Aegypt and how we haue passed through the middes of nations which passing through †you haue seene their abominations and filth that is to say their Idols wood and stone siluer and gold which they worshipped †Lest perhaps there be among you man or woman familie or tribe whose hart is turned away this day from our Lord God to goe and serue the goddes of those Nations and there be among you a roote bringing forth gal and bitternes †And when he shal heare the wordes of this oath he blesse him selfe in his hart saying I shal haue place and walke in the prauitie of my hart and the drunken take to her the thirstie †and our Lord forgeue him not but then his furie most specially fume and his zeale against that man and al the curses sitte vpon him that be written in this volume and our Lord abolish his name vnder heauen †and consume him vnto perdition out of al the tribes of Israel according to the curses that are conteyned in the Booke of this law and couenant †And the generation folowing shal say and the children that shal be borne from thence forth and the strangers that shal come from a farre seeing the plagues of that Land and the infirmities wherwith our Lord hath afflicted it †burning it with brimstone and heate of the salt so that it can no more be sowen nor any grene thing spring therof after the example of the subuersion of Sodom and Gomorrha Adama and Seboim which our Lord subuerted in his wrath and furie †And al the Nations shal say Why hath the Lord done thus to this Land what is this exceding wrath of his furie †And they shal answer Because they forsooke the couenant of the Lord which he made with their fathers when he brought them out of the Land of Aegypt †and they haue serued strange goddes and adored them whom they knew not and to whom they had not beene designed †therfore the furie of the Lord was wrath against this Land to bring vpon it al the curses that are written in this volume †and he hath cast them out of their land in wrath and furie and in verie great indignation and hath throwen them into a strange land as this day it is proued †Thinges hidden to our Lord God which are manifest to vs and to our children for euer that we may doe al the words of this Law CHAP. XXX If the children of Israel offending and falling into the forsaide curses shal repent God wilrestore them to his blessings againe 11. leauing it in their powre to serue him if they wil 17. and therfore warneth them that the impenitent shal assuredly perish because hauing life and death blessing and cursing proposed they choose the worse THERFORE when al these wordes shal be come vpon thee the blessing or cursing which I haue sette forth before thee thou be touched with repentance of thy hart in al nations into which our Lord thy God dispersed thee †and shalt returne to him and obey his commandmentes as I this day command thee with thy children in al thy hart and in al thy soule †our Lord thy God wil bring thee againe from thy captiuitie and haue mercie vpon thee and gather thee againe out of al the peoples into which he dispersed thee besore †If thou be dispersed as farre as the poles of heauen thence wil our Lord thy God draw thee backe †and wil take thee to him and bring thee into the Land which thy fathers possessed and thou shalt obteyne it and blessing thee wil make thee to be of a greater number then were thy fathers †Our Lord thy God wil circumcile thy hart and the hart of thy seede that thou mayest loue oure Lord thy God in al thy hart and in al thy soule that thou mayest liue †And al these curses he wil turne vpon thine enemies and them that hate and persecute thee †But thou shalt returne and heare the voice of our Lord thy God and shalt doe al the commandmentes which I command thee this day †and our Lord wil make thee abound in al the workes of thy handes in the issue of thy wombe and in the fruite of thy cattel in the fertilitie of thy ground and in the plentie of al thinges For our Lord wil returne to reioyse vpon thee in al riches as he reioysed in thy fathers †yet so if thou heare the voice
of our Lord thy God and keepe his preceptes and ceremonies which are written in this law and returne to our Lord thy God in al thy hart and in al thy soule †This commandment that I command thee this daie “ is not aboue thee nor so farre of †nor situated in heauen that thou maiest say Which of vs is able to ascend vnto heauen to bring it to vs that we may heare and fulfil it in worke †Nor placed beyond the sea that thou mayest pretend and say Which of vs can passe ouer the sea and bring it euen vnto vs that we way heare and doe that which is commanded †But the word is very neere thee in thy mouth and in thy hart to doe it †Consider that I haue “ set before thee this day life and good and contrariewise death and euil †that thou mayest loue our Lord thy God and walke in his waies and keepe his commandmentes and ceremonies and iudgementes and thou mayest liue and he multiplie thee and blesse thee in the Land which thou shalt enter to possesse †But if thy hart be auerted and thou wilt not heare and deceaued with errour thou adore strange goddes and serue them †I foretel thee this day that thou shalt perish and abide a litle time in the Land which passing ouer Iordan thou shalt enter to possesse †“ I cal for witnesses this day heauen and earth that I haue proposed to you life and death blessing and cursing Choose therfore life that both thou mayest liue and thy seede †and mayest loue our Lord thy God and obey his voice and cleaue to him for he is thy life and the length of thy daies that thou mayest liue in the Land for the which our Lord sware to thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob that he would geue it them ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXX 6. God vvil circumcise thy bart Most true it is that of our selues without Gods grace none can kepe or fulfil the commandmentes But he whose hart God doth circumcise is therby made able to loue God with al his hart and with al his soule And except some hartes were thus circumcised and so made able to loue God aboue al and consequently their neighboures God should not performe his promise that he wil circumcise the hart of some 11. Is not aboue thee VVhen thou art stirred vp assisted and indued with Gods grace the commandment of God is not then aboue thee nor faire of from thee but very nere thee in thy mouth to confesse God and his truth and in thy hart to do it But you wil aske How then cometh it to passe that manie hauing receiued sufficient grace yet do not kepe Gods commandmentes God him self answereth 15. That he hath set before thee life and good and contrrivvise death and euil he inuiteth and helpeth yet forceth thee not he geuethâ—thee powre abilitie helping and not destroying thy freewil that thou maist loue our Lord thy God walke in his wayes and kepe his commandements But if thy hart be auerted and v. 17. thou vrilt not heare thou shalt perish Againe God inculcateth 19. I cal for vvitnesses heauen and earth that I haue proposed to you life and death blessing and cursing Choose therfore life c. VVhat Doctor can teach more plainly the possibilitie of keeping Gods commandmentes and frewil in man then this text of holie Scripture CHAP. XXXI Moyses substituteth Iosue his successour in temporal gouernment 9. deliuereth the law to the Priestes 16. God fortelleth that the people wil often forsake him and that he wil punish them 19. commandeth Moyses to write a canticle an abrigement of the Law easie to be remembred 25. and in further testimonie against them the Leuites must put this booke in the arke of couenant MOYSES therfore went and spake al these wordes to al Israel †and said to them I am this day a hundred and twentie yeares old I can not goe out and come in any longer especially wheras our Lord also hath said to me Thou shalt not passe ouer this Iordan †Our Lord therfore thy God wil passe ouer before thee he wil destroy al these nations in thy sight and thou shalt possesse them and this Iosue shal passe ouer before thee as our Lord hath spoken †And our Lord shal doe to them as he did to Sehon and Og the kinges of the Ammorheites and to their land and shal destroy them †Therfore when our Lord shal haue deliuered these also to you you shal doe in like manner to them as I haue commanded you †Doe manfully and be strengthned feare not neither tremble ye at their sight because our Lord thy God him selfe is thy conductor and wil not leaue nor forsake thee †And Moyses called Iosue and said to him before al Israel Take courage and be strong for thou shalt bring in this people into the Land which our Lord sware that he would geue to their fathers and thou shalt diuide it by lotte †And our Lord that is your conductor him selfe wil be with thee he wil not leaue nor forsake thee feare not neither dread thou †Moyses therfore wrote this law and deliuered it to the priestes the sonnes of Leui which caried the arke of the couenant of our Lord and to al the ancientes of Israel †And he commanded them saying After seuen yeares in the yeare of remission in the solemnitie of tabernacles †when al come together out of Israel to appeare in the sight of our Lord thy God in the place which our Lord shal choose thou shalt read the wordes of this law before al Israel they hearing †and the people being assembled together as wel men as wemen children and strangers that are within thy gates that hearing they may learne and feare our Lord your God and keepe and fulfil al the wordes of this law †Their children also who now are ignorant that they may heare and feare our Lord their God al the daies that they liue in the Land which passing ouer Iordan you goe to obteyne †And our Lord said to Moyses Behold the daies of thy death are nigh cal Iosue and stand ye in the tabernacle of testimonie that I may command him Moyses therfore and Iosue went and stoode in the tabernacle of testimonie †and our Lord appeared there in the piller of a cloude which stood in the entring of the tabernacle †And our Lord said to Moyses Behold thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers and this people rysing vp wil fornicate after strange goddes in the Land to the which it entreth to dwel therein there wil they forsake me and wil make the couenant which I haue made with them of none effect †And my furie shal be wrath against them in that day and I wil forsake them and wil hide my face from them and they shal be deuoured al euils and afflictions shal finde them so that they shal say
and serue him with a perfect and verie true hart and take away the goddes which your fathers serued in Mesopotamia and in Aegypt and serue our Lord. †But if it like you not to serue our Lord choise is geuen you choose this day that which pleaseth you whom you ought especially to serue whether the goddes which your fathers serued in Mesopotamia or the goddes of the Amorrheites in whose Land you dwel but I and my house wil serue our Lord. †And the people answered and said God forbid we should leaue our Lord and serue strange goddes †Our Lord God he brought vs and our fathers out of the Land of Aegypt out of the house of seruitude and did in our sight great signes and kept vs in al the way by the which we walked and among al the peoples through which we passed †And he hath cast out al the nations the Amorrheite inhabiter of the Land which we haue entred We therfore wil serue our Lord because he is our God †And Iosue said to the people You can not serue our Lord for God is holie and a mightie aemulator neither wil he pardon your wickednes and sinnes †If you leaue our Lord and serue strange goddes he wil turne him self and wil afflict you and ouerthrow you after he hath geuen you good thinges †And the people said to Iosue No it shal not be so as thou speakest but we wil serue our Lord. †And Iosue said to the people You are witnesses that your selues haue chosen to you our Lord for to serue him And they answered Witnesses †Now therfore quoth he take away strange goddes our of the middes of you and incline your hartes to our Lord the God of Israel †And the people said to Iosue We wil serue our Lord God and wil be obedient to his preceptes †Iosue therfore in that day made a couenant and proposed to the people preceptes and iudgementes in Sichem †He wrote also al these wordes in the volume of the law of our Lord and he tooke a very great stone and put it vnder the oke that was in the Sanctuarie of our Lord †and said to al the people Behold this stone shal be a testimonie for you that it hath heard al the wordes of our Lord which he hath spoken to you lest perhaps hereafter you wil denie and lye to our Lord your God †And he dismist the people euerie one into their possession †And after these thinges Iosue the sonne of Nun the seruant of our Lord died being a hundred and ten yeares old †and “ they buried him in the coastes of his possession in Thamnathsare which is situated in the mountaine of Ephraim on the North part of mount Gaas †And Israel serued our Lord al the daies of Iosue and of the ancientes that liued a long time after Iosue and that had knowen al the workes of our Lord which he had done in Israel †The bones also of Ioseph which the children of Israel had taken out of Aegypt they buried in Sichem in part of the field which Iacob had bought of the sonnes of Hemor the father of Sichem for a hundred yong ewes and it was in the possession of the sonnes of Ioseph †Eleazar also the sonne of Aaron died and they buried him in Gabaath of Phinees his sonne which was geuen him in mount Ephraim ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXIIII 2. They serued false goddes It is euident by this place that Thare and some other progenitors of Israel sometimes serued false goddes from which they were reduced but Abraham was euer preserued in true religion and the whole familie of Thare was therfore persecuted in Chaldea as S. Augustin sheweth li. 16. c. 13. de ciuit Likwise Theodoret q. 18. in Iosue and other both ancient and late writers teach the same as is already noted pag. 203. 30. They buried In that no mention is made of mourning for Iosue S. Hierom noteth a mysterie and a special point of Chistian doctrin It semeth to me saieth he Epist de 42. Maus mans 33. that in Marie prophecie is dead in Moyses and Aaron an end is put to the law and priesthood of the Iewes For so much as they could neither passe into the land of promise nor bring the beleuing people out of the wildernes of this world And Mans 34. Aaron sayeth he was mourned and so was Moyses Iesus is not mourned that is in the law was descentinto hel called limbus in the Gospel is passage to paradise THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES SAINCT Hierom geuing this general rule Epist ad Eustoch virg that in reading historical bookes of holie Scripture the historie as fundation of veritie is to be loued but the spiritual vnderstanding rather to be folowed agreably therto teacheth Epist ad Paulin. that in this booke of Iudges there be as manie figures as princes of the people Neither doth he meane that there were no more but for example sake affirmeth that these Iudges raised vp after Iosue and sent of God to deliuer the people fallen for their sinnes into afflictions were types and figures of the Apostles and Apostolical men sent by Christ to propagate and defend his Church of the new Testament For albeit diuers of these Iudges were sometimes great offenders yet they were reclamed by Gods special grace and so amending their errors did great thinges to the singular honour of God and are renowmed among the holie Patriarces and Prophetes particularly praysed in bolie Scipture saying And the Iudges euerie one by his name whose hart was not corrupt Who were not auerted from our Lord that their memorie may be blessed and their bones spring out from their place and their name remaine for euer the glorie of holie men remaining to their children After Iosue therfore who it semeth guided and ruled the people 32. yeares this booke written as is most probable by Samuel shewing the famouse Actes of these Iudges of Israel prosecuteth the historie of the Church the space of 288. yeares more And may be diuided into three partes First is described in general the state of the people sometimes wel and sincerly seruing God other times falling to great sinnes in the two first chapters Secondly their offences afflictions repentance and deliuerie from their enemies are more particularly reported from the third chap. to the 17. Thirdly other special accidents which happened within the same time are recorded in the last fiue chapters THE BOOKE OF IVDGES IN HEBREW SOPHETIM CHAP. I. Vnder a general captaine of the tribe of Iuda assisted by the tribe of Simeon Israel subdueth diuers cities of the gentiles 12. Othoniel taking Cariath sepher possesseth it and marieth Calebs daughter obtainig also addition of her dowrie 21. Iebuseites yet dwel in Hierusalem with Beniamin 27. and the Chananeites with diuers of the tribes AFTER the death of Iosue the children of Israel consulted
our Lord saying Who shal goe vp before vs against the Chananeite and shal be captaine of the warre †And our Lord said Iudas shal goe vp behold I haue deliuered the Land into his handes †And Iudas said to Simeon his brother Come vp with me into my lotte and fight against the Chananeite that I also may goe forward with thee into thy lotte And Simeon went with him †And Iudas went vp and our Lord deliuered the Chananeite and the Pherezeite into their handes and they stroke in Bezec ten thousand men †And they found Adonibezec in Bezec and fought against him and stroke the Chananeite and the Pherezeite †And Adonibezec fled whom pursewing they tooke cutting of the extreme partes of his handes and feere †And Adonibezec said Seuentie kinges hauing the extreme partes of their handes and seete cut of gathered vp the reliques of meates vnder my table as I haue done so hath God repayed me And they brought him into Ierusalem and there he died †Therfore the children of Iudas assaulting Ierusalem tooke it and stroke it in the edge of the sword setting the whole citie on fyre †And afterward going downe they fought against the Chananeite which dwelled in the mountaines and southward and in the champaine countries †And Iudas going forward against the Chananeite that dwelled in Hebron the name wherof was before time Cariatharbe stroke Sesai and Ahiman and Tholmai †and departing thence went to the inhabitantes of Dabir the old name wherof was Cariath Sepher that is a citie of letters †And Caleb said He that shal strike Cariath Sepher and spoile it I wil geue him Axa my daughter to wife †And when Othoniel the sonne of Cenez the yonger brother of Caleb had taken it he gaue him Axa his daughter to wife †Whom going on her way her husband admonished to aske a field of her father To whom when she had sighed sitting on her asse Caleb said What aileth thee †But she answered Geue me a blessing for a drie land thou haft geuen me geue me also a waterie Caleb therfore gaue her a watrie ground aboue waterie beneath †And the children of the Cineite the cosin of Moyses went vp from the citie of palmes with the children of Iudas into the deset of his lotte which is at the south side of Arad and dwelt with him †But Iudas went with Simeon his brother and together they stroke the Chananeite that dwelt in Sephaath and slew him And the name of the citie was called Horma that is Anathema †And Iudas tooke Gaza with the coastes therof Ascalon and Accaron with their boundes †And our Lord was with Iudas and he posessed the mountaines neither could he destroy the inhabitantes of the valley because they had manie hooked chariotes †And they gaue to Galeb Hebron as Moyses had said who destroyed out of it the three sonnes of Enac †But the Iebuseite the inhabiter of Ierusalem the children of Beniamin destroyed not and the Iebuseite dwelt with the children of Beniamin in Ierusalem vntil this present day †The house also of Ioseph went vp into Bethel and our Lord was with them †For when they besieged the citie which before was called Luza †they saw a man comming out of the citie and said to him Shew vs the entrrance of the citie and we wil shew thee mercie †Who when he had shewed them they stroke the citie in the edge of the sword but that man and al his kinred they dismissed †Who being dismist went into the Land of the Hetthims and built there a citie and called it Luza which is so called vntil this present day †Manasses also destroyed not Bethsan and Thanac with their litle townes and the inhabitantes of Dor and Ieblaam and Mageddo with their litle townes And the Chananeite began to dwel with them †But after that Israel was waxen strong he made them tributaries and would not destroy them †Ephraim also killed not the Chananeite that dwelt in Gazer but dwelt with him †Zabulon destroyed not the inhabitantes of Cetron Naalol but the Chananeite dwelt in the middes of him and was made tributarie to him †Aser also destroyed not the inhabitantes of Accho and of Sidon of Ahalab and Achazib and Helba and Aphec and Rohob †and he dwelt in the middes of the Chananeite the inhabiter of that Land neither did he kil them †Nepthali also destroyed not the inhabitantes of Bethsames Bethanath and he dwelt in the middes of the Chananeite the inhabiter of the Land and the Bethsamites Bethanites were tributaries to him †And the Amorrheite straytened the children of Dan in the mountaine and gaue them not place to goe downe to the playne †and he dwelt in mount Hares which is inter preted shelles in Aialon and Salebim And the hand of the house of Ioseph was agrauated and he became tributarie to him †And the border of the Amorrheite was from the Ascent of the Scorpion the rocke and the higher places CHAP. II. An Angel reciting manie benefites of God towardes Israel and their ingratitude 4. they weepe for their faultes 10. After the death of Iosue and other antientes of his time the people often fal and repenting are deliuered from afflictions 19. but stil fal againe worse and worse AND the Angel of our Lord went vp from Galgal to the place of weepers and said I brought you out of Aegypt and haue brought you into the Land for the which I sware to your fathers and I promised that I would not make frustrate my couenant with you for euer †onlie so that you should not make a league with the inhabitantes of this Land but should ouerthrow their altares and you would not heare my voice why haue you done this †For the which cause I would not destroy them from before your face that you may haue enemies and their goddes may be a ruine vnto you †And when the Angel of our Lord spake these wordes to al the children of Israel they lifted vp their voice and wept †And the name of that place was called the place of weepers or of teares and there they immolated hostes to our Lord. †Iosue therfore dismissed the people and the children of Israel went euerie one into his possession to obtayne it †and they serued our Lord al his daies and the daies of the ancientes of them that liued a long time after him and knew al the workes of our Lord which he had done with Israel †And Iosue the sonne of Nun the seruant of our Lord died being a hundred and ten yeares old †and they buried him in the borders of his possession in Thamnathsare in the mount of Ephraim on the North side of mount Gaas †And al that generation was gathered to to their fathers and there rose others that knew not our Lord and the workes which he had done with
land to witte those whom the children of Israel could not abolish Salomon made tributaries vntil this day †But of the children of Israel Salomon appoynted not any man to serue but they were men of warre and his seruantes and princes and captaynes and ouerseers of the chariotes and horses †And there were princes ouer al the workes of Salomon made ouerseers fiue hundred fiftie which had the people subiect and commanded ouer their appoynted workes †And the daughter of Pharao went vp out of the citie of Dauid into her house which Salomon had built her then did he build Mello †Salomon also offered three tymes euerie yeare holocaustes and pacifique victimes vpon the altar which he had built to our Lord and he burnt incense before our Lord and the temple was perfected †King Salomon also made a name in Asiongaber which is beside Ailath in the shore of the Readsea in the Land of Idumea †And Hiram sent in that nauie his men that were mariners skilful of the sea with the seruantes of Salomon †Who when they were come into Ophir the gold taken thence of foure hundred and twentie talentes they brought to king Salomon CHAP. X. The quene of Saba coming to king Salomon admireth his vvisdom magnificence and order of gouernment 10. She geueth and receiueth giftes 14. Salomon receiueth much gold diuers vvayes 16. maketh golden targâ—â—tes â—8 a magnificent throne 21. and much golden vessel 25. Manie bring him presentes 26. He hath manie chariottes horsemen 27. abundance of siluer 28. Marchantes of diuers kingdomes sel him horses BVT the Queene of Saba also hauing heard the fame of Salomon in the name of our Lord came to proue him in hard propositions †And entring into Ierusalem with a great trayne and riches and camels carying spices and gold exceding infinite and pretious stones she came to king Salomon and spake to him al thinges that she had in her hart †And Salomon interpreted to her al the wordes that she proposed there was not a word that the king could be ignorant of and could not answer her †And the queene of Saba a seing al the wisedom of Salomon and the house which he had built †and the meates of his table and the habitations of his seruantes and the orders of them that serued and their garmentes cupbearers and the holocaustes which he offered in the house of our Lord she had no longer spirit †and she said to the king The report is true which I haue heard in my countrie †concerning thy wordes and concerning thy wisedom and I did not beleue them that told me til my selfe came and sawe with myne eies and haue proued that the half not been told me greater is thy wisdom and thy workes then the rumour which I haue heard †Blessed are thy men and blessed are thy seruantes which stand before thee alwaies and heare thy wisedom †Be the Lord thy God blessed whom thou hast pleased and that hath serte thee vpon the throne of Israel for that the Lord hath loued Israel for euer and hath appointed thee king to do iudgement and iustice †She therfore gaue to the king an hundred and twentie talentes of gold and spices exceding much and pretious stones There was no more brought so much spice as that which the Quene of Saba gaue to king Salomon †But the naue also of Hiram which caried gold our of Ophir brought from Ophir thyine trees exceding manie and pretious stones †And the king made of the thyine trees the porches of the house of our Lord and of the kinges house and harpes vials for the singers there were not such thyine trees brought nor seen vntil this present daye †And king Salomon gaue to the queene of Saba al that she would and asked of him beside those thinges which of him selfe he offered her for a royal gift Who returned and went into her countrie with her seruantes †And the weight of the gold that was brought to Salomon euerie yeare was of six hundred sixtie six talentes of gold †beside that which the men brought that were ouer the tributes and merchantes and al that sold light wares and al the kinges of Arabia and the dukes of the land †Salomon also made two hundred shieldes of most pure gold six hundred sicles of gold did he allow for the plates of one shield †And three hundred tergattes of tried gold and three hundred poundes of gold garnished one terget and the king put them in the house of the forest of Libanus †King Salomon also made a great throne of yuorie and couered it with gold exceding yellow †which had sixe steppes and the toppe of the throne was round in the hinder part and the two handes on either side holding the seate and two lyons stood at euery hand †And twelue litle lyons standing vpon the sixe steppes on either side there was not such a worke made in al kingdomes †Yea and al the vessels out of the which the king Salomon drunke were of gold and al the furniture of the house of the forest of Libanus of most pure gold there was no siluer neither was it thought of any price in the daies of Salomon †because the kinges nauie once in three yeares went with the nauie of Hiram on the sea into Tharsis bringing thence gold and siluer and the teeth of elephantes and apes and pecockes †King Salomon therfore was magnified aboue al the kinges of the earth in riches and wisedom †And al the earth desired to see Salomons face that they might heare his wisedom which God had geuen in his hart †And euerie one presented him giftes vessel of siluer and gold garmentes and instrumentes for warre spices also and horses and mules euerie yeare †And Salomon gathered together the chariotes and horsemen and there amounted to him a thousand foure hundred chariotes and twelue thousand horsemen and he disposed them in fensed cities and with the king in Ierusalem †And he made that there was as great abundance of siluer In Ierusalem as of stones and of ceder trees he caused such a multitude as if it were sycomore trees which grow in the playnes †And there were horses brought for Salomon out of Aegypt and Coa for the kinges merchantes brought them out of Coa and brought them at a sette price †And a chariote of foure horses came out of Aegypt for sixe hundred sicles of siluer and one horse for an hundred and fiftie And after this maner did al the kinges of the Hetheites and of Syria sel horses CHAP. XI Salomon louing and marying manie wemen of diuers nations is drawen by them to idolatrie 9. God therfore offended suffereth Adad an Idumean 23. Razon king of Damascus 26. and Hieroboam his owne seruant to make warre against him 29. Ahias the prophet fortelleth Hieroboam that he shal reigne ouer tenne tribes leauing but tvvo to Salomons heyres
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
his hand to day and offer what he wil to our Lord. †The princes therfore of the families promised and the nobles of the tribes of Israel the tribunes also and the centurions and the princes of the kinges possessions †And they gaue vnto the workes of the house of our Lord of gold fiue thousand talentes and ten thousand solidos of siluer ten thousand talentes and of brasse eightene thousand talentes of yron also an hundred thousand talentes †And with whomsoeuer were found stones they gaue them into the treasures of the house of our Lord by the hand of Iahiel the Gersonite †And the people reioysed when they promised vowes of their owne accord because they did offer them to our Lord with al their hart yea and Dauid the king reioysed with great ioy †And he blessed our Lord before al the multitude and he sayd Blessed art thou ô Lord the God of Israel our father from eternitie vnto eternitie †Thine ô Lord is the magnificence and might and glorie and victorie to thee is the prayse for al thinges that be in heauen and in the earth are thine thine ô Lord is the kingdom and thou art ouer al princes †Thine are riches and thine is glorie thou hast dominion ouer al in thy hand is power might in thy hand greatenesse and the empire of al thinges †Now therfore our God we confesse to thee and we prayse thy glorious name †Who am I and what is my people that we can promisse thee al these thinges al are thine and thinges that we receiued of thy hand we haue geuen thee †For we are pilgrimes before thee and strangers as al our fathers Our daies are as a shadow vpon the earth and there is noe abyding †Lord our God al this plentie which we haue prepared that a house might be built to thy holie name is of thy hand and al thinges are thine †I know my God that thou prouest the hartes and louest simplicitie wherfore I also in the simplicitie of my hart gladly haue offered al these thinges and thy people which is here found I haue sene with great ioy offer thee donaries †Lord God of Abraham and Isaac and Israel our fathers keepe for euer this wil of their hart and let this mind reinayne al waies to the honour of thee †To Salomon also my sonne geue a perfect hart that he keepe thy commandementes thy testimonies and thy ceremonies and doe al thinges and build the house the expenses whereof I haue prepared †And Dauid commanded the whole assemblie Blesse ye our Lord God And al the assemblie blessed our Lord the God of their fathers and they bowed themselues and adored God and then the king †And they immolated victime to our Lord and they offered holocaustes the day folowing oxen a thousand rammes a thousand lambes a thousand with their libamentes with al rite most abundantly for al Israel †And they did eate and drinke before our Lord in that day with great ioy And they anoynted the second time Salomon the sonne of Dauid And they anoynted him to our Lord for the prince and Sadoc for the high priest †And Salomon sate vpon the throne of our Lord as king for Dauid his father and he pleased al al Israel obeyed him †Yea and al the princes and men of might and al the sonnes of king Dauid gaue their hand and were subiect to Salomon the king †Our Lord therfore magnified Salomon ouer al Israel and gaue him the glorie of akingdom such as no king of Israel had before him †Dauid therfore the sonne of Isai reigned ouer al Israel †And the daies that he reigned ouer Israel were fourtie yeares in Hebron he reigned seuen yeares and in Ierusalem three and thirtie yeares †And he died in a good age ful of daies and riches and glorie And Salomon his sonne reigned for him †But the actes of king Dauid the first and the last are writen in the Booke of Samuel the Seer in the Booke of Nathan the prophete in the Volume of Gad the Seer †and of al his kingdom and strength and of the times that passed vnder him either in Israel or in al the kingdomes of the earth THE ARGVMENT OF THE SECOND BOOKE OF PARALIPOMENON AS the former booke sheweth how after manie generations from the beginning of the world God selecting one special nation for his peculiar people and the same being afterwardes made a kingdome the Scepter therof both by Gods and the peoples election came to Dauid and his sonne Salomon See this booke declareth that first Salomon reigned peaccably ouer the whole kingdom in the nine first chapters Then in the other twentie seuen chapters relateth how the same kingdom was diuided tenne tribes being taken away the historie wherof is but here briefly touched and two only with the title of the kingdom of Iuda were possessed by succession of ninetenne kinges al of Dauids and Salomons issue in royal estate til the captiuitie in Babylon THE SECOND BOOKE OF PARALIPOMENON IN HEBREW DIBRE HAIAMIM CHAP. I. Salomon establiâ—hed in the throne offereth a thousand hostes of sacrifice 7. asking wisdome 12. it is geuen him with richesse and temporal glorie which he asked not 14. He prouideth manie chariottes and horsemen SALOMON therfore the sonne of Dauid was strengthened in his kingdom and our Lord was with him and magnified him on high †And Salomon commanded al Israel the tribunes and the centurious and the dukes and iudges of al Israel and the princes of the families †and he went with al the multitude into the Excelse of Gabaon where was the tabernacle of the couenant of our Lord which Moyses the seruant of God made in the wildernesse †For Dauid had brought the Arke of God from Cariathiarim into the place which he had prepared for it and where he had pitcht a tabernacle for it that is in Ierusalem †The altar also of brasse which Beseleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur had made was there before the tabernacle of our Lord which also Salomon sought and al the assemblie †And Salomon went vp to the altar of brasse before the tabernacle of the couenant of our Lord and offered on it a thousand hostes †And behold in that verie night God appeared to him saying Aske what thou wilt that I may geue it thee †And Salomon sayd to God Thou hast done great mercie with my father Dauid and hast made me king for him †Now therfore Lord God be thy word fulfilled which thou hast promised to Dauid my father for thou hast made me king ouer thy people great in number which is so innumerable as the dust of the earth †Geue me wisdom and intelligence that I may come in goe out before thy people for who can worthely iudge this thy people which is so great †And
hostes of sacrifices in the solemne feastes 14. disposeth the Priestes and Leuites in their offices as Dauid had ordained 17. and sendeth shippes to fetch gold from Ophir AND twentie yeares being complete after that Salomon built the house of our Lord and his owne house †he built the cities which Hiram had geuen to Salomon and made the children of Israel dwel there †He went also into Emath Suba and obteyned it †And he built Palmira in the desert and he built other cities very wel fensed in Emath †And he built Beth horon the vpper and Beth horon the nether walled cities hauing gates and barrigates and lockes †Balaath also and al the strongest cities that were Salomons and al the cities of the chariotes and the cities of the horsemen Al thinges whatsoeuer Salomon would disposed he built in Ierusalem and in Libanus and in al the land of his dominion †Al the people that was leaft of the Hetheites and Amorrheites and Pherezeites and Heueites and Iebuseites which were not of the stocke of Israel †of their children and of the posteritie which the children of Israel had not slaine Salomon subdewed to be tributaries vntil this day †Moreouer of the children of Israel he sette not to serue the kinges workes for they were men of warre and the chiefe captaines and princes of his chariotes and horsemen †And al the princes of king Salomons armie were two hundred fiftie which taught the people †But the daughter of Pharao he remoued from the citie of Dauid into the house which he had built for her For the king sayd My wife shal not dwel in the house of Dauid the king of Israel because it is sanctified because the Arke of our Lord is entered into it †Then Salomon offered holocaustes to our Lord vpon the altar of our Lord which he had built before the porch †that euerie day there might be offering on it according to the precept of Moyses in the Sabbathes and in the Calendes and in the festiual daies thrise a yere that is to say in the Solemnitie of Azymes and in the Solemnitie of weekes and in the Solemnitie of tabernacles †And he appoynted according to the disposition of Dauid his father the offices of the Priestes in their ministeries the Leuites in their order that they should prayse and minister before the Priestes according to the rite of euerie day the porters in their diuisions by gate and gate for so Dauid the man of God had commanded †Neither did they trangresse of the kinges commandementes as wel the Priestes as the Leuites touching al thinges that he had commanded and in the custodies of the treasures †Salomon had al expenses prepared from the day that he founded the house of our Lord vntil the day wherein he perfitted it †Then went Salomon into Asiongaber and into Ailath to the coast of the Red sea which is in the Land of Edom. †And Hiram sent vnto him by the handes of his seruantes shippes and cunning mariners and they went with Salomons seruantes into Ophir and they tooke from thence foure hundred fiftie talentes of gold and brought it to king Salomon CHAP. IX The Queene of Saba admireth Salomons wisdom 9. giueth and receiueth presents 13. Of the great store of treasure which is yearely brought in 13. king Salomon maketh pretious armour 17. a throne 20. and plate 24. Other kinges send him giftes so he abundeth in glorie and riches 29. After fourtie yeares reigne he dieth and his sonne Roboam succedeth THE queene of Saba also when she had heard the fame of Salomon came to proue him in hard propositions in Ierusalem with great riches and camels which caried spices and very much gold and pretious stones And when she was come to Salomon she spake to him what thinges soeuer were in her hart †And Salomon expounded to her al thinges that she propounded neither was there anie thing that he made not playne vnto her †Who after she saw to witte the wisedom of Salomon and the house which he had built †moreouer also the meates of his table and the habitations of his seruantes and the offices of his ministers and their garmentes the cupbearers also and their garmentes and the victimes which he immolated in the house of our Lord there was no spirit in her anie longer she was soe astonied †And she sayd to the king The word is true which I heard in my countrie of thy vertues and wisdom †I did not beleue them that told it vntil my self was come and mine eies had seene and I had proued scarce the half part of thy wisedom to haue beene told me thou hast passed the fame with thy vertues †Blessed are thy men and blessed are thy seruantes which assist before thee at al time and heare thy wisedom †Be the Lord thy God blessed who would ordayne thee ouer his throne king of the Lord thy God Because God loueth Israel and wil preserue it for euer therfore hath he sette thee king ouer it to doe iudgementes and iustice †And she gaue to the king an hundred twentie talentes of gold and spices exceding much and most pretious stones there were not such spices as these which the Queene of Saba gaue to King Salomon †But the seruantes of Hiram also with the seruantes of Salomon brought gold from Ophir and Thymtrees and most pretious stones †wherof the king made to witte of the Thymtrees stayers in the house of our Lord and in the kinges house harpes also and psalteries for the singing men neuer were there seene such trees in the Land of Iuda †And king Salomon gaue to the Queene of Saba al thinges that she would and that she asked and manie moe thinges then she brought to him who returning went into her countrie with her seruantes †And the weight of the gold that was brought to Salomon euerie yeare was six hundred sixtie six talentes of gold †beside that summe which the legates of diuers nations and the merchantes were accustomed to bring and al the kinges of Arabia and the Dukes of the landes which brought gold and siluer to Salomon †King Salomon therfore made two hundred golden speares of the summe of six hundred peces of gold which were spent in euerie speare †also three hundred golden shieldes of three hundred peces of gold with which euerie shield was couered and the king put them in the armarie which was besette with a wood †The king also made a great throne of iâ—orie and couered it with most fyne gold †Six steppes also wherwith the going vp was to the throne and a foote stoole of gold and two litle armes on either side and two lions standing by the litle armes †yea and other twelue litle lions standing vpon the steppes on both sides there was not such a throne in al kingdomes †Al the vessels also of the kinges table were of gold
of Israel should bring it in into the tabernacle of testimonie †For the most impious Athalia and her children haue destroyed the house of God and of al thinges that had bene sanctified in the temple of our Lord they adorned the temple of Baalim †The king therfore commanded and they made a chest and set it by the gate of our Lord on the out side †And it was proclaymed in Iuda and Ierusalem that euery man should bring the price to our Lord which Moyses the seruant of God appoynted ouer al Israel in the desert †And al the princes reioysed and al the people and going in they contributed into the chest of our Lord and cast in so that it was filled †And when it was time that they should bring the chest before the king by the handes of Leuites for they saw much money the kinges Scribe went in and he whom the high priest had appoynted they powred out the money that was in the chest recaried it to his place and so did they from day to day and there was gathered infinite money †Which the king and Ioiada gaue to them that ouersaw the workes of the house of our Lord but they hired with it hewers of stones and artificers of al workes to repayre the house of our Lord smithes also of yron and brasse that that which began to fal might be vpholden †And they that wrought did industriously and the breach of the walles was closed by their handes and they raysed the house of our Lord into the old state and made it stand firmely †And when they had accomplished al the workes they brought the rest of the money before the king and Ioiada of the which were made vessels of the temple to the ministerie and for holocaustes phials also and other vessels of gold and siluer and holocaustes were offered in the house of our Lord continually al the daies of Ioiada †But Ioiada became old being ful of dayes and died when he was an hundred and thirtie yeares old †And they buried him in the citie of Dauid with the kinges because he had done good with Israel and with his house †And after that Ioiada was dead the princes of Iuda went in and adored the king who being altered by their seruiceablenesse agreed to them †And they forsooke the temple of our Lord the God of their fathers and serued groues and sculptilles and there came wrath agaynst Iuda and Ierusalem for this sinne †And he sent them prophetes that they should returne to our Lord whom protesting they would not heare †The spirit of God therfore inuested Zacharias the sonne of Ioiada the Priest he stood in the sight of the people and sayd to them Thus sayth our Lord God Why transgresse you the precept of our Lord which thing shal not profit you haue forsaken our Lord that he should forsake you †Who being gathered agaynst him they threw stones according to the kinges commandement in the court of the house of our Lord. †And Ioas the king did not remember the mercie that Ioiada his father had done with him but he killed his sonne Who when he died sayd Our Lord see and require it †And when a yeare was come about the armie of Syria came vp against him it came into Iuda Ierusalem slewe al the princes of the people and al the pray they sent to the king into Damascus †And wheras there was come a very smal number of the Syrians our Lord deliuered into their handes an infinit multitude for that they had forsaken our Lord the God of their fathers on Ioas also they exercised ignomious iudgementes †And departing they left him in great diseases and his seruantes rose agaynst him for reuenge of the bloud of the sonne of Ioiada the priest they slewe him in his bed he dyed and they buried him in the Citie of Dauid but not in the kinges sepulchres †And there conspired against him Zabad the sonne of Semmaath an Ammonitesse Iozabad the sonne of Semarith a Moabitesse †Moreouer his children and the summe of money which was gathered vnder him the repayring of the house of God are writen more diligently in the Booke of kinges and Amasias his sonne reigned for him CHAP. XXV Amasias killeth those that slew his father 5. Besides his owne people hyreth souldiars of Israel but by aduise of a Prophete dismisseth them 11. and with his owne owerthroweth the Idumeans whose idols taken in battel 13. the dismissed souldiars in the meane time spoyling his countrie he adoreth 15. Contemning admonition 17. and prouoking the king of Israel to warre 22. is taken in battel and spoyled 27. Fearing treason in Ierusalem fleeth and is slaine in Lachis FIVE and twentie yeares old was Amasias when he began to reigne and he reigned nine and twentie yeares in Ierusalem the name of his mother was Ioaden of Ierusalem †And he did good in the sight of our Lord but yet not in a perfect hart †And when he saw his kingdom strengthned he put to death the seruantes that had slayne the king his father †but their children he slew not as it is writen in the Booke of the law of Moyses where our Lord commanded saying The fathers shal not be slayne for the children nor the children for their fathers but euerie one shal die in his owne sinne †Amasias therfore gathered together Iuda and appoynted them by families and tribunes and centurions in al Iuda and Beniamin and he numbred from twentie yeares vpward and found three hundred thousand of yong men that went forth to battel and held speare and shielde †He hyred also for wages of Israel an hundred thousand strong men for an hundred talentes of siluer †But a man of God came to him and sayd O king let not the host of Israel goe forth with thee for our Lord is not with Israel and al the children of Ephraim †and if thou thinke that battels consist in the force of an armie God wil make thee to be ouercome of the enemies for it perteyneth to God both to helpe and to put to flight †And Amasias sayd to the man of God What shal become then of the hundred talentes which I haue geuen the souldiars of Israel And the man of God answered him Our Lord hath wherby he is able to geue thee much more then this †Amasias therfore seperated the host that came to him out of Ephraim that they should returne into their place but they being wrath excedingly agaynst Iuda returned into their countrie †Moreouer Amasias brought forth his people confidently and went into the Vale of salt pittes and stroke the children of Seir ten thousand †And other ten thousand men did the children of Iuda take and bring to the steepe of a certaine rocke and cast them down headlong from the toppe who burst in sunder euerie one †But
their substance of cattel 68. and their oblations for the reedifying of the Temple AND these are the children of the prouince that went vp from the captiuitie which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had transported into Babylon and returned into Ierusalem and Iuda euerie man into his citie †They that came with Zorobabel Iosue Nehemia Saraia Rahelaia Mardochai Belsan Mesphar Beguai Rehum Baana The number of the men of the people of Israel †The children of Pharos two thousand an hundred seuentie two †The children of Sephatia three hundred seuentie two †The children of Area seuen hundred seuentie fiue †The children of Phahath Moab of the children of Iosue Iohab two thousand eight hundred twelue †The children of Aelam a thousand two hundred fiftie foure †The children of Zethua nine hundred fourtie fiue †The children of Zachai seuen hundred sixtie †The children of Bani six hundred fourtie two †The children of Bebai six hundred twentie three †The children of Azgad a thousand two hundred twentie two †The children of Adonicam six hundred sixtie six †The children of Beguai two thousand fiftie six †The children of Adin foure hundred fiftie foure †The children of Ather which were of Ezechias ninetie eight †The children of Besai three hundred and twentie three †The children of Iora an hundred twelue †The childre of Hasum two hundred twentie three †The children of Gebbar ninetie fiue †The children of Bethlehem an hundred twentie three †The men of Nerupha fiftie six †The men of Anathoth an hundred twentie eight †The children of Azmaueth fourtie two †The children of Cariathiarim Cephira and Beroth seuen hundred fourtie three †The children of Rama and Gabaa six hundred twentie one †The men of Machmas an hundred twentie two †The men of Bethel and Hai two hundred twentie three †The children of Nebo fiftie two †The children of Megbis an hundred fiftie six †The children of an other Aelam a thousand two hundred fiftie foure †The children of Harim three hundred twentie †The children of Lod Hadid and Ono seuen hundred twentie fiue †The children of Iericho three hundred fourtie fiue †The children of Senaa three thousand â—x hundred thirtie †The Priestes The children of Iadaia in the house of Iosue nine hundred seuentie three †The children of Emmer a thousand fiftie two †The children of Pheshur a thousand two hundred fourtie seuen †The children of Harim a thousand and seuentie †The Leuites The children of Iosue and Cedmiel the children of Odouia seuentie foure †The singing men The children of Asaph an hundred twentie eight †The children of the Porters the children of Sellum the children of Ater the children of Tâ—lmon the children of Accub the children of Hatita the children of Sobai al an hundred thirtie nine †The Natheneites The children of Siha the children of Hasupha the children of Tabbaoth †the children of Ceros the children of Siaa the children of Phadon †The children of Lebana the children of Hagaba the children of Accub †The children of Hagab the children of Semlai the children of Hanan †The children of Gaddel the children of Gaher the children of Raaia †The children of Rasin the children of Necoda the children of Gazam †The children of Aza the children of Phasea the children of Besee †The children of Asena the children of Munâ—m the children Nephusim †The children of Bacbuc the children of Hacupha the children of Harhur †The children of Besluth the children of Mahida the children of Harsa †The children of Bercos the children of Sisara the children of Thema †The children of Nasia the children of Hatipha †The children of the seruants of Salomon the children of Sotai the children of Sophereth the children of Pharuda †The children of Iala the children of Dâ—rcon the childreÌ„ of Geddel †The children of Saphatia the children of Hatil the children of Phochereth which were of Asebaim the children of Ami. †Al the Nathineites and the children of the seruantes of Salomon three hundred ninetie two †And these are they that came vp from Thelmela Thelharsa Cherub and Adon and Emer And they could not shew the house of their fathers and their seede whether they were of Israel †The children of Dalaia the children of Tobia the children of Necoda six hundred fiftie two †And of the children of the Priestes The children of Hobia the children of Accos the children of Berzellai who tooke a wife of the daughters of Berzellai the Galaadite and was called by their name †these sought the writing of their genealogie and found it not and they were cast out of the Priesthood †And Athersatha said to them that they should not eate of the Holie of holies til there rose a priest learned and perfect Al the multitude as it were one man fourtie two thousand three hundred sixtie †beside their men seruantes wemen seruantes which were seuen thousand three hundred thirtie seuen and among them singing men and singing wemen two hundred †Their horses seuen hundred thirtie six their mules two hundred fourtie fiue †their cameles foure hundred thirtie fiue their asses six thousand seuen hundred twentie †And of the princes of the fathers when they entred into the temple of our Lord which is in Ierusalem they offered voluntarily vnto the house of our Lord to build it in his place †According to their abilities they gaue the expenses of the worke of gold sixtie one thousand soldes of siluer fiue thousand poundes garmentes for the priestes an hundred †The Priestes therfore the Leuites and they of the people and the singing men and the potters and the Nathinaites dwelt in their cities and al Israel in their cities CHAP. III. An Altar is built for sacrifice 4 The feast of Tabernacles solemnly celebrated 8. And in the second yeare aâ—ter their returne the Temple is founded with great ioy of the people and mourning of some AND now the seuenth moneth was come and the children of Israel were in their cities the people therfore was gathered together as it were one man into Ierusalem †And Iosue the sonne of Iosedec rose vp and his brethren the Priestes and Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and his brethren and they built the altar of the God of Israel that they might offer on it holocaustes as it is writen in the law of Moyses the man of God †And they placed the altar of God vpon his feete the people of the lands round about putting them in feare they offered vpon it holocaust to our Lord morning and euening †And they made the solemnitie of tabernacles as it is writen and holocaust euery day by order according to the praecept the worke of the day in his day †And after these thinges the continual holocaust as wel in the Calendes as in al the solemnities of our Lord that were
of God calues an hundred rammes two hundred lambes foure hundred buckgoates for the sinne of al Israel twelue according to the number of the tribes of Israel †And they set the Priestes in theyr orders and the Leuites in theyr courses ouer the workes of God in Ierusalem as it is writen in the booke of Moyses †And the children of Israel of the transmigration made the Phase the fourtenth day of the first moneth †For al the Priestes and the Leuites were purified as it were one man al cleane to immolate the Phase for al the children of the transmigration and for theyr brethren the Priestes and them selues †And the children of Israel that were returned from the transmigration did eate and al that had separated them selues from the coinquination of the Gentiles of the earth vnto them to seeke our Lord the God of Israel †And they made the solemnitie of Azymes seuen dayes in ioy because our Lord had made them ioyful and had turned the hart of the king of Assur to them that he should helpe theyr handes in the worke of the house of our Lord the God of Israel CHAP. VII Esdras with manie other Priestes and Leuites ascendeth to â—erusalem to teach and assist the people 11. bringing Artaxerxes Edict declareth it to the people 27. and geueth thankes to God AND after these thinges in the reigne of Artaxerxes king of Persians Esdras the sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Helcias †the sonne of Sellum the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob †the sonne of Amarias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Maraioth †the sonne of Zarahias the sonne of Ozi the sonne of Bocci †the sonne of Abisue the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest from the begynning †The same Esdras came vp from Babylon and he was a quicke scribe in the law of Moyses which our Lord God gaue to Israel and the king gaue him according to the hand of our Lord his God vpon him al his petition †And there came vp of the children of Israel and of the children of the Priestes and of the children of the Leuites and of the singing men and of the porters and of the Nathineites into Ierusalem in the seuenth yeare of Artaxerxes the king †And they came into Ierusalem the fifth moneth that is the seuenth yeare of the king †For in the first day of the first moneth he began to goe vp from Babylon and in the first day of the fifth moneth he came into Ierusalem according to the good hand of his God vpon him †For Esdras prepared his hart to search the law of our Lord and to doe and to teach in Israel preceptes and iudgement †And this is the copie of the epistle of the edict which king Artaxerxes gaue to Esdras the Priest the learned scribe in the wordes and preceptes of our Lord and his ceremonies in Israel †Artaxerxes the king of kings to Esdras the Priest the most learned scribe of the law of God of heaueÌ„ greeting †It is decreed by me that whoÌ„soeuer it shal please in my kingdom of the people of Israel and of the Priestes and Leuites to goe into IerusaleÌ„ let him goe with thee †For thou art sent from the face of the king and of his seuen counselers that thou mayst visite Iewrie and Ierusalem in the law of thy God which is in thy hand †And that thou maist carie the siluer gold which the king his counselers haue voluntarily offered to the God of Israel whose tabernacle is in Ierusalem †And al the siluer and gold whatsoeuer thou shalt finde in al the prouince of Babylon and the people wil offer and of the Priestes that shal voluntarely offer to the house of theyr God which is in Ierusalem †take freely and bye diligently of this money calues rammes lambes and the sacrifices and libamentes of them and offer them vpon the altar of the temple of your God that is in Ierusalem †Yea and if it shal please thee and thy brethren to doe any thing with the rest of the siluer and gold doe ye according to the wil of your God †The vâ—â—â—els also which are geuen thee for the ministerie of the house of thy God deliuer thou in the sight of God in Ierusalem †Yea and other thinges wherof neede shal be for the house of thy God how much soeuer is necessarie for thee to spend thou shalt geue it out of the treasure and excheker of the king and from me †I Artaxerxes the king haue appointed and decreed to al the keepers of the common coffer that are beyond the Riuer that whatsoeuer Esdras the Priest the scribe of the law of God of heauen shal aske of you you geue it without delay †vnto an hundred talentes of siluer and vnto an hundred cores of wheat and vnto an hundred bates of wyne and vnto an hundred bates of oyle but salt without measure †Al that pertayneth to the rite of the God of heauen let it be geuen diligently in the house of the God of heauen lest perhaps he be angrie agaynst the kingdom of the king and of his sonnes †We doe you also to vnderstand concerning al the Priestes and Leuites and the singers and the porters the Nathineites and ministers of the house of this God that you haue no authoritie to put tolle and â—ribute and yearlie rentes vpon them †And thou Esdras according to the wisedom of thy God which is in thy hand appoyâ—t iuâ—ges and presidentes that they may iudge for al the people that is beyond the Riuer that is for them which know the law of thy God yea and the ignorant teach ye frely †And euerie one that shal not doe the law of thy God and the law of thy king diligently there shal be iudgement of him either vnto death or into banishment or to the confiscation of his substance or at the least into prison †Blessed be our Lord the God of our fathers which hath put this in the kinges hart that he would glorifie the house of our Lord which is in Ierusalem †and hath inclined his mercie toward me before the king and his counselers and al the mightie princes of the king and Itaking courage by the hand of our Lord my God which was on me gathered together out of Israel princes that should goe vp with me CHAP. VIII Esdras reciteth those that came with him from Babylon 21. the fast which â—e appointed 33. and how they brought the holie vessel into the Temple THESE therfore are the princes of the families and the genealogie of them that came vp with me in the reigne of Artaxerxes the king out of Babylon †Of the children of Phinees Gersom Of the children of Ithamar Daniel Of the children of Dauid Hattus †Of the children of Sechenias the children of Pharos Zacharias and with him were
the Ammanite his neighbour sayd Let them build if a fox come vp he shal leape ouer their stone wal †Heare our God because we are had in dispise turne the reproch vpon their head and giue them into dispite in a Land of captiuitie †Couer not their iniquitie and let not their sinne be put out before thy face because they haue mocked thy builders †Therfore we built the wal and ioyned together the whole vnto the halfe part and the hart of the people was prouoked to worke †And it came to passe when Sanaballat had heard and Tobias and the Arabians and the Ammanites and the Azotians that the breach of the wal of Ierusalem was closed vp and the gates began to be stopped they were wrath excedingly †And they were al assembled together to come and to fight against Ierusalem and to prepare embushments †And we prayed our God and set watchmen vpon the wal day and night against them †And Iudas sayd The strength of him that carrieth is weakened the morter is very much and we shal not be able to build the wal †And our enimies sayd Let them not know and let them be ignorant til we come into the midest of them and kil them and make their worke to cease †And it came to passe the Iewes that dwelt beside them coming and telling vs ten times out of al places from whence they came to vs †I sette the people in a place behind the wal round about in order with their swordes and speares and bowes †And I looked and rose vp I sayd to the princes and magistrates and to the rest of the common people Be not afrayd at their face Remember our Lord great and terrible and fight for your bretheren your sonnes and your daughters and your wiues and your houses †And it came to passe when our enimies had heard that it was told vs God defeted their counsel And we returned al to the walles euery man to his worke †And it came to passe from that day the halfe part of their yongmen did the worke and halfe was ready to battel and speares sheilds and bowes and cotes of mayle and the princes behind them in al the house of Iuda †of them that built in the wal and that carried burdens and that laded them with one of his hands he did the worke with the other he held a sword †for euery one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reynes And they builded and sounded with the trumpet nere me †And I sayd to the princes and to the magistrates to the rest of the common people The worke is great and broad and we are seperated in the wal one far from an other †in what place soeuer you shal heare the sound of the trumpet thither runne together vnto vs our God wil fight for vs. †And let vs our selues doe the worke and let the halfe part of vs hold speares from the rysing of the morning til the starres appeare †At that time also I sayd to the people Let euery man with his seruant tarry in the middes of Ierusalem and let there be courses among vs by day and night to worke †And I and my bretheren and my seruants and the watchmen that were behinde me did not put of our clothes euery man was made bare only to washing CHAP. V. Nehemias blameth couetous richmen for oppressing the poore 14. himselfe geueth largely of his owne to the needie AND there was a great crie of the people and of their wiues against their brethren the Iewes †And there were that said Our sonnes and our daughters are verie manie let vs take corne for the price of them and let vs eate and liue †And there were that sayd Let vs pledge our fieldes and vineyardes and our houses and let vs take corne in famine †And others sayd Let vs borow money for the kings tributes and let vs giue our fields and vineyardes †and now as the flesh of our bretheren so is our flesh and as their children so also our children behold we subdew our sonnes and our daughters into bondage and our daughters there are bond we men neither haue we where with they may be redemed and our fieldes and our vineyardes other men doe possesse †And I was exceding angrie when I had heard their crie according to these wordes †And my hart thought with my selfe and I rebuked the princes and magistrates and sayd to them Do you euery one exact vsuries of your brethen and I gathered against them a great assemblie †and I sayd to them We as you know haue redemed our bretheren the Iewes that were sold to the gentiles according to our abilitie and wil you therfore sel your bretheren and shal we redeme them And they held their peace neither did they find what to answer †And I sayd to them The thing is not good which you doe why walke you not in the feare of our God lest we be vpbrayded with al the gentiles our enimies †I also and my bretheren and my seruantes haue lent money and corne to very manie let vs not aske this againe in common let vs remitte them the debt that is dewe to vs. †Restore ye to them their fieldes this day and their vineyards and their oliuets and their houses yea the hundreth part also of money corne wine and oyle which you were wont to exact of them giue it rather for them †And they sayd We wil restore and we wil seeke nothing of them and we wil do so as thou speakest And I called the Priestes and adiured them to do according to that which I had sayd †Moreouer I shooke my bosome and sayd God so shake euery man that shal not accomplish this word out of his house and out of his labours so be he shaken out and made emptie And al the multitude sayd Amen And they praysed God And the people did as it was sayd †And from that day wherin the king commended me to the duke in the land of Iuda from the twenteth yeare til the two thirteth yeare of Artaxerxes the king for twelue yearees I and my bretheren did not eate the yearly allowance that was dewe to the dukes †But the former dukes that had bene before me burdened the people and tooke of them in bread and wine and money euery day fourtie sicles yea and their officers oppressed the people But I did not so for the feare of God †Yea I builded rather in the worke of the wal and field I bought not and al my seruantes were gathered together to the worke †Tke Iewes also and the magistrates an hundred fiftie men and they that came to vs out of the nations that were round about vs were at the table †And there was prepared for me day by day one oxe six chosen rammes beside foules and within ten dayes diuers wines
many other things did I giue Moreouer also the yearly allowance of my dukedome I sought not for the people was very much empouerished †Remember me my God to good according to al things which I haue done to this people CHAP. VI. The enemies guilfully offer to make league with the Iewes 3. but Nehemias procedeth in building the walles 16. and al bordering nations feare them AND it came to passe when Sanaballat had heard and Tobias and Gossem the Arabian and the rest of our enimies that I did build the wal and there was no breach remayning in it how beit at that time I had not put the doores in the gates †Sanaballat and Gossem sent to me saying Come and let vs make a league together in the villages in the field of Ono But they thought to doe me euil †I sent therfore messengers to them saying I am doing a great worke and I can not goe downe lest perhaps it be neglected when I shal come and descend to you †But they sent to me according to this word foure times and I answered them according to the former word †And Sanaballat sent his seruant to me the fifth time according to the former word and he had a letter in his hand written in this maner Among the Gentiles it is heard and Gossem hath sayd that thou and the Iewes meane to rebel and therfore thou buildest the wal and wil aduance thy selfe king ouer them for which cause †thou hast sette vp prophettes also which should preach of thee in Ierusalem saying There is a king in Iurie The king wil heare of these thinges therfore come now that we may take counsel together †And I sent to them saying It is not done according to these words which thou speakest for thou framest these things of thine owne hart †For al these terrified vs thinking that our hands would cease from the worke and we would leaue of For which cause I did the more strengthen my hands †and I entred into the house of Samaia the sonne of Dalaia the sonne of Metabeel secretly who sayd Let vs consult with our selues in the house of God in the middes of the temple and Let vs shutte the doores of the temple because they wil come to kil thee and in the night they wil come to slea thee †And I sayd Doth any man that is like vnto me flee and who being as I am wil goe into the temple and liue I wil not goe in †And I vnderstood that God had not sent him but as it were prophicying he had spoken to me and Tobias and Sanaballat had hyred him †For he had taken a price that I being terrified should do it and sinne and they might haue some euil to vpbraid me withal †Remember me Lord for Tobias and Sanaballat according to such their workes Yea and Noadias the prophete and the rest of the prophetes that terrified me †But the wal was finished the fiue and twenteth day of the moneth of Elul in two and fiftie dayes †It came topasse therfore when al our enimies had heard it that al nations which were round about vs feared were dismayed within them selues and knew that this worke was done of God †But in those dayes also many letters of the principal Iewes were sent to Tobias and from Tobias there came to-them †For there were many in Iurie sworne vnto him because he was the sonne in law of Sechenias the sonne of Area and Iohanan his sonne had taken the daughter of Mosollam the sonne of Barachias †Yea and they praysed him before me and they reported my words vnto him and Tobias sent letters to terrifie me CHAP. VII Nehemias appointeth watchmen in Ierusalem 5. and calling the people together reciteth the number of those which came first from Babylon 68. likewise of their cattel 70. and the giftes of certaine chiefe men towards the reparations AND after the wal was built I had put on the doores and numbred the porters and singing men and Leuites †I commanded Hanani my brother and Hananias prince of the house of Ierusalem for the semed as it were a true man and one that feared God aboue the rest †and I sayd to them Let not the gates of Ierusalem be opened vntil the heate of the sunne And when they yet stood by the gates were shut and barred and I sette watchmen of the inhabitants of Ierusalem euery one by their courses and euery man against his house †And the citie was exceding large and great and the people few in the middes therof there were no houses built †But God gaue me in my hart and I assembled the princes and magistrates and common people that I might number them and I found a booke of the number of them that came vp first and there was found written in it †These are the children of the prouince which came vp from the captiuirie of them that were transported whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had transported and returned into lurie euery one into his owne citie †They that came with Zorobabel Iosue Nehemias Azarias Rahamias Nahamani Mardochaeus Belsam Mespharath Begoai Nahum Baana The number of the men of the people of Israel †The children of Pharos two thousand an hundred seuenty two †The children of Saphatia three hundred seuentie two †The children of Area six hundred fiftie two †The children of Phahathmoab of the children of Iosue and Ioab two thousand eight hundred eightene †The children of Aelam a thousand two hundred fiftie foure †The children Zethua eight hundred fourtie fiue †The childeren of Zachai seuen hundred sixtie †The childeren of Bannui six hundred fourtie eight †The children of Bebai six hundred twentie eight †The children of Azgad two thousand three hundred twentie two †The childeren of Adonicam six hundred sixtie seuen †The children of Beguai two thousand sixtie seuen †The childeren of Adin six hundred fiftie fiue †The childeren of Ater childeren of Hezecias ninetie eight †The childeren of Hasem three hundred twentie eight †The children of Besai three hundred twentie foure †The children of Hareph an hundred twelue †The children of Gabaon nyntie fiue †The childeren of Betlehem and Netupha an hundred eightie eight †The men of Anathoth an hundred twentie eight †The men of Bethazmoth fourtie two †The men of Cariathiarim Cephira and Beroth seuen hundred fourtie three †The men of Rama and Geba six hundred twentie one †The men of Machmas an hundred twentie two †The men of Bethel and Hai an hundred twentie three †The men of an other Nebo fiftie two †The men of an other Aelam a thousand two hundred fiftie foure †The childeren of Harem three hundred twentie The childeren of Iericho three hundred fourtie fiue †The childeren of Lod Hadid and Ono seuen hundred twentie one †The childeren of
returned cried to thee thou heardest from heauen and deliueredst theÌ„ in thy mercies manie times †And thou didst admonish them that they should returne to thy law But they did proudly heard not thy coÌ„mandmentes and sinned in thy iudgementes which a man should do and shal liue in them and they gaue the reuolting shoulder and hardned their necke neither did they heare †And thou didst prolong manie yeares ouer them and didst testefie to charge them in thy spirit by the hand of thy Prophetes and they heard not and thou didst deliuer them into the hand of the peoples of the nations †But in thy very many mercies thou madest them not consumption neither didst thou forsake them because a God of compassions and gratious art thou †Now therfore O our God great strong and terrible keeping couenant and mercie turne not away from thy face al the labour which hath found vs our Kinges and our Princes and our Priests and our Prophetes and our fathers and al the people from the daies of the king of Aâ—â—ur vntil this day †And thou art iust in al thinges that haue come vpon vs because thou hast done truth but we haue done wickedly †Our Kinges our Princes our Priestes and our fathers haue not done thy law and haue not attended thy commandmentes and thy testimonies which thou hast testified among them †And they in their reignes and in thy manifold goodnes which thou gauest them and in the land most large and fatte which thou didst deliuer in their sight serued not thee nor returned from their most wicked deuises †Behold we our selues this day are bondmen and the land which thou gauest our fathers that they should eate the bread therof and the good thinges that are therof and our selues are seruantes in it †And the fruites therof are multiplied to the kinges whom thon hast sette ouer vs for our sinnes and they haue dominion ouer our bodies and ouer our beastes according to their wil and we are in great tribulation †Therfore vpon al these thinges we our selues make a couenant and write and our Princes our Leuites and our Priestes signe it CHAP X. Mâ—nie in name of al subscribe to the couenant made with God 30. Namely not to marrie with strangers 31. to keepe the Sabbath day and the seuenth yeare 32. To pay oblations 35. First fruites 38. and Tithes AND the subscribers were Nehemias Athersatha the sonne of Hachelai and Sedecias †Saraias Azarias Ieremias †Pheshur Amarias Melchias †Hattus Sebenia Melluch †Harem Merimuth Obdias †Daniel Genthon Baruch †Mosollam Abia Miamin †Maazia Belgai Semeia these were Priestes †Moreouer Leuites Iosue the sonne of Azanias Bennui of the children of Henadad Cedmihel †And their bretheren Sebenia Odaia Celita Phalaia Hanan †Micha Rohob Hasebia †Zachur Serebia Sabania †Odaia Bani Baninu †The heades of the people Pharos Phahathmoab Aelam Zethu Bani †Bonni Azgad Bebai †Adonia Begoai Adin †Ater Hezecia Azur †Odaia Hasum Besai †Hareph Anathoth Nebai †Megphias Mosollam Hazir †Mezsibel Sadoc Iedua †Pheltia Hanan Anai †Osee Hanania Hasub †Alohes Phalea Sobec †Rehum Hasebna Maasia †Echaia Hanan Anan †Melluch Haran Baana †And the rest of the people Priestes Leuites Porteres and singing men Nathineites and al that seperated themselues from the peoples of the landes to the law of God their wiues their sonnes and their daughters †Al that could vnderstand promising for their bretheren their princes and they that came to promise and sweare that they would walke in the law of God which he gaue in the hand of Moyses the seruant of God that they would do kepe al the coÌ„mandments of the Lord our God and his iudgementes and his ceremonies †And that we would not geue our daughters to the people of the land and their daughters we would not take to our soÌ„nes †The people 's of the land which bring in things to sel al thinges to be vsed to sel them on the Sabbath day we wil not take it of them in the Sabbath and in the sanctified day And we wil let passe the seuenth yeare and the exaction of euerie hand †And we wil ordayne preceptes vpon ourselues to giue the third part of a sicle euerie yeare to the worke of the house of our God †to the loaues of proposition and to the continual sacrifice and for a continual holocaust in the Sabbathes in the Calendes in the Solemnities and in the sanctified and for sinne that propitiation may be made for Israel and vnto al vse of the house of our God †We therfore did cast lotes concerning the oblation of wood betwen the Priestes and the Leuites and the people that it should be brought into the house of our God by the houses of our fathers at set times from yeare to yeare that it might burne vpon the altar of the Lord our God as it is written in the law of Moyses †And that we would bring the first borne of our land and the first fruites of al the fruite of euerie tree from yeare to yeare in the house of our Lord. †and the first fruites of our sonnes and of our cattel as it is written in the law and the first fruites of our oxen and of our sheepe that they might be offered in the house of our God to the Priestes which minister in the house of our God †And the first fruites of our meates and of our libamentes and the fruites of euerie tree of vintage also and of oyle we wil bring to the Priestes vnto the treasurie of our God and the tenth part of our land to the Leuites The Leuites themselues shal receiue the tithes out of al the cities of our works †And the Priest the sonne of Aaron shal be with the Leuites in the tythes of the Leuites and the Leuites shal offer the tenth part of their tythe in the house of our God to the treasurie in the treasure house †For the children of Israel and the children of Leui shal carie to the treasurie the first fruites of corne of wine and of oyle and the sanctified vessels shal be there and the Priestes and singing men and porters and ministers and we wil not leaue the house of our God CHAP. XI New inhabitantes of Ierusalem are recited 20. likwise who dwelt in other cities of Iuda AND the princes of the people dwelt in Ierusalem but the rest of the people cast lottes to take one part of ten that should dwel in Ierusalem the holie citie and nine partes in the cities †And the people blessed al the men that had voluntarily offered them selues to dwel in Ierusalem †These therfore are the princes of the prouince which dwelt in Ierusalem and in the cities of Iuda And euerie one dwelt in his possession in their cities Israel the Priestes the Leuites the Nathineites and the children of the
face they blessed God and rysing vp they told al his maruelous workes ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XII 12. I offered thy prayer to our Lord. Here the Angel Raphael reporteth certaine good offices which he had done for Tobias He did other like for his sonne and for Raguel and his daughter which are likewise recorded in this booke And the whole world especially Gods seruantos receiue continual great benefites by holie Angeles as partly may be gathered in this holie historie and more els where For first the office of Angeles is to assist or be alwayes readie as most diligent seruitoures of God expecting what his diuine goodnes wil appoint them whither to goe and what to doe for the benefite of men as holie Raphael was sent when yong Tobias wanted a guide Secondly Angels offer the prayers of the faithful or as the Greke text â—eadeth v. 15 Angels present the prayers of Sainctes that is of godlie men and wemen to God so Raphael testifieth here him self that he offered Tobias prayers to our Lord. Thirdly Angeles ayde and assist those that loue puritie of life sincere seruice of God hate vice embrace vertue do workes of mercie so Raphael assisted Tobias when he traueled to butie the dead fleing from the kings furie and hiding himself ch â— v. 21. 23. Fourthly Angels exhort to good workes as in this 12. chapter v. 6 8 9 10 18 Fiftly they sâ—â—gest â—â—d instruct what to do ch 6. v. 4. 5. Raphâ—â—â—â—â—â—ght yong Tobias to â—ake the fiâ—h vâ—b wel him reserue partes therof 〈…〉 〈◊〉 aâ—â—ised him to lodge at Raguels house to demand Sâ—ra to wife and v. 16. 17. iâ—structed him against whom diuels haue powre Sixthly they expel diuels from persons and places ch 8. v. 3. Raphael tooke and bound the diuel Asmodeus in the desert of hiegher Egypt Seuenthly they deliuer men from dangers and euiles c. 6. v. 3 as when the great fish assaulted Tobias and Sara from molestation and slaunder and old Tobias from blindnes chap. 3 v. 10. ch 11. v. 8. ch 12. v. 14. Eightly VVhen it redoundeth to the honour and more seruice of God and good of the soule Angeles procure riches and worldly commodities ch 12. v. 3. Yong Tobias gratfully confessed the great benefites receiued by his guide concluding generally by him vve are replenished sayth he vvith al good thinges Ninthly Good Angels also proue men for their more merite so the Angel witnesseth ch 12. v. 13. Because thou vvast acceptable to God it vvas necessarie that tentation should proue thee Tenthly and finally for we remite the reader to larger documentes of others after proofe of patience fortitude and other vertues holie Angeles comforte good men so Raphael encoraged old Tobias saying ch 5. v. 13. his blindenes should shortly be cured ch 12. v. 12. shewed him how gratful his prayers with teares and woorkes of mercie were in Gods fight He comforted Raguel and his familie by bringing yong Tobias to their house ch 7. v. â— Much more ch 8. v. 16. both them and al Tobias his familie by driuing away the diuel and lastly by reuealing himselfe vnto them So holie Angeles especially the proper gardian patrones of euerie one are alwayes readie to helpe men guard them exhort them to good do instruct them do expel euil spirites and deliuer men from many euils dangers do procure them temporal commodities proue their vertues offer their prayers and good workes assist them al their liues and at their deathes then also bring their soules to the Iudgement seate and if they die in good state to eternal ioy and glorie wherof the ancient fathers writinges are ful S. Gregorie the great in his Dialogue li. 4. c. 58 S. Athanasius li. de communi essentia S. Chrisostom ho. 3. in Epist. ad Colloss li. 6. de Sacerdotio Gregorius Turonen li. de gloria Martyrum Confessorum S. Augustin Epist ad probam c. 9. Epist 68. ad fratres in eremo li. 11. c. 31. ciuit octoginta trium qq q. 79. Our Sauiour himself testifieth that Angels reioyce at the conuersion of a sinner Luc. 15. and therfore they know and haue care of mens states in this life and finally Angeles caried the soule of poore Lazarus into Abrahams bosome Luc. 16. CHAP. XIII Tobias the father prayseth God exhorting al Israel to do the same 11. prophecieth the restauration and better state of Ierusalem AND Tobias the elder opening his mouth blessed our Lord and sayd Thou art great Lord for euer and thy kingdom world without end †because thou scourgest and sauest leadest downe to hel and bringest backe agayne and there is none that may escape thy hand †CoÌ„fesse to our Lord ye children of Israel and in the sight of the Gentiles prayse him †because he hath therfore dispersed you among the gentiles which know not him that you may declare his maruelous workes and make them know that there is no other God omnipotent besides him †He hath chastised vs for our iniquities and he wil saue vs for his mercie †Behold therfore what he hath done with vs and with feare and trembling confesse ye to him and extol the king of the worldes in your workes †And I in the land of my captiuitie wil confesse to him because he hath shewed his maiestie toward a sinful nation †Conuert therfore ye sinners do iustice before God beleuing that he wil doe his mercie with you †And I and my soule wil reioyce in him †Blesse ye our Lord al his elect celebrate daies of gladnes and confesse to him †Ierusalem the citie of God our Lord hath chastised thee in the workes of thy handes †Confesse to our Lord in thy good thinges and blesse the God of the worldes that he may reedefie his tabernacle in thee and may cal backe al the captiues to thee thou mayst reioyce for euer and euer †Thou shalt shine with a glorious light and al the coastes of the earth shal adore thee †Nations from far shal come to thee and bringing giftes they shal adore our Lord in thee and shal esteeme thy land for sanctification †For they shal inuocate the great name in thee †Cursed shal they be that shal contemne thee and damned shal they be that shal blaspheme thee and blessed shal they be that shal build thee †And thou shalt reioyce in thy children because they shal al be blessed shal be gathered together to our Lord. †Blessed are al that loue thee and that reioyce vpon thy peace †My soule blesse thou our Lord because he hath deliuered Ierusalem his citie from al her tribulations the Lord our God †Blessed shal I be if there shal remayne of my seede to see the glorie of Ierusalem †The gates of Ierusalem shal be built of Saphire and the Emerauld and al the compasse of the walles therof of pretious stone †With white
V. 1. Turne to some of the Sainctes Eliphaz prouoking Iob to produce some of his opinion or to seeke the helpe and patronage of some Sainct in his cause plainly sheweth the common faith and practise of inuocating Sainctes in that time Els it had benne a frinâ—lous speach which is not to be imputed to a sensible wise man as he was For it appeareth by the drift of his reasoning that he supposed some of Gods special seruantes would maintaine a good cause but that Iobs cause was such as neither God nor holie Angel nor good man would defend and therfore boldly prouoked him to this trial presuming that he should finde no such patron Neither did he wil Iob in these wordes to cal vpon God only for he could not erre so grosly as to cal God some of the Sainctes but must meane some other holie person And it is clere by the Septuaginta Interpreters that Eliphaz willed Iob to inuocate the Angels saying Inuocate if anie vvil ansvver thee or if thou canst behold anie of the holie Angeles S. Gregorie expoundeth it to the same sense that Sainctes were to be inuocated in a good cause but that Eliphaz here dispicing and deriding holie Iob sayd to him Thou canst not find Sainctes thy helpers in affliction vvhom thou vvouldest not haue thy felovves in prosperitie CHAP. VI. Iob answereth the obiections of Eliphaz shewing that in deede the calamitie which he suffereth is much greatter then his sinnes deserue and therfore his lamentation is excusable 8. wisheth if it so please God that he may dye 13. complaneth that his freindes are become his aduerseries 16 grauely expostulateth that they reprehend him 12. and helpe him not BVT Iob answering sayd †Would God my sinnes were weyed wherby I haue deserued wrath and the calamitie which I suffer in a balance †“ As the sand of the sea this would appeare heauier wherfore my wordes also are ful of sorrow †Because the arrowes of our Lord be in me the indignation whereof drinketh vp my spirit and the terrours of our Lord warre agaynst me †Wil the wilde asse roare when he hath grasse or the oxe loweth when he shal stand before the ful manger †Or can an vnsauerie thing be eaten that is not seasoned with salt or can a man tast that which being tasted bringeth death †The thinges which before my foule would not touch now for anguish are my meates †Who wil graunt that my petition may come and that God would geue me that which I expect †And he that hath begune the same would loose his hand and cut me of †And this might be my comfort that afflicting me with sorrow he spare not not I gayne say the wordes of the Holie one †For What is my strength that I can susteyne it or what is mine end that I should doe patiently †Neither is my strength the strength of stones neither is my â—â—est of brasse †Behold there is no help for me in my self and my familiar freindes also are departed from me †He that taketh away mercie from his frend forsaketh the feare of our Lord. †My brethren haue passed by me as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys †They that feare the hoare frost snow shal fal vpon them †At the time when they shal be dissipated they shal perish and after they waxe hote they shal be dissolued out of their place †The pathes of their steppes are intangled they shal walke in vayne and shal perish †Cosider ye the pathes of Thema the wayes of Saba expect a litle while †They are confounded because I haue hoped they are come also euen vnto me and are couered with shame †Now you are come and euen now seing my plague you are afrayd †haue I sayd Bring ye to me and of your substance geue to me †Or deliuer me from the hand of the enemie and out of the hand of the strong deliuer me †Teach ye me and I wil hold my peace and if I perhaps haue beene ignorant in anie thing instruct ye me †Why haue you detracted from the wordes of truth whereas there is none of you that can controwle me †To rebuke only you frame speaches and you vtter wordes in the wind †You rush in vpon a pupil and you endeuoure to ouerthrow your frend †Notwithstanding accomplish that which you haue begune geue eare and see whether I lie †Answer I besech you without contention and speaking that which is iust iudge ye †And you shal not finde iniquitie in my tongue neither shal folie sound in my iawes ANNOTATIONS CHAP. VI. 3. As the sand of the sea Scarse anie figure is more common in holie Sâ—ipture then Hyperbole wherby ouâ— vnderstanding is drawne to coÌ„ceiue the greatnes of thinges that otherwise surpasse vulgar capacitie So Iob signifieth here that his calamitie being vveighed vvith his sinnes in balance vvould appeare heauier not precisely in proportion of the number of sandes in the sea but exceding much in true comparison Of which superabundance of paines patiently suffered by holie Iob and other Sainctes more then their sinnes deserued especially of our B. Sauiour who could not sinne and of our B. Ladie who neuer sinned remayneth an infinitie treasure of satisfactorie workes appliable by the supreme stuard of Gods Church Christs Vicar in earth for satisfaction of others which haue nede and are in the communion of Sainctes and performe the conditions appointed And so this high stuard may in due maner by his authoritie geue limited or plenarie pardones to penitentes of the paines which otherwise they should suffer in this life or in purgaritie for their sinnes first remitted Other Bishops can also geue or dispence so much as the Supreme Bishop alloâ—teth to their powre al to edification and necessitie of Gods seruantes as dispencers not dissipators of so holie treasure CHAP. VII Iob explicateth diuers calamities of mans life and namely of his owne 6. Suposing it not likelie that he shal returne to former prosperous state 15. desireth to dye THE life of man vpon earth is a warfare his daies as the daies of an hyred man †As a seruant desireth the shadow as the hired man taryeth for the end of his worke †So I also haue had vayne monethes and haue numbred to my self laborious nightes †If I sleepe I shal say When shal I arise and agayne I shal expect the euening and shal be replenished with sorowes euen vntil darkenens †My flesh is clothed with rottenesse and filth of dust my skinne is withered drawen together †My daies haue passed more swiftly then the webbe is cut of the weauer and are consumed without anie hope †Remember that my life is a winde and myne eie shal not returne to see good thinges †Neither shal the sight of man behold me thine eies vpon me and I shal not stand †As a
and girdeth their reines with a corde †He leadeth away Priestes without glorie and supplanteth the great men †Changing the lippe of the true and taking away the doctrine of the ancientes †He powreth out contempt vpon princes releeuing them that had bene oppressed †Who reueleth profound things out of darkenesse and bringeth forth the shadow of death into light †Who multiplieth nations and destroyeth them and restoreth the destroyed whole agayne †Who changeth the hart of the princes of the people of the earth and deceiueth them that they may goe in vayne where is no passage †They shal grope as in the darke and not in the light and he shal make them goe amis as druncken men CHAP. XIII Of their owne wordes Iob confuteth his aduersaries that they haue spoken that which they know not 13. defendeth his owne innocencie 22. desiring of God if he be afflicted for secrete sinnes that he may know them BEHOLD mine eie hath seene al these thinges and mine eare hath heard I haue vnderstood euerie thing †According to your knowledge I also do know neither am I inferiour to you †But yet I wil speake to the Omnipotent and I couet to dispute with God †First shewing you to be forgers of lying and mainteyners of peruerse opinions †And would God ye would hold your peace that you might be thought to be wise men †Heare ye therfore my correptions and attend the iudgement of my lippes †Hath God neede of your lye that for him you speake guiles †Doe you take his person and doe you endeuour to iudge for God †Or shal it please him from whom nothing can be concealed or shal he be deceiued as a man with your fraudulent dealings †He shal reproue you because in secrete you take his person †Forth with as he shal moue himself he shal truble you and his terrour shal come violently vpon you †Your memorie shal be compared to ashes and your neckes shal be brought into clay †Hold your peace a litle while that I may speake what soeuer my minde shal prompt me †Why doe I teare my flesh with my teeth carie my soule in my handes †Although he shal kil me I wil trust in him but yet I wil reproue my waies in his sight †And he shal be my sauiour for no hypocrite shal come in his sight †Heare ye my word and receiue the obscure sayings with your eares †If I shal be iudged I know that I shal be found iust †What is he that wil be iudged with me let him come why am I consumed holding my peace †Two things only do not to me and then shal I not be hid from thy face †Make thy hand far from me and let not thy feare terrifie me †Cal me and I wil answer thee or els I wil speake and doe thou answer me †How great iniquites and sinnes I haue my wicked deedes and my offences shewe thou me †Why hidest thou thy face and thinkest me thine enemy †Against the leafe that is violently taken with the wind thou shewest thy might and persecutest drie stuble †For thou writest bitternes against me and wilt consume me with the sinnes of my youth †Thou hast put my feete in the stockes and hast obserued al my pathes and hast considered the steppes of my feete †Who as rottenes am to be consumed and as a garment that is eaten of the moth CHAP. XIIII Againe Iob describeth the miseries of mans life 3. Neuertheles Gods great prouidence towards him 7. professeth his beleefe of the Resurrection MAN borne of woman liuing a short time is replenished with many mseiries †Who as a flowre cometh forth and is destroyed fleeth as a shadow neuer abideth in the same state †And doest thou counte it a worthy thing to open thine eies vpon such an one and to bring him with thee into iudgement †Who can make cleane him that is conceiued of vncleane seede is it not thou which onlie art †The daies of man are short the number of his monethes is with thee thou hast appointed his limittes which can not be passed †Depart a litle from him that he may rest vntil his day wished for come euen as the hyred man †A tree hath hope if it be cut it waxeth greene agâ—iâ—e and the boughes thereof spring †If his roote be old in the earth and the truncke therof be dead in the dust †At the sent of water it shal spring and bring forth leaues as when it was first planted †But when man shal be dead and naked and consumed where is he I pray †As if the waters should deparr out of the sea and a riuer made emptie should be dried vp †So man when he is a sleepe shal not rise agayne til heauen perish he shal not awake nor rise vp out of his sleepe †Who wil grant me this that in hel thou protect me and hide me til thy furie passe and appoynt me a time wherin thou wilt remember me †Shal man that is dead thinkest thou liue agayne al the daies in which I am now in warfare I expect vntil my change do come †Thou shalt cal me and I shal answer thee to the worke of thy handes thou shalt reach thy right hand †Thou in dede hast numbred my steppes but thou wilt spare my sinnes †Thou hast sealed my offences as it were in a bag but hast cured mine iniquitie †A mountaine falling slideth downe and a rock is remoued out of his place †Waters make stones holow and with inundation the earth by litle and litle is consumed and men therfore thou shalt destroy in like maner †Thou hast strengthened him a litle that he might passe away foreuer thou shalt chaÌ„ge his face and shalt send him forth †Whether his children shal be noble or vnnoble he shal not vnderstand †But yet his flesh whiles he shal liue shal haue sorow his soule shal mourne vpon himself CHAP XV. Eliphaz againe chargeth Iob to haue spoken presumptuously blasphemously 14. auoucheth that no man is innocent nor iust 20. describing the malediction of impious and hypochrites BVT Eliphaz the Themanite answering sayd †Wil a wise man answer as it were speaking into the wind and fil his stomacke with burning †Thou reprouest him in wordes that is not equal to thee and speakest that which is not expedient for thee †As much as is in thee thou hast euacuated feare and hast taken away prayers before God †For thine iniquitie hath taught thy mouth and thou doest imitate the tongue of blasphemers †Thine owne mouth shal condemne thee and not I and thy lippes shal answer thee †Wast thou the first man borne and formed before the litle hilles †Hast thou heard Gods counsel and shal his wisedome be inferiour to thee †What doest
that when God once reueiled anie thing by publique fact or vnto competent witnesses it sufficed for euer to al reasonable men and so Eliu might applie the sentence to himselfe which God had denounced to his three freindes in the same cause Much lesse are Protestantes excusable which not only persist in errors cōdemned in their owne felowes as in Luther Caluin Beza others but also in other old heresies as their doctrine of iustification by only faith condemned in the Apostles time their denying the cerimonies of Baptisme the Sacraments of Confirmation of Penance condemned in the Nouatians or that patient sustaining of worldlie losses and other afflictions such as Iob suffered are not satisfactorie or meritorious workes 8. Take seuen oxen and seuen rammes In the number of seuen is a mysterie of perfection and fulnes often vsed in holie scripture For God creating the world and al thinges therin in six dayes rested the seuenth Seuenfold punishment was required for Cain Seuen payres of cleane beastes were conserued in in Noes arke And in the law the ground rested from tillage the seuenth yeare with innumerable the like As S. Gregorie in this place and other Fathers note in their workes Also twise seuen victimes offered in sacrifice import the greatnes of these mens offence in accusing Iob and in auouching their false opinion 8. Iob shal pray for you Neither had so manie sacrifices sufficed as S. Chrisostom obserueth Orat. 5. in Iudaeos vnles Iob also had prayed for the offenders VVhere we see that both Sacrifice the deuotion of him that offereth it haue their effectes whereof commeth the distinction vsed in Scholes of Opusoperatum and Opus operantis As it is manifest likewise that mediation of one man for an other did not derogate from Gods benigne mercie in the law of nature wherein these men liued Nor now from Christes mediation in the law of Grace 2. Cor. 1. v. 11. A BRIEF RECAPITVLATION of this strange and sacred historie FOr auoiding prolixitie this volume growing great we haue for most part contracted our Annotations into the margen making very few others in this booke which otherwise offered much more occasion as wel for explicating hard places as of other doctrinal and moral instructions Neither in dede can ordinarie Annotations wel suffice for vnderstanding of this and other hard bookes But rather large Comentaries are required such as S. Gregorie and other ancient Fathers as also F. Iohn de Pineda and others haue lately written wherto we therfore remitte the lerned readers And for the benefite of others of our nation we shal here briefly recapitulate the summe and principal pointes of this holie and admirable historie consisting in a singular holie mans conflictes and glorious victorie against inuisible and visible aduersaries both in prosperous and aduerse fortune First this holie man Iob in al abundance of wealth and riches blessed with manie children ch 1. sitting in a princelie throne and royal dignitie ch 29. in the land of Hus was not only assaulted with common tentations of the enuious enimie as al are that liue piously in God but so much the more as he was more godlie sincerer and perfecter then other men yet he neuer set his hart vpon worldlie or temporal thinges but with al due feare so serued God and parted from euil that Satan himself the calumniator of mankind could not charge him with anie sinne at al. Though he would not for al that confesse him to be iust or perfect but for further trial of him demanded and obtained licence of God to touch at his posssesions and so bereued him of al his goodes children in one day And when he perseuering constant in vertue thanking God for al not sinning in his lippes neither speaking anie foolish thing against God the diuel getting more ample permission to touch his bones and flesh chap. 2 susudenly stroock him with most grieuous botch or boyle from the sole of the foote to the toppe of the head who sitting on a dunghil and scraping the corruption of his sores with a shel in extreme paine his owne wife by the diuels suggestion reuiled him for his sinceritie and prouoked him to blaspheme God but he seuerely reprehended her follie stil keeping necessarie patience Then came three special freindes noble wisemen or litle kinges to visite and comforte him who in seuen dayes not speaking one word of consolation nor entering into anie discourse with him at last Iob himself chap. 3. broke this long silence but not his patience lamentably bewayling the extremitie of his paines imputing al to the miseries of mans estate corrupted by sinne discoursed of certaine penal euiles or malades ensuing therupon wishing for his owne part if it had so bene Gods pleasure for he sincerly feared God that either he had not bene borne or bene shortly taken out of his world cursing sinne and the proper effectes therof remaining in man wishing also to haue wanted the ordinarie benefites of education in his infancie and al his former prosperitie so that he might haue escaped the calamities wherwith he was now afflicted Al which he vttering in way of contemning al worldlie thinges and supposing his freindes there present would haue so vnderstood him and had compassion with him they contrariwise by art of the diuel God so permitting fel into indignation in stead of comforting their most afflicted freind sharply reprehended him rashly iudged his conscience and falsly condemned him not only of impatient speach as offensiue to God and his Angels and to al good men but also of other enormious sinnes as pride tyrannie presumption hypochrisie and blasphemie because heretofore he semed to the world as iust and holie and now as they imagined in his deserued punishment charged God with iniustice wherupon grew diuers long disputes betwen Iob and his three freindes a fourth also intruding himselfe when the others ceassed So that Iob indured nine conflictes and in the tenth God iudged him the victour which shal yet better appeare if we repete the summe of their argumentes his answers with Gods decision of the controuersie In the first conflict Eliphaz the chiefest of Iobs freindes in the. 4. and 5. chapters accused Iob of great impatience and insolencie against God also both him and his familie of tyrannie like to a cruel lion and lions whelpes alleaging for proofe the prosperitie of good men punishment of the wicked and a particular vision Adiured him therfore to acknowlege and repent the same But Iob in other two chapters auoched that in deede his afflictions were greater then his sinnes deserued relying vpon his innocencie knowen to his owne conscience Described also the manifold calamities of mans life desired to die and so to end his worldlie miseries Then Baldad the second opposite freind in the 8. chap. pretending to free Gods iudgement from al shew or resemblance of iniustice charged Iob and
continew his grace and protection against the malice of the enimie 5. Recounteth Gods mercie in deliuering him from falling into tentations 6. prayeth for the same in old age or weakenes of bodie and spirite 20. and promiseth perpetual gratitude and praises A Psalme for Dauid of the sonnes of Ionadab and the former captiues IN thee ô Lord I haue hoped let me not be confounded for euer †in thy iustice deliuer me and receiue me Incline thine eare to me and saue me †Be vnto me for a God protector and for a fensed place that thou maist saue me Because thou art my firmament and my refuge †My God deliuer me out of the hand of the sinner and ouâ— of the hand of him that doth aganst the law and of the vniust Because thou art my patience ô Lord my hope from my youth †Vpon thee haue I bene confirmed from the wombe from my mothers bellie thou art my protector In thee is my singing alwaies †I was made to manie as a wonder and thou art a strong helper †Let my mouth be filled with praise that I may sing thy glorie al the day thy greatnes †Reiect me not in the time of olde age when my strength shal â—aile forsake me not †Because mine enimies haue said to me and they that watched my soule consulted together †Saying God hath forsaken him pursew and take him because there is none to deliuer †O God be not farre from me my God haue respect to mine ayde †Let them be confounded and fayle that detract from my soule let them be couered with confusion and shame that seeke euils to me †But I wil alwaies hope and wil adde vpon al thy praise †My mouth shal shew forth thy iustice al the day thy saluation Because I haue not knowne lerning I wil enter into the powres of our Lord †ô Lord I wil be mindful of thy iustice onely †O God thou hast taught me from my youth and vntil now I wil pronounce thy meruelous workes †And vnto ancient age and olde age ô God forsake me not Vntil I shew forth thy arme to al the generation that is to come Thy might †and thy iustice ô God euen to the highest great meruailes which thou hast done ô God who may be like to thee †How great tribulations hast thou shewed me manie and euil and turning thou hast quickened me and from the depthes of the earth thou hast brought me backe againe †Thou hast multiplied thy magnificence and being turned thou hast comforted me †For I also wil confesse to thee in the instruments of Psalme thy truth ô God I wil sing to thee on the harpe holie one of Israel †My lippes shal reioyce when I shal sing to thee and my soule which thou hast redemed †Yea and my tongue al the day shal meditate thy iustice when they shal be confounded and ashamed that seeke euils to me PSALME LXXI By way of prayer the Psalmist prophecieth Christs coming our King and Iudge 4. the deliuerer of mankind from the thraldom of the diuel â— the greatnes of his spiritual kingdom in the Gentiles 16. and his continual glorie and praise Concerning Salomon O God giue thy iudgement to the king and thy iustice to the sonne of the king To iudge thy people in iustice and thy poore in iudgement †Let the mountains receiue peace for the people and the litle hilles iustice †He shal iudge the poore of the people and shal saue the children of the poore and he shal humble the calumniator †And he shal continew with the sunne and before the moone in generation and generation †He shal descend as rayne vpon a fleece and as droppes distilling vpon the earth †There shal rise in his dayes iustice and aboundance of peace vntil the moone be taken away †And he shal rule from sea vnto sea and from the riuer euen to the ends of the round world †Before him shal the Aethiopians fal downe and his enimies shal lick the earth †The kinges of Tharsis and the Ilands shal offer presentes the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shal bring giftes †And al kinges of the earth shal adore him al nations shal serue him †Because he shal deliuer the poore from the mightie and the poore which had no helper †He shal spare the poore and needy and he shal saue the soules of the poore †From vsuries and iniquitie he shal redeme their soules and their name shal be honorable before him †And he shal liue and there shal be giuen him of the gold of Arabia and they shal adore it alwaies al the day they shal blesse him †And there shal be a firmament in the earth in the toppes of mountanes the fruite therof shal be extolled farre aboue Libanus and they shal florish of the citie as the grasse of the earth †Be his name blessed for euer before the sunne his name is permanent And al the tribes of the earth shal be blessed in him al nations shal magnifie him †Blessed be our Lord the God of Israel who only doth meruelous thinges †And blessed be the name of his maiestie for euer and al the earth shal be filled with his maiestie Be it be it †The praises of Dauid the sonne of Iesse are ended PSALME LXXII The royal prophet first professing the vnspeakable goodnes of God 2. in the person of the weake complaineth that the wicked prosper and the iust are afflicted 15. reprehendeth the murmuration for though we can not comprehend the secrete iudgements of God 18. yet they are most iust 25. So with desire to rest in God he promiseth euer to praise him A Psalme to Asaph HOW good is God to Israel to them that are of a right hart †But my feete were almost moued my steppes almost slipped †Because I haue had zele vpon the wicked seing the peace of sinners †Because there is no respect to their death and stabilitie in ther plague †In the labours of men they are not and with men they shal not be scourged †Therfore hath pride helde them they are couered with their iniquitie and impietie †Their iniquitie hath proceded as it were of fatte they haue passed into the affection of the hart †They haue thought and haue spoken wickednes they haue spoken iniquitie on high †They haue sette their mouth vnto heauen ad their tongue hath passed in the earth †Therfore wil my people returne here and ful daies shal be found in them †And they haue saide How doth God know and is there knowledge in the highest †Loe the sinners them selues and they that abounde in
that he might saue al the meeke of the earth †Because the cogitation of man shal confesse to thee and the remanes of the cogitation shal keepe festiual day to thee †Vowe ye and render to our Lord your God al ye that round about him bring giftes To the terrible †and him that taketh away the spirite of princes terrible to the kinges of the earth PSALME LXXVI Anie faithful deuout person meditating Gods benefites 7. examineth his cōscience that nothing be in his soule that may offend God Who is alwayes readie to forgeue 11. and therfore he stil reneweth his purpose to serue God sincerly 15. particularly remembring the deliuerie of Israel from Aegypt Vnto the end for Idithun a psalme to Asaph †VVith my voice I haue cried to our Lord with my voice to God and he attended to me †In the day of my tribulation I sought God with my handes in the night before him and I was not deceiued My soule refused to be comforted †I was mindeful of God and was delighted and was exercised and my spirite fainted Myne eies preuented the watches I was trubled spake not †I thought vpon old daies and the eternal yeares I had in minde †And I meditated in the night with my hart and I was exercised and I swept my spirite Why wil God reiect for euer or wil he not adde to be better pleased as yet †Or wil he cutte of his mercie for euer from generation vnto generation †Or wil God forget to haue mercie or wil he in his wrath keepe in his mercies And I sayde Now haue I begune this is the change of the right hand of the Highest †I haue bene mindful of the workes of our Lord because I wil be mindful from the beginning of thy meruelous workes †And I wil meditate in al thy workes and in thy inuentions I wil be exercised †O God in the holie is thy way what God is great as our God †thou art the God that doest meruelous thinges Thou hast made thy powre knowne among peoples †thou hast with thine arme redemed thy people the children of Iacob and Ioseph †The waters saw thee ô God the waters saw thee and they were afrayd and the depthes were trubled †A multitude of the sounding of waters the cloudes gaue a voice For in deede arrowes doe passe †the voice of thy thunder in a wheele Thy lightenings shined to the rounde world the earth was moued and trubled †Thy way in the sea and thy pathes in many waters and thy steppes shal not be knowne †Thou hast conducted thy people as sheepe in the hand of moyses and Aaron PSALME LXXVII The royal prophet exhorting the people to attend 5. reciteth manie great benefites of God towards their forefathers whose ingratitude often rebellion and chatisement he stil noteth 9. as in their entrance into the land of Chanaan 12. also before the same in Aegypt and in the desort 42. How God plagued the Aegyptians 52. protected and conducted his people into the promised land 56. where likewise they often offended were punished 65. yet were stil conserued 69. and the tribe of Inde exalted in king Dauid Vnderstanding to Asaph MY people attend ye to my law incline your eare vnto the wordes of my mouth †I wil open my mouth in parables I wil speake propositions from the beginning †How great thinges haue we heard and haue knowne them and our fathers haue told vs. †They were not hid from their children in an other generation Telling the prayses of our Lord and his powers and his meruelous workes which he hath done †And he raised vp a testimonie in Iacob and made a law in Israel How great thinges he commanded our fathers to make the same knowne to their children †that an other generation may know The children that shal be borne and shal rise vp and shal tel their children †That they may put their hope in God and may not forget the workes of God and may seeke after his commandmentes †That they become not as their fathers a peruerse generation and exasperating A generation that hath not directed their hart their spirit hath not bene faithful towards God †The children of Ephrem bending and shooting with bow were turned in the day of battel †They kept not the testament of God and in his law they would not walke †And they forgate his benefites and his meruelous workes which he shewed them †Before their fathers he did meruelous thinges in the land of Aegypt in the filde of Tanis †He diuided the sea brought them through and he made the waters to stand as in a bottle †And he conducted them in a cloude by day and al the night by light of fire †He stroke the rocke in the desert and gaue them water to drinke as in a great depth †And he broughtforth water out of the rocke and made waters runne downe as riuers †And they added as yet to sinne vnto him they prouoked the Highest to wrath in the place without water †And they tempted God in their hartes so that they asked meats for their liues †And they spake euil of God they saide Can God prepare a table in the desert †Because he stroke the rocke and waters ranne torrentes flowed Can he also giue bread or prepare a table for his people †Therfore our Lord heard and made delay and fire was kindled in Iacob and wrath ascended vpon Israel †Because they beleued not in God nor hoped in his saluation †And he commanded the cloudes from aboue and opened the gates of heauen †And he rayned them Manna to eate and bread of heauen he gaue to them †Bread of Angels did man eate he sent them victuals in abundance †He transported the Southwinde from heauen and in his powre he brought in the Southwestwinde †And he rayned vpon them flesh as dust and as the sand of the sea fethered fowles †And they fel in the middes of their campe about their tabernacles †And they did eate and were filled excedingly and their desire he brought to them †They were not defrauded of their desire As yet their meats were in their mouth †And the wrath of God ascended vpon them And he killed their fat ones and the chosen of Israel he hindered †In al these things they sinned as yet and they beleued not in his meruelous workes †And their daies failed in vanitie and their years in hast †When he slew them they sought him and they returned and early they came to him †And they
Ammon and Amalec the for eners with the inhabitantes of Tyre †Yea and Assur also is come with them they are made an aide to the children of Lot †Doe to them as to Madian and Sisara as to Iabin in the torrent Cisson †They perished in Endor they were made as the dung of the earth †Put their princes as Oreb and Zeb and Zebee and Salmana Al their princes †which haue saide Let vs possesse the Sanctuarie of God for an inheritance †My God put them as a wheele and as stubble before the face of the winde †Euen as fire that burneth a wood as a flame that burneth the mountaines †So shalt thou pursew them in thy tempest and in thy wrath thou shalt truble them †Fil their faces with ignominie and they wil seeke thy name ô Lord. †Let them be ashamed and trubled for euer and euer and let them be confounded and perish †And let them know that Lord is thy name thou onlie the Highest in al the earth PSALME LXXXIII Deuout persons feruently desire eternal glorie 6. accounting it in the meane time a happie state to be in the militant Church 12. where God first geuing grace wil geue glorie in the triumphant †Vnto the end for wine presses t the children of Core a Psalme HOW beloued are thy tabernacles ô Lord of hoastes †my soule coueteth and fainteth vnto the courtes of our Lord. My hart and my flesh haue reioyced toward the liuing God †For the sparow also hath found her an house and the turtledoue a nest for her selfe where she may lay her young ones Thine altars ô Lord of hoastes my King and my God †Blessed are they that dwel in thy house ô Lord for euer and euer they shal praise thee †Blessed is the man whose helpe is from thee he hath disposed ascension in his hart †in the vaile of teares in the place which he hath appointed †For the lawgeuer shal geue blessing they shal goe from vertue into vertue the God of goddes shal be seene in Sion †Lord God of hoastes heare my prayer receiue with thine eare ô God of Iacob †Behold ô God our protectour and looke vpon the face of thy Christ †Because better is one day in thy courtes aboue thousands I haue chosen to be an abiect in the house of my God rather then to dwel t in the tabernacles of sinners †Because God loueth mercie and truth our Lord wil geue grace and glorie †He wil not depriue them of good thinges that walke in innocencie ô Lord of hoastes blessed is the man that hopeth in thee PSALME LXXXIIII With commemoration of Gods former benefites 5. Christs Incarnation is prophecied 9. bringing peace and saluation 11. mercie and iustice concurring together Vnto the end to the children of Core a Psalme O Lord thou hast blessed thy land thou hast turned away the captiuitie of Iacob †Thou hast forgeuen the iniquitie of thy people thou hast couered al their sinnes †Thou hast mitigated al thy wrath thou hast turned away from the wrath of thine indignation †Conuert vs ô God our sauiour and auert thy wrath from vs. †Wil t thou be wrath with vs for euer or wilt thou extend thy wrath from generation vnto generation †O God thou being turned shalt quicken vs and thy people shal reioyce in thee †Shew vs ô Lord thy mercie and giue vs thy saluation †I wil heare what our Lord God wil speake in me because he wil speake peace vpon his people And vpon his saincts and vpon them that are conuerted to the hart †But yet his saluation is nigh to them that feare him that glorie may inhabite in our land †Mercie and truth haue met each other iustice and peace haue kissed †Truth is risen out of the earth and iustice hath looked downe from heauen †For our Lord certes wil geue benignitie and our land shal giue her fruite †Iustice shal walke before him and shal set his steppes in the way PSALME LXXXV In consideration of his owne imperfections the royal prophet or other faithful person prayeth God 5. according to his mercie and goodnes 9. shewed in conuerting Gentiles 13. and in deliuering the supplicant him self from the state of damnation 16. that he wil stil direct and defend him against al enimies †A praier to Dauid him selfe Incline thine eare ô Lord and heare me because I am needie and poore †Keepe my soule because I am holie saue thy seruant my God that hopeth in thee †Haue mercie on me ô Lord because I haue cried to thee al the day †make ioyful the soule of thy seruant because to thee ô Lord haue I lifted vp my soule †Because thou ô Lord art swete and milde and of much mercie to al that inuocate thee †Receiue ô Lord my praier with thine ears and attend to the voice of my petition †In the day of my tribulation I haue called to thee because thou hast heard me †There is not the like to thee amongst goddes ò Lord and there is not according to thy workes †Al nations what soeuer thou hast made shal come and shal adore before thee ô Lord and they shal glorifie thy name †Because thou art great and doing meruelous thinges thou onlie art God †Conduct me ô Lord in thy way and I wil walke in thy truth let my hart reioyce that it may feare thy name †I wil confesse to thee ô Lord my God with al my hart and wil glorifie thy name for euer †Because thy mercie is great vpon me and thou hast deliuered my soule out of the lower hel †O God the wicked are risen vp vpon me and the synagogue of the mightie haue sought my soule and they haue not set thee in their sight †And thou ô Lord the God of compassion and merciful patient and of much mercie and true †Haue respect to me and haue mercie on me giue thine empire to thy seruant and saue the sonne of thy handmaide †Make with me a signe vnto God that they may see which hate me and may be confounded because thou ô Lord hast holpen me PSALME LXXXVI The Church of Christ beginning in Ierusalem 3. is extended to al Nations 5. glorious 6. and permanent 7. in holie ioy To the children of Core a Psalme of Canticle THE fundations thereof in the holie mountaynes †our Lord loueth the gates of Sion aboue al the tabernacles of Iacob †Glorious thinges
are saide of thee ô cittie of God †I wil be mindeful of Raab and Babylon knowing me Behold the foreners and Tyre the people of the Aethiopians these were there †Shal it not be said of Sion Man and man is borne in her and the Highest himselfe founded her †Our Lord wil declare in scriptures of peoples and of princes of those that haue bene in her †The habitation in thee is as it were of al reioycing PSALME LXXXVII A faithful person sore and long afflicted lamentably complaineth praying God 15. not stil to repel him being leift desolate 19. without al consolation of freindes A Canticle of a Psalme to the children of Core vnto the end for Maheleth to answer of vnderstanding to Eman the Ezrahite O †Lord the God of my saluation in the day haue I cried and in the night before thee †Let my prayer enter in thy sight incline thine eare to my petition †Because my soule is replenished with euils and my life hath approched to hel †I am accounted with them that descend into the lake I am become as a man without helpe †free among the dead as the wounded sleeping in the sepulchres of whom thou art mindeful no more and they are cast of from thy hand †They haue put me in the lower lake in the darke places and in the shadowe of death †Thy furie is confirmed vpon me and al thy waues thou hast brought in vpon me †Thou hast made my familiars far from me they haue put me abomination to themselues I was deliuered and came not forth †myne eies languished for pouertie I cried to thee ô Lord al the day I stretched out my handes to thee †Wil t thou doe meruels to the dead or shal phisicians raise to life and they confesse to thee †Shal any in the sepulchre declare thy mercie and thy truth in perdition †Shal thy meruelous workes be knowne in darkenes and thy iustice in the land of obliuion †And I ô Lord haue cried to thee and in the morning shal my praier preuent thee †Why doest thou o Lord reiect my prayer turnest away thy face from me †I am poore and in labours from my youth and being exalted humbled and troubled †Thy wrathes haue passed vpon me and thy terrours haue trubled me †They haue compassed me as water al the day they compassed me together †Thou hast made frend and neighboure far from me and my familiars because of miserie PSALME LXXXVIII Gods mercie and truth with his great promises to Dauid 6. his powre in the whole world and iust iudgements are the true ioy of his seruantes 20. Christs kingdom shal remaine for euer 31. yea manie offending yet al shal not perish 39. but after great affliction 47. God wil respect mans infirmitie 50. his owne promise and the enimies reproching his seruantes and himselfe 53. who is blessed for euer Of vnderstanding to Ethan the Ezrahite THe mercies of our Lord I wil sing for euer In generation and generation I wil shewe forth thy truth in my mouth †Because thou saidst Mercie shal be built vp for euer in the heauens thy truth shal be prepared in them †I haue ordained a testament with mine elect I haue sworne to Dauid my seruant †for ever wil I prepare thy seede And I wil build thy seat vnto generation and generation †The heauens shal confesse thy meruelous workes ô Lord yea and thy truth in the church of saintes †For who in the cloudes shal be equal to our Lord shal be like to God among the sonnes of God †God who is glorified in the counsel of saintes great and terrible ouer al that are round about him †O Lord God of hoastes who is like to thee thou art mightie ô Lord and thy truth round about thee †Thou rulest ouer the powre of the sea and the mouing of the waues therof thou doest mitigate †Thou humbledst the proud one as one wounded in the arme of thy strength thou hast dispersed thine enimies †The heauens are thine and the earth is thine the round earth and the fulnes therof thou hast founded †the north and the sea thou hast created Thabor and Hermon shal reioice in thy name †thy arme is with might Let thy hand be confirmed and thy righthand exalted †iustice and iudgement is the preparation of thy seat Mercie and truth shal goe before thy face †blessed is the people that knoweth iubilation Lord they shal walke in the light of thy countinance †and in thy name they shal reioyce al the day and in thy iustice they shal be exalted †Because thou art the glorie of their streingth and in thy good pleasure shal our horne be exalted †Because our protection is of our Lord and of the holie one of Israel our king †Then didst thou speake in vision to thy saintes and saidst I haue put helpe on the mightie one and haue exalted an elect one of my people †I haue found Dauid my seruant with myne holie oyle haue I anointed him †For mine hand shal helpe him and myne arme shal strengthen him †The enimie shal nothing preuale in him and the sonne of iniquitie shal not adde to hurt him †And I wil cut downe his enimies before his face and them that hate him I wil put to flight †And my truth and my mercie with him and in my name shal his horne be exalted †And I wil put his hand in the sea and his righthand in the riuers †He shal inuocate me Thou art my Father my God and the protector of my saluation †And I wil put him the firstbegotten high aboue the kings of the earth †I Wil kepe my mercie vnto him for euer and my testament faithful to him †I wil put his seed for euer and euer and his throne as the daies of heauen †But if his children shal forsake my lawe and wil not walke in my Iudgementes †If they shal profane my iustices and not kepe my commandmentes †I wil visite their iniquities with a rod and their sinnes with stripes †But “ my mercie I wil not take away from him neither wil I hurt in my truth †Neither wil I profane my testament and the words that procede from my mouth I wil not make frustrate †Once I haue sworne in my holie if I lie to Dauid †his seede shal continewe for euer †And his throne as the Sunne in my sight and as the Moone perfect for euer and a faithful witnesse in heauen †“ But thou hast repelled and dispised thou hast differred thy Christ †Thou hast ouerthrowne the testament of thy seruant thou hast profaned his
sanctuarie on the earth †Thou hast destroyed al the hedges therof thou hast made the firmament therof feare †Al that passe by the way haue spoiled him he is become a reproch to his neighbours †Thou hast exalted the righthand of them that oppresse him thou hast made al his enimies ioyful †Thou hast turned away the helpe of his sword and hast not holpen him in battel †Thou hast destroied him from emundation and his seat thou hast broken downe to the ground †Thou hast lessened the daies of his time thou hast ouerwhelmed him with consusion †How long ô Lord doest thou turne away for euer shal thy wrath burne as a fire †Remember what my substance is for hast thou made al the children of men in vaine †who is the man that shalliue and shal not see death shal deliuer his soule from the hand of hel †Where are thyne old mercies ô Lord as thou swarest to Dauid in thy truth †Be mindeful ô Lord of the acproch of thy seruantes which I haue held in my bosome of manie nations †Which thine enimies haue reproched ô Lord which they haue reproched the commutation of thy Christ †Blessed be our Lord for euer Be it be it ANNOTIONS PSALME LXXXVIII 34 My mercie I vvil not take avvay from him Although Christians signified by the childreÌ„ or successors of Dauid sinne most grieuously yea suppose they wil sinne with desperation saith S. Augustin and obstinatly persist in sinne that they offend the eyes of their Father deserue to be disenherited c. Yet for these Christ shal not remaine without inheritance the corne shal not also perish for the chafe some fishes shal be geathered out of the nette into vessels notwithstanding the euil fishes are cast away And a litle after the same Doctor discoursing of eternal glorie both in bodie and soule of those that dye in Gods fauour sayth These thinges are promised concerning Christ very certaine very firme very plaine and vndoubted For albeit some thinges are couered in mysteries yet some thinges are so manifest that by them the obscure thinges may most easily be cleared 39. But thou hast repelled c. Againe S. Augustin addeth vpon the next verses folowing God performed not these promises in Dauid that when thou seest they were not fulfilled in Dauid which necessarily must be fulfilled thou maist seke an other in whom it may be shewed that they were fulfilled God promised some thing a kingdom for euer of Dauids seede and Salomon was borne and became of so great wisdom and so great prudence that Gods promise concerning Dauids â—eede seemed to be fulfilled in him But Salomon fell and gaue place of expecting Christ that because God neither can be deceiued nor deceive he put not his promise in him whom he knew would fall but thou shouldest relie vpon God and exact his promise A litle after Thou seekest the kingdom of the lewes it is not thou seekest the altar of the Iewes it is not thou seekest the sacrifice of the Iewes it is not thou seckest the priesthood of the â—evves it is not VVherupon he concludeth Al these defectes came to the â—evves yet vvas not Christ taken from them but differred Some â—evves beleued in him and manie Gentiles As the Psalmist prophecieth from the 47. verse to the end of this Psalme PSALME LXXXIX Under the forme of prayer the psalmist describeth the shortnes of mans life and other calamites 7. Gods strict iudgement 13. but first his comfortable mercie 16. and perpetual regard of his owne worke †A prayer of Moyses the man of God Lord thou art made a refuge for vs from generation vnto generation †Before the mountaines were made or the earth and the world formed from euerlasting euen vnto euerlasting thou art God †Turne not away man into humiliation thou saidst Be conuerted ye children of men †Because a thousand years before thine eies are as yesterday that is past And as a watch in the night †thinges that are counted nothing shal their years be †In the morning as an herbe he shal passe in the morning he shal florish and passe in the euening he shal fal be hardened and withered †Because we haue faynted in thy wrath and in thy furie we are trubled †Thou hast put our iniquities in thy sight our age in the light of thy countinance †Because al our daies haue failed and in thy wrath we haue failed Our yeares shal be considered as a spyder †the daies of our yeares in them are seuentie yeares And if in strong ones eightie years and the more of them labour and sorrow Because mildnes is come vpon vs and we shal be chastised †Who knoweth the powre of thy wrath and for feare †to number thy wrath So make thy righthand knowne and men learned in hart in wisedome †Turne ô Lord how long and be intreated for thy seruants †We are replenished in the morning with thy mercie and we haue reioyced and are delighted al our daies †We haue reioyced for the daies wherin thou hast humbled vs the yeares wherin we haue seene euils †Looke vpon thy seruants and vpon thy workes and direct their children †And let the brightnes of our Lord God be vpon vs and direct thou the workes of our handes ouer vs and the worke of our handes doe thou direct PSALME XC Whosoeuer faithfully and firmly trusteth in Gods prouidence is secure from al dangers of secrete sutle and open enimies 7. his aduersaries shal come to ruine 11. Angels shal defend him 13. no kind of serpent nor beast shal hurt him 14. God himself assureth him of his protection and of eternal saluation Prayse of a Canticle to Dauid HE that dwelleth in the helpe of the Highest shal abide in the protection of the God of heauen †He shal say to our Lord Thou art my protectour and my refuge my God I wil hope in him †Because he hath deliuered me from the snare of the hunters and from the sharpe word †With his shoulders shal he ouershadowe thee and vnder his winges thou shalt hope †With shilde shal his truth compasse thee “ thou shalt not be afrayed of the feare in the night †Of the arrow flying in the day of busines walking in darkenes of inuasion and the midday diuel †A thousand shal fal on thy syde ten thousand on thy righthand but to thee it shal not approch †But thou shalt consider with thine eies and shalt see the retribution of sinners †Because thou ô Lord art my hope thou hast made the Highest thy refuge †There shal no euil come to thee and scourge shal not approch to thy tabernacle †Because he hath
geuen his Angels charge of thee that they keepe thee in al thy waies †In their handes they shal beare thee lest perhaps thou knocke thy foote against a stone †Vpon the aspe and the basiliscus thou shalt walke thou shalt tread vpon the lion and the dragon †Because he hath hoped in me I wil deliuer him I wil protect him because he hath knowne my name †He shal crie to me and I wil heare him with him I am in tribulation I wil deliuer him and wil glorifie him †With length of daies I wil replenish him and I wil shew him my saluation ANNOTATIONS PSALME XC 5. Thou shalt not be afraid S. Augustin here obserueth foure maners of tempting the faithful to fal from true Religion Sometimes with tentation that is but light and obscure which the Prophet here calleth feare in the night when ignorant men are tempted by suggestion or apprehension of temporal afflictions not knowing that they fal into eternal damnation by fleing from worldlie or bodilie calamities Sometimes the tentation threatneth present death to them that are wel instructed in the truth and knovv that they must confesse it euen to death which the Prophet calleth an arrovv flying in the day vvhen the faithful clerly seeth vvhat danger hangeth ouer him tovvit present death if he stand constant and damnation if he denie his faith Sometimes the tentation is n ore vchement but yet obscure which he calleth busines vvalking in darknes vvhen by sutle endeuoures framing arguments in excuse of sinne men are persvvaded that they may lavvfully take some oath or do some other thing vvhich in dede is not lavvful and so by earnest and sutle persvvasions they ignorantly decline from Catholique Religion or committe other greuous sinnes But the greatest and manifest tentation is called inuasion midday diuel when persecuters seing neither more easie persvvasions can deceiue Gods seruants nor present death force them to denie the truth they then assault them more vehemently and more dangerously vvith long and continual afflictions not remitting their crueltie til the afflicted either yeld to their vvil or dye in long torments And by these tvvo latter kindes of persecution manie are ouerthrovvne vvhich vvere constant in the former For vvhiles tyrants proposed dangers to simple people and deceiued some yet threatning present death to others that were better instructed and confirmed in Religion innumerable perseuered gloriously died in confession of Christian Catholique faith But by sutle arguing of hard pointes of christian doctrin or practise and by long torments manie haue bene seduced blindly falling into errors and manie wittingly haue denied the truth which they clerly beleued in their hartes to auoide this midday diuel the extremitie of long manifest and greuous afflictions Neuertheles in al these tentations God protecteth them that firmly trust in him Those saith this holie Father haue failed which presumed of themselues which dwelt not in the helpe of the Highest and in protection of the God of heauen which said not to our Lord Thou art my Protector and my refuge which trusted not vnder the shadow of his winges but relied or attributed much to their owne streingth PSALME XCI God is by al maner of voices and instruments to be praised his admirable workes 7. which the foolish not doing are punished 11. and the wise are rewarded †A Psalme of Canticle in the sabbath day IT is good to confesse to our Lord and to sing to thy name ô Highest †To shewforth thy mercie in the morning and thy truth in the night †In the instrument of tenstrings in Psalter with Canticle on the Harpe †Because thou hast delighted me ô Lord in thy workemanship and in the workes of thy handes I wil reioyce †How are thy workes magnified ô Lord thy cogitations are made very profounde †The vnwise man wil not know and the foule wil not vnderstand these thinges †When sinners shal spring vp as grasse and al that worke iniquitie shal appeare That they may perish for euer †but thou the Highest foreuer ô Lord. †Because loe thine enimies ô Lord because loe thine enimies shal perish and al that worke iniquitie shal be dispersed †And my horne shal be exalted as the vnicorns and my old age in plentiful mercie †And mine eie hath looked vpon mine enimies and the malignant rysing vp against me mine ears shal heare †The iust shal florish as a palme tree as the ceder of Libanus shal he be multiplied †They that are planted in the house of our Lord shal florish in the courtes of the house of our God †As yet shal they be multiplied in plentiful old age and they shal be wel affected †that they may shewforth That the Lord our God is righteous and there is no iniquitie in him PSALME XCII Christ reigneth for euer in his Church 3. notwith standing manie and great persecution against the faithful Prayse of Canticle to Dauid himselfe in the day before the sabbath when the earth was founded OVR Lord e hath reigned he hath put on beutie our Lord hath put on strength and hath girded him selfe For he hath established the round world which shal not be moued †Thy seat is prepared from that time thou art from euerlasting †The riuers ô Lord haue lifted vp the riuers haue lifted vp their voice The riuers haue lifted vp their waues †aboue the voices of manie waters The surges of the sea are meruelous meruelous is our Lord on high †Thy testimonies are made credible exceedingly holines becometh thy house ô Lord for length of daies PSALME XCIII The faithful seruant of God assuredly professeth that al the pride 5. crueltie 7. foolish imaginations and secret thoughts of the wicked are manifest to God 12. acknowlegeth himself happie that he is better instructed of God wheras he had otherwise bene damned 20. sharply reprehendeth those that consider not of Gods iudgements concluding that the iust shal be glorified and the wicked damned To Dauid himselfe in the fourth of the sabbath OVR Lord God of reuenges the God of reuenges hath done freely †Be exalted thou that iudgest the earth render retribution to the ptoude †How long shal sinners ô Lord how long shal sinners glorie †Shal they vtter and speake iniquitie shal al they speake that worke iniustice †Thy people ô Lord they haue humbled and thine inheritance they haue vexed †The widow and the stranger they haue slaine and the pupilles they haue killed †And they haue saide The Lord shal not see neither shal the God of Iacob vnderstand †Vnderstand ye foolish in the people and ye fooles be wise at sometime †He that
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
day soeuer I am in tribulation incline thine eare to me In what day soeuer I shal inuocate thee heare me speedely †Because my dayes haue vanished as smoke and my bones are withered as a drie burnt firebrand †I am striken as grasse and my hart is withered because I haue forgotten to eate my bread †For the voyce of my groning my bone hath cleaued to my flesh †I am become like a pellicane of the wildernes I am become as a nightcrow in the house †I haue watched and am become as a sparow solitarie in the housetoppe †Al the day did mine enemies vpbrayde me and they that praysed me sware against me †Because I did eate ashes as bread mingled my drinke with weeping †At the face of thy wrath and indignation because lifting me vp thou hast throwne me downe †My daies haue declined as a shadow and I am withered as grasse †But thou ô Lord endurest for euer and thy memorial in generation and generation †Thou rysing vp shal haue mercie on Sion because it is time to haue mercie on it because the time cometh †Because the stones therof haue pleased thy seruantes and they shal haue pittie on the earth therof †And the Gentiles shal feare thy name ô Lord and al the kinges of the earth thy glorie †Because our Lord hath built Sion and he shal be seene in his glorie †He hath had respect to the prayer of the humble and he hath not despised their petition †Let these thinges be written vnto an other generation and the people that shal be created shal praise our Lord. †Because he hath looked forth from his high holie place our Lord from heauen hath looked vpon the earth †That he might heare the gronings of the fettered that he might loose the children of them that are slayne †That they may shewforth the name of our Lord in Sion and his praise in Ierusalem †In the assembling of the people together in one and kinges to serue our Lord. †He answered him in the way of his strength Shew me the fewnes of my daies †Cal me not backe in the halfe of my daies thy yeares are vnto generation and generation †In the beginning ô Lord thou didst found the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hands †They shal perish but thou art permanent and they shal al waxe old as a garment And as a vesture thou shalt change them and they shal be changed †but thou art the selfe same and thy yeares shal not faile †The children of thy seruantes shal inhabite and their seede shal be directed for euer PSALME CII Thankes to God for priuate 6. and publike benefites 17. His mercie iustice and other proprieties are immutable 20. Angels and al other creatures are inuited to praise him †To Dauid himself MY soule blesse thou our Lord and al thinges that are within me his holie name †My soule blesse thou our Lord and forget not al his retributions †Who is propitious to al thine iniquities who healeth al thine infirmities †Who redemeth thy life from deadly falling who crowneth thee in mercie and commiserations †Who replenisheth thy desire in good thinges “ thy youth shal be rewed as the eagles †Our Lord doth mercies and iudgement to al that suffer wrong †He made his waies knowne to Moyses his willes to the children of Israel †Our Lord is pitieful and merciful long suffering and very merciful †He wil not be angrie alwayes neither wil he threaten for euer †He hath not done to vs according to our sinnes neither according to our iniquities hath he rewarded vs. †For according to the height of heauen from the earth hath he strengthned his mercie vpon them that feare him †As far as the East is distant from the West hath he made our iniquities far from vs. †As a father hath compassion of his children so hath our †Lord compassion on them that feare him †because he hath knowen our making He remembred that we are dust †man his daies are as grasse as the floure of the filde so shal he florish †Because the spirit shal passe in him and he shal not stand and he shal know his place no more †But the mercie of our Lord from euerlasting and vnto euerlasting vpon them that feare him And his iustice is vpon the childrens children to them that keepe his testament †And are mindful of his commandmentes to doe them †Our Lord hath prepared his seate in heauen and his kindom shal haue dominion ouer al. †Blesse our Lord al ye his Angels mightie in powre doing his word that feare the voice of his wordes †Blesse our Lord al ye his hoastes you his ministers that doe his wil. †Blesse ye our Lord al his workes in euerie place of his dominion my soule blesse thou our Lord. ANNOTATIONS PSALME CII 5 Thy youth shal be renevved as the Eagles Aristotel and Plinie write that an Eagle decayeth not nor euer dieth by old age but the vpper part of her beake st l growing at last hâ—ndereth her from eating and so she dieth of famâ—ne Saadias and other Hebrew Rabbins reporte that an Eagle euerie tenne yeares washeth herselfe â—n the sea as in a baâ—h then flying very hiegh burneth her fethers in the elemental fire new fethers growing she becometh fresh as in her first youth tâ—l at last about an huadred yeares old she is not able to rise from the water and so is drowned S. Augustin more probably affirmeth that in long time her â—eâ—ke growing long and stopping her mouth that she can not eate she breaketh the vpper hooked part therof against a stone and so receiueth meate and recouereth strength as in her youth But whatsoeuer is the natural propert e of this kinglie birde the Royal Prophet here instructeth vs by the sâ—nilitude of her long life or by the renouation of her streingth that iust men Gods seruantes are spiritually renouated in Christ the principal rocke on whoâ— the Church al the faithful are built either by receiuing new streingth by his grace in their soules after they are weakened by sinne as S. Ierom and Eu hymius expound this place or by restauration of their bodies glorified in the resurrection as S. Augustin teacheth or by both as most Catholique Doctors vnderstand it For one sense of holie Scripture excludeth not an other Especially when one is subordinate to the other As here these two senses do very wel concurre seing the state of the bodie after the resurrection dependeth vpon the state of the soule at
vvhom vve haue accesse to the euerlasting kingdom Or thus not transposing the vvordes By vocation of Christ the Head through distinct voice of signes for vvordes are signes shevving the mind vve are conducted to the eternal kingdom the happines vvhich al men desire VVhat I pray thee saith this holie Doctor is more sacred then this mysterie vvhat more pleasant then this delight VVhat meate vvhat honey are svveeter then to knovv Gods vvisdom to enter into his secrecte closset◠to behold the sense of our Creator and to teach the vvordes of thy Lord God ful of spiritual vvisdom vvhich are derided by the vvise of this vvorld VVe must also aduertise the reader of the like discourses of ancient Fathers ouer long to be here recited concerning the manifold hiegh praises of Gods Lavv conteyned in this Psalme vvith frequent repetitiō of certaine Synonyma vvordes signifying the same thing in al fourtene tovvitte The Lavv of God his VVayes Testimonies Commandments Precepts Statutes Iustifications Iudgements Iustice Equitie Veritie VVordes Speaches Sermons of vvhich there is commonly one in euerie verse and somtimes tvvo or three in the same verse But our English tongue hardly sufficing rightly to distinguish the three last which in latin are Verba Eloquia Sermones we translate VVORDES only adding in the margen Eloquia and Sermones when they occurre Leauing therfore larger commentaries to others we shal prosecute our wonted maner of briefe glosses Only here premonishing the diligent readers especially Clergimen our selues and our brethren who euerie day sing or read this whole Psalme in the Canonical houres to obserue two particular pointes of Christian doctrine euidently proued by manie places of this Psalme The one against the Pelagians heresie denying the necessitie of Gods special grace in meritorious workes For the Psalmist often here inculcateth mans insufficiencie that of himselfe and by natural forces he can not kepe the commandments of God but needeth alwayes the particular grace of God as vvel to beleue in him to repent for sinnes and to beginne good vvorkes as to procede and perseuere in good state to the end The other against the heresie of our time denying merite by grace freewil For here it is also manifest that Gods grace maketh man able to kepe his commandments and by keeping them to become iust in this life and so to merite eternal glorie Sundrie other principal Articles of Christian Catholique Religion are likevvise comprised in this one Psalme but especially Moral doctrin Alleluja Aleph Doctrine BLESSED are the immaculate in the way which walke in the law of our Lord. †Blessed are they that search his testimonies that seeke after him with al their hart †For they that worke iniquitie haue not walked in his waies †Thou hast very much commanded thy commandmentes to be kept †Would God my waies might be directed to keepe thy iustifications †Then shal I not be confounded when I shal looke throughly in al thy commandmentes †I wil confesse to thee in direction of hart in that I haue lerned the iudgements of thy iustice †I wil keepe thy iustifications forsake me not wholy Beth. House †Wherein doth a yongman correct his way in keeping thy wordes †With my whole hart I haue sought after thee repel me not from thy commandmentes †In my hart I haue hid thy wordes that I may not sinne to thee †Blessed art thou ô Lord teach me thy iustifications †In my lippes I haue pronounced al the iudgementes of thy mouth †I am delighted in the way of thy testimonies as in al riches †I wil be exercised in thy commandmentes and I wil consider thy waies †I wil meditate in thy iustifications I wil not forget thy wordes Gimel Fulnes †Render to thy seruant quicken me and I shal keepe thy wordes †Reuele mine eies and I shal consider the meruelous thinges of thy law †I am a seiourner in the land hide not thy commandmentes from me †My soule hath coueted to desire thy iustifications at al time †Thou hast rebuked the prowde cursed are they that decline from thy commandmentes †Take from me reproch and contempt because I haue sought after thy testimonies †For princes sate and they spake against me but thy seruant was exercised in thy iustifications †For both thy testimonies are my meditation and thy iustifications my counsel Daleth Of Tables †My soule hath cleaued to the pauement quicken me according to thy word †I haue vttered my wayes and thou hast heard me teach me thy iustifications †Instruct me the way of thy iustifications and I shal be exercised in thy meruelous workes †My soule hath slumbered for tediousnes confirme me in thy wordes †Remoue from me the way of iniquitie and according to thy law haue mercie on me †I haue chosen the way of truth I haue not forgotten thy iudgements †I haue cleaued to thy testimonies ô Lord do not confound me †I ranne the way of thy commandments when thou didst dilate my hart He. This thing Set me a law ô Lord the way of thy iustifications and I wil seeke after it alwayes †Geue me vnderstanding and I wil search thy law and I wil keepe it with my whole hart †Conduct me into the path of thy commandments because I would it †Incline my hart into thy testimonies and not into auarice †Turne away mine eies that they see not vanitie in thy way quicken me †Establish thy word to thy seruant in thy feare †Take away my reproch which I haue feared because thy iudgements are pleasant †Behold I haue coueted thy commandments in thine equitie quicken me Vau. And. †And let thy mercie come vpon me ô Lord thy saluation according to thy word †And I shal answer a word to them that vpbrayde me because I haue hoped in thy wordes †And take not away out of my mouth the word of truth vtterly because I haue much hoped in thy iudgementes †And I wil keepe thy law alwayes for euer and for euer and euer †And I walked in largenesse because I haue sought after thy commandments †And I spake of thy testimonies in the sight of kinges and was not confounded †And I meditated in thy commandments which I loued †And I haue lifted vp my handes to thy commandments which I loued and I was exercised in thy iustifications Zain This. †Be mindeful of thy word to thy seruant wherein thou hast
my soule he hath humbled my life in the earth He hath set me in obscure places as the dead of the world †and my spirit is in anguish vpon me within me my hart is trubled †I was mindful of old dayes I haue meditated in al thy workes in the factes of thy handes did I meditate †I haue stretched forth my handes to thee my soule is as earth without water vnto thee †Heare me quickly ô Lord my spirite hath faynted Turne not away thy face from me and I shal be like to them that descend into the lake †Make me heare thy mercie in the morning because I haue hoped in thee Make the way knowen to me wherein I may walke because I haue lifted vp my soule to thee †Deliuer me from mine enemies ô Lord to thee I haue fled †teach me to doe thy wil because thou art my God Thy good spirite wil conduct me into the right way †for thy name sake ô Lord thou wilt quicken me in thine equitie Thou wilt bring forth my soule our of tribulation †and in thy mercie thou wilt destroy mine enemies And thou wilt destroy al that afflict my soule because I am thy seruant PSALME CXLIII The royal Prophet thanketh God for al his victories and possession of the kingdom 3. Admiring Gods benignitie towards man 5. prayeth to be stil defended from al enimies 9. promiseth a new songue of prayse 11. describeth the vanitie of worldlie men 15. concluding that true felicitie is in seruing God A Psalme of Dauid against Goliath BLESSED be our Lord my God who teacheth my handes to battel and my fingers to warre †My mercie and my refuge my defender and my deliuerer My protectour and I haue hoped in him who subdeweth my people vnder me †Lord what is man that thou art made knowne to him or the sonne of man that thou estemest him †Man is made like to vanitie his dayes passe as a shadow †Lord incline thy heauens and descend touch the mountaynes and they wil smoke †Lighten lightening and thou shalt disperse them shoote out thine arrowes and thou shalt destroy them †Send forth thy hand from on high take me out and deliuer me from manie waters from the hand of children strangers †Whose mouth hath spoken vanitie and their right hand is the right hand of iniquitie †O God I wil sing to thee a new song in the psalter of ten stringes I wil sing to thee †Who geuest saluation to kinges who hast redemed Dauid thy seruant from the malignant sword †deliuer me And rescue me out of the hand of children strangers whose mouth hath spoken vanitie and their right hand is the right hand of iniquitie †Whose sonnes are as new plantes in their youth Their daughters comly trimmed decked about after the similitude of a temple †Their storehouses ful flowing out of this into that Their ewes ful of yong abunding in their going forth †their oxen are fatte There is no ruine of wal nor passage nor crie in their streates †They haue said that it is a happie people which hath these things blessed is the people whose God is our Lord. PSALME CXLIIII God is and for euer ought to be praised 3. for his immensiue infinite glorious Maiestie meruelous workes merciful benefites for his powre wisdom iustice 19. who wil reward the good and destroy the wicked Praysing to Dauid himselfe I “ Wil exalt thee my God the king and I wil blesse thy name for euer and for euer and euer †Euerie day wil I blesse thee and wil praise thy name for euer and for euer and euer †Great is our Lord and exceding laudable and of his greatnes there is no end †Generation and generation shal praise thy workes and they shal pronounce thy powre †They shal speake the magnificence of the glorie of thy holines and shal tel thy meruelous workes †And they shal tel the force of thy terrible thinges and shal declare thy greatnes †They shal vtter the memorie of the abundance of thy swetnes and in thy iustice they shal reioyce †Our Lord is pitiful and merciful patient and very merciful †Our Lord is sweete to al and his commiserations are ouer al his workes †Let al thy workes ô Lord confesse to thee and let thy sainctes blesse thee †They shal tel the glorie of thy kingdom and shal speake thy might †That they may make thy might knowne to the children of men and the glorie of the magnificence of thy kingdom †Thy kingdom is a kingdom of al worldes and thy dominion in al generation and generation †“ Our Lord is faithful in al his wordes and holie in al his workes †Our Lord lifteth vp al that fal and setteth vp al that are bruised †The eies of al hope in thee ô Lord and thou geuest their meate in time conuenient †Thou openest thy hand and fillest euerie liuing creature with blessing †Our Lord is iust in al his wayes and holie in al his workes †Our Lord is neere to al that inuocate him to al that inuocate him in truth †He wil doe the wil of them that feare him and wil heare their prayer and saue them †Our Lord keepeth al that loue him and he wil destroy al sinners †My mouth shal speake the prayse of our Lord and let al flesh blesse his holie name for euer and for euer and euer ANNOTATIONS PSALME CXLIIII I vvil exalt thee As this Psalme is the first of the seuen vvhich conteyne more particular instruction of perpetually praising God so it is the seuenth of those vvhich are composed in order of the Alphabet tovvitte the 24 33. â—â— 110. 111. 118. and this 144 Of vvhich the three former vvant some letters signifying as Cassiodorus interpreteth such in Gods Church as sing his praises but vvith some imperfections the other foure haue the perfect Alphabet signifying those that sing Gods praises vvith perfect deuotion VVhich only foure S. Ierom calleth Alphabetical Psalmes Epist ad Paulam Vrbiâ—am Proâ—m in Lament Ierem. 1â— Our Lord is faithful This verse is not novv in the ordinarie Hebrevv texâ— and therfore either the same is defectiue or els this Psalme should senâ—e noâ— to be composed vvith a perfect Alphabet in the fountaine tongue For here it vvanteth the letter Nun. But seing S. Ierom counteth this one of the foure Alphabetical Psalmes omitting the other three vvhich consist of vnperfect Alphabets it is very probable that this verse vvas once in the Hebrevv text as it is both in Greke Latin VVherby amongst other places appeareth that there is no certaintie to correct the Greke or Latin Bible by the Hebrâ—â—â— vvhich is novvextant but
be done †Nothing vnder the sunne is new neither is anie man able to say Behold this is new for it hath already gone before in the ages that were before vs. †There is no memorie of former thinges but neither of those thinges verily which hereafter are to come shal there be remenbrance with them that shal be in the later end †I Ecclesiastes haue bene king of Israel in Ierusalem †and haue proposed in my mind to seke and search wisely of al thinges that are done vnder the sunne This very euil occupation hath God geuen to the children of men that they might be occupied in it †I haue sene al thinges that are done vnder the sunne and behold al are vanitie affliction of spirit †The peruerse are hardly corrected and the number of fooles is infinite †I haue spoken in my hart saying Loe I haue bene made great and haue gone beyond al in wisdom that were before me in Ierusalem and my minde hath contemplated manie thinges wisely and I haue lerned †And I haue geuen my hart to know prudence and doctrine and errors and follie and I haue perceiued that in these also there was labour and affliction of spirite †for that “ in much wisdom there is much indignation and he that addeth knowlege addeth also labour ANNOTATIONS CHAP. I. 18. In much vvisdom is much indignation How much more anie man profiteth in wisdom so much more he is angrie with himself for the euils which he hath done so much better he knovveth the strict iudgement of God which he must passe so much more he vnderstandeth the vvant of perfect vvisdom so much more he seeth that labour is required to procede in vertue and to conserue that smal portion vvhich he hath gotten Neither is anie man ordinarily assured that he hath gotte anie part of true vvisdom for he knovveth not vvhether he be vvorthie of loue or hate Eccle. 9. CHAP. II. Humane deligthes are al vaine 4. as gorgious buildinges fruitful vinyards plentie of fish cattle seruantes siluer gold musike 11. not satisfying mans desire 18. Neither can anie man know how his heyre wil behaue himself ISayde therfore in my hart I wil goe flow in delightes and enioy good thinges And I saw that this also was vanitie †Laughter I haue reputed errour and to ioy I haue saide Why art thou deceiued in vaine †I haue thought in my hart to withdraw my flesh from wine that I might transferre my minde to wisdom and might auoid follie til I might see what should be profitable for the children of men what is nedeful to be done vnder the sunne in the number of the dayes of their life †I haue magnified my workes I haue built me houses planted vineyards †I haue made gardens and orchards and set them with trees of al kindes †and I haue made me ponds of waters to watter the wood of springing trees †I haue possessed menseruants and wemenseruants and haue had a great familie heardes also and great flockes of shepe aboue al that were before me in Ierusalem †I haue heaped together to myself siluer and gold and the substance of kinges and prouinces I made me singingmen singingwemen and the delightes of the children of men cuppes and goblets to serue to powre out wines †and I surpassed in riches al that were before me in Ierusalem wisdom also hath perseuered with me †And al thinges that myne eies desired I haue not denied to them neither haue I stayed my hart but that it enioyed al pleasure delighted itself in these thinges which I had prepared and this I estemed my portion if I did vse my labour †And when I had turned myself to al the workes which my handes had done to the laboures wherin I had swette in vaine I saw in al thinges vanitie and affliction of minde nothing to be permanent vnder the sunne †I passed further to contemplate wisdom and errors and follie what is man quoth I that he can folow the king his Maker †and I saw that wisdom so much excelled follie as light differeth from darknes †The eyes of a wiseman are in his head the foole walketh in darknes and I haue lerned that there was one death of both †And I sayd in my hart If the fal of the foole myne shal be one what doth it profite me that I haue bestowed greater labour for wisdom And speaking with my minde I perceiued that this also was vanitie †For there shal be no memorie of the wise in like maner as of the foole for euer and the times to come shal couer al thinges together with obliuion the lerned dieth in like maner as the vnlerned †And therfore I haue bene wearie of my life seing al thinges vnder the sunne to be euil and al thinges vanitie and affliction of spirite †Againe I detested al myne industrie wherwith I haue laboured vnder the sunne most studiously being like to haue an heyre after me †whom I know not whether he wil be a wiseman or a foole and he shal rule in my labours wherewith I haue swette and haue bene careful and is there anie thing so vaine †Wherfore I ceased and my hart hath renounced to labour anie more vnder the sunne †For whereas one laboreth in wisdom and doctrine and carefulnes he leaueth the thinges gotten to an idle man and this therfore is vanitie and great euil †For what profite shal be to a man of al his labour and affliction of spirite wherwith he is vexed vnder the sunne †Al his daies are ful of sorowes and miseries neither by night doth he rest in minde and is not this vanitie †Is it not better to eate and drinke and shew vnto his soule good thinges of his laboures this is of the hand of God †Who shal so deuour and flow with delightes as I †To a man good in his sight God hath geuen wisdom and knowlege and ioy but to the sinner he hath geuen affliction and superfluous care to adde and to gather together and deliuer it to him that hath pleased God but this also is vanitie vaine carefulnes of the minde CHAP. III. Contrarie thinges succede in their seasons and passe away 9. wherof man getteth no perfect knowlege how long soeuer he liueth and laboreth to know them 16. neither wil there be equitie where it ought to be in this world 21. but in the next good and euil shal be separated and iudged according to their desertes AL thinges haue a time and in their spaces al thinges passe vnder heauen †A time to be borne a time to dye A time to plant a time to pluck vp that which was planted †A time to kil and a time to heale A time to destroy and a time to builde †A time to wepe a time to laugh A time to mourne
and from him withdraw not thy hand because he that feareth God neglecteth nothing †Wisdom hath streingthned the wise aboue tenne princes of the citie †For there is no iust man in the earth that doth good and sinneth not †But to al wordes also that are spoken do not applie thy hart lest perhaps thou heare thy seruant cursing thee †For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast cursed others †I haue proued al thinges in wisdom I haue sayd I wil become wise it departed farder from me †much more then it was and a depe profunditie who shal finde it †I haue vewed al thinges with my minde that I might know and consider and might seke wisdom and reason and that I might know the impietie of the foole and the errour of the imprudent †and I haue found that a woman is more bitter then death who is the snare of hunters and her hart a nette her handes are bandes He that pleaseth God wil auoide her but he that is a sinner wil be caught of her †Loe this haue I found sayd Ecclesiastes one thing and an other that I might finde reason †which yet my soule seketh and I haue not found it A man of a thousand I haue found one a woman of al I haue not found †Only this I haue found that God made man right and he hath intangled himself with infinite questions Who is such a one as the wise and who hath knowne the resolution of the word CHAP. VIII A signe of true wisdom appereth in obseruing Gods commandments 6. in this shorte time of meriting eternal reward 9. Rule of others 11. and want of feare hurt manie 14. Why God suffereth the wicked to prosper and the iust to be afflicted in this life no mortal man can know THE wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance and the most mightie wil change his face †I obserue the mouth of the king and the precepts of the oath of God †Hasten not to depart from his face nor continew thou in an euil worke because al that he pleaseth he wil doe †and his word is ful of powre neither can anie man say to him Why dost thou so †He that kepeth the precept shal finde no euil The hart of a wiseman vnderstandeth time and answer †There is a time for al busines and opportunitie and much affliction of man †because he is ignorant of thinges past and thinges to come he can know by no messenger †It is not in mans powre to prohibite the spirite neither hath he powre in the day of death neither is he suffered to rest when warre is at hand neither shal impietie saue the impious †Al these thinges I haue considered and gaue my hart on al the workes that are done vnder the sunne Sometime man ruleth ouer man to his owne hurt †I saw the impious buried who also when they yet liued were in holie place and were praised in the citie as men of iust workes But this also is vanitie †Because sentence is not speedely pronounced against the euil the children of men committe euils without anie feare †But yet a sinner by this that he doth euil an hundred times by patience is borne withal I know that it shal be good to them that feare God which dread his face †Let there be no good to the impious neither let his dayes be prolonged but as a shadow let them passe that feare not the face of our Lord. †There is also an other vanitie which is done vpon the earth There are iust men to whom euils happen as though they had done the workes of the impious and there are impious men which are so secure as though they had the dedes of the iust But this also I iudge most vaine †I therfore haue praised mirth that there was no good thing for a man vnder the sunne but that he should eate and drinke and be glad and this only he should take away with him of his labour in the dayes of his life which God hath geuen him vnder the sunne †And I haue set my hart to know wisdom and to vnderstand the distraction that is in the earth There is a man that dayes and nightes taketh no slepe with his eyes †And I vnderstood that man can sinde no reason of al those workes of God that are done vnder the sunne and the more he shal labour to seke so much the lesse he can finde yea if the wisman shal say that he knoweth he is not able to finde it CHAP. IX None knoweth certainly and ordinarily whether they be in Gods grace or no. 4. The euil are in worse case dead then aliue 11. neither can we know the euent of temporal thinges nor the terme of our life nor how gratful others wil be towards vs. 16. Sure it is that wisdom is better then streingth AL these thinges haue I discoursed in my hart that I might curiously vnderstand them there are iust men and wise and their workes are in the hand of God and yet man knoweth not whether he be worthie of loue or hatred †but al thinges are reserued vncertaine for the time to come because al thinges do equally chance to the iust and impious to the good and the euil to the cleane and vncleane to him that immoleth victimes and him that contemneth sacrifices As the good so also is the sinner as the periured so he also that sweareth truth †This is a very euil thing among al which are done vnder the sunne that the same thinges chance to al men Wherby also the hartes of the children of men are filled with malice and with contempt in their life and after that they shal be brought downe to hel †There is no man that may liue alwayes and that can haue confidente of this thing better is a dog liuing then a lion dead †For the liuing know that they shal dye but the dead know nothing more neither haue they reward anie more because the memorie of them is forgotten †Loue also and hatred and enuies haue perished together neither haue they part in this world and in the worke that is done vnder the sunne †Goe therfore and eate thy bread in ioy drinke thy wine with gladnes because thy workes please God †At al time let thy garments be white and let not oyle fal from of thy head †Enioy life with thy wife whom thou louest al the dayes of the life of thy instabilitie which are geuen to thee vnder the sunne al the time of thy vanitie for this is the portion in life and in thy labour wherwith thou laborest vnder the sunne †Whatsoeuer thy hand is able to doe worke it instantly for neither worke nor reason nor wisdom nor knowlege shal be in hel whither thou dost hasten †I turned me to an other thing and I saw vnder the sunne
appeareth in his creatures 10. and is geuen in competent measure to al that feare God 16. it bringeth al vertues 27. excludeth al vices 33. and is to be sought in simplicitie of hart AL wisdom is of our Lord God hath bene alwayes with him is before al time †The sand of the sea the droppes of rayne the dayes of the world who hath numbred The height of heauen and breadth of the earth profunditie of the depth who hath measured †The wisdom of God that goeth before al thinges who hath searched out †Wisdom was created before al thinges the vnderstanding of prudence from euerlasting †A fountayne of wisdom the word of God on high and the entrance therof euerlasting commandments †The roote of wisdom to whom hath it bene reueled the subtilties therof who hath knowen †The discipline of wisdom to whom hath it bene reueled and made manifest and the multiplication of her entrance who hath vnderstood †There is one most high Creatour omnipotent and mightie King and to be feared excedingly sitting vpon his throne and the God of dominion †He created her in the Holie Ghost and hath sene and nummbred and measured her †And he hath powred her out vpon al his workes and vpon al flesh according to his gift and hath geuen her to them that feare him †The feare of our Lord is glorie and gloriation and ioy and a crowne of exultation †The feare of our Lord shal delight the hart and shal geue ioy gladnes in length of dayes †With him that feareth our Lord it shal be wel in the later end and in the day of his death he shal be blessed †The loue of God is honorable wisdom †But they to whom she shal appeare in vision they loue her in the vision and in the agnising of her great workes †The feare of our Lord is the begynning of wisdom and was created with the faythful in the wombe and goeth with the elect wemen and is knowen with the iust and faythful †The feare of our Lord is religiositie of knowlege †Religiositie shal keepe and iustifie the hart shal geue ioy and gladnes †With him that feareth our Lord it shal be wel and in the dayes of his consummation he shal be blessed †The fulnesse of wisdom is to feare God and fulnesse is of the fruites therof †Al her house she shal fil with her generations and the storehouses with her treasures †A crowne of wisdom the feare of our Lord replenishing place and the fruite of saluation †and he hath sene and numbred her but both are the giftes of God †Wisdom shal distribute knowlege and vnderstanding of prudence and exalteth the glorie of them that hold it †The roote of wisdom is to feare our Lord for the boughes therof are of long time †In the treasures of wisdom is vnderstanding religiositie of knowlege but to sinners wisdom is abomination †The feare of our Lord expelleth sinne †for he that is without feare can not be iustified for the anger of his animositie is his subuersion †Vntil a time the patient shal susteyne and after shal be rewarded of ioyfulnes †A good vnderstanding wil hide his wordes vntil a time and the lippes of manie shal shew forth his vnderstanding †In the treasures of wisdom is signification of discipline †but the worshipe of God is abomination to a sinner †Sonne coueting wisdom keepe iustice and God wil geue her to thee †For the feare of our Lord is wisdom and discipline and that which wel pleaseth him †is fayth and meeknes and he wil fil his treasures †Be not incredulous to the feare of our Lord and come not to him with a duble hart †Be not an hypocrite in the sight of men and be not scandalized in thy lippes †Attend to them lest perhaps thou fal and bring dishonour to thy soule †and God reuele thy secretes and in the middes of the synagogue cast thee downe †because thou camest to our Lord wickedly thy hart is ful of guile and deceite CHAP. II. Whosoeuer wil serue God must haue iustice feare of God and patienâ—â— 6. with confidence in God 14. Dissemblers incredulous and impatient shal be miserable 18. but the godlie shal receiue more grace SONNE coming to the seruice of God stand in iustice and in feare prepare thy soule to tentation †Represse thy hart susteyne incline thine eare receiue the wordes of vnderstanding and make no hast in the time of obduction †Susteyne the sustentations of God be ioyned to God and susteyne that thy life may increase in the later end †Al that shal be applied to thee receiue and in sorow susteyne and in thy humiliation haue patience †for gold and siluer are tryed in the fyre but acceptable men in the fornace of humiliation †Beleue God and he wil recouer thee and direct thy way and hope in him Keepe his feare and grow old therin †Ye that feare our Lord expect his mercie decline not from him lest ye fal †Ye that feare our Lord beleue him and your reward shal not be voyde †Ye that feare our Lord hope in him and mercie shal come to you for your delectation †Ye that feare our Lord loue him your hartes shal be illuminated †Children behold the nations of men and know ye that none hath hoped in our Lord and hath bene confounded †For who hath continewed in his commandment and hath bene forsaken or who hath inuocated him and he despised him †Because God is pitiful and merciful and wil forgeue sinnes in the day of tribulation and he is protector to al that seeke him in truth †Woe to them of a duble hart and to wicked lippes and to the handes that doe euil and to the sinner that goeth on the earth two wayes †Woe to them that be dissolute of hart which beleue not God and therefore they shal not be protected of him †Woe be to them that haue lost patience and that haue forfaken the right wayes and haue declined into peruerse wayes †And what wil they doe when our Lord shal begynne to looke on them †They that feare our Lord wil not be incredulous to his word and they that loue him wil kepe his waye †They that feare our Lord wil seeke after the thinges that are wel pleasing to him and they that loue him shal be filled with his law †They that feare our Lord wil prepare their hartes and in his sight wil sanctifie their soules †They that feare our Lord kepe his commandements and wil haue patience euen vntil his visitation †saying If we doe not penance we shal fal into the handes of our Lord and not into the handes of men †For according to his greatnes so also his mercie is with him CHAP. III.
Honour of parents procureth Gods blessing 11. dishonoring them his curse 19. Mekenes and modestie auaile much but curiositie to know secret mysteries is dangerous 27. A charitable sincere and docile hart 33. with workes of mercie merite reward THE children of wisdom are the Church of the iust and their nation obedience and loue †Heare your fathers iudgement ò children and so doe that you may be saued †For God hath honoured the father in the children and inquiring of the mothers iudgement hath confirmed it vpon the children †He that loueth God praying shal obteyne for sinnes and shal refrayne himself from them and shal be heard in the prayer of dayes †And as he that gathereth treasure so he also that honoureth his mother †He that honoureth his father shal haue ioy in children and in the day of his prayer he shal be heard †He that honoureth his father shal liue the longer life he that obeyeth the father shal refresh the mother †He that feareth our Lord honoureth his parents and as his lordes he wil serue them that begat him †In worke and word al patience honour thy father †that blessing may come vpon thee from him his blessing may remayne in the later end †The fathers blessing establisheth the houses of the children but the mothers curse rooteth vp the foundation †Glorie not in the contumelie of thy father for his confusion is no glorie to thee †For the glorie of a man is by the honour of his father and the father without honour is the dishonour of the sonne †Sonne receiue the old age of thy father and make him not sorowful in his life †and if he fayle in vnderstanding pardon him and despise him not in thy strength for the almes to the father shal not be in obliuion †For good shal be restored thee for the sinne of thy mother †and in iustice it shal be builded to thee and in the day of tribulation there shal be remembrance of thee and as yee in the clere weather shal thy sinnes melt away †Of what an euil fame is he that forsaketh his father and he is cursed of God that doth exasperate his mother †Sonne doe thy workes in meekenes and thou shalt be beloued aboue the glorie of men †The greater thou art humble thy self in al thinges and thou shalt finde grace before God †because the might of God onlie is great and he is honoured of the humble †Seeke not thinges higher then thy self and search not thinges stronger then thy habilitie but the thinges that God hath commanded thee thincke on them alwayes and in manie of his workes be not curious †For it is not necessarie for thee to see with thyne eies those thinges that are hid †In superfluous thinges search not manie wayes and in manie of his workes thou shalt not be curious †For verie manie thinges are shewed to thee aboue the vnderstanding of men †Manie also haue their suspicion supplanted and haue held their senses in vanitie †A hard hart shal fare il in the later end and he that loueth danger shal perish in it †A hart that goeth two wayes shal not haue successe and the peruerse of hart shal be scandalized in them †A wicked hart shal be laden with sorowes and the sinner wil adde to commit sinne †To the synagogue of the proude there shal be no health for the shrubbe of sinne shal be rooted vp in them and it shal not be perceiued †The hart of the wise is vnderstood in wisdom and a good eare wil heare wisdom with al desire †A wise hart and that which hath vnderstanding wil absteyne it self from sinnes and in the workes of iustice shal haue successe †Water quencheth burning fyre and almes resisteth sinnes †and God is the beholder of him that rendreth grace he remembreth him afterward and in the time of his fal he shal finde a sure stay CHAP. IIII. An exhortation to practise workes of mercie 12. With commendation of wisdom 23. obseruing due times not to omite for anie feare or sham fastnes to say the truth 34. also to be diligent meke and liberal SONNE defraude not the almes of the poore and turne not away thyne eies from the poore †Despise not the hungrie soule and exasperate not the poore in his pouertie †Afflict not the hart of the needie and deferre not the gift to him that is in distresse †Reiect not the petition of him that is afflicted and turne not away thy face from the needie †From the poore turne not away thine eies for anger and leaue not to them that aske of thee to curse thee behinde thy backe †For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitternes of his soule shal be heard and he that made him wil heare him †Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poore and to the ancient humble thy soule and to a great man bow thy head †Bow downe thyne eare to the poore without sadnesse and render thy debt and answer him peaceable wordes in mildenes †Deliuer him that suffereth iniurie out of the hand of the proud and be not faynt harted in thy soule †In iudging be merciful to pupils as a father as an husband to their mother †and thou shalt be as the obedient sonne of the Highest and he wil haue mercie on thee more then a mother †Wisdom inspireth life to her children and receaueth them that seeke after her and wil goe before them in the way of iustice †And he that loueth her loueth life and they that shal watch to her shal embrace her sweetnes †They that shal hold her shal inherite life and whither soeuer he shal enter God wil blesse him †They that serue her shal be seruants to the holie and them that loue her God loueth †He that heareth her shal iudge nations and he that beholdeth her shal remayne confident †If he beleue her he shal inherite her and her creatures shal be in confirmation †because in tentation she walketh with him and first of al she chooseth him †Feare and dread and probation she wil bring vpon him and she wil torment him in the tribulation of her doctrine til she trie him in her cogitations and credite his soule †And she wil establish him and make a direct way vnto him and reioyce him †and wil disclose her secretes to him and wil heape vpon him as treasures knowlege and vnderstanding of iustice †But if he goe amis she wil forsake him and deliuer him into the handes of his enimie †Sonne obserue time and avoyd from euil For thy soule be not ashamed to say the truth †For there is shame that bringeth sinne there is shame that bringeth glorie and grace †Accept no face against thine owne face nor against
not the sinful man that is rich †The great one and the iudge and the mightie is in honour and there is none greater then he that feareth God †Free men wil serue a seruant that is wise and a man that is prudent and hath discipline wil not murmur being rebuked and the ignorant shal not be honoured †Extol not thyself in doing thy worke and linger not in the time of distresse †better is he that worketh and abundeth in al thinges then he that glorieth and lacketh bread †Sonne in mildenes keepe thy soule and geue him honour according to his desert †Him that sinneth agaynst his owne soule who shal iustifie and who shal honour him that dishonoureth his owne soule †The poore man is glorified by his discipline and feare there is a man that is honoured for his substance †But he that is glorified in pouertie how much more in substance and he that is glorified in substance let him feare pouertie CHAP. XI Wisdom by humilitie meriteth exaltation 7. Iudge not before examination 16. Trust not in riches 14. God sendeth both prosperitie and aduersitie for the good of his seruants 31. Take heede of the deceiptful THE wisdom of the humble shal exalt his head shal make him sitte in the middes of great men †Prayse not a man in his beautie neither despise a man by his looke †The bee is smal among fowles and her fruite hath the beginning of sweetnes †In apparel doe not glorie at any time nor be extolled in the day of thine honour because the workes of the Highest onlie be meruelous and his workes are glorious and secrete and not seene †Manie tyrantes haue sitte in the throne and he whom no man would thincke hath worne the crowne †Manie mightie men haue bene greatly oppressed and the glorious haue bene deliuered into the handes of others †Before thou enquire blame no man and when thou hast enquired chasten iustly †Before thou heare answer not a word and in the middes of ancients adde not to speake †Striue not for that thing which doeth not molest thee and consiste not in the iudgement of sinners †Sonne let not thy doings be in manie thinges and if thou be rich thou shalt not be free from sinne for if thou pursew thou shalt not attayne and if thou runne before thou shalt not escape †There is one that laboureth and hasteneth and is a sorowful impious man and so much the more he shal not abound †There is a lither man that wanteth recouerie more fayling in strength and abunding in pouertie †and the eie of God hath respected him in good and hath erected him from his low estate and hath exalted his head and manie haue merueled at him and haue honoured God †Good thinges and euil life and death pouertie and honestie are of God †Wisdom and discipline and the knowlege of the law are with God Loue and the wayes of good thinges are with him †Errour and darkenes are created with sinners and they that reioyce in euils waxe old in euil †The gift of God is permanent to the iust and his prospering shal haue successe for euer †There is that is enriched by doing sparingly and this is the portion of his reward †in that he sayth I haue found me rest and now I wil eate of my goods alone †and he knoweth not that time passeth death approcheth and he must leaue al to others and shal die †Stand in thy couenant and commen therein and grow old in the worke of thy commandements †Abide not in the workes of sinners But trust in God and tarie in thy place †For it is easie in the eies of God sodainly to enrich the poore man †The blessing of God hasteth to the reward of the iust and in a swift houre his prospering fructifieth †Say not What neede I and what good shal I haue by this †Say not I am sufficient for my self and what shal I be made worse by this †In the day of good thinges be not vnmindful of euils and in the day of euils be not vnmindful of good thinges †because it is easie before God in the day of death to reward euerie one according to his wayes †The malice of an houre maketh obliuion of great voluptuousnes and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his workes †Before death prayse no man because a man is knowen in his children †Bring not euerie man into thine house for there be manie traynes of the deceitful man †For as the stomakes belche of stinking breathes and as the partriche is brought in the cage and as the doe into the snare so also the hart of the proude and as a watche man that seeth the fal of his neighbour †For turning good thinges into euil he lyeth in wayte and on the elect he wil lay a blot †For of one sparke fire is increased and of a deceitful man bloud is increased and a sinful man lyeth in wayte for bloud †Take heede to thy self of the pestiferous person for he forgeth euils lest perhaps he bring vpon thee derision for euer †Admitte a straunger to thee and he shal ouerthrow thee in an hurlewind shal make thee an aliene from thine owne CHAP. XII Vse beneuolence towards good men 10. Trust not enemies ouer much IF thou wilt doe good know to whom thou doest it and there shal be much thanke in thy good deedes †Doe good to the iust and thou shalt finde great rewarde and if not of him assuredly of our Lord. †For it is not wel with him that is euer occupied in euil thinges and that geueth not almes because the Highest both hateth sinners and hath mercie on them that are penitent †Geue to the merciful and receiue not the sinner both to the impious to sinners he wil repay vengeance keping them vnto the day of vengeance †Geue to the good and receiue not a sinner †Doe good to the humble and geue not to the impious prohibite to geue him bread lest therin he be mightier then thou †for thou shalt finde duble euils in al the good whatsoeuer thou shalt do to him because the Highest hateth sinners and wil repay vengeance to the impious †A freind shal not be knowen in prosperitie and an enimie shal not be hid in aduersitie †In the prosperitie of a man his enimies are in sorow and in affliction a freind is knowne †Credite not thyn enemie for euer for as a brasse potte his wickednes rusteth †and if humbling himself he goe crouching be aduised in thy mind and beware of him †Place him not by thee neither let him sitte on thy right hand lest perhaps turning into thy place he seke after thy seate and at the last thou know my wordes and be pricked in my sayinges †Who
so also a feareful hart in the cogitation of a foole shal not resist against the violence of feare †As a trembling hart in the cogitation of a foole al time wil not feare so also he that continueth alwaies in the preceptes of God †He that pricketh the eie bringeth forth teares and he that pricketh the hart bringeth forth feeling †He that casteth a stone at fowles and shal throw them downe so he that speaketh reprochefully to his freind dissolueth freindship †Although thou drowest a sword at a freind despaire not for there is returning to a freind †If thou open a sad mouth feare not for there is agreement except taunt and reproch and pride and reuealing of secret and a traiterous wound in al these thinges a freind wil flee away †Possesse fidelitie with a freind in his prouertie that in his goodes also thou maist reioyce †In the time of his tribulation continew faithful to him that in his inheritance also thou maist be heire with him †Before the fire the vapour of the chimney and the smoke of the fire riseth on high so also before bloud euil wordes and contumelies threates †I wil not be ashamed to salute a freind from his face I wil not hide myself and if there chance euiles to me by him I wil beare it †Euerie one that shal heare wil beware of him †Who wil geue a gard to my mouth and a sure seale vpon my lippes that I fal not by them and my tongue destroy me CHAP. XXIII A prayer against pride 6. gluttonie and luxurie 7. Beware of offending in spèach 9. especialliy of vnlawful swearing 15. blasphemie 17. irreuerent and reprocheful wordes 21. Also of auarice 24. fornication and adultrie 30. al which God seeth and wil seuerly punish 33. With other sinnes that folow therof O Lord father and dominatour of my life leaue me not in their counsel nor suffer me to fal in them †Who laieth on stripes in my cogitation and in my hart the doctrine of wisdom and in their ignorances they spare me not and their offences appeare not †and my ignorances increase not and my offences be multiplied and my sinnes ahound and I fal in the sight of mine aduersaries mine enemies reioyce †O Lord father and God of my life leaue me not in their cogitation †Hautines of mine eies geue me not and al desire turne away from me †Take from me the concupiscences of the bellie and let not the concupiscences of copulation take hold of me and geue me not ouer to a shamelesse and foolish minde †O children heare the doctrine of the mouth and he that wil keepe it shal not perish by his lippes nor be scandalized in most wicked workes †A sinner is taught in his vanirie and the proud and the euil speaker shal he scandalized in them †Let not thy mouth be accustomed to swearing for there be manie falles in it †But let not the naming of God be vsual in thy mouth and meddle not with the names of Sainctes because thou shalt not scape free from them †For as a seruant daily examined lacketh not the marke therof so euerie one that sweareth and nameth shal not be wholy purged from sinne †A man that sweareth much shal be filled with iniquitie and plague shal not depart from his house †And if he frustrate it his sinne shal be vpon him and if he dissemble he offendeth duble †and if he sweare in vaine he shal not be iustified for his house shal be filled with retribution †There is an other contrarie speach also to death be it not found in the inheritance of Iacob †For of the merciful al those thinges shal be taken away and they wil not wallow in sinnes †Let not thy mouth be accustomed to vnnurtered speach for there is in it a word of sinne †Remember thy father and thy mother for thou sittest in the middest of greate men †lest perhapes God forget thee in their sight and being sotted with thy dailie custome thou suffer reproch and hadst better not haue bene borne and curse the day of thy natiuitie †A man accustomed to the wordes of reproch wil not be instructed in al his daies †Two sortes abound in sinnes and the third bringeth wrath and perdition †An hote soule as a burning fire wil not be quenched til it swallow somewhat †and a wicked man in the mouth of his flesh wil not cease til he kindle a fire †To a man that is a fornicatour al bread is sweete he wil not be wearie transgressing vnto the end †Euerie man that passeth beyond his owne bed contemning against his owne soule and saying Who seeth me †Darkenes compasseth me and the walles couer me and no man beholdeth me whom do I feare the Highest wil not be mindful of my sinnes †And he vnderstandeth not that his eye seeth al thinges for that such feare of man expelleth from him the feare of God the eies of men fearing him †and he knoweth not that the eies of our Lord are much more brighter then the sunne beholding round about al the waies of men and the botome of the depth and the hartes of men looking into the hidden partes †For al thinges were knowen to our Lord God before they were created so also after it is perfected he beholdeth al thinges †Reuenge shal be taken on this man in the streates of the cittie and as an horsecolt he shal be chased and where he expected not he shal be apprehended †And he shal be in dishonour with al men for that he vnderstood not the feare of our Lord. †So euerie woman also that forsaketh her husband getteth inheritance by mariage of an other †For first she hath bene vnfaithful in the law of the Highest and secondly she hath sinned against her busband thirdly she hath fornicated in adulterie and hath gotten her children of an other man †This woman shal be brought into the Church and vpon her children there shal be examination †Her children shal not take roote and her boughes shal not yeld fruite †She shal leaue her memorie to be cursed and her dishonour shal not be wiped out †And they that are leaft shal know that nothing is better then the feare of God and nothing sweter then to haue regard to the commandmentes of our Lord. †It is great glorie to folow our Lord for length of daies shal be taken of him CHAP. XXIIII True and laudable wisdom 5. proceding from God 6. shineth in his workes 12. especially in his Church where she bringeth forth al vertues 26. She inuiteth al vnto her 44. and lighteneth her folowers with splendore of doctrine VVISDOM shal praise her soule shal be honoured in God and shal glorie in the middes of her people
stake into the ground and say to thee †Thy way is good and stand ouer against thee to see what wil befal thee †With an irreligious man treate not of holines and with the vniust of iustice and with a woman of the thing whereof she is ielous with a feareful man of warre with a marchant of traficke with a byer of selling with an enuious man of geuing thankes †with the impious of pietie with the vnhonest of honestie with the field labourer of al worke †with him that worketh by the yeare of the ending of the yeare with a slothful seruant of much working attend not to these in al counsel †But be continual with a holie man whomsoeuer thou shalt know to obserue the feare of God †whose soule is according to thine owne soule and who when thou shalt stumble in the darke wil be sorie for thee †And establish with thy self an hart of good counsel for there is none other thing more worth to thee then it †The soule of a holie man vttereth sometime true thinges more then seuen watchmen that sitte in a high place to watch †And in al these beseech the Highest that he direct thy way in truth †Before al workes let a true word goe before thee and stable counsel before euerie act †A wicked word shal change the hart out of which rise foure partes good and euil life and death and the tongue is a continual ruler of them There is a subtile man teacher of manie and to his owne soule he is vnprofitable †A cunning man hath taught manie and is swete to his owne soule †He that speaketh sophistically is odious in euerie thing he shal be defrauded †Grace is not geuen him of our Lord for he is defrauded of al wisdom †There is a wise man wise to his owne soule and the fruite of his vnderstanding is laudable †A wise man teacheth his people and the fruites of his vnderstanding are faithful †A wise man shal be filled with blessinges and they that see wil praise him †The life of a man is in the number of dayes but the dayes of Israel are innumerable †A wise man in the people shal inherite honour and his name shal liue for euer †Sonne in thy life proue thy soule if it be wicked geue it not power †for al thinges are not expedient for al and euerie kinde pleaseth not euerie soule †Be not greedie in al feasting and power not out thy self vpon al meate †for in manie meates there shal be infirmitie and greedines shal approch euen to choler †Because of surfet manie haue died but he that is abstinent shal adde life CHAP. XXXVIII God hath ordained corporal 9. and spiritual medicines 16. Vse moderate not excessiue sorow for the dead 26. Tradesmen and artificers are necessarie much more spiritual pastors HONOVR the phisition for necessitie for the Highest hath created him †For al medicine is of God it shal receiue gift of the king †The knowlege of the phisition shal exalt his head and in the sight of great men he shal be praised †The Highest hath created medicines of the earth and a wise man wil not abhorre them †Was not bitter water made sweete by wood †The vertue of these thinges is come to the knowlege of men and the Highest hath geuen knowlege to men for to be honoured in his meruelous thinges †Curing with these thinges he shal mitigate paine and the apothecarie shal make confections of swetenes and shal make ointments of health and his workes shal not be consummated †For the peace of God is vpon the face of the earth †Sonne in thine infirmitie contemne not thy self but pray our Lord and he wil cure thee †Turne away from sinne and direct thy handes and from al offence cleanse thy hart †Geue sweetenes and a memorial of fine floure and make a fat oblation and geue place to the phisition †For our Lord created him and let him not depart from thee because his workes be necessarie †For there is a time when thou maist fal into their handes †and they shal beseech our Lord that he direct their rest and healing for their conuersation †He that sinneth in his sight that made him shal fal into the handes of the phisition †Sonne vpon the dead shed teares and beginne to weepe as hauing suffered doleful thinges and according to iudgement couer his bodie and neglect not his burial †But for detraction beare bitterly the mourning of him one day and be comforted for the heauines †and make mourning according to his desert one day or two because of detraction †For by heauines death hasteneth and it couereth the strength and sorow of the hart boweth the necke †In abstraction sorow is permanent and the substance of the poore is according to his hart †Geue not thine hart into heauines but expel it from thee and remember the latter endes †and forget not for neither is there returne and him thou shalt profit nothing and thou shalt hurt thy self †Be mindful of my iudgement for thine also must be so to me yesterday and to thee to day †In the repose of the dead make the memorie of him to rest and comfort him in the departing of his spirit †The wisdom of a scribe in the time of vacance and he that is lesse in action shal receiue wisdom †With what wisdom shal he be replenished that holdeth the plough and glorieth in the goade driueth oxen with the prickle and conuerseth in their workes and his talke is in the breede of bulles †He wil geue his hart to turne vp furrowes and his watching in the feeding of kine †So euerie craftsman and workemaster that passeth the night as the day that maketh grauen seales and his continual diligence varieth the picture he wil geue his hart to the similitude of the picture and his watching wil perfect the worke †So the yronsmith sitting by the anuil and considering the worke of yron The vapour of the fire wil parche his flesh and he striueth in the heate of the fournace †The noyse of the hammer reneweth his eare and his eye is against the similitude of the vessel †He wil geue his hart to the finishing of the workes and his watching wil polish to perfection †So the potter sitting at his worke turning the wheele with his feete who is alwayes set in carefulnes for his worke and al his working is in number †With his arme he wil fashion the clay and before his feete he wil bend his strength †He wil geue his hart to finish the vernishing thereof and his watching wil make cleane the fournace †Al these haue hoped in their handes and euerie one is wise in his owne art †Without these a citie is not built †And
sonne of Iephone did stand against the enemie and stayed the nation from sinnes and appeased the murmuring of malice †And they two being appointed were deliuered out of danger from among the number of six hundred thousand footemen to bring them into their inheritance into the land that yeldeth milke and honie †And our Lord gaue strength to Caleb himself and his strength continued euen vntil old age so that he went vp into the high place of the land his seede obteyned inheritance †That al the children of Israel might see that it is good to obey the holie God †And al the iudges by their name whose hart was not corrupted which were not turned away from our Lord †that their memorie might be blessed and their bones spring out of their place †and their name continew for euer the glorie of the holie men remayning vnto their children †The beloued of our Lord his God Samuel the prophet of our Lord renewed the empire and anoynted princes in his nation †By the law of our Lord he iudged the congregation and the God of Iacob saw and in his fidelitie was proued a prophet †And he was knowen faithful in his wordes because he saw the God of light †and inuocated our Lord omnipotent in assaulting the enemies besetting him on euerie side in the oblation of an immaculate lambe †And our Lord thundered from heauen and in great sound he made his voice heard †and he descomfited the princes of the Tyrians and al the dukes of the Philisthiims †and before the time of the end of his life and the world he gaue testimonie before our Lord and his Christ money and what soeuer besides vnto the verie shoes he tooke not of al flesh and no man accused him †And after this he slept and he notified to the king and shewed him the end of his life and he exalted his voice out of the earth in prophecie to take cleane away the impietie of the nation CHAP. XLVII Praises of Nathan 2. Dauid 14. and Salomon in whose progenie 21. notwithstanding his fal 27. the royal scepter remained for Dauids sake though for his and the peoples sinnes tenne tribes were cut of and fel into schisme AFTER these thinges arose Nathan the Prophet in the daies of Dauid †And as the fatte separated from the flesh so was Dauid from the children of Israel †He plaied with lyons as it were with lambes and with beares he did in like maner as with lambes of sheepe in his youth †Did not he kil the giant and tooke away reproch from his nation †In lifting vp his hand with a stone of the sling he ouerthrew the boasting of Goliah for he inuocated our Lord the omnipotent and he gaue in his right hand to take away the man strong in battel and to exalt the horne of his nation †So in ten thousand did he glorifie him and praised him in the blessinges of our Lord in offering to him a crowne of glorie †for he destroyed the enemies on euerie side and rooted out the Philisthijms the aduersaries euen vntil this present day he brake their horne for euer †In euerie worke he gaue confession to the Holie one and to the Highest in the word of glorie †From al his hart he praised our Lord loued God that made him and gaue him might against his enemies †and he made singers to stand before the altar and by their sound he made sweete tunes †And in the solennities he gaue honour and adorned the times euen to the end of his life that they should praise the holie name of our Lord and magnifie the holines of God in the morning †Our Lord purged his sinnes and exalted his horne for euer and he gaue him a testament of the kingdom and the seate of glorie in Israel †After him arose a wise sonne and for him did he ouerthrowe al the might of the enemies †Salomon reigned in dayes of peace to whom God subdewed al his enemies that he might build an house in his name and prepare holines for euer as thou art instructed in thy youth †And thou art replenished as a riuer with wisdom and thy soule discouered the earth †And thou didst multiplie darke sayinges in comparisons thy name was bruited to the ilandes far of and thou wast beloued in thy peace †The landes merueled at the songes and prouerbes and comparisons and interprerations †and at the name of our Lord God whose name is God of Israel †Thou didst gather gold as copper and filledst siluer as lead †and bowdest thy thighes to wemen thou hast had power on thy bodie †thou hast made a blotte in thy glorie and profaned thy seede to bring wrath to thy children and thy follie to be kindled †to make the kingdom diuided and a stubburne kingdom to reigne of Ephraim †But God wil not leaue his mercie and he wil not corrupt noâ— abolish his owne workes neither wil he destroy from the stocke the nephewes of his elect and he wil not corrupt the seede of him that loueth our Lord. †But he gaue a remnant to Iacob and to Dauid of the same stocke †And Salomon had an end with his fathers †And he leaft after him of his seede the follie of the nation †and Roboam hauing litle wisedom who turned away the nation by his counsel †and Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat who made Israel to sinne and made a way of sinning to Ephraim and their sinnes did abound very manie †They remoued them away from their land very far †And he sought al iniquities til there came defense vnto them and he â—id them from al sinnes CHAP. XLVIII Praises of Elias 13. Eliseus 19. Ezechias 23. and Isaias AND there arose Elias the prophet as it were fire and his word burnt as a litle torche †Who brought famine vpon them and they prouoking him in their enuie were made fewe for they could not abide the preceptes of our Lord. †By the word of our Lord he stayed heauen and he brought downe fire from heauen thrise †So was Elias magnified in his meruelous workes And who can so glorie like vnto thee †Who didst rayse vp the dead from hel from the lotte of death in the word of our Lord God †Who didst cast downe kinges to destruction and didst easily breake their might and the glorious from their bed †Who hearest iudgement in Sina and in Horeb iudgementes of defence †Who anoyntest kinges to repentance and makest prophetes successoures after thee †Who wast receiued in a whirlewind of fire in a chariot of fierie horses †“ Who art written in the iudgements of times to appeale the wrath of our Lord to reconcile the hart of the father to the sonne and to restore
hingdom against kingdom †And the spirit of Aegypt shal be broken in the bowels therof and I wil ouerthrow their counsel headlong and they shal aske their idols and their diuiners and Pythons and Southsayers †And I wil deliuer Aegypt into the hand of cruel masters and a strong king shal rule ouer them sayth our Lord the God of hostes †And the water of the sea shal be dried vp and the riuer shal be made desolate and drie †And the riuers shal faile the riuers of the ramppiers shal be diminished dried vp The reede and bulrush shal wither †the chanel of the riuer shal be spoiled of his fountayne and al sowne corne filde that is watered shal be dried vp it shal wither and shal not be †And the fishers shal lament and al that cast angle into the riuer shal moorne and they that sprede net vpon the face of the water shal pine away †They shal be confounded that wrought twisting flaxe kombing and weauing fine thinges †And the watred places therof shal be drie al they that made pooles to take fishes †The princes of Tanis are fooles the wise counselers of Pharao haue geuen vnwise counsel how say ye vnto Pharao I am the sonne of the wise the sonne of the ancient kinges †Where are now thy wise men let them tel thee and shew what the Lord of hostes hath thought concerning Aegypt †The princes of Tanis are become fooles the princes of Nemphis are withered away they haue deceiued Aegypt the corner of the peoples therof †Our Lord hath mingled in the middes therof the spirit of gladnes and they haue made Aegypt to erre in euerie worke therof as he erreth that is drunke and vomiteth †And Aegypt shal haue no worke to make the head and the taile the peruerter and restrayner †In that day Aegypt shal be as wemen and they shal be astonied and shal be afrayd at the face of the mouing of the hand of the Lord of hostes which he shal moue ouer it †And the land of Iuda shal be a feare to Aegypt euerie one that shal remember it shal quake at the face of the counsel of the Lord of hostes which he hath thought concerning it †In that day there shal be fiue cities in the land of Aegypt speakingtongue the of Chanaan and swearing by the Lord of hostes one shal be called the citie of the sunne †In that day there shal be an altar of our Lord in the middes of the land of Aegypt and a title of our Lord by the border therof †it shal be for a signe and for a testimonie to the Lord of hostes in the land of Aegypt For they shal crie to our Lord at the presence of the afflicter and he shal send them a sauiour and defendet to deliuer them †And our Lord shal be knowen of Aegypt and the Aegyptians shal knowe our Lord in that day and shal worshipe him in hostes and in giftes and they shal vow vowes to our Lord and pay them †And our Lord shal smite Aegypt with a strooke and heale it and they shal returne to our Lord and he shal be pacified towards them and heale them †In that day there shal be a way from Aegypt to the Assirians and the Assirian shal enter into Aegypt and the Aegyptians to the Assirians and the Aegyptians shal serue Assur †In that day shal Israel be a third to the Aegyptian and the Assirian a blessing in the middes of the earth †which the Lord of hostes hath blessed saying Blessed be my people of Aegypt and the worke of my hands to the Assirian but Israel is mine inheritance CHAP. XX. The ignominious captiuitie of Aegyptians and Aethiopians is againe foreshewed by the Prophet going naked 5. wherat the Iewes are astonied and afeard seing their coâ—federaies so confounded IN the yeare that Tharthan entred into Azotus when Sargon the king of the Assyrians had sent him and he had fought against Azotus and had taken it †at that time our Lord spake in the hand of Isaie the sonne of Amos saying Goe and loose the sackcloth from of thy loynes and take of thy shooes from thy feete And he did so going naked and barefoote †And our Lord said As my seruant Isaie hath walked naked barefoote it shal be a signe a wonder of three heres vpon Aeghpt and vpon Aethiopia †so shal the king of the Assyrians leade the captiuitie of Aegypt and the transmigration of Aethiopia yong and old naked and vnshod their buttockes vncouered to the ignominie of Aegypt †And they shal feare be ashamed of Aethiopia their hope and of Aegypt their glorie †And the inhabitant of this I le shal say in that day “ Loe this was our hope to whom we fled for helpe that they should deliuer vs from the face of the king of the Assyrians and how shal we be able to escape ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XX. 6. Loe this vvas our hope God to shew the vanitie of al hope that is reposed in men or in wordlie thinges layeth the meruelous and miserable mutations of temporal great kingdoms before the eyes of his people That we may see and admire his merciful prouidence and our owne follie when we trust in the helpe of our selues or of other men who can not defend them selues from ruine and ignominie and much lesse can they saue vs or we our selues As these examples make manifest The kingdom of Israel or tenne tribes trusted in Damaseus which could not defend it self but was ouerthrowne The kingdom of Iuda or two tribes trusted in Aegypt The Aegyptians trusted in the Ethiopians and both were ouerthrowne by the Assirians The Assirians glorying in their victories and triumphes attributing al to their owne streingth were ouercome by the Babylonians The Babylonians likewise insolent and proud were oppressed by the Medes and Persians The Medes and Persians were subdued by Alexander the great VVho was shortly taken away in his youth by poyson and his great Monarchie diuided amongst his seruantes And so other peoples and kingdomes much more particular persons and families are turned like a whole And therfore our only refuge must be to God in whom is al true hope helpe safetie and happines temporal and eternal CHAP. XXI The destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Persians is againe prophecied 11. The like of the Idumeans 13. and of Arabians THE burden of the desert sea As whirlewinds come from the South it cometh from the desert from an horrible land †A sore vision was told me he that is incredulous doth vnfaithfully he that is a spoiler wasteth Come vp Aelam besiege ô Mede I haue made al the moorning therof to cease †Therfore are my loines filled with sorow anguish hath possessed me as the anguish of a woman that trauaileth I fel downe when I heard it I was trubled when I saw it †Mine hart fayled
time crowned whose merchants were princes her chapmen the nobles of the earth †The Lord of hostes hath thought it that he might plucke downe the pride of al glorie and bring al the glorious of the earth to ignominie †Passe thy land as a riuer ô daughter of the sea thou hast a girdle no more †He hath stretched forth his hand vpon the sea he hath trubled kingdomes Our Lord hath geuen commandment against Chanaan to destroy the strong therof †and he said Thou shalt adde no more to glorie ô Virgin daughter of Sidon susteyning calumnie rising vp saile ouer to Cethim there also thou shalt haue no rest †Behold the land of the Chaldees was not such a people Assur founded it they led away the strong therof into captiuitie they vndermined the houses therof they brought it to ruine †Howle ye shippes of the sea because your strength is destroyed †And it shal be in that day thou shalt be in obliuion ô Tyre seuentie yeares as the daies of one king but after seuentie yeares there shal be to Tyre as it were the song of an harlot †Take an harpe goe about the citie thou harlot forgotten sing wel multiplie song that there may be remembrance of thee †And it shal be after seuentie yeares our Lord wil visite Tyre and wil bring her backe againe to her merchandise and she shal fornicate againe with al the kingdoms of the earth vpon the face of the earth †And the martes and rewards shal be sanctified to our Lord they shal not be kept in store nor layd vp because her merchandise shal be for them that shal dwel before our Lord that they may eate vnto fatietie and be clothed vnto continuance CHAP. XXIIII Al this world shal be destroyed 7. wherof manie signes shal come before 18. and general iudgement shal folow BEHOLD our Lord shal dissipate the earth and make it naked and afflict the face therof and disperse the inhabitants therof †And as the people so shal the priest be as the seruant so his master as the handmayde so her mistresse as the byer so he that selleth as the lender so he that boroweth as he that asketh his dewe so he that oweth †With dissipation shal the earth be dissipated and with spoile it shal be spoiled for our Lord hath spoken this worde †The earth hath mourned and fallen away and is weakened the world is fallen away the height of the people of the earth is weakened †And the earth is infected by the inhabitants therof because they haue transgressed the lawes changed right dissipated the euerlasting couenant †For this cause shal malediction deuoure the earth the inhabitants therof shal sinne and therfore the dwellers therein shal be madde few men shal be leaft †The vintage hath mourned the vine is weakened al haue sighed that reioyced in hart †The ioy of tymbrels hath ceased the sound of them that reioyce is least of the sweetnes of the harpe is silent †They shal not drinke wine with song the drinke shal be bitter to them that drinke it †The citie of vanitie is broken downe euerie house is shut no man goeth in †There shal be crying for the wine in the streetes al mirth is left the ioy of the earth is caried away †Desolation is left in the citie and calamitie shal oppresse the gates †Because these thinges shal be in the middes of the earth in the middes of peoples in like maner as if a few oliues which are remayning should be shaken out of the oliue tree and grapes when the vintage is ended †These shal lift vp their voice and prayse when our Lord shal be glorified they shal make a ioyful noise from the sea †For this cause in doctrines glorifie our Lord in the iles of the sea the name of our Lord the God of Israel †From the endes of the earth we haue heard praises the glorie of the iust one And I sayd My secrete to me my secrete to me woe is me the preuaricatours haue preuaricated and by the preuarication of trangressors they haue preuaricated †Feare and pitte and snare vpon thee that art inhabiter of the earth †And it shal be He that shal flee from the voice of feare shal fal into the pitte and he that shal rid him selfe out of the pitte shal be held in the snare because the fludgates from on high are opened and the fundations of the earth shal be shaken †With breaking shal the earth the broken with bruising shal the earth be bruised with mouing shal the earth be moued †With shaking shal the earth be shaken as a drunken man and shal be taken away as the tabernacle of one night and the iniquitie therof shal be heauie vpon it and it shal fal and not adde to rise againe †And it thal be In that day our Lord wil visite vpon the hoste of heauen on high and vpon the kinges of the earth that are vpon the earth †And they shal be gathered together as the gathering of a bundel into the lake and shal be shut there in prison and after manie daies they shal be visited †And the moone shal be confounded when the Lord of hostes shal reigne in mount Sion and in Ierusalem shal be glorified in the sight of his ancients CHAP. XXV The Prophet geueth thankes to God for his meruelous workes 7. and great benefites in lightning manie with faith washing away sinnes and geuing grace and eternal glorie OLORD thou art my God I wil exalt thee and confesse to thy name because thou hast done meruelous thinges the old cogitations faithful Amen †Because thou hast brought the citie into a heape the strong citie into ruine the house of strangers that it be no citie that it be not built for euer †For this shal strong people prayse thee the citie of strong nations shal feare thee †Because thou art become a strength to the poore a strength to the needie in his tribulation an hope against the whirlwinde a shadow against the heate For the spirit of the strong is as a whirlwinde beating against a wal †As heate in thirst shalt thou humble the tumult of strangers and as with heate vnder a burning cloude thou shalt make the branch of the strong to wither †And the Lord of hostes shal make to al peoples in this mount a feast of fat thinges a feast of vintage of fat thinges ful of marrow of vintage purified from the dregges †And he shal in this mount throw downe headlong the face of the bond tied together vpon al peoples and the webbe that he hath begune vpon al nations †He shal cast death downe headlong for euer and our Lord God shal take away teare from al face and the reproch of his people he shal take away out of the whole earth because our Lord hath
Depart from me approch not to me because thou art vncleane these shal be smoke in my furie a fyre burning al the day †Behold it is written before me I wil not hold my peace but I wil render and repay into their bosome †your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together sayth our Lord that haue sacrificed vpon the mountaines and vpon the litle hilles haue reproched me I wil remeasure their first worke in their bosome †Thus saith our Lord As if a berrie be found in a cluster and it be said Destroy it not because it is a blessing so wil I doe for my seruants sake that I destroy not the whole †And I wil bring forth seede out of Iacob out of Iuda a possessour of my mountaines and mine elect shal inherite it and my seruants shal inhabite there †And the champaine countries shal be into foldes of flockes and the valley of Achor for the couche of heardes vnto my people that haue sought after me †And you that haue forsaken the Lord that haue forgotten my holie mount that sette a table to Fortune and offer libaments vpon it †I wil number you in the sword and you shal al fal by slaughter because I called and you haue not answered I spake and you haue not heard and you did euil in mine eies and you haue chosen the thinges that I would not †For this cause thus sayth our Lord God Behold my seruants shal eate and you shal be hungrie behold my seruants shal drinke and you shal be thirstie †Behold my seruants shal reioyce and you shal be confounded behold my seruants shal prayse for ioyfulnes of hart and you shal crie for sorow of hart and for contrition of spirit you shal howle †And you shal leaue your name for an othe to mine elect and the Lord God shal kil thee and wil cal his seruants by an other name †In which he that is blessed vpon the earth shal be blessed in God amen he that sweareth in the earth shal sweare by God amen because the former distresses are forgotten and because they are hid from myne eyes †For behold I create new heauens and a new earth and the former thinges shal not be in memorie and they shal not ascend vpon the hart †But you shal be glad and reioyce for euer in these thinges which I create because loe I create Ierusalem exultation and the people therof ioy †And I wil reioyce in Ierusalem and be glad in my people and there shal no more be heard in it the voice of weeping and the voice of crying †There shal no more be a childe of daies and an old man that shal not fil vp his dayes because the childe of an hundred yeares shal die and the sinner of an hundred yeares shal be accurst †And they shal build cities and inhabite and they shal plant vineyardes and eate the fruites therof †They shal not build and an others shal dwel they shal not plant and an other shal eate for according to the daies of the tree shal be the dayes of my people and they shal make old the workes of their handes †Myne elect shal not labour in vayne nor ingender in conturbation because it is the seede of the blessed of the Lord and their posteritie with them †And it shal be before they cal I wil heare as they are yet speaking I wil heare †The wulfe and the lambe shal feede together the lion and the oxe shal eate straw to the serpent dust shal be his bread they shal not hurt nor kil in al my holie mountaine sayth our Lord. CHAP. LXVI God who filleth heauen and earth wil dwel in the hart of the humble 3. For the sinnes of the Iewes Ierusalem shal be destroyed 5. The faith of Christ shal be propagated by the preaching of the Apostles 15. And Christ coming to iudge 19. al shal receiue according to their desertes THVS sayth our Lord “ Heauen is my seate and the earth my foote stoole what is this house that you wil build to me and what is this place of my rest †My hand hath made al these thinges al these thinges haue bene done sayth our Lord. But to whom shal I haue respect but to the poore litle one and the contrite of spirit and him that trembleth at my wordes †He that immolateth an oxe is as he that should stay a man he that killeth a sheepe in sacrifice as he that should braine a dog he that offereth oblation as he that should offer swines bloud he that remembreth frankincense as he that should blesse an idol Al these thinges haue they chosen in their wayes and in their abominations their soule is delighted †Wherfore I also wil choose their delusions and the thinges that they feared I wil bring to them because I called and there was none that would answer I haue spoken and they heard not and they haue done euil in mine eies and haue chosen the thinges that I would not †Heare the word of our Lord ye that tremble at his word your brethren that hate you and reiect you for my name sake haue sayd Let the Lord be glorified we shal see in your ioy but they shal be counfounded †A voice of people from the citie a voice from the temple the voice of our Lord repaying retribution to his enemies †Before she traueled she brought forth before her time came to be deliuered she brought forth a man childe †Who euer heard such a thing and who hath sene the like to this why shal the earth trauel in one day or shal a nation be brought forth together because Sion hath traueled and brought forth her children †Shal not I that make others to bring forth children my self bring forth saith the Lord shal I that geue generation to others be barren sayth the Lord thy God †Reioyce with Ierusalem and be ioyful in her al ye that loue her be glad with her in gladnes al ye that mourne vpon her †that you may sucke and be filled of the breast of her consolation that you may milke and flow with delightes in al maner of her glorie †Because thus saith our Lord Behold I wil decline vpon her as it were a floud of peace and as a torrent ouerflowing the glorie of the Gentiles which you shal sucke at the breasts you shal be caried vpon the knees they shal speake you fayre †As if the mother would speake one fayre so wil I comfort you and in Ierusalem you shal be comforted †You shal see and your hart shal reioyce and your bones shal spring as an herbe and the hand of our Lord shal be knowen to his seruants and he shal be wrath with his enemies †Because loe our Lord wil come in fyre and his chariotes as
builded not houses to inhabite and vineyard and filde and seede we haue not had †but we haue dwelt in tabarnacles and haue bene obedient according to al thinges that Ionadab our father commanded vs. †But when Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon was come vp to our Land we said Come and let vs goe into Ierusalem from the face of the host of the Chaldees and from the face of the host of Syria and we haue taried in Ierusalem †And the word of our Lord was made to Ieremie saying †Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Goe say to the men of Iuda and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem Why wil you not receiue discipline to obey my wordes saith our Lord †The wordes of Ionadab the sonne of Rechab haue preuailed which he commanded his sonnes not to drincke wine and they haue not drunke vntil this day because they haue obeyed the commandment of their father but I haue spoken to you early rysing and speakeing and you haue not obeyed me †And I haue sent to you al my seruants the prophetes rising early and sending and saying Returne ye euerie one from his most wicked way and make your studies good and folow not strange goddes nor worship them and you shal dwel in the land which I gaue you and your fathers and you haue not inclined your eare nor heard me †The children therefore of Ionadab the sonne of Rechab haue firmely kept the precept of their father which he commanded them but this people hath not obeyed me †Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel Behold I wil bring vpon Iuda and vpon al the inhabitants of Ierusalem al the affliction which I haue spoken against them because I haue spoken to them and they haue not heard I haue called them and they haue not answered me †But to the house of the Rechabites Ieremie said Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel For that you haue obeyed the commandment of Ionadab your father and haue kept al his commandments and haue done al thinges that he commanded you †Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel There shal not want a man of the stocke of Ionadab the sonne of Rechab standing in my sight al daies ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XXXV 1. The house of Rechabites VVe haue here according to the state of Gods Church in the old Testament a cleare example of religious life by professing and performing good workes of supererogation not commanded by God but piously instituted by a holie man called Ionadab VVhich not only himself and his proper children but also their posteritie manie ages after him voluntarily obserued by a prescript Rule Not to builde houses nor dwel in anie but in tentes not to sow seede nor to plant nor haue vinyardes nor to drinke wine A like rule but not the same in al pointes was prescribed by God himself Num 6 for such as would voluntarily embrace it And Elias and Elizens with then disciples obserued an other forme of religious life as appeareth 4. Reg. 1. 2. c. Al which vvere figures of more perfect Religious Orders in the Church of Christ consisting in three essential vowes of voluntarie Pouertie Chastitie and Obedience not commanded but commended and for the better attayning to perfection counseled by our Sauiour vvherof they are called Euangelical Counsels observed by the Apostles leauing al their worldlie substance and al desire of hauing anie proper possessions such also as had wiues leauing them the rest noâ— marying al renouncing their owne willes subiected the same to Christs wil folovving him VVhose example others imitating this holie maner of life hath stil continued in the Church as is euident by the Ecclesiastical histories euen from the Apostles time But al obserued not the same particular rules nor were called by the same titles For as in the time of Moyses law some were called Nazareites some the Children of the Prophetes and some Rechabites after the name of their founders father Rechab a renowmed godlie man so now some are called Eremites some Monkes some Freares and some Religious Clerkes And of ech of these kindes diuers sortes are distinguished by varietie of rules habites special functions and titles either of their first Institutors or of the Institutes themselues or of the places or other occasions As Carmelites Augustines as wel Monkes as Canons Regular Benedictins Bernardins Carthusians Dominicans Fraâ—c scans Iesuiâ—es Theatines Capuchines and the like As also manie distinct Orders of Nunnes But none of them al differ from the rest nor from other Catholique Christians in pointes of faith nor make anie Sectes of Religion as Heretikes ridiculously obiect For al beleue and confesse the self same Catholique Faith in al the Articles therof al vse and acknowlege the same and no other holie Sacraments and al are vnited in one vniuersal Church vnder one visible Head Euerie Order good and holie in their profession al together excellently aâ—oâ—ing the whole bodie with sacred semelie varieties make the same vniuersal Church more glorious CHAP. XXXVI Ieremie in prison sendeth Baruch by Gods commandment to read a booke of comminations before the people 7. exhorting them to repent 9. which being read in a porch of the Temple 11. Micheas reporteth it to the Nobles in the court 14. whither Baruch being called readeth the same before them 20. they informe the king 21. who hearing part therof causeth the booke to be burned 26. and commandeth to apprehend Baruch and Ieremie 27. The booke is write againe by them with addition of more AND it came to passe in the fourth yeare of Ioakim the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda this word was made to Ieremie from our Lord saying †Take a volume of a booke and thou shalt write in it al the wordes that I haue spoken to thee against Israel and Iuda against al Nations since the day that I spake to thee from the daies of Iosias euen to this day †If perhaps the house of Iuda hearing al the euils that I meane to doe vnto them let euerie man returne from his most wicked way and I wil be propicious to their iniquitie and to their sinne †Ieremie therefore called Baruch the sonne of Nerias and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Ieremie al the wordes of our Lord which he spake to him in the volume of the booke †And Ieremie commanded Baruch saying I am shut vp neither am I able to goe into the house of our Lord. †Goe thou in therefore and read out of the volume wherein thou hast written from my mouth the wordes of our Lord in the hearing of al the people in the house of our Lord on the fasting day moreouer also in the hearing of al Iuda which come out of their cities thou shalt read it to them †if perhaps their prayer may fal in the sight of our
of my life Thou hast seene ô Lord their iniquitie against me iudge my iudgement Thou hast seene al their furie al their cogitations against me Thou hast heard their reproch ô Lord al their cogitations against me The lippes of them that rise vp against me and their cogitations against me al the day See their sitting downe and their rysing vp I am their psalme Thou shalt render them a recompence ô Lord according to the workes of their handes Thou shalt geue them a shild of hart thy labour Thou shalt persecute in furie and shalt destroy them from vnder the heauens ô Lord. CHAP. IIII. HOW is the gold darkned the best colour changed the stones of the sanctuarie dispersed in the head of al streetes The noble children of Sion they that were clothed with the principal gold how are they reputed as earthen vessels the worke of the potters handes Yea euen the lamiaes haue opened their breast they haue geuen sucke to their yong the daughter of my people is cruel as the ostrich in the desert The tongue of the suckling hath clouen to the roofe of his mouth for thirst the litle ones haue asked bread and there was none that brake it vnto them They that fed volâ—ptuously haue dyed in the wayes they that were brought vp in scarlet haue imbraced the dung And the iniquitie of the daughter of my people is become greater then the sinne of Sodom which was ouerthrowen in a moment and handes tooke nothing in her Her Nazareites whiter then snow purer then milke â—uâ—dier then the old yuorie fayrer then the sapphire Their face is made blacker then coales and they are not knowne in the streetes their skinne hath clouen to their bones it is withered and is made as wood It was better with them that were slaine with the sword then with them that were killed by famine because these pyned away consumed by the barrennes of the countrie The handes of pitiful wemen haue sodden their owne children they were made their meate in the destruction of the daughter of my people Our Lord hath accomplished his furie he hath powred out the wrath of his indignation and he hath kindled a fyre in Sion and it hath deuoured the fundations therof The kinges of the earth and al the inhabitants of the world did not beleue that the aduersarie and the enemie should enter in by the gates of Ierusalem For the sinnes of her prophets and the iniquities of her priestes which haue shed the bloud of iust men in the middes of her The blind wandered in the streetes they were polluted with bloud and when they could not they held their skirtes Depart ye polluted they cryed to them depart get ye hence touch not for they brawled were moued they said among the Gentiles He wil adde no more to dwel among theÌ„ The face of our Lord hath diuided them he wil not adde to respect them they haue not reuerenced the faces of the priests neither had they pitie on the ancients Whiles we yet stood our eyes fayled towards our vaine helpe when we looked attentiue to a nation that was not able to saue Our steppes slipped in the way of our streetes our end draweth nere our dayes are accomplished because our end is come Our persecuters were swifter then the eagles of the heauen vpon the mountaines they pursued vs in the desert they lay in waite against vs. The spirit of our mouth Christ our Lord is taken in our sinnes to whom we haue said In thy shadow shal we liue among the Gentiles Reioyce and be glad ô daughter of Edom which dwellest in the Land of Hus to thee also shal the cuppe come thou shalt be made drunken and naked Thine iniquitie is accomplished ô daughter of Sion he wil adde no more to transport thee he hath visited thine iniquitie ô daughter of Edom he hath discouered thy sinnes CHAP. V. The prayer of Ieremie the Prophet REmember ô Lord what is fallen to vs behold and regard our reproch †Our inheritance is turned to aliens our houses to strangers †We are made pupils without father our mothers are as it were widowes †Our water we haue drunke for money our wood we haue bought for a price †We were led by our neckes no rest was geuen to the wearie †We haue geuen our hand to Aegypt and to the Assyrians that we might be filled with bread †Our fathers haue sinned and they are not we haue borne their iniquities †Seruantes haue ruled ouer vs there was none that would redeme vs out of their hand †In peril of our liues did we fetch vs bread at the face of the sword in the desert †Our skinne was burnt as an ouen by reason of the tempests of famine †They humbled the wemen in Sion and the virgins in the cities of Iuda †The princes were hanged vp by the hand they did not reuerence the faces of the ancients †Yongmen they abused vnchastly and the children fel in wood †The ancients decayed out of the gates the yongmen out of the quier of the singers †The ioy of our hart hath fayled our quyre is turned into mourning †The crowne of our head is fallen wo to vs because we haue sinned †Therfore is our hart made sorowful therfore are our eyes darkned †For mount Sion because it is perished foxes haue walked on it †But thou ô Lord shalt remaine for euer thy throne in generation and to generation †Why wilt thou for euer be forgetful of vs wilt thou forsake vs in length of daies †Conuert vs ô Lord to thee and we shal be conuerted renew our dayes as from the beginning †But reiecting thou hast reiected vs thou art angrie against vs excedingly THE ARGVMENT OF BARVCHS PROPHECIE MANIE ancient Fathers supposed this Prophecie to be Ieremies though none doubted but Baruch his scribe was the writer therof So S. Xistus Epist ad omnes fideles S. Ireneus li. 5. c. 35. S. Clement of Alexandria li. 1. c. 10. li. 2. c. 3. Pedag. S. Cyprian li. 2. c. 5. 6. contra Iudaeos Eusebius Coesariensis li. de Propheticorum libor appellationibus Cap. de Ieromia li. 6. c. 19. Demonst Euangel Lactantius li. 4. c. 13. Diuin Instit The first Councel of Nice li. 2. fol. 105. 109. S. Hilarie li. 5. de Trinit sub finem S. Cyril of Ierusalem Catechesi 4. 11. de Concursu Domini S. Basil li. 4. cont Eunomium S. Ambrose li. de fide c. 7. cont Arianos li. de Paenit c. 8. li. 3. Examer c. 14. S. Gregorie Nazianzen Orat. 49. deside Epist. 2. ad Cledâ—nium S. Epiphanius cont
eyes the same is the first king †But wheras that being broken there rose vp foure for it foure kinges shal rise vp of his nation but not in his strength †And after their reigne when iniquities shal be increased there shal arise a king impudent of face and vnderstanding propositions †And his strength shal be made strong but not in his owne strength and more then can be beleued shal he waste al thinges and shal prosper and doe And he shal kil the strong and the people of the saints †according to his wil and craft shal be directed in his hand and he shal magnifie his hart and in the abundance of al thinges he shal murder very manie agaynst the prince of princes shal he arise without hand he shal be destroyed †the vision of the euening and the morning which hath bene sayd is true thou therfore seale the vision because it shal be after manie dayes †And I Daniel languished and was sicke for certaine dayes and when I was risen vp I did the kings workes and was astonied at the vision and there was none that could interprete it CHAP. IX Daniel confessing that they are iustly afflicted for their sinnes 15. prayeth for speedie mercie 20. An Angel signifieth to him that within seuentie wekes of yeares Christ wil come 26. and be slayne his people the Iewes denying him whom he wil therfore reiect IN the first yeare of Darius the sonne of Assuerus of the seede of the Medes who reigned ouer the kingdom of the Chaldees †the first yeare of his kingdom I Daniel vnderstood in bookes the number of the yeares wherof the word of our Lord was made to Ieremie the prophete that seuentie yeares should be accomplished of the desolation of Ierusalem †And I sette my face to our Lord my God to pray and besech in fastinges sackcloth and ashes †And I prayed our Lord my God and I confessed and said I besech thee ô Lord God great and terrible which keepest couenant mercie to them that loue thee and keepe thy commandements †We haue sinned we haue done iniquitie we haue dealt impiously and haue reuolted we haue declined from thy commandments and iudgements †We haue not obeyed thy seruants the prophets that haue spoken in thy name to our kinges to our princes to our fathers and to al the people of the land †To thee ô Lord iustice but to vs confusion of face as is to day to the man of Iuda and to the inhabiters of Ierusalem and to al Israel to them that are nere and to them that are farre of in al the landes to which thou hast cast them out for their iniquities in which they haue sinned against thee †O Lord to vs confusion of face to our princes to our fathers that haue sinned †But to thee Lord our God mercie and propiciation because we haue reuolted from the †and haue not heard the voice of the Lord our God to walke in his law which he gaue vs by his seruants the prophetes †And al Israel haue transgressed thy law and haue declined from hearing thy voice and the malediction hath distilled vpon vs the detestation which is written in the booke of Moyses the seruant of God because we haue sinned to him †And he hath established his wordes which he spake vpon vs and vpon our princes that iudged vs that he would bring in vpon vs a great euil such as neuer was vnder al the heauen according to that which hath bene done in Iersalem †As it is written in the law of Moyses al this euil is come vpon vs and we besought not thy face ô Lord our God that we might returne from our iniquities might thinke on thy truth †And our Lord hath watched vpon the malice and hath brought it vpon vs iust is the Lord our God in al his workes which he hath done for we haue not heard his voice †And now ô Lord our God which broughtest forth thy people out of the Land of Aegypt in a strong hand madst thee a name according to this day we haue sinned we haue done iniquitie †O Lord according to al thy iustice but let thy wrath be turned away I besech thee and thy furie from thy citie Ierusalem from thy holie mount For by reason of our sinnes and the iniquities of our fathers Ierusalem and thy people are a reproch to al round about vs. †Now therfore heare ô our God the petition of thy seruant his prayers and shew thy face vpon thy sanctuarie which is desert for thyne owne sake †Incline my God thine eare heare open thine eyes and see our desolation the citie vpon which thy name is inuocated for neither in our iustifications doe we prostrate prayers before thy face but in thy manie commiserations †Heare ô Lord be pacified ô Lord attend doe delay not for thine owne sake my God because thy name is inuocated vpon thy citie vpon thy people †And when I yet spake prayed and confessed my sinnes and the sinnes of my people of Israel and did prostrate my prayers in the sight of my God for the holie mount of my God †as I was yet speaking in prayer loe the man Gabriel whom I had sene in the vision from the beginning quickly flying touched me in the time of the euening sacrifice †And he taught me and spake to me sayd Daniel now am I come forth to teach thee and that thou mighst vnderstand †From the beginning of thy prayers the word came forth and I am come to shew it to thee because thou art a man of desires and doe thou marke the word and vnderstand the vision †Seuentie weekes are abbridged vpon thy people vpon thy holie citie that preuarication may be consummate and sinne take an end iniquitie be abolished and euerlasting iustice be brought vision be accomplished and prophecie the Holie one of holies be anointed †Know therfore marke From the going forth of the word that Ierusalem be built againe vnto Christ the prince there shal be seuen weekes sixtie two weekes the streete shal be built againe the walles in * straitnes of the times †And after sixty two weekes Christ shal be slaine and it shal not be his people that shal denie him And the city the sanctuary shal the people dissipate with the prince to come the end therof waste after the end of the battel the appoynted desolation †And he wil confirme the couenant to manie one weeke and in the halfe of the weeke shal the hoste the sacrifice fayle and there shal be in the temple the abomination of desolation euen to the consummation and to the end shal the desolation endure CHAP. X. After fasting other voluntarie afflictions 4. Daniel seing a
temple and granteth meanes to build the citie of Ierusalem and the temple AND the next began to speake he that spake of the strength of a king †O ye men doe not the men excel which obteyne land and sea and al thinges that are in them †But a king excelleth aboue al thinges and hath dominion ouer them and euerie thing whatsoeuer he shal say to them they doe †And if he send them to warryers they goe and throw downe mountaines and the walles and towers †They kil and are killed and the kinges word they transgresse not For if they shal ouercome they bring to the king al thinges whatsoeuer they haue taken for a praye †In like maner also al others for so many as are not souldiars nor fight but til the ground when they shal reape againe they bring tributes to the king †And he being one onlie if he say Kil ye they kil say he forgeue they forgeue †say he strike they strike say he destroy they destroy †say he build they build †say he cut downe they cut downe say he plant they plant †and al the people potestates here him and beside this he sitteth downe and drinketh and sleepeth †And others gard him round about and can not goe euerie one and doe their owne workes but at a word are obedient to him †O ye men how doth not a king excel that is so renowmed And he held his peace †The third that spake of wemen and truth this is Zorobabel began to speake †O ye men not the great king many men neither is it wine that doth excel Who is it then that hath the dominion of them †Haue not wemen brought forth the king and al the people that ruleth ouer land sea †and were they not borne of them and did not they bring vp them which planted the vineyardes whereof wine is made †And they make the garmentes of al men they doe honor to al men and men can not be separed from wemen †If they haue gathered gold and siluer and euerie beutiful thing see a woman comlie and fayre †leauing al these thinges they fixe their looke vpon her with open mouth beholde her and allure her more then gold and siluer and euerie precious thing †Man forsaketh his father that brought him vp and his countrie and ioyneth himself to a woman †And with a woman he refresheth his soul and neither doth he remember father nor mother nor countrie †And hereby you must know that wemen rule ouer you Are you not sorie †And a man taketh his sword goeth into the way to commit theftes and murders to sayle seas riuers †and seeth a lyon and goeth in darkenes and when he hath committed theft and fraude and spoyles he bringeth it to his beloued †And againe man loueth his wife more then father or mother †And many haue become madde for their wiues and haue bene made bondmen for them †and many haue perished and bene slayne and haue sinned for wemen †And now beleue me that the king is great in his powre because al countries are afrayd to touch him †Neuertheles I saw Apemes the daughter of Bezaces the concubine of a meruelous king sitting by the king at his right hand †and taking of the crowne from his head and putting it vpon herself and with the palme of her lefthand she stroke the king †And beside these thinges he with open mouth beheld her and if she smile he laugheth and if she be angrie with him he flattereth til he be reconciled to her fauour †O ye men why are not wemen stronger Great is the earth and high is the heauen who doeth these thinges †And then the king and they that weare purple looked one vpon an other And he began to speake of truth †O ye men are not wemen strong The earth is great and heauen is high the swift course of the sunne turneth the heauen round into his place in one day †Is not he magnifical that doth these thinges and the truth great and stronger aboue al thinges †Al the earth calleth vpon the truth heauen also blesseth it and al workes are moued and tremble at it and there is not any thing with it vniust †Wine is vniust the king is vniust wemen are vniust al the sonnes of men are vniust and al their workes are vniust and in them is not truth and they shal perish in their iniquitie †and truth abydeth and groweth strong for euer and liueth and preuayleth for euer and euer †Neither is there with it acception of persons nor differences but the thinges that are iust it doth to al men to the vniust and malignant and al men are wel pleased in the workes thereof †And there is no vniust thing in the iudgement therof but strength and reigne and power and maiestie of worldes Blessed be the God of truth †And he left speaking And al the people cryed and sayd Great is truth and it preuaileth †Then the king sayd to him Aske if thou wilt any more then the thinges that are writen and I wil geue it thee according as thou art found wiser then thy neighbours thou shalt sitte next to me and shalt be called my cosin †Then sayd he to the king Be mindful of thy vow which thou hast vowed to build Ierusalem in the day that thou didst receiue the kindom †and to send backe al the vessels that were taken out of Ierusalem which Cyrus separated when he sacked Babylon and would haue sent them backe thither †And thou hast vowed to build the temple which the Idumeians burnt when Iurie was destroyed of the Chaldees †And now this is that which I aske Lord which I desire this is the maiestie which I desire of thee that thou performe the vowe which thou hast vowed to the king of heauen by thy mouth †Then Darius the king rising vp kissed him and wrote letters to al the officers and ouerseers and them that weare purple that they should conduct him and them that were with him al going vp to build Ierusalem †And to al the ouerseers that were in Syria and Phoenice and Libanus he wrote letters that they should draw Ceder trees from Libanus into Ierusalem to build the citie with them †And he wrote to al the Iewes which went vp from the kindome into Iurie for libertie euerie mightie man magistrate ouerseer not to come vpon them to their gates †and al the countrie which they had obtayned to be free vnto them that the Idumeians leaue the castels which they possesse of the Iewes †and to the building of the temple to geue euerie yeare twentie talentes vntil it were throughly built †vpon the altars to burne holocausts dayly as they haue commandment to offer other ten talentes euery yeare †to al that go forth
was receiued †A copie of the letter which they sent to Darius SISENNES deputie of Syria and Phenice and Satrabuzanes and his felowes in Syria and Phenice presidents to king Darius greeting †Be al thinges knowen to our Lord the king that when we came into the countrie of Iurie and had entered into Ierusalem we found them building the great house of God †And the temple of polished stones and of great and precious matter in the walles †And the workes to be a doing earnestly and to succede and prosper in their handes and in al glorie to be perfited most diligently †Then we asked the ancients saying by whose permission build ye this house found these workes †And therfore we asked them that we might doe thee to know the men the ouerseers and we required of them a rolle of the names of the ouerseers †But they answered vs saying We are the seruantes of the Lord which made heauen and earth †And this house was built these manie yeares past by a king of Israel that was great and most valiant and was finished †And because our fathers were prouoking to wrath and sinned agaynst God of Israel he deliuered them into the handes of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon king of the Chaldees †And throwing downe this house they burnt it and they led the people captiue into Babylon †In the first yeare when Cyrus reigned the king of Babylon Cyrus the king wrote to build this house †And these sacred vessels of gold and siluer which Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the house which is in Ierualsem and had consecrated them in his owne temple Cyrus brought them forth agayne out of the temple which was in Babylon and they were deliuered to Zorobabel to Salmanasar the deputie †And it was commanded them that they should offer these vessels lay them vp in the temple which was in Ierusalem and build the temple of God itself in his place †Then did Salmanasar lay the fundations of the house of our Lord which is in Ierusalem and from that time vntil now it is a building and is not accomplished †Now therfore if thou thincke it good ô king let it be sought in the kings liberaries of Cyrus the king which are in Babylon †and if it shal be found that the building of the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem begane by the counsel of Cyrus the king and it be thought good of our Lord the king let him write to vs of these thinges †Then Darius the king commanded search to be made in the libraries and there was found in Ecbatana a towne that is in the countrie of Media one place wherin were writen these wordes †IN THE FIRST YEARE of the reigne of Cyrus king Cyrus cōmanded to build the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem where they did burne incense with dayly fire †the height wherof shal be of ten cubits the bredth three score cubites foure square with three stones polished and with a loft galerie of wood of the same countrie one new galerie and the expenses to be geuen out of the house of Cyrus the king †And the sacred vesseles of the house of the Lord as wel of gold as of siluer which Nabuchodonosor tooke from the house of our Lord which is in Ierusalem where they were layed that they be put there †And he commanded Sisennes the deputie of Syria Phoenice and Satrabuzanes and his felowes them that were ordayned presidentes in Syria Phoenice that they should refraine themselues from that place †And I also haue geuen commandment to build it wholly and haue prouided that they helpe them which are of the captiuitie of the Iewes til the temple of the house of the Lord be accomplished †And from the vexation of the tributes of Coelesyria Phoenice a quantitie to be geuen diligently to these men for the sacrifice of the Lord to Zorobabel the gouernour for oxen and rammes and lambes †And in like maner corne also and salt and wine and oyle continually yeare by yeare according as the priestes which are in Ierusalem haue prescribed to be spent dayly †that libamentes may be offered to the most high God for the king his children that they may pray for their life †And that it be denounced that whosoeuer shal transgresse anie thing of these which are writen or shal despise it a beame be taken of theyr owne they be hanged their goodes be confiscate to the king †Therfore the Lord also whose name is inuocated there destroy euery king nation that shal extend their hand to hinder or to handle il the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem †I Darius the king haue decreed that it be most diligently done according to these thinges CHAP. VII The house of God is finished 7. and dedicated 10. the feast of Pasch is also celebrated seuen dayes with Azimes THEN Sisennes the deputie of Coelesyria and Phaenice and Satrabuzames and their felowes obeying those thinges which were decreed of Darius the king †applied the sacred workes most diligently working together with the ancientes of the Iewes the princes of Syria †And the sacred workes prospered Aggeus Zacharias the prophetes prophecying †And they accomplished al thinges by the precept of our Lord the God of Israel and by the counsel of Cyrus Darius and Artaxerxes the king of the Persians †And our house was a finishing vntil the three and twentith day of the moneth of Adar the sixth yeare of Darius the king †And the children of Israel and the Priestes and Leuites and the rest that were of the captiuitie which were added did according to those thinges that are written in the booke of Moyses †And they offered for the dedication of the temple of our Lord oxen an hundred rammes two hundred lambes foure hundred †And kiddes for the sinnes of al Israel twelue according to the number of the tribes of Israel †And the Priestes and Leuites stood clothed with stoles by tribes ouer al the workes of our Lord the God of Israel according to the booke of Moyses and the porters at euerie gate †And the children of Israel with them that were of the captiuitie celebrated the phase the fourtenth moone of the first moneth when the Priestes and Leuites were sanctified †Al the children of the captiuitie were not sanctified together because al the Leuites were sanctified together †And al the children of the captiuitie immolated the phase both for their brethren the Priestes and for them selues †And the children of Israel did eate they that were of the captiuitie al that remayned apart from al the abominations of the nations of the land seeking our Lord. †And they celebrated the festiual day of Azymes seuen dayes feasting in the sight of our Lord. †Because he turned the counsel of the king of the
of the earthlie world and before the endes of the world stood and before the congregation of the windes did blow †and before the voyces of thunders sounded before the flashinges of lightenings shined and before the fundations of paradise were confirmed †and before beautiful flowers were sene and before the moued powers were established and before the innumerable hostes of Angels were gathered †and before the heightes of the ayre were aduanced and before the measures of the firmamentes were named and before the chymneies were hote in Sion †and before the present yeares were searched out and before their inuentions that now sinne were put away and they signed that made fayth their treasure †then I thought and they were made by me only and not by any other and the end by me and not by any other †And I answered and sayd What separation of times shal there be and when shal the end of the former be and the begynning of that which foloweth †And he sayd to me from Abraham vnto Isaac when Iacob and Esau were borne of him the hand of Iacob held from the bigynning the heele of Esau †for the end of this world is Esau and the begynning of the next Iacob †The hand of a man betwen the heele and the hand Aske no other thing Esdras †And I answered and sayd O Lord dominatour if I haue found grace before thyne eyes †I pray thee shew thy seruant the end of thy signes wherof thou didst shew me part the night before †And he answered and sayd to me Arise vpon thy feete and heare a voice most ful of sound †And it shal be as it were a commotion neither shal the place be moued wherin thou standest †Therfore when it speaketh be not thou afrayd because of the end is the word and the fundation of the earth vnderstood †for concerning them the word trembleth and is moued for it knoweth that their end must be changed †And it came to passe when I had heard I rose vpon my feete and I heard and behold a voice speaking and the sound therof as the sound of manie waters †and it sayd Behold the dayes come and the time shal be when I wil begyne to approch that I may visite the inhabitantes vpon the earth †And when I wil begin to enquire of them that vniustly haue hurt with their iniustice and when the humilitie of Sion shal be accomplished †And when the world shal be ouersigned that shal beginne to passe I wil doe these signes Bookes shal be opened before the face of the firmament and al shal see together †and infantes of one yeare shal speake with their voices wemen with child shal bring forth vntimely infantes not ripe of three or foure monethes and shal liue and shal be raysed vp †And sodenly shal appeare sowen places not sowen ful cellers shal sodenly be found emptie †and a trumpet shal sound which when al shal heare they wil sodenly be afrayd †And it shal be in that time freindes as enimies shal ouerthrow freindes and the earth shal be afrayd with them the vaynes of fountaynes shal stand and shal not runne in three howres †and it shal be euerie one that shal be leaft of al these of whom I haue foretold thee he shal be saued and shal see my saluation the end of your world †And the men that are receiued shal see they that tasted not death from their natiuitie and the hart of the inhabitantes shal be turned into an other sense †For euil shal be put out and deceite shal be extinguished †but fayth shal florish and corruption shal be ouercome and truth shal be shewed which was without fruite so manie dayes †And it came to passe when he spake to me I loe by litle litle looked on him before whom I stood †and he sayd to me these wordes I am come to shew thee the time of the night to come †If therfore thou pray agayne and fast agayne seuen dayes agayne I wil tel thee greater thinges by the day which I haue heard †For thy voice is heard before the Highest For the strong hath sene thy direction and hath fore sene the ehastitie which thon hast had from thy youth †and for this cause he hath sent me to shew thee al these thinges and to say to thee haue confidence and feare not †and hasten not with the former times to thinke vayne thinges that thou hasten not from the last times †And it came to passe after these thinges and I wept againe and in like maner I fasted seuen dayes to accomplish the three weekes that were told me †And it came to passe in the eight night and my hart was trubled againe in me and I began to speake before the Highest †For my spirit was inflamed excedingly and my soul was distressed †And I sayd O Lord speaking thou didst speake from the beginning of creature from the first day saying Let heauen be made and earth and thy word was a perfect worke †And then there was spirit and darknesse was caried about and silence the sound of the voyce of man was not yet from thee †Then thou didst command the lighsome light to be brought forth of thy treasures wherby thy worke might appeare †And in the second day thou didst create the spirit of the firmament and commandest it to diuide and to make a diuision betwen the waters that a certayn part should depart vpward and part should remaine beneth †And in the third day thou didst command the waters to be gathered together in the seueneth part of the earth but sixe partes thou didst drie and preserue that of them might be seruing before thee thinges sowen of God and tilled †For thy word proceded and the worke forth with was made †For sodenly came forth fruite of multitude infinite and diuerse tastes of concupiscence and flowers of vnchangeable colour and odours of vnsearcheable smel and in the third day these thinges were made †And in the fourth day thou didst command to be made the brightnesse of the sunne the light of the moone the disposition of the starres †and didst command them that they should serue man that should be made †And in the fifth day thou saydst to the seuenth part where the water was gathered together that it should bring forth beastes and foules and fishes and so was it done †the dumme water and without life the thinges that by Gods appointement were commanded made beastes that therby the nations may declare thy meruelous workes †And then thou didst preserue two soules the name of one thou didst cal Henoch and the name of the second thou didst cal Leuiathan †and thou didst separate them from eche other For the seuenth part where the water was gathered together could not hold them †And thou gauest to Henoch one part
which was dried the third day to dwelt therin where are a thousand mountaynes †But to Leuiathan thou gauest the seuenth part being moyst and kepst it that it might be to deuoure whom thou wilt and when thou wilt †And in the sixt day thou didst command the earth to create before thee cattel and beastes and creeping creatures †and ouer these Adam whom thou madest ruler ouer al the workes which thou didst make out of him are al we brought forth and the people whom thou hast chosen †And al these thinges I haue sayd before thee ô Lord because thou didst create the world for vs. †But the residue of the nations borne of Adam thou saydst that they were nothing and that they were like to spittle and as it were the droping out of a vessel thou didst liken the abundance of them †And now Lord behold these nations which are reputed for nothing haue begune to rule ouer vs and to deuoure vs †but we thy people whom thou didst cal thy first onlie begotten emulatour are deliuered into their handes †and if the world was created for vs why doe not we possesse inheritance with the world how long these thinges CHAP. VII Without tribulations no man can attayne immortal life 17. which the iust shal inherite and the wicked shal perish 28. Christ wil come and dye for mankind 36. Prayers of the iust shal profite til the end of this word but not after the general iudgement 48. Al sinned in Adam 52. and haue added more sinnes 57. but it is in mans powre 62. by Gods grace to liue eternally AND it came to passe when I had ended to speake these wordes the Angel was sent to me which had bene sent to me the first nights †and he sayd to me Arise Esdras and heare the wordes which I am come to speake to thee †And I sayd Speake my God And he sayd to me The sea is set in a large place that it might be deepe and wide †but the entrance to it shal be set in a straict place that it might be like to riuers †For who witting wil enter into the sea and see it or rule ouer it if he passe not the streite how shal he come into the bredth †Also an other thing A citie is built and set in a plaine place and it is ful of al goodes †The entrance therof narrow and set in a stepe place so that on the right hand there was fire on the left depe water †and there is one onlie pathe set betwen them that is betwen the fire and the water so that the pathe can not conteyne but onlie a mans steppe †And if the citie shal be geuen a man for inheritance if he neuer passe through the peril set before it how shal he receiue his inheritance †And I sayd So Lord And he sayd to me So it is Israel also a part †For I made the world for them and when Adam transgressed my constitution that was iudged which was done †And the entrance of this world were made streite and sorowful paynful and few and euil and ful of dangers stuffed very much with labour †For the entrances of the greater world are large and secure and making fruite of immortalitie †If then they that liue entring in enter into these streite and vayne thinges they can not receiue the thinges that are layd vp †Now therfore why art thou trubled wheras thou art corruptible and why art thou moued wheras thou art mortal †And why hast thou not taken in thy hart that which is to come but that which is present †I answered and sayd Lord dominatour behold thou hast disposed by thy law that the iust shal inherite these thinges and the impious shal perish †But the iust shal suffer the streites hoping for the wyde places for they that haue done impiously haue both suffered the streites and shal not see the wide places †And he sayd to me There is no iudge aboue God nor that vnderstandeth aboue the Highest †For manie present doe perish because the law of God which was set before is neglected †For God commanding commanded them that came when they came what doing they should liue and what obseruing they should not be punished †But they were not perswaded and gaynesayd him and made to them selues a cogitation of vanitie †and proposed to themselues deceites of sinnes they sayd to the Highest that he was not and they knew not his wayes †and dispised his law and denyed his couenaunces and had not fidelitie in his ordinances and did not accomplish his workes †For this cause Esdras the emptie to the emptie and the ful to the ful †Behold the time shal come and it shal be when the signes shal come which I haue fore told thee and the bride shal appeare and appearing she shal be shewed that now is hid with the earth †and euerie one that is deliuered from the foresaid euils he shal see my meruelous thinges †For my sonne IESVS shal be reueled with them that are with him and they shal be merie that are leaft in the foure hundred yeares †And it shal be after these yeares and my sonne CHRIST shal dye and al men that haue breath †and the world shal be turned into the old silence seuen dayes as in the former iudgementes so that none shal be leaft †And it shal be after seuen dayes and the world shal be raysed vp that yet waketh not and shal dye corrupted †and the earth shal render the thinges that sleepe in it the dust them that dwel in it with silence and the cellars shal render the soules that are commended to them †And the Highest shal be reueled vpon the seate of iudgement and miseries shal passe and long sufferance shal be gathered together †And iudgement onlie shal remayne truth shal stand and fayth shal waxe strong †and the worke shal folow and the reward shal be shewed and iustice shal awake and iniustice shal not haue dominion †And I sayd First Abraham prayed for the Sodomites and Moyses for the fathers that sinned in the desert †And they that were after him for Israel in the dayes of Achaz and of Samuel †and Dauid for the destruction and Salomon for them that came vnto the sanctification †And Elias for them that receiued raine and for the dead that he might liue †and Ezechias for the people in the dayes of Sennacherib and manie for manie †If therfore now when corruptible did increase and iniustice was multiplied and the iust prayed for the impious why now also shal it not be so †And he answered me and sayd This present world is not the end much glorie remaineth in it for this cause they prayed for the impotent †For the day of iudgement shal be the end of this time and the beginning of
that with sorowes haue kept thy testimonies †Neither thinke thou of them that in thy sight haue conuerst falsly but remember them that according to thy wil haue knowen thy feare †Neither be thou willing to destroy theÌ„ that haue had the maners of beastes but respect them that haue taught thy law gloriously †Neither haue indignation towards them which are iudged worse then beastes but loue them that alwayes haue confidence in thy iustice and glorie †Because we and our fathers languish with such diseases but thou for sinners shalt be called merciful †For if thou shalt be desirous to haue mercie on vs then thou shalt be called merciful to vs hauing no workes of iustice †For the iust which haue manie workes layd vp of their owne workes shal receiue reward †For what is man that thou art angrie with him or the corruptible kinde that thou art so bitter touching it †For in truth there is no man of them that be borne which hath not done impiously and of them that confesse which haue not sinned †For in this shal thy iustice be declared and thy goodnes ô Lord when thou shalt haue mercie on them that haue no substance of good workes †And he answered me and sayd Thou hast spoken somethinges rightly and according to thy wordes so also shal it be done †because I wil not in dede thinke vpon the worke of them that haue sinned before death before the iudgement before perdition †but I wil reioyce vpon the creature of the iust and I wil remember their pilgrimage also and saluation and receiuing of reward †Therfore as I haue spoken so also it is †For as the husbandman soweth vpon the ground manie seedes and planteth manie plantes but not al which were sowen in time are preserued nor yet al that were planted shal take roote so they also that are sowen in the world shal not al be saued †And I answered and sayd If I haue found grace let me speake †As the seede of the husbandman if it come not vp or receiue not the rayne in time if it be corupted with much rayne perisheth †so likewise also man who made with thy handes and thou named his image because thou art likened to him for whom thou hast made al thinges and hast likened him to the seede of the husbandman †Be not angrie vpon vs but spare thy people and haue mercie on thy inheritance And thou hast mercie on thy creature †And he answered me and sayd The thinges that are present to them that are present and that shal be to them that shal be †For thou lackest much to be able to loue my creature aboue me and to thee often times euen to thyselfe I haue approched but to the vniust neuer †But in this also thou art meruelous before the Highest †because thou hast humbled thyself as becometh thee hast not iudged thyself that among the iust thou maist be very much glorified †For which cause manie miseries and miserable thinges shal be done to them that inhabite the world in the later dayes because they haue walked in much pride †But thou for thyselfe vnderstand for them that are like vnto thee seeke glorie †For to you paradise is open the tree of life is planted time to come is prepared abundance is prepared a citie is builded rest is approued goodnes is perfited perfit wisdome †The roote of euil is signed from you infirmitie and mothe is hid from you corruption is fled into hel in obliuion †Sorowes are past the treasure of immortalitie is shewed in the end †Adde not therfore inquiring of the multitude of them that perish †For they also receiuing libertie haue despised the Highest and contemned his lawe and forsaken his wayes †Yea and moreouer they haue troden downe his iust ones †and haue sayd in their hart that there is no God and that knowing that they dye †For as the thinges aforesayd shal receiue you so thirst and torment which are prepared shal take them for he would not man to be destroyed †But they them selues also which aâ—e created haue deâ—yled his name which made them haue bene vnkinde to him that prepared life †Wherfore my iudgement now approcheth †Which thinges I haue not shewed to al but to thee to few like vnto thee And I answered and sayd †Behold now Lord thou hast shewed me a multitude of signes which thou wilt beginne to doe in the latter times but thou hast not shewed me at what time CHAP. IX Certaine signes shal goe before the day of iudgement 14. More shal perish then be saued 25. Prayer with other good workes are meanes to saluation AND he answered me and sayd Measuring measure thou the time in it selfe and it shal be when thou seest after a certaine part of the signes which are spoken of before shal passe †then shalt thou vnderstand that the same is the time wherin the Highest wil beginne to visite the world that was made by him †And when there shal be sene in the world mouing of places and truble of peoples †then shalt thou vnderstand that of these spake the Highest from the dayes that were before thee from the beginning †For as al that is made in the world hath a beginning and also a consummation and the consummation is manifest †so also the times of the Highest haue the beginning manifest in wonders and powers and the consummations in worke and in signes †And it shal be euery one that shal be saued and that can escape by his workes and by fayth in which you haue beleeued †shal be leaft out of the foresayd dangers and shal see my saluation in my land and in my costes because I haue sanctified my â—elfe from the world †And then shal they be in miserie that now haue abused my wayes and they that haue reiected them in contempt shal abide in torments †For they that knew not me hauing obtained benefits when they liued †and they that loathed my law when they yet had libertie †and when as yet place of penance was open to them vnderstoode not but despised they must after death in torment know it †Thou therfore be not yet curious how the impious shal be tormented but inquire how the iust shal be saued and whose the world is and for whom the world is and when †And I answered and sayd †I haue spoken hertofore and now I say and hereafter wil say that they are moe which perish then that shal be saued †as a floud is multiplied aboue more then a droppe †And he ansvvered me and sayd Like as the field so also the sedes and as the flovvers such also the colours and as the workeman such also the worke and such as the husbandman such is the husbandrie because it was the time of the world †And
S. Chris ho. 21. in Gen. et in 2. Thes 2 Theodor. q. 45. in Gen. Aretas in 11. Apoc. S. Greg. lib. 14. Moral c. vâ—â— ho. 12 in Ezech. Eccl. 44. Mala. 4. Eccl. 48. 1 2 3 See D. Sand. lib. 8. c. 35. de Monar Eccl. And F. Pererius in c. 12. Danielis The professors of true religion were called the soÌ„nes of God the folowers of errors the soÌ„nes of men :: God who is immutable subiect to no passion yet by the enormitie of sinnes semeth prouoked to wrath and to repent that he had made man S. Amb. li. de Noe arca c. 4. Eccl. 44 17. :: In al generations God reserued some iust Much more in the law of Grace :: A right example of a iust maa Heb. 11. SoÌ„nes of God and sonnes of men was then such a distinction as now Catholiques and Heretiks lib. 15. c. 23. ciuit De vera relig c. 7. con epist sund c. 4 Trac 32. in Ioan. Philo. Iosephus Lactant. Rupert Tostatus This warning and expectation of repentance sheweth freewil in maÌ„ ho. 22. in Gen. Tradit Heb. lib. 15. c. 24. ciuit Scriptures not easie Erronious opinions concerning these giants The principal doctors proue that they were men and begotten of men First reason 2 3 4 5 Giants most monstruous in bodie and in minde Luthers argument that al mens workes are sinnes Heretiks like to Sisyphus The sinnes before the floud very greuous in foure respects 1 2 3 4 2. Pet. 2. Luthers argugument answered Ezech. â— Luc. 1 2. Apoc. 22. Noe iust and perfect VVho is perfect in this life Diuinâ— calcuio Appelles an old Heretike that denied Christ to haue true flesh A general answer to al calumniators of wise and learned men Origens opinion of long cubites not probable â—o 2. in 6. Gen. Moyses in other places can not be vnderstood to speake of o long cubites Exod. 27. l. 15. ciuit c. 27. Deu. â— :: Noe was iust not only by the estimation of men but in deede and before God :: Obseruation of cleane and vncleanne beastes by tradition before the law of Moyses Mat. 24. Luc 17. :: The Hebrew word Thehom signifieth a gulfe of water from whence new fountaynes sprang more abundantly theÌ„ euer since or before :: Arubbah signifieth great pipes or windowes by which water fell downe in great abuÌ„dance from the ayre here called heauen S. Hier. quest Heb. S. Epiph ad Io. Hierosolom S. Chr. 〈◊〉 25. in Gen. Sap. 10. 4. â—cl 39. 1. Pet. 3. God vseth both natural and supernatural meanes as secundarie causes in producing conseruing gouerning punishing in rewarding his creatures li. de Noe area c. 15. Al or most thinges in the old Testament be in figure of the new no figure more exact then the floud of Noe. 1. Cor. 10 Ep. 95. l. 5. de Baptis c. 28. de vnitate Eccles ca. 5. In Psal 103. 131 Ser. 69. de teÌ„pore 1. Pet. 3. Mat. 24. Luc. 17. How the Doctors applie the figure to the things figured Noe signified Christ The arke the Church Entrance into the Church by Baptisme Vertue of Sacraments cometh from Christs Passion Doctors and Pastores in the Church li. 12. de Baptis c. 14 Varietie of states and orders in the Church Good and euil in the Church Perpetuitie oâ— the Church Vnitie of the Church One chiefe gouernour in the Church Epist. 57. ad Damasum No saluation out of the Church Man made to Gods image and in happie state Man obeyed God and al earthlie creatures obeyed man Man placed in Paradise Eccle. 7 30 sap 2. 24. Man sel by yelding to tentations Original sinne Adam and Eue were penitent Sap 10. Faith in one God The blessed Trinitie Though the B. Trinitie worke ioyntly in al creatures yet diuers workes are atributed to distinct Persons Gen. â— By faith the state of man past present was knowne Beleefe in Christ to come Remedie for men but none for Angels that fel. Heb. 2 16. Apoc. 13. 8. Heb. 11. None admitted into heauen before Christ External Sacrifice Publique prayer with other Rites Ceremonial obseruations Feastes Abstinence Cleane vncleane Places dedicated to prayer Gen. 2. 3. Gen. 29. Gen. 9 Gen. 7 2. Gen. 4. 26. Figures of Christs Sacraments Baptisme Mariage Gen. 1. 1. Pet â— Mat 19. GeÌ„ 2 24 Penance Contrition Gen. 3. Confession Satisfaction From hence is taken the ceremonie of ashes on Ashwene day Priesthood Priesthood Law stand change together Nâ—m â— 10 12. 45. Latherli de abroganda Missa Good worke necessarie Gen. 4. Freewil â—â— de serâ—â— arbit li 2. Instit ca 2. par 8. Gen. 3. Temporal paine due for sinne remitted Purgatorie Mat. 5. Prayer for the dead And to Saincts Officiâ— pro defunctis Sepulchers of Patriarches religiously conserued Iosue 14. Gen. 23. li. 2 Antiquit Epist ad Pamach Enoch translated aliue Gen â— Heb. 11. Communion of Saincts Ministerie of Angels Gen. 3. 24. li. 11 dâ— Gen ad lit c. 40. Honour of Saincts Gen. 6. Psal 11â— General Iudgement Iudge of the world Epist Iudae v. 14. Resurrection Gen. 2. 7. Gen. 5. Euerlasting life The blessed in eternal ioy The wicked in eadles paine Gen. 3. 24. Church euer visible Succession of Patriarches One supreme head of the Church Gen. 4 16. Gen 5. Gen. 4 17. S. Aug. li. de Pastore c. 8. 20. Cains negatiue doctrin True faith stil remained in manie Some also iust and perfect Gen. 6. Interruption of heretical Sinagogues CoÌ„tinuance of the Church The second age of the world The third part of this booke Of the newincrease multiplication of the world :: The crowe returned not into the arke but as appeareth by the He brew text going and returning rested vpon the arke :: They entred into the arke the 17. day the secoÌ„d moneth of the other yeare so they remained there 12. monethes and tenne dayes :: In the whole yeare of the floud was no sowing nor reaping nor pleasant varietie of times but al desolate miserable hence forth God promiseth more seasonable times S. Amb. ii de Noe Arca. c. 23. Noes sacrifice manie wayes coÌ„mendable Li. de Noe Arca c 22. 1. Voluntarie 2. Speedie 3. Solemne Heb. 13 10. 4. Pure 5. Bountiful 6. Holocaust Leuit. 1. Psal 50. Isaie 1. Amos. 5. â—â—al 1. Iust Mar. li 3. q. 4. S. Hiero. â— Heb. Sacrifice is pleasant to God not for the external things but for the sincere mind :: Of this commandment or rather blessing see the Annotations chap. â— v. â—8 Leuit 17. :: The rainbow was before but was not a signe as God saith henceforth it should be for men to remember his promise Seuerianus in Gen. S. Tho. Quodâ—â—b 3. a. 30. :: By this it is clere that Noe had no more children after the floud S. Chrisost bâ— 29. in Gen. Apoc. 13. 8. Heb. 11. Ad. q. 119. Ho. 27. in Gen. Voluntarie abstinence without coÌ„mandment Abstinence from bloud some times
folowers They belie the Church militant Blaspheme the triumphant Al modest meÌ„ wil condemne these blasphemies Catholique doctrine and practise conuince their lies The true Catholique doctrin Honour due to excellencie Three kindes of excellencie Therfore three kindes of honour Protestants denie anie honour to be due to Saincts Their obiection First answer Example of this necessary distinction Second answer S Augustin declareth this doctrin and geueth both the former answers li. 20. c. 21. Three causes of celebrating Saincts memories Latria is honour proper to God Sacrifice only to God Protestants confesse that the ancient Fathers honored Saincts and their Reliques Manna was put in a golden vessel Heb. 9. How saucie are heretikes to scoffe at so renowmed a Doctor Protestants haue corrupted the text in al their English Bibles God commanded to make Images Christ and Saincts are honored in their Images The first table containeth three precepts the second seuen The first can not wel be diuided The ninth and tenth are as distict as the sixth and seuenth :: Iudicial lawes do instruct in particular â—â—w to kepe the commandments of the second table pertaining to our neighboures * Paying nothing :: The Iudges authorized by God :: VVhere great faults are coÌ„mitted punishment is inflicted according to the enormitie of the sinne aboue the proportion of the iniurie Theodoret q. 50. in Exod. Deut. 25. Mystically He that taketh from the Church a daylie laborer in Gods field sinneth more greuously and deserueth more punishment then he that taketh a priuate man of Christs flock Rabanus :: Iudges called goddes for their eminent authoritie Exo. 7. v. 1. :: The law of nature requireth to do to others as we would they should do to vs. For which cause besides others God suffered his people to be strangers in Aegypt to moue them to compassion towards others in like case Rabanus :: Oppression of the poore crieth to God for renenge :: Al vertues being â—â—â—ded in iustice cease to be true vertues when iustice is not first obserued S. â—ierom in Psal 32. et in Prou. 31. Three principal feastes besides the Sabbath some others :: Pasch in memorie of their deliuerie from Aegypt :: Pentecost when they receiued the Law :: Tabernacles in memorie of Gods protection fourtie yeares in the desert :: Peace with infidels forbidden to Gods people :: As when Moyses had brought the Israentes from bondage and receiued the law for them he built an Altar for Sacrifice so Christ hauing redemed vs and geueÌ„ vs a Law for applicatioÌ„ of the fruict therof Altares are erected Sacrifice offered :: This was donne corporally to the Iewes In Christians Christs bloud applied by Sacrifice and Sacraments sanctifieth their soules Heb. 9. The lesson in Masse on Imber wenesday in Lent A figure of Christs bloud in the B. Sacrament Mat. 26. :: As the Israelites were prompt to offer these external things in the old law so Christians must offer the like for Gods seruice but specially al sortes of vertues Faith hope charitie penance deuotion prayer almes fasting c. :: If Images were vnlawful God would not haue commanded to make Cherubims 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. :: For the perpetual vâ—e and sanctitie of these loaues which none might eate but such as were pure 1. Reg. 21. they prefigured â—he holie Eucharist S. â—ur in Tâ—â— 1. S Damna â—â—n de oxtho li. 4 c. 14. S. Cyril â—â—theâ— 4. And consequently Christ is really present in the â— Sacrament For if there were bread in substance it should not excel the figure which is required it euerie thing prefigured Colless 2. :: Christs members by their vnion communitie assist ech other and adorne his tabernacle the Church :: The chieâ—â—est part of the Tabernacle called Sancta sanctorum Holie of holies :: God would not haue darknes in his tabernacle by day nor night signifying that his people ought alwayes to shine in good workes S. Beda li. 3 c. 1. de tabernac :: Vocation necessarie to spiritual function Heb. 5. :: These vestments sign fie that Bishopes and Priestes must haue special vertues discretion puritie of life sincere intention contemplatioÌ„ of God supportation of the peoples infirmitie solicitude of their good examplaâ— life sound doctrin and band of vnion S. Hiero. ad Fabiâ—l de vestitu Sacerdotum to 3. :: Knowledge of the cause and sincere proceding therin are the two keyes of right iudgement :: Special preparation before Bishops and Priests be consecrated :: The first preparation in the p 〈…〉 to bâ—â—â—â—â—e â—â—aâ—â—d is clâ—â—â—â—ng from 〈…〉 then to â—e adorned with the vertues aboue mentioned pag. 234. :: Diuers things were offered at diuers times and al signified Christs Sacrifice in his Church s. Aug li. 1. c 18. coâ— aduers leg prophet yet none daylie but a lambe more particularly signifiing the daylie offering of the lambe of God and perpetual effect therof Origen â—n Ioan. 1. :: That is 7. d ob English For a sicle of the Sanctuarie is about 15. d :: Obolus 3. farthings :: Not by Movses but by an Angel at Gods appointment Gal. 3. v. 19. :: Aaron knew what goddes they ment to wit such as they had senne worshipped in Aegypt and therfore he made them a molten calfe v. 4. :: Excesse in play called foolish mirth is the daughter of gluttonie and mother of Idolatrie S. Greg. li. 31. c. 31. Moral :: To the molten calfe which they had made :: God saying suffer me signifieth that he could be hindered S. Hierom in Ionâ— 1. :: Not only Gods promise but also his seruants merites are here proposed for procuring mercie to the people See the Annotation :: Moyses the meekest manon earth Nu. 12. in Gods cause was most zelous against sinne â— Aug. q. 144. in Exod. :: Aaron confessed the fault briefly not intending a friuolous excuse for he could not thinke but Moyses knew the truth â— Aug. q. 145 in Exod. :: Their zeale vsed with authoritie and order is here rewarded which otherwise wanting when Simeon and Leui slew the Sichemites was blamed by Iacob Gen. 34. 49. :: Moyses not content with his owne saluation would rather perish with the people then they should al be destroied and therfore at his instance God pardoned them S. Hicrâ— Eâ— 12 ad Gaâ—d in Ione 1. S. Aug q. 147. in Exod. This people thought the calfe to be the true God S. Aug. li. 18. c â— ciuit They adored that which the image represented li. 1. c. 11. para 9. Instit Caluin chargeth Moyses with arrogancie Moyses charitie concurred with Gods prouidence In hunc locum S. Aug. q. 149. in Exod. S. Chrys ho. 42. in Gen. Theâ—d q 67. in Exo. God sheweth mercie for the merites of his seruants Grace goeth before merites :: God wâ—uld not in this passage worke such miracles as he did bringing them forth of Aegypt So it is a comination because they werest ubborne and stiffe necked :: The vision of God in gloric
promised land S. Hierom. de Mans 42. to 3. :: They were retained in the ayre til the earth broken vnder them was closed againe :: Amram maried his aunt which sheweth that the second degree in consanguinitie is not forbid by the law of nature though it was after prohibited by a positiue law Leuit 18. :: For the general murmuring wherof al the people were guiltie cha 14. â— 29. :: Temporal Princes are also pastors or shepheards of the people but this made not Iosue supreme in spiritual causes For it is clere in the next lines that he had but part of Moyses his glorie or office and that was to be temporal prince Eleazar being chief in causes spiritual before vvhom and the multitude he was ordained Duke but Eleazar consulted God for him and directed his principal actions called here his going out and going in :: Varietie of Sacrifices for diuers times :: Euerie day twise 1. 2. :: On the Sabbath day 3. :: The Neomenia or new moone :: Pasch or Phase 4. 5. :: Pentecost 6. :: Feast of Trumpets 7. :: Feast of Expiation :: For remissioÌ„ of sinnes the penitents did cooperate by penal workes of fasting and abstinence from euen vntil euen Leuit. 23. 〈◊〉 â—2 S. Aug. q. 57. in Num. Theod. q. 32. in Leuit. :: Feast of Tabernacles 8. 9. :: Feast of Assemblie and Collection :: He that voweth abstinence from a thing lawful maketh it vnlawful to him selfe by his vow S. Aug. q. 56. in Num. :: In this case God wil not impute it to her for a siÌ„ne S. Aug. q. 58. :: By afflicting of the souleâ— here vnderstood restraining sensual delectation S. Aug. q. 57. in Num. :: The husbaÌ„d reuoking his consent once geuen by word or by silence to his wiues vow sinned but the wife was bound to obey him and so was excused Vowes of things not commanded S. Aug q. 57. in Num. :: VVith whoÌ„ he sinned with them he was also iustly punished :: These wemen bringing imagies of Beelphogot caused the Israelites to offer sacrifice to him before they should committe fornication with them :: In more detestation of the parents sinne God coÌ„manded to kil these children so they were preuented from committing the like crimes But ordinarily wemen children ought not to be slaine after the victorie Deut. 20. v. 14. :: A right figure of those that would possesse heauen without labour or danger But none shal be crovvned vnles he striue lavvfully 2. Tim. 2. :: These remonings and camping places signifie by what degrees christians leauing sinnes and folowing Christ our guide may come to perfect pietie S. Hierom. de mans 42. ad Fahiol :: Danger to those that destroy not infidelitie and al enormious sinnes which dwelt in their soules before their conuersion Two handes which worke saluation :: Otherwise called the dead sea where Sodom and Gomort had stood :: A mountaine so called of the multitude of scorpions which were in it :: Mediterraneal sea called great in respect of the lakes in the holie Land :: Mount of Libanus :: Yet not before sentencâ— of death â— 12. 24. S. Aug. q. 65. in Num. :: Mystically this signified that the way to true life was not open before Christs death Theodor. q. 51. in Num. S. Grig ho. 6. in Ezechielem :: Al were not bound by this law to marie but al that would marrie must contract within their owne tribe Restrant in Mariages also for a temporal cause â—â—◠◠◠〈◊〉 Tradition Christ a King and a Priest This booke is a repetition explication and suplement of the Law S. Aug. q. 49. in Deuteroâ— It presigured the Gospel et princ Leutero Mans vlt. Conteineth fiue partes Chap. 1. 4. 12. 27. 31. 34. The first part A repetition of Gods benefites the peoples ingratitude and punishment :: God so helpeth his seruantes that they also must cooperate S. Aug. q. 1. in Deut. :: Difference of sinnes :: God is also angrie with his good seruantes and punisheth theÌ„ temporally for smal sinnes S. Aug. q. 1. in Iosue :: These were men of very great stature but not equal to the giantes before the sâ—ould :: By this we are instructed to fight agaâ—st inâ—ideles but not without special cause against christians signified by the childreÌ„ of Lot and Esau :: The I dumeans once denied them passage Num. 20. v. 20. but afterwards granted therto :: God permitted him for his former sinnes to indurate him selfe See Exod. 7. v. 3. :: Longer sorte of cubites are a foote and 9 inches so this bed was 15. foote and nine inches long and 7. foote brode Vitruuius Agricola :: Esdras adding these wordes and often times the like did not against the law because such additions are agreable and not contrarie to that which was written before :: See Num. 〈◊〉 â— 12. The second part A repetition explication of the law :: To kepe Gods coÌ„mandments is counted by al nations the most excellent wisdome :: Here and in other places it is manifest that the commandments called the Decalogue are iust tenne :: Venial and least sinnes passe not with out temporal punishment :: This was also a Mysterie that the old law signified by Moyses could not bring to heauen the true land of promise but the law of Christ signified by Iosue Theodoret q. 43. in Deut. :: Conuersion of the Iewes in the end of the world As other Scriptures are included in the law so also TraditioÌ„s are conteined in the Scriptures Brentius KeÌ„nisius Caluin The Church commended by Scriptures approueth Traditions :: It is not ynough to beleue only or to know the commandments but necessarie also to fulfil them in â—vorâ—e :: The title of mediator lawfully ascribed to Gods lieuâ—enant in â—â—rth :: Coueting as other mans wife and coueting his goodes differ as much as the exterior actes of adultry and of theft And so these two commandments are as distinct as the former two Images of Idols forbid but not of other things :: Some adoration agreeth to creatures but seruice of Latria to God onlie S. Aug. q 61. in Gen. Not withstanding this commination God ofrentimes differreth punishment expecting the sinners repentance :: Gods promises coÌ„ditional if his people serue him :: God is able to make foode of what he plesse or to sustaine men without â—â—cate :: A serpent lesse then a scorpion making those whom he byteth to die of thirst Solâ—â—us in polyhist cap. de Africa :: Holie Scripture vseth the figure Hyperbola folowing the vulgar maner of speakiÌ„g as wel to helpe the vnderstanding as to moue affectioÌ„ in great and extraordinarie things :: The similitude of a calfe and called it their god Exed 32. :: This Mosera where Aaron died is more commonly called Hor. Num. 20. 33. :: VVhen iust cause requireth an oath it must be made in the name of God not of false goddes :: Raine after seeding and before haruest signifieth Gods grace first stirring
ment only of those that persist impenitent and obstinate The fourt part The prayses of Iudith who with al the people praise God :: Iudith was a special figure of the B. Virgine Marie to whom these praises perteyne in more eminent sorte then to anic other creature S. 〈◊〉 bertâ—s Carneteâ—sis :: S. Ephreâ—â— ser de 2. A â—â—ontu citeth this place as holie scripture so testifying this booke to be canonicaâ— :: Such giantes as were before Noes floud Gen. 6. :: Nor such as were after Num. 1â— Deut. â— :: Euerlasting torments of fire wormes perteyne to the damned bodies S. Aug. li. 21. c. 4. ets â—â—uit and greater paines to the damned soules especially the losse of Gods vision :: In the Greke â— 11. Manie deâ—red her to mariage :: Liuing in al 105. yeares she was widow about sixtie nine for when she slew Holofernes she was about fourtie yeares old ch 10. v. 18 and her husband was then dead three yeares and a halfe before â—h 8. v. 4. Iudith an example of holie widowhood Manie incitementes concurring to the contrarie made her widowhood more excellent Deu. 25. v 5. Ruth 3. v. 12. widowhood an Euangelical counsell Melite S. Atha S. Greg. Nazian Origen apud Euseb lib 6. c. 25. hist This whole booke is canonical The contentes VVritten by Mardocheus Diuided into â—â—ure partes This booke is read at mattins the last weeke of September The first part beginneth in the 11. ch A B :: Modestie and temperance amongst heathen people condemneth Christianes that vrge men to drinke immoderatly and so cause them to be drunke S. Au. Ser. 231. â—32 de tempore The end of immoderate feasting is commonly browling Here the king became furious and the queene was diuorsed from him :: Brentius approueth the sentence of this parasice but Iosephus li. 11 c 6. Macrobius li 7. c. 1. Saturn S. Ierom ad Rustic and S. Ambrose l. de â—â—hâ— c. 14 iudge the queenes refusal lawful and agreable to the Persians lawes which prohibited maried weâ—â— to come in sight of other men in great assemblies neither had the king iust cause to break that law for pleasing his phansie in his drunken humour v. 10. Luther also wresteth this example in fanoure of adulterie par 2. de diuortio folio 177. Editionis â—â—itenber 〈◊〉 1553. 4 Reg. 24. :: Deut. â— v. 3. Israelites are forbid to marie with Gentiles yet when there was no danger to be peruerted and great hope of good Esther by Mardocheus counsel consented to marie king Assuerus though otherwise she detested the bed of the incircumcised and of euerie stranger â—h 14. v. 15. K. Dauid also maried the kings daughter of Gessuâ— 2. Reg. 3. v. 3. :: Mardocheus hearing suspicious wordes and obseruing their actions sawe that they intended euel and informed the King wherby their â—â—eson was disouered Rab. â—alom Iosep * C ch 12. v. 1. D :: Aman exacted such honour as heathen people gaue to their lesse goddes which was also idolatrie for Mardocheus was willing to giue him ciuiâ— honour euen to kisse the steppes of his feete but feared and refused â—o geue Godlie honour to him ch 13. v. 13. 14. S. Thâ— 2. 2. q. 84. a. 1. :: Such is the preposterous â—nrie of rancour to appoint the day of executing his malice before he had got the kings decree The second part The Iewes danger to be massacred * E ch 13. v. 1. :: The letter at large is in the seuen first verses of the 13 ch of which this is the summe F The third part The deliuerie of the Iewes from danger :: The first and best remedie in distresse is to do workes of penance for sinnes coÌ„mitted 1. Cor. 11. 〈…〉 :: Great confidence in Gods helpe when mans helpe fayleth and in dede this meanes by mouing the kings haâ—t to grant Esthers petition was Gods special worke * G ch 1. v. 1. H * I ch 15. v. 4. K :: This prudence in delaying to propose her petition increased the kings desire to know it moued him to promise more assuredly so bond him the more to accomplish it :: Gods eye which neuer slepeth saw whath Aman intended and for execution of his owne diuiue iustice vsed this meanes bâ—y subtracting slepe that time from the king and inspiring his mind to heare the histories read and to reward good seruice donne Ioseph :: Ambicious men are most bâ—â—nde in conceite of their owne deserts and fortunes :: Either they had read Gods promise to the Iewes Gen 13 15. c. or coniectured this by humaine prudence :: After three-three-dayes fast of al the Iewes with prayers and other workes of penance Esther asked and obtained the saftie of the whole people more precious to her then halfe of the kingdom :: Horrour of a guiltie conscience is commonly the first torment of a sinner S. Chrissocons 4. de Lagaro :: VVhat litle trust in false freindshipe when bad men once fal into disgrace :: Such honour is due to kinges yea though they be Infideles because they haue terrestrial maiestie and authoritie from God And the contrarie opinion and behauiour of heretikes vvhich despice Dominion and blaspheme Maiestie is condemned by S. Iude in his Epistle v. 8. * Lch. 16. v. 1. M :: VVhere no more danger remaineth remission of iniuries is more commendable then reuenge but where malice continueth and new danger may probably ensue iustice is necessarie and afterwards peace may be made more securely S. Bernad ser 2. dâ— verb. Apost :: In the â—iâ—a slaughter Amans tenne sonnes were slayne and afterwards also hanged v. 14. The fourth parth Other thinges folowing their deliuerie from danger :: The Iewes in Susan kept the fiftenth day holie v. 18 those that dwelt in other places kept the fourtenth day :: A feast instituted by Mardocheus was accepted and obserued by al the Iewes as a constitution agreable and not contratie to the law Deut. 4. v. 2 12. v. 32. Psal 76. Great and maruelous changes by the power of God D. Tho. prologo in Epist Canonic Esther a figure of our B ladie And of the Church :: S. Ierome here aduertiseth the reader that he found al hitherto in the Hebrew And the parcels which folow only in the Septuaginta Greke Edition which either they translated out of the Hebrew or added by inspiration of the Holie Ghost * The Greke of the 72. Interpreters A :: Except the 72. The first part The presage and occasion of Esthers aduancement and Amans persecuting the Iewes :: Mardocheus had this dreame before Amans aduancement or his owne and the peoples danger 4. Reg. 24. :: Mardocheus was a good dragon and Aman a bad one :: Esther by her fountaine of teares and humble supplication quenched a great flame of Gentiles against the Iewes ch 10. * B chap. 1. v. 1. C :: Here it appeareth that Aman was a fauourer of traitors of perhaps of the same conspiracie * D ch 3.
parente his vvrath must nedes be very great to euerie sinner for his ovvne proper sinnes p The hope of glorious resurrection turneth our calamities into spiritual ioy q Yea the more we suffer in this life for the truth the greater is our comforth in hope of reward r Not only in that we are thy creatures but also in that we are thy seruants we are thy proper worke therfore in both these respectes ô God looke vpon vs with clemencie ſ lead also our posteritie into the right way and make them thy seruantes t O God illuminate our vnderstanding v make our actions by thy grace profitable to vs. vv and make perfect in vs the worke of charitie In which one worke al good workes are included and to which al other are directed For then workes are right sayth S. Angustin when they are directed to this one end Gods prouidence the 3. key a Praise of Gods prouidence with thankes b Which Dauid songue with voice c He that firmely relieth and resteth vpon Gods prouidence is assuredly protected by him d Al secret and sutle machinations e and from al crueltie of tyrants f Terrors obscurly suggested by euil men or spirites with erronions conceipte that men are not bond in time of temporal dangers to confesse the truth g Open persecution threatning present death except men denie the truth which they know h circumuention of craftie enimies by sutle arguing and drawing men into error and so to decline from Catholique Religion i long torments euen to death except Gods seruants wil relent and denie the truth which they assuredly beleue and know in their conscience that they are bond to professe it k On thy left side in aduersitie manie fal from God l on thy right side in prosperitie manie more forgete and forsake God m In sincerely sayng thou art my hope thou makest God thy refuge n Angels haue protection of men by Gods ordinance o The diuel corruptly alleageth this scripture Mat. 4 omitting the latter part of this verse which sheweth when Angels protect iust men towitte when they walke in a right path obseruing ordinarie course in their actions not in geuing themselues headlong into needles danger as the same diuel proposed to our Sauiour to cast himself downe from the pinnacle of the temple Such falling is not the way of the iust but of Lucifer that fel from heauen So S. Bernard noteth Ser. 15. in hunc Psal p God speaketh the rest that foloweth in this Psalme q In eternal saluation Foure sortes of persecution for the Catholique faith 1. 2. 3 4 God leaueth none but those that first leaue him The vvorkes of God admirable the 2. key a Voices beginning instrumentes prosecute this song b when we rest from worke then especially vve ought to thincke vpon Gods vvorkes praise and thanke him for the same c To geue thankes d In prosperitie e in aduersitie f On euerie instrument of tenne stringes signifying the obseruation of the tenne commandments g namely on the Psalter h also on the harpe which signifieth mortification i Carnal and sensual man k he that thinketh only of present thinges not of future l The iust in confidence of a good conscience expect exaltation of their powre m and great consolation in the end of their life n Then shal the iust see their enimies depressed and themselues florish like the palme and ceder trees as folovveth o Militant Church p triumphant q Publikly professe Gods praeises as in the wordes folowing Perpetuitie of the Church the 6. key a Praise to be songue vvith voice b composed by Dauid c the sixth day of the weeke vvhich is our friday d in vvhich day the Church of Christ vvas founded by his bloud shed on the crosse f gloriously escending in soule into limbus and in bodie to his graue g he then put on al armour of strength strength to reforme the world and to inlarge his kingdom according to his owne prediction where he saide If I be exalted from the earth I wil draw al thinges vnto myselfe Ioan. 12. v. 31. Our Sauiour founding his Church by his death begane then to reigne therin h Not only in Iurie and Samaria but the whole earth i and the same Church shal not be destroyed k Christ being eternal hath an euerlasting Church l Al sortes of persecuters the High priestes who sometimes vvatered the spiritual land like riuers vvith Scribes Pharises and other incredulous Ievves also Paganes Turkes and Heretikes haue oppugned the Church m With more force then anie persecutions in the old Testament n but though al these assaultes be great and meruelous yet Christ in protecting his Church is more meruelous o Articles of faith are not euidently apparent to knovvlege but euident to credibilitie to those that are disposed by Gods grace illuminating their vnderstanding and mouing their free vvil to geue consent of beleefe if they vvil p It behoueth therfore al members of the Church to conuerse piously and religiously in this life seing she hath so excellent a spouse protector and instructor q euen to the end of the vvorld Eternal saluation and damnation the 10. key a The Hebrevv letter Lamed vvhich ordinarily is prefixed to the datiue case or signifieth to being set before proper names is a signe of the genetiue case Yet the Septuagint expresse it by the datiue and so doth the latin ipsi Dauid and consequently our English hath to Dauid himselfe to shevv a difference betvven sacred and profane vvriters For in humane bookes the vvriter and auctor is al one but in diuine the Holie Ghost is the proper auctor and a man is the vvriter To signifie therfore the principal auctor Dauid is sometimes named as the instrumental cause to vvhom the Holie Ghost inspired this and other Psalmes and by vvhom they vvere vvritten And vvhen the titles expresse othervvise A Psalme of Dauid yet it is so to be vnderstood that the Holie Ghost is alvvayes the principal auctor and Dauid the instrumental ministerial or secondarie auctor But vvhen other names are expressed either in the genetiue or datiue case or hovvsoeuer it proueth not that those men vvere the vvriters of the same Psalmes but importeth some other thing as by S. Augustins iudgement vve noted in the proemial Annotations page 3. 4. vvherby is proued that this Psalme vvas not written nor composed by Moyses as Hebrevv Rabbins suppose but by the Royal Psalmist Dauid b Made and ordinarily songue in the sourth day of the vveke our vvenesday in vvhich day Iudas the traitor sold our Sauiour Christ to his enimies The reuenge of vvhich vvickednes and of al other sinnes is here prophecied c God more commonly called the God of mercie vvhich vertue in him is aboue al his vvorkes Psal 144 is also the God of reuenges according to his iustice d He procedeth in iudgement resolutly not depending nor fearing not respecting anie person povvre
for the assured certaintie therof f As wel the worshippers of grauen or painted images of Iupiter Mars Bacchus and the like as the worshippers of the same imagined false goddes shal be confounded g The Catholique Church h And al particular Churches members of the vniuersal i Praise our Lord Christ who is sanctitie it selfe and sanctifieth others The Church in al nations The 6. key a Prefiguring Christ who hath made his saluation knowen in al nations b A new benefite of grace making men new in spirite requireth a new songue of gratitude c Raised vp himselfe from death d Made his grace effectually knowen by raising men from sinne and deliuering them from the powre of the diuel e Some of the Iewes conuerted to Christianitie Rom. 11. f In voice Cantate exultate psallite g In hart h In instruments i Christ directeth and disposeth al thinges rightly in this world k And wil accordingly geue iust sentence in the end Christ our Messias the 5. key a Though manie enimies do rage and impugne Christ b though the whole earth be trubled thervvith yet Christ vvho sitteth Lord ouer the highest Angels Cherubins and Seraphins obteyneth the victorie reigneth and doth his vvil in al the earth c Requireth discretion d in fauour of thyn elect people e Hebrevv Doctors expound this of the Arke in the old testament but the Doctors of the Church vnderstand Christs humanitie in the holie Eucharist f Here it is euident and S. Augustin sayth this place taketh avvay al doubt that Moyses vvas a Priest against those that for maintaining the heresie of Laiheadshippe denie it â— 23. in Leuit. g By example of their praying and obtaining the Psalmist confirmeth his prophecie that Priestes of the new Testament shal pray and obtaine mercie of Christ for the Church h God reuenged the machinations made against them punishing the rebellion of chore Dathan and Abyron Num. 16. Christs humanitie is his footestoole adored in the Eucharist S. Ambrose S. Augustin The receiuers of the B. Sacrament do sinne if they do not adore it One Creator of al thinges The 1. key a of praise b Not only Iewes but also al Gentiles c God eueryvvhere present yet more peculiarly heareth his suppliants praying in the temple or place dedicated to his seruice d He only whom we serue as our Lord is the only God and there is no other e Peculiar dedicated place as v. 2. f As God is alwayes merciful in geuing and promising g so he is euer faithful in performing Instruction to gouerne the 7. key a These tvvo capital diuine vertues are euer ioyned in al Gods vvorkes for both vvhich experienced tovvards him selfe the Psalmist rendereth thankes and praises b I wil do myn endeuoure to knovv the immaculate vvay c vvhich I can not do but by thy grace coming vnto me For by helpe therof I did as folovveth d That is al and euerie one thus wickedly disposed I abhorred e I kept such vnder as a seruant or slaue f Prospered not gotte no benefite by me g Speedely and without delay I cutte of al disordered people h that others might not be corrupted by them The fift penitential Psalme the 7. key a Euerie petition is a prayer b and that which procedeth from more feruent affection is called a crie though it burst not out into clamoure nor perhaps into anie voice at al. For God saide to Moyses praying in mere silence but vvith vehemencie of spirite Exod. 14 VVhy criest thou to me c Though sinne prouoke Gods wrath because we by sinning turne from him and not he first from vs yet we pray God not so to leaue vs but to geue vs new grace that by humilitie and penance we may returne to him and not dye in sinne d Mans dayes and al his workes are nothing worth but vanish like smoke so long as he is in mortal sinne e yea his best workes as if he geue almose fast pray and dye for the truth yet al those auaile nothing 1. Cor. 13. but are f like dryed stickes or chippes fitte to kindle the fire g My soule separated by sinne from God withereth as grasse that is cutte from the roote h because I haue lost al sauour and appetite to spiritual meate i In this miserable state k I am as bones and flesh cleauing together without moysture or radical humour l I fled from conuersation of men for sorow and shame of my sinnes m as a crow that only flieth by night or as an owle or batte n Also as a sparow hauing lost her mate remaineth mourning and solitarie in the accustomed nest ornere vnto it o Those that were wont to praise or flatter me now are as sworne enimies against me p Bread sauoured to me no better then ashes q and drinke gaue me no comfort but stil I wept r I am most especially aflicted because thou art angrie Å¿ In that thou didst sometime aduance me in prosperitie t my fall is so much greater and more grieuous v As a shadow declineth to nothing and al becometh darknes when the sunne and other light departeth euen so I that am but a shadow decline to mere darknes when thy fauoure parteth from me w and I lose my beautie as grasse cutte from the ground withereth x But I am meruelously comforted considering that thou our Messias the Sonne of God art immutable for euer y and thy memorable promise of redeeming mankind wil haue effect in al generations z Thou rising to helpe who semedst to haue forgote wilt protect the Church and euerie faithful soule a because thou hast differred long b and because the time by thee designed semeth to approch c Men that shal heare thyn Apostles preach shal proue good and fitte matter for the building of thy Church d and the simplest poore people as it were the earth or dust e shal participate of this mercie f Besides those Iewes that shal beleue in Christ much more the Gentiles shal feare and serue him g His glorie is so euident that al kinges know it though al be not conuerted h Of holie Patriarches Priestes Prophetes and of al true penitents i That shal be made a new creature in Christ k The faithful people of the Church according to their habilitie endeuour to serue Christ l Grant me time and meanes to be mature in vertue in this life m Be changed in qualitie Heb. 1. n The Church of Christ perpetual Gratitude for Gods benefits The 7. key a Inspired to Dauid and written by him b Shew forth praises and thankes c al my cogitations affections senses and powres d The first benefite of grace is remission of sinnes e the second is curing euil habites or dispositions f The third to conserue from falling againe g the fourth to geue victorie and reward in abundant measure h The fifth to grant al lawful petitions temporal and spiritual which are good for the soule i
vvombe of the Catholique Church l Moreouer as a strong archer striketh deepe with his arrovves so they that patiently suffer much in this vvorld m do multiplie good vvorkes n Such shal be very happie o very easily ansvver al that can be obiected against them p in the day of Iudgement Feare of God the vvay to happines the 7. key a If such seruants of God be maried they shal ordinarily haue issue and succession in their fa 〈…〉 but especially the soules of such shal bring forth manie meritorious vvorkes b in the bâ—â—ome of the Catholique Church vvhich vvas founded in Christs side c Children also signifie good workes d Revvard in heauen for good vvorkes in earth The Church stil firme in persecution the 6. key a Israel vvhich is the Church of God reioycing saith that enimies haue often b euen from the beginning of the world persecuted me as when Cain persecuted Abel other wicked persecuted Seth Enoch Noe the Chalders persecuted Abraham the Aegyptians persecuted the Israelites and so in other generations c But they haue neuer ouercome me So the Psalmist testifieth for al times past prophecieth the same for times to come d Persecuters not being able to ouerthrow or suppresse the Church haue laide great weightie burdens of tribulations vpon her backe which she hath patiently and strongly borne e they haue stil persisted one sorte after an other but with long animitie the Church hath stood fast and constantly passed through al distresses In moral sense sinners build iniquitie vpon the back of the Church yea and vpon Gods back when they presume to sinne trusting in the end to be absolued by vertue of holie Sacraments leift in the Church Likewise when they excuse their sinnes imputing the cause to other creatures of God vvherby they are allured vvhich is in effect saith S. Augustin to accuse God and to build iniquities on Gods back vvho made those creatures f God therfore who is iust vvil at last cast such presumptuous sinners from his back and breake their stiffe neckes g then shal they be confounded h separated eternally from God become like fruitles and vvithered grasse cast avvay despised yea cursed of al and blessed by none as the Prophet denounceth in the next verses The sixth penitential Psalme the 7. key a This prayer agreeth to al true penitents crying to God for helpe being â—â— her in depth of sorovv for sinne and so it is one of the Penitential Psalmes or the depth of feruent desire to ascend tovvards perfection in vertue and from this vaile of miserie into heauen and so it is a Gradual Psalme or in the depth of temporal paines and so it is a special prayer for soules in Purgatorie offered by the Church in their behalfe b None is able to abide the rigour of Gods iustice c But al must relie vpon his mercie d For thy promises made in the law that thou wilt remitte sinnes to the penitent geue more grace to them that seeke it and mitigate also the paines due for sinnes e The hope of penitents is like to the watches of the day time from morning vntil night vvhich are more comfortable then vvatches of the night f The greatest comforth is in Christ our Redemer vvhose plentiful Redemption bringeth more abundance of grace g Christs Redemption being sufficient for al the vvorld is effectual only to true liuing members of the Catholique Church Confidence of innocencie the 7. key a Dauid by Gods special grace hauing a sincere minde tovvards al men euen tovvards his enimies and an humble hart not desiring anie thing ambiciously but al to the honour of God proposeth his ovvne example for others to imitate that they may vvith him offer the sacrifice of humilitie and innocencie vnto God from vvhom al good thinges procede b Al this vvith a thankful mind to God vvho gaue this grace c As children after they are vveaned come stil vvillingly to their mother so doth the childe of God relie vpon Gods helpe though he alvvayes feele not the same svvetnes d according to his demaneur herein he expecteth revvard e King Dauid or anie other being for his vertue aduanced and revvarded by God is a good example to moue others to do the like so shal they receiue like revvard Christs coming to restore man the 5. key a It is an vsual thing that Dauid Moyses other Prophetes speake of themselues in the third person b King Dauid desiring and so farre as lay in him promising to build a Temple to God vvith great instance prayed that he might persorme the same But God disposing othervvise that not he but his sonne should build it he neuertheles prepared the matter vvorkemen and money shevved the forme and disposed the Leuites hovv to serue therin c Moreouer by vovv depriued himself of entering into his ovvne house or taking his ordinarie rest til he might if it so pleased God knovv the place vvhere it should be built d It vvas reueled to Dauid that the Temple should be built in that part of Ierusalem vvhich looketh tovvards Bethleem othervvise called Ephrata vvhere our Sauiour vvas borne e VVithin Ierusalem vvhich is compassed vvith vvoodes In this vision also the vvhole forme of the Temple vvas reueled vnto him as he testifieth 1. Par. 28. v. 19. Al thinges quoth he came vvritten vvith the hand of our Lord vnto me that I might vnderstand al the vvorkes of the paterne f Holie Dauid moued vvith exceding deuotion repared to the place vvhere Gods Temple should be built g adored God vvhere the Propitiatorie as a footstoole representing Gods presence should stand VVhat meruel then if deuotion moue Christians to visite the holie places vvhere our Sauiour God and Man vvas Incarnare vvas borne suffered death vvas buried ascended into heauen or anie other place vvhere his feete stood h O God leauing Silo Gabaon and the like places come into thy holie Temple i VVith the Arke of couenant vvhere thou sanctifiest thy people And here againe the Prophet illuminated vvith a higher Mysterie and inflamed vvith more deuotion prayeth for Christes coming into the vvorld and that after his Passion he vvil rise not only in glorie of soule but also of bodie prefigured by the Arke of testimonie vvhich vvas in the tabernacle and after in the Temple k Grant therfore that thy Priestes vvhich must offer sacrifice in this sacred place be indued vvith vertues and good life vvorthie of their degree l and the Leuites vvho are ordained to serue there be likevvise made fitte for their diuers functions both in the old and nevv Testament m And seing thou hast geuen such meeknes deuotion zele sinceritie and other vertues making him a man according to thyne ovvne hart and therupon promised to establish his sede n differ not to send thy promised Messias Christ our Redemer o Henceforth to the end of this Psalme the Prophet relateth Gods reuelation to him That he hath truly
of compassion â—id wepe with their goddesse :: The prophet being first instructed by a voice that the destruction is nere at hand * Vas intersectionis :: forthvvith in the same vision 〈…〉 men coming to kil the idolaters :: Yet one is sâ—â—t before the six to â—aâ—ke some vvhom Gods mercie vvil saue from the slaughter because he neuer suffereth his Church to be vvholly destroyed * Marke vvith †:: For abuses of holie Sacrifices Sacramentes and other sacred Rites God suffereth first Churches and Monasteries to be destroyed and clergie men and other religious persons to be persecuted and so punishment proceedeth to other offenders as 1. Pet. 4. v. 17. iudgement beginneth at the house of God Some translate Signe a signe or sette a marke vpon the foreheades Others translate more distinctly Signe Thau vpon the foreheades or Marke the foreheades vvith Thau or T. That is with the letter which hath the forme of a Crosse It was in the time of Ezechiel in figure now is in remembrance of Christs Crosse The ancient Fathers testifie the continual vse of the signe of the Crosse in the Church Exo. 1â— 1. Cor. â— Honour of the Crosse proueth Christ to be God The signe of the Crosse vsed in Baptisme in Confirmation in the B Eucharist and in aâ— holie Rites Miraculous apparitions of the signe of the Crosse The signe â—â—â— the Crosse shal appeare before Christ coÌ„ming to iudge The vnsigned shal be confounded The rightly signed shal be glorified :: In this vision appeared in the ayre as it vvere a man sitting in a throne of sapphire stone ouer the image of Cherubs foure wheeles vnder them :: The strange forme of these foure payre of wheeles signified the consonant agrement of the old and nevv Testament S Greg. ho. 6. in Ezech. :: They were readie to goe forward backward on the right hand on the left or to what part soeuer without turning about :: It semeth euerie one had as it vvere foure faces v. â—t al like mens faces but one more resembling a mans face then the other one some what resembling an ore face c. 1. here called the face of a cherish another the face of a lion the other of an eagle :: The prophet in Chaldea saw in spirite what was dont in Ierusalem :: VVere not nevv houses builded say the false prophetes sine Ieremie said that al our houses should be destroyed vvherupon they inferiâ— that his prophecie is false :: and so counted themselues as secure in Ierusalem as flesh in the potte :: The false prophetes feared warres but not captiuitie therfore the prophet assureth them that the people shal feele both sword captiuitie :: He lamented not the death of the false prophet but feared great ruine of the people seeing this wicked man dye so sodenly :: God stil conserueth his Church from vtter ruine as the prophets do often affirme Iere. 4. v. 27. ch 5. v. â—â— 18. Psal 88. â— â— â—â— :: Prouide furniture for trauel :: Trusse vp carie bag and bagage from one place to an other :: The false prophetes argued here Ezechiel of contradiction that the king should be caried into Babylon and should not see Babylon But the euent conuinced their rash iudgement For he vvas caried thither blinde 4. Reg. â—â— :: That which is commonly saide of manie is called a prouerbe :: False prophetes perswaded the people that seing the captiuitie foretold by the prophetes was not yet come therfore it would neuer come As heretikes shal denie the day of general iudgement â— Pet. â— :: As a wal of clay or morter without straw or other temperature is washed away with rayne so vaine hopes of securitie without repentance good vvorkes deceiue the careles people that liue in sinne :: There were also false prophetisses feaning to be illuminated with the spirit of Prophecie as Debora Iud 4 Holda 4. Reg 22. other holie vvemen vvere in dede true prophetisses but these by :: flaterie deceiued the people saying they vvere in good state and in securitie vvhen they vvere in sinne in exâ—teme danger of both temporal and eternal â—â—â—â— :: God reueled to the prophet that these men came not sincerely to lerne but were setled in their hart to serue the idoles As vvorldlie men in heretical countries do inquire of Catholique Priestes vvhat they should do but remaine resolued to participate with heretiks :: Such men are first of al to be admonished to depart from idolatrie heresie schisme from al practise therof which is the first step of true conuersion to God :: God permitteth false prophetes to be deceiued to deceiue in punishment of their owne sinnes and of the people that heare them 3. Reg. 22. v. 19. 2. Par. 18. v. 18. :: Daniel then liuing Noe Iob departed from this life did sometime pray for the people els this allegation of their interceding were not to the purpose of confirming Gods immutable decre to punish this obstinate people As is noted of Moyses and Samuel Iere. 15. :: Noe is named for example of spiritual Pastors of the Church Daniel of al religious orders Iob of holie laie people S. Gregorie li 1. c. 1â— â—or :: There shal alvvayes be Pastors to bring forth seede spiritual children of God Gods Church is very often and fitly compared to a vine in respect of the excellent fruite so the branches cut of from the Church are most like to wilde superfluitie of the vine good for nothing but to the fire S. Aug. Tract 81. in Io. :: In burning a fagot the middes being first consumed v. 4. the rest of both endes are likewise put in the fire til al be consumed so none that are out of the Church can escape the fire :: Ezechiel was now in Babylon and therforce this admonition which he should geue to Ierusalem was to be notified there by letters and messengers sent thither for this purpose :: By al this is signified that God made the Israelites of a barbarous nation to be ciuil and gaue them not only thinges necessarie but also :: ornaments aboue the state of other nations especially in spiritual benefites geuing a Law with Sacrifices Sacraments and other holy rites :: Adulterous wemen doe deceiue their husbandes bringing them other mens children but the Ievves gaue their lawful children to the vvorst adulterers sacrificing them to idols 4. Reg. 16. 17 21. 23. :: Al fornication is abominable but that is must detestable when vveâ—â—â— gâ—ue revvards to men for fornication or adultrie :: As Ierusalem was wont to be vvicked in former times so it is novv :: Ambition 〈…〉 idlenes are cause of much more sinnes temperance laboure bring forth much good fruite Olla si tollas perâ—ere cupidinis arcus Take avvay idlenes Cupids bovv is vveake Labor omnia vincit :: By Sodom other cities are vnderstood al nations vvhich shal come to Christ :: After that al other nations are
breadth 90. so it was in citcuite of the vvalles 480. And euerie forlong hauing 125. paces of fiue foote the pace the compasse vvas 60. Italian myles about 50. or 48. English myles a sufficient trauel of three dayes to passe through the principal streates and more publique places therof b As vvel this as manie other like prophecies shevv that Gods threates are conditional if sinners vvil repent for then God changeth his sentence S. Chrys ho. 5. ad popul S. Iero in hun â—ocum S. Greg. li. 16 c. 18 Moral The same is also clere Iere 18. v. 8. c Great remorse detestation of sinne maketh penitents to excede in austere vvorkes vvhich being vvel meant is accepted at Gods handes so it be not indiscreete Iere. 18. Ioel. â— a Ionas coniectured by their penance that God vvould for this time spare Niniue and so vvas afflicted fearing that both this and other prophecies should be reputed vn certaine But this doubt is solued vnderstanding Gods threates to be conditional as before ch 3 v. 4. and so it proued For they falling againe into former sinnes vvere afterwards destroyed Nahum 1. 2 3. Psal 58. Ioel. 2. b Ionas had iust cause to be greued so God had iust cause of compassion that the citie should not perish In this prophecie vvhich is also an historie vvho could haue thought that Ionas had bene a figure of our Sauiours death and resurrection vnles himself had so expounded it Mat. 12. * greued S. Epiph. devita prophet Micheas prophecied the same time vvith Isai c. a If the prophet should not admonish the people both he and they should dye in their sinne Iere. 3. v. 18 19 but he dischargin his office as â—od is witnes they not repenting shal perish in their iniquitie Deut. 32. Isa 1. Isa 26. b Samaria gathering riches by traffike with idolaters communicated also vvith them in idolatrie therfore their riches shal be caried into Niniue other places of Assyria c Tel not these calamities vvhich I foreshew amongst your enimies lest they reioyce therat d But lament in your ovvne houses vvhich shal be ruined replenished vvith dust S. Ierome here testifieth the hardnes of this place praying for the assistance of the Holie Ghost to vnderstand it e Ironiously he sayth the glorie that is the miserie of Israel shal be extended to Odolla the vttermost citie of Iuda a By the figure Liptote that is here called vnprofitable vvhich is indede extreme hurtful hath nothing profitable in it b The princes of the people command the prophets not to speake and inculcate so much of future afflictions c God ansvvereth that his threates procede from his mercie For he vvould saue al and those that either vvalke rightly or repent shal feele the effect of his mercie but except they be admonished neither the good vvil perseuere in goodnes nor the euil returne into the right vvay d In further proofe of Gods mercie he promiseth to gather his Church of al nations by Christ a The chief of both the kingdomes the tvvo tribes the tenne were great extorcioners and the poore murmuring against the rich also extorted ech from other imitating the greater sorte in euil b False prophetes sought also their priuate gaine c Likewise the Iudge peruerted iudgement scraping their tempo al profite of other mens quarels Ezec. 22. Soph. 3. d And therfore al sortes greeuously offending shal al vvorthely perish Iere. 26. a The Ievves confesse this prophecie to be of Christ the promised Messias but denie it to be of our Sauiour IESVS of Nazareth framing for their purpose diuers arguments which the lerned may see very vvel confuted by Doct. Franc. Ribera in this place The later dayes are this whole time from Christ to the end of the vvorld which is the last time or state after which shal be no other statâ— of time but eternitie Though in some places the later dayes or last dayes signifie the time that folovveth after the thing then mentioned as Isa 9. v. 1. 2 Tim. 3. v. 1. Isa 2. b True and sincere christians loue kepe peace yea rather sustaine iniuries with meeknes then contend one against an other 1 Cor. 6. c Al such quiet patient people as vvalke in the name of God our Lord wil kepe this peace yea euen vvith them that hate peace Pâ— 119. suffering persecution with alacritie of minde Heb. 10. v. 34. S. Iren l. 4. c 67. aduers haeres S Iustin Apolog. 2. pro Christian S. Cyril in hunc locuÌ„ d The Iewes shal be at last conuerted to Christ Soph. 3. Luc. 1. Dau. 7. e Captiuitie of the two tribes f The relaxation from captiuitie a Ierusalem is called daughter of the spoiler that is addicted to spoyling oppressing the poore as ch â— and therfore shal be spoyled yet shal be restored conserued til Bethlehem bring forth the Dominatour Christ our Lord. Mat. 2. Ioan. â— b Bethlehem a smal citie of least account amongst manie yet by Christ borne there it became not a litle one but more excellent then manie others Mat. â— v. 6. Christ man and God The Church hath alvvayes true pastors a VVheras God shevved most singular great benefits the vngratful malignant people required him with most vvicked reprochful crueltie As is excellently set forth in the Churches seruice on good friâ—friâ—day Iere. 2. Exo 14. Num. 22. b Both Moyses Aaron were figures of our Sauiour and their sister Marie a figure of B Marie the mother of Christ c VVorkes of iustice mercie do farre excel external sacrifice of the old lavv Leuit. 26. Deut. 28. Agge 1. d Thou Ierusalem art so wicked foolish as to imitate the most vvicked kings and people of the tenne tribes Amri Achab. 3. Reg 16. v. 25. 30. a Such general speach doth not importe absolutly al vvithout exception but that very manie or the farre greater part of the vvicked remaned so stil notvvithstanding the prophetes diligence in preaching by the vvhich fevv were conuerted b In time of great general distresse ne rest freindes euen domestical may not be trusted because euerie one in such case hath care of himself though it be vvith preiudice of others Mat. 10. v. 21. â—5 c Babylon shal be taken and spoyled by the Medes Persians by them the Iewes shal be deliuered vvherat the Chaldees vvil much repine d Pastors office is to feede and rule vvith meate and rodde vvith doctrine and discipline Iere. 10. Act. 10. Collos 2. Iuc 1. v. 55. 73. Gen. 22. v. 17. f God gaue truth to Iacob performing that vvhich was promised g of his mere mercie to Abraham S. Ierom. Epist ad Paulin. Nahum prophecied about 50. yeares after Ionas â—ere 135. before the destruction of Niniue a Burden signifieth comminatorie pen siue prophecie of ruine and punishment Allegorically Nahum according to his name comforteth the iust shevving that God vvil reuenge them by destroying
al the princes and to his seruantes for the coniunction and mariage of Esther And he gaue rest to al the prouinces and bestowed giftes according to princely magnificence †And when virgins were sought the second time and gathered together Mardocheus taried at the kings gate †neither had Esther as yet vttered her countrie people according to his coÌ„mandment For what soeuer he commanded Esther obserued and she did al thinges so as she was wont at that time when he nourished her a litle one †At that time therfore when Mardocheus abode at the kings gate Bagathan and Thares were angrie two of the kings eunuches that were porters and were chiefe in the first entrie of the palace and they would make insurrection against the king and kil him †Wherof Mardocheus gotte notice and immediatly he told it to queene Esther and she to the king in the name of Mardocheus who had reported the thing vnto her †It was examined and found and they were both hanged on a gibbet And it was put in the histories and registred in the cronicles before the king CHAP. III. Aman aduanced by the king is much offended that Mardocheus doth not adore him 6. and therfore procureth the kings decree to destroy the whole nation of Iewes AFTER these things king Assuerus aduanced Aman the sonne of Amadathi which was of the stocke of Agag he put his throne aboue al the princes which he had †And al the kings seruantes that were in the doores of his pallace bowed their knees and adored Aman for so the emperour had commanded them onlie Mardocheus did not bowe his knee nor adore him †To whom the kings seruantes that were chiefe at the doores of the pallace said Why doest thou aboue the rest not obserue the kings commandment †And when they said this often and he would not heare they told Aman desirous to know whether he would perseuere in his sentence for he had told them that he was a Iew. †Which when Aman had heard and had proued by experience that Mardocheus bowed not his knee vnto him nor adored him he was angrie excedingly †And he counted it a matter of nothing to lay his handes vpon Mardocheus alone for he had heard that he was of the nation of the Iewes and he would rather destroy al the nation of the Iewes that were in the kingdom of Assuerus †The first moneth which is called Nisan in the twelfth yeare of the reigne of Assuerus the lot was cast into a potte which in Hebrew is called Phur before Aman in what day and what moneth the nation of the Iewes should be slayne and there came forth the twelfth moneth which is called Adar †And Aman said to king Assuerus There is a people dispersed through al the prouinces of thy kingdom and separated one from an other vsing new lawes and ceremonies moreouer also contemning the kings ordinances And thou knowest very wel that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they waxe insolent by libertie †If it please thee decree that they may perish and I wil pay ten thousand talentes to the cofferers of thy treasure †The king therfore tooke the ring that he vsed from his hand and gaue it to Aman the sonne of Amadathi of the progenie of Agag the enemie of the Iewes †and he said to him The siluer which thou doest promise be it thine but concerning the people doe that which pleaseth thee †And the kings scribes were called in the first moneth Nisan the thirtenth day of the same moneth and there was written as Aman had commanded to al the kings lieuftenantes and iudges of the prouinces and of diuers nations as euerie nation could read and heare according to the varietie of languages in the name of king Assuerus and the letters signed with his ring †were sent by the kings postes to al prouinces that they should kil and destroy al the Iewes from boy vnto old man children and wemen in one day that is in the thirtenth of the twelth monerh which is called Adar and should spoyle them of their goodes †And the content of the letters was this that al prouinces might know prepare them selues against the day aforesayd †The postes that were sent made hast to fulfil the kings coÌ„mandment And immediatly the edict hong in Susan the king and Aman feasting and al the Iewes that were in the citie weeping CHAP. IIII. Al the Iewes lament their imminent danger 5. Mardocheus willeth Esther to intreate the king for their â—afiie 11. She fearing to goe to the king contrarie to his law vncalled 15. yet they al fasting and praying for her she doth it VVHICH things when Mardocheus had heard he rent his garmentes and was clothed with sackcloth sprinkling ashes on his head and in the streat of the middes of the citie he cried with a lowed voyce shewing the anguish of his mind †and with this wayling going euen to the doores of the pallace for it was not lawful for one clothed with sackcloth to enter the kings court †In al prouinces also townes and places to which the kings cruel decree was come there was great mourning with the Iewes fasting howling and weeping manie vsing sackcloth and ashes for their couch †And Esthers maides and the eunuches went in and told her Which she hearing was astonyed and she sent a garment that the sackcloth being taken away they should put it on him which he would not take †And calling for Athach the eunuch whom the king had geuen her for a seruant to Mardocheus commanded him to goe and to learne of him why he did this †And Athach going forth went to Mardocheus standing in the streate of the citie before the palace doore †who told him al thinges that had chanced how Aman had promised that he would bring siluer into the kings treasures for the slaughter of the Iewes †He gaue him also a copie of the edict which hong in Susan that he should shew it to the queene and should admonish her to enter in to the king and to intreate him for her people †Athach returning told Ester al things that Mardocheus had sayd †Who answered him and bad that he should say to Mardocheus †Al the kings seruantes and al the prouinces that are vnder his dominion know that whether man or woman not called shal enter in to the kings inner court he must immediatly be slayne without al delay vulesse perhaps the king stretch forth a golden rod vnto him for a signe of clemencie and so he may liue I therfore how can I enter in to the king which now these thirtie daies haue not bene called vnto him †Which when Mardocheus had heard †he sent word to Esther agayne saying Thincke not that thou mayst deliuer thy owne life only because thou art in the kings house aboue al the Iewes †for if thou
wilt now hold thy peace the Iewes shal be deliuered by an other occasion and thou and thy fathers house shal perish And who knoweth whether thou camest to the kingdom therfore that in such a time thou mightst be readie †And agayne Esther sent to Mardocheus in these wordes †Goe and gather together al the Iewes whom thou shalt find in Susan and pray ye for me Eate ye not and drinke not in three dayes and three nightes and I with my handmaydes in like maner wil fast and then wil I goe in to the king doing agaynst the law not called and deliuering my self to death and to peril †Mardocheus therfore went and did al things that Esther had commmanded him CHAP. V. Esther standing in the kings sight he calleth her 4. she requesteth that he and Aman wil dine with her 7. Againe she inuiteth them 9. Aman is more incensed against Mardocheus prepareth high gallowes to hang him on AND the third day Esther put on royal garmentes and stood in the court of the kings house which was the inner agaynst the kings hal but he sate vpon his throne in the consistorie of the palace against the doore of the house †And when he had seene Esther the queene standing she pleased his eies and he put forth toward her the golden rod which he held in his hand who going neere kissed the top of his rod. †And the king said to her What wilt thou queene Esther what is thy request yea if thou wilt aske the halfe part of the kingdom it shal be geuen thee †But she answered If it please the king I beseech thee that thou come to me this day and Aman with thee to a banket which I haue prepared †And the king forthwith cal ye Aman quoth he quickly that he may obey Esthers wil. The king therfore and Aman came to the banket which the queene had prepared for them †And the king said to her after that he had drunke wine aboundantly What doest thou desire to be geuen thee and for what thing askest thou although thou aske the half part of my kingdom thou shalt obteyne †To whom Esther answered My petition and requestes are these †If I haue found grace in the kings sight and if it please the king to geue that which I aske and to fulfil my petition let the king and Aman come to the banket which I haue prepared them and to morrow I wil open my wil to the king †Aman therfore went forth that day ioyful and merie And when he had seene Mardocheus sitting before the doores of the palace and not onlie not to haue risen vp to him but not so much as to haue moued from the place where he sate he was wrath excedingly †and dissembling his anger and returning into his house he called together vnto him his freindes and Zares his wife †and he declared to them the greatnesse of his riches and the multitude of his children and with how great glorie the king had aduanced him aboue al his princes and seruantes †And after these things he said Queene Esther also hath called none other to the banket with the king but me with whom to morow also I shal dine with the king †And wheras I haue al these things I thinke I haue nothing so long as I shal see Mardocheus the Iew sitting before the kings doores †And Zares his wife the rest of his frendes answered him Cōmand a great beame to be prepared hauing fiftie cubites in height and speake in the morning to the king that Mardocheus may be hanged vpon it and so thou shalt goe ioyful with the king to the banket The counsel pleased him and he commanded an high gallowes to be prepared CHAP. VI. The king hearing the good seruice of Mardocheus in detecting traitors read in the chronicle for which he had yet no rewarde 4. commandeth Aman to honour him next to the king 11. which he performeth THAT night the king passed without sleepe and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him Which when they were read in his presence †they came to that place where it was written how Mardocheus had vttered the treason of Bagathan and Thares the eunuches coueting to kil king Assuerus †Which when the king had heard he sayd What honour and reward hath Mardocheus receiued for this fidelitie His seruantes and ministers said to him He hath receiued no reward at al. †And the king by and by who is quoth he in the court For Aman had entered the inner court of the kings house that he might suggest to the king and he might command Mardocheus to be hanged fast on the gibbet which was prepared for him †The seruantes answered Aman standeth in the court And the king said Let him come in †And when he was come in he said to him What ought to be done to the man whom the king is desirous to honour But Aman thinking in his hart and supposing that the king would honour no other but him self †answered The man whom the king desireth to honour †ought to be clothed with the kings garmentes and to be set vpon the horse that is for the kings saddle and to take the kings crowne vpon his head †and let the chiefe of the kings princes and nobles hold his horse and going throuh the streat of the citie crie and say So shal he be honoured whomsoeuer the king wil honour †And the king said to him Make hast and taking a robe and a horse do that thou hast spoken to Mardocheus the Iewe which sitteth before the doores of the palace Beware thou pretermitte nothing of those things which thou hast spoken †Aman therfore tooke a robe and a horse and putting it on Mardocheus and setting him on the horse in the streat of the citie went before him and cried This honour is he worthie of whom soeuer the king is willing to honour †And Mardocheus returned to the palace gate and Aman made hast to goe into his house mourning and his head couered †and he told Zares his wife and his frendes al things that had chaunced him To whom the wise men whom he had in counsel and his wife answered If Mardocheus be of the Iewes seede before whom thou hast begune to fal thou canst not resist him but thou shalt fal in his sight †As they were yet speaking the kings eunuches came and compelled him to goe quickly to the banket which the queene had prepared CHAP. VII Esther entertayning the king and Aman againe at a feast is promised to obtaine whatsoeuer she wil aske 3. she demandeth saftie for her self and al the people against Amans crueltie 6. and Aman is hanged on the gallowes which he had prepared for Mardocheus THE king therfore and Aman went in to drinke with the queene †And the king said to her also the
not heare for neither is there breath in their mouth †Let them that make them become like to them and al that haue confidence in them †Ye house of Israel blesse our Lord ye house of Aaron blesse our Lord. †Ye house of Leui blesse our Lord you that feare our Lord blesse ve our Lord. †Blessed be our Lord out of Sion who dwelleth in Ierusalem PSALME CXXXV God being meruelous in himself 4. hath shewed his powre and goodnes in his workes as wel in general to al the world 10. as in particular towards his elected people Alleluia CONFESSE ye to our Lord because he is good because his mercie is for euer Confesse ye to the God of goddes because his mercie is for euer †Confesse ye to the Lord of lordes because his mercie is for euer †Who onlie doth great meruels because his mercie is for euer †Who made the heauen in vnderstanding because his mercie is for euer †Who established the earth ouer the waters because his mercie is for euer †Who made the great lightes because his mercie is sor euer †The sunne to rule the day because his mercie is for euer †The moone and starres to rule the night because his mercie is for euer †Who stroke Aegypt with their firstbegotten because his mercie is for euer †Who brought forth Israel out of the middes of them because his mercie is for euer †In a mightie hand and loftie arme because his mercie is for euer †Who diuided the Read sea into diuisions because his mercie is for euer †And brought forth Israel through the middes therof because his mercie is for euer †And he ouerthrew Pharao and his host in the Readsea because his mercie is for euer †Who led his people through the desert because his mercie is for euer †Who stroke great kinges because his mercie is for euer †And slewe strong kinges because his mercie is for euer †Sehon the king of the Amorrheites because his mercie is for euer †And Og the king of Basan because his mercie is for euer †And he gaue their land for an inheritance because his mercie is for euer †For an inheritance to Israel his seruant because his mercie is for euer †For in our humiliation he was mindful of vs because his mercie is for euer †And he redemed vs from our enemies because his mercie is for euer †Who geueth foode to al fleshe because his mercie is for euer †Confesse ye to the God of heauen because his mercie is for euer Confesse ye to the Lord of lordes because his mercie is for euer PSALME CXXXVI The Prophet describeth how lamentably the people in captiuitie of Babylon wil bewaile the want of meanes to serue God and of their natiue soyle 7. with iust desire of their enimies punishment A Psalme of Dauid for Ieremie VPON the riuers of Babylon there we sate and wept whiles we remembred Sion †On the willowes in the middes therof we hanged vp our instrumentes †Because there they that led vs captiue demanded of vs wordes of songes And they that led vs away Sing ye an hymne to vs of the songes of Sion †How shal we sing the song of our Lord in a strange land †If I shal forget thee ô Ierusalem let my right hand be forgotten †Let my tongue cleaue to my iawes if I doe not remember thee If I shal not set Ierusalem in the beginning of my ioy †Be mindful ô Lord of the childrem of Edom in l the day of Ierusalem That say Rase it rase it euen vnto the foundation therof †Daugther of Babylon miserable blessed is he that shal repay thee thy payment which thou hast payed vs. †Blessed is he that shal hold and shal dash thy litle ones against the rocke PSALME CXXXVII The whole Church or anie iust person rendreth thankes to God for his benefites 4. praying that al kinges and kingdomes may do the same 4. because God being high respecteth and aduanceth the humble To Dauid him self I wil confesse to thee ô Lord in my whole hart because thou hast heard the wordes of my mouth In the sight of Angels I wil sing to thee †I wil adore toward thy holie temple and wil confesse to thy name For thy mercie and thy truth because thou hast magnified aboue euerie thing thy holie name †In what day soeuer I shal inuocate thee heare me thou wilt multiplie strength in my soule †Let al the kinges of the earth ô Lord confesse to thee because they haue heard al the wordes of thy mouth †And let them sing in the wayes of our Lord because great is the glorie of our Lord. †Because our Lord is high and he beholdeth low thinges and high thinges he knoweth far of †If I shal walke in the middes of tribulation thou wilt quicken me and vpon the wrath of mine enimies thou hast extended thy hand and thy right hand hath saued me †Our Lord wil repay for me ô Lord thy mercie is for euer despise not the workes of thy handes PSALME CXXXVIII Gods knowlege 7. and presence 10. without the helpe or hinderance anie thing extendeth to al thinges times and places 17 he geueth exceding great honour to his sainctes 20 the wicked as enimies to God are iustly hated 23. the iust pray for Gods perpetual direction Vnto the end a Psalme of Dauid LORD thou hast proued me and hast knowen me †thou hast knowen my sitting downe and my rising vp †Thou hast vnderstood my cogitations far of my path and my corde thou hast searched out †And thou hast foresene al my wayes because there is not a word in my tongue †Behold ô Lord thou hast knowen al the last thinges them of old thou hast formed me and hast put thy hand vpon me †Thy knowledge is become meruelous of me it is made great and I can not reach to it †Whither shal I goe from thy spirit and whither shal I flee from thy face †If I shal ascend into heauen thou art there â—f I descend into hel thou art present †If I shal take my winges early and dwel in the extreme partes of the sea †Certes thither also shal thy hand conduct me and thy right hand shal hold me †And I sayd Perhaps darknes shal treade ouer me and the night is mine illumination in my delightes †For darkenes shal not be darkened from thee and the night shal be lightened as the day as the darkenes therof so also the light therof †Because thou hast possessed my reynes thou hast receiued me from my mothers wombe †I wil confesse to
thee because thou art terribly magnified thy workes are meruelous my soule knoweth excedingly †My bone is not hid from thee which thou madest in secrete and my substance in the lower pattes of the earth †Mine imperfection thine eies haue sene in thy booke al shal be written daies shal be formed no man in them †But to me thy frendes ô God are become honorable excedingly their principalitie is excedingly strengthned †I wil number them and they shal be multiplied aboue the sand I rose vp and I am yet with thee †If thou shalt kil sinners ô God ye men of blood depart from me †Because you say in thought they shal receiue thy cities in vayne †Did not I hate them that hate thee ô Lord and pyned away because of thine enemies †with perfect hatred did I hate them they are become enemies to me †Proue me ô God and know my hart examine me and know my pathes And see if the way of iniquitie be in me and conduct me in the euerlasting way PSALME CXXXIX The iust diuersly afflicted by the wicked pray to be defended 7. repose their confidence in God 10. who wil adiudge the reprobate to eternal punishment 13. and reward the good with the fruition of himself Vnto the end a Psalme of Dauid DELIVER me ô Lord from the euil man from the vniust man rescue me †Which haue deuised iniquitie in their hart al the day they did appoint battels They haue whet their tongues as that of a serpent †the venome of aspes is vnder their lippes †Kepe me ô Lord from the hand of the sinner and from vniust men deliuer me †Who haue deuised to supplant my steppes †the proude haue hid a snare for me And they haue streched out ropes for a snare they haue layd a stumbling blocke for me nere the way †I sayd to our Lord Thou art my God heare ô Lord the voice of my petition †O Lord Lord the strength of my saluation thou hast ouershadowed my head in the day of battel †Yeld me not ô Lord from my desire to the sinner they haue deuised against me forsake me not lest they perhaps be proude †The head of their compase the labour of their lippes shal couer them †Coales shal fal vpon them thou shalt cast them downe into fyre in miseries they shal not stand vp †A man ful of tongue shal not be directed in the earth euils shal take the vniust man into destruction †I haue knowne that our Lord wil do the iudgement of the needie and the reuenge of the poore †But as for the iust they shal confesse to thy name and the righteous shal dwel with thy countenance PSALME CXL The Church prayeth that her children may auoide sinful wordes 4. not make excuses of sinnes committed not communicate with others in sinne nor to harken to slatterers 6 but to pray that they may amend the Psalmist by the way prophecieth that manie shal be conuerted 8. though sometimes persecution be great the Church faileth not A Psalme of Dauid LORD I haue cried to thee heare me attend to my voice when I shal crie to thee †Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight the eleuation of my handes as euening sacrifice †Set ô Lord a watch to my mouth and a doore round about to my lippes †Decline not my hart into wordes of malice to make excuses in sinnes With men that worke iniquitie and I wil not communicate with the chiefe of them †The iust shal rebuke me in mercie and shal reprehend me but let not the oyle of a sinner fatte my head Because yet also my prayer is in their good pleasures †their iudges are swalowed vp ioyned to the rocke They shal heare my wordes because they haue preuailed †as the grossenes of the earth is broken out vpon the earth Our bones are dissipated nere to hel †for to thee ô Lord Lord are mine eies in thee haue I hoped take not away my soule †Keepe me from the snare which they haue set for me and from the scandals of them that worke iniquitie †Sinners shal fal in his net I am alone vntil I passe PSALME CXLI Holie Dauid being fled into a caue and beseeged round about by Sauls armie explicating his distresse 6. prayeth to be deliuered Of vnderstanding to Dauid when he was in the caue a prayer 1. Reg. 24. VVITH my voice I haue cried to our Lord with my voice I haue prayed to our Lord †I powre out my prayer in his sight and I pronounce my tribulation before him †When my spirit faileth of myself and thou hast knowne my pathes In this way which I walked they hid a snare for me †I looked toward the right hand and saw and there was none that would know me Flight hath failed me and there is none to require my soule †I haue cried to thee ô Lord I haue sayd Thou art my hope my portion in the land of the liuing †Attend to my petition because I am humbled excedingly Deliuer me from them that persecute me because they are made strong ouer me †Bring forth my soule out of prison to confesse vnto thy name the iust expect me til thou reward me Al this happened in figure of Christ of vvhom prophetically S. Augustin S. Hilarie Cassiams Cassiodorus and others expound the vvhole Psalme Amongst others S Beda briefly in these vvordes VVheras in the title Vnderstanding is premised to Prayer therby as signified that Dauid in his distresses and in the denne whither he fled vnderstood vvhat our Lord should suffer of the Ievves and hovv he vvould pray to his Father In the first part our Lord crieth to his Father complaining of the detestable deceiptes of Iudas the persecutor In the second he prayeth to be deliuered from the prison of hel Limbus vvhere he vvas free because the faith of al the Sainctes depended on his Resurrection PSALME CXLII King Dauid or anie other in spiritual or temporal tribulation not trusting in his owne iustice layeth open his calamitie 5. considering Gods benignitie 6. prayeth to be spedely deliuered 11. and confidently assureth himselfe therof A Psalme of Dauid when Absalom his sonne persecuted him LORD heare my prayer with thine eares receiue my petition in thy truth heare me in thy iustice †And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant because no man liuing shal be iustified in thy sight †Because the enemie hath persecuted
conceiued labour and brought forth iniquitie †They haue broken the egges of aspes and haue wouen the spiders webbes he that shal eate of their egges shal die and that which is nourished shal be hatched into a cockatrice †Their webbes shal not be for clothing neither shal they be couered with their workes their workes are vnprofitable workes and the worke of iniquitie is in their handes †Their feete runne to euil hasten to shede innocent bloud their cogitations are vnprofitable cogitations waste and destruction are in their wayes †They haue not knowen the way of peace and there is no iudgement in their steppes their pathes are become croked to them euerie one that treadeth in them knoweth not peace †For this cause is iudgement far from vs iustice shal not apprehend vs. We expected light and behold darkenesse brightnes we haue walked in darkenes †We haue groped as blind men for the wal and as without eies haue feeled we haue stumbled at noone day as in darkenes in darke places as the dead †We al shal roare as beares and as mourning doues we shal lament We haue expected iudgement and there is none saluation and it is far from vs. †For our iniquities are multiplied before thee and our sinnes haue answered to vs because our wicked doings are with vs our iniquities we haue knowen †to sinne and lie against our Lord and we were turned away so that we went not after our God that we spake calumnie and trangression we conceiued and spake from the hart words of lying †And iudgement was turned backward and iustice stood far of because truth hath fallen downe in the streete and equitie could not enter in †And truth grew into obliuion and he that departed from euil lay open to the praye and our Lord saw and it appeared euil in his eies because there is no iudgement †And he saw that there is not a man and he was astoined because there is none to oppose himself and his owne arme saued to himself and his iustice it self confirmed him †He is clothed with iustice as with a brestplate and is an helmet of saluation on his head he is clothed with garments of reuenge and is couered as with a mantel of zele †As vnto reuenge as it were vnto retribution of indignation to his aduersaries and recompence to his enemies he wil repay the like to the ilandes †And they of the West shal feare the name of our Lord and they of the rysing of the sunne his glorie when he shal come as a violent streame which the spirit of our Lord driueth †and there shal come a redemer to Sion and to them that returne from iniquitie in Iacob sayth our Lord. †This is my couenant with them sayth our Lord My spirit that is in thee and my wordes that I haue put in thy mouth shal not depart out of thy mouth and out of the mouth of thy seede and out of the mouth of thy seedes seede sayth our Lord from this present and for euer CHAP. LX. In the Church of Christ shal shine the light of true faith and sincere charitie 8. which shal be spredde in al nations and continue al times 15. replenished with manie ioyful graces 18. and eternal glorie ARISE be illuminated Ierusalem because thy light is come the glorie of our Lord is risen vpon thee †Because loe darkenes shal couer the earth a mist the peoples but vpon thee shal our Lord arise and his glorie shal be seene vpon thee †And the Gentiles shal walke in thy light and kinges in the brightnes of thy rising †Lift vp thine eies round about and see al these are gathered together they are come to thee thy sonnes shal come from a farre thy daughters shal rise from the side †Then shalt thou see abound and thy hart shal meruel and be enlarged when the multitude of the sea shal be conuerted to thee the strength of Gentiles shal come to thee †The inundation of camels shal couer thee the dromedaries of Madian and Epha al of Saba shal come bringing gold and frakincense and shewing forth prayse to our Lord. †Al the cattel of Cedar shal be gathered together vnto thee the rammes of Nabaioth shal minister to thee they shal be offered vpon my placable altar and I wil glorifie the house of my maiestie †Who are these that flie as cloudes and as doues to their windowes †For the ilandes expect me and the shippes of the sea in the begynning that I may bring thy sonnes from a farre their siluer their gold with them to the name of the Lord thy God and to the holie one of Israel because he hath glorified thee †And the children of strangers shal build thy walles and their kinges shal minister to thee for in mine indignation haue I stricken thee and in my reconciliation haue I had mercie vpon thee †And thy gates shal be open continually day and night they shal not be shut that the strength of the Gentiles may be brought to thee and their kinges may be brought †For the nation and the kingdome that shal not serue thee shal perish and the Gentiles shal be wasted with desolation †The glorie of Libanus shal come to thee the firretree and boxetree and pinetree together to adorne the place of my sanctification and the place of my feete I wil glorifie †And the children of them that humbled thee shal come crouching to thee and al that detracted from thee shal adore the steppes of thy feete and shal cal thee the citie of the Lord Sion of the holie one of Israel †For that thou wast forsaken and hated and there was none that passed by thee I wil make thee to be the pride of worldes a â—oy vnto generation and generation †and thou shalt sucke the milke of the Gentiles and thou shalt be nurced with the tette of kinges and thou shalt know that I am the Lord that saue thee and thy redemer the strong one of Iacob †For brasse I wil bring gold and for yron I wil bring siluer and for wood brasse and for stones yron and I wil make thy visitation peace and thine ouerseers iustice †Iniquitie shal no more be heard in thy land waste and destruction in thy borders and saluation shal occupie thy walles and prayse thy gates †Thou shalt haue the sunne no more to shine by day neither shal the brightnes of the moone lighten thee but the Lord shal be vnto thee for an euerlasting light and thy God for thy glorie †Thy sunne shal goe downe no more and thy moone shal not be diminished because the Lord shal be vnto thee for an euerlasting light and the daies of thy mourning shal be ended †And thy people al iust for euer shal inherite the land the bud
of my planting the worke of mine hand to glorifie †The least shal be into a thousand and the litle one into a most strong nation I the Lord in the time therof wil sodenly doe it CHAP. LXI Christ announceth himself to be sent from heauen to teach the truth to heale and pardon the penitent to comforte the desolate and streingthen the weake 4. whose Apostles shal constantly preach iustice in al the world 10. And his Church shal reioyce THE spirit of the Lord vpon me because the Lord hath annoynted me to preach to the milde he sent me that I should heale the contrite of hart and preach indulgence to the captiues and deliuerance to them that are shut vp †That I should preach the placable yeare to the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God that I might comfort al that mourne †that I might appoint to the mourners of Sion and geue them a crowne for ashes the oyle of ioy for mourning a mantel of prayse for the spirit of sorrowfulnes and they shal be called in it the strong of iustice planting of the Lord to glorifie †And they shal build the desertes from the begynning of the world and shal erect the old ruines and shal repayre the desolate cities that were dissipated in generation and generation †And aliens shal stand and feede your cattel and the children shal be your husbandmen and dressers of the vines †And you shal be called the priestes of the Lord to you it shal be sayd The ministers of our God you shal eate the strength of the Gentiles and in their glorie you shal be proude †For your double confusion and shame they shal prayse their part for this cause shal they receiue duble in their land euerlasting ioy shal be to them †Because I am the Lord that loue iudgement hate robberie in holocaust and I wil geue their worke in truth and make a perpetual couenant with them †And they shal know their seede in the Gentiles and their bud in the middes of peoples al that shal see them shal know them that these are the seede which the Lord hath blessed †Reioycing I wil reioyce in our Lord and my soule shal be ioyful in my God because he hath clothed me with the garments of saluation and with the garment of iustice he hath compassed me as a bridgrome decked with a crowne and as a bride adorned with her iewels †For as the earth bringeth forth her spring and as the garden shooteth forth his seede so shal our Lord God make iustice to spring forth and prayse before al the Gentiles CHAP. LXII The prophet auoucheth that he wil not cease from preaching Christ 4. to whom al nations shal be conuerted 8. whos 's Church shal continew for euer FOR Sion I wil not hold my peace and for Ierusalem I wil not rest til her iust one come forth as brightnes her sauiour be kindled as a lampe †And the Gentiles shal see thy iust one and al kinges thy noble one and thou shalt be called by a new name which the mouth of our Lord shal name †And thou shalt be a crowne of glorie in the hand of our Lord and the diademe of a kingdome in the hand of thy God †Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken and thy land shal no more be called Desolate But thou shalt be called My wil in her and thy land inhabited because it hath wel pleased our Lord in thee and thy land shal be inhabited †For the yong man shal dwel with the virgin and thy children shal dwel in thee And the bridgrome shal reioyce vpon the birde thy God shal reioyce vpon thee †Vpon thy walles Ierusalem I haue appointed watchemen al the day and al the night for euer they shal not hold their peace You that remember our Lord hold not your peace †and geue not silence to him vntil he establish and vntil he make Ierusalem the prayse in the earth †Our Lord hath sworne by his right hand and by the arme of his strength If I shal geue thy wheate any more to be meate for thine enemies and if the strange children shal drinke thy wine wherein thou hast laboured †Because they that shal gather it together shal eate it and shal prayse the Lord and they that carie it together shal drinke it in my holie courtes †Passe ye passe ye through the gates prepare a way for the people make the iourney plaine picke vp the stones and lift vp the signe to the peoples †Behold our Lord hath made heard in the ends of the earth tel the daughter of Sion Behold thy sauiour cometh behold his reward is with him and his worke before him †And they shal cal them The holie people the redemed of our Lord. But thou shalt be called a citie Sought for and not Forsaken CHAP. LXIII Christ is described as a vistorious conquerour ascending into heauen with triumph embrued with bloud 7. For al whose benefites the Prophet rendreth thankes 10. expostulating the peoples ingratitude that prouoked God to wrath VVHO is this that cometh from Edom with died garments from Bosra this beautiful one in his robe going in the multitude of his strength I that speake iustice and am a defender to saue †Why then is thy clothing red and thy garments as theirs that treade in the wine presse †I haue troden the presse alone and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me I haue troden them in my furie and haue troden them downe in my wrath and their bloud is sprinkled vpon my garments and I haue stayned al my rayment †For the day of reuenge is in my hart the yeare of my redemption is come †I looked about there was no helper I sought and there was none to ayde and myne arme hath saued and myne indignation itself hath holpen me †And I haue troden downe the peoples in my furie and haue inebriated them in mine indignation and haue drawen their strength downe to the ground †I wil remember the mercies of our Lord the prayse of our Lord for al thinges that our Lord hath rendred to vs and for the multitude of the good thinges to the house of Israel which he hath geuen them according to his iudulgence and according to the multitude of his mercies †And he sayd But yet is my people children that denie not and he is become their sauiour †In al their tribulation he was not trubled and the angel of his face saued them in his loue and in his indulgence he redemed them and bare them and lifted them vp al the daies of the world †But they prouoked to wrath and afflicted the spirit of his holie one and he was turned to be their enemie and he conquered them †And he remembred the dayes of the world of Moyses and of his people
take it †Then shal the spirit be changed and he shal passe fal this is his strength of his God †Why wast thou not from the beginning ô Lord my God my holie one we shal not dye Lord thou hast appoynted him for iudgement and strong to chastise thou hast founded him †Thine eyes are cleane from seing euil thou canst not looke toward iniquitie Why lookest thou not vpon them that doe vniust thinges holdest thy peace when the impious deuoureth him that is more iust then him self †And thou wilt make men as the fishes of the sea as the creeping beast not hauing a prince †He lifted vp al in the hooke he drew it in his traine and gathered it into his nette vpon this he wil be glad and reioyce †Therfore wil he immolate to his trayne and he wil sacrifice do his nette because by them his portion is fatte and his meate chosen †For this cause therfore spreddeth he his trayne and alwayes to kil the nations he wil not spare CHAP. II. The captiuitie of the two tribes their relaxation Christ wil assuredly come though not quickly 5. Their afflicters the Chaldees shal be destroyed 18. and al other idolaters I WIL stand vpon my watch and fixe my steppe vpon the munition and I wil behold to see what may be sayd to me and what I may answer to him that rebuketh me †And our Lord answered me sayd Write the vision make it playne vpon tables that he which runneth may read it ouer †Because as yet the vision is far and it shal appeare at the end and shal not lye if he shal make tariance expect him because coming he wil come he wil not slacke †Behold he that is incredulous his soule shal not be right in him self but the iust shal liue in his faith †And as wine deceiueth him that drinketh so shal the prowd man be and he shal not be beautified who as it were hel hath dilated his soule and himself as death and he is not filled and he hath gathered together vnto him al nations and hath heaped together vnto him al peoples †Why shal not al these take vp a parable vpon him and a speach of obscure sayings of him and it be sayd Wo to him that multiplieth thinges not his owne how long also doth he agrauat against himself thicke clay †Why shal they not rise sodenly that shal bite thee and they that teare thee be raysed vp and thou be for a spoile to them †Because thou hast spoiled manie nations al that shal be left of the peoples shal spoile thee for the bloud of man and the iniquitie of the land of the citie and of al that dwel therein †Wo to him that gathereth together naughtie auarice to his house that his nest may be on high and thinketh he is deliuered out of the hand of euil †Thou hast thought confusion to thy house thou hast cut in sunder manie peoples and thy soule hath sinned †Because the stone out of the wal shal crie and the timber that is betwen the iunctures of the buildings shal answer †Wo to him that buildeth a citie in blouds and prepareth a citie in iniquitie †Why are not these thinges from the Lord of hosts For the peoples shal labour in much fire and the nations in vaine and they shal faynt †Because the earth shal be replenished that they may know the glorie of our Lord as waters couering the sea †Wo to him that geueth drinke to his freind putting in his gal and making drunke that he may behold his nakednes †Thou art filled with ignominie for glorie drinke thou also and be fast a sleepe the cuppe of the right hand of our Lord shal compasse thee and the vomite of ignominte vpon thy glorie †Because the iniquitie of Libanus shal couer thee and the wasting of the beasts shal terrifie them for the blouds of men and the iniquitie of the land and of the citie and of al that dwel therein †What profiteth the thing engrauen that the forger therof hath grauen it a molten and a false image because the forger therof hath hoped in his forgerie to make dumme idols †Wo vnto him that sayth to wood Awake Arise to the dumme stone Why can it teach Behold this same is couered with gold and siluer and there is no spirit in the bowels therof †But our Lord is in his holie temple let al the earth be silent at his presence CHAP. III. 1. The prayer of Habacuc the prophet for ignorances LORD I heard thy hearing and was afrayd Lord thy worke in the middes of yeares quicken it In the middes of yeares shalt thou make it knowen when thou art angrie thou wilt remember mercie †God wil come from the South and the holie one from mount Pharan His glorie shal couer the heauens and the earth is ful of his prayse †His brightnes shal be as the light hornes in his handes There is his strength hid †Before his face shal death goe and the deuil shal goe forth before his feete †He stood and measured the earth he beheld and dissolued the Gentils and the mountaines of the world were broken The hilles of the world were bowed by the wayes of his eternitie †For iniquitie I saw the tents of Aethiopia the skinnes of the land of Madian shal be trubled †Why wast thou angrie with the riuers ô Lord or was thy furie in the riuers or thine indignation in the sea Who wilt mount vpon thy horses and thy chariots saluation †Raysing thou wilt rayse vp thy bow the othe to the tribes which thou hast spoken Thou wilt curte the riuers of the earth †The mountaines saw thee and were sorie the gulfe of water passed The depth gaue his voice the height lifted vp his handes †The sunne and the moone stood in their habitation in the light of thine arrowes they shal goe in the brightnes of thy glittering speare †In freating thou wilt treade downe the earth in furie thou wilt astonish the Gentils †Thou wentst forth the saluation of thy people saluation with thy Christ Thou strokest the head out of the house of the impious thou hast discouered the fundation euen to the neck †Thou hast cursed his scepters the head of his warriers them that come as a whirlewinde to disperse me Their exultation as his that deuoureth the poore in secrete †Thou madest a way in the sea for thy horses in the middes of manie waters †I heard and my bellie was trubled at the voice my lippes trembled let rottenes enter in my bones swarme vnder me That I may rest in the day of tribulation that I may ascend to our girded people †For the figtree shal not florish and there shal be no spring
in the vines The worke of the oliuetree shal deceiue and the fields shal not yeld meate the cattel shal be cut of from the fold and there shal be no heard in the stalles †But I wil ioy in our Lord and wil reioyce in God my IESVS God our Lord is my strength and he wil make my feete as of the harts and vpon my high places he the conquerer wil lead me singing in psalmes THE PROPHECIE OF SOPHONIAS SOPHONIAS the sonne of Chusi borne in Sarabatha of the tribe of Simeon in the reigne of Iosias king of Iuda somewhat before Ieremie who beganne in the 13. yeare of the same Iosias After whom folowed Ezechiel in the fift yeare of the transmigration of king Ioachin and Baruch in the fift yeare after the destruction of Ierusalem then Daniel three yeares after him prophecied the captiuitie of the two tribes and their relaxation likewise the ruine of diuers Gentiles the coming of Christ conuersion of Gentiles excecation of the Iewes with their general conuersion towards the end of the world CHAP. I. For certaine enormious sinnes the captiuitie of the two tribes is threatned with admonition to repent otherwise it shal be most terrible THE word of our Lord that was made to Sophonie the sonne of Chusi the sonne of Godolias the sonne of Amarias the sonne of Ezechias in the dayes of Iosias the sonne of Amon king of Iuda †Gathering I wil gather together al thinges from the face of the earth sayth our Lord †gathering man and beast gathering the foules of the heauen and fishes of the sea and there shal be ruines of the impious and I wil destroy men from the face of the earth sayth our Lord. †And I wil stretch forth my hand vpon Iuda and vpon al the inhabitantes of Ierusalem and I wil destroy out of this place the remnant of Baal and the names of the templewardens with the priests †and them that adore vpon the toppes of houses the host of heauen and adore and sweare c by our Lord and sweare by Melchom †And them that turne away from after the backe of our Lord and that haue not sought our Lord nor searched after him †Be silent before the face of our Lord God because the day of our Lord is nere because our Lord hath prepared an host he hath sanctified his called †And it shal be in the day of the host of our Lord I wil visite vpon the princes and vpon the kinges sonnes and vpon al that are clothed with strange clothing †and I wil visite vpon euerie one that arrogantly entereth vpon the threshold in that day them that fil the house of our Lord their God with iniquitie guile †And it shal be in that day sayth our Lord the voice of clamor from the gate of fishes and howling from the second and great destruction from the hilles †Howle ye inhabitants of the Morter Al the people of Chanaan is hush al are perished that were wrapped in siluer †it shal be in that time I wil search Ierusalem with lampes and wil visite vpon the men that are fixed in their dregges that say in their hartes The Lord wil not doe good and he wil not doe euil †And their strength shal be into spoile and their houses as a desert and they shal build houses and shal not inhabite them and shal plant vineyards shal not drinke the wine of them †The great day of our Lord is neere it is neere and exceding swift the voice of the day of our Lord is bitter the strong shal there haue tribulation †That day g a day of wrath a day of tribulation and distresse a day of calamitie and miserie a day of darknes and mist a day of clowde whirlewind †a day of the trumpet and sound vpon the fensed cities vpon the high corners †And I wil afflict men and they shal walke as blindmen because they haue sinned to our Lord and their bloud shal be powred out as dust and their bodies as dung †Yea and their siluer and their gold shal not be able to deliuer them in the day of the wrath of our Lord in the fire of his ielousie shal al the earth be deuoured because he wil make consummation with speede to al that inhabit the earth CHAP. II. â—â— exhortation to repent 4 with prophecie of the destruction of the Philistims 8. Moabites and Ammonites 12. Aethiopians 12. Assirians 15. with their chief citie Niniue COME together be ye gathered together ô nation not to be beloued †before that the commandment bring forth the day as dust passing away before the wrath of the furie of our Lord come vpon you before the day of the indignation of our Lord come vpon you †Seeke our Lord al ye meeke of the earth which haue wrought his iudgement seeke the iust seeke the meeke if by any meanes you may be hid in the day of the furie of our Lord. †Because Gaza is destroyed and Ascalon as a desert Azotus at noone they shal cast out and Accaron shal be rooted out †Wo to you that inhabite the cord of the sea ô nation of castawayes the word of our Lord vpon you ô Chanaan land of the Philisthims and I wil destroy thee so that there shal not be an inhabiter †And the cord of the sea shal be the rest of pastours and soldes of cattel †and it shal be the cord of him that shal remayne of the house of Iuda there they shal feede in the houses of Ascalon at euen they shal rest because our Lord their God wil visite them and turne away their captiuitie †I hane heard the reproch of Moab and the blasphemies of the children of Ammon with which they haue vpbrayded my people and were magnified vpon their borders †Therfore liue I sayth the Lord of hosts the God of Israel that Moab shal be as Sodom and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha drynes of thornes and heapes of salt and a desert euen for euer the remnant of my people shal spoile them and the residue of my nation shal possesse them †This shal be fal them for their pride because they haue blasphemed and haue beene magnified vpon the people of the Lord of hosts †Our Lord shal be dreadful vpon them and shal attenuate al the goddes of the earth and they shal adore him euerie man out of his owne place al the ilands of the Gentils †Yea and you Aethiopians shal be slaine with my sword †And he wil stretch forth his hand vpon the North and wil destroy Assur and he wil lay the Beautiful as a wildernes and as a place not passable and as a desert †And flockes shal lie in the middes therof al the beastes of the Gentils and on ocratulus and the Irchin shal abide in the thresholdes therof the voice of one
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