hath wept in the night and her teares are on her cheekes there is none to comfort her of al her deare ones al her freindes haue despised her and are become her enimies Iudas is gone into transmigration because of affliction and the multitude of bondage she hath dwelt among the Gentiles neither hath she found rest al her persecuters haue apprehended her within the straites The waies of Sion mourne because there are none that come to the solemnitie al her gates are destroyed her priestes sighing her virgins lothsome and herself is oppressed with bitternes Her aduersaries are made in the head her enemies are enriched because our Lord hath spoken vpon her for the multitude of her iniquities her litle ones are led into captiuitie before the face of the afflicter And from the daughter of Sion al her beautie is departed her princes are become as rammes not fynding pastures and they are gone without strength before the face of the pursewer Ierusalem hath remembred the dayes of her affliction and preuarication of al her thinges worthie to be desyred which she had from the daies of old when her people fel in the enimies hand and there was no helper the enemies haue sene her and haue scorned her sabbathes Ierusalem hath sinned a sinne therfore is she made vnstable al that did glorifie her haue despised her because they haue sene her ignominie but she sighing is turned backward Her filthines is on her feete neither hath she remembred her end she is pulled downe excedingly not hauing a comforter see ô Lord mine affliction because the enemie is exalted The enimie hath thrust his hand to al her thinges worthie to be desyred because she hath sene the Gentiles enter into her sanctuarie of whom thou gauest commandment that they should not enter into thy church Al her people sighing and seeking bread they haue geuen al precious thinges for meate to refresh the soule see ô Lord and consider because I am become vyle O al ye that passe by the way attend and see if there be sorow like to my sorow because he hath made vintage of me as our Lord hath spoken in the day of the wrath of his furie From on high he hath cast a fyre in my bones and hath taught me he hath spred a net for my feete he hath turned me backward he hath made me desolate al the day consumed with sorow The yoke of mine iniquities hath watched they are folded together in his hand and put vpon my necke my strength is weakened our Lord hath geuen me into the hand from which I can not rise Our Lord hath taken away al my magnifical ones out of the middes of me he hath called a time against me to destroy mine elect our Lord hath troden the winepresse to the virgin the daughter of Iuda Therfore am I weeping and mine eye shedding teares because a comforter is made far from me conuerting my soule my children are become desolate because the enemie hath preuayled Sion hath spred forth her handes there is none to comfort her our Lord hath commanded against Iacob round about him are his enemies Ierusalem is become as a woman polluted with menstrous floores among them Our Lord is iust because I haue prouoked his mouth to wrath heare I beseech al ye peoples and see my sorow my virgins and my pong men are gone into captiuitie I haue called my freindes they haue deceiued me my priestes and my ancientes are consumed in the citie because they haue sought meat for themselues to refresh their soule See ô Lord that I am in tribulation my bellie is trubled my hart is ouerturned in myself because I am ful of bitternes the sword killeth abrode and at home it is lyke death They haue heard that I doe sigh and there is none to comfort me al mine enimies haue heard mine euil they haue reioyced because thou hast done it thou hast brought a day of consolation and they shal be made lyke to me Let al their euil enter in before thee and vintage them as thou hast vintaged me for al mine iniquities for my sighings are manie and my hart is sorowful CHAP. II. HOW hath our Lord in his furie couered the daughter of Sion with darknes cast forth the noble one of Israel from heauen to the earth and hath not remembred the footestoole of his feete in the day of his furie Our Lord hath cast downe headlong and hath not spared al the beautiful thinges of Iacob he hath destroyed in his furie the munitions of the virgin of Iuda and cast it downe to the ground he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes therof He hath broken euerie horne of Israel in the wrath of furie he hath turned away his right hand backward from the face of the enemie and he hath kinled in Iacob as it were the â—yre of a flame deuouring round about He hath bent his bow as an enemie he hath fastned his right hand as an aduersarie and he hath killed al that was fayre to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion he hath powred out his indignation as fyre Our Lord is become as an enemie he hath cast downe Israel headlong he hath cast downe headlong al her walles he hath destroyed the munitions therof and hath replenished in the daughter of Iuda the humbled man and humbled woman And he hath destroyed his tent as a garden he hath throwen downe his tabernacle our Lord hath brought festiuitie and sabbath in Sion to obliuion and king and priest into reproch and into the indignation of his furie Our Lord hath reiected he hath cursed his sanctification he hath deliuered the walles of the towers therof into the hand of the enemie they haue made a noyse in the house of our Lord as in a solemne day Our Lord hath meant to destroy the wal of the daughter of Sion he hath streched out his corde and hath not turned away his hand from destruction and the forewal hath mourned and the wal is destroyed together Her gates are fastned in the ground he hath destroyed and broken ber barres her king and her princes in the Gentiles there is no law and her prophets haue not found vision from our Lord. The ancients of the daughter of Sion haue sitten on the ground they haue held their peace they haue sprinkled their heades with dust they are girded with heare clothes the virgins of Ierusalem haue cast downe their heades to the ground Myne eies haue fayled for teares my bowels are trubled my liuer is powred out on the earth for the destruction of the daughter of my people when the litle one and the sucking faynted in the streetes of the towne They sayd to their mothers Where is wheate and wyne when they faynted
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 thee a portending signe to the house of Israel †I did therfore as he had commanded me I caried my vessels as the vessels of one flitting by day and at euen I digged to me through the wall with my hand and I went forth in the darke and was caried on shoulders in their sight †And the word of our Lord was made to me in the morning saying †Sonne of man hath not the house of Israel the exasperating house sayd to thee What doest thou †Say to them Thus sayth our Lord God This burden vpon the prince that is in Ierusalem and vpon al the house of Israel which is in the middes of them †Say I am your portending signe as I haue done so shal it be done to them into transmigration and into captiuitie shal they goe †And the prince that is in the middes of them shal be caried on shoulders he shal goe forth in the darke they shal digge through the wal to bring him out his face shal be couered that he may not see the earth with his eye †And I wil strech forth my nette vpon him and he shal be taken in my net and I wil bring him into Babylon into the land of the Chaldees and he shal not see it and there he shal dye †And al that are about him his gard his troupes I wil disperse into euerie wind and I wil draw the sword after them †And they shal know that I am the Lord when I shal haue dispersed them in the Gentils and scattered them in the landes †And I wil leaue of them a few men from the sword the famine and the pestilence that they may declare al their wicked deeds in the Gentils to which they shal enter and they shal know that I am the Lord. †And the word of our Lord was made vnto me saying †Sonne of man eate thy breade in truble yea and drinke thy water in hast sorowfulnes †And thou shalt say to the people of the land Thus sayth our Lord God to them that dwel in Ierusalem in the land of Israel Their bread they shal eate in carefulnes and their water in desolation they shal drinke that the land may be made desolate from the multitude therof for the iniquitie of al that dwel therin †And the cities that are now inhabited shal be desolate and the land desert and you shal know that I am the Lord. †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man what is this prouerbe with you in the land of Israel saying The dayes shal be differred to a long time al vision shal perish †Therfore say to them Thus sayth our Lord God I wil make this prouerb cease neither shal it anie more be commonly sayd in Israel and speake to them that the dayes are at hand and the word of euerie vision †for al vision shal no more be in vaine nor diuination ambiguous in the middes of the children of Israel †Because I the Lord wil speake and what word soeuer I shal speake shal also be done it shal not be prolonged anie more but in your dayes ye exasperating house wil I speake the word wil doe it sayth our Lord God †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man behold the house of Israel they that say The vision that this man seeth is for manie dayes and this man prophecieth long times †Therfore say to them Thus sayth our Lord God Euerie word of mine shal be prolonged no further the word that I shal speake shal be accomplished sayth our Lord God CHAP. XIII God threatneth false prophetes 5. that flatter the people with lies 10. without the feare of God 17. Likewise false prophetisses that deceiue themselues and others with flaterie 19. for worldlie gayne AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man prophecie to the prophetes of Israel that prophecie and thou shalt say to them that prophecie of their owne hart Heare ye the word of our Lord †Thus sayth our Lord God Wo to the foolish prophetes which folow their owne spirite and see nothing †As foxes in the desertes were thy prophetes ô Israel †You haue not ascended against nor opposed a wal for the house of Israel that you might stand in battel in the day of our Lord. †They see vayne thinges and they diuine lies saying Our Lord sayth whereas our Lord sent them not and they perseuered to confirme the word †Why haue you not seene vayne vision and spoken lying diuination and you say Our Lord saith wheras I haue not spoken †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Because you haue spoken vaine thinges and haue seene lies therfore behold I to you saith our Lord God †And my hand shal be vpon the prophetes that see vaine thinges and diuine a lie in the counsel of my people they shal not be and in the scripture of the house of Israel they shal not be written neither shal they enter into the land of Israel and you shal know that I am the Lord God †For that they haue deceiued my people saying Peace and there is not peace and he builded the wal and they daubed it with morter without straw †Say to them that daube without tempering that it shal fal for there shal be a shower ouerflowing and I wil geue very great stones falling violently from aboue and the wind of a storme dissipating †for in dede behold the wal is fallen shal it not be sayd to you Where is the dawbing that you dawbed †Therfore thus sayth our Lord God And I wil make the spirite of tempests to breake forth in myne indignation and there shal be an ouerflowing shower in my furie and great stones in my wrath vnto consumption †And I wil destroy the wal that you haue dawbed without tempering and I wil make it euen with the ground and the fundation therof shal be reueled and it shal fal and shal be consumed in the middes therof and you shal know that I am the Lord. †And I wil accomplish myne indignation in the wal in them that daube it without tempering and I wil say to you The wal is not and they are not that daube it †The prophetes of Israel which prophecie to Ierusalem and see vision of peace for it and there is not peace sayth our Lord God †And thou sonne of man put thy face against the daughters of thy people which prophecie of their owne hart and doe thou prophecie vpon them †and say Thus sayth our Lord God Wo to them that sow cushions vnder euerie cubite of the hand and make pillowes vnder the head of euerie age to catch soules and when they caught the soules of my people they did viuificate their soules †And they violated me to my people for a handful of barley and a
of a mountaine without handes and it stroke the statua on the yron earthen feete therof brake them in peeces †Then were the yron the clay the brasse the siluer and gold broken together and brought as it were into the dust of a summers floore that are taken violently with the winde and there was no place found for them but the stone that stroke the statua was made a great mountaine and it filled al the earth †This is the dreame the interpretation also therof we wil tel before thee ô king †Thou art the king of kings and the God of heauen hath geuen thee kingdom and strength and empire and glorie †and al thinges wherin the children of men and the beasts of the filde doe inhabite the foules also of the heauen he hath geuen in thy hand and vnder thy dominion he hath appoynted al thinges thou therfore art the golden head †And after thee shal ryse vp an other kingdom lesse then thou of siluer and an other third kingdom of brasse which shal rule ouer al the world †And the fourth kingdom shal be as it were yron As yron breaketh into peeces tameth al thinges so shal that breake and destroy al these †Moreouer because thou sawest part of the feete and of the toes of the potters clay and part of yron the kindom shal be diuided which notwithstanding shal rise of the ground of yron according as thou sawest the yron mingled with the earth of clay †And the toes in part of yron and in part of earth in part the kingdom shal be whole and in part broken †And that thou sawest the yron mingled with the earsh of clay they shal be mingled in dede together with mans seede but they shal not sticke fast one to an other as yron can not be mingled with earth †But in the dayes of those kingdoms the God of heauen wil rayse vp a kingdom that shal not be dissipated for euer and his kingdom shal not be deliuered to an other people and it shal breake in peeces and shal consume al these kingdoms and itself shal stand for euer †According as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountaine without handes and brake the earth in peeces and the yron and the brasse and the siluer and the gold the great God hath shwed the king what thinges are to come hereafter the dreame is true the interpretation therof faithful †Then king Nobuchodonosor fel on his face adored Daniel commanded to sacrifice to him hostes incense †The king therfore speaking said to Daniel In very dede your God is the God of goddes and Lord of kinges and he that reueleth mysteries because thou couldst open this sacrament †Then the king aduanced Daniel on high he gaue him manie gifts and great and he made him prince ouer al the prouinces of Babylon and chiefe of the magistrates ouer al the wisemen of Babylon †And Daniel requested of the king and he appointed ouer the workes of the prouince of Babylon Sidrach Misach and Abdenago but Daniel himself was in the doores of the king CHAP. III. Nabuchodonosor setteh vp a statua commanding al vnder paine of death to adore it 8. which Sidrach Misach and Abdenago refusing to doe 14. are cast into a burning fornace 24. wherin they walke defended by an Angel from burning praying and praysing God 51. with an hymne 57. inuiting al creatures to praise him 91. which the king admiring confesseth and proclameth that their God is the only true God NABVCHODONOSOR the king made a statua of gold in height of sixtie cubites in bredth of six cubits and he set it in the fild of Dura of the prouince of Babylon †Therfor Nabuchodonosor the king sent to cal to gether the nobles the magistrates and iudges dukes and tyrants and rulers and al the princes of the countries that they should come together to the dedication of the statua which Nabuchodonosor the king had erected †Then were the nobles gathered together the magistrates and iudges the dukes and tyrants the great men that were placed in regiments and al the princes of the countries to come together to the dedication of the statua which Nabuchodonosor the king had erected And they stood in the sight of the statua which Nabuchodonosor the king had set vp †And the cryer cried mightely To you peoples and tribes and tongues it is said †In the houre that you shal heare the sound of the trumpet pipe and harpe of the doulcimer and psalter and symphonie al kind of musical instruments falling adore ye the golden statua which Nabuchodonosor the king hath set vp †But if any man shal not adore prostrate he shal the self same houre be cast into a fornace of burning fyre †After this therfore forthwith as al the people 's heard the sound of the trumpet the pipe harpe of the doulcimer and psalter of the symphonie and of al kind of musical instruments al the peoples tribes and tongues falling adored the golden statua which Nabuchodonosor the king had set vp †And forthwith in the very same time men of Chaldee coming accused the Iewes †and sayd to Nabuchodonosor the king King for euer liue †thou ô king hast made a decree that euerie man which shal heare the sound of the trumpet of the pipe and harpe of the doulcimer and psalter of the symphonie and of al kind of musical instrumentes prostrate himself and adore the golden statua †and if any man do not prostrate on the grond adore that he be cast into a fornace of burning fyre †There are therfore men of Iewrie whom thou didst appoynte ouer the workes of the countrie of babylon Sidrach Misach and Abdenago these men ô king haue contemned thy decree thy goddes they worshipe not and the golden statua which thou hast erected they adore not †Then Nabuchodonosor in furie and in wrath commanded that Sidrach Misach Abdenago should be brought who immediatly were brought before the king †And Nabuchodonosor the king pronouncing sayd to them In dede Sidrach Misach and Abdenago doe not you worshipe my goddes the golden statua that I haue set vp doe not you adore †Now therfore if you be readie in what houre soeuer you shal heare the sound of the trumpet the pipe the harpe of the doulcimer and psalter and Symphonie and of al kind of musical instruments prostrate your selues adore the statua which I haue made but if you adore not the selfe same houre you shal be cast into the fornace of burning fyre and what God is there that shal deliuer you out of my hand †Sidrach Misach and Abdenago answering said to king Nabuchodonosor We must not answer thee concerning this thing †For behold our God whom we worshipe can saue vs from the fornace of burning fyre and out of thy handes ô king
might be your God CHAP. XVI Core and his complices making schisme against Moyses and Aaron 31. some are swalowed in the earth with their families and substance 35. other two hundred and fiftie offering incense 41. and fourtene thousand seuen hundred of the common people murmuring in behalfe of the sedicious are consumed with fire from heauen AND behold Core the sonne of Isaar the sonne of Caath the sonne of Leui and Dathan and Abiron the sonnes of Eliab Hon also the sonne of Pheleth of the children of Ruben †“ rose against Moyses and other of the children of Israel two hundred fiftie men princes of the synagogue and which in the time of assemblie were called by name †And when they had stoode vp against Moyses and Aaron they said Let it suffice you that al the multitude consisteth of holie ones and our Lord is among them Why lift you vp your selues aboue the people of our Lord †Which when Moyses had heard he fel flatte on his face †and speaking to Core and al the multitude he said In the morning our Lord wil make it knowne who pertaine to him and the holie the wil ioyne to him selfe and whom he shal choose they shal approch to him †This do therfore Take euerie man their censars thou Core and al thy councel †and taking fire in them to morrow put vpon it incense before our Lord and whom soeuer he shal choose the same shal be holie you do much exalt your selues ye sonnes of Leui. †And he said againe to Core Heare ye sonnes of Leui †Is it a smal thing vnto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from al the people and ioyned you to him selfe that you should serue him in the seruice of the tabernacle and should stand before the ful assemblie of the people and should minister to him †did he therfore make thee and al thy brethren the sonnes of Leui to approch vnto him that you should chalenge vnto you the priesthood also †and al thy companie should stand against our Lord for what is Aaron that you murmur against him †Moyses therfore sent to cal Dathan and Abiron the sonnes of Eliab Who answered We come not †Why is it a smal matter to thee that thou hast brought vs out of a land that folowed with milke and honie to kil vs in the desert vnles thou rule also like a lord ouer vs †In deede hast thou brought vs into a land that floweth with riuers of milke and honie hast thou geuen vs possessions of fieldes vineyardes What wilt thou plucke out our eies also We come not †Moyses therfore being very wrath said to our Lord Respect not their sacrifices thou knowest that I haue not taken of them so much as a little asse at anie time neither haue afflicted anie of them †And he said to Core Thou and al thy congregation stand ye apart before our Lord and Aaron to morrow apart †Take euerie one your censars and put incense vpon them offering to our Lord two hundred fiftie censars Let Aaron also hold his censar †Which when they had done Moyses and Aaron standing †and had heaped together al the multitude against them to the dore of the tabernacle the glorie of our Lord appeared to them al. †And our Lord speaking to Moyses and Aaron said †Separate your selues from the middes of this congregation that I may sodenly destroy them †Who felilatte on their face and said Most mightie God of the spirites of al flesh when one sinneth shal thy wrath rage against al †And our Lord said to Moyses †Command the whole people that they separate them selues from the tabernacles of Core and Dathan and Abiron †And Moyses arose and went to Dathan and Abiron and the ancientes of Israel folowing him †he said to the multitude Depart from the tabernacles of the impious men and touch not the thinges that pertaine to them lest you be wrapped in their sinnes †And when they were departed from their tentes round about Dathan and Abiron coming forth stood in the entrie of their pauilions with their wiues and children and al the multitude †And Moyses said In this you shal know that our Lord hath sent me to do al thinges that you see and that I haue not forged them of my owne mind †If they die the accustomed death of men and if the plague wherwith others also are wont to be visited do visite them out Lord did not send me †but if our Lord do a new thing that the earth opening her mouth swallow them downe al thinges that pertaine to them and they descend quicke into hel you shal know that they haue blasphemed our Lord. †Immediatly therfore as he ceased to speake the earth brake insunder vnder their feete †and opening her mouth deuoured them with their tabernacles al their substance †and they went downe into hel quicke couered with the ground and perished out of the middes of the multitude †But al Israel that stoode round about fled at the cric of them that perished saying Lest perhappes the earth swallow vs also †But a fire also coming forth from our Lord slew the two hundred fiftie men that offered the incense †And our Lord spake to Moyses saying †Command Elâ—zar the sonne of Aaron the priest that he take vp the censars that lie in the burning fire and that he sprinkle the fire hither and thither because they be sanctified †in the deathes of the sinners and let him beate them into plates and fasten them to the altar because there hath bene offered incense in them to the Lord and they are sanctified that the children of Israel may see them for a signe and a monument †Eleazar therfore the priest tooke the brasen censars wherin they had offered whom the burning fire deuoured and bette them into plates fastening them to the altar †that the children of Israel afterward might haue wherwith to be admonished that no stranger approch and he that is not of the seede of Aaron to offer incense to our Lord lest he suffer as Core hath suffered and al his congregation according as our Lord spake to Moyses †And al the multitude of the children of Israel murmured the day folowing against Moyses and Aaron saying You haue killed the people of our Lord. †And when there rose a sedition and the tumult grew farder †Moyses and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of couenant Which after they were entred the cloude couered it and the glorie of our Lord appeared †And our Lord said to Moyses †Depart from the middes of this multitude euen now wil I destroy them And as they lay vpon the ground †Moyses said to Aaron Take the censar and drawing fire from the altar put incense vpon it going quickly to the people to pray for them for euen now is the wrath come forth
darkenes made me astonied Babylon my beloued is made a miracle vnto me †Lay the table looke about in the watch towre the eaters and drinkers arise ye princes take shield †For thus hath our Lord sayd to me Goe and set a watchman and what soeuer he shal see let him tel †And he saw a chariote of two horsemen a rider vpon an asse and a rider vpon a camel and he beheld them diligently with much looking †And a lion cried I am vpon the watch towre of our Lord standing continually by day and I am vpon my watch standing whole nights †Behold this man cometh the rider vpon the chariot of two horsemen and he answered and said Fallen fallen is Babylon and al the sculptils of the gods therof are broken to the ground †O my threshing and children of my flore the thinges that I haue heard of the Lord of hostes the God of Israel I haue shewed vnto you †The burden of Duma crieth to me out of Seir Watchman what of the night watchman what of the night †The watchman said morning is come night if you seeke seeke returne come †The burden in Arabia In the forest at euen you shal sleepe in the pathes of Dedanim †Meeting the thirstie bring water you that inhabite the land of the South with bread meete him that fleeth †For they are fled from the face of the swordes from the face of the sword hanging ouer from the face of the bow bent from the face of a greuous battel †Because thus sayth our Lord to me Yet in one yeare as in the yeare of an hyred man and al the glorie of Cedar shal be taken away †And the remnant of the number of the strong archers of the children of Cedar shal be diminished for our Lord the God of Israel hath spoken it CHAP. XXII For the sinnes especially of chiefe officers Sion and the temple shal be destroyed 15. Sobna a wicked ruler shal be remoued 20. and Eliacim put in his place THE burden of the vale of vision What aileth thee that thou art also wholly gone vp into the house toppes †ful of clamour a populous citie reioycing thy slaine are not slaine by the sword nor dead in battel †Al thy princes are fled together and are bound hard al that were found are bound together they are fled far of †Therfore haue I sayd Depart from me I wil weepe bitterly labour not to comforte me for the destruction of the daughter of my people †For it is a day of slaughter and conculcation and weepings to our Lord the God of hostes in the vale of visitation searching the wal and magnifical vpon the mountaine †And Aelam tooke quiuer chariote of the horsman and the shilde hath made the wal naked †And thy principal valleis shal be ful of chariots and the horsmen shal place them selues in the gate †And the couering of Iuda shal be discouered and thou shalt see in that day the armourie of the house of the forest †And you shal see the breaches of the citie of Dauid because they are multiplied and you haue gathered together the waters of the lower poole †and haue numbred the houses of Ierusalem and destroyed houses to fortifie the wal †And you haue made a lake betwen the two walles to the water of old poole and you looked not vp to him that made it and the worker therof long before you saw not †And our Lord the God of hostes shal cal in that day to weeping and to moorning to baldnes and to girdle of sackcloth †and behold ioy and gladnes to kil calues and to slea rammes to eate flesh and to drinke wine Let vs eate and drinke for tomorow we shal die †And the voice of the Lord of hostes was reuealed in mine eares If this iniquitie shal be forgeuen you vntil you die sayth our Lord the God of hosles †Thus sayth our Lord the God of hostes Goe get thee in to him that dwelleth in the tabernacle to Sobna the prouost of the temple and thou shalt say to him †What doest thou here or as if thou were some bodie here because thou hast cut thee out a sepulchre here thou hast cut out a memorial diligently in an high place a tabernacle for thee in a rocke †Behold our Lord wil cause thee to be caried away as a cocke is caried and he wil lift thee vp as a garment †Crowning he wil crowne thee with tribulation he wil cast thee as a bal into a brode and large countrie there shalt thou die and there shal the chariot of thy glorie be the ignominie of the house of thy Lord. †And I wil expel thee from thy standing and depose thee from thy ministerie †And it shal be in that day I wil cal my seruant Eliacim the sonne of Helcias †and wil cloth him with thy coate and wil strengthen him with thy girdle and wil geue thy powre into his hand and he shal be as a father to the inhabitants of Ierusalem and to the house of Iuda †And I wil geue the key of the house of Dauid vpon his shoulder he shal open and there shal be none to shut and he shal shut and there shal be none to open †And I wil fasten him as a pinne in a sure place he shal be for a throne of glorie to the house of his father †And they shal hang vpon him al the glorie of his fathers house diuerse kindes of vessels euerie litle vessel from vessels of cuppes euen to euerie instrument of musike †In that day saith the Lord of hostes shal the pinne be taken away that was fastened in the sure place and that which hong theron shal be broken and fal and perish because our Lord hath spoken CHAP. XXIII The destruction of Tyrus by the Chaldees 15. and reparation therof after seuentie yeares THE burden of Tyre Howle ye shippes of the sea because the house is destroyed from whence they were wont to come from the land of Cethim it is reueled to them †Hold your peace ye that dwel in the I le the trafickers of Sidon passing ouer the sea haue replenished thee †The seede of Nilus in manie waters the haruest of the riuer was her fruites she was made the trafike of the nations †Be ashamed Sidon for the sea sayth the strength of the sea saying I haue not trauailed and I haue not brought forth and I haue not nourished yongmen nor brought virgins to their growth †When it shal be heard in Aegypt they wil be sorie when they shal heare of Tyre †Passe ouer the seas howle ye that dwel in the I le †Is not this your citie which gloried from ancient dayes in her antiquitie her feete shal leade her afarre to seiourne †Who hath thought this against Tyre that was some
our Lord is filled with bloud it is fatted of the bloud of lambes and buckgoates of the bloud of rammes ful of marow for the victime of our Lord is in Bosra agrear slaughter in the land of Edom. †And the vnicornes shal come downe with them and the bulles with the mightie their land shal be drunke with bloud their ground with the farnes of fatte ones †Because it is the day of the reuenge of our Lord the yeare of retributions of the iudgement of Sion †And the torrents therof shal be turned into pitch and the ground therof into brimstone the land therof shal be into burning pitch †Night and day it shal not be quenched the smoke therof shal goe vp for euer from generation vnto generation it shal be desolate there shal none passe by it world without end †The onocrotalus and hedgehog shal possesse it the ibis and the rauen shal dwel in it and a measure shal be stretched out vpon it to bring it to nothing and a plumme line vnto desolation †The nobles therof shal not be there they shal cal rather vpon the king and al the princes therof shal be as nothing †And thornes and nettles shal grow vp in the houses therof and the thisle in the munitions therof and it shal be the couche of dragons and the pasture of ostriches †And spirites shal meete the onocentaurus and the satyr shal crie one to the other there hath the lamia lien and found her self rest †There hath the hedgehog had an hole and brought vp whelpes and digged round about and cherished them in the shadow therof thither are the kites gathered together one to an other †Searche ye diligently in the booke of our Lord and read one of them hath not wanted one hath not sought for the other because that which procedeth out of my mouth he hath commanded and his spirit the same hath gathered them †And he hath cast them a lot and his hand hath diuided it vnto them by measure they shal possesse it for euer in generation generation they shal dwel therein CHAP. XXXV Gentiles conuerted to Christ shal much reioyce 5. being comforted and confirmed by his miracles much more by his internal grace which bringeth to life euerlasting THE desert and the land without passage shal be glad the wildernes shal reioyce and shal florish as the lilie †Springing it shal spring shal reioyce ioyful and praising the glorie of Libanus is geuen to it the beautie of Carmel and Saron they shal see the glorie of our Lord and the beautie of our God †Encourege ye the loose handes strengthen the weake knees †Say to the faynt harted Take courege and feare not behold your God shal bring reuenge of retribution God him self wil come and wil saue you †Then shal the eies of the blind be opened and the eares of the deafe shal be open †Then shal the lame leape as an hart and the tongue of the dumme shal be opened because waters are cut out in the desert and torrents in the wildernes †And that which was drieland shal be as a poole and the thirstie ground as fountaines of waters In the dennes wherein dragons dwelt before shal spring vp the greennes of reede and bulrush †And a pathe and a way shal be there and it shal be called the holie way the polluted shal not passe by it and this shal be vnto you a direct way so that fooles can not erre by it †The lion shal not be there and the naughtie beast shal not goe vp by it nor be found there and they shal walke that shal be deliuered †And the redemed of our Lord shal be conuerted and shal come into Sion with prayse and euerlasting ioy shal be vpon their head they shal obteyne ioy and gladnes and sorow and mourning shal flee away CHAP. XXXVI Sennacherib king of Assirians hauing taken other cities in Iurie besiegeth and threatneth Ierusalem 4. reprocheth king Ezechias 7. blasphemeth God 13. and terrifieth the people AND it came to passe in the fourtenth yeare of king Ezechias Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came vp agaynst al the fensed cities of Iuda and tooke them †And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces from Lachis to Ierusalem to king Ezechias with a great armie and he stood by the water conduite of the vpper poole in the way of the fullers filde †And there came out to him Eliacim the sonne of Helcias who was ouer the house and Sobna the scribe and Ioahe the sonne of Asaph the commenter †And Rabsaces sayd to them Tel Ezechias Thus sayth the great king the king of the Assyrians What is this confidence wherevpon thou dost trust †or by what counsel or force art thou disposed to rebel vpon whom hast thou confidence that thou art reuolted from me †Loe thou dost trust vpon this broken staffe of reede vpon Aegypt vpon which if a man leane it wil enter into his hand and pearce it so is Pharao the king of Aegypt to al that trust in him †But if thou wilt answer me We trust in our Lord God is it not he whose excelses and altars Ezechias hath taken away and he sayd to Iuda and Ierusalem Before this altar shal you adore †And now deliuer thyself to my lord the king of the Assyrians I wil geue thee two thousand horses neither shalt thou be able of thyself to geue riders for them †And how wilt thou abide the face of the iudge of one place of the lesser seruants of my Lord But if thou trust in Aegypt in chariotes and in horsemen †and now am I come vp without the Lord vnto this land to destroy it The Lord sayd to me Goe vp agaynst this land destroy it †And Eliacïm and Sobna and Ioahe sayd to Rabsaces Speake to thy seruants in the Syrian tongue for we vnderstand it speake not to vs in the Iewes language in the eares of the people that is vpon the wal †And Rabsaces sayd to them Why did my lord send me to thy lord and to thee to speake al these wordes and not rather to the men that sitte on the wal that they may eate their owne dung and drinke the vrine of their feete with you †And Rabsaces stood cried with a loude voice in the Iewes language and sayd Heare ye the wordes of the great king the king of Assyrians †Thus sayth the king Let not Ezechias seduce you for he shal not be able to deliuer you †And let not Ezechias geue you confidence vpon the Lord saying Our Lord deliuering wil deliuer vs this citie shal not be geuen into the hand of the king of Assyrians †Heare not Ezechias for thus sayth the king of Assyrians doe a blessing with me and come forth to me and eate ye euerie man
drunke euen to the dregges †There is none that can vphold her of al the children that she hath borne and there is none that taketh her by the hand of al the children that she hath brought vp †There are two thinges which haue happened to thee who shal be sorie for thee Spoile and destruction and famine and the sword who shal comfort thee †Thy children are throwen forth they haue slept in the head of alwayes as the orix that is snared ful of the indignation of our Lord of the rebuke of thy God †Therefore heare this poore little one and drunken not of wine †Thus sayth thy dominatour our Lord and thy God who hath fought for his people Behold I haue taken out of thy hand the cuppe of drousines the botome of the cuppe of mine indignation thou shalt not adde to drinke it any more †And I wil put it in their hand that haue humbled thee and haue sayd to thy soule Bow downe that we may passe ouer and thou hast layd thy bodie as the ground and as a way to them that passe ouer CHAP. LII The prophet alluding to the deliuerie of Sion and Ierusalem from Babylonical captiuitie sturreth vp the Church of Christ to reioyce for the deliuerie from sinne 7. which Christs Apostles preached 10. with great fruite in al nations ARISE arise put on thy strength ô Sion put on the garments of thy glorie ô Ierusalem the citie of the holie one because the vncircumcised and vncleane shal adde no more to passe by thee †Be shaken out of the dust arise sit vp Ierusalem loose the bonds of thy necke ô captiue daughter of Sion †Because thus sayth our Lord You were sold for nought and without siluer you shal be redemed †Because thus sayth our Lord God My people went downe into Aegypt at the beginning to be a seiourner there and Assur without any cause did oppresse them †And now what haue I here sayth our Lord because my people is taken away for nought Their rulers doe vniustly sayth our Lord and continually al the day my name is blasphemed †For this cause shal my people know my name in that day because I myself that spake loe am present †How beautiful vpon the mountaines are the feete of him that euangelizeth preacheth peace of him that telleth good preaching health that sayeth to Sion Thy God shal reigne †The voice of thy watchemen they haue lifted vp their voice they shal prayse together because eie to eie they shal see when our Lord shal conuert Sion †Reioyce prayse together ye deserts of Ierusalem because our Lord hath comforted his people he hath redemed Ierusalem †Our Lord hath prepared his holie arme in the sight of al the Gentiles and al the endes of the earth shal see the saluation of our God †Depart depart goe ye out from thence touch not a polluted thing goe out of the middes of her be cleansed ye that carie the vesseles of our Lord. †Because you shal not goe out in tumult neither with flight shal you make hast for our Lord wil goe before you and the God of Israel wil gather you together †Behold my seruant shal vnderstand he shal be exalted and shal be lifted vp and shal be exceding high †As manie haue bene astoined vpon thee so shal his looke among men be inglorious and his forme among the sonnes of men †He shal sprinkle manie nations kinges shal shut their mouthe vpon him because they to whom it was not told of him haue sene and they that heard not haue beheld CHAP. LIII Al wil not beleue Christs Gospel to whom it shal be preached 2. as the mysterie of his ignominious death for al mens sinnes 7. which he wil suffer most mekely 10. for which his name shal be glorified in al places VVHO hath beleued our hearing and the arme of our Lord to whom is it reueled †And he shal come vp as a yong spring before him and as a roote from a thirstie ground there is no beautie in him nor comelinesse and we haue sene him and there was no sightlines and we were desirous of him †Despised and most abiect of men a man of sorowes and knowing infirmitie and his looke as it were hid and despised whereupon neither haue we estemed him †He surely hath borne our infirmities and our sorowes he hath caried and we haue thought him as it were a leper and striken of God and humbled †But he was wounded for our iniquities he was broken for our sinnes the discipline of our peace vpon him and with the waile of his stripe we are healed †Al we haue strayed as sheepe euerie one hath declined into his owne way and our Lord hath put vpon him the iniquitie of al vs. †He was offered because him self would and opened not his mouth as a sheepe to slaughter shal he be led and as a lambe before his shearer he shal be dumme and shal not open his mouth †from distresse and from iudgement he was taken vp who shal declare his generation because he is cut out of the land of the liuing for the wickednes of my people haue I striken him †And he shal geue the impious for his burial and the riche for his death because he hath not done iniquitie neither was there guile in his mouth †And our Lord would breake him in infirmitie if he shal put away his soule for sinne he shal see seede of long age and the wil of our Lord shal be directed in his hand †For that his soule hath laboured he shal see and be filled in his knowlege the same my iust seruant shal iustifie manie and he shal beare their iniquities †Therefore wil I distribute vnto him verie manie and he shal diuide the spoiles of the strong for that he hath deliuered his soule vnto death and was reputed with the wicked and he hath borne the sinnes of manie and hath prayed for the transgressours CHAP. LIIII Gentiles who were barren shal multiplie in the Church of Christ 10. from which Gods mercie shal neuer be separated PRAISE ô barren woman which bearest not sing prayse and make ioyful noyse which didst not beare because manie are the children of the desolate more then of her that hath a husband saith our Lord. †Enlarge the place of thy tent and stretch out the skinnes of thy tabernacles spare not make long thy coardes and fasten thy nailes †For thou shalt penetrate to the right hand and to the left and thy seede shal inherite the Gentiles and shal inhabite the desolate cities †Feare not because thou shalt not be confounded nor blush for thou shalt not be ashamed because thou shalt forget the confusion of thy youth and the reproch of thy widowhood thou shalt remenber no more †Because he shal rule ouer thee that made thee the
that the beast was slaine and the bodie therof was perished and was committed to the fyre to be burnt †The power of the other beasts also was taken away and times of life were appointed them vntil time and time †I beheld therfore in the vision of the night and loe with the clowdes of heauen there came in as it were m the sonne of man and he came euen to the ancient of dayes and in his sight they offered him †And he gaue him powre and honour and kingdom and al peoples tribes tongues shal serue him his powre an eternal power that shal not be taken away and his kingdom that shal not be corrupted †My spirit trembled I Daniel was made sore afrayd at these thinges and the visions of my head trubled me †I came to one of the assistants and I asked the truth of him concerning al these thinges who told me the interpretation of the wordes and taught me †These foure great beasts are foure kingdoms which shal rise vp out of the earth †And they shal take the kingdom of the holie God most high they shal obteine the kingdom euen to world world of worldes †After this I would diligently lerne of the fourth beast which was very vnlike from al and exceding terrible his teeth and clawes of yron he did eate and breake in peeces the rest he stamped with his feete †and of the tenne hornes that he had on his head and of the other that had growen vp before which the three hornes fel and of that horne that had eyes and the mouth speaking great wordes and was greater then the rest †I beheld and loe that horne made warre agaynst the saints and preuailed ouer them †til the ancient of dayes came gaue iudgement to the saintes on High and the time came and the saintes obteyned the kingdom †And thus he sayd The fourth beast shal be the fourth kingdom in the earth which shal be greater then al the kingdoms and shal deuoure the whole earth and shal conculcate and breake it in peeces †Moreouer the tenne hornes of that same kingdom shal be tenne kinges and an other shal rise vp after them and he shal be mightier then the former and he shal bring downe three kinges †And he shal speake wordes agaynst the High one and shal destroy the saintes of the Highest and he shal thinke that he can change times lawes and they shal be deliuered into his hand euen n to a time times half a time †And iudgement shal sitte that might may be taken away and be broken and perish euen to the end †And kingdom and power and the greatnes of the kingdom that is vnder al the heauen be geuen to the people of the saintes of the Highest whose kingdom is an euerlasting kingdom and al kinges shal serue him and shal obey him †Hitherto the end of the word I Daniel was much trubled with my cogitations and my face was changed in me but the word I kept in my hart CHAP. VIII Daniel seeth a ramme with two hornes ouercomen by a goate with one horne 8. Which shal also be broken and foure lesse rise in place therof one of them prophaneth the temple in Ierusalem and taketh away the daylie sacrifice 15. And Gabriel the Archangel expoundeth the vision IN the third yeare of the reigne of Baltassar the king a vision appeared to me †I Daniel saw in my vision after that which I had sene in the beginning when I was in Susis the castel which is in the prouince of Aelam and I saw in the vision that I was ouer the * gate Vlai †I lifted vp mine eyes and saw and behold one ramme stood before the marrice hauing highe hornes one higher then an other growing vnder †Afterward I saw the ramme pushing with the hornes against the Weast against the North and against the South and al beasts could not resist him nor be deliuered out of his hand and he did according to his wil was magnified †And I vnderstood and behold a buckgoate came from the West vpon the face of the whole earth he touched not the ground Moreouer the buckgoate had a notable horne betwen his eyes †And he came euen to that ramme with the hornes which I had sene standing before the gate he ranne towards him in the violence of his strength †And when he had approched nere the ramme he was wood against him and stroke the ramme and he brake his two hornes and the ramme could not resist him and when he had cast him on the ground he trode him and no man could deliuer the ramme out of his hand †And the buckgoate became exceding great and when he was growne the great horne was broken and there rose vp foure hornes vnder it by the foure windes of heauen †And out of one of them came forth g one litle horne and it was made great against the South and against the East and against the strength †And it was magnified euen vnto the strength of heauen and it threw downe of the strength and of the starres and trode them †And it was magnified euen vnto the prince of the strength and from him it tooke the continual sacrifice and threw downe the place of his sanctification †And strength was geuen against the continual sacrifice because of sinnes and truth shal be throwen prostrate on the ground and he shal doe and shal prosper †And I heard h one of the saincts spea king one sainte sayd to an other I know not to whom that spake How long the vision and the continual sacrifice and the sinne of the desolation that is made and the sanctuarie and the strength shal be conculcate †And he sayd to him Vnto the euening morning two thousand three hundred the sanctuarie shal be clensed †And it came to passe when I Daniel saw the vision and sought the vnderstanding behold there stood in my sight as it were the forme of a man †And I heard the voice of a man betwen the bankes of Vlai and he cried and sayd Gabriel make this man vnderstand the vision †And he came and stood nere where I stoood and when he was come trembling I fel on my face he sayd to me Vnderstand k sonne of man that in the time of the end the vision shal be accomplished †And when he spake to me I fel flat on the ground and he touched me and sette me vp in my standing †and sayd to me I wil shew thee what thinges are to come in the last of the malediction because the time hath his end †The ramme which thou sawest haue hornes is the king of the Medes and Persians †Moreouer the buckgoate is the king of the Graecians and the great horne that was betwen his
a snare of ruine vpon al his wayes madnes in the house of his God †They haue sinned deeply as in the dayes of Gabaa he wil remember their iniquitie and wil visite their sinne †As grapes in the desert I found Israel as the first fruites of the figtree in the toppe therof I saw their fathers but they haue entered into Beelphegor and are alienated into confusion and are become abominable as those thinges which they loued †Ephraim as a bird hath flowen away their glorie from birth and from the wombe and from conception †But if they shal nourish vp their children I wil make them without children among men yea wo to them when I shal depart from them †Ephraim as I saw was Tyre founded in beautie and Ephraim shal lead out his children to the murderer †Geue them ô Lord what wilt thou geue to them Geue them a wombe without children and dire brests †Al their wicked in Galgal because there I hated them for the malice of their inentions I wil cast forth out of my house I wil not adde to loue them al their princes reuolters †Ephraim is strooken their roote is dried vp they shal yeld no fruite But and if they shal haue issue I wil kil the best beloued things of their wombe †My God wil cast them away because they heare him not and they shal be vagabunds in the nations CHAP. X. After manie benefites and aduancement much affliction shal fal vpon the tenne tribes for their ingratitude towards God ISRAEL a vine a thicke of branches the fruite is made equal to it according to the multitude of his fruite he hath multiplied altars according to the plentie of his land he hath abunded in idols †Their hart is diuided now they shal perish he shal breake their idols he shal destroy their altars †Because they wil now say We haue no king for we feare not our Lord and what shal a king do to vs †You speake wordes of vnprofitable vision and you shal make a couenant iudgement shal spring as bitternes vpon the furrowes of the filde †The kine of Bethauen haue the inhabitans of Samaria worshipped Because his people mourned vpon him his temple wardens reioyced vpon him in his glorie because it departed from him †For he also was caried vnto Assur a gift to the king Reuenger confusion shal take Ephraim Israel shal be confunded in his owne wil. †Samaria hath made her king to passe as froth vpon the face of water †And the excelses of the idol the sinne of Israel shal be destroyed the burre and the thistle shal grow vp ouer their altars and they shal say to the mountaines Couer vs and to the litle hilles Fal vpon vs. †From the Dayes of Gabaa Israel hath sinned there they stood the battel in Gabaa vpon the children of iniquitie shal not apprehend them †According to my desire I wil chastise them and the peoples shal be gathered together vpon them when they shal be chastised for their two inquities †Ephraim an heifer taught to loue threshing and I haue passed ouer the beautie of her necke I wil ascend vpon Ephraim Iudas shal plough Iacob shal breake the furrowes to himself †Sow to your selues in iustice and reape in the mouth of mercie fallow ground but the time to seeke our Lord when he shal come that shal teach you iustice †you haue ploughed impietie you haue reaped iniquitie you haue eaten the fruite of lying because thou hast trusted in thy wayes in the multitude of thy strong ones †A tumult shal arise in thy people al thy munitions shal be destroyed as Salmana was destroyed by his house that tooke vengeance on Baal in the day of battel the mother being dashed in peeces vpon the children †So hath Bethel done to you because of the malice of your iniquities CHAP. XI The kingdom of Israel is further admonished and threatned 10. of which tribes manie shal beleue in Christ AS the morning passed hath the king of Israel passed away Because Israel was a child and I loued him and out of Aegypt I called my sonne †They called them so they departed from their face they immolated to Baalim sacrificed to idols †And I as it were the nurse of Ephraim caried them in myne armes and they knew not that I cured them †In the cordes b of Adam I wil draw them in the bands of charitie and I wil be to them as lifting vp the yoke vpon their cheekes and I declined to him that he mightâ—ate †He shal not returne into the Land of Aegypt and Assur he his king because they would not conuert †The sword hath begune in his cities and it shal consume his elect and shal eate their heades †And my people shal hang vpon my returne but a yoke shal be put vpon them together which shal not be taken away †how shal I geue thee Ephraim protect thee Israel how shal I geue thee as Adama lay thee as Seboim My hart is turned within my repentance is disturbed together †I wil not doe the furie of my wrath I wil not returne to destroy Ephraim because I am God and not man in the middes of thee the Holie one and I wil not enter into the citie †They shal walke after our Lord as a lion wil he roare because he wil roare and the children of the sea shal feare †And they shal flie away as a bird out of Aegypt and as a doue out of the Land of the Assyrians and I wil place them in their houses saith our Lord. †Ephraim hath compassed me in denying and the house of Israel in deceite but Iudas a witnesse is descended with God and with the sainctes faithful CHAP. XII The people by their sinnes procure their owne miseries 3. not regarding Iacobs vertues EPHRAIM feedeth the winde and foloweth the heate al the day he multiplieth lying and waste and he hath made a league with the Assyrians and he caried oyle into Aegypt †The iudgement therfore of our Lord with Iuda and visitation vpon Iacob according to his wayes and according to his inuentions he wil render to him †In the wombe he supplanted his brother and in his strength he was directed with the Angel †And he preuailed against the Angel and was strengthened and he wept and besought him in Bethel he found him an there he spake with vs. †And our Lord the God of hostes the Lord is his memorial †And thou shalt conuert to thy God keepe mercie and iudgement and hope in thy God alwayes †Chanaan in his hand a deceitful balance he hath loued calumnie †And Ephraim sayd But yet I am made rich I haue found an idol to my self al my labours shal not finde me the iniquitie which I haue sinned †And I the Lord
haue they extended the hand but also into al our coasts †and behold they haue approched this day to the castel in Ierusalem to take it and they haue fortified a fortresse in Bethsura †and vnles thou preuent them more spedely they wil doe greater thinges then these and thou shalt not be able to winne them †And the king was angrie as he heard these thinges and he called together al his freinds and the princes of his armie and them that were ouer the horsemen †Yea and of other realmes and of the ilands by the sea there came vnto him hyred armies †And the number of his armie was an hundred thousand footemen and twentie thousand horsemen and elephants thirtie two taught to battel †And they came through Idumea and approched to Bethsura and fought manie dayes and they made engins and came forth and burnt them with fyre and fought manfully †And Iudas departed from the castel and remoued the campe to Bethzacaram against the kings campe †And the king arose before it was light and stirred the bands into fiercenes against the way to Bethzacaram and the armies made themselues readie to the battel and they sounded with trumpets †and to the elephants they shewed the bloud of the grape and of the mulberie to prouoke them to the battel †And they diuided the beasts by the legions and there stood by euerie elephant a thousand men in coates of maile helmets of brasse on their heads and fiue hundred horsemen set in order were chosen for cuerie beast †These before the time whersoeuer the beast was there were they and whither soeuer it went they went and they departed not from it †Yea vpon them were strong woodden to wres prorecting euerie beast vpon them engins and vpon euerie one thirtie two men of strength which fought from aboue within the master of the beast †And the residue of the horsemen he placed on this side and on that side into two parts with trumpets to stir vp the armie to vrge them that stood thicke together in the legions therof †And as the sunne did shine vpon the bucklers of gold and of brasse the mountaynes glistered there with and they glistered as lampes of fire †And part of the kings armie was seuered by the high montaynes and an other part by the low places and they marched warely and orderly †And al the inhabitants of the land were moued at the voice of the multitude of them and the marching of the troupe the ratling of the armour for it was an armie exceding great and strong †And Iudas approched and his armie into battel there fel of the kings armie six hundred men †And Eleazar the sonne of Saura saw one of the beasts harnessed with the kings harnes and it was eminent aboue the other beasts and it semed to him that the king was on it †and he gaue himself to deliuer his people and to get him self an euerlasting name †And he ranne to it boldly in the middes of the legion killing on the right hand on the left and they were slaine of him on this side and that side †And he went vnder the feete of the elephant and put himself vnder him and slew him and it fel to the ground vpon him and he died there †And they seing the kinges powre and the fiercenes of his armie turned them selues aside from them †But the kings campe went vp against them vnto Ierusalem and the kings campe approched to Iurie and mount Sion †And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura and they came forth out of the citie because there were no victuals for them there benig shút vp because it was the sabbaths of the land †And the king tooke Bethsura and he placed there a garrison to kepe it †And he turned the place of the sanctification manie dayes he placed there arbalists and engins and instruments to cast fyre and peeces to cast stones and arrowes scorpions to shoote arrowes and slings †And they also made engins against their engins and they fought manie dayes †But there were no victuals in the citie for that it was the seuenth yeare and they that had remayned in Iurie of the Gentils had consumed their remaynes that had bene layd vp †And there remayned in the holies few men because famine had preuailed ouer them and they were dispersed euerie man into his place †And Lysias heard that Philip whom king Antiochus when he liued had appointed to bring vp his sonne to reigne †was returned from Persis and Media and the armie that went with him and that he sought to take vpon him the affayres of the kingdom †and he hastened to goe and to say to the king and to the princes of the armie We decay dayly and there is litle victual for vs and the place that we besiege is fensed it lyeth vpon vs to take order for the kingdom †Now therfore let vs geue the right handes to these men and make peace with them and with al their nation †And let vs decree for them that they walke in their owne ordinances as before For because of their ordinances which we dispised they haue bene wrath and haue done al these thinges †And the word was liked in the sight of the king and of the princes and he sent vnto them to make peace and they receiued it †And the king and the princes sware to them and they came out of the fortresse †And the king entred mount Sion and saw the munition of the place and he brake quickly the othe which he sware and commanded to destroy the wal round about †And he departed in hast and returned to Antioche and found Philip ruling ouer the citie and he fought against him and wanne the citie CHAP. VII Demetrius commandeth to kil Antiochus and Lysias being eaptiues 5. Alcimus and other wicked Iewes solicite the king 8. and he sendeth a great armie into Iurie appointeth Bacchides general and Alcimus highpriest 10. Who falsly pretending peace Iudas doth not credite them but the Assidians are deceiued 16. and manie are slayne 23. Iudas resisting the persecuters depart 26. Wherupon Nicanor is sent with an other armie fighteth and loseth manie men 33. parteth in great rage 39. assaulteth Bethoron 42. is slayne and his armie flying is al destroyed 48. They celebrate that day with ioy and haue peace for a while IN the yeare an hundreth fiftie first went forth Demetrius the sonne of Seleucus from the citie of Rome and he ascended with few men into a citie by the sea side and reigned there †And it came to passe as he entered into the house of the kingdom of his fathers the armie tooke Antiochus and Lysias to bring them vnto him †And the king was knowne to him and he sayd Shew me not their face †And the armie slew
spoken it †And he shal say in that day Loe this is our God we haue expected him and he wil saue vs this is our Lord we haue patiently wayted for him we shal reioyce and be ioyful in his saluation †Because the hand of our Lord shal rest in this mount and Moab shal be treshed vnder him as straw is broken with the wayne †And he shal stretch forth his handes vnder him as he that swimmeth stretcheth forth to swimme and he shal humble his glorie with dashing of his handes †And the munitions of thy high walles shal fal and be humbled shal be plucked downe to the grownd euen to the dust CHAP. XXVI A Canticle of thankes for changing the old Synagogue into the Church of Christ Which hath more light of true faith 12. and more patience in tribulations 19. Which in the general resurrection shal be made manifest IN THAT day shal this song be sung in the land of Iuda Sion the citie of our strength a Sauiour therin shal be put a wal and bulworke †Open ye the gates and let the iust nation enter in that keepeth truth †The old errour is gone thou wilt keepe peace peace because we haue hoped in thee †You haue hoped in our Lord in worldes euerlasting in our Lord God strong for euer †Because he wil bowe downe them that dwel on high the high citie he wil abase He wil abase it euen to the ground he wil plucke it downe euen to the dust The foote shal treade it downe the feete of the poore the steppes of the needie †The path of the iust is right the path of the iust is right to walke in †And in the path of thy iudgements ô Lord we haue patiently expected thee thy name and thy memorial are in the desire of the soule †My soule hath desired thee in the night yea and with my spirit in my hart I wil watch to thee in the morning When thou shalt doe thy iudgments in the earth the inhabitants of the world shal learne iustice †Let vs haue mercie on the impious and he wil not learne iustice in the land of the holie he hath done wicked thinges and he shal not see the glorie of our Lord. †Lord thy hand be exalted and let them not see let the enuious people see and be confounded and let fyre deuoure thine enimies †Lord thou wilt geue peace to vs for al our workes thou hast wrought to vs. †O Lord our God there haue lordes besides thee possessed vs onlie in thee let vs remember thy name †Let not the dead liue let not the giants rise againe therfore hast thou visited and destroyed them hast destroyed al their memorie †Thou hast bene fauorable to the nation ô Lord thou hast bene fauourable to the nation wast thou glorified thou hast made al the endes of the earth far of †Lord in distresse they haue sought after thee in tribulation of murmur thy doctrine was to them †As she that conceiueth when she draweth neere to be deliuered being sorowful crieth in her paines so are we become at thy presence ô Lord. †We haue conceiued and as it were traueled and brought forth the spirit saluations we haue not done in the earth therfore the inhabitants of the earth haue not fallen †Thy dead shal liue my slaine shal rise againe awake and prayse ye that dwel in the dust because the dew of the light is thy dew the land of the giants thou shalt plucke downe into ruine †Goe my people enter into thy chambers shut thy doores vpon thee be hid a litle for a moment til the indignation passe †For behold our Lord wil come out of his place to visite the iniquitie of the inhabitant of the earth against him and the earth shal reuele her bloud and shal couer her slaine no more CHAP. XXVII God comforteth the faithful promising to destroy the wicked 3. Christs coming is againe prophecied with propagation of his Gospel and conuersion of al nations IN that day our Lord wil visite with his sore and great and strong sword vpon Leuiathan the serpent the barre and vpon Leuiathan the crooked serpent and shal kil the whale that is in the sea †In that day the vineyard of pure wine shal sing to it †I the Lord that keepe it I wil sodenly drinke to it lest perhaps there be visitation agaynst it night and day I kepe it †There is no indignation in me who wil geue me to be thorne and bryer in battel to goe vpon it to set it on fyre together †Or rather shal he hold my strength shal he make peace with me shal he make peace with me †They that goe in with violence to Iacob Israel shal florish and spring and they shal fil the face of the world with seede †Hath he striken him according to his stroke that stroke him or as he killed his slaine is he killed †In measure against measure when it shal be cast of thou shalt iudge it He hath meditated in his hard spirite during the day of heate †Therfore vpon this shal the iniquitie be forgeuen to the house of Iacob and this is al the fruite that the sinne therof be taken away when he shal haue layd al the stones of the altar as stones of ashes broken the groues temples shal not stand †For the defensed citie shal be desolate the beautiful citie shal be forsaken and shal be left as a desert there shal the calfe feede and there he shal lie and shal consume the toppes therof †The haruests therof shal be destroyed in drught wemen coming and teaching it for it is not a wise people therfore shal not he that made it haue mercie on it and he that formed it shal not spare it †And it shal be in that day our Lord wil strike from the chanel of the riuer euen to the torrent of Aegypt and you shal be gathered together one and one ô children of Israel †And it shal be in that day a sound shal be made with a great trompet and they that were lost shal come from the land of the Assirians and that were cast out from the land of Aegypt and shal adore our Lord in the holie mount in Ierusalem CHAP. XXVIII Tribulations are threatned to the tenne tribes of Israel for their pride and voluptuosnes 5. God stil protecting some who serue him sincerely 7 and for contempt of Religion 16. But God wil lay a sure fundation in Sion 20. Wil punish the wicked 24. and comforth the good VVOE to the crowne of pride to the drunkards of Ephraim and to the flowre falling downe from the glorie of his exultation which were in the toppe of the most fatte valley erring by wine †Behold our Lord is valiant and strong as the violence of hayle a whirle wind breaking the
violence of manie waters ouerflowing sent forth vpon a large ground †The crowne of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shal be troden vnder feete †And the flowre of the glorie of his exultation which is vpon the toppe of the valley of fatte ones shal be falling as a timely fruite before the ripenesse of autumme which when he that seeth it shal behold as soone as he taketh it in his hand he wil deuoure it †In that day the Lord of hostes shal be a crowne of glorie and a garland of exultation to the residue of his people †and a spirit of iudgement to him that sitteth in iudgement and strength to them that returne out of battel to the gate †But these also haue bene ignorant because of wine and by drunkennes haue erred the priest and the prophete haue bene ignorant because of drunkennes they are swalowed vp with wine they haue erred in drunkennes they haue not knowne him that seeth they haue bene ignorant of iudgement †For al tables were filled with vomiting and filth so that there was no more place †Whom shal he teach knowledge and whom shal he make to vnderstand the thing heard them that are weyned from the milke that are plucked away from the breasts †For command recommand command recommand expect reexpect expect reexpect a litle there a litle there †For in the speach of lippe and in an other tougue he wil speake to his people †To whom he sayd This is my rest refresh the wearie and this is my refreshing they would not heare †And the word of our Lord shal be to them command recommand command recommand expect reexpect expect reexpect a litle there a litle there that they may goe and fal backward and be destroyed and snared and taken †For this cause heare the word of our Lord ye scorneful men which rule ouer my people that is in Ierusalem †For you haue sayd We haue stroken a league with death and with hel we haue made a couenant The scourge ouerflowing when it shal passe shal not come vpon vs because we haue made lying our hope and with lying we are protected †Therfore thus sayth our Lord God Behold I wil send in the foundations of Sion a stone an approued stone a corner stone pretious founded in the foundation He that beleueth let him not make hast †And I wil put iudgement in weight and iustice in measure and haile shal ouerthrow the hope of lying and waters shal ouerflow the protection †And your league with death shal be abolished and your couenant with hel shal not stand when the scourge ouerflowing shal passe you shal be troden downe of it †Whensoeuer it shal passe through it shal take you away because in the morning early it shal passe through in the day and in the night and vexation alone shal geue vnderstanding in the hearing †For the bed is streitened so that one must fal out and a short mantel can not couer both †For our Lord shal stand as in the mount of diuisions as in the valley which is in Gabaon shal he be angrie that he may doe his worke his strange worke that he may worke his worke is strange from him †And now mocke not lest perhaps your bonds be tied strayte For I haue heard of our Lord the God of hostes consummation and abridgement vpon al the earth †Harken with your eares and heare my voice attend and heare my speach †Wil the ploughman plowe al the day to sow wil he cut and harrow his ground †Wil he not when he hath made euen the face therof sprinkle cummine and place the wheate by order and the barley and millet and vetche in their bondes †And his God wil instruct him in iudgement he wil teach him †For gith shal not be threshed with instruments that haue teeth neither shal the wayne wheele turne about vpon cummine but gith shal be beaten out with a rodde and cummine with a staffe †But bread corne shal be broken smal but the thresher shal not thresh it for euer neither shal the wayne wheele vexe it nor breake it with the teeth therof †And this is come forth from our Lord the God of hostes that he might make his counsel meruelous and magnifie iustice CHAP. XXIX The Prophet bewaleth the Iewes destruction 9. for their blinde obstinacie 17. prophecying the Gentiles conuersion VVOE to Ariel Ariel the citie which Dauid ouercame yeare is added to yeare the solemnities are at an end †And I wil make a trench about Ariel and it shal be sorowful moorning and it shal be to me as Ariel †And I wil compasse as a sphere round about thee and wil cast a rampier against thee and place munitions to besiege thee †Thou shalt be humbled thou shalt speake out of the earth and out of the gronnd thy speach shal be heard and thy voice shal be out of the earth as the Pythons and out of the ground thy speach shal mutter †And the multitude of them that fanne thee shal be as smal dust and as issles passing away the multitude of them that haue preuailed agaynst thee †And it shal be sodenly forthwith It shal be visited of the Lord of hostes in thunder and earth quake and with great voice of whirlewind and tempest and with flame of deuouring fyre †And the multitude of al nations that haue fought agaynst Ariel shal be as the dreame of a vision in the night and al that haue waried and beseged preuailed agaynst it †And as he that is hungrie dreameth eateth but when he is awake his soule is emptie as he that is thirstie dreameth and drinketh and after he is awake faint as yet thirsteth and his soule is emptie so shal the multitude be of al the Gentiles that haue fought agaynst mount Sion †Be astonied and meruel wauer and stagger be ye drunke and not of wine be moued not of drunkenes †Because our Lord hath mingled vnto you the spirit of drowsines he wil shut your eyes he wil couer your prophetes and princes that see visions †And the vision of al shal be vnto you as the wordes of a booke sealed which when they shal geue to him that knoweth letters they shal say Read this and he shal answer I can not for it is sealed †And the booke shal be geuen to one that knoweth not letters and it shal be sayd to him Reade and he shal answer I know not letters †And our Lord sayd Because this people approcheth with their mouth and with their lippes glorifieth me but their hart is far from me and they haue feared me by the commandement and doctrines of men †therfore behold I wil adde to make admiration to this people by a great and wonderful miracle for wisdom