Gods wil and ordinance who so transposed Isaacs blessing from Esau to Iacob VVhich Isaac at length vnderstanding conformed him self therto and confirmed the same v. 33. ch 28. giuing Esau such contentment as he could of temporal blessings Ioseph is renowmed for al vertues euen from his youth to his death Gen. 37. 39. 50. Iob Was simple and right fearing God and departing from euil a iust and innocent man both before and in his tribulations not sinning with his lippes neither spake he anie foolish thing against God ch 1. yea more afflicted retained innocencie ch 2. and finally God receiued his prayer for others and restored al his losses duble ch 42. Moyses a most special selected Prophet the meekest man on the earth of singular Zeale seuerly punished sinne but withal most charitably prayed God to forgiue the people and conserue his Church God of his mere mercie electeth al those whom he wil iustifie and saue offering al sufficient grace iustly leaueth some obstinate sinners in state of damnation Gen. 25. Exo. 7. His predestination foreknowledge and promise do not exclude but include the meanes wherby his wil is done in the iust Gen. 25. 37. 45 50. Neither is Gods reprobation the cause of anie mans damnation but mans owne sinne the proper cause both of reprobation damnation For example Pharao his people enuying vainly fearing and for their religion hating and persecuting the children of Israel by oppressing them with vnsupportable laboures by commanding secretly to kil their infants and that not succeding by a new decree to drowne them Exo. 1. were mercifully after long conniuence admonished by Gods legates in his name quietly to permit his people to serue him but they wilfully contemned this gentle admonition Pharao proudly and insolently answering Who is the Lord that I should heare his voice and dismisse Israel I know not the Lord and Israel I wil not dismisse Exo. 5. So they hardned their owne hartes and more greuously afflicted the faithful God permitting the wicked to liue and prosper for a time in this world not punishing them so much as they deserued nor mollifying their hartes not illuminating their vnderstanding vnto effectual conuersion but iustly permitting them to persist in obstinacie Ex. 7. 8. 9. 10. c. Protection of Angels inuocation is proued Gen. 24. 32. 48. Patriarches names also inuocated c. 48. v. 16. Isaac was blessed prospered for Abrahams sak◠because Abraham obeyed Gods voice kept his precepts cōmandements obserued his ceremonies his lawes Gen. 26. Iosephs rodde adored by Iacob Gen. 47. Moyses commanded to put of his shooes because the place was holie Exod. 3. Swearing by creatures lawful and some times more conuenient then immediatly by God him selfe Gen. 42. Likewise Ominous speach Gen. 24. and Dreames Gen 37. 40 41 are sometimes lawfully obserued and are from God Idols alwaies vnlawful but not al Images Gen. 31. 35. Reliques to be reuerently vsed as Iosephs bodie conserued in a coffin in Aegypt Gen vlt. translated by Moyses Exo. 13. and so brought into Chanaan and layed with other Patriarches in Sichem Going bare foote to holie places an act of religious reuerence and deuotion Ex. 3. The signe of the crosse vsed by Iacob Gen 48. a figure of Christs crosse The wood cast by Moyses into the bitter water and making it sweete Exo. 15. an other figure therof Funeral obsequies were obserued by Abraham for his wife Sara Gen. 23. with mourning and weeping for her according to the qualitie of so holie a person who it is like needed not other satisfactorie workes as Saul and Ionathas and others slaine in battel for whom Dauid and his court did not only mourne and weepe but also fasted til euen He also bought a field with a duble caue where he buried her dedicating it for this peculiar vse and both himself and Isaac Iacob Rebecca and Lia were there buried Gen. 49. v. 31. Ioseph with al his brethren mourned for their father Iacob first fourtie dayes in Aegypt then carying him into Chanaan celebrated the exequies other seuen dayes Gen. 50. His particular digging of his owne graue v. 5. and both his and Iosephs special charge to be buried amongst their ancesters and the translation of al the twelue sonnes of Iacob into Sichem confirme the desire of burial in one place rather then in an other to be agreable to nature and holie Scriptures Touching the soules departed euen the most perfect went into the lower partes generally called Hel. But some were in rest others in paines according to their desertes none in heauen before Christ As S. Hierom comment in Osee 13. et Eccles 3. proueth by Iacobs vvordes Gen. 37. I wil descend vnto my sonne into hel by Iobs lamentation ch 7. et 17. that al good and bad were retained in hel saying If I shal expect hel is my house and in darknes I haue made my bed VVhich place or receptacle of such Saintes as Iacob and Iob vvas doubtles farre distant from hel of the damned for betvven Lazarus in Abrahams bosome and the glutton intorments is a great chaos or large space and yet the highest of these places is called hel In respect of Resurrection the same Iacob called his life in this vvorld a pilgrimage Gen. 47. and Iob ch 7. a warfare vpon earth professing expressly ch 19. In the last day I shal rise out of the earth And I shal be compassed againe with my skinne and in my flesh I shal see God Our B. Sauiour also proueth the Resurrection because the God of Abraham Isaac and Iacob Exo. 3. is God of them not as they are dead but as they are liuing and to returne againe to life in bodie and soule together Of general Iudgement Iob saieth ch 31. What shal I doe when God shal rise to iudge and when he shal aske what shal I answere him And Eliu ch 34. saieth The omnipotent wil render a man his worke and according to the waies of euerie one he wil reeompence them Sodom and Gomorra Gen. 19. were example saith S. Peter and S. Iude of eternal punishment in hel fire Of eternal life Iacob professed his hope Gen. 49. saying I wil expect thy saluation ô Lord. And Moyses as S. Paul testifieth denied him selfe to be the sonne of Pharaoes daughter esteming the reproch of Christ greater riches then the treasure of the Aegyptians For he looked vnto the reward Thus much touching particular pointes of Religion It resteth to see the visible knowen members of the Church with the heades and gouernors therof succeding without interruption in the same age notwithstanding some brake and departed from them and other innumerable Sectes of Infidels stil multiplied in the world To beginne therfore with Abraham before the former age was ended at which time he was 75. yeares old holie Scriptures stil speake of
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
Vnderstanding Praise of Canticle Alleluia Gradual Canticle Secondly in the titles of some Psalmes are the names of certaine persons which by S. Augustins iudgement cited in the Proemial Annotations and others proueth not the same persons to be authores of those Psalmes but signifieth some other thing Thirdly in some titles the time is signified when the Psalme was made or song Fourtly the matter conteyned in the Psalme or vpon what occasion it was made is expressed in some titles Fiftly diuers other termes are often vsed in the titles of sundrie Psalmes as To the end For the Octaue For presses and the like al which we shal briefly explicate where they first occurre First therfore this third Psalme is called the Psalme of Dauid not because he is author therof for he is also author of the former where his name is not expressed as is euident by the testimonie of al the Apostles Act. 4. v. 25. but because it treateth particularly and literally of him 1. VVhen he â—â—ed from the face of Absalon Here the time is signified when this Psalme was made to wiâ—e immediatly after the ouerthrow of his rebellious sonne Absalom mentioned 2. Reg. 18. before his returne to lerusalem For al beit of humaine natural and fatherlie affection he greatly lamented the death of his sonne yet he rendered thankes and praises to God as reason and dutie bond him 6. I haue slept and haue benne at rest and haue risen vp King Dauid by his sleeping in persecution and by his resting and deliuerie from his persecuters prefigured Christs Death Burial Resurrection As appeareth Ioan. 2. v. 22. VVhere the Euangelist â—aith that after Christs Resurrection his disciples beleued the scripture to witte this and other like prophecies For otherwise the old Testament doth not so expresly declare such Mysteries as the Gospel doth but one thing in the proper and grammatical signification of he wordes and an other thing in shadowes and figures and hoth literal VVhereupon S. Gregory teacheth li. 20. c. 1. Moral that holie Scripture amongst other incomparable excellences surpasseth al other doctrines in the verie maner of speaking because by one and the same speach it reporteth a thing donne and proclameth a Mysterie so relating thinges past that with the verie same wordes it foresheweth thinges to come PSALME IIII. The holie prophet teacheth by his owne example to flee to God in al tribulation 3. that other refugies are insufficient 9. and Gods helpe most assured Vnto “ the end in songues the Psalme of Dauid WHEN I inuocated the God of my iustice heard me in tribulation thou hast enlarged to me Haue mercie on me and heare my prayer †Ye sonnes of men how long are you of heauie hart why loue you vanitie and seeke lying †And know ye that our Lord hath made his holie one meruelous our Lord wil heare me when I shal crie to him †Be ye angrie and sinne not the thinges that you say in your hartes in your chambers be ye sorie for †Sacrifice ye the “ sacrifice of iustice and hope in our Lord. Manie say Who sheweth vs good thinges †The light of thy countenance ô Lord is signed vpon vs thou hast geuen gladnesse in my hart †By the fruite of their corne and wine and oile they are multiplied †In peace in the selfe same I wil sleepe and rest †Because thou Lord hast singularly setled me in hope ANNOTATIONS PSALME IIII. 1. Vnto the end The Hebrew word Lamnatsea signifieth to him that â—uercometh And so the Hebrewes interprete that the Psalmes which haue this word in their titles were directed either to him that excelled others in skil of musike or had authoritie ouer other musitians or to him whose office was to sing victories and triumphes But the Latin according to the Greeke hath In finem Vnto the end which most commonly signifying perpetuitie or continuance vnto the end of anie thing in the titles of the Psalmes rather signifieth that the matter conteyned in the Psalme perteineth to future times or persons especially to the new Testament And so S. Augustin expouÌ„deth it here of Christ who is the end or perfection of the lavv Not that the principal contentes belong to Christ in his owne Person but to his mystical bodie the Church and faithful people whom the Prophete here teacheth to haue confidence in God moderation in their affections patience in tribulation which is the seuenth key proposing his owne example prophetically Christs The same wherto Christ exhorteth saying Ioan. 16. v. vlt. Haue considence I haue ouercome the vvorld Signifying that his seruantes through his grace may also ouercome it 6. Sacrifice of Iustice Not only external Sacrifice of diuers kindes were necessarie in the law of nature and of Moyses and one most excellent and complement of al in the new Testament but also spiritual sacrifice was euer and is required and that of three sortes First Sacrifice of sorow and contrition for sinnes Psal 50. An afflicted spirite is a sacrifice to God The second is sacrifice of Iustice here mentioned The third is Sacrifice of praise Psal 49. Immolate to God the sacrifice of praise Concerning the second proposed in this place He offereth sacrifice of Iustice that rendereth to euery one that is due First to God as our Creator a resignation of our selues euen our liues at his diuine pleasure as to our Master we must render faith and beleefe in al that he proposeth as to our Father hope confidence reuerential seare as to our Lord and King payment of tribute that is obseruation of his law and commandments as to our Captaine the trauel of warfare in this life as to our Phisitian patience and toleration when he cureth our woundes by chasticement for sinnes as to our Spouse chastity of body and mind fleeing al carnal and spiritual fornication as to our Freind frequent conuersation in al actes of deuotion VVe owe to our selues that seing we consist of soule and bodie we keepe due subordination that the soule and reason command the bodie and inferiour appetite obey as the seruant must obey his master and the handmaide her mistris VVe owe to our neighbour loue from the hart inctruction also from the mouth and assistance by our helpe according to his necessitie and our abilitie yea though our neighbour be our enemie But to other enimies contrary thinges are due To the world contempt because the goodes of this world are smal few shorte vncertaine deceiptful not satisfying the mind and mixed with manie euils and dangers To the flesh we owe chasticement and daylie care so to seede it that it serue the soule rebel not To the diuel we must render the shame that cometh by sinne acknowledging our faults
my bones shal say Lord who is like to thee Deliuering the needie from the hand of them that are stronger then he the needie and poore from them that spoile him Vniust witnesses rysing vp asked me things that I knew not †They repayed me euil things for good sterilitie to my soule †But I when they were trublesome to me did put on cloth of heare I humbled my soule in fasting and my prayer shal be turned into my bosome †As a neighbour as our brother so did I please as mourning and sorowful so was I humbled †And they reioyced against me and came together scourges were gathered together vpon me and I was ignorant †They were dissipated and not compunct they tempted me they scorned me with scorning they gnashed vpon me with their teeth †Lord when wilt thou regard restore thou my soule from their malignitie myne only one from the lions †I wil confesse to thee in the great Church in a graue people I wil prayse thee †Let them not reioyce ouer me that are my aduersaries vniustly that hate me without cause and twinckle with the eies †Because they spake in deede peaceably to me and in the anger of the earth speaking they meant guiles †And they opened their mouth awide vpon me they said Wel wel our eies haue seene †Thou hast sene ô Lord keepe not silence Lord depart not from me †Arise and attend to my iudgement my God and my Lord vnto my cause †Iudge me according to thy iustice ô Lord my God and let them not reioyce ouer me †Let them not say in their hartes Wel wel to our soule neitheir let them say We haue deuoured him †Let them blush and be ashamed together that reioyce at my euils Let them be clothed with confusion and shame that speake great things vpon me †Let them reioyce and be glad that wil my iustice and let them say alwayes Our Lord be magnified that wil the peace of his seruant †And my tongue shal meditate thy iustice thy prayse al the day PSALME XXXV The prophet describeth the wicked malice of obstinate sinners 6. Against which he opposeth Gods infinite goodnes 9. with his prouident mercie towards the worst and iust reward of the good 12. praying to escape the dangerous gulfe of pride †Vnto the end to the seruant of our Lord Dauid him selfe THE vniust hath said within him selfe that he would sinne there is no feare of God before his eies †Because he hath done deceitfully in his sight that his iniquitie may be found vnto hatred †The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and guile he would not vnderstand that he might doe wel †He hath meditated iniquitie in his bed he hath set himselfe on euery way not good and malice he hath not hated Lord thy mercie is in heauen and thy truth euen to the clowdes †Thy iustice as the hilles of God thy iudgementes are great depth Men beastes thou wilt saue ô Lord †as thou hast multiplied thy mercie ô God But the children of men shal hope in the couert of thy winges †They shal be inebriated with the plentie of thy house and with the torrent of thy pleasure thou shalt make them drinke Because with thee is the fountaine of life and in thy light we shal see light †Extend thy mercie to them that know thee and thy iustice to them that are of a right hart Let not the foote of pride come to me and let not the hand of a sinner moue me †There haue they fallen that worke iniquitie they were expelled neither could they stand PSALME XXXVI An exhortation not to enuie nor imitate the euil who for most part prosper in this world and are damned eternally but to flee euil and doe good duly considering that God diuersly permitteth and punisheth the wicked and likewise comforteth and afflicteth the iust al for their good †A Psalme to Dauid him self HAVE no emulation toward the malignant neither enuie them that doe iniquitie †Because they shal quickely wither as grasse and as the blossomes of herbes they shal soone fal †Hope in our Lord and doe good and inhabite the land and thou shalt be fed in the riches therof †Be delighted in our Lord and he wil geue thee the petitions of thy hart †Reuele thy way to our Lord and hope in him and he wil doe it †And he wil bring forth thy iustice as light and thy iudgement as midday †be subiect to our Lord and pray him Haue no emulation in him that prospereth in his way in a man that doth iniustices †Cease from wrath and leaue furie haue not emulation that thou be malignant †Because they that are malignant shal be cast out but they that expect our Lord the same shal inherite the land †And yet a litle while and the sinner shal not be and thou shalt seeke his place and shal not find it †But the meeke shal inherite the land and shal be delighted in multitude of peace †The sinner shal obserue the iust and shal gnash vpon him with his teeth †But our Lord shal scorne him because he foreseeth that his day shal come †Sinners haue drawen out the sword they haue bent their bowe That they may deceine the poore and needie that they may murder the right of hart †Let their owne swordes enter into their hartes and let their bowe be broken †Better is a litle to the iust aboue much riches of sinners †Because the armes of sinners shal be broken in pieces but our Lord comfirmeth the iust †Our Lord knoweth the daies of the immaculate and their inheritance shal be for euer †They shal not be confounded in the euil time and in the dayes of famine they shal be filled †because the sinners shal perish But the enemies of our Lord forth with as they shal be honoured and exalted vanishing shal vanish as smoke †The sinner shal borrow and not pay but the iust is merciful and wil geue †Because they that blesse him shal inherite the land but they that curse him shal perish †With our Lord the steppe of man shal be directed and he shal like wel of his way When he shal fal he shal not be brused because our Lord putteth his hand vnder †I haue bene yong for I am old and I haue not sene the iust forsaken nor his seede seeking bread †Al the day he is merciful and lendeth and his seede shal be in blessing †Decline from euil and doe good and inhabite for euer and euer †Because our Lord loueth iudgement and he wil not forsake his sainctes they shal be
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.
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
youth †Sacrifice and libation is perished out of the house of our Lord the priests our Lords ministers mourned †The region is destroyed the ground hath mourned because the wheate is wasted the wine is confounded the oyle hath languished †The husbandmen are confounded the dressers of vines haue howled vpon the wheate and the barley because the haruest of the filde is perished †The vineyard is confounded and the figtree hath languished the pomegranet the palmetree and the appletree and al the trees of the filde are withered because ioy is confounded from the children of men †Gird yourselues and mourne ye priests howle ye ministers of the altar goe in lie in sacke clothe ye ministers of my God because sacrifice libation is perished out of the house of your God †Sanctifie ye a fast cal an assemblie gather together the ancients al the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God and crie ye to our Lord †A a a for the day because the day of our Lord is at hand and as destruction from the mightie it shal come †Why are not the victuals perished before your eyes ioy and exultation out of the house of our God †The beastes are rotted in their dung the barnes are destroyed the storehouses are dissipated because the wheate is confounded †Why groned the beast why lowed the flockes of the heard because there is no pasture for them yea and the flockes of the cattel are perished †To thee ô Lord wil I crie because fire hath eaten the beautiful thinges of the desert and the flame hath burnt al the trees of the region †Yea and the beastes of the filde as a garden bed thirsting for a shower haue looked vp to thee because the fountaines of waters are dried vp fire hath deuoured the beautiful thinges of the desert ANNOTATIONS CHAP. I. 4. The residue of the eruke loeust bruke blast Eruca a vvorme that destroyeth herbes and fruictes Locusta a fleing beast vvith long hinder legges destroying corne and fruite Bruchus an other fleeing litle beast that deuoureth not only fruite but also the leaues of trees and Rubigo the blast or burning myst that consumeth the eares of corne euen to dust do metaphorically signifie the Chaldees and other souldiars of sundrie nations in the armie of Nabuchodonosor inuading wasting the kingdom of Iuda And that at foure seueral times euer worse worse First when Nabuchodonosor beseeging Ierusalē subdued king Ioakim and his kingdom taking hostages for assurance of subiection amongst vvhich vvere Daniel and the other three children and caried avvay part of the holie vessel of the Temple 4. Reg 24 v. 1. The second vvhen eight yeares after Nabuchodonosor returned and killed king Ioakim for rebelling and caried his sonne king Ioachin othervvise called Iechonias into Babylon with his mother and Ieremie the Prophet also manie other principal persons and much riches ibidem v. 10. The third vvhen eleuen yeares after he tooke and spoyled Ierusalem destroyed the Temple killed al king Sedecias sonnes in his sight then put out his eyes and caried him blinde into Babylon vvith much more people and spoyle 4. Reg 25. Fourthly when shortly after he sent Nabuzardan general of his armie and caried avvay more men and vvealth leauing only the basest people to til the land ibidem v. 8. Al vvhich shevveth clerly the fulfilling of this Prophecie according to the historical letter In like sorte vve might explicate the rest of this and other prophetes but it is not our purpose to be so large Much lesse to prosecute the Mystical sense vvhich is manifold as appeareth in the vvorkes of the ancient Fathers VVherof see F. Francis Ribera CHAP. II. The Chaldees wil assault afflict the Iewes with great violence 12. After humble repentance in captiuitie 18. Gods benignitie wil comforte them 23. with abundance of spiritual grace by Christ 28. sending also the Holie Ghost 30. And terrible signes before the day of Iudgement SOVND ye with the trumpet in Sion howle in my holie mount let al the inhabitants of the land be trubled Because the day of our Lord cometh †because the day of darkenes and of mist is neere the day of clowde and whirlewind as the morning spred vpon the montaines much people strong the like to it hath not bene from the beginning and after it shal not be euen vnto the yeares of generation generation †Before the face therof a deuouring fyre and after it a burning flame the land before it as it were a garden of pleasure and after it the wildernes of a desert neither is there that can escape it †As the appearance of horses their appearance as horsemen so shal they runne †As the sound of chariots vpon the toppes of mountaines shal they leape as the sound of a flame of fire deuouring stubble as a strong people prepared to battel †At his presence the people shal be vexed al visages shal be made like a potte †They shal runne as valients as men of warre they shal scale the wal the men shal march in their wayes shal not decline from their pathes †None shal presse his brother they shal walke euerie one in his owne pathe yea through the windowes they shal fal shal not demolish †They shal enter the city they shal runne on the wal they shal climbe the houses by the windowes they shal enter as a theefe †At his presence the earth hath trembled the heauens are moued the sunne and moone are darkened and the starres haue withdrawne their shining †And our Lord hath geuen his voice before the face of his host because his campes are exceding manie because strong doing his word for great is the day of our Lord terrible excedingly and who shal susteyne it †Now therfore sayth our Lord Conuert to me in al your hart in fasting and in weeping and in mourning †And rent your hartes and not your garments and turne to the Lord your God because he is benigne and merciful patient and of much mercie readie to be gracious vpon the malice †Who knoweth if he wil conuert and forgeue and leaue after him benediction sacrifice and libament to the Lord your God †Sound ye with the trumpet in Sion sanctifie a fast cal an assemblie †gather together the people sanctifie the Church assemble the ancients gather together the litle ones and them that sucke the breastes let the bridegrome goe forth of his chamber and the bride out of her bride chamber †Betwen the porch and the altar the priests our Lords ministers shal weepe and shal say Spare ô Lord spare thy people and geue not thine inheritance into reproch that the nations haue dominion ouer them Why say they in the peoples Where is their God †Our Lord hath bene zelous to his land
God sent him to them the people feared at the face of our Lord. †And Aggeus the messenger of our Lord of the messengers of our Lord spake saying to the people I am with you sayth our Lord. †And our Lord raysed vp the spirit of Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel duke of Iuda and the spirit of Iesus the sonne of Iosedec the grandpriest and the spirit of the rest of al the people and they went in and did the worke in the house of the Lord of hostes their God CHAP. II. They are encoreged to procede in building the temple 6. with promise that Christ by his personal presence wil bring more glorie to this then was in the former temple 11. Their former slacknes in this worke was the cause of their wantes 19. and now they shal haue abundance IN the foure and twenteth day of the moneth in the sixth moneth in the second yeare of Darius the king †In the seuenth moneth the one and twentith of the moneth the word of our Lord was made in the hand of Aggeus the prophet saying †Speake to Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel the duke of Iuda to Iesus the sonne of Iosedec the grand priest and to the rest of the people saying †Who among you is left that saw this house in the first glorie therof what do you see this same now Why is it not so as if it were not in your eyes †And now take courege Zorobabel saith our Lord and take courege Iesus the sonne of Iosedec grand priest and take courege al ye people of the land saith the Lord of hostes and doe because I am with you sayth the Lord of hosts †the word that I did couenant with you when you came out of the Land of Aegypt and my spirit shal be in the middes of you feare not †Because thus sayth the Lord of hosts As yet there is one litle while and I wil moue the heauen the earth and the sea and the drie land †And I wil moue al nations AND THE DESIRED OF AL NATIONS SHAL COME and I wil fil this house with glorie sayth the Lord of hosts †Mine is the siluer and mine is the gold sayth the Lord of hostes †“ Great shal be the glorie of this last house more then of the first sayth the Lord of hosts and in this place wil I geue peace sayth the Lord of hosts †In the foure and twentith of the ninth moneth in the second yeare of Darius the king the word of our Lord was made to Aggeus the prophet saying †Thus saith the Lord of hosts Aske the priests the law saying †If a man take sanctified flesh in the skirt of his garment and touch with the skirt therof bread or broth or wine or oile or any meate shal it be sanctified And the priests answering said No. †And Aggeus sayd If one polluted on a soule touch any of al these shal he be contaminated And the priests answered and sayd he shal be contaminated †And Aggeus answered and sayd So this people and so this nation before my face sayth our Lord and so al the worke of their handes al that they haue offered there shal be contaminated †And now set your hartes from this day and vpward before there was stone layd vpon stone in the temple of our Lord. †When you went to an heape of twentie bushels they became ten and entered into the presse to presse out fiftie flagons they became twentie †I stroke you with the burning winde and with the blast and with haile al the workes of your handes and there was none among you that returned to me saith our Lord. †Set your hartes from this day and hence forward from the foure and twenteth day of the ninth moneth from the day that the fundations of the temple of our Lord were layd lay it vpon your hartes †Is there the seede now abreward and as yet the wine and the figtree and the pomegranate and the oliue tree hath not florished from this day I wil blesse †And the word of our Lord was made the second time to Aggeus in the foure and twentith of the moneth saying †Speake to Zorobabel the duke of Iuda saying I wil moue the heauen and also the earth †And I wil ouerthrow the throne of kingdoms wil destroy the strength of the kingdom of the Gentils and I wil ouerthrow the chariote and the rider therof and the horses shal come downe and the riders of them euerie one by the sword of his brother †In that day sayth the Lord of hosts I wil take thee ô Zorobabel sonne of Salathiel my seruant saith our Lord and wil put thee as a signet because thee haue I chosen sayth the Lord of hosts ANNOTATIONS CHAP. II. 10. Great shal be the glorie VVhen according to the prophets exhortation the temple vvas built againe Esdras ch 3. v 12 vvriteth that such ancient men as had sene the former lamented because this nevv one vvas not so excellent as the former had bene vvhich is also clere by other places of holie scripture For amongst other differences Salomons temple had in height and in breadth an hundred and twentie cubites 2 Paral. 3. v. 4. this nevv temple had but sixtie cubites 1 Esd 6. v. 3. Likevvise balomons temple vvas built of stones hevved and perfectly polished 3. Reg 6. v. 7. vvhich vvere also couered on the innerside vvith seeling vvorke of ceder vvood v. 18. This nevv temple vvas built of rugh and vnpolished stones 1. Esd 5. v. 8 As for the same temple long after enlarged and adorned by Herod it continued not long in that state the chiefest glorie therof vvas by our Sauiours presence therin vvhen he vvas presented by his mother and ioyfully receiued into the armes of Simeon and often preached there And therfore S. Augustin proueth li. 18. c. 45. ciuit that the prophet here foreshevveth the glorie of Christs mystical temple faithful Christian soules of al nations in whom God dwelleth by grace of the nevv Testament farre more glorious in liuing stones then that temple vvhich king Salomon built or that vvhich vvas restored after the captiuitie THE PROPHECIE OF ZACHARIAS ZACHARIAS the sonne of Barachias and nephew of Addo beginning two monethes after Aggeus exhorteth also to reedifie the Temple and sheweth by diuers visions that the Church shal floorish partly in that time of the old Synagog but much more after Christs coming whos 's first and chiefe promulgators of his Gospel shal be of the Iewish nation but the farre greatter number shal be of the Gentiles the Iewes for their obstinacie reiected Yet they also in the end shal returne to Christ CHAP. I. The prophet exhorteth the people to conuert to God and not to imitate the euil examples of their fathers 7. by a vision of an horseman and diuers
had commanded him †Except the cities that were situated on hilles and higher ground the rest Israel burnt one onlie Asor verie wel fensed he consumed with fyre †And al the praye of these cities and the cattel the children of Israel diuided among them selues al the men being slaine †As our Lord had commanded Moyses his seruant so did Moyses command Iosue and he accomplished al thinges he ommitted not of al the commandementes not so much as one word which our Lord had commanded Moyses †Iosue therfore tooke al the hillie countrie and south and the land of Gosen and plaine and the West quarter and the mountaine of Israel and the champaine countrie therof †and the part of the mountaine that goeth vp to Seir as farre as Baalgad by the plaine of Libanus vnder mount Hermon al their kinges he tooke stroke and slew †A great time did Iosue fight against these kinges †There was not a citie that did deliuer it selfe to the children of Israel except the Heueite which dwelt in Gabaon for he tooke al by fight †For it was the sentence of our Lord that their hartes should be indurate and they should fight against Israel and fall and should not deserue anie clemencie and should perish as our Lord had commanded Moyses †At that time Iosue came and slew the Enacimes of the mountaines of Hebron and Dabir and Anab and from al the mountaine of Iuda and Israel and destroyed their cities †He leift not any of the stocke of Enacimes in the Land of the children of Israel sauing the cities of Gaza and Geth and Azotus in the which onlie they were leift †Iosue therfore tooke al the Land as our Lord spake to Moyses and deliuered it in possession to the children of Israel according to their partes and tribes and the Land rested from battels CHAP. XII Besides Sehon and Og kinges of Hesebon and Basan slaine by Moyses 7. are reckened thirtie one kinges slaine by Iosue THESE are the kinges which the children of Israel stroke and possessed their Land beyond Iordan toward the rysing of the sunne from the torrent Arnon vnto mount Hermon and al the East part that looketh toward the wildernes †Sehon the king of the Amorrheites which dwelt in Hesebon had dominion from Aroer which is situated vpon the banke of the torrent Arnon and of the middel part in the valley and of halfe Galaad as farre as the torrent Iaboc which is the border of the children of Ammon †and from the wildernes vnto the sea of Ceneroth against the East and vnto the Sea of the wildernes which is the most salt sea on the East side by the way that leadeth to Besimoth and on the South side which lyeth vnder Asedoth as farre as Phasga †The border of Og the king of Basan of the remnant of the Raphaims who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrai and had dominion in mount Hermon and in Salecha and in al Basan vnto the borders †of Gessuri and Machati and of the halfe part of Galaad the borders of Sehon the king of Hesebon †Moyses the seruant of our Lord and the children of Israel stroke them and Moyses deliuered their Land in possession to the Rubenites and Gadites and the half tribe of Manasses †These are the Kinges of the Land whom Iosue stroke and the children of Israel beyond Iordan on the West side from Balaalgad in the field of Libanus vnto the mount part wherof goeth vp into Seir and Iosue deliuered it in possession to the tribes of Israel to euerie one their portions †as wel in the mountaines as in the plaine and champaine countries In Asedoth and in the wildernes and in the south was the Hetheite and the Amorrheite the Chananeite and the Pherezeite the Heueite and the Iebuseite †The king of Iericho one the king of Hai which is on the side of Bethel one †the king of Ierusalem one the king of Hebron one †the King of Ierimoth one the King of Lachis one †the King of Eglon one the King of Gazer one †the King of Dabir one the King of Gader one †the King of Herma one the King of Hered one †the King of Lebna one the King of Adullam one †the King of Maceda one the King of Bethel one †the King of Taphua one the King of Opher one †the King of Aphec one the King of Saron one †the King of Madon one the King of Asor one †the King of Semeron one the King of Acsaph one †the King of Thenac one the King of Mageddo one †the King of Cades one the King of Iachanan one †the King of Carmel one the King of Dor and of the prouince of Dor one the King of the Nations of Galgal one †the King of Thersa one al the Kinges thirtie one CHAP. XIII God commandeth Iosue to diuide the land describing the limites therof amongst nine tribes and a half 8. with a recapitulation of the partes already geuen on the other side Iordan to the other two tribes and a half The tribe of Leui v. 14. 33. hath their prouision in other maner IOSVE was old and striken in age and our Lord said to him Thou art old and of a great age and there is a verie large countrie left which is not yet diuided by lotte †to witte al Galilee Philisthijm and al Gessuri †From the trubled riuer that watereth Aegypt vnto the borders of Accaron against the North the Land of Chanaan which is diuided vnto fiue Lordes of the Philisthiimes the Gazeites the Azotians the Ascalonites the Getheites and the Accaronites †But on the South side are the Heueites al the Land of Chanaan and Maara of the Sidonians as farre as Apheca and the borders of the Amorrheite †and his confines The countrie also of Libanus against the East from Baalgad vnder mount Hermon til thou enter into Emath †Of al that dwel in the mountaine from Libanus vnto the Waters Maserephoth and al the Sidonians I am he that wil destroy them from the face of the children of Israel Let it come therfore into a portion of the inheritance of Israel as I haue commanded thee †And now diuide the Land in possession to the nine tribes and to the half tribe of Manasses †with the which Ruben Gad haue possessed the Land which Moyses the seruant of our Lord deliuered to them beyond the streames of Iordan on the east side †From Aroer which is situate on the banke of the torrent Arnon and in the middes of the valley and al the champayne of Medaba as farre as Dibon †and al the cities of Cehon the King of the Amorrheite which reigned in Hesebon vnto the borders of the children of Ammon †And Galaad and the border of Gessuri and Maccati and al mount Hermon and al Basan as farre as Salecha †al the Kingdome of
emeroides and the similitudes of the mise that haue destroied the land and you shal geue glorie to the God of Israel if perhaps he wil lighten his hand from you and from your goddes and from your land †Why doe you harden your hartes as Aegypt and Pharao did harden their hart did not he after he was striken then dimisse them and they departed †Now therfore take and make one new wayne and two kine hauing calued on which there hath no yoke beene put couple in the wayne and shut vp their calues at home †And you shal take the arke of the Lord and put it in the wayne and the vessels of gold which you haue payed him for sinne you shal put into a litle casket at the side thereof and dimisse it that it may goe †And you shal looke and if so be that it shal goe vp by the way of his coastes against Bethsames he hath donne vs this great euil but if not we shal know that his hand hath not touched vs but it hath happened by chance †They therefore did in this maner and taking two kine that had sucking calues yoked them to the wayne and shut vp their calues at home †And they layd the arke of God vpon the wayne and the litle casket that had the golden mise and the similitudes of emeroides †And the kine went directly by the way that leadeth to Bethsames and they went one way going forward and lowing and they declined not neither to the right hand nor to the left but the princes also of the Philistijms folowed vnto the borders of Bethsames †Moreouer the Bethsamites reaped wheat in the valley and lifting vp their eies they saw the arke and were gladde when they had seene it †And the wayne came into the field of Iosue the Bethsamite and stoode there And there was a great stone and they did cut the wood of the wayne and layed the kine vpon it an holocaust to our Lord. †And the Leuites tooke downe the arke of God and the litle casket that was at the side of it wherin were the vessels of gold and they put it vpon the great stone The men also of Bethsames offered holocaustes and immolated victimes that day to our Lord. †And the fiue princes of the Philistijms saw and returned into Accaron that day †And these are the golden emeroides which the Philistijms rendred for sinne to our Lord Azotus one Gaza one Ascalon one Geth one Accaron one †and the golden mise according to the number of the cities of the Philistijms of the fiue prouinces from walled citie vnto towne that was without wal and vnto Abel the great wherupon they put the arke of our Lord which was vntil that day in the field of Iosue the Bethsamite †But he stroke of the men of Bethsames for that they had seene the arke of our Lord and he stroke of the people seuentie men and fiftie thousand of the common people And the people mourned because our Lord had striken the common people with a great plague †And the men of Bethsames sayd Who shal be able to stand in the sight of our Lord God this holie one and to whom shal he goe vp from vs †And they sent messengers to the inhabitantes of Caria Thiarim saying The Philistijms haue brought backe the arke of our Lord come downe fetch it backe vnto you CHAP. VII The Arke is brought to the house of Abinadab in Gabaa 3. By Samuels exhortation the people cast away the idols and serue only God 10. Samuel offering sacrifice and praying Israel preuaileth against the Philisthijms THEREFORE the men of Caria Thiarim came and brought backe the arke of our Lord and caried it into the house of Abinadab in Gaaba And Eleazar his sonne they sanctified that he might keepe the arke of our Lord. †And it came to passe from the day that the arke of our Lord abode in Caria Thiarim the dayes were multiplied for it was now the twentith yeare and al the house of Israel rested after our Lord. †And Samuel spake to al the house of Israel saying If you turne to our Lord in al your hart take away the strange goddes out of the middes of you Baalim and Astaroth and prepare your hartes to our Lord and serue him only and he wil deliuer you from the hand of the Philisthijms †Therefore the children of Israel tooke away Baalim and Astaroth and serued our Lord only †And Samuel sayd Gather together al Israel into Masphath that I may pray our Lord for you †And they assembled into Masphath and they drew water and powred it out in the sight of our Lord and they fasted that day and sayd there We haue sinned to our Lord. And Samuel iudged the children of Israel in Masphath †And the Philisthijms heard that the children of Israel were gathered together into Masphath and the princes of the Philisthijms went vp to Israel Which when the children of Israel had heard they were afrayde at the face of the Philisthijms †And they said to Samuel cease not to crie to our Lord God for vs that he saue vs from the hand of the Philisthims †And Samuel tooke one sucking lambe and offered iâ— a whole holocauste to our Lord and Samuel cried to our Lord for Israel and our Lord heard him †And it came to passe when Samuel offered the holocauste the Philisthijms beganne battel against Israel but our Lord thundered with a great noise in that day vpon the Philisthijms and terrified them and they were slaine before the face of Israel †And the men of Israel issuing out of Masphath pursued the Philisthijms and stroke them vnto the place that was vnder Bethcar †And Samuel tooke one stone and layd it betwen Masphath and Sen and he called the name of that place The stone of helpe And he sayd Thus farre hath our Lord holpen vs. †And the Philistijms were humbled neither added they any more to come into the borders of Israel Therefore the hand of our Lord was made vpon the Philistijms al the dayes of Samuel †And the cities which the Philistijms had taken from Israel were rendred to Israel from Accaron vnto Geth and their borders and â—e deliuered Israel from the hand of the Philistijms and there was peace betwen Israel and thâ— Amorrheite †Samuel also â—udged Israel al the daies of his life †and he went euerie â—eare circu 〈…〉 Bethel and Galgala and Masphath and â—udged Israel in the foresaid places †And he returned into Ramatha for there was his house and there he iudged Israel he built also there an altar to our Lord. CHAP. VIII Samuel growing old and his sonnes for bribes peruerting iudgement the people require to haue a king 7. â—o Whom by Gods commandment Samuel forâ—heneth the law of a king to make them cease from their demand 19. but they persist therein AND it came to
Ioab with thee in al these thinges The woman answered and sayd By the health of thy soule my lord king it is neither on the left hand nor on the right of al these thinges which my lord the king hath spokeu for thy seruant Ioab he commanded me and he put al these wordes into the mouth of thy handmayde †That I should change the forme of this speach thy seruant Ioab commanded this and thou my lord king art wise as an Angel of God hath wisdom that thou vnderstandest al thinges vpon the earth †And the king sayd to Ioab Behold I being pacified haue done thy word Goe therefore and cal agayne the boy Absalom †And Ioab falling vpon his face vnto the earth adored and blessed the king and Ioab sayd This day thy seruant hath vnderstood that I haue found grace in thy sight my lord king for thou hast done the word of thy seruant †Ioab therefore arose and went into Gessur and brought Absalom into Ierusalem †But the king sayd Let him returne into his house and not see my face Absalom therefore returned into his house and the kings face he saw not †Moreouer like as Absalom there was not a man in al Israel so beautiful and exceding comelie from the sole of the foote to the crowne there was no blemish in him †And when he powled his heare once a yeare he was powled because his bush did burden him he weighed the heare of his head at two hundred sicles of the common weight †And there were borne to Absalom three sonnes and one daughter named Thamar of a goodly beautie †And Absalom abode in Ierusalem two yeares and saw not the kinges face †He therefore sent to Ioab to send him to the king who would not come to him And when he had sent the second time and he would not come to him †he sayd to his seruantes You know the filde of Ioab beside my filde that hath barley haruest goe therefore and burne it with fyre The seruantes therefore of Absalom burnt the corne with fyre And Ioabs seruantes coming renting their garmentes sayd The seruantes of Absalom haue burnt part of the filde with fyre †And Ioab arose came to Absalom in his house sayd Why haue thy seruantes burnt my corne with fire †And Absalom answered Ioab I sent to thee beseching thee that thou wouldest come vnto me and I might send thee to the king and thou shouldest say to him Wherefore came I out of Gessur It was better for me to be there I besech thee therefore that I may see the face of the king if he be mindeful of mine iniquitie let him kil me †Ioab therefore entring in to the king told him al thinges and Absalom was called and he entered in to the king and adored vpon the face of the earth before him and the king kissed Absalom CHAP. XV. Absalom getteth fauour of the people 7. and conspireth in Hebron agaynst his father 14. VVho fleeing 19. With difficultie permitteth Ethai a stranger to goe with him 24. but sendeth Sadoc and other priestes and leuites with the arke back into the citie 31. Sendeth Chusat to defeate Achitophels counsel THEREFORE after these thinges Absalom made him self chariotes and horsemen and fiftie men that should goe before him †And Absalom rising early stoode beside the entrance of the gate and euerie man that had busines to the kinges iudgement did Absalom cal to him and sayd Of what citie art thou Who answering sayd Of such a tribe of Israel am I thy seruant †And Absalom answered him Thy wordes seeme vnto me good and iust But there is none to heare thee appointed of the king And Absalom sayd †Oh who would appoint me iudge ouer the land that al might come to me which haue busines and I might iudge iustly †Yea and when a man came vnto him to salute him he put forth his hand and taking him kyssed him †And this did he to al Israel coming for iudgement to be heard of the king and he intised the hartes of the men of Israel †And after fourtie yeares Absalom sayd to king Dauid Let me goe and pay my vowes which I haue vowed to our Lord in Hebron †For thy seruant vowing did vow when he was in Gessur of Syria saying If our Lord wil bring me againe into Ierusalem I wil sacrifice to our Lord. †And king Dauid sayd to him Goe in peace And he arose and went into Hebron †And Absalom sent spies into al the tribes of Israel saying forthwith as you shal heare the sound of the trumpet sav ye Absalom reigneth in Hebron †Moreouer with Absalom there went two hundred men out of Ierusalem being called going with a simple hart and vtterly ignorant of the cause †Absalom also sent for Achitophel the Gilonite Dauids counseler from his citie Gilo And when he immolated victimes there was made a strong conspiracie and the people running together increased with Absalom †A messenger therefore came to Dauid saying Al Israel with al their hart foloweth Absalom †And Dauid said to his seruantes that were with him in Ierusalem Arise let vs flee for there wil be no escape for vs from the face of Absolom make hast to goe out lest coming perhaps he ouertake vs and force ruine vpon vs and strike the citie in the edge of the sword †And the kinges seruantes said to him al thinges whatsoeuer our lord the king shal command we thy seruantes wil gladly execute †The king therefore went forth and al his house on foote the king leift ten wemen his concubines to keepe the house †And the king going forth al Israel on their feete stoode farre from the house †and al his seruantes walked by him and the legions Cerethi and Phelethi and al the Getheites valiant warriers six hundred men which had folowed him from Geth footemen went before the king †And the king said to Ethai the Getheite Why comest thou with vs returne and dwel with the king because thou art a stranger and art come forth out of thy place †Yesterday thou camest and to day shalt thou be forced to goe forth with vs but I wil goe whither I shal goe returne and leade backe thy brethren with thee and our Lord wil doe with thee mercie and veritie because thou hast shewed grace and fidelitie †And Ethai answered the king saying The Lord liueth and my lord the king liueth for that in what place soeuer thou shalt be my lord king either in death or in life there wil thy seruant be †And Dauid said to Ethai Come and passe And Ethai the Getheite passed and al the men that were with him and the rest of the multitude †And they al wept with alowd voice and al the people passed the king also went ouer the Torrent Cedron and al the people marched against the way that looketh to the
shalt geue mercie before them that shal haue them captiues that they may haue compassion on them †For they are thy people and thine inheritance whom thou hast brought out of the Land of Aegypt from the middes of the yron fornace †That thy eies be open to the petition of thy seruant and of thy people Israel thou heare them in al thinges for which they shal inuocate thee †For thou hast separated them to thee for an inheritance from al the peoples of the earth as thou hast spoken by Moyses thy seruant when thou didst bring our fathers out of Aegypt Lord God †And it came to passe when Salomon had accomplished praying to our Lord al this prayer and petition he rose from the sight of the altar of our Lord for he had fastened both knees on the ground and had spred his handes toward heauen †He stood therfore and blessed al the assemblie of Israel with a lowde voyce saying †Blessed be our Lord which hath geuen rest to his people Israel according to al thinges that he hath spoken there hath not fayled so much as one word of al the good thinges that he spake by Moyses this seruant †Be our Lord God with vs as he hath beene with our fathers not forsaking nor reiecting vs. †But incline he our hartes to him that we may walke in al his waies and keepe his commandementes and his ceremonies and iudgementes whatsoeuer he commanded our fathers †And be these my wordes wherewith I haue prayed before our Lord approching to our Lord God day and night that he may doe iudgement for his seruant and for his people Israel day by day †that al the peoples of the earth may knowe that our Lord he is God and there is none other besides him †Let our hart also be perfect with our Lord God that we walke in his decrees and keepe his coÌ„mandementes as also this day †Therfore the king and al Israel with him did immolate victimes besore our Lord. †And Salomon killed pacisâ—que hostes which he immolated to our Lord of oxen two and twentie thousand and of sheepe an hundred twentie thousand and they dedicated the temple of our Lord the king and the children of Israel †In that day the king sanctified the middes of the court that was before the house of our Lord for he made the holocaust there and sacrifice and fatte of the pacifiques because the brasen altar that was before our Lord was too litle and could not take the holocaust and sacrifice and fatte of the pacifiques †Salomon therfore made in that time a solemne festiuitie and al Israel with him a great multitude from the entrance of Emath vnto the Ryuer of Aegypt before our Lord God seuen daies and seuen daies that is fourtene daies †And in the eight day he dismissed the people Who blessing the king went into their tabernacles reioysing and with a ioysul hart for al the good thinges that our Lord had done to Dauid his seruant and to Israel his people CHAP. IX Our Lord appearing againe to Salomon 4. admonisheth him and his people to keepe the precepts 6. threatning punishment if they do not 10. The king of Tyre receiueth tvventie cities of Salomon but liketh them not 14. Salomon buildeth more cities and tovvnes 20. Maketh diuers nations tributarie 24. The Quene repayreth to her house 25. The king offereth victimes thrise euerie yeare 26. and fetcheth gold from Ophir AND it came to passe when Salomon had perfected the building of the house of our Lord the kinges house and al that he wished and would haue done †our Lord appeared to him the second time as he had appeared to him in Gabaon †And our Lord said to him I haue heard thy prayer thy petition which thou hast prayed before me I haue sanctified this house which thou hast built that I might put my name there for euer and myne eies and my hart shal be there alwaies †Thou also if thou wilt walke before me as thy father walked in simplicitie of hart and in equitie and wilt doe al thinges which I haue commanded thee and wilt keepe my ordinances and my iudgementes †I wil sette the throne of thy kingdom ouer Israel for euer as I haue spoken to Dauid thy father saying There shal not be taken away a man of thy stocke from the throne of Israel †But if by reuolting you and your children shal turne away not folowing me nor keeping my commandementes and my ceremonies which I haue proposed to you but shal goe and worshippe strange goddes and adore them †I wil take away Israel from the face of the land which I haue geuen them and the temple which I haue sanctified to my name I wil cast away from my sight and Israel shal be for a prouerbe and for a fable to al peoples †And this house shal be for an example euerie one that shal passe by it shal wonder and hisse and say Why hath the Lord done thus to this land and to this house †And they shal answere Because they haue forsaken the Lord their God which brought their fathers out of the Land of Aegypt and haue folowed strange goddes adored them and worshipped them therfore hath the Lord brought vpon them al this euil †And twentie yeares being complete after that Salomon had built the two houses that is the house of our Lord and the house of the king †Hiram the king of Tyre ministring to Salomon ceder trees firre trees and gold according to al that he had neede then Salomon gaue to Hiram twentie townes in the Land of Galilee †And Hiram went from Tyre to see the townes which Salomon had geuen him and they pleased him not †and he sayd Are these the cities which thou hast geuen me brother And he called them the land Chabul vntil this day †Hiram also sent to king Salomon an hundred and twentie talentes of gold †This is the summe of the expences which king Salomon offered to build the house of our Lord and his owne house and Mello and the wal of Ierusalem and Heser and Mageddo and Gazer †Pharao the king of Aegypt came vp and rooke Gazer and burnt it with fire And the Chananite that dwelt in the citie he slewe and gaue it for a dowrie to his daughter the wife of Salomon †Salomon therfore built Gazer and Bethhoron the lower †and Baalath and Palmiâ—a in the Land of the wildernes †And al the villages that perteyned to him and were without wal he fensed and the cities of the chariotes and the cities of the horsemen and whatsoeuer pleased him to build in Ierusalem and in Libanus and in al the land of his dominion †Al the people that was remayning of the Amorrheites and Hetheites and Pherezeites and Heueites and Iebuseites that are not of the children of Israel †their children that were remayning in the
Furthermore ouer the heardes that fed in Saron the ouerseer was Seâ—rai a Saronite and ouer the oxen in the valleis Saphat the sonne of Adli †but ouer the camels Vbil an Ismaelite and ouer the asses Iadias a Meronathite †ouer the sheepe also Iazizan Agatene al these princes of the substance of king Dauid †And Ionathan Dauids vncle a counseler a man wise and learned He and Iahiel the sonne of Hachamoni were with the kinges sonnes †Achitophel also the kinges counseler and Chusai an Arachite the kinges freinde †After Achitophel was Ioiada the sonne of Banaias and Abiathar And the prince of the kinges armie was Ioab CHAP. XXVIII Agayne king Dauid calling al his states together with commemoration of Gods singular fauour in electing him and Salomon 8. exhorteth them al and namely his sonne to serue God sincerly 10. and to build the temple describing in what forme to make it DAVID therfore called together al the princes of Israel the dukes of the tribes and the heades of the compaynies which ministred to the king the tribunes also and the centurions and them that were chiefe ouer the fubstance and possessions of the king and his sonnes with the ennuches and the mightie and al the most viliant in the host of Ierusalem †And when the king had risen vp and stoode he sayd Heare me my brethren and my people I meant to haue built a house wherein the Arke of our Lord might rest and the foote stoole of the feete of our God and to build it I prepared al thinges †But God sayd to me Thou shalt not build a house to my name because thou art a man of warre and hast shed bloud †Howbeit our Lord the God of Israel chose me of al the house of my father to be king ouer Israel for euer for of Iuda he chose the princes moreouer of the house of Iuda my fathers house and of the sonnes of my father it pleased him to choose me king ouer al Israel †Yea and of my sonnes for our Lord hath geuen me manie sonnes he hath chosen Salomon my sonne to sitte in the throne of the kingdome of our Lord ouer Israel †and he sayd to me Salomon thy sonne shal build my house and my courtes for him haue I chosen to me for a sonne and I wil be to him for a father †And I wil confirme his kingdome for euer if he shal perseuere to doe my preceptes and my iudgementes as at this day †Now then before al the assemblie of Israel in the hearing of our God keepe ye search al the commandmentes of our Lord God that you may possesse the good land and may leaue it to your children after you for euer †And thou Salomon my sonne know the God of thy father and serue him with a persect hart and a voluntarie minde for our Lord searcheth al hartes and vnderstandeth al cogitations of mindes If thou seeke him thou shalt finde but if thou forsake him he wil reiect thee for euer †Now therfore because our Lord hath chosen thee to build the house of the Sanctuarie take courage and perfitte it †And Dauid gaue to Salomon his sonne a description of the porch and of the temple and of the cellars and of the vpper loft and of the chambers in the inner roomes and of the house of the propitiation †moreouer also of al the courtes which he had thought vpon and of the chambers round about for the treasures of the house of our Lord and for the treasures of the holie thinges †and of the diuisions of the Priestes and the Leuites for al the workes of the house of our Lord and for al the vessels of the ministerie of the temple of our Lord. †Gold in weight for euerie vessel of the ministerie A weight of siluer also according to the diuersitie of the vessels and workes †And for golden candlestickes also and their lampes gold according to the measure of euerie candlesticke and of the lampes In like maner also for the siluer candlestickes and for their lampes according to the diuersitie of the measure he deliuered a weight of siluer †He gaue also gold for tables of proposition according to the diuersitie of the tables in like maner also siluer for other siluer tables †For flesh hookes also and phials and censars of most pure gold and for little lions of gold according to the qualitie of the measure he distributed a weight for lyon and lyon In like maner also for lyons of siluer he seperated a diuerse weight of siluer †And for the Altar whereupon incense is burnt he gaue most pure gold that of it might be made a similitude of the chariote of the Cherubs spredding their winges and couering the Arke of the couenant of our Lord. †Al thinges quoth he came writen with the hand of our Lord vnto me that I might vnderstand al the workes of the paterne †Dauid also sayd to Salomon his sonne Deale mansully and take courage and doe it feare not and be not dismayed for our Lord my God wil be with thee and wil not leaue thee nor forsake thee til thou perfite al the worke of the ministerie of the house of our Lord. †Behold the diuisions of the Priestes and the Leuites for euerie ministerie of the house of our Lord assist thee and are readie and as wel the princes know as the people to doe al thy preceptes CHAP. XXIX King Dauid once more by word and example of his owne bountisulnes inuiteth others to assist in building the temple 6. wherto the princes and people contribute much 10. So after praises 18. prayeres 21. and sacrifices offered to God 22. Salomon is annointed king 26. And king Dauid dieth blessedly hauing reigned fourtie yeares AND Dauid the king spake to al the assemblie Salomon my sonne alone hath God chosen as yet a child and a litle tender one for the worke is great neither is the habitation prepared for man but for God †And I with al my abilitie haue prepared the expenses of the house of my God Gold for vessels of gold and siluer for them of siluer brasse for them of brasse yron for them of yron wood for them of wood and onyx stones and as it were stibians of diuerse colours and euerie precious stone and marble of Paros most abundantly †and aboue these thinges which I haue offered into the house of my God I geue of myne owne peculiar goods gold and siluer vnto the temple of my God beside those thinges which I haue prepared for the holie house †Three thousand talentes of gold of the gold of Ophir and seuen thousand talentes of most approued siluer to guilte the walles of the temple †And wheresoeuer there needeth gold of gold and whersoeuer there needeth siluer of siluer let the workes be made by the handes of the artificers and if any man offer voluntarily let him fil
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
defendeth his owne iust â—â—â—â—cencie and that worldlie calamities and prosperitie happen indifferently to good and had in this lifâ— and that the truâ—r ward of the iust and punishment of the wicked is to be expected in the other world At last God with due reprehension of Iob for some imperfections sharply rebuketh the errors and insolencie of his aduerse freindeâ— geueth sentence on Iobs side pardoneth â—â—â—m at his intercession and restoreth al thinges to him duble to that he had before Bâ—â—iâ—eâ— the literal sense Iob in al his actions sufferinges and whole life was a special figure of Christ shewing sayth S. Gregorie by those thinges which he did and susteyned what our Redemer should do and suffer yea more particularly thâ—n most part of the Patriarches which S. Ierome epist ad Paulin. also admireth and testifieth saying what mysteries of Christ doth not this booke comprehend Euerie word is ful of sense Moreouer this historie is replenished with moral documents how to embrace vertue and eschew vice proposing the life of a right godlie man neither insolent in prosperitie not desparing in aduersitie alwayes resolute in Gods seruice as wel in his prosperous kingdom as in the miserable dunghil Here also we haue the true maner of arguing according to the rules of Logike with detection of sophistrie Iob prouing and disprouing assertions by proposition assumption and conclusion as S. Ierom obserueth with profound knovvlege of natural thinges and causes as appeareth in very manie places Al which varietie and abundance of matter comprised in smal rowme make manie thinges hard and obscure yet are the same so tempered with other thinges plaine and easie that here is verified S. Augustins obâ—â—ruation li. 2. c. 6. doct Christ certaine places of holie Scriptures serue as delectable meate to them that hunger and thirst diuine knowlege and the obscure take away tediousnes from them that loath vsual plaine doctrin It is most probable that Iob himself inspired by the Holie Ghost by whose grace he excelled al in right simplicitie c. 1. writte his owne historie the most part in verse only the two first chapters and the last in prose in the Arabian tongue which Moyses translated into Hebrew for the consolation of the Israelites afflicted in Aegypt And it may be diuided into three general partes First the change of Iobs state from prosperitie into affliction with his lamentation for the same are recorded in the three first chapters In foure and thirtie chapters folowing are sundrie disputations conflictes and discourses betwen him and his freindes touching the cause of his so vehement affliction In the fiue last chapters God discusseth the quarel geueth sentence for Iob against his aduersaries pardonteh them and rewardeth him THE BOOKE OF IOB CHAP. I. Holie Iob offereth sacrifice for euerie one of his children 6. whose good estate Satan enuying by Gods permission spoyle hâ—â—m of al his goodes and children 20. for which he being pensiue offendeth not but thanketh God for al. THERE was a man in the Land of Hus named Iob that man was “ simple right and fearing God and departing from euil †And there were borne to him seuen sonnes and three daughters †And his possession was seuen thousand sheepe and three thousand camels also fiue hundred yoke of oxen and fiue hundred she asses and a familie exceding great and that man was great among al them of the East †And his sonnes went and made a feast by houses euerie one in his day And sending they called their three sisters to eate and drinke with them †And when the dayes of feasting had passed about in course Iob sent to them and sanctified them and rising vp early “ offered holocaustes for euerie one For he sayd Lest perhaps my sonnes haue sinned and haue blessed God in their hartes So did Iob al the dayes †But on a certaine day when the sonnes of God were come to assist before our Lord Satan also was present amongst them †To whom our Lord sayd From whence comest thou Who answering sayd I haue gone round about the earth and walked through it †And our Lord sayd to him Hast thou considered my seruant Iob that there is not the like to him in the earth a man simple and right and fearing God and departing from euil †To whom Satan answering said Why doth Iob feare God in vayne †hast not thou fensed him and his house and al his substance round about blessed the workes of his handes and his possession hath increased on the earth †But stretch forth thy hand a little and touch al thinges that he possesseth vnlesse he blessethee in the face †Our Lord therfore sayd to Satan behold al things that he hath are in thy hand onlie vpon him extend not thy hand And Satan went forth from the face of our Lord. †And when vpon a certeine day his sonnes and daughters did eate and drinke wyne in the house of their eldest brother †there came a messenger to Iob which sayd The oxen plowghed and the she asses fed beside them †and the Sabeians came in violently haue taken al things and haue stroken the seruantes with the sword and I onlie haue escaped to tel thee †And when he yet spake an other came and sayd The fire of God fel from heauen and striking the sheepe and the seruantes hath consumed them and I only haue escaped to tel thee †But whiles he also was yet speaking there came an other and said The Chaldees made three â—roupes and haue inuaded the camels and taken them moreouer the seruantes also they haue strooken with the sword and I alone am fled to tel thee †He yet spake and behold an other came in and said Thy sonnes and daughters eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother †sodenly a vehement winde came violently from the countrie of the desert and shooke the foure corners of the house which falling oppressed thy children and they are dead and I alone haue escaped to tel thee †Then Iob rose vp and rent his garmentes and with powled head falling on the ground adored †and said Naked came I out of my mothers wombe and naked shal I returne thither Our Lord gaue and our Lord hath taken away as it hath pleased our Lord so is it done the name of our Lord be blessed †In al these thinges Iob sinned not with his lippes neither spake he anie foolish thing against God ANNOTATIONS CHAP. I. 1. Simple right and fearing God Moyses Samuel Esdras other Prophetes writ ther owne actes among others also their owne prayses speaking of themselues in the third person so did holie Iob humbly truly and simply without vayne glorie or arrogancie as S. Gregorie noteth saying Blessed Iob inspired with the Holie Ghost might wel write his owne actes which were the giftes of supernal inspiration God being the
†For our Lord knoweth the way of the iust and the way of the impious shal perish ANNOTATIONS PSALME I. 1. Hath not gone not stood not sitte The Hebrew stile and maner of discourse differeth here from other nations in mentioning first the lesse euil and the greatest last VVhereas we would say in the contrary order He is happie that hath not sitte that is hath not setled himselfe in wickednes nor finally persisted obstinate more happie that hath not stood anie notable time continued in sinne and most happie that hath not gone not geuen anie consent at al to euil suggestions 2. His vvil in the vvay of our Lord. As one part of happines consisteth in declining from euil so the other is in doing good the wil desiring and diligently endeuoring to walke in the way of vertue and law of God VVhich is true iustice and right forme of good life proposed in this Psalme for attayning eternal beatitude PSALME II. Christs glorie the world repining therat 4. shal be propagated in al the world 7. His diuine powre as wel spiritual in conuerting mens hartes as external in seuere iustice is prophecied VVHY did the Gentiles rage and peoples meditate vaine things †The kings of the earth stood vp and the princes came together in one against our Lord and against his Christ †Let vs breake their bondes a sunder and let vs cast away their yoke from vs. †He that dwelleth in the heauens shal laugh at them and our Lord shal scorne them †Then shal he speake to them in his wrath in his furie he shal truble them †But I am appoynted king by him ouer Sion his holie hil preaching his precept †The Lord said to me Thou art my Sonne I this day haue be gotten thee †Aske of me and I wil geue thee the Gentiles for thyne inheritance and thy possession the endes of the earth †Thou shalt rule them “ in a rod of yron and “ as a potters vessel thou shalt breake them in peeces †And now “ ye kings vnderstand “ take instruction you that iudge the earth †Serue our Lord in feare and “ reioyce to him with trembling †Apprehend discipline lest sometime our Lord be wrath and you perish out of the iust way †When his wrath shal burne in short time blessed are al that trust in him ANNOTATIONS PSALME II. 2. Kinges and Princes against Christ VVhen Christ and his Apostles preached the Gospel both Iewes and Gentiles with their Princes Kinges and Emperors most furiously resisted but al in vaine For they could not hinder the wil and powre of God But the more they persecuted the more was increased the zele and number of Christians 8. The gentiles thyn inheritance By this promise of God to Christ S. Augustin conuinced the Donatistes in them the Protestantes that say the Church of Christ failed and became smal or inuisible as though Christ the Sonne of God could sometimes lose his inheritance which is the Catholique Church gethered of the Gentiles and his possession extended to the endes of the earth 9. As a potters vessel If a potters vessel saith S. Ierom in hunc Psal tom 8. be broken whiles it is soft it may easily be repared but after it is hard it can not be made whole againe So sinners are more easily restored to grace shortly repeating then long obdurate yet that which is vnpossible to man is possible to God Mat. 10. For as clay in the potters hand so are you in my hand saith our Lord. Iere. 18. 10. Ye kinges vnderstand Not onlie innumerable other people of al nations but also after a while Kinges and Emperors beleued in Christ And such as at first persecuted became most Christian Catholique Defenders of the faith 10. Take instruction you that iudge the earth Petilianus Gaudentius other Donatistes inueyghing against Christian Kinges for punishing heretikes most falsly auoched that Christianitie neuer found kinges but inuious enimies and persecuters To whom S. Augustin answereth in seueral bookes that Christian Kinges and Princes are not enemies to Christianitie but are enemies to heretikes the rebelles of Christ and his Church For according to this prophecie of king Dauid Christian kinges are instructed and know it is their dutie â—â— the seruice of God to defend the Church against Heretikes and other Infidelles And it is the propertie of Apostataes to fauour heretikes So good Constantin the great maintained Catholique vnitie and Iulian the Apostata to make greater diuision tooke Churches from Catholiques and gaue them to Donatistes to nourish dissention and so to oâ—eâ—â—â—row al Christians But God stil protecteth the true Church againâ—â— al such suttle and malicious dâ—uiâ—es because it is Christs inheritance 11. Râ—â—oyâ—e vvith trembling Gods seruice is tempeted with two affections with ioy in consideration of his goodnes mercie meeknes and with feare in respect of his â—ustice and â—euere iudgement The one is a remedie against desperation the other against presumption PSALME III. King Dauid recounteth his danger when his sonne Absalom conspired against him 4. and thanketh God for his deliuerie 9 acknowledging al helpe to be from God Mistically Christs persecution Death Burial and Resurrection †The “ Psalme of Dauid “ when he fled from the face of Absalom his sonne 2. Reg. 15. LORD why are they multiplied that truble me manie rise vp against me †Many say to my soule There is no saluation for him in his God †But thou Lord art my protectour my glorie exalting my head †With my voice I haue cried to our Lord and he hath heard me from his holie hil †“ I haue slept and haue bene at rest and haue risen vp because our Lord hath taken me †I wil not feare thousandes of people compassing me arise Lord saue me my God †Because thou hast stroken al that are my aduersaries without cause thou hast broken the teeth of sinners †Saluation is our Lordes and thy blessing vpon thy people ANNOTATIONS PSALME III. 1. Psalme of Dauid Al Interpreters agreably teach that king Dauid made not the titles which are before the Psalmes Neuertheles they are authentical as endited by the Holie Ghost And it is most probable Esdras added those titles which are in the Hebrew and the Seuentie interpreters writte the other in their Greke Edition Both which S. Ierom translated into Latin In these titles fiue thinges may be noted First the former two hauing no title at al the general name of Psalme common to al is particularly appropriated to some and other names to others VVhich in al are twelue to witte Psalme Inscription Prayer Canticle Psalme of Canticle Canticle of Psalme Hymne Testimonie
him darkesome water in the cloudes of the aire Because of the brightnesse in his sight the cloudes passed hayle and coles of fire †And our Lord thundered from heauen and the Highest gaue his voice haile and coles of fire †And he shot his arrowes and dissipated them he multiplied lightnings and trubled them †And the fountaynes of waters appeared and the fundations of the world were reueled At thy rebuke ô Lord at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath †He sent from on high and tooke me and he receiued me out of manie waters †He deliuered me from my most strong enemies and from them that hated me because they were made strong ouer me †They preuented me in the day of mine affliction and our Lord was made my protectour †And he brought me out into largenesse he saued me because he would me †And our Lord wil reward me according to my iustice and according to the purity of my handes he wil reward me †Because I haue kept the waies of our Lord neither haue I done impiously from my God †Because al his iudgementes are in my sight and his iustices I haue not repelled from me †And I shal be immaculate with him and shal keepe me from mine iniquitie †And our Lord wil reward me according to my iustice and according to the puritie of my handes in the sight of his eies †With the holie thou shalt be holie and with the innocent man thou shalt be innocent †And with the elect thou shalt be elect and with the peruerse thou shalt be peruerted †Because thou wilt saue the humble people and the eies of the proud thou wilt humble †Because thou dost illuminate my lampe ô Lord my God illuminate my darkenesse †Because in thee I shal be deliuered from tentation and in my God I shal goe ouer the wal †My God his way is vnpolluted the wordes of our Lord are examined by fire he is protector of al that hope in him †For who is God but our Lord or who is God but our God †God that girded me with strength and made my way immaculate †That perfited my feete as it were of hartes and setting me vpon high thinges †That teacheth my handes to battel and hast put mine armes as a bow of brasse †And hast geuen me the protection of thy saluation and thy right hand hath receiued me And thy discipline hath corrected me vnto the end and thy discipline the same shal teach me †Thou hast enlarged my pases vnder me and my steppes are not weakened †I wil pursew myne enemies and ouertake them and wil not returne til they faile †I wil breake them neither shal they be able to stand they shal fal vnder my feete †And thou hast girded me with strength to battel and hast supplanted them that rise against me vnder me †And myne enemies thou hast geuen me their backe and them that hate me thou hast destroyed †They cried neither was there that would saue them to our Lord neither did he heare them †And I wil breake them to powder as the dust before the face of winde as the durt of the streates I wil destroy them †Thou wilt deliuer me from the contradictions of the people thou wilt appoynte me to be head of the Gentiles †A people which I knew not hath serued me in the hearing of the eare it hath obeyed me †The children being alienes haue lyed to me the children alienes are inueterated and haue halted from their pathes †Our Lord liueth and blessed be my God and the God of my saluation be exalted †O God which geuest me reuenges subdewest peoples vnder me my deliuerer from mine angrie enemies †And from them that rise vp against me thou wilt exalt me from the vniust man thou wilt deliuer me Therfore wil I confesse to thee among nations ô Lord and wil say a psalme to thy name Magnifying the saluations of his king and doing mercie to his Christ Dauid and to his seede for euer PSALME XVIII Gods perfect goodnes and glorie is shewed by his great workes and by his Apostles sent with heauenlie commission to preach in al tongues to al nations 6. Christ coming into the world and returne vnto heauen 8. his immaculate Law 13. Wherin notwistanding the iust shal haue nede to pray for remission of smaller and daylie sinnes †Vnto the end the psalme of Dauid THE heauens shew forth the glorie of God and the firmament declareth the workes of his handes †Day vnto day vttereth word and night vnto night sheweth knowledge †There are no languages nor speaches whose voyces are not heard †Their sound hath gone forth into al the earth and vnto the endes of the round world the wordes of them †He put his tabernacle in the sunne himself as a bridgrome coming forth of his bridechamber He hath reioyced as againt to runne the way †his comming forth from the toppe of heauen And his recourse euen to the toppe therof neither is there that can hide him selfe from his heate †“ The law of our Lord is immaculate conuerting soules the testimonie of our Lord is faithful geuing wisedome to litle ones †The iustices of our Lord be right making hartes ioyful the precept of our Lord lightsome illuminating the eies †The feare of our Lord is holie permanent for euer and euer the iudgmentes of our Lord be true iustified in themselues †To be desired aboue gold and much pretious stone and more sweete aboue honie and the honie combe †For thy seruant keepeth them in keeping them is much reward †Sinnes who vnderstandeth from my secrete sinnes cleanse me †and from other mens spare thy seruant If they shal not haue dominion ouer me then shal I be immaculate and shal be cleansed from the greatest sinne †And the wordes of my mouth shal be such as may please and the meditation of my hart in thy sight alwayes O Lord my helper and my redemer ANNOTATIONS PSALME XVIII â— The lavv of our lord is immaculate conuerting soules Gods law in it selfe being most pure and immaculate is the proper meanes wherby the Holie Ghost conuerteth soules from sinnes to iustice Not that euerie one is iust fied vvhich readeth heareth or knoweth the lavv but by keping it through grace of the Holie Ghost VVho is the author and vvorker of iusâ—â—e by disposing the soule to cooperate in maner partly here described Gods faithful and most true testimonie by his lavv geueth vvisdome faith and knovvlege to the humble his right iustices comfort the hartes of the saithful his clere precept teacheth them their dutie his holie feare perseuireth vvith them his true iudgements are most delectable and
desiderable aboue al vvorldlie riches or pleasures So by these and like spiritual motiues the soule freely desiteth accepteth vndertaketh endureth and by continual assistance of grace obserueth Gods lavv and so meriteth the great revvard vvhich is promised for keping it v. 12. 2. Tim. 4. v. 6. PSALME XIX Faithful people ioyne their prayer for their Prince or Prelate 4. with sacrifice offered for his preseruation and prosperous successe †Vnto the end the Psalme of Dauid OVR Lord heare thee in the day of tribulation the name of the God of Iacob protect thee †Send he ayde to thee from the holie place and from Sion defend he thee †Be he mindeful of al thy sacrifice and be thy holocaust made fatte †Geue he vnto thee according to thy hart and confirme he al thy counsel †We shal reioyce in thy saluation and in the name of our God we shal be magnified †Our Lord accomplish al thy petitions now haue I knowen that our Lord hath saued his CHRIST He shal heare him from his holie heauen the faluation of his righthand is in powers †These in chariotes and these in horses but we wil inuocate in the name of the Lord our God †They are bound and haue fallen but we haue risen and are set vpright †Lord saue the king and heare vs in the day that we shal inuocate thee PSALME XX. Praise to God for Christs exaltation after his passion 9. and depression of his enemies †Vnto the end the Psalme of Dauid LORD in thy power the king shal be glad and vpon thy saluation he shal reioyce excedingly The desire of his hart thou hast geuen him and of the wil of his lippes thou hast not defrauded him †Because thou hast preuented him in blessinges of sweetnesse thou hast put on his head a crowne of preâ—ious stone †He asked life of thee and thou gauest him length of daies for euer and for euer and euer †Great is his glorie in thy saluation glorie and great beautie thou shalt put vpon him †Because thou shalt geue him to be a blessing for euer and euer thou shalt make him ioyful in gladenesse with thy countenance Because the king hopeth in our Lord and in the mercie of the Highest he shal not be moued †Let thy hand be found of al thy enemies let thy righthand find al that hate thee †Thou shalt put them as an ouen of fyre in the time of thy countenance our Lord in his wrath shal truble them and fyre shal deuoure them Their fruite thou shalt destroy from the land and their seede from the children of men Because they haue turned the euils vpon thee they haue deuised counsels which they could not establish Because thou shalt put them backe in thy remnantes thou â—â— shalt prepare their countenance Be exalted Lord in thy powre we wil chaunte and sing thy powers PSALME XXI Christ prayeth in his Passion 7. describeth the acerbitie therof 20. foresheweth by way of prayer his Resurection 23. more clerly the fundation and propagation of his Church 27. 30. interposing the singular foode of the most blessed Sacrament euen to the endes of the earth in al nations †Vnto the end “ for the morning enterprise the Psalme of Dauid GOD my God haue respect to me why hast thou forsaken me far from my saluation are the wordes of my sinnes My God I shal crie by day and “ thou wilt not heare and by night and not for follie vnto me †But thou dwellest in the holie place the prayse of Israel †In thee our fathers haue hoped they hoped and thou didst deliuer them They cried to thee and were saued they hoped in thee and were not confounded †But I am a worme and no man a reproch of men and outcast of the people †Al that see me haue scorned me they haue spoken with the lippes and wagged the head †He hoped in the Lord let him deliuer him let him saue him because he wil him †Because thou art he that hast drawen me out of the wombe my hope from the brestes of my mother †Vpon thee I haue bene cast from the matrice from my mothers wombe thou art my God †depart not from me Because tribulation is verie nigh because there is not that wil helpe †Manie calues haue compassed me fatte bulles haue besieged me †They haue opened their mouth vpon me as a lion rauening and roaring †As water I am powred out and al my bones are dispersed My hart is made as waxe melting in the middes of my bellie †My strength is withered as a pot-shard and my tongue cleaued to my iawes and thou hast brought me downe into the dust of death †Because manie dogges haue compassed me the counsel of the malignant hath besieged me They “ haue digged my handes and my feete †they haue numbered al my bones But themselues haue considered and beheld me †they haue deuided my garmentes among them and vpon my vesture they haue cast lot †But thou Lord prolong not thy helpe from me looke toward my defense †Deliuer ô God my soule from the sword and myne onlie one from the hand of the dog †Saue me out of the lions mouth and my humilitie from the hornes of vnicornes †“ I wil declare thy name to my bretheren “ in the middes of the Church I wil prayse thee †Ye that feare our Lord praise him al the seede of Iacob glorifie ye him †Let al the seede of Israel feare him because he hath not contemned nor despised the petition of the poore Neither hath he turned away his face from me and when I cried to him he heard me †With thee is my praise in the great Church I wil render my vowes in the sight of them that feare him †“ The poore shal eate and shal be filled and they shal praise our Lord that seeke after him their hartes shal liue for euer and euer †Al the endes of the earth shal remember and be conuerted to our Lord †And al the families of the Gentiles shal adore in his sight †Because the kingdome is our Lords and he shal haue dominion ouer the Gentiles †Al the fatte ones of the earth haue eaten and adored in his sight shal al fal that descend into the earth †And my soule shal liue to him and my seede shal serue him †The generation to come shal be shewed to our Lord and the heauens shal shew forth his iustice to the
“ 60 nor personally be present with them in the exercise of their false pretended religions PSALME XXVI Dauid being in great distresse through persecution and hauing assured confidence in God describeth the great securitie of Gods protection 7. sheweth the same experienced in him self 12. prayeth for continuance therof 13. and incorageth his owne soule in hope of life euerlasting to perseuer in vertue †The Psalme of Dauid before he was annoynted OVR Lord is my illumination and my saluation whom shal I feare Our Lord is the protectour of my life of whom shal I be afrayd †Whiles the harmeful approch vpon me to eate my flesh Mine enemies that truble me them selues are weakened and are fallen †If campes stand together against me my hart shal not feare If battel rise vp against me in this wil I hope †One thing I haue asked of our Lord this wil I seeke for that I may dwel in the house of our Lord al the dayes of my life That I may see the pleasentnes of our Lord and visite his temple †Because he hath hid me in his tabernacle in the day of euils he hath protected me â—in the secrete of his tabernacle †In a rocke he hath exalted me and now he hath exalted my head ouer mine enemies I haue gone round about and haue immolated in his tabernacle an host of iubilation I wil sing and say a Psalme to our Lord. †Heare ô Lord my voice wherwith I haue cried to thee haue mercie on me and heare me †My hart hath sayd to thee my face hath sought thee out thy face ô Lord I wil seeke †Turne not away thy face from me decline not in wrath from thy seruant Be thou my helper forsake me not neither despise me ô God my Sauiour Because my father and my mother haue forsaken me but our Lord hath taken me †Geue me a law ô Lord in thy way and direct me in the right path because of mine enemies †Deliuer me not into the soules of them that truble me because vniust witnesses haue risen vp against me and iniquity hath lyed to it selfe †I beleue to see the good things of our Lord in the land of the liuing †Expect our Lord doe manfully and let thy hart take courage and expect thou our Lord. PSALME XXVII Dauid prayeth to be defended from the eternal destruction of the wicked which by way of imprecation or conformitie to Gods iustice he prophecieth 6. Feeling by inspiration that his prayer is heard rendereth thankes to God 9. and prayeth for al the people A Psalme to Dauid him selfe TO THEE ô Lord wil crie my God keepe not silence from me lest at any time thou hold thy peace from me and I shal be like to them that goe downe into the lake †Heare ô Lord the voice of my petition whiles I pray to thee whiles I lift vp my handes to thy holie temple †Draw me not together with sinners and with them that worke iniquitie destroy me not Which speake peace with their neighbour but euils in their hartes †Geue them according to their workes and according to the wickednesse of their inuentions According to the workes of their handes geue vnto them render them their retribution †Because they haue not vnderstood the workes of our Lord and in the workes of his handes thou shalt destroy them and not build them vp †Blessed be our Lord because he hath heard the voice of my petition †Our Lord is my helper and my protectour in him my hart hath hoped and I was holpen And my flesh florished againe and with my wil I wil confesse to him †Our Lord is the strength of his people and he is the protector of the saluations of his annoynted †Saue thy people ô Lord and blesse thine inheritance and rule them and extol them for euer PSALME XXVIII The royal prophet seing in spirite the most sacred Mysteries brought by Christ into this world inuiteth al to offer their best thinges euen themselues wholly as sacrifice of thankes for so excellent benefites preached with magnificence 5. VVherby innumerable are gethered into his Church here replenished with grace and in heauen with glorie †The Psalme of Dauid “ in the consummation of the tabernacle ANNOTATIONS 1. In consummation of the tabernacle The seuentie Interpreters testifie by adding this title that king Dauid made this Psalme as he did also some others when the Arke of God was brought into the tabernacle which he had pitched for it in Sion 2 Reg. 6. 1. Paral. 16. VVherin he saw by prophetical spirite and here vttereth other farre greater mysteries more excellent benefites brought into the world by Christ and preached by him and his Apostles then agreed to the Arke or the time of the old Testament but are verified in the admirable fruite of innumerable people of al nations and of manie great Potentates conuerted to Christianitie BRING to our Lord ye children of God bring to our Lord the sonnes of rammes †Bring to our Lord glorie and honour bring to our Lord glorie vnto his name adore ye our Lord in his holie court The voice of our Lord vpon waters the God of maiestie hath thundered Our Lord vpon manie waters †The voice of our Lord in powre the voice of our Lord in magnificence †The voice of our Lord breaking ceders and our Lord shal breake the ceders of Libanus †And he shal breake them in peeces as a calfe of Libanus and the heloued as the sonne of vnicornes The voice of our Lord diuiding the flame of fire †The voice of our Lord shaking the desert and our Lord shal moue t the desert of Cades The voice of our Lord v preparing hartes and he shal discouer thicke woodes and in x in his temple al shal say glorie †Our Lord maketh y to inhabite the floud and our Lord z shal sit king for euer Our Lord a wil geue strength to his people our Lord b wil blesse his people in peace PSALME XXIX King Dauid by voice and instrument rendereth thankes to God for his peaceable state in the kingdom 5. inuiteth others to reioyce in Gods benefites teaching by his owne example that God sometimes geueth more conforth sometimes sheweth his wrath but al for our good †A Psalme of Canticle in the dedication of Dauids house I WIL exalt thee ô Lord because thou hast receiued me neither hast e delighted myne enemies ouer me †O Lord my God I haue cried to thee and thou hast healed me †Lord thou hast brought forth my soule out of hel thou hast saued
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
yongmen their strength and the dignitie of oldmen a gray head †The blewnesse of the wound shal wipe away euils and stripes in the more secrete place of the bellie CHAP. XXI AS diuisions of waters so the hart of the king is in the hand of our Lord whither soeuer he wil he shal incline it †Euerie way of a man semeth to himself right but our Lord weigheth the hartes †To doe mercie and iudgement doth more please our Lord then victimes †Exaltation of the eies is the dilatation of the hart the lampe of the impious sinne †The cogitations of the strong are alwayes in abundance but euerie sluggard is alwayes in pouertie †He that gathereth treasures with a lying tongue is vaine and witles and shal stumble at the snares of death †The robberies of the impious shal draw them downe because they would not doe iudgement †The peruerse way of a man is strange but he that is cleane his worke is right †It is better to sitte in a corner of the house toppe then with a brawling woman and in a common house †The soule of the impious desireth euil he wil not haue pitie on his neighbour †The pestilent man being punished the litle one wil be wiser and if he folow the wiseman he wil take knowlege †The iust deuiseth concerning the house of the impious that he may draw the impious from euil †He that stoppeth his eare at the crie of the poore himself also shal crie and shal not be heard †A gift hid quencketh angers and a gift in the bosome the greatest indignation †It is a ioy to the iust to doe iudgement and dread to them that worke iniquitie †A man that shal erre from the way of doctrine shal abyde in the assemblie of giantes †He that loueth good cheere shal be in pouertie he that loueth wine and fatte thinges shal not be rich †The impious shal be geuen for the iust and the vniust for the righteous †It is better to dwel in a desert land then with a brawling and angrie woman †Treasure to be desired and oyle in the habitation of the iust and the vnwise man shal dissipate it †He that foloweth iustice and mercie shal finde life iustice and glorie †The wise hath scaled the citie of the strong and hath destroyed the confidence therof †He that kepeth his mouth and his tongue kepeth his soule from distresses †The proude and arrogant is called vnlerned which in anger worketh pride †Desires kil the slothful for his handes would not worke any thing †al the day he longeth and desireth but he that is iust wil geue and wil not cease †The hostes of the impious abominable because they are offered of wickednes †A lying witnes shal perish an obedient man shal speake victorie †The impious man malepertly hardeneth his countenauce but he that is righteous correcteth his way †There is no wisdom there is no prudence there is no counsel against our Lord. †The horse is prepared to the day of battel but our Lord geueth saluation CHAP. XXII BEtter is a good name then much riches aboue siluer and gold good grace †The rich and poore haue mette one an other our Lord is the maker of both †The subtel saw euil and hyd himself the innocent passed by and was afflicted with damage †The end of modestie the feare of our Lord riches and glorie and life †Armour and swordes in the way of the peruerse but the keper of his owne soule departeth far from them †It is a prouerbe A yongman according to his way when he is old wil not depart from it †The richman ruleth ouer the poore and he that boroweth is the seruant of him that lendeth †He that soweth iniquitie shal reape euils and with the rod of his wrath he shal be consumed †He that is prone to mercie shal be blessed for of his breades he hath geuen to the poore He that geueth giftes shal purchase victorie and honour but he that receiueth taketh away the soule of the geuer †Cast out the scorner and brawling shal goe forth with him and cause shal cease and contumelies †He that loueth cleanes of hart for the grace of his lippes shal haue the king his frend †The eies of our Lord keepe knowlege and the wordes of the iust are supplanted †The slothful sayth A lyon is without in the middes of the streates I am to be slayne †A deepe pitte the mouth of a strange woman he with whom our Lord is angrie shal fal into it †Follie is tyed together in the hart of a childe and the rod of discipline shal driue it away †He that doth calumniate the poore to increase his riches himself shal geue to a richer and shal be in neede †Incline thine eare and heare the wordes of wisemen and set thy hart to my doctrine †which shal be beautiful for thee when thou shalt kepe it in thy bellie and it shal flow in thy lippes †That thy confidence may be in our Lord wherfore I haue shewed also it to thee this day †Behold I haue described it to thee three maner of wayes in cogitations and knowledge †that I might shew thee the stabilitie and the wordes of truth out of these to answer them that sent thee †Doe not violence to the poore because he is poore neither oppresse the needie in the gate †because our Lord wil iudge his cause and wil pearse them that haue pearsed his soule †Be not frend to an angrie man nor walke with a furious man †lest perhaps thou lerne his pathes and take scandal to thy soule †Be not with them that sticke downe their handes and that offer themselues sureties for debts †for if thou haue not wherewith to restore what cause is there that he should take the couering from thy bed †Trangresse not the ancient boundes which thy fathers haue put †Hast thou sene a man quicke in his worke he shal stand before kinges neither shal be before the vnnoble CHAP. XXIII VVHEN thou shalt sitte to eate with a prince attend diligently what thinges are set before thy face †and set a knife in thy throte if notwithstanding thou haue thy soule in thine owne power †Desire not his meates in which is the bread of lying †Labour not to be rich but set a meane to thy prudence †Lift not vp thine eies to the riches which thou canst not haue because they shal make to themselues winges as of an eagle and shal flie into heauen †Eate not with an enuious man and desire
the tribes of Iacob †Blessed are they that saw thee and were honored in thy freindshipe †For we liue by life only but after death our name shal not be such †Elias was in dede hid in the whirlewind his spirit was complete in Eliseus in his daies he feared not the prince and no man ouercame him by might †Neither did any word ouercome him and his bodie prophecied being dead †In his life he did wonders and in death he wrought meruelous thinges †In al these thinges the people repented not and they departed not from their sinnes til they were cast out of their land and were dispersed into al the earth †And there was leaft a verie smal nation and a prince in the house of Dauid †Some of them did that which pleased God but others committed manie sinnes †Ezechias fenced his citie and brough in water into the middes thereof and digged a rocke with yron and built a wel for water †In his daies came vp Sennacherib and sent Rabsaces and lifted vp his hand against them and put forth his hand vpon Sion and became proude by his mightines †Then were their harts and hands moued and they were in sorow as trauailing wemen †And they inuocated our merciful Lord and spredding their handes they lifted them vp to heauen and the holie Lord God quickly heard their voice †He was not mindful of their sinnes neither did he geue them to their enemies but purged them by the hand of Isaie the holie prophete †He ouerthrew the campe of the Assirians and the Angel of our Lord destroyed them †For Ezechias did that which pleased God and went strongly in the way of Dauid his father which Isaie commanded him the great prophet and faithful in the sight of God †In his daies the sunne returned backward added life to the king †By a great spirite he saw the last thinges and comforted the mourners in Sion †For euer he shewed the thinges to come secret thinges before they came to passe ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XLVIII 10 VVho art vvritten Amongst other quarels Protestantes except against the authentical auctoritie of this booke because the auctor saith that Enoch and Elias shal come againe to appease the wrath of our Lord to reconcile the father to the sonne and to restore the tribes of Iacob But that this is no iust exception is clere by other holie Scriptures where the same vniforme doctrin of the whole Church is no lesse euident then in this booke For God himself saith the same also by the mouth of his prophet Malachie Behold I wil send you Elias the prophet before the day of our Lord come the great and dreadful Christ also sayth Elias in deede shal come and restore al thinges VVherupon S. Chrysostom after he hath shewed how terrible Antichrist shal be by reason of his temporal powre crueltie and wicked lawes he addeth Feare thou not He shal only haue force in the reprobate that perish For then also Elias shal come to fortifie the faithful Likewise the wordes in the Apocalips I wil geue to my two witnesses they shal prophecie a thousand two hundred and three score dayes were euer inuariably vnderstood by tradition from the first preachers of Christ as the ancient writer Aretas testifieth that Enoch and Elias shal come admonish al not to geue credite to the deceiptful wonders of Antichrist and that they shal trauel in this testimonie the space of three yeares and a half For 1260. dayes come very nere to that space of time CHAP. XLIX Praises of Iosias who like to Dauid and Ezechias tooke away occasions of idolatrie 8. Praises of Ieremie 10. Ezechiel 12. and the twelue Prophetes 13. Also of Zorobabel Iesus the sonne of Iosedech Nehemias Enoch Ioseph Seth Sem and Adam THE memorie of Iosias is according to the confection of perfume made by the worke of an apothecarie †His remembrance shal be sweete as honie in euerie mouth and as musick in banket of wine †He was directed by God into the repentance of the nation and he tooke away the abominations of impietie †And he gouerned his hart toward our Lord and in the daies of sinners he strengthened pietie †Except Dauid and Ezechias and Iosias al committed sinne †For the kinges of Iuda forsooke the law of the Highest and contemned the feare of God †For they gaue their kingdom to others and their glorie to a strange nation †They burnt the chosen citie of holines and made the waies thereof desolate in the hand of Ieremie †For they euil intreated him who was consecrated a prophet from his mothers wombe to ouerthrow and pluck vp and destroy and to build againe and renewe †Ezechiel who saw the sight of glorie which he shewed him in the chariote of Cherubs †For he made mention of the enemies in rayne to doe good vnto them that haue shewed right waies †And the bones of the twelue prophets wel may they spring out of their place for they haue strengthened Iacob and haue redeemed themselues in the fidelitie of power †How may we magnifie Zorobabel for he also was as a signet on the right hand †and so Iesus the sonne of Iosedec who in their daies built the house and erected the holie temple to our Lord prepared to euerlasting glorie †And Nehemias in the memorie of much time who erected vs our walles ouerthrowen and set vp the gates and lockes who built our houses †No man hath bene borne in the earth like to Henoch for he also was taken vp from the earth †Neither as Ioseph who was a man borne prince of his bretheren the stay of the nation the ruler of his bretheren the stay of the people †and his bones were visited and after death they prophecied †Seth and Sem obteyned glorie with men and aboue euerie soule in the beginning Adam CHAP. L. Praises of Simon the High Priest 27. Detestation of certaine persecuting aduersaries 29. With conclusion that the obseruers of this doctrine shal be wise and happie SIMON the sonne of Onias the high priest who in his life held vp the house and in his daies strengthned the temple †The height also of the temple was founded by him the duble building and high walles of the temple †In his daies the welles of waters flowed out and they were filled as the sea aboue measure †Who had care of his nation and deliuered it from perdition †Who preuailed to amplifie the citie who obteyned glorie in conuersing with the nation and amplified the entrance of the house and the court †As the morning starre in the middes of a cloude and as the ful moone he shineth in his dayes †And as the sunne shining so did he shine in the temple of God †As the rainbow that shineth among
fathers that I would geue them a land flowing with milke hunnie as is this day And I answered said Amen Lord. †And our Lord said to me Crie aloude al these wordes in the cities of Iuda and without Ierusalem saying Heare ye the wordes of this couenant and do them †because contesting I did contest your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the Land of Aegypt euen to this day arising early I contested and said Heare ye my voice †and they heard not nor inclined their eare but went euerie one in the peruersitie of his owne wicked hart I brought vpon them al the wordes of this couenant which I commanded them to doe and they did not †And our Lord said to me Conspiracie is found in the men of Iuda and in the inhabitants of the men of Ierusalem †They are returned to the former iniquities of their fathers which would not heare my wordes and these therfore haue gone after strange goddes to serue them the house of Israel and the house of Iuda hath made voide my couenant which I made with their fathers †For which thing thus saith our Lord Behold I wil bring in euils vpon them out of which they shal not be able to goeforth and they shal crie to me and I wil not heare them †And the cities of Iuda and the inhabitants of Ierusalem shal goe and crie to goddes vnto whom they sacrificed and they shal not saue them in the time of their affliction †For according to the number of thy cities were thy goddes ô Iuda and according to the number of the waies of Ierusalem thou didst set altars of confusion altars to sacrifice to Baalim †Thou therefore pray not for this people and take not to thee praise and prayer for them because I wil no◠heare in the time of their crie vnto me in the time of their affliction †What is it that my beloued hath in my house done much wickednes shal the holie flesh take away from thee thy malices in which thou hast bosted †The Lord hath called thy name a plentiful oliue tree faire fruiteful beautiful at the voice of a word a great fire flamed vp in it and the shrubbes thereof are burnt †And the Lord of hostes that planted thee hath spoken euil vpon thee for the euils of the house of Israel and of the house of Iuda which they haue done to themselues to prouoke me in offering to Baalim †But thou Lord hast shewed me and I haue knowen thou hast shewed me their studies †And I as a milde lambe that is caried to a victim and I knew not that they deuised counsels against me saying Let vs cast wood on his bread and rase him out of the land of the liuing and let his name be mentioned no more †But thou ô Lord of Sabaoth which iudgest iustly and prouest the reynes and the hartes let me see thy reuenge of them for to thee I haue reueled my cause †Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of Anathoth which seeke thy life and say Thou shalt not prophecie in the name of our Lord and thou shalt not die in our handes †Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes Behold I wil visite vpon them their yong men shal die by the sword their sonnes and their daughters shal die in famine †And there shal be no remaines of them for I wil bring in euil vpon the men of Anathoth the yeare of their visitation CHAP. XII It semeth strange that the wicked prosper 5. The Iewes heretofore afflicted by weaker enimies shal be more oppressed by the Babylonians 10. Euil pastors shal be punished 14. and forraine enimies destroyed THOV in deede ô Lord art iust if I dispute with thee but yet I wil speake iust thinges to thee Why doth the way of the impious prosper why is it wel with al that transgresse and doe wickedly †Thou hast planted them and they haue taken roote they prosper and bring forth fruite thou art nigh to their mouth and farre from their reynes †And thou Lord hast knowen me thou hast sene me and proued my hart with thee gather them together as a flocke to the victime and sanctifie them in the day of slaughter †How long shal the land mourne and the herbe of euerie fielde be withered for malice of the inhabitants therein Beast is consumed and foule because they haue saied He shal not see our later endes †If running with footemen thou hast laboured how canst thou contend with horses And whereas in a land of peace thou hast bene secure what wilt thou doe in the pride of Iordan †For euen thy bretheren the house of thy father they also haue fought against thee and haue cried after thee with ful voice beleue them not when they shal speake good thinges vnto thee †I haue forsaken my house I haue left mine inheritance I haue geuen my beloued soule into the hand of her enemies †Myne inheritance is become vnto me as a lion in the wood it hath vttered a voice against me therefore haue I hated it †Why is myne inheritance vnto me as a bird of diuers coulors is it as a birde died through out come assemble yourselues al ye beastes of the land make haste to deuoure †Manie pastours haue destroyed my vineyard they haue troden downe my portion they haue made my portion that was worthie to be desired into a desert of desolation †They haue laied it into dissipation and it hath mourned vpon me With desolation is al the land made desolate because there is none that considereth in the hart †Vpon al the wayes of the desert the wasters are come because the sword of our Lord shal deuoure from one end of the land to the other end thereof there is no peace to al flesh †They haue sowen wheate and reaped thornes they haue taken an inheritance and it shal not profite them you shal be ashamed of your fruites for the wrath of the furie of our Lord. †Thus saith the Lord against al my most wicked neighbours which touche the inheritance that I haue distributed to my people of Israel Behold I wil plucke them out of their land the house of Iuda I wil plucke out of the middes of them †And when I shal haue plucked them out I wil returne and haue mercie on them and wil bring them backe euerie man to his inheritance and euerie man into his land †And it shal be if being taught they wil learne the waies of my people that they sweare in my name Our Lord liueth as they haue taught my people to sweare by Baal they shal be built in the middes of my people †But if they wil not heare I wil plucke out that nation with plucking vp and with destruction saith our Lord. CHAP. XIII By a girdle first vsed and after leaft of 8. is
as the wounded in the streets of the citie when they yelded vp the ghostes in the bosome of their mothers Wherto shal I compare thee or wherto shal I liken thee ô daughter of Ierusalem wherto shal I make thee equal and comfort thee ô virgin daughter of Sion For great is thy destruction as the sea who shal heale thee Thy prophetes haue sene false and foolish thinges for thee neither haue they opened thyne iniquitie to prouoke thee to penance but they haue sene false burdens and banishements for thee Al that passed by the way haue clapped their handes vpon thee they haue hissed and moued their head vpon the daughter of Ierusalem saying Is this the citie of perfect beautie the ioy of al the earth Al thyne enemies haue opened their mouth vpon thee they haue hissed and gnashed with the teeth and haue sayd We wil deuour Loe this is the day which we expected we haue found it we haue sene it Our Lord hath done the thinges that he meant he hath accomplished his word which he commanded from the dayes of old he hath destroyed and hath not spared and he hath made the enemie ioyful ouer thee and hath exalted the horne of thine aduersaries Their hart hath cryed to our Lord vpon the walles of the daughter of Sion Shede teares as a torrent by day and night geue no rest to thyself neither let the aple of thyne eye cease Arise prayse in the night in the beginning of the watches powre out thy hart as waters before the sight of our Lord lift vp thy handes to him for the life of thy litle ones which haue fainted for famine in the head of al high wayes See ô Lord and consider whom thou hast vintaged thus shal wemen then eate their owne fruite litle ones of the measure of a spanne is the priest and the prophet slaine in the sanctuarie of our Lord The childe and the old man lay on the ground without my virgins and my yongmen are fallen by the sword thou hast killed in the day of thy furie thou hast strooken neither hast thou had mercie Thou hast called as it were to a solemne day those that should terrifie me round about and there was none in the day of the furie of our Lord that escaped and was left whom I brought vp nourished mine enemie hath consumed them CHAP. III. I THE man that see my pouertie in the rod of his indignation He hath led me and brought me into darknes and not into light Only against me he hath turned and hath conuerted his hand al the day He hath made my skinne old and my flesh he hath broken my bones He hath built round about me and he hath compased me with gaul and labour In darke places he hath placed me as the euerlasting dead He hath built round about against me that I goe not forth he hath aggrauated my fetters Yea and when I shal crie and aske he hath excluded my prayer He hath shut vp my wayes with square stones he hath subuerted my pathes He is become vnto me a beare lying in waite a lyon in secret places He hath subuerted my pathes and hath broken me he hath made me desolate He hath bent his bow and set me as a marke for the arrow He hath shot in my reines the daughters of his quiuer I am made a derision to al my people their songue al the day He hath replenished me with bitternes he hath inebriated me with wormwood And he hath broken my teeth by number he hath fed me with ashes And my soule is repelled from peace I haue forgotten good thinges And I sayd Mine end is perished and mine hope from our Lord. Remember my pouertie and transgression the wormwood and the gual Remembring I wil be mindful and my soule shal languish in me Recording this thing in my hart therfore wil I hope The mercies of our Lord that we are not consumed because his commiserations haue not fayled New in the morning great is thy fidelite Our Lord is my portion sayd my soule therfore wil I expect him Our Lord is good to them that hope in him to the soule that seeketh him It is good to waite with silence for the saluation of God It is good for a man when he beareth the yoke from his youth He shal sit solitarie and hold his peace because he hath lifted himselfe aboue himself He shal put his mouth in the dust if perhaps there be hope He shal geue the cheeke to him that striketh him he shal be filled with reproches Because our Lord wil not reiect for euer Because if he hath reiected he wil also haue mercie according to the multitude of his merciés For he hath not humbled from his hart and cast of the children of men To stamp vnder his fete al the prisoners of the earth To auert the iudgement of a man before the face of the Highest To peruert a man in his iudgement our Lord hath not knowne Who is this that hath commanded it to be done our Lord not commanding it Out of the mouth of the Highest there shal not procede neither euil thinges nor good What hath the liuing man murmured man for his sinnes Let vs search our wayes seeke and returne to our Lord. Let vs lift vp our hartes with our handes to our Lord into the heauens We haue done wickedly and prouoked to wrath therfore thou art inexorable Thou hast couered in furie and hast strooken vs thou hast killed and not spared Thou hast sette a cloude before thee that prayer may not passe Thou hast made me to be rooted out and abiect in the middes of the peoples Al the enemies haue opened their mouth vpon vs. Prophecie is made vnto vs feare and snare and destruction Myne eye hath shed streames of waters in the destruction of the daughter of my people Myne eye is afflicted neither hath it bene quiet because there was no rest Til our Lord regarded and looked from the heauens Mine eye hath spoyled my soule for al the daughters of my citie Myne enemies in hunting haue caught me as a birde without cause My life is fallen into the lake and they haue layd a stone vpon me The waters haue flowed ouer my head I sayd I am vndone I haue inuocated thy name ô Lord from the lowest lake Thou hast heard my voice turne not away thine eare from my sobbings and cries Thou didst approch in the day when I inuocated thee thou hast sayd Feare not Thou hast iudged ô Lord the cause of my soule redemer
and she that receiued thy children †For as she hath reioyced in thy ruine and bene glad at thy fal so shal she be made sorowful in her owne desolation †And the reioycing of her multitude shal be cut of her gladnes shal be turned to mourning †For fyre shal come vpon her from the euerlasting in long during dayes and she shal be inhabited of diuels a great time †Looke about ô Ierusalem toward the East and see the ioy that commeth to thee from God †For behold thy children come whom thou hast let goe dispersed they come gathered together from the East euen to the West in the word of the holie one reioycing to the honor of God CHAP. V. A consolaâ—orie prophecie to Ierusalem that her children shal be reduced with ioy from captiuitie PVT of Ierusalem the robe of mourning and of thy vexation and put on the beautie and honor of that euerlasting glorie which thou hast of God †God wil cloath thee with the dublet of iustice and wil put vpon thy head the mitre of euerlasting honour †For God wil show his brightnes in thee which is vnder the heauen †For thy name shal be named of God to thee for euer The peace of iustice and honor of pietie †Arise Ierusalem and stand on high and looke about toward the East and see thy children gathered together from the rysing of the sunne to the going downe in the word of the holie reioycing at the memorie of God †For they went out from thee on foote led by the enimies but our Lord wil bring them to the exalted into honour as children of the kingdom †For God hath apoynted to humble euerie high mountaine and euerlasting rockes and to fil vp valleis to be equal with the earth that Israel may walke diligently to the honour of God †And the woods also and euerie tree of sweetnes haue ouershadowed Israel by the commandment of God †For God wil bring Israel with ioyfulnes in the light of his maiestie with mercie and iustice which is of him CHAP. VI. Ieremie by his epistle forwarneth the Iewes that they shal be captiues in Babylon and after seuentie yeares shal be released 3. exhorting them al that time to auoid idolatrie 7. largely shewing the vanitie of idols A COPIE of the Epistle that Ieremie sent to them that were to be led away captiues into Babylon by the king of Babylon to tel them according to that which was commanded him of God †For the sinnes that you haue sinned before God you shal be led away captiue into Babylon by Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon †Being entered therfore into Babylon you shal be there manie yeares and long times euen vnto seuen generations and after this I wil bring you forth from thence with peace †But now you shal see in Babylon goddes of gold and of siluer and of stone and of wood to be caried vpon shoulders shewing feare to the Gentiles †Beware therfore lest you also be like to the doing of strangers and you be afrayd and feare take you in them †Seeing therfore the multitude adoring behind and before say you in your hartes Thou oughest to be adored ô Lord. †For mine c Angel is with you and my selfe d wil aske account of your soules †For their tongue polished by the craftesman them selues also layd ouer with gold and siluer are false thinges and they can not speake †And as to a virgin that loueth ornaments so taking gold their goddes are forged †Their goddes certes haue golden crownes vpon their heades wherof the priestes secretely conuey away from them gold and siluer and bestow it on them selues †Yea and they geue therof to strumpettes and they decke whores and againe when they receiue it of the harlots they decke their goddes †But these are not deliuered from the rust and the moth †And these being couered with a purple garment they wype their face for the dust of the house which is very much among them †And he hath a scepter as a man as a iudge of the countrie that killeth him not that offendeth against him †He hath also in his hand a sword and an axe but him selfe he deliuereth not from the sword and from robbers wherby be it knowne to you that they are not goddes †Therfore feare them not For as a mans vessel being broken is made vnprofitable such also are their goddes †they being placed in the house their eies are ful of dust by the feete of them that goe in †And as vpon one that hath offended the king the gates be shut round about or as the dead brought to the graue so doe the priestes gard the doores with shuttings and lockes lest they be spoyled of theeues †They light candles to them and that manie of the which they can see none but they are as beames in the house †And they say that the serpents which are of the earth gnaw out their hartes whiles they eate them and their garment and they feele not †Their faces are blacke with the smoke that is made in the house †The owles and the swallowes flye vpon their bodie and vpon their head and the birdes also the cattes in like manner †Wherby you may knowe that they are not goddes Therfore feare them not †The gold also which they haue is for bewtie vnles a man wype of the rust they shal not shine for neither when they were moulten did they feele †With al price are they bought whereas there is no breath in them †As being without feete they are caried vpon shoulders shewing their basenes to men Be they confounded also that worship them †Therfore if they fal to the ground they rise not vp of them selues nor if a man set him vpright shal he stand by him self but as to dead men their giftes shal be set before them †Their priestes sel their sacrifices and abuse them likwise also their wiues plucking from them impert nothing neither to the sicke nor to the begger †Of their sacrifices wemen in childbed and in flowers doe touche knowing therfore by these thinges that they are not goddes feare them not †For whence are they called goddes Because we men offer to the goddes of siluer and gold and wood †And priestes sitte in their houses hauing their garments rent and their heades beard shauen whose heades be bare †And they were crying before their goddes as at the supper of the dead †The priests take away their garments and they cloath their wiues their children †Neither if they suffer anie euil nor if anie good of anie man are they able to recompence it neither can they make a king nor take him away †In like maner they can neither geue riches nor requyre euil If a man vow a vow vnto them and performe it not neither this doe they
faces one face the face of a Cherub and the second face the face of a man and in the third the face of a lyon and in the fourth the face of an eagle †And the Cherubs were lifted vp the same is the liuing creature that I had sene by the riuer Chobar †And when the Cherubs walked the wheeles also went together by them and when the Cherubs lifted vp their winges to be raysed vp from the earth the wheeles rested not but also were besyde them †Those standing they stood and with them lifted vp they were lifted vp For the spirit of life was in them †And the glorie of our Lord went forth from the threshold of the temple and stood ouer the Cherubs †And the Cherubs lifting vp their winges were exalted from the earth before me and they going forth the wheeles also folowed and it stood in the entry of the east gate of the house of our Lord and the glorie of the God of Israel was ouer them †The same is the liuing creature which I saw vnder the God of Israel by the riuer Chobar and I vnderstood that they were Cherubs †Foure faces to one and foure winges to one and the similitude of a mans hand vnder their winges †And the similitude of their faces the same faces which I had seene by the riuer Chobar and the lookes of them and the sway of euerie one to goe before his face CHAP. XI Against falseprophetes affirming that the people should not be caried into captiuitie 4. Ezechiel prophecieth that they shal not escape it 13. Pheltias a falseprophet dieth 14. and God promiseth to conserue some reliques 19. and to geue a new spirite in their hartes AND the spirite lifted me vp and brought me into the east gate of the house of our Lord which looketh to the rysing of the sunne and behold in the entrie of the gate fiue and twentie men and I saw in the middes of them Iezonias the sonne of Azur and Pheltias the sonne of Banaias the princes of the people †And he said to me Sonne of man these are the men that conceiue iniquitie and deuise most wicked counsel in this citie †saying Were not houses builded of late This is the caldron and we the flesh †Therfore prophecie of them prophecie thou sonne of man †And the spirit of our Lord fel vpon me and said to me Speake Thus saith our Lord So haue you spoken ô house of Israel and the cogitations of your hart I know †Very manie haue you killed in this citie and you haue filled the wayes therof with the slaine †Therfore thus saith our Lord God Your slaine whom you haue layd in the middes therof these are the flesh and this is the caldron and I wil bring you out of the middes therof †The sword you haue feared and the sword I wil bring vpon you saith our Lord God †And I wil cast you out of the middes therof and I wil geue you into the hand of the enemies and wil doe iudgements in you †You shal fal by the sword in the borders of Israel wil I iudge you and you shal knowe that I am the Lord. †This shal not be as a caldron to you and you shal not be as flesh in the middes therof in the borders of Israel I wil iudge you †And you shal know that I am the Lord because you haue not walked in my precepts haue not done my iudgments but you haue done according to the iudgements of nations that are round about you †And it came to passe when I prophecied Pheltias the sonne of Banaias died and I fel vpon my face crying with a lowd voice sayd Alas alas alas ô Lord God makest thou a consumation of the remnant of Israel †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man thy bretheren thy bretheren thy kinsmen al the house of Israel al to whom the inhabitantes of Ierusalem haue sayd Depart ye far from our Lord the land is geuen to vs in possession †Therfore thus sayth our Lord God Because I haue made them far of in the Gentils and because I haue dispersed them in the landes I wil be a litle sanctification to them in the landes to which they are come †Therfore speake Thus sayth our Lord God I wil gather you out of the peoples and vnite you out of the landes wherin you are dispersed I wil geue you the ground of Israel †And they shal goe in thither and shal take away al the offences and al the abominations therof out of it †And I wil geue them one hart and wil geue a new spirite in their bowels and I wil take away the stonie hart out of their flesh and wil geue them a fleshie hart †that they may walke in my precepts and keepe my iudgements and doe them and they may be my people and I may be their God †Whose hart walketh after their offences and abominations their way wil I lay on their head sayth our Lord God †And the Cherubs lifted vp their winges and the wheeles with them and the glorie of the God of Israel was ouer them †And the glorie of our Lord ascended from the middes of the citie stood ouer the mount that is on the east side of the citie †And the spirite lifted me vp and brought me into Chaldee to the transmigration in a vision in the spirite of God and the vision which I had seene was taken vp from me †And I spake to the transmigration al the wordes of our Lord which he had shewed me CHAP. XII By prouiding furniture for a iourney and carying it from one place to an other 5. and flying through a hole in the wal 10. the prophet signifieth that the king and people shal goe into captiuitie 17. By eating as if he were trubled foresheweth their famine 21. Al which shal come quickly AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man thou dwelest in the middes of an exasperating house which haue eyes to see and see not and eares to heare and heare not because it is an exasperating house †Thou therfore ô sonne of man make thee vessels of transmigration and thou shalt flitte by day before them and thou shalt flitte out of thy place to an other place in their sight if perhaps they wil behold because it is an exasperating house †And thou shalt carie forth thy vessels as the vessels of one flitting by day in the sight of them and thou shalt goe forth at euen before them as one goeth forth that flitteth Before their eyes dig to thee through the wall and thou shalt goe forth through it †In their sight on shoulders thou shalt be caried in the darke thou shalt be caried out thou shalt couer thy face shalt not see the earth because I haue
cantel of bread that they might kil the soules which dye not and viuificate the soules which liue not lying to my people that beleeueth lies †For this cause thus saith our Lord God Behold I to your cushions wherwith you carche flying soules and I wil breake them from your armes and I wil let goe the soules that you take the soules to flâ—e †And I wil breake your pillowes and wil deliuer my people out of your hand neither shal they be anie more in your handes to be a praye and you shal know that I am the Lord. †For that you haue made the hart of the iust to mourne lyingly whom I made not sorowful and haue strenghtned the handes of the impious that he might not returne from his euil way and liue †Therfore you shal not see vaine thinges and diuinations you shal diuine no more and I wil deliuer my people out of you hand and you shal know that I am the Lord. CHAP. XIIII Idolaters inquiring of Gods wil by his prophetes 6. must first depart from idolatrie 8. otherwise God wil permitte fals-prophetes to deceiue them and both shal perish together 12. by famine 15. by rauenous beastes 17. sword 19. and pestilence yea Noë Daniel and Iob interceding shal not deliuer them v. 14. 16. 18. 20. 21. yet God wil conserue some that the whole Church perish not AND men of the ancients of Israel came to me and sate before me †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man These men haue put their vncleannes in their hartes and the scandal of their iniquitie they haue set against their face what being asked shal I answer them †For this cause speake to them and thou shalt say to them Thus saith our Lord God Man man of the house of Israel that shal put his vncleannes in his hart set the scandal of his iniquitie against his face shal come to the prophet asking me by him I the Lord wil answer him in the multitude of his vncleannes †that the house of Israel may be taken in their hart wherwith they haue reuolted from me in al their idols †Therfore say to the house of Israel Thus saith our Lord God Conuert and depart from your idols and from al your contaminations turne away your faces †Because man man of the house of Israel and of the proselytes whosoeuer shal be a stranger in Israel if he be alienated from me and put his idols in his hart and set the scandal of his iniquitie against his face and come to the prophet to aske me by him I the Lord wil answer him by my self †And I wil set my face vpon that man and wil make him for an example and a for a prouerbe and wil destroy him out of the middes of my people and you shal know that I am the Lord. †And the prophete when he shal erre and shal speake a word I the Lord haue deceiued that prophet and I wil strech forth my hand vpon him and wil rase him out of the middes of my people Israel †And they shal carie their iniquitie according to the iniquitie of him that asketh so shal the iniquitie of the prophet be †That the house of Israel may no more erre from me nor be polluted in al their preuarications but may be my people I may be their God saith the Lord of hostes †And the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man the land when it shal sinne to me that transgressing it transgresseth I wil strechforth my hand vpon it and wil breake the rod of the bread therof and I wil send famine into it and wil kil out of it man and beast †And if these three men shal be in the middes therof Noe Daniel and Iob they by their iustice shal deliuer their owne soules saith the Lord of hostes †And if I shal bring most euil beasts also vpon the land to waste it and it be without passage for that there is none can passe because of the beasts †These three men if they shal be therin I liue I saith our Lord that they shal deliuer neither sonnes not daughters but themselues alone shal be deliuered and the land shal be made desolate †Or if I shal bring the sword in vpon that land and shal say to the sword Passe through the land and shal kil out of it man and beast †And these three men shal be in the middes therof I liue I saith our Lord God they shal not deliuer sonnes not daughters but themselues alone shal be deliuered †And if I shal send the pestilence also in vpon that land and shal powre out mine indignation vpon it in bloud to take away out of it man and beast †And Noe and Daniel and Iob shal be in the middes therof liue I saith our Lord God that sonne and daughter they shal not deliuer but themselues by their iustice shal deliuer their owne soules †Because thus saith our Lord That and if I shal send in vpon Ierusalem my foure very sore iudgements the sword and famine and euil beastes and the pestilence to kil out of it man and beast †Yet shal there be left in it saluation of some bringing out sonnes and daughters behold they shal go forth to you and you shal see their way and their inuentions and you shal be comforted vpon the euil that I haue brought vpon Ierusalem in al thinges that I haue brought in vpon it †And they shal comfort you when you shal see their way and their inuentions and you shal know that I haue not in vaine done al thinges which I haue done in it saith our Lord God CHAP. XV. As a vine cut downe is profitable to no vse but to burne 6. so the Iewes and other people separated from the Church are to be burned in the fire AND the word of our Lord was made to me saying †Sonne of man what shal be made of the wood of the vine of al the trees of the woods that are among the trees of the forests †Shal there be taken wood of it that a worke may be made or shal a pinne be made therof that anie vessel may hang theron †Behold it is geuen to the fire for food the fire hath consumed both partes therof and the middes therof is brought into ashes why shal it be profitable for a worke †Yea when it was whole it was not fit for a worke how much more when the fire hath deuoured and burnt it shal no worke be made therof †Therfore thus saith our Lord God As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forests which I haue geuen to the fire to be deuoured so wil I deliuer the inhabitants of Ierusalem †And I wil set my face against them out of the fire shal they come forth and fire shal consume them
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
they resolued to fight and to encounter manfully that manhood might decide the matter because the holie citie and the temple were in danger †For there was lesse care for their wiues and children and also for their bretheren and kinsemen but the greatest and principal feare was for the holines of the temple †And they also that were in the citie tooke no litle care for them that were to ioyne battel †And when they did al hope that iudgement would be geuen and the enimies were present and the armie was set in aray the beastes horsemen disposed in conuenient place †Machabeus considering the coming of the multitude and the varietie of the prouision of armour and the fiercenes of the beastes stretching forth his handes vnto heauen he inuocated our Lord that worketh wonders who not according to the might of armes but according as it pleaseth him geueth victorie to the worthie †And he sayd inuocating in this maner Thou Lord which didst send thyne Angel in the time of Ezechias king of Iuda and didst kil an hundred eightie fiue thousand of the campe of Sennacharib †now ô Dominatour of the heauens send thy good Angel before vs in feare and trembling of the greatnes of thyne arme †that they may be afrayde which with blasphemie come against thyne holie people And he in dede ended his prayer thus †But Nicanor and they that were with him with trumpets songues came nere †But Iudas and they that were with him inuocating God by prayers ioyned battel †with the hand in dede fighting but in their hartes praying to our Lord they ouerthrew no lesse then fiue and thirtie thousand being greatly delighted with the presence of God †And when they had ceased and returned with ioy they vnderstood that Nicanor was slaine for al his armour †A shout therfore being made and a great crie they blessed the Almightie Lord in their countrie language †And Iudas who by al meanes was in bodie and mind readie to dye for his citizens commanded that Nicanors head and hand with the shoulder being cut of should be caried to Ierusalem †Whither when he was come hauing called his countrimen and the Priestes to the altar he sent also for them that were in the castel †And shewing them the head of Nicanor the wicked hand which he stretching forth against holie house of almightie God had mightely bragged †The tongue also of impious Nicanor being cut out he commanded to be geuen pecemeale to the birdes and the hand of the furious man to be hanged vp against the temple †Al therfore blessed the Lord of heauen saying Blessed be he that hath kept his place vndefiled †And he hung vp Nicanors head in the toppe of the castel that it might be an euident manifest signe of the helpe of God †Therfore al by common counsel decreed by no meanes to let passe this day without solemnitie †but to kepe the solemnitie the thirtenth day of the moneth Adar which is called in the Syrian language the day before Mardocheus day * These thinges therefore being done concerning Nicanor from that time the citie being possessed of the Hebrewes I also in these wil make an end of speaking †And if wel and as is competent for a storie that myself also would but “ if not so worthely it resteth to be pardoned me †For as to drinke alwayes wine or alwayes water is hurtful but to vse now one now an other is delectable so to the readers if the speach be alwayes exact it wil not be gratful Here therefore it shal be ended ANNOTATIONS CHAP. XV. 12. Onias prayed for al the people And. v. 14. Ieremie prayeth for the people As against prayer of the faithful for the dead Ch 12. so against prayer of Saincts for the militant Church Protestants haue no better euasion vvhen they are pressed with these examples then by denying the auctoritie of the Bookes For seing the Prophet Ieremie and the Highpriest Onias being in Limbo patrum no holie soules ascending into heauen before Christ did pray for the vvhole people of the Ievves it is also certaine that they and other Sainctes in glorie do of their excellent charitie pray for those that are in this mortallife Yet neither do vve Catholiques vrge this place as though vve had no other to alleage for vve shevv the same doctrine by other holie Scriptures Gen. 48. Exo 32. Iere. 15. Luc. 16. 2 Petri 1. Apoc. 5. 6 8. and others neither must vve omite these bookes because our aduersaries denie them seing the lerned Doctores and holie Fathers confirme the same doctrine by those Scriptures Among others ancient Origen tomo 18 in Ioan. sayth it appeareth that Sainctes departed from this life haue care of the people as it is written sayth he in the Actes of the Machabees manie yeares after the death of Ieremie this is Ieremie the prophet of God vvo prayeth much for the people Likervvise S. Bernard Ser. 3. vigil Natiuit Domini Ser. 11. againe Ser. 76. in Cantica admonisheth that a good religious man is like to this Onias who prayeth to God for al the people 39. If not se vvorthely He demandeth not pardon as though he suspected any error in his doctrine or in the history but of his vnpolished stile in writing As S Paul sayth that himself vvas rude in speach yet not in knovvlege 2. Cor. 11. v. 6. But we who by Gods great goodnes haue passed now to the end of this English old Testament iustly fearing that we haue not worthely discharged so great a worke and in no wise presuming that we haue auoided al errors as wel of doctrine as historie much more we acknowlege that our stile is rude and vnpolished And therfore we necessarily and vvith al humilitie craue pardon of God and al his glorious Sainctes Likevvise of the Chruch militant and particularly of you right vvelbeloued English readers to vvhom as at the beginning vve directed and dedicated these our endeuoures so to you vve offer the rest of our laboures euen to the end of our liues in our B. Sauiour IESVS Christ to vvhom be al praise and glorie Amen THE CONTINVANCE OF THE CHVRCH AND RELIGION IN THE SIXTH AGE from the captiuitie in Babylon to the coming of our Sauiour nere the space of 640. yeares SVCH is the prouidence of Almightie God that not obscurely or at sometimes only but manifestly and without intermission his Diuine Maiestie is acknowleged his name glorified his Religion professed and his preceptes obserued by a visible knowne Church from the beginning of the world to the end therof as we haue already shewed in the other fiue ages and shal no lesse clerly declare the same in this sixth For albeit the peculiar people of God were for their sinnes caried forth of their countrie and held captiues in Babylon seuentie yeares and after their reduction
depth and the floudes of it shal be destroyed and the fishes thereof at the face of our Lord and at the glorie of his powre †because his right hand is strong which bendeth the bow his arrowes be sharpe that are shot of him they shal not misse when they shal begine to be shot into the endes of the earth †Behold euiles are sent and they shal not returne til they come vpon the earth †The fire is kindled and it shal not be quenched til it consume the fundations of the earth †For as the arrow shot of a strong archer returneth not so shal not the euils returne backe that shal be sent vpon the earth †Woe is me woe is me who shal deliuer me in those dayes †The beginning of sorrowes and much mourning the beginning of famine and much destruction The beginning of warres and the potestates shal feare the beginning of euiles and al shal tremble †In these what shal I doe when the euiles shal come †Behold famine and plague and tribulation and distresse are sent al as scourges for amendment †and in al these they wil not conuert themselues from their iniquities neither wil they be alwayes mindful of the scourges †Behold there shal be good cheape victuals vpon the earth so that they may thinke that peace is directly coming toward them and then shal euiles spring vpon the earth sword famine and great confusion †For by famine manie that inhabit the earth shal dye and the sword shal destroy the rest that remained aliue of the famine †and the dead shal be cast forth as dung and there shal be none to comfort them For the earth shal be left desert and the cities therof shal be throwen downe †There shal not be left a man to til the ground and to sow it †The trees shal yeeld fruites and who shal gather them †The grape shal become ripe who shal tread it For there shal be great desolation to places †For a man shal desire to see a man or to heare his voyce †For there shal be leaft ten of a citie and two of the filde that haue hid themselues in thicke woodes and cliffes of rockes †As there are left in the oliuet and on euerie tree three or foure oliues †Or as in a vinyeard when it is gathered there are grapes left by them that diligently search the vineyard so shal there be left in those dayes three or foure by them that search their houses in the sword †And the earth shal be left desolate and the fildes thereof shal waxe old the wayes thereof and al the pathes thereof shal bringforth thornes because no man shal passe by it †Virgins shal mourne hauing no bridegromes wemen shal mourne hauing no husbandes their daughters shal mourne hauing no helpe †their bridegromes shal be consumed in battel and their husbandes be destroyed in famine †But heare these thinges and know them ye seruantes of our Lord. †Behold the word of our Lord receiue it beleue not the goddes of whom our Lord speaketh †Behold the euiles approch and slacke not †As a woman with childe when shee bringeth forth her child in the ninth moneth the houre of her deliuerance approching two or three howres before paines come about her wombe and the infants coming out of her wombe they wil not tarrie one moment †So the euiles shal not slacke to come forth vpon the earth and the world shal lament and sorowes shal hold it round about †Heare the word my people prepare yourselues vnto the fight in the euiles so be ye as strangers of the earth †He that selleth as if he should flee and he that byeth as he that should lose it †He that playeth the marchant as he that should take no fruite and he that buildeth as he that should not inhabite †He that soweth as he that shal not teape so he also that pruneth a vinyeard as if he should not haue the vintage †They that marie so as if they should not get children they that marie not so as it were widowes †Wherfore they that labour labour without cause †â—or soreners shal reape their fruites shal violently take their goodes and ouerthrow their houses and lead theire children captiue because in captiuitie and famine they beget their children †And they that play the marchantes by robrie the longer they adorne their cities and houses and their possessions and persons †so much the more wil I be zealous toward them vpon their sinnes sayth our Lord. †As a whore enuieth an honest very good woman †so shal iustice hate impietie when she adorneth herselfe and accuseth her to her face when he shal come that may defend him that searcheth out al vpon the earth †Therefore be not made like to her nor to her workes †For yet a little whyle iniquitie shal be taken away from the earth iustice shal reigne ouer you †Let not the sinner say he hath not sinned because he shal burne coales of fire vpon his head that sayth I haue not sinned before our Lord God and his glorie †Behold our Lord shal know al the workes of men and their inuentions their cogitations and their hartes †For he sayd Let the earth be made and it was made let the heauen be made it was made †And by his worde the starrs were made he knoweth the number of the starres †Who searcheth the depth and the treasures therof who hath measured the sea capacitie therof †Who hath shut vp the sea in the midest of waters hath hanged the earth vpon the waters with his word †Who hath spred heaueÌ„ as it were a vault ouer the waters he hath fouÌ„ded it †Who hath put fountaines of waters in the desert and lakes vpon the toppes of mountaines to sendforth riuers from the high rocke to watter the earth †Who made man put his hart in the midds of the bodie and gaue him spirit life and vnderstanding †And the inspiration of God omnipotent that made al thinges and searcheth al hid thinges in the secretes of the earth †He knoweth your inuention and what you thinke in your hartes sinning and willing to hide your sinnes †Wherfore our Lord in searching hath searched al your workes and he wil put you al to open shame †and you shal be confounded when your sinnes shal come forth before men and the iniquities shal be they that shal stand accusers in â—hat day †What wil you doe or how shal you hide your sinnes before God and his Angels †Behold God is the Iudge feare him Cease from your sinnes and now forget your iniquities to doe them anie more God wil bring you out and deliuer you from al tribulation †For behold the heate of a great multitude is kindled ouer you and they shal take certaine
from the prerogatiues of the first borne The zeale of Simeon Leui was coÌ„mendable but their maner of reuenge was manie wayes faultie Iudith â— The Priests Scribes furie obstinacie hard harts against Christ Mat. 20. Ioan. 11. Ioan. 18. Taking away of the regal scepter from the Iewes a signe of Christs coming Our Lords real presence in the B. Sacrament prophecied li. 2. Ep. 3. Ancient Fathers suppose that Antichrist shal be of the tribe of Dan. Ioan. 5. Ioseph in manie things prefigured Christ :: Iacob digged a sepulcher for himselfe though it be not hertofore mentioned when he did it S. Aug. q. 170. in Geâ— :: This word adoring often in holie Scripture signifieth ciuil honour as here it can haue no other sense Mans wil not God the cause of sinne Ioseph for his brethreÌ„s sake differred his desired burial in Chanaan The continuation of this booke with Genesis The increase of the Israelites was enuyed feared and their religion hated Gen. 50. Exod. 1. Their persecution Their greater multiplicatioÌ„ Exod. 2. Num. â— Exod. 2. The persecutor admonished and punished Gods people mightely deliuered 3. 5. 7. 12. 14. Miraculously sustained in the desert 16. 17. 20. Instructed with Lawes Moral Ceremonial and Iudicial 26. 27. 30. seq The first part of this booke Of the Israelites seruile affliction in Aegypt and their deliuerie from thence :: Enuie vaine feare v. 10. hatred of true religioÌ„ v. 13. are the causes why Infidels persecute the faithful :: The first persecution was in temporal losses and bodilie paines by pressing them with workes :: The second was secrete murther :: The third was open murther God must be feared before Princes commanding contrarie things Mat 10. Luc. 12. Act. 4. 5. Princes must be obeyed in lawful things 1. Pet 2. Ro. 13. Allies are sinnes and vnlawful Psal 11â— v. 142. Venial sinnes Feare of God meritorious Temporal rewardes promised in the old TestameÌ„t eternal in the new kind of 〈…〉 lâ—vv so 〈…〉 lled :: Mos in the Aegyptian tongue signifieth vvater and Ises saued Ioseph li. 2. Antiq Clemens Alexan. li. 1. Stromat :: The guiltie persoÌ„ reiected Moyses for lack of knoweÌ„ authoritie but God coÌ„firmed his coÌ„mission Act. 7. So the Iewes reiected Christ Iudge of the world :: He feared to tempt God by staying but not the siercâ—â—es of the king Heb. 11. :: Oppression of innocents crieth to heauen for reuenge Moyses pareÌ„ts did prudently expose him to some danger to auoide greater Reuelations and Gods determinations do not exclude but include mans endeuour Though Moyses iustly killed the Aegyptian yet others may not imitate his example li. 2. Antiq. li. 16. c. 19. deâ—iuit Act. 7. The three first lessons on the 4. sunday in Lent See what maner of reuerence and deuotion is prescribed to goe bare fooâ—e to holie places :: Of holie places and of christian deuotion in going to them S. Hierom writeth largely â—pist 17. 18. 27. :: This is the most proper name but the most common is GOD deriued in manie languages of Good Mat. 19. v. 17. :: Al that anie man possessetâ— in this world is but lent by God And therfore he iustly taketh away and lendeth to others disposing of al as pleaseth him Act. 7. Al appatitionâ— to the Patriarches and Prophetes were made by Angels though sometimes attributed to God Proued by holie Scriptures and Fathers Heb. 2. Exod. 19. 20. Examples Psal 77. Exo. 3. God executeth his wil by Angels The most proper name of God is 〈◊〉 WHICH IS :: God designed a rodde for an instrument to work miracles :: See the Annotations cha 7. v. 3. :: Sephora cast the prepuce at Moyses feete and said I had lost thee my spouse except I had redeemed thee with the bloud of my child And the Angel let Moyses goe S. Aug. q. 11. in Exod. iuxta 70. :: Miracles a motiue to true beleefe Miracles necessarie and sufficient to proue extraordinary vocation of new preachers Ioan. 10. Ioan. 15. Mat. 9. Mat. 16. :: VVordlie men thinke Gods people encrease most by rest but indede they multiplie more when they are oppressed S. Cyprian de exhort Mart. c. 10. :: The craftie diuel knowiÌ„g that weake men afflicted are easely moued to murmur sturred this people against their owne leaders S. Greg. li. 29. c. 14. Moral :: Gods prouideÌ„ce suffereth his children to be most afflicted when relife is nere at hand Theod. q. 13 in Exod. :: Adonai is not the name here vttered to Moyses but is redde in place of the vnknowen name :: Ioseph died first of the twelue bretheren Gen. 50. Leui liued loÌ„gest and so the yeares of their liues are recorded in holie Scriptures not of the rest Chronolog 〈◊〉 :: See Num. 26. v. 59. * patrâ—â—â— lem prâ— patrua quae latinâ— non d 〈…〉 r. :: It perteined not to Moyses present purpose to prosecute the genealogies of Iacobs other sonnes being come to the origin of the Priestlie tribe in Leui the third soÌ„ne â— Aug. q. 15. in Exod. In place of the name of God counted ineffable is commonly redde Adonai Mat. 4. v. 7 10. Rom. 15. v. 11. Iehouah is not the right name of God S. Dionyse S. Hierom. Theodoret Damasâ—â—â— :: Aaron also was the prophet of God but subordinate vnder Moyses and ouer Pharao S. Aug. q. 17. in Exod. :: Iannes and Mambres 2. Tim. 3. knowen by tradition :: Induration of hart saith S. Bernard is neither cut with remorse nor softened with pittie nor moued with prayers nor yeldeth to threates yea is more hardned by punishments li. 1. de consid ad Eugen. :: The first plague in water in which the AegyptiaÌ„s drowned the Hebrewes infants Theodoret q. 19. in exod the like Ap. 16 Because the wicked spil the bloud of Gods Saintes he wil geue them bloud to drinke The name of God attributed to men Iudges called goddes Moyses the God of Pharao Priests called goddes Other titleâ— of God geuen to men Moyses a Holie Prophete Priest and Prince * Psal 98. v. 6. Protestants hold God to be the cause that men do sinne yet not the cause of sinne Zuinglius doctrine Caluins doctrine Bezas doctrin By their doctrin it necessarily foloweth that God should he author of sinne The state of the controuersie S. Augustins doctrin ser 88 de temp God forsaketh not til he be forsaken Ezech 〈◊〉 Prâ— 18. God by not punishing permitted Pharao to indurate him self And that for his former sinnes Heb 12. Apoc. 3. Prou. 8. In absence of grace sinne obdurateth Gods grace in the obstinate like the heate of the sunne in cold water As a father for not punishing is saied to spoile so God to indurate Al the wicked may iustly be damâ—â—d but some are iustified and saued Deut. 32. Psal 5. Rom. 9. God neuer willeth but only suffereth sine Pharao abusing Gods benefites hardned his owâ—e start And â—â—â—fully perished Other places of S. Augustin â—â—â—â— 1. Gods iustice â—â—de