hys tyme both these .ii. kingdōs wer greuousli vexed with wars wtout treasōs within themselues They wer polluted defyled wyth Idolatry So far geuē ouer to mindes reprobate that forgetting al true worship of God and al natural inclinacion they did sacrifice theyr owne children by fyre vnto Baal These wycked tymes wherein he liued vnder Iotham Achas and Ichiskiah ar set forth in the .iiii. booke of the Kynges xv.xvi and .xvii. Chapters As for Samaria it was geuen ouer to al wyckednes zacharia the wycked Idolatrous kyng raigning but .vi. monethes was traytorously slaine by Sellum whych Sellum vsurping the crowne but one moneth was slayne by Manahen which also slew al the enhabitants of Thapsa and most cruelly murthered al the women wyth chyld rypte theyr bellyes and tyrannouslye wyth taxes trybutes dyd vexe all hys subiectes to mayntaine hys wyckednes which causeth our Prophet to saye that they dyd flay theyr skyns of theyr backs and the flesh of theyr boanes Then Phacea his sonne raygned after hym one yeare as wycked as hys father and they al walked in the wycked wayes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat whyche set vp the golden calfe Thefore were they geuen ouer to myndes reprobate wyth gredynes to fulfyl al theyr wycked lustes In the second yeare of the raygne of Phacea the son of Manahea Phacea the sonne Romalia wrought treason agaynst hym slewe hym and vsurped the crowne and departed not from the wicked wayes of hys predecessors kynges of Samaria Vnder him Theglathphallassar the king of Assiria inuadeth Galile and carieth away captiue the trybe of Nephthalim Agayn Osee the son of Hela wrought treasō against this Phacea slew hym vsurped his crowne Agaīst whō Salmanasser moueth war doeth beseige his chiefe city Samaria taketh destroieth it so leadeth the .x. tribes captiue into Assyria Thus with wars wickednes was Samaria destroied as oure Prophete warned in hys tyme broughte to an heape of stones whyche myght haue caused Ierusalem to haue taken heede to his threatnings But no warninge can serue the wicked and stifnecked For Iotham the king of Iuda and Ierusalem in manye thyngs a mā praise worthye thoughe he did se many of these great plages fal vpō Samaria for theyr Idolatry yet did he suffer his people to sacrifice in the hill altars contrary to God his holy commaundemēt As for Achas kynge of Ierusalem He was worsse thē wycked Achab kyng of Samaria for beside al other abhominacions he dyd offer hys sonne in fire vnto Baal after the maner of the heathen Cananees spoyled the treasures of the house of the Lord to geue them to Theglathphelasser And thoughe Ezechiah the good king folowing him destroied the idols did breake doun the hil alters and the brasē serpent thoughe I say the kinge himself fauored true religion yet was their olde wickednes so roted in the herts of his nobles cōmons that besides cōspiracies pertakings within his own realm also much war of forē nacions without wherwith God worthely plaged his subiectes for their stobernes Al theire walled Cytyes were taken by Senacheryb from the vttermoste borders vnto Lakis wherof our Prophet speaketh in the fyrste chapter yea Ierusalē was obsessed and beseged as he also prophecieth that thys plage shoulde come to the gates of Ierusalem Nowe we that reade and heare these olde thynges of Samaria and Ierusasalem their kings and Prynces In the ende of the worlde muste knowe that they are wrytten for our learnyng that we beynge warned by they re scourge Plage and fall shulde feare to doo the lyke wyckednes And heare in this prophet cheiflye we are warned of Idolatry ambition and extorsion As for Idolatry thoughe our gouernours here in Englande through the mighty hand of God haue forthe comforte of hys electe banyshed the outwarde shewe therof Yet one sorte makynge thys mooste godlye and glorious fact to serue their luker gayne to the sclaunder of such a notable enterpryse haue seemed too chaunge the kinde of Idolatri making the muck which they found heaped about those idols to be their god So that they maye worthely be called Idolaters so lōg as thei haue it kepe it set so much store by it nether is it anye newe learenyng to cal this their auarice Idolatry for so Paul calleth it to Ephesians the v. Chapter Another sort there is which in their heartes haue Idolles styll and vtter it when occasion serueth saying that it was a good worlde when theese Idols of Wasyngeham Canterburye and theyr blessed Masse were worshipped and regarded There be moo sortes whyche wyll be called Gospellers that haue some their bellye for they re God some theyr subtile wittes and worldlye policies some one thing some another so that in effecte Idolatrye is not banyshed but raigneth more clokedly amōgs vs too the ignominye and shame of the truthe of one God whyche wee woulde seame to set forthe and maineteyne As for ambicion extorcion the deuil practiseth at this daye too stoppe the gloryous kingdome of Christe by thyem and rayseth ambytyous stomackes haulte and proude mindes amongs those whiche would seeme the stoutest captaines of godlye cheualrye whyche thorowe theyr vnsacyable ambicion and gready desire of gathering althings into their hāds robbeth reaueth pilleth polleth and oppresseth theyr felow sougiours So that vnder theyr holy professiō and pretensed religion they do betray theyr graūd captaine and master of religion and worketh more wyckedly of the deuyls part for the contempt of God his word then doth any one whych openly beareth hys badge and cognisaunce Agaynst such therfore bryngeth our prophete sore threatenynges yea terryble thoundrynges Wherunto it behoueth hye and low the earthe and all earthlye creatures to geue eare and to harken For it is the woord of the Lorde not of man whych Micha bringeth The Lord hym selfe doth speake it from the holye temple of hys maiesty from whence he shal come downe ryghte shortelye to be bothe a wytnes and Iudge agaynst vs. Wherefore lette vs iudge oure selues nowe warned by God hys woorde that we be not iudged of the Lorde and so for our wyckednes wyth the worlde cōdempned For our God whose worde is now sent amongs vs is a consuming fyre before whome no syn can be cloked Hys worde is the hāmer breakynge the hard stone ¶ The word of God to Micha THe worde or message of the euerlyuyng Iouah that is of him whiche now s that hath beene that shal be By whome also al thinges haue theyr beyng for so much contayneth that hye name of God whyche we do for the most part translate lord thorowout the Byble because the Iewes not daring to pronoūce it neyther by any other woorde beinge able to expres so much of God doth place in the stede therof Adonai which doth sygnyfy Lord. Which I do note to thys ende to admonysh the reader to auoyde such cauillacions as the enemyes of the gospell haue here to fore styrred
A COMMENtarye vpon the Praphet Mycha Wrytten by Antony Gilby Anno domi M.D. Li. ☞ A preface wyth the sum of the Chapters and the tyme and lyfe of the Prophet ¶ The word of God to Micha of Maresha in the dayes of Iotham Achas Iehiskiah kings of Iuda whyche he dyd see ouer Samaria and Ierusalē WE do nede no newe Prophets We do nede no mo Prophecyes We do nead no mo Miracles sygnes or tokens whyche nowe do lyue in these latter dayes if we will call olde thynges to memorye neither of wee wyll beleue the olde hystoryes reported by Moyses and the terryble threatnynges of the Prophets Could wee beleue if the greateste miracles of raysinge the deade to speake amongs vs were wroughte in oure dayes as Christe oure sauyoure saythe too the ryche glotten Wherfore suffer me I beseeche the too renewe olde thynges wrytten by thys Prophete Micha the mooste earneste rebuker of vyce in hys tyme and the mooste dylygente watch man to warne bothe of good and euyl for to come vpō his people and if so be that the wordes of this olde truthe do chayfe your olde sores in thys perilous tyme wherein all olde euyls seme too haue dysgysed them selues wyth new vysers rather suffer them to be ripped to the hearde coore then to spurne impudentlye against the prycke to striue agaynst the streame For the time is at hande by the vnchaungeable appoyntmente of the euerliuinge Lord moste myghtye Iudge when euery man shal be tryed and Iudged approued of refused by the thoughtes of hys hearte by the woordes of hys mouthe and by the fruyts of his owne imaginacions Therfore this diligent watchman warneth especiallye of this iudgment in the entrye into his prophecye in the fyrste Chapter sayinge that the Lord hym selfe wyll come downe moste terrybly to the wycked the mountains shall melte the valeis shall vade and vanish like waxe before the firy flame And in the seconde chapter he crieth forthe woo dampnacion and the sore vengaunce of God agaynste the vaine thoughtes and Imaginacions of thee mighty men of the world against their wicked workes and threatenynges of the true Prophetes In the thyrde Chapter he rypeth more neare the coare of theyr crueltye and extorsion He vttereth the flattery of their chaplaines as we do cal them the false prophetes flearynge vppon them for aduauntage and bolsterynge them vp in wyckednesse the lynkynge together of the Iudges and high Offycers theyr brybery and auarice and for theyr wyckednes he threatneth vtter desolacion to their cities In the .iiii. he promiseth a kingdom farre contrarye to thys kyngedome to come vppon earthe full of knowledge quietnes and peace which is the kingdome of Messiah wherin all the chosē Iacob shal be restored to theyr honour promysed and theyr ennemyes vtterlye destroyed In the .v. he threatneth the desolacion of Ierusalem the robbers doughters as Iherome dothe translate and immediatlye adioyneth a large plain promise of Messiah oure sauiour to be borne in Bethlē a despised vyllage he declareth hym to be both God man and sheweth howe he shall fede Iacob and be his peace But he shall fede the land of Nimroth with their ennemies wyth theyr owne swearde poyntes In the sixte he contendeth wyth the people in the person of God for their ingratitude teachynge the true worshyppe of God to stande in iudgmente mercye and the reuerēce of the sacrate magesty of the almyghtie He detesteth in the parson of God al dysceytful dealyng and promiseth worthy recompens and iust rewardes for al euyll doers In the .vii. and last Chapter the prophet bewaileth the skarsitye of the good the smal truste of worldely frendeshyp he teacheth paciēce he geueth comfort he promyseth delyueraunce to faythfull Iacob to the shame and confusyon of God hys ennemyes and the land and prayse of God hys greate mercye truthe Amen This haue we heare in this Prophet holesome doctryne for al ages For the spyryte of God seeth from time to time contynuallye oure iniquytyes and stryueth euermore there agaynste No hyll is so hyghe no valleye so low that he seeth not He shaketh the foundacyōs of the earthe when he rebuketh the world in the rygoure of his wrath Let vs therfore remember the olde world before vs plaged for synne drowned for theyr wyckednes and feare the fyre of goddes wrath threatned by the Prophetes to be kyndled in these laste tymes to the euerlastynge destruccion of all euyll doers who wyth the deuyll and his aungels shal haue aworme the whyche shal hereafter gnaw and grate theyr conscience for euer and a fyry tormente whyche shall neuer be quenched whereof our Prophet warneth the wycked worlde threatnyng woo and damnacyon wyth feruente spryt and sorow of hearte brastynge forth into teares yellynge and syghinge for the euils he dyd saye towardes them Micha i. For thys Prophet Micha semeth to be another Eliah feruent in spyryt and zeloous for the glory of God he was of the pryncelye trybe of Iuda and therefore acquaynted wyth the pryuy practises of the potentates prynces he did wel inoughe know theyr ydle deuyses theyr vayne imagynacyons and cold espye the lynkynge together of the highe officers and Iudges He liued in the time of Esaiah Hoseah and Amos vnder these .iii. kinges Iothana Achas Hezechiah A man of suche an hygh reuelacyon that Esaiah dare alledg the greateste mysteryes of his hole prophecy of the spiritual kyngedome of Christe and of the greate tranquyllytye vnder him by the same woordes that thys manne of God Micha hadde spoken theym It shal be in the laste daies and so forth Esa .ii. Hieremiah also alledgeth hym by name sayinge Micha of Marescha was a Prophet in the dayes of Ezekiah and saythe to al the people of Iuda Thus saythe the Lorde of hostes Sion shal be plowed lyke the feilde and Iherusalem shall be an heape of stones and the hyll of the house of the Lord shal be an hyghe woode Hierem .xxvi. and the came is red the thyrde Chapter of oure Prophet worde for word We do reade of ii Prophetes of this name The fyrst is named Micha the sō of Iemla an Israelite whom Achab did saye that he had onlye lefte one a lyue amonges all the Prophets of the lord but I do hate hym saythe he for he neuer Prophecyed good towardes me .iii. kynges .xxii. The other is of Iuda our prophet which liued almost .ii. C. yeres after the first Micha He was borne in a city called Maresha which is in the trybe of Iuda Iosua .xv. Hys propheci is general to al cities cuntries but vnto Ierusalē to Samaria he chiefly vttereth hys threatninges because there he dyd knowe and see theyr wyckednes to bee great amongs whom he dyd see cruelti extorsiō tyranni couetousnes auarice ambicion the cōtempt of God his true religion Idolatry and lyke abhominaciōs to raygne not onely vnpunyshed but by the chiefe Lordes greatest Peares and Prynces practysed vsed and frequented In
haue but lyghtelye touched we maye perceiue that no teste can be founde for mannes soule in our own inuencions But the farther manne wadeth in hys fonde intentes and fantastical imaginacion the farther he slydeth from God vnsure that he hathe done any thing acceptable in the sight of God Therfore must we which are seruaunts and creatures learning our own weaknes by the fal of others turne to our master lord and creator to know what his word cōmaundeth in the agony of cōsciēce cōsidering that the turnīg frō the creator to creatures hath bene the groūd of al Idolatry euery mā chusing to hīself the Idol of his own hart Some the son some the Moone some the .vii. starres some Saturn some Iupiter some Mars some Venus some Marcurye And dotinge farther some haue worshypped Calfes some Cockes some Serpents some Dogges some Asses some Gotes And in oure Popyshe wickednesse wee oure selues haue worshypped stockes stones and geuen diuine honours almost to all manner of creatures a vyle wafer cake did we honour as our God in dede and when that was lifte vppe betwyxte the Priestes fingers we saide we dyd se oure maker and knocked and kneeled crowched and kyssed withoute all measure And the Priest when he did eate it thoughte he did receiue hys maker and made so manye fonde gestures ioyened with infinite supersticions that thereby we may marcke if we haue nothinge elsse too leade vs that the fayened and false worshyppe of God hathe no ende not staye can neuer tell where too consyste doothe alwaye disquiet and neuer satysfye nor quiet the conscience Therefore for the loue of our own souls of the quiettinge of oure owne conscyence let vs vnfainedlye repente of al oure falsed goddes and fayned worshyppe of God and knowledg that ther is but one God whyche broughte the children of Israel forthe of Egipte from the house of bondage and hath deliuered vs the spirituall Israell frome the Egypte of synne end erroures from the bondage of the deuyll Deathe and hel and broughte vs into the lybertye of hys chyldren by the deathe of his owne sonne And by his holye spyryte poured into our heartes doth teache vs to crye father father Let vs knowledge I saye that thys Lorde our God is but one God whome we muste loue with all oure hearte with all our soule with all oure strength him must we feare and hym onlye must we worshippe and in hys name onlye maye we sweare By the whiche woordes wee maye learne that ther◠is but one God only who onlye oughte to be worshypped feared loued trusted and hooped vpon which the wordes of swearing in his name importeth Thys oure God then whose worshyppe wee doo teache is that almyghtye power whyche made heauen and earthe by hys woorde and by the same throughe hys spyryte doothe gouerne al creatures therin Sauing Israel and drowning Pharao Sauyng hys chosen of free mercy and grace and condempnynge the wycked hypocrytes by iuste iudgement Thys our God is a spyrite as Christ our aldermaster teacheth vs they whych worshyp hym must worship in spirite and truthe Ihon .iiii. And seeyng he is a spirit pure from bodyly corrupcion and therfore hauyng no neede of our bodely seruice Hys true worshyp can not consist in bodely exercise whych lasteth but the tyme it is in doinge but in the inward holines of the hart which euermore encreaseth spryngeth forth into life euerlasting Such a worshyppe therfore our Prophet teacheth whyche ariseth and springeth forth of the secret reuerence and feare of God hys sacrate magesty whych is not seruyse but child lyke wherby we are not onlye affrayed to dysplease God oure father but also prompt and redy lyke obediente chyldren to expresse in our lyuyng Iudgement and merci the two special propertyes greatest shew of hys image which appeareth vnto hys creatures Prouer. i. Therfore is thys feare called the begynnyng of wysedome and the spyryte of feare Esaa .ix. begynneth the worke whyche the other sprytes of wysdome vnderstandyng the spyryte of counsell and strengthe the spirite of knowledge and true holinesse and accomplisheth fulfilleth So that thys spirite of feare dothe go before in al the hartes of them whiche God dothe chuse to worship him in spirite and truth makinge theym afraied to do homage and worship to any thinge saue their Lorde God onlye eyther anye otherwise then hee requireth and commandeth Afraied euermore to do any thing wherin they do not know hys open pleasure Thys feare was in Cornelius befor he had the perfit knowledge of God and in the menne of Israell vnto whome Peter did saye O brethren and children of Abraham and thei amonges you which feareth God vnto you is the woord of saluacion sent in the Psas ciii Euē as the father hath mercye of his children so hath the Lord mercye of them that feare him and the merci of the Lorde is for euermore vpon them whyche feare him The cause is that they whiche do fear the Lorde are alwaies ready with heart and minde to do thinges pleasaunt vnto him and to abstaine from the contrary His displeasure do they feare like louynge chyldrene If theyr heauenly father be pleased they do reioice if he be offended they doo crye for mercye so that of hym they do teast in prosperiti of him they do hange in aduersitie accordinge to hys owne commaundemente by hys chosen vessell Dauid Call vppon me in the daye of thy trouble and I shal deliuer the and thou shalte worshippe me So that this inuocacion after some interpretoures is the true worship of God And surelye seinge Paule Romaines .x affirmeth that who soeuer calleth vpon the name of the Lorde shall be saued No manne canne denye but an eareneste callynge vppon God comprehendeth the true worshippe which God requyreth and contayneth in it perfyte religion because it hath fayth the ground of all vertues for howe canne they call vppon God whyche dooe not beleue in hym Romaynes .x. And they whyche dooe call vppon other creatures hathe affiance truste and faythe in those thinges elsse woulde they neuer call vppon theym Thys faythe spryngynge of the fyrste parte whiche was the feare and reuerence of God his hygh Maiesty supplyeth the seconde poynte of the worshippe of God whych requyreth a knowledge of God For how can we beleue in hym whō we haue not knowē Rom. x. Hereby doo wee gyue glorye and worshyppe vnto God that is too say we knoweledge hym too be true in all hys promyses And because without faythe it is impossible to please God this faith maketh vs suer that wee doo worshippe hym as wee shoulde and certifieth vs that wee bee the chyldrene of God and that oure woorckes are acceptable in hys syghte Hereby did Abell in hys sacryfyce more truly worshyppe God then dyd hys brother Caine. Abraham also and hys wyfe Sarai by faythe were the true worshyppers of God and receyued the promyse Elizabeth also gaue more glorye and worshippe vnto God
iuste dooe for the righteous iudgemente whyche God sendeth vpō the enemye Psa liiii the wycked to satysfy theyr malicious myndes Psa xxxv The Text In the daye when the hedges shall be buylte that day shal put awaye thy bondage That daye shall come frome Assur and the walled cytyes and frome the fortresses vnto the floud frō the sea vnto the sea and to the mountaine Hor The contrye of Iury was spoyled wasted and destroied as ye haue hearde by the Chaldees and by the Romaines but like as in the .iiii. Chapter so is hear promised a wonderful deliueraunce of the Iewes a myserable plage to come vpō their enemies Ther is a day appointed that thy waste places shall be built Amos. ix Ezechiel .xxxvii. A daye when al tiranny cal exaction and tribute shal be taken awaye Ezechiell .xxxviii. That daye shall thy people which wer caried captiue vntoo Babilon bee broughte frome they re strōg fēced cities fortes castels holds wherin they wer kept prysonners home again to enhabit frō the strong cities to the flud Iordā frō the red sea to the great sea and so to the hil Carmel and the mountayne called Hor. Esay sayth of thys gathering together Israel frō the cast I wil bring thy seede frō the West I wyl gather the. I wyll saye to the North geue and to the Southe hinder not bryng my sonnes frome farre and my Doughters from the ende of the earthe And the lande shall bee desolate for the enhabytauntes The Text because of the fruyte of they re imagynacyons Thoughe thys sentence be hear spoken cheiflye of the ennemyes land yet is it generallye true in all landes and cōtryes The Canances were waysted and destroied therefore The Iewes thē selfe had theyr lande flowinge wyth mylcke and honye so longe before promysed to they re fathers made so desolate for the fruyte of theyr owne imaginacions that no manne wente thorowe it The Chaldees wer miserably wasted and brought to desolacyon by the Macedonians for the fruite of their labours What shall I name the desolations of Sodom Gomor and the other cytie sor the destruccion of the hoole worlde in the time of Noah Do we not reade Genesis .vi. That God did se that the malice of man was greate vppon earthe and all the imaginacion of his heart was only euil and therefore he saythe he wyll destroye from the face of the earthe bothe manne and beaste and Birde of the ayre Shall we then walcke styll in the fruyte of our imaginacions One sorte in fleshlye pleasures deliting in wicked womenne and madde mariages made for worldlye purposes imagininge howe to be gyle bothe God and manne as it wer Another sort too make theim selfe myghtye menne of greate fame ryches and renoume imageninge howe to begile oure yong king and to pyll and poll his poore commons The thyrde and worste sorte are the vnsauerye salte whereof Christe oure master telleth whiche shoulde season other but because they haue loste theyr sauoure and saltenesse they are fytte for nothinge but the donge hil and causeth other to stincke by theyr shamelesse lyfe before the face of God not darringe to rebuke thē or elsse not regarding them whiles they doo seeke benefices and Bishopryckes bi flattering of their Lordes and masters and blineding the pore commonnes theyr brethrene The .iiii. sorte are of these scattered sheepe of theese despysed commonners whyche runneth heare and there they wotte not where for releife and succour styll wanderynge after theyr owne imaginacion and not hearkeninge too the worde of God whiche byndeth them to obedience Lo such are the fruits of our imaginacions in England this dai The gouernoures despise theyr God the subiects their gouernoures the people the preistes the priests neglect their charge ouer the stocke So now it is come so far that the boy moste commonly dare presume vpon hys better withoute order againste honesty and al good disciplyne O good Lorde shall not oure lande be desolate for such wild figge trees barrē of al good fruts numbe lame and voyde of al vertuous studyes honest exercises The Text Fede thy people with thy staf the flocke of thyne herytage whiche abydeth alone in the woodde in the myddes of Harmell lette them be fedde in Basan and Gilead as in the olde time The Prophete seinge in spyryte the gloryous restorynge and delyueraunce of Israel praieth for them that the lord woulde voutchsafe to fede theym in the steade of theese euyll pastoures whyche fedeth them selues knowinge mooste assuredlye that if the Lord wil be theyr pastor shepperde and feader they shal lack nothinge as Dauid dothe acknowledge Psalme .xxiii. confessing also with king Dauid that his rod and his staffe doothe comforte hys stocke therefore doothe he saie feade thy people wyth thy rod. And Dauid dothe saye thy rod and thy staffe they haue comeforted me The flocke of his chosen heritage he nameth to abyde alone in the mounetaynes because they shuld come ouer Carmel and other moūtaines like scattered shepe one abiding and waytynge for another in that glorious restoringe whiche in spyryte he dyd foresee which shuld be like the gloryous cōquest in Basā Gilead whē they fyrst entered the promysed lande and Manasse hadde these twayne in possessyon Iosua .xvii. And our prophet bryngeth in the answer of the Lorde fully perswaded that his peticion was already graūted Euen lyke as in the daye of thy delyueraunce foorthe of Egipte I wyl shewe vnto hym my wonders The Text. The heathen shal be a shamed of their strēgth they shal lay their hād vpon theyr mouthe and their eares shall bee deafe They shal lyk dust lyke the serpent and lyke the wormes of the earth They shal come quaking foorth of theyr holes They shal tremble before oure Lorde god The shal they feare In such vehement Prophecies wher the prophetes do seme rauished the chāge of parsons is oft vsed and therefore I haue hitherto passed it as a thing whiche may easely be marked by him which wyth any diligence doth read them In the first verse Israel is spokē vnto both in the first and second persō and in the last the prophet doth so speake of God rauished by the seruent spirite And here is a plaine promise of the restorynge agayne of Israel wyth sygnes and wonders to the shame confusion and condēnacion of the wycked Heythen as is more at large set forth Ezechyel .xxxvi. xxxvii xxxviii.xxxix Ieremye xxx.xxxi Esaye .lxiii. The day of the delyueraunce foorthe of Egypte was most wonderfull wyth the plages sent vpon Pharao and the drownyng of him in the red sea with all hys army the standynge of the waters lyke walles the destruction of the cities wythout handes and other great workes wherof the booke of Exodus and Iosue are ful The dayes of the spiritual deliueraūce from the helly Pharao as they are wonderfully begone in our Sauiour Christe the true Messiah so shal they be by him then most wonderfully fynyshed