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A03464	The Christian exercise of fasting, priuate and publike plainly set forth by testimonies of holy Scriptures, and also of old and late writers: wherein is shewed how religious families priuatly, and the congregations publikely, haue humbled themselues before almightie God, making vse of iudgements past, auoyding euils present, and preuenting future calamities, &c. Together with sundrie abuses of fasting in three generations of hypocrites: the first in the dayes of the prophets: the second in the dayes of Christ: the third in the dayes of Antichrist. Hereunto also are added some meditations on the 1. and 2. chapters of Iob, to comfort and instruct all such as be afflicted with any crosse, either inwardly in minde, or outwardly in bodie. By H. Holland, minister and preacher of Gods word.	Holland, Henry, 1555 or 6-1603.	1596 (1596)	STC 13586; ESTC S104147	181,008	249

to propound this example of the deuill to the slothfull and idle B. and watchmen of his time shewing how the deuill was euer resident teaching admonishing instructing and watching with al care possible for his flock and so were not the B. therefore sayd lie the deuill was the most carefull and watchfullest B. in the land Here Sathan we see makes speed to execute Gods will but with an euill purpose far vnlike the holy angels which are sayd also to haue wings that is to serue the Lord with all cheerefulnes and readines Psal 103. but these doe it faithfully in obeying truly the holy voice of his word Vers 13. And on a day when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house Vers 14. There came a messenger vnto Iob and sayd the oxen were plowing and the asses were feeding in their * Or beside them or hard by them places Vers 15. And the Sabeans came violently and tooke them away yea they haue slaine thy seruants with the edge of the sword but I onely am escaped alone to tell thee NOw followeth the execution of Sathans commission which is the second braunch of the third part of this chapter and here wee shall see how Sathan in one day destroyed and robbed Iob of all that euer hee had in all his great substance farre or neere about him This execution vpon Iob containeth 4. speciall calamities whereby Sathan purposed to amaze and breake his heart And on a day That is when one of the dayes appointed for banketting supra vers 4. by the brethren for their godly solace mutuall edification and comfort was come then Sathan hauing obtained the foresayd commission hee thinkes it the fittest time to play all his tragedie and with all policie to set foorth his stratagems as it were in one instant of time that so hee might the rather oppresse Iob suddenly When his sonnes and daughters were eating and drinking wine That is whē they were feasting after their wonted manner as is before shewed Wine is here vsed tropically for the banket it selfe part for the whole for that wine was no more their ordinarie drinke then in those parts where was plentie of wine then it is with vs where we haue it by transportation onely nay I thinke lesse ordinary and vsuall with them then with vs. Their common drinke was water and is in those parts to this day In their eldest brothers house That is the eldest brothers day All Iobs calamities fell vpon him in one day Sathan could haue robd him of his oxen in one daye of his sheep another daye but he thought not that waye best for his aduantage as vers 5. was now come about This was a speciall solemne feast day no doubt This verse againe teacheth vs 1. How bloudie Sathan is full of policie and how diligent to watch his fittest time to doe a mischiefe Hee would not gladly spare Iob one day but for that he is sure to doe the greater hurt and to bee more like to wounde deeply Iobs heart he prepares all his instruments weapons to let flye all at once against the Lords champion fire and winds Chaldees and Sabeans rush violently and all in one speciall day when Iob thought least of any calamitie when his children were solacing themselues mutually in their honest mirth and Iob no doubt comforting himselfe in his owne house in like manner 2. Sathan may be let loose against vs in time of feasting If these holy men which were so faultlesse in their feasting and ouer whom their good father did so watch and ward alwaies carefully were strangely murdered by Sathan in their feast day let vs at all times watch and ward Take heede to thy selfe in mirth and feasting and specially when our mirth is greatest for the like euils may light vpon vs more iustly in these sinfull daies then vpon these religious men in those times Most truely did the preacher speake Eccles 7.4 It is better to goe to the house of mourning then to the house of feasting Dan. 5. Mar. 6.20 because that is the ende of all men and the liuing shall lay it to his heart Remember the examples of Beltashar and Herod sporting themselues in sinne Vers 14.15 There came a messenger vnto Iob and sayd vnto him The Rabbins are fabulous The first message of Iobs first calamitie Iob is here first set vpon the racke This messenger say the Rabbins was a wicked spirit but it is most like hee was one of Iobs seruaunts which did attend vpon Iobs husbandrie hee seeing the great losse his master had by theeues made haste to tell him to stirre vp some meanes to pursue the theeues c. The oxen were plowing and the asses feeding by them The messenger assureth his master first of his fellow-seruants fidelitie they were carefully tending their busines when the theeues came violently vpon them q. d. They seruaunts were not feasting or sporting themselues they were not slothfull or sleepie they were not absent about their owne affaires c. but wee were all occupied in our seuerall places some plowing some grasing and feeding our cattell carefully when this great euill fell vpon vs. Againe he sheweth how the oxen were plowing they were in labour very beneficiall beastes Boues arabant sayth Gregorie vppon Iob vt memorato fructu operis causa crescat doloris The oxen were plowing this benefite is mētioned for the increase of Iobs grief And for this cause sayeth hee also that Non solum asinae sed asinae faetae rapta referuntur Apud * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Graecos The Greeke translation sayth they were not asses onely which were stollen but asses great with young And the Sabeans That is that wilde and sauage people of Arabia which liue by theft robbery and spoyle of men Hic nascitur thus vnde virgil Centumquè Sabaeo thure calent arae This wicked people came of Sheba nephew to Keturah Gen. 25.3 and Abraham There is another countrie of like name Sheba of Seba Chus sonne Gen. 10.7 nephew to cursed Cham hence came the Queene to Salomon 1. King 10.1 and Candaces eunuch vp to Ierusalem to worship Act. 8.27 Came violently These bloudie theeues and robbers came suddenly vpon vs vnprouided and vnarmed yet wee resisted them notwithstanding they were so strong but they haue slaine all thy seruants And tooke them awaye That is the aforesayd oxen 500. yoke of oxen and the asses 500. asses they droue all these away when they had slaine thy seruants They haue slaine thy seruants with the edge of the sword That is these wicked theeues were all mercilesse they haue murdered all thy seruants like Phrase Luk. 21.24 Psalm 63.10 Heb. 11.34 And I onely am escaped alone to tell thee That is I did not flie onely to saue life but seeing all my fellowes slaine and al the cattel in danger to be lost and mine own life indangered to saue the one or the