Isaias — Chapter 3

: but fo great effectes, as be here prophecied, were not fully verihed in them, butasin heure onlyof a more ex- cellene King,and his principal feruantes , that should folow afterwards. For albeit thefe were very good hings, andhad good and wife counfelers, & gouerners wnder them:yet they liad not that perfc@ iudgement nor performed that complete iuftice, wherby the fubicétes enioyed fuch peace, ref, fafetic , and-confolation , as be here defcribed, by the metapkores,and fimilitudes of men hid frcm winde, fafe from tem-' peft,refreshed with waters in their heate,and shadow cc by arock from the burning’ ~funne in the defert, with the like. And therfore S.Terom , and other Chriftian Do-' ctours vnderftard it of Chriftswbo hath moft perfec izdgcment and iuftices and cf his Apoflles ,and other Pattours of his-Church who by .vnG@ionof the Holie Ghoft, -Participate more aboundantly of Chrifts graceythen did the prictles , & other rulers in the oldreftament. And fo Chriftian people receiuethefe benefirs of peace, reft, protection, refreshing in foule, & confeience, & other fyiitval comfortes in Chrift, by the myfteries of thenew Teftament , which the faithful ofthe old Teftament) could notrecciue by their hings -& Prirces , ner by prieftes and prophets ofthat time. The fame we might deduce of innumerable other places of this & other Pro- phetes:butit is not our * purpofe to explicate much in this Editjen. 1, Reigne in inflice : and rule iniudgement)Here alfo to auoide polixitie , we may once note that thefe words : Imdgement, and Iuftice, hane a. farre other higher and more excellent fignification in holie Scriptures( where they moft frequently occurre) then in prophanewritings,and natural or morol philofophical difconrfes For Phi- lofovhers , fuch as Plato and Ariftorelcc uld reach no further then to natural reafon, which they called right iudgement: ard to moralequitie, which in general they named iuftice.But the Holie Ghoftjby thefe wordes reneleth moft highfpiritual my- fteries, knowen by faith, moft comfortable to.mens foules, relicuing and refreshing the confciences of penitents in this life & replenishing the iuft with vnfpeak a- bie gladnes in eternal glorie, Therfore-in the fenfe vfual in holy Scripture, ludge~ ment is che act of the mind, orvnderftanding, difcerning what is right, iuft, & agreing to reafon:And Iuftice ts the re@titude of the wil,doing conformably to right dircétion of the mind,or vnderftanding. And fo thefe wordes areappliedto fignifie both Gods.and iuft mens actions. As that which God mercifully decreed in eterni- tie, and promifed after the fal of man , to do for mankind, as conuenient for his Di- uine Powre , Wifdom, Iuftice, Mercie , & Goodnes; with al the-meancs which he ordained for effecting the fame,is-called hisludgement ; and the performing and accomplishment therof, fo farreasis of his part, is .calledhis Iuftice. Alfo chat Which anie man difeuffeth, difcerneth , and determaineth in his vnderftanding ,. as ritht, or reafonable in fupernatural things,is called his fpiritual iudgement; and that which he doth ofhis freew1l according tothe fame right irdeement, is called to. . a = . . ad . bis mfiice. Soin this plece the Prophet forsheweih , that Chrift our Kang yvi Cet Pre; ¢; prephe. tical Books reigne 1 Pfs. 15. O F ISATE., 485 reigne in inffice, that is, performe and fulfii al chat he,as God with the Father & the the Holie Ghoft, decreed for Redemption, Laftification and Saiuation of men. And the Princes his Avoftles and other Paftors, shal rude in imagemens tha: is,difeerne and iudge,wiat 1s right, and cood for themfelues andthe p209%c inrefpect of their fou- les,and eternal faluation.. CHare XXXII, ‘ ? Sennacherib beGeging and threatning Terufalem,shal be ouerthravene by Ange! s 13.that both wicked arrozant in.idels may feele the band of Godand faitj ul finners repentin 1g a eer great terrour be comforsed. Ot to thee(«)that fpoileft, shalt nor thy felfe aito befpoiled?and thar defpifelt shalt not thy felfalfo be defpifed2when chou shalt haue ended fecyling, thousral: be fpoiled: whea being wearted thou shalt ceafero contemne ,thou thait be contemned, [BOOK_CORRECTED: Sg→Is by manual review]

Ifo) The Lewes were reiected afver Chrifts death : before jwhich they were ftil con- ferued: though often feuerely punished. And fo now the Church lof Chrift shal neucr be re- tected, (c) Itts mot: abfurde,and contrarie to this and other Scriptures, that Prote- ‘Hants feyne of ereat ido- acric inthe 448 THE PROPHECIE CHuapr, IL Al nations shal come to the Church of Chri; wich shal beginne in Terufalem.6 And the lewes shal be reieEed for their idolatrie. auarice , and orber finnes 9

our Lord, and inuocate hisname : make his inuentions knowen among the peoples : remember that his name is high,

which are trom the welt may know , that there is none hisname long j : io d before prophe- befide me, Ithe Lord, and there is none other, 7. that torme light »and oer oe eine create darknefle , make peace, and create euil : 1 the Lord that coe al became very 2 theie things.8.(d¢) Droppe dew ye heauens trom aboue, and let the clouds bencuolous to rayne the suii : be che earth opened , & bud forth a fauiour : & let iuftice ‘the ewes, ees ‘pring vp witha] :i the Lord haue created him.g.Woe to him that gaine- ‘louing themas fayeth his maker, a ineard of the earthen pottes : fhal the clay fay to him that taihioneth ic: What makeft thou,& thy worke is without hands?10, “Woe ro him that favthto his tather: Why doeft thou beget : and to the & the work cf my hands command you me, 12, Imade the earth:& man ‘vpon the fame I haue created : my hands ftretched forth the heauens, and I haue commanded al their hoft.13.1 haue rayfed him vp to iuftice,& wil direct al his wayeszhe {hal build my citie,& cifmiffe my captiuitie:not for Price,nor for guifts, fayth our Lordthe God ot hoftes.14. Thus fayth our Lord : The labourof Aegypr, and the marchandife of Aethiopia, and ot Sabaim the high men thal paffeto thee , & fhalbe thine : they {nai walke after thee,they fhal goc bound with manicles : & they thal adore thee, & fhalbefeechthee:Onlie in thee is G od.and there is noG od befide thee, 15 Verily thou art God hidden , the God of Ifrael a fauiour, 16, They ate al confounded , and afhamed : the forgers of crrours are gone together into Ppp 3 confulion OF 1S ATE. 503 [ The 7. parr. CHar. XLV. The deliuecie of the Iewes from Babylon by Cysus King] of Medes and Perfians, now alfo of Affy- rians. (a ) Becaufe al] Kings that rei- woman : Why doeft thou trauel ? 11. Thus fayth our Lord the holy one of ‘he knew and Hrael,the maker therot : Aske me things to come : c6cerning my children ‘profefied one lthe familiar lferuants of ‘God. i 1 1 '(c) But though iGod , & noo- ther (1. Efd.i.) yet he was not conuerced in al points ‘of rc- ligion , neither ferued God ac- cording to thee general know — ledge he had,& fo knew not Godrightly, @) The Prophet j f i. the former prophecie cons templating Chriftas ina figure,now ele. wated more in 504 THE PROPHECIE confufion, 17, Ifrael is faued in our Lord with eternal faluation: you fhal not be confounded, and you shal not be ashamed for euer and euer, 18, Becaufe thus fayth our Lord that-createdthe heavens, the verie God that formed the earth, and made it, the verie maker therof: he did not create {pirit, prophe- only who built his Charch’ Ypona fure rock. Not of Cyrus, who being aduan- ced by God, yet, perfealy knew nor Golyw. 4. nor of Zoroba- bel, who-did not-treleals the people from Captiuitic, but together with ethers was teleafed , nei- ther had the tice of a King, but lined -ia fubieG@ion to other Kings. S lerom in banc locum. called alfo Sa- turnus , was of; fuch eftima- offered to him Mn facrifice nor only men thar Were taken. captines, bur alfo their owne fonnes. Nabo ; etherwife cal- led Dagon, was an efpecial «)Bel or Belus, Sie tion, that they it inyaine:to be inhabited he formed it.I the Lord, and there,is none other, 19.T haue not {poken in fecret, ina darke place ot the earth I haue not tayd tothe feed of Lacob:Seek me in vayne.I the Lord that {peake iuftice, thar declare right things, 20. Gather ye together, and come, and approch together ye that-are faued of the Gentiles : they haue been 1gno- rant that litt vp the wood of their grauen worke, and aske of a God that faueth not. 21, Declare ye and come, and confult together : who hath made this tobe heard from the begynning , fromthar tine foretold this? Haue nor I the Lord , and there is mo God befides bu: I > Aiuft God,and thar faueth there is none befide me. 22, Be conuerred to me, and you /hal be {aued al ye endes .of the earth: becaufe ] am God , and there js none other, 23,1 hane{worne by.my felf, che word of iuftice thal proceede out of my mouth, and fhal not. returne,.becaufe. cuerie knee thal be bowed tome, and enerietonguc {hal fweare. 24. Therfore in.our Lord , fhal he fay, are my iuftices and empire:: they flial come to him, and al that refift. him, fhal be confounded, 25,.In our Lord fhal al the feed of. Lftael be. iufished and prayfed, Cuarv. XLVI, Bel, Nabo, and other idols shal be deftroyed, 3. where-vpon the lewes are admo- nished to returne from finne, to Gods true ferusce..12. And [aluation is pro- mijed by C brift, Et isbroken, (4) Nabo is deftroyed : their idols are made to beaits & cattel, your burdés of heauie weight AN cuen VAtowearines. 2, They haue melted away, and are 2A -broken together : they could not faue him thar caried a thé, & heir foule shal goe into captiuitie, 3, Heare me,o- “houfe-of lacob, al the remnant of the houfe-of Ifrael, which are-catied of my wombe,are borne vp of amy matrice.4,Euen vnto old age] amthe fame, and vato hoare haires I wil carie :1 haue made, 8r3 Iwilbeare : I wil carie, and wil faue, 5. Wherto haue you refembled me, and made me equal , and compared me, and made melike ? 6. You that “contribute gold out of thebag, and weigh filuer with balance; hyring a oldfmith romake a God : and they fal downe-and adore, 7, They -beare Fim onsheis fhoulders carying,.and fetting him in his place, and he fhal idol-amongft thePhiliftiims. [BOOK_CORRECTED: Sg→Is by manual review]

ofthe South, “In.a land of tribulation & diftreffe,the lionefle, & the lion of them,the viper & the flying bafilifcus the. bunch. of camnels,to a people that cannot be able ro profite them, [BOOK_CORRECTED: Sg→Is by manual review]

therfore. going in. write toher vpon boxe, and draw it diligently. in.a Book, and it fhal be In. Eccl.29, Ap. te. deny- owe Vara eo fess. OF ISAITIE, inthe latter day fora teftimonie foreuer. 9. For itis a people prouoking to wrath, & lying children, childré that wil not hearethe law of Ged,z0, Which fay to the feers:See not:& to thé that behold: Behold vs not thofe things that are right: Speake vnto vs pleafant things, fee errours vnto vs, ar. Take from me theway , turne away the pathtrom me , deexhe holie one of Irae] ceafe from our face,12. Therfore thusfayth the holie one of Ifcael: Forthat you haue reiected this word,and haue hoped in calum- nie and rumult, and haue leaned therevpon : 13, therfore shal this ini- quitie be wnto you zs abreach that’ falleth , and is found lacking in an high wal, becaufe fodenly , whiles itis not hoped, shal.come the deftru- tion rherof: 14. And it {hal be broken {mal , as the porters veffel is bro- ken with mightie breaking : and there fhal not a thread .befound of the fragments therof, wherein alitle fyremay be.caried from the burning, ‘tora litlewater be drawen-out-of the pitte. 5. Becaufe thus fayth our Lord she God of Jirael : Lf. you seturne and be quiet, youfhalbe faued: in filence and in hope fhal your ftrength be. And you would not : 16,and you haue fayd ; No, but we wil flyeto horfes : therfore fhal you flye, And _ we wil mount vpon {wift ones : therforeshal chey be rwifter,thar {hal per- (ecure you. 17-Athoufand men atthe tace-of terrour-of one , and .at the face of theterrour of fiue-thal-you flye., til_you be leaft asthe maft of a thippe in the toppe of a mountaine., and as.a figne vpon a litle hil.18, Therfore our Lord expeéteth that he may haue mercie on you : and ther- fore thal he be exaked {pating you:becaufe our Lord is the God of iudge- ment : bleffed are al they that expect him, 19. For the people of Sion hal dwel in lerufalé : weeping thou ihalt not weep,pitying he wil pitie thee: at thevoite of thy crie as foone .as he fhal heare , he wil anfwer-thee, 20. And our Lord wil giue-you {traice-bread,& fhort water ; and wil nor make thy doétorto flye away from thee any-more : and thine eiesshal fee thy maiter.21-And.thine earesihal heare the word of him, that behinde thy. backe admonisheth thee: This isthe way , walke init: and decline yenorneitherto the right hand, nor:to the lef.2 2.And thou fhalt conta- minate theplates of the {culptils of thy filuer,& the garmet ofthe molten orthy gold, and fbalt.fcatter them s the vncleannes of a-menttruons woman.T hou-thalofay roir: Get thee hence.23.And rayne fhal be giuen to thy feed, wherefocuer thou shalt fow inthe land : and the bread or the corne of the landihalbe moft plentiful, and fatte, The lambe in thar day fhal feede at largerin thy:poffeflion : 24. and thyne oxen , as the afle -coltes, that til the ground , thal eate mingled prouender as it was fanned ‘inthe floore, 2s. And there fhal be vpon cuerie high mountayne, and vpon eueric litle hil eleuared, rivers. of running waters 1n the. day of the killing of manie whenthe towres {hal fal, 26, And (¢) the light of the moone final. be asthe light of the funne., and the light .of the funne shal be feuenfold,, asthe. light of feuen daies, inthe day when our Lord fhal bind vp thé wound ot his people , and fhal healethe ftrok of their ‘wound, 27, Behold the name of our Lord: commeth from farre , his (d) burning 4 led manic yea- res after ; or els he fpeaketh to lereinie,nere 200. yeares be. fore he prophe. cied ;fignifying chat be shouid! then write it as indeed he did, eve 141. Oc, ¢) This claririe} In funne and moone shal be, after the genc- ralrefuire- «2ion. { (d)Chritt wil fexercife his feuere inftice tm the general tudgemet, whé he shal bid the damned goe into euerla- fting fire, Mas. 2S, e) Iroften ap- 482 THE PROPHECIE (4)burning furie,and heauie to beare : his lippes are filled with indigna- tion, and his tongueas a deuouting fire, 28, His (pirice as a torrent ouer- flowing eué to the middes ofthe necke sto deftroy the natidsto nothing, and the bridle of errour, that was in the iawes of ptoples. 29. There inal bea fong-vnto you asthe night of a fanttifred folemmitie ; and ioy of hare as he that gocth with afhaulme, to enter intothe mount of our Lord tothe ftrong one of Ifrael, 30, And our Lord thal make the glorie of his Voice to be heard, and-shal shew. the therrour of his anne,in threarning of furie , and flame of deuouring fyre:he fhal dathe to pieces -in whirl- Winde , andin haile ftone,.31. For-at the voice of our Lord thal Affur peareth thar feeme mot f> cure , they fal into fodaiae calamities, (2)Both this Proniet, and afterwards Ie-} remieadmo. nished the Ie- Wes not to trift in the Aegyp- tians , but they when euil mew our Lord as atorrent of brmitone kindling it. feare being ftrucken with the rod, 32. And the pallage of the rod tal neuer ceafe, which our Lord shali make co re vpon him in (e). tymbrels and harpes,andin principal battels he. fhalouerthrow them, 33. * y¢3.' For * Topheth.1s prepared fince yefterday , prepared of the King, deep, and wide, The nourithments therof, fyre and much-wood : the breath of - CHarv, XXXIq. The Prophet further bewayleth the lewes calamitie , mto which they shal fal for their confederacie with the A Egyptians, 5, Let God wil prose lernfalem: 8.and ouerthroy Senacharib,. 42, coremning this: admonition shewed intheir. deeds thar they Idiftrufted God, ' mot belieuine nor obeying his Prophets : and for the fame were at laft pu-' nished. 1b)In the meane'! time Cod fdeftroved the armic of Sen- tnacarib befie - ging Ierufalé, [BOOK_CORRECTED: Sg→Is by manual review]

And iuftice shal be the girdle of his loynes: and fayth the te etch hie girdle of his reines. 6, The woolfe shal dwel with the lambe: and the idiumne fri bis leopard shal jie with the kid, the-calie, and lion,and sheep shal abideto- ito impart. gether, alitle child shal leade them, 7. The calfe, and the beare shal teed : their yong onesshal reft together : andthe lion shal eate ftraw as it were an oxe,.8, And the infant fromthe breft shal bedelighted vpcn the hole + of the afpe : and he thar is weyned, shalthruft his hand into the hole of (c) Chrift after the cockatrice, 9. They shal hurt, and they shal nor kil in ai my holie jhis death, mountayne, becaufetheearth is replenished with the knowlege of our Whichtothe 1: Lord, as the couering waters of the fea.10. In that day the roote of Ieffe, “or'd was ig-) thar {tandeth for a figne of peoples, him the nations shal befeech,and (¢; vould ee elon his fepulchre shal be giorioas.11.And it shal be in that day : our Lord shes rioufly buried,’ Tom, .2« Kkk pu Rom.1 5. by very ho- jnourable per~ fons, lofeph and Nicode- mus , With a- boundance of moft precious fpices, wrap- pedinfin c Imnen,and \laide in a new monument: to shew that ithe gloric of the anit be- “ginneth from their death: owhere th: glorie of the wicked en- dcth. Chritts 4epluchre ftil lalfo remai- ‘neth glorious, ‘honoured eucn rby the Turkes: smuch more by Catholike — Chriftians. 1 (a) The Iewes ‘gaue thankes for their deli- juerie from Leaptiuitie of ‘Babylon ; & much more lthe Church of ‘Chrift rende- ech thankes for her deliue- ‘riefrom al \finnes. #50 THE PROPHECIE put to hishand the fecond time to poffeffe rhe remnant of his people, which fhal be leaft of the Affirians, and of Aegypt , and of Phethros,and of Aethiopia, andof Aclam ., and-of Sciinaar, and of Emath , and of the ilands of rhe fea.'r2.And he shal list vp afigne ynio the nations, and fhal aflemble together the fugitives of I{rael , and fhal gather the diiper- fed of luda fromthe foure quarters of the earth, 13, And the emulation of Ephraim dhal be taken away , andthe enemies of Iuda final perith; Ephraim shal not enuie luda, & Iuda shal not fight againft Ephraim. 14, And they fhal flie vpon the fhoulders of the Philifthims bythe fea, they together (hal {poile the children of the Eaft : Idumea, and Moab the pre- cept of their hand , andthe children of Ammon shal be obedient, 15.And our Lord thal make defolate the tongue of the fea ot Atgypt, and shal lift wp his hand ouer the riuer in the {trength of his {pitit: and he fuial firike him in his feuen ftreames , to that they may pafle through it with shoes. 16. And there fnal be a way to the remnant ot my people, which {hal be leatt of the Affirians; as there was to Ifrael in the gay,that he came vp out of the Land of Aegypr. CHar. XIL A Canticle of thankes for the benefites of Chrift. Np thou fhalt fay inthat day: ] W11 confeffe to thee § o Lord, becaufe thou waft angrie with me: thy furie is 4 turned away,and thou haft comtortec me,

(d) Inthis hel, T haue fought the refidue of my yeares, {Canticle the 11] hauefaid: I fhai not fee our Lord God inthe land of the liuing. 1 pang rectveth shal behold man no more,and the inhabiter of re ft. of mind,for [BOOK_CORRECTED: Sg→Is by manual review]

Prowd men sha! be humbled, c~ Gods glorie shal increafe , 18. Idolatrie shal be defroyed, j H = word that Ifaiethe fonne of Amos faw vpon Tuda and Ierufalem, 2. And in( a) the later dayes.the mountaine of the houfe of ourLord shal be repared,. a1 3n the toppe of mountaines , and k shal be cleuared SH aboue the litle bils ; andl nations shal lowe vnto 0) it.3. And manie peoples shal gor, & shal fay, come al and let vs goe vptothe mount of our Lord , andto the houfe of the God of Jacob, and he wilteachvs his wayes, and we shal walkein hispathes : becaufethe law shal. come forth from Sion , and the word of our Lord fromierufalem, 4.And he shal iudge the Gentiles , and rebuke manie peoples: and they shal turne their {words into culters, and their {peares inte- fihes : nation shal not litt vp {word againft natié neither shal they beexercifed any imore to bat- tel.5. Houfe ot lacob come ye and let vs walke in the light of our Lord... 6, For thou haft (6) reieéted thy people,the houfe of Iacob: becaufe they are filled as intimes paft, and haue had fouthfayers as the Philifthijms, and haue ftucke faft to {trange children, 7, The land is replenished with filuer and gold: and there is no end of their treafures, 8, And their land is replenished with horfes ; and their chatiots.are innumerable. Andtheir land istul of idols : they haue adoredthe worke of their. hands , which their fingers made, 9. And man bowed himfelf, and man was humbled: therfore torgiue them not.10. Enter thou inro the rocke, and be hid in a pitte,inthe ground fromthe face of the feare of our Lord , & fremthe glorie ofhis maieftie, 11, The lottie eies of man are humbled, and the height of men shel be made to-ftoupe : & our Lord onlie shal be exalted in that day.12, Becaufethe day of the Lord of hoftes fhal be vpon althe proude and lottie, and vpon eueric onethat is atrogant , and he sha] be humbled,13, And vpon al the ceders of Libanus high & eleuated,& vp al che okes of Bafan. 14. vpon al.the high mountaines , and vpon al litle hils elenated. 15. And vponcuerie high towre, and euerie fenfed wal.16, And vpon al the shippes of Tharfis, and vpon al that is fayre to behold, 17, And the loftines of men shal be bowed , and the height of men shal be humbled, and our Lord outlie shal be exalted in that day, 18, And idols shal (¢) vtterly be deftroyed, 19, And they shal enter into the caues of rockes, and into the pittes of the earth from the face of the teare of our Lord,and from the glorie of his maieitie, when he shal rile Vp to {trike the carch,20, Inthat day shala mi cait away the idols of his filuer, PS and --- PAGE 1466 --- taper. andthe idols of his gold , which he had made him to adore, mowles and battes. 21. And he shal gocintothe clefts of rockes, and intothe caues of {tones fromthe face of the feare of our Lord, and from the gicrie of his maieftie , when he shal rife vpto ftrike the earth,22. Ceafe thertore fromthe man, whofe fpirit is in his nofthrels,becauie he is reputed high, CuHar I, The tewes shal bedepriued of wife men,4.and be fubit to childish and offemi- nate gouerners 8. for their griences frnnes.16.The proud, curicws, and bales sions attyre of their women, 2.4. skal be turned into ignominie andforow. O x behold the dominatour the Lord of hoftes (4) shal take away from Jerufalem,and from Judathe valiant & the ftrong , al ftrengih ot bread , and al {trength of wa- 2.The itrong, and the man of warre,the tudge,and SAIN the Prophete, and fouthiayet , and the ancient, .3.The f& Prince ouer fhftie , and the honuorable of countenance, and the counfeler , andthe wite of workemafters, and the skilful of myftical fpeach.4,And I wil giue children to be their Prin- ces, and the effeminate fhal rule ouerthem, 5. And the people fhal rush violently , man againft man, and euerie one againft his neighbour : the chilce shal make rumult againit che ancient, and the baie again{t theno- ble. 6. Fora maniial take hold of his brother. one of che hoafe-of his father : Thou hafta garment, be thou our Prince, and let this ruine be yn- derthy hand, 7, He thal antwer in that day,laying:1 am no phyficion , & in my houfetherc is no bread,nor garmeni:doe not appoint me Prince of tongue & their inuentions were againft our Lord ,to prouoke the cyes o; his maieftic.-9. The knowiedge-of theirfacehath a::fwered them:and ro their fouie, becaufe evils are rendred to them, 10,Say to the init that it is wel, becaufe he fhal eate the fruire. of his inuentions, 11, Woe tothe im- pious vnto euil:for the reward of his handes thal bemadeto him, 12, My ] pcople their exaGtours haue {poyled,& women haue ruled ouer them.My people,(b)they that cal thee bleffed,the fame deceiue thee,& diffipare rhe wayot thy Iteppes.13.Our Lord {tandeth to iudge,& he siandeth toindge peoples. 14. Qur Lord shal come to iudgement with the ancients of his people,and his Princes : tor you haue deuourcd the vineyard, and the fpoile ot the poore is in your houte.15 .Why doe you confume my peopie, and grinde the faces ot the poore,{ayth our Lord the God ot hoites?

Aiath, he shal pafle into Magron : at Machmas (4) By ther he shal commend his veflels, 29. They haue paffed in haft, Gaba is our places Sena. ‘feat:R ama was-aftonished,Gabaath of Saul fled.30.Neay with thy voice cherid pafted o daughter of Gallim , attend Laifa;feeli¢ poore Anathoth.31. Medemena with his armie isremoued : ye inhabitants-of Gabintake courage, 32. Yer there is day, 'from AEoypt to ftand in Nobe : he shal shake his band ouer the anountainé of the toternfalem daughter of Sion , the litle hil of Ierufalem, 33. Behold the dominatcur the Lord of hoftes shal breake the litle fagon in terrour, and the high} . of (tature shal be cut downe , and the lottie shal be humbled, 34, And af the thicke placesof the foreft shal be ouerthrowen with iron , and Liba- nus.with the high.ones shal fal. ’ Cuar, XI. Chriff borne of the Rock of IeJe, replenisned with feuen guifts of the. Holie e : : . rr: . ° ’ Grol ? 4. sca! aaue a -foiritual Kindoin , moft wusft and potent. 10. wherto al nations wil repayre. N D a(a)rodshal come forth of theroote of Ieffe,and (yr. pietied AS a(L) flowre shal rife vp out of his roore, 2, And the Viroin, _ Spirite of our Lord shai reft vpon him: the {pirit of (6) Chrift our S wifdom, and vnderftanding , the fpirit of counfel,and S2utour relep- "4 {trength , the fpirit of knowlege, and pietie, 3. and the nrhed with S {pirit of the feare of our Lord shal replenish him, He the fouen . . . a g of the shal not indge according tothe fight of the eles, nar rebuke according GolieGhon to the hearing of the eares.4, But he shal iudge the poore in iuitice,& shal .of whofe inf-

Lhaue cpened my mouth, and haue fpcken : Bye it tor you without Ailuer, 34. and fubmit your necke tothe yoke, and let your foule receiue difcipline ; for it is very neereto finde it, 35, Sce with your eyes that I ‘haue laboured a litle, and haue found much reft to my felf, 36. Take yc difcipline ina grear fumme of filuer,and poffefle aboundance of geld in it, 37. Let your foulercioyce in his mercie, and you fhal not be con- founded in praife. 39. Worke your worke (¢) berore the time, and he wil giue you your reward in histime, The end of the Sapiential Books, (b) When fer- f esare moft ripe , and the foule moft fre ‘from great ‘fires, isthe re 4 i iferue Cod, & to get al ver- ‘rues, and true ikrowledge. ‘Eccl, aa. '(c) In ftead of riches labour ro get Wifdom, for ic is much etter then al pold & filuer. Merite isin his life , and. eWard in the ext. : japteft ume to ¢ 7 THE --- PAGE 1459 --- Gods fpecial yenefite of Ifending Pro- ‘phets to the people. (The fun@ion :of Prophess, tto exhorte to irepentance, jwith hope of Gods mercie by Chrift. Foure ercater Prophets , and, twelue leffer pwere Anthours 442 GRGRII BO GIGIAIANA CEILI SSIESI SRG EI THE FOVRTH PART OF THE OLD TESTAMENT CONTEINING PROPHETICAL BOOKS. Fhe argument of Propherical books in general. ee inthe old TeStament , one principal , and “very excellent was, that bejtdes thetr ordmarie Paffours. and Zowerners in fpiritual caufe es, the Priefts of Aarons progente , and of ser clergie men of the fame tribe of Leus, in! evarchical fuoor- dination of one chief, vweith other fuperiours and fubie Es , dilbofed in facred fun- Sions; he alfo Laue them other extraordinarie Prophets of fundrie tribes , as ad- monitours and guides , to reduce them from errours of fenne, into the right way of “vertue. Which office the {ame Prophets performed , aswel by threatning the forerel the happie times of Grace in the New Teftament: Tae comming of the Mefsias, Chriff our Redeemer and Sautour: with the myfterses of his Incarnatron, Birth, Pa(Son, Death, R efarreclion, Alcention. Coming of the Hols e GhoSt.Foun- dation, Propagation, perpetual Stabilitie of his Church and finally the General Judgement, Eternal Glorie of the bleffed and Enerlafting paine of the damned, For albeit they preached and prophected manie things , properly and immediately perteyning tothe particular State , and people of the Jewes, and other nations, where they coverfed.yet the principal fumme of a! the prophetical books,% of Chrift and his Church. Teaal the old TeStament i a- general prophecte, and forestewing of the New. Which ( as we noted inthe beginning ) is conteyned , and lieth hud “tents of the foure parts of the old Tefament, the former three more peculiarly (et forth the Law, the HiStorie , and Sapiential precepts: and this laSt part chiefly ‘conteyned Prophectes of rhaungs tocome, Of which the greate? part “now-come to paffe , or daly fulfilled and the ref? shal likewife be performed in due time. So now in order after the Legal , Hiftorical , and Sapiential books. folow the Pro phetical : and are thefe , according ro the names of she Prophets that writ them. Mongft manic great benefites , which God beftowed von his peculiar people in the old. Neuertheles peaking more diftinttly of the proper arguments , or con- offenders with Gods wrath, and punishment , as.by exhorting them to repentance, and fo rotruft in Gods affured mercie >that be would gine. thems better times, and: reliefe from ther miferies. But moft efpecially thefe bo'se Prophets ded forefee, and Ifayc.. ea ne --- PAGE 1460 --- 2.Pcz, ae Ferom. Bn C2. eo 3 Nahis. Si Chry. bo 8.in Afash.2. PROPrtHrLiCAL BOORS, 443 Ifaic,leremie wit Batach, Ezechicl,and Daniel, commonly called the grea- ter Proprets: and the twelue leer are Occ, loel , Amos, Abdias, Tonas, Mi- cheas, Nahum, Abacuc,Sophonias,Aggeus,Zacharic and Maiachie. Who were al singularly in[pired, and gouerned in their preaciings and Writing» by the Holie Ghost , teat they could not erre. Yea they were (o lluminated in their vader st anding tat they cleerly law that wich they werered. And therfore their Proprecses are called Viiions, for the aTuredinfallibslitie. of eruth , winch they ' - Ve - : . } } L : i; 7 ' auouc's. For 4s nok2inz ssmoare certaine in welgar knowiedge,tien toat whica we fee wath our corporal eyes and toerfore of al witnelfes the eye-witnes 15 efeemed the fare/t:and asin al natural! knowledge.that is molt certaine,wlich es feen by di ‘ courje of reajon: fo infapernatural knowledge nothing 1s more afured thentrat which 15 ‘een by fupernatural light. Weereof there ve three jorts : she light 0 Faith.of Prophecie, and of Gorse. Al three certaine.and ndoubted ; but mojt cleere and mansfeft is the Vilton by light of glorie:toherby Godis feen we binfelf. al things which God reuealeth by his Church, them, nor yet to produce large explications of the godtie learned Fathers , but ri- ther fewer and briefer nates ten heertofore,and for the reft we remitte the more learned and ftudious readers according to their cavacities,to fearch the fame inthe commentaries of ancient and late Expofirers, wishing others to content themfeine:, with the more eafie partesof bolse Scriptures , and-other godite bookes,and daylie inftruthions of [prritual teachers, Aind fuch as-dce alfo read-tiefe,may obferue wu) "ys,thefe (among other) pectal caufes of te hardnes. of the Prophets, One cau’e isthe frequent interrupston of fentences, with feddaine chenge from one perfon or matter to another, without apparent coherence Which S$. lerom notet) infundrie places. As Ijate.7 after that The Propet hath feuerelyreprebended King Achab, for das diffruf of Gods afsiStance againft his temporal enimies (Vv. 13.) inthe next words be prophecieth , shat a Virgin fhal conceiue, and beareafonnc, Coit or Sausour:and the like in other places. An ot ver cauje 1s. that the Prophets (peake things of fome perfons , whic are to be fulfilled im others , either of taerr progente,or prefigured by them. As the prephece of the] cwes and Gentils . com prifed in the hiftorie of Ei {au co lacob. Likewife that which lacob Prophecied (Gen.29.) of Simeon an Leus, not fulfilled in svemfeluesybut in the Scribes, and Hhh Tom, 2. and al shi975 in him. shat perteyne to the fate cf enerse glorious Saint. Next therto is the Vision by Ligh: of propuecie,w>erveith God illuminaseth the vnder/tanding of tre Prophet by 4 [pccwl , extraordsnarse , and tranfitorse light of grace, that extver ine cleerly feeth se rewealed srut*sor at least perfectly knowet) that he 1s mowed by tbe Helte Gaoft,shoug he wnterftand not al that-tlhe Holte Giost in- tendcth.andjowhen and where tts Gods wil he Vtrereth te jame for infrruftion of others The laft,which is alfo certaine,but more abfeure,ts te [upernatural know- ledge, which a! Catoolshe Chriftians hae by light of faith, afuredly beliering Concerning therfore shis excellent denine guift of Provhecie,granted to few. for the benefite of ul Gods feruants.we are here to informe the wulgar reader , trat wheras thefe Prophecies are for moft part bard to be vnderfood,and as S,Peter tea- cheth,not Knowen by priuate interpretatio,but mult be interpreted by the fame Spirite,wherwith they were written , our purpofe 1s not to explicate authours of the propheti- ‘ca L books fo- lo wing, Ba- ira chs booke being inferted dr Feremie: (Prop hectes are called vi- fons, for theit ‘certainte, Light of pro- pheceie is next tothe jigh: of: glorie,and mor: cicere ithen the itch ‘of faith, ‘Prophecies are hard to he vnderftood for diucrs caufes, —- Scdainetran- fition from one thing to ano- ther, That which 1s fpoken of certaine per fons 3s ment of others, Priefts ——~ --- PAGE 1461 --- 444 THE ARGVMENT OF THE Priefts defcéding of their flock Aljo much of shat which Dausd jeemet!t0 freake Prophecies arc ifpeaches. Some few words,Prophecies are oftentimes vitered in figuratine {ozac'-es,and often not Idone,others fpiricual, -tnings of mySteries , mame things of both, And the rcafon why the Holte Gaoft Why Cod 4ath fo Veuer the/ ¢ Prophecies ts noted by S.lerom(1in Na'um. 3.) that the proud wouldhane -and mal tcians enimies of Religion may not ynderStand them : Left (ayti be ) a them obfeure, holie thing should be giuen to dogges,pearles caft to fwine, moft facred my fteries laide open before prophane perfons, S, Gregorie aljo alleadgeth panotver reafon (ho. 19.in EXech.)T hat oceafion ut humilirie may be gtuen vs by thofe things,which are hidden in holie Scriptures. AAnd inereaje alfo of merite by belieuing more then we ynderftand, becaufe faith hath not merite, where reafon giueth experiment, S.Ang de cate:. often virered of Salomon, Pial.B8. can only be vnderSlood of Chri, other examples wil oc- 0 inhguratinve cyrre in the Prophets enfuing. Brifly for we can not here exprefe al the caufes in . 5, cSfiftin things! /. : : yt! ~ . °' in words. but in fathessoiber times fo mixed with hiftories,and seperal t'sngs with Es cont. 1 4, are mixt with! [peritual againe fome things perteyning to the old Teftamtt,'0 royned wish mmeriee Meni. hiftories,and of rhe rew ex thelike,that moft hard a is io difcerne,nay.not pofsible wethour [pe Fe 2 temporal cial renclation or infirultion of others,to know to whut purpofe-or t! ing euerte part vty Hings With perteynesh,or 13 to beapplied:for fome shings are fpoken onlie of thebiftorie, fome in pyap,’ 117. [ sexta gle ec aSee a Sheetal allah. al CR) an e S LO a THE ARGVMENT OF THE PROPHECIE OF ISAIE. Ifaieofneble SKS Saiethe fonneof Amos,and nephew (453.lerom infinwateth) tgking A [Prefat. lineage,anda >mafias. Prophecsed in tive times of Oftas. loathan, Achax, EX4 chias.and in rere pheciede Ione the beginving of Manaffes. Kings of 1udasin al about three fcorefeares and was cial time © cruesly put to death. faved inte parts by commanament of Maaffes, He 1s com~ Is called the — monly called the Euangelical Prcpher, for ‘gs.ample and particular fpeackes.of Lofhad =p +4 Evangelical Clrift, more large and more plaine t!enin ante.other of the-old rophets. His Paulin,’ ree ‘file 1s bagh Co elogucnt, according to fis liberal ¢ nile Gloud. For foitpleajeth the Holic Ghoft to “vster hi cation beeing of tie royal dr, ,, ditine Prophecies diuerfly, \com. Ifa. S.eAng,’ fugh file. according to the qualsises and conditions of the perfons by whom be freaketh : by Hate in alofse. and by Amos ina meane fille: asa mufitian fowndeth the fame Jong . bya -fimple pipe. eo by «cornet , trumzret, or other mujscal inftrument. Which Paul aljowitnelfetk , faxing : Diucrfly anc by diuers meanes God resto of > Prop. ecied manie things perteyrirg to the Tribes of Iuda ard Beniamin 7 allo torte tribe of Lew Wric. after ike fcarme of Ierebeam repayred in maner al tothe Kingaon: of Incajw cre God wasrighil, formed: Be rrcpl ecied aljo of the rennd Trives1be Kingdon, of Ifracl, ex of the jurnre capninisies ef them both, a. {paxcto the fathers in the Prophets Yate-slerfore conuerfing in the Kingdom fef].Heb, Lived inthe of Juda.efpectally inthe Timpertal and Metrepolitan citre of lurufalem, preacked '- 1, 18 .c, Uz. CMit, hd. 9. s.con~ and --- PAGE 1462 --- PROPHECIE OF ISATE. 445 and of the veda Fion of tuts, Aljo ie propbecied of othsr nations , and peoples, with whom the eves had eit ver emnitie.or freindlse conuer{ation : and of al the kind from capeiustie of fant. The whole Prophecse conteynet two general parts. Firft more principally the Prophet sdmomsneth, and torestnet’ she people, that they shal o¢ punished for their manifold finnes.in the 39. former chapters, Inthe other 27. be comforteth them, fig nifysag that God of his mercie wl after chaftslement, co their repetance, delswer thei from their aduerfarses.Y et fo thet ech part paritcipatess of the prin- cipal contents with the other. More particularly the whole booke may be diuided into exght parss.Unthe tyelue firft chapters, the Prophet admonishetlr al fories in the Kinzdons of [uda,of their ingratitude towards God, with manic other finnes, and of inft punishment but mixt with conolation of Gods mercie, and thanks-gi- uinz for the fame.In eleuen chapters folowing, be directeth iss [peach to osher Na- tions adnerfaries to the the. lewes.In foure more ne extendeth is admomitions to al she world, E:l imermixing fome confolasions. In other foure he reprebender's Poe tne Rinzdomof lfracl em luda, for feeking helpe of firange nations. In tie Imext e1g3t chapters he prophecieth of diuers danzers imminent to the Kinzdom of Luda, of roeir captisisse in Babylon, of Gods benignitie deliuering shem,c~ “very mac ineneric part of CsriSt,and Ins Church. Tien in fue charters be prophecieth very rariicularly of tve comfortable deliserie from finne by Corift. In other foure from temroratcaptiuttis hyCyrus King of Afsrians, And finally in the laft eigh- teene chaptersie prop secrets largely of the perfec delinerse by Chriff , conuerjton of a! Nations resection of the Lewes, til nere she end of she world, yhen tire) shal allo returne to Chrift. Hhh 2 THE world, But moft efpecsally of the conning of Chrift, soredeeme, cx detiucr man-— ‘particular. The contents, diuided into Parts. And into eight . . o. wo gencral l --- PAGE 1463 --- meee By ee ne ee The firft part. Tne Kingdom ofluda shal be captive in Babvion, for their ingrati- deude towards Gods.and Jother finnes. (2) Not Amo; the third of rhe lefic prophets, forthis name is written in.o- ther Ictters in Hebrew: but one of the royal bloud,as S. Ierom, teftheth, (@)Prince, Pricft,and people are al ficke of ingra- ttude aoaindt God,& other iniquities. (¢)lerufalem defaced and deftroved, 4(d) God conti- nually prefer- jueth fome holie feede, that his Church never faileth, ITHE PROPHECIE which adde preuaricarion: (b) eueric head is ficke,& euerie hart in hea- uines. 6,From the fole of rhe foote ynto theroppe of the head,there is no “44% BOVIS IENAED C59 BET LT) OHNE ED OF ISATE. CuHuarv. IL. Haie prophecying in the dayes of feure Kings of Iuda,2.admonisherh both Princes and people of their ingratitude.and otker finncs againft God:7 for nhich they shal be ted captine.1. Neither shal facrifices, ner prayers faue them.16. except they cleanje their feules from finnes.20.Whicl they not doing shal be feuerely punished, 26. Wherby the relikes shai be purged,and she Church shal flourish, ) ‘He vifion of Haie the fonne of (4) Amos,which he fawe concerning Judaandlerufalem in the dayes of O7ias, Toathan,Achaz, and Ezechias, Kings of luda.2.Heare ye heaucns,& viue eare 6 earth,becaufe our Lord ‘hath fpo- : ken.] hauc brought vp children, and exaltedthem: but 7 Sy they haue defpifed me, 3. The oxe hath knowen his owner,and theafle his mafters crib:but Irae] hath not knowen me,and any people hath not vnderfiood.4.Woe to the finful natid,the people lodé w:th greeuous iniquitie, the wicked {eede, yvngtacious children: they hauetorfaken our Lord, they haue blafphemed the holie one oflfrael, they are reuolred backewards, 5, For what fhal Lftrike you anie more, chealth therein:wound,and wayle,and fweliing itroke:ir is not bound vp, nor cured w ithmedicine,nor mollificd with oile.7, Your land is cefolare, your citics burnt with fire : your coumtrie firangers deuour betcre your tace,and it fhal be made deiolate as inthe fpoile of cnemies.8.And (¢) the daughter of Sion {hal be left as.2 vineyard , and as a cottageina place cf cucumbers, and asa citiethat-is wafted, 9.<d) Vnlefie the Lord of hoites had lefte vs feed , we had been as Sodom , and we fhould be rom. 9. like to Gomorrha, 10, Heare the word of our Lord ye Princes of So- Aorn,giue care to the law of our God ye people of Gomorrha,11.To what purpofe doe youoffer me the multitude of your victimes, faith our Lord? 1 am tul, the holocauii cf ranumés,and the tatte of tatlings, and the bicud of --- PAGE 1464 --- "OF LS ATE, of calues, and lambes, and buck goates I have not defired, 12, When you fhould haue come before my fight, who fought for thefc things at your hands, that you fhould walke inmy courts ? 13. Offer facrifice no more invaine ; incenfe is abomination to me, The Newe moone , and the Sabbath , and other feftiuiries I wil not abide, your affemblics are wicked. 14. My foule hateth your Calendes, and your folemnitics : they are become tedious to me, J haue jaboured in fufieyning. 15. And when you fhal ftreach forth your hands , 1 wil rurne away mine e1¢es trem you: & when you fhal multiplie prayer , I wil not freare : for your hands are ful ofbloud, 16, Wath you, be cleane, rake away the euil of your co- gitations from mine eics : ceale to doe peruerfely. £7. Learne to dce ood: feckeiudgement, fucccur the oppreffed , iudge for the pupil, defend the widow. 18, And come, and accufeme, fayth our Lord : it your finnes fhal be as{carlet, they {nal I< made w hie 2s {now : and i they be red as vermelon,they fnal be w hite as wool.1g. If you be willing, and wil heare me, you shal eatethe pood rhings of the earth, 20. Butit you wil not, and wil prouoke me to wrath : the {word fhal dcuoure you, becaufe the mouth of our Lord hath fpoken, 21, How is the faythftl citie ful of iudgement (¢) beccme an harlot? iuftice hath dwelled in ir, mingled with water, 23. Thy Princes are vnfaithful , companionsof theeueszal loue guifts, folow rewards, They iudge not for the pupil: and the widowes caufe goeth not into them, 24, For this caufe fayth our Lord the God of hoites the mightie one of Mrael: Alas! I wil comfort mv felfe vpon mine aduerfaries : and wil be reuen ed of mine enemies, 25-And Lwil.turne mine hand to thee,and J wil boyle ou thy droffe cil tt be pure,& wiltake away al thy tinne.26. And] wilreftore( f thy indges as they haue been before, and thy counfelers as of old, Afterthefe things thou shalt be calied the iuft , a faithiul citie, 27. Sion fhal beredeemed in iudgement, and they fhal bring her backe iniuftice. 28. And he fhal detteoythe wicked and the finners together: and they that haue forfaken our Lord , fhal be confumed, 29. For they fhal'be confounded tor the idols ,.to-which they haue facrificed: and you fhal be afhamed of the falling off, and asa garden without water, 31. And your {trength fhal be asthe ifles of towe, and your worke as‘a fparke; and borhiinal.be feton together, and there inal be none to-quenchit, but now mankillers. 22. Thy filuer is turned into droffe: thy wine ts gardens , which you chofe, 30. When you fhal be as an oke the Ieaues Crat.. —_—_-~ (e) Much wic- kcanes reignedt inlerufalem efore their Capeiuitie in Batysloni bur Much more at 1 Chrifts pafsis, jwhen they per- ecused him euen to the Croffe: and nis difciples, and al Chrifiians , tal their citie was taken by the Romans, land che whole mation difper- fed, 4 (f}) The Rak- bins vnderfiid thofe ludeces and Pricfts that gouerned the people after their de- liuerte from captiuiiue: but S. Ierom ex- poundeth this and the like places of the \A poffles, aud their fuccef- Hours, --- PAGE 1465 --- { . Ttisnot ‘onl’ certaine, jbur alfo eni- dent that the ‘Propet fea k-th here,and PM danumera- ble other places , afrhe Charch cf Cariftt which 33 rhe citie er ivpola moua- Taine, Wae.s. ynto which a! Nations are gathered,and alchetime of the new Te- ftament is called the laf ho tre,t. Dan.