Jeremias — Chapter 30

man, and vponhis houle. 35. Thus fhal you fay ecuerie one to his. brother, & neighbour : What hath our Lord anfwered2and what hath ouf Lord fpoken236.And the burden of our Lord fhal.no more be men- tioned : becaufe euerie mans burden fhal be his. owne word:& you haue peruerted che words of the liuing God, the Lord of hofts our God. 37. Thus fhalt thou fay to the Prophet : What hath-our Lord: anfwered tice ? and what hath.our Lord fpoken?38.Butif.thou fhalt fay the bur- den of our Lord : for this, thus faith.our Lord : Becaufe youhaue faid this word: The burden of our Lord: and] haue fentto you, faying :. Say not: The burden of our Lord : 39. Therfore behold I wiltake you away carying you, and wil forfakeyou, and the citie which haue gi-- uen to you, and to your tathers., trom before my face. 40..AndI wil giue you into euerlafting reproch , and into etcrnalignominie , which

Pid \ al OF IEREMIE., 595 woich fent you to demand of me: Behold the armie of Pharao , which is come forth to helpe you, fhal returne into his land into Aigypt,

And the Chaldees thal.returne , and make warre againft this citie, and take it, and burne it with fire. 8. Thus faith our Lord : Deceiue not your foules, faying : The Chaidees going fhal goe away , & retyre fromvs , becaufethey thal not goe away. 9. Bur it you fhal ftrike al the hoft of the Chaldees , thar fight againft you, and there be lett of. them fome wounded : euerie one {ial rife vp out of his tent , and inal burne this. citie with fire. ro. Therefore when the armie of the Chaldces was retyred from lerufalem , becaufe of Pharaos armie, 11. Ieremie went out of Ierufaiem to goe into the land of Beniamin, and to diuide po fic ffion therein the fight of the citizens, 12, And when he was come to the gate of Beniamin , there was there the kceper of the gate by courfe , onenamed Jerias , the fonne of Sclemias , the fonne ot Hana- nias:and he apprehended Jeremie the Prophet , faying.: (b) Thou Ayelt to the Chald.es. 13. And leremie anfwered : Itisnorfo, I Gye nor to the Cnaldces, And ne Acard him not: but tooke leremic, and brought him tothe Princes. 14. Fer which thing the Princes big anicrie avain{t leremic , they beat fim ,a.d caft him into the priion that was in the houfe cflonathan the fcribe : tor he was chiefe ouer the prifon. 15, leremie therefore went into the houfe of the lake, and into the dungeon : and Jeremie fare there nianie daies. 16.-But Sedeciasthe King fendingtooke him: ard demarded of him in his houfe fecretly, and {aid: Thinkefi thou the word is from our Lord? And leremie faid: It is, Andhe faid : Thou {halt be deliuered into the hands of the. Kin of Babylon, 17. And Ieremie faid to’King Sedecias , what haue I fin ned againft thee , and thy feruants , andthy people , thatthou haft caft ine into the prifon houfe ? 18. Where are your Prophets thai did pro- phecie to you, and faid : The King of Babylon inal not come vpon y ou & vpon this land?19,.Now theretore heare I befeecl thee my Lord King : let my petition be auailabie inthy fight: and fend me not back into the houfe of lonathan the feribe , left 1 dye there, 20. King Sede- ctas therefore commanded that leremie fhould be commiitted in the extrie of the prifon ;.and there fhould be giuen him a peace of bread eucrie day, befide broth., tilal the bread were {pent out of the citie:and.. Ieremic remeyned in the entric of the prifon, Dddd CHAP. seulfe of per- fecuters to. [pretend falfe t ‘caufesac ang ithe innocents. fo Iulian tic ged Chriftian: Catholikes with treafon & fedition, Hifi; sripart,1.é.c.a7,: fo did alfo the: Arians, Van- dals,& other iheretikes againtt Ca- tholikes, as 'Ruffinus and © Vittor vefiihe. ‘by Tris an old: Apoftata char-+ --- PAGE 1613 --- 1 4) The Hebrew! phrafe sife shal: be lining, and, listing he shal we, figniferh thathe fha} lige molt fecu- rely. Myftical. ly this faftie in veluntarie b-. nifhmér figni- feth,that vo- luntarie rem- poral penance faueth from eternal dam. nation, “b} God euer moneth fome to pittie the in. nocet afflicted, tl atlafthe gi- ueth them a crowne of glo. rie for their conftantr pa- tence, ie oO h ike y « 12. yee them downe to leremie into the la b cords I i { { i 596 THE PROPHECIE CHAP XXXVIII licite to haue him flaine: ded with leremies preaching , (c : The nobles being offends bims in their bands , they caf? bins nto ‘ one “" see ne whence at the inftance of tn ke an be earl L, a deme and hauing licence to fpeake > rie ee id bn the Chaldees , (v be and the citie shal Le beni shal be taken capune , 24. which she King comm bim to keepe fecrct. d Gedelias the . 1as the fonne of Mathan , and Gede aN fonne of meas ,and icnal the fonne of Selemias 3 and Phaflur the fonne of Melchias ea “i , th . - the people , faying: 2. US 1aIth our remie fake to althe p cemaine on this citie, thal dye by (word. and f. bord “and peftilence : but he that thal Hye to ue cual eee dhl Tine nd his life thal be fate and (4) liuing. 3. Thus faith our Gees » thal we or re this-citie fhal be delinered into the hand of the ar- Lord: By actiueri Babylon , and he thal take ir. 4. And the Princes me of the ping of defire thee thatthis man may be put to death: for fd i ves -akneth the hands of rhe men of warre ; that are re. of purpole ‘thee , itie . ard the hands of the people , {peakino to them Merde hef words : for this man feeketh not peace to this peo- *rcording to er King Sedecias {aid : Behold he is in your hands; pee ma ‘ot xe for the King to denie you anie thing, 6. They there. tor it is not aw ve and.caft him into the lake of Melchias the fonne tore tooke 1 whichwes in the entrie of the prifon :.& they letdowne of fmecceh oe sinto the lake, wherein there was no water, but myre, rere BY ropes: funke downe into the myre. 7, But (b) Abdemelech ; thot the Athiopian an eunuch , that -was in the Kings houfe, heard tha ie i ike : moreouer the King fate in the gate they had colt veremie Aioencnee went out of the Kings houte , and of kena ing faying : 9. My Lord King, thefe men haue done al fpaketo “hail *) whatfoeuer they haue done againft leremie the mings raugnny ‘him into the lake » that he may dye for famine, forth - is nomere bread in the citie, 1c. The King therefore com- ma ‘d nd Abdemelech the Athiopian , faying: Take with thee from hence thirtie men, and lift vp leremie the Prophet out of ne i. e, before he dye. 11. Abdcmelech therefore taking the men wit - ™, entred into the Kings houfe , that was vnder t ve elle 3 ard fe tooke thence old rags , and old things that wer : And Abde- melech lere,2r, Ve 9. --- PAGE 1614 --- 4 Re. 25. OF ITEREMIE, leremie therfore did fo, 13. And they drew out Ieremie with the cords, and brouzhr him forth out of the lake.. And Teremie remayncd in the entrie of the prifon. 14. And King Sedecias fent , and tooketo him Ie-. remie the Prophet to the third dore,that was in the houfe ef our Lord: and the King faid to Teremie ; } aske thee a word , hide not anie thing frou: me, 1s. And Ieremie faidto Sedecias : 1f I fhal tel thee, wilt thou not kil me 2? and ifl giue thee counfel, thou wilt not heare me.16.King Sedecias thezfore fware to Teremie{eeretly , faving : Our Lord lineth, that made vs this foule, if I kil thee, and if I deliuer thceinto the hands of thefe men, that feek thy life.17. And Ieremie fatd to Sedecias : Thus faith the Lord of hofts the God of Ifrael: () 1f goixg forth thouwiit goe-out to the Princes of the King of Babylon, thy foule fhal line, and this citie (hal not be burnt with fire : and thou thale be fare , and thine houfe, 18, Butitthou wiitnot goc out to the Princes.ct the King of Ba- bylon, rhiscitie flial be delivered into the hands of the Chaldees , and they thal burie it with fire : and thouihalt notefcape out of their hand,

: informe the. King: 21.who hearing part therof,caufethshe. Locke tube. buinec: ; 26, and commandeth to apprehend Baruch , and leremie. 27 7» The booke is ; written againe by-them wiih addittor of more. : {a)Befides prea- Vg N D iccame to paffe in the fourth yeare of loakim , the Yperperual ad- Jagain? them. &! ching , which BYNES fonne of Iofias King of Juda:this word was made to Tere. the euil difpo- § eg thic from our Lord, faying:2.Take(a a)a volume ot.a book fed did either SMe and chou fhale write in ital she words,that LLhaue fpoken reaver ouch to thee againft Ifrael & Tuda,and againft al Nations fince ly forger, God) the day that fpake to thee, fromthe daies of Iofiasenen to this day. 3. commanded If perhaps the houfe of luda hearing al the euils , thatI meaneto doe thathis wil { vnto them,let euerie man returne from his moft wicked way:and J] wi] Fould alfo be be propitious totheir iniquitie , ard to their fione. 4, Jeremic therfore “raeten; fora called Baruch: the fonne of Nerias :and Baruch wrote from the mouth. monition, if Of leremie althe words ofour Lord, which he fpake to him , inthe thev-would - volume of the booke.s5,Ard leremie commanded Baruch jfaying:1 am ead itor heare’ (b) fhut vp, neither.am I ableto goe irtothe houfe of our Lord. 6. Goe ‘ re-d,andfor: thou in therfore,and read out of the volume, wherein thou haft written 4 teitimonie fom my mouth the words of our Lord,in the hearing of al the people = warning to inthé houfe of our Lord on the faftirg g day:noreouer alfointhe hearing omnces. _ o£alluda , whichcome out of thein cides , thou fhalt- read irto them: “b Hewas not 7. if perh aps their prayer may fal in the fight of our Lord, and euerie bale in pears one rerurne from his moft wicked way: becaufe great is the turie and Cr aid, )eer caine noble menor the Dut ‘ch the fonne of Nerias did according “to al things, that Jerce mic the Prophet. had commanded him , reading out of the veluimc the {pecial tuactions, & titles, either of their firft Inficutours,ur of the Inftirutes them-~- indignation , which our Lord hath {poken againft t this people, 8, And, Pfal.a4. UALS, --- PAGE 1610 --- OF IEREMIE. $93 the words of our Lord inthe houfe of our Lord.g.Aru it came to pafie in the fifth yeare of Joakim the fonne of ofias the King ef luda, in the ninth month : they proclaymed a faft in the fight of our Lord to al the peoplein Ierufalem,and to althe multitude, that was flocked together out of the cities of Iudain Jerufalem, 10, And Baruch read out of the words of leremie inthe houfe of our Lord , inthe treafurie of Gama- rias the fonne of Saphan the feribe, in the higher court,in the encrie of the new gate of the houfe of our Lord, al the people hearing it, 11.And when Micheas the fonne of Gamarias the fonne of Saphan had heard al the words of our Lord out of the booke: 12. he went downeinto the Kings houfe to the treafurie ofthe{cribe:and behold al the Princes fate } there, Elifama the {cribe,and Dalaias the fonne of Semeias , arid Elna- than the fonne af Achobor: and Gamarias the fonne of Saphan, and Sedecias the fonne of Hananias, and al the Princes, 13. And Micheas told them al the words that he had heard Baruch reading out of the . . 1 1 4 volumein the eares of the people. 14. Al the Princes therfore fenrto Baruch, ludithe fonne of Nathanias, the fonne of Selemias,the fonne of Chufi, faying : Take inthy hand the volume, out of which thou haft . ' = “ ! read in the hearing of the people,& come. Baruch therfore the fonne of Nerias tooke the volume in his hand & came tothem.15.And they f2id to him: Sitte,and reade thefe things in our eares, And Baruch read in their eares.16, Therfore when they had heard al rhe words , they were aftonished euerie one to ward his neighbour , and they fayd to Baruch; We muittel the King al tnefe words. 17. And they asked him , fayine Tel vs how dideS thou write al chefe words fré his mouth.18.And Bae ruch faydto thé: Fro his mouth he {pake as it were reading vito me al thefe word,sand I wrote in a volume with inke,ig,And the Princes faid to Baruch : Goe,& be hidthou & Jeremie,and letno man know where you are. 20, Andthey went tothe King into the court: moreouer they layd vp the volume inthe treafurie of Elifama the f{cribe : and they rold al the words in the hearing of the King. 21, And the King fent Iudi, that he fhould take the volume: who taking it out ofthe treafurie of Elifama the {cribe, read it, the King hearing, and al the Princes , that itood about the King. 22. And the King fate in the winter houfe in the ‘vainth month : and there was an hearth fet before him ful of burning coles, 23, And when Judi had read three or foure pages , (¢) he cut 1r with the penknife of a fcribe : and he caft it into the fire , that was pon the hearzh., til al the volume was confumed with the fyre , that : was on.the-hearth, 24, And the King and al his feruants , that-heard al thefe words , did not feare , nor rent their garments, 25. But yet Elna- than, and Dalaias , and Gamarias gaynefaid the King, not to burne the “Book : and he heard them not.26. And the King commanded Ieremiel -the fonne-of Amelech,and Saraias tne fonne of Ezriel, and Selemias the fonne of Abdeel, that they should apprehend Baruch the feribe , and Jeremie the Prephet:bui (4) our Lord hid thé. 27. Andthe word of our ~ Lord court aduifed saruch & Terc- mie ro hide hemfciues;ou kept himfelf clofe in fome fecret piace: a moh Pricfts, doe now in Engiand,:hat ‘they may ber. ! ter exercife _ their tunction,. then if they were inthe perfecutours hands, —— aby. i 4 1 i ‘ { ‘ (¢) The fecre-: tarie curout ; the leaues and burnt them by: the Kings co- “mandment, as appearcth, ‘V2zSLM, (@:God did nottranflate thé to another place, but they hvding them- felues by Gods diredtion, the fearchers could not finde them, --- PAGE 1611 --- a nn men rT (e)His fonne Techonias rei- gned bur three months: whtch is coun-el as no reigne Theodorrt S94 Nor aay of his, iPse1n wordly’ glocie, 1s heir predeceit ours had reigned, S19. P30 9.318 &.2,24. 3, which loakam the Kicg (a) As Herod deal: afcer- wards with S, Tenn Bap rift: fe this king actecmcd reuc- reaced, and feared Ie:e- mic,and yet per ecuted him, THE PROPHECIE Lord was made to leremie the Prophet , after that the King had burn? the volume and the words, thar Baruch had written from the mouth of leremie, faying ; 28. Agaime take an other volume : and write ia ital the former words , that were in the firft volume , whteb Ioakim che King of luda hath burnt. 9. And to loakins the King of luda thon thalr fay : Thus faith our Lord : Thou haft burnt that voluure , faying: Why haft thou written in it telling : The King of Babyton wil come in haft, and wil wafte this land : and he wil make man oi beaft , to ceale our of ix?30. Therfore thus faith our Lord azainft loakim-rhe King of Iuda: (e) Tnereihal not be of himto fit vpon : the throne of Dane : and his carcaffe thal be caft forth to the heate by day, aid to the trof by nicht, vt. And I wil vutite agataft him , aid azainft his.fecde , and agaiatt his ferua its their iniguitics , and wil briag vpon them aud vpon the in- Ch. 22, habitants of ‘ertfalen , & vpon the men ot ludaal the euil , uirat I haue : {poken te them : and they heue cot heard. 32- Aad leremie tooke 2. other volume, aad gauc ttto. Baruca the foace ot Nerias tre fetibe:wio Wrote i it fram the mouth - of ferent althe words of the booxe, g of luda hal burt with tire : & there were added moreouer mae TOL W ords, tien liad been before. CHAP, XXXTII. Sedecias appointed by the King of Babylon to vergre in Iuda , requejesh leren malts prayers. g. The Chalueas befies sing lermfalens , and ‘bed INS that the F gyplians come againgt them., part away. 5. But lercme Propheuterh tha: they wilrerurue aud burnc lerufalem, 10, Fer wich be ts smiprtjened. 16. After manic acyes the King examseth him of bis propbesse , who fla ajpr- nang the fame,20.15 Rept an wie ensrie of the prifon, ND King Sedecias the fonne of Jofias reigned for Jechonias the fonne of loakim: whorn Nabuchoco- fp wolor the King of Babylon made King in the Land of x luda, 2. And Ire obeyed not , he and his feruases , and wi the people of the land thewords of our Lord , that fre Das aR fpake in the hand of Teremie the Prophet. 5. And king Sedecias fent Tuchal the fonne of Sclemias , and Sophenias the fonne of Maafias Prreft to Teremic the Prophet, faving (2) Pray the Lord our Ged for vs. 4. And lercmie walked techy in ane meddes ef tire peopic : for they had nor caft him into ward i prifen. Thterfoge the armie of Pharzo came ont of Agypt: and the Chakdecs that befeged. § lerufaiem.} shearing fuch tydings, retyted trom Ierufalem, 5. And the s-ord of our Lord was madcto leremic che Prophet, faving 4. Thus (aitl 1our Lord the God of Hraei: Fhusthal you tay tothe hang of buda which: e jUg,

And al the men , that fhal fet their face to goe into Acypt ,to dwel there , {hal dyeby the fword, aad by famine , and by peltilence : none of them thal remaine , nor efcape from the face of the euil , that I wal bring vpon them, 18. Becaufe thus faith the Lord of hofts , ‘the God of frael: As my furic-is powred out, and mine indignation vpon the in- vpon you , when you fhal be entred into 2: gyp: 4 and you fhal ; be into (c) anothe , and into aftoniihment , aud into a curfe ,and : into reproch : and you thal no more fee this place, 19. Theword of our - :(¢)Anothe of execration, As you thal know that [ haue adiuted you this day, zo. becaufe you haue deceiucd your foules : for you fent me to the Lord-our God . faying i Pray fi forysto the Lord our Gad, & according toalthines winarttoeuce er i ; - . -. - (d'Tt was 2 haue told youthis day, and(d) you haue not heard the voice of the double faule,im Lord your God concerning aj thiags,for which he hath fent metoyou, thar neither

perhaps 1 be deliucred into their hands, & they mocke me.20,.But Jeremie anfwered : They thal not deliuer thee , heare 1 befeech thee the word of our Lord, which I fpeake to thee , and it fhal be wel with thee, and thy foule fhat liue,21, Bat ifrhou wiltnot goe forth.:this 1stne word , which our Lord hath thewed me: 22. Behold al. the wonien , that are remaynme inthe houfe ofthe King of luda, {hal be brought ourco the Princes of the King of Babylon: and they fhal fay: Thy peaceable men haue feduced thee, and haue preuailed again{t thee , thcy haue drowned thy feet in the myre, and ina fliperie place, and are rauolted from thee. 23.Andalthy wiues, and thy fonnes lhal be brought outtothe Chaldees, and thouthale nor efcape their hands , but thou fhalt be taken im the hard of the King of Babylon ; and he thalburne this citie with fire, 24. Sedccias thertore faidto Ieremic : Let none know thefe words , and thowthalr not dye, . 25, Burit the Princes thal heare , that 1 haue fpoken with thee: ard inal cometrothee, and fay tothee : Tel vs what haft thou fpoken with the Kinz, conceale not from vs, and we wil not kil thee..26. Thou fhalt fay ro them :1 did proftrate my prayers before the King, that he would not command me to be caried backe into the houfe of lonathan, andthere dye..27. Al the Princes therfore came to leremie ,and asked ham: and he fpake to them according to al the words, thatthe King had commanded nim , and they left him :for nothing had-been heard, But lercmie remained in the entrie of the prifon , vntil the day , that lerufalem was taken: anditcame topaffe that lerufalem was-taken, . Mddd 2 597 melech the Athiopian faid toleremie : Put the oldragges, and thefe rent and rotten things vnder the cubit of thine armes, & vpon the rops: CHAP. 4 Ie) Prophecies are not only ‘cerraine when athing 1s ab.e. hievatmrmecd, but ajfo when they are con~ ‘ditional, as this was, & the ‘event should jhaue been ac. icordingly if ‘the ‘King had folowed,the Prophets ad- uife, though ‘by not going the contrarie Captinstie, and! much miferie appened to the King and. people, . 4)Poffeffion of ‘Jone gate gaue fufficient en- trance to the whole armie; whereupon the King-and bis jchiefe nooles fled by 2 po- fterac gate, /6}He expoftu- lated,& iuftly Jreproued Se- decias for re- belling,brea- king his othe, fhewing ingra- 4ritude, for fo much as Na- buchodonofor aad made him, 4 King, & repo~ ted contuence in him, Lrethads THE PROPHECIE

Now thercfore knowing you inal know that by fword , and fa- obcyedGod 4 mine , and peftilence you thal. dye in the place, to which you would Speaking by enter for to dwel there, his Prophets. nor ftood to their owne pronufe, %§. CHAP, XLNIL . The relikes of rhe lewes , againft leremsies admonitions, goe into Agypt , 6. ca— rying leremie and Baruch with them: 8. where leremre propbecieth that the. Kingof Babylon shal fpoyle that land, 12. and ther idols. ND it came to paffe , when Ieremie had finifhed {pea.. o$ king to the people al the words of the I ord their Gad, for * which our Lord their God had fent him to them al thefe ; words: 2, Azarias the fonne of Ofaiasfaid: & Iohanan 4 the fonne of-Caree , and al the proude men, faying to \Siafil Jeremie : (a) Thou fpeakeft a lie : the Lord our God fenttheener, (a ‘an it peo faying : Goe not iato Agypt , to dwel there. 3, But Baruch the fonne changed ot of Nerias doth prouoke thee againt vs ,that he may deliuer vs into the : ‘worfe and. hands ofthe Chaldees , that he may kil vs, and make vsto be tranf. worfe from ported ito Babylon..4. "And lohanan the fonne of. Caree >and al the their good motions. For Princes of the men of warre , & the whole people , heard not the voice this infolent of our Lord, to abide inthe Land. of luda.s.. But lohanan the fonne of calummatian ; Carce, and alahe Princes.ofthe men of warre taking al theremnantof. is farre from ~~ their promife 4 Ee eee. iuda, ch, 42. Ye é --- PAGE 1621 --- (b) The obfti- nate peovle forced alfo Ic. temic and Ba- tuch to goe with them into fEgvpt. A(¢) Where both’ by words and ; other fignes he prophecieth of Babylon wil build his pa- Jace in the chief citie of AEgypt,and in figne therof layeth great ftones as the foundation of J the fame, As els where he prophecied by fates. ch.19,