Jeremias — Chapter 36

Ieremie and Baruch hid themselves in secret places, as Catholike Priests doe now in England, that they may better exercise their function.

The secretarie cut out the leaves and burnt them by the Kings commandement.

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, 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, 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,