Josue — Chapter 3

(4) When you thal fee the arke ot couenant ot our Lord your God, \ and{!} che Priefts of the Leuitical ftock ca- tying it,ryfe you alfo,& folow them going before: 4.& let there be be- tween you & the arke the {pace of two thouland cubits: that you may fee it a farre off, & know which way you may goe - becaufe you haue not walked by it before:& beware you approach not to the arke.s.And lofue faid tothe people : Be fanctified , for to morrow our Lord wil doe among you meruelous things.6.And he {aid co the Priefts : Take vp the mandments,tookeit,and walked before them, 7,And our Lord faidto lofue : This day wil I begia to exalt thee before al Ifrael : (¢) thet they may know as I was with Moyfes, fo am I with thee alfo. 8. And doe thou” command the Priefts, that carte the arke of che tettamenr, and fay to them : When you thal be entred into part of the water of Iordan, ftand in it. 9. AcdIofuc faid to the children of Iftael ; Come hither,and hearethe word of our Lord your God. to, And againe he faid : Inthis you fhal know that our Lord the liuing God is in the middes of you, and thal defttoy in your fight the Chananeite and Hetheite,the Heueite and Pherezeite , the Gergefeite alfo and the Iebufeice, and the Amorrhcite, 11.Behoid the arke of the couenant of the Lord of al the eartia thal goe before you into lordan.12.Prepare twelue mé of the tribes of Ifracl,one of enerie tribe, 13. And when the Priefts thatcarie the arke of the Lord of the whole earth thal fetthe fteps of their feet in the waters of Iordan, the waters that are beneath fhal run downe and decay : and thofe tinat come from aboue, fhal ftand together in one heap. ‘14. Thertore the ople went out of their tabernacles to paffe ouer Jordan : andthe Priefts chat caried the arke of the couenance, went on betore them,

miniltred, or ap- pointed eth.rsto minifter, the Sacrament of Circumcifion; likewife ( chap, 8. ) bleifed the people, and (chap. ) #4, renewed Gods couenant with them, English ' Proreftantsinterre , that he was chief fuperiour in {piricual caufes; and therfore lay Princes are fupreme heads & zouerners of the Church immediately vnder Ged. But none of thefe ations, nor al put together doe proue their purpofe. For notwithftanding he very lawfully did thefe, and ether like things, yet he had a fpiricual fuperiour inearth , which was Eleazar the high-Pricft.For Moyfes being extraordinaric fuperiour of al, bethin fpiritual and temporal caufes, the ordinarie prieithood and fpiritual fupremacie was eftablifhed in Aaron and his fonnes, as appeareth Lew, 3, Nw, 20. and other places: and the temporal go- uernement after Moyfes was gtuen to lofue, fucceeding to him ( Xwm. 27. ) nor in al, but in part of bis elarie( or authoritie ) his whole honour ( or power } being deitributed between the high-Prieft, and the temporal Prince, as learned Theo doret( q.43. in Num. } noceth vpon the facred texc, expreily diftinguithing their offices “y. 21.) that Eleazar the Prieff showd confine our Lord for him ( and fo receiue anfwer on doéfrine ant veritie , Exod, 18. Lewst.8, , and that lo/ue should goe our and goesn, andal ‘he children of Ifraet with him ( that 1s, lead and gouerne the people) as Eleazars word, Where it is manifett that Iofue was not fer ouer Eleazar, but Eleazar oner him, That therfore which Lofue did in {piritual affaires, was in fub- ordination to the high-Prictt, by whofe direction, approbation , or ratihabi- trun, he commanded fome of tne Prictts to carierhe arxe, and with it to goe into Torday , and comming into the midde chancel to ttand there,whilcs al the armie and people pailed ouer : alfo gaue order that al fhould be circumeifed, bleiled the peoole , read the law , and aiter godlie cxhortations , renewed the couenant between God and them, al in way of execution uf Gods wil & commandeinents, not by anie pretended iurifdiction in fpiritual things, In like forte mante other good temporal Princes , as wel inthe old as the new Teitament,haue difpofed and execured diuers things pretcining to Gods feruice: their onfice requiring thac they fheuld fet forward , maintaine & defend true faith snd revigion.Efpecially Chriitian Princes , of whom Efay Prophecied (chap.49.) that Ninzs shewid be fefter fathers, and Queenes the nources of she Church, Contor- = An obic@ion for lay-head-} fhip of the Church, Anfwer, Moyfes chief both in fpiri- tual and tem- po ral authori- tie,which was after diuided berween the high-Prict & temporal Prince, The high- Priett fupe- tiour, Tofue executed Gods wil, not by fpiritual iu rifdiction , but with fubordi- nation to the aigh-Prieft, Other good Princes haue alfo much ad- uanced religié but not taken Wfapremacie in. fpiritual cau- fes. For maintai- ning Catho- like Religion againtt hereti- kes , the Kings of Spaine haue the title Cashe~ lke: The Fréch Kings., weft Chriftian ‘Kings of Eng- land Defenders fof the fish, r (a) Isnotthe forme of a crofle ascon- . 443 lOSV E. Confermably where:o S. Auguftine teacheth( 1.3.¢.5 1.cont,Crejcon, that Kings, in thar they are Kings, ferue God by commanding good things , aad forbidding euil, notonly perteining to humane focictie , bucalfo belonging to-Gods reli gion. To this effe@ Conftantine the Great did manic religious actes: yea cucn thofe things which our aduerfaries wreft to their owne fénfe , thew euiaencly his due fitbmition ro his fpiritual paftour, As when vrged by the Donatitts peruerfe Amportunitie , and beg defirous (as S. Auguftine teftibeth F pil. 116. ) to bridle Ao great impudencie , he heard and iudged Bithop Cecilians caufe , after othir ‘Bifhops fentence for him againft the heretikes , where he both. Monument ef re) Which had mot needed, ifhe had been the ordinaric or competent tudye, Optatus ‘alfo writeth ¢ li. 1, cons, Parmen.] that the fame Emperour C onftantine exclaimed againft the appellants in thefe words : O rabida fureris audacia ficutincanis Genti- him fieri soles, sppeld tionems inserpefueruns, OQ outragious boldnes of furie ! like as in caufes of Gentiles is wont, they haue interpofed an appeal. The like good offices dic Luftinian,and Charles the Great, and manie other Chriftian Emperouts and. Kings, for which they are much rerowined in the whole Church, and fome haue been honoured for their religious zeale with glorious titles giuento chem and their fuceeffours. To the Kings of Spaine, fromthe time of Alfonfus King of Caftil,aboue eight hundred yeares agone, for expelling the Arians , was giuen the title of Cathelike ,as Michacl Ritius a Neapolitan writcth, To the French: Kings the title of mo% Chriftian, from the time of Philip che Emperour,about 400; yeares ince, fer expelling the Albigenfés , as recordcth Nicolaus Giilius. To our King Henrie che Eight of England , for his booke of the Sacraments ag unt Luther Pope Leo the tenth gaue the title Defender ef the faish.

PC, Dews.17.: IOSVE., 47 ry. And they being entered into Iordan , and their feer dipped in part of the water ( and Tordan in the harueft time had filled the bankes of his chanel ) 16, the waters that came downeward ftood in one place, and like a mountaine {welling vp appeared farre from the citie, that is called Adom,to the place of Sarthan:but thofe that were beneath ranne downe into the Sea of the wildernes ( which now is called the dead fea) vatil they wholy dacayed.17. And the people went againftlericho: and rhe Prieitsthac caried the arke of the couenant of our Lord, ftood girded vpon the drie ground in the middes of lordan , and al the people paffed ouer through the drie chanel, into Iericho.

veric place washolic ror h.s pre- fence, being otherwife the common field of Iericho.

and {aid to the chiidren of Ifrael: When your children fhal aske their tachers to morrow , and tial fay co chem ; What meane thefe fto- nes ?22. You ibal teach them , and fay : By the drie chanel did Ifrael paffe ouer this lordan, 23. your Lord God drying the waters therof in your fight, vntil you paifed ouer : 24, as he had done before inthe ted fea , which he dried til we paffed through : 25. that al the peeple of the earth may learne the moit itrong hand ofour Lord, that youalfo May teare our Lord your God, ~ CHAP, of Ifrael therfore did as lofue commanded them , carying out of the ea" --- PAGE 448 --- ( 4) See anno- tations c,3.v,8, (8) Circumcie fion had been Oinitted four~ Itie yearcs, wWhiles they Were inthe defert, al- Wayes vncer- taine when to march, & fo ir is now com- mandced the fecond time. (8) Not God, bet of Geds botte, 459 peaple , thar came out of. Agyptot the malekind , al the fighting men lQSVE, Circumcifion, Pafch. CHAD Vv, The Kings of Chanaan are fore afrighted with the newes o f Ufraels paffage oucr Tordan, 2, Circumcifion is againe commanded , andobferued , which had been omitted in the defert fourtic yeares. 10. They make thes Pafth. 12. Manna seafeth. 13. And an Angel appeareth to Icfue. peas HER FORE after that al the Kingsof the Ammor: é sa ‘GE theites , which dwelt beyond Jordan at the weit fide,and IK (‘Z - al the.Kings of Chanaan, which pofleffed the places nigh es GH); to the great fea, had heard that our Lord had dried the Sara ftreames of Iordanbefore the children of Ifrael » tilthey paffed uer, their hart failed, and there remained no ff pirit in them,fea~ ring theentring of the children of Hrael. 2, At that ume our Lord faid (1}to lofue : Make thee kniues of ftone , and circumeife (b) the fecond time the children of Ifrael, 3. He did that which our Lord: hadcom= manded, and he circumcifed the children of Ifrael in the hil of the pre- puces. 4. Aad this is the caufe of thefecond circumcifion : Al the died in the defertby the long circuits of the way ,5. who were al cir- cumcifed, But the peoplerhat was borne in the defert , 6, during the ' tourtie. yearcs of the tourney in the wide wildernes was Ancireum= cifed : ik chcy were coafumed that had not heard the voice of our Lord , and to whom he had fwarne before , that he would not thew them a land flowitg with milke and honie. 7. The children! of thefe fucceded in the place ot the fathers , and were circum: cifed oflafue :for they were in the prepuce euen as they were borne, ' neither had any. circumcifed them in the way. 8. A nd aiter that they Were al circumcifed , they abode inthe fame place of the c ampe , yntil they were whole.g. And our Lord {aid to lofue:This day haue L taken i : away.che reproach of Agypt trom you.And the name of that place was Called algal, vntil this prefent day.10.And the children ct Ifrael abode in Galgai, & they made the Phafe , the fourteenth day of the month at cuen, in the champion of Ieticho : 11, aud they did careof the corne of the Land the next day , azyme loaues and* polent of the fame y¢eare, 17.And Manna feiled after they did cate ot the corne of the Lad,t-cither did the children of Ifrael vie that mcate any more, but they cid eare of the corne of the prefert Land of Chanaan. 13. Ard when Toiue was in ithe f:eld of the citie of Lericho,he litted vp his cics,ard faw a man ftan- ‘ding againft him, holding adrawen {word , and he wentto him, and -{aid:Are thou ours, or our aduerfarics 214. Who anfwered >No: bucl ‘am a(b) Prince of the hoft of our Lord, and now I come. 1 5- lofue fel a flac i* [ure MIENSTE, --- PAGE 449 --- See An- mot. Exo, 20, IOSVE. ‘flac on the ground, And” adoring he {aid : Waatipeaketh my Lord to his feruant ? 16.” Loofe, fayth he, thy ihoe trom thy feet: tor the place wherein chou doit thand, is holie, And Lofue did as ir was.com- manded him, Proceffion about Lericho, AST