Judith — Chapter 3
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Verse 6
downe fr6 the mountaynes with horfe- men in a greac power , and tooke cueriecitie , and euerie inhabiter ofthe land. 8. And of al thecities he tooke to helpe him valiant men, and chofen for battel. 9, And fo great feare lay vpon al thofe Pro- uinces , that the inhabitants of al cities , Princes, and honourabie per- fons , together with the people went out to meet him comming , 10. receyuing him with garlands , and torches , dauncing with timbrels, and Jhaulmes, 11. Neither doing thefe things, could they for. al thac mitigate the ficceneffe af his itomacke : 12. for he did both de- troy their, cities , and cur downe their groues, 13. For Nabu- chodonofor the King had commanded him, that he thould deitroy al the al the Gods of the carth, chat.(a) he oniy might be called God of thofe nations , which could be{ubdued with the might ot Holoternes, £3 Iv DITH. 14, And paffing througli al Syria Sobal,and al Apamea, and al Melopo-. tamia, he came to the Idumeians into the land of Gabaa, 15. and tooke their cities , and fatechere for thirtie dayes,in whic dates he comman- 993 (4) An expretfe} fioureof Anti- chrift 2Thefiz, forwhom al heretikesmake Way as precur- Exa.17. ‘fers , forthe Gngular man of) ‘finne wil cone feile no God tbue himfelf, ded althe armie of . his power co be vnuted, CHAP, III. The children of Ifrael exceedingly fearing Holofernes forces. 3. prouide to refift bum , by che exiortation of the High Prieft, vfing both humane 8. and d-une é meanes. The fecond part, HWE Nthe children of Utael, which dwelt in the Land of A luda, hearing thefe things , were fore afrayd of his pre- fence. 2. Trembling alfo,& horrour inuaded thei fenfes, Gods people le{t he would doe that to Icrufalem and to the temple of feare eddit. our Lord; which he had done to other cities, & their tem- cretfe, ples, 3. Andthey fent into al Samaria round about,as fac as lericha,and. preoccupated al the toppes of mountaynes: 4.and they compafled their townes with wals, and gathered together corne for prouilion of batrel.
Verse 13
An expresse figure of Antichrist 2.Thes.2. for whom al heretikes make way as precursors, for the singular man of sinne wil confesse no God but himselfe.