Judith — Chapter 4

whom there might be paffage of way ,6.thas they fhould take the afcéts of the temporal af- mountaynes, by which there might be way to Terufalem , and fhould -fayres of the keep watch , where the way was: narrow between the mountaynes. jcdmonwelth, 7.Aad the children of Ifrael did according asthe Prieft of our Lord, at this time, Eliachim had appointed them. 8. And al the:people eried to-our Lord. ey confent & ; 3 . fh: ommiillion of withgreat'inftance , and they. humbled their foules in faitings , and : 15 Manailes prayers,they and their wiues, 9, And the Prieits put on haire-cloths, 3¢ is’ molt pro- and they laide the infants: prottrate againit the tace ot the temple of bable thefe our Lord, andthe altar of our Lord they couered with haire-cloth ; things hapning:

into-praye;and their wiues isto (poile, , Pasa, Be & their cities into deftruction, and their holie things into pollution,and they be made a reproch to. the Gentiles, u. Then Eliacaim che nigin Prieft of our Lord went about al Ifrael and{pake ta them , 12. faying :. Koow ye, that our Lord wil heare your prayers waif continuing you. continue to taitings and prayers inthe {sght of our Lord, 13..be mundtul of Moyfes che feruant of our Lord, who ouerthrew Annalee truiting in4 his.powez,and in his might,and in his armie,& in his iiclds, and in his. i (a) Thehigh » -Prieft mana~ ged alfo the chariots , and inhis horfemen, not by-tightung , but with holic pray- Bbbbbb 2 crs: ! 1 \ ' i (a)Holofernes could narhe altogether ‘gnorant of fo famous a peo- ple as the {lowes, but in Phis rage mar- ucling at their; attempt de-~ mandeth more particulayly of their habilitie rorefift him, — Seeyeh7. 905 IV DITH. ers:14.fothal al the enemiesof Hracl be,if you perieuerin this warke, which you haue begun.15, They therfore atthis exhortarié of his befee- ching our Lord, continued in the fight of our Lord,16, fo thar they alio which offered the holocaufts to-our Lord , did offer the facrifices toour Lord girded sith haire-clothes , andthere were afhes vpon their head, 17, And they al prayed God with al their hart, that he wauld vilite his people Ifrael, CHAP, YW. Holofernes bearing that the Ifraclites prepare to refift bim., in great ragedeman- deth diuers partsculars concerning that people..5 , Achior an Ammonste telieth the meruslous works of God towards them, 22, aduifeth bim not to fight againfs them.26.The chief capitaines are offended,and threaten Achior. ee ND it was told Holofernes the General of che warres SRS of the Was themifelues to refift , and had hut vp the wayes of the great anger, & called al the Princes of Noab and dukes this people which beferreth the mountaynes:or what, ard of what fort, and how great their. cities are : alfo what their power is, or what istheir multirude ; orwho is theKing of their wartare : 4. and why aboue al that dwel in-the Eaft, haue thefe.contemned vs,@ haue not-come tortir to meetvs that they might receine vs with peace?5. Thé achior captaine of al the children of Ammon an{wering,faid: If chou-vaut(ate my Lord to heare,! wilrelthe truth in thy Sghr , ‘or this people , which dwel- leth in the mountaynes, & there tial-not a falfe word comeforth ot: my mouth.6, This people is of the progenieof the Chaldees, 7. Thefame dwelt ficttin Mefopotamia , becaufe they would not folew the Gods of their fathers., which were in the land of the Chaldees, 8. Farfa- ‘King therfore the cercmonies of their fathers , which were4a wulti- tude af Gods ,.9. they worfhipped one.God of heauen , who alio dwel in‘Charan, And when there was faraine ouer al the land, they went downe into. Agypt, and there for foure hundred yeares were fo multiplied , that the hoft of them could not be numbred. 10, And when the King of Agypt opprefled them , and in the buildings of his Cities had fubdued them in brick and claye, they cried to their Lord, and he ftrucke the whole Land of Agypr with diuers plagues. 11. And when the Agyptians had caft-them -out from them ,-and the plague. had Affyrians , that the children of I{rael prepared’ m Mounraynes ,2.and with exceeding furie hechafed in of Ammon, 3.and he fayd tothem: Tel me (4) what is commanded them that they fhould depart from thence, and fhould. Gen.11. Geni, Exod, i Exod. 7. ee. * made [foisde or firme. Exe, Iq. 4 Exod, 15. {£o.27. “Tnedic, 2.

The second part. Gods people are in great feare and distresse.