1 Kings, in The Douay Old Testament (1609–1610)

The book that Protestant Bibles call 1 Kings and the Douay calls the Third Book of Kings: Solomon, the Temple, and the divided kingdom. This is 1 Kings as it stands in the first tome of the Douay Old Testament (Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1609), the English College of Douai’s Catholic translation from the Latin Vulgate, in its original spelling. The page gives the edition’s Argument of the book, every chapter with its printed summary, the verse text and the marginal notes and the edition’s essay on the continuance of the Church and religion through the ages of the world.

THE ARGVMENT OF THE THIRD BOOKE OF KINGES.

VVITH commemoration of king Dauids old age, of his appointing a ſucceſsour, and of his death, in the firſt and part of the ſecond chapters, this booke conteyneth two other principal partes: the former is of king Salomon: of his entrance to the kingdom; his deuotion; wiſdom; magnificence; richeſſe; great familie; building of the Temple; and other [Margin: The contentes of this booke, diuided into three partes.] ſumptuous palaces; of his fal alſo into luxurie, and idolatrie; in the reſt of the ſecond chapter to the end of the eleuenth. The other part sheweth the diuiſion of the kingdom; onlie two tribes remayning to Roboam, Salomons ſonne, with title of king of Iuda; and tenne paſsing to Ieroboam his ſeruant, called king of Iſrael. So folow the ſeueral reignes of Abias, Aſa, and Ioſaphat kinges of Iuda: and of Madab, Baaſa, Ela, Zambri, Amri, Achab with Iezabel, and Ochoſias kinges of Iſrael: with the preaching, miracles, and other actes of Abias, Elias, Eliſeus, and other prophetes▪ in the other eleuen chapters.

THE THIRD BOOKE OF KINGES; ACCORDING TO THE HEBREWES THE FIRST OF MALACHIM.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. King Dauid waxing old, Abiſag a Sunamite is brought to him. 5. Adonias pretending to reigne, 11. Nathan and Beth⟨illegible⟩abee obtaine, 28. that Salomon is declared and annointed King. 41. VVherupon Adonias (his folowers parting to their houſes) 50. fleeth to the altar in the tabernacle, but vpon promiſe of ſafe⟨illegible⟩ doth homage to Salomon.

1 AND king Dauid was old, and had manie daies of age: and when he was couered with clothes, he was not warmed.

2 His ſeruantes therfore ſayd to him: Let vs ſeeke for our lord the king a yong woman a virgin, and let her ſtand before the king, and cherishe him, and ſleepe in his boſome, and warme our lord the king.

3 They ſought therfore a beautiful yong woman in al the coſtes of Iſrael, and they found Abiſag a Sunamite, and brought her to the king.

4 And the damſel was exceding beautiful, and she ſlept with the king, and ſerued him, but the king did not know her.

5 And Adonias the ſonne of Haggith was eleuated, ſaying: I wil reigne. And he made him ſelf chariotes and horſemen, and fiftie men, that should runne before him.

6 Neither did his father controwle him at any time, ſaying: Why didſt thou this? And he alſo was very beautiful, the ſecond borne after Abſalom.

7 And he had talke with Ioab the ſonne of Saruia, & with [::] Abiathar the prieſt, who furthered Adonias ſide.

8 But Sadoc the prieſt, and Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Semei, and Rei, and the ſtrength of Dauids armie was not with Adonias.

9 Adonias therfore hauing immolated rammes and calues, and al ſatte beaſtes beſide the Stone zoheleth, which was nigh to the Fountaine Rogel, called al his brethren the ſonnes of the king, and al the men of Iuda the ſeruantes of the king:

10 But Nathan the prophet, and Banaias, and al the ſtrong ones, and Salomon his brother he called not.

11 Nathan therfore ſayd to Bethſabee the mother of Salomon: Haſt thou not heard that Adonias the ſonne of Haggith hath reigned, and our lord Dauid is ignorant therof?

12 Now therfore come, take counſel of me, and ſaue thy life, and thy ſonne Salomons.

13 Goe, and enter in to king Dauid, and ſay to him: Didſt not thou my lord king ſweare to me thy handmayd, ſaying: Salomon thy ſonne ſhal reigne after me, and he ſhal ſitte in my throne? Why then reigneth Adonias?

14 And whiles thou art yet ſpeaking there with the king, I wil come after thee, and make vp thy wordes.

15 Bethſabee therfore went in to the king in the chamber: and the king was exceding old, and Abiſag the Sunamite miniſtred to him.

16 Bethſabee bowed her ſelf, and adored the king. To whom the king ſayd: What is thy wil? quoth he.

17 Who anſwering ſayd: My lord, thou didſt ſweare to thy handmayd by our Lord thy God, that Salomon thy ſonne ſhal reigne after me, and he ſhal ſitte in my throne.

18 And behold now Adonias reigneth, thou my lord the king not knowing therof.

19 He hath killed oxen, & al fatte thinges, and manie rammes, and called al the kinges ſonnes, Abiathar alſo the prieſt, and Ioab the General of the warfarre: but Salomon thy ſeruant he called not.

20 Notwithſtanding my lord king, the eyes of al Iſrael looke vpon thee, that thou wouldeſt ſhew them, who ſhal ſitte in thy throne my lord king after thee.

21 And it ſhal be when my lord king ſleepeth with his fathers, I and my ſonne Salomon shal be [::] ſinners.

22 As she was yet ſpeaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came.

23 And they told the king, ſaying: Nathan the prophete is here. And when he was gone in to the king, and had adored bowing to the earth,

24 Nathan ſayd: My lord king, didſt thou ſay: Let Adonias reigne after me, and let him ſitte vpon my throne?

25 Becauſe he is gone downe to day, and hath immolated oxen, and fattelinges, and manie rammes, and called al the kinges ſonnes, and the captaynes of the armie, Abiathar alſo the prieſt: and they eating and drinking before him, and ſaying: God ſaue the king Adonias:

26 me thy ſeruant, and Sadoc the prieſt, and Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada, and Salomon thy ſeruant he called not.

27 Is this word proceded from my lord the king, and haſt thou not told me thy ſeruant who ſhould ſitte vpon the throne of my lord the king after him?

28 And king Dauid anſwered, ſaying: Cal vnto me Bethſabee. Who when ſhe was entered in to the king, and ſtood before him,

29 the king ſware, and ſayd: Our Lord liueth, which hath deliuered my ſoule from al diſtreſſe,

30 that as I ſware to thee by our Lord the God of Iſrael, ſaying: Salomon thy ſonne ſhal reigne after me, and he ſhal ſitte vpon my throne for me, ſo wil I doe this day.

31 And Bethſabee bowing her con⟨illegible⟩enance vnto the earth adored the king, ſaying: God ſaue my lord for euer.

32 King Dauid alſo ſaid: Cal me Sadoc the prieſt, and Nathan the prophet, & Banaias the ſonne of Io⟨illegible⟩ad⟨illegible⟩. Who when they were entred in before the king,

33 he ſaid to them: Take with you the ſeruantes of your lord, and ſette Salomon my ſonne vpon my mule: and bring him into Gihon.

34 And let Sadoc the prieſt anoint him there, and Nathan the prophet to be king ouer Iſrael: and you ſhal ſound the trumpet, and ſhal ſay: God ſaue king Salomon.

35 And you ſhal goe vp after him, and he ſhal come, and ſhal ſitte vpon my throne, and he shal reigne for me: and I wil ordaine him that he be prince ouer Iſrael, and ouer Iuda.

36 And Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada anſwered the king, ſaying: Amen: ſo ſpeake our Lord the God of my lord the king.

37 As our Lord hath beene with my lord the king, ſo be he with Salomon, and make his throne higher then the throne of my lord king Dauid.

38 Sadoc therfore the prieſt, and Nathan the prophet went downe, and Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada, and Cherethi, and Phelethi: and they ſet Salomon vpon the mule of king Dauid, and brought him into Gihon.

39 And Sadoc the prieſt tooke a horne of oile out of the tabernacle, and annointed Salomon: and they ſounded the trumpet, and al the people ſaid: God ſaue king Salomon.

40 And al the multitude went vp after him, and the people ſinging on ſhaulmes, and reioyſing with great gladnes, and the earth ſounded of their crie.

41 And Adonias heard, and al that were inuited of him, and the feaſt was ended: yea and Ioab hearing the voice of the trumpet, ſaid: What meaneth the crie of the citie making a tumult?

42 As he yet ſpake, came Ionathas the ſonne of Abiathar the prieſt: to whom Adonias ſaid: Come in, becauſe thou art a ſtout man, and bringeſt good newes,

43 And Ionathas anſwered Adonias: Not ſo: for our lord king Dauid hath appointed Salomon king.

44 and hath ſent with him Sadoc the prieſt, and Nathan the prophete, and Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada, and Cerethi, and Phelethi, and they haue ſet him vpon the kinges mule.

45 And Sadoc the prieſt, and Nathan the prophete haue annointed him king in Gihon: & they are gone vp thence reioyſing, and the citie ſounded: this is the voice that you heard.

46 Yea and Salomon ſitteth vpon the throne of the kingdom.

47 And the kinges ſeruantes entring in, haue bleſſed our lord king Dauid, ſaying: God amplify the name of Salomon aboue thy name, and magnifie his throne aboue thy throne. And the king [::] adored in his bed:

48 and he hath thus ſpoken: Bleſſed be our Lord the God of Iſrael, who hath geuen this day one ſitting in my throne, mine eies ſeing it

49 They therfore were terrified, and they al aroſe, that had beene inuited of Adonias, and euery man went his way.

50 And Adonias fearing Salomon aroſe, and went, and held the horne of the altar.

51 And they told Salomon ſaying: Behold Adonias fearing king Salomon, hath taken hold of the horne of the altar, ſaying: Let king Salomon ſweare to me this day, that he wil not kil his ſeruant with the ſword.

52 And Salomon ſayd: If he be a good man, there ſhal not ſo much as one heare of his fal vpon the ground▪ but if euil ſhal be found in him, he ſhal die.

53 King Salomon therfore ſent, and brought him out from the altar: and going in he adored king Salomon: and Salomon ſayd to him: Goe to thy houſe.

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

• 1 The firſt pa⟨illegible⟩ King Dauides admonitions to his ſonne: and his death
• 7 [::] For this conſpiracie Abiathar was depoſed. ch. ⟨illegible⟩ v. 27.
• 21 [::] Baſely eſtemed, or puniſhed as offenders vpon ſuſpition or ⟨illegible⟩lo⟨illegible⟩.
• 47 [::] King Dauid did not ad⟨illegible⟩e his ſonne as a ſubject adoreth his prince▪ ⟨illegible⟩a⟨illegible⟩ adored God, geuing thankes for this bene⟨illegible⟩e of a ſucced⟨illegible⟩ ▪ as it foloweth in the next verſe.

Chapter 2

CHAP. II. Dauid geueth godlie preceptes to Salomon. 5. willeth him to punish certaine offenders: 10. and dieth. 12. Salomon reigneth. 13. Adonias, by interceſsion of ⟨illegible⟩e⟨illegible⟩hſabee, requeſleth to haue Abiſag to wife: 22. but is put to death for demanding her. 26. Abiathar the prieſt is banished, and depoſed, for conſpiring with Adonias. 28. Ioab alſo for the ſame cauſe, and former crimes is ſlaine. 36. Semei is confined in Ieruſalem, 40. & for tranſgreſsing his limites, together with old faultes is likewiſe ſlaine.

1 AND the dayes of Dauid approched that he should die, and he commanded his ſonne Salomon, ſaying:

2 I enter into the way of al flesh: take courage, and play the man.

3 And obſerue the watches of our Lord thy God, that thou walke in his waies, and keepe his ceremonies, and his preceptes, and iudgementes, and teſtimonies, as is written in the law of Moyſes: that thou mayſt vnderſtand al thinges which thou doeſt, and whitherſoeuer thou shalt turne thy ſelfe:

4 that our Lord may confirme his wordes, which he hath ſpoken of me, ſaying: If thy children ſhal keepe their waies, and ſhal walke before me in truth, in al their hart, and in al their ſoul, there shal not altogether be taken from thee a man out of the throne of Iſrael.

5 Thou knoweſt alſo what Ioab the ſonne of Saruia hath done to me, what he did to the two princes of the armie of Iſrael, to Abner the ſonne of Ner, and Amaſa the ſonne of Iether: whom he ſlewe, & ⟨illegible⟩hed the bloud of warre in peace, & put the bloud of battel in his belt, which was about his loynes, and in his shoe, which was on his feete.

6 Thou shalt doe therfore according to thy wiſdom, and shalt not bring his hoare head peaceably vnto hel.

7 But to the ſonnes alſo of Berzellai the Galaadite thou shalt render kindnes, and they shal eate on thy table: for they mette me when I fled from the face of Abſolom thy brother.

8 Thou haſt alſo with thee Semei the ſonne of Gera the ſonne of Iemini of Bahurim, who curſed me with a wicked curſe, when I went to the Campe; but becauſe he came downe to meete me when I paſſed Iordam, and I ſware to him by our Lord, ſaying: I wil not kil thee with the ſword:

9 doe not thou ſuffer him to be guiltles. But thou art a wiſe man, ſo that thou knoweſt what thou ſhalt doe to him▪ and thou shalt bring his hoare heare with bloud vnto hel.

10 Dauid therefore ſlept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid.

11 And the daies that Dauid reigned in Iſrael, are fourtie yeares: in Hebron he reigned ſeuen yeares, in Ieruſalem thirtie three.

12 And Salomon ſate vpon the throne of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was confirmed excedingly.

13 And Adonias the ſonne of Haggith entered in to Bethſabee the mother of Salomon. Who ſaid to him: Is thy coming peaceable? Who anſwered: peaceable.

14 And he added: I haue a word to ſpeake with thee. To whom she ſaid: Speake. And he:

15 Thou knoweſt, quoth he, that the kingdom was mine, and al Iſrael had purpoſed to make me ouer them to be their king: but the kingdom is tranſpoſed, & is made my brothers: for it was appointed him of our Lord

16 Now therefore I deſire one petition of thee; Confound not my face▪ Who ſaid to him: Speake.

17 And he ſaid: I pray ſpeake to Salomon the king (for he can not denie thee any thing) that he geue me Abiſag the Sunamite to wife.

18 And Bethſabee ſaied: wel, I wil ſpeake ⟨illegible⟩ thee to the king

19 Bethſabee therefore came to king Salomon, to ſpeake vnto him for Adonias: and the king aroſe to meete her, and adored her, and ſate downe vpon his throne: and a throne was ſette for the kinges mother, who ſate on his right hand.

20 And ſhe ſaid to him: One litle petition I deſire of thee, confound not my face And the king ſaid to her: My mother aske: for [::] it behoueth not that I turne away thy face.

21 Who ſaid: Let Abiſ⟨illegible⟩g the Sunamite be geuen to Adonias thy brother to wife.

22 And king Salomon anſwered, and ſaid to his mother: Why doeſt thou aske Abiſ⟨illegible⟩g the Sunamite for Adonias? aske for him alſo the kingdom: for he is my brother elder then I, & hath Abiathar the prieſt, & Ioab the ſonne of Saruie.

23 Therfore king Salomon ſware by our Lord, ſaying: Theſe thinges doe God to me, and theſe adde he, becauſe Adonias hath ſpoken this word againſt his life.

24 And now, our Lord liueth which hath eſtabliſhed me, and placed me vpon the throne of Dauid my father, and which hath made me a houſe, as he ſpake, this day ſhal Adonias be ſlaine.

25 And king Salomon ſent by the hand of Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada, who ſlewe him, and he died.

26 To Abiathar alſo the prieſt the king ſaid: Goe into Anathoth to thy field, and thou in deede art a man of death: but to day I wil not kil thee, becauſe thou didſt carie the arke of our Lord God before Dauid my father, & haſt ſuſteyned labour in al thinges, wherein my father laboured.

27 Salomon therefore [::] caſt out Abiathar, that he ſhould not be the prieſt of our Lord, that the word of our lord might be fulfilled, which he ſpake concerning the houſe of Heli in Silo.

28 And then a meſſenger came to Ioab for that Ioab had turned after Adonias, and after Salomon had not turned: Ioab therfore fled into the tabernacle of our Lord, & caught the horne of the altar.

29 And it was told king Salomon, that Ioab was fled into the tabernacle of our Lord, and was beſide the altar: & Salomon ſent Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada, ſaying: Goe, kil him.

30 And Banaias came to the tabernacle of our Lord, and ſaid to him: Thus ſayth the king: Come forth. Who ſaid: I wil not come forth, but here wil I die. Banaias reported his word to the king, ſaying: Thus ſpake Ioab, and thus he anſwered me.

31 And the king ſaid to him: Doe as he hath ſpoken: and kil him, & burie him, and thou ſhalt remoue the innocent bloud, which hath beene ſhed of Ioab, from me, and from the houſe of my father.

32 And our Lord ſhal render his bloud vpon his head, becauſe he murdered two iuſt men, & better then him ſelf: and ſlew them with his ſword, my father Dauid not knowing, Abner the ſonne of Ner general of the warfare of Iſrael, and Amaſa the ſonne of Iether general of the armie of Iuda:

33 and their bloud ſhal returne vpon the head of Ioab, and vpon the head of his ſeede for euer But to Dauid and his ſeede and his houſe, and to his throne be peace for euer from our Lord.

34 Banaias therfore the ſonne of Ioiada went vp, and ſetting vpon him ſlewe him: and he was buried in his houſe in the deſert.

35 And the king appoynted Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada for him ouer the armie, and Sadoc the prieſt he [::] placed for Abiathar.

36 The king alſo ſent, and called Semei, and ſaid to him: Build thee a houſe in Ieruſalem, and dwel there: and thou shalt not goe out thence hither and thither.

37 But what day ſoeuer thou shalt goe out, and shalt paſſe the Torrent Cedron know that thou art to be ſlaine: thy bloud shal be vpon thy head.

38 And Semei ſaid to the king: The ſaying is good: as my lord the king hath ſpoken, ſo wil thy ſeruant doe. Semei therfore dwelt in Ieruſalem, manie dayes.

39 And it came to paſ⟨illegible⟩e after three yeares, that the ſeruantes of Semei ſled to Achis the ſonne of Maacha the king of Geth: and it was told Semei that his ſeruantes were gone into Geth.

40 And Semei aroſe, and ſadled his aſle, and went to Achis into Geth to require his ſeruantes, and he brought them out of Geth.

41 And it was told Salomon that Semei went into Geth out of Ieruſalem, and was returned.

42 And ſending he called him, and ſaid to him: Did I not teſtifie to thee by our Lord, and told thee before: What day ſoeuer thou going out shalt paſſe hither & thither, know that thou shalt die? And thou didſt anſwere me: The ſaying is good, which I haue heard.

43 Why then haſt thou not kept the oath of our Lord, and the precept that I commanded thee?

44 And the king ſaid to Semei: Thou knoweſt al the euil, wherof thy hart is priuy to thy ſelfe, which thou diſt to Dauid my father: our Lord hath rendred thy malice vpon thy head:

45 And king Salomon be bleſſed, and the throne of Dauid shal be ſtable before our Lord for euer:

46 The king therfore commanded Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada: who going out, ſtroke him, and he died.

Marginal notes to Chapter 2

• 12 The ſecond part. O⟨illegible⟩ Salomons r⟨illegible⟩ne, and actes good and bad.
• 20 [::] In al co⟨illegible⟩e ⟨illegible⟩ ſuires⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩ the ⟨illegible⟩ to heare his mother.
• 27 [::] By ſpecial inſtinct Salomon did this extraordinarie fact as a prophet & miniſter of God, executing his ſentence geuen before againſt the houſe of ⟨illegible⟩l⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩ the ſinnes of his children, ⟨illegible⟩. Reg. 2. ⟨illegible⟩. 31. and for A⟨illegible⟩athars proper fault ⟨illegible⟩ with Adonias againſt Salomon 3. Reg. 1.
• 35 [::] Salomon was not only a kīg but alſo a prophet. Moreouer ſome ſecular princes do⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩inate ſpiritual ſuperiours, are in ſhal them in, ther ⟨illegible⟩ yet thei⟨illegible⟩ i⟨illegible⟩ſd⟨illegible⟩ction is not depending on the ⟨illegible⟩ but the ⟨illegible⟩ to be ⟨illegible⟩ by them Num 27. v. 21.

Chapter 3

CHAP. III. King Salomon marieth Ikaraos ſiſter. 3. offereth Victims in high places. 5. admoniſhed by God in his ſleepe to demand what he wil, he asketh wiſdom to gouerne his people. 10. which God granteth him, with much richeſse alſo and glorie. 16. He decideth a controuerſie betwen two wemen contending about a liuing child and a dead.

1 THE kingdom therfore was eſtablished in the hand of Salomon, and he was ioyned in affinitie to Pharao the king of Aegypt: for he tooke his daughter, and brought her into the citie of Dauid, vntil he accomplished building his owne houſe, and the houſe of our Lord, and the wal of Ieruſalem round about.

2 But yet the people immolated in the excelſes: for there was no temple built to the name of our Lord vntil that day.

3 And Salomon loued our Lord, walking in the preceptes of Dauid his father, ſauing that he immolated in the excelſes, and burnt incenſe.

4 He went therfore into Gabaon, to immolate there: for that was a verie great excelſe: a thouſand hoſtes for holocauſt did Salomon offer vpon that altar in Gabaon.

5 And our Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night ſaying: Aske what thou wilt that I may geue it thee.

6 And Salomon ſaid: Thou haſt done great mercie with thy ſeruant Dauid my father, euen as he walked in thy fight in truth, and iuſtice, and a right hart with thee: for thou haſt kept thy great mercie, and haſt geuen him a ſonne ſitting vpon his throne, as it is this day.

7 And now Lord God, thou haſt made thy ſeruant to reigne for Dauid my father: but I am a litle childe, and ignorant of my going out and coming in.

8 And thy ſeruant is in the middes of the people, which thou haſt choſen, a people infinite, which can not be numbred and counted for the multitude.

9 Thou shalt therfore geue to thy ſeruant a docible hart, that he may iudge the people, & diſcerne betwen good and euil. For who ſhal be able to iudge this people, this thy people great in number?

10 The word therfore was liked before our Lord, that Salomon had asked ſuch a thing.

11 And our Lord ſayd to Salomon: Becauſe thou haſt asked this thing, and haſt not deſired for thy ſelf manie dayes, nor riches, nor the liues of thine enemies, but haſt deſired wiſedom for thy ſelf to diſcerne iudgement:

12 behold I haue done vnto thee according to thy wordes, & haue geuen thee a wiſe hart and intelligent, in ſo much that ⟨illegible⟩ before thee hath beene like thee, nor shal a⟨illegible⟩iſe after thee.

13 Ye⟨illegible⟩ and theſe thinges, which thou di⟨illegible⟩ not aske, I haue geuen thee: to witte, riches, and glorie, ſo that none hath beene like thee ⟨illegible⟩g the kinges al dayes hertofore.

14 And if thou wilt wall ⟨illegible⟩ my wayes, and keepe my preceptes and my ⟨illegible⟩n mand⟨illegible⟩ntes, as thy father wa⟨illegible⟩k⟨illegible⟩. I wil make thy dayeslong.

15 Therfore Salomon awaked, and perceiued that it was a dreame: and when he was come to Ieruſalem, he ſtood before the arke of couenant of our Lord, and offered holocauſtes, and made pacifique victimes, and a great feaſt to al his ſeruantes.

16 Then came there two wemen har lottes to the king, and ſtood before him:

17 of the which one ſaid: I beſech thee, my lord, I and this woman dwelt in one houſe, and I was deliuered of a childe beſide her in the chamber.

18 And the third day, after that I was deliuered, she alſo was deliuered, and we were together, and no other perſon with vs in the houſe, except we two.

19 And this womans childe died in the night. For ſleping she oppreſſed him.

20 And ryſing in the dead tyme of the night, she tooke my childe from the ſide of me thy handmayd being aſlepe, and layed it in her boſome: and her childe that was dead, she put in my boſome.

21 And when I was ryſen in the morning to geue my childe milke, he appeared dead: whom more diligently beholding when it was cleere day, I found that it was not mine which I bare.

22 And the other woman anſwered: It is not ſo as thou ſayſt, but thy childe is dead, and mine liueth. On the contrarie part she ſayd: Thou lieſt: for my childe liueth, and thy childe is dead. And in this maner they ſtroue before the king.

23 Then ſayd the king: This woman ſaith, My childe liueth, and thy childe is dead. And this hath anſwered, No, but thy childe is dead, and mine liueth.

24 The king therfore ſaid: Bring me a ſword. And when they had brought a ſword before the King,

25 Diuide, quoth he, the liuing child into two partes, and geue the halfe part to one, and halfe to the other.

26 But the woman, whoſe childe was aliue, ſaid to the king (for her bowels were moued vpon her childe) I beſech thee my lord, geue her the childe aliue, and kil it not. On the contrarie part she ſayd: [::] be it neither mine, nor thine, but let it be diuided.

27 The king anſwered, and ſaid: Geue vnto this woman the infant aliue, and let it not be killed for this is the mother therof.

28 Al Iſrael therfore heard the iudgement that the king had iudged, and they feared the king, ſeing the wiſedom of God to be in him to doe iudgement.

Marginal notes to Chapter 3

• 16 The Epiſtle on monday in the 4 weke of Le⟨illegible⟩.
• 26 [::] So here⟨illegible⟩es not being able to proue that their ſynagogue is the true & permanent Church, would deſtroy the Catholique and ſo haue none at al.

Chapter 4

CHAP. IIII. Chiefe men of Salomons kingdom are recited by their names, and offices. 22. likewiſe the prouiſion of victuals for his houſe, 26. the number of his horſes, 19. his wiſedom excelleth al others. 3⟨illegible⟩. he writte manie parables and verſes, and lernedly diſcourſed of al thinges.

1 AND king Salomon was reigning ouer al Iſrael:

2 and theſe were the princes which he had: Azarias the ſonne of Sadoc the prieſt:

3 Elihoreph, and Ahia the ſonnes of Siſa Scribes: Ioſaph at the ſonne of Ahilud, regiſter:

4 Banaias the ſonne of Ioiada, ouer the armie: and Sadoc, and Abiathar prieſtes.

5 Azarias the ſonne of Nathan, ouer them that aſſiſted the king: Zabud the ſonne of Nathan prieſt the kinges frend:

6 and Ahizar gouernour of the houſe: and Adoni⟨illegible⟩am the ſonne of Abda ouer the tributes.

7 And Salomon had twelue gouernours ouer al Iſrael, which ſerued out victuals for the king and for his houſe: for euerie one miniſtred neceſſaries, eche man his moneth in the yeare.

8 And theſe are their names: Benhur in mount Ephraim.

9 Bendecar, in Macces, and in Salebim, and in Bethſames, and in Elon, and in Bethhanan.

10 Benheſed in Aruboth: his was Socho, and al the land Epher.

11 Benabinadab, whoſe was al Nepha Dor, had Tapheth the daughter of Salomon to wife.

12 Bana the ſonne of Ahilud gouerned Thanach and Mageddo, and al Bethſan, which is beſide Satthana vnder Iezrahel, from Bethſan vnto Abelmehula ouer againſt Iecm⟨illegible⟩an.

13 Bengaber in Ramoth galaad: had Auothiair the ſonne of Manaſſes in Galaad, he was chiefe in al the countrie of Argob, which is in Baſan, three ſcore cities great and walled, which had braſen lockes.

14 Ahinadab the ſonne of Addo was chiefe in Manaim.

15 Achimaas in Nephthali: yea he alſo had Baſemath the daughter of Salomon in mariage.

16 Baana the ſonne of Huſi, in Aſer, and in Baloth.

17 Ioſaphat the ſonne of Pharue, in Iſacar.

18 Semei the ſonne of Ela, in Beniamin.

19 Gaber the ſonne of Vri, in the land of Galaad in the land of Sehon the king of the Ammorrheite, & of Og the king of Baſan, ouer al thinges that were in that land.

20 Iuda and Iſrael innumereble as the ſand of the ſea in multitude: eating, and drinking, and reioyſing.

21 And Salomon was in his dominion, hauing al the kingdomes with him from the riuer of the land of the Philiſthijms vnto the border of Aegypt: of them that offered him preſents, and ſerued him al the dayes of his life.

22 And the prouiſion of Salomon was euerie day thirtie meaſures of floure, & three ſcore meaſures of meale,

23 tenne fat oxen and twentie paſture fed, & a hundred rammes, beſide the veniſon of hartes, roes, and buffles, & fatted foule.

24 For he poſſeſſed al the countrie, which was beyond the riuer, from Thapſa vnto Goza, and al the kinges of thoſe countries: and he had peace on euerie ſide round about.

25 And Iuda and Iſrael dwelt without anie feare, euerie one vnder his vine, and vnder his figtree, from Dan vnto Berſabe al the dayes of Salomon.

26 And Salomon had fourtie thouſand ſtalles of chariothorſes and twelue thouſand for the ſaddle.

27 And the foreſaide gouernours of the king fed them: yea and the neceſſaries of king Salomons table they gaue forth with great care in their time.

28 Barley alſo and ſtrow for the horſes, and beaſtes, they brought to the place, where the king was, according as it was appointed them.

29 God alſo gaue wiſdom to Salomon and prudence exceding much, and latitude of hart as the ſand that is in the ſea ſhore.

30 And the wiſdom of Salomon paſſed the wiſdom of al them in the eaſt, and of the Aegyptians,

31 and he was wiſer then al men: wiſer then Ethan the Ezralite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Dorda the ſonnes of Mahol and he was renowmed in al nations round about.

32 Salomon alſo ſpake [::] three thouſand parables: and his ſongues were a thouſand & fiue.

33 And he diſputed of trees from the ceder, that is in Libanus, vnto the hyſſop which cometh out of the wal: and he diſcourſed of beaſtes, and foules, and creeping wormes, and fiſhes.

34 And there came from al people to heare the wiſdom of Salomon, and from al the kinges of the earth, which heard his wiſdom.

Marginal notes to Chapter 4

• 32 [::] Theſe bookes are not extant.

Chapter 5

CHAP. V. Hiram king of Tyre granteth timber and workmen for building the Temple: Salomon allowing victuals, and paying wages. 13. the number of workmen and ouerſeers.

1 HIRAM alſo the king of Tyre ſent his ſeruantes to Salomon: for he heard that they had auointed him king for his father: becauſe Hiram had bene Dauids frend at al time.

2 And Salomon ſent to Hiram, ſaying:

3 Thou knoweſt the wil of Dauid my father, and that he could not build a houſe to the name of our Lord his God, becauſe of warres imminent round about vntil our Lord put them vnder the ſole of his feete.

4 But now our Lord my God hath geuen me reſt round about: and there is no ſatan, nor il rencounter.

5 Wherfore I purpoſe to build a temple to the name of our Lord my God, as our Lord hath ſpoken to Dauid my father, ſaying: Thy ſonne, whom I wil geue for thee vpon thy throne, he shal build a houſe to my name.

6 Command therfore that thy ſeruantes cut me downe cedres out of Libanus, and let my ſeruantes be with thy ſeruantes: and I wil geue thee the hire of thy ſeruantes whatſoeuer thou wilt aske, for thou knoweſt how there is not in my people a man that hath skil to hew wood as the Sidonians.

7 When Hiram therfore had heard the wordes of Salomon, he reioyſed excedingly, and ſaid: Bleſſed be the Lord God this day, who hath geuen vnto Dauid a ſonne moſt wi⟨illegible⟩e ouer this people ſo great in number.

8 And Hiram ſent to Salomon, ſaying: I haue heard whatſoeuer thou haſt willed me: I wil doe al thy wil in cedre trees, and firre trees.

9 My ſeruantes shal bring them downe from Libanus to the ſ⟨illegible⟩a▪ and I wil put them in boates in the ſea, vnto the place, which thou ſhalt ſignifie to me; and wil land them there, and thou shalt take them: and thou ſhalt allow me neceſſaries, that there be meate geuen for my houſe.

10 Therfore Hiram gaue Salomon cedre trees, and firre trees, according to al his wil.

11 And Salomon allowed Hiram twentie thouſand cores of wheate, for prouiſion for his houſe, and twentie cores of ⟨illegible⟩ pure oile: theſe thinges did Salomon geue to Hiram euerie yeare.

12 Our Lord alſo gaue wiſedom to Salomon, as he ſpake to him: & there was peace betwen Hiram & Salomon, and both made a league.

13 And king Salomon choſe workm⟨illegible⟩n out of al Iſrael, and the taxed number was of thirtie thouſand men.

14 And he ſent them into Libanus, ten thouſand euerie moneth by courſe, ſo that two monethes they were in their houſes: and Adoniram was ouer this taxing.

15 And Salomon had ſeuentie thouſand of them that caried burdens, and eightie thouſand hewers of ſtones in the mountaine:

16 beſides the ouerſeers which were ouer euerie worke, in number three thouſand, and three hundred that commanded the people, and them that did the worke.

17 And the king commanded, that they should take great ſtones, choſen ſtones for the foundation of the temple, and should ſquare them:

18 which the maſons of Salomon, and maſons of Hiram hewed: moreouer the Giblians prepared timber and ſtones, to build the houſe.

Chapter 6

CHAP. VI. In the yeare foure hundred and foure ſcore after the Iſraelites came from Aegypt, Salomon, the fourth yeare of his reigne, begenneth to build the Te⟨illegible⟩e 2. The principal partes with the greatnes, forme, and ornamentes therof ⟨illegible⟩ deſcribed. 38. It is in building ſeuen yeares.

1–2 AND it came to paſſe in the foure hundred and foure ſcore yeare of the coming forth of the children of Iſrael out of the Land of Aegypt, in the fourth yeare, the moneth Zio (that is the ſecond moneth) of the reigne of Salomon ouer Iſrael, he began to build a houſe to our Lord. ⟨illegible⟩ the houſe, which king Salomon built to our Lord, had three ſcore cubites in length, and twentie cubites in br⟨illegible⟩h▪ ⟨illegible⟩nd thirtie cubites in height.

3 And there was a porche ⟨illegible⟩ the temple of twentie cubites of length, according to the meaſure of the bredth of the temple: and it had ten cubites of bredth before the face of the temple.

4 And he made in the temple [*] oblique windowes.

5 And he built vpon the wal of the temple loftes round about, † in the walles of the houſe round about the temple and the oracle, and he made ſides round about.

6 The loft that was vnderneth, had fiue cubites of bredth, & the middle loft was of ſix cubites in bredth, and the third loft had ſeuen cubites of bredth. And he put beames in the houſe round about on the outſide, that they might not cleaue to the walles of the temple.

7 And the houſe when it was built, was built of ſtones hewed and perfected: and hammer, and hachet, and al the to⟨illegible⟩l⟨illegible⟩ of y⟨illegible⟩ were [::] not heard in the houſe when it was built.

8 The doot⟨illegible⟩ of the middle ſide was in the wal of the houſe on the r⟨illegible⟩h⟨illegible⟩ hand: and by wynding ſtaires they went vp into the middle row me, and from the middle into the third.

9 And he built the houſe, and finished it: he couered alſo the houſe with ſeelings of cedre trees.

10 And he built a loft ouer al the houſe fiue cubites of height, and he couered the houſe with cedre timber.

11 And the word of our Lord came to Salomon, ſaying:

12 This houſe, which thou buildeſt, if thou wilt walke in my preceptes, and doe my iudgementes, and keepe al my commandementes, going in them, I wil eſtablish my word to thee, which I ſpake to Dauid thy father.

13 And I wil dwel in the middes of the children of Iſrael, and wil not forſake my people Iſrael.

14 Salomon therfore built the houſe, and finished it.

15 And he built the walles of the houſe on the inſide, with cedre loftes, from the pauement of the houſe to the toppe of the walles, and to the roofes, he couered it with cadre trees on the inſide: and he couered the floore of the houſe with boordes of firre.

16 And he built loftes of cedre timber of twentie cubites at the hinder part of the temple, from the pauement to the higher partes: and he made the inner houſe of the oracle to be [::] Sanctum Sanctorum.

17 Moreouer the temple it ſelf was fourtie cubites before the doores of the oracle.

18 And al the houſe was couered within with cede⟨illegible⟩, hauing roundels, and the ioyntes therof coningly wrought and the engrauinges ſtanding out: al thinges were couered with bordes: [::] neither could there a ſtone appeare in the wal at al.

19 And he made the oracle in the middes of the houſe, in the inner part, that he might put the arke of couenant of our Lord there.

20 Moreouer the oracle had twentie cubites in length, and twentie cubites of bredth, and twentie cubites in height. And he couered and ſeeled it with moſt pure gold▪ and the altar alſo he decked with ceder.

21 The houſe alſo before the oracle he couered with moſt pure gold, and faſtened on plates with nailes of gold.

22 And there was nothing in the temple that was not couered with gold: yea and al the altar of the oracle he couered with gold.

23 And he made in the oracle two cherubs of oliue trees, of ten cubites in height.

24 One wing of a cherub of fiue cubites, and the other wing of a cherub fiue cubites: that is, hauing tenne cubites, from the end of one wing vnto the end of the other wing.

25 Of ten cubites alſo was the ſecond cherub: in like meaſure, and the worke was one in both cherubs,

26 that is to ſay, one cherub had the height of ten cubites, and in like maner the ſecond cherub.

27 And he put the cherubs in the middes of the inner temple: and the cherubs extended their winges, and the one wing touched the wal, and the wing of the ſecond cherub touched the other wal: and the other winges in the middle part of the temple touched ech other.

28 He couered alſo the cherubs with gold.

29 And al the walles of the temple round about he graued with diuerſe engrauinges and caruing: & he made in them cherubs, and palme trees, and [::] diuerſe pictures, as it were ſtanding out of the wal, and coming forth.

30 Yea the pauement alſo of the houſe he couered with gold within and without.

31 And in the entrance of the oracle he made litle doores of the timber of oliuetrees, and fiue corner poſtes.

32 And two doores of oliuetimber: and he graued in them pictures of Cherubs, and figures of Palme trees, and grauen workes ſtanding out very much; and he couered them with gold: and he couered as wel the cherubs as the palmetrees, and the other thinges with gold.

33 And he made in the entrance of the temple poſtes of oliuetimber foure ſquare:

34 and two doores of firre trees, one agaynſt an other: and either doore was duble, and ſo opened with folding leaues.

35 And he graued cherubs, and palmetrees, and engrauinges appearing very much: and he couered al with golden plates in ſquare worke by rule.

36 And he built the inner court with three rowes of ſtones polished, and one rowe of ceder timber.

37 In the fourth yeare was the houſe of our Lord founded in the moneth of Zio:

38 and in the eleuenth yeare in the moneth Bul (that is the eight moneth) the houſe was perfected in al the workes therof, and in al the implementes therof: and he was building it ſeuen yeares.

Marginal notes to Chapter 6

• 4 [*] Narovv vvithout & broad vvithin.
• 7 [::] ⟨illegible⟩
• 16 [::] Holie of holies or moſt holie place.
• 18 [::] Stones in buildinges, and bones in ⟨illegible⟩ng bodies repreſent the ſtate of religious perſones who being hidde in their Moniſteties and c⟨illegible⟩ll⟨illegible⟩s, ſo much the more fortifie the Church, by how much ⟨illegible⟩ they appeare abrode▪ becauſe their office is not to t⟨illegible⟩ch, but to mou⟨illegible⟩ne. S. Bernard. Ser. 64.
• 29 [::] It is a clere ⟨illegible⟩ that al ⟨illegible⟩ar ued & grauen pictures, or images were not vnlawful, but were religiouſly made & ſette in the holie Temple, for the more honour of God.
• 37 The end of the fourth age.

THE CONTINVANCE OF THE CHVRCH AND RELIGION IN THE FOVRTH AGE: FROM the parting of Iſrael out of Aegypt, to the fundation of the Temple. The ſpace of 480. yeares.

VVE HAVE ſenne already in the three firſt ages, or diſtinct times of the world, the biginning, increaſe, and continuance of the Church and Religion of God, without interruption. Now in this fourth age, in which God gaue his people a written Law, it is yet more euident, that the [Margin: Articles of ⟨illegible⟩aith, other pointes of religion, & ſtate of the Church more expreſſed in this fourth age then before.] ſame faith and religion, not only continued but alſo was more expreſſed, and explicated; and the Church had more varietie of Sacrifices, Sacraments, and other holie Rites, & Obſeruances: & the two ſtates Eccleſiaſtical and Temporal more diſtinguished, and ech of them, eſpecially the Prieſtlie and Leuitical Hierarchie, more diſpoſed in ſubordination: the ciuil gouernment alſo vnder Dukes Iudges, and Kinges, more diſtributed among ſuperiour and inferiour officers then before.

For first the principal point and ground of al religion, the beleefe in [Margin: Beleefe in one God.] one God, and his proper diuine worship, is aboue al moſt ſtristly commanded, often repeated, diligently obſerued by the good, and ſeuerely punished in tranſ greſsours. To which end and purpoſe, after that God had ſingularly ſelected three more renowmed Patriarches, Abraham, Iſaac, and Iacob, preſeruing them by his ſpecial grace from idolatrie, and from wicked wayes of moſt peoples and nations, bleſſed their ſeede, not in the whole progenie of the two former, but in Iacob onlie, whom he otherwiſe named Iſrael, multiplying his children excedingly, yea moſt of al (which was moſt maruelous) in holie perſecution: then bringing them forth of the fornace of Egypt, in his ſtrong hand, as is recorded in the former age, at laſt his Diuine Maiestie deliuered to them his perfect and eternal Law, conteyned [Margin: Diuine lawes.] in two tables, diſtributed into tenne preceptes, teaching them their [Margin: Moral.] proper duties first towards himſelfe their God and Lord, then towards ech other. Adding moreouer for the practiſe and execution therof, other particular [Margin: Ceremonial] precepts of two ſortes, to witte, Ceremonial preſcribing certaine determinate maners and rites, in obſeruing the commandements of the firſt table pertaining to God: and Iudicial lawes directing in particular how to fulfil the [Margin: Iudicial] commandements of the ſecond table, concerning our duties towards our neighbours. So we ſee the whole law is nothing els, but to loue God aboue al, [Margin: Mat. 22.] and our neighboures as our ſelues. The maner of performing al, is to beleue and hope in one onlie Lord God, honour and ſerue him alone, who made al of nothing, conſerueth al, wil iudge al, and render to al men as they deſerue, and therfore fully to confirme this point, he beginneth his commandements with expreſse prohibition of al falſe and imaginarie goddes, ſaying (Exod. 20. v 3.) Thou shalt not haue ſtrange goddes, & after [Margin: Onely God to be ⟨illegible⟩.] threates to the tranſgreſſours, and recital of the other nine commandementes, he concludeth (v. 23.) with repetition of the firſt, ſaying: You shal not make goddes of ſiluer, nor goddes of gold shal you make to you. ⟨illegible⟩ i⟨illegible⟩ repeted and explaned (Deut. 5.) And in the next chapter Moyſes ⟨illegible⟩ the people ſaith: Heare Iſrael, the Lord our God is one Lord. And God himſelfe ſpeaking againe ſayth: (Exod. 23.) See ye that I am onlie, and there is no other God beſides me. The royal prophet Dauid (2 Reg. 22. and Pſalm. 17.) who is God but our God? and in ſundrie other places the ſene⟨illegible⟩ doctrine of one God is grounded, confirmed, and eſtablished.

The Miſterie of the B. Trinitie, or of three Diuine Perſons, is no leſse true [Margin: The ⟨illegible⟩] and certaine, then that there is but one God, though not ſo manifeſt to reaſon, no⟨illegible⟩ ſo expreſsly taught in the old Teſtament, yet beleued then alſo, and often in inuaded, where God is expreſsed by names of the plural number: as Elobim, Elim, Elah⟨illegible⟩, Saddai, Adonai, Tſebaoth: which import pluralitie of Perſons in God, who is b⟨illegible⟩e one nature and ſubſtance. Diſtinction alſo of Perſons in God ⟨illegible⟩ced (Exod. 33.) God ſaying: I wil cal in the name of the Lord That is (as S. Auguſtin and other fathers expound it) the ſecond [Margin: q. 154. in Eoxd.] Perſon by his grace maketh his ſeruants to cal vpon God. More distinctly (Pſalm. 2.) The Lord ſaid to me: Thou art my Sonne, I this day haue begotten thee. (Pſalm. 109.) The Lord ſaid to my Lord: that is, God the Father to God the Sonne: who according to his diuinitie is the Lord of Dauid, according to his humanitie the ſonne of Dauid. The ſame [Margin: Mat. 22.] king Dauid maketh mention alſo of the third Perſon, the Holie Ghoſt praying (Pſalm. 50.) Thy holie Spirit take not from me. In the forme of bleſsing the people (Num. 6.) al three Perſons ſome to be vnderstood in the name of our Lord thriſe repeted; our Lord (the Father) bleſſe thee and keepe thee. Our Lord (the Sonne) ſhew his face to thee, and haue mercie vpon thee Our Lord (the Holie Ghoſt) turne his countenance vnto thee, and geue thee peace.

Of the Incarnation of the Sonne of God, we haue in this age manie prophecies [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩ Chriſt.] and figures. Moyſes euidently (Deut. 18) forsheweth that after other prophets Chriſt the Sonne of God should come in flesh, and redeme mankind, as S. Peter teacheth (Act. 3.) Likewiſe in his Canticle, and Bleſsing of the tribes (Deut. 32 & 33) he ſpeaketh more expreſly of Chriſt and his Church, then of the Iewes and thier Synagogue. The ſtarre prophecied by Balaam (Num. 24.) forſhewed both to Iewes and Gentiles, that Chriſt should ſubdue al nations. Ioſu⟨illegible⟩ both in name and office was a manifeſt figure of IESVS Chriſt, Alſo the Iudge, and Kinges, ſome in one thing, ſome in an other, moſt eſpecially king Dauid and king Salomon, were figures of our Lord and Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt. The braſen ſerpent (Num. 21.) ſign fied Chriſt to be crucified, as him ſelfe expenndeth it (Ioan. 3.) Bri fly the whole Law was a pedagogue, or conductor to bring men to Chriſt (Galat. 3.) and by him to know God and them ſelues: to wit, God omnipotent, al perfect, Creator of al, our Father, Redemer, and Sanctifier: and man his chief earthlie creature; though of himſelfe w⟨illegible⟩k⟨illegible⟩ and impotent, yea through ſinne miſerable, yet in nature of free condition, indued wish vnderſtanding, to conceiue, and diſcourſe; and with freewil, to chooſe or refuſe what liketh or diſpleaſeth him.

For God appointing al creatures their offices, ingraffed in al other thinges [Margin: Freewil in Angels and men] inuariable inclination to performe the ſame, ſo that they could neither by vertue nor ſinne make their ſtate better not worſe then it was created, but ordaining Angels and men to a higher end of eternal felicitie, left their wils free to agree vnto, or to reſiſt his precepts, and counſels. VVherupon Angels cooperating with Gods grace were confirmed in glorie, and ſome reuoking were eternally damned. Man alſo offending fel into damnable ſtate, but through penance may be ſaued, if he cooperate with new grace of our Redemer, which is in his choiſe to doe, or omitte. As when God gaue his people meate in the deſert (Exod. 16.) he ſo inſtructed them, how to receiue it and vſe it, without force or compulſion, that he might proue them (as himſelf ſpeaketh) whether they would walke in his law or no. And after making couenant with them (Exod. 19. Deut. 26.) required and accepted their voluntarie conſent: entring into formal contract or bargaine betwen him ſelf and them: he promiſing on the one partie to make them his peculiar people, a prieſtlie kingdome, and a holie nation: they on the other partie promiſing loyaltie, obedience and obſeruation of his commandements, ſaying: Al thinges that our Lord hath ſpoken we wil doe. For which cauſe Gods promiſes are conditional (Deut. 7.) if thou kepe his iudgements, God wil keepe his couenant to thee. Againe moſt plainly (Deut. 11.) Behold I ſette before your ſight this day benediction and malediction, and (Deut. 30.) I cal for witneſſes this day heauen and earth, that I haue propoſed to you life and death, bleſſing and curſing. Chooſe▪ therfore life that thou mayeſt liue. In al which it is certaine that Gods promiſe being firme, mans wil is variable, and ſo the euent not neceſſarie: which made Caleb hoping of victorie to ſay (Ioſue 14.) if perhaps our Lord be with me. Neither doth Gods foreknowledge make the euent neceſſarie, [Margin: Obiection of Gods ⟨illegible⟩or ⟨illegible⟩novvledge anſwered.] for he ſeeth the effect in the cauſe, as it is voluntarie or caſual: yea God knoweth al before, and ſome times fortelleth thinges, vvhich conditionally vvould happen, and in deed (the condition fayling) come not to paſſe, as (1. Reg. 23.) God anſwered, that the men of Ceila would betray Dauid (meaning if he ſtaied there) vvhich they did not; for he parted from thence.

Yet is not man able by this his freedome, nor otherwiſe of himſelf, to do, [Margin: Grace neceſſarie.] nor ſo much as to thinke anie good thing but through Gods mere mercie, and [Margin: 2. Cor. ⟨illegible⟩.] grace, geuen him without his deſeruing, ſufficient to al, and effectual to thoſe that accept it. God alſo giueth particular grace for ſpecial functions; as (Leuit. 8.) to Prieſtes (Num. 11.) to ſeuentie ancients, and (1. Reg. 10.) to king Saul.

By vvhich diuine aſsistance the commandements of God are poſſible, [Margin: Gods cōmand mentes poſſible to be kept.] as himſelfe auoucheth, ſaying: (Deut. 30.) This commandment that I command thee this day is not aboue thee. Againe; I haue ſette before thee life and good, death and euil, that thou mayeſt loue God, walke in his wayes, and keepe his commandementes.

Workes done by grace and freevvil are good and commendable, Moyſes ſo teſtifing (Deut. 14.) This is your wiſdome and vnderſtanding before peoples. Yea are meritorious: and revvardes are promiſed for the ſame [Margin: Good workes.] (Leuit. 26.) and contrariwiſe punishments threatned to the tranſgreſſours. [Margin: Meritorious.] And Booz knowing revvard to be due for vvel doing, prayed God to render to Ruth (ch. 2.) a ful reward for her wel deſeruing. The royal prophet affirmeth (Pſalm. 18.) that in keeping Gods preceptes is much reward. and (Pſal. 118.) profeſseth that he inclined his hart to keepe them for reward.

Amongſt other ſeruices of God, and meanes of mens ſaluation, external Sacrifice is of the greateſt. And therfore the maner of offering al ſortes is a⟨illegible⟩ [Margin: D⟨illegible⟩ers ſertes▪ of Sacrifices] large preſcribed in the Law, eſpecially in the ſeuen firſt Chapters of Leuiticus. The firſt and principal was Holocauſt, wherin al the oblation was ⟨illegible⟩rned [Margin: Holocauſt.] and conſumed in the honour of God our Soueraigne Lord. The ſecond was Sacrifice for ſinne, according to the diuerſitie of offences and perſones, wherof [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩ ſinne.] part was burned, the other part remained to the prieſtes, except it were for the ſinnes of prieſtes, or of the whole multitude (Leuit. 4.) for then the prieſtes had no portion, but al was offered to God. The third was pacifique ſacrifice, [Margin: Pacifique.] either of thankſgeuing for benefites receiued, or to obtaine Gods fauour in al occurrent neceſsities, and good deſires. And of both theſe ſortes one part was conſumed in Gods honour, an other part was the prieſtes, the third was theirs that gaue the oblation. In confirmation of theſe ſacrifices God at firſt miraculouſly ſent fire to burne them (Leuit. 9.) wherof he had geuen commandment before (Leuit. 6.) that it should be conſerued, and neuer extinguished, [Margin: Fire ſent from God ⟨illegible⟩ charitie.] to teach vs eſpecially of the new Teſtament, that haue the real Sacrifice, and verie hodie of the former shadowes and figures, to nourish and keepe the fire of charitie, not procured by our owne power, but geuen by God, that it neuer ceaſe, nor be extinguished in our hartes.

Likewiſe in the ſame law of Moyſes, beſides▪ Circumciſion inſtituted before [Margin: Sacraments] (Gen. 17.) and here confirmed and continued (Leuit. 12. Ioſue. 5) al hoſtes and ſacrifices for ſinne (Leuit. 4. 5. 6. and 7.) conſecration of Prieſtes, (Leuit. 8) and the ſacrifices adioyned therunto, alſo diuers other waſhinges and purifications of legal vncieannes (Leuit. 14. 15. 16. [Margin: Alanus de Sacra. c. 9.] and 17.) were al Sacraments; ſignifying either firſt iuſtification and remiſsion of ſinne, or increaſe of grace, and puritie; of which ſort it is alſo probable that the Paſchal lambe, and Loaues of propoſition were ſacramentes (Exod. 12. 25.) VVhich multitude S. Auguſtin comparing with [Margin: Manie more in the old Teſtament then in the new.] ours of the new Teſtament, ſayth: The people bound with feare in the old law, was burdened with manie ſacraments. For this was [Margin: li de vera Religi⟨illegible⟩ne c. 17.] profitable to ſuch men (ſaith he) to make them deſire the grace, foretold by the prophetes, which being come from the wiſdome of God becoming Man, by whom we are called into freedom, a few moſt wholſome Sacraments are inſtituted, which hold the ſocietie of chriſtian people vnder one God of a free multitude. But as Chriſtes sacraments are fewer in number, ſo they are more excellent in vertue. And to moſt of theſe new, the former do anſwere as figures and shadowes. [Margin: Chriſts Sacraments more excellent.] So to our Baptiſme anſwereth Circumciſion, as S. Paul teacheth (Coloſſ. 1.) that Chriſtians are circumciſed in the circumciſion of Chriſt, buried with him in Baptiſme. To our holie Euchariſt, as it is a Sacrament, did anſwere the Paſchal lambe, & Loaues of propoſition, as alſo Manna, and bloud of the Teſtament. It was prophech⟨illegible⟩ed Pſal. 18. Adore his foote ſtoole: as holie Fathers expound it. And as the ſame Eucharift [Margin: Moſt of Chriſts Sacraments preſigured in the old law but not al.] [Margin: S. Aug. in hunc. Pſal. ſer de ve⟨illegible⟩bis Domini. li. 17. ciuit. c. 20, li. 1. cont. aduerſ. leg▪ c. 18. S. Cyril. li. 3. m Ioan. S. Leo ſer. 8. le paſſione.] is a Sacrifice, it was prefigured by al the old Sacrifices of the law of nature, and of Moyſes: as S. Auguſtin, and S. Leo do proue; and prophecied (Pſal. 19.) Be he mindful of al thy ſacrifice &c. To the ſacrament of holie Orders anſwered conſecration of Prieſts. Al the ablutions, purifications, cleanſinges and oblations for ſinne, which in great part were both Sacramentes and Sacrifices, anſwered to our Sacrament of Penance, which was alſo prefigured by the ſecond tables of the decalogue. (Exod. 34.) More plainly forshewed by example of particular confeſsion of ſinnes and ſatisfaction (Num. 5. 14. and 29.) Contrition alſo was no leſse required, as appeareth by the example of king Dauid. 2 Reg. 24. Mariage in the old Teſtament, though not a ſacrament yet ſignified the Sacrament of Mariage among Chriſtians. But the Sacrament of Confirmation had not anie ſo anſwerable a figure, in the old law, which brought not to perfection. Neither Extreme vnction, becauſe the law gaue not immediate entrance into the kingdome of heauen, which defectes were ſignified by the high prieſtes entring only once in the yeare into Sancta Sanctorum. Leuit. 16.

Likewiſe touching practiſe of holie Rites; diuers vncleannes hindering participation [Margin: Some like im⟨illegible⟩ments in ⟨illegible⟩ſe of holie Rites.] of ſacrifices, and conuerſation with other men (Leuit. 14.) Degrees of conſanguinitie and affinitie; hindering mariage (Leuit. 18.) and ſundrie Irregularities excluding from the office of Prieſts (Leuit. 21.) were figuratiue reſemblances of ſinnes and cenſures, and of impediments to holie Orders, and to Mariage, in the new Testament.

To the peculiar ſeruice of God perteyned alſo the Tabernacle, with the [Margin: Tabernacle. Propitiatorie with appertinances.] Propitiatorie, Arke, Cherubims, Table for loaues of propoſition, Candleſticke, Lampes, Altares for Holocauſtes, & Incenſe, Veſtments for Prieſtes, a braſen lauer, and other veſsels deſcribed Exod. 29. et ſeq. Al which were kept and carried by the Leuites, reſting or marching in the middes of the campe. Num. 2. 3. And when the Land of Chanaan was conquered, the ſame were fixed in Silo. Ioſue 18. Whither the people reſorted at certaine ſette times, and vpon ſundrie occaſions. From thence long after they tooke the Arke; and often vpon diuers occaſions remouing it, made Oratories, or Chappels, whereſoeuer it reſted, deuotion increaſing, & religious eſtimation of it in al Iſrael. 1. Reg. 4. 7. 10. Yea the infidel Philiſthims in Azotus ſeing and feeling the vertue therof, ouerthrovving their god Dagon, and them ſelues ſore plagued, found it beſt for them to ſend the Arke home to the Iſraelites, not vvithout coſtlie and pretious oblations (1. Reg. 5. & 6.) King Dauid most ſpecially honoring it (2. Reg. 6.) VVho further conſidering that himſelf dvvelt in a houſe of cedar, and the Arke of God remained in the tabernacle couered vvith skinnes, intended to build a more excellent houſe for God. 2. Reg. 7. But his godlie purpoſe vvas differred by Gods appointment, and his ſonne king Salomon builded the famous Temple in Hieruſalem. 3. Reg. 6.

VVhich ſucceding in place of the Tabernacle, ech of them (one after the [Margin: The Tabernacle, and afterwardes the Temple, the onlie place for Sacrifice.] other) was the only ordinarie place of Sacrifice. The law commanding (Leuit. 17.) If anie man of the houſe of Iſrael, kil an oxe, or a sheepe, or a goate (towit for Sacrifice, as S. Auguſtin, and other fathers expound it) [Margin: Q⟨illegible⟩eſt. 56. in Leuit.] and offer it not at the dore of the tabernacle, (afterwards at the dore of the Temple) he shal be guiltie of bloud, as if he had shed bloud. and ſo shal he perish out of the middes of his people. Neuertheles [Margin: Yet God ſome times diſpenſed therein.] vpon occaſions, and by ſpecial reuelation ſacrifice was lawfully offered in other places. For ſo in the time of the tabernacle, Samuel the prophet, offered Sacrifice in Maſphath. 1 Reg. 7. And the prophet Elias offered Sacrifice without the Temple, vvhen he conuinced the falſe prophetes of Baal. 3 Reg. 18. whoſe fact (as S. Auguſtin noteth) the miracle ſufficiently shewed to be [Margin: ibidem.] donne by Gods diſpenſation.

And as pecultar places were dedicated, ſo alſo ſpecial times were ſanctified, [Margin: Feaſtes of the old law.] and diuers feaſtes, and feſtiuities partly ordained before (as the Sabbath. Gen. 2. and Paſch Exod. 12.) were confirmed by the Law (Exod. 20. 23.) and others likevviſe inſtituted (Exod. 23. Leuit. 23. Num. 28. 29. and Deut. 16.) with proper ſacrifices for euerie ſort. Firſt and most general was the dailie ſacrifice of a lambe euerie day twiſe, at morning and euening (Exod. 29.) which was not properly a feaſt, but a ſacred perpetual office in the tabernacle, and after in the temple. At the rest were feſtiual dayes, in which it was not [Margin: Figh⟨illegible⟩ſortes of feaſtes, beſides the dailie ſacrifice.] lawful ordinarily to do ſeruile worke. The first of theſe was the Sabbath, that is the ſeuenth and last day of euerie weke, which is our ſaturday: Kept ſtil ſolemnly by the Iewes, euen at this time, in al places vvhere they dvvel; but not by Chriſtians, becauſe the old Lavv is abrogaeed; and vve kepe the next day, which is Sunday, holie, by inſtitution and tradition of the Church. The ſecond, Neomenia, or new moone, in which day they alwaies beganne the moneth; and twelue ſuch monethes made a yeare, by the courſe of the moone; for by the courſe of the ſunne, the yeare conteineth eleuen dayes more, which in three yeares make aboue a moneth. And ſo euerie third yeare, and ſometimes the ſecond (for it happened ſeuen times in nintene yeares) had thirtene monethes: and was called Annus embolismalis, being increaſed [Margin: S. Beda de Emboliſmo. ⟨illegible⟩. 1.] by meanes of thoſe eleuen dayes. The third feaſt was Paſch, or Phaſe, firſt inſtituted at the parting of the children of Iſrael out of Aegypt, in the ful moone of the firſt moneth in the ſpring, in which the Paſchal lambe was eaten, as is preſcribed; Exod. 12. The fourth feaſt was Pentecoſt, or first fruites, the fiftith day after Paſch, when Moyſes receiued the Lavv in mount Synai. The fifth, the feaſt of Trumpets, the firſt day of the ſeuenth moneth, in grateful memorie that a ramme ſticking by the hornes, vvas offered in ſacrifice by Abraham in place of Iſaac. The ſixth vvas the feaſt of Expiation, the tenth day of the ſeuenth moneth; vvherein ſolemne faſt vvas alſo preſcribed from [Margin: Preſcribed faſt from euen to euen.] euening of the ninth day to euening of the tenth, for remiſsion of ſinnes in general, beſides particular ſacrifices and ſatisfaction for euerie ſinne, wherof anie man found himſelf guiltie. The ſeuenth vvas the feaſt of Tabernacles, ſeuen dayes together, beginning the fiftenth of the ſeuenth moneth, in memorie of Gods ſpecial protection, vvhen they remained in ⟨illegible⟩abirnacles, fourtie yeares in the deſert. The eight feast vvas of Aſſemblie and Collection, the next day after the forſaid ſeuen, in commemoration of vnion in the people, and peaceable poſſeſsion in the promiſed land. In this day general collection vvas made for neceſsarie expences in the publique ſeruice of God.

Moreouer the ſeuenth yeare vvas as a Sabbath of rest (Leuit. 25.) in [Margin: Seuenth yeare of reſt: and Iubiley yeare.] vvhich no land vvas plowed, no vines pruined, nor thoſe fruites gathered that ſprong vvithout mans induſtrie of the earth. Againe the fiftith yeare vvas peculiarly made holie, and called the Iubiley, or ioyful yeare. In it al bondmen vvere ſette free; al inheritances amongst the Iſraelites, being for the time, ſold or otherwiſe alienated, returned to the former ovvners.

Beſides Sacrifices; Sacramentes; holie places, holie times, and manie other ſacred [Margin: O⟨illegible⟩r ceremonial obſeruances. ⟨illegible⟩ and vncleane.] things belonging therto; there were yet more ceremonial Obſeruances commanded by Moyſes law, as vvel perteyning to the ſeruice of God in that time, as ſignifying chriſtian life and maners. So certaine beaſtes, birdes, and fishes were reputed vncleane (Leuit. 11.) and Gods people forbid to eate them; [Margin: No bloud to be eaten, nor ⟨illegible⟩.] as alſo that they should not eate anie bloud at al, nor fatte. Leui. 3. The reaſon of al which vvas not, as though anie creature were il in nature, but partly to auoide idolatrie, partly to exerciſe them in obedience, and temperance; & partly for that the ſame thinges ſignified vices and corruptions, from which [Margin: Not ⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩eed⟨illegible⟩ in one field.] Chriſtians eſpeci⟨illegible⟩lly ought to reſraine. Likewiſe Leuit. 19▪ they were commanded not to ſovv their fieldes vvith tvvo ſortes of ſeede; nor to vveare garmentes wouen of tvvo ſortes of ſtuffe, that they might be more diſtinguished from Infidels [Margin: No cloth of d⟨illegible⟩ers matter.] by external ſignes, and not only by Circumciſion, but eſpecially to teach chriſtians to practiſe ſimple innocencie, & to auoid duble & deciptful dealing.

A⟨illegible⟩ vvhich, and other preceptes as wel moral, as ceremonial and iudicial, [Margin: Strict commandment to kep⟨illegible⟩l the Law.] vvere moſt ſtrictly cōmanded; the obſeruers bleſsed & rewarded; & tranſgreſsours ſeuerly threatned vvith great curſes (Leuit. 20. 26. Deut. 4. 27. 28.) and diuers actually puniſhed, Exod. 32. three thouſand ſlaine for committing idolatrie. Manie ſwallovved vp in the earth. (Num. 16.) deſcending quicke into hel, & manie more burned vvith fire from heauen, for making and fauoring [Margin: The obſeruers bleſſed and rewarded.] Schiſme. Yea by one meanes & other, al that vvere aboue twentie yeares of age, coming forth of Aegypt, except tvvo onlie (Ioſue & Caleb) died in the deſert, for the general murmur of the people. Num. 11. 14. 25. & 26. Al Iſrael beaten in [Margin: Tranſ⟨illegible⟩r⟨illegible⟩ſſ⟨illegible⟩s curſed and puniſhed.] battle til one malefactor Achan was diſcouered & punished. Ioſ. 7. Al the tribes were punished for ſuffering publique idolatrie in Dan: and Beniamin almoſt extirpate, for not punishing certaine malefactours. Iudic. 20. And the vvhole people verie often inuaded & ſore afflicted for their ſinnes; as appeareth in the booke of Iudges. In particular alſo diuers were aduanced & proſpered for their vertues, as Ioſue, Caleb, Phinees, Samuel, Dauid and others. Contrariwiſe Nadab and Abiu prieſts were miraculouſly burnt for offering ſtrange ⟨illegible⟩re, Leuit. 10. One ſtoned to death for gathering ſtickes on the ſabbath day, Num. 15. King Saul depoſed, for preſuming to offer ſacrifice, & not deſtroying Infidels (1. Reg. 13. 15.) & Oza, 2⟨illegible⟩ Reg. 6. ſodenly ſlaine for touching the Arke of God, the Lavv forbidding vnder paine of death, Num. 1. v. 51. & 18. v. 7. that none should approch to holie office being not therto orderly called.

Of workes alſo of Supererogation (called counſailes not preceptes) vve haue [Margin: VVork⟨illegible⟩ of ſupererogation. Vowes.] examples in vovves, voluntarily made of thinges not commanded; the law preſcribing vvhat vovves might be made, & by vvhom. Nu. 30. And Num. 6. a particular rule was propoſed to ſuch as of their ovvne accord, vvould embrace it, & a diſtinct name geuen them, to be called Nazarites, that is, Seperate [Margin: Nazarit⟨illegible⟩.] or Sanctified. In which ſtate they vvere to remaine either for a time, limited by themſelues or their parents, or perpetually, if they ſo promiſed. Iudic. 13. 1. Reg. 1. For ſ⟨illegible⟩ farre as their promiſe extended, they were ſtrictly obliged to performe. Deut. 23. When thou haſt vowed a vow to our Lord thy God, thou ſhalt not ſlacke to pay it: becauſe our Lord thy God wil require it: and if thou delay, it ſhal be reputed to thee for ſinne. If thou wilt not promiſe, thou shalt be without (this) ſinne. Pay thy vowes vnto the Higheſt, Pſal. 75. Vow ye▪ and render (your vowes) to our Lord your God, Pſal. 49. The Rechabites aftervvardes [Margin: Rechabites.] had a like rule to the Nazarite⟨illegible⟩; & the ſame perpetual (Hierem. 3⟨illegible⟩.) neuer to drinke wine, nor to build nor dwel in houſes, but in tabernacles, nor ſow corne, nor plant vineyardes. VVhich rule though inſtituted by a man, yet the obſeruation therof vvas much commended & rewarded by God. v. 19. Such diſtinct ſtate of religious perſons, with other ſtates of the church of Christ, were alſo prefigured (Leuit. 11.) by the cleane [Margin: Three ſo⟨illegible⟩ of Chri⟨illegible⟩ prefigured.] fishes, of three diſtinct vvaters, as ſome holie Fathers do myſtically expound that place. To vvitte, the cleane fishes of the ſea are the multitude of lay perſons, which are dravven out of the ſea of this vvorld, and happely found good [Margin: Laitie.] fishes in our Lords nette. Math. 13. The cleane fishes of the riuers, are the good and fruitful Clergie men, that vvatter the vvhole earth, by teaching [Margin: Clergie.] Chriſtian doctrin, and ministring holie Sacramentes, vvith other Rites, and Gouerning the whole Church. And the cleane fishes of ſtanding pooles, are [Margin: Mounkes.] the Monaſtical perſons, liuing perpetually in Cloysters, vvhere good ſoules are alwayes readie for our Lordes table, as S. Bernard teacheth. [Margin: Holie ſcip⟨illegible⟩res expo⟨illegible⟩ myſtically,] Much more the more ancient fathers. S. Beda S. Gregorie, S. Auguſtin, and others explicate innumerable places of holie Scripture myſtically; relying therin vpon example of the new Teſtament ſo expounding the old. Namely S. Paul [Margin: S. Bern. Ser 1. de S. Andrea. S. Beda ⟨illegible⟩. 4. S. Aug. cont. Fauſt. S. Greg. in li. 1. Reg. et in Iob.] teaching (as before is noted) that the whole law was a pedagogue guiding men to Chriſt, and affirming that al thinges happened to the people of the old Teſtament in figure of the new.

Leauing therfore to proſecute the ſame further, which would require a verie great worke, it may here ſuffice to geue according to the literal ſenſe, a briefe view of certaine other pointes of Religion, practiſed in this fourth age.

VVhere it is clere, that as Iacob the Patriarch had fortold (Gen. 48.) that Abrahams, Iſaacs, and his owne name should be inuocated, ſo Moyſes [Margin: Inuocation of Patriarches.] prayed God for his promiſe made to them, and for their ſake, to pardon the people, ſaying: Exod. 32. Remember ô Lord Abraham, Iſaac, & Iſrael. And our Lord was pacified, from doing the euil which he had ſpoken againſt his people. His diuine prouidence ſo diſpoſing, that he could be [Margin: S. Hiere. Ep. 12. ad Gauden.] hindered, by ſuch prayers, from that which h⟨illegible⟩threatned. And whereas Moyſes [Margin: Obiections anſwered by holie Scriptu⟨illegible⟩es.] did not directly inuocate the holie Patriarches, as Chriſtians now cal vpon glorified Sainctes, to pray for them, the cauſe of difference is, for that now Sainctes ſeing God, know in him, whatſoeuer perteyneth to their glorie, which ſtate none b⟨illegible⟩fore Chriſt attain⟨illegible⟩d vnto. Num 35. v. 25. Deut. 4. v. 12. Againe Proteſtantes obiect, that for ſo much as God knoweth al our neceſsities deſires, diſpoſitions, and whatſoeuer is in man, it is needles (ſay they) ſuperfluous & in vaine, that Sainctes should commend our cauſes. To this we anſwer, that not only glorious Sainctes, but alſo mortal men by Gods ordināce (by which nothing is done vainely) do ſuch offices, as mediators betwen God and other men; for ſo Moyſes told the wordes of the people to our Lord (Exod. 19.) notwithſtanding Gods omniſcience, or knowledge of al thinges. Alſo God expreſly commanded Iobs freinds to goe to Iob, promiſing to heare his [Margin: Iob. 4⟨illegible⟩.] prayer for th⟨illegible⟩m. As for Sainctes hearing or knowing our prayers made to them, [Margin: How Sainctes kn⟨illegible⟩w mens prayers.] though onlie God of himſelfe, and by his owne power, ſeeth mens ſecrete cogitations, and therfore is properly called the ſearcher of hartes (1. Reg. 16.) yet God communicateth this pow⟨illegible⟩r to prophetes, to ſee the ſecrete thoughtes of others; ſo Samuel knew the cogitations of Saul (1. Reg. 9. v. 20.) And Abias ſaw by reuelation the coming of Ierobomas wife to him in Silo (3. Reg. 14.) Much more God reuealeth our preſent ſtate, and acts to glorified ſoules; vvho are as Angels in heauen (Math. 22.) and being ſecure of their owne glorie, are careful (ſayeth S. Cyprian) of our Saluation. [Margin: Titles geuen to men in office, and to Sainctes.] [Margin: lib. de mortalitate.] Neither is it derogation to God that Saints are honoured, and titles aſcribed to them, of interceſsors, mediators, and the like; for ſuch titles are geuen to them not as to God, but by vvay of participation only. So Iudges are called goddes and ſauiours (Exod. 21. Iudic 3.) and Prieſtes called goddes (Exod. 21.) Praiſe geuen to God and Gedeon Iudic. 7. [Margin: Angels ad⟨illegible⟩⟨illegible⟩ed.] Protection and adoration of Angels is very frequent, Exod. 23. 31. Num. 22. Ioſue. 5. Iudic. 2. 6. 13. The names of the twelue ſonnes of Iſrael were grauen in the two chiefe ornaments of the high prieſt, in the Ephod and Rationale (Exod. 28.) Manna was not only reſerued as a memorie of Gods ſingular benefite, but alſo honorably repoſed as a [Margin: Reliqués▪] Relique in a golden veſſel, and kept in the Arke of God (Exod. 16. Heb. 9.) Ioſephs bones reſerued and remoued (Ioſue 24.) Images of [Margin: Images.] holie Cherubims were made and ſette vp together with the Arke, and Propitiatorie in the chiefe place of the Tabernacle, called Sancta Sanctorum (Exod. 25.) An image alſo of a ſerpent was made in braſse for the health of thoſe that were ſtriken by ſerpentes (Num. 21.) Images alſo of lions and oxen were made, and ſette vnder the foote of the lauer (called a ſea) in the Temple (3. Reg. 7.) The honour done to anie holie thing, namely to the Arke (2. Reg. 6.) redounded to Gods more honour, and al this ſo farre from idolatrie, that quite contrarie, in preſence of the Arke the idol Dagon fel to the ground, and broke in peeces. 1. Reg. 5.

Exequies for the dead with weeping and faſting were then practiſed [Margin: Exequies f⟨illegible⟩ the dead.] in the Church, as appeareth by the peoples mourning for Aaron thirtie dayes. Num. 20. Alſo for Moyſes. (Deut. 34.) By the Gabaonites faſting ſeuen dayes for Saul and his ſonnes lately ſlaine. 1. Reg. 31. Likewiſe king Dauid with al his court mourning weping and faſting for them. 2. Reg. 1. Al which were to no purpoſe, if ſoules departed could not be releiued by ſuch meanes. It moreouer appeareth that the ſame royal prophet beleued diuers places to be in hel, when he ſaid (Pſal. 85.) Thou haſt deliuered my ſoule from the lower hel, ſignifiyng plainly that there is a lower and a higher hel: which higher the Church calleth Purgatorie. [Margin: Purgatorie.] where ſoules ſuffer that paine in ſatisfaction for their ſinnes, which remaineth not ſatisfied before death, & is due after the guilt of ſinne is remitted, the law preſcribing that beſides reſtitution of damage, ſacrifice should alſo be offered (Leuit. 5. 6. 16.) And Dauid was punished by the death of his child. 2. Reg. 12. & by the plague ſent amongſt his people 2. Reg. 24. after his ſinnes were remitted. He feared alſo punishment in the other world, yea two ſortes and therfore prayed to be deliuered from both, ſaying: (Pſal. 6.) Lord rebuke me not in thy furie, nor chaſtice [Margin: To. 2. in ſept. Pſal paeuitent.] me in thy wrath. That is (ſaith S. Gregorie) Strike me not with the reprobate, nor aflict me with thoſe, that are purged by the punishing flames. And moſt expreſly ſignifieth alſo a higher place called hel, ſaying (Pſal. 15.) in the perſon of Christ to his Father. Thou shalt not [Margin: Limbus patt⟨illegible⟩.] leaue my ſoule in hel. From vvhence Chriſt deliuered the holie Patriarches Prophetes and other perfect ſoules; reſting vvithout ſenſible paine, & brought [Margin: No entrance into heauen before Chriſt.] them into heauen, vvhither before him none could enter. VVhich vvas alſo ſignified by the cities of refuge, whence none might depart to their proper countrie, til the death of the high prieſt (Num. 35.) & by Moyſes dying in the deſert, and not entring into the promiſed land ouer Iordan. Deut. 4. 31. &. 34.

Preſuppoſing the general Reſurrection of al men (as a truth knovven by former traditions) king Dauid shevveth the difference of the vvicked, and [Margin: Reſurrection.] godlie in that time, ſaying (Pſal. 1.) The impious ſhal not riſe againe in iudgement: nor ſinners in the councel of the iuſt. That is, the vvicked shal not riſe to ioy & glorie, as the iuſt & godlie shal doe.

Of general iudgement is more plainly prophecied, 1. Reg. 2. That our Lord ſhal iudge the endes of the earth, not that Dauid, nor Salomon, [Margin: Iudgement.] but Chriſt should raigne in his m⟨illegible⟩litant Church, euen to the endes of the earth, and in fine iudge the vvhole vvorld. The ſame is confirmed Pſal. 49. God wil come manifeſtly our God, and he wil not kepe ſilence. Fire ſhal burne forth in his ſight. Pſal. 95. He ſhal iudge the round world in equitie, and the peoples in his truth. Pſal. 96. Fire ſhal goe before him, and ſhal inflame his enemies round about. Againe the ſame royal prophete (Pſalm. 48.) deſcribeth the future and eternal ſtate of the damned ſaying: as ſheepe (creatures vnable to helpe themſelues) they are put in hel, death ſhal feede vpon them. Of the bleſſed he addeth: And the iuſt shal rule ouer them in the morning, that is, in the reſurrection, and Pſal. 149. The Sainctes shal reioyſe in glorie, they shal be ioyful in their beddes (in eternal reſt.) The exaltations (pra⟨illegible⟩ſes) of God in their throate, and two edged ſwordes in their handes: to doe reuenge in the nations, punishments among the peoples. To bind their kinges in fetters, and their nobles in yron [Margin: Eternal paine of the damned and glorie of the bleſſed.] manicles. That they may doe in them the iudgement that is written: This glorie is to al his Sainctes. And much greater glorie belongeth to Sainctes: for this is but accidental, vttered according to vulgar capacitie. The eſsential and perfect glorie, which no eye hath ſeene, nor eare hath heard. [Margin: 1. Co⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩.] nor hart can cone iu⟨illegible⟩, conſiſteth in ſeeing God. Among accidental glorious [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩ dowries of glorified bodies preſigured.] giftes, the foure dowries of glorified bodies are eſpecially prefigured: Impaſſibilitie [Margin: 1 Cor. ⟨illegible⟩.] by the wood Setim, wherof the Arke was made (Exod. 25.) Agilitie and Penetrabilitie in ſome ſorte by Dauids quicknes againſt G⟨illegible⟩liath, and his conuering of him ſelf into Sauls campe and forth againe (1. Reg. 17. and 26.) but a more plaine figure of Claritie was in Moyſes face (Exod. 34.) which by his conuerſation with God, became more glorious then mortal eyes were able to behold, gliſtering and shining as moſt ſplendent [Margin: Cath⟨illegible⟩. c⟨illegible⟩ſ. Rom p. 1. c 12. q 9.] l⟨illegible⟩ght through chriſtal, deſcribed as if his skinne had benne a clere horne, a⟨illegible⟩earing and ſpreading beam⟨illegible⟩ like the ſunn⟨illegible⟩, proceding from the beautie of his ſoule, ſo th⟨illegible⟩ none of al the people could looke directly vpon him, except he couered his face.

Thus much concerning particular pointes of faith and religion. And it is [Margin: The Church more knowen to other nations then before.] no leſse euident, that the vniuerſal Church and Citie of God ſtil continued: yea was more viſible, and conſpicuous to the whole world then before. First by Gods maruelous protection therof in the deſert, and famous victories and conqueſtes of the land of Chanaan. And by the excellent lawes geuen to this people; which al nations admired, and none had the like. Deut. 4. For in this fourth age, beſides other lavves and preceptes, the ſpiritual and temporal States were more diſtinguished, and the Eccleſiaſtical Hierarchie [Margin: The Eccleſiaſtical and temporal ſtates more diſtinguiſhed] eſpecially diſpoſed in ſubordination of one ſupreme head, with inferiour gouerners, ech in their place and office, for edification of the whole bodie. For Moyſes being chief ruler and conduct⟨illegible⟩r of the Iſraelites out of Aegypt, receiued and deliuered to them the written Law (Exod. 20.) And for obſeruation and conſeruation therof by Gods expreſse appointment (Leuit. 8.) conſecrated Aaron the ordinarie High prieſt, himſelf remayning ſtil extraordinarie Superiour, alſo aboue Aaron. And after Aaron he conſecrated in like maner his ſonne Eleazar high prieſt, and ſucceſſour to his father (Num. 20.) To whom [Margin: Succeſſion of High Prieſtes.] ſucceded others in this order (1. Paralip. 6.) Phinees, Abiſuë, Bocci, Ozi, Zacharias, (otherwiſe 1. Reg. 1. called Heli) Meraioth, Amarias (otherwiſe Achimelec, whom Saul ſlew, 1. Reg. 22.) Achitob (othervviſe Abiathar, vvho vvas depoſed, 3. Reg. 2.) and Sadoc, in vvhoſe time the Temple vvas founded.

To theſe vvere adioyned other Prieſtes, alſo conſecrated in a praeſcript forme (Leuit. 8.) and Leuites ordayned to aſsist in lower and diſtinct offices (Num. 3. & 4.) In the firſt degree the Caathites, whoſe office was to [Margin: Diſtinction of offices in Prieſtes & Leuites.] carrie the Sanctuarie, and veſſel therof vvrapped vp by the prieſtes, but vvere forbid in paine of death, to touch them, or to ſee them. In the ſecond degree the Gerſonites; vvho carried the cortines and couers of the Tabernacle, and veſſel of the Altar. In the third degree the Merarites; vvho carried the bordes, barres, and pillers, vvith their feete, pinnes, cordes, and other implementes of the tabernacle; euerie one according to their office and burdens, Num. 4. v. vlt.

But in the temporal ſtate and gouernment Ioſue of the tribe of Ephraim [Margin: Succeſſion of temporal princes interrupted. Dukes:] ſucceeded to Moyſes (Num. 27. Deut. 3. &. 34.) And after Ioſue were diuers interruptions of ſucceſſion, with gouerners of diuers tribes, and change of gouernment, from Dukes to Iudges, and from Iudges to Kinges. For after Ioſues death the people being ſore afflicted by inuaſions of Infidels, God raiſed certaine ſpecial men, with title of Iudges to deliuer and [Margin: Iudges.] ſaue them. First Othoniel of the tribe of Iuda; then Aod of Beniamin; after him Samgar (the Scripture not ſignifying of what tribe) then Barach with Debora of Ephraim; Gedeon of Manaſses; Abimelech, his baſ⟨illegible⟩ ſonne, an vſurper; Thola of Iſſachar; Iair, and Iephte of Manaſses; Abeſan of Iuda; Aialon of Zabulon; Abdon of Ephraim; Sampſon of Dan; and Heli, who was alſo high prieſt of Aarons ſtocke, otherwiſe called Zaraias (1. Paralip. 6.) and Samuel alſo of the tribe of Leut a Prophet. In his time the people demanding and vrging to haue a King, Saul of the [Margin: Kinges.] tribe of Beniamin was annointed. 1. Reg. 10. But for tranſgreſsing Gods commandments, eſpecially for exerciſing ſpiritual function without warrant (1. Reg. 13.) and not deſtroying idolaters (1. Reg. 15.) was depoſed, and Dauid of the tribe of Iuda was annointed King; who after manie great trubles, poſseſsed the whole kingdome, and died in peace, leauing his ſonne Salomon inueſted and annointed king in his throne.

The Church being thus eſtablished in diſtinct ſtates and orders, albeit there [Margin: M⟨illegible⟩ Church.] were manie imperfections in al ſortes of perſons, and great ſinnes committed, yet God ſo puniſhed offenders, and chaſtiſed the whole people, that he ſtil conſerued, the greateſt, or chiefe part, in true faith and religion. For whiles they were in the deſert, they murmured very often againſt God, and his Miniſters [Margin: Murmure.] their Superiours. (Exod. 17. Num. 11. 14 20. 21.) Manie fel to idolatrie [Margin: Idolatrie.] (Exod. 32.) Aaron not free from cooperating in the peoples ſinne. Nadab and Abiu Aarons ſonnes, and conſecrated prieſtes, offered ſtrange fire (Leuit. 10) Core Dathan and Abiron, with their complices made [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩e.] a great ſchiſme (Num. 16.) Manie committed carnal fornication with [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩.] Infidels; and were therby drawen to ſpiritual (Num. 25.) Of which and other like, ⟨illegible⟩innes the Pſalmiſt ſpeaketh (Pſal. 94.) exhorting his people not to harden their hartes, as in the deſert their fathers had tempted God. Fourtie yeares was I offended (ſayth God) with that generation, and ſayd: They alwayes erre in hart. And therfore he ſware in his wrath: that the ſame generation should not enter into the promiſed land of Chanaan: but their children entred and poſseſſed it. Num. 14. Ieſue. 3.

A⟨illegible⟩ the people falling to idolatrie and other ſinnes, were afflicted and ſore preſſ⟨illegible⟩d by forraine enemies, but repenting were deliuered and ſaued by certain [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩] capitaines called Iudges and [Margin (*): Iudic. 3.] Sauiours: as appeareth in the booke of iudges. They had alſo tribulations by ſome of their owne nation, for among the Iudge one (called Abimelee) was a tyrannical vſurper. (Iudic. 9.) Saul their firſt King falling from God vniuſtly perſecuted Dauid (1. Reg. 18. & ⟨illegible⟩.)▪ Ambitious Abſolom rebelled againſt the King his father. (2. Reg. 15.) and Seba of the tribe of Beniamin raiſed an other rebellion (2. Reg. 20.) ⟨illegible⟩wiſe Adonias, aſsiſted by Abiathar the high prieſt, and by Ioab general of the armie, pretended to reigne his father Dauid yet liuing, to preuent S⟨illegible⟩n of the kingdom 3. Reg. 1.) So God both shewed his iuſtice, in ſuffering ſu⟨illegible⟩ afflictions to happen, for punishment of ſinne: and his mercie, in ſauing hi⟨illegible⟩ Church from ruine.

Moreouer for preſeruatiō of the Church, there were diuers diuine Ordinances prouided by the law. For first al were ſtrictly commanded, not to cōmunicate [Margin: Ordinarie meanes of conſeruing the Church. No participation with infi⟨illegible⟩els. No ⟨illegible⟩. But one Tabernacle. One Altar ⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩.] with Infidels in their idolatrie (Ex. 23.) nor with Schiſmatikes in their ſchiſme (Nu. 16.) but to deſtroy al Idolaters (Num. 33.) and shunne al nouelties in religion, as a ſure marke of idolatrie, or falſe doctrine (Deut. 13.) Further [Margin: 8. Chriſ. orat. 1. aduerſ. Iudeos.] to conſerue vnitie there was but one Tabernacle, and one Altar for Sacrifice, in the whole people of Iſrael. VVherupon when the two tribes and halfe, on the other ſide Iordan, had made a ſeueral altar, al the tribes that dwelt in Chanaan, ſuſpecting it was for ſacrifice, ſent preſently to admonish them, and prepared to make warre againſt them, except they deſtroyed their new altar, but being aduertiſed that it was only an altar of monument, and not for ſacrifice, were therwith ſatisfied. (Ioſue. 22.) Afterwards the tribe of Dan, ſetting vp idolatrie, and the other tribes not correcting it, they were al punished. VVhich happened by occaſion of an other enormous ſinne, committed and not corrected in the tribe of Beniamin. For the other eleuen tribes making warre against them for this iust cauſe, yea by Gods direction, and warrant, yet had the worſe, ſuſteyning great ſlaughter of men in two conflictes; and in the third Beniamin was almoſt deſtroyed. Iudic. 20.

Finally for deciſion of al controuerſies and ending of ſtrife, the High [Margin: One ſupreme Iudge of controuerſies. Al bound to obey him. His ſentence infallible.] Prieſt was expreſly ordayned ſupreme Iudge, (Deut. 17.) And al were commanded in paine of death to ſubmitte their opinions, and obey his ſentence: with promiſe of Gods aſsiſtance, wherby his definitions were certaine and infallible. For in conſultations of doubtes, and difficult caſes, God inſpired him with doctrine of veritie (Exod. 28. 29. Leuit. 8. Num. 3. 7. 9. 1. Reg. 23, 30.) VVhich iudgement Seate Chriſt admonished the Iewes to repayre vnto and folow (Math. 23.) though the Iudges themſelues did not the thinges which they taught. In ſo much that Caiphas, through this aſsiſtance of Gods ſpirite, being otherwiſe a wicked man, yet pronounced the truth, That one muſt die for the people. VVhich therfore S. Iohn the Euangeliſt aſcribeth to his Chayre and office, becauſe he was High prieſt that yeare. Ioan. 11.

Seing then Gods prouidence and continual aſsiſtance was ſo clere, and aſſured [Margin: The Church of Chriſt preſerued from ⟨illegible⟩ing in Religion.] in the Church of the old Teſtament, much more is the Church of chriſt builded vpon a ſure rocke, aſſured of his perpetual aſſiſtance, and [Margin: Math. 16. 28. Luc. 22. Ioan 14. 16. Eph. 4. ⟨illegible⟩. T⟨illegible⟩m. 3.] always preſerued from erring in Faith, or in general practiſe of Religion. And that by Gods like aſſured ordinance of one ſupreme head and Iudge, S. Peter, & his Succeſſour: for vvhom our Sauiour prayed, that his faith should not faile. Further commanding him, that he ſhould confirme his brethren. Al vvhich vvse ſee is performed in the Succeſsours of S. Peter, vvheras the ſucceſſours of the other Apoſtles, are al failed long ſince. The ſame moſt aſsured ſtabilitie of the Church of Chriſt, is further confirmed by the whole Lavv and Prophetes. Namely, Deut. 32. and 33. vvhere Moyſes fortelleth more povver and grace in the Church, to be collected in the Gentiles of al natiōs, then euer vvas in that of the Iſraelites or Iews. Likewiſe, 1. Reg. 2. The ſame vvas both prefigured and prophecied by holie Anna: The hungrie (thoſe that deſire Gods grace and glorie) are filled: vntil the barren woman (the Church of the Gentiles) bare verie manie: & ſhe that had manie children was weakned. Shewing that the Church of the Iewes had manie, vntil the plenitude of Gentiles much more abounded. Wherfore the Pſalmiſt inuiteth al nations to praiſe God, ſaying: Pſal. 116. Praiſe our Lord al ye Gentiles: praiſe him al ye peoples. Alſo 2. Reg. 7. God promiſed Dauid, ſaying: Thy Kingdome for euer before thy face, and thy [Margin: Not anie temporal but Chriſts kingdom is in al nations and perpetual.] throne ſhal be firme continually. which was not verified in Dauids temporal [Margin: S. Aug. li. 17. ⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩. de ⟨illegible⟩uit S. ⟨illegible⟩pip⟨illegible⟩ hereſ. 2⟨illegible⟩.] kingdome. For it was quickly diuided, after Salomons death, and a ſmal part left to his ſonne Roboam. And after the captiuitie in Babilon, his ſeede bad onlie title and right without poſſeſsion of royal throne. Againe 2. Reg. 22. The ſame royal prophet in his Canticle of thankes geuing, and last prophetical wordes (chap. 23.) much preferreth the ſpiritual kingdome of Christ, before the earthlie kingdome of the Iewes. But moſt ſpecially and plainly in the Pſalmes. Pſal. 2. Why did the Gentiles rage, & peoples meditate vaine thinges? Signifying that the furie of al aduerſaries rageth in vaine, againſt Chriſt and his Church. For, I am appointed, by him King (ſayth Christ [Margin: The Church of Chriſt vniuerſal.] to his Father) ouer Sion, his holie hil. I wil geue thee (ſayth God to his Sonne) the Gentiles for thine inheritance, and thy poſſeſſion the [Margin: Act. 4.] endes of the earth. Pſal. 17. A people which I knew not, hath ſerued me. Pſal. 44. The Queene (the Church) ſtood on thy right hand in golden rayment, compaſſed with varietie; of vertues, and diuers ſortes of holie profeſsions. Pſal. 47. Mount Sion is founded with the exultation of the whole earth. For euer and euer he (Chriſt) ſhal rule vs euermore. Pſal. 86. Glorious thinges are ſayd of thee, ô citie of God. But omitting innumerable other ſuch textes, the 88. Pſalme conteyneth a large prophecie of Christ and his Church, where S. Auguſtin geueth vs this [Margin: in hunc. Pſalm.] brief admonition. Chriſtiani eſtis, Chriſtum agnoſcite. You are Chriſtians, agnize Chriſt. I wil put (joyth God) his hand in the ſea, Chriſts dominion in the Gentiles, and his right hand in the riuers; al ſortes shal ſerue him. He ſhal be high aboue the kinges of the earth. Of the Church he addeth: I wil put his ſeede for euer and euer, and his throne as the dayes of heauen. Neither do ſinnes fruſtrate this promiſe of God, therfore it foloweth: But if his children ſhal forſake my law: and wil not walke in my iudgements. If they ſhal profane my iuſtices, [Margin: The Iewes wil not ſee Chriſt: 2. Cor. 3. And Heretikes wil not ſee the Church: which yet is alwayes viſible. S. Aug. in Pſal. 30. c⟨illegible⟩n⟨illegible⟩. 2. Collat. Carthag. at cont, Donatiſt.] and not keepe my commandements; VVhat then, wil Chriſt for al this abandon his Church, as he did the old Synagogue, of which God ſayth: Deut. 32. They haue prouoked me in that which was no God: and I wil prouoke them, in that which is no people? Not ſo. How then? I wil viſite, ſayth our Lord, their iniquities with a rodde, and their ſinnes with ſtripes. But my mercie I wil not take away from him. This is a ſtrong Firmament (ſayth S. Auguſtin) God promiſeth, yea ſweareth, [Margin: Ibidem.] and vvil not lie to Dauid, that his ſeede ſhal continew for euer. His throne as the Sunne in Gods ſight, and the Moone perfected for euer. So this great Doctor ⟨illegible⟩heweth by holie Scriptures against the Donatiſtes, and in them againſt Proteſtantes, that the militant Church of Chriſt hath benne ſtil, and shal be viſible, during this tranſitorie world.

Chapter 7

CHAP. VII. Salomons palace, 2. his houſe in the forreſt, 8. and the quenes houſe is built, 13. [Margin: The beginning of the fifth age.] Two great braſen pillers: 23. aſea (or lauer) 27. tenne braſen ferte. 38. tenne leſse lauatorics, and other veſsels, and implementes pertaining to the Temple, adorned vvith images of Angels, and other creatures are further deſcribed.

1 AND his owne houſe Salomon built in thirtene yeares, and brough it to perfection.

2 He built alſo the houſe of the foreſt of Libanus of an hundred cubites in length, and fiftie cubites in bredth, and thirtie cubites in height: and foure ſcore galleries betwen pillers of ceder: for he had cut ceder trees into pillers.

3 And he decked the whole vaut with bordes of ceder, which was held vp with fiue and fourtie pillers. And one order had fiften pillers,

4 ſet one againſt an other,

5 and looked one ouer againſt an other, with equal ſpace betwen the pillers, and ouer the pillers ſquare beames in al equal.

6 And the porche of the pillers he made of fiftie cubites in length, and thirtie cubites in bredth: and an other porche before the greater porche: and pillers, and toppes vpon the pillers.

7 He made alſo the porche of the throne, wherein the ſeate of iudgement is; and couered it with ceder wood from the pauement vnto the toppe.

8 And the litle houſe, where they ſate in iudgement, was in the middes of the porche of like worke. He made alſo a houſe for the daughter of Pharao (which Salomon had taken to wife) of ſuch worke, as alſo this porche.

9 Al of choſen ſtones, which were ſawed by a certain rule & meaſure both within & without: from the fundation to the toppe of the walles, & without vnto the greater courte.

10 And the fundations of choſen ſtones, great ſtones of ten or eight cubites.

11 And aboue there were hewed choſen ſtones of equal meaſure, and in like maner of ceder.

12 And the greater court round with three rewes of hewed ſtones, and one rew of planed ceder, moreouer alſo in the inner court of the houſe of our Lord, and in the porche of the houſe.

13 King Salomon alſo ſent, and tooke Hiram from Tyre,

14 the ſonne of a widow woman of the tribe of Nepthali, his father a Tyrian, an artificer in braſſe, and ful of wiſdom, and intelligence, and skil to make al worke of braſſe. Who when he was come to king Salomon, made al his worke.

15 And he caſt two braſen pillers, of eightene cubites in height one piller: and a line of twelue cubites compaſſed both pillers.

16 He made alſo two litle heades, which should be put vpon the heades of the pillers, caſt of braſſe: fiue cubites high one litle head, and fiue cubites the other litle head:

17 and as it were in maner of a nette, and of cheynes knitte one to the other with maruelous worke. Both litle heades of the pillers were caſt: ſeuen rewes of litle nettes in one litle head, & ſeuen litle nettes in the other litle head.

18 And finiſhed the pillers, and two rewes round about euerie nette, that they might couer the litle heades, which were ouer the toppe of the pomegranates: in like maner did he alſo to the ſecond litle head.

19 And the litle heades, that were vpon the heades of the pillers, were made as it were with lilie worke, in the porche, of foure cubites.

20 And againe other litle heades in the toppe of the pillers about, according to the meaſure of the piller againſt the litle nettes: and of the pomegranates were two hundred rewes round about the ſecond litle head.

21 And he ſette two pillers in the porche of the temple: and when he had erected the piller on the right hand, he called the name therof, [*] Iachin: in like maner he erected the ſecond piller, and called the name therof [*] Booz.

22 And vpon the heades of the pillers he put a worke in maner of a lilie: and the worke of the pyllers was perfected.

23 He made alſo [::] a ſea of founders worke of ten cubites from brimme to brimme, round in cōpaſſe, the height therof was of fiue cubites, and a corde of thirtie cubites did compaſſe it, round about▪

24 And the grauing vnder the brīme compaſſed it, ten cubites going about the lauatorie: there were two rewes of chamfered forowed grauinges caſt.

25 And it ſtood vpon twelue oxen, of which three looked to the North, and three to the Weſt, and three to the South, and three to the Eaſt, and the ſea was ouer them: whoſe hinder par⟨illegible⟩ were al ⟨illegible⟩id inward.

26 And the thickenes of the lauatorie w⟨illegible⟩ of ⟨illegible⟩lr⟨illegible⟩ c⟨illegible⟩s: and the brimme therof as it were the brimme of a chalice, and the leafe of criſped lilie: it contayned two thouſand [::] bates.

27 And he made ten braſen ſeete, of foure cubites in length euerie foote, and foure cubites in bredth, and three cubites in height.

28 And the verie worke it ſelfe of the feete, was entergrauen: and enterg⟨illegible⟩ betwen the ioyntures.

29 And betwen the litle crownes and the playtes, lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and in the ioyntures likewiſe aboue: and vnder the lions, and oxen as it were ⟨illegible⟩des of braſſe hanging downe.

30 And foure wheeles at euerie foote, and axeltrees of braſſe: and at foure ⟨illegible⟩ides as it were litle ſhoulders vnder the lauatorie caſt, looking one againſt an other.

31 The mouth alſo of the lauatorie was inward in the toppe of the head: and that which appeared outward, was of one cubite al round, and together it had one cubite & a halfe: and in the corners of the pillers were diuers engrauinges: and the middle enterpillers ſquare not round.

32 The foure wheeles alſo, which were at the foure corners of a foote, ioyned one to an other vnder the foote: one wheele had in height a cubite and a halfe.

33 And they were ſuch wheeles as are accuſtomed to be made in a chariote: and their axeltrees and ſpokes, and ſtrakes, and naues, al caſt.

34 For thoſe foure litle ſhoulders alſo at euerie corner of one foote, were caſt out of the foote and ioyned together.

35–36 And in the toppe of the foote was a certayne roundnes of halfe a cubite, ſo wrought, that the lauatorie might be put thereon, ha⟨illegible⟩ ▪ the engrauinges therof, and diuerſe caruinges of it ſelf. ⟨illegible⟩ graued alſo in thoſe fielinges, which were of braſſe, and in the corners, cherubs, and lions, and palmetrees, as it w⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩ the ſimilitude of a man ſtanding, that they ſemed not to be engrauen, but put to round about.

37–38 After this maner made he ten feete, of one caſting and meaſure, & like grauing. ⟨illegible⟩ made alſo ten lauatories of braſſe: one lauatorie conteyned fourtie bates, and it was of foure cubites: alſo at euerie foote, that is ten, he put ſo manie lauatories.

39 And he ſette the ten feete, fiue on the right ſide of the temple, and fiue on the leaft: and the ſea ⟨illegible⟩e put on the right ſide of the temple againſt the Eaſt toward the South

40 Hiram therfore made cauldrons, and thoueles, and litle pottes, and perfected al the worke of king Salomon in the temple of our Lord.

41 Two pyllers, and two cordes of the litle heades, vpon the litle heades of the pyllers: and two litle nettes, to couer the two cordes, that were ouer the heades of the pyllers.

42 And foure hundred pomegranates in the two nettes: two rewes of pomegramates in euerie nette, to couer the cordes of the litle heades, which were vpon the heades of the pyllers.

43 And tenne feete, and tenne lauatories vpon the feete.

44 And one ſea, and twelue oxen vnder the ſea.

45 And cauldrons, and ſhouels, and litle pottes. Al the veſſels that Hiram made to king Salomon in the houſe of our Lord, were of bright latten.

46 In the champayne countrie of Iordan did the king caſt thoſe thinges in a clay ground, betwen Sacoth and Sarthan.

47 And Salomon placed al the veſſel: but for the exceding great multitude the braſſe could not be weyed.

48 And Salomon made al the veſſels in the houſe of our Lord: an altar of gold, and a table, wherupon the loaues of propoſition ſhould be put, of gold:

49 and candleſtickes of gold, fiue on the right hand, and fiue on the leaft againſt the oracle, of pure gold: and as it were lilie floures, and lampes aboue of gold: and golden ſnuffers,

50 and water pottes, and fleshehookes, and phiales, and morters, and cenſars, of moſt pure gold: and the ⟨illegible⟩ndges of doores of the inner Sanctum ſanctorum, and of the doores of the houſe of the temple, were of gold.

51 And Salomon perfected al the worke that he did in the houſe of our Lord, and brought in the thinges that Dauid his father [::] had ſanctified, ſiluer and gold, and the veſſel, and layed them in the treaſures of the houſe of our Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 7

• 21 [*] Firmnes.
• 21 [*] in ſtrength▪
• 23 [::] A veſſel ſo ⟨illegible⟩ for the ⟨illegible⟩ being ⟨illegible⟩.
• 26 [::] ⟨illegible⟩atus contayned ⟨illegible⟩.
• 51 [::] Had deſigned and dedicated to holie vſes.

Chapter 8

CHAP. VIII. The arke is brought in, and the temple dedicated. 10. a glorious cloyvde replenisheth it, 14. Salomon prayeth long to God, 55. bleſseth the people. 62. and manie victimes are offered in this ſolemne feſtiuitie.

1 THEN were gathered together al the ancientes of Iſrael with the princes of the tribes, and the heades of the families of the children of Iſrael to king Salomon into Ieruſalem: that they might carrie the Arke of the couenant of our Lord out of the citie of Dauid, that is, out of Sion.

2 And al Iſrael aſſembled to king Salomon in the moneth of Ethanim, on a ſolemne day, that is the ſeuenth moneth.

3 And al the ancientes of Iſrael came, and the prieſtes tooke the arke,

4 and caried the arke of our Lord, and the tabernacle of couenant, and al the veſſels of the Sanctuarie, that were in the tabernacle: and the Prieſtes and the Leuites caried them.

5 And king Salomon, and al the multitude of Iſrael, which was aſſembled vnto him, went with him before the arke, and they immolated ſheepe and oxen without eſtimation & number.

6 And the prieſtes brought in the arke of the couenant of our Lord into his place, into the oracle of the temple, into Sanctum ſanctorum vnder the winges of the cherubs.

7 For the cherubs ſpred their winges ouer the place of the arke, and couered the arke, and the barres therof aboue.

8 And whereas the barres ſtood out, and the endes of them appeared without in the Sanctuarie before the oracle, they appeared no farder outward, which alſo were there vntil this preſent day.

9 And in the arke there was [::] nothing els but two tables of ſtone, which Moyſes put in it in Horeb, when our Lord made the couenant with the children of Iſrael, when they came out of the Land of Aegypt.

10 And it came to paſſe, when the prieſtes were gone out of the Sanctuarie, a clowde filled the houſe of our Lord,

11 and the prieſtes could not ſtand and miniſter for the clowde: for the glorie of our Lord had filled the houſe of our Lord.

12 Then ſayd Salomon: Our Lord ſayd that he would dwel in a clowde.

13 Building I haue built a houſe for thy habitation, thy moſt firme throne for euer.

14 And the king turned his face, and [::] bleſſed al the church of Iſrael: for al the church if Iſrael ſtood.

15 And Salomon ſayd: Bleſſed be our Lord the God of Iſrael, who ſpake by his mouth to Dauid my father, & in his owne handes hath perfected it, ſaying:

16 Since the day that I brought my people Iſrael out of Aegypt, I choſe no citie of al the tribes of Iſrael, that a houſe might be built, and my name might be there: but I choſe Dauid to be ouer my people Iſrael.

17 And Dauid my father would haue built a houſe to the name of our Lord the God of Iſrael:

18 and our Lord ſayd to Dauid my father: In that thou haſt thought in thy hart to build a houſe to my name, thou haſt done wel, caſting this ſame thing in thy mynd.

19 Neuertheleſſe thou ſhalt not build me a houſe, but thy ſonne, that shal come forth of thy reynes, he shal build a houſe to my name.

20 Our Lord hath confirmed his word, which he ſpake: and I ſtand for Dauid my father, and ſitte vpon the throne of Iſrael, as our Lord hath ſpoken: and I haue built a houſe to the name of our Lord the God of Iſrael.

21 And I haue appoynted there a place for the arke, wherin the couenant of our Lord is, which he made with our fathers, when they came out of the Land of Aegypt.

22 And Salomon ſtood before the altar of our Lord in the ſight of the aſſemblie of Iſrael, and extended his handes toward heauen,

23 and ſayd: Lord God of Iſrael, there is no God like to thee in heauen aboue, and vpon the earth beneth: which keepeſt couenant and mercie with thy ſeruantes, that walke before thee in al their hart.

24 Which haſt kept to thy ſeruant Dauid my father, the thinges that thou haſt ſpoken to him: by mouth thou didſt ſpeake, and with thy handes thou haſt accomplished, as this day proueth.

25 Now therfore Lord God of Iſrael, keepe vnto thy ſeruant Dauid my father the thinges which thou haſt ſpoken to him, ſaying: There shal not be taken away of thee a man before me, which ſitteth vpon the throne of Iſrael: [::] yet ſo if thy children shal keepe their way, that they walke before me as thou haſt walked in my ſight.

26 And now Lord God of Iſrael, let thy wordes be eſtablished, which thou haſt ſpoken to thy ſeruant Dauid my father.

27 Is it then to be thought that in deede God dwelleth vpon the earth? for if heauen, and the heauens of heauens can not conteyne thee, how much more this houſe, which I haue built?

28 But looke toward the prayer of thy ſetuant, and to his petitions ô Lord my God: heare the hymne and the prayer, which thy ſeruant prayeth before thee this day:

29 that thy eies be opened vpon this houſe night and day: vpon the houſe, wherof thou ſayeſt: My name ſhal be there: that thou heare the prayer, which thy ſeruant prayeth in this place to thee.

30 That thou heare the requeſt of thy ſeruant and of thy people Iſrael, whatſoeuer they shal pray for in this place, and thou shalt heare in the place of thy habitation in heauen: and when thou haſt heard, thou shalt be merciful.

31 If a man shal ſinne agaynſt his neighbour, and shal haue any oath, wherwith he is held faſt bound: and shal come becauſe of the oath before thine altar into thy houſe,

32 thou shalt heare in heauen: and shalt doe, and iudge thy ſeruantes, condemning the impious, and rendring his way vpon his head, and iuſtifying the iuſt, and [::] rewarding him according to his iuſtice.

33 If thy people Iſrael shal flec their enemies (becauſe they wil ſinne agaynſt thee) and doing penance, and confeſſing to thy name, shal come, and pray, and beſech thee in this houſe;

34 heare in heauen, and forgeue the ſinne of thy people Iſrael, and thou shalt reduce them vnto the land, which thou gaueſt to their fathers.

35 If the heauen shal be shut, and it rayne not, becauſe of their ſinnes, and praying in this place, they doe penance to thy name, and shal be conuerted from their ſinnes through their affliction:

36 heare them in heauen, and forgeue the ſinnes of thy ſeruantes, and of thy people Iſrael: and shew them a good way wherin they may walke, and geue rayne vpon thy land, which thou haſt geuen to thy people in poſſeſſion.

37 If famine aryſe in the land, or peſtilence, or corrupt ayre, or blaſting, or locuſt, or ruſt, and their enemie afflict them beſieging the gates, al plague, al in firmity,

38 al curſing, and banning, that shal chance to any man of thy people Iſrael: if any man shal know the wound of his hart, and shal ſpred forth his handes in this houſe,

39 thou ſhalt heare in heauen, in the place of thy habitation, and shalt be merciful agayne, and shalt ſo doe that thou geue to euerie one according to his wayes, as thou shalt ſee his hart (for thou onlie knoweſt the hart of al the children of men)

40 that they feare thee al the dayes, which they liue vpon the face of the land, which thou haſt geuen our fathers.

41 Moreouer alſo the ſtranger, which is not of thy people Iſrael, when he shal come from a farre countrie for thy name (for thy great name shal be heard of, and thy ſtrong hand,

42 and thy ſtretched out arme euerie where) when therfore he shal come, and shal pray in this place,

43 thou shalt heare in heauen, in the firmament of thy habitation, & thou shalt doe al thinges, for the which the ſtranger shal inuocate thee: that al the peoples of the earth may lerne to feare thy name, as thy people Iſrael, and may proue that thy name is inuocated vpon this houſe, which I haue built.

44 If thy people shal goe forth to warre agaynſt their enemies, by the way, whitherſoeuer thou shalt ſend them, they shal pray to thee agaynſt the way of the citie, which thou haſt choſen, and agaynſt the houſe, which I haue built to thy name,

45 and thou shalt heare in heauen their prayers, and their petitions, and shalt doe iudgement for them.

46 But if they shal ſinne to thee (for there is no man which ſinneth not) and thou being wrath shalt deliuer them to their enemies, and they shal be led captiue into the land of their enemies farre or neere,

47 and shal doe penance in their [::] hart in the place of captiuirie, and conuerted shal beſech thee in their captiuitie, ſaying: We haue ſinned, we haue done wickedly, we haue dealt impiouſly:

48 and shal returne to thee in al their hart, and al their ſoule, in the land of their enemies, to the which they shal be led captiue: & shal pray to thee agaynſt the way of their land, which thou gaueſt to their fathers, and of the citie which thou haſt choſen, & of the temple which I haue built to thy name:

49 thou shalt heare in heauen, in the firmament of thy throne their prayers, and their petitions, and shalt doe their iudgement for them:

50 and shalt be merciful to thy people, which ſinned to thee, and to al their iniquities, where with they haue tranſgreſſed agaynſt thee: and thou shalt geue mercie before them, that shal haue them captiues, that they may haue compaſſion on them.

51 For they are thy people, and thine inheritance, whom thou haſt brought out of the Land of Aegypt, from the middes of the yron fornace.

52 That thy eies be open to the petition of thy ſeruant, and of thy people Iſrael, & thou heare them in al thinges for which they shal inuocate thee.

53 For thou haſt ſeparated them to thee for an inheritance from al the peoples of the earth, as thou haſt ſpoken by Moyſes thy ſeruant, when thou didſt bring our fathers out of Aegypt, Lord God.

54 And it came to paſſe, when Salomon had accomplished praying to our Lord al this prayer and petition, he roſe from the ſight of the altar of our Lord: for he had faſtened both knees on the ground, and had ſpred his handes toward heauen.

55 He ſtood therfore and bleſſed al the aſſemblie of Iſrael with a lowde voyce, ſaying:

56 Bleſſed be our Lord, which hath geuen reſt to his people Iſrael, according to al thinges that he hath ſpoken: there hath not fayled ſo much as one word of al the good thinges, that he ſpake by Moyſes this ſeruant.

57 Be our Lord God with vs, as he hath beene with our fathers, not forſaking, nor reiecting vs.

58 But incline he our hartes to him, that we may walke in al his waies, and keepe his commandementes, and his ceremonies, and iudgementes whatſoeuer he commanded our fathers.

59 And be theſe my wordes, wherewith I haue prayed before our Lord, approching to our Lord God day and night, that he may doe iudgement for his ſeruant, and for his people Iſrael day by day:

60 that al the peoples of the earth may knowe, that our Lord he is God, and there is none other beſides him.

61 Let our hart alſo be perfect with our Lord God, that we walke in his decrees, and keepe his cōmandementes, as alſo this day.

62 Therfore the king, and al Iſrael with him, did immolate victimes beſore our Lord.

63 And Salomon killed paciſ⟨illegible⟩que hoſtes, which he immolated to our Lord, of oxen two and twentie thouſand, and of sheepe an hundred twentie thouſand: and they dedicated the temple of our Lord, the king, and the children of Iſrael.

64 In that day the king ſanctified the middes of the court, that was before the houſe of our Lord: for he made the holocauſt there, and ſacrifice, and fatte of the pacifiques: becauſe the braſen altar, that was before our Lord, was too litle, and could not take the holocauſt, and ſacrifice, and fatte of the pacifiques.

65 Salomon therfore made in that time a ſolemne feſtiuitie, and al Iſrael with him, a great multitude from the entrance of Emath vnto the Ryuer of Aegypt, before our Lord God, ſeuen daies and ſeuen daies, that is, fourtene daies.

66 And in the eight day he diſmiſſed the people: Who :: bleſſing the king, went into their tabernacles reioyſing, and with a ioyſul hart for al the good thinges, that our Lord had done to Dauid his ſeruant, and to Iſrael his people.

Marginal notes to Chapter 8

• 9 [::] There was no more with in the arke, Deut. 10. but on the outſide was the rodde of Aaron. Nu. 17. Heb. 9. the golden potte with Manna. Exod 16 Heb 9. and the booke of the law repeted by Moyſes. Deut. 31.
• 14 [::] Prices bleſſe their people & parentes their children.
• 25 [::] Salomon knew wel Gods conditional promiſe, but perſeuered not in keping his cōmandments, and therfore a great part of the kingdom was takē from his children, yet the right of the kingdom of Iuda remayned to his ſeede euen to Chriſt our Sauiour.
• 32 [::] Reward of good workes.
• 47 [::] External workes of penance, except they proceede from the hart, ſuffice not for remiſſion of ſinne.

Chapter 9

CHAP. IX. Our Lord appearing againe to Salomon. 4. admonisheth him and his people to keepe the precepts. 6. threatning punishment if they do not. 10. The king of Tyre receiueth tvventie cities of Salomon, but liketh them not. 14. Salomon buildeth more cities and tovvnes. 20. Maketh diuers nations tributarie. 24. The Quene repayreth to her houſe. 25. The king offereth victimes thriſe euerie yeare. 26. and fetcheth gold from Ophir.

1 AND it came to paſſe when Salomon had perfected the building of the houſe, of our Lord, & the kinges houſe, and al that he wiſhed and would haue done,

2 our Lord appeared to him the ſecond time, as he had appeared to him in Gabaon.

3 And our Lord ſaid to him: I haue heard thy prayer & thy petition, which thou haſt prayed before me: I haue ſanctified this houſe, which thou haſt built, that I might put my name there for euer, and myne eies and my hart shal be there alwaies.

4 Thou alſo if thou wilt walke before me, as thy father walked, [::] in ſimplicitie of hart, and in equitie: and wilt doe al thinges, which I haue commanded thee, and wilt keepe my ordinances and my iudgementes,

5 I wil ſette the throne of thy kingdom ouer Iſrael for euer, as I haue ſpoken to Dauid thy father, ſaying: There ſhal not be taken away a man of thy ſtocke from the throne of Iſrael.

6 But if by reuolting you and your children ſhal turne away, not folowing me, nor keeping my commandementes, and my ceremonies, which I haue propoſed to you, but shal goe and worshippe ſtrange goddes, and adore them:

7 I wil take away Iſrael from the face of the land, which I haue geuen them, and the temple which I haue ſanctified to my name, I wil caſt away from my ſight, and Iſrael shal be for a prouerbe, and for a fable to al peoples.

8 And this houſe shal be for an example: euerie one that shal paſſe by it, shal wonder, and hiſſe, and ſay: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land, and to this houſe?

9 And they shal anſwere: Becauſe they haue forſaken the Lord their God, which brought their fathers out of the Land of Aegypt, and haue folowed ſtrange goddes, & adored them, and worshipped them: therfore hath the Lord brought vpon them al this euil.

10 And twentie yeares being complete, after that Salomon had built the two houſes, that is, the houſe of our Lord, and the houſe of the king

11 (Hiram the king of Tyre miniſtring to Salomon ceder trees & firre trees, and gold according to al that he had neede) then Salomon [::] gaue to Hiram twentie townes in the Land of Galilee.

12 And Hiram went from Tyre, to ſee the townes which Salomon had geuen him, and they pleaſed him not,

13 and he ſayd: Are theſe the cities, which thou haſt geuen me, brother? And he called them the land [*] Chabul, vntil this day.

14 Hiram alſo ſent to king Salomon an hundred and twentie talentes of gold.

15 This is the ſumme of the expences, which king Salomon offered to build the houſe of our Lord, and his owne houſe, and Mello, and the wal of Ieruſalem, and Heſer, and Mageddo, and Gazer

16 Pharao the king of Aegypt came vp and rooke Gazer, and burnt it with fire: And the Chananite, that dwelt in the citie, he ſlewe, and gaue it for a dowrie to his daughter the wife of Salomon

17 Salomon therfore built Gazer, and Bethhoron the lower,

18 and Baalath, and Palmi⟨illegible⟩a in the Land of the wildernes.

19 And al the villages, that perteyned to him, and were without wal, he fenſed, and the cities of the chariotes, and the cities of the horſemen, and whatſoeuer pleaſed him to build in Ieruſalem, and in Libanus, and in al the land of his dominion.

20 Al the people, that was remayning of the Amorrheites, and Hetheites, and Pherezeites, and Heueites, and Iebuſeites, that are not of the children of Iſrael:

21 their children, that were remayning in the land, to witte, thoſe whom the children of Iſrael could not abolish: Salomon made tributaries, vntil this day.

22 But of the children of Iſrael Salomon appoynted not any man to ſerue, but they were men of warre, and his ſeruantes, and princes, and captaynes, and ouerſeers of the chariotes and horſes.

23 And there were princes ouer al the workes of Salomon, made ouerſeers, fiue hundred fiftie, which had the people ſubiect, and commanded ouer their appoynted workes.

24 And the daughter of Pharao went vp out of the citie of Dauid into her houſe, which Salomon had built her: then did he build Mello.

25 Salomon alſo offered three tymes euerie yeare holocauſtes, and pacifique victimes vpon the altar, which he had built to our Lord, and he burnt incenſe before our Lord: and the temple was perfected.

26 King Salomon alſo made [::] a name in Aſiongaber, which is beſide Ailath in the ſhore of the Readſea in the Land of Idumea.

27 And Hiram ſent in that nauie his men, that were mariners & skilful of the ſea, with the ſeruantes of Salomon.

28 Who when they were come into Ophir, the gold taken thence of foure hundred and twentie talentes, they brought to king Salomon.

Marginal notes to Chapter 9

• 4 [::] External worſhip is not acceptable to God, except it procede from internal ſinceritie and d⟨illegible⟩odon. VVherfore S. Auguſtin ſayth: God is worshipped in faith, hope, and charitie. Enchirid. c. ⟨illegible⟩.
• 11 [::] Salomon did not ⟨illegible⟩el theſe cities, for he could not alienate them, but let the king of Tyre haue the vſe and reuenewes in payment for timber, & for the gold which he ſent.
• 13 [*] dirtie or diſples ſing.
• 26 [::] a monument.

Chapter 10

CHAP. X. The quene of Saba coming to king Salomon, admireth his vviſdom, magnificence, and order of gouernment 10. She geueth and receiueth giftes. 14. Salomon receiueth much gold diuers vvayes: 16. maketh golden targ⟨illegible⟩tes. ⟨illegible⟩8. a magnificent throne. 21. and much golden veſsel. 25. Manie bring him preſentes. 26. He hath manie chariottes, horſemen. 27. abundance of ſiluer 28. Marchantes of diuers kingdomes ſel him horſes.

1 BVT the Queene of [::] Saba alſo hauing heard the fame of Salomon, in the name of our Lord came to proue him, in hard propoſitions.

2 And entring into Ieruſalem with a great trayne, and riches, and camels carying ſpices, and gold exceding infinite, and pretious ſtones, she came to king Salomon, and ſpake to him al thinges that she had in her hart.

3 And Salomon interpreted to her al the wordes, that she propoſed: there was not a word, that the king could be ignorant of, and could not anſwer her.

4 And the queene of Saba a ſeing al the wiſedom of Salomon, and the houſe, which he had built,

5 and the meates of his table, and the habitations of his ſeruantes, and the orders of them that ſerued, and their garmentes, cupbearers, and the holocauſtes which he offered in the houſe of our Lord [::] ſhe had no longer ſpirit,

6 and she ſaid to the king: The report is true, which I haue heard in my countrie,

7 concerning thy wordes, and concerning thy wiſedom. and I did not beleue them that told me, til my ſelfe came, and ſawe with myne eies, and haue proued that the half not been told me: greater is thy wiſdom, and thy workes, then the rumour, which I haue heard.

8 Bleſſed are thy men, and bleſſed are thy ſeruantes, which ſtand before thee alwaies, and heare thy wiſedom.

9 Be the Lord thy God bleſſed, whom thou haſt pleaſed, and that hath ſerte thee vpon the throne of Iſrael, for that the Lord hath loued Iſrael for euer, and hath appointed thee king, to do iudgement and iuſtice.

10 She therfore gaue to the king an hundred and twentie talentes of gold, and ſpices exceding much, and pretious ſtones: There was no more brought ſo much ſpice, as that which the Quene of Saba gaue to king Salomon.

11 (But the naue alſo of Hiram, which caried gold our of Ophir, brought from Ophir thyine trees exceding manie, and pretious ſtones.

12 And the king made of the thyine trees the porches of the houſe of our Lord, and of the kinges houſe and harpes & vials for the ſingers: there were not ſuch thyine [*] trees brought, nor ſeen vntil this preſent daye.)

13 And king Salomon gaue to the queene of Saba al that she would, and asked of him: beſide thoſe thinges, which of him ſelfe he offered her for a royal gift. Who returned, and went into her countrie with her ſeruantes.

14 And the weight of the gold, that was brought to Salomon euerie yeare, was of ſix hundred ſixtie ſix talentes of gold:

15 beſide that, which the men brought, that were ouer the tributes, and merchantes, and al that ſold light wares, and al the kinges of Arabia, and the dukes of the land.

16 Salomon alſo made two hundred ſhieldes of moſt pure gold, ſix hundred ſicles of gold did he allow for the plates of one shield.

17 And three hundred tergattes of tried gold: and three hundred poundes of gold garnished one terget: and the king put them in the houſe of the foreſt of Libanus.

18 King Salomon alſo made a great throne of yuorie: and couered it with gold exceding yellow,

19 which had ſixe ſteppes: and the toppe of the throne was round in the hinder part: and the two handes on either ſide holding the ſeate: and two lyons ſtood at euery hand.

20 And twelue litle lyons ſtanding vpon the ſixe ſteppes on either ſide: there was not ſuch a worke made in al kingdomes.

21 Yea and al the veſſels, out of the which the king Salomon drunke, were of gold: and al the furniture of the houſe of the foreſt of Libanus of moſt pure gold: there was no ſiluer, neither was it thought of any price in the daies of Salomon,

22 becauſe the kinges nauie, once in three yeares, went with the nauie of Hiram on the ſea into Tharſis, bringing thence gold, and ſiluer, and the teeth of elephantes, and apes, and pecockes.

23 King Salomon therfore was magnified aboue al the kinges of the earth in riches, and wiſedom.

24 And al the earth deſired to ſee Salomons face, that they might heare his wiſedom, which God had geuen in his hart.

25 And euerie one preſented him giftes, veſſel of ſiluer and gold, garmentes and inſtrumentes for warre, ſpices alſo, and horſes and mules euerie yeare.

26 And Salomon gathered together the chariotes and horſemen, and there amounted to him a thouſand foure hundred chariotes, and twelue thouſand horſemen: and he diſpoſed them in fenſed cities, and with the king in Ieruſalem.

27 And he made that there was as great abundance of ſiluer In Ieruſalem, as of ſtones: and of ceder trees he cauſed ſuch a multitude, as if it were ſycomore trees, which grow in the playnes.

28 And there were horſes brought for Salomon out of Aegypt, and Coa, for the kinges merchantes brought them out of Coa, and brought them at a ſette price.

29 And a chariote of foure horſes came out of Aegypt, for ſixe hundred ſicles of ſiluer, and one horſe for an hundred and fiftie. And after this maner did al the kinges of the Hetheites, and of Syria ſel horſes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 10

• 1 [::] Part of Arabia is called Saba, nere to Iurie. but this Saba is beyond Arabia, as S. Hierom teſtifieth in Eſaiae. 60 li. 17 it ſemeth to be in Aethiopia, for our Sauiour ſaith Mat. 12. The quene of the South came frō the endes of the earth, to heare the vviſdom of Salomon.
• 5 [::] As this quene had no ſpirite, when ſhe ſaw Salomons wiſdom, ſo the Church gathered of gentiles knowing Chriſts grace, & finding the maſters of Euangelical doctrin, caſting away the ſpirite of pride, and laying of al hautineſſe of mind, lerned to diſtruſt in her ſelf, and to truſt in the great mercie of her king. S. Greg in Pſal 7. pa⟨illegible⟩ten. to 2.
• 12 [*] A wonderful thing, that a Quene vpon fame of a mans wiſdom traueled ſo farre to heare him ſpeake, and to ſee his gouernment. but it was Gods inſpiration, to ſignifie by this figure, that the Church of Chriſt ſhould be gathered of the Gentiles in al nations. Kiges, Quenes & no⟨illegible⟩ potent Princes alſo ſubmitting themſelues to Chriſt. Iſaae. c. 49.

Chapter 11

CHAP. XI. Salomon louing and marying manie wemen of diuers nations, is drawen by them to idolatrie. 9. God therfore offended ſuffereth Adad an Idumean, 23. Razon king of Damaſcus, 26. and Hieroboam his owne ſeruant to make warre against him. 29. Ahias the prophet fortelleth Hieroboam, that he shal reigne ouer tenne tribes, leauing but tvvo to Salomons heyres, 38. VVith promiſe to proſper, if he ſerue God. 42. Salomon dieth.

1 AND king Salomon loued manie wemen ſtrangers, the daughter alſo of Pharao, and Moabites, and Ammonites, Idumeians, and Sidonians, and Hetheians:

2 of the nations, wherof our Lord ſayd to the children of Iſrael: You ſhal not goe in vnto them, neither shal anie of them come in vnto yours: for they wil moſt certainly turne away your hartes to folow their goddes. To theſe therfore was Salomon copled in moſt ſeruent loue.

3 And he had wiues as it were queenes [::] ſeuen hundred, and concubines three hundred: and the wemen turned away his hart.

4 And when he was now old, his hart was depraued by wemen, that he folowed ſtrange goddes: neither was his hart perfect with our Lord his God, as the hart of Dauid his father.

5 But Salomon worshipped Aſtarthee the goddeſſe of the Sidonians, and Moloch the idol of the Ammonites.

6 And Salomon did that which was not liked before our Lord, and he accomplished not to folow our Lord, as Dauid his father.

7 Then built Salomon a temple to Camos the idol of Moab, in the mount that is agaynſt Ieruſalem, and to Moloch the idol of the children of Ammon.

8 And in this maner did he to al his wiues that were ſtrangers, which burnt frankencenſe, and immolated to their goddes.

9 Therfore our Lord was wrath with Salomon, becauſe his minde was turned away from our Lord the God of Iſrael, who had appeared vnto him the ſecond tyme,

10 and had commanded him concerning this word, that he should not folow ſtrange goddes, & he kept not the thinges which our Lord commanded him.

11 Our Lord therfore ſayd to Salomon: Becauſe thou haſt done this, and haſt not kept my couenant, and my preceptes, which I haue commanded thee, breaking I wil rent aſunder thy kingdom, and wil geue it to thy ſeruant.

12 Neuertheleſſe in thy dayes I wil not doe it, becauſe of Dauid thy father: out of the hand of thy ſonne I wil rent it,

13 neither wil I take away the whole kingdom, but [::] one tribe I wil geue to thy ſonne for Dauid my ſeruant, and [::] Ieruſalem. Which I haue choſen.

14 And our Lord rayſed vp an aduerſarie to Salomon, Adad an Idumeite of the kinges ſeede, who was in Edom.

15 For when Dauid was in Idumea, and Ioab the general of the warfare was gone vp to burie them that were ſlayne, and had ſlayne al malekind in Idumea, (

16 for Ioab taried there ſix monethes and al Iſrael, til he ſlew al malekind in Idumea,)

17 Adad him ſelf fled, and men of Idumea of his fathers ſeruantes with him, to goe into Aegypt: and Adad was a litle boy.

18 And when they roſe out of Madian, they came into Pharan, and they tooke with them men of Pharan, and entered into Aegypt to Pharao the king of Aegypt: who gaue him a houſe, and appoynted him meates, and aſſigued him land.

19 And Adad found grace before Pharao excedingly, in ſo much that he gaue him to wife, the germane ſiſter of his wife Taphnes the queene.

20 And the ſiſter of Taphnes bare him a ſonne Genubath, and Taphnes brought him vp in the houſe of Pharao: and Genubath was dwelling at Pharaoes houſe with his children.

21 And when Adad in Aegypt had heard, that Dauid ſlept with his fathers, and that Ioab the general of the warefare was dead, he ſayd to Pharao: Diſmiſſe me, that I may goe into my countrie.

22 And Pharao ſayd to him: For what lackeſt thou with me, that thou ſeekeſt to goe into thyne owne countrie? But he anſwered: Nothing: yet I beſech thee that thou diſmiſſe me.

23 God alſo rayſed vp to him an aduerſarie, Razon the ſonne of Eliada, who had fled Adarezer the king of Soba his lord:

24 and he gathered men agaynſt him, and he became the captayne of theues, when Dauid killed them: and they went to Damaſcus, and dwelt there, and they made him king in Damaſcus,

25 and he was an aduerſarie to Iſrael [::] al the dayes of Salomon: and this is the euil of Adad, and hatred agaynſt Iſrael, and he reigned in Syria.

26 Ieroboam alſo the ſonne of Nabath, an Ephratheite of Sareda, the ſeruant of Salomon, whoſe mother was called Serua, a woman widow lifted vp his hand agaynſt the king.

27 And this is the cauſe of his rebellion agaynſt him, becauſe Salomon built Mello, and filled vp the breache of the citie of Dauid his father.

28 And Ieroboam was a ſtrong man and mightie: and Salomon ſeing the youngman of a good witte & induſtrious, had made him chief ouer the tributes of al the houſe of Ioſeph.

29 It came to paſſe therfore at that tyme, that Ieroboam went out of Ieruſalem, and the prophete Ahias the Silonite found him in the way, couered with a new cloke: and they two onlie were in the field.

30 And Ahias taking his new cloke, wherwith he was couered, [::] cut it into twelue partes.

31 And he ſayd to Ieroboam: Take vnto thee ten pieces: for thus ſayth our Lord the God of Iſrael: Behold I wil rent the kingdom out of the hand of Salomon, and wil geue thee ten tribes.

32 But one tribe ſhal remayne to him for my ſeruant Dauid, and Ieruſalem the citie, which I haue choſen of al the tribes of Iſrael:

33 becauſe he hath forſaken me, and hath adored Aſtarthee the goddeſſe of the Sidonians, & Chamos the god of Moab, and Moloch the god of the children of Ammon: and hath not walked in my waies, to doe iuſtice before me, and my preceptes, and iudgementes as Dauid his father.

34 Neither wil I take away al the kingdom out of his hand, but I wil make him prince al the daies of his life, for Dauid my ſeruant, whom I choſe, who kept my commandmentes and my preceptes.

35 But I wil take away the kingdom out of his ſonnes hand, and wil geue thee ten tribes:

36 and to his ſonne I wil geue one tribe, that there may remayne a lampe to Dauid my ſeruant at al times before me in Ieruſalem, the citie which I haue choſen, that my name might be there.

37 And thee wil I take, and thou shalt reigne ouer al thinges, that thy ſoule deſireth, and thou shalt be king ouer Iſrael.

38 If therfore thou wilt heare al thinges, that I shal command thee, and wilt walke in my waies, and doe that which is right before me, keeping my commandmentes and my preceptes, as Dauid my ſeruant did: I wil be with thee, and wil build thee a faythful houſe, as I built a houſe to Dauid, and I wil deliuer Iſrael to thee:

39 and I wil afflict the ſeede of Dauid vpon this, but yet not alwaies.

40 Salomon therfore would haue killed Ieroboam: who aroſe, and fled into Aegypt to Seſac the king of Aegypt, and was in Aegypt vntil the death of Salomon.

41 And the reſt of the wordes of Salomon, and al that he did, and his wiſedom: behold they are al written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of Salomon.

42 And the daies, that Salomon reigned in Ieruſalem ouer al Iſrael, are fourtie yeares.

43 And Salomon [::] ſlept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid his father, and Roboam his ſonne reigned for him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 11

• 3 [::] Though pluralitie of wiues was then alowed, yet it was forbid to multiplie manie. Deut.
• 13 [::] The tribe of Iuda.
• 13 [::] By Ieruſalem is vnderſtood the tribe of Beniamin, wherin it ſtood. ſo there remained two tribes to Salomons heyres.
• 15 2. Reg. ⟨illegible⟩.
• 23 ⟨illegible⟩. Reg. 10.
• 25 [::] From the time that Salomon fel to idolatrie, he was more impugned by three perpetual aduerſaries, Adad, Razon, and Hieroboam; myſtically ſignifying the fleſh, the world, and the diuel.
• 30 [::] This fact cōfirmed his wordes. that he ſpoke ſeriouſly & fained not.
• 43 [::] VVhether he repented and was ſaued or no, is vncertaine.

Chapter 12

CHAP. XII. Roboam folowing youngmens counſel, 16. Ieroboam poſseſſeth ten tribes of his Kingdom. 21. VVhich he endouoring to recouer by warre, is admonished by [Margin: The third part. The diuiſion of the Kingdom. Seueral reigues of certaine kinges: and preaching of ſpecial prophetes.] a prophet to ceaſe. 26. Hieroboam ſetteth vp golden calues to be adored, making temples, altares, and prieſtes fitte for his purpoſe.

1 AND Roboam came into Sichem: for thither was al Iſrael gathered together to make him king.

2 But Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, when he was yet in Aegypt fugitiue from the face of king Salomon, hearing of his death, returned out of Aegypt.

3 And they ſent and called him: Ierobo⟨illegible⟩m therfore came, and al the multitude of Iſrael, and they ſpake to Roboam, ſaying.

4 Thy father layd a moſt hard yoke vpon vs: thou therfore diminish now a litle of thy fathers moſt hard empire, and of the moſt heauie yoke, that he layd vpon vs, and we wil ſerue thee.

5 Who ſayd to them: Goe vntil the third day, and returne to me. And when the people was gone,

6 king Roboam tooke counſel with the ancientes, that aſſiſted before Salomon his father, whiles he yet liued, and he ſayd: What counſel doe you geue me, that I may anſwer this people?

7 Who ſayd to him: If this day thou wilt yeld to this people, and condeſcend to them, and graunt to their petition, and wilt ſpeake to them gentle wordes, they wil be thy ſeruantes alwaies.

8 Who leaft the counſelf of the ancientes, which they had geuen him, and admitted yongmen, that had bene brought vp with him, and wayted on him,

9 and he ſayd to them: What counſel geue you me, that I may anſwer this people, which haue ſayd to me: Make the yoke lighter which thy father hath put vpon vs?

10 And the yongmen, that had bene brought vp with him, ſayd: Thus ſpeake to this people, which haue ſpoken to thee, ſaying: Thy father aggrauated our yoke, doe thou eaſe it. Thus ſhalt thou ſpeake to them: My leaſt finger is groſſer then the backe of my father.

11 And now my father layd vpon you a heauie yoke, but I wil adde vpon your yoke: my father bette you with ſcourges, but I wil beate you with ſcorpions.

12 Ieroboam therfore came, and al the people to Roboam the third day, as the king had ſpoken, ſaying: Returne to me the third day.

13 And the king anſwered the people rough wordes, leauing the counſel of the ancientes, which they had geuen him,

14 and he ſpake to them according to the counſel of the youngmen, ſaying: My father made your yoke heauie, but I wil adde to your yoke: my father bette you with whippes, but I wil beate you with ſcorpions.

15 And the king condeſcended not to the people: becauſe our Lord was turned away from him, [::] that he might rayſe vp his word, which he had ſpoken in the hand of Ahias the Silonite, to Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat.

16 The people therfore ſeing that the king would not heare them, anſwered him, ſaying: What part haue we in Dauid? or what inheritance in the ſonne of Iſai? Goe into thy tabernacles Iſrael, now ſee to thy houſe Dauid. And Iſrael went into their tabernacles.

17 But ouer the children of Iſrael, whoſoeuer dwelt in the cities of Iuda, Roboam reigned.

18 King Roboam therfore ſent Aduram, who was ouer the tributes: and al Iſrael ſtoned him, and he died, moreouer King Roboam in haſt went vp into his chariote, and fled into Ieruſalem:

19 and Iſrael reuolted from the houſe of Dauid, vntil this preſent day.

20 And it came to paſſe when al Iſrael had heard, that Ieroboam was returned, they ſent, and called him, an aſſemblie being gathered, and they made him king ouer al Iſrael, neither did any man folow the houſe of Dauid beſide the tribe of Iuda onlie.

21 And Roboam came to Ieruſalem, and gathered together al the houſe of Iuda, and the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred foureſcore thouſand choſen men warriers, to fight agaynſt the houſe of Iſrael, and to reduce the kingdom to Roboam the ſonne of Salomon.

22 But the word of our Lord came to Semeias the man of God, ſaying:

23 Speake to Roboam the ſonne of Salomon, the king of Iuda, and to al the houſe of Iuda, and Beniamin, and the reſt of the people, ſaying:

24 Thus ſayth our Lord: You ſhal not goe vp, neither ſhal you fight agaynſt your brethren the children of Iſrael: let euerie man returne into his houſe, for this word is done by me. They heard the word of our Lord, and returned from their iourney as our Lord had commanded them.

25 And Ieroboam built Siehem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt there: and departing thence he built Phanuel.

26 And Ieroboam ſayd in his hart: Now wil the kingdom returne to the houſe of Dauid,

27 if this people shal goe vp to make ſacrifices in the houſe of our Lord into Ieruſalem: and the hart of this people wil be turned to their lord Roboam the king of Iuda, and they wil kil me, and returne to him.

28 And finding out [::] a deuiſe he made two golden calues, and ſayd to them: Goe vp no more into Ieruſalem: Behold thy goddes Iſrael, which brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt.

29 And he put one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:

30 and this thing was an occaſion of ſinne: for the people went to adore the calfe, as farre as Dan.

31 And he made temples in the excelſes, and prieſtes [::] of the abiectes of the people, which were not of the children of Leui.

32 And he appoynted a ſolemne day in the eight moneth, the fiftenth day of the moneth, after the ſimilitude of the ſolemnitie, that was celebrated in Iuda. And going vp he made in like maner an altar in Bethel, to immolate to the calues, which he had framed: and he ordayned in Bethel prieſtes of the [::] excelſes, which he had made.

33 And he went vpon the altar, which he had built in Bethel, the fiftenth day of the eight moneth, which he had ⟨illegible⟩orged out of his owne hart: and he made a ſolemnitie to the children of Iſrael, and went vp vpon the altar, to burne incenſe.

Marginal notes to Chapter 12

• 15 [::] This pharaiſe noteth the ſequel, not the final cauſe. As chap. 14. ⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩.
• 28 [::] A diueliſh policie to make a religion conformable to the temperal ſtate.
• 31 [::] For ſuch a religion ſuch prieſtes were fitteſt.
• 32 [::] Places on hilles, where they ſacrificed calues, and other thinges to the images of calues.

Chapter 13

CHAP. XIII. A prophet ſent from Iuda to Bethel fortelleth the birth of Ioſias, and deſtruction of Ieroboams altar, 4. whoſe hand being ſudenly withered, 6. is reſtored by the prophets prayer. 11. The ſame prophet is deceiued by an other prophet, and ſlame by a lion. 33. Hieroboam proceedeth in impictie.

1 AND behold a man of God came out of Iuda, in the word of our Lord into Bethel, Ieroboam :: ſtanding vpon the altar, and cenſing.

2 And he cried out againſt the altar in the word of our Lord, and ſayd: Altar, altar, thus ſaith our Lord: Behold a child ſhal be borne to the houſe of Dauid, named [::] Ioſias, and he ſhal immolate vpon thee prieſtes of the excelſes, which now doe burne frankencenſe on thee, and he ſhal burne mens bones vpon thee.

3 And he gaue a ſigne in that day, ſaying: This ſhal be the ſigne, that our Lord hath ſpoken: Behold the altar shal be clouen, and the ashes shal be powred out in it.

4 And when the king had heard the word of the man of God, which he cried out againſt the altar in Bethel, he ſtretched forth his hand from the altar, ſaying: Take him. And his hand withered, which he ſtretched forth agaynſt him: neither was he able to draw it backe vnto him.

5 The altar alſo was clouen, and the ashes were powred out of the altar, according to the ſigne which the man of God had told before in the word of our Lord.

6 And the king ſaid to the man of God: Beſech the face of our Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be reſtored me. And the man of God beſought the face of our Lord, and the kinges hand was reſtored to him, and it became as it was before.

7 And the king ſpake to the man of God: Come home with me, that thou mayſt dyne, and I wil geue the giftes.

8 And the man of God anſwered the king: If thou wouldeſt geue me the halfe part of thy houſe, I wil not come with thee, nor eate bread, nor drinke water in this place:

9 for ſo was it enioyned in the word of our Lord cōmanding: Thou ſhalt not eate bread nor drinke water, nor returne by the way that thou cameſt.

10 He departed therfore by an other way, and returned not by the way, that the came into Bethel.

11 And a certaine prophete being old dwelt in Bethel, to whom his ſonnes came and told him al the workes, that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: and the wordes which he had ſpoken to the king, they told their father.

12 And their father ſayd to them: What way went he? His ſonnes ſhe wed him the way, by which the man of God was gone, which came out of Iuda.

13 And he ſaid to his ſonnes: Sadle me and aſſe. Who when they had ſadled it, he got vp,

14 and went after the man of God, and found him ſitting vnder a rerebinth: and he ſaid to him: Art thou the man of God that cameſt out of Iuda? He anſwered: I am he.

15 And he ſayd to him: Come home with me, that thou mayſt eate bread.

16 Who ſayd: I can not returue, nor come with thee, neither will eate bread, nor drinke water in this place:

17 becauſe our Lord ſpake to me in the word of our Lord, ſaying: Thou ſhalt not eate bread, and thou ſhalt not drinke water there, nor returne by the way thou wenteſt.

18 Who ſayd to him: I alſo am a prophet like to thee: and [::] an Angel hath ſpoken to me in the word of our Lord, ſaying: Bring him backe with thee into thy houſe, that he may eate bread, and drinke water. He deceiued him,

19 and brought him backe with him: he did eate therfore bread in his houſe, and drunke water.

20 And when they ſate at the table, the word, of our Lord came to the prophete, that brought him backe.

21 And he cried out to the man of God, which came out of Iuda, ſaying: Thus ſayth our Lord: Becauſe thou haſt not beene obedient to the mouth of our Lord, and haſt not kept the commandment, which our Lord thy God commanded thee,

22 and haſt returned, and eaten bread, & drunke water in the place wherin he commanded thee that thou ſhouldeſt not eate bread, nor drinke water, thy dead bodie ſhal not be brought into the ſepulchre of thy fathers.

23 And when he had eaten & drunke, he ſadled his aſſe for the prophet, whom he brought backe.

24 Who when he was gone, a lion found him in the way, and [::] killed him, and his bodie was caſt forth in the way: and the aſſe ſtood by him, and the lion ſtood by the dead bodie.

25 And behold, men paſſing by ſaw the dead bodie caſt in the way, and the lion ſtanding beſide the bodie. And they came and diuulged it in the citie, wherein that old prophet dwelt.

26 Which when that prophet heard, which had brought him backe out of the way, he ſayd: It is the man of God, that was diſobedient to the mouth of our Lord, and our Lord hath deliuered him to the lion, & he hath torne him, and killed him according to the word of our Lord, that he ſpake to him.

27 And he ſayd to hie ſonnes: Sadle me an aſſe. Who when they had ſadled,

28 and he was gone, he found his dead bodie caſt forth in the way, and the aſſe and the lion ſtanding by the corſe: the lion [::] did not eate of the dead bodie, nor hurt the aſſe.

29 The prophet therfore tooke the corſe of the man of God, and layd it vpon the aſſe, and returning brought it into the citie of the old prophete, that they might mourne for him.

30 And he layd his corſe in his owne ſepulchre: and they mourned for him: Alas, alas my brother.

31 And when they had mourned for him, he ſavd to his ſonnes: When I ſhal be dead, burie me in the ſepulchre, wherein the man of Ged is buried: beſide his bones lay my bones.

32 For aſſuredly the word ſhal come to paſſe, which he hath foretold in the word of our Lord agaynſt the altar that is in Bethel: and agaynſt al the temples of the excelſes, that are in the cities of Samaria.

33 After theſe wordes Ieroboam returned not from his wicked way: but on the contrarie part he made of the moſt abiect of the people prieſtes of the excelſes: Whoſoeuer would, he filled his hand, and he was made a prieſt of the excelſes.

34 And for this cauſe did the houſe of Ieroboam ſinne, and was ouerthrowen, and deſtroyed from the face of the earth.

Marginal notes to Chapter 13

• 2 [::] This foreſhewing long before the name of a childe that ſhould be borne, importeth that he ſhould do great thinges. See. 4. Reg. 2⟨illegible⟩.
• 18 [::] This man of Bethel was indeede a prophet of God, but in this lied wickedly, and ſo deceiuing the other prophet, made him to breake Gods commandment, for which he was ſlaine VVhervpon Hieroboam ſwhom the wiked prophet ſought to pleaſe) was leſſe afeard to procede in idolatrie.
• 24 [::] Not only the deceiuer, but alſo he that is deceiued, is guiltie and puniſhable for breakīg Gods cōmandment.
• 28 [::] By this it appeareth to be Gods worke and puniſhment.

Chapter 14

CHAP. XIIII. Ahias the prophet forsheweth the ruine of Hieroboams famili: 12. namely the death of his ſonne, for whom being ſick, the mother conſulteth the prophet. 20. Hieroboam dieth, and his ſonne Nadab reigneth. 21. Some alſo of the people of Iuda, committing idolatrie and other ſinnes, 25. the King of Aegypt inuadeth and ſacketh Hieruſalem. 31. Roboam dieth and his ſonne Abias reigneth.

1 AT that time Abia the ſonne of Ieroboam was ſicke.

2 And Ieroboam ſayd to his wife: Ariſe, and change thy habite, that thou be not knowen to be the wife of Ieroboam, and goe into Silo, where Ahias the prophete is, which ſpake to me, that I should reigne ouer this people.

3 Take alſo in thy hand ten loaues, and crackneles, and a veſſel of honic, and goe to him: for he wil shew thee what shal happen to this childe.

4 The wife of Ieroboam did as he had ſpoken: and riſing vp went into Silo, and came into the houſe of Ahias: but he could not ſee, becauſe his eies were dimme for age.

5 And our Lord ſayd to Ahias: Behold the wife of Ieroboam cometh in, to conſult thee concerning her ſonne that is ſicke: thus and thus shalt thou ſpeake to her. When ſhe therfore entered in, and diſſembled to be that she was,

6 Ahias heard the ſound of her feete entring in at the doore, and ſayd: Come in Ieroboams wife: Why doeſt thou fayne thy ſelf to be an other woman? But I am ſent to thee a heauie meſſenger.

7 Goe, and tel Ieroboam: Thus ſayth our Lord the God of Iſrael: Becauſe I haue exalted thee out of the middes of the people, and made thee prince ouer my people Iſrael:

8 and haue rent the kingdom of the houſe of Dauid, and geuen it to thee, and thou haft not beene as my ſeruant Dauid, who kept my commandementes, and folowed me in al his hatt, doing that which was wel liked in my ſight:

9 but haſt wrought euil aboue al, that haue beene before thee, and haſt made thee ſtrange and molten goddes, [::] that thou mighteſt prouoke me to anger, and haſt reiected me behind thy backe:

10 therfore behold I wil bring in euils vpon the houſe of Ieroboam, and wil ſtrike of Ieroboam him that pyſſeth to the wal, and the incloſed, and the vileſt in Iſrael: and I wil cleanſe the remaynes of the houſe of Ieroboam, as dung is wont to be cleanſed til al be pure.

11 They that shal die of Ieroboam in the citie, them the dogges ſhal eate: and they that shal die in the field, them the foules of the ayre shal deuoure: becauſe our Lord hath ſpoken.

12 Thou therfore ariſe, and goe into thy houſe: and in the verie entrance of thy feete into the citie, the childe shal die,

13 and al Iſrael shal mourne for him, and shal burie him: for this onlie of Ieroboam shal be brought into the ſepulchre, becauſe vpon him hath beene found a good word from our Lord the God of Iſrael, in the houſe of Ieroboam.

14 And our Lord wil appoynt to him ſelf a king ouer Iſrael, that shal ſtrike the houſe of Ieroboam in this day, and in this time:

15 and our Lord the God of Iſrael shal ſtrike it, as a reede is went to be moued in the water: and he shal plucke out Iſrael from this good countrie, which he gaue to their fathers, and shal ſcatter them ouer the Riuer: becauſe they haue made to them ſelues groues, to prouoke our Lord.

16 And our Lord shal deliuer Iſrael for the ſinnes of Ieroboam, who hath ſinned, & made Iſrael to ſinne.

17 The wi⟨illegible⟩e therfore of Ieroboam aroſe, and departed, and came into Therſa: and when she entered the threshold of the houſe, the childe died,

18 and they buried him. And al Iſrael mourned for him according to the word of our Lord, which he ſpake in the hand of his ſeruant Ahias the prophete.

19 But the reſt of the wordes of Ieroboam, how he fought, and how he reigned, behold they are written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iſrael.

20 And the daies, that Ieroboam reigned, are two and twentie yeares: and he ſlept with his fathers: and Nadab his ſonne reigned for him.

21 Moreouer Roboam the ſonne of Salomon reigned in Iuda: one and fourtie yeares old was Roboam when he began to reigne: ſeuentene yeares reigned he in Ieruſalem the citie, which our Lord choſe to put his name there, of al the tribes of Iſrael. And his mothers name was Naama an Ammonite.

22 And Iudas did euil before our Lord, and prouoked him aboue al thinges, that their fathers had done, in their ſinnes which they ſinned.

23 For they alſo built them altars, and ſtatues, and groues vpon euerie high hil, and vnder euerie tree ful of grene leaues:

24 yea and effeminates were in the land, and they did al the abominations of the gentiles, which our Lord deſtroyed before the face of the children of Iſrael.

25 And in the fifth yeare of the reigne of Roboam, Seſac the king of Aegypt came vp into Ieruſalem,

26 and tooke the treaſures of the houſe of our Lord, and the kinges treaſures, and al thinges he ſpoyled: the shieldes alſo of gold, which Salomon had made:

27 for the which Roboam made braſen shieldes, & deliuered them into the hand of the captaynes of shield bearers, and of them that kept watch before the doore of the kinges houſe.

28 And when the king went into the houſe of our Lord, they that had the office to goe before, caried them: and afterward they recaried them to the armourie of the shield bearers.

29 And the reſt of the wordes of Roboam, & al that he did, behold they are written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda.

30 And there was warre betwen Roboam and Ieroboam alwaies.

31 And Roboam ſlept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the citie of Dauid: and his mothers name was Naama an Ammonite: and Abias his ſonne reigned for him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 14

• 9 [::] Ieroboam did not wittingly and of purpoſe ſet vp falſe goddes, to the end he might prouoke God to anger: for his intention only was to kepe the people frō going to Ieruſalem, left by that occaſion they should returne to Roboam their Lord▪ king of Iuda. ch. 12. v. 27. But by ſettīg vp idols he did prouoke God conſequently to anger. So here and in other places this phraſe: that he might prouoke: that it might be fulfilled, and the like, ſignifieth not the final cauſe, but the ſequele of other factes, without direct intention:

Chapter 15

CHAP. XV. Abias reigneth wickedly in Iuda three yeares. 8. After him his ſonne Aſa ſucceding deſtroyeth idolatrie, reigning fourtie one yeares. 16. VVho hauing w⟨illegible⟩rres with the king of Iſrael, maketh league with the king of Syria, 24. Aſ⟨illegible⟩ dying Ioſaphat ſuccedeth. 25. Nadab reigneth wickedly two yeares in Iſrael, is then ſlaine by Baaſa of the tribe of Iſſachar, 29. and his whole familie is deſtroyed. 33. Baaſa alſo reigneth wickedly twentie foure yeares.

1 THERFORE in the eightenth yeare of king Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, Abias reigned ouer Iuda.

2 Three yeares reigned he in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was Maacha the daughter of Abeſſalom.

3 And he walked in al the ſinnes of his father, which he had done before him: neither was his hart perfect with our Lord his God, as the hart of Dauid his father.

4 But for Dauids ſake our Lord his God gaue him a lampe in Ieruſalem, that he might rayſe vp his ſonne after him, and eſtablish Ieruſalem:

5 [::] becauſe Dauid had done right in the eies of our Lord, and had not declined from al thinges, which he commanded him, al the daies of his life, except the matter of Vrias the Hetheite.

6 But there was warre betwen Roboam and Ieroboam al the time of his life.

7 And the reſt of the wordes of Abias, and al that he did, are they not written in the Booke of the wordes of the kinges of Iuda? And there was warre betwen Abias and Ieroboam.

8 And Abias ſlept with his fathers, and they buried him in the citie of Dauid: and Aſa his ſonne reigned for him.

9 In the twenteth yeare therfore of Ieroboam the king of Iſrael reigned Aſa the king of Iuda.

10 And he reigned one & fourtie yeares in Ieruſalem. His mothers name was Maaca, the daughter of Abeſſalom.

11 And Aſa did right before the ſight of our Lord, as Dauid his father:

12 and he tooke away the effemmare out of the land, and he purged al the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made.

13 Moreouer he remoued alſo Maaca his mother, that ſhe ſhould not be princeſſe in the ſacrifices of Priapus, and in the groue which she had conſecrated: and he deſtroyed her denne, and brake the moſt filthie idol, and burnt it in the torrent cedron:

14 but [::] the excelſes he did not take away. Otherwiſe the hart of Aſa was parfect with our Lord al his daies:

15 and he caried in thoſe thinges, which his father had ſanctified, and vowed into the houſe of our Lord, ſiluer and gold, and veſſels.

16 And there was warre betwen Aſa, and Baaſa the king of Iſrael al their daies.

17 Baaſa alſo the king of Iſrael went vp into Iuda, and built Rama, that no man might go out or come in of Aſaes ſide the king of Iuda.

18 Aſa therfore taking al the ſiluer, and gold that remained in the treaſures of the houſe of our Lord, and in the treaſures of the kinges houſe, gaue it into the handes of his ſeruantes: and he ſent to Benadad the ſonne of Tabremon the ſonne of Hezion, the king of Syria, which dwelt in Damaſcus, ſaying:

19 There is a league betwen me and thee, & betwixt my father and thy father: therfore I haue ſent thee giftes, ſiluer and gold: and I deſire thee that thou come, and make void the league, that thou haſt with Baaſa the king of Iſrael, and he may retire from me.

20 Benadad agreing to king Aſa, ſent the princes of his armie into the citiees of Iſrael, and they ſtroke Ahion, and Dan, and Abeldomum of Maacha, and al Cenneroth, to witte, al the Land of Nephthali.

21 Which when Baaſa had heard, he intermitted to build Rama, and returned into Therſa.

22 But king Aſa ſent word into al Iuda, ſaying▪ Let no man be excuſed▪ and they tooke ſtones from Rama, and the timber therof, wherwith Baaſa had built, and Aſa of it built Gabaa Beniamin, and Maſpha.

23 But the reſt of al the wordes of Aſa, and al his forces, and al that he did, & the cities that he built, are not theſe written in the Booke of the words of the dayes of the kinges of Iuda? How beit in the time of his old age he was diſeaſed in his feete.

24 And he ſlept with his fathers, & was buried with them in the citie of Dauid his father. And Ioſaphat his ſonne reigned for him.

25 But Nadab the ſonne of Ieroboam reigned ouer Iſrael the ſecond yeare of Aſa the king of Iuda: and he reigned ouer Iſrael two yeares.

26 And he did that which is euil in the ſight of our Lord, and walked in the waies of his father, and in his ſinnes, wherwith he made Iſrael to ſinne.

27 And Baaſa the ſonne of Ahias of the houſe of Iſſachar, lay in wayte againſt him, and ſtroke him in Gebbethon, which is a citie of the Philiſtimes: for Nadab and al Iſrael beſieged Gebbethon.

28 Baaſa therfore ſlew him in the third yeare of Aſa the king of Iuda, and reigned for him.

29 And when he reigned, he ſtroke [::] al the houſe of Ieroboam: he leaft not ſo much as one ſoule of his ſeede, til he deſtroied him according to the word of our Lord, which he had ſpoken in the hand of Ahias the Silonite,

30 for the ſinnes of Ieroboam, which he had ſinned, and wherwith he had cauſed Iſrael to ſinne, and for the offence, wherwith he prouoked our Lord the God of Iſrael.

31 But the reſt of the wordes of Nadab, and al that he wrought, are not theſe thinges written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iſrael?

32 And there was warre betwen Aſa and Baaſa the king of Iſrael al their daies.

33 In the third yeare of Aſa the king of Iuda, reigned Baaſa the ſonne of Ahias, ouer al Iſrael in Therſa foure and twentie yeares.

34 And he did euil before our Lord, & walked in the waies of Ieroboam, and in his ſinnes, wherwith he made Iſrael to ſinne.

Marginal notes to Chapter 15

• 5 [::] Dauids poſtetitie conſerued for his ſake.
• 14 [::] Thoſe altares which Salomon had made for his wiues, that were idolaters Aſa deſtroved not▪ but al which Roboā and Abias had made, or ſuffered to be made for their owne people he pulled downe. Ioſias afterward deſtroyed alſo thoſe which Salomon had made 2. ⟨illegible⟩l. 34.
• 29 [::] The a⟨illegible⟩ou⟨illegible⟩ of ſchiſme puniſhed in his poſteritie.

Chapter 16

CHAP. XVI. Iehu for prophecying the deſtruction of Baaſa and his houſe, 7. is ſlaine. 8. yet his ſonne Ela reigneth tvvo yeares. 9. Then Zambri rebelleth, killeth Ela, and reigneth. 16. Part of the people chooſing Amri (prince of the armie) their king, 18. Zambri deſperatly burneth himſelfe and the kings palace, 21. an other part folow Thebni as king til his death. 23. Amri reigneth tvvelue yeares vvickedly. 29. His ſonne Achab ſuccedeth, marieth Iezabel, and ſerueth Baal. 34. In the meane time Hiel repairer⟨illegible⟩ Iericho.

1 AND the word of our Lord came to Iehu the ſonne of Hanani agaynſt Baaſa, ſaying:

2 For ſo much as I haue exalted thee out of the duſt, & ſette thee duke ouer my people Iſrael, but thou haſt walked in the way of Ieroboam, and haſt made my people Iſrael to ſinne, that thou mighteſt anger me with their ſinnes:

3 behold, I wil cut downe the poſteritie of Baaſa, and the poſteritie of his houſe, and I wil make thy houſe as the houſe of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat.

4 Whoſoeuer of Baaſa shal die in the citie, him shal the dogges eate: and whoſoeuer of his shal die in the countrie, him shal the fowles of the ayre deuoure.

5 But the reſt of the wordes of Baaſa, and whatſoeuer he did, and his battels, are not theſe things written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iſrael?

6 Baaſa therfore ſlept with his fathers, and was buried in Therſa: and Ela his ſonne reigned for him.

7 And when the word of our Lord came in the hand of Iehu the ſonne of Hanani the prophete agaynſt Baaſa, and agaynſt his houſe, and agaynſt al the euil, that he had done before our Lord, to anger him in the workes of his handes, that it should be made as the houſe of Ieroboam: for this cauſe he ſlew him, that is to ſay, Iehu the ſonne of Hanani, the prophete.

8 In the ſixe and twenteth yeare of Aſa the king of Iuda, reigned Ela the ſonne of Baaſa ouer Iſrael in Therſa two yeares.

9 And his ſeruant Zambri rebelled agaynſt him, the captayne of the halfe part of the horſemen: and Ela was in Therſa drinking, and dronken in the houſe of Arſa the gouernour of Therſa.

10 Zambri therfore rushing in, ſtroke and ſlew him in the ſeuen and twenteth yeare of Aſa the king of Iuda, & he reigned for him.

11 And when he teigned, and ſate vpon his throne, he ſtroke al the houſe of Baaſa, and he leaft not of it one that could pyſſe agaynſt a wal, & his kinsfolke and frendes.

12 And Zambri deſtroyed al the houſe of Baaſa, according to the word of our Lord, that he had ſpoken to Baaſa in the hand of Iehu the prophet,

13 for al the ſinnes of Baaſa, and the ſinnes of Ela his ſonne, who ſinned, and made Iſrael to ſinne, prouoking our Lord the God of Iſrael in their vanities.

14 But the reſt of the wordes of Ela, and al that he did, are not theſe writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iſrael?

15 In the ſeuen and twenteth yeare of Aſa the king of Iuda, reigned Zambri ſeuen daies in Therſa: moreouer the armie beſieged Gebbethon a citie of the Philiſthines.

16 And when they heard that Zambri had rebelled, and ſlayne the king, [::] al Iſrael made Amri their king, who was General of the warfare ouer Iſrael that day, in the campe.

17 Amri therfore went vp, and al Iſrael with him from Gebbethon, and they beſieged Therſa.

18 And Zambri ſeing that the citie should be taken, he went into the palace, and burnt him ſelf with the kinges houſe: and he died

19 in his ſinnes, which he had ſinned doing euil before our Lord, and walking in the way of Ieroboam, and in his ſinne; wherwith he made Iſrael to ſinne.

20 But the reſt of the wordes of Zambri, and of his treaſon, and tyrannie, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kinges of Iſrael?

21 Then was the people of Iſrael diuided into two partes: the halfe part of the people folowed Thebni the ſonne of Gineth, to make him king: and the halfe part Amri.

22 But the people that was with Amri, preuayled ouer the people that folowed Thebni the ſonne of Gineth: and Thebni died, and Amri reigned.

23 In [::] the one and thirteth yeare of Aſa the king of Iuda Amri reigned ouer Iſrael, twelue yeares: in Therſa he reigned ſix yeares.

24 And he bought the mount of Samaria of Somer for two talentes of ſiluer: and he built it, and he called the citie which he had built, by the name of Semer the lord of the mount of Samaria.

25 And Amri did euil in the ſight of our Lord, and wrought wickedly aboue al, that were before him.

26 And he walked in al the way of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, and in his ſinnes wherwith he made Iſrael to ſinne: that they might anger our Lord the God of Iſrael in their vanities.

27 But the reſt of the wordes of Amri, and the battels he made, are not theſe thinges writen in the Booke, of the battels that he made are not theſe thinges written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iſrael?

28 And Amri ſlept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria and Achab his ſonne reigned for him.

29 But Achab the ſonne of Amri reigned ouer Iſrael the eight and thirteth yeare of Aſa the king of Iuda. And Achab the ſonne of Amri reigned ouer Iſrael in Samiaria two and twentie yeares.

30 And Achab the ſonne of Amri did euil in the ſight of our Lord aboue al, that were before him.

31 Neither did it ſuffice him that he walked in the ſinnes of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat: beſides he tooke to wife Iezabel the daughter of Ethbaul the king of the Sidonians. And he went, and ſerued Baal, and adored him.

32 And he ſette an altar to Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria,

33 and he planted a groue: and Achab added in his worke, prouoking our Lord the God of Iſrael aboue al the kinges of Iſrael, that were before him.

34 In his daies Hiel of Bethel built Iericho: [::] in Abiram his firſt borne he founded it, and in Segub his laſt he ſette vp the gates therof: according to the word of our Lord, which he ſpake in the hand of Ioſue the ſonne of Nun.

Marginal notes to Chapter 16

• 16 [::] Al thoſe that were in the campe choſe their general to be their king and preuailed therin: though an other half of Iſrael choſe and folowed an other for a time.
• 23 [::] Thebni being then dead he reigned peaceably▪ for he began his reigne the 27. yeare of Aſa. ⟨illegible⟩. 15. & 16. and reigned in al 12. yeares.
• 34 [::] VVhen Hiel began to build Iericho, his eldeſt ſonne died▪ ſo the reſt ſucceſſiuely, that the laſt died when he finiſhed the building: becauſe God by the mouth of Ioſue had forbid the building therof.
• 34 Ioſue. ⟨illegible⟩.

Chapter 17

CHAP. XVII. Elias by his prayer ⟨illegible⟩hutteth the heauen from raining. 2. Is fed by a crovv. 8 and by a vvidovv of Sareptha. 13. vvhoſe potte of meale, and barrel of oyle diminisheth not. 17. Her ſonne dieth, and is rayſed to life.

1 AND Elias the Thesbite of the inhabiters of Galaad ſaid to Achab: Our Lord liueth the God of Iſrael, in whoſe ſight I ſtand, if there ſhal be theſe yearer dew and rayne, but according to the wordes of my mouth.

2 And the word of our Lord came to him, ſaying:

3 Depart from hence, and goe agaynſt the Eaſt, and be hidde in the Torrent carith, which is agaynſt Iordan,

4 and there thou shalt drinke of the torrent: and I haue commanded the rauens that they feede thee there

5 He therfore went, and did according to the word of our Lord: and when he was gone, he ſate in the Torrent carith, which is againſt Iordan.

6 The rauens alſo brought him bread and flesh in the morning, in like maner bread and flesh in the euening, and he dranke of the torrent.

7 But after certayne daies the torrent was dried: for it bad not rayned vpon the earth.

8 Therfore the word of our Lord came to him, ſaying:

9 Ariſe, and goe into Sareptha of the Sidonians, and thou shalt tarie there: for I haue commanded a wydow woman there to feede thee.

10 He aroſe, and went into Sareptha. And when he was come to the gate of the citie, the wydow woman appeared to him gathering ſtickes, and he called her, and ſayd to her: Geue me a litle water in a veſſel, that I may drinke.

11 And when she went to fetch it, he cried after her ſaying: Bring me alſo, I beſeche thee, a morſel of bread in thy hand,

12 Who anſwered: Our Lord thy God liueth, I haue no bread, but ſo much meale in a potte as a hand can hold, and a litle oile in a veſſel: behold I gather two ſtickes, that I may goe in, and dreſſe it for me and my ſonne, that we may eate, and die.

13 To whom Elias ſayd: feare not, but goe, and doe as thou haſt ſayd: but firſt make for me of the ſame meale a litle harth cake, and bring it to me: and for thy ſelf and thy ſonne thou shalt make afterward.

14 For thus ſayth our Lord the God of Iſrael: The potte of meale shal not fayle, nor the veſſel of oile be diminished vntil the day, wherin our Lord wil geue rayne vpon the face of the earth.

15 Who went and did according to the word of Elias: and he did eate, and she, and her houſe: and from that day

16 the pot of meale fayled not, and the veſſel of oyle was not diminished, according to the word of our Lord, which he ſpake in the hand of Elias.

17 And it came to paſſe after theſe thinges, the ſonne of the woman, the goodwife of the houſe, fel ſicke, and the ſickeneſſe was verie vehement ſo that there remayned no breath in him.

18 She therfore ſayd to Elias: What is to me and thee thou man of God? comeſt thou vnto me, that myne iniquities might be remembred, and thou mighteſt kil my ſonne?

19 And Elias ſayd to her: Geue me thy ſonne. And he tooke him from her boſome, and caried him into the vpper chamber where him ſelf abode, and layd him vpon his bed.

20 And he cried to our Lord, and ſayd: O Lord my God, :: what, the widow alſo with whom I am after a ſort ſuſteyned, haſt thou afflicted, that thou wouldeſt kil her ſonne?

21 And he ſtretched forth, & meaſured him ſelfe vpon the childe three tymes, & he cried to our Lord, and ſayd: O. Lord my God, let the ſoule of this childe, I beſeche thee, returne into his bodie.

22 And our Lord heard the voice of Elias: and the ſoule of the child returned into him, and he reuiued.

23 And Elias tooke the childe, and brought him downe from the vpper chamber into the lower houſe, and deliuered him to his mother, and ſayd to her: Behold thy ſonne liueth.

24 And the woman ſayd to Elias: Now, in this I haue knowen that thou art a man of God, and the word of our Lord in the mouth is true.

Marginal notes to Chapter 17

• 7 The Epiſtle ⟨illegible⟩ Teuſday in the 2. weke of Lent.
• 12 The epiſtle ⟨illegible⟩ Friday in the 4. weke of Lent.
• 14 :: To this queſtion (ſayth S. Auguſtin) the prophet anſwered in ſpirite: No. For God killed not this childe to afflict ſo good a mother, but to confirme her in true religion & comforte her by rayſing him from death. So Lazarus died not to remaine dead, but to be rayſed to life, for Gods more glorie: Ioan. 11. v. 4. S. Aug li. 2. q. 5. ad Simplicia.

Chapter 18

CHAP. XVIII. The third yeare of famine, Elias meeting the chief gouernour of Achabs houſe, hardly perſwadeth him totel Achab, that he is preſent. 17. Achab blameth Elias; but Elias freely auoucheth that not he, but Achab trubleth Iſrael. 19. By a miracle foure hundred and fiftie falſprophetes are conuinced, 40▪ and are ſlaine. 41. Elias prayeth and it rayneth.

1 AFTER manie daies the word of our Lord came to Elias, the third yeare, ſaying: Goe, and ſhew thy ſelf to Achab, that I may geue rayne vpon the face of the earth.

2 Elias therfore went to ſhew himſelf to Achab: and there was ſore famine in Samaria.

3 And Achab called Abdias the gouernour of his houſe: Abdias did feare our Lord very much.

4 For when Iezabel killed the prophetes of our Lord, he tooke an hundred prohetes, and hid them by fiftie and fiftie in caues, and fed them with bread and water.

5 Achab therfore ſayd to Abdias: Goe into the land to al the fountaynes of waters, and into al valleys, if perhaps we may finde graſſe, and ſaue the horſes and mules, and the beaſtes may not vtterly perish.

6 And they diuided the countries betwen them, that they might goe circuite about them: Achab went one way, and Abdias an other way ſeuerally.

7 And when Abdias was in the way, Elias mette him: who when he knew him, [::] fel on his face, and ſayd: My lord, art not thou Elias?

8 To whom he anſwered: I am. Goe, and tel thy lord: Elias is here.

9 And he ſayd: What haue I ſinned, that thou deliuereſt me thy ſeruant into the hand of Achab, that he may kil me?

10 Our Lord thy God liueth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not ſent to ſeeke thee: and al anſwering: He is not here: he adiured al kingdomes and nations, for that thou waſt not found.

11 And now thou ſayeſt to me: Goe, and tel thy lord, Elias is here.

12 And when I am departed from thee, the Spirit of our Lord wil carie thee into a place, that I know not: and I entering in shal tel Achab, and not finding thee, he wil kil me: and thy ſeruant feareth our Lord from his infancie.

13 Hath it not beene told thee my lord, what I did when Iezabel killed the prophetes of our Lord, that I hid of the prophetes of our Lord an hundred men, by fiftie and fiftie in caues, and fed them with bread and water?

14 And now thou ſayſt: Goe, and tel thy lord: Elias is here: that he may kil me?

15 And Elias ſayd: The Lord of hoſtes liueth, before whoſe face I ſtand, this day wil I appeare to him.

16 Abdias therfore went to meete Achab, and told him: and Achab came to meete Elias.

17 And when he had ſeene him, he ſayd: Art thou he that doeſt truble Iſrael?

18 And he ſayd: not I haue trubled Iſrael, but thou, and the houſe of thy father, who haue forſaken the commandmentes of our Lord, and haue folowed Baalim.

19 Neuertheleſſe ſend now, and gather vnto me al Iſrael in the mount of Carmel, and the prophetes of Baal foure hundred fiftie, and the prophetes of the groues foure hundred, which eate of Iezabels table.

20 Achab ſent to al the children of Iſrael, and gathered together the prophetes in the mount of Carmel.

21 And Elias coming to al the people, ſayd: [::] How long halt you on two ſides? If our Lord be God, folow him: but if Baal, folow him. And the people did not anſwer him a word.

22 And Elias ſayd agayne to the people: I onlie remayne a prophete of our Lord: and the prophetes of Baal are foure hundred and fiftie men.

23 Let two oxen be geuen vs, and let them chooſe to them ſelues one oxe, and cutting it into peeces let them lay it vpon wood, but put no fyre vnder: and I wil dreſſe the other oxe, and wil lay it vpon wood, and put no fire vnder.

24 Inuocate ye the names of your goddes, & I wil inuocate the name of my Lord: and the God that shal heare by fyre, let the ſame be God. And al the people anſwering ſayd: A very good propoſition.

25 Elias therfore ſayd to the prophetes of Baal: Chooſe you one oxe, and make it firſt, becauſe you are manie: & inuocate the names of your goddes, and put no fire vnder.

26 Who when they had taken the oxe, which he gaue them, they dreſſed it: and they inuocated the name of Baal from morning vntil midday, ſaying: Baal heare vs. And there was no voice, nor any that anſwered: and they leaped ouer the altar, that they had made.

27 And when it was now midday. Elias ieſted at them, ſaying: Crie with a lowder voice: for he is God, and perhaps he ſpeaketh, or is in his inne, or in the way, or at the leaſt he ſlepeth, that he muſt be waked.

28 They cried therfore with a lowd voice, and cut them ſelues after their rite with kniues and lancers, til they were al embrewed with bloud.

29 And after the midday was paſt, and whiles they prophecied, the time was come, when they vſed to offer ſacrifice, neither voice was heard, nor any did anſwer, nor attend them praying:

30 Elias ſayd to al the people: Come vnto me. And the people coming to him, he repayred the altar of our Lord, that was deſtroyed.

31 And he tooke twelue ſtones according to the number of the tribes of the children of Iacob, to whom the word of our Lord came, ſaying: Iſrael ſhal be thy name.

32 And he built of the ſtones an altar in the name of our Lord: and he made a water gutter, as it were by two furrowes round about the altar,

33 and he layed the wood in order, and diuided the oxe in iointes, and layd it vpon the wood,

34 and ſaid: Fil foure buckettes with water, and powre vpon the holocauſte, and vpon the wood. And againe he ſayd: Doe it alſo the ſecond time. Who hauing donne it the ſecond time, he ſaid: The third time alſo doe the ſame. And they did ſo the third time,

35 and the warers ranne about the altar, and the trough of the conduite was filled.

36 And when it was now time that the holocauſte ſhould be offered, Elias the prophete coming ſaid: Lord God of Abraham, and Iſaac, & Iſrael, ſhew this day that thou art the God of Iſrael, and I thy ſeruant, & that according to thy commandment I haue done al theſe thinges.

37 Heare me Lord, heare me: [::] that this people may learne, that thou art our Lord God, & thou haſt conuerted their hart againe.

38 And the ⟨illegible⟩ire of our Lord fel, & deuoured the holocauſte, & the wood, and the ſtones, licking alſo the duſt, and the water, that was in the water gutter.

39 Which when al the people had ſeene, they fel on their face, and ſaid: Our Lord he is God, our Lord he is God.

40 And Elias ſaid to them: Apprehend the prophetes of Baal, and let not one eſcape of them. Whom when they had taken, Elias brought them to the Torrent ciſon, and killed them there.

41 And Elias ſayd to Achab: Goe vp, eate, and drinke: becauſe there is ſound of much raine.

42 Achab went vp to eate and drinke: and Elias went vp into the toppe of Carmel, and flatte on the earth put his face betwen his knees,

43 and he ſaid to his ſeruant: Goe vp, and looke toward the ſea. Who when he was gone vp, and had looked, he ſaid: There is nothing. And againe he ſaid to him: Returne ſeuen tymes.

44 And in the ſeuenth time: Behold a litle cloud as it were a mans foote, came vp from the ſea. Who ſaid: Goe vp and ſay to Achab: Yoke thy chariote and goe downe, leſt the raine preuent thee.

45 And when he turned him felfe hither and thither, behold the heauens were darkened, and cloudes, and winde, and there fel great raine. Achab therfore going vp went into Iezrahel:

46 and the hand of our Lord was made vpon Elias, and his loynes girded he ranne before Achab, vntil he came into Iezrahel.

Marginal notes to Chapter 18

• 7 [::] Abdias adored Elias as the prophete of God, and a holie man not with ciuil honour, for in the world Abdias was the greater perſon nor with diuine honour, for that had benne idolatrie. It was therfore religious honour, called dulia, due to ſpiritual excellencie of Gods ſeruantes.
• 21 [::] Such zelous expoſtulation is neceſſarie to al Nentrals in religion who are neither hoto nor cold, but luke vva⟨illegible⟩me. ſuch as Angels deteſt Apoc. 3.
• 37 [::] VVhen miracles are attempted for trial of the truth, the diuels powre is reſtrayned, & only the truth is teſtified: Our Lord vvorking ⟨illegible⟩thal, & confirming the doctrin vvith ſig⟨illegible⟩ folovving. ⟨illegible⟩. vlt.

Chapter 19

CHAP. XIX. Elias fleing Iezabel, in the deſert eateth a harth cake and drinketh water, brought by an Angel, and ſo goeth fourtie dayes and nightes vnto mount Horeb. 9. Lamenting that he alone is leiſt of the prophetes of God. 15. God commandeth him to returne to Damaſcus, and anoint Hazael king of Syria, Iehu king of Iſrael, and Eliſeus a prophet: 18. and telleth him, there remaine ſeuen thouſand in Iſrael, which haue not bowed to Baal.

1 AND Achab told Iezabel al thinges that Elias had done, and how he had killed al the prophetes with the ſword.

2 And Iezabel ſent a meſſenger to Elias, ſaying: Theſe thinges do the goddes to me, and theſe adde they, if this houre to morow I make not thy ſoule as the ſoule of one of them.

3 Elias therfore was afraid, & ryſing he went whither ſoeuer his wil caried him: and he came into Berſabee of Iuda, and leaft his ſeruant there,

4 and went forward into the deſert, one dayes iourney. And when he was come, and ſate vnder a iuniper tree, he deſired for his ſoule to die, and ſayd: It ſufficeth me Lord, take my ſoul: for I am not better then my fathers.

5 And he caſt him ſelf downe, and ſlept in the ſhadow of the iuniper tree: and behold an Angel of our Lord touched him, and ſayd to him: Ariſe, and eate.

6 He looked, and behold at his head harthbaked bread, and a veſſel of water: he therfore did eate, and drinke, and he ſlept againe.

7 And the Angel of our Lord returned the ſecond time, and touched him, and ſaid to him: Ariſe, eate: for thou haſt yet a great way to goe.

8 Who when he was riſen: did eate and drinke, & walked in the ſtrength of that meate fourtie daies, and fourtie nightes, vnto the mount of God, Horeb.

9 And when he was come thither, he taried in a caue: and behold the word of our Lord vnto him, & he ſaid to him: What doeſt thou here Elias?

10 But he anſwered: With zele haue I beene zelous for our Lord the God of hoſtes▪ becauſe the children of Iſrael haue forſaken thy couenant: thy altars haue they deſtroyed, & thy prophetes they haue ſlaine with the ſword, & [::] I alone am leaft, & they ſeeke my life to take it away.

11 And he ſaid to him: Come forth, and ſtand in the mount before our Lord: and behold our Lord paſſeth, and a great winde, and ſtrong ouerthrowing mountaynes and breaking rockes before our Lord: not in the winde is our Lord, and after the winde an earth quake: not in the earth quake is our Lord,

12 and after the earth quake fire: not in the fire is our Lord, and after the fire a wiſtling of a gentle winde.

13 Which when Elias had heard, he couered his face with his mantel, and coming forth ſtood in the doore of the caue, and behold a voyce vnto him, ſaying: What doeſt thou here Elias?

14 And he anſwered: With zele haue I beene zelous for our Lord the God of hoſtes: becauſe the children of Iſrael haue forſaken thy couenant: thyn altars they haue deſtroyed, and thy prophetes they haue ſlaine with the ſword, and I alone am leaft, and they ſeeke my life to take it away.

15 And our Lord ſayd to him: Goe, and returne into thy way by the deſert of Damiaſcus: and when thou art come thither thou [::] ſhalt anoint Hazael king ouer Syria,

16 and Iehu the ſonne of Namſi thou ſhalt anoynt king ouer Iſrael: and Eliſeus the ſonne of Saphat, which is of Abelmeula, thou shalt anoynt prophet for thee.

17 And it shal be, whoſoeuer shal eſcape the ſword of Hazael, him Iehu shal kil: and whoſouer shal eſcape the ſword of Iehu, him shal Eliſeus kil.

18 And I wil leaue me in Iſrael ſeuen thouſand men, whoſe knees haue not beene bowed before Baal, and euerie mouth, that hath not adored him kyſſing his handes.

19 Elias therfore departing thence, found Eliſeus the ſonne of Saphat, ploughing with twelue yoke of oxen, and he was one of them that ploughed with twelue yoke of oxen: and when Elias came to him, he caſt his mantel vpon him.

20 Who forth with leauing the oxen ranne after Elias, and ſaid: Let me kiſſe, I pray thee, my father, and my mother, and ſo I wil folow thee. And he ſayd to him: Goe, and returne: for that which was my part, I haue donne to thee.

21 And returning from him, he tooke a yoke of oxen, and killed them, and ſod the flesh with the plough of the oxen, and gaue to the people, and they did eate: and ryſing vp he departed, and folowed Elias, & miniſtred to him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 19

• 10 [::] Elias knew no other at that inſtant in the tenne tribes, that were not partakers in idolatrie; but there were in deede ſeuen thouſand (v. 18) that bowed not their knees to Baal. And the whole kingdom of Iuda obſerued true religion, where Aſa then reigned, and after him Ioſaphat: both good kinges, chap. 15. v. 11. 22 v. 43. 2. Par. 15. & ▪ 17.
• 15 [::] Elias prophecied that theſe two ſhould be kinges, and caſt his cloke ouer Elizeus. v. 19. Elizeus declared to Hazael that he ſhould be king. 4. Reg. 8. an other prophet annointed Iehu. 4. Reg. 9.

Chapter 20

CHAP. XX. The Syrians threatning and beſieging Samaria, 13. God ſignifieth by a prophet to Achab, that he shal haue the victorie. 20. which he obtaineth. 23. Alſo the ſecond yeare fighting in the champaine. 31. ⟨illegible⟩ut ſauing the king of Syrians life, and making league with him, 35. one of the children of the prophetes being ſlaine, for not ſtryking when he was ſo commanded, 37. an other denounceth reuenge to Achab, for not killing the Syrian King.

1 MOREOVER Benadad the king of Syria, gathered together al his hoſt, & two & thirtie kinges with him, & horſes, and chariotes: and going vp fought agaynſt Samaria, and beſieged it.

2 And ſending meſſengers to Achab the king of Iſraal into the citie,

3 he ſaid: Thus ſaith Benadad: Thy ſiluer, and thy gold is mine: and thy wiues, and thy principal children be mine.

4 And the king of Iſrael anſwered: According to thy word my lord king, I am thine, and al that is mine.

5 And the meſſengers returning, ſaid: Thus ſaith Benadad, which ſent vs vnto thee: Thy ſiluer, and thy gold, and thy wiues, and thy children thou shalt geue me.

6 To morow therfore this verie honre I wil ſend my ſeruantes to thee, and they shal ſearch thy houſe, and the houſe of thy ſeruantes: and al that pleaſeth them, they shal put in their handes, and take away.

7 And the king of Iſrael called al the ancientes of the land, and ſaid: Marke, and ſee that he ſeeketh to intrappe vs. for he ſent to me for my wiues, and children, and for the ſiluer and gold: and I ſaid not nay.

8 And al the ancientes, and al the people ſaid to him: Heare not, neither agree vnto him.

9 He therfore anſwered the meſſengers of Benadad: Tel my Lord the king: Al thinges for the which thou didſt ſend to me thy ſeruant in the beginning I wil doe: but this thing I can not doe.

10 And the meſſengers returning made report vnto him, who ſent againe, and ſayd: Theſe thinges doe the goddes to me, and theſe adde they, if the duſt of Samaria shal ſuffice for the hanfulles of al the people, that foloweth me.

11 And the king of Iſrael anſwering, ſayd: Tel him, :: let not the girded glorie as the vngirded.

12 And it came to paſſe, when Benaded had heard this word, himſelf and the kinges dranke in pauilions, and he ſayd to his ſeruantes: Beſette the citie, and they did beſette it.

13 And behold a prophete coming to Achab the king of Iſrael, ſaid to him: Thus ſayth our Lord, Haſt thou in dede ſene al this exceding great multitude? behold, I wil deliuer them into thy hand this day: that thou mayſt know, that I am the Lord.

14 And Achab ſaid: By whom? And he ſaid to him: Thus ſaith our Lord: By the ſeruantes of the princes of the prouinces. And he ſaid: Who ſhal begin to fight? And he ſaid: Thou.

15 He therfore muſtered the ſeruantes of the princes of the prouinces, and he found the number of two hundred thirtie two: and he muſtered after them the people, al the children of Iſrael, ſeuen thouſand.

16 And they went forth at noone. But Benadad dranke al dronken in his tent, and two and thirtie kinges with him, which were come to ayde him.

17 The ſeruantes therfore of the princes of the prouinces iſſued forth in the forefront. Benadad therfore ſent. Who told him, ſaying: Men are come forth out of Samarìa.

18 And he ſaid: Whether they come for peace, take them aliue: or els to fight, aliue take ye them.

19 The ſeruantes therfore of the princes of the prouinces iſſued forth, and the reſt of the armie folowed:

20 and euerie one ſtroke the man, that came againſt him: and the Syrians fled, and Iſrael purſued them▪ Benadad alſo the king of Syria fled on horſebacke with his horſemen.

21 Moreouer the king of Iſrael iſſuing forth ſtroke the horſes and chariotes, and he ſtroke Syria with a great ſlaughter.

22 And a prophet coming to the king of Iſrael, ſaid to him: Goe, and take courage, and know, and ſee what thou doeſt: for the yeare folowing the king of Syria wil come vp againſt thee.)

23 But the ſeruantes of the king of Syria ſaid to him: The goddes of the mountaynes be their goddes, therfore haue they ouercome vs: but it is better that we fight againſt them in the champaine, & we ſhal ouercome them.

24 Thou therfore do this word: Remoue al the kinges from thine armie, and put captaines for them:

25 and repaire the number of ſouldiars, that are ſlaine of thine, and horſes according to the old horſes, & chariotes according to the chariotes, which thou hadſt before: and we wil fight againſt them in the champaine, and thou ſhalt ſee that we shal ouercome them. He beleued their counſel, and did ſo.

26 Therfore after a yeare was paſſed, Benadad muſtered the Syrians, and went vp into Aphec, to fight againſt Iſrael.

27 Moreouer the children of Iſrael were muſtered, and taking victuals they went forth on the contrarie ſide, and camped againſt them, as it were two litle flockes of goates: but the Syrians filled the land. (

28 And a man of God coming, ſaid to the king of Iſrael: Thus ſaith our Lord: Becauſe the Syrians haue ſaid: The Lord is God of the mountaines, and is not God of the Valleis: I wil geue al this great multitude into thy hand, and [::] you ſhal know that I am the Lord.)

29 And ſeuen dayes did theſe, and they direct their armies one againſt the other, and in the ſeuenth day was the battel fought: and the children of Iſrael ſtroke of the Syrians an hundred thouſand footemen in one day.

30 And they that remained in Aphec, fled into the citie: and the wal fel vpon ſeuen and twentie thouſand men, that were leaft. Moreouer Benadad fleing entered the citie, into a chamber that was within a chamber,

31 and his ſeruantes ſaid to him: Behold, we haue heard that the kinges of the houſe of Iſrael are merciful: Let vs therfore put ſackeclothes on our loynes, and cordes on our heades, and goe forth to the king of Iſrael: perhaps he wil ſaue our liues.

32 They girded their loines with ſackclothes, and put cordes on their heades, and came to the king of Iſrael, and ſaid to him: Thy ſeruant ſaith: Let my ſoule liue, I beſech thee. And he ſaid: If he be yet aliue he is my brother.

33 Which the men tooke for good lucke: and in haſt caught the word of his mouth, and ſaid: Thy brother Benadad. And he ſaid to them: Goe and bring him to me. Benadad therfore came out to him, and he lifted him vp into his chariote.

34 Who ſaid to him: The cities which my father tooke from thy father, I wil render: doe thou make thee ſtretes in Damaſcus, as my father made in Samaria, and I confederate wil depart from thee. He therfore made a league, and dimiſſed him.

35 Then a certaine man of the children of the prophetes ſayd to his felow in the word of our Lord: Strike me. But he would not ſtrike.

36 To whom he ſaid: Becauſe thou wouldeſt not heare the word of our Lord, behold thou ſhalt depart from me, and a lion shal ſtrike thee. And when he was departed a litle from him, a lyon found him, and ſlew him.

37 But finding alſo an other man, he ſaid to him: Strike me. Who ſtroke him, and wounded him.

38 The prophete therfore went, and metre the king in the way, and with ſprinkling of duſt changed his face and his eies.

39 And when the king paſſed by, he cried to the king, and ſaid: Thy ſeruant went forth to fight hand ſtrokes: and when a certaine man was fled, one brought him to me, and ſaid: Keepe this man: who if he shal ſlippe away, thy life shal be for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of ſiluer.

40 And whiles I being trubled turned hither and thither, ſodenly he appeared not. And the king of Iſrael ſayd to him: This is thy iudgement, which thy ſelf haſt decreed.

41 But he forthwith wyped of the duſt from his face, and the king of Iſrael knew him, that he was of the prophetes.

42 Who ſayd to him: Thus ſayth our Lord: [::] Becauſe thou haſt let goe out of thy hand a man worthie to die, thy life ſhal be for his life, and thy people for his people.

43 The king of Iſrael therfore returned into his houſe, contemning to heare, & raging came into Samaria.

Marginal notes to Chapter 20

• 11 :: Thoſe that are girded, & ſtrongly armed do not wiſely in truſting their owne ſtrength, and contemning their aduerſaries: for by ſo doing they are often ouerthrowne. And thoſe that diſtruſting them ſelues truſt in God, one way or other alwaies preuaile A neceſſarie leſſon, both in temporal and ſpiritual warfayre.
• 28 [::] Manie victories and other benefites were beſi⟨illegible⟩wed vpon Achab, to make him knowe God: but he cōtemning them al remained in his impietie, and finally was ſlaine. ch. 22, v. 38.
• 42 [::] Fooliſh pittie in ſparing a dangerous & common enimie is offenſi⟨illegible⟩e to God, & ſeuerely puniſhed by his iuſtice.

Chapter 21

CHAP. XXI. Naboth for denying his vineyard to King Achab, is by quene Iezabels commandment, falſly accuſed, and ſtoned to death. 10. Achab haſtening to poſſeſse the vineyard, Elias the prophet threatneth him manie euiles. 23. and no leſse to Iezabel▪ both being obſtinate in ſinne. 27. Yet Achab for feare of punishment, doth external workes of penance, and therby eſcapeth part of the temporal plagues.

1 AND after theſe wordes, at that tyme Naboth the Iezrahelite had a vineyard, which was in Iezrahel, beſide the palace of Achab the king of Samaria.

2 Achab therfore ſpake to Naboth, ſaying: Geue me thy vineyard, that I may make me a garden of herbes, becauſe it is nigh, and ioyning to my houſe, and [::] I wil geue thee for it a better vineyard: or if thou thinke it more commodious for thee, the price of ſiluer, ſo much as it is worth.

3 To whom Naboth anſwered: Our Lord be merciful to me, that I geue not the inheritance of my fathers to thee.

4 Achab therfore came into his houſe with indignation, and fretting vpon the word, that Naboth the Iezrahelite had ſpoken to him, ſaying: I wil not geue thee the inheritance of my fathers. And caſting him ſelf vpon his bed, he turned away his face to the wal, and did not eate bread.

5 And Iezabel his wife went in vnto him, and ſayd to him: What is this matter, whereupon thy ſoule is greued? and why eateſt thou not bread?

6 Who anſwered her: I ſpake to Naboth the Iezrahelite, and ſayd to him: Geue me thy vineyard, taking money for it: or if it pleaſe thee, I wil geue thee a better vineyard for it. And he ſayd: I wil not geue thee my vineyard.

7 Iezabel therfore his wife ſayd to him: Thou art of great authoritie, and doeſt wel gouerne the kingdome of Iſrael: Ariſe, and eate bread, and be of good cheere, I wil geue thee the vineyard of Naboth the Iezrahelite.

8 She therfore wrote letters in the name of Achab, and ſigned them with his ring, and ſent to the ancientes, and the chiefe men that were in his citie, and dwelt with Naboth.

9 And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclame a faſt, and make Naboth ſitte among the chiefe of the people,

10 and ſuborne two men the children of Belial agaynſt him, and let them beare falſe teſtimony: that he hath [::] bleſſed God and the king: and bring him forth, and ſtone him, and ſo let him die.

11 His citizens therfore the ancientes and chiefe men, that dwelt with him in the citie, did as Iezabel had commanded them, and as it was written in the letters which she ſent to them:

12 they proclamed a faſt, and made Naboth ſitte among the chiefe of the people.

13 And two men the children of the diuel being brought forth, they made them ſitte agaynſt him: but they, as deuelish men, gaue teſtimonie agaynſt him before the multitude: Naboth hath bleſſed God and the king: for the which thing they brought him forth without the citie, and killed him with ſtones.

14 And they ſent to Iezabel, ſaying: Naboth is ſtoned, and is dead.

15 And it came to paſſe, when Iezabel had heard that Naboth was ſtoned, and dead, she ſpake to Achab: Ariſe, and poſſeſſe the vineyard of Naboth the Iezrahelite, who would not agree vnto thee, and geue it taking money: for Naboth liueth not, but is dead.

16 Which when Achab had heard, to witte, that Naboth was dead, he aroſe, & went downe into the vineyard of Naboth the Iezrahelite, to poſſeſſe it.

17 The word of our Lord therfore came to Elias the Theſbite, ſaying:

18 Ariſe, and goe downe to meete Achab the king of Iſrael, who is in Samaria: behold he goeth downe to the vineyard of Naboth, to poſſeſſe it:

19 and thou shalt ſpeake to him, ſaying: Thus ſayth our Lord: Thou haſt ſlayne, moreouer alſo thou haſt poſſeſt. And after theſe wordes thou shalt adde: Thus ſayth our Lord: In this place, wherein the dogges haue licked the bloud of Naboth, they [*] shal licke thy bloud alſo.

20 And Achab ſayd to Elias: Haſt thou found me thyne enemie? Who ſayd: I haue found thee, for that thou art ſold, to doe euil in the ſight of our Lord.

21 Behold I wil bring euil vpon thee, and wil cut downe thy poſteritie, and wil kil of Achab him that piſſeth agaynſt the wal, and the incloſed, and the laſt in Iſrael.

22 And I wil make thy houſe, as the houſe of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, and as the houſe of Baaſa the ſonne of Ahias: becauſe thou haſt done, to prouoke me to anger, and haſt made Iſrael to ſinne.

23 But of Iezabel alſo our Lord ſpake, ſaying: The dogges shal eate Iezabel in the field of Iezrahel.

24 If Achab die in the citie, the dogges shal eate him: but if he die in the field, the foules of the ayre shal eate him.

25 Therfore there was not ſuch an other as Achab, who [::] was ſold to doe euil in the ſight of our Lord: for his wife Iezabel ſette him on,

26 and he became abominable, in ſo much that he folowed the idols, which the Amorrheites had made, whom our Lord conſumed before the face of the children of Iſrael.

27 Therfore when Achab had heard theſe wordes, he rent his garmentes, and couered his flesh with haercloth, and faſted and ſlept in ſackcloth, and walked caſting downe his head.

28 And the word of our Lord came to Elias the Theſbite, ſaying:

29 Haſt thou not ſeene Achab humbled before me? therfore, becauſe he hath humbled him ſelf for my ſake, I wil not bring in the euil in his dayes, but in his ſonnes daies wil I bring the euil vpon his houſe.

Marginal notes to Chapter 21

• 2 [::] If no ſubiect were lord of anie land, but only at the kings pleaſure & kinges were proper lordes of al the landes in their kingdomes, then Achab might haue taken Naboths vinyard; eſpecially geuing him a better, or money for it. Neither was it a vaine ſcruple in Naboth, to conſerue his anceſters inheritance. For both his denial is here iuſtified, and Achabs extortion co⟨illegible⟩mned. S. Ambroſe li. 3. offic. c. 9. counteth Naboth a Martyr. See Annot. 1. Reg. 8.
• 10 [::] To auoide horrore of blaſphemie holie ſcripture often vſeth the terme bleſsing for curſing.
• 19 [*] chap. 22. v. 38.
• 25 [::] So addicted to wickednes, as if he had ſolde him ſelfe to the diuel for ſome temporal profite or pleaſure. In your iniquities you are ſolde. Iſaiae. 50. S. Aug. q. 102. ex vtro. teſt S. Greg. ⟨illegible⟩. 10. in Ezech.

Chapter 22

CHAP. XXII. Achab King of Iſrael conſulting and beleuing falſe prophetes rather then Micheas a true prophet, accompanied with Ioſaphat king of Iuda, reſolueth to fight againſt the Syrians for Ramoth Galaad. 26. Committeth Micheas to priſon, 29. procedeth to the warre, 34. is ſlaine, and Ochozias ſaccedeth. 41. Ioſaphat refuſeth to traffike longer with Ochozias; dieth, and his ſonne Ioram reigneth. 52. Ochozias foloweth the euil ſteppes of his parents.

1 THERE paſſed therfore three yeares without warre betwen Syria aud Iſrael.

2 And in the third yeare, Ioſaphat the king of Iuda went downe to the king of Iſrael. (

3 And the king of Iſrael ſayd to his ſeruantes: are you ignorant that Ramoth Galaad is ours, and we neglect to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?)

4 And he ſayd to Ioſaphat: Wilt thou come with me to ſight into Ramoth Galaad?

5 And Ioſaphat ſayd to the king of Iſrael: As I am, ſo thou alſo: my people and thy people are one: and my horſemen thy horſmen. And Ioſaphat ſayd to the king of Iſraal: Aske, I beſech thee, this day the word of our Lord.

6 The king of Iſrael therfore aſſembled the prophetes, about foure hundred men, and he ſayd to them: Shal I goe into Ramoth Galaad to fight, or ſitte ſtil? Who anſwered: Goe vp, and our Lord wil geue it into the kinges hand.

7 And Ioſaphat ſayd: [::] Is there not here ſome prophete of our Lord, that we may aske by him?

8 And the king of Iſrael ſayd to Ioſaphat: There is one man leaft, by whom we may aske our Lord: but I hate him, becauſe he doeth not prophecie vnto me good, but euil, Micheas the ſonne of Iemla. To whom Ioſaphat ſayd: Speake not ſo ô king.

9 The king of Iſrael therfore called a certaine eunuch, and ſayd to him: Make haſt, and bring hither Micheas the ſonne of Iemla.

10 And the king of Iſrael, and Ioſaphat the king of Iuda ſate eche in his throne clothed with royal attyre, in a court beſide the doore of the gate of Samaria, and al the prophetes prophecied before them.

11 Sedecias the ſonne of Chanaana made him ſelf [::] hornes of yron, and ſayd: Thus ſayth our Lord: With theſe shalt thou ſtrike Syria, til thou deſtroy it.

12 And al the prophetes in like maner prophecied, ſaying: Aſcend into Ramoth Galaad, and goe proſperouſely, & our Lord wil deliuer it into the Kinges handes.

13 But the meſſenger, that went to cal Micheas, ſpake to him, ſaying: Behold the wordes of the prophetes with one mouth preach good thinges to the king: let thy word therfore be like to theirs, and ſpeake good thinges.

14 To whom Micheas ſayd: Our Lord liueth, whatſoeuer our Lord shal tel me, that wil I ſpeake.

15 He therfore came to the king, and the king ſayd to him: Micheas, shal we goe into Ramoth Galaad to ſight, or ſitte ſtil? To whom he anſwered: [::] Aſcend, and goe proſperouſely, and our Lord wil deliuer it into the kinges handes.

16 But the king ſayd to him: I adiure thee agayne and agayne, that thou ſpeake not to me but that which is true in the name of our Lord.

17 And he ſayd: I ſaw al Iſrael diſperſed in the mountaynes, as ſheepe not hauing a ſhepeheard, and our Lord ſayd: Theſe haue no maiſter: let euerie man returne into his houſe in peace. (

18 Therfore the king of Iſrael ſayd to Ioſaphat: Did I not tel thee, that he doeth not prophecie me good, but alwaies euil?)

19 But he adding, ſayd: Therfore heare the word of our Lord: I ſaw our Lord ſitting vpon his throne, and al the hoſte of heauen aſſiſting him on the right hand and on the left:

20 and our Lord ſayd: Who shal deceiue Achab the king of Iſrael, that he may goe vp, and fal in Ramoth Galaad? And one ſayd theſe maner of wordes, and an other otherwiſe.

21 And there came forth a ſpirit, and ſtood before our Lord, and ſayd: I wil deceiue him. To whom our Lord ſpake: Wherein?

22 And he ſayd: I wil goe forth, and be a lying ſpirit in the mouth of al his prophetes. And our Lord ſayd: Thou shalt deceiue, and shalt preuayle: [::] goe forth, and doe ſo.

23 Now therfore behold our Lord hath geuen the ſpirite of lying in the mouth of al thy prophetes, that are here, and our Lord hath ſpoken euil agaynſt thee.

24 And Sedecias the ſonne of Chananna came, and ſmote Micheas on the cheeke, and ſayd: Hath the Spirit of our Lord leaft me, and hath it ſpoken to thee?

25 And Micheas ſayd: Thou ſhalt ſee in that day, when thou shalt enter into thy chamber, :: within the chamber to be hid.

26 And the king of Iſrael ſayd: Take Micheas, and let him tarie with Amon the gouernour of the citie, and with Ioab the ſonne of Amelech,

27 and tel them: Thus ſayth the king: Caſt this man into priſon, and feede him with bread of tribulation, and water of diſtreſſe, til I returne in peace.

28 And Micheas ſayd: If thou returne in peace, our Lord hath not ſpoken in me. And he ſayd: Heare al ye peoples.

29 Therfore the king of Iſrael went vp, and Ioſaphat the king of Iuda into Ramoth Galaad.

30 The king of Iſrael therfore ſayd to Ioſaphat: Take armour, and goe into the battel, and put on thyne owne garmentes. Moreouer the king of Iſrael changed his habite, and went into the battel.

31 And the king of Syria had commanded the princes of his chariotes thirtie and two, ſaying: You shal not fight agaynſt any leſſer, or greater, but agaynſt the king of Iſrael onlie.

32 When therfore the princes of the chariotes had ſeene Ioſaphat, they ſuſpected that he was the king of Iſrael, and making a violent aſſault they fought agaynſt him: & Ioſaphat cried out.

33 And the princes of the chariotes perceiued that he was not the king of Iſrael, and they ceaſed from him.

34 And a certaine man bent his bow, directing the arrow at al aduenture, and [::] by chance he ſtroke the king of Iſrael betwen the lunges and the ſtomacke. But he ſayd to his cochere: Turne thy hand, and carrie me out of the armie, becauſe I am greuouſely wounded.

35 The battel therfore was fought that day, and the king of Iſrael ſtood in his chariote agaynſt the Syrians, and he died in the euening: & the bloud of the wound ranne into the middes of the chariote,

36 and the herauld ſounded in al the armie before the ſunne ſette, ſaying: Euerie man returne into his citie, and into his countrie.

37 And the king died, and was carried into Samaria: and they buried the king in Samaria,

38 and washed his chariote in the poole of Samaria, and the dogges licked his bloud, and they washed the raynes of the bridle, according to the word of our Lord which he had ſpoken.

39 But the reſt of the wordes of Achab, and al that he did, and the houſe of yuorie, that he built, and of al the cities that he built, are not theſe thinges written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iſrael?

40 Achab therfore ſlept▪ with his fathers, and Ochozias his ſonne reigned for him.

41 But Ioſaphat the ſonne of Aſa began to reigne ouer Iuda the fourth yeare of Achab the king of Iſrael.

42 Fiue and thirtie yeares old was he when he began to reigne, and fiue and twentie yeares he reigned in Ieruſalem: the name of his mother was Azuba the daughter of Salai.

43 And he walked in al the way of Aſa his father, and he declined not from it: and he did that which was right in the ſight of our Lord.

44 But yet he tooke not away the excelſes: for as yet the people did ſacrifice, and burnt incenſe in the excelſes.

45 And Ioſaphat had peace with the king of Iſrael.

46 But the reſt of the wordes of Ioſaphat, and his workes, which he did, and his battels, are not theſe thinges written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda?

47 Yea and the remnant of the effeminate, which remayned in the daies of Aſa his father, he tooke out of the land.

48 Neither was there then a king appoynted in Edom.

49 But king Ioſaphat had made nauies on the ſea, which should ſaile into Ophir for gold: and they could not goe, becauſe they were broken in Aſiongaber.

50 Then ſayd Ochozias the ſonne of Achab to Ioſaphat: Let my ſeruantes goe with thy ſeruantes in the ſhippes. And Ioſaphat would not.

51 And Ioſaphat ſlept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the Citie of Dauid his father: and Ioram his ſonne reigned for him.

52 And Ochozias the ſonne of Achab began to reigne ouer Iſrael in Samaria, in the ſeuententh yeare of Ioſaphat the king of Iuda, and he reigned ouer Iſrael two yeares.

53 And he did euil in the ſight of our Lord, and walked in the way of his father and his mother, and in the way of Ieroboam the ſonne of Nabat, who made Iſrael to ſinne.

54 He ſerued alſo Baal, and adored him, and prouoked our Lord the God of Iſrael, according to al thinges which his father had done.

Marginal notes to Chapter 22

• 7 [::] The godlie King Ioſaphat iuſtly ſuſpecting the ſchiſmatical ſ⟨illegible⟩e prophetes, aduiſed the other King to cōſult a true prophet of God.
• 11 [::] Falſ prophetes imitate true prophetes in ſome exterior thinges, to make their prophecies ſeme more authentical. Such hornes appeared in a prophetical viſion to Zacharie the prophet. Zach. 1. v 18.
• 15 [::] The prophet geueth not this for a reſolute anſwer, but ſeing the king wil goe, he prayeth he may go proſperouſly. And the king conceiueth no otherwiſe of his anſwer, and therfore vrgeth him to anſwer reſolutly in the next wordes. I adiure thee &c.
• 22 [::] The coherence of the text sheweth that God only permitted, but commanded not the diuel to deceiue Achab. So S. Auguſtin. li. 2. q. vlt. ad Simplic. S. Greg. li. 2. c. 21. Moral, and other fathers explicate this & like places. :: VVhen this falſe prophet heard that the kīg was ſlaine he hidde him ſelfe, fearing the kings ſonnes, that they would kil him. Ioſephus li. 8. c. 14▪ Antiq.
• 34 [::] It happened by chance in reſpect of the archers intentiō, but otherwiſe by Gods prouidence directing his hand. So Achabs craftic perſwading Ioſaphat to put on his kinglie attyre. (v. 30.) him ſelf fighting in vulgar armour, ſaued him not from iuſt reuenge.

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The holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin. Diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greeke, and other editions in diuers languages. With arguments of the bookes, and chapters: annotations. tables: and other helpes. By the English College of Doway. The first tome (Genesis to Job), Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1609 (STC 2207). Copy: Henry E. Huntington Library, as reproduced in Early English Books Online (image set 2087).

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