Ezekiel, in The Douay Old Testament (1609–1610)

The prophecy of Ezechiel (Ezekiel). This is Ezekiel as it stands in the second tome of the Douay Old Testament (Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1610), 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 Annotations.

THE ARGVMENT OF EZECHIELS PROPHECIE.

EZECHIEL a Prieſt, and a Prophet, and at laſt a ⟨illegible⟩, as [Margin: Martyrol 10. Apri. 1. Maij.] [Margin: Ezechiel and Ieremie like in manie reſpectes, prophecied for moſt part the ſame thinges.] likewiſe Ieremie was, nere of the ſame age, prophecied for the moſt part the ſame thinges; but Ieremie beganne to prophecie a childe; in Ieruſalem, and finally in Aegypt: Ezechiel when he was about thirtie yeares old, in Babylon, where he was in captiuitie with King lechonias and others. The [Margin: 4. Reg.] [Margin: 44.] beginning and end of his Prophecie are ſo obſcure, that amongſt [Margin: Ep. ad] the Hebrewes (ſaith S. Ierom) none may reade theſe partes, nor [Margin: Paulin.] the beginning of Geneſis, before the age of thirtie yeares. The three firſt chapters conteyne a wonderful viſion, wherin the Prophet ſaw God [Margin: Ch. 1.] [Margin: The contents diuided into fine partes.] as ſitting in a glorious throne, resting as it were vpon foure liuing creatures, drawing ſtrangely foure wheeles. Secondly, in one and twentie chapters folowing he prophecieth the deſtruction of Ieruſalem and the Temple, with the captiuitie of the people for their enormous ſinnes. Thirdly in eleuen more chapters, he prophecieth the like of diuers other nations. Fourtly, in foure other chapters, he foresheweth the reduction of the Iewes from captiuitie, but more eſpecially the Redemption of mankinde by Chriſt, and the glorious ſtate of his Church. Finally, in the other nine chapters, he deſcribeth, but meruelous obſcurely, his laſt viſion of the reſtauration of the Temple, Sacrifices, Prieſtes, and other religious thinges perteyning therto; but principally concerning the Church of Chriſt, both militant and triumphant.

THE PROPHECIE OF EZECHIEL.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. [Margin: The firſt part. The prophets firſt viſion, & miſſion to preach.] By the riuer of Chobar nere Babylon, Ezechiel ſeeth in viſion a tempeſtious whirlewinde, 5. and ſtrange shapes, 10. of a man, a lion, an oxe, and an eagle: 15. of foure wheeles, 22. and of a man ſitting gloriouſly on a throne in the firmament.

1 AND [::] IT came to paſſe in [::] the thirtith yeare, in the fourth, in the fifth if the moneth, when I was in the middes of the captiues beſide the riuer Chobar, the heauens were opened, and I ſaw the viſions of God.

2 In the fifth of the moneth, the ſame is the fifth yeare of the tranſmigration of king Ioachin,

3 the word of our Lord was made to Ezechiel the ſonne of Buzi prieſt in the land of the Chaldees, by the riuer Chobar: and there the hand of our Lord was made vpon him.

4 And I ſaw, and behold a whirlewinde came from the North: and a great clowde, & a fire inuoluing, and brightnes round about it: & out of the middes therof as it were the forme of amber, that is, out of the middes of the fire:

5 and out of the middes therof the ſimilitude of ſoure * liuing creatures: and this was their look: the ſimilitude of a man in them.

6 There were four faces to one, and foure winges to one.

7 Their feete ſtreight feete, and the ſole of their foote as the ſole of a calues foote, and ſparkes as the forme of glowing bra⟨illegible⟩

8 And the handes of a man vnder their winges in foure partes ⟨illegible⟩ey had faces, and winges by the foure partes.

9 And the winges of them were ioyned one to an other. They [::] returned not when they went: but euerie one went before his face.

10 And the ſimilitude of their countenance: the face of a man, and the face of a lyon on the right hand of them foure: and the face of an oxe, on the lefe hand of them foure: and the face of an eagle ouer them foure.

11 And their faces, and their winges were ſtreched out aboue: two winges of euerie one were ioyned, and two couered their bodies:

12 and euerie one of them walked before his face: where the force of the ſpirite was, thither they went: neither did they returne when they went: neither did they returne when they walked.

13 And the ſimilitude of the liuing creatures, their looke as it were of coales of burning fire, & as it were the reſemblance of lampes. This was the viſion running in the middes of the liuing creatures, brightnes of fire, and from the fire lightening going forth.

14 And the liuing creatures went, and returned after the ſimilitude of gliſtering lightning.

15 And when I beheld the liuing creatures, there appeared one wheele vpon the earth by the liuing creatures, hauing foure faces.

16 And the shape of the wheeles, and the worke of them, as it were apparence of the ſea: and one ſimilitude of them foure▪ and their apparence and worke, as if it were [::] a wheele in the middes of a wheele.

17 By their foure partes going they went: and they returned not when they walked.

18 There was a ſtature alſo to the wheeles, and height, and a fearful forme: and the whole ⟨illegible⟩ was ful of eies round about them foure.

19 And when the liuing creatures walked, the wheeles alſo walked together by them: and when the liuing creatures were lifted vp from the earth, the wheeles alſo were lifted vp together.

20 Whitherſoeuer the ſpirit went, thither the ſpirit going, the wheeles alſo were lifted vp withal, folowing it: for the ſpirit of life was in the wheeles.

21 With them going they went, and with them ſtanding they ſtood, and with them lifted vp from the earth, the wheeles alſo were lifted vp together, folowing them: becauſe the ſpirit of life was in the wheeles.

22 And a ſimilitude ouer the heades of the liuing creatures of the firmament, as it were the ſight of chriſtal dreadful, and ſtreched out ouer their heades aboue.

23 And vnder the firmament the winges of them ſtreight one toward an other, euerie one with two winges couered his bodie, and the other was couered in like maner.

24 And I heard the ſound of the winges, as it were the ſound of manie waters, as it were the ſound of the high God, when they walked, it was as the voice of multitude, as the ſound of a campe, and when they ſtood, their winges were let downe.

25 For when a voice was made aboue the firmament, that was ouer their head, they ſtood, and let downe their winges.

26 And [::] aboue the firmament, that hung ouer their head, as it were the forme of the ſapphire ſtone the ſimilitude of a throne, and vpon the ſimilitude of the throne, a ſimilitude as it were the shape of a man aboue.

27 And I ſaw as it were the forme of amber, as the reſemblance of fire within it round about: from his loines & vpward, and from his loines downward, I ſaw as it were the reſemblance of fire gliſtering round about.

28 As the forme of the bow when it is in a clowde on a day of rayne, this was the forme of the brightnes round about.

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

• 1 [::] The coniunction, And, being the firſt word, either ioyneth the context to the title, or (as S: Gregorie expoundeth it) the exterior wordes vttered to the interior reueled to the prophet in ſpirit.
• 1 [::] Either the thirtith yeare of his age; or the 30. ſince the captiuitie was prophecied, in the reigne of Ioſias. 4. Reg. 22. v. 18.
• 5 ⟨illegible⟩animahum.
• 9 [::] They turned not about (v. 12.) but hauing faces on euery ſide were readie to goe euerie way.
• 16 [::] S. Gregorie expounding this viſion of the foure Euangeliſtes, or of the whole new Teſtaments teacheth that the old & new Teſtaments are each in the other; both teaching the ſame thinges in diuers maners. ho. 6. in Ezech.
• 26 [::] In this chapter the prophet deſcriheth foure partes of a viſion which he ſaw at one time: of a whirlewinde ⟨illegible⟩ 4. of foure liuing creatures▪ v 5▪ of foure vvheeles v 15. & of a man ſitting in a throne in the firmament v 16. For vnderſtanding of al which, lerned large commentaries do hardly ſuffice

Chapter 2

CHAP. II. The Prophet terrified with the viſion, is encoreged by Gods ſpirite. 3. And is ſent to preach 9. penance, and the ſeruice of God.

1 THIS was the viſion of the ſimilitude of the glorie of our Lord. And I ſaw, and I fel on my face, and I heard the voice of one ſpeaking. And he ſaid to mee: [::] Sonne of man ſtand vpon thy feete, and I wil ſpeake with thee:

2 And the ſpirit entered into me after that he ſpake to me, and he ſette me vpon my feete: and I heard him ſpeaking to me,

3 and ſaying: Sonne of man, I ſend thee to the children of Iſrael, to nations apoſtates wich haue reuolted from me: they, and their fathers, haue tranſgreſſed my couenant euen vnto this day.

4 And they are children of an hard face, and of an hart that can not be tamed, to whom I ſend thee: and this thou shalt ſay to them: Thus ſaith our Lord God:

5 If perhaps they at the leaſt wil heare, and if perhaps they wilceaſe, becauſe it is an exaſperating houſe: and they shal know that there was a prophet in the middes of them.

6 Thou therfore ô ſonne of man feare them not, neither be afrayd of their wordes: becauſe the incredulous and ſubuerters are with thee, and thou dwelleſt with ſcorpions. Feare not their wordes, and of their lookes be not afrayd: becauſe it is an exaſperating houſe.

7 Thou therefore shalt ſpeake my wordes to them, if perhaps they wil heare, and be quiet, becauſe they are prouokers to anger.

8 But thou ſonne of man heare whatſoeuer I ſpeake to thee: & be not exaſperating, as it is an exaſperating houſe: open thy mouth, and eate whatſoeuer I geue thee.

9 And I looked, and behold, an hand ſent to me, wherin was a rowled booke: and he ſpred it before me, which was writen within and without: and there were writen in it [::] lamentations, and [::] a ſong, and [::] woe.

Marginal notes to Chapter 2

• 1 [::] Our Sauiour of his great humilitie and his ſingular loue towards mankinde, often calleth himſelf the Sonne of man, but no other ſo called him. Here the Angel moſt frequently calleth Ezechiel the Sonne of man, as wel to diſtinguiſh betwen Angelical & humane kind, as in honour of Chriſt, of whom this and other prophetes were figures: but why Ezechiel, and ſcarſe anie other (Dan. 8. v. 17.) had this title is hard to explicate.
• 9 [::] Lamentations perteine to the penitent:
• 9 [::] Songue to the praiſes of God
• 9 [::] VVoe to the deſperate damned.

Chapter 3

CHAP. III. Against a ſtubborne people, to whom he muſt preach, 8. the prophet is streingthened, 12. by increaſe of ſpirite: 17. charged to execute his office. 22. But firſt to be ſilent for a time,

1 AND he ſaid to me: Sonne of man whatſoeuer thou shalt finde eate: [::] eate this volume, and going ſpeake to the children of Iſrael.

2 And I opened my mouth, and he fed me with that volume:

3 and he ſaid to me: Sonne of man thy bellie shal eate, and thy bowels shal be filled with this volume, which I geue thee. And I did eate it: and it was made in my mouth ſweete as honie.

4 And he ſaid to me: Sonne of man goe to the houſe of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſpeake my wordes to them.

5 For not to a people of profound ſpeach, and of an vnknowne tongue art thou ſent, to the houſe of Iſrael.

6 Neither to manie peoples of profonnd ſpeach, & of an vnknowne tongue, whoſe wordes thou canſt not heare: and if thou were ſent to them, [::] they would heare thee.

7 But the houſe of Iſrael wil not heare thee: becauſe they wil not heare me. for al the houſe of Iſrael is of a shameles forehead, and hard harted.

8 Behold I haue made thy face ſtronger then their faces, and thy forehead harder then their foreheads.

9 As the adamant, and as the flint ſtone haue I made thy face: feare them not, neither be afrayd of their face: becauſe it is an exaſperating houſe.

10 And he ſaid to me: Sonne of man, al my wordes which I ſpeake to thee, take in thy hart, and heare with thine eares:

11 And goe, enter into the tranſmigration, to the children of of thy people, and thou shalt ſpeake to them, and shalt ſay to them: Thus ſaith our Lord God: if perhaps they wil heare, and be quiet.

12 And the ſpirit tooke me vp, and I heard behinde me the voice of a great commotion: Bleſſed be the glorie of our Lord from his place,

13 and the voice of the winges of liuing creatures ſtriking one againſt an other, & the voice of wheeles folowing the liuing creatures, and the voice of a great commotion.

14 The ſpirit alſo lifted me, & tooke me vp: & I went away bitter in the indignation of my ſpirit: for the hand of our Lord was with me, ſtrengthening me.

15 And I came to the tranſmigration, to the heape of new corne, to them, that dwelt by the riuer Chobar, and I ſate where they ſate: and I taried there ſeuen dayes mourning in the middes of them.

16 And when ſeuen dayes, were paſſed, the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

17 Sonne of man, a watchman to the houſe of Iſrael haue I geuen thee: and thou shalt heare the word out of my mouth, and shalt tel it them from me.

18 If when I ſay to the impious: Dying thou shalt dye: thou tel him not, nor ſpeake that he may be turned away from his impious way, and liue: the ſame impious man shal dye in his iniquitie, but his bloud I wil requyre at thy hand.

19 But if thou denounce to the impious, and he be not conuerted from his impietie, and from his impious way: he verely shal dye in his iniquitie, but thou haſt deliuered thy ſoule.

20 Yea and if the iuſt shal be turned from his iuſtice, & shal doe iniquitie: I [::] wil lay a ſtumbling blocke before him, he shal dye: becauſe thou haſt not told him, he shal dye in his ſinne, and his iuſtices which he hath done shal not be in memorie: but his bloud I wil require at thy hand.

21 But if [::] thou warne the iuſt that the iuſt ſinne not, and he doe not ſinne: liuing he shal liue, becauſe thou haſt warned him, and thou haſt deliuered thy ſoule.

22 And the hand of our Lord was made vpon me, and he ſaid to me: Riſing goe out into the fielde, and there I wil ſpeake with thee.

23 And riſing I went out into the filde: and behold the glorie of our Lord ſtood there as it were the glorie, which I ſaw by the riuer Chobar: and I fel on my face:

24 And the ſpirit entered into me, and ſet me vpon my feete: and he ſpake to me, and ſayd to me: Goe in, and be shut vp in the middes of thy houſe.

25 And thou ſonne of man, behold bandes are geuen vpon thee, and they ſhal binde thee in them: and thou shalt not goe forth from the middes of them.

26 And I wil make thy tongue cleaue to the roofe of thy mouth, and thou shalt be dumme, not as a man controwling: becauſe it is an exaſperating houſe.

27 But when I shal ſpeake to thee, I wil open thy mouth, and thou shalt ſay to them: Thus ſaith our Lord God: He that heareth▪ let him heare: and he that is quiet, let him be quiet: becauſe it is an exaſperating houſe.

Marginal notes to Chapter 3

• 1 [::] By this Metaphor of eating a booke is ſignified, that the prophet receiued reuelations from ⟨illegible⟩, as appeareth. v. 10. &c.
• 6 [::] By this place and the like (Mat. 11. v. 21.) it ſemeth that the ſame grace being offered to diuers perſons, ſome do accept it, and ſome do not: but the cauſe of difference is by more grace added to the former which was ſufficient before, and by this ſuper add⟨illegible⟩d⟨illegible⟩tion is made effectual. That God geueth this abundance to ſome is of his mercie, and that he geueth it not to others is no iniurie. Ro 9.
• 20 [::] I wil take away my grace from him, in puniſhment of his reuolting from me.
• 21 [::] A preachers office is as wel to warne the iuſt to perſeuere in iuſtice as to admoniſh the wicked to repent, & returne to God.

Chapter 4

CHAP. IIII. [Margin: The 2. part. The deſtruction of Ieruſalem and the Temple, with the captiuitie of the people for their ſinnes.] The future ſiege of Ieruſalem is diſcribed in a bricke. 4. The time of captiuitie of Iſrael, and of Iuda is ſignified by ſleeping. 390. dayes on the left ſide, and fourtie on the right. 9. Famine is alſo ſignified by bread ſprinkled with dung.

1 AND thou ſonne of man take thee a bricke, & thou shalt put it before thee: and thou shalt draw in it the citie of Ieruſalem.

2 And thou shalt lay ſiege againſt it, and shalt build munitions, and caſt vp [::] a bancke, and pitch campes againſt it, and place engines round about.

3 And thou take thee an yron frying panne, and thou shalt ſet it as an yron wal betwen thee & the citie: and thou shalt ſet thy face ſtedely toward it, and it shal be beſieged, and thou shalt compaſſe it: which is a ſigne to the houſe of Iſrael.

4 And thou shalt ſleepe vpon thy left ſide, and shalt put the iniquities of the houſe of Iſrael vpon it, according to the number of the daies, that thou shalt ſleepe vpon it, and thou shalt take their iniquitie.

5 And I haue geuen thee the yeares of their iniquitie, according to the number of daies :: three hundred and ninetie daies: and thou shalt beare the iniquitie of the houſe of Iſrael.

6 And when thou haſt accomplished theſe thinges, thou shalt ſleepe vpon thy right ſide the ſecond time: and thou shalt take the iniquitie of the houſe of Iuda [::] fourtie daies. a day for a yeare, a day, I ſay, for a yeare I haue geuen thee.

7 And thou shalt turne thy face to the ſiege of Ieruſalem, and thine arme shal be ſtreched out: and thou shalt prophecie againſt it.

8 Behold I haue compaſſed thee with bandes: and thou shalt not turne thy ſelf from thy ſide vnto the other ſide, til thou accomplish the daies of thy ſiege.

9 And thou take thee wheate and barley, and beanes, and lintiles, and millet, and fitches: and thou shalt put them into one veſſel, and make thee loaues according to the number of the daies, that thou shalt ſleepe vpon thy ſide: three hundred and ninetie daies shalt thou eate it.

10 And thy meate, that thou shalt eate, shal be in weight twentie ſtaters a day: from time to time thou shalt eate it.

11 And water by meaſure thou shalt drinke, the ſixt part of an hin: from time to time thou shalt drinke it.

12 And as hearth baken barley bread thou shalt eate it: and with the dung that commeth out of a man, thou shalt couer it before their eies.

13 And our Lord ſaid: So shal the children of Iſrael eate their bread polluted among the Gentils, to the which I shal caſt them out.

14 And I ſaid: A, a, a, ô Lord God, behold my ſoule is not polluted, & a dead thing, and thing torne of beaſtes I haue not eaten from mine infancie euen til this time, and al vncleane flesh hath not entered into my mouth.

15 And he ſaid to me: Behold I haue geuen thee dung of oxen for mans dung, and thou shalt make thy bread therwith.

16 And he ſaid to me: Sonne of man: Behold I wil breake [::] the ſtaffe of bread in Ieruſalem: and they shal eate bread in weight, and in carefulnes: and they shal drinke water in meaſure, and in diſtreſſe.

17 That bread and water fayling, euerie man may fal againſt his brother, & they may pine away in their iniquities.

Marginal notes to Chapter 4

• 2 [::] To make a banck, a ditch is alſo made, ordinarily aboue three foote depe, & ſo the earth caſt vp towardes the towne beſieged make couert paſſage about ſeuen foot in height by which trench men approch more ſafely towards the wal, where they purpoſe to make batterie, breach, and aſſault. :: It is very hard to explicate, how the tenne tribes were 390. yeares in captiuitie.
• 6 [::] And from what time the 40. yeares are counted, ſeing it is certaine, that the two tribes were in captiuitie. 70. yeares. See S. Ierom in Ezech.
• 16 [::] As a ſtaffe aydeth the weake, ſo bread ſuſtaineth al men.

Chapter 5

CHAP. V. By the heare of the prophets head and beard powled, and diuerſly deſtroyed, 5. is ſignified the deſtruction of the Iewes. 10. The fathers and ſonnes eating one an other, 12. in extremitie of peſtilence, famine, and ſword.

1 AND thou ſonne of man take thee a sharpe knife, shauing the heares: and thou shalt take it and draw it ouer thy head, and ouer thy beard: and thou shalt take thee a ballance of weight, and shalt diuide them.

2 The third part thou shalt burne with fire in the middes of the citie, according to the accomplishing of the dayes of the ſiege: and thou shalt take a third part, and cut it with the knife in [::] the circuite therof: but the other third part thou shalt ſcatter into the wind, and I wil draw the ſword after them.

3 And thou shalt take therof a ſmal number: and shalt binde them in the skirt of thy cloke.

4 And of them againe thou shalt take, and shalt caſt them forth in the middes of the fire, and shalt burne them with fire: and out of it shal come forth a fire into al the houſe of Iſrael.

5 Thus ſaith our Lord God: This is Ieruſalem, I placed her in the middes of the Gentils, and countries round about her.

6 And ſhe hath contemned my iudgements, ſo that she was more impious then the Gentils: and my precepts more then the landes, that are round about her. For they haue caſt away my iudgements, and in my precepts they haue not walked.

7 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Becauſe you haue paſſed the Gentils, that are round about you, & haue not walked in my precepts, & haue not done my iudgements, and according to the iudgements of the nations, which are round about you, you haue not wrought.

8 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I to thee, and I myſelf wil do iudgements, in the middes of thee in the eyes of the Gentils.

9 And I wil doe in thee that which I haue not done: and the like wherof I wil doe no more for al thine abominations.

10 Therfore [::] the fathers shal eate the ſonnes in the middes of thee, and the ſonnes shal eate their fathers: and I wil doe iudgements in thee, and I wil ſcatter al thy remnant into euerie winde.

11 Therfore I liue, ſaith our Lord God: Vnles for that thou haſt violated my ſanctuarie in al thine offences, and in al thine abominations: I alſo doe breake thee, and mine eye shal not ſpare, and I wil not haue mercie.

12 The third part of thee shal dye with the peſtilence, & shal be conſumed with famine in the middes of thee and a third part of thee shal fal by the ſword round about thee: and thy third part I wil ſcatter into euerie wind, and I wil draw a ſword after them.

13 And I wil accomplish my furie, & wil make mine indignation reſt in them, and wil be comforted: & they shal know that I the Lord haue ſpoken in my zele, when I shal haue accomplished mine indignation in them.

14 And I wil make thee a deſert, and a reproch to the nations, that are round about thee, in the ſight of euerie one that paſſeth by.

15 And thou shalt be a reproch, and [::] blaſpemie, an example, and aſtonishment amongſt the nations, that are round about thee, when I shal haue done iudgements in thee in furie, and in indignation, and in the rebukes of anger.

16 I the Lord haue ſpoken: When I shal ſend verie ſore arrowes of famine vpon them: which shal be mortiferous, and which I shal ſend to deſtroy you: and I wil gather famine vpon you, and wil breake among you the ſtaffe of bread.

17 And I wil ſend in vpon you famine, and very ſore beaſtes euen to deſtruction: and peſtilence, and bloud shal paſſe through thee, and the ſword I wil bring in vpon thee. I the Lord haue ſpoken.

Marginal notes to Chapter 5

• 2 [::] In other cities of Iuda nere Ieruſalem.
• 10 [::] Ieremie, Lament. 2 and Bar⟨illegible⟩ch. ch 2 prophecied of the ſame diſtreſſe by ſamine in the ſiege of Ieruſalem.
• 15 [::] Blaſphemie is here taken improperly, and ſignifieth that other nations ſhal not only reproch Ieruſalem, but alſo ⟨illegible⟩a⟨illegible⟩ and ſcoffe at her miſeries.

Chapter 6

CHAP. VI. For idolatrie the people shal be diuerſly deſtroyed: 8. til the reliques conuert to God.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 S⟨illegible⟩nne of man ſet thy face toward [::] the mountaines of Iſrael, and thou shalt prophecie to them,

3 and shalt ſay: Mountaynes of Iſrael heare ye the word of our Lord God: Thus ſaith our Lord God to the mountaines, and litle hilles, and to the rockes, & the vallees: Behold I wil bring vpon you the ſword, and wil deſtroy your excelſes,

4 and caſt downe your altars, and your idols shal be broken: and I wil ouerthrow your ſlaine before your idols.

5 And I wil lay the carcaſſes of the children of Iſrael before the face of your idols: and I wil diſperſe your bones about your altars

6 in al your habitations. The cities shal be deſolate, and the excelſes shal be caſt downe, and deſtroyed, and your altars shal perish, and shal be broken: and your idols shal ceaſe, and your temples shal be deſtroyed, and your workes shal be defaced.

7 And the ſlaine shal fal in the middes of you: and you shal know that I am the Lord.

8 And [::] I wil leaue in you them, that shal eſcape the ſword in the Gentils, when I shal diſperſe you in the landes.

9 And your deliuered shal remember me amongſt the Gentils, to which they are led captiuitie: becauſe I haue broken their hart fornicating, and reuolting from me: and their eyes fornicating after their idols: and [::] they shal miſlike with them ſelues vpon the euils which they had done in al their abominations.

10 And they shal know that I the Lord haue not ſpoken in vaine to do them this euil.

11 Thus ſaith our Lord God: Strike thy hand, and knocke thy foote, and ſay: Alas, to al the abominations of the euils of the houſe of Iſrael: becauſe they shal fal by ſword, famine, and peſtilence.

12 He that is far of, shal dye with peſtilence: and he that is nere, shal fal by the ſword: and he that shal be left, and beſieged, shal dye for famine: and I wil accomplish mine indignation in them.

13 And you shal know that I am the Lord, when your ſlaine shal be amongſt the middes of your idols, in the circuit of your altars, in euerie high hil, & in al the toppes of mountaines, and vnder euerie wooddie tree, and vnder euerie oake with thicke branches, the place where they burnt frankincenſe ſmelling ſweetly to al their idols.

14 And I wil ſtrech forth my hand vpon them: and wil make the land deſolate, and deſtitute from the deſert of Deblatha in al their habitations: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 6

• 2 [::] ⟨illegible⟩ was moſt eſpecially committed in mountaines, ⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩lles, and therfore both idols and idolaters vvere deſtroyed in the ſame places.
• 8 [::] Gods perpetual prouidence ſtil preſerueth ſome reliques that ſerue him ſincerely, and before thoſe depart from this vvorld,
• 9 [::] others doe repent and returne to God.

Chapter 7

CHAP. VII. Miſeries shal be ſo great, 8. and shal come ſo preſently, 16. that few shal eſcape, and thoſe alſo shal be in great terrour, and affliction.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 And thou ſonne of man, thus ſaith our Lord God to the land [::] of Iſrael: The end is come, come is the end vpon the foure quarters of the land.

3 Now an end vpon thee, and I wil ſend my furie vpon thee: and I wil iudge thee according to thy wayes: and I wil lay againſt thee al thine abominations.

4 And vpon thee mine eye shal not ſpare, and I wil not haue mercie: but I wil lay thy waies vpon thee, and thyne abominations shal be in the middes of thee: and you shal know that I am the Lord.

5 Thus ſaith our Lord God: One affliction, loe affliction cometh.

6 An end cometh, there cometh an end, it hath awaked againſt thee: behold it commeth.

7 Deſtruction commeth vpon thee, which dwelleſt in the land: the time commeth, the day of ſlaughter is nere, and not of the glorie of mountaines.

8 Now ſtreightway I powre out my wrath vpon thee, and I wil accomplish my furie in thee: and I wil iudge thee according to thy wayes, and I wil lay vpon thee al thy wicked deedes.

9 And mine eye shal not ſpare, neither wil I haue mercie: but I wil lay thy wayes vpon thee, and thine abominations shal be in the middes of thee: and you shal know that I am the Lord that ſtrike.

10 Behold the day, behold it commeth: deſtruction is gone forth, the rod hath floorished, pride hath budded.

11 Iniquitie is riſen in the rodde of impietie: not of them, and not of the people, nor of the ſound of them: and there shal be no reſt in them.

12 The time commeth, the day is at hand: he that bieth let him not reioyce: and he that ſelleth, let him not mourne: becauſe wrath vpon al the people therof.

13 Becauſe he that ſelleth, [::] shal not returne to that, which he hath ⟨illegible⟩old, and as yet in the liuing the life of them. For the viſion shal not goe backe to al the multitude therof: and man in the iniquitie of his life shal not be ſtrengthened.

14 Sound you with the trumpet, let al be prepared, and there is none to go to the battel: for my wrath shal be vpon al the people therof.

15 The ſword without: and the peſtilence, and famine within: he that is in the filde shal dye by the ſword: and they that are in the citie, shal be deuoured with the peſtilence, and famine.

16 And thoſe of them that flee shal be ſaued: and they shal be in the mountaines as doues of the valleis al trembling, euerie one in his iniquitie.

17 Al handes shal be diſſolued, and al knees shal runne with waters.

18 And they shal gird themſelues with hearecloathes, and feare shal couer them, and in euerie face confuſion, and vpon al their heades baldnes.

19 Their ſiluer shal be throwne forth, and their gold shal be into a dunghil. Their ſiluer, and their gold shal not be able to deliuer them in the day of the furie of our Lord. Their ſoule they shal not ſatisfie, and their bellies shal not be filled: becauſe it is made [::] a ſcandal of their iniquitie.

20 And the ornament of their Iewels they haue turned into pride, and the images of their abominations, and idols they haue made of it: for this cauſe haue I geuen it them into vncleanes:

21 and I wil geue it into the handes of aliens to ſpoyle, and to the impious of the earth for a praye, and they shal contaminate it.

22 And I wil turne away my face from them, & they shal violate my [*] ſecrete: and ſpoylers shal enter into it, and shal contaminate it.

23 Make a concluſion: becauſe the land is ful of the iudgement of bloud, and the citie ſul of iniquitie.

24 And I wil bring the worſt of the nations, and they shal poſſeſſe their houſes: and I wil make the pride of the mightie to ceaſe, and they shal poſſeſſe their ſanctuarie.

25 Diſtreſſe comming vpon them, they wil ſeeke peace, and there shal be none.

26 Truble shal come vpon truble, and report vpon report, and they shal ſeeke viſion of the prophete, and [::] the law shal perish from the prieſt, and counſel from the ancientes.

27 The king shal mourne, and the prince shal be clothed with ſorowfulnes, and the handes of the people of the land shal be trubled. According to their way wil I doe to them, and according to their iudgements I wil iudge them: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 7

• 2 [::] By Iſrael is ⟨illegible⟩ere meant al the countrie of Iurie, as appeareth by the generall peach folovving. the foure quarters of the land.
• 13 [::] In the yeare of Iubeley the landes vvhich vvere ſold, returned to the ſeller or to his heyres▪ Leuit. 2⟨illegible⟩ but in the captiuitie there could be no ſuch recouerie.
• 19 [::] Adorning of idols with much gold was occaſion that the Chaldees ſpoyled the citie more eageily.
• 22 [*] ⟨illegible⟩.
• 26 [::] This & other like places ſignifie ſea⟨illegible⟩ſit⟨illegible⟩e of Prieſtes to teach the law, in the captiuitie, but not an vniuerſal deſtruction or want of al. Io⟨illegible⟩ euen then alſo God conſerued ſome reliques, as appeareth, Malach. 2.

Chapter 8

CHAP. VIII. In an other viſion the prophet ſeeth innumerable moſt abominable idolatries, 11. committed by al ſortes of men, and wemen, 17. for which God wil no longer ſpare them.

1 AND it came to paſſe in [::] the ſixt yeare, in the ſixt moneth, in the fifth of the moneth: I ſate in my houſe, and the ancients of Iuda ſate before me, and the hand of our Lord God fel there vpon me.

2 And I ſaw, and behold a ſimilitude as it were the reſemblance of fire: from the reſemblance of his loynes, and downeward, fire: and from his loynes, and vpward, as it were the reſemblance of brightnes, as the appearance of amber.

3 And the ſimilitude of a hand put forth tooke me by the lockes of my head: and the ſpirite lifted me vp betwen the earth and the heauen, and brought me into Ieruſalem in the viſion of God, beſide the inner doore, that looked to the North, where was ſet an idol of zele to prouoke emulation.

4 And loe there the glorie of the God of Iſrael according to the viſion which I had ſeene in the filde.

5 And he ſaid to me: Sonne of man, lift vp thine eyes to the way of the North. And I lifted vp mine eyes to the way of the North: and behold on the North of the porte of the altar the idol of zele in the verie entrie.

6 And he ſaid to me: Sonne of man, doeſt thou ſee thinkeſt thou what theſe doe, the great abominations, that the houſe of Iſrael doth here, that I may depart far from my ſanctuarie? and yet turning thou shalt ſee greater abominations.

7 And he brought me into the doore of the court: and I ſaw, and behold one hole in the wal.

8 And he ſaid to me: Sonne of man digge the wal. And when I had digged the wal, there appered one doore.

9 And he ſaid to me: Goe in, and ſee the moſt wicked abominations, which theſe doe here.

10 And being entered in I ſaw, and behold euer⟨illegible⟩e ſimilitude of creeping creatures, and of beaſts, abomination, and al the idols of the houſe of Iſrael were painted in the wal round about through out.

11 And ſeuentie men of the ancients of the houſe of Iſrael, and Iezonias the ſonne of Saphan ſtood in the middes of them, that ſtood before the pictures: and euerie one had a cenſar in his hand: and a vapour of a clowde roſe vp from the frankincenſe.

12 And he ſaid to me: Surely thou ſeeſt ſonne of man what thinges the ancients of the houſe of Iſrael, doe in darkenes, euerie one in the ſecret of his chamber: for [::] they ſay: Our Lord ſeeth vs not, our Lord hath forſaken the earth.

13 And he ſaid to me: Yet turning thou shalt ſee greater abominations, which theſe doe.

14 And he brought me in by the doore of the gate of the houſe of our Lord, which looked to the North: and behold their wemen ſate mourning for [::] Adonis.

15 And he ſaid to me: Surely thou haſt ſenne ô ſonne of man: yet turning thou shalt ſee greater abominations then theſe.

16 And he brought me into the inner court of the houſe of our Lord: and behold in the doore of the temple of our Lord betwen the porch and the altar, as it were fiue and twentie men hauing their backes againſt the temple of our Lord, and their faces to the Eaſt: and they adored toward the riſing of the ſunne.

17 And he ſaid to me: Surely thou haſt ſene ô ſonne of man: why, is this a light thing to the houſe of Iuda, that they should doe theſe abominations, which they haue done here: becauſe they replenishing the land with iniquitie, are turned to prouoke me? and behold they put a bough to their noſthrels.

18 Therfore I alſo wil doe in my furie: mine eye shal not ſpare, neither wil I haue mercie: and when they shal crie to mine eares with a lowd voice, I wil not heare them.

Marginal notes to Chapter 8

• 1 [::] After that the prophet had▪ eſted in his houſe. ⟨illegible⟩9⟨illegible⟩. dayes in which time▪ when ſoeuer he ſ⟨illegible⟩p⟨illegible⟩, he lay only on his left ſide, & 4⟨illegible⟩. dayes in like maner on his right ſide, which was in al. 430. dayes, which make one yeare two moneth, and fiue dayes, the next day he had this other viſion before he went forth to preach.
• 4 ⟨illegible⟩. 3. 7. ⟨illegible⟩.
• 12 [::] VVicked men either do not beleue, or litle conſider Gods knovvlege, and prouidence, of al thinges, and ſo fal into idolatrie.
• 14 [::] Rabbi Dauid and Rabbi Salomon vvrite that the image of this idol being made of braſſe had eyes of lead, and vvhen the braſſe was made hote, by fire ſecretly put vnder, the lead beginning to melt, the image ſeemed to vvepe, wherupon the vvemen of compaſſion ⟨illegible⟩id wepe with their goddeſſe.

Chapter 9

CHAP. IX. The prophet ſeing ſix men, by Gods commandment, kil al, 6. that are not marked with THAV in their forehead: 8. lamenteth ſo great a ſlaughter. 9. and God anſwereth, that their iniquitie may not be longer tolerated.

1 AND [::] he cried in mine eares with a lowd voice, ſaying: The viſitations of the citie approch, and euerie one hath [*] a weapon of ſlaughter in his hand.

2 And behold [::] ſix men came from the way of the vpper gate, which looketh to the North: and euerie mans weapon of deſtruction in his hand: [::] one man alſo in the middes of them was clothed with linnen ga⟨illegible⟩m⟨illegible⟩s, and the ink⟨illegible⟩horne of a writer at his reines: and they entered in, and ſtood by the braſen altar.

3 And the glorie of the Lord of Iſrael was taken vp from the Cherub, which was ou⟨illegible⟩ ▪ him to the threshold of the houſe: and he called the: man, that was clothed with the linnen garments, and had the in⟨illegible⟩khorne of a writer on his loynes.

4 And our Lord ſaid to him: Paſſe through the middes of the citie in the middes of Ieruſalem and“ ſigne [*] Thau vpon the foreheades of the men that mourne, and lament vpon al the abominations, that are done in the middes therof.

5 And to them he ſaid in my hearing: Paſſe through the citie folowing him, and ſtrike: let not your eye ſpare, neither haue ye mercie.

6 The old, the yong man, and the virgin, the litle one, and the wemen kil to vtter deſtruction: but euery one vpon whom you shal ſee Thau, kil not, and [::] begin ye at my Sanctuarie. They began therfore at the ancient men, which were before the face of the houſe.

7 And he ſaid to them: Contaminate the houſe, & ⟨illegible⟩il the courtes with the ſlaine: goe ye forth. And they went ſorth, and ſtroke them that were in the citie.

8 And the ſlaughter being accomplished I remained: and I fel vpon my face, and crying: I ſaid Alas, alas, alas ô Lord God, wilt thou then deſtroy al the remnant of Iſrael, powring out thy furie vpon Ieruſalem?

9 And he ſaid to me: The iniquitie of the houſe of Iſrael, and Iuda is exceeding great, and the land is replenished with bloud, and the citie is replenished with auerſion: for they haue ſaid. Our Lord hath forſaken the earth, and our Lord ſeeth not.

10 Therfore mine eye alſo shal not ſpare, neither wil I haue mercie: I wil require their way vpon their head.

11 And behold the man, that was clothed with the linnen garments, that had the inkehorne at his backe, anſwered a word, ſaying: I haue done as thou haſt commanded me.

Marginal notes to Chapter 9

• 1 [::] The prophet being firſt inſtructed by a voice that the deſtruction is nere at hand:
• 1 [*] Vas interſectionis.
• 2 [::] forthvvith in the ſame viſion, ⟨illegible⟩ men coming to kil the idolaters.
• 2 [::] Yet one is ſ⟨illegible⟩t before the ſix to ⟨illegible⟩a⟨illegible⟩ke ſome, vvhom Gods mercie vvil ſaue from the ſlaughter, becauſe he neuer ſuffereth his Church to be vvholly deſtroyed.
• 4 [*] Marke vvith †
• 6 [::] For abuſes of holie Sacrifices, Sacramentes, and other ſacred Rites, God ſuffereth firſt Churches and Monaſteries to be deſtroyed, and clergie men and other religious perſons to be perſecuted, and ſo puniſhment proceedeth to other offenders as, 1. Pet. 4. v. 17. iudgement beginneth at the houſe of God.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. IX.

4. Signe Thau vpon the ſorchcades.] Moſt of the Hebrevv Rabbins, as alſo the [Margin: Some tranſlate, Signe a ſigne, or, ſette a marke vpon the foreheades.] Septuagint▪ likevviſe ⟨illegible⟩u⟨illegible⟩la, and Symmachus tranſlate THAV according to the⟨illegible⟩ g⟨illegible⟩ of the Hebrevv vvord, a ſigne: as if it vvere commanded only in general to ſe⟨illegible⟩te one ſigne or other, not anie determinate certaine ſigne or marke on the foreheades of the men that mourne, and lament vpon the abominations, that are done in Ieruſalem. But aswel ſome other Hebrew Rabbins, with the Chaldee Paraphraſis, as alſo Theodotion, and in maner al other ancient Latin Interpreters, whom S Ierom foloweth, tranſlate as in the vulgate [Margin: Others tranſlate more diſtinctly: Signe Thau vpon the foreheades. or Marke the foreheades vvith Thau, or. T. That is with the letter which hath the forme of a Croſſe. It was in the time of Ezechiel in figure, now is in remembrance of Chriſts Croſſe. The ancient Fathers teſtifie the continual vſe of the ſigne of the Croſſe in the Church.] Edition, Signa Thau ſuper frontes virorū gementi⟨illegible⟩m, &c. Signe Thau vpon the foreheades of the men that mourne, &c. That is▪ marke their foreheades with THAY, the laſt Hebrew letter: which in the old Hebrew characters, vſed euen to ⟨illegible⟩ ▪ Ieroms time by the Samaritanes, hath the ſimilitude and forme of a Croſſe. So expreſſing a particular determinat ſigne; as when the Angel ſlew the firſt borne of Aegypt, the Iſraelites houſes were diſtinctly marked with bloud, ſprinkled on [Margin: Exo. 1⟨illegible⟩.] the poſtes of their dores: myſtically ſignifying our B. Sauiours moſt ſacred bloud to be ſhed for Redemption of man kind: ſo alſo this letter THAV bearing the forme of a Croſſe, formed in the foreheades of the mourners, ſignified the Croſſe, wheron Chriſt our Lord ſhould dye, and redeme vs from ſi⟨illegible⟩e. VVhich ſigne, as it was then p⟨illegible⟩efiguratiue, and prophetical; ſo now it is repreſentatiue, and commemoratiue of our Redemption made by our B. Sauiour, on the holie Croſſe. That we may truly glorie in Chriſt, and that with our great Apoſtle S. Paul, in CHRIST CRVCIFIED. VVith great reaſon therfore hath the [Margin: 1. Cor. ⟨illegible⟩.] whole Church of Chriſt ſingularly eſtemed, and continually vſed this holie Signe of the Croſſe in al Di⟨illegible⟩ne Myſteries, and godlie workes, euen from the Apoſtles time VVitneſſes hereof are the ancient Fathers: S. Dionyſe Ariopagite, Eccleſ. Hierarch. c 2. reciting the ſigne of the Croſſe amongſt other ſacred Rites in adminiſtration of Baptiſme: who alſo c. 5. & 6. maketh like mention of the ſame ſigne in making Prieſtes, & profeſſing of Religious perſons. Likewiſe S. Ireneus. li. 2. c. 42. deſcribeth the forme of the Croſſe. S. Iuſtinus Martyr, Dialogo cum Tryphon⟨illegible⟩, ſhevveth liuers figures in the old Teſtament of the Croſſe. Tertullian, Aduerſus Marcionem, teſtifieth that the Apoſtles, and al the faithful of Chriſt vvere ſigned in their foreheades vvith the ſigne of THAV, the laſt of the Hebrew letters, bearing the forme of a Croſſe: the ſame (ſaith he) vvith the Greke letter, TAV, and our Latin T. VVho further both in that place, and li▪ de corona ⟨illegible⟩luis, & li⟨illegible⟩de reſurrect. carnis, teſtifieth the moſt frequent vſe of this holie ſigne of the Croſſe After him S Cyprian vvitneſſeth the ſame in his time. Epiſt▪ ad Tybaritanos. li. ad Dem⟨illegible⟩tr⟨illegible⟩anum, & li. 1. ca. 8. Testimoniorum aduerſ. Iudaeos More eſpecially, li. 2. c. 22. proueth by this place amongſt other holie Scriptures, that in this ſigne of the Croſſe, is health to al that are ſigned therwith in the foreheades. S. Chryſoſtom. li. cont Gentiles, Amongſt other demonſtrations, ſheweth by the honour, and daylie vſe of the Croſſe, that Chriſt [Margin: Honour of the Croſſe proueth Chriſt to be God.] is God; becauſe none but God could make a thing, vvhich before vvas ſo execrable, to be novv euery where ſo highly eſteemed And in his Homilies. 55. in Mat. 16. & 84. in Ioan. 19. and other places, vvitneſſeth that in Baptiſme, in the moſt holie Euchariſt, in the Sacrament of holie Orders, & in al moſt excellent Myſteries, the Enſigne of Victorie, the ſigne of the Croſſe is euer preſent vnto vs: in al his diſcourſe teaching, to glorie not only in Chriſt crucified, but alſo to honour the ſigne of the Croſſe. And that vvho ſoeuer deſpiſeth the ſigne of the Croſſe, deſpiſeth in deede Chriſt Crucified. To omitte others, S. Auguſtin recordeth, li. 1. Confeſs. c. 11. that himſelf vvhen he vvas a childe, and dangerouſly ſicke, vvas by his mothers pious care, ſigned vvith the ſigne of the Croſſe▪ & li. de catechizandis rudibus. c 20. teacheth that euerie one is to be ſigned in the forehead with the ſigne of the Croſſe, & that al Chriſtians are ſo ſigned. Alſo Tract 118. in Ioan. VVhat is the ſigne of Chriſt (ſaith he) which al know, but the Croſſe of Chriſt? which ſigne vnles it be adioyned, as wel to the foreheades of them that beleue in Chriſt, as to the vv⟨illegible⟩ter it ſelfe vvherevvith they are regenerate, [Margin: The ſigne of the Croſſe vſed in Baptiſme, in Confirmation, in the B Euchariſt, and in a⟨illegible⟩ holie Rites.] and to the chri⟨illegible⟩ne oyle, vvherevvith they are anointed, as alſo to the Sacrifice, vvherevvith they are nouriſhed; none of theſe thinges is rightly performed. Or vvil you haue him to ſpeake more plainly, or more generally? Ser 101. de tempore▪ VVith the ſigne of the Croſſe (ſaith he) our Lords bodie is conſecrated, & al thinges, vvhatſoeuer are ſanctified, are conſecrated vvith the inuocation of Chriſts name in this ſigne▪ VVho pleaſeth to ſee more teſtimonies of ancient Fathers, may alſo reade S. Baſil, li. de Spiritu Sancto. S. Cyril of Ieruſalem▪ Catecheſi. 4. & 13. S. Ambroſe, Orat. ⟨illegible⟩unebri de obitu Theodoſij. S. Gregorie. Epiſt 126.

The apparition alſo of this ſigne to Conſtantin the great, vvith this inſcription: [Margin: Miraculous apparitions of the ſigne of the Croſſe.] IN HOC VINCES, is moſt famous; vvritten by Euſebius Caeſarienſis li. 1 c. 22: & 23. de vita Conſtantini▪ and manie others. The ſame ſigne alſo appeared in Ieruſalem in the time of his ſonne Conſtantius, as S. Cyril of Ieruſalem teſtifieth in his Epiſtle to the ſame Emperour. And Nicephorus. li. 10. c. 2. Hiſt. Eccleſ vvriteth that the formes of Croſſes, fel vvith the devv vpon the garments of Iulian the Apoſtata, and of his folovvers. And manie other hiſtories, both ancient and moderne make mention of the like apparitions.

But aboue al others, the moſt principal is to come: The Signe of the Sonne [Margin: The ſigne ⟨illegible⟩ the Croſſe ſhal appeare before Chriſt, cōming to iudge.] of man; as our B. Sauiour himſelf fortelleth, vvhich shal appeare in the heauen at his coming to iudge the vvhole vvorld: his moſt proper Enſigne the Croſſe; by vvhich he conquered the diuel, ſinne, death, and al enimies of God and men. So al ancient Fathers vndoubtedly vnderſtand his prediction. Mat. 24. Then vvil this ſigne appeare to the great confuſion of al vnſigned miſcreants, vvith other vvicked enimies of the Croſſe, and Crucifix. For then shal al the vvorld, [Margin: The vnſigned ſhal be confounded.] both men, and Angels ſee, vvhat infinite charitie, our moſt bleſſed Redeemer hath vſed for mans ſaluation; and hovv iuſtly thoſe that either doe not beleue, or not regard his ſo vnſpeakable mercie, ſhal be adiudged to euerlaſting damnation in the pitie and fire of hel. And on the other ſide, al thoſe that are [Margin: The rightly ſigned ſhal be glorified.] rightly ſigned in their foreheades, and haue accordingly performed that, which in Baptiſme they promiſed, ſhal mete this ſauing Enſigne, vvith incomparable comforth, ⟨illegible⟩oy, and gladnes; vvho coming clothed ⟨illegible⟩n vvhite robes, vvith palmes of victorie in their handes, ſhal then receiue glorious crovvnes in eternal life.

Chapter 10

CHAP. X. Deſtruction of the citie is againe ſignified by apparence of fire ſprinkled therin, 9. with deſcription of Cherubims, foure wheeles, and of the foure liuing creatures.

1 AND I ſaw, and behold [::] in the firmament, that was ouer the head of the Cherubs, as it were the ſapphire ſtone, as it were the forme of the ſimilitude of a throne appeared ouer them.

2 And he ſpake to the man, that was clothed with the linnen garments, and ſayd: Goe in the middes of the wheeles that are vnder the Cherubs, and fil thy hand with the coles of fyre, that are betwen the Cherubs, & powre them out vpon the citie. And he went in, in my ſight:

3 and the Cherubs ſtood on the right hand of the houſe, when the man went in, and a cloude filled the inner court.

4 And the glorie of our Lord was lifted vp from aboue the Cherub to the threſhold of the houſe: and the houſe was replenished with the cloude, and the court was replenished with the brightnes of the glorie of our Lord.

5 And the ſound of the winges of the Cherubs was heard euen to the vtter court, as it were the voice of God almightie ſpeaking.

6 And when he had commanded the man, that was clothed with the linnen garments, ſaying: Take fyre from the middes of the wheeles, that are betwen the Cherubs: he being gone in ſtood beſide the wheele.

7 And a Cherub ſtreched out his hand from the middes of the Cherubs to the fyre, that was betwen the Cherubs: and he tooke, & gaue into his handes, that was clothed with the linnen garments: who taking it went forth.

8 And there appeared in the Cherubs the ſimilitude of a mans hand vnder their winges.

9 And I ſaw, and behold foure wheeles by the Cherubs: one wheele by one Cherub, and another wheele by one Cherub: and the forme of the wheeles was as it were the reſemblance of the ſtone Chryſolithus:

10 and their reſemblance, one ſimilitude to the foure: as it were [::] a wheele in the middes of a wheele.

11 And when they walked, they went into [::] foure partes: and they returned not walking: but to the place, wherunto, that which was firſt, declined, the reſt alſo folowed, neither did they turne.

12 And al their bodie, and neckes, and handes, and winges, and the circles were ful of eyes, in the circuite of the foure wheeles.

13 And theſe wheeles he called voluble, my ſelf hearing it.

14 And one had foure faces: one face, the face [::] of a Cherub, and the ſecond face, the face of a man: and in the third the face of a lyon: and in the fourth the face of an eagle.

15 And the Cherubs were lifted vp: the ſame is the liuing creature, that I had ſene by the riuer Chobar.

16 And when the Cherubs walked, the wheeles alſo went together by them: and when the Cherubs lifted vp their winges, to be rayſed vp from the earth, the wheeles reſted not, but alſo were beſyde them.

17 Thoſe ſtanding, they ſtood: and with them lifted vp they were lifted vp. For the ſpirit of life was in them.

18 And the glorie of our Lord went forth from the threshold of the temple: and ſtood ouer the Cherubs.

19 And the Cherubs lifting vp their winges, were exalted from the earth before me: and they going forth, the wheeles alſo folowed: and it ſtood in the entry of the eaſt gate of the houſe of our Lord: and the glorie of the God of Iſrael was ouer them.

20 The ſame is the liuing creature, which I ſaw vnder the God of Iſrael by the riuer Chobar: and I vnderſtood that they were Cherubs.

21 Foure faces to one, and foure winges to one: and the ſimilitude of a mans hand vnder their winges.

22 And the ſimilitude of their faces, the ſame faces, which I had ſeene by the riuer Chobar, and the lookes of them, and the ſway of euerie one to goe before his face.

Marginal notes to Chapter 10

• 1 [::] In this viſion appeared in the ayre as it vvere a man ſitting in a throne of ſapphire ſtone, ouer the image of Cherubs & foure wheeles vnder them.
• 10 [::] The ſtrange forme of theſe foure payre of wheeles, ſignified the conſonant agrement of the old and nevv Teſtament. S▪ Greg. ho. 6. in Ezech.
• 11 [::] They were readie to goe forward, backward, on the right hand, on the left, or to what part ſoeuer without turning about.
• 14 [::] It ſemeth euerie one had as it vvere foure faces, v. ⟨illegible⟩t, al like mens faces but one more reſembling a mans face then the other, one ſome what reſembling an ore face (c. 1. here called the face of a cheriſh) another, the face of a lion, the other of an eagle.

Chapter 11

CHAP. XI. Againſt falſeprophetes affirming that the people should not be caried into captiuitie, 4. Ezechiel prophecieth that they shal not eſcape it. 13. Pheltias a falſeprophet dieth: 14. and God promiſeth to conſerue ſome reliques: 19. and to geue a new ſpirite in their hartes.

1 AND the ſpirite lifted me vp, and [::] brought me into the eaſt gate of the houſe of our Lord, which looketh to the ryſing of the ſunne: and behold in the entrie of the gate fiue and twentie men: and I ſaw in the middes of them Iezonias the ſonne of Azur, and Pheltias the ſonne of Banaias, the princes of the people.

2 And he ſaid to me: Sonne of man, theſe are the men, that conceiue iniquitie, and deuiſe moſt wicked counſel in this citie,

3 ſaying: [::] Were not houſes builded of late? [::] This is the caldron, and we the flesh.

4 Therfore prophecie of them, prophecie thou ſonne of man.

5 And the ſpirit of our Lord fel vpon me, and ſaid to me: Speake: Thus ſaith our Lord: So haue you ſpoken ô houſe of Iſrael, and the cogitations of your hart I know.

6 Very manie haue you killed in this citie, and you haue filled the wayes therof with the ſlaine.

7 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Your ſlaine, whom you haue layd in the middes therof, theſe are the flesh, and this is the caldron: and I wil bring you out of the middes therof.

8 [::] The ſword you haue feared, and the ſword I wil bring vpon you, ſaith our Lord God.

9 And I wil caſt you out of the middes therof; and I wil geue you into the hand of the enemies, and wil doe iudgements in you.

10 You shal fal by the ſword: in the borders of Iſrael wil I iudge you, and you shal knowe that I am the Lord.

11 This shal not be as a caldron to you, and you shal not be as flesh in the middes therof, in the borders of Iſrael I wil iudge you.

12 And you shal know that I am the Lord: becauſe you haue not walked in my precepts, & haue not done my iudgments, but you haue done according to the iudgements of nations, that are round about you.

13 And it came to paſſe, when I prophecied, Pheltias the ſonne of Banaias died▪ and I [::] fel vpon my face crying with a lowd voice: & ſayd: Alas, alas, alas, ô Lord God: makeſt thou a conſumation of the remnant of Iſrael?

14 And the word of our Lord was made to me▪ ſaying:

15 Sonne of man thy bretheren, thy bretheren, thy kinſmen, & al the houſe of Iſrael, al to whom the inhabitantes of Ieruſalem haue ſayd: Depart ye far from our Lord, the land is geuen to vs in poſſeſſion.

16 Therfore thus ſayth our Lord God: Becauſe I haue made them far of in the Gentils, and becauſe I haue diſperſed them in the landes: I wil be [::] a litle ſanctification to them in the landes, to which they are come.

17 Therfore ſpeake: Thus ſayth our Lord God: I wil gather you out of the peoples, and vnite you out of the landes, wherin you are diſperſed, & I wil geue you the ground of Iſrael.

18 And they shal goe in thither, and shal take away al the offences, and al the abominations therof out of it.

19 And I wil geue them one hart, and wil geue a new ſpirite in their bowels: and I wil take away the ſtonie hart out of their flesh, and wil geue them a fleshie hart:

20 that they may walke in my precepts, and keepe my iudgements, and doe them: and they may be my people, and I may be their God.

21 Whoſe hart walketh after their offences and abominations, their way wil I lay on their head, ſayth our Lord God.

22 And the Cherubs lifted vp their winges, and the wheeles with them: and the glorie of the God of Iſrael was ouer them.

23 And the glorie of our Lord aſcended from the middes of the citie, & ſtood ouer the mount, that is on the eaſt ſide of the citie.

24 And the ſpirite lifted me vp, and brought me into Chaldee to the tranſmigration, in a viſion in the ſpirite of God: and the viſion which I had ſeene was taken vp from me.

25 And I ſpake to the tranſmigration al the wordes of our Lord, which he had shewed me.

Marginal notes to Chapter 11

• 1 [::] The prophet in Chaldea ſaw in ſpirite what was dont in Ieruſalem.
• 3 [::] VVere not nevv houſes builded (ſay the falſe prophetes) ſine▪ Ieremie ſaid, that al our houſes ſhould be deſtroyed? vvherupon they inferi⟨illegible⟩ that his prophecie is falſe.
• 3 [::] and ſo counted themſelues as ſecure, in Ieruſalem: as fleſh in the potte.
• 8 [::] The falſe prophetes feared warres, but not captiuitie, therfore the prophet aſſureth them that the people ſhal feele both ſword, & captiuitie.
• 13 [::] He lamented not the death of the falſe prophet, but feared great ruine of the people ſeeing this wicked man dye ſo ſodenly.
• 16 [::] God ſtil conſerueth his Church from vtter ruine, as the prophets do often affirme. Iere. 4. v. 27. ch. 5. v. ⟨illegible⟩. 18. Pſal. 88. ⟨illegible⟩ ▪ ⟨illegible⟩ ▪ ⟨illegible⟩.

Chapter 12

CHAP. XII. By prouiding furniture for a iourney, and carying it from one place to an other, 5. and flying through a hole in the wal, 10. the prophet ſignifieth that the king, and people shal goe into captiuitie. 17. By eating, as if he were trubled, foresheweth their famine. 21. Al which shal come quickly.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man thou dweleſt in the middes of an exaſperating houſe: which haue eyes to ſee, and ſee not: and eares to heare, and heare not: becauſe it is an exaſperating houſe.

3 Thou therfore ô ſonne of man, make thee [::] veſſels of tranſmigration, and thou [::] shalt flitte by day before them: and thou shalt flitte out of thy place to an other place in their ſight, if perhaps they wil behold: becauſe it is an exaſperating houſe.

4–5 And thou shalt carie forth thy veſſels as the veſſels of one flitting by day in the ſight of them: and thou shalt goe forth at euen before them, as one goeth forth that flitteth. Before their eyes dig to thee through the wall: and thou shalt goe forth through it.

6 In their ſight on shoulders thou shalt be caried, in the darke thou shalt be caried out: thou shalt couer thy face, & shalt not ſee the earth: becauſe I haue geuen thee a portending ſigne to the houſe of Iſrael.

7 I did therfore as he had commanded me: I caried my veſſels as the veſſels of one flitting by day: and at euen I digged to me through the wall with my hand: and I went forth in the darke, and was caried on ſhoulders in their ſight.

8 And the word of our Lord was made to me in the morning, ſaying:

9 Sonne of man, hath not the houſe of Iſrael the exaſperating houſe ſayd to thee: What doeſt thou?

10 Say to them: Thus ſayth our Lord God: This burden vpon the prince, that is in Ieruſalem, and vpon al the houſe of Iſrael, which is in the middes of them.

11 Say: I am your portending ſigne, as I haue done, ſo shal it be done to them. into tranſmigration, and into captiuitie shal they goe.

12 And the prince, that is in the middes of them, shal be caried on shoulders, he shal goe forth in the darke: they shal digge through the wal to bring him out: his face shal be couered, that he may not ſee the earth with his eye.

13 And I wil ſtrech forth my nette vpon him, and he shal be taken in my net: and I [::] wil bring him into Babylon into the land of the Chaldees, and he shal :: not ſee it, and there he shal dye.

14 And al that are about him, his gard, & his troupes I wil diſperſe into euerie wind: and I wil draw the ſword after them.

15 And they shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal haue diſperſed them in the Gentils, and ſcattered them in the landes.

16 And I wil leaue of them a few men from the ſword, & the famine, and the peſtilence: that they may declare al their wicked deeds in the Gentils, to which they shal enter: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

17 And the word of our Lord was made vnto me, ſaying:

18 Sonne of man, eate thy breade in truble: yea and drinke thy water in haſt, & ſorowfulnes.

19 And thou shalt ſay to the people of the land: Thus ſayth our Lord God to them, that dwel in Ieruſalem in the land of Iſrael: Their bread they shal eate in carefulnes, and their water in deſolation they shal drinke: that the land may be made deſolate from the multitude therof, for the iniquitie of al that dwel therin.

20 And the cities, that are now inhabited, shal be deſolate, and the land deſert: and you shal know that I am the Lord.

21 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

22 Sonne of man, what is this [::] prouerbe with you in the land of Iſrael? ſaying: [::] The dayes shal be differred to a long time, & al viſion shal perish.

23 Therfore ſay to them: Thus ſayth our Lord God: I wil make this prouerb ceaſe, neither shal it anie more be commonly ſayd in Iſrael: and ſpeake to them that the dayes are at hand, and the word of euerie viſion.

24 for al viſion shal no more be in vaine, nor diuination ambiguous in the middes of the children of Iſrael.

25 Becauſe I the Lord wil ſpeake: and what word ſoeuer I shal ſpeake, shal alſo be done, it shal not be prolonged anie more: but in your dayes ye exaſperating houſe, wil I ſpeake the word, & wil doe it, ſayth our Lord God.

26 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

27 Sonne of man, behold the houſe of Iſrael, they that ſay: The viſion, that this man ſeeth, is for manie dayes: and this man prophecieth long times.

28 Therfore ſay to them: Thus ſayth our Lord God: Euerie word of mine shal be prolonged no further: the word that I shal ſpeake, shal be accomplished, ſayth our Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 12

• 3 [::] Prouide furniture for trauel.
• 3 [::] Truſſe vp & carie bag and bagage from one place to an other.
• 13 [::] The falſe prophetes argued here Ezechiel of contradiction that the king ſhould be caried into Babylon, :: and ſhould not ſee Babylon. But the euent conuinced their raſh iudgement. For he vvas caried thither blinde▪ 4. Reg. ⟨illegible⟩.
• 22 [::] That which is commonly ſaide of manie is called a prouerbe.
• 22 [::] Falſe prophetes perſwaded the people, that ſeing the captiuitie foretold by the prophetes was not yet come therfore it would neuer come. As heretikes ſhal denie the day of general iudgement. ⟨illegible⟩. Pet. ⟨illegible⟩.

Chapter 13

CHAP. XIII. God threatneth falſe prophetes, 5. that flatter the people with lies: 10. without the feare of God. 17. Likewiſe falſe prophetiſſes, that deceiue themſelues and others with flaterie, 19. for worldlie gayne.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man prophecie to the prophetes of Iſrael, that prophecie: and thou shalt ſay to them, that prophecie of their owne hart: Heare ye the word of our Lord:

3 Thus ſayth our Lord God: Wo to the foolish prophetes: which folow their owne ſpirite, and ſee nothing.

4 As foxes in the deſertes, were thy prophetes ô Iſrael.

5 You haue not aſcended againſt, nor oppoſed a wal for the houſe of Iſrael, that you might ſtand in battel in the day of our Lord.

6 They ſee vayne thinges, and they diuine lies, ſaying: Our Lord ſayth: whereas our Lord ſent them not: and they perſeuered to confirme the word.

7 Why haue you not ſeene vayne viſion, and ſpoken lying diuination? and you ſay: Our Lord ſaith; wheras I haue not ſpoken.

8 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Becauſe you haue ſpoken vaine thinges, and haue ſeene lies: therfore behold I to you, ſaith our Lord God.

9 And my hand shal be vpon the prophetes, that ſee vaine thinges, and diuine a lie: in the counſel of my people they shal not be, and in the ſcripture of the houſe of Iſrael they shal not be written, neither shal they enter into the land of Iſrael: and you shal know that I am the Lord God.

10 For that they haue deceiued my people, ſaying: Peace, and there is not peace: and he builded the wal, and they daubed it with morter [::] without ſtraw.

11 Say to them, that daube without tempering, that it shal fal: for there shal be a shower ouerflowing, and I wil geue very great ſtones falling violently from aboue, and the wind of a ſtorme diſſipating.

12 for in dede behold the wal is fallen: shal it not be ſayd to you: Where is the dawbing, that you dawbed?

13 Therfore thus ſayth our Lord God: And I wil make the ſpirite of tempeſts to breake forth in myne indignation, and there shal be an ouerflowing shower in my furie: and great ſtones in my wrath vnto conſumption.

14 And I wil deſtroy the wal, that you haue dawbed without tempering: and I wil make it euen with the ground, and the fundation therof shal be reueled: and it shal fal, and shal be conſumed in the middes therof: and you shal know that I am the Lord.

15 And I wil accomplish myne indignation in the wal, & in them, that daube it without tempering, and I wil ſay to you: The wal is not, and they are not that daube it.

16 The prophetes of Iſrael, which prophecie to Ieruſalem, and ſee viſion of peace for it: and there is not peace, ſayth our Lord God.

17 And thou ſonne of man, put thy face againſt [::] the daughters of thy people, which prophecie of their owne hart: and doe thou prophecie vpon them,

18 and ſay: Thus ſayth our Lord God: Wo to them that ſow cushions vnder euerie cubite of the hand: and make pillowes vnder the head of euerie age to catch ſoules: and when they caught the ſoules of my people, they did [::] viuificate their ſoules.

19 And they violated me to my people, for a handful of barley, and a cantel of bread, that they might kil the ſoules, which dye not, and viuificate the ſoules which liue not, lying to my people, that beleeueth lies.

20 For this cauſe thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I to your cushions, wherwith you carche flying ſoules: and I wil breake them from your armes: and I wil let goe the ſoules that you take, the ſoules to fl⟨illegible⟩e.

21 And I wil breake your pillowes, and wil deliuer my people out of your hand, neither shal they be anie more in your handes to be a praye: and you shal know that I am the Lord.

22 For that you haue made the hart of the iuſt to mourne lyingly, whom I made not ſorowful: and haue ſtrenghtned the handes of the impious, that he might not returne from his euil way, and liue.

23 Therfore you shal not ſee vaine thinges, and diuinations you shal diuine no more, and I wil deliuer my people out of you hand: and you shal know that I am the Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 13

• 10 [::] As a wal of clay, or morter without ſtraw or other temperature, is waſhed away with rayne, ſo vaine hopes of ſecuritie, without repentance & good vvorkes deceiue the careles people that liue in ſinne.
• 17 [::] There were alſo falſe prophetiſſes feaning to be illuminated with the ſpirit of Prophecie; as Debora (Iud 4) Holda (4. Reg 22.) & other holie vvemen vvere in dede true prophetiſſes▪ but theſe, by
• 18 [::] flaterie deceiued the people, ſaying they vvere in good ſtate and in ſecuritie, vvhen they vvere in ſinne, & in ex⟨illegible⟩teme danger of both temporal and eternal ⟨illegible⟩.

Chapter 14

CHAP. XIIII. Idolaters inquiring of Gods wil by his prophetes, 6. must firſt depart from idolatrie: 8. otherwiſe God wil permitte falſ-prophetes to deceiue them, and both shal perish together: 12. by famine; 15. by rauenous beaſtes, 17. ſword; 19. and peſtilence; yea Noë Daniel, and Iob interceding shal not deliuer them (v. 14. 16. 18. 20.) 21. yet God wil conſerue ſome that the whole Church perish not.

1 AND men of the ancients of Iſrael came to me, and ſate before me.

2 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

3 Sonne of man, [::] Theſe men haue put their vncleannes in their hartes, and the ſcandal of their iniquitie they haue ſet againſt their face: what, being asked shal I anſwer them?

4 For this cauſe ſpeake to them, and thou shalt ſay to them: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Man, man of the houſe of Iſrael, that shal put his vncleannes in his hart, & ſet the ſcandal of his iniquitie againſt his face, & shal come to the prophet aſking me by him: I the Lord wil anſwer him in the multitude of his vncleannes:

5 that the houſe of Iſrael may be taken in their hart, wherwith they haue reuolted from me in al their idols.

6 Therfore ſay to the houſe of Iſrael: Thus ſaith our Lord God: [::] Conuert, and depart from your idols, and from al your contaminations turne away your faces.

7 Becauſe man man of the houſe of Iſrael, and of the proſelytes whoſoeuer shal be a ſtranger in Iſrael, if he be alienated from me, and put his idols in his hart, and ſet the ſcandal of his iniquitie againſt his face, and come to the prophet to aske me by him: I the Lord wil anſwer him by my ſelf.

8 And I wil ſet my face vpon that man, and wil make him for an example, and a for a prouerbe, and wil deſtroy him out of the middes of my people: and you shal know that I am the Lord.

9 And the prophete when he shal erre, and shal ſpeake a word: I the Lord [::] haue deceiued that prophet: and I wil ſtrech forth my hand vpon him, and wil raſe him out of the middes of my people Iſrael.

10 And they shal carie their iniquitie: according to the iniquitie of him that asketh, ſo shal the iniquitie of the prophet be.

11 That the houſe of Iſrael may no more erre from me, nor be polluted in al their preuarications: but may be my people, & I may be their God, ſaith the Lord of hoſtes.

12 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

13 Sonne of man, the land when it shal ſinne to me, that tranſgreſſing it tranſgreſſeth, I wil ſtrechforth my hand vpon it, and wil breake the rod of the bread therof: and I wil ſend famine into it, and wil kil out of it man and beaſt.

14 And if theſe three men shal be in the middes therof, [::] Noe, Daniel, and Iob: they by their iuſtice shal deliuer their owne ſoules, ſaith the Lord of hoſtes.

15 And if I shal bring moſt euil beaſts alſo vpon the land, to waſte it; and it be without paſſage, for that there is none can paſſe becauſe of the beaſts:

16 Theſe three men if they shal be therin, I liue, I, ſaith our Lord, that they shal deliuer neither ſonnes not daughters: but themſelues alone shal be deliuered, and the land shal be made deſolate.

17 Or if I shal bring the ſword in vpon that land, and shal ſay to the ſword: Paſſe through the land: and shal kil out of it man and beaſt:

18 And theſe three men shal be in the middes therof: I liue, I, ſaith our Lord God, they shal not deliuer ſonnes not daughters, but themſelues alone shal be deliuered.

19 And if I shal ſend the peſtilence alſo in vpon that land, and shal powre out mine indignation vpon it in bloud, to take away out of it man and beaſt:

20 And [::] Noe, and Daniel, and Iob shal be in the middes therof: liue I, ſaith our Lord God, that ſonne and daughter they shal not deliuer: but themſelues by their iuſtice shal deliuer their owne ſoules.

21 Becauſe thus ſaith our Lord: That and if I shal ſend in vpon Ieruſalem my foure very ſore iudgements, the ſword, and famine, and euil beaſtes, and the peſtilence, to kil out of it man, and beaſt:

22 Yet shal there be left in it ſaluation [::] of ſome bringing out ſonnes, and daughters: behold they shal go forth to you, and you shal ſee their way, and their inuentions: and you shal be comforted vpon the euil, that I haue brought vpon Ieruſalem in al thinges, that I haue brought in vpon it.

23 And they shal comfort you, when you shal ſee their way, and their inuentions: and you shal know that I haue not in vaine done al thinges, which I haue done in it, ſaith our Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 14

• 3 [::] God reueled to the prophet that theſe men came not ſincerely to lerne, but were ſetled in their hart to ſerue the idoles. As vvorldlie men in heretical countries do inquire of Catholique Prieſtes vvhat they ſhould do but remaine reſolued to participate with heretiks.
• 6 [::] Such men are firſt of al to be admoniſhed, to depart from idolatrie hereſie, ſchiſme, & from al practiſe therof: which is the firſt ſtep of true conuerſion to God
• 9 [::] God permitteth falſe prophetes to be deceiued, & to deceiue in puniſhment of their owne ſinnes, and of the people that heare them. 3. Reg. 22. v. 19. 2. Par. 18. v. 18.
• 14 [::] Daniel then liuing, Noe & Iob, departed from this life did ſometime pray for the people; els this allegation of their interceding, were not to the purpoſe of confirming Gods immutable decre to puniſh this obſtinate people. As is noted of Moyſes and Samuel. Iere. 15.
• 20 [::] Noe is named for example of ſpiritual Paſtors of the Church, Daniel of al religious orders, & Iob of holie laie people S. Gregorie, li 1. c. 1⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩or.
• 22 [::] There ſhal alvvayes be Paſtors to bring forth & ſeede ſpiritual children of God.

Chapter 15

CHAP. XV. [Margin: Gods Church is very often and fitly compared to a vine, in reſpect of the excellent fruite: & ſo the branches cut of from the Church, are moſt like to wilde ſuperfluitie of the vine, good for nothing but to the fire. S. Aug. Tract. 81. in Io.] As a vine cut downe is profitable to no vſe, but to burne: 6. ſo the Iewes (and other people) ſeparated from the Church, are to be burned in the fire.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man, what shal be made of :: the wood of the vine of al the trees of the woods, that are among the trees of the foreſts?

3 Shal there be taken wood of it, that a worke may be made, or shal a pinne be made therof, that anie veſſel may hang theron?

4 Behold it is geuen to the fire for food: the fire hath conſumed both partes therof, and the middes therof is brought into ashes: why, shal it be profitable for a worke?

5 Yea when it was whole, it was not fit for a worke: how much more when the fire hath deuoured, and burnt it, shal no worke be made therof?

6 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the foreſts, which I haue geuen to the fire to be deuoured, ſo wil I deliuer the inhabitants of Ieruſalem.

7 And I wil ſet my face againſt them: [::] out of the fire shal they come forth, and fire shal conſume them: & you shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal ſet my face againſt them,

8 and shal make their land not paſſable, and deſolate, becauſe they haue bene preuaricatours, ſayth our Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 15

• 7 [::] In burning a fagot the middes being firſt conſumed (v. 4.) the reſt of both endes are likewiſe put in the fire til al be conſumed, ſo none that are out of the Church can eſcape the fire.

Chapter 16

CHAP. XVI. God by his prophet ſetting his benefites, 15. and the Iewes wickednes, before their eyes, 31. compareth them with other idolaters: 35. and after threatned punishment, 45. with further compariſon of other nations, 52. exhorting them to repentance, 60. offereth mercie by a new couenant of Chriſts Goſpel.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man make knowne [::] to Ieruſalem her abominations:

3 and thou shalt ſay: Thus ſaith our Lord God to Ieruſalem: Thy roote, and thy generation of the land of Chanaan, thy father an Amorrheite, and thy mother a Cetheite.

4 And when thou waſt borne, in the day of thy birth thy nauil was not cut, and thou waſt not washed with water to health, nor ſalted with ſalt, nor ſwadled in cloutes.

5 No eye had mercie on thee to do vnto thee one of theſe thinges, hauing pitie on thee: but thou waſt throwen forth vpon the face of the earth in the abiection of thy ſoule, in the day that thou waſt borne.

6 And paſſing by thee, [::] I ſaw thee to be troden downe in thy bloud: and I ſaid to thee when thou waſt in thy bloud: Liue. I ſaid to thee, I ſay: In thy bloud liue.

7 Multiplied as the ſpring of the field haue I made thee: and thou waſt multiplied, and made great, and thou wenteſt in, and cameſt to the ornaments of wemen: thy breaſtes ſwelled, and thy heare budded: and thou waſt naked, and ful of confuſion.

8 And I paſſed by thee, and ſaw thee: and behold thy time, the time of louers: and I ſpred my garment ouer thee, and couered thy ignominie. And I ſware to thee, and I entered a couenant with thee: ſaith our Lord God: & thou waſt made myne.

9 And I washed thee with water, and made cleane thy bloud from of thee: and I anoynted thee with oile.

10 And I clothed thee with diuers colours, & shod thee with hyacinth: and I girded thee with ſilke, and clothed thee with fine garments.

11 And I [::] adorned thee with ornament, and gaue bracelettes on thy handes, and a cheine about thy necke.

12 And I gaue a iewel vpon thy face, and ringes to thine eares, and a crowne of beautie on thy head.

13 And thou waſt adorned with gold, and ſiluer, and waſt clothed with ſilke, & embrodered worke, and manie colours: thou haſt eaten floure, and honie, and oile, and waſt made very beautiful excedingly: and didſt proſper to a kingdom.

14 And thy name went forth into the Gentils, becauſe of thy beautie: becauſe thou waſt perfect in my beautie, which I had put vpon thee, ſaith our Lord God.

15 And hauing confidence in thy beautie thou haſt fornicated in thy name: and thou haſt layd forth thy fornication to euerie paſſenger to be made his.

16 And taking of thy garments thou madeſt thee idoles embrodred on each ſide: & thou didſt fornicate vpon them, as hath not bene done, nor shal not hereafter.

17 And thou tookeſt the veſſels of thy beautie, of my gold, and my ſiluer, which I gaue thee: and thou madeſt thee images of men, and haſt fornicated in them.

18 And thou tookeſt thy garments of manie colours, and coueredſt them: and mine oile, and mine incenſe thou didſt put before them.

19 And my bread, which I gaue thee, the floure, and oile, and honie, wherwith I haue nourished thee, thou didſt ſet in their ſight for an odour of ſweetnes, and it was done, ſaith our Lord God.

20 And thou haſt taken [::] thy ſonnes, and thy daughters, which thou didſt begete to me: & haſt immolated the ſame vnto them to deuoure. Why, is thy fornication ſmal?

21 Thou haſt immolated my ſonnes, and haſt geuen them, conſecrating them to the idols.

22 And after al thine abominations, and fornications, thou waſt not mindful of the dayes of thy youth, when thou waſt naked, and ful of confuſion, troden downe in thy bloud.

23 And it chanced after al thy malice (wo, wo to thee, faith our Lord God)

24 thou didſt alſo build thee a ſtewes, and madeſt thee a brothel houſe in al ſtreetes.

25 At euerie head of the way haſt thou built a ſigne of thy proſtitution: and haſt made thy beautie abominable: and haſt diuided thy feete to euerie one that paſſeth by, and haſt multiplied thy fornications.

26 And thou haſt fornicated with the children of Aegypt thy neighbours of great flesh, & haſt multiplied thy fornication to prouoke me.

27 Behold I wil ſtrech out my hand vpon thee, and wil take away thy iuſtification: and I wil geue thee into the ſoules of the daughters of Paleſtine that hate thee, that are ashamed of thy wicked way.

28 And thou haſt committed fornication with the ſonnes of the Aſſyrians, becauſe neither as yet waſt thou filled: and after thou didſt fornicate, neither ſo waſt thou ſaciated.

29 And thou didſt multiplie thy fornication in the Land of Chanaan with the Chaldees: and neither ſo waſt thou ſaciated.

30 Wherin shal I clenſe thy hart, ſaith our Lord God: wheras thou doeſt al theſe the workes of a woman that is a whore, and malapert?

31 Becauſe thou haſt built thy brothel houſe in the head of euerie way, and thy excelſe thou haſt made in euerie ſtrete, neither becameſt thou as an harlot that by diſdayne augmenteth the price,

32 but as a woman aduoutereſſe, that ouer her husband bringeth in ſtrangers.

33 To [::] al harlots are rewards geuen: but thou haſt geuen rewardes to al thy louers, & thou didſt geue them giftes to come vnto thee on euerie ſide, to fornicate with thee.

34 And in thee it was done contrarie to the cuſtome of wemen in thy fornications, and after thee there shal be no fornication: for in that thou gaueſt rewardes, and didſt not take rewardes, it hath bene done contrarie in thee.

35 Therfore heare ô harlot the word of our Lord.

36 Thus ſaith our Lord God: Becauſe thy braſſe is powred out, and thine ignominie is reueled in thy fornications vpon thy louers, and vpon the idols of thine abominations in the bloud of thy children, whom thou gaueſt them:

37 Behold I wil gather together al thy louers, with whom thou haſt taken pleaſure, & al, whom thou haſt loued, with al, whom thou didſt hate: and I wil gather them together vpon thee on euerie ſide, and wil diſcouer thine ignominie before them, and they shal ſee al thy turpitude.

38 And I wil iudge thee by the iudgements of aduoutereſſes, and them that shed bloud: and I wil geue thee into bloud of furie and zele.

39 And I wil geue thee into their handes, and they shal deſtroy thy brothel houſe, and throw downe thy ſtewes: and they shal turne thee naked out of thy garments, and shal take away the veſſels of thy beautie: and shal leaue thee naked, and ful of ignominie.

40 And they shal bring vpon thee a multitude, and they shal ſtone thee with ſtones, & shal murder thee with their ſwords.

41 And they shal burne thy houſes with fire, and shal do iudgementes in thee in the eyes of very manie wemen: and thou shalt ceaſe to fornicate, and shalt geue rewardes no more.

42 And mine indignation shal reſt in thee: and my zele shal be taken away from thee, and I wil ceaſe, and be angrie no more.

43 For that thou haſt not remembred the dayes of thy youth, and haſt prouoked me in al theſe: wherfore I alſo haue geuen thy wayes on thy head, ſaith our Lord God, and I haue not done according to thy wicked dedes in al thine abominations.

44 Behold euerie one, that ſpeaketh a common prouerbe, shal take vp that againſt thee, ſaying: [::] As the mother, ſo alſo her daughter.

45 Thou art the daughter of thy mother, which did caſt of her husband, and her children: and thou art ſiſter of thy ſiſters, which did caſt of their husbands, and their children: your mother was a Cetheite, & your father an Amorrheite.

46 And thy elder ſiſter, Samaria, she and her daughters, that dwel on thy left hand, and thy ſiſter yonger then thou, which dwelleth on thy right hand▪ Sodom, & her daughters.

47 But neither in their wayes haſt thou walked, nor according to their wicked dedes haſt thou done a very litle leſſe: thou haſt done almoſt more wicked thinges then they in al thy wayes.

48 Liue I, ſaith our Lord God, that Sodom thy ſiſter her ſelfe hath not done, and her daughters, as thou haſt done, and thy daughters.

49 Loe this was the iniquitie of Sodom thy ſiſter, [::] pride, fulnes of bread, & abundance, and the idlenes of her, and of her daughters: and they raught not the hand to the needie, and the poore.

50 And they were eleuated, and did abominations before me: and I tooke them away as thou haſt ſene.

51 And Samaria ſinned not the halfe of thy ſinnes: but thou haſt paſſed them with thy wicked deedes, and haſt iuſtified thy ſiſters in al thine abominations, which thou haſt wrought.

52 Thou alſo therefore carie thy confuſion, which haſt paſſed thy ſiſters with thy ſinnes, doing more wickedly then they: for they are iuſtified aboue thee: thou alſo therfore be confounded, & beare thine ignominie, which haſt iuſtified thy ſiſters.

53 And I wil conuert reſtoring them by the conuerſion of Sodom with her daughters, and by the conuerſion of Samaria, and her daughters: and I wil conuert thy reuerſion in the middes of them,

54 that thou mayſt carie thine ignominie, and mayſt be confounded in al thinges, that thou haſt done, comforting them.

55 And thy ſiſter [::] Sodom, and her daughters shal returne to their antiquitie: and Samaria, and her daughters shal returne to their antiquitie: and [::] thou, and thy daughters shal returne to your antiquitie.

56 And Sodom thy ſiſter was not heard in thy mouth, in the day of thy pride,

57 before that thy malice was reueled: as at this time for reproch of the daughters of Syria, and of al the daughters of Paleſthine in the circuite of thee, which compaſſe thee round about.

58 Thy wickednes, and thine ignominie thou haſt caried, ſaith our Lord God.

59 Becauſe thus ſaith our Lord God: And I wil do to thee, as thou haſt deſpiſed the oath, to make the couenant fruſtrate:

60 and I wil remember my couenant with thee in the dayes of thy youth: and I wil raiſe vnto thee an euerlaſting couenant.

61 And thou shalt remember thy wayes, and shalt be confounded: when thou shalt receiue [::] thy ſiſters elder then thee with thy yonger: and I wil geue them to thee for daughters, but not by [::] thy couenant.

62 And I wil raiſe vp my couenant with thee: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord,

63 that thou mayſt remember, and be confounded, and maiſt no more open thy mouth becauſe of thy confuſion, when I shal be pacified toward thee in al that thou haſt done, ſaith our Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 16

• 2 [::] Ezechiel was now in Babylon, and therforce this admonition which he ſhould geue to Ieruſalem was to be notified there by letters, and meſſengers ſent thither for this purpoſe.
• 6 [::] By al this is ſignified that God made the Iſraelites of a barbarous nation to be ciuil, and gaue them not only thinges neceſſarie, but alſo
• 11 [::] ornaments, aboue the ſtate of other nations; eſpecially in ſpiritual benefites, geuing a Law, with Sacrifices, Sacraments, and other holy rites.
• 20 [::] Adulterous wemen doe deceiue their husbandes, bringing them other mens children, but the Ievves gaue their lawful children to the vvorſt adulterers, ſacrificing them to idols 4. Reg. 16. 17 21. 23.
• 33 [::] Al fornication is abominable, but that is muſt deteſtable when vve⟨illegible⟩ g⟨illegible⟩ue revvards to men for fornication or adultrie.
• 44 [::] As Ieruſalem was wont to be vvicked in former times, ſo it is novv.
• 49 [::] Ambition, ⟨illegible⟩, & idlenes are cauſe of much more ſinnes; temperance & laboure bring forth much good fruite. Olla ſi tollas per⟨illegible⟩ere cupidinis arcus Take avvay idlenes, & Cupids bovv is vveake. Labor omnia vincit.
• 55 [::] By Sodom & other cities are vnderſtood al nations, vvhich ſhal come to Chriſt.
• 55 [::] After that al other nations are conuerted the Ievves ſhal alſo returne to Chriſt. Ro. 11. v. 26.
• 61 [::] Al gentiles elder & younger ſhal be conuerted to Chriſt.
• 61 [::] Not by the couenant made with the Ievves in the Lavv of Moyſes, but by the Euangelical couenant.

Chapter 17

CHAP. XVII. By a parable of two eagles (6. and of a vinyard) is prophecied, 9. that Sedecias being made king by Nabuchodonoſor, 15. and rebelling, shal be caried captiue, and dye in Babylon: 22. with prophecie, that God wil plant, and propagate the Church of Chriſt.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man, propoſe a darke ſpeach, and tel a parable to the houſe of Iſrael,

3 and thou shalt ſay: Thus ſaith our Lord God: A great eagle with great winges, with a long reach of members, ful of fethers, and of varietie, came to Libanus, and tooke the matow of the ceder.

4 He plucked away the top of the boughes therof: and tranſported it into the Land of Chanaan, in the citie of merchants he did put it.

5 And he tooke of the ſede of the land, & put it in the ground for ſede, that it might faſten the roote ouer manie waters: he planted it in the ouermoſtpart of the earth.

6 And when it had budded, it grew into a broad ſpredding vine of low ſtature, the boughes therof looking toward it: and the rootes therof were vnder it. It became a vine then, and fructified into branches, and put forth shootes.

7 And there was made an other great egle, with great winges, and manie fethers: & behold this vine as it were ſpredding her rootes towards it, ſtreched forth her branches to it, that she might water it from the beds of her ſpring.

8 In a good ground vpon manie waters it was planted, that it might bring forth branches, and beare fruite, that it might be into a great vine.

9 Say: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Shal it proſper then? shal he not plucke vp the rootes therof, and ſtrippe of the fruites therof, and drie vp al the branches of the ſpring therof, and it shal wither: and not in a great arme, nor in much people, to plucke it vp by the roote?

10 Behold it is planted: shal it proſper then? shal it not be dried when the burning winde shal touch it, and wither in the beds of the ſpring therof?

11 And the word of our Lord was made to me ſaying:

12 Say to the exaſperating houſe: Know you not what theſe thinges doe ſignifie? Say: [::] Behold the king of Babylon cometh into Ieruſalem: and he shal take the king and the princes therof, and shal bring them to himſelfe into Babylon.

13 And he shal take of [::] the ſede of the kingdom, and shal make a couenant with it, and shal take an oath of it. Yea and he shal take away the ſtrong of the land,

14 that it may be a lowe kingdom, and not be eleuated, but keepe his couenant, & obſerue it.

15 Who reuolting from him ſent meſſengers to Aegypt, that it would geue him horſes, and much people. What, shal he proſper, or gette ſaluation that hath done theſe thinges? and he that broke the couenant, shal he eſcape?

16 Liue I, ſaith our Lord God: that in the place of the king that made him king, whoſe oath he made fruſtrate, and brake the couenant, that he had with him, [::] in the middes of Babylon shal he dye.

17 And not in a great armie, nor in much people shal Pharao make battel agaynſt him: in the caſting vp of a ramper, and in the building of bulworkes, to kil manie ſoules.

18 For he had deſpiſed the oath, that he might breake the couenant, and behold he gaue his hand, and when he hath done al theſe thinges, he shal not eſcape.

19 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Liue I, that the oath which he hath deſpiſed, & the couenant, that he tranſgreſſed, I wil lay on his head.

20 And I wil ſpread my nette ouer him, and he shal be taken in my nette: and I wil bring him into Babylon, and wil iudge him there in the preuerication; wherby he hath deſpiſed me.

21 And al his fugitiues with al their troupe shal fal by the ſword: and the reſidue shal be diſperſed into euerie wind: and you shal know that I the Lord haue ſpoken.

22 Thus ſaith our Lord God: And [::] I wil take of the marow of the high ceder, & wil ſet it: of the toppe of the boughes therof the tender one I wil ſtrippe of, and wil plant it vpon a mountaine high and eminent.

23 On the high mountaines of Iſrael wil I plant it, and it shal shoote forth into a budde, and shal yelde fruite, and it shal be into a great ceder: and al birdes, and euerie foule shal dwel vnder the shadow of the boughes therof, and shal there make their neſt.

24 And al the trees of the countrie shal know, that I the Lord haue humbled the high tree, & exalted the low tree: and haue dried the greene tree, and haue cauſed the drie tree to ſpring. I the Lord haue ſpoken, and haue done it.

Marginal notes to Chapter 17

• 3 Nabuchodonoſor like an eagle rauenous to the praye, & ſpeedie in ſeazing theron, ſpoyled the vineyard (ſignifying Ieruſalem) not vvithſtanding they ſought helpe of an other eagle, the king of Aegypt. v. 7. see v. 12. &c.
• 12 [::] The explication of the parable.
• 13 [::] The king of Babylon making Sedecias king of Iuda tooke of him an oath of alleageance to be vnder him, vvhich oath Sedecias breaking was therfore iuſtly plaged.
• 16 [::] After the ruine of Ieruſalem, the ſlaughter of his ſonnes, the plucking out of his owne eyes, & manie other miſeries this king at laſt dyed a captiue in Babylon. Iere. 32. Ezech. 12.
• 22 [::] Nabuchodonoſor planted a kingdom vnder Sedecias, vvhich proſpered not the kingdom alſo of Babylon was aftervvards deſtroyed: ou⟨illegible⟩ Gods Church planted by Chriſt ſhal neuer faile.

Chapter 18

CHAP. XVIII. One shal not beare the ſinnes of an other, but euerie one their owne: 21. If the wieked truly repent, he shal be ſaued: and if the iuſt leaue his iuſtice, he shal be damned.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 What is that among you, you turne a parable into this prouer be in the land of Iſrael, ſaying: [::] The fathers did eate a ſowre grape, and the teeth of the children are ſet on edge?

3 Liue I, ſaith our Lord God, if this parable shal be vnto you any more for a prouerbe in Iſrael,

4 Behold al ſoules are mine: as the ſoule of the father, ſo alſo the ſoule of the ſonne is mine: the ſoule that shal ſinne, the ſame shal dye.

5 And a man if he shal be iuſt, and hath done iudgement and iuſtice,

6 hath not eaten on the mountaynes, and not lifted vp his eyes to the idols of the houſe of Iſrael: and hath not violated his neighbours wife, and approched not to a menſtruous woman:

7 and made no man ſorowful: hath reſtored the pledge to the debter, taken nothing away by violence: hath geuen his bread to the hungrie, and coueted the naked with a garment:

8 hath not lent to vſurie, and not taken more: hath turned away his hand from iniquitie, and done true iudgement betwen man and man:

9 hath walked in my precepts, and kept my iudgements, to doe truth: this man is iuſt, liuing he shal liue, ſaith our Lord God.

10 And if he hath begotten a ſonne that is a robber shedding bloud, & he doe one of theſe thinges:

11 and that doth not in dede al theſe thinges, but eateth on the mountaynes, and defileth his neighbours wife:

12 that maketh the needie and poore ſorowful, violently committeth robberies, reſtoreth not the pledge, & lifteth his eyes to idols, doth abomination:

13 that geueth to vſurie, and taketh more: what, shal he liue? he shal not liue. Wheras he hath done al theſe deteſtable thinges, dying he shal dye, his bloud shal be vpon him.

14 But and if he hath begotten a ſonne, that ſeing al his fathers ſinnes, which he hath done, is afrayd, and shal not doe the like to them:

15 hath not eaten vpon the mountaines, and not lifted vp his eyes to the idols of the houſe of Iſrael, and hath not violated his neighbours wife:

16 and hath made no man ſorowful, hath not withheld the pledge, and hath not violently committed robberie, hath geuen his bread to the hungrie, and couered the naked with clothing:

17 hath turned away his hand from iniurie of the poore, hath not taken vſurie and ouerplus, hath done my iudgements, hath walked in my preceptes: this man shal not dye in the iniquitie of his father, but liuing he shal liue.

18 His father becauſe he did calumniate, and did violence to his brother, and wrought euil in the middes of his people, behold he is dead in his owne iniquitie.

19 And you ſay: Why hath not the ſonne borne the iniquitie of his father? Verely becauſe the ſonne hath wrought iudgement and iuſtice, he hath kept al my precepts, and done them, liuing he shal liue.

20 The ſoule that shal ſinne, the ſame shal dye: the ſonne shal not beare the iniquitie of the father, and the father shal not beare the iniquitie of the ſonne: the iuſtice of the iuſt shal be vpon him, and the impietie of he impious shal be vpon him.

21 But [::] if the impious shal doe penance from al his ſinnes, which he hath wrought, and shal keepe al my precepts, and doe iudgement, and iuſtice: liuing he shal liue, and shal not dye.

22 Al his iniquities, which he hath wrought, I wil not remember them: in his iuſtice which he hath wrought, he shal liue.

23 Why, “ is the death of a ſinner my wil, ſaith our Lord God, and not that he conuert from his wayes, and liue?

24 But if the iuſt man shal turne away himſelfe from his iuſtice, and doe iniquitie according to al the abominations, which the impious vſeth to worke, shal he liue? al his iuſtices, which he had done, shal not be remembred: in the preuarication, which he hath preuaricated, and in his ſinne, which he hath ſinned, in them he shal dye.

25 And you haue ſaid: The way of our Lord is not right. Heare ye therfore ô houſe of Iſrael: What, is not my way right, and are not rather your wayes peruerſe?

26 For when the iuſt shal turne away himſelfe from his iuſtice, & doth iniquitie, he shal dye in them: in the iniuſtice, that he hath wrought he shal dye.

27 And when the impious shal turne away himſelfe from his impietie, which he hath wrought, & shal doe iudgement, and iuſtice: [::] he shal [*] vi⟨illegible⟩ſi⟨illegible⟩ate his ſoule.

28 For conſidering, & turning away himſelf from al his iniquities, which he hath wrought, liuing he shal liue, and not dye.

29 And the children of Iſrael ſay: The way of our Lord is not right. What, are not my wayes right, ô houſe of Iſrael, and not rather your wayes peruerſe?

30 Therfore wil I iudge euerie mā according to his wayes ô houſe of Iſrael, ſaith our Lord God. Conuert, :: and doe penance from al your iniquities: and iniquitie shal not be a ruine to you.

31 Caſt away from you al your preuarications, wherin you haue preuaricated, and make to yourſelues a new hart, and a new ſpirit: and why wil you dye ô houſe of Iſrael?

32 Becauſe I wil not the death of him that dieth, ſaith our Lord God, returne ye, and liue.

Marginal notes to Chapter 18

• 2 [::] The people ſuffering affliction vvould not confeſſe it to be for their owne ſinnes, but caſt the fault vpon their fathers: vvhich error is here conuinced, God declaring by his prophet that not only the fathers but alſo the children had finned, & vvere therfore iuſtly pu⟨illegible⟩niſhed, euerie one is for his owne ſinnes.
• 21 [::] An other general rule is here geuen that as men alter their maners from euil to good or frō good to euil, ſo they ſhal be ⟨illegible⟩dged & finally revvarded or puniſhed, according to the ſtate wherin they end this life.
• 23 v▪ ⟨illegible⟩.
• 27 [::] As a ſoule in mortal ſinne is ſpiritually dead: ſo truly repenting it return⟨illegible⟩ to ſpiritual life▪ ⟨illegible⟩ Not only repentance, which is auerſion from ſinne, and conuerſion to God, but alſo ⟨illegible⟩ that is, ſatiſfaction for ſinnes paſt is neceſſarie to ſaluation.
• 27 [*] ma⟨illegible⟩ his ſoule to liue.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XVIII.

⟨illegible⟩. Is the death of a ſinner my vvil?] In manie places of holie Scripture it is [Margin: Pſal▪ 11⟨illegible⟩.] [Margin: Though God conditionally vvould haue ⟨illegible⟩ men to be ſ⟨illegible⟩u⟨illegible⟩d: yet manie are iuſtly damned.] cl⟨illegible⟩, that Gods vvil is moſt aſſuredly fulfilled in al thinges, vvhatſoeuer he [Margin: v. 11.] vvould: and none can reſiſt his vvil. &c. Neuertheles here, and in other places [Margin: Rom. 9.] it is alſo expreſly affirmed, that God would haue al ſinners to repent, and none [Margin: v. 19.] to dye in their ſinnes; vvhich ſemeth to repugne vvith the former doctrin. For [Margin: Ezech. 33.] ſolution of vvhich difficultie▪ S. Damaſcen, li. 2. c. 29 de Orthodoxa ſide. and other [Margin: v. 11.] Doctors diſtinguiſh Gods vvil, vvhich is either called Antecedent, and conditional; [Margin: 1. Tim. 2.] and ſo God vvould haue al men to be ſaued, as appeareth by creating [Margin: v, 4.] al to that end, by his frequen: admonitions, preceptes, threates, temporal puniſhments, [Margin: 2. Pet. 3.] [Margin: v. 9.] and revvardes; and eſpecially by our Sauiours death, and redemption [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩. Th⟨illegible⟩. p. ⟨illegible⟩. q 19. a. 6.] of al mankind, vvherby he merited moſt ſufficient meanes, and offereth his [Margin: A ⟨illegible⟩uſt Iudge vvould condemne no ma⟨illegible⟩ yet condemneth murderers, ⟨illegible⟩hee⟨illegible⟩ &c.] ſufficient grace to euerie one, that they may be ſaued if they vvil. Othervviſe Gods wil is called Conſequent and abſolute; and ſo for iuſtice ſake his diuine vvil is, that impenitent ſinners ſhal be damned, and eternally puniſhed for their ſinnes. As a iuſt Iudge condionally, and antecedently vvould haue al men to obſerue good lavves, and to liue ſo long as they can by nature, but abſolutely & conſequently finding ſome to be murderers, or othervviſe pernicicious to the commonvvelth, he paniſheth them with death.

Chapter 19

CHAP. XIX. The Iſraelites calaminitie is deſcribed by two parables, of lions, 10. and of a vine planted and plucked vp.

1 AND thou take vp lamentation vpon the princes of Iſrael,

2 and thou shalt ſay: Why lay [::] thy mother a lioneſſe among the lions, in the middes of young lions brought vp her whelpes?

3 And she brought out one of her young lions, he became a lion: and he lerned to catch prayes, and to eate man.

4 And the Gentils heard of him, and not without their woundes they tooke him: and they brought him in cheynes into the Land of Aegypt.

5 Who when she ſaw that she was weakened, and her expectation was loſt, she tooke one of her young lions, she made him a lion.

6 Who went among the lions, and became a lion: and he lerned to take praye, and to deuoure men.

7 He lerned to make widowes, and to bring their cities into a deſert: and the land was made deſolate, and the fulnes therof by the voice of his roaring.

8 And [::] the Gentils came together againſt him on euerie ſide out of the prouinces, & they ſpred their nette vpon him, in their wounds he was taken.

9 And they put him into a caue, in cheynes they brought him to the king of Babylon: and they caſt him into priſon, that his voice might no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Iſrael.

10 [::] Thy mother as it were a vine in thy bloud is planted vpon the water: her fruit and her branches haue growen out of manie waters.

11 And there were made to her ſtrong roddes for the ſcepters of them that rule, and her ſtature was exalted among the branches: and she ſaw her height in the multitude of her branches.

12 And she was plucked vp in wrath, and caſt on the ground: and the burning winde hath dried vp her fruite: the roddes of her ſtrength are withered, and dried vp: fire hath eaten her.

13 And now she is tranſplanted into the deſert, in a land not paſſable, and drie.

14 And there came forth fire from the rod of her boughes, which hath eaten her fruite: and there was not in her a ſtrong rod, the ſcepter of rulers. Lamentation it is, and it shal be into lamentation.

Marginal notes to Chapter 19

• 2 [::] Ieruſalem brought forth▪ cruel kinges, as Ioachaz, Ioakim Iechonias, and Sedecias▪ 4. Reg. 2⟨illegible⟩. & 24. of the vvhich tvvo reigned but three moneths ech one, & the others but ech of them eleuen yeares.
• 8 [::] Rouers of Chaldea, of Syria, of Moab, & of Ammon. 4. Reg. 24▪ v. 2.
• 10 [::] The kingdom of al the Iſraelites vvas planted and proſpered vnder Dauid and Salomon, but decayed vnder other kinges: and firſt tenne tribes, afterwardes the other two were ca⟨illegible⟩%d into captiuitie.

Chapter 20

CHAP. XX. God wil not anſwer the elders of Iſrael asking by the prophet, 4. but by him ſetteth his benefites before their eyes, and their owne heynous ſinnes; 30. threatning yet greater punishments: 40. but ſtil mixt with mercie.

1 AND it came to paſſe in [::] the ſeuenth yeare, in the fifth, the tenth of the moneth: there came men of the ancients of Iſrael to aske our Lord, & they ſare before me.

2 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

3 Sonne of man, ſpeake to the ancients of Iſrael, & thou shalt ſay to them: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Why, are you come to aske me? Liue I, that I wil not anſwer you, ſaith our Lord God.

4 Doeſt thou iudge them, doeſt thou iudge ô ſonne of man? shew to them the abominations of their fathers.

5 And thou shalt ſay to them: Thus ſaith our Lord God: In the day that I choſe Iſrael, & lifted vp my hand for the ſtocke of the houſe of Iacob: and appeared to them in the Land of Aegypt, and lifted vp my hand for them, ſaying; I the Lord your God:

6 in that day I lifted vp my hand for them, that I might bring them out of the Land of Aegypt, into a Land which I had prouided for them, flowing with milke and honie, which is excellent among al landes.

7 And I ſaid to them, Let euerie man caſt away the ſcandals of his eyes, and in the idols of Aegypt be ye not polluted: I the Lord your God.

8 And they prouoked me, and would not heare me: euerie one did not caſt away the abominations of his eyes, neither did they leaue the idols of Aegypt: and I ſaid I would powre out mine indignation vpon them, and fil my wrath in them, in the middes of the Land of Aegypt.

9 And [::] I did for my name ſake, that it might not be violated before the Gentils, in the middes of whom they were, and among whom I appeared to them, to bring them out of the Land of Aegypt.

10 I caſt them out therfore of the Land of Aegypt, and brought them forth into the deſert.

11 And I gaue them my precepts, and I shewed to them my iudgements, which a man doing, shal liue in them.

12 Moreouer alſo my ſabbathes I gaue to them, to be a ſigne betwen me and them: and that they might know that I am the Lord ſanctifying them.

13 And the houſes of Iſrael prouoked me in the deſert; they walked not in my precepts, and my iudgements they reiected, which a man doing shal liue in them: and my ſabbathes they violated excedingly. I ſaid therfore I would powre out my furie vpon them in the deſert, and would conſume them.

14 And [::] I did for my name ſake, leſt it should be violated before the Gentils, from which I caſt them out, in their ſight.

15 I therfore lifted vp my hand vpon them in the deſert, not to bring them into the Land, which I gaue them flowing with milke and honie, the chiefe of al landes.

16 Becauſe they reiected my iudgements, and walked not in my precepts, and violated my ſabbathes: for their hart went after idols.

17 And mine eye was merciful on them, that I killed them not: neither did I conſume them in the deſert.

18 But I ſaid to their children in the wildernes: In the precepts of your fathers walke not, neither keepe ye their iudgements, nor be polluted in their idols:

19 I the Lord your God: walke ye in my precepts, and keepe my iudgements, and doe them.

20 And ſanctifie ye my ſabbathes, that they may be a ſigne betwen me and you: and ye may knowe that I am the Lord your God.

21 And the children exaſperated me, in my precepts they walked not: and my iudgements they kept not, to doe them: which when a man shal doe, he shal liue in them: and they violated my ſabbathes: and I threatned to powre our my furie vpon them, and to fil my wrath in them in the deſert.

22 But I turned away my hand, & did for my names ſake, that it might not be violated before the Gentils, out of which I did caſt them forth in their eyes.

23 [::] Againe I lifted vp my hand vpon them in the wildernes, that I might diſperſe them into nations, and ſcatter them into landes:

24 for that they had not done my iudgements, and had reiected my precepts, and had violated my ſabbathes, and their eyes had bene after the idols of their fathers.

25 Therfore I alſo gaue them precepts [::] not good, and iudgements, in which they shal not liue.

26 And I polluted them in their giftes, when they offered al that opened the matrice, for their offences: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

27 Wherfore ſpeake to the houſe of Iſrael, ô ſonne of man: and thou shalt ſay to them: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Yet alſo in this did your fathers blaſpheme me, when contemning they had deſpiſed me:

28 and I had brought them into the Land, vpon which I lifted vp my hand to geue it them: they ſaw euerie high hil, and euerie wooddie tree, and there they immolated their victims: and there they gaue the irritation of their oblation, and there they put the odour of their ſweetnes, and offered their libations.

29 And I ſaid to them: What is [::] the excelſe, vnto which you goe? & the name therof was called Excelſe euen to this day.

30 Therfore ſay to the houſe of Iſrael: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Surely in the way of your fathers you are pulluted, and after their ſcandals you doe fornicate.

31 And in the oblation of your giftes, when you make your children paſſe through the fire, you are polluted in al your idols vnto this day: and shal I anſwer you ô houſe of Iſrael? Liue I, ſaith our Lord God, that I wil not anſwer you

32 Neither shal the cogitation of your minde come to paſſe, ſaying: We wil be as the Gentils, and as the kinreds of the earth, that we may worship wood, and ſtones.

33 Liue I, ſaith our Lord God, that in a ſtrong hand, & in a ſtreched out arme, and in furie powred forth wil I reigne ouer you.

34 And I wil bring you out of the peoples, and I wil gather you out of the landes, in which you are diſperſed, in a ſtrong hand, and in a ſtreched out arme and in furie powred forth wil I reigne ouer you.

35 And I wil bring you into the deſert of peoples, and wil be iudged there with you face to face.

36 As I contended in iudgement againſt your fathers in the deſert of the Land of Aegypt: ſo wil I iudge you, ſaith our Lord God▪

37 And I wil ſubdue you to my ſcepter, & wil bring you into the bandes of couenant.

38 And I wil chooſe out of you the tranſgreſſours, and impious, and wil bring them out of the land of their ſeiourning, and into the land of Iſrael they shal not enter: and you shal know that I am the Lord.

39 And you ô houſe of Iſrael, Thus ſaith our Lord God: [::] Walke you euerie one after your idols, and ſerue them. But and if in this alſo you heare me not, and shal pollute my holie name any more in your giftes, and in your idols:

40 in my holie mount, in the high mount of Iſrael, ſaith our Lord God, there shal al the houſe of Iſrael ſerue me; al I ſay in the land, wherin they shal pleaſe me, and there wil I require your firſt fruites, and the beginning of your tithes in al your ſanctifications.

41 I wil receiue you for an odour of ſweetnes, when I shal haue brought you out of the[::] peoples, and shal haue gathered you out of the landes, into which you are diſperſed, and I wil be ſanctified in you in the eyes of the nations.

42 And you shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal haue brought you into the land of Iſrael, into the Land, for which I lifted vp my hand to geue it to your fathers.

43 And there you shal remember your wayes, and al your wicked deedes, in which you were polluted: and you shal miſlike yourſelues in your owne ſight, in al your malices, which you haue done.

44 And you shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal haue done you good for my name ſake, and not according to your euil wayes, nor according to your moſt wicked deedes ô houſe of Iſrael, ſaith our Lord God.

45 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

46 Sonne of man, ſet thy face againſt the way [::] of the ſouth, and droppe toward the ſotherne winde, and prophecie to the forreſt of the ſotherne filde.

47 And thou shalt ſay to the ſotherne forreſt: Heare the word of our Lord: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I wil kindle a fire in thee, and wil burne in thee euerie greene tree, and euerie drie tree: the flame of the fire shal not be quenched: and euerie face shal be burned in it, from the South euen to the North.

48 And al flesh shal ſee, that I the Lord kindled it, neither shal it be quenched.

49 And I ſaid: A a a, ô Lord God: they ſay of me: [::] Doth not this man ſpeake by parables?

Marginal notes to Chapter 20

• 1 [::] Ezechiel beginne to prophecie in the fifth yeare after the tranſmigration of Iechon as ch. 1. v 2 after which he was ſilent 390. dayes and 40. dayes (ch. 4. v. 8.) which make 430. that is, a yeare two monethes and fiue dayes. In the ſixth yeare the ſixth moneth he prophecied againe ch. 8. v. 1. And novv in the ſeuenth yeare fifth moneth tenth day the elders coming to demand prophecie it was reueled to him not to anſwer.
• 9 [::] According to their deſerts al ſhould haue bene deſtroyed, but God for his names ſake ſaued his people as he had promiſed.
• 14 [::] As v. 9 & 22 God ſtil conſerued a ſucceſſion.
• 14 Num. 26. Pſa. 105.
• 23 [::] God lifteth vp his hand either to deliuer, as v 5 6 15. or to threaten and puniſh as here.
• 25 [::] See ⟨illegible⟩. 39.
• 29 [::] By long cuſtom of ſacrificing to idols vpon the Excelleſes (that is, on hiegh places, of litle hilles) the people alſo called the Altar of God an Excelſe wherupon the prophet argueth againſt thē that euen by the falſe name vſed by euil cuſtome, they are conuinced to haue bene great idolaters. As thoſe vvho haue bene heretikes, do cōmonly vſe termes & phraſes belonging to hereſie. As Communion for Maſſe, Table for Altar, Seruice for Sacrifice.
• 39 [::] God vvil rather haue idolaters to leaue him wholly then to halt betvven tvvo, 3. Reg 18. neither h⟨illegible⟩te nor cold, but luke vvarme Apoc. 3.
• 41 [::] For ſuch do eſpecially pollute Gods name. Rom. 2. v▪ 24.
• 46 [::] By ſoutheren forreſt is meant Ieruſalem, ful of al ſortes of people good and bad.
• 49 [::] Much of his prophecie was ſo hard, that al ſemed to ⟨illegible⟩ parables.

Chapter 21

CHAP. XXI. Deſtruction of Ieruſalem by ſword is further deſcribed: 10. With tranſlation of the kingdom. 28. The ruine alſo of the Ammonites is foreshewed. 30. And finally Babylon, the deſtroyer of others, shal be deſtroyed.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man ſet thy face to Ieruſalem, and [::] droppe to the ſanctuaries, and prophecie againſt the ground of Iſrael:

3 And thou shalt ſay to the land of Iſrael: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I to thee, and I wil draw forth my ſword out of his ſcabbard, and wil kil in thee [::] the iuſt, and the impious.

4 And for that I haue killed in thee the iuſt, and the impious, therfore shal my ſword goe forth out of his ſcabbard to al flesh, from the South euen to the North.

5 That al flesh may know that I the Lord haue drawen my ſword out of his ſcabbard not to be reuoked.

6 And thou ſonne of man, mourne in contrition of the loynes, and in bitternes mourne before them.

7 And when they shal ſay to thee: Why mourneſt thou? thou shalt ſay: For the bruite: becauſe it cometh, and euerie hart shal melt, & al handes shal be diſſolued, and euerie ſpirit shal be weakened, and waters shal runne by al knees: behold it commeth, and it shal be done, ſaith our Lord God.

8 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

9 Sonne of man prophecie, and thou shalt ſay: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Speake: The ſword, the ſword is sharpened, and fourbished.

10 To kil victims, it is sharpened; to glitter, it is fourbished: thou that moueſt the ſcepter [::] of my ſonne, haſt cut downe euerie tree.

11 And I gaue it to be made ſmooth, that it may be held with the hand: this is a sharpened ſword, and this is forbished, that it may be in the hand of the ſlayer.

12 Crie, and howle ô ſonne of man, becauſe this ſame is made in my people, in al the captaines of Iſrael, that fled: they are deliuered to the ſword with my people, therfore ſtrike vpon the thigh,

13 becauſe it is proued: and that, when it shal ouerthrow the ſcepter, it shal not be, ſaith our Lord God.

14 Thou therfore ô ſonne of man prophecie, & ſtrike hand againſt hand, and let the ſword be dubled, & let the ſword of the ſlaine be tripled: this is the ſword of great ſlaughter, that maketh them to be aſtonied,

15 and to pine in hart, & multiplieth ruines. In al their gates haue I geuen the truble of the ſword sharpe and furbished to glitter, addreſſed to ſlaughter.

16 Be thou sharpened, goe to the right hand, or to the left, whitherſoeuer the appetite of thy face is.

17 Yea and I wil clappe hand to hand, and wil fil mine indignation: I the Lord haue ſpoken.

18 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

19 And thou ſonne of man, [::] put thee two wayes, that the ſword of the king of Babylon may come: both shal come forth out of one land: and he shal take coniecture with the hand, in the head of the way of the citie shal he chooſe it.

20 Thou shalt make way that the ſword may come to Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and to Iuda into Ieruſalem moſt fenced.

21 For the king of Babylon ſtood in the high way, in the head of two wayes, ſeeking diuination, shufling arrowes: he asked the idols, & tooke counſel of intralles.

22 On his right hand was made diuination vpon Ieruſalem, to ſette engins, to open the mouth in flaughter, to eleuate the voice in howling, to ſet engins againſt the gates, to caſt vp a rampier, to build munitions.

23 And he shal be as it were conſulting the oracle in vaine in their eies, & imitating the reſt of ſabbathes: but he shal remember the iniquitie to take it.

24 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: For that you haue remembred your iniquitie, and haue reueled your preuarications, and your ſinnes haue appeared in al your cogitations: for that, I ſay, that you remembred, you shal be taken by hand.

25 But thou prophane, impious prince of Iſrael, whoſe day prefixed cometh in the time of iniquitie:

26 Thus ſaith our Lord God: Take away the myter, take of the crowne: is not this it, that extolled the humble, and humbled the high?

27 Iniquitie, iniquitie, iniquitie wil I put it, and this was not done, til he came to whom iudgement belongeth, and I wil deliuer it to him.

28 And thou ſonne of man prophecie, and ſay: Thus ſaith our Lord God to the children of Ammon, and [::] to their reproch, and thou shalt ſay: Sword, ſword draw out thyſelfe to kil, fourbish thy ſelfe to ſlaye, and to glitter.

29 When vaine thinges were ſene for thee, and lies were diuined: that thou mighteſt be geuen vpon the neckes of the wounded impious, whoſe day prefixed cometh in the time of iniquitie.

30 [::] Returne to thy ſcabbard in the place, wherin thou waſt created, in the land of thy natiuitie I wil iudge thee,

31 and wil powre out vpon thee mine indignation: in the fire of my furie wil I blow vpon thee, and wil geue thee into the handes of men vnwiſe, & framing deſtruction.

32 Thou shalt be foode for the fire, thy bloud shal be in the middes of the land, thou shalt be forgotten: becauſe I the Lord haue ſpoken.

Marginal notes to Chapter 21

• 2 [::] Ceaſe not to inſtil and incul ⟨illegible⟩ate the puniſhment of the people.
• 3 [::] Temporal afflictions ſ⟨illegible⟩l alſo vpon the iuſt; not for puniſhment, but for their merite, and that they may eſcape the miſeries of captiuitie, wheras the vvicked are puniſhed both temporally and eternally. S. Ierom. in ch. 20. v 47.
• 10 [::] The vvhole people of Iſrael vvas the peculiar adopted ſonne of God, called alſo his firſt begoten. Exo. 4. v. 22.
• 19 [::] The Babylonians conſulting the idols vvhether they ſhould inuade the Ammonits or the Ievves, vvere ditected to aſſault Ieruſalem.
• 28 [::] The Ammonites reproching the Ievves vvhen they were afflicted by the Babylonians, vvere for the ſame deſtroyed alſo by the Babylonians.
• 30 [::] At laſt the like ſvvord, and ruine fel vpon Babylon.

Chapter 22

CHAP. XXII. For diuers enormious ſinnes, 14. Ieruſalem, and al Iſrael shal be plaged: 25. namely falſe prophets, prieſtes, rauening princes, and wicked people.

1 AND the woord of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 And thou ſonne of man [::] doeſt thou not iudge, doeſt thou not iudge the citie of bloud?

3 And thou shalt shew her al her abominations, and shalt ſay: Thus ſaith our Lord God: The citie shedding bloud in the middes of it, that her time may come: and that hath made idols againſt herſelfe, that she might be polluted.

4 In thy bloud, which is shed by thee, thou haſt offended: and in thine idols, which thou haſt made, thou art polluted: and thou haſt made thy dayes to approch, and haſt brought the time of thy yeares: therfore haue I geuen thee a reproch to the Gentils, and a mockerie to al landes.

5 Thoſe that are nere, and that are far from thee, shal triumph ouer thee: thou filthie one, noble, great in deſtruction.

6 Behold the princes of Iſrael, euerie one in his arme, haue bene in thee, to shede bloud.

7 Father and mother they haue abuſed with contumelies in thee, the ſtranger they haue calumniated in the middes of thee, the pupil and widow they haue made ſorowful in thee.

8 My ſanctuaries you haue deſpiſed, and my ſabbathes you haue polluted.

9 Detracting men haue bene in thee to shede bloud, and vpon the mountaynes they haue eaten in thee, they haue wrought wickednes in the middes of thee.

10 The fathers shame they haue diſcouered in thee, the vncleannes of the menſtruous woman they haue humbled in thee.

11 And euerie one hath wrought abomination vpon his neighbours wife, and the father in law hath polluted his daughter inlaw wickedly, the brother hath oppreſſed his ſiſter the daughter of his father in thee.

12 They haue taken giftes in thee to shede bloud: thou haſt taken vſurie and ouerplus, and didſt calumniate thy neighbours couetouſly: and thou haſt forgotten me, ſaith our Lord God.

13 Behold, I [::] haue wrong my handes vpon thy couetouſnes, which thou haſt done, and vpon the bloud that hath bene shed in the middes of thee.

14 Why, shal thy hart abide, or shal thy handes preuaile in the dayes, which I shal make to thee? I the Lord haue ſpoken, and wil doe it.

15 And I wil diſperſe thee into nations, & wil ſcatter thee into landes, and wil make thy vncleannes to faile from thee.

16 And I wil poſſeſſe thee in the ſight of the Gentils: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

17 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

18 Sonne of man, the houſe of Iſrael is turned into droſſe to me: al theſe are become braſſe, and tinne, and yron, and lead, & droſſe of ſiluer, in the middes of the fornace.

19 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Becauſe you are al turned into droſſe, therfore behold I wil gather you together in the middes of Ieruſalem,

20 with the gathering of ſiluer, and braſſe, and tinne, & yron, and lead in the middes of a fornace: that I may kindle a fire in it to melt it: ſo wil I gather you together in my furie, and in my wrath, and wil reſt: and I wil melt you.

21 And I wil gather you together, and wil ſet you on fire, in the fire of my furie, and you shal be melted in the middes therof.

22 As ſiluer is melted in the middes of the fornace, ſo shal you be in the middes therof: and you shal know that I am the Lord, when I haue powred out mine indignation vpon you.

23 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

24 Sonne of man, ſay to it: Thou art an vncleane land, and not rayned vpon in the day of furie.

25 A conſpiracie of prophets in the middes therof: as a lion roaring, and rauening the praye, haue they deuoured ſoules, they haue taken the riches and the price, her widowes they haue multiplied in the middes therof.

26 Her prieſts haue contemned my law, and haue polluted my ſanctuaries: betwen a holie thing and prophane they haue put no difference [::] and betwen the polluted and the cleane they vnderſtood not: and from my ſabbathes they haue turned away their eyes, and I was defiled in the middes of them.

27 Her princes in the middes of her, as wolues rauening the praye to shede bloud, and to deſtroy ſoules, and to purſew gaynes couetouſly.

28 And her prophetes dawbed them without tempering, ſeing vayne thinges, and diuining lies to them, ſaying: Thus ſaith our Lord God: wheras our Lord hath not ſpoken.

29 The people of the land they oppreſſed by calumnie, and tooke away violently: the needie and poore they afflicted, and the ſtranger they oppreſſed by calumnie without iudgement.

30 And I ſought of them a man that might enterpoſe an hedge, and :: ſtand oppoſite agaynſt me for the land, that I might not deſtroy it: and I found not.

31 And I powred out mine indignation vpon them, in the fire of my wrath I conſumed them: I haue rendered their way vpon their head, ſaith our Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 22

• 2 [::] VVhy doſt thou ceaſe from admoniſhing, and blaming the people for their bloud ſinnes?
• 13 [::] God of his part deſiring the ſaluation of al men, ſignifieth here his ſorow for the peoples ſinnes not that God is ſubiect to anie ſuch paſſion, but to infinuate the enormitie of ſinne▪ as Gen. 6. v. 6.
• 26 [::] A meruelous force of iuſt mens prayers, by which God ſuffereth himſelf to be ouercome And it is moſt gratful to God when ſome do ſo oppoſe themſelues to entreat mercie for ſinners, that they may repent. S. Iero. Epiſt. 12. ad Gaudentium.

Chapter 23

CHAP. XXIII. By a parable of two harlottes, Oolla and Ooliba, 5. the idolatrie of the two kingdoms of Iſrael, 11. and of Iuda is deſcribed: 22. with threates (31. as Iſrael is partly afflicted already) 36. of more affliction to them both.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man, there were [a] two wemen daughters of one mother.

3 And they fornicated in Aegypt, [b] in their youth they fornicated: there were their breſtes preſſed▪ & the pappes of their virginitie were broken.

4 And their names [c] Oolla the elder and d Ooliba her yonger ſiſter: and I had them, and they bare ſonnes, and daughters. Moreouer their names, Samaria Oolla, and Ieruſalem Ooliba.

5 Oolla therfore fornicated ouer me, & was madde vpon her louers, vpon the Aſſirians approching,

6 clothed with hyacinth, the princes, and the magiſtrates, al the youngmen of concupiſcences; al the horſmen, the riders of horſes.

7 And she gaue her fornications vpon them al the choſen children of the Aſſitians: and in al, on whom she was madde, in their vncleannes she was polluted.

8 Moreouer alſo her fornications, which she had made in Aegypt she left not: for they alſo ſlept with her in her youth, & they brake the breaſts of her virginitie, and powred out their fornication vpon her.

9 Therfore haue I deliuered her into the handes of her louers, into the handes of the children of Aſſur, vpon whoſe luſt she was madde.

10 They diſcouered her ignominie, tooke her ſonnes and daughters, & her they killed with the ſword: and they were made notorious wemen, and they did iudgements in her.

11 Which when her ſiſter Ooliba had ſeene, she was madde with luſt more then she: & she gaue impudently her fornication aboue the fornication of her ſiſter

12 to the children of the Aſſyrians, to the princes, and magiſtrates coming to her clothed with partie clothing, to the horſmen that were carried on horſes, and to yoongmen al of goodlie beautie.

13 And I ſaw that she was polluted, both one way.

14 And she increaſed her fornications: and when she had ſeene men paynted in a wal, the images of the Chaldees expreſſed in colours,

15 and girded with girdles about their reynes, and died turbants on their heades, the forme of al the dukes, the ſimilitude of the children of Babylon, and of the land of the Chaldees, wherin they were borne,

16 she was mad vpon them with the concupiſcence of her eyes, and she ſent meſſengers to them into Chaldee.

17 And when the children of Babylon were come to her vnto the bed of pappes, they polluted her with [::] their fornications, and she was polluted of them, & her ſoule was filled of them.

18 She reueled alſo her fornications, and diſcouered her ignominie: and my ſoule departed from her, as my ſoule departed from her ſiſter.

19 For she hath multiplied her fornications, remembring the dayes of her youth, in which she fornicated in the land of Aegypt.

20 And she was madde for luſt vpon the lying with them, whoſe flesh is as the flesh of aſſes: and as the fluxe of horſes, their fluxe.

21 And thou haſt viſited the wickednes of thy youth when thy breaſtes were preſſed in Aegypt, & the pappes of thy virginitie broken.

22 Therfore Ooliba, thus ſayth our Lord God: Behold I wil rayſe vp al thy louers againſt thee, of whom thy ſoule is filled: and I wil gather them together againſt thee round about,

23 the children of Babylon, and al the Chaldees, the nobles, and the tyrants, and princes, al the children of the Aſſyrians, the yongmen of goodlie beautie, al the captaynes, and magiſtrates, the princes of princes, and the renowned riders of horſes.

24 And they shal come vpon thee wel appoynted with chariot, and wheele, a multitude of peoples: with brigin⟨illegible⟩ine, and buckler, and helmet they shal be armed againſt thee, on euerie ſide: and I wil geue iudgement before them, & they shal iudge thee by their iudgements.

25 And I wil put my [::] zele in thee, which they exerciſe with thee in furie: [::] thy noſe, and thine eares they shal cut of: and the thinges that remaine shal fal by the ſword: they shal take thy ſonnes, and thy daughters, and thy verie laſt thing shal be deuoured with fire.

26 And they shal ſtrippe thee of thy garments, and shal take away the veſſels of thy glorie.

27 And I wil make thy wickednes to ceaſe out of thee, and thy fornication out of the Land of Aegypt: neither shalt thou lift vp thine eyes to them, and Aegypt thou shalt remember no more.

28 Becauſe thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I wil deliuer thee into the handes of them, whom thou hateſt, into their handes, of whom thy ſoule is filled.

29 And they shal deale with thee in hatred, and they shal take away al thy labours, and shal let thee goe naked, and ful of ignominie, and the ignominie of thy fornications shal be reueled, thy wicked dede, and thy fornications.

30 They haue done theſe thinges to thee, becauſe thou haſt fornicated after the Nations, among which thou waſt polluted in their idols.

31 Thou haſt walked in the way of thy ſiſter, and I wil geue her cuppe in thy hand.

32 Thus ſaith our Lord God: The cuppe of thy ſiſter thou shalt drinke deepe, and wide: thou shalt be into deriſion and into ſcorne, which is moſt capable.

33 With drunckennes, and ſorow thou shalt be replenished: with the cuppe of penſifenes, and ſadnes, with the cuppe of thy ſiſter Samaria.

34–35 And thou shalt drinke it, and shalt drinke it vp euen to the dregges, and the fragments therof thou shalt deuoure, thou shalt rent thy breaſtes: becauſe I haue ſpoken, ſaith our Lord God. Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Becauſe thou haſt forgotten me, and haſt caſt me of behind thy bodie, thou alſo beare thy wickednes, and thy fornications.

36 And our Lord ſpake to me, ſaying: Sonne of man, [::] doeſt thou iudge Oolla, and Ooliba, and sheweſt thou them their wicked deedes?

37 becauſe they haue committed aduoutrie, and bloud is in their handes, and with their idols they haue fornicated: moreouer alſo their children, whom they begate for me, they haue offered vnto them to be deuoured.

38 Yea and they haue done this to me. They polluted [::] my ſanctuarie in that day, and profaned my [::] ſabbathes.

39 And when they immolated their children to their idols, and went into my ſanctuarie in that day to pollute it: theſe thinges alſo they did in the middes of my houſe.

40 They ſent to men comming from far, to whom they had ſent a meſſenger: therfore loe they came: to whom thou didſt wash thyſelf, and didſt annoint thine eyes about with [*] ſtibikeſtone, and waſt adorned with wemens ornaments.

41 Thou ſateſt in a very faire bed, and a table was decked before thee: mine incenſe, and mine oyntment thou didſt ſet vpon it.

42 And the voice of a multitude reioycing was on it: and on the men, that were brought of the maltitude of men, and came from the deſert, they did put bracelets on their handes, and beautiful crownes on their heades.

43 And I ſaid to her, that was worne in aduoutries: Now wil this woman alſo fornicate in her fornication.

44 And they went to her as to an harlot woman: ſo went they vnto Oolla, and Ooliba wicked wemen.

45 They therfore are iuſt men: theſe shal iudge them with the iudgement of adultereſſes, and with the iudgement of bloudshedders: becauſe they are adultreſſes, and bloud is in their handes.

46 For thus ſaith our Lord God: Bring a multitude to them, and deliuer them into tumult, and into ſpoile:

47 and let them be ſtoned with the ſtones of peoples, and let them be thruſt through with their ſwordes: they shal kil their ſonnes, and daughters, and their houſes they shal burne with fire.

48 And I wil take away the wickednes out of the land, & al wemen shal learne, not to doe according to the wickednes of them.

49 And they shal geue your wickednes vpon you, and the ſinnes of your idols you shal carie: and you shal know that I am the Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 23

• 2 [a] He ſpeaketh here as of two peoples by anticipation, for when the Iſraelies were in Aegypt, they were but one people, & then alſo they committed idolatrie
• 3 [b] Though they vvere but beginning to increaſe
• 4 [c] God called the ten tribes Oolla, vvhich ſignifieth their ovvne habitation, becauſe they made goddes to themſelues, in Bethel and Dan; and the tvvo tribes he called Ooliba, ſignifying my halitation, becauſe the temple there vvas Gods habitation.
• 17 [::] In al this & the like diſcourſes the prophet ſpeaketh not of carnal fornication, but of ſpiritual which is idolatrie, by the moſt frequent figure Metaphora.
• 25 [::] In that the Chaldes vvere the miniſters of Gods wrath they are called his ⟨illegible⟩ele, as Aſſur is called the r⟨illegible⟩dde of his furie. Iſa. 10. v. 5.
• 25 [::] By the noſe S. Ierom vnderſtandeth the king by the ca⟨illegible⟩es the Prieſtes and Iudges, who were not ⟨illegible⟩e but ⟨illegible⟩ut of from the people, and caried into captiuitie 4. Reg 25. Iere. 52.
• 36 [::] This demand is an admonition to iudge and condemne ⟨illegible⟩he⟨illegible⟩ wickednes, without intermiſſion, as▪ c⟨illegible⟩ 20. v. 4.
• 38 [::] Circumſtances of places, and
• 38 [::] times do aggrauate ſinnes very much: vvhich are therfore more ſeuerely puniſhed.
• 40 [*] Amimonium.

Chapter 24

CHAP. XXIIII. Ieruſalem manie wayes chaſticed of God, and not amended, 11. shal at laſt be melted like a braſſe potte: 15. and shal not dare to mourne for the death of her deareſt.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, in [::] the ninth yeare, in the tenth moneth, the tenth day of the moneth, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man, :: write thee the name of this day, wherin the king of Babylon is confirmed againſt Ieruſalem to day.

3 And thou shalt ſpeake by a prouerbe to the exaſperating houſe a parable, and shalt ſay to them: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Set thou a potte, ſt it, I ſay, and put water into it.

4 Heape together the peeces therof into it, euerie good part, the thigh and the shoulder, the choſen thinges and ful of bones.

5 Take the fatteſt beaſt, and lay together pyles of bones alſo vnder it: the ſeething therof is boyling hotte, and the bones therof are throughly ſodden in the middes therof.

6 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Wo to the citie of bloud, to the potte, whoſe ruſtines is in it, and the ruſtines therof is not gone out of it: by her partes, and by her partes caſt her out, there hath no lotte fallen vpon her.

7 For her bloud is in the middes of her, she hath shed it vpon the moſt cleare rocke: she shed it not vpon the ground, that it might be couered with duſt.

8 That I might bring mine indignation in vpon her, and might reuenge with vengeance: I gaue her bloud vpon the moſt clere rocke, that it might not be couered.

9 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Wo to the citie of bloud, whoſe bonefire I wil make great.

10 Heape together the bones, which I wil burne with fire: the flesh shal be conſumed, and al the compoſition shal be ſod, and the bones shal drie away.

11 Set it alſo vpon hote burning coles emptie, that the braſſe therof may waxe hote, and be melted: and let the filth of it be melted in the middes therof, & let the ruſt therof be conſumed.

12 There hath bene ſweating with much labour, and the exceding ruſt therof is not gone out, [::] no not by fire.

13 Thine vncleannes is exectable: becauſe I would clenſe thee, and thou art not clenſed from thy filthines: yea neither shalt thou be clenſed, before I make myne indignation to ceaſe in thee.

14 I the Lord haue ſpoken: It shal come, and I wil doe it: I wil not paſſe, nor ſpare, nor be pacified: according to thy wayes, and according to thine inuentions wil I iudge thee, ſaith our Lord.

15 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

16 Sonne of man, behold I take from thee the thing that thine eyes deſire in a plague: and thou shalt not lament, nor weepe: neither shal thy teares runne.

17 Sigh holding thy peace, thou shalt not make the mourning of the dead: let thy crowne be tyed round about thee, and thy shoes shal be on thy feete, neither shalt thou couer thy face with a cloth, neither shalt thou eare the meates of mourners.

18 I ſpake therfore to the people in the morning, and [::] my wife died at euen: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.

19 And the people ſayd to me: Why doeſt thou not tel vs what theſe thinges ſignifie, that thou doeſt?

20 And I ſayd to them: The word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

21 Speake to the houſe of Iſrael: Thus ſayth our Lord God: Behold I wil pollute my ſanctuarie, the pride of your empire, and the thing that your eyes deſire, and vpon which your ſoule quaketh for feare: your ſonnes, and your daughters, which you haue left, shal fal by the ſword.

22 And you shal doe as I haue done: your faces with a clothe you shal not couer, and the meates of mourners you shal not eate.

23 You shal haue crownes on your heades, & shoes on your feete: you shal not lament nor weepe, but you shal pine away in your iniquities, and euerie one shal groane toward his brother.

24 And Ezechiel shal be nvto you for a portending ſigne: according to al thinges, that he hath done, shal you doe when this shal come: and you shal know that I am the Lord God.

25 And thou ſonne of man, behold in the day, wherin I wil take away from them their ſtrength, and the ioy of dignitie, and the deſire of their eyes, whervpon their ſoules reſt, their ſonnes and daughters.

26 In that day when one fleing shal come to thee, to tel thee:

27 in that day, I ſay, shal thy mouth be opened with him that fleeth, and thou shalt ſpeake, and shalt be ſilent no more: and thou shalt be vnto them for a portending ſigne, and you shal know that I am the Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 24

• 1 [::] Ieremie in Babylon ſaw vvhat vvas done the ſame time in Ieruſalem, and therfore is bid, ⟨illegible⟩to write the day, v. 2. that therby the certaintie of his prophecie may appeare. For the verie ſame day Nabuchodonoſor layde ſiege to Ieruſalem. 4. Reg. 25. v. 1.
• 12 [::] VVhen ſinners are not amended by fire of tribulation; God after that they are parted frō this vvorld, puniſheth them euerlaſtingly.
• 18 [::] The ſuddaine death of nere freindes cauſeth ⟨illegible⟩ore ſorow, then if it were feared before: yet the prophet was commanded not to ſhew ſorow for the ſuddaine death of his wife, to ſignifie that the great calamitie of euerie one would take away the particular ⟨illegible⟩ for the lode priuate freindes.

Chapter 25

CHAP. XXV. [Margin: The 3. part. The deſtruction of diuers other nations, beſides the Iewes.] The Ammonites, 8 Moabiles, 12. Idumeans, 15. and Philiſtians (for their malice againſt the Iſraelites) shal be ouerthrowne.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man, ſet thy face againſt the children of Ammon, and thou shalt prophecie of them.

3 And thou shalt ſay to the children of Ammon: Heare ye the word of our Lord God: Thus ſaith our Lord God [::] For that thou haſt ſayd: Ha, ha, vpon my ſanctuarie, becauſe it is polluted: and vpon the Land of Iſrael, becauſe it is made deſolate: and vpon the houſe of Iuda, becauſe they are led into captiuitie:

4 Therfore wil I deliuer thee to the children [::] of the eaſt for an inheritance, and they shal place their shepecotes in thee, and shal ſet their tents in thee: they shal eate thy fruites: and they shal drinke thy milke.

5 And I wil geue Rabbath to be an habitation of camels, and the children of Ammon to be a lying place for beaſtes: and you shal know that I am the Lord.

6 Becauſe thus ſaith our Lord God: For that thou haſt clapped with the hand, and ſtriken with the foote, and haſt bene glad withal thy affection vpon the land of Iſrael:

7 therfore behold I wil ſtretch forth my hand vpon thee, and wil deliuer thee into the ſpoile of the Gentils, and wil kil thee out of the peoples, and deſtroy thee out of the landes, and breake thee: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

8 Thus ſaith our Lord God: For that Moab, and Seir haue ſayd: Behold as al the Gentils, ſo is the houſe of Iuda:

9 therfore behold [::] I wil open the shoulder of Moab of his cities, of his cities I ſay, and of his borders the noble cities of the land Bethieſimoth, and Beelmeon, and Cariathaim,

10 to the children of the Eaſt with the children of Ammon, and I wil geue it for an inheritance: that there may be memorie no more of the children of Ammon among the Gentils.

11 And in Moab I wil do Iudgements: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

12 Thus ſaith our Lord God: For that Idumea hath made reuenge to reuenge herſelf of the children of Iuda, and hath ſinned offending, and hath ſought reuenge of them;

13 therfore thus ſayth our Lord God: I wil ſtretch forth my hand vpon Idumea, and wil take away out of it man, and beaſt, and wil make it deſert from the South: and they that are in Dedan, shal fal by the ſword.

14 And I wil geue my reuenge vpon Idumea by the hand of my people Iſrael: and they shal doe in Edom according to my wrath, and my furie: and they shal know my vengeance, ſaith our Lord God.

15 Thus ſaith our Lord God: For that the Paleſthines haue made reuenge, and haue reuenged themſelues with al their minde, killing, and accomplishing old emnities:

16 therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I wil ſtretch forth my hand vpon the Paleſthines, and wil kil the killers, and wil deſtroy the remnant of the ſea coſt.

17 and I wil make in them great reuengements arguing in furie: and they shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal haue geuen my vengeance vpon them.

Marginal notes to Chapter 25

• 3 [::] Amongſt other heathen nations, eſpecially the Ammonites reioyced at the miſeries of the Iewes, and were therfore plaged.
• 4 [::] The Chaldees, or rather the Armenians or Agarens (who are more direct eaſtward, and
• 9 [::] I wil take away al the ſtreingth and force of Moab, vvhich conſiſteth in his ſtrong cities.

Chapter 26

CHAP. XXVI. Tyre a moſt noble maritime citie shalbe destroyed, by the king of Babylon, becauſe they reioyce at the deſolation of Ieruſalem. 15. At the ſight wherof manie shal be aſtonied.

1 AND it came to paſſe in [::] the eleuenth yeare, the firſt of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man for that Tyre hath ſayd of Ieruſalem: Ah the gates of the peoples are broken, she is turned to me: I shal be filled, she is deſert.

3 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I vpon thee ô Tyre, and I wil make manie nations come vp to thee, as the ſea riſeth vp ſwelling.

4 And they shal diſſipate the walles of Tyre, and shal deſtroy the towers therof: and I wil ſcrape her duſt from her, & wil make her as a moſt cleare rocke.

5 [::] The drying of nettes shal be in the middes of the ſea, becauſe I haue ſpoken, ſaith our Lord God: and she shal be for a ſpoile to the Gentils.

6 [::] Her daughters alſo that be in the field, shal be ſlaine by the ſword: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

7 Becauſe thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I wil bring to Tyre Nabuchodonoſor the king of Babylon from the North, the king of kinges with horſes, and chariotes, and horſemen, and multitude, and a great people.

8 Thy daughters that are in the field, he shal kil with the ſword: and he shal compaſſe thee with munitions, and shal caſt vp a mount round about: and he shal lift vp the buckler againſt thee.

9 And he shal diſpoſe ordinances, and engins againſt thy walles, & shal deſtroy thy towers with his armour.

10 With the inundation of his horſes, the duſt of them shal couer thee: at the ſound of the horſemen, and wheeles, and chariotes thy walles shal be moued, when he shal goe in at thy gates, as by the entrance of a citie deſtroyed.

11 With the hoofes of his horſes he shal tread downe al thy ſtreetes: thy people he shal kil with the ſword, and thy noble ſtatues shal fal to the ground.

12 They shal waſte thy riches, they shal ſpoile thy merchandiſe: and they shal deſtroy thy walles, and shal ouerthrow thy goodlie houſes: and thy ſtones, and thy timber, and thy duſt they shal put in the middes of the waters.

13 And I wil make the multitude of thy ſongues to ceaſe, and the ſound of thy harpes shal be heard no more.

14 And I wil make thee as a moſt cleare rocke, drying of nettes shalt thou be, neither shalt thou be built anie more: becauſe I haue ſpoken, ſaith our Lord God.

15 Thus ſaith our Lord God to Tyre: Why, shal not the ilands be moued at the ſound of thy ruine, & the groning of thy ſlaine, when they shal be killed in the middes of thee?

16 And al the princes of the ſea shal goe downe from their ſeates: and take of their roabes, and caſt away their brodered garments, & be clothed with aſtonishment, ſitte on the earth, and being aſtonied meruel at thy ſudden fal.

17 And taking vpon thee a lamentation, they shal ſay to thee: How haſt thou perished that dwelleſt in the ſea, ô noble citie, which haſt bene ſtrong in the ſea with thine inhabitants, whom al did feare?

18 Now shal the shippes be aſtonied in the day of thy feare: and the ilands in the ſea shal be trubled, for that none cometh forth out of thee.

19 Becauſe thus ſaith our Lord God: When I shal make thee a deſolate citie as the cities that are not inhabited: and shal bring vpon thee the depth, and manie waters shal couer thee:

20 and shal plucke thee downe with thoſe, that deſcend into the lake to the euerlaſting people, and shal place thee in the [::] loweſt ground as old deſolations, with them that are brought downe into the lake, that thou be not inhabited: moreouer when I shal geue glorie in the land of the liuing,

21 I wil bring thee to nothing, and thou shalt not be, & being ſought for, thou shalt not be found anie more for euer, ſaith our Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 26

• 1 [::] Yeares are ſtil counted from the tranſmigration of Ioachin, as ch. 1. 8 20. 24. v. 1. & 29. v. 1. 17.
• 5 [::] Tyre which is a moſt frequented ſea towne, ſhal be made deſolate and to no vſe but to hang nettes therin to drie.
• 6 [::] Leſſe cities and townes perteyning to Tyre ſhal likewiſe be deſtroyed.
• 20 [::] As Tyre was exalted in pride, ſo it was brought to great ruine, yet was it reſtored, after ſeuentie yeares according to Iſaias prophecie, ch. 23 v. 15. And our Sauiour retired ſometimes into the quarters of Tyre and Sidon. Mat. 15. v. 21.

Chapter 27

CHAP. XXVII. The prophet lamenteth the ruine of Tyre: 3. deſcribing her former glories 10. and traffike in al ſortes of rich marchandiſe, with ſundrie nations. 26. Al which shal be ouerthrowne by the Chaldees.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Thou therfore ô ſonne of man, take vp a lamentation vpon Tyre:

3 And thou shalt ſay to Tyre, which dwelleth in the entrance of the ſea, being the traffike of peoples to manie ilands: Thus ſaith our Lord God: ô Tyre, thou haſt ſaid: [::] I am of perfect beautie,

4 and ſituated in the hart of the ſea. Thy borderers, which builded thee haue accomplished thy beautie:

5 with the firretrees of Sanit they builded thee, with al the bordes of the ſea: they tooke the cedar from Libanus, to make thee a maſt.

6 Okes of Baſan they haue hewed for thine ores: and thy bankes they haue made thee of the iuorie of India, and litle cabbins of the ilands of Italie.

7 Various ſilke of Aegypt was wouen for thy ſaile, to be put on the maſt: hyacinth, and purple out of the ilands of Eliſa, were made thy couering.

8 The inhabitants of Sidon, and the Aradians were thy rowers: thy wiſe men, ô Tyre, were made thy gouernors.

9 The ancients of Gebal, and wiſemen therof had mariners to the ſeruice of thy diuerſe ſtuffe: al the shippes of the ſea, and their mariners haue bene in the people of thy traffike.

10 The Perſians, and Lydians, and the Lybians were in thine armie thy men of warre: the buckler, and helmet they did hang in thee for thine ornament.

11 The children of Arad were with thine armie vpon thy walles round about: yea and the Pygmeians, that were in thy towers, hung vp their quiuers on thy walles round about: they accomplished thy beautie.

12 They of Carthage thy merchants, for the multitude of al riches, with ſiluer, iron, tinne, and lead did they replenish thy marts.

13 Greece, Thubal, and Moſoch, they were thy merchants: ſlaues, & veſſels of braſſe they brought to thy people.

14 From the houſe of Thogorma they brought horſes, & horſemen, and mules to thy market.

15 The children of Dedan were thy merchants: manie ilands the traffike of thy hand, teeth of iuorie, and of Heben they exchanged for thy price.

16 The Syrian was thy merchant for the multitude of thy workes, the precious ſtone, and purple, and branched workes, and fine linnen, and ſilke, and [::] chodchod they did ſet forth in thy market.

17 Iuda and the land of Iſrael they were thy merchants in the principal corne: balme, and honie, and oyle, and reſine they did ſet forth in thy marts.

18 The Damacene was thy merchant in the multitude of thy workes, in the multitude of diuers riches, in fatte wine, in woolles of the beſt colour.

19 Dan, and Greece, & Moſel in thy marts haue ſet forth wrought yron: ſtacte, and calums were in thy merchandiſe.

20 Dedan thy merchants in tapeſtrie for ſeates.

21 Arabia, and al the princes of Cedar, they were the merchants of thy hand: with lambes, and rammes, and kiddes thy merchants came to thee.

22 The ſellers of Saba, & Reema, they were thy merchants: with principal ſpices, and precious ſtone, and gold, which they did ſet forth in thy market.

23 Haran, and Chene, and Eden, thy merchants: Saba, Aſſur, and Chelmad thy ſellers.

24 They were thy merchants in diuers manner, with folded peeces of hyacinth, and of embrodered clothes, and of precious riches, which were wrapped vp, and bound with cordes: cedars alſo they had in thy merchandiſe.

25 The shippes of the ſea, thy chief in thy merchandiſe: and thou waſt replenished, and glorified excedingly in the hart of the ſea.

26 In manie waters haue thy rowers brought thee: the ſouthwinde hath broken thee in the hart of the ſea.

27 Thy riches, and thy treaſures, and thy manifold furniture, thy mariners, and thy gouerners, which hold thy ſtuffe, and were chiefe ouer thy people: thy men of warre alſo, that were in thee with al thy multitude, that is in the middes of thee: shal fal in the hart of the ſea in the day of thy ruine.

28 At the ſound of the crie of thy gouernours shal the nauies be trubled.

29 And al they that held ore shal goe downe out of their shippes: the mariners, and al the gouernours of the ſea shal ſtand on the land:

30 and they shal bewaile vpon thee with a loude voice, and shal crie bitterly: and they shal caſt duſt vpon their heades, and shal be ſprinkled with ashes.

31 And they shal shaue [::] baldnes vpon thee, and shal be girded with heareclothes: and they shal weepe for thee in bitternes of ſoule with moſt bitter weeping.

32 And they shal take vp a mournful ſong vpon thee, and shal lament thee: What citie is as Tyre, which is become ſilēt in the middes of the ſea?

33 Which in the going forth of thy merchandiſe from the ſea didſt fil manie peoples: in the multitude of thy riches, and of thy peoples haſt inriched the kinges of the earth.

34 Now thou art deſtroyed by the ſea, thy riches are in the bottome of the waters, and al the multitude, that was in the middes of thee, are fallen.

35 Al the inhabitants of the ilands are aſtonied vpon thee: and al the kinges of the ſame being ſtriken with tempeſt haue changed their lookes.

36 The merchants of peoples haue hiſſed vpon thee: thou art brought to nothing, and thou shalt not be euen for euer.

Marginal notes to Chapter 27

• 3 [::] This large deſcription of the Tyrians glory ſheweth their greater ruine.
• 16 [::] S. Ierom in Iſaie. 54. v. 12. tranſlating this word a iaſper ſtone, here leaueth it vntranſlated, and ſo do alſo the Septuagint; neither do the Hebrew Doctors deſcribe it in their commentaries. The Chaldee paraphraſis tranſlateth it in general precious ſtones, or margarites: ſome in particular, thinke it to be a carbunkle, ſome a rubie, others a chryſtal, others an adamant.
• 31 [::] VVith theſe Gentiles, cutting or ſhauing of their heare was a ſigne of ſorovv, vvhich the Ievves vvere commanded not to imitate. Deut. 14. to ſhevv difference from other nations: yet they alſo did cut their heare in great calamities. Iſa. 22. v. 12.

Chapter 28

CHAP. XXVIII. For moſt inſolent pride Tyre shal be vtterly deſtroyed. 20. Sidon likewiſe ouerthrowne. 24. And the people of Iſrael at laſt reſtored.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man ſay to the prince of Tyre: Thus ſaith our Lord God: For that thy hart is eleuated, & thou haſt ſayd: I am God, and I haue ſitten in the chaire of God in the hart of the ſea: wheras thou art a man, and not God: and haſt geuen thy hart as the hart of God.

3 Loe thou [::] art wiſer then Daniel: euerie ſecret is not hid from thee.

4 In thy wiſedom and thy prudence thou haſt made thee ſtrength: and haſt gotten gold, and ſiluer in thy treaſures.

5 In the multitude of thy wiſedome, & in thy merchandiſe thou haſt multiplied ſtrength to thee: and thy hart is eleuated in thy ſtrength.

6 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: For that thy hart is eleuated as the hart of God:

7 therfore behold I wil bring vpon thee ſtrangers the ſtrongeſt of the Gentils: and they shal draw their ſwordes vpon the beautie of thy wiſedome, and shal pollute thy comelines.

8 They shal kil, and plucke thee downe: and thou shalt dye in the death of the ſlaine in the hart of the ſea.

9 Why, shalt thou ſpeake ſaying: I am God, before them that kil thee: wheras thou art a man, and not God, in the hand of them that ſlay thee?

10 By the death of the vncircumciſed shalt thou dye in the hand of ſtrangers: becauſe I haue ſpoken, ſaith our Lord God.

11 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying: Sonne of man lift vp a lamentation vpon the king of Tyre:

12 and thou shalt ſay to him: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Thou the ſignet of ſimilitude, ful of wiſedom, and perfect of beautie,

13 thou waſt in the delicacies of the paradiſe of God: euerie precious ſtone thy couering: ſardius, topatius, and the iaſper, chryſolithus, and onyx, and berillus, the ſapphire, and the carbuncle, and the emerald: gold the worke of thy beautie: and thy [*] pipes were prepared in the day, that thou waſt created.

14 Thou Cherub ſtreched out, and protecting, and I ſette thee in the holie mount of God, in the middes of fyrie ſtones thou haſt walked.

15 Perfect in thy wayes from the day of thy creation, [::] vntil iniquitie was found in thee.

16 In the multitude of thy merchandiſe, thyne inner partes were filled with iniquitie, and thou didſt ſinne: and I caſt thee out from the mount of God, and deſtroyed thee ô Cherub protecting, out of the middes of the fyrie ſtones.

17 And thy hart was eleuated in thy beautie: thou haſt loſt thy wiſedome in thy beautie, I haue caſt thee to the earth: before the face of kinges I haue geuen thee, that they might behold thee.

18 In the multitude of thine iniquities, & in the iniquitie of thy merchandiſe, thou haſt polluted thy ſanctification: I wil therfore bring forth a fyre out of the middes of thee, to eate thee, and I wil make thee as ashes vpon the earth in the ſight of al that ſee thee.

19 Al that shal ſee thee in the Gentils, shal be aſtonied vpon thee: thou art become a thing of naught, and thou shalt not be for euer

20 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

21 Sonne of man, ſet thy face [::] againſt Sidon: and thou shalt prophecie of it,

22 and shalt ſay: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I to thee Sidon, and I wil be glorified in the middes of thee: and they shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal doe iudgements in it, and shal be ſanctified in it.

23 And I wil ſend into it peſtilence, and bloud in the ſtreetes therof: & the ſlaine shal fal in the middes therof by the ſword round about: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

24 And there shal be no more ſcandal of bitternes to the houſe of Iſrael, and thorne cauſing payne on euerie ſide round about them, that are againſt them: and they shal know that I am the Lord God.

25 Thus ſaith our Lord God: [::] When I shal haue gathered together the houſe of Iſrael out of the peoples, in which they are diſperſed: I wil be ſanctified in them before the Gentils: and they shal dwel in their land, which I gaue to my ſeruant Iacob.

26 And they shal dwel therin ſecure, and they shal build houſes, and shal plant vineyards, and shal dwel confidently, when I shal haue done iudgements in al, that are their enemies round about: & they shal know that I am the Lord their God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 28

• 3 [::] Daniel was ſo famous for vviſdom, that therof came a prouerbe in Chaldea, to compare wiſemen vvith Daniel; and to reproch thoſe that arrogated more wiſdom then they had, that they ſemed vainely to themſelues. vviſer then Daniel.
• 13 [*] ⟨illegible⟩ ▪ pl⟨illegible⟩ ta⟨illegible⟩ing breath▪
• 15 [::] Tyre had much ⟨illegible⟩niquity long before, but when the king thought himſelf to be God. v. 2 this iniquity could not be longer tolerated.
• 21 [::] As Sidon was nere in ſituation to Tyre, ſo it was made like in ruine for their like pride.
• 25 [::] Al nations wil praiſe God when they ſee that he iuſtly puniſheth his owne people, & afterwards reſtoreth them to their former ſtate.

Chapter 29

CHAP. XXIX. The king of Aegypt shal be ouerthrowne: 9. and the kingdom waſted fourtie yeares: 13. It shal be repared to a meane ſtate. 17. And shal be geuen to the king of Babylon, for his ſeruice in deſtroying Tyre.

1 IN [::] the tenth yeare, the tenth moneth, the eleuenth day of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man, ſet thy face againſt Pharao the king of Aegypt: and thou shalt prophecie of him, and of al Aegypt.

3 Speake, and thou shalt ſay: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I to thee Pharao king of Aegypt, thou great dragon, which lyeſt in the middes of thy riuers, and ſayeſt: The riuer is mine, and I made it my ſelfe.

4 And I wil put a bridle in thy iawes: and I wil faſten the fishes of thy riuers to thy ſcales: and I wil draw thee out of the middes of thy riuers, and al thy fishes shal ſticke to thy ſcales.

5 And I wil caſt thee forth into the deſert, and al the fishes of thy riuer: thou shalt fal vpon the face of the earth, thou shalt not be collected, nor gathered together: to the beaſts of the earth, and to the foules of the heauen haue I geuen thee to be deuoured.

6 And al the inhabitants of Aegypt shal know that I am the Lord: for that thou haſt bene a ſtaffe of reede to the houſe of Iſrael.

7 When they tooke thee with the hand, and thou waſt broken, and didſt rent al their shoulder: and they leaning vpon thee, thou waſt broken, and didſt diſſolue al their reines.

8 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I wil bring vpon thee the ſword: and wil kil out of thee man, and beaſt.

9 And the Land of Aegypt shal be into a deſert, and into a wildernes: and they shal know that I am the Lord: for that thou haſt ſayd: The riuer is mine, and I made it.

10 Therfore behold I to thee, and to thy riuers: and I wil geue the Land of Aegypt into deſolations, deſtroyed with the ſword, from the tower of Syene, euen to the borders of Aethiopia.

11 The foote of man shal not paſſe through it, neither shal the foote of beaſt goe in it: and it shal not be inhabited fourtie yeares.

12 And I wil make the Land of Aegypt deſert in the middes of deſert lands, & the cities therof in the middes of cities ouerthrowen, and they shal be deſolate fourtie yeares: and I wil diſperſe the Aegyptians into nationes, and wil ſcatter them into the landes.

13 Becauſe thus ſaith our Lord God: After the end of fourtie years I wil gather Aegypt out of the peoples in which they had bene diſperſed.

14 And I wil bring backe the captiuitie of Aegypt, and wil place them in the land of Phatures, in the land of their natiuitie, and they shal be there as a low kingdom:

15 among other kingdoms it shal be loweſt, and it shal no more be eleuated ouer the nations, and I wil diminish them that they rule not ouer the Gentils.

16 And they shl no more be to the houſe of Iſrael in confidence, teaching iniquitie, that they may flee, and folow them: and they shal know that I am the Lord God.

17 And it came to paſſe in [::] the ſeuen and twenteth yeare, in the firſt, in the firſt of the moneth: the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

18 Sonne of man, Nabuchodnoſor the king of Babylon hath made his armie to ſerue with great ſeruice agaynſt Tyre: euerie head made bald, and euerie shoulder hath the heare plucked of: and [::] there hath bene no reward rendred him, nor his armie concerning Tyre, for the ſeruice that he ſerued me agaynſt it.

19 Therfore thus ſayth our Lord God: Behold I wil geue Nabuchodonſor the king of Babylon in the Land of Aegypt: and he shal take the multitude therof, and take the boories therof for a praye, and rifle the ſpoiles therof: and it shal be :: a reward for his armie,

20 and for the worke, that he ſerued me agaynſt it: I haue geuen him the Land of Aegypt, for that they haue labored for me, ſayth our Lord God.

21 In that day there shal a horne ſpring to the houſe of Iſrael, and I wil geue thee an open mouth in the middes of them: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 29

• 1 [::] Prophetes do not write their prophecies in order of time as they were reueled; for in former chapters he wrote that which he ſaw in the eleuenth yeare: ch. 26. v. 1. but that which was ſooner fulfilled: or becauſe Tyre & Sidon were nerer in ſituation to Ieruſalem then Aegypt he writte that prophecie before this.
• 17 [::] This viſion againſt Aegypt is in confirmation of the former 17. yeares before. v. 1.
• 18 [::] Of this place S⟨illegible⟩e⟨illegible⟩om proueth that God reward⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩halſo Infidels for their moral good woorkes temporally, though they can not merite an eternal revvard as the iuſt doe.

Chapter 30

CHAP. XXX. Aegypt shal be ſo waſted, 5. that Aethiopia, and other neighboures shal tremble; 9. ſeing the cities and countrie deſtroyed. 20. Al which is confirmed againe by an other viſion.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man prophecie, & ſay: Thus ſayth our Lord God: Howle ye, wo, wo to the day:

3 becauſe the day is nere, and [::] the day of our Lord approcheth: the day of a cloude, the [::] time of the Gentiles shal be.

4 And the ſword shal come into Aegypt: & there shal be feare in Aethiopia, when the woonded shal fal in Aegypt, and the multitude therof shal be taken away, and the fundations therof be deſtroyed.

5 Aethiopia, and Libia, and the Lydians, and al the reſt of the common people, and Chub, and the children of the land of couenan⟨illegible⟩, shal fal with them by the ſword.

6 Thus ſayth our Lord God: And they shal fal that vnderproppe Aegypt, and the pride of the empire therof shal be deſtroyed: from the towre of Siena shal they fal in it by the ſword, ſayth our Lord the God of hoſtes.

7 And they shal be diſſipated in the middes of deſolate landes, and the cities therof shal be in the middes of deſert cities.

8 And they shal know that I am the Lord: when I shal haue geuen fyre in Aegypt, and al the ayders therof shal be broken.

9 In that day shal meſſengers goe forth from my face in gallies to terrifie the confidence of Aethiopia, and there shal be feare among them in the day of Aegypt: becauſe it shal come without doubt.

10 Thus ſayth our Lord God: I wil make the multitude of Aegypt to ceaſe in the hand of Nabuchodonoſor the king of Babylon.

11 He and his people with him the ſtrongeſt of the Gentiles shal be brought to deſtroy the land: and they shal draw their ſwordes vpon Aegypt: and shal fil the land with the ſlaine.

12 And I wil make the channels of the riuers drie, and wil deliuer the land into the handes of the moſt wicked: and wil dſſipate the land and the fulnes therof in the handes of aliens, I the Lord haue ſpoken.

13 Thus ſayth our Lord God: And I wil deſtroy the idols, and I wil make the idols to ceaſe out of Memphis: and duke of the land of Aegypt there shal be no more: and I wil geue terrour in the land of Aegypt.

14 And I wil deſtroy the land of Phathures, and wil geue fire in Taphnis, and wil do iudgements in Alexandria.

15 And I wil powre out mine indignation vpon Peluſium the ſtrength of Aegypt, and wil kil the multitude of Alexandria,

16 And wil geue fyre in Aegypt: as a woman in trauel shal Peluſium ſorow, & Alexandria shal be diſſipated, and in Memphis daylie diſtreſſes.

17 The youngmen of Heliopolis, and of Bubaſti shal fal by the ſword, and themſelues shal be led captiue.

18 And in Taphnis the day shal waxe black, when I shal haue broken there the ſcepters of Aegypt, and the pride of the might therof shal faile in it: the cloude shal couer her, & her daughters shal be led into captiuitie.

19 And I wil doe iudgements in Aegypt: & they shal know that I am the Lord.

20 And it came to paſſe in the eleuenth yeare in the firſt moneth, in the ſeuenth of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

21 Sonne of man, I [::] haue broken the arme of Pharao king of Aegypt: and behold it is not wound vp, that health might be reſtored to it, that it might be bound with clothes, and ſwadled with linnen cloutes, that recouering ſtrength it might hold the ſword.

22 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I to Pharao king of Aegypt, & I wil breake into peeces his ſtrong arme, already broken: and I wil caſt downe the ſword out of his hand:

23 and wil diſperſe Aegypt among the Gentils, and wil ſcatter them in the landes.

24 And I wil ſtrengthen the armes of the king of Babylon, and wil geue my ſword in his hand: and I wil breake the armes of Pharao, and the ſlaine before his face shal grone with groninges.

25 And I wil ſtrengthen the armes of the king of Babylon, and the armes of Pharao shal fal: and they shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal geue my ſword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shal haue ſtreched it forth vpon the Land of Aegypt.

26 And I wil diſperſe Aegypt into nations, and wil ſcatter them into landes, and they shal know that I am the Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 30

• 3 [::] The day of iuſt puniſhment is called the day of our Lord. As the Apoſtle calleth the day of general iudgement the day of our Lord. 1. Cor▪ 5. 2. Cor. 1 & 1. Theſ. 5.
• 3 [::] The time vvhen the Chaldees, the moſt potent nation ſhal conquer, and triumph ouer Aegypt.
• 21 [::] Part of the kingdom of Aegypt was ſubd⟨illegible⟩ed before this time by the king of Babylon. 4. Reg. 24. v. 7.

Chapter 31

CHAP. XXXI. The glorie of Aſſirians excelling al other kingdomes, 10. was ouerthrowne, God ſo ordayning, by the Chaldees: 18. much leſſe shal Aegypt eſcape.

1 AND it came to paſſe in the eleuenth yeare, the third moneth, the firſt of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man, ſay to Pharao the king of Aegypt, and to his people: [::] To whom art thou made like in thy greatnes?

3 Behold Aſſur as it were a ceder in Libanus, fayre of boughes, and thicke of leaues, and high of height▪ and the toppe therof is eleuated among the thicke boughes.

4 The waters haue nourished him, the depth hath exalted him, the riuers therof ranne out round about the rootes therof, and he ſent forth her riuers to al the trees of the countrie.

5 Therfore was his height eleuated aboue al the trees of the countrie: and his groues were multiplied, and his boughes were eleuated becauſe of manie waters.

6 And when he had ſpred forth his shadow, in his boughes al the foules of the heauen made neſts, and vnder his leaues al beaſts of the forreſts engendred, and vnder his shadow dwelt the aſſemblie of verie manie nations.

7 And he was moſt faire in his greatnes, and in the enlarging of his groues: for his roote was nere manie waters.

8 The ceders were not higher then he in the paradiſe of God, the firretrees matched not his toppe, and the planetrees were not equal to his boughes: no tree of the paradiſe of God was likened to him, and to his beautie.

9 Becauſe I made him beautiful, and with manie & thicke boughes: and al the trees of pleaſure, that were in the paradiſe of God, did emulate him.

10 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: For that he is extolled in height, and hath geuen his toppe greene and thicke, and his hart is eleuated in his height:

11 I haue deliuered him into the handes of the ſtrongeſt of the nations, doing he shal doe to him: according to his impietie I haue caſt him out.

12 And aliens, and the moſt cruel of the nations shal cut him downe, and shal throw him forth vpon the mountaines, and in al valleis his boughes shal fal, and his groues shal be broken on al rockes of the land: and al the peoples of the earth shal depart from his shadow, and shal leaue him.

13 In his ruine dwelt al the foules of heauen, and in his boughes were al the beaſts of the fielde.

14 For which cauſe there shal not be eleuated in their height al the trees of the waters, neitheir shal they put their highnes among the wooddie and thicke ones, neither shal they ſtand in their height, al that are watered with waters: becauſe they are al deliuered into death to the loweſt earth in the middes of the children of men, to them that goe downe into the lake.

15 Thus ſaith our Lord God: In the day that he went downe to hel, I brought in mourning, I couered him with the depth: and I ſtayed his riuers, and kept in manie waters: Libanus was made ſad vpon him, and al the trees of the filde were shaken.

16 At the ſound of his ruine I moued the Gentils, when I brought him downe to hel with them, that deſcended into the lake: and al the trees of pleaſure goodlie and glorious in Libanus, al that were watered with waters, were comfourted in the loweſt earth.

17 For they alſo shal goe downe with him to hel to the ſlaine by the ſword: and the arme of euerie one shal ſitte vnder his shadow in the middes of the nations.

18 [::] To whom art thou likened ô thou noble and loftie among the trees of pleaſure? Behold thou a⟨illegible⟩t brought downe with the trees of pleaſure to the loweſt earth: in the middes of the vncircumciſed shalt thou ſleepe, with them that are ſlaine by the ſword, the ſame is Pharao, and al his multitude, ſaith our Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 31

• 2 [::] Thou that ſemeſt to thyſelf inuincible yet art thou not equal to the king of Aſſirians, who already is ouer throwne; and ſo ⟨illegible⟩halt thou likewiſe be.
• 18 [::] Although ⟨illegible⟩ Aegypt thou art like to the moſt potent kingdomes, yet as the aſſirians & others ſo thou alſo ſhalt be ruined.

Chapter 32

CHAP. XXXII. The Prophet lamenteth the deſtruction of Aegypt. 11. proſecuting his prophecie of the moſt lamentable deſtruction therof. 17. foreshewing that the more it is exalted in ſtrength and glorie, ſo much more miſerable shal be the fal therof.

1 AND it came to paſſe, [::] the twelth yeare, in the twelth moneth, in the firſt of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man, take vp a lamentation vpon Pharao the king of Aegypt, & thou shalt ſay to him: Thou art likened to the Lion of the Gentils, and the dragon, that is in the ſea: and thou didſt ſtrike with the horne in thy riuers, and didſt truble the waters with thy fete, and didſt conculcare their ſtreames.

3 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: I wil ſpred my nette vpon thee in the multitude of manie peoples▪ and I wil draw thee out in my nette.

4 And I wil throw thee forth on the ground, vpon the face of the filde wil I caſt thee away: and I wil make al the foules of heauen to dwel vpon thee, and I wil fil of thee the beaſtes of al the earth.

5 And I wil geue thy flesh vpon the moutaines, and wil fil the litle hilles with thy corruption.

6 And I wil water the earth with the ſtinche of thy bloud vpon the mountaines, and the valleis shal be filled of thee.

7 And I wil couer the heauens, when thou shalt be extinguished, and I wil make the ſtarres therof to waxe blacke: the ſunne I wil couer with a cloude, and the moone shal not geue her light.

8 I wil make [::] al the lightes of heauen to mourne vpon thee: & I wil geue darkenes vpon thy land, ſaith our Lord God, when thy wounded shal fal in the middes of the land, ſaith our Lord God.

9 And I shal prouoke to anger the hart of manie peoples, when I shal haue brought in thy deſtruction in the Gentils vpon the landes, which thou knoweſt no⟨illegible⟩.

10 And I wil make manie peoples to be aſtonied vpon thee, and their kinges, with exceding horrour shal be afraid vpon thee, when my ſword shal beginne to flie vpon their faces: and they shal be aſtonied ſodenly, euerie one for his life, in the day of thy ruine.

11 Becauſe thus ſaith our Lord God:

12 The ſword of the king of Babylon shal come to thee, in the ſwordes of the valients wil I ouerthrow thy multitude: inuincible are al theſe Gentils: and they shal waſte the pride of Aegypt, and the multitude therof shal be diſſipated.

13 And I wil deſtroy al the beaſts therof, that were vpon verie manie waters: and the foote of man shal truble them no more, neither shal the hoofe of beaſts truble them.

14 Then wil I make their waters moſt pure, and their riuers I wil bring as oile, ſaith our Lord God.

15 When I shal haue made the Land of Aegypt deſolate: and the land shal be made deſert of her fulnes, when I shal haue ſtrooken al the inhabitāts therof: & they shal know that I am the Lord.

16 It is lamentation, and they shal lament it, the daughters of the Gentils shal lament it, vpon Aegypt, and vpon the multitude therof they shal lament it, ſaith our Lord God.

17 And it came to paſſe in the twelfth yeare, in the fiftenth of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

18 Sonne of man, ſing a mourning ſong vpon the multitude of Aegypt: and plucke her downe, herſelf, and the daughters of the ſtrong nations to the loweſt earth with them, that goe downe into the lake.

19 Fayrer then whom art thou? Deſcend, and ſleepe with the vncircumciſed.

20 In the middes of the ſlaine by the ſword they shal fal: the ſword is geuen, they haue drawen her, and al her peoples.

21 The moſt mightie of the ſtrong shal ſpeake to him from the middes of hel, which went downe with his helpers, and ſlept vncircumciſed, ſlame by the ſword.

22 There Aſſur, and al his multitude: round about him their graues, al the ſlaine, and they that fel by the ſword.

23 Whoſe graues were made in the loweſt lakes: and his multitude was made round about his graue: al the ſlaine, and they that fel by the ſword, which ſometime had geuen feare in the land of the liuing.

24 There Aelam, and al the multitude therof round about her graue. al theſe ſlaine, and falling by the ſword: that went downe vncircumciſed to the loweſt earth: which did put their terrour in the land of the liuing, and they haue borne their ignominie with them, that goe downe into the lake.

25 In the middes of their ſlaine they haue ſet [::] her couche among al her peoples: round about [::] him their gra⟨illegible⟩e: al theſe vncircumciſed, and ſlaine by the ſword, for they gaue their terrour in the land of the liuing, and haue borne their ignominie with them, that deſcend into the lake: they are layde in the middes of the ſlaine.

26 There Moſoch, and Thubal, and al their ▪multitude: round about him their graues: al theſe vncircumciſed, and ſlaine, and falling by the ſword: becauſe they gaue their feare in the land of the liuing▪

27 And they shal not ſleepe with the valients, and them that fel, and the vncircumciſed, that went downe to hel with their weapons, and put their ſwordes vnder their heades, and their iniquities were in their bones: becauſe they were made the terrour of the valients in the land of the liuing.

28 And thou therfore shalt be deſtroyed in the middes of the vncircumciſed, and shalt ſleepe with the ſlaine by the ſword.

29 There Idumea, and her kinges, & al her princes, which were geuen with their hoſt with the ſlaine by the ſword: and which ſlept with the vncircumciſed, and with them that goe downe into the lake.

30 There al the princes of the North, and al the hunters: which were brought downe with the ſlaine, fearing, and in their ſtrength confounded: which ſlept vncircumciſed with the ſlaine by the ſword, and haue borne their ignominie with them, that goe downe into the lake.

31 Pharao ſaw them, and he was comforted vpon al his multitude, which was ſlaine by the ſword, Pharao, and al his hoſt, ſaith our Lord God:

32 becauſe I gaue his terrour in the land of the liuing, & he ſlept in the middes of the vncircumciſed with the ſlaine by the ſword: Pharao and al his multitude: ſaith our Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 32

• 1 [::] Here it is manifeſt that this prophet counteth the yeares by the time of tranſmigration of king Iechonias, for it is clere that Sedecias ⟨illegible⟩eigned only eleuen yeares. 4. Reg. 24. & 25. Iere. ⟨illegible⟩. & 52
• 8 [::] This hyperbolical ſpeach deſcribeth the former glorie of Aegypt, as if al lightes were much diminiſhed, when this kingdom was darkned.
• 25 [::] The countrie of the Aelamites:
• 25 [::] and the king of Aelam⟨illegible⟩es ſhal alſo periſh with Aſſirians, Aegyptians & other infidels.

Chapter 33

CHAP. XXXIII. By example of a watchman, 7. God chargeth the prophet to declare whatſoeuer dangers he ſeeth imminent to the people. 10. Sinners repenting shal be ſaued, and if the iuſt leaue their iuſtice they shal be damned 21. The promiſe made to Abraham maketh not the Iewes ſecure: 23. but for their enormious ſinnes they shal be caried out captiues. 33. Then they shal know that the prophet ſaid the truth.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man, ſpeake to the children of thy people, and thou shalt ſay to them: The land when I shal bring the ſword in vpon it, and the people of the land take a man, one of their meaneſt, & make him [::] a watchman ouer them:

3 and he shal ſee the ſword coming vpon the land, and ſound with the trumpet, & tel the people:

4 and he that heareth the ſound of the trumpet, whoſoeuer he be, and doth not looke to himſelfe, and the ſword come, and take him: his bloud shal be vpon his head.

5 He heard the ſound of the trumpet, and did not looke to himſelf, his bloud shal be on himſelf: but if he shal looke to himſelf, he shal ſaue his life.

6 And if the watchman ſee the ſword coming, and ſound not with the trumpet: and the people looke not to them ſelues, and the ſword come, and take a ſoule from among them: he certes is caught in his iniquitie, but his bloud I wil require of the hand of the watchman.

7 And thou ſonne of man, I haue made thee a watchman to the houſe of Iſrael: hearing therfore the word from my mouth, thou shalt tel them from me.

8–9 If when I ſay to the impious: O thou impious, dying thou shalt dye: thou ſpeake not that the impious may keepe himſelf from his way: the impious himſelf shal dye in his iniquitie, but his bloud I wil require at thy hand. But if thou telling the impious, that he conuert from his wayes, he conuert not from his way: he shal dye in his iniquitie: but thou haſt deliuered thy ſoule.

10 Thou therfore ô ſonne of man ſay to the houſe of Iſrael: Thus you haue ſpoken, ſaying: Our iniquities, and our ſinnes are vpon vs, & in them we fade away: how then can we liue?

11 Say to them: Liue I, ſayeth our Lord God: [::] I wil not the death of the impious, but that the impious conuert from his way, and liue. Conuert, conuert ye from your moſt euil wayes: and [::] why wil you dye ô houſe of Iſrael?

12 Thou therfore ſonne of man ſay to the children of thy people: The iuſtice of the iuſt shal not deliuer him, in what day ſoeuer he shal ſinne: and the impietie of the impious shal not hurt him, in what day ſoeuer he shal conuert from his impietie: and the iuſt can not liue in his iuſtice, in what day ſoeuer he shal ſinne.

13 Yea if I shal ſay to the iuſt that liuing he shal liue, and he truſting in his iuſtice doe iniquitie: al his iuſtices shal be forgotten, and in his iniquitie, which he hath wrought, in the ſame shal he dye.

14 And if I shal ſay to the impious: Dying thou shalt dye: and he do penance from his ſinne & do iudgement and iuſtice,

15 and the ſame impious reſtore pledge, and render robberie, walke in the commandments of life, and doe not anie vniuſt thing: liuing he shal liue, & shal not dye.

16 Al his ſinnes, which he hath ſinned, shal not be imputed to him▪ he hath done iudgement and iuſtice, liuing he shal liue.

17 And the children of thy people, haue ſaid: The way of our Lord is nor of equal weight, & their owne way is vniuſt.

18 For when the iuſt shal depart frō his iuſtice, and doe iniquities, he shal dye in them.

19 And when the impious shal depart from his impictie, and shal doe iudgements, and iuſtice: he shal liue in them.

20 And you ſay: The way of our Lord is not right, euery one according to his wayes wil I iudge of you, ô houſe of Iſrael.

21 And it came to paſſe in [::] the twelfth yeare, in the tenth moneth, in the fifth of the moneth of our tranſmigration, there came to me one that was fled from Ieruſalem, ſaying: The citie is made waſte.

22 And the hand of our Lord had bene made to me in the euening, before he came that was fled: and he opened my mouth til he came to me in the morning, and my mouth being opened I was ſilent no more.

23 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

24 Sonne of man: They that dwel in theſe ruinous places, vpon the ground of Iſrael, ſpeaking doe ſay: Abraham was one, and by inheritance he poſſeſſed the land: but we be manie, the land is geuen vs in poſſeſſion.

25 Therfore thou shalt ſay to them: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Ye that eate in bloud, & lift vp your eyes to your vncleanes, & shed bloud: what shal you poſſeſſe the land by inheritance?

26 You ſtood on your ſwords, you haue done abominations, and euerie one hath polluted his neighbours wife: and you wil poſſeſſe the land by inheritance?

27 Thus thou shalt ſay to them: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Liue I, that they which dwel in the ruinous places, shal fal by the ſword: and he that is in the filde, shal be deliuered to beaſtes to be deuoured: and they that are in holdes, and caues, shal dye of the peſtilence.

28 And I wil geue the land into a wildernes, & into a deſert, and the proude ſtrength therof shal faile, and the mountaines of Iſrael shal be deſolate, becauſe there is none to paſſe by them.

29 And they shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal geue their land deſolate and deſert for al their abominations, which they haue wrought.

30 And thou ſonne of man: the children of thy people, which ſpeake of thee by the walles, and in the doores of houſes, and one ſaith to an other, a man to his neighbour, ſpeaking: Come, and let vs heare what is the word that procedeth from our Lord.

31 And they come to thee, as if a people should goe in, and my people ſitte before thee: and they heare thy wordes, and doe them not: becauſe they turne them into a ſong of their mouth, and their hart foloweth their auarice.

32 And thou art vnto them as a muſical ſong which is ſung with ſwete and pleaſant ſound: and they heare thy wordes, and doe them not.

33 And when it shal come to paſſe which was told before (for behold it cometh) then shal they know that there was a propher among them.

Marginal notes to Chapter 33

• 2 [::] Paſtors are not excuſed, omitting to admoniſh their flocke either for feare of danger, or for deſpare of the ſinners amendment.
• 6 For euerie one ſhal be iudged as he diſcargeth or neglecteth his owne office. S. Iere.
• 11 [::] Gods abſolute or conſequent wil is alvvayes fulfilled: but not his conditional or an ecedent. As is noted ch. 18. v. 23.
• 11 [::] God being alwayes ⟨illegible⟩e⟨illegible⟩dy to ſhew mercie, knocking at the dore of our hart Apoc. 3. v. 20. it is of mens owne vvilfulnes that they are not ſa⟨illegible⟩e⟨illegible⟩: according to that general Axiome. Man doing that in him ⟨illegible⟩th God ⟨illegible⟩ not vvanting of his part to ſaue al. S. Tho 1. 2. q. 109. a. 6. & q. 112. a. 3.
• 21 [::] As he prophecied ch. 24. v. 2 the very day vvhen the ſiege begane: ſo he foreſhewed alſo. v. 26. that one flying avvay ſhould tel of the taking and ſpoyling of the citie three yeares after.

Chapter 34

CHAP. XXXIIII. Acommination to euil paſtors: 11. and a prophecie of the coming of Chriſt, the true Paſtor; who wil gather his flocke from al partes of the earth. 25. and conſerue it for euer.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man prophecie of the paſtours of Iſrael: prophecie, and thou shalt ſay to the paſtours: Thus fayth our Lord God: Wo to the paſtours of Iſrael, which fed themſelues: are not the flockes fed of the paſtours?

3 You did eate the milke, and were couered with the wool, and that which was fatte ye killed: but my flocke you fed not.

4 That which was weake, you ſtrengthened not: and that which was ſicke, you healed not: that which was broken, you bound not vp: and that which was caſt away, you brought not againe: and that which was loſt, you ſought not: but with auſteritie you did rule ouer them, and with might.

5 And my sheepe were diſperſed, becauſe there was [::] no paſtour: and they came to be deuoured of al the beaſts of the filde, and were diſperſed.

6 My flockes haue wandered in al mountaines, and in euerie high hil: and vpon al the face of the earth were my flockes diſperſed, and there was none that ſought them, there was none, I ſay, that ſought them.

7 Therfore ye sheepheards heare the word of our Lord:

8 Liue I, ſaith our Lord God: that for as much as my flockes haue bene made a ſpoile: & my sheepe to be deuoured of al the beaſts of the filde, becauſe there was no paſtour (for my paſtours did not ſeeke my flocke but the paſtours fed themſelues, & my flockes they fed not:)

9 therfore ye paſtours heare the word of our Lord:

10 Thus ſayth our Lord God: Behold I my ſelf vpon the shepheards, I wil require my flocke of their hand, and I wil make them ceaſe, that they fede my flocke no more, and that the paſtours feede no more themſelues: and I wil deliuer my flocke out of their mouth, and it shal no more be meate for them.

11 Becauſe thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I my ſelf wil ſeeke my sheepe, and wil viſite them.

12 As the paſtour viſiteth his flocke in the day when he shal be in the middes of his sheepe which were ſcattered: ſo wil I viſite my sheepe, and wil deliuer them out of al places, wherein they had bene diſperſed in the day of the cloude and of darkenes.

13 And I wil bring them out of the peoples, and wil gather them out of the landes, and wil bring them into their owne land: and I wil feede them in the mountaines of Iſrael, in the riuers, and in al the ſeates of the land.

14 In the moſt plentiful paſtures wil I feede them, and in the high mountaines of Iſrael shal be their paſtures: there shal they reſt on the greene graſſe, and in fatte paſtures they shal be fed vpon the mountaines of Iſrael.

15 I wil fede my sheepe: & I wil make them lie, ſaith our Lord God.

16 [::] That which was loſt, I wil ſeke: & that which was caſt away, I wil bring againe: and that which was broken I wil binde vp: and that which was weake, I wil ſtrengthen: and that which was fatte & ſtrong, I wil kepe: & wil feede them in iudgment.

17 And you my flockes, thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I iudge betwen beaſt and beaſt, of rammes, and of bucke goates.

18 Was it not ynough for you to feede vpon good paſtures? you haue beſides alſo troden downe with your fete the reſidue of your paſtures: and when you dranke moſt pure water, the reſt you trubled with your feete.

19 And my sheepe were fed with thoſe thinges, which were troden with your feete: and what your feete had trubled, that did they drinke.

20 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God to you: Behold, I myſelf doe iudge betwen the fat beaſt and the leane.

21 For that you with ſides and shoulders did thruſt, and with your hornes ſtroke al the weake beaſtes, til they were diſperſed abrode:

22 I wil ſaue my flocke, & it shal be no more into ſpoile, & I wil iudge betwen beaſt and beaſt.

23 AND I WIL RAISE VP OVER THEM ONE PASTOVR: who shal fede them, my ſeruant [::] Dauid: he shal fede them, and he shal be their Paſtour.

24 And I the Lord wil be their God: & my ſeruant Dauid the prince in the middes of them: I the Lord haue ſpoken.

25 And I wil make a couenant of peace with them, and wil make the moſt cruel beaſtes to ceaſe out of the land: and they that dwel in the deſert, shal ſleepe ſecure in the forreſts.

26 And I wil put them round about my hil a bleſſing: and I wil bring downe the showere in his time, there shal be raynes of bleſſing.

27 And the tree of the filde shal geue his fruite, and the earth shal geue her ſpring, and they shal be in their land without feare: and they shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal haue broken the cheynes of their yoke, and shal haue deliuered them out of the hand of thoſe that rule ouer them.

28 And they shal be no more for a ſpoile in the Gentiles, neither shal the beaſtes of the earth deuoure them: but they shal dwel confidently without any terrour.

29 And I wil raiſe vp vnto them a bud of name: and they shal be no more diminished for famine in the land, neither shal they beare anie more the reproch of the Gentiles.

30 And they shal know that I the Lord their God with them, and they my people the houſe of Iſrael: ſaith our Lord God.

31 And you my flockes, the flockes of my paſture are men: and I the Lord your God, ſaith our Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 34

• 2 Paſtors do lawfully eate of the milke of their flock. 1. Cor. 9. v. 7. but they ought not to take the wool, nor fleſh to themſelues, which belong to their maſter.
• 5 [::] He that hath ſpiritual charge of ſoules, and ſeeketh his owne temporal profite, not the ſpiritual good of his flocke, is in dede no paſtor, but a hyreling, or if he alſo teach falſe doctrine, he is a woolf. Ioan. 1⟨illegible⟩.
• 16 [::] Not only Chriſt himſelf but alſo others ſhal doe theſe right Offices of true paſtors in the new Teſtament. as S. Paul conformably teacheth▪ Ephe. 4. that God geueth Apoſtles, Prophets Euangeliſtes, Paſtors and doctors to the conſummation: of Sainctes, tilvve mete al into the v⟨illegible⟩itie of faith &c.
• 23 I⟨illegible⟩. 1⟨illegible⟩.
• 23 [::] No Iewe is ſo obſtinate; nor heretike ſo blind, but al confeſſe that Meſſias, Chriſt is here called by the name of Dauid. For king Dauid was now dead long before this prophet liued. See the ſame ch. 17. v. 24. 25. and in manie places of holie Scripture.

Chapter 35

CHAP. XXXV. An other prophecie againſt the Idumeans, 5. becauſe they afflicted the Iſraelites.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man [::] ſet thy face againſt mount Seir, and thou shalt prophecie of it, and shalt ſay to it:

3 Thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I to thee mount Seir, and I wil ſtretch forth my hand vpon thee, and wil make thee deſolate and deſert.

4 Thy cities I wil deſtroy, and thou ſhalt be deſert: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

5 [::] For that thou haſt bene an euerlaſting enemie, and haſt shutvp the children of Iſrael into the handes of the ſword in the time of their affliction, in the time of extreme iniquitie.

6 Therfore liue I, ſaith our Lord God, that I wil deliuer thee vnto bloud, & bloud shal perſecute thee: & wheras thou haſt hated bloud, bloud shal perſecute thee.

7 And I wil make mount Seir deſolate and deſert: and I wil take from it the comer, and goer.

8 And I wil fil his mountaines with his ſlaine: in thy hilles, and in thy valleis, and in the torrents shal the ſlaine with the ſword fal.

9 Into euerlaſting deſolations wil I deliuer thee, and thy cities shal not be inhabited: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord God.

10 For that thou haſt ſaid: The two nations, and the two landes shal be mine, and I wil poſſeſſe them by inheritance: wheras our Lord was there.

11 Therfore liue I, ſaith our Lord God, that I wil doe according to thy wrath, and according to thy zele, which thou haſt vſed hating them: and I wil be made knowne by them, when I shal haue iudged thee.

12 And thou shalt know that I the Lord haue heard al thy reproches, that thou haſt ſpoken of the montaines of Iſrael, ſaying: They are deſert, they are geuen vnto vs to deuoure.

13 And you roſe vp vpon me with your mouth, & haue derogated your wordes againſt me: I heard it.

14 Thus ſaith our Lord God: Al the earth reioycing, I wil bring thee into a wildernes.

15 As thou haſt reioyced vpon the inheritance of the houſe of Iſrael, becauſe it was diſſipated, ſo wil I doe to thee: Thou shalt be diſſipated mount Seir, and al Idumea: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 35

• 2 [::] This frequent phraſe here and in other places ſignifieth, turne thy ſpeach to ſpeake of ſuch and ſuch people: or, ſpeake boldly and freely fearing no man.
• 5 [::] God accounteth al iniuries done againſt his Church, as done againſt himſelf. So our Sauiour charged Saul perſecuting the Church, as perſecuting himſelf. A⟨illegible⟩. 9. v. 4.

Chapter 36

CHAP. XXXVI. [Margin: The 4. part. The reduction of the Iewes from captiuitie: and the Redemption of mankind by Chriſt.] The Iewes shal be reduced from captiuitie, 13. their maners amended. 16. which are enormious, 22. by ſpecial grace of God, for the glorie of his name: 25. fulfilled by Christs baptiſme.

1 AND thou ſonne of man, prophecie concerning the mountainnes of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſay: Mountainnes of Iſrael heare ye the word of our Lord:

2 Thus ſaith our Lord God: For that the enemie hath ſayd of you: Aha, the euerlaſting heightes are geuen to vs for an inheritante:

3 therfore prophecie, & ſay: Thus ſaith our Lord God: For that you haue bene deſolate, and troden downe round about, and made an inheritance to the reſt of the Gentils, and haue aſcended [::] vpon the lippe of the tongue, & the reproche of the people:

4 therfore ye mountaines of Iſrael heare the word of our Lord God: Thus ſayth our Lord God to the mountaines, and hilles, to the torrents, and valleis, & the deſerts, and broken walleis, & to the cities forſaken which are ſpoiled, & ſcotned of the reſt of the Nations round about.

5 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Becauſe in fyre of my zele I haue ſpoken of the reſt of the nations, and of al Iduma, which haue geuen my land to themſelues for an inheritance with ioy, and with al their hart, and with the minde: and haue caſt it forth to waſte it:

6 therfore prophecie concerning the ground of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſay to the montaines, & hilles, to the hiltoppes, and valleis: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I haue ſpoken in my zele, & in my furie becauſe you haue ſuſteyned the confuſion of the Gentiles.

7 Therfore thus ſayth our Lord God: I haue lifted my hand, that the Gentiles which are round about you, they may beare their confuſion.

8 But you ô mountaines of Iſrael may shoote forth your boughes, and bring forth your fruite to my people of Iſrael: for he is at hand to come.

9 Becauſe loe I to you, and I wil turne to you, and you shal be ploughed, and shal take ſeede.

10 And I wil multiplie in you men, & al the houſe of Iſrael: and the cities shal be inhabited, and the ruinous places shal be repayred.

11 And I wil replenish you with men, and with beaſts: and they shal be multiplied, and increaſe: and I wil make you dwel as from the beginning, and wil endewe you with greater giftes, then you haue had from the beginning: and you shal know that I am the Lord.

12 And I wil bring men vpon you, my people Iſrael, and they shal poſſeſſe thee by inheritance: and thou shalt be for an inheritance to them, and thou shalt adde no more to be without them.

13 Thus ſaith our Lord God: For that they ſay of you: A deuourer of men thou art, and one that doeſt ſuffocate thy nation.

14 Therfore thou shalt eare men no more, and thy nation thou shalt kil no more, ſaith our Lord God:

15 neither wil I make the confuſion of the Gentils, to be heard in thee anie more, and the reproch of the people thou shalt not beare, and thy nation thou shalt loſe no more, ſaith our Lord God.

16 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

17 Sonne of man, the houſe of Iſrael dwelt in their ground, and polluted it in their wayes, and in their ſtudies according to the vncle anes of a menſtruous woman was their way made before me.

18 And I haue powred out mine indignation vpon them for the bloud, which they haue shed vpon the land, and in their idols haue polluted it.

19 And I haue diſperſed them into the Gentils, and they are ſcattered into the landes: according to their wayes, and their inuentions haue I iudged them.

20 And they went in to the Nations, vnto which they entered, and [::] haue polluted my holie name, when it was ſaid of them: This is the people of the Lord, and out of his land they are come forth.

21 And I haue ſpared my holie name, which the houſe of Iſrael polluted among the Gentiles, to which they entered in.

22 Therfore thou shalt ſay to the houſe of Iſrael: Thus ſaith our Lord God, not for your ſake wil I doe it, ô houſe of Iſrael, but for my holie name which you haue polluted in the Nations to which you entered.

23 And I wil ſanctifie my great name, that is polluted among the Gentiles, which you haue polluted in the middes of them: that the Gentils may know that I am the Lord, ſaith our Lord of hoſtes, when I shal be ſanctified in you before them.

24 For I wil take you out of the Gentils, and wil gather you together out of al the landes, and wil bring you into your land.

25 And I wil powre out vpon you [::] cleane water, and you shal be clenſed from al your contaminations, & from al your idols wil I clenſe you.

26 And I wil geue you a new hart, and wil put a new ſpirit in the middes of you: and wil take away the ſtonie hart out of your flesh, and wil geue you a fleshie hart.

27 And I wil put my ſpirite in the middes of you: and I[::] wil make that you walke in my precepts, & keepe my iudgements, and doe them.

28 And you shal dwel in the land: which I gaue to your fathers, and you shal be my people, and I wil be your God.

29 And I wil ſaue you from al your contaminations: and I wil cal for corne, and wil multiplie it, and wil not put famine vpon you.

30 And I wil multiplie the fruite of the tree, and the ofsprings of the filde, that you beare no more the reproch of famine among the Gentils.

31 And you shal remember your moſt wicked wayes, and your ſtudies not good: and your iniquities, and your wicked deedes shal diſpleaſe you.

32 Not for you wil I doe it, ſaith our Lord God, be it knowne to you: be ye confounded, and ashamed vpon your wayes, ô houſe of Iſrael.

33 Thus ſaith our Lord God: In the day that I shal clenſe you from al your iniquities, and shal make the cities to be inhabited, and shal repayre the ruinous places,

34 and the deſert land shal be tilled, which once was deſolate in the eyes of euerie wayfaringman,

35 they shal ſay: This land vntilled is become as a garden of pleaſure: and the deſert cities, and deſtitute and vndermined, haue ſitten fenced.

36 And the Nations whatſoeuer shal be left round about you, shal know that I the Lord haue builded the deſtroyed thinges, and planted the vntilled places, that I the Lord haue ſpoken, and done it.

37 Thus ſaith our Lord God: As yet in this shal the houſe of Iſrael finde me, that I wil doe for them: I wil multiplie them as a flocke of men,

38 as a holie flocke, as the flocke of Ieruſalem in the ſolemnities therof: So shal the deſert cities be ful of flockes of men: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 36

• 3 [::] Your captiuitie and diſtreſſed ſtate hath geuen occaſion to al nations to ſpeake. & diſcourſe of you. As Ieremie prophecied. ch. 24. v. 9. I vvil geue them into reproch, & to be a parable and a prouerb. &c.
• 20 [::] Iewes by their ſinnes prouoking God to puniſh them with captiuitie, gaue occaſion that other nations ſaid: God could not defend his people: blaſpheming againſt his powre, when he exerciſed iuſtice.
• 25 [::] Rabbi Dauid & the Chaldee Paraphraſis expound this place of remiſſion of ſinne. And al Chriſtian Doctors vnderſtand it of Baptiſme, which in dede is in water clenſing ſinnes. Epheſ 5. v. 26. ⟨illegible⟩it 3. v 5.
• 27 [::] An euident text, that by Gods grace ſome men do kepe the commandments.

Chapter 37

CHAP. XXXVII. By dead bones riſing to life (which alſo ſignifieth the general reſurrection) 11. is prophecied the reduction of the Iewes from captiuitie: 15. the kingdoms of Iuda, and Iſrael shalbe reduced into one kingdom: 23. in figure that al Nations shal be vnited in Christ.

1 THE hand of our Lord was made vpon me, and brought me forth in the ſpirite of our Lord: and left me in the middes of a filde, that was ful of bones.

2 And he led me about through them on euerie ſide: & there were verie manie vpon the face of the filde, and exceeding drie.

3 And he ſayd to me: Sonne of man, thinkeſt thou theſe bones shal liue? And I ſayd,: Lord God, thou knoweſt.

4 And he ſayd to me: Prophecie of theſe bones: and thou shalt ſay to them: Drie bones heare ye the word of our Lord.

5 Thus ſaith our Lord God to theſe bones: Behold[::] I wil put ſpirite into you, and you shal liue.

6 And I wil geue ſinowes vpon you, and wil make flesh to grow vp ouer you, and wil ſtrech a skine on you: and I wil geue you ſpirite, and you shal liue, & you shal know that I am the Lord.

7 And I prophecied as he had commanded me: and there was made a ſound when I prophecied, and behold a commotion: and bones came to bones, euerie one to his iuncture.

8 And I ſaw, and behold vpon them ſinowes, and flesh was growen vp: and a skinne was ſtrerched out in them aboue, and they had noe ſpirite.

9 And he ſayd to me: Prophecie to the ſpirite, prophecie ſonne of man, & thou shalt ſay to the ſpirite: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Come ſpirite from the foure windes, and blow vpon theſe ſlaine, and let them be reuiued.

10 And I prophecied as he had commanded me: & ſpirit entered into them, & they liued: & they ſtood vpon their feete, an armie paſſing great.

11 And he ſayd to me: Sonne of man: Al theſe bones, are the houſe of Iſrael: They ſay: our[a] bones are withered,[b] our hope is perished, and we[c] are cut of.

12 Therfore prophecie, and thou shalt ſay to them: Thus ſayth our Lord God:[d] Behold I wil open your graues, and wil bring you out of your ſepulchers ô my people: and wil bring you into the land of Iſrael.

13 And you shal know that I am the Lord, when I shal haue opened your ſepulchres, and shal haue brought you out of your graues ô my people:

14 and shal haue geuen my ſpirite in you, and you shal liue, and I shal make you reſt vpon your ground: & you shal know that I the Lord haue ſpoken, and done it, ſaith our Lord God:

15 And the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

16 And thou ſonne of man, take thee one peece of wood: and write vpon it: Of Iuda, and of the children of Iſrael his felowes: and take an other peece of wood, and write vpon it: Of Ioſeph the wood of Ephraim, and of al the houſe of Iſrael, and of his ſelowes.

17 And[e] ioyne them, one to the other for thee into one peece of wood, and they shal be into an vnion in thy hand.

18 And when the children of thy people shal ſay to thee ſpeaking: Doeſt thou not declare vnto vs what thou meaneſt by theſe?

19 Thou shalt ſpeake to them: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I wil take the peece of wood of Ioſeph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Iſrael, that are adioyned to him: and I wil geue them together with the peece of wood of Iuda, and wil make them into one peece of wood: and they shal be one in his hand.

20 And the peeces of wood wherupon thou shalt write, in thy hand, shal be before their eyes.

21 And thou shalt ſay to them: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I wil take the children of Iſrael out of the middes of the nations, to which they are gone: and I wil gather them together on euerie ſide, and wil bring them to their ground.

22 And I wil make them into one nation in the land on the mountaines of Iſrael, & there shal be one king ruling ouer them al: and they shal no more be two nations, neither shal they be diuided any more into two kingdoms.

23 Neither shal they be polluted any more in their idols, & their abominations, and al their iniquities: and I wil ſaue them out of al the ſeates, in which they haue ſinned, & I wil clenſe them: and they shal be my people, and I wil be their God.

24 And my ſeruant Dauid king ouer them, and there shal be [::] one paſtour of them al, they shal walke in my iudgements, and shal keepe my commandments, and shal doe them.

25 And they shal dwel vpon the land, which I gaue to my ſeruant Iacob, wherin your fathers dwelt, and they shal dwel vpon it, themſelues, and their children, and their childrens children, euen for euer: and Dauid my ſeruant their prince for euer,

26 And I wil make a league of peace to them an euerlaſting couenat shal be to them: and I wil found them, and wil multiplie them, and wil geue my ſanctification in the middes of them for euer.

27 And my tabernacle shal be in them: and I wil be their God, and they shal be my people.

28 And the Gentils shal know that I am the Lord the ſanctifier of Iſrael, when my ſanctification shal be in the middes of them for euer.

Marginal notes to Chapter 37

• 5 [::] A duble prophecie of two great benefits, the reduction of the Iewes from captiuitie; and of the Gentiles from idolatrie to Chriſt, wherein alſo is included the myſterie of reſurrection.
• 11 [a] One cauſe of diſtruſt that the people of Iſrael ſhould not be reſtored from captiuitie, was becauſe they were like to drie bones.
• 11 [b] Secondly they had al generally loſt their hope of reſtitution.
• 11 [c] Thirdly they ſemed like to trees or plantes cut of at the very root.
• 12 [d] Yet God by his powre and goodnes reſtored them.
• 17 [e] Before Chriſt ioyned the Gentils to his Church he firſt vnited the two kingdoms of Iuda & Iſrael: ſignifying that Catholiques which labour for conuerſion of heretikes (as now in England) muſt firſt agree amongſt themſelues, & then ſhal their endeuoures be more effectual. For ſo al ſhal ſooner be made one fold vnder one ſhepheard.
• 24 [::] Fulfilled by Chriſt the good Paſtor, who bringeth al nations into one folde vnder one paſtor. Ioan. 10. v. 16.

Chapter 38

CHAP. XXXVIII. Gog and Magog moſt tyrannically perſecuting the Church, 17. as other prophetes haue alſo foretold, 20. shal be mightyly ouerthrowne.

1 AND the word of our Lord was made to me, ſaying:

2 Sonne of man, ſet thy face“ againſt [::] Gog▪ & the Land of [::] Magog, the prince of the head of Moſoch, and Thubal: and prophecie of him and thou shalt ſay to him: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I to thee Gog prince of the head of Moſoch and Thubal.

3 And I wil turne thee about, and wil put a bitte in thy iawes: and wil bring forth thee, and al thyne armie, the horſes and horſmen clothed with brigantines,

4 a great multitude, of them that take ſpeare and buckler and ſword▪

5 The Perſians, Aethiopians, and Lybians with them, al with shildes and helmets.

6 Gomer, and al her troupes, the houſes of Thogorma the ſides of the North, & al his ſtrength, and manie peoples with them.

7 Prepare and make readie thy ſelfe, and al thy multitude, that is gathered to thee in heapes: and be thou as a precept to them.

8 After manie dayes thou shalt be viſited: in the later end of yeares thou shalt come to the land, that is returned from the ſword, and is gathered together out of manie peoples, to the mountaines of Iſrael, that were deſert continually: this ſame is brought forth out of the peoples, and they shal al dwel in it confidently.

9 And going vp as a tempeſt thou shalt come, and as it were a clowde that thou maiſt couer the land, thou & thy troupes, and manie peoples with thee.

10 Thus ſayth our Lord God: In that day shal wordes aſcend vpon thy hart, & thou shalt thinke a moſt wicked thought.

11 And shalt ſay: I wil goe vp to the land without wal: I wil come to them that reſt, and dwel ſecurely: al theſe dwel without wal, there are no barres nor gates to them:

12 That thou mayſt take the ſpoiles, and inuade the praye, that thou maiſt lay thy hand vpon them, that [::] had bene deſert, and afterward reſtored, and vpon the people that is gathered together out of the Gentils, which hath begune to poſſeſſe, and to be inhabitant of the nauel of the earth.

13 Saba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tharſis, and al the lions therof shal ſay to thee: What comeſt thou to take ſpoiles? behold thou haſt gathered thy multitude to take the praye, that thou maiſt take ſiluer, and gold, and maiſt take away ſtuffe and ſubſtance, & ſpoile infinite booties.

14 Therfore prophecie thou ſonne of man, and thou shalt ſay to Gog: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Why shalt thou not know in that day, when my people of Iſrael shal dwel confidently?

15 And thou shalt come out of thy place from the ſides of the North, thou and manie peoples with thee, al riders of horſes, a great companie, and a vehement armie.

16 And thou shalt aſcend vpon my people of Iſrael as a clowde, that thou couer the earth. [::] In the later dayes shalt thou be, and I wil bring thee vpon my land: that the Gentils may know me, when I shal be ſanctified in thee before their eyes ô Gog.

17 Thus ſayth our Lord God: Thou then art he, of whom I ſpake in the dayes of old, in the hand of my ſeruants the prophets of Iſrael, which prophecied in the dayes of thoſe times, that I would bring in thee vpon them.

18 And it shal be in that day, in the day of the coming of Gog vpon the land of Iſrael, ſaith our Lord God, myne indignation shal aſcend in my furie.

19 And in my zele, and in the fire of my wrath I haue ſpoken: That in that day shal be a great commotion vpon the land of Iſrael:

20 and at my preſence shal the fishes of the ſea be moued, and the foules of heauen, and the beaſtes of the fild, and enerie creeping thing, that moueth vpon the ground & al men that are vpon the face of the earth: and the mountaines shal be ouerthrowen, and the hedges shal fal, and euerie wal shal fal on the ground.

21 And I wil cal in againſt him [::] in al my moūtaines the ſword, ſaith our Lord God: euerie mans ſword shal be directed againſt his brother.

22 And I wil iudge him with peſtilence, and bloud, and vehement showre, & mightie great ſtones: fire, and brimſtone wil I raine vpon him, and vpon his armie, and vpon the manie peoples that ar⟨illegible⟩ with him.

23 And I wil be magnified, and I wil be ſanctified: and I wil be knowen in the eyes of manie nations: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 38

• 2 [::] Gog, ſignifying hid or couered, was the common ſurname of the Scithian kinges.
• 2 [::] M⟨illegible⟩gog, out of the hid, were the people and adherents of Gog perſecuting the faithful.
• 12 [::] Alluding to thoſe that endeuoured to ſpoyle and oppreſſe the Iewes after their relaxation from captiuitie, he prophecieth of Antichriſt, and al heretikes, that ſeeke to peruert, or to ſuppreſſe Catholique Chriſtians, who are deliuered rom the bondage of the diuel, by Baptiſme and other Sacraments of Chriſt.
• 16 [::] Antichriſt ſignified by Gog ſhal perſecute the Church nere the end of the vvorld.
• 21 [::] In euerie part of the vniuerſal Church God wil at laſt deſtroy Antichriſts powre confounding him, and al his adherentes.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XXXVIII.

2. Againſt Gog, and the Land of Magog.] Gog and Magog, according to [Margin: Gog and Magog, the king and kingdom of Scithia.] the moſt common opinion, were the king, and people of Scithia, in the North part of the vvorld, a barbarous, ſauage, and cruel nation, the ofspring of Magog [Margin: G⟨illegible⟩. 10.] ſonne of Iapheth, wherto the prophet alluding deſcribeth here, as S. Ierom in this place, S. Auguſtin. li. 20. c. 11. de ciuit. and other Fathers expound it, al perſecuters of the Church; moſt eſpecially Antichriſt, and his complices. [Margin: Signifying al perſecuters of the Church, eſpecially Antichriſt.] Of whom likewiſe, by the ſame myſtical names, S. Iohn prophecieth. Apoc. 20 v. 7. that Satan ſhal be looſed out of his priſon, and ſhal goe forth, and ſeduce the nations, that are vpon the foure corners of the earth, Gog, and Magog, and ſhal gather them into battel, whoſe number is as the ſa⟨illegible⟩d of the ſea. For the Church being ſpred on al the earth (as S. Auguſtin noteth in the ſame [Margin: Pſal. ⟨illegible⟩ ▪ Iſa 11. Dan. 1⟨illegible⟩.] place) her enimies alſo ſpred euerie where, ſhal moſt vehemently perſecute her. [Margin: VVho ſhal be deſtroyed.] But the holie Prophetes, namely Ezechiel here. v. 21. &c. and S. Iohn. v. 11. foreſhew, that Chriſt our Lord wil deſtroy them al.

Chapter 39

CHAP. XXXIX. Our Lord permitting Gog, moſt vehemently to afflict the Church, 3. after a while wil deſtroy him, with al this troupes: 9. their weapons shal be burned, 11. their ſepulchres infamous, the earth not fully clenſed of their carcaſes in ſeuen monethes. 17. Gods people shal reioyce; 22. and al men ⟨illegible⟩hal know that their ſinnes were the cauſe of their captiuitie.

1 BVT thou ſonne of man, prophecie againſt Gog, and thou shalt ſay: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Behold I vpon thee Gog, the prince of the head of Moſoch and Thubal.

2 And I wil turne thee about, and wil reduce thee, and wil make thee aſcend from the ſides of the North: and wil bring thee vpon the mountaines of Iſrael.

3 And I wil ſtrike thy bow in thy left hand, and thine arrowes I wil caſt downe out of thy right hand.

4 Vpon [::] the mountaines of Iſrael shalt thou fal, and al thy troupes, and thy peoples that are with thee: to the wilde beaſtes, to the birdes, and to euerie foule, and to the beaſtes of the earth haue I geuen thee to be deuoured.

5 Thou shalt fal vpon the face of the fielde: becauſe I haue ſpoken, ſaith our Lord God.

6 And I wil ſend in fire vpon Magog, and on them that dwel in the ilandes confidently: and they shal know that I am the Lord.

7 And my holie name wil I make knowen in the middes of my people Iſrael, and I wil pollute my holie name no more: and the Gentils shal know that I am the Lord the holie one of Iſrael.

8 Behold it cometh, and it is done, ſaith our Lord God: this is the day, wherof I haue ſpoken.

9 And the inhabitants shal goe forth of the cities of Iſrael, and shal ſet on fire and burne weapons, buckler, and ſpeares, bow and arrowes, and handſtaues, and polaxes: and they shal burne them with fire ſeuen yeares.

10 And they shal not carie trees out of the countries, nor cut downe out of the foreſts: becauſe they shal burne the weapons with fire, and shal make praye of them, to whom they had bene a praye, and they shal ſpoile their ſpoilers, ſaith our Lord God.

11 And it shal be in that day: I wil geue Gog a renowmed place for a ſepulcher in Iſrael: the valley of wayfaring men on the Eaſt of the ſea, which shal make them that paſſe by, to be aſtonied: and they shal there [::] burne Gog, and al his multitude, and it shal be called the valley of the multitude of Gog.

12 And the houſe of Iſrael shal burie them, that they may clenſe the land ſeuen monethes.

13 And al the people of the land shal burie him, and it shal be vnto them a renowmed day, wherin I was glorified, ſaith our Lord God.

14 And they shal appoint men continually going about the land, to burie and to ſeeke them, that were remayning vpon the face of the earth, that they may clenſe it: and after ſeuen monthes they shal begin to ſeeke.

15 And they that trauel through the land shal goe about: and when they shal ſee the bone of a man, they shal ſet vp a ſigne beſide it, til the buriers burie it in the valley of the multitude of Gog.

16 And the name of the citie Amona, and they shal clenſe the land.

17 Thou therfore ô ſonne of man, ſaith our Lord God: Say to euerie foule, and to al birdes, and to al the beaſtes of the filde: Come together, make haſt, runne together on euerie ſide to my victime, which I immolate for you, the great victime vpon the mountaines of Iſrael: that you may eate the flesh, and drinke the bloud.

18 The flesh of the ſtrong shal you eate, and the bloud of the princes of the earth shal you drinke: of rammes, of lambes, and of buckgoates, and bulles, and of fed wares, and of al fat thinges.

19 And you shal eate the fatte your fil, and shal drinke bloud til you be drunke of the victime, which I shal immolate for you.

20 And you shal be filled vpon my table of horſe, and ſtrong horſemen, and of al the men of warre, ſaith our Lord God.

21 and I wil put my glorie in the Gentils: and al nations shal ſee my iudgement, that I haue done, and my hand, that I haue put vpon them.

22 And the houſe of Iſrael shal know that I am the Lord their God from that day and ſo forward.

23 And the Gentils shal know that the houſe of Iſrael [::] was taken in their iniquitie, for that they forſooke me, and I hid my face from them: and deliuered them into the handes of the enemies, and they fel al by the ſword.

24 According to their vncleannes, and wickednes haue I done to them, and haue hid my face from them.

25 Therfore thus ſaith our Lord God: Now wil I bring backe the captiuitie of Iacob, & wil haue mercie on al the houſe of Iſrael: and I wil take on me zele for my holie name.

26 And they shal beare their confuſion, and al the preuarication wherwith they preuaricated againſt me, when they shal dwel in their land confidently fearing no man:

27 and I shal haue brought them backe out of the peoples, and shal haue gathered them together out of the landes of their enemies, and shal be ſanctified in them, in the eyes of manie nations.

28 And they shal know that I am the Lord their God, for that I tranſported them into the nations; and haue gathered them together vpon their owne land, and haue not left any of them there.

29 And I wil hide my face no more from them, becauſe I haue powred out my ſpirite vpon al the houſe of Iſrael, ſaith our Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 39

• 4 [::] Antichriſt perſecuting the Church in al partes of the world, ſhal be reſiſted by ſome in euerie place, and at laſt vanquiſhed.
• 11 [::] Not vvith material fire but with zele and ⟨illegible⟩eruour Catholiques ſhal reſiſt him and finally ouercome him.
• 23 [::] Gods people vvere not made captiues by the povvre of their enimies, as if God could not defend them, but by his permiſſion for puniſhment of their ſinnes.

Annotations vpon Ezechiels laſt viſion: written in the nine laſt chapters.

Of the true ſenſe of this obſcure viſion there be foure opinions: two of the [Margin: Foure expoſitions of this viſion.] Iewiſh Rabbins, and other two of Chriſtian Catholique Doctors. The more ancient Iewes vnderſtand this viſion vvholly & only of the temple and citie of Ieruſalem, reedified by Zorobabel and Nehemias vvith others, after their [Margin: 1. Of the temple and citie reedified after the captiuitie.] captiuitie in Babylon, aſſiſted by the Perſian kinges: But this opinion can not conſiſt with the holie text, ch. 42. v 16. deſcribing the vtter vval of the temple in length on euerie ſide (being foure ſquare. v. 20) fiue hundred reedes, euerie rede conteyning ſix ſacred cubits (ch. 40. v 5.) which are aboue tenne foote, or two paſſes; & ſo. 500. reedes making a thouſand paſſes, or a myle, the whole wal was foure myles in compaſſe. Likevviſe the citie is deſcribed (oh. 48. v. 16.) to haue in length on the north quarter, foure thouſand fiue hundred reedes, vvith the ſame length on the vveſt quarter, and conſequently on the eaſt, and ſouth, that is, nine thouſand paſſes, or nine myles on euerie ſide: in al the circuite thirtie ſix myles. Of vvhich greatnes it is certaine the temple and citie neuer were. No not after the temple vvas augmented by Herod Aſcolo⟨illegible⟩ites, vvherof Ioſephus writeth. li. 15. c. 14. Antiq. Iud⟨illegible⟩icarum. Neither vvere there anie ſuch waters iſſuing from the material temple, nor ſuch trees on the bankes [Margin: 2. That Meſſias ſhal build a material temple and citie.] therof, bringing forth fruites euerie moneth, as are deſcribed, ch. 47. v. 1. & 12. Al vvhich, vvith other like diſſonances conſidered, the later Iewes confeſſing that this prophecie is not hitherto fulfilled, ſay that their Meſſias, whom they expect, ſhal builde ſuch a terreſtrial citie, and temple, with al the appertinances, as are ſhewed in this viſion. Reiecting therfore theſe Iewiſh errors, and ridiculous [Margin: 3. That this prophetical viſion was conditional.] imaginations. Richardus de Sancto Victore, Hugo Cardinalis, Nicolaus [Margin: ch. 18 v. 23.] Lyranus, and ſome other Chriſtian Doctors, ſuppoſe that God in dede conditionally, according to his antecedent wil, promiſed al theſe thinges, euen as the [Margin: ch. 33. v. ⟨illegible⟩1.] letter ſoundeth, to the Iewes, if after their deliuerie from captiuitie, they ſhould ſincerely ſerue him, vvalke rightly in his wayes, and perfectly kepe his commandmentes. And that beſides this ſuppoſed literal ſenſe, al the ſame ſhould more excellently be performed in the myſtical temple and citie of God, our Sauiour Chriſt, and his Church. But for ſo much (ſay theſe Doctors) as the Iewes performed not that which vvas required of their part, in perfect life and due ſeruice of God, this viſion was not fulfilled, but only in ſome part, according to the vertues, and merites of the better ſorte of that people, by the reſtauration of the citie, temple and other thinges, as in the bookes of Eſdras: & that laſtly for their general reuolt from Chriſt perſecuting him to death, their temple and citie were againe deſtroyed, the people ſlaine, diſperſed, & reiected, except only the few reliques conuerted to Chriſt. In vvhom, with the multitude of Gentiles, the vvhole viſion hath ful effect. This opinion albeit grounded in [Margin: 4. That it cannot al be expounded according to the hiſtorie but only myſtically.] probabilitie, yet ſemeth not ſo certaine, nor in dede ſo probable, as the iudgement of S. Ierom, & S. Theodoret in their commentaries, as alſo of S. Gregorie in his homiles vpon Ezechiel, and of manie others, both ancient and late writers. VVho not finding hovv to applie this viſion in al partes to the ſtate of the old teſtament, neither that promiſe of ſuch a huge great temple, and citie with the reſt vvere agreable to Gods vviſdome, do only expound this viſion to perteine in ſome partes to the Iewes reduced from temporal captiuitie, as in figure of al mankind redemed by Chriſt, and of his Church gathered of al nations, enriched and adorned vvith al ſpiritual graces, vertues, and powre. Neither yet expounding al of the militant Church, but ſome part of the triumphant only, as ſurpaſſing the perfecteſt ſtate of this tranſitorie life. Vve therfore out of their large diſcourſes ſhal abridge a fevv, and brief marginal notes, for ſome light of vnderſtanding the text, and entrance into the ſpiritual ſenſe, principally intended by the Holie Ghoſt.

Chapter 40

CHAP. XL. [Margin: The fift part. Reſtauration of the temple, vvith thinges perteyning therto: more eſpecially the glorie of the Church militant & triumphant.] In a viſion the prophet ſeeth the reediſication of Ieruſalem. 5. with the meaſures of diuers partes therof; 47. and of the court, and entrie of the temple.

1 IN the fiue and twentith yeare of our tranſmigration, in the beginning of the yeare, the tenth of the moneth, the fourtenth yeare, after the citie was ſtrooken: in this ſelf ſame day the hand of our Lord was made vpon me, and he brought me [::] thither.

2 In the viſions of God he brought me into the Land of Iſrael, and left me vpon [::] a mountaine [::] exceding high: vpon which there was as it were the building of a citie bending toward the ſouth.

3 And he brought me in thither: and behold a man, whoſe forme was as the forme of braſſe, and a linen corde in his hand, and a reede of meaſure in his hand: & he ſtood in the gate.

4 And the ſame man ſpake to me: Sonne of man, ſee with thine eyes, and heare with thine eares, and ſet thy hart on al thinges, which I wil shew thee: for thou art brought hither that they may be shewed to thee: declare al thinges that thou ſeeſt, to the houſe of Iſrael.

5 And behold a wal on the out ſide round about the houſe, and in the mans hand a reede of meaſure of ſix cubits [::] & a palme: & he meaſured the breadth of the building with one reede, the height alſo with one reede.

6 And he came to the gate, that looked to the way of the eaſt, & he aſcended by the ſteppes therof: & he meaſured the threshold of the gate with one reede the bredth, that is, one threshold with one reede in bredth:

7 and a chamber with one reede in length, and one reede in bredth: and betwen the chambers fiue cubites:

8 and the threshold of the gate by entrie of the gate within, with one reede.

9 And he meaſured the entrie of the gate of eight cubites, and the front therof of two cubites: and the entrie of the gate was within.

10 Moreouer the chambers of the gate to the way of the Eaſt, three on this ſide, and three on that ſide: one meaſure of the three, and one meaſure of the fronts, on both partes.

11 And he meaſured the bredth of the threshold of the gate of tenne cubits: and the length of the gate of thirtene cubits:

12 and the border before the chambers of one cubite: and one cubite the end on both ſides, and the chambers were of ſix cubites, on this ſide and that ſide.

13 And he meaſured the gate from the roofe of the chamber, euen to the roofe therof, the bredth of fiue and twentie cubits: doore againſt doore.

14 And he made fronts by ſixtie cubits: & to the front the court of the gate on euerie ſide round about.

15 And before the face of the gate, which raught euen to the face of the entrie of the inner gate, fiftie cubits.

16 And [::] oblique windowes in the chambers, and in their fronts, which were within the gate on euerie ſide round about: and in like maner there were alſo in the entries windowes round about within, and before the fronts the picture of palme trees grauen.

17 And he brought me out to the vtter court, and behold celles, and the pauement paued with ſtone in the court round about: thirtie celles in the compas of the pauement.

18 And the pauement in the front of the gates according to the length of the gates was beneath.

19 And he meaſured the bredth from the face of the lower gate euen to the front of the inner court without, an hundred cubits to the Eaſt, and to the North.

20 The gate alſo that looked to the way of the North of the vtter court, he meaſured as wel in length as in bredth.

21 And the chambers therof three on this ſide, and three on that ſide: and the front therof, and the entrie therof according to the meaſure of the former gate, of fiftie cubits the length therof, and the bredth of ſiue and twentie cubits.

22 And the windowes therof, and the entrie, and the grauings according to the meaſure of the gate, that looked to the Eaſt, and the aſcent therof was of ſeuen ſteppes, and an entrie before it.

23 And the gate of the inner court againſt the gate of the North, and the Eaſt gate: and he meaſured from gate euen to gate an hundred cubits.

24 And he brought me out to the way of the South, and behold the gate, that looked to the South: and he meaſured the front therof, and the entrie therof according to the former meaſures.

25 And the windowes therof, and the entries round about, as the other windowes: of fiftie cubits in length, and in bredth of fiue and twentie cubits.

26 And on [::] ſeuen ſteppes was the aſcent to it: and an entrie before the doores therof: and there were grauen palme trees, one on this ſide, and an other on that ſide in the front therof.

27 And the gate of the inner court in the way of the South: and he meaſured from gate euen to gate in the way of the South, an hundred cubits.

28 And he brought me into the inner court to the South gate: and he meaſured the gate according to the former meaſures.

29 The chamber therof, and the front therof, and the entrie therof with the ſame meaſures: and the windowes therof, and entrie therof round about fiftie cubits of length, & of bredth fiue and twentie cubits.

30 And the entrie round about in length of fiue and twentie cubits, and in bredth of fiue cubits.

31 And the entrie therof to the vtter court, and the palmetrees therof in the front▪ and there were eight ſteppes, on which the aſcent was through it.

32 And he brought me in into the inner court by the way of the eaſt: and he meaſured the gate according to the former meaſures.

33 The chamber therof, and the front therof, and the entrie therof as before: and the windowes therof, and the entries therof round about, in length of fiftie cubits, and in bredth of fiue and twentie cubits.

34 And the entrie therof, that is, of the vtter court: and the grauen palmetrees in the front therof on this ſide and on that ſide: & on eight ſteppes the aſcent therof.

35 And he brought me into the gate, that looked to the North: and he meaſured according to the former meaſures.

36 The chamber therof, and the front therof, and the entrie therof, and the windowes therof round about, in length of fiftie cubits, and bredth of fiue and twentie cubits.

37 And the entrie therof looked to the vtter court: and the grauing of palmetrees in the front therof on this ſide and on that ſide: and vpon eight ſteppes the aſcent therof.

38 And at euerie chamber a doore in the forefronts of the gates: there they washed the holocauſt.

39 And in the entrie of the gate, two tables on this ſide, and two tables on that ſide: that there might be immolated vpon them holocauſt, and for ſinne, and for offence.

40 And on the vtter ſide, which goeth vp to the doore of the gate, that goeth on toward the North, two tables: and at the other ſide before the entrie of the gate, two tables.

41 Foure tables on this ſide, and foure tables on that ſide: at the ſides of the gate were eight tables, wherupon they did immolate.

42 And the foure tables for holocauſt, were made of ſquare ſtones: in length of one cubite and an halfe, and in bredth of one cubite and an halfe, and in height of one cubite: vpon which they shal put the veſſels, wherin is immolated the holocauſt, and the victime.

43 And the brimmes of them of one palme, bowed backe within round about: and vpon the tables, the flesh of the oblation.

44 And without the inner gate the celles of the ſinging men in the inner court, which was on the ſide of the gate that looketh to the North: and the faces of them againſt the way of the South, one at the ſide of the Eaſt gate, which looked to the way of the North.

45 And he ſaid to me: This is the chamber, which looketh to the way of the South, it shal be for the prieſts, that watche in the wardes of the temple.

46 Moreouer the chamber that looketh to the way of the North shal be for the prieſts, that watche vpon the miniſterie of the altar. Theſe are the children of Sadoc, which of the children of Leui approch to our Lord, to miniſter vnto him.

47 And he meaſured the court in length of an hundred cubits, and in bredth of an hundred cubits ſquare: and the altar before the face of the temple.

48 And he brought me into the entrie of the temple: and he meaſured fiue cubits on this ſide, and fiue cubits on that ſide: and the bredth of the gate of three cubits on this ſide, and of three cubits on that ſide.

49 And the length of the entrie of twentie cubits: and the bredth of eleuen cubits, and by eight ſteppes was the aſcent to it. And there were [::] pillers in the fronts: one on this ſide, & an other on that ſide.

Marginal notes to Chapter 40

• 1 [::] Into the deſtroyed citie of Ieruſalem.
• 2 [::] Mount Sion:
• 2 [::] called exceding heigh myſtically, in that it ſignifieth the Church of Chriſt: for hiſtorically Sion vvas not ſo exceding hiegh.
• 5 [::] In the Hebrevv text in the Chaldee Paraphraſis, & in the 70. Interpreters, it is thus, of ſix cubites, in a cubite and a palme, to ſignifie that theſe cubites vſed in meaſuring ſacred thinges conteyned ſix palmes, vvheras the ordinarie cubite conteineth but fiue palmes. See. ch. 43. v. 13.
• 16 [::] Larger within then without, to ſpread the light within the place, & to auoide the danger of hurt from abrode: as the windowes of Salomons temple. 3. Reg. 6. as alſo in caſties, and towres is commonly vſed. In explicating this viſion by reaſon of the obſcuritie, is great varietie amongſt the expoſitors, but al agree that God here reueled to the prophet, that he vvil reward the good, tevvitte, in the old Teſtament temporally, & in the nevv ſpiritually, firſt vvith grace in this life, and with eternal glorie in life euerlaſting.
• 26 [::] To the gates of the vtter vval vvas aſcent of ſeuen ſteppes, but of the inner vval (v. 32.) of eight ſteppes, to ſignifie that m⟨illegible⟩e perfection is required in the new Teſtament then was in the old, for vvhich more grace is geuen and better revvard. S. Greg.
• 49 [::] For that the pillers are not meaſured, it ſemeth they were of the ſame height and bignes, as the former vvere built by Salomon. 3. Reg. 7. v. 1⟨illegible⟩.

Chapter 41

CHAP. XLI. A deſcription of the temple to be reedified, and al the partes therof.

1 AND he brought me into [::] the temple, and he meaſured the frontes ſix cubits of bredth on this ſide, and ſix cubits of breth on that ſide, the bredth of the tabernacle.

2 And the bredth of the gate, was of ten cubits: and the ſides of the gate of fiue cubits on this ſide, and of fiue cubits on that ſide: and he meaſured the length therof of fourtie cubits, and the bredth of twentie cubits.

3 And being entered within he meaſured in the front of the gate, two cubits: and the gate of ſix cubits: and the bredth of the gate of ſeuen cubits.

4 And he meaſured the length therof of twentie cubits, and the bredth of twentie cubits, before the face of the temple: and he ſaid to me: This is Sanctum Sanctorum.

5 And he meaſured the wal of the houſe of ſix cubits: and the bredth of a ſide, of foure cubits on euerie ſide round about the houſe.

6 And the ſides, ſide to ſide, were twiſe thirtie three: and they were eminent, which might enter in through the wal of the houſe, in the ſides round about, to hold in, and not to touch the wal of the temple.

7 And there was a broad alley made round, aſcending vp by winding ſtares, and it led into the vpper chamber of the temple round about: therfore was the temple broder in the higher partes: and ſo from the lower partes they mounted to the higher vnto the middes.

8 And I ſaw in the houſe the height round about, the ſides founded by the meaſure of a reede the ſpace of ſix cubits:

9 and the bredth through the wal of the ſide without of fiue cubits: and there was an inner houſe in the ſides of the houſe.

10 And betwen the celles the bredth of twentie cubits round about the houſe on euerie ſide,

11 and the doore of the ſide for prayer: one doore to the way of the North, and one doore to the way of the South: and the bredth of the place for prayer, of fiue cubits round about.

12 And the building, that was ſeperated, and turned to the way that looketh toward the ſea, of the bredth of ſeuentie cubits: and the wal of the building, of fiue cubits in bredth round about: and the length therof of ninetie cubits.

13 And he meaſured the length of the houſe, of an hundred cubits: and the building that was ſeperated, and the walles therof, of the length of an hundred cubits.

14 And the bredth before the face of the houſe, and of that which was ſeperated againſt the Eaſt, of an hundred cubits.

15 And he meaſured the length of the building againſt the face of that, which was ſeperated at the backe: the etheckes on both ſides of an hundred cubits: and the inner temple, and the entries of the court.

16 The thresholdes, & oblique windowes, and the etheckes round about by three partes, againſt the threshold of euerie one, and paued with wood round about the circuite: and earth euen to the windowes, and the windowes shut ouer the doores.

17 And euen to the inner houſe, and without by euerie wal round about within and without, by meaſure.

18 And [::] Cherubs and palmetrees wrought, and a palmetree betwen Cherub and Cherub, & a Cherub had [::] two faces.

19 The face of a man by the palmetree on this ſide, and the face of a lion by the palmetree on the other ſide: expreſſed through al the houſe round about.

20 From the ground euen to the vpper partes of the gate, were Cherubs, and palmetrees grauen in the wal of the temple.

21 The threshold foure ſquare, and the face of the ſanctuarie, ſight to ſight.

22 The height of the woden altar, of three cubits: and the length therof, of two cubits: and the corners therof, and the length therof, and the walles therof of wood. And he ſpake to me: This is the table before our Lord.

23 And there were two doores in the temple, and in the ſanctuarie.

24 And in the two doores on both ſides were two litle doores, which were folded within each other: for there were two wickets on both ſides of the doores.

25 And there were Cherubs alſo grauen in the ſame doores of the temple, and the grauing of palmetrees, as they were expreſſed in the walles: for which cauſe alſo there was thicker timber in the front of the entrie without.

26 Vpon which were the oblique windowes, & the ſimilitude of palmetrees on this ſide and on that ſide in braces of the entrie: according to the ſides of the houſe, and the bredth of the walles.

Marginal notes to Chapter 41

• 1 [::] This deſcription of the temple & order of prieſthood, vvith the partition and fertilitie of the land is much more excellent, then was in Salomons time: & the new temple reedified by Zorobabel, was much meaner then Salomons, and therfore this prophecie (as likevviſe the prophecies of Aggeus & Zacharias) cannot be vnderſtood of the temple in Ieruſalem but of the Church of Chriſt. S. Ierom▪ in ch. 40 Ezec. S. Aug. li 18. c. 45. ciuit.
• 18 [::] In the vval of the temple vvere interchangeably painted a Cherub ſignifying knovvlege, & a palmetree ſignifying victorie, repreſenting to men that they muſt be inſtructed in diuine knowlege, & ⟨illegible⟩o ſight for victorie.
• 18 [::] Signifying our Sauiour, vvho in his humanitie ſuffered miſeries but as a lion ouercame al enimies.

Chapter 42

CHAP. XLII. Deſcription of the courtes, chambers, & other places pertening to the temple.

1 AND he brought me out into the vtter court by the way that leadeth to the North, and he brought me into the celle, that was againſt the ſeperated building, and againſt the houſe bending to the North.

2 In the face of the length, an hundred cubits of the North doore: and the bredth fiftie cubits,

3 againſt the twentie cubits of the inner court, & againſt the pauement paued with ſtone of the vtter court, where was a porche ioyned to a triple porche.

4 And before the celles a walke of ten cubits in bredth, looking to the inner partes of the way of one cubite. And their doores toward the North:

5 Where were chambers in the vpper partes more low: becauſe they bare vp the porches, which appeared aboue out of them from the neather partes, and from the middes of the building.

6 For they were triple lof⟨illegible⟩es, and had not pillers, as the pillers of the courtes: therfore did they appeare aboue out of the neather places, and out of the midle places, from the ground fiftie cubits.

7 And an vtter cloſure according to the celles, which were in the way of the vtter court before the celles: the length therof of fiftie cubits.

8 Becauſe the length of the celles of the vtter court was of fiftie cubits: and the length before the face of the temple, of an hundred cubits.

9 And there was vnder theſe celles an entrance from the Eaſt, going into them out of the vtter court.

10 In the bredth of the cloſure of the court, that was againſt the way of the Eaſt, toward the face of the ſeperated building, and there were celles before the building.

11 And the way before the face of them according to the ſimilitude of the celles, which were in the way of the North: according to the length of them, ſo alſo was their bredth: and al the entrance of them, and ſimilitudes, and their doores.

12 According to the doores of the celles that were in the way looking to the South: a doore in the head of the way, which way was before the entrie ſeperated by the way of the Eaſt going in.

13 And he ſaid to me: The celles of the North, and the celles of the South, which are before the ſeperated building: theſe are the holie celles, wherin the prieſts do eate, which approch to our Lord into Sancta Sanctorum, there shal they lay the holies of holies, and the oblation for ſinne, and for offence: for it is a holie place.

14 And when the prieſts shal be entered, they shal not goe forth out of the holie places into the vtter court: and there they shal lay their veſtiments, wherin they miniſter, becauſe they are holie: and they shal be clothed with other veſtments, & ſo they shal goe forth to the people.

15 And when he had accomplished the meaſures of the inner houſe, he brought me out by the way of the gate, that looked to the way of the Eaſt: & he meaſured it on euerie ſide round about.

16 And he meaſured againſt the Eaſt winde with the reede of meaſure, fiue hundred reedes in reede of meaſure round about.

17 And he meaſured againſt the North winde fiue hundred reedes in reede of meaſure round about.

18 And to the South wind he meaſured fiue hundred reedes, in reede of meaſure round about.

19 And to the Weſt wind he meaſured fiue hundred reedes, in reede of meaſure.

20 By the foure windes he meaſured the wal therof on euery ſide round about, the length and bredth of fiue hundred reedes, diuiding betwen the ſanctuarie and the place of the common people.

Marginal notes to Chapter 42

• 1 :: S. Ierom finding the Hebrevv text and the 70. interpreters, and others to differ not only in vvordes but alſo in the ſenſe, explicating as ſemed to him moſt probable auoucheth vvithal that ſaying of Socrates: Sci⟨illegible⟩ quodneſcio. I knovv, that I do not ⟨illegible⟩novv anie thing perfectly. For it is a part of knovvlege (ſaith he) to ⟨illegible⟩novv that thou art ignorant.

Chapter 43

CHAP. XLIII. The glorie of God returneth to the new temple, 7. The prophet heareth, that the Iſraelites wil no more pollute Gods name with idolatrie: 10. is commanded to shew them the meaſure, and forme of the temple, 13. and of the altar: 18. with ſacrifices to be offered ſeuen dayes.

1 AND he brought me to the gate that looked to the way of the Eaſt.

2 And behold the glorie of the God of Iſrael went by the Eaſt gate: and he had a voice as the voice of manie waters, & [::] the earth shined at his maieſtie.

3 And I ſaw a viſion according to the forme which I had ſeene, when he came to deſtroy the citie: and the shape according to the ſight, which I had ſeene by the riuer Chobar: and I fel vpon my face.

4 And the maieſtie of our Lord went into the temple by the way of the gate that looked to the Eaſt.

5 And the ſpirite lifted me vp, and brought me into the inner court: and behold the houſe was filled with the glorie of our Lord.

6 And I heard one ſpeaking to me out of the houſe, & a man ſtood by me,

7 ſaid to me: Sonne of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the ſteppes of my feete, where I dwel in the middes of the children of Iſrael [::] for euer: and the houſe of Iſrael shal no more pollute my holie name, they, and their kinges in their fornications, and in the ruines of their kinges, and in the excelſes.

8 Who haue built their threshold by my threshold, and their poſts by my poſts: and there was a wal betwen▪ me and them: and they polluted my holie name in the abominations, which they did: for the which thing I conſumed them in my wrath.

9 Now therfore let them repel their fornication, and ruins of their kinges far from me: and I wil dwel in the middes of them alwayes.

10 But thou ſonne of man, shew to the houſe of Iſrael the temple, and let them be confounded at their iniquities, and let them meaſure the frame:

11 and be ashamed of al thinges that they haue done. The figure of the houſe, and of the frame therof, the goings out, & the comings in, and al the deſcription therof, and al the precepts therof, and al the order therof, and al the lawes therof shew to them, and thou shalt write in their eyes: that they may keepe al the deſcriptions therof, and the preceptes therof, and let them doe them.

12 This is the law of the houſe in the toppe of the mount: Al the border therof round about is holie of holies: this then is the law of the houſe.

13 And theſe are the meaſures of the altar by the moſt true cubite, [::] which had a cubite and a palme: in the boſome therof was a cubit, & a cubite in bredth: and the limite therof euen to the brimme therof, and round about, one palme▪ this alſo was the trench of the altar.

14 And from the boſome of the ground to the loweſt brimme two cubits, and the bredth of one cubite: & from the leſſer brimme vnto the greater brimme foure cubits, and the bredth of one cubite.

15 And [::] Ariel it ſelf of foure cubits: and from Ariel vpward foure hornes.

16 And Ariel of twelue cubits in length by twelue cubits of bredth, four ſquare with equal ſides.

17 And the brimme of fourtene cubits of length by fourtene cubits of bredth in the foure corners therof: and the crowne round about it of halfe a cubite, and the boſome therof of one cubite round about: and the ſteppes therof turned to the Eaſt.

18 And he ſaid to me: Sonne of man, thus ſaith our Lord God: Theſe are the rites of the altar, in what day ſoeuer it shal be made: that holocauſt may be offered vpon it, and bloud powred out.

19 And thou shalt geue to the Prieſtes, and Leuites, that are of the ſeede of Sadoc, that approch to me, ſaith our Lord God, that they offer to me a cal⟨illegible⟩e of the heard for ſinne.

20 And taking of his bloud, thou shalt put it vpon the foure hornes therof, and vpon the foure corners of the brimme, and vpon the crowne round about: and thou shalt clenſe, and expiate it.

21 And thou shalt take the calfe, that is offered for ſinne: and thou shalt burne him in a ſeperate place of the houſe without the ſanctuarie.

22 And in the ſecond day thou shalt offer a bucke of goates vnſpotted for ſinne: and they shal expiate the altar, as they did expiate in the calfe.

23 And when thou shalt haue accomplished expiating it, thou shalt offer a calfe of the heard vnſpotted, and a ramme of the flocke vnſpotted.

24 And thou shalt offer them in the ſight of our Lord: and the prieſts shal caſt ſalt vpon them, and shal offer them an holocauſt to our Lord.

25 Seuen dayes shalt thou make a bucke goate for ſinne dayly: and a calfe of the heard, and a ramme of the cattel vnſpotted shal they offer.

26 Seuen dayes shal they expiate the altar, and shal clenſe it: and they shal fil his hand.

27 And the dayes being expired, in the eight day & ſo forth, the prieſts shal make your holocauſts vpon the altar, and thoſe which they offer for peace: and I wil be pacified toward you, ſaith our Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 43

• 2 [::] Al the world is lightned by the preaching of Chriſts Apoſtles, and their ſucceſſors: and the triumphant Church ſhal perfectly ſhine vvhen that vvhich is ſo vvne i⟨illegible⟩ corruption ⟨illegible⟩hal ⟨illegible⟩e in incorruption ⟨illegible⟩ c. 1. Cor. 1⟨illegible⟩. S. Ierom. S. Thomas alſo exponndeth this place of the ⟨illegible⟩. virgin conceiuing the Sonne of God p 3. q▪ 27. a 3.
• 3 ch. 9.
• 4 ch. 1.
• 7 [::] God hath left the houſe of the Ievves deſolate. ⟨illegible⟩a⟨illegible⟩. 23. v. 38 but remaineth vvith the Church of Chriſt al dayes to the end of the vvorld. Mat 28 v. 2⟨illegible⟩.
• 11 And the perfect impolluted Church, vvithout ſpo⟨illegible⟩ or vv⟨illegible⟩ncle (Eph 5 v. 27.) is only the ⟨illegible⟩hant Church.
• 13 [::] The ſacred cubite or cubite vſed in ſacred thinges was longer then the common cubite by one palme.
• 15 [::] The altar is called Ariel▪ the lion of God▪ becauſe fire ſometimes deſcending from God vpon the altar conſumed the ſacrifice▪ as a lion conſumeth his praye S. Ierom.

Chapter 44

CHAP. XLIIII. The Eaſt gate of the Sanctuarie shal be alwayes shut. 5. The incircumciſed shal not enter into the ſanctuarie: 10. nor the Leuites, that haue ſerued idols▪ but shal do other ſeruice belonging to ſacrifices: 15. and the children of Sadoc shal do the prieſtlie functions: 17. obſeruing the preſcribed rites therof.

1 AND he turned me to the way of the vtter ſanctuarie, which looked toward the Eaſt: and it was shut.

2 And our Lord ſaid to me: This gate shal be shut: it shal not be opened, and man shal not paſſe through it: Becauſe our Lord the God of Iſrael is entered in through it, and it shal be shut

3 for the prince. The prince himſelf shal ſit in it, to eate bread before our Lord: by the way of the gate of the entrie shal he enter in, & by the way therof he shal go out.

4 And he brought me by the way of the North gate in the ſight of the houſe: and I ſaw, and behold the glorie of our Lord filled the houſe of our Lord: and I b fel on my face.

5 And our Lord ſaid to me: Sonne of man c ſet thy hart, and ſee with thine eyes, & heare with thine eares al thinges, that I ſpeake to thee concerning al the ceremonies of the houſe of our Lord and concerning al the lawes therof: and thou shalt ſet thy hart in the wayes of the temple, by al the goings out of the ſanctuarie.

6 And thou shalt ſay to the houſe of Iſrael that exaſperateth me: Thus ſaith our Lord God: Let al your wicked deedes ſuffice you ô houſe of Iſrael:

7 becauſe you bring in ſtrange children vncircumciſed in hart, and vncircumciſed in flesh, to be in my ſanctuarie, and to pollute my houſe, & you offer my breades, the fatte, and the bloud: and you diſſolue my couenant in al your wicked abominations.

8 And you haue not kept the precepts of my ſanctuarie: and you haue ſet keepers of my obſeruances in my ſanctuarie to your owne ſelues.

9 Thus ſaith our Lord God: Euerie ſtranger vncitcumciſed in hart, & vncircumciſed in flesh, shal not enter into my ſanctuarie, euerie ſtrange child that is in the middes of the children of Iſrael.

10 Yea and the Leuites that haue reuolted farre from me in the errour of the children of Iſrael, & haue erred from me after their idols, and haue borne their iniquitie:

11 they shal be officers in my ſanctuarie, and porters of the gates of the houſe, and miniſters of the houſe: they shal kil the holocauſts, and the victimes of the people: and they shal ſtand in their ſight, to ſerue them.

12 For that they haue ſerued them in the ſight of their idols, and were made to the houſe of Iſrael a ſcandal of iniquitie: therfore haue I lifted vp mine hand vpon them, ſaith our Lord God, and they ſhal beare their iniquitie:

13 and they shal not approch to me, to doe the function of prieſthood vnto me, neither shal they approche to al my ſanctuarie by Sancta Sanctorum: but they shal beare their confuſion, and their wicked abominations which they haue done.

14 And I wil make them porters of the houſe, in al the miniſterie therof, and in al thinges that shal be done therin.

15 But the prieſts, & Leuits, the ſonnes of Sadoc, which kept the ceremonies of my ſanctuarie, when the children of Iſrael erred from me, they shal approach to me, to miniſter vnto me: & they shal ſtand in my ſight, to offer me the fatte, and the bloud, ſaith our Lord God.

16 They shal enter into my ſanctuarie, and they shal approch to my table, to miniſter vnto me, and to keepe my ceremonies.

17 And when they shal enter into the gates of the inner court, they shal be clothed with linnen garments: neither shal anie wollen thing come vpon them, when they miniſter in the gates of the inner court & within.

18 There shal be linnen mitres on their heades, and there shal be linnen breeches on their loynes, and they shal not be girded in ſwette.

19 And when they shal goe out to the vtter court vnto the people, they shal put of from them their veſtiments, wherin they had miniſtered, and shal lay them vp in the veſterie of the ſanctuarie, & they shal cloth themſelues with other garments: & they [::] shal not ſanctifie the people in their veſtures.

20 And they shal not shaue their head, nor nourish their heare: but powling they shal powle their heades.

21 And no prieſt shal drinke wine when he is to enter into the inner court.

22 And widow, and her that is diuorced they shal not take for wiues, but virgins of the ſeede of the houſe of Iſrael: but a widow alſo, which hath bene the widow of a prieſt, they shal take.

23 And they shal teach my people what is betwen a holie thing and polluted, and betwen cleane and vncleane they shal shew to them.

24 And when there shal be a controuerſie, they shal ſtand in my iudgements, & shal iudge: my lawes, & my preceptes in al my ſolemnities shal they keepe, and my ſabbathes they shal ſanctifie.

25 And to a dead man they shal not enter in, leſt they be polluted, but to father and mother, & ſonne and daughter, and brother and ſiſter, which hath not had an other husband: in which they shal be contaminated.

26 And after that he is clenſed, ſeuen daies shal be numbred to him.

27 And in the day of his entering into the ſanctuarie to the inner court to miniſter vnto me in the ſanctuarie, he shal offer for his ſinne, ſayth our Lord God.

28 And there shal not be inheritance to them, I am their inheritance: and poſſeſſion you shal not geue them in Iſrael, for I am their poſſeſſion.

29 The victime both for ſinne and for offence they shal eate: and euerie vowed thing in Iſrael shal be theirs.

30 And the firſt fruits of al the firſt borne, & al the libaments of al thinges that are offered, shal be the prieſts: & the firſt fruits of your meates you shal geue to the prieſt, that he may lay vp a bleſſing for thy houſe.

31 Al carren, and thing taken by a beaſt of birdes, and of cattel the prieſts shal not eate.

Marginal notes to Chapter 44

• 2 S. Ierom expoundeth this of the hardnes of ſcripture, which no man vnderſtāndeth fully but the ſonne of God. Mat. 11. v. 27. Likevviſe of of our B. Ladie a perpe⟨illegible⟩ual virgin, alſo after the birth of Chriſt. The ſame doth. S. Auguſtin, ſer. 6. & 18 d⟨illegible⟩ temp. S Amb. cp. 81. S. Chryſ. ho. de ⟨illegible⟩ Bapt.
• 7 b This aſtoniſhment, and reuerence of the prophet. c and the great attention which he is admoniſhed to haue, import the great myſteries of Chriſt and his Church, and not only the temple & rites of the old law which vvere but figures of the new.
• 19 [::] Holy thinges are ordinarily to be done in holie places; and therfore ſacred veſtures (by touching vvherof men vvere ſanctified. Exo. 29. v. 37.) muſt not be vſed out of the temple.
• 21 Leuit. 10. v. 9.
• 28 Deut. 18.

Chapter 45

CHAP. XLV. In diſtribution of the land (after the captiuitie) ſeueral portions are aſſigned for the Priestes, the Leuites, the Citie, and the Prince: the reſt was for the people. 9. Rulers are admonished to obſerue iuſt meaſures: 15. and to offer due ſacrifices.

1 AND when you shal begin to diuide the land by lot, ſeperate ye firſt fruits to our Lord, [::] a peece [*] ſanctified of the land, in length twentie fiue thouſand, and in bredth tenne thouſand: it shal be ſanctified in al the border therof round about.

2 And it shal be ſanctified on euerie ſide by fiue hundred and fiue hundred, foure ſquare round about: and of fiftie cubits for the ſuburbs therof round about.

3 And from this meaſure thou shalt meaſure the length, of fiue and twentie thouſand, and the bredth of tenne thouſand, & in it shal be the temple, and ſanctum ſanctorum.

4 The ſanctified peece of the land shal be for the prieſts the miniſters of the ſanctuarie, which approch to the miniſterie of our Lord: and it shal be a place to them for houſes, and for the ſanctuarie of holines.

5 And fiue and twentie thouſand of length, & tenne thouſand of bredth shal be for the Leuits, which miniſter in the houſe: they shal poſſeſſe twentie celles.

6 And the poſſeſſion of the citie you shal geue fiue thouſand of bredth, and of length fiue and twentie thouſand, according to the ſeperation of the ſanctuarie, to al the houſe of Iſrael.

7 To [::] the prince alſo on this ſide and on that ſide, according to the ſeparation of the ſanctuarie, and according to the poſſeſſion of the citie, againſt the face of the ſeperation of the ſanctuarie, and againſt the face of the poſſeſſion of the citie: from the ſide of the Sea euen to the Sea, and from the ſide of the Eaſt euen to the Eaſt. And the length according to euerie part from the Weſt border to the Eaſt border.

8 Of the land shal he haue poſſeſſion in Iſrael: and the princes shal no more ſpoile my people: but the land they shal geue to the houſe of Iſrael according to their tribes.

9 Thus ſaith our Lord God: Let it ſuffice you ô princes of Iſrael: intermitte ye iniquitie and robberies, and doe iudgement and iuſtice, ſeperate your confines from my people, ſaith our Lord God.

10 Iuſt balance, and a iuſt ephi, and a iuſt bat shal be to you.

11 The [::] ephi, and the bat shal be equal, and of one meaſure: that the bat may take the tenth part of a core, & the ephi the tenth part of a core: according to the meaſure of a core shal be the equal balaſſing of them.

12 And a ſicle hath twentie obolos. Moreouer twentie ſicles, & fiue and twentie ſicles, and fiftene ſicles make Mnam.

13 And theſe are the firſt fruits, which you shal take: the ſixth part of an ephi of a core of wheate, and the ſixth part of an ephi of a core of barley.

14 The meaſure of oyle alſo, a bat of oyle is the tenth part of a core: and ten battes make a core: becauſe ten battes fil a core.

15 And one ramme of a flocke of two hundred, of thoſe thinges that Iſrael nourisheth for ſacrifice, and for holocauſt, and for pacifiques, to expiate for them, ſaith our Lord God.

16 Al [::] the people of the land shal be bound to theſe firſt fruits for the prince in Iſrael.

17 And [::] vpon the prince shal the holocauſt be, and the ſacrifice, and the libaments in the ſolemnities, and in the Calends, and in the Sabbathes, & in al the ſolemnities of the houſe of Iſrael: he shal make the ſacrifice for ſinne, & the holocauſt, and the pacifiques to expiate for the houſe of Iſrael.

18 Thus ſaith our Lord God. In the firſt moneth, the firſt of the moneth, thou shalt take a calfe of the heard vnſpotted, and thou shalt expiate the ſanctuarie.

19 And the prieſt shal take of the bloud that shal be for ſinne: and he shal put it on the poſts of the houſe, and on the foure corners of the brimme of the altar, and on the poſts of the gate of the inner court.

20 And ſo shalt thou do in the ſeuenth of the moneth for euerie one, that hath bene ignorant, and was deceiued by errour, and you shal expiate for the houſe.

21 In the firſt moneth, the fourtenth day of the moneth shal be with you the ſolemnitie of paſch: ſeuen dayes shal Azymes be eaten.

22 And the prince in that day shal make for himſelf, and for al the people of the land, a calfe for ſinne.

23 And in the ſolemnitie of the ſeuen dayes he shal make holocauſt to our Lord ſeuen calues, & ſeuen rammes vnſpotted dayly ſeuen dayes: and for ſinne a bucke of goates dayly.

24 And he shal make the ſacrifice an ephi to a calfe, and an ephi to a ramme: and of oyle an hin to euerie ephi.

25 In the ſeuenth moneth the fiftenth day of the moneth, in the ſolemnitie he shal make as are before ſaid for ſeuen dayes: as wel for ſinne, as for holocauſt, and in ſacrifice, and in oyle.

Marginal notes to Chapter 45

• 1 [::] The land that was aſſigned to holie vſes, vvas called ſanctified, and could not be alienated to priuate men nor other purpoſes.
• 1 [*] ſanctificatum.
• 7 [::] The princes portion of land vvas round about the clergies portion, that he might defend them, and the peoples part round about the princes, that they might defend him.
• 11 [::] Theſe meaſures vvere of equal capacitie, but the ephi ſerued for drie thinges; & the bat for liquid, as appeareth. v. 13. & 14.
• 16 [::] As the people were bond to pay certaine firſt fruites to their temporal prince:
• 17 [::] ſo he was mutually bond to pay the charges of publique ſacrifices for al the people. S. Ierom alſo expoundeth this mutual obligation to conſiſt betwen the people and hiegh prieſt.

Chapter 46

CHAP. XLVI. A preſcription at which gate, and what ſacrifices shal be offered for the prince, euerie ſabbath, and firſt day of the moneth. 16. The prince may geue perpetual inheritance to his ſonnes, but to his ſeruantes only til the yeare of Iubiley. 19. with deſcription of the places, where ſacrifices shal be prepared.

1 THVS ſaith our Lord God: The gate of the inner court, which looketh to the Eaſt, shal be shut the ſix dayes, in which worke is done: but in the Sabbath day it shal be opened yea and in the day of the Calends it shal be opened.

2 And [::] the prince shal enter in by the way of the entrie of the gate from without, and he shal ſtand in the threshold of the gate: and the prieſts shal make his holocauſt, and his pacifiques: and he shal adore vpon the threshold of the gate, and shal goe out: but the gate shal not be shut til euening.

3 And the people of the land shal adore at the doore of that gate in the Sabbaths, and in the Calends before our Lord.

4 And this holocauſt shal the prince offer to our Lord: in the Sabbath day ſix lambes vnſpotted, and a ramme vnſpotted.

5 And ſacrifice an ephi for a ramme: but in the lambes the ſacrifice that his hand shal geue: and of oyle an hin for euerie ephi.

6 And in the day of the Calends a calfe of the heard vnſpotted: and the ſix lambes, and the rammes shal be vnſpotted.

7 And an ephi for a calfe, an ephi alſo for a ramme shal he make ſacrifice: but the lambs, as his hand shal finde: and of oyle an hin, for euerie ephi.

8 And when the prince is to goe in, let him goe in by the way of the entrie of the gate, and by the ſame way let him goe out.

9 And when the people of the land shal enter in the ſight of our Lord in the ſolemnities: he that goeth in by the North gate to adore, let him goe out by the way of the South gate: moreouer he that goeth in by the way of the South gate, let him goe out by the way of the North gate: he shal not returne by the way of the gate, wherby he entered, but at that ouer againſt it he shal goe out.

10 And the prince in the middes of them with the goers in shal goe in, and with the goers out shal goe out.

11 And in the fayres, and in the ſolemnities there shal be ſacrifice an ephi for a calfe, and an ephi for a ramme: but of the lambes, there shal be ſacrifice as his hand shal finde: and of oyle an hin for euerie ephi.

12 But when the prince shal make a voluntarie holocauſt, or voluntarie pacifiques to our Lord: to him the gate shal be opened, that looketh to the Eaſt, and he shal make his holocauſt, & his pacifiques, as it is wont to be done in the Sabbath day: and he shal goe out, & the gate shal be shut after that he is gone forth.

13 And a lambe of the ſame yeare vnſpotted, shal he make for holocauſt dayly to our Lord: alwayes in the morning shal he make it.

14 And he shal make ſacrifice vpon it morning by morning the ſixt part of an ephi: and of oyle the third part of an hin, that it may be mingled with the floure: a ſacrifice to our Lord by ordinance, continual and euerlaſting.

15 He shal make the lambe, & the ſacrifice, and the oyle morning by morning: an euerlaſting holocauſt.

16 Thus ſaith our Lord God: If the prince shal geue a gift to anie [::] of his ſonnes: his inheritance shal be to his ſonnes, they shal poſſeſſe it by inheritance.

17 But if he geue a legacie of his inheritance to one [::] of his ſeruants, it shal be his vntil the yeare of remiſſion, and it shal returne to the prince: and his inheritance shal be to his ſonnes.

18 And the prince shal not take of the peoples inheritance by violence, and of their poſſeſſion: & of his owne poſſeſſion he shal geue the inheritance to his ſonnes: that my people be not diſperſed euerie one from his poſſeſſion.

19 And he brought me in by the entrie, that was on the ſide of the gate, into the celles of the ſanctuarie to the prieſts, which looked to the North. And there was a place bending to the Weſt.

20 And he ſaid to me: This is the place where the prieſts shal ſeeth that for ſinne, and that for offence: where they shal dreſſe the ſacrifice, that they bring it not out into the vtter court, and the people be ſanctified.

21 And he brought me into the vtter court, and he led me about by the foure corners of the court: and behold there was a litle court in the corner of the court, to euerie corner of the court a litle court.

22 In the foure corners of the court were litle courts diſpoſed, of fourtie cubits in length, and thirtie in bredth: the foure were of one meaſure.

23 And a wal round about compaſſing the foure litle courts: and there were kichins builded vnder the porches round about.

24 And he ſaid to me: This is the houſe of kichins wherin the miniſters of the houſe of our Lord shal ſeeth the victimes of the people.

Marginal notes to Chapter 46

• 2 [::] After the captiuitie albeit king Dauids progenie continued in Salathiel, Zorobabel and others, yet they had not the ſtate of kinges or temporal princes; and therfore not only Chriſtian Doctors, but alſo Rabbi Dauid & other Hebrewes vnderſtand this prophecie of Chriſt the true Meſſias, and of the ſacrifices & rites of his Church: the letter neuertheles alluding to the forme of the old lavv.
• 16 [::] Al vvorkes done by the true children of God, that is to ſay, done in the ſtate of grace, do merite eternal reward.
• 17 [::] But other moral good vvorkes done in ſtate of mortal ſinne are only revvarded temporally in this vvorld, and not in life euerlaſting.

Chapter 47

CHAP. XLVII. The prophet ſeeth waters iſſuing from vnder the Temple: 4. increaſing to an vnpaſſible torrent: 9. wherto come al ſortes of fishes: 12. with trees on the bankes bringing forth fruite euerie moneth. 13. And the land is geuen in portions to the twelue tribes.

1 AND he turned me to the gate of the houſe, and behold [::] waters iſſued forth vnder the threshold of the houſe toward the Eaſt: for the face of the houſe looked to the Eaſt: but the waters deſcended into the right ſide of the temple to the South part of the altar.

2 And he ledde me out by the way of the North gate, and he turned me to the way without the vtter gate, the way that looked to the Eaſt: and behold waters flowing on the right ſide.

3 When the man went out toward the Eaſt, that had the cord in his hand, he meaſured a thouſand cubits: and he brought me through the water euen to the ankles.

4 And againe he meaſured a thouſand, & he brought me through the water euen to the knees:

5 and he meaſured a thouſand, and he brought me through the water euen to the reynes. And he meaſured a thouſand, a torrent, which I could not paſſe ouer: becauſe the waters were riſen of the deepe torrent, which can not be paſſed ouer.

6 And he ſayd to me: Certes thou haſt ſene ô ſonne of man. And he brought me out, and he turned me to the banke of the torrent.

7 And when I had turned myſelf, behold in the banke of the torrent exceding manie trees on both ſides.

8 And he ſayd to me: Theſe waters, that iſſue forth toward the heapes of the ſand in the Eaſt, and deſcend to the plaines of the deſert, shal goe into the ſea, & shal goe out, & the waters shal be healed.

9 And euerie liuing ſoule, that creepeth, whither ſoeuer the torrent cometh shal liue: and there shal be fishes very manie after theſe waters are come thither, & they shal be healed, & al thinges shal liue, to which the torrent shal come.

10 And fishers shal ſtand ouer them, from Engaddi euen to Engallim shal be drying of nettes: there shal be very manie ſortes of fishes therof, as the fishes of the great ſea, of a paſſing great multitude:

11 but in the shore therof, and in the fennie places they shal not be healed, becauſe they shal be turned into ſalt pits.

12 And [::] ouer the torrent shal riſe in the bankes therof on both ſides euerie tree bearing fruit: the leafe shal not fal from it, & the fruit therof shal not faile: euerie moneth shal it bring forth firſt fruits, becauſe the waters therof shal iſſue out of the ſanctuarie: & the fruits therof shal be for meate, & the leaues therof for medicine.

13 Thus ſayth our Lord God: This is the border, in which you shal poſſeſſe the land in the twelue tribes of Iſrael: [::] becauſe Ioſeph hath a duble cord.

14 and you shal poſſeſſe it euerie man in like maner as his brother: vpon which I lifted vp my hand to geue it to your fathers: and this land shal fal vnto you for a poſſeſſion.

15 And this is the border of the land: toward the North quarter, from the great ſea by the way of Hethalon, as they come to Sedada,

16 Emath, Berotha, Sabarim, which is betwen the border of Damaſcus and the confine of Emath, the houſe of Tichon, which is by the border of Auran.

17 And the border from the Sea euen to the court of Enon, shal be the border of Damaſcus, and from the North to the North, the border of Emath the North quarter.

18 Moreouer the Eaſt quarter from the middes of Auran, and from the middes of Damaſcus, and from the middes of Galaad, and from the middes of the land of Iſrael, Iordan making the bound to the Eaſt ſea, you shal meaſure alſo the Eaſt quarter.

19 And the South quarter toward the South from Thamar euen to the waters of coutradiction of Cades: & the torrent euen to the great ſea: and this is the South quarter toward the South.

20 And the quarter of the Sea, the great ſea from the confine directly, til thou come to Emath: this is the quarter of the Sea.

21 And you shal diuide this land vnto you by the tribes of Iſrael:

22 and you shal caſt it for an inheritance to you, and to the ſtrangers, that shal come to you, that haue begotten children in the middes of you; and they shal be vnto you as the ſame countriemen borne among the children of Iſrael▪ they shal diuide the poſſeſſion with you in the middes of the tribes of Iſrael.

23 And in what tribe ſoeuer the ſtranger shal be, there shal you geue him poſſeſſion, ſayth our Lord God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 47

• 1 See cha. 36. v. 25.
• 1 [::] There is no hiſtorie, nor probabilitie that vvaters iſſued out of the temple, vvhich vvas reedified by Zorobabel.
• 2 :: Neither did al ſortes of fiſhes liue in anie ſuch vvater nere the temple as are mentioned. v. 9. And therfore this prophecie hath an hiegher and truer ſenſe, of the Church of Chriſt and the vvater of Baptiſme.
• 12 [::] S. Iohn ſavv this riuer of liuing vvater as clere as chryſtal, proceding from the ſeat of God, & of the lambe. And the tree of life yelding tvvelue fruites rendring his fruite euerie moneth. &c. Apoc. 22.
• 13 [::] Ioſephs two ſonnes had ech one a vvhole portion, and ſo there vvere twelue tribes beſides the Leuites, who had other better meanes then the reſt.

Chapter 48

CHAP. XLVIII. Further deſcription of euerie tribes part of the land. 8. likewiſe of the portions of Prieſtes, 13. Leuites. 15. Citie, 21. and Prince. 31. with twelue gates named of the twelue tribes.

1 AND theſe are [::] the names of the tribes from the borders of the North, by the way of Hethalon, as they goe to Emath, the court of Enan the border of Damaſcus toward the North, by the way of Emath. And the Eaſt quarter therof to the ſea shal be for Dan one.

2 And to the border of Dan, from the Eaſt quarter euen to the quarter of the Sea, for Aſer one▪

3 & vpon the border of Aſer, from the Eaſt quarter euen to the quarter of the Sea, for Nephthali one.

4 And vpon the border of Nephthali, from the Eaſt quarter euen to the quarter of the Sea, for Manaſſes one.

5 And vpon the border of Manaſſes, from the Eaſt quarter euen to the quarter of the Sea, for Ephraim one.

6 And vpon the border of Ephraim, from the Eaſt quarter euen to the quarter of the Sea, for Ruben one.

7 And vpon the border of Ruben, from the Eaſt quarter euen to the quarter of the Sea, for Iuda one.

8 And vpon the border of Iuda, from the Eaſt quarter euen to the quarter of the Sea, shal be the [::] firſt fruites, which you shal ſeperate, fiue and twentie thouſand of bredth & of length, as euery portion from the Eaſt quarter to the quarter of the Sea: and the ſanctuarie shal be in the middes therof.

9 The firſt fruits, which you shal ſeperate to our Lord: the length of fiue and twentie thouſand, and the bredth of ten thouſand.

10 And theſe shal be the firſt fruits of of the ſanctuarie of the prieſts: toward the North of length fiue and twentie thouſand, and toward the Sea of bredth ten thouſand. Yea and toward the Eaſt of bredth ten thouſand, and toward the South of length fiue and twentie thouſand: and the ſanctuarie of our Lord shal be in the middes therof.

11 The ſanctuarie ſhal be for the prieſts of the ſonnes of Sadoc, which kept my ceremonies, and erred not when the children of Iſrael erred, as the Leuites alſo erred.

12 And for them shal be the firſt fruits of the firſt fruits of the land holie of holies, by the border of the Leuites.

13 Yea and to the Leuites in like maner by the borders of the prieſts fiue and twentie thouſand of length, and of bredth tenne thouſand. Al the length of fiue and twentie thouſand, & the bredth of tenne thouſand.

14 And they shal not ⟨illegible⟩el therof, nor change, neither shal the firſt fruits of the land be tranſported, becauſe they are ſanctified to our Lord.

15 But the fiue thouſand, that remaine in the bredth againſt the fiue & twentie thouſand, shal be the profane partes of the citie for habitation, and for the ſuburbs: and the citie shal be in the middes therof.

16 And theſe are the meaſures therof: to [::] the North quarter fiue hundred and foure thouſand: and to the South quarter fiue hundred and foure thouſand: and to the Eaſt quarter fiue hundred and foure thouſand▪ and to the Weſt quarter, fiue hundred and foure thouſand.

17 And the ſuburbs of the citie shal be, to the North two hundred fiftie, and to the South two hundred fiftie, and to the Eaſt two hundred fiftie, and to the Sea two hundred fiftie.

18 And that which shal be reſidue in length according to the firſt fruits▪ of the ſanctuarie, ten thouſand toward the Eaſt, and ten thouſand toward the Weſt, shal be as the firſt fruits of the ſanctuarie: and the fruits therof shal be for bread to them, that ſerue the citie.

19 And they that ſerue the citie, shal worke of al the tribes of Iſrael.

20 Al the firſt fruits, of fiue and twentie thouſand, anſwering to fiue & twentie thouſand foure ſquare, shal be ſeperated according to the firſt fruits of the ſanctuarie, and to the poſſeſſion of the citie.

21 And that which shal be left, shal be the princes of euerie part of the firſt fruits of the ſanctuarie, and of the poſſeſſion of the citie ouer againſt the fiue and twentie thouſand of the firſt fruits vnto the Eaſt border: Yea and to the ſea ouer againſt the fiue and twentie thouſand, vnto the border of the Sea, likewiſe it shal be in the portions of the prince: and the firſt fruits of the ſanctuarie, and the ſanctuarie of the temple shal be in the middes therof.

22 And of the poſſeſſion of the Leuites, and of the poſſeſſion of the citie in the middes of the princes portions: shal be to the border of Iuda, and to the border of Beniamin, shal alſo perteine to the prince.

23 And to the reſt of the tribes: from the Eaſt quarter to the Weſt quarter, for Beniamin one.

24 And againſt the border of Beniamin, from the Eaſt quarter to the Weſt quarter, for Simeon one.

25 And vpon the border of Simeon from the Eaſt quarter to the Weſt quarter, for Iſſachar one.

26 And vpon the border of Iſſachar, from the Eaſt quarter to the Weſt quarter, for Zabulon one.

27 And vpon the border of Zabulon, from the Eaſt quarter to the quarter of the Sea, for Gad one.

28 And vpon the border of Gad, to the South quarter toward the South: and the border shal be from Thamar, euen to the waters of contradiction of Cades, the inheritance againſt the great ſea.

29 [::] This is the land, which you shal diuide by lot to the tribes of Iſrael: and theſe are the portions of them, ſaith our Lord God.

30 And theſe are the goings out of the citie: from the North quarter thou shalt meaſure fiue hundred and foure thouſand.

31 And the gates of the citie according to the names of the tribes of Iſrael, three gates on the North ſide, the gate of Ruben one, the gate of Iuda one, the gate of Leui one.

32 And to the Eaſt quarter, fiue hundred and foure thouſand: and three gates, the gate of Ioſeph one, the gate of Beniamin one, the gate of Dan one.

33 And to the South quarter, thou shalt meaſure fiue hundred & foure thouſand: and three gates, the gate of Simeon one, the gate of Iſſachar one, the gate of Zabulon one.

34 And to the Weſt quarter, fiue hundred and foure thouſand, and their gates three, the gate of Gad one, the gate of Aſer one, the gate of Nephthali one.

35 Round about eightene thouſand: and the name of the citie from that day, [::] Our Lord there.

Marginal notes to Chapter 48

• 1 [::] By the twelue tribes of Iſrael S. Ierom vnderſtandeth the vniuerſal multitude of al glorified Sainctes, noting that no mention is here made of the cities of refuge (as in the bookes of Numeri, and Ioſue) becauſe in the glorious habitation of Sainctes, there can be no nede of refuge, where al are perfect al ſecure.
• 8 [::] As the firſt borne of liuing thinges, & firſt fruictes of al thinges ſpringing, ſo the firſt portion of land all⟨illegible⟩ed to Gods ſeruice is called the firſt fruites.
• 16 [::] The North ſide of the citie being in length 4500. reedes, of ſix ſacred cubites, euerie rede, the vveſt ſide alſo, and conſequently the other two ſides eaſt and ſouth, in al 18000. reedes which make 36. mi⟨illegible⟩les, of 1000. paſſes euerie mile, it is certaine that this deſcription agreeth not to the terreſtrial citie of Ieruſalem, which was nothing nere ſo large, And therfore the later Iewiſh Rabins hold opinion, that when their Meſſias commeth the citie of Ieruſalem ſhal be built ſo great. But al Catholique Doctors vnderſtand it myſtically of the Church of Chriſt.
• 29 [::] S. Iohn the Apoſtle had the ſame viſion of this new Ieruſalem Chriſts triumphant Church. Apoc. 21. & 22.
• 35 [::] The Synagog of the Ievves being left deſert. Mat. 23. v. 38. Chriſt is vvith his militant Church al dayes euen to the conſummation of the world Mat. vlt. and vvith his Church triumphant illuminating and glorifying it for euer and euer. Apoc. 22. v 5.

Colophon

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 second tome (Psalms to 2 Machabees, with the Prayer of Manasses and the third and fourth books of Esdras), Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1610 (STC 2207). Copy: Henry E. Huntington Library, as reproduced in Early English Books Online (image set 2087).

Transcription: Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), Phase I text A11777 (2007), released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication.

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