A defence of the booke entitled A co[n]cent of Scripture for amendment of former Atheian most grosse, and Iudaique errours, which our translations and notes had: against the libel, scoffing a Scottish mist: and slaundering that the Iewes epistle sent from Byzantian Rome, was a forged worke, and not in deed sent thence. By Hugh Broughton.

Article VI.

Farre greater Atheismes are allowed by the learned D. and most Reverend F. about Ochozias sonne to King Ioram.

IOram was thirtie and twoo yeares olde when he began to reigne, and he reigned eight yeres in Ierusalem: so he died

aged 40. yeares. And Ochozias his sonne reigned in his stead: two and twentie yeares old was Ochozias when hee began to reigne, and he reigned one yeare in Ierusalem, and his mothers name was Athalia, the grand daughter of Om∣ry. so when he reigned he fell into the yeare 42. of Omries house, rooted out by Iehu, And perished. Ben of that 42. yeares, falling into their Lot, as oftentimes meaneth Gods iudgement shewed in time to be termed, Time. Apoc. 11.12.

How Bancroftes vnskilfulnes for Ben, vsuall for any Lot: taking it for age: alloweth Ochozias to be el∣der then his father by two yeares: and twentie yeares elder then him selfe.

Bancroft alloweth this translation as having Gods autho∣ritie from the Ebrew. fortie and two yeares olde was Acho∣zias, when he began to reigne, 2. Chro. 22.2. Now his Father died at 40. 2. Chro. 20.20. and 2. King. 8.17. and he reigned at 22. 2. Kin. 8.26. and reigned but one yeare, for he was kild: so by D. Bancroft his divinitie, he was two yeares elder then his father, and twentie elder then himselfe: and reigned, when he had been dead twentie yeares. M. Iacks told D. still at Hadley of this aboue 22. yeres agoe.

Another allowance of as Giddiheaded a Smitherie, in the margent note, vpon 2. Chro. 22.2. It is to be noted that he reigned 20. yeares with his father yet living.

His Father reigned but eight yeares in all: so by Bancrofts Arithmetique, he should reigne twelve yeares before his fa∣ther. Besides this nothing helpeth to shew how he is not two yeres elder then his Father. All this the booke of Con∣cent

opened of old: but hogges care not for pearles: Grun∣ting in a reuting libell will be their grace.

Of a most wicked note allowed by D. Bancroft, to the overthrow of the Gospell: the note is prefixed to Saint Mathewes Gospell. Thus it standeth.

The posteritie of Sollomon left in Ochozias: wherby the kingdome was transported to the line of Ioas sonne to Iuda.

The bane of this banned croft.

Iewes sweare that Bancroft and all that would teach a∣gainst their native iudgement for the storie of the Kings, that Ioas was not the sonne of Ochozias, and all to Iechoni∣as, were of Salomon, such were shameles Atheistes, and no Graecian ever denyed that. And all ages have allowed Iose∣phus in this, that Salomons house held on to Iechonias. The Giddiheadines of this forged smithery, is so more con∣temptuous of God in that Ioas is six times termed the son to Ochozias in as plaine tokens of propertie, as ever any was called sonne to his father. A D. of grace should not allowe the Kings storie to bee so contemned. And twentie yeares agoe I wrote in my Concent enough to haue taught anie man of grace the trueth of this poinct. But D. Bancroftes li∣beller against Archb. Whitg. and Bishop Wintons Syllogisme (for the Creede to meane a going vp to Paradise in the Godly) thought that booke to be atormēt for his vnlearned soule: and Bancroft allowed the Lunatique libell against the Brittish nation, from the slyme of a Fishemongers spawne, that God reserved him to a most iust reproofe, for most de∣testable dotage, not so much from olde yeares, as from olde

contempt of trueth. God doth nothing but he telleth his ser∣vantes the Prophetes: as when hee meant to end Salomons house in Iechonias, he sware to Ieremie it should so fall out: and bad him proclaime it to all the earth. But he tolde no en∣ding in Ochozia, but cleane contrarie six times a continu∣ance. There a D. of any grace besides his title, should not al∣low such gracelesse Divinitie, to the overthrow of Saint Matthew and Ieremie in the Kings storie, and Ezra for the Chronicles and of Saint Luke as giving wicked Ioas a name never given him▪ without any token of being otherwise cal∣led: But I haue written sufficiently of this in the treatise of our L. Familie, whereof I haue sent 250. copies to Archbish. Bancroft, with 50. commentaries vpon the Lamentations, to bestowe on what Preachers he will: at his owne price.