The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.

The Prophesie of JOEL all.

IN these latter days of Jeroboam the second, and much about the times of Amos his first prophecying among Israel, did Joel also appear and begin to prophecy among Judah. Some of the Hebrew Doctors have conceived him to have lived in the time of Elisha, and that these threatnings of his of famine, were accomplished in the se∣ven years famine in that time, 2 King. 8. 1. others have supposed him to have lived and prophesied in the times of Manasseth King of Judah, casting his time as much too forward, as the other was too backward; but his Subject matter will declare his time: for seeing he speaketh of the same Plague of Locusts, and of drought and fire, that Amos doth, it is an argument sufficient to conclude that Amos and he appeared about the same time.

He sadly bemoaneth and describeth in his two first Chapters, the miserable famine, and grievous condition that the people were brought into through the Plagues of Locusts and Drought, and painteth out the Catterpillars, and Cankerworms, and Locusts, which he calleth the Northern Army, as if they were an Army of men indeed: They came in at the North part of the Land, from towards Syria and Hamath, and kept as it were in a body, and devoured all before them as they went along to the South part, and there as they were facing about to go off below the point of the dead Sea, the barrenness of that part affamished them, who had affamished the whole Country. The Prophet yet con∣cludes afterwards with comfortable promises of Rain after the Drought, and flourishing Trees and times after these Locusts: And upon that discourse of the restitution of tem∣poral blessings, he riseth to speak of spiritual blessings in the days of Christ, in the gift of Tongues; and in the wonders that should attend Christs death, and that should go before the destruction of Jerusalem, and concludes in the third Chapter with threatnings against the enemies of Jerusalem, and particularly foretelleth the destruction of the Ar∣my of Senacharib; against which the Lord caused his mighty ones to come down, vers. 11. namely, his Angels, and destroyed them in the valley of Jehoshaphat before Jerusa∣lem. This Hosea also had particularly pointed at Hos. 1. 7.