¶ Dauid is forbydden to buyde an house vnto the Lorde. Chryst is promysed vnder the fygure of Sa∣lomon.
CAPI. XVII.
ANd as Dauid dwelte in his house, he [ A] sayde to Nathan the Prophete: loo, I dwell in an house of Cedar tree:* 1.1 and the arcke of the Lordes couenaunt dwelleth vnder skynnes. And Nathan sayd to Dauid: do al that is in thyne herte, for God is with the. But the same nyght the worde of God came to Nathan, sayinge: goo and tell Dauid my seruaunt, thus saythe the Lorde: thou shalte not buylde me an house to dwell in. For I haue dwelt in no house sythens I brought out the chyldren of Israell vnto this daye: but I haue gone from tent to tent, and from one ta∣bernacle to an other. Neyther in anye place where so euer I haue walked thorowe out all Israel, spake I euer one worde to anye of the Iudges of Israel which I commaunded to fede my people, sayinge: why buylde ye not me an house of Cedar tree? Now therfore thus saye [ B] vnto my seruaunt Dauid: thus sayth ye Lorde of hostes: I toke the out of the pasture where thou keptest shepe, that thou shuldest be capy∣tayne ouer my people Israel. And I haue ben with the in all that thou tokest in hande, and haue weded out all thyne ennemyes out of thy syghte, & haue made the a name lyke the name of the greatest men of the earthe. And I wold ordeyne a place for my people Israel, and wyl m••ke it faste / and they shall dwelte vnder it, and shall moue no more. Neyther shall the chyldren of wyckednesse vexe them anye more, as at the begynnynge, and sithens the tyme I commaunded Iudges to be ouer my people Israell / and wyll brynge vnder all thyne en∣nemyes, (for I tolde the that the Lorde wyll [ C] buylde the an house.) But when thy dayes be ex••pyred that thou muste go after thy fathers, I wyll set vp thy seed after the, whiche shall be of thy sonnes, and wyl settle his kyngdom. He shal buyld me an house, & I wyll stablisshe his feare for euer.* 1.2 I wyll be his father, and he shall be my sonne, and I wyl not put my mer∣cye awaye from him, as I dyd frome him that was before the. But I wyll set him in myne house, and in my kyngdome for euer, & his seat shall be sure for euer.
W••••n Nathan had tolde Dauid according to all these wordes, and to al this vision, king Dauid went and face him before the Lord, and sa••d: what am I, O Lorde God, and what is myne housholde, that thou hast promoted me thus farre. And yet this s••med lytle in thyne eyes, O God. But that thou sholdest speake of thy seruantes house for a great while to come: an•• h••st loked vpon me as vpon a mā of high degree, O Lorde God. What can Dauid desire more of the, wherin thou sholdest make thy ser¦uaunt more glorious? Thou knowest thy ser∣uaunte: And Lorde for thy seruauntes sake, euen accordynge to thyne owne herte, thou haste doone all this magnifycence, to shewe all bounteousnesse Lorde, there is none lyke the, nor anye God saue thou: accordynge to [ D] all that we haue herde with oure eares. More ouer what nacyon on the earthe is lyke thy people Israell? whiche God wente and re∣demed to be his owne people, and to make the a name of excellencye and terryblenesse, with castynge oute nacions before thy people for euer, and thou Lorde, arte become theyr God.
And now (Lorde) the thynge thou hast spo∣ken concerning thy seruaunt and his house, be it true for euer, and doo as thou hast sayd. And thy name continue and waxe greate for euer / that it be sayd: the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel is God in Israel, and the house of Da∣uid thy seruaunt be stable before the. For thou Lorde hast tolde thy seruaunt that thou wylt buylde hym an house. And therfore thy ser∣uaunt hath founde in his herte to praye before the. And now Lorde, thou arte the very God, and haste promysed this goodnesse vnto thy seruaunt. Now therfore goo to, and blesse the house of thy seruaunt, that it maye contynue before the for euer. For what thou blessest, O Lorde, that is blessed for euer.