A fruitfull commentarie vpon the twelue small prophets briefe, plaine, and easie, going ouer the same verse by verse, and shewing every where the method, points of doctrine, and figures of rhetoricke, to the no small profit of all godly and well disposed readers, with very necessarie fore-notes for the vnderstanding of both of these, and also all other the prophets. The text of these prophets together with that of the quotations omitted by the author, faithfully supplied by the translatour, and purged of faults in the Latine coppie almost innumerable, with a table of all the chiefe matters herein handled, and marginall notes very plentifull and profitable; so that it may in manner be counted a new booke in regard of these additions. VVritten in Latin by Lambertus Danæus, and newly turned into English by Iohn Stockwood minister and preacher at Tunbridge.

Vers. 19.

And I sayd vnto the Angel that talked with me, what be these? And he answered me, These are the hornes which haue scat∣tered Iudah, Israel, and Ierusalem.

* 1.1THe exposition or interpretation of the former vision. Wherein is first described the carefulnes of the Prophet desirous to know the things layd before him by God, but very obscure or darke, and humbly requesting to haue them made plaine vnto him,* 1.2 and not casting them away waywardly, and as being wearie of them. And this selfe same is to bee imitated or followed of vs, that we should by faith aske of God the things which wee are ignorant of in his word, as Iames in his Epistle cap. 1. ver. 5. doth teach vs, saying, If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth vnto all men liberallie, and reprocheth no man, and it shall be giuen him. Se∣condly, the louingnes of God in teaching vs familiarlie or friendlie,* 1.3 is to be noted, that we should not thinke such our prayers to be vn∣acceptable, or displeasing vnto God. So Dan. 10. ver. 11. there is a man sent vnto Daniel, who doth gently expound vnto him the vi∣sion, and in friendly and courteous speech sayth vnto him, O D••••••iel,

a man greatly beloued, vnderstand the words, that I speake vnto thee, and stand in thy place: for vnto thee am I now sent. So againe cap. 11. ver. 2.3. and so following. Last of all, the interpretation of the visiō is also to be marked. For he doth not only shew whō whose hornes doe signifie, namely, the enemies of the Church, wheresoe∣uer the same be, either at Ierusalem, or in France, or in Israel: but al∣so how greatly they did rage. For they win owed, that is, scattered into sundrie parts of the world, and tore in sunder the bodie of the Church gathered together before in a certaine place, cruelly ren∣ting it, so that as it is ver. 21, none durst lift vp his head.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The interpre∣tation of the former vision describing
• * 1.2

  1. The carefulnes of the prophet to vnderstand the vision.
• * 1.3

  2 The louingnes of God in friendly teach∣ing vs.