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. 4.

Out of him shall the corner come forth: out of him the naile, out of him the bowe of battell, and out of him euery appoynter of tribute also.

* 1.1AN amplification of the former promise, taken from the recko∣ning vp of the sundrie gifts of God toward the Iewes, and con∣sequently his Church, the which gifts also doe shewe the maner how the Iewes shall bee both strong, and also beautifull, to wit, be∣cause they shall haue in abundance al things, which are wont to be needfull both at home, and also abrode: yea and moreouer both in the time of peace, and also in warre. Finally, euery appoynter of tribute shall in the ende once bee driuen out of their borders, that they may be oppressed by no man. Wherefore I expound this word (out of him) of the Lord, who shal giue vnto the Iewes these things, which are afterward reckoned vp in this verse. And that which is in the last place (out of him the appoynter of tribute shall come forth) signifieth, that euery tribute gatherer, which did vexe them before, shall depart and go away from that people, God driuing him forth. Further, these words, Corner, Naile, Bowe, Itake as spoken prouer∣bially, for any thing, wherof there is both great vse, and great force, and briefly, the which men cannot lacke in building, in the dispo∣sing and ordering of matters belonging to the house, and in fight and warres. All these benefits are giuen vs of God by, & for Christ his sake. And these similitudes are elsewhere vsed to like purpose, as Isai cap. 22. ver. 23. where God will signifie that Eliakim, who was to succeed Shebne in his office, shall stand sure in his place, he sayth, And I will fasten him as a nayle in a sure place, and he shall be for the throne of glorie to his fathers house.

Notes

• * 1.1

  An amplifica∣tion of the for∣mer promise by the reckoning vp of the sun∣drie gifts of God toward his Church.