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.

And in that day shall the Prophets be ashamed euery one of his vision, when he hath prophesied: neither shall they weare a rough garment to deceiue.

* 1.1A Staying in the further laying open of the former matter, where there is declared another euent or issue and effect of the sayd promise, to wit, that those selfe same parties, who in times past and before did take vpon them to be Shepheards, but falsely, shall freely acknowledge their fault, and leaue off from the charge of teaching which they haue taken vpon them. So then first of all the false Pro∣phets themselues shall be ashamed of those their lyes, when as they haue tolde them, so great doubtles shall the light of the trueth bee,

and so great in the Church of God shall be the hatred of all men a∣gainst heresies and lyes. These things were fulfilled,* 1.2 like as were those also which are contained in the former verse, first among the Iewes themselues, the light of the word of God, or of the lawe be∣ing restored vnto them, together with publike libertie to teach and professe the same vnder the Machabees. Secondly, they were also fulfilled, when as Christ so many times made the Scribes and Pha∣rises ashamed teaching false thinges: and lastly, by the Apostles through the preaching of the Gospell. For many which before were Pharises, became Christ his Disciples, and ceased, and left off to be false teachers.* 1.3 But in our time this notablie hath had his accom∣plishment, when as the Gospel hath been restored vnto the world, because that infinit numbers haue both called backe and condem∣ned their false doctrine, and also haue giuen ouer that their office of teaching. So thē the false teachers themselues shall be ashamed of their errors. Secondly, they shall abstaine from teaching, and con∣demne the estate of their former life. The which thing is described or set forth by the Metaphor taken from a speciall kind of apparell,* 1.4 but common notwithstanding, the which they did weare, which would seeme to be the Prophets of God, and professed this kind of life. And this kinde of apparell is called rough or hairie, because it was made of haire, or such like course matter, such as was the gar∣ment or mantell of Elias, 2. King. cap. 1. ver. 8. and the apparell of Iohn the Baptist, Matth. 3. ver. 4. who is there sayd to haue had his garment of Camels haire.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The false tea∣chers shall ac∣knowledge their faults.
• * 1.2

  When these things were fulfilled.
• * 1.3

  This prophesie fulfilled in our time.
• * 1.4

  What the fi∣gure Metapho∣ra is, see Amos cap. 4. ver. 12.