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. 10.

Take of them of the captiuitie euen of Heldai, and of To∣bijah, and Iedaiah, which are come from Babel, and come thou the same day, and goe vnto the house of Ioshiah, the sonne of Ze∣phaniah.

* 1.1THe precept or commandement of God, the which conteineth both the fact, and the exposition and interpretation of the f••ct, and reason of the same ver. 12. hereafter, and so forth. In the f••ct these things are to bee obseru••••. First, the persons, of whom the Prophet receiued the siluer and the gold, and the other giftes (of the which afterward the crownes should bee made) the per∣sons were foure men that were Iewes, which were newlie come from Babylon,* 1.2 bringing for the temple of God these giftes from themselues, and from other Iewes, which were yet at Babylon. The men are these, Cheldai, Tobia, Ieddaiah, and Chen the sonne of Tzaphaniah. The zeale of these is commended afterward, and

is to bee followed.* 1.3 Secondly, the place is to bee noted, into the which the prophet is commanded to goe, namely into the house of Iosias the sonne also of Tzaphaniah, whereinto these foure men as they came from Babylon, were first and newlie come. It is likely that this Tzaphaniah was some great man, and such a one as gaue intertainement vnto strangers.* 1.4 Thirdly, the time, the selfe same day that the Lord spake vnto the Prophet, is hee comman∣ded to goe, not to make delay, or to put it off vntill another daye. For the people did need a speedie and hasty comfort. Moreouer, by this meanes God declareth that hee doth shew vnto the Pro∣phet, what should come to passe, namely, that the selfe same daye these three men should come vnto the house of Tzaphaniah out of the captiuitie of Babylon.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The comman∣dement of God conteining the fact, and the exposition and reason of the same. In the fact are to be noted.
• * 1.2

  1. The persons,
• * 1.3

  2. The place.
• * 1.4

  3. The time.