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. 18.

And the word of the Lord of hostes came vnto me, say∣ing,

* 1.1A Passing vnto another matter. For the Prophet commeth now vnto the question moued in the 7. chapter of the ordinary fasts of the Iewes, concerning the which the Iewes asked counsel of the Prophets and Priests, whether they were now also of them to bee

obserued and retained. The Prophet answered, that they were not, both for that the true worship and seruice of God doth not consist in them: and also for that in stead of fastings and mourning, God will haue them keepe feast dayes, in the which they should reioyce and bee glad. But in this verse the Prophet getteth authoritie vnto his answere, when as he sheweth that it is not of himselfe, but from the almightie Iehouah. The which thing he also repeateth againe in the verse following, that it may the more be credited or be be∣leeued.

Notes

• * 1.1

  A passing vnto the answering of the question of the Iewes moued in the former chapter touching their ordinarie fasts.