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. 1.

Heare this word that the Lord pronounceth against you, O•• children of Israel, euen against the whole family which I brough•• vp from the land of Egypt, saying:

* 1.1ANother Sermon, wherein Amos threatneth the iudgements of God against the said Israelites, and that repeating & expressing the commaundement of God, least that because these men were wonderfully hardened, the former threatning should by and by va∣nish away: or least it might seeme to haue been threatned but for fashion sake, as hypocrites with these toyes and iuglings are wont to shift of the threatnings of God, be they neuer so great and ear∣nest. But this verse containeth two chiefe poyntes. * 1.2 First, it hath a commendation or getting attention or marking of the things that are to be spoken: for the Prophet winneth authoritie vnto his mini∣sterie from the Maiestie of God himselfe, whome Amos doth wit∣nes to speake these things rather then himselfe being but a man. Therefore when as the Israelites doe heare these things, they must

giue eare vnto them, not as the voyce of a mortall man, but as if they should heare the sound of the euerlasting word of God. This is the first point of this verse. The second, * 1.3 vnto whom this prophesie belongeth. And generallie it belongeth vnto all the tribes, the which God brought out of Egypt: but especiallie vnto the king∣dome of Israel, that is vnto the ten tribes, the which had separated themselues from the kingdome of Iudah And this rehearsall of the benefite which God did vnto them, hath a secret accusing of their ingratefulnes or vnthankfulnes, and a reason and repeating of their more streight bond to serue and worship God.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Another ser∣mon, threat∣ning the iudge∣ments of God against the Is∣raelites.
• * 1.2

  Two partes of this verse. 1 Attention.
• * 1.3

  2 Vnto whome this Sermon belongeth.