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. 16.

And at that day, sayth the Lord, thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt cal me no more Baali.

* 1.1ANother kinde of benefites the which then also GOD will be∣stow vpon his, that is, Spiritual benefites, the which being sun∣dry and manifolde, there is but one sort of them in this place recko∣ned vp, to wit, the mutuall mariage of GOD and them. For this marriage is betweene God and all the godly. 2. Corinth. 11. And Christ Mat. 9. ver. 15. compareth himselfe vnto a bridgroome, and his disciples vnto the bride, where he sayth: Can the children of the marriage chamber mourne, as long as the bridegroome is with them? So Cant. 4. ver. 8. Christ calleth the Church his spouse, as also in ma∣ny other places of that most holy, sweete, and excellent song, say∣ing: Come with me from Lebanon my spouse,* 1.2 euen with me from Le∣banon, and looke from the top of Amanah, &c. For our soules are the spouses of Christ. And this shal appeare by the wordes the which the Church shal vse. For she shal cal that same true God and Icho∣uah, her husband, and not any longer her Baal, or by the name of Baal; albeit that name doe oftentimes signifie an husband also. But lest there should any signe or senfie of Idolatry remaine among the godly euen in the very names, the godly talking and speaking

of God shal no more vse the word (Baal:) but shal cal him Icho∣uah, and their husband. And such titles doth the Prophet Isa•• giue vnto God cap. 54. ver. 5. where we read thus: For heeth•• made thee is thine husband (whose name is the Lord of hostes) and thy redeemer the holy one of Israel, shall bee called the God of the whol•• worlde. And truely we ought to hate euen the very names of Idols, neither is it lawful to vse them when as we speake of God. Final∣ly, we may neuer talke of any filthy matters, but by way of execu∣tion, or detesting and abhorring of them. And therefore Psal. 16. ver. 4. Dauid witnesseth, That he will not with his lippes make men∣tion of the names of their Idols. And Paul Ephes. 5. ver. 3. sayth: B•••• fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnes, let it not bee once ••••∣med among you, as becommeth Saints: yea vnder the Gospel Paul••, Cor. 6. vers. 15. opposeth or setteth Baal against Christ saying: What concord hath Christ with Belial?

Notes

• * 1.1

  Another kinde of benefites.
• * 1.2

  God so hateth Idolatry that he wil not haue his people vse so much as a name that hath been su∣perstiticusly abused.