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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Daneau, Lambert, ca. 1530-1595?
Publication: [Cambridge] :: Printed by Iohn Legate, printer to the Vniversitie of Cambridge [and at London, by J. Orwin] 1594. And are to be sold [by R. Bankworth] at the signe of the Sunne in Paules Church-yard in London,; [1594]
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Subject terms: Bible. -- O.T -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
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Vers. 14.

Drawe thee waters for the siege: fortifie thy strong holdes: goe into the clay, and temper the morter: make strong bricke.

* 1.1THe figure Sarcasmos, or a most bitter and biting taunt and mocke, whereby the Prophet laugheth to scorne the muniti∣ons of the Niniuites, & their diligence and prouidence in defending themselues. For he granteth that it shall come to passe, that they shall seeke out and prepare all things which are necessary for the holding out of a long siege: nay the Prophet exhorteth them that they will doe it very diligently: but he sheweth afterward that al these things shall be vaine and vnprofitable vnto them. And be∣cause that there is neede of water both for drinke, also to seethe meate, and likewise for other vses vnto men that are besieged, therefore mention is made of them: as also of other munitions, the which are made of bricke or of stone. Therfore albeit the Nini∣uites prepare and make ready all these things, yet shall they bee destroyed notwithstanding. Further, vnder these doth the Pro∣phet by the figure Synecdoche comprehend the rest, which are necessarie for men besieged. And by the selfe same worde (Waters) he teacheth, that albeit they be most continent, and in∣dure to liue most hardly all the whole time of the siege, and bee content to drinke nothing but water: yet shall they notescape, or breake vp the siege. And by all these thinges appeareth that nothing is safe vnto vs, nay in a word, that the wisedome and dili∣gence of men, be it neuer so prouident and forecasting, shall no∣thing auayle them, whereas GOD doth curse theyr enterprises Psalm. 127.

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Sarcasmos is a figure whereby we doe giue a sharp & bitter taunt in great disdaine & re∣proch, as the Iewes did vnto Christ when as they bid him come down frō the crosse, & as here the Pro∣phet doth in this place, sig∣nifiyng that all their labour shal nothing a∣uaile them. What the fi∣gure Synecdo∣che is, see Amos cap 5. ver. 21.

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