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Show Thefecond Booke of thefirst part Cuariig.§.6 Y.6. cs end,and there they met each other in the field of Naboth, ‘Tehoram Began to fahiteIekw with termes of peace, but receiving 4 bitter anfwer. | his heart failed bith, fo chat Gyids OLVBGH thé treat fo His fellow kitg,he turnedawa to haue fled. But yehx foone ouertooke him withan arrow,where-with he ftrooke hity dead, & threwhis carkaffe intothat field, Which, purchafed with the bloud ofthe right. full ownerwes @ He whole Armie of Ifrael, with all the principal] Captaines lying it Raz ON noth Gilead; a Difciple'of Efzews the Prophet came in among the Cap. tainés that were fitting together ; who callin g out among theth Icha prin. ee tobéywateredwith thebloud ofthe vniut poffeffour; Neither did tha. eia efcapeé {o well, but that he was arrefted by awound, which held him till death did y cipall man, tooke him apart, and anointed himking ouetIfrael, rchearfing uO int theéProphecie of E/as againft the houfe of Ahab, atid letting him vnderftandys that it was thé pleafure of God to make him executioner of that fentence. The fafhion of the Meflengerwas fiich'as bred in the ‘Captaines‘a defire to knowthe errand, which Jehsthought meetto let them know, as doubting whether they ‘had ouer-heard allilte r@pize vpomhiiin: nt The ives Palace was foyning' to'thewall, by thé gate of the Cirie, where recahes tight fosne be aduertifed 6Fthis cilamitic, iffhe did wot with Walitwas high timé for her to call torGodfor mercie; whofe héenawne bles beholdit, iudgement,prsnounced againitt herlone beforehad Guettake Her,whentheiledft expeGéd it, Butthee. fullo€ indighation'and talke orno.Whenhe had acquainted them with the whole matter;they madenodelay, butforth-with proclaimed him King. Forthe Prophecie of E/ias was well knownea. mong them, neither durft any one oppofe ltimfelfe againft him, that was by Godor. dained to performeit. : ; : Jeha,who had vponthe fudden this great honour throwne vpon him,wasnot flowto = himfelfin patfeffion ofit,but vfed the firft heat oftheir affe@ions who ioynedwith a im, in fetting on foot the bufinefle which neerely concerned him, and was nattobee?? fore-flowed, being no more his owné than Gods. The firft carétaken was that no néwesof theretiolt mightbe carried toTzréehwherby the King inight haue had warning eithertofightorflee: this being forefeen,he maré ched fwiftly away,totake the Court whileit was yet fecure. King -Jeboram was nowfo proud thoughts, made herfelfe readyin all hafteand paitted her face hoping with her ftately and imperious lobkes to daunt the Trairoy reOrat lealt to sitter fomeA pophthegmé,that fhould expreffe herbrawe{piriv,and brand him with Rich 4 re proachas tificht make hith odious for ener. Little did the thinke vponthe that were 6rdaitied to denotte her;whole'paunches thefibiam with whichhu soredher eiés} would mort offend, than'thé fcolding 'laiguage wherewith 0 tongue; couldtrouble the éarés of hitn'that had her inthis power AS Teha ‘die the opened hetwindow, & looking out vpon him; began to pu de‘of that had not lone enioyed thefruits oPhié treafon,and mhurther< le SINS Thiswas in itieere humane valuation ftoatly {poken, but was indeeda part folly y -asaré'all well recouered of his wounds, that hee could enduretotide abroad, for which caufeit {eemes that there was much feafting,and ioy made, efpecially by Queene /eeabel, who kepther ftate fo wel,that the brethren of4hazia comming thitherat this time;did make it ab well their errandto falute the Queen, as to vifit the King: Certaine itis, that fince the rebellion of A¢oab againIfrael, the houfe of Alubdid Tretierfo much flourithas at this time. Seuenty Princes of the bloud Royall there were 30 that'liued in Samatia ; "Zeboram the fonne of Queen fézebel had won Ramoth Gilead, which his Bather had attemptedin vaine,with loffe ofhis life; and he wonncitbyvaliant fight, wherein he receiued wounds, of whichthe dangerwas now pait, but theho- nourlikely to continue. The amitie was fo great between Ifrael-and Iuda,thatit might fiiffice to dauntalltheit conimon enetnies,leauing no hope offucceffe,to anyrebellious etiterprizer: 10 that nowthe Prophecie ofElia might be forgotten,or no otherwileremiembred,than asan vnlikely tale by them that beheld the maieftical face oftheCoutt, wherein fo great'a friend'as the King of Iuda was entertained, and fortic Princes ofhis blotid expected. Inthe middeft of this fecutitie, whileftthefe great Eftates weretpe rhaps)either con " fulting about profequution oftheir intents, firft againft the Atamites, and then again Moab, Edom, and otherrebels & enemies: or elfe Were triumphing itrioy ofthat whic wasalready atchicued,and the eeother drefling herfelfe inthe braueft mannet to come downe amongft them,ti ings were broughtin,that the watchman had froma Towerdifcouered a company comming. Thefe newes were not very troublefome:! the Armie that layin Rainoth Gilead,t6 be readieapaing all attempts ofthe Aramits, was likely enough to be difcharged vpon fome notice taken that the enemy woul no orcould not ftirre.' Onely the King {ent out an Hoffe-im an Was; andito bring him wotd. The meffetiger comining to to know what the matte Ieba; and asking whethet*" wert well, was retained by him, who intended to giue the King as little warn! 6?25 §* might bees The'feeming' negtigence-of this fellowin fot returning withan might argue the matter to be of ffnall importance: yetthe king to be fatisfied,{aniw' en"eh" another that fhould bring him word how all went « and was likewife decained >? icha. Thefe dumbe thewes bred fome fufpicion in Zeboram,heewhomthe watchm tified of all that happened. And now the company drew foneere, that they mS" 5 thoughnot perfeétly, bee difcerned, and notice taken of Jehu himfelfe bythefu mannerof his marching. Wherforethe king that was loth to difcouer any ee sauled his Chariot to bee made ready, and iffued forth with basis king of Iudaia! compasy, f company,whofe prefence added maieftie to his traine,when ft rength to refift, or expeditionto flee, had beene more needful. This Could not be donefo haftily but that phy Was come euen to theTownes §. VI. aw Ahazia perifhed with the beufe of Ahab :,and how that Family MRS RP was deftroyea by Tehu. Je ofbbe Liiftory oftheWorld, things) How/fStueérlaudable, if they haue an ill'relati Lord of all? Her owne Eunuchés that food by and ‘heard her,were not affeded fo much as with any compaflion' of Herfortune ; much lefewas her enemie daunted with het proud {pirie: When Iehwfaw that thee did vfe the littléremainder ofherlife in {eekine tovexe him, hee madé he: ptefently to vnderftand! her owiteeftate, by deeds and not goby words. He only called to herferuants to knowwhich ofthem would be onhis fide andfoone found them teddy to offer their feruice, before the veryface of their proud Ladie. Hereupon hee commandedthem to cafther downe head-lotig': which imme: diatelythey performed, yyithout*all regard of her greatheffe andicttate, vwherein {hee had a few houtes before thined fo glotioufly intheeyes ofmen-ofinenthat confidered fot theindgemefits of God that had been dérouticed againft her So petithedthis acciirfed voman By therade hands ofherown {eruants; atthe com: mandemént of her gréateft enemie, that vvas yeftérdayherfubie@, but now her Lord: a the petithed miferably,ftriiggling in vdine with bafe sroomes;vvho contumelioufly = hale and thruft her , vvhileft her infylting enemie fz teon Horfe-backe, adding in#9 dignitic to her gtiete byfcornefull béholding the thamefull manner‘of het fall, and . ampling her body wnderfoot.Herdeadcarcaffethat vvas left vvithout the vals, vvas @cuoured by dogs, and hef'very meéemorie vvas odious. Thus the vengeance of God : dedher Idolatrie. murther and oppreffion, vvith flow, but {lire paiment, > 2 > > 3 and fill interett. Aha a. king of luda fleeing a-pace from 7eh#, VVas ouer-taken by the Jurkec him ici vant : or vvoutid inthe kingdomeé of Samariajvvas vvay vvherehe firffered to g aa ihe - 2 7 inall hafte)and feek his buriall'in his own kingdome sand this + Mei id 0 oF sOr 1s grand-fathers fake, not forhis fathers;nor his own. He died Ae Lend was thencecarried to Terufalem where hevvasentersed vvith his Anceftarc 3° © ceft rei or s,haning tei = gneedd abo ut one yeere, |