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Show ee ~~ Phe fecond Booke of thefirstpart Cuari21.§,, = Rene tee -furnherin FEF ~~ Srace ofiGod;and r expic iefie diald cegandie eftov ofthis zealé ing Resi iledi n deftr oying Baal onat our ofit If eene his Kollievine she linne of Verchaam, thatthe tacljheew ra oie we sineinhis Fainilie! naithe fourth Gené rstion, But all this would kingdom ; SesLteainis helpe to ines outsGodsiprouidencé withhis ownec irctim: e. eee a a8ing thérindikealfoohifti geetdy Samelter ,who byftealinga needleffe Card Oe aa arfeldes eaed wliel orfkalee, forfeits hisawtholétefts:Hee-had queftionleffeldif. See byahar sable heittidiagaint} Baa?soand many morehe fhoild offend by fe nae theiafe.dfafupenttitionsfolong prattifed Asywas that Idolatrit‘of fe. via alung s oie eboam.) Vetialithefe howimas yfocuerthey-wenes chad neudyronce thoughovpoa ma Hsats jdng,|sif: Godiovbami(tesKtainetherhyhdeniow forlodke; had nov gitien-him is ane = seidiffinsle appearedimelis way ofgetting it,than couldatany* the- Crowns eae ifhen ios - i ae y obg 5 imeaterbe canes ofho ; aKett. : - inratituae beht ae oF! 5 meye hadsiiewtatribbe deebtnate = : of Gotlypon Hrael; whereofH s. RackTeeee HUIS © Danalok heprophecWash execurione ielof Blinds, r. Theitaticlosit, yofthis who fore-told Princewe fayiing barbarous 2 Their frrong Cities re thousfer thor .onapne "halt ae tein teinyous. yong wenfouleohoasfley.wi fires\and th thefwords andhalt laf their ee pee i e ; ieaitd ie piees thei: ) 24 didnotoniely the Lofautsiagsinfish-es < er- satsate s meme ime Idolatry af fgksdnelle of«abel caufe therm ne of his whole houfe, Baie ofGyHazdels"iit a brisig adatnenta blemnifenyvponlalltheland.Forthe furie vido. tie see enchtddniielt thedeftruétionofafew Townes; not wearied withoncin2. Kjng.10.32- ie Bae fnatethersinalithecoaft-ofJfrael;andwattedall the Counttic en eer. es ofdds) ae rith{tanding the Rineviott , i oo e = people Notwithit res anding;:allthefefeicalamities saa pentednotiof: hein Idolatrit.,) otze thofe daies oat off ae " 8 as Saves awcehither hid theratislikely, thatshey bemoanedthenobleHoufe of sha -nde Sea beaten thofe- enemies: t6-whiommthey weretrow a'prey; oe had ag: oat conquelt of Siriagwherstheyihad enlitged theirborder, yi winning aE > ey and-conipelled Beshadadeo - thé Cities which o "het ee they weredaine eee soe ee couragaiin. mutdesing his Mattertharhad put hinvi J : Aue ‘nt déFerdi, aha veal g : frommtheincrielLenambids: Thusit commonly 'falsour;that they whocanfinde seat ner,ofdifficulties inferning:him;to whom nothing is difficult,are,in ftead ofthe ae lsalgre tothem{cluesipropounded by-contrary courfes, iovier-whelmedwith exes bles whichthey fought to auoide; and therein by God whom they firft forfooke, ste faken, and left ynto the wretchedlabours oftheir owneblinde wifedome,wherinthey had repofed all their confidence. as IT: 7 bpdautunsn. (uaa! peg Hele calamities falling vpon Mrael,keptitthelia fake or that fide,giuing at ‘ furetolooke tothings at homies -as hauing liteleto-doe abroad, valefle - fo shatshee held fome correfpondencie with Haxael, pretending therein - os : tateher husbands grand-father king 4fa;who achro24.7. had-dofiethe like; Arid fome sae cor thatthe did,fo,.may.begathered out of that whichis tecorded ofvher doings: For re finde, thatithis, wished Athaliaandherchildren brake'vpthe houfe of. God, aid wt a that were dedicate for-the hanfe oftheLord -did they-beftor vpon Baalim« Sucha factile a though, is. proceeded. from a.defire roferout her Idolatry ;;with:fuch et mightmakeitthe moreclorions inithe peopleseyedwae sy was not likelyto want Saal pretextiofneceffity of the. State fo requiring: ifiiwhichea fe others before her haa ri at boldevithithat holy, place,and hertiext fucceffourwas faine to doe the like,being f: vato,forced byHazeel,who perhaps was delighted with thietatteof that whichWa merly. thencelextraéted. forhis baie. s a Vadeythis impious goueriiment Ofdthali#; the devotion of. the Priefts ee Was very notable, and{erued(no doubt)very muchto retainethe people inthe a taught by God himfelfe,howfocuerthe Queenes| proceedings aduanced the-co! Fore fe pouerty of that facred/Tiibe Leuithult-needes aue been ckceraae this time, all sheirdands and pofleffionofs in ie . the ten Tribes being vtterlyloft, il we . . the " z : ns and other Peyquifites,by which they lincd he ,bein g nowverygefew,a nd fmall ;, anes fore -- dee ; Cu sp2iit.4.5-F.1 ‘ * , OAtheLipforie ofthe World, ci | dere Sa bette heteren der ggodl ftorebadl laid d6 vp in 3 bein rtimes ynder } y KingS, efal being g allau taken awayy bybytham 5 thamef ull l;robberie; Yetthey vp-held in all this mifery the fertice of keeping daily their courfes, and performing obediencetoGed: ‘and the daily facrifice, the high Pricft! Ao leffe thar in thof{e'dayes wherein their entertainment was fitre better, { a oe fr: {Gkee orth ics Of t prefernation of Toas. ven a ao 433 ‘ are eoodytharte ateeaeaeaeeeligon ma: Tohiscare h idunthe FA Vibe tinued AE walswost anhbab La in fomeflen. der fort vp-held in thofe vnh PPy * a varetl,who was daughi. ter of king /elpram,& filter to Ahazta,a godly Lady and vertuous, whofe Pietie makes j¢ on ‘ Ws * : difcre feemethat atcre e notarther satintmore 7 thoughteafioS acceffe =i iehe oe argue the; con-; rah a Pr han es waeonicacts ashicdicecaabiuenkat: to her owne ore ene I Princelcho enss Permitted her to bee Seem che er i ej - ne see okt i tRoe foone after, was conueighed ry, ? when Arhalia de toyed ali'the Kings child; ; out of thenourfe : en, d an wascarried fecretly inte the Temple; -as fecretly hee was broughe vp. Howit aile that this: yongue wasriot hunted ar = out, when a? fonechilde ie ichudiau eetetine mi ne,hisoie ia5as mitfing ;3 eee birinet ae ea aaa icate ditpai rpociiahis to a childveri had datnteditice call iow? ihichicke in eck pn theiue erne : e : nouations, and fo bethe lefle- conformabows le tothe prefent gouetnmenmen t, linered out of that flaughterjhe and his nurfe being goneno man could So. loaf was de. tél] whither,and might be thought peraduenture to be-caft hauing no.other guard poore Wwomanthat gaue him fuckeswho fooliftilyaway,as doubting that the her felfe'thouthana haue hésh flaine, was-fled away with himinto fome defolate place, where it was like ld enough that theand he fhould perith. In fach cafes flatterers, or men defirous of reward,eafily coine thankes due to theirioy ful tidings, , than they will nih ass oa ee oe -- bes true in their. owne knowledge gololethe Ges S06 ed ‘ . §, V. Whofefonie Toas was, ay Tek Whetber loas may be thought likely tohaue beenthe fan of Ahazia. , ; ; N:: concerning 2 ; this Jeafb, whofe fonne hee was, itWiisisa thing of muchdifficwltie toafirmey and hath caufed much qo controuerfie among writers, The places of Scripture, which call him thefonne of Ahazia, feeme plain e enough. How any' +Xingrt.s: figu re of the Hebrew language Wz is Succeffour, I neither might giuetitle of Sonne vnto hin 1, inregard thathee 7 * 4/394 bymy felfe can finde, nor cant yy any helpe of Authors lear ne howto anfiverthe difficulties appearing in the contraryopinions of them, that thinke himto have beene, ornot, the naturall fonne of Ahazia, For wheteas itis faid, that the boufe of Ahazia was not able to retaine the Kingdome; fome doe inferre that this Jos) was Not properlycalled his Son, but was the next of his kindred, and therefore * na tuccceded him, as a fonnein the inheritance ofhis father. e Andhereunto the murder Sonate bY Athalia, doth very well agree. For the e perceiuingthat the Kingdome $e Was to fall into their hands » 1n whomfhe had no intereft,; might eafilyfinde cauf eto rare, that thetyranny exercifed by her husbandat her inf igat ion vpo n fo many noble i ules, would now bee reuengedvpon her felfe? The ruine ofherIdolat: atrous religion might sa this cafeterrific both her andher Minions;the fentence of the Law rewarding vo mene withdeath sand the Tragedy ofJecabel tcaching her what might happen hae Queene. All this had lirtle concerned her, if her owne grand-child had been "SUC LO thie Crowne. forthe that had power enough to make herfelfe Queene, could <e - raissand leffe s haue taken vpon ber the office of a Prote ~ sane might haneconic ctor-by which done her pleafure,and been the moreboth obey ed by others, and |