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Show 47 a The second Bookeof thefir$tpart Cuap.22,§.9, Cuapi22.§10. the cternall God, whofe Templewasat Tery. andworfhipped alfothe edged cack nowle yerac 2 shen people faw himtake his way directly to feife that holy place, isk hereon: - ; hands vpon the conféctatedveflels, calling the familie of Obed Re de corte aff ;- ofhis owne Exchequer ; they confidered himratheras anexecrable ra asigh asa noble Prince, an Ifraelite and their brother, though of a offe; we mut heeds conclude, That theAramit € preuailed ypon him this yeere,it being the laft of his Reigne. Thatthis was fo,andthat the Syrians . ie nner ree Apple safew a ae sh which the moft - that courfe, . Thusfollowing nother =) hath wifely auoyded, by ftealing afew Apples, helo Sraxing it withthe fame peste) rchard. The people detefted him, and after the refpite theinheritance of oe ieeeved cl to one, perceiuchis Souldiersto 4, a ee of their owne mould,andinferiour . number tothe ahaa townenteredbycapitu. byforce amighty hold eafie fo eafictol! i not fo <r HORS tne Giencanie ee orinn ee Itis fogreat.a Citie, of ion,a nter the gates opened by ynaduiled feare. For v parte Citizens ait SLeahicimdite iiss, and begin to vnderftandtheir firft errour theywill thinke vpon euery aduantage,of place, ofprouifions,of mult itude, yea of womenarmed withtile-ftones ; and rather -_ 2 reo: " eek ir former cow. ethanfuffer thofe mifchiefe OY A example A more liuely inthe mouth. fted in estafted <etpeo oea. ey ete s, i are eafily halfe-conqueftt whichin fch re fired, than the City of Florence, which through the weakene eo! ,aBae a ing therein 43 2 Prince, was +Nagy «tia a hard ae that it-openedthe gates ynto the French King Char/es the Bets i, who nol i ft i; yeerés offozs: after which time ,ifanyloffes enfaing hadbl . a oF od1 emifhed thef IFMer goo fucceffe,ill might the King of Ifrael hate likened himfelfeto a ftately Cedarand worfe could he hauecither lent the Iudzan one hundted thoufa nd men,or meet himin battel who was able to bring into the field thtee hundt ed thoufand of his own. Se ing' there > fore itis made plaine by the words ofE/ifha,tha tafterthree victories, /oa/b fhould finde fome changeoffortune,andfufferl eeeray his vhildee * bad hereditarie charge of the treafurte) to aftr it account, asifthey 1 Chro.wB.1$. apie of the Fiiftory of the World, , taking aduantage of Jos his abfence,gaue fuch a blow to Ifrael, as the king ‘at his return was not able to remedie,but rather fell himfelfinto newmisfortune 5, which ro increa fedthecalamity; wee mayevidently perceiue in that whichi s {poken ofseroboam hisfonne. Forit is faid, That the Lordfavthe exceed ing bitter affliions of ifrael.andthat haning aot decreed toput out the mame ofifrael from under the heanen, bepreferucdt bem by the band ofleroboam the fonne of Ioas. This is enoughto prone, that they torious Reigneof/o« was concluded with a {ad cataftrophe;the riches ofthe Temple haftning his miferie and death,as they had done withSe/ac,At halia, they wrought with Antiochus;Craffws.and other facrile and Hazacl,andas afterwards gious Potentates. Thuseither through indignation conceiued againft him,by the people of Terufalem, and courage which they tooke tofet vpon himwithin the Walls ; or through preparation of the Armie that lay abroad inthe Country, 20 recouerby-a new charge the honorwhichwaslof to bid hina battéll in open field,and t at the the miféries daily brought vpon his own Countrey,b former encounter; orthrough by-all ofthefe) Jozswas drinicato lay afide all thoughty the Syrian in his abfence (ifnot ofwinning the kingdome of Iudasand taking hoftages forhis quiet paffage, madeall hafte homewards, where he found afadwel-come,and being viterly forfaken of hiswo nted profperitie, forfook alfo his im fewtmoneths after, leauinghiskingdom to zerobo am the fecond,his fortunate and vallantionne. Profetiiie mpetens nee (wend ee etaitns oregy cutedit tneTowne, withPAF : 1is eesie - mie,in triimphant manner,himf{elf and his horfe Manyinfolencies were therein commtitted by the Frenc ra5 nn bg ieee oes, rell.miniftred, betweene them andthe Townes-men : ig aa ee tines, to preferut their libertic, were drinen ie shanei ofseady eee ne funames ingeee matter, Charles. propounds intolerable conditions, demandin money, and the abfolute Signorie of the State,as conquered by ig al 3 Citie in Armes, But Peter Caponi, a principal Citizen, catching the . the Kings, Secyctarie, anditearing thembefore his face, bad him found! us bebe The end. of Amazia his Reigue and Lifes Nyinatvis able to gheffe how Amazia looke Hee that had'vaunted fo much of his owne d, w hen the enemy had left higy. ! great prowefle andskill in Armes, ‘ the, tireatning to worke wonders » and fet vp a-newtheglorious Empir e of Dawid, andthey wouldiing,their-Bels < which peremptorie words madethe Breed : a phemfclues,iand.come readilyto thisagreement, that for forty thoufand Pn on notyhalfe ofthatmoney to bee paid in hand, Charles fhould not onely A ie; butreftore ywharfoeuer heehad of their Dominion, an d continuetheit Fi - a amatter didit feeme for'that braue Armie, which in few ene? So dangerous ‘Wanue the Kingdome of Naples, ‘to fight inthe ftreets, ageet,he .ae ofthat populous Gitie. Itis tue, that Charles had other bufineffe (an $ E alte Teas, fhall-anon bee fhewed).thatcalfed him away: butit wasthe appte F honlt dmminent;danger-that made hint cometo reafon.? In,fuchcafesthe fring aed Vfually drawes-cuery Citizen, to {ane his own, Jeauing victorie to ake es wherethe people are prepared and refolued, women can quench, as sails eet Aauing other things to lookevrito, ‘can, fet onfires And indecde that CommeYaofr more giuento.anger-than régardfull of profit, who, yponithe vncertain hope rane daga Towne,forfakes the aflurance ofgood compofition. Diner{nie of a ae may alter the cafe': itis enongh to fay,thatit might-be in-Terufalem, as we kt ably 1 Gor +690) in Florence: -; _, Howftrongly focuer seas might hold himfelfeayithin Ternfalem,| he could men! depart from therice;wwith his-bootie fatesiktht armicof Tadaswhich pater mht rified than weakened in'theJate encounter,fhould reteriforce it felf, & gine nas col vpon the way. Wherfote it was wilely done ofhim,ta take hoftages tte fog which rity,his Army being.,vponreturne,and-betrer lddenthan when it.cameforth;to fetheambl 'y \.; caules it was themorevnapttofight. Befides thefe impedimehts,within the Gitic and without feruing to coole pares tion ofJoss, and-keepeit down fromiat;puting tothe Crown of Iuda; aProphes fomewhat was newly fallen.out,whichhadseferenceto the angerof Esifoa : ra that who when this Jo had {mitten the Pround with:his arrowes thrice, told i aoainlt thould no oftner fmite the Avamites.', The three victories which Haenanlee ramaxe by fome;and with great probabilitie,referred-vnto the fifth,fixth 3 yer Was nowvacafed ofhis Lyons hide,and appea red nothing fo'terrible a beaft as‘he had beene' painted. Much argumentof {coffing at himhe had miniftred:vato fuch, as held him in diflike 3 Which atthis time, doubtleffe, were very many : forthe fhame that fals Yponaninfolent man; feldemefailes of meeti ng with abundanceofreproach. "As for "Amaia (befides that thé multitude are alwaies prone to lay the blame vpontheir GoUernours, euen of thofe calamities which happe n by their ownedefault) there was no 40childeinall Terufalem,but knewhim to béthe toot ty challenged a good man of War, being himfel ofall this mifchiefe.He had rotonfe a Daftard; but whenhe was beaten andtaken by him, had ba ely pleaded for the common eneniy,to haue himlet into the Citic,thae with his ownc eyes he might {ce what fpoyle there was, and not makea bad bargainie by heare-fays-Thefather of this Amazia; was a beaftly man ; yet when the Aramités tooke him and tormentedhim,he did not offer to buy his owne life atfo dear a rate,as the'Citie and Temple ofIetiifalem . Had he offered; fhould they haue madehis Pronule good ? farely the hafte which they had made in condefcending tothi shard ren, Was very vnfortunate: for by keeping outthe Ifraelite(wh was ich eafie enough) anylittle while,theythould foon hatte Keenrid of him,feeing thatthe Arami tés would ‘ave made himrun home, ‘with greater {peed thai he came forth . Thenalfo, whenheving truffed Vphis baggageshe was ready to be gone,a little courage would hauef erued to perfwade him to‘léay ¢his load behin d ; hadnottheit good K, deliuered tole vp hoftages, ; cure his ret S'loath to defrau weilfermee him 7 dhim ofthe recompence duetohis paines taken. 38 Couldnot but vexe the heart ofthis vnhappieki : it had bere hosttheyhad made him acknowledgehis fault vnto God,th ng at had punifhed all this difhonour! But wee finde no mentio n of his amendment. I i ont hice continued an Idolator to the very laft. For itisfaid of him, ler it apthavafter TBINE awayfromthe Lord,they wrought treafon'aozin} himin lerafalem:a anifelt : « 4 ard 19 fj |