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Most fruitful [and] learned co[m]mentaries of Doctor Peter Martyr Vermil Florentine, professor of divinity,…Most fruitfull [and] learned co[m]mentaries of Doctor Peter Martir Vermil Florentine, professor of deuinitie,…
Most fruitful [and] learned co[m]mentaries of Doctor Peter Martyr Vermil Florentine, professor of divinity, in the University of Tygure with a very profitable tract of the matter and places. Herein is also added [and] contained two most ample tables, aswell of the matter, as of the words: with an index of the places in the holy scripture. Set forth & allowed, according to the order appointed in the Queens majesties injunctions.Most fruitfull [and] learned co[m]mentaries of Doctor Peter Martir Vermil Florentine, professor of deuinitie, in the Vniuersitye of Tygure with a very profitable tract of the matter and places. Herein is also added [and] contained two most ample tables, aswel of the matter, as of the wordes: wyth an index of the places in the holy scripture. Set forth & allowed, accordyng to thorder appointed in the Quenes maiesties iniunctions.
London: printed by John Day, 1564London: printed by Iohn Day, 1564
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12 Arise, arise Deborah, arise, arise, singe a song. Up Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
12 Arise, arise Deborah, arise, arise, singe a songe. Vp Barak, and leade thy captiuity captyue, thou sonne of Abinoam.
Forasmuch as Deborah studied to inflame all the Israelites to give thanks unto god, by an eloquent figure she now stirreth up herself, that thereby others might ⟨p. 107⟩be pricked forward, and endeavour themselves by her example to praise God. Go to, Go to, Deborah, go to, go to sing a song. This without doubt, is, the manner of saints in their Psalms and songs that they never satisfy themselves in praising God, they always think that they are to cold, and for that cause every where they use such stirrings up of themselves. Here R. Solomon doteth,1 when he writeth, that Deborah did to much boast of her self, and therefore when her spirit began to wax faint, she endeavoured her self by such stirring up to kindle it again. If these things are spoken by the spirit, as in very deed they are, there can no sin be in them without a great fault. Wherefore let Solomon go whether he will with his fables. Lead thy captivity captive. She exhorteth Barak to triumph & with a certain pomp to boast of his captives. For by that means it seemed that the honour and name of God should more and more be illustrated, when all men understood, that the Canaanites were now captives unto the Hebrews who before thought that they would either utterly destroy the Hebrews or else take them prisoners. This is the punishment of the just law called the law of the like, that they should justly suffer those things, which they unjustly went about to do unto others. Farthermore the Rabbins have here noted that the song is peculiarly ascribed unto Deborah, because she was a Prophetess: but the triumph was given unto Barak, because in the battle he had fought against his enemies.