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A quamuis verbà non forméntur. SL
mile quid & hîc denuo intelligc. Lapi.
dem enim ex pariece, & fcarabæum è
ligno contra Babylonium loqui aie
Quonam autem modo , exponcmus;*
Babylonius Iudææ* & alias vrbes hofti.
liter adoiftus * omnes illarum domos
fuccendir. Inde & lapides diffilire 0.
portebat, &: müros labefa&ari| &cum
iplls ligna, &: contignationes propter
vetuftatem nimiam ^ parues:fcarabæos
, feu tineas habentesproçumbete.Idcir!
co futurum narratjVt crudelitatem cius
elamoribus ipfæ ruinæ infe&entur.
Hase autem,vt dixijerant lapides difi.e^
6ti, ôc in medio platearum iaeentes 8c
ligna plane femiufta, & ex ipfa quô^ug
putreraólione vrbium antiquitatem te-
ftantia. Crimini igiturfuit Babylonio,
tam an tiquas, & vetuftiflimas vrbes in*
cendio deleuiflc. Deftruet etiam domos
, earum incolis ë medio fublatis*
Sciendum porrb pro vocabulis Jj|Em <*,
^ Zjaou Jlarab4m e ligno, ab aliis interpreti-
- bus editum efle, %Utv iunftura li~
gni. Vndecogitare fas,fortafleædium
cinâ:us)&: nexus, lîue contrabeationes
astate ilia cantharos fuifle appellatos,
quod impofitum ipfîs te6lum quafi
multis pedibus fuftinerent.
V * qui oedificat cwitatem in Jangui-
nibus3 & préparât 'Vrbem in iniquita-
tibus. iVonJunt boec 4 T^otnino omnipotente.
E t defecerunt populi multi in
igné,&gentes multa coangujlatafunt.
> AdhucBabyloniimiferiam,& cala- xxyiJ
mitatem prodit, vt qui gloriam luani
extollatj & imperium illuftrari conten-
dat,nonvnde conueniebat : fedvnde
minime oportebat.Non enim experfi-
cie multis importata fama quasrenda;
fed aliis potius ornamétis gloriandum,
& ex iuftitia clari nominis petendum
decus. Verumille hoc vt inutili ne<de-
£to,ædificauit ipfam (Babylonem) irt
fangu'inibus,&iniquitatibus.Chaldæorum
namque imperium fuifle immitiflî-
mum,omnibûfque vrbibus, &rcgioni-
bus belluarum in morcm irrumpendo
uantum verbis loqui ncqueas cladium
ediflre,nôlfc poflunt omnes,qui diuinâ
fcripturamlegerunt.Câscerùm hçc non
flint a Domino omnipotente. None-
nim fas, non cfl: inquam fas, affirma-
re, mala iftiufmodi fupernè contigifle :
nec intclligi potefl:, in huiufcemodi rebus
iaftapciam à Deo profiçifci. Non
ergo flabunt, fed cocçuent. Quæ enim
■ Ûla
m a b à c v c
jlladiuina, ôiincortupta mens appro-
bare nefeit, vt non confentanca omni -
no vlcifcitur. Quomodo enim non ab-
furdum,&itppiümplané eft, populos
multos defeCifTeinignc^ & tnultâs genres
fæpccoanguftatas efTe,putainclytas
vrbes flmul cum incolis periifle flam-
mis, & cotas gentes, cum re&oribus de-
fecifle in malis ?
Idemquifpiam ipfis quoque Iudæo-
rum principibus apporté ^»ccinuerit,
qui omnes fandos Prophctas necaue-
runt, & Hierofolymæ multum fe com-
modaturos exiftimarunt, fi earn in fan-
guinibus, &c violentia in omnes exer-
cenda ædificarent. Alios fiquidem in-
iuriosètradarunt, alios lapidarunt, ac
tandem ad ilia feelera filii quoque ne-
cem, amentiæ fuæ Legem prætexen-
tesadiecerunt. Mandatis enim Mofai-
cis per Chriftum abrogatis, dolorefe
cruciari fingebant. Sed eorum zelum
Deo difplicuifle, nec, vt diuinus Pau-
» Jus ait, [fecundum fcientiam fuifle, ]
Propheta his verbis liquidé demon- *
* ftrat. [ Non funthæc à Domino omni-
w potente.] Proinde etiam defecerunt in
argento, coanguftati funt,bello ipfos
confumente. Euenerunt enimtalia Iu-
dæorum populis, quia debacchati funt
infilium, &, vt dicebam, ante ipfum
Prophetas occiderunc.
Quia repie ta efl vniuerjà terra, njt
cognofcatgloriam Domini.Quafi aqua
multa operiet eos.
Difcrimen tëporum non raro diuina I
feriptura cofundir,& futura,vt ia tranf-
ada comemoratjid quod etiam hîc per-
fpicere datur. Nâcùm dicédum fuiflet,
implcbitur^àixitjmpleta <y?.Quado igitur
Babyloné iracæleftis obruerit, &præ-
dida hæc omnia in ea per Cyrum,& copias
eius patrabuntur, & ilia aliquando
Formidabilis, &infrada, &quæ ira in
alios femperimmanitatë fuaexerebat,
vt eivi nulla occurri poflet, de cætero
miferâda, & fineviribus, &omnimodis j
deferta, hoftiumq} fcabellu apparuerir,
tunc,tunc,inquâ, qui fub cælo efl: orbis
diuinam gloriam, qualis, 8c quâta fit in-
telligct,eiûfque cognitione replebitur.
Validü quippe,& adeé illuftrc, 8c terri-
oile,&inuidüeratChaldæor5 imperiü,
Deo tolerate,&ipfis largieore,vt Iudça
quoque potirentur,&i innumera oppida
cuerterent. Poftquamauté Deus malis
promeritis id inuoluere conftituit,con-
euflum corruit,& in folitudinë datü efl:.
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