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Passage 1: 1 Samuel 20

(1Sa 20:1) And Dauid fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and sayd before Ionathan, What haue I done? what is mine iniquitie? and what sinne haue I committed before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

(Notes Reference) And David (a) fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what [is] mine iniquity? and what [is] my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

(a) For Saul was detained, and prophesied a day and a night by God's providence, that David might have time to escape.

(1Sa 20:2) And he sayde vnto him, God forbid, thou shalt not die: beholde, my father will do nothing great nor small, but he will shewe it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? he will not doe it.

(1Sa 20:3) And Dauid sware againe and sayd, Thy father knoweth that I haue found grace in thine eyes: therefore he thinketh, Ionathan shall not knowe it, lest he be sorie: but in deede, as the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth, there is but a step betweene me and death.

(Notes Reference) And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, [there is] but a (b) step between me and death.

(b) I am in great danger of death.

(1Sa 20:4) Then said Ionathan vnto Dauid, Whatsoeuer thy soule requireth, that I wil do vnto thee.

(1Sa 20:5) And Dauid said vnto Ionathan, Behold, to morowe is the first day of the moneth, and I shoulde sit with the King at meate: but let me goe, that I may hide my selfe in the fieldes vnto the third day at euen.

(Notes Reference) And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow [is] the (c) new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third [day] at even.

(c) At what time there would be a solemn sacrifice, (Num 28:11), to which they added peace offerings and feasts.

(1Sa 20:6) If thy father make mention of me, then say, Dauid asked leaue of me, that he might goe to Beth-lehem to his owne citie: for there is a yeerely sacrifice for all that familie.

(Notes Reference) If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked [leave] of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for [there is] a (d) yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

(d) Read (1Sa 1:21).

(1Sa 20:7) And if he say thus, It is well, thy seruant shall haue peace: but if he be angrie, be sure that wickednesse is concluded of him.

(1Sa 20:8) So shalt thou shew mercy vnto thy seruant: for thou hast ioyned thy seruant into a couenant of the Lord with thee, and if there be in me iniquitie, slay thou me: for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

(1Sa 20:9) And Ionathan answered, God keepe that from thee: for if I knewe that wickednesse were concluded of my father to come vpon thee, would not I tell it thee?

(Notes Reference) And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were (e) determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

(e) That he were fully determined.

(1Sa 20:10) Then said Dauid to Ionathan, Who shall tell me? how shall I knowe, if thy father answere thee cruelly?

(Notes Reference) Then said David to Jonathan, Who (f) shall tell me? or what [if] thy father answer thee roughly?

(f) If your father favours me.

(1Sa 20:11) And Ionathan sayde to Dauid, Come and let vs goe out into the fielde: and they twaine went out into the fielde.

(1Sa 20:12) Then Ionathan sayde to Dauid, O Lord God of Israel, when I haue groped my fathers minde to morow at this time, or within this three dayes, and if it be well with Dauid, and I then send not vnto thee, and shewe it thee,

(1Sa 20:13) The Lord doe so and much more vnto Ionathan: but if my father haue minde to doe thee euill, I will shew thee also, and sende thee away, that thou mayest goe in peace: and the Lord be with thee as he hath bene with my father.

(Notes Reference) The LORD (g) do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

(g) The Lord punish me most grievously.

(1Sa 20:14) Likewise I require not whiles I liue: for I dout not but thou wilt shew me the mercy of the Lord, that I die not.

(Notes Reference) And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, (h) that I die not:

(h) I know that if you were given the kingdom now, you would not destroy me, but show yourself friendly to my posterity.

(1Sa 20:15) But I require that thou cut not off thy mercie from mine house for euer: no, not when the Lord hath destroyed the enemies of Dauid, euery one from the earth.

(1Sa 20:16) So Ionathan made a bond with the house of Dauid, saying, Let the Lord require it at the hands of Dauids enemies.

(1Sa 20:17) And againe Ionathan sware vnto Dauid, because he loued him (for he loued him as his owne soule)

(1Sa 20:18) Then said Ionathan to him, To morowe is the first day of the moneth: and thou shalt be looked for, for thy place shalbe emptie.

(1Sa 20:19) Therefore thou shalt hide thy selfe three dayes, then thou shalt goe downe quickely and come to the place where thou diddest hide thy selfe, when this matter was in hand, and shalt remayne by the stone Ezel.

(1Sa 20:20) And I will shoote three arrowes on the side thereof, as though I shot at a marke.

(1Sa 20:21) And after I wil sende a boy, saying, Goe, seeke the arrowes. If I say vnto the boy, See, the arrowes are on this side thee, bring them, and come thou: for it is well with thee and no hurt, as the Lord liueth.

(1Sa 20:22) But if I say thus vnto the boy, Behold, the arrowes are beyonde thee, goe thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away.

(Notes Reference) But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond thee; go thy way: for the (i) LORD hath sent thee away.

(i) The Lord is the author of your departure.

(1Sa 20:23) As touching the thing which thou and I haue spoken of, beholde, the Lord be betweene thee and me for euer.

(1Sa 20:24) So Dauid hid him selfe in the field: and when the first day of the moneth came, the King sate to eate meate.

(1Sa 20:25) And the King sate, as at other times vpon his seate, euen vpon his seate by the wall: and Ionathan arose, and Abner sate by Sauls side, but Dauids place was emptie.

(1Sa 20:26) And Saul sayde nothing that day: for hee thought, Some thing hath befallen him, though he were cleane, or els becaus he was not purified.

(Notes Reference) Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not (k) clean; surely he [is] not clean.

(k) Yet he might have some business to let him.

(1Sa 20:27) But on the morowe which was the second day of the moneth, Dauids place was emptie againe: and Saul sayde vnto Ionathan his sonne, Wherefore commeth not the sonne of Ishai to meate, neither yesterday nor to day?

(Notes Reference) And it came to pass on the morrow, [which was] the second [day] of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not (l) the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

(l) Thus he speaks contemptuously of David.

(1Sa 20:28) And Ionathan answered vnto Saul, Dauid required of me, that he might goe to Beth-lehem.

(1Sa 20:29) For he sayde, Let me goe, I pray thee: for our familie offreth a sacrifice in the citie, and my brother hath sent for me: therfore now if I haue found fauour in thine eyes, let me goe, I pray thee, and see my brethren: this is the cause that he commeth not vnto the Kings table.

(Notes Reference) And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my (n) brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

(n) Meaning, all his kinsfolk.

(1Sa 20:30) Then was Saul angrie with Ionathan, and sayde vnto him, Thou sonne of the wicked rebellious woman, doe not I know, that thou hast chosen the sonne of Ishai to thy confusion, and to the confusion and shame of thy mother?

(Notes Reference) Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou (o) son of the perverse rebellious [woman], do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?

(o) You are always contrary to me as your mother is.

(1Sa 20:31) For as long as the sonne of Ishai liueth vpon the earth, thou shalt not be stablished, nor thy kingdome: wherefore now send and fet him vnto me, for he shall surely die.

(1Sa 20:32) And Ionathan answered vnto Saul his father, and said vnto him, Wherefore shall he die? what hath he done?

(Notes Reference) And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be (p) slain? what hath he done?

(p) For it was too great tyranny to put one to death and not to give a reason why.

(1Sa 20:33) And Saul cast a speare at him to hit him, whereby Ionathan knew, that it was determined of his father to slay Dauid.

(1Sa 20:34) So Ionathan arose from the table in a great anger, and did eate no meate the seconde day of the moneth: for he was sorie for Dauid, and because his father had reuiled him.

(1Sa 20:35) On the next morning therefore Ionathan than went out into the fielde, at the time appoynted with Dauid, and a litle boy with him.

(Notes Reference) And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field (q) at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

(q) For this was the third day, as it was agreed on in (1Sa 20:5).

(1Sa 20:36) And he saide vnto his boy, Runne now, seeke the arrowes which I shoote, and as the boy ran, he shot an arrowe beyond him.

(1Sa 20:37) And when the boy was come to the place where the arrowe was that Ionathan had shot, Ionathan cryed after the boy, and sayde, Is not the arrowe beyond thee?

(1Sa 20:38) And Ionathan cryed after the boy, Make speede, haste and stand not still: and Ionathans boy gathered vp the arrowes, and came to his master,

(Notes Reference) And Jonathan cried after the lad, (r) Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

(r) By these words be admonished David what he should do.

(1Sa 20:39) But the boy knewe nothing: onely Ionathan and Dauid knew the matter.

(1Sa 20:40) Then Ionathan gaue his bowe and arrowes vnto the boy that was with him, and sayd vnto him, Goe, carrie them into the citie.

(1Sa 20:41) Assoone as the boy was gone, Dauid arose out of a place that was towarde the South, and fel on his face to the ground, and bowed him selfe three times: and they kissed one another, and wept both twaine, till Dauid exceeded.

(Notes Reference) [And] as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the (s) south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

(s) It seems that he shot on the north side of the stone, least the boy should have seen David.

(1Sa 20:42) Therefore Ionathan said to Dauid, Goe in peace: that which we haue sworne both of vs in the Name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be betweene me and thee, and betweene my seede and betweene thy seede, let it stand for euer. (20:43) And he arose and departed, and Ionathan went into the citie.

(Notes Reference) And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have (t) sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

(t) Which oath he calls the covenant of the Lord in (1Sa 20:8).

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Passage 2: Isaiah 64

(Isa 64:1) Oh, that thou wouldest breake the heauens, and come downe, and that the mountaines might melt at thy presence!

(Notes Reference) O that thou wouldest (a) rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

(a) The prophet continues his prayer, desiring God to declare his love toward his Church by miracles and mighty power, as he did in mount Sinai.

(Isa 64:2) As the melting fire burned, as the fire caused the waters to boyle, (that thou mightest declare thy Name to thy aduersaries) the people did tremble at thy presence.

(Notes Reference) As [when] the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth (b) the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thy adversaries, [that] the nations may tremble at thy presence!

(b) Meaning, the rain, hail, fire, thunder and lightning.

(Isa 64:3) When thou diddest terrible things, which we looked not for, thou camest downe, and the mountaines melted at thy presence.

(Isa 64:4) For since the beginning of the world they haue not heard nor vnderstande with the eare, neither hath ye eye seene another God beside thee, which doeth so to him that waiteth for him.

(Notes Reference) For since the beginning of the world [men] have not (c) heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee, [what] he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

(c) Paul uses the same kind of admiration, (1Co 2:9) marvelling at God's great benefit showed to his Church, by the preaching of the gospel.

(Isa 64:5) Thou diddest meete him, that reioyced in thee, and did iustly: they remembred thee in thy wayes: beholde, thou art angrie, for we haue sinned: yet in them is continuance, and we shall be saued.

(Notes Reference) Thou meetest him (d) that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy (e) ways: behold, thou art angry; for we have sinned: in (f) those is continuance, and we (g) shall be saved.

(d) You showed favour toward our fathers, when they trusted in you and walked after your commandments.

(e) They considered your great mercies.

(f) That is, in your mercies, which he calls the ways of the Lord.

(g) You will have pity on us.

(Isa 64:6) But we haue all bene as an vncleane thing, and all our righteousnes is as filthie cloutes, and we all doe fade like a leafe, and our iniquities like the winde haue taken vs away.

(Notes Reference) But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our (h) righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

(h) We are justly punished and brought into captivity, because we have provoked you to anger, and though we would excuse ourselves, yet our righteousness, and best virtues are before you as vile cloths, or (as some read) like the menstruous cloths of a woman.

(Isa 64:7) And there is none that calleth vpon thy Name, neither that stirreth vp himselfe to take holde of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from vs, and hast consumed vs because of our iniquities.

(Isa 64:8) But now, O Lord, thou art our Father: we are the clay, and thou art our potter, and we all are the worke of thine hands.

(Notes Reference) But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the (i) clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.

(i) Even though O Lord by your just judgment you may utterly destroy us as the potter may his pot, yet we appeal to your mercies, by which it has pleased you to adopt us to be your children.

(Isa 64:9) Be not angry, O Lord, aboue measure, neither remember iniquitie for euer: lo, we beseech thee beholde, we are all thy people.

(Notes Reference) Be not very angry, O LORD, (k) neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we [are] all thy people.

(k) For so the flesh judges when God does not immediately send comfort.

(Isa 64:10) Thine holy cities lye waste: Zion is a wildernes, and Ierusalem a desart.

(Notes Reference) (l) Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

(l) Who were dedicated to your service, and to call on your Name.

(Isa 64:11) The House of our Sanctuarie and of our glorie, where our fathers praysed thee, is burnt vp with fire and all our pleasant things are wasted.

(Notes Reference) Our holy and our beautiful house, (m) where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

(m) In which we rejoiced and worshipped you.

(Isa 64:12) Wilt thou holde thy selfe still at these things, O Lord? wilt thou holde thy peace and afflict vs aboue measure?

(Notes Reference) Wilt thou restrain thyself (n) for these [things], O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and grievously afflict us?

(n) That is, at the contempt of your own glory? Though our sins have deserved this, yet you will not permit your glory thus to be diminished.

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Passage 3: Matthew 9

(Mat 9:1) Then hee entred into a shippe, and passed ouer, and came into his owne citie.

(Notes Reference) And he (1) entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his (a) own city.

(1) Sins are the cause of our afflictions, and Christ only forgives them if we believe.

(a) Into Capernaum, for as Theophylact says, Bethlehem brought him forth, Nazareth brought him up, and Capernaum was his dwelling place.

(Mat 9:2) And loe, they brought to him a man sicke of the palsie, laid on a bed. And Iesus seeing their faith, saide to the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, be of good comfort: thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

(Notes Reference) And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus (b) seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

(b) Knowing by a manifest sign.

(Mat 9:3) And beholde, certaine of the Scribes saide with themselues, This man blasphemeth.

(Notes Reference) And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This [man] (c) blasphemeth.

(c) To blaspheme, signifies among the divines, to speak wickedly: and among the more eloquent Greeks, to slander.

(Mat 9:4) But when Iesus saw their thoughts, he said, Wherefore thinke yee euil things in your hearts?

(Mat 9:5) For whether is it easier to say, Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee, or to say, Arise, and walke?

(Mat 9:6) And that ye may knowe that the Sonne of man hath authoritie in earth to forgiue sinnes, (then saide he vnto the sicke of the palsie,) Arise, take vp thy bed, and goe to thine house.

(Mat 9:7) And hee arose, and departed to his owne house.

(Mat 9:8) So when the multitude sawe it, they marueiled, and glorified God, which had giuen such authoritie to men.

(Mat 9:9) And as Iesus passed foorth from thence, hee sawe a man sitting at the custome, named Matthewe, and saide to him, Followe me. And he arose, and followed him.

(Notes Reference) (2) And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the (d) receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

(2) Christ calls the humble sinners unto him, but he condemns the proud hypocrites.

(d) At the table where the tax was received.

(Mat 9:10) And it came to passe, as Iesus sate at meate in his house, beholde, many Publicanes and sinners, that came thither, sate downe at the table with Iesus and his disciples.

(Notes Reference) And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and (e) sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

(e) The publicans who were placed by the Romans, after that time Judea was brought into the form of a province, to gather the taxes, and therefore by the rest of the Jews they were called sinners, that is to say, very vile men.

(Mat 9:11) And when the Pharises sawe that, they saide to his disciples, Why eateth your master with Publicanes and sinners?

(Mat 9:12) Nowe when Iesus heard it, hee sayde vnto them, The whole neede not a Physition, but they that are sicke.

(Mat 9:13) But goe yee and learne what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.

(Mat 9:14) Then came the disciples of Iohn to him, saying, Why doe we and the Pharises fast oft, and thy disciples fast not?

(Notes Reference) (3) Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

(3) That is, wicked rivalry in matters of small importance.

(Mat 9:15) And Iesus saide vnto them, Can the children of the marriage chamber mourne as long as the bridegrome is with them? But the daies will come, when the bridegrome shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

(Notes Reference) And Jesus said unto them, Can the (f) children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

(f) A Hebrew idiom, for they that are admitted into the marriage chamber are as the bridegroom's closest friends.

(Mat 9:16) Moreouer no man pieceth an olde garment with a piece of newe cloth: for that that should fill it vp, taketh away from the garment, and the breach is worse.

(Notes Reference) No man putteth a piece of (g) new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

(g) Raw, which was never processed by the fuller.

(Mat 9:17) Neither doe they put newe wine into olde vessels: for then the vessels would breake, and the wine woulde be spilt, and the vessels shoulde perish: but they put new wine into newe vessels, and so are both preserued.

(Mat 9:18) While hee thus spake vnto them, beholde, there came a certaine ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is nowe deceased, but come and laie thine hande on her, and shee shall liue.

(Notes Reference) (4) While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

(4) There is no evil so old, and incurable, which Christ cannot heal by and by, if he is touched with true faith, but lightly as it were with the hand.

(Mat 9:19) And Iesus arose and followed him with his disciples.

(Mat 9:20) (And beholde, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeres, came behinde him, and touched the hemme of his garment.

(Mat 9:21) For shee saide in her selfe, If I may touche but his garment onely, I shalbe whole.

(Mat 9:22) Then Iesus turned him about, and seeing her, did say, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole at that same moment.)

(Mat 9:23) Nowe when Iesus came into the Rulers house, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making noise,

(Notes Reference) (5) And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the (h) minstrels and the people making a noise,

(5) Even death itself gives place to the power of Christ.

(h) It appears that they used minstrels at their mournings.

(Mat 9:24) He said vnto them, Get you hence: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorne.

(Mat 9:25) And when the multitude were put foorth, hee went in and tooke her by the hande, and the maide arose.

(Mat 9:26) And this bruite went throughout all that lande.

(Mat 9:27) And as Iesus departed thence, two blinde men followed him, crying, and saying, O sonne of Dauid, haue mercie vpon vs.

(Notes Reference) (6) And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, [Thou] Son of David, have mercy on us.

(6) By healing these two blind men Christ shows that he is the light of the world.

(Mat 9:28) And when hee was come into the house, the blinde came to him, and Iesus saide vnto them, Beleeue yee that I am able to doe this? And they sayd vnto him, Yea, Lord.

(Mat 9:29) Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it vnto you.

(Mat 9:30) And their eyes were opened, and Iesus gaue them great charge, saying, See that no man knowe it.

(Mat 9:31) But when they were departed, they spread abroad his fame throughout all that land.

(Mat 9:32) And as they went out, beholde, they brought to him a domme man possessed with a deuill.

(Notes Reference) (7) As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.

(7) An example of that power that Christ has over the devil.

(Mat 9:33) And when the deuill was cast out, the domme spake: then the multitude marueiled, saying, The like was neuer seene in Israel.

(Mat 9:34) But the Pharises saide, He casteth out deuils, through the prince of deuils.

(Mat 9:35) And Iesus went about all cities and townes, teaching in their Synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdome, and healing euery sickenesse and euery disease among the people.

(Mat 9:36) But when he saw the multitude, he had compassion vpon them, because they were dispersed, and scattered abroade, as sheepe hauing no shepheard.

(Notes Reference) (8) But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

(8) Although the ordinary pastors cease, yet Christ has not cast off the care of his Church.

(Mat 9:37) Then saide he to his disciples, Surely the haruest is great, but the labourers are fewe.

(Mat 9:38) Wherefore pray the Lord of the haruest, that he woulde sende foorth labourers into his haruest.

(Notes Reference) Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will (i) send forth labourers into his harvest.

(i) Literally, "cast them out": for men are very slow in a work so holy.