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Passage 1: 2 Kings 20

(2Ki 20:1) About that time was Hezekiah sicke vnto death: and the Prophet Isaiah the sonne of Amoz came to him, and said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Put thine house in an order: for thou shalt die, and not liue.

(2Ki 20:2) Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,

(Notes Reference) Then he turned his face to the (a) wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,

(a) That his mind might not be troubled.

(2Ki 20:3) I beseech thee, O Lord, remember nowe, howe I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfite heart, and haue done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore.

(Notes Reference) I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a (b) perfect heart, and have done [that which is] good in thy sight. And Hezekiah (c) wept sore.

(b) Meaning, without all hypocrisy.

(c) Not so much for his own death, as for fear that idolatry would be restored which he had destroyed, and so God's Name be dishonoured.

(2Ki 20:4) And afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle of the court, the worde of the Lord came to him, saying,

(2Ki 20:5) Turne againe, and tell Hezekiah the captaine of my people, Thus saith the Lord God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares: behold, I haue healed thee, and ye third day thou shalt go vp to ye house of ye Lord,

(Notes Reference) Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy (d) prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the (e) house of the LORD.

(d) Because of his true repentance and prayer, God turned away his wrath.

(e) To give thanks for your deliverance.

(2Ki 20:6) And I wil adde vnto thy dayes fiftene yere, and wil deliuer thee and this citie out of the hand of the King of Asshur, and will defende this citie for mine owne sake, and for Dauid my seruats sake.

(2Ki 20:7) Then Isaiah sayde, Take a lumpe of dry figges. And they tooke it, and layed it on the boyle, and he recouered.

(Notes Reference) And Isaiah said, Take a (f) lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered.

(f) He declares that though God can heal without other medicines, he will not have these inferior means contemned.

(2Ki 20:8) For Hezekiah had saide vnto Isaiah, What shalbe the signe that the Lord will heale me, and that I shall goe vp into the house of the Lord the thirde day?

(2Ki 20:9) And Isaiah answered, This signe shalt thou haue of the Lord, that the Lord will doe that he hath spoken, Wilt thou that the shadowe goe forwarde ten degrees, or go backe ten degrees?

(2Ki 20:10) And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadowe to passe forward ten degrees: not so then, but let ye shadow go backe ten degrees.

(Notes Reference) And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow (g) return backward ten degrees.

(g) Let the sun go so many degrees back, that the hours may be fewer in the king's dial.

(2Ki 20:11) And Isaiah the Prophet called vnto the Lord, and he brought againe the shadowe ten degrees backe by the degrees whereby it had gone downe in the diall of Ahaz.

(Notes Reference) And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the (h) dial of Ahaz.

(h) Which was set at the top of the stairs that Ahaz had made.

(2Ki 20:12) The same season Berodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan King of Babel, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard howe that Hezekiah was sicke.

(Notes Reference) At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a (i) present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

(i) Moved by the favour that God showed to Hezekiah, and also because he had declared himself an enemy of Sennacherib who was now destroyed.

(2Ki 20:13) And Hezekiah heard them, and shewed them all his treasure house, to wit, the siluer, and the golde, and the spices, and the precious oyntment, and all the house of his armour, and al that was founde in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, and in all his realme, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

(Notes Reference) And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and [all] the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his (k) dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

(k) Being moved by ambition and vain glory, and also because he seemed to rejoice in the friendship of him who was God's enemy and an infidel.

(2Ki 20:14) Then Isaiah the Prophet came vnto King Hezekiah, and saide vnto him, What saide these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They be come from a farre countrey, euen from Babel.

(2Ki 20:15) Then saide he, What haue they seene in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house haue they seene: there is nothing among my treasures, that I haue not shewed the.

(2Ki 20:16) And Isaiah said vnto Hezekiah, Heare the worde of the Lord.

(2Ki 20:17) Beholde, the dayes come, that all that is in thine house, and what so euer thy fathers haue layed vp in store vnto this day, shall be caryed into Babel: Nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

(2Ki 20:18) And of thy sonnes, that shall proceede out of thee, and which thou shalt beget, shall they take away, and they shalbe eunuches in the palace of the King of Babel.

(2Ki 20:19) Then Hezekiah said vnto Isaiah, The word of the Lord which thou hast spoken, is good: for saide he, Shall it not be good, if peace and trueth be in my dayes?

(Notes Reference) Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast (l) spoken. And he said, [Is it] not [good], if (m) peace and truth be in my days?

(l) He acknowledges Isaiah to be the true prophet of God and therefore humbles himself to his word.

(m) Seeing that God has shown me this favour to grant me quietness during my life: for he was afraid lest the enemies would have had opportunity to rejoice if the Church had decayed in his time, because he had restored religion.

(2Ki 20:20) Concerning the rest of the actes of Hezekiah, and all his valiant deedes, and howe he made a poole and a cundite, and brought water into the citie, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah?

(2Ki 20:21) And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his sonne reigned in his steade.

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Passage 2: Ezekiel 10

(Eze 10:1) And as I looked, beholde, in the firmament that was aboue the head of the Cherubims there appeared vpon them like vnto the similitude of a throne, as it were a saphir stone.

(Notes Reference) Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the (a) cherubim there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

(a) Which in (Eze 1:5) he called the four beasts.

(Eze 10:2) And he spake vnto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in betweene the wheeles, euen vnder the Cherub, and fill thine hands with coales of fire from betweene the Cherubims, and scatter the ouer the citie. And he went in in my sight.

(Notes Reference) And he spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, [even] under the cherub, and fill thy hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter [them] over (b) the city. And he entered in my sight.

(b) This signified that the city would be burnt.

(Eze 10:3) Now the Cherubims stood vpon the right side of the house, when the man went in, and the cloude filled the inner court.

(Eze 10:4) Then the glorie of the Lord went vp from the Cherub, and stoode ouer the doore of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightnesse of the Lordes glorie.

(Notes Reference) Then the glory of the LORD (c) went up from the cherub, [and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.

(c) Meaning that the glory of God would depart from the temple.

(Eze 10:5) And the sound of the Cherubims wings was heard into the vtter court, as the voyce of the Almightie God, when he speaketh.

(Notes Reference) And the (d) sound of the cherubim's wings was heard [even] to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

(d) Read (Eze 1:24).

(Eze 10:6) And when he had commanded the man clothed with linnen, saying, Take fire from betweene the wheeles, and from betweene ye Cherubims, then he went in and stood beside ye wheele.

(Eze 10:7) And one Cherub stretched forth his hand from betweene the Cherubims vnto the fire, that was betweene the Cherubims, and tooke thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linnen: who tooke it and went out.

(Eze 10:8) And there appeared in the Cherubims, the likenesse of a mans hande vnder their wings.

(Eze 10:9) And when I looked vp, beholde, foure wheeles were beside the Cherubims, one wheele by one Cherub, and another wheele by another Cherub, and the appearance of the wheeles was as the colour of a Chrysolite stone.

(Notes Reference) And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels [was] as the colour of a (e) beryl stone.

(e) Read (Eze 1:16).

(Eze 10:10) And their appearance (for they were all foure of one facion) was as if one wheele had bene in another wheele.

(Eze 10:11) When they went foorth, they went vpon their foure sides, and they returned not as they went: but to the place whither the first went, they went after it, and they turned not as they went.

(Notes Reference) When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they (f) turned not as they went.

(f) Until they had executed God's judgments.

(Eze 10:12) And their whole bodie, and their rings, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheeles were full of eyes round about, euen in the same foure wheeles.

(Eze 10:13) And the Cherub cryed to these wheeles in mine hearing, saying, O wheele.

(Eze 10:14) And euery beast had foure faces: the first face was the face of a Cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the thirde the face of a lyon, and the fourth the face of an Egle.

(Eze 10:15) And the Cherubims were lifted vp: this is the beast that I sawe at the riuer Chebar.

(Eze 10:16) And when ye Cherubims went, the wheeles went by them: and when the Cherubims lift vp their wings to mount vp from the earth, the same wheeles also turned not from beside them.

(Eze 10:17) When the Cherubims stoode, they stood: and when they were lifted vp, they lifted the selues vp also: for the spirit of the beast was in them.

(Notes Reference) When they stood, [these] stood; and when they were lifted up, [these] lifted up themselves [also]: for the (g) spirit of the living being [was] in them.

(g) There was one consent between the cherubims and the wheels.

(Eze 10:18) Then the glorie of the Lord departed from aboue the doore of the house, and stoode vpon the Cherubims.

(Notes Reference) (h) Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.

(h) Read (Eze 9:3).

(Eze 10:19) And the Cherubims lift vp their wings, and mounted vp from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheeles also were besides them: and euery one stoode at the entrie of the gate of the Lordes House at the East side, and the glorie of the God of Israel was vpon them on hie.

(Eze 10:20) This is the beast that I sawe vnder the God of Israel by the riuer Chebar, and I knewe that they were the Cherubims.

(Notes Reference) This [is] the (i) living being that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they [were] the cherubim.

(i) That is, the whole body of the four beasts or cherubims.

(Eze 10:21) Euery one had foure faces, and euery one foure wings, and the likenesse of mans hands was vnder their wings.

(Eze 10:22) And the likenesse of their faces was the selfe same faces, which I sawe by the riuer Chebar, and the appearance of the Cherubims was ye selfe same, and they went euery one straight forwarde.

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Passage 3: Luke 6

(Luk 6:1) And it came to passe on a second solemne Sabbath, that hee went through the corne fieldes, and his disciples plucked the eares of corne, and did eate, and rub them in their hands.

(Notes Reference) And (1) it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples (a) plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing [them] in [their] hands.

(1) Christ shows against the superstitious, who dwell on every trifling matter, that the law of the very sabbath was not given to be kept without exception: much less that the salvation of man should consist in the outward keeping of it.

(a) Epiphanius notes well in his treatise, where he refutes Ebion, that the time when the disciples plucked the ears of the corn was in the feast of unleavened bread. Now, in those feasts which were kept over a period of many days, as the feast of tabernacles and passover, their first day and the last were very solemn; see (Lev. 23:1-44). Luke then fitly calls the last day the second sabbath, though Theophylact understands it to be any of the sabbaths that followed the first.

(Luk 6:2) And certaine of the Pharises sayde vnto them, Why doe ye that which is not lawfull to doe on the Sabbath dayes?

(Luk 6:3) Then Iesus answered them, and said, Haue ye not read this, that Dauid did when he himselfe was an hungred, and they which were with him,

(Luk 6:4) Howe he went into the house of God, and tooke, and ate the shewbread, and gaue also to them which were with him, which was not lawful to eate, but for the Priests onely?

(Luk 6:5) And he sayd vnto them, The Sonne of man is Lord also of the Sabbath day.

(Luk 6:6) It came to passe also on another Sabbath, that hee entred into the Synagogue, and taught, and there was a man, whose right hand was dryed vp.

(Notes Reference) (2) And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

(2) Charity is the rule of all ceremonies.

(Luk 6:7) And the Scribes and Pharises watched him, whether he would heale on the Sabbath day, that they might finde an accusation against him.

(Luk 6:8) But he knew their thoughts, and sayd to the man which had the withered hand, Arise, and stand vp in the middes. And hee arose, and stoode vp.

(Luk 6:9) Then sayd Iesus vnto them, I will aske you a question, Whether is it lawfull on the Sabbath dayes to doe good, or to doe euill? to saue life, or to destroy?

(Notes Reference) Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to (b) destroy [it]?

(b) Whoever does not help his neighbour when he can, he kills him.

(Luk 6:10) And he behelde them all in compasse, and sayd vnto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he did so, and his hand was restored againe, as whole as the other.

(Luk 6:11) Then they were filled full of madnes, and communed one with another, what they might doe to Iesus.

(Luk 6:12) And it came to passe in those dayes, that he went into a mountaine to praye, and spent the night in prayer to God.

(Notes Reference) (3) And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

(3) In using earnest and long prayer in choosing twelve of his own company to the office of the apostleship, Christ shows how religiously we ought to behave ourselves in the choice of ecclesiastical persons.

(Luk 6:13) And when it was day, he called his disciples, and of them he chose twelue which also he called Apostles.

(Luk 6:14) (Simon whome he named also Peter, and Andrew his brother, Iames and Iohn, Philippe and Bartlemewe:

(Luk 6:15) Matthewe and Thomas: Iames the sonne of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelous,

(Luk 6:16) Iudas Iames brother, and Iudas Iscariot, which also was the traitour.)

(Luk 6:17) Then he came downe with them, and stood in a plaine place, with the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Iudea, and Hierusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyrus and Sidon, which came to heare him, and to be healed of their diseases:

(Notes Reference) And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the (c) sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

(c) From all the sea coast, which is called Syrophoenecia.

(Luk 6:18) And they that were vexed with foule spirits, and they were healed.

(Luk 6:19) And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went vertue out of him, and healed them all.

(Luk 6:20) And hee lifted vp his eyes vpon his disciples, and sayd, Blessed be ye poore: for yours is the kingdome of God.

(Notes Reference) (4) And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed [be ye] poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

(4) Christ teaches against all philosophers, and especially the Epicureans, that the greatest happiness of man is laid up in no place here on earth, but in heaven, and that persecution for righteousness' sake is the right way to achieve it.

(Luk 6:21) Blessed are ye that hunger nowe: for ye shalbe satisfied: blessed are ye that weepe now: for ye shall laugh.

(Luk 6:22) Blessed are ye when men hate you, and when they separate you, and reuile you, and put out your name as euill, for the Sonne of mans sake.

(Notes Reference) Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall (d) separate you [from their company], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

(d) Cast you out of their synagogues, as John expounds in (Joh 16:2), which is the severest punishment the Church has, if the elders judge rightfully, and by the word of God.

(Luk 6:23) Reioyce ye in that day, and be glad: for beholde, your reward is great in heauen: for after this maner their fathers did to the Prophets.

(Notes Reference) Rejoice ye in that day, and (e) leap for joy: for, behold, your reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

(e) Leap for exceeding joy, as cattle do who are spurred on by food.

(Luk 6:24) But wo be to you that are rich: for ye haue receiued your consolation.

(Notes Reference) But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have (f) received your consolation.

(f) That is, you reap now of your riches all the convenience and blessing you are ever likely to have, and therefore you have no other reward to look for; (Mat 6:2).

(Luk 6:25) Wo be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Wo be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wayle and weepe.

(Luk 6:26) Wo be to you when all men speake well of you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

(Luk 6:27) But I say vnto you which heare, Loue your enemies: doe well to them which hate you.

(Notes Reference) (5) But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

(5) Christian charity, which is very different from worldly charity, not only does not revenge injuries, but is even extended to our most grievous enemies, and that for our Father's sake who is in heaven: in well doing it is not at all seeking its own.

(Luk 6:28) Blesse them that curse you, and pray for them which hurt you.

(Luk 6:29) And vnto him that smiteth thee on ye one cheeke, offer also the other: and him that taketh away thy cloke, forbid not to take thy coate also.

(Luk 6:30) Giue to euery man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away the things that be thine, aske them not againe.

(Luk 6:31) And as ye would that men should doe to you, so doe ye to them likewise.

(Luk 6:32) For if yee loue them which loue you, what thanke shall ye haue? for euen the sinners loue those that loue them.

(Notes Reference) For if ye love them which love you, (g) what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

(g) What is there in this your work that is to be accounted of? For if you look to have reward by loving, seek those rewards which are indeed rewards: love your enemies, and so will you show to the world that you look for those rewards which come from God.

(Luk 6:33) And if ye do good for them which do good for you, what thanke shall ye haue? for euen the sinners doe the same.

(Luk 6:34) And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receiue, what thanke shall yee haue? for euen the sinners lend to sinners, to receiue the like.

(Luk 6:35) Wherefore loue ye your enemies, and doe good, and lend, looking for nothing againe, and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the children of the most High: for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde, and to the euill.

(Notes Reference) But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, (h) hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil.

(h) When you will lend, do it only to benefit and please with it, and not with the hope of receiving the principal again.

(Luk 6:36) Be ye therefore mercifull, as your Father also is mercifull.

(Luk 6:37) Iudge not, and ye shall not be iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not bee condemned: forgiue, and ye shalbe forgiuen.

(Notes Reference) (6) Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: (i) forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

(6) Brotherly judgments must not proceed from curiosity nor rudeness nor malice, but they must be just, moderate and loving.

(i) He does not speak here of civil judgments, and therefore by the word "forgive" is meant that good nature which the Christians use in patiently suffering and pardoning wrongs.

(Luk 6:38) Giue, and it shalbe giuen vnto you: a good measure, pressed downe, shaken together and running ouer shall men giue into your bosome: for with what measure ye mete, with the same shall men mete to you againe.

(Notes Reference) Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, (k) pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

(k) These are borrowed types of sayings, taken from those who used to measure dry things, as corn and such things, who do it in a rather forceful manner, and thrust it down and shake it together, and press it and put it into a pile.

(Luk 6:39) And he spake a parable vnto them, Can the blinde leade the blinde? shall they not both fall into the ditche?

(Notes Reference) (7) And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

(7) Unskillful reprehenders hurt both themselves and others: for as the teacher is, so is the student.

(Luk 6:40) The disciple is not aboue his master: but whosoeuer will be a perfect disciple, shall bee as his master.

(Luk 6:41) And why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye, and considerest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

(Notes Reference) (8) And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

(8) Hypocrites who are very severe reprehenders of others are very quick to spitefully spot other men's faults, but very blind to see their own.

(Luk 6:42) Either howe canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou seest not the beame that is in thine owne eye? Hypocrite, cast out the beame out of thine owne eye first, and then shalt thou see, perfectly to pull out the mote that is in thy brothers eye.

(Luk 6:43) For it is not a good tree that bringeth foorth euill fruite: neither an euill tree, that bringeth foorth good fruite.

(Notes Reference) (9) For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

(9) Skill in reprehending others does not make a good man, but rather he that proves his uprightness both in word and deed.

(Luk 6:44) For euery tree is knowen by his owne fruite: for neither of thornes gather men figges, nor of bushes gather they grapes.

(Luk 6:45) A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good, and an euill man out of the euill treasure of his heart bringeth foorth euill: for of the aboundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

(Luk 6:46) But why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I speake?

(Luk 6:47) Whosoeuer commeth to mee, and heareth my wordes, and doeth the same, I will shewe you to whome he is like:

(Notes Reference) (10) Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:

(10) Affliction at length discerns true godliness from false and feigned godliness.

(Luk 6:48) He is like a man which built an house, and digged deepe, and layde the fundation on a rocke: and when the waters arose, the flood beat vpon that house, and coulde not shake it: for it was grounded vpon a rocke.

(Luk 6:49) But hee that heareth and doeth not, is like a man that built an house vpon the earth without foundation, against which the flood did beate, and it fell by and by: and the fall of that house was great.