THE burden of the word] A commission for prophecie of reproofes and threatnings, Isaiah 13:1. Zach. 9 1. Israel] That is, to all the people of severall Tribes, which were returned from Babylon. by Malachi] Heb. by the band of Malachi. Malachi signifieth Angel or messenger, Mark 1:2. and endeth the Prophets. In him John Baptist is once called Malachi, Chap. 31. and again Elias, Chap. 4. 5. Saint Mark beginneth his Gospel with Malachi or Angel: Gabriel in the first speech of the New Testament beginneth with Elias, Luke 1:17. So sweetly in words hath God joyned the Old and New Testament, that they hid Apocrypha appeareth never to be breathed by Gods Spirit, nor to be any part of the Canon or rule of faith.