Christe and his Apostles in Iudea Samaria and Galilee for into these three partes this lande is deuided ¶ The places specified in this mappe with their situation by the obseruation of the degrees concerning their length and breadth Ascalon 65.24 23.31 Azot 65.35 32. Bethlehem 65.55 31.51 Bethphage 68. 31.58 Bethsaida 66.51 32.29 Bethabara 66.34 32.1 Bethania 66. 31.58 Cana of Galilee 66.52 32.48 Capernaum 66.53 32.29 Catmel mount 66.31 32.50 Cesarea Stratonis 66.16 32.25 Cesarea Philippi 67.39 33.5 Chorazim 66.53 32.29 Dan one of the fountaines whence Iordane springeth 67.25 33.8 Ennon 66.40 32.18 Emaus 65.54 31.59 Ephren 66.8 32. Gadara or Gazara 66.48 32.23 Gaza 65.10 31.40 Iericho 66.10 32.1 Hierusalem 66. 31.55 Ioppe 65.40 32.5 Ior the other fountaine whence Iordane springeth 67.31 33.7 Magdalon called also Dalmanutha 66.48 32.28 Naim 66.35 32.33 Nazareth 66.56 32.42 Ptolemais 66.50 32.58 Samaria the citie 66.22 32.19 Sidon 67.15 33.30 Silo 66.27 32.19 Tyrus 67. 33.20 Tyberias 66.44 32.26 HONY SOIT QVI MAL Y PENCE ¶ The newe Testament of our sauiour Iesus Christe I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christe because it is the power of God vnto saluation to all that beleue Rom. i. A preface into the newe Testament 〈…〉 Christ Apostleâ— â–ª and with other such 〈…〉 vnto vs the sumâ— at 〈…〉 the s◠〈…〉 that whiche was 〈…〉 〈…〉 and â—phetes in their propheticall volumes written by the inspiration 〈…〉 in this booke more playnely and 〈…〉 out â–ª vtterd 〈…〉 selfe same spâ—nt by the children of the prophetes the holy Apostleâ— In deede the 〈◊〉 was geuen by Moyses but grace and veritie came by Iesus Christe whiche grace this booke of the newe Testament doth most euidently commende and set out In thâ— discoursed the wholy misterie of our saluation and redemption purchased by our 〈◊〉 our Christe here is his holy conception described his natiuitie his circumcision â–ª 〈◊〉 whole life and conuersation his godly doctrine â–ª his diuine miracles In this booke of the newe Testament is set out his death his resurrection his ascention his sending of the holy spirite his session in our fleshe on the right hande of his father making â—nuall intercession to him for vs. In this booke contayned the fourme and ordâ—r of his last iudgement after the generall resurrection of our bodyes These be the 〈…〉 of our fayth these be the groundes of our saluation these be thuâ— written that we shoulde beleue them â–ª and by our beliefe shoulde enioy life euerlasting Once and in tymes past God diuersly and many vvayes spake vnto the father â–ª by the propheteâ— but in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs vpon vvhom the endes of the vvorlde be come by his ovvne sonne vvhom he hath made heire of all thinge vvhose dignitie is suche that he is the brightnesse of his fathers glory the very image of his substaunce ruling all thinges by the vvorde of his povver This heauenly doctour so indued vvith glory and maiestie â–ª vve ought most reuerently to beleue as commended vnto vs from the aucthoritie of the heauenly father to be hearde as his most vvelbeloued sonne in vvhom is his vvhole delight by vvhom he vvyll be pleased and pacified It vvyll els come to passe saith that prophete Moyses that vvhosoeuer shall not here and obay that prophete in the vvordes that he shall speake in his fathers name I vvill be saith the father reuenger of him This is the last prophete to be looked for to speake vnto vs In hym be vniuersally inclosed the riches and treasures oâ— the vvisdome and knovvledge of God his father by him he hath decreed finally to iudge the vvhole vvorlde the liuing and the dead â–ª by him hath he decreed to geue to his elect the life euerlasting and to the reprobate vvho hath contempned his life and doctrine death euerlasting Let vs therfore seriously heare and obay this our heauenly teacher submit our selues to this our iudge and revvarder Let vâ— esteeme his doctrine and conuersation as a ful perfect and sufficient patterne of al holyneâ— and vertue Let vs esteeme the doctrine of this booke as a most inflexible rule to leade vs to all trueth and nevvnesse of life Here may vve beholde the eternall legacies of the nevve Testament bequeathed from God the father in Christe his sonne to all his electâ—â— â–ª I say the legacies liuely renevved vnto vs not of deliueraunce from Pharao his seruitude but from the bondage and thraldome of that perpetuall aduersarie of ours the deuill here may vve beholde our inheritaunce not of the temporall lande of Chanaan or of the translation of vs to the place of vvorldly paradise but here vve may see the full restitution of vs both in body and soule to the celestiall paradise the heauenly citie of Hierusalem aboue there to raigne vvith God the father God the sonne and God the holy ghost for euer â–ª vvhiche legacies of his Testament promised and bequeathed vvere notvvithstanding recorded in the bookes of the olde Testament to our auncient fathers vvhiche in hope beleued in Christe to come vvho vvas painted before them in figures and shadovves and signified in their olde sacramentes ordayned for that tyme but novve more euidently renevved and exhibited vnto vs â–ª not in figure â–ª but in deede not in promise but in open sight â–ª in feeling in handling and touching of this eternall life most manifestly confirmed vnto vs in Christe his blood in this his nevve Testament continued and reuiued yet in nevve sacramentes the better to beare in our remembraunce this his eternall Testament of all ioyfull felicities Let vs novve therefore good christian people reioyce in these glad tidinges expressed vnto vs by the name of the gospell of our sauiour Christe and let it neuer fall out of our remembraunce that vve vvere sometime ouervvhelmed in darkenesse and set in the shadovve of death let vs consider that vve vvere sometime by our naturall byrth the chyldren of God his vvrath and vvholly estraunged from the housholde of God Let vs beare in minde that vve vvere somtime no people of God nor his beloued that vve vvere by nature braunches of the vvilde oliue and novve by mere mercy grafted into the right and naturall oliue tree vvhervpon let vs the rather repose our life in feare and reuerence If vve be novve the chyldren of light let vs vvalke in this our light in all holynesse and godlynesse of 〈◊〉 approuing that vvhiche is pleasing to the Lorde Let vs haue no felovvship vvith the vnfruitfull vvorkes of darknesse and let vs hencefoorth be no more chyldren vvauering and caried about vvith euery vvinde of doctrine and by the deceipt and craftinesse of men vvherby they lay in vvayte to deceaue vs but let vs folovve the trueth in loue and charitie and in al thinges grovve vp into him vvhich is the head that is Christe our sauiour If vve be novve the chyldren of grace and made liuely members
gather where I haue not strowed 27 Thou oughtest therfore to haue delyuered my money to the exchaungers and then at my commyng shoulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage 28 Take therfore the talent from hym and geue it vnto hym whiche hath ten talentes 29 For vnto euery one that hath shal be geuen and he shall haue aboundaunce But he that hath not from hym shal be taken away euen that which he hath 30 And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt into vtter darknesse there shal be wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth 31 ☞ When the sonne of man shall come in his glorie and all the holy Angels with hym then shall he sitte vpon the throne of his glorie 32 And before hym shal be gathered all nations and he shall seperate them one from another as a shephearde deuideth his sheepe from the goates 33 And he shall set the sheepe on his right hande but the goates on the lefte 34 Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande Come ye blessed of my father inherite the kyngdome prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde 35 For I was an hungred and ye gaue me meate I was thirstie and ye gaue me drynke I was harbourlesse and ye toke me in 36 Naked and ye clothed me Sicke and ye visited me I was in pryson and ye came vnto me 37 Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym saying Lorde when sawe we thee an hungred fedde thee or thirstie and gaue thee drynke 38 When sawe we thee harbourlesse and toke thee in or naked and clothed thee 39 Or when sawe we thee sicke or in prison and came vnto thee 40 And the kyng shall aunswere and say vnto them Veryly I say vnto you in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren ye haue done it vnto me 41 Then shall he saye vnto them on the left hande Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the deuyll and his angels 42 For I was an hungred and ye gaue me no meate I was thirstie and ye gaue me no drynke 43 I was harbourlesse and ye toke me not in I was naked and ye clothed me not I was sicke and in prison and ye visited me not 44 Then shall they also aunswere hym saying Lorde when sawe we thee an hungred or a thirste or harbourlesse or naked or sicke or in pryson and did not minister vnto thee 45 Then shall he aunswere them saying Veryly I say vnto you in as much as ye dyd it not to one of the least of these ye dyd it not to me 46 And these shall go into euerlastyng payne the ryghteous into lyfe eternall ☜ ¶ The .xxvj. Chapter ¶ 10 Marie Magdalene annoynted Christe 26 They eate the Easter lambe 31 Christe prayeth in the garden 48 Iudas betrayeth hym 62 Peter smyteth of Malchus eare 64 Christe is accused by false witnesses 69 Peter denyeth hym 1 AND it came to passe when Iesus had finisshed all these sayinges he sayde vnto his disciples 2 ☞ Ye knowe y t after two dayes is y e feast of Passouer and the sonne of man is betrayed to be crucified 3 Then assembled together the chiefe priestes and the scribes and the elders of the people vnto the palace of the hye prieste which was called Caiaphas 4 And helde a councell that they might take Iesus by subtiltie and kyll hym 5 But they sayde Not on the feast day lest there be an vprore among y e people 6 When Iesus was in Bethanie in the house of Simon the leper 7 There came vnto him a woman hauing an Alabaster boxe of precious oyntment and powred it on his head as he sate at the boorde 8 But when his disciples sawe it they had indignation saying to what purpose is this waste 9 This oyntment might haue ben well solde and geuen to the poore 10 When Iesus vnderstode that he saide vnto them Why trouble ye the womā for she hath wrought a good worke vppon me 11 For ye haue the poore alwayes with you but me shall ye not haue alwayes 12 For in that she hath cast this oyntment on my body she dyd it to bury me 13 Veryly I say vnto you wheresoeuer this Gospell shal be preached in the world there shall also this that she hath done be tolde for a memoriall of her 14 Then one of the twelue called Iudas Iscariot wēt vnto y e chiefe priestes 15 And sayde vnto them What wyll ye geue me and I wyll delyuer hym vnto you And they appoynted vnto hym thirtie peeces of syluer 16 And from that tyme foorth he sought oportunitie to betray hym 17 The first day of sweete bread the disciples came to Iesus saying vnto him Where wylt thou that we prepare for thee to eate the Passouer 18 And he saide Go into the citie to such a man and say vnto hym the maister sayth my tyme is at hand I wyll kepe the Passouer at thy house with my disciples 19 And the disciples dyd as Iesus had appoynted them and they made redye the Passouer 20 When the euen was come he sate downe with the twelue 21 And as they dyd eate he sayde Veryly I say vnto you that one of you shall betray me 22 And they were exceadyng sorowfull and began euery one of them to say vnhym Lorde is it I 23 He aunswered and saide He that dippeth his hand with me in the disshe the same shall betray me 24 The sonne of man truely goeth as it is writtē of him but wo vnto that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed It had ben good for that man yf he had not ben borne 25 Then Iudas which betrayed hym aunswered and sayde Maister is it I He sayde vnto hym thou hast sayde 26 When they were eatyng Iesus toke bread and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to the disciples and saide Take eate this is my body 27 And he toke the cuppe and after he had geuen thankes gaue it them saying Drinke ye all of this 28 For this is my blood whiche is of the newe testament that is shedde for many for the remission of sinnes 29 But I say vnto you I wyll not drinke henceforth of this fruite of the vine tree vntyll that day when I shall drynke it newe with you in my fathers kyngdome 30 And when they hadde praysed God they wēt out vnto the mount of Oliues 31 Then sayth Iesus vnto them All ye shal be offēded because of me this night For it is written I wyll smyte the shephearde and the sheepe of the flocke shal be scattered abrode 32 But after I am rysen againe I wyll go before you into Galilee 33 Peter aunswered and said vnto him though all men be offended because of thee yet wyll I neuer be offended 34 Iesus sayde vnto hym Veryly I say vnto thee
When his braunche is yet tender and hath brought foorth leaues ye knowe that sommer is neare 29 So ye in lyke maner when ye see these thynges come to passe vnderstand that he is nye euen at the doores 30 Veryly I say vnto you that this generation shall not passe tyll all these thynges be done 31 Heauen and earth shall passe away but my wordes shall not passe away 32 But of that day and tyme knoweth no man no not the Angels which are in heauen neither the sonne him selfe saue the father only 33 Take heede watche and pray for ye knowe not when the tyme is 34 As a man which is gone into a straunge countrey and hath left his house and geuen auctoritie to his seruauntes and to euery man his worke and commaunded the porter to watche 35 Watche ye therfore for ye knowe not whē the maister of the house wyl come at euen or at mydnyght whether at the cocke crowyng or in the dawnyng 36 Lest yf he come sodenly he fynde you slepyng 37 And that I say vnto you I say vnto all watche ¶ The .xiiij. Chapterr ¶ 1 The hygh priestes conspire agaynst Christe 3 A woman powreth precious oyntment on Christes head 10 Iudas for money betrayeth Christe 12 the Passouer is prepared and eaten 22 the institution of the Lordes Supper 25 Christes prayers and agonie in Gethsemani 46 the takyng and examinyng of Christe before the hygh priest 67 Peter denieth Christe 72 and weepeth 1 AFter two dayes was the feaste of the Passouer of vnleuened bread And the hye priestes and the scribes sought howe they myght take him by craft and put hym to death 2 But they sayde not in the feast day lest any busines arise among the people 3 And when he was at Bethanie in the house of Simon the leper euen as he sate at meate there came a woman hauyng an alabaster boxe of very precious oyntment called Narde pistike and she brake the boxe and powred it on his head 4 And there were some that had indignation within them selues and sayde what neded this waste of oyntment 5 For it myght haue ben solde for more then three hundred pence and haue ben geuen to the poore And they grudged agaynst her 6 And Iesus sayde let her alone why trouble ye her She hath done a good worke on me 7 For ye haue poore with you alwayes and whensoeuer ye wyll ye may do thē good but me haue ye not alwayes 8 She hath done that she coulde she came aforehande to annoynt my body to the burying 9 Veryly I say vnto you whersoeuer this Gospel shal be preached throughout the whole worlde this also that she hath done shal be rehearsed in remembraunce of her 10 And Iudas Iscariot one of the twelue went away vnto y e hye priestes to betray hym vnto them 11 When they hearde that they were glad and promised that they woulde geue hym money And he sought howe he myght conueniently betray hym 12 And the first day of vnleuened bread when they dyd sacrifice the Passouer his disciples sayde vnto hym Where wylt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eate the Passouer 13 And he sendeth foorth two of his disciples and sayth vnto them Go ye into the citie there shall meete you a man bearing a pitcher of water folowe him 14 And whyther soeuer he goeth in say ye to the good man of the house the maister sayth Where is the ghest chaumber where I shall eate the Pasouer with my disciples 15 And he wyll shewe you a large vpper chaumber paued and prepared there make redy for vs. 16 And his disciples went foorth came into the citie founde as he had sayd vnto them they made redy the Passouer 17 And when it was nowe euen tyde he came with the twelue 18 And as they sate at boord dyd eate Iesus sayde Veryly I say vnto you one of you that eateth with me shall betray me 19 And they began to be sory and to say to hym one by one is it I And another sayde is it I 20 He aunswered and sayde vnto them It is one of the twelue euen he that dyppeth with me in the platter 21 The sonne of man truely goeth as it is written of hym but wo to that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed Good were it for that man yf he had neuer ben borne 22 And as they dyd eate Iesus toke bread and whē he had blessed he brake it and gaue to them and sayde Take eate this is my body 23 And he toke the cup and when he had geuen thankes he toke it to them and they all dranke of it 24 And he sayde vnto them This is my blood of the newe Testament which is shed for many 25 Veryly I say vnto you I wyll drinke no more of the fruite of the vine vntyll that day that I drinke it newe in the kyngdome of God 26 And when they had praysed God they went out into y e mount of Oliues 27 And Iesus sayth vnto them All ye shal be offended because of me this nyght For it is written I wyll smyte the sheepehearde and the sheepe shal be scattered 28 But after that I am risen agayne I wyll go into Galilee before you 29 Peter sayde vnto hym Although all men be offended yet wyll not I. 30 And Iesus sayth vnto hym Veryly I say vnto thee that this day euen in this night before the cocke crowe twise thou shalt deny me three tymes 31 But he spake more vehemently no yf I shoulde dye with thee I wyll not deny thee Likewise also sayde they all 32 And they came into a place which was named Gethsemani and he sayth to his disciples Sit ye heare whyle I shall pray 33 And he taketh with hym Peter and Iames and Iohn and began to waxe abasshed and to be in an agonie 34 And sayth vnto them My soule is heauie euen vnto the death tarry ye here and watche 35 And he went foorth a litle and fell flat on the grounde and prayed that yf it were possible the houre myght passe from hym 36 And he sayde Abba father all thynges are possible vnto thee take away this cup from me Neuerthelesse not that I wyll but that thou wylt be done 37 And he came founde them slepyng and sayth vnto Peter Simon slepest thou Couldest not thou watche one houre 38 Watche ye and pray lest ye enter into temptation the spirite truely is redy but the fleshe is weake 39 And agayne he went asyde prayed and spake the same wordes 40 And he returned and founde them a slepe agayne For their eyes were heauie neither wist they what to aunswere hym 41 And he came the thirde tyme sayde vnto them slepe hencefoorth and take your ease it is inough The houre is come beholde the sonne of man is betrayed into the handes of sinners
testament is confirmed when men are dead for it is yet of no value as long as he that maketh the testameÌ„t is alyue 18 For which cause also neither the firste testamentâ— was dedicated without blood 19 For when Moyses had spoken euery precept to all the people according to the lawe takyng the blood of Calues and of Goates with water purple wooll and ysope he sprynkled both the booke it selfe and all the people 20 Saying This is the blood of the testament whiche God hath enioyned vnto you 21 And lykewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministerie 22 And almost all thynges are by y e lawe pourged with blood and without sheddyng of blood is no remission 23 It is neede then that the paterne of heauenly thynges be purified with such thynges but the heauenly thynges theÌ„ selues be purified with better sacrifices then are those 24 For Christe is not entred into the holy places made with handes which are paternes of true thynges but into heauen it selfe nowe to appeare in the syght of God for vs. 25 Not that he shoulde offer him selfe often as the hye priest entreth into the holy places euery yere in strauÌ„ge blood 26 For then must he haue often suffred sence the foundation of the worlde But nowe once in the ende of the world hath he appeared to put away sinne by the sacrifice of hym selfe 27 And as it is appoynted vnto men once to dye and after this the iudgement 28 Euen so Christe once offered to take away the sinnes of many the seconde time shal be seene without sinne of them which wayte for hym vnto saluation ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 The olde lawe had no power to clense away sinne 10 but Christe dyd it with offeryng of his body once for all 22 And exhortation to receaue the goodnesse of God thankfully with pacience and stedfast fayth 1 FOr the lawe hauyng the shadow of good thynges to come and not the very fashion of the thinges theÌ„ selues can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offer yere by yere continually make the commers therevnto perfect 2 For woulde not then those sacrifices haue ceassed to haue ben offred because that the offerers once pourged shoulde haue had no more conscience of sinnes 3 Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is mention made of sinnes euery yere 4 For it is not possible that the blood of Bulles of Goates shoulde take away sinnes 5 Wherfore when he commeth into the worlde he saith Sacrifice and offring thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me 6 In burnt sacrifices sinne â—offerynges thou hast had no pleasure 7 Then sayde I lo I come In the begynnyng of the booke it is written of me to do thy wyll O God 8 Aboue when he saith that sacrifice and offeryng and burnt offeringes and sinne offerynges thou wouldest not neither haddest pleasure therein which are offered by the lawe 9 Then sayde he lo I come to do thy wyll O God He taketh away y e first to stablyshe the seconde 10 In y e which wyll we are made holy euen by the offeryng of the body of Iesus Christe once for all 11 And euery priest standeth dayly ministryng offeryng oftentymes the same sacrifices whiche can neuer take away sinnes 12 But this man after he hath offered one sacrifice for sinnes is sit downe for euer on the ryght hande of God 13 From hencefoorth tarying tyl his foes be made his footstoole 14 For with one offeryng hath he made perfite for euer them that are sanctified 15 And the holy ghost also beareth vs recorde For after that he tolde before 16 This is the couenaunt that I wyll make vnto them after those dayes sayth the Lorde geuyng my lawes in their heart and in their myndes wyl I write them 17 And their sinnes and iniquities wyll I remember no more 18 And where remission of these thinges is there is no more offering for sinne 19 Hauyng therefore brethren libertie to enter into holy places in the blood of Iesus 20 By the new and lyuing way which he hath prepared for vs through the vayle that is to say his flesshe 21 And seyng we haue an hye priest ouer the house of God 22 Let vs drawe nye with a true hearte in assuraunce of fayth sprinkeled in our heartes from an euyll conscience and wasshed in body with pure water 23 Let vs holde the profession of the hope without waueryng for he is faythfull that promised 24 And let vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue and good workes 25 Not forsakyng the assemblyng of our selues together as the maner of some is but exhortyng one â—anotherâ— and so much the more as ye see the day approchyng 26 For yf we sinne wyllyngly after that we haue receaued the knowledge of the trueth there remayneth no more sacrifice for sinnes 27 But a fearefull lokyng for of iudgement and violent fire whiche shall deuour the aduersaries 28 He that despiseth Moyses lawe dyeth without mercie vnder two or thre witnesses 29 Of howe muche sorer punyshement suppose ye shall he be worthy whiche treadeth vnder foote the sonne of God and counteth the blood of the couenauÌ„t wherein he was sanctified an vnholye thyng and doth despite to the spirite of grace 30 For we knowe hym that hath sayde vengeaunce belongeth vnto me I wyl render saith the Lorde And agayne the Lorde shall iudge his people 31 It is a fearefull thyng to fall into the handes of the lyuyng God 32 Call to remeÌ„braunce the former dayes in the which after ye had receaued light ye endured a great fyght of aduersities 33 Partly whyle ye were made a gasing stocke both by reproches afflictions and partly whyle ye became companions of them whiche were so tossed to fro 34 For ye suffred also with my bondes toke in woorth the spoylyng of your goodes with gladnesse knowyng in your selues how that ye haue in heauen a better and an enduryng substaunce 35 Cast not awaye therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of rewarde 36 For ye haue neede of pacience that after ye haue done the wyll of God ye myght receaue the promise 37 For yet a very litle whyle and he that shall come wyll come and wyll not tary 38 And the iuste shall lyue by fayth And yf he withdrawe hym selfe my soule shall haue no pleasure in hym 39 We are not of them that withdrawe our selues vnto perdition but we parteyne vnto fayth to the wynning of the soule ⧠The .xj. Chapter 1 What fayth is and a commendation of the same 9 Without fayth we can not please God 16 The stedfast beliefe of the fathers in olde tyme. 1 FAyth is the grounde of thynges hoped for the euidence of thynges not seene 2 For by it the elders obtayned a good report 3 Through fayth we vnderstande that the worldes were
6 Neuerthelesse lo thou requirest trueth in the inwarde partes of me therfore thou wylt make me learne wisdome in the secrete part of myne heart 7 Purge thou me with hyssop and I shal be cleane washe thou me and I shal be whyter then snowe 8 Make thou me to heare some ioy and gladnesse let the bones reioyce which thou hast broken 9 Turne thy face from my sinnes and wype out all my misdeedes 10 Make thou vnto me a cleane heart O Lorde and renue thou a ryght spirite within me 11 Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me 12 Geue me agayne the comfort of thy saluation and confirme me with a free wyllyng spirite 13 Then wyll I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee 14 Deliuer me from blood O Lorde the Lorde of my saluation and my tongue shall sing with a ioyfull noyse of thy iustice 15 O Lorde open thou my lippes and my mouth shall set foorth thy prayse 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice els I would geue it thee thou delightest not in a burnt offering 17 Sacrifices for God is a mortified spirite O Lorde thou wylt not despise a mortified and an humble heart 18 Be thou beneficiall vnto Sion according to thy gracious good wyll buylde thou the walles of Hierusalem 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousnes with burnt offeringes and oblations then wyll they offer young bullockes vpon thyne aulter The argument of the .lij. psalme ¶ Dauid inueyeth against Doeg and describeth his and all other mischeuous mens natures and doynges which the godly perusing be more incited to put their whole confidence in God and to prayse God ¶ To the chiefe musition a wyse instruction of Dauid when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and tolde him saying Dauid is come to the house of Achimelek 1. Sam. 21. 1 WHy boastest thy self thou tiraunt of mischiefe the goodnes of God dayly endureth 2 Thy tongue imagineth wickednes and deceaueth like a sharpe raser 3 Thou hast loued vngratiousnes more then goodnes and to talke of falshood more then of righteousnes Selah 4 Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may do hurt O thou deceiptfull tongue 5 Therfore the Lord wyll destroy thee for euer he wyll take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwelling and roote thee out of the lande of the liuing Selah 6 The righteous also shall see this and they wyll be afraide and laugh hym to scorne 7 Saying lo this is the man that put not the Lorde to be his strength but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthed him selfe in his wickednesse 8 As for me I am lyke a greene oliue tree in the house of the Lorde my trust is in the tender mercy of the Lorde for euer and euer 9 I will alway confesse it vnto thee for that thou hast done it and I wyll hope in thy name for it is good in the sight of thy saintes The argument of the .liii. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth the originall roote with the fruites and punishment of the wicked how they oppresse cruelly the people of God whom neuerthelesse God by his prouidence defendeth and wyll deliuer from the bloodie handes of the wicked whose vngodlynes he detesteth alwayes ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Mahalah a wise instruction of Dauid 1 THe foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God they haue corrupted them selues haue made their wickednes abhominable he is not that doeth good 2 The Lorde looked downe from heauen vpon the chyldren of men to see if there were any that did vnderstand and seeke after the Lorde 3 But they dyd all go out of the way they dyd altogether become abhomible there was also none that would do good no not one 4 Wyll not the workers of iniquitie vnderstande eating vp my people as if they eated bread that they do not call vpon God 5 They shal be greatly there afraide where no cause of feare is for the Lord wyll breake the bones of hym that besiegeth thee thou wylt put them to shame because the Lorde hath despised them 6 Who is he that wyll geue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion when the Lord wyll reduce his people out of captiuitie Iacob wyll reioyce and Israel wyll be glad The argument of the .liiii. psalme ¶ Dauid brought into marueylous daunger through the treason of Ziphims who were counterfayted Israelites calleth earnestly vpon God from whom receauing succour he thanketh him with a free heart acknowledging the benefite ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth a wyse instruction of Dauid when the Zaphims came and sayd vnto Saul hath not Dauid hyd him selfe amongst vs 1. Sam. 23. .26 1 SAue me O Lorde for thy name sake iudge me accordyng to thy mightie power 2 Heare my prayer O Lord and hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth 3 For straungers are rysen vp against me and tirauntes whiche haue not the Lorde before their eyes seeke after my soule Selah 4 Behold God is an ayde vnto me the Lorde is with them that vpholde my soule 5 He wyll rewarde euyll vnto mine enemies destroy thou them according to thy trueth 6 I wyll sacrifice vnto thee with a true wyllyng heart I wyll confesse thy name O God because it is good 7 For he hath deliuered me out of all my trouble and mine eye hath seene auengaunce vpon mine enemies The argument of the .lv. psalme ¶ Dauid desireth God to heare his prayers he declareth his griefes and afflictions he wisheth auengment of his enemies who pretending frendship and familiaritie craftyly seeketh his dishonour Finally he sheweth what comfort he hath taken in that God wyll helpe him and destroy his aduersaries ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth a wise instruction of Dauid 1 O Lorde geue eare vnto my prayer and hide not thy selfe from my petition 2 Take heede vnto me and heare me I can not choose but mourne in my prayer and make a noyse 3 Deliuer me from the voyce of the enemie and from the present affliction of the wicked for they are minded to do me mischiefe and are set malitiously against me 4 My heart trembleth within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me 5 Fearefulnes and trembling are come vpon me and an horrible dread hath ouerwhelmed me 6 And I sayde O that I had wynges like a doue for then woulde I flee away and be at rest 7 Lo then woulde I fleeing get me away farre of and remayne in the wyldernesse Selah 8 Then woulde I make hast to escape from the stormie wynde and from the tempest 9 Destroy their tongues O Lorde and deuide them for I haue seene oppression and strife in the citie 10 They do compasse it day and night within the walles mischiefe also and labour are in the midst of it 11 Malice is in the midst of it disceipt and guyle go