gaue me drynke I was harbourlesse and ye lodged me I was naked ye clothed me I was sicke and ye vysited me I was in preson and ye came vnto me Then shal the righteous answere him saye LORDE whē sawe we the hōgrie and fed the Or thirstie and gaue the drynke When sawe we the herbourlesse and lodged the Or naked and clothed y e Or whē sawe we y e sicke or in preson and came vnto the And the kynge shal answer and saye vnto them Verely I saye vnto you Loke what ye haue done vnto one of the least of these my brethren the same haue ye done vnto me Then shal he saye also vnto them that shal be on the left hande Departe fro me ye cursed in to the euerlastinge fyre which is prepared for the deuell and his angels For I was hōgrie and ye gaue me no meate I was thirstye and ye gaue me no drynke I was herbourlesse and ye lodged me not I was naked and ye clothed me not I was sicke and in preson and ye vysited me not Then shal they also answere hī and saye LORDE when sawe we the hōgrie or thyrstie or herbourlesse or naked or sicke or in preson and haue not mynistred vnto the Thē shal he answere them and saye Verely I saye vnto you Loke what ye haue not done vnto one of the leest of these the same haue ye not done vnto me And these shal go in to euerlastinge payne but the righteous in to euerlastinge life The XXVI Chapter ANd it came to passe whā Iesus had fynished all these wordes he sayde vnto his disciples Ye knowe that after two dayes shal be Easter and the sonne of man shal be delyuered to be crucified Then assembled together the hye prestes and the scrybes and the elders of the people in to the palace of the hye prest which was called Caiphas and helde a councell how they might take Iesus by disceate and kyll him But they sayde Not on the holy daye lest there be an vproure in the people Now when Iesus was at Bethany in the house of Symon the leper there came vnto hī a woman which had a boxe with precious oyntment and poured it vpon his heade as he sat at the table Whan his disciples sawe that they diszdayned and sayde Where to serueth this waist This oyntmēt might haue bene wel solde and geuē to the poore Whē Iesus perceaued that he sayde vnto them Why trouble ye the woman She hath wrought a good worke vpon me for ye haue allwaye the poore with you but me shal ye not haue allwayes Where as she hath poured this oyntmēt vpon my body she dyd it to bury me Verely I saye vnto you where so euer this gospell shal be preached thorow out all the worlde there shal this also that she hath done be tolde for a memoriall of her Then one of the twolue called Iudas Iscarioth wente vnto the hye prestes and sayde What wil ye geue me and I shal delyuer him vnto you And they offred hī thirtie syluer pens And from that tyme forth he sought oportunyte to betraye him The first daye of swete bred came the disciples to Iesus and sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare for the to eate the Easter lambe He sayde Go in to the cite to soch a man and saye vnto him The Master sendeth the worde My tyme is a◠honde I wil kepe myne Easter by the with my disciples And the disciples dyd as Iesus had appoynted them and made ready the Easter lambe And at euen he sat downe at the table with the twolue And as they ate he sayde Verely I saye vnto you One of you shal betraye me And they were exceadinge soroufull and beganne euery one of them to saye vnto him Syr is it I He answered and sayde He that deppeth his honde with me in the dyszhe the same shal betraye me The sonne of man goeth forth as it is wrytten of him but wo vnto that man by whō the sonne of man shal be betrayed It had bene better for that mā yf he had neuer bene borne Thē Iudas that betrayed him answered and sayde Master is it I He sayde vnto him Thou hast sayde And as they ate Iesus toke the bred gaue thankes brake it and gaue it to the disciples and sayde Take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe and thanked and gaue it thē and sayde Drynke ye all therof this is my bloude of the new testament that shal be shed for many for the remission of synnes I saye vnto you I wil not drynke hence forth of this frute of the vyne tre vntill that daye that I shal drynke it new with you in my fathers kyngdome And whan they had sayde grace they wente forth vnto mount Oliuete Then sayde Iesus vnto them This night shal ye all be offended in me For it is wrytten I wil smyte the shepherde and the shepe of the flocke shal be scatered abrode But after that I ryse agayne I wil go before you in to Galile Peter answered and sayde vnto him Though all men shulde be offended in y e yet wyl I neuer be offēded Iesus sayde vnto hī Verely I saye vnto y e This same night before y e cock crowe shalt thou denie me thryse Peter saide vnto him And though I shulde dye with the yet wil I not denye the. Likewyse also sayde all the disciples Then came Iesus with them into a felde which is called Gethsemane and sayde vnto the disciples Syt ye here whyle I go yonder praye And he toke with him Peter and the two sonnes of Zebede and beganne to wexe soroufull and to be in an agonye Then sayde Iesus vnto them My soule is heuy euen vnto the death Tary ye here and watch with me And he wente forth a litle and fell flat vpon his face and prayed sayenge O my father yf it be possible let this cuppe passe fro me neuertheles not as I wil but as thou wilt And he came to his disciples and founde thē a slepe sayde vnto Peter What coude ye not watch with me one houre Watch praye that ye fall not in to temptacion The sprete is wyllinge but the flesh is weake Agayne he wēte forth the seconde tyme and prayed sayenge O my father yf this cuppe can not passe awaye fro me excepte I drynke of it thy will be fulfilled And he came and founde them a slepe agayne and their eyes were heuy And he left them and wente forth agayne and prayed the thirde tyme sayenge the same wordes Then came he to his disciples and sayde vnto them Slepe on now and take youre rest Beholde the houre is come y t the sonne of man shal be delyuered in to the hondes of synners Aryse let us be goynge Beholde he is at hōde that betrayeth me Whyle he yet spake lo
those dayes there shal be soch trouble as was not from the begynnynge of y e creatures which God created vnto this tyme nether shal be And yf y e LORDE had not shortened those dayes there shulde no man be saued But for the electes sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortened those dayes Now yf eny man shal saye vnto you at y t tyme Lo here is Christ lo he is there beleue it not For there shal aryse false Christes and false prophetes which shal do tokens wonders to disceaue euen the very chosen yf it were possyble But take ye hede Beholde I haue tolde you all before But at the same tyme after this trouble the Sonne and Mone shal lose their light and the starres shall fall from heauen and the powers of the heauens shal moue and then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloudes with greate power and glory And thē shal he sende his angels and shal gather together his chosen frō the foure wyndes from one ende of the earth to the other Lerne a symilitude of the fyge tre Whā his braunch is yet tēder and hath brought forth leaues ye knowe that the Sommer is nye So lykewyse whā ye se all these thinges come to passe be ye sure that it is nye euen at the dores Verely I saye vnto you this generaciō shal not passe tyll all these be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal not perishe But of that daye and houre knoweth no man nether the angels in heauen no not the sonne him self but the father onely Take hede watch praye for ye knowe not whan the tyme is Like as a man that wente in to a straunge countre and left his house and gaue his seruauntes auctorite vnto euery one his worke and commaunded y e porter that he shulde watch Watch ye therfore for ye knowe not whā the master of y e house cōmeth whether he cōmeth in the euenynge or at mydnight or aboute the cock crowynge or in the mornynge that he come not sodenly and fynde you slepynge Loke what I saye vnto you that saye I vnto all Watch. The XIIII Chapter ANd after two dayes was Easter and the daies of swete bred And y e hye prestes scrybes sought how they might take him with disceate put him to death But they sayde Not in the feast daye lest there be an vproure in the people And when he was at Bethanye in the house of Symon the leper and sat at the table there came a woman which had a boxe of pure and costly Nardus oyntment And she brake y e boxe poured it vpō his heade Then were there some y t disdayned and sayde Where to serueth this waist This oyntment might haue bene solde for more then thre hundreth pens bene geuē to y e poore And they grudged agaynst her But Iesus sayde let her be in rest Why trouble ye her She hath done a good worke vpō me Ye haue allwaye the poore with you and whā so euer ye wil ye maye do thē good but me haue ye not allwaie She hath done what she coulde she is come before to anoynte my body for my buriall Verely I saye vnto you Where so euer this gospell shal be preached in all the worlde there shal this also that she hath now done be tolde for a remembraunce of her And Iudas Iscarioth one of the twolue wente vnto the hye prestes to betraye him vnto them Whan they herde y t they were glad promysed that they wolde geue him money And he sought how he might cōueniently betraye him And vpon y e first daye of swete bred whā the Easter Iambe was offered his disciples sayde vnto him Where wilt thou y t we go and prepare y t thou mayest eate y e Easter lābe And he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto them Go youre waye into the cite and there shal mete you a mā bearinge a pitcher with water folowe him where so euer he goeth in there saye ye to the good man of the house The Master sendeth the worde Where is the gest house wherin I maye eate the Easter lābe w t my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour which is paued prepared there make readye for vs. And y e disciples wēte forth came in to y e cite foūde it as he had sayde vnto thē And they prepared y e Easter lambe At euen he came w t the twolue And as they sat at the table ate Iesus sayde Verely I saye vnto you One of you y t eateth w t me shal betraye me And they were sory sayde vnto hī one after another Is it I another sayde is it I He answered saide vnto thē One of the twolue euen y e same y t dyppeth with me in y e platter The sonne of man truly goeth forth as it is wryttē of hī But wo vnto that mā by whom the sonne of man is betrayed It were better for the same man that he had neuer bene borne And as they ate Iesus toke the bred gaue thankes brake it and gaue it thē sayde Take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe thāked and gaue it thē and they all dranke therof And he sayde vnto them This is my bloude of the new Testament which shal be shed for many Verely I saye vnto you that from hence forth I wil not drynke of the frute of the vyne tyll y e daye y t I drynke it new in y e kyngdome of God And whā they had sayde grace they wēte forth vnto mount Oliuete And Iesus sayde vnto them This night shal ye all be offended in me for it is wrytten I wil smyte the sheperde the shepe shal be scatred abrode Neuertheles after y t I am rysen agayne I wil go before you in to Galile But Peter sayde vnto him And though all men shulde be offended yet wolde not I be offended And Iesus sayde vnto him Verely I saye vnto y e Todaye in this same night before y e cock crowe two tymes shalt thou denye me thryse But he saide yet more Yee though I shulde dye w t y e yet wil I not denie ye. So saide they all ī like maner And they came in to y e felde called Gethsemane and he saide vnto his disciples Syt ye here tyll I go yonder and praye And he toke with him Peter Iames Ihon and begāne to waxe fearefull to be in an agonye sayde vnto thē My soule is heuy euē vnto y e death tary ye here and watch And he wente forth a litle fell vpon the grounde and prayed that yf it were possyble y e houre might passe frō him and sayde Abba my father all thinges are possyble vnto the take this cuppe awaye fro me Neuertheles not what I wyl but what thou wilt And he came
in the remembraunce of me Likewyse also the cuppe after they had supped and sayde This cuppe is the new TestameÌ„t in my bloude which shal be shed for you But lo the hande of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And the sonne of man trulye goeth forth as it is appoynted But wo vnto that man by whom he is betrayed And they beganne to axe amonge them selues which of them it shulde be that shulde do that There rose a strife also amoÌ„ge theÌ„ which of them shulde be takeÌ„ for the greatest But he sayde vnto them The kynges of y e worlde haue domynion ouer y e people and they that beare rule ouer theÌ„ are called gracious lordes But ye shal not be so But the greatest amonge you shal be as the yongest and the chefest as a seruaunt For which is the greatest he that sytteth at the table or he that serueth Is not he that sytteth at the table But I am amoÌ„ge you as a mynister As for you ye are they that haue byddeÌ„ w t me in my temptacions And I wil appoynte the kyngdome vnto you euen as my father hath appoynted me that ye maye eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome and syt vpon seates and iudge the twolue trybes of Israel But the LORDE sayde Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desyred after you that he might siffte you euen as wheate but I haue prayed for y e that thy faith fayle not And whan thou art coÌ„uerted strength thy brethren But he sayde vnto him LORDE I am ready to go with the in to preson and in to death Neuertheles he sayde Peter I saye vnto the The cock shal not crowe this daye tyll thou haue thryse denyed y t thou knewest me And he sayde vnto them Whan I sent you without wallet without scryppe and without shues lacked ye eny thinge They sayde No. Then sayde he vnto them But now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp likewyse also the scryppe But he that hath not let him sell his coate bye a swerde For I saye vnto you It must yet be fulfilled on me that is wrytteÌ„ He was counted amonge the euell doers For loke what is wrytten of me it hath an ende But they sayde LORDE Beholde here are two swerdes He sayde vnto theÌ„ It is ynough And he wente out as he was wonte vnto mouÌ„t Oliuete But his disciples folowed him vnto the same place And whan he came thither he sayde vnto theÌ„ Praye that ye fall not in to teÌ„ptacion And he gat him from them aboute a stones cast and kneled downe prayed sayde Father yf thou wilt take awaye this cuppe fro me Neuerthelesse not my wyll but thyne be fulfylled And there appeared vnto him an angell froÌ„ heauen and conforted him And it came so that he wrestled with death and prayed the longer And his sweate was like droppes of â—loude runnynge downe to the grounde And he rose vp froÌ„ prayer and came to his disciples and founde them slepinge for heuynesse and sayde vnto them What slepe ye ryse vp and praye that ye fall not in to tentacion But whyle he yet spake beholde the multitude and one of the twolue called Iudas wente before them and he came nye vnto Iesus to kysse him But Iesus sayde vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of maÌ„ with a kysse Whan they that were aboute him sawe what wolde folowe they sayde vnto him LORDE shal we smyte with the swerde And one of theÌ„ stroke a seruauÌ„t of y e hye prestes smote of his eare But Iesus answered and sayde Suffre theÌ„ thus farre forth And he touched his eare healed him But Iesus sayde vnto the prestes and rulers of the temple and to the Elders that were come vnto him Ye are come forth as it were to a murthurer with swerdes with staues I was daylie with you in the temple and ye layed no handes vpon me But this is youre houre and the power of darknesse Neuerthelesse they toke him and led him and brought him in to the hye prestes house As for Peter he folowed hiÌ„ a farre of Then kyndled they a fyre in the myddest of the palace and sat them downe together And Peter sat him downe amonge them Then a damsell sawe him syttinge by the light and behelde him well and sayde vnto him This same was also with him But he denyed him and sayde WomaÌ„ I knowe him not And after a litle whyle another sawe him and sayde Thou art one of them also But Peter sayde Man I am not And aboute the space of an houre after another affirmed sayde Verely this was with him also for he is a Galilean But Peter saide MaÌ„ I wote not what thou sayest And immediatly whyle he yet spake y e cock crewe And the LORDE turned him aboute and loked vpoÌ„ Peter And Peter remembred the wordes of y e LORDE how he sayde vnto him Before the cock crowe thou shalt denye me thryse And Peter wente out and wepte bytterly The men that helde Iesus mocked him and stroke him blyndfolded him and smote him on the face and axed him and sayde Prophecie who is it that smote the And many other blasphemies sayde they vnto hiÌ„ And whan it was daye there gathered together the Elders of the people the hye prestes and scrybes and led him vp before their councell and sayde Art thou Christ Tell vs. But he sayde vnto them Yf I tell you ye wyl not beleue But yf I axe you ye wyl not answers me nether wyl ye let me go From this tyme forth shal the sonne of man sytt at the right haÌ„de of the power of God Then sayde they all Art thou then y e sonne of God He sayde vnto them Ye saye it for I am They sayde What nede we anye farther wytnesse We oure selues haue herde it of his awne mouth The XXIII Chapter ANd the whole multitude of theÌ„ arose and led him vnto Pilate and begaÌ„ne to accuse him and sayde We haue founde this felowe peruertinge the people and forbyddinge to geue trybute vnto the Emperoure and sayeth that he is Christ a kynge But Pilate axed him and sayde Art thou the kynge of the Iewes He answered him and sayde Thou sayest it Pilate sayde vnto y e hye prestes and to the people I fynde no cause in this man But they were the more fearce and sayde He hath moued the people in that he hath taught here there in all the londe of Iewry and hath begonne at Galile vnto this place Whan Pilate herde mencion of Galile he axed whether he were of Galile And whan he perceaued that he was vnder He rodes iurisdiccion he sent him to Herode which was also at IerusaleÌ„ in those dayes When Herode sawe Iesus he was exceadinge glad for he had longe bene desyrous to se him because he had herde moch of him
and all passed thorow the see were all baptised vnder Moses in the cloude and in the see and dyd all eate of one spirituall meate and dyd all drynke of one spirituall drynke but they dronke of the spirituall rocke that folowed thē which rocke was Christ. Neuertheles in many of them had God no delyte for they were smytten downe in the wyldernesse These are ensamples vnto vs y t we shulde not lust after euell thinges as they lusted Nether be ye worshippers off ymages as were some of them Acordinge as it is wryttē The people sat downe to eate and drynke and rose vp to playe Nether let vs commytte whordome as some of them cōmytted whordome and fell in one daye thre twenty thousande Nether let vs tempte Christ as some of them tempted him and were destroyed of serpētes Nether murmur ye as some of them murmured and were destroyed thorow the destroyer All these thinges happened vnto thē for ensamples but they are wryttē to warne vs vpon whom the ende of y e worlde is come Therfore let him that thinketh he stondeth take hede lest he fall There hath yet no tēptacion ouertaken you but soch as foloweth the nature of man Neuertheles God is faithfull which shal not suffre you to be tempted aboue youre strength but shal in the myddes of y e temptacion make a waye to come out that ye maye beare it Wherfore my dearly beloued fle from worshippinge of Idols I speake vnto them which haue discreciō iudge ye what I saye The cuppe of thākesgeuynge wherwith we geue thankes is it not the partakinge of the bloude of Christ The bred that we breake is it not y e partakinge of y e body of Christ For we many are one bred one body in as moch as we all are partakers of one bred Beholde Israel after the fleszhe They y t eate the sacrifices are they not partakers of the altare What shal I now saye then Shal I saye that the Idoll is eny thinge Or that it which is offred vnto the Idoll is eny thinge Nay But this I saye that loke what the Heythen offre that offre they vnto deuels and not vnto God Now wolde I not that ye shulde be in the fellishippe of deuels Ye can not drynke of the cuppe of the LORDE and of the cuppe of the deuels Ye can not be partakers of the LORDES table and of the table of deuels Or wyl we prouoke the LORDE I maye do all thinges but all thinges are not profitable I maye do all thinges but all thinges edifye not Let noman seke his awne profit but let euery man seke anothers welth What soeuer is solde in the fleshmarket that eate and axe no question for conscience sake For the earth is the LORDES and all y t therin is Yf eny of thē y t beleue not byd you to a feast and yf ye be disposed to go what soeuer is set before you that eate axinge no question for conscience sake But yf eny man saye vnto you This is offred vnto Idols thē eate not of it for his sake that shewed it and for hurtinge of conscience The earth is the LORDES and all that therin is Neuertheles I speake of consciēce not thine but of y e other For why shulde my liberty be iudged of another mās cōscience For yf I take my parte w t thankesgeuynge why am I euell spoken of for y t thinge wherfore I geue thankes Therfore whether ye eate or drynke or what so euer ye do do all to y e prayse of God Be not ye an occasion of fallinge nether to the Iewes ner to the Gentyles ner to the congregacion of God euē as I also please all men in all thinges not sekinge myne awne profit but the profit of many that they mighte be saued Folowe ye me as I do Christ. The XI Chapter I Commende you brethren that ye remembre me in all poyntes and kepe the ordinaunces euē as I delyuered them vnto you But I certifye you that Christ is the heade of euery man As for y e man he is the heade of y e woman but God is Christes heade Euery man that prayeth or prophecieth and hath eny thinge on his heade shameth his heade But euery woman that prayeth or prophecieth with vncouered heade dishonesteth hir heade For it is euen a lyke moch as yf she were shauen Yf the womā be not couered let hir heer also be cut of But yf it be vncomely for a woman to haue hir heer cut of or to be shauen then let hir couer hir heade Neuertheles the man oughte not to couer his heade for so moch as he is the ymage and glory of God but the womā is the glory of the man For the man is not of the woman but the woman of the man Nether was the man created for the womans sake but the womā for the mans sake Therfore ought the woman to haue a power vpon hir heade for the angels sakes Neuertheles nether is the man without y e woman nether the woman without the mā in the LORDE For as the woman is of the man euen so commeth the man also by the woman but all of God Iudge ye by yo selues whether it be comly y t a womā praye before God bare headed Or doth not nature teach you y t it is a shame for a man yf he weere lōge heer a prayse to y e womā yf she weere lōge heer For hir heer is geuē heer to couer her withall But yf there be eny man amōge you that hath lust to stryue let him knowe that we haue no soch custome nether the congregacions of God But this must I warne you of I commende it not that ye come together not after a better maner but after a worse First whan ye come together in the congregacion I heare that there are discensions amonge you and I partly beleue it For there must be sectes amonge you that they which are perfecte amonge you mighte be knowne Now whan ye come together the LORDES supper can not be kepte For whan it shulde be kepte euery mā taketh his awne supper afore And one is hōgrie another is dronkē Haue ye not houses to eate and drynke in Or despyse ye y e cōgregacion of God and shame them that haue not What shal I saye vnto you Shal I prayse you in this prayse I you not That which I delyuered vnto you receaued I of the LORDE For the LORDE Iesus the same nighte in the which he was betrayed toke the bred gaue thankes and brake it and sayde Take ye eate ye this is my body which is broken for you This do in the remembraunce of me After the same maner also he toke y e cuppe whan supper was done and sayde This cuppe is the new Testament in my bloude this do as oft as ye drynke it in the
horsse brydles by the space of a thousande and sixe hundreth furlonges The XV. Chapter ANd I sawe another signe in heuen grett mervellous .vii. angells havinge the seven laste plages for in thē is fulfylled the wrath of god And I sawe as it were a glassye see mingled with fyre and them that had gotten victory of the beest and of his ymage and of his marke and of the nombre of his name stonde on the glassye see hauinge y e harpes of God and they songe the songe of Moses the seruaunt of God and the songe of the lambe saynge Greate and maruellous are thy workes LORDE God almyghty iust and true are thy wayes thou kynge of sayntes Who shal not feare the O LORDE and gloryfie thy name For thou only are holy for all gētiles shall come and worshippe before the for thy iudgmentes are made manyfest And after that I loked and beholde the temple of the Tabernacle of testimony was open in heauen and the seuen angelles came out of the temple which had the seuen plages clothed in pure and bryght lynnē and hauynge their brestes gyrded with golden gerdelles And one of the foure beestes gaue vnto the seuen angelles seuen golden vialles full of the wrath of God which liueth for euermore And the temple was full of smoke for the glory off God and for his power and no man was able to entre in to the temple tyll the seuen plages of the seuē angels were fulfilled The XVI Chapter ANd I herde a greate voyce out of the temple sayenge to the seuen angels go youre wayes poure out youre vialles of wrath vpon the earth And the fyrst went and poured out his viall vpon the earth and there fell a noysom◠a sore botch vpon the men which had the marke of the beest and vpon them that worshipped his ymage And the seconde angel shed out his viall vpō the see and it turned as it were in to the bloud of a deed man and euery lyuinge thinge dyed in the see And the thyrde angel shed out his vyall vpon the ryuers and fountaynes of waters and they turned to bloude And I herde an angel saye LORDE which art and wast thou art righteous and holy because thou hast geuē soche iudgmentes for they shed the bloude of sayntes and prophetes and therfore hast thou geuen them bloude to drynke for they are worthy And I herde another angell out of the aulter saye euen so LORDE God almighty true and righteous are thy iudgmentes And the fourth angell poured out his viall on the Sonne and power was geuen vnto him to vexe men with heate of fyre And the men raged in gret heate and spake euell of the name of God which had power ouer those plages and they repented not to geue him glory And the fifte angell poured out his vyall vpon the seate of the beest and his kyngdome wexed derke and they gnewe their tonges for sorowe and blasphemed the God of heauē for sorowe and payne of their sores and repented not of their dedes And the sixte angell poured out his vyall vpon the gret ryuer Euphrates and the water dryed vp that the waye of the kynges of the Easte shulde be prepared And I sawe thre vncleane spretes kike frogges come out of the mouth of the dragon and out off the mouth off the beest and out off the mouth of the false prophet For they are the spretes of deuels workynge myracles to go out vnto the kynges of the earth and of the whole worlde to gaddre them to the battayle of that gret daye of God allmighty Beholde I come as a thefe Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes lest he be founde naked and men se his filthynes And he gaddered them togedder in to a place called in the hebrue tonge Armagedon And the seuenth angell poured out his viall in to the ayre And there came a greate voyce out of heauen from the seate sayenge ▪ It is done And there folowed voyces 〈◊〉 dringes and lightnynges and there 〈…〉 gret earthquake soch as was not 〈…〉 were vpon the earth so myghty 〈…〉 quake and so greate And 〈…〉 was deuyded in to thre parties And the cities of nacions fell And greate Babilon came in remembraunce before God to geue vnto hyr the cuppe of wyne of the fearcenes of his wrath And euery yle fled awaye and the mountaynes were not founde And there fell a greate hayle as it had bene talentes out of heauē vpon the men and the men blasphemed God because of the plage of the hayle for it was greate and the plage of it sore The XVII Chapter ANd there cam one of the seuē angels which had the seuen vialles and talked with me sayenge vnto me Come I wil shewe the the iugdment of the greate whore that sytteth vpon many waters with whom the kynges of the earth haue commytted whordome and the inhabiters of the earth are dronken with the wyne of her fornicacion And he caryed me awaye into the wildernes in y e sprete And I sawe a woman syt vpon a rose colored beest full of names of blasphemie which had seuē heades ten hornes And y e woman was arayed in purple and rose color and decked with golde precious stone and pearles and had a cupp of golde in her honde full of abhominacions and fylthines of her wordome And in her forhed was a name wryttē a mistery greate Babilon the mother of whordome and abominaciōs of the earth And I sawe the wyfe dronkē with the bloude of sayntes and with the bloud of the witnesses of Iesu And when I sawe her I wondred with greate mervayle And the angell sayde vnto me wherfore meruayllest thou I wyl shewethe the mistery of the woman and of the beest that beerith her which hath seuen heades and ten hornes The beest that thou seest was and is not and shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pytt and shal go in to perdicion and they that dwell on the earth shal wondre whose names are not wrytten in the boke of life from the begynnynge of the worlde when they beholde the beest that was and is not And here is a mynde that hath wiszdome The seuen heades are seuen mountanes 〈◊〉 the woman sytteth they are also 〈…〉 Fyue are fallen and one is 〈…〉 is not yet come When he 〈…〉 continue a space And the 〈…〉 and is not is euē the eyght and is of the seuen and shal go in to destruccion And y e ten hornes which thou sawest are ten kynges which haue not yet receaued the kyngdome but shal receaue power as kynges at one houre with y e beest These haue one mynde and shal geue their power and strēgth vnto y e beeste These shal fyght with the lambe and the lābe shal ouercome them For he is LORDE of all lordes and kinge of all kinges and they that are on his syde are called and chosen and faithfull And he saide vnto me The waters which
Math. Mathew the Euangelist xxviii ii· Mar. Marke the Euangelst xvi xvi· Luc. Luke the Euangelist xxiiiii xxv Ioh. Ihon the Euangelist xxi xl Act. The Actes of the Apostles xxviii li. Rom. The Epistle to the Romaynes xvi lxvi I. Cor. The fyrst epistle to the Corinthians xvi lxxii II. Cor. The seconde epistle to the Corinthians xiii lxxviii Gal. The epistle to the Galathians vi lxxxii Ephe. The Epistle to the Ephesians vi lxxxiiii Phil. The epistle to the Philippians iiii lxxxvi Col. The epistle to the Collossians iiii lxxxvii I. Tess. The first Epistle to the Tessalonians v. lxxxix II. Tess. The seconde Epistle to the Tessalonians iii. xc I. Timo. The fyrst Epistle vnto Timothy vi xci II. Tim. The seconde Epistle vnto Timothy iiii xciâ— Tit. The epistle vnto Tytus iii. xciiii Phile. The epistle vnto Philemon i. xciiii I. Pet. The fyrst epistle of S. Peter v. xcv II. Pet. The seconde epistle of S. Peter iii. xcvi I. Ioh. The fyrst epistle of S. Ihon. v. xcviii II. Ioh. The seconde epistle of S. Ihon i. xcix III. Ioh. The thirde epistle of S. Ihon i. xcix Heb. The epistle vnto the Hebrues xiii c. Iac. The epistle of S. Iames v. ciiii Iud. The epistle of S. Iude. i. cvi Apo. The Reuelacion of S. Ihon. xxii cvi The first boke of Moses called Genesis what this boke conteyneth Chap. i. The creacion of the worlde in sixe dayes and of man Chap ii The rest of the seuenth daye The tre of knowlege of good euell is forbyddeÌ„ c. Of the creacion of Eua. Chap. iii The serpent deceaueth the woman they transgresse and are dryuen out of paradyse Chap. iiii Abels offerynge pleaseth God therfore doth his brother Cayn hate hym murthureth hym is cursed Of the chyldren of Cayn Chap. v. Of the generacion age death of AdaÌ„ Seth and his sonnes vnto Noe. Chap. vi The occasion of the floude and of the preparynge of the arcke Chap. vii Noe with his housholde is preserued in the arcke where as all the worlde perisheth thorowe the floude Chap. viii The floude abateth Noe goeth out of arcke c. Chap. ix God blesseth Noe and his sonnes forbyddeth to eate the bloude of beestes and to shed maÌ„s bloude maketh a conuenaunt and geueth the raynbowe for a token of the same that he wyll destroye the worlde no more by water Noe is dronken Ham vncouereth hym and getteth his curse Chap. x. The increace of maÌ„s generacioÌ„ by Noes thre sonnes which go abrode and begynne to buylde Chap. xi The buyldynge of the towre of Babel is hyndreth thorowe the confusyon of the tonges The generacion of Sem vntyll Abram whiche goeth with Loth vnto Haran Chap. xii Abram goeth with Loth into a straunge londe at the worde of the Lord which appeareth vnto hym in Canaan and promiseth to geue the same londe vnto his sede Afterwarde goeth Abram into Egypte and fayneth Saray to be his syster Chap. xiii Abram and Loth departe agayne out of Egypte and haue so many cattell that they can not dwell together Abram receaueth the blessynge and promes Chap. xiiii Loth is taken presoner Abram deliuereth hym Melchisedech fedeth Abram at his returnynge Abram geueth hym tythes of the spoyles and holdeth nothinge of the kynge of Sodoms goodes Chap. xv God conforteth Abram and promyseth hym sede He beleueth and is iustified Chap. xvi Sarai geueth Abram leue to take hyr mayde whiche beareth hym Ismaell Chap. xvii The coÌ„uenaunt of circumcisyon c. Chap. xviii Thre meÌ„ appeare vnto AbrahaÌ„ to whom the destruction of Sodome is declared Chap. xix Loth receaueth the two angels the men of Sodome go aboute to abuse them Loth is delyuered Sodome is destroyed Loths wyfe is turned to a pyler of salt and his doughters beare chyldren vnto hym Chap. xx Abraham departeth as a straunger in to Gerar and fayneth Sarai to be his syster the kynge taketh her and geueth hym her agayne Chap. xxi The byrth of Isaac Agar is put out with hyr sonne Abraham and Abimelech are sworne frendes Chap. xxii God tryeth Abraham whiche at his word wolde offre his owne sonne The promes is confirmed vnto hym with an ooth Chap. xxiii The death of Sara for whom Abraham byeth a pece of londe to burye her in Chap. xxiiii Abraham wyll haue his sonne to mary in his owne kynred the seruaunt bryngeth Rebecca whoÌ„ Isaac taketh to wyfe Chap. xxv Abraham begetteth mo chyldren by another wyfe geueth his good vnto Isaac and dyeth Isaac begynneth to growe Esau selleth his byrth righte Chap. xxvi Isaac goeth into Gerar fayneth Rebecca to be his syster increasseth in ryches The Philistines stoppe his welles Abimelech he are sworne frendes Chap. xxvii Iacob is blessed before Esau and Esau threateneth hym but he flyeth into Haram to Labaâ— his mothers brother Chap. xxviii Isaac sâ—ndeth Iacob awaye to mary amonge Labans doughters Iacob seyth a vision God confirmeth hym the promes made vnto AbrahaÌ„ whervpon Iacob maketh a vowe Chap. xxix Iacob geueth Labans shepe to drynkeâ— serueth seuen yeare for Rachell Lea is geuen hym yet serueth he seuen yeare mo for Rachell Chap. xxx Rachel geueth Iacob hyr mayden and so doeth Lea they beare hym chyldren his reward is appoynted with a condicion wherby he is made ryche Chap. xxxi Iacob goeth home ward Rachell stealetâ— hyr fathers ymages Laban ouertaketh them and fyndeth not his ymages they sweare together the angell meteth Iacob Chap. xxxii Iacob sendeth presentes vnto Esau Putteth God in remembraunce of his promes and wresteleth with the angell whiche chaunâ—eth his name and blesseth hym Chap. xxxiii Iacob and Esau are agreed c. Chap. xxxiiii Dyna Iacobs doughter is forced by Sychem wherof there commeth great bloud sheddynge Chap. xxxv Rachell dyeth at the byrth of Beniamin Ruben lyeth with his fathers concubyne Chap. xxxvi Of the princes that came of Esau and how Esau departeth from his brother Chap. xxxvii Ioseph is hated of his brethren and solde in to Egypte Chap. xxxviii Iuda lyeth with his doughter in lawe which beareth hym two sonnes Chap. xxxix Ioseph is beloued because he wyll not consente to the inordinate desyre of his mastresse he is put in pryson Chap. xl Ioseph expouÌ„deth the dreames of the two presoners Chap. xli Ioseph declareth Pharaos dreame and is made a Lorde of Egypte The derth begynneth Chap. xlii Iosephs brethren come in to Egypte to bye corne and are troubled of hym Chap. xliii They come agayne for corne brynge Ben-Iamyn with them and are put to more trouble Chap. xliiii As they go home he causeth theÌ„ be brought agayne and put to more feare Chap. xlv Ioseph vttereth hym selfe to his brethren and sendeth for his father Chap. xlvi Iacob commeth in to Egypte with all his people Ioseph receaueth hym Chap. xlvii Pharao geueth them the londe of Gâ—sen y e derth is great in Egypte c. Chap. xlviii Iacob is sycke blesseth Iosephs sonnes Chap. xlix Iacob before
seuen and seuen the male and his female that there maye besede left a lyue vpon the whole earth For yet after seuen dayes I wil sende raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes and wyll destroye all maner of thinges that I haue made from of the face of the earth And Noe dyd all that the LORDE commaunded him Sixe hūdreth yeare olde was he whan the water floude came vpon earth And he wente in to the Arcke with his sonnes his wyfe and his sonnes wyues for the waters of the floude Of cleane beastes and of vncleane of all fethered foules of all that crepeth vpon earth wente in vnto him to the Arcke by pares a male and a female as y e LORDE cōmaunded him And whan the seuen dayes were past the water floude came vpon the earth In the sixe hundreth yeare of Noes age vpon the seuentene daye of the seconde moneth that same daye were all y e fountaynes of the greate depe broken vp and the wyndowes of heauen were opened and there came a rayne vpon y e earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes Vpon the selfe same daye wēte Noe in to the Arcke with Sem Ham and Iaphet his sonnes and with his wyfe and the thre wyues of his sonnes and all maner of beastes after their kynde all maner of catell after their kynde all maner of crepynge thinges that crepe vpō the earth after their kynde and all maner of foules what so euer coude flye what so euer had fethers after their kynde These wente all vnto Noe in to the Arcke by cooples of all flesh in whom was the breth of life And these were the male the female of all maner of flesh and wente in acordinge as God commaūded him And the LORDE shut the dore vpon him Then came the water floude fourtie dayes vpon the earth and the water increased and bare vp the Arcke and lift it vp ouer y e earth Thus the water preuayled and increased sore vpon the earth so that the Arcke wente vpon the waters Yee the waters preuayled and increased so sore vpon earth that all the hye mountaynes vnder the whole heauen were couered Fyftene cubytes hye preuayled y e waters ouer the mountaynes which were couered Then all flesh that crepte vpon earth perished both foules catell beastes and all y t moued vpon earth and all men What so euer had the breth of life vpon the drye londe dyed Thus was destroyed all that was vpon the earth both man and beast both wormes and foules vnder y e heauē all these were destroyed from the earth Saue Noe onely remayned and they that were with him in the Arcke And the waters preuayled vpon the earth an hundreth and fiftie dayes The VIII Chapter THen God remembred Noe and all the beastes and all the catell that were with him in the Arcke and caused a wynde to come vpon the earth and y e waters ceassed and the fountaynes of the depe and the wyndowes of heauen were stopte and the rayne of heauē was forbydden and the waters ranne styll awaye from y e earth and decreased after an hundreth and fiftye dayes Vpon the seuentene daye of the seuenth moneth rested the Arcke vpon the mountaynes of Ararat And the waters wēte awaye and decreased vntyll the tenth moneth for the first daye of the tenth moneth the toppes of the mountaynes appeared After fourtie dayes Noe opened y e wyndow of the Arcke which he had made ▪ sent forth a rauen which flew out and came agayne vntyll the waters were dryed vp vpō the earth Then sent he forth a doue from him to wete whether the waters were fallē vpon the earth But when y e doue coude fynde no restynge place for hir fete she came agayne vnto him in to the Arcke for the waters were yet vpon the face of all the earth And he put out his hande and toke her to him in to the Arke Then he abode yet seuen dayes mo sent out the doue agayne out of the Arke she returned vnto him aboute the euen tyde and beholde she had broken of a leaf of an olyue tre bare it in hir nebb Then Noe perceaued that the waters were abated vpon the earth Neuertheles he taried yet seuen other dayes and sent forth the doue which came nomore to him agayne In the sixte hundreth and one yeare of Noes age vpon the first daye of y e first moneth the waters were dryed vp vpon the earth Then Noe toke of the hatches of the Arke and sawe y t the face of the earth was drye So vpon the seuen and twentye daye of the seconde moneth the whole earth was drye Then spake God vnto Noe and sayde Go out of the Arke thou and thy wyfe and thy sonnes and thy sonnes wyues with the. As for all the beastes that are with the what so euer flesh it be both foule catell and all maner of wormes that crepe vpon the earth let them go out with the and be ye occupied vpon the earth growe and multiplye vpon the earth So Noe wente out with his sonnes and with his wife and with his sonnes wyues All the beastes also and all the wormes and all the foules and all that crepte vpon the earth wente out of the Arke euery one vnto his like And Noe buylded an altare vnto y e LORDE and toke of all maner of cleane beastes of all maner of cleane foules and offred brē◠sacrifices vpon y e altare And y e LORDE smelled the swete sauo r sayde in his hert I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for mās sake for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell euen from the very youth of him Therfore from hēce forth I wil nomore smyte all that lyueth as I haue done Nether shall sowynge tyme and haruest colde 〈◊〉 heate Sommer and wynter daye and 〈◊〉 ceasse so longe as the earth endure◠▪ The IX Chapter ANd God blessed Noe and his sonnes and sayde vnto them increace multiplye and fyll the earth The feare also and drede of you be vpon all beastes of the earth vpon all foules vnder the heauen and vpon all that crepeth on the earth and all fyshes of the see be geuen in to youre hādes All that moueth and hath life be youre meate Euen as the grene herbe so haue I geuē you all Onely eate not the flesh with the bloude wherin the soule is For the bloude of you wherin youre soule is wyll I requyre of the hande of all beastes and the soule of mā wyll I requyre of mans hande ye◠euery mans soule of anothers hande He that sheddeth mās bloude his bloude shal be shed by man agayne for God made man after his owne licknesse As for you be ye frutefull and increase and be occupied vpon the earth that ye maye multiplye therin Farthermore God sayde vnto Noe and to his sonnes w t him Beholde I make my
he shal bringe the lyuynge goate TheÌ„ shal Aaron laie both his haÌ„des vpoÌ„ y e heade of him confesse ouer him all the myszdedes of y e childreÌ„ of Israel all their trespaces in their synnes shal laye theÌ„ vpoÌ„ y e heade of the goate by some man y t is at hande shal he let him runne in to the wildernes y t the goate maye so beare all their mysdedes vpon him in to y e wyldernesse and he shal leaue him in the wyldernesse And Aaron shal go in to the Tabernacle of witnesse and put of the lynnen clothes which he put on whaÌ„ he wente in to y e SaÌ„ctuary and shal leaue them there and bathe his flesh with water in the holy place and put on his awne rayment And he shal go forth and make his burnt offeringe and the burnt offeringe of the people and make an attonement both for himself and for the people and burne the fat of the syn offerynge vpon the altare But he y e caried out the fre goate shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water then come in to the hoost The bullocke of the syn offerynge and y e goate of the syn offerynge whose bloude was brought in to the Sanctuary to make an attonemeÌ„t shal be caried out of y e hoost brent with fyre both their skynnes flesh and donge And he that burneth them shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and then come in to the hoost And this shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto you Vpon the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth shal ye humble youre soules and do no worke whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger amonge you For in this daye is youre attonemeÌ„t made that ye maye be clensed from all youre synnes before the LORDE therfore shall it be a fre Sabbath vnto you and ye shal humble youre soules Let this bâ— a perpetuall lawe But the prest that is anoynted and whose hande was fylled to be prest in his fathers steade shal make this attonement and shal put on the lynnen clothes namely the holy vestimeÌ„tes so shal he recoÌ„cyle the holy SaÌ„ctuary and the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the altare and y e prestes and all the people of the congregacion This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto you that ye reconcyle y e children of Israel from all their synnes once a yeare And Moses dyd as the LORDE commaunded him The XVII Chapter ANd y e LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake vnto Aaron his sonnes to all y e childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto them This is it that y e LORDE hath commaunded What so euer he be of y e house of Israel y t kylleth an oxe or laÌ„be or goate in the hoost or out of the hoost and bryngeth it not before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse that it maye be brought vnto the LORDE for an offerynge before the Habitacion of y e LORDE the same shal be giltie of bloude as though he had shed bloude and soch a man shal be roted out from amonge his people Therfore shall the children of Israel brynge their offerynges that they wyll offâ—e vpon the wyde felde before the LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse vnto the prest there offre their health offerynges vnto the LORDE And the prest shal sprenkle the bloude vpon the altare of the LORDE before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and burne the fat for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE and they shall offre their offerynges nomore vnto deuels with whom they go a whorynge This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto them amonge their posterities Therfore shalt thou saie vnto theÌ„ What man so euer he be of the house of Israel or a straunger also that is amonge you which offereth a burnt offerynge or eny other offerynge and bringeth it not before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to offre it vnto the LORDE he shal be roted out from amoÌ„ge his people And what man so euer it be either of the house of Israel or a straunger amonge you that eateth eny maner of bloude agaynst him wyll I set my face and wil rote him out from amonge his people for the soule of y e body is in the bloude and I haue geuen it you for the altare that youre soules maye be reconcyled ther with For the bloude that is in the soule maketh attonement Therfore haue I sayde vnto the children of Israel No soule amonge you shall eate bloude no ner eny straunger that dwelleth amonge you And what man so euer it be amonge you whether he be of the house of Israel or a straunger amoÌ„ge you that at the huntynge taketh a beest or foule which maye be eaten he shall poure out the bloude of the same couer it with earth for all flesh lyueth in the bloude And I haue sayde vnto the children of Israel Ye shall eate the bloude of no body for the life of all flesh is in his bloude Who so euer eateth it shal be roted out And what so euer soule eateth that which dyed alone or y t was torne of wylde beestes whether he be one of youre selues or a straunger the same shal wash his clothes and bathe himself with water and he vncleane vntyll the euen and then is he cleane But yf he wash not his clothes nor bathe him self then shal he beare his synne The XVIII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked w t Moses saide Speake vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto them I am the LORDE youre God Ye shall not do after y e workes of the lande of Egipte wherin ye dwelt nether after the doynges of the lande of Canaan in to the which I will brynge you Ye shal not walke after their customes but after my lawes shall ye do my statutes shall ye kepe that ye maye walke therin for I am the LORDE youre God Therfore shal ye kepe my statutes and my lawes For the man that doth the same shal liue therin for I am the LORDE No maÌ„ shal come at his nexte kinszwomaÌ„ to vncouer hir preuytie for I am y e LORDE Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e father of y e mother It is thy mother therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e fathers wife for it is y e fathers preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy sister which is the doughter of y e father or of y e mother whether she be borne at home or without Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy sonnes doughter or of thy doughters doughter for it is thine awne preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e fathers wiues doughter which is borne vnto him and is thy sister Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers sister for it is thy fathers nexte kynszwoman Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of
The water shal flowe out of his boket and his sede shal be a greate water His kynge shal be hyer then Agag his kyngdome shal be exalted God hath broughte hiÌ„ out of Egipte his strength is as of an vnicorne He shal eate vp the Heithen his enemies and grynde their bones to poulder and shute thorow them with his arowes He hath layed him downe as a Lyon and as a Lyonesse Who wyll rayse him vp Blessed be he y t blesseth the and cursed that curseth the. TheÌ„ was Balac furious iÌ„ wrath against Balaam smote his haÌ„des together sayde vnto him I haue called the y t thou shuldest curse myne enemies and beholde thou hast blessed theÌ„ now thre tymes now get the heÌ„ce to y e place I thoughte y t I wolde promote the vnto honoure but the LORDE hath kepte the backe from that worshipe Balaam answered him Tolde not I thy messaungers whom thou sendedst vnto me sayde Yf Balac wolde geue me his house full of syluer and golde yet coulde I not go beyonde the worde of the LORDE to do either euell or good after myne awne hert but what y e LORDE speaketh that must I speake also And now beholde for so moch as I go to my people come therfore I wyll shewe the what this people shal do vnto y e people after this tyme. And he toke vp his parable and sayde Thus sayeth Balaam the sonne of Beor Thus sayeth y e man whose eyes are opened Thus sayeth he which heareth the wordes of God y t hath the knowlege of y e hyest eueÌ„ he y t sawe y e visioÌ„ of y e Allmightie fell downe his eyes were opened I shal se him but not now I shal beholde him but not nie at haÌ„de There shal a starre come out of Iacob a cepter shall come vp out of Israel and shal smyte y e rulers of the Moabites and ouercome all the children of Seth. Edom shal be his possession and Seir shal be his enemies possessioÌ„ but Israel shal do manfully Out of Iacob shal come he y t hath dominion and shall destroye the remnaunt of the cities And whaÌ„ he sawe y e Amalechites he toke vp his parable sayde Amalec the first amoÌ„ge the HeitheÌ„ but at y e last thou shalt perishe vtterly And whan he sawe the Kenites he toke vp his parable sayde StroÌ„ge is y e dwellinge and on a rocke hast thou put thy nest neuertheles thou shalt be a burninge vnto Rain tyll Assur take y e presoner And he toke vp his parable agayne sayde Alas who shal lyue whaÌ„ God doth this And shippes out of Citim shall subdue Assur and Eber. He him self also shal perishe vtterly And Balaam gat him vp and departed and came againe vnto his place and Balac wente his waye also The XXV Chapter ANd Israel dwelt in Sittim and the people beganne to commytte whordome with the doughters of the Moabites which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their goddes And the people ate and worshipped their goddes and Israel submytted him self vnto Baal Peor Then the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote vpon Israel and he sayde vnto Moses Take all the rulers of the people and hange them vp vnto the LORDE agaynst y e Sonne that the terryble wrath of the LORDE maye be turned awaye from Israel And Moses sayde vnto the iudges of Israel Euery man slaye his captayne that haue submytted them selues vnto Baal Peor And beholde one of the childreÌ„ of Israel weÌ„te in against his brethreÌ„ ioyned him self to a Madianitish womaÌ„ in y e sighte of Moses of the whole coÌ„gregacion of y e childreÌ„ of Israel which weped before the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse Whan Phineas y e sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron y e prest sawe y t he rose vp out of the congregacion toke a swerde in his hande wente after the man of Israel in to the whore house thrust theÌ„ thorow both the man of Israel and the woman eueÌ„ thorow the bely of her Then ceassed the plage from the children of Israel and there were slayne in the plage foure and twentye thousande And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses saide Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron y e prest hath turned my wrath awaie from the childreÌ„ of Israel thorow his gelousy for my sake amonge them y t I shulde not coÌ„sume the childreÌ„ of Israel in my gelousy Wherfore sayeâ— beholde I geue him my couenaunt of peace and he shal haue it his sede after him eueÌ„ the couenaunt of an euer lastinge presthode because he was gelous for his Gods sake and made an attonement for the children of Israel The man of Israel that was slayne with the Madianitâ—sh woman was called Simri the sonne of Salu a captayne of the house of the father of the Simeonites The Madianitish woman also that was slayne was called Coszbi y e doughter of Zur which was a ruler of the people of a kynred amonge the Madianites And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Vexe the Madianites smyte them for they haue vexed you with their wyles wherby they haue bigyled you thorow Peor and thorow their sister Coszbi the doughter of a captayne of y e Madianites which was slayne in the daye of the plage for Peors sake and the plage came after The XXVI Chapter ANd whan the giltye bloude was shed the LORDE sayde vnto Moses vnto Eleasar y e sonne of Aaron y e prest Take the summe of the whole coÌ„gregacion of the childreÌ„ of Israel from twentye yeare aboue after their fathers houses all y t are able to go forth to the warre in Israel And Moses Eleasar the prest spake vnto them in the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane ouer against Iericho namely vnto all theÌ„ that were twentye yeare olde aboue as the LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And these are y e childreÌ„ of Israel that came out of Egipte Ruben y e first borne sonne of Israel The childreeÌ„ of Ruben were Hanoch of whom coÌ„meth y e kynred of the Hanochites Palluâ— of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Palluites Hesron of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hesronites Carmi of whom coÌ„meth y e kynred of the Carmites These are the kynreds of the Rubenites And the nombre of theÌ„ was thre fourtye thousande seuen hundreth thirtye But the childreÌ„ of Pallu were Eliab And the children of Eliab were Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram This is y t Dathan AbiraÌ„ those famous men in the congregacion which stode vp agaynst Moses and Aaron in the coÌ„pany of Corah whan they rose vp agaynst the LORDE the earth opened hir mouth and swalowed theÌ„ w t Corah whaÌ„ the coÌ„pany dyed what tyme as the fyre consumed two hundreth fiftye men they became a tokeÌ„ But the children
you by lott which the LORDE hath commaunded to geue vnto the nyne trybes and to the halfe trybe For the trybe of the children of Ruben after their fathers house and the trybe of the children of Gad acordinge to their fathers house and the half trybe of Manasse haue receaued their porcion Thus the two trybes and the halfe trybe haue their enheritaunce allready on this syde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho Eastwarde And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde These are y e names of the men which shal deuyde the londe amonge you Eleasar the prest and Iosua the sonne of Nun. And the captayne of euery trybe shal ye take to deuyde the londe And these are the names of the men Caleb the sonne of Iephune of the trybe of Iuda Semuel the sonne of Ammihud of the trybe of Simeon Elidad y e sonne of Cislon of the trybe of Ben Iamin Buki the sonne of Iagli of the trybe of the childrē of Dan. Hamuel the sonne of Ephod of the trybe of the children of Manasse amonge the children of Ioseph Kemuel the sonne of Siphthan of the trybe of the children of Ephraim Elizaphan the sonne of Parnach of the trybe of the childrē of Zabulon Palthiel the sonne of Asan of the trybe of the childrē of Isachar Abihud the sonne of Selomi of y e trybe of the children of Asser. Pedahel the sonne of Ammihud of the trybe of the children of Nephtali These are they whom y e LORDE commaunded that they shulde deuyde the inheritaunce vnto the children of Israel in the londe of Canaan The XXXV Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the felde of the Moabites by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho sayde Commaunde the childrē of Israel that they geue vnto y e Leuites of the inheritaūce of their possession cities to dwell in The suburbes also aboute the cities shal ye geue vnto the Leuites that they maye dwell in the cities and in the suburbes to haue their catell and substaunce and all their beestes The suburbes which ye geue vnto y e Leuites shal reache frō the wall of y e cite outwarde a M. cubites rounde aboute Thus ye shal measure without the cite on y e East syde two thousande cubites on y e South syde two thousande cubites on y e West syde two thousande cubites on y e North syde two thousande cubites so y t the cite be in the myddes This shal be their suburbes And amōge the cities which ye shal geue vnto the Leuites ye shall geue thē sixe fre cities that he which cōmitteth a slaughter maie flye thither Besydes the same ye shal geue thē yet two fourtie cities so y t all y e cities which ye geue vnto y e Leuites be eight fourtye w t their suburbes And of y e same ye shal geue the more from thē y t haue moch in possession amonge the children of Israel the lesse from them that haue litle in possession Euery one acordinge to his enheritaunce that is deuyded vnto him shall geue of his cities vnto the Leuites And the LORDE talked w t Moses saide Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto thē Whan ye come ouer Iordane in to y e londe of Canaan ye shall chose out cities to be fre cities y t who so cōmytteth slaughter vnawarres maye flye thither And soch fre cities shal be amonge you because of the auenger of bloude that he which hath commytted slaughter dye not tyll he stonde in iudgment before the congregacion And of these cities which ye shall geue there shal be sixe fre cities Thre shal ye geue on this side Iordane and thre in the londe of Canaan These are the sixe fre cities both for y e childrē of Israel for the straungers for soch as dwell amōge you y t who so euer hath slaine eny soule vnawarres maye flye thither He y t smyteth eny man w t an yron weapō y t he dye the same is a murthurer shal dye the death Yf he cast at him w t a stone wherwith eny man maye be slayne y t he dye therof then is he a murthurer and shal dye the death Yf he smyte him w t an handweapon of wodd wherwith eny man maie be slayne that he dye then is he a murthurer and shal dye the death The auenger of bloude shal bringe y e murthurer to death Whan he fyndeth him he shal slaye him Yf he thrust at him of hate or cast ought at him with laienge of wayte or smyte him of envye w t his hande that he dye then shal he that hath slayne him dye the death for he is a murthurer The auenger of bloude shal brynge him to death as soone as he fyndeth him But yf he thrust him by chaunce not of envye or hurle ought at him without eny layenge of wayte or cast at him with a stone wherof a man maye dye sawe it not so y t he dye is not his enemie nether thought him eny euell thē shal the cōgregacion iudge betwene him y t hath cōmytted y e slaughter and the auenger of bloude in soch cases And the cōgregacion shal delyuer the deed slayer from the hande of y e auenger of bloude shal let him come agayne to the fre cite whither he was fled there shall he abyde vnto y e death of the hye prest which was anoynted with y e holy oyle But yf the deed sleyer go out of the borders of his fre cite that he was fled vnto and the auenger of bloude fynde him without y e borders of his fre cite and kyll him he shal not be gyltye of bloude For he shulde haue bydden in his fre cite vntyll y e death of the hye prest after y e hye prestes death to come agayne vnto the londe of his enheritaunce This shal be a statute of the lawe vnto you amōge youre posterities in all youre dwellinges The deed slayer shal be slayne at y e mouth of witnesses One witnesse shal not answere ouer a soule to death And ye shal receaue none attonement ouer the soule of the deedslayer for he is giltye of death but he shal dye the death And ye shal receaue none attonement of him which is fled to the fre cite y t he shulde come agayne to dwell in the londe tyll the hye prest dye And defyle not ye y e londe wherin ye dwell For who so is giltye of bloude defyleth the londe and the londe can not be reconcyled from the bloude that is shed therin but onely thorow the bloude of him that shed it Defyle not ye the londe that ye dwell in wherin I dwell also For I am the LORDE which dwell amōge y e children of Israel The XXXVI Chapter ANd y e chefe fathers of the kynred of the childrē of Gilead y e sonne of Machir which was the sonne of Manasse of the kynred of the children of Ioseph came forth and
go thorow the fyre or a prophecier or a choser out of dayes or that regardeth the foules cryenge or a witch or a coniurer or soythsayer or an expounder of tokens or y t axeth eny thinge of the deed For who so euer doth soch is abhominacion vnto the LORDE and because of soch abhominacions doth the LORDE y e God dryue thē out before the. But thou shalt be perfecte with the LORDE y e God For these naciōs whom thou shalt conquere whom the LORDE thy God hath geuen the herken to the chosers out of dayes and to the soythsayers but so shalt not thou do vnto the LORDE thy God A prophet like vnto me shall the LORDE thy God raise the vp euen out of the from amonge thy brethren vnto him shal ye herkē acordinge as thou desyredest before the LORDE thy God in Horeb in the daye of y e gatheringe together saydest Let me heare the voyce of the LORDE my God nomore and se nomore this greate fyre that I dye not And y e LORDE saide vnto me They haue well spoken I wil rayse them vp a prophet from amonge their brethren like vnto the and wyl put my wordes in his mouth he shal speake vnto them all that I shal cōmaunde him And who so euer wyl not herken vnto my wordes which he shal speake in my name of him wil I requyre it But yf a prophete presume to speake ought in my name which I haue not cōmaūded him to speake and he that speaketh in y e name of other goddes y e same prophete shal dye But yf thou saye in thine hert How can I knowe what worde the LORDE hath not spoken Euen whan the prophete speaketh in the name of y e LORDE and the thinge foloweth not and commeth not to passe y e same is the worde y t the LORDE hath not spokē The prophet hath spokē it presumtuously therfore be not afrayed of him The XIX Chapter WHan y e LORDE thy God shall haue roted out y e naciōs whose londe y e LORDE thy God shal geue the so y t thou hast conquered them and dwellest in their cities and houses thou shalt appoynte the out thre cities in the myddes of the lōde y t the LORDE thy God shal geue y e to possesse Thou shalt prepare the waye and parte the coastes of y e londe which y e LORDE thy God shal deuyde out vnto the in to thre partes that whosoeuer hath commytted a slaughter maye flie thither And this shal be the cause that whosoeuer hath committed a slaughter maye flye thyther and lyue Yf eny man smyte his neghboure vnawarres and hath not hated him in tyme passed as whan a man goeth vnto the wod with his neghboure to hew downe tymber and he turneth his hande w t the axe to hewe downe the wod and the yron slyppeth from the helue and hytteth his neghboure that he dyeth the same shal flye in to one of these cities that he maye lyue lest the auenger of bloude folowe after the deedsleyer whyle his hert is whote and ouertake him whyle the waye is so farre and slaye him where as yet no cause of death is in hī for so moch as he hated him not in tyme passed Therfore commaunde I the that thou appoynte out thre cities And whan the LORDE y e God enlargeth thy borders as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers geueth the all the lōde which he promysed thy fathers to geue so that thou kepe all these cōmaundementes and do y t I commaunde the this daye y t thou loue the LORDE thy God and walke in his wayes all y e life longe thē shalt thou adde yet thre cities vnto these thre that innocent bloude be not shed in thy londe which the LORDE y e God geueth the to enheritaunce and so bloude come vpon the. But yf eny man beare hate agaynst his neghboure and layeth waite for him and ryseth agaynst him and smyteth him that he dye and flyeth in to one of these cities then shall the Elders of the same cite sende thither and cause him to be fetched from thence and delyuer him in to the handes of the auenger of bloude that he maye dye thine eye shal not pitie him and the giltye bloude shalt thou put awaye frō Israel that thou mayest prospere Thou shalt not remoue thy neghbours marck which they of olde tyme haue set in thine enheritaunce that thou enheretest in the londe which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the to possesse it One witnesse shal not stonde vp alone agaynst a man ouer eny trespace or synne what maner of synne so euer it be y t a man can do but in the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal euery matter be stablished But yf an vnrighteous wytnesse stonde vp agaynst eny man to testifye eny trespace vpon him then shall both the men that stryue together stonde before the LORDE before the prestes and Iudges which shall be at the same tyme. And the iudges shall make diligent inquisicion yf the witnesse be founde false and hath geuē false witnesse agaynst his brother then shall ye do vnto him euen as he thoughte to do vnto his brother that thou mayest put awaye the euell from the that other maye heare and feare and take nomore vpon them to do soch wicked poyntes amonge you Thine eye shall not pitie him Soule for soule eye for eye to the for to the hande for hande fote for fote The XX. Chapter WHan thou goest out to battayll agaynst thine enemies and seyst horses and charettes of the people more then thou be not afrayed of them for the LORDE thy God which brought y e out of the londe of Egipte is with the. Now whā ye are come nye vnto the battayll the prest shal steppe forth speake to the people and saye vnto thē Heare Israel Ye go this daye in to the battayll agaynst youre enemies let not yo r hert faynte Feare not be not afrayed ner a drede of them For the LORDE youre God goeth with you to fyghte for you agaynst youre enemies y t he maye saue you And the captaynes shal speake to y e people and saye Who so hath buylded a new house and hath not dedicate it let him go and byde in his house that he dye not in y e battayll and another dedicate it Who so hath planted a vynyarde and hath not yet made it comen lett him go and byde at home that he dye not in the battayll and another make it comen Who so hath spoused a wyfe and hath not yet brought her home let him go and byde at home y t he die not in the battayll another brynge her home And the captaines shal speake further vnto the people and saye He that feareth and hath a faynte hert lett him go and byde at home that he make not his brethrens hert fainte
answered kynge Salomon and saide vnto his mother Why desyrest thou Abisag of Sunem for Adonias Axe the kyngdome or him also for he is my greater brother and hath Abiathar the prest and Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia. And the kynge sware by the LORDE and sayde God do this and that vnto me Adonias shall haue spoken this agaynst his lyfe And now as truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath ordeyned me and made me to syt vpon the seate of my father Dauid and hath made me a house acordynge as he sayde this daye shal Adonias dye And kynge Salomon sent thither by Benaia the sonne of Ioiada which smote him that he dyed And to the prest Abiathar sayde y e kynge Go thy waye vnto Anathoe to thy londe for thou art a man of deeth Neuerthelesse I wyl not slaye the this daye for thou hast borne the Arke of the LORDE God before my father Dauid and hast suffred also where my father suffred Thus Salomō put forth Abiathar that he must nomore be the prest of the LORDE that the worde of the LORDE mighte be fulfilled which he spake ouer the house of Eli at Silo. And this rumoure came before Ioab for Ioab cleued vnto Adonias and not vnto Salomon Then fled Ioab in to the Tabernacle of the LORDE and toke holde of the hornes of the altare And it was tolde kynge Salomon that Ioab was fled in to the Tabernacle of the LORDE and beholde he stondeth at the altare Then sent Salomon Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and sayde Go slaye him And whan Benaia came to the Tabernacle of the LORDE he sayde vnto him Thus sayeth the kynge Come forth He sayde No I wyl dye here And Benaia tolde this vnto the kynge agayne and sayde Thus hath Ioab spoken and thus hath he answered me The kinge saide vnto him Do as he hath spoken and slaye him and bury him that thou mayest put fro me and my fathers house the bloude which Ioab hath shed with out a cause and that the LORDE maye recompence him his bloude vpon his heade because he smote two men which were more righteous and better then he and slewe them with y e swerde that my father Dauid knewe not of namely Abner y e sonne of Ner the chefe captaine ouer Israel Amasa the sonne of Iether y e chefe captaine ouer Iuda y t their bloude maye be recompensed vpō y e heade of Ioab and of his sede for euer but Dauid and his sede his house and his seate haue peace for euermore of the LORDE And Benaia the sonne of Ioiada wente vp and smote him and slewe him he was buried in his house in the wyldernes And y e kynge set Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada in his steade ouer the hoost And Sadoc y e prest dyd the kynge set in the steade of Abiathar And the kynge sent and caused for to call Semei and sayde vnto him Buylde the an house at Ierusalem and dwell there and departe not from thence nether hither ner thither In what daye so euer thou departest forth and goest ouer y e broke Cedron be thou sure that thou shalt dye the deeth thy bloude be vpon thy heade Semei sayde vnto the kynge This is a good meanynge as my lorde the kynge hath sayde so shal thy seruaunt do So Semei dwelt at Ierusalem a longe season But after thre yeare it fortuned that two seruauntes ranne awaye from Semei vnto Achis the sonne of Maecha kynge of Gath. And it was tolde Semei beholde thy seruauntes are at Gath. Then Semei gat him vp and sadled his asse and wēte vnto Gath to Achis for to seke his seruaūtes And whā he came thither he broughte his seruauntes from Gath. And it was tolde Salomon that Semei wente from Ierusalem vnto Gath and was come agayne Then sent the kynge and caused for to call Semei and sayde vnto him Sware not I to the by the LORDE and assured the and sayde Loke what daye so euer thou departest out and goest hither or thither be sure that thou shalt dye the death And thou saydest vnto me I haue herde a good meanynge Why hast thou not kepte the then acordinge to the ooth of the LORDE and commaundement that I commaunded the And the kynge sayde vnto Semei Thou remembrest all y e wickednes which thy hert knoweth that thou dyddest vnto my father Dauid The LORDE hath recompenced y e thy wickednes vpon thy heade And kynge Salomon is blessed and the seate of Dauid shal be stablished before y e LORDE for euer And the kynge commaunded Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada which wente forth and smote him that he dyed And the kyngdome was stablished by Salomons hande The III. Chapter ANd Salomon made mariage w t Pharao the kynge of Egipte toke Pharaos doughter and broughte her in to the cite of Dauid tyll he had buylded his house and the LORDES house and the walles rounde aboute Ierusalem But the people offred yet vpon the hye places for as yet there was no house buylded vnto the name of the LORDE vnto that tyme. But Salomon loued the LORDE and walked after the ordinaunces of Dauid his father excepte onely that he offred and brent incense vpon the hye places And the kynge wente vnto Gibeon to do sacrifice there for that was a goodly hye place And Salomon offred a thousande burnt offerynges vpon the same altare And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon at Gibeon in a dreame of the nighte and God sayde Axe what I shal geue ye. Salomō saide Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt Like as he walked before the in faithfulnes and righteousnes and in a true hert with the this greate mercy hast thou layed vp for him and geuen him a sonne to syt vpon his seate as it is now come to passe Now LORDE my God thou hast made thy seruaunt kynge in my father Dauids steade As for me I am but a small yonge man knowynge nether my outgoynge ner ingoynge And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen which is so greate that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert that he maye iudge thy people vnderstonde what is good bad for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people This pleased the LORDE well that Salomon axed soch a peticion And God sayde vnto him For so moch as thou axest this and desyrest not longe lyfe nether riches nether y e soules of thine enemies but vnderstōdinge to heare iudgment beholde therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes Beholde I haue geuen the an hert of wyszdome and vnderstondynge so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the nether shall ryse vp after the. Yee and that thou hast not prayed for haue I geuen the also namely ryches and honoure so that amonge the kynges in y e tyme there is not soch one as
and at Ierusalem that he mighte set vp the wordes of the lawe which were wrytten in the boke that Helchias y e prest foūde in the house of y e LORDE His like was no kynge before him which so cōuerted vnto y e LORDE w t all his hert w t all his soule with all his strength acordinge to all the lawe of Moses And after him came there not vp soch another Yet turned not the LORDE from the indignacion of his greate wrath wherwith he was displeased ouer Iuda because of all the prouocacion wherwith Manasses had prouoked him And y e LORDE sayde I wil put Iuda out of my presence also euen as I haue put awaye Israel and this cite which I haue chosen wyl I cast out namely Ierusalem the house wherof I sayde My name shal be there What more there is to saye of Iosias and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda In his tyme wēte Pharao Necho y e kynge of Egipte vp agaynst the kynge of Assyria by the water Euphrates But kynge Iosias wente agaynst him and dyed at Megiddo whā he had sene him And his seruauntes caried him deed frō Megiddo brought him to Ierusalē buryed him in his graue And the people of the londe toke Ioahas the sonne of Iosias and anoynted him and made him kynge in his fathers steade Thre twentye yeare olde was Ioahas whā he was made kynge reigned thre monethes at Ierusalē His mothers name was Hamutal y e doughter of Ieremia of Libna And he dyd y t which was euell in y e sight of y e LORDE euen as his fathers had done But Pharao Necho toke him presoner of Reblatha in the londe of Hemath y t he shulde not reigne at Ierusalem raysed a taxe vpō the londe an hundreth talētes of siluer one talente of golde And Pharao Necho made Eliachim y e sonne of Iosias kynge in his father Iosias steade turned his name Ioachim But Ioahas toke he brought him in to Egipte where he dyed And Ioachim gaue the siluer golde vnto Pharao yet taxed he the londe y t he might geue y e syluer acordynge to Pharaos cōmaundement Euery one amonge the people in y e londe taxed he after his abilite in siluer golde to geue it vnto Pharao Fyue twentye yeare olde was Ioachim whan he was made kynge reigned eleuen yeares at Ierusalem His mothers name was Sebida y e doughter of Pedaia of Ruma he dyd euell in the sight of the LORDE euen as his fathers had done The XXIIII Chapter IN his tyme came vp Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of Babilon Ioachim was in subieccion vn to him iij. yeare And he turned back rebelled agaynst him And y e LORDE sent men of warre vpon him out of Chaldea out of Syria out of Moab frō amonge the childrē of Ammon caused thē for to come in to Iuda to destroie it acordinge to the worde of the LORDE which he spake by his seruauntes the prophetes It fortuned euē so vnto Iuda acordynge to y e worde of the LORDE that he wolde put them awaye from his presence because of y e sinnes of Manasses which he dyd because of the innocent bloude that he shed And he fylled Ierusalem with innocent bloude therfore wolde not the LORDE be reconcyled What more there is to saye of Ioachim and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Ioachim fell on slepe with his fathers And Ioachim his sonne was kynge in his steade And the kynge of Egipte came nomore out of his londe for the kynge of Babilon had conquered all that was the kynge of Egiptes from the ryuer of Egipte vnto y e water Euphrates Eightene yeare olde was Ioachim whan he was made kynge and reigned thre monethes at Ierusalē His mothers name was Nebustha the doughter of Elnathan of Ierusalem And he dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE euen as his father had done At the same tyme wente the seruauntes of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon vp to Ierusalem and came vpon the cyte with ordinaunce of warre And whan Nabuchodonosor and his seruauntes came to the cite they layed sege vnto it But Ioachim y e kynge of Iuda wente forth to the kynge of Babilon with his mother with his seruauntes with his rulers and chamberlaynes And the kynge of Babilon receaued him in the eight yeare of his reigne And he toke forth frō thence all the treasure in the house of the LORDE and in y e kynges house and brake all the golden vessell y t Salomon the kynge of Israel had made in the house of the LORDE acordynge as the LORDE had sayde and caryed awaye all Ierusalem all the rulers all the mightie men euen ten thousande presoners and all the carpenters and all the smithes and lefte none behynde but the poore people of the londe And he caryed Ioachim awaye vnto Babilon and the kynges mother the kinges wyues and his chamberlaynes and y e mightie men of the londe led he awaye presoners also from Ierusalem vnto Babilon and seuen thousande of the best men and a thousande carpenters and smythes and all the stronge men of warre And the kynge of Babilon made Matania his vncle kynge in his steade and turned his name Sedechias One and twentye yeare olde was Sedechias whan he was made kynge and reigned eleuen yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Amithal the doughter of Ieremia of Libna And he dyd euell in the sight of the LORDE euē as Ioachim dyd for thus fortuned it vnto Ierusalē thorow the wrath of the LORDE tyll he had cast them out frō his presence And Sedechias fell awaye frō the kynge of Babilon The XXV Chapter ANd it fortuned that in y e nyenth yeare of his reigne vpon the tenth daye of the tenth moneth Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon came with all his power agaynst Ierusalem And they laied sege vnto it and buylded stronge holdes rounde aboute it Thus was the cite beseged vnto the eleuenth yeare of kynge Sedechias But on y e nyenth daye of the fourth moneth was the honger so stronge in the cite that the people of the londe had nothinge to eate And the cite was broken vp all the men of warre fled in the night by the waye of the porte betwene the two walles which goeth to the kynges gardē But the Caldees laye aboute the cite And he fled by the waye to the playne felde Neuertheles the power of the Caldees folowed after the kynge and toke him in the plaine felde of Iericho and all the men of warre that were with him were scatered abrode from him And they toke the kynge and led him vp to the kynge of Babilon vnto Reblatha And he gaue iudgmēt vpon him And they slewe Ezechias children before his eyes and put out
LORDE stode besyde y e barne of Arnan y e Iebusite And Dauid lifte vp his eyes and sawe the angell of y e LORDE stondinge betwene heauē and earth and a naked swerde in his hande stretched out ouer Ierusalem Then Dauid and y e Elders beynge clothed with sack cloth fell vpō their faces And Dauid sayde vnto God Am not I he that caused the people to be nombred I am he that hath synned and done euell as for these shepe what haue they done ▪ LORDE my God let thine hande be agaynst me and agaynst my fathers house and not agaynst thy people to plage them And the angell sayde vnto Gad that he shulde speake vnto Dauid that Dauid shulde shulde go vp set vp an altare in the barne of Arnan the Iebusite So Dauid wente vp acordinge to y e worde of Gad which he spake in the name of the LORDE But whā Arnan turned him and sawe the angell and his foure sonnes with him they hyd thēselues for Arnan throszshed wheate Now whan Dauid came to Arnan Arnan loked and was aware of Dauid and wēte forth out of the barne and worshipped Dauid with his face to the grounde And Dauid sayde vnto Arnan Geue me rowme in the barne to buylde an altare vnto the LORDE therin for y e full money shalt thou geue it me that the plage maye ceasse from the people But Arnan sayde vnto Dauid Take it vnto the and let my lorde the kynge do as pleaseth him Beholde that oxe geue I for a burnt offerynge and those vessels to the oxe and wheate for the meat offerynge I geue it all Neuertheles the kynge sayde vnto Arnan Not so but for y e full money wyl I bye it for that which is thine wyl not I take for the LORDE and offre a burnt offerynge for naughte So Dauid gaue Arnan for y e rowme sixe hundreth Sycles of golde in weight And there buylded Dauid an altare vnto y e LORDE offred burnt offerynges slayn offerynges And whan he called vpō the LORDE he herde him thorow the fyre from heauē vpon y e altare of the burnt offerynge And y e LORDE sayde vnto the angell that he shulde put his swerde in to his sheeth At the same tyme whā Dauid sawe that the LORDE had herde him vpon the corne floore of Arnan y e Iebusite he dyd sacrifice there For y e habitacion of y e LORDE which Moses had made in the wyldernes and the altare of burnt offerynges was at that tyme in the hye place at Gibeon But Dauid coulde not go thitherto seke God before it for he feared the swerde of the LORDES angell And Dauid sayde Here shal be y e house of God y e LORDE and this the altare of burnt offerynges fo◠Israel The XXIII Chapter ANd Dauid cōmaunded to gather together the straungers that were in y e londe of Israel and appoynted masons to hewe stone for the buyldinge of the house of God And Dauid prepared moch yron for nales in the dores of the portes and for soch thinges as were to be naled together and so moch brasse that is was not to be weyed and Cedre trees innumerable for they of Zidon Tyre brought Dauid moch Cedre tymbre for Dauid thoughte Salomō my sonne is but a childe and tender But the house that shal be buylded vnto the LORDE shal be greate that his name prayse maye be exalted in all londes therfore wyl I prouyde for him So Dauid made greate prouysion before his death And he called Salomon his sonne commaunded him to buylde the house of LORDE God of Israel and sayde vnto him My sonne I was minded to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE my God but the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me and sayde Thou hast shed moch bloude and strycken many battayls therfore shalt thou not buylde an house vnto my name for as moch as thou hast shed so moch bloude vpon the earth before me Beholde the sonne which shal be borne vnto the shal be a quyete man and I wyl cause him to be in rest from al his enemies on euery syde for his name shal be Salomon for I wyll geue peace and rest vpon Israel as longe as he lyueth He shal buylde an house vnto my name He shal be my sonne and I wyll be his father And I wyl stablyshe y e seate of his kyngdome vpō Israel for euer Now my sonne the LORDE shal be wyth the and thou shalt prospere that thou mayest buylde an house vnto the LORDE thy God acordynge as he hath spoken of the. The LORDE also shal geue the wyszdome vnderstondynge and shal commytte Israel vnto the that thou mayest kepe the lawe of the LORDE thy God But then shal thou prospere yf thou take hede to do after the ordynaunces and lawes which the LORDE commaunded Moses vnto Israel Be stronge and take a good corage vnto the feare not and be not faynt harted Beholde I haue in my pouerte prouyded for the house of the LORDE an hundreth thousande talentes of golde and a thousande tymes a thousande talentes of syluer and brasse and yron without nombre for there is so moch of it And tymbre and stone haue I prepared thou mayest get more therof Thou hast many workmen also mesons and carpenters in stone and tymber and all maner of men that haue vnderstondinge in all worke off golde syluer brasse and yron without nombre Yet get the vp and be doynge and the LORDE shal be with the. And Dauid commaunded all the rulers of Israel to helpe Salomon his sonne and sayde Is not the LORDE youre God with you and hath geuen you rest on euery syde for he hath delyuered the inhabiters of the londe in to youre handes and the londe is subdued before the LORDE and before his people Geue ouer youre hert now therfore and youre soule to seke the LORDE youre God and get you vp and buylde a Sanctuary vnto the LORDE God that the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE and the holy vessels of God maye be brought in to the house which shal be buylded vnto the name of the LORDE So Dauid made Salomon his sonne kynge ouer Israel whan he himselfe was olde and had lyued ynough The XXIIII Chapter ANd Dauid gathered all the rulers in Israel together and the prestes Leuites to nombre y e Leuites from thirtie yeare olde aboue And y e nombre of thē which were strōge men frō heade to heade was eight and thirtie thousande of whom there were foure twentie thousande which dyd their diligence in the worke ouer y e house of the LORDE and sixe thousande officers and Iudges and foure thousande porters foure thousande that songe prayses vnto y e LORDE with instrumentes which he had made to synge prayse with all And Dauid made the ordinaunce amonge the children of Leui namely amōge Gerson Kahath Merari The Gersonites were Laedan and Simei The children of Laedan the
he led them forth like shepe and caried them in the wyldernesse like a flocke He brought them out safely that they shulde not feare and ouerwhelmed their enemies with the see He caried them vnto the borders of his Sanctuary euen in to this hill which he purchased with his right hande He dyd cast out the Heithen before them caused their londe to be deuyded amonge them for an heretage and made y e tribes of Israel to dwell in their teÌ„tes For all this they tempted and displeased the most hye God and kepte not his couenaunt But turned their backes and fell awaye like their forefathers startinge asyde like a broken bowe And so they greued him with their hie places prouoked him with their ymages When God herde this he was wroth and toke sore displeasure at Israel So that he forsoke the tabernacle in Silo euen his habitacion wherin he dwelt amonge men He delyuered their power in to captiuyte and their glory in to the enemies hoÌ„de He gaue his people â—uer in to the swerde for he was wroth with his heretage The fyre consumed their yonge men and their maydeÌ„s were not geuen to mariage Their prestes were slayne with the swerde and there were no wyddowes to make lamentacion So the LORDE awaked as one out of slepe and like a giaunte refreshed with wyne He smote his enemies in y e hynder partes and put them to a perpetuall shame He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph and chose not the trybe of Ephraim Neuerthelesse he chose y e trybe of Iuda eueÌ„ the hill of Sion which he loued And there he buylded his temple on hye and layed y e foundacion of it like y e grounde that it might perpetually endure He chose Dauid also his seruauÌ„t and toke him awaye from the shepe foldes As he was folowinge the yowes greate with yonge he toke him that he might fede Iacob his people and Israel his enheritaunce So he fed them with a faithfull and true hert and ruled them with all y e diligence of his power The LXXVIII A psalme of Asaph O God y e Heithen are fallen in to thine heretage thy holy temple haue they defyled and made Ierusalem an heape of stones The deed bodies of thy seruauntes haue they geuen vnto y e foules of the ayre to be deuoured and the flesh of thy sayntes vnto y e beestes of the londe Their bloude haue they shed like water on euery syde of Ierusalem and there was no maÌ„ to burie them We are become an open shame vnto oure enemies a very scorne and derision vnto them that are rounde aboute vs. LORDE how longe wilt thou be angrie shal thy gelousy burne like fyre for euer Poure out thy indignacion vpon the Heithen that knowe the not and vpon the kyngdomes that call not vpon thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob and layed waiste his dwellinge place O remeÌ„bre not oure olde synnes but haue mercy vpon vs that soone for we are come to greate mysery Helpe vs O God o r Sauyo r for y e glory of y e name o delyuer vs forgeue vs o r synnes for y e names sake Wherfore shall y e HeitheÌ„ saye where is now their God O let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed be openly shewed vpon the HeitheÌ„ in oure sight O let the soroufull sighinge of the presoners come before the and acordinge vnto y e power of thine arme preserue those y t are appoynted to dye And for the blasphemy wher w t o r neghbours haue blasphemed y e rewarde theÌ„ o LORDE seueÌ„ folde in to their bosome So we y t be y e people shepe of thy pasture shal geue the thankes for euer wil allwaye be shewinge forth thy prayse more more The LXXIX A psalme of Asaph HEare o thou shepherde of Israel thou y t ledest Iacob like a flocke of shepe shewe y i self thou y t syttest vpoÌ„ y e Cherubins Before Ephraim BeÌ„ Iamin Manasses stere vp thy power come helpe vs. Turne vs agayne o God shewe the light of thy countenauÌ„ce we shal be whole O LORDE God of hoostes how loÌ„ge wilt thou be angrie ouer the prayer of thy people Thou hast fed theÌ„ with the bred of teares yee thou hast geuen theÌ„ pleÌ„teousnes of teares to drynke Thou hast made vs a very strife vnto o r neghbours o r enemies laugh vs to scorne Turne vs agayne thou God of hoostes shewe the light of thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce we shal be whole Thou hast brought a vynyâ—rde out of Egipte thou didest cast out y e HeitheÌ„ plaÌ„te it Thou maydest rowme for it caused it to take rote so y t it fylled the loÌ„de The hilles were couered with the shadowe of it so were the stronge Cedretrees w t the bowes therof She stretched out hir brauÌ„ches vnto the see hir bowes vnto the water Why hast thou then broken downe hir hedge that all they which go by plucke of hir grapes The wilde bore out of the wod hath wrutt it vp the beestes of the felde haue deuoured it Turne y e agayne thou God of hoostes loke downe from heauen beholde viset this vynyarde Manteyne it that thy right hoÌ„de hath plaÌ„ted the sonne whom thou maydest so moch of for thy self For why it is breÌ„t with fyre lyeth waist o let theÌ„ perishe at there buke of thy wrath Let thy honde be vpon the man of thy right honde vpon the man whoÌ„ thou maydest so moch off for thine owne self And so wil not we go backe from the oh let vs lyue we shal call vpon thy name Turne vs agayne o LORDE God of hoostes shewe the light of thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce we shal be whole The LXXX A psalme of Asaph SYnge merely vnto God which is o r streÌ„gth make a chearful noyse vnto y e God of Iacob Take y e psalme brynge hither the tabret the mery harpe lute Blowe vp the troÌ„pettes in the new Moone vpon o r soleÌ„pne feast daye For this is the vse in Israel a lawe of the God of Iacob This he ordened in Ioseph for a testimony when he came out of Egipte had herde a strauÌ„ge laÌ„guage When he eased his shulder from the burtheÌ„ when his hondes were delyuered froÌ„ the pottes WheÌ„ thou calldest vpon me in trouble I helped the herde the what tyme as the storme fell vpoÌ„ the I proued the also at the water of strife Sela. Heare o my people for I assure the o Israel yf thou wilt herken vnto me There shal no straunge God be in the nether shalt thou worshipe eny other God I am the LORDE thy God which brought the out of the loÌ„de of Egipte opeÌ„ thy mouth wyde I shal fyll it But my people wolde not heare my voyce Israel wolde not obeye me So I gaue
youre owne selues for all youre wickednes that ye haue done And ye shal knowe that I am the LORDE when I entreate you after my name not after yo r wicked wayes ner acordinge to youre corrupte workes o ye house of Israel saieth the LORDE Morouer the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of maÌ„ set thy face towarde the south speake to the south wynde and saye to the wodde towarde the souht Heare the worde of the LORDE thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil kyndle a fyre in the y t shal coÌ„sume the grene trees w t the drye No man shal be able to quench his flame but all that â—oketh from the south to the north shal be brent therin all flesh shal se that I the LORDE haue kyndled it so that no man maye quench it Then sayde I O LORDE they wil saye of me Tush they are but fables that he telleth The XXI Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came to me sayenge Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde Ierusalem speake agaynst the Sanctuary prophecie agaynst the londe of Israel saye to the loÌ„de of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil vpon the wil drawe my swearde out of y e sheth rote out of y e both the rightuous the wicked Seinge then that I will rote out of the both the rightuous wicked therfore shal my swearde go out of his sheth agaynst all flesh from the north to the south that all flesh maye knowe how that I the LORDE haue drawen my swearde out of the sheth it shal not be put in agayne Mourne therfore o thou sonne of man y t thy loynes crack withall yee mourne bytterly for them And yf they saye wherfore mournest thou Then tell them for the tydinges that commeth at the which all hertes shall melt all hondes shal be letten downe all stomackes shal faynte and all knees shall waxe feble Beholde it commeth shal be fulfilled saieth the LORDE God Agayne the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man prophecie and speake Thus saieth the LORDE God speake the swearde is sharpened wel scoured Sharpened is it for the slaughter scoured y t it maye be bright O the destroyenge staff of my sonne shal bringe downe all wodde He hath put his swearde to y e dightinge y t good holde maye be takeÌ„ of it This swearde is sharpened dight y t it maye be geuen in to the honde of the manslayer Crie o thou sonne of man and howle for this swearde shal smyte my people all the rulers in Israel which with my people shall be slayne downe to the grounde thorow this swearde Smyte thou vpoÌ„ thy thee for wherfore shulde not the plage staff of indgmeÌ„t come Prophecy thou sonne of man smyte thine hoÌ„des together make the swearde two edged yee make it thre edged y t manslayers swearde that swearde of the greate slaughter which shal smyte them euen in their preuy chambres to make them abaszshed faynte at the hertes in all gates to make some of them fall O how bright and sharpe is it how wel dight mete for y e slaughter Get the to some place alone ether vpon the right honde or on the lefte whither so euer thy face turneth I wil smyte my hondes together also and satisfie my wrothfull indignacion Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it The worde of the LORDE came yet vnto me agayne sayenge Thou sonne of man make the two stretes that the swearde of y e kinge of BabiloÌ„ maye come Both these stretes shall go out of one londe He shal set him vp a place at the heade of the strete shal be chose him out a corner Make y e a strete that the swearde maye come towarde Rabath of the Ammonites and to the stronge cite of Ierusalem For the kinge of Babilon shall stonde in the turnynge of the waye at the heade of the two stretes to axe councell at the soythsayers castinge the lottes with his arowes to axe councell at the Idols and to loke in the lyuer But the soythsayenge shall poynte to the right syde vpon Ierusalem that he maye set men of warre to smyte it with a greate noyse to crie out Alarum to set batellrammes agaynst the gates to graue vp dyches to make bulworkes Neuertheles as for y e soythsayenge they shall holde it but for vanite euen as though a iest were tolde them Yee and they them selues remembre their wickednesse so that by right they must be takeÌ„ and wonne Therfore saieth the LORDE God For so moch as ye youre selues shewe youre offence and haue opened youre wickednesse so that in all youre workes men maye se youre synnes Yet in so moch I saye that ye youreselues haue made mencion therof ye shal be taken by violence O thou shameful wicked gyde of Israel whose daye is come â–ª euen the tyme that wickednesse shall haue an ende Thus saieth the LORDE God take awaye the mytre and put of the crowne and so is it awaye the humble is exalted and the proude brought lowe Punysh punysh yee punysh them will I and destroye them and that shall not be fulfilled vntill he come to whom the iudgment belongeth and to whom I haue geueÌ„ it And thou o sonne of man prophecy speake Thus saieth the LORDE God to the children of Ammon to their blasphemy speake then The swearde the swearde is drawen forth alredy to the slaughter sâ—â—ured that it glistreth because thou hast loked the out vanities prophecied lyes y t it maye come vpon thy necke like as vpoÌ„ the other vngodly which be slayne whose daye came when their wickednesse was full Though it were put vp agayne into the sheath yet will I punysh the in the londe where thou wast norished borne and poure my indignacion vpon the and will blowe vpon the in the fyre of my wrath and delyuer the vnto cruell people which are lerned to destroye Thou shalt fede the fyre and y t bloude shall be shed in the londe that thou mayest be put out of remembraunce Euen I the LORDE haue spoken it The XXII Chapter MOrouer the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me sayde Thou sonne of man wilt thou not reproue this bloudthurstie cite Shewe theÌ„ their abhominacioÌ„s tell them Thus saieth the LORDE God O thou cite y t sheddest bloude in y e myddest of the y t thy tyme maye come also and makest the Idols to defyle the withall Thou hast made thy self gilty in y e bloude y t thou hast shed defyled y e iÌ„ y e ydols which thou hast made Thou hast caused thy daies to drawe nye made the tyme of thy yeares to come Therfore will I make y e to be confounded amoÌ„ge the HeitheÌ„ to be despised in all the loÌ„des whether they be nye or farre froÌ„ the they shal laugh
y e to scorne thou y t hast gottē the so foule a name art full off myschefe Beholde the rulers of Israel haue brought euery man his power to shed bloude in the. In the haue they despised father mother in the haue they oppressed the straūger in the haue they vexed the wyddowe the fatherlesse Thou hast despysed my Sāctuary and vnhalowed my Sabbath Murtherers are there in the that shed bloude eate vpon the hilles and in the they vse vnhappynesse In y e haue they discouered their fathers shame in the haue they vexed women in their sicknesse Euery mā hath dealte shamefully with his neghbours wife abhominably defyled his doughter in lawe In the hath euery man forced his owne sister euen his fathers doughter Yee giftes haue bene receaued in the to shed bloude Thou hast taken vsury encreace thou hast oppressed thy neghbours by extorcion and forgotten me saieth the LORDE God Beholde I haue smytten my hondes vpō thy couetousnesse that thou hast vsed and vpon the bloude which hath bene shed in the. Is thy herte able to endure it or maye thy hondes defende them selues in the tyme that I shall bringe vpon the Euen I the LORDE that speake it will bringe it also to passe I will scatre the amonge the Heithen strowe the aboute in the lōdes and wil cause thy fylthynesse to ceasse out off the yee and I will haue the in possession in the sight of the Heithen that thou mayest knowe that I am the LORDE And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man the house of Israel is turned to drosse All they that shulde be brasse tynne yrō leade are in the fyre become drosse Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as ye all are turned in to drosse beholde I will brynge you together vnto Ierusalem like as syluer brasse yron tynne and leade are put together in the fornace and the fyre blowen there vnder to melt them Euen so will I gather you put you in together and melt you in my wrath and indignacion I will brynge you together and kyndle the fyre of my cruell displeasure vnder you that ye maye be melted therin Like as the syluer is melted in the fyre so shall ye also be melted therin that ye maye knowe how that I the LORDE haue poured my wrath vpon you And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayēge Thou sonne of mā tell her Thou art an vn clene londe which is not rayned vpon in the daye off the cruell wrath thy prophetes that are in the are sworne together to deuoure soules like as a roaringe Lyon that lyueth by his pray They receaue riches and good and make many wyddowes in ye. Thy prestes breake my lawe and defyle my Sanctuary They put no dyfference betwene the holy and vnholy nether discerne betwene the clene and vnclene they turne their eyes fro my Sabbathes and I am vnhalowed amonge them Thy rulers in the are like rauyshinge wolues to shed bloude and to destroye soules for their owne covetous lucre As for thy prophetes they dawbe with vntempered claye they se vanities ▪ and prophecie lies vnto them sayenge the LORDE God sayeth so where as the LORDE hath not spoken The people in the londe vseth wicked extorciō and robbery They vexe the poore and nedy and oppresse the straunger agaynst right And I sought in the londe for a man that wolde make vp the hedge and see him self in the gappe before me in the lōdes behalfe y t I shulde not vtterly destroye it ▪ but I coude fynde none Therfore wil I poure out my cruell displeasure vpon them and burne them in the fyre of my wrath their owne wayes will I recompence vpō their heades saieth the LORDE God The XXIII Chapter THe worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man there were two womē that had one mother These when they were yonge beganne to playe the harlottes in Egipte There were their brestes brussed and the pappes off their maydenheade destroyed The eldest of them was called Oola and hir yongest sister Ooliba These two were myne and bare sonnes and doughters Their names were Samaria and that was Oola and Ierusalem that was Ooliba As for Oola she beganne to go a whorynge when I had takē her to me She was set on fyre vpon hir louers the Assirians which had to do with her euen the prynces and lordes that were deckte in costly araye fayre yonge men lusty ryders of horses Thus thorow hir whordome she cleued vnto all the yonge men off Assiria Yee she was madde vpon them and defyled herselff with all their Idols Nether ceassed she frō the fornicaciō that she vsed with the Egipcians for in hir youth they laye w t her they brussed the brestes of hir maydenheade and poured their wordome vpon her Wherfore I delyuered her in to y e hōdes of hir louers euen the Assirians whom she so loued These discouered hir shame toke hir sonnes and doughters and slewe her with the swearde An euell name gat she of all people ād they punyshed her Hir sister Ooliba sawe this ād destroyed herself w t inordinate loue more then she exceaded hir sister in whordome she loued y e Assirians which also laye w t her namely the prynces greate lordes that were clothed w t all maner of gorgious apparell all lusty horsmen and fayre yonge personnes Then I sawe that they both were defyled a like But she increased still in whordome for when she sawe men paynted vpon the wall the ymages off the Caldees set forth with fresh colours with fayre gyrdles aboute them and goodly bonettes vpon their heades lokynge all like prynces after y e maner of the Babiloniās and Caldees in their owne londe where they be borne Inmediatly as soone as she sawe them she brent in loue vpon them and sent messaūgers for them in to the londe of the Caldees Now when the Babiloniās came to her they laye with her and defyled her with their whordome and so was she poluted with with them And when hir lust was abated from them hir whordome and shame was discouered sene then my herte forsoke her like as my herte was gone from hir sister also Neuertheles she vsed hir whordome en◠the longer the more and remembred the dayes off hir youth wherin she had played the harlot in the londe off Egipte she brent in lust vpon them whose flesh was like y e flesh of Asses and their sede like the sede off horses Thus thou hast renued the fylthynesse of thy youth when thy louers bressed y e pappes and marred thy brestes in Egipte Therfore o Ooliba thus saieth y e LORDE God I will rayse vp thy louers with whom thou hast satisfied thy lust agaynst the and gather them together rounde aboute the Namely the Babilonians and all the Caldees
their strēgth are layed by them that were slayne with the swearde yee amonge the vncircumcised and them which are gone downe in to the pytte Morouer there be all the prynces of the north with all the Sidoniās which are gone downe to the slayne With their feare and strength they are come to confucion and lye there vncircumcised amonge those that be slayne with the swearde and beare their owne shame with them that be gone downe to y e pytte Now when Pharao seyth this he shal be comforted ouer all his people that is slayne with the swearde both Pharao all his hoost saieth y e LORDE God For I haue geuē my feare in the lōde of the lyuynge But Pharao all his people shall ye amōge the vncircumcised and amonge them that be slayne with the swearde saieth the LORDE God The XXXIII Chapter AGayne the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne off man Speake to the childrē of thy people and tell them When I sende a swearde vpon a londe yf the people off the londe take a man off their countre and set him to be their watchman y e same man whā he seyth the swearde come vpon the londe shall blowe the trompet and warne the people Yff a man now heare the noyse off the trompet will not be warned and the swearde come ād take him awaye his bloude shall be vpō his owne heade For he herde the soūde of the trompet and wolde not take hede therfore his bloude be vpon him But yff he will receaue warnynge he shal saue his life Agayne yf the watch man se the swerde come and shewe it not with the trompet so y t the people is not warned yff the swearde come then and take eny man from amōge thē the same shall be taken awaye in his owne synne but his bloude will I requyre off the watchmans honde And now O thou sonne of man I haue made the a watchman vnto the house of Israel that where as thou hearest eny thinge out of my mouth thou mayest warne them on my behalfe Yff I saye vnto the wicked thou wicked thou shalt surely dye and thou geuest him not warnynge that he maye bewarre off his vngodly waye then shall the wicked dye in his owne synne but his bloude will I requyre of thy honde Neuertheles yf thou warne the wicked off his waye to turne from it where as he yet wil not be turned from it then shal he dye because off his synne but thou hast delyuered thy soule Therfore O thou sonne off man speake vnto the house off Israel Ye saye thus Oure offences and synnes lye vpon vs and webe corrupte in them how shulde we then be restored vnto life Tell them As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God I haue no pleasure in the death off the wicked but moch rather that the wicked turne from his waye and lyue Turne you turne you from yo r vngodly wayes o ye off the house off Israel Oh wherfore will ye dye Thou sonne off man tell the children off thy people The rightuousnes of the rightuous shall not saue him whan so euer he turneth awaye vnfaithfully Agayne the wickednesse of the wicked shal not hurte him whan so euer he conuerteth from his vngodlynesse And y e rightuousnesse of the rightuous shal not saue his life when so euer he synneth Yff I saye vnto the rightuous that he shall surely lyue and so he trust to his owne rightuousnesse and do synne then shall his rightuousnesse be nomore thought vpon but in the wickednesse that he hath done he shall dye Agayne yff I saye to the wicked thou shalt surely dye and so he turne frō his synnes and do the thinge that is laufull and right In so moch that the same wicked mā geueth the pledge agayne restoreth that he had taken awaye by robbery walketh in the cōmaundementes off life and doth no wrōge Then shall he surely lyue and not dye Yee the synnes that he had done shal neuer be thought vpon For in so moch as he doth now the thynge that is laufull and right he shall lyue And yet the children off thy people saye Tush the waye of the LORDE is not right where as their owne waye is rather vnright When the rightuous turneth from his rightuousnesse and doeth the thynge that is wicked he shall dye therfore But yf the wicked turne from his wickednesse doinge the thinge that is laufull and right he shall lyue therfore Yet ye saye ▪ he waye of y e LORDE is not equall O ye house of Israel I wil iudge euery one of you after his wayes In the xij yeare the v. daye of the x. Moneth of oure captyuyte it happened that one which was fled out of Ierusalem came vnto me and sayde y e cite is destroyed Now the honde of the LORDE had bene vpon me the euenynge afore this man which was escaped came vnto me and had opened my mouth vntyll the mornynge that he came to me Yee he opened my mouth so y t I was nomore domme Then came the worde of y e LORDE vnto me and sayde Thou sonne off man these that dwell in the waisted londe of Israel saye Abraham was but one man ād he had the londe in possessiō now are we many and the londe is geuen vs to possesse also And therfore tell them Thus saieth the LORDE In the bloude haue ye eaten youre eyes haue ye lift vp to Idols and haue shed bloude shal ye then haue the londe in possession Ye leane vpon youre sweardes ye worke abhominacions euery one defyleth his neghbours wife and shal ye then possesse the londe Saye thou these wordes vnto thē Thus saieth the LORDE God As truly as I lyue all ye that dwell in this wildernesse shall be slayne w t the swearde what so is vpon the felde will I geue vnto the beestes to be deuoured those that be in stronge holdes and dennes shall dye off the pestilēce For I wil make the londe desolate and waist and y e pōpe off hir strength shall come to an ende The mountaynes in Israel shal be so waiste that no man shall trauayle therby Then shall they lerne to knowe that I am the LORDE whē I make the lōde waist and desolate because off all their abhominacions that they haue wrought And thou sonne off man the children off thy people y t talke of the by the walles ād in the dores of their houses sayenge one to another come let vs heare what worde is gone forth from the LORDE These come vnto the after y e maner of a greate people yee my people syt downe before the and heare thy wordes but they do not therafter For in their mouthes they shewe themselues as though they were feruent but their herte goeth after their owne couetous lucre And as a balet y t hath a swete tune ād is pleasaūt to synge so shalt thou be vnto
thus saieth the LORDE God As truly as I lyue I will haÌ„dle the acordinge to thy wrath and gelousy like as thou hast dealt cruelly with them that I maye be knowne amoÌ„ge them how I haue punyshed the. Yee and that thou also mayest be sure that I the LORDE haue herde all thy despyteful wordes which thou hast spokeÌ„ agaynst the mountaynes of Israel sayenge Lo they are made waist and geuen vs to deuoure Thus with youre mouthes ye haue made youre boost agaynst me yee multiplied youre pronde wordes agaynst me which I haue herde altogether Where vnto thus saieth y e LORDE God when the whole worlde is in wealth then wil I make the waist And like as thou o mount Seir wast glad because the heretage of the house of Israel was destroyed euen so wil I do vnto the also that thou and whole Edom shall be destroyed knowe that I am the LORDE The XXXVI Chapter THou sonne of man prophecie vpon the mountaynes of Israel speake Heare the worde of the LORDE o ye mountaynes of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God Because yo r enemie hath sayde vpon you A ha y e hie euerlastynge places are now become ours prophecy therfore speake thus saieth y e LORDE God Seinge ye be waisted trodeÌ„ downe on euery syde become a possession vnto y e resydue of y e GeÌ„tiles which haue bâ—ought you in to meÌ„s mouthes vnto an euel name amonge y e people Therfore heare the worde of the LORDE God o ye mountaynes of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God vnto the mountaynes and hilles valleys dales to the voyde wildernesses desolate cities which are spoyled and had in deâ—ision on euery syde amonge the resydue of the HeitheÌ„ Yee eueÌ„ thus saieth the LORDE God In the â—yre of my gelousy haue I taken a deuyce agaynst the resydue of the GeÌ„tiles and agaynst all Edom which haue takeÌ„ in my loÌ„de vnto theÌ„ selues for a possession which also reioysed froÌ„ their whole herte w t a despiteful stomacke to waist it and to spoyle it Prophecy therfore vpon the londe of Israel speake vnto y e mountaynes and hilles to valleys and dales thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde this haue I deuysed in my gelousy and terrible wrath For so moch as ye haue suffred reprofe of the Heithen therfore thus saieth the LORDE God I haue sworne that the Gentiles which lye aboute you shal beare youre confucion them selues And as for you o mountaynes of Israel ye shall shute out youre braunches and bringe forth youre frute to my people of Israel for it is harde by that it wil come Beholde I come vnto you and vnto you will I turne me that ye maye be tylled and sowen I wil sende you moch people which shal be all of the house of Israel the cities shal be inhabited and y e decayed places shal be repayred againe I wil prouyde you with moch people and catell which shal increase bringe frute I wil restore you also to youre olde estate and shewe you more kindnes theÌ„ euer ye had before wherby ye shal knowe y t I am the LORDE Yee people wil I sende vnto you o my folke of Israel which shal haue the in possession and thou shalt be their inheritaunce so that thou shalt nomore be without them Agayne thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as they saye vnto you thou art an eater vp of men and a waister of thy people therfore thou shalt eate no mo men nether destroye thy people eny more saieth the LORDE God And I wil not suffre the for to heare thine owne confucion amonge the Gentiles from hensforth Thou shalt not beare the reprofe of the nacions ner cast out thine owne people enymore saieth the LORDE God Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge O thou sonne of maÌ„ when the house of Israel dwelt vpon their owne grounde they defyled them selues with their owne wayes ymaginacions so that in my sight their waye was like the vnclennesse of a menstruous woman Wherfore I poured my wrothfull displeasure vpon them because of the bloude that they had shed in the londe because of their Idols wherwith they had defyled them selues I scatred them also amonge the Heithen so that they were strowed aboute in the loÌ„des Acordinge to their wayes after their owne inuencions so dyd I punysh them Now when they were gone vnto the Hetthen and come in amonge them they dishonoured my holy name so that it was sayde of them Are these the people of God must go out of their owne londe Then spared I my holy name which y e house of Israel had dishonoured amonge the Gentiles to whom they came Therfore tell y e house of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God I do not this for yo r sakes O house of Israel but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured amoÌ„ge the Heithen when ye came to them Therfore I wil halowe my greate name agayne which amonge the GeÌ„tiles is euel spoken of for ye youre selues haue dishonoured it amoÌ„ge them And the Gentiles shal knowe that I am the LORDE when I am honoured in you before their eyes saieth y e LORDE God As for you I wil take you from amonge the Heithen and gather you together out of all countrees and bringe you agayne into youre owne londe Then will I poure cleare water vpon you ye shal be clene Yee from all youre vnclennesse and from all yo r Idols shal I clense you A new herte also wil I geue you and a new sprete wil I put in to you As for that stony hert I will take it out of youre body and geue you a fleszshy herte I wil geue you my sprete amonge you and can se you to walke in my commaundemeÌ„tes to kepe my lawes and to fulfill them And so ye shall dwell in the londe that I gaue to yo r forefathers ye shal be my people and I wil be youre God I wil helpe you out of all youre vncleÌ„nesse I wil call for the corne and wil increase it and wil let you haue no honger I will multiplie the frutes of the trees and y e increase of the felde for you so that ye shal beare no more reprofe of honger amoÌ„ge the HeitheÌ„ Then shal ye remeÌ„bre yo r owne wicked wayes and youre ymaginacioÌ„s which were not good so that ye shal take displeasure at youre owne selues by reason of youre synnes and abhominacions But I wil not do this for youre sakes saieth the LORDE God be ye sure of it Therfore o ye house of Israel be ashamed of youre synnes Morouer thus saieth the LORDE God what tyme as I shal cleÌ„se you from all youre offences then wil I make the cities to be occupied agayne and wil repayre the places that be decayed The desolate londe shal be buylded agayne which afore tyme laye waist in the sight of all them that weÌ„te
clothinge In the same daye also wil I vyset all those that treade ouer the thresholde so proudly which fyll their lordes house w t robbery and falsede At y e same tyme saieth the LORDE there shall be herde a greate crie from the fyshporte and an howlinge from y e other porte and a greate murthur from the hilles Howle ye that dwel in the myll for all the marchaunt people are gone and all they that were laden with syluer are roted out At the same tyme wil I seke thorow Ierusalem with lanternes and vyset them that contynue in their dregges and saye in their hertes Tush the LORDE wil do nether good ner euell Their goodes shal be spoyled and their houses layed waist They shall buylde houses and not dwel in them they shal plante vynyardes but not drynke the wyne therof For the greate daye of the LORDE is at honde it is harde by commeth on a pace Horrible is y e tydinges of the LORDES daye then shall the giaunte crie out for that daye is a daye of wrath a daye of trouble heuynesse a daye of vtter destruccion mysery a darcke glomynge daye a cloudy stormy daye a daye of the noyse of trompettes and shawmes agaynst the stronge cities and hie towres I wil bringe y e people into soch vexacion that they shal go aboute like blinde meÌ„ because they haue synned agaynst the LORDE Their bloude shal be shed as the dust their bodies as the myre Nether their syluer ner their golde shal be able to delyuer theÌ„ in that wrothfull daye of the LORDE but the whole londe shal be coÌ„sumed thorow the fyre of his gelousy for he shall soone make clene ryddaunce of all them that dwell in the londe The II. Chapter COme together and gather you O ye frauwerde people or y e thinge go forth that is concluded or the tyme be passed awaye as the dust or the fearfull wrath of the LORDE come vpon you yee or the daye of the LORDES sore displeasure come vpon you Seke the LORDE all yee meke harted vpon earth ye that worke after his iudgmeÌ„t seke rightuousnesse seke lowlynesse that ye maye be defended in the wrothfull daye of y e LORDE For Gaza shal be destroyed Ascalon shall be layed waist They shal cast out Aszdod at the noone daye and Accaron shal be pluckte vp by the rotes Wo vnto you y t dwel vpon the see coost ye murthurous people the worde of y e LORDE shal come vpon you O Canaan thou londe of the Philistynes I wil destroye the so that there shal no man dwel in the eny more as for the see coost it shal be hyrdmens cotages shepe foldes yee it shal be a porcion for soch as remayne of the house of Iuda to fede ther vpon In y e houses of Ascalon shal they rest towarde night for the LORDE their God shal vyset theÌ„ turne awaye their captyuite I haue herde the despite of Moab the blasphemies of the children of Ammon how they haue shamefully intreated my people and magnified them selues within the borders of their londe Therfore as truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Moab shal be as Sodome Ammon as Gomorra euen drie thorne hedges salt pittes and a perpetuall wyldernes The residue of my folke shall spoyle them the remnaunt of my people shall haue them in possession This shal happen vnto them for their pryde because they haue dealte so shamefully with the LORDE of hoostes people and magnified them selues aboue them The LORDE shall be grymme vpon them and destroye all the goddes in the londe And all the Iles of the Heithen shal worshipe him euery man in his place Ye MoriaÌ„s also shal perish with my swerde Yee he shall stretch out his honde ouer the north and destroye Assur As for Niniue he shal make it desolate drye and waist The flockes and all the beastes of the people shall lye in the myddest of it pellicanes and storckes shall abyde in the vpper postes of it foules shal synge in the wyndowes and rauens shal syt vpon the balckes for the bordes of Cedre shal be ryueÌ„ downe This is the proude and carelesse cite that sayde in hir herte I am and there is els none O how is she made so waist y t the beestes lye therin Who so goeth by mocketh her and poynteth at her with his fynger The III. Chapter WO to the abhominable fylthie and cruel cite which wil not heare ner be refourmed Hir trust is not in the LORDE nether wil she holde her to hir God Hir rulers within her are as roaringe lyons hir iudges are as wolues in the euenynge which leaue nothinge behynde them till the morow Hir prophetes are light personnes and vn faithfull men hir prestes vnhalowe the Sanctuary and do wronge vnder the pretence of the lawe But the iust LORDE that doth no vnright was amonge them euery mornynge shewinge them his lawe clearly and ceassed not But the vngodly will not lerne to be aszshamed Therfore wil I rote out this people and destroye their towres yee and make their stretes so voyde that no man shall go therin Their cities shall be brokeÌ„ downe so that no body shal be left ner dwel there eny more I sayde vnto them O feare me and be coÌ„tent to be refourmed That their dwellinge shulde not be destroyed and that there shulde happen vnto them none of these thinges wherwith I shal vyset theÌ„ But neuertheles they stonde vp early to folowe the filthynes of their owne ymaginacions Therfore ye shal waite vpon me saieth the LORDE vntil the tyme that I stonde vp for I am determed to gather the people and to bringe the kingdomes together that I maye poure out myne anger yee all my wrothfull displeasure vpon them For all the worlde shal be consumed with the fyre of my gelousy And then wil I clense the lippes of the people that they 〈◊〉 euerychone call vpon the name of the LORDE and serue him with one shâ—lder Soâ—â— as I haue subdued and my children also whom I haue scatred abrode shal brynge me presentes beyonde the waters of Ethiopia In that tyme shalt thou nomore 〈◊〉 founded because of all thy ymaginacionâ— wher thorow thou haddest offended me for I wil take awaye the proude boosters of thine honoure from the so that thou shalt no more tryumphe because of my holy hâ—ll In the also wil I leaue a smal poore symple people which shal trust in the name of the LORDE The remnaunt of Israel shal do no wickednes ner speakelyes nether shal there eny disceatful tunge be founde in their mouthes For they shal be fed and take their rest and no man shal make them afrayed Geue thâ—â—kes o doughter SioÌ„ be ioyful o Israel reioyce be glad from thy whole herte o doughter Ierusalem for the LORDE hath taken awaye thy punyshment and turned
selues nether suffre ye them to enter that wolde be in Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises ye ypocrytes that deuoure wyddowes houses and that vnder the culoure of prayenge longe prayers therfore shal ye receaue y e greater damnacion Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises ye ypocrytes which compasse see and lōde to make one Proselyte and whan he is become one ye make of him a childe of hell two folde more then ye youre selues are Wo vnto you blyndegydes which saye Who so euer sweareth by the temple that is nothinge but who so euer sweareth by the golde of the temple he is giltie Ye fooles and blynde whether is greater the golde or the tēple that sanctifieth the golde And who so euer sweareth by the altare that is nothinge but who so euer sweareth by the offeringe that is vpō it he is giltye Ye fooles and blynde whether is greater the offeringe or the altare that sanctifieth the offerynge Therfore who so sweareth by the altare sweareth by the same and by all that is theron and who so sweareth by the temple sweareth by the same and by him that dwelleth therin And who so sweareth by heauen sweareth by the seate of God and by him that sytteth theron Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises ye ypocrytes which tythe Mynt Anyse and Commyn and leaue the waightier matters of the lawe behynde namely iudgment mercy and fayth These ought to haue bene done and not to leaue the other behynde O ye blynde gydes which strayne out a gnat but swalowe vp a Camell Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises ye Ypocrytes which make cleane the vtter syde of the cuppe and platter but within are ye full of robbery and excesse Thou blynde Pharise clense first the insyde of the cuppe and platter that the out syde maye be cleane also Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises ye Ypocrites which be like vnto paynted Sepulcres that appeare beutyfull outwarde but within they are full of deed mens bones and all fylthines Euen so are ye also Outwarde ye appeare righteous vnto men but within ye are full of ypocrisye and iniquyte Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises ye Ypocrites which buylde the tombes of the prophetes and garnysh the sepulcres of the righteous and saye Yf we had bene in oure fathers tyme we wolde not haue bene partakers with them in the bloude of the prophetes Therfore ye be wytnesses vnto youre selues that ye are the children of them which slew the prophetes Go to fulfyll ye also the measure of youre fathers O ye serpentes O ye generacion of vypers how wyl ye escape the damnacion of Hell Therfore beholde I sende vnto you prophetes and wysemen and scrybes and some of them shal ye kyll and crucifye and some of them shal ye scourge in youre synagoges and persecute them from cite to cite that vpon you maye come all the righteous bloude which hath bene shed vpon y e earth from the bloude of righteous Abel vnto y e bloude of Zachary y e sonne of Barachias whom ye slew betwene the temple and the altare Verely I saye vnto you All these thinges shal light vpō this generacion O Ierusalem Ierusalem thou that slayest the prophetes and stonest them that are sent vnto the How oft wolde I haue gathered thy children together euen as the henne gathereth hir chekens vnder hir wynges and ye wolde not Beholde youre habitacion shal be left vnto you desolate For I saye vnto you Ye shal not se me hence forth tyll ye saye Blessed be he that commeth in the name of the LORDE The XXIIII Chapter ANd Iesus wente out and departed from the temple and his disciples came vnto him to shew him the buyldinge of the temple But Iesus sayde vnto them Se ye not all these thinges Verely I saye vnto you there shal not be left here one stone vpon another y t shal not be cast downe And as he sat vpon the mount Oliuete his disciples came vnto him secretly saide Tell us whē shal these thinges come to passe and which shal be the token of thy cōmynge and of the ende of the worlde Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Take hede that no man disceaue you For there shal many come in my name and saye I am Christ and shal disceaue many Ye shal heare of warres and of y e noyse of warres take hede and be not ye troubled All these thinges must first come to passe but the ende is not yet For one people shall ryse vp agaynst another and one real me agaynst another and there shal be pestilēce honger and earthquakes here there All these are the begynnynge of sorowes Then shal they put you to trouble shal kyll you and ye shal be hated of all people for my names sake Thē shal many be offended and shal betraye one another and shal hate one the other And many false prophetes shal aryse and shal disceaue many and because iniquyte shal haue the vpper hande the loue of many shal abate But who so endureth vnto y e ende y e same shal be saued And this gospell of the kyngdome shal be preached in all the worlde for a wytnes vnto all people and then shal the ende come Whan ye therfore shal se the abhominacion of desolacion wher of it is spokē by Daniel the prophet stonde in the holy place who so readeth it let him marck it well thē let thē which be in Iewry flye vnto y e moūtaynes and let him which is on the house toppe not come downe to fet eny thinge out of his house and let him which is in y e felde not turne back to fetch his clothes But wo vnto them that are with childe and to them that geue suck in those dayes But praye ye that youre flight be not in y e wynter ner on the Sabbath For then shal there be greate trouble soch as was not from the begynnynge of the worlde vnto this tyme ner shal be Yee and excepte those daies shulde be shortened there shulde no flesh be saued but for y e chosens sake those dayes shal be shortened Then yf eny man shal saye vnto you lo here is Christ or there beleue it not For there shal aryse false Christes and false prophetes and shal do greate tokēs and wonders In so moch that yf it were possible the very chosen shulde be brought in to erroure Beholde I haue tolde you before Wherfore yf they shal saye vnto you Beholde he is in the wildernes go not ye forth Beholde he is in the chamber beleue it not For like as the lightenynge goeth out from the East and shyneth vnto the west so shal the commynge of the sonne of man be For where so euer a deed carcase is there wyl the Aegles be gathered together Immediatly after the trouble of the same tyme shal the Sonne and Moone lose their light and the starres
syngle all thy body shal be full of light but yf thine eye be wicked then shal all thy body be full of darcknesse Take hede therfore that the light which is in the be not darcknesse Yf thy body now be light so that it haue no parte of darknesse then shal it be all full of light and shall light the euen as a cleare lightenynge But whyle he yet spake a certayne Pharise prayed him that he wolde dyne with him And he wente in and sat him downe at the table Whan the Pharise sawe that he marueyled that he waszhed not first before dyner But the LORDE sayde vnto him Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde of the cuppe and platter but youre inwarde partes are full of robbery and wickednesse Ye fooles is a thinge made cleane within because the outsyde is clensed Neuertheles geue almesse of that ye haue and beholde all is cleane vnto you But wo vnto you Pharises ye that tythe mynt and rewe and all maner herbes and passe ouer iudgmēt and y e loue of God These ought to haue bene done and not to leaue the other vndone Wo vnto you Pharises for ye loue to syt vppermost in the synagoges and to be saluted in the market Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharyses ye ypocrites for ye are like couered sepulcres where ouer men walke and are not awarre of them Then answered one of the scrybes and sayde vnto him Master with these wordes thou puttest vs to rebuke also But he saide And wo vnto you also ye scrybes for ye lade men with vntollerable burthens and ye youre selues touch them not with one of yo fyngers Wo vnto you for ye buylde the sepulcres of the prophetes but youre fathers put them to death Doutles ye beare wytnesse and consente vnto the dedes of yo fathers for they slewe them and ye buylde their sepulcres Therfore sayde the wyszdome of God I wil sende prophetes and Apostles vnto thē and some of them shal they put to death and persecute that the bloude of all the prophetes which hath bene shed sens the foundacion of the worlde was layed maye be requyred of this generacion from the bloude of Abell vnto y e bloude of Zachary which perished betwene the altare and y e temple Yee I saye vnto you it shal be requyred of this generacion Wo vnto you scrybes for ye haue receaued y e keye of knowlege Ye are not come in youre selues and haue forbydden them that wolde haue bene in Whan he spake thus vnto them the scrybes and Pharyses beganne to preasse sore vpon him and to stoppe his mouth with many questions and layed wayte for him and sought to hunte out some thinge out of his mouth that they might accuse him The XII Chapter THere were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people in so moch that they trode one another Then beganne he and sayde first vnto his disciples Bewarre of the leuen of the Pharises which is ypocrisye But there is nothinge hyd that shal not be discouered nether secrete that shal not be knowne Therfore what soeuer ye haue spokē in darknesse that same shal be herde in light and that ye haue spoken in to the eare in the chābers shal be preached vpon the house toppes But I saye vnto you my frendes Be not afrayed of them that kyll the body and after that haue no more that they can do But I wil shewe you whom ye shal feare Feare him which after he hath kylled hath power also to cast in to hell Yee I saye vnto you Feare him Are not fyue sparowes bought for two farthinges Yet is not one of them forgotten before God The very hayres of youre heade also are nombred euery one Feare not therfore for ye are better then many sparowes I saye vnto you Who so euer knowlegeth me before men him shal the sonne of mā also knowlege before the angels of God But he that denyeth me before men shal be denyed before the angels of God And who so euer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man it shal be forgeuen him But who so blasphemeth the holy goost it shal not be forgeuen him Whan they brynge you in to their synagoges and to the rulers officers take ye no thought how or what ye shal answere or what ye shal speake for the holy goost shal teach you in the same houre what ye ought to saye But one of the people sayde vnto him Master byd my brother deuyde the enheritaunce with me Neuertheles he sayde vnto him Man who hath set me to be a iudge or heretage parter ouer you And he sayde vnto them Take hede and bewarre of couetousnesse for no man lyueth therof that he hath abundaunce of goodes And he tolde them a symilitude and sayde There was a riche man whose felde had brought forth frutes plenteously and he thought in himself and sayde What shal I do I haue nothinge wher into gather my frutes And he sayde This wil I do I wil breake downe my barnes buylde greater and therin wil I gather all myne increace my goodes wil saye vnto my soule Soule thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares take now thine ease eate drinke and be mery But God sayde vnto him Thou foole this night shal they requyre thy soule from the and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared Thus goeth it with him y t gathereth treasure for himself and is not riche in God But he sayde vnto his disciples Therfore I saye vnto you Take ye no thought for youre life what ye shal eate nether for youre body what ye shal put on The life is more then meate and the body more then raymēt Consydre the rauens they nether sowe ner reape they haue also nether stoarehouse ner barne and yet God fedeth them But how moch better are ye then the foules Which of you though he toke thought therfore coulde put one cubyte vnto his stature Seinge then ye be not able to do that which is least why take ye thought for the other Considre the lilies vpō the felde how they growe they laboure not they spynne not But I saye vnto you that euen Salomen in all his royalte was not clothed like one of these Wherfore yf God so cloth the grasse y t is to daye in y e felde and tomorow shal be cast into the fornace how moch more shal he clothe you o ye of litle faith Axe not ye therfore what ye shal eate or what ye shal drynke and clymme not vp an hye The Heithen in the worlde seke after all soch thinges But seke ye the kyngdome of God and all these shal be mynistred vnto you Feare not thou litle flocke for it is youre fathers pleasure to geue you the kyngdome Sell that ye haue and geue almesse Make you bagges which waxe not olde euen a treasure that neuer fayleth in heauen
also certayne of the disciples off Cesarea and broughte with them one of Cypers named Mnason an olde disciple with whom we shulde lodge Now whā we came to Ierusalem the brethren receaued vs gladly But on the nexte daye Paul wente in with vs vnto Iames and all the Elders came together And whan he had saluted them he tolde by order what God had done amōge the Heythen by his mynistracion Whan they herde that they praysed the LORDE and sayde vnto him Brother thou seyst how many thousande Iewes there are which beleue and are all Zelous ouer y e lawe But they are enfourmed agaynst the that thou teachest all the Iewes which are amōge the Heythē to forsake Moses and sayest that they oughte not to circumcyse their children ner to walke after the same custome What is it therfore The multitude must nedes come together for they shal heare that thou art come Do this therfore that we saye vnto the We haue foure men which haue a vowe on them take them vnto y e and purifye thyselfe with them and do the cost on them that they maye shaue their heades and they shal knowe that it is nothinge wherof they are enfourmed agaynst the but that thou also walkest and kepest the lawe For as touchinge them that beleue amonge the Heythen we haue wrytten and concluded that they shulde obserue no soch but onely to kepe them selues from the offeringes of Idols from bloude from strāgled and from whordome Then Paul toke the men vnto him and was purified with them on the nexte daye and entred in to the temple declaringe that he fulfylled the dayes of purificacion tyll there was an offeringe offred for euery one of them But whan the seuen dayes were allmost fulfylled the Iewes of Asia sawe him in the temple and moued all the people layed handes vpon him and cryed Ye men of Israel helpe this is the man that teacheth all men euery where agaynst oure people the lawe and this place He hath broughte Grekes also in to the temple and hath defyled this holy place For they had sene Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the cite him they thoughte y t Paul had broughte in to the temple And all the cite was moued and the people ranne together And they toke Paul and drue him out off the temple and forth with the dores were shut to But whan they wēte aboute to kyll him tydinges came to the chefe captayne of the company that all Ierusalem was moued Which immediatly toke soudyers and captaynes vnto him and ranne in amōge them Whan they sawe the captayne and the soudyers they lefte smytinge of Paul Whan the captayne came nye he toke him and commaunded him to be bounde with two cheynes and axed what he was and what he had done One cried this another that amonge the people But whan he coulde not knowe the certente because of the rumoure he commaunded him to be caried in to the castell And whā he came to the steppes it fortuned that he was borne of y e soudyers because of the violence of the people For the multitude off the people folowed after and cryed Awaye with him Whan Paul was now to be caried in to the castell he sayde vnto y e captayne Maye I speake vnto the He sayde Canst thou Greke Art not thou the Egipcian which before these dayes maydest an vproure leddest out in to the wyldernesse foure thousande preuy murthurers Paull sayde I am a man which am a Iewe off Tharsis a citesyn of a famous cite in Celicia I beseke the suffre me to speake vnto the people Whan he had geuen him lycence Paul stode on the steppes and beckened with the hande vnto the people Now whan there was made a greate sylēce he spake vnto them in Hebrue and sayde The XXII Chapter YE men brethren and fathers heare myne answere which I make vnto you Whan they herde that he spake vnto them in the Hebrue they kepte the more sylence And he sayde I am a man which am a Iewe borne at Tharsis in Celicia and broughte vp in this cite at the fete off Gamaliel enfourmed diligently in the lawe of the fathers and was feruent mynded to God warde as ye all are also this daye and I persecuted this waye vnto the death I bounde them and delyuered them vnto preson both men and wemen as y e hye prest also doth beare me wytnesse and all y e Elders of whom I receaued letters vnto the brethren and wente towarde Damascon that I mighte brynge them which were there bounde to Ierusalem to be punyshed But it fortuned as I made my iourney and came nye vnto Damascon aboute noone sodenly there shone a greate lighte aboute me from heauen and I fell to the earth and herde a voyce which sayde vnto me Saull Saull why persecutest thou me I answered Who art thou LORDE And he sayde vnto me I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest As for them that were with me they sawe y e lighte and were afrayed but they herde not the voyce of him that spake with me I sayde LORDE what shal I do The LORDE sayde vnto me Aryse and go in to Damascon there shal it be tolde y t of all that is appoynted the to do But whan I sawe nothinge for the bryghtnesse of the lighte I was led by the hande of them that were with me and came to Damascon There was one Ananias a deuoute man after the lawe which had a good reporte of all the Iewes that dwelt there the same came and stepte vnto me and sayde Brother Saul loke vp And I loked vp vpon him the same houre He sayde The God of oure fathers hath ordeyned the before that thou shuldest knowe his wyll and se the thinge y t is rightfull and heare the voyce out of his mouth for thou shalt be his wytnesse vnto all men of tho thinges which thou hast sene and herde And now why tariest thou Aryse and be baptysed and wasze awaye thy synnes and call vpon the name of the LORDE But it fortuned that whan I was come agayne to Ierusalē and prayed in the temple I was in a traunce and sawe him Then sayde he vnto me Make haist and get the soone out of Ierusalem for they wyl not receaue the witnesse that thou bearest of me And I sayde LORDE they thē selues knowe that I put in preson and bett in euery synagoge them that beleued on the. And whā the bloude of Steuē thy witnesse was shed I stode by also consented vnto his death and kepte the clothes of them that slewe him And he sayde vnto me Go thy waye for I wil sende the farre amonge the Heythen They gaue him audience vnto this worde and lifte vp their voyce sayde Awaye with soch a felowe from the earth for it is not reason that he shulde lyue But as they cried and cast of their clothes thrue dust in to
remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of me For as oft as ye shal eate of this bred drynke of this cuppe ye shal shewe the LORDES death vntyll he come Wherfore who soeuer shal eate off this bred and drynke off this cuppe of the LORDE vnworthely shal be giltye of the body and bloude of the LORDE But let a man examen himselfe and so let him eate of this bred and drynke of this cuppe For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthely eateth drynketh his awne damnacion because he maketh no differeÌ„ce of the LORDES body Therfore are there so many weake and sicke amoÌ„ge you and many slepe For yf we iudged oure selues we shulde not be iudged But whan we are iudged we are chastened of y e LORDE that we shulde not be dâ—ned with the worlde Wherfore my brethren whan ye come together to eate tary one for another But yf eny man honger let him eate at home that ye come not together vnto coÌ„dempnacion As for other thinges I wil set them in order whan I come The XII Chapter AS concernynge spirituall giftes brethren I wolde not that ye were ignoraunt Ye knowe that ye were HeytheÌ„ and wente youre wayes vnto doÌ„me Idols eueÌ„ as ye were led Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speakynge thorow the sprete of God defyeth Iesus And no man can saye that Iesus is the LORDE but by the holy goost There are dyuerse giftes yet but one sprete and there are dyuerse offices yet but one LORDE and there are dyuerse operacions yet is there but one God which worketh all in all The giftes of the sprete are geuen vnto euery man to profit the coÌ„gregacion To one is geuen thorow the sprete the vtteraunce of wiszdome to another is geuen the vtteraunce of knowlege acordinge to the same sprete to another faith in the same sprete to another the giftes of healinge in the same sprete to another power to do miracles to another prophecienge to another iudgment to discerne spretes to another dyuerse tunges to another the interpretacion of tunges These all doth y e same onely sprete worke and distributeth vnto euery man acordinge as he will For as the body is one and hath yet many membres neuertheles all the membres of the body though they be many are yet but one body euen so Christ also For we are all baptysed in one sprete to be one body whether we be Iewes or Gentyles whether we be bonde or fre and haue all dronkeÌ„ of one sprete For the body also is not one membre but many Yf the fote saye I am not y e hande therfore am I not a membre of the body is he therfore not a membre of y e body And yf the eare saye I am not the eye therfore am I not a membre of the body is he therfore not a membre of the body Yf all the body were an eye where were then the hearinge Yf all were hearinge where then the smellinge But now hath God set the membres euery one seuerally in the body as it hath pleased him Neuertheles yf all the meÌ„bres were one membre where were then the body But now are the membres many yet is the body but one The eye can not saye vnto the hande I haue no nede of the or agayne the heade vnto the fete I haue no nede of you but rather a greate deale the meÌ„bres of the body which seme to be most feble are most necessary and vpon those membres of the body which we thinke least honest put we most honestie on and oure vncomly partes haue most beutye on For oure honest membres neade it not But God hath so measured y e body and geuen most honoure vnto that meÌ„bre which had nede that there shulde be no stryfe in the body but that the membres shulde indifferently care one for another And yf one membre suffre all the membres suffre with him and yf one membre be had in honoure all the membres are glad with him also But ye are the body of Christ and membres euery one of another And God hath ordeyned in the congregacion first the Apostles secoÌ„dly prophetes thirdly teachers then doers of miracles after that the giftes of healinge helpers gouerners dyuerse tunges Are they all Apostles Are they all prophetes Are they all teachers Are they all doers of miracles Haue they all the giftes of healinge Speake they all with tunges Can they all interprete But covet ye the best giftes And yet shewe I you a more excellent waye The XIII Chapter THough I spake with the tunges of men and angels and yet had not loue I were euen as sowndinge brasse or as a tynklinge Cymball * And though I coulde prophecy vnderstode all secretes and all knowlege and had all faith â–ª so * that I coulde moue mouÌ„taynes out of their places and yet had not loue I were nothinge And though I bestowed all my goodes to fede y e poore and though I gaue my body euen that I burned and yet haue not loue it profiteth me nothinge Loue is pacient curteous loue envyeth not loue doth not frowardly is not puft vp dealeth not dishonestly seketh not hir awne is not prouoked vnto anger thynketh not euell reioyseth not ouer iniquytâ— but reioyseth in the trueth beareth all thinges beleueth all thinges hopeth all thinges suffreth all thinges Though prophecienges fayle or tunges ceasse or knowlege perishe yet loue falleth neuer awaye For oure knowlege is vnparfecte and oure prophecienge is vnparfecte But whaÌ„ that which is perfecte commeth then shal the vnparfecte be done awaye Whan I was a childe I spake as a childe I vnderstode as a childe I ymagined as a childe But as soone as I was a man I put awaye childishnes Now we se thorow a glasse in a darke speakynge but theÌ„ shal we se face to face Now I knowe vnperfectly but theÌ„ shal I knowe eueÌ„ as I am knowne Now abydeth faith hope loue these thre but the greatest of these is loue The XIIII Chapter LAboure for loue Couet spirituall giftes but specially that ye maye prophecye For he y t speaketh with tunges speaketh not vnto men but vnto God for no man heareth him Howbeit in y e sprete he speaketh misteries But he that prophecieth speaketh vnto men to edifienge to exhortacion and to coÌ„forte He that speaketh with tunges edifieth himselfe but he that prophecieth edifieth the coÌ„gregacion I wolde that ye all spake with tunges but rather that ye prophecied For greater is he that prophecieth then he that speaketh w t tuÌ„ges excepte he also expounde it that the congregacion maye haue edifienge But now brethren yf I come vnto you and speake with tunges what shal I profet you excepte I speake vnto you ether by reuelacion or by knowlege or by prophecienge or by doctryne Likewyse is it also in y e thinges that geue sounde and yet lyue not whether it be a pype or an harpe excepte they geue distyncte soundes from
forbyd that I shulde reioyse saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me and I vnto the worlde For in Christ Iesu nether circūcision avayleth eny thinge ner vncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke acordynge to this rule peace and mercy be vpon thē and vpon Israel of God From hence forth let no man put me to busynesse for I beare in my body the markes of the LORDE Iesu. Brethren the grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with youre sprete Amen Vnto the Galathians sent from Rome The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Ephesians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. The euerlastinge ordinaunce and eleccion of God in sauynge all men thorow Christ Iesus his sonne We are ordened vnto good workes The dominion of Christ. Chap. II. Paul sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuersion and what they are now in Christ. Chap. III. He sheweth the cause of his presonment desyreth them not to faynte because of his trouble and prayeth God to make thē stedfast in his sprete Chap. IIII. He exhorteth them vnto mekenes longe sufferinge vnto loue and peace euery one to serue and edifie another with the gifte that God hath geuē him to bewarre of straunge doctrine to laye asyde the olde conuersacion of gredy lustes and to walke in a new life Chap. V. He exhorteth them vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of vnclennes cuvetounesse foolish talkynge and false doctryne to be circumspecte to avoyde dronkennesse to reioyse and to be thankfull towarde God to submytt thēselues one to another He teacheth how wemen shulde obeye their huszbōdes and how louyngly men ought to intreate their wyues Chap. VI. How children shulde behaue themselues towarde their fathers and mothers Likewyse fathers towarde their children Seruauntes towarde their masters Agayne masters towarde their seruaūtes An exhortacion to the spirituall battayll and what weapens christen men shulde fight withall The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Ephesians The first Chapter PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the will of God To y e sayntes which are Ephesus to thē that beleue on Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father frō the LORDE Iesus Christ. Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which hath blessed vs w t all maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly thynges by Christ acordinge as he had chosen vs by him or euer the foundacion of the worlde was layed that we shulde be holy and without blame before him in loue ordeyned vs before to receaue vs as children thorow Iesus Christ acordinge to the pleasure of his will vnto the prayse of the glory of his grace wherby he hath made vs accepted in the Beloued in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude namely the forgeuenes of synnes acordynge to y e riches of his grace which he hath shed vpon vs abundauntly in all wyszdome and prudēce and hath opened vnto vs the mystery of his wil acordinge to his pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe y t it shulde be preached whā the tyme was fullcome that all thinges shulde be gathered together by Christ both the thinges which are in heauen and also the thinges that are vpon earth euen by him by whom also we are come to the inheritaunce we that were therto predestinate before acordinge to y e purpose of him which worketh all thinges after y e councell of his owne wyll that we mighte be to the prayse of his glory euen we that before beleued on Christ on whō also ye beleued after that ye herde the worde of trueth namely y e Gospell of youre saluacion wherin whan ye beleued ye were sealed with the holy sprete of promes which is the ernest of oure inheritaunce to oure redempcion that we mighte be his owne to the prayse off his glory Wherfore I also in so moch as I haue herde of the faith which ye haue in y e LORDE Iesu and of youre loue vnto all y e sayntes ceasse not to geue thankes for you and make mencion of you in my prayers that y e God of oure LORDE Iesus Christ the father of glory maye geue vnto you the sprete of wyszdome and open vnto you the knowlege of himselfe and lighten the eyes of youre vnderstondinge that ye maye knowe what is the hope of youre callynge and what the riches of his glorious enheritaunce is vpon the sayntes what is the exceadinge greatnesse of his power towarde vs which beleue acordinge to y e workynge of his mightie power which he wroughte in Christ whan he raysed him vp frō the deed and set him on his righte hāde ī heauēly thinges aboue all rule power and mighte and dominaciō and aboue all that maye be named not onely in this worlde but also in y e worlde to come And hath put all thinges vnder his fete and hath made him aboue all thinges the heade of the cōgregacion which is his body and the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all The II. Chapter ANd quyckened you also whan ye were deed thorow trespaces and synnes in the which in tyme past ye walked acordinge to the course off this worlde and after the prynce that ruleth in the ayre namely after y e sprete which now worketh in the children of vnbeleue amonge whom we also had oure conuersacion in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesh and dyd the wyll of the flesh and of the mynde and were naturally the children of wrath euen as well as other But God which is riche in mercy thorow his greate loue wherwith he loued vs euē whā we were deed in synnes hath quyckened vs in Christ for by grace are ye saued and hath raysed vs vp with him and set vs with him in heauēly thinges thorow Christ Iesus y t in tymes to come he mighte shewe the exceadinge riches of his grace in kyndnesse to vs warde in Christ Iesu. For by grace are ye saued thorow faith and that not of youre selues For it is y e gifte of God not of workes lest eny mā shulde boast him selfe For we are his workmanshippe created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes to y t which God ordeyned vs before that we shulde walke in them Wherfore remēbre that ye which afore tyme were Gentyles after the flesh and were called vncircumcision of thē that are called circumcision after the flesh which circumcision is made with the hande that ye at the same tyme were without Christ and reputed aleauntes from the comen welth of Israel and were straungers from the Testamentes of promes therfore had ye no hope and were without God in this worlde But now ye that be in Christ Iesu and afore tyme were farre of are now made nye by the bloude of Christ. For he is o peace which of both hath made one and hath broken downe the
vpoÌ„ the house of Israel and vpon the house off Iuda a new Testament not as the Testament which I made with their fathers in that daye whan I toke them by the handes to lede them out of the londe of Egipte for they contynued not in my Testament and I regarded them not sayeth the LORDE For this is the Testament that I wil make w t the house of Israell after those dayes sayeth the LORDE I wyl geue my lawes in their mynde and in their hertes wyl I wryte them And I wil be their God and they shal be my people and they shal not teach euery maÌ„ his neghboure and euery man his brother sayenge knowe y e LORDE for they shal knowe me from the leest to the most of them for I wil be mercifull ouer their vnrighteousnesses And on their synnes on their iniquyties wyl I not thynke eny more In that he sayeth A new he weereth out y e olde Now y t which is worne out and waxed olde is ready to vanish awaye The IX Chapter THat first Tabernacle verely had ordinaunces and seruynges off God and outwarde holynes For there was made a foretabernacle wherin was y e candilsticke and the table and the shewe bred and this is called y e Holy But behynde the seconde vayle was the Tabernacle which is called Holiest of all which had the golden censor and the Arke of the Testament ouerlayed rounde aboute with golde wherin was the golden pot with Manna and Aarons rodd that florished and the tables of the Testament Aboue therin were the Cherubins off glory ouershadowynge the Mercyseate Of which thinges it is not now to speake perticularly When these thinges were thus ordeyned the prestes wente allwayes in to the first Tabernacle and excuted y e seruyce of God But in to the seconde wente the hye prest alone once in the yeare not without bloude which he offred for himselfe and for the ignoraunce of the people Wherwith the holy goost this signifyeth that the waye of holynes was not yet opened whyle as yet the first Tabernacle was stondynge Which was a symilitude for the tyme then present in the which were offred giftes and sacrifices and coulde not make perfecte as partaynynge to the conscience him that dyd the Gods seruyce onely with meates and drynkes and dyuerse waszhinges and iustifienges of the flesh which were ordeyned vnto the tyme of reformacion But Christ beynge an hye prest of good thinges to come came by a greater and a more perfecte Tabernacle not made with handes that is to saye not of this maner buyldynge nether by the bloude of goates or calues but by his owne bloude entred he once for all in to the holy place and hath founde eternall redempcion For yff the bloude off oxen and off goates and the aszhes off the cowe whan it is sprenkled haloweth the vncleane as touchynge the purificacion of the flesh How moch more shal the bloude of Christ which thorow the eternall sprete offred him selfe without spot vnto God pourge oure conscience from deed workes for to serue tâ—â—geuynge God And for this cause is â—â—â—eâ—diatour of the new 〈…〉 thorow death which chaursed 〈◊〉 redempcion of those traÌ„sgressons that were vnder the first Testament they which were called mighte receaue the promes of eternall inheritaunce For where soeuer is a Testament there must also be the death of him that maketh the testament For a TestameÌ„t taketh auctorite whan men are deed for it is of no value as longe as he that made it is alyue For the which cause that first TestameÌ„t also was not ordeyned without bloude For whan all the commaundementes acordinge to the lawe were red of Moses vnto all the people he toke y e bloude of calues and of goates with water and purple woll and ysope and sprenkled the boke and all the people sayenge * This is the bloude of the Testament which God hath appoynted vnto you And the Tabernakle and all the vessels of the Gods seruyce sprenkled he with bloude likewyse And allmost all thinges are pourged with bloude after the lawe and without sheddynge of bloude is no remyssion It is necessary then that the symilitude of heauenly thinges be purified with soche but y e heauenly thinges themselues are purified with better sacrifices then are those For Christ is not entred in to the holy places y t are made with handes which are but symilitudes of true thinges but in to the very heauen for to apeare now before the face of God for vs Not to offer himselfe offâ— as the hye prest entreth in to the holy place euery yeare with straunge bloude for theÌ„ must he often haue suffred sence the worlde beganne But now in the ende of the worlde hath he appeared once to put synne to flight by the offerynge vp of himselfe And as it is appoynted vnto meÌ„ y t they shal once dye and then coÌ„meth the iudgmeÌ„t EueÌ„ so Christ was once offred to take awaye the synnes of many And vnto them that loke for him shal he appeare agayne without synne vnto saluacion The X. Chapter FOr the lawe * which hath but the shadowe off good thinges to come and not the thinges in their awne fashion can neuer by the sacrifices which they offer yeare by yeare continually make the commers there vnto perfecte Els shulde they haue ceassed to haue bene offred because that the offerers once pourged shulâ—◠〈◊〉 had nomore conscience of synnes 〈…〉 in those sacrifices there is maâ—e but a â—â—â—â—â—braunce of synnes euery yeaâ—e * For 〈…〉 y t the bloude of oxen â—nd of goates shulde take awaye synnes Wherfore whan he commeth in to the worlde he sayeth Sacrifice offerynge thou woldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me Burnt offerynges and synneofferynges hast thou not alowed Then sayde I Lo I come I the begynnynge of the boke it is wrytten of me that I shulde do y e wyll O God Aboue whaÌ„ he had sayde Sacrifice and offerynge and burntsacrifices syn offerynges thou woldest not haue nether hast alowed which yet are offered after y e lawe TheÌ„ sayde he Lo I come to do wil thy O God there taketh he awaye the first to stablyszhe the latter In the which wyll we are sanctified by the offerynge vp of the body of Iesus Christ once for all And euery prest is ready daylie mynistringe and oftymes offereth one maner of offerynges which can neuer take awaye synnes But this man whan he had offred for synnes one sacrifice which is of value for euer sat him downe on the righte hande of God and from hence forth tarieth tyll his foes be made his fote stole For with one offerynge hath he made perfecte for euer theÌ„ that are sanctified And the holy goost also beareth vs recorde of this euen whan he sayde before This is the Testament that I wyl make vnto them after those dayes sayeth y e LORDE I