15 And yf it seeme euyll vnto you to serue the Lorde then chose you this day whō you wil serue whether y e goddes which your fathers serued that were on the other side of the fludde either y e goddes of the Amorites in whose land ye dwel As for me and my house we wil serue the Lorde 16 The people aunswered and sayd God forbyd that we should forsake the Lord and serue straunge goddes 17 For the Lorde our God he it is that brought vs our fathers out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage and whiche did those great miracles in our sight and preserued vs in al the way that we went and among al the people which we came thorowe 18 And the Lord did cast out before vs all the people euen the Amorites whiche dwelt in the lande And therfore wil we also serue the Lord for he is our God 19 And Iosuah sayde vnto the people Ye can not serue the Lord for he is an holy God and a ielous God and cannot beare your iniquite and sinne 20 Yf ye forsake the Lorde and serue straunge goddes he will turne and do you euill and consume you after that he hath done you good 21 And the people sayde vnto Iosuah Nay but we will serue the Lorde 22 And Iosuah sayde vnto the people Ye are witnesses against your selues that ye haue chosen you the Lorde to serue him And they sayde we are witnesses 23 Then put away sayde he the straūge goddes whiche are among you bowe your heartes vnto the Lorde God of Israel 24 The people sayde vnto Iosuah The Lorde our God will we serue and his voyce will we obey 25 And so Iosuah made a couenaūt with the people the same day and set an ordinaunce lawe before them in Sichem 26 And Iosuah wrote these wordes in the booke of the lawe of God and toke a great stone and pitched it on ende in the sayde place euen vnder an oke that was in the sanctuarie of the Lorde 27 And Iosuah sayde vnto al the people Behold this stone shal be a witnesse vnto vs for it hath hearde al the wordes of the Lorde whiche he spake with vs it shal be therfore a witnesse vnto you lest ye denie your God 28 And so Iosuah let the people depart euery man vnto his inheritaunce 29 And after these thinges it came to passe that Iosuah the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of the Lorde died being an hundreth and ten yeres old 30 And they buryed him in the countrey of his inheritaunce euen in Thamnath Serah whiche is in mount Ephraim on the northside of the hill of Gaas 31 And Israel serued the Lorde all the dayes of Iosuah and all the dayes of the elders that ouer lyued Iosuah and whiche had knowne all the workes of the Lorde that he had done for Israel 32 And the bones of Ioseph whiche the childrē of Israel brought out of Egypt buried they in Sichem in a parcell of ground whiche Iacob bought of the sonnes of Hemor the father of Sichem for an hundreth peeces of siluer and it became the inheritaunce of the children of Ioseph 33 And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron died whom they buried in a hill that pertayned to Phinehes his sonne which hill was geuen him in mount Ephraim ¶ The ende of the booke of Iosuah whom the Hebrues call Iehosuah ⧠The booke of Iudges called in the Hebrue Sophtim and in Latin Judicum ¶ The fyrst Chapter 1 After Iosuah was dead Iuda was constitute captayne 6 Adonibezek is taken 14 The request of Achsah 16 The children of Keni 19 The Chanaanites are made tributaries but not destroyed 1 AFter the death of Iosuah it came to passe that the childrē of Israel asked the Lord saying who shall go vp for vs against the Chanaanites to fight fyrste a-against them 2 And the Lorde sayde Iuda shall go vp beholde I haue deliuered the land into his handes 3 And Iuda sayde vnto Simeon his brother Come vp with me in my lot that we may fight against the Chanaanites and I likewyse will go with thee into thy lot And so Simeon went with him 4 And Iuda went vp and the Lord deliuered the Chanaanites and Pherezites into their handes And they slue of them in Bezek ten thousande men 5 And they found Adombezek in Bezek And they fought against him and slue the Chanaanites and Pherezites 6 But Adonibezek fled and they folowed after hym caught hym and cut of his thombes and his great toes 7 And Adonibezek sayde Three score and ten kinges hauing their thombes great toes cut of gathered their meate vnder my table As I haue done so God hath done to me agayne And they brought him to Hierusalem and there he died 8 The childrē of Iuda had fought against Hierusalem and had taken it and smitten it with the edge of the sword set the citie on fire 9 Afterward the children of Iuda went downe to fight against the Chanaanites that dwelt in the mountayne towarde the south in the lowe countrey 10 And Iuda went against the Chanaanites that dwelt in Hebron whiche before time was called Kiriath Arba slue Sesai Ahiman and Thalmai 11 And from thence they went to the inhabitauntes of Dabir whose name in olde time was called Kiriathsepher 12 And Caleb sayd He that smiteth Kiriathsepher and taketh it to him will I geue Achsah my daughter to wyfe 13 And Othoniel the sonne of Kenez Calebs younger brother toke it to whom he gaue Achsah his daughter to wyfe 14 When she came to him she counsayled him to aske of her father a fielde And then she lighted of her asse and Caleb sayde vnto her What wilt thou 15 She aunswered vnto him Geue me a blessing for thou hast geuen me a southward land geue me also springes of water And Caleb gaue her springes both aboue and beneath 16 And the childrē of the Kenite Moyses father in lawe went vp out of the citie of paulme trees with the children of Iuda into the wildernesse of Iuda that lieth in the south of Arad and they went and dwelt among the people 17 And Iuda went with Simeon his brother and they slue the Chanaanites that inhabited Zephath and vtterly destroyed it and called the name of the citie Horma 18 And also Iuda toke Azzah with the coastes therof Askalon with y e coastes therof and Akaron with the coastes therof 19 And the Lorde was with Iuda and he conquered the mountaines but could not dryue out the inhabitauntes of the valleyes because they had charettes of iron 20 And they gaue Hebron vnto Caleb as Moyses sayde And he expelled thence the three sonnes of Anak 21 And the children of Beniamin did not cast out the Iebusites that inhabited Hierusalem but the Iebusites dwell with the children of Beniamin in Hierusalem vnto
punishment vnto the rebellious Iewes 19 He promiseth prosperitie vnto the Rechabites for their obedience 1 THE wordes which the Lorde spake vnto Ieremie in the raigne of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda are these 2 Go vnto the house of the Rechabites and call them out and bryng them to the house of the Lorde into some commodious place and geue them wine to drinke 3 Then toke I Iazaniah the sonne of Ieremie the sonne of Habaziniah and his brethren and all his sonnes and the whole housholde of the Rechabites 4 And brought them into the house of the Lord into the closet of the chyldren of Hanan the sonne of Iegedaliah the man of God whiche was by the closet of the princes that is aboue the closet of Maasiah the sonne of Sellum whiche is the treasurer 5 And before the sonnes of the kinred of the Rechabites I set pottes full of wine and cuppes and sayde vnto them Drinke wine 6 But they sayde We wyll drinke no wine for Ionadab the sonne of Rechab our father commaunded vs saying Ye and your sonnes shall neuer drinke wine buylde houses sowe no seede plant no vines 7 Yea ye shall haue no vineyardes but for al your tyme ye shall dwel in tentes that ye may liue long in the land wherin ye be straungers 8 Thus haue we obayed the commaundement of Ionadab the sonne of Rechab our father in al that he hath charged vs and so we drinke no wine al our life long we nor our wiues our sonnes and our daughters 9 Neither buylde we any house to dwel therein we haue also among vs neither vineyardes nor corne lande to sowe 10 But we dwell in tentes we obay and do according vnto all that Ionadab our father commaunded vs. 11 But nowe that Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon came vp into the lande we sayde Come let vs go to Hierusalem that we may escape the hoast of the Chaldees and the Assyrians and so we dwell nowe at Hierusalem 12 Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ieremie saying 13 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Go and tell the men of Iuda and the inhabitours of Hierusalem wyll ye not be refourmed to obay my wordes saith the Lorde 14 The wordes whiche Ionadab the sonne of Rechab commaunded his sonnes that they shoulde drinke no wine are fast surely kept for vnto this day they drinke no wine but obay their fathers commaundement but as for me I haue stande vp early I haue spoken vnto you and geuen you earnest warning and yet haue ye not ben obedient vnto me 15 Yea I haue sent my seruauntes al the prophetes vnto you I rose vp early and sent you worde saying O turne you nowe euery man from his wicked way amende your liues and go not after straunge gods to worship them that ye may continue in the lande whiche I haue geuen vnto you and your fathers but ye woulde neither heare me nor folowe me 16 The chyldren of Ionabab Rechabs sonne haue stedfastly kept their fathers commaundement that he gaue them but this people is not obedient vnto me 17 And therfore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll bryng vpon Iuda and vpon euery one that dwelleth in Hierusalem all the trouble that I haue deuised against them For I haue spoken vnto them but they woulde not folowe I haue called vnto them neuerthelesse they woulde geue me no aunswere 18 Ieremie also spake vnto the householde of the Rechabites Thus saith the Lord of hoastes the God of Israel forasmuche as ye haue obayed the commaundement of Ionadab your father and kept all his preceptes and done according to all that he hath bidden 19 Therefore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God Israel Ionadab the sonne of Rechab shal not faile but haue one out of his flocke to stande alway before me The .xxxvj. Chapter 1 Baruch wryteth as Ieremie enditeth the booke of the curses against Iuda and Israel 9 He is sent with the booke vnto the people and readeth it before them all 14 He is called before the rulers and readeth it before them also 20 The rulers shewe vnto the kyng the wordes of the booke 23 Iehudi taketh the booke and readeth a litle of it and casteth it into the fire 28 There is another written at the commaundement of the Lorde 1 IN the fourth yere of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias the kyng of Iuda came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ieremie saying 2 Take a booke and write therein all the wordes that I haue spoken to thee against Israel against Iuda and against all the people from the tyme that I began to speake vnto thee in the raigne of Iosias vnto this day 3 That when the house of Iuda heareth of the plague whiche I haue deuised for them they may peraduenture turne euery man from his wicked way that I may forgeue their offences and sinnes 4 Then dyd Ieremie call Baruch the sonne of Neriah and Baruch wrote in the booke at the mouth of Ieremie all the wordes of the Lorde whiche he had spoken vnto hym 5 And Ieremie commaunded Baruch saying I am in prison so that I may not come into the house of the Lorde 6 Therefore go thou thither and reade the booke that thou hast written at my mouth namely the wordes of the Lord and reade them in the Lordes house vpon the fasting day that the people whole Iuda and al they that come out of the cities may heare 7 Peraduenture they wyll pray meekelye before the face of the Lorde and turne euery one from his wicked way for great is the wrath and displeasure that the Lorde hath taken against this people 8 So Baruch the sonne of Neriah dyd according to all that Ieremie the prophete commaunded hym reading the wordes of the Lorde out of the booke in the Lordes house 9 And this was done in the fifth yere of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda in the ninth moneth when it was commaunded that all the people of Hierusalem shoulde fast before the Lorde and they also that were come frō the cities of Iuda vnto Hierusalem 10 Then read Baruch the wordes of Ieremie out of the booke within the house of the Lorde out of the treasurie of Gamariah the sonne of Saphan the scribe which is beside the hyer loft of the new doore of the Lordes house that all the people might heare 11 Now when Micheas the sonne of Gamariah the sonne of Saphan heard all the wordes of the lord out of the booke 12 He went downe to the kynges palace into the scribes chaumbers for there all the princes were set Elisama the scribe Dalaiah the sonne of Semei Elnathan the sonne of Achbor Gamariah the sonne of Saphan Zedekias the sonne of Hananias with all the princes 13 And Micheas tolde them all the wordes that he hearde Baruch reade out of the booke before the people 14 Then all the
howe that I haue had but litle labour yet haue founde much rest 28 O receaue wysdome and ye shal haue plenteousnes of siluer and golde in possession 29 Let your minde reioyce in his mercie and be not ashamed of his prayse 30 Worke his worke betimes and he shal geue you your rewarde in due season The ende of the booke of Iesus the sonne of Sirach which is called in Latine Ecclesiasticus ⧠The booke of the Prophete Baruch ¶ The first Chapter 1 Baruch wrote a booke during the captiuitie of Babylon which he read before Ieconias and all the people 10 The Iewes sent the booke with money vnto Hierusalem to their other brethren to the entent that they should pray for them 1 AND these are the wordes of the booke which were writteÌ„ by Baruch the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasias y e sonne of Sedechias the sonne of Helchias at Babylon 2 In the fifth yere and in the seuenth day of the moneth what time as the Chaldees toke Hierusalem and brent it vp with fyre 3 And Baruch did reade the wordes of this booke that Iechonias the sonne of Ioachin king of Iuda might heare and in the presence of all the people that were come to heare the booke 4 And before all the nobles the kinges sonnes and before the elders and before the whole people from the lowest vnto the highest before all them that dwelt at Babylon by the water of Sody 5 Which when they heard it wept fasted and prayed before the Lorde 6 They made a collection also of money according to euery mans power 7 And sent it to Hierusalem vnto Ioachin the sonne of Helchia the sonne of Salom priest with the other priestes and to all the people which were with him at Hierusalem 8 What time as they had gotten the vessels of the temple of the Lord that were taken away out of the temple that they might bring them againe into the lande of Iuda the tenth day of the moneth Siuan namely siluer vessels which Sedechias the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda had made 9 After that Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon had taken Iechonias with al his princes lordes and all the people and led them captiue from Hierusalem vnto Babylon 10 And they saide Beholde we haue sent you money to bye you burnt offringes and incense withall prepare a meate offering and offer for sinne vpon the aulter of the Lorde our God 11 And pray for the prosperitie of Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon and for the welfare of Balthasar his sonne that their dayes may be vpon earth as the dayes of heauen 12 That God also may geue vs strength and lighten our eyes that we may lyue vnder the defence of Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon and vnder the protection of Balthasar his sonne that we may long do them seruice and finde fauour in their sight 13 Pray for vs also vnto the Lorde our God for we haue sinned against the lord our God and vnto this day is not his wrath turned yet away from vs. 14 And see that ye reade this booke which we haue sent vnto you to be rehearsed in the temple of the Lorde vpon the hye dayes and at time conuenient 15 Thus shall ye say The Lorde our God is righteous but we are worthy of confusion and shame lyke as it is come to passe this day vnto all Iuda and to euery one that dwelleth at Hierusalem 16 To our kinges princes priestes prophetes and to our fathers 17 We haue sinned before the Lorde our God we haue not put our trust in him nor geuen him credence 18 We haue not obeyed him we haue not hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde our God to walke in the commaundementes that he gaue vs openly 19 Since the day that he brought our forefathers out of the lande of Egypt vnto this present day we haue ben euer a misbeleuing and an vnfaithfull people vnto the Lorde our God destroying our selues vtterly and shrincking backe that we should not heare his voyce 20 Wherefore there are come vpon vs great plagues and diuers curses lyke as the Lord deuised by Moyses his seruaunt which brought our fathers out of the lande of Egypt to geue vs a lande that floweth with milke hony lyke as it is to see this day 21 Neuerthelesse we haue not hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde our God according to all the wordes of the prophetes whom he sent vnto vs and to our rulers 22 But euery man folowed his owne minde and wicked imagination to offer vnto straunge goddes and to do euil in the sight of the Lorde our God The .ii. Chapter 1 The Iewes confesse that they iustly suffer for their sinnes 2 The true confession of the christen 11 The Iewes desire to haue the wrath of God turned from them 21 The Lorde wyll that we obeye vnto princes although they be euill 32 He promyseth that he wyll call againe the people from captiuitie and geue them a newe and an euerlasting testament 1 FOr the which cause the Lorde our God hath perfourmed his deuice whereof he certified vs our heades that ruled in Hierusalem yea our kinges our princes with all Israel and Iuda 2 And such plagues hath the Lorde brought vpon vs as neuer came to passe vnder the heauen lyke as it is fulfilled in Hierusalem according as it is written in the lawe of Moyses 3 That a man shoulde eate the flesh of his owne sonne the flesh of his owne daughter 4 Moreouer he hath deliuered them into the handes of all the kinges that are rounde about vs to be confounded and desolate and scattered them abrode in al landes and nations 5 Thus are we brought beneath and not aboue because we haue sinned against the Lorde our God and haue not ben obedient vnto his voyce 6 Therefore the Lorde our God is righteous and we with our fathers as reason is are brought to open shame as it is to see this day 7 And as for these plagues that are come vpon vs alredy the Lorde had deuised them for vs 8 Yet would we not pray vnto the Lord our God that we might euery man turne from his vngodlie wayes 9 So the Lord hath caused such plagues to come vpon vs for he is righteous â— all his workes which he hath coÌ„â—ded vs 10 Which we also haue not doâ—â—kened vnto his voyce 〈…〉 commaundeme◠〈…〉 he hath geuen vnto vs. 11 And nowe O Lorde God of Israel thou that hast brought thy people out of the lande of Egypt with a mightie hande with tokens and wonders with thy great power outstretched arme and hast gotten thy selfe a name as it is come to passe this day 12 O Lord our God we haue sinned we haue done wickedly we haue behaued our selues vngodly in all thy righteousnesses 13 Turne thy wrath from vs we beseche thee for we are but a fewe left among the heatheÌ„
* that he was a God 7 In the same quarters were possessioÌ„s of y e chiefe man of the I le whose name was Publius which receaued vs and lodged vs three dayes curteouslye 8 And it came to passe that the father of Publius lay sicke of a feuer and of a bloody â—lire to whom Paul entred in prayed and layde his handes on hym and healed hym 9 So when this was done other also which had diseases in the I le came and were healed 10 Which also dyd vs great honour and when we departed they laded vs with such thynges as were necessary 11 And after three monethes we departed in a shippe of Alexandria which had wyntred in the I le whose badge was Castor and Pollux 12 And when we came to Syracusa we taryed there three dayes 13 And from thence we â—et a compasse and came to Rhegium after one day the south wynde blewe and we came the next day to Puteolus 14 Where we founde brethren and were desired to tary with them seuen dayes and so we came towarde Rome 15 And from thence when the brethren hearde of vs they came to meete vs at Appii forum and at the three tauernes When Paul sawe theÌ„ he thanked God and waxed bolde 16 And when we came to Rome y e vnder captayne delyuered the prysoners to the chiefe captayne of the hoast But Paul was suffred to dwell by him selfe with a souldyer that kept hym 17 And it came to passe that after three dayes Paul called y e chiefe of the Iewes together And wheÌ„ they were come he sayde vnto them Men and brethren though I haue committed nothyng agaynst the people or lawes of the fathers yet was I delyuered prysoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes 18 Which when they had examined me woulde haue let me go because there was no cause of death in me 19 But when the Iewes spake contrary I was constrayned to appeale vnto Caesar not that I had ought to accuse my people of 20 For this cause then haue I called for you euen to see you and to speake with you because that for the hope of Israel I am bounde with this â—hayne 21 And they said vnto him We neither receaued letters out of Iurie concernyng thee neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harme of thee 22 But we wyll heare of thee what thou thynkest For as concernyng this sect we knowe that euery where it is spokeÌ„ agaynst 23 And when they had appoynted hym a day there came many to hym into his lodgyng to whom he expounded and testified the kyngdome of God perswadyng them concernyng Iesus both out of the lawe of Moyses and out of the prophetes euen from morning to night 24 And some were perswaded in the thynges which were spoken and some beleued not 25 And when they agreed not among them selues they departed after that Paul had spoken one worde that is to say well spake the holy ghost by Esaias the prophete vnto our fathers 26 Saying Go vnto this people and say with your eares shall ye heare and shall not vnderstande and with your eyes shall ye see and not perceaue 27 For the heart of this people is waxed grosse their eares are dull of hearing and their eyes haue they closed lest they shoulde see with their eyes and heare with their eares and vnderstande with their heartes and shoulde be conuerted and I shoulde heale them 28 Be it knowen therfore vnto you that this saluation of God is sent to the gentiles and they shall heare it 29 And when he had sayde these wordes the Iewes departed and had great reasonyng among them selues 30 And Paul dwelt two yeres full in his owne hired house and receaued all that came in vnto hym 31 Preachyng the kyngdome of God and teachyng those thynges which concerne the Lorde Iesus Christe with all confidence no man forbyddyng hym ☜ ⧠Here endeth the Actes of the Apostles R. E. ⧠The Ca 〈…〉 Câ—â—â—â—graphi 〈…〉 of the peregrin 〈…〉 〈◊〉 Saint Paul with the distaunce of the myles HEre hast thou gentle reader for thy better instruction the description of the iourney and peregrination of Saint Paul which is in this second booke of Saint Luke called the Actes of the Apostles most intreated of And for because thou readest oftentymes of Emperours Kynges and Deputies thou hast set foorth to thee the names the yeres and howe longe euery Emperour or Kyng raigned or Deputie gouerned and vnder whom any of these actes were done euen vntyll the death of Saint Paul ¶ The order of tymes The yeres of the Emperours of Rome The yeres of the Presidentes of the Iewes The yeres of the Herodians The yeres of Christes incarnation The yeres of Saint Paul the Apostle Tiberius Pilate Herode Christe Paul xviii vi xviii xxxiii  In this yere Christe suffered arose from the dead ascended into heauen from thence he sendeth vnto his Apostles the holy ghost The Apostles do assemble and gather a congregation vnto the Lorde Christe and do continue in prayer and suffer persecution xix vii xix xxxiiii i. Samaria doth receaue the doctrine of Christe Saint Steuen was stoned Saint Paul also is conuerted vnto Christe as he iourneyed towarde Damascus and froÌ„thence he departed into Arabia to preache the Gospell xx viii xx xxxv ii Philip doth preache the Gospel vnto the cities by the sea syde and doth conuert a man of Ethiopia an Eunuch and of great auctoritie with Candace Queene of the Ethiopians xxi ix xxi xxxvi iii. The Gospell is preached to the Sirians and Phenitians of those that were dispearsed and fledde from Hierusalem xxii x. xxii xxxvii iiii Saint Paul commeth to Hierusalem to see Peter from thence he goeth into Syria Cilicia c. Saint Peter commeth vnto Lidda After that he was called of Cornelius to come vnto Cesarea where he dyd baptize and from thence he went to Hierusalem geuyng aunswere to eche one that entred in question with hym xxiii Marcel xxiii xxxviii v. Antioche in Syria is conuerted vnto Christe the Apostles sende thyther Barnabas Barnabas bryngeth Paul out of Tarsa to Antioche whyther also Agabus came speaking of dearth that was to come Paul and Barnabas did succour them of Hierusalem 〈◊〉 Aâ—ppa xxiii xxâ—â—â— vi Paule and Barnabas by the commaundement of the holy ghost were sent from Antioche to preache the Gospell vnto the Heathens ii ii Herode Agrippa xl vii Paul and Barnabas sayled from Paphus to Perga a Citie of Pamphylia From Perga vnto Antioche a citie of Pisidia From whence by a commotion stirred by the Iewes they were expelled out of their coastes iii. iii.  xli viii Paul and Barnabas thus dryuen from Antioche come to Iconium where they abode a long tyme. iiii iiii  xlii ix Claudius v.  xliii x. ii vi  xliiii xi iii. vii  xlv xii This yere was Iames the
The holie Bible conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe Non me pudet Euangelij Christi Virtus enim Dei est ad salutem Omni credenti Rom. 1o. ✚ ELISABETH DEI GRATIA ANGLIE FRANCIAE ET HIBERNIAE REGINA FIDEI ET DEFENSOR ETC ✚ HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ⧠Proper lessons to be read for the first lessons both at Morning and Euening prayer on the Sundayes throughout the yere and for some also the seconde lessons Sundayes of Aduent Mattins Euensong The first Esai i. Esai ii ii v. xxiiii iii. xxv xxvi iiii xxx xxxii Sundayes after Christmas Mattins Euensong The first xxxvii xxxviii ii xli xliii Sundayes after the Epiphanie Mattins Euensong The first xliiii xlvi ii li. liii iii. lv lvi iiii lvii lviii v. lix lxiiii Septuagesima Gen. i. Gen. ii Sexagesima iii. vi Quinquagesima ix xii Lent Mattins Euensong First Sunday Gen. xix Gen. xxii ii xxvii xxxiiii iii. xxxix xlii iiii xliii xlv v. Exod. iii. Exod. v. vi ix x. Easter day Mattins Euensong i. Lesson Exod. xii Exod. xiiii ii Lesson Rom. vi Actes .ii. ¶ Sundayes after Easter  Mattins Euensong The first Num. xvi Num. xxii ii xxiii xxv iii. Deut. iiii Deut. v. iiii vi vii v. viii ix Sunday after Assention day Deut. xii Deut. xiii VVhitsunday Mattins Euensong i. Lesson Deut. xvi Wisdome .i. Actes .xix. ii Lesson Actes .x. Then Peter opened his mouth c. It fortuned when Apollo went to Corint c. vnto After these thinges Trinitie Sunday Mattins Euensong i. Lesson Gen. xviii Iosue i ii Lesson Mat. iii.  ¶ Sundayes after Trinitie The first Iosue .x. Iosue .xxiii. ii Iudic. iiii Iudic. v. iii. i. King ii i. King iii. iiii xii xiii v. xv xvi vi ii King xii ii King xxi vii xxii xxiiii viii iii. King xiii iii. King xvii ix xviii xix x. xxi xxii xi iiii King v. iiii King ix xii x. xviii xiii xix xxiii xiiii Ieremie v. Ieremie xxii xv xxxv xxxvi xvi Ezech. ii Ezech. xiiii xvii xvi xviii xviii xx xxiiii xix Daniel .iii. Daniel .vi. xx Ioel .ii. Miche .vi. xxi Abacuc .ii. Prouer. i. xxii Prouer. ii iii. xxiii xi xii xxiiii xiii xiiii xxv xv xvi xxvi xvii xix ⧠Lessons proper for holy dayes  Mattins Euensong S. Andrewe Prou. xx Prou. xxi S. Thomas the Apostle xxiii xxiiii Natiuitie of Christe   i. Lesson Esai ix Esai vii God spake once againe to Achas ii Lesson Luk. ii vnto And vnto men of good wyll Titus .iii. The kindnesse and loue c. ◠Steuen   i. Lesson Prou. xxviii Eccle. iiii ii Lesson Act. vi and .vii. Steuen full of faith and power c vnto And when fourtie yeres c. Actes .vii. And when fourtie yeres were expired there appeared vnto Moyses c. vnto Steuen full of the holy ghost c S. Iohn   i. Lesson Eccle. v. Eccle. vi ii Lesson Apoc. i. Apoc. xxii Innocentes Iere. xxxi vnto Moreouer I hearde Ephraim Wisdome .i. Circumsition day   i. Lesson Gen. xvii Deut. x. ii Lesson Rom. ii And nowe Israel Coloss ii Epiphanie   i. Lesson Esai lx Esai lxix ii Lesson Luk. iii. vnto So that he was supposed to be the sonne of Ioseph Iohn .ii. vnto After this he went to Capernaum Conuertion of S. Paul   i. Lesson Wisdome .v. Wisdome .vi. ii Lesson Actes .xxii. vnto They hearde him Actes .xxvi. Purification of the virgin Marie Wisdome .ix. Wisdome .xii. S. Mathie Wisdome .xix. Eccle. i. Annunciation of our Lady Eccle. ii Eccle. iii. VVednesday afore Easter Osea .xiii. Osea .xiiii. Thursday afore Easter Daniel .ix. Iere. xxxi Good Friday Ge. xxii Esai liii Easter euen Zacharie .ix. Exod. xiii Munday in Easter weeke   i. Lesson Exod. xvi Exod. xvii ii Lesson Mat. xxviii Actes .iii. Tuesday in Easter weeke   i. Lesson Exod. xx Exod. xxxii ii Lesson Luk. xxiiii vnto And beholde two of them i. Corinth xv S. Marks Eclec iii. i Eccle. v. Philip and Iacob Eccle. vii Eccle. ix Assencion day Deut. x. iiii King ii Munday in whitson weeke   i. Lesson Gen. xi vnto These are the generation of Sem. Gen. xii Gather vnto me lxx men c. vnto Moyses and the elders returned ii Lesson i. Cor. xii  Tuesday in whitson weeke i. King xix Dauid came to Saul in Ramatha Deut. xxx S. Barnabe   i. Lesson Eccle. x. Eccle. xii ii Lesson Actes .xiiii. Actes .xv. vnto After certayne dayes S. Iohn Baptist   i. Lesson Mala. iii. Mala. iiii ii Lesson Mat. xiii Mat. xiiii vnto VVhen Iesus hearde S. Peter   i. Lesson Eccle. xv Eccle. xix ii Lesson Actes .iii. Actes .iiii. S. Iames. Eccle. xxi xxiii S. Bartilmewe xxv xxix S. Matthewe xxxv xxxviii S. Michael xxxix xliiii S. Luke li. Iob .i. S. Simon and Iude.   i. Lesson Iob. 24.25 xlii All Saintes   i. Lesson Wisdome .iii. vnto Blessed is rather the barren Wisdome .v. vnto His ielousie also ii Lesson Hebr. xi xii Saintes by faith vnto If ye endure chastening Apoc. xix vnto And ◠sawe an angel stande ⧠Proper psalmes on certayne dayes  Mattins Euensong Christmas day Psal xix xlv lxxxv lxxxix Cx. Cxxxii. Easter day ii lvii Cxi Cxiii Cxiiii Cxviii Assencion day viii xv xxi xxiiii lxviii Cviii. VVhitsunday xlv lxvii Ciiii. Cxlv. Septuagesima before Easter ix weekes Sexagesima before Easter viii weekes Quinquagesima before Easter vii weekes Quadragesima before Easter vi weekes Rogations after Easter v weekes VVhitsunday after Easter vii weekes Trinitie sunday after Easter viii weekes ⧠The order hovve the rest of holy scripture beside the Psalter is appoynted to be read THe olde Testament is appointed for the first Lessons at Mornyng Euenyng prayer and shal be read through euery yere once except certayne bookes and chapters which be least edifiyng might best be spared therfore be left vnread ¶ The newe Testament is appoynted for the seconde Lessons at Mornyng Euenyng prayer and shal be read ouer orderly euery yere thrise beside the Epistles and Gospels Except the Apocalips out of the which there be only certayne Lessons appoynted vpon diuers proper feastes ¶ And to knowe what Lessons shal be read euery day Fynde the day of the moneth in the Kalender folowyng and there ye shall perceaue the bookes and chapters that shal be read for the Lessons both at Mornyng and Euenyng prayer ¶ And here is to be noted that whensoeuer there be any proper Psalmes or Lessons appoynted for the Sundayes or for any feast moueable or vnmoueable Then the Psalmes and Lessons appoynted in the Kalender shal be omitted for that tyme. ¶ Ye must note also that the Collect Epistle and Gospell appoynted for the Sunday shall serue all the weeke after except there fall some feast that hath his proper ¶ When the yeres of our Lorde may be deuided into foure euen partes which
tymâ— of the lawe written which did eâ—dure vnto the natiuitie of Christe and conteyneth yeres 1510. H This Ahud was lame of his right hand or left handed he slue the king of the Moabites the land had peace fourscore yeres Iud. 3. I Sanger slue sixe hundred Philistians with one share he defended the Israelites but after his death they sinned against god and therfore were afflicted 20. yeres by Sisara in whose time Troia was buylden of Tros king of Dardan Iud. 4. K Debora wyfe to Barak a prophetesse she fought against Sisara and slue him by Iahel the wyfe of Hebar song her canticle â—nd the land had rest fourtie yeres after whose death the Israelites sinned against God therfore were deliuered into the handes of Madian seueÌ„ yeres in whose time Apollo founde the art of Phisicke and the harpe Iud. 4. L Gedeon saluted of the angel he sacrificed to God vnder an oke who for destroying the aulter of Baal was called Ieroboal he had a signe in a fleece that God woulde deliuer Israel by his hand in whose time Mercurius made the lute Tyrus the citie was buylded 250. yeres before the temple Iud. 6. M Abimelech sonne of Gedeon slue 70. of his brethren vpon one stone in one day yet Ioatham thâ— youngest fled to thâ— mountaynes and spake the parable of y e oliue of the figtree of the vine of the bryer this Abimelech was striken with a peece of a milstone bad his squire kill hym with his sworde Iud. 8. C Mary Moyses sister wife to Calef for y e drowning of Pharao in the red sea song y e Canticle Exo. 15. and because she dyd chyde Moyses for his wyfe the Ethiopian she was striken with lepri Num. 12. D Chore straue against Moyses and Aaron for the priesthood because he was of the first begotten of Caaf for which offence he was deuided from others swalowed into y e grouÌ„de with his family with Dathan and Abiron Num. 16 N Naason comming foorth out of Egpyt a prince in y e tribe of Iuda and so it is true that the Lorde said to AbrahaÌ„ gen 15. that in the fift generation the childreÌ„ of Israel went out of Egypt and so making an accompt according to y e kingly tribes as telling the generations and not the persons and therfore the successions which is to be seene counting from Iuda to Naason for fiue times it is saide there he begat But if it be coÌ„tayned in that letter in the 4. generation the order must be taken in the priestly tribe couÌ„ting from Leui to Eleazar Exo. 5. Mat. 1. O Salmon maryed Rahab the harlot of Iericho which receaued y e spies that Iosue sent and hid them vnder the bunches of flax of whom Salmon begat Booz the grandfather of that Booz which begat Obeth for they were three ioyntly together the father the sonne and the nephewe they were called Booz and because it was a name of three men Mathew the euangelist putteth him but once in his genealogie Math. 1. Rom. Moyses A 120. 40. Iudges of Israel Iosue F 110. 27. Othoniel G 40. Ahud H 80. Sangaâ— I 1. Debora K 40. Gedeon L 40. Abimelech M 3. Aaron R 113. Abin Eleazar Ythamar Phinces E Abisue Boezi Maria. C Chore. D In this figure folowing be the names of the â—tions repâ— â–ª where the children of Israel pitched their tentes in y e desâ—r by the space of fourtie yeres as appeareth in the bookes of Exodus and Leuiticus whose names be briefely recyted in the bookes of â—umerie 33. Esrom THE MANSIONS OF THE FIRST YERE XII FROM THEIR DEPARTVRE OVT OF AEGIPT TO THE DESERT OF SINAI 12 MANSIONS RAMESES RED SEA SVCOTH DESERT OF SYN ETHAM DAPHKA PIHALROTH ALVS MARAH RAPHIDIM ELIM DESERT OF SINAI THE MANSIONS OF THE SECOND YERE XXI NVMERI CAP .33 FROM THE DESERT OF SINAI TO CADEâ— EARNE 21. MANSIONS GRAVE â—F LVST MOVNT SEPHER MOVNT SEROTH HAZEROTH HARADA BENEIAAKAN RITHMA MAKELOTH GADGAD RIMON PHARES THAHATH IETHEBATHA LIENA THARATH ABRONA RISSA MITHCA EZEON GABER KEHELATHA HASMONA DESERT OF CADES THE MANSIONS OF THE THIRD YERE IX FROM CADES BARNE TO THE FEELDE OF MOAB 9 MANSIONS MOVNT HOB ALMON DIRLATHAIM ZALMONA MOVNTS ABARIM PHVNCN FEâ—Lâ—ES OF MOAB OBOTH II MABARIM DIBONGAD THES BE THE 42 MANSIONS OF FR PEOPLE 2OF ISRAEL BY YEREâ— Aram. Aminadab Nanson N Salmon O THE TABERNACLE OF COVENANT THE CITYES OF PRIESTES 13 THE CYTIES OF CHAATHITS 10 THE CYTIES OF GERSONITS 13 THE CYTIES OF MERARIE 12 ISACHAR IVDAS RVBEN SYMEON GAD EPHRAIM BENIAMIN MANASSES NEPTALIM ASER DAN ZABVLON EAST SOVTH WEST NORTH This figure folowing serueth to vnderstand the disposing of the Tribes and Leuites by foure quarters of the world about the tabernacle At the cast was Iudas with 74600. of whom the chiefe was Naason â–ª with other about him y e whole nuÌ„ber was 186400 Towarde the south was Ruben with 46500. fighting men of his stocke of whom the chiefe was Elisur and about him was others to the number in the whole 18100. men Toward the west was Ephraim with 40500 men of whom the chiefe was Elisama nigh vnto him were others which were in the whole 108â—00 Toward the north was Dan with 72700. men the head of whom was Abiasar and about him were others to the number of 175000. of fighting men This is the summe of the children of Israel by the houses of their kindredes so that the hoast amounted to 600550. men The Leuites were not numbred within the other tribes and all these pitched their tentes about the tabernacle as appeareth Num. 2. but most largely Exo. 27. This figure also serueth to vnderstand what Leuites what cities in what tribes the children of Leui with their suburbes dyd receiue by lot for the tenthes of the tabernacles as in Iosue 21.1 Paâ— 6. This figure also sheweth the sixe cities of refuge vnto the which they did flee that by chaunce slue any man and were therein saued and after the death of the high priest they returned againe into their owne houses Deu. 4. Iosue 20. A Bishops Ozi Azaria Meraioth Amazias Achitob Hely F Hely 88. 40. Ophni and Phinees Achitob Abimelech From this Ozi was the priesthood translated from the children of Eleazar to Eli whiche was of y e children of Ithamar â— these 4. outward of y e children of Eleazar were depriued of the priesthood vntil Sadoch G. Abdon had 40 sonnes and 30. nephewes of them in whose dayes the people of Israel receeded not from the Lord some thinke that that notable fact of the Leuits wyfe which is red in Iudg. 19. after whose death the Israelites dyd offende was comitted therfore were plagued of the Philistines Iud. 12. C Iudges Thola A 23. Iahir B 22 Iepte C 7 Abession D 7 Ailon E 10 Abdon G 8 Sampsou H 29 Hely 40 Samuel I 20 Ioel. Abias These 2 sonnes of Samuel were iudges the one in Bethel the other in Barsabe whiche bothe peruerted iudgment by their
Iosippus which was also called Caiphas vnder whom Christe suffered he after .xi. yeres forsoke Iurie and returned to Rome after him Tiberius sent Pontius Pilate vnder whom Herode Agrippa to the honor of Tiberius Caesar builded the citie of Tiberias After y e death of Herode Ascolonita the monarchie of the kingdome of the Iewes was deuided into two partes by the Senate of Rome and one part was geuen to Archelaus vnder the name of the Tetrarch that is of Iurie and Idumea and it was promised him that if he did worthily he shoulde be made king An other part was deuided into two Tetrarches and one part therof was geuen to Herode Antipas ouer the riuer and Galilee and to his brother Philippus was geuen the Tetrarchie of Ituria or Traconitis and to Lisania was geuen the Tetrarchie of Abilen Christes line Christe Iesus our Lorde was borne the .42 yere of the Empire of Augustus in the .30 yere of Herode the kyng on the Sunday at nyght and in the .15 yere of Tiberius Christ was 30. yeres of age Christes birth Christes childhood Christes suffering Christes rising Octauianus or Augustus 57 I. Tiberius Caesar 23 K. 〈…〉 in the 〈…〉 you ioyne the 〈…〉 so begynneth the sixt age which shall continue to the day of iudgement H. Pontius Pilate was made Procurator of Iurie by Tiberius Caesar who commyng to Hierusalem woulde haue the image of Iulius Caesar to be set in the temple in the .17 yere of his rule he pronounced false sentence agaynst Christe he woulde haue brought into the temple the images of the Gentiles contrarie to the lawe of the Iewes and the money receaued into Corbonam that is of the Arke wherin was put the offrings of the priestes to the repayryng of the temple also of the Treasure house wherin was put the oblations of all passengers he turned to his owne vse and therfore Tiberius exiled him to Lions his owne countrey where he dyed to his shame Ioh. 19. I. Octauianus or Augustus Caesar after he came to the empire found pacified the whole world therfore he disired to knowe what regions what cities what castles what villages what men were vnder his Empire for he had the rule of the whole worlde and this description was first made of Cirinus the liefetenaunt of Syria and than was Christe borne And hauyng desire to builde a notable pallace he woulde knowe howe long it shoulde continue and had aunswere from Cibilla that it shoulde endure so long tyll a virgin should bring foorth a childe whervpon he called it eternum that is euerlastyng But Christe beyng borne of a virgin the pallace fell downe whervpon he builded an aulter to God borne of the virgin and called it the aulter of heauen he raigned .13 yeres after Christes birth and in the .41 yere of his rule he numbred the people in Rome and there were founde ninetie tymes three hundred thousand and 80. thousande and sixe hundred men Luk. 2. K. Tiberius was the sonne of Augustus and of Iulia his wife he had two Nephues one of his sonne called Tibur and another of his brother called Gaius he woulde haue substituted after him the sonne of his sonne whom he loued better but Herode Agrippa loued better Gaius and wished him to be Emperour for which wishe he put Herode in prison In the .15 yere of his raigne Iohn Baptist began for to preache and to baptise and in his 18. yere Christe was crucified and Tiberius dyed Hismeria Zacharia man Elizabeth wife Iohn Baptist L. Hismeria and Anna sisters Anna wife to these three Salomas Ioachim Cleophas Zebedeus man Maria wife Maria wife Ioseph man Maria wife Alpheus man Petrus Iames the great Iohn the Euangelist Iames the lesse Simon Cananeus Taddeus S. Iudas Christe Andreas Philippus Bartholomeus Mattheus Thomas Matthias Paulus M. Ioseph or Barsabas Barnabas The Apostles dispearsed through the whole worlde to preache the Gospell of Christe were for Christes sake slayne by diuers tormentes except Iohn the Euangelist Peter and Paule in the â—9 from Christes passion and in the .14 yere of Nero were slaine at Rome the same day Andrewe in Patras Iames both of them and Matthias in Iurie Iohn the Euangelist was translated from Ephesus Thomas and Bartholmewe in Iudea Simon and Iudas in Persia Matthewe in Ethiope Marke in Alexandria Luke in Bithinia Barnabas was martered in Cipresse M. Paul in the seconde yere from Christes death was by miracle conuerted to the fayth in the .13 yere Paul and Barnabas were deuided in Antioche and went vp to Peter and Iames in Hierusalem and in the .14 yere they went to preache and Paul after long preachyng in Iurie and Greece came to Rome ¶ The whole scripture of the Bible is deuided into two Testamentes the olde Testament and the newe which booke is of diuers natures some legall some historicall some sapientiall and some propheticall The olde teacheth by figures and ceremonies the lawe was geuen terribly in lightnyng and thundryng to induce the people to obseruaunce therof by feare The newe Testament came in more gloriously with the gentle name of the Gospel and good tidynges to induce men to obserue it by loue Bookes Legal be so named wherin the lawes and iudgementes of God be pronounced by his owne mouth and they be 5. bookes which is to say Genesis Which doth treate of the beginning of the world and of all creatures of the deluge of Noes ship and the confusion of tongues of the election of Gods people and of the goyng downe of the people into Egypt Chapters 50. Exodus Sheweth of the ten plagues of Pharao and of the departyng of the children of Israel out of Egypt of the ten preceptes and iudgementes and of the instruction of Gods people of the arke of Gods couenaunt and of the Tabernacle of the aulter of Aarons vestures Chapters 40. Leuiticus It doth treate of sacrifices and oblations to be offered of the pot and the vestures of Aaron of the order and ministery of the Leuites Chapters 27. Numeri It treateth of the numbryng of the people of the tribes of Israel of the prophecie of Balaam of the mansions in wildernesse Chapters â—6 Deuteronomie Doth report agayne those thinges that were done in the former foure bookes Chapters 34. Historical be so called wherein histories of diuers actes be expressed there be of theÌ„ bookes 19. Iosuah Whiche doth treate of the passing ouer the flud of Iordane and of the subuersion of the kingdome that were the Iewes aduersaries of the bryngyng in of Gods people into the lande of beheste and of the deuision of that lande Chapters 24. Iudges Which treateth of Princes and Iudges and of the defence of the people of Israel and of their conquest and triumphes had agaynst their enemies Chapters 21. Ruth Which treateth of the matrimonie betwixt Booz and Ruth of whom Christ did spring Chapters 4. Samuel 1 Which treateth of the gouernaunce of the people of Israel by Iudges of
hath had such care to prescribe these bookes thus vnto vs I say not prescribe them only but to maintaine them and defende them against the malignitie of the deuill and his ministers who alway went about to destroy them and yet could these neuer be so destroyed but that he woulde haue them continue whole and perfect to this day to our singuler comfort and instruction where other bookes of mortall wise men haue perished in great numbers It is recorded that Ptolomeus Philadelphus kyng of Egypt had gathered together in one librarie at Alexandria by his great coste and diligence seuen hundred thousand bookes wherof the principall were the bookes of Moyses whiche reserued not much more then by the space of two hundred yeres were all brent and consumed in that battayle when Caesar restored Cleopatra agayne after her expulsion At Constantinople perished vnder Zenon by one common fire a hundred and twentie thousande bookes At Rome when Lucius Aurel Antonius dyd raigne his notable librarie by a lightning frō heauen was quite consumed yea it is recorded that Gregorie the first did cause a librarie of Rome cōtayning only certaine Paynims workes to be burned to thintent the scriptures of God should be more read and studied VVhat other great libraries haue there ben cōsumed but of late daies And what libraries haue of olde throughout this realme almost in euery abbey of the same ben destroyed at sundry ages besides the losse of other mens priuate studies it were to long to rehearse VVherevpon seyng almightie God by his deuine pouidence hath preserued these bookes of the scriptures safe and sounde and that in their natiue languages they were first written in the great ignoraunce that raigned in these tongues and contrary to all other casualties chaunced vpon all other bookes in mauger of all worldly wittes who would so fayne haue had them destroyed and yet he by his mightie hande would haue them extant as witnesses and interpreters of his will toward mankind we may soone see cause most reuerently to embrace these deuine testimonies of his wyll to studie them and to search them to instruct our blinde nature so sore corrupted and fallen from the knowledge in whiche first we were created Yet hauing occasion geuen somewhat to recouer our fall and to returne againe to that deuine nature wherein we were once made and at the last to be inheritours in the celestiall habitation with God almightie after the ende of our mortalitie here brought to his dust agayne These bookes I say beyng of suche estimation and aucthoritie so muche reuerenced of them who had any meane taste of them coulde neuer be put out of the way neither by the spyte of any tiraunt as that tiraunt Maximian destoyed all the holy scriptures wheresoeuer they coulde be founde and burnt them in the middes of the market neither the hatred either of any Porphirian philosopher or Rhetoritian neither by the enuie of the romanystes and of such hypocrites who from tyme to time did euer barke against them some of them not in open sort of condempnation but more cunningly vnder suttle pretences for that as they say they were so harde to vnderstande and specially for that they affirme it to be a perilous matter to translate the text of the holy scripture and therefore it can not be well translated And here we may beholde the endeuour of some mens cauillations who labour all they can to slaunder the translatours to finde fault in some wordes of the translation but them selfe will neuer set pen to the booke to set out any translation at al. They can in their constitutions prouinciall vnder payne of excommunication inhibite al other men to translate them without the ordinaries or the prouinciall counsayle agree therevnto But they wyll be well ware neuer to agree or to geue counsayle to set them out VVhiche their suttle compasse in effect tendeth but to bewray what inwardly they meane if they coulde bring it about that is vtterly to suppresse them being in this their iudgement farre vnlike the olde fathers in the primatiue Church who hath exhorted indifferently all persons aswell men as women to exercise them selues in the scriptures which by Saint Hieroms aucthoritie be the scriptures of the people Yea they be farre vnlike their olde forefathers that haue ruled in this realme who in their times and in diuers ages did their diligence to translate the whole bookes of the scriptures to the erudition of the laytie as yet at this day be to be seene diuers bookes translated into the vulgar tongue some by kynges of the realme some by bishoppes some by abbottes some by other deuout godly fathers so desirous they were of olde tyme to haue the lay sort edified in godlynes by reading in their vulgar tongue that very many bookes be yet extant though for the age of the speache and straungenesse of the charect of many of them almost worne out of knowledge In whiche bookes may be seene euidently howe it was vsed among the Saxons to haue in their Churches read the foure gospels so distributed and piked out in the body of the euangelistes bookes that to euery Sunday and festiuall day in the yere they were sorted out to the common ministers of the Churche in their common prayers to be read to their people Nowe as of the most auncient fathers the prophetes Saint Peter testifieth that these holy men of God had the impulsion of the holy ghost to speake out these deuine testimonies so it is not to be doubted but that these latter holy fathers of the englishe Church had the impulsion of the holy ghost to set out these sacred bookes in their vulgar language to the edification of the people by the helpe whereof they might the better folowe the example of the godly Christians in the begining of the Churche who not only receaued the worde withall redinesse of heart but also did searche diligently in the scriptures whether the doctrine of the Apostles were agreable to the same scriptures And these were not of the rascall sort saith the deuine storie but they were of the best and of most noble byrth among the Thessalonians Birrhenses by name Yea the prophetes them selues in their dayes writeth S. Peter were diligent searchers to inquire out this saluatiō by Christe searching when and at what article of time this grace of Christes dispensation should appeare to the world VVhat ment the fathers of the Church in their writinges but the aduauncing of these holy bookes where some do attribute no certaintie of vndoubted veritie but to the canonicall scriptures Some do affirme it to be a foolishe rashe boldnesse to beleue hym who proueth not by the scriptures that whiche he affirmeth in his worde Some do accurse all that is deliuered by tradition not founde in the legall and euangelicall scriptures Some say that our fayth must needes stagger if it be not grounded vpon the aucthoritie of the scripture Some testifieth that
wherof there remaine yet diuers coppies founde lately in olde abbaies of suche antique maner of writing and speaking that fewe men now ben able to reade and vnderstand them And when this language waxed olde and out of common vsage because folke should not lacke the fruite of reading it was againe translated into the newer language whereof yet also many copyes remayne and be dayly founde But nowe to let passe custome and to way as wise men euer shoulde the thyng in his owne nature let vs here discusse what it auayleth scripture to be had and redde of the lay and vulgar people And to this question I intende here to say nothyng but that was spoken and written by the noble doctour and most morall diuine saint Iohn Chrisostome in his third sermon de Lazaro albeit I wyll be some thing shorter and gather the matter into fewer wordes and lesse rome then he doth there because I woulde not be tedious He exhorteth there his audience that euery man shoulde reade by him selfe at home in the meane dayes and time betweene sermon and sermon to the intent they might both more profoundly fixe in their mindes and memories that he had saide before vpon such textes whereupon he had alredie preached and also that they might haue their mindes the more redie and better prepared to receaue and perceaue that which he should say from thencefoorth in his sermons vpon such textes as he had not yet declared and preached vpon therfore saith he there My comon vsage is to geue you warning before what matter I entende after to entreate vpon that you yourselues in the meane dayes may take the booke in hand reade waye and perceaue the summe and effect of the matter and marke what hath ben declared and what remaineth yet to be declared so that thereby your minde may be the more furnished to heare the rest that shal be saide And that I exhort you saith he and euer haue wil exhort you that you not only here in the Churche geue eare to that that is sayd by the preacher but that also when ye be at home in your houses ye apply your selues from tyme to tyme to the readyng of holy scriptures which thyng also I neuer lin to beate into the eares of them that be my familiers and with whom I haue priuate acquaintaunce and conuersation Let no man make excuse and say saith he I am busied about matters of the common wealth I beare this office or that I am a craftes man I must applie mine occupation I haue a wyfe my children must be fed my housholde must I prouide for Briefly I am a man of the worlde it is not for me to reade the scriptures that belongeth to them that haue bidden the worlde farwell which lyue in solitarinesse and contemplation and haue ben brought vp and continually nosilled in learnyng and religion To this aunsweryng What sayest thou man saith he is it not for thee to study and to reade the scripture because thou art encumbred and distract with cares and businesse So much the more it is behouefull for thee to haue defence of scriptures howe much thou art the more distressed in worldly daungers They that be free and farre from trouble and entermedlyng of worldly thynges lyue in safegarde and tranquilitie and in the calme or within a sure hauen Thou art in the middest of the sea of worldly wickednesse and therfore thou needest the more of ghostly succour and comfort They sit farre from the strokes of battayle and farre out of gunne shoote and therfore they be but seldome wounded Thou that standest in the forefront of the hoast and nyest to thine enemies must needes take nowe and then many strokes and be greeuously wounded and therfore thou hast most neede to haue thy remedies and medicines at hande Thy wyfe prouoketh thee to anger thy chylde geueth thee occasion to take sorowe and pensiuenesse thine enemies lye in wayte for thee thy friende as thou takest hym sometyme enuieth thee thy neyghbour misreporteth thee or picketh quarels agaynst thee thy mate or partener vndermineth thee thy lorde iudge or iustice threatneth thee pouertie is paynefull vnto thee the losse of thy deare and welbeloued causeth thee to mourne prosperitie exalteth thee aduersitie bringeth thee lowe Briefly so diuers and so manifolde occasions of cares tribulations and temptations beset thee and besiege thee rounde about Where canst thou haue armour or fortresse agaynst thine assaultes Where canst thou haue salues for thy sores but of holy scripture Thy fleshe must needes be prone and subiect to fleshly lustes which dayly walkest and art conuersaunt among women seest their beauties set foorth to the eye hearest their nice and wanton wordes smellest their baulme ciuet and muske with many other lyke prouocations and stirringes except thou hast in a redinesse wherwith to suppresse and auoyde them which can not elswhere be had but only out of the holy scriptures Let vs reade and seke all remedies that we can and all shal be litle inough Howe shall we then do yf we suffer and take dayly woundes and when we haue done wyll sit styll and searche for no medicines Doest thou not marke and consider howe the smith mason or carpenter or any other handy craftesman what neede soeuer he be in what other shift so euer he make he wyll not sell nor lay to pledge the tooles of his occupation for then howe shoulde he worke his feate or get his lyuyng therby Of lyke mynde and affection ought we to be towardes holy scripture For as mallets hammers sawes chesils axes and hatchets be the tooles of their occupation So be the bookes of the prophetes and Apostles and all holy writers inspired by the holy ghost the instrumentes of our saluation Wherfore let vs not sticke to bye and prouide vs the Byble that is to say the bookes of holy scripture and let vs thinke that to be a better iewell in our house then either golde or siluer For lyke as theeues be loth to assault an house where they knowe to be good armour and artillerie so whersoeuer these holy and ghostly bookes be occupied there neither the deuyll nor none of his angels dare come neare And they that occupy them be in much safegarde and haue a great consolation and be the redier vnto all goodnesse the slower vnto all euyll and yf they haue done any thyng amisse anone euen by the syght of the bookes their consciences be admonished and they waxe sory and ashamed of the fact Peraduenture they wyll say vnto me howe and yf we vnderstande not that we reade that is conteyned in the bookes What then Suppose thou vnderstande not the deepe and profounde misteries of scriptures yet can it not be but that much fruite and holinesse must come and growe vnto thee by the readyng for it can not be that thou shouldest be ignoraunt in all thynges a lyke For the holy ghost hath so ordered and attempred the scriptures that in
them aswell publicanes fishers and sheepheardes may fynde their edification as great doctours their erudition For those bookes were not made to vayne glorie lyke as were the writynges of the gentile Philosophers and Rethoritians to the intent the makers shoulde be had in admiration for their hye styles and obscure maner and writyng wherof nothyng can be vnderstanded without a maister or an expositour But the Apostles prophetes wrote their bookes so that their speciall intent and purpose myght be vnderstanded and perceaued of euery reader whiche was nothyng but the edification of amendement of the lyfe of them that reade or heare it Who is it that readyng or hearyng read in the Gospell Blessed are they that be meeke Blessed are they that be mercifull Blessed are they that be of cleane heart and such other lyke places can perceaue nothyng except he haue a maister to teache hym what it meaneth Likewyse the signes miracles with all other histories of the doynges of Christe or his Apostles who is there of so simple wit capacitie but he may be able to perceaue and vnderstande them These be but excuses and clokes for the rayne coueringes of their owne idle slouthfulnesse But styll ye wyll say I can not vnderstande it What maruayle Howe shouldest thou vnderstande yf thou wylt not reade nor loke vpon it Take the bookes into thyne handes reade the whole story and that thou vnderstandest kepe it well in memorie that thou vnderstandest not reade it agayne and agayne yf thou can neither so come by it counsayle with some other that is better learned Go to thy curate preacher shewe thy self to be desirous to know learne and I doubt not but God seyng thy diligence and readinesse if no man els teache thee wyll hym selfe vouchsafe with his holy spirite to illuminate thee to open vnto thee that which was locked frō thee Remember the Eunuch of Candace Queene of Ethiopia which albeit he was a man of a wylde and barbarous countrey and one occupied with worldly cares and businesse yet rydyng in his charret he was readyng the scripture Nowe consider yf this man passyng in his iourney was so diligent as to reade the scripture what thynkest thou of lyke was he wont to do sittyng at home Agayne he that letteth not to reade albeit he dyd not vnderstande what dyd he then trowest thou after that when he had learned and gotten vnderstandyng For that thou mayest wel knowe that he vnderstoode not what he redde hearken what Philip there saith vnto hym Vnderstandest thou what thou readest And he nothyng ashamed to confesse his ignoraunce aunswered Howe shoulde I vnderstande hauyng no body to shewe me the way Lo when he lacked one to shewe hym the way and to expounde to hym the scriptures yet dyd he reade and therfore God the rather prouided for hym a guide of the way that taught hym to vnderstande it God perceaued his wyllyng and towarde mynde and therfore he sent hym a teacher by by Therfore let no man be negligent about his owne health and saluation Though thou haue not Philip alwayes when thou wouldest the holy ghost which then moued and stirred vp Philip wyll be redy and not fayle thee yf thou do thy diligence accordyngly All these thynges be written vnto vs for our edification and amendement which be borne towardes the latter ende of the worlde The readyng of the scriptures is a great and strong bulwarke or fortresse agaynst sinne the ignoraunce of the same is a greater ruine and destruction of them that wyll not knowe it That is the thyng that bryngeth in herisie that is it that causeth all corrupt and peruerse lyuyng that is it that bryngeth all thynges out of good order Hitherto all that I haue sayde I haue taken and gathered out of the foresayde sermon of this holy doctour saint Iohn Chrisostome Nowe yf I shoulde in lyke maner bryng foorth what the selfe same doctour speaketh in other places and what other doctours and writers say concernyng the same purpose I myght seeme to you to write another Byble rather then to make a preface to the Byble Wherfore in fewe wordes to comprehende the largenesse and vtilitie of the scripture howe it contayneth fruitfull instruction and erudition for euery man yf any thyng be necessary to be learned of the holy scripture we may learne it If falshood shal be reproued therof we may gather wherwithall If any thyng be to be corrected and amended yf there neede any exhortation or consolation of the scripture we may well learne In the scriptures be the fat pastures of the soule therin is no venimous meate no vnholsome thyng they be the very daintie and pure feedyng He that is ignoraunt shall fynde there what he shoulde learne He that is a peruerse sinner shall there fynde his dampnation to make hym to tremble for feare He that laboureth to serue God shall fynde there his glorie and the promissions of eternall lyfe exhortyng hym more diligently to labour Herein may princes learne howe to gouerne their subiectes Subiectes obedience loue and dreede to their princes Husbandes howe they shoulde behaue them vnto their wiues howe to educate their children and seruauntes And contrary the wiues children and seruauntes may knowe their duetie to their husbandes parentes and maisters Here may all maner of persons men women young olde learned vnlearned riche poore priestes lay men lordes ladyes officers tenauntes and meane men virgins wiues widdowes lawyars marchauntes artificers husbandmen and all maner of persons of what estate or condition soeuer they be may in this booke learne all thinges what they ought to beleue what they ought to do what they should not do aswell concernyng almightie God as also concernyng them selues and all other Briefly to the readyng of the scripture none can be enemie but that either be so sicke that they loue not to heare of any medicine or els that be so ignoraunt that they knowe not scripture to be the most healthfull medicine Therfore as touchyng this former part I wyll heare conclude and take it as a conclusion sufficiently determined appointed that it is conuenient and good the scriptures to be redde of al sortes and kyndes of people and in the vulgar tongue without further allegations or probations for the same which shall not neede since that this one place of Iohn Chrisostome is inough and sufficient to perswade all them that be not frowardly peruersly set in their owne wylfull opinion specially nowe that the kinges highnesse being supreme head next vnder Christe of this Churche of Englande hath approued with his royal assent the setting foorth hereof which only to all true obedient subiectes ought to be a sufficient reason for the alowaunce of the same without further delay reclamation or resistaūce although there were no preface nor other reason herein expressed Therfore nowe to come to the seconde and latter part of my purpose here is nothyng so good in
and with thy sheepe seuen dayes it shal be with the damme the eyght day thou shalt geue it me 30 Ye shal be an holy people vnto me neither shall ye eate any fleshe that is torne of beastes in the fielde but shall cast it to a dogge ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter 1 A lye 2 An vpright Iudge 3 and 6 A poore person 7 An innocent 8 Gyftes 9 A pilgrime 12 The sabboth of the seuenth day 15 The feast of the passeouer in Marche 16 The feast of the fiftith day of tabernacles in September 18 Blood 19 Fyrst fruites 20 The Angell leadyng the people of Israel 24 Straunge gods not to be prayed vnto 25 To serue God blessing infirmitie 26 The baren 29 Wherefore God dyd cast out the Chanaanites by litle and litle 1 THou shalt not haue to do with any false report neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked to be an vnrighteous witnesse 2 Thou shalt not folow a multitude to do euill neither shalt thou speake in a matter of iustice according to the greater number for to peruert iudgement 3 Neither shalt thou esteeme a poore man in his cause 4 If thou meete thyne enemies oxe or asse goyng astray thou shalt bryng them to him agayne 5 If thou see the asse of him that hateth thee sincke vnder his burthen thou shalt not passe by and let him alone but shalt helpe hym to lyft hym vp agayne 6 Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite 7 Kepe thee farre from a false matter and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not for I wyll not iustifie the wicked 8 Thou shalt take no gyftes for gyftes blinde the seyng and peruert the wordes of the righteous 9 Thou shalt not oppresse a straunger for ye know the heart of a straunger seyng ye were straungers in the lande of Egypt 10 Sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy lande and gather in the fruites therof 11 And the seuenth yere thou shalt let it rest and lie styll that the poore of thy people may eate And what they leaue the beastes of the fielde shall eate In lyke maner thou shalt deale with thy vineyarde and thyne oliue tree 12 Sixe daies thou shalt do thy worke and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest that thyne oxe and thyne asse may rest and the sonne of thy mayde and the straunger may be refreshed 13 In all thinges that I haue saide vnto you be circumspect and make no rehearsall of the names of straunge gods neither let it be hearde out of thy mouth 14 Three feastes thou shalt holde vnto me in a yere 15 Thou shalt kepe the feast of vnleauened bread thou shalt eate vnleauened bread seuen daies long as I commaunded thee in the tyme appoynted of the moneth Abib for in that moneth ye came out of Egypt and see that no man appeare before me emptie 16 And the feast of haruest when thou reapest the first fruites of thy laboures whiche thou hast sowen in the fielde And the feast of in gathering whiche is in the end of the yere when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field 17 These three times in the yere shall all thy men chyldren appeare before the Lorde God 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice vpon leauened bread neither shall the fat of my feast remayne vntyll the mornyng 19 The first of the first fruites of thy land thou shalt bryng into the house of the Lorde thy God thou shalt not seethe a kydde in his mothers mylke 20 Behold I sende an angell before thee to kepe thee in the way and to bryng thee into the place whiche I haue prepared 21 Beware of hym and heare his voyce and resist him not for he wyll not spare your misdeedes and my name is in him 22 But and if thou shalt in deede hearken vnto his voyce do al that I speake I wylbe an enemie vnto thyne enemies an aduersarie vnto thine aduersaries 23 For myne angell shall go before thee and bryng thee in vnto the Amorites and Hethites and Pharezites Chanaanites Heuites and Iebusites and I shall destroy them 24 Thou shalt not bowe downe to their gods neither serue thē neither do after y e workes of them but ouerthrowe thē and breake downe the images of them 25 And ye shall serue the Lord your God and he shall blesse thy bread and thy water and I wyll take all sicknesses away from the middest of thee 26 There shall no woman haue any vntymely byrth nor be vnfruitefull in thy lande the number of thy dayes I wyll fulfill 27 I will sende my feare before thee and wyll destroy all the people whyther thou shalt go I wyll make all thine enemies turne theyr backes vnto thee 28 And I wyll sende hornettes before thee which shall driue out the Heuites the Chanaanites and the Hethites before thee 29 Neuerthelesse I wyll not cast them out before thee in one yere lest the land growe to a wyldernesse and the beast of the fielde multiplie agaynst thee 30 By litle and litle I wyll dryue them out before thee vntyl thou be increased and inherite the lande 31 And I wyll make thy coastes from the red sea vnto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert vnto the riuer For I wyll deliuer the inhabitours of the lande into thyne hand and thou shalt driue them out before thee 32 Thou shalt make no couenaunt with them nor with theyr gods 33 Neither let them dwell in thy lande lest they make thee sinne against me for if thou serue their gods it wyll surely be thy decay ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapter 1 Moyses is commaunded to go vp vnto the mounte 4 Moyses wryteth the wordes of God into one volume and readeth them vnto the people 1 ANd he said vnto Moyses Come vp vnto the Lorde thou and Aaron Nadab and Abihu the threscore and ten elders of Israel and ye shall worship a farre of 2 And Moyses hym selfe alone shall go vnto the Lorde but they shall not come nygh neither shall the people go vp with hym 3 And Moyses came and tolde the people all the wordes of the Lorde and all the iudgementes And all the people aunswered with one voyce and sayde All the wordes whiche the Lorde hath sayde wyll we do 4 And Moyses wrote all the wordes of the Lord and rose vp early and set him an aulter vnder the hill and .xii. stones according to the .xii. tribes of Israel 5 And sent young men of the children of Israel whiche brought burnt offeringes and offered peace offeringes of oxen vnto the Lorde 6 And Moyses toke halfe of the blood and put it in basins and the other halfe he spinckled on the aulter 7 And he toke the booke of the couenaūt read it in the
sonnes shall washe ' their handes and their feete therin ' 20 Euen when they go into the tabernacle of the congregation or when they go in to the aulter to minister and to burne the Lordes offeryng they shall washe them selues with water lest they dye 21 Likewise they shal washe their handes their feete lest they dye and it shal be an ordinaunce vnto them for euer both vnto hym his seede throughout their generations 22 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 23 Take vnto thee principal spices of the most pure Mirrhe fiue hūdreth sicles of sweete Synamond halfe so much euen two hundreth and fiftie sicles of sweete Calamus two hundreth and fiftie sicles 24 Of Cassia fiue hundreth sicles after the waight of the sanctuarie and of oyle Olyue an hyn 25 And thou shalt make of the oyle an holy oyntment euen an oyntment compound after the craft of the apoticarie 26 It shal be the oyle of holy oyntment and thou shalt annoynt the tabernacle of the congregation therwith and the arke of the testimonie 27 And the table and al his apparell and the candlesticke and all his vessels and the aulter of incense ' 28 And the aulter of burnt sacrifice with ' all his vessels and the lauer his foote 29 And thou shalt sanctifie them that they may be most holye whatsoeuer toucheth them shal be sanctified 30 And thou shalt anoynt Aaron and his sonnes and consecrate them that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office 31 And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel saying This shal be an holy oynting oyle vnto me throughout your generations 32 Vpon mans fleshe shall it not be powred neither shal ye make any other after the makyng of it for it is holy and ' shal be holy vnto you ' 33 Whosoeuer maketh lyke that or whosoeuer putteth any of it vpon a straūger shall perishe from amongst his people 34 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Take vnto thee sweete spices Starte Onycha sweete Galbanum these spices with pure Frankensence of eche a lyke wayght 35 And make of them sweete smellyng incense after the craft of the apoticarie mingled together pure and holy 36 And beate it to powder and put of it before the arke of the testimonie in the tabernacle of the congregation where I wyll meete with thee it shal be vnto you most holy 37 And you shal not make to your selues after the makyng of that incense which thou shalt make it shal be vnto you holy for the Lorde 38 Whosoeuer shall make lyke vnto that ' to smell thereto shall perishe from amongst ' his people ¶ The .xxxj. Chapter 1 God geueth his spirite to Besaleel and Ooliab the workemen to inuent all thynges which appertayne to the trimme makyng of the tabernacle 13 What signe the Sabboth is 18 Tables of stone written with the finger of God 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 2 Beholde I haue called by name Besaleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iuda 3 And I haue fylled hym with the spirite of God in wisedome and vnderstandyng in knowledge and in all maner worke 4 To fynde out wittie deuises and to worke in golde siluer and in brasse 5 And in the craft to set stones and to carue in tymber and to worke in all maner workmanship 6 And beholde I haue geuen hym to be his companion Ooliab the sonne of Achisame◠of the tribe of Dan and in the heartes of all that are wise hearted I haue put wisedome to make all that I haue commaunded thee 7 The tabernacle of the congregation the arke of the testimonie the mercie seate that is thervpon and all the furniture of the tabernacle 8 And the table and his furniture and the pure candlesticke with all his furniture and the aulter of incense 9 And the aulter of burnt offeryng and all his furniture and the lauer with his foote 10 The vestmentes to minister in and the holy garmentes for Aaron the priest and the garmentes of his sonnes to minister in 11 And the annoyntyng oyle and sweete incense for the sanctuarie accordyng to all that I haue commaunded thee shal they do 12 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 13 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say In any wyse see that ye kepe my Sabbothes for it is a signe betweene me you in your generations for to knowe that I the Lorde am he that doth sanctifie you 14 Kepe my Sabboth therefore for it is holy vnto you He that defileth it shal be put to death for whosoeuer worketh therin the same soule shal be rooted out from amongst his people 15 Six dayes shall men worke and in the seuenth day is the Sabboth of the holy rest of the Lorde whosoeuer doth any worke in the Sabboth day shall dye the death 16 Wherefore let the children of Israel kepe the Sabboth that they obserue the Sabboth throughout their generations it is a perpetuall couenaunt 17 For it is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer for in six dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth and in the seuenth day he rested and was refreshed 18 And when the Lorde had made an end of commnuyng with Moyses vpon the mount Sinai he gaue hym two tables of witnesse euen tables of stone writen with the finger of God ¶ The .xxxii. Chapter 1 The Israelites do pray vnto the golden calfe 7 God warneth Moyses of the sinne of the people 9 The people of Israel of a styffe necke 11 Moyses intreateth God for Israel cityng his promises 15 Moyses descendeth of the hyll The tables described of God 19 Moyses beyng angry breaketh the tables and the calfe 21 He chideth his brother Aaron 27 The Idolaters be murdered of the Leuites at Moyses commaundement 30 Moyses rebuketh the offence of the people 31 He wyll be putten out of the booke of lyfe and haue the peoples offence pardoned 33 They that be writen in the booke of God 1 ANd when y e people sawe that it was lōg or Moyses came downe out of the mountaine they gathered them selues together vnto Aaron and sayd vnto hym Vp make vs Gods to go before vs for we wote not what is become of this Moyses the man that brought vs out of the lande of Egypt 2 And Aaron sayd vnto them Plucke of the golden earynges which are in the eares of your wiues of your sonnes of your daughters bring them vnto me 3 And all the people plucked of the golden earinges which they had in their eares and brought them vnto Aaron 4 And he receaued them of their handes fashioned it with a grauer made of it a calfe of molten mettel and they said These be thy gods O Israel which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt 5 And when Aaron sawe that he made an aulter before it and Aaron made proclamation saying To morowe is
thine handes therfore shalt thou be glad 16 Three tymes in the yere shall all thy males appeare before the Lorde thy God in the place which he shall choose In the feast of vnleauened bread in the feast of weekes and in the feast of tabernacles And they shal not appeare before the Lorde emptie 17 Euery man shall geue accordyng to the gift of his hande accordyng to the blessyng of the Lorde thy God which he hath geuen thee 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy cities which the Lorde thy God geueth thee throughout thy tribes and they shall iudge the people with iust iudgement 19 Wrest not thou the lawe nor knowe any person neither take any rewarde for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise peruert the wordes of the righteous 20 That which is iust and ryght shalt thou folowe that thou mayst lyue and enioy the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee 21 Thou shalt plant no groue of any trees neare vnto the aulter of the Lord thy God which thou shalt make thee 22 Thou shalt set thee vp no piller which the Lorde thy God hateth ¶ The .xvij. Chapter ◠The punishment of the idolater 9 Harde controuersies are brought to the priest and the iudge 12 The contempner must dye 15 The election of the kyng 16 17 What thynges he ought to auoyde 18 And what he ought to imbrace 1 Thou shalt offer vnto the Lorde thy God no oxe nor sheepe wherin is blemishe or any euyll fauourednesse for that is an abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God 2 If there be founde among you within any of thy gates which the Lorde thy God geueth thee man or woman that hath wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde thy God in transgressyng his couenaunt 3 And gone and serued straunge gods and worshipped them as the sunne or moone or any of the hoast of heauen which I haue not commaunded 4 And it is tolde thee thou hast hearde of it then shalt thou enquire diligently and if it be true the thyng of a suretie that such abhomination is wrought in Israel 5 Then shalt thou bryng foorth that man or that woman which haue committed that wicked thyng vnto the gates and shalt stone them with stones tyll they dye 6 At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death dye and at the mouth of one witnesse let no man dye 7 The handes of the witnesses shal be first vpon him to kyll him afterward the handes of all the people and thou shalt put the wicked away from thee 8 If there rise a matter to harde for thee in iudgement betweene blood and blood betweene plea and plea betweene plague and plague and the matters come to strife within thy gates then shalt thou arise and get thee vp vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen 9 And come vnto the priestes the Leuites and vnto the iudge that shal be in those dayes and aske and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement 10 And thou must do accordyng to that which they of that place which the Lord had chosen shewe thee and thou shalt obserue to do accordyng to all that they enfourme thee 11 Accordyng to the sentence of the lawe which they tell thee shalt thou do and bowe not from that which they shewe thee neither to the right hande nor to the left 12 And that man that wyll do presumptuously and wyll not hearken vnto the priest that standeth there before the Lorde thy God to minister or vnto the iudge that man shall dye and thou shalt put away euyll from Israel 13 And all the people shall heare feare and shall do no more presumptuously 14 When thou art come vnto the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee and enioyest it and dwellest therin and if thou shalt say I wyll set a king ouer me lyke as all the nations that are about me 15 Then thou shalt make hym king ouer thee whom the Lorde thy God shall choose Euen one from among thy brethren shalt thou make kyng ouer thee and thou mayest not set a straunger ouer thee which is not of thy brethren 16 But he shall not multiplie horses to hym selfe nor bryng the people agayne to Egypt to increase the number of horses forasmuch as the Lorde hath sayde vnto you ye shall hencefoorth go no more agayne that way 17 Also he ought not to multiplie wyues to him selfe lest his heart turne away neither shall he gather hym siluer and golde to much 18 And when he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome he shall write hym out a copie of this lawe in a booke before the priestes the Leuites 19 And it shal be with hym and he ought to reade therin all the dayes of his life that he may learne to feare the Lorde his God and to kepe all the wordes of this lawe and these ordinaunces for to do them 20 And that his heart arise not aboue his brethren and that he turne not from the commaundement to the right hand or to the left but that he may prolong his dayes in his kyngdome he and his children in the middes of Israel ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ◠The portion of the Leuites ◠Of the Leuite commyng from another place 9 To auoyde the abhomination of the Gentiles 15 God wyll not leaue them without a true prophete 20 The false prophete shal be slayne 22 Howe he may be knowen 1 THe priestes of the Leuites all the tribe of Leui must haue no part nor inheritaunce with Israel but shall eate y e fierie offeringes of the Lorde and his inheritaunce 2 Therfore shall they haue no inheritaunce among their brethren but the Lorde he is their inheritaunce as he hath sayde vnto them 3 And the priestes duetie of the people and of them that offer whether it be oxe or sheepe they must geue vnto the priest the shoulder the two chekes and the mawe 4 The first fruites also of thy corne wine and oyle and the first of the fleece of thy sheepe shalt thou geue hym 5 For the Lorde thy God hath chosen hym out of all thy tribes to stande and to minister in the name of the Lorde he and his sonnes for euer 6 If a Leuite come out of any of thy cities of all Israel where he is a soiourner and come with all the lust of his heart vnto the place which the Lorde hath chosen 7 He shall minister in the name of the Lorde his God as his other brethren the Leuites do which remayne there before the Lorde 8 And they shall haue lyke portions to eate beside that which commeth of the sale of his patrimonie 9 When thou art come into the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth
citie and laye theron a great heape of stones that remaineth vnto this day 30 Then Iosuah buylt an aulter vnto the Lorde God of Israel in mount Ebal 31 As Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord commaunded the chyldren of Israel and as it is written in the booke of the lawe of Moyses an aulter of whole stones ouer which no man hath lyft an iron And they sacrificed theron burnt sacrifices vnto the Lorde and offered peace offerynges 32 And he wrote there vpon the stones a rehearsal of the lawe of Moyses and wrote it in the presence of the chyldren of Israel 33 And all Israel and the elders therof and their officers iudges stoode part on this syde the arke and part on that syde before the priestes that were Leuites whiche bare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde aswell the straunger as they that were borne among them halfe of thē ouer against mount Garizim halfe of them ouer against mount Ebal as Moyses the seruaunt of the Lorde had commaunded before that they shoulde blesse the people of Israel 34 Afterwarde he read all the wordes of the lawe the blessinges and cursinges accordyng to all that is written in the booke of the lawe 35 And there was not one worde of all that Moyses commaunded which Iosuah read not before all the congregation of Israel aswel the women and chyldren as the straungers that were conuersaunt among them The .ix. Chapter 1 Certaine kynges are gathered against Iosuah 2 The Gabaonites do guylefully require peace of Iosuah 21 The Gabaonites are made ministers in cuttyng wood and beryng of water 1 AND when al y e kinges that dwell beyonde Iordane in the hylles and valleys along by all the coastes of the great sea ouer against Libanon Namely the Hethites the Amorites the Chanaanites the Pherezites the Heuites and the Iebusites hearde therof 2 They gathered them selues together to fyght against Iosuah and against Israel with one accorde 3 And the inhabitours of Gibeon heard what Iosuah had done vnto Iericho and to Ai 4 And they dyd worke wylylye went and made them selues embassadours and toke olde sackes vpon their asses wine bottels old both rent boūde vp 5 And olde clowted shoes vpon their feete and their rayment was olde and all their prouision of bread was dryed vp and hored 6 And they came vnto Iosuah into the hoast to Gilgal and sayde vnto him and vnto all the men of Israel We be come from a far countrey and nowe make ye agreement with vs. 7 And the men of Israel sayde vnto the Heuite It may be thou dwellest amōg vs and then howe can I make peace with thee 8 And they sayde vnto Iosuah We are thy seruauntes And Iosuah sayde vnto them againe What are ye whence come ye 9 They aunswered him From a very farre coūtrey thy seruauntes are come for the name of the Lorde thy God for we haue hearde the fame of him all that he did in Egypte 10 And all that he did to the two kinges of y e Amorites that were beyonde Iordane Sehon king of Hesbon and Og king of Basā which were at Astaroth 11 Wherfore our elders and all the enhabitours of our countrey spake to vs saying Take vitailes with you to serue by the way and go meete them and say vnto them We are your seruaūtes And now make ye a couenaunt of peace with vs. 12 This our foode of bread we toke with vs out of our houses whot y e daye we departed to come vnto you But nowe beholde it is dried vp and hored 13 And these bottelles of wine whiche we filled were newe and see they be rent And these our garmentes and shoes are worne for oldenesse by the reason of the exceeding long iourney 14 And the men toke of theyr vitayles counseled not with the mouth of the Lorde 15 And Iosuah made peace which thē and made a couenaunt with them that they shulde be suffered to liue And the princes of the congregation sware vnto them 16 But at the ende of three dayes after they had made a league with them they hearde that they were their neighbours that they dwelt among them 17 And the children of Israel toke their iorney and came vnto their cities the thirde day and their cities were Gibeon and Caphira Beroth and Kiriathiarim 18 And the children of Israel slue them not because the princes of the congregation had sworne vnto them by the Lord God of Israel and all the multitude mourned agaynst the princes 19 But all the princes sayde vnto all the congregation We haue sworne vnto them by the Lorde God of Israel and therfore we may not hurt them 20 But this we wyll do to them We wyll let them liue lest wrath be vpon vs because of the othe which we sware vnto them 21 And the princes said vnto them againe Let them liue and hewe wood drawe water vnto all the congregation and they dyd as the princes sayde vnto them 22 And Iosuah called for them talked with them and sayde Wherfore haue ye beguiled vs saying We dwell farre from you when ye dwell among vs 23 And nowe are ye cursed and there shal not ceasse to be of you bondmen and hewers of wood drawers of water for the house of my God 24 And they aunswered Iosuah sayd It was tolde thy seruauntes how that the Lorde thy God had commaunded his seruaunt Moyses to geue you all the lande and to destroy all the inhabitours therof out of your sight and therfore we were exceedyng sore afrayde for our liues at the presence of you and haue done this thing 25 And beholde we are in thyne hande as it seemeth good and right in thyne eyes to do vnto vs so do 26 And euen so did he vnto them and rid them out of the hande of the chyldren of Israel that they slue them not 27 And Iosuah made them that same day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the aulter of God vnto this day in the place whiche he shoulde choose ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 Fiue kinges make warre against Gibeon whom Iosuah discomfiteth 11 The Lorde rayned haylestones and slue many 12 The sunne standeth at Iosuahs prayer 26 The fiue kinges are hanged 29 Many mo kinges and cities are destroyed 1 NOwe when Adonizedec kyng of Hierusalem had hearde howe Iosuah had taken Ai and had destroyed it and howe that * as he had done to Iericho and her king euen so he had done to Ai and her king and howe the inhabitours of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them 2 They feared exceedingly for Gibeon was a great citie as any citie of the kingdome and was greater then Ai all the men therof were very mightie 3 Wherfore Adonizedec king of Hierusalem sent vnto Hoham king of Hebron
workers with spirites and tellers of fortunes and wrought much wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde to anger him 7 And he put an image of a groue that he had made euen in the temple of which the Lord had sayd to Dauid and Solomon his sonne in this house and in Hierusalem which I haue chosen out of all tribes of Israel will I put my name for euer 8 Neither will I make the feete of Israel moue any more out of the lande which I gaue their fathers so that they will obserue and do all that I haue commaunded them and according to all the law that my seruaunt Moyses commaunded them 9 But they hearkened not and Manasse led them out of the way to do more wickedly then dyd the heathen people whom the Lorde destroyed before the children of Israel 10 And the Lord spake by his seruauntes the prophetes saying 11 Because Manasse king of Iuda hath done such abhominations and hath wrought more wickedly then all the Amorites whiche were before him dyd and hath made Iuda sinne also with his idols 12 Therfore thus sayth the Lord God of Israel Behold I will bring such euyll vpon Hierusalem and Iuda that whoso heareth of it both his eares shal tingle 13 And I will stretche ouer Hierusalem the squaryng line of Samaria the plummet of the house of Ahab And I will wype out Hierusalem as a man wypeth a dishe and when he hath wyped it turneth it vp syde downe 14 And I will leaue the remnaunt of myne inheritaunce and deliuer them into the hand of their enemies and they shal be robbed and spoyled of all their aduersaries 15 Euen because they haue done euyll in my sight and haue angred me sence the time their fathers came out of Egypt vnto this day 16 And Manasse shed innocent blood exceeding much till he replenished Hierusalem from corner to corner besyde his sinne wherwith he made Iuda to sinne and to do euyll in the sight of the Lorde 17 The rest of the wordes that concerne Manasse and all that he dyd and his sinne that he sinned are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda 18 And Manasse slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his owne house euen in the gardē of Vzza Amon his sonne raigned in his steade 19 Amon was twentie and two yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned two yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name also was Mesullemeth the daughter of Harus of Iotba 20 And he dyd euyll in the sight of the Lord as his father Manasse dyd 21 And walked in al the way that his father walked in and serued the idols that his father serued and worshipped them 22 And he forsoke the Lord God of his fathers and walked not in the way of the Lorde 23 And the seruauntes of Amon conspired against hym slue the king in his owne house 24 And the people of the land slue al them that had conspired against king Amon and the people made Iosia his sonne king in his steade 25 The rest of the wordes that concerne Amon what thinges he dyd are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda 26 And they buryed him in his sepulchre in the garden of Vzza Iosia his sonne raigned in his steade The .xxii. Chapter 4 Iosia repaireth the temple 8 Helkia findeth the booke of the law and causeth it to be presented to Iosia 14 who sendeth to Hulda the prophetisse to inquire the Lordes will 1 IOsia was eight yeres olde when he began to raigne he raigned thirtie one yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name also was Iedida the daughter of Adaia of Bozcath 2 He dyd that which is right in the sight of the Lorde walked in all the wayes of Dauid his father and bowed neither to the right hande or to the left 3 And it came to passe that in the eyghtteenth yere of the raigne of king Iosia the king sent Saphan the sonne of Azalia the sonne of Mesulam the scribe to the house of the Lord saying 4 Go vp to Helkia the hye priest that he may summe the siluer whiche is brought into the house of the Lorde which the kepers of the porche haue gathered of the people 5 And let them deliuer it into the hande of them that do the worke and that haue the ouersight of the house of the Lord and let them geue it to them that worke in the house of the Lorde to repaire the decayed places of the temple 6 Euen vnto carpenters and masons and workers vpon the walles and for to bye tymber and free stone to repaire the temple 7 Howbeit let no reckenyng be made with them of the money that is deliuered into their hande for their vse is to deale faithfully 8 And Helkia the hie priest said vnto Saphan the scribe I haue founde the booke of the lawe in the house of the Lorde And Helkia gaue the booke to Saphan and he read in it 9 And Saphan the scribe came to the king and brought him worde againe and sayde Thy seruauntes haue gathered the money that was founde in the temple and haue deliuered it vnto them that do the worke and that haue the ouersight of the house of the Lorde 10 And Saphan the scribe shewed the king saying Helkia the priest hath deliuered me a booke And Saphan read in it before the king 11 And it fortuned that when the king had hearde the wordes of the booke of the lawe he rent his clothes 12 And the king commaunded Helkia the priest and Ahikan the sonne of Saphan and Achbor the sonne of Michaia and Saphan the scribe and Asahia a seruaunt of the kinges saying 13 Go ye and enquire of the Lord for me and for the people and for al Iuda concerning the wordes of this booke that is founde For great is the wrath of the Lord that is kyndled against vs because our fathers haue not hearkened vnto the wordes of this booke to do according vnto al that which is written therin for vs. 14 So Helkia the hye priest and Ahikam Achbor and Saphan and Asahia went vnto Hulda the prophetisse the wyfe of Sallum the sonne of Thikua the sonne of Harhas keper of the wardrope which prophetisse dwelt in Hierusalem in the house of the doctrine they communed with her 15 And she aunswered them thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel Tell the man that sent you to me 16 Thus sayth the Lorde Behold I wil bring euyll vpon this place and on the inhabiters therof euen all the wordes of the booke whiche the king of Iuda hath read 17 Because they haue forsaken me and haue burnt incense vnto other gods to anger me with all the workes of their handes My wrath also shal be kindled against this place and shall not be quenched 18 But to the king of Iuda whiche sent you
and the same people of the lande made Iosia his sonne king in his roome The .xxxiiii. Chapter 1 Iosia destroyeth the idoles 8 and restoreth the temple 14 The booke of the lawe is founde 21 He sendeth to Hulda the prophetisse for counsell 27 God heareth his prayer 31 He maketh a couenaunt with God 1 IOsia was eyght yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned in Hierusalem thirtie and one yeres 2 And he dyd that whiche was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in the wayes of Dauid his father and bowed neither to the right hand nor to the left 3 In the eyght yere of his raigne when he was yet a childe he began to seke after the God of Dauid his father And in the twelfth yere he began to purge Iuda Hierusalem from the high places groues carued images and images of metall 4 And they brake downe the aulters of Baalim euen in his presence and other images that were in greater honour then they he caused to be destroyed And the groues carued images and images of metall he brake and made dust of them and strowed it vpon the graues of them that had offered vnto them 5 And he burnt the bones of the priestes vpon the aulters of them and clensed Iuda and Hierusalem 6 And euen so did he in the cities of Manasse Ephraim Simeon vnto Nephthali and in the wildernesse of them rounde about 7 He plucked asunder the aulters the groues did beate the images stampe them to powder and cut downe all the idoles throughout all the lande of Israel and returned to Hierusalem againe 8 In the eyghtenth yere of his raigne when he had purged the lande and the temple he sent Saphan the sonne of Azaliahu and Maasiah the gouernour of the citie and Ioah the sonne of Ioahaz the recorder to repaire the house of the Lorde his God 9 And when they came to Helkiah the hie priest they deliuered the money that was brought into the house of God whiche the Leuites that kept the entryes had gathered of the hand of Manasse and Ephraim and of all that yet remayned in Israel and of all Iuda and Beniamin and they returned to Hierusalem 10 And they put it in the handes of the workmen that had the ouersight of the house of the Lorde they gaue it to the labourers that wrought in the house of the Lorde to repaire and mende the house 11 Euen to masons and carpenters gaue they it to get hewed stone timber for couples and for beames of the houses which y e kinges of Iuda had destroyed 12 And the men did the worke faythfully And the ouersears of them to courage them forward were Iahath and Obadiahu Leuites of the children of Merari and Secharia and Mesullam of the children of the Caathites and other of the Leuites whiche all could skill of instrumentes of musicke 13 And ouer the bearers of burthens and ouer all that wrought in whatsoeuer worckmanship it were were there scribes officers porters of the Leuites 14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lorde Helkia the priest founde the booke of the law of the Lorde geuen by Moyses 15 And Helkia aunswered and sayd to Saphan the scribe I haue found the booke of the law in the house of the Lord. And Helkia gaue the booke to Saphan 16 And Saphan caried the booke to the king and brought the king word againe saying All that was commited to thy seruauntes that do they 17 And they haue gathered together the money that was founde in the house of the Lord and haue deliuered it into the handes of the ouersears of the worke and to the handes of the worckmen 18 And then Saphan the scribe shewed the king saying Helkia the priest hath geuen me a booke and Saphan read in it before the king 19 And it fortuned that when the king had heard the wordes of the lawe he tare his clothes 20 And the king commaunded Helkia and Ahikam the sonne of Saphan and Abdon the sonne of Micah and Saphan the scribe and Asaa a seruaunt of the kinges saying 21 Go and enquire of the Lord for me and for them that are left in Israel and Iuda concerning the wordes of the booke that is founde For great is the wrath of the Lord that is fallen vpon vs because our fathers haue not kept the worde of the Lorde to do after all that is written in this booke 22 And Helkia and they that the king had appoynted went to Hulda a prophetisse the wyfe of Sallum the sonne of Thecuath the sonne of Hasra keper of the wardrope for she dwelt in Hierusalem within the seconde wall so they communed with her 23 She aunswered them Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel Tell ye the man that sent you to me 24 Euen thus sayth the Lorde Beholde I will bring euyll vpon this place and vpon the inhabiters thereof euen al the curses that are written in the booke whiche they haue read before the king of Iuda 25 Because they haue forsaken me and haue offred vnto other gods to anger me with all maner workes of their handes therfore is my wrath set on fire against this place and shall not be quenched 26 And as for the king of Iuda which sent you to enquire of the Lord so shal ye say vnto him thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel concerning the wordes whiche thou hast hearde 27 Because thyne heart did melt and thou diddest meeke thy selfe before God when thou heardest his wordes against this place and against the inhabiters thereof and humbledst thy selfe before me and tarest thy clothes and weepedst before me that haue I heard also sayth the Lorde 28 Behold I wil take thee to thy fathers and thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace and thyne eyes shall not see all the mischiefe that I will bring vpon this place and vpon the inhabiters of the same And they brought the king worde againe 29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Iuda and Hierusalem 30 And the king went vp into the house of the Lorde and all the men of Iuda and the inhabiters of Hierusalem and the priestes and Leuites and all the people great and smal and the king did reade in their eares all the wordes of the booke of the couenaunt that was founde in the house of the Lorde 31 And the king stoode at his standing and made a couenaunt before the Lorde to folowe the Lorde and to kepe his commaundementes his witnesse and his statutes with all his heart and with al his soule and to fulfill the wordes of the appoyntment written in the sayd booke 32 And he set in their roome all them that were founde in Hierusalem and Beniamin and the inhabiters of Hierusalem did according to the couenaunt of the Lorde God of their fathers 33 And Iosia put away all
59 The children of Sephatiath the childrē of Hattil the children of Phochereth of Sabaim the children of Amon. 60 All these Nethinims and the children of Solomons seruauntes were three hundred ninetie and two 61 And these went vp also from Thelmela Thelharsa Cherub Addon and Immer but they could not shew their fathers house nor their seede and that they were of Israel 62 The children of Dalaiah the children of Tobia and the children of Necoda sixe hundred fourtie and two 63 And of the priestes the children of Habaiah the children of Haccos the childrē of Barzillai which toke one of y e daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wyfe and was named after their name 64 These sought their writing in the register of their generation but they were not founde therfore they were put from the priesthood 65 And Athirsatha saide vnto them that they shoulde not eate of the most holy tyll there came vp a priest which should were Vrim and Thummim 66 And so the whole congregation together was fourtie and two thousande three hundred and threescore 67 Beside their seruauntes and maydens of whom there were seuen thousand three hundred thirtie and seuen And they had two hundred fourtie and fiue singing men and women 68 Their horses seuen hundred thirtie and sixe and their Mules two hundred fourtie and fiue 69 The Camels foure hundred thirtie and fiue sixe thousand seuen hundred and twentie Asses 70 And certaine of the auncient fathers gaue vnto the worke Athirsatha gaue to the treasure a thousand peeces of golde fiftie basons fiue hundred and thirtie priestes garmentes 71 And some of the chiefe fathers gaue vnto the treasure of the worke twentie thousand peeces of gold two thousand and two hundred pounde of siluer 72 And the other people gaue twentie thousand peeces of golde and two thousand pound of siluer and threescore and seuen priestes garmentes 73 And the priestes and Leuites the porters and the singers and the other of the people and the Nethinims and all Israel dwelt in their cities And whē the seuenth moneth came the children of Israel were in their cities The .viij. Chapter 2 Esdras gathereth together the people and readeth to them the law 12 They reioyce in Israel for the knowledge of the word of God 15 They keep the feaste of tabernacles or boothes 1 ANd all the people gathered them selues together as one man in the streete that was before the water gate and they saide vnto Esdras the scribe that he should fetch the booke of the law of Moyses which the Lorde commaunded to Israel 2 And Esdras the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men women and all that could vnderstand did hearken vnto it vpon the first day of the seuenth moneth 3 And he read therein in the streete that was before the water gate from the morning vntill the noone day before men and women that did hearken to it and the eares of all the people were inclined vnto the booke of the law 4 And Esdras the scribe stoode vpon a pulpet of wood which they had made for the preaching and beside him stoode Mathathia Sema Anaiah Vriah Helkia Maaseiah on his right hande and on his left hand stoode Pedaia Misael Melchia Hasum Hasabadana Zachari and Mesullam 5 And Esdras opened the booke before all the people for he stoode aboue al the people and when he opened it all the people stoode vp 6 And Esdras praysed the Lorde the great God And all the people aunswered Amen Amē lifting vp their handes and bowed them selues and worshipped the Lord falling downe vpon their faces to the grounde 7 And Iesua Bani Serebiah Iamin Accub Sebbethai Hodaia Maasia Celita Azariah Iozabad Hanan Pelaiah the Leuites caused the people to geue heede vnto the law and the people stoode in their place 8 And they read in the booke of the lawe of God distinctly and gaue the sense and caused them to vnderstand the reading 9 And Nehemia which is Athirsatha and Esdras the priest and scribe and the Leuites that caused the people to take heede said vnto al the people This day is holy vnto the Lorde your God be not ye sory and weepe not For all the people wept when they heard the wordes of the lawe 10 And he saide vnto them Go your way and eate the fat and drinke the sweete and send part vnto them also that haue not prepared for them selues for this day is holy vnto our Lorde be not ye sory therefore for the ioy of the Lorde is your strength 11 And the Leuites stilled all the people and saide Holde your peace for the day is holy be not sad therefore 12 And all the people went their way to eate and to drinke to sende part vnto other and to make great mirth because they had vnderstand the wordes that were declared vnto them 13 And on the next day were gathered together the chiefe fathers among all the people and the priestes and leuites vnto Esdras the scribe that they might vnderstand the wordes of the law 14 And they founde written in the lawe which the Lorde had commaunded by Moyses that the children of Israel should dwell in boothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth 15 And that they should cause it to be declared and proclaymed in all their cities and throughout Hierusalem saying Go foorth vnto the mount and fetch Olyue braūches Pine braunches Myrtel braunches Palme braunches braunches of the thicke tree to make boothes as it is written 16 And so the people went foorth and fet them and made them boothes euery one vpon the roofe of his house and in their courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the streete by the water gate and in the streete of the port of Ephraim 17 And all the congregation of them that were come againe out of the captiuitie made boothes sat vnder the boothes for since the time of Iosua the sonne of Nun vnto this day had not the children of Israel done so And there was very great gladnesse 18 And euery day from the first day vnto the last read Esdras in the booke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes held they the feaste and on the eyght day they gathered together according vnto the maner ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 The people repent and forsake their straunge wyues 5 The Leuites exhort them to prayse God 6 declaring his wonders 26 and their ingratitude 30 and Gods great mercies toward them 1 IN the twentie and fourth day of this moneth came the children of Israel together againe with fasting and sackeclothes and earth vpon them 2 And they that were of the seede of Israel were separated from all the straunge children and stoode knowledged their sinnes the wickednes of their fathers 3 And stoode vp in their place read in the booke of the law of the Lorde their God foure times on the day and they
Ezer And the singers sange loude hauing Iesrahiah for their ouersear 43 And the same day they offered great sacrifices and reioyced for God had geuen them great gladnesse so that both the wiues children were ioyfull the mirth of HierusaleÌ„ was hearde farre of 44 At the same time were the men appoynted ouer the treasure houses wherin were the heaue offeringes the firstlinges and the tythes that they shoulde gather them out of the fieldes about the cities to distribute them vnto the priestes and Leuites according to the lawe for Iuda was glad of the priestes and Leuites that serued â—â— And there stoode and wayted vpon the office of their God whiche is a pure office both the singers and porters after the commaundement of Dauid and of Solomon his sonne 46 For in the time of Dauid and Asaph of olde were the chiefe singers founded the songes of prayse and thankesgeuing vnto God 47 In the time of Zorobabel and Nehemia did all they of Israel geue portions vnto the singers and porters euery day his portion and they gaue tythes vnto the Leuites the Leuites gaue tythes againe vnto the children of Aaron The .xiii. Chapter 1 The lawe is read â— They separate from them all straungers 15 Nehemia reproueth â–ª them that breake the Sabbath â–ª â— An ordinaunce to serue God 1 ANd that day dyd they read in the booke of Moyses in the audience of the people and therein was founde written that the Ammonites Moabites shoulde neuer come into the congregation of God 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water but hired Balaam against them that he should curse them and our God turned the curse into a blessing 3 Nowe when they had hearde the law they separated from Israel euery one that had mixt him selfe therin 4 And before this had the priest Eliasib the ouersight of the treasurie of the house of our God and he was kynsman vnto Tobia â— And had made hym a great chamber and there had they afore time layed the offringes frankencence vessels and the tythes of corne wine and oyle according to the commaundementes geuen to the Leuites singers and porters and the heaue offringes of the priestes â— But in all this time was not I at Hierusalem for in the two and thirtie yere of Artaxerâ—es king of Babylon came I vnto the king after certayne dayes obtayned I licence of the king to come to Hierusalem 7 And I gat knowledge of the euyll that Eliasib dyd for Tobia in that he had made hym a chamber in the court of the house of God 8 And it greeued me sore therefore I cast foorth all the vessels of the house of Tobia out of the chamber â— And commaunded them to clense the chambers and thyther brought I againe the vessels of the house of God with the meate offring and the incense 10 And I perceaued that the portions of the Leuites had not ben geuen them and that euery one was fled to his land euen the Leuites and singers that executed the worke 11 Then reproued I the rulers and sayd Why is the house of God forsaken And I gathered them together and set them in their place 12 Then brought all Iuda the tythes of corne and wine and oyle vnto the treasure 13 And I made treasures ouer the treasure euen Selemiah the priest and Zadoc the scribe and of the Leuites Phadaâ—a and vnder their hand was Hanan the sonne of Zacur the sonne of Mathania for they were counted faythful and their office was to distribute the portions vnto their brethren 14 Thinke vpon me O my God herein and wype not out my mercie that I haue shewed on the house of my God and on the offices therof 15 And the same time sawe I in Iuda some treading wine presses on the Sabbath and bringing in sheues and which laded asses also with wine grapes and figges and all burthens and brought them into Hierusalem vpon the Sabbath day And I rebuked them earnestly the same day that they solde the vittayles 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein which brought fish and all maner of ware and solde on the Sabbath vnto the childreÌ„ of Iuda euen in Hierusalem 17 Then reproued I the rulers in Iuda sayd vnto them What euyl thing is this that ye do breake the Sabbath day 18 Dyd not your fathers euen thus and our God brought all this plague vpon vs and vpon this citie And ye make the wrath more yet vpon Israel in that ye breake the Sabbath 19 And when the poâ—s of Hierusalem began to be darke in the euening before the Sabbath I commaunded to shut the gates â–ª and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath and some of my seruauntes set I at the gates that there shoulde no burthen be brought in on the Sabbath day 20 Then remayned the chapmen and marchauntes once or twyse ouer night without Hierusalem with all maner of wares 21 Then reproued I them sore and sayde vnto them Why tary ye all night about the wall If ye do it once againe I will lay handes vpon you From that time foorth came they no more on the Sabbath 22 And I said vnto the Leuites that they should clense them selues and that they shoulde come and kepe the gates to halowe the Sabboth day Thinke vpon me O my God concerning this also and spare me according to thy great mercie 23 In those dayes also sawe I Iewes that maried wyues of Asdod of Ammon and of Moab 24 And their children spake halfe in the speach of Asdod and could not speake in the Iewes language but according to the language of the one people and of the other people 25 Then I reproued them and cursed them and smote certayne men of them and made them bare and toke an oth of them by God Ye shall not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes neither shall ye take their daughters vnto your sonnes or for your selues 26 Dyd not Solomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges and yet among many heathen was there no king like him which was deare vnto his God God made hym king ouer all Israel and yet neuerthelesse outlandishe women caused him to sinne 27 Shall we then obey vnto you to do al this great euyll and to transgresse against our God and marie straunge wyues 28 And one of the children of Iehoiada the sonne of Eliasib the hye priest was the sonne in law of Sanaballat the Horonite but I chased him from me 29 O my God thinke thou vpon them that defile the presthod and the couenaunt of the presthod and of the Leuites 30 Thus clensed I them from all such as were outlandishe and appoynted the courses of the priestes and Leuites euery one in his office 31 And to offer the wood at times appoynted and the first fruites Thinke thou vpon me O my God for the best The ende of the seconde
against the vayne traditions of men 1 WO vnto thee O Ariel Ariel thou citie that Dauid dwelt in Go on from yere to yere and let the lambes be slayne 2 I wyll lay siege vnto Ariel so that there shal be heauinesse and sorowe in it and it shal be vnto me euen an aulter of slaughter 3 A will besiege thee rounde about and fight against thee thorowe a bulwarke and wyll reare vp diches against thee 4 Thou shalt be brought downe and shalt speake out of the ground and thy speache shall go lowe out of the dust 5 Thy voyce also shall come out of the grounde lyke the voyce of a witche and thy talkyng shall whisper out of the dust 5 Moreouer the noyse of the straunge enemies shal be like thinne dust and the multitude of tirauntes shal be as drye strawe that can not tary euen sodenly and in haste shall their blast go 6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lorde of hoastes with thunder earthquake and with a great noyse with storme and tempest and with the flambe of a consuming fire 7 And the multitude of all nations that fight against Ariel shal be as a dreame seene by night euen so shall they be that make warre against it and strong holdes to ouercome it and that lay any siege vnto it 8 In conclusion it shal be euen as when a hungry man dreameth that he is eating and when he awaketh his soule is emptie or as when a thirstie man dreameth that he is drinking and when he awaketh he is yet fainte and his soule hath appetite euen so shall the multitude of all nations that fighteth against mount Sion 9 Ponder these thinges once in your mindes and wonder Blinded are they them selues and the blinde guides of other They are drunken but not with wine they are vnstable but not thorow strong drinke 10 For the Lorde hath couered you with a slumbring spirite and hath closed your eyes your prophetes also and rulers that shoulde see them hath he couered 11 And the vision of all the prophetes is become vnto you as the wordes of a booke that is sealed vp whiche men deliuer to one that is learned saying Reade thou in it and he saith I can not for it is sealed 12 And the booke is geuen to him that is not learned saying Reade thou in it and he saith I am not learned 13 Therfore thus hath the Lorde sayd Forsomuche as this people when they be in trouble do honour me with their mouth and with their lippes but their heart is farre fro me and the feare whiche they haue vnto me proceedeth of a commaundement that is taught of men 14 Therefore wyll I do marueyles among this people euen marueylous thinges I say and a wonder For the wysdome of their wyse men shall perishe and the vnderstanding of their wittie men shall hyde it selfe 15 Wo vnto them that kepe secrete their thoughtes to hide their counsell from the Lorde and to do their workes in darknesse saying Who seeth vs and who knoweth vs 16 Doubtlesse your destruction is in reputation as the potters clay And doth the worke say of hym that made it he made not me And doth an earthen vessell say of hym that fashioned it he had no vnderstanding 17 Is it not harde at hande that Libanus shal be turned into a low fielde and that the lowe fielde shal be taken as the wood 18 And in that day shall deafe men heare the wordes of the booke and the eyes of the blynde shall see euen out of the cloude and out of darknesse 19 The meeke spirited also shall be merie in the Lorde and the poore among them that be lowly shall reioyce in the holy one of Israel 20 For he that dyd violence is brought to naught and the scornefull man is consumed and they rooted out that made haste early to vnrighteousnesse 21 Making a man to sinne in the worde and that toke him in a snare whiche reproued them in the open place and they that haue turned the cause of the righteous to naught 22 Therefore thus saith the Lorde to the house of Iacob euen thus saith he that redeemed Abraham Iacob shall not nowe be confounded nor his face pale 23 But when he seeth his chyldren the worke of my handes in the middes of hym they shall sanctifie my name and prayse the holy one of Iacob and feare the God of Israel 24 They also that haue ben of an erronious spirite shall come to vnderstanding and they that haue ben scornefull shall learne doctrine The .xxx. Chapter 1 Against them that forsake the counsell of God and cleaue to the counsell of men 3 The prophete also threatneth the remnaunt of the people that after the destruction of Hierusalem went into Egypt 1 ALas for those disobedient chyldren saith the Lorde that they will take counsell and not of me that they wyll take a secrete aduice and not out of my spirite and therefore adde they sinne vnto sinne 2 Euen they that walke to go downe into Egypt and haue asked no question at my mouth but seeke strength in the might of Pharao and trust in the shadowe of Egypt 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharao be your confusion and the trust in the shadowe of Egypt your shame 4 For his captaynes were at Zoan and his embassadours came vnto Hanes 5 They were ashamed of the people that coulde do them no good and that might not helpe them nor shewe them any profit but were their confusion and rebuke 6 The burthen of the beastes of the south In a land of trouble anguishe from whence shall come the young and olde lion the viper and firie serpent that fleeth against them that vpon coltes beare their riches and vpon camels their treasures to a people that can do them no good 7 For vayne and nothing worth shall the helpe of the Egyptians be Therefore haue I cryed vnto Hierusalem they shall haue strength inough if they wyll settle their mindes in quietnesse 8 Nowe therefore go thy way and write this before them in a table and note it in a booke that it may finally remaine and be kept styll for euer 9 For this is an obstinate people and dissembling chyldren chyldren that refuse to heare the lawe of the Lorde 10 For they say vnto the seers see not and to them that be cleare of iudgement loke not out right thinges for vs but speake fayre wordes vnto vs loke out errours 11 Get you out of this way depart out of this path and turne the holy one of Israel from vs. 12 Wherefore thus saith the holy one of Israel Because your heartes ryse against this word and because you trust in wrong dealing and peruerse iudgement and put your confidence therin 13 Therfore shall ye haue this mischiefe for your destruction and fall like as an hye wall that falleth because of some rift or blast whose breakyng commeth sodainly 14
rusty with the fatnesse and blood of lambes and goates with the fatnesse of the kidneys of weathers For the Lord shall kyll a great offering in Bozra and a great slaughter in the lande of Idumea 7 There shall the vnicornes fall with them and the bulles with the giauntes and their lande shal be throughly soked with blood and their grounde corrupt with fatnesse 8 For it is the day of Gods vengeaunce and the yere of recompence for the reuenge of Sion 9 And his fluddes shal be turned to pitch and his earth to brimstone and therewith shall the lande be kindled 10 So that it shall not be quenched day nor nyght but smoke euermore and so foorth lye waste and no man shall go through it for euer 11 But Pellicanes Storkes great Owles and Rauens shall haue it in possession and dwell therin for God shall spreade out the line of desolation vpon it and the stones of emptinesse 12 Her nobles shall call and there is no kyngdome and all her princes shal be nothyng 13 Thornes shall growe in their palaces nettles thistles in their strong holdes that the dragons may haue their pleasure therin and that they may be a court for Estriches 14 There shall straunge visures monsterous beastes meete one another and the wylde kepe company together there shall the Lamia lye and haue her lodgyng 15 There shall the Owle make her nest builde be there at home bryng foorth her young ones there shall the Kytes come together eche one to his lyke 16 Seke through the booke of the Lorde and reade it there shall none of these thynges be left out there shall not one nor such lyke fayle for his mouth commaundeth and that same doth his spirite gather together or fulfyll 17 He hath cast the lot for them and to those beastes hath his hande deuided it by the line therfore those shall possesse it for euer from generation to generation shall they dwell therin ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter 1 Of the tyme and kyngdome of Christe 1 BVt the desert wildernesse shall reioyce the waste ground shall be glad and florishe as the Lilie 2 She shall florishe pleasauntly and be ioyfull and euer be geuing thankes more and more For the glorie of Libanus the beautie of Charmel and Saron shal be geuen her These shall knowe the honour of the Lorde the maiestie of our God 3 And therfore strength the weake handes and comfort the feeble knees 4 Say vnto them that are of a fearfull heart be of good cheare and feare not beholde your God commeth to take vengeaunce and you shall see the rewarde that God geueth God commeth his owne selfe and wyll delyuer you 5 Then shall the eyes of the blynde be lyghtened and the eares of the deaffe opened 6 Then shall the lame men leape as an Hart the dumbe mans tongue shall geue thankes for in the wildernesse there shall welles spryng and fluddes of water in the desert 7 The drye grounde shal turne to riuers and the thirstie to sprynges of water wheras dragons dwelt afore there shal growe sweete flowres greene russhes 8 There shal be foote pathes common streetes this shal be called the holy way no vncleane person shall go through it for the Lorde hym selfe shall go with them that way and the wayfayrer nor ignoraunt shall not erre 9 There shal be no lion no rauishyng beastes shall come therin nor be there but men redeemed shall go there free and safe 10 And the redeemed of the Lorde I say shall conuert and come to Sion with thankesgeuyng euerlastyng ioy shall they haue pleasure and gladnesse shal be among them and as for all sorowe and heauinesse it shall vanishe The .xxxvj. Chapter 1 Hierusalem is besieged by Sennacherib in the tyme of kyng Hezekias 1 IN the foureteenth yere of king Hezekias came Sennacherib kyng of the Assyrians downe to lay siege vnto all the strong cities of Iuda to conquer them 2 And the kyng of the Assyrians sent Rabsakeh from Lachis towarde Hierusalem agaynst Hezekias with an exceedyng hoast which set hym by the conduite of the ouer poole in the way that goeth through the fullers lande 3 And so there came foorth vnto hym Eliakim Helkias sonne the chiefe ouer the householde Sobâ—a the scribe and Ioah Asaphs sonne the secretarie 4 And Rabsakeh sayde vnto them Tell Hezekia that the great kyng saith thus vnto hym What presumption is this that thou trustest vnto 5 I sayde surely that thou trustest in vayne wordes when counsayle and strength are necessarie to battayle but nowe wherto trustest thou that thou rebellest agaynst me 6 Lo thou puttest thy trust in a broken staffe of reede I meane Egypt which he that leaneth vpon it goeth into his hande and shooteth it through euen so is Pharao the kyng of Egypt vnto all them that trust in hym 7 But if thou wouldest say vnto me We trust in the Lorde our God Is not he that God whose hygh places aulters Hezekia toke downe and commaunded Iuda and Hierusalem to worship only before this aulter 8 Nowe therfore deliuer hostages that thou rebell no more agaynst my Lorde the kyng of the Assyrians and I wyll geue thee two thousande horses yf thou be able to set men vpon them 9 Howe darest thou resist the power of the smallest prince that my Lorde hath howe darest thou trust in the charrets and horsemen of Egypt 10 Moreouer thinkest thou that I am come vp hyther to destroy this lande without the Lordes wyll The Lorde sayd vnto me Go vp agaynst this lande and destroy it 11 Then sayd Eliakim Sobna Ioah vnto Rabsakeh Speake to vs thy seruauntes we pray thee in the Syrians language for we vnderstande it well and speake not to vs in the Iewes tongue lest the folke heare which lyeth vpon the wall 12 Then aunswered Rabsakeh Hath my maister sent me to speake this only to thy maister and thee hath he not sent me to them also that lye vpon the wall that they may be compelled to eate their owne dunge and drinke their owne stale with you 13 And Rabsakeh stoode stiffe and cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes tongue and sayde Nowe take heede howe the great kyng of the Assyrians geueth you warnyng 14 Thus saith the kyng Let not Hezekia deceaue you for he shall not be able to deliuer you 15 Moreouer let not Hezekia comfort you in the Lorde when he saith The Lorde without doubt shall defende vs and shall not geue ouer this citie into the handes of the king of the Assyrians 16 Hearken not to Hezekia for thus saith the kyng of Assyria Obtayne my fauour encline to me so may euery man enioy his vineyardes and figge trees and drynke the water of his cesterne 17 Vnto the tyme that I come my selfe and bryng you into a lande that is lyke your owne wherin is wheate wine which is both sowen with
wyll make a newe couenaunt with the house of Israel and the house of Iuda 32 Not after the couenaunt that I made with their fathers when I toke them by the hande and led them out of the lande of Egypt which couenaunt they brake yea euen when I as an husbande had rule ouer them saith the Lorde 33 But this shal be the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes saith the Lorde I wyll plant my lawe in the inwarde partes of them and write it in their heartes and wyll be their God and they shal be my people 34 And from thencefoorth shall no man teache his neighbour or his brother and say Knowe the Lorde but they shal all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest saith the Lorde for I wyll forgeue their misdeedes and wyll neuer remember their sinnes any more 35 Thus saith the Lorde which gaue the sunne to be a lyght for the day and the moone and the starres to shine in the night whiche moueth the sea so that the fluddes thereof waxe fierce his name is the Lorde of hoastes 36 Like as this ordinaunce shall neuer be taken out of my sight saith the Lord so shall the seede of Israel neuer ceasse but alway be a people before me 37 Moreouer thus saith the Lord Like as the heauen aboue can not be measured and as the foundations of the earth beneath may not be sought out so will I also not cast out the whole seede of Israel for that they haue committed saith the Lorde 38 Beholde the dayes come saith the Lorde that the citie of the Lorde shal be enlarged from the towre of Hananeel vnto the gate of the corner wall 39 From thence shall the right measure be taken before her vnto the hyll toppe of Gareb and shall come about Gaath 40 And the whole valley of the dead carkasses and of the asshes and all the fieldes vnto the brooke of Cedron and vnto the corner of the horse gate towarde the east it shal be holy vnto the Lorde and shall neuer be broken nor cast downe any more ¶ The .xxxii. Chapter 1 Ieremie is cast into pryson because he prophecied that the citie shoulde be taken of the kyng of Babylon 7 By the fielde that Ieremie bought at the commaundement of the Lorde is signified that the people should come agayne to their owne possession 38 The people of God are his seruauntes and he is their Lorde 40 To feare God is Gods gyft to the entent that sinnes may be eschewed 1 THese wordes spake the Lorde vnto Ieremie in the tenth yere of Zedekias king of Iuda whiche was the eyghteenth yere of Nabuchodonozor 2 What tyme as the kyng of Babylons hoast layde siege vnto Hierusalem but Ieremie the prophete lay bounde in the court of the pryson whiche was in the kyng of Iudaes house 3 Where Zedekias the kyng of Iuda caused hym to be layde because he had prophecied on this maner Thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll deliuer this citie into the handes of the kyng of Babylon whiche shall take it 4 As for Zedekias the kyng of Iuda he shall not be able to escape the Chaldees but surely he shall come into the handes of the king of Babylon whiche shall speake with him mouth to mouth and one of them shall looke another in the face 5 And Zedekias shal be caryed vnto Babylon and there shall he be vntyll the tyme that I visite hym saith the Lorde but if thou takest in hande to fight against the Chaldees thou shalt not prosper 6 And Ieremie saide Thus hath the Lorde spoken vnto me 7 Beholde Hananeel the sonne of Sellum thine vncles sonne shall come vnto thee and require thee to redeeme the lande that lyeth in Anathoth vnto thy selfe for by reason of kinred it is thy right to redeeme it and bye it out 8 And Hananeel myne vncles sonne came to me in the court of the pryson according to the word of the Lord and sayde vnto me Bye my lande I pray thee that lieth in Anathoth in the countrey of Beniamin for by heritage thou hast right to loose it out for thy selfe therfore redeeme it Then I perceaued that this was the cōmaundement the Lorde 9 And so I bought the lande from Hanaeel of Anathoth myne vncles sonne and wayed hym there the money euen seuen sicles and ten syluer pence 10 And I writ it in a booke and sealed it and toke witnesses and wayed hym there the money vpon the waightes 11 So I toke the euidence with the copie when it was orderly sealed and read it ouer 12 And I gaue the euidence to Baruch the sonne of Neriah the sonne of Maasiah in the sight of Hananeel my cosin and in the presence of the witnesses that be named in the euidence and before all the Iewes that were thereby in the court of the pryson 13 I charged Baruch also before them saying 14 The Lord of hoastes the God of Israel commaundeth thee to take this sealed euidence with the copie and to lay it in the earthen vessell that it may long continue 15 For the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel hath determined that houses fieldes and vineyardes shal be possessed agayne in this lande 16 Nowe when I had deliuered the euidence vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah I besought the Lorde saying 17 O Lorde God it is thou that hast made heauen and earth with thy great power and hye arme and there is nothing hid from thee 18 Thou shewest mercy vpon thousandes thou recompensest the wickednesse of the fathers into the bosome of the chyldren that come after them 19 Thou art the great and mightie God whose name is the Lorde of hoastes great in counsel and excellent in worke thyne eyes looke vpon all the wayes of mens chyldren to rewarde euery one after his way and according to the fruites of his inuentions 20 Thou hast done great tokens and wonders in the lande of Egypt as we see this day vpon the people of Israel and vpon those men to make thy name great as it is come to passe this day 21 Thou hast brought thy people of Israel out of the lande of Egypt with tokens with wonders with a mightie hande with a stretched out arme and with great terriblenesse 22 And hast geuen them this lande like as thou haddest promised vnto their fathers namely that thou wouldest geue them a lande that floweth with mylke and honye 23 Nowe when they came therein and possessed it they folowed not thy voyce and walked not in thy lawe but all that thou commaundedst them to do that haue they not done and therefore come all these plagues vpon them 24 Beholde there are bulwarkes made nowe against this citie to take it and it shal be wonne of the Chaldees that besiege it with sworde with hunger and death and looke what thou hast spoken that same shall come vpon
princes sent Iehudi the sonne of Nathaniah the sonne of Selemiah the sonne of Chusi vnto Baruch saying Take in thine hande the booke whereout thou hast read before all the people come So Baruch the sonne of Neriah toke the booke in his hande and came vnto them 15 And they sayd vnto him Sit downe and reade the booke that we may heare also So Baruch read that they might heare 16 Nowe when they had hearde all the wordes they were abashed one vpon another and sayde vnto Baruch We will certifie the king of al these wordes 17 And they examined Baruch saying Tell vs howe diddest thou write all these wordes out of his mouth 18 Then Baruch aunswered them He spake all these wordes vnto me with his mouth and I wrote them in the booke 19 Then sayd the princes vnto Baruch Go thy way hide thee with Ieremie so that no man knowe where ye be 20 And they went in to the kyng to the court but they kept the booke in the chaumber of Elizama the scribe and tolde the kyng all the wordes that he might heare 21 So the kyng sent Iehudi to fet hym the booke which he brought out of Elizama the scribes chaumber and Iehudi read in it that the king and all the princes whiche were about hym might heare 22 Nowe the kyng sate in the winter house for it was in the ninth moneth and there was a fire before hym 23 And when Iehudi had read three or foure leaues therof he cut the booke in peeces with a penknife and cast it into the fire vpon the harth vntill the booke was al brent in the fire vpon the harth 24 Yet no man was abashed therof nor rent his clothes neither the kyng hym selfe nor his seruauntes though they hearde all these wordes 25 Neuerthelesse Elnathan Dalaiah and Gamariah besought the kyng that he woulde not burne the booke notwithstanding the kyng woulde not heare them 26 But commaunded Ierahmel the sonne of Amelech Saraiah the sonne of Ezriel and Selemiah the sonne of Abdeel to lay handes vpon Baruch the scribe and vpon Ieremie the prophete but the Lorde kept them out of sight 27 Nowe after that the kyng had brent the booke and the sermons which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Ieremie the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ieremie saying 28 Take another booke and write in it all the foresayde sermons that were written in the first booke whiche Iehoakim the kyng of Iuda hath brent 29 And tell Iehoakim the kyng of Iuda thus saith the Lorde Thou hast brent the booke and thoughtest within thy selfe Why hast thou written therin that the kyng of Babylon shall come and make this lande waste so that he shall make both people and cattell to be out of it 30 Therefore thus the Lorde saith of Iehoakim the kyng of Iuda There shall none of his generation sit vpon the throne of Dauid his dead coarse shal be cast out that the heate of the day and the frost of the night may come vppon hym 31 And I wyll visite the wickednesse of hym of his seede and of his seruauntes Moreouer all the euyll that I haue promised them though they hearde me not wyll I bryng vpon them vpon the inhabitours of Hierusalem and vpon all Iuda 32 Then toke Ieremie another booke and gaue it Baruch the scribe the sonne of Neriah which wrote therin out of the mouth of Hieremie all the sermons that were in the first booke which Iehoakim the kyng of Iuda did burne and there were added vnto them many mo sermons lyke vnto the former ¶ The .xxxvij. Chapter 1 Zedekia succeedeth Cononiah 3 he sendeth vnto Ieremie to pray for hym 12 Ieremie goyng into the lande of Beniamin is taken 15 he is beaten and put in prison 17 he is deliuered by kyng Zedekia 1 ZEdekia the sonne of Iosiah which was made kyng through Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon raigned in the lande of Iuda in the stead of Cononiah the sonne of Iehoakim 2 But neither he nor his seruauntes nor the people in his lande woulde obey the wordes of the Lorde which he spake by the prophete Ieremie 3 Neuerthelesse Zedekia the king sent Iehucall the sonne of Selemiah and Sophoniah the sonne of Maasiah the priest to the prophete Ieremie saying O pray thou vnto the Lorde our God for vs. 4 Nowe Ieremie walked free among the people at that tyme and was not put in prison as yet 5 Pharaos hoast also was come out of Egypt which when the Chaldees which besieged Hierusalem perceaued they departed from thence 6 Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto the prophete Ieremie saying 7 Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel This aunswere shal ye geue to the king of Iuda that sent you vnto me for counsayle Beholde Pharaos hoast which is come foorth to helpe you shal returne into Egypt into his owne lande 8 But the Chaldees shall come agayne and fight agaynst this citie winne it and set fire vpon it 9 For thus saith the Lorde Deceaue not your owne myndes thynkyng on this maner Tushe the Chaldees go nowe their way from vs No they shall not go their way 10 For though ye had slayne the whole hoast of the Chaldees that besiege you and that none remayned of them but wounded men yet shoulde they stande vp and set fire vpon this citie 11 Nowe when the hoast of the Chaldees was broken vp from Hierusalem for feare of the Egyptians armie 12 Ieremie went out of Hierusalem towarde the lande of Beniamin to get hym from among the people 13 And when he came vnder Beniamins port there was a porter called Ieriah the sonne of Selemiah the sonne of Hananiah which fell vpon hym and toke hym saying Thy mynde is to runne to the Chaldees 14 Then sayde Ieremie It is not so I go not to the Chaldees Neuerthelesse Ieriah woulde not beleue hym but brought Ieremie bounde before the princes 15 Wherfore the princes were angry with Ieremie smote hym and layde hym in prison in the house of Ionathan the scribe for they had made that house the prison 16 Thus was Hieremie put into a dungeon and prison and so lay there a long tyme. 17 Then Zedekia the kyng sent for him and called hym and asked hym quietly in his owne house saying Thinkest thou this businesse that nowe is in hande commeth of the Lorde Ieremie aunswered Yea that it doth and thou sayde he shalt be deliuered into the kyng of Babylons power 18 Moreouer Ieremie sayde vnto king Zedekia What haue I offended agaynst thee agaynst thy seruauntes or agaynst this people that ye haue put me in prison 19 Where are your prophetes which haue prophecied vnto you and sayde That the king of Babylon shoulde not come agaynst you and this lande 20 And therfore heare nowe O my Lorde the kyng let my prayer be accepted before thee and sende me no more into the house of Ionathan the scribe that I dye
earth with all that is therin shal reioyce ouer Babylon when the destroyers shal come vpon her from the north saith the Lorde 49 Like as Babylon hath beaten downe and slayne many out of Israel so shall there fall many and be slayne in all her kingdome 50 Ye that haue escaped the sworde haste you stande not styl remember the Lord a farre of and thynke vpon Hierusalem 51 For we are ashamed to heare the blasphemies our faces were couered with shame because the straunge aliauntes came into the sanctuarie of the Lorde 52 Wherfore beholde saith the Lorde the tyme commeth that I wyll visite the images of Babylon and through the whole lande they shall mourne and fall 53 Though Babylon clymed vp into heauen and kept her power on hye yet shall I sende her destroyers saith the Lorde 54 A piteous crye shal be hearde from Babylon and a great miserie from the lande of the Chaldees 55 When the Lorde destroyeth Babylon wheÌ„ he driueth out the high stomacke and proude boastyng wherwith they haue ben as furious as the waues of the great water fluds and made great crakes with their wordes 56 For the destroyers shall come vpon her euen vpon Babylon which shall take their worthies and breake their bowes for the God of recompence euen the Lorde shall sufficiently recompence them 57 Yea saith the Lorde I wyll make their princes their wisemen their chiefe rulers their nobles and their worthies drunken so that they shall sleepe an euerlastyng sleepe and neuer wake thus saith the kyng whose name is the Lorde of hoastes 58 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde of hoastes The thicke wall of Babylon shal be broken and her hye gates shal be burnt vp the thyng that the Gentiles the people haue wrought with great trauayle labour shall come to naught and be consumed in the fire 59 This is the charge that Ieremie the prophete gaue vnto Saraiah the sonne of Neriah the sonne of Maasiah when he went towarde Babylon with Zedekiah the kyng of Iuda in the fourth yere of his raigne nowe this Saraiah was a peaceable prince 60 Ieremie wrote in a booke al the miserie that shoulde come vpon Babylon yea and all these sermons that be written agaynst Babylon 61 And gaue Saraiah this charge When thou commest vnto Babylon see that thou reade these wordes 62 And say O Lord thou art determined to roote out this place so that neither people nor cattell shall dwell there any more but to lye waste for euer 63 And when thou hast read out the booke bynde a stone to it and cast it in the middest of Euphrates 64 And say Euen thus shall Babylon sincke be thrust downe with the burthen of trouble that I wyll bryng vpon her so that she shall neuer come vp agayne Thus farre are the preachynges of Ieremie The .lij. Chapter 1 He repeateth the takyng of Zedekiah 4 Hierusalem is taken of the Chaldees 10 Zedekias sonnes are kylled before his face and his eyes put out 13 The citie is burned 14 The temple is spoyled and robbed 25 They that were left in Hierusalem are caryed to Babylon 31 Kyng Iehoakim is brought foorth of prison and fed like a kyng 1 ZEdekiah was one and twentie yeres olde wheÌ„ he was made king and raigned eleuen yeres in HierusaleÌ„ his mothers name was Hamutal Ieremies daughter of Libna 2 He liued wickedly before the Lorde euen as Iehoakim did 3 For the Lorde was angry at Hierusalem and Iuda so long tyll he had cast them out of his presence and Zedekiah fell from the kyng of Babylon 4 But in the ninth yere of his raigne in the tenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth it happened that Nabuchodonozor the king of Babylon with all his hoast came before Hierusalem and besieged it and made bulwarkes rounde about it 5 And this besiegyng of the citie endured vnto the eleuenth yere of kyng Zedekiah 6 And in the fourth moneth the ninth day of the moneth there was a great hunger in the citie that there were no more victuals for the people of the lande 7 So all the souldiers brake away and fled out of the citie by night through the way of the port betweene the two walles by the kynges garden Nowe the Chaldees had compassed the citie rounde about yet went these men their way through the wildâ—rnesse 8 And so the Chaldees folowed vpon them and toke Zedekiah the kyng in the fielde of Iericho when his hoast was runne from hym 9 So they caryed the kyng away prisoner to Reblath vnto the kyng of Babylon in the lande of Hemath where he gaue iudgement vpon hym 10 The kyng of Babylon also caused Zedekias sonnes to be slayne before his face yea and put all the princes of Iuda to death at Reblath 11 Moreouer he put out the eyes of Zedekiah caused hym to be bounde with two chaynes to be caryed vnto Babylon and let him lye in prison tyl he dyed 12 Nowe the tenth day of the fifth moneth in the nineteenth yere of Nabuchodonozor kyng of Babylon Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne and the kyng of Babylons seruauntes came vnto Hierusalem 13 And burnt vp the house of the Lorde he burnt vp also the kynges palace all the houses and all the gorgeous buildinges in Hierusalem 14 And the whole hoast of the Chaldees that were with the chiefe captayne brake downe all the walles of Hierusalem rounde about 15 As for the poore people and such folke as was yet left in the citie which also were fallen to the kyng of Babylon yea and what people as yet remayned Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne caryed them away prisoners 16 But the poore people of the countrey did Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne leaue in the lande to occupie the vineyardes and fieldes 17 The Chaldees also brake the brasen pyllers that were in the house of the Lord yea the seate and the brasen lauer that was in the house of the Lorde and caryed all the mettall of them vnto Babylon 18 They toke away also the chalderns shouels fleshhokes sprinklers spoones and all the brasen vessels that was occupied in the seruice 19 With the basons cole pannes sprinklers pottes candlestickes spoones and cuppes wherof some were of golde and some of siluer 20 The chiefe captayne toke also the two pillers the lauer the twelue brasen bullockes that stoode vnder the seat which king Solomon made in the house of the Lorde and all the vessels conteyned so much mettal that it might not be waied 21 For euery piller was eyghteene cubites hye and the rope that went about it was twelue cubites and foure fingers thicke and rounde 22 Nowe vpon the rope were brasen knoppes and euery knoppe was fiue cubites hye and vpon the knoppes were hoopes and pomgranates round about of cleane brasse 23 After this maner were both the pillers fashioned with y e pomgranates wherof there were an hundred ninetie and sixe which hanged vpon the hoopes rounde
opened I my mouth and beholde he reached me a full cuppe which was full as it were with water but the colour of it was lyke fire 40 And I toke it and dranke And when I had drunken it my heart had vnderdandyng and wisdome grewe in my brest for my spirite was strenthened in remembraunce 41 And my mouth was opened and shut no more 42 The hyest gaue vnderstandyng vnto the fyue men that they wrote the hye thynges of the nyght which they vnderstoode not 43 But in the nyght they dyd eate bread as for me I spake in the day and helde not my tongue by nyght 44 In fourtie dayes they wrote two hundred and foure bookes 45 And it came to passe when the fourtie dayes were fulfylled that the hyest spake saying The first that thou hast written publishe openly that the worthy and vnworthy may reade it 46 But kepe the seuentie last that thou mayest deliuer them only to such as be wise among thy people 47 For in them is the spring of vnderstandyng the fountayne of wisdome and the streame of knowledge 48 And I dyd so The .xv. Chapter 1 The prophecie of Esdras is certayne 5 The euils that shall come on the worlde 9 The Lord wyll auenge the innocent blood 12 Egypt shall lament 16 Sedition 20 and punishment vpon the kynges of the earth 24 Cursed are they that sinne 29 Troubles warres vpon the whole earth 53 God is the reuenger of his elect 1 BEholde speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I wyll put in thy mouth sayth the Lorde 2 And cause them to be written in a letter for it is the trueth 3 Feare not the imaginations agaynst thee Let not the vnfaythfulnesse of them trouble thee that speake agaynst thee 4 For all the vnfaythfull shall dye in their vnfaythfulnesse 5 Beholde saith the Lorde I will bring plagues vpon the worlde the sworde hunger death and destruction 6 For wickednesse hath the vpper hande in all the earth and their shamefull workes are fulfylled 7 Therfore sayth the Lorde 8 I wyll holde my tongue no more of their wickednesse which they do so vngodly neither wyll I suffer them in the thynges that they deale withall so wickedly Beholde the innocent and ryghteous blood cryeth vnto me and the soules of the iust complaine continually 9 And therfore sayth the Lorde I wyll surely auenge and receaue vnto me all the innocent blood from among them 10 Beholde my people is led as a flocke of sheepe to be slayne I wyll not suffer them nowe to dwell in the lande of Egypt 11 But wyll bryng them out with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and smite it with plagues as afore and wyll destroy all the lande of it 12 Egypt shall mourne and the foundations of it shal be smitten with the plague and punishment that God shall bryng vpon it 13 They that tyll the grounde shall mourne for their seedes shal be destroyed through the blastyng and hayle and by an horrible starre 14 Wo worth the worlde and them that dwell therin 15 For the sworde and their destruction draweth nye and one people shal stande vp to fyght agaynst another swordes in their handes 16 For men shal be vnstedfast and some shall do violence vnto other they shall not regarde their kyng and the princes shall measure the way of their doinges by their power 17 A man shall desire to go into a citie and shall not be able 18 For because of their pride the cities shal be troubled the houses shall tremble and men shal be afrayde 19 A man shall haue no pitie vpon his neyghbour but shall destroy their houses with the sword and spoyle their goodes because of the hunger of bread and because of the great trouble 20 Beholde sayth God I call together all the kynges of the earth to reuerence me which are from the vprisyng from the south from the east and Libanus to turne vpon them and restore the thynges that they haue done to them 21 Lyke as they do yet this day vnto my chosen so wyll I do also and recompence them in their bosome Thus saith the Lorde God 22 My ryght hande shall not spare the sinners and my sworde shall not ceasse ouer them that shed the innocent blood vpon earth 23 The fire is gone out from his wrath hath consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners lyke the strawe that is kyndled 24 Wo worth them that sinne and kepe not my commaundementes sayth the Lorde 25 I wyll not spare them Go your way ye children from the power defile not my sanctuarie 26 For the Lorde knoweth all them that sinne agaynst him therfore deliuereth he them vnto death and destruction 27 For nowe are the plagues come vpon the worlde and ye shall remayne in them For God shall not deliuer you because ye haue sinned agaynst hym 28 Beholde an horrible vision commeth from the east 29 Where generations of dragons of Arabia shal come out with many charettes the multitude of them shal be caryed as the wynde vpon earth that all they which heare them may feare tremble 30 Euen the Carmanies raging in wrath shall go foorth as the wylde boores of the forrest and with great power shall they come and stande fyghtyng with them and shall waste a portion of the lande of the Assyrians 31 And then shall the dragons haue the vpper hande and remembring their nature shall turne about conspiryng together in great power to persecute thē 32 Then these shal be troubled and kepe scilence in their power and shall flee 33 And from the lande of the Assyrians shall the enemie besiege them and consume some of them and in their hoast shal be feare and dread and strife among their kynges 34 Beholde cloudes from the east and from the north vnto the south and they are very horrible to loke vpon full of wrath and storme 35 They shall smite one vpon another and they shal smite downe a great multitude of starres vpon the earth euen their owne starre and the blood shal be from the sworde vnto the belly 36 And the doung of man vnto the Camels litter 37 And there shal be great fearfulnesse and tremblyng vpon earth and they that see the wrath shal be afraide and a tremblyng shall come vpon them 38 And then shal there come great raynes from the south and from the north and part from the west 39 And strong wyndes shall aryse from the east and shall open it and the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre stirred to cause feare towarde the east and west wind shal be destroyed 40 The great cloudes shal be lift vp and the mightie cloudes full of wrath and the starre that they may make all the earth afrayde and them that dwell therin and that they may powre out ouer euery high place an horrible starre 41 Fire and hayle and fleing
multitude in the wildernesse there was insurrection but thy wrath endured not long 21 For the blamelesse man went in all the haste and toke the battayle vpon hym brought foorth the weapon of his ministration euen prayer and the reconciliation of incense set hym selfe against the wrath and so brought the miserie to an ende declaring therby that he was thy seruaunt 22 For he ouercame not the multitude with bodyly power or force of weapons but with the word he subdued him that vexed alleaging the oth and couenaunt made vnto the fathers 23 For when the dead were fallen downe by heapes one vpon another he stoode in the middest pacified the wrath and parted the way that it might not come to the liuing 24 And why in his long garment was all the beautie and in the foure rowes of the stones was the glory of the fathers grauen and thy maiestie was wrytten in the crowne of his head 25 Vnto these the destroyer gaue place and was afrayde of them for it was inough that they onlye tasted of the wrath ¶ The .xix. Chapter 1 The death of the Egyptians and the great ioy of the Hebrues 11 The meate that was geuen at the desire of the people 17 All the elementes serue to the will of God 1 AS for the vngodly the wrath came vpō them without mercy vnto the ende for he knewe before what shoulde happen vnto them 2 How that when they had consented to let them go and had sent them out with great diligence they would repent and folowe vpon them 3 For whyles they were yet mourning and making lamentation by the graues of the dead they deuised another foolishnesse so that they persecuted them in their fleeing whom they had cast out afore with prayer 4 For the necessitie whiche they had deserued brought them vnto this ende and made them forget the thinges that had already happened that they might by tormentes fulfill their punishment whiche remayned 5 And that thy people might trye a marueylous passage and these might fynde a straunge death 6 For euery creature in his kynde was fashioned agayne of newe seruyng the peculiar offices as was commaunded them that thy children myght be kept without hurt 7 For the cloude ouershadowed their tentes and the drye earth appeared where afore was water so that in the red sea there was a way without impediment and the great deepe became a greene fielde 8 Wherthrough all the people went that were defended with thy hande seyng thy marueylous straunge wonders 9 For as the horses ryght so they neyed and leaped lyke lambes praysyng thee O Lord which hadst deliuered them 10 And why they were yet myndefull of the thynges that were done whyle they dwelt in the straunge lande howe the grounde brought foorth flies in steade of cattell and howe the riuer scrawled with the multitude of frogges in steade of fisshes 11 But at the last they sawe a newe generation of birdes what tyme as they were stirred with lust and desired delicate meates 12 For why the quayles came vp to them from the sea for their comfort but punishmentes came vpon the sinners not without the signes which came before to passe by vehemencie of the thicke lyghtnynges For they suffered worthyly accordyng to their wickednesse because they dealt so churlishly with an hate of straungers 13 For some would not receaue men that came vnto them and were vnknowen and some brought the straungers into bondage that dyd them good 14 Nor only so but yf they had ben any where regarded they coulde not suffer it for they entreated straungers very dispitefully 15 Others that had receaued them with great solempnitie when they were admitted vnto their societie they afflicted them with greeuous labours 16 Therfore were they stricken with blindnesse like as when they that were couered with sodayne darknesse at the doores of the ryghteous sought euery one of them the entraunce of his doores 17 Thus the elementes beyng chaunged agreed among them selues lyke as when tunes are chaunged vpon an instrument of musicke and yet kepe styll a melodie which may easyly be perceaued by the syght of the thynges that are come to passe 18 For the earthy thynges were turned into waterie and the thyng that before swamme in the water nowe went vpon the grounde 19 The fire had power in the water forgetting his owne vertue and the water forgat his owne kynde to quenche the fire 20 Agayne the flambes hurted not the fleshe of the corruptible liuing thynges though they walked therin neither melted they that isie kynde of immortall meate that was of nature apt to melt 21 For in all thynges hast thou promoted thy people O Lord and brought them to honour thou hast not dispised them but alway and in all places hast thou stande by them VV. C. The ende of the booke of wisdome ⧠The booke of Iesus the sonne of Sirach which is called in latine Ecclesiasticus The prologue of Iesus the sonne of Sirach vnto his booke MAny and great men haue declared wisdome vnto vs out of the lawe out of the prophetes and out of other that folowed them in the which thynges Israel ought to be cōmended by the reason of doctrine and wisdome Therfore they that haue it and reade it shoulde not only them selues be wise therthrough but serue other also with teachyng and writyng After that my graundefather Iesus had geuen diligent labour to reade the lawe the prophetes and other bookes that were left vs of our fathers and had well exercised hym selfe therin he purposed also to write some thyng of wisdome and good maners to the intent that they which were wyllyng to learne and to be wise myght haue the more vnderstandyng and be the more apt to leade a good conuersation Wherfore I exhort you to receaue it louyngly to reade it with diligence and to take it in good worth though our wordes be not so eloquent as the famous oratours For the thyng that is written in the Hebrue tongue soundeth not so well when it is translated into another speache Not only this booke of myne but also the lawe the prophetes and other bookes sounde farre otherwise then they do when they are spoken in their owne language Nowe in the thirtie and eyght yere when I came into Egypt in the tyme of Ptolomie Euerges and continued there a long season I founde bookes there left full of great and profounde learnyng Wherfore I thought it good and necessarie to bestowe my diligence and trauayle to interprete this booke And consideryng that I had tyme I laboured and dyd my best to perfourme this booke and to bryng it vnto lyght that the straungers also which are disposed to learne myght apply them selues vnto good maners and lyue accordyng to the lawe of the Lorde The first Chapter 1 Wisdome commeth of God 11 A prayse of the feare of God 29 The meanes to come by wisdome
vndertaken compendiously to bring into one booke the thinges that were comprehended of him in fyue 24 For we considering the multitude of the bookes and howe hard it shoulde be for them that woulde meddle with stories and actes and that because of so diuers matters 25 Haue vndertaken so to comprehend the stories that such as are disposed to reade might haue pleasure and pastime therin and that they which are diligent in such thinges might the better thinke vpon them yea and that whosoeuer reade them might haue profite therby 26 Neuerthelesse we our selues that haue medled with this matter for the shortening of it haue taken no small labour but great diligence watchinges and trauayle 27 Like as they that make a feast would fayne do other men pleasure euen so we also for many mens sakes are very well content to take the labour 28 Where as we may shortly comprehend the thinges that other men haue truely written 29 For he that buyldeth an house anewe must prouide for many thinges to the whole buylding but he that paynteth it afterward seketh but only that is comely meete and conuenient to garnishe it withall 30 Euen so do we also in like maner And why He that beginneth fyrst to wryte a storie must with his vnderstanding gather the matter together set his wordes in order and diligently seke out euery part 31 But he that afterwarde will shorten it vseth fewe wordes and toucheth not the matter at the largest Let this be sufficient for a prologue 32 Now will we begin to shew the matter for it is but a foolishe thing to make a long prologue and to be short in the storie it selfe The .iii. Chapter 1 Of the honour done vnto the temple by the kinges of the gentiles 6 Simon vttereth what treasure is in the temple 9 Heliodorus is sent to take them away 26 He is striken of God and healed at the prayer of Onias 1 WHat time as the holy citie was inhabited in all peace and wealth and when the lawes were yet very well kept for so was it ordeyned thorowe the godlinesse of Onias the hye prieste and other godly men that were enemies to wickednesse 2 It came therto that euen the kinges and princes them selues dyd the place great worship and garnished the temple with great giftes 3 Insomuch that Seleucus king of Asia of his owne rentes bare all the coastes belonging to the seruice of the offringes 4 Then Simon of the tribe of Beniamin ruler of the temple vpon a variaunce risen betweene him the hygh priest for wickednesse that was done in the citie 5 For that he could not ouercome Onias he gat him to Apollonius the sonne of Thrasia which then was chiefe Lorde in Celosyria and Phemces 6 And tolde hym that the treasurie in Hierusalem was full of innumerable money how that the common goodes whiche belongeth not vnto the offeringes were exceeding great also yea and howe it were possible that all these might come vnder the kinges power 7 Now when Apollonius had shewed the king of the money as it was tolde him the king called for Heliodorus his treasurer and sent him with a commaundement to bring him the same money 8 Immediatly Heliodorus toke his iourney but vnder a colour as though he woulde go thorowe Celosyria and Phenices to visite the cities but his purpose was to fulfill the kinges pleasure 9 So when he came to Hierusalem and was louingly receaued of the hye priest into the citie he tolde what was determined concerning the money and shewed the cause of his comming he asked also if it were so in deede 10 Then the hye priest tolde hym that there was such money layed vp for the vpholding of wydowes and fatherlesse children 11 And how that a certayne of it belonged vnto Hyrcanus the sonne of Tobias a noble man that of all the money and not as that wicked Simon had reported there were foure hundreth talentes of siluer and two hundred of golde 12 Yea that it were vnpossible for those mens meaning to be disceaued that had put assured confidence in the holinesse of the place in the maiestie vndoubted safetie of the temple whiche is had in worship thorowe the whole worlde for the mayntenaunce and honour of the same 13 Whervnto Heliodorus aunswered that the king had commaunded hym in any wyse to bring hym the money 14 So at the day appoynted Heliodorus entred into the temple to order this matter wherefore there was no small feare throughout the whole citie 15 The priestes fell downe before the aulter in their vestmentes and called vnto heauen vpon hym whiche had made a lawe concerning stuffe geuen to kepe that they shoulde be safely preserued for such as commited them vnto keping 16 Then who so had loked the hye priest in the face it woulde haue greeued his heart for his countenaunce and the chaunging of his colour declared the inwarde sorowe of his mynde 17 The man was all in heauinesse and his body in feare whereby they that loked vpon him might perceaue the griefe of his heart 18 The other people also came out of their houses by heapes vnto the common prayer because the place was like to come into confusion 19 The women came together thorowe the streetes with heary clothes about their brestes the virgins also that were kept in ran to Onias some of them ran to the gates some vp vpon the walles other some loked out at the windowes 20 Yea they all helde vp their handes towarde heauen and prayed 21 A miserable thing was it to loke vpon the common people and the hie priest beyng in such trouble 22 But they besought almightie God that the goodes which were committed vnto them might be kept whole for those that had deliuered them vnto their keping 23 Neuerthelesse the thing that Heliodorus was determined to do that perfourmed he in the same place he hym selfe personally beyng about the treasurie with his men of warre 24 But the spirite of almightie God shewed him selfe openly so that al they which presumed to obey Heliodorus fel thorow the power of God into a great fearefulnesse and dread 25 For there appeared vnto them an horse with a terrible man sitting vpon him deckte in goodly aray and the horse smote at Heliodorus with his forefeete Nowe he that sate vpon the horse had harnesse of golde vpon him 26 Moreouer there appeared two fayre and beautifull young men of notable strength in goodly aray whiche stoode by him scourged him of both the sides and gaue hym many strypes without ceassing 27 With that fell Hiliodorus sodenly vnto the grounde so they toke him vp beyng compassed about with great darkenesse bare him out vpon a beere 28 Thus he that came with so many runners and men of warre into the sayde treasurie was borne out where as no man might helpe hym beyng destitute of harnesse and weapons and so the power of God was manifest knowen
This saith Amen the faythfull and true witnesse the begynnyng of the creatures of God 15 I knowe thy workes that thou arte neither colde nor hotte I woulde thou were colde or hotte 16 So thē because thou art luke warme and neither colde nor hotte I wyll spewe thee out of my mouth 17 Because thou sayest I am riche and increased with goodes and haue neede of nothyng knowest not howe that thou art wretched and miserable and poore and blynde and naked 18 I counsel thee to bye of me gold tryed in the fyre that thou mayest be riche and whyte rayment that thou mayest be clothed that thy fylthie nakednesse do not appeare and annoynt thyne eyes with eye salue that thou mayest see 19 As many as I loue I rebuke and chasten Be feruent therfore repent 20 Beholde I stande at the doore and knocke If any man heare my voyce and open the doore I wyll come in to hym and wyll suppe with hym and he with me 21 To hym that ouercommeth wyll I graunt to sitte with me in my throne euen as I ouercame and haue sitten with my father in his throne 22 Let hym y t hath an eare heare what the spirite sayth vnto the Churches ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 The vision of the maiestie of God 2 He seeth the throne and one syttyng vpon it 8 and .xxiiii. seates about it with .xxiiii. elders syttyng vppon them and foure beastes praysyng God day and nyght 1 AFter this I loked and beholde a doore was open in heauē and the first voyce which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me which saide Come vp hyther and I wyll shewethee thynges which must be fulfylled hereafter 2 And immediatly I was in the spirite and behold a throne was set in heauen and one sate on the throne 3 And he that sate was to loke vppon like vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardine stone and there was a raynebowe about the throne in sight like to an Emeralde 4 And about y e throne were .xxiiij. seates and vpon the seates .xxiiij. elders sitting clothed in whyte rayment and had on their heades crownes of golde 5 And out of the throne proceaded lightnynges and thundrynges and voyces and there were seuē lampes of fire burnyng before the throne whiche are the seuen spirites of God 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glasse lyke vnto cristall and in the myddest of the throne rounde about the throne were foure beastes full of eyes before and behynde 7 And the first beast was lyke a Lion and the seconde beast lyke a Calfe the thirde beast had a face as a Man and the fourth beast was like a fleyng Egle. 8 And the foure beastes had eche one of them sixe wynges about hym and they were full of eyes within and they had no rest day neither night saying Holy holy holy Lorde God almightie which was and is and is to come 9 And when those beastes gaue glorie and honour and thankes to hym that sate on the throne which lyueth for euer and euer 10 The xxiiij elders fell downe before him that sate on the throne and worshipped hym that lyueth for euer and cast their crownes before the throne saying 11 Thou art worthy O Lord to receaue glorie and honour and power for thou hast created all thynges and for thy pleasures sake they are were created ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 He seeth the lambe openyng the booke 8.14 and therfore the foure beastes the xxiiii elders and the angels prayse the lambe and do hym worship 9 for their redemption and other benefites 1 ANd I sawe in the right hande of hym that sate on the throne a booke written within and on the backe syde sealed with seuen seales 2 And I sawe a strong angell whiche preached with a loude voyce Who is worthy to open the booke and to loose the seales therof 3 And no man in heauen nor in earth neither vnder the earth was able to open the booke neither to loke theron 4 And I wept muche because no man was founde worthy to open to reade the booke neither to loke theron 5 And one of the elders sayde vnto me wepe not behold a Lion of the tribe of Iuda the roote of Dauid hath obteyned to open the booke and to loose the seuen seales therof 6 And I behelde and loe in the middes of the throne and of the foure beastes and in the middes of the elders stoode a lambe as though he had ben kylled hauyng seuen hornes seuen eyes whiche are the seuen spirites of God sent into all the worlde 7 And he came and toke the booke out of the right hande of him that sate vpon the throne 8 And when he had taken the booke the foure beastes and .xxiiij. elders fell downe before the lambe hauyng euery one of them harpes and golden vyals full of odours which are the prayers of saintes 9 And they song a newe song saying Thou art worthy to take the booke and to open the seales therof for thou wast kylled and hast redeemed vs to God by thy blood out of al kinrede and tongue and people and nation 10 And hast made vs vnto our God kinges and priestes and we shall raigne on the earth 11 And I beheld and I heard the voyce of many angels about the throne and about the beastes and the elders and hearde thousande thousandes 12 Saying with a loude voyce Worthy is the lambe that was kylled to receaue power and richesse and wisedome and strength and honor and glorie and blessyng 13 And all the creatures whiche are in heauen and on the earth and vnder the earth and in the sea and all that are in them hearde I saying Blessyng honour glorie and power be vnto hym that sitteth vpon the throne and vnto the lambe for euermore 14 And the foure beastes sayde Amen And the .xxiiij. elders fell vpon their faces and worshipped hym that lyueth for euermore ¶ The .vj. Chapter The lambe openeth the fire seales and many thynges folowe the openyng therof so that this conteyneth a generall prophesie to the ende of the worlde 1 AND I sawe when the lambe opened one of the seales and I heard one of the foure beastes say as it were the noyse of thunder come and see and I sawe 2 And behold there was a whyte horse and he that sate on hym had a bowe a crowne was geuen vnto hym and he went foorth conqueryng and for to ouercome 3 And when he had opened the seconde seale I hearde the seconde beast saye come and see 4 And there went out another horse that was redde and power was geuen to him that sate theron to take peace from the earth and that they should kyll one another and there was geuen vnto hym a great sworde 5 And when he had opened the thirde seale I hearde the third beast say come and see And I behelde and loe a blacke horse and he
the gates .xij. angels names written which are the names of the .xij. tribes of Israel 13 On the east syde three gates and on the north syde three gates and towards the south three gates and froÌ„ the west three gates 14 And the wall of the citie had .xij. foundations and in them the .xij. names of the lambes .xij. Apostles 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reede to measure the citie withall and the gates thereof and the wall therof 16 And the citie was buylt foure square the length was as large as y e breadth and he measured the citie with the reede twelue thousande furlonges and the length and the breadth and the heyght of it were equall 17 And he measured the wall thereof an hundreth and fourtie and foure cubites by the measure of man that is of the angell 18 And the buylding of the wall of it was of Iasper and the citie was pure golde lyke vnto cleare glasse 19 And the foundations of the wall of the citie were garnisshed with all maner of precious stones The first foundation was Iasper the seconde Saphire the third a Chalcedonie the fourth an Emeralde 20 The fifth Sardonix y e sixth Sardius the seuenth Chrysolite the eygth Beryl the ninth a Topas the tenth a Chrysoprasus the eleueÌ„th a Iacinct y e twelfth an Amatist 21 The .xij. gates were .xij pearles euery gate was of one pearle and the streate of the citie was pure golde as through shynyng glasse 22 And I sawe no temple therin For the Lorde God almightie and the Lambe are the temple of it 23 And the citie hath no neede of the sunne neither of the moone to lighten it For the glorie of God dyd lighten it and the Lambe is the lyght of it 24 And the people which are saued shall walke in the lyght of it and the kynges of the earth shall bryng their glorie and honor vnto it 25 And the gates of it are not shut by day for there shal be no nyght 26 And they shall bring the glory and honor of the gentiles vnto it 27 And there shall enter into it none vncleane thyng neither whatsoeuer worketh abhomination or maketh lyes but they only which are written in the lambes booke of lyfe ¶ The .xxij. Chapter 1 The riuer of the water of lyfe 2 The fruitfulnesse and lyght of the citie of God 6 The Lorde geueth euer his seruauntes warnyng of thynges to come 9 The angell wyll not be worshipped 18 To the worde of God may nothyng be added nor diminisshed therfrom 1 AND he shewed me a pure ryuer of water of lyfe cleare as Cristall proceadyng out of the throne of god and of the lambe 2 In the middes of the streate of it H. L. and of either side of the ryuer was there wood of lyfe which bare twelue maner of fruites and gaue fruite euery moneth and the leaues of the wood serued to heale the people withall 3 And there shal be no more curse but the throne of God and the lambe shal be in it and his seruauntes shal serue hym 4 And they shall see his face his name shal be in their foreheades 5 And there shal be no nyght there and they neede no candle neither lyght of the sunne for the Lorde God geueth them lyght and they shall raigne for euermore 6 And he sayde vnto me these sayinges are faythfull and true And the Lorde God of the holy prophetes sent his angell to shewe vnto his seruauntes the thynges which must shortly be fulfilled 7 Beholde I come shortly Happy is he that kepeth y e saying of the prophecie of this booke 8 I Iohn sawe these thynges hearde them And when I had hearde and seene I fell downe to worship before the feete of the angell which shewed me these thynges 9 And he sayde vnto me see thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruaunt and the felowe seruaunt of thy brethren the prophetes and of them which kepe the sayinges of this booke But worshippe God 10 And he sayde vnto me seale not the sayinges of the prophecie of this booke For the tyme is at hande 11 He that doeth euyll let hym do euyll styll and he which is filthie let hym be filthie styll and he that is ryghteous let hym be ryghteous styll and he that is holy let hym be holy styll 12 And beholde I come shortly and my rewarde is with me to geue euery man accordyng as his deedes shal be 13 I am Alpha and Omega the begynnyng and the ende the first and the last 14 Blessed are they that do his commaundementes that their power may be in the tree of lyfe and may enter in through the gates into the citie 15 For without shal be dogges and inchaunters and whoremongers and murtherers and idolaters and whosoeuer loueth or maketh â—easynges 16 I Iesus sent myne angell to testifie vnto you these thynges in y e Churches I am the roote and the generation of Dauid and the bryght mornyng starre 17 And the spirite and the bride say come And let hym that heareth say also come And let hym that is a thirst come And let whosoeuer wyll take of the water of lyfe freely 18 I testifie vnto euery man that heareth the wordes of y e prophecie of this booke If any man shall adde vnto these thynges God shall adde vnto hym the plagues that are written in this booke 19 And yf any man shall minishe of the wordes of the booke of this prophecie God shal take away his part out of the booke of lyfe and out of the holy citie and from the thynges which are writteÌ„ in this booke 20 He which testifieth these thynges sayth surely I come quickly Amen Euen so come Lorde Iesus 21 The grace of our Lord Iesus Christe be with you all Amen FINIS ⧠A Table to fynde the Epistles and Gospels read in the Church of Englande VVherof the first lyne is the Epistle and the other the Gospell Whose begynnyng thou shalt fynde in the booke marked with a hande as it were poyntyng forwarde and the ende with a hande poyntyng backwarde conteyned within these letters A. B. C. D. c. ¶ On the first Sunday in Aduent Owe nothyng to any Rom. xiii c. When they drewe nye Math. xxi a. ¶ On the seconde Sunday in aduent Whatsoeuer thynges are Rom. xv a. And there shal be signes Luk. xxi e. ¶ On the thirde Sunday in Aduent Let a man this wyse i Cor. iiii a. When Iohn beyng in prison Math. xi a. ¶ On the fourth Sunday in Aduent Reioyce in the Lorde Phil. iiii a. This is the recorde of Iohn i. b. ¶ On Christmas day God in tymes past Hebr. i. a. In the begynnyng was Iohn i. a. ¶ On saint Steuens day And Steuen beyng full of Act. vii c. Beholde I sende vnto you Math. xxiii d. ¶ On saint Iohns day That which was from i Iohn i. Iesus sayde vnto
De. xxvii a. k That is the summe of the law which summe is conteyned in the ten comâ—undementes Deu x. â— xxxvi â— l So neither young nor old man nor woman were exempted from hearyng the worde of the Lorde (a In respecte of the plaine of Moab (b) Called Mediterraneum ii Sa xxi a. (c) Becâ—use they were all weren (d) Euen the idolaters for feare of death wyll pretend to honor the true God â–ª and receaue his religion Nu. xxi f. e As some wyll â–ª to â—ryâ— the oldnesse and what â—aâ— it had beyng so olde â—ome other say it was to confirme y t it 〈◊〉 accordyng to the maner that they â—cate oâ— thâ— vittayles ii Re. xx a (f (g The multitude is commonly inclined to maligne their magistrates and to constrâ— their doinges to the worst part (h) Whiche was the tabernacle vnto vnto the tyme of Solomon and after that the temple at Hierusalem Deut. vii a. (i) That is for the sacrifices (a) Assoone as thou makest a league with the chyldren of God by regeneration thou shalt be sure to haue the wicked children of the worlde in thy toppe (b) All kynde of creatures shall destroy the wicked wheÌ„ the Lord of hoastes will haue it so Eccle. xlvi a Esai 28. d. (c) The Hebrue worde is Iasher that is righteous therfore some iudge it meaneth Moyses booke and the Chaldee text readeth the booke of the lawe but others thinke Iasher to be the very name of the booke which is lost and now not extant By taking away the enemies heartes and destroying them with haylestones e By this Ioâ—uah would â—ge his captâ—s and igâ— vnto them what 〈◊〉 they shâ—â—ke 〈◊〉 the rest of theâ— enemies â—ing kingâ— are thus by them â—ed Deu xxi d. Iosu viii f. “ Or euery person Iosu vi d. “ Or persones Deut xx d. f In one battell (g) where the arke was there to geue thankes â–ª for their victorie Or In â—oth Iosu vi a. Iosu viii a. Iosu vi a. Iosu viii a. Iosu viii a. ☜ ☞ (a) After that the enemies are ouercome “ Hebr. Shihor “ Hebr. Mearah b Read chap. 11. b. Nu. xxxi â— Deut. iii. b. “ Or 〈◊〉 Deut â–ª â— Ioâ— Because 〈…〉 were 〈◊〉 â—nd pâ—kes to hurt tâ—e Nuâ—â— g. d The Leuitâ—s shall haue the tithes sacrifices and â—nges for their inheritaunce Num. 18. c. Deut. iii. Nu. xxxi a. e The false prophet who gâ—ue counsel howe to cause Israel offend God (f That is in the lande of Moab Nu xxxii g (g Meaning his neuewes and posteritie Ios xviii b. Nu. xviii c. Num. 34. d. Nu. xxvi f. xxxiii g. (a) The Rubenites the Gadites halfe the tribe of Manasses Nu xxxv a (b Which was that they two only should entre in to the land Nu. 14. d (c That is the other spies that were sent with him Eccl xâ—v ◠“ Hebr. To go out and come in “ Or Giauntes â–ª (d This he spake of modestie and not of douting i. Mac. ii f. Iosu xv c. Nu. 34. a. Nu. 33. â— (a) The Ebrewe word signified tongue wherby is ment either the arme of the sea that coÌ„meth into the land or a rocke or cape that goeth in to the sea (b) The Ebrewe word is Chem and signified your which as one learned in Ebrewe thinketh is put here for Heâ— whiche signified their (c) Meaning the mouth of the riuer wher it runneth in to the salt sea d Which is a great stone vsed for a marâ— to part their countreis â— Reg. iâ— b e That is the citie of woods Iosu xiiii d. f Nowe in the time of Iosuah and therfore is tolde by way of repetition Iud. i. g That is a citie of letters Iud. i. c. 2. Re. xvii c Or cosyn h Neither because her husband wold not â–ª or because he deferred it to long Or â—â—ion (i) Meâ—ning Nilus Iosu xiiiii d (k) Of thâ— citie the 〈◊〉 sea hath his name l That is vtterly though they slew the most part of them 〈◊〉 their cities Iud. 1. b. (a) Luz is thought to be a citie at the ende of mount Bethel whiche is also named Bethel Genes 28. d. And so Bethel is both the name of a citie and of a mount (a) For the other halâ—e tribe had thâ— portioÌ„ beyond Iordane 〈◊〉 xxvi d. â—vii a. â—xxxvi a. (b) Among them of our tribe (d) Meaning the citie it self “ Or Brook of 〈◊〉 (e) In y e tribe of Aser and tribe of Isachar (f) For at the first theâ— were not coragious after agreed with them on conditâ—on contrary to Gods coÌ„maundmeÌ„t (g) According to my father Iacobs prophecie Gen. 48. d. (h) If this mount be not large enough why dost not thou get more by destroying Gods enemies as he hath commaunded (a) Which had continued at Gilgal euer 〈◊〉 they came to the land till nowe (b) That is Beniamin Simeon Zabuion Isachar Aser Neâ—tali and Dan. (c) That is into ten partes to euery tribe one (d) That is before the ark of the Lord. * Iosu xiii d. Iosu xiii d. (e) That is Tithes Sacrifices and offrings Ios 13. d. 14. a Iosu xii b. (f) To auoide dissention and that euery maÌ„ should be conteÌ„t with gods appointment (g) Whiche was in y e tribe of Ephraim an other Bethel was in the tribe of Beniamin “ Or to the sea “ Or Ierusalem (h) Which is in the tribe of Ephraim Iosuah 1â— b (i) Where the riuer entreth vnto the salt sea (k) Whiche was not wholly in the tribe of Beniamin but part of it was also in y e tribe of Iudah (a) According to Iacobs prophesie â–ª that he should be scatered among y e other tribes Gen. 49. a (b) God prouiding aforehand for the great encrease y t they should grâ—we to â—n time to come (c) Meaning toward the great sea (d) There was an other Bethlehem in the trâ—e of Iudas (e) That is ioyneth to the tribe ZebuloÌ„ (f) Which was Tyrâ—s a strong citie in the sea (g) These cities were â—n the countrey of Zeanantu◠☞ (b) The suburbes were a thousande cubites from the wâ—ll of the citie rounde about Nu. 35 a Ios xii â— (c) That is that were no priestes but Leuites only (d) Whiche dwelled in Chanaan (e) The families of Caath Gerson alredy spoken of remayneth only Merari of which being the yongest came y e thirde familie of Leuites and are here therfore called the rest (f) Bezer â—amoth weâ— the cities of refuge vnder the Merarites beyond Iordane (g) That Iacobs prophesie myght be fulfylled and gods prouidence perfourmed that is that no part of Israel should want their teachers of Gods lawe Iosu â—◠☜ (a) 〈◊〉 that the Israelites enioyed the lande of Chanaâ—n Num 32. f. (b) Which was to go armed before their brethren Num xxxii Num. 32 f. Iosua xiii b (c) Iosuah nowe at partyng wyllyng to shew them his care and his thankfull heart for