heythen And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron and he trode the wynefat of fearsnes wrath of almyghty God And hath on his vesture on his thygh a name wrytteÌ„ kyng of kynges Lorde of Lordes And I sawe an angel staÌ„de in the sonne and he cryed with aloude voyce sayinge to all the foules that flye by the myddes of heuen come and gather your selues togyther vnto the supper of y â— great god that ye may eate the flesshe of kynges the fleshe of hye captaynes and the flesshe of myghty men the flesshe of horsses and of them that syt on them the flesshe of all fre meÌ„ bond men of small great And I sawe the beast the kynges of the erth theyr warriers gathered togyther to make battayle agaynst hym that sat on the horsse and agaynst hys souldiers And the beast was takeÌ„ with hym that false prophet that wrought myracles before him with whiche he deceyued them that receyued the beastes marke them that worshypped his ymage These both were cast quicke iÌ„to a poÌ„de of fyre burnynge w t brymstone the reÌ„nauÌ„t were slayne w t the swerde of him y â— sat vpon the horsse whiche swerde proceaded out of his mouth all the foules were fulfylled with their flesshe ¶ The Dragon is bounde for a. M. yeares The dead aryse and receyue iudgement CAPI XX. ANd I saw an Angell come downe froÌ„ heuyng hauyng the key of the bottom lesse pyt a great chayne in his hande And he toke the dragoÌ„ y â— olde serpeÌ„t which is tâ—e deuyll Satanas he bounde hym a. M. yeres cast him into the bottoÌ„lesse pyt he bounde him set a seale on hiÌ„ that he shuld deceiue the people nomore tyl the. M. yeres were fulfylled And after that he 〈…〉 be losed for a lytle season And I sawe seates and they sat vpoÌ„ theÌ„ iudgemeÌ„t was gyueÌ„ vnto theÌ„ and I sawe the soules of them that were beheaded for y â— wytnes of Iesu and for the worde of God which had not worshypped the beast nether his ymage nether had taken his marke vpoÌ„ their forhedes or on their handes and they lyued and raygned with Christ a. M. yeare but the other of the deed meÌ„ liued not againe vntyll the thousande yere were fynyshed This is that fyrst resurrecion Blessed holy is he that hath parte in the fyrst resurceccyon For on such shal the secoÌ„de death hane no power but they shal be the prestes of god and of Christe and shall raygne with him a thousande yere And wheÌ„ the thousand yeres are expired Satan shal be lowsed out of his prison and shal go out to deceyue the people which are in the foure quarters of the erth Gog Magog to gather them togyther to battayle whose nombre is as the sonde of the see and they went vp in the playne of the earth coÌ„ pased the tentes of the sayntes aboute the beloued citie And fyre came downe froÌ„ god out of heauen and deuoured them and the deuyll that deceyued them was cast into a lake of fyre and brymstone where the beast and the false prophet shal be tormented day and nyght for euer more And I sawe a great white seate and him that fate on it from whose face fled awaye both y â— erth and heauen and their place was no more founde And I sawe the deed both great and small stonde before God and the bokes were opened and another Boke was opened which is the boke of lyfe the dded were iudged of those thynges whyche were wrytten in the bokes accordyng to theyr dedes the see gaue vp her deed whiche were in her and death and hell delyuered vp the deed whiche were in them they were iudged euery man according to his dedes And deeth and hel were cast into the lake of fyre This is the seconde death And whosoeuer was not founde wrytten in the boke of lyfe was cast into the lake of fyre ¶ In this Chapyter is descrybed the newe and spirituall Ierusalem CAPI XXI ANd I saw a newe heuen a newe erth For the fyrst heueÌ„ the fyrst erth were vanyshed awaye there was no more see ✚ And I Iohn sawe that holy cytie newe IerusaleÌ„ come downe from God out of heauen prepared as a bryde garnyshed for her husbande And I herd a great voyce out of heauen sayinge beholde the tabernacle of God is w t men he wyl dwel with theÌ„ And they shal be â—is people God hym selfe shal be with theÌ„ be their God And God shal wype away all reares from their eyes And there shal be nomore death nether sorow nether cryinge neyther shal there be any more payne for the olde thinges are gone And he that sat vpon the seate sayde Beholde I make all thynges newe ✚ And he sayde vnto me wryte for these wordes are faythfull and true And he sayd vnto me it is done I am Alpha and Omega the begynnyng the end I wyl gyue to hym that is a thrist of the wel of the water of life fre He that ouercoÌ„meth shall inheret all thynges and I wyl be hys God and he shal be my sonne But the fearfull and vnbeleuyng and the abhominable and murdrers and whoremongers and sorcerers and ydolaters and al lyers shall haue theyr parte in the lake whiche burnith w t fyre and brymstone whyche is the seconde deeth And there came vnto me one of y â— seueÌ„ angels which had the seuen vyaâ—â—â— full of the seuen last plages talked with me saying come hyther I wyl shewe the the bryde the lambes wyfe And he caryed me away in the spirit to a great and an hye mouÌ„tayne and he shewed me the great cite holy Ierusalem descendyng out of heuen from God hauing the bryghtnes of god And her shinyng was lyke vnto a stone most precious euen lyke a Iasper clere as Cristal had walles great hye had xij gates at the gates xij angels and names wrytten which are the names of the. xij trybes of Israell on the East parte iij. gates on the Northsyde iij. gates towardes the South iij. gates froÌ„ the west thre gates and the wall of the cytie had xij foundacyons in them the twelue names of the laÌ„bes xij apostles And he that talked with me had a goldeÌ„ reade to measure the cytie withal the gatê therof and the wall therof And y â— citie was bylt iiij square and the leÌ„gth was as large as the bredth and he measured the cytie w t the goldeÌ„ rede xij M. furlonges the leÌ„gth the bredth y â— heyth of it were equal And he measured the wall therof an cxliiij cubytes the measure y â— the angell had was after the measure that maÌ„ vseth And the bilding of the wall of it was of Iaspar And the Câ—tie was pure golde lyke vnto clere glasse
glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heathen whiche spoyleth you for who so toucheth you shal touche the aple of his owne eye Beholde I wyl lyft vp myne hande ouer theÌ„ so that they shal be spoyled of those which afore serued them ye shall knowe y t the Lorde of hostes hathe sent me Be glad reioyse O daughter of SyoÌ„â— for lo I am come to dwell in the myddest of the sayeth the Lorde At the same tyme there shal many HeatheÌ„ cleue to the Lorde shal be my people Thus wyl I dwell in the myddest of the thou shalt knowe that the Lorde of hostes hath sent me vnto the. The Lorde shal haue Iuda in possession for hys parte in the holy grouÌ„de shal chose IerusaleÌ„ yet agayne Let al flesh be styl before y â— Lorde for he is rysen out of hys holy place ¶ Of the lawe and hye estate of Chryste vnder the fygure of Iesua the preste A prophetye of Chryste CAPI III. AND he shewed me Iesua y â— hye preste standynge before the angel of y â— Lorde and Satan stode at his ryght hande to re syste him And y â— Lorde sayde vnto Satan The Lorde reproue the thou Satan yee y â— Lorde that hath chosen Ierusalem reproue the. Is nat this a brande takeÌ„ out of y â— fyre Nowe Iesua was clothed in vnclene rayment stode before the angel which answered sayde vnto those y â— stode before hym take awaye y â— foule clothes froÌ„ him And vnto hym he sayde Beholde I haue takeÌ„ away thy synne froÌ„ the wyl decke y â— with chauÌ„ge of raymeÌ„t He sayd moreouer set a fayre myter vpoÌ„ his heade So they set a fayre myter vpoÌ„ his heade put on clothes vpoÌ„ hym the angel of the Lorde stode there Then the angell of the Lorde testyfyed vnto Iesua and spake thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes If thou wylt walke in my waies kepe my watch thou shalt rule my house kepe my courtes and I wyl geue the place amonge these y â— stande here Heare O Iesua y â— hye preste y u thy frendes y t dwell before the for they are woÌ„derous people Beholde I wyll brynge forth the braunche of my seruauÌ„t for lo y â— stone y â— I haue layed before Iesua vpoÌ„ one stone shal be vij eyes Beholde I wyl hewe him out sayth y â— Lord of hoostes and take awaye the synne of that lande in one daye Then shall euery man call for his neyghboure vnder the vyne and vnder the fygge tree sayeth the Lorde of hoostes The vysioÌ„ of the golden candelstycke the exposicioÌ„ therof CAPI IIII. AND the angell y â— talked with me came agayne waked me vp as a man that is raysed out of his slepe sayde vnto me What seyst thou And I sayde I haue loked beholde a candelstycke all of gold with a boll vpon it is vij lampes therin and vpoÌ„ euery laÌ„pe vij stalkes And two olyue trees therby one vpon the ryght syde of the boll the other vpoÌ„ the left syde So I answered and spake to the angell that talked with me saienge O my Lorde what are these The angel that talked with me answered and sayde vnto me knowest thou not what these be And I sayde No my Lorde He answered and sayde vnto me This the worde of the Lorde vnto Zorobabell sayeng Neyther thorowe an hoost of men nor thorowe strength but thorowe my sprete sayeth the Lorde of hoostes What art thou y u greate mountayne before Zorobabel thou must be made euen And he shal brynge vp the fyrst stone so that man shal crye vnto him good Lucke good lucke Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayenge The handes of Zorobabel haue layed the fouÌ„dacion of this house his handes shall also fynyshe it y â— ye maye knowe howe y â— the Lorde of hoostes hathe sent me vnto you For he y â— hath bene despysed a lytle season shal reioyce wheÌ„ he seyth the tynne weyght in Zorobabels haÌ„de The vij eyes are the Lordes whiche go thorowe the whole world TheÌ„ answered I sayde vnto him What are these ij oliue trees vpoÌ„ y â— ryght left syde of the caÌ„del stike I spake moreouer sayde vnto hym what be these two olyue brauÌ„ches which thorowe the two goldeÌ„ pypes emptye theÌ„ selues into y â— golde He answered me sayde knowest thou not what these be And I sayd no my lord TheÌ„ sayde he These are y e two olyue brauÌ„ches y e stande before the ruler of the whole earth ¶ The vysyon of the flyenge boke sygnyfienge the curse of theues suche as abuse the name of God By the vysion of the measure ye signified the bryngyng of Iuda to BabyloÌ„ CAPI V. SO I turned me lyftinge vp myne eyes and loked and beholde a flyenge boke And he sayde vnto me what seyst y u I answered I se a flyenge boke of xx cubytes longe and. x. cubytes brode Then sayde he vnto me This is the curse that goeth forth ouer the whole earth for all theues shal be iudged after this boke al swearers shal be iudged accordynge to the same and I wyll brynge it forth sayeth y â— Lorde of hoostes so that it shall come to the house of the thefe to the house of him that falsely sweareth by my name shall remayne in his house and coÌ„sume it with the tymbre stones therof Then the angel that talked with me went forth sayde vnto me lyfte vp thyne eyes and se what is thys that goeth forth And I sayde what is it He answered thys is a measure goynge out He sayde moreouer Euen thus are they y e dwel vpon the whole earth to loke vpon And beholde there was lyfte vp a taleÌ„t of leade lo a womaÌ„ sat in y â— myddest of the measure And he sayde thys is vngodlynes So he cast her into the myddest of the measure and threwe the lompe of leade vpon her mouth Then lyfte I vp myne eyes and loked beholde there came out two wemen and the wynde was in theyr wynges for they had wynges lyke the wynges of a storcke they lyft vp the measure betwyxte the earth the heauen Then spake I to the angell that talked with me whyther wyll these beare the measure And he sayd vnto me into the laÌ„de of Synear to buylde theÌ„ an house whiche when it is prepared the measure shall be set there in his place ¶ By the foure charettes he descrybeth the prosperyte of foure kyngdomes CAPI VI. MOreouer I turned me lyftyng vp min eyes loked behold there came four charettê out from betwixte ij hylles whiche hilles were of brasse In the fyrst charet were red horse in the second charet were blacke horse in the thyrd charet were whyte horse in the fourth charet were horses of diuers
chyldren of Israell bycause ye disobeyed my mouth at the water of stryfe Take Aaron and Eleazar his sonne and brynge them vp in to mount Hor thou shalte stryppe Aaron out of his vestimentes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne and Aaron shal be gathered vnto his people and shall dye there And Moses dyd as the lorde coÌ„maunded they went vp in to mount Hor in the syght of all the multitude And Moses toke of Aarous clothes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne and Aaron dyed there in the top of the mounte And Moses and Eleazar came downe out of the mount When all the multitude sawe that Aaron was dead they mourned for Aaron thyrtie dayes thorowout all the housholdes of Israel ¶ Israell â—auquesâ—â—eth kynge Arad The fyrye serpentes stynge them The kynges Sehon and Og are ouercome in battayle CAPI XXI ANd when kynge Arad the Cananite whiche dwelte towarde the south herde tell that Israel came by the waye that the spyes had founde out he fought agaynst Israel and toke some of them prysoners And Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde sayd If thou wylte delyuer this people in to my hande I wyl vtterly destry theyr Cyties And the Lorde herde the voyce of Israel and delyuered them the Cananytes And they destroyed them and theyr cyties and called the name of the place Horma And they departed from mount Hor by the way of the red see to compasse the lande of Edom. And the soule of the people faynted by the waye And the people spake agaynste God agaynst Moses wherfore hast thou brought vs out of Egypte for to dye in the wyldernes for here is neyther breade nor water and our soule lotheth this lyght breade Wherfore the Lorde sente fyrye serpentes amonge the people whiche stonge them and moche people of Israel dyed Therfore the people came to Moses and sayd we haue synned for we haue spoken agaynst the lorde agaynst the make intercessyoÌ„ to the lorde that he take away the serpentes from vs. And Moses made intercession for the people And the lorde sayd vnto Moses ☞ †make the a fyrie serpent set it vp for a sygne that as many as are bytten maye loke vpon it lyue And Moses made a serpent of brasse and set it vp for a sygne And when the serpentes had bytten any maÌ„ he behelde the serpent of brasse and was healed And the chyldreÌ„ of Israel departed thence and pytched in Oboth And they departed from Oboth and pitched at the heapes of Abarim euen in the wyldernesse whiche is by the playne of Moab on the East syde And they remoued thence and pytched vpon the ryuer of Zarad And they departed thence pytched on the other syde of Arnon which is in the wyldernes cometh out of the coostes of the Amorites for Arnon is the border of Moab bytwene Moab and the Amorites Wherfore it is spoken in ☞ the boke of the warre of the Lorde what thynge he dyd in the red See and in the ryuers of Arnon And the heade of the ryuers that gothe downe to the dwellyng of Ar stretcheth vnto the border of Moab From thence it turneth vnto Beer The same is Beer or well wherof the lorde spake vnto Moses Gather the people togyther and I wyll gyue them water Then Israel sange this songe Aryse vp wel syng ye vnto hym The prynces dygged this wel the captaynes of the people digged it with the teacher with theyr staues And from the wyldernesse they wente to Matana and from Matana to Nahaliel from Nahaliel to Bamoth from Bamoth to the valey that is in the felde of Moab vnto the toppe of the hyll that appeareth before Iesimon And Israell sent messengers vnto Sehon kynge of the Amorytes saynge I wyll go thorow thy lande we wyll not turne in to the feldes or vyneyeardê neyther drynke of the waters of the well but we wyll go alonge by the kynges hye way vntyll we be past thy countrey But Sehon wolde gyue Israell no lycence to passe thorowe his couÌ„trey but gathered al his peple togyther went out agaynst Israel into the wyldernes And he came to Iaheza and fought agaynst Israel And Israell smote hym in the edge of the swerde and conquered his lande from Arnon vnto Iabock and vnto the chyldren of Ammon For the bordre of the chyldren of Ammon was stronge And Israell toke all these cyties and dwelte in all the cyties of the Amorites in Hesbon in all the townes that long therto For Hesbon was the cytie of Sehon the kyng of the Amorites which fought before agaynst the kyng of the Moabites toke all his lande out of his hande euen vnto Arnon Wherfore they say in the prouerbe Come to Hesbon and let the cytie of Sehon be buylte repayred for there is a fyre gone out of Hesbon and a flame from the cytie of Sehon and hath consumed Ar in Moab the enheritours of the hye places in Arnon Wo be to the Moab o people of ☞ Chamos ye are vndone he hath put his sonnes to flyght and his doughters to captiuite vnto Sehon kyng of the Amorites Theyr empyre is lost from Hesbon vnto Dibon we made a wyldernes euen vnto Nopha which reacheth to Mediba And thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites And Moses sent to serche out Iaezer and they toke the townê belongyng therto and roted out the Amorites that were therin And they turned and wente vp towarde Basan And Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst them he and all his people to fyght at Adrei And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses feare hym not for I haue delyuered hym in thy hande and all his people and his lande And thou shalt do to hym as y u dyddest vnto Sehon the kyng of the Amoritê which dwelt at Hesbon They smote him therfore and his sonnes all his people vntyll there was nothyng left hym And they coÌ„quered his land ¶ Kynge Baâ—ar sendeth for Balaam whose name in the Hebrue is wrytten Bâ—leam Balaams Asse speaketh CAPI XXII ANd the chyldren of Israel departed and pytched in the feldes of Moab on the other syde of Iordane ouer agaynste Iericho And Balac the son of Ziphor law all that Israel had done to the Amorites the Moabites were sore afrayde of the people bycause they were many and †stode in feare of the chyldren of Israel And Moab sayd vnto the elders of Madian nowe shall this company lycke vp all that are rounde aboute vs as an oxe lycketh vp the grasse of the felde And Balac the son of Ziphor was kynge of the Moabites at that tyme. He sent messengers therfore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor in Pethor whiche is by the ryuer in the land of the chyldren of his folke to call hym sayeng beholde there is a people come out of Egypte beholde they couer the face of
the cityes which ye shal gyue shal be out of the possessyoÌ„ of the chyldren of Israel They that haue many shall gyue many but of them that haue fewe ye shall take fewe Euery one shall gyue of his cityes vnto the Leuites accordyng to the enheritauÌ„ce which he enheryteth And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them when ye be come ouer Iordan into the lande of Canaan ye shall appoynte you cities to be cities of refuge for you that he which sleeth ☞ a soule vnwares may flee thyther And the cities shall be to flee from the auenger of blood that he whiche kylleth dye not vntyl he stande before the congregacyoÌ„ in iudgement And of these syx free cities whiche ye shall gyue ye shall gyue thre on this syde Iordan and thre in the lande of Canaan And these syxe free cities shall be a refuge bothe for the chyldren of Israel and for the straunger and for hym that dwelleth amonge you that all they whiche kyl any persone vnwares may flee thyther And yf any man smyte an other with an instrument of yron that he dye then is he a murtherer and shall dye for it If he smyte hym with a throwyng stone that a man may dye with and yf he dye he that smote hym is a murtherer let the same murtherer be â—leyn therfore Or yf he smyte hym with a hande weapon of wood that a man maye dye with then yf he dye he is a murtherer let the murtherer be sleyne therfore The Iustyce of blood shall slee the murtherer wheÌ„ he meteth hym he may sley hym But yf he thruste at hym of hate or hurle at hym with layenge of wayte that he dye or smyte hym with his hande of Enuye that he dye he that smote hym shall dye for he is a murtherer The iustyce of blood shall sley the murtherer as soone as he fyndeth hym But and yf he pusshed hym by chaunce and not of hate or cast at hym with any maner of thyng and not of laynge of wayte or cast any maner of stone at hym that a man may dye with and sawe hym not And he cast it vpon hym and he dye was not his enemy neyther sought hym any harme Then the cogregacyon shal iudge bytwene the sleer and the executer of blood in suche cases And the congregacyon shal delyuer the sleer out of the hande of the auenger of blood and the congregacion shal restore hym agayne vnto the cytie of his refuge whyther he was fled And he shall byde there vnto the death of the hye preest which was anoynted with holy oyle But and yf the sleer come without the borders of his preuyleged cytie whyther he was fled yf the auenger of blood fynde hym with out the borders of his fretowne and sley the murtherer he shall be gyltlesse bycause he shulde haue bydden in his free towne vntyll the death of the hye preest after the deathe of the hye preest to returne agayne vnto the lande of his possessyon These coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes shall be a lawe vnto you for youre generacyons in all your dwellynges Who soeuer kylleth ☞ a soule the same mansleer must be sleyne hym selfe thorowe wytnesses Neyther shal one wytnes answere to put a maÌ„ to death Moreouer ye shall take none amendes for the lyfe of the murtherer whiche is worthy to dye But he shall be put to death Also ye shall take no money of hym that is fled to a free citye that he shulde come agayne dwell in the lande before the death of the hyghe preest And se that ye polute not the lande whiche ye shall dwell in for blood ☞ defileth the lande And the lande can none otherwyse be clensed of the blood that is shed therin but by the bloode of hym that shedde blood Defyle not therfore the lande whiche ye shall enhabyte for I am the myddes therof euen I the Lorde dwell amonge the chyldren of Israell ¶ An ordre for the maryage of the doughters of zelaphead One of the trybes may not marrye with another CAPI XXXVI ANd the auncyent fathers of the chyldren of Gilead the son of Machir the sonne of Manasse of the kynred of the chyldren of Ioseph came forth and spake before Moses and the prynces and auncyent fathers of the chyldren of Israell and sayde The Lorde coÌ„maunded my Lorde to gyue the land to enheryte by lot to the chyldren of Israell And my lorde coÌ„maunded in Gods behalfe to gyue the enherytaunce of Zelaphead our brother vnto his doughters Whom yf any of the sonnes of the other tribes of Israel toke to wyues theÌ„ shal theyr enherytaunce be taken from the enheritauÌ„ce of our fathers and shall be put vnto the enherytaunce of the trybe which they are receyued into and shall be taken from the lot of our enherytaunce And when the yere of Iubilye of the chyldren of Israell coÌ„meth then shall theyr enherytaunce be put vnto the enherytaunce of the Trybe where into they are receyued and so shall theyr enherytaunce be taken away froÌ„ the enherytaunce of the tribe of oure fathers And Moses coÌ„maunded the chyldren of Israell accordynge to the worde of the Lorde sayenge The chyldren of the trybe of Ioseph haue sayde well This therfore doth the lorde coÌ„maund the doughters of Zelaphead saynge let them be wyues to whome they them selues thynke best only to the kynred and trybe of theyr father shall they marrye so shall not the enherytaunce of the Chyldren of Israell remoue from trybe to trybe when the chyldren of Israel abyde euery man in the enheritaunce of the trybe of his fathers And euery doughter that possesseth any enheritaunce in any tribe of the chyldren of Israel shall be wyfe vnto one which is of the kynred of the trybe of hâ—r father that the chyldren of Israel may enioy euery man the enherytaunce of his fathers Neyther ought the enheryaunce to go from one trybe to an other but euery one of the tribes of the chyldren of Israell must abyde in his owne enherytaunce And as the Lorde commaunded Moses eueÌ„ so dyd the doughters of Zelaphead And Mahela Thirza Hagla Milcha and Noâ— were maryed vnto theyr Fathers brothers sonnes which were of the kynred of the chyldren of Manasses the sonne of Ioseph and so theyr enherytaunce remayned in the trybe of the kynred of theyr father These are the coÌ„maundements lawes which the Lorde coÌ„maunded by the hande of Moses vnto the chyldreÌ„ of Israel in the feldê of Moab by Iordan ouer agaynst Ierico ⧠The ende of the fourth boke of Moses called in the Hebrue Uaiedabber and in the Latyn Numeri ¶ The fyfth boke of Moses called in the Hebrue Elle haddebarim and in the Latyn Deuteronomium ¶ A brefe rehersall of thynges done before CAPI Primo THese be the wordes which Moses spake vnto all Israell on the other syde Iordan in the wyldernesse in the playne ouer agaynst the red see
sayde vnto them Ye haue sene all that the Lorde dyd before your eyes in the lande of Epypte vnto Pharao and vnto all his seruauntes and vnto all his lande the greate temptacyons whiche thyne eyes haue sene those great myracles wonders and yet the Lorde hath not gyuen you an herte to perceyue and eyes to se and eares to heare vnto this daye And I haue led you xl yere in the wyldernesse and your clothes are not wared olde vpon you thy shoo is not wared olde vpon thy foote Ye haue eateÌ„ no breade nor dronke wyne or strong drynke that ye myght know howe that I am the lorde your god And ye came vnto this place Sehon the kynge of Hesbon and Og kynge of Basan came out agaynst vs vnto battayle and we smote them and toke theyr lande gaue it for an enherytaunce vnto the Rubenites and Gadites and to the halfe tribe of Manasse Kepe therfore the wordes of this appoyntment and do them that ye may vnderstande all that ye ought to do Ye stande this daye euery one of you before the Lorde youre God your captaynes youre tribes youre elders your offycers and al the men of Israel your chyldren also your wyues the straunger that is in thyne hoost from the hewer of thy wood vnto the drawer of thy water that thou shuldest go in to the appoyntment of the LORDE thy God and in to his othe whiche the Lorde thy god maketh with the this day For to make the a people vnto hym selfe and that he maye be vnto the a GOD as he hathe sayde vnto the and as he hathe sworne vnto thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob I make not this bonde and this othe with you onely but both with hym that standeth here with vs this day before the lord our god also with hym that is not here with vs this daye For ye knowe howe we haue dwelte in the lande of Egypte and howe we came thorowe the myddes of the nacyons whiche ye passed by And ye haue sene theyr abhominacyons and theyr ydols wood and stone syluer and golde whiche were amonge them Lest there be among you man or woman kynred or trybe whose herte turneth awaye this day from the Lorde our God to go and serue the Goddes of these nacions and leest there be among you some roote that beareth gal and wormwood so that when he heareth the wordes of this othe he blesse hym selfe in his herte sayenge I shall haue peace I wyll walke in the meanyng of myne owne herte †to put the ☞ dronken to the thyrstye And so the Lorde wyl not consent to be mercyfull vnto hym but then the wrathe of the Lorde and his ielousye shall smoke agaynst that man and all the curses that are wrytten in this boke shall lyght vpon hym and the Lorde shall do out his name frome vnder heuen and the lorde shal seperate hym vnto euyll out of all the tribes of Israel accordynge vnto all the curses of the appoyntment that are wrytten in the booke of this law So that the generacion to come of your chyldren that shall ryse vp after you and the straunger that shall come from a farre lande shall say when they se the plagê of that lande and the dyseases wherwith the Lorde hathe smytten it howe all the lande is burnt vp w t brymstone salte that it is neyther sowen nor beareth nor any grasse groweth therin lyke as in the place of the ouerthrowynge of Sodome Gomor Adama and Zeboim whiche the Lorde ouerthrewe in his wrathe and angre Euen then shall all nacions say Wherfore hath the Lorde done of this facion vnto this lande O how fearse is this great wrathe And men shall saye bycause they lefte the testament of the Lorde God of theyr fathers which he made with them wheÌ„ he brought them out of the lande of Egypte For they went and serued straunge goddes and worshypped them Goddes whiche they knewe not which had gyuen them nought And the wrathe of the Lorde wared hoote agaynst this lande to brynge vpon it all the curses that are wrytten in this boke And the Lorde cast them out of theyr lande in angre wrath and great indignacion and cast them in to a straunge lande as this daye beareth wytnesse The secretes of the Lorde our God are opened vnto vs and to oure chyldren for euer that we maye do all the wordes of this lawe ¶ The worde of God is at hande CAPI XXX WHen all these wordes are come vpon the the blessynge and the curse whiche I haue set before the thou shalte turne vnto thyne herte among all the nacyons whyther the Lorde thy God hath thrust the and come agayne vnto the Lorde thy god and herken vnto his voyce in all these thyngê that I coÌ„maunde the this daye thou and thy chyldren with all thyne herte and al thy soule And the Lorde thy god wyll turne thy captiuite and haue compassyon vpon the and wyll turne and fet the agayne from all the nacyons amonge whiche the Lorde thy God shal haue scattered the. Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heuen euen from thence wyll the Lorde thy God gather the from thence wyl he fet the the Lorde thy God wyll brynge the in to the lande whiche thy fathers possessed and thou shalte enioye it And he wyll shewe the kyndnesse and multiply the aboue thy fathers And the Lorde thy god wyl circumcyse thyne herte the herte of thy seede that thou mayst loue the Lorde thy god with all thyne herte and all thy soule that thou mayst lyue And the Lorde thy God wyll put all these curses vpon thyne enemyes and on them that hate the and that persecute the. But thou shalte turne and herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde and do al his commaundementes whiche I coÌ„maunde the this day And the Lorde thy God wyll make the plenteous in al the workes of thyne hande in the fruyte of thy bodye and in the fruyte of thy cattell and in the fruyte of thy lande for thy welthe For the Lorde wyll turne agayne and reioyce ouer the to do the good as he reioysed ouer thy fathers If thou herken only vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe his coÌ„maundementes and his ordinaunces whiche are wrytten in the boke of this lawe and yf thou turne vnto the Lorde thy God with all thyne herte and all thy soule For the commaundement whiche I coÌ„maunde the this daye is not seperated from the neyther farre of It is not in heuen that thou nedest to †complayne and saye who shall go vp for vs to heuen and fet it vs that we may heare it and do it Neyther is it beyonde the see that thou shuldest saye who shall go ouer the see for vs and fet it vs that we may heare it and do it But the worde is very nygh vnto the euen in thy mouth
vnto Amon the gouernour of the citye and vnto Ioab the kynges sonne and say thus sayth the kyng Put this felow in the pryson house and fede hym with bread of affliction and with water of trouble vntyl I returne in peace And Michea sayde If thou returne in peace the Lorde hath not spoken by me And he sayde herken ye people euery one of you And so the kyng of Israell and Iehosaphat the kynge of Iuda wente vp to Ramoth in Gilead And the kynge of Israell sayd to Iehosaphat ☞ chaunge the when thou goest to warre and put on thyne apparel And the kynge of Israel chaunged hym selfe wente to battayle But the kynge of Siria coÌ„maunded the. xxxii captaynes that had rule ouer his charettes sayenge fyght neyther with small nor great saue onely agaynst the kyng of Israell And when the captaynes of the charettes sawe Iehosaphat they sayde Surely it is the kynge of Israell and they turned to fyght agaynst hym And Iehosaphat cryed And so it came to passe that when the captaynes of the charettes sawe that he was not the kynge of Israell they turned backe from hym And a certayne man drewe a bow ygnorauntly and †by chaunce smote the kynge of Israel bytwene the rybbes and his harnesse Wherfore he sayde vnto the dryuer of his charettes turne thy hande and carye me out of the hoost for I am †sore hurte And the battayle encreased that day and the kynge stode styll in his charet agaynste the Sirians and dyed at euen And the bloode ranne out of the wounde into the myddes of the charet And there went a proclamacion thorowout the hoost aboute the goyng downe of the son sayenge Euery man to his citye and to his owne countrey And so the kynge of Israell dyed and they came to Samaria and buried hym there And one wasshed the charet in the pole of Samaria and the dogges lycked vp his blood and harlottes wasshed by the pole syde accordynge to the worde of the Lorde whiche he spake The rest of the wordes that concerne Ahab all that he dyd and the Iurye house whiche he made and all the cityes that he buylded are they not wrytten in the booke of the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And so Ahab slepte with his fathers and Ahazia his sonne reygned in his steade Iehosaphat the sonne of Asa beganne to reygne vpon Iuda in the fourth yere of Ahab kyng of Israel and Iehosaphat was xxxv yere olde when he began to reygne and reygned xxv yere in IerusaleÌ„ His mothers name was Azuba the doughter of Silhi And he walked in all the wayes of Asa his father and bowed not therfrom but dyd that whiche was ryght in the eyes of the Lorde Neuerthelesse the hyll aulters were not taken out of the way for the people offered and burnt insence yet in the hyll aulters And Iehosaphat made peace with the kynge of Israell The rest of the wordes that concerne Iehosaphat the myght that he vsed howe he warred are they not wrytten in the boke of the Cronicles of the kyngê of Iuda And the remenaunt of the stues of the males whiche remayned in the dayes of his father he put cleane out of the lande There was then no kynge made in Edom. And Iehosaphat made x. shyppes in the see to come ☞ thorowe Tharsis to Ophir for Golde but they wente not For the shyppes brake at Ozion Gaber Then sayde Ahazia the sonne of Ahab vnto Iehosaphat let my seruauntes go w t thy seruauntes in the shippes But Iehosaphat wolde not And Iosaphat dyd slepe with his fathers and was buryed with his fathers in the citye of Dauid his father And Iehoram his sonne reygned in his steade Ahazia the sonne of Ahab begaÌ„ to reygne ouer Israel in Samaria the seuententh yere of Iehosaphat kyng of Iuda and reygned two yeres ouer Israell But he dyd euyll in the syght of the lorde and walked in the way of his father in the way of his mother and in the waye of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat whiche made Israel to synne For he serued Baal worshypped hym and prouoked the Lorde God of Israel vnto wrath accordyng vnto all that his father 〈◊〉 ⧠The ende of the thyrde boke of the Kynges after the rekenynge of the Latinystes whiche the Hebrues call the fyrst boke of the Kynges ¶ The fourth boke of the Kynges after the Latunstes which boke the thyrde togyther is but one ☞ with the Hebrues ¶ The captaynes ouer fiftye with theyr sould yours are burnte with fyre from heuen by the prayer of Elia. Ahazia is reproued of Elia and dyeth and Iehoram his brother succedeth hym CAPI Primo ANd Moab †dyd wyckedly agaynst Israel after the death of Ahab And Ahazia fell thorow a lattesse wyndowe of his vpper chambre that he had in Samaria and whyle he was in his syckenesse he sent messengers and sayd vnto them go and enquyre of Beelzebub the God of Ekrom whyther I shal recouer of this my disease But the angell of the Lorde spake to Elia the Thesbite Aryse go vp agaynst the messengers of the kyng of Samaria and say vnto them Is there not a God in Israel that ye go to aske counsayle at Beelzabub the God of Ekrom Wherfore thus sayth the Lorde thou shalte not come downe from the bed on whiche thou art gone vp but shalte dye the death Elia departed And when the messengers turned backe agayne vnto hym he sayde vnto them why are ye nowe come agayne They answered hym there came a man vp agaynst vs sayd vnto vs Go turne agayne vnto the kynge that sent you and say vnto hym Thus sayth the Lorde Is there not a God in Israel that thou sendest to enquyre of Beelzebub the god of Ekrom Therfore thou shalte not come downe from the bed on whiche thou art gone vp but shalt dye the death And he sayd vnto them What manera man was that which came vp in your waye tolde you these wordes And they answered hym it was an heerye man and gyrde with a gyrdle of lether aboute his loynes And he sayd it is Elia the Thesbite Then the kynge sent vnto hym a captayne ouer fyftie w t his fyftie men which came to hym and beholde he sat on the top of an hyll And he spake vnto hym Thou man of god the kyng hath sayd come downe Elia answered sayd to the captayne ouer the fyftie Yf I be a man of God fyre come downe from heuen and consume the and thy fyftye And there came fyre of god and consumed hym and his fyftye And the kynge went agayne sent to hym an other captayn ouer fyftye with his fyftie And he answered and sayd vnto hym O maÌ„ of God thus hath the kyng sayd make hast and come downe Elia answered sayde vnto them Yf I be a man of God fyre come downe from heuen consume the thy fyftie And there
male stues that were by the house of the Lorde where the women woue hangynges for the groue And he brought all the Preestes out of the cytyes of Iuda and defyled the hylaulters where the Preestes had burnt incense euen from Geba to Beerseba destroyed the aulters of the gates that were in the enterynge of the gate of Iosua the gouernour of the citye whiche were as a man goeth in on the lefte hande of the gate of the citye Neuerthe lesse the Preestes of the hylaulters came not vp to the aulter of the Lorde in Ierusalem saue onelye they dyd eate of the swete breade amonge theyr brethren And he defyled ☞ Topheth whiche is in the valeye of the chyldren of Hinnom bycause no man shulde offer his Sonne or his doughter in fyre to Molech he put downe ☞ the horses that the kynges of Iuda had gyuen to the sonne at the enterynge in of the house of the Lorde by the chambre of Nathanmelech the chamberlayne whiche was ruler of the suburbes and burnt the charettes of the Sonne with fyre And the aulters that were on the top of the parloure of Ahaz whiche the kynges of Iuda had made and the aulters whiche Manasse had made in the two courtes of the house of the Lorde dyd the kynge breake downe and ran thence and cast the dust of them in to the broke Cedron And the hylaulters that were before Ierusalem on the ryght hande of the mounte Oliuete whiche Salomon the kynge of Israell had buylded for Astaroth the Idoll of the Zidons and for Chamos the Idoll of the Moabites and for Milchom the abhomynable Idoll of the Chyldren of Ammon those the kynge ☞ defyled and brake the ymages and cut downe the groues and fylled theyr places with the bones of men Moreouer the aulter that was at Bethell the hylaulter made by Ieroboam the Sonne of Nabat whiche made Israell syn bothe the aulter and also the hyll he brake downe and burnt the hyl aulter and stampte it to powder and burnt the groue And as Iosia turned hym selfe he spyed the graues that were in the mount and sent and set the bones out of the graues and burt them vpoÌ„ the aulter to pollute it accordynge to the worde of the Lorde that the men of god proclaymed whiche tolde the same wordes Then he sayd what graue stone is yonder that I se And the men of the citye tolde hym it is the sepulchre of the man of God whiche came from Iuda and tolde the selfe same thynges that thou hast done to the aulter of Bethell And he sayde let hym be se that no man moue his bones And so his bones were saued with the bones of a Prophet that came out of Samaria â–ª And in all the houses of the hylaulters in the cityes of Samaria whiche the kynges of Israell had made to angre †the Lorde withall those Iosia put out of the waye and dyd to them accordynge to all the actes that he had done in Bethel And he sacrifyced all the Preestes of the hylaulters that were there euen vpon the aulters and burnt mennes bones vpon them and returned to Ierusalem And the kynge commaunded all the people saynge kepe the feast of Passeouer vnto the Lorde your God as it is wrytten in the boke of this couenaunt There was no Passe â—â—er holden lyke that from the dayes of the iudges that iudged Israell and in all the dayes of the kynges of Israell and of the kynges of Iuda In the. xviii yere of kynge Iosia was this Passeouer holdeÌ„ to the lorde in Ierusalem And therto workers with spirites and sothsayers ymages ydolles and al the abhominacions that were spyed in the lande of Iuda and in Ierusalem those dyd Iosia put out of the waye to perfourme the wordes of the lawe whiche were wrytten in the booke that Helkia the Preest founde in the house of the Lorde lyke vnto hym was there no kynge before hym that turned to the Lorde with all his herte w t all his soule and all his myght accordyng to all the lawe of Moses neyther after hym arose there any soche as he Notwithstandynge the Lorde turned not from the fearcenesse of his greate wrath wherwith he was angrye agaynst Iuda bycause of all the prouocacyons that Manasse had prouoked hym withall And the Lorde sayde I wyll put Iuda also out of my syght as I haue done away Israell and wyll cast of this citye Ierusalem whiche I haue chosen and the house of whiche I sayd my name shall be there The rest of the wordes that concerne Iosia and all that he dyd are they not wrytten in the booke of the cronicles of the kynges of Iuda In his dayes Pharao ☞ Necho kynge of Egypt went vp agaynst the kynge of Assyria to the ryuer of Euphrates And kynge Iosia went agaynst hym and was sleyne of hym at Magyddo when he had sene hym And his seruauntes caryed hym â—â—â—ad from Magiddo brought hym to Ierusalem and buryed hym in his owne sepulchre And the people of the lande toke ☞ Iehoahaz the Sonne of Iosia and anoynted hym and made hym â–ª kynge in his fathers steade Iehoahaz was xxiii years olde when he began to reygne and reygned thre monethes in Ierusalem His mothers name also was Hamiel the doughter of Ieremia of Libna And he dyd euyl in the syght of the lorde accordynge to all thynges as his Fathers had done And Pharao Necho put hym in bondes at Rebla in the lande of Hamath that he shulde not reygne in Ierusalem and put the lande to a trybute of an hundred talentes of syluer and a talent of golde And Pharao Necho made Eliakim the sonne of Iosia kynge in the rowme of Iosia his father and turned his name to Iehoakim and toke Iehoahaz awaye whiche when he came to Egypte dyed there And Iehoakim gaue the syluer and the golde to Pharao and taxed the lande to gyue the money accordynge to the request of Pharao requirynge of euery man accordynge to theyr abilyte syluer and golde euen of the people of the lande to gyue vnto Pharao Necho Iehoakim was xxv yere olde when he began to reygne and he reygned a. xi yeare in Ierusalem His mothers name also was Zebuda the doughter of Pedaia of Ruma And he dyd that which was euyll in the syght of the Lorde accordynge to all thyngê as his fathers had done ¶ Iehoakim dyeth Ierusalem is beseyged of the Babilonians Iehoachin yeldeth hym selfe to the kynge of Babilon And in his roume came Mathaniah which was called zedekia CAPI XXIIII IN his dayes came Nabuchodonezer kyng of BabiloÌ„ vp and Iehoakim became his seruaunte thre yere and then turned and rebelled agaynst hym And the Lorde sent vpon hym ☞ men of warte from among the Caldeys from amonge the Sirians out of the Moabites and from the chyldren of Ammon and sent them agaynst Iuda to destroy it accordynge to the sayenge of the Lorde whiche he spake by his seruauntes
other Iues that were in the kynges landes they came togyther and stode for theyr lyues that they myght haue rest from theyr enemyes and slue of theyr enemyes fyue and seuentye thousande howbeit they layde no hande on theyr goodes This they dyd on the thyrtenth day of the moneth Adar and on the fourtenth daye of the same moneth rested they whiche day they helde with feastynge and gladnesse But the Iues that were at Susan came togyther both on the thyrtenth day on the fourtenth on the fyftenth day of the same they rested and helde the daye with feastynge and gladnesse And therfore the Iues that dwelte in the villages and vnwalled townes helde the fourtenth day of the moneth Adar with gladnesse and feastynge and kepte holy day and euery one sent gyftes vnto an other And Mardocheus wrote these actes and sent the wrytynges vnto all the Iues that were in all the landes of kynge Ahasuerus both nygh and farre that they shulde make a lawe among themselues and holde the fourtenth or fyftenth day of the moneth Adar as the dayes wherin the Iues came to rest from theyr enemyes as a moneth wherin theyr payne was turned to ioye and theyr sorowe into a holy day and that in those dayes they shulde make feastes and gladnesse and one to sende gyftes vnto an other and to distribute vnto the poore And the Iues were contente with it that they had begon to do and that Mardocheus wrote vnto them how that Haman the sonne of Hamadatha all the Iues enemye had deuysed agaynst the Iues howe he myght destroy them and caused to cast Phur that is a lot for to put them in feare and to brynge them to nought and howe Esther went and spake to the kynge that thorowe letters his wycked deuyce which he ymagined agaynst the Iues myght be turned vpon his owne heade and howe he and his sonnes were hanged on the tree For the whiche cause they called this day Phurim bycause of the name of the lot and bycause of all the wordes of this wrytynge what they them selues had sene and what had happened vnto them And the Iues set it vp and toke it vpon them and theyr seede and vpon all suche as ioyned themselues vnto them that they wold not mysse but obserue these two dayes yerely accordyng as they were wrytten and appoynted how that these dayes are not to be forgotten but to be kepte of chyldrens chyldren among all kynreds in all landes and cityes They are the dayes of Phurim whiche are not to be ouerslypte amonge the Iues the memorial of them ought not to peryshe from theyr sede And quene Esther the doughter of Abihail Mardocheus the Iue wrote with all auctorite to confirme this seconde wrytynge of Phurim and sent the letters vnto all the Iues in the hundred seuen twentie landes of the Empyre of Ahasuarus with frendâ—ly and faythfull wordes to confirme these dayes of Phurim in theyr tyme appoynted accordyng as Mardocheus the Iue and Esther the quene had appoynted them And they bounde theyr soule theyr seede to fastynge prayer And Esther stablysshed the wordes of these lottes as it is wrytten in the boke And the kyng Ahasuerus layde tribute vpon the land and vpon the Iles of the see And all that he dyd by his power auctorite and the great worshyp of Mardocheus whiche the kynge gaue hym be they not wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Media and Persia For Mardocheus the Iue was the seconde nexte vnto kyng Ahasuerus and great among the Iues and accepted among the multitude of the brethren as one that seketh the welthe of his people and speaketh the best for all his seede The ende of the boke of Esther The boke of Iob. ¶ Iob by plaged of god by the losse of his goodes and Chyldren CAPI Primo IN the lande of Hus there was a maÌ„ whose name was Iob and the same was a perfyte iust man suche a one as feared God and exchued euyll And he had seuen sonnes and thre doughters His substaunce also was seuen M. shepe and thre M. camelles fyue C. yocke of oxen and fyue C. she asses and a very greate housholde so that he was one of the most principal men among al them of the East countrye And his sonnes wente and made bankettes one daye in one house an other daye in an other and sente for theyr thre systers to eate and drynke with them And it fortuned that when they had passed ouer the tyme of theyr bankettynge rounde aboute Iob sent for them and ☞ sanctified them and gat vp early and offered for euery one a burntofferyng For Iob sayde lest peraduenture my sonnes haue done some offence ☞ haue bene vnthankefull to god in theyr hertes Thus dyd Iob euery day And vpon a day when ☞ the chyldren of God came stode before the Lorde it fortuned that Satan come also amonge them And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan From whence comest thou Satan answered the Lorde and sayde I haue gone aboute the lande and walked thorowe it And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan hast thou not consydered my seruaunt Iob how that there is none lyke hym in the lande a perfyte and a iust man suche a one as feareth God exchueth euyll Satan answered and sayde vnto the Lorde Doth Iob feare God for nought hast thou not preserued hym and his house and al that he hath on euery syde Thou hast blessed the workes of his handes and his possessyon is encreased in the lande But laye thyne hande nowe vpon hym †a lytle and touche al that he hath and he shal curse the to thy face And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan Lo all that he hath be in thy power onely vpon hym selfe se that thou lay not thyne hande And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lorde And vpon a certayne day it fortuned that his sonnes and doughters were eatyng and drinkyng wyne in theyr eldest brothers house and there came a messenger vnto Iob and sayde whyle the oxen were a plowynge and the Asses goynge in the pasture besyde them the Sabers came in violently and toke them awaye yea they haue sleyne thy seruauntes with the edge of the swerde and I onely ran my waye to tell the. Whyle he was yet speakynge there came an other and sayde The fyre of god is fallen froÌ„ heuen and hath brent vp all thy shepe and seruauntes and consumed them and I onely ranne my way to tell the. And whyle he was yet speakynge there came an other and sayde The Caldees made thre armyes and fell in vpon the Camelles and haue caryed them awaye yea and sleyne thy seruauntes with the swerde and I onely am gotten awaye to tel the. And whyle he was yet speakyng there came an other and sayde Thy sonnes and thy doughters were eatynge and drynkynge wyne in theyr eldest brothers house and beholde there came a myghty great wynde out of
agaynst the ypocryte The ryghteous also wyll kepe his waye and he that hath cleane handes wyll euer be stronger and stronger As for you turne you and get you hence I pray you seynge I can not fynde one wyse man amonge you My dayes are past my counsayles and though tes of my herte are vanysshed a waye chaun gynge the nyght in to daye and the lyght in to darknesse Though I tary neuer so moch yet the graue is my house and I haue made my bed in the darke I call corrupcyon my father and the wormes call I my mother my syster What helpeth then my longe taryenge Or who hath consydered the thynge that I loke fore All that I haue shall go downe in to the pyt and lye with me in the dust ¶ Bildad reheâ—seth the paynes of the vnfaythfull and wycked CAPI XVIII THen answered Bildad the Suhite and sayde ☞ when wyll ye make an ende of your wordes Marke well and then we wyll speake Wherfore are we counted as beastes and reputed so vyle in youre syght He destroyeth hym selfe with his anger Shal the earth be forsaken or any stone remoued out of his place bycause of the Yea the lyght of the vngodly shall be put oute and the sparke of his fyre shall not burne The lyght shal be darke in his dwellyng and his candle shal be put out with hym His presumptuous goynges are kept in and his owne couÌ„sayle shall cast hym downe For his feete are taken as it were in the net and he is at his wyttes ende His foote shall be holden in the snare it shall catch them that be thyrstye of bloode The snare is layed for hym in the grounde and a pytfall in the waye Fearfulnesse shall make hym afrayde on euery syde that he shall not knowe where to get out Hunger shal be his strength mysfortune shall hange vpon hym He shall eate the strength of his owne skynne euen the fyrste borne of death shall eate his strength His hope shall be roted out of his dwellyng very fearfulnesse shall bryng hym ☞ to the kyng Other men shall dwell in his house but shal be none of his brymstone shal be scattered vpon his habytacyon His rotes shall be dryed vp beneth and aboue shal his braunche be cut downe His remembrauÌ„ce shal peryshe from the earth and he shall haue no name in the strete they shall dryue him from the lyght into darkenes and caste hym cleane out of the worlde He shall neyther haue chyldren nor kynsfolkê among his people no nor any posterite in his dwellynges They that come after hym shall be astonyed at his day and they that go before shall be aftayde Soche are nowe the dwellynges of the wycked and this is the place of hym that knoweth not God ¶ Iob reciteth his miseryes and grenous payned He prophesyeth of the generall resurreceyon CAPI XIX IOb answered and sayde howe longe wyl ye vexe my soule trouble me with wordes Lo ☞ ten tymes haue ye reproued me and are not a shamed for to laugh me so to scorne yf I go wronge I go wronge to my selfe But yf ye wyll enhaunce your selues agaynst me and accuse me to be a wycked person bycause of the shame that is come vpon me know this then that it is god which hath handled me so violently and hath compassed me aboute with his net Yf I complayne of the violence that is done vnto me I can not be herde And yf I crye there is no sentence gyuen with me He hath hedged vp my waye that I can not passe he hath set darkenesse in my patthes He hath spoyled me of myne honour and taken the crowne awaye fro my heade He hath destroyed me on euery syde I am vndone My hope hath he taken awaye fro me as it were a tre plucte vp by the rote His wrath is kyndled agaynst me he taketh me as though I were his enemye ☞ His men of warre came togyther whiche made theyr waye ouer me and beseyged my dwellynge round aboute He hath put my brethren far awaye fro me and soche as were of myne acquayntaunce are become strauÌ„gers vnto me Myne owne kynsfolkes haue for saken me my frendes haue put me out of remembraunce The seruauntes and maydens of myne owne house toke me for a strauÌ„ger and I am become as an alyaunt in theyr syght I called my seruaunt and he gaue me no answere no though I prayed hym w t my mouth Myne owne wyfe myght not abyde my breth I was fayne to speake fayre for the chyldren of myne owne body Yea the chyldren despysed me And when I was gone from them they spake euyll vpon me All soche as were my mooste familyers abhorred me and they whome I loued best are turned agaynst me My bone hangeth to my skynne and my flesshe is awaye onely there is lefte me the skynne about my teeth Haue pyte vpon me haue pyte vpon me O ye my frendes for the hande of God hath touched me Why do â–ª ye persecute me as God doth and are not satisfyed of my fleshe O that my wordes were now wryten O that they were put in a boke wolde God they were grauen with an yron pen in leade or in stone to continue For I am sure that my redemer lyueth and that I shal ryse out of the earth in the laste daye that I shall be cloched agayne with this skyn and se God in my flesshe Yea I my selfe shall be hold him not with other but with these same eyes My raynes are consumed within me dyd not ye saye why doth he suffer persecucyon Is theyr founde an occasyon in me But beware of the swerde for the swerde wyl be auenged of wyckednesse and be sure that there is a iudgement ¶ Sophar sayth that the vnfaythfull the couptouâ— and the wycked shall haue a shorte ende CAPI XX. THen answered Sophar the Naamathite and sayde For the same cause do my thoughtes compell me to answere And why my mynde is redye within me I haue sufficyently herde thy checkynge and reprofe therfore am I purposed to make answere after myne vnderstandynge Knowest thou not this namely that from the begynnynge euer synce the creacyon of man vpon earth the gladnesse of the vngodly hath ben short and that the ioye of ypocrites coÌ„tynued but the twynclynge of an eye Though he be magnifyed vp to the heuen so that his heade teacheth vnto the cloudes yet at a turne he peryssheth foreuer In so moche that they whiche haue sene hym shall saye Where is he He shall vanysshe as a dreame so that he can no more be founde and shall passe awaye as a visyon in the nyght So that the eye whiche sawe hym before shall haue no more syght of hym and his place shall knowe hym no more ☞ His chyldren shal be fayne to agre with the pore his handes shal restore them theyr goodes From his youth his bones are full of pleasures but nowe shall
iewels a necke bande of golde wyll we make the with syluer buttons When the Kynge sytteth at the table he shall smell Mynardê° a boÌ„del of Myrre is my loue vnto me he wyl lye betwyxte my brestê A cluster of grapes in y â— vineyardê of Engaddi is my loue vnto me O howe fayre art y â— my loue how fayre art thou y â— hast doues eies O how fayre art y â— my beloued how wel fauored art y â— Our bed is decte w t floures y â— selyngê of our house are of Cedre tree our balkê of Cypresse â–ª CAPI II. I Am the lyâ—ie of the felde and rose of the valleye as the rose among the thornes so is my loue amonge the daughters Lyke as the apple tree among the trees of the wood so is my beloued amonge the sonnes My delyte is to syt vnder hys shadowe for his frute is swete vnto my throte He bryngeth me into hys wyne seller and loueth me specyally well Refresh me with grapes comforte me with apples for I am sycke of loue His lefte hande lyeth vnder my heade and his ryght hande shal embrace me I charge you O ye daughters of Ierusalem by the Roes and hyndes of the felde that ye wake nat vp my loue nor touche her tyl she be contente her selfe Me thynke I heare the voyce of my beloued lo there commeth he hoppynge vpon the mountaynes and leapynge ouer the lytle hylles My beloued is lyke a Roo or a yonge hart Be holde he standeth behynde our wall he loketh in at y â— wyndowe and pepeth thorowe the grate My beloued answered and sayde vnto me O stande vp my loue my beutyfull and come for lo the wenter is nowe paste the rayne is awaye and gone The floures are come vp in the felde the tyme of the vyrdes syngynge is come and the voyce of the turtle done is harde in our lande The fygge tree bryngeth forth her fygges and the vynes beare blossoms and haue a good smel O stande vp my loue my beutyful and come O my doue out of the caues of y â— rockes out of the holes of the wall O let mese thy countenaunce and heare thy voice for swete is thy voice and fayre is thy face Get vs the foxes yee the lytle foxes that hurt the vynes for oure vynes beare blossoms My loue is myne and I am hys whiche fedeth amonge the roses vntyl the daye breake and tyll the shadowes be gone Come agayne O my beloued and be lyke as a Roo or a yonge hart vpon the wyde mountaynes ¶ CAPI III. By nyght in my bed I sought hym whoÌ„ my soule loueth yee dilygently sought I hym but I founde hym nat I wyll get vp thought I and go about the cytie vpon the market and in al the uretes wyll I seke hym whom my soule loueth but when I sought hym I fouÌ„de hym nat The watchmen also that go aboute the cytie toude me Sawe ye natâ—â—â— whom my soule loueth So when I was a â—ytle paste the I founde hym whom my soule loueth I haue gotten holde vpon hi wyl nat let him go vntyl I brynge hym into my mothers house and in to her chambre that bare me * I charge you O ye daughters of Ierusalem by the Roes and Hyndes of the felde that ye wake nat vp my loue nor touche her tyll she be content her selfe Who is this that commeth vp out of the wyldernes lyke vapours of smoke as it were a smell of Myrre franckencence and all maner spyces of the Apotecary Beholde aboute Salomons bedstede ther stande xl valeauÌ„e men of the most myghtie in Israel They holde swerdes euery one and are experte in warre Euery man also hathe his swerde vpon his thygh because of fere in the nyght Kynge Salamon had made hym selfe a palace of the wod of Libanus the pâ—lars are of syluer the couerynge of golde the seate of purple the grounde is plesauntly paued with loue for the daughters of Ierusalem Go forth O ye daughters of Sion and beholde Kynge Salomon in the crowne wherwith his mother crowned hym in the daye of hys maryage and in the day of the gladnes of his herte CAP. IIII. O Howe fayre art thou my loue howe fayre art thou thou hast doues eyes besyde that whiche lyeth hyd within Thy hearye lockes are lyke the wol of a flocke of shepe that be shorne vpon mount Gâ—lead Thy teth are lyke shepe of the same by gnesse which went vp from the washyng place where euery one beareth two twins and nat one vnfrutefull amonge them Thy lyppes are lyke a rose coulored rybonde thy wordes are louely thy chekes are lyke a pece of a pomgranate besydes that whiche lyeth hyd within Thy necke is lyke the tower of Dauid buylded with bulwerckes wher vpon there hang a thousande shyldes yee all the weapens of the geauntes Thy two brestes are lyke two twyns of yonge roes whiche fede amonge roses O that I myght go to the mountayne of Myrre and to the hyll of frankyncense tyll the daye breake tyll the shadodowes be past awaye Thou art all fayre O my loue there is no spott in the. Come to me from Lybanus O my spouse come to me from Lybanus loke from the toppe of Amana froÌ„ the toppe of Sanâ—â— Hermon froÌ„ the lions dennes froÌ„ the mouÌ„taynes of the leopardes Thou hast wouÌ„ded my hert The Booke of the Prophete Esaye ¶ Esaye prophecyeth that the angre of God shall come vpon Ierusalem because of theyr synnes CAPITVLO I. THe vysyon of Esaye the sonne of Amos whiche he sawe vpon Iuda and Ierusalem in the dayes of Uzia and Ioathan Aham and Iehezikiah Kynges of Iuda Heare O Heauens and herken O earthe For the Lorde hathe spoken I haue norished and brought vp chyldren but they haue done wyckedly against me The oxe hath knoweÌ„ his owner and the asse his maysters cryb but Israel hathe receyued no knoweledge my people hathe no vnderstandynge Alas for this synfull nacyon a people of greate iniquytie a frowarde generacyon vnnatural children They haue forsaken the Lorde they haue prouoked the holy one of Israel vnto angre are gone backward Wherby shuld ye be plaged any more For ye are euer fallynge awaye The whole heed is syke and all the herte is heuy From the sole of y â— fote vnto y â— heed there is no hole part in al your body but al are woundes botches sores strypes which can neither be helped bouÌ„de vp molifyed nor eased with any oyntment Your lande lyeth waste your cityes are brent vp your enemyes deuoure your lande and ye must be fayne to stande and loke vpon it and it is desolate as it were with enemyes in a batayle Moreouer the daughter of Syon is lefte alone lyke a cotage in a vyneyarde lyke a lodge in a gardeyn of cucumbers lyke a beseged cytie And excepte the Lorde of Hostes hadde lefte vs a fewe alyue we shulde haue bene as Sodoma and
trauayle and laboure shall come to naught and be consumed in the fyre Thys is the charge that Ieremy gaue vnto Saraiah the sōne of Neriah the sōne of Maasiah when he went towarde Babylon with Zedekiah the kynge of Iuda in the. iiij yeare of hys raygne Nowe thys Saraiah was a peaceable prynce Ieremy wrote in a booke all the mesery that shulde come vpon Babylon yee and all these sermons that be wrytten agaynste Babylon and gaue Saraiah thys charge When thou commest vnto Babylon se that thou reade all these wordes and saye O Lorde thou arte determyned to rote out this place so that neyther people nor catell shall dwell there any more but to lye wast for euer and when thou hast redde out the booke bynde a stone to it and caste it in the myddest of Euphrates and saye Euen thus shall Babylon syncke and be thrust downe with the burthen of trouble that I wyll brynge vpō her so that she shall neuer come vp agayne Thus farre are the preachīges of Ieremy ¶ He repeteth the takynge of zedekiah Ierusalem is takē of the Chaldees zedekeas sonnes are kylled before his face and hys eyes put out The cytie is burned The tēple spoyled and robbed They that were lafte in Ierusalem are caryed to Babylon Kynge Ieoakyn is brought forth of preson and fed lyke a kynge CAPI LII ZEdekiah was one xxx yeare olde whē he was made kynge and he raygned eleuen yeare in Ierusalem Hys mothers name was Hamutall Ieremyes daughter of lybna He lyued wyckedly before the Lorde euen as Ieoakin dyd For the Lorde was angry at Ierusalem Iuda so longe tyll he had cast them out of his presence And Zedekiah fel from the kynge of Babylō But in the nynth yeare of his raygne In the tenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth it happened that Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babylon with al his Hoste came before Ierusalem beseged it and made them bulworkes roūde about it And thys besegynge of the cytie endured vnto the eleuēth yeare of kynge Zedekiah And in the fourth moneth the. ix daye of the moneth there was so great honger in the cytie that there were no more vytayles for the people of the lande So all the soudyers bruke awaye and fled out of the cytye by nyght thorowe the waye of the porte betwene the two walles by the kynges garden Nowe the Chaldees had cōpassed the cytie roūde about yet went these men theyr waye towarde the wyldernes And so the Caldees folowed vpon thē and toke Zedekiah the kynge in the felde of Iericho when his hoost was runne from hym So they caryed the kynge awaye prysoner to Reblath vnto the kynge of Babylon in the lande of Hemath where he gaue iudgement vpon hym The kynge of Babylon also caused Zedekias sonnes to be slayne before his face yee put all the prynces of Iuda to death at Reblath Moreouer he put out the eyes of Zedekiah caused him to be bounde with cheynes to be caried vnto Babylon and let hym lye in preson tyll he dyed Nowe the tenth daye of the fyfth moneth in y ◠nynth yeare of Nabuchodonosor kyng of Babylon Nabusaradan the chefe captayne and the kynge of Babylons seruauntes came vnto Ierusalem and brent vp the house of the Lorde He brent vp also the kynges palace all the houses all y ◠gorgeous buyldynges in Ierusalem And the whole hoost of the Chaldees that were with the chefe captayne brake downe all the walles of Ierusalem rounde aboute As for the poore people and suche folke as yet was left in the cytie which also were fallen to the kynge of Babylon yee and what people as yet remayned Nabusaradan the chefe captayne caryed them awaye presoners But the poore people of the countre dyd Nabuzaradan the chefe captayne leaue in the lande to occupy the vyne ardes and feldes The Caldees also brake the brasen pyllers that were in the house of the Lord yee the seate and the brasen lauer that was in the house of the Lorde and caryed all the metall of them vnto Babylon They toke awaye also the Cauldrous shouels flesh hokes sprinklers spones and all the brasen vessell that was occupyed in the seruyce with the basens colepannes sprynklers pottes candelstyckes spones and cuppes wherof some were of golde and some of syluer The chefe captayne toke also the two pyllers the lauer the twelue brasen bullockes that stode vnder y ◠seate which kyng Salomon made in the house of the Lorde and all the vessel conteyned so much metal that it might nat be weyed For euery piller was eyghtene cupyres hye and the rope y t went aboute it was twelue cubytes foure fyngers thycke and rounde Nowe vpon the rope were brasen knoppes euery knoppe was fyue cubytes hye and vpon the knoppes were whopes and pomgranates roūde aboute of cleane brasse After this maner were bothe the pyllers fashyoned with the pomgranates whereof there were an hundreth xcvj whiche hanged vpon the whopes rounde aboute The chefe captaine also toke Sariah the hye prest and Sophoniah that was chefe nexte hym and the thre kepers of the treasury He toke out of the cytie a chamberlayne which was a captayne of the souldyers and seuen men that were the kynges seruauntes whiche were founde in the citie and Sepher a captayne that vsed to muster the men of warre with threscore men of the countre that were taken in the cytie These Nabuzaradan the chefe captayne toke and caried them to the kynge of Babylon vnto Reblath and the kynge of Babylon caused them to be put to death at Reblath in the lande of Hemath And thus Iuda was led awaye captyue out of hys owne lande This is the some of the people whome Nabuchodonosor led away captiuie In the seueth yere of his raygne he caryed away of the Iewes thre thousand and thre and twenty In the. xviij yeare Nabuchodonosor caried awaye from Ierusalem eyght hundreth thirtye and two personnes In the. xxiij yeare of Nabuchodonosor Nabuzaradan the chefe captayne toke awaye seuen hundreth fourty and fyue Iewes presoners The whole summe of all the presoners is foure thousande and syxe hundreth * In the. xxxvij yeare after that Iehoacin the kynge of Iuda was caryed away in the. xxv daye of the. xij moneth Euilmerodach kynge of Babilon the same yeare that he reygned gaue Iehoacin the kynge of Iuda his pardon and let hym out of preson and spake louyngly to hym And set his trone aboue the trones of the other kynges that were with him in Babylon He chaunged also the clothes of his preson yee and he dyd eate with hym al his lyfe longe And he had a contynuall lyuynge geuen hym of the kynge of Babylon euery day a certayne thynge alowed hym all the dayes of his lyfe vntyll he dyed ¶ The ende of the Boke of the Prophete Ieremye ⧠The lamentary ons of Ieremye ¶ It happened after Israel was brought into captyuyte and
Yee I shall buylde it agayne as it was afore tyme that they maye possesse the remnaunt of Edom yee and all suche people as call vpon my name with theÌ„ sayeth the Lorde whiche dothe these thynges Beholde the tyme commeth sayeth the Lorde that the plowmaÌ„ shall ouer take the mower treader of grapes hym y â— soweth sede The mountaynes shall droppe swete wyne and the hylles shal be fruteful and I wyll turne the captyuyte of my people of Israel they shall repayre the waste cyties and haue theÌ„ in possessyon they shall plante vynyardes dryncke the wyne therof they shall make gardens enioye the frutes of them And I wyll plante them vpon theyr owne grounde so that I wyl neuer rote theÌ„ out agayne from theyr lande which I haue geuen them sayeth the Lorde thy God ¶ The ende of the Prophecye of Amos. ¶ agaynste Edom and the truste that they had in ryches ¶ The booke of the Prophete Abdy THys is the vision that was shewed vnto Abdy Thus hathe the Lorde God spokeÌ„ vpoÌ„ Edom we haue harde of the Lord that there is an embassage set amonge the Heathen Up let vs aryse fyght agaynst theÌ„ Beholde I wyll make the smal amoÌ„ge the Heathen so y â— thou shalt be vtterly despysed The pryde of thine hert hath lyfte y â— vp thou y â— dwellest in the strong holdes of stone haste made y â— an hye seate Thou sayest in thyne hert who shal cast me downe to the grounde But though thou weÌ„test vp as hye as the Aegle madest thy ‡ nest aboue amonge y â— starres yet wolde I plucke the downe froÌ„ theÌ„ce sayeth y â— Lorde Yf the theues robbers came to y â— by night thou takyng thy rest shulde they nat steale tyll they had ynough â–ª Yf y â— grape gatherers came vpon the wolde they nat leaue y â— some grapes But howe shall they repe Esau seke out his treasures Yee the men y â— were sworne vnto the shall dryue y â— out of y â— borders of thyne owne lande They y â— be nowe at one with y â— shall disceaue the ouercome the Euen they y â— eate thy brede shal betraye the or euer y â— perceaue it Shal nat I at y â— same tyme sayeth the Lorde destroye y â— wyse meÌ„ of Edom those y â— haue vnderstaÌ„dyng from the mount of Esau Thy gyauntes O Theman shall be afrayed for thorowe the slaughter they shal be al ouerthorowen vpoÌ„ the mount of Esau. Shame shall come vpoÌ„ the for the malyce y â— thou shewedest to thy brother Iacob yee for euermore shalt thou perysh and that because of the tyme when thou dydest set thy selfe agaynste hym euen when the enemyes caryed awaye his hoost and when the aleauntes came in at his portes and cast lottes vpon Ierusalem thou thyselfe waste as one of them Thou shalte nomore se the daye of thy brother thou shalte nomore beholde the tyme of hys captyuyte thou shalte nomore reioyse ouer the children of Iuda in the day â—t theyr destruccyon thou shalte tryumphe nomore in the tyme of theyr trouble Thou shalt nomore come in at the gates of my people in the tyme of theyr decaye thou shalte nat se theyr mysery in the daye of theyr fall Thou shalt sende out no man agaynste theyr hoost in the daye of theyr aduersyte neyther shalte thou stande waytynge any more at the corners of the stretes to murthur suche as are fled or to take them presoners that remayne in the daye of theyr trouble For the daye of the Lorde is harde by vpon all the Heathen Lyke as thou hast done so shalt thou be dealte wthal yee thou shalte be rewarded euen vpon thyne heade For lyke wyse as ye haue dronken vpon myne holy hyll so shall all heathen dryncke continually yee dryncke shal they and swalowe vp â—o y â— ye shal be as though ye had neuer bene But ☞ vpon the mounte Syon shall the saluacyon be and holynes these shal be holy and the house of Iacob shall possesse euen those that had them selues afore in possessyon Moreouer ☜ the house of Iacob shal be a fyre the house af Ioseph a flame and the house of Esau shal be the strawe whiche they shall kyndle and consume so that nothynge shal be lefte of the house of Esau the Lorde hymselfe hathe sayde it They of the South shall haue the mounte of Esau in possessyon and loke what lyeth vpon the grounde that shall the Philystynes haue the playne feldes shall Ephraim Samaria possesse and the mouÌ„taynes of Galaad shal Ben Iamin haue And this Hoost shall be the chyldren of Israels prysoners Nowe what so lyeth froÌ„ Canaan vnto zareptah in Sepharad that shal be vnder the subieccyon of Ierusalem and the cyties of the south shall enheret it Thus they that escape vpoÌ„ the hyl of Syon shal go vp to punysh the mount of Esaweâ— and the kyngdome shall be the Lordes ¶ The ende of the boke of the Prophecye of Abdy ⧠The Booke of the Prophete Ionas ¶ The flyght of Ionas when he was sent to preache A teÌ„pest aryseth casteth hym in the see for his dysobedience CAPI I. THe worde of the Lord came vnto Ionas the sonne of Amythai sayeng Aryse get y ◠☜ to Niniue that great cyte and preache vnto them howe y â— their wickednes is come vp before me And Ionas made him redy to fle ☞ vnto Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde and gat him downe to Ioppa where he fouÌ„de a shyp redy for to go vnto Tharsis So he payde his fare and wente abrode that he myght go with them vnto Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde But the Lorde hurled a greate wynde into the see and there was a myghtye teÌ„pest in the see so that the shyppe was in teoperdy of goyng in peces Then y â— maryners were afrayed and cryed euery maÌ„ vnto his God and the goodes that were in the shyppe they cast into the see to lyghten it of theÌ„ But Ionas gat him vnder the hatches where he layed him downe slombred So the master of the shyppe came to him and sayde vnto him why slomberest thou Up call vpon thy God yf God happely wyll thynke vpon vs that we peryshe not And they sayde one to another come let vs caste lottes that we may knowe for whose cause we are thus troubled And so they cast lottes the lot fell vpon Ionas Then sayd they vnto him tel vs for whose cause are we thus troubled what is thine occupacion whence commest thou and whe ther goest thou â–ª what couÌ„treman art thou of what nacion He answered theÌ„ I am an Ebrue I fere the Lorde God of heauen which made both y â— see dry laÌ„de Then were the meÌ„ excedyngly afrayed sayd vnto him why dydest y u so for they knew y â— he was fled
I make the wast and cause thy inhabyters to be abhorted O my people and thus shalt thou beare thyne owne shame CAPI VII ¶ â— coÌ„playnt of the lyttel noÌ„bre of the rightuouse Agaynst the truth ought we not to holde with out greatest frendes WO is me I am become as one that goeth a gleanyng i the haruest Ther are no grapes to eate yet wolde I fayne w t all my herte haue of the best frute There is not a godly man vpon earth there is not one ryghtuous amonge men They labour all to shed bloude euery man hunteth hys brother to death yet they saye they do well when they do euyll As the prynce wyll so saieth the iudge that he may do him a pleasure agayne The greate man speaketh what his herte desyreth the hearers alow him The best of theÌ„ is but as a thistle the most rightuous of theÌ„ is but as a breer i the hedge But when the daye of thy preachers coÌ„meth that thou shalt be visyted theÌ„ shall they be wasted awaye Let no man beleue his frende nor put hys confydeÌ„ce in a price Kepe y â— porte of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome for the soÌ„ne shal put his father to dishonoure the daughter shal rise agaynst her mother the daughter in lawe agaynst her mother in lawe a mans foes shal be euen they of hys owne housholde Neuertheles I wyl loke vp vnto y â— Lord I wyll pacyently abyde God my sauioure my God shall heare me O thou enemye of myne reioyce not at my fall for I shall get vp againe though I syr in darcknesse yet the Lorde is my lyght I wyll beare the punishemeÌ„t of y â— Lorde for why I haue offended him til he syt in iudgmeÌ„t vpoÌ„ my cause se y t I haue right He wyll bryng me forth to the lyght I shall se his rightuousnesse She that is myne enemy shal loke vpon it be confouÌ„ded which now saieth Where is thy Lorde God Myne eyes shall beholde her when she shal be trodeÌ„ downe as y â— clay in y â— stretes The tyme wyl come that thy gappes shal be made vp the lawe shal go abrode at y t tyme shal they come vnto the froÌ„ Assur vnto the stronge cyties from the strong cytyes vnto the ryuer froÌ„ the one see to y â— other froÌ„ the one mouÌ„tayne to y â— other Notwithstandynge y â— land must be wasted because of them that dwell therin and for the frutes of theyr owne Imaginacions Therfore fede thy people with thy rod the flocke of thine heritage which dwel desolate in the wodde that they maye be fedde vpon the mount of Charmel Basan and Galaad as afore time Maruelous thynges wyll I shew them lyke as when they came out of Egypte Thys shall the Heathen se and be ashamed for all their power so that they shall laye theyr hande vpon theyr mouthe and stoppe theyr eares They shall lycke the dust lyke a serpente and as the wormes of the earth that tremble in theyr holes They shal be afrayed of the Lorde our God and they shall feare the. Where is there such a God as thou that pardâ—nest wickednes and forgeueste the offences of the remnaunt of thyne herytage HeÌ„ kepeth not his wrath for euer And why hys delyte is to haue compassyon he shall turne agayne and be mercyfull to vs he shall put downe oure wyckednes and cast all oure sinnes in to the botome of the see Thou shalt kepe thy trueth with Iacob and thy mercy for Abraham lyke as thou hane sworne vnto oure fathers longe ago ¶ The ende of the Prophecye of Mycheas ⧠The boke of the Prophet Naum. ¶ Of the destruccyon of Niniue and of the delyueraunce of Israell CAPI I. THys is the heuy burthen of Niniue whiche Naum of Elchos dyd wryte as he sawe it The Lord is a gelous God a taker of vengeaunce is the Lorde and wrothfull The lorde taketh vengeaunce of his enemyes and reserueth displeasure for his aduersaryes The Lord suffreth long he is of greate power so inoceÌ„t that he leaueth no man fautlesse before him The Lorde goeth forth in teÌ„pest stormy wether the cloudes are the dust of his fete WheÌ„ he reproueth the see he drieth it vp turneth al the floudes to drye lande Basan is desolate Charmel the pleasure of Lybanus wasteth awaye The mouÌ„taynes tremble for him the hylles consume At the syght of him the earth quaketh yee the whole world and all y â— dwell therin Who maye endure before hys wrathe Or who is able to abyde his gtyme displeasure His anger taketh on lyke fyre and the harde rockes burst in sunder before hym Full gracyous is the Lorde and a strong holde in the tyme of trouble he knoweth theÌ„ that put theyr trust in hym when the floude renneth ouer and destroyeth the place and wheÌ„ the darcknesse foloweth styll vpon hys enemyes What do ye Imagin theÌ„ against y â— Lord on this maner Tush when he hath once made an ende there shal come nomore trouble For lyke as the thornes that sticke together and as the drye strawe so shall the dronckardes be coÌ„sumed together eueÌ„ wheÌ„ they be full There come out of the suche as Imagin myschefe geue vngracious couÌ„cell agaynst the Lorde Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde Let them be as well prepared yee as many as they can yet shal they be hewen downe and pas awaye And as for y â— I wyll vexe y â— but not vtterly destroy the. And nowe wyl I breake his rodde froÌ„ thy backe burst thy bondes in bonder But the Lorde hath geuen a commaundement concernynge the y t there shal come nomore sede of thy name The carued casten Images wyll I rote out of the house of thy God Thy graue shal I prepare for the and thou shalt be confounded ¶ He deseribeth the victorye of the Caldees agaynste the Nynyuytes CAPI II. BEholde vpon the mountaynes come the fete of him that bryngeth good tydinges and preached peace O Iuda kepe thy holy dayes perfourme thy promyses for Beâ—ial shall come no more in the he is vtterly roted oute The scaterer shall come vp agaynst the laye sege to the castell Loke thou wel to the stretes make thy loynes stronge arme thy self with al thy myght for the Lorde shal restore agayne the glory of Iacob lyke as the glory of Israel The destroyers haue brokeÌ„ theÌ„ downe marred the wyne braunches The shylde of hys gyauÌ„tes gly stereth hys men of warte are clothed in purple His charettes are as fyre when he maketh him forward his archers are wel deckt trimmed The charettes rol vpon y â— stretes welter in the hye waies They are to loke vpoÌ„ lyke cressettes of fyre go swyftly as y â— lyghtenyng WheÌ„ he doth but warne his giauÌ„tes they fall in theyr
the misery trouble of Iacob the trauaile of my people of Israel And he sayd vnto me Nōbre the thynges that are not yet come gather me together y ◠droppes y e are scatred abroade make me the floures grene agayne that are withered opē me the thyng that is closed bryng me forth the wyndes y e are shut vp Shewe me the ymage of a voyce and then shal I declare the thyng that thou labourest to knowe And I sayde O Lord Lord who may knowe these thinges but he that hath not his dwellynge with men As for me I am vnwyse howe may I then speake of these thynges wherof thou askest me Then sayde he vnto me lyke as y u cāst do none of these thīges that I haue spoken of euē so canst thou not fynde out my iudgement or in the ende y ◠loue that I haue promysed vnto my people And I sayd Beholde O Lorde yet art thou nye vnto them that haue no ende and what shall they do y ◠haue bene before me or we that be nowe or they that shall come after vs And he sayde vnto me I wyll lyken my iudgemente vnto a ryng Lyke as there is no slackenesse of the last euen so is there no swyftnesse of y ◠fyrste So I answered and sayd couldest thou not make those that haue bene made be now and that are for to come in one that thou myghtest shewe thy iudgemente the soner Then answered he me and sayde The creature may not haste aboue the maker neither may the worlde holde thē at once that shal be created And I sayde Howe hast thou sayde then vnto thy seruaunte that thou lyuynge maker hast made the creature lyuynge at once and the creature bare it euē so might it now also beare them that be present at once And he sayde vnto me Aske the chyldebed of a womā and saye vnto her If thou bryngest forth chyldren why doest thou it not to gether but one after another Praye her therfore to brynge forthe ten chyldren at once And I sayde she cannot but muste do it one after another Then sayde he vnto me Euen so haue I geuē a chyldebed vnto the earthe for those y ◠be sowen vpō it by processe of tyme. For lyke as a yong chylde may not bryng forth y ◠thinges that belong to the aged euē so haue I or dayned the worlde which I made And I asked and sayd Seyng thou hast nowe geuen me awaye I wyl speake before the for our mother of whom thou hast tolde me is yet yonge and nowe she draweth nye vnto age He answered me and sayde Aske a womā that beareth chyldren and she shall tell y ◠Say vntō her wherfore are not they whom thou haste nowe brought forth lyke those that were before y ◠but lesse of stature And she shall answere the They that be borne in the youth of strēgth are of one fashyon and they that are borne in the tyme of age when the chyldebed fayleth are other wise Consydre nowe thy selfe howe that ye are lesse of stature then those y t were before you so are they y t come after you lesse thē ye as the creatures which now begynne to be old and haue passed ouer the strength of youth Then sayd I Lord I beseche the yf I haue founde fauoure in thy syght shewe thy seruaunt by whome doest thou vyset thy creature ¶ The Angel instructeth Esdras and geueth hym answere to his questyons CAPI VI. AND he sayde vnto me In the begynnyng when the grounde was made before the world stode or euer the windes blew before it thondred and syghtned or euer the foundacions of Paradyse were layed before the fayre floures were sene or euer the mouable powers were stablished before the innumerable multitude of Angels were gathered together or euer the highnesses of the ayre were lyfted vp afore the measures of the firmament were named or euer the chimneis in Syon were hote or the present yeres were sought out and or euer the inuencyons of them that nowe synne were put asyde before they were sealed that nowe gather fayth for a treasure then dyd I consydre and pondre all these thynges and they all were made thorowe me and thorowe none other by me also they be ended and by none other Then answered I and sayde whiche shall be the partynge asunder of the tymes Or when shal be the ende of the fyrst and the begynnynge of it that folowethe And he sayd vnto me From Abraham vnto Isaac when Iacob and Esau were borne of hym Iacobs hande helde fyrste the hele of Esau for Esau is the ende of this world and Iacob is the begynnyng of it that foloweth The hande of man betwyxte the hele and the hande Other questyon Esdras aske thou not I answered then sayde O Lord Lord yf I haue founde fauour in thy syght I besech the shewe thy seruaunte the ende of thy tokens wherof thou shewedst me parte the last nyght So he answered and sayde vnto me Stande vp vpon thy fete and heare the perfecte voyce of sounde There shall come a greate mocyon but the place where thou standest shall not be moued And therfore whē thou herest the wordes be not afrayed for of the ende shall the worde and foundacyon of the earth be vnderstand And why the worde therof trembleth and quaketh for it knoweth that it muste be chaunged at the ende And it happened y ◠when I had hearde it I stode vp vpon my fete and herkened beholde there was a voyce that spake the sounde of it was lyke y ◠sounde of many waters and it sayde Beholde the dayes come that I wyll begynne to drawe nye to vyset them that dwell vpon earth and wyll begynne to make inquisycion of them what they be that haue hurt equite with vnryghtuousnes and when the low estate of Syon shal be fulfylled and when the worlde that shall vanyshe away shal be ouersealed then wyll I do these tokens The Bokes shal be opened before the firmament and they shall se all together the chyldrē of a yere olde shall speake with their voyces the wemen with chylde shall brynge forth vntymely chyldren of thre or foure monethes olde and they shall lyue and be raysed vp and sodēly shall the sowen places appeare as the vnsowen the full store houses shall sodenly be founde emptye the trompet shall geue a sounde which whē euery mā heareth they shal be sodenly afrayed At y e tyme shall frēdes fight one agaynst another lyke enemyes and the earthe shall stande in feare with them The sprynges of the welles shall stande styll and in thre houres they shall not renne Whosoeuer remaineth frō all these thynges that I haue told the shall escape and se my saluacyon and the ende of your worlde And the men that haue receyued shall se it they that haue not tasted deathe from theyr byrth and the hert of the in dwellers shal be
where he was crucified there was a garden and in the garden a newe sepulchre wherin was neuer man layde There layde they Iesus therfore bycause of the prepatynge of the Sabboth of the Iues for the sepulchre was nygh at hande ⊢ ¶ The resurteceyon of Chryst which appeareth to Mary Magdalene and to all his discyples to theyr great comforte CAPI XX. ✚ The fyrst daye of the Sabbothes came Mary Magdalene early when it was yet darke vnto the Sepulchre sawe the stone taken awaye from the graue Then she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whome Iesus loued and sayeth vnto them They haue taken awaye the Lorde out of the graue and we can not tell where they haue layde hym Peter therfore went forth and that other disciple and came vnto the sepulcre They ran both togyther and that other disciple dyd out run Peter and came fyrst to the sepulcre And when he had stouped downe he sawe the lynnen clothes lyenge yet went he not in Then came Simon Peter folowynge hym and wente in to the sepulcre and sawe the lynnen clothes lye and the napkyn that was aboute his heade not lyenge with the lynnen clothes but wrapped togyther in a place by it selfe Then went in also that other disciple whiche came fyrst to the sepulchre and ☞ he sawe and byleued For as yet they knewe not the scrypture that he shulde ryse agayne from death ⊢ Then the discyples went awaye agayne vnto theyr owne home ✚ Mary stode without at the sepulchre wepyng So as she wept she bowed her selfe in to the sepulchre and seeth two angels clothed in whyte syttynge the one at the heade the other at the feete where they had layde the body of Iesus They sayde vnto her woman why wepest thou She sayeth vnto them for they haue taken awaye my Lorde and I wote not where they haue layde hym When she had thus sayd she turned her selfe backe and sawe Iesus standynge knewe not that it was Iesus Iesus sayeth vnto her woman◠why wepest thou Whome sekest thou She supposyng that he had ben a gardener sayeth vnto hym Syr yf thou haue borne hym hence tell me where thou haste layde hym and I wyll fetch hym Iesus sayeth vnto her Mary She turned her selfe and sayde vnto hym Rabboni whiche is to saye mayster Iesus sayeth vnto her ☞ touche me not for I am not yet ascended to my father But go to my brethren and saye vnto them I ascende vnto my father and your father and to my God and youre God Mary Magdalene came and tolde the discyples that she had sene the Lorde and that he had spoken soche thynges vnto her ⊢ ✚ The same daye at nyght which was the fyrste daye of the Sabbothes when the dores were shut where the disciples were assembled togyther for feare of the Iues came Iesus and stode in the myddes sayeth vnto them peace be vnto you And when he had so sayde he shewed vnto them his handes his syde Then were the disciples glad whē they sawe the Lorde Then sayde Iesus to them agayne peace be vnto you As my father sent me euen so sende I you also And when he had sayde those wordes he breethed on them and sayeth vnto them Receyue the holy gooste Whosoeuers synnes ye remytte they are remytted vnto them And whosoeuers synnes ye retayne they are retayned ⊢ ✚ But Thomas one of the twelue which is called Didimus was not with them whē Iesus came The other discyples therfore sayde vnto hym we haue sene the Lorde But he sayde vnto them excepte I se in his handes the prynt of the nayles and put my fynger in to the prynte of the nayles thrust my hande in to his syde I wyll not byleue And after eyght dayes agayne his discyples were within and Thomas with them Then came Iesus when the dores were shut and stoode in the myddes and sayde peace be vnto you After that sayd he to Thomas bryng thy fynger hyther and se my handes and reache hyther thy hande and thrust it in to my syde and be not faythlesse but by leuynge Thomas answered and sayde vnto hym my Lorde and my God Iesus sayeth vnto hym Thomas bycause thou hast sene me thou hast byleued blessed are they that haue not sene and yet haue byleued ⊢ And many other sygnes truely dyd Iesus in the presence of his discyples whiche are not wrytten in this boke These are wrytten that ye myght byleue that Iesus is Chryste the sonne of God and that in byleuynge ye myght haue lyfe through his name ¶ He appeareth to his disciples agayne by the see of Tyberias and cōmaundeth Peter earnestly to fede his shepe CAPI XXI ✚ AFterwarde dyd Iesus shewe hym selfe agayne at the see of Tyberias And on this wyse shewed he hym selfe There were togyther Symon Peter and Thomas whiche is called Didimus and Nathanaell of Cana in Galile and the sonnes of Zebedei and two other of his discyples Simon Peter sayeth vnto them I wyll go a fysshynge They saye vnto hym we also wyl go with the. They went theyr waye and entred into a shyp immedyatly and that nyght caught they nothynge But when the mornynge was nowe come Iesus stoode on the shore neuerthelesse the discyples knewe not that it was Iesus Iesus sayeth vnto them Chyldren haue ye any meate They answered hym no. And he sayeth vnto them caste out the net on the ryght syde of the shyp and ye shall fynde They cast out therfore and anone they were not able to drawe it for the multitude of fysshes Then sayde the discyple whome Iesus loued vnto Peter It is the Lorde When Simon Peter herde that it was the Lorde he gyrde his coote vnto hym for he was naked and sprange in to the see The other discyples came by shyp for they were not farre from lande but as it were two hundred cubytes and they drewe the net with fysshes As soone then as they were come to lande they sawe hoote coles and fysshe layde theron and breade Iesus sayeth vnto them Brynge of the fysshe which ye haue nowe caught Symon Peter went vp and drue the net to lande full of greate fysshes an hundred and. lii◠And for al there were so many yet was not the net broken Iesus sayeth vnto them come and dyne And none of the discyples durste aske hym what arte thou For they knewe that it was the Lorde Iesus then came and toke breade and gaue them and fysshe lykewyse This is nowe the thyrde tyme that Iesus appeared to his discyples after that he was rysen agayne from death ⊢ So when they had dyned Iesus sayeth to Simon Peter Symon Ioanna louest thou me more then these He sayd vnto hym yea Lorde thou knowest that I loue the. He sayeth vnto hym fede my lambes He sayeth to hym agayne the seconde tyme Symon Ioanna louest thou me He sayeth vnto him Yea Lorde
thrusteth them oute of the congregacyon Beloued folowe not that which is euyll but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euyll seyth not God Demetrius hathe good reporte of all men and of the trueth it selfe yee and we our selues also beare recorde and yeknowe that oure recorde is true I had many thynges to wryte but I wyl not with inke and penne wryte vnto the. I trust I shal shortly se the and we shal speake mouthe to mouthe Peace be vnto the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers by name ¶ He rebuketh such as beyng blynded with theyr owne â—ustâ—â— â–ª resyst the trueth and that we may knowe theâ— the better he sayeth they be suche as synne beastly agaynste nature and despise rulers c. He exhorteth vs to edyfy one another to praye in the holy gooste to contynue in loue to loke for the commynge of the Lorde and one to helpe another out of the fyre ⧠The epystle of Saynte Iude. IUdas the seruaunt of Iesus Christ the brother of Iames To them which are called and sanctified in god the father and preserued in Iesu Chryste Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multyplyed Beloued when I gaue all dylygence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacyon it was nedefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhorte you that ye shulde contynually laboure in the faythe whiche was once geuen vnto the sayntes For there are certayne vngodly men craftely crept in of which it was written afore tyme vnto suche iudgement They turne the grace of our god vnto wantannes and denye God whiche is the onely Lorde and our Lorde Iesus Christ. My mynde is therfore to put you in remembraunce for as much as ye once knowe this howe that the Lorde after that he had delyuered the people out of Egypt destroied them whyche afterwarde beleued not The angels also which kept not their first estate but lefte theyr owne habytacyon he hath reserued in euerlastynge chaynes vnder darkenes vnto the iudgement of the great day euen as Sodom and Gomor and the cytyes aboute them whiche in lyke maner defyled them selues with fornicacyon and folowed ☞ straunge flesshe are set forthe for an ensample and suffre the payne of eternall fyre Lykewyse these beynge disceaued by dreames defyle the flesshe despise rulers and speake euyll of them that are in auctoryte Yet Michaell the archangell when he stroue agaynste the deuyll and dysputed about the body of Moses durst not geue ray lynge sentence but sayde the Lorde rebuke the. But these speake euyll of those thynges whiche they knowe not and what thynges they know naturally as beastes which are without reason in tho thinges they corrupte themselues Wo be vnto them for they haue folowed the waye of Cayn and are vtterly geuen to the errouce of Balan * for lukers sake ‡ and perisshe in the treason of Core These are spottes which of your kindnes feast together withoute feare fedinge themselues Cloudes they are without water caryed about of wides trees without frute at gatherynge tyme twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes They are the ragynge waues of the see fomynge out theyr owne shame They are wandrynge starres to whome is reserued the myste of darckenes for euer Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophesyed before of such sayinge Beholde the Lorde shall come with thousandes of saynctes to geue iudgement against al men and to rebuke al that are vngodly among them of all theyr vngodly dedes which they haue vngodly commytted and of all theyr cruell speakynges whiche vngodly synners haue spoken agaynst hym These are murmurers complayners walkynge after theyr owne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thynges They haue men in greate reuerence because of auauntage But ye beloued remember the wordes whyche were spoken before of the Apostels of oure Lorde Iesus Christ howe that they tolde you that there shulde be begylers in the last tyme whyche shulde walcke after theyr owne vngodly lustes These are makers of sectes fleshlye hauynge no spyryte But ye deâ—lye beloued edyfye youre selues in youre mosâ—e holy faythe prayinge in the holy goost and kepe youre selues in the loue of God lokynge for the mercy of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste vnto eternall lyfe And haue compassion of some separatynge them and other saue wyth feare pullynge them out of the fyre âšœ and haue compassyon on the other and hate the fylthy vesture of the flesshe Unto him that is able to kepe you fre from sinne and to present you fautlesse before the presence of his glorye with ioye âšœ at the commynge of our Lorde Iesu Christ to god our sauyoure thorowe Iesus chryst our Lorde which onely is wyse be glorye maieste domynion power âšœ before al worldes nowe and euer Amen ⧠The Reuelacyon of Saynte Ihon the dyuyne ¶ Happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it He wryteth to the seuen congregacyons in Asiâ— â—reâ—h seuen candelstyckes and in the myddes of them one lyke vnto the 〈◊〉 of man CAPI I. THe Reuelacyon of Iesus Christ which God gaue vnto him for to shewe vnto hys seruauntes thynges whiche muste shortely come to passe ✚ And whan he had sente he shewed by hys angell vnto hys seruauÌ„t Ihon which vare recorde of the worde of God and of the testymonye of Iesus Chryst and of all thynges that he sawe Happye is he that readeth and they that heare the wordes of the prophesye and kepe those thynges which are wrytten therin For the tyme is at hande Iohn to the seuen congregacions in Asia Grace be vnto you and peace froÌ„ him which is and which was and whiche is to come from the seuen spirites which are before his trone from Iesu Christ which is a faythfull wytnes and fyrst begotten of the deed and lorde ouer the kinges of the earth Unto him that loued vs wesshed vs from oure synnes in his owne bloude ⊢ and made vs Kynges and Prestes vnto God hys father be glory and dominion for euermore Amen Beholde he coÌ„meth with cloudes al eyes shall se him they also which pearsed hym And all kynredes of the earth shal wayle âšœ ouer hym Euen so Amen I am Alpha and Omega the begynnynge and the endynge sayeth the Lorde almyghty whyche is and which was and which is to come I Iohn youre brother and companion in tribulacyon and in the kyngdome pacieÌ„ce in Iesu Chryst was in the yle that is called Pathmos for the worde of God and for the wytnessing of Iesu Christ I was in the spirite on a sonday herde behynde me a great voyce as it had bene of a trompe sayinge I am Alpha and Omega the fyrste and laste That thou seyst wryte in a boke and sende it vnto the seuen coÌ„gregacions which are in Asia vnto Ephesus vnto Smiâ—na and vnto Pergamos and vnto Thiatira and vnto Sardis and vnto Philadelphia and vnto Laodieia And I turned backe to se the voyce that spake
angels Let hym that hath eares heare what the spirite saith vnto the congregacyons And wryte vnto the angell of the congregacyon of Phyladelphia this sayth he that is holy and true which hath the keye of Dauid whyche openeth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth know thy worckes Beholde I haue set before the an open dore and no man can shut it for thou hast a lytell strength and hast kept my sayinges and hast not denyed my name Beholde I make them of the coÌ„gregacyon of Sathan whiche call them selues Iewes and are not but do lye Eeholde I wyll make them that they shall come and worshyppe before thy fete and shall knowe that I haue loued the. Because thou hast kept the wordes of my pacience therfore I wyll kepe the from the houre of temptacyon which wyll come vpoÌ„ all the worlde to tempte them that dwell vpon the earth Beholde I come shortely Holde that whiche thou haste that no man take awaye thy crowne Hym that ouercommeth wyll I make a pyller in the temple of my God and he shall go nomore out And I wyll wryte vpon him the name of my God and the name of the cytye of my God newe Ierusalem whiche commeth downe out of heauen froÌ„ my God and I wyl wryte vpon hym my newe name Let hym that hathe heares heare what the spirite sayeth vnto the congregacyons And vnto the messenger of the congragacyon whiche is in Laodicia wryte This sayth Amen the faythful and true wytues the begynnynge of the creatures of God I knowe thy workes that thou acte neyther colde nor hotte I wolde thou were colde or hotte So then because thou art betwene both and nether colde nor hote I wyl spewe the out of my mouth because thou sayest I am ryche and increasyd with goodes and haue nede of nothynge and knowest not howe y u art wreched and miserable poore and blynde and nakyd I councel the to bye of me golde tryed in the tyre that y â— mayest be ryche whyte rayment that thou mayst be clothed that thy filthy nakednes do not appere and anoynte thyne eyes w t eye salue that thou mayest se. As many as I loue I rebuke chasteÌ„ Be feruent therfore and repente Beholde I stande at the dore and knocke If any maÌ„ heare my voyce and open the dore I wyll come into hym and wyll suppe with hym and he with me To hym that ouercoÌ„meth wyll I graunte to syt with me in my seate euen as I ouercam and haue sytten with my father in his seate Lette hym that hathe eares heare what the spirit sayth vnto the â—angregacyons ¶ He seeth the heauen open and the sente and one syttynge vpon it â–ª but â–ª xxâ—iiâ— seates about it with â–ª xxiâ—â—i â—â—ders sytâ—â—â—g vpon theÌ„ and foure beastes praysing God daye and nyght CAPI IIII. A ✚ Fter this I loked beholde a dore was open in heauen the fyrst voyce whiche I hearde was as it were of a trompet talkynge w t me whiche sayde come vp hyther I wyll shewe the thinges whiche muste be fulfylled here after And immediatly I was in the spirit behold a seate was set in heauen and one sate on the seate And he that sat was to loke vpon lyke vnto a Iasper stone and a sardine stone And there was a rayne bowe about the seate in syght lyke to an Emeralde And aboute the seate were xxiiij seates And vpoÌ„ the seates xxiiij elders syttyng clothed in whyte rayment had on theyr heades crownes of Golde And out of the seate proceded lyghtnynges and thondringes and voyces and ther were seuen lampes of fyre burnynge before the seate which are the seueÌ„ spirites of God And before y e seate ther was a see of glasse lyke vnto cristall and in the myddes of the seate and rouÌ„de about the seate were foure beastes ful of eyes before and behynde And the fyrst beast was lyke a lyon the seconde beast lyke a calfe and the thyrde beast had a face as a man the fourth beast was lyke a flyinge Egle. And the foure beastes had eche one of theÌ„ vâ— wynges about hym and they were full of eyes within And they had no rest daye nether nyght sayinge Holy holy holy Lorde God almyghtye whiche was and is and is to come And when those beastes gaue glory and honour thankes to him y â— sat on the seate which lyueth for euer euer the xxâ—â—â—â— elders fell downe before hiÌ„ y t sat on the trone and worshypped hym that lyueth for euer and euer ⊢ and cast theyr crownes before y e trone sayinge thou arte worthy O Lorde âšœ our God to receaue glory honoure and power for y â— haste created all thynges for thy wylles sake they are and were created ¶ He seeth the lambe openynge the boke and therfore the foure beastes the. xxâ—iâ—â— elders the angels praise the lambe and do hym worshyppe CAPI V. AND I sawe the ryght haÌ„de of hym y e sat in the trone a boke wrytten with in and on the backsyde sealed w t seuen seales And I sawe a stronge angell whiche preached w t a lowde voyce Who is worthy to open the boke and to lose the seales therof And no man in heauen nor in earth neyther vnder the earth was able to open the boke neyther to loke theron And I wepte much because no man was founde worthy to opeÌ„ and to reade the boke nether to loke theron And one of the elders sayde vnto me wepe not Beholde a lyon of the trybe of Iuda the rote of Dauid hathe obtayned to open the boke to lose the seuen seales therof And I behelde and lo in the myddes of the seate and of the foure beastes and in the myddes of the elders stode a laÌ„be as though he had bene kylled hauynge seuen hornes and seuen eyes which are the seueÌ„ spirites of God sent into all the worlde And he came and toke the boke out of the ryght hande of hym that sate vpon the seate And wheÌ„ he had takeÌ„ the boke the foure beastes xxiiij elders fell downe before the laÌ„be hauing euery one of theÌ„ harpes golden vialles full of odours whiche are the prayers of saynctes and they songe a newe songe saying y u art worthy to take the boke and to open the seales therof for thou waste kylled hast redemed vs by thy bloude out of al kynredes toÌ„ges people nacions and hast made vs vnto our God kynges prestes and we shall raygne on the earth And I behelde and I herde the voyce of many angels about the trone oboute the beastes the elders and I hearde thousand thousandes saying w t a lowde voyce Worthy is the lambe that was kylled to receaue power ryches and wysdome strength and honour glory and blessynge And all the creatures whiche are in heauen on the earth and vnder the earth in the
sainctes vpon y â— goldeÌ„ aulter which was before y â— seate And the smoke of the odoures which cam of the prayers of all saynctes ascended vp before God out of the Angelles hande And the Angell toke the senser and fylled it w t fyre of the aulter cast it into the earth voyces were made thondrynges and lyghtnynges and earthquake And the seuen Angels which had the seuen troÌ„pettes prepared theÌ„ selues to blow The fyrst Angell blewe there was made hayle and fyre whiche were myngled with bloude and they were caste into the earth and the thyrde part âšœ of the earth was set on fyre and the thyrde part of trees was burnt and all grene grasse was brente And the seconde angell blewe and as it were a greate mountayne burnynge w t fyre was cast into the see and the thrde part of the see tourned to bloude the thyrde part of the creatures whiche had lyfe dyed and the thyrde parte of shyppes were destroyed And the thyrde angel blewe and there fell a greate starre from heauen burnyng as it were a lampe it fell into the thyrde parte of the ryuers into fountaynes of waters the name of y â— starre is called wormwod And the thyrde parte was turned to wormwod And many men dyed of the waters because they were made bytter And y â— fourth Angell blewe the thyrde part of the sunne was smytten the thyrde part of the mone and the thyrde parte of starres so that the thyrde parte of them was darckened And the daye was smytten that the thyrde part of it shulde not shyne lyke wyse the nyght And I behelde and herde an Angell flyinge thorowe the myddest of the heauen sayinge with a lowde voyce woo woo woo to the inhabyters of the earth because of the voyces to come of the troÌ„pe of the thre Angels whiche were yet to blowe ¶ The fyfte and syxt Angell blowe theyr trompettes the starre falleth froÌ„ heauen the locustes come out of the smoke The fyrste wo is paâ—â—e the foâ—â—â— angels that were bounde are losed and the thyrde parte oâ— men is kylled CAPI IX AND the fyft angel blewe I sawe a starre fal froÌ„ heaueÌ„ vnto y â— erth And â—o hym was geuen the kaye of the bottomlesse pytt And he opened the bottomlesse pytt and the smoke of the pytt arose as the smoke of a greate fornace And the sunne and the ayre were darckned by the reason of the smoke of the pytt And there came out of the smoke locustes vpon the erth and vnto theÌ„ was geuen power as the scorpions of the erth haue power And it was commaunded them that they shude not hurt the grasse of the erth nether any grene thing nether any tree but only those men which haue not the seale in theyr forheades And to them was commaunded that they shulde not kyll theÌ„ but that they shulde be vexed v. monethes and theyr payne was as the payne y t coÌ„meth of a scorpion when he hathe stonge a man And in those dayes shall men seke deeth and shal not fynde it and shal desyre to dye and deeth shall flye from them And the symilitude of the locustes was lyke vnto horsses prepared vnto battayll on theyr heades were as it were crownes lyke vnto golde and their faces were as yt had bene y â— faces of men And they had heere as the heere of wemen And theyr teethe were as the teeth of lyoÌ„s And they had habbergyons as it were habbergyons of yron And the sounde of their winges was as the sounde of charettes wheÌ„ many horsses runne together to battayle And they had rayles lyke vnto scorpions and ther were stynges in their tayles And their power was to hurt meÌ„ v. monethes And they had a kyng ouer theÌ„ which is the angell of the bottomlesse pytt whose name in the Hebrew tong is Abadon but in the Greke tonge ApollioÌ„ that is to saye a destroyer One wo is past and behold two wooes come yet after thys And the syxt Angell blewe and I herde avoyce from the. iiij corners of the golden aultre which is before God sayinge to the syxt Angell whiche had the troÌ„pe Lose the foure Angelles which are bouÌ„de in y â— grete ryuer Euphrates And the foure Angelles were loosed whiche were prepared for an houre for a daye for a moneth for a yere for to slee the iii. part of men And the nombre of horsmen of warre were .xx. tym es .x. M. And I herde the nombre of them thus I sawe the horses in a vision and them that â—ate on them hauynge fyry habergions of a Iacincte couloure and brymstone and the heades of the horses were as the heades of lyons And out of theyr mouthes went forth fyre and smoke and brymstone And of these thre was the thyrd part of meÌ„ kylled that is to saye of fyre smoke and brimstone which proceded out of the monthes of them For their power was in their mouthes in their tayles for theyr tayles were lyke vnto serpentes and had heades and with them they dyd hurt And the remnauÌ„t of the meÌ„ whiche were not kylled by these plages repeÌ„ted not of the dedes of their haÌ„des that they shulde not worshippe deuyls and ymages of golde and syluer and brasse stone and of wood which nether can se nether heare nether go Also they repeÌ„ted not of theyr mutther and of theyr sorcery nether of theyr fornicacyon nether of theyr thefte The Angell hath the bâ—ke opeÌ„ he sweareth there shal be nomore tyme he geueth the boke vnto Ihon which eateth it vp CAPI X. AND I sawe another myghtye angel come downe froÌ„ heauen clothed with a cloude and the rayne bowe vpon his heed And hys face as it were the sunne and hys fete as it were pyllars of fyre and he had in his hande a lytel boke open and he put his ryght fote vpon the see and his lyfte fote on the erth And cryed with a lowde voyce as when a lyon roreth And when he had cryed seuen thonders spake theyr voyces And when the .vij. thondres had spoken theyr voyces I was about to wryte And I herde a voyce froÌ„ heauen sayinge vnto me seale vp those thynges whiche the. vii thondres spake and wryte them not And the Angell which I sawe staÌ„de vpoÌ„ the see vpon the earth lyfte vp his hande to heauen and sware by him that lyueth for euer more which created heaueÌ„ the thynges that therin are and the lande and thâ— thynges that therin are and the see and the thynges which therin are that there shulde be no lenger tyme but in the dayes of the voyce of the seuenth Angell when he shall begynne to blowe euen the mystery of God shal be fynyshed as he preached by hys seruauntes the prophetes And the voyce which I herde froÌ„ heauen spake vnto me agayne sayde go take the lytle boke which is open in the hande of the angel
the foundacions of the wal of the cytie wâ—â—â— garnished with al maner of â—â—â—cious â—â—ones â–ª The fyrst foundacion was Iaspis y â— second Saphyre the thyrd a Calcedony the fourâ—â— an Emerad the fift Sardonir the seâ—â— Sardeos the seuenth Crisolite the eyght Beral the. ix a Topas the tenth a Crusoprasos the eleuenth a Iacynte the twelueth an Amatist The twelue gates were xiâ— perles euery gate was of one perle the strete of the cytie was pure golde as thorow shynyng glasse And I sawe no teÌ„ple therin For the Lorde God almyghtye the lambe are the teÌ„ple of it the citie hath no nede of the soÌ„ne neyther the mone to lyghten it For the bryghtnes of God dyd light it the lambe was the lyght of it And the people whiche are sauyd shal walke in the lyght of it And the kyngê of the earth shall brynge theyr glory âšœ and honoure vnto it And the gates of it are not shut by day For there shal be no nyght there âšœ And in to it shall they brynge the glory and honoure of the nacions And there shall entre into it none vncleane thyng neyther what soeuer worketh abhommacioâ— or maketh lyes but they onely which are wrytten in the lambes boke of lyke ¶ The ryuer of the water of lyfe the frutefulnes and lyght of the cytie of God The Lorde gyueth euer his seruauntes wâ—â—â—ynge of thynges for to come the angell wyl not be worshypped To the worde of God maye nothynge be added nor â—â—ynisshed CAPI XXII ANd he shewed me a pure ryuer of water of lyfe clere as Crystal procedyng out of the seate of God and of the lambe In the myddes of the strete of it and of eyther side of the ryuer was there wood of lyfe whiche bare twelue maner of frutes and gaue frute euery moneth the leues of the wood serued to heale the people with al. And ther shal be no more cursse but the seate of God and the lambe shal be in it and his seruauntes shall serue hym And they shall se hys face and his name shal be in theyr forheddes And there shal be no nyght there and they nede no candle neyther lyght of the Sunne for the Lord gyueth them lyght they shall raygne for euermore And he sayde vnto me these sayinges are faythfull and true And the Lorde God of Sayntes and Prophetes sent hys Angel to shewe vnto his seruauntes the thinges whiche must shortly be fulfylled Beholde I come shortly Happy is he that kepeth the saying of the prophesy of this boke I am Iohn whych sawe these thynges herde theÌ„ And when I had herde and sene I fell downe to worshyp before the fete of the Angel whiche shewed me these thinges And he said vnto me se thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruaunt the felowe seruaunt of thy brethren the Prophetes of theÌ„ which kepe the sayinges of the prophesy of this boke But worshyppe God And he sayd vnto me seale not the sayinges of the prophesy of this boke For the tyme is at hande He that doth euyl let him do euyl styl and he whiche is fylthy let hym be fylthy styll and he that is ryghtuous let hiÌ„ be more rightuous he y t is holy let him be more holy And beholde I come shortly and my rewarde is with me to gyue euery man accordynge as hys dedes shal be I am Alpha and Omega the begynnynge and the ende the fyrst and the last Blessed are they that do his commaundementes that theyr power maye be in the tree of lyfe and maye entre in thorowe the gates into the cytie For without shal be dogges and inchaunters and whoremongers and mortherers and ydolaters and whosoeuer loueth or maketh leasynges I Iesus sent myne Angell to testifye vnto you these thynges in the congregacions I am the rote and the generacion of Dauid and the bryght mornyng starre And the spirite and the bryde saye come And let him y t heareth saye also come And let him y t is a thyrst come And let whosoeuer wyll â–ª take of the water of lyfe fre I testyfy vnto euery man that heareth the wordes of the prophesy of thys Booke yf any man shal adde vnto these thinges God shall adde vnto hym the plages that are wrytten in thys Booke And yf any man shall mynishe of the wordes of the Booke of thys prophesye God shall take awaye hys parte out of the Booke of lyfe and out of the holy cytye and from the thynges whiche are wrytten in thys Booke He whyche testyfyeth these thynges sayth be it I come quyckely Amen Euen so come Lorde Iesu. The grace of oure Lord Iesu Christ be wyth you all Amen ⧠The ende of the newe Testament ⧠A Table to fynde the Epystles and Gospels vsually red in the chyrch after Salysbury vse wherof the firste lyne is the Epistle and the other the Gospel whose begynnynge thou shalt fynde in the boke marked with a crosse ✚ the ende with halfe a crosse ⊢ conteyned within the letters A. B. C. D. c. ¶ On the fyrst Sondaye in aduent Roma xiij B Thys tyme also Math. xxi A And when he dreweny◠¶ On the wednisdaye Iacob v. B Be pacyent therfore bre Marcke i A The begynnyng of ¶ On the frydaye Esaye li. A Herken vnto me Math. iij. A Than came Iesus from ¶ On the seconde sondaye in aduent Roma xv A For what thinges soeuer Luk. xxi C And there shal be tokens ¶ On the wednisdaye Zacha. viij A Thus sayeth the Lord Math. xi B Uerely I saye vnto ¶ On the frydaye Esa. lxii B I wyll set watchmen Ihon. i B Ihon beareth wytnesse ¶ On the thyrde sonday in aduent â— Corin. iiii A Let men so esteme vs Mat. xi A But whan Ihon herde ¶ On the wednisdaye Esa. ii A Thys is the worde Luce. i. B And in the syxte moneth ¶ On the frydaye Esa. xi A There shall come a rod Luke i D And Mary rysyng in On the fourth sondaye in aduent Philip. iiij A Reioyce in the Lorde Iohn i B And this is the recor On the wednisdaye Ioel. ii E. iij. C. Be glad than Luce. vij B And this sayenge of ¶ On the frydaye Zacha. ij B Be glad and reioyce Mar. viij B Take hede beware ¶ On Chrystmasse euen Roma i A Pavl the seruaunt Math. i C The generacyon of ¶ In Chrystmasse nyght at the. i. mas Tit. ij B For the grace of god Luke ii A And it be fell in those ¶ At the seconde masse TituÌ„ iij. A But whan the kyndnes Luce. ii C The shepherde spake to ¶ At the thyrde masse Hebre. i A God speakyng in tymes Iohn i A In the begynnyng was ¶ On saynt Steuens daye Actu vi B Steuen full of fayth Mat. xxiiij E Therfore I saye to you ¶ On. S. Iohn the euangelyst daye Eccle. xv A He that feareth God Iohn xxi D Folowe
which staÌ„deth vpon the see â— vpoÌ„ the erth And I went vnto y â— angell sayde to hym geue me the lytel boke and he sayde vnto me take it eate it vp it shall make thy belly bytter but it shal be in thyâ— nouth as swete as hony And I toke y â— lytl â— boke out of his hande and eate it vp and it was in my mouth as swete ashony and â—s sone as I had eaten it my belly was bytâ— er And he sayde vnto me y â— muste prophesy agayne among the people and nations and toÌ„ges and to many kynges ¶ The temple is measured The seconde wo io past CAPI XI ANd then was giuen me a rede lyke vnto a rodde and it was sayde vnto me Ryse meate the teÌ„ple of god the aulter them that worshyp therin the queer whyche is within the temple cast out meate it not for it is gyuen vnto the Gentyles the holy cytie shall they treade vnder fote xliâ— monethes And I wyl gyue power vnto my two wytnesses they shall prophesy a thousande two hundreth and. lx dayes clothed in sacke clothe These are two olyue trees two candelstyckes standyng before the god of the earth And yf any man wyl hurt them fyre shall procede out of their mouthes and consume their enemyes And yf any man wyll hurte them this wyse must he be kylled These haue power to shut heauen that it raine not in the dayes of their prophesying and haue power ouer waters to turne them to bloude to smyte the earth with al maner plages as often as they wyll And when they haue fynyshed their testimony the beast that came out of the bottom lesse pyt shall make warre agaynste them shall ouercome the and kyl them And their bodyes shall lye in the stretes of the greate cytie whiche spiritually is called Zodom Egypte where our Lorde was crucyfied And they of the people and kynredes tonges and they of the nacioÌ„s shall se their bodies iij. dayes and an halfe shal not suffre their bodies to be put in graues And they that dwel vpon the earth shall reioyce ouer them be glad and shal sende gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth And after iii. dayes an halfe the spirit of lyfe from God entred into theÌ„ And they stode vp vpon their fete great feare came vpon them which saw them And they herde a great voyce from heauen saying vnto theÌ„ Come vp hyther And they ascended vp into heauen in a cloude and their enemyes sawe them And the same hour was there a great earthquake the tenth part of the cytie fell and in the earth quake were slaine names of men seuen M. and the remnaunt were feared and gaue glory to God of heauen The seconde wo is past beholde the thyrde wo wyll come anone And the seuenth angel blewe there were made greate voyces in heauen sayinge the kyngdomes of this worlde are our Lordes his Christes he shal raigne for euermore And the. xxiiij elders which syt before God on their seates fell vpon their faces worshypped God sayinge we gyue the thankes O Lorde God almightye which art wast and arte to come for thou hast receyued thy great myght and hast raygned And the nacions were angrye and thy wrath is come and the tyme of the dead that they shulde be iudged and that thou shuldest gyue reward vnto thy seruauntes the Prophetes and Saynctes and to them that feare thy name small and great and shuldest destroy them whiche destroy the earth And the temple of God was opened in heauen and there was sene in his temple the arcke of his testameÌ„t and ther folowed lyghtnynges and voices and thondrynges and earthquake and muche hayle ¶ The seuenth Angell bloweth his crompet There appereth in heauen a womaÌ„ dothed with the soÌ„ne Michael â—igh teth with the dragon whiche persecuteth the woman CAPI XII ANd there appeared a great wonder in heuen A woman clothed with the soÌ„ne and the mone vnder her fete and vpon her heade a crowne of xij starres And she was with chylde cryed trauaylynge in byrth payned redy to be delyuered And there aâ—red another wonder in heauen for behold a great red dragon hauyng vij heades ten hornes crownes vpon his heades and his tayle drue the thyrde part of the starres and cast them to the earth And the dragon stode before the woman whiche was redy to be delyuered for to deuoure her chylde as sone as it were borne And she brought forth a man chylde whych shulde rule all nacions with a rod ofyron And her sonne was taken vp vnto god and to his seate And the woman fled into wyldernes where she had a place prepared of God that they shulde fede her there â— M. ij hundreth and lx dayes And there was a great battayle in heauâ— Michael his Angels fought with the dragon and the dragoÌ„ fought and his angels and preuayled not neyther was there place founde any more in heauen And the great dragon that old serpeÌ„t called the deuyl and Sathanas was cast out Which deceyueth al the worlde And he was cast into the earth and his angels werecast out also And I hearde a loude voyce sayinge in heauen is now made saluacion and strength the kyngdome of our God and the power of his Christ. For he is cast downe which accused them before God day and nyght And they ouercame him by the bloude of the laÌ„be and by the worde of their testimonye they loued not their lyues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heuens and ye that dwel in theÌ„ Wo to the inhabiters of the erth and of the see for the deuyll is come downe vnto you which hath gret wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth he persecuted the womaÌ„ whiche brought forth the maÌ„ chylde And to the woman were gyuen two wynges of a great Egle that she myght flye into the wyldernes into her place where she is noryshed for a tyme tymes and halfe a time from the presence of the serpent And the dragon cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had bene a ryuer because she shulde haue bene caught of the flode And the erth holpe the woman and the erth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer whych the dragon cast out of his mouth And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went and made warre wyth the remnaunt of hyrsede which kepe the commaundementes of God haue the testimony of Iesus Christ. And I stode on the see sande ¶ A beast ryseth out of the see with seuen heades and ten hururs Another beaste commeth out of the earth with two hornes CAPI XIII ANd I sawe a beast tyse out of the see hauyng seuen heades and ten hornes and vpon his hornes ten