forth of y e lande of Egypte that they shulde nomore lyue in bondage with these wordis At the seuen years ende let euery man let go free his bonde seruant that is an Hebrew and bought aftir hath serued vi year let him go free But your fathers obayed me not 〈◊〉 yet herkened to me And ye were 〈◊〉 turned doinge that iuste and right 〈◊〉 in my sight euery maÌ„ proclayming fredome to his neghbour smyting y e bargen in my presence euen in the teÌ„ple whiche bereth my name But your myndis sone chaÌ„ged ye haue defyled my name euery maÌ„ callinge home agein his bonde maÌ„ mayde whom ye had once let go free at their owne lybertye Wherfore this is the lordis plesure saynge ye obayed me not whan eueryman proclaymed lyberty to his brother neghbour wherfor I my selfe shal call you vnto a lybertye saith the lorde eueÌ„ into y e lybertye of the swerde pestelence honger And I shal delyuer you for the to be vexed of al nacioÌ„s of y e erthe euen these men which haue brokeÌ„ my bargen not obseruing the wordis of the couenaunt smiten in my presence the bullok cleft in twayn the goinge thorow betwene the partes therof solempnly done euen the rulers I saye of Juda y e rulers of Jerusalem with their geldid men the priestis and al the peple of y e lande which passed thorow betwene the two sydes of this bullok I shal betake into the power of their enimes which longe to drawe oute their hertis And their karions shal be meat for the foules of the ayer beastis of the erthe And as for Zedechias kinge of Juda hir rulers I shal delyuer them into their enimes handis which thirste for their lyfe euen into the handis of the kinge of Babylons hoste whiche nowe goithe awaye from you but at my becke saith y e Lorde he shal returne vnto this cyte whiche wone and taken they shal set on fyer And the cytes of Juda I shal leue desolate noman to inhabit them ¶ The .xxxv. Chapitre THe sermon shewed of the Lorde vnto Jeremy in the raigne of Joachim the sone of Josias kinge of Juda on this maner Go to the house of the Rechabites and call them forthe and bringe them to the house of the Lorde into some of y e reuestrys and geue them wyne to drinke Then toke I Jazaniam the sone of Jeremy the sone of Habaznie and his bretherne with al his chylderne and al the famylye of y e Rechabites brought them to y e house of the Lorde into the reuestrye of y e chylderne of Hanan sonne of Igdalie the man of God whiche reuestry was by the reuestry of the rulers this was ouer the vestry of Maasie sonne of Sallum cheife of the tresure house And I set before y e sonnes of the famylye of the Rechabites tankerdis ful of wyne and cuppes and bad them drinke wyne And they answerde we drynke no wyne For Jonadab our father the sone of Rechab commanded vs sayng Drynke neuer no wyne nother you nor your sonnes Bilde no houses sowe no corne Also ye shal nether plante nor possede any vyneyardes but dwel ye in tentis al your lyfe y e ye may lyue longe vpon y e lande wheryn ye be strangers Wherfore we obayed the coÌ„mandement of Jonadab the sonne of our father Rechab in al that he bode vs so y t nether we our wyues our sonnes nor daughters drynke wyne al our lyues nor bylde vs houses to dwelyn nother haue we vynyardes nor corne feldis amonge vs but dwel in tabernacles obayng doing to our power al y t our father Jonadab bode vs. But now it chaunsed so y t whan Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon cam vp into this prouince we comoned togither saynge Let vs go to Jerusalem y t we mought scape y e hoste of y e Chaldes AssyrioÌ„s Wherfore we dwel now in houses here in Jerusalez ThaÌ„ came y e worde of y e lorde to Jeremy sayng Thus saith the lorde of powers y e god of Israel Go saye vnto al Juda to y e cytes of Jerusalez Wil ye receyue no disciplyne y t ye might obaye my wordis saith y e Lorde The wordis of Jonadab sone of Rechab coÌ„manding his chylderne to drynk no wyne stande faste for they drynk non vnto this daye but obayed y e precept of their father But I meselfe haue spokeÌ„ to you both erly rysing diligeÌ„tly warning yet obayed ye not me ouer al this I sent you al my seruaÌ„tis y e prophetis both erly rysinge ouer sendinge saynge Lome ageyn I praie you euery maÌ„ from his own yl waye turne your myndes into a better state go not thus awaye aftir straÌ„ge goddis to worship theÌ„ y t ye might abyde stil in this lande whiche I gaue you your fathers but ye gaue no eare nor obayed me The childerne of Jonadab sone of Rechab kept faste their fathers precepte whiche he gaue thez but this peple obayed not me Wherfore y e Lorde God of powers the God of Israel coÌ„mandeth me thus to saye Lo I shal bringe al thaffliâ—â—ioÌ„s vpon Juda vpon al the cytesens of Jerusalem which I haue decreed agenste them For I spake to them but they obayed me not I called them but they answerde not Than sayd Jeremy vnto the familye of the Rechabites Thus saith y e Lorde of powers the God of Israel For y t ye obayed the commandement of Jonadab your father kept al his preceptis doing aftir al y t he body you therfore thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel The stok of Jonadab sonne of Rechab shal not be with oute a man to continewe and stande in my presence for euer ¶ The .xxxvi. Chapiter THe fowerth yere of Joachim the sonne of Josias kinge of Juda thus did the Lorde his worde vnto Jeremy sayng Take the a grete boke and wryte therin al the sermons whiche I haue spoken vnto the to be preched vnto Israel Juda and to al nacions sence I begane to fpeke with the in the raygne of Josias vnto this present daye If paraduenture yet the house of Juda hearing al these affliccions wiche I purpose to do to them turne euery man from his euil waye I forgeue them their wykednes and synne Then Jeremy called to him Baruch the sone of Nerie And Baruch did wryte in the boke at the mouthe of Jeremy al the sermons of the Lorde spoken vnto Jeremy And Jeremy commanded Baruch sayng It is not suer for me to come into the house of the Lorde Go thou therfore and rede this boke wryten of my mouthe the very wordis of the Lorde al the peple hearing it in the daye of the faste and al Juda hearing it to ye euen vnto them to that ar comen hither from their cytes shalt thou rede theÌ„ If paraduenture they wil submitte their prayers vnto the presence of y e
Lorde so returne euery man from his euelwaye For grete is the wrathe indignacion ordened of God for this peple Then did Baruch the sone of Nerie to his powr al that Jeremy the Prophet commanded him reding of the boke the sermons of the Lorde in the house of the Lorde And this was done the fyfte yere of Joachim sone of Josias kinge of Juda in the nyenthe moneth whan they commanded al the peple to faste to pease the Lorde as wet the peple of Jerusalem as them that came thither frome the other cytes Then did Baruch rede on the boke Jeremyes sermōs at the house of the Lorde standing in the vestry of Gamarie sone of Saphan the scrybe whiche vestry is by the ouer vestry before the newe dore of the temple al the peple hering them And when Micheas sone of Gamarie the sone of Saphan had herde al the sermons of the Lorde oute of the boke He wente downe to the kinges house vnto the scrybes counting house For ther sate the rulers Elisama scrybe Dalias sone of Semei Elnathan the sone of Achbori Gamarias sone of Saphan Zedechias sone of Hanany with al the rulers And Micheas tolde them al the sermons whiche he had herde of Baruch red out of the boke al the peple hearing And al the rulers sente Jehudi the sone of Nathany sone of Salamy sone of Chusi vnto Baruch on message saynge Take the boke in thy hande where vpon thou reddist the peple hering the and come thy wais with me Then toke Baruch the sone of Nery the boke in his hande and came to them And they sayd vnto him Sit downe I pray the and rede and let vs here them And Baruch red them they herkening thervnto And when they had herde al these sermons they wer astonned one gasyng vpon a nother sayng vnto Baruch verely we shal shewe y e kinge al these wordis And they asked Baruch thus Tel vs I pray y e how thow wrotest al these sermons of his mouthe Whom Baruch answerde he spake thē to me with his owne mouthe whiche I alone being w t him receiued with my penne into this boke Then sayd y e rulers vnto Baruch Go hyde y e with Jeremy so that noman knowe where you be And these rulers went in to y e courte to the kinge leuing y e boke in Elisams y e scrybis studye tolde al the sermōs vnto the kingis presence Then sente y e kinge one Jehudi to fetche y e boke whiche brought frome Elisams the scrybis study and Jehudi had red it bothe the kinge himselfe al the rulers present hering it The kinge then abode in his wynter house for it was then nouembyr and ther was a grete fyer before him And whan Jehudi had red thre or fower leues the boke was cut in pesis with a penne knyfe and caste into the fyer vpon the harthe tyl al the boke was brente vp notwithstandinge yet in the mene ceason they nether fered nor cut their clothes nother the kinge himselfe nor his seruantis when they had herde al these sermons But Elnathan Dalias and Gamarias made intercession to the kinge that the boke shulde not haue had ben brente but he herde them not but cōmanded Jerachmiel the sone of Hameleche Sarie the sone of Ezriel and Salamie sone of Achdiel to take Baruch y t wrote it Jeremy the Prophete to But the Lorde had hid them Than came the worde of the Lorde to Jeremy aftir the kinge had brēte the boke with the sermōs which Baruch had writen at the mouthe of Jeremy The worde of the Lorde came to Jeremy on this maner yet agene take the a nother boke wryte in it al the forsayde sermons whiche wer in the boke before whiche Joachim kinge of Juda brēte And tell Joachim kinge of Juda. Thus saith the Lorde Thou hast brente this boke thus reuoluinge in thy mynde For what entent haste thou wryten in it this mater that the kinge of Babylon shal come subuerte this lande that he shulde leue it desolate bothe man beast Wherfore the Lorde saith as concerning Joachim kinge of Juda. There shal non of his stocke sit in the sete of Dauid His carkase shal be caste agenste the heat of the daye colde of the night And I shal loke vpō the wikednes both of him of his sede of his seruantis and bringe vpon them the inhabitours of Jerusalem and vpon al Juda al that grete affliccion whiche I tolde thē before al beit they herde me not Then Jeremy toke a nother boke and gaue it to Baruch the scrybe sone of Nery whiche wrote in it at Jeremyes mouthe al y e sermons of the same boke that Joachim kinge of Juda had brente moreouer there were added vnto them moo then before ¶ The .xxxvii. Chapiter ZEdechias the sone of Josias made kinge of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon raigned ouer the lande of Juda in the stede of Jechonias sone of Joachim sone of Joachim But nether he nor his seruātis nor the peple of the lande obayd the sermons of the Lorde whiche he spake by Jeremy y e Prophet Nethelesse yet was kinge Zedechias fayne to sende Jehuchal sone of Selemy and Zephaniam sone of Maasy Prieste vnto the Prophet Jeremy that they shulde say to him Praye for vs vnto our Lorde God we beseche the. For Jeremy wente frely amonge the peple not yet put in preson But nowe was Pharaous hoste come out of Egypte whō when y e Caldeis nowe layng sege to Jerusalem perceiued they went bake from the cite And then was the worde of God shewed vnto Jeremy the Prophet on this maner Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel These thing is shal ye answer the kinge of Juda whiche sente you to enquyre it of me Beholde Pharaous hoste whiche came forthe to helpe you shal turne home agen into Egypte and the Caldes shal come hither agen and wyn and take this cyte and set fyer on it For so saith the Lorde Let it not synke in to your hertis to thinke thus Now ar the Caldes douteles gone awaye from vs. For I ensuer you they shal come agene For albe it ye had slayne al y e Caldes hoste y t fightith yet agenste you so that very fewe of them that wounded to had ben yet lefte eche man in his tente yet shulde these ryse burne vp this cyte And when the Caldes hoste was remoued frome Jerusalem for fere of the Egypcians hoste Jeremy went oute of Jerusalem to go vnto the lande of Beniamin to set an order among his kynsfolke And when he came to the gate called Beniamins gate ther was a certayn man chief of the warde or watche called Jerias sone of Selemy the sone of Hanany whiche toke him imputing vnto him that he wolde haue slipte from them to the Caldes Which thing Jeremy sayd was false sayng I entended no thing lesse then to fle to the Caldes Whom Jerias
then make hir kake brede housbandlesse and offred to hir lyquet sacryfices to prouoke hir to anger Then sayd Jeremy vnto al the peple to men and women and al the comens that answerd him on this maner Remembred not the Lorde the facrifices whiche ye offred in the cytes of Juda and Jerusalem both with in with oute bothe you and your fathers bothe your kingis and rulers and the peple of y e lande Did he not reuolue them in his minde And the Lorde coude suffer no lenger your maliciouse thoughtis and abominacioÌ„s which ye committed Was not your lande therfore made desolate forsaken so detestable that no man may dwel in it vnto this daye And euen for this cause that ye sacrificed and synned agenst the Lorde not obaing his voice y t ye mought haue had walked in his lawe his ordinaÌ„cis testimonis for these causes I saye these affliccioÌ„s plages came vpon you as this daye wel witnesseth Morouer Jeremy added vnto al the peple and al the women these wordis Here ye the worde of the Lorde al Juda whiche ar in y e lande of Egypte For thus saith the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel you your wyues haue spoken y e thinge with your mouthes whiche ye haue accomplesshed with your dedis sayng we wil with oute any stoppe do our owne decreed plesures whiche we haue vowed that is to wite to do sacrifice vnto y e quene of heueÌ„ powr hir forth lyquet sacrifices before hir thus stoutely haue ye set vp your owne set plesures and with oute any refrayne haue ye finâ—sshed your own vowes Wherfore here ye the worde of the Lorde al Juda whiche dwel in y e laÌ„de of Egypt Beholde I haue sworne by my nowne name y t is so grete saith y e Lorde My name shal nomore be named in the mouthe of any man of Juda y t he may saye in al y e lande of Juda. The Lorde God lyueth For I shal be their watche maÌ„ to scourge not to defend theÌ„ y t they might reste And al Juda shal be coÌ„sumed whiche is in y e lande of Egypte w t swerde honger tyl they be clene gone And they y t shal escape y e swerde shal returne from Egypte vnto y e lande of Juda but these shal be very fewe And y e remnauÌ„t of Juda comeÌ„ into y e lande of Egypte ther to be strangers shal knowe whose wordis abyde moste certayne trwe of theirs or myne And take this for a tokeÌ„ amoÌ„ge you That I wil vyset you in this same laÌ„de y t ye maye knowe certaynly y t I wil stablisshe my purpose as towchiÌ„g your affliccioÌ„ Lo I shal delyuer vp Pharao Haphraz kiÌ„ge of Egypt into y e powr of his enymes which thirste for his life eueÌ„ as I delyuered up zedechias kiÌ„g of Juda into y e haÌ„dis of Nebuchadrezar kiÌ„ge of BabyloÌ„ his enmy thirstiÌ„g for his lyfe ¶ The .xlv. Chapiter THe wordis whiche Jeremy the Prophete spake vnto Baruch y e sone of Nery wheÌ„ he wrote these sermoÌ„s in a boke receiued at y e mouthe of Jeremy y e fowerth yere of Joachim sone of Josias kinge of Juda on this maner Thus saith y e lorde God of Israel vnto y e o Baruch Thou saydst as thou wast in wrytinge Ah lasse for sorowe wretche y t I am for y e Lorde hathe sawced my labours w t sorowe care I labored w t grete desyer shal I fynde no reste Thou therfore Jeremy tel him thus Thus saith y e lorde Beholde me these thiÌ„gis which I haue bylded I shal caste downe y t I haue planted I shal pluck vp by y e roots eueÌ„ al this same laÌ„de gapest thou for any grete promocioÌ„ or tobe magnified Be not couetouse nor ambiciouse for lo I shal bringe a miserable calamite vpon euery man saith the Lorde Nethelesse yet shalt thou enioye thy lyfe and take it for a vauÌ„tage where so euer thou becomest ¶ Here folowe the sermons of the Lorde shewed vnto the Prophete Jeremy whiche he preched vnto the gentylis ¶ The .xlvi. Chapiter THis sermone folowing Jeremy preched vnto the EgypcioÌ„s as concerning the hoost of Pharao Necho kinge of Egypt when he was in Charchamis by y e flowde Euphrates where he was slayne of Nebuchadrezer kinge of Babylon the fowerth yere of Joachim sone of Josâ—as kinge of Juda. ye make redye buckler and shylde and ye goforthe to fyght ye harnes your horse lightvp on their backis oh horse men ye sett on faste your salettis ye bringe forthe your speres ye skower your swerdis and clothe your selues with cotis of mayse But herken hoiwe seirs wherfore seme ye to be afrayde shrinke ye now backe ar your valeaunt waryers thus slayne fle you so that none dare loke backe Tremblyng fere muste cloose them in saith y e Lorde The lightest of fote shal not fle awaye nor y e stroÌ„gest shalnot escape Northwarde by y e floude Euphrates shal they be smyten downe and fall al togither But who is this that swelieth rysing vp lyke a flowde roringe lyke a grete rysing water They ar thegypcioÌ„s that swell lyke a flowde casting oute their stremes with so grete noyse for they saye Let vs aryse kouer the lande let vs destroye the cytes withe their inhabitours Get ye to horse backe romble forthe charietis Set forthe ye stronge waryers ye Morians and Lybeons that beare shylde ye Lydeons withe your bowes redy bente But this same daye shal be the daye of vengeance of the Lorde God of powrs to take vengeance vpon his enemes The swerde shal deuoure themvp be satisfyed it shal be bathed in their blode For the Lorde God of powrs will make a sacrifyce northe warde by y e flowde Euphrates Go vp oh Galaad bringe medecynable rosen or triacle for the virgen and daughter Egypte but thou shalt multiplye and make thy plasters in vayne For the woundes cannot be closed vp The nacions shal here of thy ignomynye thy infamy shal fill al the lande For where one stronge man falleth vpon a nother shal they not come bothe downe to gither The sermon spoken of the Lorde vnto the Prophete Jeremy of the setting forthe of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon to slaye and conquere the londe of Egypte Shewsorth thorowe Egypte preche in Migdalo Memphi Taphna sayng Stande still and make thy selfe redye For y e swerde shal deuoure the in euery partye Wherfore ar thy valeaunte men fallne downe Wherfore stode they not faste For y e lorde thrusted them downe Grete was the slaughter For one fill vpoÌ„ a nother whyle they stode takinge their aduysment saynge Herken howe syers let vs returne vnto our owne folke and natyue lande from the edge of the deuoweringe swerde Call hence kinge Pharao and tell him oh Pharao kinge of Egypt this daye wil be thy confusion As verely as I lyue faith the kinge whose name is y e
labour and be as greuously infected whom no lesse greuouse plages affliccions and burdens abyde if we repente vs not and turne not to our spouse Jesus Crist him withe the father and the holy gost one God to whorship serue onely Whiche geue vs grace so to rede and hear this his Prophete that he mought preache vnto vs with more frute thou he preched to the Iwes Amen But first ere we beginne to rede him Let vs hear the state and briefe succession of those .iiii. kinges in whose dayes and how longe Jeremy preched Jolias the laste good kinge of Juda raigned .xxxi. yere He had these .iii. wiked sones Joachas Joakim and Zedechias The story beginneth the .xxii. chapiter of the fowerth boke of the kinges and coÌ„tinweth vnto the ende of the boke Jeremy begane to preche in the .xiii yere of Josias so continewing vnder him .xviii. yere Aftir Josias raigned Joachas that but .iii. moneths and then was he led captiue into Egypt Then raigned his brother Joakim .xi. yere and then was led captiue vnto Babylon Aftir him raigned this Joakims sone called Joachin or Jeconias .iii. moneths and .x. dayes and was led also captiue vnto Babylon Then last of al was Zedechias the thirde sone of Josias choson of Nâ—buchadrezar king of Babylon to be kinge of Juda. Whiche Zedechias aftir .xi. yere Jerusalem taken and destroyd was led also captiue to Babylon his eyen put forthe but his owne childern firste slayne before his eyes that so greuouse painful a laste sight might be printed and euer present in his mynde into then creasing of his perpetual payne sorowe whyle he lyued The tyme therfore whyle Jeremy preched vnto the captiuite came was .xli. yere .vi. monethes and .x. dayes Here maye we se in howe troublouse a tyme this Prophete preached For doutelesse these iiii kinges wer not led a waye thus captiâ—ed out of their owne lande with out grete calamite bataile and blodesheding ¶ The fawtes escaped in the printinge In the firste leif the .vii. lyne of the first chapi Rede thus And I sayd Ah lorde c. In the .xiiii. lef seconde syde seconde lyne Rede Ephraim The .xxiiii. lef seconde syde .xvi. lyne rede whom they worshipt In the begining of the .ix. chapiter the .v. lyne rede geue The .xxxii. lef .ii. syde .vii. lyne of y e chap. rede which he there faynede The .xv. lef in y e mergent Rede exodi xix The .xxxiii. lef seconde syde .xvi. lyne rede requyted The .xxxvi. lef xix lxne Rede knight Fo. xlvii .ix. lyne rede as here ye haue herde Fo lxvi .xvi. lyne rede euer Fo .lxix .xiii. lyne rede not sone of Jeachim twyse ⧠These ar the actis and sermons of Jeremy the sonne of Helchie Priest one of those that dwelt in Anathot the region of Beniamin Vnto whom the worde of the lorde was shewed Firste in the dayes of Josias sonne of Amon kinge of Juda the .xiii. yere of his raigne and so duringe thorow the tyme of Joakim sonne of Josias king of Juda vntil .xi. yeres of Zedechias the sonne of Josias king of Juda wer ended whan Jerusalem was taken euen in the fifte moneth The worde of the Lorde was sente vnto me speking thus ¶ The fyrste Chapiter BEfore I fasshioned the in thy mothers wombe I knew the and before thow wer borne I sanctified the and ordined the to be a Prophete for the peple Ah lorde God thow knowst how rude I am of speche for ful yonge simple am I. And the Lorde answered me Thinke not so for thou shalt go preche vnto al that I shall sende the thou shalt speke what so euer I shal commande the Feare not their faces for I wilâ—â— with the to dilyuer the saith the lorde And euen forth withal the Lorde stretched forth his hande and touched my moâ—the saing agene vnto me Beholde I sâ—t my wordis fast in thy mouthe so Jorden the this daye to be an oâ—erseer to viset both the peple their kinges to plâ—cup by thâ— roots and to cast downe to destroie and to scater and that thou shuldst also edifye and plante Eft sone aftir this the Lorde spake to me on this maner sayng Jeremy what fiâ—st thou And I sayd I see the rodde of a wakiÌ„g watcher Well sayd the lorde to me thou seist right well for euen I shal watche and wait apoÌ„ my purpose to finesshe it Ouer this the lorde spake vnto me the seconde tyme sayng What siest thou A seething potte quod I do I see that euen from the northe as it were hitherwards loking And the lorde sayd to me Euen from the northe shal ther be powerd forth an heuy heaâ— of plages vpon all thinhabitours of this lande For lo I shal calup all the kinredis of the northest regioÌ„s saith the Lorde and they shal come eche of them shal sitte iuge openly euen in these fore gates of Jerusalem in al the walles rownde about it and thoroute al the cytes also of Juda by whom I shal declare my vengeaunce vpon the gret and manifolde wikednes of these men which haue forsaken me offering their giftis vnto straÌ„ge goddis and worshipinge the workis of their own handis Thou therfore giâ—d vp thy raynes aryse and go preche vnto them al thingis that I commande the Fear not their faces lest for thy fâ—inte faith and fere I make them to preuaile For lo this daye do I sette the a stronge defensed cyte a piler of yerne and a brason wall agenst all this londe agenst the kingis of Juda and hir rulers agenst the priestes and peple of the lande wherfore they shal fight ageÌ„st the but it shal not lye in their powr to ouercome the for I shal be with the saith the lorde to delyuer the. ¶ The seconde Chapiter THen was the worde of the lorde shewed vnto me coÌ„manding me thus Go and krye into the eares of Jerusalem sayng Thus saith the lorde I cannot forget the especially when I remembre my mercifull couenaÌ„t with the and agen the goodnes of thy yougthe I cannot forget thy true loue in mariage wherby thou folowed sâ—me thorow the deserte a londe vnlaboured vnsowne Thou waste once an holy Israel before the lorde eueÌ„ the firste frutes of hys felde so that whoso had denoured the they had displeased him mischefe shuld haue fallen vpoÌ„ theÌ„ sayd the lorde Hear ye therfore the worde of the lorde bothe yow that be of the house of Jacob and all the familye of the house of Israel Thus saith the lorde vnto you What faute or fraude fownd your fathers in me to go so farre backe frome and to be made so vayne as to folowe lyes nether yet once to thinke where haue we lefte the lorde that led vs owt of the lande of Egypt that brought vs thorow that desert thorou a wylde lande harbourles a terrible baron lande where we sawe but dethe thorow a lande which no man passed by
the Lorde in the mean tyme euen from a farre And let Jerusalem come into your minde For we shamed to here of y e obbraydes very shame made vs to hyde our faces to se y e aleants come vnto the holy house of y e Lorde Wherfor lo the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that I shal viset the grauen images of Babylon that they shal rore lyke beastis falling downe thorowout al y e region If Babylon be extolled vnto heuen ye defende hir power whithe neuer so highe autorite yet shal I sende hir destroyers saith y e Lorde A noyse ful of coÌ„psaynte of Babylon grete destruccion shal be herde frome the londe of Calde when the Lorde shal destroye hir and shal caste oute of hir her prowde rufflyng wherby they haue swelled be blowne vp lyke y e waues of the maigne sea made so grete crackis withe their wordis For ther shal come vnto hir eueÌ„ Babylon I meaÌ„ destroyers whiche shal take hir baseauÌ„t men breke their bowes For the Lorde is redy to recquyte them and the Lorde shal rewarde them aboundantly Also I shal make droÌ„ken saithe the Lorde hir Prynces wysemen rulers hir myghty men that they shal slepe continually neuer to a wake saith the kynge whose name is the Lorde of powers Thus saith the Lorde of powwers That meruelous thicke wall of Babylon shal be vndermyned ouerthrone and hir prowd highe gates shal be breÌ„te And what so euer those gentyles and peple haue wroght with so grete and wery laboure it shal perysshe and be brent vp The commandement that Jeremy y e Prophete commaunded Sarie sone of Nerie sone of Mahasie when he shulde go with Zedechias kinge of Juda vnto Babylon the fowerth yere of his raigne This Sarias was cheife tresurere Jeremy wrote al y e calamite that shuld happen vnto Babylon in a boke that is to witte al these sermons whiche ar wryteÌ„ agenste Babylon And then he bode Sarie When thou comest to Babylon se thou redest al these sermons sayng Lorde thou haste decreed vpon this place vtterly thus to destroye it that noman inhabit it nether man nor beast but to be desolate for euer And wheÌ„ thou hast all redde y e hole boke thou shalt taye a stonne to it caste it into the middis of Euphrates sainge Euen thus shal Babylon synke awaye and be weryed synking dowe vnder the burden of thaffliccions which I shal laye vpon hir that she shal neuermore ryse agayne Hitherto ar continewed the sermons of Jeremye ¶ The .lii. Chapiter ZEdechias was xxi yere olde when he began to raygne and raigned in Jerusalem xi yeres his mothers name was Hamital daughter of Jeremy of Lobna And he did euil euen in the eyes of the Lorde and that in al poyntis as did Joachim because the Lorde was angrye with Jerusalein Juda vntil he had caste them oute of his syght Zedechias fill from the kynge of Babylon wherfore in the ix yere of his raigne the x daye of the x moneth Nebuchadrezar kynge of Babylon cam with al his hoste vnto Jerusalem beseged it bulwerkis droueÌ„ rownaboute it And the besege of the cyte enduered vnto the xi yere of kinge Zedechias And y e ix daye of the iiii moneth the cyte was so famesshed that there was no foode for y e peple of that lande Then did all the men of armes brekeforthe and fled from y e cyte be nyght comingforth by the waye to the gate of the two wallis thorow y e kinges orteyarde the Caldes compassinge the cyte rownde aboute yet wente they their wayes towerde the playnes Then persued the hoste of the Caldes and toke the kinge Zedechias in y e felde of Jericho wheÌ„ al his hoste was now scatred awaye from him And when he was taken they led him to Redlatham vnto the kinge of Babylon in y e lande of Hemath Where he gaue iugemeÌ„t vpon him And the kinge of Babylon slewe Zedechias sones before his eyeÌ„ slewe also the rulers of Juda in Reblathâ— And theÌ„ he put oute Zedechias eyes and dowâ—de his fete togither and broght him to Babylon and put him in custodye or presone tyl he dyed The x daye of the v moneth the xix yere of the raigne of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon came ther Nebuzaradan chiefe ouer his hoste deputye for the kinge vnto Jerusalem did set fyer on the house of the Lorde on the kinges palace on al y e houses in Jerusalem and so brente vp al the goodly and grete houses Morouer al the hoste of y e Caldes ther being vndyr this cheif capitayne threwdowne the wall is rownd aboute Jerusalem And the raskel of the peple there lefte in the cyte siche as fled to the kinge of Babylon withe the multitude of the artificers left behynde Nebuzaradan tharcheiften ouer y e hoste caried a waye with him But the pore peple of the lande Nabuzaradan cheif capitayn left behynde still to plante and kepe y e bynes and to tyll the feldis The brasen pilers that were in the house of the Lorde with their fete and the grete brason lauer in the house of the Lorde the Caldes broke in pieses and caried awaye all the metall of theÌ„ vnto Babylon The kalderns tonges knyues sprynkles spones and al the brason vessels wherwith they ministred they toke all awaye water pottes shippes wheryn they put sense taÌ„kerdis basons candelstickis morters cuppes of whiche some wer al of golde and some syluer the cheif capitayn toke awaye w t him The waight of bothe the pilers of but one of the lauers of the xii brason oxen that bore vp the sokets or fete whiche kyng Solomon made for the house of the Lorde the waight I saye of the metal of al these Iwels and vessels was aboue mesure For one piler was xviii cubits highe and the rope that went aboute it was xii cubitis and it was fower fyngers rownd aboute and vpon y e toppe of this rope was ther staÌ„derds of brasse of whiche eche was v cubitis highe ouer these toppestonderds was ther a kel or nette closinge rownd aboute the pome granets and al was of brasse Aftir this maner wer bothe the pillers facioned and garnesshed with pome granets of which ther wer â—â—cvi al hanging as it were in the ayer closen vnder this kell This Nebuzaradan the cheif capitayn toke Sarias the cheif Preist and Zephoniam the preiste next vnder him and the iii kepers of the bestrye And oute of y e cyte he toke a gelded man which was master of the kinges garde and vii men that wher the kinges seruaÌ„ts which were fownde in y e cite And at laste he toke awaye the cheif scrybe whose offyce was to byll the peple into the hoste with lx other men whiche were of the peple of the lande and fownde in the cyte These I saye this Nebuzaradan the archeiften toke awaye And caried
But the worde of the Lorde was shewed him aftir Ananias the Prophete had broken the chayne from y e Prophet Jeremyes necke on this maner Go and tel Ananias these wordes Thus saith the Lorde Ananias thou hast broken cheynes of wode but for theÌ„ Jeremye thou shalt make agene chaynes of yerne For thus saith y e Lorde of powers the God of Israel I shal laye a yoke of yerne vpon al these nacioÌ„s that they shal serue Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon that shal they And euen the beastis of y e felde shal I betake vnto him so shal I. Than sayd the Prophete Jeremy vnto y e Prophete Ananias Hear I beseche the Ananias The Lorde sente the not but thou goist a boute to bringe this peple into a vayne and false hope Wherfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal sende y e therfore but whither verely euen froÌ„ the face of the erthe For withyn this same year shalt thou be dead For ful emnyously and despightfully hast thou spoken agenste y e Lorde And so Ananias dyed the same year in the seuenth monethe ¶ The argument of this .xxix. Chapiter Ther arose certayn false Prophetis amonge the captynes in Babylon whiche promised themselues liberty to retourne aftir Ananias his saing with in two year but these false Prophetis Jeremye confutethe THese ar the wordes of y e pistle which the prophete Jeremy sent from Jerusalem vnto y e men in captiuite both to the elders priestes prophets to y e peple also whom Nebuchadnezar had led a waye to Babylon aftir that kinge Jechonias and his quene the gâ—lded men y e rulers of Juda Jerusalem sinythes also with y e artificers were gone Aelassa sone of Saphan and Gamaria sone of helkie bering it Whom Zedechias kinge of Juda sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon the pistel I saye coÌ„tayning these wordis Thus saith y e Lorde of powers y e God of Israel vnto al the captiues that ar led from Jerusalem to Babylon Buyld ye houses to dwel in plante gardens hortyardis to eate their frutes marye wyues to bringforth sonnes daughters ye and geue your sonnes your daughters housbandes that they maye bringforthe sonnes daughters encrease there gretely Studye in nowyse to be fewe in nowmber But study for y e prosperouse peace of y e same cite wheryn ye be holdeÌ„ captiue praye to the Lorde for it For their peace shal be yours For thus saith y e Lorde of powers y e god of Israel Let not y e prophetes w t your diuynes that ar w t you deceyue you Nether beleue your own dreames which ye dreame For these meÌ„ prophecye vnto you lyes in my name I sent theÌ„ not saith y e lorde But thus saith y e Lorde Whan ye haue fulfilled .lxx. years in Babylon I shal viset deal w t you aftir my goodnes to bringe you agene into this place For I forgete not my set purposes decreed vpon you saith y e Lorde They ar couÌ„sels of holsom peace not of troublouse affliccioÌ„ to geue you another maner chaunce y t ye might haue a fresshe a better hope ye shal crye vnto me I shal hear you ye shal seke me fynde me If ye sek me with al your herte I wil be fownde I saye of you saith y e Lorde I shal redeme you froÌ„ captiuite gather you froÌ„ oute of al y e geÌ„tyles froÌ„ al places where yn to I had dispersed you saith y e Lorde restore you into thissame place fro wheÌ„ce I led you captiue But as touching this where ye saye the lorde to haue stered vp Prophets in Babylon Thus saith y e Lorde both as concerninge thissame kinge y t yet sitteth in y e set of Dauid al y e peple y t inhabit this cite with your brothern y t ar not yet gone with you into captiuite thus I saye saith y e Lorde of powers vpoÌ„ theÌ„ Lo I shal sende amoÌ„ge theÌ„ y e swerde hoÌ„ger pestileÌ„ce make theÌ„ lyke vnrype figges which for their bitternes may not be eateÌ„ And I shal persecute theÌ„ w t swerde hoÌ„ger pestileÌ„ce I shal geue theÌ„ to be vexid of al y e kiÌ„gdoÌ„s of therthinto an execracion to be aborred into an outhissinge and obprobry among al nacions wher so euer I shal scater them because they obayed not my coÌ„mandements saith the Lorde which I sente them by my seruantis the Prophetis erly rysinge euermore sendinge but yet obayed they not saithe the Lorde And al you in captiuite whom I sente from Jerusalem to Babylon hear the worde of the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel as concerninge Ahab the sone of Colie and Zedekia sone of Maasie whiche prophecy lyes vnto you in my name Beholde I shal geue them into the handis of Nebuchadnezar kiÌ„ge of Babylon to slaye them before your faces And al the captiues of Juda whiche ar in Babylon shall take vp this worde of excecracion vpon them saynge The lorde rid theÌ„ out of the waye as he did Zedekias and Ahab whoÌ„ the kinge of Babylon fryed in the fyer because they committed wyked folishnes agenste Israel For whan they had defyled their neghbours wyues yet weÌ„t they and preched lyes in my name which I neuer commanded them These thinges do I certifye and testifye vnto you saith the Lorde But as touchinge Semeia y e Neemalite thus shalt thou tel him Thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel Sith thou haste sente letters vnder thy nown name sealed vnto the peple in Jerusalem and also vnto Zephanias sone of Maasie Prieste and to al the Priestis also in which thou spekest to him thus For as moche as the Lorde hath set y e beinge Prieste in the stede of the Prieste Joiada to bere rule in the house of the Lorde and to serche for al furiouse sprited Prophetes that preache or prophecy to caste them into presone or stockes how hapeneth it that thou takest not and correckest not Jeremy of Anathot that precheth with you so continually Whiche ouer al this yet he sente vnto vs that ar here holden in Babylon sayng playnely our captiuite to be very longe bidding vs to builde houses to dwelyn and plante orteyardes whose frute we might eate Whiche letters Zephanias the Priest red ouer Jeremy the Prophete hearing theÌ„ Then was the worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremy sayng thus Tell the hole companye in captiuite thus Thus saith the Lorde vpoÌ„ Semeia that Neelamite Sith Semeias hath thus preached vnto you with oute my commandemeÌ„t stuffinge you ful of vayne hopes therfore this is the Lordes plesure Beholde I shal viset Semeias the Neelamyte his sede so that non of his shal neuermore dwel amonge this peple nether shal they se that goodnes which I shal do vnto this peple saithe the Lorde for he hathe preached emayously spight fully vpon the Lorde ¶ The .xxx. Chapiter THe
sermone shewed of the Lorde vnto Jeremy Thus spake the Lorde of Israel Wryte me vp to gither in a boke al the sermons whiche I haue spoken vnto the. For lo the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that I shal make a ioyful and salfe returne of my captiued peple of Israel Juda saith the Lorde For I shal restore them agene into the lande which I gaue their fathers they shal possede it But y e Lorde added these thingis to speking vpoÌ„ Israel Juda on this manerwyse We hear a a terrible and dredeful noyse as thoughe al thingis were in fereful confusion For what els signifieth this sight euery man be he neuer so manly thus to smyte his handis vpon his loynes lyke a woman trauelinge of chylde Who saw euer a maÌ„ trauelinge of chylde Enquire and serche oute this vision if ye will ye and euery maÌ„nis face is deformed with pale wanne colour Oute ahlasse for this daye so horrible so dreadful that neuer was there any lyke Oh tyme of tribulacion vnto Jacob fro the whiche yet he shal be delyuerde For the daye shal come saith the Lorde of powers that I wil breke of Nâ—buchadnezars yoke from thy necke and breke of thy bondis to that thou setâ—est nomore strange gods vnder him But eueÌ„ they shal serue their Lorde God to that is to saye their kinge Dauid whom I shal sterevp for them And thou Jacob my seruant feare not saith the Lorde nor be not dismayde Israel For lo I shal saue the althoughe thou beist yet farre of and bringe thy seade from the lande of their captiuite And Jacob shal be brought agene he shal haue reste flowing in al prosperite to fear noman For I am withe the saith the Lorde to saue the Albe it yet must I make an ende of al the nacions amoÌ„g whom I haue scaterd the but yet the shal I not make an ende of but chastice y e in the meane tyme but yet with iÌ„ugement and discrecion For I know the not in any wyse for innocent For thus saith the Lorde I pytye thy decease sorow for the smarte of thy wounde but ther is noman that maye aueÌ„ge thy cause delyuering the by iugemeÌ„t bringe the agene into the waye or bynde vp thy wounde so to further thy cure All thy louers haue forgoteÌ„ the they seke the nomore For I haue smyten the with a cruel plage and correcked the sharpely that euen for the multitude of they nowne wikednes for thy synnes haue preuayled Wherfore lamentest thou thy destruccion It is I myselfe y t pityeth thy sorowful greife But for the manifolde wikednes outrage of thy sinnes delte I thus with the. Wherfore al men y t deuoure the shal be deuoured agen and al thy enymes shal be led into captiuite They that robbe y e shal be robbed and of al theÌ„ that spoyle the I shal make a spoyle of them agene For I wil restore y e thy helthe and heale thy woundis saith y e Lorde because they called the a neglecte abiecte oh Zion eueÌ„ hir whom nomaÌ„ wolde set bye For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal restore the tabernacles of Jacob fauour his habitacions Thy cyte shal be edifyed agen in hir olde place the temple shal haue hir iuste foundacion prayse the voyce of gladmen shal goforth of theÌ„ I shal encrease theÌ„ they shalnot be minisshed I shal enlarge theÌ„ they shalnot be drawne yn And their chylderne shal be as before And their chirche shal coÌ„tinwe and encrease before me and al that moleste or oppresse them I meselfe shal viset loke vpon theÌ„ And I shal geue them a noble goyde head ruler to go for the eueÌ„ of the middes of theÌ„ and euen this man wil I sociat and ioyne vnto miself he shal be ful nighe me But who shal this man be whose herte shal so swetely be maryed vnto me saith the Lorde Thorow this your goyde shal ye be my peple and I shal be your God But lo first shal the fury of y e Lorde come forth lyke a whirlewynde ye lyke an hastye raueshing violent whirlewinde shal it come eueÌ„ into the heades of the vngodly This furiouse wrathe of y e Lorde shal not cease vntil he hath done acomplesshed the thoughtis of his herte Which ye shal knowe at laste in these later dayes In that tyme saith the Lorde I shal be the God of al the famylye of Israel and they shal be my peple ¶ The .xxxi. Chapiter THus saith the Lorde The peple of Israel which escaped sometyme the swerde in the deserte fownde fauour to come vnto their reste And eueÌ„ so now shal the Lorde shew himselfe vnto me beinge in farre partes sayng I loue with a perpetual loue wherfore I spread my mercy ouer the. I shal bylde the to be faste and suer oh virgen Israel Thou shalt take vp and tuwne thy tympanys agayn goforth merily leding the daunse yet agein shalt thou plante vynyardis in the hilles of Samary and y e vyne kepers shal plante singinge And when the tyme shal come the kepers shal crye thoroute the mouÌ„taine of Ephraim Aryse and let vs go vp to Zion vnto the Lorde our God for thus saith the Lorde Be glad and reioyse for Jacobs sake â—â—yeâ—t forth euen at y e head of the gentyles Preche singe and tel theÌ„ The Lorde will desyuer and saue his peple euen the reamnaunt of Israel Lo I shal bringe them agen from the northe regions and gather them togither from the costis of the erth with the blynd and lame which ar amonge them with wemeÌ„ great with childe and with them also that now be delyuered And ther shal be a great chirche or company of the returners hither agein They wente awaye wepinge but I shal bringe them agein with solace By the swete ryuers a playne and plesaunte straight waye where they shalnot stomble shal I lead them for to returne For I wil be Israels father And Ephraim shal be my firste begoteÌ„ sonne Hear ye Gentyles the worde of the Lorde tell it forthe thorow the eylandis which stande so farre in sondre sainge He that had scatred Israel gathereth them to gither agein and shal kepe them as the herdemen his owne flocke For the Lorde wil delyuer Jacob and auenge him from a ful mighty hande And they shal come and reioyse in the mounte Zion and be encreased with the benefites which the Lorde shal geue them as wheat swete wynes oyle flockes and heâ—des And their hertes shal be lyke a fruteful fresshe garden nether shal they any more be hongrye Than shal the mayde and as wel y t olde mâ—n as y e yonge daunseful meresy For I shal turne their weepy moorning into fressbe gladnes costforte there theÌ„ from their heuynes Also I shal enbrewe y e Priestis myndes w t fatnes my peple shal be sated filled w t