after let lose vexeth the Churche grieuously 10. 14 And after the world is iudged he ād his 〈◊〉 castinto the lake of fyre 1 ANd I sawe an Angel come downe from heauē hauing the keye of the bottomles pit and a great chaine in his hand 2 And he toke the dragon that olde serpent which is the deuil and Satan and he bounde him a thousand yeres 3 And caste him into the bottomles pit and he shut him vp and sealed the dore vpon hym that he shulde deceiue the people no more til the thousand yeres were fulfilled for after that he must be losed for a litle season 4 And I sawe seates ād they sate vpon them and iudgement was giuen vnto them and I sawe the soules of thē that were beheaded for the witnes of Iesus and forthe worde of God and whiche did not worship the beast nether hys image nether had taken hys marke vpon their forheads or on their handes and they liued and reigned with Christ a thousand yere 5 But the rest of the dead men shall not lyue againe vntil the thousand yeres be finished this is the first resurrection 6 Blessed and holie is he that hathe parte in the firste resurrection for on suche the seconde death hath no power but they shal be the Priests of God and of Christ and shall reigne with him a thousand yere 7 * And when the thousande yeres are expired Satan shal be losed out of his prison 8 And shall go oute to deceyue the people whyche are in the foure quarters of the earth euen Gog and Magog to gather them together to battel whose nomber is as the sand of the sea 9 And they wente vp into the plaine of the earth whyche compassed the tentes of the Saintes aboute and the beloued citie but fyre came downe frome God out of heauen and deuoured them 10 And the deuil that deceiued them was cast into a lake of fyre and brimstone where the beast and the false prophete shal be tormented euen day and night for euermore 11 And I sawe a greate white throne and one that sate on it frome whose face fled awaye bothe the earth and heauen and their place was no more founde 12 And I sawe the dead bothe great and small stand before God and the bokes were ope ned and * another boke was opened which is the boke of lyfe and the dead were iudged of those things whiche were written in the bokes according to their workes 13 And the sea gaue vp her dead whiche were in her and death and hell deliuered vp the dead which were in them and they were iud ged euerie man according to their workes 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fyre this is the seconde death 15 And whosoeuer was not founde wrytten in the boke of lyfe was caste into the lake of fyre CHAP. XXI 3. 14. The blessed estate of the godlie 8. 〈◊〉 And the miserable condicion of the wicked 11 The description of the heauenlie Ierusalem and of the wife of the Lambe 1 ANd I sawe * a newe heauen and a newe earth for * the firste heauen and the first earth were passed away and there was no more sea 2 And I Iohn sawe the holye citie newe Ierusalem come downe from God out of heauen prepared as a bride trimmed for her housband 3 And I heard a great voyce out of heauen saying Be hold the Tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they 〈◊〉 his people and God him selfe shal be their God with them 4 * And God shall wipe away all teares frome their eyes and there shal be no more death nether sorowe nether crying nether shall there be anie more paine for the first things are passed 5 And he that sate vppon the throne sayd * Beholde I make all things newe and he sayd vnto me Write for these wordes are faythful and true 6 And he sayd vnto me * It is done I am and the beginning and the end I will giue to him that is a thirst of the well of the water of life frely 7 He that ouercometh shall inherite all thinges and I will be his God and he shal be my sonne 8 But the fearefull and vnbeleuing and the abominable and murderers and who remon gers and sorcerers and idolaters and all lyars shal haue their parte in the lake whiche burneth with fyre and brimstone whiche is the seconde death 9 And there came vnto me one of the seuen Aungels whiche had the seuen viales full of the seuen laste plagues and talked with me saying Come I will shewe thee the bride the Lambes wife 10 And he caryed me awaye in the spirite to a great and an hie mountaine and he shewed me the great citie holie Ierusalem descen ding out of heauen from God 11 Hauing the glorie of God and her shyning was like vnto a stone moste precious as a Iasper stone cleare as cristal 12 And had a great wal and hie and had twelue gates and at the gates twelue Aungels and the names written whiche are the twelue tribes of the children of Israel 13 On the East parte there were thre gates and on the Northside thre gates on the Southside thre gates and on the Westside thre gates 14 And the wall of the citie had twelue fundacions and in them the names of the Lambes twelue Apostles 16 And he that talked wyth me had a golden rede to measure the citie with all and the ga tes thereof and the wall thereof 16 And the citie laye foure square and the length is as large as the bredth of it and he measured the citie wyth the rede twelue thousande furlongs and the length and the bredth and the height of it are equal 17 And he measured the wall thereof an hundreth fortie and foure cubites by the measure of man that is of the Angel 18 And the buyldyng of the wall of it was of Iasper and the citie was pure golde like vnto cleare glasse 19 And the fundacions of the wall of the citie were ganished with all maner of precious stones the first fundacion was Iasper the second of Saphire the third of a Chalcedonie the fourth of an Emeraude 20 The fift of a Sardonyx the sixt of a Sardius the seuenth of a Chrysolite the eigh of a Beryl the ninth of a Topaze the tenth of a Chri sophrasus the eleuenth of a Iacinth the twelueth an Amethist 21 And the twelue gates were twelue pearles and euerie gate is of one pearle and the strete of the citie is pure golde as shinyng glasse 22 And I sawe no Temple therein for the Lord God almightie and the Lambe are the Temple of it 23 * And the citie hathe no nede of the sunne nether of
faithfully rendred the text and in all hard places most syncerely expounded the same For God is our witnes that we haue by al meanes indeuored to set forthe the puritie of the worde and right sense of the holy Gost for the edifying of the brethren in faith and charitie Now as we haue chiefely obserued the sense and laboured alwayes to restore it to all integritie so haue we most reuerently kept the proprietie of the wordes considering that the Apostles who spake and wrote to the Gentiles in the Greke tongue rather constrayned them to the liuely phrase of the Ebrewe then entreprised farre by mollifying their langage to speake as the Gen tiles did And for this and other causes we haue in many places reserued the Ebrewe phrases notwithstanding that they may seme somewhat hard in their eares that are not wel practised and also delite in the swete sounding phrases of the holy Scriptures Yet lest ether the simple shulde be discouraged or the malicious haue any occasion of iust cauillation seing some translations read after one sort and some after another whereas all may serue to good purpose and edification we haue in the margent noted that diuersitie of speache or readyng whiche may also seme agreable to the mynde of the holy Gost and propre for our langage with this marke Againe where as the Ebrewe speache semed hardly to agre with ours we haue noted it in the margent after thys sorte vsing that whiche was more intelligible And albeit that many of the Ebrewe names be altered from the olde texte and restored to the true writing and first original whereof they haue their signification yet in the vsual names litle is changed for feare of troublyng the simple readers Moreouer whereas the necessitie of the sentence required any thyng to be added for suche is the grace and proprietie of the Ebrewe and Greke tongues that it can not but ether by circumlocution or by adding the verbe or some worde be vnderstand of them that are not wel practised therein we haue put in the text with another kynde of lettre that it may easely be discerned from the common lettre As touching the diuision of the verses we haue followed the Ebrewe examples which haue so euen from the beginnyng distinct thē Which thing as it ismoste profitable for memorie so doeth it agre with the best translations is moste easie to finde out both by the best Concordances and also by the cotations which we haue diligently herein perused and set forth by this starre* Besides this the principal matters are noted and distincted by this marke ¶ Yea and the arguments both for the booke and for the chapters with the nombre of the verse are added that by all meanes the reader might be holpen For the which cause also we haue set ouer the head of euery page some notable worde of sentence whiche may greatly further aswel for memorie as for the chief point of the page And considering how hard a thing it is to vnderstand the holy Scriptures ād what errors sectes heresies growe dailie for lacke of the true knollage thereof and how many are discouraged as they pretend because they can not atteine to the true ād simple meaning of the same we haue also indeuored bothe by the diligent reading of the best commentaries and also by the conference with the godly and learned brethren to gather brief annotations vpon all the hard places aswel for the vnderstanding of suche wordes as are obscure and for the declaration of the text as for the application of the same as may moste apperteine to Gods glorie and the edification of his Church Forthermore whereas certeyne places in the bookes of Moses of the Kings and Ezekiell semed so darke that by no description they colde be made easie to the simple reader we haue so set them forthe with figures and notes for the ful declaration thereof that they whiche can not by iudgement being holpen by the annotations noted by the lettres a b c c. atteyn thereunto yet by the perspectiue and as it were by the eye may sufficiently knowe the true meaning of all suche places Whereunto also we haue added certeyne mappes of Cosmographie which necessarely serue for the perfect vnderstanding and memorie of diuers places and countreys partely described and partely by occasion touched bothe in the olde and newe Testament Finally that nothing might lacke which might be boght by labors for the increase of knowlage and forthe rance of Gods glorie we haue adioyned two moste profitable tables the one seruing for the interpretation of the Ebrewe names and the other conteyning all the chefe and principal matters of the whole Bible so that nothing as we trust that any colde iustely desire is omitted Therefore as brethrē that are partakers of the same hope and saluatiō with vs we beseche you that this riche perle and inestimable treasure may not be offred in vayne but as sent from God to the people of God for the increase of his kingdome the comfort of his Churche and discharge of our conscience whome it hath pleased him to raise vp for this purpose so you wolde willingly receyue the worde of God earnestly studie it and in all your life practise it that you may now appeare in dede to be the people of God not walking any more according to this worlde but in the frutes of the Spirit that God in vs may be fully glorified through Christ Iesus our Lord who lyueth and reigneth for euer Amen From Geneua 10. April 1561. THE FIRST BOKE OF MOSES called Genesis THE ARGVMENT MOses in effect declareth the thing which are here chiefly to be considered First that the worlde al things therein were created by God and that man being placed in this great tabernacle of the worlde to beholde Gods wonderfull workes and to praise his Name for the infinite graces 〈◊〉 with he had endued him fel willingly from God through disobedience who yet for his owne mercies sake restored him to life and confirmed him in the same by his promes of Christ to come by whome he shulde ouercome Satan death and hel Secondely that the wicked vnmindefull of Gods moste excellent benefites remained still in their wickednes and so falling most horribly from sinne to sinne prouoked God who by his preachers called them continually to repentance at length to destroye the whole worlde Thirdly he assureth vs by the examples of Abrahā Izhák Iakob and the rest of the Patriarkes that his mercies neuer faile them whome he chuseth to be his Churche and to professe his Name in earth but in all their afflictions and persecutions he euer 〈◊〉 them sendeth comforte and deliuereth them And because the beginning increase preseruation and successe thereof might be onely attributed to God Moses sheweth by the examples of Rain I shmaél Esaú and others which were noble in mans iudgement that this churche dependeth not on the estimacion and nobilitie of the worlde
and I wil wipe Ierusalém as a man wipeth a dish which he wipeth and turneth it vpside downe 14 And I wil forsake the remnant of mine inheritance and deliuer them into the hand of their enemies and the shal be robbed and spoiled of all their aduersaries 15 Because they haue done euil in my sight and haue prouoked me to angre since the time their fathers came out of Egypt vntil this day 16 Moreouer Manasséh 〈◊〉 innocent blood exceding muche til her eplenished Ierusalém from corner to corner beside his sinne where with he made Iudáh to sinne and to do euil in the sight of the Lord. 17 Concerning the rest of the actes of Manasséh and all that he did and his sinne that he sinned are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudáh 18 And 〈◊〉 slept with his fathers and was buryed in the garden of his owne house euen in the garden of Vzzá and Amón his sonne reigned in his steade 19 ¶ * Amon was two and twentie yere olde when he begā to reigne and he reigned two yere in Ierusalem his mothers name also was Meshullémeth the daughter of Harúz of Iotbáh 20 And he did euil in the sight of the Lord as his father Manasséh did 21 For he walked in all the waie that his father walked in and serued theidoles that his father serued and worshiped them 22 And he forsoke the Lord God of his fathers and walked not in the way of the Lord. 23 And the seruants of Amún conspired against him and slewe the King in his owne house 24 And the people of the land slewe all them that had conspired against King Amón and the people made Iosiáh his sonne King in his steade 25 Concerning the rest of the actes of Amón which he did are they not writē in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudáh 26 And they buryed him in his sepulchre in the gardē of Vzzá and Iosiáh his sonnes reigned in his steade CHAP. XXII 4 Iosiáh repareth the Temple 8 Helkiáh findeth the boke of the Lawe and causeth it to be presented to Iosiáh 12. who sendeth to Huldah the prophetesse to inquire the Lords wil. 1 IOsiáh was * eight yere olde when he began to reigne and he reigned one and thirtie yere in Ierusalém His mothers name also was Iedidáh the daughter of Adaiáh of Bozcáth 2 And he did vprightly in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the wayes of Dauid his father and bowed nether to the right hand nor to the left 3 ¶ And in the eightenth yere of King Iosiáh the King sent Shaphán the sonne of Azaliáh the sonne of Meshullám the chanceller to the house of the Lord saying 4 Go vp to Hilkiáh the hie Priest that he may summe the siluer which is broght into the house of the Lord which the kepers of the dore haue gathered of the people 5 And let them deliuer it into the hand of them that do the worke and haue the ouer sight of the house of the Lord let them giue it to them that worke in the house of the Lord to repaire the decaied places of the house 6 To wit vnto the artificers and carpenters and masons and to bie tymber and hewed stone to repaire the house 7 Howbeit let no rekenynge be made wyth them of the money that is deliuered into their hand for they deale faithfully 8 And Hilkiah the hie Priest sayd vnto Shaphan the chanceller I haue founde the boke of the Lawe in the house of the Lord and Hilkiah gaue the boke to Shaphan and he red it 9 So Shaphan the chāceller came to the King and broght him worde againe and sayd Thy seruauntes haue gathered the money that was founde in the house and haue deliuered it vnto the hands of thē that do the worke and haue the ouersight of the house of the Lorde 10 Also Shaphan the chanceller shewed the King saying Hilkiah the Priest hathe deliuered me a boke And Shaphan redit before the King 11 And when the King had heard the wordes of the boke of the Lawe he rent his clothes 12 Therefore the King commaunded Hilkiah the Priest and Ahikam the sonne of Shaphā and Achbor the sonne of Michaiah and Sha phan the chanceller and Asahiah the Kings seruaunt saying 13 Go ye and inquire of the Lorde for me and for the people and for all Iudah concernynge the wordes of thys boke that is founde for greate is the wrath of the Lorde that is kindled agaynste vs because our fathers haue not obeyed the wordes of thys boke to do accordyng vnto all that which is writen therein for vs. 14 ¶ So Hilkiáh the Priest and Ahikám and Achbór and Shaphán and Asahiáh went vnto Huldáh the Prophetesse the wife of Shallūm the sonne of Tikuáh the sonne of Harhás keper of the wardrobe and she dwelt in Ierusalém in the colledge and they communed with her 15 And she answered them Thus sayth the Lord God of Israél Tel the man that sent you to me 16 Thus sayth the Lord Beholde I wil bring euil vpon this place and on the inhabitans thereof euen all the wordes of the boke which the King of Iudáh hathe red 17 Because they haue forsaken me and haue burnt incense vnto other gods to anger me with all the workes of their hāds my wrath also shal be kindled against this place and shal not be quenched 18 But to the King of Iudáh who sent you to in quire of the lord so shal ye say vnto him Thus sayth the Lord GOD of Israél The wordes that thou hast heard shal come to passe 19 But because thine heart did melt and thou hast humbled thy selfe before the LORD when thou heardest what I spake against this place and against the inhabitants of the same to wit that it shulde be destroyed and accused and hast rent thy clothes and wept before me I haue also heard it sayth the Lord. 20 Beholde therefore I wil gather thee to thy fathers and thou shalt be putin thy graue in peace and thine eyes shal not se all the euil which I wil bring vpō this place Thus they broght the King worde againe CHAP. XXIII 2 Iosiáh readeth the Lawe before the people 3 He maketh a couenant with the Lord. 4 He putteth downe the idoles after he had killed their priests 〈◊〉 He kepeth Passeouer 24 He destroyeth the coniurers 29 He was killed in Megiddó 30 And his sonne Iehoaház reigneth in his steade 33 After he was taken his sonne Iehoiakim was made King 1 THen * the King sent and there gathered vnto him all the Elders of 〈◊〉 and of 〈◊〉 rusalém 2 And the King went vp into the house of the Lord with all the men of Iudáh and all the in habitāts of Ierusalém with him the Priests and Prophetes all the people bothe small great
sonne of Tok háth the sonne of Hasráh keper of the wardrobe and she dwelt in Ierusalém with in the colledge and they communed here of with her 23 And she answered them Thus saith the Lord God of Israél Telye the man that sent you to me 24 Thus saith the Lord Beholde I wil bring euil vpon this place and vpon the inhabitants there of euen all the curses that are written in the boke which they haue red before the King of Iudáh 25 Because they haue forsaken me and burnt incense vnto other gods angre me with all the workes of their hands before shal my wrath fall vpon this place and shal not be quenched 26 But to the King of Iudáh who sent you to enquire of the Lord so shalye say vnto him Thus saith the Lord GOD of Israél The wordes which thou hast heard shal come to passe 27 But because thine heart did melt and thou did est humble thy self before God when thou heardest his wordes against this place and against the inhabitants the re of and humbledst thy selfe before me tarest thy clothes and weptest before me I haue also heard it saith the Lord. 28 Beholde I wil gather thee to thy fathers and thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace and thine eyes shal not se all the euil which I wil bring vpon this place and vpon the inhabitants of the same Thus they broght the King worde againe 29 ¶ Then the King sent and gathered all the Elders of Iudáh and Ierusalém 30 And the King went vp into the house of the Lord and all the men of Iudáh and the inhabitants of Ierusalém and the 〈◊〉 the Leuites and all the people from the greatest to the smallest and heredin their eares all the wordes of the boke of the co uenant that was founde in the house of the Lord. 31 And the King stode by his piller and made a couenāt before the Lord to walke after the Lord and to kepe his commandements and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soule that he wolde accomplish the wordes of the co uenant writen in the same boke 32 And he caused all that were founde in Ierusalém and Beniamin to stand to it and the inhabitāts of Ierusalém did according to the couenant of GOD euen the God of their fathers 33 So Iosiáh toke away all the abominacions out of all the countreis that perteined to the children of Israél and compelled all that were found in Israél to serue the lord their God so all his daies they turned not backe from the Lord God of their fathers CHAP. XXXV 1 Iosiah kepeth the passeouer 2 He setteth forthe Gods seruice 20 He fighteth against the King of Egypt and dyeth 24 The people be wayle him 1 MOreouer * 〈◊〉 kept a Passe ouer vn to the Lord in Ierusalém and they slewe the Passeouer in the fourtene day of the first moneth 2 And he appointed the Priests to their char ges and incouraged them to the seruice of the house of the Lord. 3 And he said vnto the Leuites that taught all Israél and were sanctified vnto the Lord Put the holy Arke in the house which Salo món the sonne of Dauid King of Israél did buyld it shal be no more a burden vpon your shulders serue now the Lord your God and his people Israél 4 And prepare your selues by the houses of your fathers according to your courses as * Dauid the King of Israél hathe writen according to the writing of Salomón his sonne 5 And stand in the Sanctuarie according to the diuision of the families of your brethren the children of the people and 〈◊〉 the diuision of the familie of the Leuites 6 So kil the Passeouer and sanctifie your selues and prepare your brethré that they may do according to the worde of the lord by the hand of Mosés 7 Iosiah also gaue to the people shepe lambes and kiddes all for the Passeouer euē to all that were present to the nomber of thirty thousand and thre thousand bulloc kes these were of the Kings substance 8 And his princes offred willingly vnto the people to the Priests and to the Leuites Hilkiáh and Zechariáh and Iehiél rulers of the house of God gaue vnto the Priests for the Passeouer eué two thousand six hundreth shepe thre hūdreth bullockes 9 Conaniáh also and Shemaiáh and Netha neél his brethren and Hashabiáh and 〈◊〉 and Iozabád chief of the Leuites gaue vn to the leuites for the Passeouer fyue thou sand shepe fyue hundreth bullockes 10 Thus the seruice was prepared and the Priests stode in their places also the Leui tes in their ordres according to the Kings commandement 11 And thei slewe the Passeouer the Priests spinkled the blood with their hand and the Leuites slayed them 12 And they toke away frō the burnt offring to giue it according to the diuisions of the families of the children of the people to offer vnto the Lord as it written in the boke of Mosés and so of the bullockes 13 And * they rosted the passeouer with fyre according to the custome but the sanctified things they sod in pottes pannes caulderns and distributed them 〈◊〉 to all the people 14 Afterwarde also they prepared for them selues for the Priests for the Priests the sonnes of Aarō were occupied in offring of burnt offrings and the fat vntil night therefore the Leuites prepared for thē sel ues for the Priests the sonnes of Aarón 15 And the singers the sonnes of Asáph stode in their standing * according to the commandement of Dauid and Asaph and Hemán and Ieduthún the Kings Seer the porters at euerie gate who might not departe from their seruice therefore their brethren the Leuites prepared for them 16 So all the seruice of the Lord was prepared the same day to kepe the Passeouer to offer burnt offrings vpon the altar of the Lord according to the commandemēt of King Iosiáh 17 And the children of Israél that were present kept the Passeouer the same time and the feast of the vnleauened bread seuen dayes 18 And there was no Passeouer kept like that in Israél from the dayes of Samuél the Pro phet nether did all the Kings of Israél kepe suche a Passeouer as Iosiah kept and the Priests and the Leuites and all Iudáh and Israel that were present and the inhabitants of Ierusalém 19 This Passeouer was kept in the eightente yere of the reigne of Iosiáh 20 ¶ * After all this when Iosiáh had prepared the Tēple Nechó King of Egypt came vp to fight against Carchemish by Peráth and Iosiáh went out against him 21 But he sent messengers to him saying What haue I to do with thee thou King of Iudáh I come not against thee this day but against the house
the cisterne 7 And dust returne to the earth as it was and the spirit returne to GOD that gaue it 8 Vanitie of vanities saith the Preacher all is vanitie 9 And the more wise the Preacher was the more he taught the people knowledge caused them to heare and searched forthe and prepared manie parables 10 The Preacher soght to finde out pleasant wordes and an vpright writing euen the wordes of trueth 11 The wordes of the wise are like goades and like nailes fastened by the masters of the assemblies whiche are gyuen by one pastour 12 And of other things besides these my sonne take thou hede for there is none ende in making manie bokes and muche reading is a wearines of the flesh 13 Let vs heare the end of all feare God and kepe his commandements for this is the whole duetie of man 14 For God wil bring euerie worke vnto iudgement with euerie secret thing whether it be good or euil AN EXCELLENT SONG vvhich vvas Salomons THE ARGVMENT IN this Song Salomón by moste swete and cōfortable allego ries and parables describeth the perfite loue of Iesus Christ the true Salomón and King of peace and the faithful soule or his Church which he hathe sanctified and appointed to be his spouse holy chast and without reprehension So that here is declared the singular loue of the bridegrome towarde the bride and his great and excellent benefites wherewith he doeth enriche her of his pure bountie and grace without anie of her deseruings Also the earnest affection of the Church which is in flamed with the loue of Christ desiring to be more and more ioyned to him in 〈◊〉 and not to be forsaken for anie spot or blemish that is in her CHAP. I. 1 The familiar talke and mystical communication of the 〈◊〉 loue betwene Iesus Christ his Church 6 The domestical enemies that persecute the Church 1 LEt hī kisse me with the kisses of his mouthe for thy loue is better then wine 2 Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name is as an oyntment powred out therfore the virgines loue thee 3 Drawe me we will runne after thee the King hath broght me into his chambers we wil reioyce and be glad in thee we will remember thy loue more then wyne the righteous do loue thee 4 I am blacke ô daughters of Ierusalē but comelie as the frutes of Kedár as the curtines of Salomón 5 Regarde ye me not because I am blacke for the sunne hathe loked vpon me The sonnes of my mother were angrie against me they made me the keper of the vines but I kept not mine owne wine 6 Shewe me ô thou whome my soule loueth where thou fedest where thou liest at noone for why shuld I be as she that turneth aside to the flockes of thy cōpaniōs 7 If thou knowe not ô thou the falrest among women get thee forthe by the steppes of the flocke and fede thy kiddes by the tents of the shepherdes 8 I haue cōpared thee ô my loue to the trou pe of horses in the charets of Pharaóh 9 Thy chekes are comelie with rowes of stones and thy necke with chaines 10 We wil make thee borders of golde with studdes of siluer 11 Whiles the King was at his repast my spikenarde gaue the smel thereof 12 My welbeloued is as a bundle of myrrhe vnto me he shal lye betwene my breastes 13 My welbeloued is as a clustre of camphire vnto me in the vines of Engédi 14 My loue behold thou art faire behold thou art faire thine eyes are like dooues 15 My welbeloued beholde thou art faire and pleasant also our bed is grene the beames of our house are cedres CHAP. II. 3 The Church desireth to rest vnder the shadow of Christ 8 She heareth his voice 14 She is compared to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And the enemies to the foxes 1 I Am the rose of the field and the lilie of the valleis 2 Like a lilie among the thornes so is my loue among the daughters 3 Like the apple tre amōg the trees of the forest so is my welbeloued amōg the sonnes of mē vnder his shado we had I delite and sate downe and hys frute was swete vnto my mouth 4 He broght me into the wine celler loue was his ban ner ouer me 5 Stay me with flagons and cōfort me with apples for I am sicke of loue 6 His left hand is vnder mine head hys right hand doeth imbrace me 7 I charge you ô daughters of Ierusalēm by the roes and by the hindes of the field that ye stirre not vp nor waken my loue vntil she please 8 It is the voice of my welbeloued behold he cometh leaping by the mountaines skipping by the hilles 9 My welbeloued is like a roe or a yong heart lo he standeth behinde our wall loking forthe of the windowes shewing him selfe through the grates 10 My welbeloued spake said vnto me Arise my loue my faire one come thy way 11 For beholde winteris past the rayne is changed and is gone away 12 The flowers appeare in the earth the time of the singing of birdes is come the voice of the turtleis heard in our land 13 The figtre hathe broght forthe her yong figges and the vines with their smal grapeshaue cast a sauour arise my loue my faire one and come away 14 My dooue that art in the holes of the rocke in the secret places of the staires shewe me thy sight let me heare thy voice for thy voyce is swete and thy sight comelie 15 Take vs the foxes the litle foxes whiche destroy the vines for our vines haue smale grapes 16 My welbeloued is mine and I am his he fedeth among the lilies 17 Vntil the daye breake and the shadowes flee away returne my welbeloued and be like a roe or a yong hart vpon the mountaines of Béther CHAP. III. 1 The Church desireth to be ioyned in separably to Christ her housband 6 Her deliuerance out of the wildernes 1 IN my bed by night I soght him that my soule loued I soght hī but I foūd him not 2 I wil rise therefore now and go aboute in the citie by the stretes and by the opē places wil seke him that my soule loueth I soght him but I founde him not 3 The watchemen that went about the citie found me to whome I said Haue you sene him whome my soule loueth 4 When I had past a litle from them then I founde him whome my soule loued I toke holde on him and left him not till I had broght him vnto my mothers house into the chamber of her that conceiued me 5 I charge you ô daughters of Ierusalém by the roes and by the hindes of the field that ye stirre not vp nor
to his brother What hathe the Lord answered and what hathe the Lord spoken 36 And the burden of the Lord shal ye mencion no more for euerie mans worde shal be his burdē for ye haue peruerted the wordes of the liuing God the Lord of hostes our God 37 Thus shalt thou say to the Prohpet What hathe the Lord answered thee and what hathe the Lord spoken 38 And if you say The burden of the Lord Then thus saith the Lord Because ye say this worde The burden of the Lord and I haue sent vnto you saying Ye shal not say The burden of the Lord 39 Therefore beholde I euen I wil vtterlly forget you and I wil forsake you and the citie that I gaue you your fathers and cast you out of my presence 40 And wil bring * en euerlasting reproche vpon you and a perpetual shame which shal neuer be forgotten CHAP. XXIIII 1 The vision of the baskets of sigges 5 Signifieth that parte of the people shulbe be broght againe from captiuitie 8 And that Zedekian and the rest of the people shulde be caryed away 1 THe Lord shewed me and beholde two baskets of figges were set before the Tē ple of the Lord after that Nebuchadnezzár King of Babél had caried away captiue Ieco niah the sonne of Ichoiakim King of 〈◊〉 the princes of Iudáh with the workemen and cunning men of Ierusalém had broght them to Babél 2 One basked had verie good figgs 〈◊〉 like the figges that are first ripe the other basket had verie noghtie figges which colde not be eaten thei were so euil 3 Thē said the Lord vnto me What seest thou Ieremiáh And I said 〈◊〉 the good figgs verie good and the noghtie verie noghtie which can not be eaten thei are so euil 4 Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 5 Thus saith the Lord the God of Israél Like these good figges so wil I knowe them that are caried away captiue of Iudáh to be good whome I haue sent out of this place into the land of the Caldeans 6 For I wil set mine eyes vpon them for good and I wil bring them againe to this land and I wil buylde them and not destroy them and I wil plant them and not roote them out 7 And I wil giue them 〈◊〉 heart to knowe me that I am the Lord and they shal be my * people and I wil be their GOD for they shall returne vnto me with their whole heart 8 * And as the noghtie figges which can not be eatē they are so euil surely thus saith the Lord so wil I giue Zedekiáh the King of Iu dáh and his princes and the residue of Ierusalém that remaine in this land and thē that dwell in the land of Egypt 9 I wil euen giue them for a terrible plague to all the kingdomes of the earth and for are proche and for a prouerbe for a commune talke and for a cursse in all places where I shal cast them 10 And I wil send the sworde the famine and the pestilence among them til they be consumed out of the land that I gaue vnto them and to their fathers CHAP. XXV 1 He prophecieth that thei shal be in captiuitie seuentie yeres 12 And that after the seuentie yeres Babylonians shulde be destroyed 14 The destruction of all natiōs is 〈◊〉 1 THe worde that came to Ieremiáh concer ning all the people of Iudáh in the fourth yere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiáh King of Iudáh that was in the first yere of Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél 2 The which Ieremiáh the Prophet spake vn to all the people of 〈◊〉 and to all the inha bitants of Ierusalém saying 3 From the thirtenth yere of Iosiáh the sonne of Ammón King of Iudáh euen vnto this daie that is the thre and twentieth yere the worde of the Lord hathe come vnto me and I haue spokē vnto you rising early and spea king but ye wolde not heare 4 And the Lord hathe sent vnto you all his ser uants the Prophetes rising early and sending them but ye wolde not heare nor encline your eares to obeie 5 Thei said Turne againe now euerie one from his euil waie and from the wickednes of your inuencions and ye shal dwell in the land that the Lordhathe giuen vnto you and to your fathers for euer and euer 6 And go not after other gods to serue them and to worship thē and prouoke me not to angre with the workes of your hands and I wil not punish you 7 Neuertheles ye wolde not heare me saith the Lord but haue prouoked me to angre with the workes of your hāds to your owne hurt 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes Because ye haue not heard my wordes 9 Beholde I wil send and take to me all the families of the North saith the Lord and Ne buchad-nezzár the King of Babél my seruāt and wil bring them against this land and against the inhabitants thereof and against all these nations rounde about and wil destroye them and make them an astonishment and an hissing and a continual desolation 10 * Moreouer I wil take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladnes the voice of the bridegrome and the voice of the bride the noise of the millestones and the light of the candle 11 And this whole land shal be desolate and an astomishment and these nations shal serue the King of Babél seuenty yeres 12 And when the seuentie yeres are accomplished I wil visite the King of Babél and that nacion saith the Lord for their iniqui ties euen the land of the Caldeans and wil make it a perpetual desolation 13 And I wil bring vpon that land all my wordes which I haue pronoūced against it euē all that is writē in this boke which leremiáh hathe prophecied against all nations 14 For many nacions and great Kings shal euen serue them selues of them thus wil I recompence them according to their dedes and according to the workes of their owne hands 15 For thus hathe the Lord God of Israél spoken vnto me Take the cup of wine of this mine indignacion at mine hand and cause all the nacions to whome I send thee to drinke it 16 And they shal drinke and be moued and be madde because of the sworde that I wil send among them 17 Then tokel the cuppe at the Lords hand and made all people to drinke vnto whome the Lord had sent me 18 Euen Ierusalém and the cities of Iudáh the Kings thereof and the princes thereof to make them desolate an astonishment an hising and a cursse as appeareth this day 19 Pharaóh also Kings of Egypt and his seruantes and his princes and all his people 20 And all sortes of people and all the Kings of the land of Vz and
they feared 17 But he said vnto thē Feare not for it shall go wel with you praise God therefore 18 For I came not of mine owne pleasure but by the good wil of your God wherefore praise him in all ages 19 * All these dayes I did appeare vnto you but I did nether eat nor drinke but you sawe it in vision 20 Now therefore giue God thankes for I go vp to him that sent me but write all things which are done in a boke 21 And when they rose they sawe him no more 22 Then they confessed the greate and wonderful workes of God and how the Angell of the Lord had appeared to them CHAP. XIII A thankes giuing of Tobit who exhorteth all to praise the Lord. 1 THen Tobit wrote a prayer of reioycing and said Blessed be God that liueth for euer and blessed be his kingdome 2 * For he doeth scourge and hathe pitie he leadeth to hel and bringeth vp nether is there anie that can auoide his hand 3 Confesse him before the Gentiles ye children of Israél for he hathe scattred you among them 4 There declare his greatnes and extoll him before all the liuing for he is our Lord and our God and our father for euer 5 He hathe scourged vs for our iniquities and wil haue mercie againe will gather vs out of all nacions among whome we are scattred 6 If you turne to hym with your whole heart and with your whole minde deale vprightly before him then wil he turne vn to you and wil not hide his face from you but ye shal se what he wil do with you therfore confesse him with your whole mouth and praise the Lord of righteousnes extoll the euerlasting King I wil confesse him in the land of my captiuitie and wil decla re his power and greatnes to a sinful nacion O ye sinners turne and do iustice before him who can tel if he wil receiue you to mercie and haue pitie on you 7 I wil extoll my God and my soule shal praise the King of heauen and shal reioyce in his greatnes 8 Let all men speake and let all praise him for his righteousnes 9 O Ierusalém the holie citie he wil scourge thee for thy children workes but he wil haue pitie againe on the sonnes of righteous men 10 Giue praise to the Lord duely praise the euerlasting King that his tabernacle may be buylded in thee againe with ioye and let him make ioyful there in thee those that are captiues and loue in thee for euer those that be miserable 11 Manie nacions shal come from farre to the Name of the Lord God with giftes in their hands euen giftes to the King of heauen all generacions shal praise thee and giue signes of ioye 12 Cursed are all they which hathe thee but blessed are they for euer which loue thee 13 Reioyce and be glad for the children of the iuste for thei shal be gathered shal blesse the Lord of the iuste 14 Blessed are they which loue thee for they shal reioyce in thy peace Blessed are they which haue bene sorowful for all thy scour ges for they shal reioyce for thee when they shal se all thy glorie and shal reioyce for euer 15 Let my soule blesse God the great King 16 For Ierusalem shal be buylt vp with sapphi res and emerodes and thy walles with pre tious stones and thy towres and thy bulwarkes with pure golde 17 And the streetes of Ierusalém shal be paued with beral and carbuncle and stones of Ophir 18 And all her streetes shal say Halleluiah they shal praise him saying Blessed be God which hathe extolled it for euer CHAP. XIIII 4 Lessons of Tobit to his sonne 5 He prophecieth the destruction of Nineue 7 And the restoring of Ierusalém and the Temple 13 The death of Tobit and his wife 16. Tobias age and death 1 SO Tobit made an end of praising God 2 And he was eight and fiftie yere olde whē he lost his sight which was restored to him after eight yere and he gaue almes and he continued to feare the Lord God and to praise him 3 And when he was verie aged he called his sonne and six of his sonnes sonnes and said to him My sonne take thy children for beholde I am aged am ready to departe out of this life 4 Go into Media my sonne for I beleue that those things whiche Ionas the Prophete spake of Nineue that it shal be destroied and for a time peace shal rather be in Media and that our brethren shal be scattred in the earth from that good land and Ierusalē shal be desolate and the House of God in it shall be burned and shall be desolate for a time 5 Yet againe God * will haue pitie on them and bring them againe into the land where they shal buylde a Temple but not like to the first vntil the times of that age be fulfilled which being finished thei shal returne from euerie place out of captiuitie and buylde vp Ierusalém gloriously and the house of GOD shall be buylt in it for euer with a glorious buylding as the Prophetes haue spoken thereof 6 And all nations shall turne and feare the Lord God truely shal burye their idoles 7 So shal all nations praise the Lord and his people shal cōfesse God and the Lord shall exalte his people and all those which loue the Lord in trueth iustice shall reioyce and those also whiche shewe mercie to our brethren 8 And now my sonne departe out of Nineue because that those thynges which the Prophet Ionas spake shall surelye come to passe 9 But kepe thou the Law and the commandements and shewe thy selfe mercifull and iust that it may go wel with thee 10 And burye me honestlye and thy mother with me but tarie no longer at Nineue Remember my sonne how a man handled Achiacharus that broght him vp how out of light he broght him into darkenes and how he rewarded him agayne yet Achiacharus was saued but the other had his rewarde for he wēt downe into darkenes Manasses gaue almes escaped the snare of death whiche they had set for him but Aman fell into the snare and perished 11 Wherefore now my sonne consider what almes doeth and how righteousnes doeth deliuer When he had said these things he gaue vp the gost in the bed being an hundreth and eight and fiftie yere olde and he buryed him honorably 12 And when Anna was dead he buryed her with his father but Tobias went with hys wife and children to Ecbatane to Raguel his father in lawe 13 Where he became olde with honour and he buryed hys father and mother in Lawe honorably and he inherited their substāce and Tobits his father 14 And he dyed at Ecbatane in Media being an hundreth and seuen twētie yere olde 15 But before he dyed he heard of the destruction of Nineue whiche was taken by
the power of God 25 For when they shal rise againe frō the dead nether men mary nor wiues are maried but are as the Angels which are in heauen 26 And as touching the dead that they shal rise againe haue ye not red in the boke of Moses how in the bush God spake vnto him saying I * am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob 27 He is not the God of the dead but the God of the liuing Ye are therefore greatly deceiued 28 ¶ * Then came one of the Scribes that had heard them disputing together and perceiuing that he had answered thē wel he asked him Which is the first cōmandement of all 29 Iesus answered him The first of all the com mandements is * Heare Israel The Lord our God is the onelie Lord. 30 Thou shalt therefore loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soule with all thy minde with all thy strength this is the first commandement 31 And the seconde is like that is * Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self There is none other cōmandemēt greater then these 32 Then the Scribe said vnto him Wel Master thou hast said the trueth that there is one God and that there is none but he 33 And to loue him with all the heart and with all the vnderstanding and with all the soule and with all the strength and to loue his neighbour as him self is more then all burnt offrings and sacrifices 34 Then when Iesus sawe that he answered discretely he said vnto him Thou art not farre from the kingdome of God And no man after that durst aske him any question 35 ¶ * And Iesus answered and said teaching in the Temple How say the Scribes that Christ is the sonne of Dauid 36 For Dauid him self said by the holie Gost * The Lord said to my Lord Sit at my right hand til I make thine enemies thy fotestole 37 Then Dauid him self calleth him Lord by what meanes is he then his sonne ād muche people heard him gladly 38 * Moreouer he said vnto them in his doctri ne Beware of the Scribes which loue to go in long robes and loue salutacions in the markets 39 And the chief seates in the Synagogues and the first roumes at feastes 40 Which * deuour widowes houses euen vnder a coulour of long prayers These shal receiue the greater damnation 41 * And as Iesus sate ouer against the treasurie he behelde how the people cast money īto the treasurie many richemē cast in muche 42 And there came a certeine poore widowe and she threw in two mites which make a quadrin 43 Then he called vnto him his disciples and said vnto thē Verely I say vnto you that this poore widowe hathe cast more in then all they which haue cast into the treasurie 44 For they all did cast in of their superfluitie but she of her pouertie did cast in all that she had euen all her liuing CHAP. XIII 2 The destruction of Ierusalem 10 The Gospel shal be prea ched to all 9 22 The persecutions and false Prophetes which shal be before the cōming of Christ whose houre is vncerteine 33 He exhorteth euery one to watch 1 ANd * as he went out of the Temple one of his disciples said vnto him Master se what stones and what buyldings are here 2 * Then Iesus answered and said vnto him Seest thou these great buyldings there shal not be left one stone vpon a stone that shal not be throwen downe 3 And as he sate on the mount of oliues ouer against the Temple Peter and Iames and Iohn and Andrew asked him secretly 4 Tel vs when shal these things be and what shal be the signe when all these things shal be fulfilled 5 And Iesus answered them and began to say * Take hede lest any man deceiue you 6 For many shal come in my Name saying I am Christ and shal deceiue many 7 Furthermore when ye shal heare of warres and rumors of warres be ye not troubled for suche things must nedes be but the end shal not be yet 8 For nacion shal rise against nacion and king dome against kingdome and there shal be earth quakes in diuers quarters and there shal be famine and troubles these are the be ginnings of sorowes 9 But take eye hede to your selues for they shal deliuer you vp to the Councils and to the Sy nagogues ye shal be beaten and broght before rulers and Kings for my sake for a testimonial vnto them 10 And the Gospel must first be published among all nacions 11 * But when they lead you and deliuer you vp take ye no thoght a fore nether premeditate what ye shal say but whatsoeuer is giuen you at the same time that speake for it is not ye that speake but the holie Gost. 12 Yea and the brother shal deliuer the brother to death and the father the sonne and the children shal rise againste their parents and shal cause them to dye 13 And ye shal be hated of all men for my Names sake but whosoeuer shal endure vnto the end he shal be saued 14 * Moreouer when ye shal se the abominacion of desolation spoken of by * Daniel the Prophet standing where it oght not let him that readeth consider it * then let thē that be in Iudea flee into the mountaines 15 And let him that is vpon the house not come downe into the house nether entre therein to fetch any thing out of his house 16 And let him that is in the field not turne backe againe vnto the things which he left behinde him to take his clothes 17 Thē wo shal be to thē that are with childe and to them that giue sucke in those dayes 18 Pray therefore that your flight be not in the winter 19 For there shal be in those dayes suche tribulation as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created vnto this time nether shal be 20 And except that the Lord had shortened those dayes no flesh shulde be saued but for the elects sake whiche he hathe chosen he hathe shortened thoses dayes 21 Then * if any man say to you Lo here is Christ or lo he is there beleue it not 22 For false Christs shal rise and false Prophetes and shal shewe signes and wonders to 〈◊〉 if it were possible the very elect 23 But take ye hede beholde I haue shewed you all things before 24 ¶ Moreouer * in those dayes after that tribulation the sunne shal waxe darke and the moone shal not giue her light 25 And the starres of heauen shal fall and the powers which are in heauen shal shake 26 And
must not striue but must be gentle towarde all men apt to teache suffring the euil men paciently 25 Instructing them with mekenes that are cō trarie minded prouyng if GOD at anye time will gyue them repentaunce that they may knowe the trueth 26 And that they maye come to amendement out of the snare of the deuill which are takē of him at his wil. CHAP. III. 1 He prophecieth of the perilous times 2 Setteth out hypo crites in their colours 12 Sheweth the state of the Christians 14 And how to auoide dangers 16 Also what profit cometh of the Scriptures 1 THys knowe also that in the * laste dayes shal come perilous times 2 For men shal be louers of theyr owne selues couetous boasters proude cursed speakers disobedient to parents vnthankefull vnholye 3 Without naturall affection truce breakers false accusers intemperate fierce 〈◊〉 of them which are good 4 Traitours headie hygh mynded louers of pleasures more then louers of God 5 Hauyng a she we of godlynes but haue denied the power thereof turne away therfore from suche 6 For of this sorte are they which crepe into houses and lead captiue simple women laden with sinnes and led with diuers lustes 7 Whiche women are euerlearnyng and are neuer able to come to the knowledge of the trueth 8 * And as Iannes and Iambres with stode Mo ses so do these also resiste the trueth men of corrupte myndes reprobate concernyng the fayth 9 But they shall preuaile no longer for theyr madnes shal be euident vnto al men as theirs also was 10 ¶ But thou hast fully knowen my doctrine maner of lyuing purpose faith long suffering loue pacience 11 Persecutions and afflictions whiche came vnto me at* Antiochia at Iconium and at I ystri whiche persecutions I suffered but from them all the Lord deliuered me 12 Yea and all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus shal suffer persecution 13 But the euill men and deceiuers shall waxe worsse and worsse deceyuyng and beyng de 〈◊〉 14 But continue thou in the thyngs whyche thou hast learned and art persuaded thereof knowyng of whome thou hast learned them 15 And that thou hast knowen the holie Scriptures of a childe whiche are able to make thee wise vnto saluation through the fayth whiche is in Christ Iesus 16 * For the whole Scripture is giuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to teache to improue to correct and to instructe in ryghteousnes 17 That the man of GOD may be absolute being made perfite vnto all good workes CHAP. IIII. 1 He exhorteth Timotheus to be feruēt in the worlde and to suffer aduersitie 6 Maketh mention of his own death 9 And biddeth Timothie come vnto him 1 I Charge thee therefore before God and before the Lord Iesus Christ whiche shal iudge the quicke and dead at his appearing and in his kingdome 2 Preache the worde be instant in season and out of season improue rebuke exhorte with all long suffring and doctrine 3 For the time will come when they will not suffer wholsome doctrine but hauyng their eares itching shal after their owne lustes get them an heape of teachers 4 And shall turne their eares from the trueth and shal be giuen vnto fables 5 But watch thou in all thyngs suffer aduersitie do the worke of an Euangeliste make thy ministerie fully knowen 6 For I am nowe ready to be offered and the time of my departing is at hand 7 I haue foght a good fight and haue finished my course I haue kept the faith 8 For hence forth is laid vp for me the crown of righteousnes which the Lorde the rightous iudge shall giue me at that daye and not to me onely but vnto all them also that loue his appearyng 9 Make spede to come vnto me atonce 10 For Demas hath forsakē me and hath embraced this present worlde and is departed vnto Thessalonica Crescens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia 11 * Onely Luke is with me Take Marke and bring him with thee for he is profitable vnto me to minister 12 And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus 13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus when thou comest bring with thee and the bokes but specially the parchements 14 Alexander the copper smith hath done me muche euil the Lorde rewarde hym according to his workes 15 Of whome be thou ware also for he withstode our preaching sore 16 At my first answering no man assisted me but all forsoke me I praye God that it may not be laid to their charge 17 Notwithstanding the Lord assisted me and strengthened me that by me the preachyng myght be fully knowen and that all the Gen tiles shulde heare and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the lion 18 And the Lord will deliuer me from euerie euil worke and wil preserue me vnto his hea uenlie kingdome to whome be praise for euer and euer Amen 19 Salute Prisca and Aquila and the * housholde of Onesiphorus 20 Erastus abode at Corinthus Trophimus I left at Miletum sicke 21 Make spede to come before winter Eubulus greteth thee and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren 22 The Lorde Iesus Christ be with thy spirit Grace be with you Amen The seconde Epistle written from Rome vnto Timotheus the first bishop elected of the Churche of Ephesus when Paul was presented the second time before the Emperour Nero. THE EPISTLE OF Paul to Titus THE ARGVMENT WHen Titus was left in Creta to finish that doctrine which Paul had there begonne Satan stirred vp certeine which went about not onely to ouerthrowe the gouernement of the Churche but also to corrupt the doctrine for some by ambition wolde haue thrust in them selues to be Pastours others vnder pretext of Moses Law broght in manie trifles Against these two sortes of men Paul armeth Titus first teachyng him what maner of Ministers he ought to chose chiefly requiryng that they be men of sounde doctrine to the intent they myght resiste the aduersaries and amongs other things he noreth the Iewes whiche put a certeine holines in meates and suche outwarde ceremonies teachyng them whiche are the true exercises of a Christian life and what things apperteine to euerie mans vocation Againste the whiche if anie man rebelle or els doeth not obey he willeth him to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 CHAP. I. 5 He aduertiseth Titus touchyng the gouernement of the Church 7. The ordinance and office of ministers 12 The nature of the Cretians and of them which sowe abroade Iewish fables and inuentions of men 1 PAVLa seruant of God and an Apostle of IESVS Christ accordynge to the fayth of Gods elect and the knowledge of the trueth which is accordyng to godlines 2 Vnder the hope of eternall life whiche God that can not lie hathe promised before the * worlde began 3 But
lie trauailes Chap. 23.12 “ Or eitie Ezek,20 12 Gen. 2 2. Deut. 5.16 Mat. 15.4 Ephe. 6.2 h By the Which is ment all that haue autoritie 〈◊〉 Mat. 5.16 i But loue preserue thy brothers life k But be pure in heart Word and dede l But studie to saue his goods m But further his good name and spake trueth Rom. 7.7 n Thou maiest not so muche as wishe his hinderance ī anie thīg “ Or heard †Ebr. fire 〈◊〉 Deut. 5.24 18.16 Ebr. 12.18 o Whether you Wil obey hispre 〈◊〉 as you 〈◊〉 sed Chap. 19.8 Chap. 27.8 38.7 Leui. 3.1 Deut. 27.5 Iosh. 8.55 †Ebr. it that is the stone p Whiche might be by his stoupīg or flyeng abroad of his clothes Leui. 25.39 Deut. 15.12 a Paying no 〈◊〉 for his libertie Iere. 14.14 b Not hauing Wife nor childrē c Til her time 〈◊〉 seruitude 〈◊〉 pired Whiche might be the seneth yere or the 〈◊〉 †Ebr. gods d Where the iud ges sate e That is to the yere of 〈◊〉 Which Was euerie 〈◊〉 yere f Constreined ether by 〈◊〉 or els that the master shuld ma ry her g By giuing another money to bye her of hym “ Or defloured her h That is he shal giue her 〈◊〉 i For his sonne k Nether mary her him self nor giue an other mo ney to bye her nor bestowe her vpon his sonne l Thogh a mā be killed at 〈◊〉 yet it is Gods pro uidence that it shulde so be Leui. 24.17 〈◊〉 .18.2 m The holines of the place ought not to defend the murther n Ether far of him or nere o By the ciuile iustice “ O losing of his time p By the ciuile Magistrate but before God he is a murtherer q Of the mother of childe “ Or 〈◊〉 Leui. 24.20 Deut. 19 20. r The 〈◊〉 of this lawe onely belonged to the Magistrat Mar 〈◊〉 5. 33. s So God reuengeth 〈◊〉 in most least things Gene. 9. 5. t If the heast be punished muche more shal the murtheres “ Or testified to his u By the next of the kinred of him that is so slayne x Read Gen. 23. 15. y This lawe forbiddeth not one ly not to hurt but to beware lest any be hurt a Ether great heast of the heard or a smale beast of the 〈◊〉 b Breaking an house to entre in 〈◊〉 vndermining 2. Sam. 11. 6. †Ebr. When the sunne riseth vpō him c He shal be put to death †Ebr. in his bād †Ebr. gods d That is Whether he hathe stollen †Ebr. broken e They shulde sweare by the Name of the Lord. Gen. 31. 39 f He shall shewe some parte of the beast g He that hyred it shal be 〈◊〉 by paying the 〈◊〉 Deut. 12. 28. Deut. 13. 13. 1. Mac. 2. 24. Leui. 19. 33. zach 7. 10. h The iust plague of God vpon the oppressers Leui. 25. 37. Deut 23. 19. Psal. 15. 5. i For colde and necessitie Act. 23. 5. k Thine abundāce of thy corne oyle and Wine Chap. 13. 2. 34. 19 Leui. 〈◊〉 8. Ezek. 44. 31. l And so haue no thing to do with it “ Or reporte a false 〈◊〉 “ Or cruel †Ebr. answer a Do that which is godlie thogh few do fauour it b If we be bōde to do good to our ennemies beast much more to our ennemie him selfe c If God cōmāde to helpe our ene mies asse vnder his burden will hesuffre vs to cast downe our brethren with heauie burdens Mat 5. 44. d Whether thou be magistrate or art cōmanded by the magistrate †Ebr seing Deut. 16. 19. Eccle. 20. 32. e For in that that he is a stranger his heart is soriful ynough Leui. 25. 3. 26. 43. Deut. 15. 1. Chap. 20. 8. Deut. 5. 12. f Nether 〈◊〉 swe a ring by thē nor speaking of thē Psal. 16 4. Ephe. 5. 3. g That is 〈◊〉 in remembrance that the Aung el passed ouer spa red the Israelites when he 〈◊〉 the first borne of the Egyptians h Which is witsontide in token that the law was giuen 50 dayes after they departed from Egypt i This is the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 signifying that they dwelled 40. yere vnder therents or the tabernacles in wildernes k No leauened bread shal be thē in thine house l Meaning that no frutes shulde be taken before iust time 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 brideled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wantō appetites m I wil giue him mine 〈◊〉 and he shall gouerne you 〈◊〉 my Name Chap. 33. 2. Deut. 7. 21. Iosh. 24. 〈◊〉 n God 〈◊〉 his onely not to worship idoles but to destroye them o That is al thīgs necessarie for this present life Deut. 7. 14. p I will make them afraid at thy comming q Called the sea of Syria r Of Arabia called deserta s To wit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chap. 34. 15. Deut. 7. 2. †Ebr. offence or 〈◊〉 a When he called him vp to the mountaine to giue him the lawes beginnīg at the 20. Chap. hitherto b When he hadreceiued these lawes 〈◊〉 mount 〈◊〉 †Ebr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chap. 19. 8. Chap. 20 24. Or a the 〈◊〉 of the moūtaine c For as yet the 〈◊〉 was not giuē to Leui. “ Or of the boke of the Lawe 1. 〈◊〉 1. 2. Ebr 9. 20. d Which blood signifieth that the couenāt bro ken can not be 〈◊〉 without blood sheding e As 〈◊〉 as their 〈◊〉 colde behold his 〈◊〉 †Ebr. bricke worke f He made them not afraid 〈◊〉 pu nished them g That is 〈◊〉 h The seconde time i Signifyeng the hardenes of our hearts except God do Write his law 〈◊〉 by his Spirit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 k To wit the people Ezek. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. Cor. 3. 3. Ebr. 8. 10. 10. 16. “ Or him l The lord appea rethlike deuouring fire to 〈◊〉 men but to thē that he draweth 〈◊〉 his Spirit 〈◊〉 is like pleasant 〈◊〉 Chap. 34. 28. Deut. 9. 9. a After the moral and iudiciall lawe he giueth them the ceremo niall lawe that nothing shuld be left to mans inuention b For the buylding and vse of the Tabernacle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 “ Or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c Whiche is thoght to be a kinde of cedar whiche will not rot d 〈◊〉 for the 〈◊〉 e A place bothe to offe sacrifice and to heare the Lawe Chap. 28. 4. Chap 28 15. Chap. 37. 1. “ Or circle and a bordre “ Or fete f The stone tables the rod of Aaron and Man na Whiche Were a testimonie of Gods presence “ Or coueryng or propitiatorie g There God appeared mercyfully vnto them and this Was a figure of Christ. “ Or wil 〈◊〉 with thee Nom. 〈◊〉 89. Chap. 37. 10. Or an 〈◊〉 bread h To sette 〈◊〉 bread vpon Chap. 37. 17. i It shall not be molton but beaten out of the lumpe of golde With the hāmer k This Was thē talent 〈◊〉 of the temple ād Waied 120 poūd Ebr. 8. 9. Act. 7. 14. a That is of most connyng or fine Worke.
threatnings he promiseth deliue rance to his Church because he hathe regenera te them adopted them and called them b VVhen thou 〈◊〉 dangers and 〈◊〉 on all sides 〈◊〉 er this benefite and the loue of thy God andit shal encourage 〈◊〉 c By water and fyre he meaneth all kinde of troubles and pe ils d I turned Sanehe ribspower 〈◊〉 these countreies an made them to suffer that affliction Which thou shuldest haue done and so Were 〈◊〉 the payment of thy ransome Chap 〈◊〉 9. e I wil not spare anie man rather then thou shul est 〈◊〉 for God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one of his faithful then all the Wickedin the Wolde f He 〈◊〉 of their 〈◊〉 from the captiuitie of Babylon and so of the 〈◊〉 of the vniuer sal Church alluding to that Which is 〈◊〉 Deut. 30. 3. g Meaning that he colde not 〈◊〉 vnmindful of thē except he wolde neglect his owne Name glorie h Signifying that no power can resist his in doing thy 〈◊〉 worke not all their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 able to do the 〈◊〉 as Chap. 41. 22. i To proue 〈◊〉 the things Which are spoken of them are true k Shewing that malice of the Wicked hindereth them in the knowledge of the trueth because thei Wil not 〈◊〉 When God speaketh by his Worde l The Propheres people to whome I haue giuen my 〈◊〉 m Meaning specially 〈◊〉 and by him all the faithful n By Darius and Cyrus o 〈◊〉 shal crye when thei wolde escape by water seing that the course of Euphrates is turned another way by the enemie p VVhen he deliuered Israel from Pharaoh Exod. 14. 22. q VVhen the Israe lites passed through Iorden Iosh. 3. 17. r VVhen he deliuered his people out of Egypt s Pharaoh and his mightie armie t Meaning that their 〈◊〉 out of Babylon shulde be more famous then that from Egypt was Ier. 23. 7. hag 2. 10. 2. cor 5. 17. reuel 21. 5. u Thei shal haue suche abundance of all things as they returne home euen in the 〈◊〉 and baren places that the ve tiebeasts shal fele my 〈◊〉 and shal acknowledge them muche more men ought to be thankeful for the same x Thou 〈◊〉 not worshipped me as thou oughtest to haue done y Because thou hast 〈◊〉 willingly receiued that which I did commande thee thou didest grieue me VVhereby he sheweth that his mercies were the onelie cause of their deliuerance forasmuch as thei had deserued the contrary z Meaning in true faith and obe dience a Eth er for the composition of the swete ointement Exod. 30. 34 or for the swete incense Exod. 30. 7. b Thou hast made me to beare an heauie butden by thy sinnes c If I forget 〈◊〉 thing that may make for thy iustification put me in remembrance and speake for thy self d Thine ancestres e Thy Priests and the Prophets f 〈◊〉 is reiected 〈◊〉 and des stroied them in the wildernes and 〈◊〉 other times a He created and chose thee from the beginning of his owne mercie and before thou 〈◊〉 mercie anie thing b VVhome God accepteth as righ teous or which hadest occasion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because of the Law and of thine holy vocation c Because man of him self is as the drye and baren land he promiseth to moisten him with the waters of his holy Spirit Ioel. 2. 18 ioh 7. 38. 〈◊〉 2. 17. d That is thy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 itie shal increase wonderfully after their deliuerance from Babylon e By this diuersitie of speache 〈◊〉 meaneth one thing that is that the people shal be holy and receiue the true religion of God as psal 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 f I am alwaie like my self that is merciful toward my Church and moste able to mainteine it as Chap. 41 4. 48. 12. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 17. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 g And appoint them that shal de liuer the Church h That is declare vnto me how I ought to procede herein i God calleth the Israelites and an cient because he 〈◊〉 them to all other in his 〈◊〉 election k Meaning their idoles l Read Chap. 43 to m VVhatsoeuer thei 〈◊〉 we vpō their idoles to 〈◊〉 ke them to seme glorious n That is the ido laters seing their idoles blīde must nedes and feling that thei are not able to helpe thē must confesse that thei haue no power o Meaning that whatsoeuer is made by the band of man if it be estemed as God is moste 〈◊〉 p VVhereby appeareth their blasphemie which call images the bokes of the 〈◊〉 seing that thei are not onely herecalled 〈◊〉 but Chap. 41. 24. abominable and 〈◊〉 calleth them the worke of errors ier 10. 15. Habak a lying teacher 2. 〈◊〉 q That is which by any way consent ether to the making or worship ping r 〈◊〉 that the multitude shalnot then saue the idolaters When God wiltake vengeance altogh thei excuse them selues thereby amōg men s He 〈◊〉 the raging affection of the idolaters which forget their owne necessities to set forthe their deuocion t To place it in some Temple u He 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 forth the obstinacie ād malice of the ido laters whiche thogh they se by dailie experience that their idoles are no better thē the reste of the matter whereof they are made yet they refuse the one part and make a God of the other as the Papistes make their cake God and the reste of their idoles x That is he ether maketh a table or trenchers y The Prophete giueth here an answere to all them that wonder how it is pos sible that 〈◊〉 shulde be so blind to commit suche abomination 〈◊〉 that God hathe blinded their eyes ād hardened their heart †Ebr. turneth z He is abused as one that wolde eat ashes thynkyng to satisfie his hungre a Shewyng that mans hearte is most enclined to idolatrie therfore he warneth his people by 〈◊〉 se example that they 〈◊〉 not cleaue to any but to the 〈◊〉 god when thei 〈◊〉 be amonge the idolaters b He sneweth that the worke of the Lord row arde hys people shal be so greate that the 〈◊〉 sible creatures shal be moued therewith c He armeth 〈◊〉 against the sothe sayers of 〈◊〉 which wolde ha ue borne them in hand that thei knew by the star res that GOD wolde not 〈◊〉 thē and that Babylon shulde stand d Of Isaiah and the reste of hys Prophets which did assure the Churche of Gods fauour and deliuerance e 〈◊〉 sheweth that Godsworke shuld be ne lesse 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 their 〈◊〉 then when 〈◊〉 broght them out of Egypt through the Sea f To assure them of their 〈◊〉 he nameth the persone by whome it shulde be more then an hundreth yere before he was borne a To assure the Iewes 〈◊〉 their de liuerance against the great 〈◊〉 that they shulde abide he nameth the persone and the meanes b Because Cyrus shulde execute the office of a deliuerer God called him his 〈◊〉 for a time but after another sorte thē he called