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
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
caste you of saith y e lorde And I shal viset both prophete prieste and the peple whiche vse this worde the burden of the Lorde I shal viset both him and his house Also thus shal ye saye to eche other What thinge answerth the Lorde or what commandethe the Lorde but as for the burden of the Lorde shal ye name nomore For euery mannis owne worde muste be his burdeÌ„ because he hath peruerted the wordis of the lyuinge god euen of the Lorde of powers whiche is our god Thus shal euery man saye vnto their Prophetis What hath the Lorde answerde the or what saith the Lorde But as for the burden of the Lorde ye shal not once name it Wherfore thus spake the Lorde Because ye haue taken into an vse this worde The burden of the Lorde albeit I sente vnto you forbidding to once saye the burdeÌ„ of the Lorde beholde I shal suerly reken you to be euen my burden But I shal caste you of with this cite also which I gaue you and your fathers I shal caste you oute of my sight and lade you with perpetual obprobrie shame which shal neuer be forgoten ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapiter THe Lorde shewed me this vision Lo ther stode two panyers ful of figges before y e temple of y e Lorde aftir that Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon had led awaye captiue Jechonias the sone of Joachim kinge of Juda the princes of Juda smythes and craftsmen from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon The one panyer conteyned very good figges euen siche as ar wonte to be firste rype and the tother panyer conteyned as euil figges whiche might not be eaten forbitternes Than the Lorde spake vnto me Vvhat seiste thou I eremy And I answerde Figges do I se of which some be very good and some be as badde so that noman maye eat thez Agene The worde of y e Lorde came to me on this maner Thus saith y e Lorde god of Israel As thou knowest the good figges eueÌ„ so shal I knowe the men translated from Juda whom I sente forthe from this place into the lande of Chalde for their profite and set my eyes vpon them for y e beste For I shall bringe them agene vnto this lande and edifye them not destroye them I shal roote them and not plucke them vp And I shal geue them an herte to knowe me that I am the Lorde Thei shal be my peple and I their god for thei shal turne to me with al their hertes And as thou knowst the euil figges which for their sowernes maye not be eaten euen so saith the Lorde shal I set Zedechias the kinge of Juda hir rulers the reste that remayne in this lande them also that dwel in Egypte I shal set them I saye to be vexed and scourged in euery region of y e erthe to be had in obprobrye into a prouerbe into a fable and shame in euery place whither I shal scater them And I shal sende amonge them swerde honger pestelence til I haue consumed them from the lande which I gaue them and their fathers ¶ The argument of this Chap. Aâ—ermone geuen vnto Jeremie vpon al the peple of Juda the fourth yere of Joachim the sone of Josias kinge of Juda which was the firste yete of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon Vvhich sermon Jeremie the Prophete preched vnto al the peple of Juda and before al the cytesens of Jerusalem sayng on this maner ¶ The .xxv. Chapitre FRom the thirtente yere of Josias the sone of Amon kinge of Juda vnto this daye which is nowe .xxiii. yere the worde of the Lorde was committed vnto me which I spake vnto you rysing in tyme and constantly warning you but ye obayed it not Albeit the Lorde hath sent vnto you al his seruantis euen his Prophetes erly rysing and swyftely sending yet ye obayed not nor once inclined your eares to lysten Thus verely he sayd Turne ye agene euery man from his owne euil waye and fro your euil thoughtis and ye shal inhabit the lande which the Lorde gaue you and your fathers frome age to age And go not your wayes aftir strange goddis to serue them and to fall downe before them Anger me not with the workis of your owne handis and I shal not scourge you But ye herde me not saith the Lorde for ye angred me with the workis of your handis but not vnpunesshed Wherfor thus sayd the Lorde of powers Because ye herde not my wordis therfore beholde I shal sende and call vpon you all the nacions of the northe saith the Lorde euen that same Nebuchadrezer also kinge of Babylon my seruante and shal bringe them vpon this lande vpoÌ„ the inhabitours therof and vpon al these nacions rownde a boute and shal vtterly destroye them I shal bringe them into a deserte into an hissing and perpetual desolacion And I shal take from them the voyce of gladnes and solace the voyce of the brydegrome and spouse the voyce of men oynted and hanged ful of swete fresshe flowers to bere the lightis And al this lande shal be turned into a deserte wildernes And they shal serue the forsayd nacions and the kynge of Babylon .lxx. yearis And whan these lxx yearis be fulfilled I shal also viset y e wikednes of that kinge of Babylon and of his peple saith the Lorde and that same lande also of the Caldeis and bringe theÌ„ togither into a perpetual wildernes And I shal bringe vpon that lande al my wordis which I haue decreed agenst it eueÌ„ al that be writen in this boke whiche Jeremy prophecied agenst al the gentiles For euen they to shal be bond seruants to many nacions and grete kinges For I shal rewarde them aftir their sinnes and workis of their owne handis Thus therfore spake the Lorde God of Israel vnto me Take this cuppe of the wyne of wrathe of my hande that thou maist geue to drinke therof al nacions vnto whoÌ„ I shal sende the which once dronken might be plucked into furye and madnes the swerde coming vpon which I shal sende amoÌ„ge them Than toke I the cuppe of the Lordis hande to geue drynke to al the nacions vnto whoÌ„ the Lorde sente me But firste of al I gaue euen Jerusalem hirselfe and the cites of Juda hir kinges princes to drinke therof to bringe them into a deserte and wyldernes into an hissinge execrable curse euen as we see vnto this daye ye I gaue al nacions indifferently to drinke therof as Pharao kinge of Egypte his seruantis and his rulers with al his peple al the kingis of Ausitidis al y e kinges of the lande of the Palestines Ascalon Gazam AccaroneÌ„ with al the lefte cites of Aschote the Idumes Moabites and the sonnes of Ammon al the kinges of Tyri and Sidon the kinges of the eylandis beyende the sea Dedan Thema Buz and the clipt headid Ismasitis Al the kinges of Araby al the kingis
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
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